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BRISBANE THIS WEEK. Jane Addams of Hull House What Is Reality? LudendorfT Said No A Wood pecker Sermon Miss Jane Addamg "of Hull House" is dead. She set an admirable exam ple before men and women. She devoted her life and her for tune, all of her time, effort and money, to the wel fare of unfortunate women and chil dren. She was one of those that make It difficult not to be lieve in heaven. If there were no future rewards for such goodness the entire universe. . ^ 1!s reiauvii.es. Arthur Brisbane quantum*, electrons and light-years, would be one ghastly Joke. Learned Professor Einstein, with the also learned Professors B. Podolskj and N. Rosen. all of Princeton Insti tute for Advanced Study, makes a deep announcement that will Interest those that can understand It. This Is It, condensed: "A scientific theory can be devised which will completely describe reality." It seems the present scientific the ory, supposed to give a description of physical reality by the "quantum-me chanical" method, does not work out satisfactorily, and you are sorry you learned It. It is pleasant to see scientists on the shore of the ocean of knowledge, play ing with one or two little pebbles. Science is far from any "scientific the ory that will completely describe re ality." for science cannot tell what "reality" is. In a universe without limits of time or space, made op of particles of elec tricity variously grouped. In electrons, atoms and molecules, no man microbe can noj?e completely 10 uescnoe re ality." Chancellor nitler of Germany con ferred upon the fighting German Gen eral Ludendorff the title "field marshal general,** highest rank in Germany's army. General Ludendorff, greatest, after Von Hlndenburg, in the big war, declined with thanks, announced his retirement to a small hunting lodge in the Bavarian mountains. It is sug gested that Germany's most distin guished living general did not feel that his glory could be increased by Chan cellor Hitler, who was a corporal in the army of Austria. "Sermons in stones, and good In everything.** There must he a sermon in the Chi cago woodpecker that every morning woke his neighborhood drumming on a copper drainpipe. The copper resisted, hut the wood pecker drummed on until a hoy with a slingshot stopped him forever. What is the sermon? Does it deal with modern efforts to ignore the nature of man. stand old "Supply and Demand" on h s head, and prove that super-intelligence can make the world over In ten minutes? Professor Kemmerer. financial ex pert, of Princeton, worrying about in flation, "too much money in circula tion," says the government is spending money twice as fast as it comes in. This, he says, is done by "pumping the banks full of artificial credit." Hav ing done that, the government borrows its own money from the banks and pays them interest, which seems mild ly amusing. President Roosevelt may be right about professors. An eight-year-old girl missing In New York; all police detectives, plus GO policemen, espe cially assigned, and troops of Roy Scouts searched the neighborhood vainly for 61 hours. % Prof. Taylor Putney, Jr.. of Now York university, said to the police: "I saw boys and girls digging a cave in the sand late on tlie day of the girl's disappearance; look there," and pointed. There at the foot of the con crete wall the girl was found, ap parently smothered by sand that had caved in. There is much In knowing bow to look for what you want to fln/t In New York city racketeers collect $10,000,000 a year from poultry deal er*, having, by way of persuasion, killed a lew of them. To discourage the racketeering. Po lice Commissioner Valentine tells mer chants to "slug racketeers" at sigh' ?nd offers to help thetn get reTolvers for shooting. An old poker player when he "raised" nsed to say: "The best way to discourage vice Is to make It ex pensive." Very old Is the story of the fish In srhlcb was found a precious ring that the tyrant of Samos had dropped Into the tea. And new Is the story from Sydney about a captured shark that disgorged the tattooed arm of a man. <Tbe man had been murdered, his body dismembered, the parts thrown Into the sea. The shark swallow ed one arm. f teturned It as evidence and the mur derer may hang. Invent something more improbable than that. WNtJ Ssrvlcs. | %. Kins Features 8>ndicatn tna National Topics Interpreted ^ by William Bruckart V \s National Prm Building Waahlngton, D. C. Washington.?The senate has again Indulged In Its favorite pastime of straining at the gnats Wagner Bill and swallowing the Dangerous camels. Its latest camel that was swal lowed at one gulp and with the same ease as the man on the flying trapeze was passage of the so-called Wagner labor disputes bilL The consensus seems to be that reformers in the senate reached the high water mark when they capitulated to the labor lobby and put further Insurmountable difficulties In the way of recovery for business. Of course, the Wagner bill still must run the gauntlet of house passage. It appears, however, that the labor lobby will drive It through there substan tially in Its present form unless small er communities in the Cnited States awaken to the dangers of such legisla tion. The probabilities are that house m<mibers will not hear from home in tinre to influence their votes and pre noeeorto A# t VIA 1 n clo ? I rin The bill, drafted .by the German-born Senator Wagner (Pern.. N. V.) creates a national labor relations board. This body will have almost judicial powers In settling labor disputes and in con nection with those powers the board can actually say to an employer of workers that he must not promote an organization among them other than of the type of their own choosing. In other words, a labor agitator repre senting the American federation of Labor will be permitted to enter any body's shop and organize the workers and the employer will be powerless to prevent it If. however, he sought to have his workers organize themselves into a union not affiliated with organ ized labor, the proposed labor relations board can order it stopped. Actually, and there seems to oe little dispute of this potentiality in the legislation. It is designed to establish the American Federation of Labor in this country as a class strong enough to control the management of commerce and in dustry. Although the senate action in pas sage of the hill was overwhelming. It was not accomplished until the Demo cratic Senator Tydings of Maryland shouted over the din the warning that the measure would ruin chances of business recovery. The Maryland sena tor sought to amend the bill with a provision prohibiting coercion and in timidation of employees by "anyone whatsoever." Then Senator Tydings luiu nit; ecnaic. "If you do not accept this amend ment. talk of freedom for labor is a farce." Senator Hastings (Hep., Del.) was another opponent of the measure who fought vigorously until the bill was called for a vote. He declared It made him feel that the senate was passing legislation "to force every man in America to Join a particular union whether he wants to or not." The amendment was killed. ? ? ? The Wagner hill Is an outgrowth of attempts to develop through the na^ tlonal Industrial re Claw? for covery act a policy Blue Eagle compelling employers to bargain collective ly with their employees. That Is. the famed section 7-A was Intended to make It impossible for employers to enter Into an agreement with their em ployers except by dealing with a com mittee selected by a majority of the workers. It was the assumption when this provision was written two years ago that the American Federation of I*abor would have a majority In all of the Important Industries. It developed, however, that company unions, not af filiated with any other organization, constituted a majority In scores of fac tories and plants. Thus, the A. F. of L. encountered an unexpected obstacle. Now Senator Wiener, whose radical tendencies are well known, has at tempted to give the Blue Eagle some claws by enactment of the labor dis putes bill and the creation of a sepa rate labor relations board. The measure as it passed the senate makes it "unfair" for employers to do any of the following things: 1. To interfere with, or to coerce employees. In the exercise of collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. 2. To dominate or to Interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or to contribute financially or aid In the support of It. 3. To encourage or discourage mem bership in any labor organization by discrimination. 4. To discriminate against any em ployee for filing charges or giving testimony under the proposed act 5. To refuse to bargain collective ly with representatfves of their em ployees. No prohibitions against labor agi tators are to be found In the legisla tion. From all of the debate and com mittee hearings which I .?ave examined, it appeared that business interests were fighting the legislation not only because of the handicaps It places upon them but as much for the reason 1 that it represents an entering wedge for labor agitators In all commercial lines. There seems to be no doubt that when an employer is prohibited from driving labor agitators away, he is handicapped In attempting to maintain industrial peace with his own workers on whatever terms they deem proper. ? ? ? If the legislation creating the labor relations board is bad for big em ployers of labor, it Hita Small seems likely to be Employert worse in the smaller communities where employers of a small number of work ers constitute the majority of indus trial lines. I mean by that, there is usually more skilled labor available in larger Industrial communities than in small towns or rural areas. That being true, the employer in a larger com munity has an opportunity to replace workers who are dissatisfied or who have yielded to the influence of labor agitators, whereas the small town em ployer of labor cannot always replace workers who would rather be idle than accept terms which paid labor leaders tell the workers are not proper. Further, the legislation will put or ganised labor deeper into politics than it has ever been. It will make elec tions depend largely Instead of just paruany on me aiiuuae 01 a congress man or a senator toward labor ques tions. In addition, ti-e discussion I hear Indicates definite fear on the part of some political leaders that the paid organizers in labor circles will them selves become political as well as eco nomic dictators. In some quarters, there is doubt that the bill will do for organized labor all of the things the paid leaders claim. ? ? ? It begins to appear that the farmers' march on Washington may bring a flarehack on the ad Ugly Rumor ministration. Certain Spreads 'J. opponents of the administration are not going to let President Roosevelt. Secretary Wallace, and Agricultural Administrator Davis forget very soon their feeling that the march was not of the spontaneous sort. No sooner had the farmers arrived here than an ugly rumor was spread around that the visit of the forty-five hundred was financed by the Agricul tural Adjustment administration. The rumor spread so fast that It broke out in senate and house debate and de mands were made for an investigation. In fact, a resolution to that effect was introduced In the senate. The Depart ment of Agriculture and the Adjust ment administration paid no attention io me rumor unni me resolution was offered on the floor of the senate, whereupon a vigorous denial was forthcoming from Mr. Davis. He said that the farmers had expressed the de sire to come to Washington as a dem onstration of their approval of AAA policies and frankly stated that his organization was happy to see such an endorsement But as to expenses. Mr. Davis said and repeated that none of the funds used for 4he trip came from the federal treasury. f On the other hand, observers and writers In Washington noted that the farmers were equipped with highly decorative badges; they were provided with a meeting place, a great audi torium which rents for considerable money, and when they went to the White House the President spoke from a prepared speech. They stopped at good hotels and the majority of them had traveled to Washington in pull man sleeping cars. I do not assume that it is of world wide Importance what the total cost was. I am reporting only the reaction which Washington had. Thus it can be mentioned that all of the badge? worn by the delegates bore the large letters "AAA" and the names of the respective states represented. The hall as I have said, rents for a substantial amount and the hotel bills are never small. Railroad fare from distant points costs enough that the depres slon conditions have cut down passen per traffic and the march on Washing ton was concluded with a banquet- So naturally, those who were curious con cerning the expenses of the trip freely stated that there are at least foot thousand, five hundred farmers in the country who are not as destitute at professional friends of agriculture have been claiming. ? ? ? Secretary Hull of the Department or State Is being heaped with praises these days on his Praise diplomatic accom for Hull plistiments and Is re ceiving at the same time vigorous criticism on the basis of results thus far accomplished on his reciprocal tariff policies. With regard to the Secretary'* di plomacy. I believe It can be said he has established better relations with South America than any secretary of state in recent years. Aa regards the re ciprocal tariff policy which Mr. Hull fostered, the conntry Is witnessing a sharp exodua of dollar capital into new investment! in lines made profitable by tariff changes complete or pending The Information I gather respecting the reciprocal tariff policies Indicates however, that the movement of'capital into South American Investments re sults partially from Agricultural Ad justment administration activities. But It seems that the agricultural crop re duction plans would not of themselves cause as large an outgo of dollars foi industrial investment In South Amer ica as has taken place if- they were operative alone. 0 Wann N.w.pap* I'&Uv. NJMMIIIMH Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.?WNU Service. RANCH life in the wilds of Ecua dor was the dream of an ad venturous American couple. Together they have created a delightful home in the middle of an equatorial jungle. The Hacienda Rio Negro is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes, about two degrees south of the equator, at an altitude of some 5,000 feet, on the north side of the l'astaza valley. The site itself is a tropical paradise. A broad, beautifully wooded valley rises In range after range of hills on each side of the falling Pastaza in a series of table-lands. The most delightful feature of this equatorial Eden is the fact that there are no mosquitoes, and all noxious in sects seem to be reduced to a mini mum. Giant Cinnamon Trees Were Felled to Make a Jungle Home. The nearest town, post office, and general supply depot is Banos, whose white-walled, red-roofed houses cling with a stoical, and several times mis placed, trust to the base of the Black Giant, Tungurahua, a beautifully shaped volcano. Leaving the lava-swept base of Tun gurahua at Banos and the semi-arid ness of the Andean cradle, one pro gresses down the valley of the Pastaza. past the Falls of Agoyan, higher than Niagara, and finds oneself getting gradually deeper and deeper Into the fringe of the jungle. At last, descending from El Mirador, where one sees a large section of the Pastaza river valley spread out, partly occupied by the hacienda, one emerges from the gorgeously orchid-lined trails Into open pastures. Years before, an Ecuadorian had partially cleared some of the land and had built a four-roomed bouse in n-liot ha npaii/ilr tha "imori. can style." The heavy tile roof had fallen in; the rotten timbers which supported it, sagging with fatigue, had finally given up the struggle. A bam boo shack attached to one end of the house was alive with cockroaches. Keep in Touch With Radio. Everything had to be done with what resources were at hand. Immediate purchases were impossible, for there were no convenient shops. Consequent ly they learned' to improvise, even when it was a question of creating such things as a forge, a blower, an efficient water heater and pressure tank, a water wheel to run the dynamo to charge the radio battery, a power transmission belt, dressing for the belt, or kitchen drainboards out of roofing zinc. The whole hacienda, with its house and furnishings, may be put down as a one large improvisation. Radio links the jungle clearing with a remote world. During one small political uprising in Guayaquil they heard the news broadcast from New York , before the newspapers in the mountains had published it. The natives regarded the set with ' superstitious awe; but were more im pressed by being able to hear pro grams from the mountain cities of Rio hamba and Quito than they were by European or North American programs. All things outside Ecuador were for eign to their exi>erience, but to hear music iron] towns wmcn many 01 ineru had visited was something at which they could really marvel. Fortunately the special osier fiber known as mimbre was found growing near the ranch. It was readily adapted to the making of wicker furniture. In an incredibly short time strongly built; comfortable chairs, a chaise longue, and a table were fashioned by a na live cabinet maker. Passing Indians brought sacks of kapok, which made soft cushions for the chairs, mattresses for the beds, and pack blankets for the mules. The scarflike shawls, woven by the Indian women of the mountain region are used as cushion covers and curtains. These shawls, hand-woven of white cotton with a geometric design in in digo last Indefinitely and can be washed as often as necessary. Making Their Garden. There is no glass in the house win dows. Heavy shutters of wood can be closed when the rains beat down too heavily. The temperature is so constantly mild that no further pro , tectlon is needed. By dint of much hard work, a complete water system was finally Installed. A flume of hardwood and bamboo brings water from a stream on the hillside back of the house to a pressure and settling 1 tank, also built of wood. From this Mnk the water is piped into the house. An efficient system for beating the eater was made from two 50-gallon drums. The bathroom is lighted by candles set in sconces made of hollow bamboo stems. One of the first things the young pioneers did on arriving at their new ranch was to look for land which had good drainage and which was not too far from the house, to clear for land for the planting of a vegetable garden. They found a shelf of good land over looking the river and set men to chop down trees, clear away brush, and free It as far as possible from roots. Carrots, beets, beans, spinach, and radishes thrive, but lettuce and cab bage grows very tall?into small trees, in fact?and develops disappointingly small heads. Tomatoes flourish. Even stray seeds dropped around the kitchen door grow into strong, healthy plants. The small pepper, aji, so popular in Ecuador, grows equally well. iapaya trees give aeiicious meions or the breakfast table. Bananas, of ?ourse, were planted immediately. Grange and tangerine trees grow near >y; also lemon and lime trees. Wild juava trees bear fruit just over the ence. There is also the naranjilla, which s an orange-colored fruit covered with i prickly, hairy coat. The Inside of his fruit Is a greenish-yellow color md is filled wth tiny seeds. One spe ries Is tasteless, but the Juice of the >ther, when ripe, has a delicate, dis inctive aroma and flavor, which may >e indicated vaguely to the sense of aste by mentioning a combination of >range, pineapple, and strawberry. It nakes a refreshing hot-weather drink, md also a delicious pie similar to a emon meringue. Perishable foods are tept by means of a homemade, water :ooled balsa-wood refrigerator. The nountain stream which Is diverted >vpr this ref riirprfl tor hov kepns hotter hard and vegetables fresh and crisp. Since the ranch is located nine miles from the end of the automobile road, of necessity transportation is by horses and mules. The tortuous trail, some times very muddy and rocky In spots, is everywhere spectacularly beautiful, as It winds around the spurs and ravines of the Pastaza Valley gorge. Flowers are always in bloom, some times orchid, wild guava blossoms in their season, or lilies. Brilliantly plumaged birds fly over head, their calls echoing in the canyon walls, and occasionally a startled wild animal darts across the path. Beyond the few scattered little ruts and settle ments immediately on the trail, the un known wilderness stretches on either side of the Pastaza for hundreds of miles. There are hidden valleys and wooded peaks where no white man has ever been and very few Indians have penetrated. All the Comforts of Home. In this wilderness two modern Cru soes have achieved the comforts of the white man s civilization. Their dinner is served on a hand-rubbed mahogany table. China is native-made and hand decorated in a single design which re sembles that of Italian pottery. The shawls are effective as curtains and stand out brightly against the soft satiny gleam of the cinnamon-board walls. Against the dark wall of the living room, the paintings of a Quito artist emphasize the rich, bold tones of na tive scenes and native faces. Between the book shelves which flank one end of that room Is a built-in divan de signed by one of New York's foremost stage designers. It Is upholstered in the downy kapok of the woods and covered with the weaves of nimble na tive fingers. A wide veranda incloses the front and sides of the house, and another of generous proportions out lines the C between the rear wings. Outside. In the "working" grounds, is a blacksmith shop, with an Impro vised forge and blower, to which the stubborn little pack mules and the rid ing horses are led for shoeing. Across the driveway is a peon shack, made of spilt bamboo and covered with thatch. Near the big gate is a corral built on the western style, by using whole bam boo poles instead of pine timbers. The big gate which leads to the hacienda house from the Pastaza trail was an achievement in hand labor. To the top of the huge lignum-vitae posts. 15 feet high and 20 Inches square, the men haulgd up on runners a cross beam weighing 1.700 pounds. Sheer manpower, lacking the assistance of machinery, tugged and sweated that massive lintel Into place all one after noon. There it ts now, etched in the moonlight, proclaiming to the Jungle and the trail the results of two years effort. m i ^ - . ,x Color Dictionary Lists 220 Standarized Tinis A dictionary of colors has recent- ' |jr been published b.v the British 1 Color council. It consists of two a volumes?one containing 220 silk rib- t bons each distinctly colored. named J and tabulated; and the oth r pre 1 senting a history of each color, In- 1 eluding the names which hare de- s scribed it In the past, aud giving the authority for the present standard!- k zation. While the primary purpose of the k dictionary is to supply Industry with * a standard reference for colors, the * work is expected to give valuable - aid to artists and writers through an appropriate and accurate vocabu lary for the description of shades and tints. Colors have been "scientifically measured" and graded, making pos sible the Inclusion of new shades, should they l>e developed in the fu ture. into a definite and orderly sys tem. Imagery, history and indus try have combined t<> find names, some of the words having a fascina tion and delight of their own., Taken at random from the pages are Cyclamen pink, nettle gray, battle ship gray, bee-eater blue, Chartreuse preen, buttercup and banana. Week's Supply of Postum Free J Itead the offer made by the Postum Company in another part of this pa- I per. They will send a full week's sup ply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.?Adv. Defy the Gossips I Live in such a manner that you . I wouldn't be ashamed to sell the fam- j I lly parrot to the town's worst gossip. I ?Stray Stories. 11 KINDERGARTEN VALUE One of the great contributions of andergartens is the freedom provided n school work. 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