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Evening star., 1929-07-03

dent properly recognizes that primary
responsibility for their upbringing rests
with parents. with the prerogative Of
the home, he points out, there is to be
no interference. The national survey
for child welfare win rather confine
itself to those broader aspects which
are essentially public or semi-public in
character.
In Secretary of the Interior Ray Ly-
man Wilbur and Secretary of Labor
James ]. Davis the Hoover child well
fare project viii have ideal leaders.
Secretary wilbur is a physician and ed
ucator by profession. Secretary Davis,
a Phi. d. Of the university Of human
experience and famous lover of chill
dren, brings equally valuable equipment
to the task now assigned him.
Nothing needs to be said of President
Hoover's abiding interest in all that
pertains to child life. A large part of
his fame rests on his effective relief
of Europe's destitute children following
the armistice. The tots Of America
should fire off their crackers and light
their sparklers with a great joy this
Fourth Of July, for to them and their
kline boon Of immeasurable advantage
has come. They need but to be re-
minded that the child of today is the
citizen Of tomorrow. AS they are reared
amid increasing opportunity to acquit
themselves in health and vigor in their
youth, so is their country assured of
a correspondingly virile future.
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Mr.. Hoover and Child Welfare.

With Government and private munifi-
cence linked in great and comprehen-
siye plans to promote child welfare, the
United States faces the 154th year of
the Republics existence under happiest
of auguries. Within a few weeks of
Senator Couzens' magnificent $4,000
900 endowment "for the benefit of chill
dren everywhere" President Hoover
announces that $500,000 has been
placed ut his disposal for making q
scientific survey Of ways and means to
improve the health of children and to
provide for their better protection.
Some time In 1880, the White House
states, D national conference is to be
called, at which definite consideration
win be given to the exhaustive studies
meantime to be made by committees of
specialists.
Mr.. Hoover emphasizes that that basic
ideal of Americanisn1 equality of OPP
portunity cannot be practically real
lied unless there Is a strong and sturdy
hreed Of American children. The Presi-
Evening star., 1929-07-03

There seems not the slightest doubt
however, that Mr.. Legge's nomination
win be confirmed. The farmers great
diff1culty in the past has been In the
field of marketing. That is something
Mr.. Legge kncRs a lot about, and If he
can help the farmer solve that problem
he will have put agriculture on differ
ent plane In this country and the de-
mand that agriculture be placed on a
parity with industry will have been
solved. It is a problem with which he
is far more fitted to deal by training
than is any dirt farmer" that might
be preferred by some of the Senators
from farm States.
The concerns with which Mr.. Legge
has been associated, 1t is urged, have
aroused the antagonism of the farmers
in some of the States of the West.
However, it seems quite clear that the
more prosperous the farmers of America
become the more business they will be
able to do with the International Har-
vester Co. To that extent the interests
of the two run along together. Mr..
Lepoe is taking the. Craftsmanship of
the Farm Board for year to aid in
getting its operation started along sound
business lines. It is to be presumed
he will eventually return to the business
with which he has been connected.
Clearly 1t is to the interest of that
business to have the Federal farm act a
success and to increase the prosperity
of the American farmer.
The new chairman of the new Farm
Beard is a native of Wisconsin. He
was born on farm in Dane County,
the county in which the late Senator
La Toilette made his first success In
leadership and in politics and from
which Senator Robert M. La Toilette,
jr.. halls. He worked on farm for ten
years in Nebraska until he entered. in
1891, the employ Of the Mccormick
Reaper Co. Eleven years later he be-
came president of the International
Harvester Co. Another of Americas
"self-made men" faces what may we'll
prove to be the greatest of the oppor-
tunities to which his achievements
call him.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

Loose talk on the floors Of Congress
Is heartily disapproved by public opin-
Ion, but there is little support for Sena-
tor Bingham's proposal to curb 1t by q
constitutional amendment depriving
Senators and Representatives Of i'm
munity. The consensus as reelected in
the press Is that the cure would be
worse than the evil and that American
freedom could not tolerate q muzzle on
legislators.
AS q substitute remedy for q recog-
nized evil, the Scranton Times feels
that st is up to the people in the final
analysis to elect men or women with
regard for their own regulations as
well as the regulations of others, and
who will not use the congressional i'm
munity for the loosening Of defamatory
statements" The Manchester Union
also contends: "All that is necessary
Is to refuse them reelection. A few
object lessons of the sort would 60 far
to preserve the decencies In Senate and
House debate. The only trouble with
promptly effective. The public yearn-
ing is for something more dragging and
complicated"
Senator Bingham's measure should
60 down in history as the muzzle
amendment, piously calculated to per-
NIT us to be contented though cor
rupt," argues the Springfield (Ohio)
Daily News, and the Providence Jour-
nal suggests that the Connecticut Sena-
tor Ifs too decent" explaining that
with the threat of libel hanging over
them and host of smart lawyers
encamped around about the Congress-
men wouldn't be free to speak their
minds; their careless, easy style would
be frightfully cramped; they would be-
come circumspect, conventional much
duller. And great many unworthy
causes, persons and projects would get
q clean bill undeservedly."
"It Is highly important" according
to the Few Orleans Tribune, "even at
the risk Of occasional injustice, that
the privilege of absolutely candid utter
ance be vested In some representative
OF the public. Congress is about the
best one for the purpose. Congress
sional privilege In this respect has been
entirely tolerable to the country ever
since the first Congress organized.
Thousands Of very delicate matters
deeply involving private and public in
terests and characters have been toler-
ably debated during these generations.
We cannot see why the publication of
debate on the qualifications of prospec-
tive political ofiiceholders should
change the situation"
4 y y
There Is no need Of amending the
Constitution" in the Judgment OF the
Baltimore Sun. Ito protect those who
deserve protection from unwarranted at
tack. The Senate by ma ajority vote may
close the doors when any of its men,
bers prepare to go on a rampage. Be-
fore going to any such length as Sena-
tor Bingham drastically proposes. the
wiser course is to await the result of
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Fares and Merger.

So closely interviewer are the uues-
tions Of rates and merger of the local
transportation lines that it is impos-
sible to consider one without the other.
In its petition for higher fares the
Capital Traction Co. took note of this
situation to the extent of basing its
application in part upon the failure of
the merger. And while the new Public
Utilities Commission has not yet sought
to combine the two questions, its let
ter to the Capital Traction Co. and
the Washington Railway & Electric
Co. asking their views on q new agree
ment will have that effect. The hear
ings on the higher fare applications are
scheduled for July 20. BY that date
the street car companies viii have an
swered the commissions letter of In
quiry, declaring themselves either as to
their willingness or .unwillingness to
become party to q new merger agree
ment. Before the commission has had
time adequately to consider the higher
fare application the Senate will have
reconvened.
The failure Of the last merger agree
ment can be attributed to the fact that
In its original form it contained serious
flaws that required time and effort to
remove. When the objections holding
1t up were finally overcome, the ses-
sion Of Congress was drawing to close
and there were new controversial fea-
lures injected at the last minute which
made final Senate approval almost i'm
possible. But the old merger agree
ment was valuable even in failure by
reason Of the fact that it developed
information which, as the Public Util-
tiles Commission says, would seem to
make it possible now to perfect q
merger agreement which would be fair
to the public, fair to the street railway
companies and generally acceptable"
And ii such an agreement Is pre-
sented and approved by the Public Util-
tiles Commission previous to or concur
rently with the hearings on the appli-
cation for higher fare, the surest and
quickest way to kin the merger agree
ment and again bury 1t among dusty
files would be to grant an increase In
fare. Congress is not going to approve
merger based on a newly granted
increase In street car rates. From the
very outset there has been emphasis on
the cost-cutting and economical fea.
lures Of merged operation. Higher fare
demands result from an overhead that
must be paid for by street car riders
who receive no additional benefits In
return. To force further contribu-
ion to meet this overhead before final
effort has been made to cut it down
through merger, with the companies.
the public and the Utilities Commission
favoring the principle of merger, would
be to put the cart ahead Of the horse.
Under such conditions the horse usually
kicks and the cart makes no progress.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

"Your argument in favor of the child
who did not pass in his school work
was interesting" writes w. G.. L., "but
how would you answer the point that
such an overwhelming number Of them
90 get through every year?"
At first blush that seems poser.
Numbers and majorities have great
way of overwhelming every one in the
United States. Every college and uni
versity takes pride in the large num-
ber of pupils matriculating
Success is measured by the box Office,
and the biggest of anything is always
the best in the general mind at large.
There is a measure of truth in the
popular verdict, too. Nothing sue
ceeds like success" as the old saying
has it.
On every side America is filled with
sterling demonstrations Of success
measured in large quantities. Mass
production has been the outstanding
contribution of this country to world
industry.
The educational system has been pro-
ceeding on exactly the same basis Tor
many decades, with its product" in
the form of a boy or girl who has
passed certain intellectual tests.
The overwhelming majority OF chill
dren who have been exposed" to edu-
cation have succeeded in passing the
examinations, in forging ahead from
completing the required course Of study.
X X X
Has our correspondent not been
rather overawed by numbers?
What does the fact that most OF
them do pass every year" show but
that most of them pass?
Or that il is eaSV to pass?
The fact that practically every one
who wants to drive an automobile gets
a license shows nothing startling. A
drivers permit is regarded by no one
as a diploma of any particular worth.
1t simply shows that driving car is
easy. Any one can do it. The thou
sands of irresponsible juniors, fighty
women and reckless men who throng
the highways in motor cars are testt-
monials to the fact that majority
may not mean much Of anything.
In admitting the plain fact that
most children do pass along year after
year in their school work one does not
necessarily admit anything else. Scarcely
anything more is to be deduced fairly.
Surely it would not be difficult for
educators to build up courses Of study
which no child could master and which
would permit no pupil to pass.
strings would funk" the children of
the Nation. Why isn't it done? The
only reply is that the intellectual wind
is tempered to the shorn lamb Of a
scholar.
Education as a system has been very
careful to select such subjects and re-
quire only such mastery of them as Is
within the capabilities Of the so-called
normal child.
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And right there comes the rub to the
parents of the child who does not
pass"
They feel that the educational system
has thereby branded their child as alb
normal, or at least different from the
mean or norm Of average, everyday
children.
Well, what Of It?
No nne belieyeS for a moment that
Evening star., 1929-07-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY. FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

the British planned the movement to
enctrcle Jerusalem in order to cut of
its supplies, so that the city would not
have to undergo what might prove to
be an trreparable. destructive bonn
bardment. All towns surrounding the
city were gradually taken by storm.
Joppa, the port of Jerusalem, had been
occupied, and the British advanced
down the Surar River Valley and up
the Damascus -BeerSheba Railway. In
this way communication with the cities
was made impossible, and the Turks
decided not to risk a siege.
q. How often has the Dominion OF
Canada changed its coinage?--C. B.
A. Since the incorporation Of the
British North American colonies into
the Dominion Of Canada, In 1867, there
has been single series Of coins.
@. Does the wind tunnel test show
that aeroplanes are kept up because
dynamic inertia reduces the gravity
pull Pr. j. s.
A. The wind tunnel test on an aero
plano model proves that 1t Is merely
the lifting capacity Of the wings which
keeps the aeroplane up. 1t is not cor
rect that the dynamic inertia, acting
upon the total weight Of the plane,
helps to reduce the gravity while In
flight.
@. How many telephone poles are
there to q mile?-P. G..
A. The number Of poles to the mile
Is usually 40 on heavy loaded lines and
80 on lightly loaded lines, except where
there are many curves, when the num-
Der OF poles may be more in either case.
Q. What Is colloidal chemistry
A. 'Colloidal chemistry Is the chem
tstry of systems consisting Of extremely
finely divided material, such as bubbles,
drops, grains, filaments and films, in q
state Of suspension in other material.
@. What. was the origin Of the ex-
preston, THE good die young"2-
"A. H. T.
A. A phrase, slightly different, "oh,
sir, the good die first and they whose
to the socket!'' is found In "The Excur-
sion, Book l." poem by William
Wordsworth.
@. What was the ratio Of marriages
and divorce 40 years ago? What Is it
now?-J. A. G.
A. The ratio of divorces to mar
riages in 1887 was / divorce to each IA
marriages. The ratio at present q
divorce to every rs marriages.
@. How far is Bethany from Jeru-
salem? ?-H. E. H.
A. Bethany is approximately miles
east of Jerusalem. The road to
Bethany from Jerusalem passes along
the foothills of the Mount Of Olives,
which IS situated just outside the city
walls Of Jerusalem.
@. In Japanese symbolism what Is
the significance Of orange?-R. 8.
A. Dull orange Is the earliest color
Of the rising sun.
q. When was liquid air first nade?-
c. B.
A. Several scientists had q part In
the discovery of liquid air, among them
being the two Poles, Sigmund Wro-
blewske and Karl Olszewski, who on
April 8, 1888, at Cracow, performed an
experiment in which they actually pro-
duced a few drops of liquid air. The
French scientists, Cailletot and Pictet,
performed experiments in the same
year that also produced liquid air.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

Alexander Legge, president of the
international Harvester Company, has
accepted appointment as chairman of
the Federal Farm Board. II Mr.. Legge
Is as successful in his new Job as he
has been in the old, the farmers of
America may well be pleased. Presi-
dent Hoover is to be congratulated upon
obtaining the services of one of the
country's leading business executives in
launching the operation Of the new
farm law. But the Presidents success
does not end with the selection Of Mr.
Legge. He has offered places on the
Farm Board to widely known leaders in
the agricultural industry of the country
and they have been accepted. Again
and again 1t was emphasized during
the consideration Of the Federal farm
act in the Senate and House that the
success of the new law would depend in
the board picked to administer it. Ger
tainly it appears that the operation Of
the law is to get away to flying start,
If the ability of the membership Of the
board means anything.
Mr.. Legge's REIMBURSEMENT Of po-
sition paying him 100000 year to
take the chairmanship of the Farm
Board at a $4,000 salary is referred to
as a great personal sacrifice. Measured
in dollars and cents it is q sacrifice.
But If Mr.. Legge and his associates on
the board are able to make success
Of the operation of the new farm law
and to carve out course Of admins
tration which viii benefit agriculture.
they win. have won q real and lasting
place in the history Of the country. 1t
Is q great opportunity to do great job,
and the country viii wish them well.
Already in some quarters there is
talk Of opposition to the appointment
of Mr.. Legge by some of the Senators
and Representatives from farm States
It Is so far only 'rumor, and whether
opposition actually develops when his
appointment comes before rhe Senate
for confirmation renlains 10 be seen
Evening star., 1929-07-03

This a q special department, devoted
to the handling Of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organiza-
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Write your question. your name and
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ton, D. G.
q. Where Is the largest bird house In
the world?-Q. A. T.
A. Franklin Park, in Boston. claims
to have the largest bird house In the
world, built at q cost OF $300,O0O.
@. What Is the difference between
tap and clog dancing?-W. X.
A. According to Ned Wayburn, there
is no difference between clog and tap
dancing in the modern sense. TAP
dancing Is sometimes called clogging
These dances are composed chiefly OF
motions of the feet which result IN
combinations Of various SOUNDS made
by different parts OF the foot tapping
or beating on the hoor, ana these
sounds or beats are called taps. Clog
dancing Is more general term.
@. In throwing o base ball can q
pitcher curve It to the right or left, rs
he chooses?-H. S. G..
A. 1t is possible to throw ball SO
1t will curve either to the right or the
left. A curved ball Is made by o GER
tain cut which the player gives to the
throw. Each pitcher has an individual
way Of curving his balls.
@. Why do people in Arkansas say
"ArkansaW." while in other connections
such as the Arkansas River, the word Is
pronounced "Arkansas"?-C. r. M.
A. Custom sometimes determines q
pronunciation; occasionally official &C
ton settles the question. In the case
of Arkansas, as applied to the State
the Legislature has acted ofiicially and
has decreed that the pronunciation Is
mines the pronunciation.
R. q w.. What Is the Fu'e 0' 'A'n'''-
A. In law it refers to case Of neg
lect to do thing at the proper time;
undue delay in asserting right or In
claiming or asking privilege.
Q. How tall win the new Bank Of
Manhattan Building be?-F. F.
A. In this era Of eyer-changing rec
ords the Bank of Manhattan Building
will take its place as the highest bank
and Office building in the world. It will
be $40 feet above street level, having
So stories. It will occupy the greater
portion Of the block bounded by Wall
Nassau, Pine and william streets. The
Subtreasury, the Assay Once and the
Bank Of America Building are the three
buildings to be left in the block.
q What fs nneiosis2-E. M.
A. In rhetoric it Is the representa-
ton of q thing so as to cause 1t to be
taken as less than it really Is.
@. What Is the greatest distance
across the Hawaiian Islands?-P. L. C.
A. The Hawaiian Islands lie in a
1,500-mile chain, diagonally across the
Pacific from the tiny Ocean Island on
the northwest to Hawaii on the south
east, but the islands Of the main group
are all encompassed In chain Of about
400 miles from Kauai to Hawaii.
@. why did the Turks surrender
Jerusalem without firing shot during
the World Wars. T. A.
A. In their campaign In Palestine
Evening star., 1929-07-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHrLANpER JOHNSON.
The Catch.

The Catch.
Vacation" is. the magic word
Which now In ecstasy Is heard
'Mongst lazy hours, serene and slow,
] VOW will a-fishing go.
The passing perfume Of how'r
Held me q captive for an hour.
In admiration deep I heard
The warble Of q passing bird.
I boasted Of my line and hook;
Yet scanty were the fish took.
Entranced ! waited, as I stood
Where all seemed beautiful and good.
Though heartily the fish I sought,
I must admit that was Caught.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

The law Is more lenient in dealing
with gunner than they are in dealing
with one another. When the police
patrol wagon takes q man for a ride
the incident is prelude to fair trial.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

No street railway merger is proposed
which win prevent the patient strap
hanger from holding his accustomed
place as a specimen of group psy-
chology.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

After his wanderings it might be
possible for Trotsky to picture his old
time ballroom in the Bronx as some
thing like Home, sweet home"
Evening star., 1929-07-03

New ideas are bound to arise in the
progress Of the world. The suggestion
Of Q barbed wire fence between Canada
and the U. s. A. carries the thrill Of
novelty.
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Unpleasant Conversation.

From the Canton Daily News.
Quincy, Mass. policemen will not be
allowed to talk to citizens except In the
line of duty, which is the one time no.
body wants to converse with cop.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

A higher tariff gives the farmer hope
Of cheaper potatoes, accompanied by
prospect Of a coStlier hoe.
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Gets Along Without ii.

From the Akron Beacon-Journal
The cynic says there Is no such thing
as love, and, of course, the mole thinks
there Is no such thing as Light.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

As analgamations Of ownership pro-
gress, no one ventures q prophecy of
what the final merger will bring
about.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

Another large problem viii arise
when the question Of disarming air
ships is brought up for international
discussion.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

Japan in studying the ways of the
New World finds Government influenced
by the same old politics.
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Attack From the Rear.

"Does your wife drive from the back
seat?"
mot any more" said Mr.. Chuggins.
"The back seat is now where pursuing
bullets are liable to be first to land"
Evening star., 1929-07-03

"A dishonorable man." said Hi Ho
the sage Of Chinatown, finds natural
enemies in those who desire to deai
honorably."
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Fireworks.

The firefiy has a splendid glow.
His charm anew we're telling.
You welcome him because you know
He won't burn up your dwelling.
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Frnn, Skx fn Earth.

From Sky to Earth.
Lies like an airplane flight. We VOW
In earnestness or mirth;
And everything depends on how
We're getting back to earth.
Evening star., 1929-07-03

when Noah built de ark" said Uncle
Eben, "he showed his big sense in not
fcolin' around VIII . canoe"
Evening star., 1929-07-03
Compromise.

COmpr0mlses
"You are about to receive a delega-
tion," said the secretary. "Do you wish
to register as q wet or dry?"
Compromise" said Senator Sor-
ghum, ION ham sandwiches and lemon
ade."
Evening star., 1929-07-03

Jud Tunkins says the college per-
fessor who advised boys to be snobs
makes it look like the professors might
stand a little hazing along with the
students.