Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1921, Page 30

EVENING ST With Sunday Morning Editien. ASHINGTON,D. C. Y.........June 19, 1921 Tork ‘Offce: - Trivune. halll Ofica: Fime’ Natiasl Tank Buiidiag. Oftice: 3 Regent Bt., Londoa, England. Star, with the Sundsy mors! delivered by carriers within the city daily caly. 45 cents per cents per moath. mail, oe telephone Main rriers at the m. at & e-lu Er month: ouly, ders may be seat by 85000. " Col) = leetion pls made’ by The Borland Law Inequity. ‘Whatever the effect of Justice Staf- ford's decision in the matter of the Borland law's application’ to paving $n the suburbs, it serves effectively to direct attention anew to the inequity of that statute. The District has pro- tested it from the moment of its pro- poeal and has hoped for its repeal -throughout the years of its enforce- _ment. It hopes for its repeal now. , It is well in considering this matter to bring to mind the extraordinary na- fure of Washington's street plan and -the peculiar obligation imposed upon the nation in respect to its develop- ment, improvement and maintenance. The street extension plans as sanc- tioned by Congress contemplated sub- stantially the reproduction in the '#gounty” of the street plan of the orig- ‘ fnal city. There was no material re- ‘duction in the avenues. The same 8ys- tem of communications was devised “for the suburban as for the urban area. Under the street extension law the entire District is mapped as a potential gw area. . The original plan of Washington | was on a national, not a local. scale, the broad streets. avenues and alle: ~eccupying more than one-half the en- fire area. The scheme wouid have Deen absurd for a self-supporting. self- developing Maryland village of that day. Extension of that plan to ad- Jacent territory wag absurd as well as unjust and oppressive. save on the . basis that the nation should stand in the same relation to the enlarged as to the original city. ©In the adoption of the street ex- Rension plan Congress, in direct viola- tion of all equities, cut out the United ‘States from participation in the cost of carrying the streets beyond the original plan. In effect Congress pro- wvided that the broal scale of the cap- ftal established by the United States for its own use should be extended to the suburban area, but that the people ‘of the District should bear the whole o8t Of street making. +* Tn logical extension of this distinet- ¥ unfair treatment of the District eame the Borland amendment, provid- “nf for a limitation of the federal share 4n,the cost of street improvements to one-quarter and leaving the remainder 10 be divided, two to one, between the ‘property owners by direct assessment ‘and the District general revenue. The inequity of this plan was ap- 1’parent upon its proposal. Take, for * example, the case of a man living on |amnflfi:fl!mwed He has perbaps been paying taxes for vears, ‘thus contributing his share of other stréet improvements on the half-and- Yal? basis (now temporerily sixty- forty)—and now that his own street is 10" be improved he finds the govern- Jment’s participation and tbat of his fel- low taxpayers living on improved streets cut down by 50 per cent and his own burden increased. The same res- soning that applied to demonstrate the inequity of the withdrawal by Congress from equal perticipation in the cost of street extensions applied to this partial withdrawal of federal support for all street improvements, whether wurban or suburban. - A bargain was repudiated. Dwellers on unimproved streets in the original dty suffered an injurious discrimina- flun Suburben Washington was set ulrt in ‘point of financial treatment a® though it were ‘not a portion of the !W Capital, sithough no eye ean distinguish from physical appearances ! Between that section which by con- gressional dictum is still recognized gh raticed federal payments as National Capital and that which i in point of fiscal treatment in the mat- * ter of street extensions and improve- ments is rated as negligible hinterland. ——————— Admiral Bims refuses to be classed with the old-fashioned sailor man ‘whose formal conversation is limited to “ship ahoy” and “aye, aye. sir.” l ——— Every difference of opinion between France and England looks like a ray of hope to some of the Berlin pol-| itictans. “'%'he Stillman litigation threaterts to Preve that truth is stronger than idle gossip. The New Parking Rules. The Commigsioners’ new auto mrk-' - ryles make for greater mafety in streets of Washington withqut dis- eemmoding the public dependent upon {he convenience of using vehicles for ! hire, By abolishing all parking priv- * on Pennsylvania avenue, save * fer limited periods slong the curbs }Batween certain gjeets, they have m that th shfare of the nut- { #fmce of crowds of motor cars stand- - indefinitely in wait for patrons. bhave made the street free for tmffic for which it is intended. At #i¢' same time they have provided fwelve public parking spaces, some for the daytime and others for the night, at which'seventy-six cars may be park- 44 Awsiting call to service. This should Surely :ullce for the public require- problem of public parking is of solution, and the Cammlig- . aloners have, it would seem, reached a | Teaspmable conclugion after cgrefhl (’M of the sityation. The privilege of gaing W strects as standing speices reatly wa) AR tationed at all hours in Pennsylvania causing annoyance to the usual street users enue, obstructing the traffic, and even, it is believed, giving rise | to scandalous conditions. yond the range of legitimate need. Competition for patronage has grown seeking it menace. It remains to be seen whether the limitation of the spaces and the number allowed to occupy them will 128 lead to an aggravation of the other nuisance against which there has been much complaint, that of the constant cruising of these vehicles in search of patrons. Possibly it may he necessary to set a limit to the number of Mcenses issued to those who would seek casual public patronage in the streets, in competi- The chief object of licensing such vehicles is to afford the public service in motor cars. Com petition may make for lower costs to the vehicle users, but the prevailing rates in this city do not show signs of such effect. The Commissioners have the power of rate regulation and should always exercise it with a view to granting the people ample facilities at the lowest possible cost compatible with the expense of operation. —————————— The District Budget. Designation of Auditor Donovan as 1 the budget officer of the District l)f Columbia under the new federal bud get law is logical and gratifyving. Mr. Donovan is perfectly familiar with the fiscal requirements of the District, through his long service as secretary of the board of Commissioners and later as auditor. He is in a position to systematize the District estimates in accordance with the national budget scheme. Under the new law all the depart- ments, including the District govern- ment, must submit their annual esti- mates to the newly created budget bureau before the 15th of September. which is a month earlier than has been hitherto the date of submiseion. Consequently the heads of the munic- ipal departments have been directed ‘The number of vehicles for hire has multiplied be- 80 keen that the maneuvers of those have become a public { i | i District honld be Illu-llllll by elec- tricity. The Commissioners sougiit to secure an additional $50,000 in the deficiency bill just passed, for the’pur- pose of replacing gas lamps with elee- tric lights, but failed. It goes without saying that the Na- tional Capital should be one of the best lighted cities in the world. Yet it is in some parts one of the worst in this respect. The records of crime in Wash- ington are filled with cases which can be laid directly to the poor illumina- tion afforded by the public lamps. POLITICS AT HOME A question, generally propounded, three months ago was, “Who will be the Col. House of the new administra- tion?" The answer, promptly return- ed, was, “There will be none. Mr. Harding will not need a scout of that kind. He will be his own Col House.” The answer proves to be correct. No need whatever appears for “a con- fidential man.” Mr. Hardin, con- There are wide areas in which the]poctions, both political and social, with streets are' not much. if any better|ins worig are so intimate, and his lighted than in the old days of flicker- ing, far-between open-flame gas lamps. Concentration of good lighting in the center of the city and upon a few of the more important sources of information so numerous and reliable, he keeps abreast of things with ease. The popular opinion of Col.. House thoroughfares| ig that he filled his unofficial office, so tion with the regularly established 'leading futward leaves many parts in|¢o say, with rare judgment and suc- taxicab companies that receive orders|dense shadow after dark. and here 18| cess. Until the paach conference, he 0c |at fixed places. where the footpads and other criminals land his chief worked together har- find their opportunity. 1 moniously, the chief largely under his Congress has just heeded the de-|gyidance. mand for larger funds for the equip- At Paris, however, a rift appeared ment of the achool system and for the | in the lute, and widened until wreck extension of the water supply. Both were urgently required. The streets of the capital are in equal need of at- tention and there should be no hesita- tion on Capitol Hill in providing suf- ficient funds—which are available in terms of District revenues—for this|jon that Mr. Wilson would have uruli“,,d vitally important betterment, which makes for public security at the seat of government. ——————— The Greatest of Games. The game of politics, as it is called, is now absorbing. Men sitting in are Cull of the play and keen to keep their olaces, while many onlookers are ,as keen to take a hand. The prevailing spirit was shown the other day when Senator Johnson's at- tention was calied to a report that he was contemplating leaving office and politics and taking up his residence in New York for the practice of law. He dismissed the yarn with the short word ‘“rot,” and announced that he would not only continue to reside in talifornia, but stand mext year for re- rlection. In some things and to a degree poll- tics is suspended. Conditibns .of a to prepare their statements of their |financial and soclologieal - character financial requirements before the 1st|are such as cut across party lines. of August, which would give six weeks | Some of the questions at issue make for the Commissioners to consider and |8 appeal above ordinary party con- the budget officer to prepare the fig. | Siderations, and men in ofice are re- ures proposed for final report to the | 8PoRding in the spirit of the appeal. budget bureau. It remains to be seen whether the District will fare better than hereto- fore in the matter of appropriations under the new system. A material advantage of the budget plan is to make for greater certainty of action. The District's estimates have been uniformly in the past cut severely in the House of Representatives, leaving the Senate to bring the appropriations up to a closer approximation to the real requirements of the National Capital. The hope is that under the budgef plan the actual needs, conm- servatively stated by the Commission- ers, will be’ met without recourse to this process of cutting and pruning and restoration and compromise that heretofore has prevailed. a process which leaves always a heavy arrears of urgent local needs to be met in tuture bills. The Bankers' Associstion’s Home. It ‘is proposed to build a bome for the District Bankers’ Association that will serve at the same time as an accommodation for the Washington Clearing House and afford a beadquar- ters for the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Such a structure is urgentiy needed, and it is gratifying that President Larner of the bankers’ association has begun his administration of that office with a vigorous move to the end of an early construction. Washington has become an impor. tant financial center. Quite apart from the federal financial interests established here, the ldcal banking organizations have gained a strong, commanding position and do a great volume of business. The community is well served by these institutions. The clearing house business has grown to an extent unimagined a few dec- ades ago. The proposed home will be of value to business Washington through the promotion of the banking work and will also, as present plans are carried through, be a definité ad- dition to the city's architecture. The banks of the District are in a position to co-operate to the end of providing a building fund sufficient for the erection of a substantial structure in & central situation. Practical work has started to this end. & meeting having been held yesterday, at which plans were discussed. If the spirit which governs the conduct of the Dis- trict’s banking institutions is ‘mani. | jfested in this enterprise its fruition will very soon be in evidence in the form of a building of which Washing- ton will be proud, and which will serve a most useful purpose. P The French deputy who demanded a trial of the ex-kaiser was evidently anxious to take a rest from the re- sponsibilitiez of the present and talk over old times. —_——————— Discipline for slackers and deserters while lacking the element of pic- turesqueness undoubtedly has its vaiue in- military trainiog. /Reorgantmtion is necessarily an early number on & reconstruction pro- gram. Strects and Lights. It is indicated that the Commission- ers will be urged by the tazpayers of the District to press upon Congress the necessity of appropristing more liberally for strest and light improve- ments. The street repair work of the District is at present & million and a half behind normal requirements. Many parts of the District are in . | seri arresrs in.the matter of ex- cunmulhn- There are many miles o fpadaountely lighted streets-in the) ! eapitaai. But other questions contain the es- sence of party divisions, and men are dividing on them in the familiar party way. The charge of the socialists that no substantial difference exists now between the two oid parties has noth- ing to support it. Republicans are still republicans and democrats demo- crats in the old familiar fashion on & number of old familiar issues. Let us all hope that the lure con- tinues. Never before has the country stood in greater need in high office, legislative and executive, of men quali- fied to handle the country's business. In volume and complexity that busi- Gess is far greater than ever hitherto. l The United States.Senate and House of Representatives are absolutely agreed on the important point that peace is thoroughly to be desired. i In the war for humanity profiteers are suspected of having been inclined to let humanity content itself vilh the smail change. 1 If Bergdoll ceases to receive money from home he may be. I among friends abroad. ! 1t is dificult to make the lurdu large in the discussion of economica as mentioned in the expenditures. In some branches of industry an expert time elock pusher has demand. ed a wage for doing little else. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. = i Amid the rigging howled the ‘blast. ‘The sea was raging high. E The lightnings played about the mast And thunders filled the sky. The sailor man remarked, “I find This tumult just a bore. The real tempests to my mind, Are those you meet on shore. “The winds, although they have ac- quired A reputation great, Are naught to hurricanes inspired By breath articulate. 8o, let the ship roil in the trough! A wilder tempest's roar Is due to start when I get off And make a speech on shore.” High Art. “You have said some wise thinga in your speeches.” “Perhaps,” rejoined Senator Bnr ghum. “But musiciaps will tell you that one of the greatest considerations in their art is the management of the rest. So it is with oratory. I have often shown my greatest wisdom in selecting the proper moments for silenc Strictly s Modernist. “Do you remember when they used to sing about “The Old Folks at Home?" ‘ “Certainly not,” replied Miss Cayenne. “My Impression is that everybody is so busy attending gatherings of one kind or another that the old fglks do not stay home any more than the young A robin sat in sad disgrace. dued and melancholy,” Corntossel. “He is sufferin’ from shell shock,” replied the farmer. “But he hasn’t been in any battle.” « “No. He went to town and tried to| remarked Mrs. resuited. The two men have not met since the peace conference broke up. The public is not advised, and may never be, of the details of what tore the two men apart. But from what is known the public inclines to the opin- betfer if he had followed his coun selor further: that the counselor, from the closer study of what had led up to the conference, had the clearer and larger idea of what the conference should do. Meanwhile, there are no tidings of a | o House history of the Paris conference, or of any phase or feature of Col. House's activities while he stood at|agh Mr. Wilson's side. Is the public to be dissppointed in its expectation—al- most a demand? A great book lies in the colonel's ink-well. He has but to dip his pen in and bring it out. It would have a great mle, disputing for the time the honor of best seller with the most readable of current romances. ——t—————— A Blow to Tammany. The closing of the barrooms was a heavy blow to Tammany as a political power. In addition to being soclal clubs, they were political clubs. for| men of the Tammany order. Many conferences were held in those places. Many ‘“jobs” were ‘put up” there. They were warm oa cold nights, and cool on warm nights. The “boys” were easily “rounded up" there. The men who presided behind the counters—"'knights of the white apron™ they were called—were as a rule clever politicians in a small way. Asa rule, they were sober men. They sold the stuff, but did not themselves drink it. They did not take their own “‘medicine.” They were good listeners. From prac- tice in keeping order, they became good compromisers. In this way they heard much, and passed it on to their employers and other men “higher up.” Many of them became in time employ- ers themselves, and even political boases. g These men, neceasarily, dissppeared with the institutions they served..They scattered to other employments,.and thus severed their political connections and abandoned their interest in the| game. In their new fields they became interested in new things. . Thus Tammany sustained a double . minds of the old-timers yho m«ij-"ce loss—enug guthering places for theiyne stage and its famous lights in the ! rank and file, and a large number of| days gone by. The writer probably did|of u.- period may be mentioned those And, as yet, it{not l;neml to publish a census of old- competent file leaders. year. November would mean certain failure to elect a governor in November of next year; and thus, barred from both | Stuart Robson, the city hall and the mansion at Al- bany, the Tiger would be out in the cold world alone, without a place to lay its battered and disfigured head. m—— Premises and Performances. In his latest interview Chairman White of the democratic national com- mittee says: “The failure of the republican ad- ministration to keep its election prom- ises to date has put new heart and hope in the party everywhere.” There was some tall -nllhlub' last year by both parties. An unusual | go, and puzzling situation existed. -Spell- binders and the men who gave thém their texts and cues alike in their pledges *“‘overflowed,” 80 to say—ran to extremes. All things were prom. ised to all men. “Give us complef control,” said the démocrats, ‘“and we'll put, and keep, everything right.” “Give us complete control,” replied the republicans, “and we’ll promptly clean up the mess the democrats have It was 2 whale of & jamboree while it lasted, and the result at the polls was a whale of a record. The winner set the pegs in the sige of the victory. Nothing approaching it had ever been known in this country. . s It is the morning after, and we are all sobering up. .The number of voters who expected instant relief from high taxes, business dislocation and econ: fusion, and the high cost of living could not have been large. The great and' women who November, al- though intoxicated by the prevailing haullabeloo, have recovered sufficiently of party government. The republicans may fail, but as yet they have not failed. They have not Efforts being made by certain banking interests of this country to prevent the adoption of customs duties which will adequately protect American industries and American labor are deplored by leaders on the Wways and means commitiee of the House, which is now framing a per- manent tariff law. They also characterise as short- sighted the policy of many farmers In urging protection for their own products and opposing it for manu- factured-articles, and thus attempt- ing to block efforts to bring. back prosperity tc the great., industrial centers of this country and to the thousands of workmen who depend upon those industries for their live- lihood. Charges are made that the Ameri- can bankers have heretofore been as strong advocates of protective tariff as our manufacturers, but that now there seel to be a new alignment of interests which has, banker on one side of the'importer and apparently out of sympathy with efforts to prevent the flooding of the American home markets with for- eign-made goods. * % The success of &' corsbination of international bankers. persons inter- in foreign trade and some short-sighted farmers who believe that they can make themselves pros- perous by securing protection for farm products and prevent it for every!hln‘ else has caused consid- |erable of a row in the committee, Representative John Q. Tilson £ the most act and is leading the protection of the ‘The 'nrla has been in such a tur- moil fer so long a time and we bave been so absorbed in world problems that it now seems altogetiter too nar- row and circumscribed for us to turn our thoughts and attention to domes- tic concerns, he explains. We hear s0 much of irterhational trade debts and exchange that many forget the fact that there is, or ought 10 be, a considerable amount of strict- ly American business. Representative Tilson emphasizes. We have been so accustomed to seeing exporters and importers and international bankers reap rich harvests as a result of the great upheaval that it is quite nat- , ural to overlook the relatively unmi portant domestic affairs, Representa. tive Tilson and his colleagues argue. * s Strictly American industries are passing through a period not only of depression, but of real danger. they point out. The ‘alignment of inter- ests has shifted. Heretofore. the banker and the manufacturer had a common interest. and togethér they upheld the structure of American business for the benefit of both laber and capital. With the great increase in International debts has come an inerease of opportunity for profitable banking relations abroad and this op- portunity will not be neglected. This will mean, Representative Tilson and his supporters say. that the purely ery powerful friend, while in- onal commerce and the larger and more powerful industries which I ut the big American industries will lose the help | a; TRY TARIFF SHOESON BOTH FEET|HEARD AND SEEN are able to compete in foreign mar- kets will gain. Herein lies the danger. Representa- tive Tilson warns, for it is not the prosperity few largs corpora- tions, but ti of the many Uldh'l d and small organizations en- in agriculture as well as manu- llctllrln' and - their: employes that must.be the chief concern of Congress, because these are the most impor- tant, as well as the most numerous. 1t we neglect our own industries there can be no real or general pros- perity to the farmier, the mechanic or thé manufacturer, and in the end the entire public will suffer. If in order .to stimulate international trade we permit an Increasing amount of foreign-made goods to enter our markets, an increasing number of American workingmen- will -be. walk- ing the streets of the Industrial cities and towns looking for work. Representative Tillson warns the ways “and means committee. Then the agricultural producer, who threat- ens te create this condition, will be looking in vais for some cne to buy his_produce. . * % If the banking interests now de- sert domestic Tor forelgn ~business and arée successful in preventing the protection cf our, American indus, tries, Representative Tilson point out, 'they will probably reap greatcr rofits for the present, :Venmnlly lose by the shifting~of their allegiance. Repre:gnumu Tilson has quoted to his colleagues a passage from Dr. Edwin E. Slosson's book on Creative chemistry as emphuhlng this thought: “It, wouhl be well :to divert some iof the energetic efforts now devoted to the increase of mmeree to the discovery of ways reducing the need for commerce by the develop- ment of home products. There is no l merit in simple hlullnl things around the world.” The folly of “simply hauling things around the world” 18 nowhere better illustrated, Representative Tilson says, nnn in the case of farm prod- uet: t does not require a very long )oul‘ney around the world to more than equal the value of the average heavy farm products, and it s, there- fore, of the greatest importance to domestic agriculture to preserve the domestic market. To diminish or de, stroy the buying power of the indus- trial worker is to destroy the pros- perity of the food producer. Those farmers who are now asking a pro- tective iff on farm products. and epposing it for other articles, are ex- |tremely short-sighted. according to Representative Tilson and some of his colleagues. * % + Never in the history of tariff-mak- ing has any committee of Congress had a more vexatious time than the predent ways and means committee. torn by confifct in thought among the members and bombarded with oross- fire of conflicting data and arguments from clashing interests. At no time in the world's history have the basic facts regarding coms of production. exchange and return cargoes been so uncertain quantities from ' which to figure. The one question of putting the tariff on American valuations rather than bn foreign valuations has led to entanglements that seem im- passable What the members of the commit- tee must keep before them. and what they are trying to impress upon the more or less seifish interests that are pealing to them. is that the per- manent tariff must be based on what is {ér the lasting advantage of all the people. Memones of Loeal Theaters Revwed Te b Baitor ot The Btar: .The. very interesting mmnlmnm o “Rambler’”. in the Sunday Bu' of June 12 will awaken plgasant memories in time’ stage favorites, and omitted.. Miltoas in It”; the Florences. Barney Williams, John E. O'enl apd his “bar’l of apple mss”: Sleeper Clrke. and very gppearante, manner and squsaky voice treited. thé Fisibility ‘of his Sudiences to a pitch of intense enjo: Coming 1 e cmotional drarhi“who mantic story, can ever forget them (1 am sure the girls of that period now living as wives and mothera do not). netice the Rambler misspells her name, giving it as Weston. And there was her sister Hekn. famous in ‘““The French As an emotional actress I ques- tion whether !AIdllt an- in such Tea| ‘East Lynne, there in. Ihe.nld 'll)l unegualed fi &eénfusi-Davenport tufim yku l.ener ‘Wallach as Fagin the Jew and- Lucille West . Nancy Sykes—a .perform- ting nearly four hours and of mlelu l‘nnnsx to the end. ong the lighter and popular plays liyer Tyt b *a chat il which the namq reintimately .associated with Maggie Mitchell (the Mary has not been. gble.to recoup. New ickford of her day and generation and agencies and akents for shepherding|very familiar names who were drawil e idol of all the youns people). Such i the “boys” have not been found. cards in the theatrical life of the period. 'w;,!’lmo";' lhgpwk;;“s:l::l!s l;-:e . y. o Tammany is out to do its best this ""::n"""c?"l ‘:“;‘e "“sd'l""" T. member auite distinctly that whenever 3 lulberry lers, in | Maggie llllt came around here the ! Fallure to elect & mayor next| B o, O e e e e an p for. the sl all wanted to' go' and see Ker in the ro- ‘mantic scenes of those piays which min- istered.so largely to the tender passion. Lotta Crabtree. with her dances 3 songs. could stir up’ an sudience. and generally bad one to weicome her on her frequent visits here. Speaking of Jobn McCiillough and his “Gladiator," did-you ever see Proctor as Metamora and ““The Jibbenoisay"? For stage herole- Nick Proctor was a pastmaster. Tomasso Salvini's “Othello,” Siven in Italian. was something. to have seen, -nd it doubtless well remem- bered here. nl’l think it was present. at Albaugh’s Opers Sueh delll"llnll recollections_as *"The 0 Orphans,” with Kate -Claxton in mo principal role: Fanny Davenport in “La Tosca.” Mary Anderson, Julia Ma: lowe and Margaret Mather, as the J ind | liets, take us back to times.which are picturesque features of dramatic art Adah Isaacs Menken (Rambler leaves off the latter part of her name) will al- ways hold = place, particularly be. cause ol nr thrilling bareback perform- ances in *“Maseppa. or the Wild Horse of 'hruw." her greatest play, for which only a stage as large as that of the old mz Street Theater in Baltimore 'o-u suffice; which reminds me that .I always fresh and green in the store- house wd human ml!gm ouse Lily i S T e to the son ol ident lelor beme istreas of th Wm Hnllbt for = llme SEARCH FOR TROPICAL OASIS IN FROZEN WASTES. OF ARCTIC Ts there an: oasis ot tropical warmth in the Arctic region? . An expedition of acientists is now en route to explore the unknown coujitry east, west and north of the Porcupine river, in the Yukon val- ley, where there is reason ‘to believe that an astonishing oasis of warmth oxists. The belief comes from a dis- covery of a sudden and unexpected change in climate noted by C. J. Me- Intyre and two companions traveling norgh of the Porcupine by dog sledge last winter. The thermometer that day was 10 degrees below zero, when it began to rise rapidly. The three men rged suddenly from winter into .l:.h!.. from icy snow to slushy ln two hours" tnmpln[ they came to a hot spri hen - others; the mv u-d the nunfl The Tdeal Village. Somebody writes to a London paper: “Can any of your readers tell me of s ‘village, with beautifdl surround- ings, somewhere in southern England, peo breidminded. fm. ..J"" m‘:l-r!c-llhn.' -with ‘no a- mfl sire for Het-. but sl tor itratare e for lu.ntm . The n‘::u r“” o > does_not exist in Eam can lll.’“ one ul?‘m of any such society. ish-; nuklll country B \iiage 1ife 18 not supposed, & in":- growth of an’Arctic undm was transformed to dense ".““l‘»;‘ l Mclntyre believes that they were on the outskirts of a Jarge region Where ‘the climate wes warm, Yor he noticed' that -bear, caribou ‘and moose abounded. He reported that :ne"od!.mekl:len c!M;nl to have seen wild duck In one of th “r."t"' . . ® '.m e No_one knows where the bari g0 in winter. They slip out o}‘iifi‘: ::ln.;.'nth:olo'-nz “Arctic winter and re - until Feports of this new resion” mr m:: mo explanation af to the winter uarters of cariboti s evident. 'l‘h- little expedition of three was not equipped to risk even a day's l'lnol:cve‘l;‘ to ';xplg'r:. h‘mher but wnl e e ien! 1t -elx‘l month‘ nto the' region umors of a tropical oasl come out of the mortn in- the ::'n: and the actual discovery may ac- cuux;tod‘l,c:' ;k:’cmnnmero:l remains of mast al lammoths the Yakon river valley. > "0 #long tluy must h.lu no desire for vlh.!c'h. 'Ir-. quite mn-; thing. Tl any vill AT OF N which there is no deaire for :.‘J..l‘- Perhaps our English inquirer draws l llne betveen & modest’ wish for ey - An Innl‘lllm desire Ior vel.l'.h. hes” ‘werd, T an elastic . to which the Ei of 'y;huvny ]:»l - h.“h o y_shoul ur- En, wish that h(l‘lllel ;vil ..uo'r‘- l':?l: tn- e "-Ptu::un Zor experimenta- [ - et well bm'-?m':n'&?n:« a5 mere com: place but ‘no_less mpomnt m.m/ eration in view of . th n-uli eandl- tions of vill life. sprinkling of Hterature ud l@ Il ican _community beat m for any viilage. hat Ameri English nu tbdn that llllk l‘, cific” ideal. She | g requirements’ r from some al the villa‘ol' One touch of dog makes the whole world | The cat has quite a/reputation for being able to find its way back home Again, but if you ask Williim H. Hay- cock, assistant -city postmaster. he will 'tell you that' a dog is somewhat of an artist along that line, too. Haycock decided to get rid of his dog Jim not long ago, as the critter bit his little daughter. So Jim was banished to a safe distance, about ten miles over in Virginia. Then a new dog was secured, One night, about a week after that. the assistant city postmaster decided to take ‘life easy on his frorit®porch, He was sitting there, with the new dog at his feet. when he saw a familiar canine figure coming along the street. It was just about dusk, but there was no mistaking that wagging tail. Sure enough, it was Jim. The mew dog. however, didn’i join in the greeting, but chased the old dog away, after somewhat of a battle. But the old dog won out, after all. For the family decided the new one was & bit 0o much of a fighter. Ac- cordingly, it has been presented to & friend, and Jim once more reposes on the front porch. * * * “What's that big building?" asked one sightseer of another, pointing to the Post office, Department. edifice. “Why, that's the bureau of informa- tion—don't you see the sign?” replied the other. Both passed on, blissfully unaware that they had gazed upon the central headquarters of the. postal service of the country. Nor could they be blamed. The big black sign over the central entrance, with goid letters, “Bureau of Infar- mation.” certainly seems to label the entire building. Officials wanted visitors to be sure to see that the new bureau was there waiting to serve them, but none an- ticipated that sightseers might take the sign as labeling all.- The whole question of aigns on the department buildings is thus renewed here. One suggestion is that all de- gns, to-indicate to the bulldin a sign, and lnnlher ‘Capitol * * ¥ Rock Creek Park got into the. news columns last week, but it is more or less always in the thoughts of those who like to walk around Washington. The big park is just about at its prettiest at this season of the year. Perhaps a little later the trees may have a few more leaves, but the park as a whole will be no more attrac- tive. Smith Reiley. forester of the park, is doing all he can to call the atten- ltion of people to the prevention of fires in the park. It is not generally known. perhaps, that many needless fires of the forest fire variety are started in the park each summer. owing to the careless- ress of people using the park. Forester Reiley wants everybody to use the park. but to be careful with Imntchor cigarettes and other smok- er's hateriais < CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. Reckless drivers caused trouble way {back in the days when the motor car was not within Reckless Driving ~ the vision of man. Fifty years in Soldiers’ Home. ;. tne “road hogs” came near depriving the public of access to Soldiers’ Home Grounds. ‘The Star of June 13, 1871, says: “We are very, sorry to learn that Col Lee, governor 'of the Soldiers’ Home. is considering the propriety of closing the fine grounds and drives of that es- tablishment against the public. This alternattve is forced upon Col. L. by the reckless conduct of a few individuals who persist in racing and fast driving over the roads of the grounds, in open intentional violation of the rules evers- where conspicuously posted. = than four ac curred this season from this cause al to infirm or deaf occupants of the Hom and the abuse seems to be growing o rapidly, in spite of the warnings of the guards, that Col. Lee thinks there will be no remedy short of closing the gates “We trust this step will not be taken, and it need not be if those whe offend against the rules of the Home will reflect for a moment. The grounds do not belong to the public, nor ver to the government, strictly speaking. They are the property of the aged and infirm soldiers of the Army, and anv violation of the rules of the establich- ment by those who enjoy its surround- ings by suffran as gross an offens against decency and good faith as violation of the hospitality of a private Louse." - * * % The change of the District govern- ment to the territorial system brought about at least one Vagrant Animals reform for which R the general public Prohibited. was deeply grate- ful. Action was taken at last against the _nuisance ofe live stock straying through the streets of the capital. This was announced in The Star of June 14, 1871, as follows: ““The board of health announces that “from and after the 15th day of June, A. D. 1871, no horse, mule, bull, steer, cow, calf. heifer, sheep, goat, hog or goose will be permitted to run at large in the cities of Washington and George. town.' June 15 is tomorrow. From and after tomorrow. then, if this agreeable information is true, the cities of Wash- ington and Georgetown will cease to be | common pasture and browsing |vagrant animals. Roaming droves ot porkers will no longer be permitted to ravage our yards, root Up OUF £Tass plats and carry destruction to our flower and Kkitchen gardens. No longer will they be allowed to make a hog-wash of every gutter and afterw: to paint our pail- ings with mud. No longer will the exu- berant cows have the run of our shrub- beries and parked streets. No longer will the musical geese confest with the i pigs for the possession of the puddles tand sidewalks. No longer will the frisky {goats carry on their pugnacious frays on the footways or make lively butting |raids on the juveniles. Nome of these things will be, after tomorrow. Thus | pass away time-honored institutions un- der the ruthless hand of modern inno- vation.” DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS Ludendorff “at Ease.” A special correspondent of L'Inde- pendence Belge relates a recent con- versafion with Ludendorff, Hinden- ‘berg's collaborator. He:says. . ‘At the present tfme Munich is the center of the reactionary movement in 'anunnm It is the favorjte resor} ot ! ali=these who have learned nothing and forgotten nothifig, Kahr. Esche- rich, Moehl, Xylander and. espécially Ludendorff. all are to:be found. there. “Ludendorft is still the chief among them; he was unpopular for”a short time at the,end of 1918, but he ‘bas now cpmpletely re(alnad his ascend- ancy; modern, just- as anclent Ger- many, i toc sreat an admirer of brutal force not to worship this man ho is its living symbol. "l‘:ud‘endorfl does not make himsell scarce. Excellent psychologist “as he {is. he knows very well that *he‘sassaes le forget their ro v o e pflyn hey don't see him often nd Ludendorfl does llnl be forgotten. He is by, n ned. He does not behwe finished playing his part. eneregtic, and in pos- his strength. 1 wi ompari : poleon on the II-LT: ldhev; Ell e “dreams oniy of it: nd power. .c'!'s:) );nel is seen about everywhere: walking, &t the theater, at political mecllnll. at patriotic fetes. ~The olher he presided st the great celeb! ns to the memory of German lvlntorl killed in the war. There re dense crowds and from all sides Deutschiand uber alles’ was ‘heard. Hindenburg was absent. He ix, more- over, more and more eclipsed by his former chief of staff. Ludendorfl was surrounded by a brilliant sembty of enerals and princes: quickly 4 enough.’ wish to’ means Tt that he has He is youns. session of all 1 saw Moehl and Pohl. all the :ov-mmen\ of .the Bavarian, ‘republic.’ the royal Princes Touis, Ferdinand, _Alphonse and Leopold. the Crown Prince Rupprecht, who was loudly chnnd. and many others.. - “Ludendorff gives no ' interviews. This Was unknown formerly in Ger- many. But I know that he likes a chat. For his h!ld ll simply full of ideas and he doe: want to-keep them to himself. e love- dis&ussion, lively agitated. even sharp conversa- tion. - The other day I went to find him. The train of the Isan valley took me about five miles lm? Munich, to Prinz-Ludwig's Hohe. his is a beautiful little place, full of nature's charms. - A littte chalet lost among the trees and the flowers. With dif- ficulty the bell is found with a knob bearing the simple inscription: Luden- dorff. No other title. The general, of course, does not allow that any ane could ignore this name. I am shown into & room furnished with excellent u-u" Two-single pictures are hang- ing opposite each other! the Empéror ‘Wilhelm II d the original of the celebrated picture, by Vogel, repre- senting Hindenburg and Ludendorft lunln. over the staff map. “lm the. general do t- appear: he servant tells ‘me rather 2 mmbllll’ tone that he will come directly, that-he has gone-for a little walk in the Isar valley. Tired of waiting, I ge after him. An hour after I meet a little gathering of men in whose midst {s Ludendorf. I introduced myself, and -he is very amiable. He talks and I listen. His features are as har ever. He tells ui politics such as lhey nn today. prefers an open and frank pe sonally he wishes to re background. My impressi he means by that: my* hour come. t. surd to think of & Aol QM“GO':-.::I- after her prosperity, m {'-v to n!'-r. 1t is the best a Stein and’'a 'l:::‘fl: lw’:‘:’-un first n!lfl u’ tno '.erlor ‘before thinking u “:s; :I‘ll'.‘-rllu for the nuri. n g ?;:lr: of Germany. The press must be orgarfsed.- No doubt he the t of Stinnes, hnll ?.e sald ::t:;:‘. AT bo!- I‘ m‘dn‘{ u:rng "K'J?' return to the charge Anh. Nt n wi S thawhkres. in: o & tor 'ivl e :o lllo to ruln. 2 of Kapp andE But his ing of Kapp favorite subject is the interns! re- ! Gonstruction of Germany. He and epergetic as|other that he hnfil e back to that continually. Nothing is 0 _important. “Munich in the distance was bathed in sunshine when' 1 left Ludendorf, who disappeared behind the littie fence covered with flowers. Is it pos- sible’ that this-man of such a simple ‘appearance. wilt one: day again be the curse of Europe? ‘“This question ehaunted me while I was returning on foot to Schwabing, while “inhaling the perfumed air of a delicious summer evening. Silesian Reactions +The - continual - paliti Spain - in ‘reflected in ‘the comments of the Madrid Socislista on the Sile- 'I(Bl\ trouble. The paper rays “The, question of ¥pper Silesia shows us in an eloquent way that latent con- flicts between imperialists of the great powers may yet lead us to a new war. : “The recent declarations of Mr. Lioyd George were extremely serious. not only because they were opposed to the aspirations of France. but es- pecially because It is known new in all its details that the ‘fait accompii’ which Lloyd George spoke of was pre- pared by the French imperialists. “In face of these revelations it is easy to understand why at the Lendon conference France wanted the appli- cation of the sanctions to begin on the 1st of May. The disappointment can also be easily understood in the government circles of Paris, Prague and Warsaw, when a new chance was given to Germany. thanks to the ef- forts of England and It “Now the aim that the Polish adven- turer Korfanty is seen in all its nakedness., in having recourse to a ‘putsch’ or military sedition. which permitted of his being proclaimed civil and military governor of Upper Silesia. It i= true that the Warsaw government disavowed Korfanty's en- terprise, but every one knows what to think of this repudiation. “The ‘fait accompli’ prevoked to force the hand of England. and the other sllies did not produce the de- sired eftect. On the contrary, it served to show that the imperialisms of the great powers ‘did not disappear with the great war. and, in spite of every- thing. socialism forms the only hope of seeing ane day peace and good will earth.” reign on Women's “Air-Taxi.” Now that airways carry hundreds of passengers weekly, a striking fea- ture is the number of women Who are taking to this new and ‘swifier form ol ransport, says' the London Daily Mail. No llr travelers are so enthusiaatic as.the women. They seem to enjoy every moment they are in.the air. The luzury of the new aeroplane cabins delights them. For their benefit large- ly the saloons bear dainty flower vases and mirrors. From one express in from Paris the other evening there emerged eight women and only one man. s is the destination of most -of the women. By going in u morniag express, one can now do an hour or so's_shopping in Paris and catcn a machine back, which will bring one to the London alr station in time to . motor to town for dinner. TWo women ‘who wanted to buy many things in Paris hired a special “air- un the ?-’ and went over in the morning ending the whole day there. and turning by the scheduled aeroplane ‘express” next morning. Love Slackers. A proclamation by the Turkish gov- ernment that bachelors shall be pun- ished as criminal offenders has set a contributor to the London Daily Mail thinking upon the cause of male ‘celibacy, especially in England. b vm.lla ::‘”:‘ Ie{n. 10 avow, - doener apd unds leurnnL When man affirms. small neome the sole reason !or leading a llh'lil':lll vu’h Hl':.'l, .gu lmmrnl. Geperally such men a: fer 1 siie phi- th.ulol. vhom r mqnn‘;“ ‘:: ion- ukt Nud-u ey o ;| oo LS N Narclssus’ is me bachelor who | uhl ne in the battisfield of 3