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fHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. YUESDAY..........June 6, 1933 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor n-mmsuxn-:nm 11th_8t. "ahd" Penoeyivanis, New York Offce: 130 East ugfi'}: fil%‘v'.’m"g&fé.-“'n'mr"“fl'i‘.‘ Londos: ‘Englan 5 Rate by Carrier Within the City. Bt 3 day St Sc_per y e S e jers may be sent in by mail or telephone [Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia. ly lnld Bunda! gzg a5 only 40 All Other States and Canada. yr., $12.00; 1mo., $1.00 ‘yr., $8.00; 1mo. T yr, $5.00; 1mo. B vee17r. $10.00; 1y e J1yra $4.00; 1mo. 1mo. imo. B Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled %0 the use for republication of all news dis- tches credited to it or not otherwise cred- Red in this paper and siso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of #pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. only .. ay only The Revolt. Whatever the cause of the so-called yevolt against the leadership of Presi- dent_Roosevelt, Democrats of the House and Senate can well afford to weigh the consequences if they go through with their determination to abandon that leadership, They have only to Jook back & few short years for an ob- Ject lesson to observe what happened to the former administration after a group of Republican Senators and Representa~ tives had staged a revolt. If the Democrats split now, with Congress do- ing a right-about face, they can look forward to the election of & Republican Congress in 1934, That is the political angle. If the Democrats have any «eonsideration for the country outside of their own political fortunes, they will hesitate still more to kick over the apple eart. If ever there was occasion for united action on the part of the legis- lative and executive branches of the QGovernment, this seems to be the time. ‘The seeds of the present revolt against President Roosevelt's leadership have been sown by a group of Congressmen who fear the effect, politically, of the drastic cuts in compensation and pen- slons which the administration has decreed for the veterans. Having given the President authority to go ahead and save $400,000,000 of the taxpayers’ money, cutting it off the billion-dollar snnual bill for the veterans, the Senate Pemocrats, and now the House Demo- crats, are undertaking to rescind their former action. They are hoping thereby, #s they think, to save their political skins. It is true that inequities in the cuts have shown up in individual cases, but they are matters that can be reme- died without a wholesale repeal of the salutary clauses of the economy act which would remove from the compen- sation rolls thousands of men who are drawing money today although" their tnjuries have no service connection whatever. The President has brought the re- Wolting Democrats up with a round $wm by declaring that if the expenses of the Government are to be increased by putting these men back on the Gov- ernment rolls the Congress must at the same time pass legislation to increase the taxes. The House Democrats and the Senate Democrats are inclined to shudder when they think of imposing still more taxes on the American peo- ple. There are a lot of taxpayers who, like the veterans, vote in this country. The President succeeded in quelling in part the revolt in the Senate when bhe persuaded the Finance Committee to restore late yesterday the licensing feature of his public works and indus- Sries control bill. At the same time, however, the Democrats in the House rejected the President’s recommenda- tlon for authority to permit him to ap- point & Governor of Hawall who had not necessarily been a resident of the is- lands. President Roosevelt has had the strong backing of the country in his ef- forts to put through his recovery pro- gram. Some of this program may not work. But that is neither here nor there. The administration's program must be given a trial, or else there is danger of further chaos. The President would be entirely justified in appealing to the Nation over the heads of Con- gress should it be necessary to do so. It the Democrats in Congress them- selves are shrewd enough, such an ap- | peal will not be necessary. If they fail | the country at this juncture the Demo- | eratic party is likely to slide back | into the old estimate held by the coun- try, an estimate which placed the Democratic party as ineffective, impo- tent and constantly fighting within its own ranks. ‘ B e T Business is reviving and instead of | *vicious circles” resulting in depression, | 1t 1s hoped to establish & benign circle by which more trade will mean more wages which will increasingly support | more trade. | B | Richly Deserved Criticism. ‘ Tt might be supposed that the ringing denunciation by Justice William Hitz, fn the District Court of Appeals, of the chaotic condition regarding the owner- | ship and operation of taxicabs in Wash- ington would lead to remedial legisla tion. Said Justice Hitz The present methods of selling motor | ‘ears and licensing public vehicles ]end; maturally to the present situation of cut-throat irresponsibility in a public service of great importance and daily | r to many persons. While our| duty is to apply the law as we find it, | in this respect we find it so unsatis-| Tactory that we feel impelled to suggest | that some change should be made, either by legislative enactment or by municipal regulation. Perhaps an improvement of this sit- uation can be found in a system of compulsory insurance, preliminary to the license and running of the car, in favor of any one injured by its negli- gent operation under an arrangement ‘with the licensee, such as many of our States now have and such as appears to have covered hackney coaches in Jondon for a hundred years. But a compulsory liability insurance ®ill has been before Congress for years. It has been urged by the Public Uli- | ties Commission and by many others. ‘The Public Utllities Commission has taken edvantage of the decision by Justice Hitz to urge passage of the blil again. Unfortunately, it is still uncer- tain whether there will be any action. & few members of Congress have as- lage of Coggia, clad in rags, With a to nickel and copper.” sumed the position that taxicabs in Washington are in some manner above the laws which elsewhere regulate them in the public interest and in the pub- lic safety. There has been such a tre- mendous amount of tosh over the fact that taxicabs afford employment to certain men who might otherwise be without employment that the public has beeh allowed to shift for itself. Cheap taxicabs are, of course, de- sirable. But the cost of transportation in taxicabs or in any other form of public carrier should not be so low as to prevent the assumption of certain responsibilities and obligations for the safety and protection of the public that in other cities are taken as a matter of course. In Washington the taxicab operators and drivers are regarded as & favored class, merely because the rates fixed by & process of unregulated competition are low. In consequence, the pedestrian or the passenger who is injuted by a taxicab has no recourse. The taxicab operator can plead pov- erty—and his plea is probably sincere. No taxicab should be permitted to op- erate on the streets of Washington un- til there is proof of the financial re- sponsibility of the operator or owner. National Oratorical Contest Ends. The National Oratorical Contest on the Constitution, after ten remarkable years of service to education and good | citizenship, has come to an end. Its| demise is due to the depression, which made it impossible to continue to hold & sufficlently broad newspaper sponsor- ship to meet its expenses and carry on its work along those magnificently broad lines which made it 80 successful. ‘The growth of the movement, from its beginning under Randolph Leigh in California in 1923, was proof of the basic worth of the undertaking. Within two years it had the support of the lead- ing newspapers in every State in the Union, and had, through the Interna- tional Oratorical Contest, carried its organization and technique into the leading nations of Europe and North and South America. For years its meetings have been attended by Presi- dents of the United States and by the diplomatic corps of Washington, as well as by the educational and social leaders of the Nation. Last year the world-wide economic crisis brought the international phase of the contest to an end, because of the inabllity of foreign sponsors to con- tinue to sustain such an undertaking, laudable though they knew it to be. This year the contest was continued as & national project, with a reduction in its participating area, it being hoped that reviving business conditions would make it possible to restore it to its pris- tine vigor. However, the actual state of affairs at the usual time for the annual reorganization of the contest made it clear that it would have to be dropped, or carried on inadequately. Under those circumstances, the news- paper sponsors, the school authorities and thg director general of the contest agreed that the only suitable course would be to discontinue the contest. ‘The Star is proud of the fact that it has been one of the sponsors of this great movement from its beginning as & national undertaking. It looks upon it as & constructive and lasting contri- bution to citizenship. Furthermore, it feels that the mere abandonment of the speaking competition will not mean the cessation of the good work of the contest. During ten years the keenest minds among the young students of America have been directed toward a better understanding of and a stronger respect for our basic principles of gov- ernment. The full fruits of that in- tensive, patriotic training of almost a generation of citizens will not be shown immediately. But as the stu- dents trained in the contest reach their mature powers the larger results will manifest themselves abundantly, in closer political thinking, in more ef- fective leadership and in higher social ideals. —_———,—— Becretary Woodin, a musician known for virtuosity of style and eatholicity of taste, says that vibrations of fine music put mysterious initiative, resolu- tion and courage into the normal in- dividual. The ennobling influence can- not be denied; yet it must be admitted that some music merely makes a man want to snap his heels and say “Hotcha!” — e A number of pictures of Morgan and the midget were taken. A few will be | printed, but it is not expected that Ring- | ling Brothers will be quite so enter- prising as to use them in their circus | posters. ———— Hitler's government is losing many eminent scientists. But Hitler has not | been very prominent for efforts to conduct a brain trust. —————— Corsica's Last Bandit. Andre Spada, Corsica’s favorite and | practically only surviving bandit, has surrendered. Back of that simple statement of fact, just cabled, is & | long story of romance and tragedy. | It is the end of a man hunt that has| lasted for eleven years, and probably the end of a tradition. Spada—the name means “the sword”—the son of a poor charcoal burner, went into the wilds of Napoleon's native island in 1922 after he had shot two gendarmes as | . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1933. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “sort of crown on his head.” He fell on his knees before the entrance of the church and’ began to shout “What have I done?” The peasants tried to save him from arrest, but he refused to hide himself and wandered about for hours in & semi-conscious state. The gendarmes came and took him into custody. Now he will perhaps be tried for his crimes. At least a dozen mur- ders are charged against him. ‘Will the day ever come when the last American bandit s captured? ——e Henry Cottrell Rowland. Occasionally there comes into the modern world a personality so chival- rous, so colorful, so ideally romantic that the natural impulse is to refer to the individual so endowed in terms of poetic simile. Such a man was Henry Cottrell Rowland, who passed from the earthly scene last evening. True, he was & citizen of the modern world, but that was not all—he was likewise a citizen of the world of centuries ago; he would have been at home in the age of Chevaller Bayard, in the age of Queen Elizabeth. He was a knightly character. Born in the somewhat drab nineteenth century, educated in the usual manner, he nevertheless wore all his life an invisible shining armor, carried a bright sword, was a Crusader type. Certainly, there was no affectatfon about him, no pretense, no special penchant for me- dieval standards of thought or conduct, no consclous striving back to an era fled beyond recall. On the contrary, his major interests were those of his own time. The romantic aspect of his soul was simply & natural gallantry of mind and heart, something innate, something inherited perhaps. His friends could not analyze it; they were content to ac- cept it without explanation—it made him a delightful companion, and when he essayed the writing of fiction it con- tributed to his success. Dr. Rowland must have enjoyed every moment of the nearly sixty years he lived. He was ceaselessly busy from first to last. Skilled in medicine and surgery, he made his talents available to both the Army and Navy in the Spanish War and the Philippines cam- paign, and when the World War began he gave his services to the allies. Widely read in English letters, he unpretendingly developed a natural genius for narrative to add to the cur- rent store of novels and short stories a long list of his own generously ap- preciated productions. His holidays he spent in motor cruises up and down the Atlantic Coast and in European waters—he crossed the Continent from England to the Black Sea in his boat just to demonstrate that it could be done. For fireside recreation he read philosophy and the history of re- ligions. Altogether, he had a marveiously good life. If there was any struggle in it, he never mentioned the fact. In- stead, he was invariably serene, self- contained, self-reliant, happy in the privilege of living and working day by day. A more robust personality than Robert Louis Stevenson, he was, how- ever, just as admirable and just as lovable. —————————— Vesuvius is again showing Mussolini that there are forces that even he cannot now control, although he may succeed in organizing engineering abil- ity that will show him how to harness even & volcano. —_———— Men are advised to take their wives into full confidence in their businese, but in his loss-taking stock sales Charles E. Mitchell may have carried family conference farther than was necessary. —e ‘The problem of budget balancing threatens to bring up again the ques- tion of what will happen when an ir- resistible force meets an immovable object. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Raconteur. ‘There used to be & man whose way ‘Would cause a lot of worry. He'd stop you on the street and say “Old friend, what is your hurry!” New stories he would learn offhand, He never seemed to miss one. He'd stop you on the sidewalk and Exclaim “Have you heard this one?” Then he would loudly shout, “Ho! Ho!” And seize me by the collar, Remarking, “Wait a bit—I know ‘This one will make you holler.” And though the chat would interfere With serious employment, ‘You always laughed, when he drew near, ‘With genuine enjoyment. Now I must hear in figures grave Pinancial calculations, And learn ideas that will save ‘The credit of all nations. ‘While I admire the wondrous store Of intellectual glories, I long to greet that friend once more ‘Who just told funny stories. Close Occupation. “Where are you going this Summer?” “My family hasn't decided” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “I won't be with them.” “They will miss you.” they were arresting one of his friends. He became the leader of @ band of | outlaws, preying upon travelers, main- taining a veritable system of tribute | |and forced tolls for the use of the roads, defying the law openly and| “Not much. I can spend little time at home anyhow, and they can hear me over the radio as often as ever.” Jud Tunkins says the only advantage he can see in being rich is that you can have secretaries and don't have to learn acquiring & legendary character With| the typewriter or the dial telephone. the people, who regarded him with awe and admiration. He was even respect- | ed as a sort of Robin Hood, for he ap- pealed to the superstitions of the Cor- | sicans and by occasional good deeds in | behalf of the very poor he gained a | certain degree of sympathy, which was | a source of refuge for him when he | was chased by the police and troops. At one time the French government organized an expeditionary force of | some six hundred men, with tanks and light artillery, for the purpose of break- |ing up the band. After some weeks of | tollsome scouring of the “maquis,” or dense mountain forests, the soldiers | rounded up several of Spada’s lieu- tenants and followers, but the chief himself escaped in a small boat to Sardinia. As soon &s the troops were | withdrawn he returned to Corsica and resumed his depredations. But his power was broken, his band dispersed, |and at last he became deranged men- |tally and the other day he presented himself at the little church in the vil- Overhopefulness. | Though optimism we extol, 1t sometimes brings regret. When hope breaks loose beyond control It runs us into debt. Descriptive. “Don’t you think that motion picture lady with the prominent smile is dainty?” “Not dainty,” precisely answered Miss Ceyenne, “but certainly toothsome.” “History shows us,” sald Hi Ho, the | sage of Chinatown, “that the people’s | own love of magnificence is what causes | them to resent the number of tax col- lectors necessary to maintain it.” Human Confession. I've made mistakes. The fate I've shared Of mortals who have gone before. Moreover, if my life is spared, I know I'm going to make some more. “I's always off de gold standard,” said ‘Uncle Eben, “an’ jes’ now I's doin’ purty good if I don't have to hold close down A book on climbing roses slone— this has recently appeared, to delight the thousands of lovers of the queen of flowers. They deserve it. If roses, in general, are called “the queen,” the climbers might be ed “the princesses,” without much strain- ing imagination,, They are the best justification of the humble fence, if it needs any. Now more than ever is it begihning to be seen, even by the most obdurate, that the garden fence is a necessity, if for no other reason than as some- thing on which to grow the beautiful | climbing roses. No other xugpa't for them is so natural, so durable, so entirely in keep- ing with their character. Climbers may be grown on houses, of course. Notable among those suited for this usage is that noble specimen, the Dr. Van Fleet, but it grows too| large. * ok ok % What & memorial Walter Van Fleet left to himself! Surely, as long as America exists, this great climber, with its glorious pinkish-white blossoms, like so much wax, will testify to his ability as a hybridizer, and as a lover of beauty. ‘This is one of the two favorite climb- ing roses in this section of the coun- try. The other, of course, is Paul's Scarlet. These two have made city yards and suburban gardens bowers of beauty for the past three weeks. Nature was kinder to these climbers in this locality than to the smaller Thousand Beauties, that old-fashioned thornless climbing rose beloved of many. The heavy rain of Memorial day dealt severely with its smaller blossoms. No matter, it is a fine climber, liked by many, with a secure place, on ac- count of its adaptability to positions where the lusty growth of Dr. Van Fleet and Paul's Scarlet is not de- sirable. x ok ok % More than 1,200 varieties of climbing roses have been listed. One wonders, in view of the wide- spread planting of those named, just who plants the remaining thousand or_so. Yet it is satisfying to feel that there are s0 varieties, no matter how few one may have in his own garden. sw-:wym. because there lcl;n never be many, since practically every one of them will have some purchasers will find in each certain good Ppoints. It is obvious that the average home owner has neither the money nor the space to experiment with such a huge number of climbers. ‘The fact that they exist, however, should not worry him in the least. He should not join the number of those who cry out loudly against the piling of new roses upon new roses year after year. * oK ok X The creation of new varieties of flow- ers is an important work, one which naturally tends to take care of itself, in the long run. The effort is to secure more and beautiful flowers, ‘at the same time to eliminate some of the obvious imper- |ing fections of older varieties. One of the major trends of the mo- ment is the creation of “ever-bloom- ing” climbing roses. Several have been developed but just how successful they are remains to be seen. Every one who admires the Dr. Van Fleet, in its season, thinks how much more wonderful it would be if it would repeat the performance even once, say in_the Fall, It may be questioned, however, whether there is not something whole- some in the fact that so many of our most glorious flowers bloom but once during the year. It is Nature's law. It may be that mankind respects them, and values them all the more, because are not ‘“ever-blooming.” It is questionable whether our would be better, if they put scms every month. There is a wonderful field for ex- perimentation here, and plant breeders all over the world are looking into the matter for us. Perpetual flowers, in time, might be evolved, who knows? * x % % The long expanse of a fence is just | what_such a sturdy climber as the Dr. | Van Fleet needs. | Then it can extend itself, as it were, stretch its arms, do its best. Practically every one who grows climb- ing roses knows that the blooms come on the new wood of last season’s growth. That is, the flowers now in evidence on our popular climbers are blooming on wood grown last Spring and Summer. If the canes had plenty of room, they stretched themselves out to great length, and the flowers have appeared all along the canes, Pruning the climbers, then, should be done only after the flowers have faded. This means that pruning for practically all of them will be in order now within |a few weeks. In order, that is, if one wants to prune, On a fence, few of the climbers will have to be cut back at all, aside from nipping off the old faded blossoms and some small portions of the stems on which they grew. E * * x % ‘The fence is the ideal place for growing climbers, because it allows them to get plenty of air from all sides, nomethmsewmzh & house or other solid surface does not permit. Another feature of the fence is that such spraying as qught to be done may be accomplished without getting stains on anything. If a Van Fleet, for in- stance, is attacked by aphids, as some- times occurs in wet seasons, the best remedy is_an application of nicotine solution. If the climber is on a house painted white, the spray will leave flecks of brown. The result is that many owners refuse to spray. On the fence no such fear need be felt. If a spray is necessary, there is no reason for not applying it, so that the owner is a great deal more likely to eeg'\ve his roses the treatment they ne nies blos- * k% % Fifty to a hundred feet of fence will be completely covered by Van Fleet's within a couple of years, if planted about 10 feet apart to begin with. In- deed, if set 20 feet Igln, they will do the same thing, but the distance seems very great in the beginning, and the feelings of the gardener, as well as the got in March, if possible. first year, of course, will not see much bloom, all the growth going to- ward next season’s blooms. The sec- ond Spring, however, will see scores of fine flo":;\ fit:n:hh'ld" Spflnfiingr two years after planting, will see climb- roses in profusion, if the weather is at all propitious. Some training of the canes ‘will be necessary on & fence, since many of them insist on growing straight up in the air. These should be laid down carefully on the top of the fencing, and along lower wires, in order to give each cane as much room and air as possible. ‘The big idea, in growing climbing roses on a fence, is to per-|) mit the canes and the fencing to make one structure, so that the fence is as much a part of the climbers as the blossoms, and the flowers as much a part of the fence as the very posts. When that effect is secured, the gardener has something. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands GYPTIAN GAZETTE, Alexan- dria—The total number of im- migrants who entered Palestine in February was 1,723, of whom 1,581 were Jews, 114 Christians, and 18 Moslems. Among them over 500 men and 300 women' came to work, and 33 were recorded as capitalists, 1. e., persons with L. P. 1,000 or more. (About $2,400.) FPifty-four prospective immigrants were refused admission. * k% X Vienna Takes Pride In Efficient Police. Neus Wiener Abendblatt, Vienna.— The Vienna police have been tradi- tionally fortunate in having the lead- ership of men who sought or ac- cepted administrative positions in the department not for private emolument, but for the public good. Rarely indeed has odium attached to any functionary of executive position, while the rank and file of the department are nota- bly free from taint in their dealings with the public, performing their duties without fear or favor and esteeming any offer of a gift or bribe for an in- fringement of their duty a contempti- ble insult. In addition to an expert technical knowledge of their responsibilities, all the officials of the Vienna police de- partment, more than 200 in number, are trained in the legal aspects of their work, and most of them have a more or less comprehensive knowledge of chemistry, anatomy, physiology and mental diseases to aid them in the elaborate investigations so frequently made necessary in their calling, In these qualifications they emulate the unst finesse of the Paris “pre- fecture. Like these famous French po- lice officers, the Vienese magistracy is composed of men familiar with several foreign languages, particularly English and French. Before their appointment all police officlals in Vienna receive at least two years' special training for their duties in the metropolitan “Polizei-Schule” in any other subjects advantageous with respect to the expert accomplshment of their duties. Though promotions to executive posts are not usually from the ranks, at present near- ly 100 men of the gendarmerie (Poli- zeidienst) are studying law, and other ambitious subjects at the University of Vienna. ‘Whether considered from the stand- point of intelligence or physique, the Viennese police have few superiors. In pursuing the criminal they employ, too, every scientific innovation facilitating capture and conviction. The automo- bile and radio have been lavishly adopted toward these ends, as well as the so-called “Poller Formprozees” (Poller model process), by which ob- Jects are duplicated and preserved in- definitely, when otherwise they would be lost or marred. Footprints in muddy ground; other impressions, such as of | tires and bullet marks in plastering, as well as portions of the human body, re- producing wounds faithfully as to na- ture, extent and even color—all of these are perpetuated in an accuracy which makes them identical with the original markings and equally valuable in sub- sequent court proceedings, no matter how remotely ordered. Within the past year only one homi- cide in Vienna has remained unsolved, All the others and multudinous prob- lems of scarcely less concern have been promptly and effectually solved. The rank and file never have any fear of the consequences while doing their pre- scribed duty. They are supported fully | and all their actions justified by their superiors, when such doings are in ac- cord with the law. There are no “un- touchables” in the proceedings of the Viennese police department. Before being assigned to service each com- Em:nt of the force is qualified not only the particulars already enumerated, bul 1o awimming, pugllism, wrestlipg, horsemanship, bicycling, motorcycling and jiu-jitsu. Proficiency in the last- named art of self-defense has been an invaluable ald to the police in their war on the underworld. * x Xx % Foreign Women Find Shanghai Jobs Scarce. North China Daily News, Shanghal.— To the Editor: May I add a word to the general appeal which has gone out in behalf of the Y. W. C. A. em- ployment office? Just now the people of Shanghal do not realize how much unemploy- ment there is in our city, especially among the foreign women of various nationalities, Advertisements in the newspapers are a sore disappointment. Day after day women report that they have answered dozens without receiving one reply. In my own case, in order to save many gestures to the average business office, I have answered adver- tisements where stenographers were wanted and in all of the 18 letters sent I have not received one reply. In view of the present crisis it seems only fair that firms requiring office help should play the game and not keep applicants dangling about in- definitely. In one instance there has come to my notice this week a prac- tice which should be stopped at once. A firm advertised for a stenographer. Many replies were received. Girls we: sent lobr’ b:l lppoélnmm. : made ving these people real ters to answer. After the half day's completed they were told “Thanks, we let you know.” For days this went on, until finally all of the correspondence was cleared, at no expense to the firm! ixty women are on the register of this office, many of whom were among the highest paid in the city, but who now ask for but a living wage. The untrained worker must have a place to apply and, contrary to the belief of many e, this office in no way conflicts with the Y. W. C. A, to which I trust they will offer thel support. VIRGINIA COWPER. ————————— The Milk Rioting. ! Prom the Des Molnes Tribune. Nothing could make more glaring the | senseless futility of the “inspired” milk | riots In central Wisconsin than the quick and dramatic presentation to producers in the Chicago milk shed, | Just 200 miles farther south, of a “con- | tract” drawn by the Department of ’Acrlcuuure that would increase their | milk_profits by 32 cents a hundred- wel let- ht. Now Relief Administrator Peek’s pro- gram for improving the lot of dairy- men in the Chicago area may not be accepted in exactly its present form by all of the groups that handle milk and milk products between the farm and the city home. And it may take some “tmelly" for the adoption of any plan at_all, But in spite of those possibilities of dispute and delay, the milk situation around Chicago will certainly be set- tled equitably in that way a dozen times sooner and with a thousand times fewer evil consequences than if a few unrep- resentative producers should stay out the middle of the highways with guns and clubs and attempt to shoot and bludgeon their fellows into “starving” the price up. ‘That is simply barbarism. | archy. It requires no brain power what- :mer and produces corresponding re- sults. The mass of American farmers are beyond that intellectually and Gov. Schmedeman has handled the situation in the only way it can be handled in a civilized society. ‘The foolish users of violence have come to recognize that, fortunately, It is an- NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. GREAT GERMAN SHORT NO' AND STORIES; An Anf thology. . Cerf. New Some years ago—so many in fact that the editor of this volume faceti- ously places the beginning back in the days when goats roamed around on the empty lots on Park avenue—a con- tract was made with an eminent pub- lisher and editor for a collection of short novels and stories by representa- tive German suthors for publication in the Modern Library series. gen- tleman was confident of his ability to make such a selection from the great mass of German literature and to pre- i pare the work for reprinting, but many months went by, even years, before he submitted a manuscript consisting of ten stories, only six of which proved to be worthy of the purpose for which they were chosen. Meanwhile a new generation of German authors had be- come well known. Being both disa] ted and dissat- isfled with the results produced by the man to whom the job had been en- trusted, Mr. Cerf undertook to com- plete the work himself and all but the original six of the fifteen stories in this anthology are the result of his labors, He glives credit to his predecessor for the half dozen, but explains that they were certain to have been included by any person making such a collection, and that he therefore publishes the work as his own. The task of compiling an anthology of this sort is a tremendous one. To undertake the actual selections after all the Eofiib’,y adaptable stories have been collected is an even greater bur- den, particularly so in the case of the physical limitations which control a Modern Library volume. But the re- sult of the difficult work which the editor set himself to do is an achieve- ment well beyond most anthologies, and he should feel well rewarded for his labor. In the fifteen stories every phase of German literature is represented. Be- | ginning with “The Sorrows of Wer- ther,” by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, which appeared in 1774, the volume includes, the chronological order of the births of the authors, “The Sport of Destiny,” by Johann von Scmfig;; ‘The History of Krakatuk,” by Ernst T. W. JHoffmann; “Hansel and Gretel” |and “Cinderella,” by Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilheln Karl Grimm; +Gods in Exile,” by Heinrich Heine: “!mmemee." Theodor W. Storm; The Naughty Saint Vitalls,” by Gott- fried Keller; “The New Year's Eve Confession,” by Hermann Sudermann; “The Fate of the Baron,” by Arthur Schnitzler; “Flagman Thiel” by Ger- hart Hauptmann; “Lukardis” by Jacob Wassermann; “Death in Venice,” by Thomas Mann: “Amok,” by Stefan %:3:, and “The Parcel” by Arnold and development. From the first story, which gives an intimate picture of the profound sentimentality of the German soul, through the century-old tales of folk-lore, those which reveal the strict m;uo!m;amyoltmfimmu‘l:u, and those dwelling upon ter phases of the German nature, a con- sistent and comprehensive representa- tion of a nation’s literature prevails. There may be some disappointment that & number of authors whose names are numbered omitted. But it must be remembered that this is a collection of short novels and tales, and that many of the il- ustrious German authors did not em- ploy these mediums of 5 the German conception of a short thousan Also, story differs by several highly amusing, satiric and profoundly political story of One of ‘u::m. ‘most com- 2F FsBa it / | ¥ other books, the suthor adopted historical form. He was a deep stu of history, and he possessed enviable ability to see behind rded word and ship carries him reached the venerable age of ninety: seven years, the holy man is naturally the victim of considerably dimmed vision and is, therefore, unable to see distinctly the inhabitants of the island upon which he finds himself. ‘They were, however, well behaved and re- spectful citizens and, after due instruc- in the ways of holi- ness the good man baptizes his new charges in the faith which he repre- sents. By and by a messenger from heaven arrives to inform him that his newly acquired followers are not men, but penguins. He has done such noble work, however, that the good angel endows him with the power to turn his beloved penguins into men. These men were queer of stature, to be sure, and of slow mentality, but they were willing followers and they loved their master. Finally the time came when the holy man must return to his home land, but it was a heart- breaking thought to leave these de- voted charges on their isolated island. Whereupon he decides to take the island with him, and the great stone ship sails again, carrying in tow the island of - “Penguinia,” and in due course the island and its inhabitants are anchored off the coast of Breton. A legend, indeed, on which to fasten a chain of historical episodes; But it is handled by an artist whose scholar- ship and intellect were equal to the law and the social and political condi- tions to which civilization had devel- oped. ‘The body politic has from time im- memorial been likened to sheep. M. France, in this story, used the penguin as the symbol of humanity en masse. It is entirely true that the human race has unbounded faith in regulative sys- tems and institutionalism, and that it subordinates itself, body these systems. by M. PFrance in this book are the subjection of men to the wiles-of the politician, and the universal translation of re- liglous impulses into formulas and ascetic practices. As the pen ‘who became men followed their leader, so do the masses follow the politicians and | other leaders, seldom pausing to use/ their own minds or to follow their own reasoning. There is much to learn of life and of social, political and intellectual’ de- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]J. HASKIN. ‘What do you need to know? Is there some it about your business or personal life that puszles you? Is| there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our ‘ashington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa- tolon Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Di- rector, Washington, D. C., and inclose 3 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Do not use post cards. Q. When is Frontier day held in Cheyenne?—J. T. W. A. The Cheyenne Chamber of Com- merce says that the Prontier day cele- bration is held annually the last funl week in July. Q. Is there a Women's Air Re- serve?—M. L. J. A. The Betsy Ross Corps is com- posed of women pilots who are in training to relieve men fiyers for com- bat duty in the event of national emer- gency. Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz of New York is the organizer and national commander of the corps. Q. :Vh?t Mwlm lhelhrnfl. amount of money for a single prize fight>—W. P. A. Gene Tunney holds the record of earnings in a single prize fight. He received $990,445.54 for his 10-round battle with Jack Dempsey in Chi- cago, 1927, Q. How much older is President Franklin A. " President Roosevelt was born in 1882 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1887. Q. Are the office of education and the American Council on Education the same organization?—J. G, P, A. The office of education is a Fed- eral office in the Department of the Interior. The American Council on Education is an independent organiza- tion, with head ashing- | B- T- ton. D, C. s b o (A Zurlch is the home of many mil- Q. In what magazine did Charles g-n}; Gibson's dnwmpm first appear?— "A. ‘They first appeared in Life, where he became the del nwrotu::Ame- lcan girl. Q. Where is the earliest example of Gothic_architecture?—C. L. 8. . A. Gothic architecture was a grad- ual development from structural re- She Tulty developed Clothie site et e ly develo] othic style is the Cathedral of 8t. ; w{m:h was founded by the Abbe Suger in 1144. loubtedly development, which in many ways was far in advance of that of Slavonic race. Q. Where is the largest sundial in the world?—P. K. A. What is believed to be the largest sundial is the great equatorial dial at Delhi, India, constructed in 1724 by Jey Singh, the Rajah of Jeypore. The length of the hypotenuse of gnomon is 118 feet 5 inches. Q. In the Adirondacks the ba: often stripped from the white oirc trees for souvenirs. Does this harm the trees>—D. K. A. The Forest Service says that strip- ping the bark from a tree does hurt the tree if any sizable amount is taken off. If the gash is not too large, the tree will replace the bark; however, if it s girdled, the tree will die. Q. What is the literal mea of filet mignon?—D. A. e A. It means little slice. Q. How did the terms jerkwater town ;?dD Je;kwnter railroad originate?— A. In the early days of the railrodds it was customary for a traln to be stopped near a stream when water was necessary for the engine. The crew carried the water in leather buckets. The practice was called jerking water. As villages sprang up where trains merely stopped for water, they were known .as jerkwater towns and small, relatively unimportant railroads became known as jerkwater raflroads. Q. Can people other than Bahaists go Jw gucnew Bahai Temple in Chicago?— "A. The temple is in the suburb, Wil mette. While the services are the reg- ular Bahai services, every one is wel- come, Q. What city in Switzerland is some- times called the City of Millionaires?— pi Q. Where is the Island of Saints and Scholars?—T. R. A. This name, Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum, was applied to Ireland in the early Middle Ages, because of the num- ber of missionaries and learned men who left the country to evangelize and teach the people of Western Europe. Q. Does the Treasury gain or lose the provision of the income tax Lllo:-’ ing taxpayers to deduct losses and thereby go free of income tax?—E. K. A. For the latest year for which statistics are available it is shown that Q. How far apart are Africa and | the by | east entranc the best, have been | h Europe at the Stralts of Gibraltar?— N. 8. E. 'A. The width of the Straits varies from about nine miles at the west entrance to about thirteen miles at the e. Q. Was Lady Anne Isabella Ritchie She also edited an edition of her father's works. Q. Of what nationality were the people of Bohemia —C. V. W. A. The inhabitants of are and belong to the western mnch?:'.heshv!mny. Their early history they arrived in Bohemia not later than 1t is probable that |tined over ag Illuminated by Tales of Sea i ! 5 af gg ! ; ; f ] i i ] ERE § i Iy E ¢ § ; i ! z E % i : gf i i g e i 1 i § ] : ; g | 1 ! g 15 s i E E ¥ i g Eggsui Bty EE task of applying the legend to the|made his answer ‘well—hardly ever’ origins and expansions of custom and |nearer the truth than ‘never.’ velopment from the author of “Penguin Island.” In most of his books there is {or the qecpest thought and the QB i 1 : g § i ; (1] a B s i ‘The Transcript also ml:i:! use the current uprenh-%‘,u'g&. yeah!” and “You're telling me?” asthey 8 Ragd =R "fi § 8ot nothing that will enable construc- tive legislation thus far.” are not profane, but feels that they are | . worse than the “robust language” which R “The typi of windjammer days” is remembered the able thirst for hard liquor and a vocab- ulary unequaled in-‘any other profes- sion,” and that paper believes that “in fiction, at least, only such a colorful figure could successfully wrestle with ‘Ol' Debbil Sea.’” That paper, how- ever, concedes that “the_sailor has un- dergone a transformation,” and con- cludes: “It is a long while since we read ‘Treasure Island,’ but there re- mains & memory of Long John Silver and others relieving emotion with epi- thets more strongly expressive than profanity could have been. In the case of the cn%mn of the Pinafore, when asked if he swore, his habit of occasionally indulging a ‘big, big D’ The lingo of - the sea itself seems to the landlubber expressive enough without swearing. Some of the gobs may slip, in the stress of trying of the admiral’s order. ship's parrot makes indiscreet revela- tions, to trace them to the source will be next to unl:os:lhl:.“. “We will have to be shown,” declares the New York Herald Tribune, “before we believe Sailor Bill can satisty his outraged emotions with ‘Oh, fudge’ or ‘Bother it’ or ‘Gracious me.’” That &t ts: “It is possible that in the near future tattoo- ing may be proscribed and the horn- pipe be one with the cat-o’-nine tails. The holystone has van: and so must now (presumably) the emphatic utmost consideration. But for the in- dividual who desires something far above the average to ponder over and tax burden of the salaried man and others least able to bear it to support the Government whose protection Mor- gan and his like need far more than others. The second matter of tran- scendent importance is that Morgan & Co. sold to men who were or had been prominent in public life stock at 15 to 17 points below the market price, there- by placing these men under obligations *o them, and from whom they expected governmental or other favors at some future time. That is, they were making them hostages for their active co-opera- tion or their neutrality in the future should the interests of Morgan & Co. be involved. They were to reciprocate, as have been brought to light that prove of incalculable vlluedshould an SEEEEY KEfi 3 %0 profit by ihis story, ofers the most.