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The World Court Delay,
It is a long, long trail into the World
Court for the United States. When the
American Senate rejected the Treaty
of Versailles and the League of
Nations Covenant immediately after the
World War., the United States failed
to become a member of the interna
tional tribunal provided for by the
treaty. But, having remained outside
of the League of Nations, there was
etill a strong sentiment in this country
for adherence to a permanent inter
national court for the adjudication of
disputes between the. nations without
recourse to war. The late President
Harding came forward as a champion
of adherence to the court, which has
popularly been termed the World Court.
He urged the Senate to ratify a protocol
of adherence. Following the death of
President Harding, his successor, Presi
dent Coolidge, took the matter up apd
eventually the protocol was ratified by
the Senate with reservations. That was
back in 1926, four years ago.
The reservations adopted by the Sen
ate, which were aimed particularly at the
issuance by the court of advisory opin
ions requested by the League of Nations,
or members thereof, became a stum
bling block in the way of final adher
ence to the court by this country. Sev
eral of the member nations of the court
objected to the reservations, alleging
that they gave to the United States
certain powers which were not held by
other members of the court. An im
passe, apparently, had been reached.
In order to remove the obstacles in
the way of American adherence to the
eourt, there waa inserted in a proposed
revision of the statutes of the World
Court the so-called Root formula. This
formula was designed at once to cover
the desires of the United States Senate
oontained in Its reservations, and also
to remove the objections of the mem
ber nations to the reservations, by
making the reservations unnecessary.
Elihu Root was a member of a commit
tee of famous Jurists which drew up the
revision of the statutes of the World
Court. The protocol providing for the
acceptance of the revision of the stat
utes was signed by representatives of
the United States Government along
with other nations. President Hoover,
through his Secretary of State, Mr.
Stimson, expressed the approval of the
administration for the entry of the
United States into the court provided
the revised statutes be accepted. The
President has been prepared to send
the protocol to the Senate for its ap
proval at the opportune time.
And now' Cuba, it appears, has ob
jected to the adoption of the revised
statutes for the court. Her objection
is sufficient to prevent adoption, unless
it shall be withdrawn. Efforts are now
under way at Geneva to straighten
cut this matter. It is even suggested
that acceptance of the revised statutes
be permitted at any time within the
next nine years. The objections of the
Cuban government do not run, it is
said, to the Root formula, designed to
permit adherence of the United States,
but to provisions in the revised statutes
which would compel the judges of the
court to reside in Geneva and to be
come “full-time” judges, and to an
increase in the number of the judges.
Cuba at present is represented on the
court by a distinguished jurist, Dr. A.
S. Bustamente. It is understood that
this Judge has a lucrative law practice
in Havana and objects to giving It up.
Cuba contends that the inclusion in
the court statutes of the provision com
pelling residence of all the judges in
Geneva would prevent the appointment
pf some of the most distinguished and
able Jurists from countries outside of
Europe.
The Senate of the United States has
been preparing for another struggle
over adherence to the World Court.
Senator Sw-anson of Virginia, author of
the reservations adopted in 1926, when
the Senate adopted a protocol of ad
herence, has declared himself satisfied
with the Root formula in the revised
statutes of the court. It has appeared
that more than a sufficient number of
Senators would vote for the new pro
tocol when it was submitted, although
the old lrreconcilables have made plans
to resist it vigorously. The action of
Cuba in Geneva now may give them a
Respite. Certainly It is not likely to
speed the United States to adherence
to the World Court. The situation is
‘one that will be regretted by many
Americans.
It is responsibly stated that President
fioover will not go fishing on Sunday.
All good fish should be grateful for at
>a*t the one day of immunity.
This Means War.
Oangdom, flouting State and munic
ipal authorities with obvious impunity,
impudently challenges the Federal Gov
ernment to war. Two courses are open.
The United States Government can ac
cept the challenge aud declare war and
fight It to a finish or it can surrender
abjectly and admit that it is beaten.
Action taken within the next day or
two ought to show which way the wind
Is blowing.
Last Tuesday Federal agents raided
a brewery in Elizabeth, N. J. The agents
hulled the bungs from vats containing
225,000 gallons of beer, flooding the
streets. Thugs in the beer racket dis
armed a Federal agent left to guard
the plant.- Yesterday Federal agents
raided the Rising Sun Brewery in the
Mae city, were admitted after showing
their search warrants, went through the
plant, arresting the employes, and lined
up their prisoners in the boiler room.
A few minutes later twelve armed gang
> sters descended to the boiler room, dis
armed the agents and shot down in cold
blood another agent who, returning from
an inspection of the building, entered
the room while the rescue was In prog
ress. John G. Fienello, the murdered
man. v;j killed by eight bullets fired
simultaneously from the guns of as
many gangsters. He was forty-four
years old. He leaves a wife and two
young children.
The gangsters who control the beer
industry have shown that they do not j
intend to be stopped by Interference
from the Federal Government. Not
content with civil war among them
selves, nor with defensive strategy that
; makes use of hush money and corrup
' tion and trivial fines as the ordinary
overhead expense of the campaign, they
have launched a bold offensive with
powder and bullets, retiring as victors
from the field of battle.
No incident in recent years so sharply
draws the Issue between government
and anarchy. No government that is
worthy of the name can afford to ignore
such a challenge, or to let the matter
slide. Let the endless debates between 1
the advocates and the foes of moral
experiments proceed, and let the people
register their wishes at the polls. But
clean out these rats of gangsters who
flaunt their power by murder and
thuggery!
Who is going to emerge victor from
this war that has been declared In
New Jersey?
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Outside Work for Service Men.
An order, just issued by the District
Commissioners, forbidding policemen
and firemen to do any work for com
pensation outside of their regular duties
is based primarily upon economic
grounds relating to the Immediate situ
ation as to unemployment In the Dis
trict. It has, however, other considera
tions. It is in part inspired by the
belief that the members of the Police
and Fire Departments should not dimin
ish their energy or distract their at
tention from their official duties and
so lessen their efficiency.
At the last session of Congress an act,
was passed revising the pay scale of
the two departments of the District
government. While the scale was not
placed as higtf as the policemen and
firemen desired, it was nevertheless put
at a point which yields a very satis
factory compensation. Under that scale
It Is possible for the members of the
two departments to maintain themselves
adequately, without recourse to extra
compensation by the doing of various
kinds of w'ork outside of their official
duties.
It Is not, of course, desirable that
any public service employes should be
absolutely barred from engaging In
enterprises or work that will assist
them In “m iking a living,” if such out
side emploj'ment does not constitute
an injustice to others not on official
pay rolls who upon pri
vate employment for a livelihood. When
jobs are at a premium, as In the present
economic situation when an unusual
number of men are out of work, for
members of the Police and Fire De
partments to engage in outside occu
pations is virtually to maintain, g. sub
sidized competitive working force, which
is not fair.
In normal economic conditions, when
artisans and unskilled workers are in
demand, with a surplus of jobs rather
than a surplus of labor, engagement by
the policemen and firemen In outside
occupations will be permissible without
encroachment upon the rights of the
unofficial members of the community,
but even so consideration is always to
be given to the question of whether
engagement in outside work lessens the
efficiency. Probably the most satisfac
tory way in such conditions would be to
require that permission be obtained
before the acceptance of any occupa
tion or task outside of official duties.
It is to be doubted whether any man
would decline to enroll himself in one
of these two departments on such terms
if opportunity offered.
Serves Lisbon Right.
Word comes from Lisbon that a war
on alley cats has left the city open to
the invasion of hordes of rats. Friends
of honest Tom will feel inclined to say,
‘Serves ’em right!”
The dog and the cat remain man’s
best friends among the animals. The
character of each tribe is different
enough to be interesting. The service
of the cat to man against the rodents
has been universally recognized as of
great importance. Now the Portuguese
city is learning Its lesson.
There are enough noxious creatures,
especially among the Insects, to demand
all of man's attention. The small ani
mals known as domestic cats ask noth
ing better than to be left alone. Even
the roamers, without homes, will do
little If any damage or harm, and their
activities help tremendously In keeping
down the rats and mice.
Man should let the cats alone, and
wage war against mosquitoes, fleas,
roaches, ants, flies. These arch no
friendly backs, at the approach of his
hand, nor do they purr their apprecia
tion.
It has apparently remained for Hitler
to introduce the idea of high power
salesmanship into German politics.
Airplanes and Public Waters.
A ruling with many complex angles
lias just been handed down by the New
Jersey State Board of Commerce and
Navigation. It prohibits the use of sea
planes on New Jersey inland waters
and presents an entirely new picture of
what the growtl of flying has meant to
Summer colonies on the many beautiful
lakes and rivers in the State. In refus
ing an application of a commercial air
plane service to operate a flva-passenger
seaplane between Lake Hopatcong and
; New' York the board ruled that "air
j craft flying from the water constitute
a menace to surface navigation and will
i not be permitted to land on any New
Jersey inland waters.”
This ruling, which at first glance
seems drastic in the extreme, Is perhaps
I not so drastic after all, although it does
appear to cover entirely too much ter
l rltory. In the first place, It relates
> only to the setting up of a commercial
!' service. It does not, and probably oan
>. not, interfere with private owners of
| seaplanes. In the second place, it is
l' patently designed to protect users of
the water, for either swimming of boat
> ing, from the menaaa of fast landing
[ planes, and la the third, It refuses, M
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In this case, to allow a section of a lake
to be converted into a private "field”
for the use of a commercial concern.
The only drastic phase of the ruling
is that it Includes all inland bodies of
water, regardless of their size. On a
small lake, with the shores dotted with
cottages, no planes of any description
should be permitted. The wake kicked
up by a speeding seaplane would almost
surely capsize a canoe or a small boat
and the danger to the cottagers or
those living in hotels, should a pilot
miscalculate in "setting down” or tak
ing off his ship in a small space, would
; be acute.
i On larger bodies of water, however,
these disadvantages should be obviated,
and there appears to be no logic In re
fusing to permit commercial services
from these points. On every large lake
or river will be found thoroughly nav
igable portions which are not used to
any extent by residents, and it would
seem that utilization of these sections
by planes would cause a minimum of
interference with other traffic. Os
course, swimmers and boatmen have
no monopoly on any body of water, but
safety is the chief factor to be con
sidered and they should be protected.
It would appear, therefore, that the
| board could well revise its ruling to in
clude only waters of a specified area.
The size of a lake or river necessary
for safe operation of aircraft in con
junction with other users of the water
could be determined by an investigat
ing commission. If this is done, it is
likely that the ruling would be re
versed in regard to Lake Hopatcong,
which is more than eight and,one-half
miles long and three and one-half miles
wide —certainly an adequate area for
seaplanes, bathers and boatmen to share
with comfort and safety to all.
"Bowed in grief” is a phrase applied
to Sir Thomas Lipton, who has been
dependent on the competence and good
faith of subordinates in the culminating
adventure in his career as a yachtsman.
Perhaps Sir Thomas was in his trustful
kindliness a little negligent about call
ing in the right kind of "business doc
tor” and checking up in the matter of
efficiency.
A few authors arrive at the cherished
distinction of being everybody's favorite.
Booth Tarkington, thanks to scientific
skill, has evaded the threat of blind
ness. And everybody, whether a book
worm in the library or an attendant
at the theater, rejoices at the prospect
of continuing so valued a usefulness.
Facetious comment on U. Si politics
is limited to American humor. Only
Americans retain the lightheartedness
that permits regarding politics as funny.
Musicians object to “canned music.”
So far as original production goes, even
the canneries are entitled to join the
farmer in protesting that the current
crop is a failure.
If the straw hat manufacturers could
have foreseen this September climate
they might have asserted themselves as
a most prosperous branch of industry.
Loss of a yacht race will appear to
many a hard-hit farmer as, compara
tively speaking, nothing- to worry about.—
— ■ < » mem' l » —«
SHOOTING' STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Advancing Year.
Old Year traveling through the sky,
Much too wet or much too dry;
Dancing through the blooming May,
Dozing on a Summer day,
Till a drought kills happiness
As you battle with distress.
Recklessly you moved along
With the careless dance and song,
Till maturity drew near
To discourage reckless cheer.
And the snows will soon descend
Like a venerable friend;
You’ll regret the follies past.
Seeking to reform at last.
A Haunting Thought.
"Have you ever thought of retiring
from politics?”
"I think of it,” answered Senator
Sorghum, "before every election and al
ways with the gravest apprehension.”
Jud Tunkins says he worked hard
marking his ballot, even if he did feel
like he was putting in considerable time
trying to get Jobs for people he isn't
even acquainted with.
Cordial Invitation.
Sir Thomas Lipton says he’ll give
The game of racing yachts a rest.
Sir Tom! Come over here to live
And simply be an honored guest!
Struggle for Prestige.
"You have helped to make Crimson
Gulch one of the famous towns of the
country.”
"Yes,” answered Cactus Joe. "The
little old village used to have a bril
liant record for gunmen. But it has
kind o’ dropped behind. We are doin’
our best, but I don’t believe the Gulch
will ever catch up with Chicago.”
"We play for money,” said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, "and hope tq win
for no better reason than the hope of
being able to continue in the game.”
Willing Worker* in Line.
The officeholder is no doubt
A worried and weary elf;
Yet some one tries to pull him out
And do the worrying himself.
"When a man keeps talkin’ ’bout
bein’ his own boss,’” said Uncle Eben,
‘{he’s most generally lookin’ foh de
chance to treat hisself to a perpetual
holiday.”
Count Stands—Right or ron£.
From the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman.
It seems that the law of Oklahoma
is that when votse are counted they
must stay counted ’the way they were
first counted whether they were count
ed right or counted wrong.
• That's Enough.
From the Detroit New*.
In certain cases you don’t have to
know much more about a Judge than
that he wisecracks at the expense of a
helpless defendant.
How Times Have Changed!
From the Boston Transcript.
Watertown reminds us that in this
age of mass production high school stu
dents strike instead of playing "hookey."
He Stays Recalled.
From the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman.
Detroit voters may have their faults.
’ but when they recall a mayor he stays
i recall**
THIS AND THAT |
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
There is much to be said for the over
grown garden, where rose vines run
riot over the fences and shrubs and
flowers cram every corner.
Neatness has its place, but Nature
knows little of It.
Nature is not nice.
The fastidious and the dainty are
introduced into gardens by gardeners.
Nature will "take the place” if given
half a chance.
Unless one cuts back vines ruth
lessly. trims here and there, even pulls
out by the roots, flowers will take every
nook and cranny.
** * *
A stuffed garden has this advantage,
that it has plenty of life.
Ordinarily, the gardener does not stop
to realize that life is, after ail, the basis
of the garden.
He thinks in terms of activity, when
lie should have regard only to life.
Ordered life—that is the home gar
den.
The question is. Does not the aver
age garden contain too much order?
Those neat-edged walks, those pre
cise borders, those met.riculously spaced j
shrubs, those trimmed rosebushes —
would not all these look better, and
actually be better, if they were left
more to themselves?
The answer to that question must
come from the mind of each home
owner. Artistic neatness and artistic
disorder both have their places, espe
cially in gardens.
Even those who praise order, however,
will be willing to admit that Nature
can end a growing season better than
man.
If left to her own devices, without
undue Interference. Nature will drape
morning-glory vines around a yard in
away w'hich w'ould be the despair of
the professional flower arranger.
Man may do very well with a vase of
flowers, but when it comes to an entire j
back yard Nature still can show him
something.
** * *
Consider those morning-glories now
twining over far-flung rose vines, up
the altheas, the sides of garages, into
the lilacs.
September knows no finer sight.
These plants of the genus Ipomoea,
as one sees them today in American
gardens, are mostly the so-called Jap
anese varieties.
The Japanese showed their original
artistic sense by cultivating this hum
ble. beautiful flower and bringing it to
a new state of glory.
There are three or four good points
to it. One is that it is at its best
at this time of the year.
Most vines are late, both in growth
and flowering, but the members of this >
genus excel most of the others in late- |
ness.
Then the morning-glory leaves are a
peculiarly lovely green. The eye sen- |
sitive to variations Is especially pleased
with the morning-glory. Although Its
foliage Is distinctive, it is a good mixer;
twining among other vines, even, it does
not stand out so much through differ
ence as by reason of sheer beauty.
Again, the flowers of the morning
glorv, being in their prime in the
morning, when most human beings are j
at their best, somehow make a par
Picturesque Personalities
Are Features of Primaries
Conspicuous in the recent primary,
results shown by various States are the
changes brought about within the Dem- j
ocratic party in South Carolina and
Louisiana. The defeat of Senator
Blease in South Carolina after a long
career in public life and the success of
Gov. Long of Louisiana in his campaign
for the United Suites Senate have been
noted with interest by the whole coun
try. The two men. are rated as posses
sors of picturesque personalities, and it
is regarded as a coincidence that as one
leaves the Senate the other arrives as a
candidate of the dominant party in his
State.
Results in the two States are described
by the Houston Post-Dispatch as "out
standing results of Democratic primaries
in the South.” In explanation, the ]
Houston paper continues: "Long, twice
threatened with impeachment, defeated
the veteran Joseph E. Ransdell for the
Louisiana Democratic senatorial nom- ;
ination in one of the bitterest political
battles ever waged in his State. Blease. j
for 40 years a prominent figure in
South Carolina politics, was defeated for
the Democratic senatorial nomination by
former Representative James F. Byrnes,
his unsuccessful adversary six years ago.
Neither result was unexpected. While
Blease led Byrnes in the ’first primary’
several weeks ago he fell far short of a
majority and it was regarded as certain
that Byrnes would get the larger part of
the vote cast for the third candidate. |
Long, in spite of his troubles, was
known to have a great popular following, j
The real surprise in his race is the large
vote cast for him in the city of New
Orleans.”
"Blease will not be missed, thanks
to Louisiana.” remarks the Roanoke
Times (independent Democratic).
"Huey will fill the fiery South Caro
linian’s shoes and his behavior doubtless
will conjure up visions of the departed
fire-eaters of other days. Huey’s
backers in Louisiana are already talk
ing about running him for Presiden; in
1932. That only goes to show that in
Louisiana they have very little con
ception of w’hat a President of the
United States is like.”
** * *
"Anyway, after March 4, next,” ad
vises the San Francisco Chronicle
(independent), "Huey is ours, whether
we want him or not He’ll be making
laws for us, so we might as well pre
pare to enjoy the show’.” The Chronicle
observes that Gov. Long’s administra
tion in Louisiana "appears to have j
rocked the boat like a lot of tidal ;
waves.”
Taking note of Gov. Long’s state- j
ment, "You can’t beat Huey P. Long in !
the city or State in anything,” the
Kansas City Times (independent) re
plies: world should be grateful
for this reminder, which Is all too true.
The people of Louisiana will need to
remember the situation in the future,
so that when the Governor, or Senator,
asks for anything, it can be granted
without even the futile gesture of a
protest.”
"Louisiana Is very likely canceling
the good work South Carolina did for
the Senate and the country in defeat
ing Blease," ’concludes the Chattanooga
Times’ (Independent Democratic). The
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat sug
: gests that “to the outsider these two
i primaries simply mean that the voters
have practleed the mathematical
principle of ’putting down one and
carrying one,’ ”, and that paper adds:
j "Cole Blease needs no introduction. His
performances In the United States
Senate have been equaled only by the
Hon. Thomas Heflin.” The exchange
of two similar personalities In the Sen
! ate is emphasized also by the Richmond
News Leader (independent Democratic).
* * .* *
“Louisiana discharged from its serv
ice in the United States Senate,” de
clares the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
i (independent Democratic), "a man who
has distinguished himself for his de
votion and Intelligent service to the
interests of Louisiana and the South.
Senator Ransdell. 31 yeaiH in Congress,
was accepted as the spokesman of the
cotton growers of the country. In this
I respect he acted as the tutor to Texas’
! own Senator Connally.”
i Praise for the ability and services of
I the defeated Louisiana Senator comes
also from the New Orleans Times
! Picavunc (independent Democratic), the
I Terre S*ute Star (Independent Repub
lican >, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(independent) and the Lexington
leader (independent Republican), Th*
ticular appeal to us. It Is to be re
gretted that more gardens do not pos
sess that privacy which every garden
should have. If for no other reason than
to permit the gardener to visit his
flowers in bathrobe and slippers.
Sauntering around In undress, one
would be at peace with the world, able
to admire the beauty of flowers which
one is likely to sneer at on dress-up oc
casions. But here the Japanese may
teach Americans a good lesson. They
have a legend to the effect that one of
the original workers with the morning
glory had such beautiful gardens that
the Emperor heard of them and an
nounced his intention to make them a
visit.
When he got there, what was his rage
to find every vine uprooted, with noth
ing left but bare paths and neatly
graveled beds! With rage in his eyes he
strode into the house, but his ire turned
to admiration, even veneration, the tale
goes, when he saw. reposing in a bqxvl,
& single morning-glory blossom.
♦ * ’ % *
Meticulous gardeners may try letting
their gardens go from now on. Nature’s
hands are gently ruthless. She brings
the frost In due season, but not until
the flowers are tired.
The roses are sending out new shoots,
but the work of flowering is over. The
leaves of the trees have done their sol
emn duty in the vast nature of things.
Even the glass is on the verge of turn
ing brownish.
Top much clipping, and shearing, and
trimming, from now on, will give any
place, and especially the small one, a
bare look.
It Is well to remember that, although
the flowers die, the garden goes on.
Although one may spend little time in
It, the chrysanthemums have .yet to
flower. The cosmos has to appear.
Other things are in prospect. But be
: hind these, even, stands the spectacle of
the Winter, with snow- upon the ground,
covering bushes, vines, fences, garages.
The more there is to cover the prettier
the yard will be.
For this reason, If for no other, a
garden well may be permitted to go
into the Winter in a rather unkempt
state. Even withered zinnia plants, and
other annuals, take on something of
beauty when covered with the mantle
of the snow.
** * *
The great gain from letting the gar
den go comes from the profusion with
which Nature does things.
Look at those morning-glory vines!
They are everywhere, even running
up the lamp-post and the telephone
pole, giving a touch of the exotic to
otherwise ugly necessities,
i The petunias, too, flower until the
last gun of Summer.
And all of them are throwing down
seed to sprout and grow' and blossom
; again next year. Such Is the immor
tality of the flowers.
Yes, the untidy garden has a great
deal to be said In Its favor. The truth
Is that even the most formal gardens
will gain from the natural brand of
untidiness which blossoms in profusion.
Plenty Is the sign of peace, for pro
fusion comes, to man. beasts or plants,
only when life Is let alone. Man, advo
cate of freedom In the universe, may
| be true to himself by advocating a free
growing garden.
j Des Moines Tribune-Capital (independ
ent Republican) describes Senator Rans
dell as "a high-tariff Democrat,” but
| thinks that "probably Long would not
j have been nominated had it not been for
the same policy.” The Houston Chron
| icle remarks that, "one of the high
priests in the temple of protection has
[ fallen,” although it feels that "the up- |
set was unexpected,” while conceding
; that “political observers were prepared
for a chance of his defeat at the
hands of a younger and more ener
getic candidate.”
! "Gov. Long is a headline maker of
parts,” declares the Omaha World-
Herald (independent), with the con
-1 elusion, "Well, he's going to buck a
hard game in the Senate.” Referring
ito the two States, the Birmingham
News (Democratic) advises that "it
seems the bad must come with the
good,” while the Baltimore Sun (in
; dependent Democratic) finds it "difll
j cult to reconcile such prospective rep
resentation with the prevailing picture
of Louisiana,” but the Shreveport Jour
i nal (Democratic) "bows to the will of
the voters."
In explanation of the result the
Meridian Mississippi Star (independent)
says: “Louisiana voters are exchanging
the veteran Senator for the youthful,
energetic, keen and clever Gov. Long.
Long is a human dynamo—perpetual
motion personified. The Governor is
loved and hated, worshiped and de
spised in turn. His enemies accuse him
of all sorts of political ‘high crimes and
misdemeanors’; his friends defend him
jas the apostle of Louisiana progress
! and picture him as a modern govern
mental Moses.”
"Possibly the estimate of Mr. Long
has been distorted by unfriendly propa
ganda,” concedes the Chattanooga
News (independent Democratic), and
the Louisville Courier-Journal (inde
pendent) suspects that "there must be
something wrong in Louisiana beneath
the surface, an alloy in the metal of
the anti-Long organization that doesn’t
ring true.” The Raleigh News and Ob
server (Democrat!.) finds various con
tributory reasons for the defeat of
Senator Ransdell, including “an evi
dent desire among the younger voters
for young men in office,” "a rebuke
j to Senator Ransdell for voting with
the Republicans for the Hawley-Smoot
high-tariff measure,” "a rebuke of his
vote for Judge Parker,” and the fact
that Long’s opponents "overplayed
their opposition.”
British Guidebooks
Warn of Places
! From the New York Sun.
A series of guidebooks published in
London devotes considerable space to
cautioning the traveler on scenes and
sights to be avoided in certain old Eng
lish towns. The most recent volume,
on Oxford, scandalously exposes the
university town's unsightly spots; it
pictures not merely the beauteous coun
tryside, but slums and landscapes dec
orated with billboards and shacks.
Doubtless there is something to be
said in favor of such a campaign
against civic neglect; to accomplish re
forms in the sloppy neighborhoods, the
purging process frequently must be un
sparing. Yet guidebooks in this de
nunciatory manner might spoil a tour
ist's journey. Are not such books, after
all, reflections and echoes of that school
in modern literature which purveys the
odorous dregs of life and prefers the
fumes of sewage to mignonette?
A guidebook done perfectly in the
negative style would contain, not an
ecstatic art lover's impressions of tem
ples and cathedrals, but descriptions of
slaughter houses and shanties. It would
star the tumble-down dwellings of the
mistresses of kings, but overlook the
palaces. Its pages , would be enlivened,
not with apt lines from Browning and
Thackeray, but with accounts of un
savory episodes in a town's history. It
would display with relish the crime rec
ord of each city and cite every dr£e£dful
visitation of plague. To replace the
conventional catalogue of art treasures,
this guidebook would urge side trips to
burning refuse heaps. It would under
score those meaner hostelries where the
author had sickened from inedible
meals, and recite in detail each petty
inconvenience met by travelers. And
who would be better equipped to com
pile ?uch a Rabelaisian guidebook than
one of those misanthropic travelers, oc
casionally met. who find cause for
grumbling throughout the most delight
ful of tours, and w'ho, indeed, would be
•Urn-able even in Paradis*.
THE LIBRARY TABLE 1
By the 800/clover
Few books of a biographical nature,
even though they be professed accounts
of adventure, are so of dramatic
anecdotes which often pass the bounds
of probability as “The Story of San
Michele. - ' by Axel Munthe. The author,
a Swede, the youngest man ever to re
ceive the M. D. degree in Prance, a
student with Charcot at the Salpetriere,
became a fashionable nerve specialist
in Paris and later in Rome. He found
a refuge from neurotic patients and
jealous colleagues and other ills of life,
including insomnia, at Anacaprl, high
up on the Island of Capri, reached by
777 steps, supposed to have been built
by Tiberius. He purchased from
Mastro Vincenzo his little house and
garden on the site of a villa of Tiberius,
then a ruined chapel farther up the
mountain side, finally the whole moun
tain, which he made into a bird sanctu
ary. He named his home San Michele
from the ruined chapel, and after many
Summers of work, with the Anacapri
peasants working under his direction,
he transformed the whole into a maze
of loggias, colonnades, cypress avenues
and gardens, with a Greek theater and
an antique sphinx looking from the
parapet by the chapel out over the sea.
The building was done without archi
tect or proper drawing. Dr. Munthe
sketched roughly his ideas with char
coal on a whitewashed wall and Mastro
Nicola, his head worker, who had an
Inherited genius for building columns,
carried out the ideas. Much of the
building material was “roba di Tim
berio,” valuable stone and marble dug
from the Roman ruins below the garden
of Mastro Vincenzo. But “The Story of
San Michele" is not entirely or even
chiefly devoted to the account of the
building of this remarkable mountain
home. It is chapters or fragments of
the varied and tense life of Dr. Munthe,
as physician, traveler, animal lover,
| philanthropist—though he would prob
ably not like the use of that last term,
for he represents himself as something
of a misanthrope.
** * *
One of the most Ironic and gruesome
episodes in “The Story of San Michele"
is that of an occasion when Dr. Munthe
agreed to accompany a Swedish boy
dying of consumption from San Remo to
his home in Sweden. The boy died at
Heidelberg and the doctor, in order to
save the family expense, embalmed the
body himself. The next day, about to
leave, he found that the German law
required corpses to be accompanied and
faced the necessity of making the long
Journey in the van. At the last mo
ment he encountered a professional
“Leichenbegleiter” named Zaccharias
Schweinfuss, who was accompanying
the corpse of a Russian general to
Nijni-Novgorod and agreed also to take
charge of the Swedish boy’s coffin. At
Stockholm the doctor was informed by
a colleague, the family doctor of the
deceased boy, that the mother wished
to have the coffin opened. "Os course.
I would never have embalmed the body
myself." says Dr. Munthe. “had such a
: possibility ever entered my head. I
knew I had meant well, but done badly,
that In all probability the opening of
the coffin would reveal a terrible sight.
My first thought was to bolt and take
the night train for Paris. My second
thought was to stay where I was and
play the game. There was no time to
lose. • * • Shortly after midnight I de
scended to the vault under the church
accompanied by the custodian of the
cemetery and a workman who was to
open the two coffins. When the
lid of the Inner lead coffin was
unsoldered the two men stood back
in silent reverence before the awe of
death. I took the lantern from the cus
todian and uncovered the face. The
lantern fell on the floor, I reeled back
as if struck by an invLsible hand." The
body in the coffin was that of the Rus
sian general; the body of the Swedish
boy had gone on into the heart of Rus
sia. "I called on Prof. Bruzelius in the
early morning. I told him that the
sight I had seen in the night would
j haunt the poor mother for life, that he
must at all costs prevent the opening
! of the coffin.” The next day at the fu
j neral the clergyman said that “it was
at least a comfort to those who stood
mourning around his premature grave
that he had come back to rest among
his own people in the land of his birth.”
** * *
The episode of the monkey Billy, one
of the miscellaneous family at San
Michele, composed of the doctor himself,
numerous Anacapri peasant workers,
cats, dogs, tortoises, an owl, a mongoose,
birds, and monkeys, is more cheerful,
though it also has to do with a funeral.
During an absence of the doctor from
the island, Don Giacinto, richest and
most greedy man in Capri, had died and
Ills body was placed in a magnificent
coffin on an equally magnificent cata
falque and left to lie in state in the
cathedral of San Costanzo. During the
night some vandal broke into the cathe
dral and had knocked down the burning
candelaDra and set fire to the coffin.
Public opinion was divided in theory as
to the cause. “Some people said it was
il Demonio who had knocked down the
wax candelabra by the catafalque to set
Don Giacinto on fire. Others said that
it had been done by a band of brigands
who had come to steal the silver statue
of San Costanzo. Meanwhile, the Sin
daco and the municipal councillors had
sent to Sorrento for the carbinieri and
were beginning an investigation. The
people of Anacapri were frankly delight
ed, for the feud between the Capresi and
the Anacapresi was centuries old, and
were already preparing a celebratlort
with a holiday, Sunday clothes, fire
works, and a band. Other damage had
been done in Capri, probably by the
same vandal." The famous exhibition
painting of Prof. RafTaele Parmigiano,
“Tiberio Swimming in the Blue Grotto,"
had been splashed all over with daubs
of ultramarine and other canvases had
been torn from their frames. When the
doctor arrived at the pergola occupied
by Billy, u'here that very human mon
key was engaged in teasing a tortoise, he
noticed that Billy’s fingernails were brll- i
liantly colored w'ith ultramarine and
that his tail was scorched. Before at
tacking the problem of justice and ad
justment ahead of him. he Indulged in
the ironic comment: “Billy, I rather
liked your retouches to ‘Tiberio Swim- I
ming in the Blue Grotto,’ I thought it
an improvement on the original. It re
minded me of a picture I saw last year
in the Salon of the Futurists in Paris.”
** * *
Lieut. Col. Arthur Osburn, in his
book. Must England Lose India’”
answers his own question by the state
ment, “The writer looks forward to
a time w-hen the United States of India |
will dwell contented within the orbit of
the British Commonwealth.” Col, Os- 1
burns book is constructive; he makes
suggestions which at least sound prac- ,
ticftl. He believes that one great cause !
of bitterness in India is the arrogance
and conviction of superiority of the i
British ruling class there, and sug- 1
gests that such terms as “nigger” and
"seditious swine” should bring punish
ment on their users and that striking
an Indian should be punished as se
verely as striking a soldier in the army.
He urges greater knowledge of Indian
history and religions, on the part of
British officials.
** * *
Rumania has not been as fully
analyzed and pamphleted in regard to 1
her part in the World War as some of
the other nations. Her part was not
as Important a one. Yet her people 1
felt the war and had their experiences. !
Some of these are related in “A Rou- >
manian Diary,” by Hans Carossa, trails- 1
lated from the German by Agnes Neill 1
Scott. The author is a German med- I
leal officer, or purports to be. whose J
regiment was stationed on the Ru
manian front. The entries are divided 1
between experiences with the men of :
his own regiment and observations of ;
the life and sufferings of the Rumanian
peasants. <
** * *
Frontiers have disappeared. To find ’
one in North America one now has to
go up to Hudson Bay. The influence ‘
of the frontier upon generations of l
Americans and the result of the disap- I
pearance of the frontier are studied in ]
“When the West Is Gone,” by Fred- ;
eric L. Parson, w'ho delivered the ma- 1
teriai u lectures at Brown University.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H ASK IN.
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a corps of trained researchers in Wash
ington who will answer questions for;
you. They have access to the Govern
ment departments, the libraries, mu
seums, galleries and public buildings
and to the numerous associations which
maintain headquarters in the Nation’s
Capital. If they can be of assistance
to you. write your question plainly and
send, with 2 cents, in coin or stamps,
to The Evening Star Information Bu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. C.
Q. Is Zona Gale, the author and
playwright, married? —G. F. D.
A. Zona Gale in private life is the
wife of William L. Breese, a Wisconsin
stocking manufacturer.
Q. On what grounds are mast of the
Reno divorces granted?—J. G. V.
A Last year, of 2,071 divorces granted
in Reno 1,286 were for mental cruelty,
388 for desertion, 376 for non-support,
284 for insanity, 54 for adultery, 24 for
drunkenness, 3 for felony conviction and
1 for impctency.
Q. What Is the name of the water
fall portrayed on the 24-centavos stamp
of the Republic of Salvador issues of
1896 and 1897?—H. R. C.
A. The Pan-American Union says
that the waterfall is Atehuasillas. This
waterfall is located in the Province of
Ahuachapan.
Q. In what years of the nineteenth
century were there important meteoric
showers?-*-N. M.
A. Great showers occurred in 1833,
1866, 1898 and 1900. The most impres
sive was the star shower on November
12. 1833, which lasted five or six hours
and was seen everywhere in the United
States.
Q. What was the occasion upon which
King Kamehameha of Hawaii marched
his army off the famous Pali, near
Honolulu? —R. F. A.
A. After King Kamehameha had
gained control of his own island, Hawaii,
he was eager to rule the whole group.
He first conquered the Island of
then Molokai, after which he sailed for
Oahu, landing at Waikiki, in February',
1795. The Oahu soldiers were posted
in Nuuanu Valley, and here the great
battle was fought. The enemy, or
Oahu men. were driven over the Pall,
not Kamehameha’s men. Kauai and
Niihau were later ceded to him, and
in this way he brought all the islands
under his guidance or rule.
Q. How did Capt. Sir George Hubert
Wilkins gain his knighthood?—W. T. K.
A. Capt. Wilkins was born in Aus
tralia. He has been engaged in Arctic
exploration for many years. In April,
1928, he flew from Alaska to Spitz
bergen, and for this feat was knighted
by King George V of England.
Q. To what country does Fiume be
long?—M. S.
A. The town of Fiume belongs to
Italy. It was reincorporated with that
country after a series of arrangements
conducted at Rome between Italy and
Jugoslavia, January 27, 1924.
Q. What is a glyptothek?—S. W.
A. The term is applied to a building
or room for the preservation of sculp
ture. The mast famous museum to
bear this name is in Munich. There is
another in Copenhagen.
Q. What is the meaning of the word
“robot?” —J. E. K.
A. It is a Czechish word which
means literally a very hard-working
man doing heavy manual labor. The
w ord came into use in “R. U. R.,” a play
Highlights on the icie W orld
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
LE MATIN, Paris.—The Metropoli- i
tan, that electrified catacomb,
does it not make one inclined to !
sleep? Have you never noticed
the multitude of people sweetly
slumbering in the subway? If their re- 1
pose ever was enjoyed at the proper j
time—that is to say, at night—it Is j
hard to believe that Morpheus (the god
of sleep) would so descend upon the
subterranean carriages, and suspend
his wand over so many docile subjects
of his kingdom. He seems from all
these passengers to exact the same .
obedience to his will as he does upon
the rest of us, usually awake in the
daytime, when he hovers over our
couches in the nocturnal hours. But
these afternoon slumberers —perhaps
this siesta is all the sleep they get.
Often these unfortunates are carried
past, in their unconscious state, the
depot at which they wished to descend;
a compensating fortune, by the way. in
the little promenade and pedestrian
exercise thus imposed, which, we hope,
aids in reducing corpulence acquired in
these locomoting dormitories of the
Metropolitan.
** * *
Not Members of Union
When Obligations Were Forfeited.
North China Herald. Shanghai (Let
ter to Editor).— “Referring to the ar- !
tide in a recent issue with regard to
the default by some American States
of certain of their obligations, might
it not be fair to state in that con
nection that the obligations by default
bv these American States were in
curred bv them when they as mem
bers of the Confederacy were attempt
ing to break away from the Union?
In other words, these States were not !
members of the United States whig
the default took plaoe. Furthermore,
the purchasers of these bonds, princi
pally British, knew full well that they
were backing a rebellion and financially
supporting an attempt to break up the
American Union. In other words,
Great Britain, during the Civil War.
did her best to advance the interests
of the Southern Confederacy, but they j
backed the wrong horse! You m.ght ,
just as well ask the Nanking govern
ment to assume responsibility for ob
i ligation incurred by the Northern army
In its revolt against Nanking. I am,
e tc FAIR PLAY."
** * *
Music Held Least
Disagreeable Noise.
The Weekly Scotsman, Edinburgh —j:
Dr Samuel Johnson, the famous lexi
cographer. once epigrammatically re- j
marked. “Os all noises I consider music j
the least disagreeable.” True; and
fortunate it is, with the simultaneous
but seldom identical radio concerts, to
be heard from open windows on every ,
hand with the coming of Summer, that
rhapsodies and nocturnes are not as
strident as riveting.
** * *
Teachers, Not • I
Children, Indisposed.
El Mercurio, Santiago. —lt is a re
markable paradox of scholastic phe- |
nomrna in Santiago that while the
children and older pupils attending our .
public educational institutions are rare
fy ill or absent from their classes be
cause of the weather or other disturbing
conditions, the teachers and masters
are frequently indisposed, and in many
instances kept away by this identical
inclemency of the weather and by
other circumstances. Particularly is
this true of the Winter season just com
mencing. Instructors are absent from
their classes, and upon their return to
their duties plead a cold, headache or
some other trivial malady which does (
not seem to justify their dereliction.
Hereafter when a teacher is absent i
he or she will have to submit a state- «
ment from a medical practitioner stat- i
ing in definite and scientific terms just <
what was the matter. The ministry i
of education proposes to keep a com- <
plete file of all these reports, with a t
view of determining what are the ill- t
nesses to which teachers are most
susceptible. Then, later on, when new
teachers are to be employed none will
be considered for the posts whom a J
physical examination shows to be dis
posed to ailments likely to interfere
with their tasks. j j
11m teachers In Um primary grades 1i
by a Czechish writer, Capek, and was
! applied to a mechanical man.
Q. How long have people in England
had surnames? —W. H. I.
A. It is believed that surnames came
jto be adopted in England about tha
! year 1000 A D., coming mainly from
j Normandy. After Henry 11, in 1160,
had enfranchised the land, hereditary
names became common and were used
more generally. Surnames were legal
ly recognized in England by the statute
of additions passed during the reign of
Henry V.
Q. How many public school buildings
are there in the State of New York?—
; G. S. W.
A. There are 12,101 public elementary
and high school buildings. There are
2,058.716 students in public elementary
and high schools in New York.
Q. What is the proper metronome
mark for a wedding march, and is it
proper to take one or two steps to a
bar?—A. T. C.
A. According to the Lohengrin bridal
march and other standard wedding
marches, the proper metronome is 84 in
quarter notes. In a processional, one
step is taken to a bar of music.
Q. What actress sang the song. “I’d
' Like to Be a Monkey in the Zoo ’?—F.
E. R.
A. Frances White, member of the
vaudeville team of Rock and White.
Q. How many States are getting a re
duction on freight in live stock feed?—
L. K.
A. The Department of Agriculture
has certified 703 counties in 19 States
as beneficiaries of the freight rate re
ductions on live stock feed.
Q. Can a person to whom a check lx
given have it certified? —B. V. S.
A. A check may be certified at the
request of the holder as at the request
of the drawer.
Q. What was the date of the battle
of Lake Champlain?—T. H. B.
A. The naval engagement on Lake
Champlain was fought September 11,
1814.
Q. What countries are the greatest
platinum producers?—S. P.
A. Russia ranks first. Then comes
Colombia, followed by Canada. South
African mines are producing a little of
the metal.
Q. At what age did Mozart start
writing music? —N. M.
A. This gifted musician composed
pieces of merit before attaining the age
of 5. His first symphony was composed
at the age of 8, his first opera at 12,
and before he was 20 he was acknowl
edged to be one of the greatest mu
sicians of his time, Mozart died in his
thirty-sixth year, and had completed
some 600 compositions up to that time.
Q. How much salt is used in the
United States in a year?—S. O. S.
A. The value of salt sold or used in
1928 Was $26,772,568. The total amount
sold was 8,074,700 short tons.
Q. Can a mirage be photographed?—
T. B.
A. It is possible and has been don#
several times.
Q. Which mint was the first to be
used in the United States? —A. J. M.
A. The mint at Philadelphia was the
first to be established. Coinage of Gov
ernment coins began there in 1793.
Prior to that time, Spanish coins, Brit
ish coins, colonial and foreign coins
were used.
—
. seem to be those most affected, and
while this delicate health, or even a
1 high rate of mortality, among the peda
gogues is not objectionable to the chil
! dren, who in piany instances are thus
i freed temporarily from their lessons,
j the ministry of education is averse to
! retaining in Its employ tutors who
: function more or less intermittently,
and have advised all concerned to this
effect In a circular letter signed by
the minister, Senor Navarrete. Here
after. as we have intimated, hygienic
as well as cultural attainments will be
required of all desiring to train or
instruct the young.
** * *
American War
Picture Thrills Berlin.
Cologne Gazette. —Gustav Pabst’s new
moving picture, entitled “The Western
Front in 1918,” appalled the audience
in a Berlin theater when shown for the
first time. The audleftce, and espe
cially those who had sons. <or grandsons
in the war, were overcome with the ter
rible scenes portrayed, which included
all the destruction, tragedy and horror
of the conflict. Regiments of men were
shown amid bursting shells and r hall
of machine-gun bullets, and also per
sonal encounters with a single enemy,
of which combats there Was never but
one survivor. Scores of people could
not endure some realistic parts of the
spectacle nor the sounds of death and
struggle accompanying the action. Hos
pital scenes reproduced were likewise
distressin'r, especially when too real
istically the agonizing shrinks and dy
ing moans of the wounded were revived.
** * a
Filipinos Complicate
Hawaii Crime Situation.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin.—The Impor
tation of 40,000 Filipinos to Hawaii has
complicated the crime situation, accord
ing to Arthur Powlison, superintendent
of recreation and playgrounds. Unem
ployment also is responsible for much
of the present disorder in Honolulu. In
addition to thousands of men, 20° boys
are out of work, and have no notion of
anything beneficial to do with their idle
time. “People who condemn one form
of recreation.” said Mr. Powlison, "never
substitute any other form of recreation
for it. The dance hall, for instance,
when It Is closed, simply drive its habit
ues to even worse places of resort.
Some Innocent and interesting forms of
amusement should be made available as
a bulwalk against juvenile delinquency.
Many of the boys and girls of Oriental
homes are tempted by the streets to
escape the unpleasantries of their home
life.”
Business Woman Fails
To Endanger Homes
From the New York World.
William M. Steuart. Director of the
Census, tells a radio audience that more
women than at any previous census
period are engaged in gainful occupa
tions. The number of these between
the ages of 16 and 64 he gives in round
numbers as 10,000,000. The number of
girls under 16 gainfully employed is
smaller than it was 10 years ago. When
more exact figures are available, they
apparently will support the statement
that in proportion to the total popula
tion the percentage of woman w’age
workers has not greatly changed in 10
years; or, for that matter, In 20. The
tendency of young women to enter
gainful occupations is no new portent
in American life.
Mr. Steuart points out that side by
side with this army of 10.000,000 wage
working women matches the vaster
army of 23,000.000 women within tha
same age limits who are listed as house
wives. How many even of the 10,000,000
do light housekeeping besides their paid
work wo shall never know. In the face
of these figures. It can hardly be said
that the business woman is endangering
the American home.
Too Much Hot Air?
From the Oakland Tribune.
Energy now being expended In ex-
what’s wTong with busines*
may be. In its misapplication, exactly
WtUit U Wrong With hnatnufa,