Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Mornjng Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.........April 7, 1031 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor tar N C h'lmh‘.z: mm ‘ompany 1! 3 ot ork S icago Of La o gfiu.nx.: (Regea Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star._... 45c per mongh, The Eveniar Sndsuna T N (when 4 Sundays) . 60 per month ‘The Evening and Sunday Siar (when 3 Bundays) 65¢ per month nday Star ... . 5c per copy lieciion made at the end of each mont) @aders may be sent in by mail or telephone Ational 5000. . Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 4200 &t igan Bulldine. t 8. London, All Other States and ily and Sunday...]yr.$1s uily only .. i nday only . Member of the Associated Press. 15 exclusively ertit this paper and also the ed_herein. All rights of pubil dispatches herein are alsy ted s ub) The Greater Capital Movement. Many months of hard work have preceded formal announcement of the objectives and the progress so far of the Greater National Capital movement, | undertaken by & special group of citi- 2ens organized by the Board of Trade Over halt the funds nceded to ce Everywhere the prop lor a united effort to attract more visitors 1o their Capital and to care for them | adequately while they are here has brought enthusiastic response. There i8 every reason for the success of a movement so carefully planned and endowed at the outset by a purpose THE EVEN of crulser admitted to be the equal in!which todsy even showed trades of combat strength of any two cruisers)snow. But it is comforted by the re- now flying other flags, thanks to the | flection that this moisture is beneficial uncanny skill of German naval con-|to a greater number than the throng 2 | Cermak, structors in getting the maximum of speed and armament out of the gross tonnage at their disposal. “Perfidious Alblon™ since time im- memorial has pursued the policy of viewing with disfavor the rise across the narrow seas of any one European power capable, unchecked, of menacing British predeminance, if not dominance, in Old World affairs. Post-war France has become increasingly insistent upon her own pre-cminence in European affairs. It is just possible that British diplomacy th'nks the time has come to make a gesturs that the French cannot possibly micunderstand. German rapprochement answers that description, B ism" in Balance. “Thompson The prople are to decide whether they | wi'l cont'nue Mayor “Big Bill" Thomp- in office for another four yzars or That is the main issue. Anton the Democratic nominee, is tae weapon of tha Thompson opposition E not. {|as much as he Is the Democratic candi- ts for mayor. A Cermak victory, after all, will be no more, in fact will be much less, than & Thompson defeat. Better-government organizations have struggled for years to break the hold on the city government of Chicago which has be:n maintained by 'Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson. He has thres times been elected mayor. In 1915 Thompson was first chosen chi-t exccutive ¥t the In 1919, w 21,000 votes. Four yoars Icter, when it was cobvious that he could not win, Thomp- $on was not a candidate. H> staged a tomebeck in 1927, however, and won from his Democratic opponent, Mayor Dever, by 83,000 in a total vote of 1,000,000, #0 obviously desirable. ‘Thompson and his City Hall gang An Anglo- | Chicago today is electing a mayor. | Other cities of the Nation have been |suffered a rea) défeat three years sgo able to bid for industries, t‘lplllhllnll'when the voters, disgusted with condi- their attractions and advantages {0 | tions in Chicago, turnsd down his can- busine:s development. In \';'mlhmfim.dm:e for Stat='s attorney and defeated the indusirial fleld is relatively €on-|gtnor Thempeos e fined. The Federal Government is the i A city’s chief “industry” and the nature of that industry, as well as the jealouzly guarded plans for development cf the city as the seat of Government, have precluded the possibility of great in- dustrial growth along the lines that have made such cities as Detroit, Pitts- burgh or Los Angeles. Washington's | attractions are those of a beautiful city, located in & region rich in na- ticnal traditions. and “owned” by every Ammun It is the Nations _“h°m° blow for Thompson's aspirations. The town.” Fupdamentally, the movement | oppocition confidently expects to turn . undertaken by the Board of Trade l’l"sf‘ Bill” out by an overwhsiming to invite Americans to come and see it |vote today. It looks very much as for themselves. |though Thompson had overreached — The immediate objectives of the pIAn | pimeeif at last by his tactics. He turned are o:‘;nned‘nyozl:os:u ;; ;h:or::h:sc::l; gainst first one Republican group and attraction of m ‘{then another in his efforts to “get as tourists or as delegates to conven- ! even” with those who have attacked his tions; the establishment of bureaus 1! ,gminictration of city affairs, He went u:tumtm.:’nd S:;u;mm ‘:“:;‘;'_n far ss tc support the Democratic modations ‘IR | nominee for Senator, James Hamilton. e e tt ST e e e il e g | because his by 1 residents by setting forth the city's yanng ;ccom,s,:"::doh" h;ih y::u::m‘sm-c;m:“ to m-l: ::m;l::my appeal of his to be “regular,” in ‘I“Vlnm:m s !o‘:"b‘lm“inm md\c:nae‘qumce, has fallsn on particularly seal dquartes 5 deaf ears in t] esent 5 trade organizations and generally % In this clml:):l:l: n;,:;::uh‘: une cultivate a greater interest in Washing- d dertaken to stir up rncial antagonism s o el to Cermak, who is & Bohemian by birth, To be successful. the effort must be oo pay o the other hand, has confined It was an indication of what might be expected | from Chicago when it was sufficiently aroused. This vear Thompsbn won the Republican nomination for mayor simply because the opposition split and put se i eral candidates in fne field. His nomi- ation was acccmplished by a minority vote of the toial cast in the primary. The Thompsen opposition, however, did not make the mistake of placing in nomination an indcpendent candidate after the primary. This was a bitter adequately financed and prolonged, with the first year's work treated merely as the foundation for greater activity in! the future. The Board of Trade group is to be congratulated on the (hor-i cughness of its preliminary work And' the absence of ballyhoo that usually wears itself out before anything stantizl is accomplished. The “cam- paign” has already assumed the char- ' acteristics of a permanent institution in the life of the city. - ——— ‘Wond:rful work done by automobiie inventors is still incomplete. Their gentus should find a means of storing the cars which continue to be prcduced in extraordinary abundance. et o John Bull and Michel. Tn Par's this wesk they are doubtiess saying thal there must be more o the “perfidious Albion” business than a Shakespearezn epithet. The British | government has Invied Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Cur'ius of Germzny to a conference in London. The specific purpose is not statsd be- yond the stated decire for “a g:oneral discussion of problems afieciing the two countries."” France is reported to be dis and dicpleased. Coming cn the heels of their recent diplomatic acies wiilh the B in connec.ion with the Ital.an naval nego.aiions, the F h seem Loth mystified and mor.ifed by London's overtures to Eeiiin. Waer: Michel s concerned, ia Maiianne is capable of being exceedingly jealous. In the ebsence of any Gl.ie €x- planation of Foreign Secietary Hender- son's invitation to tae Gennan Min- ister, guessing is g-n ial taai two of Europe’s innumerabls critizal fssues are mrialy refpns.; for it. The Autire-Geriaca cusicm unien one. The 12i2 diarmamen | i | meore or le his attacks to the Thompson adminis- tration of the city’s affairs and has pledged a clean-up if he is elected. S SRR The “Hand Phone” Charge. Afier an unsuccessful effort to con- - vince the Public Utilities Commission that the present system of charges for the new type of “hand phones,” under which the subscriber goes on paying in- | d-finitely &t a high°r rate for them, is en equitable one, the telephone com- pany has propossd a plan that meets who have come to the Capital for sight- seeing and enjoyment. Perhaps many of those who are here now for the holidays had experience with the drought of last year, which afficted a wide section of this country. Perhaps they know the suffering that NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, T JESDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A good roof, 1ike the childrer: of yes- teryear, should be seen and not heard. ‘There is no feature of a house more interesting and useful than its roof. * Whatever beauty it may possess must | One will discover an amazing vari- ance in them, not only regard to materials but especially as to type, pitch and similar matters.. They vary from the simple flat tin roof of the was caused by the almost total stoppage | be secondary to its prime purpose of | typical city row to elaborate tile af- Jf the rain for months, the lack of water for the stock and for human beings, the keeping out water, however. With the walls and the foundations it shares this supreme duty, but it leads | fairs, from wooden shingle to slate, and from slag to asbestos shingle. Each type of dwelling, as worked out parching of the soil, the failure of the | them in sheer utility, for rain touches it | through the years, seems to have its crops, the acute distress that ensued in the lack of food. And they may know |that this condition persisted until the Winter came, and that even throughout January in this section the skies were niggard of rain, and the year 1931 started with a succession of weeks when no moisture was had, in any form. There have been sad hours during these weeks, when it seemed as if the experience of 1930 was to be repeated in 1931. When the rains began a short time ago there was some relief of mind, which increased as the precipita- tion continued. Day by day the official figures of the rainfall since January 1 were compared anxiously with the aver- age of thirty-three years. Little by little the deficiency was lessened. March was practically normal in the amount of rain. April started with promise and now the “wet month” is running true to form and this present storm is bring- ing the record closer to the average for a third of a century. Including the rain of yesterday and this morning the deficiency since J-nuary 1 is 3.75 inches and there is hope that by the end of the monti the year's total to date will have caughit up to the long-term fgure. This means much to the region round about. It means springs and wells aflow instead of empty, soil saturated in- stead of dry as stone, plantings possible instead of impossible. This. rain, so unpleasant to the Capital's guests, means that the specter of drought is for the present laid, and millions of hearts, oppfessed by the possibility of & repetition of last year's sufferings and losses, are gladdened with hope. ———— = Among the objccts of the Greater Washingion Campaign Committee is that ¢f making the Nation's Capital a center of education. No city has a greater supply of knowledge, practical and toeoretical. Its systematic pres:n- tation would be of public benefit. Every Congress brings an ihmense store of intellectual wealth which should be placed in circulation. ————te————— ‘The eminent motion picture player, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, repcrts that he shot six panthers in India. Distance lends enchantment to the sport of the hunter. A short journey into American regions would have enabled him td ex- perience quite as much excitement by shooting a dozen bobcats. ——— Material affection takes no account of unfavcrable impressions that may prevail among observers. Last Sunday a python laid a dozen eggs. Mother python may be depended on to think them handsomer than any Easter egg that combined nature and art could produce. ’ L R R T Cherry trees attract ‘many visitors to Washington, D. C. Unfavorable weather prevented them from blossoming as scheduled. Tre customs of sport are exiended into the domain of horticul- ture. Even the cherry trees are some- times obliged to issue rain checks, ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ethnology. I tock a look in a picture book And I read of people quaint ‘Who wore a store, like their kin before, ©Of feathers and furs and paint. I was honestly surprised To see That we S0 much should be Like those folks uncivilized. They'd prance and dance when they had a chance, To the drums and a groaning horn. Men sigh when nigh comes a lass 50 shy, But a wife they will leave forlorn. 1 was thoroughly amazed To know We'd show All the faults that grow Mongst those sav>ges, not well raised. The Struggle to Please. “I. understand they are going make a great demonstration in honor of your campaign.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. But my constituents can't quite agree. The wects say my statistics are dry reading and the drys are throwing cold water on my efforts to be con- ciliatory.” the mejor objections and will probably gain approval. By this plen the sub- scriber who wishes to have the benefit of the new type of phone ccn cbtam! it for the pzyment of the additicnal cost, the extra parmen's cearing when they comp:nszie the ecmpany for the equipment. Trus the exira charge of twenty-| cents ‘monthly for the in- stallation of the hard phone will céase at the end of eight:en months, when the tot:] paid emsunts ta $2.50. Cr, the subscriber may pay a flat fee of $4 for the Installation and thereaiter pay the usual rate. This significs that - the actusl extra cost of the hand phone is $4: the additional filty cents collected in “def>rred pzyments,” or installments, | is In Jieu of interest This would scem to be fair enough, | the subscither getting the newer equip- ont for th> payment of an edditicnal | charge, which does not run cn indefi- nitsly until it mounts into a large extra profit for the company, Under | the plan first e-tablished, and still oper- ative, each new hand phcne installed beceme a source of extra earnings, the | Monday makes him wonder whether subscriber paying for the equipment in | the youngsters wouldn't be satisfied to les than eighteen months and there- {go a step further back in childhood’s after turning in twenty-five cents a ' happy hours and put-in the day mak- month to the company “for the con- ing mud pies. tinued ue of whot in one sense m'ght rded as his own prop: Jud Tunkins says a rainy Easter Superabundant Clues. 10, e Pubic ve e to t2iie the conferenze ai Gencia fs anolber. Mr Henderzon in the Hous last week Ceclarcd thai tae od chosen for announicm nt of the proposed Teutonie tar ff meigor & designed to * 5¢ suspizion Dows ing Strest may want the Wil to give 2ssurances (hat customs i mot the uiterior znd sinister taing which continental s.atermen like M Briand con'k it to b>—"ihe seripus thrzat to poa The Biitsh, as i nd that the tele- be all upon the ad would equity i to"en increc in tioe In thet case the ncw raie would take into account to some in tes necessarily cezrce the B unien 4 not. in equity to the sub- so high 85 to make the " am:ondment of the service the source of a dirprepotiontte increa of the tion. rergement, proored by the company, at no'nt of puastble controversy titude toward clsaruom p'ans at Gencva n st yom is nct comng to tacl con nce in g2rb of a witle-sh etod peontent roady 2 on cny d-ttad line 'aid bifo.e ricuzed to poicnze by the Germeny is far ta the s'ab. iz Russians ae s'nt>d as beirg vnwavering in devotion to the Soviet Cwing to thz syitem of dz ection and punishment, eny dicpocition to waver would be d-c ly unsafe. The situ- st'on must be azccptod, end, in aldi- tiop, the public is raquired to The Blessed Pein. trea: s frem content to ascent z2- tion of h'r powerle: er rol; wehr, or standing army, of 100.000 is pronounced by foreign exg2ris to be per- haps the fir-:t military oigen'z L.on in | ext:tance and one capable of emar 5ly efigotive sn-fon cn #hart notice. Th- Reichstag has just epproprieted t E2stor poriod ell parss of tae funds for two more of the 10,0%0-ton country, for the bad wepth r which has | Ereatz Preussens, the miysterious | prevafed for several days. It is exceed- “pocket-batt'echibps,” six of which the!ingly sorry that they have been disap- Germans are permitted by the peace pointed and discommoded, that their ype construct. ‘This 15 the type pleasure has been lessened by the rain, hetrm ) Our eyes would be filling With tears ever new If there were a Killing To go with each clue. Cultivating a Clientele. “How is your boy Josh doing in the city? ine,” answered Farmer Corntossel, er cost of the n°w type. | “He's a soap box oratoer.” “But he doesn’t know apything about Cemmunism.” 0. He lets the Communists talk se in the net ! jong encugh to draw a crowd and then The new | prings out his box and sells the soap.” “To be lonel; sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown “is a penalty when tne men about you are good and a privilege when they are no The Taxi Beautiful. I save my nickels up with glee. My taxiceb reveals Su-h colors that it seems to me An Easter egg on whesl:! “Look’ on de kright side of life” “If you don't see no to e it yoh business pick cut sumpta’ an’ shine it up.” polis Star. One-heif the world, never ther half belonged to first, and leaves it 1 | It is, therefore, almost axiomatic with builders and thoughtful home owners that the roof must, above all, a good | ‘roof. One which permits water to enter, | no matter how pretty it may be, i falling short of its duty. | % wE | A_lesky roof does mot necessarily | mean a poor one; tifere are few roofs | put on a house which will not develop | lelllu, under certain conditions. t centuries of building it should be pos- sible to construct roofs which were | absolutely leakproof. It is possible, in theory, and often proves so in practice, but, like most 1 dther matters in which the hand of man has a part, there can be no absolute surety in this world. A properly made roof, whatever its | material, should not leak. Neither | builder nor home owner expects it to| leak. But it may leak. On certain types a nall may work up, literally | pulled up by the heat of the sun. t ‘Then rain with a wind behind it may | blow into the slightly raised place which l ensues, and a real leak may develop. There is no guarding against this and | similar leaks. The only thing to do is| to fix them. Thus a repaired roof may be said to be, in many instances, a| much better roof than a brand-new and uniried one. e i It is when one comes to the appear- ance of a roof, however, tnat the human element enters most largely. Here there are as ma tastes as men. What is | a good-looking roof to one owner is not 50 good to another. Once the roof is water-tight, the matter of beauty is all important. Often this resolves itself down to a general question of fitness. The type of the house has most to do.with it. but size and location play their parts. Happily the period of what, in com- mon parlance, is called a trick roof is| passing. One no longer sees pink roofs, | or those amazing combinations of shingles which take on all the appear- | ance of a Scotch plaid. Blends are different things entirely. ‘There is no roof more happily ihan that of properly blenaed which achieve a certan which combines with the entire hou. and its surroundings. LR Nor can there be any emphatic point made against roofs which are merely bright. These are not loud. | Often a white stucco building with a vivid red rcof is supremely appropriate when softened by plenty of surrounding trees.and wide lawns. It is only when such roofs draw to themselves the glance which should be reserved for the dwelling as a whole | that one may cail them too bright. i The three great standard shades for | roofs are green, gray and brown. Many | like wooden shingles, owing to their | pleasant stains and a certain softness ©f outline which they lend to a roof. The wooden roof, however, is not a fire-resistant rcof, and is looked upoa askance by thcse who fear fire, as all | home owners should. This proper fear, many believe, will | ultimateiy Tesult in the abolition, espe-’| cially in and near cities, of roofs which are not fireproof, to a certain degree at | least. { s ‘Those intetested in the human house will find it intriguing when walking or riding around the city to pay particular astention to the roofs. | | we might seem that after all these| and freezes in Winte: one most appropriate roofing material. And each has its most appropriate type. The so-called hip rcof is a particular favorite with many. English-type homes sometimes demand a roof with a daring s'ant, often so pitched that it takes on the appearance of a sail almost. Considering the wear and tear upon a roof, it is one of the most amazing bits of physical confstruction. It must be able to weather literally all the her there is. It bakes in Summer it sheds the sluicing rains of Spring, and in some lstitudes remains covered with snow for weeks and even months at a time. Wien one stops to consider the in- cessant play of the elements and the violent extremes of temperature which a rocf withstands, he is forced to take off his hat to it. * ‘There it stands in all sorts of weather and should be its own ornament. Per- haps this feeling is partly responsible for the gradual disappearance of weather vanes. While there was some novelty in the vane, and in olden times utility, t0o0, particularly in agricultural com. munities, its place above the roof tended to draw the eye away from the roof itself. This was unfortunate. A good roof stiould be its cwn best advertisament. the beholder, whethel that mer or other, should be If because it is a pleasing roof, cne waich the appreciate instinc as being both weather-tight and artistic. Man's propensity to do something else after he has already done enough les him_irresistibly to the weather vane just as today it causes him to place figures of angels on the prow of his automobile and put two stone benches in his garden when one would be enough or magbe too much. PR It is not for nothing that most of our roofs have a certain pitch to them in | latitude. It is to shed water. Even soscalled flat rcofs are elevated at on end, and the water which strikes them runs naturally to the other, where gut- ter agfl downspout take care of ii. In hot climates where rains ar 50 ‘frequent the year around tne per- fectly flat roof is mcre in evidence. After sundown in some places the air is refreshingly cool, and such roofs are used for lounging. Who that has read the book or seen the play “Ben-Hur” c:n forget the roof scene in which the tile is tilted over to fall upon the Roman governor? There has becn a movement in the United States to make the flat roof popular, but it has not succeeded very well in detached houses. Undoubtedly there is something emi- nently attractive and pleasing about the santed or sloped roof. It somehow seems appropriate that a roof should slant up to a peak of some sort, and this no matter of what material made. The pyramid, the obelisk. the dome, the spire—all point to the sky and show a certain som:thing in man's nature which leads him to bring his topmost building peaks to this altogether satis- factory conclusion. A roof, therefore, is not just some- thing to be regarded as a mere part of 4 building and ncthing more, but must be held to be of prime importance. A home may be flat on the ground without basement, but it should possess a proper, water-tight roof, and one which strikes the eye as pleasing. Given such a roof, ny home has a great deal. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newsp some 10 or 11 years ago, the first gonfirmations and indorse- BERLDIER ‘TAGEBLATT.—When, , ments of th;ellmuln theory of relativity wefe promulgated, they received a cordial reception in the scien- tific world and were considered epoch- | ally important. Sclentists and astron- omers came halfway round the world | to congratulate the sapient discoverer, and the whole realm of physics and | astronomy seemed due to undergo the | most radical revisions, both in concept and deductions. At first men of scien- tific attainment, prominent in all phases of natural investigation, re prone to accept the theory of Albert Einstein which postulated primarily that velocity and not gr in the visible and perceptible unive: Prof. Einstein took the velocity of light as the standard. All other veloci- ties and substances are visible or in- visible, perceptible or imperceptible, to us in exact proportion t their relative velocity as compared with the velocity | of a light ray. Einstein further postu- lated that the density of all physical bodies depended on their velocity, and that this relative velocity operated to keep the earth and other planets, and the stars, and every ingredient of them, in_mutually reciprocating positions. Newton arrived at substantially the | e point by a theory of attraction rather than of repulsion. However, of later years the Einstein theory has been challenged. Indeed, | perhaps of 100 most eminent contem- porary scientists, scarcely one is fully convinced of the correctriess of that | doctrine, which even its sponsor has modified in some respects since its initial pronouncement. ~But, after all, 2nd as he himself explains it, Einstein ls nct seeking a certain vogue and reputa- tion among scientists, or the adulations | cf the public. He is simply endeavoring to find and grasp the truth and is al- ways ready to revise his theories in the desire to end the tragedy cf elemen- tal error which has engulfed humanity in all its ages. It is by scrutiny and disputation that we shall ultimately know the real facts of life. i % x % | Will_Truth of the Beyond Be Fully Disclosed in This Life? El Nuevo Diario, Caracas. — Will | (12 pounds). apers of Other Lands Heaven have no desire to leave that bourne again for the earth; and those who are suffering the penalities of their sins in Hades cannot Occult science is a study which en- grosses many men, but how futile yet their efforts to find a convincing verity and comfort in such phenomena. *x ox % French Schoolgirl Carries 12 Pounds of Books Daily. Le Matin, Paris (From the column compiled by “Rosine”).—A little girl has written m Since you spoke about the weight of tae cl’u]:h.p sehool- books the othier dey, my mother has | had the curiosity to weigh the little satchel which I bring from school every evening, and carry back again every morning. it weighs b kilos 50) gram: I am but a little gitl 10'; years old, and though I do not live on the sixth floor, like the little boy you told about, I do live 1,400 meters (nearly a mile) from the primary school. Twice during the week I have to carry in additi>n a portfolio of music for my piano course. This weighs 1 kilo 900 (a little over 4 pounds). I believe tiat I realiy have more reasons to com- | Plain than ‘the little ‘garcon PAULETTE. Mile. Paulette: You certainly do have 2 Hfht to complain. hole, heart that a remedy for such a condition may soon be feund, and that your little arms, and those of r fellow puptls, boys and girls of Fran may soon be relieved of these hea weights, . * xox % Overproduction Held Cause of Depression. Correlo do Ceara, Fortaleza—It has been estmated that during the nine- teenth century the popuiation of the world increased from 600,000,000 to 1,500,000,000. To provide for this, food materials and all other items necessary for existence had to be produced and manufactured in proportionately in- creased quantities. During that century the steam engine, facilitating travel by land and by water. was invented, and manifold uses of electricity discovered, 2ll of which permitted much greatsr de- velopment in agriculture, and cheaper APRIL 7, 1931. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM e will | not | | business and liked it. LG M. ADAM’'S RIB. By Mary Day Winn. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. Genesls reveals that “the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he & woman and brought her to Adam.” ‘The time of this marvel of creation, with its sequence of succeedin, lr remains to tha y and influences, ource of dispute, along with_ other minor phases of the event. Funda- mentalists in type on the one hand, scientists in training and outlook on the other, refuse to come together on this point and on many another. Slight concerns, these. Non-essen- tials, really, before the overtopping fact that Eve arrived. That Adam's rib took on individual flesh and blood, as- sumed physical and mental organiza- tion, became through the schooling of Adam so much of a feature in the world that, quite apart from her bio- logical importance, the Eve of that day of creation has multiplied mightily, has waxed enormously in potentiality and jactive power throughout the earth. It is the modern Eve, so vigorous in every phase of common life, upon whom Mary Day Winn turns a scru- tinizing eye and upon whom she sets a deeply penetrating mind. “The typewriter, the printing press, the war and the psychoanalysts, all working unconsciously toward a com- mon end and all working most ef- fectively in the fluid element of Ameri- can life, have produced that colorful phenomenon, the American woman.” Merely liberative agencies, these four. Without doubt, the supreme goal— secret or open—of every woman since e has been freedom. Some Ilittle erty, it may be. Not always,” nor oftn, the consuming passion for com plete and final emancipation. Quite natural, too. To want his rib back, the one taken from him in his sleep, must certainly have been an instinct in Adam. This not possible, the next dy need was for him to hold it close to himself, close as his own skin. And this physiological instinct became spiritual guide and social custom. ‘With the growth of this habit toward recovery of himself as a whole, in- numerable restrictions and hateful in- hibitions were imposed upon Eve, that woman raped from his own side. Now, Eve, being of the actual substance of Adam’s body, must have sed some licum at least of his noble male pas- slon for self-possession, independence, reedom. And so, from causes the most nacRral. a strugg'e was set up that has beefl going on since the strange oneness of Adam and Eve was brought about. This writer's very intelligent concern, however; is with the woman of the present day. with the modern Eve de- rived straight from Eden. Primarily, since this is above all else a business era, the study concerns itself chiefly with the effect of woman as a whole, upon the time, and with the effect of woman as a partaker in the industrial life. But before this a glance is given to the period lying in between the current hustling day and the ladylike Victorian era. ‘There gathered is a host of women who as mere inheritors of wealth are in America today holding .well toward half of the individual resources and savings of the country. By will, by in- surance provisions, by court alimonies in divorce proceedings, and so on, such accumulations have been made. Now and then these safely ;mtecwd ‘women chirp a little to the effect that women and men should have exactly equal rights. “Would you under warranting circumstances have a woman pay ali- mony?” “Certainly not.” “Would you agree to abandonment of the widow's dower right?” “Well, I should say not."| However, it is with the young and active woman, out in the world with her typewriter and her freedom and her buccaneering soul, that this invest: gation has chiefly to do. And it is an investigation of high order. Useful in purpose, comprehensive, important in its lines of pursuit, analytically sound, restained in conclusions. The great point in the case of this immemorial Eve is that she went into To stay there me her prime ambition. Tenure of office depended upon certain essen- tial Business efficlency, pleasing in of speech, ready in intuitive under- ling, tactful, unobtrusive, Another ! part, just as essential, was that she be {an raciive office fixture. Somethis | clean and rosy and sweet-smelling ane | well dressed. Long past the experi- | mental siage the success of the experi- lmenl is a marvel. Think of #t! Noth- way stand| but a typewriter, a course of busi- nes: training—-arithmetic, spelling, composition, typing, a pleasing per- sonality, good sense, a level head—and tEhen she is, the triumphant modern ve. God | please. It is be! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘The resources of our free Information Bureau are at your service. You are in- vited to call upon it as often as you serve swer for you? There is no charge at all, except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address your letter to The Evening Star Information Bureau, . Haskin, ashing. ‘harlie Chaplin a Jew?—H. A. rican Hebrew says that . It says, “A Jewish gamin in Whitechapel, both his parents hav- ing been ‘stagers,’ this sprig of human- ity was in vaudeville at 7.” Q. Are the courses in the universi- ties of China given in English?—L. 8. A. The Foreign Division of the Office of Education says that some of the courses in the universities in China are given in English, but there is a tendency to give the courses that are known in Chinese in that language. It will not long before all courses in Chinese universities are given in Chinese. “Most of the students are required to know both Chinese and Englis! Q. When did the first Congress of the United States meet and actually start functioning P. A. D. On Wednesday, March 4, 1789, some of the members of each hous Q IscC A. The house, | brilliant _blue. met and ad- Jjourned from day to day until April 1, upon which day a quorum was present in the House of Representatives, where- upon it was organized. Upon April 6 & quorum was present in the Senafe, and its officlal business was begun. Q. _When was the first high school established in the United States?—C, G. ‘2AA It was founded in Boston in May, 2. Q. Where did President Jackson buy e‘l;ll;' for use in the White House?— A. Congress expressed the wish that it be bought in Pittsburgh, It was therefore purchased there. Q. Did quez for his A. His hol to Velasquez to pay for the portrait of the Pope. The artist refused to accept the money. The King (Philip IV), explained. always paid Velasquez with his own hand. It is said that the Pope humored him. Q. How long have thete been Sum- mer camps for girls in this country?— F. W. R. A. As early as 1888 Dr. and Mrs. Luther H. Gulick had a camp on the Thames River, Connecticut, for their daughters, and as they grew up they invited others to join on a paying basis. However, a cal exclusively for girls and of some importance was not or- ganized until 1902. Miss Laura I. Mat- toon established/in 1902 Camp Kehonka, in the best sense of the word. Today there are about 200 well established private Summer camps for girls and about 250 more that tannot as yet be considered permanent. Q. What was the first play that George Washington ever saw?—S. W. A.' The play and pageant department | of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission says that he had his first Wolfeboro, N. H., which was a real camp | maintained solely to | bados u. ~What question can we an- | Wi well' acted. The character of Barn- well and several others was said to be well perform'd there was Musick & R?;u?hz:d Q"‘”‘w rly conducted by M. T time Washington was a great lover of the theater. 1 Q. If “got” is t fect. parti 3 ere is no explanation. \ The per- fect participle of “forget” is “forgotten,” while the form “gotten” has been dis- placed by “got. Q. Please explain how the neon signs are made?—E. E. I. 5 A. Neon is a colorless, inactive gas, which occurs in the atmosphere. Neon has the properti of glow] with a peculiar brilliant fiery-red tint when an electri¢ current is passed through it in a near vacuum. For advertising pur- poses the gas is put into hollow glass tubes, which are twisted by a combined heat and blowing process into the re- quired shapes to make script letters, The air is removed by a vacuum pump, If & few drops of mercury are inserted in the tube of neon, the light becomes & ‘yellow-tinted 1t appears green. Q. Why are locomotives now bullt Wwith so many wheels?—C. H.AW. A. Many wheels are used to reduce thfix weight at any one point on the rails. Q. Is steam poisonous?—D. Z. A. It is not. Steam is the invisible gas produced when water boils. Q. Please give some facts about the tung g& lntdu.try.—NA D. . The tung tree was first introduced into the United States by the Depart- ment of Agriculture in 1905. In groves of the Southeastern States there are as many as 8,000 acres of tung trees. commercial production of the ofl, ever, has thus far been confined to the north-central part of Florida. tung oil is now our-fourth largest ical import, and besides being an essen< tial ingredient of high-grade nts, enamels and lacquers, is the manufacture of telephone and electric wiring, linol ith ers’ ink and many other " Q. Please give some facts about the Crane expedition which was sent out by the Field Museum in 1929.—N. H. P. sponsored and Cornelius Crane of Chicago and 1j ‘Mass. It made a 3%00-@1!;:‘13." from Boston, p , and then proceeding "through the Panama Canal and around 1,288 birds, 200 r about 1,200 cal material. eptiles and ‘some Voluntary Life With Lepers Earns Fame for Ira Dutton Country-wide tributes to Ira Dutton, who gave his life to work among the lepers of Molokal, are paid as death ends his long career. Known as Brother Joseph, he was the disciple and suc cessor of Father Damien, and, alf devoted to his work, never contracted disease from to whom he minis- tered. He is declared, nevertheless, to have received the world's highest honors. That he failed to contract the dread discase does not detract from that rar- est form of courage which character- ized his service,” declares the Pitts- burgh Post-Gazette, while the Charles. ton (S. C.) News and Courier says “Among the afficted he ‘walked, their bedsides he ministered, their funerals he officiated. He went |about’ them unafraid.” The New Bed- ford Standard pays the tribute: “Such self-sacrifice as his and Damien’s are not unique by any means, but they are very rare. The church under whose banner they forsook the world to aid the most wretched of its creatures has 1 hope with my | There are, besides, armies of women | every reason to honor them, and their in ind>pendent business, in politics, in | Xample must be an inspiration to all | authorship, in journalism, in art—in | mankind.” e branch of public life. It is with| “Occasionally men and women so these that Mary Day Winn concerns | completely gbdicate the world,” accord- | hergelf in many a short sk:tch of ex-|ing to the Detroit Free Press, “and im} | peiiment, success, failure—on the ups|molate themselves in sagvice to their |2nd downs that bes:t men in like cir- | less fortunate fellow beings as to Tevive cumstance. A most arresting feature | admiration for the human race. At- of this survey is the enormous extent to | tending upon lepers is a limited field, which business—the great gane of buy- | but there are other ways of serving ing and seiling its paramount activity | those whos> ability to help themselves —is shaped and circumstan to fi;{is restricted. The inspiration of Ira the desires, the nceds, the tastes of | Dutton's life lies in his recognition that wemankind. The great bulk of ex-|the years given to self were of less clang: between commoditi's and “cash | spirifual value than those given to is exercised to provide the wherewithal | others.”* of the femals for her trem:ndous a st tack upon the citadel of male pre-| ‘“From this pestilential spot. least in- cmivence in the business world. Walk | viting to happiness of any place upon the business street of any town. Notice | the world’s surface,” recails the Mem. that its shops are given over in large | phis Commercial Appea majority to the needs and desires of | interva's letters of hope and good cheer | women. Cosmetics alcne have made | from him who had made the great ad- hug: fortunes. Beauty parlors jostle | venture in self-renunciation and self- one anoither on every strest. Dress|sacrifice. As the Master Himself oad shops and shoe stores ‘appear to think | dared to touch the lgper and make him that men have pretty much whole again, so Brother Joseph dared t peared from the fac: of the earth. Are | minister to the many lepers of Molokal. these women mere Cleopatras over | And, strangely enough, in the midst of 2gain—new editions of Helen of Troy? | the most dreaded disease he found bod. Not at all. Very astute young p-rsons, | ily health and vigor that lasted him instead, not inclined to bury a scrap | until he was almost 90 years of age. even of the very least of their talents, any one doubt that he also found The crusade for culture makes a [Happiness right up to the moment when most interssting bit of general school- | death came as a ministering angel to ing in this wholly absorbing study. A |relieve him of his labors? No one who sketch of history traces the homely rise | ever read one of Brother Joseph's letters of the Chautaugua lecture course and | can even question the fact that he similar outreachings for knowledge on | geined by runnln¥ away from it the the part of dissatisfied women. All o happiness that millions of others have thé country clubs of diverse purposs, | chased feverishly in vain.” but united ‘in the design to provide op- | “He found happiness in his work, and portunity to women who have wakened | despite the gloom and depression of his | | to the joys of knowing things, to th> rroundings was a man of rare humor, lars expiating their sins in pury knew that Others, haps,” are in pflu&a the Wendel “r_-mwn'uumhmmm and hetter manufactures. | Much economic progress was achieved, despite the varying possibilities of pro- duction in different countries, some the truth about the bevond ever be fully disclosed to us in this life? For ages men have tiied to peer into the future. Kardec, Leon de Nics and Conan | s Doyle are some of those who have made b°ng much better endowed with b exbaustive investigations into the oc- !Fal resources and posessing more en- cult sciences and who claim to have | !°IPrising and intelligent racial stocks { arrived at certain definite con‘lusions, | But, in general, an advance in pro: | That there is something authentic in Perity and education was noted every- spiritualistic phenomena seems reason- | Where with the beginning of the twenti- able. It would be hard to account for | €th century until the beginning of the scme of the messages received and | WORd War. Then the normal, healthy |some of the manifestations disclosed | movement of trade and migration was except oh the presumption that there interrupted and prices soared to un- has been communication with the de- | heard-of heights. As & Tesult new parted, and for all we know we may | industries had to be taken up in coun- be surrounded with benevolent or mali- | tries to which they had been foreign. clous spirits all the time. | Tariffs were erected which made each It is logical to suppose that in a country practically a sealed unit. sofentific age, wherein we have learned | When the end of the war arrived, the the necessity for specific and sufficient barriers were leveled again and the contacts in physical perccptions, a | World was inundated with all sorts of knowledge of the laws governing spirit- | commodities, both natural and manu- { ual interchanges is a'so necessary. We factured. Production was rampant | cannot talk with our departed dear |everywhere, and soon supply far ex- ones because we do not understand |ceeded the demand. Nevertheless, the ch. They | frenzy kept on, until the markets were s and to | Overburdened beyond relief, foreign ex- talk with us, but we are bl'nd and|change declined, prices fell almost to | deaf to their importunities bzcause we | the vanishing point, and the whole | cannot exalt ourselves to their spirit- | world had to suspend its gainful activi- unl plane, and they are bereft of the | tles until industrial and commercial physical forces and capacities that |affairs again were Bgought into proper would ensble them to operate on our relation with its abllity to consumx baser cogitations. Th's, in brief, explains the cause of ti Many believe, however, end in this presgnt economic crisls, apparently not group are #ll the orthodox of the Catho- | yet ended. lic !nnhé‘t.hat the sph’i‘!‘s( of ;hns- who —— o - Ve 0 not soe! and are not 3 S Have did e I e M 900! Let's Hope It Stays at Par. From the Newark Evening News. tory. | ry. ‘The Stock Exchange annex will rise to the height of 400 fe something is An¢ as Voltaire once sald of those who have t. Well, at least pointed pleasure of pursuing art in_sculpture, painti i y. The whole | Louis Post-Dispatch concludes that “such individually keen to its own | outposts of misery as the Molokai set- brain, to the pleasure of studying, of | tlement soon will be no more, but the learning. A most interesting, and sig- | work of such men as Brother Joseph nificant, chapter is h-aded “The Bridge | will remain landmarks in their forget- Epidemic.” Read that on your own ac- | fulness of self, their sympathy with the count. It will give a fine return. No|outcast and their ceaseless devotion.” home, no family in this accounting? | The Danbury Evening News pays the Oh, yes, but just now, and right here, | tribute to his services: ‘“He gave every- these are not in need of further care |thing. He gave his life, his all, lived and anxiety. among the world’s most loathsome of What is the summation of this excit- | outcasts, doing what he could to cheer ing, this stimulating diagnosis of Adam'’s | them, to help them. to make their lives rib, of the case of Eve? “ess the living hell, to bring what he “ Woman has gained in the control of ! could of God's comfort to them. They money. (This has ben fully discussed [ call this a callous, here.) She has gained in economic in- | no ert | dependence. She has made a spactacu- | having' produced a Brother Joseph. {lar gain in the field of rducation. ‘Surely the angel who writes in the “Up to the present, in spite of the | bock éan ‘)ut him down as one who growing power of women in this coun- | loved his fellow man,” asserts the Cha try, the American man has not been | tanooga News, while the Columbus Ohio weakened * * * the successful (u!&lelstlle dourpal avers that “his life, in with business has kept his muscles | all probability, will never be seen again hardened, his head high. He is no|in the leper colony.” The Dubuque longer coverlord of his home, but he is | Catholic Daily Tribune holds that “some still master of the industrial wonld.' day Father Damien, the apostle, “But if and when America’s period of | Brother Dutton, his successor. will be industrial control comes to an end— |venerated as saints,” and that ;p‘t what then? Will the women have con- | offers the record: “In 1929 the tinued to gain in power as the men |of Representatives of the Hawall Legis- | have lost? Will history double back on |'ature adopted the following resolution: itself and this country see a rights-for- | ‘Resolved, That this House desires to men movément? And, if so, will men |put on record its appreciation of the be told that chivalry is better? The gest and inspiring service and influence picture is disquieting, but not beyond |for good, for the splendid and effective possibility.” service he has rendered in their behalf, Nothing new here. That is not the |and for the work done during the past point of the study. Rather is it meent g Dutton in the set- ol states the Scranton Times, while the St. No age, ture for ready seizure by the intelligen® |to pd Kalauppa, of human living can be barren, | I.M 1 “He was held in veneration wherever , me Wwas which was s na known, through most of the world,” thinks the Milwaukee Sentine! and which was his boyhood home, to Madras. When President Roosevelt sent the fleet around the world the ships single file around the tory the leper colony is situated, paying such homage to Brother Joseph as is usually reserved for presidents and kings. Per- haps 100 years or more from now Brlot::er Joseph will be canonized as a saint.” g “Other parts of the world have prof- ited from the remedies he used, and leprosy is now not °!‘1‘}' a_curable dis- ease, but the number of afflicted is each year lessening in ail places where proper medical treatment is accorded,” states the Madison Wisconsin State Jo\g:al. and the Charleston (W. Va ly Mail comments: “If the world at large can pause for only a moment in the mighty rush of events and the inexo- rable demands on time and attention to honor Pather Joseph, as it must, it is all the better for it, and whether or not the world soon forgets there are those In that far-away colony of unfortunates, cut off from their fellow men, who can- nct and will not.’ “‘He ruled no province, had lrlom.l- e in near the sea, cal honors, lived over half his an isolated cove surrounded by a mountain wall, visited by few, associated daily with human beings who came there to die under the sentence passed upon them that they were victims of age-old supegstition, that there was no hope,” says Janesville Gazette, “and yet the boy who used to run errands In Janesville was known wherever the printed word reached or the news was carried by men. He was a Trappist monk, deeply devoted to sacred things. and found time, among other duties, pressing upon him always, to correspond with hundreds of le, d i voted in cords stretched out from this leper col- ony to millions of people on this earth bec;:u of Brother Joseph, Trappist monk.” The Tide of Folly Rises. From the New York Sun. The citizen who wonders why the United States Treasury faces a deficit of $700,000,000, why his Federal income tax this March was higher than a year ago and why.the State continues to im- pose an income tax should observe with interest the figures compiled by the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board on the cost of government in this country. The figures are for 1928 and the cost undoubtedly is higher now, buf $12- 609,000,000 is high emough to alarm those who understand. Nearly $13,000,- 000,000 went out in 12 months to cover . hig] dies, graft, legisla 5 tion, cation, dollar-matching, deficits, works, politics, snooping, war debts, in- u““’;n‘he ‘nf: lengthens. couraging as . _There are no strong voices for chment. The erstwhile Western watcl of the Treasury bay now for socialistic appro- ¢ | He Should Ask for $100,000,000 From the Charloite News. yea t ther ma; rts ingo a single pic- | tlemeg ministrations 0 gathe: ny pa o gle pi Micted “'Lu.h nd interested reader. A gift of pithy, and t the House of P speech proj the 'thm- h'um o him in | last Congress A Kentucky has written President Hoover the loan = $100. Doesn't the man that i: didn't leave much