Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1931, Page 8

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The Associated Press is exclusively e to the use for republication of all new. atches credited to i o NOt Otherwise nd also the local s uf publ are aiso Sunday 'Si £ e LR ted | erein Tig atches herein Alfcnso Walks the Plank. Alfonso XIIT had won & warm place | in the hearts of millions in other par.s of the world. as well as in the affections of the Spanish people, and sympathy with him, as he joins the mcr:mlngl throng of dethroned and discredited | crowned heads, will not be withheld.! Yet history will write down the last of | the Bourbons as a King who failed to 8rasp an opportunity. ‘There was no lack of handwriting on the royal wall of old Madrid_during the six or seven years of the ruthless Rivera dictatorship. The fires of republicanism were smoldering. Even a blind Spaniard could see that they were ready to flame into a ‘devastating blaze at a propitious , moment. Alfonso fiddled while Spain burned. He has paid the penalty exact- | ed of many a misguided monarch before him, though he escapes with his head, which is more than some of the breed | did in days gone by. i Events brcke over Alfonso’s hapless | head, despite the shadows cast plenti- | fully before, with devastaling sudden- ness. Even though Spain went repub lican overwhelmingly in the municipal elections of April 12, it was thought the throne was safe at least until the elec- tions for the Cortes in May and June. Count Romanones, the strong man of | the Aznar cabinet, told the King the jig | was already up—that waiting for suc- ceeding expressions of the nation's re- publican will at the polls would be but’ to postpone the evil day. Abdication having become inevitable, Alfonso stood | not wpon the order of his going, but | went pronto—to use the Spanish idiom exactly suited to the occasion. It is a picturesque coincidence that the Spanish kingdom passed into the discard on April 14, ‘Pan-American day,” which commemorates the anni- versary of the “one continental com- munity” now happily typified by the Tepublics of the Western World. Ex- cept for the United States and Brazil, which is of Portuguese extraction, all of the other Americas are of Spanish origin. Throughout Latin America there must be poignant heart-searching today over the fate of the ancient mother- land. Perhaps Latin Americans, who have themselves during the past year developed a superactivity in the field | of revolution, may arrogate to them- selves some credit for inoculating “the old country” with the virus of rebellion against the regime which had outlived its usefulness. + With what irresistible rapidity is one- time monarchial Europe divesting itself «©f its ancient character! Gone are the i special dispy {ment of technicalities in this sort of 1 not a port of entry to this country for aliens and that the fiyer has been fined five hundred doilars for his unauthor- ized landing. When Rcger Q. Wiliams succeeded in his sporting adventure of - fiying ‘non- stop from New York to Bermuda and back his pilot's license was prow:ptly suspended by thte Department of ( om- merce on the complaint of Bermlda authorities for his unauthorized rip over a foreign possession and mucy in- dignatipn was aroused at such a } ¥y insistence on technicalities. 1\ en greater indignation is aroused by the Balchen case. He was not seeking glory on his rescue trip. On the contrary, he tock his life in his hands to aid those who had passed through a terrible ex- perience. Certainly, reconsideration should be given his case the same as was accorded Williams. The enforce- an afiair does not set well with the public. o Milk and Crackers. A study of the available facts con- cerning the provision of free milk-and- cracker lunches in the elementary pub- lic schools produces a somewhat dis- turbing confusion regarding the actual situation now existing and what steps, if any, have been taken to remedy or correct it. It will be recalied that during the agitation for a governmental appropria- tion for the provision of free lunches | in the public schools, the superintend- ent of schools on February 21 issued a statement. showing that 1121 elemen- | tary school children wes receiving “free” lunches and that 1,373 additional <hildren were in need and should re- ceive them. The “lunches” consisted of = bottle of milk and some crackers, On February 27 it was announced that the Congress of Parents and Teachers would assume responsibility for providing the milk and crackers to all the pupils who nesded them in the white schools, and the Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations would do the s2me in the colored schools. On March 4 the superintendent of schools advised the Board of Education that the field officers of the school sys- tem had been instructed to provide free milk-and-cracker luncheons for all | needy pupils, with assurances that any deficit: incurred would be met. On March 12 the secretary of the Board of | Education wrote to all parent-teacher associations request:ng that each body contribute as much &% it couid to a ntral relief” fund, to be administered by the parent-teacher organizations. On March 23 the first assistant super- intendent of schools reported that the first two contributions to this fund had been received. On (he same day the same official reported that “every needy pupil in the District is being given a free milk-and-cracker lunch.” On the same day a questionnaire, which was not made public, was sent to all schools asking whether every child was receiv- ing the milk-and-cracker lunch, wheth- er the parent-teacher organization of the school could finance such lunches and, if not, how much money was needed. On April 8 the secretary of the Board of Education announced that the central relief fund had reached a total of $256. On April 14 it was re- vealed that the results of the question- naire of March 23 showed that eight white schools needed a total of 8321 and six colored schools needed a total of $310. Onre must admit that these various transactions, thus recorded, created some confusion as to what is needed by the schools, what has been done and what will be done. If 1,373 chil- dren needed milk-and-cracker lunches in the beginning, it would require, at the current charge of twenty-five cents a week per child, a total of $343.25 a Sceptered sways which once and but Yesteryear reigned supreme in Russia anl Germany, in Austria and Hungary, in Turkey and Greece, in Portugal, and now in next-door Spain! Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, the Balkan states and the Scandinavian kingdoms Temain Joyal to the monarchial system. ‘With the power of the Bourbons broken and in the dust, men everywhere will inevitably ask how long it will be before the rest of the mongrchial system “over there” will crumble. Its supporters are Justified in taking stock and in profit- ing betimes from the mistakes which caused Alfonso XIII to join the world army of the unemployed. Meantime, Spain will be welcomed | into the family of the world's republics. For the Spanish people the Government and citizens of the United States can never cherish any but the friendliest of sentiments, The land which Columbus discovered wishes the land of Ferdinand and Isabella heppiness, prosperity and unalloyed success in the experiment upon which it now embarks. — ———— It cannot be disputed that the ball thrown by President Hoover gave the season a propitious start. A hard- fought opening game is in itself worth while. Washington, D. C., is too liberal- mxnflegm regret that Philadelphia suc- ceeded temporarily in borrowing the most distinguished of mascots, S R ST Balchen in Dific;xlties. Bernt Balchen, one of the finest pi- lots who ever took the “stick” of an air- plane, seems to be having his troubles in the country he wishes to adopt. Balchen, it will be remembered, flew o both the North and the South Poles with Admiral Byrd and also across the Atlantic. Norweglan by birth, he long ago decided that he wished to become | Esthonia, Finland, Germany, Irish Free week to feed them. In the interval since then nearly $3,000 would have been necessary. Reports show & total of $310.90 s0 far received by the centr: fund for the white schools and $189 for the colored schools. Is it & fact that every needy pupil is being furnished with the milk-and- cracker Juncheon? Would not the status of the whole situation be cleared by a frank statement of what has been done and what remains to be done? e Alfonso XIII insisted on military honors for his departure. Inasmuch as an armed escort is sometimes desirabl there may have been an element of prudence as well as pride in his de- mand. The Republics of Europe. ‘The change of government in Spain from monarchy to republic is the latest of a series of transformations be- ginning with the great war that have completely altered the political map of Europe. When the war broke in 1914 there were thirteen monarchial govern- ments, kingdoms and empires and three republics, these republics being France, Portugal and Switzerland. ‘Today, in- cluding the Spanish change, there are twelve monarchial governments and sixteen republics. The increase in the total number is due to the division of old states and the creation of new ones. In this reckoning the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics is classed as one unit, Russia. e This great change from monarchial to republican government has resulted in the establishment of independent demo- cratic states in Austria, Czechoslovakia, | State, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Po- {land,” Russia, Turkey and Spain. Al- an American citizen since most of his| interests law on this side of the At-| lantic. So he applied to the authori- ties for paturalization. Here he met his first disappointment. He found that his two-year stay with the Byrd expedition at the South Pole counted as time out of this country despite the fact that it was an American scientific| bourg is practically unchanged. The|beauty of de season. De wild flowers edventure from first to last and the land | principality of Monaco is somewhat in|was made for deir benefit; only mostly “Little | the balance just now, with a republican ) dey ain’ got sense enough to ’preciate discovered America.” Now he is in further difficulties. Al- ways eager to be of assistance to his fellow men in distress and thoroughly experienced in polar flying, he rushed was christened bania, which was a kingdom when the war began, became a republic for & brief pericd and reverted to monarchism, | though at present the crown of King | Zogu 1s somewhat insecure upon that | royal head. The government of Iceland | has been liberalized though it remains | under the sovereignty of Denmark. The vakia became a republic. Strangely snough, there has been no change of svvernment in the other Balkan states, though liberalism is strongly prevalent there. Both Rumania and Bulgaria are kingdoms today, as before. In Greece. hcwever, a change took place that had long been foreshadowed, and the Hel- ‘enes are now under republican govern- ment. - While the greater portion of the Turkish realm lies in Asia, the change in that country from monarchical to re- publican government affects the Euro- pean score. ‘The European ccuntries still remain- ng under monarchical rule of one form or another are Albania, Belgium, Bul- garia, Denmark, Gredt Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Ru- man:a, Jugoslavia and Sweden. 1n some of these refublican movements are in | evidence, and other changes may possi- biy follow that which has just relegeted to private citizenship Alfonso XIII, late | King of Spain, — ) The fact that he has no chance Wwhatever of obtalning & Nobel prize | does not preient Trotsky from prepar- | ing ariicles that may be printed some | day. While his ideas may not be mer- chantakle, he is at least assured of ll livelinocd such ‘as many philosophers would regard as sufficient. His future as an expert typist is unquestionably | secur Many a Congress starts by wonder- ing what it is going to do with some, particularly interesting man, and in the | course of mortal events finds itself won- dering what it is going to do without him. —— o) Authorities in studying the attitude cf Mrs. Willebrandt toward California | wine make it cleaf that while she was | at one time positive in her prohibition views, she avoids any charge of being | an implacable fanatic. ————— Family trouble in pugilistic circles creates no sporting interest. Odds are not being posted as to which member of the Jack Dempsey family will win a decision in the divorce courts. In spite of meny frankly expressed reasons for economic apprehension, | Great Britain has one great cause for | thankfulness: the exceptionally rugged | constitution of King George. ————t— The police are evidently determined to put a stop to any Washington, D. C., crime wave before it gets big enough to | require one of those senatorial investi- gations. ——— Restaurant cashiers are justified in complaining that bandits are carrying the self-service idea to a deplorable extreme, e Air enthusiasts insist that govern- ments ought to provide a few great battleships, if only to furnish easy marks for bombing planes. o emeee Chicago is now expected to take up the responsibility of providing an ideal city, worthy to be a model for com- munities throughcut the land. — S P SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The New Literature. ‘We now depend on Literature To make our happiness seeure. The punster, once considered crude, Composes titles for our food. Athletes acquire their best renown When they as wits have come to town. The statesman is most liked who quotes The largest stock of anecdotes, And poetry is made the means Of praising codfish, him and beans. A phrase cosmetics will impress With sentimental loveliness. Hard traveling is made to seem The magie of an Orient dream. Life’s brevity is not so sad, Described in an insurance ad. Although a play may not amuse, Genlus will shine in the reviews. The world grows glorious, truth to tell, As Literature makes all seem well! More Complicated. “We fought against taxation without | representation in the old days “Our combat now becomes even more complicated,” sald Senator Sorghum. “As we learn more of synthetic bever- ages and forged labels we have to carry on a fight against intoxication with mis- representation.” Jud Tunkins seys a hi-jacker is a bootlegger who has been promoted to a more important title with better pay. New Titles. Dictators set the kings aside, And only passing time will show Who shall surpass in pomp and pride When the Dictator has to go. Encouraging Conversational Confidence. “You seem to have forgotten all you used to know about base ball,” said the girl who overhears. “My escort is a little bashful” an- swered Miss Cayenne. “His superiority complex needs cultivating. I affected complete ignorance of the game so that he could have the pleasure of telling me all about it.” “A monument,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “needs two great men; a patriot to deserve it and an artist to make it.” Silent Claim. None asks that Congrsss linger near With eloguence delying gloom. A speech we do not care to hear When Springtime for the flow'rs makes room, And charms the eye more than the ear With cherry trees again in bloom. “Even lazy folks," said Uncle Eben, | status of the Grand Duchy of Luxem- movement strongly under way. Hungary temains a monarcpy under a regency which is practically a republican dicta- torship. Russia has contributed most of the “is permitted to have a share in de | Boast Absorber. [ to ook us over. STA» WASHINGTON, o D. C, WEDNESDAY, THIS AND THAT. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Are you a good Boast Absorber? There are people to whom boasters seem to turn naturally, as some plants do their leaves to sunshine. Given a good boaster, who thinks a lot of himself, es all such do, the most necessary thing in the world for his self-esteem is & bona fide Absorber. Not just any one will &». not even a person who is willing to listen to brag- ging with cne ear. ‘There are plenty of these, mostly because they desire, in their turn, to do a little boasting on their own hook. No, the genuine braggart wants a real Boast’ Absorber, and he is always su- premely happy when he finds one. And why should he not b2, for who | else wouid listen to him at such length? X o ox % Some people there are who seem faied, frum the biginning, to be the | confidants of all these happy, conceited persons who never tire of talking about their precious selves, their ~achieve- ments, their possessions, their inten- tions, No quicker does a fly careen to a lump of sugar than the man with a perfectly gocd opinion of himself to a for he recognizes in him just what his nature d>mands He always thinks of such a person as & very charming fellow, and gives | him credit, when he is not thinking | about himself, with being a very clever one, too. = Docs he not know enough to listen to the good stuff when he hears it? * ox % % It scems that the farther away a boaster lives from his chosen Boast Absorver, the better job he does of it when they meet. Maybe he lives out of the great Mid- dle West somewhere, cut where the corn grows high and the hogs fat, and the frost glistens on great round pump- kins in due season. Let such a man, we call him Jones | or convenience, vislit Washington, he gravitates to his Bcast Absorber at once, and begins talking about his favorite theme. Jones is Jones' course. There was something different about Jones from childhcod, one gathers, after listening to him in full flight for a few moments, He always chased the other boys away, when it came to juvenile stone battles, and in snow affrays he easily | took the role cf little Napoleon. His school days, as he casually lets | drop. were no different. He was either at the head of hig class, or permiited me weak personfto secure that posi- | ticn out of pity for him or her. . That he was a Leader in his apllege days goes without saying. | And when he led, the rest followed. | It was only when he went into busi- | ness. however, that Jones really began to shine. | Money was the last thing he cared | about, he carefully intimates, but it | was surprising how it came rclling in. ! He just couldn't prevent. himself from | making money, Your home, he hints | to the faithful Bomst Absorber, is very nice, but he should see his palace in the | very fashionable suburb out West. | Theresis a rug on the living room | floor, for instance. He won't say that | there aren’t better rugs, but he never ! faverite theme, of WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WIL ‘Will King Alfonso, or the merry mon- arch who wore that title till the cold | ray dawn of yesterday, wind up at Hol- | be lywood? Once upcn a time he thought | of a career in the pictures. “Alec” | Moore, America’s picturesque Ambassa- quizzically, retorted: y, my dear | Ambassador, I've been offered $1,000,00¢ to go into the movies in Californis Alfonso probably would have been seen | on this side of the water if conditions in Spain had been less turbulent during | the past two or-three years. A trip to | South America was definitely on his | pregram. Frequently he told friends | from the United States that he longed Some of them believe | that, having becoame a gentleman of | leisure, Alfonso will now proceed to | carry out his cherished intention. * ok % ok Former Gov. Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona, president of the United States Civil Service Commission, enjoyed two& or three years of more or less regular | contact with King Alfonso between 1927 &nd 1930, while Campbell was American commissioner general to the Ibero- | American exposition at Seville. The sudden collapse of the monarchy tock Gov. Campbell a little by surprise, though after last Sunday’s municipal | elections in Spain the jig was unmis- | takably up. “No such personality evér occupied a throne in our time;” is Gov. Campbell's tribute to Alfonso, whom he describes as “a combination of Al Smith | &nd Jimmie Walker, rolled into one.” One of the Civil Service president’s prized souvenirs is the photograph of | Alfonso, Ambassador Hammond and himself snapped at the dedication of the United States’ building at Seville. * o ox ¥ Our _accompl Ambassador to Spain, Irwin Bovle Laughlin of Pennsyl- | vania, will begin to think he’s a mon- archial jinx. He was Minister to Greece | when the throne was overthrown at| Athens in 1925. Now Laughlin for the | second time sees the disappearance of a royal court to which he was diplo- matically accredited. The Pittsburgher | can look back on quite a string of crowned heads who lost their jobs and | whom Laughlin knew officially in their | ermine and purple days. Among them are the late Empress of China, the late | Czar of Russta and the late Sultan of | Turkey. | * ok k¥ 1 Broadway's latest Coolidge witticism: “1 would rather write than be Presi- dent.” ok ok ok Representative Homer Hoch of Kan- sas, who's in the Republican running for’ the Speakership of the next House, at one time was under consideration for | the political secretaryship at the White | House. It's the job finally given to Wal- | ter H. Newton, then a Representative from Minnesota. Hoch was recom- mended 1o President Hoover by G. O. P. leaders on the Hill as an ideal liaison officer with the politicians at that end | of Pennsylvania avenue. If the Navy| can have its way, it will torpedo the | ambition of Representative Burton L. French, Republican, of Idaho, to inherit the Speaker’s gavel. As chairman of the Naval Sub-committee of the House Ap- propriations Committee. French system- atically reveals “little Navy” symptoms, When ' the cruiser fight of a_couple of years ago was at its height “Nick” Tongworth left the chair to take the floor in vigorous opposition to the French policy program of saving money on naval delen.:e, . 0 ‘em.” ) Volcanic “Shade” Likely. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat, ‘We may expect a new shade in silk to the aid of the survivors of the changes to the political map. It has|to become popular, if the dust from the Viking, the ship which blew up and | contributed five new republics—Finland, | PeWly active Japanese volcano, Yake- gadake, which is sifting down in sank off bleak Horse Island near Nova Latvia, Esthonia, Lithuania and Poland. | prefecture, is effective in coloring the Bcotia with the loss of more than twen- ty-eight lives. The plight of the sur- vivors was agonizing as they crawled or walked over the ice in search of succor. Balchen did all he could in rendering aid. Returning from this daring expedition . he stopped atsBos Now announced by the ot u Portions of Poland were coniributed | unwillingly by Germany and the former Austria-Hungarian Empire. Czechoslo- vakia was created out of Austria-Hun- garian territory, and from that realm also came portions of the new Kingdom of the Croats, Serbs and Slovenes, pop- chief product of that silk district. B0 R AR i Let’s Turn to the Right. From the Marrisbure Telesraph. ‘When Sweden has completed rear- ra) traffic so that all motorists turn to instead of to left, it the same George E. Durno, one of Washing- ton’s up-and-coming newspaper men, and who “covers” White House doings, has achieved the miracle of digging up a story which reveals Herbert Hoover in wicecracking vein. Says George “The President was talking to a friend in his office, when he remarked that Congress ought to pass a law giving the Chief Executive the arbitrary right to sentence two men to hang year. ‘Only two?’ queried the friend. ‘Would that be enough?’ ‘Well, no,’ Mr. Hoover admitted, ‘but I could tell about 20 or 30 I had them under serious considera- tion. R Miss “Peggy” Warner, one of Ameri- ~a's quartet cf woman vice consuls, has g B et 2 gt frst sl - League of Nations. She is attached to. | one’s self, bt its precursor, the desire saw such. ‘This one cost $8,000, but the dealer, a vety rich man, and one of his very best friends, let him have it at the 1ndlculoun price of $2,500, a mere pit- tance. * K X % A hint as to doctor bills, and_ the | Boast Absorber braces himself. It is we'l he does. When it comes to doctors’ | bills, the Jones household is a perfect | hospital, &ll at the most staggering jrats. | Yes, at a moderate estimate, with no | al'lowance for extras, Jones has spent | perhaps a little more than $30,000 on doctors and surgeons during the past two or three years. This, on top of the beautiful Jones mansion, which cost not a cent less | than $40,000 and which would set any man back some $60,000 if the same home were constructed here, added up |to a pretty penny, Jones gives the Ab- | sorber to understand. But all of it was not more than he, | Jones, could handle. Not a bit of it— | rather loss, if anything. He still had t'm= to own the most expensive movie cem-ra and had a thousand or so reels of the children, but he didn't bother with it much any moye. * kX x ‘The good Boast Absorber nevey bats an_eye. That is why he is good. He is a sort of father confessor to the boasters, and they manfully use him for the purpose. Whether they give him much credit | | for_his proficiency is another matter. The interesting thing is why does he Absorb? Kndness of heart is the answer, Whenever you see a man patiently Tis- tening to the wide-open, unblushing boests of his friends you may know that | he is one of the kindst men alive, | * koK % | The good Boast Absorber listens well, | and no one yet has ever heard him put in a word, "edgewise or otherwise, in his own behalf, although often he is | more successful, in his own line and way, than the man to whose glories he | tistens so cavefully. Almost every Boast Absorber worthy | of his salt is at bttom a humorous, good- natured fellow, who rather enjoys the | spectacle of another human being un- blushingly tooting his own horn. In his ealmer moments such a kindly, bumorous man_often wishes, no doubt, that he. too. had the perfect gift of Jones, the ability, not only to talk about | | t0 50 talk. * x % % The born Boast Abtorber somehow tock to heart the beatitudes about the humble at heart, the modest in spirit. | ‘To boast seems to such a person the | least desirable achievement, yet at the | same time he recognizes that a little of it, wisely directed. is good sometimes. Sometimes he wishes he could blow his own horn better; the music, al- though it might npt sound sweet to his ear, might redound to his credit. Invariably, however, he shoves such an idea back to the boastful part of his brain, where it came from, and contents | himself with listening patiently, hon- estly, and decently, to the boasts of his ' fellows. To be a good Boast Absorber is to be | an artist in the handling of human na- | ture. If it sometimes causes pain, so does life, which is none the less rich and interesting for all that, 1 the consulate a - t Geneva. Among her utles on the Quai Woodrow Wilson will to “observe” what the League is doing in the domain of educational films—one of its new activities. Miss ' Warner hails from Lincoln, Mass, She ankee maids on foreign service ard Miss Francis E. Willis of Redlands, Calif.. vice consul in Chile: Miss Nelle B. Stogsdall of South Bend, I vice onsul in Syria, and Miss Constance Harvey of Buffalo, N, Y., vice consul in Canada. * ok % % Lieut. Charles E. Bauch, U. §. N., who was killed in an automobile acci- dent at Akron, Ohio, the other day, will live in the annals of American Aaviation as the instructor of the entire office personnel now in the dirigible service. He survived the Shenandoah crash, along with his buddy, Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl—just named skipper of the giant dirigible Akron—flew the ,Atlantic and made ploneer flights to' Bermuda, to Porto Rico, to the Canal Zone and across the American continent, only to take his place as one of the 85,000 Americans Who meet death each year in prosaic traffic accidents. (Copyright. R CpldcniRule Described As Tonic for Business To the Editor of The Star: It is certainly refreshing to find & man occupying as prominent a position s Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore & Ohio Ralilroad, saying, as re- ported in a recent address in Philadel- phia, that capitalism was responsible for the unemployment conditions. But he edded that with all its defects it was the best system yet devised on which to build an economic structure. It will be recalled that Representative Hamilfon Fish, in epcaking of the faults of the capitalisiic system, declared that if sovietism was on trial so also was capi- talism. For example, a numb:r of electzic light and power corporations, in Zifferent parts of the country, have re/uced wages, used a five-day week with five-day pay, and even discharged men during the business depression, so I am informed, on orders from New York. As the total amount of elec- tricity generated has fallen- off only slightly and as many companies had their best year in 1930, in spite of de- pression, I cannot believe that any such ction was really called for. uided by the principle of the Golden ule, remote control of industry may ‘be highly disadvamtageous to a com- munity. But, for all the associated ills, it is hardly fair to blame capitalism itself, but rather the actuating motives hereof—for if the Golden Rule ccepted, most, if not all, the defects disappear. Spiritual indifference or lack of spiritual understanding may call the Golden Rule sentimental or impractical, but those who have tried it know that the Golden Rule, by the very quality of its thought, attracts nd stimulates business. The great advantage of the capital- istic system is in the delightful fres dom it affords for individual initiative d effort and which tends to ke:p it ive” and healthy. It is interesting to note that while in Soviet Russia church and religion is frankly “turned down,” in capitalistic erica the very oppo- site is true. On ope hand, “the blind leading the blind”’; on the other, “faith without works.” However, by adding the spirit of the Golden Rule to capi- talism we may attain “faith with works"—for the Golden Rule was given by right thought and its use will bring right thinking to consclousness through destroying latent fear and clearing the mental vision. And, the clearer the mind, the better for ness. Our 1931) | great. corporations are already capable of much good—or, lacking vision, of much harm. There is tremendous power for good locked up in-America. dred and twenty million Rulers” would illuminate the world and bring better things with a rush. America should not seem to spell fear or hate to any one. On the and of * the APRYIY, 95, 1931 B e o e e i Wage Selution Seen 1 | In Supply and Demand To the Editor of The St “As a “white collar man” out of & Job may I take issue with your editorial on “no wage reduction? My predisament at 50 is 1o different from that cf many, many others. As a “fitter's helper” in a shipyard at $5.10 per week to manager and part- plants in the Middle West and to the scrap heap under a ‘“great economy plan” made possible by the combination [cf several competing companies I feel I know something of wages. should “labor,” which from the tor { work ‘mcre with their hands than thelr ply and demand? 7 You deplore the suggestion that wages be reduced in acccra with the reduced cest of living, and yet the increased cost of living wes the great unanswerable argument set up some years ago to in- crease wages. It you will get back to first principles. and they always govern in the long ru what we have stored away for the fu- ture is the difference between what we produce and what we consume. On a barter and trade basis the gain or lo: was tangible and, other things beir equal, we lived in direct relaticn to the sweat of our brow. facilitator of trade has changed jhe underlying laws not ohe whit—it is still the difference that counts. I and thousands of others who are not members of some protective group fathered by & Grundy or a Green have {to sell our serviccs for wages “at the market,” unsupported by tari; r union wage scales. and that. in spite of meddle- some legislators, is where all wages will finally land. Grimdy in his wildest dreams never conceived of such a high price-main- taining set-up as the bullding trades of this eountry have-succeeded in estab- lishing, partly through reduced output and partly through “organization.” “There is still a “buyers' strike"—see figures for the first quarter, this year— on the part of many who would like to and could buy or build homes—see the savings accounts. But until we are con- vinced that when we buy or build we i ars getting value received, we are not going to do more of either than neces- sity demands. Do away with the restricted output and the fetish of high wages and you will see & healthy, prompt revival—and, what is more, “labor” will have some- thing in the larder when the bills are all paid. The old law will have sway at last. and the sooner the better. So why not take a leaf from modern medicin> and “help nature” rather than try to fill our “body economic” full of a lot of impractical idealistic nostrums? CHAS. MORGAN. Urges Parents to Curb Destructive Children To the Editor'of The Star: ‘There is a subject which should be brought to the attention of the public now that Spring is here (“the utter | disregard of young childsen to the pri- vate property of others’ ‘The parents, apparently, make little or no attempt to advise their children in regard to annoying neighbors, de- facing and destroying property. It would seem they were turned loose on the streets to do as they please. They tun up and down terraces and park- ing. play on porches, tramp down or break flowers and hedges. The terraces, parking and hedges soon become un- sightly. Even back yards are not free from their visits, they climb fences, leave the gates open, trample the flow- ers, when looking for base balls that have been batted into the yard: If these boys are spoken to, they give: you impudence or insolently defy us to tell their parents or the police. One Hal- loween night I neglected placing my car in the garage and consequently had every curtain in my car cut with a knife, completely ruining them, and the same night three porch chairs wer= removed and htng in trees a hundred yards from the house afid 15 feet above the ground. Two of them were broken 80 they were of no further use. This was undoubtedly done for revenge, be- cause I had found it necessary to ask them to play foot ball on their own parking and to keep off of the parking and white-painted porch, scratching and marring the paint. Surely if parents are told of what their boys are doing when out of their sight, in defacing and destroying pri- vate property and their insolence and cefiance, they would correct them, the Tights of those who try to their property presentable may be re- spected by these youngsters. Young boys and girls who are allowed free rein t> do as they please, not ad- vised or controlled, become gang mem- bers and use the streets and private property as playgrounds and stay out after 9 at night. get so used to having their own way that they cannot be éon- trolled at the age of adolescence. Early training of obedience and respect for elders certainly has its influence on their ycung lives and as future citizens. Is it not the duty of wise parents to exercise this control early in the life of their youngsters? s Otherwise, negligent parents pay dearly with tears and heartaches when their child commits some misdeed and is_arrested. Once arrested, the second offerse comes easy. and it is not long before the boy will not stop at any crime. The prevalence of young crimi- nals and gangsters of today can square- ly be claimed in many instances on the parents' lack of control and early train- ing of the child. It is disheartening to property own- ers to pay out money for resodding the terraces and lawns each year or to beautify the front and back yards with grass, flowers and shrubs and have them broken or destroyed by a gang of thoughtless youngsters. T realize the difficulty of rearing chil- dren within the city limits, and that boys especially must have some play to work off theiy energy and to gain neces- sary exercise for their bodies. No one can object to any legitimate game or piay, provided it is not accompanied by loud noises, shouting and boisterous conduct. I do feel that parents should teach their children to be polite, courteous, and to respect and not destroy the prop- erty of others; not to be rowdies, with no conception of gentlemanly conduet. Such instruction by the parents is due the child for their mutual, future hap- piness. HENRY B. DAVIS. —————— Gets Biggest Thrill In Seeing Own Mother From the Buffalo Evening News. Born without pupils in his eyes, in darkness for 22 years, Earl Musselman, a student at the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, now can see, thanks to the skill of Dr. G. H. Moore of the Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia. No one could have read unmoved the boy’s story of the transition from darkness to light, as told in the News. “I shall never forget the biggest thrill of my life, which came after the opera- tion, when my mother came to visit me,” says the boy. “I had word that she was coming and was prepared for it. Yet when she stood before me, I somehow could not believe my—shall I say reincarnated?—eyes. * * * I closed my eyes and heard her speak, and she was again the mother I had known all my life.” ‘To Earl Musselman that must have been celestial light that let him .see his mother’s face. The birds and stars still are hidden from him, but the romise is that they soon will flash into is eye. First with him are the things of home and of his school, sight of those who have ministered to him— those who gave him inward vision. $e ®oon will know “the vernal bloom and Summer’s close and flocks and herds and all the various objects of de!:fih&" Here surely is the touch of di owner of two good-sized manufacturing | of your editorial means those who | heads, be exempt from the Jaw of sup- ‘The injection of money or credit as a | This is a_specfal department devoted | to the handling of inquiries. You have | at your disposal an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any | capacity that relates to information. Write vour question, your name and your address clearly and inclose 2 cents | in ccin or stamps for reply. Send to | The Evening Star Information Bureau, | Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- |ton, D. C i | Q. 1s G. P. Wells, who collaborated jwith H. G. Wells in writing “The Sci- { Life" the author's son?—C. 8. corge Philip Wells is the son of or. Prof. Jullan §. Huxley also | ted in the work. A. the aut collabo; Q. How many patents are there pend- ing in the Patent Office’—H. G A. At the close of business for the | week ended March 21, there were 98,- %44 patent applications which had not been acted upon Q. Who wrote the Chorus"?—K. K. | A It was written in the original score of the “Messiah,” by Handel, | { Q. When did the Hamburg-American | Line send its first steamer across the ‘.\um‘an" -, M. A. Its first steamer, the Borussia, was put into operation in 1856. It was fol- {lowed shortly afterward by the sister ship Hammonia. These two ships main- | tained service in conjunction with sail- ing vessels until 1860, when more | steamers were added. “Hallelujah Q. In September the Jews observe the Fast of Gedaliah. Wko was Geda- liah?—A. C. A. The Fast. of Gedaliah among the Jews commemorates the assassination | of Gedaliah, which occurred the third | day of the month of Tisri. Gedaliah was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar the governor of the poor and protected the Jewish remnant then in captivity. The bandit Ishmael of the royal line of Judah, turning traitor to his peo- ple, assassinated this just man, which | igreatly aided in the ruin of the cap- | tured kingdom of Judah. | Q. WEY do cowboys wear high-heeled | boots?—S. J. B, | A. The boots have high heels to en- | able the cowboys to keep thelr feet in | the stirrups and form a brace when throwing a lariat and riding, Q. Where in Africa is the game pre- jerve where bunting s pronibited?— | 'A.'The great Kruger Park in Rho- | desia 15 a game inclcsure 200 miles by | 60 miles where, since 1926, game of all | kinds has been allowed to live unmo- |lesied by native or white hunters. Q. What is a stooge’—E. B. C. A. In the language of Broadwa stooge is & foil for a ccmedian, ki | Q. What kind of nest is used by the | Chinese as food?—E. A. L, | A. The nest of the selangave is val- | uable as food. It is used as a delicacy | by the Chinese. It has the shape and | size of & half teacup, is attached to the | | 7, 8 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. rocklnthelnhurér:(nunlldhx: the appearance brous gelatin. is’ composed of ‘a mucilaginous substance or isinglass, secreted by |and is not, as was formerly, tha from a glutinous seaweed. Q. How many Indian languages are there?—W. E. M. A. There are between 45 and 50 In- dian linguistic stocks and some 150 dis lects. There is no dictionary under one cover including these stock languages and dialects. A few dictionaries have been compiled of certain Indian lan- guages, Q. What kind of liquid can be spread over printed pages to preserve them?— E. J. A. The Bureau of Standards says that in large libraries it is customary to paste a very thin silk fabric over the pages, using 3001 mucilage as the ad- hesive. The ric is like chiffon. “The bureau does know of any liquid that is entirely satisfactory. Varnish would be good if it did not penetrate the paper more in some places than in ot ers, and thus cause a blotchy appear- ance. Q. Did the late Speaker Nicholas Longworth _support his father-in-law, | Theodore Roosevelt, when the latter bolted the Republican party and was the Progressive candidate for President in 19122—T. 8. A. He did not. Q. What was the city to which Lin- coln Steffens in his muckraking article years ago referred as “corrupt and con- tented"?—G. H Iphia. A. Philade! Q. Where is coral taken which is considered precious?—M. H. E. A. The precious coral is found wide- spread on the borders and around the islands of the Mediterranean Sea. The most important coral fisheries extend along the coasts of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, but real coral also is obtained in the vicinity of Naples and on tI coasts of Sardinia, Corsica, Catalina and Provence. It also occurs in the North Atlantic off the northwest goast of Africa. Black coral which grows to a considerable height and thickness is lculnd in the tropical water off Aus- tralia, Q. Where will the next Eucharistie Conference be held?—F. J. F. A. In 1932 it will be held in Dublin, Ireland. Q. What are the tolls for the Cape Cod Canal?—A. A. A. The Cape Cod Canal was pur- chased by the United States March 31, 1928, d has since become a free wal vay. Since the United States took over this canal the traffic has doubled. % Why is Akron, Ohlo, 50 named?— A. Akron is from a Greek word means “the summit” or “the peak.” The city 1 appropriately called Akron because it is on the hu{en ground in the northern part of the State. s. Chairman John J. Raskob's letter to national commitieemen of the Demo- cratic party asking for opinions as to the pl:ue o(d Drohiib‘lrt.l‘ol;“.m the next campaign and outlini own theory of State control has tended toward confusion, according to press discus- | sion. ~As the issue is before both | parties, a tendency appears in favor | of waiting until the convention is pre- | pared to act. Some comments uphold | the chairman as taking a courageous | attitude in the hope of thrashing out differences. “There can be no objection to what Mr. Raskob is doing,” according to the Richmond News-Leader, “provided, of course, his conclusions are presented to the Platform Committee as a recom- mendation and not as a mandate. From the vigor of the oggolmon to a i).ructun ical, sen;ble ‘meth: of formu- g party opinion, one must suspec that some of Mr. Raskob's critics are more fearful of his findings than of his methods. They begin to that a majority of the National Com- mittee are for modification of the eighteenth amendment.” Referring to the reaction of “various Democratic leaders,” the Chattanooga Times thinks “their attitude with re- gard to prohibition is of a kind with that of the ostrich when he thinks' to conceal himself by hiding his head.” That paper concludes that “prohibition is a political issue in the Nation and in the Democratic party and it cannot be avoided in either.” It is declared by the Times that “the attitude of the very men who insist that prohibition is not a political issue is itself proof that it is such an issue. = Mr. Raskob’s modification plan im- Ppresses the Scranton Times as the way in which “he believes the will of the people in the various sections would be recognized,” while the Cincinnati Times- Star suggests that “Raskob is assailed for rushing in where angels and poli- | ticians fear to tread” and that “in suming to say anything between presi- dential elections except that the other party is all wrong, he has violated a preccdent, however quaint the prece- dent may be.” The Providence Journal contends that he “offers his fellow com- mittee members a chance to present any issues they have in mind for the gen- eral consideration of the committee and | out of this potpourri may come some valuable results. “By and large,” in the opinion of the | Nashviile Tennessean, “Mr. Raskob is | correct in his stand that the party must | stand for something.” The Philadelphia | Public Ledger states that “Mr. Raskob | apparently feeis that since the Demo- cratic party is hopelessly divided over prohibition, it would be better to face the issue squarely, even at the risk of alienating several States, than to at- tempt to ‘straddle’ it.” . Committeeman Greathouse of Indiana, who is secretary of the Nationa] Com- mittee, is quoted by the Indianapolis Star as complimenting the “frank and fearless mannex of the chairman,” but &s preferring to “leave the declaration of policies and issues to the Democratic State and National Conventions.” . The Star adds: “The Hoosier leader admires frankness in the abstract and con- structive leadership on the part of the natiomal chairman, but personally does not propose to get ahead of the proces- sion until certain in which direction it is golng. He could not be more cautious and non-committal if he were running for office | * koK % “The roar about prohibition project ment in the chairman’s proposed plat- form for the National Convention,” says the Charlotte Observer, “secms to have drowned out some of the ‘economic’ aims of the chairman and party men- tor, for he .outlined a program that is likely to develop considerable discus- slon, and it is likely to emphasize criti- cism of Raskob on the score of telling the party what i must do. * * * Sig- nificantly Chairthan Raskob incor- porates Senator Morrison's idea in one of his ‘two ways in which the next election may be won by the Demo- crats’ One way, he says, ‘is through the public voting—not for the Demo- cratlc party, but against the Repul can party as a protest against its con- duct of affairs of Government. If the Democratic party is interested only in winning one election, it might be argued with a great deal of force that we should avold or straddle all contro- versial issues and resort to every ex- pediency votes, not through coura on our own part, but. ough D dissatisfaction with/the Republican p jn every ceiylible way.’ Standing bW the prinei- pleg of the Democratic part Fof the Raskob Plea 0171‘ Liquor Issue Is Productive of -Confusion Raskob advocates ‘voting against the Republican party as & it its conduct of Government affairs’ he not, only jumps into the Morrison boat, but picks up one of the oars.” ' Belleving that the Raskob position will “eventually _attract to his banner thousands of votes and much _ Republican ey,” the New York Evening Post declares that “these men probably wouldn't cross for Roosevelt, but a good many thou- sands of them hereabout would surely do it for Owen D. Young, Ritchie or even Newton Baker." “Whatever their personal opinions on questions of the hour,” advises the At- lanta Journal, “members of the Demo- cratic National Committee could hardly presume to set them up as the party's platform for 1932. That fll::ly .I?Id power belong to no lesser body than the the party's Gicetorate and. acting. ordy e 's electorate an only after full discussion of the issues as they then and there may be presented. The delegates to that convention will have ideas and convictions, as well as responsibilities, of their own, and will be in no wise accountable to Na- tional Committee. there- | fore, of the ite to themmldbe,lnmmnhfl- ment, officious and altogether ad- vised.” ¢ * x K % “It is unprecedented,” Tts the Chattanooga News, “and for this scheming prostitution of the chairman- ship of the National Committee the monopoly - minded former Republican ought to be deposed from e high councils of th: Democratic party. that he “should pay up the debts he con- tracted and get out of the chairman- ship.” ‘The Abilene Reporter is eow- vinced that “his bald-faced attempt to force the delegates to next year's con- vention to swallow a predigested plat- form and a predigested tial candidate is doomed to faflure.” That the matter should be left to the eon- vention is the opinion of the Jersey City Journal and the Kansas City Star. The Newark Evening News observes that “he gets a rather chilly response.” The Worcester Telegram finds that position lacks genuine- clarity.” The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily ‘Mail holds that he “would like to make in advance a platform which would logically call for the nomination of Mr. Smith.” The Harrisburg Telegraph concludes that he “would like to compromise on a gues- tion on which there is no compromise.” “His letter is well designed to worry the life out of politicians too numerous to mention,” avers the Baltimore Eve- ning Sun, with the conclusion that “speaking generally, any anumon that, wor‘flu u:u poutrfi:lm l‘l:kely to be good for the coun The Chicago Dally News states that “the outcries of Senator Norris may serve a good pur- pose, for it is true that a national campaign fought out solely on the pro- hibition issue would be a ludicrously narrow affai ‘The Omaha World- Herald argues: “It looks just a lttle as if Mr. Raskob would like to elimi- nate as many differences as possible between the two parties. If there is to be any hunting done at all in the eco- nomic jungle, let the blicans do it with slingshots and the Democrats with popguns. But for the real bloody battle, let both parties unite a glorious Nation-wide . with the Democrats bent upon killing the squirrel and the Republi saving it. This has all the burlesque. It seems like an ill-timed joke. But there is no ‘joke about it. Mr. Raskob is in deadly bec great power, Democrats may as well'un- derstand now as later that unless they take an unyielding stand for sanity Mr. b is very likely to have his way. Commenting upon Mr. McAdoo's de- fense of prohibition, the Times says: “McAdoo’s own opposition plan the Democratio party irretrievably to the wet side of the pro- hibition question a year in of e con- | cf ingiwar on Republican fail nd present adminis