Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1931, Page 6

THE EVENING .STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......May 16, 1031 ey s THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor e T o R b A The Evehing Star Newspaper Company | ‘Business ice s o Ave. it o S Pt e, wfl%: ke I(lchllgl Building. ce: it .« London. ‘Tasnd ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. 45c per month 60c per month Eom e ench month or telephoné made at the end o ent in by ma Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. : Marylend and Virginia. 10.00:1 mo M . 85¢ 131’ 36.00: 1 mo.. 50c 151 $400: 1mo.. 40c " All Other States and Canada. Efly.n Sunday...1yr.$1200: 1mo.$ - AL - ; 5 1yri 48.00: 1 mo. y-only |1lllIl1yr. $5.00i 1mo.. .mbtr of the Associated Press. Assoclated Press is exclysively entitled ¢ ‘use for republication of all news dis- credited 10 it or not otherwise cred- Jois, paper he local news herein. All rizhts of publication of dispatches herein are also reserved. — 100 8¢ s0c to Tie pul Nationalization ¢f Mount Vernon. When the Mount Vernon Ladtes' As-| sociation of the Union can be justly accused of permitting careless and in- adequats management of this national | shrine, with consequent deterioration of the property, the time will have arrived for Congress to ccnsider seriously the recurrent proposals for Mount \'er‘non's; ‘When purchase by the ‘Government. this organization of patriotic women proves itself no longer capable of carry- irg forward a self-imposed and unselfish task, then may be studied the selection ©of the best substitute. Until ‘then Mount Vernon will remain in the hands and under the capable management of the women who have heid #t for seventy-eight years and whose peculiar: devotion to 8 cause has perpetuated a fine tradition Nearly every Congress hears some impessioned appeal that the Govern- ment. take over and maintain Mount Vernon. The fact that this symbolic shrine is under private ownership 2nd management often elicits expressions of ‘surprise from the foreign visitors whese officlal courtesies, as our guests, inelude & visit to the tomb of Washing- ton. A ringing condemnation of the fact that a fee is charged for admission to the grounds naturally carries with it £n appe2l to popular indignation of a scrt, and provokes s faint echo in mo- mentary demends that something should be ddne. But if a clamor, which is yet to be raised, ever begins for the nationaliza- tion. of . Mount Vernon a serious study of the pros and cons involved will doubtiess slence it. For years the members of the Washington family, wit- neszing the slow decay of the fine old Mcunt Vernon property, pleaded with the Nation snd with the State of Vir- ginia to take it over. For years the N: tion and the Btate, for reasons which may have been very practical at the time, refused. And the enthusiasm and determination of the group of women ‘who finally raised the funds and bought Mount Vernon are alone responsible for the fact that Mdunt Vernon ex- ists In'its’present condition today. Had they not come forward when they did, the site of the famous mansion might now be marked by a stone, and the lovely grounds leng since developed as a colony of Summer cottages. Maturity and & reawakened national consclousness of the value of such things. have led to the preservation or the ereation of many national me- morials, maintained by the Nation for the citizens. But the adequate main- t-nance and the complete restoration of 2!l that concerns such places as Mount Vernon would, under Federal owner- ship, still face the natural hazards of bureaucratic management. Is it diffi- cult to imagine the pitfalls in Congress, for instance, that would le in wait for & proposal to pay a thousand dollars for a chair? Canmot one readily visual- 1z>the number of committees and com- mssions to whom would be intrusted he final decision regarding the hang- ing, the fabric and the color of drapery? There are many other considerations leading to the opinion that Mount Ver- | non is in proper hands; that well enough shculd bs left alone. —t———— The old favorite, “Ten Nights in a Bar Room,” is safd to have done much for the cause cf temperance znd ab- ence. Why not be right up t> date | 14 change the title to “Ten Nights in & Speakeasy”? 1 Dogs, Cats and Mayors. Mow that Mayor Walker of New York, having routed his enemies in the first 10und of the anti-Tammany campaign, hes a little breathing spell, he ought to corjfer with Mayor Cermak of Chicago on fthe subject of the proper method of abgting the stray animal nuisance. Th> c 0 executive has ordered the police flf,fl! city to trall all wandering un- dogs to their homes in order to ehtify the owners and bring them to Nothing is being done about the . but doubtless the subject is being httully considered in Chicago and 7 ghe time Mayor Walker gets around t> §he confersnce the cat problem will lik§wize be solved in a way to enable 1o give New York advice trouble in New York arises from ints to the Noise Abatement Comimission, which for som* time has been endeavoring to reduce the cacoph- ony of the boroughs. Recently as many as fifty pleas a week have been reoeived by the commission begging ih°t something bs done about the cats cn the.backysrd fences at night. every complaint an inspector is sent out to tell the owner of the vocal animal thet the performance must stop. But Lo the' case of an ownerless cat, a walf, the chimmission is helplexe. It is just too bad. If the Chicago policeman can trail un dogs to their lairs or homes, surely the New York policeman can trajl & cat to its approximate habitat. New York policemen find some strarge things in the course of their activittes. Of course, & police cat patrol assign- ment would not be particularly remu- nefatiye. There is no known way of getting protection money out of the feline population. Maybe detail to such would be rated as punishment for cojree work along “legitimate” lines of a5 cne biographer says, nAropelgqa police activity. So many e s mufimflwh.mmm' Teturn to s fatter feld as a reward! New York, of course, dislikes to think that Chicago has anything on it in the way of municipal management, and maybe a consultation between the mayors i8 out of the question on this account. But it would be possibly an evidence of good faith on the part of the New York executive and a show of rezl earnect desire to do justice to his job as mayor if he were to seek advice on this canine-feline problem. ——— Real Fire Prevention. A proper step has been taken by Fire Warden Mcney of Fairfax, Va, in issu- ing a warning to citizens that he will swear out warrants against persons sus- pected of responsibility for starting a fleld cr forest fire. Already much beau- j tiful timber lznd has been burned over {in this vicinity, and similar reports coms from other parts of the State and from nearby Maryland communities. Wo:ds surrounding the District of Columbia are very dry, according to reports of foresters. A careless burn- ing of tracsh ‘or other material may easily get beyond control or be left unwatched. Much the same state of affairs prevails in ncarby Maryland suburbs, which are in efiect part and parcel of the National Capitzl. At this season scores of home owners are busy rakirg leaves off lawns and disposing of such Ltter by burning it. The time will come in this country when all persons responsible for fires, whether intentional or unintentional, i will be held subject to the law. There |18 no more reason why an adult should rot te respcnsible for damage by fire as by any other action which results in property loss. ‘The destruction of woodland growtn is particularly unfortunate, for it can- not be replaced in this generation. If persons out of work are responsible for such fires, in order that they may be employed as firs-fighters, as has been charged, the state of affairs resulting is peculiarly unfortunate. Certainly every legitimate step should be taken to make such persons understand their respon- sibility to futurity. Co-operation in the matter of fire fighting is necessary over the entire area of Greater Washington, and this means not only from those persons paid by municipalities t> fight fires, but also every law-abiding person. The tax from fire is far too la:g>. Fire prevention is sensible and effic.eit, and could be made & hundredfold more efficient if every one would take an interest in the mat- ter and make a serious personal attempt to participate in it. This is a perpetual warfare, and as long as scores of persons will not enlist under the banner of common sense an extra burden must be thrown upon the shoulders of those who know that fire under control is a friend of man, but out of bounds one of his very worst enemies. Tree Trimming and Traffic. Since the debacle of closing off Mas- sachusetts avenue and New Hampshire avenue at the same time for street re- pairs the Highway Department has evi: dently been working on a well planned program for Spring “house cleaning” which offers the minimum of interfer- ence to the needs of trafic. Now and then, of course, errors crop out in the best of plans, but on the whole the de- partment is to be congratulated on its accomplishment of necessary work wiih situation. Lately, however, laborers have begun to trim many of the beautiful trees that line Washington's strests and in several cases have picked rush-hour traffic to do it. It does seem that with the Highway Department making excep- tional progress in co-ordinating the va- rious agencies that have to do with street repair—the Sewer Depariment and the electric and gas maintenance scrvices—those in charge of cutting end trimming trees should co-operate with the same object in view, to ac- complish the necessary work without needless interference with thousands of motorists. This matter, it appears, can be very easily settled. Certainly there is no need of cutting and trimming trees curing rush-hour congestion. The work can as well be done after nins in the | morning and before four-thirty in the afternoon on the important thorough- fares. On streets that normally do not CAITY & lafge amount of traffic laborers can operate even at rush hours, but with | every effort b2ing made to clear up con- |gestion by various district agencies it | behooves the tree cerartment to fall | into line | cm> European princess cught to | marry Archduke Otio, claimant to the crown of Hungary, if only to gain the privilege of borrcwing that elegant fur- | trimmed and gold-incrusted pelisse, | Shaw Erupts Again. It is always rather doubtful whether {1t is worth while going seriously into tae maiter of what Georg> Bernard | |8haw says or prints, for the man is {such a chronic satirist that the questioh | of his sincerity and even of his real meaning is eternally open. Now and then come flashes of wit that seem to illumine genuine sentiments or con- | cepts. But even these leave one quickly in doubt about the actual Shavian pur- pose. Take h's latest outbreak into ! public, as distinguisned from private, | print, He was speaking at a luncheon of the Institute of Journalists in Lon- idon. He declared that th: press is always vears behind events in getting at the truth of a situation. Then he sald: “We journalists are a little under | & cloud now like all the institutions of |this country. We had our extremely foolish war; the press might -have pre- | vented it, but didn't.” And so on, quite | lengthily, in true Shavian style. Now just what Shaw means by “journalist,” as epplied to himself, is somewhat of a puzzie. Search of his | blographies—and he has so largs a share of the sun of public attention |that he is given extensive encyclopedic | space during’his lifetime—fails to dis- | close any basis for the claim that he s |such a journalist as Americans under- stand by the term. True, the British definition may differ, may include one who has contributed to any sort cf ,press, on any subject. for any length {of time. Shaw's “journalism” seems to have been cf the literary-critic sort, and the drematic-critic variety. He talked much more than he wrote, at that stage of his career, talked incessantly, ad- dressing audiences of every description, from university dons to washerwomen.” PFrom 1883 to dQue regard to the exigencies of tae| THE EVENING 1895, with virtuslly no exception, this writer states, Shaw “delivered & ha- rangue with debate, questions and so every Sunday, sometimes twice and cven thrice, and on a good many week days.” But even if “G. B. 8.” qualifies as a “journalist,” entitled to speak of him- self in the first person plural, there is no occasion to regard his indictment of journalism as always tardy in judg- ;ment, or as deficient in preventive | remedies for world flls, as worth very much after all. It is just good “copy.” Perhaps it will soon’ be followed by a play on the subject. Maybe the Great Socialist was but rehearsing something he has up his mental sleeve when he gave his fellow “journalists” the rasp- berry at their luncheon. Will Rogers does something of that sort over here. There is only a difference of detail in They | 1 | 1 | their respective performances. | are always interesting. B! It is possitle that in the not far aistant future “Taps” may be blown for “Tap day” up at Yale. It would be a distinct shock for any senior- | szclety old grad to come back and find the one-time sacred homes of these jaugust organizations turned to any other use than the housing of fraternal mysteries. If their removal is desired, Henry Ford would probably buy them in. At last it seems to have dawned on the British that 8ir Thomas Lipton is a pretty good yachtsman. He has fust been elected to membership in the Royal Yacht Squadron, most -coveted | honor in British yachting circles. There | chould have been rocm in this royal organization fr a royal good fellow years agd. Sir Thomas' friends will re- joice with him that the distinction was not conferred posthumously. R Pour star players now in the major {base ball leagues wear spectacles; not | sun glasses, but regular ‘“cheaters.” | Perhaps that is one reason why they are 85 good, and perhaps Messrs. Grif- fith and Johnson might with advantage march a platoon of those who wear ‘Washington uniforms to some good oculist, e Many who speak glibly of the Wick- ersham report are under the delusion that the one issued on prohibition— take it or leave it—is that body's life purpose, now c mpleted. As a matter | of fact, it has produced two and has| i nine more to do. If these are any- | thing like number one, the “Arablan | Nights” will be nowhere. ——————— Mahatma Gandhi is said to have | spurned en cffer of money to visit the United States this Summer. Even if ‘we let him wear a “sun suit”? o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Instructions. Now education has been brought Up to a point 2o fine, ‘Whatever you may do is taught By experts in that line. They teach you how to breathe and eat. ‘They teach you how to talk. And how to keep your wardrobe neat And how to take s walk. They print long articles to show Just how a girl should act. They also teach the youthful beau Politeness so exact. And yet for culture, health and grace Our grandsires credit won, | Ere all this teaching fillsd the place— | I wonder how 'twas done! His Position. “Your speeches have stirred up a good deal of antagonism.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “What are you going t> talk about | when you meet your constituents?” { “I'm not talking much now. I've be- | | come a topi~.” | Jud Tunkins says human nature is! | very forgiving; there in't a man who doesn't think he had the most expert ! dentist on earth. | Kyl | The Personal Exception. :On pAtience we put special stress. All projects should commence with it. 'Tis something others thould possess, While we ourselves dispense with it. Encouraging Sociability. “Your boy Josh knows the scientific designations of all the tnsects that at- tack crops.” “Yes” replied Farmer Corntossel; “but I den't believe it does much good. 1 ain't sure that callin’ 'em by their | right names doesn't make ‘em want to hang around an’ git more familiar than ever.” Proud Recollection. “You seem rather elated this morn- ing.” “I am,” replied Mr. Meckton. “Last | night my wife mistook me for a burglar, | It’s the only time in my life that Hen- | rietta was actually afraid of me.” Forgotten Lore. Why is it, as we're going Through pages neatly set, The things marked “Things Knowing” Are things we first forget? | Worth | “De man dat tells de plain truth 'bout a fishing trip,” said Uncle Eben, “has | yoh esteem, but he's liable not to be very good company.” NI > Frozen Rain Does It. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazeite. Selentists are seeking a technical defi- nition for “sleet.” Persons caught in & storm of it might respond with some choice selections - Guns to Be Denied. Fiom the Ann Arior Daily News Fred Burke has been eentenced to ricon for the rest of his “natural life.” 3 mean he will have machine guns to play with? e Small Stuff to Dearborn. From the Cleveland News. Federal dry agents might be credited with doing scmething to stimulate bu: ness. They confiscated 719 automobiles in March alone. ’ e Stellar Dilution. From the St. Louis Post-Dispateh. A Swedish astronomer is checking u on the weight of the Milky Way. the celestial dairyman mixing in too much water? R Rest in Peace. Prom the Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Now that daylight sa gone into effect on the radio, can go to bed earlier. STAR, WASHIM THIS AN BY CHARLES E. Scme one has coined a fearsome | word to brand the gentleman who bor- rows your bocks and never brings them back. The word is unnecessary. | All booklovers know the proper name | for such s misguided wight, and do not | hesitate to apply it to him behind his | back. The friend of books who has lost | fifty or a hundred “loaned” volumes | has no one to blame but himself, after all. He should take a lesson from the sign which is affixed to every place in the city prcper where books are loaned for hire. R “Circulating Library,” says the sign. This is done to distinguish such places from non-circulating, privately owned libraries. ‘The booklover who insists on turnln.. his non-circulating library into a ecir- | culating one must be content to less some of his books. | Possessing a non-circulating library, | in fact and theory, he attempts to | make it circulate. Well, it circulates, all right! AneEn The trcuble is that in many in- stances, and often with one’s favorits books, the circulation is all in one| direction. | Outward bound! This sad state of affairs comes about from the perversity of the non-cireu- lating library owner, | turning his collection, without money | or regulations, into a competitor of the circulating libra The home library ought not to circu- late, let us admit it, even with sorrow, and against the grain. For it does rub a real booklover the wrong way to come to the 1ealization at last that his friends seldom return the masterpieces which they borrow from him. He loves to loan books. Perhaps a | better way to put it would be that he would love to loan them if he felt sure | o that he would get them back, and in normally good condition. It takes al- most a lifetime to convince him that his | home collection chould be kept at home. ‘Whenever he discovers a great work, whether new or old, he wants to share it with others. The discrimina | booklover will realize that this is & mis- | take, on his part, even while urging a | choice volume onto a friend. | He knows, perhaps better than most, that the good which comes from books cannot be forced. Thousands, nay mil- lions, of children have solemly read | certain “masterpieces” without receiving who insists cn |q AY D THAT The mind is in a daze of glory. The critical faculty is stilled. The reader knows what Wordsworth meant when | he_spoke of “trailing clouds of glory.” Every reader sits on such clouds, when he is reading, and particularly after he has finished reading, a truly worth- while of literature. Many a boy at B vears of age has been an aviator, in this sense. * ok % % ‘There are wings not made of feathers or silk which yet may take a man to | tremendous heights. Thess are the wings of mighty litera- ture, mighty music, mighty oration. Under their inspiration the reader ' and the hearer may be led to higher | exaltation that he achieves otherwise | this side of Heaven. Because the mass of men recognize this, in their better moments, they are willing to pay their respect to the writer, the composer, the great orator. These, and these alone, with mighty craft and even divine guile, do some- | thing to both the hearts and heads of men Pure intellect will not do. Even God is & God of wrath, we are told, and mighty is His anger. *Hx P The second inclination which the owner of & home library must let go is this: that he should loan. Let him keep what life has given him. Out of the millions of books pub- lished through the ages, surely these shelves represent a very tiny percent- ge. Th and why 2 Recall the axiom that few persons appreciate that which costs them nothing. j * ok % ok Are you sincere in your wish that vour friend really appreciate and en- Jjoy_this certain great book? Then let him buy it for himself. ek here s o greater i the worlo: whic e 1S NO greater 5 f discovering this book for himself. It is not necessary for one to to the Pole to be a discoverer. ‘Treasure Island of every boy's dream is found between a pair of book covers. The Secret Garden of the heart is not a place but a state of mind. He who would guide one there does not do the best service, especially to an adult, who often harbors the con- viction that self-help is the best kind of help, after all. * ok It is well for any booklover if he comes to the conclusion, though late. o it of good or inspiration that his private home library had best ??;mmv%amtxfmly ecause mepn:mg\ remain a non-circulating library. were forced upon them by those who | There are enough books in motion Gid not realize that might never makes Theyv stream from bookstores, "'!ll"'fl_ right in such matters, | public libraries, the commercial cir | culating libraries. They even come out ot el | of drug stores, nowadays. The first fecling, then, which the| “1et this little collection of favorites owner of a non-circulating library. no pe a static library. Let it remain matter how smzil. must sweep from his | irmly fixed in the home and heart of heart, is this: that he can make or | its proud possessor. even intrigue any one else to like the It may be, sometimes, that a visitor book which he likes. may come in, and sit down, and see If he does, it is just so much good 'a title, or the name of author. fortune, and nothing else, for there is | And may be induced to become curi- a_contrary principle in human nature ous, and later go and get a copy of which makes the average man or wom- | the book for himself. an suspicious of the praised article. ‘Thus friends will no longer “borrow” Not only is he suspicious, his expecta- books to keep, will nevertheless be tions are raised to a superhuman pitch. greater readers than before and will Perhaps no book vet is quite as fine as never run the risk of having ugly or an enthusiast is inclined to think it is | even fearsome inventions applied to | that just after he has finished reading it. them. Traylor and Sw Leaders in W Pinancial, industrial and commercial leaders are declared by the prass to have been called to action by addresses | before the International Chamber of | Commerce by Melvin A. Traylor, Chi- | cago banker, and Gerard Swope, presi- dent of the General Electric Co. Mr. | Traylor's proposed remedies for alleged | defects in stock dealings are favorably | received, though the changes are be- lieved difficult. Mr. S8wope’s advocacy of unchanged wage standards is ac cepted as the judgment of an expert. ““The country is indebted to Mr. Tray- lor for the honesty and courage of t confession, which implicates so man; of us,” says the New York World-Tele- ram, as it reviews the banker's charge large measure of responsibility for the present condition rests wpon the shoulders of the Nation's financial leaders” and his rds urging specific reforms including abolition of the so- called “daily settlement,” with its daily call-money rate; abolition of floor trad- ing, “which has about it most of the characteristics of plain crap shooting,” | and rules forbidding members of t exchange to accept any but cash trades if the amount involved is less than $10,000. He does not hesitate to attribute the stock market crash to financiers them- remarks the Albany Evening . recalling that “excessive specula- tion had seized on the country like a mania and enveloped thousands who had never speculated before.” That paper. however, asks: “Would an effort to check the epidemic have been a battle against human nature? The elements of ambition and greed were there, but ambition and greed will always be pres- ent. The lesson has been hard. but has it been thoroughly learned? Will not human nature be eager to try it all again?” * ko ok “It was one of the most stimulating challenges thrown out to business men | since the Gepression set upon the coun- try,” according to the Flint Daily Jour- | nal, which records that “the courage of | this banker in criticizing our business | leadership surprises us.” and it offers | the query: “Is not the day of enlighten- | ment approaching when a famous in-| ternational banker has the cour: to| stand before his colleagues of the ‘big business world’ and criticize their lead- ership?” The Fort Worth Star-Tele. gram. recognizing in Mr. Traylor a for- mer Texan, calls his statement one with “a great content of stark truth,” and| concludes: “There is no question that| much of the past year's depression re- | sulted directly from the confusion of | the privilege of investing for profit and speculation. The other portion of it came from the faflure of financial and | industrial heads to issue warnings in | advance of the catastrophe. * * ¢/ If his recommendations are not a cure- | 11, they will remedy so much of the| e of the aflment that the remainder | will have a better chance than ever before of recovery by natural processes.” With a tribute to both Mr. Traylor and Secretary Mellon for analyses of the situation, the Chicago Daily Tribune | holds that “reliance upon Government nd political nostrums will not bring back our normal prosperity,” and con- tinues: “As to the cause of our ills, it is advisable'to realize and to remember that while a very large part of our pub- lic must share responsibility for the excess which brought about the collapse. a greater share rests upon the shoul: ders of the financial and business leac- ership of the country. Mr. Traylor em- phasizes the role of the speculative agencies, the exchanges, put the Gov- ernment, the great banking interests, the corporations which, seeking maxi- mum profits, loaned reserves for s} o lation and expanded with too lttle re- gard to economic laws, failed in their function of larger control and guidance. We all contributed to our own punish- ment.” The Tribune believes that “an mportant factor in economic restora- | tion is as much relief as we can contrive | to get from the mounting burden of | flbllc expenditure.” The Detroit Fier ess holds that Mr. Traylor “‘makes | out a godd cs or elevating trading on | the floor to a plane higher than ‘crap- | shooting.’ " Indorsement is given by the Hous- ton Chronicle to “his su, tion that | some suthoritative control over credit | be estsblished, in order that money | nezded in the business of the Nation | { ope Arouse orld of Finance may not be drawn to New York for the use of exchange traders in times of wild speculation.” The Chronicle con- cludes, “It grows more and more ap- rent to thinking people that we must K’k 1o the leadership of such men as Mr. Traylor, men who really know our financial system and who at the same times are determined that it shall work to the benefit of all the people.” * x o % Referring to the address as “one of the clearest and most thought-compel- ling before the convention,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune emphasizes the blame he places on “business, in- dustrial and financial leadership as well as blundering political leadership.,” and concludes: “Sound and efficient leader- ship in all these fields, he contended, must dedicate its untiring, unselfish and unprejudiced effort to the sojation of the problems now troubling us sil. That saving combination has not yet been attained in either the interna- tional or national fields.” In eriticism of the address the Hart- ford Times declares: “The causes he found imbedded in human nature, the correctives he would seek in stock-mar. ket technique. Obviously, the sug- gested solution is not adequate tn the problem.” The Rochester Times-Union contends: “Mr. Traylor's sugfestlons. except for the one on time settlements, ere untried. One might even question their virtue. The Harrisburg Tele- graph is convinced that “so long as the ambling instinct remains ways be found to fleece the always willing little | woolly lambs." Mr. Bwope's statement of the cost | to the community and to the individual workers from periods of enforced idle- ness, also presented to the world busi- ness meeting, meets favorable response. The Worcester Evening Gazette states: “Mr. Swope is impressed by the fact that ‘never before in economic crises has there been such an awakened civic sonsciousness” both in the community and in industry regarding the responsi- bility for enforced idleness. He is hope- ful that industry may find a solution for the problem. No single plant, no in- try acting alone, can solve the em- playment problem. Yet much is as Mr. Swope says, from the g recognition that this is & problem with which industry must deal. And it might be said that one of the encourag- ing developments of the present situ- ation is the growing acceptance of the fact that continuity of employment means continuity of purchasing power, and that any genuine relief for idleness constitutes also an aid to business re- siness generals' of the t; of Mr. Swope,” thinks the Mu'luke}e'p;en- tinel, “are laboring tremendously to spread the gospel among their back- ward brethren. . These men are not | liberals in the academic sense of the word; they are to be tested rather on their ‘social mindedness’ sense of public responsibility. nately. their names carry authority. Fortu- ‘:)lat:rvonh. Rosenwald, Ecker, Filene, | . Btrawn, Swope, Sargent, Gifford, Kohler (of Kohler), Harriman—the lesser ones will listen to thess. Let us hope the evangelists accomplish their work quickly; else the political tinkerers will take a hand. —— ettt We're Wearing Ours. From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. ‘That professor who has announced his intention of presenting 30,000 moths to a museum can add our last year's over- coat as a companion piece if he but says the word. ) Too Cheap. From the Beattie Daily Times. Chicago falls to pay its 14,000 school teachers. This thing of free education can be carried too far. s So Does Ireland. From the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail. Spain has the republic. fever 50 bad that she wants to be several of them. —_— e Only Indirectly. From the Detroit Free Pre ‘Ths political machipe is the caly one that doesn't throw men vut of work. and _their | MAY 16, 193 THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover At least some critical readers who were not consulted about the Pulitzer ize award in ‘were hoping hat the prise would go to Claude M Fuess for his “Daniel Webster.” s instructor in lish and ; the Phill letin at lips - Academy, Andover, Mass. He is the author of several historieal brochures on Andover and of the aphy, “Rufus Choate.” His “Daniel " is that rather rare combina- tion—a work of sci . well doc- umented, and a work full of interest for the general reader. It is in no sense one of the “new sensational biographies: but equally it is not one of the old-fashioned, dry-as-dust type. In collecting his original material, Mr. Fuess consulted the lonal Edition of Webster's Writings and Speeches, the Papers of Caleb Cushing, 'Edward | | Everett and others, and public and privats documents in the New Hamp- shire and Massachusetts Historical So- cieties and the Library of Congress These, only & few of the sources, are the most important. * * r ‘The aptness of phrase Mr. Puess is illustrated by his | titles. Here are some of them: cl | | by Retirement,” “Sorrow Upon Borrow,” “The ht for the Union,” “The Final Disillusionment,” “Webster, the r and s Through these chapters and others is developed the story of Web- ster's advancement from humble begin- nings, through success after success, to | almost the highest honor in the Nation's | Government. That “almost” was one of (the tragic elements in Webster's life. He desired earnestly to be President, but was never able to attain that office. In 1836, 1848 and 1852 he was recep- tive to the nomination for the presi- idency, but did not win it. Once, when asked by an acquaintance wheth- er, afte , the presidency could have been of any value to him, he replied: “To bs frank with you, Mr. Bates, the same uu&;zmn has occurred to me. Am: perhape a8 you say; am as well without mh:goe But, sir, it is a great office; why, Mr. Bates, it is the greatest office the world, and I am but & man, sir; I want it, I want it.” R Backgrounds of great men are always int°resting. Daniel Webster's back- ground was the New Hampshire hills. He was borh at Salisbury (Pranklin), {N. H., in a small frame house, built | by his father, Capt. Ebeneszer Web- ster, near the log cabin, which had become too small for his increasing family. It faced Searle’s Hill, which | Daniel called “Mt. Pisgah.” He was {called a “crying bal and his parents did not expect to “raise him.” delicacy proved an advantage, for he was unable as he grew older to be of much us: in the farm work, of which there was plenty for all the Webster children, so he was allowed to spend much time over the few books he had. His first knowledge of the United Statcs Constitution came early. “On a Summer afternoon in 1790 a frail, black-eyed boy, barefooted and dressed in a tow shirt and coarse cassimere trousers, stepped out of his father's tavern at Salisbury Lower Village (Capt. Webster had moved his family into a larger frame house, where he kept a tavern for travelers), in the upper valley of the Merrimack River. Across the highway was the general store kept is school teacher, Wil- liam Hoyt, filled with tempting things to eat and wear. There his glance fell on a novelty—a large cotton hand- kerchief, crudely print>d on both sides— and, having already a passion for lit- erature, he bought it with the coins which were jingling in his pocket. What he saw was the text of the Federal Constitution, which had re- cently b-en ratified by the States and was hflng_hclrcuhted in this quaint fashion. en and there he sat down under 8 spreading eim and read it through.’ T The chapter, “The Voice of the Devil's Advocate,” takes up the scandals connected with Webster. “Every man in a conspicuous position is likely to be the object of calumny.” . Fuess tests 8ll the scandals circulated about Web- ster by the simple question, “What is the proof?” Most of them he finds un- proved. ‘His conclusion is that Webster was a mixture of faults and virtues, that mahy of his faults were those of his time and were shared by nearly all public men, and that he undoubtedly deteriorated after the death of his first wife. wife, brought up in a clergyman’s frugal household,”&xercised & restraining influence upon him while she lived.” Primary responsibility for the tales about Webster is placed: ! “Whatever scandal gathered around ‘Webster's name, it made its appearance Adams’ Diary. Later his enemies, the Abolitionists, took good care that no defama tition: and today, in clubs and private homes, the familiar stories are being idly perpetuated, although their myth- ical source may long ago have been However, Mr. Fuess considers Daniel Webster was certainly no saint. He would have been more at | home with Lancelot than wif ,and his chosen friends were men of Ime world. After his long, hard hours in the Senate, he was undoubtedly glad, as Emerson said, to get back cronies, where he could stretch himself at his ease and drink his mulled wine. He had some weaknesses of the flesh and committed some indiscretions. But his faults were those of a large and liberal personality. * * # His age was one of drinking; it was prevalent in Congress and the Supreme Court; many public men were often inebriated. Webster was of his time, but was rarely incapacitated by liquor. * * * The truth is that Webster usually held his liquor | like a gentleman. * * * It was for him that a particularly delectable punch was named in Washington.” = The charges made against Webster in con- nection with money matters had a more serfous public significance. Of these Mr. Fuess says: ‘“Webster's careless- ness in money matters was sometimes not far from moral deliquency. But there is no evidence whatever to show {that he ever took bribes or diverted | public funds to his own use, or, indeed, that his attitude toward legislation was ever affected by sinister motives. His fault was that, by living beyond his means, he fell into debt, and, obliged to borrow, drifted into financiai | dependence on men who meant well, but whose influence was dangerous to| any statesman.” | * K ox o America has produced somethi: new in the world, namely, the Ameries s race. So declares James Oppenheim, the well known critic and poet. Mr.| E)pppnheflm has written a book entitled American Types,” in which he de- velops his belief that the races, the so- clal groups and classes that used to compose this country, are now rapidly becoming identical and forming a race and a culture different from any that ever existed before, According to Mr. Oppenheim, we are developing a special language, & special brand of politeness, an original psychology of behavior, new manners and so on. In his new book Mr. Oppenheim analyzes the various types he finds in America, and describes what makes them what they are. He also outlines the physiognomies of thesc types, for Mr. Oppenheim is convinced that Americans are different not only | in psychology but - ance as well. AT Wi It was Light-Horse Harry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, and one of the Revo- lution’s leading soldiers, politicians and ) any other county. It has grant from the Missouri in the venomous pages of John Quincy |to ANSWERS TO Any reader can get the answer to| any question by ting to our Infor-| mation Bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to informa- tion. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, or undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject. Write your ques tion plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. The reply is sent direct to the inquirer A s The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, director, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. What is the name of the plece of music played by Marlene Dietrich in “Dishonored”?—P. O'C. | A. It is the “Danube Waves Waltz,"” by Ivanavici. Q. Who now owns Jekyll Island off | the coast of C-orgia?—R. 8. A. In 1886 it v~ - bought by its pres- ent owners, the Jekyll Island Club, a group of America’s richest men, whose | membership represents one-seventh of | the wealth of the world. Here they | have their magnificent homes and a| palatial club house where they spend the months of January, February and | March, seeking relief from the cold | Winters of their northern climate. The | club membership is limited to 100. | Q. How many professional golfers are | there in the United States>—M. B. A. The number is estimated at 75,000, Q. yh;t bmmth will the Chicago fatr ; . It is acheduled to open June 1,! 1933, and close the last day of No- | vember. | Q. Where is the Hotel Meurice lo- cated, the hotel at which King Alfonso | stopped in Paris?—F. D. 8. | A. The Hotel Meurice is at 218 Rue de Rivoli, opposite the garden of the ‘Tulleries. Q. Please explain what county the ! city of St. Louis is in—L. P. | A. The St. Louis Chamber of Com- | merce says that the City of Bt. Louis | is not in Bt. Louis County, nor is it in | 8 special This came about through the desire of the citizens to break away from the county form of government, especially | when the population had become so ! enormous as to make the county form | of government inequitable. This sepa ration from St. Louis County took place in 1878. All of the Missouri laws are | applicable to the counties and the City of Bt. Louis; in addition to that there are a number of State laws that are applicable only to the city of St. Louis. Q. 1w long ago did the Louisiana lottery 4o out of business’—G. E. P. A. " ongress forbade it the use of | the mails in 1890, and it ceased to oper- ate in this country soon afterward. Q. Where was light opera first - TR il A b | A. It first appeared in Germany as | a result of the romantic movement of von Weber. It was called singspi-l. . Did the author of “East Lynne” write other books?—E. S. | A. Ellen Price Wood contributed to magazines, published a dozen or more | books and was the editor and proprietor | of the Argosy, an English publication. 'n of Roentgen | Q. Is Prof. Roentge; rays fame still living?>—R. A. W. A. Prof. Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, ULGARIAN BRITISH REVIEW, Sofia—On the seaboard of the Black Sea, within Bulgarian ter- ritory, there are two large, well defined gulfs, within which have been constructed the ports of Varna and Burgas. The Guif of Varng is smaller in size and more shallow than that of the Gulf of Burgas, whose length is 1215 kilometers and in width 10 kilometers. The town and port is situated on the western side. It is the second largest Bulgarian town on this coast and is the first in im| relation to shipping, as the la: of the imports and exports of the coun- try pass through this port. Burgas cannot claim such a long, Varna and other important towns in the kingdom which have sprung from the folds of the antic werld or from the epochs of the dark and heroic mid- dle ages, for the reason that, apparently, it was out of the zone of political strife and was considered as of minor impor- tance as a port or trading station dur- ing these various epochs. According tp records, what is now the port Burgas was founded some 300 years ago. History also relates that up the middle of the last cenmtury it represented nothing other than a col- lection of poor fishermen’s huts and village. However, toward the end of the last century it gradually came into prominence and quickly developed. At the time of liberation, in 1878, the town following liberation this progress was even more rapid, and mariners after th Galahad, | learning that the Gulf of Burgas was | well protected from the elements, it be- came a port of call for shipping. To- day it is the most important shipping a visited by his | center for Bulgaria and shippil from all parts of the world, especially from England. This growth can be measured by the fact that the last census taken, in 1926, gives the popuiation as 40,000. One might ask the question, What is the reason for this rapid development and in such a short period Burgas should blossom into an international port? The answer to this question is, according to the geo- graphical map, the Gulf of Burgas pen- etrates far into the hinterland; there are several highways leading to the town, and within a short radius there are many smaller towns and villages. In the background of this district spreads the wide and fertile plains of Thrace, which eannot only f its own and the mountain population within its borders. but also supply large quantities of foodstuffs for export, which, up to the World War, was mainly concen- trated in and exported from the port of Burgas. The largest part of the im- ports of the country also pass through this port. On account of these natural favorable conditions, coupled with the initiative and enterprising spirit of the popul: tion, Burgas has been ,able in the last three or four decades to grow into and become a modern European city. With the development of the railways, soon after liberation, Burgas was one of the first places to be linked up with railway communications with the capital, and now there are a number of branch lines which brings it within a com- paratively short distance of the main agricultural producing centers, partic- ularly the rich whu:oo‘lrowmfi areas in South Bulgaria. Simultaneously with development of the railway system. the port itself was constructed upon most modern lines, with large and spacious wharves to accommodate shipping of all draughts. * ok kX Family of Arrested Persons Should Be Notified. Le Petit Nicois, Nice.—The League of | the Rights of Man, wearied of paying | any further atiention t4 the police au- | thorities, cr to the m-ndates of justice, is multiplying in numbers greatly, a: more and more become obsessed with the | idea that individual liberty is the most desirable thing in life. One of the latest examples of the pe- Boydl' who has wr] the new ylnc- wits, and not John Marshall, who coined the famous phrase about Washington, “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Thomas 8] of “Light-Horse ungovered the circumst: Le@'s words became know shall's, y Lee,” has v] eby ’S Mar- | rtance in part. varied and eventful history as that of | had a population of 5,000. In the years | QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. German physicist, died tn Munich Feb- ruary 10, 1923. Q. How does the modern Grecian woman of middle class dress?—E. F. . She wears a long, sleeveless coat, bound around the lower waistline & cummerbund or a leather girdle, fas- tened with a silver gilt clasp of marked size, a blouse with decorated sleeves, long white skirt, or blus skirt, gayly banded at the bottom, and an suitably embroidered. he also wears s By kerchief and chains of great weight, Q. Where was the patriot, Nathan Hale, torn>—O. A. H. He was born in Coventry, Conn. Q. What does a discount clerk in & bank do”—H. 8. A. It is his particular duty to keep a record of and retain of notes and drafts until their maturity, when they are delivered to the note teller, who attends to the collection of the amounts due cn them. Q. What is the inside margin of the pages of a book called, where bound?—G. I. C. i A. 1t is called the gutter. Q. Is there any substance like ivory which keeps lhnnyolm' better>—C. C. A. The teeth of the hippopotamus are valued because u:r{ are harder y“e‘fi:w’m and are less llable to turn . Who introduced the bill pro the first Jand and money for land- cnlAmll?——N. N. 4 - It was sponsored by Justin 8. Morrill, s Representative from Ver. mont. It was first introduced in 1857, was passed, but vetoed by President Buchanan. In 1861 Mr. Morrill intro- duced a new bill, Senator Wade intro- ducing it in the Senate. This v E& and was signed by President incoln. Q. Why is some hair curly and some straight?—C. E. D. A. The c-ntour of the hair 18 circu- Iar, oval or fiattened. Whether a hair is to be curly or straight is largely de- pendent u its contour: the ‘more oval or flattened it is the more 1t will be curled. The degree of curliness is influenced also by the conditions of the a ; naturally curled hair becomes more curled when the hair is surcharged with moisture, and less so in dry weather. . When was neon discovered and how are the colors-obtained in the lights>—R. J. G. A. Neon was discovered by Sir Wil- lll:&\ R;:uey”lnu W. u.‘mvna n 3 e development of = conductor tube em; !!Glm | dates back t> lbtmtp:%ll. but the !\l= of neon in commercial advertising is comparatively recent. Ordinary neon glows with a brilliant reddish-yellow glow. By the addition of a small amount of mercury, & blue color is ob- tained. Other colors are cbtained by combining with various gases or by using colored glass tubes. § [How large s the Painted Desert? A. 1t is about 100 miles in length and varies from 15 to 40 miles in width. Q. How many Attorney Generals were ’zhere under Woodrow Wilson? —G. A, Three—James Thomas W. Gregory | Palmer. McReynolds, C. and A. Mitchell Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands culiar conditions affecting members of this cult is seen in the case oxmemn’ | ngarer. mm %lel:rn. the manner ‘gd | whose arrest 1 aiready protest | to the minister of the interior. Without doubt M. Albaret was taken into custody | on the strength of a warrant which was perfectly in order. It is true, also, that the warrant was issued upon the wrong charge, but that is another story, M. Albaret, being only technically innocent of the particular offense a! 5 The bgeune arrested the young man at vallois-Perret, at the door of the ‘Where he lived.. was not al- lowed tell his parents of his deten- tion, end besides all this, the concierge | of the House was threatenied with prose- }mm'mnsheuwm ‘them with the As & result. the parents remained thre: days without news of their 1 8on, and it is not icult to imagine their inquietude. This reature of the | case has aroused the League of the Rights of Man, and none of them is wiliing that any more parents should be zimila: i distressed whether or not there | is any juctification for it. In cur opinion, it may be necessary, upcn occasions, to arrest the innocent, e lly when it is not clearly discern- jible whether they are innocent, but it | should not be necessary to torment them tion should die for want of repe- | was considered but a small, insignificant | and their families with added pains in the ignorance of their w) ts. CR Light Posts Heated For Comfort of Tram Waiters. A. B. C, Macrid—The Parislan | guardians of the peace have installed in the vicinity of the Tuilleries, and at other hrlma of public concourse, a com- fort highly agreeable to persons waiting <n the street for trams and omnibuses. Certain met-llic posts, installed for lighting, wiring or other purposes of this municipality, have heating coils, p rly insulated, placed inside them, which keep the exterior of the column at a warm and eyen temperature. Over- heating is prevented by an automatic switch. Prospective passengers and oth- ers waiting near these chill-averti pillars of iron or steel are serene an comfortale, no matter how long the vehicle is in arriving. This surely is & device which tends to make people more affable and fimnc amid the rigors of the coldest Winter weather. * ok x x Police Club Son Of German ex-Kaiser. | ,, Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.—In | the course of & great National Socialist demonstration at Koenigsberg, at which the chief of police of that city had for- bidden Dr. Goebbels to speak, there was & clash between the partisans and the police. Instead of Dr. Goebbels, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, the son of the ex-Kaiser, was scheduled to make | an address. After the speech, when the meeting had broken up, a crowd of | about 800 political enthusiasts accom- panied the prince and Dr. Goebbels to 2 railrcad station, and there attempt- ed to honor them with tumultuous proofs |of ther featy and indorsement. The police altempisd to restore order, and to clear the station of the manifestants, an endeavor much resented by the N ti~nal Soxfali who formed a human barrier cround the prince and Dr. Goeb- bels, and. with these celebrities in the center, refused to yleld their ground. In the ensuing altercation between the police and the members of the political D, ice August Wilhelm received two vigorous blows from a cudg-l in the hands of a policeman—one on the | shoulder and the other on the heaa— | while Dr. G:ebbels likewise sustained s charp rap on the skull. ———- Short Jaws. From the Milwzukee Sentinel. The human jaw, reperts a scientist, is growing shorter from lack of exer- cis>. In State and National capitals, mmer, the change is not so notice= ———— In Memoriam. From the Walla Walla Bulletin. A thoroughfare in Washington has been nimed Censtitution avenue. It's best to keep on the right side of this avenuel