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Evening star., 1924-04-01

been widened, but the press Of auto
! mobiles grows heavier every year. The
auto has brought it's pleasures and its
problems.
The police count or estimate OF cars
in Potomac Park was high. There was
congestion nearly all the way around.
and jams at two points in the park
wnere jams have occurred before. No
particular harm was done, and the
police kept traffic moving when it
could move. Along the west river
drive north of the Tidal Basin bridge
there were traffic tie-ups. -Four lines
of cars moved south on that drive,
and not more than two. and sometimes
only one, could cross the bridge at one
time. though it had been turned into
a one-way bridge. The curved up
grade approach TO the bridge con-
tributed to the car-pack. The need of
a wider bridge over the inlet to the
tidal basin was long ago pointed out
by the officer in charge OF public
buildings and grounds, and plans have
DeeH uTdWH duu lIlOuey dSheu 10 carry
out this work.
Another point of traffic jam was
where the drive along Washington
channel passes under the steam rail-
road tracks and enters the drive in
prolongation OF 14th street AS q car
passes under the steam tracks it
comes upon the tracks of electric lines,
and not much can be seen OF the cleo
trio tracks till driver is close to or
on them. After passing under the
steam railroad a sharp right-hand
turn is required.
Plans have been made for widening
the main river drive of the park, and
il is likely that this work will soon be
carried out. The cherry trees have
been set back along part of the way
that the drive may be widened, and a
new road is being built to the east
park golf course which will take part
Of the traffic from the Washington
channel drive.
Evening star., 1924-04-01
Cabinet Sniping Squelched.

Reaction in the Senate itself against
wholesale assaults on public officials
was evidenced by the short debate
yesterday on the Mckellar resolution
calling for the resignation of Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Mellon on the
ground that under the law he is in
eligible to hold that office A state
ment Of the circumstances under
which Mr. Mellon had accepted ap-
pointment to the cabinet showed that
he had been scrupulous in endeavor
that there should be not even seeming
evasion of the law. He was the first
to question his own eligibility. and it
was only after seeking legal advice
and divesting himself of stock owner
ship in large number of corporations
that he felt he could qualify for the
Treasury post.
Senator Mckellar's contention for
literal application Of the provision
that 4 Secretary Of the Treasury must
have no direct or indirect interest
or concern in industrial or com.
mercial enterprises would leave the
government in bad way for some one
to look after its financial affairs. It
would mean that the Secretary Of the
Treasury either must be man with
out demonstrated business ability. or.
upon appointment. he would have to
convert whatever wealth he had ac-
cumulated into government bonds or
like securities. 1t is doubtful if there
has been a Secretary of the Treasury
in half d century who could qualify
under the Mckelar Interpretation of
the law. for even ownership Of a rail
strued as constituting a direct or in
direct interest or concern in indus
trial OF commercial enterprises. The
American people want no such absurdi-
ties read into the statutes governing
qualification for the public service.
The country is to he congratulated
that the Senate seems to be recover
ing its sense of values. Disclaimer by
Senator Robinson. the democratic
leader. of any responsibility for the
MCkellar resolution may be accepted
as putting n quietus on the reported
intention Of going down the line" and
picking off cabinet members one by
one. The country is not ready to be-
lieve that all members of the Presi-
dents cabinet are corrupt or otherwise
unfit for office, and the public is quick
to recognize where proper investigation
ends and political persecution begins.
1t has had quite enough of scandal
mongering and attempted besmirching
of character through the broadcasting
of piff1ing gossip.
Evening star., 1924-04-01
April

April did not come to town bearing
sheaf of cherry blossoms or a spray
of apple flowers. She brings no lilacs.
She did not enter Washington wearing
a straw hat with gay ribbons floating.
She did not cross the Highway bridge
wearing a dainty frocll of filmy stuff
garlanded with rosebuds. She carried
rot pretty parasol. No. She came
with the collar of her fur coat turned
up and wearing gum boots. If April
were always thus poets would not
have praised her in their verse. She is
a whimsical maid, but generally bright
and fair. Not often does she come to
us in such a sullen. winter mood as
this. Something has gone wrong, for
this is not April's happy way.
Evening star., 1924-04-01

The organization behind Mr.. McAdOo.
declares the New York World, ..undoubt-
edly should be credited with a victory.
But his actual candidacy remains as inn
possible as il was before" 1t was Nc
Adoos state, says the Hartford Courant,
without which he would have cut a
sorry figure in the south, and Georgia
being what it is. Underwood'S opposition
to the ku kluX klan must have been of
assistance to McAdoo in his campaign
IL is suggested. the Watertown Standard
points out. that many Georgia demo
Gratis recall pleasant memories Of posi-
tions in an administration in which Nc
Adoo played "A prominent part. They
are. perhaps, hopeful of future consider
ations. The result in Georgia puts Nc
Adoo forward again. and is a big boost
To what for a time looked like a de-
clining hope"
With enthusiasm the Chattanooga
News declares the Georgia victory for
McAdoo makes it very probable that we
shall have a great progressive democrat
TO lead the party this year. 1t is an
omen Of victory in November" While
the Little Rock Arkansas Gazette feels
that because McAdoo is a Georgian by
birth, and on account of other factors
that entered into the voting in Georgia,
his victory there is not so great a help
as n victory would have been in some
state in which the same factors did not
enter
Evening star., 1924-04-01

November, 1877; February -, 1881,
and June, 1889.
The first of Potomac freshets which
seems to have made an impression on
the people of this region was in 1884.
There was large ross at Georgetown
but Washington city had not come
upon the map. though the farms be
tween f street north and the Potomac
and Eastern branch were no doubt un-
der water. There was a flood every
year or so. In one of those floods the
'cauSeway" or dam between Analos-
tan Island and the Virginia shore was
broken down. That dam had been
built to throw more water into the
Georgetown channel for improvement
Of navigation. There was q disastrous
freshet in 1910, and in August, 1912,
there was one which caused the Ma
tional Intelligencer to say that Penn
sylvania avenue from 1st. street to
John Marshall place resembled a wide
river. In 1851 part of Pennsylvania
avenue was under water, and in April,
1852, there was a freshet which old
inhabitants said was the highest since
that of 1884.
There is no complete record Of Poto-
mac freshets from the beginning of
European settlement in this region. 1t
is believed it was a freshet at no re-
mote time, but before the beginning
of white settlement, which created the
island that in the course OF 800 years
or so has been called Lord Baltimores
Island, Barbados, Masons Island and
Analostau.
Evening star., 1924-04-01
Change of England
Surpasses Fiction

Novelists, who are notoriously tim
orous in their imaginings, have once
more allowed fact to better their fic-
ton in pictureSqueness. The anus
ing London of the moment none of
them had the aStutenesS to predict.
Yet the situation could scarcely be
more dramatic. A laborite lives at
No. 10 Downing street. The mistress
of his house is a naive little girl, far
from sure of herself. The smart thing
has become to have mechanics and
IaborerS on ones visiting list. Ouch
esses are blunderingly trying to adopt
the current pose of comradery with
obscure persons who do vigorous
things with their hands. The tone of
society has evidently become deter
minedly jovial and hail-fellow we'll
met The writers of thesis novels and
the satirists, too. will have Joyous ma
terial for months to come. But it
does their supposed insight little
credit that they did not foresee the
present situation and give it to let
ters before an election gave it to the
world.
But the change which a labor gov
ernment has wrought is not the whole
of the ironic story. A peripatetic
newspaper woman sends to this coun-
try the amusing story OF one OF the
woman members of parliament, Be
fore she married a wealthy man and
retired from one branch of public life
to another this parliamentarian was
on the stage. In the early days of her
first career she struggled to support
her mother and infant brother on
chorus girls salary, as the chorus
girls of romance are forever doing
Once she sang a ballad on the stage
which reflected a, no doubt heartfelt
desire to be a grand lady" Now
that ambition has, to degree, been
gratified, and so far has she put her
early trials behind her that she has
become a strenuous conservative,
wishing, above all things. to put the
uprising woman worker in her place.
"Everything changes" said the French
philosopher, and, watching England,
one cann6 but admit that he was
right.-Stf Paul Pioneer-Press.
Evening star., 1924-04-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Poland, is a college professor and
famed throughout the west as lin
guist. For many years he has taught
modern languages, logic and philos-
ophy at Drake University. Des Moines.
OF Scandinavian extraction, DR.. Pearson
speaks nearly every modern tongue ex-
tant including Polish, which he will
find useful at Warsaw. The minister
ship at that vibrant capital will be
the Iowa scholars first public post,
though he has long been active in
state and local affairs at Des Moines.
He is n man of family and approach :
ing sixty years of age.
4 i: \; x
Mrs. Coolidge is looking forward to
an old fashioned schoolgirl lark on April
II. on that day she will be hostess at
the White House to her sorority sisters
OF ri Beta Phi, meeting in their east
ern conference at Washington. The ma
tional officers of the society will en-
brace the occasion to make formal
presentation TO the ri Beta Phis of the
Howard Chandler Christy portrait Of
Mrs. Coolidge, which was recently
painted at the sOrority's order. Mrs.
Coolidge early in her White House ca
of new color after her, but the First
Lady has not been able to prevent the
christening OF a rose the Mrs. CALVIN
Coolidge" A Tarrytown, n. Y, rose
grower introduced the new bloom AT the
recent annual flower show in New
York.
Radio is playing havoc with WASH
ington roofs, but bringing a fine crop
Of new business to roof members and
roof painters. They say that folks, es-
peciaIly boys and girls, are so anxious
10 set up aeriaIs that they tramp rough
shod over weak roofs. with the result
that leaks and cave-ins are now
commonplace. Washingtonians wonder
whether the rest of the country is hav-
ing its sky line interlaced with radio
equipment conSpicuouSly as is the
case here. There are almost as many
aerials along the Potomac as presiden-
tial lightning rods.
Senator Frank r. GOOding of Idaho
has introduced bill designed to aScer
tain how much money the railroads are
spending on publicity If they're
spending as much as hundred different
organizations that swamp Washington
newspaper correspondents with re
leases" the sum must run into billions
Government departments deluge news
paper men and news bureaus with
hand outs" too. The vast majority
find their way unread into the waste
basket. Often genuine information Of
vital value is thus overlooked but the
flood that pours hourly from the MIN
cograDh and printing press is too much
to be copcd with A local scribe re-
Gently evolved the idea Of collecting
and cU-ordnating the publicity" ma
terlaI daily disseminated in Washing
ton. If il is ever compressed between
two covers. it will look like a cOnsoli-
dation OF Webster's Unabridged and a
Sears Ruebuck catalogue.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-04-01
On Being a Gentleman
He who myne heart would keep for long
BY JOHN CARLYLE

He who myne heart would keep for long
Shall be q gentil man and strong"
So ran a ballad of old England a
few centuries ago. The lines might
yet be found on some ancient, time
worn locket that adorned the bosom
of some sweet maid long since for
gotten.
This is undoubtedly the age of the
red -blooded man" The school of the
gentleman has waned This is the
day of pep and personality, of smash
bang and sure-fire results. The per-
sonality- plus Individual occupies the
exact center of the stage. The glad
handler and the back-slapper is in the
first division of the procession. Some
body has even suggested the forma-
tion OF a society for the prevention
of saying 'Hows the boy at luncheon
clubs 1t is the day of the two-fist ed
ora tor who needs only a pitcher of ice
water to feed his lungs and make him
happy.
But there is a wide and beautiful
place in the world for gentlemen. The
need was never greater.
1t is time to wonder if We do not
overdo the matter in urging our
young men, from their school days up,
to be men. To be sure, we want them
to be men, honest and upright and
able to perform the duties of men.
But we want them to be something
else, over and beyond that We want
them to be gentlemen
Said Dean Swift, dropping for an
instant his satire and his cynicism,
"a gentleman is he who gives least
offense to any member of the COM
pany."
A good definition and true one,
and it has nothing to do with weak
ness and weaklings There is no re-
buke and no admonition more power
full and to the point than the rebuke
and admonition of a gentleman. Words
used in restraint are the strongest
words of all Words in explosion miss
their aim and lose their power.
His strength was as the strength
of ten because his heart was pure
was sung of Sir Galahad, who sought
the Holy Grail. And one inevitably
thinks of Sir Galahad, first of all, as
a gentleman.
1t is glorious for men to be red
blooded and two-fisted. And it is a
thing of glory, on the field of battle
or business, of gain or game, for men
to work and play and win and lose
like men and like gentlemen.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-01
Politics and the Law.

John w. Davis Of West Virginia,
frequently referred to as a potential
candidate for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination, in a letter to friend
in the Senate seems TO have pushed
the crown away. 1t is not worth the
price he would be called upon to pay,
at the sacrifice OF his philosophy
of life.
His correspondent had suggested
that Mr.. Davis could be the demo
cratic candidate for President if he
should Immediately dissoCiate himself
from his law practice, drop his clients
and embark upon the sea OF politics.
Mr.. Davis, replying, admitted that the
democratic candidacy is alluring this
year, carrying with it, he thinks. more
than a fair prospect OF success. "but
the price is too high" he says.
To abandon practice which is pleas
ant and reasonably profitable. to
throw over honorable clients who Of
fer him honest employment and de
sert a group of professional col
leagues who are able, upright and
loyal are, as he says. pretty stiff
figures"
Mr.. Davis conceives it the duty of
lawyer to serve his client as the
physician serves his patient. and any
lawyer who shades this duty by trim
ming his professional course to tit the
gusts of popular opinion dishonors
himself and his profession, he holds.
And what is life, after all, he asks,
''if one has no philosophy OF his own
to live by
Evening star., 1924-04-01
Crowds Watch the River.

Washingtcns automobile fleet has
outgrown the automobile drives. The
roads may be good enough in a way,
but they are not wide enough when
Washington turns out for a drive.
The radiant Sunday and the river
flood called out the hundred thousand
or so of Washington automobiles,
and many cars from beyond the Dis
trict came to town. A very large part
of the automobile population. accom-
panied by many guests, drove along
the roads from which the Potomac
could be looked on in it's freshet hunor.
The Canal road to Chain bridge, the
New Cut road, which long ago be-
came an old one, from the Canal road
to upper Georgetown, parts of the
Conduit road and the Leesburg road
west of Chain bridge were crowded
and in many places packed" There
was mighty congestion near Chain
bridge and congestion at "the Falls"
The widening of roads has long been
lnder consideration, and some haze
Evening star., 1924-04-01
New Troubles Feared
For Irish Free State

The affairs of the Irish Free State
are strangely and most unfortunately
muddled again. Gen. Richard MuI-
cahy, the strongest man in the min
istry, is forced to resign because he
has been too earnest and active in
suppressing what is nothing less
than mutiny in the army of the
Free State-a mutiny so serious that
it has made rebels and refugees of
several generals of the army PreSi-
dent CoSgrave, who just now is on
a sick bed. is put in the position
not only of taking personal charge
of the ministry of defense, which
corresponds with our War and Navy
Departments, but of appearing to
condone a revolt which threatens the
paralysis of government. Confusion
seems to reign in the Free State gov
ernment at a time when concentra
tion and unity are surely all-impor-
tant, if not absolutely vital
Events, therefore, seem to point
toward graver disturbances at Dub
lin. But there is this cause and
as a whole want nothing so much
as peace, and in their homes and their
villages they are not likely to en-
courage a return to the condition Of
civil war, of which they have had
quite enough They want to go to
work or to stay at work, and are likely
to sustain President Cosgrave in his ef-
fort to keep the Free State on an even
keel, even if he makes mistakes.
Only the enemies of Ireland can
rejoice in a condition which affords
excuse for scorners to say that the
Irish people are incapable of self
government The country has ad
vanced in a marked way on the road
of peace and industry since the Free
State obtained the upper hand. The
friends of Ireland will hope that the
government will be able to weather
this storm.-Boston Transcript
Evening star., 1924-04-01

cotton and allow to remain on the teeth
for about minute. Care should be
taken not 10 let this touch the gums
or get into the throat. After the Cot
ton is taken off, the mouth should be
rinsed with cold water.
Q. How many grades Of paper are
| manufactured?-L. l. H
A. The different grades Of paper ara
news PRINT book, wrapping, board, fin
papers, felts and building, tissue. hang
| ing and miscellaneous.
Q. How long a strand of silk does
silkworm spin?-R r
A. A single fiber produced bv a siIL
worm is from 500 to 1000 wards j.,
length. Each fiber of silk. When
/ examined under microscope, is seen
to be double
q. Who makes and modifies the rnln.
for cricket "A NJ
q. The rules that govern the game
OF cricket are made by the Maryleborr
cricket Club of London.
Q. VIII you kindly advise me Of
"hat material burnt umber is mad
ana no" 1t got its name?-H L. d
A. Burnt umber is obtained bv roast
ing lumber, an Ochreous earth contain
ing manganese. This material is so
named because it was first discovereG
| in Cmbria, Italy
Q. What was the shot thar
hearo around the world?-R. NJ.
A. The shot that was heard arour6
me World was the shot fired by ths
Aherlcan coIoniStS at Concord AZ tn
beginning OF the Revolutionary war
Q. What is the difference betvea,
the iifting capacity and the carrying
capacity of an airplane?-G. f. S.
A The lifting capacity of an air
plane IS IT'S maximum flying load. Its
carrying capacity is the difference bs
tween this load and the dead load c<
the aircraft, which includes struc
ture' power plant and essential AZ
cessories.
Q. Can you tell me how to st
colors i'll wash materials. especially
cretonnes and cotton draperies, So
that they can be washed?-T. E. N.
A One Of the most effectiy-
methods Of setting colors is to add Z
tablespoonful of epson salt to q
DuGRetful DUCK of water. Soak the ma
and wash in the usual way
Q. Why was the Moonlight Sonata
so called?-J. B. D.
A. The title Of this Beethoven
SONATA IS pro bly due to RellStab'S
likening the first movement of it to
boating by moonlight on Lake Lu-
cerne.
Q. How many times does the hear
beat to each respiration?-W. U.
A. The normal rate of respiration
is sixteen TO the minute and the
heart seventy-tWO to the minute
This means that the heart beats nine
times in two respirations
@. What are the best Of Scott :
novels?-D L.
A. Scott's works of this character
are more accurately described as his
torical romances. "Ivanhoe" The
Talisman" and Quentin Durward''
are often ranked as the best of these.
(Redders Of The Eve7ling Star should
send their questions to The Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic j. HdsIein
director, 1890 North Capitol street. The
only charge jor this service IS . cent
in stamps for return poStG1el
Evening star., 1924-04-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN

q. Kindly settle an argument. Can
foreign flags fly from embassies with
out the Stars and Stripes?-G S.
A. A foreign embassy flies a foreign
nag without having it accompanied by
| the American flag. The foreign en-
bassy IS under the jurisdiction of the
country which It represents; therefore,
the law OF that country applies.
q. How long should a lobster be
boiled?-H. s. ID.
A. A lobster should be dropped into
boiling salted water and boiled for
twenty minutes.
e. Which Of Byron's poems was it
that caused him TO wake TO fame?-
q. Mel.
A. "Childe Harold" is the poem
which caused Lord Byron TO say. Il
awoke one morning and found myself
famous"
Q. Was Dempsey older than Car
pentier?-J. +. K
A. Carpenter is older. He was born
January IL, 1894, while Dempsey was
born in June, 1885.
@. DO Austrians and Germans speak
the same language?-C. Ii.
A. The principal language in Aus
tria, as in Germany. is German. There
are in both countries various dialects.
o. Please tell me the names Of the
different kinds Of dogs?-B A. s.
A. Breeds Of dogs have been vari-
ousIy classified. Modern naturalists
have substantially agreed upon six
groups. The latest rangemtnt IS
that by Windle, based upon the shape
Of the skull and other features rather
than upon form and function. II IS
as follows: Wolflike dogs, grey
hounds. spaniels, hounds, mastifIs and
terriers.
q. Are bananas transported in re-
frigerator cars IT. A. j..
4. The fruit is carried in refriger-
ator cars, which in most cases are
equipped with false floors or moor
racks, providing air space of four 70
six inches under the load. during the
warm season the cars are lceo.
O. How did the slang phrase to
bant' originate ID. d. \.
A. This humorous name for dieting
with the purpose of losing weight
originated in the making OF a Vero
from the name Banting. Banting was
the advocate Of the system which
bea rs his name
O. Where did the Indian get his idea
Of a happy hunting ground ana treat
Spirit who rules the world?-H q.
A. Records do not exist that tell
when the Indians conceived this idea
of religion. They had their rellgion
before the white men discovered this
hemisphere. 1t deals with an AL
mighty. a hereafter. and has many
similarities 10 the old Jewish religion.
They have legend Of the deluge.
Some authors say that the Indians are
connected with the ten lost tribes OIL
Israel
Q. Is the Gerry Society and the New
York Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children the same?-A. NJ.
a. The latter name is the real name
for the society, but it is often re-
ferred to as the Gerry Society"
owing to the many years during which
Elbridge T. Gerry, one of its founders,
was actively associated with its work
Q. What will remove nicotine from
the teeth?-P. p c.
A. Place a small amount of f1uoride
of ammonia on piece of absorbent