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Evening star., 1927-04-21
Amateur Sport.

The United States Golf Association
has gone the United States Tennis
Association one better In it's inter-
probation of the amateur rule. Yes
terday the former body after long
and intense deliberation barred Mary
K. Browne from amateur golf COM
petition on the ground that as a
professional tennis player she had
acted in a manner detrimental to
the best interests of the game" In
making this ruling the golf associa-
ton has put to shame the narrowness
of the tennis body which last Fall
refused to rank Vincent Richards as
number one amateur tennis champion
Of the United States simply because
after completing his season as a
simon pure" he turned professional.
1t is very beautiful idea that
amateur sports should be indulged in
only by those who are SO well blessed
with the worlds goods that the mere
idea of engagement in gainful occu-
pdllbiiS %oi4 bS ooANC oo wv
trivial to think about. Unfortunately,
however, there are few people who
reach championship heights in any
line of sport who are wealthy enough
TO forego work, or who can make
their living during the short periods
in which they are not engaged in
tournament play or practice.
There are few business endeavors
which to be successful do not claim
more of champion athletes time
than he can possibly devote to them
/ and still remain a champion. AL
| though the tennis association will not
allow its members to write for news
papers for compensation because il
believes that the name over the story
| is being exploited, it does not frowr
| if its members should sell insurance
apparently believing that the anna
teurs name, while being deciding
factor in newspaper work, is of M
| importance in the salesmans field
The latest action of the golf asso.
ciation takes away Miss Browne,
Evening star., 1927-04-21

amateur status because shs found u
necessary from financial standpoint
to play professional tennis. She has
never played professional golf. nor
so far as is known, has she done any
thing In a golfing way to imperil her
amateur standing. Yet, because she
realizes on her athletic ability in a
totally different way, she is arbi-
trarily eliminated from the ranks of
amateur golfers in which she has
been a predominant figure for more
than fifteen years.
1t is apparent that the governing
bodies of these two sports should
broaden their present limited horizon
and bend their efforts to keeping the
games free from taint of profession
alism-that is, accepting money for
playing amateur golf and accepting
money for playing amateur tennis.
This amateur question when carried
to the lengths of recent decisions is
an absurdity and it is high time that
a tolerant and helpful attitude should
replace that which can only be
termed tyrannical and arbitrary.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

dragged over our hose and watered 1t
| good one evening.
This lawn went into the Winter
looking none too good but sprang up
| in fine shape as early as February
and already has had the lawn mower
| run over 1t.
There is not enough grass in our
yard to even think about cutting yet.
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The point, as we see it, was that our
neighbor's grass had to rely on itself,
| so sent it's roots down deep and man
aged to pull through.
| The timely aid we gave it helped It,
and thus would seem to be a good
| thing in an emergency. But un'
| doubtedly the proper procedure is to
| let a lawn take care of itself in so far
as possible.
This will not mean, evidently that
| 1t shall not be watered If 1t begins TO
| look brown. 1t does mean, however,
| that there shall be no set program as
| to sprinkling, no matter If one does
| fondly imagine that he is pouring the
whole Potomac River on his back
| yard.
Our proceeding this Spring and
Summer shall be as follows:-
l. Let Nature take care of the grass,
| in so far as possible.
2. Never water artiticially except
when the grass begins to turn brown
during extremely dry weather.
3. Trust to normal rainfall.
d. Cut the grass once a week up
until as late as possible.
5. Forget it!
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To us, who have spent so much
o.: rIc
seems absolutely callous.
Yet we are thoroughly convinced
that we have hit upon the secret at
last-a secret which eluded us De
cause we misgauged through water
ing" ..
In other words, such watering is
possible to Nature alone. Probably q
man would have to stand all day long,
with an average "a inch hose, and
then he would not get the rain down
where. it belongs.
This non.watering campaign will be
tried out to it's fullest extent and the
results tabulated here next year, II
respective of results. There must De
some simple reason why Fellow
who potters around over his grass so
much doesn't get the results he ex-
poets, and we believe that we have
hit upon the reason at last.
1t was so plain we overlooked it!
Those roots must go down deep to
withstand the Winter, and the only
reason they will go down is because
water is down--not up. If water IS on
the surface, or comparatively near the
surface the roots and rootlets will
grow shallow.
The only way to keep the water off
the surface is not to use the hose!
Here what we have been regarding as
the best friend of the grass suddenly
turns into it's worst enemy. The
trusty hose has been misapplied. It's
function is to augment Nature, not
try to take it's place. The error is en-
tirely our own, not the grass or the
hoses Henceforth we shall save our
self trouble and help the grass by not
watering it. We always did look upon
sprinkling as more or less Of d
nuisance, anyway!
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Scrambled Eggs.

The annual White House egg
rolling festival is over for another
year. Gardeners and laborers strove
manfully yesterday to clean up the
mess. BY today tired, tangled nerves
of children and of parents are pretty
well smoothed out. The White House
end other police are getting back to
Hormalcy.
There may once have been good
Season for holding this particular af-
fair on the grounds of the White
House. Originally it was a quaint and
rather pretty custom, probably Of
Dutch origin. which took root on this
side of the ocean. There is nothing
pretty about it now There is no fun
in it that can be discerned, except for
those who love iostling packs Of peo'
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Washington in 1928.

A sound suggestion is advanced by
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia that
Washington be chosen by the Demo-
cratic party for it's national conven-
tion in 1928. Senator Glass is a
national committeeman from his
State and will have a vote on the
question when it is considered at the
meeting held in this city next Decem-
ber to arrange for the great gathering
In June. His vote, of course, will not
carry the motion alone, but the argu-
ments which he presents before the
committee should have great weight,
especially in view of the fact that
numerous cities in the voting areas
will probably present invitations.
The proposal of Washington for the
national convention has gained
strength from the unhappy experience
of the Democratic party in 1924
New York entertained the party then,
and the local influences undoubtedly
aid much to protract the proceedings
and to add to the confusion. In this
city there would be no organized
partisanship. The delegates from the
States and the District itself would
meet without any clamor of voting
unofficial attendants. The fact that
neither of the major political parties
has ever held nominating conven-
tion in the National Capital does not
Justify an indefinite protracted rejec-
tion Of this city as an appropriate
meeting place.
Washington now has a suitable
establishment for the housing Of the
national convention. Other cities
have larger halls, but the success of
b convention does not depend upon
the size of the audience. Indeed at
times a great gathering of spectators
has proved a serious handicap. The
larger the gallery" as rule the
greater the difficulty of proceeding to
D satisfactory choice of candidates.
While Denver. St. Louis, Kansas
City, Chicago. Cleveland, Louisville
and Indianapolis are already bidding,
well in advance of the national
eommittee's December meeting, the
claims of Washington should be borne
In mind. Senator Glass has rendered
his party a service by making this
Suggestion in good season, and it is
10 be hoped that 1t will bear fruit.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

pie. II is almost a safe bet that the
honest opinion of any child who has
been through it would be one of dis
appointment. The average child who
has gone once does not care to go
again.
1t is a carnival of pushing, pulling,
yelling; of bruises and scratches; or
lost and fearful children and distracted
parents; of curiosity seekers who bor-
row children to gain ingress; Of
crushed eggs, fragments of papers,
lost articles and undesirable excite
ment. Any hygienist will freely de-
clare that dangers to the health of
the community exist in such a close
conglomeration. Each year vt is more
crowded and the situation is more
difficult. No real game can be played
with eggs.
Most Presidents and Presidents
wives are kindly persons who hate
the idea of disappointing youngsters.
Yet IL is a silly custom at best, and
particularly silly to hold it on the inn
maculate lawns of the first residence
of the land There is no point to 1t.
1t should be cut out. Some day it will
be cut out, and, furthermore, 1t VIII
never be missed. Let the affair take
the form of a country picnic by the
family or by small groups of families
or friends. When the present form
of celebration has gone into the limbo
of discarded and mostforgotten
things the public will wonder why 1t
was persisted in and tolerated so long.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Sayagery in Mexico.

! Though by exceptional chance no
American was injured on the train de-
ktroyed by Mexican bandits, or rebels,
In the Mexican State of Jalisco Tues
day night, intense indignation is caused
in this country by this unparalleled
kct of barbarism. The train was de-
Failed by a band of armed men,
and when the military guard tried
10 hold off the attacking forces a bat
lie ensued which lasted for some
time, with the defenders of the train
finally overcome. Then ensued one
Of the most fiendish deeds ever per-
petrated. The passengers, who had
been shot down as they tried to flee
and who were unable to escape, were
locked in the cars. which were then
BET afire. The accounts do not give
p complete report Of the casual.
hes, but upward OF one hundred, it
Is believed, were slain, either by rife
and pistol fire or in the flames.
1t was needless for the political
opponents of President Gales in
Mexico to engage in such an act of
bavagery in order to demonstrate that
a revolt is in progress. 1t is not a
formally organized revolt, but it is
nevertheless definite armed dissent
IT is making no progress, but 1T per-
sists in the wilder regions of the
country where guerrilla bands have an
advantage in mobility and evasion of
pitched battles This is the second
train attack that has taken place
within a few weeks, and in the former
one there was only one death. This
time the slaughter reaches such pro
portions as to shock the world.
It is surely the poorest sort OF
tactics for the opponents of the Gales
administration in Mexico to engage
in bsrbarities which have no con-
ceivable Justification from a military
point of view, and which will only
effect a sterner determination on the
part of the established government
TO maintain itself. Sympathy is GER
tain to be alienated from any cause
that engages in such hideous out
RACES.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Challenges Writer
On Crime Statement

To the Editor of The Star
In Friday nights "Star" the letter
from Mrs. r. E. Trice contains in it's
last paragraph an inference that the
press is less interested in 37.7 per
cent reduction in crime than in certain
other facts. 1 challenge the justice
of this implication against the press of
our country.
Perhaps the Indifference of the press
towards the certain figures selected
by Mrs. Trice for her purpose is be-
cause of the fact that the press knows
it is easily possible to procure figures
which if properly selected will prove
almost anything.
Perhaps it is because the press
knows that the United States Depart
ment of Justice gives figures (see Con-
gressional Record, December 80, 1924,
pages 1043-4) showing that the total
number of commitments to the Fed
eral prisons increased a little over 169
per cent between 1912 and 1923, the
figures being: For the year ending
June 80, 1912, 1,343 commitments to
the Atlanta, Leavenworth and Mcneil
Island Prisons, and for the year end
ing June 30, 1923, 3,615 commitments
to the same prisons.
Perhaps it is because the press knows
that figures given out by Edward II.
w nyle, Sldl6 pdTOl6 OIIlCRr OIL 1duIOT-
mia, and over the signature of the
California State Board of Prison Di-
rectors, on December Is. 1925, show
that the 20 States which had then fur
nished reports for Mr.. Whyte's use
show an increase of Sd per cent in the
commitments to State prisons in the
first five years after the Volstead law
went into effect The figures show
the total commitments in 1919, the
last pre-Volstead year, as 1885, and
for 1925 the total was 22,292.
Perhaps the press has also noted
figures by the United States Attorney
General which show that between the
same years, 1919 and 1925, the com
mitments to all the Federal prisons of
the United States increased 8.8 times
the concurrent increase in the popu-
lation of the United States.
In other words, perhaps the press
is willing to face the facts, and hence
is not overenthusiastic about de-
crease in crime which is, in fact, an
appalling increase. c. l., CHAPLIN.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
The Jury System.

Two instances Of the weakness OF
the jury system of this country are
afforded by trials now in progress, one
civil proceeding in Detroit, and the
other a criminal case in Greater New
York. In the Detroit case, after sew
eral weeks of testimony taking, it is
alleged on the part of the defense
that a woman member Of the jury
is disqualified on the score of impair
tiality by reason of an interview given
by her during the trial TO news
paper, and of other actions and eX-
pressions indicating partiality for the
plaintiff. A mistrial is likely to be
the result, causing a long delay in the
settlement of the suit and imposing
heavy expenses on both sides. In the
Greater New York criminal trial, after
three days only four jurymen had
been selected out of 100 examined as
talesmen.
This New York case is not eXcep-
tional, The crime itself was shocking
and notorious. The story Of the find
ing of the victim and the prompt cap
ture of the slayer and the involvement
Of the victims wife as party to the
murder plot attracted general atten-
ton, not only in the neighborhood OF
the crime but throughout the country.
The circumstances of the case are
such that people formed their opinions
upon it readily. 1t was to be expected
that practically all of those summoned
as possible jurors should have had
opinions. Yet under the law tales
man TO be eligible as a juror must
have an unprejudiced mind. To find
twelve persons in a case of such
notoriety who have not reached at
least a tentative conclusion is next to
impossible. The best that can be done
is to select jury composed or those
who are willing to waive their pre-
conceived notions, and thus to take a
chance on overcoming their early
Judgment by the presentation OF evi'
dence.
In these days of swift and COM
pIete publicity regarding crimes the
selection of jury is almost certain to
be protracted and expensive. In New
Jersey the law permits the selection
of a "struck" jury in short order.
The presiding judge may excuse any
person who has unshakable prejudice
against the death penalty or for any
other obvious cause of ineligibility.
Thus jury choosing in that State is
a speedy procedure. Results do not
suggest that the New Jersey process
is less conducive to justice than the
prolonged course Of jury choosing
elsewhere.
The known facts in the New York
case are so plain that the trial which
began on Monday should have been end
ed this week. Indeed if the case had
arisen in England in all likelihood the
three days that have here resulted
only in the selection of one-third of
the jury would have seen the trial
concluded with a verdict. Perhaps
this waste of time incident to the first
stage of the administration of justice
has something to do with the preva'
lence of crime in this country.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Grass holds the attention of the gar
| dener at this time of the year.
In every community you will see
| lawns of two sorts now, good ones
and bad ones. The queer thing is that
those who have the best grass now
paid the least attention to it last sum
meT.
Those who had fine lawns during
the hot months, this Spring possess
bare ground, sparsely populated with
the children of the grass.
Why is this?
It might seem, at first glance. that
too much care is not good for green
sward. much as coddling of children
is perhaps not good for them"
Yet how can this be? Proper NOW.
ing, tremendous watering, adequate
fertiIization-are these steps wrong?
They cannot be, in the last analysis,
Care is care, and all plants need it
except few hardy varieties.
Then there must be some eXplana.
tion for lawns that die out each Win
ter Something that has been done
has been done wrongly. The explana-
ton that much grass is Summer
grass" does not explain adequately.
Can it be that what one prided
himself on doing so we'll and so ade'
quately--thorough watering--was, in
fact, merely skinny watering?
May not even two solid hours of
sprinkling each evening be far, far
from enough?
X
AS strange as it may seem, this
thought just occurred to us the other
day, after several years spent trying
rs ptYt hpf NO
with our lawn methods.
Now, we had read many times the
statement in garden books and maga-
zines that mere "sprinkling" of grass
was much worse than no watering at
all, since it caused the roots to grow
Just under the surface, leaving them
exposed to the first freeze of the
Winter.
Thorough soaking of the ground,
on the other hand, the experts" said,
caused the roots to go deep. seeking
out the moisture that lies far down
even in the dryest weather.
Believing in this advice, we had
done our best to comply with it. We
turned the hose on and let it run for
two solid hours or more every time
we watered.
Surely, we thought, in our inno-
cence, this is getting the water down
deep!
AS a matter of cold fact. we still
We're just "sprinkling'!
X X X
The thing is almost proved, to our
mind, by contrast.
A neighbor, in the Government
service, was ordered out of town for
field service during July and August
His back yard had been sodded two
years before. Good sod is preferable
to seeding any day, if you ask us.
But more of that later.
While he was away boy under
took the care of the lawn and cut 1t
when he thought of it, which was
none too often, and watered 1t not
at all.
That back yard received practically
no care at all During one extremely
hot spell the grass turned almost
brown, which, upon seeing, we
Evening star., 1927-04-21

The Columbus Ohio State Journal
even holds that ''the average young
woman is more mature at 21 than the
average young man."
Expressing the opinion that It lis
not at all likely that England will re-
gret their equality" the Albany Eve
ming News. nevertheless, asks, What
effect will their majority have on great
questions. what effect may it have on
military and naval policies?" The Al
bany paper believes that probably
women will vote just about as men
vote"
The Charleston Daily Mail empha.
sizes the opinion: "Of more than Brit
ish Importance is any radical change
in British policies. For a change in
domestic policies may cause CORE
spending changes in foreign policies.
while the position Great Britain has
maintained in foreign affairs for years
cannot be changed without great con-
sequences following in many other
quarters"
There are philosophers who hold,
with Herbert Spencer" according 10
the Chicago Daily News, that women
are inclined to be paternalistic in poll
tics, to put too much faith in legisla-
ton, and to indulge in overregulation
of social and individual customs and
habits. If that be true, the men in
Great Britain will have to regulate
their mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters in the principles of liberty
and individualism. There is much evil
dence that millions of male Britons
need the same education. Perhaps the
emancipation of the women may vet
prove the means of saving. not de-
stroying, British liberty and it's whole
some fruits"
The Kalamazoo Gazette asserts that
repeated efforts to organize and per-
petuate 'women's parties of various
sorts have met with but little encour-
agement"; that ''by far the great ma
jority of women voters, both in Eng
land and the United States, have pre-
ferred TO affiliate with the established
political groups, and have been In
clined to resent all attempts TO pro-
mote a spirit of political sex-conscious-
ness. The chances are that the net
effect of the British prime minister's
program would be to increase the
number of ballots cast in parliament
tary elections"
Evening star., 1927-04-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

@. Is there a difference In records
for cows, when some are given as
producing so much butter fat and
others as producing so many pounds
of butter?-W. A.
A. There is q difference. For in
stance. 1918 pounds of butter fat will
amount to 1,451 pounds of butter.
@. IF / buy a fur coat in Europe
and wear It while there. must / pay
duty on it when / return to this coun-
try?-T. O. NJ.
A. There is 40 per cent ad
valorem duty on fur coats. The obli-
cation to pay this is not avoided by
wearing the garment.
@. How many barber shops are
there in the United States?-F. s.
A. The BARRIERS Journal says that
there are $500 barber shops and
200, 900 BARRIERS in the United States.
@. Is the Connecticut Foot Guard
the same as that of Colonial days?
ID. w.
A Yes. this is the same organiza-
ton and the members wear the same
type uniforms as worn in Colonial
days. The City Troop of Philadelphia
is another Colonial organization still
In existence.
@. Why don't peonies grow in and
around Los Angeles?-D. NJ. r.
A The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that there is not enough cold
weather in that climate. For some
plants it is necessary that the roots
be subjected TO cold temperature in
Winter in order that they will grow
in the Spring.
@. How many adults have perfect
sight?-P. b.
A. Statistics covering many years
show that only ! person in 10 over Il
years old has perfect sight. AT the
age of 40 it is almost impossible to
find a man or woman whose sight
isn't imperfect.
@. Did William Hale Thompson re-
ceive a majority or plurality vote in
his recent election as mayor of Chi
cago?-N. c.
A. There were three mayoralty
candidates in the Chicago election
Thompson received a plurality OF
S3,072 votes and a majority Of 31,S6a
votes.
O. When was the first skyscrapei
built in this country?-R. +.
A. The Singer Building in New
York. erected in 1907, with a height
of 612 feet, is classed as the first Of
the modern skyscrapers.
O. Which has a wider spread o.
wings, the condor or the eagle?-N
r. B.
A. The condor has wing extent
of 12 feet, while an eagles is abou
9 feet.
O. Does an oak tree only a fooi
high bear acorns?-I NJ. II.
A. 1t is possible Oak trees are otter
dwarfed on the plains of the Middle
West.
@. How old is the Western Electric
Co.?-C. FL. B.
A. The Western Electric Company
was organized in 1881.
Q. What American battles of i'm
portance began on the same day ol
the month?-G. d.
A The battle of Gettysburg opened
on July 1. 1868, and the battle of Sar
Juan Hill on July 1, 1898.
O. What were or are the "siS
accomplishments" of the Chinese'
Il. G.
A. The traditional Chinese social
system reorganized four main classes
below the priest-emperor, of which
the first was the literary class. In the
time of Confucius the education of
the literary class included what was
known as the six accomplishments
archery, horsemanship, rites, music,
history and mathematics.
@. How much does one foot Of stan
dard railroad rail weigh?-C. Z. B.
A. The Bureau of Railway Eco
nomics says there is no st andard for
the weight of railroad rail. This de