Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR,! With Sunday Morning Edition. T WASHINGTON,D. C. WEDNESDAY . November 22, 1922 YHEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvanla Ave. New York Office N St. w: Tower Building. European Office : 16 Legent St.., London, E: The Evenlug Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carrle at 80 cents por wouth month; Sunday only. within the city only. 45 cents cents per month. il or 'telephone. Mafn Collection {s made by carriers at the end of cach month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily and Sunday..1y o $8.10; 1 mo., 70¢ $6.00: 1 mo., Sue Il Other States. 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It has | provided for. societies of every descrip- | sciations and other | ple at the polls signified their disap- ! groups, almost constantly in session. ! proval of the ship subsidy proposition, | designation, rolled as senatos of this re, to her ins for a woman | sen by the votes of the ped- his situation nd it still ren as seated make ich a choice here- the rtue of House of Rep R for them in the 1 unomalous about the rence in the quall enator must be at least old. while & member | House need be only twenty-| nom- | ear been el would have | to though sden- tion. | short " would have been To be 4 compliment, ficance than and it is rded in the adminis of n with reason deny n legis- | have No American ¢ in opening throughout the of American dlly in recent part in practical in the sciene within a comparatively politics. They have proved themselves | as capable of judgment gs the men. | maintained as ort time, in high a| righteousness, | They have perhaps higher. If the women of this country have | helped. A distinguished woman bear- done all this th titled to place in the I representativ not enly en- but they are needed | there, to bring to the making of the | laws of the what Is right and best for the Ameri- can commonwealth. —_————— It is predicted that liquor will be the subject of controvel generation. It has been the subject of ny generations ument in one for another y for so m that to conclude the ar ‘would be properly regarded as making pretty good time. —_— —————— Clemenceau is now encountering the circumstances, obliged to limit itse!f to dinner invita- [ —— The British Plurality. David Lioyd George, In a comment the recent British elections. printed in today's Star, say: I observe that the prime minister in returning thanks to the nation claims that he has received a vote of con- fidence from the people of this coun- try. Out of a total poll of 15,000,000 his candidate secured jess than 6,000.- Making full allowance for this figure cannot height much uncontested seat: ‘be stretched ou above 6.000.000. That meéns that only two-fifths of the electorate voted con- in the administration, three-fifths voked confidence in other leaders or groups. A minority of three millions in the could hardly be claimed as a vote of referendum This is a condition that has de- veloped on several occasions in the TUnited States, and it is due in great- est measure here, as abroad, to the splitting of opposition votes among groups that become the minority in the representative as: .nbly. It is an almost inevitable consequence of a ecattering of parties, a departure from the two-party line of cleavage. Plainly no single party in the pres- ent conditions in Great Britain is like- - + 1l majority vote. such e vote is requisite to determine as an unmistakable mandate for government, the minority groups must coalesce into a single uni- fied opposition, or the two minor oppo- sitlon parties, differing grades of liberals, must separate into the con- serative or the laborite ranks. no other way can the numerical test of strength at a national referendum be surely made definite, short of a political landslide such as that which eccurred in this country in 1920, Parliamentary government almost 'ways involves the possibllity of gov- gnmenb by plurality rather than by In this country it is possible for a're- | publican Congress to be elected with a smaller total republican vote than that cast for the democratic candidates. It has several times happened that a party candidate has been elected cast for his opponent, owing to the division of the vote by states, just as the votes for Congress are divided by states and districts. This fact has | been often noted, but no change in |the system has ever been seriously at- tempted. When third party movements have gained headway they have at times resulted in the election of mere- 1y plurality and even minority admin- istrations and legislatures. Lloyd George cannot gain sympathy for his own cause by pointing out the fact that Bonar Law's total vote was a million and a half short of a na- tional majority. His own vote was much shorter. The Safety Week Speakers. Responses to the call for help in the Safety week work have been prompt i and numerous. It is realized that the { Particularly have the speakers come . | forward with tenders of service. The { committee on speakers has a long list i of available talent, and there will be no lack of oral activity throughout | the week. These speakers have an opportunity !to drive home to thousands, to practi- the weelk, certain truths regarding ifety. For Washington offers an ex- ticnal rumber of speaking places. and citizens' § clubs i tion. Every night there are scores of meet- ings, and if all of these meetings are "i covered during the week with safety | speakers the entire long list will be { required to fill the bill. ! the audiences at the theater the infants, too voung to heed. will rot have in the course of the six days { heard tie word of safety. It is. of course, not enough merel. the message of care and con- tion.” It must be sounded so and vividly that all will heed. It must be sounded, too, with care not to antagonize. This is not a movement, It is a movement for eve hody. for everybody riders and walkers, those who drive as well as those who are driven, those who walk one day and ride the ne: There are no distinctions, and there but one rule, the rule of care and | consideration. If the safety speakers put that mes- sage over to the thousands they will address next weck they will start Washington right on the course of security in the stree The People Taking Notice. The people are keenly interested in public business. The animation on Capitol Hill yesterday was noteworthy. The Capitol building was crowded. The galleries of the House chamber where the joint session of Congress was held were jammed. The scenes recalled the many stirring days when the Paris peace treaty was up, and which led to the rattling campaign of 1920 and the smashing vote of that year. | The President was in the picture. He ing a senatorial commission—the first woman so honored—and a second woman member of the present House were in the picture. They helped. But, in addition, what was entering into the interest exhibited was the fact that Congress had assembled on spe- cial call; that the President was pre- senting a policy of great consequence to the country and inviting a show- down. Here was the beginning of a tussle fraught with many possibilities. It was worthy of note, too, that the throng was nationally representative. Washington was out in force, but vis- itors to town were numerous and from all sections. North, south, east and west had contributed, and the surge tinues, even as long as two years. 'The | dangerous conditions affect everybody. { | the church, social. business, civic and | | special group organizatjons is ad- ‘!th'ossr(l by a safety | week the message of care and con- deration will be carried to the greater | can: part of Washington. If in addition | obligated to stand by the party’s prom- . particu-f ises than are the republicans serving is concerned. | imust be growing a duced a satisfactory side-stepper. { clu relic hunters had not appeared so early to carry them from the scene. to the scheme of the eternal triangle in politics. most impossible for a statesman to avoid risking unpopularity on one point or another. the tendency of radicalism to develop on strict lines of conservatism. U. S. A. is too big. Germany reached that decision during the war. not be interpreted as a version of the cynical aphorism *‘Look out for No. 1!" ized in Ttaly even the fashion dictators | were defied. i was compositely American. i Let us all hope the interest con-| mandate of 1924 should express a coun.ry thoroughly and thoughtfully aroused, and be of a character 8o clear there will be no difficulty experienced about obeying it. t Mussolini has tried the interesting' purposes of law and order instead of letting it run to violence. i The most pessimistic diplomat will admit that issuing invitations to a con- ference is at least better than draw- ing up the plans for a battle. & About all the sultan asks of the present powers in Turkey is a one-way thoroughfare to a place of safety. \ Many a statesman proves not to be as radical as he was painted during the campaign. Prison as & Remedy. This is from a special which ap- peared in yesterday's Star from Rock- ville, Md.: That imprisonment sentences will hereafter be the rule in the circuit court here In all cases of violations of the gambling a1d liquor laws was strongly intimated by Judge Peter in court yesterday in a short address to the grand jury before discharging: it from further service at this time. “Fines of $500, or even $1,00 clared Judge Peter, “mean nothing more to these people than small license fees. The only way to break up these establishments and drive these lawless elements from the coun- ty is to send some of them to prison Judge Peter has the right notion about bootleggers and knights of the green cloth. A money penalty’ is of small moment to them. They pay it gladly and easily. Their profits are so large they care little for assessments ‘made by a judge or a jury. “Each man should mind his business,” “In doing so, he’s more or less I'm trying every day to be ‘Without intruding on the glee “For he who happiness would find His sad or blissful state of mind The aid to general distress Is minding his own business’— left so far behind?” Senator Sarghum, ‘“of mistaking his own after.dinner speeches for the experiment cf organizing a mob mf |volce of the people.’ country?” asked the sheriff. m CAPITAL KEYNOTES proposition. They do care for that. Even the boldest of them, without shame as to conviction when only a fine Impends, Walks warily and ginger- ly when he knows that the end of the walk may be through a prison door. This was exemplified some years ago in a state where pistol-toting, although President by a smaller vote than that ! forbidden by law, was common prac- tice and homicides numerous. Offend- ers when exposed paid fines without protest—even with a smile. But when jail sentences, made advisable by con- ditions, began to be imposed the toters revised their conduct, and a hip pocket went out of fashion on an order for trousers. ‘The situation throughout the coun- try would be greatly improved if the views of this Maryland judge prevailed among and were applied by occupants of the bench. ——— The Critics Divided. Some agreemerit among the oppo- nents of the administration should be reached as to the explanation of the great difference between the election returns of 1920 and those of this year. As matters stand confusion exists on the subject. The enemies of protection ascribe it to the tariff. The people, it is declared, have seen a light. They realize now that trade barriers are out of date, and, if continued, will prevent the realization of the American dream of {an enlarged business with foreign countries. The advocates of the bonus ascribe bill. The people, they assert, resented the treatment of the men who won the war. The clalms'of those men should have been acknowledged and And now it is asserted that the peo- and the President is criticised for | bringing it forward in the face of that condemnation. And yet the republicans, although in reduced numbers, will be in the ma- If every one of these meetings of { jority in both houses of the Sixty- eighth Congress. Should they undo all that has been done, and abandon all speaker next!that remains to be done to redeem the promises of 19202 Will the republi- of the next Congress be less larly the movies, are similarly ad-|in the present Congress? The man- dressed. the message will reach prac- | date of 1920 in its unredeemed features | tically all of Washington. The mes-|js still running. i sage should, of course, he sent into e ! the schools, through thé teachers or! - (o this time Kemal has not made others. If that is done then onl¥ [j pleasant for anybody: not even for Sultan Mohammed, sustain. —_—et—————— Unele Sam is demonstrating to the world his ability to give respectful at- | tention to the deliberations of nations i without undertaking to meddle in their | affairs. By this time the new near-kaiserin little weary of ser tell about what a to be, German aviation has perfected a glider that is giving wonderful results, but German finance has not yet pro- i There” might have béen even more es in the New Brunswick case if i A third party threat is necessary ! Tssues are so numerous that it is al- } The soviet government illustrates 5 Some of our economists fear the i The slogan “Safety First!” should ‘When the black shirt was popular- SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. One’s Own Business. Said Hezekiah Bings; Engaged in generous things. As happy as I can, Of any fellow man. Discovers, in the end, On others must depend. ‘Which any mortal brings Said Hezekiah Bings. Common Mistake. “How did our friend happen to get “Made the usual blunder,” replied Usual Result. Some conferences grave are held. ‘When they are o'er The world decides it is compelled To hold some more. Crimson Guich Reports Hold-up, “Any hold-ups, in this part of the “Yes,” answered Cactus Joe as he —_ “If all de reports ‘bout sinners is THE ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO ‘WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1922 Here and There in Was THE LANTERN = hington BY “THE MAJOR” i BY DON MARQUIS. Archy Confesses. the local men had exhausted their BY PAUL V. COLLINS. queries, ask the' candidate for honors one or two questions that apparently could not be answered, and he also prepared his star for the ordeal. On the evening when the congressional aspirant arrived at the hostile town he found the opera house crowded to He had not proceeded far in his speech when he was inter- rupted by a man in the audience, who wanted to know his views upon a He not only an- interrupter, stated that he would be glad to an- swer any question put to him. Only once or twice during the balance of his talk did any interruptions occur. enemy’s guns. Just before the closing part of his speech the friendly heckler arose and prearranged The speaker paused. The silence was tense, and this is how the would-be lawmaker got away with It. to a picture of George Washington, over which hung the Stars and Stripes, he paused for a full minute, and then, advaneing to the very edge of the foot- S Washington grows, necessary that appropriations for its needs must be in- It is an economic condition, a natural law, and must be complied with. that we have not received from the of Congress all that should have been given, nor will we receive all that is necessary unless we adopt a plan which will thoroughly demon- strate to the lawmakers just why certain sums of money are needed for the purpose of carrying on municipal While there is no desire to criticize the efforts of those who have presented the case of the District to Congress during the past few years, vet there has not been the whole- hearted effort made that should have The average member of Con- gress is a pretty human and good sort of an individual, and if he is the opportunity personally to view the needs of the nation’s capltal he will, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, lend his ald in securing really needed appropriations; while he represcnts, in part, either his state or a section of his state, he, too, has a pride in the home of the national government. the representatives of different civic organizations have from time to time been present at hearings or grace- tully draped themselves around the walls of the committee Tooms while hearings on the District’s needs were being held. right direction. patriotic citizens have the time and means of transpor- Next week the slogan “Courtesy” | office, speaks noble words of wisdom: is to be pasted on every automobile c parked within reach of the Automo- tive Trade Association of Washing- “I do not think women realize the true dignity of their position in the Motherhood s next to divine Home is the source of all hap- s and national kit dignity must be protected, and that is It is for this that they catches the crowd shakespeare if that is an indication that automo- bilists have greater need of the les- son than have pedestrians and every What a pleasant world this would be if all the scowls were supplanted with What does courtesy but the spirit of kindly interest in woman's task. should use the ballot.” No wonder they speak of her down the Grand Ol Woman eighty-seven y and if she can teach such | entiments as those to America, she will be greater than a senator. low browed the fish wife and the laugh of the horse shakespeare certain question. are frequentiy does not lessen one’s self-respec of Gov. Parker of Louis- manifest respect for others; on the|!#n2 in Wushington for the purpose contrary every act of courtesy, mark- ing the refinement of the one, show- ing stch constderation of others, not | S'4le of Wwhich he is chief executive only brings kindly thanks from the |5 @8 10 wrest it from the power o but a self-conscious of worthliness to the one thus play ing the part of a gei So, next week, eve of appealing to the federal govern- ment to take over the control of the in bill s behalt are adduced the Ku Kiux Klan, is one of the most » beneficiary, coarse laugh i | federal history discloren ; | ¥. scloses a new he would chuckie 10 hear <uch guft courtesy, as well as in safety. be a happy not harbor unkind thoughts and | under the £overnment the federa! rough stuff cause he liked rough stuff hoping you are the =ame mere bowing and saying “Excuse me while half-concealing a “If it is your will that I represent you in Congress, then I will treat this matter in the same manner that you would or that the father of his coun- try would have if the question had arisen during the troublesome days of our fight for the independence of this glorious republic of which each one of us is an important factor.” the Constitution gua state in the Unlon 1 forin of government. usurpation of power by It is true that dew of Heaven both the giver and the receiver. Parker has been made _secret Ku Klux K! | which includes in its secret member | by the powerful, It would not be historically correct The Darwinian theory of the evolu- tion of man has been atfacked by an in Kentucky. member rcading in one of Darwin's books about an interesting fish that lives in a big cave in Kentucky, which has become blind as a species through failure to use itx eves. JVe don't know think of this * are the victim to say that former President Wilson" “fourteen points’ found a coun- not a man to organization is appealed to the nation {ment for help indicates the serious jness of the sit F vou have any Idea that Secretary of the Navy Denby. Gen. Lejuene or Gen. Smegley Butler are the only boosters that are on the job twenty- four hours a day, you had better re- vige that opinion. while passing down 7th street, T no- two young men front of one of the attractive recruit- ing signs which advertises the mani- enjoved by the side of the a marine, snappy-looking—one of the kind that vou like to have on your right flank. - not given suppo in the south. The 1 « for Congress ar executive to fuce the situation square- There cannot be two recognizedl # governments in the justification with and take a senator or a repre- sentative on a tour of the city and point out to him just what the money is needed for, E pursued there Is little doubt but that Congress will be glad to vote the re- While, of course, it is true that this is a period of retrench- ment and the cutting of financial cor- ners, It must also be acknowledged | that the United States government is not on the financ comparison world. it is sitting pretty in a well- protected harbor. But woe 10 the congressman who fail: to see the point when the fair Jad we should if this polic: jand function The other night, of a habit of &sso- clating ideas, and the only other time we ever saw Darwin and Wentucky in connection with h to go on record as heartily In sympathy with the Ken- tucky organization, and we trust that it will abolish Darwin, very wicked man, we have heard, and could not possibly have been elected President of the U he alive toda ‘to the Joblies. with a request ether and determine c really wants, that they get to, what the woman's bl life as a statesman would be easier. quired money. standing in be fought to a finish wherever it shows itself. un-American and It is cowardly ruffianism. assoclated was this fish. We w Secretary of the Navy water wagon, advantages against each other, and one class of 1 other classes. . and since local au- who was aj left but for the govern- personal m: ited States were rwin and his id should have been abolished lonz ® * ¢ indeed, weren't they abolished long ago, and then didn't they come cropping up again? should be abolished again and again and again. His theory about the blind fish becoming blind through the con- joint effects of heredity apd environ- in citizen clothes, have heard Quantico describing the many advan- tages that his branch of the service offers you would have felt like en- { listing then and there. cription, when vou joined the ma- rines you got everything there was And whilé T am not quite | certain that T heard correctly, T think that you got special consid- ter whether naval s did Lincoln, URING the campaign just pa a certain member of Congress w i tipped that he was 50ing to he asked cer questions when he vis of his opponent, campaign man him that he mus ing on all six that evening. The be- whom it should i fore-mentioned { have heen his pious duty to shield and ssx mob's dis- | though today it would be changed to stion that if they country cannot re half bullied.” main half free and A mob that is secret is A secret mob is a coward and a traitor to free, lawful institu- had no bread the: No matter. From his de- buttermilk—p for the goat that gives it. ted the home | or Capper makes tie putting ¥ Ford in charge of condition on which the x it the republ The terms of lease of the waterpower idy bill will be voted ways struck us as especially absurd it is obvious that they were created blind fish as a special cr ation, because blind fish were needed and desired in the universe. We are probably the most resoiutely orthodox person writing in the pub- We are always painstakingly careful to keep our rec- several vears ago, we said in print that there wasn’t ed by compromises and | any hell. We still remember the storm | deals and mediocrity get the better of | ypa¢ proke over distinction and old experience. be enacted’ Thanksgivir | that they win stick | President Harding will give thanks That is the same da the pig that ttor will pe ranged to have a friend of his, after | bumped off. EDITORIAL DIGEST e | friction is felt under the seniority uld probably be increased by Chairmanships meat doth this Was! o {he becomes the Vashington the United is happy in rhiter of our fat Daughters of m‘ the maker of our B And will he get all the muscles out of the trenches before Christmas? convention here. The north wants to know the southerners bet- ter, and be known better by them. regions have much commor, and have often suffered by | misurderstandings lack of a mutual A most hearty welcome 1 results will mark the of the misunderstand- t and even of the pres- jent are astonishing, unjustified and Get togethe nvention of the American Leglon In onstrated how easy | Seniority in Congress Committes Chairmanships Again Under Fire. The letter of Senator mick of Illinois to | great soldier and statesman he used | POt Lod8e. Senate republican lead- | er, suggesting that the rule of sen- in the selection of the various committees has been made general editoria] discu crete proposal indorsement. wise man cannot answer. far from being that kind of a questioner. hut surely he expects too | alodfness men when he pounds lists of conundrums and then says he has mot very much use for| If college gradrat | easily be att for the tw It taught us a We never dared We became a friend of hell people who guarantee its perpetuity muzh as cer- j4ain powers of Christendom have al- ways guaranteed the integrity of Tur- Xey. In fact, we have made hell one of the characters in our column, re- ferring to it whimsically at times, but respecttully, too. that it is harder to get into hell than it used to be a couple of hundred The cool and unchastened way | years ago, but we no longer say that in which it is now put forward does | ¢ hopeless to try. {ndicate much ‘more than that |1t i3 absolutely hopeles 7 leaders realize that to have even slative program will { when our senators agree inste: fighting like cats and dogs.” Philadelphia Public Ledger (independ- ent republican) feels the implied “age limit threat may work havec.” citing that many of the leaders of the Sen- ate would be affected. the opinion much of the growing out of chairmen and substant meeting. Som ings of the p: don’'t know ion. The con- of the Baltimore un (democratic), the real motives be- move should be inasmuch as, the proposal always has had it is rarely in flush and lush republican But there is a disposi- in certain quarters to that, coming at this time, when radi- | cals of the La Folle are the ranking members, and next in line to the chairman of their com- mittees, the plan contains a hidden It is conceded that the sub- Ject will be one of fruitful debate in party circles until the assembling of the next Congress. “Under a really responsible govern- | ment the chairmen of the important committees of the House and S must necessarily be men, of seniority, who are actively in sy pathy with the White House policies and who are prepared to stand or fall istration's program.” (democratic the soundness the Bugges Mr. Edison obj tionalism and be just Americans all. much merit in work: and, Le B be made superintendents aveeks of appr What the college i the end of six weeks (eith a hundred times what he will conf, he comprehends e and Borah type statssmen are against the inequi tion law, which of our immigra- admits into America of each na- ¥, based on the number of th i same nationality rding to the c out discussipg the details of Italy's 1y we must agree with other protests against xclusion of izling Knows, : thing against It is more than likely that Aunt Prudence Heckle- bury tells us that she has heard so. if they are £ the shadow of leader- ship left to them they must at least pretend to make concessions to the from Iowa and other points west soon to come in. the advice Eagle (independent) Zdison. he is at the end of six wee Let him paddie the breakers until half drowned, and then there w hope that he may ‘undesirables’ nsus of 1912 This column is printed simultan ously in a couple of dozen papers scattered all the way from Califor- nia to Massachusetts and from Min- nesota to Georgla, and necessarily it is written five or six days before The consciousness that it will be nearly a week before we see In type what we have written sometimes comes between us and a fresh enthusiasm; we wonder if we shall feel five days hence just what we feel today, and we become too tame and cautious in the expression of an opinion. the Brooklyn doubts it will “established customs and venerable traditions are hard to overcom New York Post (Independent) thinks the letter “is less important as indi- cating a change in the spirit of the next Congress than as forecasting another struggle for control of the organization. |change in that control means also a decided change of policy the repub- licans will be in danger of losing the election of 1924 by default. Because many s tay in the Senate, News-Leader _(independent-damocratic) the position y should be completely abandoned and “roughly speaking, one committee chairman in ten can be considered the best equipped mem- ber of the Senate for the duties as- It should also be con- ceded, the New Haven Register (In- he country needs this reform, and that is' important The party needs it, and the welfare of party, after all, underlies a great part of our politics.” News (republican) believes that “the thing to do is to make such readjust- ments as the circumstances plainly indicate are desired by the majority : The republican party is called upon to put its house in If it does not meet the de- mands so clearly expressed by the people there need be no speculation as to what will happen in 1924." Keep on Smiling Just the Same. Another brickbat has been hurled complacency. In addition, the e sands of time. % { desirable immigrants at all. but we certainly do {tion of the Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, congresswoman, kind that we We have too many millions of es untilled: too many jobs for both led 2nd unskilled unfilled, for us eut willing and competent § with_the admi York World holds, after admitt of Senator McCormick's argument The World takes the position. how publication. newly-elected who will fill out a fraction 8ays she “has come into the political world like a clap of thunder. kas only a few months to serve, a after her the deluge. Wonder if she is related to Huck Huck was a philosopher. discovered that “Solomon, he no wise Oughter had a b'jler fa have a bliler factry ye kin shet down a bliler ver kin shet down 1,000 _What makes a is human labor. s no wealth but that which measures the human labor that has gone into its were abandoned the republican lead- ers would be adrift,” and that * tor McCormick nation strong’ might as well them to cut their own throats and be The trouble does not the Richmond done with it.” lie with the seniority rule, view of the New York Tribunte (re- publican), because “what the major- ity requires is not only new leader- ship, but a new spirit and a new out- A better average of vigorou republicanism what will be needed in the new Sen. ate before any change in leadership lead anywhere.” Tribune (progre: plains it would not oppos in itself"—in fact, long service Sif a mountain of pured vered, the world would 'ry. kase if | gold were dis not be materiall | What labor would be carry it to human reach and convert to human use. holds that, But we are at the present moment in the clutches of an enthusiasm that will endure, for we have seen great beauty on the earth, the noblest of greatly interpreted —we have just seen John Barrymore Barryniore has done a wonderful thing—he has brought out the poetry of Hamlet's nature; he has shown him alwavs the prince, the aristocrat, and he has, in addi. tion, made him a human being, 2 fellow-creature with whose doubts and despairs and sufterings we sym- We have enjoyed the Ham- lets of other actors, but no other has ever stirred our pity and our sympathy to such an extent. We got @ thing that we thought we might never get again in the theater: the sense of & person living his life, instead of the sense of an actor tak- ing a part. F If you can’t do it any other way, mortgage the property and go and see this production. . Huck’says that it is usual for | it now congressmen to keep in the back- the first three or four years: but as she is elected only, for a few is the daughter of a former senator, education in the Capitol, she will con. sider her years of apprenticeship a: past, and begin talking on the ‘Do-1t- | openminded signed him." o esuty on ihe ¢ law-ubiding ety much wealth. that axiom, 1y because of the Pos- transient_disturbance of class in terms of dependent), says, The Chicago sh classes may deny ive republican) ex: ggests that equilibrium, “should decide when other considerations balance, insists that the country demands the best and that because of this the rule should be abandoned so that The Buffalo | healthy, law-respecting producer thaf is shut out of America is & loss to immigration law: should be revised 5o as o sift—not the nation. FormW@r Senator Rebecca Latimer Felton, having retired from political of the people. “men who have the qualifications” of destroy—immigration. leadership can dominate the commit- Somewhat similar is the posi- ion of the Lansing State Journal (in- dependent), which believes that “it is time changes were made In the rule whereby something else besides years of service would count.” Because all efforts to end selection by senlority have falled in the past, the Milwaukee Sentinel (Indepen feels that “it probably will be better and more practicable, instead of set- ting up a speculative test of fitness, to concentrate against cases of ob- vious and demonstrated ~unfitness. Even this most modest task is bound | cheerful. considerable difficulties. With the senatorial situation as it the Waterloo Tribune (independent) believes “the progressive radicals, will fight for the seniority rule now, because they believe—and have right to belicve—that the regu- lars would deny them the power that comes with control of the great com- mittees of the Senate. ably the Senate could better sorve by abrogation of the seniority rule, but this fact is lost sight of in the fac- tional fight to comg” denied, the Petersburg Progress and Index Appeal (independent) argues, that “the seniority rule is one which has never worked in either branch of Congress in the interest of the public. But those who undertake to force either house to abandon the seniority stem will be entering upon the flght And the Springfield insister _that Lived in Washington as a Boy, - Returns to Do Big Public Job OMPARATIVELY officials in the National Capi- today have as a back- ground for their Washington the city as it was thirty-five years ago, when it stlll closely resembled the “City of Magnificent Distances” of at American Moravsky, who evidently traces her ancestry to Slavic origins, says in the Outlook that we smile too much, over- do optimism, appear always much too She objects strenuously to “'Iollr happy little verbal admonitions, ay it with a smile, ; she's especlally anxious to es- cape “the voice with a smile.” tually, she fears for our sanity: It can’t be right, all this cheerfulness; anger and gloom and bitterness must have place, she insists, or our very cheerfulness will wear us mentally All of which may be very psychology, which may fit in with what may be called the ataviem of Miss Moravasky; as for healthy-minded Americans, we shall doubtless continue to count our perennial “smile that won’t come off™ as our happlest indulgent with the our sanity are based on a Slavic pre- disposition to gloom. really a diseas northwest, only a block or two from the White Hous Handling international claim cases is mot new to Mr. Morris. lawyer of high standing, and In 1903, when the settlement of the claims against Venezuela was pressing, and Venezuela finally agreed to thelr ar- bitration through the good offices;of - the United States, Mr. Morris was Be- lected to conduct the work, just asihe= has been in the present controversy 3 with Germany. temperamental Castro’ was President of Venezuela. Mr. Morris handled the claims in which Germany, Great Beit- ain and other countries were intér- ested, and came out of the job with fiying colors. During the world war Mr. Morra was counsel for the government in prosecution whose propaganda work for the cen- tral powers created a sensation in | this country and elsewhere. graduate of the Yale University Law School, and has studled law also in Europe, and later dellvered series of lectures at Yale dealing with interna- tional law and the laws of other i As American agent for the German-American mixed claims com- ‘mission, it is his duty to prepare and argue for the Americans, the claims advanced by them against Germany. Thousands of these claims. ranging from lost parcel post packages valued at not more than $5 to damages for properties valued at $20,000,000 or more, are now pending in the files of the American agent's.offics. He will - shape and lay’ few public “Grin and bear Puzzled Pedestrian Asks Crossing Rules To the Editor of The Star: In connection with the proposed “gafety week,” in which I am per- sonally interested to the extent that. 1 have no wish to depart hence under the nose of some automobile, may I ask your valuable paper to answer the following questions, that for some reason do not seem to be covered by any advice to the needy that I have 80 far observed? (a) Are traffic officers instructed to pay sny attention to pedestrians at street crossings? My good friend the traffic cop says, emphatically, no. (b) With automoblles (as usual) entirely obstructing the cross walk, and others making a right-hand turn, should & pedestrian caught in the mid- a still earlier generation. o Clark Morris of New York, has recently come ‘Ungquestion- American agent At ghat time It cannot be claims of Ameri- citizens agalnst Germany before the mixed German-American claims commis- sion, lived here as It smiling 1Is {ake’a more serlous turn and become urn and beco! an epidemic.—Baltimore News. s Jud Tunkins says the mosquito has|sy: its horn and the lightning bug its lan- tern; proving that the humblest insect | «the advisability of the change should has to carry itd traffic signals, same as a fitvver. of their lives.” Union (independent) che. fambiie one of the old bi- cycles, with a tre- ROBERT C. MOBRIS. 1nendous wheel and a little one behind, bring- ing it here with him from his fam- ily’s home In Connecticut. Even In those days, however, Washington was paved with asphalt, and the contrast of riding over the smooth streets here, in comparison with the rough travel- ing in Connecticut, made an Impres- sion on the youngster. He attended the Emerson Institute of that day. The Morris family, who were not here because'of political or official reasons, but merely for the sake of living here during the winter in the capital with its many attractions, oc- ‘which stood: on the Life insurance people say men's waists are\getting larger. probably been measuring over the hips.—Indianapolis Star. They ‘didn’t bob their hair because it was style, but théy are now worry- ing because longer in styl Teledo Blade. Under the decision o Court limiting citizenship by, the naturalization® route to the whites, the reds are again out of Lansing State-Journal Indefinife prolongation of human life is sald now to be near realiza- d part of it is that some of the reformers probably will try to make it compulsory.—Rich- mond Times-Dispatch. t from a bi e e be considered entirely on the basis of merit without the;:ljeetlon of the is- sue of party expediency.” The Boston Transcript (independent ublican) unqualifiedly indorses the tion of the rule of_ sexiority. the Senate and the House, be. cause “unless it is adopted party dis- integration at Washington will con- tinue and that sense of ‘party spon- sorship’ in government, without which nod ty is fit to govern, will grow er instead of stronger.” It like- wise is the opinion of the Indianapo- 1is News (independent) that “the pro- very decidedly in the and would tend to more efficient, or, at York Ti 0“(!“‘4e olh;r hand, the New. Yor! mes (Independ- democratic) points out thst a dle of the street, when by every right it is his time to cross the street, crawl under, over or between ma- chines panting to torpedo said hum- ble pedestrian? (c) Are traffic officers instructed to see that the cross walks are clear before diverting the route of traffic? 1 have dally seen traffic diverted with- out warning with from a dozen to £ the Supreme sed change is Dublic _interest, parked his flivver. “The price of gaso- | jeast, fi‘:. line went up egain yesterday.” tion, and the g:l‘c at this time would affect aen- 1ike {250 3 the ‘seots. Wk, e i ria gy put them. Inte cupled a house ° {site ot the.