Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR | With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, TUBSDAY.....November 8, 1 THREODORE W. NOYES Yhe Evening Star N Company wldh % S . icagn Lake Michisan Bulle n 14 Regent ... London. Engiand. Rate by (“rrh; W‘“i'n the City. 8¢ per month by Sy BT i 2k Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. |? angd Sunday. ...]yr.8) 1mo., i = et Lol A All Other States and Canada. E.,“:f,{;'m. ln.lflg;l:z:l A Ty T ¥ 1yry redited fo it $hls v ADd, also the neni- {ll riahts of pub tehes O b per copy each mont! the ‘and o or telephone in by mal & ein are also reserved. The elections today, despite the fact What only five House seats are balloted for, may determine whether the Repub- licans are to have a majority of one in tion of yesterday's concert proves his artistry as interpreter of music. Wash- ington is Indeed fortunate in securing the services of & man with the combined gifts of musical abllity of diresths~ which he has dis- played. These giftd promise the estab- lishment of the National Symphony Orchestra as an institution of which the Capital may well be proud. It should continue it enthusiastic support of this work, not merely throughout this pres- ent season, but hereafter, with the as- surance that such support will even- tually make the Washington orchestra one of the foremost musical organiza- tions of America. R Await the Facts President Hoover has moved with commendable celerity to establish “the untruths and distortion of facts” con- tained in the Navy League's now cele- " |brated charge that he is “restricting ’| reducing and starving the United States Navy” in the process of effecting “bud- get limitation.” The White House, in announcing the make-up of the In- the Lower House during the coming session of Congress. If the Democrats win in one congreasional district which hitherto has been Republican, and hold their own, the narrow Republican ma- Jority will have been wiped out. Seven wvacancies exist in the House, five Re- publican and two Democratic. Two of these Republican vacancles will not be filled until later, the one in New Jersey on December 1, and that in New Hampshire in January. ‘The significance of the election re- suits in the light of the national cam- vestigating Committee appointed by the President, emphasizes that it is not primarily concerned with the Navy League's taunt about Mr. Hoover's “abysmal ignorance” of the “true func- tions of a fleet.” The presidential board of inquiry is, on the other hand, very much con- cerned with the Navy League's indict- ment of the President for alleged sup- pression of & confidential understand- ing with British Prime Minister Mac- Donald in October, 1929. The search- light to be turned on will be flashed “solely upon the assertions made by paign which comes next year may be considerable. For example, should the Republicans fall to carry either the first Ohlo district, the old Longworth district, or the elghth Michigan dis- trict in today's elections, both consid- ered strongly Republican in the past, it would be a serious blow to Repub- Uoan hopes. ‘The election in New York, where the Woters are passing upon a reforestation amendment to the State constitution, has its bearing on the presidential as- pirations of Gov. Pranklin D. Roose- velt, and those, if he still has them, of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Roose- welt has supported the amendment and Smith has attacked it. The Democratic and Republican organizations have both indorsed the amendment, which would appear to leave Gov. Smith fighting al- most single-handed against the pro- posal. In New York, too, the Demo- erats are making desperate efforts to #ain control of the Assembly. The Tammany Democrals feel that if they ean accomplish this end, Tammany rule ‘will not only have been vindicated, but, more important, an end may be put to the legislative investigation of New York City's government, which, to say the least, s embarrassing to the Tam- many officials. Upstate the Democrats are working hard to make gains in the Assembly to prove the strength of Gov. Roosevelt. ©Of all the forty-eight States, only fShree hold gubernatorial elections, New Jersey, Kentucky and Mississippl. In Mississippl the election of a Demo- eratic Governor is always assured as soon as the candidate has been nomi- nated by the party. But in Kentucky, the border State, the gubernatorial elections are flercely fought. The pres- ent Governor is a Republican. But the Democrats claim that they will elect their candidate today by a substantial majority. The Republican candidate, mayor of Louisville, has made a strenu- ous campaign, however, in an effort to setain at least some of the Republican #ains made in the Blue Grass State in Fecent years. The election of a Governor in New Jersey is expected not only to give a Mne on the trend of political sentiment in that State and its bearing on the national campaign in 1932, but also to mark the rise or the setting of a boom for the Democratic presidential nomina- tlon. Former Gov. Harry Moore, the Democratic nominee for Governor, has | becn suggested lately as a pruldenunl‘ possibility, provided, of course, he can ! win over the Republican candidate, for- | mer Senator David Baird, jr. New Jer- | sey has fallen into a habit of electing | Democratic Governors in “off years” and | of swinging back to the Republican fold | n presidential elections. This fact must | be taken into consideration in esti- mating the result of the election today of Mr. Moore, should he prove a victor. | What New Jersey does today, under these circumstances, is not necessarily | & criterion for what she may do next | year, | ] After several other statesmen get into Setion as influential and eloquent con- greasional critics, M. Laval is likely to be more impressed than ever with Sen- etor Borah's inclination to be cordial and kindly even when telling the bad Bews. ————— Question is raised as to the value of Binstein's opinions on social economy A man who is professionally C Being popularly understood #0 advance many ideas that wil Belp or hinder. is v Washington's Symphony Orchestra. Washington's sympathetic and en- Shusiastic indorsement of the Nation Symphony Orchestra manifested yes- ferday st the initial comcert is to be vegarded as assurance of not only im- mediate success, but the permanent ex- fstence of this institution. The attend- snoe was indicative of continued finan- eial support. The response in absorbed sttention and in applause was evidence of the artistic accomplishment of the new organization, the more gratifying and assuring because of the fact that| Navy League President Gardiner in his statement of October 28 and not upon his opinion or conclusions, nor into budgetary or general policies of the Navy.” The assertion relative to Mr. MacDonald is one of the gravest at stake and turns definitely on s ques- tion of fact. In naming Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired, Jobn Hays Hemmond, Eliot Wadsworth, Undersecretary of State Castle and Assistant Secretary of the understanding and | get out and walk or hall the speedier taxicab. It is a question whether the funda- | mental difficulties of moving through traffic will ever be removed until the surface lines are forced to burrow under- | ground. But in the meantime the traffic authorities should take some steps that, | for once, would benefit the street cars. No matter how many automobiles there | are, it is to be remembered that a large proportion of the city's population de- pends upon the street cars. The rights |of street car riders to something ap- proaching rapid transit are to be con- sidered as much as the rights of the sutomobile drivers. The traffic au- | thorities, in the fascination of stringing pretty lights and drawing white lines for the sake of automobiles, have more or less forgotten the prosaic street cars The cars, and their impatient riders, must take what is left and get along as best they can. e Justice 0'Donoghue. Yesterday's appointment of Daniel W. O'Donoghue as associate justice of the District Supreme Court is a selection for which the people of the Capital are grateful. The vacancy on the bench to which he is named was caused by the death of Justice Frederick L. Siddons, who, though not a native of Washing- ton, was a resident of the Capital for practically all of his life. Justice O’Donoghue was born in this city and has spent his entire career here, prac- ticing law for thirty years before the court of which he is now made & mem- ber. In point of character, knowledge of the law and judicial qualification he is an admirable successor to Justice Siddons. This appointment observes the principle of equal ratio on the District bench between Washingtonians and ap- pointees from the States, a principle that has sometimes been disregarded in the past, but which of late has been faithfully respected by the appointing power whenever changes have occurred in the personnel of the court. Justice O'Donoghue will take his seat on the Navy Jahncke as his Committee of EX-pench at once as & recess appointment, amination, President Hoover has select- ed five men who are well known as citizens of experience and probity, The American public expects a judicial- ly unblased survey of a controversy that should never have been permitted to arise. ‘That being the case, the country can hardly fail to observe that the President has named a jury bound to incline beavily in his favor. With two actual members of the Hoover administration on it and a third, Mr. Wadsworth, a semi-official member, as a ranking official of the President’s Committee on Unemploy- ment Rellef, the majority of the in- quiry board is ‘“Hoover-minded” to start with. In the person of Admiral Rodman the Navy certainly does not lack & vigorous champion. John Hays Hammond, being neither & Navy man nor an administrationist, may be cast for the role of the disinterested by- stander. The President’'s Committee embarks upon its duty of eliciting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth with at least one assurance—that pub- lie opinion is wellnigh universal on the score that Navy League President Gardiner indulged in indefensibly in- temperate language. He has weakened a worthy case—the case for adequate naval defense—by calling names. These are not times, no matter what the merits of & national controversy, for bringing into popular disrepute the exalted posi- tion of President of the United States. Mr. Gardiner was guilty of disrespect to Mr. Hoover. By no conceivable pos- sibility can the President's board, or any other committee of American citi- zens, absolve the Navy League executive from culpability for his excesses of ex- pression That acknowledged, it is the duty of the country to await all the facts and to reserve its judgment on them until they are developed. It would be a thousand pities if this wholly unnec- essary and unseemly squabble should result in undermining the Nation's faith in, and unalterable demand for, pre- paredness at sea. Just at present naval warfare is ex- perimenting with surprise attacks of interjections with the hope, possibly, of making them comparatively harmless substitutes for projectiles. It is reported that Capone spends his spare time reading magazine detective stories. He should have been warned. Sooner or later, according to these nar- ratives, the sleuth always gets his man. st With so many shades of opinion sure emand expression, it might be only idence for Congress to arrange a to work in night shifts. ———— Street Cars and Traffic. In interviews with The Star dents Ham and Henna of tr street raflway companies have taken the posi- npetition is Presi- taxicab e pected from the traet way of improvem to win back lost pa ¢ It is to be taken for granted that the taxicabs will be fofced to subm! to some sort of regulation tent and the method of regulation is expected to be announced soon by the Public Utilities Commission. But taxi- cab competition, regulated or unregu- lated, is & permanent factor in trans- portation and the street car lines will The ex- his confirmation by the Senate follow- ing in due course when Congress con- venes. Chicago has become conspicuous in s0 many ways that Mayor Cermak asserts its right to share with New York City a loud voice in offering sug- gestions as to presidential politics. A true patriot, whatever his local re- sponsibilities, will not devote his talents with selfish exclusiveness to his own home town. —————r———— Economists are so sure that prosperity is just around the corner that there is every reason to prepare for a genuine old-fashioned Thanksgiving. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. They Did Not Know. Our ancestors, s0 kind and grave, You tried to teach us to behave, And viewed us with complacent pride, | With your great work, well satisfied. | You taught us to avold rough speech. Costumes to ankle length must reach. | Oh, what the future was to show, You didn’'t know! You didn’t know! You said that shooting foe or friend ‘Was something that would have to end, Even with all the formal grace Distinguishing a dueling place. Though certain jests were rather queer, Such wit the ladies must not hear— So when to smoke elsewhere you'd go— You didn’t know! You didn't know! | You thought that all would keep the | peace And be gogd friends with the police. You thought that proverbs wise would rule As shown in copybooks in school. My ancestors, you did your best To make us all avoid arrest. You meant well. But just how we'd grow You didn't know! You didn't know! Costly. “Talk is cheap,” remarked the ready- made philosopher. “I have heard so,” rejoined Senator Sorghum. “It's just another of those things people have gotten to believing as a matter of habit.” “You don't regard talk as cheap!” “It may be fearfully expensive. A few remarks I recently made is liable to cost me my position in public life. Jud Tunkins says & radio is good | moral discipline, compelling you to patient no matter how much your taste and opinions are contradicted. Size. As we go on, let'’s not despise | A simple difference of size. You might have found the carbon rough A diamond 1f boiled down enough. A toy balloon with trivial ways Would call the wondering world to gaze 1f as a gas bag it could grow And make a dirigible’s show Nipping in the Bud. “You dealt harshly with that boot- egger.” “Harshly as we could manage,’ swered Uncle Bill Bottletop. But it was his first offense.” “We thought we'd better use as much severity as possible and stop him before ce to get rich and hire an- " said Hi Ho, the STAR, WASHIN( BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘What is there about some people ‘which :nue; :h:m%h [d n’nlcvn’ istic to everything tha eTs sa; This trait is not confined to quar- relsome amples, sometimes, that it is possible to find, is & mild-mannered man who yet mever agrees with any one. Perhaps every one knows such & character. seems to be some hidden spring in him which jumps into action any time <hat anything is said Pacts or opinions make no difference to him. He had as soon dispute a fact as an opinion. The best way to an- tagonize over the former, of course, is to declare it no fact. and this he does, without once stopping or asking for proofs. Even if one presents him with one of his own facts, as it were, he finds yreat dificulty in recognizing it, since it comes from somebody else. Some one else! ‘That may be the key to the mystery, after all. Many people undoubtedly go through one else in the world except them- selves. All history which portrays the transi- tory quality of a man’s life, as to the life of mankind, which is quite another matter, has no effect on him whatever. Literature ts the same moral, but_he heeds it not. ‘The colossal number of hu be- ings who have gone helm’!.mlll them mean exactly nothing to him. He hes got the tune of Walt Whit- man by heart, that it forces have red for his g, and now he Only he has got it the wrong way around. Whitman's tism was for his own benefit, not for the ruluu down of others. If he pral him- self, it was because he honestly thought himself good, and felt that all else| were as good on equal terms. Our argumentative friend. on his| side, makes one feel that he has a rather elevated opinion of himself, since he_never finds any one else in the right. Even the most ignorant person must be_right sometime or other! But even when the argumentative soul knows with whom he has to deal, and is sure that the other knows quite as much as he does, he yet feels the old_trait stealing over him. He wants to argue about it. * * x % Buch & man is to be pitied, for two reasons. Pirst, he cuts himself off from the advice and help others can give him, and _second, unnecessarily makes people dislike him. Let us con- sider this second point first. If there is any foolish thing that human be- ings do, it is to make others dislike them unnecessarily. Often it is quite necessary to cause other people to dis- like one. Honor, duty—these are but two of the factorsswhich may force a kindly man to do and say things which displease others. After all, displeasing others is as much a part of life #s pleasing them. natures. One of the best ex-| life with a huge contempt for every | Tt is not the it happens. | sarily, it is foolish to the because there are people in the world to dislike others, in a perplexing variety. Mankind seems to be made that way. It is too bad, but it 18 & fact (dispute it who will). ‘The man who goes out of the way to endlessly dispute the findings of others, in a sort of instinctive , going to lose a great deal of helpful advice. He 1 neyer know, of course, what he has lost. ‘But he will lose it just the same. After a fectly friendly man has been rebuffed one or two times, or maybe three if he is very forgiving, he says to X the use?” And he is careful not to of- fend again. “th('l.th: use? - The superarguer, as_one might call him, ought to reform. Probably he feels as much himself, but he finds the job difficult. He ought to reform for his own sake, but most of all for the sake of others. In a world full of fault-finding and | recrimination it duty to do his posite face to | such man thinks he does. But does he? | only too | e o S verflbl!’t lence and opinions, but there are many worthy persons who achieve the same effect by a belief, which they seem to hold without quite realizing it, that the person to wi they are talking cannot possibly know enough to know anything. An ugly word for this attitude is “contempt.” A great many more peo- ple display it in their daily contacts than have any right to it. Here is a young man who to be hand- some himself and he has the idea that only such handsome fellows as him- self can be worth much. When he is talking to another with homely fea- tures, he often finds it difficult to credit the other with any particular brain power. Oftentimes mere age will give & man an exalted respect for himself, a bit of contempt for a young man just quickly enough. say immediately, but that wouldn exactly truc.) ~Consider the Eugene O'Neill, the playwright. 1915, which wasn't very long ago, he was & young man with & lot of hair and a few plays in manuscript. Today he has 38 volumes to his credit, and his latest play is the sensation of the season. You never can tell. It doesn't pay to hold disrespect for one. To dispute endlessly with other people is a mild way of showing con- tempt for their opinions. The resent- ment which this course engenders is | not to be incurred lightly, nor without | good and sufficient reason. It is bet- | ter to keep one's mouth shut. But who can do that? Highlights on the Wide Wprld Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands MPARCIAL, Montevideo.—The head- mistress of a boarding school in England does not hesitate to berate in vigorous language the behavior and disposition of the modern young lady. The headmistress states, possibly to excuse her inability to im- part a high degree of education, that girls these day are interested only in sports, clothes and chatter about all sensational. They are forgetful of the ideals for which education would prepare them, and if intent on anything at all constructive it is to get employment where they can earn more money for embellishment and diversion. ‘We do not at all agree with the head- mistress’ polemics. Interest in sports has promoted both the health and hap- piness of girls and young women. As for clothes, it is natural for the femi- nine element te desire to costume them- selves attractively. In seeking employ- ment she wishes chiefly to make herself useful and to become independent of her parents, often responsible for the maintenance of other children. Matri- mony, of course, offers the most inter- est and the best occupation for any woman, but while awaiting that epoch in her life she is hazarding neither her happiness, health, nor habitude in earn- ing her own living. We see nothing wrong in the life of the modern girl when she is left to decide questions of propriety and principle for herself. ) Italian Climate Favorable to Nut Growing. INSTITUTO NAZIONALE PER L'ES- PORTAZIONE, Rome.—Italian climatic condition are particularly favorable to the production of nuts and dried fruit, and the industry has attained a high degree of develapment in Italy, the out- put possessing intrinsic qualities which make it superior to most in the world. The esteem in which these products are held, not only in Europe, but also in America and Asia, has led to an active export, trade. The almond is one of the principal varieties exported, and is cultivated mainly in Sicily and Apulia, but wal- {nuts are perhaps more extensively | grown for forefgn shipment. The fil- bert is extensively grown in Southern | Avellino, Naples and Salerno, and also { ‘The pistacchio nut is pro- ost exclusively in Sicily and in the provinces of Catania, Agrigentum and Caltanisetta. It is superior to that of all other Mediter- ranean countries, excelling them In | welght, size and color, which is light | | green. It is highly prized by confec- | tioners for its delicate and agreeable | flavor. | ‘The pine-woods growing along the be | western and eastern coasts of Italy con-| sist mostly of “pinus domesticus,” from which a delicately flavored nut, much in demand, is obtained. Some 3,000 metric tons of these nuts are obtained every year, the output coming for the most part from the shores of Tuscany, in the zone comprised between the | rivers Magra and Ombrone, and from | the pine-woods of the Romagna. along | the Adriatic coast. The gathering of | the pine-cones containing the nuts is | performed by specialized workers, the season being from November to March. | The pine-cones are placed in the sun- i shine, when they gradually open, and | the nuts are then removed either by | hand or machinery, according to the | locality. Nearly two-thirds of the crop is_exported. Chestnuts _are grown _extensively throughout Italy, and before the war the crop was large. Since then it has | fallen off considerably because of the | Tapid growth of industries utilizing the wood of the chestnut tree. In 1930, al- most 600,000 metric tons were obtained. | important producing centers are in | Tuscary, Piedmont (more _especially | Cuneo), ' Liguria, Calabria, Emilia and Campania | “The leading markets for Italian nuts have to adjust themselves to it. Kothing sage of Chinatown, “may leave you like ' are the United States, Prance, Switzer- much is to be gained by the s corporations or their patrons by be- moaning the popularity of the cabs One may readily sympathize, how- much that he denied himself food until | he starved.” Offset. those present were through long ac- | ever, with the complaint by the street | e are rejoiced to eat still more, Quaintance with the work of the leading musical organizations of this country qualified to judge of the merits of this premiere presentation. A particular cause of gratification is She fact that the orchestra is composed wholly of musicians of local residence, n most cases for long periods. Some of them are natives of this city. Vir- tually all of them have for years past been engaged here professionally. This was their first ensemble performance, wrumt;- of interpretation, thelr un- | they must operate im companies over the unreasonable and unfair disadvantages under which in Washington s trafc-clogged streets. And it is rea- sonable to assume that their difficulties in this respect account as much as the cut-rate fares for the popularity of the taxicabs. If time is money, onme still may pay a relatively high fare for a taxicab and come out winner. And if time is not to be counted in dollars and cents, it can be measured in the terms of the comfort for the loss of | Since food is growing cheaper, And as we seek the grocery store, Our menu gets in deeper. | But the supply and the demand Our problem leaves no clearer. To win ab last we shall not stand, If medicine gets dearer. “Sometimes,” said Uncle Eben, “when & man keeps talkin' 'bout unempioy- ment, you can't feel sure whetper h huntin’' work or jes' lookin' for a po- litical Jom™ ¢ car the neighbor who feared hunger so|land, Great Britain, Austria, Germany and Argentina, in the order named. xoxox | Cotton Growers Must Pay Tax in Cash. LL UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.—The cotton planters of the Laguna de Ter- mince region have sent a communigue to the ministry of the national tr offering to pay the government tax of 1 per cent on last year's gross receipts in cotton. ministry of finance has Teplied to the effect that the fiscal code of the republic prohibits such measures in lieu of financial payments. For this reason the cotton growers will all have | to pay their taxes in cash. * % x New Maid Finds “Gardener” Head of House. THE BULLETIN, n ‘There is at least one N8 W— Italy. particularly in the provinces of | jurist who is convinced that “the apparel oft pro- claims the man.” One of his hobbies is gardening, and while at work on a flower bed in the earlier part of the morning he was addressed by a young woman just emerged from the residence. “Are you the gardener?” she asked. He conveyed that he was an odd-job man about the place. “What's the old girl like?” was the next questivn. “Oh, she's all right when you get to know her,” he answered. When at breakfast next morning the new housemaid saw the gardener of the previous day seated opposite “the old girl” she dumped the others, no matter how they may impress | morning rashers and threw up her hands in horror. She threw up her job, mc!.1 without bothering to give a week's notice. N Better Day Is Seen For Farm Industries From the Sloux Falls Daily Argus-Leader. dawns—as it surely will—reason exists for believing that agriculture and allied industries wilk enjoy a better position than they have in the past 10 or 12 years. Agriculture has long been a profitable occupation, with many comfortable in- comes and estates erected upon a foundation of thrift, work and intelli- gent management in the rural districts. It has had its ups and downs, but the record as a whole up to the late months of 1920 was good. The years imme- diately preceding the deflation that took place then were exceptionally good. In the years following, however, agri- culture has not been on a level with other industries. The distinction is due to various causes. One is the fact that the agri- cultural housecleaning was not so thor- ough as it might have been at that time. Politiclans started a great hue and cry about farm relief and did much to impede natural adjustments. In truth, they prolonged these inevitable changes. That is only one phase of it; however, Agriculture in many countries became When the new era of prosperity | Old |geared to a tremendously hi of production in the war ymys‘.‘h 'rn:: was a demand for all that the farms could produce and a great agricultural plant was set in motion. It was so huge | that it did not contract readily when |the demand subsided. Farm relief agitation slackened the pace of the | curtailment that would have followed lue course, prolongin, revision | for many years. B | But now the picture | commetig. D appears to be The industrial deflation i | well under way and the farmer is no| | longer in the position of being the only thoroughly deflated occu | economic "ctrcle.” Other Dustrise s | gradually falling into line. When these | | changes_are finished, we are likely to find agriculture on the same basis as ol m’:mxmm m;::hf the prospects of | e P ram farming op: 1 oes not mean that farm revenues are to fall ihio the maat 0y easy money and that large profits will | accrue to every one who owns or oper- | ates & piece of land. But it does mean | that agriculture will regain its place as a stable occupation in which those who are willing to work intelligently will receive a falr reward as compensation . As in other lines of endeavor, farm- ing is competitive. The man who can produce the most for the least will! stand in a preferred position. There will always be some who will make ! Profits that seem unreasonably high and | others who fall to make both ends meet, | It is well to notice, however, that the | prospects for agricultural improvement | ity. farmers hav . “There is some evi i to show that they have ,,2::‘;-”‘; | in the past and the satist: - pects for the future, this is pllh:fi;’o.l’ time in which foresighted men should prepare to take advantage of the op= portunities that lie ahead. ———— The Normal Situation. asUry | Prom the Yakima Daily Republic, Laval, Prench remj Just about a5 be might pouod, things might has xpected | when_he landed in thisc ou::ec; Sen- ator Borah was talking. g | | — 1 | 2 = | A Flexible System, | Prom the San Antonio Exbress, | Soviet Russia increases its | acreage from 3.750,000 to 5,000 000t | on: must bear ir mind that the Soviets ican cut thelr screage whenever they | day as it was in the days of the Revo- ed. Viewing the earnings of agriculture ! po The smiling urbanity of the is not to be resisted. mild-mannered man will be easy to refute. Not like those familiar argufiers who win out by nolse where they would certainly lose through their brand of No, it will not be hard to con- vince him that he is the wrong one. For, are not we—am not I—always right? 3 Among the many items cited against in service—let us take handling. challe: ‘Besides, o s | W ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. 'ashington is the storehouse 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 personal letter you. Be careful to write clearly, give your full name and address, ai inclose 2-cent stamp for reply Send your inquiry to The Star Inform: tion Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, Di- rector, Washington, D, C. Q. Is it still possible to go to York- town and have its historical sites pointed out?—M. P, A. Free auto-caravan guide service will be furnished visitors to the historic " | Yorktown section of Colonial National Monument on Saturdays and Sundays of each week. Information about the guided trips may be obtained at the monument headquarters, which are in the old Yorktown Hotel on Main street, | one of the oldest buildings in the vil- lage and purchased some time ago by the Government as a part of its pro- ;nn'l. for the development of the monu- Q. Do many people take auction or contract bridge lessons?—T. 8, L. It has been estimated that more from | than 400,000 Americans now " erence, and as envy, comes along, these make me the flery champion or the mad opponent. Either or both based upon nothing but the acceptances of life, the terrible inertia of sluggard minds. ‘This man, this , 1t turns out, is a scientist, an artful one at that, hunting for on the and potency. No fact unrelated, each a part of some larger whole, & unit func- tioning as the essence of growth and development. This experiment merely applies the scientific spirit and method to some of the slogans and guides that have been doing duty since Eden set up its rather forlorn experiment in housekeeping. N ‘One man is as good ‘Good for what?” will get a real stir out of proving the man wrong—if you do. More exciting, this book, than the majority of scientific disclosures. Simple, straight, convinc- ing. He's right. We're wrong. “Sorry!” * ok ok % JACOBIN AND JUNTO: Or, Familiar Politics as Viewed in the Diary of Dr., Nathaniel Ames; 1758-1822. By Charles Warren. Cambridge: Hsr- vard University Press. “Sorry, but you're wrong about it!” Wrong about the deep-seated belief, of text-book origin, that American Revolution was approa of lofty protest inst the oppression of England. That the War of Inde- pendence was pursued in an ardor of self-immolative patriotism. That fits political sequence, a new form of gov- ernment, was the of high minds working in pure har- mony or in voluntary accommodations to meet the great issue. Charles Warren of Washington, stu- dent and writer of sclentific mind and habit, has been browsing among the archives up New England way. The trophy of his adventure is a diary—the moving picture of a century and a half nnkeeper of 3 ., Dl 3 local politician, shrewd Yankee, free speecher—quite the Yankee stripe of man as the Yankee has come down to us. ‘Brother. cf the brilliant Fisher Amers, friend of Hamilton, confidant of Washington. That fine aristocrat of distrustful of the the theory that it to run a government and that with the demos there is no wis. ithaniel was of the op- ieved in the le. the comviction tfut did not lie with good _govern ment was nbt sourced in the power of money or of intellect. In a word, it was not in the aristocracy and cer- tal not in any vision of reproducing d here in the New World. Here is the diary of Dr. Ames, fresh from the hand of the man who lived lunf ago, Y ingly of those troubled days. And the were troubled in exactly the ways tha today, demonstrate the perennial un- fairness of the political mind, the un- of policies and the bi reason of political campaigns. A more vivid demonstratiop of this fact you will not find than in the free speech of Dr. Ames, talking to himself by way of these daily recordings. two centures ago, at Just about time Napoleon was playing the very devil with kings and queens and monarchies in general over in Europe. And the Jacobin mobs over there were no more radical, no more demanding, than were the Jacobins of this new country, crying down royalties and all their ways. These were Bolsheviks, the Reds, of that day. And among them, taking notes, was Dr. Nathaniel Ames of am, Mass. And over there was no more anxious a huddling of the aristocracy, in fear not only of thrones, but of life as well, than there was just such a scurrying together over here of the Federalists in cligue and clan and camera, in fact and junt set against encroachments of the people upon the sacred powers of [ fU! Government and public control. And Fisher Ames was the most_flery and ardent of 1 However, this is not a study of family nts working out into public affars. It is, instead, s warm, first- hand record of political activity, of po- litical intrigue at the very send-off of the new Government. Radical against conservative, bolshevik against regular, the poor against the rich, class warfare in the great and new and cally in the free country on this side. I can think of nothing more useful as direct commentary on the agitations of the present than this book. Of noth- ing more interesting as an outlook upon human nature, p (?) steadily (?) toward human perfection. Certain- Iy no more absor political study than this one, so wisely brought out by Mr. Warren, is at hand. A political document as much alive, as active, to- lution and in the War of 1812. A few more efforts of this kind and we shall really begin to know something of our own history, as it is. * ok ok % THE FIERY EPOCH: 1830-1871. By Charles Willis Thompson. Indian- apolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. you're wrong about it!" mil full U ial historian 1s dolng valiant service for in helping them the Along toward arrive at the truth of great periods 'm‘?n have directly affected them. * Fiery Epoch” is & book of that intent, of fulfliment. The run events, battles, victories, ts, and so within the grasp of the most of ] these n"&ht;mu are ging into facts roof reasons, events sourced not only for immediate fulfillment_but for great developments as well. These are making history live on our own phtnz'ur:‘m our own uture, lock, o Cinteresting and_ vital emerge in this special study. The purpose of Lincoin in respect Yar. The character of Lee as a fife intrepid soldiery The slogging genius of Grant. One polnts is, it Yo me, of great moment, Tha§ g e the 1y take bridge lessons, at an annual outlay of $10,000,000 or more. q, How many Government-owned mall trucks are there in the United Btates? -H. H. A. The Post Office rtment o 4 that at the present umebinre are l..l%'. Q. How many violins did Stradiva- rius make?—W. J. B, A. It is belleved that about 3,000 were made by him, the earliest in 1670. Q. Do banks accept gold coins as deposits on any different basis than they accept silver coins or paper our- i rency?—M. T, A. In the case of a small deposit a bank probably would accept, for in- stance a $10 or $20 deposit in gold coin on the basis of the sum stamped on its face. In any considerable sum, kowever, the bank would weigh the old coins. Gold wears off easily. I 100 deposit in gold coin little light, credit on the would be given for only $98 or $97, whatever the subtraction through guarantees value of these. Gold must stand on its own weight and fineness and, therefore, is the standard. Q. What per cent of the tax paid on tobacco goes to the States?—M. B. A. The tax is a Federal one and no part goes to the States. ton, the English rails. advanced the money to necessary machinery, and ralls ready for delivery in the Spring of 1 . When did universal compulsory TH service start in Germany?— "A. After 1815 Prussia made perma- "3 . The National Government never has had a body so named, but in the early history of North Carolina the lower branch of its Legislature was called the House of Commons. Q. Was Black Hawk considered a “good Indlan”?—T. §. D. A. He was the chief of the Sac and Fox Indians. - The were being unjustly deprived of their lands. He had an admirable character. He stood unflinchingly for justice and was never actuated oy malice or revenge. Q. How was the earliest fire-fighting a tus constructed?—H. G. . Machines for the extinguishing of fires have been used from a very early di . ue!:‘n:t“ '&efl\n Em- peror jan, speaks T bags, with plmfiched" , from which -:!:r was_pro; eazing 5. Hero of Alexandria 'dqp“wrlban & machine which he calls the siphons used in con- flagrations. It consists of two cylinders and pistons connected by a rocat= ing beam, which raises and lowers the pistons alternately, and thus with the aid of valves opening only towards the t, projects the water from it, but not & continuous stream, as the pressure ceased at each alternation of stroke. Q. Please name some of the foremost planists of the world—P. A. A. Among them would be Ignace J. Paderewski, Serge Rachmaninoff, Al- fred Cortot, August Samaroff, Leopold Godowsky, Josef Hofmann, Ethel Le- ginska and Elly Ney. Q. I see that Maude Adams is open- ing in “The Merchant of Venice” Cleveland the first week ‘:: November, this play Q. Do the Swis turn most of their dairy milk into butter and e¢heese?— W. H. A. About 43 per cent of the milk is manufactured into cheese, butter, con- densed milk, and milk chocolate; do- mestic ummm.ruon accounts for 40 per cent, the remainder is used in breeding, fattening and e: . £ & What is & cashiers check?—M. "A.' It 1s & common form of exchange. out upon presentation of the check. Q. Why is the inurel wreath a symbol of;lcta::’rfl—l. K. e West Point Foot Ball Death Stirs Debate Over Hazards The death of Cadet Richard Brinsley Sheridan of West Point, as & result of 7 | Injuries received in the Army-Yale foot ball game, revives the old debate on the hazards of the game, the relative value quacy of the present rules in preventing fatalities. The preponderance of opin- jon holds that, despite juries and game justifies 1t devel character accidents, Declaring that his death *i able, for he was a_youth of ise,” the Buffalo Evening N¢ judgment: in recent years has that have removed from ble, the element of 'Itl. lnct the . or unsportsmanlike mw“,h mt:lh Il(:.l m!: Fros would be do ‘honor memory of young Sheridan to attack the game in whi he was a notable A “9156: rules of 'mz:l?“’; in fl:‘cogl.n- jon of the Jersey ournal, “have been rationalized until such tragedies as that of young S in the game with Yale are few and far between. It of the foot ball ;or t‘x“l‘l. is one of 00! on which college life ords outside the curriculum. It requires the best physi- cal condition, the greatest skill and ab- solute fearlessness. To any college group the foot ball squad is an impor- tant inspiration to keep striving for those qualities which are the stamp of splendid physical manhood. To the cadet corps the foot ball squad is an invaluable asset.” * “Dick Sheridan died in action, like & soldier on the battlefleld. His was a gallant, if untimely, end.” says the Roanoke , with the further com- ments on the character of the marked decrease in the fatalities whicl were so numerous in former years and brought about strong clamor at one time for abolition of the game. Young Sheridan’s death was as unfortunate as it was regrettable, but it must be re- garded as an unavoldable accident, such l’ might have occurred Ial'zhtny hrlncl: of sport, and it argues nothing against foot ball as an athletic pastime which * x % lace assigned to the abolitionist by This ‘writer, Garrison, Parker, fluence upon this not too tranq 1 mmp:) resist the tribute to Daniel The title. sy Take a vacatlon some week from the | ardors of the day's round-and-round. Read these three books. You'll know more about your country and, inci- transcends in popularity all other games of the present day.” “Young Sheridan, if he a wish before he died, would his tes ¥Fs [ i g Bt E Times com- ments: “We are inclined to wonder with him. Asbury Park remarks that “the youth dies a what is called a ly repl to his the players who take his place in the foot ball machine will not the vacancy his death has left in the bar- racks at West Point.” Commenting on the fact that tacklers like Sheridan, under present practice, “face not one but several interferers, charging as hard as they know how,” the Springfield (Mass.) Republican states: “To eliminate such interfer- ence or blocking would be to eliminate one of the basic features which distin- fuuh American foot ball from other oot ball. Perhaps it should be elimi- nated, and will be in the course of time, That is a separate question. But the tragedy of young 's death should not obscure cause and effect in meeting the two-sided probleén of pro- viding, on the one hand, games that bring out the hardy qualities of robust uth, and, on the other hand, of free- g those games of excessive danger.” Let ’Em Serve. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. The National Woman’s Party, - inist organization, will take : m- chmmmm&fln&&:fl!flh&l- e appears to us to be implicit r_;;:eenth amendment. e average American male Jury service not in of their chances of escaping J“:;hy m;z. start a mflmem to make service an gl i exclusive privilege of ———— What Is a Treaty? om the Sants Monica Bvening Qutlook. anxfous world awaits decision ‘hether a treaty really has a Prom the Charlotte (N. C.) News. Since Beston's government has ai- lowed Sunday base in that city it dentally, about atter hisky outtariog as thess oflr, | has been suggested thing now 16 & GoUDle o teams WD thare.