Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1921, Page 32

e B = 2 “THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. should be of masonry. The old wooden pile wharves should be as quickly-as possible replaced with stone or con- crete slips. No other system will per- UNDAY..........July 17, 1921 : ODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor | it the development of a water front in harmony with the dignity and gen- ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company | éral appearance of the city. “Husiness Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. | Until East Potomac Park was open- EBuropean Oflge: 8 Regent 8t. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning dition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month; da month; Sunday only, 30 ceats per month. Or- dors may be seat by mall, or telephone Maln 5000, " Collection a made by cacrle 84 of esch month, ““Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. '0c . Bunday oniy- 3 All Other States. “Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., $5¢ ~Dally only. 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., §0¢ -Sunday oniy. 1yr. $3.00:1mo.. 25¢ - The Bonus Bill Recommifted. <z-The frank and courageous assertion . by President Harding of the fact that & vast Injury to the nation at large ‘would result from the passage of the ®oldier bonus bill has had its happily inevitable result. Yesterday the Sen- ate, by a vote of 47 to 29, recommitted that measure to the finance committee without instruction. Last moment efforts to attach to the motion to recommit a provision that the bill should be reported out again next January were defeated by an overwhelming majority. only seven members voting in favor of such an emendment. Any such provision would have been palpably futile. The con- dition of the national finances which makes the bonus inadvisable at this time will obtain for several years to come. That economic readjustment -which must be accomplished before a gift to the uninjured veterans of the world war can be safely made must, of necessity, be a slow process. The tax laws must be revised. The floating and immediately maturing war debt must be funded. And when these things shall have been done a period fmust be vouchsafed the nation in . Which to climb back to that state of economic and _which must exist before heavy addi- ~tonal taxes which the bonus would call for may safely be imposed. The gradual and arduous progress which is being made toward normalcy must ‘mot be checked. So the day when the soldier bonus bill will become the law of the 'lsmiI “has been long postponed. A great 'majority of the veterans, recognizing the soundness of the position which President Harding has reluctantly _taken, wi]l be far from chagrined by “that fact. Men whose patriotism has Sbeen tested by fire can never resent ‘‘the fact that because & benefit to . themselves would jeopardize the gen- ;eral public interest that benefit was sdenied. They will rather set enthusi- ,astically about the task of hastening “the return of those good times when -a soldier bonus may be’ given gladly and spontaneously, rather than being grudgingly paid upon the demand of -those it would benefit. { Public Printing Economies. Budget Director Dawes, in his .search for means:of .saving public -money, has propoded a curtaflment of the government printing, and has con- ferred with the public printer on the subject. It has been notorious for a long while that much money was ‘wasted in composition and press work and materials in the publication of government documents. Each depart- ment has had its own allotment of money for this purpose, but without any central supervision there has been * duplication and waste. Immense edi- tions of pamphlefs have been issued that could have been cut down prob- “ably by half or more. With a number of standards of editing there has been “no system in the “cutting” process. i Each bureau chief has sought to have “ his own writings or those of his prin- -cipal assistants published in full, while perhaps deploring the liberality with which other bureau compositions have | 00 1n the country to drive in.” been issued. The government needs an editor to supervise the whole output of public ‘printing. The public printer himself s charged with the duty of producing the work, and has no authority to cur- tall the volume. He must take orders as they come. He can charge costs in certain cases, but these costs are ‘simply for actual work and materials |!2Vished on the Dempsey fight proves and have no relation whatever to the industrial well-being | ‘Builaing. [ed to the public few people realized Londou, Eagland. (the shabbiness of Washington's water front. Now, with thousands traveling over the driveway in that park daily, ily oaly, 45 cents per | the untldiness and decrepitude of the wharf line become shockingly appar- lers at the |gnt. Yet things have been in about the same ‘state for so many years, with a very few improvements, that most people have grown used to them. Strangers, however, are impressed un- favorably with the general wretched condition of the harbor. They com- ment upon it as one of Washington's ugliest aspects, contrasting as it does so strikingly with the beautiful park across the channel. . For about half of the way from the tidal basin outlet to the mouth of the harbor the shore opposite the park is well kept and attractive, being within the bounds of the Washington bar- racks. The contrast between that Istretch and the northern sector is: | marked. It is the more essential to lmlke effective use, through good build- ing. of the whole area because of the narrow limits that are set upon the harbor. And it is gratifying now to find that this question has reached the point of corrective attention. —_———————— Need of a Traffic Court. The urgent need of the establish- ment of a traffic court in Washing- ton, to deal exclusively with traffic violations; is apparent. - With -traffic becoming more congested every day, resulting in a corresponding increase in violations and accidents, the situ- ation has reached the acute stage. Although several bills have been in- troduced in Congress to provide for such a court, and Commissioners, the police department and law-abiding motorists of the District have urgent- ly recommended it. no active steps have been taken to date which make brighter the prospect of the immedi- ate establishment of this much-needed court. Considerable resentment has been shown during the last week by men on the “hill” at the way in which the trafic laws of Washington are en- forced and the manner in which vio- lators are punished. One of the methods suggested for the elimination of the “speed-bug” is to seize the car of any motorist convicted of reckless driving and sell it at public auction. While this method might work well in some particularly objectionable and flagrant cases, it is too drastic to ap- ply to the general run of traffic vio- lators. A traffic court, presided over by a judge with a thorough knowledge of traffic and able to devote his entire time to it, would act as an immediate cleanser to the traffic “mud puddle” into which Washington has seemingly fallen. In the present court justice in many cases is delayed. In a traffic court justice would be swift and sure, with the facts of a case fresh in the minds of all connected with it. It would eliminate the many . postponements which are now a dally féature of the courts in traffic cases. Motorists ar- rested for any of the more serious of- fenses, such as reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, or leaving the scene of an accident without making known their identity, would not be able to get off by merely depositing collateral at a precinct station. They would be required to appear before the judge in the traffic’ court and would receive stiff penalties. ‘With swift, gure and certain justice meted out to offenders in a traffic court, with a probable revocation of the operator’s permit on a violator's second appearance in the court, the reckless and ‘““don’t care” fraternity of automobile drivers in this city would speedily decrease, and Wash- ington would soon shake off its repu- tation of being “one of the hardest —_——— Plans being made by the Attorney General to shift judges around, so that none will find spare time on his hands, seem a little cruel just when the thermometer is at its height. ———— References in Congress to the money that'the lawmakers keep posted, even . immense overhead to which the print. | though the esteemed “Record” dis- ing establishment is subject. No estimate has yet been made of dains to carry a sporting page. ———— “the amount of money that can be| Occasionally a wealthy New Yorker ~'saved. But it is plain that the econ.|finds his income g0 large that he feels . omy may run into the miltions with.|0Pliged to lead at least a double lite out ectually impairing the value of | order to spend it. the government's printing work. The same tendency to be liberal with pub- lc money prevails in the matter of ‘Water Economies. Plans are under consideration and printing as in other lines of govern-|will probably soon be executed where. ment expenditures, and Gen. Dawes|by a saving of at least 800,000 gallons will have the best wishes of the coun-|of filtered water a day may be. ef- try in his endeavor to keep this par-! tected at the bureau of engraving and ticular item down to a business basis. | printing. It is proposed to take water ———— The fact that practical sovietism af- fords scant encouragement to reading and writing has been a considerable drawback to Trotsky’s literary career. A number of people out in Ohio are _ recalling the fact that they always ; did say William Taft had a legal mind. The Water Front. The Commissioners’ wharf commit- s tee in its annual report, just sub- « mitted, calls the water front a disgrace & to the Natlonal Capital, and declares I'that no other large city in the world o Baving comparable water (facilities has such an unsightly and imprac. § ticable harbor front. Recently Commissioner Oyster made 5, an inspection of this part of town - and noted a number of buildirigs which can be removed at once and for % the razing of which orders have al- ~'ready been given. Others are leased & 8nd cannot be touched until the leases - expire. As fast as these properties 2 fall under the control of the Commis- ¢ sioners they should be razed if they i€ cannot be remodeled. There should be no wooden struc. b ! directly from the Tidal basin for the bureau's mechanical needs, which are heavy, but which do not require a filtered supply. Indeed, if all the water uses of the bureau save those for drinking purposes are fully met from the river the saving might be as much as & million and & half gal- lons & day. This is but one of the several iarge establishments now using flitered water for purposes for which the viver water itself is just as satisfactory. A saving of five million gallons daily | could probably be effected. That is to say, that amount of flitered water would remain in the reservoirs avail- able for public use that now flows into the government offices, to be trans- formed into steam or to be used for flushing or washing purposes. In this connection it is well to re- new .the suggestion that the 'use of filtered water for putting out fires is absurd and indéfensible, At one time for an expense of $100,000 pumps and special mains could have been pro. vided covering the entire downtown area with a high-pressure system for fire-fighting . purposes. The cost of such a plant would now be much more —perhaps $250,000. But even at'the health, 0 : - 5 L e—— Provision for the enlargement of the supply should not be considered as lessening the need of economies. It will be several years before the ad- ditional conduit is completed and ‘the increased quantity of water is avail- able. In that time many reforms can be effected. A high-pressure system could be installed. With the changes in government plants necessary to take ‘water directly. from the river for mechanical purposes and with pos- | sibly the high-pressure ‘system estab- lished, the total margin over the im- mediate needs at the peak of con- sumption in midsummer would be in- creased to care for possibly the popu- lation growth of another half decade. Still, the increased water supply is absolutely essential, whatever econ- ‘omles may be effected. For Washing- tmn will be a city of three-quarters of ! 2 million within a few decades, and it {must Imperatively have more water and it must be provided soon. ———p Presidents on Horseback. President Harding as a horseback rider will probably become a familiar figure on the roads around Washing- ton. He is going to keep in good con- dition, and equestrian exercise has been recommended as a means. His phy- sician, Gen. Sawyer, has already ac- quired a mount and is now in the first stages of saddle lameness that will probably afflict his chief a little later. Washington has not seen a riding President for some time. President Roosevelt was one of the most ardent horsemen ever in the White House, end his saddle jaunts around the cap- ital became famous. In the old days Presidents and horses were not stran- gers. But that was before the motor car period. Gen. Grant was a famous driver and loved to try out his horses on the suburban roads. He had a large stable, including some famous animals. He would seldom permit any other driver to give him dust. Thomas Jefferson’s horseback ride to the Capitol to be ;inaugurated has become historical. In those times Washington was prac- ‘tically a universal birdle path. There | were no pavements, and horses could Ibe ridden almost anywhere. The ¢om- plete paving of the city, save for paths through the parks, narrows the op- portunities of the officials who mount steeds for exercise. In Mr. Roosevelt's case his horse was usually held for him at the outskirts and he reached the rendezvous by motor, being sel- dom seen astride in the neighborhood of the White House. Presidential exercise is essential. It is for the good of the country. The occupants of the White House are kept hard at work and the confine- ment to duty tells on them. Golf and tennis permit some relaxation. No President since McKinley has lacked in some form of outdoor sport or di- version. Mr. Wilson kept up his golf until his illness. He occasionally rode horseback in the early part of his ad- ministration. Mr. Harding will have the best wishes of all who ever rode in the finding of an easy mount, and it is hoped that he will benefit greatly by his exercise and retain his soind | Fartnérs inoiftudyige economiés have conclpded that ture, like the st'eel:pu!'fiflfu!.lh}lth,ef aiprince or a patiper. G L - — et Germany i regarded by'Mr. Long- worth as attempting some artistic dip- lomatic work with her dye stuffs. Lloyd George found & Targe amount of business awaiting:hifp on his re. turn from a vacation. g SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER® JOHNSON. S The world. is.;full. of projects. vast. ‘Who cares? ioa The silly season’s here Each dares . (R | To treat himself just 1ike & 'pet. A ride in life's canoe he'll get. He may fall over and get wet— ‘Who cares! | He'll fish all day and get no bite. ‘Who cares? The jazz band for his steps at night Prepares. He'll drink pink fluids over much And eat hot sausages and such, Or grin at the head waiter’s touch— ‘Who cares! The sleeplessness may make him ill. ‘Who cares? At movie shows he helps to fill The chairs. & world is now a ‘merry joke. railroad train, 'mid roar and The The smoke, Will take him hame sunburned and broke. ‘Who cares! Source of Opinions. “What are your opinions on this subject?” “I'm not sure,” replied Senator Sor- ghum. “A lot of mail has come in from my constituents that I haven't yet had time to open.” Summer Poetry. “Is it not pleaeant,” sald the guest, “to live in the country and get up in the soft cool air of the morning?”| “Those sentiments,” . ddmonished Farmer Corntossel, “are not going to help the place along. If we waited for a cool morning, nobody’'d ever get up.” Only Patience Required. July ere long, with sultry glow, In August will be lost. And then another month or so ‘Will dbring around the frost. Jud Tunkins says Sunday will never. be a day of complete rest for & man who has to shave and dress up so's his family will think he 1s fit to go to church. x Headwork. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, -|should be of concrete or stone or|to establish such a mmn:gv-r the ?|brick. The plers or docks themselves | area of greatest possible use. D. O, JULY 17, 1921—_PART POLITICS AT HOME|Foreign Guarantee of Peace to Parades. Are parades in the matter of cre- ating and assessing public sentiment on public questions coming back? The inquiry grows out of the recent ‘wet parade in New York. To support their contention that public sentiment does not indorse prohibition, the wets staged a street demonstration and in- vited everybody either to attend and march, or take position and look-on. The response was not liberal. The line was not a tenth as long as ex- pected, and the on-lookers did not swamp the big town. The weather, however, was held to blame. The day was hot, and paradoxically speaking, the head cooled the ardor of the crus eaders. But there has been no discourage- ment. Demonstrations of like char. acter are to be staged elsewhere, and when next year's campaign gets in swing parades will be numerous. The wets, it is stated, will seek in this way to impress the public. Parades were once a prominent fea- ture of political campaigns. Both partiese marched—sometimes by day, at other times by night. Torchlight processions were very popular. Mr. Cleveland in his callow Buffalo days carried a torch, and after achieving national distinction boasted of the per- formance. There have been some famous marching clubs: Cook county, Ill., was the home of one. The Blaine Club of Cincinnati became widely krnown for the enthusiasm it exhibited and in- spired in campaign years, though its sponsor failed to reach the supreme goal. Sometimes a good stump speech can be compressed within the limits of a transparency, and reach thou- sands of eyes eager for & word of in- spiration. —_——e—— Mr. Bryan’s Venatility. Mr. Bryan's versatility is seldom re- ferred to. The popular notion is of & man who eats, drinks, thinks, dreams, politics. And yet he is versatile. He is by no means a one-topic man. He turns from one subject to another with ease, and makes himself entertaining on all he touches. This has grown somewhat out of his engagements. An entertainer must be more than a political agitator. And for years Mr. Bryan has been an entertainer—the most popular on the chautauqua circuit. He has drawn the largest crowds, and received the largest checks for his appearances. Of course, he has talked politics. But he has also talked religion, and sociology, and literature, and now and then a little science on the side. Asa result he is hailed here as a theologian, there as an allaround reformer, and yonder as an everyday philosopher. Politics, world peace, and prohibition are much in the picture today, and Mr. Bryan discourses on all thres with ease and something like authority. But In New York the other night he put them all aside, and addressed his audience on the subject of Darwinism, whith he told his hearers was much discredited now even in scientific circles. “1 am expecting Mr. Smith to call, and I don't want to see him. You needn’t make a flat misstatement, but give him an evasive answer."” The servant reported later, and seemed well pleased with his success. ‘“‘You gave him an evasive answer?" “Yes, ma'm. “What was 1t?” “I asked him if his grandmother was a monkey." Mr. Bryan evaded all current topics and talked about Darwinism. Gov. Cox. Has Gov. Cox abandoned his project- ed trip to Europe? A recent dispatch trom Saratoga mentioned his arrival there with Mrs. Cox, en route to their lodge for the summer. The trip abroad was announced soon after the November election. The gov- ernor, who had made a humming cam- paign from coast to coast, feit the need of a rest, and would take it in Europe. But when he tarried at home beyond the time appointed for the departure it was explained that he would make the trip in the spring. Now it {s mid- summer, and the governor has other plans. - Do those plans relate to 19247 Well, why not? If so disposed, Gov. Cox may try for a second preésidential nomination. There is nothing to hin. der? The fleld is open. If such in his purpose, he is wise in remaining close to base. A good Geal is afoot in the political world, and some of it is anti-Cox. The influences that sought the scalp of Chairman White last winter may seek it again. Some very interesting calculations are based on a plan to swing the demo. cratic national committee wholly away from the Buckeye leader. And then there is the early stir in wet circles. The wét program com- prehends a fight for control of the next Congress, and if that succeeds, the immediate launching of the next preésidential campaign. Now Gov. Cox is a favorite in wet circlés. He has suffered in the wet cause. He was attacked in last year's campaign because of his alleged wet leanings. So that as matters seem to be tending it will be to his advantage tokeep a close and keen eyé on every feature of every maneuveér of & politl. g cal character taking place between now and the meeting day of the next democratic national convention. —_——t—————— Advocates of & “blue Sunday” '| strike & sympathetic chord at this par- ticular season amomg those who re- gard the summer &3 no time for work on any day. ———e—————— ‘War is described as a form of in- sanity, but no alienist has been able to exempt those who promote it from the traditional penalties. —_— A watch dog of the Treasury is al- “Did you say my head was solid {ways in danger of inspiring a certain tvory?” “Mebbe I did,” replied Mr. Erestas Pinkley, “but don’t you makeé no more reaches like you had a razor, uniess you wants to get it in & museum as) carved-ivory.® e amount of unpopularity as well as gratitude. Precede U. S 'Aid Suggested BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL. Former Vice President of the United States. ALL 1t arrogance, ambdi- tion, pride—what you will, we hold to our convic- tions. The innate opin- fon of every man that what he thinks s right, what he wants should be done, is a human char- acteristic which results eventually, unlese curbed, in the overthrow of government. When the doctrine that the king can do no wrong was announced. kings began to be- lieve in it, and then. people who were not kings began to think they could do no wrong. The king proved for a while that he could do no wrong by cutting oft their heads; subsequently they tried to prove that they could do no wrong by cutting off his head. Democracy Is 1a particular dane ger when there arise either parties or leaders who are utterly con- vinced of théir own righteousness and of the rightéousness of only their cause and purposes; who be- come convinced that all opponents are not only mistaken, but in. herently roguish and actusted by vicious motives. We prate about the freedom of speech and of the press in America, but this free. dom I8 valueless when constantly tainted with the suspicion that dis: senting views are unpatriotic and undemocratic. * %% Among the experiments of my official life was an effort to obtain the adoption of a new constitution for the state of Indiana. As gov- ernor, I succeeded in bringing about adoption by the general a sembly, which ordered that it be submitted to the people for their ratification or rejection. That was a8 far as the supreme court, by & three-to-two opinion, let it go. In the proposed constitution was an inhibition of suffrage against those delinquent in the payment of their current poll taxes. I was the recipient of many letters pro- testing against this provision. It Was urged by the writers of these letters that no man who had prop- erty should be permitted to vote, that no suffrage should be restrict- ed to those without taxables. These letters convinced me that in a little more than 100 years we had turned from one extreme and headed toward another. In our revolutionary days we opposed taxation without representation. In Indiana, demand was made for Tepresentation without taxation. I have not approved of the meth- ods by which many men have gained wealth, nor of the legis- lation which has alded them. On the other hand, I have sometimes wonderéd how taxes are to be paid. how public improvements would be made and the govern- ment maintained if there were no property. It seems to me that when I, without property. have the power to make those with proper- ty pave the streets, light <the towns, open up parks, establish hospitals, schosl my children, pro- tect the heaith of my family, po- lice my life, T have had quite a fair share of the benefits of my government. Of course, I do not want to stop there. I want my opportunity to get some wealth without the government prevent- ing or interfering. * ¥ % % It seems to me that those who bear the burdens of government ought to have a fair and respect- ful hearing as to what those bur- dens shall be. Yet men have opénly crtiicised President Hard- ing because he dared to listen to men of wealth about the welfare of our country. For my part I think he is doing well in calling these men into his council It is a bad sign when any large number of men imagine that a President is to be swerved from dealing justly with the American people because he listens to per- sons representing first one side and then the other of a question. This is plainly his duty. The men who are objecting to his seeking the views of financiers ought to have campaigned against the ¢ lection of Dr. Sawyer on the ground that he was & physician. They might properly have held that the President was apt to have appendicitis and that a member of the plumbers’' union should be appointed White House physician, as appendicitis is a pipe disease. 1 do not pretend to say that the President should be controlled by the advice being given him or by the alleged facts laid before him. ‘What I say is that the Constitu- tion requires him from time to time to lay recommendations be- fore Congress, and that unless he seeks advice and obtains informa- tion he will not be able to frame recommendations worth making. I hope he will continue to hear men who represent all sides of public questions, all phases of thought. % x % Mr. George M. Reynolds of Chi- cago told the President many things about domestic and foreign commerce. If a poor man like myself had been consulted, the very persons who criticised the President for hearing Mr. Rey- nolds would have been convulsed with laughter and would truth- fully have said: “His {8 only the opinion of & man who has never had anything to do with finance.” Now that Mr. Reynolds has spoken, those who are not allled with the financial affairs of the world may éxpress opinions of what he said. Does it not seem quite reasonable that if certain portions of Europe are impov- erished and must purchaee in American markets the articles necessary to make them going concerns, and that if we loan them the money to buy these ar- ticles and they get the goods and we get the bonds, the only thing we have done is to give them our goods and to trust that in some mysterious way our obli- gations will be paid? These ob- ligations can be paid only In cash or in barter. If these portions of Europe had the money now they could buy the goods without a loan. Not having the money, they must pay either with products that they make or with money obtained from the sale of these products. The policy of the government seems to be to oppose the impor- tation of cheaply manufactured goods. It follows, therefore. that we are to loan money to enable impoverished parts of Europe to obtain the means of making goods to sell in other countries in com- petition with our own manufac- tured products. With the pres- ent policy of the administration, it is worth while to give serious consideration to the question whether all future ald to Eu- governmental and other- should mnot ce: ‘whether notice might not well be served at once that two and a half years from the armistice is time enough for Europe to become Impressed with the fact that the war is over; that the people of Europe should stiffen thelr backbones, disband their armies and work out their finanelal salvation through thelr own eftorts. * % % ‘We are called on to feed the helpless children of portions of Europe, while the men thereof are engaged in armed conflict. Against our vrill, there creeps into the minds of us Americans. the sug- gestion that If these peoples are bound to continue the barbarities of war and will not submit their questions to peaceable settlement they may by heredity and example be transmitting to their children this same idea of fighting when- ever they want to and for what- ever they concelve to be their rights. It is a horridble thought, yet maybe {f these people were told that we will not help them until they stop their fighting and consent that their controversies shall be settled by the judgment of impartial men. they might be led to see 2 new light. I have doubts about the consti- tutional powers of Congress to give to European nations the in- debtedness they now owe us. Mr. Bryan had a great idea at San Francisco. Briefly, it was that we offer. to cancel our European in- debtedness just so soon our debtor nations would consent to the limitation and lessening of armament, and that we withhold 81l aid from any people who should continue to submit their difterences to the wager of battle. His idea obtained no hearing. We can well give more than ordinary consideration to the ad- vice of Mr. Reynolds. Out of it there may grow a national desire to obtain some guaranty, however slight, for the peace of the world and some assurance of disarma- ment before we give “more” to the European Oliver Twists. (Copyright by Thomas R. Marshall.) Books for Stay-at-Homes The Public Library recommends Books for the tired feeling that a salls persons condemned to a summer in the eity. It contends that the old adage, “Men change their skies, t their may be r bu:_“yao by sta) -homes to rum, ‘Meén who ma: |:::"c'!;7‘x‘a e their change S Y SH o ng's ‘Moun v an old book, a1 ‘:‘mud to tnlk': eader from city heat and nol ::.&n silences and cold of snow- capped mountains. Climbing from haf‘m to height, pulling: themsélves hend over hand on & rope lassoed o' afis oL ok S o2 T 68 scar rand o with '"l“ Dnelplclel be. n To wide space John Muir's “Travels transport the reader a8 s “shining way through flord and sound, a8t lotrert n: falls, hills and mountains an by ure hesdlands.” A in Hudson B8tuck's “T! -u&t ¢ Denali” (Mount Me- make fi‘d‘m: read his he trac for coolness, even if one camps rusted wi :‘&“‘mflf’n’r‘}‘m material for the eyes of the mind to rest on in July. - * % But accounts of mountaindering other books of travel are not the :;Iy sources of refreshmént open to the resder. There are essays reflect- fng the hours of leisure and pléasura- ble coritemplation of the author--es- says .-\ml those of E V. Lucas o 7] s tgo t;v.nmllul-lmu : s plays, or cnarm of | Gregory, and ! ik o the 0k, and singing golden lines e ging & nes to the tired Many anether whose heart holds no 8311 your sciema sweetness husd, e and 0 my co nla Wind, Wi mpanions, Wind, ot L} ‘aters, Stars and There is, for éxample, fo love' the ocesn, ~The SAlloFe’ compiled by John M: himselt poet of ships and sea; so; of nature, collected by the natura) 'v'voo,;'llns‘t":t?“ he, or the individual of the long process| - MI.I;.’::IIG Amtencnsl l;wet jonzeraug * on, of course, afford roads out of “Wuhlu e: l'M““l‘llol-e qQuized the librarian. are the Sea tales of Conrad and Connolly, with the salt wind blowing through the sails, or the primeval forest world of Willlam Morris, pictured under Finter o T 5 6 World's End’ or the st fiarne tales o who Gar- P g ] e pli the aotion 11a places where * * % One turther suggestion for the tired worker fs offered by the lfbrarian. “It is u.nrortunlu.“ it was stated, “that th have su midable sound to the tnn:‘: p'ér::n‘ e Sodratio plays of Plato: they are con- cerned with problems which 1is at the back of every one's mind. The real cause of fatigue is, perhaps, not the limitations of environment, Hmitations of tempérament. tired of work and ‘of the city, it 18 true, but more mnumln?lly still is tired of one’s sélf. The Beselr g b b mind and the wm- 1 the great HEARD AND SEEN Our old friend Dépey Dan handed the knockout to an indifferent and insulting store alerk one day last week in a manner to bring joy to all who have suffered from the species. Dopey saw a shirt in a store win- dow. He stood and admired it. De- siring to get a better view of the article, he walked in. The clerk suppressed a yawn and reluctantly brought forth the desired Plece of wearing apparel. Dopey Dan looked it over, but found that he daidn’t care for it, after all. By this time the clerk was master- fully determined that the customer, while a nuisance, should be made to buy. He invoked the god of mer- chandise, the great “They.” “They are all wearing it,” he said. Seeing that this failed to convince his stubborn customer, he flicked a bit of dust from his immaculate suit, ad- Jjusted his silk scarf, and let loose his final charge. “Why, 1 wear it myself,” he sald. hDopKey Dan smiled, preparatory to the 1t ! the very reason I don’t want he said. = * % The Indians on Broadway have noth- ing on the Indians ocn Pennsylvania avenue, Particularly during the spring and summer may one find Indians roaming up and down the historic thorough- tare, especially below 7th street. What has always interested me about them is the fact that, although the “‘nventors” of smoking, none of these red men are ever seen to smoke. ‘While hundreds of palefaces pass them, puffing on cigars and cigarettes, the Indians abstain. Though the orig- inators of the custom, they never smoke in public. It is, I suppose, still a ceremony with them. However nicotine may injure hie white brother, it worries not at all the gay and merry life of our modern In- dian—at least on Pennsylvania avenue. * * % Devotees of “canned music'-——al- though nowadays it might be called more appropriately Dll.!e?” music” in the following story from the far west: A new priest took up his residence in the mining community, bringing with him his talking machine and a plentiful supply of records, of which he was very fond. It chanced that none of hia new parishioners saw the phonugraph be- ing movad into the rectory. The next afternoon they hirard a ine, full veice floating out 5¢ the house. “What a fine voice the new priest has!” said the people. But it was Cutuso. * * % Those who do not often take the street cars to the Chesapeake Beach station, where one boards the train at the District line for the beach, are puzsled by the actions of the motor- man in the evening. If it is about dusk the motorman stops the car at every trolley post. gets out and turns on a light, gets in again and away you go—to the next post. This process is kept up between I‘he Benning station and the District ne. “What do you do that for?" one puzzled inquirer asked the kindly motorman. “Weil, somebody has to turn those lights on.” he replied. “I take half of them, going out, and the man com- \ing in takes the rest.” Y * * % Children have a way of taking the conceit out of their elders. And their nonchalance while doing it is refreshing. roud father was Imparting some fundamentals of religion to Eleanor, his three-year-old. “Yes, the Lord made everything™ said. 'he little one smiled. the Lord make your she asked. TRACEWELL. he T FIFTY YEARS AGOIN THR STAR. The extensive program of public improvements advocated by the board of public w’?. Improvements and u"n;fi:ml:l‘ 'no: CIPIQI Knnng. erpment of the District fifty years ago had a bearing upon the project advocated in some quarters for the removal of the cap- ftal from Washington. This point was noted by one of the New York newspapers, concerning whose com- ment The Star said in its issue of July 12, 1871: 5 “The New York World vies with the Tammany organ in this city in laboring to break down our District government and-its plan of improve- ment. But one.of the arguments used by the New York paper Wil not be likely to address itsell with much force to the people of this Dis- trict. Says the World: ““The announcement that four mil- 1tons of dollars are about to be placed in the hands of the board of publio works at Washington for the em- bellishment of that capital is not cheering. One can understand that Washington people will like it. ¥For every dollar of additional public money invested in Washington is an additional argument against th moval of the capital. But, while the question of removing the capital is mooted, it is unfair to prejudicé it by extraordinary expenditures. Once divested of this palatial significance. Washington would have no excuse for existing and would soon cease to exist. One could buy land there as cheap as, according to the unsavory comparison of Falstaff, it would be the Potomac even more aces by cheaply than now he can ‘fh“’r':?“ laces by the Arno an e er. g‘;ia consummation nobody need be desirous to avert unless he be an In- habitant of Washington.’ “This is precisely the point we have maintained; that the eémbellishment and improvement of the capital on the scale proposed by the District government will settle the question of the permanence of the seat of { government here beyond peradven- ture. This view of the case is 80 evi- dent that it is surprising that any paper here should, for mur are!- san purposes. cndeavor to cripple the measure on which the prosperity of the city depends, Nor would this be the case with a paper identified in v way with the interests of this munity.” any com: * Fifty years ago the feelinz between the Irish factions in this country reached a point of |Rioting in acute intemsity, cul- minating in & riot in New York. new vyork city, in which at. least 100 were killed and injured, when a procession of Orange- men was mobbed on the 12th of July, The 1871. Regarding this tragedy, Star in its issue of the next day “The supremacy of law and order over mob dictation was established in New York yesterday. but at the cost of many lives. In consequence of the vacillating action the Orangemen did not turn out in large force. One New York paper estimates the number in procession at not more ithaa 190, not more than were killed and wound- ed in the fighting to defend their right to parade. Gov. Hoffman's final action is applauded, but he is cen- sured for not having set his {oot down sooner. Had he and the city author!- ties made a positive: announcainent in the outset that the law must be maintained it is certain that there would have been no riot. “The militia not dnly camo squarely up to the mark, but the polize forre, largely composed of Irish Catholics, seem, with two or three exceptions, to_have performed their duty most faithfully and sealously.” DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRES To Americanize French Hotels. Reports of unfavorable hotel condi- tions in France, which are supposed to be discouraging American touriets from European travel; are simply “German i| propaganda,” which must be fought by ! improving French hotel methods, says the Echo de Paris. “We cannot leave unanswered the vio- lent attacks of which the French hotels have been the subject. We are all the more sensitive to them because they come from friends whom we want to please not only for our profit, but with the intention of making them feel our gratitude. “It appears that a campaign has been started in the United States to prevent Americans comirg to spend their vaca- tions in France. They are told not to cross the ocean to go to Paris and the provinces, that they will be badly re- ceived and imposed upon, that they are not wanted and that' if public feeling is not exactly hostile to them it is not sympathetic either, “I ask permission to spéak here quite frankly of this little family quarrel, one who has recently lived in nearly the large hotels of the United States, trom New York to San Francisco. “About the origin of this campaign there can be no mistake; it is certain- ly 2 boche inspiration. Our adver- saries know better than we do that traveling is first of all a source of revenue and also an industrial and commercial advertisement. “There is only one Wi)' of fighting against this propaganda, and that is to make our guests feel that they are Dbetter off with us than anywhere else. The Americans complain of the high prices demanded of them in our first- class hotels, but it is certain that when the dollar was worth fifteen francs or more the benefits of the ex- change did not give them much op- portunity of notlcing the hlfh prices. “In the United Stat he most comfortable hotels belong to well known banke: The Biltmore and Vanderbilt, as the names indicate, wi built by the Vanderbilt family. The Astoria and ‘Waldorf, only to speak of the ho of New York, are works of the Astor family. The Chi- cago packers, the largest meat sell- ers in the world, aré shareholders principally ifiterested in American hotels where t! of their goods. These financial pow- ers have used there, as excellent methods 4 A have profited by their experience in organizatign and eéxploitation. “Jt is the same In the watéring places. day Mr. Pierpont Mor- gan dfscovered that the Virginian waters of Hot Sulphur !nrln:u were good for him and that Me had not always_time to cross the ocean to g0 to the European watering places. He buflt at Hot Springs a hotel and a bathing. establishment which s cer- ly & model from which the French state, which owns e0 many of our celebrated springs, would do well to go and study the extraordinary or- anisation. ad the pleasure of stay- various eatablishments,” ‘writer, “I ahould like to hat cost of living here; far ro! st realy be praised is an American virtue which is the basis of all commercia ‘t‘r‘:n- c- I should like to see introduced among us. bottle of soda water is ordered |in your room or you have some extra | dish at table, or you have In spent more than the price arr the contract, the waiter makes & note of this for you to sign, so that the day when you pay your bill all these little ant impression this caus lations between the g hotel keeper, as it makes all discus- sion impossible on the one side and all overcharging impossible on tha other. The national tourist office, of which I have the honor to be a mem- | ber, has just asked our big hotels to make known their prices, and the agency in New York will inform all Americans on this delicate point, if, before starting, they want to know where they can stay and how much a tay in Parie will cost them. the writer, strengthening the good moral rela- £ the two countries. Our French re not only banking establish- . but the allies or the adversaries of the cordial Franco-American policy whose basis our foreign office wants to strengthen.” Poland the Stumbling Block. George Glasgow, English corre- spondent of the Paris Europe Nou- velle,.a liberal poljtical weekly, sees Poland_as the chiéf obstacle to an Anglo-Franco-German entente, which he believes the United States would readily support. But France clings to | the idea of a strong Poland as a_buffer against bolsheviem, while the British conceptjon, fathered Dy Winston Churchill, gives Germany this role. Mr. Glasgow says: “If really France desir common policy with England, Eng- land has no greater desire. . ‘*'The stumbling block at the present time is Pola! There is no doubt that the near &ast alsd presents great difficulties, but they can be overcome without coneiderable effort on the part of the ententé, because the two governments both seriously want peace in the east. The Polish problem, on the contrary, attacks the very root of the entente, because It attacks the root of French and Eng- lish relations with Germany. If only Mr. Churchill's dream could be real- ized of a Franco-German-British al- liance all subsequent questions would solve themselves automatically, for no doubt the United States would quickly join this alliance. She would do 80 all the more because the com- position of this allidnce would re- duce to nothing the American objec- tion of European complications from which the great republic wants to hold aloof, and that this arrange- ment would give the opportunity for & realizable league of natioms such as America wants. There i» still hope that the regrettable quarrels be- tween France and England may end to our mutual advantage. We eould th;t.l‘ start work, as M. Clemenoeau says” | One unforeseen result of the war in France is the decline of the beard, which, we are told, "wnf" 800N be a8 extinct as the dodo in Paris,” says the London Ob- server. There s in all civilised countries a mysterious ebb and flow of hair, and the tonsorial history of any recent cen- tury in England or Frande would be full of interest. Our Jast fashion in beards began with the Crimean war. The late Sir Algernon West records that: “The tions. Bvery precaution is taken 0 |y,,.. of Newcastle was the first man no disagreeable ) R e O P mows exactly what | Gf &Y note to wear & beard; and Lady he is ding, 8o that thers can be |Morley used to kay the advantage of no dispute at the time of paying the it was 2 t you could tell all the bill. &'nu pleasant harmony is ob. jeourses he eaten at-dinner in eone tained by & Very simple means. which Isequence. ATy /. 3