Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR - With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. G UESDAY.......March 24, 1,31 e THEODORE W. NOYES....Edftor The Evening Star Newspaper Comp'ny 1y o S ER e are e Yark Sce: 140 East dand e Rate by Carrier Withim the City 45c per m..nth 65¢ per minth 3o, per sopy ‘each mjitl s ) ay Star TS ifection made at the end or telepione Orders may be sent in by mal National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advanc,. Maryland and Virginia, ;-] . ng.sg: i EE%& un 8 fly and Sun aily only indsy only Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively e fo the use for republication of all ne atches credited to it t ted in this paper and a published herein ~ All riz] special dispatches herein The Political Doctors. * The country has tried “stabilization” of the price of wheat for the benef% of the wheat farmers. Th: Federal Furm Board, with hundreds of millions of dollars at its disposal, bought and bought wheat “until it hurt.” And now the end of such buying apparently has come, according to the announcement of Chairman Stone of the Farm Board. No sooner had the announcement been made, however,” than immediately in political circles the cry was raised for the old “equalization fee” of the orig- inal McNary-Haugen bill and for the more recently advocated ‘“debenture” plan. If any one had any doubt that the question of farm relief legislation would enter into the coming political eampaign, that doubt no longer lingers. The farmers will be told from now on that this or that panacea is what is needed to make them all prosperous. The pity of it all appears to be that the “equalization fee” was not adopted and tried out years ago. In all prob- ability the American farm:r would have been s0 sick of the equalization fee long since that he would bave been disillu- sioned and the farmers-out of political panaceas for the farmer would have little standing today. Former President Coolidge vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill, declaring it uneconomic and unfair to the farmers themselves. So the equalization fee plan was dropped and with some reluctancs the opponents of the fee plan adopted “stabilization” as a substitute. With the Hoover admin- istration agreeing to support this stabili- zation plan, its opponents took up the “debenture” and hugged it to their bosoms, As a matter of fact, th: pur- pose of all three plans was to give the farmers a price for their wheat higher than the law of supply and demand great surplus of wheat pro- country over and above enactment of legislation which fail to give permanent nuef,' g? maintain higher prices, has fallen on deaf ears, it scems. Certainly it has been ignored and ridiculed by these who | are engeged in “farming the farmers.” The demand for a special session of the new Congress goes up again. The plea is made that Congress Qe cailed to pass farm legislation, aleng with 2 huge appropriation to establish a Federal Gole for the unemployed. At this time it does not appear that the plea will be granted. - But thcse who hope to gain political advancement are loudest in their clamor for a session of Congress | which, if called, would be ‘impotent, ex- cept for the purpose of political agita- tion, with the parties evenly divided in Senate and House, and with the CLief Executive opposed strongly to the nos- trums which have been put forwzrd by the political doctors to aid the public. plish the overthrow of MacDonald through so slender a defection of Lib- eral support. s It Lloyd George can econtrol forty- odd of his followers through thick and thin, his reported plan to sssume a behind-the-scenes dictatorship over the Labor government takes on at least the semblance of & practical possibility. He would probably prefer power with- out responsibility to the slternative, which rumor also mentions, of be- coming & member of the MacDonald cabinet. Were a sprinkling of Lib- erals, commensurate with their parlia- mentary strength, to accept office, & coalition minority, such as governed Britain during the World War, would automatically come into existence. How long a mesalliance between Ram- say the Scot and David the Welshman could or would endure—there is the rub. Labor hankers for a full three-year term of office, one long enough to em- brace the resumed Indian Round Table Confersnce this year and the World 1932. But Mr. MacDonald insists upon the stabilization of its legislative posi- tion as a minority regime through defi- " | nitely pledged support of the Liberal bloc. That sounds like an illogical de- d. [ mand, yet the topsy-turvydom into which John Bull's three-party system has plunged British politics legiti- matizes it. 1t is & case of Liberalism not loving Labor more, but Conservatism less. P Higher Fares, Heavier Losses. Pointing to certain undeniable rec- letters sent to the two local traction increasing the rates of fare does not increase revenues, but, on the contrary, lowers the returns. This was the ex- perience of the local corporations fol- lowing the decree of the District Su- preme Court in July, 1930, which estab- lished the present rate of ten cents in cash fares and seven and one-half cents in tokens. It was also the experience of the traction companies of Baltimore, following an increase in the rates of fare. The commission declares, there- fore, that the companies are unwise in their move to secure an even higher rate of adult fares to offset an’ alleged loss in revenue incident to the establishment by act of Congress of a reduced rate for school children. If higher fares lessen patronage and lessen revenues, assuredly there is no remedy for falling patronage in ad- vancement of the rates. The commission proposes, or suggests, that the remedy lies in better service, in perhaps zone rates, or lower rates during non-rush hours. It does stress this hint, leaving it for the utilities companies to consider in the light of the statistics adduced, which certainly go to show that higher rates drive off patronage and lessen returns. Whatever may be the effect of the suggestion that better service or some partial fare reductions be established, this communication quite plainly indi- cates that any move by the companies for an increase in rates to compensate for the loss incident to the lower school children's fares will be resisted. —It is therefore hardly worth the effort for the companies to persist in such a proposal as has been indicated, unless it is in- tended by them in advance to appeal from the commission’s negative ruling, thus clearly forecast, and rely upon the court for & further fare raise grant, such as that given a year ago. The figures cited by the commission are impressive. During the six months beginning August 1, 1930, the Capital Traction Company, operating under the increased rate of fare, lost $23,567 in gross revenue, or at the rate of $47,204 for a full year, while the Washington Railway and Electric Company lost, $35,560, or at the rate of $71,280 a year. On this basis the two traction com- panies, with the higher rate of fare, lost at the rate of $118,574 a year. This is plainly not to be regarded as an encouragement or as & sound argu- ment for further rate increases. Blasting at Poli's. Although the work of tearing down |ibe Pcli's Theater structure has proved | unexpectedly difficult, necessitating the use of a large amount of dynamite, care should be exercised to avoid a repetition of Saturday’s accident, which sent par- ticles of steel hurtling through the air and injured a girl two blocks away from the blast. While it is conceded that the demolition of the building is de- sirable and necessary, Washington can- not be subjected to a bombardment reminiscent of the front lines of France during the war, and if the blasting can- not be done with smaller charges and a sure protection for the public, then some other means must be found to ac- complish the work. e Repeated salutations of Andrew Mel- lon as & truly great Secretary of the Treasury are among the most encourag- | ing demonstrations of the prestnt time. In present conditions a genuinely | great Secretary of the Treasury is a | source of great comfort to more or less puzzled economists. A O 4 Lloyd George and Labor. Ramsay MacDonald and the British Labor party have been at the “cross- roads” and otherwise in extremis so often since their second leas: of of-' fice set in two years ago that hot." water has become their natural ele- ment. Such is ever th: fate of a mi- | nority government which wields au- ! thority by grace of a balance of power | group only biding its time to upset the | pariiamentary zpple cart in its own | interest. Labor's position in Downing Strest is more than ordinarily precari- ous when it depends on the whims and maneuvers of a shifty politician like | David Lloyd George. Today in London “L. G.” is in the thick of an interparty conflict within the ranks of the fifty-eight Liberal members of the House of Commons. A faction led by Sir Jchn Simon favors the immediate ending of the unholy alliance with Lebor and the use of Liberal votes to wreck the MacDonald minority by emergency coalition with the Baldwin Conservatives. Lloyd George is not yet ready to stab Labor in the back. He keeps his trusty dag- ger sharply pointed, but the hour for plunging it into the Socialist clavicle has, in his judgment, not yet sounded. day's showdown between the Lib- v v It is not desired by Mrs. Bertrand Russell, whose husband, the eminent savant, has just succeeded to the title of Earl, to be addressed as countess, & designation which she regards as un- democratic. The person who becomes ruly famous at the present time is likely as not to find greater homage in being addressed by & first name or even a nickname than by an ostent of-for- mality. ———ree— Regulation Needed. The coroner’s verdict in the recent collision between a truck and a bus on the Richmond highway has been given | as “accidental,” but in the last part of his findings he makes a statement which shouid be heeded by every Stale in the country. “It is obviously wrong,” he says, “for the State to issue licenses to vehicles with a width of eight feet that must travel on rcads eighteen fect wide or less.” And while he might also have mentioned that the speed with which these oversized busses and trucks are driven is likely to be the cause of mcci- dents, he has pointed out the crux of an evil that, unless remedied, will in- evitably take a heavy toll of human lite, At the point where the accident oc- | curred the road is eighteen feet wide, Fach vehicle of the two colliding had a width of eight feet, making sixteen feet in all. Accordingly, in order to pass without collision nice judgment or the part of both drivers was nscessary, in- asmuch as each had only one foot of spact within which to maneuver, If of the edge of the road they cculd pass with a foot to spare between them. But fifteen 1o descrt thelr of- em- tires bus and t;l:k companies have sp- km'h_ov to shast safety standpoint is obvious. Since the advent of large pneumatic each driver pulled over within six inches the narrowness of this margin from a parently lfted all bars in their rush to compete with railroads both in size and speed. No consideration apparently has been: given to other users of the roads. ‘The more passengers and the more freight that could be carried the more profit could be made, and the result has been that double-decked busses and trucks with long strings of trailers are thundering over the highways of the country, sweeping all before them and causing what amounts to almost & reign of terror. It will be many years before the va- rious States are able to construct roads which can adequately care for even the present size of busses and trucks. On certain highways, such as the Balti- more-Washington boulevard, with its forty feet of width, and on certain sec- tions of the Boston Post Road and other superhighways, busses of the present size can be permitted with the proper protection to the public, but on the ater- age road with the width of from eight- een to twenty-four feet they should be Disarmament Conference at Geneva in | Fuled off unless they are willing to com- ply with common sense rcgulations for safety. Unless this is done accidents such as that of the other night are like- ly to become the rule rather than the exception. R It is intimated that Al Smith and Jimmie Walker are not always on the closest terms of friendliness. It has sometimes appeared that Mayor Jim had an irritating way of grabbing the spotlight not calculated to endear him to rivals for popular acclaim. ———— Russian theater art is criticized by ords, the Public Utilities Commission, in | the people themselves, who. make no great professions of ability to draw companies, notes that the expedient of | delicate distinctions. Many a wise theatrical producer has insisted that the only reliable critics are the audiences themselves. - Intimation that he will go into poli- tics leaves it to be inferred that Chi- cago is producing opportunities for ex- citement that leave Al Capone to feel that he may be missing something. —_— e Severity toward women, characterized the attitude of a feminine magistrate in New York. The kind, motherly heart of a woman is not always in working order outside -her own family. — In the temporary absence of the United States Senate, New York City is left almost alone in conducting vast investigations, expected”to startle the Nation. —————e— After building up a reputation as a great little business man, Charlie Chap- lin proceeds to distribute free laughs all through Europe. ————— History repeats itself and sugar re- vives recollections of the old days when it represented one of the great national interrogation points. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Very Old Ambition. Always back yonder, in the mist, We started far down in the list Of animals that grew immense— They were too big to have much sense, But they began in days agone To run to brains instead of brawn. And still we sometimes stage a fight. ‘We say that might is what makes right. Yet we will pause from day to day To hear what men of wisdom say. In patience still we wait its dawn— ‘The day of brains instead of brawn. Literary Development. “You used to insist that a truly great man capable of influencing opinion ought to study Shakespeare and the Bible.” “Of course,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, “new wr:'s of thinking arise. But 1 still cling to Shakespeare and the Bible as being a better literary start for public life than this so-called free verse that was started up by the merry Greenwich Villagers.” Jud Tunkins says his wife has in- herited a small fortune and won't work any more. Which means that he’ll have to look for a job to support him- self. Commanding Public Attention. Two authors said: “Wide fame'we'll win. The Pirst of April's almost due. Upon our coattails signs we'll pin. 8o you kick me and I'll kick you.” Real Driving. “Can your wife drive the car?” “Splendidly,” answered Mr. Chuggins. jud I saw you at the steering wheel.” “I occupy that position for the sake of appearances and to assume the re- sponsibility in case of arrest or acci- dent. But the real driving is done from the back seat across my right shoulder.” “Our ancestors left us gold, silver and words of wisdom,” said Hi Ho, the ' sage of Chinatown, “There has never | been doubt as to which of them have been most valued by each generation.” No Washington, D. C., Immunities. | The Congressman now takes his auto home And learns from the police that once again He must, unless in custody he’d roam, Observe the parking rules like other men. “When I feels dissatisfied wif my looks,” said Uncle Eben, “I goes to de 700 an’ offers thanks foh bein’ so much handsomer dan de hippopotamus.” S ey o Paid in Full. From the Cleveland News. Acquitted of murdering her husband, a California woman threw her arms around her lawyer and kissed him. Why not make that the maximum fe: everywhere? | R A la Coolidge. From the Altoona Mirror. ‘The President should console himsell iwith the thought that if th> Senate | doesn’t pay much attention to hs words he can get plenty for them as a writer | later. on. They Might Settle It. From the Cléveland News. Both Democratic and Republican par- ties might do well to adjourn until after 932 and ul:t"tome new wet add' dry Costly Earo From the Ann Arbor Daily Ne “No; sir,” says the office cynic, “that absent-minded man who con- jcealed a roll of greenbacks in tove and started a fire was not a pro- fessor, because & B stove.” . THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. High aloft, in a window of an apart- ment, sits a model of a sailboat. It has been there for many weeks, now, and .those who are able to see such as they nflu dally, look for it as for an old friend. Maybe it is the lack of motion which draws their sympathy, or only a sense rur“ the picturesqi including the poetic. Surely there is something poetic in & boat, even a tiny one, swimming for- ‘windowsll ever on a dry . ‘Will its two sails catch wind, when ith warmer the window goes up weather? Even then it will not move, and there is somet almost ithetic in the sight of a boat forever moored, out of its element, high in dry dock. * K Kk ok If one were weaving an Andersenian fairy tale around this motionless little craft, he would begin, in all likelihood, by endowing it with a soul and a mind of_its own. It would be always looking longingly down into the gutter, and dreaming of the day, sure to come, when somehow it would fall down there, and go float~ ing away to the great sea. Every rainy day it would become vastly excited. There would be a slight rustling in its sails, and its small spars would twitch with suppressed schooner- ish excitement. ‘The little boat would look down, with its invisible eyes, upon the rushing stream of water in the gutter. It would long to be there, swimming away, as_all true boats must do. 3 Yet in its musty, dusty heart, the heart of a faithful craft, despite its smaliness, there would be an ache for the little boy it would be leaving behind. * ok ok K ‘Whether the small boat reminds one of a fairy tale, it definitely calls to mind the entire subject of boats and boating. Some who see it there, day after day, find in it rather a mute symbol of their suppressed desires. We suppose there is no man alive who has not, at some time or other, longed to sail a boat. Many have had that longing fulfilled, but. others have lacked the opportunity and have been content to be interested in boats. An active mind often is able to get & great deal of pleasure out of an active interest. § Interests, as most things, may be either,active or passive. An intelligent erson will be interested in many things. n fact, the more intelligent he is, the more chance there is he will be interested in everything. ‘Things permitted and not permitted, activities which come natural to him and with which he has only a theoretic connection, endeavors in which he ex- cels and those in which he is r— these are all grist in the mill of in- telligence. * ok ok X ‘Thus it comes about that many a city man, far removed from the sea and with little opportunity to visit it, never- theless retains a vast love for the great ocean and all connected with it. If you were to press him for a reason, he could give none, except the rather roor one that all life originally came rom the sea and that it is natural for some natures to feel the common origin more than others. He might say, if pressed further for reason, that as a child he spent sev- eral happy Summers by the seaside, and those early years, as firét impres- sions so often do, left an impress on heart and mind. These will not be very satisfactory ex- lanations, and especially to him. To there will seem to be some vast, ther satisfactory reason, if only al it could be put into words, which by no means it can. OLOGNE GAZETTE.—An inter- national automotive exhibition has finally been realized at Berlin. For a long time, there could be accomplished in 1931, but now preparations for the show are so far advanced that it is likely it will soon be open to the public. All manufacturers of reputation are represented. In com- pleteness and impressiveness of display, German ahd Austrian exhibits stand first. Next to them come the cars of Itallan and _Prench manufacturers. Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, England and the United States are also showing samples of the very newest in their va- rious lines. This show pror bring, as it were, the London Olympia, the Paris Salon and the Berlin Kaiser- damm under one roof. The German manufacturers are bent on showing the models in which foreigners are specially interested, such as Diesel trucks, and | the newest constructions in German “bantam” cars, with front-wheel drive and underslung frames, which are evok- ing much discussion right now in America. The exhibits will occupy & space of some 25,000 square meters, in halls one and two, and some 500 square | meters in the mezzanine. Four hun- dred and thirty manufacturers of cars | and accessories are participating in the | exhibition, of which 31 are German and | 41 are foreign makers of automobiles, K Bulgaria Making Strides In Art and Science. Bulgarian British Review, Sofla.— Ten centuries ago the Bulgarians play- ed an important role in the cultural and economic life of Europe. The bor- der lines of the Bulgarian lands, through the course of time, have often been changed, but the center always remained within the Balkan Peninsula. The recent five centures, up to 1.L78, the Bulgarians passed in slavery, under Turkish domination, during which f. riod they lived in a state of veritabls lethargy. All manifestation of their cultural life was completely paralyzed. But after gaining their liberation. & new page in their history was turned over, and with buoyant aspirations, | coupled with almost -superhuman ef- forts, they have reached a state of cul- ture to be compared with that of more advanced nations. In the last 50 years the Bulgarian na- tion has surpassed its neighbors in lit- eracy, and general education is com-| pulsory. In all spheres of science and art, the Bulgarians have noted repre- sentatives and masters, a number of whom have gained European, even world-wide fame. But with all these gifts the nation could not forget the | main source of its future possibilities, hidden in the land. The Bulgarians are a peisant @eople. All the intellectuals, directly or indi- rectly, come from the village. Prior to and follcwing liberation, the towns in the country were few and scattered, and were inhabited only by traders and crafismen who, however, had direct connection with the land, being inter- ested in agriculture in addition to their other activities or calling. Not only the Bulgarian intelligentsia, but also his majesty, the King, is in close and con- stant touch with the tillers of the soil. The deep, sincere and devoted rela- tions between King Boris and the peas- ants would surpass the imagination of even the most gifted writers. There is gner who has visited or passed h Bulgaria who has not been ion and sympathy mutually exist bstween the peo- ple d their be'oved monarch. And today the one dthougm. of King and idn’t rctect the peisan one of the natl of the soll, prospercus and contented, | may sing the joy that is in his heart was: uncertaitity whether this | Tell a school child he is to have a c Bulgari: 1 | { of his land bequeathed to him and praise Providence for the generous #o’: its eternal bounty. It is this reason, however, ill defined t may be, which leads his eyes ook for the little sall- this the market for ten or a dozen years without & tenant, During all that time the doll held its place, in sun and rain, g; Wlnt:r!lnd“sll:m:‘u. It may be ere yet, for all he knows. Just as all ships go down' to the sea at last, if they can get there, so the thoughts of landlubbers turn to the vast bodles of water which surround their terrestrial homes. To them—if they have the inquiring mind —every boat, whether steamer or sail, svery small vessel, whether motor boat or sall, recalls the ocean. by right to the oceans, and go to them for much of their beauty and charm. are, in essence, the old ocean all over again. Something of its mystic surge, its ever-sounding roar, is in every glass of water, even, and he who listens well will hear it. * ok K K betigs, et one ‘of e sirangest 8 10 eing: one o esf make a clerk out of a sallor. Yonder seafaring man's cheecks are pale, not because of his lack of interest in his chosen element, but because he does his sailing in his mind, and smells salt air with invisible nostrils. Those matter-of-fact folk who believe in resistless will and ruthless aphorisms will say of him, “If he had determi- nation enough, he would be on the rolling sea now, instead of rolling around in an automobile.” They re- duce all life to will power, and will not for a moment allow that circum- stances often bend men to their will, rather than permit them to make them over to their own wishes. Yet it is fairly certain that there are any number of would-be boatsmen who will never own boats. Combinations diverse and unseen make certain that they will never sail, in fact and in truth as they so often do in their minds. Life, in giving them one or more things, has taken away the rest. wn in t of events hides an evil joke, which is that living takes all, even memory. The cruelest events and the softest joys alike lead to an oblivion on this earth a forgetting which 1s worse because regret is absent. The tears which we promised to shed forever, dry up at last, amid a wi amazement, which would be insulting, if it were not absurd. * x % % The little boat will continue its windowsill sea, safe behin 'ficfln{ glass from all the winds that low. Likewise men with seafaring blood, confined behind the glass of jobs and routine, will continue to long to sail boats but never to do it. So much is inevitable, both among boats and men—boats and men that do not sail, and perhaps never will sall. It may make no difference, after all. It is said that they also serve who sit and wait, and it may be that some of the best seafarers who never fared are sitting snugly in safe snug harbors, far from the blast and cold, the glories and the dangers; yet to sail d | are they sailormen all, with eyes turned to the clouds for the state of the weather, with noses forever tilted to catch the rare fragrance of salt alr, with minds and hearts honestly in- terested in a tiny sailboat lel which sits in a high apartment dow and forever salls a windowsill sea. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands Practical Method of Teaching Geography. The Evening Times, Glasgow.— “practical lesson in commercial geog- raphy” and he will complain bitterly af the addition to his already heavy bur- dens. Not, however, if he is taught in the pleasant manner devised by the Port of London Authority, and by which no fewer than 6,000 children were given an insight into the working of the great docks here. Guides were provided to take the students around the quays and warehouses, and instruc- tive talks were given on London’s ship- ping and trade, and on the important part the harbcr plays in the commerce of the world. Surely co-operation be- tween the education authority and the Clyde trust would lead to a similar scheme being evolved, so that Glas- gow’s children would learn what their own river and harbor mean to their country's and their own welfare, * oK%k Maltreated Children Don’t Always Belong to Poor. La Matin, Paris—Apropos of un- fortunate children, one of our feminine readers makes the observation that those maltreated and neglected do not always belong to the poorer families, but very often appertain to parents not only well to do, but frequently rich. The social and worldly lives of their natural guardians require in many cases that these infants be intrusted to the care of third perscns, who have lit. tle real interest in the welfare and hap- piness of the children, and who are not seldom lacking both in experience and conscience. ‘When one thiriks of the constant sur- velllance required by these little ones; of the care, the tenderness and the understanding necessary not only for the proper health and growth of the body, but also for the education and unfolding of the soul of a child, it is not difficult to account for the multi- plicity of moral and physical ills which harass the virtually abandoned chil~ dren cf the wealthy classes., “Nothing takes the place of the eye cf the master,” says the old dictum, re- ferring to the expert in any trade, art or profession. To this adage might well be added the truth that “Nothing can substitute for the eye of the mother.” Her tender, loving regard should never for a moment be turned from her child. et Billboards Continue Defiance of Public| From the Los Angeles Times. Billboards are becoming more blatant and frequent. They smite the vision at every curve and often catch you before you reach the curve. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, k | sanct relics 1931, AN _INTRODUOTION TO JOURNAL- ISM. Edited by Lawrence h School of Journalismy; Uni of Illinols. New York: Thomas Nel- te_preparation for its full usefulness was made. Formalized education has, as a rule, looked down upon the newspaper as a to_its own A parvenu of the press, that hurrying along with its overload of news, jumbled fact and no fact, gossip, scandal, sensation—much of it due for revision or plain denial with the suc- issue. A menace to clear think- this, education said. d its. A rivers | good Yet, of regard from a professional stand- int, the nflun has held its own. idedly has d its own and h: moreover, thriven mightily. "oda) along with education itself, it stands as one of the two great forces in mod- ern 1 The schools and the press are ‘The first provides the mecl cs of rea . The cites a taste for it. to the schoolman to be a perverted one, it is just possible that he is in a measure accountable. For a newspaper is primarily mer- chandise, a thing to be sold. What- ever lofty purpose may lle concealed within its distribution, the basic de- mand is that it be distributed. So it dresses itself for such adventure. Its first page may shout aloud. But that is to call attention, keen and wide. Its headlines may jostle and crowd—that, too, is for public reach. And if edu- cation deplores the general concern over trivial and foolish things—why, education had its chance in lhlrllns ) public taste, certainly in this great land where boy and girl must be educated, according to the law of the land. Just another one of those nd often disconcerting circles that are forever swinging human affairs into the great cigcullwry system of the spheres them- selves. Somewhat tardily, therefore, college and university began to take notice of the newspaper as reviving material for that academic sluggard, “English and composition.” Nowadays, it is not alto- gether uncommon to find sheet figuring in the nom‘rony of classic shades of literature Mflwx& Te (Some day that news issue will dri down to teach the beginnings of arith- ‘metic, to contribute prideful later read- ings, to offer current events properly tied to their causes and probable re- sults—history in the making—to em- body stories about nature and human nature. This yhusn:( the matter is yet, it however, generally in the offing.) What counts is that journalism has, finally, broken into the school house. Meanwhile -the newspaper had itself become & school. Take at random a list of outstanding current writers. Novel- ists, political analysts, financial experts, travel recorders, adventurers, interna- tional authorities—all ly competent and eagerly accepted. e majority of these began as reporters. Police Court, lebrity to. take into account, markets and _ shops—the whole whatnot of “news” to be gathered and set out in pith and point and picture—all this the school of the newspaper in which these useful ones were trained. Just picking up the news, just putting the news school! To round this indubitable fact, “the School of the Newspaper” into concrete proof and striking panoramic effect, suppose you take up this book, “An Introduction to Journalism.” Its editor holds the truly promising place, “di- rector of school of journalism” in a university. Primarily, to place his work in advantageous projection, one as- sumes, he offers this outlook upon the growth’ of journalism. Here is a de- velopment, out of itself, so to speak— like the spinning of the silk worm, like the growth of the plant. Determina- tion and genius, enterprise and ability, an inner sense of the vital importance of the press in a democratic govern- ment—these " convictions and urgencies entering into this great man and that one have, along the years of America's growth, produced that ummnf exten- sion course of institutional learning, the American newspaper. Prodi , be- sides, the enviable career of journalism, the happy and adventurous lot of the ideal newspaper writer. First, this is an orderly book. A priceless quality for any undertaking as Heaven itself long ago found out. We pay Yoo scant tribute to that fact of order as the prime essential to un- derstanding any subject. But here it is. Four parts serve to set out the journalistic survey of this writer. Three of these offer views of the subject in hand, advance opinions upon it from many a high source of experience and constructive forecast. The fourth part stands the reader beside workers in specialized departments of the fleld as a whole. Hardly a book at all in its effect. Rather a company of experts, the most of whom are well known to readers, talking freely and earnestly on the d mrc'uu es- alive is this studf. As a whole it repictures the fabulous growth of the press. Tne story goes back, briefly, to sketch the early effort toward the newspaper. A pearances. ery grateful one. For out of those old little sheets grew, finally, the Giant who each day benignly leaves “my paper” at the door. And from it I speedily line up with the wide world itself in its inter- ests and enterprises. Magic — nothing short. The bulk of this study, however, is of current quality, contemporaneous in spirit, immediate in its sense of per- sonality, in its forelooking attitude and intent. “Only enough of historic substance to outline the present and to define the future. The table of contents reads like a good story—that is, it does if you are sold to the newspaper idea as the most of us are. Picking pretty much ay dom, here is a good outlook upon “in- terviewing” that many a news writer should take as lesson or as suggestion. Th: story of advertising is romance with that Philadelphia merchant as its hereo. “The Professional Spirit” and “The Duty of Journalism” walk off in company like Gold-Dust Twins, or the Siamese pair. Splendid partners, com- petent and convincing. And so the topics assemble till the great field is covered. From the general purpose of the press to the individual policy of this great paper or that one; from the mutual obligation of editor and reader; However, hardly a day passes but that yeu hear of some State squirming under the torture and passing new laws against the blight of the billboard. Last year Pennsylvania removet 25,- 000 of these highway sores. New Jersey passed a new law that went into effect the first of January. The House of Representatives has done many things it ought not to have done and has not done many things it ought to have dcne, but it did approve a bill to regu- | jy¢ Disirct of Columbia. "1t was becoming of Columbia. It was | difficult to see the cavalry in bronze in | !‘,:hl:yplrll at intersections in the Capital | In some sections public safety has taken the Initiative and removed big advertising screens on curves and at intersections that menaced traffic. Zon- ing ordinances have carried on a guer- rilla warfare against these aubuc pests. Artists are securing a taxation barrage against the foes, of beauty in some quarters. But for one billboard that is taken down a dogen others seem to spring from the soil! - from the organized body and soul of any considerable paper, blending into one, newsboy and owner—from these various points of relation and obliga- tion the matter of journalism steps out here on its way to the ready accept- ance of readers of immediate concern | . over this vital social factor. The primary intent of this publica tion may be for service in the univer-| gsks the sities where journalism has made its way. As such it will prove to be, one idges, a thoroughly vital, competent and absorbing member of the company of text books. Something of a coms petitor among them, too, it would sgem. But, as reading at home or otherwhere, for students or grown folks, for any one interested in being alive and a part of the sweeping trend of daily life, this book, without question, will contribute zestfully to a true acquaintance with the basic purpose of the newspaper, with its service and I.\gl'x,enee. It will many & ant to a newspaper career, to the bus! ness of telling the world, day by day, book some of the events that are o s o making ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Q. In what picture does Sonny Boy die?—W. M. A. In Al Jolson's “Singing Fool” the child Sonny Boy dies. Q. Are there any special tours you can recommend to persons who desire to visit Alaska?—G. Y. T. A. Greely's Handbook of Alaska says “There are four Alaskan tri) be especially recommended tourists from the standpoint of time, expense and attractiveness. The Inside Passage from Seattle to Skagway is the best known, the shortest and most, large- ly followed. The Prince Willlam Sound and the Yukon-Nome tri though longer, are more thorough! hensive and desirable. The Railroad makes accessible the marvels of McKinley Park, although some fron- tier travel is involved.” A. im IT became Em- peror in 1888 on the death of his father and ruled until 1918, when he was forced to abdicate. . wQ.wW'hal is the Pohick Church?— A. Pohick Church, parish church of Mount Vernon, is 6 miles from the mansion, on the highway between Washington and Richmond. It was built from plans drawn George Washington (1768-70), & vestryman there for 20 years. the rectors “Parson” Weems, of the church was “Parso s of the. cherry hood, such as :'oe,e. The church was used a3 a stable during the Civil War, but is now well restored. It contains the o oWo:lrd' s o mul’nwaxfidmcm:’n service men, W i w.‘c. ;lhulmynn & Teal person?- tismal font, which was lost for many years, but finally reclaimed from & farmyard. The pew of Washington the daily | of secret?—E. C. D. years. F. B, Q. Was Mahomet married?—H. A. Mahomet had numercus the first Mnfae‘ widow, 15 years his senior, whom married when he was 25. Her name was Khadija. Mahomet did not become a polygamist until after Q. What became of:hnflgflskh draped the casket of the Unknown Scldier on its journey from France to the United States?—F. M. F. amphi i : i 2 g g i H | | 1 8 § ; | s I i g, R 4 2 . g L 1 55 i 8 | i tE] £ : ! | | E¥ Sl ks [ & i | § 5 . - ] i § A. It hangs in the itheater at Arlington. Q. How old was Edward Bok when he came to this country?—P. W. C. A. He was born in and was brought to the United States when he was 6 years old. 2% Wher 1 Bulo Bill's ranch?— "A. Tt 1s located in , Wyo, 1t can be visited and is open for general in- spection by tourists. It is at the east- ermn entrance to Yellowstone Park. i ; g il it A fil i § : : i T éi i AT e : : Wickersham Stirs Tempest By Comment on Dry Report Statements virtually :gm read fiw:“ finding and recom- over = mendations of the commission as & whole and point out, how they can be p::‘eanuled with balance of the re] e “By no argument that he can ad- v.n?l,-' declares the Birmingham News, “can Mr. Wickersham dispose of the ity enough; he e 5o taks eno! ., see] palitcal view of the whole thing, Which the many o ety 3 entire coun been puzzled by the report. Now Mr. Wickersham professes to be at its reception. So now were all uzzied.” r B Quoting the words of the chairman, “I cannot but think that it will be a misfortune if, in the development of our political conditions, the such efforts should come to be ments: - “How can & person | mhllundermndinx .zhen. ‘uxr.'g 'flxdylng the report largely setting fo grea evils of pmmb{uon. and reading the expressions of a majority of the com: mission, declaring the ~experiment a failure, he comes face to face with the ‘conclusion’ that nothing should be done to change the order of things. The American people are not likely to accept such a conclusion. Thx.m disposed to come o grips with the s eighteenth amendment is next to im- possible, must be revision.” The South Bend Tribune that “the anti-prohibitionists’ ure evidently grows out of that the commission did not prohibition a total loss and mend abandonment of it. are displeased on that ening the anti-prohibition cause. Their attitude proves that anti-prohibitionists can be fanatics. man Wickersham the other day, is ly anti-saloon. As most anti-prohibitionists never over- look an opportunity to denounce the old saloon, it ought to be easy for them virtue in the ) ting effect of the . to the National brain?” Detroit Free Press “than the task of the Wick- has been reduced e manner in which the to J ho | Jittle ‘The report, as o Teminded the public | Gomm! Detter reveal the | o d;“pund to be ) verdict, it did not follow.” - itends that 'mm;mu; e own con- ‘The Daily Tribune believes that “a fairly general feeling regarding Tt 18 that it dodged its the report lusions.’ only reward of | 1o conclusion still exists, and the report still isn’t worth whatever was paid for it.” Incidentally, the News quotes an Anti-Saloon League official at the league convention at St. Petersburg. Fla., as contens that the report “is very, very comf for the drys and he doesn't understand how the wets could like it at all”; that “he says that ‘the Wickersham Commission holds that the eighteenth amendment enforced is the possible solution of the problem un!'.xlll some better substitute is found.'” progress made.” The Capital raises the question of the small amount paid by the States for prohibi- tion enforcement and offers the judg- bout the best the Wickersham could say of State enforce- 1s ‘on the a Height Goes to Waste. From the San Bernardino Sun. ‘That and 7 decide than a paper] Illinois lad who is 13 years old feet 4.inches tall probably will to be a linoleum layer rather ‘hanger. —— Turnover. vening Leader. Deadl: