Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1931, Page 8

} not to progress from bad to ¢ 4-8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edif WASHINGTON, D. C. WOESDAY.........July 28, 1931 . Editor THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: nsyLv Ave. Tce: 110 East 42nd 8t. 2 Lake Michigan Building. European Ofice: 14 Regent .. London, England. ia Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Sta 45c per month i 60c per month i : asc per month Hinday Star . S per T lection made at tne erid'6¢ each month: Riders-mag: B erl n by mall of telepone Ational 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda 137 $1000: 1 mo. 8¢ | : + #36:00: 1 mo.. 0¢ Bindasonty 13, $4.00 1 mo 40¢ All Other States and Canada. ...1yr., $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 Dally ang, Sundax.1 35 *1800: 1 mo: Mg finday only . 1 $5.00; 1 mo., 50¢c ‘Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the Use for republicaiion of ail news dis- patenes credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted In this paper and also the local news published herein. = All rizhts of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. The Gold Crisis. Life in Europe today is just cne con- ference after another. Hard on the heels of last week's seven-power meet- ing in London to consider ways and means of saving Germany from finan- cial ruin, Paris this week is the scene of an Anglo-French conference on gold. ‘This time it is Great Britain, not Ger- many, that requires resuscitation. ‘The Bank of England is suffering from an acute loss of golden lifeblood. Sap- ped within the past fortnight of the proaigious total of $180,000,000 of the Jellow metal, which constitutes the Eritish money standard, negotiations are now reported in progress at Paris for the extension of a gold credit to the 0ld Lady of Threadneedle street. Could anything more graphically illustrate how financial supremacy in Europe—for the moment at least—has crossed the Channel than the proposal of the Bank of France to loan the Bank of England $100,000,000 to relieve the severe straif on sterling exchange? Only experts versed in the tangled technique of international high finance can hope to understand the cause and effect of a world crisis in gold. The man in the street must content himself with grasping a few salient facts and try to figure out for himself how they combine to upset the economic equi- librium in two hemispheres. Of all the monetary gold in the world, the United States today possesses roundly one-half. France holds roundly one-quarter. How disproportionate such a distribution of the precious money metal is can be realized when one pauses to consider that the two countries which own three- quarters of it represent, between them, 2 mere one-eighth of the world's popu- lation. ‘The French, wbase surrent manipula- tion of tne murxet has mainly produced tae pending crisis, are accused in Great Wfivain of using their gold ruthlessly for something savoring of political blackmail. As the result of recent move- ments in their direction, the French today are hoarding the unprecedented pile of $2,300,000,000 in yellow treasure. Vast sums of it are on deposit in the United Stétes and Britain. With- drawal of any considerable portions can cause serious disturbance in New York or London, where such operations can easily prove disastrous. Prench gold withdrawals from Ger- many are held largely responsible for precipitating the crisis in the Reich. French gold loans to Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia have #olidified the political ties of those countries with France. Recently, when the Vienna Creditanstalt was in hot water, that Austrian bank was offered $20,000,000 of French gold, but on stern | conditions, namely, abandonment of | Austrian dealings with Germany for a toriff union. Vienna refused end got | the money, unconditionally, in London. French willingness to supply fresh credit, namely, gold, to Gernvany, is de- pendent likewise on political collateral which Berlin will not put up. What Britich authorities think of TFrench gold policy has just been angrily disclosed by J. L. Garvin, editor of the Sunday Observer, who commonly speeks for Downing Street in foreign affairs. “The immense withdrawals of French money from the City of London,” he £2ys, “are undoubtedly connccted with | the idea of making Britzin feel that; unless she conforms to French policy | 1t will be the worse for us. Britain never will conform to that policy. All this| misery and peril in Europe arise because | Premier Laval's government and the | Paris press assume that America and Britain are virtually powerless to take separate action. We are utterly con- vinced that this misapprehension will have to be removed before three months zre over.” ‘There is a plain sugg:stion here that Uncle Sam will have to come to the rescue if John Bull's gold anemia is worse. | Passively, the Federal Reserve System appears already to be ministering to' Britain's ills. At least it is gratefully noted in London that little or none of the gold now fleeing from her shores is being consigned to the United States. o Fame at present is shifting so fast that it has almost the effect of a re- volving spotlicht. i - oo Making Aviation History. i “I have no schedule,” remarked Col. Charles Lindbergh, when he and his wife hopped off from New York to come to Washington to make the final preparations for their flight to the Far East by way of the Aleutian Island chain. That simply meant that this is not to be a spectacular race against time, but a path-finding venture in the air for the sake of future commu-| nication between North America and| Asia. Today tHt Lindberghs are set-| ting out from Washington, but they are not headed toward their Northwest- ern objective, going instead to Maine to make a farewell visit to Mrs. Lind-, bergh's parents and to see the little Lindbergh, who is in their charge. Then they will straighten out for the West, ! making Ottawa and then a chaln of | refueling points along the Northern Ca- nadian coast. This route is criticized by a Canadian veteran airman, who «ulls it “one of the worst stretches of —_— S i | year toward. this question of foreign re- flying country in the world,” mrked' by almost constant fogs caused by the blazing sun beating upon the cold waters of the lakes that sprinkle the terrain. Col. Lindbergh has made no rejoinder to this criticism of his choice of courses. It is not his habit to en- gage in disputation. Presumably he has selected his route with full knowledge of conditions. Certainly there is gen-| eral public confidence in his judgment, even though he has had no experience in Far Northern fiying. The manner in whizh he blazed air trails over Cen- tral and South America astounded everybody and undoubtedly confirmed | the public confidence in his airmanship | which had been so remarkably displayed by his fiight across the Atlantic in 1927. Recently Post and Gatty flew over this same general Troute, from west to east, making aviation history. Lind-} bergh is not attempting to duplicate | their feat. He is not trying for & rec- | ord of any kind. He is doing what he has always done—flying over difficult territory to learn the “way of the a! and to mark out a possible route for practical sustained aerial communica- tion between the continents. This i3 not at all comparable with the flight of the Graf Zeppelin to the North Pole, now in progress. That great gas bag is being sent over the frozen seas in exe- cution of what appears to be a set progrem of difficult and dangerous flights. It has been flown around the world. It has crossed oceans several times. It has cone practically every thing hard to do save the penetration of the polar area, and this it is now setting out to do. ———— Foreign Relations. Forelgn relations of this country and the part which America should play in the world picture have leaped suddenly into the limelight as a prospective major issue in the national campaign next year. As long as prosperity pre- vailed in the United States no question was ralsed, except by idealists and | those who have interests abroad, re- garding the advisability of America’s isolationist policy. But the drop in the market 2nd the business depression in this country which followed have been traced by both Republicans and Demo- crats to a world condition. In the twinkling of an eye the theory that the United States is entirely self-suffi- clent has been upset. There has been | a growing impression, fostered by the declarations of +political leaders of both major parties, that the United States; is dependent for its prosperity upon the abllity of other peoples to buy Ameri- can goods, particularly, when produc- tion in this country has been speeded up to a point where it is wholly im- | possible for America to consume a very considerable proportion of what it produces. Already there are signs that Demo- cratic leaders are dabbling in the in-| ternational relations problem to deter- | mine whether the sentiment of the! American people will stand a swing| back to the Wilsonian ,attitude of greater co-operation and interest by America in foreign affairs. Gov. Albert | C. Ritchie of Maryland, a candidate for | the Democratic presidential nomination, | has been one of the first to criticize the Hoover administration and its efforts | to relieve the European economic situa- tion on the ground, not that it goes too | far, but that it does not go far enough. Other Democrats of prominence have scized upon international relations and the need for closer community of in- terests to demand that the Republican protective tariff law be hurled down. As for the Republicans, some of them are beginning to wonder just what the attitude of the G. O. P. should be next laticns At the close of the World War, when the country was sick of the war and glad it had ended, there was a re- action against a participation by this country in anything European, or which might involve the United States further in European aflairs. American partic- ipation in the League of Nations, spon- sored by Woodrow Wilson, was bowled over, first in the Senate and then in the national election in 1920. Sentiment against closer relations with Europe seemed to run so well politically that | the, leaders put forward with great suc- cess the idca that the nations allied with the United States in the World War must be compelled to pay all the huge debts which they owed this coun- try for money loaned them to help in carrying on the war. And so it ran, ‘The isolationists, who insisted that these forelgn debtors should pay up | the billions of dollars which had been loaned during the war, have succeeded at last in making the United States take a deeper interest in foreign affairs, with a possibility that it will be com- pelled to dabble in them to a far greater | extent than ever before in peace times. | This is not what they ‘had in mind, of course. But it seems to be working out that way. The United States has come to have a great stake in Europe because of the intergovernmental debts to this country. The allied nations are ushig German reparations to pay these debts to the United States. And now the United States has to come to the aid of Germany, so that in the end the debts to the United States of France, Great Britain and Italy may be settled. Just what form the foreign rela- | tions issue will take in the mext cam- paign has not yet become clear. The debates in Congress the coming Winter may clear the matter up, placing the Republicans and Democrats on record in the matter. Roosevelt, the out- standing candidate for the Demo- c:atic nomination for President in 1920, ran on a Wilsonian platform favoring entry of this country into the League of Nations. Newton D. Baker of Ohio, at the 1924 Democratic Na- tional Convention, led a forlorn hope fight for the Lexgue of Nations against a growing Democratic sentiment that the League issue was a millstone round the neck of the Democrtic party. Yet, | next to Roosevelt, Baker is the Demo- crat most talked of for the presidency. ——e— Beards by Law, THE EVENING nic, which has become an institution in that part of the country, is to have it attended mainly by men bearded as were the ploneers. So a city ordinance has been ‘proclaimed requiring all male citizens to go unshaven until after the plenic. A ‘Vigllance Committee has been appointed, whose duty it is to round up the shavers. These recalci- trants are taken to court and tried and if convicted they are to be sent to the public stocks, which have been erected in the “market place,” or in modern parlance the center of the business dis- trict. The Vigilance Committee has proclaimed that mere moustaches are not to be accepted as “beards.” Full facial folinge is required. to the extent of Nature’s bcunty. Any man who has undertaken, after years cof smooth-faced existence, to grow a beard, either seriously or in a spirit of humorous experimentation, knows how difficult life becomes after the fifst three or four days. He is veri- tably “in the stocks” of public scrutiny and comment. Out in Centralia, how- ever, there will be stocks for the smooth- shaven, while beards, in all stages of development, of all colors, of all shapes, will be the prevailing rule. After a few days under the new city anti-shaving ordinance the joke will have lost its edge. Indeed, the joke will be on every- body. That is, everybody but the wom- en, whose remarks will probably not be suitable for broadcasting. At any rate, of Centralia ought to insure a ple- turesque picnic and it ought to make the show a great success in point of at- tendance. For the publicity is excel- lent and by this time the affair is thoroughly advertised throughout the country. There may be so many thou- sands present as onlookers that the bearded picnickers will be actually con- spicuous. B Discovery of a new planet is an- nounced to science by a Japanese astronomer in terms of modest defer- ence. He need not apologize. Infinite space inspires gratitude by providing ample freedom in traffic movement even for a planet. B Having secured what they wanted, the Irish people claim to be among the happiest on earth. There is much to be gained by permitting people suffi- ciently intelligent to conduct their own affairs to do so. e Rough going is predicted for Lind- bergh's journey. It is the kind of travel for which he is temperamentally fitted. No amount of prosperity and adulation could tansform him to a luxurious tourist spending his time chasing a | comfortable climate. = — So many American visitors are Te- ceived by Mussolini that the King of Italy is likely to feel slighted unless some tourist drops in to talk over the “good old times” when royalty's pres- tige was unimpaired. P Stalin directs that the five-year plan be completed in four years. Even the ordinary chronological distinctions command no respect in revolutionary Russia. T Sea serpent discovered near Lake Erie is a plain fake; not even an alco- holic illusion. Adulterated whisky docs not usually permit & victim to live long enough to experience & delirium. S SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Indolence. Lettin' well enough alone— That’s the rule for me. When the robin's keerless tone Echoes gay and free ‘When the daisies glisten bright An’ the sky is blue, All seems regulated right— 'Cept a thing or two. Gold is scarce and toil is slow; Both 'l cause distress— Greatest comfort that I know Is sheer laziness. So my share of joy I'll get 'Fore the Summer’s flown— 'Cause I know enough to let Well enough alone, A Misfortune. “That girl has an unfortunate idea of repartee.” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “She has an idea that she is saying smart things when she is merely saying things that smart.” A Suspicious Native. “Do you think there is anything in theosophy?” said the woman with an inquiring mind. “Yes,” answered the man of sordid instincts. “Judging from the cost of | books on the subject I should say there was money in it.” The Path of Learning. The man who studies hard will gain But small renown in realths of knowledge; He'll never learn enough, 'tis plain, To come forth and endow a college. Overcrowding. “There are too many grafters in the world,” said the patriotic citizen. “Unquestionably,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Pretty soon there won't be enough graft to go 'round.” Increased Enjoyment. I enjoy golf much more than I used * sald Mr. Bliggins. You are learning to play.” “No. But I have found a caddie who can keep from laughing.” ‘Words. Oh, strange array of mystic signs, ©Oh, wondrous bits of thought, From bubbling streams and whispering pines In early ages caught By man, that creature shrewd and strong, ‘To serve his lofty needs, To wake the troubador to song Or tell of glorious deeds. Shrewd are the ways of the publicity agent, and perhaps a dispatch that has | come within a day or so from Centralia, ‘Washington, i3 just another bit of high- | pressure salesmanship through the pub- lic prints. It is certainly arresting, and if it is designed merely to heighten public interest in the annual Southwest ‘Washington pioneers’ picnie, to be held And here you are like troops arrayed To answer a command. And novices all undismayed Would lead this mighty band! You all hold meanings deep and true, Yet in our chattering You may be so arranged that you Say not a blessed thing! next month, it is worthy of commenda- tion for its ingenuity. This is the story: 3 The plan of the managers of the pic- “De world may owe you a lvin' sonny,” sald Uncle Eben; “but it ain’ gwine to do de worryin' ’bout gettin’ de debt settled” the anti-shaving rule | E STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Have you ever seen & baby wild rabbit? If you have a cat, and live in the suburbs, and on the still afternoon or evening air suddenly hear a mighty squealing, you will know that a rabbit has been caught. ‘Your cue then, if you harbor humani- tarian sentiments, is to issue forth hot- foot, in order to rescue the bunny from the maw of the cat. It s, of course, impossible to blame a cat for such maurauding. Cats and rabbits repose in nature, as the saying is, and the very odor of one is anathema to the other. Even the most charming of baby rabbits is a rodent, and the rat and mouse smell must be like a great bell ringing to a cat, a clear signal out of the sky. * ok K K Few infants are as pretty, any more nnbl.‘s)!;'ed. than the young of the wild rabbit. Cats mostly seize them by the ears, so that if one is quick, and has a fairly tractable cat, it is possible to rescue the rodent. . They will vary from the size of a closed fist to two or three times that. Probably the littlest ones are only a few days old. Their little eyes are beady and in- telligent looking, their ears the size of lead pencils, their coats soft and thick, a pretty brown, shaded, with a bit of gray. Vzhrn caught by a cat one of these little fellows will squall fustily, so that there is no trouble at all in locating him. * x % % Sometimes, in the evening, just after darkness has set in, a listener will hear a loud bleat, repeated once, twice, three times. It is the wail of a larger rabbit, as the cat fastens its teeth into it. Seemingly the cat realizes that there is to be no delay with larger rabbits if they are to be captured, so he ends their carcers as quickly as possible. The little ones, however, he runs away with, almost always carrying them in such a fashion that they are not hurt if taken away befcre he has a chance to harm them. The cruel play of a cat with a mouse E‘ repeated in the case of baby rab- “play dead” more successfully. ook ok After one has taken a rabbit from the jaws of Tom the instinctive desire is to keep it, if one is fond of animals. Surely it is a most charming little animal—but that is all. It 15 a wild animal. And there is all the difference in the world between a wild creature, son or daughter of the woods, and & domes- ticated animal, such as a dog or cat. them, even as pupples and kittens, turn instinctively toward the sound of a human voice. In man, their instincts tell them, is help and food. owowow The wild creatures have no such sentiments ‘The pitying hand which removes them from the cat's teeth is just as much an enemy in their little intelli- gences as the cat itself. Both seize. Of the two, no doubt the seizure by the cat is the most natural to the rab- bits, and the less terrifying. L COMERCIO, Quito.—With ref- crence to the Communist scandals, which have followed the establishment of the repub- that the republicans will find a greater danger in this trend than in any dem- onstrations of the monarchists. Unfor- tunately, the republicans, in their chief desire to overthrow the King, accepted as allies many elements which they may now only too likely find as distasteful and dangerous to them as they were to the former constitutional government. The position of the republicans is es- pecially jeopardous because they have not consistently opposed Communist rropaganda and activitles in the stern manner _adopted in neighboring” coun- tries. They must therefore confront this unwholescme tendency alone, and without co-operation from sister nations who look on Spain with a certain sus- picion because she has not hitherto used sll her energies in combating this social infection. Such a situation should be retrieved, if at cll possible, for in these times ties singly. They should, instead, pre- sent a united front against all such fatal influences which, unless promptly checked, threaten to contaminate the citizens of every mation cn the globe, with dire results to culture, security and commerce. 'EEE Hunger Held Beneficial to Mzakind. El Mercurio, Sant:ago.—There is en old proverb of our language, “A hun- gry man can discover more than a hundred savants.” The truth of this reflection has been well attested in the course of present events. sion has given opportunity for 2l to make new experiments, and to find many hidden treasures of which they had not dreamed before. ‘When we are driven first from our normal routine course, we are filled with consternaticn and bewilderment. We wonder how we can give up so many of the_comforts arfd luxuries to which we were accustomed. We are alarmed, lest, finding it no longer possible to live in the ease and in the environment we had been living. we shall find curselves un- able to live at all! Instes of defeat and tregedy, how- ever, many——indeed, most—of us find that we have simply been to a curious school where we have learned many salutary lessons. If we did not eat as frequent or as lavish meals, we find that in return for our involuntary ab- stinence we have gained a stronger physique and & clearer mind. What we have raised in our gardens inaugurated to supplement our waning fortunes has proved better both in qual- ity and taste than any vegetables ever purchased in the market. And those who, Jiving in the rural districts, have seen a surplus of their naturel produce, both fcr private consumption and for sale, in turning their efforts to other endowments of the soll have found zine, lead and other useful minerals, as well as silver gnd gold, by which they can recuperate their losses, either imme- diately or with the return of normal conditions. The depression has been for all who used it wisely a period of rehabilitation, a time in which we could take stock of all our possessions and employ many of them in tiding us over until better days. It has given opportunity for the repair and salvaging of clothing, equipment and household and industrial utflitfes which in merely a quasi-defective state might otherwise have been discarded or ignored forever. It has given us the op- portunity for reading and learning, for visiting and recreation, for healthful explorations and restful idleness that we have long desired, but never known. It has gien us opportunity for re- flection upon all the problems and un- certzinties of life; to consider what, after all, are the real values” in the lovely world that is displayed about us. Ah, if we only could realize it, this pause in our precipitate chase for fame and power and money can well acquaint us ' with the futility of.all earthly ambitions and desires, and direct us anew toward the acquisitions and achievements that will endure! . except that ordinarily the bunnics | The chains of the centuries bind the | latter in an invisible grip, which makes | lic in Spain, it would appear | nations should not fight such proclivi- | The depres- | The rabbit knows nothing of human- itarianism, Put him in a waste paper basket, & sort of cage without a top, and he will huddle on the bottom with- out a sign of life. as . He is not missing a . The first chance he gets to leap away he will go full speed ahead. ‘The smallest ones will not be able to leap over the side of s basket. No one should permit this fact to fool them, however, as to the usual agility of rabbits. thing * kK % In one household where a small rabbit was rescued just in the nick of time it was at first thought feasible to put the creature in a cage. fellow was rather good sized, perhaps twice as large as the smallest ones. He appeared not to resent his incarceration, in fact acted so much the gentleman that he was placed on the kitchen floor for a breathing spell. Instead of breathing, he leaped. His first hop took him down the first three of. five S’L;Fs into the basement. From there he rolled, or rather bounced, across the, floor to the oll tank, behind which he sought shelter from his wild pursuers. It was a great deal easler for the rabbit to get behind the tank than to get out, as he discovered shortly. At first he had no desire to remove himszlf, but sat all huddled up with his nose in the corner, staring ingently at the foundations. He was at once a pathetic and comic sight, * kK % Shortly he thought he would try for an exit, and could discover none. He was finding out, early in life, that often it is easier to get into a jam than to get out of it. Only the greatest amount of reach- ing and stretching on the part of the householder finatly released him from his unusual position. A day or 50 later the family cat came up with a rabbit about the size of a teacup, squealing st every jump was quite evident that it was not hurt at all, despite its dangling position. The cat ran beneath a low place in the lattice at the bottom of the sun- porch, and disappeared with its prey. No socner was it under, nowever, than it released it. ‘The bunny instantly leaped away | and stuck its nose into a corner where the chimney met the side wall of the house. Here it thought it was entirely con- | cealed. It is curious how many animals there are which regard themselves as | hidden when they themselves cannot | see. The ostrich, sticking it head in | the sand, is nct the only one. * x ox % ‘This bunny, after several captures | and recaptures, finally was rescued and | placed in the pottom of a waste basket cage. | Here it was offered milk, via medicine dropper, which it pointedly scorned. inally the host was obliged to ad- mit that a wild creature is a wild crea- ture. It knows no law but that cf the Jungle. Accordingly, the bunny was taken back to the jungle, and placed in a spot | epproximately close to the one where | it was captured. | _Whether its mother ever discovered it | cr not, or whether it died of starvation, no one could say, but there was high hope. and perhaps some probability, of | the former eventuality. After all, Nature is not entirely cruel. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands | Burns Fingertips To Prevent Print-Taking. | Le Soir, Brussels—We have previously | related how, at the moment of his in- | carceration ‘in_the prison at Lille, the | retired Capt. Jansen, an officer in the Legion of Honor, condemned to prison | on the charge of homicide through im- | prudence as the result of an automobile | accident, deliberately burned the fingers of both hands on the top of a stove that heated the rooms of the bureau of iden- tification, at the instant the officers were about to take his fingerprints. The court at Dunkerque has now made known to M. Jansen, who is being cared for in & hospital, that the Presi- i dent of the French Republic, in consid- | eration of his invaluable services to the | state, has been pleased to exempt him | from any further punishment for his | delinquency. | ok ok ow | Believe Carol Seeks | Alliance With Little Entente. | La Macedoine, Geneva (Anti-govern- ment sheet published exterritorially.— | Many Frenchmen suspect King Carol of | Rumania and his government of pro- | German inclinaticns' and of a _desire | for still closer relations with Fascist | Italy. Others on the contrary, on the | strength of the words of M. Jorga con- cerning the “invigoration of alliances,” assert that Rumania will become at- tacked still more closely to her present- day allies of the Little Entente, and, naturally, to its powerful protector (Germany). Certain recent facts ap- | pear to emphasize such suppositicns. Following the interview between King Carol and King Alexander, a Jugoslav delegation recently visited Bucharest to take part in the Rumantan fete of the union, and of the prociamation of in- dependence in 1881. This delegation was composed exclusively of the chiefs of general headquarters of the army, and thus was official and governmental in its character rather than general and popular, ok ok Election Arouses Interest in Hospitals. The Evening Post, Wellington.—One of the most encouraging reatures of the municipal election campaign is the awakening of public interest in hcspital administration. In the past the public knew little and cared little of the con- duct cf the hospital. A keener interest is now being evinced in the proposals for improving the administration and assuring a higher standard of efficiency and economy. This is due, in part, of course, to the desire for eccnomy which is leading to closer scrutiny of all pub- lic expenditure, but the quickengd pub- lic interest has been guided and en- couraged by the well informed ad- dresses of the two medical candidates for the board, Dr. Campbell Begg and Dr. Macdonald Wilson. Both have an intimate knowledge of hospital work here and in other parts of the world, and both possess sound judgment. They have been persuaded to offer their serv- ices in order that they may assist in placing hospital administration on a round footing, and with their help it should be possible to increase the ef- ficlency of hospital services without ad- ditional expenditure and, in fact, with a saving to the public purse. At a time when there is a call for reorganism and economy in all public services 1t is fortunate that such men are available to guide the work so that it may be carried out in the way most beneficial to the public. o Chance for Wisconsin. From the Rockford Reglster-Republic. The movem<nt to obtain the Demo- cratic National Convention for Milwau- kee is receiving hearty support over the State, principally for the reason that it is felt that Wisconsin people ought to be given an opportunity to see a Demp- crat. Nature Has Her Rivalries. | Prom the Minneapolis Star. |, Last Winter Minneapols was WArRCH than Miami. This Summcr it s hotter than another and older location famoud for its torridity. Who will be the firs! to discover Spanish moss hanging fom the pins trees? e8, however, will be wide | It | JULY 28, 1931. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM IF I WERE TO MAKE A GARDEN. editor of House and Garden. ton: The Stratford Company. ‘The homely friendliness of this title sets up the picture of a cottage, deep buried in the greenery of tree €nd lusty vine and close-set shrub. Upon the porch a sociable. man, maybe smoking, certainly eager to talk on that gen. erally absorbing theme, the making & garden. Promptly responsive to the neighborly hand wave, I open the gate, moving through the concealing les of growth toward an approach that widens, curiously, to meet the imposing i(ron of a palace—a mension, at ieast. Clearly not the little house that my mind had built solely out of the timbre of a kindly man’s voice. And here is the first surprise of the book—its striking change from sim- plicity of name to an inner ensemble of quite sumptuous quality. The rich ex- pansion of its theme, the fine pictures, the craft excellence of type, paper, dec- orations and binding—all these unite in a highly competent skill to produce a book of marked distinction and desira- bility. As a matter of course, so rich 2 volume is not for every one, save as libraries make it generally accessible or as editorial rooms and other reference facilities open it to students, to read- ers, to writers. An admirable source 1 book for those interested in its engross- {ing theme. Inside the big book, I am beset with the curious feeling of being both at home and cn the other side of the {world at the same time. There's a rea- son; as it turns out, for so many of the gorgeous and radiant flowers standing by us from season to season hailed originally from China, Japan, Korea, Formosa. A case in_ point: The for- sythia, that here in Washington early in the Springtime banks terrace and ribbons park corners with masses of distilled sunshine. The prime Spring beauty of the Capital—not giving way |even to the famous “cherry blosscms"— these “golden bells,” as they are called in their native land, where names toll long tales or set out beauty in odd com- pound words of description, much as our native Indian words do. Near the forsythia are the gorgeous rhododen- jdrons, the azaleas, royal lilies and other flower splendors, all come out of the | Orient and all to be useful here in ths adventure called “If I Were to Make a Garden.” Despite the inherent glamour of the subject and its drift toward carrying the reader off into alien lands, there is at the head of the enterprise a quite practical man bent, whole- beautiful gardens all over the country, The man and the moment are well met, since, for one reason and an- other, general interest is Jjust now keen 't the subject of the home gar- den. to creating new beauty spots within the limits of city and town. Along highways as well. And, in effect, | Dr. Wilson takes each of these groups under his own practical guidance. | How large is the area in question? | What is " its nature—rich and loamy, jor thin and stony? How does it lie i toward sun and wind? Water near—a | little stream, a bit of lake border? | Basic essentials there. Just planning to cut the garment according to the cloth, as my thrifty grandmother used | to say. And from such beginning gar: | dens many and various grow through- jout this bock of technical knowledge and an artist's vision. Some of us are not going out with | spade and trowel. Just the same, we may have a keen interest in growing | things and in their best behaviors un- der good guidance and friendly over- | ture. And so we of this class sit down within the roomy book, so definite and | complete in its information. From it we find out that the current interest in this subject is a renascence, and |not an original. Time was a couple of centuries ago when gardens were in high vogue, with fashions of their i own, like bonnets and petticoats. And (then under one or another of the | stresses of material existence the gar- dens grew to weeds. The hoes were |left in the row, more than likely to give way to sinister tools, turned to i the uses of warfare between nations, or to the implements of a growing indus- trialism. However, with the garden again in full swing, here are pertinent discussions of the seasons, each in its contribution to the success of the re- vived enterprise toward beauty. From June to September the gorgeous pro- cession moves in lessons of exact knowledge and the best methods of treatment., To the reader this book is, in effect, a great museum. No, not that kind. Not the old assemblage of dead-and- gone things. A living museum in- stead, wherein plants from all over the world have been provided with sur- roundings not alien to the native habitat. And here they live, joyously, ambassadors of beauty from far lands, agents of appreciation and good will between our land and remote corners of the earth. Astonishment is bound to come from our huge debt in this respect to the East—China and Japan. There is a deeply significant fact about the dis‘ribution of these gorgeous flowering plants through China, Japan, Korea, Formosa. No, not a climatic fact, not that alone, nor even in the largest measure. Rather is this diffusion traceable to the deep sense of beauty possessed by the Oriental of these bor- der lands, a cense of pious implications. For a priest or other holy man to carry this thing of perfect loveliness to an- other people, to another land, counted to him as an added waqrthiness in the sight of his own gods, of “whatever gods there be” or were to him of that time and place. A very wonderful feel- ing to stir within the human, anywhere, any time. Not so? Ernest Wilson, head of the Arnold Arboretum, scientist of high standing, utilitarian, who, nevertheless, did not feel called upon to repudiate beauty. Rather to use it. Dr. Wilson is, to be sure, like any other creator or any other man of useful achievement,” greater than that which he did. In an inter- esting sketch the editor of House and Garden gives the high points of the life that was cut off by a motor acci- a;l:t’ not long ago. Lamentable and un- ely. many chances of earning a living found a place with plant propagators in a nursery of one of the northern shires. In a little while the boy was deep in the absorbing job of making things grow. Naturally, he moved for- ward in knowledge and in the high es- teem of his employers. He might have stopped there to the lure of a fair liv- ing. Somewhere within the fellow there was, however, an adventurer. He wanted to go out, not to shoot big game on top of the Himalayas or thereabout—not, like the Roosevelt boys, to hunt the ani- mal named for Marco Polo, said to have its habitat in that region—not for this, but merely to hunt plants instead. And this he did. Not all at once. Things don’t come about that way. But little by little, edging in here and getting a foot' in thers, young Wilson came to be a great world traveler, came to be a plant scientist whose true affinities in this kingdom were among the exclusive growths of the Orient. Always the practical man, the knowledge that he gathered was definitely related to uses in his own country and in America, where he became later a useful and honored citizen. From one responsible position after ther his achievements and administrative gifts led him until finally to control of the Arnold Ar- 1 boretum, greatest institution of its kind in the world. From here he was looking out upon new developments and new affiliations between it and others of its purpose that cut work short. Every human is a hunter. The im- pulse to prey, set up in early man by hunger, becam= =0 general and so deep- ceated as to bz counted an instinct rather than an acquired habit. In the long, long roid a-winding other hun- ers appeared—hungers of the mind and for beauty. Not greatly noticeable, heartedly, to the business of creating ' An’ English 1ad_who by one of the | d plan. Then the accident |tion ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘Washington is the world's greatest| storebouse ‘of all kinds of knowledge. You can draw on it free of charge through our bureau there. Any ques- tion of fact you may ask will be an- | swered promptly in a personai letter | to you. Be careful to write clearly, | lve your full name and address and close 2-cent stamp for reply postage. jand your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- kin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Is there any way that danger of ivy poisoning can be lessened after one h‘i e'x?ma in contact with the weed? A. Thorough washing soon after ex- posure to poison ivy reduces the danger of injury. Even after inflammation has developed, thorough washing should be tried, in order to remove from exposed surfaces of the skin all traces of the poison that can still be reached. Q. What is the average time spent in work in the Summer by women on farms?—H. M. R. A. The average for the Summer is | 131 hours daily and for the Winter 11.5 hours. . 3 there a statue of President | ]Mawnroe anywhere in the United States? A At present there is not. One is being erected before Ashlawn, Monroe's | home, near Charlottesville, Va. Q. How do florists arrange when they !elgn’lph flowers for their patrons?— A. Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association each have mem- bership lists and also reports on the current prices and seasonal flowers in different sections of the country. When a customer orders flowers to be wired the order is telegraphed to the fellow member in the city named. He allows the florist first consulted 20 per cent commission on the order. There is in Detroit a clearing house where all ac- | counts are settled. ' If the monthly bal- ance is in favor of the florist he re- celves a check and if there is a balance agalnst him he receives a statement. | Q. Can baking-powder biscuits be made up and kept in a refrigerator, then | baked a week or 10 days later?—B. E. G. | A. The Bureau of Chemistry says that baking-powder biscuit dough cannot be mixed and placed in an ice box for a week or 10 days, as the gas, liberated | when the baking powder comes in con- | tact with the moisture, would escape.| It would be possible to keep such a mixture overnight, but it is not advis- able to attempt to keep it longer. Q. Is the new San Francisco Bridge to be s suspension bridge?—E. H. A. It is, and it will be the largest suspension bridge in the world. It will be 9,200 feet long, the main span being 4,200 feet in length. Q. When will the King of Siam leave this country?>—T. M. B. A. His stay will be brought to a close today. The operation on his eye, which was the reason for his coming, is re- ported to have been successful. Q. What kind of a game is diamond ball?>—C. B. T. base ball and recreation ball. It is so planned that it can be played on the limited space afforded by a playground. Q. Please define the stamp.—O. G. A. It consists of a conventionalized arrowhead. It is placed on Government broad arrow 'A. Other names for it are playground | stores in Great Britain to distinguish them as public or «rown property. It was the cognizance of Henry, Viscount Sydney, Earl of Romney, Master in Gen- eral of the Ordnance, 1693-1702. The broad arrow has long been used in Eng- land on the outer clothing worn by convicts, Q. How many descendants are there of the people who came over in the Mayflower?—V. D. A. The number is not known. The Society of Mayflower Descendants has more than 2,000 members. There are numerous State socleties of similar character. Q. How many geese are necessary to furnish one pound of goose feathers for pillows?—E. B. T. A. The best goose feathers are pro- cured from the live bird in the Spring, about six birds of average size fur- nishing one pound of feathers. Q. Who were the two British soldiers gh; are buried near Concord Bridge?- . THe memorial near this bridge is erected to two unknown British soldiers who fell in the first skirmish of the Revolutionary War and were buried by the side of the road. These were the first Britons that England sacrificed in her attempt to retain her Colonies. Q. What holidays are observed in R New Year, Washi . New Year, ngton’s. Birthday, Good Friday, Decoration day, Klmg- hameha day, American Anniversary (July 4), Labor day, Regatta day, Armistice day, Thanksglving day and Christmas are the Hawalian holidays. All except Good Friday and Thanks- giving are established by Jaw. Q. What is Communism?—C. N. W. A, Communism is a_type of Socialist doctrine, which. on the basis of (he Marxian Communist manifesto, desires the Socialist aim by means of the dic- tatorship of the prolctariat. The Com- munists believe, like the Socialists, in collective ownership of the means of production and that the revolutionary working classes must seizg the power and set up a dictatorship of the pro- lcl;slrlab in preparation for the Socialist state. Q. When was the first moonlight school started?—W. C. §. A. The first to be known as such was opened September 5, 1911. Q. Does the French Academy have | any foreign members>—G. H. T. | "A. “The French Academy, when the | roll is full, has 40° regular members, all | Frenchmen, but it also includes 10 members at large, 8 foreign members and 70 corresponding members. | Q What was the longest siege in | history?—L. O. M. A. The siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnez- zar, which was carried on for 13 years. The slege was raised in 572 B.C. Q. Under ordinary parliamentary rules,c'whst motions are not debatable? A N. | A. 1, To fix the time to which to ad- journ; 2, to adjourn; 3, to take a re- cess; 4, 10 raise a question of privilege; 5, to call for the regular order; 6, to table; 7, the previous question; 8, to ex- tend the Limits of debate. | @ Which is the “lucky” way to take a first glimpse of a new moon, over | your right or left shoulder?—K. L. A. Some people say the left, others * | the right. Constitution for Abyssinia Believed to Mean Progress ‘The decision of Ras Tafari. Emperor of Abyssinia and “Conguecring Lion of Judah.” to grant a constitution to his country, though insisting on his own | right to the throne of the new limited monarchy, awakens a variety of com- rent in America. The head of the African nation is credited with shrewd- ness in winning the friendship of his pecple and in following the world trend. It is also declared that there are pros- pects of advancement that may be aided under the new order. “He reserves only the right, ‘in order to prevent future disputes,’ to secure the crown to the present dynasty,” says the Buffalo Evening News. “While this has the appcarance of self-interest on the monarch’s part, the fact remains that Emperor Haile Selassie, for thz moment at least, has stepped out of the character created for him at his resplendent coronation. What the ef- international relations of Abyssinia re- main to be seen. Great Britain, France and Italy long have been knocking at the doors there, seeking railroad, power dam and other concessions. Under an absolute government ancient Ethiopia has been able to bargain in, sometimes to resist, international offers. However, aside from all this, the n°w dispensa- | tion in’ Abyssinia may be regarded as a shrewd move by a King in an age when kings seldom rule much or long.” “Such action, taken by this ruler who has the power of life and death over his subjects,” according to the Rock Island Argus, “is most unusual. It is, however, highly commendeble. The Em- peror himself has become possessed of the modern plea of government and de- | sires to rule his people in"conformity | to it. The new arrangement doubtless | means much to the future development | of Abyssinia, and puts that kingdom in closer touch with other systems of con- stitutional government.” finds significance in the fact that the monarch “promised that legislation for the development of the empire would be ‘inspired by scientific principles.’” e “Me retains the headship and appar- ently the friendship of the nation.” thinks the Savannah Morning News, fering the comment on the new situa< tion: “The Emperor of -Abyssinia evi- dently heard what happened in Spain. He took the lesson to heart. He's an absolute monarch—or was until re- cently; of course, then, he is free to do as he pleases. And he has pleased to abolish his own job as an absolute mon- rch. He's not going to have any revo- lutions in his land; he is not going to encourage himself to abdicate. ~He wants to keep his place and, for one of his class, he does the original thing to do it. He sets up a constitution for Abyssinia, with two houses of Parlia- ment; he gives the people a large say: he renounces the absolute phases of his own office.” as the bright spot in the sea of African darkness, a stable, progressive nation,” declares the Schenectady Gazette, rc- calling the recent history of the country with the statement: “Within a few decades it has had to fight to preserve its independence. Its warriors and leaders gave such a good account of themselves as to win the respect of the world. Doubtless this necessity of facing an outside enemy helj to bring about greater unity than had hereto- foré emd.ox'lth various provinces blln e sensing the need of national these later acquirements. The hunting man kills without need and goes to war in an orgy of mass slaughter. Yet here and there, now and then, one is as a' for adventure in the domain of life and m as the many are for death and “If I Were to Make a Garden,” gath- up as a whole, becomes a monu- ment to one man’s life in its contribu- to_a useful and beautiful knowl- edge. Its immediate effect upon one seated within it is that of a temple serving to commemorate high and beneficent living on the part cf one earnest and sincere advocate of living things, living in the sheer potency oi their own loveliness and pognu“x;fc out practical ways for the wider diffusicn of this gress =N fects of the new order will be on the| The Argus | “His country 15 beginning to appear | | harmony. worked ceaselessly to bring this about. Apparently they have suc- ceeded to & marked degree, and Ethi- | opia bids fair to assume in world affairs the status to which it is entitled. The | natural resources of Abyssinia give | promise of wealth when they are de- veloped. As railroad lines are extended and highways are built connecting the outlying districts with the capital, we look for continual progress in this part of Africa, whose ruler claims direct descent from the Queen of Sheba.” ¥y “The tribesmen will probably not quite know what to do with their eon- stitution,” suggests the New York Eve- ning Post. “Yet Abyssinia has been making some progress along the lines of modern development, and even though the new constitution may in practice remain inoperative, it is a step in the direction of a fuller participation of the | people in the affairs of government. {For the time being, its significance is | limited to the fact that it binds the | Efmpem'r to govern according to the rule of law.” i he most attention that has come to Abyssinia in years.” in the opinion of | the Manchester Union, “was marked at |the time of the coronation of Haile | Selassie, who, not long before, had been successful in quelling a reactionary re- volt by the use of airplanes. The rites | were long and impressive. There was | no doubt, after the final salaams had been made, that the Emperor was, in- eed, the conquering lion of the Tribe | of Judah, the monarch, incidentally, of |all he surveyed. In granting the peo- | ple—he himself has cailed them back- ward—a voice in the government, per- haps he has sensed the modern trend. Without doubt, he realizes that kings, even an Ethiopian king, must please the | populace if he is to keep his job.” “Since his accession,” states the New- ark Evening News, “he has built roads, opened schools and erected hospitals, and has extended the telegraph and telephone services of the country. In his palace at Addis Ababa he has set up a printing press and he has an airplane squadron in his’army. Announcement of the change in government in Abys- sinia—or Ethiopia, as its modern name is—is not unexpected. Ras Tafari is not lacking in intelligence and it may be | his main object is to strengthen his hold on the throne, his anecstors never having had that security, as the color- | ful history of the country reveals.” | — rmee | Police Decree Forces “Night Clubs” to Quit From the Philadelphia Record. ‘The end of an American phendmenon | 1s marked in Commissioner Mulrooney’s decree against the night clubs of New York. He has summoned 300 operators of such resorts and warned them that they are about to be brought under stringent supervision. . They must close at 3 a.m. “Hostesses™ will not be permitted to circulate among patrons. The “Hello, sucker” type of club is out. No alliances with taxi drivers will be permitted. No closed booths. No har- boring of gangsters. Registration and finger-printing of owners. Supervision of employes. Constant police inspec- tion. The New York night club, at first | glamorous and _thrilling to a nation | which had not known its like before, is now definitely labeled as an undesirable institution. A “shaking down” process has marked its history. At first gaudy places for the rich and bored, the night club be- came progressively cheaper, shabbier vid | and more shady. It offered a perfect setting for racketeering and worse evils. Thne‘ “sucker” places with swindling charges vanished first, as the novelty wore off. ‘The lower grade places, stages for rascality on vacation, lasted longer, but can no more pretend to be anything but what they are—sisters of the Bowery “joints’ dead day. Under strict n such as is promiscd all of type must fold up and quit. It was the lack of supervision alone which permitted them to live. ‘What will be America's next rela: tion-fad is for the future to discover. But it will not be the night club; the seeds of life were never in thab