Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1931, Page 8

A—8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY....November 10, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 1 St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t g)lcllo Office: Lake Michigan Building Juropean Office: 14 Re‘eut ., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. 48¢ per month 60c per month ~.""65c per month . 3¢ per copy the end of each mont y Collection made af it i by mail or telephone ders may be sen NAtional 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. {ly and Sunday.....1yr. $10.00: 1 mo. 85c ily only ~..... 131 3600: 1 mo. 50c junday only 1yri $4.00; 1 mo., 40c All Other States and Canada. Iy and Sunday...1yr.s1200 1mo. 81,00 ally only - 800: 1 mo.. 78 nday only . 5.00: 1 mo., The a: s {s exclysively entitled to the use for republication of all ews Gis- atches credited fo it or not otherwise crd- ted in this paver and also the local news published herein. All richts of publication of special dispatches herein are also rese — Fine Art Is Needed. Three cheers for the Commission of Fine Arts! Its letter to the National Bicentennial Commission warms the cockles of any- body’s heart who has (1) locked for & place to park his awtomobile, (2) sought for an out-of-town guest an unimpeded view of the east front of the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial or the Ellipse or (3) tried to regotiate a pleasant trip through the Mall around 4:30 o'clock of & sunny afternoon. From the general tone of the letier one might suspect that some members of the Com- mission of Fine Arts have had just such a series of experiences and are deter- mined that some<thing must be done, a conclusion in wiich all good citizens will concur. But what is to be done? ‘whom? First, the Commission of Fine Arts, & Federal commission set up for the general purpose of protecting the ap- pearance of the Federal City, addresses its communication on the flagrant “usurpation” of the streets and parks by all-day and all-night parkers to the National Bicentennial Commission, another Federal commission set up for the purpose of arranging appropriate functions and tributes to recall the memory of George Washington on the occasion of the two-hundredth anni- wversary of his birth. In due time the letter has reached the District Com- missioners, who, as Federal agents, have general jurisdiction, resoonsible only to the exclusive legislating au- thority, Congress, over the streets of part of the National Capital. It is to be presumed, however, that, as the authority of the District Commissioners does not extend to the national parks located in the District of Columbia, there must be a conference between the Commissioners anc Col. U. 8. QGrant, 3d, who is the director of the Office of Public Bulldings and Public Parks of the National Capital. But Ool. Grant’s authority does not extend to the United States Capitol, nor to the Capitol grounds, one of the loca- tions esthetically effaced by the park- ing of automobiles. 8o, Col: Grant must obviously confer with David Lynn, the architect of the Capitol, be- fore he could take any step that would be interpreted as discriminatory in the interest of no-parking. But any such general question as parking ior the city at large ought to be considered by the National Capital Park and Planning Oommission, another Federal commis- sion set up to discuss all questions that have to do with present and future conditions in the National Capital. And this body undoubtedly would refer the matter to the Co-~"inating Com- mittee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, on which are represented the various bodies con- trolling the destinles of the Federal City. Of course, there is one element of the population of the United States that is vitally interested in the outcome of the parking controversy, although unrepre- sented on any of the boards or com- missions that eventually will settle it. This element is composed of the work- ers and taxpayers of the District of Columbia. Although, as pointed out by the Fine Arts Commission, “the streets end avenues, the parks and reserva- tions all belong to the pecple of the United States” and because of the park- ing of automobiles “the people of the United States are thus robbed of their heritage in their Capital,” it remains that the taxpayers of the District of Columbia are now taxed for the repair and upkeep of the streets some ninety per cent of the total cost thercof and a somewhat smaller proportion, say, sev- enty-five per cent, for the purchase and upkeep of the parks and reservations. They therefore have some small right to the use of the streets and parks, even if it is exercised through the es- thetically repugnant business of park- ing automobiles, And the reason they park their automobiles in the streels and in the parks is because the auto- mobile remains the quickest and most efficient instrument of transporting them to and from their places of busi- ness. A Congress, reserving the right of ex- clusive legisiation over the Capital, has set up as its agents numberless com- missions and boards. But Congress and sll its bourds and commissions and committees and investigations thus far have failed to provide for the unsightly, yet necessary, business of adequately transporting hundreds of thousands of workers to their offices and to their homes. All power to the Commission of Fine Arts! If it can start the ball rolling toward a satisiactory solution of the transportation and parking problems of the National Cupital, it will be, indeed, a Commission of Firfe Arts, with the And by tions fully jusiified. r—eee The Navy has again weathered one of those heavy storms on land. o Tammany Thrift. The thrift of the Tammany office | any early gratification of the Gandhi hopes. Local autonomy within the other means of accumulating wealth | framework of the empire, and strictly limited autonomy at that, was the best that Nationalist India could look for holders, whose “wonder boxes” and have been brought to light by the Leg- slative Investigating Committee that has been probing into metropolitan fairs for some weeks past, becomes in- in the light of a rekelation Just’enade big chief himself of a few years 8go. According to & preliminary survey just made by Judge Seabury, the commit- tee's counsel, the Income of George W. THE no people ever won its liberty without suffering. Before I leave I shall go to the last extremity to avold the disaster which looms ahead. If I fail then, I Olvany during the four and & half | shall return to India with an absolutely vears of his tenure of office as leader of Tammeny Hall was no less than two million dollars. That works out at roughly $444 444 a year, more in & twelvemonth than Sheriff Farley man- aged to save in six years out of his annual stipend of $12,000. Judge Sea- bury hopes to obtain some specific in- formation on this score .when Mr. Ol- vany himself takes the stand. That will perhaps be on Thursday. Maybe not until next Tuesday. The chief inquisitor of the committee has some research work to do meantime. It is not altogether easy to find the lever that pries open the treasure chest of the Tammany overlord. Meanwhile ! the friends of the erstwhile leader | point out that he was really and truly a practicing lawyer with a big busi- ness, and that there is nothing mys- terious about even so large an income. New York lawyers make big fees. Some make bigger fees than others, espe- cially, it would seem, those who are close to Tammany. Mr. Olvany was particularly close to Tammany, Was indeed its very head. A frank ac- counting of his income during the four and a half years of his headship would be abeorbingly interesting. e John B. Larner. Held in the highest esteem and affec- tion by all Washington, John B. Larner has passed away, leaving a sense of grievous loss on the part of the com- munity. He was born in this city. He spent all of his life here. He was identified with its development during half a century of activity in his busi- ness and professional career. To an extent not fully realized until the slackening of his' activities consequent upon the failure of his health, a few months ago, he participated in works for the advancement of the material end the cultural life of the Capital. The recounting of his interests and contributions to the public welfare, in- volved in & review of his life, reveals a steadfast devotion to the highest ideals of civic organization. John B. Larner commanded more than the respect of men. He won their love, &s he held their admiration. He was invariable in his insistence upon the utmost integrity in all dealings. He made no compromises for the sake of immediate advantage. In his conduct of the great business of which he was the head for fourteen years and with which he had been asscciated for a longer period, he stood for equity for all with whom he had dealings. His judgment in matters of financial in- vestment was sound, and his advice, which was often sought by persons of means both large and small, was in- variably dependable. Though he had many interests and was often engaged in a variety of works for public as well as private bet- to the bhighest principles of busi- ness and of personal conduct. To know him was a privilege. To work with him ‘was an opportunity. If there was a single outstanding pur- pose in his later years it was the de- from which he was a graduate and to which he felt that he owed in great part the success that he had gained in his business and professional work. To him George Washington University was the type of the Washington City of his ideal. He felt that in it lay the poten- tlality of an instrument for the mate- rial and moral evolution of the highest type of American community. He gave liberally of his time and energy for its administration and to him it owes today & debt of gratitude. ‘The grief that is felt for the passing of this upright citizen, this true and beloved friend is assuaged by the re- flection that his contribution to the welfare of Washington was not evanes- cent, but rich and permanent. e France is frequently referred to as a peacefully disposed nation that would like to save enough money to buy any- ————— Mr. Gandhi Goes Home. Mr. Gandhi announced in London yesterday that he is returning to India, convinced that the round table con- ference is doomed to failure. He has engaged passage for Bombay on No- vember 29 and once he is on home grounds again the Mahatma will resume his fight against Eritish rule. The pro- Jjected Gandhl visit to the United States is off. What men of India, in- dependence brand, are wearing will, therefore, not be on view over here. It is just as well for Mr. Gandhi, for the weather in America in Winter would whip uncomfortably around loins be- by nothing but a shawl. independence. | tant forces as those for which he speaks i demands will be granted” | British climate, | comes to its futile end later this month. | might be made. thing it wants instead of fighting for it. | decked only in a cloth and across shoulders protected from chilly blasts ‘The Mahatma has spent roundly two months in England trying to win prac- tical sympathy for the cause of Indian He has been greeted with many manifestations of popular interest, and on all hands with that respect due to the leader of such impor- But, as Mr. Gandhi sorrowfully con- | fesses, “neither the King nor Premier MacDonald nor Lord Chancellor Sankey has given me any tangible basis for hope that any of the Indian national Under these circumstances the Mahatma feels he is wasting his time in the bleak though he plans to brave it until the round table conference While British Labor ruled the im- perial government at London there was always & hope that wide concessions in | much about & depression and so little the form of Indian self-government | about an era of great prosperity?” ‘With the recent oblit- eration of the Socialists in the general election and with the advent of the Conservatives to predominance, India’s independence aspirations went into & use of the adjzcuive 1n all 1ts connota- SSoiol'e SUD. | CAAMN b douhe sect in the arrival of 8ir John Simon in the { foreign secretaryship. Sir John, though not a Conservative, was the head of the royal commission which surveyed the | Indian problem on the spot a couple of clear conscience.” Mr. Gandhi repeats on every possible occasion that he does not countenance war or any other use of force to ac- complish the political revolution he espouses. Short of armed rebellion, it is difficult to imagine what the Indian Nationalists can do to throw off the hoted British yoke. They may resume surreptitious sait-making, passively re- sist in other directions, refuse to pay taxes ani otherwise rebel. But with British imperial opposition bulwarked | by that of the native princes and the IMoshlm»\. the cause of “free India” seems doomed to fruitlessness. g - England’s Giant Flying Boat. Apparently undiscouraged by the various mishaps that have befallen the great fying boat, the DO-X, the Brit- ish air ministry has announced that work will soon be started on a sea- plane twice the size of Dr. Claudius Dornler’s creation, and that when com- pleted it will be put into service be- tween Canada and England. Some idea of the size of the proposed air liner can be gained from the fact that motors developing sixty thousand horsepower are planned for it, as against the seven-thousand-two-hun- dred-horsepower plant of the DO-X. Its flying range is to be more than twenty-five hundred miles, with a speed of one hundred and twenty miles an hour, It is a bold undertaking upon which John Bull has embarked. Flying boats, even of the size of the two DO-X's, the second of which has just been com- pleted and delivered to Italy, to act as the flagship of its aerlal fleet, have by no means proved conspicuous successes. In the “lumbering” flight of the huge boat to this country trouble with motors or the plane were the rule rather than the exception. In fact, ever since its spectacular inaugural flight over Lake Constance in Switzerland the DO-X has been subject to a long series of misfortunes. Aerodynamically it is, perhaps, pos- sible to bulld a flying boat many times the size of the projected British craft, but the gasoline motor has not yet reached the stage where it can be de- pended upon to function with perfec- tion. Bigger and better ships will un- doubtedly come, but it will take vastly improved engines to give them any de- gree of reliability for fast aerial trans- port. ————— Hints that Japan may withdraw from the League of Nations put the ever active resignation rufmor on an inter- national basis. As in the case of smaller organizations, such a step might be forestalled by timely and courteous persuasion. e Many bakers have reduced the price terment, Mr. Larner always adhered|of bread and at the same time the salvias in October and taking them into price of wheat goes higher. It may be one of those instances in which everybody benefits by cultivating the good will of the consumer. - Modern travel has its difficulties, yet velopment of the educational institution ! it is undeniably easier than it was when George Washington rode in a stage coach. There was rougher going, but there was at least an abundance of parking space. v Railway improvements are accredited to Mr. McAdoo. Present conditions do not indicate that the improvements were as numerous or as durable as might be desirable. Democratic and Republican Con- gressmen might like to agree on some points if it were not for a possibility { that constituencies would regard such political conduct as unprofessional, [———_—v— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Learning. | You've got to learn to calculate And use your memory, t00, In order to participate In what the world must do. But too much toll's not good for men, Or so the wise folks say. So while we're learning, now and then We have to learn to play. ‘When ail the world seemed dark and grim ‘Through weary hours and long, We heard the march of battle hymn But not the careless song. The happiness we shall pursue That has seemed far away. Our studlies we'll resume anew And learn again to play. Musical Aid to Oratory. “What kind of music do you prefer?” “Patriotic music,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Even if you happen to for- get your speech you can show your heart’s in the right place if you have brought a band along to play ‘The Star Spangled Banner.'" Jud Tunkins says the drys always have the best of the argument if the wets keep givin' practical demonstra- tions of their ideas up to the saturation point. Mysterious Message. The Chinese words that I peruse Have left me sad. I pause and wonder if the news Is good or bad. " A friend explains the meaning true And this is it: “Your laundry bill is overdue. Kindly remit.” Just Huaman Nature, “Well,” said Mr. Dustin Stax, after & thoughtfui pause, “it's just human nature such as you'll see on a smaller £cale in & poker game where the losers invariably holler louder than the winners.” “Wise ancestors have spoken in vain,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “since only the wise, who are always | but few, can recognize and use wisdom.” Mechanistic Diplomacy. years ago. His findings were all against | 1y's money makes our nervous systems under the Simon plan. “I am afraid there are flery days'about,” said Uncle Eben. ahead,” laments the Mahatma in an- watermelon fades away, $egarding the income of the nouncing his homegoing program, *but is right in its prime” Jump. Machinery again with hope we view And hit the old cash register a thump To settle diplomatic points anew. “Dar is always sumpin’ to be thankful “When de a; pork chop “What is the reason you hear so| N( )WEMBER 10, 1931, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Salvia, old common salvia, is coming | to the fore in the garden these days, as the other flowers fade beneath the on- slaughts of Autumn. Now, we have never liked salvia—Its red is so intense and its green so bright. These elemental color combinations often offend. One must admit, however, as the sage stands up before the frost. that it is a pretty good plant, after all. Anything which can last so long and remain so bright is very much worth cultivating, Nicotiana 1s another plant which i resisting the advancing season well and which until & week or so ago bore flowers | 1ts foliage is still deep and rich, al- though the first real frost recently struck it a severe blow. Despite this, it is a grand flower, one must conf and one which comes nearer living up to the seedsmen's description than most. All gardeners are familiar with the enthusiasm of scedsmen in describing | thelr wares. And no gardener, even the amateur, can blame them in the least. “Blooms from June till frost,” says one description. “In flower from July until cut down by frost,” says another. Expericnce proves that few of these | plants ever come into bloom as early as the catalogues assert or last as long as frost. Most of the annuals in par- ticular seem willing to quit the struggle of life about the middle of October, or the first of November at the latest. e % ‘Therefore, it is refreshing to the In- experienced gardener to find a few things which actually live IIY to the | descriptions and give a slightly longer life than he expects. Chrysanthemums are all very well, but there are many who cannot work up a very great enthusiasm for the ordinary garden varietles. ‘The great “mums” which the florists dish up for $8 a dozen these days are truly glorious flowers. Even those which retail at half that price are beautiful and quite large enough for the average home. Garden-grown “mums,” on the other hand, often are nothing to brag about. They are nice flowers, but no better | than good zinnias or well grown asters. In fact, most home speclalists will pre- fer choice asters any day in the gar- dening year. ‘While asters and crysanthemums are essentially much alike, being composites, with their meny and closely petals, the prize must lle with the former in one of the finest features of a flower, namely, color. Asters, when well grown—and # is not easy—possess true pastel shades which are scarcely approached by the howler chrysanthemums, even of the “swellest” varieties. If one takes a blue vase and puts pale-pink asters in it, he will have as pretty a grouping as can be achieved with flowers, unless maybe pink roses | and gladioll or yellow snapdragons and the bluest of delphinium. * ok k% ‘What a splendid Christmas flower the salvia in its red form would make, far better than the too curious poinsettia, with its startling red flowers and its sprawly red leaves arranged at rather grotesque distances on the stalks. ‘The red and green of the salvia are the true red and green of Christmas. Somehow, this bright contrast is not disagreeable at the holiday season. Cus- tom makes it easy on the eyes. Perhaps by potting the smaller of the | the official instrument al woven | the house they might be kept in bloom until December 25, but one may doubt it after an ordinary espesicnce with growing flowers tid ‘There can be litl householders fall of i flowers owing to twu le Their homes #re (g bk s L Many will be wililig by sl first indictment ai v i Ui selves by rveferiiig Vissiahisiist thermometer nstiument 1o e Few homes grometers the wat Not every therefore, tiat Winter after the lieat o will be guilty on this more surely than on the wbl We know one Washingloi v whi stalled a hygro ter lusl Buminer when the Wealins Bureau was hitting 90 per cent himid ity every day Testing hin small natrument daily with the officlal reading, he olscoyered that it was temarkably sccurate, snd therefore could be deponded o fur proper Autumn readings When he first started his furnace the relative humidity in his home was 60 per_cent, ‘Three hours after the furnace s started the hand had gone back to & reading of 36 per cent, Despite the use of radiator pans be- hind all radlators, the humidity has never been higher than 55 since, wnd mostly around 40 since. The morning of the first real frost with the temperature of the living room gistering 72 degrees, the humidity was wh will [T Bl b v adiit is 36 ‘This was just somewhat better than the Sahara Desert, and probably more molst than the air of the average Lome where no thought at all s given to this essential matter. BRI It is no wonder, therefore, if many persons fail to grow flowers indoors with any satisfaction. The alr is too warm and too dry for potted plants, which do poorly in'such an atmosphere, wither, and finally turn yellow, A proper indoor temperature for flowers would be nearer 60 degrese than 70, and the relative humidity around 60 to 75. Theeauea(lon of alr humidity remains a vexed one, with little real sclentific data available for the layman. One may be forgiven for wondering if the .‘c;entllls know much about it them- selves. One hears people speak with edwtiusi- asm of the cold, dry Winters of the Far North. Life is pleasant in the Winter there, they declare, whereas they find our moist Winters extremely hard to endure, But living rooms of the land in Win- ter are dry enough, every one knows, so why should one put moisture into them? Yet there can be no doubt that more moisture is the need. The trouble comes in putting it into the air, Devices for doing this adequately are expensive, Most people will solve the growing of flowers indoors in Winter by the simple expedient of not growing them, with the exception perhaps of a bowl of paper-white narcissus, as they are called. It is well. ‘The gardener ought to have a vaca- tion. Save us from those enthusiasts who never cry halt on their hobbies! ‘These is no one more tiresome than the gardener who never gives his plants a rest, nor his friends, either. He would return to his yard with more enthusiasm in the Spring if he would give over in the Fall and permit the ncrmal stoppage of Winter to func- tion in his mind as well as in his garden. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands L UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.— ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has issued @ notice to the public that there is no obligation to| recelve more than 20 pesos in | colns cf less than one peso, either in | change after making a purchase, or in tecelving payment of & bill, due to the fact that so much currency of small denomination would weigh a kilogram or more, and be exceedingly incom- modious to carry abcut or handle. * ok ok % Dress Designer Uses Maps for Decorations. Neues Wiener Tagblatt: A well- kncwn designer of women's gowns has thought up a new idea, which will com- bine the mode with geography. Instead of flowers and Crnaments to embellish the costumes, he Suggesss the applica- tion of maps. He the five con- tinents to select from for the adorning of waists and afternoon frocks, and in his swudio he is already creating & model which shall be the “dernier crl of this vogue as surely as 1t is the first. However, the concept has its justifi- cation, both from the aspects of pa- triotism and da. Politics may play & role when a loyal German frau wears a colorful delineation of the Polish Corridor upon her ample flank, or an Austrian lady the representation of the northern frontier of Italy! Con- sider well, dear ladies, to what disturb- ing possibilities these reminiscences in epplique may lead! But there are possibilities for gooc, as well, For, when all the women [ various lands begin to cspi. the maps of various sectors, 115! 2ad of flowe:s and birds and butter- flles upon their garments, there will at last begin in reality the dream of the United States of Europe. ~Whether, until that consummation is effected, the new ornamentation will continue o be the “dernier cri"—that, manifestly, is another question! * Holds New South Wales in Charge of Communists. The Bulletin, Sydney, N. 8. W.— Every week the Bulletin gets a bundle | of letters from depositors, who write in horror that they can't get their money out of the N. S. W. Government Sav- ings Bank. Most of them are hard cases; many of them apparently have no idea that hundreds of cases are vastly harder than their own. nothing be done?” they ask. The only reply is that for the mo- ment nothing can be done. They and thousands of others must simply pay the price. The people of N. S. Wales have handed over control of their coun- try to gentlemen who, to say the least of it, are in the closest association with the Communists. Scercely a thing has been done by this government of v\hlt‘)} Moscow would not cordially approve; the chances are, indeed, that Moscow, directly or indirectly, suggested its whole policy. The objective is “soclall- zation.” Private property and private {enterprise are anathema. Sovietization is the means to the end, and we have had examples of it lately in the trans- rt bill, the greater Sydney bill, the Ibill to reduce interest, the bill to grab the funds of insurance offices, the un- employment relief tax, the dole—all measures tending to destroy or com- mandeer private property and ve ¢ supreme control not in Parliament, bu in the unio ¢+ is to_say, in_the he Trades Hall. Communist heads of t! et N Wales not a ha'porth of nt money in it. Every fraction of it was the private rty of the depositors, and every fon of profit was theirs. We elected vernment such_as this to have the this bank. Well, what could we far as the Bulletin is con cerned, the most appalling thing is that it 1s done in the name of Labor—a party which was founded on truth and jus- tice and fair dealing; which abhorred deceit and dishonesty in every form. Today, under the cloak of this party, and unknown to Lhousark\gs of t.!;:se who o i m'?u‘r"-:-r;n principle of decency. But, it % protested, we know these s go run of expect? But so men, these ministers, and they are quite decent fellows. They probably are. The Bulletin has nothing to do with them in the private lives. Stories are told at every corner of this man's bribes and that man’s surreptitious wealth. The Bulletin passes these stories as un- worthy of serious attention 99 times cut of a 100. It is not the rogues in private life who threaten our civilization to- day; it is the men with the crooked Vvision of public duty; the men who be- lieve that the end justifies the means; the men consequently who have no re- ::;sz‘or ’t;ox;;rlcut:r promises or obli- 3 ey stand in the their mission. md * oK ok K Successful Medical Treatment Depends on Patient. wEvening News, Glasgow.—(From How to Keep Fit” column)—It is doubtless flattering for a doctor to be regarded as a sort of sclentific magicion, but I often wish patients would realize that successful treatment depends al- most as much on themselves as upon their medical or surgical advisers. A cure is never produced solely by the physician's drugs or the surgeon’s knife. "It is the result of co-operation between doctor and patient, in which the latter’s “will to be well” is not less important than the former's skill and kn%;’{:dxe. is a point T wi particularly u';un tlmsg'sv}:]holoh;x;lemt';; care of invalids. Cheerfulness with- out bustle and a general atmosphere of quiet optimism play an important id in this direction part in recovery, an the nurse or ‘the relative acting in 0 even more good that capacity can ths“l}ht{leldolél;r. < al may perhaps be pe: to call the ps\'chulogicgl &<pc’ghn(:lflt$g nurse’s work is at no time more vital than during the trying period of con- valescence. ~ Then, ‘when the crisis of illness has passed, the patient first elecglllr(::e::) beDCunsClcus of his extreme epression enemy to be fought. Jf Khoucexs Change is the nurs s:ts:;l: patient out as possible. Put hi brightest and most cheerfu!“’:’o‘orll'nt?: the house, with a_window looking out onto the street. Everything should be as normal as possible; medicines should be kept out of sight. The great aim is to persuade the ;p::il(i‘nc.n!(.iha’t hle 1“; nov almost well s alrea everyday life of meyfnpx:;?;klng e The psychological value of change Is greater than is generally realized. That is why I always recommend & complete change of scene after a seri- ous illness. But when this is impos- sible, the lesser change into a fresh room, leaving behind all suggestions of a sick-bed, will go a long way toward hastening and consolidating the patient's recovery. - . Less Need for Horns. From the Loulsville Courier-Journal. If some motorists’ minds were as penetrating as their horns, there would be less need for horns. e’s best weapon. of the sick room e — Gold Standard Dropped. From the Topcka Dally Capital. A Topeka man says the fellow who sold him a 14-karat gold ring not long ago apparently had also dropped the gold standard. —_— i Japan Wants to Be Arbiter. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. It seems to be Tokio's idea that the §ino-Jap dispute should be referred to Japan for arbitration and settlement. plsel bt Variety of Relics. From the Janesville Daily Gazette. Nevada has a number of relics of & former civilization as wi 3 former marriages, - T %8 Telies o e Something Borah Overlooked. From the Lynchburg News. s overtooks the staieamen dou't hay NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM 1 G M. WEWION 1. BAKER: America at War. Ficderick Pelmer, DoAa, Mead & O b agiin Bk ki i title wnd fe netther bk, “Newton in purpose nor Wl cmventimsl biograpbic that right et fte front door i bas the Unite Jeelt, b enludied sud sentient AYRIELY Lo WY, A ImOmen- Jerid come W lite, active wireudy on s Way U worid confliet, A glant, bent that slruggle i both military meiiity. The aust of desth it 1 whiih i sl huilile, the hoi then, L lemcits of edther Thin perooitication, plate, eerries, in effec Vaphy A tlury W be wld. A report to be rendered. lts sols condition that of wuthenticity, unimpeacniable, The au- thukt Col.” Frederick Palmer, profes- #honal soldier, schoolea and trained to wilitery habit wnd outlook. A man, life-wise, hes not only to the ways of war in its stripped reality; but to Ui deep significance of 1ts effects, both near ar, as well, Himself upo the western tiont during the American occupancy of that wre A source o prise of muking suthentic record? No other where than the War Department iteelf, stored with every sort of exact information upon the subject in hand. And, likewise, no other one than the Becretary of War to open the priceless arcana to this wyiter who will have only the truth, stamped officially as such. aker, Becretary came together. of War, aud Col. Palme ‘The one requesting, the other con- senting, “Newton D. Baker: America at War" s the issue of that series of meetings. “The book 1s too long.” A critic at his job. Well, except for skilled crafts- manship, it would have been twice, or three times, its present 1,000 pages. For a second, picture the author, neck-deep in documents, huge harvest of official war carrnuung&nce, mlmtuy and civil, demestic and diplomatic, A prodiglous task. To assort this mountain of material, to eliminate the repetitious or irrelevant, to compress, to co-ordinate, to give proper stress here, to hold an easier hand there. The issue is 1,000 pages of organized fact on the subject of the war. Not “too long.” Do you think? “To diffused, too rambling” An- other critic speaking. ~As matter of fact, the great event itself was hardly a tidy affair. It did not fit the single |thread upon which a good novelist | strings romance or adventure. Instead, kere was a living thing, monstrous, ramping _and raging, confused, con- fusing. Bedlam loose in the open. It is this spirit, as well as the facts above and below and around it, that the au- thor has captured. Not “too rambling.” Do you think? At this exigent war hour the Secre- tary of War, Newton D Baker, was most influentlal, the most important man in America. And here he is. Certainly a man of business vision and habit. And so, a forward-looking man, envisaging thousand needs to be met immediately. Anticipating the slow processes of leg- islation, he made plans and programs to be spread broadcast for use the in- stant that action became law. The speed and thoroughness of the draft is & case in point. A sincere man, j wooing expert knowledge and advice. An adroit man, readjusting men and measures for efficiency, without too much of hurt to earlier competency grown lax. A silent man whose fre. quent “No” and less ready ‘“Yes” were final and time-saving. Yet the storm he raised from poli- ticlan and ambitious hero. But, did not partisanship and_self-seeking die in this crucial day? It seems not. A “pacifist’! Opproblous title! Yet— just a minute. Are we not all pacifists? Else what of our boasted civilization? Pacifists who revert, now and then, to primal savagery, driving us out to kill one another, After which it is as- sumed that we, purified by this bath of brother-blood, mount another rung in that human device, so naively named “clvilization.” However, Newton D. Baker, despite the clear disgrace of his convictions, went on helping the war by every means within his official and personal power. Armies mobilized, industry and mobilized no less than spirit of man himself. This documentary evidence alone, submitted by the writer, draws from the reader all homage for the sincerity, the competency, the achievements of the Secretary of War during America's supreme trial. Reading, one wonders about Fred- erick Palmer. Where did he {\;\‘_.cuxe poise and dignity of his course through this book, Where did he get the self- effacement, freedom from personal ob- trusion. Where the unbias of mind and eye? Is this due to his training, even in part? If it 1s, then West Point is worth its keep, along with its kind, in both peace and war. In hemely — civilian phrase the man “minds his own business” beautifully, besides being compact, chiefly, of straight common sense. A couple of pictures—“King Per- shing” over in France. A twisted smile or two right here. In truth he was “King Pershing” and some- thing of a martinet besides. Good thing, too. Seeing the poilu a bit shuffling and lax in off-duty behavior, and the Tommy, too, this commander decided, while waiting, to have a little West Point there in his own area. Just, perchance, to save a boy from his own ignorance and daze and death when the deep hour struck. Another picture—Secretary Baker over in France. Nobody's guest, just a man going about, everywhere, often alone, to see something of the day and night of the soldier boy from home, Just now he is talking to & company of our men, drawn up by the road- side. “And suddenly”—Col. Palmer talking—"T realized he was not saying what I had expected him to say. And through the friendly talk “shafts of sun- light from coast to coast of the home- land shot across the Atlantic” * ¢ '« and mingled with the sunlight of the Alps. And I knew then why these boys were there and the cause that brought them,” the cause of a common humanity. Only the Secretary of War speaking to & ccmpany of home boys along the roadside of France. One more word. A few paragraphs introducing & new chapter yield a curious idea. Not expressed, mind, but there, nevertheless. This thought is that George Washington and Elihu Root_have been the great and only American war masters. Organization. Organizaticn, Without 1t no genuine conduct of war, no true victory. George Washington had an organization. He himself was it. He was the war, the winning war. Then came the sequence of heagless conflicts. Then Elihu Root conceived the idea of a general staff. Expert knowledge framed it, Mr. Roct sponsored it and pushed it through. Today. as in Washington's, there is a centralized authority for future use in some other lapse from civilization on the part of America. Not possible to touch more than the high spots in this chronicle of America at war, in this summary of the Newton D. Baker's war service to the country. But, as & whole, here is a living thing. The sap of stir and growth is within it. A book for every American to read on account of its documentary character, left inviolate by the author. Now is the time to read it, for in the course of a few years some one will have taken this study as his source book. Consci- entiously he will have squeezed every drop of sap and life from it, fashioning {hereby a neat bundle of sticks, wooden and dry. And this will be the history book from which the young will gather in their notions of home and country in that day when the World War called America to the batf lds of Fran R ublic-sp! . p'hlr-h had to be w to be finance to be the collective | f materia; for the enter- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Did you ever write a letter to Fred- cated on the Island Molokal of the & personal letter. Here is a great edu- cation idea introduced into the lives of —American newspaper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a news- paper—service. There is no charge ex- cept 2 cents in coin or stamps for re- turn postage. Address Frederic J. Has- kin, Direclor, The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Washington, D. C. Q In what country did bowling orig- inate?—A. C A. Frank G. Menke says that this is a mystery, me authors foilow it back to Egypt and Greece. They point to painted and sculptured relics from these neien ns 1o bear them out. there is doubt as to whether these depict a game of bowls. Drawings exist in England today showing that lawn bowls actu middle of the twelfth century. This tends %o establish the English claim for creation of the bowis. D. L. A. The Negro Year Book says that in 1930 wealth accumulated by Negroes was estima‘ed at $2.600,000,000. They owned 750,000 homes, operated 1,000.- 000 farms and conducted 7,000 busi- nesses. of the great American dancer Ted Shawn?—W. McM. A. He was born October 21, 1801, in Kansas City, Mo. Q. What is meant by “frozen assets” of a bank?—J. E. S. A. Frozen assets consist of promissory notes and other evidences of indebted- ness, which, although they are good, cannot be collected immediately. For example, a bank has lent a man money on a note for a year. The note is per- fectly good, but business is bad for the bank, many people take their money out, and a lack of funds develops. The note and many like it cannot be turned into cash for some months because they n}'e not due. They are therefore called “frozen.” Q‘l.- ‘What kind of rice is “paddy”?— "A.“Paddy” is unhusked rice, whether growing or gathered. Q. Are submarine crews trained in the art of escaping from a submerged submarine?—M. 8. A. There is a submarine escape ap- pliance, commonly known as the “lung.” A tank has been built in which condi- tions present on a submerged subma- rine are simulated. Here the men are carefully trained. Q. Are rainbows ever seen at night? —W. McC. A. Occasionally. It results from the light of the moon shining on rain, but is feeble compared with the rainbow seen in the daytime. Q. Where was Dr. Alexis Carrel born lnfi 1;5- :tht is he particularly famous? A. Alexis Carrel, surgeon, was born at Sainte Foyles Lyon, France, June 28, 1873. He won the Nobel Prize in 1912 for successfully suturing blood vessels and the transplantation of organs. Q. Which of the two continents, North America or South America, has more square miles>—W. W. P. A. North America is larger. tains about 8,000,000 square South America contains al It con- les, while t 6,800,000. Q. Are sent to Molokai?—G. D. A. There is a large leper colony I Q. What was the year and birthplace | lepers from the United States | the most intelligent people in the world | But | y was a sport there in the | | eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any | Hawaiian group. This colony is only question of fact and get the answer in | for Hawaiians, but is managed by thc | United States Government. Q. When were the Trafl dollars made?—F. P. % R A. They were coined in 1926, They c:,,‘r;memlérntedu:he he}l;ol.!m of the fa- thers and mothers who traversed the Oregon Trail to the Far West. Q. Please list about 8 men noted for their achievements who were not partic- ?{mrx good students in their youth.— L P, A. The following might be included: Edicon, Thoreau, Vachel Lindsay, Mark Lindbergh, King Edward VII Meissonier. How serious did the depression of :e]r!n to the people living through A. Nearly 50,000 commercial houses failed between 1873 and 1878. By No- vember, 1873, pig iron could hardly be | sold at any price and by December 1 | half the furnaces and mills in the Q How much wealth has the Negro | country had shut down. Six months race accumulated in this country?—H. | later there were 175,000 men idle in | that industry alone. | scribed the situation in those five years, “a long, dismal tale of declining mar- | kets, exhaustion of capital, a lowering in velue of all kinds of property, in- cluding real estate; constant bank. ruptcies, close economy in business, and grinding frugality in living; idle mills, furnaces and factories, former profit- earning iron mills reduced to the value of a scrap heap; laborers out of em- ployment, reductions of wages, strikes and lockouts, the great railroad riots of 1877, suffering of the unemployed, depression and despair.” Recovery was fairly rapid. Q. Mdny Indian words end in “hoo- chee.” What does it mean?. C. 8. A. It is from the Creek “hutcha, meaning a mark or design, as, for in- stance, “Chattahoochee,” meaning pic- tured or designed rocks. QE. Why is glass cut under water?— "A.’ Because the vibration is less than in the air and the glass is therefore less liable to crack. Q. How many pennants has Connie Mack won?—N. T. A. His base ball team has won nine pennants. Q. In what constellations are all tne planets?>—C. F. M. A. During the month of November Mercury is moving from Libra across Scorpio to Ophiuchus. Mars will be in Scorpio and Ophiuchus. Jupiter is in Leo, Saturn in Sagittarius, Venus is moving from Libra to Ophiuchus and Uranus is in Eastern Pisces. Q. Who was the first to demonstrate t._hcei réoducuon of cold by evaporation? A. This fact, until his time unknown to sclence, was first demonstrated by Benjamin Franklin. He was, I not the discoverer. Q. Why is the Volta Bureau named?—A. A. o A. This bureau, dedicated to the deaf, derives its name and ment from the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs, awarded to Dr. Alexander - bham Bell in 1880. Dr. Bell invested the prize money in laboratory ewgmmt and experiments which led to vention of the phonograph-gramophone, which resulted in such a commerciai success that he disposed of his interest for $100,000 and set the sum aside for the Volta Bureau. Q Can a new style of wearing parel be paunted?szb. R. =8 W= A. The Patent Office says that wear- ing apparel is patentable subject matter. Italy’s proposal of a naval holiday as a preliminary to the coming con- ference of nations at Geneva impresses many Americans as a logical means of giving greater force to the tions of that conference. Approval from the American Government is believed to have been an important factor and BE T P m seve PO ve nlre‘qddy had a heartening effect on the “The present proposal,” according to the Chicago Daily News, “differs some- what from the Italian formula, which France and Japan strenuously opposed. It does nct involve suspension of naval construction already begun and so car- ries m)r t&reae of l|n e!gcres.se in D:R; army of e unemployed.” The News says of the principles involved: “Clearly, a general naval holiday would not reduce the relative strength or ef- ficlency of the American Navy. It is not incompatible with a policy of con- struction ‘i accordance with the - don treaty and the ratios established by it. Enlightened friends of the naval establishment will not take exception to such a proposal. A strong, adequate navy is essential to security, but inter- national naval holidays and equitably proportioned reduction programs are not inconsistent with that fundamental doc- e “Officially and popularly,” says the Wheeling Intelligencer, “this country al- ways has favored low armament, both on land and sea,” pointing to the fact that the United States has “gone to the point of refraining from building up to treaty strength”; that “we have em- braced every opportunity to favor fur- ther restriction of armed force,” and that “in the present instance the ad- ministration is merely living up to tra- ditional and consistent American policy —a position which has been maintained despite the tireless efforts of our alarm- ists and those interested in war ma- chinery.” i * ok ok X “The next step,” in the judgment of the Sioux City Journal, “would be a pact among the foremost naval powers and those of second and third rank binding all in a solemn agreement in the interest of both economy and peace.” The Journal adds that “the re- port from Geneva of partial success is with the coming arms conference, sched- uled for February. The conference thus would be held while the holiday was in effect. ‘The agreement would be bound to exert upon the conferees a powerful influence for armament reductions.” “The confidence begot by this move will give new assurance as larger issues arise,” thinks the Rochester Times- Union, holding t:at “it will add greatly to the success of the conference in burden off the shoulders of the nations participating,” while “a naval construc- tion holiday at this time would do much to alleviate international fear of war and thus help to restore confidence." “Its value chiefly is psychological cencludes the Providence Bulletin, pointing out that “actually, the relative positions of the varlous powers remain unchanged” and offering the appraisal: “No sacrifice of strength is involved. No national plans of ccnstruction, which are mapped out long in advance, are interfe: with. Work on vessels already under way is to bs maintained. Contracts already awarded for future construction, even during the holi year, are to be carried cut. Old units which would go out of active service during the year are allowed to be re- placed.” Conceding that “on the sur- face, it would seem that it 4s but a plous gesture,” the Bulletin states: “There is one feature of the holiday the public demand upon his patriotism ceased. Who was that man who “re- of more importance when connected | February and take a heavy financial | turned to his plowshare”? Cincinnatus? One of his names, maybe. The other name, the one we honor and pay trib- ute to is Newton D. Baker, self-declared iving lover of , but right-hand man to B oy e o . Naval Holiday Idea Appraised As World Stabilizing Force which may to be of importance to the future of the and that is that, for the first time the close of the war, and probably the first time in history, the tions are eing to st relative posit for one year.” hopes of the conference,” as viewed the Topeka Daily Capital, “if it can :" l;:lt}u 1n1 v:ln w:tmo;pher‘eu of suspended val rivalries and ambitions. certainly not the ot agreeing year,” contends the Salt Lake News, “will please a majority of the citizens of "the country, * ® ® jf armament preparations are reduced to & minimum, the success of disarmament at the conferen have larger chances. Hoover’s disposition is manifestly ward peace and disarmament, but he has an added interest in reducing pub- in (28 Ry, bt T o e, Bot only ;3 dej oining the conclusion tha. the truce “is expected to contribute to_the Success of the conference,” the Port Huron Times-Herald emphasizes the fact that work on existing projects will continue, and presents the general esti- mate of the situation: “It is agreed that to throw a lot of men out of their Jjobs suddenly at this time would be bad eccnomie practice. Will be started, however, during this year, and that will be another small step along the way the world's states- men are trying to lead us. That we are going mighty slowly ought not to worry us greatly. The world has been more than 2,000 years in up its navies. We should have no reason ety e e we without them ‘again.” i Good Policy All Around. From the San Antonio Evening Ne United States Office of Education, in & recent survey, established a direct relationship between literacy and pur- chasing power. Of course, & com- munity reporting a high illiteracy per- centage in the 1930 Census would be expected to buy fewer newspapers, magazines and books than one in which almost_everybody can read. However, the official investigators learned that the demand for all sorts of articles— necessities, as well as luxuries—almost invariably increases as illiteracy de- creases. Various explanations might be advanced, but perhaps the most ob- vious is that educated people have the greater earning power. A consideration scarcely less im- portant is that persons who read know more about things to buy. They keep in touch with progress through the advertisements, as well as the news, in the daily newspapers. One strong argu- ment for the adult-education movement to- From it a that sturdy anti-illiteracy movement policy. —r—— “Keep the Change.” From the Toledo Blade. A phrase thit has become almost ob- solete: een the change.” E— - oot Last Resort. From the Columbia (5. C.) Record.