Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR,‘“‘“"‘UWM“‘WM the justices voting four to four, with With Sunday Morning Editlon. | ;. ice Brantels not sitting. That left the law sustained by the lower court WASHINGTOXN, D. O and the appeal was ineffective. Thus November 10, 1988 :¢ the District minimum wage law is carried to the Bupreme Court as the now stands, on the appeal of its and the court above ing would stand, whereas if the re- hearing had not been granted and the appeal went forward from a decision Court would leave the law standing as the appellate court had upon ft. While this is but a slight possibility, Rate by Mafl—Payable in Advance. | the Supreme Court rarely voting even- Maryland and Virginis. ly on any question, it is still to be con- Daily and Sunday. 1 mo., T8¢ | gidered as one of the conceivable con- . 1 me.: oc | sequences of the granting of a rehear- . ing by the appellate court and the {placing of the appeal burden upon fiig :dgym those who seek to have the law sus- Sunday only. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press i exclusively emtitied So the wee for republication ef tvely. ant House and Presidency. credited to it or not otherwise credited | Continued republican control of the ln ihis paper and also the local icaties of | House in the Sixty-elghth Congress special diapatches hereln are ateo reserved. | may be of vital importance to that party in the matter of the presidential election to be held two years hence. In case of a fallure of the electoral college chosen in November, 1924, to reach a decision by majority vote the election will be thrown into the House of Representatives, which under the twelfth amendment to the Constitu- tion will proceed to ballot for Presi- dent while the Senate ballots for Vice President. The procedure in the House is to take the vote by states, “the representation from each state having one vote.” For this purpose a quorum is to consist of @ member or members from two-thirds of the states, “and a majority of all the states shall be nec- essary to a choice.” In the Sixty-seventh Congress, now expiring, the republicans controlled delegations of thirty-five of the states, the democrats twelve, with one tied. In the Sixty-eighth Congress, the re- For Harmony in Europe. If the performances of European statesmen could be made to square with their professions, most of the difficulties which beset that sadly harassed continent would quickly melt . This is not to say that Euro- pean statesmen are insincere in their professions. No doubt England and France and the other allies honestly desire harmony and co-operation, and are willing to give Germany and the other late enemy powers a square deal, but the trouble is they are un- able to find a road along which na- tionalistic and material interests do not conflict with good intentions. In his speech last night at the lord mayor's banquet in London, Prime Minister Bonar Law made a plea for harmony and co-operation that was as ::;:r:‘;ltmw::m:,l'::hn?.mm::; turns now indicate, the republicans France and frankly recognizing that will control twenty-four of the state teamwork with the Paris government delegations and the democrats twenty, 13 necessary it Europe is to be saved,| With four states tled. Thus, as the he expressed hope and confidence that | House would at this stage appear to the situation, critical as it admittedly | be constituted, after the 4th of March 1a, will yleld to co-ordinated treatment. | NeXt there will be no majority of all There was not a word in his speech, | the states for either side, and a dead- from beginning to end, which could |1ock would occur in the e;fl\}!{! offend the most tender of Gallic sensi- | the election is thrown into the Hou Dilittes. The four states whose delegations Wih such a spirit animating the{®F® °n the present basis of the re-) he next Congress are British government, it would seem |furns tled in i that without difficulty or delay the al-| Maryland, with ."'": Mvubllc‘?:l hn.nd led powers ought to agree upon a|three democrats; Nebraska, with three course of action and put it Into opera. | and three; New Jersey, with six and e St almoat at the same hour | 51 and New Hampshire, with one and Bonar Law was speaking at the lord | O- A change of a single seat in any mayor's banquet, Premier Poincare cne of these stated from a democrat was addressing the French senate, |t @ republican, through death or and the spirit to which he gave voice | designation with subsequent election, was anything but a harmonious one. | OF throush unseating, would give the -five state delega- He told his hearers without equivoca- | Fépublicans twenty tion that France had decided to act | tions. or the requisite majority of all he states. alone with respect to Germany if she | falled to get satisfaction at the com.| -Altheush the probability of a fallure ing Brussels conference; he spoke of |f the electoral college to effect a he ase of force In the collection of | Cholce s remote it still remains to be reparations, and lgid the blame for | considered. and without doubt it will past fallures at the door of the Brit.|definitely be borne in mind in the or- ish government. Yet Poincare, no less ganization of the House of Representa- than Bonar Law, recognizes the ne-| 'IVes and In the watching of every op- cessity of harmony and co-operation, | Portunity through speclal elections and no doubt equally desires that they | called to fill vacancles, or perhaps in diing of such contested cases should .prevail. The difficulty is that | the han in the matter of reparations, as well | 35 MaY arise. Control of the organiza- s in the mear -cast. the material in.| tion assured by the election of a ma- fereats o Great Britain and France|Jority of the total membership, which conflict at so many points that the |NOW is placed at fifteen, may, there- formulation of a common policy {s al. | fore. have a bearing upon the next most as impossible as the need of it | Presidency- is great. It s & situation which calls for in- It Was Slump. telligent sympathy and understanding| rne Star was taken to task last on this side of the Atlantic, It is easy | oot P00 M L ublican for 1o eriticize the governments of Europe | gavine in o discussion of the ap- and say they are eaten up with self-| progching campaign in the Old Do- fshness. But it is well for us t0 re-| ppjon, that in the ninth congressional member that when the material in-| 3izerict the question was Slemp or terests of this country are threatened | giur *- that ff Mr. Slemp declined to We are quick to resent and resist en-| ;150 for re-election the district—the croachment. It might be well to ask| onyy one left to the republicans n the ourselves i we would be any less in-| yiqte _would pass into the democratic transigent were we placed in the situ-| . umn. Aiha o the Eavagean st Events have justified The Star's ap- —————————— praisement of the situation. On the Beveridge is still regarded by his| tea of poor health, Mr. Slemp de- edmirers as & man who ran behind his| clined renomination, and the result ticket because he is ahead of his time. | Tyesday was slump, The republicans lost the district for the first time in Judge Landis has an easler job than | twenty-odd years, and the Virginia WIll Hays. Base ball subsides in|delegation in the next House will be ‘winter, but the movies never rest. solidly democratic. The Virginia republicans have not of late been managing well. In their The Question of Who Appeals. |{,,. state campaign they made a bid An nteresting and important issue | for power by drawing the color line. is involved In the appeal of the mini-| They barred the colored voters from mum wage decision from the Court of | their nominating convention and ap- Appeals to the Supreme Court of the| pealed for support for their state United States, which follows the sec-| ticket on the declaration that it was ond ruling by the higher District court| o white man's ticket. °, on that law rendered the other day.| The bid was overwhelmingly refect- This is with reference to the propriety | ed. The democrats swept the $tate of & second hearing of the case in the lphy unprecedented majorities. The appellate court after the court had | ticket did not appeal to them and the once passed judgment sustaining the| colored voters, of course, cut it to a Jaw. The circumstances were unusual. | man. At the first hearing the Court of Ap-| 1In the matter of drawing the color peals was composed of two regular | jine in politics the democrats had beat members and one substitute advanced | the republicans to it. They had drawn from the District Supreme Court in|{t years beforé and intrenched them- the stead of an {ll member of the ap-| gelves in power as the champlons of peliate court. Upon the return of the | white supremacy, attained and con- abeent justice an application for a re-| tinued by exclusive white control of hearing was made and was granted | political affairs from the ground up. by two of the justices, the third re- s g it fusing. It was then contended that| ... .o Brunswick m: yatery offers the court should, in considering appli- cations for rehearing, be constituted :""’""l:l":"“‘“z," n,':h:"""'“’m" as at the time of the original judg- ment. For this contention a precedent is cited in & case which is said to be| Affairs would grow monotonous if “on all fours” with the present one.|every election asserted itself as a land- Thas the Supreme Court of the United | slide. States may be called upon to decide whether such & rehearing is proper,| It is high time that Wilhelm Hohen- establishing & principle that may be |3ollern married and settled down. of importance in future cases. ——————e—eee Save in one contingency it is of no Cabinets. practical consequence whether the| Ygi.4 Elizabeth M. Barn nt case goes to the Supreme Court on | of tne Woman's Clean w:n:::’:‘or— appeal of the proponents or the OP-| ganization, while pleased with the re- ponents of the law, for it will in the| .. of Tuesday's election, says with higher court be considered on i8] egard to the future: ty rel . one con- | wi lem! residen Tnaencs, howeve, Is 1o ba borne In| fiction s et ifthe S fidates pub mind, and it may have an important | of ’l hl:"al cuo p-:"tmnt“;n:.p::: : bearing on the case. Should the Bu-|mA: Ehde preme Court of the United States be | fivation thxes chargs of the Sovern evenly divided, standing four to four, | ment. S through the absence of the ninth jus-| It would be extremely difficult if not ties or his inability to serve through | impossible for & candidate for Presi- some disqualification, the opinion of|dent to meet this demand. Many the coyrt below would be sustained and | things—changing in importance from the decision would remain the law.| time to time as a campaign progresses 4 look quite promis-| —_————————— the eye of a needle than for a rich man as asserts itself obtrusively on the price reference to your election.” swered Sel A defeat relieves a man from blame for are more voting than voted for. THE EVENING ing and fit as cabinet matrriel in Au- gust, and yet retain none of that valae 1n late October, * A Presidentelect must choose his officia? advisers according to the terms of the mandate received. He cannot afford to call to his side only personal flends—those upon whom in politics he has been accustomed to lean—nor exclude those with whom he has had only distant if any relations. Public nterests and party interests should, and as a rule do, govern. Some of the strongest of cabinets have been formed slowly, slates chang- ing a dozen times and more between election day and inauguration day. ‘The pulling and hauling proved flerce, but contributing in the end by the flerceness to the value of the selections made. * The strongest man in the Lincoln cabinet—Edwin M. Stanton—did not enter at the start. The country heard nothin, f him during the campaign. Nor did the strongest man in the Hayes cabinet—John Sherman—see his supreme opportunity, nor did the country see it—forcing the resumption of specie payments—until he had been in office more than a year. The Anacostia Development. The committee on rivers and har- bors of the Board of Trade has adopt- ed & report to be submitted to the board at its next meeting which will doubtless result in action by that body in urging legislation and appro- priations, to continue the improve- ments in Potomac and Anacostia rivers ‘which have been suspended. Under the law, as at present framed, no work can be initiated in the Ana- costia above the Benning bridge. That restriction should be removed, and this great project of river and park de- velopment should be continued in ac- cordance with the original plans to the District line. The obstruction at Benning bridge is due, in part, to the fact that that bridge is used for electric car traffic, and in order to place the dredges in the upper stretch it will be necessary for a short perfod to interrupt that traffic. It can hardly be conceived that such a condition will be permitted per- manently to check a great public work of this kind. Surely the Baltimore and Annapolis cars can be detoured by way perhaps of the Pennsylvania rail- road tracks, which cross the Anacostla, considerably above the Benning bridge, and some provisional arrangement is possible to carry the local traffic over the river for the short period neces- sary for the bridge opening to permit the passage of the dredges. In any case, this bridge, which car- ries the electric and a large volume of vehicular traffic across the Anacostia, must eventually be replaced. It is not a suitable structure, and when the park development is completed, as it must inevitably be, a much better bridge, of more suitable design, will be required. To permit this bridge and its present traffic to block indefinitely the prosecution of this work is in- tolerable. It is to be hoped that the Board of Trade's recommendation on this point will be vigorously pressed upon Con- gress to the point of at least repealing the limitations so that this work may then proceed as speedily as the state of the Treasury will permit the mak- ing of appropriations. BY “THE TROLL out some Saturday after- noom through Rock Creek Park -and you will notice a number of clear eyed, rosy cheeked, alert young Americans, who are taking = hike through this truly beautiful park. If you are not too corpulent, and your wind is good, follow them, observe their actions closely and lis- ten to what they have to say, and at the end of the journey you may be physically fatigued, but you will have had a mental treat, for these young- sters, Boy Scouts, probably know more about woodcraft and are better able to see the beautles that are hid- den to the average eye than a major- ity of grown-ups who, have never made a study of the truly beautiful things that God has given us. The Boy Scouts of today will be the mold- ers of our country's destiny tomor- row, and if one takes the time to in- vestigate the purposes of this organ- ization they will realize that these youngsters are laying the foundation for the best kind of American citizen- ship. When the Boy Scout movement was first introduced into this country many of the older folks had the idea that It was going to be a sort of play club, but during the past few years the grown-ups have begun to realize that this organization means much in the development of this country, and while it Is true that the outings in- dulged In by the boys are partly In the nature of vacations, yet those va- catlons are filled with lessons of a constructive nature. The Girl Scouts also have an excellent organization and the work that they accomplish is of the highest order. Mafy of our prominent thinking women have been alding the movement ever since its inception. The next time the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts are on duty at any public gathering watch their actions and you will no doubt be sur- prised to note the skillful manner in which they function. *x x % OME evening when you have dined early walk down 17th street and turn up G street, and as you walk past the Y. M. C. A. and the George Wash- ington University you will see hun- dreds of young women and men who, after the evening meal, are on their way to these Institutions to attend the educational classes that are held In the evening for those who labor during the daylight hours. Probably no other city In the United States af- Foreign Agitation Against Eight- Hour Day Meets Opposition Here. Revival of suggestions in England and Germany that the ten and twelve hour work day be restored in indus- try, on the ground that the eight- hour day Is curtailing production, has resulted in discussion of the sugges- tion rather widely throughout the Unitedl States. In this connection the unqualified indorsement by John D. Rockefeller, jr.. of the entire princi- ple of the eight-hour day, six-day week, has been exceedingly well re- celved. It is argued that his declara- tion followed a careful investigation of the economic principles involved and that it will have a very bene- ficial effect In checking any agitation for a longer work day In the United States at this time. “Any attempt to Impose Ilonger hours of work and deprive men and women of the day a week which the Bible authorized in the very dawn of history,” argues the Dayton News. “invariably has falled as an economic measure. After all. what the world needs most ix to get back to first principles”” Mr. Rockefeller “speaks not as an outsider or a philanthre pist,” Insists the Chicago News, “but as one interested in, and responsible for, industrial policies. Still, in the United States, the wealthiest and most progressive of industrial na- tions, famous for Inventions, readl- ness to improve processes and scrap obsolescent machinery, there still ex: ists stubborn opposition to a desir: ble and beneficial change which im poverished Europe and backward In- dia have found it possible to make in their steel industries.” The New York Globe does not believe that “the steel and oll industries are the only ones in which the twelve-hour work day persists. In other of the continu- ous process industries it lingers. It is indefensible wherever workers are regarded as men rather than as hu- hines, and it The New York Tribune asserts that and-in-hand with this shorter and more humane period must go a clear recognition that the shorter day’s la- bor must be faithfully performed. There is a tendency toward longer hours,again in Europe. This aountry can maintain its present high stand- ard of living, its widely shared com- forts and luxuries, only If its workers produce their full output. The coun- try has become great through hard work, and only by hard work can it i 1t 1s easler for a camel to go through to get past the present primary sys- tem. l Mustaphe Kemal is one of these persons whom Shakespeare referred to *“armed with a Ilittle brief au- thority.” } Every defeated European statesman is permitted to look forward to a bril- liant American lecture tour. f The German mark has succeeded in making counterfeit money seem com- paratively dignified. l If New Brunswick, N. J., were a larger town there might be even more suspects. ’ A tariff is seldom popular when it tag. l The New Jersey vote favored open barrooms openly arrived at. ! SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. retain its supremacy. . The full adop- Thanks! tion of the elght-hour day must come » anks; "’ wit] 'ull appreciation of this truth. BSpeakin® of ;n' nksetvint, Granting this to be so, the Boston T will specity Post holds that Mr. Rockefeller uses “a few words that embrace A con: vincing argument when he calls for the change from the longer longer week in the interest of public policy and industrial efficlency and economy. The younger Rockefeller shows wisdom in thus anticipating the future.” It 1s important, in the opinion_ of the Lincoln State Journal, that Mr. Rockefeller “does not agree with the employers and capitalists who hold that the difficulties in the way of se- curing these desirable things are in- superable. Mr. Rockefeller dogs not attempt to evade responsibility. He holds that all owners of a business hould use their Influence to try to raise industry to a level of public service and thereby to make the world a better place for all men to live in.” The Pittsburgh Press be- lieves that “the old day when th owner was the boss has in most in- dustries gone for good. All the more reason why the workers should be represented In the management of these concerns—so Mr. Rockefeller argues. Busin loses billlons of dollars every year by the strife grow- undesirable things that may happen!ing from the efforts of the Berwinds in the future.” to exclude them.” It is the view of . the Milwaukee Sentinel that forelgn labor is as much responsible for the survival of the twelve-hour day in Amerjca as is big business, because the alien laborers are not interegted in the American standard of living and ‘“cheerfully undergo privations for the greater reward of & speedy competence and return to their home. When the American standard of 1llv- Ing is accepted by ¥-n. the ‘Thanks because I'm livin® Though expense is high; ‘Thanks for autumn beauty; ‘Thanks for patriots true, Ready for their dity, As times change anew. ‘Thanks to old-time winners On election day; Thanks to the beginners In the constant fray! ‘Thanks unto creation . For each warning call To this mighty nation That protects us all! Philosophie. “The returns are still in doubt wi me,” an- jometimes *The fact does. not disturb nator Sorghum. * Jud Tunkins says women in politics * One-Way Trafiic. Fate still presents a bitter cup. ‘We taste it witha frown. ‘The prices still keep going up Instead of going down. Envy énd Admiration. t “Peaple ahould be honored for their | 16 CHCAR SIS SV eRori ' car intellectuel attainments.” rL.d l'dhnn‘h ",fl“. dqliy' 'h.‘:’g &g:,::; “Maybe %0,” answered Cactus Joe.|should be steadily direc E . houl t follow “But thiere aln't 09 Way of peevanting B nyatecia, Mowever. Pubilo envy an’ admiration fur a man who beats 'a poker game in a run of fool 1ine: 3 opinfon should be educated until it becomy luek.” 1 el TE s e e Ima m) ce to this declaration, the iladelph! Record holds, “ever since the ances in coal STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Here and There in Washington EDITORIAL DIGEST d | 1ess_popular every day. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Revelations of the War Cabinet and Intimate Views of National and World Figures by the For- mer Secretary of the Interior. (Copyright, 1933, by Anne W. Laze.) t Us About Interior Decorating —and we'll be pleased to submit ideas for your con- eideration, We manufacture Window fs-;deo—suo you 25% to MAJOR” ~ fords such an opportunity for the wago earner to augment his prilnary education as does Washington, and as you saunter along the street you will hear bright-eyed maidens and r sourcefyl-looking youths discussing the latest problems that were given by the instructors the night before. All of these young men and women are making the most of their oppor- tunities, and who can tell but what some of our most brilliant minds of the years to come have received their INSTALLMENT No. 9. —they may mnot be able to compro- mise. Lord Reading rather fears that this is the situation and that it might have been avolded if the Presi- dent had not lssued his statement when he did. However, I have no doubt that the President will have ‘To E. C. Bradley: ‘WASHINGTON, January, 1919. ® ® I am terribly broken up over Roosevelt's death, He was & great and a good man, & man's man, supplemental education at these in- & always playing -his game in the|,;o woy He nearly always does. stitutions. open. o o o i . S * % k% I loved old Roosevelt because he| o o 1'203":‘_‘ Rt Sonce Swanihs was a hearty, two-fisted fellow. ; To be the first president of the league of nations is to be the crown- ing glory of his life. I believe In the league—as an effort. It will not cure, but it is a serious effort to get at the disease. It is a hopeful effort. too, for it makes moral standards of conduct between nations which will bring conventional pressure to bear on the side of peace, to offset the old convention of rushing into war to satisfy hurt feelings. Sooner or later there will come disarmament —the pistol will be taken away and the streets will be safer. N _the present agitation for the con- servation of life and limb that is being carried on it is trite to again refer to the negligence of some of the motormen who fail to ring their gongs at crossings after they have started their cars. It is true that the majority of these men observe the police regulations in regard to this matter, but there are some who ap- parently care not a whit for the law. If it is not possible for the managers of the several raliroad lines in Wash- Ington to compel the negligent ones to warn passengers, then the police should take a hand in the matter and see that the laws are obeyed. I have witnessed several near accldents within the past two or three weeks, and while no one was injured, yeot a number of people were badly startled to find a huge mass of steel and wood bearing dcwn upon them without a sound of warning. If this condition is not corrected fatalities will result and the companies will face heavy damage sults. * % % % ROM all indications spring is go- ing to see a revival, by society, of the use of the bicycle. Already a number of the members of the diplo- matic corps have ordered new wheels, for in Europe it is, and has been for some time, quite the thing to mount a wheel before breakfast and take a spin along the roadways or to in- dulge in a ride during the afternoon hours. It is truly surprising how in- vigorating the crisp morning air is, and it is also surprising to note how, instead of coffee and rolls for break- fast, after the morning spin you want ham and eggs, sausage and oatmeal or something else of a really sus- taining nature. The bicycle will come back into its own. ® * * The only fault I ever had. ‘to find with him was that he took de- feat too hard. He had a sort of vine right” idea, but he was a bully | fighter. 1 went to his funeral and have joined in mass meetings in his memory, which I suppose is all I can do. * * * Of course, . said a lot of things that wero un- just and unjustifiable, but if a fel- low doesn’t make a damned fool of himself once in & while he wouldn't be human. The republicans would have nominated him next time un- doubtedly. They are without a leader now, and we are just as much |, & o A up in the air asever. ¢ ¢ ¢ Iam ‘Washington, August 23, 191 standing by the President for al 1 N it o e e am worth. I talked to the merchants’ | ynjg country will rise to a class war. assoclation the other day and Eave|we nave too many farmers and small him & great send-off, but they didn't | nougeholders and women—put the ac- rise to thelr feet at all, which 18 the | cene on the women. They are the first time this has happened. In tWo|conservatives. Until a woman fis FORLE. starving, she does not grow red, un- less she is without a husband or bables and has a lot of money that she did not earn. * * ¢ A To George W. Lane: January 30, 1919. * © © The one thing that bothers us here 18 the problem of unemploy- [ To George W. Lane: ment. We have not, of course, had September 11, 1919. time to turn around and develop any | I expect bad times soon with labor. plans for reconstruction. Our whole [ We are only postponing the evil war machine went to pleces In a|day. The President seems less radi- night. Everybody who was doing cal than he was. He is sobered by war work dropped his job with the conditions, I suspect. He is worth thought of Paris in his mind, with |hearing, better than reading, and he the result that everything has come [ MWavs talks well. He cannot pass down with = crash, in the way of pro- | his treaty without some kind of duction, but mothing in the way of |Feservations, and he should have wages or living costs. Wages can- |5¢en this a month ago. The re- not go down until the cost of living | Publicans will not struggle to pass Goes and production won't increase |t In his absence and think that they while people believe prices will be | Nave done a smart thing, but In the Tonver Tater on. T today proposed to|nd Wilson and not Lodge would win Secretary Glass that he enter upon |DY ®uch a trick. The one greatest a campalgn to promote production (1) | 0 Vices is smart-aleckism. Some by secing what the government could |ime I shall write an essay on that buy, (2) by seeing what the industries [ 3ubject: The burglar and the con- D e ottom price. (3 by |fidence operator and the profiteer and getting the Food Administration at[the Profilsatq and the defaulting B o reducs prices. Dernaps it |Pank cashler are all victims of that may do some good. * P disease—smart-aleckism. They will 4 J _|do a trick, to prove how clever thev I have always thought the Presi- | (0 & THCH O Provs Aov Crer s dent was right in going across, and 90 per cent of the boys and girls I believe that he will pull through a go wrong, and Instead of teaching league of nations. them the Bible, why not try reduc- ing the size of their conceit and their disposition to boast. I just wonder how far wrong I am on this? 1110 G EST. 1879 5 Prognosticated Palate Pleasure THE BEST of proph- ets of the future is the past. g Two hundred and forty-six thousand geven hundred and forty meal times have rotated with the calen- dar since we opened our doors 26 years ago. QEvery meal has set a precedent of satisfac- tion continued with the next. Wallis’ *“Washington's Largest Restenrant” 12th and G Sts. N. W. were subjected to personal study and . scrutiny by the younger Rockefel it has been well known that, in man: respects, the son of the old Standard Oil magnate is In a receptive mood toward the aims of organized labor. From time to time he has so expres ed himself, but he has never made his position so plain heretofore as he did in writing about the situation in the Somerset county soft coal fields.” Not alone in coal, however, but “in some of the oil fields where the twelve-hour day, seven days a week, plan still Is in operation. Mr. Rockefeller's position will go far in the direction of enforcing a change to conform with the eight-hour da: six days a week, program, whicl after all, 1s the most humanitaria idea ever introduced into the world of labor.” the Springfield News as- serts. And the Kalamazoo Gazette feels that “a prosperous and content- ed army of industrfal workers is to be preferred to whatever, If any, In- creased production would result from the legalization of the ten or twelve hour working day. Mule Necks and Prosperity. One enthustastic locality in West Texas brings strange proof of the community’s development. The mules have larger necks than they used to ve. In all seriousness, the public is ad- vised that farmers thereabouts used to buy mule collars ranging from sizes 14 to 18. Any dealer offering a size 20 collar would probably have been asked if it was meant for an elephant. But now note the change. Size 23 is the fashion In mule collars. It Is practically standard. Scarcely any other size is called for. This indicates some development In mule necks, and it Is argued that better, stronger, larger mules are the natural resuit of better breeding and feeding. This, In turn, comes from better farmers on smaller farms using more brains in their work and raising better crops and better live stock. The analogy might be carried further. It might be sald that the west Texas mule has very nearly quit_kicking and buckled down to steady pulling, and =o has the farmer who drives him. The combination works for prosperity.—El Paso Herald. When a Hat Costs Forty Dollars. How much do you usually pay for your hats? A Flint traveling sales- man says his hats cost him about $40 aplece. He pays $4 for a new hat. Twice a day he has to check it when he eats in a hotel or restau- rant. The tips he pays to the hat- ge 10 cents each. The To George W. Lane: Washington, May 1, 1919. I think the President right, that Flume should not go to Italy. Cer- tainly she has no moral claim, for by Washington, October 2, 1919. the pact of London. Flume was to g0 ¢ I have all along said that the to Croatia. Orlando says that he Is|treaty could not be ratified without answering the call of the Itallans in|some interpretive reservations § exile, Let them stay in exile, I say.|think l_hat the President will see that. They’ went Into a forelgn land to |although he sees clearly, as I do, that make money and now they wish to |thesé interpretations are already In annex the land they are visiting, to |the treaty itself, but on a question of | the home country. How would we |construction two men may honestly like it if the Chinese swamped San |differ. The whole damn thing has Francisco and then asked to be an- | gotten into the maelstrom of politics, nexed to China? This is carrying the | of the nastiest partisanship. when it Fiume idea to-its uMimate, a ridicu- | ought to have been lifted up into the lous ultimate, of dourse, as most ulti- | clearer air of good sense and national mates are. dignity. * * * Whether he (President Wilson) Hoover can be elected. He came gave out the statement as to the|home medestly and made a eplendid break too early, and without the |SPeech. We need a man of great ad- consent of England and France, of |ministrative ability and of supreme course I don’t know. Quite like him | Sanity who can lead us into quiet to do it If he thought the thing had | Waters. If there are any. hung long enough, and that Italy| ° * We have imported, with was too damn predatory. And she |°UYT labor, their discontent, and the does seem to be. The new ldea seems | tN€0ries which are founded upon it to have less real hold in Italy—at to obtain the price. But the Ameri- least among the governing class.| ¥R Workingman is & sensible fellow, than in sy other European country,|”hen he can have the chance to Her present position will postpone | TNk Without being overwhelmed by peace. This will cause us trouble fear, and he will realize that his better- D e extra ncssion of Congreas, |MONt 1n & material way must come for our appropriations will -run out | ‘NTOUEh his own individual growth And perhaps in England it may give ‘;“’ the “"“’;“ obt1:M consclence of a chance for labor troubles to rise. | io) Pgrc WhO Beleve m A sdbare It will postpone the return of good | gt !¢ FIFEE L AL B RO times to this country. But ultimately | g M 0 (0 FO BT Lm0 Italy will have to come through. If|_ . ..nt the idea that they are of a fixed economic pressure were put upon her| .aeq: that they cannot move out of she would be compelled to yield at|goir' present conditions; that they once, for she depends on England and | want always to remain as employes | ourselves for all the coal she uses,|anq have no hope of becoming su- and on us chiefly for her wheat. Of| perintendents, employers, managers. course, this form of coerclon will not be | or capitalists; and therefore think resorted to. She might think more that their only prospect is in better- m:::y if she :ve:;‘m:;:;r;o;n ;x;:nm ing their condition as a part of a! cr , say o foagiiag class. Great propa da should people being aroused now over what | c,rried on to psh:wn:ow false n:: they think is a matter of principle— is and how much demand there is for lo-alty to thelr compatriots in Flume | men of abitity. s e Cats and Birds. Decries “Cancer Week” To the Bditor of The Star: To the Bitor of The Star: Poor Puss is on trial for her life,| In your recent issue appears a and she has been found guilty of the notice of a radio broadcast in regard | crime of hunger—and, in some cas2s,[to a “Cancer-Hope Message” This even of gluttony. Also she has fail-|refers to the proposed “Cancer week” | ed in principles of strict vegetarian- | shortly, which in times past has done ism. Shame on you, Pussle! 50 much harm, terrorizing the peo- “Oh, just look at that horrid cat”|ple and driving them to unnecessary sald one friend to another as they|&nd useless surgical operations. Un- walked down a country lane, “trying | der surgical dominancy the death %o cateh that poor little bird.” “Yes,” |rate from cancer has risen since 1900 was the answer; “we had ours on|&lmost 33 per cent, while in the same toast—before we came out.” period, under wise medical guldance, Tt certainly is & great crime in the | the mortality from tuberculosis has cat to respond to the pangs of hunger | fallen almost 43 per cent, as can be as she frequently does, but T doubt if,; Teadlly seen by the United States tried by twelve Hungry jurymen, just| MOrtality reports of each year. betore thelr own luncheon hour, she| In 1913 the Ameriean Society for of & death sentence. A little if mot|gad .0, 0% 5 TEgNE OF ety toured most of the blame would be placed the country, urging early operations upon the heartless families who, at|2on all who had what they called pleasant vacation time, or for other “pre-cancerous lesions.” As a result selfish reason, turn their family cat of this the death rate of cancer rose adrift to foi for herself in the more in the following year, 1915, than painful situation in which homelesa, }l‘v‘ofldy“‘:r;h’n:"g:ge‘yef ggg:;ufdrl:nx‘ {starving and afrald, e eetermina: | the same, United States morality tors have visited the bird stalls in volumes. If this kind of work is & O mariets, and have counted the | iicssage of Hope™ what may we ex- small bodies hung there to satisty pect next year? 3 : L JULKLEY, the epicur &ppetite which _de- | genlor Physiclan of the New York Skin mands' & mouthtul for the fnishing | “Gnd Cancer Hosplial, Member of the course at dinner—we have on re American Association for Cancer Re- that In one month, on nearby state A Briton has invented a “silent”) et 0, 0% MM, Dobolinkcs wers| ST €C- woup: soan... Butinwe. may: etill fad | anen One e aes as subats | e the dining room If we listen for the | tutes for the reedbird—the bobolink celery.—New Orleans Times-Picayune. |which to his usefulness as in-|fon’s demands. Birds in various at- - R Ceater adds the charm of his sweet| titudes were seen in song, torn o song. wings, twisted bodies—supposed to Scientist Is a Dane. AR really the eloguent denuncla-|add 1 the ‘charm of the fashion-be- £ t the cat seem rather ong- | dec! ‘woman. /{4 Dtior/ef The Siact O e roso ot us who long decrid| The solution of the cat and bird Allow me to call your attention 0 |the shameless bird slaughter all over | difficulty would be to have an ani- an article in last night's Star, entitled | the world simply because women de- [ mal sheiter, where luckless cats could "Nobel Prize Winner Lectures .in |manded thelr dead bodles for soif-|be recelved and, ifi necessary, hu- Museur,” page 11. In this article Dr. Krogh is twice called "Dutch,” al- though he is Danish and a hatls, from Denmark. Wil To E. C. Bradley: X ‘cevHorlick’s The ORIGINAL alted Milk M Quick Lunch at Home, Office, ane Fountuins. Ask for HORLICK'S. w-Avoid Imitations & Substitute SPECIAL _ ATTENTION to NERVOUS Other Sets of Teeth, $8 Up Fillings, 500 Gold Crowne to 81w in_gold, sifver, ‘malgam or ‘poreclal Ne eharge for lom _extrastion other work Is doms. All work guarasteed. DR. WYETH, Ine. 427-29 7th St N.W. . Opposite Lansburgh & Bre., and over Grana Umion Tes Co. Lagest asd pariors ta ‘Washingt TONAGH “QUEER and when he is through with it, the hat represents $4 original cost and $36_dollars tips. The tipping custom is_becoming ere 18 a gradual increase in the number-of persons who are standing four-square With the travelers and others who are conducting an organized campaign against the tipping system.—Flint Journal. Phone It is a gifted campaign orator that makes no votes for the other side.— Boston Herald. Eldred says being 100 years t. It is great, Hannah, but it ng.—Richmond Item. sl 645, HEARTEUR, . INDGESTION Chew a few Pleasant Tablets, Instant Stomach Relief! Hannah ld ol takes 80 loj Paris may dictate fashlons, but it 1s no longer necessary to go to France for naughty novela—Duluth Herald. It fen’t true patriotism unless it can cheer madly as a national defict passes by.—Baltimore Sun. Newark, N. J.,, has a Prlyinl bur- glar. That's an offset for some of the philandering preachers that have been getting into the newspapers of late.—Cleveland Plain Deal “One thing I'd like to know,” Pe- marked the man on the car, “is whether the paper towel is generally regarded as progress.”—Toledo Blade. Bang goes another illusion. Japan ‘woman teachers adopt a foreign dress because it is cheaper and simpler. Yet the kimono surely looked simple. —Chlcago News. Acid stomach, heartburn, fullness. If you fecl bloated, sick or umcom- , fortable after eating, here is harmless relief. “Pape’s Di in” settles-the stomach and corrects digestion the ent it reaches the stomach. were offered at sales in_London,|with the advisabllity of drowning, destroyed at Cape Cod,|in warm water, all unwanted kittens one season. | at birth (always leaving one for the | mom o winter in Florida one p.nx mother), thus humanely checking the birds. It was estimat multiplying of soon _to grow imto adornmet, and according to statistics | manely destroyed. then gathered, 20,000 humming birds| Cat owners should be impresse Dane, and you not { I