Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1931, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sundsy Morning Edition. 7 WASHINGTON, D. C. , SATURDAY... .January 17, 1981 THEODORR W. NOYES. ... Bditor b cbnbeiond Misasovd Tpa o The Evening Star N per Company T 4 Bundass) SEpat 48 at this Lt 80¢ per month i Fokiay Rate Mail—Payable in Advance. mu“ "x‘ yt“: '“‘-'1 mo. ghe BB e All Other States and Canada. R e ly & Sunday. 1s7. $32.00: 1 mo., B s e (e lay omly .. 1yt. 3 i 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. ated Press 1s exclusively entitlea o o e S g o o8 er“h l;ed to it or not oth: ape: 85¢ per month | ... . B¢ per copy | end of each morti | ¥ malil or telephone T and also the local rews rein. Al rights of publicatio: dispatches Berein o rosers Investigating Campaigns. The Senate Campaign Investigating Oerimittes has been given an extension of life and $50,000 additional to con- tipue its work. In addition, Senator Carter Glass of Virginla has offered | & resolution which would authorize | the committee to investigate the cam- Paign of 1028. The Glass proposal is | that if any complaint is made before the committee by a “responsible per- s6n” alleging & violation of the Fed- eral corrupt practices act, the commit- Without debate the Senate adopted the resolution extending the life of Investigating Coemmittee. It has a6t upon the proposal of the from Virginia, whith went The latter has earmarks of a political fishing trip. If the Semator from Virginia has in bis mind charges df violations of the corrypt practices act, Why not be| specific? H The Seénate committee was set up to investigate senatorial campaigns in 1830, Andthier committee of the Senate wai commissioned to inquire into the eonduct of the 1928 campaign and has long sinceé wound up ite labars. There should be no concealment of vidlations af the corrupt practices act and vio- lations shéuld be punished vigorously. ‘The mére bringing of charges, even though théy finslly turn out not to be founded on fact, frequently proves an emberrasstiént. Thousands read the chatges Who never read the denial of the truth of these charges. And in the lent itaelf to polities. It of investigators sent into erent States, following up have come to the commit- There is something about the ‘whéle business. however, which takes of an inquisitérial flaver which is unplegsant. Government, influenced by the spy method, is foreigh to Ameri- ean ideas. It is quite proper that defi- nite eharges made when thers is proof 16 back them up should be investigated by & governmental body. But to set up an inquisitorial body, instructed o deald With charges no matter how loosely they msy be made, is something else. ‘The Nye Committee is soon to make its report on the Pennsylvatia sena- terial campaign, involving Senator Devis’ election. The chairman of the committee, Senator Nye, has said that he iptended to offer a resolution de- claring vacant the scat held by Sena- tor Davis since it has been revealed! that more than s million dollars was expended in the primary afnd general election campaigns for the ticket on ‘which Mr. Davis was running. As Sen- stor Davis has pointed out, some 20,000 candidates in all parts of the State were affiliated with this ticket, including the candidates for Governor and many high Siate offsials. Me insists that it is improper to charge him with these heavy expenditures. It will be inter- esting to See how the Senate reacts in this case; If it unseats Mr. Davis, there seems to be no limit to which it sy ot go. o A morbld crowd where seénsational testimony is heard warrants a theatrical producer in wondering whether audie epces do not sometimes need censor- ship. Disunited States of Europe. The course of true love among the Rations of Europe 18 nét yet running mmooth. Twenty-six foreign ministers “ | nothing of Marshal Pilsudski, is a mem- | sideration ths breadlines in New York. anti-revisioniss groups. France and those slavia and Poland, are adamant vocating the maintenance of litical and_tetritorial, situation at Versailles. With the confinen house almeet hopelessly divided agai itself on that iseue, it is not easy this transatiantis angle’ to figure out day that he has embarked upon a long, long trail and a roeky oOne. The architects of federation elimi- nated Turkew and Russia from their plans becauss those countries typify glaringly the eontrast between consti- tutional and autoeratic f‘rms of gov- ernment. M. Briand and his colleagues z2re evidently convinced that dictatorial wins will net mix with parliamentary water. But Mustapha Kemal and Josef Stallh must be wondering why they are blackbalitd in M. Briand’s European club, while Brnito Mussolini, to say ber In highest standing. —— et Federal Food Relief. It is not the money involved in Sen- ator Robinson’s proposed $25,000,000 Federal f66d grant, but the principle of the thing, that will bring the fire- works. But why fiddle around with principles after lending $45,000,000 for food for cows and horses and pigs when human want and suffering are in- volved? Why séek to draw lines sepa- rating the economic feasibility or con- cept of governmental responsibility as shown In appropriating hundreds of millions of dollars to “stabilize” farm prices as wgainst appropriating a frac- tion of that amount to feed hungry families? These are some of the more obvious comments that may be expected on the issue ralsed in Senator Robinsén'’s proposal. The Goverfiment has been taking on so many relief roles that it & pretty diffieult to establish a line beyond which it canrot and must fiot g0. Some years ago a proposal to fure nish 4 dole in the form of free food for the hungry would have met With an immediaté and emphatic “Nol” Today, by reason of circumstance, the proposal is Opén to controversy, upon which sound argument can be Heéard on both sides. The question, however, is not whether this particular $25,000,000 is needed, of whether the Goveriment can afford t0 pay it. But once it embarks upon & policy ot feéding hungry citizens, where is it going to stop? It cannot éome sistently stop with supplying the neces- sities of the farmers in the drought- stricken States. It must take intd éon- It cannot maké crop failure alone a justifieation for receiving free food. It must likewise consider job failute, and industrial failure. It cannot help the farmer without heiping the miner of the factory worker. Every Congressman will immediately become concerned lest Tl hivisiNa g 38 i ferae interfering factor is at work. It must be found and corrected. In earlier cases the faults of the system have been disclosed with horrible penalties. This The real worrying in Burope is done by men who have been trained to states- manship. It remains for Prof. Einstein to demonstrate the freedom from care that & great mind may attain by ob- serving strict devotion to the higher mathematios. OSSO —— There s an abundance available for relief financial influence in the affairs of the Democratic party. A well armed bodyguard protects Al 'to all Capone from intrusion. Having de- cided to regulate his own taxes, Capone naturally shows an inclidation to es- tablish a smiall government of his own. Popularity is a valuable asset, and the the sufferers in his district have nét received as many bags of potatoes as the sufférers in somébody else's distriet. And if Government aid in the férm of charity has the same effect 6fi private charity s it Bas shown of other lines of human activity, that efféct will be depressing. The citizen who has given to charity i the past will feel justified in referring Applicants to the beneficent Qovernment which proposés to relieve him of suéh responsibility. In the hands of the Red Oréss $25,- But it is on the effectiveness of $25,000,000 in féod for those who need 'it. It estimated that 4 eareful can feed a famiy of four for Manly are fed on But taking $7.50 as & standard for a family for a wesk the $25,000,- 000—-whieh & week ago was $15,000,« 000—would supply 3,571,250 families for seven days, or Malf’that number for a fortnight. And it is idle to suggest that if thé Government makes money available for free food, three million families will net, eventually, ask for it. The American Nation is responsible for feeding and otheérwise ministering to its citizens in need. Every effort should be made through proper chaa- nels to awaken the Nation t0 this re- sponsibility. But its Goverament was niot designed for that purpose. It has been stretched to cover a multitude of evils siready, and there 1 such a thing as stretching it to a point where something snaps. e —oe— That ancient aphorism, “Murder will out,” finds little modern consideration. Only the writers of mystery fiction are | now relied on to unravel all complica~ tion and bring the guilty to merited | punishment. Now and then a motion picture star gets confused in Ner financial affairs. The gift of expert accounting has in many instances been denied to the Ppossessor of artistic temperament. — b There are enough rich men in the Democratic party to work out a merger to control ite various interests, if such | & plan should be deemed desirable. o oo are in sesslon at Geneva, further to dis- cuss M. Briand’s project for a United New York Subway Perils. | Ever since New York's local passenger Prince of Wales is kept almost as busy as any commercial traveler who has to make long trips to interview the trade. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sunshine in Winter. Whepn Winter came her 'customed way We hed a welseme fond and true And gathpred glistening boughs so gay T6 show the homage that was due. 806 have we done through many a year And Winter has grown kind at last With hours i which the sun shone clear Like Mayday memories of the past. s, Seeking Temptation. “Did you ever mest & lobbyist?” “No,” answered Benator Sorghum. Dirar, WV Aaidaaiis s d N, He saw & child’s Christmas horn used o prop up a broken window. ‘He wondered why the people dida't fix the window, instead of deprive their child of his g. playthin hich, Then he looked, as he traveled along | comes the streets on his way to work, and in the space of some 20 blocks he saw the following articles being used as window props: Book. Shoe. Stick. An old pillow was stuffed in a broken pane. And as he whizzed past an alley he saw that some householder had utilized & kettle as an impromptu gar- bage can. * ok % % Such misuse of ordinary articles 15 done in the name of expediericy, but it causes a most unpleasant appearance and 18 merély a makeshift, after all. It is on & par with the use of rubber bands and garterlike affairs by men to hl:lign up the’ too-long sléeves of their 8l Milijons of men suffer this martyrdom annually, instead of insisting that their wives or best girls shorten the sleeves to fit. It is not & delicate operation, but it must _be done right, for a shirt sleeve too_short is almost as bad as a shoe without room enough for the toes. * K X K The failure to repair things when they ought to be repaired, to have them “fixed” when they need fixing, is oommon to a large percemtage of | human beings. Some people will “put up with any- thing” rather than fix it, or pay to have it fixed, and some must always pay, be- cquse they cannot do the job them- selves. Thus there are as many reasons as thers are human beings for failures along this line. In the meantime one g‘u 4] with a car that runs, but ng the matter with it, or t6 a raspy radio which needs not but & couple of new tubes to make it sound as good as new. It is true that some folk are more offended than others by such sights as enumerated above. No doubt the man who used the toy horn for a balky windew vrofi‘ had ng intention of using it long for such a purpose. m surely many a book might be placed beneath a window with a broken cord without any particular loss to the libraries 6f the world. ‘When one gets around to the con- sjderation of pillow stuffed in the broken pane, the matter becomes more umtum ., nflc(.hul:;r ;u:;l; a nnsusedglves n: entire 00d & run-down-af ity perashs, however, do not. i , however, do n ve 4 whoop about such considerations. sll, lndeli the pillow keeps the wind out, they are satisfied. It may be said in their favor that & broken lflnuowhpmefn o’:le of the most léxing things for the averade Mmmpr 6 repair. ¥Yéu have to know just what size glasé to buy and where t6 buy' it, and where to get putty anid how to get the broken glaes out, until in the end it often is easier jow the pane to remain broken than to replace it. Rxs Nevertheless, the aggregate of broken windéws and so on Jooms large in the | streets Of any dity. If one were to fol- low them into the homes, no doubt he would see thousands of chairs that need repairing, rugs that are torn, tables that are rickety, lamp shades that are broken, electric- irons with cords that will nét function, walls with paper tear- with them, oomes first of | [ L s SowsvanrdY, ing loose, plaster that is cracked, back one $holh St 1 AERopt (e e Laen ation thousands of persons use when it to getting faulty devices fixed. It is not so much the article itself as the failure to do som about it which irks the contemplative mind. maenutymmrmbeukmu symbolic of mankind. Most human be- ings have quite a time of it to live up to' their best, in anything, and most of them fail at times. ~There is little per- fection to be found any place, and if we read the reminiscences of famous men we find that chance played a great pazt in their grandeur. The truth is that we aze under a con- stant necessity of fighting to keep hings “up,” 48 we say, to prevent every- thing that we are from falling down, and ave%:hln( we have from falling apart. ¢ law of gravity exerts an influence, or down-| , 1ot enly on sticks and stones, but upon human minds and hearts. Our appreciation for the higher things of life is built up, or is born with us, until a certain after which the inevitable pull of in gets under way. is an old say- ing that man never learns anything willingly after he is 30 years old, and no doubt there is much truth in the obgervance. One sees everywhere and in many men and women the inevitable degen- eration which flawers in monotony and boredom and which ends in intolerance, Did any one think that intolerance was shown in religious matters merely? Perhaps it least manifestation is there. The true intolerance which wreécks the world is that dislike of the average persof——the more truly average, the more intense~for ahy one who is dif- ferent from himself, for any thought which is unfamiliar t6 him, for any- thing which is new or upon which he has not first stamped the mighty seal of his gracious approval. This 1s the imbling block of the ages and the ocenturies. Against it every greatly daring man who ever lived has stumped his toe. It has re- sisted the best efforts of martyrs. and holy men for centuries and centuries. Great ideas of love and peace have | bled, 1o, these many centuries, because | these ideas are known to the great bulk of men only in their féew supreme moments. Revenge is & familiar idea, one of the oldest, one of the closest and nearest. By nature it breeds intoler- ance of gentlenéss and love, and knows nothing of peace except as a dream. * o x X In the everyday life intolerance orops up 4 thousand times & day in every |one’s life. Here is & fine old man, his | head crowned with the white hairs which are supposed to stand for wis- | dom, but sound him out with an idea not known to him since the days when his hair was black as coal, and {au will |see that he is hotly intolerant of it. The years have taught him nothing Re did not know in the beginning. He has grasped the torch handed on him by others, but it is not a grander, freer burning flame, but the same old one, still guttering in the wind of free opinion, still sending up noxious fumes as the first cross-current which dares to_blow from the, foothills of God. We are not such things as dreams | are made of, after all, but may sus, that the unknown rhymer 'was right |when Be put i m col::pofi’!;n of little boys an a e of puppy-aog tails. The apple which Eve ate was the fruit of intolerance, and the world has never been quite the same since. It is like a stick Nolding up the broken window of life, Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands rected 'at Signor Belloni, for- mer chief executive of Milan, by the press of that and other cities has not, in our opinion, been fuliy justified. Signor Belloni has always felt that desperate ailments require power- ful remedies and for this reason has supported the policy of the government in exiling men of prominence who are actively opposed to the beneficial pro- gram of the government. REMONA NUOVA, Cremona.— ‘ The criticism that has been di- “The ides that lobbylsts are lying in wait for the unwary statésman is largely erroneous. In order to meét a regular, high-class lobbyist, you have to g0 to the trouble of providing yourself with credentigle.” Jud Tunkins says it is possible to judge & man by his handwriting. A bank cashier can do it every time. Cost of Intellect. The statesmen’ labors late at night And has to use electric light. The cld ones were content to tofl At less expense with midnight ofl; And fntellect a price commands, Like other '-hlflha that still expands. Protection of the Law. “Didn’t you know you were exceeding the spéed limit?” inquired the officer. “I suspected it,” admitted Miss Cayenne. “Then why didn't you slow down?” “I found myself in ofie of those wild rushes of traffic that make me feel as it the only way to be perfectly safe is to get arrested.” | “We believe in the goodness of our | ancestors,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of | Chinatewn, “proudly convinced that the gods would award so admirable a pos- | | terity to none save the most worthy.” i These Soclety Wars. | Although to hopes of Peace we turn | Our feelings can't bé always gay, Por in Society we learn ‘The same old wars are undér way. “When a man don' khow ezackly | whut he's talkin’ 'bout,” said Uncle | | bl hen he uses up de States of Turope. They had no sooner | trafic was forced ints the air and under | Eben, “is de time w bid8;, aottled down to business than s snag of STound, irst upon the elevated lines MOSt time an’ patience in tryin’ to fyndamental importance hove into view It censistéd of a proposal by Signor Grand) of Italy and Dr. Curtius of and later into the subways, accidents 6f tragic gravity have occurred, with heavy casualties. The necessity for clese head- | sound explanacious.” v Unfair Competition. Germany that Turkey and Russia be WAy of trains and for speed, tog'ther From the Detroit News. brain “betwegn a pear and a piece of cheese” ia the Fall of 1929, It is obvious that the would-be fed- | 8d6ptien of cvery conceivable safety | erstionists are confronted at the out-| device the high pressure under which | set with 8 real problem. Signor Grandl dieclares bluntly that the exclusion o(f periodical disasters, and a long record 'ing featured in Automobile shows, md! “Nurkey and Russis “will merely divide| Of deaths and injuries has been written, | s0me ente these Mussolint’s foreign minister does not as yet of threatening that Italy might join the ostracized group, . Curtius intimate that Ger follow in the same direc- implication and possi- ly there. various dipi tic maneuvers ‘"have attracted attention LU HE i i » Russia, Italy and Germany 10 be the principal proteeonists Versallles Treaty revision. Current &t the Geneva “United States of Wurope” conference are .bound to sug- emphasize the vivid line of between the revisionist and i H They are sup-| and of management. Trains have been | derailed and have collided. Despite the | the system is worked causes a'most | and continu’s to lengthen. | [Friday another accident occurred ‘under ground which but for s slight marg:n might have been of a character to stand with the most ghastly of the penalties which the crowded centers of American life pay for their rapid transit. A train optrating in the Hudson-Manhattan tube was derailed when a switeh for some undetermined reason was “thrown” while the cars wiTe passing over it and the immense mass of steel was hurled against a concrete wall with tesrible force, virtu- ally cutting one car in two. Twe factors prevented & tragedy ocmparable with that of 1928 ninetien were killed. These It is nothing but rank discrimination on the part o anm.n.::\h 10 provide | cheaper power for than for the | e e——— | United States. A Chanee to Improve. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Many attractive new ets are be- maker one of | days may put out a slarnless door. e s ( ! Post-Mortem Valuations. Prom the Toledo Blade. H Alienated affections are valued high, like the cow that has been killed by | the locomoti: Home Censorship. One of the original Fascist enact- ments was that only those actually ty of evasions of the law, or of ut- erandes against the orders of the state, should be punished. Thus, when a man was eéndemned to prison or exile for his misdemeanors it was not desired that his friends and relatives should suffer with him when they were not in- volved in his offenses. However, certaln chrénically dissatisfied persons have sought to prove that it was a cruel ap- plication of the law which obliged an agitator to leave the country, while his family, in many instances, remained in Italy. This is an erroneous conclusion on the part 6f these sincere sympathiz- ers, for very often the members of & man’s family have not cared to suffer banishment with him from their native land, since they have not, as a rule, shared the political convictions of those whom the government has seen fit to discipline. : In cases where the wife and children of such an exile have desired to depart with the husband and father, permis- sion can always be secured to leave Italy, if there are no considerations which would justify the division of the family as a further punishment upon the principal offénder. Italians, born and bred and imbued with the proper love and traditional 1oyalty for their native land, are ready and glad to obey Italian-laws. Those devoid of all these filial sentiments for the motherland are expecting too much when they ask a special ténderness and leniency in the reproving of their mis- deeds. * ko * Government Inefficiency Blamed for Cruisers. Di-vio del Comercio, Barranquillar— Another sample of governmental ineffi- ciency is seen in the matter of three eruisers lately purchased for use on the Magdalena River. The nautical expert Senor Paulo E. Nieto, who studied in the Royal Naval Academy, at Cadiz expresses himself regarding these new vessels as follows: “Barranquilla.—I experfenced a sad surprise and a deep regret in viewing the Boats lately acquired for service on the Meagdealena. Though admirably con- | structed, of beautiful lines and of gréat power, they are entirely unsuited for the purpose for which they are in- tended. Tho most ignorant deckhand on the river knows by instinet that boats equipped with propellers will never work on the Magdalena, and proof of this 8 in the fact that all the pas- senger and freighi steamers at pres- ent navigating this stream, after ‘a sei- entific study of conditions relative to current and depth, are equipped with paddle wheels instead of screw propel- lers, such as are used on the new cruis- ers. “In brief, these new boats do not cor- respond in any particular with the functions they are intended to fill. Their essential characteristics, after their of- fensive and defensive Qualities and their speed, should be their ability to transport ' full crew of 500 men to the uppermost reaches of the river, a pene. tration which these heavy-draught, ses going units are absolutely unable to ac complish. When it comes to patrolling and pmuei the Magdalena, Colom- bis is ne off after the acquisi- Popular Taxes. Prom the Indianapelis Ster. Times Square, when only tion of these boats than sbe was before. (a Whoever is responsible for this blunder | Of should be made to answer for it before the minister of war is tempted to pun- ish the officers and crews of the vessels for not u}mv%whn they were dele- to do. only way out of the ty that I can see is to transfer cruisers to maritime duty and to acquire other boats of the proper type for the guarding of the Magdalena.” * ok * % Oberammergaa Player Weds Munich Doctor. Cologne Qagette ~Fraulein Hansl Preisinger, known to people all over the world as the portrayer of Maria Magdalene in the Passion Play of Ober- ammergau, in its decadal representation this past Summer, has been united in matrimony with Herr Doctor Otto Kirschner of Munich. It was intended to defer the wed until this year's depictions of the allegory were eéom- pleted, but this postponement was found not to be necessary in so far as the pro= prieties and purposes of the perform- ances_were concerned, and accordingly Frau Kirschner will continue in the role > the Magdalene. * X k% Imported Meat Must Be Properly Marked. Daily Herald, London. for sale meat not bearing the word “Imported,” ederick Red- man, a butcher of Ottershaw (Surrey), was fined £10 at Chertsey. It was said that there were no labels on the meat, which was admittedly imported; but hanging at the back of the shop was a notice which read: “All meat shown is imported unless otherwise marked.” The prosecutor urged that this did not comply with the regulations, which stated that meat must be marked “Im- ported.” * ok ok ok Japan Urged to Join Airmail Service. Mainichi, Osaka (Japanese vernacu: lar paper).—Japan is about the only power which is indifferent to avistion. necessity for expansion of the air forces. But the way in which they would if- crease the air forces caases us to doubt |if they are not advocating expansion merely for the sake of expansion. In this connection Japan has every reason to accept the proposal, recently made by JANvaad g | capable of inspiring to| We hear militarists talking about the |she Germany, for th establishment of a mail airline linking Berlin with Tokio. | Japan rejected the suggestion of extend- ing her air service to either Singapore or Hongkong, where it could eonnect | with the German service. It is true that | aviation has not developed sufficiently | in this country, but this should be no | reason for Japan's refusal. If her air- men are incompetent, they should be made efficient. . Improper Use of Gas Feared in Mexico. El Universal, Mexico, D. F.—The war ministry is considering different aspects of the importation and use &f tear-gas and other vapors, which may ponl%]y be diverted to improper channels, and thus be used in the commission of crimes. There has already come to light the case ¢f a housebreaker who used an asphyxiating gas to facilitate a robbery and his subsequent escape. These gases should always remain under the strict jurisdiction of army and police officials, | Urges Stamp to Honor Memory of Edgar A. Poe To the Editor of The Star: Monday, January 19, will be the 1224 birthday anniversary of the recognized father of detective fiction and this country's pre-eminent author, Edgar A. Our Government might, to the educa- tional advantage of its native and for- eign-born citisens, issue & postage stamp bearing a credible likeness of Poe, with the years of his birth and death—Li. e., 1809-1849, respectively. About a year ago, when I made such roposal to the United States Post ice Department, T was advised that there was not a precedent for so honor- ing a literary genius. I take this op- portunity of asking those who are in sympathy with this suggestion to com- municate with me. Bl MULFORD, kman Fund. | he reproved her i, 1lvsl. characters contribute to the personality of this ial Palace. to 3 has succeeded in giving to almost every one of these many characters a definite individuality. nf.vnlm Orcham 18 k}x‘u panjandrum, who mm and secretly to himself almost to be God. Cool, elegant, clear- lalnlusd. t'r}alo in nl?nn, ele;er ul?e han- ng pecple, a master of ) Su- premely a&cteat, ruthless at times, yet his staff_ wita loyality and energy—this is Evelyn Orcham. Yet He is no mere machine. He is & very human man, subject to personal nerve irritability, which some- times influences his actions, but which he lmtgmu When his personal relations with been particulariy exasperating and his soul is seething with indignation, he is most unreason- able with his very superior secretary, Miss Cass, but with cold politness akes it appear that she is entirely the wrong—at least he -makes it 10 his own satisfaction. y afraid of women, 8o he pretends io himself that “they” are all alike, inferior beinigs, whom he can easily dominate, . x kX Sharing interest with Evelyn Orcham i1 the rémarkable collection of person- alities in “Imperial Palace” are finan- he conceals very well. ciers, housékeepers, managers of various | degrées And duties, chefs, the hotel de- tective, the hotél publicity man, the hotel doctor, secrétaries, valets, maids, chambe; , and, placed in a very high light, ‘Gracie Bavott. Gracle is the erratic, spolled daughtér of Sir Henry Savott, merger king financier, who does not know from day to day what he is worth, because so much of his weaith is on Cgper Qracle tries éverything and Quickly exhausts everything in her rest- less searching after néw sensations. She has been a racing moétorist, the author of risque memoirs, a philanthropist in her tions with her maid , and is at all timés a complete egotist. Evelyn calls her, to himself, a “wanton,” and with good reason. The other woman who influences the fortunes of the Im- gzfll«l Palace and its director is Violet wler, who rises from the position of pérsonnel manager in the Imperial Pal- ace laundry to that of floor housekeeper, then head housekeeper in the Imperial Palace Hotel and finally in her upward | I flight reaches still loftier heights. Violét, of lower middle class family, can hardly be distinguished from a “lady.” Her qualities impress themselves slowly but permanently. She has all-importany tact, the proper amount of sympathy and the proper amount of dignity for every occasion, enough but not too much personal and a generous allow- ance of faith in herself, & which she pre- vents from sho offensively by her 's. She is a demon of ts things done while about them. Violet, in her demurs but elegant black gown, as she inspects de luxe suites, linen closets, service rooms or dictates letters in her private sitting room, during her hours of duty, which she makes very , i8 perféctly happy. When she dresses in a flowered silk and street outer attjre and takés a bus for an ob- part of London to spend a few Sunday hours with her parents she is less happy, and 16 always restless until she is back at the Imperial Palace, where she is suré some need for her guidance has arisen. * * ko participants in the hotel th: Imperial Palace are all t in their own places, and cer in thelr own minds, as the director or the head housekeeper. There is Mr, Cousin of French ancestry, but pronouncing his name in English fash- jon, manager of ths Imperial Palace, aAlways calm and correct, respecting Evelyn greatly but also respecting him- self and his authority. M.. Adolphe 15 the reception manager, who never per- mits himsel? ady moods, how:ver he may dispise the vulgar, arrogant or 10011!Wms who pass through the Impe: Palace doors. Between Cap- pone, restaurant manager, and Cerla, grill room manager, there is, of course, usually kept in a merely condition. _Rivalry between Maitre Planquet, and grand vizier of the restaurant kitchens,” who has been decorated by the: French government, and Com- mendatore Rocco, chef of the kitchens. Ruffo, special banqust man- ager, sometimes comes into conflict with ippone over the question of assign- ment of waiters. Perosi, though only head waiter of the eight floors of the o s e Bl e enjoys in ating housekeepers, chambermaids, valets and ‘waiters on the floors. The quarrels and grievances of the housekeepers would make a small volume apart; how Miss Brury was dismisséd and transferred to the laundry because shs lost her temper with & drunken patron in the ladies' ¢loak room; how Mrs. O'Riordan nursed her secret and then enjoyed to the full sending for Evelyn and telling him that was resigning as head housekeeper to become Lady Milligan; how Miss Maclaren on her first day as Mrs. O'Riordan’s successor put a floor waiter in his place and made him bring to her sitting room a full tea, including bread and butter and cakes and jam, instead of the “dry” tea allowed mere figor housekeepers in their rooms; how Miss Venables and Miss Prentiss lost all their superficially correct manners, through rage and jealousy, because first Miss Maclaren, then, Vioiet, was made head housekeeper, when each of them thought she should have besn chosen. Onie big family are the members of the Imperial Palace staff, loving each,other and hating each other about as mem- bers of real big familics often do. * ok ox x ‘To Elizabeth Barrett, one of the most distressing manifestations of the pa- térnal tyranny so rampant at 50 Wim- ‘The drama at as i smolde is alsoé ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. commodate a fraction of such requests. The answers ones that may interest many readers, rather than the one who asks the question only. All questions should be accompanied by the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send It question to The Evening In- ormation Bureau Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D, C. Q. Do many people in Canada have radios?—R. §. A. November 30, 1930, provides one for every 22 of the popula~ tion, this year?—O. 8. A A. Dr. Arthur D. Little of Cambridge, Mass., has been awarded this medal which is given annually “to the Ameri- ¢an chemist who has most distinguished himself by his services to chemistry.” poe. Q. How many one-dollar bills: would it take to weigh a pound?—E. H. A. Approximately 493 dollar bills weigh one pound. Q. At what age did Mrs. Piske be- gin her stage career?—H. 8. 8. * A. Minnie Maddern Fiske's first part on the stage was when she was 3 years old; at 12 she was playing leading roles of old women, and at 15 became a star under the name of Minnie Maddern. Q. Can an employe.of the Patent Of- fice apply for a patent?—E. B, A. An émploye is debarred from pat- enting any invention. : § Q. How did it happen that the Derby is run_at Churchill wns, why the name Churchill Downs, and what is the fastest time made in this race?—E. S. Kentucky Derby after the English Der- by. He was the nephew of John and | Henry Churchill, who owned the tract of land upon which the Downs race course is situated. The English Derby s run at Downs, which probably led to the name, Churchill Downs. Old Rosebud holds the record for running the Kentucky Derby in the shortest timeé. This horsé won the race in 1914 with a record of 2:08 2-5. Q. How many camps are there in the United States to which young people g0 for vacations?—T. T. A. There are about 26,000 camps, ac- commodating 2,000,000 young people annually, Q. Where do we get the expression, “Wl;;n knighthood was in flower’fe= A W. A A. “When Knighthood Was in Flow- er” was a popular historical novel by Charles Major, published in 1878, The name was chosén by the publi 3 . How many big symphony orehes- m'i are there in the United States?— 3% A. Pierre Key's. Music Year Book lists 11 leading symphony orchestras. There are innumerabié other orcheéstras which are mostly local groups and are not of such national importance. Q. How tall is Cleopatra’s Needle in New York City?—J. C. A. Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Q Who recelved the Perkin Medal A. Col. M. Lewls Olark pattemed the | . Churehill | V8! 5 there - were | trag 444,676 licensed radios in Canada. This applied | o %y, was used as a3 befere 8 O B. Since 1911, been used universally as the wireless distrass signal by wireless operators. Q. Was there in real life a person after whom Sherlock Holmes was pat- N e toblography of aul p) Sir Conan Doyle ¢alled “Memories and Ad- yentures,” the author says that Joe Bell, his old school teacher, was the prototype of Sherlock Holmes. The teacher had an eerie trick of spotting Q. What 1s the lowest ature whieh water has mnmwm to boll’—E. B. F. A. The lowest temperature at which ter has been known to boil is some- what below 32 degrees Fahrénheit. Q. When was Halley's Comet Jlast 0" T Nival Obeervats that i A Ty 88 ’s Oomet .was last vh.lmo”w the naked eye i June, 1910. It was first clearly visible to the naked eye after mfifl bétween earth and sun on ‘What is differetice between 3 M%-NIHM’—T. H. W. A. Pilibustering 18 the name given to taking retarding legislal up_the time i ete., which Mummhu. rolling is & term given to the wciite of combining to assist in getting ope méasure in seturn for &olrnu:v{gg the other party is g-;m:mmmm- Bethieher offi from the R Peletier to its present site—1861-1875, An intérnational investigation which has disclosed the existence of slavery in Liberia, the supposed bulwark agsinst fovced labor in Africa, interest in this country, which influential in the little republic. ing from the American te meént is generally upheld as produce some ci , but clared that the slave system is w{el{ establish‘d at various points in Africa. : Asserting that “slaves have long been exploited our Libéria—captured or bought from neighbort: the wanderin; slaver driver,” why the United States “has tolers uf-hh weumk':ewn ufié’ in slaves,’ rting “we our dusky protege, but we have not put our foot, shéathed in the Rol boots of the Marines, down good hard on the neck of the protected traf- fickers in human bodies and human souls.” The State continues: “Better late than never; but it would have mads a better face before the world to have years ago. sion on the part of our Government to wait until the finding of an interna- tional commission to move for the cor- rection of a vicious condition that we might have stamped out with a single crash of the Marine heel. Secretary Stimson, like 80 many of his predeces- sors, seems blind to the fact that we are responsible for Liberia and its reek of human slavery.” * ok % ¥ “Continued pressure will have to be exerted upon the leaders of a race that has been inured to slavery from immemorial,” advises the Detroit Free Press, remarking that “we need not be surprised to find slavery still widespread in a country only 4 per cent of whose population is el as civilized.” Indorsement of the action of the Ameri- can State Department is given by the Pree Press in the statemént: “The Bec- retary of State charged in his note that Liberia consented to the investigation with ‘extreme reluctance’; that nearly all the high officials of the country were found guilty of employing slavery and forced labor; that they have submitted no definite plan for abolishing these evils; that all the officials whose guilt was established continued in office, and that now the Liberian government, after intimidating witnesses befors the commission, attempts to retaliate on these helpless people. An even less ex- tensive indictment would have justi- fied “the strong tone of the State De- partment’s communication.” “The facts as revealed are incredibly shocking,” says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, while the Scranton s holds been Warn- 1 o 1t 18 de- government is forced to put an end to such a condition,” for “Liberia pole street was her father's custom of making her drink a pint of porter (which she hated) tw "% a day. In Rudolf Besier’s play. “The Barretts of Wimpole _Street,” in one scene to persuade her father to allow her to substitute milk, and when for her rebelliousness she replies: “If you think my drinking milk shows reckless self-indulgence, Papa, you're quite wrong. I dislike it only less than porter.” * ok ox ¥ Samuel Hopkins Adams, in his bi- ofilphy of Daniel Webster, “The God- like Daniel,” follows the imaginative psychological method—that is, he bur- rows intd the mind of Daniel Webster and produces evidence, or what he calls evidence, of what the great statesman thought about issues and events. This method is interesting, but not always convineing. We find ourselves wonder- ing whether Webster really did think as he is represented as thinkine, or whether it is only Mr, Adams’ mind which we see in operation. * % % ‘The skeleton in the cupboard of the famous literary man, Edward Driffield, } dean of English letters, is a first wife of whom he is not at all proud. W. Somerset Maugham_tells the story in “Cakes and Alé: or The Skeleton in the nd manners; in her old age she a dfimh&mefi. inartistically pow- Elizabeth = attempts | The originally established as a haven American slaves,” and ths Times ex- plains that “Mr. Stimson's note, while couched in diplomatic language, is looked upon generally as an ultimatum.” Asbury Park Press hopes that “merely the threat of the loss of Amer- ican’ friendship b the desired results” and remarks that “one would have looked for complete emancipa- tion and the fullest liberty in a coun try conceived in liberty, dedicated to freedom, and whose very name means the land of liberty.” “It 18 one of the ironies of life that the republic established primarily as & home for freed slaves from the United States should itself tolerate slavery,” agrees the Seattle Daily Times, giving ¢mphasis to the resignations of the President and Vice President of Liberia, and holding that the country “is rich in natural resources, and with good bus- iness management might be a leader in Afric: The Kalamazoo Gazette states that “the Liberian people have looked to the United States for friendly guid- ance and counsel on frequent occasions throughout their brief history, so they should be able to accept in good faith the warning that has come to them from Washington.” The New York Evening Wor strange turgeff, as is o plication, #the United Si sever rel ns with the Ne because ‘nmt republic will Was | next for Slavery Revealed in Liberia Wakes American Protests much | and fairly | ed not rest on any but rather upon & tional solicitude.” Git attention to American Beécrétary te of tection, Rhor of falherty na: inter- Mr. Stimson's is not to :" A in mngfama and his frankness ocondemning what he found. It would mm ‘ba.m much to of by been the sole stimulus for this deplorable traffic dispose in peons does not of the fact that we have, witf :2‘1:‘ %us‘mm'mmuon 1its most 3 , its m striking service is t6 emphasize the desirability of our silent tion in William Collins’ Heirs Sought to Get Estate To the Editor of The Star: We a8k assistance in tracing heirs of m Collins, who said Was borA in some about 1852. He was a very peculiar dividual, and although several attempts cerning N: wln.l re"i;:yar:;;tlon' i relatives, not suc- ceed. He died in 1029 and his net es- the T that “it is high time that the Liberian | 800, it 18 awaiting claim of his of kin. If you will this letter, it may come to the notice of some one who can give us informatien concerning 3 acrned withodL dniey L e U ouf . JOHN J. DWYER, 40 Wall Street, New York, N, Y. “Don’t Kid Yourself.” Prom the Columbus Ohio #tate Journal “Don’t kid yourself” was thes laconic message of greeting for the new yea: to6 each employe of the Chesapeake & hio Railroad Co. from ! slavery. i B H