Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1933, Page 8

FAS ¥ THE EVENING STAR With Senday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. © ®UESDAY, .March 21, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: ith St and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. ropean O Regent 8t.. London, England, Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star.. sty 43¢ er month a 60c per month 65c per month The Sunday Star. er copy Collection made at the end of each month. srdrn may be sent in by mail or telephone fAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vltslnh. 1yr.,$10.00; 1 mo.. 85c 36.00: 1mo’. 5 "on $4.00; 1 mo.. 40c 11 £ AR All Other States and Canada. {ly and Sunday...1yr.$12.00; 1mo., $1.00 Fuy only . ‘1yr, $8.00; 1 Ju mo.. 15¢c inday only . yr., $5.00; 1mo. B0c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ’kd in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication ot wpecial dispatches herein are also reserved. - e A Rough Road. The administration farm bill threatens | o raise more of a row in Congress than | even the controversial Roosevelt econ- | omy bill now a law. A farm bill that | did not raise a row would be the eighth wonder of the world. Some of the! Democrats, including the chairman of | the House Committee on Agriculture, | Marvin Jones of Texas, believe that meveral provisions of the bill are unnec- essary and likely to lead to trouble. Mr. Jones, although he did not go so far as to announce a determination to | United States on the Advisory Com- mittee of the League in the Leticia controversy between Peru and Colombia. Earlier in the month Mr. Wilson was instructed to co-operate with the | League's other Advisory Committee in the Far Eastern conflict between China and Japan. Our participation in the Peruvian- Colombian imbroglio 1is announced in acceptance of an invitation from the secretary general of the League, Sir Eric Drummond. The United States is “happy to co-operate with the Advisory Committee in such manner as may be found appropriate and feasible.” As in the case of the Far East, Minister Wilson will not have the right, under the State Department’s instructions, to | Vote, while the United States will ex- | ercise independence of judgment in re- | gard to proposels and decisions. But, “believing that participation by a repre sentative of this Government would be helpful,” Secretary Hull has given Mr. Wilson the necessary latitude. In the year which marks the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, this exhibition of the United States' willingness to joins a group, overwhelmingly made up of states outside the Western Hemisphere, in adjudication of a purely American controversy, is an interesting develop- ment. It does not denote any slacken- ing of the United States’ traditional fealty to “Monroeism.” It merely indi- cates clearly that this country’s sole object is the restoration of peace in South America and that the State De- partment is willing to play a secondary role, if necessary, in order to bring it about. Washington has already recorded its belief that Peru is in the wrong in the Leticia affair. Geneva has unqual- ifiedly condemned the Peruvians' a gression against Colombian territory. fight the measure on the floor of the | House, declined to introduce the bill, | and that duty falls to the ranking Dem- ocratic member of the Agricultural| Committee, Representative Fulmer of | Bouth Carolina. The Republicans, inclined to oppose The United States’ association with the League of Nations' action is there- Pery, like Japan, stands indicted by mobilized world opinion of wrecking the ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESfiAY. MARCHi 21, 1933. with the foreign field. * * ®* The com- mission is competent to meet greater responsibilities.” 3 The great argument against placing regulatory control over transportation under a cabinet officer is the resulting injection of politics into such control. The 1. C. C. was created as a separate and independent agency to prevent that very thing. In the end, the danger of having regulation of transportation affected by the changing fortunes of political parties will keep such regula- tion out cf politics. Maj. Saxton. Probably the oldest resident of Wash- |ington, Maj. 8. Willard Saxton, who died on Sunday at 103, was one of the small number of men of whom it may | be said that they have enjoyed a con- structive longevity. He belonged to the limited class of elder brothers Who are granted the advantages of superannua- tion and are spared the majority of its disadvantages. He crossed the century line with faculties'unimpaired, with en- ened, and with full and complete ca- pacity to justify and to make available to others the rich experiences of ten decades of contact with the world. Maj Saxton was a fortunate man. In effect, he had four careers. In his youth he was first a printer, then an engineer. At the outbreak of the Civil ‘War he entered the army, serving as a captain on the staff of his brother, Gen. Rufus Saxton, and later as major with Gen. O. O. Howard. When the struggle terminated, an appointment to & position in the Treasury Department confirmed his residence in Washington. He subsequently was in the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau. Altogether, he spent fifty-two years in the Federal employ. After his “retire- | ment.” August 1, 1921, he was active in a long list of good causes of clvic value, functioning as a guide, a mentor and & | fore both logical and commendable. | partriarchal inspirer of the endeavors of younger men to improve the condi- | tion of the city, the Nation and the | peace machinery which the nations | Whole population thereof. That he had {have set up under the League cove- | honorable satisfaction in his share in features of the farm bill as unsound,| \.ny ang the Kellogg pact and are | these enterprises goes without saying. have been further incensed over the| amendment made in the measure by the | Democrats of the Committee on Agri- | culture to take out of the civil service | all the Federal employes and officers needed for the enforcement of the act. Minority Leader Snell immediately Ls-{? mued a blast declaring that if that was to be the kind of legislation proposed by the Democrats—legislation calcu- | lated to give an army of job-ueun.! Democrats preference, no matter what | their qualifications—the era of good will ; and co-operation on the hill has cOm® of the French Chamber of Deputies | {may be the means of presenting Unc]e;"’" particularly noted for his love of to an end. Notwithstanding the ructions over the | farm bill, the Democratic leaders are | intent upon driving the measure | through the House under whip and spur with a special rule allowing four hours for debate and providing for a vote on the bill at the close of that time. No amendment will be in order. | ‘The Republicans say that it is & “gag” | rule. However, that is the kind of rule | that has been used in the House on | many occasions when an administra- | tion has desired to drive measures | through. The House recently adopted | such a resolution to put through the | economy bill. ‘There is grave danger, however, that the drastic and far reaching measures, proposed to lift the prices of agri- cultural products may prove in the end great hardships. In the first place, the rise in costs to consumers has been esti- mated by Secretary Wallace of the De- partment of Agriculture at $800,000,000 ® year. It is conceivable that the rise in prices, if the measures adopted are really effective, might go much higher. ‘Then there is the cost of administra- tion, which primarily must be borne by the Government, estimated in some quarters as high as $200,000,000. Eventually these costs of administration ‘would come back to the Government in the shape of taxes levied upon "pmc-, essors” of food products. The Secre- | tary of Agriculture is given vut! dictatorial powers in the bill—powers to license all processors of food, millers, packers, manufacturers, dairymen and | all the huge army involved in hand- Ing the food of the Nation. no wonder that the bill threatens to| ra’s> protest and has ralsed already| m ~h opposition. ‘Though the measure may be driven | , $hrough the House without amendment | It is| 8s it comes from the Committee on| Agriculture, it must also run the gantlet of the Senate. Already amend- ments and substitutes are in preparation In the Upper House. ‘The President, in sending the farm Bill to Congress, declared that a grave | . emergency existed necessitating aid !or‘ the farmers of America. Upon the| restoration of agricultural prices, it is| contended, rests recovery of the coun- | try. Frankly the President said lhlt( the measure he was sending to the Congress was an experiment. It must be. Also it is perfectly obvious that snything that raises the price of food- stuffs to the consumer will not be joy- fully received by the millions of men snd women who live in the cities.! Nevertheless, there has been & real| maladjustment of prices of farm prod- uee and the prices of industrial goods, between the farmer’s dollar and the| dollar of the industrial worker. Whether the artificlal alds proposed in the Roosevelt farm bill will succeed or not‘ the President does not underthke to! predict. But if they are turned down, #he Congress must be prepared to sub- mit something more effective in their place. e Reformation of the brewing business s now sought, which will cause beer to be regarded as a beverage rather than @8 a racket, Geneva and South America. Col. House at one stage of the treaty of Versaille controversy in the United Btates Senate is sald to have advised President Wilson to accept “associate membership” in the League of Nations for the United States. The colonel be- lieved that recourse would both mollify the Senate irreconcilables and serve every useful purpose which full-fladged membership of the League could pro- duce for this country. Yesterday, for the second time with- in ten days, the Department of Btate took action which definitely “associates” the United States with the world organ- zation at Geneva. Secretary Hull di- rected Hugh R. Wilson, our Minister to Bwitzerland and more or less official *fl there, to represent the » so laboriously trying to keep in work- ing order. ———— x Statesmen are now expected to study not only the marketing of crops but also the details relating to the seasons for planting and the methods of obtaining | seed. The old household almanac is now consulted by responsible personages for something more than medicinal advice. ———— A lively argument by candid members Sam’s claims to a square deal as well | as he could present them himself, e — The I. C. C. and Reorganization. A large part of the work of reor- ganizing and regrouping the govern- mental agencies consists of talking about what might be done. The new administration’s reorganization plans| are now in the talking stage. It is| characteristic of such plans that, just as the fish in the Department of Com- merce aquarium are getting acclimated and really beginning to feel at home in their relggively new surroundings, there is talk of moving them to the Depart- ment of the Interior. This talk, of course, disturbs the fish. Instead of | laying eggs and settling into the nor- mal, dally routine of happy, contented fish, they are now engaged in a tre- mendous amount of futile swimming in | circles. This is, of course, highly dam- | aging to the morale of the fish, and will continue to be damaging until it is finally announced that the fish will | remain where they are. The steel workers and the stone masons are now at work on the new Interstate Commerce Commission Build- ing at 12th street and Constitution ave- nue. It is not known whether their | morale, like that of the fish, has been damaged by reports that the I. C. C. is going to be plaecd in a new transporta- tion bureau under the Department of Commerce. But if they are wise steel workers and stone masons they will continue at work on the new building, | moderately assured that when it is com- | pleted the I. C. C. will move into it as planned, and not into the Depart- ment of Commerce. It might be regarded as certain that this administration will accomplish a | regrouping of all of the Government's transportation agencies under one head. ‘The proposal for such a regrouping is generally regarded as sound, one of the major reforms sought by governmental reorganization. But it will not come about without a continued period of dis- cussion. Much of the discussion will re- volve around the future of the I. C. C., and whether that independent agency is to lose its independence as well as much of its individuality by being merged with other agencles now concerned with forms of transportation other than the railroads, or whether the 1. C. C. will be the nucleus about which will be formed the new transportation unit, with the 1. C. C. reorganized only to the extent that it will be able to supervise all transportation as well as rallroad transportation. In a separate and supplemental re- port, Al Smith disagreed with his col- leagues who wrote the recent National Transportation Committee’s recommen- dations on regional consolidation of the railroads by declaring: I favor the abolition of the Imter- state Commerce Commission and the creation in its place of a new depart- ment of transportation headed by one man, or & one-man bureau head in the Department of Commerce, determining policies with the approval of the Secre- tary of Commerce. What we need is a new transportation system, not endless hearings on & system that does not work., But the committee report recom- mended that the I. C. C, instead of being scrapped, should be recrganized | and declared that “the studies of the committee clearly indicate the advis- ability of extension of regulatory juris- diction to the whole transportation system”—the rebuilt machinery of the ' I C. C. handling the larger task. The Brockings Institution,, which made a! study for ‘the National Transportation Committee, recommended that the I. C. C. be vested with control of all forms of transportation. “The Inter- State Commerce Commission,” the re- | port held, “is clearly the logical Federal agency to exercise comtrol over inter- state rates and service. With a single exception it is the only Federal body that has authority over rates. The exception is the United States Shipping Board, which is primarily concerned | He was an American, conscious of the discharge them. If he was forbidden the | franchise, he at least was not debarred |from demonstrating how wisely® he would have used it had it been per- mitted him. In the Greek state of an- tiquity he would have been an acknowl- edged father of the commonwealth. In the Washington of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries he was shut out from that privilege, but he bore himself as though it were conceded him, He had wide cultural interests and music. A doyen among concert-goers, he supported every worthy musical un- dertaking in the city during many years, By religious choice a Unitarian, he also ve of his time and strength to the abors of his church and its affliated institutions, Maj. Saxton will be remembered. In his case “the hoary head” celebrated by the author of the Proverbs was in- deed “a crown of glory.” He wore his age with a grace, and his myltitudes of friends loved him for it. —————vee In regulating currency and banking for the impartial benefit of all the people, Uncle Sam may be assured that he has come as near to Communism as he will ever be expected to go. Ponzi remains obscure, interested, no doubt, in observing a few fallacious methods of working with other people’s money not entirely unrelated to his own. R e Any gold intended for foreign travel see America first, ‘The stock market is performing regu- legitimate and less for the spectacular. —————. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Season’s Melodies. ‘When of merry Spring you carol, ‘With the blossoms on the trees, Always don your thick apparel, Lest you shiver at the knees. Though you hear with vast elation All the melodies afloat, When you try an imitation Keep a cough-drop in your throat. When you hear a robin trilling, With & spirit wondrous bright, While the sunshine gay is filling All the landscape with delight, Curb the effort to unravel Outdoor tunes with vernal glee ‘Till you learn dry-shod to travel Like a bird from tree to tree. In the Interest of Harmony. “You disapprove of the custom of handshaking?” “Not at all,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I like it. But I don't quite admire the tendency of a crowd to pick on one man when they might be shaking hands among themselves.” Jud Tunkins says the work of the police would be & whole lot easier if the people who commit crimes would be considerate enough to leave behind the same kind of clues that the detec- tive story writers use. Reprehensible. The pessimist—that creature sad— Again we hear his mournful tones! Ungrateful for the real shad, He only talks about the bones. A Curious Resemblance. “Mr. Groucher is always complaining | that nobody understands him.” “are frequently like one of these old- fashioned riddles. When you get the answer it really doesn’t seem of much | importance.” A Scientific Question. “Nothing is ever totally lost or de- stroyed,” said the professor of physics. “In that case,” said the simple and frank person, “how do you explain the fact that everybody loses umbrellas and one:” Opportunities. ‘Though Fortune may not deign to smile, ‘There is & chance for every one. The grandstand is the place for style, But the bleachers see the real fun. “De man dat tries to please every- body,” said Uncle Eben, “sin’t gine to git along nigh so well as de man who body tryin’ to please him. | obligations of citizenship and anxious to | has been halted, with earnest advice to | larly, but with more regard for the| “Such people,” replied Miss Cayenne, | you never meet anybody who has found b gentleman are received every time he vanishes from this page. It is always a g:euun to reassure readers as to his health, and to give them the low down on his movements. Jones has been standing out in his yard recently swearing roundly at a flock of starlings which daily attempts :.dutnpnnm!mhlymnnm Since the seed was not put there for the birds, Mr. Jones thinks it rather presumptuous of them to partake of it. It is heart-rending, is it not, for a gardener to watch his future lawn slowly go down the gullets of assorted fowl? Somehow T. imrun's as fowl, rather than simply birds, they were so large, hefty ang fat. Starlings were not the only emtnril. however, which insisted on taking & nip at the Jonesian lawn grass seed. In addition to a pair of cardinals, thusiasm for life and living undamp-4 there were several bluejays, an assort- ment of mocking birds and a few tiny fellows with crests on their heads. Each bird seemed to scent the seed from afar; it bounced.into the fleld of action like a famous athlete tuning up before the fray. ‘Templeton Jones knew, from past ex- perience, that birds do not eat nuch seed as they seem to be eating, which was a helpful fact to keep in mind, undoubtedly, but one which did lttle at the time to assuage the feeling that by Sunday. Hence Jones spent more minutes than he would care to admit carefully shoo- ing the birds away from his plot of ground. He did, at least, until he found it { was wasting time. He would issue from the door nolsily, hoping that the slam of the screen would scare the feasters away. Sometimes it did, and sometimes it didn't. In the latter case, Jon his hands together in e€xcellent imita- tion of thunder out of China ’cross the bay, whereu into the highest tree and wait for him to go indoors. One particularly saucy starling, prob- ably the executive scout of the gang, would fly down before Jones got back inside the house. Then the flock would follow him, and before our hero could get to the win- dow the birds would be busily eating | seed as if nothing had happened at all. And, perhaps, from their standpoint, | nothing had. * % % x As T. Jones, esq., wandered around his domain he noticed that the lily popl needed cleaning out. It was filled with the withered leaves of the cattails, which last Summer grew sturdily, and beyond all the Jonesian expectations. Jones had envisioned & few cattafls. which, had they been but few, would have given an’ exotic aspect to the watery scene. Growing luxuriantly, as they did, the tly pool shortly became a cattail pool, and so remained. This plant, in its various forms, sends out underground runners, from which new plants spring up. If they are to be used in & pool— and Jones says he cannot advise jt— they should be planted in a pot in order cut, A plant with similar habits, Vallis- neria, commonly called eel grass, is famillar to the aquarist. Its runners are sent out along the surface of the sand for a length of two or three inches; in a sunny aquarium a series of plants will spring up, all linked together, the newer ones quickly becom- ing as tall as the parent plant. Jones looked ‘down at the withered HE PALESTINE POST, Jerusa- lem—To the Editor: I should like to relate my experiences on arriving in Palestine in the hope that something may be done to prevent other ingenuous tourists from being imposed on as I was. approached on board ship by s man who claimed to represent the American Express, although he wore no badge or insignia to prove it This man took charge of my baggage and that of my ducting us to the customs house, de- manded $4 for his services. After leaving the customs house, we were conveyed to Jerusalem by a guide named Moustafa Honpta, who told us that the fare, whether we gtraveled by car or train, would be $3 per person. Fondly believing that $6 would bring us to the King David Hotel, we engaged him to take us there. Arrived in Jerusalem, he that we visit several historic biblical spots, such as the Garden of Gethsem- ane, for which we were charged $1.50 admission, and the Mosque of Omar, {ordwhh‘.;h & $4 entrance fee was asked an L. I decided, on the way, to stop and take movie shots of Arabs, but each time I did so, the guide tippéd the sub- Ject with a coln with a hole in it, which he represented to be worth 25 cents. After being drained till I could stand it no longer, I stopped taking pictures. It cost us another $2 to make a trip through what was alleged to be the old city of Jerusalem, although I subse- quently learned that cars cannot enter the old city proper. By that time I realized I was being exploited (we had parted with $27 from the -time we disembarked) so I de- manded to be taken directly to the . When we arrived, he demanded payment for his services. I had only $1 left, which“I hurriedly bestowed upon him to get rid of him. Once in the hotel, I discovered that every time I had stopped to take a movie shot, the guide, on one pretext or another, asked Miss Fridman for money, too. My chagrin, as a result of these ex- periences, is equaled only by my in- dignation. It is, indeed, stramge that a country so interested in attracting tourists should permit such a canker- ous situation to exist. CLARA STRAUSS. To the Editor: I have read the com- plaint of Miss Clara Strauss in your issue of even date under the caption “Exploitation of Tourists.” 2 I would like to state that the lady in | question was not traveling under the auspices of the American Express Co. and the guide in question is not in the employ of this company. If he rep- resented himself as such, he did so without authority. E. SALAMAN, Manager. * ok k% Egyptians to Study Tanning Methods. The Egyptian Gazette, Senate has approved the opening of a credit of L. E. 10,000 for the de- partment of commerce and industry for the building of an experimental tanning factory. According to informa- the Department to factory will tanning facto Egypt is 216, of which 45 are in 29 in Alexandria, 37 in Gharbia, Assiut. Province, 21 in Jones always regarded | The the entire lawn would be eaten away | the ‘would smack | the birds would fiy up | to ‘prevent the runners from getting | H THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES K. TRACEWELL. ige ix i he could not be sure would not be left, which, replenish the pogl‘wl‘lh‘mulll. * Templeton Jones had done other things besides garden recently. With the remainder of the United States, the approximately 130,000,000 persons in addition to himself, he had experienced the rellef, even if short, of having no money during the bank holiday. Surely there was thing pleasing about it, in & way, p&haps that was one of the real reasons why the country took it so happily. It was pleasant, for a time, to find one’s self in the poeition of Socrates of old, who felicitated himself upon all things he did not want. Jones and the rest of America had got & long way from that Socratic attitude, but it could still be managed, when one had to. | One had been a philosopher, all this time, and hadn’t known it! What cheered Jones the most, how- ever, was the wonderful news which was brcught to him as executive president of the Anti-Sneeze Soclety. For years our hero, as most readers here know, has been waging an almost single-handed fight against the plain evils of public sneezing. Spitting had been dignified by car | cards adjuring it, but sneezing still f & | remained an insignificant practice, as far as the official mind was concerned. Only Jones and & few other old grouches, evidently, regarded it both as bad manners and worse hygiene. It was an uphill fight, to get even a few interested in the ambitious program of the society, which looked to nothing more than the general recognition of the open sneeze as a social offense. Converts were few and far between. Those who did not seize upon the propaganda of the soclety for purposes of ridicule managed to ignore it, as the work of & set of fussy persons in- tent on telling others how to act. What! Smother one’s innocent sneezes in handkerchiefs? The demand was ridiculous on the face of it. “A | good healthy sneeze,” as they insisted | on saying, was a luxury, even if it did | sprinkle a perfectly inoffensive neigh- | bor with a few million cold germs. Victory had come at last, however. Jones had been told the following charming anecdote: A woman riding home on the street car the other day | noticed a young man enter by the back | platform. “He sat down in the seat in | front of her, and she thought no more jof him until he started up with an anguis] look on his face. Rapidly he retraced his steps in the car, which by this time was under way. walked around the conductor, at his post, and stuck his head out the back window, which happened to be open. Vigorously he sneezed into the street, once, twice, thrice. Then, with a look |of duty well done, he walked back through the car and took his seat. | Templeton Jones wishes to commend him for his considera of others, and at the next meeting of the Anti-Sneeze Society will propose him, though un- known, for the society’s annual medal. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands | Panama Teacher | Gets Extra Fees. Diario De Panama, Panama—The secretary of public instruction is in- | vestigating reports that a certain pro- fessor of shorthand, in the local techni- | cal school, has undertaken the task of When T arrived on Monday on the | teaching private pupils on Saturdays, | “Vienna” in the Jaffa Harbor, I was | and charging them a balboa an hour | (bne dollar at par). DARKNESS AT PEMBERLY. By T. H. White. New York: The Cen- tury Co. Darkness and crime join hands and stalk boldly through and about Pem- berly house, scattering along the way & series of deeds calculated to break the stoutest of human courage and nerves. The perpetrator of these terrifying “lessons” to those who abide beneath the roof of Pemberly is not an unknown and unheralded quantity. He is & man known to the inspector of in Kllm, and known by the residents of mberly, as well as by the chief in- ,llllnurdfllrm o5 nmhnu'nttg( mystery appears e ability of the criminal to enter a completely locked and guarded house, and to enter any and all rooms withim the house, locked, bolted and guarded though ug‘ be, commit some disconcerting depredation and depart without leaving any trace of his entry or exit. As the story opens, two men are dis- covered dead, one of them a fellow of St. Bernard’s College and the other a freshman. First appearances look as though it were a case of murder and suicide, but investigation proves that the “suicide case” died first, so the machinery of tracking down a murderer is put in motion. The criminal is soon identified, confesses to both murders, but boasts of his cleverness in commiting them, and then defles the chief insj r to ymve him guilty. It is a losl game or Inspector Buller and he knows it, for not a shred of evidence against Mr. Mauleverer exists and there were no witnesses to his deeds. Furthermore, by the time he makes his confession he has murdered another man, again destroyed all evidence of his connee- tion with the deed, and in the relation of details as to how he committed the first two crimes he instructs the in- sgec;or where to find the body of the third. Knowing that he cannot possibly convict his man, or even bring him under arrest, the inspector resigns and goes for a vacation with his old friends at Pemberly, Sir Charles and Lady Elizabeth Darcy. It is then that the scene of crime shifts and the series of mysterious attacks upon members of the household begins. Imagine going to slfep in & room with ‘windows and doors locked and bolted and a sentinel standing guard morning_to find a caricature, drawn with a lipstick, staring from the face of a mirror! Or imagine sitting in a dark room, all set and waiting for an atlack which is sure to b: made, and then when the criminal steps on your foot you switch on an electric torch only to find the room empty and no it! plentiful in “Darkness at Pemberly,” while the elusive Mr. Mauleverer avoids every trap set for his capture and gleefully schemes the defeat of every |move of his victims to prevent the murder Sir Charles. Even though the long recitations by | the murderer are & bit tiresome, every | word is worth while and to the point, |and the evolution of this weird tale is an interesting and satisfaetory piece of workmanship. *x % x THE CLUE OF THE EYELASH. By Carolyn Wells. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. In the creation of Fleming Stone, Carolyn Wells introduced a figure in detective fiction who has from the be- ginning held an affectionate place in the hearts of the inveterate readers of mystery literature. For Mr. Stone is be painful and not too little of one to be just a commonplace detective. His ‘handling of the various ,,whuh he has figured has always been logical enough to be within the com- prehension and understanding of the average reader, and at the same time psychological enough to make his career as an investigator worth following. It so happens that in this new “case” Mr. Fleming Stone is taking a Fourth of July holiday at Golden Sands, on | Long Island. As he starts on hif trip he meets an old friend, also bound for Long_Island for s house party over the Fourth. Stone is invited to join the party and accepts, arriving at | Greencastle to find that the host, whom he has never met, has been murdered. The 4th of July proved an ideal day for so distardly & crime, inasmuch as , and he not only immediately | balls, outside the door, and awakening in the | sign that any one has entered or left| pe: Such incidents and experiences are | achievement of his avowed intention to | not too much of a psychoanalyst to, friend, Miss Fridman, and after con- | ted | teacher, who, it should be noted, is a Cairo.—The | sharp scrutiny, the noise of many varieties of firecrack- ers made the report of a discharged re- volver indistinguishable from any of the other detonations which usually mark the celebration of the national birthday. 8o the discovery of the murder was not made until the host failed to sppear for dinner. Lawns, beach, porches and house had been filled with visitors and guests all . A number of the throng were members of the house party, and any or all of them might have had the portunity and a motive for killing Wile; Vane, wealthy collector of old i e 2 woman, are aggravated by the fact that utiful ; those who contract for additional tui- | adopted daughter and wealth, he was tion, and do not pay the charges perhaps a man to be envied, but being promptly, are castigated with a species | a very likable and amiable individual of resentment which makes their predic- | himself, as well as handsome and at- ament the worse, as this female pro- fessor then imposes much lower marks | than deserved for the work done in the regular classes. This causes unnecessary | trouble for the scholars both in the school, where their reports are scru- | tinized by the officlals of public in- | struction, and at their homes, when the | same reports are inspected by their | parents. | The complaints will first be carefully investigated, in the interests of truth and justice, and the proper diseipline applied to the instructress only when every phase of the matter has been in- quired into and properly considered. We are also informed that this teacher sometimes conducts her classes Such practices, it is assetted, are contradictory to the explicit rules of | |the educational department, because it | places at an advantage those puplils able to pay for extra tuition by making it | possible for them to attain higher ranks | in the examinations, and also is counter | | to the ruling fhat employes of the state | are not to engage in any privately gain- | ful occupation, but are to concentrate | on their stipulated and legitimate | duties, to the end that the graduates in | the courses may acquire an ability vir- | tually commensurate. The circumstances in the case of this : i i i’ i ok 4 Q H [y 8 H : who, not being acquainted with language, have no conception of the nature of her doctrines, and mired deeper in their profound ignor- grad w&m not:'lu it e are w of egotic languages. <l§ E -3 i . Bankers and the Law. Prom the Wall Street Journal. Officers of the Federal Government have moved with unusual dispatch to determine whether or not the closing of the Harriman National Bank in New York resulted from irreguisrities of any sort in its management. Official promptitude in this case, clearly is due to the recent crisis and the intense concentration of public interest upon bank affairs. Such official responsiveness, so as it seeks only to disclose the is to lcomed. of conduct as trustees of other people's| The That will be the logical con- | causes him to be immediately suspected, seqlience of events both recent and (and when he is found is arrested and It is & state of affairs | charged with the murder. He confesses, / | specific purpose an les | Execut ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. The resources of our free Informa-| are at your service. are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 3 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Address your letter to The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. How are race horses assigned their positions at the post>—M. R. C. | A. Entries in races generally close not later than 10 o'clock of the day preceding the one on which the race is | 8. 1o be run. The place each horse is to have is then determined by lot. Num- bered balls are shaken in a box, the drawing being made in public. No. 1 has inside position, and so on, Added | starters must take positions on the outside. Q. What does the cock or rooster symbolize?—C. G. A. It is acclaimed as the bird of vic- tory, the bird of dawn and the herald of & new day. Q. For what is wood flour used?— W. R. . R. . A. Among the products in which wood flour is used are imitation pre- clous stones, lamp shades, eyeglass frames,- fountain pens, furniture, orna- melnu, toys, manicure sets and billiard Q. How much be in a house: . W. A. Considerable work has been done | toward the establishment of the cor- rect degree of humidity for dwellings. ‘There is & so-called comfort zone, which has a maximum temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and a minimum humidity of 30 per cent; a minimum temperature of 55 to 60 degrees Fahren- | heit, and a maximum humidity of 55 per cent. This is the range which has been established as being most agree- able to people living in temperate cli- | mates. Q. Who was the first person to ad-| dress President Coolidge as such?— G. T. N. A. In his autobiography, Mr. Coolidge writes of his father, “He had been the first to address me as President of the | United States.” Q. How did Webster stand on the question of tariff>—M. T. | A. In early debates in Congress Daniel Webster opposed protection. | Later he came to favor protection and made every effort to secure advanta- | geaus rates for his constituents. Q. What effect has the operation of old age pensions on other means of relief?—W. D. S. < A. It has a decided effect. Undoubt- edly these laws prevent thousands of | rsons from having to enter alms- houses. It also affects the number of | persons entering private homes for the aged. It is said that in some States a new type of agency is developing, namely, the licensed boarding house. Q. What is a “czardas”?—F. L, A. It is a characteristic Hungarian | (Magyar) dance which originated in humidity should there W. | Bohemia. Q. Whsg was called “the Ever- Victorious Army”?—W. H. A. It was a force of Chinese, offi-| cered by Europeans and Americans, | raised in 1861, and placed under the charge of Gen. Gordon. By 1864 it had stamped out the Taeping rebellion, which had broken out in 1851. Q. Was President Johnson im-| peached?—E. D. L& A. The meaning of the word “im- | peachment” is accusation, and to say | that a President was impeached means that he was accused of certain acts by | a method laid down in the Constitu- | tion Andrew Johnson was so im-| peached, but was acquitted. Q. Can the white race ever be com- E‘Iet.gy acclimated in the troples?— A. The white man can live there, ac- cording to a scientist who made & study of the question for the Smith- sonian Institution, but he needs in- telligence and a rigid discipline in order to do so successtully. Life in the tropics will certainly become more com- fortable as well as safer for the white race, says this authority, but accli- matizing in its full and literal sense is and will remain impossible. Q What s meant by “patina”?— A The word is applied to the color and blcom of a surface produced by age, wear and polish. Q. In the days of Donatello did the 8ilds of Florence have a special church? A The gilds had as their special church Or San Michele, s . Is Fort McHenry of “Star Spangled Banner” fame open to visit- ors?—V. D. A. The old fort is still standing and is open to the public. Many of the fortifications remain and the drives and walks are lined with cannon balls of that siege. Two memorials to Francis Scott Key have been erected on the grounds, one overlooking the river and the other at the entrance. g. g “chow-chow” an English word? A. It is adapted from the Chinese, meaning a mixture. The name was given to a Chinese mixed preserve made of orange rind and ginger. Mixed pickles and mustard are a more fa- miliar dish called chow-chow. Q. Who made the world speed record on a typewriter last year?—R. H. D. A. The world typewriting speed con- tests were discontinued in 1930. At that time George L. Hossfield held the championship. Q. Please give Babe Ruth's training camp address. How long has he been with the Yankees?—C. Q. B. A. Care of New York Yankees, Bt. Petersburg, Fla. Babe Ruth has been with the Yankees since 1920. Q. How many commercial broad- casting stations are there?—L. 8. D. A. _There are about 520 licensed by the Federal Radio Commission. Q. How large were the tables of stone on which the Ten Command- ments were written?—S. T. A. Dr. Duncan of the American University says that modern thought on the subject leads to the belief that they were no larger than shredded wheat biscuits and probably resembled them in appearance Q. How ean old putty be removed from windows?—H. D. A. Put sufficient saleratus (soda) into hot water to make a strong solu- tion, and with this saturate the putty. Let ‘it remain until nearly dry, then rub it off with a cloth. Q. Why is San Nicholas Island, off the coast of Southern California, so inaccessible’—M. W. G. A. San Nicholas is the outermost of the Channel Islands. It is surrounded by kelp beds, very thick in places, which make landing extremely dan- gerous. Q. When were the rolls of the Choc- taw Indians closed>—R. H. H A. The rolls of the: Chocta were closed on March 4, 190 . Is sherry a light or a dark col- ored wine?>—M. W. H. A. Sherry is naturally light colored, darkening with age. There are two main varieties—Amontillado and Man- zanilla. The former is made of various degrees of strength and color. Man- zanilla is much lighter. w Nation Economy Measure Brings Hope of National Recovery Country-wide agreement that the economy measure is needed for na- tional recovery and that broad powers for President Roosevelt offer the only means of balancing the budget It recorded by the press. The Chief Ex- ecutive is lauded for his courage in undertaking the task, while suggestions | that his position will be that of a dic- tator are met with the argument that his powers have bestowed for & that there will be & return to normal when the task has been completed. “It is one of the most vital pieces of | legislation ever presented to the Sen- ate,” says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, while the Providence Journal calls the recorded vote in the Senate ‘“one the most wholesome and refreshing ex- pressions of senatorial opinion on an outstanding public issue that has been witnessed for years.” As to the execu- tion of the new law, the Omaha World- Herald holds that, in association with similar action “as a patriotic duty” in the States, it sounds “the death knell of the depression.” The Hartford Times advises t the President “will make some enemies, but infinitely more friends if he is successful.” Mr. Roose- velt’s courage in undertaking the task is lauded by the Scranton Times, the Indianapolis News and the Asbury Park Evening Press. The New York Times declares that the response to his pro- posal was in rec tion of “courageous leadership such we have seldom seen except in time of war,” and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin sees “significant recognition of prevailing national opinion and purpose.” in conferring power upon the Executive because of legislative fears is attested by the Charleston (8. C. Post, the San Antonio Express that the present experience “should at teach generations that maximum and minimum limits and char- acter service. It even permits the rules to draw the line at pri- vate income from other sources. Any constitutional objection will have to be addressed to the extent of the discre- tion granted, for even under the pres- ent law the degree of disability is a matter for Executive determination.” That the President should have the ry Democrat in Washing- correction is made” is sla; urder at Sunset Gables” is an al- . | together delightful mystery, with the ' additional attraction of a very pretty romance between Cicely and Noel Wins- low, which makes it & good love story ' a8 well ‘Q of | are testified by the Cleveland news, the Springfleld (Mass.) Union, the Con= nellsville Courjer, the Oskhosh Daily | Northwestern, the San Francisco Chron- icle, the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, the Ashland Daily In dent, the Co- lumbia (S. C.) State, th¥ Newark Eve- . ning News, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the Nashville Banner and the Morgantown jon-News. The Roa- roke World-News declares. “The sooner the 13 Senators who voted against this measure, with their associates in the House, are retired to private life, the sooner will government be restored to an economical and representative basis.” Economic benefits to be derived by the Nation from the proposed measures sponsored by the President are predicted by the Baltimore Sun, the Buffalo Eve- ning News, the Akron Beacon-Journal, the Youngstown Vindicator, the Wall Street Journal, the Jersey City Jour- nal and the Altoona Mirror. As a fac- tor in_public opinion, the Rochester Times-Union holds that “it is keenly realized at this time, when income tax schedules must be filed and initial pay- ments made, that balancing of the bud- et solely by increased taxation would rmpnu an almost intolerable burden upon the taxpayers.” The Chicago Journal of Commerce remarks that “the people are showing their faith by tak- ing their money back to the banks and the Senate well shows like fealty to the people by eliminating petty politics.” The Minneapolis Journal lauds “an economy to save the very credit of the United States,” and the Yakima Daily Republic advises: “We, the American people, have played the fool so long that we have thrown away 99 chances of re- gaining solvency: there is one left.” Service to the whole people by accept- |ing the control of President Roosevelt | is emphasized by the Cincinnati Times- Star and the ncoln State Journal, while the Dayton'Daily News avers: “By means of national support, the Presi- dent has succeeded in a week and & half with two measures which, in ordi- nary times, would be glory enough for a whole administration.” The danger of delay is seen by the Chicago Daily News, the Boise (Idaho) Statesman, the Rutland Herald and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, “No public servant can justly resent a salary cut that leaves him as much purchasing power as he had at the be- ginning of 1929, argues the Danbury News-Times, while the Topeka Daily Capital voices confidence that “the President’s sympathy with all just claims of veterans is unquestioned,” and the Oakland Tribune explains brief de- " | lays with the assertion that “it was too much to expect that a Congress could meet emergency demands for action . | without some signs of balking.” Limits to the power conferred upon the President are pointed out by the Rock Island Argus, and denial that the President will be placed in the class with European is made by the 8] T;’:lked-g‘g:di ‘The ;l:;:wn Chmm&lfi says: passage of economy '.y: the first test of the President’s ieadership, and the result should hearten the American people.” —_— et Kibitzers. Prom the Roanoke News. Norman Thomas says that what this country needs is more kibitzers to sit on sidelines and criticize the way the count being run. There are lenty of kibitzers, unquestionably, but fl'l rather doubtful if the sidelines will sccommodate any more. ————s Starting Price Immaterial. Prom the San 7 -icnio Express « Massachur-.is ra'ses the price of get- ting married from $1 to $2—but the upkeep is no more expensive than be-