Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1935, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY ...........August 14, 1935 Cemen S e e e THEODORE W. NOYES...........Editor P e S A LA The Evening Star Newspaper Company. Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New Y fice: 110 East 42nd St. o Office: Lake Michigan Building. Chic Buropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London. Engiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Edition. -45¢ per month -60c per month when 5 The Sunday Star. Night ight Pinal and S ight ™ Star Collection at tl Orders may be sent by tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 70¢ per month c per month *nd of each month. ‘mail or telephone Na- Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to ft or not otherwise credited in this | Daper and also the local news published herein. | s of publication of special dispatches | erein are also reserved _— The Long Candidac; The threat of Senator Huey P. Long of - Louisiana to seek the Democratic nomination for President, and, failing | in that, to run as an independent can- didate next year, falls into the catexory of things “interesting if true.” The | Louisiana self-styled kingfish is now re- ported to have revealed his plans to 8 number of his senatorial colleagues. But 80 far he has made no further definite commjtment. Probably the Long candidacy on a separate, independent ticket would be a good thing for the country. The much- discussed question of Long's populari‘y | and following would be answered. The answer might not be gratifying to Mr. Long, but entirely satisfactory to the | people at large. Because of the grea’ publicity that has been given the Louisi- ant Senator, crowds have come to listen to him in the Senate and elsewhere. That. however, does not mean that these erowds will ever consider voting for him. | There has been much discussion. too, | of the effect a Long independent canai- dacy would have on the chances of the re-election of President Roosevelt. With Long in the field, it is argued, the radical element which otherwise might vote for Roosevelt would be divided. Long might conceivably carry several Southern States in addition to his own Louisiena, thereby reducing the number of electeral votes which would be cast for Roosevelt ordinarily. No suggestion has been made that Long could win the presidency in & national election. The proposed Long candidacy in al! probability would be detrimental to the Roosevelt chances of re-election. Mr Long's dislike of Roosevelt and the New Deal is well understood. It may e that | this antipathy to Roosevelt will bring the Louisiana Senator finally into the fleld as an independent candidate. It | may be that Mr. Long believes he can make a good showing in the national election, such a showing that will en- courage him and his followers to go for- ward in 1940 with a real bid fer the presidency. There are signs that the country is be- eoming heartily sick of fantastic, Utopiaa | schemes, whether they are of the Roose- velt New Deal or whether they spring from the head of the Louisiana kingfish. The latter may help to kill off the former In the coming election. Slowly, but surely, the country is finding a measure of recovery, in spite of the various | panaceas that have been put forward | rather than because of any of them. Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor yet Mr. Long will be able successfully to claim that the reforms sought by them—fre- quently without thought of recovery— have been responsible for a return of business and of employment. The country has learned much dur- ing this depression. If it has learned not to trust fantastic, ill-thought-out schemes of reform, it has also set its face against a return to the orgy of wild speculation and greed which immediately preceded the crash. The people are not anxious for a return to the conditions which made such a boom possible. They prefer to travel along other, saner lines. The Republican party can hope to sur- vive only if it presents a forward-locking program and leadership. ——r———————— Intelligent labor denounces sabotage. Yet forcing a man to quit needed work, whether he chooses or not, is an inter- ference with the economic machine which of itself- rates as a form of sabotage. ot ————— Tt is feared that Communists see in the large relief funds wealth whose dis- tribution they would like to supervise, —_—— Extraneous, but Important. The Senate version of the Federal alecohol control bill, passed yesterday, differs in two important respects from the House bill. The Senate bill bans sale of liquor in bulk; that is, in barrels. The House bill permits such sales. The Benate bill makes the new control agency (successor to the Federal Alcohol Control Administration, knocked out along with the N. R. A) an independent agency. The House bill would place it under the Treasury Department and fill it with non-Civil Service appointees. The Treasury Department does not want the responsibility of performing the duties of the control board and pre- fers that the board be an independent agency. Mr. Choate, who was alcohol control administrator under the N. R. A,, also believes the duties of establishing fair practices in the liquor industry, pre- venting “tled houses” and prohibiting misleading Branding or advertising would be performed more efficiently by an in- dependent agency. Authorities have also pointed out that liquor sold in barrels 18 more easily bootlegged and adulterated than when liquor is sold in bottles. The question will have to be decided ip_conference. But already the regula- A 1 | Creek at Calvert street. THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1935 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ' tion of the liquor industry is passing the stage where regulation in the inter- ests 6f temperance or the prevention of ancient abuses becomes & secondagy con=- sideration. The leading proponents of removing the “hidden bars” in Wash- ington were not the sales places or the consuming public, but the bartenders’ union. And the deciding factor in de- termining whether liquor is sold in bot- tles or barrels will not be the efficacy of regulation and prevention of boot- legging, but the influence that can be exerted by the cooperage industry. And patronage, rather than sound adminis- tration, will doubtless be a weighty con- sideration in deciding whether the new agency is to be independent or a non- Civil Service branch of the Treasury. —_— District Bridges. Discovery that the east abutment of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia River is in bad condition, necessitating the placing of temporary supports to permit a restricted use, brings to attention the fact that there still remain several important bridge jobs in the District to be undertaken. In addition to -this one, which has aroused the often repeated demand of the residents of that area for imme- diate action, there are two other struc- tures which should be promptly put in line for replacement by substantial modern structures. These are the Ana- costia or Navy Yard Bridge and the Chain Bridge, neither of which is suit- able for the safe accommodation of the constantly increasing traffic. Modern bridges have recently replaced old structures at several places. One of these is the Klingle Bridge on Con- necticut avenue, and another the P Street Bridge across Rock Creek, prob- ably soon to be officially called the Robert Fulton Bridge. Another is ap- proaching completion, that across Rock replacements were necessary in the in- better accommodation of traffic. The Chain Bridge replacement pro- | posal has been held in abeyance pend- ing decision as to the site and char acter of its successor. There are two plans, one for a bridge at the present location at the present level, and an- | other for one slightly farther up stream at a higher level to conform to a pro- Southern States. No progress has lately been made toward the adoption of a | | plan for this structure. Both the Anacostia and the Pennsyl- vania bridges across the Eastern Branch | are obsolete in type and of doubtful security. The old Benning Bridge, far- ther up stream, was some years ago re- | placed by a steel and concrete structure of good type. These two remaining spans | across the Anacostia should be put in the | list of projects to be promptly under- taken. There remains one other important bridge for consideration, that across the | Potomac known as the Highway Bridge. While it is regarded as a safe structure, | it is out of harmony in design and | appearance with the two newer bridges and Key | | Bridges, both of which are a credit to up stream, the Memorial the Capitdl. There has been talk of | its replacement in connection with a project to build a tunnel under the Potomac for the transport of rail traffic | If this were done there; southward. e would remain only the Chain Bridge | of the trestle type crossing the Potomac River within the District. Regardless of esthetic considerations, the replacement of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia is | a matter of immediate public impor- tance, and this project should be de- veloped as quickly as possible. e As he reads of some of the current economic projects, Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate, discreetly refrains | from any reference to “my policies.” v Inquiring minds indicate a desire to get away from the philanthropic soup kettle back to the goldfish bowl. ———— Sir William Watson. Sir William Watson was not a popular poet. He had been called “England’s neglected genius,” and it is fair to con- cede that he was not understood.* His mind was classical, and his heart beat to the echo of an age long past. Keats, Wordsworth and Tennyson were his models, and he served them well—better, perhaps, than they served him. But he lived too late to profit by romanticism. The epoch whose bard was Rudyard Kipling had scant sympathy for a singer who loved the receding master with such devotion. Nevertheless, Watson should have posthumous appreciation. The crafts- manship of his work was nearly flawless, and when life is easier and men again have opportunity to remember delicate, graceful and gentle things they may rediscover his better efforts and evaluate them accurately. Granted that they will be obliged to discard much that was ephemeral and propagandistic, their quest for durable melody will not be in vain, Watson incontrovertibly was a member of the major choir; he paid for his fame with the coin of poverty, and it would be a sad pity, indeed, if he were to be forgotten. Those who judge him harshly for un- worthy enterprises, like “The Woman With the Serpent’s Tongue,” it seems should take into account the bitterness which a sensitive soul inevitably felt in the face of a conspiracy of disregard. He was snubbed by people who ought to have had kindlier manners, and he expressed his resentment too frankly for his own good. Thus it happened that one who on three occasions sought the laureate- ship was passed over unrecognized, and each denial of his claims was accorded literary monument of spite and malice. Some inability to endure punishmert silently, as well as a certain fear of him which those who might have helped could not avoid feeling, spoiled his career and marred his product. Yet the balance almost surely will be ) All of these | | Pull off cocktail parties adjusted. Time will distinguish between what is good and what unhappily is iil, and Watson, as he was when he was young and hopeful, will emerge from the shadows in his original guise of ardent youth—a minstrel of brave gifts and noble talents, dreaming a fair dream and singing a passion which providentially is eternal. Then at last he will have his triumph, and nothing else wil matter, ———— Naturalists intimate that insects will rule the world. There is no fear of this unless a biplane bomber may be, by a stretch of imagination, classified as a gigantic predatory coleopter. —_—rat—————— No right-minded motorist desires to kill anybody. The success of police vig- ilance in cutting down the motor death rate is a matter of pride to the drivers who have co-operated. —r———— One of the foes against whom the late Samuel Gompers stood immutably was the communist. His statue still holds the alert pose of one who said, “I am not arguing. I am telling you.” ————————— Even music may be affected by the African situation-to the extent of cre- ating expressions of preference for old plantation melodies over Itallan grand opera. —_——e————— Asiatic people are supposed to have crossed by means of the Aleutian Islands to this continent. Fortifications now under way will prevent anything like that from happening again. —_———— ‘The State Department might save time by having discreetly phrased apologies made up in blank form to be filled out as occasion may require. —_—————— ‘The President and Mr. Hopkins went fishing together, but did not get a strike | that interested them as much as the terest of public safety as well as the | one threatened in New York. ——— e Some of the radio announcers draw gloomy pictures that would be unrelieved | except for enthusiastic pictures of the articles they advertise. —_— e The King of Kings receives no en- couragement in suggestions that the | political situation might be solved by posed highway linking the Northern and | turning it into a real estate trade. | about him,” Mr. e A policy of national frankness enables eminent citizens to return from a fish- ing trip with some good ideas to put into the goldfish bowl. s Scme of the most serious problems are discussed at luncheons. The food short- age will hardly be permitted to go so far as to interfere with a nation’s progress. _—_— e A general tax burden will enable the poor to sympathize with the rich who have been soaked, with nobody saying “Come in, the water is fine.” ————— Strikes create shortage and make prices high, but they will hardly be favored by the Department of Agricul- ture on that account. —_—————— Unharvested wheat is again prompt- | ing the call in crowded communities, “Go west, young man.” ———— Archaeologists agree that the lobbyist | is not yet to be classified among those | curious but extinct old birds. o Shooting Stars. BY PHMNSON. Home, Sweet Home. When the sun brings a blister That knocks you a twister And hot is the sky's steely dome, My rhymes I'm revising, I'm not advertising The glorious comforts of home. For home’s where the smarties And dress like some fanciful gnome. They turn on the clatter Of radio chatter, But nobody sings “Home, Sweet Home.” I'd like to go roaming 'Way out in Wyoming, Or wherever heat sufferers roam. Each weather prediction Makes painful the fiction They holler about “Home, Sweet Home.” Quick Retaliation. “Are you in favor of soaking the rich?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But without firritating them to an extent that will cause them to shut down your telephone or your electricity.” Jud Tunkins says the taxes he’ll have to pay make him feel as if he was liable to be fined for reckless thriving. Hog Calling. A pork chop is a precious thing, To which fond memories will cling. ‘We murmur in a tone severe, “Where are the hogs of yesteryear?” Reincarnation may suggest An answer to our weary quest. We _are not cannibals, that's clear. ‘Where are the hogs of yawnm? Hard Question. R “Why did you never marry?” “I have often wondered about that myself,” said Miss Cayenne. “But I become shy as I hear so many people wondering why they ever did.” Comparison. Why should we falter and complain When temperatures go up again? We'll build thermometers more tall And view a prize fight or base ball. ‘Will it not be & joy to see Folks overheated in their glee? Life holds a solace, after all, ‘We still have prize fights and base ball. |, “People is economizin’ so close,” said Uncle Eben, “dat it seems like money was getiin' to be jes’ somethin’ to talk about.” NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Margaret Germond. THE LINCOLN LEGEND. By Roy P. Basler. Boston: Houghton Miflin Co. “It is difficult now to comprehend the wave of hero-worship which swept over the country after Lincoln’s assassina- tion.” The sentence is not very good as the curtain-raiser of a book which the author, in his preface, declares is not intended to “debunk” Abraham Lincoln, but to show how fictionists, poets, dram- atists and biographers have created out of folklore and emotionalism a hero of mythological grandeur. ‘The separation of any man from his greatness or from the circumstances which lifted him out of obscurity into a position of renown is not an easy task. Running afoul of the line is a common weakness of practically all writers who have undertaken to present such men as individuals of the common race, plain specimens of elemental human nature. It is true that fortune smiles favorably upon a few of the sons of earth who through no merit of their own are ac- corded a degree of fame, but the capac- ity for leadership happens to be an in- separable unit of the composite rudi- ments of character peculiar to the in- dividual and not an occasion-produced accident. Vivisecting the characters of the men whose leadership founded and preserved the Nation has become the fashion in the past few years of a number of writets who perhaps believe sincerely that by stripping these heroes of the myths and fairy tales with which tradition has mag- nified their glory they are fulfilling an imperative duty to the race. A more than generous circulation has been ac- corded these literary products, and they have most certainly done no damage. But the question is, have they actually accomplished any particular good? Tra- dition is one of the mainsprings of man- kind's struggle toward the ideal. Belief in the folk tales and in the emotional tributes of hero-worshipers bent upon endowing mortals with immortal perfec- tion was long ago abandoned, but tradi- | tion is a treasured inheritance, and so | long as man survives the ideals and the monsters of its making will live. Lead- ership creates its own halo. The endur= ance of that halo is the infallible meas- ure of the quality of the leadership that produced it. * % * x On the hypothesis that during the seventy years sinfe his assassination, Abraham Lincoln, the man, has been oo- scured by the “mountain of myths, hero- legends and folklore that has grown up Basler undertakes to sift these legends, trace them to their | source and dislodge them from the char- acter to which they have clung tenacious- | ly despite countless efforts 1o convince | the world of their fallacy. The work is not a biography, but an | undoubtedly sincere effort to define the | true character of the man apart from | | the circumstances and conditions which | called him to leadership at a time when | the Nation was facing the most critical problem in its history. For the accom- | plishment of this” purpose the author has employed the method of culling from | the several thousand volumes of fiction, biography, poetry and drama the eulogies and tributes of the so-called hero-wor- shipers and placing against these the criticisms and the judgments of those | who feared the power and those who dis- believed and hated the principles of Lin- coln. Between these two Mr. Basler has given his own interpretation of char- acter and motives. Following a survey of the mass of | literature concerning Lincoln is & cha ter devoted to the efforts of those wh sought to clothe him with divinity and the vilifications of those who attempted not only to destroy the idol, but to de- fame the man, his ancestry, his wife and his supporters. Another section of the book deals comprehensively with the folkloke and fiction that has filtered into the biographies, novels and plays pur- porting to reveal the true greatness of the man. One of the most interesting phases of this author’'s presentation is his survey of the famous sculptures and paintings of Lincoln and interpretation of the success or failur® of the artists to give expression to the intangible spiritual quality that is necessarily the basis of .inspiration. He works rather hard over the distinction between beauty and ugli- ness, but his efforts leave one with the feeling that he has not yet learned that indescribable beauty oftentimes obscures the most homely of faces and the most angular and awkward of physical forms. ‘The book is interesting as an addition to the already overwhelming mass of Lin- colniana, but it contains little to recoms mend it is a work of incalculable value. Myths and legends have grown up about the heroes of all nations. They have made no great man greater, but rather has the truly superior man survived in spite of them. It may be true that Abraham Lincoln is greatest hero-myth of American history, but seventy years of survival is not altogether convincing proof that hero-worship and not actual valuation of character is the yardstick by which greatness of leadership is measured. No feeling of sectionalism or political prejudice has been written into this Jjudgment of “The Lincoln Legend.” The reviewer was born and has always lived below the Mason and Dixon line. Reciprocity. From the Louisville Courler-Journal. England having boosted the duty on monocles, why not a bit of reciprocity on the part of the United States with a nro,hlbitlve tariff against monocle wear- ers Guiding the Guests. Prom the Worcester (Mass.) Evening Gazeite, New York police have been given maps with which to help visitors find their way about. As if any one but a native New Yorker would ever admit he didn't know everything about New York. Farley at Reno. From the Holyoke (Mass.) Tsanscript. Postmaster Ceneral James A. Farley was at Reno, but he was not looking for a di- vorce from one of those important posts he holds with the administration. No Rostrums, Prom the Grand Rapids Press. But how can Mussolini personally direct an army in Ethiopia? Are there any build- ings there with outside balconies? ———— . Humbleness and Greatness. From the Ashtabula (Ohio) Star-Beacon. No wonder the great are humble. They needn't be offensive to prove they're as good as anybody. Alcohol and Speed. From the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Daily News. Alcohol has been found to slow up the reactions of zn automobile driver, but it doesn’t slow up the automobile. The Treadle Club, Washington's fast- est growing organization, will make a great leap forward September 1 with the installation of the new bus lines. Every person is a member of this club, of course, who stands on the rubber treadle which operates the middle or rear door of one of the newer busses. Many hundreds of people, who have ridden exclusively on street cars for many years, will find those doors rather puzzling at first. They will not know that ome must stand squarely on the treadle in order for the door to open. Nor will they know that, after one has stepped down into the street from one of those doors, they close up rapidly behind them. One must move fast in order to prevent an elbow bumping. These doors also develop a habit of sticking, from time to time, so that no matter )::( manfully one stands on the treadle tiiey refuse to budge, necessi- tating & trek to the standard front exit, * k% ¥ Many of the old-timers, who have ridden on street cars for so many years, #nd are rather proud of it, are going to find the busses confusing in other ways. Not only will many stand waiting for a door that does not open, waiting until the driver calls back through the coach, “Stand on the treadle, please. They will miss the fine open spaces of the old street cars, especially of those rather commodious ones used on sub- urban boulevards, such as on Connec- ticut avenue. No more will they have plenty of room, but will find themselves rather jammed in with other human ‘beings. If we read some of the older patrons aright, judging from what we have wit- nessed in street cars from time to time, they will not be at all chary about expressing their opinions, either. *x * % * The motor bus has one distinct ad- vantage over street cars, as far as the riding public is concerned, and that is that it draws up to the curb to take on and discharge passengers. That word “discharge,” by the way, vividly expressed the feeling of a new recruit to the Treadle Club the first time he pops out of one of those side or rear doors. His feeling is that he is literally dis- charged from the bus as from a cannon's mouth. Most of this feeling, of course, is in his own mind. The step down is enough, however, to impel him through the opening quickly, which is just what is necessary. It is to be hoped that transit officials | will make every effort to keep drivers | in the mood to draw their vehicles close in to the curb every time a passenger | is taken aboard or let off. The writer here rode on one of the first regular bus routes established in the city. It always was the custom on that line for the bus (which, by the way, had six wheels) to come close to the curb on all such occasions. Since that time traffic has grown so heavy throughdut the city that there has been an increasing tendency on the part of bus drivers, especially in the downtown sections, to remain in the | center of the street, or at least well out from the curb. This procedure is not good for the passenger, because it compels him to extent, at least. If a bus is several feet from the curb and discharges passengers just before the traffic light switches green, the pe- | destrian may find himself in the path of some taxicab or other vehicle on the move. Since this always has been the * The related questions of fresh air and gas discharge will be met by many transit patrons for the firit time in rather long lives. Whatever mizht have been said about and particularly against street cars, there always seemed to be enough air in them for all practical purposes. Even when crowded to the doors, with people standing so that not another could be jammed into the aisle, street ¢ars did have enough cubic contents to give each passenger a fair quota of air. Then there was the incessant stop- ping and starting, taking on and letting off passengers every other block. All this let in fresh air and stale air out. It is not exactly the same with a bus. Complete closure, in most cases, of the entire front and rear windows pre- vents & good circulation of air. Even when the windows are up they are not 23 big, nor 50 many, as in a street car. The result is that when many persons who are used to street cars get to riding on busses for the first time regularly, | the chances are that some of them are going to complain about the lack of air. ‘We have often wondered why a very small window could not be set in the back window, & window within & window, tend to create a circulation of air, with- down any one’s precious neck. * ok kX As for gas or exhaust, rather, in busses, that is a matter which does not shut. It is in Spring and Summer, when windows are open agd one desires as much fresh air as Nature has tempered it herself in her inimitable way, that a blast of exhaust | hits the innocent passenger in the face. Many will wonder why this foul smell- ing emanation cannot be carried off to the rear of the vehicle sufficiently far back so that the suction created by the stopping of the vehicle could not draw | it squarely into the bus, as it 50 often is. | In this matter, as in s0 many others, what is one man's meat is another man's poison. Some riders seem not to notice it, others make terrible faces, others try to hold their nose and still others attempt to move their seat. Often the latter is an impossible procedure, off such busses solely to get rid of such noxious fumes. These objections are cited because, all in all, the motor bus is the best way of transporting modern city dwellers from place to place, and there is no particular necessity for permitting such | conditions io remain in force forever. For the passengers, after all, are the real | judges. They get the benefits of good transportation and if there are any | small disabilities which might be ironed | out, they should make themselves vocal | Any one | who does not like to smell exhaust all | until they are ironed out. the way home, after a hard day's work, | ought to say 30, but say it to the right | | parties! Street car and bus patrons, along with the rest of mankind, too | | often complain to the wron rons. run the peril of heavy traffic to some | a . b | The man at the wheel knows the eon- | dition as well as you do, but he can do | Why complain to | nothing about it. him? If you have any friends among the officials, invite them to take a ride with you and explain to them patiently what you do not like. It would be an | interesting experiment, anyway. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS On the floor of the United States Senate Chamber on the day of publica- tion of the straw vote list of 11 prospects for the Republican nomination, three in this “stand of presidential timber” were busy about their regular legislative tasks. Senator Borah, outstanding leader in the race, clad in a light brown suit with his customary double-breasted coat, was easily the “cynosure of neighboring eyes” in the galleries as he moved quickly and quietly in and out of the room. Several times the tall, sturdily built Senator Vandenberg, fourth in the race, sat down beside the Idaho Senator and, leaning his elbow on an adjoining desk, engaged him in earnest conversation as to—well, whatever the topic, it was no doubt in- teresting, because both Senators have the long-standing habit of saying some- thing worth hearing whenever they talk. The third senatorial member in the straw-vote poll was the erect, white- haired Dickinson of Iowa, always a strik- ing figure on the Senate floor. * ok ok % While the prominence which he has attained is due mainly to his marked ability as a thinker and speaker, the national reputation which Senator Borah has attained has been strength- ened by a knowledge and experience gained through years of service. As he rounds out 30 years in the Upper House of Congress he leads the Senate in this respect. Many other instances might be cited to show the wisdom displayed by States or districts which have retained in public office men who have rendered faithful service, gaining thereby a rank and an influence which otherwise would pass to others. Texas furnishes a strik- ing illustration. Not only does one of her sons occupy the honored chair of Vice President, but both of her Sen- ators through seniority have risen to chairmanships of committees—Sheppard of Military Affairs and Connally of Public Buildings and Grounds—while in the House 6 of the 21 Texas members are committee chairmen—Buchanan, Appropriations; Jones, Agriculture; Ray- burn, Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Sumners, Judiciary; Lanham, Public Buildings and Grounds; Mansfield, Riv- ers and Harbors. : * X ok % Announcement of progress in the plan to erect in Washington a fitting monu- ment to the late President Cleveland will be received with satisfaction by the many admirers of that great political leader. This satisfaction is heightened by the fact that the memorial is to be of stately proportions, as becomes the eminence which Cleveland attained and the lasting character of his public serv- ice. His strength and the courage of conviction which he displayed have given him & place in history which de- serves distinguished public recognition. * kX % Cuba’s close and special relation to the Unitad States is emphasized by the pres- ence in Washington this week of & commission of 18 leading business men from the island republic, members of the Social Economic Union of Cuba. Dressed in immaculate white linen suits and looking like s group of naval officers, lacking only the gold braid and other insignia, they were received by Presi- dent Roosevelt shortly after their ar- rival here from Havana. They bg.: toward Latin America. This was three mahogany chests containing signed in- dorsement by 320,000 Cubans of the reciprocal trade agreement between the two countries which has resulted in the few months since it has been in opera- tion in a great increase of their com- mercial intercourse. The commission, headed by Senor Jose Manual Casanovs, was escorted to the White House by Dr. Guillermo Patterson, Ambassador of Cuba, and accompanied also by Sum- in charge of Latin-American affairs. ook % fingerprints at the rate of about 3,000 daily. The growing collection now num- bers approximately 5,000,000, and is being increased constantly not only by addi- tions from this country, but, through sands from abroad. Visitors to Wash- ington find this exhibit in the Bureau of Investigation well worth seeing. * % x x ‘With the preparation for sailing Au- gust 31 of the delegation from the United States to the third Pan-Ameri- can Red Cross Conference, which will meet in Rio de Janeiro next month, in- terest centers in the rapidity with which the work of this great humanitarian organization has grown. Rear Admiral Cary T. Gr#yson, chairman of the Amer- head the delegation, will not be able Gustavus D. Pope of Detroit, member of the Central Committee, and Dr. Thomas W. Gosling, national director of the American Junior Red Cross, will also be a delegate from this country. The second Pan-American Cofference was held in Washington nine years ago. The meeting this year will devote its discussion almost exclusively to the peace-time activities of the various na- tional bodies. Ernest J. Swift of Paris, secretary general of the League of Red Cross Societies, who passed through this city several days ago on his way to Brazil, called attention to the fact that of the 61 national Red Cross Soci- eties in the world, 20 are in the Amer- icas, the first in the Western Hemi- sphere having been established in Peru in 1879. * x X X An amusing bit of colloquy occurred in the Senate during debate on the Walsh bill to govern certain conditions of labor in the making of Government contracts, loans or grants. The debate was beiween Senator Clark of Missouri, who had offered the Black 30-hour-week bill as & substitute, and Senator Tydings of Maryland. In the discussion as to the comparative relation of wages with changed hours of labor, Senator Clark said: “The proposition is simple, and I think the Senator from Maryland ought to be able to grasp it,” to which Senator Tydings replied: “The proposition is too simple for the Senator from Maryland to understand.” * ok o x Augusto Rosso, smiling and popular Ambassador of Italy, vacationing at Bluemont, finds much there to attract him, for he is fond of mountain climb- ing and of taking long walks along the beautiful trails in that neighborhood. He is also a skillful horseback rider. Tennis and are among his other athletic activities. (Coppright, 1935.) ~ A 30 that it might be opened and thus | out at the same time causing a draft | ible, seeing that | | charged | and we have been told that persons | have even gone to the extent of getting | ner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State | | in the Bible?>—T. G. The Department of Justice is receiving { internationdl exchange, by many thou- | fcan Red Cross, who had expected to | to attend and his piace will be taken by | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin, A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Was) ton Evening Star Information Bufeau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing~ ton, D.C. Please inclose stamp for reply. Q. Is Morgan's yacht, Corsair, the l_lges‘t( yacht under American register? A. The Savarona, owned by Mrs. Emily Roebling Cadwallader, is the largest. The Corsair is the second in size. Q. Please give a short biogra, John J. l(cGE’ilw.—C. ¥ P A. Mr. McGraw was born in Truxton, N. Y, April 7, 1873. From the early 90s he was one of the greatest figures in organized base ball. In his playing days he was a brilliant third baseman whose efforts were not confined to the mere mechanics of the game. He was the molder of championship clubs. His teams won 10 pennants and three world championships. He died February 25, 1934, of uremia and a complication of diseases. g Q. How does the consumption of alco- holic beverages now compare with pre- prohibition consumption?—W. D. A. In the fiscal year 1917, whisky sales amounted to 85.248,000 gallons: in the fiscal year 1935, to 55,500,000 galions. Wine (1917) to 43,000,000; (1935) 28.- | 000,000. Beer (1917), 1,884500,000 gal- lons; (1935) 1,562,000,000 gallons. Q. What is the average weight of a man’s brain? A woman's’—E. G. A. From 11,000 brains weighed, Topi- nard finds an average weight of 1361 | grams for man and 1,200 grams for bother much when all the windows are | WO™n- Q. Is December 25 a holiday in Japan?—F. G. A. In Japan, December 25 is observed as the anniversary of the death of Taisho, the last emperor. Cards are exchanged and festivities are held much in the Occidental manner, what recent case did the li~ cause a criminal to confess? Q. In detector —H. L. A. In the case of Mills Redmond with the murder of Marion Cozo, whose body was found in a sewer the lie detector was. used successfully to obtain a confession. Q. When are hops harvested?—H. § A. The strobiles are harvested in late August and early September. The: are then aired, kiln-dried and baled. Q. Why do so many Baltimore houses have white marble steps’>—E. R. W. A. Marble was cheap in the early day. due to the number of quarries near the city. A building fashion was establishec and is still followed to some extent. Q. Please give a good but simple tes to find whether a lump of metal is & meteorite—R. R. 8. A. A test of a meteorite is to holc one face against an emery wheel or carborupdum stone and grind it a little If the smooth surface shows minute, bright points of metal looking like pol- ished steel, it is probably a meteorite. Q. What proportion of the habitable pa: :l the world does Russia occupy? A. About one-sixth. Q. What is Ohio’s motto?—E. R. A. Imperium in imperio, which means an empire within an empire, Q. Who is the patron saint of Ethi- | opia?—L. C. A. St. George is its patron saint, enc of the chief buildings there being the cathedral dedicated to him in Add.c Ababa. Q. Is it true that the late Walter Williams, president of the Universit: of Missouri, did not have a college education?—E. M. 8. A. Mr. Williams had only a partial high school education. He became president of the University of Missour: | after successfully conducting the world < first university school of journalism a Columbia, Mo. Q. Where is there mention of a cat that A. There is no reference to animal. Q. Please give some information about the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania—R. H. A. It is the first college in the world regularly organized for the medical edu- cation of women. Incorporated on March 11, 1850, as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, its present name was adopted in 1867. For a number of years it occupied rented quarters, but in 1875 a bequest from Isaac Barton resulted in the erection of the present college build- | ing. Removal to & nine-acre tract at the Falls of Schuylkill took place in 1930. Q. How many rural mail boxes are there in the United States?—I. H. A. The latest survey is for 1930, when there were 5,401,865 Q. Who performed the marriage cere- mony when couples eloped to Gretna Green?—E. R. L. A. No service was required before 1856. A mutual declaration before wit- nesses of willingness to marry was all that was required. This was true throughout Scotland. Gretna Green owed its prominence to its location, just across the border from England. Q. What was the presidential inaugu- ration day of the Confederate States of America?—J. B. V. A. George Washington's birthday was chosen. There was occasion for but one inauguration. Q. What is the world's record high dive?—C. G. A. The world’s record for a high dive is held by Alex Wickham, for a dive of 205 feet 9 inches. This dive was made at Melbourne, Australia, 1918 A Rhyme at Twilight B Gertrude Bro:’rc Hamilton Closed Thoroughfare. The roar of steam and grind of giant brakes, The smell of tar and lumber and wet » brick, Hills of fresh earth as if heaved up by quakes, A big machine clock with metallic tick, The sound of jagged steel cutting through tin Under a blazing sky in grueling heat, Orders in shouts above chéotic din— Comtme:ion work in a blosked eity Greater marvel than the fron clutches, ‘The overseer is & man on crutches, ‘ A