Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 50

- ¢ N STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY... May 1, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicago Office: First Nationa! Baok Ruilding. European Office: 3 Regent 8t., London, England. The Eve, Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is nfl‘:l‘lurfll by carriers within the city 8t 60 cents per month: dnily only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be went by mail, or telephone Main Collection is made by carriers at the end of eacis month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $5.40; 1 ms Daily only . .00 Sunday only . yT. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 $10.0 Daily only $7.0 v only_. $3. Anarchism in America. No anxiety is felt this morning on the score of the possibility of a radical uprising today in this country. It is well understood that there are certain elements making for trouble. Some foreign-born and some native-born residents of the United States are plot- ting outbreaks calculated to destroy property. to cost lives perhaps, design- ed to weaken the morale of the people of this country. But they are in such a small minority that their propo tionate strength cannot well be fig- ured. There is no general discontent in the United States. Some who are un- employed are them would perhaps welcome a change. me workingmen who fear wage reductions in the peace-time ad- | Melville E. Stoan as he retires frnm, Justment process may be disposed t listen to the rantings of the extrem- | ach Dbolshevism. A few |his long service he has typified the ts"—the name is now |ideal which is today in the hearts of pular cven among the radicals— {reputable newspaper men the world ists who pry “parlor s unp are inclined to try the experiment in overturn and reorganization. But the real centers of this agitution are erack-brained anarchists who, though few in‘number, are persistent in cf- fort. By dint of repeated use of catch- ‘words about capitalism and plutocracy and economic slavery and employers’ tyranny these radicals gain a hearing in certain quarters. They print cir- culars of frothing generalities, shrewd- ly phrased to appeal to the dissati faction of those who have not su ceeded in their work or in the grasping of the opportunities that America of- fers to all diligent men and women. These agitators and plotters make the supreme mistake of underrating the intelligence of the people. They address themselves to credulity and ignorance, to prejudice and passion. They reckon without the great mass of the sensible, steady, well-informed people of the country, who have gone to school, who read newspapers and books, who study and grasp social questions. These are not like the Rus- sian people, who have enjoyed no edu- cational advantages. They are not like the German people, kept in leash of strict governmental control for gen- erations. They are, taken broadly, the best informed, the most sane and the most discriminating people in the ‘world. If revolution ever comes in this country it will not be from the source that is now fomenting disaffection. It| will not be for the cause that is so erudely vet craftily stated in the secretly printed and distributed cir- { culars and pamphlets of the red cult. It will not be inspired by industrial | dissatisfaction. It wijl not be originat. for the American people, whatever | ed by a class. It will not, in short, be + the product of European radicalism. May day, therefore, holds no terrors may be its discords and disturbances. Nor any other day in the year, for that matter. Ruther are the open mani- festations of these secret plotters and conspirators to be welcomed, to afford | a measure of their strength and a con- ception of their purpose. If this day passes peacefully there will remain the nuisance of suppressed and timid | bit persistent anarchistic purpose, to be dealt with patiently and as ef- factively as the law’s processes permit, a symptom of a troublesome, but not dangerous social disease. —_——————— Having been discovered, the theory of relativity now awaits the man who | c | the repayment of prir { rovernment must go into the mar i restless and a few of | greatest news-gathering agency, the {standard which he has insisted upon —his determination to discover and|est, efficient people to serve in this ;. Naturally the liquor inter- ests will seek to corrupt them, and be tempted beyond their | strength and will vield. But steadily, 1if the enforcement poli | by the federal administration, the pro- become more effective as the penalties of crooked- ness are applied, as in this Buffalo as the truth has prevailed. by the McFadden-Kenyon bill would!lnurh their ? | benefit all the people. But the measure is mal feature which is objectionable in theory and dangerous as a precedent. It is provided that the initial capital for the banking system shall consist of $25,000.000 advanced from the na-| tional Treasury without interest. It is true that repayment of this loan is contemplated through creation of & sinking fund derived from an assess- ment of one-tenth of 1 per cent of the linterest proceeds of each loan, but it is contended by proponents of the mea ure that interest cannot be paid the government without defeating the ob- Jects sought by unduly enhancing the interest rate to borrower Thig argument seems hardly a valid ne. With the one-tenth of 1 per cent set aside as an amol ipal and inter- est there need be no increase in int est rates to borrowers at all, merely an extension of the period for di charge of the obligation. In the pres- ent condition of national finances, for the Treasury to advance §$25,000,000 to the rural credits bank means that the et negatives but pictures are completed they take their places in prized souvenirs of special occasions, reminders of visits, s of friends. groups of family [ what explains Gov. Cox's delay members, scenes of travel. them are exceptionally good. Others are “just average,” but to the takers all are interesting. :lht‘msel\'(‘ s ed by one When the Bach tells a story. Washington offers many unusual at- tractions for the photographers. There are beautiful buildings and lovely v of parkland, riv s of garden and grove, and. most inter- The | ' privileged to photo- graph the President is happy indeed, and those young men who formed the represented v v {The Star are now the proud possessors | of pictures—unless some of them for- in their excitement to films or to adjust the shutter—that{ This was tive months ago. But Gov. they will value highly always. ————— Crooked Enforcement Agents. One of the boasts of the anti-prohi- bitionists, who hoped for a complete breakdown iliquor, is that the agents of enforce- ization fund fm‘l and borrow that much money at cur- rent inter terest, it for the good and the process is not open to|SOVernment and by the states that {maintain separ: izations have been rec consorted with and aided the But these people, who got positions in the enforcement serv- in the haste of general organiza- n, are being weeded out, some by quiet method jothers by more drastic procedure. Re- cently in Buffalo five federal agents iwere convicted of accepting bribes from a hotel proprietor and were sen- t of generul manager of theitenced as follows: One fined $500, with in the penitentiary; two, $300 and two more, The bribe was $200 apicee. y two and a serious objection. But if the inte on the $25,000,000 is to be & gift to the farmers, it becomes a case of taxing moeney out of one man's pockets to put it into the pockets of another. which is the most objection- able kind of class legislatic Meille E. Stone. No highe* Mbute can be paid to the p ssociated Press, than to say that in over. For twenty-eight years, since the founding of the organization which today stands as a monument to his genius and integrity, he has through the influence of example been shap- ing that ideal. Controlling during that period the destinies of the world's convey to the world the unvarnished truth—have playved a vital part in the progress of his fellow men. It is not too much to say that, more than any other one man, Mr. Stone has influenced American journalist standards. It is not too much to sa that American journalism is today the pattern upon which the press of the world would cut its cloth. And it is not too much to say that there exists no more potent single influence for 1f the govern.|Ment are not dependable, that many ment is to be repaid, prineipal and in. |Of them. indeed, are active promoters merely lending its credit | Of the illicit liquor traffic. 1t is true omplishment of a general | that some of the people selected by the ement organ- eunt and have of the law. their {and eighteen months 13500 ana five $1,000, that they must p | times as much each in fines from one to two years in pi Zame is not worth the candle. Steadily the standard of enforcement If the government is {sincere in the application of the law {it can get the means of applying it There is no lack of hon- is sure to rise. | effectively. is pursued { cedure B ————— the betterment of the world than the | ipress. For the world, since the be- Census Director Steuart. The selection of William M. Steuart | gested that the managers of hi THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, POLITICS AT HOME A Delayed Journey. about visiting Europe? This question is interesting the politicians. announced, it was stated that the Qe- feated candidate for President would make a journey abroad, take a leisure- i1¥ look at the destruction the war had combinations | wyought, and sound sentiment about {the future. The step geemed well conceived. Tt ould serve the double purpose of acquiring important information, and of taking the traveler's mind off the depressing experience he had just un- dergone. The most complete defeat been recorded. { Cox still lingers at home. The most persuasive explanation of the matter yet offered is that the demacratic opponents of the governor. over-cager to put him out of fur- ther part, alclulations, moved too to dethr | demoacr | friends of Mr. McAdoo opened Gov. ! Cox’s eves to danger, and he decided to remain close to base, for awhile at least, and watch developments. He is still watching. This may not mean that the gov- ernor intends to make play for an- other try at the presidency, but it may mean—in fact, surprise would be gen- eral if it did not mean—that the gov- ernor does not intend that his enemies shall deal with him in any summary ne Chairman White of the fashion: that he will not submit to any squelching processes: that he intend to have say in 1924 in his own or somebod, behalf, and that th n ill who think and plan to horn him off by any assaults on the present party organization, or on his personal friend who is now at the head of it. Heckling. Mr. Bryan in an address in New York the other night was heckled. But the heckler failed to score. He only succeeded in raising his voice and attracting attention to himself. Mr. Bryan and the audience did the re: which, for the heckler, was a-plen: Heckling is not popular In this coun- try. It is but seldom effective. Now and then some young speaker. un- trained and shy, is disconcerted by a question, or by an unfriendly exclama- tion uttered in an aggressive tone. But a veteran like . Bryan is proof against all “plants” of the opposi- tion. He sometimes thrives on them —converts them into an asset. . Cox of Ohio is of this school. In his campaign last year he seemed to invite questions and other forms of interruptions. Indeed, it was sug- stump- ginning, has retrograded as false|as director of the census is 4 most|ing tours distributed “plants” along theory has obtained and has progressed | ratitying indication that the prin- ciple of merit and experience is to be It was on his faith in that fact that |Fecognized in the organization of the Melville Stone builded his career.new federal administration. Mr. Steu- Equipped for the achievement of high {art has been in the census service for success in any field to which he might ; Over thirty years, hav_ have turned, he chose to dedicate him- | ed to a position there in 1880. self to journalism. And though his |filled several responsible posts and has choice involved the sacrifice of tem-|come to be recognized as one of the of American statisticians. nt director of poral rewards which might have tempted another, the larger reward ‘which is his today, the appreciation of fully performed, must be to him a splendid justification of his choice. American journalism, for many years that example is still afforded. For while Mr. Stone retires from the man-§ agement of the Associated Press, he continues to hold the office of secre- | itary, and will fill the new post of! counselor. Thus the value of his great | portation activities and { knowledge of the organization is pre- iserved thereto, and the greater value of his immediate influence upon Jjournalism continued to the world at large. With this fact so, and with Frederic Roy Martin, for many years intimately associated with Mr. Stone, | taking up the reins of active manage- the assurance that truth, decency and patriotism are to continue as the; | watchwords of the Associated Press. For that is the Melville E. Stone code. | —_————— Logical opinions that the recent war can explain it to the average mind. xvus fought for the benefit of posterity gated is not likely to agitate the sensi- bilities of a man of Bergdoll's type. “Production Credit for Farmers. On another page of today's Star is published an article in explanation of of which at the present session of Congress is being urged by the united agricultural interests of the country. Briefly stated. the purpose of the bill is to make available to American farm- | ers credit facilities equal to those en. | joyed by industrial and commercial | interests, and the multipie insurance | ture that tells an interesting story: a;"Oklahoma has lost over a half {long line of amateur photographers feature is joined 1o the credit measure ‘will not prevent posterity from feel- The knowledge that he is investi.{ing more or less like an innocent by- | stander. ———————— The coal strike threatens to hecome | 80 permanently deadlocked as to fig-| ure as one of those matters respect- | fully referred to as British institu- | tions. the McFadden-Kenyon rural credit | and multiple insurance bill. passage | ———————— The hope that a gun may never be | \fired in war is not in any way sub- versive of a desire for accurate aim in case of inevitable emergency. Photographing the President. The Star yesterday printed a r:lt'-l because the farmer's insurance pol-|lined up at the White House ready to icles are to constitute an additional take snap shots at President Harding. security for his loans. That a more advantageous system , Of credits is one of the great needs of + American agriculture has long heen recognized. Deposit hanks have not been able 10 provide xuch a credit, be- cause sound banking practice forbids that the demand funds of depositors shall be tled up in long-time loans. Thirty, sixty or even ninety day loans do the farmer little good, for, unlike merchant or manufacturer, he will Kver since he entered the White House Mr. Harding has been photo- times he has been ‘“‘shot” on his way to the golf links or while shaking | hands with callers. The President photographs well. He has an easy manner in front of the make, as a rule, but one turnover of | lens, as at other times. His famous his capital In a year. Experience has' demonstrated that the average credit need of agriculture is for a lean ma- | turing In about eleven months, The McKFadden-Kenyon bill very wisely provides that loans under the proposed system shall be for produe- - tlon only. No loans would be made ‘under it for the purchase of land or |up ready for a ‘“‘shot” at the chief *Suxuries or for any purpose except to|executive are characteristic further the processes of production.| American people. We ltke to take plc- *%Fhat & better system of credits should | tures. Be made avallable to agriculture is|is leglon. Few of them carry through of as great concern (o the city dweller | in the actual work of developing and «as it i# to the tifler of the =oll, and | printing, though some of the en-|I haven't been able to carry out some | Island of Yap point on the chart that * the results sought to be accomplished | thusiasts refuse to allow any one to|of their ideas.” than in the film of a picture. He is not “‘camera shy.” No nervousness is the office. f\ ng been appoint- { Having served as ass {the census since the creation of that of- the nation for a great service gflnhAjflvp. he is well versed in the admin- requirements of the office. His selection now to head the great By him a standard has been set|Organization which bears such an im- which will continue to wield the in-!portant relationship to fluence it has already exerted upnniwel(are of the country is a mark of {not only high esteem, but is an assur- to come. Happily the active force of |ance of the conservation of special |not easily ! talents for the good of the govern- ment service. —_———— Active production and liberal con- sumption means increase in the trans- The old law of supply and de- imand may yet prove more helpful to | the railroads than anything that legls- jlation has been able to supply ————— Automobile created an SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDE ‘The Old Story. ‘When Columbus took the egg In his determined hand, And for the means set out to beg To find a distant land, He found a number, there's no douht, T'pon his calling list, Who said, “Columbus, please get out! You're just a lobbyist!" Zoology in Finance. Corntossel, million dollars because crows were at “Them folks seems to have more than their share of trouble with the It's only a little |graphed. Almost daily he has stood | while since we heard about how wild in front of the camera, sometimes sev- | cats was playin' havoc with the oil eral at once, often the motion ylcturpi machine, alone or in company with! delegations calling upon him. Some-|you.” said Uncle Eben, “don't was'e | time heavin' it back. an use it for a steppin’ stone.” “When some one heaves a rock at Keep climbin’ Lays of a Bolshevist. When to the bolshevist has come His turn to say, “Hurrah He next lays by a tidy sum By laying down the law. #mile never shows to better advantage | Jud Tunkins says dancing is the poetry of metion, but a great deal of | poetry is footwork without grace. apparent. There is no suggestion of “pose” To him the camera has be.| come one of the accompaniments of Eloquence. “You don't display your old-time elo- quence in public. “Not In publi Those amateur photographers lined of the . admitted Senator but you ought to hear me in my office when I'm explaining to a group of influential constituents why The srmy of button pressers the way, to increase the “pep” of the meetings. At any rate, there were ernor always acquitted himself well. A joint debate is the thing, and par- ticularly in politics. It makes a speak- er careful. When he knows he is to be challenged promptly in regular fashion on hi# statements, he is on guard against inaccuracies and ex- of his tongue, and pays out no more than is safe. Joint debates were once very popu jlar in our politics, and it might be a good thing to revive them. They drew crowds of enormous size, and greatly increased interest in campaigns. Dodgings or evasions of issues were executed. Candidates have | to face issues squarely, and come out ]into the open in discussing them. A mere cloud of words rarely ever saved an aspirant for office. Mr. Burleson's Future. Former Postmaster General Burle- 8on’s trip to Europe is in the interests of cotton. He describes himself now as a “cotton planter, of Austin, Tex.” He will investigate conditions abroad working | in an effort to ascertain the reasons has | for the present depression of the lead- | the question whether they do not fall {ment, the nation will rest secure in | FOUBht pleasure to thousands, but it ing southern staple, and if possible get | z ihas incidentally lable amount of work for the police. —_———— Reports of the ex-kaiser's wood|long in practice; although successful | Inatance, in respect to the money chopping have ceased. A disposition | In politics, and long in office, Mr. Bur- may have asserted itself to abandon |leson has been'successful also as a {the ruggedly picturesque and take up a line on how the depression may be relieved. Although educated for the bar, and planter, and is a man of large means. His qualifications for his present mis- &ion, therefore, are probably adequate. Does this step forecast Mr. Burle- I he will henceforth be known? Has he the razzle-dazzle he received while Postmaster General sour him toward office and the game he played with i zest for years? There are those who hope not. There {are those who think not. He is sixty- cight, but robust physically. He ha say, he is fond of controversy, and skilled in it. Why not. then, a re-entry linto politics, where he could indulge again in what delights him? The Senate is suggested. A suc- cessor to Mr. Culberson will be chosen | next vear. The senator, because of impaired health, is not expected to offer for re-election. As a candidate, Mr. Burleson would have the support the state. Could he win, say against former Senator Bailey, who is a Jeffer- everywhere to raise the old standard cess at the polls? —— After a considerable lapse of time, no very significant reports have been affairs of civilization. ———— ment. —_——————————— ‘The coral reefs have long made the called for some cautious steering. k rae Soon after the November result was| in our presidential annals had just| swiftly and too openly. The attempt | tic national committee by the frequent interruptions and the gov-| itravagances. He takes up the slack | son's future? 1s it as a cotton planter | taken leave of politics forever? Did | ‘the spirit of a “scrapper.” That is to| of the Wilson-McAdoo wing of the {Lone Star democracy, and, in case his present activity is successful, the support also of the cotton planters of sonian, and wants the democracy again and ask restoration to power on principles long associated with suc- offered as to the practical effects of the discovery of the north pole on the Apprehensions are more or less In evidence that .disarmament, while eminently desirable, may encounter difficulties in the processes of enforce- A SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERYBODY For Congress and Our Faith- ful Legislators and for ! the Capital. ‘RECIPROCITY IN FAIR PLAY i THEODORE W. NOYES. i our new . national, state fand municipal | tuke up vigorod important and urgent items of nec sary local legislation. In what spirit will this Congress, with its large per centage of new members, approach slature, will s v for considerat this legislation? Tn wh will the capital community its {legislator=, new and and co- i operate with them in sible sug- 5 tion of wise and just laws? he Washingtonian, powerless (o | participate in the slightest degree in his own taxation and government and impotent 1o punish those who. h feels, have abused, o his vital injury their power to tax and govern him {has in particular instances exercise Itoo freely and offensively the privi- lege of _the hopele: defeated tigant of “cussing the court.” And » in individual instances the Dis- s legislators, with all powers in hands to wound and cven to | destroy, have taken too great offensc E the verba)l sputterings of the agz- | grieved and, helpiess and have too Vigorously retaliated. Too many of Wash lators have come to v gron's legis- W their con- ungrate- greedy, sh and censorious and tno many of these constituent have come to'view the legislators, se- lected for them by the Constitution. as deliberately ignorant of their ds, ax contemptuously indifferent to and neglectful of their welfare or actively and malignant'y hostile crying need of the hour is a @ new policy under which each of the capital-building partners shall heed the injunction “Put yourself in his place! with the result of substitut- ing mutual appreciation for recrin nation. Fair play and mutual regard are watchwords of the new poli Fair Play for Congress. ‘The Washingtonian in accordance with it will render deserved and belated tribute of grateful apprecin- tion 1o the long line of wenntorx and reprexentatives who have falthfully almost thankless taxk of dealing as | home const ents. Washington knows and honors thexe me: « loyal, help- { ful friends, public-spirited workers in { the tank of capital building, thouxh it may mot have put thix apprecintion and honor into words ax promptly and adequately ax it ought. When Washington puts itself in the place of Congress and recognizes the difficuitics and embarrassments under which congressmen labor as District {legislators it will be e for the {eity to substitute at times apprecia- tion for fault-finding. The capital may then even feel a pride in having as its local legislature the greatest legisla- tive body in the world legislature jwhich, though neglectful and exaspera- tingly slow to move in District legis- lation, has ever in the great crises of the capital’s history acted justly and wisely and sympathetically. Though he “nation * from the beginning | nexlecied its obligations toward the ination's city. jfault and came to the city's relief in 1835, when Washington had bank- rupted itself in irying to perform unaided the nation' task of capital- making. So in the seventies of the last century, with'a recurrence of the conditions “of 1835, the nation not only shouldered one-half and guar- janteed the whole of the bankrupting debt. but undertook, as a matter of €auity, to share all the expe s of pital-making for the future. And if n the new Congress another cris ishall arise—as for example, in con nection with a proposal that the n tion repudiate its obligation under the act of 1878 to dispose equitably for the District's benefit of the so-called surples of unexpended. accumulated District tax money—Washington ma in the light of the precedents. rely with perfect confidence for protection on its legislature’s wisdom, justice and sympathetic consideration. Congres as the District’s legislature has con fessedly its faults, but smallness and meanness are not among them: and it is inconceivable that any repudia- tion and confiscation proposed should not be found, when the test comes, shockingly repugnant to the dom- inating " spirit of fairness of the American people. Fair Play for Washington. As Washington xhould subject ftwelf to a rigid self-examination to ascer- {tain whether it has not been lacking in grateful apprecintion. o should individual members of Congress test {short in just appreciation of theli 1 eapli and deny it i Ame not 1 { *pecific legixlation, but in Keneral at- | titude and theory of action ax legix- |Intorn: not merely or primarily, for exacted from year to year in taxation, but in respect to acts and words | BTess as well as the White Fouse, |#re together the district which traduce the good name and bruise the xeif-respect of the most misunderstood and most misrepresent- ed of American communities. What is there in the past record or the present condition of the people of Waxhington to prevent their constitu- tional leginslators from viewing them with appreciation and esteem? In numbers they exceed the population of several of the statex. They nre drawn from and reflect the spirit of | divided allexiance to a state, they are | American in n peculinr sense. the | mont American nnd national of all | Americans. They are now generally recognized as by far the largest contributors to the upbuilding of the capital. They Igave of their own property that the nation might practically own and ex- clusively control a national city. They donated to the nation five-sevenths of the arca of Washington. They gave the land from the proceeds of the sale of which the original public buildings were erected. Nearly all the work of street improvement and capital-making which was done for ithree-fourths of a century was donc by them. Through disregard by the nation of its financial obligations to the capital the Washingtonians were in 1835 forced Into bankruptey in the i Nature’s Grim Jest. Radium has indeed a force which is as terrible as it is wonderful. It can {be carried from place to place only when encased in a receptacle having leaden walls several inches thick. Even then the carrier will do well to swing the receptacle as he walks, lest holding it in a still position should permit the powerful rays to find their way through the lead and into his hody. When radium rays are applied. the radium is placed in a specially prepared room with a slit in the wail whereby the rays are made to fall only upon the precise spot desired. The handler of radium, if he desires lead, and if he would avoid injury to Lis eyes he will wear spectacles of glass containing lead salts. Even armed with cumbersome lead-lined gloves, radium salts must be touched only with pincers and must be handled only upon wooden tables lined with lead. This, then, is the character of the substance ~which a delicate French- woman brought forth from a mass of waste ore and which she has tamed un- til it It accepted as the most wonderful curative substance the world ever has known. She has tamed it, but grim old unsentimental nature, in characteristic jest, while letting mankind have knowledge and use of it, in that same moment of generosity, lets him feel as well how terrific is the force with which she let him play.—Hartford Times. C.. MAY 1, 1921—PART 2. Iwinter T ) | version into Washingtoni xrhanxt‘ of thought. a change of heart, | performed the unselfinh, difficult and | ¢ | paticntly and {point of view. to {legislation as far as | considerately and Justly with their jcapital constituency as with their it frankly confessed its not only the physical city, but the peo- the nation through Congress in retarn, i The obligation ix 1o build not merely {been the strongest champions of the |facts i capital. George Washington created | n every mection of the Unfon. Owing no | 11n1835 egreca \ntoibankruntey in the My betprond: RS T | Georgia Plans to Clean House. |in which the new slavery has taken | Mexican ion its most vicious form is the firat safety, must wear gloves lined with the travail of the birth of the new Washington. They have paid their proportion of every national tax. di- rect and indirect. They pay much Indians can laugh. per capita in city taxation, the cen-| This statement may be made un- | as the average | hesitatingly after a scene witnessed | on a Pennsylvania avenue strect car | XuS reports show taxpaver in the American cities ap- proximating Washington in size. The have risked life and shed their bloo in every national war. As a bor Not only can Indians laugh, community Washington sent n her sons to the south in the civil do and did laugh. which is g struggle: while to preserve the Union| to the point. 1 have heard it the first volunteers came from thel that our predecessors in this count apital. und Washingtonians supblicd | yover cracked u smile, but cert more troops in excess of their quota 4 % than any State except one, In the war | their descendants have learncd how. with Spain they sent to the front A half dozen men from one of th tine regiment.” far exceeding their{ r'coriations got aboard n car quota in numbers. In the world wa they sent more of their sons in volun- tary enlistment, to Army, Navy Marine Corps than eight of the State and in ratio of voluntary enlistmen to total number inducted into milit service the Distriet exceeded fort three states. In 1819 the Distriet con- gig 00 one day last week v men hair, and all. They were lar tall. and of ample girth iy their faces se With the “pale tributed more in war taxes than fif-| gpaq po0na R teen state: than five states) Smiles as broad as their faces soon combined. ¥ Jiberty loan it fd developed. excecded its quota. The proportion of | CRTONEE e o0 e o its population hscribing to these|genty found something qui loans w creater than anywhere else | {00 United St greater than | te of the Union. They 1 both sacrifice of tres amus- con stood at case hout_the appearin ductor. That worth his cap et on at a arm draped ov In_modern times of peace the e world like Dick § chirit of the Washingtonian is| 41l the world ik * in evidenes whenever sacri-| U6 c e nerzy or of money |, 8 G0 in the city's interest ar quired. Our | GRS business and professional men—the 0L G0 COSR B LT wnal, scientific, literary catight "the: contaxior clements of our popu car had gone half a block all the ur workingmen in public and dians_ were laughing heartiiy vate employ. our department ¢ As for Dick . he remained nd other government idents in procs wiv equally ace began to He ficea of time or of low brave, who also by middie of of th ne to constitute one of th . mosi intelligent. most public-| What would you think of 0 {spirited and most American communi- | who has never cven heard of sus commien, tiesx in the whole republic, » FEoninlsts L Our Great Loeal Legislature. an individual aetuadly Lespected ‘enter market. Daily he there. But he no tance with sassafras. He ad- rine of an exact- ching national d the capital, w inz upon Con- local legisla- Applying the do ing and far-re sporsibility tow obligation res when it aets sgafras?” he will ask, blankly “What do you mean by that’ Then annihilates the custom. never heard of any such stuff. just when rict of disre- entire 1c nee condi- nd prejudices and using the capital as a national experiment sta- tion, where dubious legislative proj- Clearly it denies = for the tea. cither, goe a_ person doesn't have 1o old to have drunk that bev may be tested ample or | 0ld e S a warning to the Lwith iavong| NiE veulhe The ssesifras 18 i Huged. Hut ithe L (as apothe-{, " ype “ma 1t is a memie ry's cat), if the sstul, i Bk ts mromatic It forbids such legisiation solely or | Peen bestvwed upon S18 4y primarily from the point of view of | J900 11 1S famous i Sons wnd S the legislator's hoimne constitue SRR e with the congressman posing - grudging dispenser of alms alleged Fag® to be contributed by hix district or el s i state to the greedy mendicants of the | Rules are good things in a great capital many ways. but truly they were It makes of tie congressman as!made to be broken, in some cases local legislator a representative un-| An elderly couple called to look at der the Constitution of his capital {a vacant apartment. Yes. there a ituents as distinctly as if o!m-’.mcn to be found. And this coup ¢ them and under the a-{found it. They were there lookin . ax if thus elected. to consider | it over, aided by the janitor. sympathetically their| There was one rule he wanted allize into|them to know about -ticable and We don't low no children he reasonable their opinions and wishes | he said. “Dat's de rule.” periment is un- and to protect faithfully their inter- “Our children are grown-up and! ests and welfar, married,” smiled the woman. bright- As local legislator under the Con-|ly. “They are just going to live with stitution the congressman represents not the nation. not the state, not the Don’t low no children,” reiterated congressional district, but_the District | the janitor. of Columbia und its 437,000 Ameri-| *“But they are mature Just cans, like us,” explained the n ] The extenxive powers in respect to{ “Don’t 'low no children” insisted the capital conferred upon Congrexs|the janitor. involve equally far-reaching responsi- bilities and obligations: and sacrificen in the nation’s interest are required Springtime again in Wa on both sidex of the partnership. A grent power ix to be greatly, mobl i xercined, controlled by no mative or | what undecided about the matter, it impulse that ix small or mean or{is perhaps safe to make the above base. s The greatest leginlntive body in the [A58TUON 0o Loq one per- world, T T n rexenting the world's fore- contented with memories of mont matlon, {x to build up, typitylng | 2C% b, CORtented ith Memorics BF that natlon, the world's grandest eap- | jeoms here, glistening in the gra ital. The nation's ity which the fore. | 555 fote: B UCCRNE T LA0 SO0 fathers nobly planned in by un to be | Sasande of trees. perfected on lines no lexs noble. Vashington 18 indeed the city The capital which wisdom and patri- | o 50 "The gpringtime. otim are to make truly grent includes HARLES . TRACEWELL ple who live in it, the men who make thought and patient consideration by Union station. Bix feit hats, braided |« Kashangie, one if 3 r the collection box, | next od-sacrifice upon the nation's|ip. other set akimbo il looked for | er come | T "with Stevenson & Co.of N i save that the door, insiv | mirror plac. hington. | stables and car hous ough nature has seemed some- | prepared by A Althoos | tect. They | those des THE STAR. Fift s ako work was started lon the horse car line that for many years served (o link The Columbia northeast Washing- 3 ton with ihe center Car Line. SE i Sd Y The is told in the ratiway. n Liberties and down o street, enable 1 1 to the portant pe The 1 Kelden s Shepherd, M . William H. « M. M. Rohrer. <hier National M isurer have been actively cotly in making arranse- the” construction will have the 4th of constructi der th en. and Mr ny year n Procur luborers n contracted for w York. to commence with.and “Ten cars have b One-Horse and additions to those will be made as the One-Man Car. ., .i on the ro: The cars will be d aged by may requi by one horse driver. whe the same @ line. The cars 1 be n in construction to those ing out. will work in a slid be shut or opened by the driver pull- ing strap. er to enable him to see when nger stands up to leave the car, there is 1 in front of ]h:ln ; an_imm stop to let th senger ou ¢ the door without h ound. T at in the box while the fare € trip. %% is the intention of the company to erect comfortable station houses line for the ac- pgers waiting plans for the have been olf Cluss, esq. archi- wi be 1'0!]1-‘ i l(l of brick. with tin roof, and will be as nearly fireproof as possible. There has been sufficient stock subscribed to construct and cquip the road. but there is an_ additionsl amount re- quired to build the station houses and some other accommodations neces- sary. and 1 opportunity is offered to rous of promoting this de- girable improvement to subscribe to what is. bevond any doubt, a good investment.” at each end of th commodation of p; for the cars. The st DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS a_ henutiful eity, but a healthfu i Wwholesome, well’ governcd, contented| German “Colonies” in America. N Vhat Thed el e Tuttonde with| Though Germany has been stripped fts city ta ke it more attractive,|of her colonies, in the strictly po- more healthful. more creditable In |litical sense, there are nevertheless ot Wil 16 e wion inath Capltal? | German colonies of considerable im- who conxtitute the people of it city fo | Portance on the American continent. promote their phynici ime | &ven if they are under foreign flags. tellectual and moral welfare? A Writer in the Independance Belge The greatest of our public men have | of Brussels gives some interesting the following article: "It is not ony recently that the Ger- it and gave it his name. . ) mans have turned towards America builder of the ety fommder and up- | hoidt, who intervened for x moment 5 ackson{in the negotiations relative to the threw himself with enthusiasm into|Panama question, they have planted the work of adequately bridging the | themselves little by little everywhere Potomac; urged the allowance of aland have not been -absorbed any delegate in Congress to the District, [where. If they are taken from the and in his administration with his g 1 operation and sympathy the nation|Ppoint of the mew continent. there is ciame to the financial relief of the com- | N0t one who has not remained abso- munity bankrupted in performing the | lutely German. strongly opposed to nation's task. Disarimination betuwecn |81 assimilation. not exactly an cle- the later Presidents, from Lincoln to{Ment of trouble In the country where Wilson, all of whom have been friends | D6, F€Sides, but one of stability i i v Fm “One of the most curious character; o aihe District. would be invidious. | tics of these collections of residents prant, the man of deeds. not words. | that they imagine that they form a sort had_ the obportunity which he ef-|of extended Germany, a colony among fectively utilized to lay broad and|(he states. The strongest proof of this deep the foundations of Washington |spirit is shown in the maps that they as truly the nation's city. take care to have published; whenever Great me; Son- |a certain number of Teuton nationality n from all sections, in Con et "eapectaily . ! Limited, and if these districts increase R aiclighited to labor to make the | iilish 200 T IO ST, whather capital worthy of the republic. Clear- | 11e & o0 IeE 100 I8 aE s e, aonened ly there is ro'nobler work fof any | by geographers, who mention it with a statesman than to identify himself special heading in their writings. Take, conspicuously with the upbuilding of | for instance. maps of Brazil; very rare the nation’s capital. are those where you will not find the In these days of easy divorce trifling | provinces of Rio Grande. Santa Catha- causes of dispute often disrupt the |rina, Parana, Espirito Santo, and even family partnership; but In the capi- | Rio specially introduced with this men- tal-making partnership between Con. |tion: Die Deutschen Colonieen in Bra- Eress representing the nati the | zilien (German colonies in Brazil). Cashineton dieston and the | b, it must also be said that none of people of Washington divorce, though hese groups ignore the tremendous im- sometimes suggested. now on one side | Ihe5e FEOUPE IEROTE the Sremancaus T and now on the other in a spasm of | ho > discontent. is neither feasible nor de- °°"f—'['-h'|§ capital for Mexico and Central sirable. What the Constitution of the { America amounted in 1910 to 1814_to United States has thus joined to- |figures considerably more than 1,750.- gether it seems impossible for any | 000,000 francs; at the same time it was, man or men by the divorce of radical | for South America, more than 3.00«;:10«. constitutional * amendment to put |000 francs. These figures are establish asunder. Since. then, these partners |¢d in taking into consideration 5 in 1914. are to live and work together in capi- [ °f,the Mark 1n A0S oot at the tal building, let them by mutual con- Germany is pretending not sideration. forbearance, sympathy and | trng W SN GoTmany 15 e arations {regard live together happily and Work | which the allies exact from her. nor harmoniously and effectively to the|the indemnities which she owes, to end that through their joint labors a|sce how this activity is carried on magnificent capital may be developed.|and how it tends to displace at the which every Washingtonian may with|same time capital and activity patriotic enthusiasm claim as his| “In Mexico." says the writer, “where home. and of which every American|at the beginning of the war, with re- Carranza, Germany played a Bevogoge g:::e':mnly hostile to North Amer- fcan interests to prevent them from taking part in the war, the day after the armistice she negotiated conces- sions of ground and persuaded the government to m.hketlnrri ements to recelve one hundre housand colonists. In the republic lof Honduras, more especially on the Pacific coast, where they are in pos- session of almost the whole com- merce, they are strengthening the po- sitions which they occupy: it is the same thing at Costa Rica and Guate- mala. In the form of notes. of of- fers of aniline, of oil. of pharmaceu- tical products. of Solingen steel, etc., they boast of the carefulness, the The governor of the state which holds the recorqd for lynchings and to come forward voluntarily with plans for the correction of these evils. An investigation conducted by the state and accompanied by full pub- licity, a campaign of education, which would utilize both schools and churches, and the appointment of mediatory committees to adjust dif- ferences between the races should go far toward consolidating public opin- ion In favor of a square deal for the negro. To put an immediate end to | SCrupulousness and the punctuality | lynching, and other i > |of German manufacturers _ Dorsey suggeste. | in J‘n’:‘x’&’df: 5oV | %The writer then relates that in Ven- state constabulary to deal with mobs, | ezuela the 5°""’““'“‘d‘"2l"~" grant- financial, penalties for countles which { d to a German named Zimmermann tolerate lynching and state action |about 100.000 acres of waste land, to when the local authorities fail. be colonized by German emigrants. Under such a system everything|It was to be an agricultural colony. would depend, of course, on the good | but there was nothing to prevent ex- faith of the governor who adminis- | cavations or building manufacturies tered the laws. Gov. Dorsey can be|or exploiting any produce which trusted to do everything in his pow- |might be found. Al expenses of er to remove the blot from the state’s | clearing, of buying implements, ca name. His successors' good faith in | tle, establishing transports, etc., are this matter lies with the voters of | his business, and it belongs to him for the state; and in the end the state | fifty years, after which a fresh con- itselt and no one officlal will deter- | cession will be made to him of about mine the status of the negro within | 75,000 more acres, at present waste co- | Mexican fronticr to the extreme south jaiert.” he continue {And in spite of the bu athletic be pernicious to the female sex, de structive of health, and to exerc an evil influence on development. W cannot say that the occasion of the protest seems very fortunately chos Such of the performances in th. women's Olympiad as we ha recorded did not susgest that any very strenuous training or inhar- monious development was required of the winners, That female athletic competitions on a grandiose scale are undesirable m. the most old hardly insist that g run or jump against each other, The attack, howcver, is developed on a wider front: it is alleged that women are now encouraged to practice for which, in * they are unfit, that in sports which might well be wholly beneficial they now set them- selves to attain a star fonly be reached by efforts which toverstrain or warp their jsswers. The first art of this ind ynot i 4 I'not probable that women will ever become m ous or exercise much mor over the habit. woman _acrobi dence that games or sports obviously unfit for the female popularity among women. But the second «ha the cult of athleticism to Jous excess. is not to be so lightly dis missed. 1t is only in legend and fie- tion that the Atalantas and Di Ver- nons are ideals of womanhood. In the world of fact the woman who lives for sport is not an attractive figure. We can hardly refuse to ad mit that there are too many exampl in_ our society of over-specialized female athletes and sportswomen that there is too much idolatry of thelr prowess among the rising gen- era that the evil is great and growing. The modern girls' school does not €ncourage any extravagant devotion [to games. On the contrary, we see lation of such an enterprise is only possible with the heip of united capi- tal. Now. the greater part of this capital comes from this Germany which proclaims that she has no funds, and which we have permitted until now to displace as much wealth and industrial capital as she liked." The writer then speaks of the Ar- gentine and tells us that Germany iy selling there important war material, in spite of the prohibition in the V sailles treaty. The allies protest. but the Argentine declares that she is not bound by a treaty that she has not signed. Germany has given up the fleet of the Hamburg-American line to #n Argentine company and Krupp | has received an important order for 10.000 steel wheels for the Argentine state railways. “All the business men are on the all the travelers se, from town to €0 from house to hi town, from province to province, of- tering their goods. buying land. in- tervening by transactions of all Kinds in the commercial and industrial life. S5 crisis which prevails; they are resuming the irank ‘that they occupied before the | war. Served by a clever propagand ithey are on the wa for the mo ment when life will again become nor- mal in order to be the first to profit by it.” A British View of the Amazon. The recent women's Olympic games which may not have stirred greatly the press of the world, calls forth an inter, comment from the London D. sraph 1d, with modest composure, witnessed a series of athletie sports for female competitors, which has been magnificently cntitled s women's Olympic, A protest is now made against the we w.iarm, The ning necessary to t%s Mhlete and physical and nervous strain of competition are declared to seen ¢ be true enough, but shioned among us can 1s must never spoits e nature of thin h as foot ball. and ard which c; n tnent we are serious! it is ballers © numer- influence of their sisters than There is no evi- “lined to h m X have any of a tenden to carry danger- nd fon. But we do not find evidence aries. Present land, but which will ba planted with|there a very earnest endeavor (o :: ‘:;:l"alhgeg‘e‘efiemllon lhnndlc::l"?l:: fruit trees, etc., and given as compen- | maintain a worthy ideal, to promote deep enough to assure a lasting refor- | sation for the loss of the first. mation.—New York World. a sound general development of body % “It is evident,” he says, “that instal-|and mind. ? .