Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1930, Page 6

NG STAR 7 Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. It was eleven o'clock at night. With alternative, Capt. Edwards brought the $hip down to the surface of the sea two the parents and teachers themselves ably is an invalld assumption. - The persons ih any community who ' are SATURDAY. .. .December 6, 1930 |miles off shore. Unable to judge his | honestly convinced of the non-existence e THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Bus) B 1y st and Fennmlvinia, Ave, New Dffice: mfi“- 42nd St. B ey Wpud ‘Rate rrier Within the City. - - 45¢ per month 60c per month per month All Other States and Canada. %a’ Sunday §12.00: 1mo.. 8 00: 1 mo.. $5.00; 1 mo.. 1.00 3¢ 50c paper #nd also the lo All rights of publication of aiches Yereln”are s seserved: The “Inviting Plans.” ‘The House PFiscal Inquiry Committee should consider the four so-called “in- viting methods” of allocating costs bee twéen the District and Federal Govern- Ments in the spirit in which the Com- Missioners laid them, without indorsing #oy of them, before the commitize. None of them provides a practical or acceptable formula for settling the is- sue. Each of them, however, may cb- tain some good suggestions that might e of value. Mr. Cramton’s objection to the plans 1s generally based on a naive contention that none is so good as the lump sum. The unworkability of the lump sum—if Workability may be defined in this case 8 bringing satisfactory results—is what ‘with the Federal Government's power of exclusive control. The only limit that 48 places on the local contribution is the Mmit that Congress deems wise to place tipon the Federal contribution. It pro- fects the unrepresented taxpayers of against excessive taxation placing a tangible check upon im- appropriations of Federal funds, at the same time, suffi- steady development of i ¥ g | f 1 the merits of the law after ‘years,of hap- : i it Eégiiél : of Congress wotld be directéd tax burden the Federal contribu- would suffer from the Capital City method proposed of fixing the Pederal contribution on the basis of the Federal bbligation as & municipal tax- Puyer is sound, if construed as the Bue Tesu of Eficiency construes it. This mean an actual proposal to Pederal Government. It is merely to measure & part of the Fed- eral obligation by giving practical and Sangible consideration to the tremen- dous amount of tax-exempt property in the District. But Mr. Cramton imme- @ately confuses the theory with a plan @ctually to impose a tax upon the Fed- oral Government. If be so miscon- Strues it, the dangers of even wider mmiscopstruction are apparent, with the Tesulting conflict and confusion. In #ddition, the Federal Government's obe n exceeds that of a mere munici= pal taxpayer. ‘The method of having the District ©f Columbia pay for support and main- tenance of the Capital, with the Fed- @ral Government furnishing revenue for Oapital expenditures, would have meant in the last fiscal year that the District ‘would have paid about two-thirds of the appropriations. That might be coh- sidered fair if the Pederal Government were willing to comunit itself definitely %0 appropriating for construction each year a definite proportion of mainte- mance costs, thus assuring adequate Building and development. . But without such a commitment the plen would be ‘worthless. The fourth method proposed is for the District and the Federal Governments to apportion expenses on the basis uf serv- oes rendcred. This would not work be- @ause it is impossible to arrive at such & division. A division of financial res sponsibility would of necessity mean a division of control. If control over the municipal funetions were released by Congress to the local community, the latter should then bear the financial esponsibility for such functions, pay the bills and collect from the Federal only specific compensation for services spzcifically réndered. But if the Nation will not permit division of eontrol, it should not, nor ean it, permit division of financial responsibility. D —— A New Heroine. A new heroine revealed herself to the other night in the dark Sea. She s Spooner, twenty: taxation or Y | “hold on tight” and set off for the dis- distance in the darkness, however, he hit the water too hard and both he and Miss Spoonsr were injured. It then became a question of life'and | death. Their cries for help went un- [merely changes his clothes, his name heeded. Miss Spooner, less severely in- jured than Capt. Bdwards and knowing that their land plane would not stay afloat much longer, decided that there was only one thing to do. Divesting herself of her heavy outer flying clothes, she told her ccmpanion to tant shore. Two hours later she felt the sandy beach under her feet and with all her remaining strength stag« gered ashore. After a brief period of recuperation she made her way to a nearby railrcad station and summoned help. Capt. Edwards, es the result of |her splendid feat, was rescued just as he was about to slip into an icy grave. It was a real bit of hercism, and Miss Spooner richly deserves the encomiums that have been heaped upon her. No depreciation of her atcomplithment by her own modesiy—In her telégram to her brother telling of the rescue she falled to mention her own part in it— of the kindly old gift-bearer could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Very rare is the actual child who ever has been disillusioned. Santa Claus and his physical appearance at various For Santa Claus is nét an arbitrary fictional = character, conceived in the mind of an individual, like Peter Rabbit or Little Bo-Peep or Simple Simon. He has the far different—and far more valid—status of & universal con- e:pt. He is a child-centered projec- tion of a child’s yearnihgs. The child mind reaches ints the mystieal infinite and concentrates upon a symbol—the symbol of a love and tenderness and ideal grendfatherhcod which tran- scends any actual experience. So long | as children are born children will yearn. Their emotiéns will overflow the littl limits of the world they see and hear. | | yearnings will find a symbol upon which | to concentrate. All that would result from a discontinuance of the Banta Claus myth would be the necessary creation of ancther symbol. Yearnings | can take away one iota of credit. When she starts out on her next record- breaking flight the whole world will feverishly ‘wish her well. - ot The Bus, Bill. Thé Senate by a vote of 51 to 20, re-' committed to the Committee on Inter- state Commerce the bill “to regulate the transportation of persons in inter- state .and foreign commerce by motor carriers opcrating on the public high- ways” - more femilietly known as the bus Bill. It would be a misfortune if the proposed legislation were allowed to die in committee, nor is it expected that such will be the case. The inter- state motor bus business has grown by leaps and bounds. And it has become evident that some mecasure of ragula- tion by the Federal Goveroment is needed, for the safety of the public as well as for the protection of the public in other weys. The House at the last session passed a bus bill and sent it to the Senate. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee reportsd the measure with amendments and this was the bill which was reccmmitted yesterday. ‘The debate of the bill in the Senate indicated clearly that a majority of the Senators are not satisfied, for the pres- ect, with th: measurc as draft:d. The regulation of motor busses in interstate trafic, for the very reason that such trafiic has developed so largely, pres:nts many problems to ths legislators. There are at least thfee parties to the contro- versy over a regulatory measure, the public, the motor bus companes dnd the rallroads. The last perty comes into the picture bacause the railroads of the country are operating today in inter- state commerce under the strictest kind of regulation, even to the fixing of the rates which they may charge. Unrestricted and unregulated = bus are drawn to a symbol as water is drawn fo the sea. They cannot float forever, like tinted clouds, buffeted by the wild winds beyond the world's end. The whole debate narrows down to the question of the acceptability of a specific symbol. Thcse who would destroy ‘a symbol because it is a sym- bol logically would destroy most of creztion fiself as we know it. What would be 1:ft of heaven and earth 1if we take cut of them all the man-cen- tered projections of man's yearnings— all the Santa Clauses of adult life? Santa Claus, in the final analysis, 1s part of the child's Ged. ——— e According to Representative Will R. Wood, Government workers ought not to draw higher pay when 80 many persohs in all branches & industry are untm- pioyed. A mathematiclan might figure that a wotker drawing less compensation than he earns is so far as his wage is concerned in a state of partial unem- i And so long as children ycarn those | | older days. jat the increase of colds and cases of |difference is that so many cf us are BY CHARLES E. Very few booklovers will admit to reading in bed, . 0 feel that.it is aciite.torgetting. (hat | ractice, forge R Vhen the spirit was necessary. laay bellef 1s lln heritage from days ploneer, B ne longer fashionable to regard physical ease as necessarily a suve step along the royal road to ru‘n. The highway of progress is discovered appears to be as lazy as a salamander may get there first, after all. Reading in_bed, %therefore, is no sign | of laziness, - The most that can be sald aganst it is that it shows a tasta for luxury, and America still shvincs from the luxurious. As & Nation we have not got the point yet when we can all read and_apnre- clat> Mr. Powys' new book, “A Defense of Sensuousness,” which would have been less scary-sounding to most of us had it been named, as it should be, “A Defense of the Senses.” x ok ok K What may be said for reading in bed | is that it is a comfortable habit, re- | narkably easy on body and braim, and | particularly good for ihs eyes. . | What is more, 1t enables the capable reader to get in touch with his book n a more intimate manner. ‘This is a at deal, especially in.en age when ve leap at everything. This almo:t might be called the Leaping Age. We roar dovn streets in motot cars, dash in to sce neigh- bers, play a fast and furlous game of bridge while we are there, instead of talking lelsurely, as they did in the We take everything on the Tun, even our meals, and then wonder | indigestion. We leap. instead of walk, and pride | ourselves upen it, &s if no one in pas®| ages had ever in_their approach to life. Th2 only doing it today. Now a book by matural right, a leisurely thing. cept for the vimble Joffspring of Engiand’s Edgar Wallace, | Megi¢ age, but it is not. ) practically all of the books offered us |2 every ene are the products of long thought. KX ‘What right have we, as readers, to| 'leap upon & book as a beast upon its | prey? | You cannot tear the sustenance of a book from it rudeiy, or suck its life- blood instantly. Those who try that method of approach usually fail, al- though they mey not Kknow that they do. Only the leisurely, the gentlemanly | approach, if you will, permits the reader plogment. ———— flenry Ford recently offered to lend a premising young violinist, who lacked an instruthent, cne of his rare eight- eenth century treasures. Henry has quite & musical collection—cottage or- gans and goodness knows what all! Some say that since his penitent retrac- tion he has even added’ jewsharps. ——————— . As a foot ball enthusiast Huey Long works hard and conspicutusly, recog- nizing no doubt that people who under- stand foot ball are more numerous than cof the methods and ideals of statesman- ship. B — The suggestion that those who get married in church cannot be good Cotii- munists would cause much loss of femi- transportation, the rallroads hold, menaces the very existence of the rail- toads. They hold that if the railroads are to continue to be great arteriss of freight and passenger tramio, nieeting the necds of the country, there must be tome measure of restriction upon thé compctition which they must meet, They point out that the motor busses, as well as freight-carrying trucks, opsrate over public highways which they do not have to maintain, as the raflroads have to maintain their rights of way and tracks. There is $he other side of the pic- taze, however, in which the public is vitelly interestad, which looks to ade- quate and efficient transportation at the lowest rates of fare that are reasonable |'and just. The public is entitled to what it can have in the way of bis trans- portation, provided that the public is guarded ageinst disastrous accidents. | The pending bus bill does not relate to freight-carrying trucks. Senator Oouzens, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee, has told the Sen- ate that there has so far been no de- mand for such regulations of ‘ trucks. Qenerally speaking, the trucks are not operated as common carriers, but a shipper of goods owns the trucks, or hires the entire truck when he has goods to move in interstate commerece. Clearly the regulation of motor bus traffic in interstate commerce is one of the pressing needs of the day. It is a measure which Congress should not permit to die. ————————— ! Before shooting at the Spanish pre- mier Newspaper Reporter Llizo resigned from his positicn. ' No city editor of any | nationality now encourages a man to manufacture s news event for the sake of a first-hand story. o Santa Claus. Santa Clauscs—2ll shapes and sizes ©of Banta Clauses—are beginhing to ap- pear in the stores and to broadcast over the radio. In a few days they will be decorating the street corners. !And the jovial, white-bearded good |fairy 18 very much in the thoughts 'and dreams of the Nation’s miilions of children, trying so hard these last few weeks to meet. the impossible require- ment of “bing good” according to the arbitrary standard of goodness set up by their elders, which generally they must accept without understand'ng. The return of the Christmas season ralses certain ethical qusstions - over which there is endless debate. Should the Santa Claus myth be kept alive? Should parents and teachers create and abzt superstitions in the minds of their children? It is hard to conceive of any ques- tlons which lead us into greater depths. We eare plunged into the mystical | chambers of the evolutlon of human coneepts. A long, strange vista opens from th: family fireside into. the ' haunted depths of the mind of man. Nearly every phase of philosophical and theological thought is involved before we approdch the end of the road. Parents, it might be sald, deliber- ately create something in the minds of their children’ which does not -exist, i'nlq manufacture an incentive to good bzhavior which h:s no counterpart in | the worlg of feality, In.a few years, at nine interest in Soviet ideas. There are very few brides who do not wish to be married in church. 4 — e Kindly words for the President of the United States are to be expected from Calvin_ Coolidge, who knows from per- sonal experience how many difficult re- sponsibilities the situation presents. ——— . There are expectations that Huey Long will shatter the dignity of logis-. lative life in Washington. Such experi- ments have been tried before and never with any memorable success. B g ‘Those who worked in chemistry were feared by the populace in bygoge days. The fear is likely to be revived by the boison-laden fog that swept over a por- tion of Belgium. ——— It is now feared that any one trying to purloin Senator Nye's papers will find only a series of complicated ealeulations in arithmetic relating only to the past. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON." v ik Mystery Story. Mystery draws nearer 'Mongst. mortals here below. The things that should be clearer Still more mysterious grow. Affairs are problematic On earth and in the eky; And even love eestatic May fade—we know not why. Life's episodes we follow ‘With interest intense. Scme seem a little hollow And others seem immense. The world with all its glory In wonderful display Is just & my:tery siory— We read it day by day. Moderation Required. “A great statesman must’ be learned in political eccnomy.” “And yet,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, “he must learn not to lecture too profoundly on that subject when he is out talking for votes before a crowd.” Jud Tunkins says he leaves his fiiv- ver out in the street all night and 1t dces him ‘gdod by strengthening his faith in human nature when he finds it there next morning. Reliable Assets. Sometimes affairs ceem going wrong And deficits may be declared. ‘With industry and courage strong Our real strength is unimpaired. Prompt Justice. “Crimson Guich used to be famous for horse thieves,” said the tourist. “Yes,” agreed Cactus Jo¢. “In those days the idea of tryin’ to get up a debate about the propriety of capital punishment would have beeh regarded as'entirely ridiculous.” “One who can talk cleverly on both sides of & question,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,” will have little of value to say on either side” 2 War Invention. Wé really fove our fellow men And yet when war comes now and then We'll seek, it's likelier than not, New ways to put Nim on the spot. “A fortune teller says ch said thosa who have an intimate perception | { herents. and the to know each other in- timately. | 3t Was thus that Emile Zola once read in a high, cold Parisian attic, after |a meal of sparrows which he hag | |snared on the roof. | Wrepped up in his blankets, he was | | lnost warm as he lay huddied with | | greatness. All books were great in pur- | pese in the elder days, Few authors | | had descended to some of the low levels | ireached today, when men and women, | 100, alas, write with an evil leer! | Evil may have been pictured then, as | now, but the leer was absent from it.| Zola himself portrayed many things | which brought him the condemnation | of finicky readers, but we of today, more | tolerant "in such matters, see clearly i that the men was not twisting his lips | | MPARCIAL, ~Montevideo. — Much | fockish talk 1s heard from time to| e about tie establishment of a republic in Spain. It is very doubt- whether such an event can cc- cur in the lifstime of any person now | existing. The tracitions of the Spanish monarch are too deep-rooted and too well beloved by the majority of the peo- ple. The machinations and clamors of a progressive minority are certainly not 2t present sufficlent t5 affect them. In addition to this ancient love of the kingdom, King Alfonso is personally popular ‘and has won the support of |many who at first were not his ad: | If Spain were to become a republic, as &0 Tany other Europcan nations have done, it would only result that he would still head the government. He would bs the sole executive in regard to whom there could be any political unanimity. The. various parties, with | their respective candidates, would be | unable to agree upon any ciher leader. The King, t00, has been progressive enough to satisfy all the champions of thodernity. Though descended from the old regime, he has constantly looked into the future, rather than into the past, and has exerted every effort to make Spain the peer of her sister na- tions. e A Ceean Flyer Drives Antnm?bfla Into Tree. Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.—The ozean flyer Koehl, it has b2en reported from Rostok, who was scheduled to make an address in Parchim, in Meck- lenburg, while driving from the flying field near the banks of the Mueritz River, mcbile into a tree. The car was badly demaged, yet, nevertheless, Capt. Koehl and the other occupants of the car es- caped with slight injuries, So his re- ception in Parchim was still made pos- sible, though a little delayed, * k% % Journalists’ Session Ends In Utmost Harmony. Berliner Tageblatt. —The Interna- tional Federation of Journalists has brought its sessions to a ¢icse with feelings of the ‘utmost harmony and after passing important resolutions to co-operate in elevating the standards of dafly papers in all countries. The con- gress was held in - the Haus der Deutschen Presce and, besides the del- egates from all German papers, was at- tended by 70 foreign journalists from 25 different countries. This is the second international con- ference, and was presided over by Prof. Qeorg Bernhard, who welcomed all the visitors in behalf of the newspapers of Berlin, l M. Qeorges Bourdon addressed the assembly as the spokezsman of French and rticularly Parisian ‘hewspapers, and fold how it was the ‘constant en- deavor of those enterprises to, present news succinctly and without a sensa- tionalism which, while it attracts morbid readers, alienat:s those whose support and indorsement of the period- ical is most valueble, There was considérable discussion as to whether the great combinations cf papers, such as are now operating in England and th: United States, are 4 benefit or a detriment. The defecis of such a movement are a erystallizing of opinion and & limiting of initlative, but, on the other hand, it cannot be alleged that the union of many independ<nt sheets into a national, network has re- duced the opportunities for journalistic work. 2 E oA IR Tax on Bachelors 3 Would fluke Up Income Losses. Evening Post, Wellington.~~A tax on bachelors is favored by the Auckland Chamb:r of Commerce, the council of wl adopted a resolution “that, in view of the reduced profits of business and the consequent reduction in the income tax returns, the government be urged to give serious consideration to the’ possibllity of widening the field of the income tax by the imposition of this tax on bachelors gver the age of 21, provision to be made for rebates in cases of hardshi) The mover of the motion said there were sands of single men with no. cbligations, earning over £200, and they ghould be bearing some of the'burden. to have many approaches, and he who |4 made the same mistake |, inadvertently steered his auto- | inflict soperne | tmat i TRACEWELL. into a grin of evil as he wrote. That makes a great deal of difference. * o % “My wife,” sald & an/mn. cne bad habit. 8he will read in bed. He, he insisted, liked to read while sit- “nf in his favorite easy chair, not realle] ing iNat reading habits, as cthers, differ with individu and she read 80 he is better so. Silence and lack of compaiilonship, except for one's book, make for the best reading. The light must be right for one thing, We are not Abraham Linco! read lying upon our elbows on a_ pine flogr to the tune of flickering candles, Ferhaps it would be better for us if we had to endure such hardships, but so long &s fate and chance and a. few cther such things have removed the candles and given us electric lights it would be ungrateful to refuse them., The fault with the average bed light, espeelally of the boudolr type, s that has too small a lamp in it. Be sure { waitage s high enough, but not too higa. Then make certain that the light daes not shine directly into the eyes. This 18 an important rule every one , Of course, but it is a fact that vho know it violate it, ¥y woode1 bed with high popular 10 c* 15 years agn, has cne good point: light r cted from it gives & soft glow mdmirable for read- ing in bed. There is no other way to 2L this reflection principle, except per- P.e bg‘hnnrlnl & smali mirror behind P the lig] * ok ok ok The smalley details of pillows and covers must be left to the individual caprice cf the reader. A few generaj rules, however, might bz in order. Do not keep too warm, as this tends to put one asicep. Sleep, by the way, is Whe one drewback to reading in bed, :T\ ially if you are past the magic age Twenty-one has been called the Thirty is it, knows who is looking back at it. Before 30, one can stay awake reading _a“s xlongbas one pleases, but after that 1t is not so easy, especially if the hook tends to be slightly dull, g Then, too warm covers will surely cause one to lle over on one's side, thence to slip into dreamland or its equivalent. Perhaps sitting as upright as possi- ble is the bost course for most of us. This tends t5 offset the natural tend- ency to become sleepy, a not unnatural thing, considering where one is, Two pillows, or possibly three, prop- ped well forward under the elbows, WTII permit the reader to drag through at least 50 pages of the heaviest reading before succumbing to the inevitable. As for eating in bed, that is a prob- lem too large to be considered here, Candy or popcorn or the like are mere concomitants of reading, and should not be permitted to obtrude. Especially is it not good to attempt to read in bed immediately after eat- ing dinner. No reader can stand it, nor ook, either. Read in bed, for the best reading, but be sure o pull the curtains over the windows, and if vou hear some one at the door, turn off the light until they are gone, Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ment would have to find fresh sourcss of revenue. * ok ok % Jurist Suggests Spzctal Court for Juventles, El Mercurio, Spntiago.—In the recen debates in uus'c " > law 4447, established for the protection of minors, there wds much discussion regarding the age at which a juvenile ofiender may be deemed fully account- able for his acts and punished accord- ingly. One of our most astute jurists, Don Carlos Anabalon, expressed some views in this respect which we believe are well worth pondering by all of us when our wrath flares up at some in- Jury, loss or detriment we have sus- tained at youthful hands. Judge Anabalon believes that all juvenile delinquents, en they have committed a. fault worthy of police cognizance, should be taken before a spccial court, the functions and officers | it of which are entirely distinct from those trying mature lawbreakers. This court should be housed in a_pleasant building, amid agreeable surroundings, Bgd the children be treated more as ys and girls upon a day's outing than apprchended for misdemeanors. Ad- jacent 1o the rooms of the court should be dormitories or apartments in which, in extreme cases, young delinquents expiate their faults, 1t is not desirable, of course, that a boy of 14, who has occasioned a fatality through the carcless cperation of a8 mo- tor car, should be conducted to the court, reprimanded, perhaps, and then immediately relcased. He should have 2 period of solitude and quiet to medi- tate upon his dreadful offense, but no mcoret ;cvero punishment should b2 In fact, there should be neither trial nor incarceration for any offenders less than 18 years old, for to put those in prison of more tender age is to educate tham in crime. If a child is brought before the infants’ court every time he commits a notable misdemeanor, and is instructed gently in the seriousness of his errors, and what they eventually may lead to, he 18 in all probability to bs reformed and made a useful citizen, In mflnm and repeated cases, a lit- tle drastle discipline may be used, but it is essential that thé culprit be lauded for his worthy - characteristics rather than condemned harshly for his faults. In this is the secret of reclamation, * Kk x % Third-Party Insurance Compulsory for Motorists. Northern Whig, Belfast.—The Nor- thern House of Commons has passed the second reading of the motor vehi- cles and road traffic bill embodying compulsory insurance against third- party risks. Every person using a mo- tor car would have to carry a certificate either of insurance or of coverage by an authorized surety against third-party risks to the extent of £5,000. Where a person used a car without being covered with insurance, he would be liable to a fine not éxeeeding £50, or be jmprisoned for a period not excceding three months and cancellation cf his license. ‘Where & person injured had received treatment {n a hospital, and where pay- ment had n made by an authorized insurer for the accident, the owner would be liable to cdischarge to the hospital reasonable expenses not ex ceeding £2! 5. Can’t Sigh in Talkies. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Would Alexander have sighed for more worlds to conquer if, 1 Jones, he could have gone into the movies to show Iu.se‘. kings and em- perors how he did his stuff? i Which Means Wild Jackasses. From the 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. The returns show that the next Congress. will have a Reprocratic House and a Demopublican Senate. Who Weon the War? Prom the Elmira Star-Gazette. * Hits the Wrong Fellow? . From the Fresno: Republican, g e ‘has | happiness which he was able to enjoy. ‘hambets relative to | inl 'and short stays in Chicago and De- _ In the cjouded, tragic life of Wiliiam Cowper the devotion and care of two women undoubtedly prolonged his years and gave to him the brief periods nll These women were his Cousin Harrlet, Lady Hesketh, and Magy Unwin, wife of a clergyman at Hunt:ngdon, where Cowper went to live after his first prolonged at- tack of insanity. The account of the benign influsnce of these two women forms one of ths most appealing parts of “The Stricken Deer; or The Life of Cowper,” by David Cecil. The title is | o /Aken from some lines in Cowper's ask' en decr that left the herd with many en arrow deep Ipfixt | My panfing side was charged, when I withdrew To seck a tranquil death in distant shades.” £oon after arriving at Huntingdon, Cowper met a young man named Uawin and the two weré immediately drawn to each other. Cowper was soon visiting in the Unwin family and was calmed and cheered by the simple domestic life there. “The father was a scholarly old parson, * ¢ * while the mother, much younger than her husband—in fact, only eight or nine years older than Cowper— struck him as having ‘uncommon under- standing, and more polite than a duch- ess.'” Soon an Arrangem by which he went to live with the Unwin family, and he was never thereafter separated from Mrs. Unwin until her death shortly befcre his own. When the Rev. Mr. Unwin fell from his horse and fractured his skull and died a few days later, the home was broken up, but “there was no question, indeed, of his (Cowper’s) separating from Mrs. Unwin. Each had become an in- dispensable condition of the other's existence.” They removed, however, from Huntingdon to Olney, in Buck ingaamshire, where they,took & rathe unattractice house called by an attrac- tive name, Orchard Side. * oK ok K Before long the Unwin son and daugh- ter had left home, and though neither Cowper nor Mary Unwin cared foolishly for village goesip, and though Cowper at least had no desire to marry, they de- cl to b2 ‘married. Always on the border line of mental disorder, Cowper could stand no disturbance of his simple routine. A short time before this he had recelved a shock in the death of his brother John, and now the pi marriage preyed upon his mind. it be that the prospect of 5o momentous, so intimate a change in his life, the basle horrors of his existence, the thought of his mental d'sease, and per= haps his physical imperfections, swept back into his mind and thrust his tot- tering reason finally from its throne? It does not seem unlikely. At any rate, {from this time events moved rlpfdly to their catastrophe. On January 24, 1773, Newton (a clergyman friend) was woken at 5 in the morn‘ng by a messenger from Mrs. Unwin asking him to come over to Orchard Side at once. He hur- ried through the raw darkness to find Cowper in a fit of raving madness| brought on by soms peculiarly horrible dream. After some hours the fit L but it recurred. And from this time on he was: treated vies a stricks Long fancy, he felt more at ease. were sent left him.” tors | for and Mrs. Unwin never ; * ok ok % Marr'age was never again contem- plated between Cowper and Mary Un- win, but they remained tog:ther and the devotion of each for the other never wavered. For years it was the calm so- licitude of Mary which kept Cowper as normal as he.was ever able to be; her Which brought self-sacrificing - nursing him throug] ods of ma time came h _his rfl But the ‘When 185 Were reversed. Mary, with health Weakened by her care of Cowper, suf- feted three strokes of apoplexy, at short bervs Cowper bacamé her devoted . “Of course, if hs hed and made his home with oth In another place, who knows that he might not have managed to stave off the evil day indefinitely? But even had such a course of action entered his head, his whole nature would have risen up to repudiate it. How often had she stood by him during his illnssses—and how patiently, how self-sacrificingly had she done it Was it not her care for him, indeed, that had brought her to her present case? Now it was his turn to help her. And if to do so were to risk his life, it would only be & small recompense for what he owed her. But bligation of gratitude or him at her side. Every ion was swallowed up in of compassion which im at the sight of her his Mary, was suffer- to relieve her. 1y, he poured t remained By the in- ern. mortal P other considerati the great tide welled up in hi affifetion. g ing: his only thought was And recklessly, unhesitat out any drop of vitality to him in order to do it. scrutable decrees that gov destiny, his devotion was his destruc- tion. ' There can be no doubt that it Was the straln of pursing her that finally confirmed his doom.” Lok ok ok % The tyrannical father who his children, and of course gsl::l]y ngx;es ”V;V the nove! stenso, att Welland, ultra-re] us printer, living in a small town ’.fiuc 200 miles from Chicago, plays this part of the suppressive father in “The Waters Under the Earth.” He is not the viclent bully in the home: he rules by gentle ence, by a steady display of supe- rior moral and religious prineiples, by devotion to his children and trust in them which he never allows them to forget. But not one of the seven Wel- land children is permitted to live his or her own life. Mrs. Welland, a stoical Woman, has early made her choice of loyalties—loyalty to her husband—so her children find no help in her. Dayid, o bringe & 1 w] rings a little money to the print- ing business, Iives in & wing of t.hspnm- ily home and sullenly takes orders from his father. Sophie submits when her father dismisses her lover because of his unorthodox religious views. Paget be- comes a recluse and a misanthrope When the girl he loves refuses to marry him in the face of his father’s Oppo- :1::;5&},“.:01;:1! thakes one dash for g:; 0 er courage, sapped home life, fails nnd“:he retumabza be- come her father’s most devoted satellite. Ruth marries'a coarse, dissipated farm- er, simply to get Audy from home, and £0ts to & worse tragedy than she leaves, Tutmiy:fl mumc:ngwguwm: has not been st n y upbring- ing, vibrates between the {lmflyn l'lmple troft, where he always fails in what- ever he undertakes. Only Carlotta, the youngest, with the same heredity and the same environment as others, from the beginning leads her own life. She s something of a Bobby | lly teachings of her phrents, and conventions of the lif mean little to her. She has always had the power to withdraw herself from un- flx:umz surroundings and to live in T OWN thoughts and in the beauties of the world. The bickerings of the fam- life, the smoldering hatreds and fears never deeply affected her mind because Ahe lives apart from them. As she |jn the on the winner of the 1930 Nobel prise in “The tical Realism,” the ent was made | {the play, such #s: Bunker, 1 strok Can | 1344 ess the of Parliament and forms summons as an invalid. He was ' the legislative moved to the vicarage, where, he had a ! O Docf rfts ang (Kol er people | that is ly to a domineering woman | by TO QUESTIONS || ‘What do you some point ‘about eonal life tha somef m.ym eric ington ployed to . %\flry to The Evenin ureau, Frederic Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cenf in coin cr stamps for return postage. Wear a , %, umb A your in- g Star Information Haskin, director, s Q. Why does Harold white glove on one hand? A. Harold Lloyd lost his thi forefinger ahd part of his hand he was for some comic photo- graphs, He & real bomb in his hand, which the property man<had given him through error. This expleded, blowing up the photographer's studio and injuring Lloyd's hand. Q. When was the statue of Frances E. Willard placed in Statuary Hall at the Cepitol?’—G. V. B. A. In February, 1908. Q. How old ‘wis Dr. Charles W. Ellot when he died?—N. V. F. A. Dr. Eliot died at the age of 92, Q. How 1is dice-golt played?—D. L G A. The game of dice-golf is played with four dice, two dice to each player. One of the dice is marked on each of the four sides, Bunker, water hasard, in the rough and falrway; the other two sides, In the cup, Thre other die is marked on the sides 1 and 2, rep- resenting strokes. Each roll indicates fairway, 2 strokes; in the cup, 1 stroke; total, 4 strckes for the hole, which is noted on the score card provided. The play alternates after each hole. Q. Did the City of Chicago ever vote for munpicipal ownership of street rail- roads?—C. V. A. Chicago voted in favor of muniei- pal cwnership of street railways in April, 1904, but the plan that was ap- proved was never put into effect, Q. What was the date of the Sfocum disaster?—T. R. E. A. The steamer General Slocum burned in New York Harbom with a loss of about 900 lives, on June 16, 1904. Q. Where was gunpowder first man- ufactured?—J. G. 8. A. The earliest known gunpowger mills were those at Auabu , Germany, in 1340, and at Spandau, 'Bemn:, in Q. Does a radio use the same Amount ctricity whether turned on loud or P. ¥, A. It does use the same amount. Q. What was - nns;h-n Fritchie's maiden name?—T. B. F. A. Before her marriage she was Bar- bara Hauer. . When did a King of England mane the first speech to Parliament?— W. A, A. The King's' speech is in reality the declaration of the causes gf the basis for the delibera . °n g:vulnhr&;d of the two houses. cutline WO i \ i HiE § ] 50 £ ] ] 8| >3 B 4] ; Y % 10 Tame wheut 70 fpdds ot . It ebcut 70 pounds of mnnnmwbunukanpum or a bushel of shelled popcorn. Q PD% honey bees die after stinging? A. Honey bees after ‘stinging do dle, though not always immediately. It is possible for them to live several hours. Wasps, hornets and yellow-jackets can sting e y, inasmuch as their stings remain intact. Q. Please define gravitation—B. 8. A. Gravitation is the name given to the mutual ettraction between different bodies of matter. The attraction is universal, and the law of universal %nvltmon may be stated as follows: very particle of matter in the universe Q. What occupations do Roosevelt's sons follew?—H. T. A. Kermit is a steam- ship agent and Archibald is a member of a banking firm, Q. How long does a person usually remain in vrnt:on when convicted of homicide?—M. M. A. The average sentence for homi« cide in the case of male prisoners is 21.22 years and for female prisoners 15.64 years. Q. Please name some of the best knfivm swamps in the United States. 8. il Bty h e . wamp, - grove s'-mpspcl other Southern States and the Tule Swamps of the San Joaquin Valley are some well known swamp areas. Q. What part of each doliar of in- come is in taxes in the United States?—W.-L. P. 3 A.“ Out of every dollar of income received by Aufinenelnl‘ lbvut’ :aigoom bels ly emj , i, gl e b to Federal, State, ity and municipal governments. - ) H:w many Federal officers wete A SRS e it ice?—W. D. N. ::eAn. ‘None was Killed in line of duly 1! Q. Is it _correct to say “He was operated”?—N. B. ; A, mumn*mm upon.” Without the : of . King actually delivered Kellogg’s Nobel Credited to of the paace that 18 e logg treaty m would Amcricens declare satisfaction Nebel peace prize hes been awarded B. llogg, former Secretary e treaty is declared to ginally the lusion. « ‘concl ol stands,” in the opinion Ll.ul h!, pact Bu! mental law for peace, as a foundation stone on which to build a new world order exflun&m and law in inter- national relations, instead of the present: system of armed peace, int t the recipient of the prige that * the fifth American thus to be the others being Theodore in 1906, Elfhu Root in 1913, Wi Wilson in 1919 and Charles G. in 1925. Never was the .award is Dawes of the Nobel prize more richly in t]aa clxseuol Mr. ® “Mr. Kel 's name,” according the Flint Journal, “will be linked for all time with the treaty by m nearly all the nations in’ the egreed to abandon warfare as an in- strument of national policy.” The Jour- Mr. | whatever a_lis Mr. % He has been a United States Senator frtm Minnesota, American Ambassa~ dor to London, Secretary of State, and just. recently elected a judge of, the World Court.” * Finding interest in Mr. Kellogg's achievement in the Nation, the Wor- cester Telegram suggests that “he cer- tainly slipped over a fast one when our* irreconcilable foes of the league and all' its works were not watching.” In explanation, the Telegram describes its efect in the statement: “Under the Kellogg treaty, the United States and the other countries of the world, most of them being members of the Le of Naticns, make mutual promises to seek th:fl settlement ofrgll: their pacific means, peace-) is not greatly different from the previously taken by the members of League. But it is a little more clusive, a Jittle more sweéping. 8o, the Kellogg treaty, we have America sociating herself with the members of the Ieague of Nations for the keeping of peace.” } Evidence of “the infinite; variety of America,” is seen by the Savannah Morning News, which “Uncle Sam has fared well in the grant- ing ‘of Nobel this year,” since he “has won 'm in peace, medicine and literature;, an art, a science and a moral force, a well rounded trinity.” ‘The Albany Evening News calls of the peace pact “one of the most dis- ‘that could be given to the world,” the Scranton Times avers that it “is declared by students of international affairs to be a real instrument for the effective preserva-~ tion of world peace;” that it also “‘em- 1 phasizes the part that our country and | and' in its leaders have played and are oon- tinuing to play in efforts 'at outlawing war and mun.. ‘:nrld eem secure.” ‘The conviction that “every possible efla‘r‘t |hnuld“;b: made f& mobilize world lon on gl?umt.lonu disput Butes” for literature. Cril volume of his “Main Currents in Amer- | to know ican Thought,” discusses several of the | tion modern writers. He begins the of his orange-backed volumes hummrl#thalfi.e'l;.nbemevl- a{mmzmuuuwuuw of Ame) expression is incomplete. Peace Prize Untiring Labor falo Evening News, “as a funda- | mdde. deserved than | ing out ‘the globe. “It 8 & it " states Duluth Hel!fi““bmfiml‘w this honor to America, for there is no way oment by which ter serv- atb this m grea 5 ice can be done m: wa 3 3 : t :"rnl guo‘m herelnm.. to that unive: W shall be beaten into plowshares the nations shall not learn . And for Minnesotans, if greater thing to have to this State, which served so well and to brought such clean and nown. Incidentally, this is time this year that a Nobel come to Minnesota, for Sin born in Sauk Center, latel Nobel award for literature.” Perils From Trucks On Highways Noted From the Charleston (8. C.) "Evening Post, It is remarkable that there is not more public indignation and agitation over the failure of the State to proe ceali] i EH ] ; i E‘é 4 e — o i | vide suitable regulations to protect motorists from collision with mendous trucks that are see: highways in increasing numbers. cldents with such trucks grow in quency and most of them are bad accle dents. Many trucks, with loads that out beyond their hubs, are passed at night and cause motorists to each time as, approacl ry-looking headlights at a find themselves just the on a load which tru imnm over its les or one of ordinary width should be required at ht to bear some distin would warn of its ap) this it gEgEazze ‘5?55' H ; g H & g & z 2% -5 i sk i E £