Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY......August 18, 1981 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Company th month. sent in by mall or telephons | . Tt Rate Mail—Payable in Advance. guyhnl ln Virginia. BRI NRIEE All Other States and m" Member of the Associated Press. ively ertitied all news dis- thes e T ot mo., mo’, mo.. ey atspatches herein Penetrating the Gas Maze. There is small possibility that the terms of the La Follette anti-merger act can be successfully invoked either to expose or to break up the ramifica- tions of the gas trust now serving the consumers in the District of Columbia. That law, as has been shown, is too easily evaded to stand as any sort of & barrier against the encroachment of foreign utility corporations in the sim- ple process of taking over the local field, lock stock and barrel. But much should be accomplished through the hearings arranged by the Public Utllitles Commission for this Fall, when the recent transactions through which ownership and control of the local gas companies have passed to outside interests will be made the subject of thorough inquiry. The hear- ings may furnish the basis for another test suit under the provisions of the La Follette act. What is more important still, the hearings should supply the Public Utllities Commission with ex- tremely interesting data for the en- lightenment of Congress in its necessary study of the need for revision of the La Follette law and its proper amend- ment, or for the setting up of new safe- guards that will prevent the exploita- tion of local public utility patrons for the enrichment of utility grabbers. It is to be presumed that the Public Utilities Commission and its able in- vestigating attorney, . William A. - | Seabury Committee, & recommendation Americs, and there #t has remained ‘while repairs are completed. 80 while it is quite certain that the mammoth flying boat will create no new speed records from Switserland to the United States, interest in it has never sbated and Americans will doubtless give .it a cordial welcome and close inspection on its stops along the Atlantie seaboard. Its size, its mis- fortures and its achievements make its trip an interesting adventure of the afr. Roosevelt and Tammany. Whatever the purpose, the plea to Gov. Roosevelt of New York to broaden the powers of the State controller to enable him to dig more deeply into iniquities of administration in Repub- lican counties, while those of the Sea- bury Committee which is investigating Tammany methods of metropolitan management are enlarged, may have the effect of a breach between the Gov- ernor and the dominant Democratic faction in New York. For it is indicated that Gov. Roosevelt will refuse the re- quest to include in his mandate to the Legislature, which he has summoned in extra session for the 25th of this month to meet the requirements of the that it grant the State controller equiv- alent powers of the granting of im- munity to witnesses. Thus the issue is to be joined between the Governor and Tammany, an issue in which the Gov- ernor will have the support of ithe ma- Jjority of the people of the State. Just what will that mean to the Roosevelt presidential nomination cam- paign? Outside of New York it will probably assist him. Within New York it will probably not damage him, as far as the nomination is concerned. For Tammany doss not control the State, and when the time comes to name del- egates to the national convention the Democrats of New York are virtually certain to declare Pranklin Roosevelt to be the State's favorite son and instruct | their representatives to vote for him to the finish. If Tammany's purpose was to put the Governor in a hole, the occasion was badly chosen. As a matter of fact, this request, the refusal of which is dictated by logic and common sense, gives the Governor a chance to declare his inde- pendence of Tammany in terms and on a basis that wiil appeal to the country. It has often been said that Tammany plays the game of national politics badly. This is an {llustration of the fact. \ ‘The request put to the Governor is for the extension to the State controller of the power of grant of immunity whish the Seabury Committee requires to proceed effeciively in its New York Roberts, have by this e been able City investigation. The State appeliate to penetrate some of the bewildering w\-rt'::: rulec 3&:.?&“?""'1 mazes un’- other lacks power. It e com- wmd;:ol&hlflm‘ of ::;h the | mittee cannot get the truth out of un- gas consumers in Washington must pay | Willing witnesses, who are prone to plead through their gas bills. Their investi- | that to answer questions would tend | gation of the business began some|to ‘incriminate and degrade” them. If months ago, the Department of Justice | the committee cun, in its discretion, lending its aid, with the revelation of the apparent purchase of the local con- cerns by the Oentral Public Service Corporation of Chicago. Since' then thers have been other interesting developments, such as the recent order of the commission for- bidding the payment of certain moneys sdon for approval; the election of A. E. Peirce, president of the Central Public Service Corporation of Ilinols, which controls the Washington Gas Light Co., to s place on the board of directors of the Georgetown Gas Light Co., which, 1o turn, is owned and controlled by she Washington Gas Light Co., and the apparent payment by the Washington gas consumers of four cents a thousand cubic feet over and above the price at which natural gas is supposed to be s0ld and delivered in Washington. The terms of the contract by which natural gas is sold by the Columbia Gas & Blectric Co., and transmitted by the Maryland Gas Transmission Co., 8 sub- sidiary of the Columbia, for use by the ‘Washington gas companies, subsidiaries of the Central Public Service Corpora- tion of Chicago, have never been re- vealed to the Public Utilities Commis- sion. There may not be such a contract in writing. The Public Utilities Commission| ought to be able to unfcld an intriguing i story to Washington gas consumers, | and to Congress, of how they get their gas, who takes the profits, what these profits are and of what they are made —— et Soviet guides are sall to show vis- Mors only the more favorable aspects of monditions in Russis. Like every other ‘wide-awake Furopean country, the land | of the new communism is thoroughly aware of the value of successfully cater- One hindrance to the artistic progress | of American entertainment lies in the | fact that legal ability instead of dramatic talent has to be called in too often to give the most prominent part o the show. o P The “Hard-Luck” Aircraft. It appears by press dispatches from @razil that the giant fiying boat, the DO-X, prize “hard-luck” craft of the gir, is finally to start on its long de- Iayed visit to these shores. Since its fight to BSouth America from its bangar on Lake Constance, in Switzer- land, the big boat has been mmpmgly‘ yeconditioned and the new motors #hat are now being installed are con- | fidently expected by its sponsors to carry it safely for the remaining period of its sojourn to the South and North American continents. Weighing fifty- #ix tons when fully loaded and powered by twelve seven-hundred-horsepower motors, this unigue seaplane, the cul- mination of the dream of the inventor, Dr. Claudius Dornier, for & fiying boat of such proportions, the DO-X has met with one misfortune after another. ‘When in a test flight over Lake Con- stance it took the air in less than a minute with one hundred and sixty- nine persons aboard, great hopes were held out for its success as & trans- atlantic plane, and ly plans were made to bring it to this country on & trial trip. It was nearly two years ago that the grant immunity to such witnesses, persistent refusals to answer may lead to their imprisorment for contempt. With this weapon it may compel re- plies that will lead to the revelation of the higher-ups who have been getting the graft. Meanwhile the State controller has been going after scme Republican com- munities, seeking graft and fraud and costly incompetence. Some cases have | been uncovered. Others might be, it is urged, if the controller had the im- munity power. He has not himself re- quested such power. He now says that he would be able perhaps to use it, but feels that it does not matter much any- how. The whole yoint of the matter is that the Democratic, which is to say the Tammany, members of the Legisla- tive Investigating Committee are ing to draw a herring across the trail by diverting attention from the metro- politan graft to the lesser graft up- State. Judge Seabury, chief inquisitor of the Legislative Committee, himself a Democrat, feels that it is idle thus to confuse the issue. Gov. Roosevelt is perhaps to be con- gratuluted upon the turn of affairs, which has brought into the open the hostility of Tammany, whose friend- ship and support might prove a he.wl handicap in the national campaign that is soon to open. ————e—e Fines coliected from the fiying pho- | tographers imply no resentment of | American aviation. A far greater sum | than they amount to will be expended by Japan in welcoming the Lindberghs. | U R It is & rather primitive statesmanship that seeks to handle every situation in- volving some form of popular protest by | issuing & call for troope. e Japanese Jehus. { Waskingtonians who think that some of thetr public vehicle jehus are too speedy and not sufficiently conservative | in their driving may be comforted by | the reflection that there are other tax!| men who are even more daring and | emotional in the management of their | machines. Amy Johnson, the British | aviatrix, who has enough long-distance | fiying to her record to be accredited with & jetty sound nerve, is now in | Japan ¢n & transcontinental flight, | walting &t Tokio to greet Col. and Mrs, | Lindbergh She is quoted in a dis-| patch from Tokio as saying that she will not ride in the taxicabs of that| “The taxi drivers here” she said, | They take too many, Wiy, they are even worse | than those darting taxis of Paris.” | Miss Johnson does not mention it | { but there is a feature of the Japanese | taxicab that differs from those of most other countries, ! not all. This is that each cab has two “drivers.” The first reaction of the Visitor who ventures into one of these 7ehicles is that the second man is there to testify at the inquest. As a matier of fact, he is the controller, or collector, or business manager of the cab. Whatever tip is given to the driver is split with his side partner. With all thelr speedy driving, the Japanese taxi men ar: highly skilled. It is amazing to see them thread their way through a crowdec street—and in Japan the populace swarms upon the pave without regard t» traffic lines or regulations—without touching a wheel or brushing a kimono. The air | toxicating liquors here.” | Sunday?” | when the wife wants 75 cents to get her | ‘shms half-soled. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, thrilling adventures. The drivers eal- culate their distances to the millimeter and scrape past hubs and heels and laden beasts and men with & skill that wins the utmost admiration, but leaves the passenger somewhat breathless. In making the winding ascent of steep mountainsides, in some places with narrow hairpin turns, these drivers are masters of minute measurements. No- body who has, for instance, made the ride from Nikko to Lake Chuchenji will ever forget the experience of making thirty-eight of these turns on a five- mile one-way road at each of which the car, owing to the narrowness of the road, must be backed to the edge of the precipice. Whatever feelings one may have in cities regarding the reck- lessness of the Japanese drivers are mollified after this experience with their precision and skill, e When Joseph found an abundance of grain available he proceeded on prim- itive lines of economics and encouraged production instead of trying to persuade farmers to do less planting so as to en- hance prices. He evidentiy figured with ingenuous correctness that a crop short- age was pretty sure to come eventually and that people would be able to eat the grain, but not the money. Atlantic City, having offered almost everything else that can interest or en- tertain, would like to have a national party convention. Attractive variety would be attained, after so many beauty contests, by organizing an intellect pa- rade. B A trip to Germany for purposes of rest has merely resulted in a series of ovations that require Mayor Jimmy ‘Walker to keep as hard at work mak- ing clever speeches as if he had stayed in his home town. ——————————— Several of the smaller countries ap- pear to be trying to avert unemploy- ment by keeping an insurrection on hand that will enable those who have no work to occupy their time in fighting. c——— - It may be possible that the legal minded Mabel Willebrandt views grape concentrate favorably as a means of in- troducing light wines without the use of firearms. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reproof. I read a book that I enjoyed, "Twas wisdom quaint but sure. My friend exclaimed, in tones annoyed, “It isn't lterature!” I hummed & melody and soon My friend took me aside And said, “As music, such a tune Meay not be classified!” I found a picture of a scene ‘That somehow touched my heart. “Alas,” remarked my friend, serene, “It isn’t high-class art!” A statesman I admired because His ways were free from tricks. My friend cried out, “Hold your applause! ‘That isn’t politics!” Good friend, your wisdom I revere, But truest joys, I vow, Are those which to the heart draw near, ‘We know not why or how. Yet to Be Learned. “How do you think your constituents will regard your opinions on the tariff?” “I don't know,” repled Senator Sor- ghum. “I have yet to ascertain whether I am depending on the wisdom of the plain people or facing the thoughtiess clamor of an uninformed populace.” | A Diffcult Situation. “A newspaper can make trouble in a home.” “I should say so. What came near causing my first quarrel with my wife was the fact that we had only one news- paper to read and that had the base ball news on one side of the sheet and the fashion news on the other.” | Forgettulness. How slightly would all men regret ‘Their various fates Were troubles easy to forget As names and dates! Quietude. “Crimson Gulch has improved a whole | lot since I was here last,” remarked the traveling man “Yes,” replied Broncho Bob. “Nobody | plays cards for money, nor drinks in- | “And the town is perfectly quiet on “Perfectly. And Saturday night, too. | The whole town goes over to Coyote | Corners, which village is wide open.” A Delicate Task. ‘The politician now perceives With judgment ever soind It's time to raise his boom a bit From off the level ground. | And yet discretion must be used To steer the thing aright; 1f too much ballast gets away It goes clean out of sight. “A man dat ain’ got no cares ner troubles,” said Uncle Eben, “won't be| satisfied to let well enough alone. He'll go an’ git hisse'f a dog.” - Home Exercise. From the Miami Datly News Kings of the financial world no longer attend prize fights. They have | plenty of fighting nowadays at home | ————— Progress. FProm the Cleveland News. ! Substitute for matches has been dis- | | covered in Germany. Now if a non- | | moochable cigarette would come along the smoke panhandlers would seem to be completely routed. ————— | New Pace Maker. | Prom the Plorence (Aln) Herald. An Diinois plumber, blown out of & ditch by & gas explosion, executed the quickest movement ever recorded by a member of his craft. o A Bargain. From the Ashiand (Ky.) Daily Independent. that '.enervu;ly accepted half of the propo- | | sition. —egtee— Unwelcome. other cconduct. | of w S THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. We note by an interesting article in one of the old-line ladies’ magazines that there are certain colors best for various types of feminine beauty. Golden blondes, it would seem, are able to wear pink, blue, red, green, black and white. Brown-haired women should wear blue, pink, red, green, white and black. Ladies with white hair may wear red, pink, blue, green, black and white. ‘Those whose crowning glory is black should stick closely to red, green, pink, blue, white and black. Blondes of the sort labeled “natural” will look their best in either pink, blue, green, red, blnc*k or :hi:c ‘This is all very interesting and in- structive! In the meantime, the ladies will do well to wear the colors in which they look the best. No doubt there are certain rules which may be observed, but mostly they are nebulous It all depends on getting the right shade. tone, tint or whatever one wants to call it. Here men have a vast advantage over women. Their complexions are not so | delicate, nor their nerves of appreciation | so critical. A red-faced fellow looks in a gray suit. and a pale-faced one ought to stick to blue or dark shades for his suits. Beyond these simple precautions a man may wear what he wants to, and Rget away, with it fairly well, unless he has a fancy for bright stripes or big checks or something. * % . ‘With a woman, it is different. A certain shade of red can make even a pretty girl ugly. No doubt, that is why the experts 50 heartily, and why women of all types may, to some extent, wear almost all colors, if the choosing is done with skill. Yellow seems to be the one color that is given the taboo except for dark- skinned girls, and yet every one hap- pens to recall some woman who looked good, as the saying is. in it, without Fem’,{ of the theoretical complexion or_it. Blend and contrast—these are the| two opposite sides of the same shield We would suggest to the ladies that | in blending and in contrast lie the two means for the best effects in dress. This is old advice, of course, but evi- dently many do not seem to have re- alized it in just these terms. Everywhere you go you see the wrong sort of contrasts, and blendings worked out to such a fine point that the lady {t‘lll of a monotone, colorless, without e. T e Red, no doubt, is the most difficult color of all to handle correctly, and the average woman will do well to let it alone. Certainly women, both blondes and brunettes, can wear red very effectively, | especially in some form of coat or hat. Yet even these will look better in other colors. The queer thi about the various reds is that if of the pre- cisely necessary quality for the wearer as to the above classifications. | Speaking of tint, shade, hue, he says: “All are available as substitutes for the dominant word ‘color.” “Different hues are, so far as mean- ing goes, simply different colors, so called because for good or bad reasons the everyday word is held to be un- worthy of the context. “Different tints and shades are, prop- | erly- speaking, not different colors but | varieties of any particular color, tints produced by its modification with va- rious amounts of white, shades by va- rious admixtures of black. “These distinctions, however little | present to the mind, have a growing in- fluence in determining the choice of a synonym for color.” * ok ‘Theory, however, must forever give | way to practical matters when it comes 'do dglothes. and especially to women's luds. | _ What looks good is better than what some one thinks ought to look well. Here comes in the judge, which is taste. Who is to have this taste? Fortunate is the wearer who has it, for not always has she the gift of judging. Sometimes a friend is a good judge, and when such is found should be re- lied on, through thick or thin. For every ten women who think they have good judgment in matters of color taste, there will be one who actually has it. This means that the other nine are | going to come out in wild-looking | dresses, unless they are very careful. i * k% % | . The lady who blends her clothes with Her coloring has a much better chance | of achieving distinction than she who | relies on vivid contrast for the same. | It is peace, as opposed to battle. | There will always be those two | schools of thought, in this matter, and |each will have its victories, but good I(onunz, as well as knowledge, attends the victory by contrast, whereas knowl- edge alone will win for blending. Hence the great run of ladies will | do well, according to the present expert, to stick closely to a study of their com- plexions as combined with their cloth- ing by biend. Herein lies their best chance for sartorial success, if that is what they are after, and it seems to be, | R | 'The experts of Paris and New York, | who specialize in such questions, find- ing in the clothing of beautiful wom- | en artistic effort no less distinctive than gnlnfln[ or sculpture, have re conclusion, evidently, that pure, bald whites and blacks are not 80 good as “off” shades, as they are | called. | . Common sense indorses their proposi- tions, for such shades are merely nearer | approaches to blending. The gentle way is taken, in preference to the bold. Another eminently proper decision of theirs is that the red-haired girl, whom | they love to refer to as “Titian.” after | the great painter, who liked the red- "heldl. and painted a lot of them, is | that these women properly wear other colors than tan and green. Red-headed women may even wear | pink, they are announcing. Of course, they may. Why not? But it has to be the right sort of pink, the exact tint of lavender, the precise blue for the very skin and hair. The emancipation of the red-haired | girls from their narrow prison of two or three colors is a sign of the times. they will look well, but if “off” even | 50 much as a point, they will not. Let some expert explain that if he can. Mostly, however, women have enough common sense to let red alone, except for sport jackets, etc. Vividness is not 50 much hard to manage, in this color, | as the wrong particular tint for the | woman of the moment. . {ance, and recurring Perhaps it may be helpful, in discuss- ing color, to give the distinctions which Prof. Fowler's “Modern English Usage” presents for the discriminating. The essential thing, ladies, is to wear whatever looks good on you, As to | who is to decide on this important ! point, we have no suggestions, except that preferably it not be yourself. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ‘The prospects of a Washington con- ference under administration auspices of operators and miners of the bitumi- nous coal industry “to effect some so- lution” of the dire troubles of that over- produced and underpriced, overmanned and underpaid, strike and lockout rid- den industry have not adyanced much during these past 60 days. John L. Lewis, chief of the United Mine Work- ers, has been the spearhead of the de- | mand for a conference. The President, mindful of the economic breakdown of this industry and anxious to relieve conditions and forestall impending riots, critical to miners and operators alike, has been flirting with the dea of & conference. The operators, for the most part, are determinedly opposed to a conference, on the ground that no one concerned has any feasible plan of relief to offer. Secretaries Doak and Lamont, at Mr. Hoovér's direction, vari- ously conferred with representatives of both groups without tangible result. Then, at the behest of Mr. Lewls, the Commerce Department dispatched a cir- cular letter to a list of nearly 200 oper- ators, in the nature of a referendum on the desirability of a conference. Most of the replies are now in, and, though the Commerce Department is mum about the showing, it is known that the operators numerically register | opposition by a large majority and that, computed on a tonnage basis, the in- dustry is overwhelmingly on record dead set against a Washington confe; ence. *ox ok ox When Marcus Aurelius Coolidge, Democrat, of Massachusetts, takes his cath as Senator of the United States on December 7 next, it will be exactly 40 years to the very day of the swearing in of his father as a Democratic mem- ber of .the House from the Bay State. The new Senator is entering upon the national political scene & little late in | life; nevertheless the magic of the Coolidge name and the luck which is supposed to attach to it are things to conjure with. He has had occasion re- cently to contemplate the alluring, though obviously exceedingly remote possibility that the Democrats might decide to put a Coolidge on their pres- idential ticket as well as a Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Coolidgel What & sure- fire name combination. Its advantages ight even outweigh the geographical | disabilities of the combination. Then if by some political cataclysm Calvin Coolidge was the Republican standard bearer and the Republicans rung in Theodore Roosevelt, ir., for second place and made it Coolidge and Roosevelt, what & merry party it would be. * % % ox ‘The persistency of the clmp.l:: for calling Calvin Coolidge to the colors in 1932 and the continuous publicity spotlight focused on “Silent Cal” is an outstanding political phe- nomenon. It is admittedly without the slightest countenance of Mr. Cofllldg! The White House has recently on that score the talk to any particular source. But that it is in lhtulll’tmher‘!, ;{I!r!nnlnl;: everywhere, is self-eviden a the White House, | um-plm ntf ht{!:e“wa' choose-to-run” 3 of & convention stampeded to Coolidge haunted the Hoover forces up to the 1ast moment at Kansas City in 1928. It now looks as if this anxiety would be duplicated up to the nominating zero hour in 1932. Yet in the cold realities of affairs it would seem that only death can rob Mr. Hoover of renomination. *x % x ‘With talk so rife of various schemes ! wernTental unemployment insur- by ation that to Mr. Hoover's address at Indianapolis - Jmu‘:;k Onlv.hn d um\:lv?e‘:-! t he o clear b ’n::nd. He is unalterably opposed to it, then “We have had one other which amounts to a dole from the unemployment. advocated m.‘m-n as an only | enterprise or through co-operation of | industry and labor itself. The moment | the Government enters into this field |1t invariatly degenerates into the dole. | For nothing can withstand the political pressure which carries governments over this dangerous border. The net results of governmental doles are to lower toward bare subsistence levels and to endow the slacker.” * ok % x Robert B. Arxstrong, veteran Wash- | ington newspaper correspondent, stanch Republican and loyal Californian, re- turned last week from a trip to the West Coast. His report of his first- hand observations was very heartening to the White House. On the Pacific slope he saw the first blushes of re- turning prosperity, not’ yet discernible !in the impoverished Midwest and in- | dustrial East. He found widespread un- derstanding and high appreciation of | the Hoover policies and of the heroic | efforts being exerted by the adminis- | tration to stem the tide of depression. | Sunny California under Hoover has won | its fight for Boulder Dam, and received | Increased tariff protection for her high- | Iy protected products. Her grape grow- | ers have received generous Federal loans |and benevolent tions in the | marketing of their Volsteadian wine. Under reapportionment California gains more seats in the House than any other State in the Union. Small wonder that California is in kindly mood. i * ok ok % The dollars and cents cost of putti | the employes of all branches Dof "fl;‘g | Federal service on a five-day week | schedule, without loss of pay, and filling :.’l;e £ape with Jadditional emp | less than $150,000,01 | more than $200,000,000 per or?m::: ;’b‘(’f act computation is impossible, but figures from the Civil Service Commis- sion, the Bureau of the Budget and the Post Office Department are suffi- cient to permit a fair approxjmation of the pay roll increase this plan would involve. A bill to put the fiy -day week for Federal employes into effect was introduced by Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts last Winter. He will press it again in the new Congress with stronger backing than ever. The American Fed- eration of Labor is out now 100 per cent for the five-day week plan. Sec- retary of Labor Doak says he is for it, but emphasizes that it is his personal | View, not the administration position. | Mr. Hoover up to date lie. " It will ge e hnn;;t espoused | does not Pass it overwhel 1y. Secretary Mellon is on the 1 is high seas [ ard-bound after partic the most momentous internas ~ Inmcul parleys of his euut:on;’hlgh | vacatiol | plans. He will make a firse-nan. seport to Mr. Hoover before the week is out and | then resume his unruffied routine in the i head oF ot B oag Mo bR B e nk of England, is | |are in | frame S mens O 2 | close to a billion do |and faces an equally M:‘m Go | s so egnal ‘ lellon gives no indication of worry. I (Copy; 1931) —— y on June 30 huge deficit next | American Justice. From the Ashiand (Kv.) Daily Independent. A visitor from Siam says the Ameri- | | Criminal Categories. the New York Sun. cases. «tage of the familiar .| with the Treasur; up a deficit of | systes llars D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931 CARNEGIE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCE OF TEAGHING: Twen- ty-fifth Annual Report of the Presi- dent and the Treasurer. New York: 522 Fifth Avenue. Familiar pattern of the modern phi- lanthropist is that of one who started out toe to toe with the rest of us Standing no nearer than we to the earth’s pack of coal and ofl and fron. No nearer than we to the next step needed to change scientific discovery into a thousand utilities and enjoyments | of common daily life. Yet these modern benefactors—Car- negie, Rockefeller and many another of the growing clan—through some strange ichor of the blood, some power of mind, some substance of character, forged far ahead of the mass, multiply- ing work and wages along their separate ways for the better being of millions. Opening doors of opportunity, doors hitherto sealed. to the more desiring, to the more adventurous. Ultimately each of these stood upon a great height of material achievement. A " demonstration, every one, of the biblical observation, ‘There is that which scattereth, yet increaseth.” For, despite the vast largess of industry and its rewards bestowed by them upon many lines of progress, each finds him-; self at last possessed of a growing bulk of wealth. What to do with it? For man goes out, stripped, even as he came in, naked. in in- Money counts, to be sure, numerable priceless ways. The wisdom garnered through acquiring it counts more. I leave it to you. Is it not sig- nificant—deeply and reassuringly sig- nificant—that these men, many of them, standing on the height so hardly won, looking around and within, feel that the great need for today and to- morrow, as it was in their own yes- terdays, is the need of more and bet- ter knowledge. Man must know the deep secrets of the earth. Man must know more of himself. Else the con- flict between him and nature is already over to his own loss. Nature so vital, so prolific, =0 wrapped in secrets of im- gerltlve moment to man. Secrets which e must gry open and will, provided only that he come to know more. 8o the need for more knowledge be- | comes the kernel, the heart, of many | a great legacy to the world, chiefly from men, t00, who have in their own advance felt the sore need of it. Education, therefore, becomes a pivotal theme. And in this instance | the great philanthropist, Andrew Car- engie, becomes its protagonist. To know more, to begin to know more from the earliest years. Immediately the matter becomes that of institutional education. From kindergarten to uni- versity in actual substance, though not in equal emphasis. At once teachers and the profession of teaching stand paramount. A broader and sounder professional training becomes an im- perative need. Such need establishes the sequence of more study and inter- ludes in teaching for that purpose. It declares also for periods of re. ation by way of travel and other cultural con- tacts. These in turn point upon the question of salarles adequate not only to meet these quite necessary obliga- tions, but adequate, as well, for that other day when body and mind and spirit flag under the exactions and joys of helping to prepare, year after year, hosts of worthy men and women to carry on in this amizing and glorious new day, new world. In some such fashion ran the mind of Andrew Car- negie, modern philanthropist. So the great ironmaster turned schoolmaster. ‘l‘h'z famous financier became the edu- cator. Then he created a “foundation” of material substance. He it about with practical securities and sound protection. He organized it, or had it organized, on the lines of other work- ing corporations, and manned it with experienced business men and profes- sional experts for the administration of its various departments, allied, though distinct in specific purpose and function. Such, in the rough, is ‘‘Carnegie Foundation,” whose benefi- cence of opportunity to youth is the glorious monument to a greatness of truly heroic stature, to a benefaction of solid worth, growing with the years, scattering its yearly harvest throughout the future life of this country, however long that national life may be. ‘The report in hand, the twenty-ffth annual report of the foundation, sub- mitted by the president of the organi- zation and by its treasurer, divides, broadly, into financial statement and educational survey. A most impressive document, both 'in the resources of the foundation, more than $32,000,000. “Investments in securities of the highest grade, 99 per cent in bonds and 1 per cent in preferred stocks.” Its expenditures are grouped under salaries, retiring allowances for professors and pensions for teachers. Under various lines of educational re- search and study as well. A new pension Plln is under way, one de- signed o do away with the pater- nalistic, gratuitous, political, disadvan- gemlon plans of government and other enterprises. Fabulous sums—they sound truly “fabu- lous"—are expended by the foundation under the necroma..cy of sound busi- ness method and objective, rather than in the more commonly known and less stable processes of either sentimental- ity or an uncertain public spirit. Educational research is reported along several important lines. One of these is the State-wide study of Penn- sylvania for the relations of sec- ondary and higher education; for the practical relations between studies in modern sclence—chemistry, physics, economics, and so on—and in the tra- ditional courses of history, literature, the classics. Not a final survey this, not a conclusive one, yet a decidedly significant one nevertheless. The sur- vey of legal education 1s an important one, important in itself nowadays cer- tainly, and of good value in the report of its findings here. Dental education, also vital, reveals by way of this re- port that there has been a decline in the number of dental schools, & sjt- uation due to the increase of entrance obligations so wisely imposed upon a department that only a few years ago required only a high school diploma for admission. A financial hardship for the schools themselves, but one which will, in the course of better fa- cilities, remedy the situation and make these schools contribute efficiently to a very important item in public health. “College Athletics"—an up- permost theme—is reviewed here from the immediate angle of both its ad- vantages and its drawbacks. To keep this subject within its rights and to debar it from the role of running away entire institution appears here, as elsewhere, to be the point of summary and treatment for ml ob- of the educational . He was also visiting professor of international relations in Europe with the Carnegie Endowment for Intsrnational Peace. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Have we had the pleasure of serv-)state whether Rudolph Valentino ing you through our Washington In-|played a double part (father and son) formation Buresu? Can't we be of some | in his !ast picture, “The Son of the help to you In your problems? Our |Sheik."—W. L. business is to furnish you with authori- | A, The late Rudolph Valentino played tative information. and we invite you |the parts of Sheik Ahmed and Ahmed, to ask us any question of fact in which |son of the sheik, in his last picture. you_are interested. Serfi your inquiry PFather and son appeared on the screen to The Evening Star Information Bu- | gt the same time. reau. Frederic J. Haskin, director | = Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents, in| Q. What is jujutsu?—D. P. coin or stamps, for return postage. | A Jujutsu is the Japanese art of e self-defense without weapons. It de- Q. What has the new dirigible, the pends for its effect largely upon the Akron, cost?—H. Y. T. | principle of making use of an opponent’s strength and weight to disable or in- | jure him ‘and by applying pressure so Q Did Jack Dempsey ever lose 15 |that his movements will throw him out pounds in a fight?>—S. S. | of balance, dislocate or break a joint. A. W. R. Whipp, boxing authority, | etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to says that this is not true. Dempsey in | strength and demands an expert knowl- his prime was well muscled, hard, and | edge of human anatomy. had very little surplus weight. In hic| o (poo tne 3 placing of the body of longest championship fight—15 rounds | o it in g sepulchre hewn from rock with Tommy Gibbons at Shelby, Mont.. | - 7+ he had to force the fghting and work ¢ g eI T very hard, but probably not lose more than five pounds, A The ancient Jews of Palestine | buried their dead by placing the corpse either in the earth or in caves hewn out of the rock. Sometimes the sepul- chre was dug in the ground in the neighborhood of the family dwelling. More frequently, however, rocks were excavated so as to form rtments or galleries with as many vaults as de- |sired. These vaults were known as “kokim.” ‘The burial place was often in & garden situated at least 50 cubits | distant frcm the city. The site was |usually marked by a whitewashed | stone. | . Does & person have to get a per- mltqto write under a nom de plume?— A R. A plume. Q. What is the distinction burnishing and abrading?—D. A. In burnishing sn ,;':ffl' a P — | Q. Why are thev saying that wild | duck will be scarce this year’—G. F. | A. Ducks have had three consecutive | disastrous breeding years as a result of | continued drought, Which has dried up the sloughs and ponds in their princi- pal breeding areas. Experts say that only about half the normal number of ducks will fly South this season. Q. How much water must fall to be considered rain?>—W. L. W. A. No specific amount of water is required to fall in order to be desig- nated rain. Rain means the falling of any drops of water from the clouds. The amount is measured by exposing a suitable gauge in a position where it will catech approximately the full amount of water that falls upon the surface at the point in ouestion. btai Q. Can fleas be tralned?-—D. J. M. | A. They can. There are several fl“’fl“fihfim.mn? abrading, bz’ne surface circuses. is actually worn off by the friction. Q. How old is the song, “A Million Dollar Baby_in & Five and Ten Cent T Bt s el e ore?”"—J. T. A. The tea cake Sally Lunn was A. It was copyrighted in 1926. | named for the hawker who once sold Is it proper for a left-handed | them in the streets of Bath, England. npm'on to eat with his left hand?— | @ How long is the short wave and 4 long wave in radio?—R. H. A. It is all right. However, many | A’ The short wave is any under 200 left-handed persons train themselves t0 | meters. From 200 to 1,000 meters are use the right hand, as table service is | VAV 1,000 arranged for right-handed people. This | toeers” wora son ire Jomg: Wanes is much less difficult for left-handed | o persons than learning to write, sew or Q. When was meat first frozen for indulge in sports in right-handed fash- ilh.lpplnz?-—c. D. ion. A. The first cargo of frozen beef was _— { brought to America in 1877. Q. Has the value of Edison's inven- | .* et tions ever been estimated?—K. N. | Q. Please explain the operation of A. Edison has given mankind inven- | investment trusts—C. O. S. tions which, in their present develop- A. An investment trust is an organ- ment, are valued at more than $15,000,- | ization which, with its capital, buys a 000,000 variety of stocks and bonds. The divi- —- | dends received on these are pooled and Q. Of what wood are the Hawallan | constitute the earnings of the trust. If outri canoes made?—G. C. | a corporation, dividends are paid on A. y are usually hewn from koa | the stock in accordance ith _the logs. | amounts earned on the securities held. e simply sssumes a nom de between B. { The pi | over a wide field that if one invest- Q What was the Cardiff Glant?— o o Ry g Mty A | ment goes bad it will be balanced by A. The Cardiff Giant, a famous v - hoax, was & gypsum statue unearthed | gy gy i at Cardiff, near Lafayette, N. Y. in/ October, 1869. For some time anti- | quarians and paleontologists believed it to be either a work of an ancient sculp- ture or a fossilized man. It was cx-] A. In India, Afghenistan and Persia hibited in many cities jn the United | it is a state audience at which impor- States, but eventually was discovered to | tant public hearings are given, decrees be a fraud. The statue had been cut | Or decisions announced, distinguished pay. The owner of stock in the investment trust thus gets the benefit of the wide spread over & great many risks. Q. What is a durbar’—R. R. from a quarry in Iowa, wrought in Chicago and buried in Cardiff. Q. To settle a dispute will you please | foreign visitors received, treaties made and other public business transacted. | The functions are often of great splendor Naval Parity as Objective Has Only Limited Support While the country is willing to en- arm more fully. Well, here is thelr nce.! tertain the thought of naval parity | cha and recognize the validity of the treaty requirements in armament strength, the the | Statement by Secretary Adams as to future plans, calling for a Navy on a par with that of Great Britain, is sub- jected to some criticism. Opponents of the idea point to the national deficit, to the administration's demand for economy and to the efforts that are being made in the direction of world reduction of fighting equipment. “No doubt, most informed, thoughtful Americans, seeing that this continues to be an armed world and that America persists in holding aloof from the League and the World Court,” accord- ing to the Chatta ‘Times, “will be inclined to approve But its an- surprising, in view of President Hoover's recent declarations on the subject of armaments and the fact that a general armament reduction _conference is scheduled !xr ll"Aext :bbnurrynge Chicago Daily News, however, - nizes that “the citizens of this country, as well as the naval authorities, have reason to feel keen anxiety lest the|jsq Navy be permitted to deteriorate much | below the line of safety.” The Daily News, nevertheless, feels that “if the| economic depression continues, it is not unlikely that work will be slowed down" | on naval building. “If the disarmament conference is| such & success as Mr. Hoover and Secretary Stimson are determined to make it.” says the Newark Evening News, “there may never be need to carry out this program.” That paper asks: “Must the Hoover cabinet drift as near to the rocks as Germany and Britain did before it learns its lesson? The Duluth Herald offers a different interpretation, with the comment: “This announcement is only a state- ment of the policy of the Navy De- partment—that is to say, & recitation of its hopes. Congress, in the end, will decide the issue, and Congress will not build a vast Navy unless it believes that the people want it. * x X X Referring to the utterance as & “naval blicity offensive,” the Balti- more su?:u remark: ‘Expressed another way, it is & dedication to the job of | tting out of the next Congress all the rllowt’neu for new naval construction that continuous and clever effort can induce a reluctant administration and a Congress faced with a billion-dollar deficit to sanction.” The Worcester Telegram thinks that “Congress may not feel the obligation to provide the money,” and contends that “there no such thing as an absolute parity for “construction itself would give us a since most of our ships would be built in the future, taking advantage of new theories and develop- men Emphasis upon aircraft policy and upon the fact that “greater attention than heretolore‘n:'n given to the flu::: tion of support! American commer is glud pbpyo the Davenport mmelrlh wit the further declaration: ‘No radical res are to be observed in the administration’s policles as out- lined. By some they may be regarded warning that we must States must not neglect it.” “The United States has never been militaristic either in fact or desire,” says the Danbury Ej ews. “But somewhat ag- | toda * K k% “We need to head a movement for smaller navies, not for bigger ones” maintains the Des Moines Tribune- Capital, while the Louisville Couri | Journal states: “The enactment of |and other workers in the shipbuilding |and ordnance trades. But gb“hy un- necessary expenditure at a time when . economy is imperative? Why exces~ sive increase in armament when, ac- cording to President Hoover, armament is the chief cause 6f the world's woes | y? The very limited effect on un- fllmmt would do but little good, industry generally would not be benefited.” “‘How much longer,” asks the Rich« mond News Leader, “are the | people to international justice? | richest nation sets the pace in arma- ment, whose will be the responsibility for war if armament multiplies suspi- clons ;and suspicions lead—as they al- | ways lnd——t;y another war, a more war?” e An Honor Student. Prom the Portland Oregon Dally Journal. A 15-year-old honor student in Chi- | cago shoots a policeman. The boy had | broken into a_school to take & swim. The policeman came to get him. ‘The youth pulled out a revolver, the | gun barked and the officer fell, mortally Wwounded. | The youth was a leader in all his classes at school. His mother was & | school teacher and his father a prom- | inent contractor. Mental experts say ;he dboiy is not lwfihtw Al:e other and, is unusual 3 d yet— there is the dead officer. . | May it not be that the Chicago | honor student and slayer is a result ‘?; the nnl: life that has been allowed w gTO | that the dead pol is, ;fllchm of the Chicago gangs, {in the sense that their example was | followed by the youthful student? Chicago is used to . She is used to seeing men shot down on | little or no pretext. She is used | hearing of men placed “on the spot’ | and shot down in cold blood. She is ‘“;‘:r'f min’fim d t?:f-ug.u}‘o boy only aps young turned to that of which he had heard and seen so much. Perhaps he did only what he believed was the proper thing to do as exampled by the Capones, | Morans and other gang leaders of the Windy City. N Power. | Prom the Sioux Palle Daily Argus-Leades.