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Evening star., 1924-03-17
Terrors of Deafness.
Society TO Preserve Faculty of
Hearing Urged.

To the Editor of The Star.
To others than her friends and
relatives, the reported suicide of one
whose power of hearing had vanish
ed may appear unimportant. Yet. it
should awaken thought in the minds
of many who have friends drifting
along the same road toward hopeless
despondency. That tragic ending of
a useful life indicates how Gripping
a Calamity loss of hearing is. Be-
cause it is an invisible calamity,
rarely does it meet with the sympa-
thetic understanding SO quickly eX-
tended to the blind.
One whose hearing has vanished in
adult life may appear hale and hearty
and present no indication of a loss of
self-reliance. or of the hopeless de-
spondency that is crowding the VIC
tim close TO the border line.
Wants Hearing Conserved.
To conserve ones hearing is just
as patriotic a duty as saving ones
teeth. The average individual has
his teeth examined at least once a
wear. Why not have periodic eXami-
nations of the earse 1t is possible to
purchase teeth, but even kings S
ransom will not always restore hear
ing.
Washington whose power of hearing
Is vanishing. These thousands can
help themselves and help others. by
organizing a conservation of hearing
society and learning how to care
properly for the ears. Another help
full aid in lessenfng the terrors that
beset the adult whose hearing has
vanished is to become efficient in the
use Of lip-reading while a remnant of
nearing ~ FRED DE LAND.
Evening star., 1924-03-17
Amaryllis.

We come again to the season of the
amaryllis, and the blooming Of the
flowers is a reminder of the passing of
time to those persons who are in need
OF such reminder. 1t does not seem a
long twelve-month since Washingto-
mans and n-Washingtonians trooped
through the greenhouses Of the De-
oartment Of Agriculture to attend the
tenth annual amaryllis show. Yet the
eleventh annual amaryllis show is
open to the public and will remain open
day and evening for a week. and no
doubt will continue so long as crowds
press for entrance and the flowers
bear the strain of being stared at.
The amaryllis is a stout-hearted and
strong-spirited flower, and bears well
the tension Of its annual exhibi.
tion. Botanists say that the show is
brighter and redder this year than
ever. There are considerably more
than thousand bulbs, and they aver.
age two stems to the plant and four
blooms to the stem. Not all of them
are scarlet or crimson. The amaryllis
specialists have been striving to pro
duce white blooms and have succeed
ed. Some of these pale members are
blooming among their ruddy, glowing
kin.
Evening star., 1924-03-17
BLOWING UP OR CHECKING OFF
BY JOHN CARLYLE

can and do leave ugly wounds If they
are not handled with judgment and
with care. There is no cure in a
quarrel. 1t is purposeless, fruitless,
hopeless.
We must all at some time or other.
many times. be face to face with cir
cumstances and situations that are so
irritating as to be next to unbear-
able. Anger is at the surface, ready
to take over everything. There are
three things we can do. We can sup
press it all and carry an inward
crouch. We can blow up in Quarrel
or fight. We can check it Off"
So many of us choose the first or
the second plan. So few of us check
it off. There is a distinct difference
between one state of mind and
another. SuppressinE cures nothing.
Blowing up affords only momentary
relief. But thinking the thing
!! through, however hard that is to do.
with all the self-control that we can
bring to bear-that cures and cures
permanently.
There is real healing in the self
control which enables US to think
things through and then, with utter
finality, "check or the anger for all
time.
Think over, talk over. Believe me,
there is no healing in a quarrel.
(Copyriht, 1924. by the Associated Newspapers.) }
Evening star., 1924-03-17
st. Patrick's Day.

People are honoring throughout
the world today the apostle and patron
saint of Ireland. st. Patrick. The day
is observed at Washington by the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
Ladies' Auxiliary Of that order, and
with solemn high mass at St. Pat
rick's Church. In other times, and in
addition to the usual religious serv-
ice, we celebrated the day here with a
parade. The St. Patrick's day parade
was feature which it was thought
would never pass away, and it was
with up an impressive yearly event.
Many Of our older citizens have
marched in the St. Patrick's day pa
rade. There was always a brilliant
show Of green sashes worn by the
marshal and his aides, and the green
flag with golden harp fioated beside
the Stars and Stripes and the band
played Irish tunes.
st. Patrick is one Of those i'm.
mortals whose spirits are marching on.
Though his soul passed to a finer
ago. his memory remains a force
among men. 1t may be that church
historians have the facts concerning
this remarkable man. but the secular
historians are at variance as to when
and where he was born, when and
where he diei and when he began his
mission in Ireland to supplant Druidic
paganism with the cross. There is
no doubt that he did that remarkable
work, and that his memory holds a
place secure in sacred and profane
history. He was a man of holiness
and grace, and must have been a man
of splendid will and persuasive and
organizing power. To contend against
the power of Druidism among the
Celts of Ireland, to win native princes
from the pagan superstition OF their
ancestors and to give thousands of
men knowledge Of God was the work
of a great man. Ordinary men do not
exert such power over other men. A
secular historian has said that at the
time Of his death Ireland was still
more pagan than Christian, yet he had
dealt a death blow to Druidism, which
was shortly to disappear before the
onward march Of the ideas he set in
motion. SXAI
Evening star., 1924-03-17
COURAGE
7 am the master OF my fate:
4 am the captain OF my soul"
-HENLEY.
Duse's Life of Sorrow.

Buses Life Of sorrow.
Trouble almost as deep as that of
characters she portrays has been the
lot of Signora Eleanora Duse almost
since her birth.
Daughter OF strolling players in
Italy, she endured hardships and pri-
vations while travelling with them
and others during her childhood that
seriously impaired her health.
First appearing as Cozette in les
Miserables" when seven years old,
she was star of the little troupe in
Francesca da Rimini" when thirteen.
Her Juliet, played when she was four
teen. was praised, but recognition did
not come before she was twenty.
When Turin approved of her, then
Florence, then Rome, and America,
England and the rest of the civilized
world acclaimed her art and her
applauded and royalty honored her.
Then to Paris. Invited by the "Df-
vine Sarah" to occupy Bernhardts
own theater she allowed her rival to
persuade her to play Camille" AS
this was Bernhardt's most successful
role, Duse's portrayal met with indif-
ference.
Welded before she was twenty
years old to Signor Checchi, an Ital-
idh dClOT-JOuTHdflSt, Sne was unhappy
and they were separated.
In the height of her career she met
Gabriel D'Annunzio, the poet. For
years she gave her life to his sue
cess. inspired him to great things and
presented his plays in way that
made them more than their merits
deserved. He tired of her, they quar-
relied, and he betrayed, in a novel.
the miseries of her life that she had
told in confidence. The shock was SO
great that for a time 1t was feared
she would not live. She retired to
private life and helped girls who as
pired to the stage and soldiers
wounded in the world war.
Finally her fortune vanished and
she was compelled again to appear
before the footlights. In Turin stu
dents enthusiastically took the places
of the horses and drew her to the ho-
tel. London audiences cried "Brava,"
and New York paid $4,000 the OPEN
ing night to see her, at sixty-four,
prove that hardships. sorrows, dis
appointments, ill-health and disillu-
sionment had not killed her powers
as an actress and as a woman.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1924-03-17

Many mistaken ideas have been
taken into the currency of common
thought. They are accepted at full
value. They pass for truth.
OF the false assumptions that by
everyday use have hardened into the
habit Of thought none is more false
than the belief that q quarrel "clears
the air" This sadly mistaken belief
in the cleansing quarrel is most
frequently applied to the domestic
lives and affairs of young married
folks. Elders hardly take the trouble
to warn young husbands and young
wives against an occasional quarrel.
It is almost as il they believe in
souabbles and harsh words as cura-
tive agents for inward grouches.
Poison must be removed from
wounds. Bolls have. to be lanced.
But there is no analogy in the life
Of the mind and the spirit. The
needs Of the body bod 10 and Se the met needs
same medicine.
Unless 1t be in the rarest Of cases
a quarrel does not clear the air or
hetter relations in married life or in
any other kind OF life. Every harsh
and wordy passage only serves to
separate those who should grow to-
quarrel is to make bad matters worse
and to add scars that are never quite
words are things. They are entities
Once we send them forth, we can
not have them back, not really They
Evening star., 1924-03-17
Writer Condemns Earlier Actions
of Country.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
An editorial in The Evening Star OF
March 13 headed american Dollars
for France" describes how American
soldiers saved France, and now Ameri-
can dollars are to be sent to her as
sistance. This causes ME to turn back
IA few pages of history. and 1 find the
Following concerning Frances seizure
of American vessels:
Report of Timothy Pickering, United
States Secretary of State, dated Janu-
AIRY Is. 1899: Those unjust and cruel
depredations on American commerce
which have brought distress on multi
,tudes and ruin on many of our citi-
zens and occasioned total loss of
property to the United States of prob
ably more than S20,000.000, besides
|subjecting our fellow citizens TO in
suits, stripes. wounds, torture and i'm
prisonment.'
A great deal more might be quoted
the ndignities France
visited upon American citizens. 1t is
all in history dealing with the early
period of this country.
Because of your editorial l wish TO
ask three questions. In the issue OF
account of how Senator Shipstead in
the Senate recalled that j. u. Morgan
& Co. loaned France S400. 100000" and
he wanted to know what part that
loan had in causing this country to
enter the war? So do l. Also ] would
like an answer to his other question,
if the loaning of s100,000.00O to France
will cause this country to take part
in the next European war? The third
question is Did j. p. Morgan & Co.
arrange for this loan to boost the
French currency because ]. p. NJ. &
Co owned a large number of French
bonds?"
Will you kindly state just what aid
France gave the United States to
cause this country TO send the flower
of our young manhood to France to
be slaughtered? Also to loan millions
of dollars to France? Was it because
of the indignities visited upon our
Icitizens in the early days of our re-
ipublic? was it because of France 5
Willingness to join with England dur
ling the civil war to disrupt this ma
|tion? Was it because of the part
France attempted to play when this
country went to war with Spain?
MARY DE WITT MARTIN.
Evening star., 1924-03-17

flagration promptly started a move
ment for the establishment of fire
company and a f1re-main system for
the county seat" The village should
have the usual small.town means OF
fighting fire.
Upper Marlboro is one Of the old
towns Of this region. On the organi-
zation Of Prince Georges county, in
1885. the court, according to county
historians, was built at Mount Cal.
vert, near where the railroad from
Washington to Chesapeake Beach
crosses the Patuxent, about three
miles southeast Of Upper Marlboro.
The town Of Upper Marlboro was laid
off in 1904, and it was about that
time that the county court was re-
moved from Mount Calvert.
At Upper Marlboro are the home site
and the grave Of DR.. William Beanes,
who was associated with the writing
Of 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" It
was to secure the release Of this man.
then prisoner on ship Of the Eng.
lish feet, that Francis Scott Key
went on board the English flagship
and was compelled to remain during
the bombardment Of Fort McHenry.
There are tablets ON the spot which
tell that the Marlboro High School oc.
cupies the site of DIR. Beanes' house,
that Gen. Ross made his headquarters
there on August % and % on his
march to Bladensburg and Washing.
ton, and that there DR.. Beanes was
taken into custody by the English
for causing the arrest of marauders
from the English army. Another tab
let tells Within these walls rest the
remains Of William Beanes. 1749.1S2S,
Prince Georges County Physician,
Planter, Patriot"
Evening star., 1924-03-17

The great transatlantic steamer
Or,iuna of the Royal Mail line Of Great
Britain is forfeit to the United
States-unless a fine of serious
amount is promptly paid. THE court
awards it and the law doth give il"
Possibly that quotation is premature,
for the court has not yet decided the
penalty. but already the officials OF
the Treasury and of the prohibition
enforcement bureau are confident that
the extreme penalty will be adjudged.
The charges are not only violation
of the liquor laws, but also of Gus
toms laws in entering goods not
named in the manifest and covered
by a customs officers permit to land.
For many months government op-
eratives have been watching the
Orduna, as she sold liquor at her bar,
while tied up at the dock in New
York harbor. The detectives drank
the LIQUOR so purchased while they
fraternized with the ships ofllcers;
But their evidence was not deemed
ADEQUATE until last week they bar
roined for $4,000 worth of liquor, and
saw it taken out of the stores ana
piled upon the deck. They accepted
forty cases of Scotch, seven and one
half of gin, five of wine, two or cham.
pagne. a case of cognac. 10y potties f or
ale and twenty barrels or beer; TOT
which they paid $500 cash. Ihai
was adj that their trucks would maui
in one load. In addition they bought
$3.50 worth of narcotics.
So much liquor made Conspicuous
nile as il lay upon deck. Not even
the captain in command of the snip
could overlook it. Patronage or the
bar for individual drinks mient no.
have been noticed by the captain, put
the Withdrawal from the ships seal,
cd stores Of this wholesale lot could
NOT he hidden. Seals broken? Testi-
nony Of petty officers indicates tnat
they had duplicate seals for iater
use. :a 1,x, ordar of
,rni4ed States District Attorney
hayward. who personally led the OF
ficers boarding the ship and SEEING
the "evidence."
The law provides that a ship so
seized may be delivered to the own
ar. nr;or to settlement OF the case,
under bond to the amount OF douoie
the value Of the vessel-not double
the probable fine, but double the
value of the ship.
The law does not specify that the
shin shall be confiscated as the pen
aIty for violation of the legal pro.
visions, in lieu of, or as additionai
penalty, but it is held as security TOT
the payment of whatever fine is i'm
posed by the court. In case the nne
is not paid, then the ship will be duly
advertised and sold at auction ano
from the proceeds of the sale, the
fine and court costs. together with
any liens against the vessel. will be
paid, and any balance Will be given
to the owners. All liquors, however.
are absolutely confiscated and de-
stroyed, regardless of other penal
ties.
4 X X X
When the Orduna was seized the
district attorney demanded bond of
SO, 900, 900, but the Department of JUS
tice directed him to reduce that de-
mand to s1,0oo,oo0 yet it is not clear
that the 15,o0o-ton modern vessel
could be replaced for only s5oo,000,
thereby justifying a bond of only
100000 (Section 26.)
1t has already cost the owners a
$50, 900 premium on their bond. and
the loss of all their store Of liquors
Evening star., 1924-03-17
Germany Must Pay.

A cabled outline of the report Of
the first committee Of experts dealing
with German reparations. Of which
Charles G. Dawes is chairman, justi.
ties the belief that Germany's days Of
artful lodging are about over, and
that she now must begin to pay. In
estimating the paying capacity of Ger
many the committee reduces the prob.
lem tos a very simple formula. 1t is
that the German people must be taxed
as heavily as are the peoples Of any
allied power. There is no attempt to
fix a sum total of reparations. That
is left to be determined by the future.
All that is insisted upon today is that
German capital and German labor
must bear as heavy a burden Of taxa
ton as is borne by the capital and
labor Of France, Of Belgium and Of
Britain. When they do that there will
accrue sums available for the payment
OF reparations, and these available
sums Will steadily increase as German
Evening star., 1924-03-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

@. Why is March II st. Patrick's
days. p. S.
A. The 18th of March is called st.
Patrick's day because Of its being
the anniversary Of the day of this
saints death. 1t is celebrated by the
Irish all over the world. Green is
worn on this day in memory of the
Emerald Isle.
@. What is the nag Of Afghanis-
tan?-B. G.
A. The Afghan nag consists Of the
following design: A mosque between
two triangular pennants, over a hve-
pointed star and inclosed within a
combination Of circle and hexagon.
all in nat white upon a black back
ground.
@. When was the Key Bridge in
Washington, D. c., opened TO trafic
and to street cars?-M. II.
A. It was opened to traffic January
II, 1923, and street cars first ran
across it on December 2, 1923.
@. What people belong to teh
Xanthrocroi and Melanchroi races
and what color are they?-A NJ. p.
A. Professor Huxley forty-five
years ago used these terms to desig-
nate by the former the. blond and by
the latter the brunette portion of the
Caucasian race.
Q. Where is the shortest railroad
in the United States?-!A +.
A. The shortest railroad reporting
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is the Durham IN. c. Union
Station Company. The road is sixteen
one-hundredths OF a mile in length.
Q. Do all the F1ofda Seminoles
speak the same language?-A. G. 8.
A. There are two distinct lam
guages spoken by these Florida In
dams. The speech Of the North Glade
Indians differs from that OF the South
Glade red men to such an extent that
an interpreter is necessary between
them.
Q. Please give some information
about the dead letter office.-M. n.
A The dead letter office is a divi-
sion OF the Post Office Department
under the control OF the fourth as
unclaimed letters, parcels. etc. are
sent from local post Offices. 1t re-
ceives about 16,500,000 dead letters
and parcels year. and 100000 post
general public through the careless
directing of such matter is about
100000 annually. No letters or pack
ages arc sent to the dead letter office
until they have been given a direc-
tory service at the post office to which
they are addressed. and all available
methods to locate the addresses have
been exhausted.
q. Can ocean steamers travel the
canals OF Venice?-E. c. T.
a. Steamers are able to traverse the
broad Guidecca canal The remain
ing canals Of the town are not suf-
ficienuy wide to allow the passage
or ocen-going steamers, though small
pleasure steamers do ply the larger
canals.
Q. What is the origin of the Lithu-
anians?--G. NJ.
a. The I.ithuanians are Of Indo-
concerning their early history. and
nothing OF the exact time of their
appearance in the country they now
inhabit. They are mentioned by
Ptolemy.
Q. How is cafe au lait prepared
P a. NJ.
A. Add five cups of hot milk to one
times the usual strength. This is a
pleasant change from the usual
breakfast coffee.
Q. Has Lima. Peru, tropical eli
mate "A. v. r.
A. Although near the equator, the
climate of Peru is delightful. A
Evening star., 1924-03-17
Centralized Welfare Control.

The nearly unanimous opinion ex
pressed by those attending the public
hearing before the Welfare Code Com
mission last Friday indorsed the
project oN N,entralizing control Of pub
iic welfare work in the District OF
columbia under a single directing
board. In this Endorsement the com
munity as a whole will most enthu
siastically concur.
The National Capital is deeply con
cerned that a system which has proved
itself as wasteful of energy, ineffective
Of achievement and conducive o1
acrimonious wrangling shall be
scrapped in favor Of plan recon-
mended by logic and experience.
1t is a happy fact that there are in
Congress today many who have ex
pressed a deep interest in the project
OF bringing order to the administration
Of civic welfare in the Capital of the
nation. and eventually making the
administration OF this phase of our
community endeavor IL model for the
nation as whole. To fail to take
legitimate. advantage of this fact woulI
be grave oversight on the part OF
those charged with the responsibility
of administering the welfare work O,
the District.
The present effort must not be per
mItted to slacken or fail. The project
of centralized administration should
be vigorously pushed. not only by the
commission charged with framing the
exact method. but by the united voice
Of the civic bodies Of Washington as
the commissions recommendations are
made public. Needed new legislation
providing with other things for
mothers pensions. a wisely located
home for feeble minded. effective
school-attendance regulations and q
wiser basis for Juvenile Court pro
cedure should be framed and urged
upon Congress as essential to placing
the Districts job of caring for its de
pendentS upon a sound basis.
No time was ever more auspicious
than the present for the solution OF
the problems involved. The code com
mission is to be congratulated upon
the methodical processes with which
it has operated to date; upon the prog
ress already made and the prospects
Of great achievement which lie
ahead. Let the city, in proffering
these congratulations, determine to
afford that wholehearted and uneni.
nous backing essential to the fruitio,
of the commissions carefully matur.
ing plan.