Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 12

NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2o, 1931, - IBRARY ACQURES v ¢ JEFFERSON NOTES Disgust 'for Manners and { Morals of Europe Found in Old Letters. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Hitherto unknown letters of Thomas Jefferson, written while he was Ameri- Ambassador to France, have been | 2 in a large collection of family pers just acquired by the Library of | These are the early correspondence of | the Shippen family of Philadelphia dur- and immediately after the Revo- lution, which came as a deposit from Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Shippen of gton, They are considered one of the most notable deposits of Revolu- | tonary material which the library has peceived in recent years. | Disgusted at European Customs. i The Jefferson letters show the author | of the Declaration of Independence in| & new role, that of a Puritan disgusted with the manners and morals of the| upper crust of European society, with| whom he was forced to associate, and | longing for the more moral atmosphere | of America. They were written to Thomas Lee Shippen, who was plan- ning to attend college somewhere in Euro) Thl;epapera contain many letters to| Shippen from his uncle, Richard Henry Lee, describing the tangled affairs of Congress, then meetiyg in New York, and the proposals to transfer the seat of Government to “Potomac,” afterward Washington. Lee, writing as an old man, was disgusted with the rising tide of radicalism in the world, espe- cially in France, and proposed several changes in the American Constitution to safeguard the liberties of the people. He considered that the office of Vice President should be done away with, 80 s to keep the executive and legisla- tive’branches entirely scparate. Despite Jeferson's disgust with Eu- yopean morals, he took the trouble to write out for young Shippen a “guide book”—perhaps the first ever prepared for an American tourist—outlining a tour through France, Germany and Taly, with brief notes on the places of interest, the condition and rates of the and the temper of the people. : U. S. Education Praised. Perhaps the most interesting of the| Jefferson letters is the one in| ch he advises American young men | to stay at home, which reads, in part, | a8 follows: “Why send American youth to Europe | far an education? What are the objects of a useful American education—classi- | knowledge, modern languages, math- tics, natural philosophy, natural . civil history and ethics. In philosophy I mean to include <l try and agriculture, and in nat- ural history botany. The habit of ?km; the modern languages cannot acquired in America, but every other le can as well be acquired at Wil- ligm and Mary College as at any place 4a_Europe. "When college education is done with a young man is to prepare himself fog public lif> he must cast his eyes (for America) either on law or physic. For the former, where can be apply 50| vantageously as to Mr. Wyt For | latter he must come to_ Europe. | medical class of student, therefore, | is the only one which need come to| Europe. Disadvantages Are Listed. “But let us view the disadvantages of | sending a youth to Europe. To enumer- | ate them all would require a volume. I| will select a few. If he goes to Eng-| land, he learns drinking, horse racing| and boxing. These are the peculiari- ties of English education. The follow- ing circumstances of eiucation are com- mon to that and other countries of Europe. He acquires a fendness for European luxury and displays a con- tempt for the “simplicity of his own country. He is fascinated with the privileged people of Europe, and sees m abhorrence the lovely equality h the poor enjoy with the rich in his own country. He contracts a par- tiality for aristocracy or monarchy. “He forms foreign friendships which Wil never be useful to him, and loses the season of life for forming in his own country those friendships which of all others are the most faithful and permanent. He is led by the strongest | of all human passions into a spirit for | female intrigue, destructive of his own and others’ happiness, and he learns to | consider fidelity in marriage as an un- itlemanly practice inconsistent with iness. He recalls the voluptuous dress and arts of European women and | pitles and despises the pure affections ||| snd simplicity of his ‘women. own country- He retains through life a fond recollection and hankering for those | || ;’l:cu and scenes of his first intrigues. returns to his own country a for- | elgner, unacquainted with the practices of domestic economy necessary to pre- #erve him from ruin, and speaking and writing his native tongue as a for-| eigner, and thus unqualified to attain those distinctions which eloquence of the pen and tongue insures in a !rfl!' oounl try. “I would observe to you that what is called style in writing and speaking is formed very early in life, while the il Young Washington artists under ghe direction of Miss Anne Abbott, chair- Art School on the costumes which are | man of costume design of the Bal Boheme, working in the studio of the Abbott o' be worn by the participants in the “big stunt,” King Loony XIII on the Moon. This will be the Arts Club's eighth annual Bal Boheme and held at the Willard Hotel on February 2. Left to right: Elizabeth Porter, Elcise Hopkins and Mary Elizabeth Bradley.—Star Staff Photo. imagination is warm and impressions | are permanent. I am of the opinion that there never was an instance of a man writing or speaking his native tongue with elegance who passed from 15 to 20 years out of the country where it was spoken. No instance exists of a person writing in two languages per- fectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth. “It appears to me that an American coming to Europe for education loses in knowledge, in his morals, in his health, in his habits and in his happi-‘ ness. I had entertained only doubts on this head before I came to Europe. What I have seen since I came here proves more than I had suspected. ‘“Cast your eye over America. Who are the men of most learning and elo- quence, the most beloved by their coun- trymen and the most trusted and pro- moted by\them? The consequences of | foreign education are alarming to me| as an American.” URGES INDUSTRY WORK OUT OWN SALVATION Dr. Stewart, Commissioner of La- bor Statistics, Says Power to Reg- ulate Prices in Consumers Hands. NEW YORK, January 20 (#)—Dr. Ethelbert Stewart, United States com- missioner of labor statistics, urged last night that industry work out its own salvation and be allowed to organize to stabilize successfully. He spoke before the business policy forum of the City College of Business. Dr. Stewart said industry’s efforts so far had been “sporadic and not very significant.” Power sufficient to stabilize labor might be used to affect prices, but the power to regulate attempts ‘to_raise prices unfairly is always in the hands of the consumer, he concluded. 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It announced a plan whereby downtown agencies will scll tickets at boxoffice prices throughout an engagement. The theater will pay the agencies, in return, a fixed commission during the run of cach_production. o Vg “TRAVEL BY COLO D SEE THINGS iss the when you travel? Why skirt e Ctoeam el ok you heeugh the bt of interesting_points. Buses to all principal cities Teave daily. All First Class travel and ne extra charges. | Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star every day. The great ma- Jority have the paper delivered Tegularly every evening and Sun- day morning at_a cost of 1% cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If ,you are not taking advan- tage of this regular service at this low rate, telephone National 5000 now and service will start tomorrow. 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Declining Egg Markets. Eggs continued a weak feature be- cause receipts are increasing and too many storage eggs are still unsold. Con- tinued mild weather over the Middle West and East has resulted in heavier than usual receipts of eggs at the large markets and prices dropped about 3 cents soon after the middle of January. The New York live poultry market weakened In mid-January, especially on the heavier fcwl which moved slowly because of higher prices as compared with light weights. Live chickens are of uncertain value due to the weight and | staggy condition of receipts. Prices of dressed chickens were well maintained. Butter Trend Uncertain, Butter dealers seem undecided re- garding the future trend of the markets and very few were willing to make any [forecasts. General business conditions, | while showing some improvements in certain industries, are still somewhat unsettled and therefore operators in the dairy industry are proceeding cautiously, Prices continua nearly unchanged. The tone of cheese markets continued steady in producing sections, but there | was also an undertone of firmness no- ticeable in many quarters and a feeling of increased confidence was quite gen- eral. At New York, Young Americas were scarce, firm and higher; while at | Chicago Longhorns held the favored po- sition, ‘The Western New York potato mar- ket in mid-January was-dull on sacked | net ad round white potatoes at $1.55 per 100 gmmds‘ while Maine Green Mountains eld steady at $1.40. Sweet potatoes developed greater firmness. Maryland and Delaware stock was jobbing in ecity arkets at $1.25 to $2 per bushel ham- per and New Jersey receipts at $2 to 2.60. Cabbage weakened at shipping points in Western New York to a range of $13 to $14 per ton bulk or $15 to $16 sacked, and shippers in Wisconsin received only $8 to $9 a ton. Many Florida tomatoes were of poor quality or condition, and some shipments hardly brought carrying charges. The Western New York coun- try market on yellow onions was weaker at-75 to 85 cents per 100-pound bag. Celery markets showed a rather general decline as Florida shipments increased. Lettuce strengthened in the Imperial Valley of California to cash-track range of $1.35 to $1.50 per crate. Lack of demand forced a slight de- cline in the Michigan pea bean market, but offerings became lighter with the decline, and the market developed a firmer undertone in mid-January. Job- bers were bidding Michigan country shippers $4.40 per 100 pounds in bulk for the choice hand-picked grade. Live Stock Market Firm. Gains of 15 to 25 cents in hog values, in the face of the largest marketing of the season, and a week end spurt in the fat lamb market which carried choice handyweights to $9.25, Chicago basis, a new high for the current Winter sea- son, were the outstanding features of the live stock trade around the middle of the month. The fat cattle market reflected a sluggish dressed trade. Steers and yearlings lost their early price gains, and cows and heifers tended lower. Receipts of cattle and hogs de- at the week's lJow time. A boadened trade with sales includ- ing a larger variety of lines than had been noted for several weeks featured the Boston wool market around the middle of January. Feed Markets Unsettied. Despite the smaller seed supply the better demand and larger outturn of meal in seed processing caused supplies of cottonseed cake and meal so far this season to be slightly larger than last year. Supplies of meal for the remain- ing eight months this season will be somewhat smaller than for the same months of 1930. Cottonseed and lin- seed meal prices were about unchanged in Northern markets, with a fair de- mand for the increased offerings, Pro- duction of linsced meal was_slightly heavier. Wheat feed prices showed & ce, but gluten feed declined | should 'be a dog | the official dog catcher is cut of his job. | in generally about 20 cents per ton and meal around $1 per ton, while hominy feed was irregular, ‘Timothy h&:nd clover prices at the majority of larger markets were generally steady to somewhat higher around the middle of January, with the contlanued light offerings in good de- mand. The Midwinter grain market is quiet without much net change. Domestic wheat prices were a little stronger around the middle of the month under the influence of unfavorable crop re- ports from parts of the Winter wheat | belt and some improvement in milling demand. Continued weakness in the foreign market situation, however, and lack of a broad outlet for the increased offerings of cash grain exercised a weakening influence. The corn market lost most of the recent advance as the result of continued limited demand for current receipts. Oats, barley and rye held about unchanged, but receipts were not large and about equal to trade needs. The flax market was dull. kg BLAMED IN WIFE’S DEATH Ex-Judge Faces Charges in Con- nection With Fatal Shooting. ARDMORE, Oklz., January 20 (#).— A. J. Hardy, 45, former county judge and county aitorney, today faced charges in covnection with the fatal shooting of his wife last November 12. Mrs. Hardy, about 28, was shot to death on a hunting trip with her hus- band. Hardy reported the shooting was |an accident, asserting a playful dog struck the trigger of a shotgun with a | paw. creased. 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