Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922. THE EVENING STAR, Make Washi 2 & W:Eh Sunday u......fi wfimn. o e e € aShlngtOll Beautiful : Army, a practical consideration aside B y Planl Flower Gar dens ‘the House not only abated possibility of friction but made for the preserva- influence and activity throughout New | England in 1920, and the effect on election day, are glad enough to Jolnl in the anti-Lodge chorus. The senjor senator from the Bay state thus stands picked out as a shin- ing mark. His friends, at home and elsewhere, accept the challenge. Keep your eye on Massachusetts. Mr. Lodge had four terms'in the House before. entering the Senate, and is rounding out thirty years of consecutiye service in the latter body. P He is his party’s leader there, and one at 60 cents per month; daily only, 45 eents per | conference for limitation of armament, j of its most accomplished and scholarly o Sundly ouiv. 30 conts"pet month B | (10 it ho may well be regarded as | leaders in the country. oo Collection ts"made’ by lers at the | a5 good an economist as any one. His usefulness to his party has been The' Senate last Friday ratified the |increased by his freedom from the dis- Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. |four-power peace pact as preliminary | traction of the, presidential bee. He Maryland and Virginia. to the expected ratification of the|has figured in presidential gossip, and naval limitation treaty. The latter in-| Theodore Roosevelt on’ one occasion ¢|strument fixes the ratio of naval|suggested him for the republican nom- maintenance, giving the United States | ination. But Mr. Lodge—an old hand 85¢ | @ definite status. The House programin politics, not easily disturbed by 60c | of slashing appropriations for the up- |either praise or blame—held his course, keep of the Navy would reduce thé |and gave his whole time and thought ratio of the United States fixed in|not to personal but to party matters, America Again a Leader. the treaty by rendering impossible |and thus laid his party under the Yesterday's vote in the Senate rati. | the operation of the ships. obligatlons it should and is likely to fying the four-power treaty will g0 & The United States would thus be|show at the polls in November. long way toward restoring American rendered ridiculous; contending for a prestige in world affairs. It may not | d¢finite ratio in the treaty and de- e & pleasant thing to admit, but it | iberately lowering it in effective ap: nevertheless is a fact that this country | Plication. On second thought, per-| o " 00 b o e arow Witson, | Commissioners in meking Washing- had lost a lot of prestige during the |DAPS the House will heed the BTEU-} iy 5 telegram to the chairman of the |ton g city beautiful this summer o 2 is: ment of the executive, who Is in touch | St. Louis county de tic commit- perts and landscape gardeners and -3 :::m”‘l‘;izo ears. Bromn undisputed| o oncsies ofi thie question; and | tee; t0dsy S venten anfidont 1ex. | through development of that homely | others of the ilk running around Do you remember the sale of exactly one year ago? d p at the time the ¢ pectation that the party will soon be |spot the back yard, and the front|loose, there's little excuse for this— ’ . . armittice was signed, we had graduar, | 1Ot agree to the drastic cut in the ap- | P established in power and in & DOSI- | 1awn as well. If each citizens' asso- | €5PeCially when the majority of them It was a record-maker. The event which will be held on Iv lost ground, antil about the onty | Propriations suggested. tion to render renewed service to the 5 would welcome an opportunity to ap- é liberal forces of mankind throughout | clation would foster a spirit of com-| pear beforc a citizens' association Monday eclipses that memorable occasion. thing that enabied us to make our in- ll;te twv:srh’!.’; ‘The leljgr;vm”wlflhln I':- munity betterment through flower|and gl‘\"e a layman's talk o;nt the £u‘l- fluence felt was the fact that we owned " Automobile Accidents. Ply to a wire sent Mr. Wilson by the | gorgens there's little doubt but thut|ture of a home garden. If experts i = S 4 3 county convention in which the former i 4 | are t to be called in_ from the . > . 2~ . the bulk of the world's wealth, and| ive persons were struck and in-|President was “assured recognition af | i Fesult would be effective, Suiside, there's hardly a citizens' ag- The windows will make as complete a display as i w{ Every spring sees the average citl- - that other nations were head-over- z _|the leader of the democratic party. sociation in town but what has on . . . . . Neels 1 Qebt to us Juréd i thetolty gcreatslyestorday by zen, in a desire to sce things SPring | §"olls some man who is & “bug” possible—beginning this evening. 74 automobiles. This is not a record, but The two points contained here are |up out of the ground, get to work, as on flowers and their habits. And a Nothing is to be gained now by dis- | shows that carelessness and lawless- both worthy of speclal note. the afternoons out of office lengthen, | 90 FOWET TRy 01 from him on cussing respousibility for this frittering | nogs are still on the job. It is not easy e : (1) Mr. Wilson is still hailed as the | Sosnni i Tre corr ey agth of tbe | Some of the rudiments of making a f leadership, but it i o 9 flower grow and bioom would bring ’.w:; Lol ut it is @ Tecos- (4 fix the blame in these cases, or per- s t that a large part of it Was|paps to apportion the blame between leader of the democratic party. Not as|back yard or front lawn, excavating T T ’ for placing the little seed which come | 8reat enlightenm or, it not at- ’ i the party’s candldate for President in | iy 'such alluring packages. But as the | lempied o a large scale & home the direct result of our sysem of ov-| grivers and pedestrians. There are|1J24 Put as the man worthy to guide | weeds get in their “dirty work." and fower garden lsn't such ax ernment, d)\vidmg responfihl_hty for pedestrians who will walk In the street, the party in the preliminaries leading | the earth gets baked and hard, and our foreign intercourse between the|.po will not “look where they are exccutive and the Senate. That this|yaiiing” end who will “jay-walk.” up to that nomination. Well, is there | tho Sun gets hotter and hotter, and division of responsibility existed was But the chief responsibility is on the * %k % % the water department lets out a howl _ 5 a member of the party likely to be|of dismay at the decreasing reserve| Col. Sherrill's office—that of public knownb, of ‘roulr).se: to the world's states- | porgon who drives a car. He should men, but at Paris it was overlooked. { o+ maim a man because that man busier in that matter during the com- in the reservoirs and the one old| buildings and grounds—is preparing Then when the Scmate refused 10|giapg into the street between squares, duit supplying the capital with f 1 ing two years? Mr. Wilson has the | qray to make every federal reservation in water begins to groan under the load Washington bloom with myriads of ratlfy the work of the peace cONfer |pegitates in the middle of a crossing ence the world was unwarrantedly | or goes other things which many men, time, the disposition and the facilities [—then's the time to test a man's de- for such work. He is excellently situ- | 5ire to keep his flowers growing and | flowers ' this summer. It won't be shocked and sarprised, and there grew | comen and children do, and will con- up an unjustified belief that the Amer- tinue to do. If the driver kept his car ated for conferences with prominent hisiyardtastoi. long now until the bulbs begin democrats who are either on official e ey sprouting and the grass begins duty in Washington or frequent vis.| SOMethIng more than mere desire to | greening and the parks will spring itors to town on one political errand or sec one's flowers sprouting out of the | forth fn all their spring glory. So % = S % ground 1is needed—some stimulant| your Uncle 8am is doing his part to ican government, because of consti-{,;ger control many of the “accl another. Washington is headquarters tutional limitations, was incapable of| gon o that happen would not happen. functioning effectively in its relation-| "m0 nanv reckless and irresponsible ship with cther nations. Yesterday's|,,ips, men and women have licenses vote in the Senate will serve to dispel | ;o dm’e cars. Too many auto drivers for both parties. which can very easily be prescribed | make Washington beautiful, and 111‘; 3 through a communit; irit, fostered | up to the citizen who owns a plot (2) Mr. Wilson is still thinking in- & e :hat hlehef. ra:d‘:.: vindicate the Amer- | &0 " V0 R e regulations and defy ) Pl P gavernm 0 the law. On every strect, every + by the community's association of|Of 8round in front or in rear of his ternationally. The restoration of the Now that Senate approval has been | gov ang night, one can see the speed tiome to do his part. 1: democracy to power under his guid- given the four-power treaty it is mot{,; & " oo oeoded on stralght representative citizens. In every one| " Get out the shovel and the hoe and Our 3 ’ ’ of these communities, now, there will ' say it with flowers. mon L ance will b6 £0r the PUTPOEE Of TeNder- | am—————e -~ anticipated there will be any serious | gt S G ond on turn- s 6 ks gt e EDITORIAL DIGEST opposition to the other conference ing corners. There is a theory that forces of mankind throughout the : even more ruinous consequent de- The Rand Disturbances. L agreements, and the country has @ .. .. have the right of way at world.” Our own troubles are nu- merous and very great. They make a ise I d p":fm"‘" th dit for skill S : - day Generally gniversal praise Is sound- | “To Smuts goes the credit for - Tight Lo expect that at an carly a7 |crossings. A pedestrian has the right Lk € entire series of treaties Will have] e way it he can get it. The rule of record in those particulars. But no ed by the newspapers of the country | ful leadership,” says the New York been made the law of the Jand. The|yo croesing is, “Pedestrian, cross at WASHINGTON, D. C. from sentiment and pride of authority. ] 4 .s-" 2 . r SATURDAY. .....March 25, 1922| The House has it in its yower to 608 TO 614 ELEVENTH : — b lyake another good stroke of policy THEODORE W. NOYES.......EQitor | g constructive statesmanship in re- m——*——— Jecting the proposed program of limit- e ',,,,“l":' StsrNows mhr"lfl'mnm o | ing appropriations for the Navy below 4 ieng. P T Ofe 150 Nassan 8t. the paint of efficiency regarded as es- oian Offcs 16 Bocont 8t “iondos, England. | sential by the President. It might be pointed out that the President started { ‘The Event: , with the Sunday mornls ., " e e % The city | the “economy drive” by calling ‘the be several old fellows who don’t give & hang about how Mary's garden’s - made to bring May flowers 0| growing—or their own, for that mat- . The House of Courte: F April showers really could be i Washington this year—May flow- nd it can be forecast here they ers in every garden, in every |are ot going to be “taken:in” on &ny citizens' association’s plan to plant lawn which offers the, tinlest space | g.'acls association’s plak toK for them—wouldn't the Commission-|“But it’s a pretty safe bet that If g ers’ plea to “clean up-paint up” bring | one of these citizens seca the flowers e on e . oo 0 ) looming prettily in the yar wonderful results? Clean up the | oy; qoor neighbor, and hears the lawns and the back yards—then paint | admiring comments 6f passers-by and: them up with varicolored May flow- | callers, he is not going to stand en- Vi tirely idl t if he' jed man, s 7 ers. and see how Washington smiles | Liol et I s TusF tu el —in Sunday’s Star and Post for our this summer. tions could get the ball started roll- ¢ tom, | t | i in the i tion, the ma- o > ¢ used to be a custom, In one part | ing in the right'direction. the ma Announcement of a tremendou;ly ¢ o ive of Washington, at least, to glve| oy, 1, UOUL 1 & educed by processes yearly prizes,for the best appearing | or human nature to the minimum. big sa-le Of | High-Grade Dresses common knowledge that the 1awns| Not every man knows how to plant and gardens in that section combined | and cultivate his garden. Many men, Big, not only in the variety offered—but in the values included. ' All Other States. # Dally and Sunda> 1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., Daily only $7.00; 1 m. Bunday o to make it one of the most attractive [ and women, too, for that matter, parts of Washington. have had the experience of planting Why couldn’t this be done on | countless seed in April or May, only large scale this year? to witness them change miraculously e to weeds during the process of The citizens' associations—Wash- | sprouting out of the ground. And, = = ington’s medium for citizenship ar-| disappointed, they have allowed the Mr. Wilson Still Leader. ticulation—have a splendid oppor- | weeds full sway and let the flowers This is from Duluth: tunity for co-operating with the go. But here in Washington, with so many horticulturists and flower ex- Whenyou uant to see Ameriea. We all hope to see at least the principal parts of our cotintry, and possibly Canada, some day—the important cities—the national parks—the mountains—but, of course, it is expensive. The only way we can make certain of seeing America is by SAVING. No sum is too small to save. A dollar will open an account. 'SAVINGS DEPARTMENT - “FEDERAL' ¥ HihondGSwects 4 i pent-up America is confining Mr. Wil- son’s thoughts. He is thinking of man- kind in world terms, and would have o] lessness he has his party if restored to power occupy g"‘ b L “',:‘""‘ T uE{rwc’e‘:;: 'm'f ‘own country o ; en. Jan Christian Smuts has han-|gand to the British Empire.” benefits which will flow from them your peril”” A very great number of itself in the world’s behalf. dled the near revolution in South will be for the whole world and for | . ononile drivers seem to think that | This 18 a large order, and In the ab-| o\ . yowever, there also is pro- Simplicity. all time, for at last the way has been sense of particulars invites to interest- | > " $ h P ¥ a honk on their horn gives them right claimed a note of wonder as to the| 1. prapming have a proverb that a shown by which the burden of arma- ing speculation as to how Mr. Wilson Sugges- 4 + £ v be Feduced of way any place, any time, unless would bave Bis 5 1ol i real cause of the trouble. UEBES- | ar s rich, not in proportion to his ments :may Feducd i they know that the eye of a traffic cop o party in office again|yons that there was a close kinship | ;qcegsions, but accoraing to the sim- periling national security. It is mot|, " % proceed in the work of world rescue. | petween the abortive revolution and | iiire of the things necessary to his contended that the possibilities of war ‘What are his plans? And how would |the situation in Russia freely are|contentment. This is, no doubt, need- in the future have been removed, but : he as the presiding spirit over the|made. “Is the trouble racial, indus- |ful to India, where, among the mil- the probabilities of war have been The New York Republicans. democracy's rehabilitation apply his | trial, political or a combination of all lfl‘;’gg &fi!g:e:: ::de oo L s greatly lessened, and the cost of pre-| The republicans of New York are|plans in the changes that have taken [three?” asks the New York Eveningeither Europe or America. Yet there paring for war has been made a less|to be congratulated on one thing at |Place since Armistice day and are still | World. South Africa has been watch- }fhvllruth ior a}l‘l ‘?:?:-: elfx‘ :E:,::{l‘nfi intolerable burden. least. They cleared the table at Al-|going on? “The liberal forces of man-|ed by the world since the days of {TRIoRORNEES RAVE VIR, Thincy "oy The American people rejoice today |bany this year in excellent time. Two |kind” is grandiose but indefinite. Oom Paul and De W ;'—| “t;‘“:_‘;::r: adding impedimenta to their lives—in 2 - G feel more interested in other words, the pursuit of happiness, at the success of the movement in-{months and a half sufficed. ———m e for the trouble than in the detalls of | based merely on wealth. People have itiated by the American government,| Their legislative card presented| A banquet at Los Angeles provided |the military operations.” refused to believe that contentment and they would be glad if all peoples some knotty questions at the start.(a chair for a member of the Longer | Detailing the gencral bellef in Greatjand meat in lite) Sho begter et of had equal cause for rejoicing. The|Fgctionism had appeared here and|Life League who had departed this E;‘{{;{;!fi.';f;o‘fi;‘u:fi;‘io spread propa- | chasable. It is the tendency of the peoples of Europe still are carrying |there in the state. Millerites and anti- | life. He brought back the advice, with the Bangor Commercial insists | later philosophers to modify (hal:ldl armament burdens which inflict upon | Millerites were looking sourly at each | the assistance of & medium, “Don't for- ihe revolt was dus to fall bor e e ol It migat them hardships and hunger. Those | other. The former were talking about | get your exercise and be careful of [Saule it 910 Ho¥ K0 4 because South | bring was little more than husks and burdens can now be removed, or great- ond term for the governor. The |y » : 4. could not long defy |ashes. and to encourage a reasonable 5 5 : a sect the’ g your diet.” The admonition would in- | Africa, if united, 4 ot ial security, as some- ly lightened, if the nations of Europe |jatter were contending that one term {dicate a belief on the part of the spirit, { the might of S ket et {"‘,"‘;f:"n'; Lo to a man's rightful will follow in the way which Was|should satisfy him. Who would be @ |despite strange and Interesting adven- | than it was had the rebels secured |place in the social order. But the shown by the nations which sat in|good man for next fall’s nomination? | tures to which he referred, that this | the assistance of the black population | moralists today are as firm as the'r the Washington conference. *| The anti-Miller talk has almost en- 1 that evidently. was counted on. e | more gloomy predecessors in an world is a pretty good place to cling |mgledo Blade, however, does not con- |ing that the chief part of happiness tirely subsided. It seems to be agreed | to, after all. sider the trouble in aty way an Im-|must procesd {rom the zpirit. am be 1 v est at, k¢ y independent of any! Spring. : that if the governor wants, or wil —_————— pera e snomic. A% #00n | or marketable, Unfortunately for the accept, another try at his office he 33 the miners and their employers|philosophers, this truth is one that 3 The Japanese announce an intention | 514 ' ‘common ground of understand. | overybody is willlng to accept, even scrapping bat " , “the race war w t, but few there be who ar of pping tleships as rapidly as |ing,” it cqmg‘“lehsa e erial provlem, :lti’s;g::g to adopt it practically. He Almanac spring is in Washington even though the thermometer every]can have it. i y other day denles it. The sun, north-| He entered politics reluctantly, and, bound, has passed the equator, or the it Is understood, is not exactly equinox, or the line of equal day and | enamored of the game. But he is a night, and is headed toward us to take | 800d sport, and not' the sort to run the chill off things. save the coal pile [aWay in the face of difficulties. So and woo the flowers into bloom. Our |the feeling prevails that Gov. Miller genial and sometimes ardent friend,|i8 at his party’s command if it de- the sun, passed his vernal equinox sires to use his name again. at 4:49 last Tuesday morning, came| New York is so important in politi- smiling into Aries and is now pushing [cal calculations, every state election on toward Taurus and Gemini, putting | there has in some measure & national on his best speed to reach his summer | significance. A national leader by solstice on schedule time, and if noth-|one party or the other may be de- ing unusual happens he will get there | veloped by a contest. on June 22 at twenty-seven minutes| This time this kind of speculation after midnight. is confined to the democratic side of up an possible. Japan has long been famous [blow up 8% n5 o 1 problem, will | who refuses to let his contentment for recognizing & good idea a® s0on as | gvaporate in thin air.” 7 be disturbed by the possessions of she saw it. Praising the action of Gen. Smuts | ipers is well in advance of the - Yin encouraging the loyalty and €O- magses, and his feet are planted in e AR e operation of the Kafirs, the Saginaw | the way that leads to wisdom.—In- reviews the energetio|gianapolis News (independent). Nows-Courl: 1t sclence discovers many more | nelsires used in gaining control of measures g 3 creatures long regarded as extinct, | the situation and adds: “Had tlie na- Walled ens. there may be & chance of discovering |tive Kafirs risen, however, the story Gard might be different, and it is & cer-| A youfg American woman Won a 3 in some wild region a live and kicking | {aiaty they would have regarded the |, /5;e” offered recently by an English populist party. Whites who initiated the revolt With|newgpaper for the best suggestions 20 little concern as any other whites | for making the city of London more Chroniole - Tele; appeal to any 3 - SHOOTING STARS. e henace of bolshevism, wherever | f{gh or American. But her suggestion it rears its ugly head, yields to only | that the Londoners tear down all £ » ment, and that is one in the | walis hiding gardens and green spots BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. 23;1&'-.'{‘1":‘: of which Gen. Smuts I8 & | probably would receive little approval past master.” " ¢ | trom the British home lover. Su reme Bacon 1t 1s sometimes necessary to remind | the fence. The republican! natlonal Picturesque But Useless. The Baltimore ‘tmer‘:mh:swg::; out hl:::;:fl:s ;fi af'éi'r‘;'e'.'."?: :nh:;'!l?og g b Ul " ourserves of these facts. but the birds | leader for 1924 1s more than indicated. | T wonder Just what they've discovered | tha% M3C% 3 calist movement, among | doors breathing spot, dedicated to ) h Sl Mr. Harding’s name is on every slate.| In far Patagonian climes, active &y N R loh culminated brior to | privacy and family enjoyment. He N3 Sre wiseaiid the fiowers andithe frult oo And how the old party has hovered | the war in an_abortive revolution.| would no more relish the idea of lay- B> ; trees are making ready to hang their { But what democrat making a success. > s e Tho paper Is by no means con- |ing his garden and the famlily ac- 2 ] signs of welcome. The signals of|ful campalgn against Gov. Miller next| On earth, since primordial times. Bt e Pt hhis wab o similar propo- | tivities centered in it bare to the - ’ Sniing are all around us, The Audu.|fall would thereby become a national | Perhaps it's & glyptodon docile, sition, “At present,” It says, “it seems | public gaze than' he would relish T g = . errec vor. p . The figure and his party's hope and best| Or-a plesiosaurus 80 gay Tha Gen. Smute ‘frmness’ has suc- | tearing out the wall of his house so bon Society is ready for the 'march, bt for the presidency? Is there such | That is dodging the fate of @ fossil ceeded in breaking the back o that what we on in rooms revolutionary movement—if it really | within should open to the eyes of 2 e A e e L a man either upstate or downstate,| In joyous and innocent play. that, and not merely a _great|the curious passer-by. And is he not ; The flavol' of Morfls Suprcme Bacon loose the calliope, news comes fast and if downstate what s his “pull” strike.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer | right in this? h 11 traini; 14 1ike more light on whether | The great American front porch 5 R 5 o e el thoughts towaed the | with Tammany? also would llke more llght on whother | Mo Eres e natle Tammitulions is so delicious your family always wel- e SO Many men, after carefully squinting, : St T e e Al fation, "1t points out, however, that | Justly " representative ‘of a nation spring necktie and, the sha 9= I éact that the liberal tendencies which has nothing to hide, but for : . : . things come to him who walts—even| The Declaration of Independence| To different views are inclined. muts are universally recognized |all that there is something about the comes it. Serve it today with Morris has proved a document of historic in-| But when prices are making life bitter, of S spring. fluence, Incidentally and unintention-| For fuel and food stuffs in turn, h to the contention that |qulet, restful privacy of the.walled : : lends Htr e onists are seeking the | garden which is beginning to make Supreme Eggs 3 ally it has also turned out a very ef-| Oh, what is the use of the critter, fective piece of ad writing for the citys 1If it's not good to eat or to burn. P eiplete overthrow of the establish- |its way even among our frank and of Philadelphia. gy The Element of Chance, S order rather than a mere correc- |open people, and it is more likely ——————— *You never change your mind after king conditions. that coming years will see more walled . T e tk’J’:“l\xeolt\'t;wrglkn\Elr‘h:lAnquot. reviews | gardens in America than fewer in You can buy thls bacon elther whole, The coal-mining interests are ahead| The United States Senate used to of the weather bureau in predicting a|be referred to as notable for its dull fi“qt::; ;‘7!3_""‘“ yourself on & pub- O he troubles that Great|dear old ~London—Tulsa Tribune e having with all of her “non- | (democratic). . chilly April. deliberations. No occasion has called |!1C L distinguished “What's the use?” rejoined Senator forth a larger and more ClAtNEWMAY | 5 orghum. “Publio opinion 1s Always . . Britain I8 having wlh 8 o ntinues: by the pound, or sliced in cartons. “The situation that has developed puts Drop a Nickel, Please. or more attentive audience than the N 1 shifting, and after you have elaborate- ratification of the four-power treaty. 1y explained your change of mind : . - TG Pltion Bmoire to its severeat fest. | 0P & TICKCl, Tlease, Of course it bears the famous Morris . sentiment is liable to swing around to It has proved that it possesses the ial expansion by, ex- |Stéak and the butcher boy brings Eonding i Frontlers Bractiaily o |you & chunk ot liver vou don't pay Supreme yellow and black label. Lenin is reported to be suffering|s;q position you have just abandoned.” from illness, and & great many so- — At a mild megatherium hinting, They're trying new-data to find. 4 ‘The Treasury finds its income less- ened. Many an individual is lament- ing the same experience. ! f the earth. But has it the | for the steak and accept the service e o emps Do i Shple e, 8, fyi, el s Yout o hold what it has won?” But in the g back your B j e Adrian (Mich.) Tele- |shirt or for a week or so doesn't call = :flon““ nlla!eat flare-up of bol-|for the soiled linen, do you pay MORRIS &COMPANY sm” “could end only in one way, | laundry bills as if you had had the Pack nd Provisioners Put it 1s grat¥ying to see it ended 80 service? It is not being done. In the ers ai . soon. It would be a sorry thing to see ordinary relations of business, with Sogio-Saxon ideas beaten by bol-|one or two exceptions, you pay for shevism anywhere in the world.” what you get after you get it. e M frica may have Seemed af | Maybe the time will come when you Sona ot at which to strike Great|can dock the telephone company be- Britain,” moralizes the Portsmouth |cause when you called your doctor (N. H Star, “but England builded you got a shoe repair shop. Or Setter than ' she knew when she|Maybe you can get the telephone recognised the ability of the Dutch company to pay for your cough to govern themsélves and placed Jan medicine if .you take "cold: when Chiiotian Smuts at the head of the|central rings you out of bed in the South African government.” The {nldglo of the night to inquire, sweef Baltimore Sun, after discussing thel ¥ ‘Number, plgase -Detroit News energetic measures ' that Premier ( (Independent).. © Smuts was compelled to use to re-| mne old-fashioned widow Wl gain control In the Rnndt. says: mlt spoke of her late husband now hl:= ) was one of the Ironiel o fand iib. |& daughter who speaks of her latest ; . ; y a-l T il *the statesmen of the husband.—Rochester (N. Y.) Time; p Hiten Emblfl.-!holuld P;l:le“:o dy?:] . with such a_ sitpation e 4 2| . The farm movement will soon begi: faced with the duty, he seems £o be |in sarnest. It will—and it will begin able to use iron-hand met o‘nhlfi each morning at about 4 o'clock.~~ capably as any tory general migl Baltimore Sun. 5 “The liquidation of labor and the S voting of labor's protests in strikes| 7t is significant that in all that list are as evident on the Rand as in the | of thirteen women given as the wives coal fleldg of Pennsylvania and West | of Isaiah Moore he was able to fool Virginia,” points out the New York|only one widow.—Indianapolis Star. Globe. And once again awful empha- S sis is placed upon the lack of ad A correspondent'asks whether it quate supervision of basic industriesright to say: “The man was hung, the world over—lack of eny social “The man was hanged.” = The cohesion which will safeguard the e jury ‘worker explol ; pubdlic and from ll!k. ruinous ~ overareduction - ARk o A small but select Army, according to military experts, may inspire ad- miration, but not respect. The House and the Service. The House is to be congratulated upop its action in dropping from the pending Army appropriationt bill the provision which, by refusing funds, would have limited the executive au- thority in the placing of troops out- side of continental United States. The fvé” on him. contention was maintained to the last | Some are so strongly desirous of his that the House would be acting within | defeat for re-election, they would its constitutional authority in insist- | trade control of the next Congress to ing upon the provision. The conten- |bring it about. ¥ tion was in controversy between the| The Wilsonites lead in this feelin; executive and the legislative branches, | They hold the Massachusetts senator *with much to be said upon both|responsible for their hero’s undoing. sides,” no doubt, but the House acted | It was largely his argumentative and wisely in not pushing it at this time. |parliamentary skill and his resolute The President and the War Depart- | opposition that fixed upon the Ver- ment are intent upon economy in|sallles treaty reservations 8o unac- administration, #nd Representative | ceptable to Mr. Wilson the latter re- Anthony, in-charge of the bill, ad-|jected them at the expense of the pact. mitted that he is convinced of the| The Bryanites are anti-Lodge, for willingness of the War Department to.| remembering his unben\dlng opposition cut down expenses of the garrisoning | to their hero in the latter’s three cam- of troops outside the homeland. In|paigns for the presidency. - { dropping the objectionable provision{ The Coxzites, remembering the Lodge N t oG vietists hope it is nothing trivial. e e A National Issue. Mr. Lodge 'has become, and will more and more become as the year grows, a national issue. The demo- Jud Tunkins says that dear old song, “Home, Sweet Home,” gets 'more and more pathetic when you think of the housing situation. \ The Far-away Audience. The ways of thought transference In a statesman’s speech appear. He makes one to his colleagues— For constituents to hear.” A Discreet Hesitation. T ghall not wear knickerbockers,” said. Miss Cayenne. “Is there a question in your mind @s to their being ladylike?" “Not at all. I'm afreid T am/a little too mature to look boyish.” ST “Dar is de same difference between plain an' fancy folks,” said Uncle Eben, “dat dar s between chickensan’ canaries. De old hen scratchin’ aroun’ on her own account in de/yard Union.