Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1921, Page 6

bl 6 THE "EVENING STAR. ‘With Sunday Morning Fdition, . WASHINGTON, D. C. Capitol Hill, and next year will wit-|while. ness such a tussls for control in Con- MONDAY.......0+ober 10, 1921 | 577 28 the country has not witnessed THEODORE W. NJ¥% . ... Editor _|for years. Mr. Tewis himself will be a partici- pant, using the materfai &l= varty is S N = The Evening Star Newsprgor Company | now storing up for all ¢ may be Tasiness Office. 11th 8t. and Pecr " New York Office: 160 Nas" s 8t g0 Office: First National Bank Building. ropean Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning «dition, fs delirered by carriers within the city At 0 cents per month; daily only, 43 cents per y_only, 20 cents per month. Or- mail, or telephone Main made by carriers at ti month: ders may be sent 5000 Collection s «nd of each month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday..1 yr., $3.40; 1 mo., T0¢ Daily ‘only.. -1yr.,, $6.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only. 2.40; 1 mo., 20c 0.00; 1 mo., 7.00; 1 mo., 80c 3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ Washington's Park Development. Col. Sherrill, officer in charge of Public buildings and grounds, Pproposes 10 inftiate next year the second phase of the government's plan for reclaim- ing and developing the Anacostia flats. Eleven years have been devoted to purely engineering work. Retaining walls have been built and the low- lands filled in. This has taken place under the direction of Army enginecrs. Col. Sherrill would start the Superstructure operations—the con- struction of parks, ‘Toads and play- stounds in order that the reclaimed areas may be converted into an artis- tic borderiand for the District on the south and ‘east and equipped to meet the recreational needs of the city. It is entirely appropriate that he has se- lected the sixty-four-acre strip be- tween Anacostia and Pennsylvania Avenue bridges as the first section to be improved. The ground here has settled amply and is ready for park treatment. It is estimated $100,000 would cover the cost of grading the property, building a boulevard around it and constructing a playground and athletic fields. The plan of Col. Sher- rill would meet one of the most urgent needs of the southeast section of the District, which practically is without park facilities. Not only would a great sectional want be filled, if Congress authorizes the improvement, hut the proposed park would be a decided acquisition to the beauty places of the capital, and would afford recreational facilities on a scale inviting city-wide participa- tion. In developing this section Col. Sherrill will be able to {llustrate graphically how the entlre flats area will look when completed, and the pic- ture should stimulate rapid prosecu- tion of the full program. Eventually it is proposed to encircle the reclaimed flats with a boulevard which shall ex- tend from a point below the navy yard to the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, near the District line. Particular treatment will be given the area im- mediately south of Benning bridge. where a lake is now In course of con- struction. Here boating will be en- couraged and aquatic sports developed, and it is likely that here also will be built a2 public bathing beach, exceed- ing in size the one now operated in the tidal basin. When the connecting parkway now being acquired between Rock Creek and Potomac parks by way of Rock creek shall have been opened to the public, and the propcsed Anacostia flats boulevard completed, Washing- ton will be provided with a system of parks and park driveways not equaled anywhere in the world. It then will be possible to proceed from the north- west limits of Rock Creek Park, in the northwest section of the District, to the northeast limits of Anacostia Park, in the northeast section of the city, by a park boulevard which shall ‘unfold a remarkable panorama of the capital’'s esthetic achievements, in- cluding the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the proposed Arlington Memorial bridge, the Poto- mac Park and water-front develop- ment, the navy yard and Bolling avia- tion fleld. The driveway will take in also the proposed great national bo-fjapan, even if it could be Incallzcd,i i { i tanic gardens and arboretum which Congress may establish along the Anacostia river north of Benning bridge. A Warm Autumn. The weather burecau forecasts a spell of warm or warmer weather. ‘There will be no outburst of public-in- dignation against a warm and balmy autumn. Generally the people of Washington are entitled by custom and prescription to an Indian summer, and also to a heated discussion as to what Indian summer is. when it comes, when it goes and how it got its name. A warm autumn will re- ceive a warm welcome in Washington. ————————— Villa is not active in Mexican poli- tics, but seems liable at any time to assert the idea that the farmer is en- titled to more influence than the pro- fessional statesman. [ ——— Prohibition agents are likely to feel that they are entitled to salaries which approximate the pecuniary advantages enjoyed by bootleggers. i Present climatic conditions indicate a possibility. of prolonging the straw hat season until November 1. f Politics and the Situation. This is from an interview former Senator James Hamilton Lewis has Just given: Mr. Lewis said that democrats in Congress ought to join with r;plxb- licans in prompt ratification of the treaty. The ovdy *7er" ‘o get the nation B AZ T agm. JalcKly, he said, was i gress to postpone all partisan »eiftics until election time. A logical suggestion. As the coun- ry’s present plight is due to the war, and as the two parties united to de- clare the war and remained united in its support, why should they not now co-operate to handle the embarrass- menis the war has produced—to “get the nation on its feet again quickly”? But in partisan politics logic does not always prevail. As & people we are 80 keen on the game that politics never stands adjourned for very long. After every enforced truce we return to our play the more eager for advan. tage because of the interruption. We are displaying this eagerness » 5¢ | geney l ! i 1 vauta Ave. | worth. 8til}, logic or ne logic, seon or late, in some effective fashion, the coun- try will regain its feet: You cannot keep a great working country down. |The lure in o powerful, we shail scramble to our feet, and go to it with all our former energy. ——rmome——— Putting Jobless to Work. Reports from all parts of the coun- try Indicate that already benefits are resulting from the program of emer- measures formulated by the unemployment conference here. May- ors’ committees have been organized in many cities on the lines of the con- ference plan, civic bodles are actively co-operating, employers and trade unions are working together to find places for idle men, and there has been nation-wide stimulation and co-ordina- tion of effort which 1s bound to go a leng way in lessening the sufferings and hardships of the winter now close at hand. Nothing was recommended by the unemployment eonference which was not the obvious thing to do; it dis- covered no unknown causes of unem- plovment and invented no new ways of lessening it; the Treasury was not raided for relief and the powers of the federal government were not Invoked in any large way to set machinery in motion for providing work. What the conference actually did was first to stimulate and then to co-ordinate ef- forts, and now, the reports tell us, jobs are being found where it was not real- ized before that they existed. There has not as yet been any great revival of activitles which would put men to work in wholesale numbers, but in many communities in many states em- ployment is being found for a few here and a few there, 50 that in the aggregate many thousands of men who faced the prospect of a jobless winter are back at work again, and the increase in their consumption of commodities will put many other men to work. ‘When the idea of the unemployment conference was conceived by Secre- tary Hoover it was greeted chiefly by skepticism and was regarded as a well intentioned but probably futile effort to combat esonomic forces. But it will hardly be denied today that al- ready the conference has justified its creation, and when it reassembles to- morrow to consider a program of per- manent measures intended to prevent the recurring periods of unemploy- ment its proccedings are bound to be attended by a considerably enhanced volume of public confidence and sup- port. ‘oolish Talk About War. - Governor General Wood can see no grounds for war between the United States and Japan, and does not expect war. His views, expressed while he is the guest of Japan at Tokio, should carry much weight in responsible Japanese circles. ‘They will carry much weight in this country, as coming from the man who is on the eve of taking up very im- portant duties in the Philippines, the American possession in the far east. He is entering office without suspicion as to Japan, and with no thought of trouble from that quarter. Really, has there been good ground al any time for the “loose and foolish talk about American-Japanese trouble™ which Gen. Wood dismisses as sense”? Trouble between the two countries there been. Trouble be- tween them still exists. But has there been, iz there now, the threat of war |disposed to issue marks as rapidly as|serve THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921. now. The foundations for a humming | observe all rules of, safety, and they partisan campaign are being lald onmay get an idea that will be worth To those persons who have Editorial Digest thought very little about it and have|mpe Pregs at the Arms Conference. given scant attentlon to the matter of keeping themselves and their goods safe from fire, the campaign ought to produce good results. Yesterday the suljsct ef fire danger and of means of insuring safety frem fire was dis- cussed in the churches. matter was taken up in the sehaois. The fire department, backed by a host of public-spirited citizens, will keep the subject of fire prevention before you all the week. Accumulation of rub- bish, sopty chimneys, bare gas jets and lace curtains, kerosene, benzine, gasoline, careless use of matches and wanton flipping away of lighted clgar- eftem etc., will be discussed by the ant{-fire campaigners. There ought to be a drop in the number of fires and in the loss from fire in the District. Give a thought to fire prevention. ————— Forbidden Leaves. One of the red leaves of autumn is one that should not be gathered. It should be passed by. Not that the plant {tself should be conserved, but that the peace and comfort of the gatherer of autumn leaves may npt be disturbed. Perhaps if you have not been formally presented to this plant and know nothing of its habits, its per- sonality and its wicked character, you wili find it hard to resist the tempta- ‘tion which its gay leaves offer. Its red is alluring, and the leaves make an autumnal bouquet which would be quite attractive. It would look radiant in a vase or a jardiniere. It woula glve a genial glow to the parlor or the living room or the sitting room. But the handsome leaves are those of the poison ivy. ———E———————— The taxpayer seldom feels that he has had his money's worth in arma- ments which he sincerely hopes his nation will never be compelled to place in active employment. This is true the world over, and the fact is the real inspiration of the world impulse to- ward limitation of arms. ———————— Paris waiters are said to be refusing tips. This may be due to a spirit of proper human independence; and on the other hand it may be evidence of a commercial desire to increase the customary gratuity which rounds off a dinner with the obsequious “merci.” ————————— Tl:& soviet government contem- rlates a distribution of food with sus- picion. A few square meals are liable to permit people to think on cons a- tive lines that are disappointing to the agitator. ———— China has awakened to the fact that there is a large amount of wisdom worth considering at the present time which was not explicitly covered by the works of Confucius. —————————— Railroad men are inclined to regard Henry Ford as a great motor manu- facturer. Motor manufacturers are in- clined to regard him as a great rail. road man. ———————— Possibilities of communication with Mars, or even the moon, fade into in- significance compared to the arrange- ments for establishing a relay_station on Yap. —————— Battleships are so expensive that it becomes necessary to decide whether they are to be regarded as a necessity or a luxury. —————— A competent man who finds himself unemployed is not likely to remain so very long, once his situation is made hon.| vEry long de known. ——————— German financiers appear obligingly in it? Has it not been. is it not now,|the speculators can find use for them. adjustable at the council table, with both countries, through responsible agencies, expressing a wish for the continuation of peace? ‘War between the United States andj would, at this time, following on the heels of the world war, be a crime. But it coull not be localized. It would inevitably spread, and the whole world might be ignited afresh. Such a crime, then, as that would be would exhaust the vocabulary of reprobation, and render the men responsible for it odious for all time. The United States and Japan will be well met at the council table in this town next month, and can dis- cuss their differences with every as- surance of adjusting them. i The Dogs. There is a higher note of joy in the bark of dogs and a gayer, prouder wagging of the tail. Dogs have their muzzles off. It is pretty well under- stood that a dog has no especial liking for a style which restricts the free use of his mouth. Many men would be grieved were such restrictions put upon them. A dog's mouth is one of his expressive features, the others being his ears, tail and eyes. Every dog in Washington has told his master or his mistress of his gladness that unmuzzle time has come. Another rea- son dogs are gesticulating so buoyant- ly with their talls is that the dog-show season is near at hand. Never before were 50 many dogs going to the show with such grim detaw-w.ation to win a prize. Every Gug In town, if the question were put up to him, would tell you that he would not miss a first-class dog show if it cost him his 1ast bone. i Occasionally a motion picture star appears to be too busy with the prac- tical detalls of his profession to bene- fit by the educational opportunities of- fered by the fillms. Fire Prevention. Fire-prevention week began this morning, and the campaign is on to educate all persons in the best ways of preventing loss of home, loss of shop, loss of goods and loss of life by flame. Many persons do not need in- struction In safety ‘measures; many are careful and thoughtful, but even these, should give a hearing to the re- cital of means for preventing fire. It| China may yet decide to take a hand in the game instead of passively pro- viding the stake. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Superficial View. ‘When you and I go motoring And view the rustic scene, ‘The mists around the hilltops cling In beauty all serene. The mountains greet the smiling skies, The vales are rich and fair, And every view that greets the eyes Bids. us forget our care. But some must trudge the hillside way In weariness and toil; = Or till throughout each weary day The vale's reluctant soil. Though you and I ride gayly by, Earth has no favored zone, However fair to careless eye, ‘Where hardship is unknown. Criticising a Compliment. “Your constituents say that you are the man of the hour.” “The time suggested is too long,” re- plied Senator Sorghum. “A statesman who really understands the subject under discussion can say all he has to say in fifteen minutes.” Morals and Manners. “Morals are a matter of geography,” gaid the ready-made philosopher. “Musical comedy costumes,” re- joined Miss Cayenne, “‘would indicate that the torrid zone is setting the standard.” Superior to Circumstance. The cost of living, through all time, Has been deplored in prose and rhyme. Yet men, despite resentful rage, Live on, and oft attain old age. Friend Horse. “Charley, dear!” exclaimed young Mrs. Torkins, “why do people say a horse is man’s best friend?" “Because he is gentle and appre- ciative.” “I don't think that’s it at all. It's due to the fact that a friend has a way of inducing you to take a chance on him that causes you to lose money.” “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “is bora great; but dey's liable to have & heap o’ diffioulty in lvin' up. to de Today the! ‘Whethet or not the sessions of the conference on limitation of arma- ments are to be open to the general public, it is the evident purpose of the American press that the eyes and ears of the entire country shall be present in.the person of an ade- quate press representation, to which the proceedings of the eenferenee shall at all times be available. Some pupers limit their stand for publicity to “a reasonable degree,” others con- tend that tne stanaards of the for- eign delegates in that matter must be deferred to, even though the American desire is for open discus- sion, and a few feel that it is wholly a question fer the conterence itself to determine. But the majority of vapers demand a free fleld for the Journalists who cover the meeting, instead of the customary officlal com- muniques and “dipiomatie censor- ship.” A committee “representing not only the scyeral organizations of Wash- inklon newspaper men, but a large proportion of tne foreign journalists Who will come to Am. 1rom il parts of the world in November® Is breparing, according to intormation g1ven by the New York Globe (inde- pendeny, "o ght 10 the deatn ior lopen covenants openly arrived at.” Tue Globe admits that “cynics might polnt out that the journausts made & similar demand betore tne pewce conference In Paris, and that, in spite of all, that confercuco was es- sentlally an Instance or secret nego- tiation,” but the paper replies that In that case the demands “were only balf-ncartedly made” and that it is exactly because of the *object les- #on ot tho treaty of Versailies” thut the wrmaments conference must be “om an enurely different fooung.” In the conduct of the Wasnington meeting, the KFort Wayne Journal Gazette _(democratic) says, “the agencies of publicity are detérmined that it shall not bo their fault it the people are jobbed by the secret work of professional diplomats and poli- ticlans,” wno, according to the St. Paul News (independent) will seek by means of “‘uccurate and completo accounts’ of the proceedings” handed out to the press, to limit information reacning the American peopie to “such facts as some conference com- mitlee of censors thinks is good for them.” This policy the press will not jtolerate, the News belicves. ‘Tnis 1s undoubtedly a popular point of view, the Springneld Union (repub- lican) concedes, ana it newspapers garded the matter solely with a view | 1o their own interess ; uld be natural advoecates of 1 S development f an internut al meet- ¢ {ing so pregnant with possibilities for Inews, mivters there is fan i 1 devotion to {a cciation of hard Post (in- that “the general mind ucated on this e {dependent) finds {has ben sobered and Jmatter of publicity since the days when {the unfortunate “open covenamts' be- ](’:nn— & personal and par n " taunt,” iand we have me 10 sce *‘the rea- {sonable limitations on publicity which the facts impe «on_ev- erybod, 1 . the Port- lund Oregoni ‘nt repub- an) fecls, expected to | I . 1 i word and ed, discusse clse Ial ubl vate c art rrom chful ( few delegates at which deals 10 made.”” ' In the deliberate judsment of “morc than one historian,*” the Philadelphia Bulletin (independent republican) remarks, “our federal Constitution could never have been framed if the convention that created that great work had not sat behind closed doors,” and in the “‘great debate” to come the same rule will hold, the paper thinks, so “the dele- 2 ould be let alone.” ‘Secret conferences and star chamber agreements might po: expedite the business of the ' the Mil- waukee Sentincl but they “will not m and “will inevitably completed work.” It w. vice of a clique of powerful politicians meeting in secret and ding among themselves all the important que of the conference, without giv peoples of the world an opportunity to express themselves.” which, in the judgment of the Lexington Leader (re- publican) “marred and blackened the entire work™ of the peace conference at Paris. Hence the demand which the Arizona Republican (Phoenix, inde- Ipendent progressive) voice: “The press must have a place at the council tuble.” ! i for the Mnrried.’ Married ' couples who indulge in| the luxury of frequent family jars| {will be particularly interested in re- iports from London of the formation s “‘just this de- {“Grumble Day” of a “Grumble Club,” in which mei members pledge themselves to re- the expression of their &rumbles for the first day of every month. The plan for holding monthly rather than daily “crab fest” is growing in popularity, ac- cording to the London Chronicle, which predicts a brilliant future for | the institution. The founder of the plan. a young woman, explains uwl details and success of the plan us| follow i “It is really a fine idea. After the jfirst year of marriage most men and women get the grumbling habit. |Homes are wrecked by grumbles. i The ‘grousing’ habit is far more peril- |nus to married joy than any other | habit. “I got so weary of my husband's {eternal grousing, and he got so |weary of mine that in desperation we decided to stop nagging, and have a huge flare-out once a month. | “The flare-out is reserved also for neighbors. “It has worked very well so far. Of course, we occasionally fall from igrace, but the vislon of a coming up- heaval helps to preserve self-control. I can manage to endure John's little !\edlous wayg, knowing that I shall ibe able to tell him what I really think of him on the first of the next month. “The extraordinary thing is that when ‘Grumble day’ comes I find that most of my grumbles have gone. I simply can't remember them. It means, 1 suppose, that only the big grievances remalin, and these are settled in friendly fashion. “It is just the same with neigh- | bors. Instead of writing impulsive notes complaining of their cats or their children, I retain my angelic ! sweetness. Harmony is maintained, and when “Grumble day’ comes I realize that cats will be cats and that children will be children—and say nothing. “If there is an important grievance { t is discussed on neighborly terms. ost suburbs and all married peo- ple would be the better for a ‘Gruggpble day".” + It will be one big step toward normalcy when editors forget that word.—Nashville Tennessean. There is a fortune awaiting the: man who will invent a_permanent shave.—Rochester Times-Union. Japan will make twenty-one de- mands at the disarmanent parley. One for each of her dreadnaughts.— Nashville Banner. There / is something peculiarly touching about a bald-headed man’'s condemnation of bobbed hair.—Hart- ford Times. ¢ ‘There can be no such things as uni- versal peace 8o long as a man goes about the house dropping ashes all over the rugs.—Tulsa Tribune. October poets must face the cir- cumstance that ‘“sober” is the only word in the English language that is a true rhyme for October, and there are yet many people who are highly prejudiced against it—Houston Post. Three thousand discarded hats were found in one New York hotel. Left, no doubt, by guests who didn’'t have enough money to tip the hat-check girl after they had paid for. their dinner. Cleveland Plain Deater, o The Prince of Wales will soon sail for India’ with 2,000 bottles of wine and }"‘fi gallons_of rum. Bun ‘Post-Dispatody 'voyage!—St. icial- Inclorsement < 1 Ut o Mr.OfficeMan Is your office equip- ment in keeping with the times? . New devices are con- stantly being placed on the market, and many are worthy of your in- spection. Why not come in and let us show them to you? 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