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Evening star., 1925-09-15

thing on the farm. To suggest that
the tournament horse should pull a
plow or get between buggy shafts was
an insult for which a man might
have to answer on the field OF honor.
A successful tournament rider was as
much honored in his county as the
most gallant fox hunter, and had a
higher social rating than the best
partridge shot or the best dancer. II
he also had q horse and buggy he was
as much sought after by lovely girls
as a young man today who owns a
swift-running and easy-parking car. 1t
was fame for \ girl to be crowned
queen Of love and beauty. She might
not be exactly that. but everybody in
the county knew that one brave knight
thought so.
In one of The Stars tournament ac-
counts Is a note that strikes terror to
those who cherish the classic tourna'
ment. 1t appears that the winning
knight crowned his wife queen of
love and beauty. The fear is that the
knight was subjected to some undue
influence. The wife is no doubt a
lovely woman and her husband is a
dutiful and obedient man. but ii shows
that something is wrong with the
tournament when a man crowns his
own wife. In Prince Georges,
Charles and ST. Marys Counties.
which are the real and true tourna-
ment belt. it was thought a little con-
trary to the code of knighthood for Sir
Arthur to lay the chaplet Of triumph
on the brow Of Lady Arthur. If the
knight were married, which was not
often so, il was considered a fine point
to crown as queen of love and beauty
the sweetheart of a knight who had
fallen in the combat, that is, who had
not caught enough rings. There was
a contrary opinion that a girl could
accept the crown only from her own
true knight. The question is too long
and hard for discussion in a news
paper, but it is one over which the
authorities on chivalry and knight
hood have argued in such tournament
centers as Port Tobacco, Leonard
town. Charlotte Hall, Piscataway and
Surrattsville.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
The Tournament.

Short accounts of tournaments have
appeared in The Star. and before frost
comes many fitting TESTS will have to
be reported. 1t is tournament time.
There may be men in Washington
whose education is so small that they
DO not know of tournaments. but they
have to come to Washington from less
favored parts Of the country. There is
only one section Of the United States
where the tournament reaches perfec-
zion, and that is the section on which
Nature has spread most Of her boun-
ties. Can there be any one so dense.
so bereft Of understanding, as not to
know that the part of the United
States into which Nature dumped her
richest gifts, watermelons, huckleber-
ries, persimmons. fox grapes, black
haws and tournaments, is that section
through which the Potomac runs? But
we of the Potomac country are broad
snough Of mind and merciful enough
Of heart to admit, for politeness' sake,
that beauty and other goodness may
be found In those parts Of the country
through which the Patuxent, Monoc-
acy, Shenandoah and Rappahannock
flow.
That the tournament holds it's own
In competition with golf, tennis, auto
races, airplanes and motor cycles is
testimony Of the strong grip that
chivalry has on our people. Knights
still come forth to mount a steed and
acouch a lance TO pierce a ring. The
bold and gallant successors to Richard
sa-oeur de Lion, Godfrey OF Bouillon.
Tancred of Apulia, Hugh Of Verman-
dois, Ivanhoe and other dashing fel-
lows will still shiver a lance for their
lady love.
One thing that strikes man as
extraordinary is that there are any
tournament horses left in Maryland
and Virginia, and that a knight will
ride a horse instead Of roaring
through the arches in Ford. But
smooth.going gait is needed for lane
ing rings Years ago a young mans
tournament horse was the best.kept
Evening star., 1925-09-15
The Aircraft Inquiry.

There is no impropriety, in fact
there is the best of reasons, in admit
: ting Col. Mitchell to the witness
stand in the inquiry into the Govern
ment's aircraft policies and practices.
However he may have offended in
breach of discipline and in insubor-
dinate statements, for which he will
be tried and, if convicted, punished,
he remains the actuating cause Of
this investigation, is, indeed, the COM
plainant.
The Presidents commission will as
semble in this city day after tomorrow
for the purpose of organization. 1t
will probably move promptly in the
work that has been assigned to it, per-
yhaps sitting in executive session to
determine the mode and order Of pro-
cedure. 1t will first of all dis
cuss and decide as to the question of
publicity of sessions. 1t Is assumed
that the testimony taking will be open.
A secret proceeding would be regarded
by the country as an effort to conceal
= the facts, whereas it is plainly the
Presidents wish that the facts be
known, not only to the executive
heads of the Government, but TO the
people.
1t may be that certain question s
relative TO military and naval secrets
will be considered behind closed doors
Even though these matters may be
known to other nations through the
activity of their agents-who, though
peace may prevail, are still alert in
.'research''-it would be folly to lay
all the cards on the table face upward
for the world to see.
The fullest possible publicity con-
sistent with the safeguarding of the
defense plans from universal knowl-
edge is required to restore public con-
f1dence in the strength and capacity
Of the Governments aircraft program.
Col. Mitchell has brought the matter
into the open by his specific accuse
tons of incompetence and error on the
7 part of those charged with the con
duct Of this branch OF the service.
Whatever may have been the inten.
ton as to the holding Of an inquiry
OF this character prior to the meeting
OF Congress, his criticisms neverthe-
less are the cause of its present under
taking. Whatever may happen to him
In respect to his military status In
consequence of his deliberate indis-
cretion, he stands in the eyes of the
country as the accuser who has
brought to a focus a question that
would have required consideration
even though the Shenandoah had not
met with disaster and the Pacific flight
had not been so near to tragedy.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
HOW UNCLE SAM SAVES
BY WILLIAM p. HELM, JR.

that, in turn, Is another way of saying
| that the taxpayer pays.
"A careful study" says the report
| made to the Budget Bureau, dis
closed that the overtime privilege was
| being greatly abused, resulting in
greatly increased expenditures and a
dissatisfied personnel. Overtime work
| is, therefore, prohibited except in cases
where substitutes are not available
/ AS result, 1t is estimated that the
demand on the Federal Treasury will
be lightened to the extent Of S293 900
annually hereafter.
In many cities the Government con
tracts with private trucking firms for
hauling the mails. Not long ago the
Post Office Department experimental
with its own trucks in a small way,
gradually extending the size of the
experiment, to determine if the service
could not be performed more cheaply
by Government-own and Govern
| ment-operated vehicles.
The experiment was a success. Bids
were invited for contract service in q
cities. beginning July l. last, and the
lowest offers made We're compared
with the cost of operating Govern
| ment trucks.
In these 81 cities, says the report to
the Budget Bureau, "the aggregate of
the lowest bids was 81 050. 500, where
Z
service, including operation, mainte-
nance and overhead, amounted to
$65S,016, a difference of $392.727 in
favor of Government operation"
Needless to say, the bids of the pri-
vate trucking firms were rejected in
toto.
On Basis of Costs.
Articles lost in the mail must be
paid for, of course, where such losses
are insured. That has been a big item
of expense in the past. Early this
year the department succeeded in
| making arrangements with big mail
order and other houses under which
| these concerns agree to accept settle
ment on the basis of cost of the arti-
cles, plus overhead. Prior to that ar
rangement such losses had been set
tied on the basis of the selling price,
including the profit to the mail-order
house.
1T is estimated says the report
covering this transaction. that these
| new agreements, Of which 6.291 were
| received up to June 16, will result in a
saving of $150,000 each year"
They are some of the big things
written in the postal service record for
the year. There are a host of smaller
| items, too.
One notes, for instance, that s115 is
saved on every carload shipment of
postcards from Washington to the Pa
cific Coast from the expediency of
shipping the cards in otherwise dead
head space in mail-storage cars: that
the substitution of No. . jute twine for
| No. / resulted in lowering expenses
$11, ,2o0 for the year: that the use of
brooms for cleaning the smaller offices
! instead of floor brushes cut expenses
by S598; that taking cash discounts
| resulted in saving of $S,s71 during the
year.
Buying electric light bulbs direct for
az post offices and stations instead of
from dealers saved $1,3S5.
And 80 1t goes. The amount varies,
but the story is the same. Twentieth
century ideas are finding their way
into the financial administration of
the postal service.
Copyright 1925)
Evening star., 1925-09-15
An Anti-Soviet Movement.

Word comes from Paris that in the
middle of November a meeting of Rus
sian emigres from all over the world
will be held in that city for the pur-
pose of planning a new offensive
against Moscow, with Grand Duke
Nicholas leading a fight for the over
throw of the bolsheviks. A secret
meeting of Russian refugees was held
in Paris a day or so ago at which a
committee of seventy-three headed by
Serge Tretiakoff, former president of
the Moscow Bourse, was elected to
perfect plans for the November con-
gress.
Evidently the secrecy of the move
ment is not effective. Publication Of
the plan for overthrowing the Soviet
has advertised to the world that this
movement, which has been brewing
for several years, is seriously under
consideration. Yet the circumstances
were probably well known to the Mos
COW commissars. Every prominent
Russian refugee has without doubt
Soviet. Grand Duke Nicholas. who
has been living in France, has pre-
sumably been watched incessantly
There is even likelihood that among
the seventy-three emigres named as
the organizing committee are repre-
sentatives of the Moscow government.
During the old regime, before the
Great War, espionage was brought to
a point of high efficiency by the czar's S
government. The cheka, or secret po-
lice, kept in touch with every revolu-
tionary center. So complex, indeed,
did the system become, with the de-
velopment of counter espionage, that
the real status of some Of the oper-
atives Of the cheka was mysterious.
Nobody knew whether they were at
heart revolutionists or government
agents.
In this present situation, therefore,
it is inconceivable that the triumvirate
at Moscow should not have full knowl-
edge of the plans Of those who aim to
place Grand Duke Nicholas on the
Russian throne in restoration of the
Romanoff regime. They have had
ample time to prepare against a re-
action of this character. Their danger
lies not SO much in any direct assault
by military force as in a spontaneous
uprising by the people in response to
an appeal for an overturn. The
Soviets have the military organization
to suppress sporadic scattered upris-
ings. It Is doubtful, however, whether
they could resist general revolt Of the
peasantry in all parts OF the country.
That there is bitter discomfort among
the peasants is well known. They
have been exploited and robbed. Their
sufferings have been in places even
keener under Soviet rule than under
the czarist regime. The only hope Of
the royalist reactionaries who seek the
overthrow of bolshevism is to appeal
to the slow-thinking, slow-moving
moujik in a manner to cause him to
arise in his tremendous strength on
behalf of his old enemy against the
newer enemy. the Soviet.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

ment must also be secured. with the
United States Government to be like
wise considered. There is. however,
little doubt of the securing Of such
permission. The question most seri-
ously involved was that OF obtaining
the assent Of the voters of Maine to
the sale of power outside of the State.
That having been given. the way to
the undertaking Of this gigantic
scheme to harness the tides for the
production of power is now practically
open. Thus the sea will be put to
work for man in a new role.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

rugby is not as rough a game as
American foot ball. and although
rugby still maintains the scrimrnage
and is not so much spectacular play
Ing. there is more teamwork in
rugby. An English rugby team con-
sists Of 10 players; an American foot
ball team consists of II players. Phe
, United States Foot Ball Association,
as well as the English Rugby Associa-
ton. is a member of the Interna-
tional Federation Of Foot Ball Asso-
Citations, which was established in
1904.
Q: How deep do submarines go?-
l.. p.
A. The test for submarine is 200
feet. Submarines are SO constructed
as to be able to go 100 feet deeper,
reaching a depth Of about 800 feet.
Q. What is the correct temperature
at which to pour babbit metal?-
r. K. D.
A. 1t depends entirely on the
brand or grade of metal. 1t Is said
that the point at which 1t will
brown a pine stick is the pouring
point.
Q. Please tell something of the
old-time samplers.-H. H.
A. The making of samplers was
part of every girls education until
the middle Of the nineteenth century.
The earliest of all known samplers IL
owned by the Essex Institute of
| Salem, Mass, and was worked by Ann
Cover, first wife of Gov. Endicott, in
| her girlhood in England. She came 10
| Salem in 1923 and died in 1929. The
| upper part consists of the alphabet
and the lower of various examples OF
| needlework.
Q. 1 have heard that orchids viii
no longer be the rare flower that they
are at present. How do you account
for the change?-C. T. G.
A British growers in Surrey have
discovered how to produce orchids
on the mass production principle and
how TO ger7ninate more than 20 seeds
where nature could germinate but one.
Q. How tall does corn grow
P. c. p.
A The stalk Of corn that took the
prize in a county fair IN Iowa this
year reached a height Of Is feet.
1.-THE Washington information bu-
redu IN hGvdlin0 the personal requests
for information from readers Of this
and other representative papers
throughout the country receives and
onstcers more mail than any concern
IN Washington ercept the GoUeT1t-
ment itself. This statement proUes
! hOtC popular this department Of The
Star is and iChdt useful purpose II
Is serVinp. II yon hare not tested ITS
| possibilities you are missing q lcorth-
tChile convenience and educational
| service. The bureau IS free TO oil.
Send in your question trith 2 cents IN
| stamps to couer the return postage.
Address The Star Information BuredH.
Frederic J. HGSkin, director, Washing
| ton, D. c.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
The Banquet Habit

A hero has ventured mid perils i'm
mense!
Oh, how shall we show that we feel
A gratitude vast and affection intense,
Oh, how shall we honor his zeal?
Shall we deck him with roses or
crown him with bay,
Or spread cloth of gold at his feet?
Nay. Let us proceed in a practical
way:
Let's all give him something to eat.
How often we've heard of the wolf at
the door
OF genius in all walks Of life.
The statesman leaves office but seldom
with more
Than enough to buy gowns for his
wife.
The poet and painter oft blow out the
gas,
Declaring that fame is a cheat.
So let's help the great ones along as
they pass
BY giving them something to eat
Evening star., 1925-09-15

.. How many States have PUBIC
land for homesteading yet?-H. M. s.
A. There Is public domain remein-
ing in 81 States.
@. Where is the largest steel plant
In the World?-W. P. s.
A. The largest plant converting pig
iron into steel Is at Gary, Ind.
Q. Are any naval vessels propelled
by compressed air jets?-W. ]. p.
A. The Navy Department says that
no Navy boats are propelled by COM
pressed air jets. This manner Of pro-
pulsion is not practicable except in
laboratories or in models. We are
advised that one ship could not hold
the amount of machinery required
to propel ship In this way.
Q. Where is the Dinosaur Monu-
ment?-P. T. D.
A. The Dinosaur Monument is IL
nearest rail approach is Watson,
Utah, on the Uintah Railroad.
Q. What proportion of the cotton
crop of the United States is consumed
in this country?-T. T. N.
A. For the last five years the
United States has consumed an av-
erage Of so per cent of it's cotton crop.
For the fiscal year ended June 80 last
the percentage was 43. Prior to 1914
the average domestic consumption
was 81 per cent Of the crop.
Q. Is Robert NJ La Toilette, jr., a
Republican?-D. S.
A. Robert NJ. La Toilette. 1r., is a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for the United States Senator in
Wisconsin.
.. Is glass everlasting?-H. F.. K.
A. Glass would slowly disintegrate
when buried. especially in moist soil.
The action on the glass would be due
primarily TO water and alkaH. The
disintegrating action would vary with
the composition or character of the
glass and the conditions that obtained
in the soil. This action would prob
ably be extremely slow with any glass
and it would probably be centuries
before some glasses would be com
pletely disintegrated.
Q. Who was the first Governor of
Nebraska &C. V. NJ.
A. The first Governor of the Ter
ritory of Nebraska was Francis Burt,
1854. The first State Governor was
David Butler, 1871.
Q. How does cabbage compare in
food value with potatoes, onions, to-
matoes and spinach?-M. G.
A. Cabbage contains $50 calories
per pound; white potatoes, 2s5;
onions, 1870; sweet potatoes, 440; to-
matoes, 100; spinach. 95.
Q. What is the difference in the
rules of foot ball and rugby
c. w. w.
A. There Is no difference in the
rules of American foot ball and
rugby. However, there is a slight
difference in the play. For instance,
Evening star., 1925-09-15
In the Walks of the Worldly

Did that young woman make an
advantageous match from a pecuniary
point of View"
"How can she tell?" responded Miss
Cayenne. She has been married such
a little while that she hasn't begun to
think of alimony."
Evening star., 1925-09-15
ExcusabIe Resentment.

It's really provoking" said the
fond mother. Baby always cries
when We have company"
well" answered Mr.. Groucher,
"you can't blame children for disliking
company. II it weren't for visitors
they wouldn't have to recite or play
pieces on the piano
Evening star., 1925-09-15

British labor is reported to be drift
ing toward radicalism. But to every
probably test will show a large con-
servative wing strong enough to keep
the labor body from Hopping complete
ly over to sovietism.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Climatic EthnOlogy.

THE glorious Indian Summer will
soon be here said the enthusiast.
Indian Summer doesn't make much
figuring on the price per ton. What
gets on my mind is the possibility Of
an Eskimo Winter
Evening star., 1925-09-15

China is on such vast scale that
it is necessary to report the latest dis
aster there, due to the flooding Of the
Yellow River, in terms not of lives
lost but of villages submerged, LOO
having yielded to the flood.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Report comes that the wreckage Of
the Shenandoah has been nearly
cleared away, thanks to the ghouls
who looted the debris before the great
airship had ceased to quiver from it's
tragic fall
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Comdr. Rodgers doubtless appre-
ciated a good drink of fresh water
much more than his promotion to even
higher responsibility than flying to
Hawaii.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Washington's pennant-seeking ball
team having developed a case Of tenn
permanent on the eve Of the de-
cision, the season may be- consider 4
as n every respect normal.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

The fact that a Washington motor
for driving without a license indicates
that the law is at least patient, if not
drastic.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

AS Mr.. Magillicuddys athletes con-
tinue to lose games Mr.. Harris pen
nant chasers more surely acquire the
pose vernacularly known as sitting
pretty.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Disappointing.

The pumpkin is most fair to see.
For yellow luster you can't beat it:
Perhaps that's why it seems to be
A gold brick" when you try to
eat it.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Representative Britten returns from
Russia calling the Soviet leaders
harsh names. Something evidently
went wrong with the official sight
seeing schedule.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Tomorrow ends a campaign for the
mayoralty nomination in New York
which has set record for the use of
the short and ugly word.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

other topics innumerable play leap
frog here in a swift-moving procession
of acrobatic quality-all exciting. the
most of it substantial despite it's rapid
fire decisions. tremendously stimulat-
ing and provocative as q whole.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Some of the income tax payments
now being reported are so small az to
cause wonder whether they pay the
cost Of collection.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Prediction is made that this seasons
theatrical productions. will be less
pornographic, though it is not assured
that they will be more dramatic.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Speed.

From the Sandusizy Register.
This age is so fast it has TO reach
backward to grasp time by the fore
lock.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited 10 II or pot otherwise cred
I'D tn this paper and also ths local news
of epecial dispatches herein ara also reserved
Evening star., 1925-09-15

At least PN-9 No. 1 proved sea
worthy, despite Col. Mitchell's criti-
cism.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Small Cause, Big Effect.
From the Altoona Mirror.
1t doesn't need a large compliment
TO swell Q small head.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

"A busy man." said Uncle Eben. lis
likely to be unpopular. He's allus
gittin' in de way Of somebody dat
wants to loaf"
Evening star., 1925-09-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Surrounded.

Don't you know that there are
microbes all around us?" said the
scientific alarmist.
II don't care" answered the man
who dislikes noise, 80 long as they
don't crow at o'clock in the morn.
ing"
Evening star., 1925-09-15

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn
lnE edition. is delivered by carriers within
ths city at 90 cents per ponth da1iS nts om,y:
Is cents per month: Sunday only. 70 cents
per month. Orders may 30 sent by mail or
telephone ain 1000. Collection Is made oy
carrier at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.

All Other States.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

"A little nonsense. now and then,
is relished by the best of men, and,
az Roy Octavus Cohen would say,
one of them you is which,
Evening star., 1925-09-15
Cut Down Overtime.

Having doctored the sick to the ex-
tent of saving $1,500,000 to taxpayers
annually, the money-savers turned
item in the Post Office Department
overtime. For that, in the postal
service, the Government pays. And
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Business once:
11th 20. and Pennsyly yania Ave-.
CHICAGO once: Tower BUILDING.
European ONCE: 10 Recent St. LONDON.
ENGLAND.
Evening star., 1925-09-15

Il am quoting this masterpiece
from memory, and perhaps inaccu-
rately: however. you doubtless catch
the depth of feeling and lofty flights
Of fancy it contains, and doubtless
you will not forgive the frivolity of
your correspondent in indulging in
memories of the past at the expense
Of your valuable time.