Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1922, Page 6

5 - g THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. , WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘MONDAY. ..May 1, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Office : 16 Regent 5t.. London, England. The Bvening Star, with the Sunday mornf wdition. s delivered by earriers within the city at 0 cents per month- dally on'y. 45 cents per month: oniy, 20 ver month. Or- de be. o Treiephone Matn rs may all, or 000" Collection 1s’ ma the end of each month made by at Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgini ¥ Dally and Sunday..1yr $8.40;1mo,, 70¢ Dally only. yr.. $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday onl; yr. $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo,, 85¢ Daily only. 1yr., §700:1mo., 60c Sunday only. 1yr.. $3.00° 1 mo., 25¢ Fair Play in Taxation. Refusal by either house to accept the conference report on the District bill, so far as it proposes new and radi- cal legislation, will have no natural terdency to deadlock the two houses on the bill or to threaten failure of the whole of the proposed appropria- tlons. Suggestion of that effect of op- position to the conference report has been made, but the threatened danger, on analysis, turns out to be baseless. If the House sends back the report to the conferees it-will insist upon its original paragraph 1, which uses for the current year the 60-40 ratio and authorizes a sliding scale tax rate on realty and tangible personalty to raise the District’s 60 per cent share of the annual appropriation. The House will da this with confidence since it knows that the Senate will yield to its con- tention on this point in preference to permitting the District appropriation bill to fail. The House knows that the Senate has already for two years in succession thus yielded. If the Senate rejects the conference law-enacting report it will insist upon itsiown amendment of the House bill's paragraph 1, and will later, according tn the precedent of the last two years, concur in the House's original propo- tition on this particular point. The current temporary law and present practice are continued by the House proposition, and a minimum of ““harm would probably be done if it - were continued for another year. Meanwhile the Jones resolution for in- vestigation of the surplus could be _passed and put into operation, and the results of this inquiry would be useful later in framing the wisest and fairest permanent system of fiscal relation between nation and capital. The suggested controversy over the surplus, involving: the question ‘whether the District is the nation's creditor or debtor, is unprecedented and unique. The nation, which de- cides all legislative questions concern-~ ‘ing the District, without consulting the capital community, fixed the time ‘when the local taxpavers stould pay their taxes near the end of the fiscal year instead of near its beginning. Now Uncle Sam, representing the ration, is pictured as thrcwing a fit of indignation over the discovery that by fixing tax-payment day near the end of the fiscal year he has lost in- terest on the few months’ advances to meet District expenditures in the first nine months of the year before the current local taxes are paid in and available. And Uncle Sam is pictured as proposing to correct his own al- leged blunder, not in the natural way, by moving tax-payment day from near the end to near the beginning of the fiscal year, but by compelling the District taxpayers of the next five years to pay an extra year's taxes and thus to accumulate a year’s taxes in advance, of use to render it certain that Uncle Sam shall not make any -‘advance to the District, however slight and temporary, of moneys for capital expenditure; though the act of 1878 evidently contemplates ad- - # vances by the nation and reimburse- runt by the District. It is even suggested that Uncle Sam should collect from the District taxpayers of today the driblets of in- terest which he might have collected con these slight temporary advances in the past, before current taxes were available, or which he might have svoided by selecting scme other day than one near the end of the fiscal year for the Washingtonian to pay his taxes. But it is’inconcetvable that Uncle Sam should punish the taxpayers of today for his own confessed neglects of the past. It is inconceivable that TUncle Sam should fmpose a 20 per cent annual fine upon the taxpayers of the next five years, to punish an Joffense which they have not commit- ted, and to remedy a condition for “which Uncle Sam is solely responsible, the extra year’s tax money not to be used to meet urgent municipal needs, but to be maintained unused as a . cash balance in the Treasury for Uncle Sam's unnecessary financial protection. ‘These unjust impositions are ncon- ceivable, because Uncle Sam, what- ever his faults, is not small and mean. ‘The utilization of Russia’'s great undeveloped resources has at last be- ¢ome a world problem. —_———— The Russian Consortium. In going ahead with arrangements dor a consortium to finance Russia’s come-back, the powers assembled a: Genoa probably have more of hope than of expectation that the United .Btates can be brought into active par. licipation. It is destrable, both from { country can afford to stand aloof mdlnuyar.- hold out for terms which it considers fair and sound. It is desirable that America should participate In the work of Russian reconstruction, but it is not necessary. The American gov- ernment and people already have an investment in Europe of nearly twenty billions of dollars, little of it drawing interest, and the collectibility of a good deel of the principal being doubt- ful. Therefore, they are going to give mighty careful scrutiny to the se- ing ' curity offered before zny further ad- vances are made. If political considerations were left out of the reckoning, the bankers of England end France and Belgium would not lend a red cent to Russia on the security offered at Genoa. But because of these political considera- tions they and their governments may deem it good policy to make loans which may never be repald and to in- vest where there is only a chance either of profit or of safety. The United States is not direc}y interested in or affected by these political con- siderations which influence the finan- clers and statesmen of Europe, and American capital will be sent to Eu- rope only as there is a showing of sound business basis for sending it. When it comes to making loans to or investments in Russia we are very emphatically from Missouri—and we have not yet been shown. The Chinese Puzzle. American understanding of the situ- ation in China is difficult, because of the utter complexity of the combina- tions that have been formed in that country during the past few months. Thus the fighting now raging in the vicinity of Peking is a puzzling de- velopment, rendered more so to west- ern minds by the strangeness of the nemes of the leaders. It is hard to re- member the designations and affilia~ tions of the men who have figured lately in the dispatches. But the bare outlines of the case are as follows: Hsu Shih Chang heads the govern- ment at Peking, recognized as the de Jure Chinese rule. Sun Yat Sen heads the th China government, claiming to be that of all China. Chang Tso-lin, Governor of Manchuria, heads an army which is opposed to the Peking government, and is now seeking to capturg the capital. Wu Pei Fu heads another army of revolt against Pe- king, in the name of the so-called gov-. ernment of central China. The armies of Chang and Wu are battling outside of the capital, with Chang reported to be making geins. Sun Yat Sen has combined with Chang. President Hsu Shih Chang at Peking has issued a proclamation demanding the immedt ate withdrawal of both the Chang and ‘Wu armies. China has been in turmoil for a long period. The government at Peking has alienated large sections of the country, and has been unable to sup- press the southern revolt. Sun Yat Sen has established himself firmly in his region, but has been unable to ex- tepd his authority northward. Now come the two independent forces, each hostile to Peking, and Sun Yat Sen seeks a union with the one that is ap- parently the stronger. The proclama- tion or the Peking president is ap- parently but a despairing gesture, with no force behind it. The fall of Peking to one or the other of the armies now fighting in front of it is likely. It does not, however, follow that the success of Chang would mean the extension of the south China rule over all China. Chang is suspected of am- bitions to become the dictator of the whole of China. If he should prove the stronger in the fight now raging he might not be willing to unite his forces with those of Sun Yat Sen, es- pecially to the end of making the nattonals have not suffered. As an ad- ditional means of protection for Amer- icans the legation at Peking has asked for another warship at Tientsin. There is apparently no immediate dan- ger of another development like that of more than twenty years ago, when the Boxers besleged the capital and in- vested the foreign legations in their compound. None of the contending forces in China is likely to precipitate intervention by an allied army. —_———————— In making reference to the re- sponsibility of the democratic party for leading the way to the light, ex- President Wilson does not explicitly indicate his preference as to leader- ship of the democratic party. f Richaréd Croker made Tammany a power. Tammany did not succeed in making New York a city which Rich- ard Croker cared to make his hume. f An impression prevails that Haitl needs the United States Marines so badly that it would be ungenerous to withdraw them. | The District of Columbia citizen has much on his mind with reference to taxation, but s not in e position to day it with ballots. Lady Astor as Politician, On her visit to the old home Lady Astor is showing how clever she is in politics and how well she understands the game. Alfhough busy with British ques- tions and . British personalities, she has not neglected American questions or American personalities, and is prov- ing her readiness and up-to-dateness as to both. She discusses the one in- telligently, and identifies the other the European and the American stand- | promptly and correctly. point, that this country should have a Banter, amiably conceived and well part In the development of Russian delivered, has good uses in politics. Tesources, but no great amounts of American capital are likely to find . their way there until there is some- thing more tangible In the way of as- sured security for investments than has yet come to the surface at Genoa. The soviet delegates are altogether too vague and too “clever” to make a winning appeal to the American pocketbook. European statesmen realize that ‘without participationr by the United States the consortium can, at best, be but & minor league affalr, but they are degling with necessities and must ac- cept conditions as they are, while this Upon meeting Senator Lodge, Lady Astor, while deploring his attitude on public issues, congratulated him on the courage he displays in his course. Senator Harrison she taxed with his opposition to woman suffrage, and Secretary Christian with his change of partfes. Showing thus that she had been keeping up with the American proces- sion, Lady, Astor had a good day, and increased the Washington appraise- ment of her quickness and cleverness. Politics is not a game for the cloister. To be played successfully it must be played In the open. The south China leader the head of an all- China government. 3 Thus far in the fighting around Pegking the Interests of the foreign governments and the welfare of their THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, Mman or woman, must keep in touch with the werld, and keep up & warm and active interest in all that is ! going on. As & member of parliament Lady Astor has made a place for herself. As & meémber of the American Con- gress the Hon. Nancy Langhorne would have made her way to the front, and found no great difficulty in maintalning herself there. i Croker. Richard Croker lived in retirement twenty years, and in doing so scrapped thousands of predictions. A common remark at the time of his ratirament' was that he would be back in harness in no great while, or else perish trnm' languor. How, it was asked, could such a man live outside of active politics? He knew no other game, and he knew that game thoroughly. He had ai ways played it with zest, and he was still young enough to enjoy the play. “Depend upon it,” it was generally said, “we shall see the boss return.” But the boss did not return, or even try to return. There were two reasons. Mr. had for some years “cottoned to the ponies”; and now with leisure on his hands and his wallet well filled he gave up a good deal of time to the turf, and had much success. Race meetings took the place of political meetings in his life, and the winning of purses filled him with as much pleasure as the winning of elections had done. The second reason was that, con- trary to general expectation, Mr. Croker’s successor—Mr. Murphy took charge after a little while—proved to be as good a politician as, if not a bet- ter than, Mr. Croker. Tammany un- der the new leader flourished, and even became a state influence. So there was no call for the return of the old leader, and he disappeared from all Tammany calculations. The gen- eration in charge that had known not Croker ranged itself solidly and de- terminedly behind Murphy. l Less than a decade ago a reward was offered for Pancho Villa, dead or alive. He is now preparing to run for the office of governor of the state of Durango. He has remained alive and very much so. Since no one had the courage to collect the reward, it may be assumed that very few will have the temerity to vote against him. De- spite his_personal record, Pancho’s political prospects must be regarded as pretty good. i There will be enough daylight-sav- ing through the land this summer to keep travelers in more or less doubt as to the precise time that the train starts. * It remains to be seen whether a] system of radio concerts will do more than provide increased facilities for the distribution of jazz. f China is so steeped in tradition that she has overlooked the fact that the remainder of the world is engaged In an effort to abolish war. ! Many English speakers have found that despite a slight reputation for aloofness America makes a fine audi- ence. 4 A ban on soviet propaganda will leave a large amount of literary talent free to engage in industrial pursuits. { Certain phases of the mine strike are taking on the unpleasant aspect of a study in military preparedness. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Players. The thing we call “success” friend, So prized in every land, Does not in all respects depend On an aggressive stand. How often on time's passing page These words cause cruel smart: “He grabbed the center of the stage, But couldn’t play the part.” my "Tis not alone the eager mime Upon applause intent, ‘Who recklessly attempts to climb To heights for him ne’er meant. This epitaph will oft engage Our eyes, where teardrops start: “He grabbed the center of the stage, But couldn’t play the part.” Kings, counselors and warriors, too, ‘The world’s great scene have crossed, To be, when some brief speech was through, In sad confusion lost; ‘While, more in pity than in rage, Men mourn defective art: “He grabbed the center of the stage, But couldn't play the part.” The Real Expert. “What is your idea of e tariff ex- pert?” “A real tariff expert,” replied Sena- tor Sorghum, “is a man who can keep his constituents good-natured in spite of the fact that they, have to pay taxes.” Jud Tunkins says Paris announced longer skirts as fashionable, but you'll have to go to Paris to see them. Misplaced. The plesiosaurus that went on the loose Seclusion seeks. the light. ‘What good wes he for advertising use, ‘With no.hotel or bathing beach in sight? Insidious Propagands. “How do you account for the fact that a beginner is sure to win in a poker game?” “Confidentially speakin’,” sald Cac- tus Joe, “the explanation is that it ain’t a fact. We encourage the super- stition so as to get tenderfeet inter- ested.” No more he loves ““As long as'I kin remember,” said Uncle Eben, “de country foh some rea- son or 'nuther has allus seemed safer jes’ after an election dan it 4id Jes' befo'.” S iy Croker did know another game. He|gpg How Washington Came to Erect | Its Statue of Abraham Lincoln F' the Senate agrees to a resolution passed by the House of Repre- sentatives, the familiar statue of Abrabam Lincoln which stood before the old city hall for about half a century, will be set up on its original site. The marble efiigy of Lincoln on its tall circular shaft became a Washington landmark. It was the first statue of Lincoln set up in the United States and it was pald ‘for by Washingtonians and chiseled by a ‘local sculptor. To Washingtonians the statue came to be considered not only a memorial to Lincoln but a memorial to the older Washington and to a large number of vigorous and patriotic Washingtonians who ‘dug down in their jeans” and built a creditable memorial to the martyred Pres‘dent. A few days after the assassina- tion of Lincoln, who was shot the night of April 14 and died the morn- ing of April 15, 1865, the councils of the ciiy of Washingion appoiniei a committee consjsting of the mayor| three members of each board for the purpose of forming a Wash- ington Lincoln Memorfal Assocla- tion. The resolution calling for the croating of such an assoclatiun was offered by N. D. Larner and unani- mously adopted. CEE A public meeting was held in the mayor's office April 28, 1865, and as a result of that meeting the Lin- coln National, Memorial Assoclation came Into being, with the following officers: President, Richard Wallach, mayor of Washington; secretary, Crosby S. Noyes, editor of The Even- ing Star; treasurer, George W. Riggs; directors, Joseph F. Brown, Ashbury Lloyd, John B. Turton, Dr. W. G. H. Newman, George H. Plant, E. Rich- ards, N. D. Larner, B. C Carrington, John P. Pepper, Sales J. Bowen, George F. Gulick, B. B. French, Charles V. Morris, John G. Dudley, John H. Semmes, James Kelley, Wil- Uam P. Ferguson, S. P. Brown, Dr. C. H. Nichols, Henry Addison and ‘Willlam H. Tenney. Honorary members representing each of the states were added and the announcement was made that “jt is hoped to secure a national sub- scription to the end of raising a monument at the National Capital— the most suitable place—properly commemorative of the life and char- acter of the lamented deceased.” * % About this time many other citles began to promote the building of Lincoln monuments and It was found difficult to secure contributions for a national monument at the capital and the plan of gathering outside sub- scriptions was given up by the Wash- ington Association. Money was sub- scribed by the Washington public and it would be interesting to find a list of the subscribers. Soon enough money was in hand to go ahead with the work and the execution of the plan was committed to Lot M. Flan- nery. Flannery's studio,. office and marble yard were on Massachusetts avenue near Tth street. He had gained alocal reputation as a sculptor, EDITORIAL DIGEST The Russo-German Treaty. “Inevitable,” In the opinion of nine out of ten American edltors, was the compact which unites Germany and Russia on a commercial and economic basis. To the other 10 per cent the treaty of Rapallo is further evidence of German “perfidy” and Russian “bad faith,” potentially dangerous and not to be tolerated by the allies. Nevertheless, as the Pittsburgh Leader sees it, the Russian-German treaty is “the most natural event in the world,” made so, the Providence Tribune adds, “by the policy of the allies.” The very fact that an agree- ment between two nations supposedly sovereign could cause such an up- roar proves to the New York Globe that the allies “did not propose to treat Russia and Germany as free and independent nations.” Because, as the Portland (Me.) Express and Ad- vertiser puts it, “France and Great Britain still retain their ‘sign-here’ attitude,” the idea they took with them to Genoa was, the Buffalo Ex- press thinks, “to tell the bolsheviki and the Germans the terms on which they might do business with the world,” and in consequence, the New York_Globe continues, “they have re- duced two great nations to a state where, llke the proletariat of the Marxian formula, they have a world to gain and only their chains to lose.” The result, as most observers on this side view it, is merely the inevitable outcome of conditions for which the allies themselves are responsible. And why not? many writers ask. “Russia and Germany have as much |. right as any other two nations to enter Into a commercial treaty,” the Florida Times-Unlon (Jacksonville) contends: further, “they have as much right as France and Poland to enter into a political treaty,” and it agrees with the Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal that “to a person up a tree and on the other side of the ocean it looks like a fair case of the goose and the gander,” for, “if the rest of Europe 18 to unite against Russia and Germany, then what- are Russia and Germany to do but unite?” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram asks another question: “Have not na- tionalistic claims and counter-claims been the order of the day, or have world-statesmen done anything prac- tical to prevent the development again of the old system of alliances?” The Duluth Herald answers by pre- senting the Russian-German treaty as the outgrowth of the insistence of all nations “on putting national in- terests first,” and, it continues, “if that policy 1s to endure in Europe; the Genoa conference might as well admit that Germany's chief offense” 1ies in having “slipped something over on the rest of Europe.” Therein lies the whole rub, the Baltimore News thinks, for “if Rus- sia is to be exploited, the allies pre- fer to do the exploiting; if Russian manpower is again to become a po- tential menace in the European con- cert, the French or British would prefer ta have the direction of it,” 50 they are crying “bad faith,” when they have merely been outgeneraled. Commercial relations between these two countrles is again but “a natural development,'s for, the Newark News oxplains, “the Germans understand Russia and the Russians better than their more distant neighbors; they were deeply rooted in Russian enter- prises before the war,” and “by all the laws of probability they were cer- tain to go back.” Moreover, accord- ing to the New York Herald, “the Germans are pre-eminently equipped to do for Russia what Russia needs at this time,” and “guided by Ger- ‘man. prganizing ,genius, German in- stinct for government, for commerce, for industry, Russia with her 000,000 people and her boundless natural resources will in another generation come again to occupy her great place among the nations of the earth.” & But whether there s “economic perfl’ in this’ “brotherhood of outlawry,” the New York Tribune finds In it “grave political peril,” and other papers share this fear. If the treaty means anything, the Philadelphia Public Ledger is con- vinced that “it foreshadows a new ‘European line-up, with Russia and Ger- . many, ds clasped, forming what may ‘become a milltary as well as an Indus- trial and political alliance against the rest of &: Old World,” ‘a grouping ‘which, the Providence Journal agrees, “has all the elements of a menace g0 - 5 great, so far-reaching, that the ‘self-} % o7 Tbvage mnap Tespenting eriarnmant | aspecially by his marble figure of a weeping woman erected in Congres- sional cemetery over the grave of vietims of the arsenal expiosion. The Lincoln statue was hauled from Flannery's marble yard to the city hall on the evening of April 14, 1868, and the dedication exercises were held April 156, the third anniversary after Lincoln’s death. It had been planned to raise the statue to the top of the shaft on the evening of April 14, but because of a storm this was not done till early in the morning ot April 15. The hoisting apparatus was loaned by Capt. A. B. Mullet, architect of the Treasury extension, and othet appliances for getting the statue in, its lofty place were loaned by Mr. Clark, architect of the Capitol. A zuests' platform sixty-four feet long sixteen feet wide and six feet high was built around the base of the shaft by Downing & Bro. * ok %k There was a procession. It formed at the Intersection of 9th and D streets at 1:30. The men of No. 2 steam fire engine company borrowed a cannon, bought some powder and fired a salute in front of the engine house as the procession started. First marched the Marine Band. Then came the Grand Lodge of Masons and members of sub- ordinate lodges marshaled by A. M. Howard. The Sons of Temperance followed under command of John S. Hollingshead, whose alds were George D. Egleston, W. H. Gonzales, W. Harrison, C. H. Frost, J. 8. Erly, J. W. | Roberts and W. H. Chase. Next came | ‘he Good Templars marching behind | Heald’s Band. The Temple of Honor | was lead by J. S. Stokes. Next| marched the Good Samaritans. Fol- | lowing them was the Grand Lodge of | the United States, Knights of Pythias, | which was holding a conclave at Odd | Fellows' Hall, navy yard. | The streets around the city hall} were crowded with citizens. The po- lice wore_under command of Lieut. Noonan. The President and cabinet | and the House and Senate had been | invited to be present, but Congress was busy with the impeachment trial of President Johnson and did not at- tend. The President, accompanied by Col. Rives and Mr. Kershaw, had a seat on the stand. Some of the other notables on the stand were Baron Geralt, Mr. Tangebee, the Greek min- | ister; Gen. Hancock, Gen. Mitchell, Alejander Padilla, ‘Governor of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico; Gen. 0. 0. Howard, Mr. Cantazelll, secre- tary of the Italian legation: Admiral Radford, Gen. Charles Thomas, Gen. Morris,S. Miller, Gen. Carr, Gen. S. F. Carey, John Hitz, Dr. John E. Blake and Assistant Attorney General Binckley, * ok kX i Gen. Grant attended the unveiling | of the monument, but stood on the sidewalk in front of Mr. Bradley's| law office, south side of Louisiana ! avenue, saying that he preferred to| stand there rather than take a seat on the platform. The exercises were opened by! prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton. The Marine Band played and the dedica- tion ceremony by the Masons fol- lowed. President Johnson unveiled the monument and B. B. French de- livered the oration of the day. Lot Flannery, the sculptor, was presented to the spectators, and the ceremony was brought to a close with benedic- tion by the Rev. Dr. Gillette. rally to meet it with all the availabi- | force at their command.” U. S. Grant as Best Seller. In the week in which the Grant! centenary is celebrated ali over the| country, north and south, the appe- | tite for knowledge of his career should not be satisfied by speeches, | magazine articles and press tributes, | The best work upon his early life! and military exploits remains that which, appearing in 1885, became | one of the most famous of American | best sellers, made the fortune of the | publisher, and brought the author and his family more than $500,000 in | royalties. " Tt is a book which, as| | John Fiske says, “ranks among the best standard military biographies.” The author of this work, which stands with Caesar's “Commentaries,” was U. S. Grant, and fts title is “Personal Memolirs.” 'A public, which will read a great deal upon Grant from other ! pens might well take time to read| What Grant wrote of himself, { The style is the man, and Grant| ‘was too much of a man not to have a‘ style. Grant was not so silent as he | {is usually represented. In intimatei circles he was a master of easy, spirited oral narrative; and when in the darkest' days of his life he took | his pen in hand, at Long Branch, he | was amazed at his own ability to! |tell a straightforward story sur- | charged with human interest. The | volumes in which he fought over his ! battles sc modestly, simply and! graphically were thoroughly familiar | to our fathers, but it is to be feared that they are too little read today.— New York Post (independent). Human Eccentricities. A long list of authors in whom eccentricities were found has recently been published by an Inquisitive | somebody whose hobby s oddities of | human conduct. A few follow: i Browning shuffled his feet when he sat. Zola would mever accept a din- | ner Invitation. Renan wore his fin-| gernails abnormally long. Disraell wore corsets. Dickens was fond of flashy jewelry. Holmes carried a horse-chestnut in his pocket to ward | off rheumatism. Hawthorne always ! washed his hands before reading a letter from his wife. Darwin tore big books apart, the more easily to jread them. Keats llked red pepper on his toast. . Regardless of whether “genfus 1s to madness close allied,” such eccen- tricities no doubt could be found in all great men. But If the truth were | known would not something just a i trifie abnormal be discovered in | everybody? Is it not too much to ex- | pect that the brain should always be | well balanced urder the terrific strain to_ which modern conditions of life | subject it? What a dull place the world would be if everybody always did the conventional thing!>—Ports- mouth Times (independent demo- cratic). 'O culture, what infernal drivel peo-' ple try to read in thy name!—Hart- | fora Times. | Liberty bonds are getting higher; 80 18 liberty.—Providence Tribune. | Radium is quoted at $4.500,000 an! ounce. Pay no more.—FPueblo (Col) Star-Journal. Apparently the only thing they can’t get on a record is the volce of i | ! the people.—Birmingham News. - | | After lawssare passed limiting the shortness of skirts we hope they will pass one limiting the smell of pipes. —Baltimore Sun. — Geese. saved Rome, but that s no| reason why republics should make legislators of them.—Greenville (S.C.) | Pledmont. | A ‘“flivver” every six and one-half! seconds is the production program for May. That is about the rate at! which they -pass along the street—| Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. Gasoline {s a little higher In .the arket, but the advance is sald to be ‘seasonal.” It seems there ‘seasonal” - reduction. — Superior (Wis.) Telegram. These are trying days for many people. They find it so hard to divide their time between radio sets, tennis gets_and_onion .sets—New. Orlzens ! Staten i A & | MAY 1, 1922. _ _ __ You Should Share In These Vitally Important Economy Opportunities 24Y,-1b. Bag FLOUR ¥ 121b. 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