Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1922, Page 6

e i THE EVENING BSTAR, WABHINGTON! D. . C SA’I"URDAYE OCTOBER 28! 1922. : ¢ THE EVENING STAK. With Sunday Morning Bdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. ...October 28, 1922 Editor THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Peanaylvania Ave. ew Offce: 100 Nussau St Chlen, e: Tower Buildin, Européan Office: 16 Regent 8t.. London, Eagland. with the Sunday morning by carriers within the city ily only, 45 cents ger cents per mont! The Eyening Ster, edition, is deltvered at 60 cents per month month; Sunday only, d i “oaii. or teiephons Ml 8560, " Cotlection. 1o made’ by carlers st the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Diily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., T0c Daily only. 1 yr.., $6.00; 1 mo., 50¢ Sunday only. 1yr. $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. s Dail; d Sunday.l $10.00; 1 mo.. Dlll; .oxl‘fly. el 1 }y!: ;;.M; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only. .00; 1 m Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclust ntitled te the use for republication of all mews dis- atches credited to it or not otherwisa credited In'(his_paper and also the local mews pub: lished herein. All rights of publication of pec'=1 dispatches herein are also reserved. —_— Example in Education. President Harding, issuing a proc- lamation for a nation-wide drive to arol universal interest in education, and Commissioner Tigert and officials of the American Legion broadsiding the country in this good cause, have a notable example right here in the National Capitale The school system of Washington needs just about everything essential to general education, needs adequate school buildings, needs living wages for teachers, needs text books that are not antiquated, needs funds for all of supplies. 5, which has exclusive juris- appropriations for the Washington schools, has had these needs pointed out, emphasized and wvisualized, and Congress has promised relief through a definite program of school 1 tion. The administration and Congress Lave an opportunity io set a fitting example of their zeal in this educu- tion drive, which comes the opening week of the short session, when the appropriation bills will be passed, by making the school system of the Na- tional Capital a model one for all the country to pattern after. Appropriations should be made which will result' in the abolition of @ part time in elementary schools and double shifts in the high schools; () ov e classes in elementary and high schools; (c) the use of portable and other undesirable rooms; ) all renced buildings, and (e) the use of buildings recommended for abandonment. The need for more school buildings sor! Congr diction ove is apparent fto any one who studies the enrollment, which is tuday the largest in the history of the school system—b6,081, and with accommoda- There is tions for only about 5§3,000. @ present need of 159 additional class- rooms to accommodate satisfactorily the enroliment in the elementary grades. When all the accommodations for which appropriations have been made become available there will still be an unmet need of additional accom- modations for 1,200 high school pupils. The appropriations for school sup- plies in recent years have mnot in- creased in proportion to the increase in enrollment. Cunsequently, there is @ grave shortage of supplies, and most pressingly for new text bocks. Ap- proximately 20,000 of the text books now in use are obsolete and filthy, some of them having been condemned and pulled back into use because there were no funds to replace them. Scores of teachers are today paying money out of their own pockets for essential supplies and to make the schoolrooms attractive to the youth, because no funds are available. ‘One of the measures on which Con- gress has promised to take action is the Capper bill for teachers' salaries and school reorganization. The school officials and conspicuous educators in Congress say this is imperative. Sup- porting it, a bulletin has been issued by the National Education Association carrying the salary schedules for cities of 100,000 population and over, which shows Washington hovering close to the foot of the list in all classes. The Washington example in educa- tion is not now encouraging. The people of the country, stirred by President Harding's proclamation, may well feel that a more inspiring example should be set them by Con- gress; which has the National Capital under” its thumb. —————— Halloween festivities are developing & wholesome gayety that should even- tually become sufficlently lateresting { open to question, Lenin has undoubt- to keep the mischievous small boy [ edly devised an admirable safety-first out of the streets. $ Commissioner Keller strikes a prac- tical note in suggesting fifty-two safety-first weeks per annum. \ New Brunswick was in obvious need of a safety-first week. & Rear Admiral Sims is retired, but till busy. G Campaign Expenses. A news note: It didn’t cost Walter F. George & nickel to win the Senate seat from Georgia, made vacant by the death of Senator Watson, according to a sworn statement flled’ yesterday with the secretary of the Senate. Mr. George reported that no contributions or ex- penditures in his behalf had been made by himself or any agents. Mr. George is to be congratulated on his personal popularity. He had several competitors in the senatorial primary, Gov. Hardwick among the number, but won the nomination with ease, and, as it now appears, without expense. N He is fortunate also in the fact that his nomination is equivalent to elec- tion. Georgia is practically a one- party state. The republicans might make a gesture against Mr. George's election, but are not likely to do even that. So therq will be no expense atall. The case, however, is exceptional. If it had been necessary for Mr. George to edvertise his candidacy widely and canvass the state with diligence he would have been justified in all legitimate expenses incurred. And if with the nomination in hand A i e i (o O LR K e M SN he now faced a republican opponent for election,-and political conditions in the state were such as to make the resuit at the polls doubtful, Mr. George would be justified in continu: ing legitimate outlays in order that the voters of the state might be fully advised of all the changing features of his contest with his republican rival. Campeign expenses, in reasonable sum and properly accounted for, are not & reproach, and cast no shadow over the commission of any man who has sought successtully to serve the public. ——ope—————— Protest by Mexico. Based upon what information is at hand regarding the causes which led to the closing of the Mexican con- sulate in New York, the opinion of fair-minded men will be that Mexico is warranted in the course it has adopted in protest against rulings of the New York state courts. An As- sociated Press dispatch says the courts have held in recent decisions affecting the Mexican and the Russian soviet governments “that a forelgn govern- ment not recognized by the United States could be sued, but could not it- self maintain any suits in the New York courts” In such a suit judg- ment was rendered sgainst the Mexi- can government, and for its satisfac- tion the New York consulate was at- tached. Closing of the consulate fol- lowed. 2 Regardless of whatever warrant in law the New York courts may have for such a ruling, it certainly is lack- ing in equity and the spirit of fair play. Because for the time being political recognition is withheld from the government at Mexico City is hardly a reason why we should cease to do business fairly with a people with whom we do as much business as we do with the people of Mexico. And it'ts hardly fair business if we can sue their government In our courts and it cannot maintain suits in the same tribunals. It is peculiarly unfortunate that such a controversy should have arisen at this time, when there ls general belief that we are on the way to a better understanding with the 3Mex can government. The Mexican situa- tion has taxed the patience and the diplomatic skill of the State Depart- ment, and was sufficiently deiicate and complicated without this new compli- catlon. Viewed in any light, its effect is bound to be hurtful. The prospects are that Americans will suffer more from the court ruling and its consequences than they pos- sibly can gain. There can be no satis- factory transaction of business with Mexico through New York with the consulate closed, and Great Britaln and other European trading nations stand gleefully ready to take over whatever business is lost to American exporters. —————— Out of the Spotlight. The democratic managers are not advertising Mr. Bryan this year as formerly. The campaign news seems a little “lonesome” without him. As the Floridian might say to those who are responsible, it is a long time be- tween notices. It is all along of the peculiar situ- ation.. Mr. Bryan does not “fit” every- where this vear. In some states—in | those where the democratic candidates are stressing the wet cause—he would | be, most decidedly, a misfit. His pres- ! ence is not desired, and he is too con- siderate to intrude. He fits only fairly well even in states where the tariff {s under dis- cussion. To him the tariff is old stuff. He began with the subject forty years ago. He then switched to free silver, then to antl-imperfalism and then to odds and ends. So that, while still a low-tariffer, Mr. Bryan is not especial- Iy inspired by a theme he has, in a way, outgrown. While one of the most earnest advo- cates of peace, and with something to show for the cause—the peace treaties he negotiated while Secretary of State —Mr. Bryan has never figured among the leaders pressing the league of na- tions for ratification. And, for thati matter, nobody seems pressing it in this campaign. Gov. Cox started on that key, but changed, and is now talking about other things. Mr. Bryan, according to report, is still in form on matters and things in general—still fluent and engaging— but the star stumper of yesteryear ap- pears handicapped, and not happy out of the spotlight. 1 If the Sultan of Turkey desired to insure aggressive leadership for his country he might seek some arrange- ment by which he could abdicate in favor of Mustapha Kemal. l While his national policies remain system for personal use. l ‘Wilhelm Hohenzollern makes it clear that he was more successful in writing love letters than in preparing state documénts. { Old navigators are wedded to tradi- tion, and in many instances refuse to believe it is possible to run a ship without the assistance of & bartender. European nations, seeking a favora- ble market in America, show talents for salesmanship as well as diplomacy. The Poorest Paid Profession. ‘The pastor of a church at Newton, N. J.. gets such small pay from his congregation that he has been com- pelled, in order to support his family, to take & job as timekeeper for a gang of road pavers at $6.50 e day. Un- questionably his paving job pays him much more than his ministry. ‘This country is full of underpaid ministers, men of the most earnest convictions, of high capacities, of the most devoted spiritual purpose, Who are barely able to keep body and soul together on the pittances doled out to them by their flocks. . The average clergyman geis less than the average unskilled labgrer. Yet these men have spent many years of study and preparation for their pastoral duties. They have worked | hard to gain their education, often doing manual labor to earn enough to pay their schooling. They have strug- gled against adversity, supported by faith in their calling, by s sincere con- viction that they are needed in the fleld of church work. And thelr re- ward is constant anxiety, desperate poverty and an obligation to present creditable appearance without the means to do so. Some denominations are making better provisions for the clergy than others. Some are better able to pay good selarfes to the church leaders. Some individual churches, even of the more affluent denominations, are com- pelled to resort to dublous expedients to ralse money to pay the pititully small compensations of their minis ters. In most churches the financial problem is the most serious. Collec- tions vary, and annual subscriptions are sometimes undependable. Fairs, bazaars, suppers, entertainments, are held go get funds. The congregations are constantly under pressure, in one form or another, forever subject to the appeal for money. It is a great pity that this is the case. The church is for spiritual ad- vancement. How can it be fully ef- fective as such If the sordid questions of finance are constantly obtruding? True, the sacrifice of means for this good end Is wholesome and often a in the long run the one who sacrifices most is the man who, after hard work in preparation, undertakes the spirit- ual guidance of a flock with less pro- vislon for his physlcal sustenance than even the humblest member of his church. —_——te——— Affidavits by Wholesale. A New York broker is under indict- ment for fraudulent practices, and un- less a change of venue is secured for him he wlll soon be placed on trial in that city. His counsel are trying to have the case removed to another Jurisdiction ori the ground that a fair trial cannot be had in New York on account of the prejudice against the accused man. The other day the mo- tion for @ change was argued in court. and in support of it a great mass of affidavits was filed, each one to the effect, that the affiant believed the broker guilty of the offense charged There were 473 of these sworn state- ments, bound in six thick volumes. ‘The aflidavits were all in the same terms. Promptly the prosecuting offi- cers countered with the plea. support- ed by evidence, that these affidavits bad been obtained by wholesale methods, through professional col: lectors and solicitors, who rounded up men on ‘the park ben idiers at every gathering place, strangers in the city, even vouths. Some of the affiants had been located, and declared that they had not known what they were signing, doing so simply to be oblig- ing. The collectors worked on a com mission, getting so much for each ufidavit they delivered. ‘Whatever may be the effect of this disclosure of a manufactured showing of “prejudice” against the accused, the case shows the risk that is taken by people in the indiscriminate sign- ing of papers. Petitions are signed daily In this country by multitudes of people gvho have no knowledge of the nature of the papers to which they put thelr names. Frequently such signers are compelled later to excuse themselves for joining in movements with which they have no real sym pathy, which may, indeed, be an- tagonistic to their views. No man, or woman, should sign a paper, especially a legal paper, with- out fully understanding its purport Some affidavits in the New York case doubtless involve perjury, for the af- flants declared under oath to belief in something of which they now admit they had no knowledge whatever. Prosecution of a few of these careless signers might have a wholesome effect and teach people a needed lesson, that it is dangerous to put names to docu- ments without full knowledge of their contents and purposes, and without consclentiously belleving the state- ments contained in them. ——t————— New Jersey statesmanship is pa- tiently waiting for the police reporters to subside and give the political corre- spondents a chance. —_—— Germany finds it easier to decide who lost the war than to indlcate who is going to pay for it. The attitude of Lloyd George to- ward official life is that of one who is gone, but not forgotten. ————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. An 01d Story. My grandsire sald, “The world is wrong, And men are much to blame.” My great-grandfather’s grief was strong. His words were much the same. My great-great-grandsire was morose. He wrote in language terse Of morals which, grown comatose, Sent earth from bad to worse. And yet this old world smiles anew, In spite of all unrest, Thanks to the patient plodding few ‘Who hope and do their best. Not Homesick. “Don't you ever get homesick?” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “After being heckled a few times by my constituents I'm perfectly satisfled to reside in Washington, D. C.” Jud Tunkins says his wife insists on his smoking only expensive cigars, so that'when she tells him to economize it will amount to something. ‘Telephone Talk. The lass who runs the telephone Evolves a2 language all her own, ‘With lips to melody alive Repeating, “Fife,” instead of “Five.” A Prospectus Gusher. “I understand they have struck oil on your place.” “No,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “1 won't say they've got so far as to strike oil. But I will say they've got far enough to turn loose a wonderful flow of printer’s ink.” “One thing dat makes de trouble,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat somehow folks would rather talk of ‘what dey doean’“agree about dan whut dey does.” e practical corrective of worldliness. But | T was plumb lasiness, and a per- sistent urge to escape all the sted in efficlency methods, de- vices and short-cuts Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States Bureau ‘of Efficlency, who has been recagnized ag a government expert In efficlency for about twenty years. Incidentally young Brown found that the more he worked his head to save his hands and heels the ,{ more work he had to do. His first big essayal at ef- ficlency in private business proved a disastrous failure, The first time he ever tried efficien- cy In the federal service he all but got fired. His first efficien- cy job he pulled Hachert D. 5 off in 1880 when BIWD. he was.ten years old. It was a labor-saving device rig- ged out of a thin piece of board, some old burlap and wire. He hitched it on the back of a lawn-mower to save himself the trouble of raking the entire lawn. His parents were lows ploneers and $0 acquired a large corner property. In those days real blizzards were frequent, plling the snow shoulder- high. Young Brown wasn't strong for doing all the shoveling this involved, cleaning «ff paths ahout the prop- erty, so ne built a snow-plow. He had a beautiful little black Vermont Morgan horse, named Maude Rice, after a little ghil neighbor whom he much admired, but which was com- wonly called Pony. With Pony hitched o the plow It was real fun to keep the paths open. ‘It was so easily done that'T was soon induced to clean off walks and Iriveways all over town,” says Brown. “I was a public benefactor w the people of Fort Madison, lowa, out 1 found | was only making more work for myself.” One of the first things he did when | fie left home to win his way to fame and fortune was to learn stenog- vaphy. In these days most every one Laziness a Spur to Efficiency Is View of Recognized Expert work he could, that first lntervl ook down their notes and then picked out the transcription key by key on the typewriter, using only two fingers. Way back In ¥ young Brown, who_was working for & big law firm In Kensas City, thought out for himaelf the advantage of & touch system, principally that it would let him get his work done quicker and have more time to loaf. learned a touch system of his own and got 80 proficlent by steady work that he wot his share of the shorthand work done and loafed half the day. His employers noted this and forthwith discharged the other stenographer. “My system made it possible for one maen to do the work in half the time, but it didn't help me any, because they made me do the two men’s work,” Mr. Brown recalls. After about four years in the law office young Brown went to Mexico to make his fortune, and fortune beck- oned. He discovered that about twenty-five mines were throwing in the dump some base metal that by reprocessing could be made to yield a profit of about $300 a ton. He bulilt & mill and set to work, but in his efficlency” enthusiasm had neglected to guard his source of supply. As | soon as the mills found out what he was doing with their refuse, they built reprocessing plants of thelr own. Tho first Job he ever did in the gov- ernment service started him toward his present position as chief of the Efficicncy Bureau, “but It came near being the last job for me with Uncle injects Mr. Brown, reminis- When he came back from his first field Investigation for the bureau of corporations he was put on a com- mittee to plan the tabulation of min- ing statistice. He got interested in cutting down duplications in the tab- ulation of statistics, and the first thing he knew he was stepping over some red tape bounds, and so dis- turbinz the then serene, methodical way of handling statistics that he all but stirred up a riot. That's what he's been doing ever since—making short cuts througn government routine. *“Laziness is really the best prod to efficiency,” Mr. Brown tells you, out of more than two score years of per- sonal test, one-half of it in the fed- eral service. EDITORIAL DIGEST It Seems Too Early to Discuss a Second Term. The statehent by Attorney General Daugherty that President Harding | had not decided to eliminate himself from consideration as a candidate for renomination attracted comnsiderabie | editorial attention because of the close relationship between the two | men. In some quarters it was a sumed that the announcement really was directed at Gov. Miller of Neéw York and other potentlal presidential | timber, whose friends have been| <ounding their praises as possibilt ties. But, generally. it was agreed pccause the “republican leaders fancy | that there was no need to cunaider“ the Harding plans and aspirations, or; lack of them, at this time. “Any man serving his first time in the presidency, we suspect. has his moments of depression, when he longs | to be well out of it" argues the Columbus State Journal (republican). “The burdens are terrible, the criti-| clsm Is withering, the discourage- ! ments are grinding. The trials of the | office are crushing, but the honor and the power are great, and he would be a rare man, Indeed, who, having at- tained the presidency, would volun- tarily lay it aside. President Hard- ing’s health seems to be standing the straln well and he probably knows that most of the flerce denunciations of his administration are not aimed at _him personally, but at Congress and its record and at some few of the men he has about him. He has his bwn enemies and detractors, of course, but there is reason to believe that_his own personality is generally | liked by the people.” There is a be- lief volced by the Worcester (Mass.) Gazette (Independent) that “Mr. Daugl erty speaks up and the administra- ‘ion_watches the trial balloon,” and the Gazette holds that “if Mr. Hard- ing finds that there is a_healthy d mand for a second term he Is human enough to shape his course toward that goal. “On the other hand, he is no fighter and i3 less in love with his job. proba- bly, than any other President we ave had for some time. If he be-| comes convinced that there is but a slight demand for him to lead the republican cohorts again he probably will heave a sigh of relief and begin to think of the good times coming at Marlon.” The Minneapolis (Minn.) Morning Tribune (republican) is an-. other paper which listens attentively to what Mr. Daugherty said. because he “has been very close to the Presi- dent in the political sense—so close, in fact, that his appointment to the post he now holds was criticized as the payment of a personal political debt. If at the end of another year or so it should be generally deemed that the Harding administration has been notably successful, it is almost inevitable that the republican party would feel like drafting the Presi- dent to run again if he were not a volunteer. It is in line with the Pres- ident’s utterances for him to say thi if his administration does not meas- ure up to the requirements of the day it should be replaced by another. Like all his predecessors, President Harding has made his mistakes, but the falr thing is to wait and see how the ledger of debits and credits stands a year from next spring.” Because it was “sentiment, and not politics,” that led the President to hase his family’'s old farm prop- purcl erty at Blooming Grove, Ohio, the can) holds that it wi unfair to an intention of retiring to imple transaction, and sug- further, “possibly the President made up his mind to retire. More likely, he does not care to cross any bridges until he comes to them. But it -go's that a President must be careful about dabbling In real es- tat The Des Moines Register (in- dependent republican) feels that the “President mede his fundamental mistake when he allowed himself to be misled by the apparent reaction from Wilson.” Becretary Hughes made a much more grievous mistake. They both caught at the apparent re tion of Wilson as a repudiation of the Wilson rrnmm. Events have not gone their way. In fact, mearly everybody can see that we must through in our relations to Europe along the line we laid ou! when we went into the war. The sit- uation will be steadily more embar- rassing for both Harding and Hught in the coming two years. The Presi- dent of the United States should be what the premier of Britain is—a leader. A man who does not have & plan of his own and.the talent to persuade others to follow that plan ould never be President.” Still, any formal announcement of any sort would be unwise, the Detroit Free Press (lndugqmlent) says, end un- warranted by the existing facts, while ,the Altoona Mirror (inde- pendent) belleve that “friends of Gov. Miller of fi’ York and others aPe behind the fumors that Mr. Hard: ing .will not run.for a second term. Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel (republi-|]ge - President Harding will be a candi- date for re-election, but it is too early to make the announcement of | that fact. The warning of his friends ought tu be sufficient.” There cannot be any lengthy delay {in Mr. Harding making up his mind as to his plans, the Charleston (S. C.) Post (independent democratic), how- ever, Insists, because “in not more than twenty months Mr. Harding will have to make up his mind whether or not he wants another term. The un- authorized reports that he does not have already served their purpose in bringing the question into the open and thereby promoting a decision Mr. Harding is no glutton for fame and he may very well conclude that he has enough of greatness for some fun with his friend the reports may work injury to the party in the coming election that At- torney General Daugherty is comin, Roanoke (Va.) (de: cratic) holds. Daugherty has about all that could be sald on the subject now. Tt may be safely taken for granted, despite the lack of any- thing explicit on the subject, that the President will be in the fleld two years hence and will be nominated again by his party. As to whether he will be electad—well, that is a horee of another colo Men Are Such Cowards. Men are such cowards. They are afraid to get off a street car back- ward. Theyyallow clerks to bully them, to tire them out until they pur- jchase what they don’t want to pur- chase. A man goes into a store and asks for a knitted tle. The gentle- man behind the counter says “they" aren’t wearing knitted ties longer; will he look at something else? The man says “No,” perhaps grumpily; then looks, and finally buys. But a woman doesn’t do that. She says " and looks somewhere else, trying and trying and trying to et what she wants, even though her purse may finally compel her to buy the second choice. But she fsn't a coward. Men are such cowards. They enter a restaurant and order a steak—well done. When it comes it is exceed- ingly rare or burnt; they don't like it and growl, but usually they cat it. Or. perhaps, they send it back and in- sist on having another. That second one Is worse than the first. and the man knows it, but he thinks he has triumphed, or pretends he has. and thanks the waiter—and gives him a good tip. A woman doesn’t do that. If she doesn't like what she gets she sends it back. And if she doesn’t get good service she is very likely not to tip. Men say that women are cruel. But women aren't cowards. It's the men Rho are that—San Francisco Call and 0st. Days of Real Sport. A contrast which will appeal to most Americans ig offered by the race between the Canadian and Yankee fishermen. It is not a drifting miatch between racing machines, with rough weather barred. In fact, the duel be- tween Blue Nose and Henry Ford is for blood. It is a contest of fighting men and fighting craft, ships and men who know what war, the ceaseless war of the great deep, is, and. In our opinion, it is worth all the America's cup races sailed since the first his- toric victory in British waters. 1t is sport In Its highest form, because it calls for moral qualities of the high- est order, as well as for an exhibition seamanship which cannot be sur- passed in any part of the round globe. The schooners are out of the fishing fleet, bullt not for tricks, but for the herolc service of the stormiest waters in the world. Probably there i3 not much immediate utility in the consest, but there is a higher utility in the exhibition of a skill and character that serve humanity in examples of obscure but matchless daring and do- votion.—Chicago 1y Tribune. Lloyd George, by his dow: least won the thanks of n.'fi:l'ip:fi nuras'rn-;l;::: :hc:hwere “caught up” on col n 6 near east - uo:t—ume Rock Arkansas :I;l:l:n- cra 3 To get a license to run - bile one has to have had some. ':x,:‘:- rience, :‘l‘: in !m:r::-xe the experience comes ‘after cense.—! o e Pittsburgh rw:vrr‘;;:k n'.. 'th: x-kaiser credit or at least In writing his' reminiacences he neg. niscences he e, lected to name “Gott™ i . orator.—Nashville Ten: u."n:. colta *“What_happens to all I > g.:'y' "”-’En‘."".? Bmmwny-p“rm'l?:: & o —] e y lle st -New York aihen @ pollticlan sees an lssue up @ rea t sign.—Toledo g £l as a detour It it waan't for trains running into cows, some farm: n - p p i Cl'l lever 'llll‘s suc- ) | 1 any ONTINUING his discussion of Canada as observed on his tour, Sir Arthir Conan Doyle sald: I spent some hours in driving around Toronto, which has great- ly extended and improved since my first visit, nearly thirty years before. It has a massive solidity, which is essentially Canadian. They are a wonderful people, strong, un- bending, obstinate, good friends and dangerous enemies. The insensate hostility which many American news- papers have shown to the British | Empire has deeply allenated them from their neighbors, and they are almost flerce in their loyalty. No- where elge in all my travels have I | had “God Save the King" sung as the termination of my lecture. 1 had the pleasure of mceting some of the Canadian officers whom {we were privileged to entertain dur- |ing the war when a Canadian division was stationed at Crowborough. other person of interest whom T met was Sir Donald Mann, who drove the Great Northern railway through the prairie and over the Rockies, an amazing feat when one considers how ifew towns were on the road—in fact, the line went fitst and the towns fol- Jowed. He looks the man for such a Job, broad and square, cut out of granite, with a powerful, impassive face and two eyes which Yrom under their drooping” lids miss nothing which passes. If all else failed him he could find a job as the iron man of affairs in the movies. I also met at the lecture one of the orderlies who had served under me in the Layman Hospital in the South African war. Spiritualism is in a curious condl- tion in Toronto. There are six or eight small churches run upon a low plane, which wil], I hope, unite and rise to a higher #ne. There is a good deal of indifferent mediumship, most- ly of a very worldly fortune-telling order. Apart from this there was a soclety calling itself “The Twentleth Plane,” which is best known because a member of it. Dr. Watson, wrote two books upon it, one under that name and the other “Death 1s Birth.” The medium was a Mr. Benjamin, a young Jew. whose communications are undeniably lofty, though they are disfigured by that use of great names, Shelley, Coleridge, even Sappho, which is possibly the fault of the control rather than of the medium. The actual messages are all on a high plane, though vague and unevidential. Elevating Effect of Messages. I had a private sitting with Mr. Benjamin {n my private room at the hotel, and received while he was in & trance state (he allows pins to be driven into him) certain messages which carried no particular convie- tion, but were none the less helpful and welghty. Whether his messages be of the spirit or whether they be the emerging under trance of some subconsclous personality, they can have nothing but an elevating effect. There were some rather bitter at- tacks in the Toronto papers, includ- ing one leader in the Evening Tele- liberal that I do not think the most provineial paper in Britain could have been gullty of it. It was to the eftect that British lecturers took money out of the town; that they did not give the money's worth, and that they should be discouraged. “Poking them in the eye” was the dignified title. It did not seem to occur to the writer that a comic opera or & bedroom comedy was equally taking the money out of the town, but tha the main purpose served by lectures, whether one agreed with theseubject or not, was that they kept the public in first-hand touch with the great current questions of mankind. Pays Visit to Detroit. I am bound to say that no other Toronto paper sank to the depth of the Evening Telegram, but the gen- eral atmosphere was the least pleas- ant that I had met with In my Amer- Ican travels, and I was glad to unite | with my family once more and to find myself among the kindly folks of Detroit. There I found myself in a very sympathetic community and was told as a_welcome that Dean Rogers of St. Paul's Cathedral had given & sermon, and a broadcasted sermon at that, to commend my at- tempt to spiritualize our petrified churches and material social life. It is an interesting fact that Dean Ed- wards, who was the predecessor of Dean Rogers at St. Paul's, became a convinced epiritualist after being brought by Mr. Wriedt into contact with his son, who had died in the war. Dean Edwards resigned his position and it is greatly hoped by the spirit- ualists of America that he will now devote his eloquence and his learning, for both of which he was famed, to Suggests a Careful Driver . Campaign for D. C. Autoists| To the Bditor of The Star: Bearing in mind the current propo- sitions set forth in various issues of The Star looking toward a decrease of accidents because of city motor trafie, I am convinced %that some plan must be evolved whereby motor- ists who are inclined to recklessness carelessness shall be curl A satpect by & more subtle method than a mere “Safety week” or a “Safety month” or a “Safety vear. 1t is fully realized that in this city there is a minority, I believe. of motorists who will never be checked I their manner of Jdon't-care driving cxcept by revocation of license, or a jail sentence, or both. It is also unfortunate that so many other motorists are selfish and even “hog- gish”* 1 am a motorist myself, but T have made some observations and am_ stating my oonclusions. While a few cases have come into Police Court in which it has been shown that the policeman acted unwisely in making an arrest. I believe that it is an indisputable fact that the large majority of the police are impartial and fair in making arrests. 1 have seen traffic policemen, in a polite way, direct a motorist to switch on his lights, or to pull up a little further, or some_ other little thing that is against the regulations, but the violation of which was evldlenbuy . e eve that the police of this city are -ln lenient wl!hpothe careful motorist 28 in any other city, if not more so. ‘Any fair-minded observer will note that many motorists think only of themselves, with no thought of the convenience of those who come after them. 80 close cannot be of the car Txun out until the owner n “Our _Ameriéan Adventure” Comforts of American Hotels and Convenience of Cafeterias Complimented by Author of Sherlock Holmes, Who Pays Visit to Detroit on Tour. BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. | gram which was so narrow and il- | evident in parking cars|ed or not, the majority ai her that any single car | enough to want to be among the the cause which needs educated advo- ' cates so badly. ‘We in Engiand mainly connect the ' prosperity of Detroit with the genius of Henry Ford, but there are, as a matter of fact, many other industries, and even among the motor firms there are others, such as Dodge Brothers, which are of great extent. These two brothers had worked up from obscurity and had _ established a splendid busines: finally bullding two grand hou at Grosse Pointe, where they were to enjoy the leisure that they had earned. Each of them,, s I understand, died before their re- spective houses were completed—an : example, if one were needed, of the futility of human ambitions. It is likely that they took something more ermanent out of their hard-working : |1ives, for there is much virtue in; these self-made men. Absurdity of Peace Voyage. 1 have always thought that Henry Ford’s peace voyage during the war was a very noble attempt; all the more so for Its pathetic absurdity. The man who will venture something in & big cause, even if he utterly fails, I8 the man who rises above ordi- nary human stature, and surely the difficult failure is more honorable than the facile success. The humble | manufacturer of Detroit rushing in lto separate the warring kings and kaisers was a comic relief at the time, but it is a notable thing to look back upon. Under the kind guidance of Mr. and | Mrs. Charles Larned we drove around the bedutiful Island Park, which was once a wilderness of rattlesnakes | which could only be exterminated by the aid of droves of hogs. Now it is one of the most beautiful popular pleasure grounds in the world, with all those conveniences for picnic par- ties which are usual in such places |In America—tables, seats and even | little stov. or ovens. When I see all these amenities of life my heart Yearns over our own poor north coun- try towns, which seem to me to stand in'a class by themselves for ugliness and discomfort. Think of the huge waste grounds, with their littered garbage, and the prim, unhomely tidi- ness of such parks as exist. I suppose that the root reason lles In the age of these towns, and that {they were lald out before modern ideas prevailed, but their citizens should cast off their self-contentment and strive for better things—above all, the wealthy men should take-a pride In the place from which they draw their weslth and should exert themselves to adorn it. There chould be no place in the universe for the kind of town which s common in northern England, where slatternly folk who seem to have lost all per- sonal self-respect. beshawled women and ill-clad men live in dull, smoke- covered brick streets with cindered paths leading to their daily toll “This world is hell,” sald Bernard Shaw. and there are places where the thought seems natural. Praises American Hotels. No patriotism can possibly conceal from the traveling Briton the fact that our hotels have a greaf deal to learn from those in America. I write thes: words in the Statler Hotel of Detroi: The bedroom is furnished with the w | equipped writing table which 1 am | using, with paper and pens always | ready and in order. Beside me lies [ card with a request that the occupa: | be not disturbed. This I can fasien on my door. On the dressing table are | pincushion, with a black button, a white { button and sewing materials for eme: | gencies. A telephone by the bed and & | tully furnished bathroom are matters ot course, as is a deep cupboard. beloved of ladles, and the thermos bottie of iced Qn the other hand, the waiting is much quicker in our hotels, and with the set courses one has not all the trou- | ble of selection and the tedium of from quarter of an hour to twenty minutes’ delay while you sit at the empty table In most modern hotcls, however, they have what is called a cafeteria, which ! is really a splendid arrangement, by which you pick what you want, carry it off on a small tray, and have no waiting whatever. This is so entirely simple and satisfactory that I think it 4s des- tined to have a very general use, nnd the only objection, as in_ every im-| provement, is that it would certainly throw a great number of walters out of employment. Even in the smaller American towns, such as Toledo, the hotels are extraordi- | narily good. Londoners may be sur- prised to hear it, but the Hotel Secor in “hat city has a finer hall and vestibule ‘han any in London. 1Its dead =o'd ard white marble, with innumerable really comfortable “armchairs, makes it a dream for the weary traveler. On th. | other hand, we may say for the old ! country that our provincial Inns. half | curiosity shop and talf home. stand by | themaelves in the whole world. | Coprright by Sir Arthnr Conan Davle. 1 for United States and Great Britain. (Continued in Tomerrow's Star.) that motorists shall be required to undergo an operation for “selfish- | ectomy.” it might prove efficacions for i The Star to inaugurate a campalgn ! | headed, “Are You a Careful Driver?" | | Then let each of the citizens’ assocla- | | tions elect certain of their members | | who can be trusted as thoroughly im- partial, of good judgment, not neces- sarily motorists, but careful observ- ers, to make weekly reports to the | president of their respective associa- ' tions of the license number of eath | motor vehicle that appears to idriven in a careful and sane manner | | respecting the rights of others. these ! numhers to_be published each week in | The Star. I see in this plan a chance ! for favoritiam, but unless the citizens’ associations are cluttered with boot- | leggers and other irgesponsibles— | and I do not believe this to be the | fact—a citizen committee of twenty | from each association can make a mr] and impartial report of careful driv- ers. This report can be made effective ; only in so far as it is impartial. fair-minded observer. however, will report his friend's number merely be- cause of friendship, but because of the fact of careful driving, and the reason for believing a. certain vehicle care- fully driven must be stated along with the number. Such a report will stim- ulate.a natural desire to get a num- ber on the honor roll, but a number will remain thereon only so long as the vehicle bearing it is ot reported jas being carelessly driven; so that once in the list does not i per- manency unleas the careful driving is permanent. ‘While some motorists will not “care a rap” whether their vehicles are list- selfish 5 the “careful driver: and, besides, front removes it. It is| publieity of the campaign will bring frequently observed in the region of | carelessly inclined motorists to real- the Center market that motor vehi- cles will be stopped in the roadway | unawares. behind other vehicles parked at an the curb, and left unattend- the possibility of exit|ceases the motorist grows more care- dway is moved. | les: and H|enough the motorist will angle to w e car !: s obgerved that' t 15th streets northeast a truck or other ve- | habit of be hicle has been ked at the north: west curb so to_drive through. cannot always assure vehicle will not suddenly skid and do | itable human beln in one way ch as damage Inasmus hhe distance ba- and the railway car staad- l‘n'l“o‘:l ,l'fie track on Bladensburg road | bearing in mind that the is just sufficient for & mnto;‘ vehicle | s often- ys one or another. it seems improbable ize that some one is watching them Many motorists will “be good” so long as some one watches them, but when the watchfulness If this campaign continues long careful and will con- tinue to drive as though there are others on the earth besides himself. 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