Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1922, Page 6

—n THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......May 18, 1822 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. & Offce . 150 Nussau owes Bullding. : 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per mon nily only, 45 cents per month; Sunday ouly, per month. may be sent by mall, or telephone Ma! 5000. Collection is. made by eal at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. ; 1 mo., 0c Daily only. .. Sunday oniy. All Other States. Daily and Suhday..1 yr., $10. Daily only 1yr, §7. 20 cents B A Good Budget Bill. In their distress and anxiety over the menace of increased taxation for the purpose of accumulating a year's revenue in advance during the next complained that not only have the existing agencles led to obtain in- | formation from an unbiased source, but they have been denled the legal right to obtain such information. “‘Operators came before the committee © labor,” the report went on to sy, “‘and obstinately refused to give their costs of production, and it is fair to presume that sugh reports as were voluntarily made by them to existing government agencies were padded and unreliable.” That is a severe arraign- ment, to be sure, and the operators might be expected to be glad of an op- portunity to refute it. Startling statistics of profits, losses, waste, overproduction and alleged la- bor inequalities are presented by the Icommluee. scrutiny and investigation. The con- §0c | clusion of the committee is unanswer- able in the statement that “no remedy for this great economic waste and dis- astrous industrial misfortune can be c | 2PPlied, ner can- the wage controversy be permanently or justly settled ex- cept after all the facts concerning the industry are not only obtained but are tabulated and presented in e carefully and scientifically prepared manner.” The sooner the undertaking is com- menced, the better for all concerned. filve years, and in their indignation | The coal strike is not settled, and if over other legislative features ot|it is composed there will be constant amendment No. 1, District citizens jdanger of recurrences until the basic have not perhaps sufficiently noted |causes for such disturbances are dis: the substantial merits of the appro-|covered and removed. priation bill now pending In its final ——————t stage In the Senate. As a budget Substitute Bonus Plan. measure it is excellent, better than| mne substitute soldier bonus bill in- :L;x_- :. number of years. Its allotments|¢roguced in the Senate yesterday by unds for various municipal pur-|genator Bursum of New Mexico car- poses and improvements are generous | rjes the proposal for paying a bonus (O and wisely distributed. It makes, in- deed, for a distinct advance in Dis- trict equipment. Provision is made in the bill for a beginning on the project for the in- crease of the water supply, which has been urgently needed for years. ‘The terms of the item are liberal, in- Suring a substantial start on the work, which will require perhaps several seasons in exdcution. There is great relief in Washington now that this urgently needed increase is at last as- sured. Though not in full accordance with the known needs of the school system, the provisions in the bill for new equipment are large and“insure prog- ress. It is, of course, expected that a broad, comprehensive construction program will be adopted soon by Con- gress, leading to systematic annual gdditions to the school plant, steadily catching up with arrears. Meanwhlile the fund allotments in the appropria- tion bill are helpful and encouraging. Recognition is given in the bill of the capital's need of street improve- ments. Washington’s pavements, once noted as best in the country, have be- come of doubtful quality, and it is re- assuring to find in the bill an item for repairs that will enable the Commis- sioners to do some urgently needed work during the next fiscal year. Additional policemen are provided for, not as many as were asked, but enough to give a larger degree of pro- tection, while proyision is made for another police station. There are . disappointments, of course, in this bill, as in all appropria- tion measures. Each department of the municipal organization asks for more funds; and the claim of each is sound. The bill as it emerges from conterence offers a budget that as- sures progress ik some lines and safe- guards egainst retrogression in others. 1t is a good bill.’ A Keynote. The President said a mouthful, if the vernacular is in order, in the fol- lowing, which is taken from his ad- dress at Atlantic City last night be- fore the New Jersey Women’s Club: olitical parties cannot always do all’ they promise to do. That may Seem strange, but it is absolutely true, and ybu would think less of them _than you do if they promised less. I bélieve in a party that has fine ideals and promises to strive for them, but the simple truth is that in the up- heaval of the world, in the disorder attending war the whole country was set adrift in avenues we never knew before, and it has not been possible to do everything that the party in ‘which ygu and I are associated hoped to do when we came into power. But we'are doing a wonderful lot, and we are going to do more. We are not do- Ing It for the party alone; we are do- ing it for the United States of Amer- This is frank, and supportable from the record, and republican stumpers are likely to echo and elaborate it in the campaign now opening. It was necessary for the republicans to tackle their job in order to appre- clate its size and manifold difficulties. Everything at home here and else- ‘where was upside down, The world bad esuffered a bloody upheaval, and the frightful wounds were still green. But, under the President’s leader- ship, they tackled it, and have Been handling {t—not as rapidly or satis- factorily as some could wish, or as the party's previous control of affairs war- ranted expectation of, but with results ‘which are beginning to show in im- proved conditions in the country. As the President declares, there is more work to be done. Much more; and the men in charge on Capitol Hill will be well advised If they bear the fact in mind, and turn out as much good work as possible before the coun- iry votes on the record in November. ——— Daylight-saving without changing the clock$ may seripusly complicate the alibis of those who are endeavor- ing to evade responsibility. Georges Carpentler's pugilistic vic- tory was {ll-timed as a political stroke. The Coal Commission Bill, Public anxlety will continue to fol- low the course of the bill now pending in the House to establish a commis- slon to inquire into labor conditions in -the ecoal indmstry until Congress enacts it into Jaw. The arguments set forth by the committes on laber in re- porting the bill are worthy of careful study by the national legislators, and constitute an unanswerable contention for speedy action upon the measure. Delay in passing it through the suc- cessive legislative stages to the Presi- “dent for signature would be'inexplica- ble as well as Inexcusable. The committee pointed out, as “a startling statement, but true neverthe- s, .that today there is no agency in “$he federal government which has as- certainedor can ascertain the correot produiction cost of e ton of ocal in & q'”"n -operatod, effolend miney™: % back almost to the polnt from which it started. At the very beginning of the bonus agitation the idea was advanced of compensating the former service men out of the proceeds of laans made to the allies during the war, but at that time the prospects of payment either of principal or interest on the loans were 8o uncertain that the sug- gestion was rejected as unfair and im- practical. E Since then numerous other ways of raising tve necessary money have been examined, but none of them has worked out. A large and influential element in and out of Congress fa- vored fssuing bonds to meet the charges, but the Treasury took so firm a stand against that method that it was abandoned. President Harding proposed that if a bonus was to be voted a seles tax should be imposed to raise the money, but leaders in Con- gress were unwilling to take the risk of levying additional taxation at a time when there was general insist- ence that taxes should be reduced. The disposition in Congress then be- came to pass the bonus legislation and leave it up to the Treasury to find the money, but the administration was so strongly egainst such a program that it became questionable whether the President would not veto a bonus bill which provided no means of pay- ment. ‘While the bonus situation was thus getting tangled, the situation with reference to the allied indebtedness showdd steady improvement. Legisla- tion providing for funding of the debt was passed by Congress, and under it the President eppointed a funding commission, which is now ready to function. The British government, at about the same time, let it be known that it was ready, without further de- lay, to fund the billions of dollars it owes this government and to begin payment of interest charges. So the Bursum bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell for- eign bonds to be taken in the funding operations in such amounts as may be necessary to meet the bonus charges. There 1s no doubt that a market could readily be found for bonds of the Brit- ish government, provided they bore an attractive rate of interest. The prob- ability is that the British bonds will carry but 4% per cent interest, the | minimum allowed under the funding act, but there is interest accrued and unpaid which, instead of being funded, could be spread out in the form of ad- ditional interest to an extent which would make the bonds attractive in- vestments. Sale of such bonds to American in- vestors ought not to interfere serious- ly either with the credit needs of in- dusiry or with the huge. refunding operations which must soon be under- taken by the Treasury. Money pald the former service men in the form of a bonus would quickly be placed in cir- culation, and would soon find its way back to the banks. It is calculated that addition of 1 cent a package to parcel post rates will increase the revenues $20,000,000 a year. Which indicates that Uncle Sam {s engaged in one of the biggest lines of transportation business the world knows. . —_———mee—— A Calffornia school board has split over the question of how high a prin- cipal should be permitted to wear her skirts. Thus do educational ques- tions continue to vex the plain peo- ple. —————— Folks are seeing meteors in all parts of the country. Whether they mean bigger or smaller harvests, the crop of portents is sure to be heavy. —————— The frequency with which circuses: have been visiting Washington lately threatens to cause a veritable epl demic of “sick grandmothers.” —_————— Chicago’s Drama, Chicago's drama moves swiftly from act to act. First came the bombing of buildings and the killing of -police- men. Then followed a wholesale raid and round-up resulting in the arrést of several score of men, ohiefly labor union leaders, who wers promptly in- dicted to prevent releass by writ. Next came the discovery of a “bomb plant™ of course unsigned, was received:by one of the state's attorneys threaten- ing that if a single labor man remains behind bars by sunset today; Ssturday, “fires in every cormer and section’ of Chicago are going to start simul- taneously.” 5 . National. labor organizations’ have given no indication of their attitude to_ ward the Chicago affdir. In this they are wiss in &t least retraining from |Axd when my weary intellect to slum- . THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, Plan Trails Through Mountains 18, of oourse, most discreditable to or- ganized labor that .crime should be committed by union men in the name of their unions, or under the gover of union organization. It is, on the other hand, highly creditable to such an or- ganization to repudiate such conduct. The cause of labor in this country ‘will never be advanced by criminality. It will, on the ccntrary, be harmed. ‘These men in Chicago have probably been playing their own lone game, working for their own pockets. Per- haps they have been supported by their union members, but again it is probable that they have not been. Bad leadership is often the cause of fool- ing many innocents. Of course, threats of arson will not will only whet the determination of authorities to press these cases to con- clusion. If Chicago is to be run by the underworld the surest way to that end is by ylelding to menac{ng notes and remitting police and court procedure. In a way the Welfare of every city in this country is involved in the Chicago situation. If the lawless forces score there they will be encouraged else- where. If, on the other hand, these gratting, killing, so-called leaders of labor are convicted and punished life and property will be safer in all com- munities. ’ The Daylight-Saving Prospect. No prospect appears for-legislation Insuring a change In the clocks by Monday, to put the District on a true time-saving basis. Unless meanwhile the executive orders are reconsidered and the date of the change is post- poned, Washington will be faced with an extraordinary situation Monday morning. All of the executive offices save two establishments, the engrav- ing bureau and the printing office, will start work an hour earlier than’ usual. ‘There will be no “‘staggering” of the hours. All the employes will go to work at once. The street railways will seek to adjust to this change by advancing their schedules. Unless breakfasts are late—and on this point there are some fears—there will be a heavier rush than usual for the carsa. Most of the business houses will con- form to the new schedule, but some will adhere to the old hours. Unless they change their plans between now and Monday the theater managers will hold to the old time-table. Banks, which ere under rigid legal' regula- tions, will not change. City postal schedules will not be shifted. Public schools will open and close an hour earlier. Confusion prevails at this time regarding the colleges -and uni- versities, which have afternoon and evening classes. The railroads will not change, save in case of a few suburban ‘trains. This is a complex situation. The worst of it is that there is no way to insure earlier reporting of the domestic servants who do not live on the prem- ises. If they are willing to rise an hour earlier in order to prepare the family breakfast there will be no trou- ble at that end of the day. But in that case dinner must be advanced one hour to Insure no lengthening of the ‘working day. It the clocks were shifted there would be little or no difficulty. As the case stands there is trouble ahead, cer- tainly for & period while the com- munity finds itself on the new basis. The hope is that the period will be brief, and that the scheme will work well. ————————— It is only fair to state that opposi- tion in Congress to real daylight-sav- ing, with the clocks turned ahead, does not arise from a fear of undue haste in legislation. ———————— Police Commissioner Enright of New York is yet to be heard from re- garding the Chicago method of deal- ing with organized crlmo.‘ —Ee—e————— The Jingle of the tambourines is not an appeal, but merely a reminder of a duty owed to the Salvation Army in the matter of supplying the funds for its invaluable work. ———— Lenin has a bullet in his wrist, a souvenir of the attempt upon his life. Fortunately for him, he does not have to countersign all ‘of the ruble notes that are being printed. ' . ——————— Russia’s reply savors of the familiar device of the lawyer who makes a de- fendant look like & deeply injured plaintiff. * * SHOOTING STARS. Sy BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Daylight-Saving. ‘When study was supposed my young attention to employ, The teacher had & dunce cap made for any backward boy. ‘When answers in arithmeffo remained to me unknown, Oh, with what dread I gazed upon that lofty paper cone. Arithmetic still fills me with sensa- ons of dismay. For hours I try to figure out the real time of day. i berland has fled, I dream I'm in-a corner with a dunce cap on my head. “Wasn't there some distord at the primaries?” “That's all right,” rejoined Senator Sorghum. *“The primaries merely rep- i resent the tuning up prior tothe grand Jud Tunkins says the longer he lives the more he learns, without bein’ able to utilize what he already knew. Mausings of a Motor Cop. Hortense Magee was 80 polite, ‘While driving she gazed left and right, And bowed to all the friends she saw. Bhe's pinched for breaking the traffic G aw. Dangerous Game. *“I stood on the bridge at midnight,” warbled the homemade soprano. y “No objection to. that,” mumbled Mr. Growcher. “Stand on it, but don’t | fr play it.” 2 —_— " “One o' deshere dlpln‘mni ;nceun'l,” ¥ 4 To Get People Into the Open the great flow to the cities, which has been going on for the past few years, is one of the main objects of the movement sponsored lby'the committee on community plan- ning of the American Institute of Architects to develop a serles of walking tralls through the mountain sections of the east. Ly i Development already has been start- ORE outdoor life as a means of checking and balancing showing necessity for | stop the prosecutions in Chicago. They | eq in various sections of the trail, ex- tending from Mount Washington, in New England, to the Smoky moun- tains of Tennessee and North Caro- ilina. In New England the movement has spread fast and scores of hiking clubs are being formed. These trails are for hiking and not for automobile parties. Their establishment does not involve heavy expenditures for good roads. * ok ok ok Clubs now are being formed in sec- tions of the country surrounding the main trail, having for thelr purpose the development of the details. These clubs, the members of which are fa- miliar with the sections in which they .| 1ive, will have the duty of scoufing out sections of- the trall in their re- spective territories. People are to be encouraged to' take their vacations more and more in the open with nature, and to this end varlous facilities are being planned for the comfort of those who would get back to nature in the mountains and sway from the rush of modern clvilization. It is the plan to establish at con- venient points along the trails small shacks which could be used by par- ties of hikers for overnight stops. The development of the community spirit 18 to be one of the main objects of this great movement. As the movement progresses the shack settlements are expected to develop Into great com- munity camps, where numbers of par- ties will bivouac where night over- takes them. p * * % ¥ As the camps grow In size, as more peopls are attracted to the idea, it is believed by those fostering the move- ment, it will have the effect of draw- ing people more and more back to the d; 1t will make them want to work there as well as play. It will encour- are vacations in the open. Stimulation of forestry and better agriculture would be a direct ou come of. this movement, it 1is b It is the plan of those foste: ing the trall idea to encourage an @evelop it to the point where it will be the means of bringing about greater employment. If the vement spreads in the manner whifh those who are promoting the plan foresee for it, hundreds of people will leave the main highways to get back into the trails in the woods. Then, of course, ‘there must be Yaoplo 100! after those who travel thesé pathi people to provide food and otherwise look after the camps which are expect- ed_to develop along the tralls. It is even foreseen that great food and farm camps will be a natural.out- growth of the movement. This is the feature which it ia belleved will & return movement to the land, a means of checking the greater move- ment toward the oities of the past few years. 3 'EE R % There are hikers' clubs now in all parts of the country and they go out from week to week on trails, but mostly it is just -a hit-or-miss trail. The movement now being promoted is to develop orderly hiking arrange- ments, not for & day or two, but for weeks or several months. The main trail of the Appalachian range now being mapped out by committees in various sections is to be hundreds of miles in length, with shacks and camps at frequent intervals, where those who choose this method of recreation can gather and glrllclpn.e in that community spirit avhich works for greater democracy. Prominent people throughout the country are taking an earnest part in the plans for rapidly developing the Appalachian trail® They include people of all walks of life, and go ernment officials and former govern: ment officials at Washington are fos. tering the movement by assisting in the organization of the various com- mittees, which will look after the trail blazing in their respective sec- tions and do some of the actual bz~ ing themselves. - As far as possible, old trails will be used in the general mapping out of the routes. These wiil be lald off and developed first and then the connect- ing links will be prepared. As the tralls ave lald arrangements will be made for the shacks and the com- munity camps and everything done to get the people back to nature just quickly as possible. EDITORIAL DIGEST Exploiting of Children Opposed. Exploiting children through “or- ganized sentimentalism” in the in- terest of war-time prisoners s not approved, even by those editors who are wholeheartedly in sympathy with its purpose, and, needless to say, un- qualifiedly is condemned by news- papers which oppose the release of the men serving sentences for War obstruction. Accordingly, President Harding’s stand in refusing to sge the “child crusaders” who have in- vaded Washington in the attempt to| secure the release of their fathers is applauded by practically every paper which comments on it. . The Richmond Times - Dispatch (democratic) expresses the general feeling of sympathy for the children themselvés when It says “it is un- fortunate that a child's appeal for-the release of an imprisoned father must be considered in relation to other things than the personal satisfaction and happiness of the child,” but in this case "“the universal appeal of children” is being misused, and it would be “thoroughly unfair” to the President to interpret his refusal to be moved by it “as reflecting a stony indifference to the voices and heart- breaks of childhood.” However, since the entire movement 1s 80 palpably Ya bold attempt to force his hand,” a8 the Seattle Times (in- dependent republican) puts it, the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph (re- publican) has no fears that the Presi- dent’s action will be wrongly diag- nosed “by those who wish ta under- stand his motive.” Mr. Harding has simply done the wise thing, in_the opinion of the Fremont (Neb.) Tribune (republican) by refusing “to allow the sentiment attached to the ‘child crusade’ to influence his judg- ment.” still confined ought to be made.” And however “cheaply theatrical” the demfonstration in their behalf may be, the Waterbury Republican (re» Ppublican) contends that “it does not follow that the 114 political prison- ers still in jail should not be releas- ed,” for, as the Sioux City Tribune (independent) holds, *“no good pur- pose can be served” by keeping them any longer. An Unpopular Decision. Imprisonment at hard labor is an “infamous sentence.” It presuppozes an infamous crime within the mean- ing of the Constitution. It can be imposed only after a grand jury in- dictment. Such is the decision of the Supreme Court at Washington. It would be unfair to say the court decided that hard labor is infamous, but that conclusion will be reached by many. Of course, hard labor, in fact, is not infamous but commend- able. There may be some deep prop- ositions in this decision not apparent to the layman. The decision is lack- ing in clarity and is not convincing to_the public. The decision has its greatest effect in that it strips the juvenile ‘courts of much power. Nearly all the stat where juvenile courts have been e tablished have been willing to pro vide hard labor as a part of the punishment for child desertion and fallure to provide. Public sentiment has approved that punishment. The decision may mean that many offenders of that type will be sent to prison to remain in idleness. No one familiar with prison problems is right or helpful. In fact, s Is far more in- famous than hard work. That is the belief of millions. It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court held other- wise in a case where a contemptible offense had been committed. There is comfort in the fact that the di enting opinlon is clear, vigorous an sound—Ohio State Journal (repub- “The children of criminals alwaysilican). suffer,” observes the Minneapolis Journal (independent - republican); “that is one of the evil results of crime. But society cannot afford to have criminals turned loose for that reason alone, nd “if the presence in Washington of these sorely hurt chil- dren were to swerve justice in the treatment of war criminals,” why, asks the Grand Rapids Herald, (re- publican), “should it not also justify the releass of murderers, bank rob- bers, grafters and pickpockets?' If sympdthy for those particular little their mission, the Indianapolls News (independent) sees the establishment. How’s Your Thatch? From Berlin comes the thrilling news that professors in Munich Uni- versity, “after arduous research.” have discovered, by counting the hairs on the heads of a “mixed” class, that the men have anywhere from forty to fifty thousand blades of head-grass on their cranial turf, while the women score from sixty to seventy thousand. German prefessors are notoriously ac- census is correct. ‘This is a contribution not to useful sufferers were to mean the success of run&o in detail, and probably the of a principle “whereby all a defend- ant need do In court is bring his baby and assure his acquittal.” This staged “crusade,” the News declares, 18 “hiding behind children,” another ex- pression, the Illinois State Journal (8prin id, republican) adds, “of the ocowardice which was really at the bottom of so much of the conscien- tious objection of the war days.” It is manifestly the rig! d the duty of the President and his ‘Attor- ney General to consider the problem of clemency toward war-time oOf4 fenders undisturbed by “noisy clamor” and the “inconvenience” of importun- ing petitioners, and “if ‘they are con- sistent,” the Oklahoma Cu{’ Okla- homan (democratic) says, “they will grant the petition,” because they set an “unfortunate precedent in the case of Debs,” by which they have “raised the hopes of the other violators of the esplonage statutes.” The men who'are in federal penitentiaries today for.se- |} dition and draft-dodging,” declares the Asbury Park Press (independent democratic), “are there because they worked for the destruction of their nation,” and it agrees with the New York Tribune (republican) that “to show especial leniency to these men I8 premium on disloyalty in the utur ‘Whatever the merits of their cause, the, promoters of the “crusade” have probably worked to defeat their own ends, the Philadelphia Bulletin (inde- pendent republican) suspects, because “right seldom conquers or achieves anything simply by making a nuls- ance of itself,” by tactics that “do not conviction,” and it i{s" not un- likely that “this exhibition” will have “g reaction ' in: the executive mind wholly opposite of that which is de- sired.” Had this demonstration been genuinely a “children’s crusade,” the little people “would-have had a kindly and sympathetic hearing,” the Phila-|. delphia Public -Ledger (independent) asserts, “for the President.is the most kindly and sympathstic of men.” He knew, however, “whose hands led the children to Washington and why they were led,” and that it was “a oa - Iy organized stunt of the professiffnal radical and 'perennial -agitator,” and he was_entirely right when de- olared that. the “theatricality” ld not serve to move him. oA “This attitude does ot the New-York Call (social tirely disingenuous, for ‘whose' entire xrnma 1 verned for five years inanced propaganda g:nd for any- thing the specfal interests wante om pug:nduu for war to Hard- ing for President,” this impervious- ness to “stage -effects,” eavily burlesque.” Gra: , however, that the “chil- mn'-um: ade” 5 oD% isEuldes besti T eton ngopenden caratia) still holds thet sclence, but to that greater good, the patisfaction of human curiosity. It is ouriosity that makes the world restless and causes wars. A natfon without curiosity dwells in peace. If Germany hadn't had to go poking in- to everybody else's affairs, she would have gone along quietly and peace- fully, and the history writers would ‘have mis glory. Don'’t criticize the German professors for spending this time in hair-count- ing. Thers are so many other things that German professors might be do- ing that would not be half so good for the world!—Woroester Gazette (independent). - The Stratigic Skirt. Paris has returned to ‘the long Jicirt—roturned without reservations. the - Call thinks, has & flavor of “political | in: oyer the friends tell SEanl 3 : Its new skirts shadow the ankles The challenge of a world domination s cast in the teeth of the American woman. Americans abi are said to have been discouragingly docile under the ocontinental decree. One young lady recently outfitted with ab- breviated garments is repo: a8 in- tending to order a new outfit with skirts all of “decent le: d The situation is delicate, strategio If America resists, and resists suc- cessfully, e change as profound as any tten at Versailles will oocur. A great empire will be divided, & new one arise. It I8 a risk for s, but the test was inevitable. - rican women have for years been showing signs of independence. The head of the empire has set on & sweeping mendate:\it will emerge the supreme and unchallenged dictator of mode, or lose the world for & skirt—New York Globe. (independent). 'm‘h“&&?&él‘:{is:yr_itu:é"fizrfl"“‘ . One thing 18 _sure, if Dawes can't prove his Reures any other way he'll | swear to 'em.—Pittsburgh Sun. ' The ummlunq ‘who came in with' & landal! fome men el thalr wives avefy, £ ppe! 1 'nm: even more than that—Provi- dence Tribune. bgiving in matriage in heaven is go- . Newspeper jokes have one advan- i i the present.times. Rugs 9x12 Rugs 8x10 Rugs 6x9 Rugs 5x7 . Rugs 4x6 and under- 50c. w in the midst of DY (8. C.) Record. |’ i "May 15-20 Is Gédrge Washington Weé The George Washington Memorial » and ' Victory Building At a total expense to the District of Columbia of only 1-30th of its cost—$7,500,000 _—it will be located ' HERE to be an inspiration, an' embodied memory and a practical asset to the city : IF | Washington will raise that 1-30th. Its great auditorium, ‘seating many thousands, will bring yearly to Washington hundreds of thousands of visitors. ' GIVE YOUR CONTRIBUTION NEXT WEEK : TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE - GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION who will call on you, or ; send it to Headquarters, No. 1700 I Street Northwest _.Di'strict National Bank 1406 G Street Until you try it you have no idea of the satisfaction . that comes with the opening of a Savings Account. You'll watch it grow with expectant interest, and soon that complacent feeling of independence wil] come over you —the knowledge that you've got a Bank Account behind you. ; Don’t get the idea that saving means irksome self- denial. That’s-'wrong—all it means is judicious saving— saying what is now spent heedlessly. It'll amount to an_ almost unbelievable sum. ; Open a Savings Account with us—no matter if it’s only for a dollar. Keep adding'to it—that's the secret of successful saving. We pay interest on Savings Accounts at the rate of 3%. For ‘the accommodation of the government employes, who, under the daylight saving plam will not have the morning hour op- rtunity to attend to their banking, we shall ceep one window open until 4 o'clock for g: ‘::cbp'ant:e of deposits and cashing of Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler _N. L. Sansbury -~ RUG DAYS . Our Rilg and Carpet Cleaning and Washing Depart- ment has been re-equipped with the latest devices and running under the management of Mr. S. Ichilian, whose . experience in: both oriental and domestic rugs is known to many Washingtonians. This department is not handled as a side line. It is’ independent of.our laundry department. The time and the energy of its manager are devoted solely to it. .. 'War times are over. We've got to follow the trend of It is time to be reasonable and do * justice to the public. Our scale of charges speaks for itself. Washing ¢ $5.00 $4.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.00- Dry Cleaning - $1.50 - $1.25 $1.00 75¢ Minimum Charge, $1.00 ' CONGER'S LAUNDRY * 23rdand N. Y: Ave. . Phone W. 887 ~ : s aA dvertisers Prefer The Star. .