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A8 THE EVENING STAR ' With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. April 20, 1933 THEODORE W, NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company By S, 5 nsylvanta Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. icago Office h}e#leh:li? Bll“d‘h;:: n Om + Lon o Eoeiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. %. 48¢ per month (when 4 Sundays) The Evening and Sunday Star Sundays [Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia, 11y 17r.310.0: 1 mo. #e AL 175 $4.00i 1mo. 400 All Other States and Canada. Sunday...1 yr., $12.00; 1 mo., $1.00 7 omiy SndtY:i13es "sgo0: 1mo. i8¢ inday only - 1yr, $5.00; 1mo. 80c Member of the Assoclated Press. ociated Press 1s exclusively entitled o e A Tor epubication of all news dis- blished herein. Secial dispatches herein are also reserved. _— Off Gold—What Next? ‘When a nation’s currency is anchored to gold, so that the amount of its cur- rency is in some fixed ratio to the sup- ply of gold and can be exchanged at any time for gold, that nation 1s on tne gold standard. When the nation, to conserve its gold supply or for other reasons, suspends the right of ex- changing currency for gold, it leaves the gold standard and, instead of anchoring its currency to the metal, manages its currency and seeks to pre- serve some stability in value of com- modities as measured in terms of cur- rency; in other words, to seek the con- trol of prices by controlling or man- aging the issue of currency. When, on March 4, this Nation sus- pended the right of individuals to ex- change their currency for gold and made it an illegal act to hoard gold, at the same time placing an embargo on shipments of gold abroad, it tacitly went off the gold standard. The meas- ures taken then were recognized as temporary but effective precautions against a situation which might have found everybody seeking to convert cur- rency into gold at the same time, a situation that no longer exists. Countries have been forced off the gold standard by an actual shortage of gold or an actual inability to meet de- mands for payment in gold. In this country there is a superabundance of gold, and this country enjoys a favor- able balance of trade, selling more to other countries than it buys. It might have been able to continue indefinitely on the gold standard. But it has formally “gone off” the gold standard now by renewing embargoes —temporarily lifted since March 4— on shipments of gold abroad, leaving the American dollar, so to speak, to shift for itself and to find its own level in relation to the currency of other countries. The immediate effect is to raise the price of commodities. If the dollar goes down in value, it requires more dollars to buy commodities than before, which means that the price §0es up. The real purpose of our leaving the gold standard without being really forced off is not at the moment clear. It is obviously a part of the adminis- tration's program to lift prices and re- vive trade. But its significance cannot be judged until it is viewed against the background of the other parts of the program, whatever these may be. ‘This country’s going off gold leaves only the currencies of France, Switzer- land, Belgium and Holland anchored to gold. Other important currencies are “managed.” Gold is the only success- ful medium of international exchange, and the so-calied maladjustment of gold distribution, with France and the United States possessing most of it, has brought new complications in world trade. There are some who believe that the United States has left the gold standard in order to be placed in & better bargaining position with foreign powers in some arrangement to restore the gold standard everywhere and to reinstitute gold, with possibly a reduced ratio between gold and the currency it supports, as a relatively stable medium of international exchange. There are others who see a direct relationship between leaving tre gold standard in favor of a managed cur- rency and forthcoming infiation. The great danger in a managed currencv is that its management will be directed by the politicians. Inflation has beer compared with & “shot in the arm.” The immediate effect on prices is arti- ficial stimulation—and talk of inflation is enough to drive some prices up—but the aftermath is a harmful and dam- aging relapse. Great Britain has guarded sgainst one form of inflation in man- aging its currency by a rigid balancing of the budget. The President is ob- viously adopting the same safeguard, refusing the deceptive way out of deficits by the printing press and harshly —and courageously — insisting _ that outgo in spending be brought to the level of income. It inflation is understood merely as bringing about an increase in prices it ean be accomplished through expansion of credit or through actual debasement of the currency. The President’s am s against debasing the currency by the srtificial and highly dangerous expedi- ents that are championed in some con- gressional quarters, and to raise prices, which is accompanied by employment and buying by making more credit available for restoring purchasing power. There are many who argue that oontrolled inflation is necessary. The President’s problem, with which he will bé wrestling now for some time to come, 18 to control it. Once “managed cur- rency” becomes unmanageable, or “con- trolled inflation” gets out of control, the result is disastrous. Believers in “sound money” who know by experience or study of the evils and dangers of & depreciated and depreciating currency and of the diffi- culty of checking the process of cur- rency debasement when once it is under. way, will watch with anxiety as well as hopefulness the results of the Presi- dent’s bold experiment. S e Pianos and Radios. I an order just issued by the Dis- triet Commissioners is sustained by the court. In case it is carried there, professional instructors in the art of plano playing must locate their studios and schools elsewhere than in the “residential” zones of the Capital. The case develops from complaints against the almost continuous sound of pianc exercises emanating from a dwelling Heretofore, although protests have occasionally been made by residents on this score, no action has been taken. Now the matter is to be . +If this order is sustained and the use of the piano by puplls in a teach- ing establishment is rated as a nuisance unsuited to a residential area, on the ground that the teaching of the use copy | of that instrument is a business, there will probably be a considerable mov- ing about of instructors. And by the same token it may become incumbent upon the Commissioners to act in the matter of the nuisance of the radio that s kept blaring at high pitch at all hours of day and night in the very heart of the residential district. As between the constant sound of a piano manipulated by either expert or inexpert fingers and the roaring radio there is little choice, as respects the peace and comfort of those af- flicted with the sounds. Piano teach- ing as a business and immoderate radio reception as a diversion are not ma- terially different as respects the effect upon the nervous systems of those within range. The order just issued to the conductor of a piano school, assuming its effectiveness, gives some hope to the multitude of victims of the cacophony of sounds emitted from loud speakers from early morning until past midnight. ———— Gen. Ma Comes Back. From Moscow comes news that Gen. Ma, who mounted into international fame as the Bridge,” at the outset of the Man- churian War, has dramatically ap- peared in the Soviet capital. Long lost to sight and repeatedly reported dead, the Chinese guerrilla leader, whose full name is Ma Chan-8han, bobs up not only serenely, but belligerently, and proclaims his intention to return to China, by Shanghai, to resume warfare against the Japanese invader. “I am going back,” said Gen. Ma at Moscow, “to continue to my last day the battle against my country's foe— to resume the fight I began at Nonni River. In Manchuria we have proved to the world that the Chinese can fight. Three thousand of my men are now on their way from Tomsk (Si- | beria), where they were interned with me, to the province of Sinkiang, in the Japanese-occupied North of Man- churia.” Accompanying Gen. Ma out of Rus- sia are his chief lieutenant, Gen. Su Ping-Wen, and sixty-four others of his officers and members of their families, who likewise were interned in Siberia, following the flight of the Ma forces into Russian territory. It will be re- called that after the Japanese swept across Manchuria and the setting up of the “independent” state of Man- chukuo, Gen. Ma accepted Japan's in- vitation to become minister of war for Manchukuo. Widely interpreted at the time as a gross act of treason toward China, Ma now describes it as & “strategic move” on his part, and de- clares that he utilizsed his Manchukuan office for the purpose of laying plans “to continue the struggle against the aggressor.” Later Gen. Ma proclaimed his rebellion against Manchukuo and, to the extent his resources permitted, carried on guerrilla warfare against the Japanese until he was compelled to retreat westward toward the Soviet frontier. Undoubtedly the significance of Gen. Ma's sudden recrudescence is the fact that it occurs under highly favoring Russian auspices. Not only he, but his considerable force of followers, is now released from internment on sup- posedly neutral Soviet soil and at lib- erty to renew operations against Japan. That circumstance in itself probably gives the Tokio military authorities no cause for anxiety. But they would have reason to be disturbed if the re-emier- gence of Gen. Ma means a rapproche- ment between Russia and China. Signs are not lacking that this is in progress. American dispatches from Moscow report & definite stiffening in the Soviet attitude toward Japan. The recent policy of watchful waiting and passive vigilance regarding events in Manchuria is now giving way to undis- guised dissatisfaction, and even angry resentment. The mote delivered early this week to the Japanese Ambassador at Moscow, emphasizing Japan’s brokep promises to respect Russian interest in the Chinese Eastern Railway, is an in- dication of the new Soviet attitude toward the Japanization of the Chinese territory athwart Siberia. In the same note, Russia expressed its readiness to sell her interest in the railway to the Chinese, if the latter desire to pur- chase it. All in all, Gen. Ma’s “back from Elba” appearance on the international scene may be an event of more im- portance than at once meets the eye. ———————— The administration emergency pro- gram is said to have developed some remarkable new ideas for legisiative machinery, including that of a noiseless filibuster. Immunity and the Law. The question of congressional im- munity has again come forward in a local case, involving the accusation of & member of the House of Representa- tives of assault in connection with a dispute over a radio. There is no ground for doubt on the score of the status of the accused, in respect to the complaint, regardless of the circum- stances. He may be taken to court just as any other person who is charged with an illegal action. ‘The Constitution of the United States provides that “Senators and Repre- sentatives shall in.all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their re- spective houses, and in going to and returning from the same.” This plainly means that such members of the Con- gress may be arrested for breach of the peace, here or elsewhere, even during the session of the Congress. ‘The immunity clause in the Constitu- tion was designed to prevent the inter- ruption of the services of the legislators by means of arrests without warrant in respect to their personal conduct, to insure the proper functioning of the legislative chambers. It was intended to guarantee the continuity of session “hero of Nonni River | Certificate of election to a legislative seat and enrollment of a member of BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ummmemmcummm‘“ privileges beyond those of other citizens. A reckless driver of a motor car may be taken to court and punished for his infraction of the regulations even if his machine bears the “Congressional” tag, which is recognized only for minor advantages. Policemen may, in their discretion and in fear of eventual persecution, ignore such conduct, but not specifically because the culprit is a member of the National Legislature. Misconduct on the part of & legislator is the less tolerable than in the case of another citizen, because the law- maker should be scrupulously careful to avold infractions, as an example in observance of statutes and regulations in the making of which he participates. Legisiative license is intolerable and should always be meb with strict appli- cation of the law. In this present case | ing the circumstances are yet to be deter- mined. commiited it should result in the same measure of penalty that would be ac- corded to any other offender, whatever his status. —_———— An economic conference with a broad- casting equipment of its own would en- able the public to gather interesting impressions first hand. Most of the arguments have by this time been suffi- ciently rehearsed to be delivered to the microphone without hesitation or em- barrassment. e Communist propagands is said to be responsible for objection by college stu- dents to a fighting education. It is perhaps time to.remind some of the college young gentlemen that they are permitting bookish pursuits to inter- fere too much with their foot ball training. —————————— As 2 dramatist, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw has been so accustomed to think on both sides of a subject in order to make dialogue that it is not remarkable if, when delivering a monologue, he sometimes contradicts himself. o It is reported that former President Herbert Hoover is determined not to be a candidate again. This is in a mild way an indorsement of the late Calvin Coolidge’s “do not choose” atti- tude. - —— e Reforestation recruits are reminded that they are out for work on working- man’s fare and that they are not mem- bers of a picnic party invited to criticize the sandwiches and pickles. ————————— Composers employ touches of discord to make the harmony more effective. The same method may be in contem- plation by directors of the congressional cholr. —sor—s An economic war between Russia and England cannot be expected to contrib- ute to farm relief for anybody. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Building Program. We're building again with steel and stone, And the worker seeks the mill, And it’s all for the spot he calls his own, On the highway or by the hill. Bome day when this anxious toil is through We will find some time to spare To build again as we used to do Our castles in the air. They have tumbled down in the misty realm ‘Where rainbows the sunset greet; Stern duty stands at the steadfast helm, ‘While the winds and the waters meet. But the purple and gold we still can trace . In the ruins everywhere, And we'll reconstruct with their old- time grace Our castles in the air. We'll find time for the starry dream That rewards the weary heaft; We'll turn again to the lands that gleam From this work-a-day world apart. And then in the moments when we can earn Repose that is only fair To the restoration we will return ©Of castles in the air. Marks. “I have some wonderful ideas,” said the home town friend, “but they re- quire money for their development.” “That's the trouble these days,” said Senator Sorghum. “Every time you show ‘s statesman an idea that carries a dollar mark he rubs it out and puts in a question mark.” Jud Tunkins says he hears money referred to as a medium of exchange. 8o far as he is concerned the medium has gone into trance. Worse Than the Malady. A remedy we’ think we see Fop something most outrageous. Alas, embargoes seem to be Peculiarly contagious. Unhappy Highwaymen. “Any highwaymen in Crimson Guich?” said the commercial traveler. “A few,” answered Cactus Joe. “You can see their dust a quarter of a mile up the road.” “What are they running away from?” “You. The last high-power salesman that hit the village left the boys tied up with monthly installments that they won't be able to pay for years to come.” “Silence should not be necessary to thought,” saild Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “It is he who can ‘think while many talk that must be relied on.” Supremacy. The girl who won a beauty prize If an offense has been in fact | gon feed them. . don't you report him to the council?” “Because he's & member of it.” R “What sort of a chap is he?” ques- tioned Jones. “Oh, he Is a most charming man— ‘Templeton Jones thought maybe he hl‘d.n't heard aright. threatens to cut down oné of my trees Euuu he says it casts debris on his wn.” J&nes ln':flbo;d. “He must tremendously charming, indeed. 8o Mcnm!.n' that I think you ought to shoot him. After the lady had left, still protest- that her neighbor was “charm- ing,” Templeton Jones &’: to il about we and what they mean, & 't mean, He thought it might not be a bad idea to found a Soclety for Word Res- toration, since there were so many so- cleties already. One more could not hurt anything, and might do some word a great deal of good. * * % % ‘Words need protection and conserva- tion as much as other things, animate nndhmnnnu. They are abused so much. A good word never knows what it is going to end up &s, when it starts out on its journey in life. It may become a catch-word, as it were, of the muititude, or be relegated to the big dictionaries, to be trotted out once in & lifetime. ‘The words that nobody uses. And the mouths of human beings are often filled with words carelessly used, or worse, ** k% u:hn“ got to thinking about “charm- o This 4s one of the real snob words. It is used by some people in speaking of every one they know. ‘They do not mean, of course, that every one they know is charming. All they mean is that they d like to give impression that every one they know is “some pumpkins,” as the old slang had it. They want to boost others in order to boost themselves. A very human device, after all. ko % 3 ‘ To listen to some folks, you would think that the world were literally crammed and jammed with people who ho)rl:.enly come under the descriptive, Just what do they mean by that? Surely they do not mean that such dictlonaries are full of good|;, them, in the real sense. s there hon-| that he has or will have plans of his anything about old Timothy effer to merit such a glorious word? One may find ‘another human tful, in the real sense, but here one must know both the ‘who says it, and him or her about 1t is said, and then attempt to evaluate the one in the terms of the other. Here mmy. -:uu;nl: to everything. ‘To tell me, Jones thought, that this lady here is charming is to tell me that the speaker finds her delightful. It means that she is a sort of song, or strikes the speaker as possessing, in some way, the beauty of & 3 The word takes us back to the Latin “carmen,” which means song, and from which the French “charme” is derived. ‘Those French are responsible for a great deal in this world! * kK X They are 50 easily “charmed,” evi- dently, that with them the word is used verny“yrmu!y. it Jones wondered if matter-of-fact Americans, ly those of Anglo- Saxon descent, could sling words 80 freely without getting clear off ‘When a Frenchman says a lady “charms” him he means it, e tly, but when Bill Smith, urbanite, says the same thing, especially if he says it to the glamorous Mrs. Weeny, he probably 1s simply attempting to impress Mrs. W. How can all me:em&eonle that are proclaimed so “cha: g” be half as charming as they:r: A:ld to be? * ‘Why, thought Jones to himself, I know a lot of these so-called charming peo- ple, and they are no more charming than I am. It’s a sadly overused word, one that fits not one out of ten times. Go to your dictionary. and if it ddesn't fall off the stand, which it usually does the moment any one touches it, look up the word “charm,” the noun. ‘What does it say? “Verse, sentence, word, act or object having occult power.” Well, 50 old Horace Hocum is a verse, He's a sentence, a word, or an act, or even an object having occult power! * kK X ‘The next definition is “spell.” All these “such charming people—" are all “spells?” Not too fast, though—here we get to the gist of the matter: “Quality, feature, exciting love or ad- miration; attrectiveness; indefinable power of delighting.” Yes, some persons may be charming, no doubt of it, Jones thought. They do possess qualities or features exciting love and admiration; they are attrac- tive; they have real power, whether in- definable or not Jones did not know, of delighting. ‘The point is, as Jones saw it, that the ggd word “charming” is used entirely much, and of persons who do not rate it, in any real sense. Just ordlnnr’yupeople, and their if any, is hard to see. Let Jones, stop using mean anything in particular, and try to use words to mean what we mean. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands VENING POST, Wellington: Wel- lington is as yet not overridden by multi-colored signs contain- ing, among other colored lights, red and green, but what with tail lights, colored signs and reflections on wet bitumen, there is a certain amount of confusion to motorists, not in the immediate vicinity, perhaps, but s few hundred yards ahead, or at about the distance the careful driver likes to know what 18 being done by other ‘nAmc'u-vn‘ u-x\munt for the oon- r = servation of red and green for traffic signals, and the elimination of these colors from all other street lights, is t forward in the following remarks an English writer: Red is the color which we assoclate with danger. Nowadays, it is often merely decorative; for instance, when used for & fire station, or petrol pump, or as s lead toward doctor or dentist, etc. Red does not stand out alone with definite . All colored lights are being seriously overdone; an advertise- ment for somebody’s whisky or clgr- ets overpowers and minimizes an effort on the side of zafety. Someope must take this in hand, with discrimination and common-sense rea- soning. All red lights, except those for definite danger warnings (and for, say, our back lamps) should be prohibited. | Then, when we see a red light looming into our line of vision there will be no question of its significance, We shall not anticipate advertisement or a mere- 1y public sign or even the fire station! It will mean what red is intended to ‘mean—danger to us. ‘The authorities should keep green also exclusive, as we now understand it, for “all clear.” two colors should be absolutely distinguishable from all other sundry signs. There are purples, blues and rose or white globes in merry adundance _for Secoration — leaving green and red alone for important mat- ters on the road that are significant to iy * s % Foor Profts Stops icaraguan (lt‘h dl:h‘:hl‘ Naci of the 5 on, teemed Don Leonardo Monf long conducted and edited in this cap- ital, ceased yesterday. It appears that the sus; is to be but transitory, to allow opportunity for the reorganiza- “"&n%'e‘é'ém e o egol ph e foregoing Z the pleasure o?"m meeting, casually, Don Leonardo Montalban, who is the director both of El Grafico, & periodical review, as well as of La Na- cion. He u;ldhus lrethnve to ',h:m dltnoln‘- tinuance of the latter paper e Naclon_ceases publication after this date. Every paper should show for ita owners a margin of profit, and failure to function on that basis, should be suf- ficient justification for discontinuance.” “Do intend to resume publication of u,_'wlm s little later, Don talban! “Well, T have tried to make a good of La Nacion, and I believe it can be resuscitated after an interval. Journalism is my profession, and dur- ing the breach in the operation of La Nacion I shall live through my work for El . “And what will be done with the es- tablishment in which was published La Naclon?” “The premises have been vacated lon _returned to the Managus —Publication which the es- | huneedlzgme among those who were considered to be “poor and deserving students” to whom such scholarships have been awarded are in some cases young people whose arents owned motor cars and sent the ursary holders to the Medical College in those cars. In one particular case has been found that in the name of the bursary holder two motor cars had been registered. It will be recalled that these bursaries are being awarded for some years past as the result of representations made to the government that the fees charged at the Medical College are too high and prevent the sons and daughters of the people from qualitying as doctors. e government maintained that the fees could not be lowered, but estab- lished & number of bursaries “for poor and deserving students of either sex.” A bursary holder is entitled to free “ining at the Medical College. ——oe—s A Chicago Land Experiment. From the Providence Journal. Students of sociology—and _that means most of us nowadays—should be interested in a plan proposed for taking larger portion of the ,000 people in Cook County. Il (Chicago), who need public relief. ‘The plan embodi = downtown section of Chicago, in local- itles where the %oil is rich enough to produce good food crops. The families would be quartered in comfortable houses to be built under the provisions of m“ contemplated legislative act. for several months and centering in a similar plan that has been successfully employed in many German industrial centers. P roposed outfitting & family wi half-acre of land, a poultry and house, plumbing, a septic tank other ' necessary facilities, would be $2,700. The scheme is called a “social undertaking” and is calcu- lated mmpmmmn, to l'llleeted thu: -time’ the Nation's second m‘u:;m&&y who "in l"“l!kely p:'t cmfafiflh:n without jobs for a of year over an in- definite period. One expected advan- tage is the fact that the colonized dlstance of 'the city, o, their own and 108 P own and the city’s benefit. If they were- settled at a long distance from Chicago they wwl{ t:fl be lm! ::I: to :]v;u themselves of or e employment op?ur- tunities there, and at the same time their lflm the city’s economic interests. Each enterprise of this kind must be ju on its individual merits. but the 0 plan is the result of pains- taking inquiry and consideration, and progress will be sympathetically fect | vises that this e Recognition. From the Loulsville Courier-Journal. Chinese bandits in Manchuria are holding an American medical mission- ery for $100,000 ransom. Wt Manchuria, but recognize Americans when they see ‘em. o Reticent. From the Toledo Blads. Possibly there is such a human be- as an average man, but he won't admit it. ——e—— Callow Crime. Prom the Chicago Daily News. They are “chnm.”l own regarding the increase of commod- ity prices and “inflation” of some kind is sufficlent to call a halt of the efforts to write into the farm relief bill in the Senate “free silver” and other proposals to inflate the currency. The President is asking again from Congress the broadest kind of powers, and apparently he is to be given them now just as he was given power to close the banks and lay an embargo on gold te House. er is to be written into all, according to * ‘The power given the President, how- ever, i8 to be used in his own discre- tion. He will not be compelled to use :dfioluumwm. ‘Therein lies the erence between a law mandat * upon the President and the authoriza- tion now proposed. It may be ex- E:md. of course, that the President, ving sought these broad powers, will certainly exercise them in an effort ta bring up commodity prices. At the same time, the President does not wish inflation to run Hog controlled Infistion if he can bring about such a thing. E R The President’s order yesterday re- newing the embargo lfil.nst they:hlp- ment of gold out of this country has -at last brought a definite interpreta- tion in many quarters that the United States is off the gold standard, if only tem; . _Abroad asssults upon the American dollar have continued, and, strangely a8 it may sound to American ears, the fell in the value of the dollar seems to be not undesired in some a:lmrl here. And with the fall of the llar, prices seem to be taking a surge upward. Here, apparently, is a meas- ure of inflation without the legislative action of ess, except as it was contained in the emergency measure giving President Roosevelt ~ unlimited power to embargo the shipments of gold and control banks and finances. Members of the Democratic party in Congress today express a willingness to glve the President broad powers to in- te the curre: and prices, leaving the details of the inflationary measures to be taken to the Chief Executive. It begins to look as though the mere dis- cussion of inflation of the currency was to have its effect on the American dollar and prices. Prices, these Democratic leaders insist, are too low, while the value of the dollar has been entirely too high. It is high time there should be a readjustment of values in this country—getting back somewhere near normal. * x ¥ x More slowly than meny of the mem- bers of Congress would like, the new administration is attending to the job of fillilng Federal offices with Demo~ crats. Some the anpointments are not to be stricfly For example, Miss Perkins, Secretary of Labor, -4s to have Charles E. Wyzanski, jr. of Boston as solicitor of the De- partment. Mr. Wyzanski has a h reputation a8 a young lawyer in Massachusetts tal. He is not the selection for this post, however, of the Massachusetts Senators, Walsh and Coolidge, but has been put forward by Felix Frankfurter and other represent- atives of the Harvard Law School. The Massachusetts Senators have been con- sulted with reference to Mr. Wyzanski and have said they had no objection.|J. However, they have made it clear that this appointment is not to be charged to their particular political patronage. . * K X * ‘The Republican political leaders in many of the States—indeed in all of it | them—have sensed the desire of the mn%nu’my to have the Roosevelt admini ition given a chance. In con- sequence party politics have, except ir local instances, been at a standstill. ‘The time has not yet arrived for the G.O.P. to launch attacks. To do so would merely be interpreted by the voters as an effort for political advantage to ham- string the Democratic President. What the voters want, and this goes for Re- publicans as well as for Democrats, is & revival of business. They have reached the conclusion that if the country ral- lies back of the President in this crisis the administration may bring back better times. There is no congressional election until a year from next Fall. The consequence is that the G. O. P. is lying low. Every now and then a Re- publican bobs up in Congress to protest Del proposing. more to keep the record straight, in case those measures turn out badly, than for any real purpose of preventing the pas- sage of these measures. * X x X Re cans who have visited the Midd] word that the people, even the farmers, are, generally speaking, more hopeful. Increased prices of wheat, for example, have had their effect, particularly in the Northwest. Down in Kansas, where the wheat crop is expected to be terribly short this year, the fanmers are wonder- ing just what is going to happen to them. But what is their loss appears to' be to the advantage of the farmers in other sections. —— Cotton. Prom the Charlotte Observer, ‘The le are going to hear more about cottan this year than Guring Any in history, and the women wear more and prettier ever before.m(gr e tex- nual “style show,” at at Raleigh, which has um that hum-m . Two hundred participate this year, all o ering fabrics designed by the siadsts t the al e students Textile School. Er d’l;%nt: l;lelqe‘hon ad- T c are participating mmn 78 young women whose homes range from New York City to Brazil, in South America, will model a variety of dresses, suits, coats and costumes in attractive colors, every one of which was made from inf national oolle (dlbl;'l'cs produced by State College stu- lents. Meantime, at 572 Madison avenue, in New York, a cotton dress goods exposi- on ?ggl “fashion group” of Japanese peonon cloths, day” in our country has ar- A Short-Change Proposal. Prom the Indianapolis News. Shaw as a payment on her war debt to the United Siates may '‘be a feeble Ha passed & hl;l‘ exempting per-|but valiant effort to turn from economic from capi- t, the 0is Senate devise another to deter youths under 19 from committing murder. rellef to comic relief. From the Indian Some of these days even the utility betg that companies may to their customers are not wi satis- fled with things as they are. ——aor—s- Experts. mmmm tlmwnlnl'ofll-'!m Forty- going to s world ‘:up t::rnq uphy tory | bition?—J. F. H. wild. It will be & | lent ‘political,” it is said. | F- G- Weat in recent weeks bring the | t | classic, one of the best known Christ- the | mas stories in the English language. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. was ana ately by the Ringlings until 1909, when the two circuses were combined. Of the seven Ringling brothers, John Ringling is the only one still living. Q How much aicohol did the beer contain W was sold before prohi- A. The Bureau of Prohibition says that while some samples of beer haa higher alcoholic content than others, the average alcoholic content of beer just before prohibition was from 2.5 cent alcohol to 4.75 per cent alco- 1 by weight. This would be equiva- to from 3.13 to 593 per cent al- cohol by volume. Q. Has Russia & committee on standardization?—E. 8. A. It has a committee called the All- Commif bl Russla ittee on S lon. In the past eight years its work has new chairman, A. K. Gastev, rted as sta that the new set-up the stan ~mal practices of Boviet Union into ¢l Tesen.- blance with the practices in the Unitea States and other countries having nu- tional standardizing bodies. Q. In the past, what part of their deposits have people recovered when national banks have failed?—F. Y. A. Bince 1865, in the national banks which have closed and finally been illquldntgd, depositors have received, on an average, about 67 cents for each dol- | lar they in the banks. | Q. In making an aquatint, what sub- | stance is placed on the copper-—N. E. | A. The entire surface of the copper is first covered with a “dust ground” of powdered resin. Q. How many city parks are there in the United States?—N. F. A. There are about 11,700. They rep- | $2,000,000,000. Q. What is ounce?—D. L. M. A An ounce was originally onc-| twelfth of a Roman pound and was| + known by the word uncia. Q. Is it difficult for & grown man or | woman to learn to read and write?— "A. Educators (Y that adults learn more easily, wil af est, ana {mthnn children do. ults in this country are learning the | through prn- the derivation of the M. | or of education Q. What insects distribute the great- est amount of pollen?—W. M. A. Bees are by far the most impor- tant insects in the transfer of pollen. A. The fandango is danced by & man and a woman. The time of the dance is 6-8, but the figures are very lively and the music is supplied by castanets in the hands of the per- not been particularly effective, but its | omg re-lto % Please describe the fandango.— | &re Burr's plans for & southwestern en.- pire?>—C. H. E. A. The scheme fell through; Blen- nerhassett was twice arrested, im- priconed, and tried for treason, . was discharged in 1807 on the wcquii- tal of Burr. Q. What is the range of tempera- ture at Quito, situated almost on the qu‘lto_l;‘?—\‘!e.nx‘). A. e perature at the Equator varies with the altitude above sea level and also proximity to water. Quito lies 8t an_altitude of 9,350 feet and the annual range of temperature is less . The daily range, however, is considerable. The early morning tem- perature is about 47; the midday 66. Q. Who was Tubal Cain>—F. R. H. A. According to Genesis, 4.22, he war the son of Lamech and Zillah, Israci- ites, and is credited with being the creator of the art of working in metals. Q. Have the Jews in America an or- ganization through which help can be ettcgded to. the Jews in Germany?— The American Hebrew says thas the American Jewish Joint Distribu~ tion Committee is the overseas phil- anthropic agency of the Jews in Amer- ica, and is equip) to forward all ncy relief that Americans wish Q. How many unknown soldiers are buried at Valley Forge?—G. N. A. Over 3000 unknown dead sleep at Valley Forge. The only named grave on the camp ground is that of Capt. John Waterman. Q. Is the number of licensed amateur radio ;Penwn increasing or decreas~ ing>—F. A. P. A. The figures for the last fiscal year increased one-third over those for the preceding year. g. Awmon is the Bridge of Sighs? A. The famous original Bridge of 8ighs leads across one of the canals in Doge days of the Venitlan Republic. imitaticn, a bridge in New York City, over which prisoners are taken into the Tombs, is called the Bridge of resent property value of more than!gigne Q. Please quote John Fitch's philos- ophy on wives and steamboats.—J. D. A. The inventor of the steamboat wrote in his will: “I know of nothing 8o perplexing and vexatious to a man of feellng as a turbulent wife and steamboat building. I experienced the former and quit in due season and had I been in my right senses I should undoubtedly have treated the latter in the same mauner, but for one man to be teased with both, he must be looked upon as the most unfortunate man in the world.” Although Fitch operated a steamboat 20 years before Fulton, he met with constant discouragement. Q. What is meant by Mercator's projection?—J. H. F. A. It is & method of projection used in map-making, in which the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude drawn as straight lines, cutting each other at right angles, the distance between the parallels of latitude in- creasing with their distance from the Equator. Thus, the distance between points near the Poles are apparently greater than they are in reality. Enthusiastic tributes to a great char- acter are given by Americans a8 Dr. Henry Van Dyke dies in Princeton at the age of 8i. His unusual qualities are declared to have influenced multi- tudes, while his services as a diplomat in war time are recognized. His ver- satility is a subject of general com- ment, and his place as & fisherman-| author emphasized with words of ad- miration. “One of the great figures of Amer- ica,” is the appraisal of the Portland (Oreg) Journal, with the statement that “some of his poems are among the most beautiful in the language,” and the comment on his public serv- ices: “He will be remembered in America and throughout the world as an un- tiring, _dashing. knightly soldier of peace, battling for a warless world, not only in the imaginations of people, but in the cabinets and chancelleries of nations.” The Youngstown Vindicator feels that “the country needs more men like him.” while the Rock Island Argus says that “his literary works rank very high and his personal quali- ties were such that he was held in affectionate .” The Newark Eve- ning News refers to him as “a cul- tured genfleman of great public and m charm,” and the Salt Lake t News avers that “the country loses a gentle and beloved man.” The Miami Daily News declares: “One of America’s great inspirational voices is stilled with the death of Dr. Van Dyke. In verse or prose, from the pulpit or Gipiomat, e expresed. untalingly the plomat, he e: un! ly high ideals that keep alive the spirit- ual flame. His little book, ‘The Other Wise Man’ will remain an American His service in the difficult post as Min- ister to the Netherlands and Luxem- bourg while the World War raged about these neutral lands will be long re- membered.” Recalling his service in the Nether-| lands, the Baltimore Sun records that “he was at various times instrumental in efforts to establish some sort of con- tact between the European belligerents, and he was one of the earliest advo-: cates of a League of Nations” The Nashville Banner states that “his versa- tile talents made him one of the no- figures of his time in the world of h the Hartford ‘masterful - ‘The Atlanta Journal pays the tribute: “His influence transcended his art. He ;wmu pleasingly and but y, more eloquent than tongues of angels, which aureoled his words and Mfted his preaching above the com- monplace, and impressed all who knew him with the power of his gentleness. It was the charity that not only sces into life but is ready to bear all and brave all things for truth and tolerance.” Teminiscent,” to rk mmw “of i il gE.EE - - | are will 'Van Dyke as Beloved Figure Put Among America’s Great A further thought as.to the future fame of Van Dyke is voiced by the San Antonio Express: “He was another Izaak Walton; if fickle fame shall do him full justice, he will have his niche beside the angler of Stafford. He is more the master of gan, more the poet, more the artist; he shows a more vivid sense of what is going on sbout him as he angles for trout and s keener eye for detail. Though clergyman by profession, he is less a moralist and h than Walton. And Henry Van Dyke has evolved & philos- ophy as serene: ‘The best hope we can have is that God smiles at us as we do at our small children.’” Decline and Fall! Prom the New York Times. We may now be witnessing, as some people believe, the decline and fall of the American Republic. But in one Tespect at least the symptoms do not correspond to the original decline and fall. In the United States we are keep- ing our fences intact. The roots are not sagging. The desert is not creep= ing up on the sown land. An army "of 250,000 men is being mobilized for a campaign of reforesta- tion, flood prevention, land reclamation and soil defense of all kinds. A vast regional development plan for the Ten- nessee River basin is on President Roosevelt'’s program. To come down considerably in scale, 600 men have started work on_ the development of Jones Beach, a State marine park in Long Island. Forestry, river and road and park improvement—these things all signify that people still believe ‘that America has a future. The belief may not be bridges to sink y decay was visible and acquiesced in. Qualifies. From the 8an Antonio Express. Bernard Shaw remarks that George TImes | ihe American has “a rage for publicity.” G. B. 8. qualifies 100 per cent for American citizenship. —————————— Pianos and Politics. From the Dayton Daily News. Paderewskl says that playing a piano is more difficult than practicing state- manship. On the other hand. more men seem able to produce harmony on a plano than in politics. et A Close Up on Congrese. From the Chicago Daily News. S rint o Washingion naguraly 4 25! ral wish to borrow President Roose- velt's formula for taming & national law-making body. —— . The New Percentage. .| Prom the Roanoke Times. The office statistician has it figured out that the country is now behind Roosevelt 103.2 per cent. oo Hitler's Art. From the Loutsville Courier-Journal. Adolf Hitler may be a good interior mu‘to i wt:::uh" S from s unaf ve appearance the outside. —_—————t—————— Curley’s Choice. A