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New Britain herald., 1925-11-19

slruct'ng a government because OF
differences between General Sikorski
as war minister and General Pilsud-
ski, former president and chief OF
staff.
Several radical groups in the diet.
partisans OF Pilsudski, insisted that
Count skrzynski exclude Sikorski
from the new abrogation.
Efforts TO find war minister
pleasing to all factions proved fruit
less and Count skrzynski Informed
the president he was unable 70 form
a cabinet.
New Britain herald., 1925-11-19
Efforts Being Made to
Form New Polish Cabinet

Warsaw. Poland. Nov. 10 Up
Maciej Rataj, president OF the diet,
has been asked to form cabinet 10
succeed that Of Premier bski,
Which resigned last week.
Count skrzynski the foreign min
ister renowned the idea OF con-
New Britain herald., 1925-11-19
TO BLOCK
BUILDING BOARD
Continued From Second Page
interests Of our citizens"
Fire Board Turned Down

History repeated itself again a.
the meeting when the report OF tn
fire commission requesting that the
council give it permission to enter
into contract with the W. H. Nc,
Kay 10 have plans submitted for the
building Of the No, Fire Station
House in Belvedcre was voted dow
until such time as the commission
brings TO The council a more definite
report as to the cost of the construc.
lion.
This action was taken despite thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Spare the Sparrows
From the Fire Hose !!
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
l should like to be permitted to say
through the columns of your excel
lent paper that ! consider the order,
recently given by Commissioner Fen
ming, to have the birds roosting in
the trees on the Avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
doused with water from fire hose in
order to drive them from their perch,
4 most cruel and inhuman one, and
am sure that | voice the sentiment
of hundreds OF our citizens in pro-
testing against this outrage. Aside
from lis undoubted cruelty, the dous-
ing would do no permanent good, IS
other birds would come TO take the
places of those so ruthlesslv de-
stroyed, for they would not only be
driven from the trees, but as the
cowardly onslaught is planned to take
place after dark when the poor. help
less creatures cannot see to find
other quarters. they would either he
drowned by the flow of water or
dropping to the ground in their blind
confusion and terror. be trodden I'M
der foot by the pedestrian or run
over by vehicles. If Commissioner
Fenning has one iota of humanity
in his makeup. he will certainly re
scind this cold -blooded mandate.
ANNE II. CULLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Mistaken Mercy.

Another illustration of the weak
ness of the criminal laws of the
United States is furnished in the es-
cape OF Bum" Rogers, a notorious
gunman, robher and desperate, from
the custody of his keeper in New
York
Aided by confederates, who knocked
his guardian senseless as the train
which was conveying him back to
prison pulled into the One Hun.
dred and Twenty-fifth street station,
Rogers made a flying leap from the
platform and accomplished a clean
getaway.
Looking back over the criminal
record of this man. it can be seen
that the parole system in this case, as
In many others. does nothing but
thrust back on society the presence
OF an exceedingly dangerous char
acter
Despite the fact that Rogers crimi-
nal proclivities manifested themselves
when he was 10 years old in 1903 and
that he was sent to the protectory for
juvenile delinquency; that between
1906 and 1912 hesserved four terms
in the House of Refuge, and shortly
after that was sentenced to Sing
Sing for carrying concealed weapons,
Gov. Smith. in 1920. paroled him from
a twentyyear. term for robbery.
Since then he has continually been
sought by the police and arrested
several times. When he made his
escape he was facing an aggregate
of forty years in jail, but that Is not
as appalling as it sounds, because
he probably would have been paroled
again III a couple Of years and al-
lowed to continue his depreda lions
against society.
Abuse of the parole system Is one
of the greatest breeders of crime.
Crime can never be effectively checked
as long "a paroles are dealt out in
discriminatory. and inmates of prisons
are pampered ana petted. Stern
measures are necessary. and this spirit
of mistaken mercy should no longer
menace organized society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18

is strange that after working and
anter parts Of the town all day the
birds would want to come down to the
Avenue to spend the night, but II
they find the lodging to their liking
that is their affair. For the Commits
sioners to call out bands Of f1remen to
squirt water on them at night seems
cruel. And 1t may not have occurred
to the Commissioners that to q great
many taxpayers it seems ridiculous.
AT late accounts the birds have not
been driven off. Perhaps the authori-
ties might call out the police with riot
guns and slay the starlings in way
that is most attractive to some men.
There are a thousand home owners
III Washington who are ready to In
vite the starlings to spend the night
in their neighborhood. but II the
birds. for some reason men cannot
understand prefer to lodge on the
Avenue, there are ten thousand citi-
zenS who would ask the District au-
thorities to let them roost and rest In
peace. OF course it Is heard that the
StarltuGS are pests. Let a poor crea-
ture be denounced as a pest and the
cruelty in mob people gets busy. PEG
pie whose hearts are sound and kind
resent that the startling be called
pest If the pest business is not given
short shrift DOT hunters bean shooters
and the public authorities may de-
nounce the cardinals. bluebirds and
goldtinches as pests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
The Fort Dupont Tract.

Washington park system. under
the guidance of the National Capital
Park Commission, is being rapidly de-
yeloped. Purchase OF eighty acres OF
land comprising the historic Fort Du-
pont site, in the southeast section OF
the city. is but another step to add
70 the beauties of the city of Parks.
One sixteenth the size of Rock
Creek Park. this recently acquired
tract will develop into a magnificent
natural park, and will give the resi-
dents OF that portion of the National
Capital recreational playground
which will take It's place with the
best in the country.
Thoroughly harmonizing with the
broad plan of District development,
the Fort Dupont Park will eventually
be linked by a driveway with other
historic forts in and around the Dis
trict. In the southeast section alone
Fort Davis and Fort Stanton will be
joined 20 the chain which will com.
pletely encircle the city.
Preliminary development of the new
tract is now in the hands of the divi.
sion Of trees and parking Of the Dis,
trict government. Improvement has
already been effected, and further
Identification will be undertaken while
it remains with this department
Washington has been aptly called
the city Of Parks" Potomac and
Rock Creek parks are perfect models
of systematic and thoughtful devel.
opment Of land for park purposes.
They serve as a pattern to the rest
Of the world, and it Is doubtful whether
their beauties can ever be equaled
elsewhere.
In addition to these tracts Washing
ton is dotted with tiny parks Which
break up the ronotony OF streets and
houses. These small sites add immeas,
urably to the beauties Of the city, and
serve to spread the benefits Of park
development throughout the entire
community.
Great progress has been made. and
this progress will continue. Appoint.
ment of the park commission has
given impetus to the work, 50 that
Washington, under it's guidance, may
look forward to the elimination of the
broad scheme of park development
which has long been the ideal OF resi-
dents Of the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Letters to Santa,

The post office reports that Santa
Claus mail is heavy. Young Ameri-
cans-very young Americans-in the
usual and seasonal number are open
ing correspondence with the master
toymaker and the patron Of good chill
dren. In some cases the first letter
child writes is to Santa. The CORE
spondents differ as to the situation of
the gift plant or Santa's home ad-
dress. and some envelopes are marked
for Santa Claus in Greenland, Iceland
and the North Pole. It Is not neces.
sary that the town and street number
be put on the envelope, because the
toymaker is such a widely known man.
Really, a letter addressed Santa
Claus" or even Santa" will find out
the old chap as surely and swiftly as
though it were addressed Santa
Claus, 80 Degrees Lat, N" It would
seem that the postal people might be
confused over the two names. Santa
and Kris, but many of these postal
people were children at one time and
understand that the white-whiskered
chauffeur of q reindeer team answers
to both names.
A great many children are to be
congratulated on their knowledge of
Santa Claus. Really many of them
know more about the subject than
some upgrowtng boys and girls who
seem inclined to withdraw their pat
ronage from Santa Claus and pelt
mother and their particular old man
with demands for sleds, skates, auto
mobiles or one Of the innumerable
toys that are in shop windows. When
boy grows to the age when he pooh
pooh's or pouf-pouf's Santa Claus he
regards direct action on his own old
man as most profitable. And, Of
course, he gets part Of what he wants,
because the old man has a soft spot
in his heart about December 20. But
the hitler children who supplicate
Santa Claus get as good results from
their pleas as anybody else, which
tends to prove that Santa Claus is as
satisfactory a giver as anybody else.
Notwithstanding the growth Of his
business during the past centuries or
SO, and notwithstanding that he Is
without the terminal, switching and
railroad facilities allowed many other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18

manufacturers. he seems to keep UP
with the demands Of his trade.
1t is quite remarkable that this
man. who was a white.haired old man
when grandma was a little girl. does
not seem to grow a day or night older.
and that he keeps at his work as
brtskly as In other years. 1t is also
to be noted that. he gives his goods
away, notwithstanding the rise in pro-
duction costs and the difficulty Of
house-to-house delivery. There are
good many things about Santa Claus
that are mysteries to the very old
among us, but which are perfectly
clear to little children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Salvation Army and
Its Christmas Kettles
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star
In q recent issue of your paper |
was disnayed to read that the Saliva
ton Army has been refused the privi-
lege Of soliciting with kettles on the
streets of Washington for the benefit
Of its poor and needy. What Is the
Salvation Army? A religious body
that reaches where other aid societies
cannot. 1t seeks to rescue and aid In
time of need, working at times for
poor families where there is illness,
and not receiving any compensation.
In France during the World War 1t
was the Salvation Army that was the
first to feed our hungry soldier boys
as they returned home from battle.
These men and women. with their gas
masks on, made doughnuts and coffee
to serve the boys after their days
work. My son, my only one, mem
Der of Company G.. 105th Regiment,
9th Division, was severely gassed
September 90, 1918, in battle, breaking
Of the Hindenburg line. He returned
to the United States, but suffered for
five years, passing away September
Is. 1923. at Mount Alto Hospital.
Whenever reference was made to
the Salvation Army he would say.
Never pass them by" and 1 find writ
ten in his Soldiers Record" this
statement: II cannot praise the Sal,
walton Army enough for what they did
for US over there" And now, in the
Capital City of the Nation, they have
been refused standing on the streets
with their kettles at Christmas time.
They don't ask you for anything: they
don't have to; you know what the ket-
ties are there for and you willingly
drop in a coin.
Others are daily soliciting. doorbells
constantly ringing. and In the north
east 1t is common thing to be accost-
ed on the street by children asking
you to take a chance on something for
certain churches. and at the entrance
to the different Government buildings
on pay days 1t win be noticed there
are those, other than the Salvation
Army, who solicit aims. Does this
new order affect them? Or is 1t just
the Salvation Army? For shame.
Washington, You are the first city to
deny them privilege which has been
theirs for years.
EDYTH CAMPBELL HARVEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
The Dangerous Starlings.

What have the starlings done that
the Commissioners should call out fire.
men to drive the birds from their
roost by drenching them with water
at night? A flock seems to have
picked out certain trees on the Avenue
as places to spend the night. In the
code Of birds there is nothing wrong
about that and most men believe that
when birds pick out a tree to roost in
they do a proper thing. They honor
the tree and they show regard for, or
at least, confidence in, men by decid-
ing to spend the night so near mans
house. It cannot be that the starlings
stick around all day, because fiocks of
them are seen in the suburbs and coun-
try hustling for food and they have
something Of struggle to find 1t. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18

And Maisie would go. The god ont OF
| the machine would say. much as II
he had been speaking to a favorite
| dog, 60 home. Maisie." and Maisie
| would go.
Unfortunately for Mary. the only
god in Florida was realty. and she
! knew 1t would not help her much in
| the present situation. She sat fac
Ing the inevitable. in the shape of
| girl who had a will Of her own.
We'll, speak up-who are you?'
snapped the bedizened one. What
did you sit down here for? How do
you know my name?"
Il have been told I look like you
Mrs. Hennick."
The girl turned purple beneath her
| orange and red.
Say she said. half rising. What
you doing"
"Sit STILL" breathed Mary. softly
Il am trying to be your friend"
We'll, then. what's the good Of all
this mystery stuff? Why don't you
her seat. You seem to know all
about me. Maybe you could tell me
something about you" she sneered.
| Yes. / can. l want TO tell you
| about YOUR father"
What's happened to paw"
Nothing. He's just looking for
you. that's all"
What you so interested in me and
! Paw for?"
He hired me to find you
Well. you done 1t, all right. What
| do you get out OF II, you female bull?'
Maisie's use of the slang phrase
for police officer rubbed Mary ROGUE
the wrong way, but what could she
say? She had put herself into d po-
sition where she might expect any
| thing.
rs my dear husband helping TO pay
your expenses. too?" went on Maisie
mo. he IS not"
| II knew that--he amt got the
| dough"
| Your father loves you enough tc
want you back with him"
And you thought 1 would go?"
| Il hope you will
nothing at all to that, but sat staring
| moodily at Mary. At last she said
| You do look like me, you cute little
thing--like l looked once, anyway
You wouldn't believe that ! was as
fat as match once. myself, would
you? Say. how much did that dress
set you back"
"Fiftytive dollars, but"
| thought so. Say, ] ought L
hate YOU. but somehow I don't. Cues.
you got TO earn II living some way
Aren't you coming back to Wash
! inGton with me-"
Mary used her softest, most per.
suasire tones. with the accompani.
| ment OF the wonderful smile tina,
endeared her TO most people. Blu
her voice and her smile rolled off tbi,
girl like water off a ducks back.
Nothing doing. dearie," grinnee
Ma'sie. Il amt going back. saw
1 a show once-maybe you saw it too
Lilac Dominoe, or some such name
Had one of those lovely ladies sing,
Ing song about What You Do. Yo,
Never Can Undo 1 never forgo
that song"
What you do. you never can undo,
hummed Mary. remembering.
Yes. yes, that's It,"
| Come and go back to YOUR ole
father, who loves you. and who neyel
heard that song
They could hear the big clock ticl
on the wall. Tick tick tick tick
| Maisie Ball laughed. IL won't e,
ba OK she said.
You can't said Mary Roaue sud
| denly, with a catch in her voice. "Yo,
cant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Those Journeying East
Are Not Theosophists
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Permit me TO correct a misleading
statement which appeared in Tues
days Star, quoted from the New York
Tribune. 1t IS stated that thousands
of Theosophists are journeying to In
dia In anticipation of the second COM
ing of Christ"
Those who are journeying to India
on this errand are not Theosophists or
students of Theosophy, but members
of the Order Of the Star in the East,
which is not a Theosophicnl organiza-
ton. There is nothing in the teaching
Of Theosophy TO substantiate any such
claim as Is put forward In the inter
view quoted.
Theosophy Is not a belief or dogma
formulated or invented by man. but is
a knowledge of the laws which govern
the evolution of the physical. astral,
psychical and intellectual constituents
of nature and Of man. Theosophy is
the term given to Nine. Blavatsky's
restatement of unchanging truth. and
nothing in conflict with that teaching
is entitled to the name Theosophy.
ELEANOR NJ. HOUGH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
Better Books.
From the Wisconsin State Journal.

.
The information disclosed by book
seller as to the kind of books which
are most in demand for Christmas
presents will be gratifying to all who
desire to see good taste cultivated in
popular literature. It is said that the
best sellers are not trashy novels of
the type which formerly led in sales,
and that the beautifully bound and
printed, but rather empty gift books
which once Were popular are not
wanted now; customers instead are
calling for thoughtful fiction Of the
better sort, for works on travel, and
especially for books dealing with his
tory and biography.
Less attention Is being given to
binding and more to contents. Sew
change. One is that books cost so
much more now than they used to that
people no longer feel ashamed to
choose them for Christmas gifts. A
few years ago, the bookseller states.
when 1t was possible to buy a book for
about dollar, there were those who
feared they would be considered mig.
gardly If they spent no more than
that on a present: therefore, they de-
nanded the expensive leather-bound
"gift books" But now that a novel
costs 81 and non-f1ction as a rule two
or three times that much, there is no
longer that feeling.
Non.fiction is selling as well as
novels. This may be attributed to the
fact that the war and the succeeding
events have broadened the average
Americans outlook on life and the
world; at least. that accounts in some
degree for the demand for books treat.
ing of general history and the lives of
statesmen. so
Whatever the causes are for the i'm
provement of popular literary taste.
it is to be welcomed as evidence of
the spreading Of intelligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

.. What was the date of the fire
which destroyed some Of the buildings
OF Maryland Agricultural College, at
College Park, Md ?-H. L. S.
A. The Administration Building and
dormitory of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College were destroyed by fire on
November %. 1912. This school is
now known as the University Of Mary
land.
@. What is the membership Of the
Stock Exchange?-N. p. A.
A. On October %, 1925, the mem
bership was increased from LOO to
LIPS. In 1869 there were only 533
members.
Q. How does the seating capacity
Of all the theaters In Chicago COM
pare with that Of New York City?
M. C. P.
A. In Chicago there are 3s1 the
aters, with a total seating capacity of
285 900. In New York City there are
TAI theaters, seating 747.567.
Q. Do monkeys have to be quar-
antined when brought to this coun-
try?-M. A. A.
A. They are detained in quarantine.
@. When was Indian Territory set
aside?-W. o. II.
A. Indian Territory was erected Sep
TENDER 80. 1893, and set apart eXclu-
sively for Indians June 80, 1884.
O. Is 1t possible for the crew of a
submarine to escape from the vessel
while submerged by opening the con-
ming tower?-D. II. w.
A. The Navy Department says that
az a means OF escape from a subma'
rine, the crew climbs into the coming
tower and let's in air TO an amount
which creates a pressure greater than
that outside The coming tower is
then opened from the sea side and the
pressure Is so great that it shoots the
crew out of the coming tower.
Q. Please tell something about fav-
rile mosaic pictures. and name one.
M P. NJ.
A. Favrile glass is a variety of Fri
descent enameled glass, so-called by
Louis Tiffany. its inventor. in 1894. AS
beautiful an example Of favrile glass
as can be found Is the screen in the
lobby Of the building occupied by the
Curtis Publishing Co, Independence
Square, Philadelphia. Maxfield Par
IRISH executed the design. The Tiffany
Studios executed the screen.
Q. What was the weight of the
shell used in Big Bertha?-R. E.
A. The length of the gun was about
80 calibers, and It's bore 210 millimeter:
diameter. The shell weighed about
$50 pounds, and had bursting charge
of 33 pounds. placed in two compart
ments, separated by a metal dta
phragm. The gun had a striking We
locity Of . ,626 feet per second.
Q. Please tell something abou
Black Beard, the pirate.-J. T. c.
A. BLACK Beard" was the nickname
given to Edward Teach. He was borI
,, in Bristol. The date is not recorded
lie probably started out as a common
sailor and took TO piracy in 17l6. HI
was called Black Beard" from tht
length and thickness of his beard He