Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1935, Page 10

A—10 - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY . ....September 27, 1935 THEODORE W. NOYES. <. . Editor —_— The Evening Star Newspaper Company. iness Office: 11tn 8 AR Pennivivanta Ave. ic : c Buiopian Ofice: 14 Rezent St. Tondon. Engiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Regular Editk e Evening Star . e Evening and Sund; (when 4 Sundays). Tie Evening and Sund: (when 5 Sunda: The Sunday Star.. Night §mht Pinal and Sunday St ight Pinal Star_. Collection made Orders may be sent tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 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Invoking articles 12 and 15 of the covenant, the Council has paved the way for eventual punitive measures against Italy in case she goes to war in violation of League pledges. Both Italy and Ethiopia are now prohibited from resort to arms until three months after submission of a formal report on their conflict. This imposes upon them an obligation, effective about October 1, to engage in no hostilities before January 1. If, regardless of her League responsi- bilities, Italy attacks Ethiopia in the interval, she becomes automatically branded as an outlaw and subject forth- with to the League sanctions provided by article 16 to be enforced against an aggressor nation. The condign punishment now con- fronting Italy was voted unanimously by the Council. It is & symbol of the solidarity with which the world opposes Mussolini's alarming threat to peace. No shred of doubt can any longer remain in his mind that civilized mankind is | irrevocably determined to thwart, by every means at its command, his attempt to restore the use of force as an instru- | ment of national policy and to demolish the peace-preserving machinery set up by the League covenant and the Kellogg- Briand pact. 11 Duce is granted in effect a three months’ cooling-off period. He must choose within that respite whether to proceed to defy mobilized world opinion or to yield as gracefully as possible to its dictate that war shall not be. The decision will not be easy for the Fascist dictator to make. He has fanned the Italian people into a fanatical state of great expectations from his projected jmperial adventure. Its abandonment under international pressure may well have gravely ignominious consequences for Mussolini, costing him perhaps nothing less than his place and power. But he has sown the wind and must be prepared to reap the whirlwind. The outcome of any desperate attempt by Italy to hurl itself against the allied strength of the League states ‘would not be in doubt. The result would be the end not only of Mussolini and Fascism, but of Italy itself. While the world waits hopefully for 11 Duce to elect to follow the path of reason, it will not withhold its gratitude | to the League for having, after a long record of fumbling and futility, risen at last to the full possibilities of its authority. Following its pusillanimous performance in the Manchurian affair end its subsequent failure in the Chaco war, confidence had almost vanished that the League would ever gird its loins effectively enough to cope with the su- preme crisis in Geneva's career. That it has at last found the will and the courage to do so is mainly due to the sturdy stand for the covenant taken by Great Britain, with France in loyal support. The final result is a victory for peace, for which the American people, abstainers from the League though they gre, give ungrudging credit to all those to whom credit is due for so historical and beneficent an achievement. — e A strike is sure to boost the price .of coal, but it finds no favor even among advocates of scarcity as a means of in- creasing prices. ———————— Disappointment. Secretary of the Interior Ickes, in his capacity as P. W. A. administrator, yesterday announced the almost com- plete collapse of his Nation-wide slum clearance program. The fraction of his dream which he has managed to preserve is relatively so inconsequential that it serves only to symbolize his defeat. Of all the many projects he had scheduled and studied and prepared to initiate only a scant one hundred million dollars’ worth has been salvaged from the wreck of his Hyde Park conference with President Roosevelt. available in the District of Columbia for nothing but the Kingman or Langston terrace enterprise—a colored housing ciple of quid pro quo. The works to which he gave approval were those which appeared to have a chance to return an economic as well as a measure of social profit. Editorial opinion from coast to coast supported his stand, but his plans were dropped at the moment when, after months of preliminary labor, he was ready to start actual construction. The difficulty was that of the time element. Mr. Roosevelt preferred “quick results” Fe had listened to advisers who urged the political ad- vantage of rapid spending, and when the crisis came he committed the funds entrusted to him by Congress into the hands of Harry L. Hopkins, director of the F. E. R. A, who in turn is pass- ing the cash along to the States for distribution. Such is the story, and it constitutes sad reading. But the peoplée are not deceived. Boondoggling and leaf-raking will satisfy very few. Not even those designed to be advantaged by it will be able to engender any real enthusiasm for a temporary and in- sufficient solution of their troubles. It would be an insult to American char- acter to argue otherwise. Mr. Ickes, however, is a philosopher. Disillusioned and hurt as he must be, there nevertheless will be comfort for him in his conviction that expediency carries within itself the seed of_its own correction and that in .the end, some- how and sometime, the right thing will be done. T — Letter to the Clergy. After two and a half years of the New Deal, President Roosevelt turns to the clergymen of the country for advice. In his letter sent to many of these spiritual leaders of the people the President says: “I shall deem it a favor if you will write me about conditions in your community. Tell me where you feel our Government can better serve our people.” This is perhaps the first time a Presi- dent of the United States has called upon the clergy collectively for advice as to how to run the Government. From letters and statements already made public from many of the divines it is apparent that the advice given will vary as widely as the interpretations placed upon the President’s motive in sending such a letter broadcast over the land; a kind of questionnaire on the New Deal, particularly as it relates to social condi- tions. Comments of the clergv upon the New Deal and upon the President’s let- ter have been both friendly and critical. It is not surprising that the President should have received from one cleric a sharp reminder that he was a leader in the successful effort to repeal national prohibition. Many of the clergy were devoted to the cause of prohibition. The advice given the President in this con- nection was that he should immediately set about restoring the eighteenth { amendment to the Constitution, as an aid to social conditions. No one expects the President to accept this advice. A number of the clergymen receiving the letters regard the request of the President as a political move, designed to line them up back of the administra- tion and its program. This may be an injustice to the President. However, the church is likely to resent any effort cal- culated to draw it into partisan politics. On the other hand, the President might point out to his critics that, as a great number of the clergy worked for the adoption of national prohibition, which entered politics in a big way, they should not resent being called upon to support, for example, the social security legisla- tion, providing for old-age pensions, aid to crippled children and insurance against unemployment, and the works program. The clerics of the country are among its best minds. They have knowledge of conditions existing among the rich and the poor. The New Deal doubtless will have its strong supporters among them, as it does among other groups. It is already apparent, however, that this support is far from unanimous. The clergy is independent and will not hesi- tate to express its views, whether those views coincide with those of the Presi- dent or not. It seems impossible that any one could expect the clergy to be flattered into playing politics on the side of the Roosevelt administration by a letter from the Chief Executive. The advice given by the clergy should be of value. In the meantime, what has be- come of the professors? — A sack of potatoes may assert itself as a unit of barter without need of gilding its contents to create the appear- ance of gold nuggets. e The Pedestrian Problem. Pedestrian control is unquestionably a'necessary feature of any effective sys- tem of traffic regulation, and the con- sideration of this matter by the Com- missioners at the instance of Traffic Di- rector Van Duzer is quite in line with other endeavors to make the streets of ‘Washington safer. A specific proposal has been advanced by the director that would penalize the careless walker with a fine of $2 for trespass upon the driv- ing space at other than specified cross- ing points and a fine of $1 for disregard of traffic signals. In other words, the proposal is that pedestrians be confined to the street intersections and required to observe the signals at those points. That may be all right as far as it Funds are | goes, But does it go far enough? Does it assure the pedestrian of a safe cross- ing of the street? It assuredly does not in the present and immediately pro- gcheme—and the acquisition of a site in spective state of affairs, The so-called Anacostia for an equivalent undertaking | jay-walker, as a rule, prefers the mid- for low-wage white workers. But a considerable public understands block crossings, because he there finds only one stream of traffic to breast, what has happened and does not blame | whereas at the corners he may find two Mr. Ickes in the circumstances. The choice between practical and expedient streams of corner-turners, and his allot- ted time for crossing between red lights use of the money was one which it was | is greatly reduced by these turning cars. the President’s privilege to make. Mr. | Furthermore, as the traffic light system Ickes advocated a policy of wise invest- is now, the pedestrian has very poor ment in projects likely to be worth their | service from the signals, which in many cost. From the beginning he had favored | cases are not visible from the curb upon a sane philosophy of expenditure, de- which he stands waiting for his chance manding of every plan submitted to | to cross in safety. There should be & him that it should justify itself prag- | system of lights especially for the pedes- matically—in terms of the Latin prin- trians, clearly visible straight ahead, to' A give warning of the changes. At present the pedestrian crossing a street must in many cases turn around to observe the state of the lights. That is a detail of moment. It di- rectly affects the relation of the pedes- trian to the rules. It can be corrected, and it should be, whatever the cost. Meanwhile in the preparation of a rule prohibiting street crossing save at inter- sections, and there only with favoring signals, consideration must be given to the question of whether such a rule is really enforceable. At present the police have about all they can do to watch the motorists. «If they must watch the pedestrians as well and arrest the jay- walkers in addition to the speeding drivers they will be in need of large reinforcements. It may be that a few demonstrative arrests under the proposed regulation would serve sufficiently as a warning. Perhaps this would be the case. But repeated arrests of motorists for fast driving, for improper corner turning, for crowding, for failure to give signals and for other sins of the road have not corrected the bad habits of the drivers. The pedestrian has had his own way unrestrained save by the partly seen corner lights for so long that it will be very difficult to induce him to obey the new rules, even with arrest and fine in prospect. This is not to’suggest that the problem of pedestrian control be abandoned as too difficult for solution. It must be studied and experiments should be made in the way of finding a means of cor- recting the grievous situation that now prevails. But it must be recognized that the mere writing of a regulation wiil not correct long-established habits. e e - The personal charm that makes a great movie star is often too unselfishly em- ployed for the amusement of the public and not sufficiently employed for pur- poses of comfortable domesticity, England has more battleships than Ttaly. necessary to concentrate them in a way to prevent them from figuring as unde- veloped resources. R Pugilist Joe Louis will naturally be called on for opinions on things in general. The patient ghost writer may be depended on to claim his cut in on the gate receipts. ————— The artist is essential to the expres- | sion talent. De Wolf Hopper did not | write “Casey at the Bat.” But if Hopper i had not recited it, Ernest Thdyer might as well not have written it. R Contact with experienced Great Britain may be of benefit in showing Italy how | the problems of colonization should be approached. ot ‘The dry season approaches in Abys- sinia. Praying for rain may come to be | regarded as a military strategem. ——— Shooting Stars. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Final Decision. They say somebody wants a fight Somebody wants to take a chance Upon the bullet’s cruel flight Or on the fierce barbarian lance. The question which just now we see 1Is “Who will be | The Referee?” When a promoter gives the show Some one in the accustomed way Will tell the story, blow by blow, As ringside sitters view the fray. Who will announce the last decree? | Just Who will be The Referee? Some one must keep, with faithful care, Records of innocence or guilt And count the blows that were not fair. ‘We ask and bend a reverent knee, Ah, Who shall be The Referee? Orderly Procedure. “Did you go to the big prize fight?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. *“I consider it my duty to concentrate on the United States Constitution rather than on the Marquis of Queensberry's rules.” Jud Tunkins says the great demand for monuments shows that art must have its chiselers. Speak Well of the Living. Speak well of the living. Let history write The critical line that is harsh or polite. Speak well of the living in sunshine or storm, While he lives, there’s a chance that a man may reform. Hooked. “Why won't you accept me?” said Willie Wibbles. “Because,” replied Miss Cayenne, with a critical and coercive glance, “I already have you.” Self-Appointment. My business I shall try to mind As troubles come and go And frankly aid the folks inclined My business to know. Yet those there be who still make free With intimate affairs, Their great ambition seems to be ‘To make my business theirs. “Satan don't have to go after sinners any more,” said Uncle Eben. “He's got a long list of sinners tryin’ to book reservations.” Unconfirmed. Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer. We have been unable to confirm the report that the medical profession is trying to interest Wallace in an apple- controi bill. Drastic Measures. Prom the San Francisco Chronicle. Burning the suit of clothes to find & is recommended to all who crash a phone pole to kill a bee in the sedan. . ‘When fields once fertile brown and wilt | Connecticut Avenue Bus-Trolley Compared To the Editor of The Star: I have read the views of the traction company and of its passengers on the re- cent change from trolley to bus service on Connecticut avenue to Chevy Chase. This is a view from a motorist who rides Connecticut avenue regularly, and I am sure it is written on behalf of a large portion of others who are in the same situation. I will list ad- vantages and disadvantages and briefly summarize the result. Advantages are: 1. After the tracks are removed and the street paved, no doubt, there will be a much better surface for motorists. 2. Those little safety zone buttons that caused innumerable swerves in traffic will no longer be an obstacle. 3. Street cars were hard to pass, espe- cially when automobiles were parked along the curb. 4. The bad bottle neck at the Calvert and Connecticut Avenue Bridges has partially been alleviated. Disadvantages are: 1. Bus drivers do not consider that others are entitled to some of Connecti- cut avenue. When they stop to take on or unload passengers they stop right in the middle of the street, effectively blocking traffic. 2. Traflic signals to them are as noth- ing. The yellow light with green means hurry and as often as not the crossing is done on red. The yellow light with red, which they see out of the corner of their eyes means start on across; my bus is bigger than your car, hit me if you dare. 3. When one bus attempts to pass another and the one being passed says he shall not pass, the first doesn’t, which results in moving barriers for all be- hind. @ne consolation there is—that the two busses are usually moving faster than following traffic wants to move. 4. Busses passing moving traffic turn into the center lane with no regard for the motorist on his left going in the same direction. Taking all in all, the disadvantages are all lack of regard and consideration for others by the bus drivers. They will perhaps be overcome with time, perhaps not. Surely, the change can be made a beneficial one for all if drivers of busses and automobiles alike will try to think of the other fellow and realize that, after all, the street is the property of the Some scientific skill may be | (. fOF the benefit of all and not par- ticulary for the use of the busses, as their operations would indicate. ROBERT CALLAHAN, JR. — Bus Rider Finds New ° Service Is Deficient To the Editor of The Star: I live at the corner of Porter and Con- necticut avenue and work at the United States Patent Office, Fourteenth and E streets. It was my custom to wait on said corner at 7:50 each morning, take | the Potomac Park car, transfer at Fif- teenth and New York avenue, or, if for- tunate enough to get a car that went | east on Pennsylvania avenue, I could get off a half block from the office without transferring. No more! Alas! Now I stand on the same corner— otherwise all is different. I am provided | with token, two cents and green ticket for a coach bus if one comes first. If a local comes first and is not “packed to the doors,” I can use my token. This is very seldom the case. If an express coach comes I may be more fortunate. By adding the two cents to the cost I can possibly find one of the less comfortable seats. If this fails I can use my green ticket for which I have paid 15 cents, but unfortunately this bus takes me only to | Thirteenth and E streets. I must then walk nearly three blocks and wait for the lights to turn at four corners before I can reach the office. If this continues on rainy or snowy days I will have other things to consider, namely, umbrella, rub- ber shoes, etc. The problem of getting downtown dur- ing rush hours has assumed serious pro- portions since the time when I could even relax and read my paper on the way. If this must be, do you not think it could be so arranged that at least one bus would travel nearer the buildings where hundreds work? A loop around the base of the triangle of buildings be- tween Twelfth and Constitution avenue would be more satisfactory to many patrons. I often feel myself getting jittery, try- ing to remember so many things prac- tically before the day has begun. I am not tall and find it quite unhandy to stand and hold to a rail. Neither do I think I should, as T am perfectly willing to pay the extra five cents for sitting. GRACE BYRN, Higher and Deeper Law Than U. S. Constitution To the Editor of The Star: On Constitution day this year oppor- tunity was afforded two great news- gathering agencies to convey to the American people the enlightening in- formation that there is a higher and deeper law than the Constitution of the -United States. So far as has been ob- served, neither recognized “news as is news"—startling news for a mighty Nation! The Star may be the medium for con- veying that news to the people if it will kindly do so. This news is authentic, from highest authority, and is all the more astonishing when the source is considered.” It comes from a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States —is found in a majority decision of that august tribunal in the case of Groves vs. Slaughter (15 Peters, 508), rendered at the January term, 1841. - This is the language of the court: “Each State has a right to protect itself against the avarice and intrusion of the slave dealer; to guard its citi- zens against the inconveniences and dangers of a slave population. The right to exercise this power by a State is higher and deeper than the Consti- tution. The evil involves the prosperity and may endanger the existence of a State. Its power to guard against or to remedy the evil rests upon the law of self-preservation—a law vital to every community, and especially to a sovereign State.” This law of self-preservation is the eternal foundation upon which has been builded every aspiration of tife human race in all ages to be free from the thraldom of greed and oppression. Ad- vancing thought proclaims the real freedom—that there is no sovereign in this country except the American peo- ple; that a State is but an agency of their will, as the Nation typifies the col- lective will of the sovereign people of all the States. How far this law of self-preservation may be utilized and expanded through humane and righteous law to free the people of the United States from modern avarice and oppression that endanger their well-being and threaten their very existence is a question which challenges the consideration of all who would make this America’s most glori- ous era for supremacy of the paramount and inalienable rights of man. % JOSEPH W. CHEYNEY. _Missed a Chance. Prom the Indisnapolis News. £ < Canadian -nudists who fled from a forest fire should have stuck arcund and kept warm, - THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “How long have you been keeping tropical fishes, Mr. Jones?"” “For three years.” “What is your favorite?” “The angel fish.” “How long have you had it, Jones?” “I have.had them for three vears.” “\;ou began with angel fishes, then?” “Yes.” “Is that generally recommended?” “No. The beginner’s fish is usually the guppy.” “What & queer name!” “Yes, it seems rather unusual to us, but it is very well known in England.” “Is the guppy from England?” “No, the little creature we call the guppy is from Honduras and otker Cen- tral American waters.” “How did it get an English name, Mr. Jones?” “Well, it was this way. A Dr. Leche- mere Guppy, an Englishman, was travel- ing in Honduras, and sent back several specimens of a tiny fish to the British Museum. In honor of their discoverer, they were named Girardinus guppyi.” “That was what is called a mouthful, in the vernacular, Mr. Jones.” “Yes. The only part of that name the populace could make a beginning at pro- nouncing was the last word, and it only in its first two syllables.” “Which made exactly the man’s name, eh?” “That’s right.” “So Guppy is its name today?” “Only popularly. The ichythyologists, or scientific men dealing with fish classi- fication, have changed the name to Lebistes reticulatis.” “The rest of us can still call it guppy, Mr. Jones?” “Oh, yes. Everybody calls it guppy, even the scientists.” “Are there any more real guppies alive, I mean humans?” “Yes, there is a Dr. Guppy at the head of one of the large libraries in Manchester, England.” * x x ¥ “But to get back to that angel fish, Mr. Jones. Why did you begin with it, when beginners are supposed to start with guppies?” “Because its unusual appearance at- | tracted me.” “Do you still like its looks, after three years?” “To me it is still the most beautiful and interesting of the small exotic ani- mals kept in the home aquarium.” “Is a fish an animal, Mr. Jones?” “Yes, a fish is an animal.” “It is a very low order of animals, isn't it?” “Not so low. There are infinite grada- tions of animal life beneath it. In com- parison with some of these, a fish is a | model of p-rfection as far as bodily | organization and intelligence are con- | cerned.” “Have fish any real intellizence?” “Considerable. Whether they con- sciously use their brains, as we do. or whether what seems intelligent in their actions merely the result of in- stinct, there can be little Mr. is as we say, for all their needs.” “Is an angel fish intelligent?” “It is among the most intelligent of all such creatures. It belongs to a family of South American fishes called cichlids, noted for their brains. Most of them are savage in character, combining this trait with extra care of their young.” i | ! President Roose¥elt starts on his | Western expedition in gay spirits and | the pink of health. Some White House callers this week thought that F. D. R.’s face is a bit fuller than before he wemt to Hyde Park and that he has taken on a little poundage during the Summer. The survey of business just submitted by the Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board—"“the most optimistic summary of conditions since the depres- sion began"—cheered the President no end as he cleared his desk, assembled his fishing tackle and otherwise made ready for his jaunt across the country. It will doubtless supply the text for many an utterance in the open spaces. The improved economic situation meas- ures up to what the President expected early Autumn conditions to be, and he reflects confidence that improvement will progress throughout the Fall and Win- ter, especially if W. P. A. gets going without too many hitches. * k ¥ X Conflicting expressions in response to the President’s request for advice from the Nation's clergy in handling the " social and economic program find their counterpart in the divided state of the public mind, as revealed by a survey just concluded by Fortune Magazine. Fortune sought an authoritative answer (among other questions) to the one President Roosevelt propounded to his radio audi- ence—“Do you feel more secure or less secure than you did a vear ago?” It is the prosperous 10 per cent at the top of the economic heap that gave the highest percentage of “yes” replies. Of the wealthy, 42 per cent felt more secure, 32 per cent felt no change, and only 23 per cent felt less secure than in 1934. The poorer classes voted only 25 per cent more secure, 30 per cent unchanged and 42 per cent less secure. The middle classes, upper and lower, comprising 70 per cent of those embraced in the survey, averaged about 41 per cent more secure and 25 per cent less secure. The national average was 37 per cent more secure, 30 per cent unchanged and 30 per cent less secure. The editor’s gen- eral conclusion is that “despite the New Deal, or because of it, the rich feel more secure today than a year ago, whereas the poor, on the average, feels less se- cure. In other words, the Forgotten Man still feels forgotten.” LR Joseph Coy Green, executive secretary of the newly established National Muni- tions Control Board knows all about shells, guns and other man-killing ap- paratus from his active World War service. After spending two years with ‘Commissi fronts. Part of the time he was at- tached to the operations section of the 1st American Army, and subsequently -to various French staffs. Native of Cin- cinnati, Mr. Green took his master’s de- gree at Princeton in 1909, afterward he- coming a history instructor at Borden= town Military Institute and in Columbia Signor Augusto Rosso, Italian Ambas- in Washington, follows tortuous ‘Ethiopian events at Geneva with doubt that they are intelligent enough | | provides a second national “It kind of looks as if meanness and intelligence go together sometimes, if you don’t mind me being slightly un- grammatical, Mr. Jones.” “Not at all. If you call me on the phone, I am very likely to reply, ‘It's me.’ But to answer your question about the intelligence of the angel fish. This creature exemplifies it in everything it does. Notably its manner of paying attention to humans.” “You think it really recognizes its owner?” “There can be no doubt of it. But instead of owner I would substitute feeder.” “It knows the hand that feeds it, eh?” “Surely. More than that, it knows the actual shape and appearance of the {‘eel:;er from other persons in the house- old.” “You are joking, Mr. Jones.” “Not at all. I told you the angel fish is highly intelligent.” “You feed it regularly, I suppose?” “Yes.” “Maybe it knows the time of day, instead of you.” “No, because if some one else comes up with food at that time of day it does “Oh, it dances, then?"” “Really it is a wiggle.” “Oh, dance is all right, then.” . “You see, these animals have a habit of swimming rapidly along the front glass of the aguarium, when they see their feeder approach.” “You are close to them when they begin to wiggle?” “No, they usually begin when they see me enter the door, about 30 feet away.” “They wiggle for you, and won't do it for any one else?” “Yes, that's right.” “You get quite a kick out of them wiggling, Mr. Jones?” “Oh, yes. You see, there are so few contacts between a human and a fish, after all.” “Is the angel fish very savage?” “No, that is the point. It is almost the only cichlid that can be kept in a so-called community tank, where vari- ows types of fishes live together.” “Should guppies and angel fishes be kept, together?” “Only if the guppies are full grown and the angels are small specimens.” “Will there be any chance for baby guppies to survive in a tank with angel fishes?” “None whatever.” “They are very fond of live food?" “Exceedingly so.” “And baby guppies are excellent live food?” “Delightful, if you are an angel fish. | | But it is rather tough on the guppies. “Are angel fish hard to keep?” “No, they are among the easiest of exotic fishes, except that the tempcra- | ture must not go below 74 degrees, at | any time, day or night.” | “I have heard their feeding problem offers difficulties, and that they will go on a hunger strike.” “They need some live food. preferably very small earthworms, from time to time.” “Or guppies?” “Yes. but guppies are too nice little | fishes to use as food.” “I believe the guppy is really your favorite. Mr. Jones.” “No, I still stick to the angel.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. armament conference in 1932. As the right-hand man of Foreign Minister | Dino Grandi, Rosso regularly pinch-hit | for him at the time the League was fum- bling with Japan’s Manchurian adven- tute, proceedings which produced an avalanche of talk, but no action. To date. as on the Sino-Japanese occasion, { words rather than deeds, have charac- | terized Geneva’s conduct of the African fracas. * *x % ¥ With appointment of James M. Landis as chairman of the Securities and Ex- change Commission, the tribe of Landis potentate. The other is Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, supreme ruler of base ball. are not related. despite similarity of middle initials and surnames. * X X ¥ Anybody, preferably a woman, who can evolve a program for doing for girls something comparable to what the Civilian Conservation Corps is doing for | boys will find a welcome at the White House. At the President's recent press conference, a newspaper woman asked whether the New Deal had forgotten all about the girls. Mr. Roosevelt, observ- ing that this raised “a very difficult question,” indicated his eagerness to come to grips with it and suggested that this interrogator form a committee and see what could be worked out. Barring the Bear Mountain camp for unemployed New York women, sponsored by Mrs. Roosevelt, there has been no organized | attempt to deal specially with feminine depression problems. * ok ok % John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, is the latest New Dealer to blossom out with a book, though it is by no means his first literary child. “Hold Fast the Middle Way” is a volume from his pen which will leave the press next week. Mr. Dickinson takes a strong stand in favor of the traditional liberal doctrine of individual enterprise and exposes the weaknesses of a planned economy. But he points out that"if enterprise is to reap its fruits in individual welfare and not be con- tinually disappointed and undermined by a series of “frustrations” it must be protected by co-operative effort and, if necessary, by governmental action. * ok * X Robert P. Skinner, American Ambas- sador to Turkey and ranking veteran of the foreign service, will be retired on February 24, 1936. aged 70, and after 39 years in the consular and diplomatic branches. Although he had reached the retirement age, Mr. Skinner was re- tained on active duty by executive order of President Hoover for a period to end not later than five years from February, 1931. He was at that time Minister to “Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Presi- dent Roosevelt promoted him Ambas- sador to Turkey in June, 1933. While an Ohio editor, Mr. Skinner received his first appointment as consul at Mar- seille from President McKinley in 1897. Six years later he was sent to Ethiopia to negotiate our first treaty with that now distracted country. The cons the among the posts held by Mr. Skinner during his eminent career. (Copyright. 1935.) Matrimonial Model. Prom the Alton (Ill.) Evening Telegraph. There is a lesson for the gin-marriage, Reno-divorce thinkers, in that Tennessee wedding, from which the bride and groom walked 45 miles back to their home on the mountain. | The securi- | ties chief and the czar of the diamond | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic ). Haskin. A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Washing- ton Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washimg=- tor, D.C. Piease inclose stamp for reply. Q. Is there any relation between the national income and the death rate for the past few years in the United States? —J. B. A. In 1929, the national income (ex= pressed in billions) was 78.58; the na- tional death rate (expressed in deaths per 100,000) was 1,1919; in 1930, income, 7297, death rate, 1,1131. 1931, income, ; death rate, 11075. 1932, income, death rate, 1,089.3. 1933, income, 4 death rate, 1,067.7. 1934, income, 49.44; death rate, 1,1049. It shows that the death rate decreased when the na- tional income decreased, and has in- creased as the income increased. Q. How long has Mickey Mouse been shqwn in the movies?—L. F. A. On September 28, 1928, Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in a cartoon called “Steamboat Willie” at the Colony Theater in New York. Q. How deep is Lake Huron?—H. F. K. A. The greatest measured depth is 750 feet. Q. How much space does the average office tenant occupy?—P. S. A. Less than 1,000 square feet of office space is used by the usual tenant. Q. Why is the price of pork so high? —G. M. A. The number of hogs in commercial hog-producing countries is the smallest it has been in 10 years. The price of pork is consequently high. The Fall and Spring pig crop is expected to be better and increased slaughter supplies | should reach the market next Summer. Q. Who were the first foreign students at West*Point?—T. H. A. Luis and Mateo Blanco of Chile were enrolled in 1816 through permission | of President Madison, gained for them by Capt. David Porter. Q. How many people have been killed i in airplane and automobile accidents since 1920 in the United States?—D. S A. Prom 1920 to 1934, inclusive, 4,649 | individuals were killed in the death reg- istration area of the United States in air transportation accidents. During the same period 464,09 individuals were killed in, or by, motor vehicles. Q. What is the significance of the lily of the valley in art>—R. H A. Tt is a symbol of humility in re- ligious painting. Q. What is a franc-tireur?—D. 8. A. He is a French skirmishing or | scouting sharpshooter. Q. When were Jersey cows introduced in America?—J. C. A. They were first brought to America in 1850. Q. What were the names of the people | whose kidnapings made Raisuli famous? | =D. H. A. There were three: Walter Harris, Tangier correspondent of the London | Times; Ion Perdicaris, an American eiti- | zen, and Caid Sir Harry Maclean, colonel | of the sultan’s bodyguard. In each case the bandit received a huge ransom. Q. What is the first instance of an act of Congress being called unconsti- tutional?—E. B. | A. The Marbury vs. Madison case de- | cided in 1803 by the United States Su- preme Court under Chief Justice Mar- shall was the first decision in which an act of Congres was annulled as uncon- stitutional. Q. What is a jongleur?—M. S _A. A medieval entertainer. skilled in singing and in such feats as are per- formed by the modern juggler, whose name is derived from jongleur. Q. How long has incense been used? -—W. T. A. Incense was used in ancient Egypt, | Greece and Rome and is mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. It was introduced into public worship in the Catholic Church in the sixth century. Q. When was Sevres ware first made? | —=W. H. A. It was made in France by the royal (now national) potteries estab- lished by Louis XV at Vincennes in 1745 and moved to Sevres in 1753. They are still in operation. Q. Are divorces more common among couples who have no children?—J. XK. B. A. Only slightly so. In 1930, 57.4 per cent of the divorces were obtained by couples having no children; in 1931, 57 per cent; in 1932, 55.4 per ‘cent. Figures are not available for 1933 and 1934. | Q. How old is the custom of saying | grace before meals?—S. M. A. This custom was observed as early as the third century. Q. Are comets bright enough to be visible to the naked eye in the day- | time?—W. D. | A. In the last hundred years, two | comets have been seen in the daytime with the unaided eye, one in February, 1843, and one in September, 1882. | Q. Was Anna Howard Shaw a physician or a minister?—S. W. A. She was both. She was ordained in the Methodist Protestant Church and received her M. D. from Boston University. Q. What was the war maxim formu- lated by Washington and adopted by Napoleon?—M. N. A. “The first qualification of a soldier is fortitude under fatigue and privation. Courage is only the second. Hardship, poverty and actual want are the soldier's best schools.” | Q. Why is it unwise to put on stock- ings before they are entirely dry?—A. R. A. Damp stockings are apt to stretch. A Rhyme at Mght By Gertrude Brooke Hamilton Light Sorcery. I am tired, sweetheart, tired; Mine has been an arduous day, And the finish finds me eager To thrust all hard fact away. That the fever of the skirmish May no more my veins enslave. ‘You alone can so enthrall me, Blotting out both foe and friend, Until dreams like fragile rainbows C:::n my fancy at day's end.