Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Editien, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. .Feruary 8, 1023 RIS SIS R e | THEODORE W. NOYES, . ..Editor million Bollars for a great swamp!] fact thatthe snowsweepers threw the Sinee then the raliroad and the tele | snow from the tracks into the road- greph have conte, and look at that|{ways, and thus virtually compelled swamp today! And think of the pur-]the motors and gther vehicles to use chase price! Did any investment ever | the tracks\ With sweepers and truck- yield more of profit of every kind?{plows working simultaneously, or the Is nct the transaction one of the]plows following the swoepers, it is pos- tallest feathers in Mr. Jefferson’s|sible to keep both tracks and streets SAVE ROCK CREEK! Experinilents by the Swiss Government ‘- —————————————— | handsomel. o T E"’ Baar i ly -decokated cap e R e altllo s Raiag. 20 Ofice: 16 Hegvat Sr.. Londeo, Eaglene. Py L them eminent in our afairs—who wondered and reprobated. Is there any cente per Toonth’. Jally only, 45 eent day? As world matters have turned zmn;u Sm;’ L::.l{,’ z:‘ fi-: [ th. O 0ut. is not our presence in that archi- 5900. Uection 1s made by rs at the| Pelago @ very fortunate and valuable each month. . thing for us? Who today regrets it, or edvocates Withdrawal? Twenty ‘million dollars for the Philippines? Not their assessed value, Rate by Mati—Payable in Advasce. Maryland and Vicginia, Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ | of course, But f Dat i e e < 3 as an earnest of our Bomay iy e 45401 1 mo- 205 | desire to be fair with Spain, and in Other Stat position to command the confidence Al ~ of the people of the fslands. Was ever Daily and Sunday.1y 0.00; 1 mo., fridred, 0-90: 1 o~ 5 { money laid out to a finer purpose or Sunday only. .00; 1 mo., 23¢ | better reward? The answer is in the e | great improvements of ail kinds that Eac have taken piace in the' archipelago Congress and the Distriet. |y nger American control, and the vatue Appropriately closing the debate on{to us of a foothold in that quarter of the District”appropriation bill in the{the world in m(’ day of far eastern House yesterday, Representative Moore | gevelopment. of *Virginia, whose long-time close ac- quaintance with the District has given him a clear and comprehensive knowl- edge of local affairs, spoke “out of order,” by unanimous consent, on the general subject of District legislation | ®tate Commerce Commission, respond- and the consideration by Congress of | IN8 to an invitation to discuss some of the needs of the National Capital mu- | the Problems developed in the present - nicipality. Prefacing his remarks with railroad investigation, maintained that the statement that he does not believe | the Sreatest impulse that can be given in local self-government, but that he| 'O the recovéry of general business favors national representation for the |2nd Industrial conditions is a reduc- District, he set forth four proposals: (1) tion of freight rates on primary com- A joint District committee to consider | Modities combined with the immediate all bills relating to the District, report. | FeStmption of railay construction ing separately to the two houses or|2nd equipment. He pointed out that simultaneously, and promoting co- the first depends upon reduction H‘ herency in expedition in the handling operating costs and the sepond upon of District matters; (2) more oppor- the restoration of credit for the rail- tynity for considering and disposing | Ways. Secretary Hoovem suggested of District measures, real District days that the government might well con- free from “general debate, mainly for { Sider Biving the use of its superior the benefit of constituents™; (3) sub-|credit to the railroads, guaranteeing mission of District estimates to Con- | the equipmeht trusts, the proceeds to gress directly and not through the|be devoted entirely to improvement budget burcau; (4) jurisdiction over ap-{and equipment. Propriative as well as legislative pro-| - This he cited as one way to aid the posals for the joint District committee, | raliroads without touching the tax- While these proposals constitute a |payer—a . welcome suggestion that decided departure from traditional | Something can be done without adding practice they are worthy of serious |t® the burdens of taxation. Indeed, he consideration by Congress as the Dis- | claimed. the pian would save the tax- trict’s legislature. Their considera.{Paver in the end paying treble the tion will necessarily involve many fac- | amount of the guarantee in profiteer- tors, primarily that of the responsi- ing and losses. It would also induce bility which rests directly upon Con-|t0 a reduction of rates earlier. Other- gress for the care and development of wise, the improvements will have to be the District municipality, the seat of | paid out of increased rates for years. government. Secretary Hoover also put forth an- 1t cannot be gainsaid that under the | other idea, timely at this season, when present system the District has suf. | there is so much talk—"glib talk,” as he fered, in delay of needed improve-|pronounced it—of lending large sums ments, 'in inadequacy of provision, in{to Europe to facilitate exportation lack of timely legislation both con-|from this country of farm and other structive and protective. It has se-jProducts.” He declared that a billion cured its betterments and advance- |dollars spent upon American railways ments only by dint of the most per-| Will give more employment to our' peo- sistent effort, often covering periods of | Ple. “more advance to our industry, years. Its needs have been met in in- | more assistance to our farmers than adequate measure. twice that sum expended outside the Whether the Temedy for this condl. | frontiers of the United States, and lon lies in a joining of the District | With greater security for the investor. committees or in investment -of the| Secretary Hoover delivered an ad- District committees—single or sepa- | monition and an appeal ‘which are ap- rate—with appropriative jurisdiction | plicable to séveral quarters. He re- or the separation of the District esti- ferred t® the “veritable witches’ caul- mates from the hudget system is a dron which s being fed constantly matter for, discussion. There can be | with hates distilled from the misdeeds no doubt, hawever, as to the second { of railway promoters in the past, from point of Representativé Moores pre- | the confiict between the railways and scription. The District gets the crumbs | the farmers and between the railways of time from the legislative table. Its{and their worimen.” From all the “day” in the House is rarely observed, confusion which, arises from it, he or, when actually scheduled, the ses-|{ warned, We destroy our railways and sion is frequently devoted to miscel- | destroy ourselves. “Call off. the laneous speeches which, as Repre- | witches,” he pleaded. “and take some sentative Moore says, “could just as|vision of eur national situation if we well be printed without being delivered | are to pull Gurselves out of this de- as delivered in advance to very small { pression.” audiences.” L These are the views of one who is 1In respect to the appropriations, the essentially & business man, and now oc- responsibility rests definitely and fihal cuples the official position of liaison 1y upon Congress in whatever form |officer between the government and the estimates are received and through | commerce. what medium. In this matter Wash-y - PR EE—————— ington has suffered with other cities{- It is a fortunate thing that Alex- during the war from the neglect of |{andria’s. divorces are not granted ex- municipal needs. After the war there | clusively to people who continue to be was a proper necessary curtailment of { residents. Such a state of affairs expenses all aléng the line: that is, in | would make the famous old city a respect to those expenses which have | pathetic gommunity of broken homes. been swelled by the war and its ef- e A i fects. But there was no reason for| . jere and there a member of the failure to resume the normal peace-|agiicultural bioc is observed who time scale of District expenditures, | would not be aveolutely relled on by and theré. was particularly no reason | i peighbors for information on how for failure to meet the urgent larker{ o ryn & farm. reeds of a permanent character that sy had been neglected during the war. At| 4 xew York editor tried to arrange present the District is caught between |, 5 «gmtle week.” The unanimous the two economies—that which 20f-| ;o yq aificult to attain. What makes bade the undertaking of permanent| . ;o poople laugh makes others improverents and large development |, gry. = - projects while war was raging, nnq that which compelled cuftallments 1t ho weé nt o1 on the sub- after the war and forbade the natural . = ject, Gov. Scott Bone might be inclined Incregse in municipal peace expehdl |, "5 .oy comparison with the Wash- tures to satisfy the unmet municipal § lisate, ehtirély in favor of needs, neglected and accumulated in ington - elifiate, ‘war time. 5 Alasks. The gubmission of the District esti- mates to the budget bureau renders them subject to curtaflment along with all others, whereas the munieipal figures should be treated “aun the other way. Representative Moore has e put his finger on a vital point when| Adopt the Philadelphia System! he notes that injustice is done to the There is no reason why Washing- District, the ial ‘charge of Con-|ton should not have the benefit of a gress, the helpless National Cupital|snow-reinoval viganization similar to municipality, without voice or vote, in | that which Philadelphia has effected. its treatment in appropriations With-|{1¢ hay the mator ttucks here that are out recognition of the fact that'it i8 a { the main essential for an efficient bat- living, growing organism. tery of showplows. The owners of pri- ~ vate motor trucks will doubtless be The United States Senate has by|just as glad to co-operate here as this time had enough experience ‘in|there. Snowy streets mean loss of treaty consideration to be able towo.rk business to théM. It is to their inter- rapidly. est to have the atreets cleared as TSR e e speddily ak poesible. A week of snow Inecidents continue to arise which | blockades such as that which Wash. keep the 6ld slogah, “Bafety first,”|ington suffered recently may wipe out ———te———— Hoover on the Railroads. ® recent statement before the Inter- ———t e 1t is a simple duty to hold every investigation strictly to its purpose and eurb a tendency to turn it into an mdighation meeting. prominently in attention. the profits of haif & year in the tPuck e et businees. Amerioan Foresight. It is only necessary to enlist the pri- ck owhers under th 3 Gov. Bone, n his address at the | v ot o cupable. admisiaier o City Club ym:ra:y. Bald respecting! ypoge summons Will be obeyed and onf;.;fqu;r:::::’: :’"“rlu under tne | WHOS qiders will b2 executed. The treaty negotiated with Russia by Secw| first fall of &now gives warning. m rmr% Seward, in 1867, Involved $7,- | the course of an hour or 20 it is pos- Sy 3}‘{?.6';'}'.-&"2"“ ‘;82;?:“;1‘}: sible to determine whether the snow- funds, and provoked protests in Con- | cleaning force sholild be mobilized. In %POII‘:\:‘": the N&Ml’y- two hours after the first anow plows 2P-| can be started, and with a light vol- gress and But Murn 28 P! ced weal Kuxau ng a bdillien flollzr- in the ‘ 1f centuty that has ed, ume to handle they can’ keep the Uncle X streets’ reasonably clear even though R l% ened, and ot A, I bl St PSS e cou 13 dividends on his original n?a‘:: ln‘- the enow continues for many hours. ont” 2 both to keep the vestm 2 3 M“WMMQ:W #trest ear linés open and to maintsin son eneountersd the stme criticlam re- | vehicle phssageiays. -In the recent . Wpecting the Seuiviana purcese, Fif-[ateem much trouble was caused by the -~ open together, and thus prevent the When the Hawalan Islands were|blocking of the tracks by motors and over there were men—some of | other Vehicles. The Philadelphia system costs little. There is_no expensive equip- cause for wdnder or reprobation to-|ment to maintain’in idleness. The city does not need to buy power that it uses only on ‘rgre occasions. Wash- Ingtoh should adopt that system. The President and Teamwork. Chalrman Adams of the republican national committee was one of those invited to the conference at the White House last night which had been called to consider the question of a program for Capitol Hill. He had been invited to a previous conference of the same kind. This suggests that “the Prgsldem has in mind full teamwork for the coming campeign, and is arranging for it. Observe. First, Congress is to make the rec- | ord upon which the appeal to the peo- ple will be based. The President wants the rgcord as strong as possible, and |leading senators and representatives ,o( his party selected so as to insure him information about sentiment 'in the different sections of the country. l When the record is complete, Chair- ' mah Adams will take it and be guided by it in arranging his campaign plans. So that the better he understands it— the more he knows about every phase and feeture of it from first tolast—the better prepared he will be to put his forces into the field to advantage. The President sees the necessity of teamwork. There are natural re- actions from such highly-keyed condi- tions as prevailed in 1920. The com- ! bination that carried the republicans {into office then ‘has disintegrated; and i the republican problem for this year is to round up the regular party forces, with as many independents as | may still be looking to the republican party for sound. constructive policies. s A Carelyn Upshaw. Peace hath her victories no less than war. The city has its heroines no lesw than the battlefield. Perhaps no fleld of war ever held a pluckier per- son than the little high school girl, wvictim of the Knickerbocker tragedy, who died after a week of suffering, and who, shortly before her death, turned to her sister and said, with a smile: “1 haven't cried yet.” Scores, reading, felt their eves mofsten; scores, remembering, will be braver through life as the result of that simple sentence from the lips of the dying girl, little more than a child, yet possessed of the brave soul of an American woman at her best. Thls| was the spirit of those brave women who went to the west and middle west and made the wilderness and forest smile; this was the spirit of those, women, earlier yet, who came across the fearsome width of ocean to battle with unknown conditions. The name of Carolyn Upshaw will live in Washington as that of a hero- ine, a woman who suffered bravely and went to meet her Maker with a smile on her lips. If this child, under {such stress, could smile through pain {and suffering, and take pride in her .Show Value of Col. Sherrill’s 2 Timely Warning. - IMELY suggestions made in The Star by Lieut, Col. C. O. Jherrill, superintendent of pub- lic buildings and, grounds, looking to prevent Rock Creek from drylng up, were highly praised yesterday by P..S. Ridsdale, the retary of the American Fores- try ociation. In this connection Becretary Ridsdale calls attention to the experiments made by Switserland as to the influehce of forests on the run-off in mountains. g “It would cguse national regret,” said Secretary Ridsdale, “if we do not protect the headwater of the creek in the most famous ‘right-in-a-city’ park in the world. Col. Sherrill's plans should be put through by Congress. Beneficial influence of forest upon streamflow in hilly and mountainous regions has long been recognized., So general {s recognition sof this /in- fluence that, in_order to safeguard their water supplies, many European countries have enacted legislation for T Secretary of Commerce Hoover, in|with that object, in view consults with jthe preservation of tieir mountain forests, and the United States is well embarked on a program for the acqui- sition by the federal government of forest lands on the watersheds of navigable streams. A striking ex- ample is furnished by the stream- flow Investigation that has been un- er way since 1900 at the Swiss for- eign experiment station. * * % % _':]"ro small watersheds of 137 and ' acres, the first of which was al- most wholly forested and thd other slightly less than one-third forested, were selected. ' With the single ex- ception of the forest cover, the two ‘watersheds were Strictly comparable in other respects, such as form, to- pography, geology and climate. For elghteen years complete meteorologi- cal observations have been made and accurate records of run-off main- tained in the two basins. These have vielded the most complete and con- vincing data yet avallable as to the precise part played by the forests in the regulation of streamflow. “The proposition of the yearly run- off to the total precipitation averaged practically the same. approximately 60 per cent in two watersheds. The distribution of the run-off was. how- ever, very different. In general the discharge of the stream from the well forested watershed was much more uniform than that from the poorly forested one, with high minima and low maxima. This difference is due to the greater absorptive capacity of the forest soil, resulting from its porosity and permeability, and not, as was formerly thought, from its EDITORIAL DIGEST ’ The Knickerbocker Disaster. Not many people, whether experts, observers or those who have follow- ed the story of the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater, in Washing- ton, will be inclined to agree with the Rock Island Argus that “the only explanation of the tragedy is that it ‘was to be.” Rather the suspicion pre- vails, as the Norfolk Virginian Pilot expresses it, “Here was not a fright- ful ‘act of God” but a frightful mis- take of man,” for, as another writer says, “somewhere somebody blun- dered.” But whatever investigation may de- velop as to the causes, the lesson is s0 clear that the press intends that it shall be thoroughly learned and applied. “Fearful - disasters of this -humus cover. The latter can, it is true, retain a very layge quantity of water, but it does not give this up readily to the underlying soil. ]3 fact, a thick cover of raw humus an moss may, after it once becomes sat- urated, actually promote surface run-off and thus prevent the water from soaking into the soil. P “In short, heavy, downpours of rain ‘were absorbed far more effectively by the soil of the well forested area than by that of the poorly forested one. Indeed, the maximum discharge ! from thé former after such rains was seldom more than one-third to one- | half a8 much as from the latter.! After prolonged rains the effect of the forest cover upon streamflow de- pended on the moisture content of the soil at the beginning of the rain. If the soil was comparatively dry at that time, its_effect in preventing surface run-off was quite noticeable, while if it was ajready thoroughl soaked, there was little difference the 'dizcharge of the two streams Although the forest cover was thus, unable to prevent all floods, equally ! heavy discharges from the well for- ested watershed did less damage than those from the other, because their] velocity was lower and they carried, a smaller amount of eroded ma- | terial, All of the differences noted | would have been more pronounced hed the well forested watershed not had steeper slopes than the other, and had the latter been _comvlelelyl deforested. ! * %k K X “We will soon be able to compare these results with those obtained from the very similar lllllrly now un- der way at Wagon Wheel Gap. Col. The clearing of the area took place a year ago, so that it will soon be pos-| siblé to draw tentative conclusions. “Results of the Swiss investigation; will greatly strengthen the hands of | those who are urging the protection of our mountain forests as a.means of <nfe>gu‘ard|n& our water supplies. While the precite relations determin- ed to exist there are strictly applica- ble only to other areas with the same physical conditions, careful analysis of the factors concerned leaves no doubt that the demonstrated tendency of a_forest cover in hilly countries check surface run-off and to equaliz: streamflow is universal. Addes strength is thus giyén to the policy of federal acquisition of mountain forests, inaugurated nearly ten years ago by the passage of the Weeks law. By all means, Col. Sherrill's plans should be given the best attention.” proves Senator Frelinghuysen's suz-l estion that while the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater is being in- vestigated the government of the Di trict should also undergo investiga-! tion, for if it is lax in enforcing the building “code, “it probably is lax as} to other matters affecting life, health safety and welfare.” After all, thel Springfleld (Ohfo) News thinks, Con-! gress “has too much to take carel of to enable it to give very close attention to Washington as a city” "and since, as the Nor- folk (Neb) News says, “no bet- ter illustration of taxation without | representation can be found,” the Wilkes-Barre Record contends ‘“the city ought to have municipal gov- ernmen: by a ' popular choice for a better regulation of its affairs,” and the Parkersburg (W. Va.) News hopes that in the calamity which has over- taken -it “Washington will have an jargument in its fight for a greater ;degree of home rule that may at ability to refrain from weeping, sure-|class are, alas, the price we have toileast be heeded.” is little excuse for such demonstra-; tions. Men and women alike may learn from the example of this brave girl how to endure. ————— Requiring soviet delegates to have their hair cut beforé attending the Genoa conference is likely, to cause barbers in Russia to raise the price of such service a few thousand rubles in paper money. —_—————— The manner in which Philadelphia cleans up as fast as the snow falls de- stroys any lingering disposition to re- fer to the City of Brotherly Love as a blizzard series, provides a beautiful display of spring styles is another of those thisteading optimists. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ‘The Loafin’ Man. “I don’t resent a loafin man,” Said Hezekiah Bings. “In fact, I rather like to scan ‘The bliss that loafin’ brings. The only difficulty is, A man of idle mind Btarts intérferin® with the biz Of those for work inclined.- “I like a man who takes his ease And whiles the hours away, And doesn’t try, his mood to please, To make my toil his play. If to his gentle, genial plan Conslstently he clings, 1 don’t resent the loafin’ man,” said Hezekiah Bings. slow town. y —_——————— The window Uresser who, during a " Ready to Oblige. “Why don’t you give us one of those | countrs.” g00d ord-fashioned speeches about the | triot in the blue empyrean and so forth?” 1 will,” answered Senator Sorghum; “if you will give me one of thoseé old- fashioned audiences that would appre- clate that kind of a speech.” Jud Tunkins says it's a proof that fashiohs are. frivolous because they haven't said a word all winter about ' snowshoes for street wear. ; Supply and Demand. The @loud unloads a Enowy freight Which troubles great and sraal. ‘With no demand at all! 2 An Advocate ¢f Candor. “Are you going to send any valen- tines?” inquried the young woman. “Ne,” angwered the young man. “If a girl can’t be pleased with my ordi- nary conversation I ain not | !ly in the ordinary affairs of life there)Bay for stimulated vigilance in the g to | shall Have, what they. going to b domain of public security,” observes the Syracuse Herald, and newspapers everywhere demand that the i shall not be paid to no purpose. Iroquois fire in Chicago,” w York Globe recalls, “resulted in revo- lutionary changes In theater con. struction throughout the countr: and with the advent of the movie “the safety of theater buildings has be- come 2 much more serious problem,” the New York Post adds. The fire hazard has been reduced to a mini- result of the terrible Iro- ice mum as quois firé; now the question is “whether adequate provision has been made and is being made against construction hazards.” In fact, as the 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat sees it, the effort to reduce the danger of fire has resulted in a system of building which “presents perils of its own,” and now “the new construction of complicatéd trusswork and reinforeed concrete” that has saved “from the one peril must be wrought so pains- takingly as to save us from the other.” The Rochester Times-Union reminds us that “the old builders, working in stone, erected structures which have stood the storm of cten- turies,” and “if this can be done with stone theére is no excuse for failure to attain safety with the much su- perior modern material, steel.” inly, “if any owners can af- ford to build safe buildings,” the New Haven Register thinks, “it is the owners of mmoving picture theaters” vet the Bfookiyn Eagle notes “abun- dant evidence that eare has not been extended to all construction of houses for movies, and this Wash- ington house was bullt when costly movie theaters were few and far be- d, “with Toivilng plc“x':e heater buildings springing up. like :nu-hmm » as the _Providence Journal pats it, the Washington catastrophe, the.South Bend Tribune contends, “lays the whole subject of picture house construction open to review,” nfii l¢§lll‘u fgr a Tfio“ fi:{fil;; jon. of motion SR ::er the United States.” ouses lately back of the t dy llaltm?l\e relexation of building laws and inspection “to périnit the speedy eroction of mushroom building™ dur- ing the “heetic wat period,” a8 the Omaha News &nd. the Roc! Bil‘:; aws express it, and ‘bac! Iuinl-‘i. fix the op‘:nlon of many writers, lies the civic system Which makes Washington “one of S;a ?:I'L?‘inm{l:: verned c! Pouniry °"3.§ Suote the eKnoxvllle [ o cm-eh-m‘ Asheville {. the helgle‘u government,” ‘n;d'!“ it be true that the building laws ard too lax, then Congress must " declares the Philadel- inel. Briot "ot _Columbia hi 0} for, ,es the Hartford e8 explains it, “Congfe! ‘eont¥ols E\lr':-y :e ny 'l‘lul is spent fér mufiici= the District,” and Con- wu:."fi' lltn does not provide funds 2 g e ubd others 153‘;‘."5.‘ ts bullding “’1&! 3 responsible for What, follows Foobs parairmony o d hegle: A m:‘flh“l‘l‘!tv tor‘lflals dreadful h m}fn home at the u‘v’;}:&”en’! of tg'e District l:{mum- g"u. declares the New York World. But What, it asks,’ is_that govérn- nt estion which the Ithaca g::llf '-»?e‘:va unflan&n to answer thus: B “A reséntativa {roth Dinglebure, Bushwhack Cornen,'}(ew York's Bast ide, of heaven knows where, who B the capital until he was somehow elected to Congres the right to say to the lmi e of ‘Washington how mahw schools they shall pay their try to entertain her with anoayfous {;..,"‘,tn:. force. l. b...“l'l'en'l -t‘ro': “Dey Ut thlls me vice fs & monster,” IWM should supply bécome $o great ncls Eben. “If he wWears'all de | sote all ts of the country who kho oth! of Washii m's needs u} %v 's prob! r,nln Anu nn::- g e a han ve_ the o :‘u‘“ mmin-‘vhu kind Our Record of Blood. For the past several years, the number of murders in the United! States has averaged considerabl more than 9,000 a year. That fs no{ quite twenty-five murders a day. Mexico does not slaughter that many people when it has a war on. The Russian anti-revolution committees cannot equal that mark. Mora heo-l ple are murdered in the United States | than are slain in Great Britain, France and Germany. Compared with our EuTopean cousins, we are a race of killers. Curiously enougk, it is: our habit to insist that all thel mur- | ders in this country are committed either by negroes or foreizners. If 'lhu! were the casé—which 1: is not— the question would naturally ariss as to just why. it was that men who were fairly peaceable in the vld coun- try suddenly developed a blood lust| when, they landed on our shores The | truth is that we ate a restiess, hot- tenipered people. Our political and economic thought does not move in carefully chagted channels. The in- dividual encouhiters a far more varied fortune here than he is likely to en- counter in any other country in the wo! he ups and downs, the alter- native afiuence and poverty, the JenlAl ousies and passions inevitable when marriage is in many instances the prelude to a divorce, all tend to in- crease the slaying fury.—Johnstown Democrat (democratic). A Midwestern Culture. ‘When a recent novel dealt severely with the western village many who had migrated to large cities chuckled | approvingly. One of its chief ideas! was not generally noted. It was that America mostly was like the town pictured. Many others who have traveled over the country have | been impressed more by uniformity i than by diversity. The large towns 3: New York knd the small towns Nt thefll‘l"l’e &owns‘ 5 ot often is there any special pro- tést” against this tendency, at least! not such an emphatic one as that made recently by Mr. Psul Greer of ?ml 8. T u e t Mr. Greer urged his seetion | tgnq its own distifictive qual- itles. He goés so fa¢ as to contend that the middle west id “aimost separate land and race, with tradl. tions, jdeas and ideals differin widely from those of othér parts o the nation.” It has greater regard | for mofal ehdfacter, is less skeptical | and more confident, moré public- spirited and mdre intellectually in-' depéndent than the east, he specifies. | —S8t. Joseph News-Press “ngwmfl-i‘ ent.) “Chica, more News, o will save less daylight and empers this year.—Chicago . Those galoshes look like 2 girl ean't huék"?dnvm to lnyt{‘!n;a—bb‘u Molnes R!!Iltar. The first instance of disquieting pvarherx. ‘Was probably the sword of Datoel !i.—Boi"in ilaynla‘}‘ iy ‘When a vomln‘ -‘puko of her new fllt t‘-:n days you don’t know if she 8 bought one orf brought one.— Flint Journal. There seems to be some disposition to remind 6uf debtor nations that this S R I o Y n —Brov- faenes Tribune. o PeHeTELY The Navy is objecting to m r;ue “Druik as a sailor.” gerln.p: lé'hln in no shi to take care of the reeruit- ing fush.—Indishapolis Star. Mstead of wasting their energies tPying to define the "‘mmr’."e e \‘mel- wfi ‘writers might do' better if they to refine her.—Columbia (8. C.) Record. 5 ‘The suggestion that Japan 1 es- ish a stadle government in i . hllu“ t e s been en.~St. ) This living room outfit Consisting of five pieces $ l 95 This offering provides attractive living room furniture at a com- paratively small expenditure. It is, indeed, an opportunity rich with savings. All pieces illustrated'above. Qutfit includes: Velour-covered davenport High-back wing chair Large fireside armchair Every piece of FURNITURE —in our entire stock in- cluded in this sale at dis- counts of 10% to 40% This advertisement tells of just a few of the values. In the discount sale at about half price Genuine mahogany and Mary design. A Mahogany-finish davenport table Metal base electric table lamp or Mahogany-finish floor lamp This mahogany table § 524.50 ane-end library table in William gh-class piece of furniture; has 26x42-inch top and large center drawer. See illustration. Luxurious overstuffed 215 Just as picturcd aboze In the discount sale at.. suite Upholstered in costly blue and gold figured velour or tapestry. All pieces have full spring edge, back and seat; also loose spring cushions. i Note the comfortable pillow arms. Mahogany-finish , candlesticks $l.49 pr.. Decorative candlesticks . for mantels, tables and es- pecially desirable now for Valentine parties. A style usually Artistically shaped; metal candle holder. priced $39.75 $225° . Have one of these in your home and you will be pre- pared for the unexpected guest. Solid oak daven-o bed, This oak daven-o bed in golden oak or fumed finish. Easily converted into a full-size bed. Here’s Luck! More of those Fringed velvet rugs 9.x12-ft. size==all seamless . The last lot we had went out like snow under the 'midday sun. And why not? We suggest you see these rugs and answer this question yourself. Copies of fine French wiltons that sell for double and triple this price. VOriental and exquisite Persian patterns in wonderful color blendings. Just 15 for this sale—first choice is best choice. (The Hecht Co., fourth fioor.) The Hecht Co. ~ Tth at F'Where pricss ars guarenteed 7th at F n