Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1922, Page 6

' ¢, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922 . _. THE HUMAN SIDE OF BANKING—NO. 17 -6 1 THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Edition. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. to go to court the next day, or failing Urge Citiz ens t() Help E nfor ce ple at least 25 per cent if not 50 per cent of the downtown metropolitan business. to appear, Should be identified by license numbers and haled to court on WASHINGTON, D. C. ..June 20, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Tvants Ave. New York Office: 13 Chicay jce: First Natio: European Uffice: 3 Regent St., The Bvent: Star, with the Sunday ‘morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the ity At 80 cents per month: daily ouly. 43 cents ner month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders maz be sent by mall, or telephone Maln 6000. Collection 1s made by carriers &t the €nd of exch month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo,, 70c Daily only. .1yr.,, §6.00; 1 mo., 50¢ Sunday only. 1'yr.. $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Judge Clayton's Strong Words. Addressing the Florida State Bar Assoctation, United States Judge Clay- ton said on the subject of the Ku Klux Kian: There is no reason for clan or gang to do any part of the business of governing or correcting or punishing citizens. A secret organization for h purposes is reprehensible, not- hstanding avowals of its 'mem- bers that they have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. | Such avowals and such oaths cannot defeat the just charge that these or- ganizations are consplracies against | law and government. i It would serve an excellent purpose | it every judge, federal or state, should publicly echo these excellent senti- ments. They go to the root of the matter. TUndoubtedly some good men, youns and inexperienced, are impressed with the professions of the klan—see in it @ patriotic and even charitable agency —are caught by its appeals for order and right living, and its ostentatious contributions to church work. But the fact remains that the or- ganization, being lawless—unauthor- ized—does mnot fit into our scheme of government by law and authority. 1f the regular agencies for preserving order and administering justice are in- efficient, increase and strengthen them by the prescribed methods, not by methods making all sorts of abuses and injustices possible. A great deal has been said—some of it well and truly said—about “invisible government” respecting legislation. “An invisible empire” respecting so- cal life is much worse. Let us have instead visible government openly con- | ducted, and visible empire under the rule of thosd regularly and formally chosen to administer its affairs in the | open, without masks or passwords. —_———————— | Mr. Taft in England. Mr. Taft, philosophical and even Jovial always. qualified the handsome compliment the Earl of Balfour paid him at the Pilgrims’ banquet in Lon- don last night. The earl having said that “elevated to the highest execu- tive office and the highest judicial position” Mr. Taft *“had discharged the duties of both in a way to com- mand the approval not only of Amer- ica but the world,” the distinguished guest confessed and explained, to the merriment of the company, that he re- tired from the presidency of the United States with “the full and un- mistakable consent of the American people.” Still, in the larger sense. the earl was right. Mr. Taft's defeat for a second term as President was not due strictly to his record in the White | House, but far more because of an unusual situation created by the strongest and most striking American of his generation. Theodore Roose- velt, eager to return to power, prac- tically made an issue of himself, and almost won on it. Later, however, after the country had had time properly to appraise Mr. Taft and his general record and per-| sonal equipment, he became a figure | so much approved that when the chief Jjusticeship of the Supreme Court be- came vacant nearly all eyes were turned to him as pre-eminently the man for the post. In making the ap- pointment, therefore, President Hard-| ing not only expressed his own judg- ment, but met the public's wishes. Mr. Taft is all that the Earl of Bal- four and his other English admirers esteem him, and good for many more vears of public service. ————————— An auto bandit with a revolver is of no assistance whatever to a superin- tendent of schools in ‘“teaching the roung idea how to shoot.” . The thermometer obligingly refrains from offering any reminders that there Is a coal strike in progress. A Coal Strike Effect. New York had an experience yes-| terday afternoon that gave a sugges- tion of what may happen if the coal strike continues much longer. Owing to the stoppage of mining in the major collieries the Interborough Rapid Transit Company has been buying its coal in the open market, and has late- 1y been running into poor quality, with the result that yesterday the Jow-grade fuel failed to make steam | to generate enough power. This fail- ure affected all the lines of the big city except the surface cars on 2d and 3d avenues, which, operated by another company, continued to run. The shutdown came at the peak of ¢tha evening rush hour, and affected several hundred thousand people. It was nearly 8 o'clock before the traffic became normal again. Whenever a breakdown occurs in Wew York's transit system the effect 1s on a large scale. It is impossible to aheck the headway of the subway, surface and elevated lines for even a few minutes without throwing back a heavy blockade, the consequence of which is felt for an hour or more aft- erward. For the New York trans- portation system works at highest ~apacity every morning and evening, carrying millions of people. A failure of coal for power-making would come very near to putting New York out of business. It depends upon power for the carriage of enormous numbers over great dfstances lateral- iy morning and evening, and extreme heights vertically throughout the busi- ness day. Curtailment of the elevator l servige from lack of power would crif} {in a way to solution. As a result of yesterday's experience there is a feeling of apprehension in New York today lest the coal strike, which has now lasted more than eleven weeks, may by further exten- sion soon have a disastrous effect. The coal miners are not all out and some coal 1s' being produced. The union leaders, however, clalm that this out- put is diminishing, and that the inde- pendent non-union mine operators are “milking the market” in excessive prices. It has been estimated that there is a sufficlent supply on hand from former storage and current pro- duction to last for about four weeks longer. Then the pinch will be felt severely, in increasing degree as the summer wanes. Memories of the great strike of 1902, finally settled by President Roosevelt, are revived by this eleven-week sus- pension. That stoppage of mining lasted until cold weather began. It is obviously the policy of the unions to keep the mines idle long enough to force a settlement through the opera- tion of public fear. ————— France Averts Another Crisis. Decision of the French government to participate with the Russians in the conference at The Hague, with- out insisting upon withdrawal by the Moscow government of the Genoa memorandum of May 11, has averted, for a time at least, another crisis in the sorely troubled affairst of Europe. It is true that the French decision is accompanied by conditions which would suggest that The Hague gath- ering will not be of long duration, but the necessities of the situation are so great that a way may be found around these obstacles, as it has been fuund around others. The French, according to Paris an- nouncement, are to sit in with the Russian delegates when they arrive next week, but are to withdraw imme- diately if any political questions are introduced for consideration. Political questions were about the only kind the Russians did introduce at Genoa, and if they abstain from politics at The Hague it will be evidence of a very remarkable change of heart and of policy. But even this, perhaps, is not impossible. The soviet govérn- ment is in desperate need of outside assistance. Its policy at Genoa, ac- companied by more than one grand gesture, got it absolutely nothing, and the soviet leaders may be convinced now that they will get the same noth- frag @ %, “{agus unless they reverse themselves and show a willingness to do business on a basis which will make it possible for honest and faith-keep- ing nations to do business with them. many discouragements, that some- thing worth while may be accom- plished. 1f they do not, the crisis which Poincare’s latest move has averted will be imminent again, more { acute and more threatening than ever. 1t is difficult to read between the lines of French official utterances any real hope that the Russian problem is It would seem, rather, that French statesmen have made up their minds that their gov- ernment cannot afford to shoulder the responsibility for what they regard as an inevitable breakdown in the Lloyd George undertaking, and that they will “carry on” to the last minute possible without sacrifice of settled French policy, hoping that when the break does come the onus can be placed elsewhere. Even if this is a | { summons. The primary object of the traffic rules 18 to secure 'smooth, safe move- ment In the streets. It is impossible to let drivers decide for themselves which rules they will observe and which they will disobey. A traffic court can establish definitely the sin- gle standard eof rule-keeping, and to this end it should adopt & consistent scale of penalties, always exercising great care to Identify repeated of- fenders and to impose higher fines, and in turn jall sentences for chronic violation. Hughes’ Admirable Address. The address delivered by Secretary Hughes yesterday at the commence- ment exbreises of the University of Michigan was on a subject so pat and important at this time, and so replete with wisdom, it deserves, and should receive, world-wide circulation. It is, indeed, a message for all countries, and all should ponder it earnestly and soberly. Take a case in. point. For some years prior to the armament confer- ence held in this city last winter a sort of industry existed both In this country and Japan for bringing the two peoples into armed conflict. War was the theme. The rabid anti-Japa- nese in America and the rabld anti- Americans in Japan sought by every means available to hatred and misin- formation to inflame each country against the other. At last, the situation having become very grave, the two nations were brought together at the conference table. Then the war mists were easily dissipated. The relations between America and Japan today are clearer and on & better footing than for a decade, and ell because of the sending of scatterbrains and mischief-makers to the rear and the summoning to the front of informed men with authority to speak. Unless the really representative people of the world, with grips on their tongues and pens, make a closer inspection of the world's affairs, and take a broader view of their responsi- bilities, the troubles that have brought the world to its present deplorable pass will continue, and other out- bursts take place. “Know one an- other” is as essential for nations as for individuals. Building Inspection Funds. There is a distinct feeling of relief in the capital in consequence of the announcement that the deficiency bill, just framed by the House appropria- | tions committee. will carry an item of If they do, there isa chance, despite the | $20,000 for additional building in- spectors for the District. In the light of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster much fear has been felt lest by a cur- tailment of funds for the building in- spector’s office the District govern- ment would be unable to maintain a proper supervision over constructions. While the courts have not yet estab- lished definitely the responsibility for that collapse, which cost the lives of ninety-eight persons, there is a fixed belief on the part of the community that closer and more efficient inspec- tion might have prevented it. But whatever may be the fact in that case, it is obvious that to lessen the degree and efficiency of official building in- spection is to invite disaster. The sum of $20,000 is extremely modest in com- parison to the possible cost of inef- fective superv m. The building in- correct interpretation of the French spector's force is, in effect, responsible program there is encouragement in it. Lloyd George is resourceful, and has urgent need of some showing of suc- cess for his grand adventure, and so long as the game continues to run there always is the chance that he may draw a winning hand. —_——— Several senators are advocating in- ‘quxry to ascertain whether pork bar- rel as well as gun barrel reduction cannot be introduced into & program of disarmament. ——————— The soldier bonus affords an illus- tration of the vast variety of subjects which tariff legislation is called upon {to consider in a more or less direct manner. ——————————— A man in Lenin's position never re- ceives as much sympathy when sick as he would if the phrase “diplomatic illness had not been invented. t French statesmen will participate in further ccnference, although some of them appear rather committed to the “nothing to arbitrate” idea. i The Traffic Court. Beginning Thursday morning et 11 o'cloeck one branch of the Police Court will hold sessions exclusively for the trial of traffic cases. This court will sit in a room on the top floor of the Police Court building, and thus the traffic trials will be separated from those that take place in the regu- lar courtroom. be compelled to mix with the ordinary crowds of Police Court assemblage, and as far as possible the traffic ‘busi- ness will be kept wholly separate from that which has more or less of a crim- inal character. This differentiation is due, it is believed, to the fact that| most trafic rule breakers are merelyx inadvertent in their violations, and that the penalties inflicted are ad- monitions rather than punishments. This is not an ideal traffic court, but it is an excellent beginning. A true traffic court should be entirely separated from police court environ- ment and should be in session at an earlier hour than 11, o'clock, remain- ing in session throughout the day. It should be possible to take a rule- breaker to the court at once and give him an immediate hearing. The court should sit primarily as a monitor, with péwer to punish severely or to hold a rule-breaker for more serious accusation and heavier penalty if con- victed. . At present the great ¢rouble in han- dling the traffic gdses is the loss of time. Defendants are made to devote several hours if they go to court, with the consequence that many prefer to forfeit collateral deposited at the sta- tions. With a traffic court in.proper action there would be no forfeiture of collateral. Persons arrested at night after court hours should be compelied i i { i Defendants will not | ! i i B e s e ) S S for the lives of the people of Wash- ington. For eventually every person in this city 1s exposed to the possi- bility of the collapse of a building, of a public or private character. should be no stint in the matter of providing for effective inspection. Next year this matter should be cared for In the regular course of appropria- | tion, so that there will be no appre- hension on the score of an adequate ; fund. ———————— A policeman is expected to be gentle | and good-natured in spite of the fact that he wears one of the hottest sum- | mer uniforms known to official exist- ence. —_———————————— The old sea-serpent story has been revived. There is no further possi- pility of advertising a seaside resort by stories of audacious bathing suits. —————————— Remarks by Secretary Hughes sug- gest the desirability of less politics in business as well as in diplomacy. ——— Dr. Sun of Chirla is resolute in his efforts to avoid an eclipse. —_——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. June Song. Jes’ a lazy little “pome” Fur a lazy day in June. Fancy's mos' too tired to roam Searchin’ fur a sprightly tune. Hummin' bees an’ singin’ birds ‘With soft music flll the air Leavin’ you to fit the words— ‘Which is nothin' more than fair. In the Running. " “You have been running for office most of your life.” “I don't regret the fact,” replied Senator Serghum. ‘“‘Some people keep on running for something; others have to take to cover and run away from something,” Jud Tunkins says they'll never get the cost of living low enough to make it genuinely popular. Musings of a Motor Cop. She struck a match in careless way. “I'll smoke a bit,” said she.. The price of gas went up that day. So did Hortense Magee. Thrift. “I assume,” said the Interviewer, “that you attalned your present suc- cess by saving your money.” “Precisely,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “I {nherited a million dollars, and pru- dently refrained from squandering it.” “I dunne,” said TUncle Eben, “yp-ether to say & man dat drinks boisAg licker tekes his life .in his han@yar in bis feet.” There i Regulations for Public Safety ITIZENS of the District of Co- lumbia can greatly aid In decreasing the number of traffic vielations and in the administering of justice in Police Court by reporting violations to the authorities and appearing as wit- nesses when necessary. This is the opinion expressed by traffic authori- tles and offiials of the Police Court. Careful observance of cases tried daily fn Police Court show convin- cingly the lack of co-operation in this line. It not only delays the proceed- ings of the court through the neces- sity of careful welghing by the judges of the flimsy and doubtful evidence often submitted, but in some in- stances makes the handing down ‘of the proper decision almost Impossi- ble. ~ Testimony based upon hy- Potheses and conclusions’ often are not strong enough fully to make out the case and results In the judge having only the word of the defend- ant pitted against that of the plain- Hff. Such cases must necessarily terminato In a dismissal for the de- fendant because of lack of sufficlent evidence, for under the law 'a man 18 Innocent untll he is proven gullty and all doubt to go in his favor. L The policeman, often summoned to the scene after the accldent, fre- quently states that at the time he arrived there a large crowd had gath- ered, but he could find no one who saw the accident take place. Then, per- haps, a young boy, highly excited. with a vision of the glamour of being a witness, volunteers. The police- man takes his name and address and summons him to court. Upon the wit- ness stand the boy often will say, ‘Why, I was told that so-and-so's machine was going about—-" “What did you personally see?’ in- terrupts the judge. “Well, I didn't exactly see it hap- pen, bl:x:t I know all \bout it. Bo-and- 80 —" . Of course. suik gvidence is of n avall, 1t belng w\ jearsay and use- less, and the yenug boy, all the glamour gone and erestfallen, steps down from the wlitness stand. N Then, again, many witnesses who have seen the accident and vome into court are too excited to give any de- tailed account. And so, far too often, the traffic violator gets off scot free. * X ok X Motorists ana pedestrians, too, are often apt to get out of the way when Pinchot's Victory in Pennsylvania Indicates Renewal of Progressivism. | The result of the recent primary | ns in Pennsylvania has been of | deep interest to the country at large. | The newspaper comment generally. is governed by the political views of | the writers, but there is a generaly agreement that the result shows that | | the so-called progressive spirit once {again is very much alive in the United | States. FRpublican papers insist for! the most part that there was no re-i | buke to the national administration in the downfall of the “old guard” machine, but independent and demo- cratic editors argue otherwise. When all is ton Post (indej that the Pinchot victory is squarely in line with the Beveridge victory in| Indiana only a few weeks ago. in that| e and that a new and more pr ive spirit is surely taking po |gession of the republican party in, many states. It will not need many more overturns of this sort to con- | vince the country and Congre belng ‘organization’ and ‘in’ is that no | ton.” The fact that the strongest organization candidates lost their own {districts was most significant, the Philadelphia Public Ledger (indepen- ident) believes, indicating that “the Pinchot nomination sounds a new and I brighter cra in Pennsylvania and in | national republicanism. It is due {largely to the women that the con- ltrol of the party organization has been wrested frcm the hands that have fouled it.” Because the ‘s t-home vote in Philadeiphia was large.” the Philadel- | phia Inquirer (republican) declares ithat “while the bosses have lost out jin their main fight, they were yetable to prove that they still Imajority of the republ jelty.” This fact, friends good government.” The Pinchot vie- tory also shows that “the rank and file of the republican party” is not {pleascd with the conduct of affairs the New York Evening Post (inde-! pendent) is convinced, suggesting that “from the triumph of Beveridge and Pinchot the leaders may learn the wisdom of looking forward, rather than backward.” In addition, the Pennsylvania result, the Knoxville | {Sentinel (independent democratic) points out, “will shake the G. O. P. structure in the nation from turret to foundation stone, and set up such a rattling of the dry bones of the a ear campaign.” York Evening World (democratic) contends that “if it is possible to break the machine in Indiana and in Pennsylvania, it is possible to do =0 janywhere.” ‘Which indicates to the i Baltimore Sun (independent demo- cratic) that “there must be something strange and far reaching going on when Pennsylvania grows puritanical and turns her back on the orthodox church.” The fact that there was no opposi tion to the Harding administration indicated in any way by Pinchot and his followers in the pre-primary cam- palgn convinced the Springfield Re- ipublican (independent) that “what focussed this discontent in Pennsyl- vania w#s the rare opportunity to smash the old machine and begin a new era in Pennsylvania politics. Mr. | Pinchot, as Governor of Pennsylvania, assuming that auch will be his des- tiny, will sharply challenge the atten tion of the country and easily be one { of the most salient public figures of the day.” The result also showed that “the day of hand-picked candidates is past,” the Pittsburgh Leader (pro- gressive republican) points out, add ing that “the result is purification and revivification of the republican party. The rebuke administered means that there will be little or no contest at the general election.” The nomina. tion of Pinchot “is a matter of grea: gratification to the friends of good government everywhere,” the Sava nah Press (democratic) beliéves. “This {s without regard to political alignment. Gifford Pinchot repre- sents the best element of his party! and of his people. This is the next thing to a democratic victory. The whole nation has occasion to rejoice in_his triumph.’ While “many lessons can be drawn” from the result, the Cincinnati Times- Star (republican) characterizes as “far fetched and absurd” suggestions that it in any way 18 a rebuke to the administration and a crushing blow ; to regular republicanism, but the Syracuse Herald (independent) is.con- vinced that the voters of Pennsyl- vania supported Pinchot as “another warning to the men in.control at Washington that they must apply the brakes quickly-and resolutely if they would avert party disaster next fall.” There also is significance, the Adr! Mich., Daily Telegram. (indepgndent); suggests, in the fact that “Sena Pepper has been outspoken in 1- tion to the soldlers’ bonus, snd his opponent, taking ‘advantage of And the New { authority with the career of the present Con- | | sateguard against defeat for nomina-/ . | ceptables party as never before wa& known in{ious moments mulling over the :pickers may now an accldent occurs because they are afraid they will be summoned Into court to testify, thus losing valuable time. If they would only at times pictire themselves the -victims of some accident and lesing thelr case In court because some one was' t0o busy to testify, perhaps they would in the future act differently. % Judge John P:. McMahon, whose duty is chiefly.to hear traffic cases, stated that If people seeing traffic accidents would appear in court to testify it would be a great benefit to the public at large and, in his opin- ion, ‘tend greatly to decrease traffic violations. Thomas G. Walsh, assistant corpo- ration counsel, said that, at times the corporation counsel's office s al- most desperate because of being un- able to procure witnesses. “We have at times almost to threaten arrest to get people to come down here,” he added. Frank W. Madigan, also assistant corporatlon counsel, declared that every one should belleve that it is his public duty to assist the courts when a traffic violation or accldent has been observed. “Many who do come are sensational and undependa- ble,” Mr. Madigan sald. * kR ¥ Inspector Albert J. Headley, chiet traffic officer of the Metropolitan police | department, expressed himself very strongly, saying: “There are not enough policemen In Washington, or in any city, to sce every violation of the law, especlally the traffic laws. Everybody should consider himself or herself a committee of one to help in the enforcement of these laws, and thus safeguard life and property. When an accident occurs, or there Is flagrant violation of the law, any one who sees the same should, through a sense of public duty, make a report to a nearby policeman, or, if he or she prefers, directly to myself, and, If necessary, appear as a witness. Nothing else can so materially put a stop to the many violations that oc- cur in this city every day. ‘“Washington can be made a safe city as well as any other, and can only be made so by the thorough co- operation of its citizens. It is de- plorable that people witnessing acei- dents do not gladly ald in running the guilty parties down, 8o that they may get the fate that they merit. It is only downright selfishness that keeps them from so doing. There are two sides to every accident. The guilty should be published and the innocent should be exonerated. You may be the victim of some accident tomor- row. Do your part today.” EDITORIAL DIGEST fact, made a vigorous appeal to the soldier vote. It is plain that the bouus issue as a political issue has been overestimated.” ship of the Rooseveltian great need of the nation toda the Boston Transcript (inde- pendent) sums up. “Where the or- ganization refuses to offer that kind of dership the rank and file of the electorate n, and frequently do, find it for themselves. Office Noises. Some one who has made an intimate study of so-called “office noises” is for the statement that v little noise that the busy busi- ness man may hear while engaged in office work, either public or private. has the effect of costing him a little nergy—even, as sometimes happens, these same men may get used to the 4 business man" Lealth begins to break he hecomes ir- littie thing an- icking of the sort is t has this man. elus an untoward effect upon And by resort to these con- the experts inform us that e of energy, caused by of- in the course of time are @ a business man for which devolve upon nd which of a necessity he has ssumé. This is an age when office are undergoing a terrific strain strain. which is the result of su- rlative efforts to keep ahead, when amented by additional annoyances es, is bringing lots of men fice nos apt to ine the larger dutie: him aking point in their phys- The tension of the age is eresting experiment was re- tried by the Minneapolis Pub- rarv. Noting that many of its had disappeared from the »s and desiring to get them back, inounced that it would remit ali fines on overdue volumes, - Further- more. it placed about the city re- into which the to the borrower the shelter of ano- h he might salve his proved successful. nymity in w conscience. It Many volumes found their way back. ! some of them having heen missing for as long as ten vears. This might well be taken as a valuable precedent. Every patron of a library knows how easy It is to let a book become over- due and knows the sinking feeling which accompanies recognition of the fact. And every librarian knows how difficult it is to wheedle delinquent borrowers into bringing back the book and paying the specified fine. There can be but few public librarfes which have not suffered from this trait of humanity, and countless librarians are probably spending anx- rob- lem. Minneapolis seems to have found the solution.—Rock Island Argus. The Dande:lion Outlawed. Banned by decree of the prohibition commissioner, the iggidious dandelion must droop its glaring yellow head and go to seed. Like other blondes from time immemorial, it is suspected of nefarious designs to ‘“vamp” the race of mortal men. Avaunt such as immoral and corrupting—what? The judicially minded Commissioncr Haynes decides it is not a fruit, the gardener scorns it as a flower and it 1s excluded from the truck patch as a vegetable. But the dandelion as the basis of a fermentable decoction is now out- lawed. Generous souls who lately feared that the cheerful plant was doomed to speedy extinction owing to the devastating industry of the feel relieved, at least until the fields and wayvsides are again aglow with brilliant yellow. The winds have already scattered the downy seeds of such blossoms as es- aped the collectors In this lattitude, nd .as .there were untold millions of them after the gathering ceased, the proiibion enforcement ~ officors ~ will need to be on the job early next season o protect the nation against the roar- ing dandelion. Meanwhile, the tawny liquid in thousands of bottles of homemade wine Kkeeps on merrily singing.—Philadelphia Bulletin. : . In tliese days the marriage state is often Renoed and renewed.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. However, the war in China lasted long enough to make a good set of filme.—8St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Sunday was a_day for rest. before speeders made it a day for arrest.— Greenville, S. C.. Pledmont. Women are willing to be slaves to fashions as long as the men are slaves to the effects that fashions create.—Asheville’ Times. It all the, bills for keeping a used car in running order were placed end to end they would reach almost to the poorhouse—Hartford Times. A fnanufacturer says 85 per gent of vm‘&‘gfin nwfigfm.—dflvufi car. He means that many can sit at & ng and: trust to luck— writer kevs or the ticking of a| long-lost | books might be deposited, thus giving | i { l | . There’s always a beginning .-~ - All nature must have a starting point. The seed must come before the flower. - Action must come before ac- complishment. The only way to do a thing is to do it. The only way to accumulate money and to enjoy the independence it brings is to start. The first dollar is always the hardest one to save. After that it’s easy. ‘ Come in and make a beginning today. MT. 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