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Evening star., 1926-10-14
THINK 1T OVER
Statesmen and Bathing Suits.
By William Matlter LetOis,
President George Washington University

There is an adage to the effect that
no man is a hero to his valet. Its
meaning seemed clear as few days
ago / looked upon the picture OF Mus
solini in bathing suit.
Now / have admired Mussolini. 1t
has always seemed to me that one
could read leadership and power In
his keen, strongly cut face and in his
alert attitude. In the bathing picture.
the attitude. and the physique which
supplies it, let's one down. From the
shoulders up we still have leadership,
but we long for some one to throw
about those shoulders a toga such as
other great Italians of a bygone day
wore as they trod the Appian way.
A public man does we'll to cling to
his conventional garb as he shyly
faces the camera. We naturally ex-
pect Channel swimmers to be clad In
bathing suits as they smile at US from
the printed page. Those are their
working clothes. We would not rec
ognize Nurmi in anything but a track
suit, nor Tunney in a cutaway coat.
But q statesman! With apoplexy or
anemia stalking on his traili We
cannot glOrify him thus. It has been
tried this Summer. not only on the
shores of an Italian lake; but in At
lantic City, Palm Beach and Santa
Barbara Senators and Represent
atives and governors have joined the
dictators i'm gallant but hopeless
experiment.
Shades of the Roman Legion fall
gently upon Mussolini in bathing
tCoDyrirhs. 1881
Evening star., 1926-10-14
The Parading Princelet.

Agitation over the escapade Of the
young grandson of former Emperor
William, who recently took part in
reichswehr maneuvers, has not
ceased with the dismissal Of Gen. Won
Seeckt from the command of that
body of troops. Criminal charges
have been preferred by the German
League for the Rights of Man against
that youth for wearing the uniform
and usurping the functions of a lieu.
tenant. This organization. which has
not heretofore been conspicuous for
activity, as far as the dispatches
have disclosed, also demands the
punishment of Won Seeckt, of the
former crown prince and of the com.
mander Of the regiment in which
young William served. The law pro-
vides a fine of $50 marks for wear.
ing a military uniform without author.
iZation.
If this charge is pressed. serious
embarrassment may be caused to
some eminent persons in Germany.
Gen. Won Seeckt. it is understood
was quite innocent of any participa-
ton in the affair. He did not know
that the princeling had been made
a member of the regiment. He did
not know that back of his enlist.
ment was an intrigue by the wife
Of the former crown prince and the
cooperation with her of three gen.
erals and two colonels. Not until
after the maneuvers did he learn of
this. and when he was quietly pressed
to conduct an investigation he realized
that If he did SO he would stir up
a veritable hornets nest. So he kept
quiet, and then the antimonarchists
persisted and brought the matter into
Aha omen ana Door Won Seeckt. once
Evening star., 1926-10-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

telegraph Co. says that Mr.. McNa-
NEE receives no additional salary for
announcing special events of this
kind, as he is on its regular pay roll
and carries out whatever assignments
are given to him.
@. How deep is the water at the
brink of Niagara Falls. and how wide
are the Falls?-E. w.
A. The water on top Of the ledge
of both the American and the Cana
dian falls at Niagara Is 20 feet deep.
The Canadian falls are 1890 feet wide
and the American 1850 feet wide.
O. What causes pickles to shrink?
%. D.
A. Shriveling of pickles often oc-
ours when they have been placed at
once in very strong salt or sugar soiu-
tions, or even in very strong Vinegars.
For this reason avoid such solutions
as far as possible. When a strong
solution is desirable the pickles should
first be given a preliminary treatment
in a weaker solution.
@. When did Kipling live In the
United States?-,J. l.. n.
A. He visited the United States
| II. w. Valestier OF New York and
Q. Should evergreen trees be
pruned?-C. G.. III.
A. The Bureau Of Plant Industry
| says that pruning an evergreen tree
| is not recommended. as pruning Is
likely to spoil the shape of the plant.
In choosing plants for any particular
position they should be selected with
the thought of the ultimate height.
so that they will not need pruning.
| If they must be pruned. do 1t any
time except in the Spring. when the
tree is making new growth.
O. Please describe the material
used for Martha Washington's we'd
ding gown.-L. c.
A. When the Widow Custis' mar
ried George Washington she wore a
gown of yellow broCaded silk.
O. At what temperature does glass
melt?-H. w.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
| that the glass of which an ordinary
bottle is made begins to soften at
about 900 degrees G.. and continually
| becomes softer as the temperature Is
| increased until at about 1900 degrees
G. it is very fluid.
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Evening star., 1926-10-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

To realize the truth that with the
mind as with the body the ornamental
precedes the useful, he continued, II
| is necessary to understand that, from
| the far past down to the present, so
cial needs have subordinated indi'
vidual needs.
The chief social need has been the
control Of individuals. To get above
some and be reverenced by them. and
to propitiate those who are apove us,
| is the universal struggle in which the
chief energies of life are expended,
| Spencer declares.
This is one Of the most searchingly
| honest statements to be found IN
| books. and could only have been writ
| ten by a. man who had studied !:uman
nature deeply, not superficial.y.
1--WE are none of us content with
| quietly unfolding our own individual
| tiles to the full in all directions; but
| have a restless craving to impress our
| individualities upon others, and IN
some way subordinate them. And this
| is what determines the character of
| our education" So Spencer, speaking
| half a century ago Of "the rude, un-
| developed character of our education" "
| He wanted a standard of values; he
had a list Of them. for his own use.
and he set them down in plain order
/ for all of us.
On every side today, in great cities
| and small, we see Technical High
| Schools-Spencer had something to
do with putting them there, although
one will never find his name over
the doorway.
X + X 4
"It behooves us to set before our
selves, and ever to keep clearly in
view, complete living as the end to be
achieved" Spencer tells us. (The won
der of books is that man long dead
can still tell us somethingo
| To find out the knowledge most
| worth while, he continued. the first
step must obviously be to classify,
| in the order of their Importance, the
| leading kinds of activities which con-
stitute human life. This he does as
| follows:
/. Those activities which directly
minister to self-preservation.
2. Those activities which, by secur-
| ing the necessities Of life, indirectly
minister to self-preservatiofl.
8. Those activities which have for
their end the rearing and disciplinins
| Of offspring.
4. Those activities which are in
volved in the maintenance Of proper
social and political relations.
5. Those miscellaneous activities
| which make up the leisure part of
| life, devoted to the qualification of
the tastes and feelings.
When we fret because our broad
casting station ''goes off the air" on
account of an sos signal from the
| ocean, we are putting Activity No. 5
/ in place Of Activity No. 1.
The young man or young woman
x,yl1 Iar ocf tNf0 nj
proportion as to allow the fox-trot to
| take precedence of the path to the
savings bank is replacing No. (ac-
tivities which indirectly minister to
| self-preservation) by No. merely
miscellaneous activities which proper
| ly make up the leisure part of life).
No matter what our age, or how
good our Education" or what position
we occupy in life, each one of us can
| check up on himself by referring, now
and then, to Herbert Spencer's well
proportioned life chart.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
A Plan to Cure the Slums.

New York's tenement problem may
be ssolved II a plan which has just
been proposed by August Heckscher
after a study of conditions in Euro
pean centers of population, is adopt
ed and worked out to a conclusion.
Mr.. Heckscher, who has accumulated
q large fortune in real estate opera
tions, has become intensely interested
in the condition of the poor of Great
or New York, believing that many of
the evils from which that community
Is suffering, disease. vice and crime,
spring from the bad conditions in
which hundreds of thousands of peo-
ple are housed He recently went
abroad as special emissary from the
mayor to study European housing
methods in congested districts. His
plan for making over the East Side
Of Manhattan is to spend $100,000.000
q year for five years in the construc
ton Of model apartment houses, the
rents to be fixed not on the basis of
investment requirements. but on the
basis Of the income and rent-paying
ability Of the tenants.
1t is proposed TO raise the money
by equal participation of philan-
thropic citizens and the State. Mr..
Heckscher expects TO find five hun
dred persons willing to contribute
$50, ,00O,o a year. or 100000 each,
on the prospect of six per cent re-
turn, while from public sources a
similar amount is appropriated an
nually. The apartments provided by
this fund would be five stories in
height. possibly ten if a new elevator
device just being developed in Ger
many proves successful. These build
ings will be constructed around in
terror courts TO be treated as parks,
with fountains and play spaces for
the children.
Experiments in slum elimination
have been carried on in European
cities, but not with complete success.
In London enormous sums have been
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Herbert Spencer is one writer many
persons tend to shy at. Yet this dis
tinguished gentleman, whom America
befriended early in his career, has
many lessons for every reader.
There is no one alive, whether mar
ried or single, who would not be bene-
fitted by a thoughtful perusal of
Spencer's four essays on Education, "
published separately in magazines be-
tween 1856 and 1860, and brought to-
gether in book form shortly thereafter.
In this book one will find no men
ton of Spencer's theory of evolution
IAN integration of matter and con-
comitant dissipation Of motion, during
which matter passes from an indefi-
mite incoherent homogeneity to a def.
mite coherent heterogeneity."
Not at all.
Education" is a small book divided
into four parts, which one might read
lily read of sunny Summers after
noon. while sitting away out on the
end of the Steel Pier at Atlantic City
as one Washingtonian actually did.
"Educations is that sort of book
1t is not heavy" but it requires
some application on the part of the
reader, as every good book on a seri
Gus subject does, of course.
This is a good book. 1t gives normal
person a plan of life to which he can
look for help all his days. In this
era of often wrongly placed accents
when pleasure, fun" amusement and
so on hold first place in the thoughts
Of thousands upon thousands, a book
that puts things in their proper places
has it's value. Surely.
X Il X X
Spencer's Education does Just
What knowledge is of most worth?'
he asks.
Education is at best playing a losing
game, despite marvellous advances, If
the individual it attempts to teach
has no personal conception of what
1t is all about.
The average young man who reads
Education" is put in a position to
cooperate with his teachers, whether
they be at home, in school or in bust.
ness. He Is given a system whereby
he may plan, and a chart by means
Of which he can Judge.
Parents, too, who have the upbring-
Ing of little oneS-not wholly to be
foisted off onto professional teach
ers"-are put in better position to
help their children in that greater
education known as living.
Much that Spencer advocated has
been put into effect, so that the mod
ern reader must not be fooled into
regarding this book as "trite." When
written it was revolutionary
Many readers today are likely to
find it so, in it's application to their
personal lives. Education, forsooth,
does not end with school days. That
is a trite saying, too, but true one,
and fits in here; that IS why we use it
Spencer was among the vanguard
OF those who put the modern so-called
practical education" in the lead.
Among mental as among bodily acqui
sitions, he pointed out, the ornamental
comes before the useful. This was
especially true in his day-for we have
taken Spencer to heart! Surely.
X X X X
''If we inquire what IS the real mo-
tive for giving boys q classical educa-
ton, we find it to be simply conform
ity to public opinion he said.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
The Laws DELAYS.

An appeal granted by the Illinois
Supreme Court yesterday stayed the
execution of Russell Scott, sentenced
to be hanged tomorrow for murder
committed several years ago. This
action was based upon an alleged ir-
resulting In the sentence of death.
This case has attracted national at.
tention. The crime was committed in
the course of hold-up in a drug
store where the victim was clerk.
Scott, the present defendant, and his
brother Robert were the robbers.
Russell Scott was tried, convicted and
sentenced to hang. He won new trial,
at which he pleaded guilty, only to
draw the same sentence. A year and a
quarter ago. a few hours before the
execution, a reprieve was granted by
the governor on the strength of q
telegram purporting to be a confes.
sion of guilt by Robert Scott, then a
fugitive. This message was proved
to be a hoax and preparations for the
execution proceeded. Within an hour
before the time set the condemned
man won a stay by virtue of a plea
Of insanity and the grant by the court
OF an inquiry into his mental condi-
ton. This inquiry resulted in the
finding that he was deranged and he
was sent to an institution. A few
months ago he was returned for a
new sanity trial, was found sane and
was again convicted and sentenced
to death. Once more now he has
been saved from the gallows by a rul-
ing Of the upper court that the Sec
ond sanity trial did not follow the
proper procedure.
No reasonable doubt remains as to
the guilt of this man. The fraud
practiced in his behalf to stay the ex-
ecution in the first instance prac-
tically removes all question on this
score. The plea of insanity is taken
as in effect an acknowledgment of
guilt. Yet the invocation of abstruse
technicalities regarding the exact
forms Of procedure succeeds in stay
ing the execution of the law, probably
for several months.
Such cases as this promote crime in
this country. Regardless Of whether
capital punishment is justifable or
not. it is the law in Illinois as we'll
as in most other states in the Union,
and after fair trial which elicits all
the facts there should be no blockade
Of justice on the score of minute
points of immaterial procedure. Even
If this man is finally punished as the
law commands. the long delay will
have been immeasurably harmful in
the encouragement of banditry and
outlawry.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Q. What does the Russian word
"cheka" mean?-R. s.
A. 1t refers to the secret service OF
Soviet Russia. The name is formed
from letters of the Russian words
"chrezvychainaya komissia."
@. When did Nancy Hanks make
her trotting record?-T. C.
A. Her record was made in 1892;
time, minutes 4 seconds; distance, I
mile.
@. Who IS Psyche?-C. C. P.
A. Psyche is a personifled and
deified soul or spirit. the beloved of
Eros. Her symbol is the butterfly.
Psyche is always depicted as having
butterfly wings.
@. notice that people abroad use
their forks in a different way from
ours. Should Americans conform to
their custom when traveling?-G.
3. H.
A. From the standpoint of for
eigner, most Americans appear TO a
disadvantage while travelling abroad
because of the fact that the Amer.
leans either observe their custom OF
changing the fork from the left to the
right hand or they conform to the
European custom. Because OF lack OF
training, it is difficult for an American
to use his fork with the left hand.
The result is that he appears awkward.
Each traveller has to determine for
himself from which standpoint he OBJ
tects the least to appear awkward.
@. When does letter come under
the protection of tthe Government
when the stamp is placed on 1t, or
when 1t is put in the letter box?-C.
r. r.
A. The Post Office Department says
that mail does not come under the
protection of the Government until
it is dropped in the mail box. Simply
placing a postage stamp on letter or
package does not in any way insure
protection by the United States POS
tai Service, nor is the Government In
any way responsible for it.
O. Please give information concern
ing the star Betelgeuse.-V. +.
A. The Naval Observatory says, &C.
cording to George Ell,ry Hale, the
diameter of Betelgeuse is certainly
more than 100000 900 miles and PROB
ably as much as 215 100000. The Oil
ameter Of the sun being $4,000 miles.
Betelgeuse Is therefore roughly or
$50 times greater diameter and TO-
600 900 times greater volume. How
ever, It is supposed to consist of mat
ter in an extremely attenuated con-
dition. Though the weight of Betel-
geuse is now known, the fact that
no star whose weight has been deter
mined is as much as 100 times as
heavy as the sun makes 1t unlikely
that Betelgeuse Is heavy In proper
ton to its volume.
O. What is Graham McNamee paid
for announcing the world seriesT-
r. NJ. s.
A. The American Telephone and
Evening star., 1926-10-14
Europe's Steel Combine Raises
Few Fears i'm American Press

rangements as to trade or prices.
It can therefore be taken as assured
that the combine will be prepared to
meet British and American interests
wherever in the world there is
business"
AS to this the San Francisco Bulle-
tin AYERS that american manufac-
turers are not afraid of meeting Euro
pean manufactures in neutral mar
kets," and this paper considers that
the friendly European combine is, I'm
spite of the possibilities of cOmpeti-
ton against American steel in foreign
countries, among the best OF good
news from Europe" since "in the
long run II is the economic factor
that dictates modern peace or war,
and peace is the first dictate of eco
nomic wisdom" The Philadelphia
Bulletin thinks 1t problematlC as ''tO
what extent the consortium will affect
American export business" but sees
mo reason to fear that it will break
into our domestic market extern
sively."
SHOULD this prove the beginning
Of the economic and perhaps political
federation of Europe. it's effect upon
our country cannot be foreSeen," OBJ
it pictures q "Pan-Europe" with "al-
most as much land and twice as many
people as Pan-America,' which, IL 1t
ever came together as a single cOun-
try, would have "a domestic market
of 431 900 900 people, and a potential
producing organization of the same
size"
Should that day come. predicts the
News, America. now rejoicing in its
unequaled wealth and power. will
have a competitor" The Philadelphia
Public Ledger approves of Secretary
Hoover's course in calling "for full
investigation of the case to determine
whether the economic balance of the
world is injured or benefited through
the new factor injected by this
Franco German ConsOrtium.
Many newspapers take cognlzanCe
of the absence of England from the
agreement, among these being the
New York Times. which expresses the
opinion that England has more cause
than we have for viewing the new
steel trust with alarm. Her coal
strike has caused imports of iron and
steel, even for Shipbuilding. and has
laid her exports open to foreign inva-
sion." explains the Times.
The Asbury Park Press wonders II
'the recent meeting of Chamberlain
and Mussolini" may not he "the first
step in a counterbalancinG cartel de-
signed to weaken the central Euro
pean metal combine" and frankly dis
approves that country's playing off
the Franco-German agreement t6
strengthen its own ends"
Evening star., 1926-10-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Cla.sSiciSrn.

The olden days, they tell us,
Forever have been lost.
The modern days impel us
To a contempt of cost.
Yet now the garments 1utter
Revealing wondrous grace
Where tones musicians utter
Set a barbar'ic pace.
So, still we take our chances
Upon a classic plan
The woodland goddess dances
Unto the pipes of Pan.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
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Corn on the cob is said to be much
appreciated by Queen Marie. If she
can teach the epicures of this Nation
how to eat corn on the cob and still
appear as a representative of aristo-
cratic grace she will confer a favor
which society should never forget.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

The normal man enjoys the service
In demanding more work Mussolini
has hit upon subtle appeal to hu,
man pride.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

The Daugherty- Miller Jurors had a
most unwelcome experience. The
chief reward a juror can hope for is
free admission and a good seat at an
exhibition which is likely to provide
some new thrills.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

It becomes evident that more revues
are needed in order to provide suitable
Jobs for all the winners of beauty con-
tests in obscure communities.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Certain customs never change. The
tariff is still referred to as a highly
important issue and much of the soul
stirring political news continues to
come from Ohio.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

European walters refuse American
tips. American tourists should heed
the hint and save their money with a
view to loaning 1t in bulk.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Teapot Dome remains one Of Amer
ica's prominent bits Of scenery less
important in picturesqueness than in
historic interest.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Judge Mack held the Daugherty-
Miller jury as long as he could with
out unduly furnishing the majority as
innocent bystanders.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
hall was filed with fragrance and

IOVeTneS3.
At the time the furnishings of the
Page house on X street were sold, one
of the items in the catalogue was the
first sketch made by Mr. Millet for
the great ceiling painting in the Bal
timore cuStomhouse. 1t was in
scribed by the painter to his friend,
Thomas Nelson Page-a precious gift,
doubtless connected with the incident
of the floral tribute.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Senate rules are criticized. They
may yet demonstrate an important in
f1uence in affairs by making a Vice
President famous.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

Theft Of priceless diamond in
France calls attention to the fact that
in a financial crisis enormous latent
resources have been available.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

veloped a few wicked politicians as
well as many noble patriots.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

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Evening star., 1926-10-14
Call for Re'hearsals.

1t isn't so long till Thanksgiving
The leaves are beginning to fall
And life seems again worth the living.
It's sorrows are fieeting and small.
Let's be grateful for gold in wood
land
And harVestS so we'll under way.
We live in a wondrously good land.
Let's practice for Thanksgiving day.
You kin get a lot o good advice.
said Uncle Eben. but if you had
sense enough to use it, You could
have thought most Of it up foh yoh,
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