Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1922, Page 6

' THE EVENING STAR, With Qumy ‘Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.........March 7, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11tk St. and Pennaylvania Ave. i S ar Ji Yok B European Office : 16 Regent 8t., London, England. calpe, Eyening Star, with the Sundsy moraiag | Cumberland. This rered by carriers within the city at 60 nnu.‘fi; ‘month; a-nx only, 45 cents m month: Sunday only, 20 ceats per month. ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main 5000. Collection 1s made by earrlers at the end of each moath. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Stnday..1 yr., $3.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only. oo 1;:..%«);1::., 50c 1yn, $2.40; 1 mo,, 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr.. $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only. -1yr.; $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Traffic in Poison. Elsewhere in The Star today the re- sults are printed of .investigation of certain existing conditions in the boot- leg traffic in Washington. It is shown that while—as a result of a combina- tion of circumstances—genuine whisky ington without transshipment,' and Wwould attach Washington to the de- veloping commence of the Allegheny country, the Ohlo valley and the great lakes region. ‘When the seat of government was removed to Washington the Potomac Improvement Company- had cut a way through the obstructions at Harpers ‘| Ferry and Seneca and had built one short canal, with locks, around Great Falls and another around Little Falls. Barges were being poled down from was the first link in a watefway to connect the great lakes with the Atlantic, with a portage cver the Allégheny mountains. The railroad was not thought of, and canal carriage was so much cheaper than wagon transport and the canal as & commerce carrier was in the minds of all progressivz Americans. The proposed capal had its health side. It would drain two of the marshes ‘within Washington. These were the marshes of Tiber creek and of St. James creek. Tiber creek, otherwise Gdose creek, started near the eastérn cdge of Robert Peter's tract of Mount Pleasant, in the ridge north of Florida avenue, at about 9th street. It flowed southeast across . Samuel Blodget's tract, “Jamaica'’; across the northeast corner of Samuel Davidson's tract, or gin can be purchased only with dif.| o't Roval” and Notley Young's ficulty in the District today, a flood of poison, skillfully disguised, is locally available to all who will buy. Analyses of some of these typical bootleg prod- cts -expose-in fusel oil, wood alcohol and formaldehyde their deadly quali- ties. It is also shown that these poison- ous concoctions are being ' purchased daily in large quantities by those who, ‘willing to break the law for the grati- fication of an appetite, do so apparent- 1y with reckless unconcern as to the 7 physical consequences to themselves. The eaby, convenient, just-around-the- corner facilities for -the purchase of bootleggers’ poison and a wide diver- sity of bootlegging types are also dis- closed by this investigation. These disclosures are made in the conviction that their publication con- stitutes a genuine public service. Knowledge of the truth in the matter cannot but lessen the readiness of cer- taln Washingtonians to violate the Volstead act when as a new factor in restraint is added the fear of being poisoned. The facts published will, it is hoped, prove useful to the police in breaking up a traffic which is a shame to the conscience and a grave menace 1o the health of the National Capital. The facts indicate that certain Wash- ington bootleggers in cold blood sup- ply their customers with illegal poison in place of illegal whiskx. The disposi- tion of some’ jurymen to inflict but regligible punishment upen those brought before the bar of justice un- der charge of violating the Volstead ect may- undergo a change. Whatever may be the tendency of such a juror to condone tacitly bootlegging in it- self, it may be confidently anticipated that he will view with no appreciable tolerance either a swindle which ob- tains money under false pretenses or a murderous assault by scattering poison broadcast with a recklessness or a deliberation which at the least suggests manslaughter. And since in the last analysis it is upon the Amer- jcan juryman that successful law en- forcement depends, this publication, made largely for his enlightenment, ‘will, it is hoped, be heipful. Budding Trees. 3 ‘There should be a society for the education, or at least for the instruc- tion or guidance, of fruit-trees. The silly things seem to have no sense and no reason, and they seem to learn nothing by their own experience. A treacherous sun casts a few fiirtatious smiles upon them and genial and de- ceptive Auster blows upon them, and they burst forth in blossom. The false sun and the false south wind laugh at the impressionable trees, and Boreas and Zero strip them of their flowers and then must they go without a peach,’plum or cherry all the year. Even now, when the 4th of March is only & d rick's day is to come, the fruit’ trees ere putting on their buds. Oh, trees, be careful! Can you not remember what befell last spring? Can you not understand that warm weather in March” may lead to your undoing’ Chide your sap, restrain your giddy blossornis ‘and do not rush the season! Do not put.on your spring finery till epring is here.- Think of us. oh, trees, who neéd your fruit for jelly, for pre- serves, perhaps for Gther things! ———— A street railway fare that will sat- isty both the management and the patronage is as hard to devise as a tax that will meet requirements and leave the general public cheerful. —_— t——————— A few of the District streets have become o water soaked that residénts are tempted to see if they cannot per- suade the rivers and harbors commit- teemen to interest themselves. e The March blizzard still has a large section of the month' left in which to play itS annbal engagement. —te— The 9J1d Canal. The plan for extending the National Potanic Garden by using part of the site of the Washington canal recalls to old Washingtonians a local “insti- tution.” The canal extended from the Potomac at Easbys point to the East- ern branch, and in South Washington the canal forked, one spur following James creek to its mouth and the other reaching the Eastern branch at the foot of 2rid "street. Thé canal question was a stirring one during the periods of 18021815 and 1871-1874. In the first period the citizens were agi- tated with financing and digging the canal, and in the second period they ‘were agitated over' the question of de- stroyirig it. It was a more or less dis- turbing question during all the years from 1815 to 1871. As a feature of the National Capital the canal was plotted on the L'Enfant { 4 day or so gone, and St. Pat- | [ | | tract, “The Mill Tract.”” It crossed the line of North Capitol @treet about New York avenue, ‘flowed south to 2bout North Capitol street and Massa- chusetts avenue, and then southwest, crossing Pennsylvania avenue at about Srd street, running down to about the niiddle of the park between Maine and ‘Missouri avenues "and 3rd to 4th streets. Then it bent to the west as far as 7th street, turned north to Pennsylvania avenue and then flowed west to the Potomac. After turning west on the line of the Avenue it was a tidal stream, with marsh borders ebout as wide as a city block. ‘Within the park just west of the Botanic Garden a little stream had its source and flowed to the southeast. It crossed Maryland avenue at about 3rd street, flowed along the line of Canal street, which takes its name from the canal, and at a point near South Capi- tol street turned south, running through fields and entering the East- ern branch between Greenleafs point (or Arsenal point) and the village of Carrollsburg. That stream was St. James creek, later called James creek. These crecks suggested the route of the canal. The canal plan was a subject of dis- cussion from 1791, but took on legisla- tive form in 1802, when the Washing- ton Canal Company was authorized by Congress. Books were opened for sub- subscriptions to the shares and work was soon begun, but construction cost more than had been estimated, and many things delayed the work. The first canal boat went through in 1815. The canal as a commerce carrier never fulfilled expectations and was de- !nounced as breeding more sickness than had the marshes of Tiber and St. James creeks. But it had defenders and became an-“institution.” TUnder the board of public works and the rule of Alexander R. Shepherd the Tiber part of the canal was filled and a part of the James creek section, though a long section of that part of the canal was | 1eft open, became an open sewer and has been filled in by slow degrees until cnly a part east of the arsenal grounds remains. ———————— The Ship Subsidy Bill. If the letter which the three demo- cratic members of the Shipping Board wrote to the democratic members of the House and Senate committees con- sidering the ship subsidy bill is pro- phetic of a drift toward taking the merchant marine question out of poli- tics there will be cause for gratifica- tion. The three democrats on the hoard, former Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Frederick I. Thompson of Ala- bama and Rear Admiral Benson, re- tired, wrote to the committeemen of their own political faith stating that “the consideration of the question by the Shipping Board was free from partisan bias, no consideration béing given to the attitude of political par- ties past or present on aid to Amer- ican shipping.” The democratic com- » Mitteemen were urged to “carefully consider the facts to be developed at the hearings on the subject and then decide on them.” That was good advice, frankly and straightforwardly offered. The propo- sition to maintain an adequate mer- chant marine, which is also designed to be a potential auxiliary to a Navy for defensive purposes, should be de- void of political aspect, animus or of manipulation to political ends. In its present form the pending bill em- bodies an economic question entirely. Its terms should be considered solely ini their relation to good business, fore- sightedness and common sense regard for the best interests of the country. There will be division of opinion on the proposition beyond doubt, as there is on every major question of eco- nomics that comes up in Congress, but the division should avoid political lines. The hearings in the committees are expected to be full and free. throwing light upon the various angles of the plan and enabling the legisla- tors ‘to form a clear business judg- ment, unaffected by politics, of its worth as an economic measure for the benefit of the nation. ——————— The moving pictures have interested a Secretary of the Treasury and a Postmaster General. Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Hays have done much to dispel the doubts as to the genuine intel- lectuality of the films. ——————— ‘The recollection of a particularly se- vere winter will scarcely be past when ‘Washington will be compelled to face the possibility of a depleted water supply. # Marshal Joffre Coming. . In a few days—on the 12th, it is an- nounced—Marshal Joffre, who has map entitled “Plan of the City Intend, | been the guest of the Japanese govern- ed for the Permanent Seat of Govern- ment.” The-canal was wanted for busi- nees and health. It would connect the Potomac and Eastern branch by passing through the city, and would esave merchants in the center/'of the city the long: wagon hayl from the river front. .It would permit. the ment, will sail for Victoria, B. C., and make a tour of Canada and the United States. ¢ This will not be the marshal’s first visit to America. He came, it will be remembered, scon after the country entered the war, to urge an early ap- pearance of American troaps in France products of the west o ‘enter Wash- | in numbers suffictent to hearten the al- led forces on the western front. He did not have jn mind, nor did enybody else at that time, the enormous con- tribution America was able to make, and was on the eve of making, to the allled cause. His miesion rendered it impossible for him to get more than a glimpse of & small portion of the country. He had to hurry back for action against the enemy. : This visit will give Marshal Joffre opportunity to see the.country some- what at his leisure—to appralse its size and resources, and enjoy expres- sions of its appreciation of him as a soldier. Marshal Foch on his visit was every- where acclaimed as a military com- manderiwho had achieved great things ir a great war; and he had deserved the attentions bestowed upon him. So .lso is Marshal Joffre entitled to consideration on thé scor® of his per- formances in that struggle; and doubt- less this opportunity will be improved, not only by the members of the Amer- ican Legion, but by others to show the visitor how well his record is known on this side the Atlantic. This Year's Primaries. There is some very earnest discus- sion in republican circles about the rrimaries and the next Congress. A number of warm contests for nom- inations are scheduled, and others will soon be. No objection to the warmth is heard. The warmer the better. But there is admonition to regulate the heat; to see that it does not threaten results after nominations have been made. Republicans are adjured to be good losérs in the primaries; to go to the polls in November and plump for the party; to support the candidates en- | titled to their support. It is understood that the administra- tion will take no part in primaries anywhere; that its attitude in every case will be the familiar, “may the best man win.” It wants good candi- dates everywhere. But in the contests for election— when the two old parties have ar- ranged all preliminaries and squared off for action—the administration will give its support whole-heartedly to the candidates rightfully carrying the re- publican standard. It frankly wants another republican Congress, for its own sake as well as for the country’s sake. Another republican Congress will fnsure a continuation of policies inaugurated by this Congress, and make a record which in large part will be utilized in the next presidential campaign. In a number of states primaries are already under way, and voters are lining up in dead earnest. ————————— Farmers, should they decide to mar- ket their own milk, will at least have the pleasure of dispensing with the much criticized middle man. If a farmer can attend to his chores, do the milk- ing and sell the product direct to con- sumers he will increase his already ex- traordinary reputation for industry. ——— A musical entertainment would have wider appreciation if the costumes and scenery could be preserved me- chanically in the same way that the tunes are phonographed. e —— Nations that owe Uncle Sam money are in some instances inclined to dis- cuss an “L O. as a diplomatic document rather than as a piecé of commercial paper. —_—t————— Railroads are compelled to devote much effort and expense to controver- sies which give no immediate evidence of enhancing transportation comforts and facilities. —————————— A wonderful amotnt of useful ad- vertising would be available to Muscle Shoals if the locality could manage to qualify as a summer resort. ] ——— Secretary Hughes admits to inter- viewers that he has not followed na- tional affairs as closely as they sought, by radio, to follow him. —_—————— It is & long time since an old-fash-{ wide difference between the Frenchj MaP: ioned railway rate war made price cut- ting seem one of\the easiest things imaginable. —_—————————— There are already so many different kinds of tax that there is a little re- luctance about inventing new varie- ties. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Lion and Lamb. The lion roared as March came in. I vainly try An answer all correct to win. The tax blank figures seem a sin. The lion roared as March came in— And so did I The lamb will bleat with shivering skin ‘When, by and by, The exit hours of March begin And I have parted with my tin. The lamb will bleat with shivering skin— i 1 | Gentle Reminder. ““After a man is elected to office he ought not to forget his frienis.” “It never happens,” replied Senator Sorghum. “They never ‘let you for- get.” Jud Tunkins says some men learn to argue on both sides of a question so they can have the fun of doing all the telking. “Art's Terrific Pace. I always pause and shed a tear ‘When motion picture stars I see. They -have. to earn such sums each year! -~ How cruelly hard their work must be. 2 Fascination of the Game. “Did you enjoy the bridge whist party?” “Not much,” enswered Miss Cay- enne. “No one had any new stories that were really worth listening to.” “I wish I could believe in ghoses,” sald Uncle Eben. “I'd like to hire a good skeery one to haunt dat ol'| 7 chicken coop, of mine.” S & THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTO To Make Better ~ Out of Immigrant Materia REATION of a new federal bureau of recreation to make better and. happier all the workers of the country and to absorb more. quickly Into American life tite immigrants coming to thesé shores for sanctuary and opportunity is advocated by James J. Davis, Sec- retary of Labor. This bureau of recreation would be part of a broader system of education under a self-supporting Department of Labor, he says, and would in fact be a great direct saving to the fed- eral Treasury, because it would win the altens among us®™o an under. standing of and a part in American ideals and institutions before the reds, the anarchists and the seditious agitators could fester among them. Not only for the newcomer among us, but for the old residents also— for all Americans—to bring them ail into closer co-operation With the spirit of this self-government, Secre- tary Davis is going to ask Congress to give him authority to work out his new idea. * ok ok k Till now we have let the alien new- £l "D ' 0., TUESDAY, Americans ! not in order to Apg _upon him, only to be sure of fils safety~ao that we can reagh, him-to teach him. Just as Americag ;citizens a poll tax for the privilege of voting,.Seoretary Davis bellqves the new alien ghoyuid pay a nominsl fee for his certificate of rogistryi: ‘A .very -small fee from several million fens , would L amply provido the.Pepartment of Labor, he estimates, with funds sufficient for the upkeap?.of e, broad, educational systers, such ag he has mind—to run our schebls as’schools of citizenship for these older children. ~ Then' 'private agencies must help the government.- We all need to keep Ourselves interested in these mew ar- rivals..’; We say to oyrselves that Uncle ~Sam must.care for these new nephews, ‘bt we forget that Uncle Sam is-all Of us. We-must interest ourselyes in the allen so that he be- comes interésted’ in us—is Sacretary Davis®. pofley. The best citizenship comes from. the heart. We need to teach . their hearts, and to get there beforé the .red -propaganda does it Every fraternal order, every religious body, every organization of good citi- zens shouid help in this, he admon- ishes. i’ O Now' comes the explanation of his recreational proposal: One most ef- fective way of making ‘citizenship at- tractive to’ all, 'to newcomer and to comer roam about the country to find a job and find & home, he points out, and to become a citizen pretty much without help or guidance. He came over here in the steerage and ‘he needs steerage’still. He Is still a child in our ways, with no knowledge of the fmmense new privileges he en- joys. ‘Secretary Davis wants Uncle Sam to keep track of that man—not to regulate him, but to help him, to teach and encourage him. He wants Uncle Sam not in the attitude of a policeman, but of a friend, a true uncle. He wants to see every school in the country devote its after hours to the schooling of these prospective and receptive new citizens. We need to know how they are forging on as wage-earners and as members of our free society, he argues. We need to know the whereabouts of these peo- ple if it is only to protect them from the insidious poison of red propa- ganda, which from personal knowl- edge he feels to be an ever-present dangér. We need all the educational machinery we can organize to battle this evil influence, Secretary Davis says. * % k% He wouid have every immigrant “Not a Sou” From France? The ‘“average American -liberty bond holder,” the Hartford Times (democratic) believes, will probably be not a little dashed at the assertion of Loufs Loucheur, formerly a mem- ber of the French cabinet under Briand, that France “will never be able to pay a sou” of its war debt to the United States. True, as the Cana- dian Vancouver Province points out, “this is not an official announcement, but only an expert opinion, probably expressed with a political purpose.” Nevertheless, American editors gener- ally feel with the Philadelphia Ppblic Ledger (independent) that Loucheur “speaks for most of France” and was only “putting very bluntly what Frante has repeated to herself so often that she now believes it as true ospel.” Coming just at a time whéh official action looking toward a funding of the European debt has been taken in the appointment of a commission, newspapers here regard ithis warning of the French attitude as distinctly discouraging. i The interest of the American fib- erty bond holder is pointed out fur- ther by the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Times- News (independent); “the American {government,” it says, “has at last reached a point where it is necessary for it to get ready to repay its debts to the people of the United Statés,” but “unless the governments of Eu- rope show some disposition to pay what they owe this country.” our government “cannot pay what it owes its own people.” If, as the Kalamazoo Gazette (republican) asserts, M. Loucheur expresses “a view . which has come'to be practically unanimous in France, “a feeling that the United States not only.cannot but “should not be reimbursed for-these vast war loans,” then, declares the Lexington Leader (republican) “it means repu- diation, pure and simple, with all its plication of insolvency and volun- lary bankruptey.” The Springfield Republican (inde- pendent) tries to soften this attitude somewhat, however, by showing the > s e and the American viewpoint concern- ing this indebtedness. It says: . “Europe, it should be recalled, {s much more accustomed than |tI United States to wartime subsidie: it has had many wars of coalitions, some of the members of which have found it more tonvenient to contrib- ute money than to send an army. It is not very surprising that Europeans should think of America's contribu- tion as being of this sort, and, in'fact, the American conception of it as-.an ordinary business transaction is re- garded by many Frenchmen as mean and sordid.” e This attitude that we were merely ipaying France “a moral debt” finds {no sympathy in the Chicago Tribune (independent republican), for Ameri- ’'s prime interest in the war was hat it should stop,” and to this end arge sums were loaned,” and-while “the United States went to war with i full transports, t came home “with lan empty trunk,” and “it cannot con- cede now that it owes any European nation anything.” So far as the soundness of Lou- cheur's position 1is concerned, the Charleston (8. C.) News and Courier (democratic) believes “his logic ir- resistible, and we may as well recog- nize its force.” On the other hand, other competent witnesses are brought forward by other writers to question that logic. The Philadelphia Bulletin __ (independent ° republican) quotes Samuel Vauclain, “who, al- though an American, has long had an intimate acquaintance by personal contact with European business and finance,” to the effect that “Europe can pay and we should insist that she sheuld, if only, to prevent her, from becoming pauperized and thus stand- ing in the way of her own economic recovery,” and most Americans, the Bulletin thinks, “will consider . Vauclain a better ‘authority.” £ Nevertheless, the Philadeiphia Pub- lic Ledger (independent) asserts, “a-| sort of understanding i3 growing, up in Europe that the loans will not be repaid,” and if that is true, “if M. cheur knows what he is ot the. Bt. Joseph News.Press (independent) suggests that “the re- funding process, mow soon to start, may largely be buncombe. Again, “if” all this is true” what use Is there, the Richmond Times-Dispatch (democratic) 8sks, ‘Mn protracted conferences over the refunding. of the French debt? Why go through the motions of issuing & mew bond to take the place of the present demand notes, when it is well known that the bond is virtually valueless? But “it.is the business of the fund- ing commisslon,” the Canton News (democratic) replies, “to change the debt into a recognized obligation’; it has no authority, the Bangor’ (Me. Commercial (independent) adds, -t cancel the debts, its duty is to ars range a method by which they can be paid” andits deliberations, the Chicago Post ~(independent) feels, should be ‘“unhampered” by such “provocative talk” as M. Loucheur’s “bad break.” The Air Jam: The air seems to be gotting too crowded for wireless comfort. - There- i iy Iuy to’set up a bureau of recreation regigter, wherever he is, every year— | happier people.” EDITORIAL DIGEST old-timer, broadens out of his plan of registry ‘and revenue. He is going to ask Congress to give him author- for all Atderica. reau to bedeillcat tion that ‘“recreation brother of education. That bureay should'be shaped, ac- cording to his vision, so as to bring wholesome agd healthful amusement into the lives'of our people. As soon as times improve he intends to push practical plans toward that end. Such a bureau of recreation would naturally belong under the wing of the Department of Labor, because the great ranks. of the American people Their lives d he knows all this, because he, as an immigrant, worked as puddler in the fron and stcel mills, 3 Secretary Davis quotes his friend John Golden of New .York, the, prom- inent theatrical producer: “This bureau would grasp with its kindly, encouraging arms every pos- sible Tecreative movement of the average people. Its powerful and | wise operations cannot - help but make for better citizenship and a He Intends this bu- ed, to the :propds is the - big v j fore, the conference on the control of the air that has assembled at the call of Mr. Hoover'is timely. Everybody 1s doing it. = The jam that mother used to make is nothing to the jam that daughter will make in the atmosphere if she is allowed to vibrate at such wave lengths as she chooses and when she chooses. “Cutting in,” which we now regard as an annoyance when we employ the ordinary telephone, will be a far more serfous evil while all sorts of mes- sages have all the ether there is.to play about it and private individuals and companles use the same wave lengths in the same territory. - Airways are to be laid out for the | Planes; the same thing must be done for the phones. We who know the atmosphere as it is, hardly invaded by ianything but sunbeams, water and wind, scarcely can envisage the at- mosphere of coming generations, crowded with flying boats and winged words as well. It is the thrilling start of interplanetary communication and the beginning of the bridging of the abysm of space that is bound to be consummated ere the world is many. trillions of years older. We forget 1 what an.infantile earth we are. When lwe grow up we are going to do mar- velous -things, apd we shall not debate the possibility of miracles, for we (that fs, remote posterity) are to be- hold them all. — Philadelphia Public Ledger (independent). A Certain Something in Maps. ' There is something in maps that sets the mind to dreaming. Some people. prefer old femily albums. Some go back and reread old letters. And others like to talk of friends long dead or long wandered away. But best of all, to set’ the memory free, ts some old map that gulded us once and yet may guide us again. The soldier who is fortunate enough to possess the map that he carried in France has a better history, a better diary. than he could get from any baokshop. Here he can wander as he pleases, without & pass and without fatigue. It was here on the at St. Nazaire, that he landed and was miserable for a time. It was in this little village, -near Vitry le Francois, that the division rested for a week and he was happy. It was here that he went into the line and in this little town of Suippes or La Fere that a friend was seen for the last time. And it was from here, at Brest, a muddy place, that he sailed for home again. . But jt need not be the m of a land we have seen. Perhaps the best map is one that-tells of an untraveled country. To point out the spot on the map, near Switzerland. where Voltaire lived, to follow Shakespeare with a pencil to his retreat in Strat- ford, to slip easily over the globe to that little island where Stevenson died—this is comfortable journeying. is not always necessary to use one’s feet. There is a “Something” in maps. ‘—San Francisco Call and Post (inde- | pendent). The only thing that's ever fair to "both capital and labor is the weather. —Greenville Piedmont. “The 'year 1922 will discover a way to rehabilitate Europe.” Huh. The year 1492 did: that—Birmingham News. E ; Havipg been reduced to a pulp, it was but a step for Europe tb convert the pulp Into paper money.—Ports- mouth Daily Times: ¥ Vollva insists the sky is a large inverted bowl. Presume that explains why the rain won't stay in it.—St. Joseph News-Pre: The modern child learns among other things to smoke at _its mother's knee.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. Mary Garden witl resign as director of the Chicago Opera Company..- Each day brings world peace mearer.—Ar- kansas Gazette. 1 Chief Justice Taft says that'the needs. - But Mr. Taft always was con- servative Tribune. “Poesibly,” says an exchange, “a half-baked politician is better than a hard-bolled one.” Yes, or even one that is° stewed. However, all should be roasted.—Nashville Banner. Every person in the United States pays a quarter of a cent annually to upport the Presidént. We're through nocking. Any kind of ‘a_ President is worth that—Arkansas Gasette. in statement.—Providence Some of these galoshes-give the im. pression that they're likely to fall off, and we wonder whx every girl doesn’t carry a spare galosh.—Syra- cuse Herald. £ Therg is widespri with the modern girl.-. She- I getting into a class with the w« —New York Evening World. You can*Pull ‘off & father and son week and a’mother and daughter week, but let somebody stry to-put over a brother and sister weeis.—De- troit Free Press. MARCH 7, 1922 S ELEVED B g Quality expressed ~ inviyour pictures? - Do they stand out from the Y 4n your . album, idually ‘attractive, or do 1ytm 1"“&:‘ to o::r apology for them when y\g\(.‘fl_w' them to your frlendg? If they are not a8 ' a» you would like to have them the next time you .have a . ‘batch_of fllms for finish- ing bring them to US. 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