Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 6

A6 » —— THE EVENING STAR, ] WASHINGTON, D. . TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932. THE EVENING ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY January 19, 1932 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 1 and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office. 110 East 43nd St Chicago Office: Lake Michizgan Bullding. Furopean Office. 14 Regent 8. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star i 45c per month Vening and Sunday Siar e undays) 60c per month iar ....65¢c per month Sc ber copy ¢ the end of each month ers may be sent in by mail or telephone ional 5000. KAt Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Ma ; and and Virginia. ily and Sunday $10.00: 1 mo.. 88¢ ily only unday only $600: 1 mo’ 50 $9.00 1 mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. Iy and Sunday...1yr.$1700 1mo. $100 Bally ohty 135 %3800 1mo. 3¢ nday only 1 500, 1 mo 1yr 1yr 15r s0c The Assoctated Precs is exclusivel to the for rcpublication of al atches credited to it or not othe ted in this paper and sisa the L published herein. All rizhts of publication of | special ches herein are also reserved = <o The More the Merrier. The confused tangle resulting from | ecmpetition be.ween two forms of com- mon carriers, onc of them the street cars, subject to strict regulation: the| other the taxicabs, practically free from any regulation. promises to add another knot. The prospect now is for competition between the taxicabs on | the same sort of basis—one group of taxicabs coming within regulatory prae hibitions laid down by the Public Utilie| ties Commission, the other group Te- maining, for the time being, free from any such regulatory prohibitions, The Public Utilities Commission has | declined to grant the petition of the | Black & White and Yellow taxicab companies to reduce their rates to the 20-40-60-cent zone scale now used by | other taxi companies. The new taxi- cab code, supposed to have become ef- fective on the 10th of this month, pro- hibits reductions in rates until all taxi- cabs have complied with the meter-in- stalling order. Yet the meter-installing order is before the courts. Its validity is at stake, and if it is declared to be valid, it will not be applied until sixty deys after the decision of the courts. In the meantime the House has gone on record as opposing the meter order. To add just a little more confusion, the meter-installing order is merely a part of the new taxicab code, while the non- rate-reducing order is another part. *The validity of the code apparently de- pends upon the validity of the meter- installation order. It is difficult to conceive any condi- tion that would uphold the Public Util- ities Commission’s view that a minority of cabs must operate at a high rate of fare in competition with the majority already operating at & low rate. It is only natural that the Black & White Co. and the Yellow Taxicab Co. have taken the same view of the matter, and, despite the commission’s refusal to grant permission, have gone ahead and adopted the new rates without waiting for acceptance or refusal of its petition. Apparently the city 1s in for a con- vincing demonstration of the utter futility of attempting to deal with the taxicab situation without specific leg- islation. The Black & White and the Yellow Taxicab companies are evidently preparing for such a demonstration by bringing to Washington a large number of new taxicabs and operating them at the prevailing low rates of fare. If this precipitates another gwar” there is little doubt that its outcome will be strict regulation of the cabs as commeon carriers. It is absurd to believe that any group serving one class of the pub- lic has the right to the special privileges | enjoyed by the taxicabs, or that they can be allowed to compete, unregulated, with other fcrms of regulated trans- | portation. If a demonstration of how the streets may be monopolized by unregulated taxicab operation is the only thing that can hasten reasonable regulation, bring on the demonstration! It is! high time that definite action be taken to put an end to the dangers inherent in such a condition. Tremendous hubbub’ over locking lhe; stable after the horse is gone and seek- | | STAR | can be expected. As a matter of fact] those who are in the higher posts of the diplomatic service are scrupulously careful to observe the laws and rules. The trouble arises in almost all in- stances in the cases of subordinates at- tached to the foreign legations and embassies, usually newcomers. It is interesting to note that in this Abyssinian episode there was a mix- ture of aboriginality and sophistica- tion. The policeman represented the modern mode of government. The flare-up of temper reflected the bar- baric spirit that remains in the land of ancient Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, the emperor, is surrounded by all the ap- purtenances of up-to-date government, but just a step beyond is the jungle. R The Governors' Year. The Governor's chair as a stepping stone to the White House has been a | common factor in the selection of | Democratic presidential candidates. | This year there is an unusually larg crop of gubernatorial candidates for | the party’s nominetion for Chief Execu- tive of the United States, Governors | and former Governors. For example, | ' there are Roosevelt of New York, White | of Ohio, Ritchie of Maryland, Moore | of New Jersey, Bryan of Nebraska and | “Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Oklahoma, | among the sitting Democratic Gover- nors, all of whom, it is expected, will be balloted for at the Democratic Na- | tional Conventicn. Alfred E. Smith of | New York, James V. Cox of Ohio and Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia are for- | mer Governors Wwhose names are con- | stantly drawn into discussion of presi- dential candiates. While the honor | may in the end go to the Senate or | the House, or even to a former Secre- | tary of War, Newton D. Baker of Ohio, | or a capitalist, Owen D. Young of New York, the Governors still seem to bave he edge in this contest. The only two Democratic Presidents | of the United States since the days of the Civil War were Governors of their States before they entered the White | House, Grover Cleveland of New York | and Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. And four years ago the Democ nominated for President the then Gov- ernor of New York, Al Smith, In 1920 the Democrats nominated Gov. Cox of Ohio for President, and placed on the ticket with him as vice presidential | candidate the present Governor New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Be- fore that was the Bryan era, when the Demoseuts selected the “Commoner” threc times for the presidential nomi- nation, sandwiching in Judge Alton B.| Parker of New York as their candidate | in 1904. | The gubernatorial office should be| and is good training for the presidency It does not follow always that a man; who has made a good Governor of a State will make a good Chief Execu- | tive of the United States. He “might be well fitted to deal with problems | local to a State, but not qualified tol deal with the problems of the Nation, requiring a wider vision. But the ex- perience of dealing With the political forces in & State stands in good stead | with a Governor who later becomes | President, when he has to deal with| the political forces of & Nation. | Two of the most successful Presi- dents of the Republican party since| the days of Abraham Lincoln—Roose- velt and Coolidge—served first as Gov- ernor of New York and Massachu- setts, respectively. Both reccived vice presidential nominations and succeed- ed to the presidency on the death of the Chief Executive. The Democrats, it is true, have other candidates than Governors of States to offer for the presidential nomination in 1932. But the Governors and former { dences are brought to light has not of |- | Have we got to be reminded of that, too, | to change the common sign, ing been sealed something like 3,250 years ago, while the Oaxaca tomb is approximately dated at “some time in or before the fifteenth century A.D.” Despite the wide span of time be- tween these two sepulchres there seems, in the light of the rather meager re- ports of the Mexican find, a striking likeness in the richness of the materials that were placed in the tombs. The | importance of the discovery in the hills ion the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, lay in the perfect condition in which these treasures had been pre- served despite the lapse of thirty-two centuries, as well as in their beauty and | the manner in which they reflected the life of the period of the young monarch. At Oaxaca, likewise, the tomb seems to have kept the precious materials intact, against despoilers and the ravages of time. If there are further finds to be made in the reglon where “these priceless articles have come to light they will probably be of great historic impor- tance. The story of Mexico preceding the “discovery” of America is not yet fully told. There are gaps in the rec- ords to be filled &nd there are mys- teries to be solved. The relationship between the various “clvilizations” that thrived in the land is still to be traced and established. The origin of the culture of which these occcsional evi- yet been identified. Recently in Ecua- dor a tomb was found that contained a great number of articles indicative of an Asiatic origin. In Yucatan for some years explorations have been con- ducted with remarkable success, yield- ing treasures of architecture that de- note a culture different in some re- spects from those that existed on the western coast of the American hemis- phere. Steadily the chapters of the story are being brought forth, not in chronological order and still to be wrought into a sequential account of the history of man in the so-called western world. e — What with the rosebuds out, small boys wading and store windows brim- ful of snappy articles of attire and dis- attire for the Florida season, Wash- ingtonians recently have been tempted to carry wrist-calendars at which to take frequent glances. o The first, or smallest, string on & violin is now of fine steel wire instead of the former gut. This will cramp the style of the parlor “obliger,” who, when tired of giving frec amusement, would surreptitiously break that string with a quick snap of his fingers. S, Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton and her newest spouse are off for Cuba and Jamaica. There are fortunately no des- erts in either of these islands into which one can wander. sh author has just issued & book describing the late Florida boom. in addition to the present stock market reports? ————————— Senator Sheppard of Texas has coined a mew word—"Hippocketeer"— the meaning of which is obvious. This leads naturally to still another new one —*Flaskfrisker.” How would it do as a depression-lifter as Usual During Alterations’ reading “Business Better During Alter- ations”? r e —————— It would appear that Mr. Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania likes to 80 ambassadoring and does not care who knows it. Governors not only outnumber, but they almost crowd the rest of the po- | tential candidates out of the picture,‘ despite the fact that John N. Garner, A Speaker of the House, is threatening BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ad into the Inr’lro\md.i 7 l;n;esslon. to stick his he: = + |1 reckons dat dis good old world were The Discoverer of Snowflake Art. meant foh happiness, Fifty-one years ago # lad of ffteen | yy¢ jeg: 4 Jittle trouble, so's to help us, at Jericho, V., received from his mother | il a birthday gift of & small MICrOSCOPE. |y measure up de difference of things This was the beginning of one of the | ponil i most. interesting rescarches Known | e you works, you never kin appre- ; 4 e clate de play. known throughout the world as the | S “snowflake man,” is dead and mourned | Old Winter comes a-howlln' an” a-blus- by many who never knew him person- terin’ thoo de sky, ally but who enjoyed the fruits of his is always sure to come labors in photographing crystals. With - e —t— SHOOTING STARS. ——— But de sun a-smilin’ by an’ by ing to discover whether the provisions of the so-called La Follette anti-merger | act have been violated in reported pur- | chase of local companies by outside| interests will not accomplish much. | s | According to an American schoolboy | the Moratorium is “a big ocean liner.” | Sure, and some claim that among her | officers are Davy Jones, the Flying Dutchman and Jonah. ! A crew of only thirteen men recently sailed a full-rigged “windjammer” | around Cape Horn. There were prob- ably a good many interruptions to that forecastle bridge tournament. A Mishap in Abyssinia. Diplomatic immunity evidently does not wholly prevail in Abyssinia, accord- ing to a tale that has just come from Addis Ababa, the capital of that country. The American minister's motor car by mischance ran over the foot of a native woman. The car was stopped. the minister, who was riding in it at the time of the accident, alighted to inquire as to her injuries which proved to be slight, and then up came a policeman, who placed the chauffeur under arrest. The minister protested and an argument ensued, with other policemen taking part, and s scuffie followed, in the course of which the minister was knocked down. No further particulars are at hand, though it is to be assumed that proper amends were made at once by the Emperor, who has from time to time bestowed numerous ‘gifts upon the envoy, including the costume of a na- tive warrior, with lion's skin, a helmet of lion's manes and a silver-mounted lance. If the native Abyssinian method of dealing with diplomatic personages who transgress the traffic rules were to be adopted here the State Depart- ment would be kept busy straightening out perplexing cases. Arrests must not sought gold of the traditional “lost be made for even the gravest of offenses against the regulations. Complaints De hardes' frost dar ever was could never hit so deep Dat de blossoms wouldn't waken when dey'd had deir little sleep. Trouble come a-roarin’ an’ ram- his first microscope, which was little more than a toy, he made the ac- quaintance of the snowflakes and, charmed by their beauty and regularity of form and infinite v: , he began to sketch their patterns. is was not a| pagin’ roun’ de place, satisfactory method of making records, | gyt his doip’s never last, exceptin’ foh and he induced his parents to buy him | a little space; a photographic equipment. In 1884 he | Ap' even January skies gits bright to succeeded in making successful photo- | let you see graphs of the crystals, and he pursued | pat happiness is most of what dis world | ie or this work until at the time of his death he had made more than 5000 photo- | micrographs of snow, 600 of frost, 200 | of ice and ice crystals and hail and | many other hundreds of dew, clouds and | raindrops. The location of his home was particularly favorable to this study, for the atmospheric conditions are such | that the crystal formations are pre served intact long enough after falling to permit enlargement and reproduc- | tton. Purthermore, there is a wider range {of forms in that latitude. The photo- | graphs of Bentley have been adapted by | | jewelers and interior decorators for de- | | signs and modeis. Public schools and schools of*art use them. Designs for wall paper, silks, china and glass objects have been based upon them. His mono- | graphs on the subjects have gained wide circulation and his photographs and plates are always in demand for com- ! wercial and educational purposes. Bent- | ley gave the world knowledge of a form ' of beauty not before realized in its per- fection and variety. Thus from a sim- ple birthday gift developed a science end an art. L O In connection with the continued re- fusal to give up those Colombian rec- ords, could it be that there is another tune on the other side? S aa Mexican Tomb Treasures. Discovery of an ancient tomb near Oaxaca, Mexico, containing remarka- bly rich treasures of indeterminate age has inspired the hope that the long- cities” of that strange land may now be unearthed. The find is of the great- can be laid against the offending indi- viduals, but there Is no way in which | pared With the uncovering of the tomb | est archeological importance. It is com- was meant to be. To Be Handled With Care. “A little nonsense now and then—" “I know,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But that fact doesn't justify some of us in taking it.seriously and acting as it we were proud of it.” The man who seems cheerful and contented, no matter what happens, does something toward transforming the vice of hypocrisy into a virtue. The Country Is Safe! Although suggestions they may boldly drop, We still rejoice, for none will dare to frame A scheme of legislation meant to stop The three-ring circus or the base ball game. The Decline of Chivalry. “You never thank a man for giving you a seat in a street car.” “Not any more,” replied Miss Cay- enne. “I used to until I noticed that almost invariably he was going to get ! out at the next corner, anyhow.” Art Confusion. “Worried?” asked the friend. “Terribly,” replied the grand opera | manager. “The prima donna won't do ! anything but kick, and the premiere danseuse insists on making a ‘holler.”” Reckless Quotations. A statesman heard with helpless dread A speech with strange quotations fraught, | And wondered how he could have said So much he hadn't even thought. “One o' de mos’ tryin® people I know they can be visited with reprisal. Their 'of Tut-ankh-Amen in Egypt. In point’ ot” said Uncle Eben, “is a man who own governments may chaslise them, of date of origin, of course, there is no thinks he's ener of the short-lived King of Egypt’ hnv-l THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Stop whining,” he said. The other stopped. What else could he do, sensible man? No one likes to be told that he 1, making & long-drawn complaining cry, as of a dog. Few persons picture themselves as in- dulging in querulous talk, to wit, com- plaining, peevish talk. being & | ard formula, “Now, if I were you—" | may be very discerning. Yet no doubt thousands of human be- | ings, in offices and clsewhere, do whine, do complain, day after day They may regard it as just conversa- tlon, but the clear-seeing bystander knows it for what it is. “Stop whining,” he thinks, if he does not say as much. * ok k x The futility of whining is its worsf feature. If it got one anywhere, it might be different. As it i, no human ever advanced himself or his cause by whining. There is an old maxim, “Nothing suc- ceeds like success.” If whining suc- ceeded, everybody would whine. The world would be afflicted with more whiner’s than it has now. But whining doesn’t work. Where it falls down is in the person to whom the low moaning must be done. It isn’t whining, of course, if one goes straat to headquarters. That known, officially, as a kick. * ¥ ok %k Whining is done when one hasn't the nerve (there is a better word) to go ¢ | third party. being is | eve stralght to headquarters with a legiti- | mate kick, but must make a roundabout approach through the medium of a i party. . Now a third party in any affair is often necessary, but usually unsatisfac- tory. 1In the first place, the average third pa isn't much interested one's wan! in one's lacks, in one's problems, He is too busy with his own prob- lems! If any one doubts that the average man is a perfectly selfish animal, let him take to him a simple, every-day problem. He will see shortly how trivial | pecv i PSiathy may be reckoned the his viewpoint is and how the other makes no attempt to enter into a decent consideration of it. XN The best the third party will do, i most cases, is to give advice. Mankind is supremely generous when it comes to giving advice If human beings gave pity. and love, and kindliness, and honest considera- tion one-thousandth as easily and freely as they gave advice, there would emerge a new world overnight. As it is, we like to give advice be- cause it costs us nothing—not even thought And, since every one realizes this, every one is suspicious of it, and re- fuses to take it. (That is why most people have so much advice to give, be- cause on one ever takes any of it.) kA kT in| | advice b n | keep such complaints from becoming | other human being a real service. Go whining to some third party, if | you will. No sooner is the long-drawn com- plaining cry (as of a dog) out of your precious mouth than this dear third party will snap forth some advice. It is the quickness of his reply which gives him away. If only he required until tomorrow to come to a decision one might think he really intended to | him no good. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands RANS - PACIFIC, Tokio.— T h e | beneficial Nippon Yusen Kaisha, which now has 15 of its ships tied up at various ports of Japan, has decided to seil them if there are buyers. Among these ships are the Yaiyo Maru, one of the largest ships of the concern’s fleet, the Sado Maru and the Aki Maru, all exceeding 9,000 tons. The Kcbe Shipowners' Association has adopted a resolution advising the gov- ernment to replace the gold embargo as the most effective measure for relieving the shipping depression. The organi- zation also has adopted a calling for a general tie-up of ships to counteract the immediate business de- pression. The Jepan Shipowners’ As sociation has adopted a similar reso- lution. Dance ¥ In Shanghai. Kuo Min, Shanghai (translation by the North-China Daily News).— All cabarets and dancing halls in Greater Shanghai will be ciosed while licens: for those about to be opened will withl by the local Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs. Public announcements will also be issued exhorting the people to forego this form of amusement, sO that attention may be concentrated by the nation on the defense of the country. Thi~ action is taken in pursuance with an order from the ministry of the interior to the effect that a ban be im- posed on all such establishments during the present period of national crisis. The municipal government of Greater Shanghai has issued instructions to the Bureau of Social Affairs accordingly. x ok kx Belgium May Forgive, But She Cannot Forget. Le Soir, Brusscls.—On Noveraber 11, 1918, the defeated Germans signed the armistice. After deluging Europe with fire and blood, the Kaiser had taken flight; the republic had been proclaimed in the Reich. A year later, at Versailles, the Germans ratified a treaty by which they bound themsclves, especially, to re- pair the wrong and injury done to Bel- gium. In 1931 the Germans repudiated this promise, as they repudiated in 1914 that other promisc they had signed guaranteeing our neutrality. The rea- son assigned by the Germans for seek- ing a moratorium on their reparation payments was their “poverty.” But was it a genuine poverty? The experts at Basle this year com- puted at 25': milliards (25,500,000,000) of marks the total of the loans to Ger- many during the years 1924 to 1930, in- clusive. Indeed,” an inquiry by the French government independent of the other, put this figure at 28.000,000,000, or 168,000.000,000 of French francs in seven years— 24,000,000,000 francs a year To what use has all this money been put — furnished for the most part by America and England? Not to the pa ment of reparations, that is certair Indeed therc is an insistence in certain quarters that reparations, the national debt, should come after private obliga- tions. They say that unless Germany is enabled by the leniency of creditor na- ions to repay first her later obligations —that is, her “frozen credits,” England and America, in particular, will suffer cruelly. But what about us? Whatever they say, America is rich, and will stay rich. As for English finance, it, too, is far less cramped than they try to make out. In fact, just here lately” L'Osservatore Romano announced the formation of an Anglo-Italian company with a capital of 5,000,000,000 lire ($260,000,000), under the auspices of the Westminster Con- tract Corporation of London. L'Osservatore Romano _states —for the education of vouth, along Fascist lines, persumably, etc. ~Mean- while war reparations are delayed, and probably will be canceled altogether. England does not miss them. The Young plan is forgotten. The Bishop of Berlin now declares that the war begun in 1914 by Ger- many was a just war, justified by re- ligion, in the legitimate interests of German national defense. Was the i vasion of Belgium a factor in this, gitimate defense?” Now, at & time when unemployment, resolution | put some intellectual effort on the | problem. He begins, however, with the stand- And that reveals him at once to the discerning whiner. For even a whiner We hope no one will get the idea that whining isn't done by capable peoplg. Some of the best people in the world indulge in whining upon occasion. It seems nec- essary. One is led to it by a receptive attitude on the part of another. Or mistakes sympathy for interest. Often the man who would repudiate it in another will do it himself. until at last he realizes his crime of his own accord, or is put in the way of realizing it by the pointed remark of an unusual * X X “Now, i I were you— This standard _introductory remark reveals the fact that the other person has made no attempt at all to look at the problem from any other standpoint than his own. Instead of considering the matter from the angles of fruth and justice, he immediately puts his own likes and dislikes to work. Thus he may state truly enough 1 were you, I would do so and sc What the other wants to hear, how- | r, is what he should do himself. | 1t'is his own personal problem, which | he has revealed to another. Because it is solely his own it cannot be hitched | up to the likes and dislikes of another | and made to go in such harness. ok e The best that this sort of whining ever did for anybody was to gather in a little sympathy. Sympathy is almost ! as easily given as advice, but, being | from the heart, as we say It | rather than the mind, it makes an appeal to the | emotional nature. Ready sympathy is needed by the average nature much more often than | The truth seems to be that one | man is about as wise as another, and | that he is able to advise himself as readily as another. Sympathy must come from another. best product of querulous talk It may be admitted that there arise constantly in life situations which seem to demand complaint. But one should peevish. Because many cannot achieve this, they whine. And fortunate are they, then, if they are brought up sharp by some one whom they respect and admire, who says: “Stop whining.” The man who utters this brief sen- tence, even if in a jocular fashion—and often’ better that way—has done an- He points out the futility of going to a third party, when one should go straight to headquarters, as it were. i I1f one is not brave enough to go| there, one would do best to keep one's | long-drawn complaining cry to one's | self, and suffer in silence, until the| time comes when one may put up a| genuine howl. A howl, by the way, is “a long doleful | cry of a dog, wolf, etc.” With human beings, it s a loud cry of pain, of a vell of derision. - When a ‘whine gets to the howling stage, a human being stops taking just one human being into his confidence .and -takes in the whole world. Until then, let him refuse to whine, principally because it will do international discussion, we | see war flaming anew in the Orient, while, on the other hand, who is at- tempting to disarm the black shirts of Italy, the red blouses of Russia, the Hitlerites and their allies, the Austrian Fascists? Belgium is the most pacific country ' in the world. It was not her armament that provoked tie war in 1914, but her disarmament, which incited Germany to trample over her prostrate body to strike France in the back. Only a gen- uine and universal peace can save the today. But let’s not deceive our- this peace will not be attained by fand permanence to fleeting oral aid | survey and review of her own experi- | from United States Senators who have that | Federal C this sum and other loans to follow will | States’ law be used by Il Duce on his pet projects | lawbreakers. financing military demonstrations. The book of Gen. Galet on “Belgium in 1914-18" appeared recently. Belgians | interested in the destiny of their coun- |try should read it. They should also | read Kautsky Ludwig and Von Buelow. | They will derive some priceless informa- tion. And though we hear the cr “Long Hve peace—down with war!"— still we remember! We may forgive—it the exercise of a Christian sentiment | —an act of human charity. But we do not. forget! ~Obliviousness is a malady which too frequently proves fatal. Re- ~ember!! | == e 'Law Enforcement ! Country’s Great Need To the Editor of The Star: | I have the honor to be chaplain and for a few |on Oahu Isiand, then went to the | Philippine Islands in the war with | Spain, where I soldiered one year. | Therefore I write to say I believe that | the outrageous and unparalleled acts of | wickedness and crime that have been going on in Honolulu are without ex- cuse and very hurtful to both Army and Navy. The civilized world is shocked by the loose way the law has been enforced in the United States, in the Army and Navy and in civil life. This is the cause of such a wave of crime that our country is disgraced as | no other country in the world is dis- graced. A gang of rapists in the Army or Navy or in civil life have no right to | live” The family is God's first unit, and every husband God-given right to protect his wife, and every father or mother has a God given right to protect their children. This is true | under the civil law as well as under God’s grace. We need a revival of law enforcement in the United States more than we need any other thing. Respect for the law should be taught in every chool of learning in the United States as well as in every family. If the courts will not enforce the law, then we shoul abolish the courts ana cut down on ex- penses. The purpose of the law is to punish the guilty. This is the only way to restrain crime and protect the inno- cent. In 1866, just after the Civil War, we broke up “horse stealing” in Southern Arkansas by hanging horse thieves. The only way to stop murdering is to hang murderers. The only way to stop bank robberies is to hang bank robbers. Let this be done for the next 10 years and the United States will be a “fit place for democracy.” Put the law in the hands of its friends and any law can be enforced. ‘The most disgusting things I have heard in Washington are a retired Army days soldiered said on the floor of the Senate that the prohibition law cannot be enforced. In this way they encourage the “reds” and the “wets” to violate the law. In order to become a Senator these very same men, with hands upheld, swore that they would “upheld” the majesty of the titution, as well "as the Lawmakers must not be FRANK M. WELLS. ———— Steadiness in Home. From the Miami Daily News. John Drinkwater advises statesmen to read Shakespeare as a steadying influ- ence. Another steadying influence that might be suggested to some statesmen is Drink Water. e Note Shortens Winter. | Many NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM L. G. M. ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.! Ruth Bryan Owen. Foreword by William Lyon Phelps. New York: Horace Liveright. The legacy of Demosthenes and Cicero to the Daniel Websters and Patrick Henrys of later years has spent itself. Oratory, as such, has gone by. The nearest approach to it nowadays comes by way of the American political campaign. But here, old wisdoms and the high spirit of true eloquence are sullied, too often, by villification. | philippic, and plain abuse that turn the great sonances to rough brayings and empty bellowings, to the snapping and snarling of angry dogs. And yet, public speaking, in the cur- rent sense, is decidedly a going concern The radio, its programs running the clock around, is an active promoter in this direction. There are, besides countless bands, camps, guilds, asso- ciations and other whatnot of social civil and political purpose, that call foi a deal of speechmaking by one and onother qualified to instruct, to guide, to inspire in the multifarious concerns of these collective bodies. To give pause books also are required. Here is a book that fronts upon the theme of “Public Speaking.” A prac- tical book. This is the exclusive stamp of it. Less than 200 pages long, it stays by the elements of the subject, does not wander from the plain essen- tials of the matter in hand. It has a mind for the busy reader’s need of time saving. It does not blunder across the path of the speeding day's demands It goes along with these current neces- sities of an existence fitted with wings and on its way. Direct therefore. In the main drawn from personal experi- ence in the business of making & speaker out of herself. Why speak in public at all? This the pertinent open- ing of the subject. And the answers come trooping from every direction in the common affairs of any day's do- ings. The direct simplicity of this ap- proach is interesting. Those readine like to meet the familiar, the well known, now and then. This they dc here. In' concrete sum, this is the way of it. An audience. A speaker. The latter | has something of moment and interest to deliver, or thinks he has. The task, to get it across, to pass it out of him- self and over into the minds and hearts of those before him. The medium of such transmission is but himself— voice, attitude, gesture, dress, all of those elements that sum in the idca of personality, an animated and offer- ing personality, with something to give | and a great sincerity of belief in the | gift tself. The power of transmitting ideas and feelings by way of the| speaker’s single medium, himself. That | is the problem. And Ruth Bryan Owen, member of Congress, goes straight, to herself for the lessons here set down for Teaders. She hersell has made countless public | appearances in behalf of political and | social ends. She heyself has risen to| a place of her own making, where her | right. to give Jessons and to define the purposes of ‘the subject are. unques-{ tioned. . So here she wpeaks of voice| and personality, of mind contacts and fusions according to the laws of a working psychology, of making thought, feeling and action a unit as between speaker and listeners, of extemporane- | ous work in contrast to the carefully | prepared example of argument or per- | suasion. Speaks of these elements and many another in this straightforward ence in_educating a public speaker to her self-elected career. Evidence of wide reading is here. Lavish references bearing upon the general subject serve | to link both writer and reader with loquent and celebrated speakers in a | sort of class room exercise of personal | testimony about the ways of growth | in the high art under consideration. | Reading in deep enjoyment, one all | the time feels down -deep, however, | that in respect to oratory and the ! power of high eloquence. The Hon.| Ruthi Bryan Owen chose her imme- diate ancestor in more discriminating mood than the rest of us were able to do So, in regard to this, she, as her own object lesson, must expect some little shortage of achicvement in the training of others by way of “Elements of Public Speaking.” * k Xk X THE THREE OWLS: Contemporary Criticism of Chiidren’s Books; 1927- 1930. Written and edited by Anne Carroll Moore. New York: Coward- McCann. Spread opulently across cover page and fly leaf of this book is a picture by Jay Van Everen of the “three owls” themselves. Of the very essence of wisdom, these three, perched high in a down-looking deliberation of the sad case before them. Due to the “owls” entirely that a change has been wrought in the matter of books for children. Due to them, without question, that the mummies of literature for the young- sters have been hustled away to the place where dead things belong. Due to them that live folks—literary, artis- tic, understanding, sympathetic—have been summoned to take a robust hand in a business of great importance. And nere we find them, a hearty and joyful company, reading children’s books and reviewing them, much as competent crit- ics look after current reading intended for elders. Among those chosen are Joseph Auslander, Walter de la Mare, Laura Benet, John Farrar, Lynd Ward, Will Cuppy and many another. The | contributors range from Washington Irving, Hawthorne and Poe to Carl Sand Sandburg and Charles Lindbergh, with a host of other worth-whiles both before the first of these and following along with the latest of them. And the artists! A joy, indeed, are the illustra- tions of this book. Look at these pic- tures. Then turn to page 436, where Helen Hammett Owen has given a chapter of notes on the artists who have contributed in such fine inspiration to the good intent of the three owls them- | selves. Stories, criticism, illustrations— these of the best in current affairs. of the tales are, naturally, of older ages. If this is not a book of promise for a needy world of young- sters thaé have been as greatly mi treated as their elders have been mis guided in the matter of literature for children, why, if it is not, then the owl is, after all, a foolish bird. And/ I'm another. But we are not foolish. And some of us have long been looking for the great day to dawn when chil- dren will be tal for what they are. The most imaginrative, the most open | to adventure, the finest of all dram-| atists, the most sincere of all actors, | honest and outright beyond the con- ception of us, older, who have partaken of pretense too long to hope for the greatness of deep sincerities. Children are sincere. The elders, frightened at life—and who wonders!—have reared the little folks almost wholly upon m-| hibition: upon an endle: run of “don’ts” and ‘must nots,” until origi- nality is exercised only in playtime, the | one escape for the world of children, | A big book of fine intent, of admir-| able fulfillment. A book of distinction in both content and form. A book of | lessons for whole monitory tribe—par-| ents, teachers, guardians and whatnot | —who in most pious intent curb all| those impulses, by them called dan-| gerous, that are but the seed of life and joy and true invention and priceless make-believe. These but the where-| withal of later understandings and sympathies, of personal growth along the roads of art and other high en- deavor, along the even more delectable road, that of happy living day by day. ‘Work of this sort, the work of “The Three Owls,” is bound to ‘step out into the widest of ways for the rescue | of children, each to his own original birthright facing upon a happy and natural growth that no system of regi- mentation, no general quenching of the spirit by Irightened elders can secure. The best in writings, old and new, thé finest of sane appraisal of such litera- Fiom the Duluth Herald. Old stuff, but true—the note you g will make the ture the most inspired in the happy art of making living figures dance, in beautiful illumination, across the pages ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our Information Bureau in Washington, D. C. This of- fer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot. give advice on_ legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles or undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Writs your question plzinly and briefly. Give full name and addre and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. The reply is sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. Q. To settle a dispute, what does a hend in cribbage count which contains 3-3-3-6 when & 6 is turned?—H. J. A The hand counts 18. It contains a pair royal, a pair and 15-10. Q. How much does it cost to open the doors of the airship docl the U. S. S. Akron?—B. R. A. Th> cost of the electricity used in swinging the doors at either end of the dock is about $1. ving of Q. How much of the water surface of the Great Lakes belongs to the United States?—G. L. A. The Great Lakes have a water sur- face area of about 95,000 squ:re miles, of which 33,940 square miles lic on the Canadian side and 60,770 square miles on the United States side of the inter- national boundary. Q. With what countries in Africa does the United States have diplomatic relations?—A. G. D. A. There are four African nations with which the United States Govern- ment has diplomatic relations, namely: Egypt and the Union of South Africa, with which this country exchanges Ministers Plenipotentiary, and Liberia and Ethlopi?, in which countries the United States has a Minister Resident and consul general. Q. How was the Senate originally started so that a third of its member- ship is elected every two years?—W W. M. A. The Constitution provides that there shall be two Senators from each State end that immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of | the first clection they shall be divided | as equally as may be into three classes ‘The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class | at the expiration of the fourth year and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third may be chosen every sccond year. The Senate itself was charged with the di- vision of the original Senate into the | three classes as provided for in the Constitution. Q. When did Grieg, the composer who set “Peer Gynt” to music, die?— P.E A. Edward Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway, June 15, 1843, H» died there September 4, 1907. Q. Has the peacock’s wing strength enough to lift the bird?>—T. F. A. It will sustain flight and lift the peacock to treetdps. i Q. How many officers are there in the Reserve Corps?—P. G. A. On. June 30, 1931, 119,199. } Q. What was Lincoln's pet n his wife?>-N. E. A. M Lincoln is referred to as Mollie” in Lincoln’s Jetters to Speed. ’kl:'ms §\r-a.s the President’s pet name for is wife. , .there were ame for Q. Who decided upon the location uf1 the Roman Forum?—S. T. A. The Roman Forum was situated beiween the Palatine, Capitoline and C J. HASKIN. Quirinal Hills. Originally it was a swamp or marsh. Romulus and Tatius are said to have drained it and set it | apart, after filling it, as a place for the administration of justice, for the assemblies of the people and for other | | kinds of public business. Q. Is Paul Verlaine, the Fre | still living?—J. L. O. il A. Verlaine died in 1896. What is the name of the land | nearést to the no-latitude, no-; point?>—C. R. D. AT A. The Gold Coast of Africa is near- | est to 0° latitude, 0° longitude. Accra is probably the nearest place, being located at 5° north latitude and 0 longitude. Q. What is the difference between | mirdcle plays and mystery plays as | dramatic types?—M. C. | A. Halleck, in his “English Literature,” says that “a miracle play is the dra- matic representation of the life of a saint and of the miracles connected with him. A mystery play deals with Gospel events which are concerned with any phase of the life of Christ, or with any Biblical event that re- motely foreshadows Christ or indicates tne necessity of a redeemer.” | Q Why was the capital of China ‘é‘:hagged from Peking to Nanking?— A. The Nationalist goverriment | Min Tang) decided lf)grcmovz the ((1:\;)? ital from Peking as a further dissocia- tion from the old regime, and ih view of the special position of Nanking this city was chosen as the Republican capital. In 1928 and 1929 Nanking was the scene of frequent disorder, con- nected with the alleged malpractices of the Nationalist authorities, but its position as the headquarters of the Republican authorities offers too many advantages for it lightly to he given up. Q. When do the flowering trees be- gin to bloom in Hawail>—R. W. A. They stari to bloom in April, Q. How old was George when_ his father died?—F. A He was 11. Q. Where is the Jack Min Sanctuary?—R. A. V. 5% " A. It is located at Kingsville, On= tario, about 30 miles southeast of De- | troit. This is a Dominion preserve lo- |cated on wrat was formerly a private estate. Washington N Q. When was the wor used?—L. S. G. S ot ot A. ‘The word ocean to define. the great outer body of water is from the Greek and appears in Homer, defining the great stream or river supposed to ‘cncompass the disk of the earth and personified as the god of the great | primeval water. the son of Uranus and | Gala, and husband of Tethys; hence | the great outer sea as opposed to the Mediterranean. In England before 1400 it was known as the sea oc2an. Down to 1640 the great body of water was | | known as the ocean sea. | Q. Who invented the polka?—H. E. E. A. The Etude says that thH!s' Bo- ’hcmlan dance was invented about 1830 by Anna Slezak, an upper servant in the family of a rich farmer. As the room in which she danced was small, | she shortened the steps, from whith | the dance was named pulka (half). Re- | ceived entbusiastically in Paris, the | word was changed to polka, | s | 2 }v};“ is a boll weevil?>—C. S. | - It is an insect which lays its eggs In the bud of the cotton plint.’ g:t |of these eggs come worm-like larvae, which eat the growing bud and pre- vent the production of cotton fiber. In American slang, boll weevil is a term ;ox;erttxmas applied to'a person who is st. War Picture of Washington Wins Place Despite Critics Public demand has resulted in the |ent out of favor is rather obvious, restoration of Leutze's famous painting | when it is regarced as merely a piece of “Washington Crossing the Delaware” | of drawing, brashwork, color and b o | s vork, color and com- to its old place?in the Metropolitan | position. But inevitably (he fashion ! Museum of Art at New York. Its|of the story-telling painting will have nrl.llftxdc ‘and_historical m;ms are at- | other returns to favor, and indeed, by tacked in comments by the press, but |and large, that favor neve b its true value is seen in its patriotic | and probably never will be r]a};;isn:ef: significance. |large group of adherents. And those The Cincinnati Times-Star has | of that way of viewing pictures no already suggested that “if the Metro- | doubt today, as in all times past, make politan’s space was too cramped there | Up, the great bulk of museum attend- were plenty of other museums in the ants in New York and elsew - country which would have been only | mitting the famous Blebireat etiata tco glad to have the loan of the pic- | shortcomings, which are obvious :fireémlln nszl discussion of tFl:-xe su::r:cct | ;?oumll{_ i; h;s qualities and greatness e cinnati paper says: “Even those | a kind that certainly w: who have never seen the original have | inclusion in the Met’x"r;;lugxit::'rfimgénelfi been familiar since childhood with re- | tion, even though a Modigliani or such productions of it in the school books, might fail to find wall space.” on calendars and the like. Critics hav Assuming that “very likely the mu- ‘.1‘ course, pofmtcd cut that Lemzcs;si\ll’;lc of{icmls were tired of looking rawing is faulty, and every man|at it, always with the apprehensio mmiling with bogls has _entertained | that Gen. {’V-"shiustoncmr;gprf;? 2;‘10‘; doubts concerning the ability even of | Efiarer;&ere ibout to swamp the boat George Washington to stand up in a | the waukee ~Sentinel declares crowded boat menaced by choppy waves | “George Washington was pre-eminent. and floating ice. What does it matter? | ly a man of sense, and ye: Mr. Leutze The picture is deservedly popular every- | painted him standing, with one foot nhf-‘r‘e because it xsqmagmam-ely érue | "gorgoutw nwan of a small and cranky to the character of Washington and to | rowboat. Worse, Mr. Leutz: int the stirring quality of his g;%mmt_" two other Revolutionary pattrzlgupsatl:n;‘i “It is just as well that the Metro- | ing off the general's starboard quarter politan overrode the higher criticism | in a position on the boat’s gunwale and restored Washington and his com- | Which, as anybody who has ever done panions in vivid paint to the place they | any rowing knows, is untenable. It deserve,” thinks the Hart!olrd lemPs, :flmfi be done, tim{: in the movies. All and that paper reveals: “It became | the figures in the boat look as if they known that the directors didn't consider | Would be more at home on a float in the picture ‘arty’ enough or historically | 2 parade than on a boat in the water. true. Some contended that the Father | With Mr. Leutze to coach him, the of His Country had more sense than Father of Our Country never could to. stand up in a rowboat crossing a | have negotiated the Delaware.” river running wild in Wintertime, | ————— However that may be, it didn't ‘go over’ with the patriotically-minded, and their Crooners Called Insult | decision | rowed, the way Washington stood in protests have resulted in the change in | of the directors. Whatever highbrcw opinion may be as to the | work's place in art, it is as dear, through numerous reproductions in school books and elsewhere, to Amer- | icans as ‘The Spirit of 76" It gave, | and still gives, a thrill,to all who love | to dwell on the heroic struggles of the | feunders of the Republic.” | N * X ok x | “Who doesn't recall the picture?” asks | the Toledo Blade. “Washington, with | one foot uvon the gunwale of the. boat, | standing fearlessly and confident under the shadow of the American flag, pro- | vided there were shadows that day. | Well, it is argued, and with sane rea- | soning, that Washington was not so | foolish as to stand in the frail craft, | under the perilous circumstances, while | his_soldiers pushed the blocks of ice side. And as for the flag, it did not | exist at that time. Otheswise it was a good picture. If you are one who thrilled to the painting, it is well t remember that Washington was real, the river was genuine and the crossing | was made in inclement weather. The | facts are puficient to patriotic admira- | tion.” “Recollection has 1t.” according to the Newark Evening News, “that this never was regarded by artists as any great shakes of a painting. There was some controversy or cridicism recently, it is vaguely remembered, about the type of the ways the soldiers that fgmous craft, or something.: But the painting will remain in the mind’s | eye as the authentic and moving de- | piction of a momentous episode in the Nation’s history. In this respect it ranks with the ‘Spirit of '76' and ‘Sheridan’s Ride.’” - * ki ¥ Maintaining that the faults of the picture can not be laken as “of the least seriousness,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune offers the comnient on its place in public esteem: “That the Leutze painting is of a Xind at pres- Three Owls,” lies in large messure also | in the aciualities of this supram> wis- dom for thg youngsters all roundabout To American Intelligence ‘To the Editor of The Star: Because I believe there are yet many sane people, I think there must have been a chorus of “Amens” occhsioned by Cardinal O'Connell’s arraignment of the pest of the air, the modern crooner, and your timely comments following the same. It certainly is unfortunate that peo- ple who wart to hear the exeellent musical programs and other worth-while entertainment must constantly be turn- ing off the radio to escape the disgust- ing, nauseating whine of the maudlin crooner. A man, if he possesses any manhood, must blush to stand even be- fore a microphone, where he is unseen, and insult the decent public. If he does not blush he certainly lacks the elements of common decency and self- respect. The companies permitting and ncouraging this sort of “entertain- ment,” if questioned, would doubtless make the defense that they are giving the public what it demands. If this be true, it is a sorry commentary on the intelligence and character of the American people. J. C. REYNOLLS. e A Chinese Seek Way Out. From the Lynchburg News, If things keep on as they are going, China will be more interested than anxbody else in the open-door. Chinese, You see, will be looking wildly for a way to get out of China and thus avoid be~ ing slaughtered as bandits. ——— Wait Texas Primary. From the San Antonio Evening News. Will Texas split up? asks the Colum- bus (Ohio) Dispatch. There's no doubt as to what the answer will be along about Democratic primary time. s S T 0 License Number Next. From the Rochester Times-Union, ‘The man who broke into prison ang stole the warden’s automobile is prob ably contemplating breaking into some getic whegshe's oaly S’ county clerk’s office to get & new license may this lies in the purpose of “The and everyWiNre the world over, social security and disarmament are | must pay next sw short, them, but that is that resemblance betwe the two, 01 by ?u een two, the tomb Aamaty, supposed to be the prime subjects of & | Winter