Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1933, Page 8

A-S THE EVENING STAR ' WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.........July 85, 1033 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The lmlu.shr Kvowgp_u! Company 1ith 8t snd Penns vania, Ave, New ‘York Office: 110 East 43nd §t fier S Lo Moty e xlp) by Carrier Within the City. vening !tdlrs. sides .,.v".".lk per month ;!fll.’.:ln . 80c per month o fund) will fall needs within the purposes specified.” act tinues: “Provided, That the administrator may certify out of the fund; made avallnble by this sub- section additional grants to States (and the District of Columbia) applying therefor to aid needy persons who have no legal settlement in any one Btate or community, and to aid in assisting co-operatives and self-help -associations for the barter of goods and services.” ‘What is being done in the District of Columbia to secure this Pederal aid that is made available for the help of “needy persons who have no legal settlement” in this or possibly any hone | other community? The District wood- ily and Sundary.... ily only Sunday only fly and Sundsy. ?:u only . unday only Member of the Associated Press. iated Press 1s exclusively entitled 2o b AeeTor Tepublication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- Rod Rl e and pheo PR R S T e e ehes hereln are aito Teserved. —_— The Covenant. President Roosevelt last night de- livered an appeal to the American people to sign & “common covenant” with him and to “sign it in the name of patri- otism and humanity.” Millions of hic countrymen and countrywomen heard the appeal and millions of them will answer it. They will answer it in the name of both humanity and patriotism. They will answer it because his proposal for & common drive to wipe out the depression by the creation of greater purchasing power among the people ap- peals to their common sense as well as to their hearts. The time has come when selfish desire for gain must give way to the desire for gain for all. If it does not, then there will be gain for none. The President has warned those who, because of short vision which goes not beyond their own pocketbooks, may be inclined to balk or to delay. The Nation, the President has said, cannot exist half boom and half broke. Unless steps are taken to remedy the situation, the country may be all broke. The program of the President, as explained by him in a remarkably convincing address over the radio last night, is clear enough. To use his own words, it is: It all employers will act together to shorten hours and raise wages we can put people back to work. No employer will suffer, because the relative level of competitive ccst will advance by the same amount for all. But if any con- siderable xrrtt!upx:;m:lfiil lag or ‘:‘hl;ky ::: ion’:fl?px mutx; nnotherp;zpfl’lle ‘Win- ter. This must not happen. This must not happen. If through selfishness a considerable number of employers, or a considerable number of workers, or both, should fail now to Join in this forward movement, em- ployer and worker alike may enter upon a period of suffering to which the years of the depression may appear like prosperity. President Roosevelt is not casting overboard the so-called economic laws. He is not abandoning the rule of sup- ply and demand. What he is doing is to make it as reasonably certain as possible that the demand shall keep pace with the supply. The demand, here, means the ability to purchase the commodities of the farm and factory, te have food enough and clothes enough and shelter enough for all the people. His plan, as exemplified by the blanket code of fair competition to which he has asked the employers of the country to subscribe, calls for a wider distribu- tion of earnings. It is a perfectly sim- ple proposition to demonstrate that | ‘with the great mass of earnings in the hands of a comparatively few people— earnings from factory and mill and mine and all kinds of business—the ability of the people as a whole to con- sume the products of the country is greatly reduced. It is equally easy to demonstrate that with the mass of earnings in the hands of a great ma- Jjority of the people the problem of consumption becomes a simple one. Already since the inauguration of the fndustrial recovery program a miracle has come about, to which the President referred last night. Child labor has been thrown overboard. This has been done because the employers in one single industry, the cotton textile indus- try, agreed that it should go. And once that agreement was made all other industries have been willing to follow suit. The country will rub its eyes and ‘wonder, if it was all as simple as that, ‘why such steps had not been taken be- fore. Here is a great and tangible gain to the American people at the very out- set of the President’s experiment. ‘The President has said that he can- not guarantee the success of this Nation- wide plan. He added quickly: “But the people of this country can guarantee its success.” The people owe it to them- selves to give the plan a thorough trial. Employer and worker both must do their share. Many of the workers are themselves employers in turn. And when increased purchasing power is de- veloped it must be used. Undoubtedly | it will be used. The President and his advisers have adopted a plan, an in- signia, to keep the members of the recovery army informed. The time is here to close up the ranks and keep | step. e Chicago's exposition is regarded as a eulmination of interest and beauty and also as & safe, restful place in case of street disorders. o h;;ul Aid for Transients. ‘The Lewis-Wagner unemployment re- lief act sets aside a half-billion-dollar tund for conditional and unconditiona: grants to the States, Territories and the District of Columbia to augment local expenditures for relief. Half of this fund is, until October 1, made available on a one-third Federal contribution basis, the Federal grants to be matched by a two-thirds expenditure, in the pre- ceding quarter, from local funds. The District has received one allotment under this fund for the first quarter of 1933 and has applied for its allottment for the second quarter. The balance of the half-billion-dol- far fund is to be made available to the States and the District whenever, “from an application presented by s State, the sdministrator finds that the com- bined moneys which can be made avail- able within the State from all sources, supplemented by any moneys available ! educational programs. yard, operated by the District Com- mittee on Unemployment, handled about 75,000 transients last year, many of them “floaters” or single men stranded in town without form of sub- sistence. The care of these and other transients falls on the shoulders of pri- vate charities, such as the Salvation Army. These, of course, are hard- pressed now in trying to meet their responsibilities to the people of the local community. Great numbers of the transients are lured to Washing- ton by the fact that it is the center of Federal activity in reconstruction. As in the case of the various bands of marchers, in past years, ultimate re- sponsibility for their care is placed on the local community. The local conditions regarding tran- sients, and the justification for an ap- peal for Federal aid in meeting these conditions, are matters that should re- ceive the close attention and study of the Board of Public Welfare. —_— e Hitler and the Church. ‘The Nazis have captured another stronghold—the German Protestant Church. . As a result of Nation-wide elections last Sunday, that organization, formerly the Evangelical Church, voted overwhelmingly to be known hencefor- ward as the “German Christian Church,” and to accept the control of the Hitlerite government in all its af- fairs. As a result, the Protestant con- fession in the Reich becomes an integral part of the Nazi political machinery. Sunday’s vote, in which some twenty million persons participated, completes the Hitler scheme for turning Germany into the “totalitarian,” er one-party, state, which is the Nazi goal. With Judaism all but exterminated, with. Roman Catholicism shackled for thelr purposes by the concordat with the Vatican, effected last week, and with Protestantism now in their grip, the Hitlerites may fairly clajm to have brought all forms of organized religious life under thelr domination. Hitler's immediate purpose is to place ome of his minions, an army chaplain named Dr. Ludwig Mueller, in the Protestant Reich bishopric, in place of the Rev. Dr. Priedrich von Bodelschwingh, vet- eran and venerated humanitarian, who was the choice of the elders and deacons of the old Evangelical Church. The vote of July 23 insures the appointment of Dr. Mueller and his complete sub- servience to the Nazi program for using the Protestant Church as a political en- gine. Even the protest of President von Hindenburg, a devout member of the Evangelical faith, did not deter Chan- cellor Hitler from imposing Nazi official control upon that church and convert- ing its clergy into another brigade of Swastika “storm troops.” ‘The concordat with the Pope specific- ally forbids the Catholic clergy’s activity in German political affairs. The con- cordat which Hitler now proposes to seal with the “German Christians” will di- rectly harness its ministers to the Nazi political chariot. ‘These developments take their place alongside the whole chain of amazing events which have marked the course of German life since the advent of the Hitler dictatorship. Subjection of the church to its will may strike the Nazi autocrats as incontrovertible evidence of their omnipotence and invincibility, but abroad it is designed to convey the im- | pression that the masters of Germany | are hard put to it to retain their iron grip on the country when they must resort 1o ensiavement of religious con- science. The Pope last Spring expressed doubt as to the permanence of the Nazi regime. Perhaps the selzure of the Protestant Church is an omen and ges- ture of despair on the part of the dic- tatorship, that feels the time has come when it must tighten up its strangle- hold in every possible direction as a means of self-preservation. —e—s ‘There is only one “radio announcer” at present to whom the world pays serfous and undivided attention and that is the President of the United States, who has nothing to advertise excepting plans for promoting the Na- tion's welfare. “The New Deal” and Education. Teachers and a goodly company of parents are concerned about the omis- sion of education from the program for “the New Deal” President Roosevelt has taken the people into his confidence on all sorts of other themes, but he ap- pears to have falled to consider the fate of the Nation's cultural institutions The problem, however, has become acute, and time for solving it is abun- dantly ripe. Robert E. Simon, education chairman of the Un!ud Parents’ Association, says: In Washington our representatives are talking about “the New Deal,” en- acting laws eliminating unfair competi- ticn and child labor, regulating hours and wages, voting vast sums for the | benefit of farmers and mon%“ers, aid- Ing States in building roads, bridges and other public improvements. But not one -)grd has been mufi"‘ keegg 00] n or ng pr - . ‘Who is going to maintain the spirit of this “New Deal” and carry on in the future if our school children have not been properly pre- pared to do so? That is one way of stating the issue. The fact is that the depression has bankrupted the universities, colleges and the common schools of the country. Their endowments have disappeared, taxes in their support have been im- possible to collect. In large sections of the States most drastically affected the schools are closed, the teachers unpaid, the children running wild. How many will be able to recpen in September is & question no one yet can answer. The shadow of tragedy hangs over the | Everything that's situation. If relief is denied, the cul- tural future of the Nation will be im- poverished. Youth is a fleeting season and its educational opportunities must be seized on the wing. The slump has worked yicked mischief in this regard— THE EVENING STAR university, the college, It may be that the Federal Govern- ment should take over the schools, that soclety as a whole should pay for the education of the Nation's children. Dr. John K. Norton, chairman of the Joint Committee on Emergency in Education, declares that “general taxation for such & purpose is really a soclal investment and one that brings large dividends.” The cost of training men for the Army | at West Polnt and for the Navy at An- napolis long has been borne by the whole people. It would be but a minor step it the obligation were extended to other useful forms of national service. The subject is eminently worthy of thought- ful consideration, Meanwhile, what about schoolhouses in the public works program of the ad- ministration? Bridges and offices | v | own lamentable lack of vocabulary.|ing ¢o are all very well; they have pragmatic value. But there are approximately 150,000 old-fashioned, one-room schools in the United States which ought to be. replaced with modern structures, equip- ped for “the Nation's most important business.” Of course, the philosophy of “the New Deal” is a doctrine of expediency. No ome pretends that it is anything else. And, since this is undeniably the case, it is fair to ask: Is it expedient to neglect education in the mobiliza- tion of the peopie’s resources in the war against poverty and disaster? ——————— As the Summer thermometer rises, costumes are discussed in terms both serious and frivolous. Common sense now looks out on the official uniforms on the blazing thoroughfare and takes pride in the fact that uniforms no longer show merciless ingenuity in cruelty to policemen. —————————— ‘The admonition by Al Smith that the people must in the future be more careful about what gets into the United States Constitution will be amplified in the minds of many citizens to cover Wwhat gets into the United States Con- gress. e — Payment of many millions of dollars to farmers as a consideration for re- duction of crops is accompanied by a definite understanding that it must not be assumed that it has become s0 easy to raise cash that it is no longer neces- sary to raise wheat or cotton. The robbery of participents in a Sun- day night country club party near Chicago of nearly $50,000 calls re- gretful attention to the fact that racketeering remains one branch of business that shows no signs of de- pression. ————— Art has often claimed the privilege of being & law unto itself and of re- versing the impressions of the ordinary mind. The Hollywood technicians’ strike contradicts the idea that just now jobs are so scarce that any person who has one should be careful of it. ——————t————— A wage scale has been arranged which is expected to satisfy theatrical producers, press agents, musicians and stage hands. It is a fine cast. Only time will tell whether it is able to give | & performance that will run for a long time. —————— Congratulations were in order on the firm bonds of friendship between the Empire of Ethiopila and the United States of America. Here at least is ane foreign relationship that offers no fear of embarrassing entanglement. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. An Impression. Nothing, some declare, appears to be behaving sensible. Everything you see contains some fea- ture reprehensible. Matters economical or peychical or physical All are contemplated with attention that is quizzical. mentioned moves somebody to interrogate, Often at such length he may be said to supererogate, Till the exigencies to be met by meas- ures practical Threaten to be overwhelmed by elo- quence didactical. It has always been that way, since times of great antiquity. Human nature seems to show a curious obliquity— But the finish always shows a state se- Tenely glorious, With Courageous Common Sense re- spected and victorious. Making Observations. “Of course, as a prudent statesman, you keep your ear to the ground.” “No, sir,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I feel called upon to stand up straight and keep both eyes on the horizon.” Unreliable Simile. “I suppose winning money from that tenderfoot was like taking candy from a child. “Just about,” replied Three-finger Sam—*"assumin’ you have noticed what a howlin’ fuss any kid kin put up if you try to grab his confectionery.” Efforts Misapplied. Sometimes this world breeds discontent, And keeps on getting scrappier, Because of efforts which were meant To make it vastly happier. Incorrigible. “I understand you fell off the water ‘wagon.” “No, sir,” replied Uncle Bill Bottle- top “It is true I dismounted. But I did so with dignity and deliberation.” Unmistakable Value. “What a beautiful fabric the Ameri- can flag is,” exclaimed one girl. “Yes,” answered the other. “And it never gets on the bargain counter.” The Same, "Tis the same old picnic sorrow That comes as the seasons fly; The man with the whitest pantaloons Bits down in the pinkest pie. “A heap o' de disturbance in dis world,” sald Uncle Eben, “comes {'m de fact dat mos’ ever’body would rather fight dan jes’ sit down an’ be peaceably lonesome.” =~ ally this limited user is a man. ican add to the list, especially ome of his own favorites, since every one has such. ‘“Ye: dhumnmlc nndhmd-booh of kinds, es y works on synonyms, are cro'dpnnh excellent suggestions to fit all mlnner‘o(‘uul. - - ‘The use of favorite adjectives in most instances comes about because of men- tal laziness, to somfie extent, and appli- | cations to practical usage. | _There can be little doubt that the worst _offenders at times realize their Often they hesitate, grope for another word, cannot find it, then use the old stock phrase. Pl 3 “Splendid!” they blurt out, whether in reference to an unusally good photo- graph or ‘round-the-world flight. Everything is “splendid,” with them. * % % % Practical use of language, in conver- sation, must supersede the theoretical use, that is, one may make habits of words in talking which would not be tolerated in writing. Thus in conversation a person will use “sweet” at least half a dozen times in 100 words or so; in writing he would catch himself, and either not use it more than twice, or go back and erase all except one. The latitude of conversation is ad- mittedly greater than in writing. It must take into account the visible per- sonality of the speaker to a larger degree. 8ome men so specialize on the use of “elegant” that it becomes posi- tively a part of them the same as their ties and hats. If a certain young man did not de- scribe everything as ‘“eclegant” his friends would think him suffering from some strange inhllntlfn; * ing fault. It is practical, and it works. For- tunately, the majority of men, whether lettered or illiterate, are not finicky about such matters in conversation. What they want is to understand, and if a word conveys some meaning to them they will accept it at its face value, which may not be very large, but which, nevertheless, is sufficient for them. Consider these women emerging from s motion picture. Ten years ago the subject matter of the film would have shocked the most daring of that age. Today no one thinks a thing about it and, upon emerging from the dark. each woman, in turn, pronounces it a “swect” lay. Lo * X X ¥ It was evident to the observer, as it would have been to the speakers, had they thought about it, that they did not mean in any sense that the film to them highly agreeable, attractive or gratifying. ‘Therefore, its usage at the time, and under the circumstances, was practical enough, since each lady managed to cconvey to the other that in a variety of ways the film was pleasing to her. APAN ADVERTISER, Tokio— School children in Japan, it would seem, are more impressed by what they see in the movie theaters than by what they are told in the class rooms. The revelation worries the authorities. Something must be done, say Mr. Toshizo Tanaka of the Social Education Bureau of the jeducation ministry. an investigation. Fifty-three per cent of the boys and 44 per cent of the girls in the primary schools of Tokio go to the movies, the Yomiuri reports. In a certain Tokio middle school all the students in one class, even the poorest in scholarship, could give the names of from 25 to 30 movies in 10 minutes. Not a student in the school failed to identify Douglas Fairbanks. The authorities are now complaining, the paper continues, that the children tend to forget what they are taught in school and learn with ease and even enthusiasm what they are not taught by their teachers. “PFrom the standpoint of home educa- tion,” Mr. Tanaka told the Yomiuri, “this state of affairs requires serious consideration. The motion picture is not used to the full of its possibilities. It has become a business commodity and caters to the demands of the public. “As most motion pictures try to arouse public interest by emphasizing human weaknesses, they are education- ally dangerous. Those with such titles, to name only a few, as ‘Sentimental Kiss,' ‘Stolen Marriage’ and ‘Loye Me Tonight' excite the vulgar interests of young men. B “Japan is not the oniy country fac- here regarding it is still insignificant. The time has come when we must dis- cuss the matter seriously and find a definite policy to cope with it. It might be a good thing for parents to en- courage their children to attend motion picture shows sponsored by schools and other good social organizations. They should also see to it that their children see only good pictures. The father or mother or both should go with the children and interpret the pictures properly.” * X X % Mexican szn Pelicy Outlined. El Universal, Mexico, D. F.—The new foreign secretary, former ambas- sador to the United States at Wash- ington, Dr. Jose Manuel Puig- Casauranc, in a statement yesterday made the following declarations: “The change in the leadership of the foreign department under the same chief executive in a constitutional re- public, that is to say under such a regime as exists in Mexico, does not imply a change in political viewpoint or international relations unless the presi- dent so determines in specific instances. In the Mexican foreign policy, therefore, my appointment to the portfolio of the foreign secretaryship means no change in regard to the various problems. which are seeking solution between ourselves and other nations. We shall endeavor constancy solid and practical the bonds of amity which have distinguished our prede- cessors, “The proper presentation of con- temporary Mexico everywhere abroad tention, and we hope for wisdem solve all such mutual problems with equal justice. “But to reach all these ideals the re- sources and the faculties of the are to be truly successful in our pon- derous and solemn duties. “If the foreign sccomplishes not, indeed, ! Limited use of adjectives, therefore, | cannot be regarded as a serious speak- | tasted like sugar, but only that it was | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. dered if this could be, in any sense, PP e sieps after the trio, and the AL “sweet” uped twice more before he several " “great, “lovely,” every one | husbands, other words. He uses should be used. But it He talks as he writes. this is done may be gal language as odd. w_seldom by listen- the conversation of any group, no matter how brilliant its members may be. ‘There is a tacit conspiracy to avoid long and involved sentences, to flee from the use of words of any type nich might impress the others as will cause a laugh instead of create thought. * ok % % These are a few only of the limita- tions of spoken word, as commonly em. ployed; a refusal to vary the adjective to the case, therefore, cannot be re- garded as very serious among them. Its interest for most of us lies in the fact that most persons at times realize the paucity of their everyday speech, in this regard, and would like to _xgan lotnbee ;mend:lxent to it. may one, in part, by a de- urm:uunn to fit the penalty to the root forms, especially those in the Latin and Greek. There is little use, in later life, in knowing entire pages of Latin text “by heart,” as we say, but everyday need for thorough knowledge of the famous old “roots” of our English W i ese firmly in grasp, one may write and speak with a fundamental ability, as it were, utterly lacking to him or her whose vocabulary is limited to the bare minimum. *x xx It cannot be promised that such | knowledge will make one famous over night, or the slide to prosperity, or turn the laughter of one's ill-bred friends to looks ot sheer amazement and wonder. What it will do, however, if one is so conatituted, is to add to the enjoyment of life. To listen to some persons now- adays you would think life had no pur- pose except to make money, that the more money the better the life, that nothing which does not result in money worth while. ‘The enjoyment of life, which is just another way to say the wonder of life, is worth something, it flowers in wor- ship of the stupendous cause. It pre- sents many gay blossoms of interest as one goes along, bright, colorful, a great purpose seen dimly in its heart. By words, and through words, we ap- proach the mystery. While they are frail guides, at best, they are all we have; we must try to make the best of them. We cannot do so if we put the Mr. Tanaka's bureau recently made ing this problem, but public opinion | wi same word to a multitude of uses. We When one of them went on, however, | cannot use English words as good Eng- to call a rag doll in a drug store win- | lish if the Engl dow by the same descriptive, one won- them. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands is all we know about but even the a of all the tasks ti roximate fulfillment t we have pledged ourselves to do, then, but scarcely till | then. the fundamental purposes and hopes of the President of the republic and of myself, his humble helper, will be realized.” P Beigian Dealers Protest Beer Tax. Le Petit Marseillais, Marseille. —As a protest against the constantly increasing taxes on beer in Belgium it is said that hundreds of those engaged in the trade of dispensing this beverage are giving up their establishments and retinng from business. As the cost of beer, either by the glass, bottled or in the wood, mounts, in the same ratio declines the consumption, until instead | of deriving more revenue from the sale of native and imported brews the gov- erm;:ent is deriving far less than for- merly. Due to the decline in the number of dispensaries, the breweries are closing down, and recently a great procession was held in Brussels by employes of these enterprises, and their associated interests, to exhibit their united dis- approval of the government's action. It is estimated that nearly 50,000 persons participated in the demonstration. Coupled with the irreplaceable loss in excise taxes, there is also the fear in official and cultural circles that the le, deprived of beer, either directly or indirectly through the action of the government, may resort to more potent intoxicants not yet penalized in such proportion to their intrinsic cost. This is a contingency filled with grave con- cern for all those unselfishly concerned th the best interests of the country. Pitifully Low Wages of Construction Laborers To the Editor of The Star: It seems to be the prevalling public opinion that construction laborers who get 35 to 35 cents an hour in the District are receiving a fair living wage. ‘We wonder if people know that a construction laborer only works, at the most, 75 per cent of the time, due to weather, lack of material, and one con- tractor waiting for the other contrac- tor to get his particular work done. Then let us e a little. A laborer wo eight hours a day at 35 cents receives $2.80 per day and $14 per week of five days. Now, due to causes over which he has no control, he loses 25 per cent of this time, which makes him average $10.50 per week, or $546 per year. We wonder how many of our good people that our wages high enough could live on this amount. ‘We are very liberal in allowing only & 25 per cent loss of time, as statistics show that over a two-year period the average loss of time is nearly 40 per cent. Now, what happens when a man loses more than the average time, which is often the case? Hglnstonyp!yto some charity or relief society for aid, m]! which must come from the thinking he is well enough paid. Wouldn't it be much better if the la- borer was assured of an average of $18 to $20 per week, thus enabling him to provide for his family and at the same time keep his family’s self- t up nndmmle—nthgnmefimenw some of the burden off of the Th?lhl:mlble d not beyond an rea- son in the least. ‘Why doesn't our Government and the District establish ‘highbrow,” to say the thing which | This may be achieved by a study o!l or look toward it can be in any degree | like & book. | Chi ‘suspec! .| naturally center in the members of this | { NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. CRIES IN THE NIGHT. By J. Wallis, suthor of “The Vaucluse,” etc. New Y Dutton & Co. p.'.wrmm and .ncure- a8 confusing as & While both the method and the motive in “The Capital City Murder” were astounding, they were also logical in this modern day of scientific sub- stitutes for practically all of the com- monly aceepted elements adapted to the use of man. They were so logical, in fact, that it was somewhat of a mental shock to realize that devices accepted quite casually in.the daily application of science to could as and the motive again join hands for a series of murders of a super-fantastic character. Daphne Eden, a beautiful heights of success on Broadway, to dis- appear. And in each case no clues have been left that might lead to the dis-| covery of the victim. Each woman was of a different nationality, and each one & perfect t of the feminine beauty of her native country. Daphne Eden is the first American girl to vanish. In the middle of the night a boat house manager on a pler in Manhasset Bay is aroused from his slumbers by what he believes in his first conscious moments to have been the screams of a woman. Before he can determine the direction from which the screams came, silence setties down upon the waters. Later he is aroused again by faint cries for help, and on investigation he finds the husband of Daphne Eden marooned in an open boat, into which, he ex- lains, he was placed by two pirates who led the launch on which he and his wife were spending a quiet week end, :vund and gagged him and kidnaped er. The disappearance of Daphne Eden | to light the fact that all of the celebrities had invested heavily in & finance enterprise known as Artists’ Annuities, the announced pur- pose of which was to insure artists of all varieties against penniless and destitute old age. This revelation brings an in- vestigation into the affairs of the com- pany, which are found to be in an un- | sound financial condition, and the board | of directors proves to be comprised of a group of the most unlikely types of men | who could bly be imagined to have a common interest. < | Ward Rosser, manager of Artists’ An- nuitfes, Inc,, is a former banker; Striker Thrawn, a multimillionaire, is the head of a big financial house; Morgan Hopewell is another multimillionaire who is sometimes called the “First Citi- | zen of New York”; Willet Futro also is wealthy and is the owner of an inherited | laboratory operating in the interest of oil, mining and companies; Arthur Garde is an artist w] reputation, from his first appearance in New York, has| been distinctly unsavory. Whitney Sin- clair, husband of Daphne Eden. is aot a director of the company and knows | little about it. He is known as a well- | to-do sportsman. but his unconvincing | story of the pirates and the revelation that he 1s » member of a rum-running gang places him squarely in the list of ts. Suspicion and investigation bi group. Manwhile, another beautiful actress, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. Are there horses from all parts the world at the Chicago Exposition? . L. H. A, 'nnnhnoun#knhnv ltAl tury of Progress. re are several reasons for this, the chicf one being that a national live stock show is held each year at the United States Stock Yards. Why doesn't sediment form in m&mmmunmmme brew?—H. A. V. . Beer is im| ated with carbon . an clear before being tled. It is then urized and yeast development pre- vented. Q. Is it true that wheat harvests oc- cur every month in the year?—M. P. A. 'f-"h'm is no month during which of the world, beginning with January, when 1t is gathered in Australia, New Zealand and Chile, and ending in December, with harvests in Burma and Argentina. Q. How_many members has the American Federation of Musiclans?— composed of women, all of whom have reached the|L. R. A. The organization is ! musicians throughout the United States | and has a membership of about 130,000. | B Q. What have Col. and Mrs. Lind- bergh done with their home on Sour- land Mountain?—C. J. H. A. The property, consisting of the house and 300 acres, is to be converted by Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh into a home for children known as High Fields. It will be operated by & non- ofit trustees of which bergh, Col. Henry Breckenridge, Dr. Abraham Flexner and Owen Lovejoy, executive secretary of the Children’s Aid Society. The purpose of the home is to provide for the welfare of chil- dren, including their education, train- ing, hospitalization. or any other allied purposes, without discrimination in re- §ard to race or creed. Q. How long was the work day in Bir Thomas More’s Utopia?—M. W. D. A. In this model kingdom every one worked six hour: day—three before and three after the mid-day meal. The evening meal was a time of relaxa- tion and entertainment. This remark- able bock was written more than 400 wheat is not harvested in some part of | profit corporation, will include Col. Lindbergh, Mrs. Lind- | grammar and containing many native and English words. % : Q When did Epicurus live?—3. H. A. He lived from about 342 to 270 B.C. He was & Greek philosopher who taught that the desire for pleasure, physical, mental or spiritual, deter- mines all human action. Q. Is the Catholic Church forbidden in Sweden? Are Jews and Russians tted to do business in Sweden?— 3 Roman Catholic Church is not forbidden in Sweden. Most of the ple are Lutheran Protestant, which is the state religion, but complete freedom of worship exists. The Swedish lega- tion says that there is no discrimination whatever in Sweden against Jews and Russians. Siewhich college at Oxford University is oldest? —M. D. A. University College. 1t was found- ed about 1250 through a bequest of Wil- liam, Archdeacon of Durham. | QS ‘What kind of a dog isa turnspit?— A. The breed is practically extinct. The dog was somewhat like a dachs- hund, and was used in the kitchen of a great house to turn the spit upon which meat was roasted before an open fire. | The dog traveled in & small treadmill | geared to the spit. Q. What caused the peculiarity in ex- zreuwn of Joseph Conrad’s eyes?>—N. A 'A. The eyelid of Conrad's right eye drooped because of an injury received in childhood. | Q. How many Americans live abroad? —E. 8. ! A About 400,000 reside outside of the United States. Of these more than half are in Canada. About 100,000 live in { Europe. | Q When was the largest of the | asterolds discovered?>—L. S. A. The four asteroids which were first discovered and which are among th: largest and brightest are Ceres, Pallas, | Vesta and Juno. Ceres was discoverrd |by Piazzi on January 1, 1801; Pallas years ago. Q. What is the name of the type —M. C. A A quadrat or qusd is the type without a letter on it, and is used in spacing between words and in filling out blank lines. Q. What event of importance to Bos- uuA mle occurred on June 17? A. Boston has grown from s settle- ment made by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, whose leader, Gov. John Win- throp, landed at Charleston on June 17, 1630. Q. Why did Prankun disapprove the use of the eagle on the seal of the United States’—A. W. A. He looked upon it as a Caesarean emblem, and favored the use of the wild turkey as being more distinctly printers use for spaces between words? [ | by Olbers in 1802, Juno by Harding in 1804, and Vesta by Olbers in 1807. No more were discovered until 1845. Q. When was the sport of bull-baitirg stopped in England?>—B. S. | A. It was declared illegal in 1835. | Q Are Greenland? | " A. There are two newspapers, both | published at public expense and de- livered free of charge everywhere. They are both written and printed by native Greenlanders. l Q. When was the “Merry Widow"” first produced’—M. G. M. ] !""A. "It was originally produced in Vienna as “Die Lustige Witwe” on De- cember 30, 1905. The outstanding dramatic event of 1907 was the first | American production of the “Merry | Widow.” It was first produced in ! Syracuse, N. Y., on September 23, 1907 there any newspapers in B. A. L. a Negress time, is kidnaped as she is walking the street with the' prizefighter whom she is to marry, van ishing as completely as have her: predecessors into the unknown. Then Moeris Eden, twin sister of Daphne, | who has been active in the search for | the criminals, disappears on her way | to keep a dinner engagement. An arch criminal is certainly at work, but Police Commissioner Hughes and Inspector Jacks, both popular heroes of Mr. Wallis' creation, arc arch man- | hunters. A promise of thrilling enter- | tainment is offered to those who follow | these two favorites of thousands of | readers of mystery fiction as they pit thelr wits and their training against | the cleverness and the ingenuity of the ! diseased brain that has devised and executed a monstrous scheme of abduc- tion and murder. The story contains | all of the elements which a first-rate | detective novel should possess—unusual | circumstances in the opening chapters, | shudders and thrills in proper pxopor-| tion, reascns for the legitimate suspi clon of many people, confusion of theories as to motives and a delightful | romance to round it out into an ex-: ceptionally satisfactory tale. * ok ko x THE EMERALD CLASP. By Francis Beed! uthor of “The Two Under- etc. Boston: Little, Brown Surprises are naturally the things: that are mostly looked for in mystery stories, but there are many kinds of surprises, and it is the ambition of every writer of a tale of crime or in- trigue to devise the sort of unexpected progression of events which no other author has thought of. In “The Emer- ald Clasp” Francis Beeding has accom- pé{'.srhed this feat in a truly fascinating | story. Rosamund Shipley at thirty-six is the sole inheritor of a comfortable estate in | Lavington. Sussex. For more than half | her life she has been tied to the pro- verbial apron strings of a complaining, unhappy, invalid mother, whose only interest in life has been her devotion to a worthless, extravagant and willful son. A motorcycle accident has brought the son to an untimely end, and, sur- rendering to the shock, the mother quickly follows him to a resting place beneath the sod. ‘With a surplus of freedom suddenly thrust upon her, Rosamund takes stock of her possessions and finds that she is wealthy mou&m see the world from which she been shut off for the whole of her life, and forthwith makes arrangements to visit a former schoolmate, Marion Knox, living in Tailloires, on the Lake of Annecy. It is a delightful and charming phg. and one where Marion has been able to enjoy more than a comfortable and haopy existence on the small income left by a family rich in priceless jewels, but poor in money. Among the jewelry inherited by Marion is a neckiace of pearls with an emerald clasp, which she always wears. Arriving at Talloires alone and with misgivings. Rosamund is quick to real- ize that Marion has had a distinct change of heart since her first enthu- siastic letter of invitation, and that in- stead of being the welcomed friend for a long and happy visit she is to be one of those troublesome pests—a third party. She is not particularly well impressed with the man to whom Marion is devoting her time and at- o S ey A ly = ally on their excursions, and to be careful not to intrude upon what is Announcement by the national ad: ministration of creation of a co-ordi nating council to facilitate the whole recovery program is received with gen- | eral approval by the public. The m nitude of the task before the Gove ment is seen as so impressive that the chiefs of the several branches of work | must be kept in touch through some means not previously available. results are expected from the regular sessions of the new council and from the selection of Frank C. Walker as ex- ecutive secretary. The council will in- clude the cabinet members, the director of the budget and the chairmen of the recovery agencies. “In place of former Tuesday cabinet meetings.” explains the Columbia (S.C.) State, “the President has provided for a frequent joint meeting of the regular cabinet with all the administrative ‘big chiefs'—director of the budget. chair- man of the R. F. C., governor of Farm Credit Administration, etc. Frank C. Walker, & rich man, formerly of Mon- tana, now of New York, is to be ‘ex- ecutive secretary,’ with no salary. The President expects to attend one meeting week; all meetings will be attended by Executive Secretary Walker, who, it | is assumed, will lead in co-ordinating the work and will keep the President informed.” "u’snms a gimtxi:‘l; and obvious meas- ure of reorganization,” according to the New York Herald-Tribune, ‘‘compelled by the policies which the administra- tion has adopted. When you are at- tempting to regulate wages and prices. to say noth: Nation of 125,000,000 inhabitants. the task of administration at Washington is simply lpplllln(fi' ‘The Herald- Tribune adds that “the President hopes to produce harmony by assembling all the co-ordinators once a week and teaching them all the same tune.” That paper, however, warns against danger of “colossal bureaucracy.” Commenting on humorous references to the new body as a “supercabinet, the Chicago Dally News declares: “The truth is as prosaic as it is creditable to the alert and resourceful Chief Execu- ive. What he has called into being is supercouncil. composed of the mem- bers of his cabinet and the heads of the | principal new administrative agencies | e T between the two girls the next morn- ing and plans were made for good times together. Then Marion is found dead as the result of a fall from the parapet of an ancient castle, and Rosa- mund is crushed with grief. A time of sorrow is most propitious for winning the confidence and affection of a woman, and Guy makes haste to grasp this opportunity to woo Rosamund. In 8 few wesks they are married and en- Joying a glorious honeymoon before go- ing back to England and settling down to 8 life of wedded happiness. Closing her beautiful estate of Raven- stoke is not 4 sad occasion for Rosa. mund, for she feels that she has been its er long enough. Besides, she is deeply in love with her deliciously irresponsible husband, and it is with the utmost joy that she accompanies h: his own estate in the bleak marsh lands g: the sea. of hours of labor, in a | Council of Chiefs Appraised As Federal Efficiency Force |who are not in the cabinet. The | ject in view is systematic co-ordinatic of the efforts being made by the ac ministration as a whole to bring about national recovery. The supercouncil is to meet regularly. It will have plent: of important work to do. That it ! a sensible move to set up such a coun- | cil must be apparent even to the in- | veterate jokesters. Bureaucracy is syn- | onomus with red tape. fumbling and| | delay. Efficient functioning by the | supercouncil should mitigate. if not re- | move, those drawbacks to governmental| | control and direction of industry.” | “It was early recognized.” states the| Springfleld (Mass.) Union, “that no in-| | dividual was capable of running the] | vast recovery machine. Even the cabi-| et was 8o preoccupied with routine affairs that other helpers were called| in to regiment the far-flung activitie of the Government. so that its righ hand would know what its left hand] was doing. Hence the co-ordinator have been co-ordinated in a single w: jcouncil to fight the depression. The] | Old World looks on with cynical admi ration. which may turn to imitation if| the plan succeeds, as every one hop that it will as a matter of self-preser: | vation and guarantee against somethinj worse. The august array of economic] | talent comprising the new council ma ! summon other aid and advice, hene | the program should succeed if suc: depends upon able administration. law may be good or good for nothing, depending upon the manner in whici | it is administered. The first recognized essential of good administration was co- | ordination.’ President Roosevelt's attitude ‘pressing for more speed” in connectio | with recovery activities is recognized b | the Salt Lake Deseret News in the cre- ation of the council, and the Deseret News quotes reports of progress in the i the | economic war, with the further infor- mation that “it is a remarkable thing] that with "less and less talk of confidence in the air, there ismore nd more within the hearts of the| | depressed.” The Nashville Banner] reports that “the recovery is said to be the most rapid this. country| ever witnessed, the pace being about five times as great as that attained 1915, when huge war orders from Eu | rope poured into this country.” Th Banner also refers to the appointment] | of Secretary Walker, with the commen] that “heavy responsibilities will rest] upon him,” and that “he will, indeed, | be the key man, in a sense, of the en. tire recovery and relief program, inas. much as reports from every bureau and department must be ‘cleared’ through him and be ready for transmission in compact form to the meeting of thd | general board of strategy and, whe | advisable, to the President himself |, “The Ple of the country.” recor the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, “ap. | prove the setting up of an adviso: | council to act as a general board of di. | retors for the recovery program. It the biggest job of the moment. Thd hopes and hearts of the people are with the administration, even though therd are minds that are not yet convinced of the possibilities of the plan. * * Mr. Walker's chief duties as the ‘co ordinator of co-ordinators,’ he has been termed by some, is tol have the various members of the| |group agreed on the essentials of a grflcuhr Pprogram before submitting it the President: The President wanf to have central authority, but does nof intend to surrender or delegate any of clasp. hh real powers.” administration,” advises