Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 6

THE V/kh Bundey Morning Vaitien. WASBHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . . February 15, 1988 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Office, 11th 8t. and Pennaylvacfs Ave. Chlenss aLorE, Ofice . 130 Naseau 8t. European Office : 16 Regeat 8t., Loadon, England. The Eveniog Blar. with the B morat edition, 1o delisercd by carticrs within the ity Foah o gy oot By Ao 3 a conl T mon ders. ' “mal, o "tet Main 8000, Corleetion s end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance.- Maryland and Virginis,. Dally and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only.. 1 Sunday only 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ AlL Other States. made’ by carriers at the mo. mo. Daily ard Sunday..1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢c * Daily only. yr. $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only .1yr., $300:1mo., ¥c — The Coroner’s Jury Accuses Nine. The coroner’s jury in the Knicker Bocker Theater case returns a finding that "expresses the impression pro- _duced on the public mind by the testi- mony adduced in the course of the in- quest. Tt holds that the death of the victim chosen for this particular’ pur- pose was due to “faulty designing and construction and inadequate super- vision and inspection”; in short, that the fault lay all along the line. The Jury holds nine men for the action of the grand jury, the designer .of the building, the desiher- of the ultimate plan for the roof structure, the gen- eral contractor and his foreman, the cement work foreman, the steel fram- ing subcontractor, the former building inspector and two members of the in- spection staff. Such a sweeping condemnation of both those who “designed and con- structed the building and those who represented the public in the super- vision of the work is assuredly inclu- sive of all conceivable personal re- sponsibility. Tkis fihding, it is to be borne in mind, foilows an inquiry that has been wide in scope, at which testi- mony has been given by all concerned. The case now passes.to the grand Jury, which will conduct an ex parte bearing. “The jury's recommendation of @ EVENING STAR,| accomplished. Provisions money savings were made. Ing among the nations was bulld- mistakes and faults of the same character Thapi have been Ing with prestige greatly increased |basis apparently the coroner's jury both at home and abroad. makes ite endation, which ‘This is much, and it ought to sat! calls for an inimediate decision, in | all who indorsed the calling of the cbn- | justice to the public and the owners ference, who followed #ts proceedings of bulldings and managers of enter- with. sympathy,.and who.approve of | taliment enterprises. the result. But, just as there were ————————— those who. insisted that nothing could Mr. Cannon’s Suogessor. be done, there are those now inclined ‘The republicans of the eighteenth II- to magnify what was done. - They see | ;. Congress ot haveanting and the beginning of an unbreakable | comeroron 't " select Mr. Cannon's world peace. 2 This interpretation will not be placed |, e 2hould be & good man. both on account and on the country’s ac- on the work of the conference by 8ny-| count gtandin, he will, at th body who participated in it, or by the 5 & s hejwiljSat the v outget, in the Cannon shadow, he will sovernments®they represented. Thoee | ¢o; 5 time be at o disadvantage. men are satisfied with the work, 8nd | Byt now long he stands thes m hope to see further advances made on Eihe.staL Y e lanimaiiing i Batinci Tonel sinem rest somewhat with himself. If he has g - a taste for politics and develops an believes that the final word has been spoken about and against war, or that | “Doiide for lawmaking, he can satety lies n canceling or-neglecting | e 55, from that shadow 1n good all ageneies for the national defense. | oy oot oo, like the republle, is The dawn of the millenhium Is not| oo een vy Toun8 Mr. Cannon had et to make his way; and, having the = stuff in him, he made it. Capitol Hill = ,proved to be the righ place for him. Avert & Mine Strike. When Mr. Cannon entered Congress, Next to a nation-wide strike of rail- | 0me of the questions growing out of way workers, & nation:wide strike of | the civil war were still unsettled. He coal minera contains the greatest pos- | %e'ved his novitiate as a statesman, sibility.of disaster to the rfation. ‘For | therefore, in circumstances well calcu- that reason prompt and decisive no-|lated to develop the best in him both tice. should be taken of the proposal | Of @ partisan and of a- patriotic char- formally advanced yesterday -at In-|acter. He was called upon to help dianapolis- that the bituminous and |lésislate for a real reunion of the sec- enthracite miners unite in a strike at | tions recently in arms against each the end of March. . cther; and he made hfs jack in the Because of the seriousness of the |COuUrse he took. He proved to be a de- menace and the neceesity that any ac- | Pendable party man. tion to be taken shall be taken prompt. | Mr- Cannon's successor will have a Iy, the bill introduced yesterday by |like opportunity. He wiil enter Con- Senator Kenyon of Iowa providing for | 87€38 With questions growing out of the creation of a national coal mining | the World war fresh and unsettled. board becomes of immediate impor-|He Will be called upon to help settle tance. That measure should be exam. | them; and they will test his judgment ined at oncd by the legislative ana|to the full. The country’s condition administrative branches of the govern- | t0day, indeed, is graver than at any ment, and if it is determined that its | time In the first decade or two follow- ultimate enactment Is in accord with | In§ the struggle for the preservation sound pyblic policy it should be given | © the Union. the right of way over all other legis- : lation And passed without an hour's Weather, unnecessary delay. It is foul weather which gives us As @ starting point I considering {an understanding of fair weather. the threatened strike, it must be as | Without those days we call ‘bad” we sumed that the miners want only what lwould not know the meaning of a thorough revision of the bullding code, | they belleve ‘to be right and fair, It “good” day. We need the contrast of ‘with heavy penalties for violation, will | is suggested at Indianapolis that theirdark and bright days that we may undoubtedly be followed. Further- | purpose just now is to win public|know the difference between them. more, it'is probable that the building | opinion to their cause, and to force the { And if all days were of the same de- inspection office will be reorganized, | operators into a joint wage conference. gree of excellence most persons would with-a stricter-standard of qualifica- | Public opinion already is on their side | pave to limit their 'talking to their own tions. This, however, should be based | to the extent of insisting that the bodily ailments, the difficulty of get- upon a highen scale of pay for the |operators shall not refuse to confer on | ting a washerwoman and the speed, men chosen for these responsible | wages. Public opinjon is ready to con. climbing powers, etc., of their own’ @uties. It is impossible to expect such | tinue with them through negotiations | automobiles. Cha‘ngeslin the weather efficiency as the public safety requires | to a final settlement, and to assure | make for changes in conversation, and at the rate of, pay which the District | them justice, has been granting or from a force so | miners themselves are ready to submit inadequate in number. provided only that the|that helps some, y Bad days are bad only from our their cause to public opinion and to | peint of sight. We have chained our- 1t has required a terrible tragedy, ;abide by its verdict. But if it is to be | gelves to desks and committed our- costing ninety-eight lives, to bring a case where public opinion is invoked | selves to life terms at indoor labor and these matters to attention and to the | for a wianing verdict, and flouted if | have enfeebled our bodies and adopted point of presumptive correction. Pt |{the verdict js not wholly to thelr lik- | certain styles of dress so that we feel ~does not, of course, excuse of justify |ing, then it is something other than|comfortable only in smiling, pleasant faults of design or of construction that | justice which the miners seek. laxity in the inspection bureau per- mitted them. s . The ceroner's jury has distributed £ weather. We have made ourselves in- The Kenyon bill does not propose to | capable of appreciating what we call use the powers of government to force |3 rough day. Some men look - at acceptance of the national board's de- | weather such as this and feel that it the blame in its judgment on the prin- | cision in 8 wage dispute. All it does i is all right. Other men look at it and ciple that the responaibility reste equally upon all whose mistakes of Judgment or execution or supervision contributed to this disaster. It now remaina for the courts to determine ‘whether these mistakes were such as to render any of those now named lable for punishment. ————————— The Republican Keynote. Senator Lodge:last night performed the service of a keynoter. What he said at the Massachusetts legisiative dinrier will be widely echoed from the republican stump this year. He in- augurated both his own eampaign for re-election and the campaign of his party for control of the next Congress. To the criticism of the democrats that the present is a “do-nothing” Congress, Mr. Lodge replies that the republicans “found the worst situation economically which any party in this country had ever been called upon to face. There ‘can .be no successful chal- lenge of that statement. It was not enly the worst situation, but one that seemed almost past relicf. Billions had been substituted for millions, and the national legislators set to thinking in new terms. Necessarily, they have Had to pick thelr way with care. Speed wag hardly a just expectation or de- mand. Then the republicans ‘began their work with an underappraisement of its scope and difficulties. They had a much bigger job on hand than they seemed- aware of. Hence the stum- blings and delays that marked their first steps. But recently-they have been coming out of that—have been “finding” them- selves—and now are improving in their gait and progress. The party will go to the country next fall on the completed record, and not on what it did or failed to do at the special session, or in the first months of the present session. The do- nothing charge will not lie if the rec- ord shows that the party has done something. And Mr.. Lodge claims that it has already. done a good deal. ——————— Bischoff, the promoter of fictitious oil, is described as the “Chicago Ponzi.” Money would have been saved | to a large number of people if the title had been given him before he got sc deep M his operations. - —— Smuggling of rum, opium and aliens i3 complained of. The human beings mentioned are not sensitive about the manner in which they are being classi- fied. = Sentiment is apparently in favor ofa soldler bonus. But financihg a senti- ‘ment very frequently proves a difficult proposition. . ———— e Before and After the Conference. Some of the opponents of the arma- t conference predicted. that the meeting would accomplish nothing; that the time would be consumed in discussions, largely academic; that the President would be advertised as im- practical, and injured by the advertise. ment; that things would move along much as before, with neither money saved .. nor. good .feeling pronfoted among the natjons. 5 : [ , : They missed their guess. - Much was to set up an impartial tribunal for de- | paint it on a canvas. That canvas is termining the facts and handing down | hung on the wall of a steam-heated an award based upon the facts. and|art gallery and men lounge before or then leaves it to public opinion tocom- | git before it in essy chairs and say, pel both the miners and the mine | fine™ S owners to comply. It is the same prin- T i ciple under which the Railway Labor|{ cp, jcago intends to wipe out crime. Board has operated effectively. The |y, ;o o large enterprise. 1t will be re- railway werkers, the rallway owners| .. .iered, however, that Chicago's and the public all are better off be-|;1ouiness has been achieved througha cause that board was in existence. il to undertak ojects that Eventually some such system will be ;e:flnt.::mla:b'l‘o. 9ipead edopted for averting strikes in coal e mining and other basic industries.| o o o0 our leading octogenarians ADditeren Tl notnaw? will find it difficult to see how Thomas e e Z Edison can expect to live to be ninety Italy feels a little disquietude be-|yeqry old unless he shortens his office cause of rumors that she is forming Mans for an effort to stampedo the | 00" 10 DAY guit. Genoa convention. ————— e The news reports occasionally cause ‘wonderment as to when the film play- ers find time to make pictures. e A request not to vote for Uncle Joe Cannon is about the only request most of his constituents would be willing to slight. ———————— Much of the trouble in Europe has arisen from the phase of human tem- perament that finds a peculiar pleas- ure in calling mass meetings. ———— Thanks to St. Valentine, February manages to mingle a little frivolity with 3 great deal of patriotiem. e e SHOOTING STARS.- BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Practical Geniality. Folks always say that Grabson Gripps Is hoping for the best. Irejand is free and equal, -but not unanimously fraternal. o ————— General Closing Recommended. One of the findings of the coroner’s jury in the Knickerbocker case is a | His conversation never slips recommendation “that all‘ theaters| Toward phrases of unrest. and places where the public assembles | His optimism is refined. be closed aid kept closed until such| He holds himself alert, time as their safety is assured.” And never thinks a thought unkind This is a drastic recommendation,| Or speaks a sentence curt. ‘calculated to disturb the public serl- ously whether it is carried into effect or not. It is virtually a condemnation of all buildings of this character, put- ting every one of them under sus- picion. - The Commissioners,~ with whom the decision rests, should con sider very carefully whether to follow it out with @ sweeping closing order or. to reassure the public by an ex- plicit expression of confidence in the “The consideration shown by your stability of these buildings. constituents is an evidence that you Naturally the failure of one of|are an upright man.” . these large public amusement houses{ “A man cannot always remain in has already caused apprehension. At-|the same attitude,” rejoined Senator tendance at places of amusement has | Sorghum. “It -also indicates .that I been affected in a considerable degree. | have knpwn when to keep my ear to The fact that buildings have stood for | the ground.” long periods without developing faults - . — 2 has not been: a perfect assurance to| Jud Tunkins says there is always & the people in view of the fact that the{little something to be thankful for. place that collapsed had been in serv.|Since fruit has gotten to be so expen- ice itself for several years without|8ive, there aren’t nearly so many showing any signs of weakness. orange peels thrown on the sldcnl.!. He gets the biggest piece of pie; Of beef the largest slice. Although at bargain rates he'll buy, He claims the highest price. He glways manages, some way, fortune to be bleat. Though others get.the worst each day. He's hoping for the best. Varying Positions. Either the jury's recommendation Numbers. should be promptly adopted and ex- of our heads may haustive research made into the struc- e ‘h::raed‘ e tural stabflity of all places of public| gyt the fact from the world we con- assemblage, or it should be as prompt- ceal, 1y rejected, save perhaps in particuler | gince the .lxw does not have each in- instances where structural defects are cumbered already suspected or known to exist. tags, like tomobils In any case, there should be perfect Gk ; —Bi-."l i frankness with the public. No blanket Conscious Power, 5 suspicion should be thrown over all houses of entertainment in Washing- | measure depend on the farmers.” ton unless there is real justification. “No doubt of it.” saidFarmer Corn- Nothing was adduced at the inquest | tossel. “Not only do’ we raise the bearing upon the strength of other|erops, but we do a whole iot of the structures of this character. The only | yotin’.” G . ground for suspicion aguinst other is that afforded by the'inade- quacy of inspection. It logically fol-| Uncle Eben, “dat added a heap o lows that if there was incompetent | language to de text withou’ showin’ supervision over the Knickerbocker | nothin’ dat was de slightest improve- there may have been equally incom- | ment.on it." 2 “The public welfare must in a large “T has heard many a sermon,” sald | fo: Nation’s Convention City ITIZENS of Washington have for many years felt the need of a bullding here that would + accommodate conventions and national meetings, ‘for which the Cfp- 1tal city is o well suited, and many of Which have been held here notwith- standing the lack of proper facilities. They are now moving in a practical mannet to provide such a structure as part of the civic equipment. An or- ganizaticn has been effected and sub- scriptiond are being sollcited and re- ceived to a fund for the purchase of a site and the construction of a suit- able buflding. Bo‘liberal has been the response to the call for money for this purpose that the suce t enterprise is already in sight. The bullding proposed will be own- ed by the subscrlbers to the fund, It will not, however, be in any sense a commercial enterprise. The subscrib- ers to the fund are asked not to in- vest, but to contribute to a public utility, making for the benefit of the community. Each is given one-half the amount of his sul trust bonds, and the remalning half will be represented by stock .in the owning company. ® k% ¥ By this plan the citizens of Wash- Ington will be in full control of’the building, designed to promote Wash- Ington’s importance as the national meeting place. They will.be in a posi- tion to secure the selection of the capital for the sessions of organiza- tions that now go elsewhere because of the lack of facilities here. They can bring to this city a great amount of business incidental to the assem- blage of thousands of people from all parts of the country. Local uses for such a structure will s not be lacking. Indeed, apart from .the eonventions of national bodles, the needs of the city for a large auditorium are sufcient to keep In active use a building of the character now contemplated. The auditorium’ Itself, the main feature of the struc- ture, will be capable of s ng 5. persons, with an equipment that can be used for meetings, for dramatic and operatic performances, for con- certs and for patriotic and civic ce monies. In respect to these uses there is the widest range. At present Wash- )inston is almost wholly lacking in large assemblage spaces. The Cen- tral High hool is the only place that will hold a great number and in which musical and dramatic perform- ances can be given. Its uses are re- stricted by necessary regulations and its capacity, moreover, is’less than half of that of the projected audi- torium. * k% ¥ evelo) of theled building will be an.exi 00 | pri; . { ment of the ‘arte in Washington basiy heen the lack.of a place for the pres- | entation of operas, the holding of large concerts, the giving of pegean' of a commemsrative character. The| projected auditerium will supply this lack and permit & growth in many lines of community expression. In lllnnln‘ the building.care will be taken to meet & wide range of re- quirements. Primarily the questlon of scousties in the main hall will be considered. No pains wiil be a to make g gathering place whe; of the thousands assembled can and hear perfectly. It is possible that amplifi will be installéd to pplement the natural advantages in respect to the carrying of sound. An Important feature of the project- hibit hall, } partly below the grade level, with an area of approximately 30,000 square feet. o It is well known that many national organisations, particularly of manufacturers and similar inter- ests, prefer to meet in snnual conven- tion in circumstances to permit the display of goods.. . Washington has never been in a position.to enterta such gatherings; fon lack of exhibition space. It i§ expected that with the auditorium as planned it-will be pos- sible to bring here numerous great assemblages 'of both delegates and displays, making the capital virtually the scene t..a continusus. industrial exposition: o / O These are material advantages to be derived from the possession by the city of a place where the people-of i the country at large can meet through thelr representative orsanizations. 1t 1s assured that between the Jocal and the outside demands the bullding will be kept in well nigh constant use. Whether it will “pay" as a business venture Is not to be predicted. Indeed, that consideration has mot entered into the calculstions of those vho;:: ngaged in ita promotion. nock 'Is not being offered to the cit- isens of Washington &s 2n inv ment, but as shares in & civic enter- rise. Only by joint ownership by a Iarge number of persons who are de- sirous of giving Washington its needv ed equipment can such & structure be areated, under the control of the com- munity, open to a wide range of uses and suitable in every respect to the purpose of a meeting place for busi- iness, patriotic and artistic organiza- t The teams of subscription solicitors are hard at work, canvassing the city. Bvery citizen will have an opportunity to eubscribe, Already the results are showing, in totals which indicate that in & few weeks the success of this e “ontemplated, greatly needed | conatructive civic work will be as-; red. . 1 H A serious handicap to th EDITORIAL DIGEST Naval Limitation and Peace. The successful negotiation by Sec- retary. Hughes of the five-pewer pact calls forth from the Peoria Tran- saript- (independent) the statement that “the ‘Hughes plan’ will go down in ‘history as the first oconstrugtive scheme for the limitation of nuval armament,” and it comprises, in the optnion of the Hartford Times (demo- cratic), “the most remarkable step taward permanent international peace that hag been taken in the history of the nations.” One of the elements of this step concerns fortifications, which the Philadelphia Record (independent démocratic) corplderg “just and rea- sonable and cortainly very. liberal to us”* though the Cleveland Flaln Dealer (independent democratic) be- lieyes that “the addition of the Pacific fortifications article ® * ® may tend in ‘some mMeasure to diminish the ac- ceptablility of the agreement. The Pe- oria Transcript (independent) points out that “surrender by the American delegation of our soverelgn right fortify the Aleutian Islands will caul seme " disappointment, but this lo will be compensated if danger of war with Japan is elyminated,” and the Pittsbyrgh_Chronicle-Telegraph (re- | iblican) finds reciprocity in Japan’ agreement “not to fortify the chbal of. islands stretching south from h mainland™ and Great Britain's. status quo in Hongkong. While “the elimi- nation of naval bases cannot prevent wars,” the Boston Transcript (inde- pendent republican) feels that the fortifications article “clearly marks a step in the direction of peace,” and the Chicago Tribune (independent re- publicafi) admits “it {s necessary to make concessions when agreement: to prevent war are being reached, and thus justifies the United Stat ;'n .t eein; ;aot;gli{lcl".lfla the fort! oations (o e pines, Guam or the Aleutian lei.ndn‘P ‘With regard to the limitation of capital ships, the Norfolk Virginian- Pilot (indepandent democratic), while admitting that “it may vet turn out that the conference has limited a weap- on whioh the great powers will in the not distant future desert of thelr own frae will,” argues that “'the capi- ta] ship s for the present intrenched as the determinative unit of naval strength” and that the submission to its limitation by tHo gfeat powers is “at once significant and extraordi- nary.” The Omaha News (independ. ent) thin by reducing. battleship armaments “all we lose is the oppore tunity to put ourselves in position to make war on Japan in Japanese waters,” and that, on the other hand, “so far as any offensive var on by Japan is concerned, it leaves safe.* The Charleston (W. Va.) Malil “limits. the ofiensive power oi the five naval powers to such an extent that it f§ doubtful whether any ag- ressive. warfare will be taken dur- ng the'life of the treaty,” finds “more imperative a'league of European na- tions far the purpose of kecping the peaca at home, since the tacilily of receiving assistance from tha outslde is made more dificult.” The Wheeling. Register (democrafic), howdver, not- ing the alleged inefféctivences of.the aircratt’ and submarine regulations, suspects that since “only th urface craft were ordered scrapped ® * * they were givén up only ‘because of their useleasnes: ‘The Pittsburgh Leader (progressive republican) seas “groutd for extrd caution” in / Secretary Hugh statement that ‘““this treaty ends positively and absolutely the competition in naval armament,” since, “with the power to make war unimpaired, arms must stul be. -e- garded in the language of war.” The Rochester Times-Union (independent), however, feels that “compatition has been abandoned” and that 1t is worth the_‘“price of leaving Japzn installed in Manchuria and Siberia, and, in a naval sense, more completely mistress of the far east than eve! That the treaty places the United States “on 2n equal footing. with Gi Britain,” t with provision to “keep other nations from crowding the two leading: powers,” compensates this country for “the greatest sacrifices,” in the -wpiu- ion of the Springfield (Mo.) Leader (democratic). 2 The Lynchburg News (democratic) is in agreement that the treaty will serve “as a temporary expedient to Teduce the heavy cost of war,”-but denies that it means “added security for peace,” a view condemned b{ the New York World (democratic. as a “cheap sneer,” since the “con- ference has not merely cheapened war,” but has “eliminated for a defi- nite time” the armament race, which “produces l*rnmnndl of fear and suspicion an h,tred." = Taking Food From the Starving, . The natural consequence of, tl silly attack upon various bodi which are collecting funds and food r Russians in the ‘famine areas will be to sdd to the millions_of gwflenc and innocent victims. . Bu- aucrats scattered throughout the Department of Juuuce.(me Depart- ment of State and the” Department of Commerce for purposes of public- \ ity are carrying on a private war | with the bolshevist government. As | individuals these press agents are | entitled to their opinions, but it is an offense against humanity for them ito attempt, as was done this morn- ing, to stop the sending of food lo! the' starving. Tt 1s conceivable that some of the bolshevist partisans in this country may have said foolish or prejudiced things. But what differ: does that make? “The anti-bolshevist partisans majority | of ¢ L The hunger of women, of little chil- dren, of simple farmers who a&re wasting to and not about bolsi evist pol! The attack made upon these ‘organigations .Is conse- uently as infamous as it is absurd. Fhe' Fresident of the United States has been coui;{nl:‘uc:u! .Tfi"fm;m;; who were. Unw 0. 3 n 5 ol; Russtans went while millio; down to d ‘because of the lack {pf focd. The bureaycratic propa- andists who liberate inuuendoes and Inspire-slanders against these| reliet organizations might gs logical- ly attack -the President.—New York | Globe (independent). Lloyd George Faces the Future. Mr. Lloyd George, in his opening speech in the house of commons, may well have been facing his battle of the Marne, with no certainty as yet whether it were to be & victory or an overthrow. There are many indica- tions that the coalition is ‘golng to ] pleces. -Dissatisfaction with the gov- ! ernment mounts higher and higher. old leaders of both conservative and increasing want of confidence in the Lloyd George. opening of the house? With tempo- British nation. “You see how it is—| tween Clynes and m the every word and line. But perhaps i The Tuxedo War. Labor has been gaining on the coali- tion in the by-elections. As to the liberal sentiment, scarcely a day passes without its indication of their personal and political guidance of Mr. How does the,prime minister meet this rising tide’in his speech at the rization mainly. He makes much of Mr. Clynes’ recent attack on him—| promoting that to the first impor- | tance, as if he were saying to the! You must continue the present gov- ernment in power or take a Imbor ministry; you have r choice be- No clear etourse is outlined speech. It is temporizing politics in is good politics, in the partisan sense. Under all the present complications, it may be the only thing to win. Mr, Lloyd George is a great politician. Skillful to “carry on,” his tactics may tura out to be the very ones to con- fuse and divide hia enemies. But the clear scheme is quite lacking in his pronouncement.—Boston Transcript (independent republican). “The! tuxedo should not be worn at a formal func!l? attended by wemen] r in full evening dress,” solemnly com- plain‘the merchant tailors of America. | “The swallow-tail coat 'is’'a time- honored and respected custom.” - This staterient is not'a mere fashion warning, it indicates a condition ag interesting as. any part of the, tre- mendous social change, perhips tem- porary and possibly permanent, grow- ing out of the waf, nihe swallowstal) coat may be times honored, but it has béen losing ground at an amazihg rate—an alarming rate, to the taffors. 5 5 It has confe to he quita a question whether the tailors—who used to set the styles—will ‘e able.to turn back the harids of time. Man s & drab Creatufe in his mature vears and goodness knows he needs some deco- ration to set him off and give him dis-{ tinction. Evening dress with high| collar, immaculate white tie and white or gray waistcoat gave him that dis- tinction. But the war between the! tuxedo and full dress is & phate in the development of our “new youth™ as much a phase of the, war be- tween the " flapper and grandma. Youngsters, the free and untrammeled youngsters of the day, will be the old- sters of tomorrow; and if they prefer the briefer tux to the dignified swal- low-tail it will be merely another sign of the advancing triumpp of .smart- | ness over dignity.—Grdnd Rapids| Press (indepengdent). Alimony is the “div” in dlvoru‘—-! Greenville (8. C.) Pledmont. The rhost slushy part of the snow g the poetry it startse—Pittsburgh ress. A leaky radiator in St. Paul gave out hootch. Heavens, what a janitort ~—Minneapolis Journal. 3 “Gold veig in Los Angeles street” will' be denled if it was uncovered by an earthquake. — Wall Street Journal. . 4 School children are now getting §-cent ice cream. 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