Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1933, Page 4

. THE EVENING STAR ___ With Sunday Morning Edition. | WASHINGTON, D. C. | SATURDAY........July 8, 1833 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ar Newspaper Company The Fvening S office Busiaes 1th St and Chicago Office: Lake. “Buildine. | European Office e Rate by Carrier Within the City. | tar_. .. 45¢ per mont nd Sunday Star 60c per month | 65¢ per month | fE Sc per copy | ade at the eiid of each month | ent in by mail or telephone Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. H Suny 1yr,$10.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ | £6.00. 1 mo’. 50c $4.00; 1mo.. 40c . Syl £12.00 <800 35 00: 1mo.. $1.00 1moll 1mo.. aper ed herein _All rights of publica pu Epecial dispatchos herein are also rese: America Not Isolated. the Kaleidoscopic events of t few days in L n there has been talk both in Washington and Europe of the sclf-invited isolation which the United States brou upon itself in consequ Roosevelt's “no_ stabiliza gram. Well, the latest developments| 1y ove that theor I the pz crican policy at the con- the past forty-eight marched from success to Secrt Hull's vict on in keeping the scemingly > alive, was followed r success in the sub- ee of the Monetary Cemmission There the American delega- waged a strong fight to retain monctary and related matters on the conference agenda, in the teeth of a concerted cffort by the European goid bloc to delete them. After heurs debate the Monetery Subcommii voted, 25 to 15, to continue d!s: of every pnase of the original pregra The Americans failed by a n to secure continued disci 4 trade quotas, bu becmmittee vote of 8 to v be upset by the plenary e Stecring Cemmitiee, y acrimenious on the United States has from diversified The support has tion uly world- tien found s the British, Central It has been tim-s the sity ing with th> Am Canadion, Jz and South Ame Russian and Scandinav delegations. The that generally*opposed the United States consisted of France and her European gold standard Switzerland Holland, Bel Poland and others.; It is a noteworthy fact that, with the exception of Great Britain, the “Amer- as a rule was made up of ich are not included among while the opposition | countries which are debtors, but defauiting = am, ican group” countries w our war debtors, numbered m not only our cebtors rved at Washing- ‘nt aid has been 2t the Amcrican delegation’s dis- posal at London than that which was rendered by Premier Bennett and the nadian delegation. Espeefally in the delicate negotiations connected with the world wheat situation have Canada and the United States seen eye to eve. is ansther ¢ for increasiny ter roletions n this country and its nearest neizhbor and best customer. Writing in Friday's Star, M. Herriot, former premicr of France, pleaded elo- quently for a policy of non-vindictive- ness among the nations, no matter what s from the tortuous proceed- | London. There are bound to s and losers there, but victory bought by any ip if in its trail is left a latent spirit ren-ss and revenge. An all-around Tone:t realization that divergence of in- terests and viewpoints is not only in- ‘e, but legitimate, is the need of the surest guarantee wte good will they may | . be reconciled. ent that America’s lon have produced a 1g expectation of fresh stim- and leadership from this side. In that light is to be rcad the “memoran- | dum"” dispatched to our delegation last | night after a protracted conference be- tween President Roosevelt and his board of The State Department em- phasizes that “instructions,” as such, have not gone forward to the delega- tion, but rather “a statement designed to acquaint it with the administration’s | t in the light of changing con- There are indications that what Mr. Roosevelt now mainly hopes at London is concerted action in | field of commodity price raising ighout the world. As to whether | s yet time for such an agreement the semi-moribund condition into h the conference has drifted, opin- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. JULY 8 majority of the inmates have not de-|ne confusion produced ‘Toussain: served special punishment; they would [ 'Overture, a natural-born soldier and behave themselves if they were let|statesman, who drove out the allen alone. The preservation of the integrity majcontents and established law and of the reformatory, it would seem.' order, only to be displaced by Gen therefore, depends upon sending away, yictor Emmanuel Leclerc, representing to other places of confinement the napoleon. principal promoters of the recent m!s-‘ After L'Overture’s death in prison ‘]chiei. They can be removed to Leaven- jean Jacques Dessalines became the | in your ‘mention of ‘Pra Diavolo' the | worth or Atlanta. The new prison at popular leader. He defeated the French | other day. Lewisburg, obviously, is too good for{and declared the island independent them. _ | January 1, 1804. But freedom in his Capt. Barnard certainly has justi-| view was only license to murder and fied the confidence of the public by his ' steal. He maintained an anarchistic h : forthright policy during the past sev- despotism for a few years, had himself | appeal in it. Vessela's Band in the old eral days. A humanitarian and & mod- | crowned Emperor, and then was assas- 1933. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. “Dear Sir: You struck a tender spot It is my favorite light | opera. Why isn't it played any more? | | T have rep=atedly requested to have it | played over the radio or by orchestra, | bul apparently no ane has ever beard i of 1t or it is thought there is no public | days at Atlantic City's pier frequently | | 8ave it complete, with all the incidental | TRACEWELL. the individual must tu-ov up his hands. It is not fashionable to admit that such problems exist, but cvery one knows that they do, that before them th individual human being is practically | helpless and blessed is he wno admits | | it and goes on to solve the problem for himself. This solution, we believe, in this problem, simply will be to admire what | one admires, whether old or new, and ! THE LIBRARY TABLE BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN. HISTORY OF GERMANY. People and Sta‘e Through a Thousand Years.! Have we had the pleasure of serving | | By Hermann Pinnow. Translated you through cur Washington informa- | from the Gorman by Mabel Rich- | ton burcau? Can't we help | mond Brailsiord. New York: The to you in ycur problem: iness | Macmillan Co. | 18" to furnish you with authoritative in- | About the year 250 the Alemcnri, !formation, and we invite you to ask us barbaric tribes to the north of the |30V question of fact in which you are rapidly declining Roman Empire, heid | nterested. Send your inquiry to The territory along the Riaine and were Evening Star Information Bureau, | overflowing irto Switzerland and north- | Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- crn Italy. The German Empire, the | ton, D. C. Inclese three cents in coin German Republic and the Hitler dicta- Or stamps for return postage. Do not to let others admire what they choose | (5rchipy were all very for in the future. | ernist in his conceptions of the dutles| sinated. The country was divided be- of his pesition, he nevertheless has tween Henri Christophe, who ruled the ' demonstrated that he can be stern as North as King Henry I, and Alexandre | well as just, hard as well as kind. The Sabes Petion, who held the South until | £tuation required a strong hand for its Gen. Jean Plerre Boyer became dic- | correction and he has applled it With tator in 1813. All these would-be sov- | decisive promptitude and effect. | ereigns had called the island Haitl, a It is worth repetition that Lorton is | variation of its pre-Columbian Indian | an institution of reform. It was so in- | name. | ended from the first, and its character| Throughout the nineteenth century in that regard had been consistentiy revolution was a constant phenomenon. | maintained until the beginning of the'In 1843 the Dominican Republic was | orchestral music as well as all the airs. to admire. i When the music lover thinks back | | over all the treasures of the past. he | may smile up his sleeve as he watches | s0 many of the youngsters frantically | | dcing their best to admire some of “the | very latest things.” | The older things are so much better, | as far as he is concerned, that he will| It was always well received. Of course, the perfect presentation is-that of the stage. Next to that is the radio pres- entation, vocally and instrumentally. “This opera has everything—melody bayond imitation, an interesting story and humor and pathos in perfect com- bination, entering into the structure t of the music as well as the libretto. |0t dignify the new by entering inio | There are other operas in the same |0 attack against them, or sully the | class—Bohemian Girl.’ ‘Chimes of Nor- | /d_by ‘attempting to defend them. mandy,’ ‘Girofle-Girofla’ and a half| Wherefore, we believe, it is best to i . | concentrate one's musical affection | dozen others that I could reveal o the | gpicely on what one considers the best, | but the German people had bagun. The | emphasis in this brief and well de-| veloped history of Germany is, through- out all periods, cn the people—their | daily life and social institutiors, their | mtellectual and economic growth, their | collective upheavals and what caused | them. The introduction. a long essay, | covers the period previous to 900, dur- ing which the various Germanic tribes were gathered into the Empire of the | Franks, when for a brief . time. from | 486, the territory which was to be Ger- many and the territory which was to difficulties of this week. It is not an ordinary penitentiary. It has been a mistake to send to it the more con- firmed and dangerous types of wrong- doers. But the error can be rectified transferring to other prisons the men found unamenable to reformatory metheds Capt. Barnard knows the difterence between the two varieties of prisoners and he can be trusted to dis- tinguish between the wheat and the chaff. P Another “Insanity Defense.” A man is on trial in New York for financial delinquencies and what amounts to an “insanity defense” is being offered for him. His counsel have summored an expert in mental condi- tions and the familiar spectacle is being presented of a scientific demonstration of unbalance in accord with the source of the fee for these services. The de- fendant, who, until his business troubles brought him into conflict with the law, was rated as wholly sound and sane, is being shown to be mentally incompetent and incapable of giving rational aid to his own case. That is, shown to be in this sad state of mind by an alienist engaged by the defense. hecring. held before the court without a jury, is to determine whether the defendant is fit to stand trial. In the couise of the examination of his patient by the alienist, as recounted in court by the latter, questions were asked and answers given that clearly showed to the expert that the unfor- tunate man is hopeles:ly befogged of brain. Yet the recital of those ques- ticns and answers raises the point whether nine-tenths of the men and women now outside of asylums are not mad if the suggested standard is accepted. Asked the difference between water and ice, the patient-defendant replied that ice was frozen. Asked the difference between a lie and a mistake, he said that it was a “matter of judg- ment.” Asked the difference between a butterfly cnd a bird. he said that “both can fi whereas he should have said that the butterfly has wings and the bird teathers. Asked the difference be- tween a horse and an ox, he responded that the former was & farm animal and the latter a road animal. Asked for his reaction to the statement “too many cooks spoil the b-oth,” he expounded it as meaning that “too many cooks spoil | the food.” Asked the difference between | steps and a ladder he said that a ladder could be placed agalnst a wall. To all of these questions, the alicnist declared, any child of ten o twelve years of age would have given different and correct answers. This, in his judgment, demonstrated the mental incapacity of the defendant. Nor could the defendant count all the letter o's in a magazine advertisement, or quickly name the months of the year backward. However, to other questions rclating to business affairs he reacted normally. Apparently he is sane in re- | spoct to the matters of his own ac- | quaintance, but insane in respect to certain definitions and discriminations n an unfamiliar or long neglected field ' of thought. The utter farce of this sort of mental test is evident. It is not new in the history of Amecrican criminal juris- prudence. It las been frequently pre- sented, and the wealthier the patient- defendant the more absurd it appears. It has often been urged that in matters of this kind the expert be hired by the The present | set up by the Spanish element, and since that time there have been two states, nominally republican in char- acter. Thus modern maps bear a con- fusion of names—Haiti, Hayti, San Do- mingo, Santo Domingo, and so forth. | But the United States Geog-aphic Board, “the last court on gecgraphic ap- | | plications.” now has decided that the [r-oper name of the island is His- niola. The inhabitants of the coun- may call it whatever they please, |but for scientific purposes it will be {listed in American gazeteers and on American-made maps by the title it bore | from 1550 to 1850. The decision may |be symbolically significant. It may | suggest civic and social unity, which is | eminently to be desired in every land, | Hispaniola included. R Marylanders decided in a meeting at Frederick that the “Old Trafl Road” is to have its share of improvements from | Federal funds. George Washington is not to be forgotten in the work of mod- | ern progress. And neither is Gen. Brad- | the sentiment he stood fer might not | have been exactly on “our side.” - .o The work of reforestation proceeds and future generations will have the benefit of a supply of timber as well as a conservation of the water power that is evidently to play so substantial an economic part in the future. This fact | | | | [ may help to dispose of the fear that, youth is being mortgaged beyond its capacity to pay. - .o - The Balbo air fleet is an impressive demcnstration. A war-weary world | welcomes it as a demonstration of neighborly sportsmanship free from any suggestion of what it might imply if conditions were to d:velop something !like it as a seriously aggressive enter- | prise. | e i | Radio informed turbulent residents !in Lorton Reformatory that the police were on guard and an attempt at out- | break would be useless. So much gen- uine usefulness apologizes sufficiently for many quarter hours of irrelevant words and music. e s Motion picture stars enjoy a popular | devotion which makes any interruption of domestic tranquillity a matter for | sincere sympathy. It is, however, an unfortunate fact that alimony has never been a respecter of art. E— Even when a world ccnference reaches no positive decision it serves a great | purpesefin enabling a patient public to ! understand more clearly what has been, is being and is going to be talked about. — eee Gen. Balbo writes of his brilliant and adventurous voyage. It is a relief to hear from him as a living chronicler and not depend on messages of & ghost writer from another world. e " SHOOTING STARS BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Traffic. If you have beef and I have corn, | If you have wit and I have sense We shall not be left quite forlorn, | Though traffic problems grow im- { mense. 'Mongst humans each has need of al. Each wants a feillow mortal’s aid. | Events will show whate'er befall The world will find a way to traae. court and not by the defendant or the | prosecution. Then would be prevented the ridiculous conflicts of opinion and | judgment that have marked so many cases tried in this country in which the | “insanity defense” is presented. And psychiatry would be spared the demon- | strations of incertitude and speculation and guesswork that are now so frequent | and so damaging to the prestige of that branch of medical science. et Today is John D. Rockefeller's 94th birthday. life which, if never ostentatiously merry, has been consistently useful. e Hispaniola Again. On December 6, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the second largest island of the West Indies. He called his find La Espanola, but the name scon was “corrupted” into Hispanicla, a ‘The public celebrates a long | | In spite of pride, in spite of greed, Our various wares we must display. | One man will say, “What do you need? Another, “What have you today?” | Regardless of the subtle arts by which mysterious snares are laid, | Life is a story of the marts. The world will find away to trade. This Suspicious World. where he got his money?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “He grew confidential. He thought I was looking for information so that I could go and get some from the same place.” Jud Tunkins says a man that writes political platforms sometimes reminds him of an ad writer with an unreliable line of merchandise. i doek, even tirough later on, had he lived, | | “Did that speculative operator quail | when you faced him and asked him | further curious. “Why'is it when there are so many | good things to offe?, of a kind to make ! | a large public appeal and of evident | intrinsic value, that we are flooded with inanities, of no merit from any ! concelvable standpoint? Very truly 3 your Ww. I o This is a pertinnt Inquiry. Progress is progress, or isn't it? Every age has a right to think that | it is going ahead; sometimes its com- ponent members merely fool them- selves, that is all. | Old operas are old. | The creative brains of any one period | | are not satisfied with them, no matter how good they have been, or still are. | They do their own.level best to achieve success, and if that level is sometimes a great deal lower to many observers than artistic successes of the past; that criticism will in no way pre- vent the energy of the present from ex- | pressing dtrelf. | Men produce, whether for good or bad, and the best of it, from their standpoint, is that they have the stage. Theatrica' presentation naturally gets into the haids of men typical of the age. The typical mind of this er: is far different from the typical mind | of the composer and producer of the| @ays of “Fra Diavolo " It is this product of an age which naturally tends to look down on “some- ; thing old.” preferring “something new.” | In the full flush of an active busines: | such as the stage in all its branches including the cinema. constitutes, mer are not going to be content to sit down and edmire what aiready has been done. They never have been and they never will he vears which saw the appearance of “Fra Diavolo” saw some- thing brand-new in artistic circles If it happened that its artistic qu i e higher than those of somc: y productions, s one tries | calmly to judge them over the years | the result might be explained in a vari- "ety of way Producers of all sorts unite in the saying that they “give the public what it wants.” It is the old stock excuse, and unfortunately seems to have much Justification. | i ! * ok ox % - Every one interested in the ques- tion here brought up has h's own ideas about it: perhaps there is no se ion of it, since in essence it is the con- flict of one age with another. Every one wh es as respondent believes has a pretty idea, or maybe a scries of them, what is the matter and who sponsible for it He must admit. we believe, that th trouble is far beyond the power cf any one person to correct. Therefore | it would appear that it is just another one of the many problems about which is ro- irrespective of age. * K K ¥ ‘The best in art. whether music, lit- fmlure, painting, architecture, s time- It is easy enough to see this in re- gard to the so-called “classic,” especially in music and writing. The classic Roman and Greek writ- ings, the finest of the musical works of the great German and French ccm- pose ‘These need no praise, being beyond it. It is not so ea*y, however, to see the merits of the brand-new * cially in books and m: dency on every side is to “ballyhoo the new, so that even the champions become confused. Who is there, reading a new ‘“best seller,” who has rot wished that he | would really krow whether the book he ! held in his hand merited the approba- i felt for it? The diffieulties of judgment are immense: time, ing many individual judgments, | vast advantage here. The penalty one pays for sitting two hours at somey barrgn performance, whose music is movement, merely, with- out musical invention showing its beau- tiful head once, is that one misses the delights of “Fra Diavolo” and its like There were dozens of them just as good. or better. not just half a dozen. as our correipondent has it. Most of them weuld be called “old-fashioned" now. “Fra Diavolo.” as made into “The Devil's Brother” for the screen. s “in denger of being laughed to death for all time,” according to one New York critic. We do not fustitied. We believe that outlook is have talked to a ntm- ber of young persons who saw the talk- ng picture. and it was not the comedy ol Laurel and Hardy they remembered s0 much as the music of Daniel Fran- cois Esprit Auber. You cant laugh good music out of existence, even a wise-cracking ags cannot do it Our belief (a purely persoral one, but no doubt held by many) is that the ad- mirers of what we might call the older music have a surer basis for their ad- miration, in that commonly they put more into the music themselves. That is, mostly they purchased the piano music, and either played it themselves cnd perhaps sung scme of it. or they had some one else play it for them. Maybe they played it on a violin, or fiute. If this intimate knowledge is con- trasted with the comparatively few spent by our smart young as they like to sec themselves in attendance at end of it, then we see plaml n h who has the b:st of it. mu sicaily speakirg. Some day, we feel <ure, the young people are not going to be satisfied with their sketchy. jumpy usic, but are going to demand the real thing. whether old or new. And thgy will got it. called, that & High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ORTH CHINA HERALD, Shang- hai—As the result of a series of raids in the Settlemeni and the French Concession by the officers of the Sinza road police station, 11 suspected kidnapers have been arrested, and an 8-year-old child ramed Wong Teh-ling, son of a wealthy architect, who was abducted from an alleyway in Route Vallon three months ago, has been freed. | * % ox | Ex-Kaiser's Gift | Was Gold Plated. Egyptian Gazette, Cairo—A pair of “gold” cuff links which the ex-Kaiser gave to the great French actor Coquelin |atter a.performance in the Emperor's | presence at Luebeck, has been found to | b> only gold-plated. | This discovery was made as a result | of their being put up for auction at Fontainbleau. The collection, whici was being sold. is that of M. Chabert, a close friend of Coquelin and at one | time his secretary. . | The auctioneer started by explaining that, when the usual expert examination | which precedes sales was made, it was !at once realized that these cuff links | were not really gold ones, as Coquelin | had always supposed. : “You hear me, ladies and gentlemen,” ' he continued, “this modest token which the Emperor of all the Germanies wished to offer to the great Coquelin las a proof of his admiration was not even made of gold.” M. Chabert, to whom Coquelin left the gift, has described the circumstances | |in which it was made. It was after a | performance at Luebeck. in which Co- quelin had been magnificent. “At its close the Kaiser said: ‘If you were our subject we would make you the | tutor of our children.’ And he instruct- ed his chamberlain to present these | things to Coquelin.” ; 3 | In spite of the auctioneer's warning the bidding was quite keen, and £3 155 was paid for the cuff links. * ok ok x United States Trend to Farms Cited in Peru. El Commercio, Lima.—In the Wn!&d‘ States the migration toward hamlet and farm continues. The open coun- try lures again those who for several passed their days make existence yet practicable cumulative decreases in wages. % ik Realism Defended In World Upturn. La Suisse, Geneva.—There are in- dications in various paris of the world that trade is returning to a state of normalcy. And there are plenty of people in these same quarters who don't believe. We are inclined to think that there are far more pessimists extant than optimists, but this mey represent cnly the inevitable swing of the pendu- Jum. It is but a few years since this ratio was reversed. Nearly all were optimists, or at least they were people who, in the enjoyment of a present prosperity, concerned themselves very little, or not at all, about the future. despite | They were sure these comforts and satisfactions would go on forever. But when, in the space of an eye wink, and without any premonition, thev b-held their fortunes dissipated. and their de- lights submerged in disasters. they lost hope. not only for that time, but for all time. A multitude exists today which will put no more trust in any species of prosperi They realize that no matter how firm its foundations, it is a feeble and unsubstantial structure which most any breath of rumor may topple over. It were well if the whole of humanit have in some degree arrived at the same | opinion, whether it be considered pessi- | mistic or not. | wealth consists in what we are, and not For after all our true in what we have. When we are rich in sensibility, knowledge and aspiration, we are rich indeed. and possess a wealth and security of which no material losses can ever deprive us. It is far better to be a philosopher than a plutocrat. And before there can be a permanent re- | storation of trade, with all its tangible and bodily benefits, there must first be a revival in our personal characters, and spiritual evaluations. P Saratoga} Frem the New York Herald Tribune. The award of $3,200,000 to the Sara: toga Springs Authority by the Recon- struction Finance Corporation will fur- ther aid a project whose neglect was a movie, and ' richly sonorous Latinized equivalent. ik e st decades have e one of the wonders of American life| | standardized detective is adequate for | be Prance were united urder one gov- ernment. Book I describes the empire of the early Kaisers, chiefly Saxons, the struggle between Popes and Em- perors, and the evolution of the power of the common people between 900 and 1200. Book II is devoted to the “towns- folk” and the rise to dominant in- | fluence of the commercial cities, with | thefr trade and industrial guilds. Book | TII covers the development of the dif- | ferent German principalities after the | Protestant Reformation and the growth i of the fatherland idca, leading toward unification. Book IV discusses the pe- | | riod from 1800 to the present time, from | the Congress cf Vienna at the close of | the Napoleonic struggle, through he unification of Germony under one ¥ | peror and Parliament, but with ind ual states retaining their local ernments. Of the results of the World War Mr. Pinnow says: “In the recon- | struction of Europe after the war a great number of new national states were created by the victors; in this process the geodraphical and historical conditions of the peonles were so dis- regarded that the peace of the conti- nent is to the highest degree endan- | | gered. On the other hand, the experi- ences of the war have strengthencd the idea of the community of nations. . . . But when the German people | abolished sovereign power. they removed | the preatest obstacies to the further centralization of the empire, and placed the authority of the state in the hands of its citizens. On this foundation they hope to build up a new national com- munity and to make it respected amon; | the nations.” This was written befor: ! recent events brought about the Hitler dictatorship. FORESTRY: LENGE New York Motoring along the New York State Highway which leads through the beautiful country from Lake George to izabethtown. in the Adirondacks. on® passes the bristling forest of young fir trecs belonging to the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, where young men go for Summer camp practical for- estry study. Arthur Newton Pack is the son of Charles Lathrop Pack and is director of this valuable foundation He is, like his father, an economist, a specialict in forestry and a writer on fore: cts. There is nced. Mr Pack rays, for rethinking about for- estry. Earlier forestry crusades were a call to defcnse. based on fear of a tim- ber famine. We are now realizing that the per capita consump kas been reduccd almost a haif substitutes and that the problem toda is a new one. It is the problem of “th pressing economic ills of regional fores d e economic waste of un- ion, the deadly poison of unproductive land unsuitable for |any other use by man’ Such sub- marginal land can produce only one crop—trees—and though not all this land will justify forestation for timber production alone, there are other factots which have a bearing. Recreational use, including the preservation of fish and game, residential possibilities. and espacially the purpose of sofl and wind protection probably make reforestation of idle submarginal land economically sound and often sclf-liquidating. Mr. Pack tells how some, of these things can be brought about. ‘In acdition to his | discussion of forest use, he has chap- ters on “Private Enterprise,” “Public { Forest Administration,” “Foresters and Forest Education,” “Regional Planning and Economic Policy.” His book is above all practical, combining a view of past policies and accomplishments with the outlook of modern economies adapt ed to changing conditions. LETTERS FROM HOLLAND. By Karel Capek. Translated from the Czech | by Paul Selver. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. The ordinary traveler finds all coun- tries more or less alike, says Mr. Capek. because he sees only railway stations and hctels. He himself does not care for travel, but when he does visit for eign countries he enjoys his impres sions, however trivial they may be. He records some of them concerning Hol- Jand in this slender book of fun, il- | | lustrated scratch drawings. His | first purely Dutch impression (apart | | from the green railway engines with | brass helmets on their backs) consists | | of bricks. And windows. And bicycles | in particular. And bricks and windows | |in partfcular. These bricks form the local color of Holland: a green land- | scape coptaining cottages built of tiny | ed bricks with white seams, cottages cith large bright windows, and a land- ! scape with brick pathways along which | bicycles scorch (how long it is since we | | nave heard- that word!) from one cot- | tage to another, and these cottages, | apart from the bricks, consist largely of windows, just windows, clean and | |large, with white frames, and most | | varied subdivisions and ~dimensions. Sometimes Mr. Capzk goes beneath the . | surface and draws conclusions, not espe- clally profound and not as interesting | |as his mental snapshots. His chapter | | on the advantages and values of a small | nation is, however. suggestive. *Hol- land is a small-scale country. but the | level which it reaches is high or, at any rate, good.” A CASE FOR MR. PAUL SAVOY. By Jackson Gregory. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. | Paul Savoy belongs to the tribe of M. Lecog. M. Dupin and Sherlock | Holmes. He is bored by the ordinary | criminal case, thinks the average, ‘When use postcards. Q. Are there any broadcasting studios at the Chicago Fair>—C. T. A. Studios have been built at the south end of the island designated as Hollywood There are two small speak- ers’ rooms and two larger broadeas'ing | rooms where visitors to the Century of Progress may see how a studio func- tions. One of these accommodates an audience of 2,500 and the other 700. In the latter is a great pipe organ. | Q. What is the difference between a ‘l-’.‘a i draft and a cemmercial draft?— _A. A bank or banker’s draft is a draft or bill of excharge issued by a banic and payeble by another bank. A ccmmercial draft is a draft or bill of exchangz issued between indiviguals or between individual firms. Q. Who represented the United States in France in the Louisiana Purchase?. M. A A. James Monroe and Robert R. Liv- ingston. Q. When did Mesmer live?—D. N. A. Mesmer, founder of the doctrifle of animal magnetism, was born near Constance, Germany, in 1733. He pub- lished an account of his discovery and of its medicinal value in 1775 Q. How is the name “Laetar nounced in spezking of the I onounced as if sprlled Li and accent on th legerd of the bird called tie Phoenix?—M. F. A. The Pheenix is a fabulous Arabian bird. the only one of its kind. that is said to live a cert?in number of years at the close of which it makes in Arabia a nest of spices. sings a me- lodious dirge. flaps its wings to set fire to* the pile. burns itself to ashes. and comes forth with new life, to repcat the former one. The legerd of th» Phoenix is one which is constantly ap- pearing in literature zs an allegory of mmortality. Q Which is correct. “a friend of my brother” or a “friend of my broth- T H A friend of my brother's” In nis construction, the double possessive needed Q. Why damask” A When woven so as to show a pa iern_table linen is known as dama because of a resemblance to the fa- mous patterned silks of Damascus. Q What brecd of cattle ho record for amcunt of butter is table linen called T. B, ds the fat in Friesian breed cattle holds all the world's rec- for both butter fat and milk prod- Q. Were Mcbile d Biloxi ever th tal of Louisiana?—M. B A. Mcbile was the capital of the Freneh Province of Louisiana until 1720. ca the cightcenth century Biloxi was the capital of the French territory in this part of North America. Q Why are the lines time zones so irregular?— A. The Interstate Comm-rce Commis- dividing the H W. Postal Failfire | . Q. What are “o S. P. B. | tuaily entering into the prod ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. sicn fixes the boundaries between these zones. Often they are made to depart from th> half-way position between the standard meridians in order to suit the convenience of railroads or to meet the t[:lex;x:dnds of certain communities af- ected. Q. What clothes are appropriate for a ng man to weay on shipboard on a short cruise?—F. L. A. Men's Wear says that young men usually wear flannel slacks and berets or head covering), rubber-soled sports shoes and pull-over sweaters during the day, and change into eve- ning clothes at dinner time. Both tux- edcs and tail coats are seen. Q. What salary does the President of the Republic of Panama receive?—P. F. A. He receives $15,000 a year. Q. Where does the Bowery begin and end?—C. M. A. The Bowery begins at Chatham Square, New York, and runs to Cooper Square paraliel to Broadway. "It was long notorious for the resorts located along its length. but its character has undergone improvement. It is stiil characterized by the heterogeneity of its popuiation and a multitude of cheap shops and beutiques.” cad expenses’?— terms, by ems of gen- ) ant h a 2ddit 1 to or and material ac- n' of ver- of of- A. Speaking i overhead is mes eral expense of (for instance) v the ample, under o is usuel to group el ficials and clerical and oth<r emplrres penses o frequer Q. Wh strip of cca A Ita ctrip in can which w called Abys European economic 1 1 to build up a colonial em: Africa, of which It Somaliland is a part. The Jtelians attempted to con- ¢ independence of Ethiopia has since ined unchallenged. Q. What relationship ext Delano and Franklin De t2—N v different When was the Free-Soil party formed?—W. D. on in 1843 to preve > extension of slavery into the Territories. Recognized With Single Penny as Cause Action of Congress in restoring the 2-cent letter rate for local mail is be- lieved by the public to b> go ness policy for the Government, dition to being commendable accommo- daticn for users of the post office s ice. It is also suggested that. under permissive legislaticn, it is likely that President Rocsevel: will restore the old 2-cent rate for all mail. as figures now that 3-cent mail has not been successful. “The penny's difference may seem trivial.” according to the Rockford Register-Republic, “yet to concerns which formerly spent thousands of dollars annually for postage. it became 2n item of considerable importance. It no wonder, then. that the; ught to effect economies, with hea to the Government. Perhaps the lesson taught by this experiment with the lit- tle copper penny contains a moral for all tax-levying and tax-spending bodies. It tends to prove that there is a limit beyond which the pubiic will not and cannot pay.” The Columbia (S. C.) Record agrees that “3-cent argument did not pan out,” and holds that “the reduced local mail rate may not work, but the odds are in favor of its work- ing.” and it “at least recognizes the fact that the law of diminishing re- turns applies to Government levies as well as to private business charges. “One of the first lessons a business man has to learn,” advises the Youngs- town Vindicator, “is how to price his product. If his business is such that he must have a large number of cus- tomers, he will make the price as low as possible. * * * The Post Office Department now seems io have learned this lesson.” That paper wonders “if the utilities will now return to the old | way and use the mails,” and concludes: | “As for the rest of us, we shall have to | stop and consider, whenever we have a | number of letters to mail, which will | take a red stamp and which a purple.” | One phase of the difficulty for thoughtless persons. is brought out by the San Antonio Evening News, with | the statement: “Two sets of rates for | letters—after a single rate has been in effect for many years—will be confus- | ing, at best. For example—as the local | authorities have poifted out—2 cents will take a letter 20 miles from this | city, to Leon Springs, while 3 cents will | be Tequired to take it 10 miles to Eimen- | Gorf. One community is served by rura 1 | ever changes he makes must be ir ris st consideral says the Fort Worth -Telegram. “there will likely b2 other reductions” That paper finds it interesting to note that “postal re- ceipts in May began to reflect im- proved business conditions.” The Port Hurcn Times Herald emphasizes the fact that “there is a limit to what the President may do,” for “he must not make a reduction in first-class rates below the old 2-cent rate, and what- th fiscal vear only.” The Louisville Courjer-Journal feels sure that the further change will be made by the President. “The 3-cent rate.” according to the i vears, and each time it has proved unsatisfactory as a revenue pro- cucer. In November. 1917, the Gov- ernment adopted th: higher rate, and continued it for 20 months. During that period it brought $116.000,000 add- ed income to the Federal Treasury. This was an increase at the rate of $70,000.- 000 a year, an admiitedly small gain in total postal receipts of about $700,- 000.000. In the 12 months following June, 1919, when the 2-cent rate was again in use, the receipts were approx- imately the same as for the preceding vear, under the 3-cent rate. This was pretty conclusive evidence that the | higher-rate doc: not serve its purpose.” “Most of the period during which the experiment has been in effect,” avers the Haverhill Gazette, “has been one of severe depression. Thus, it is not improbable that the 3-cent rate main- tained postal receipts on a higher level than would have been possible under the 2-cent rate, because of the decline in postal business that had no connec- tion with the rate. And, also, it is not improbable that postal receipts Wwould have increased during the com- ing year under the 3-cent rate. In- deed, they are already increasing.” “‘Keeping at work thousands of pos- tal employes who might otherwise have to be furloughed without pay” is one possible effect which is seen by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. sl Tempting Political Spoils. From the Rochester Times-Union. A word of warning which the Roose= - velt administration must heed in time or risk disaster to its recovery program and earned their livelihood in urban A e . ot for T Carrier, the other by its own post office. | comes from the Nationa] Civil Service Such inconsistencies, which doubtless Reform League. “Without a single ex- in London seems to differ. At S In the latter form it was entered on such insignificant resistarce. Willie plays the violin, for many years. Europeans, especially | something really worthy of his indi- ton apparently the slogan is,| “We've only begun to fight” Mean-| time, the ship will not be given up. | o Racketeers develop fixed habits of thought and fail to see how even legal | beer can be distributed withdut their | supervision, | 7 | S the earliest maps of the Caribbean sec- tion of the New World. It was the site of the first colcnizing effort of the Spaniards in the hemisphere the great admiral had presented to Ferdinand and Isabella. High and mountainous, it was presumed to possess vast mineral wealth. A peaceful Indian population was avail- able for enslavement. The climate was Improvement at Lorton. | diversified. It seemed an ideal location Ccenditions at Lorton Reformatory | manifestly are improving. Capt. M. M. ! Barnard, with the aid of Maj. Ernest| ‘W. Brown of the Metropolitan police, has segregated the principal trouble- makers in a building where they can be guarded and disciplined. That, of course, was a necessary step, for the incorrigibles were centers of contagion so long as they were permitted to remain in contact with the other in- | mates. As usual in such circumstmces.i | the disorder originally was a minority affair. It grew by being tolerated, the less resentful prisoners catching the fever of violence from their riotous fellows. It would seem that_the restoration f normal peace at the institution de- pends upon the elimination of those who refuse to conform to the regul tighs of the establishment. great | for a permanent settlement. But the Spaniards quarreled among themselves, the gold they had hoped to extract from the hills proved scant in quantity, and the aborigines preferred death to servitude. By 1512 African Negroes had been introduced as chat- tel laborers, but even this innovation did not solve the problem. The Span- ish settlers at last gave up the strug- gle, and the island was abandoned. For nearly a century it remained in the possession of a few Negro runaways and a remnant of the decimated Indians Then came French and English bucca- neers who made the territory a cop- venience. The treaty of Ryswick, 1697, confirmed France in a theoretical claim to legal possession. Internecine difficul- ties followed, until a group of planters petitioned England to interfere and Spain attempted to reassert her rights. Sadie sings a_song, Father, to escape the din, Plays poker all night long. Zones. “We live in the temperate zone, do | we not?” asked the boy who is studying geography. “I won't say for sure,” answerea Uncle Bill Bottletop. “I just had a let- ter from a relative in Alabama sayin’ we still live in a prohibition zone.” “Idleness,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “seems at first a luxury and then a punishment.” { Unsocialy We've played the three-card monte game, We've toyed with shells and pea; The “gold brick” so well known to fame Creates no trustful glee. The con man, once polite and kind, Views us with scorn complete. They do not like us when they find ‘We're getting hard to cheat. “I likes to listen to plain foolishness sometimes,” said Uncle Eben. “It don't give me no infohmation, but I has de satisfaction of knowin’ it ain't gittin® nobody into trouble.” ‘X | are returning to scenes once familiar and to delights ani comforts once ap- preciated and beloved.. Others are coming to the rural districts totally ignorant of farms and farming, but willing to learn and determined to cling to the mew experiment, regardless of what tempting offers and opportunities may originate in the great centers of population hereafter. So far, this rather general exodus has not affected to any marked extent the operations of the factories. With production radically decreased, the withdrawal of former employes to the rural areas affects them not at all However, when the industrial depres- sion is ended throughout the country many manufacturing _establishments will be seriously handicapped, unless thousands of those once upon the ros- ters repent their sober decisions, not only to depart from the cities, but to remain henceforth as I{:’l; nwn};':rom them as they can possi manage. So just what the final effects of this impetuous migratory _current from urban factory to rural industry will be is yet shrouded in conjecture. But it seems probable that no few of these new and unskilled turists will, as they aver, remain firmly rooted in the soil while they are physically able to cultivate so much as 80 or 100 centiareas (square meters) per head, growing either flowers or vegetables, with a little corner left for chickens menage would be a valuable adjunct, z'sg::uly on the outskirts of a city, factory operative might thus expert in such matters, were astonished | vidual and exotic talent is presented that such a great number and variety |to him he issues forth to easy battle, of curative waters (among them waters will be found all over the country, as | early as practicable should be elimi- | ception,” says the organization’s council in a report recently presented, “the equal, if not superior, to any in Eu- rope for the treatment of cardiac dis- eases), situated near one of the largest centers of population in the world, in a beautiful country with an excellent cli- mate, should have remained relatively unexploited as a first-class spa by one of the richest States in America. In Europe such a treasure of springs |"which would be hard for any one else. | nated The case here in question startled and puzzled San Francisco, and it was weeks before even Paul Savoy could produce the solution. Of course, he knew it long before he announced it, but waited until all. the pieces of the puzzle were fitted together. The suspects include men and women of vast fortunes, some of them gambling maniacs; an im- “The Post Office Department,” thinks | new agencies of the Government have the Baltimore Evening Sun, “has made | been thrown open to the poltical the mistake of forcing the development lapo\l.smen to do with as they see fit. of competition, and that competition, | The excuse given when objection has once developed, cannot be conjured been made to exemption from Civil away with a wave of the hand.” The Service tests has been made that these New Orleans Times-Picayune suspects agencies are a part of the emergency that. “many will fail to note the change ' program and that they may be tempo- “on its | rary in character. A more specious ex- or even for a cow. Such a domestic | greatest heall would have been long before organized into a famous cure, with luxurious bath houses, drink halls, parks, theaters, recreations, and attended by experts in balneotherapy and hydrotherapy. Many of the spas of Europe possess only one type of water—a type suitable for bath- ing or for drinking. At Saratoga, where the ground fairly bubbles with springs, there are numerous waters of both kinds. In the Old World such riches might very well long ago have become the most important spa in Europe. The long-defaulted opportunity for making Saratoga a resort comparable to Nauheim, Wiesbaden, Baden-Baden, Vichy or Kissingen was recognized about_25 years ago by the State of New York. Since then several com- missions and the State Conservation Department have been at work develop- ing the . ibilities of in executing cgr‘!é(ully develtged plans e world’s for making Saratoga one of Ith resorts is a matter for poverished princess, a Chinese gentle- man, Paul Savoy's secretary, and, of course, the stupid detective who is the foil for Savoy. Events take place in different parts of San Francisco, espe- cially in Chinatown and in the mystery- laden palace of a decadent multi- millionaire. * ¥ k% Some books on sports and outdoor life should accompany the Summer vacationist, if only for use on rainy days. Here are 8 few suggested titles: “Telling. on the Trout,” by Edward Hewitt (Scribner); “Camping and ‘Woodcraft,” by Horace Kephart (Mac- millan) ; “Canoeing, Sailing and Motor Boating,” by Warren H. Miller (Apple- ton); “A New Way to Better Golf,” by Alex J. Morrison (Simon & Schuster); (Scribner); “Field Book of American M. Chapman (Apple- congratulation to the R.|to counterbalance the reduction of | rate.” | “Tennis,” by Helen Newington Wills|, "Wfldcfinw!m East of the peogl)e‘uf New York City and State and to all other | Rockies,” Americans, & in the rate,” but holds that dts own merits and as a herald of possible | further reductions, this cut deserves | notice and salutation.” The Keokuk | Dally Gate City believes that “the main | point of importance is that it is a wise | concession to public opinion and to public convenience.” The Charlotte Observer states that “the sponsors of | the 2-cent local rate argue that it will create more than enough re-diversion | from third class to first class, and more | than enough return to the postal system | of letters now being delivered by hand. | “If the postal receipts from this class | C. Clarke (Houghton, Miffin): “The Reptile Book,” by Raymond Lee Dit- mars (Doubleday, Doran); “How to Know the.Mosses,” by Elizabeth Dun- ham (}'l(uunll:llém.ndMgfln), l;'l;d "Mush-c“ rooms o and Wood,” by Margare McKenney (Day), - i cuse could not be devised to hoodwink the public ” Nobody has estimated, so far as we know, the number of new jobs that will be created by the sweeping program of industrial and farm recovery. The Muscle Shoals project, involving the entire Tennessee River Valley, will open up countless more. New bureaus and commissions Will be required in all parts of the country to handle the vast governmental powers created by recent legislation. The opportunities for political fa- voritism in this immense new machinery are obvious. With the best will in the world, the President and his aids will have difficulty in keeping it out of the e so long as speed in organization is an important consideration. Nevertheless, there is a cleer obligation on those n autherity, as the report says, “to see to it that the appoiniments made to the :\:ll:ordinlt!b:(ao!([s&l "b‘: emergency bure: shall e best lifled Persons.” Sl i