Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . November 29, 1922 he be obliged to dodge back out of Jdanger when a machine is driven over the intersection. Yet, save at the traffic-officer crossings, this often hap- pens. At such crossings the impulses of the traffic permit alternate move- ments north and south and east and west, but it is common to find the vehicles halted well over the white lines: in fact, crowding up to the very !lines of the curb, awaiting the first ger j chanee o get through. When at the impulse points t aflic in one direction is checked th muators should be held at the far side the crossing space, and should not driven upon that space. Then the peeple afoot can get across with as- ance and can make their way straight without dedging in and out ‘hetween the standing cars. A ss-walk rule, confining the pede 1 to the intersections, will nev » effeetive unless and until the driv respect the pedestrians at and yield them a rea- zht of way. Such a rule will ver be tolerated unless the walking spac a safe space. and it be safe, the lines will not mean any- thing, if the pedestrian at such a point THEODORE W. NOYES., Editor per Company | a Ave. of each wmonth. Rate by Mail—Iay Mary Jraily and § . £10.00: 1 mo.. S: 70051 mo., 61 ere i sively entitled of all news dis. | those pok sonable E Pershing on Preparedness. Gen. Pershing mukes an earnestjis compelled to assure his securlty that America should not be i through agility £ t unprepared in the event of an- | r war. He docs not sce any par- ticular war ¢loud darkening the hori- zon, but he knows his history, and nnot Liind himsclf to the fact that The Crime of Greece. Greece has dealt herself a desperate blow in the act of barbaric vengeance i cach seneration the Unized States | COMMitted yesterday at Athens. when has engaged in a major war. Having |9% 1eaders of the former regime were i i the Lessons of e sorld war, ]t to death after court-martial upon = ¢ an. | Charges of conspiring to commit high onfiics ducs ot Tie ahead, | treason. Already Great Britain, it would he celminal nes. | loken of denunciation of this de £ of ubricus @uty to permit the|has withirawn from diplomatic soung men ofthe coming generation | U0 and other powers, nmy do the 10 grow up without military training. “‘;"“'j‘ B e o) e In commen with all other right-: = “ Saianae ine men, Gen. Perching hapes | commission of such an act, when the e will not come: but he s not will.{ POW TS are i coniference at Lautanne ; S upon matters vitally affecting the to aceept hope for assurance. A 3 man who owns a home hopes it will | ('“'"’; Wellare: h"‘" jBstuerRuntinely ot burn down, but if he is a prudent “_‘; "; “"““:“;v;‘_:r ";‘_f’“&:“‘;l offithess man he insures t loss by fire. S mem ao de ey Y Troparedness for war is not only com. ¢ have deserved some punishment fr atic ot inst fire, but their conduet, was an act of atrocious t partakes also of the nature of fin-[f;:“"" _:"h't"::;,"“' 9f consonancemty wotection. There is less probability SPICILOL this age. i il have cecasion ty| The specific charge against the six make war if other nations know it is '_"“"'f ‘i‘:‘g’":'h ":f ‘:‘l" ‘;’ ::;"’“ "“"’:h“-‘l‘ 3 its clonts, Justify the death penalty, was tha It is not in support of any heavy ‘"‘r"-‘ Xe‘”::“":‘g’;“ ;‘r‘"“"“‘f“j““‘“f‘_':"xf““ turden of armaments that Gen. Persh- :‘f“r‘mmf‘ A “ri_‘mm“l"‘ .m ‘lhm’:’f ing argues. He wants the youth of the | (onstantine’s re o) Ane e ind trained in the rudiments of sol| bt by terroristic methods they "h'““d ng. to the end that they may not seiiiial reRen te) thow, be in part prepared to defend the ; B e I 2 me be better citi- | Constantinople “and thereby brought Tt conclusion | about the enemy’s offensive and the f fhe recens odueational conference | cobaDSe Of the Greck front in 4 “1d in Washinaton that the training | Minor, thus deliberately delivering cen in the reserve elements of the | ' arge part of the army into training campe | enemy’s hands.” “constitutes an_ effective machinery| PO the lsuprems blunder of the through which much can be done, not || CATPalEn in Asia Minor, not Constan- o 5o henefit the individual from | tine OF his scheming advisers, but the Y tendmeimt of his physique ama |GTeek government preceding was re- self-discipline, but from the stand.|SPensible, and with the urglng of cer- Srnt ot nis relations th the govern. | tain of the allied powers. For the re- Faciit thabmrolecia Him G iwhlen e 1IN Of Constantiie opthetione & { certain element of the Greek people size: under chligations to defend.” Inl . 5 : ber words. the mroposed military | ¥a¥ Fesponsible. No small clique of a ‘ratning makes better Americansand | minority could have eflected \that restoration. nation's greatest need today is better Americans and better un- of what Americanism 7 The disaster in Asia Minor, it is known, was not due to blunders on the European side, but to mismanage- ment in the field, through overcon- fidence, through inadequate provision- ing and finally and chiefly to moralization within the Gteek ranks caused by the infiltration of bolshe- vism from the east. Civilization goes back a step when a nation turns in rage upon its mis- taken leaders and slays them for their blunders. Greece, long ago the seat of the world's culture, synonym in the minds of men today for honor and glory in statecraft and in war and in learning, has fallen deeply, indced, when it shows this sign of barharism and punishes with death acts that at most merited but imprisonment. —_————————— At present, as in the classic past, a Greek general faces his gravest peril when he comes back and reports to a displeased constituen for derstanding means. Tn supporting n. Pershing in his demand for military preparédness there is no thought to discouragze those earnest persons who would abolish war from amons the proba- bilities of humanity. They should con- tinue their efforts with unflagsing zcal, but until they are able to offer the world some better security than hope and gocd intentions the United States cannot afford to lay itself naked to possible enemies. —_—————— The Railroad Question. The railroad question goes over to the next Consr Chairman Cum- mins of the Senate interstate com- merce committee so announced yes- terday. It is probably a wise disposition of the question. The present is not a nd time for its consideration. The Senate’s card is erowded, and there is warm disputation in much of the busi- ness. A filibuster is already in evi- dence on the antilynching bill, and other bills as they are reached will draw fire, In such circums! s jastice could ot be done to a question of such im- yortance and difficulty as that of rail- yvoad transportation. The country is expecting much from a solution of that problem. Tt has been suffering many inconvenic and some heavy Insses from the railroad situation as ted and bequeathed by the war. Hence, whatever done should be deme with eaie and full deliberation. The commiitee work and the debate when that work is taken up in th « hamber should have a generous time pwance. it is to be remembered that the advo- cates of government ownership and operation of railroads have never re- laxed their cnergi that they are now as aggressive and full of hope as at any time since they organized; that wvery failure to give the proper serv- ice under private ownership and oper- atfon is in the nature of encourage- ment to them, and it is a fact that they are today calculating as to what another failure will yield them in the way of advantage in their further eiforts toward success. ————e————— suspicion is now ecntertained that . people in France engaged in de- vising German penalties have heen veping some of the news away from M. Clemenceau. is \ All political parties see elements of encouragement in the recent election; even the entirely nebulous third party. \ 1t is evidently Gen. Pershing’s opin- fon that it is time to revert to the old- i time discussion of preparedness. i European conferences are not satis- fied with Uncle Sam’s patient willing- ness to be a perfectly good audience. i There are difficulties in enforcing dry laws, as there are in enforcing l1aws of every description. i Skilled workers in the mavy yards are preparing to demonstrate that | they are also skilled bargainers. ) The Unsolved Crime. Failure of the grand jury of Sumer- ville, N. J., vesterday to find grounds for indictment in the Hall-Mills mur- deftnitely into the category of un- solved mysteries. For two and a half months this case has held the atten- tion of the country, millions reading daily of the developments, the finding of *“clues,” the uncovering of ‘“‘new witnesses,” the accusal and arrest of a man who was promptly released on collapse of the charge, the develop- ment of feuds between “‘eyewitnesses” and finally, after a delay that must stand as one of the most shameful procrastinations in the history of American criminal investigation, a grand jury and—adjournment. Originally the trouble in this case was caused by a conflict of county Jjurisdictions. It was not an instance of two counties competitively claiming authority, but of each of the two dis- claiming it. It seemed that neither side wanted anything to do with the case of the murdered clergyman and choir singer. As a result of this in- itial delay opportunities were un- doubtedly lost for the discovery of direct eviden and whoever com- mitted the crilme had time to cover tracks. Some day, somehow, this crime will probably be solved. Maybe it will be when the slayer dies and leaves con- trian should be safe. He should have | fession. Or perhaps some accomplice assurance that if he proceeds directly | will “peach,” or possibly some hither- across the street he will ba protected - to undetected bit of physical evidence A Between the Lines. All through the downtown streets of the city white lines have been painted wn the pavements to indicate the «rossings. They were placed there for Safety weck, as part of the educa- tional process which it is hoped will result in a reduction of accidents. A zreat many people who hitherto have not observed the cross-walks scrupu- lously are now Kkeeping within the lines. These white streaks are definite reminders of danger. It is impossible 1o overlook them. They should be kept as a permanent feature. Within those white lines the pedes- r \ ill not | the ! de- | der case probably puts that erime; from collision, He should not be ferced [ will bo uncovered. The chances are! yto jump and run to get across ahead always against complete and per- of an approaching motor, nor should | manent concealment, though casesare i i i i { ) ! 1 {were in the dumps that year. * had | President Grant the consideration to of record where crimes have gone for many decades and even some forever without solution. v THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1922. Protection Given a Slave Boy Threatened to End Army Career ———————————— The Greeley Campaign. In uppraising political discontent and a combination founded on it for the clection of a President of the herited and selt-developed United States we should not ignore or | fenting spirit has carrled him fail to be instructed by the campaign |through. He first came to Congress of 187 December 1, 1873, when he and “Uncle A Joe” Cannon were sworn in on the same day. In March,-1907, he made his first come-abck” after haing been out of EN. ISAAC R. SHERWOOD is the champion ‘“‘come-back™ man of Congress. His In- 2 number leaders They hands of of republican not enjoyed at the which they thought themselves en- the House for titléd. As they could not defeat him . more than thirty- for renomination they announced two years. He is dy to enter a combination to de- coming back ;at him for re-election. ! again in the Sixty A number of democratic leaders f cishth Congress in the dumps that vear. The in his eighty- in 1864 had tried McClellan ighth year by defeating Repre- inst Lincoln, and in 1868 Seymour against Grant, only to be overwhelmed the polis both Why not take ' sentative William W. Chalmers, who took his seat away ears. a new course under a new sort of g : teadership? from him two The result was the numination of g SE war, Horace Greeley, on a platform reprs n > X i crwood senting the progressivism of that da s 2 ;"’“"::o::“:;h':_ In discontented republ reles | EERITI L l‘n"g’ e u the more the Gree nomination i E 3 o 5 civil war record studied the more rapidly the discon-| GEN. SHERWOOD. S0/ B /oo tent dwindled. Grant, with all his shortcomings, looked good by com- parison with Greeley in democratic On September’ 4, 1862, he resigned as mayor of Bryan, Ohio, and pro- bate judge of Williams county to toggery. b enter the Army as a private at $11 In discontented democratic cireleS {, month. He was the first volunteer the more the Greeley nomination was!iy northern Ohio, and entered the {service two days after Fort Sumter studied the greater the wonder that such @ man should be carr: m;:ln:ul been fired upon. He was mu; the democratic banner. tered out as a brigadier general Oc- The result? On election d tober S, 1865, and in the mecantime s six times complimented in &pe 1 orders by commanding generals gallunt conduct in battle. He in 43 battles and 123 days under was first, and CGreeley nowhere on after the election Mr. died of deep humiliation and heart- breaks, and the p figure ut the bicr was President nt, ly | five. touchied by sorrow. Sherwood came quite naturally by his fighting strain. 1lis grandfather fought the English with Ethan Allan at Ticonderoga. His father fought them again in 1512. One would natu- rally think Sherwood got “fed up” on fighting in the civil war, but he wa wa sine G The New Tariff Law. A late Boston dispatch says: If the first month of the new tariff is an index the federal Treasury wi derive more than half a billion dollars X v from duties in: of the foffered his services again in the Span- four hundred sti- | jgh war, und was a member of the “nment o re- H. Clft of Hoa (|cCcantyfwarsoon ¢ Club said in his address at the | But during the civil war his career annual iz today. “The enact- | came near being summarily nipped ment of the Fordney-McCumber tarif | (27M¢ Bear be 2 ""{"‘] - _'l" estublishes the s < point of an-|in thebu OTithis Incident other era of pre for the United | perhiaps illustrates Gen. Sher- he declared. If this is true, it is important. Tf it is not true, the fact should be casy of | demonst Those who hold that the republican reverses in the recent campaign were i B oecastoned by the new tarit law are|Doubt Kansas Industrial Conrt demanding that the law be materialiy | Will Be Abolished. changed, if not indeed repealed, at! Whether or not * Allen ce once. Why keep on the books a law fdream of industrial pea is to be rejected by the country and therefore [listed among the casualties result- inimical to the party responsible for [ing from the sanguinary engage- it? {ment of November T scems to be as But here Is testimony that. to the {much a matter for editorial arsu-, {ment is the Kansas industrial extent the law was condemned at the | AL s s oolls last week, it was condemned on | COUrt itself. The governor-elec " s d that by electing him chief 5 th e 101 acrimonious == 3 ; debate n (Congress; which ;n?l‘\"‘“;m]‘hn\c dectsively repudiated the court until within a few weeks of election 1,3 that fts abolition is assured. day, ved the people when they €ast {rpere are elements in the case, how- their ballots. lever, which lead ecditors to doubt If the new law is immediately mak-{ ha; e ing good and confounding those wnn!..., Ot E enth @ s on Capitol Hill denounced the princi-| or, indeed. that it will even ple upon which it rested and predicted jcome to pass its fallure, the republicans have some-| “Mr. Davis is apparently not with- thing to reproach themselves with in out nt in the declaration of permitting the devate in Congress !\)[:Vrm]ln~":ll;;\.)n ”‘x‘f: thx:i.:xh: 'x‘nv, :c,:u: continue a full twelve months beyond | {pit SUFp (G0 SR Cldes, sin .for some time stood to that particular en- snould. ; “his party ha If. in.|in_opposition the time when it might, and bave heenBEOusnt to}e oione: ctment. * * * Dut there are some stead of a few weeks, the law had had spect that the signifi- a year in which to demonstrate itself may Il:u mlnrun- Tth i z is _not entirely the result on the Tth instant wmisht, T TG so far as it turned on the tariff issue, equivocally expressed to take what any refard as a backward step. have been different from what it was. | m . | Interpreting his e republican opponent, Washington Is visited by all kinds|orously supporte d by of people, even those who have to be irepudiation of the s to the New reminded to park their weapons clse- g where. r his industriul court vening ' for the ause “the te in " a point which onable view t to take, be court was lindustrial —————————— ihe Kansas campaisn® a polnt whic o < . | Go Allen’'s paper, the Wichita Bea- Soffas (e meather prophets in re-| /0 O odes But there were oth- ferring to Thanksgiving have failed t0 | op jssucs and other elements, editors ch spirit of the occasion. note, which the question put e by the Philadelphia Evening Public e L Will Kansas do it when Foot ball thrcatens to develop a|it to actual discontinuance of particularly rough form of sport im-{ " REOSCGEGNe e Minneapotis mediately after the game. Tribune, “it i going out of the way to say that the electorate of Kan ‘eal of its disapproval has set the on the court,’ appens that Mr. Davis ha the and, furthermore. “it n't a_great te _of this It is said that history repeats itself. A number of European politicians {h eal to say about Hope et L liseussed tribunal.” ~ From a jnesrer view, the Kansis City Times res uivocally a3 AMr. SHOOTING STARS. e vas nat elected to regeal the |!ndustr|ul “onurt law" and he “is not ¢ = SO Foing to do 1t The Times gives its EY PHILANDEE JOHNS0N. |rendon for making this statement pmewhat minutely. The voters who elected Mr. Dav One Thing or "Nother. i 25 ot have the industrial court la One)(hing orginother A T mdy it says. “otherwise they Keep comin’ along would have manlfesud’ t(!‘-‘at rlau»lz, c e 2%°% The farmers o e state Thelpreomit s {olocted Mr. Davis and elected him Orisiine {he Gong. {hocause he ix a farmer. ¢ s ¢ Dut lelile voting for a farmer for gov- One thing or 'nother {ernor, who was running on a plat- form declaring for the repeal of the Brings joy or dismay An’ eh T'd ruther industrial court law, they elected a An’ somehow, - republican legislature on a platform Lcep livin® vay. c for the maintenance and 2 in’, 5 ime T There was nothing what- Weire sttty my both | AW in the Kansas vote to indicate The tear an® the smile that the farmers of the state want- ¥ i 2 3 ie i strial cour! That makes life worth whilc. {eaution to clect a_legislature that ‘ould not change or repeal indication.” the amers i"l lm) ad: “that the S AL 5 s ! Tnion adds, ‘“tha speeches as Daniel Webster made’ n institution from swhich Thdeh public benefit is expected.” and “I wouldn’t attempt such a thing,” = 2, <ton Transcript is confident answered Senator Sorghum. “Daniel | the, BOSIOR CFEI0FI00K for any re- Webster had an advantage which I)versal of the record.” i ‘evertheless, the precise meaning shall yrict (altemptRtof CoDte ) T0e of‘\(‘;l‘:-“;leil!on seems to be a matter American public is a fine, intellectual | 3¢ opinion and interpretation, for the i audi . an | Wichita Eagle, for example. declares and discriminating audience. But Dan | e, emphatically that “the people raw G "¢ Kansas for the first time have of on their mind on the industrial “I'm lookin' forward to the time,” |court at the polls. They want notc said Jud Tunkins, “when we'll have|of ln""'l‘let I_Ds:l\:el:sln}sasymh :‘:w::; fifty-two safety weeks in every year.” overthrow a Lousiv the reacti not the unpop on in national politics and ularity of the industrial court that dragzed :h{; zm"“}’"m" 3 down in Kansas. But, so far as Hortense Magee went wl_th Bub Meers g::ll.\"‘mgmay be registered ata single The stars to see in movie spheres. felection. the voters of Kansas seem When Rudolph Val. came on the scene{to have given a mandate for the - i f the industrial court.” *It She sighed, “How graceful and se-|Shi{'\inrown out.” the Mobile Reg- rene! Musings of a Motor Cop. ister predicts, “and there will be few urners.” M ourners there are, however. To the Philadelphia Bulletin “abandon- ment of the tribunal at tfllea'rrelel:t i 1d be an u ‘ortunate out- time woul EZont s “aAnd Charlie, Doug. and all the rest, Although they do their level best, Not one of them to me appears i] o freak election.” A hera, like my own BubMeers: -"-‘;L‘L?u{,‘fy Ahe Kansas court has made e aites and “possibly has become Fickle Fortune. Wnpopuiar, still, In the opinion of “ 2 o wit 15 worth a longer trial, e the PaPS it 1t shall be abandoned at “I ain’t got no favorite game,” re-|fiis time it may be expected to re- lied Cactus Joe. “You're liable to{appear as the logical complement of :‘Ose at any of 'em.” tl‘l’geexllflng judicial system and as tha guarantor of industrial peace.” “Frichdship,” said Uncle Eben, “de- "The Boston Herald also is “sorry that pends on memory. A good friend re- the Kansas court is likely to be abol- ished. The country really owes some members yoh merits an' fohgits yoh faults.*™ thanks to Gov. Allen and his state for undertaking an experiment that the wholc nation has watched with | man wood's character. It fs the storv of how he had his sword taken away, was ordered for court-martial just before he achleved one of his greatest exploits—all because he lived up to his convictions and protected “one of ithe least of these"—a slave boy. After the battle of Perryville, Oc- tober 18, 1862, the 11th Ohio Regi- ment was encamped in the outskirts of Frankfort, Ky. A colored boy named Alfred Jacksonm, aged four- teen, a slave, wanted to go with the Army. He was owned by a Baptist minister. He went with the regl- ment on the march from Frankfort to Bowling Green. Then Col. Sher- wood employed the boy to take care of ne of his war horses. Tn a few days the United States marshal came looking for Jackson, as he was worth $600. e found him in Col. @'s tent and started to drag him tut the colonel said: “Never!™ marshal then secured an order Lrii Gen. Judah, post com- i, ordering that the colored Loy surrendered. Col. Sherwood !refused to recognize the order. Gen. Judah ordcred Sherwood under arrest, took his sword from him, placed the regiment in command of a captain and ordered a court-mar- tial to try Col. Sherwood for dis- obedience of orders with & view to dismissing him from the service Three days later the famous Gen. Juhn Morg; came from swooping down on All the troops at Bowling Green went to the front. Rather than trust the 11th Regiment to the command of a captain, Col. herwood W temporarily restored to command. B: forced march they reached Glasgow in time to save the ratlroad from destruction Ly Mor- san’s cavalry. In the meantime Col. Sherwood con- Jcealed Alfred Juckson under the seat | of an ambulance and when the regi- !ment reached Glasgow®sent him to his freedom In charge of the regi- mental surgeon, Dr. Brewer, who was zoing to his home in Hillsdale, Mich. herwood had notified Represen- | tative Ashiey of his arrest and Ashiey in a towering ruge demanded from Secrctary Stanton that he be re red inter Il‘.r has fim that it e t I ment. He has adve in other states ere it has by Yoperation long enough to justify i [self for efficicney in the prompt and cqu ble settlement of labor di pu The Talking Thread. an, with 4,000 Confederate ! Says Force Is Underpaid Recorder of Deeds Suggests Rea- son for “Surplus” Revenue. To the Editor of The Star: Referring to your advocacy Sunday 1ast of the proposed new building for the office of the recorder of deeds, in which, after pointing out that the office is gufficiently more than self- supporting, you suggested that “either {the surplus of its revenues should be applied to a new building or the scale of fees should be reduced to yield the service to the public at cost,” permit me to say it will be found that the surplus annually deposited in the Treasury has been due more to the ifnadequate compensation of its em- ployes than to excessive fees. The compensation pald its em- ployes today is, with two or three exceptions, that pald more than thirty years ago, when the recorder fixed the compensation of his employes and retained, as his compensation, the surplus earnings of the office, which retained surplus, it is said, exceeded in some years $10.000. Naturally, the recorder under such circumstances was not over liberal in compe: his employes. nd jt should he rememd 4 dollar thirty-odd ye nt much yore than it doe despite tho: ts. und notwith- iding the f ‘t that the rk of sinee then in- 2 ipensation . with two that of todus the filing of 1 5 hose many ) or 70 instruments average. Today the not far from 200, present calendar year leans. of conrse. a cor- iniers in the labor of s, those on_ whom I work falls most heavily are those whose compensation today is that which prevailed thirty-odid & illustrations alinost entioned wi thes hands first pass s 1h 1900, year nears cives the p nuum. Thi 1 who 1o 400 per tie honus of wernment o 3 per d oflic 10 annu hut un- emplotes The fe anired 1 think exer card of no e S el to an o the o re stion of U nereased to their t ocost o is done. 3 hefor -xtent com- A labore and i Tt in th = recorder must now ARTHUR G FRO ccorder of Deed D. Urges Reduced Speed {cause it bhas delaved putting in the CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V, COLLINS. “Hello! Number, please!” The wvreacher is out of date, for there is something new under the sun. Here comes a great corporation—a public utility corporation—the kind that has no soul, but goes on living after all of a generation is dead and buried. This peculiar corporation, right here in Washington, begs the privilege—if it may be graclously vouchsafed—to reduce its charges to us poor, common mortals. The tele- phone company wants to ease up on us and donate six dollars a year to each of its “unlimited” subecribers. Thanks, awfully! That will buy a new hat—for the boss. I do not mean a hat for the better half—dear me, no—but for the boss—er, well, you know which I mean—if you get me. And why should the Public Util- ities Commission be =o slow about its permission to make the reduc- tion? The telephone company says the reduction will cost over $100,000 3 The gross cost oubtedly is what is referred to, but the net cost might easily be con- verted into net profit, if the reduc- tion brings enough additional pa- tronage _ The reason for the pro- posed reduction of the price of the unlimited service is that the two- riy line service is becoming bur- sme, ither the price of that m eased or that of he unlimited service decreased, xo 1 to lure more of the cheaper serv- ice into the “unlimited” class. In- stead. then: of raising the price of the two-party line service, they want duce the other. shows sound business logle soothes usg all in our mnervous : manazement of the company had become too for hardheaded business omprehend, simee there had | speciud public demanu for a is in tremendous situation. companies It is. that only way to oxical as it werlnz rates s far more to the pa- = the There lesson reduct Tusine: which other 1 ¢ seem. s increase ine will accomplish. * % % % Nor is the telephone company’s act forced upon it through lack of pa- tronare. The city of Washington is growing o rapidly that the tele- phone company is already swamped i demands for new connections. which a Jack of instruments prevents it from ng. This statement i not based on hearsay: the writer has n making life a burden to the telephone company’s construction de- partment for more than a mouth b than | | ked for about the mid- “tober. and the only excuse s that they can't get instruments st enouzh o supply the demand, for W, telephon Ale of « <hinzon i growing too fast. No of our instrnment. there- somebody dies or m that hardly ever happ onstruetion manazer T umber, please’” . L A few years ago, the whole country cas aroused by propaganda, headed That campaign w and the explanation is that the birds had ieen attracted to the suburba: trees by the absence of traffic, an. the birds had destroyed the cucooms while in the downtown region the birds had been frightened away, an the cocoons had multiplied Moral: Protect the birds an: 50 safety. they will protect the trees. Next tr birds—come the children. Frotect’em * % % X% If I were a United States senato: I would not submit to the inequality of paying female senators $1.000 » day. and us male senators only abou* $37.50. T would found a new move- ment for equal rights and equal pax for the male senators. Grant that there is a dlfference in natural capac- ity, yet s there that much difference reactionarier’ Answer, ve G. O. P. Tell me frankly, ye progressive-rads- cal: crats! tion—six-tenths? Or take the ‘Wake up, ye watchdog demo- Is one female senator 26.6 male senators? Which male sens - tors? Also which onc ie that frac ‘worth item from anothe- standpoint: If one female senator ca- make a speech in ten m $1.000, what is the market quotat on the epceches we hear there dal Some senatorial speeche: welkin 7ing” or the mil something. Mrs. Senato without ecracking a single pane inutes wor: s “make kin" bing— Felton spot 2lass—and yet the paymaster hande her a bouquet concealing a_thousar dollar check—just like words wern golden”—; tor, male or female. grant § is the grandest honorarium any has ever re that! Hea celved, and it sets a precedent. Eve: before that ther n Chicago. r, plus $10 was worth 26, is not q antity a day bon: 6 male &e: but qualt were high wager for instan —and she was “qualit “Genuine southern quality.” Tia surt comes high. *x x % t Sunday, December 3, is to = ;devoted to thinking of plans for I, relief of the near east, a proclamation of I'resident Hardinz make Thanksgiving should according * Amer icans open to an apieal for help fn- that distracted section o where a million and a q of the wo uarter w en, children and old men are starving and dying of exposure, ravages of the Turkish less turkey on Thursday deal more Turkey on prove the Christian spir o Thursday the neck—hut let there erous ping on the 5 the day rest. te of daily food, f a brother or sister be naked due to war. A and a gr Sunday wi The & it. uld get it in the =an bird ata- be as ger Sabbath of pe Thor is the god «f and one unto them, de part in warmed filled: notwi ve give the not those t ich are mneed to the body; what doth it profit? R The Tiger of France is tourin America for the purpose of present- ing France's cause to the American ‘The his speeches people. brage at Senate has taken um seems 2bout to snub the most outstanding [personage of continen and 1 Europe, the | A new dictating device is said to b e o was the 5 able to reproduce the human voice on | For Antos in S ) el “"""h"“‘l;:nc:l:;ur‘x?;: B uv:-r;’;rv\:”"dw; A eliuioss theea it he Hheead) riny. e or Antos In Streets | princes of New York. and ail the S e 4 . : e s § ad ma | d 5 ate is the logislative branch wound on « spool and sent by m To the Editor of T {propaganda which flooded the news- [JERIE B 8 SRR LT any address. The recipient wil | While e 8 of |pavert was written. at first, by al,C 0N R b e T g the spool in some little humd motor ears are very numerous in the | VOung man led in publicity, ir | SEEETT B et iwderher S and start a_wheel in motion. As the]city, those of who have to get|mot in flics. Later the campaisn Ye-|genaie agrees with all that M thread unwinds the voice s {about on foot or by the street cars|¢cived the indorsement of scienti - = = - in perfectly natural tone: s Ry 4 I menceau savs in his presentation «f ety are in a large majority and it is safe|of the agricultural colleges. and bil-{p W E R0 L B L PUE s If @ man % to dictate to his|t0 say that most of the accidents |lions of flies were slaughtered. The |ngehing 10 do with his well es wife he can do it by sending her aloccurring find thelr vietims among |coming of the automobile and partial a as of 1 Speel of ihiedd Smunie sneak outlye While many of them may be | elimination of horses have helped to t 1o 14 politics. the ack due to pedestrian carelessness, much | reduce flles, for their choice breediniz | Sveme hard!y conceivable that w I At the outset there is a most in-|the larger number is due to reckless ; 7T Propasating srounds were heaps of | 317 (U0" CURCL ier nn.xm,,r;:: teal sensitized mic hrawm, | er desrec of speed than oughit to be fen, many prizes were; oeton e would wmot ke given ail | permitted in cf reets, to school childrer to enlist ollaine™ % niitation 1o address Cor - Tn the days before automobiles any | Sheit 219 in d ;E-r::‘rnu:"fi(a{:,db;f"f,&‘:,“ gress. Can the Senate afford to 0. one driving horses at a greater speed ) s gy > % s jthan ten miles an hour would have s e i = Sint of contact while flowing bern held up. and even that rate wag] W @ simflar campaign of swat-| In all the discussions amongst ci tween rovolving spools. | consiered tisky and excossive. ting pestiferous insects has been In-lege professors concerning the value L or i 3 BN GERROL s Ol O evary ons s AbEe to gof abbut any)ANENTitell) in|RastinE on o Sadnce | OF RCHISE S i CHESEE (8 Y M08 D o e e [ wttend to his aitaies and e could do to|chlldren to swat the tussock moth,not tell us how sitting in a_cold complieaied, buc the expert s1vs At | pow it he same limit was enforced. which is a pest, destroying trees.|drizzle, as a fan. develops the heart oF the Dhonographids wel have 3 1t is very much to be doubted |Nature study teachers are Inspiring and the muscle: to be | today, It mas be Just as easy to re- | whether there will be any considera- | their students to hunt the cocoons of |of value, does not consist in lookin cord the buman veice on a (Bread 0%l ylo decrease in acellents untll the|the moths and this has already re- at a zreat game, but In being on a waxed evlinder, and the threid { - o rate of specd is reduced [Sulted in' the gathering of 26266jof the plasers. That is the aiffer the miscroscope 4 strand which car- | There should be a zone established, | COCOONS. £uce betwesn)n colleee piee Sa ties the imperizhabie words of one of | comprising the busy part of the cits.| A peculiar phase of the “a’“““‘g“f"ue" 2800l et pvs AL O .1‘r3r‘|i.‘w apea el o, a ten-mile-per-hour limit of | iS that in the suburban regions the |game. What would the professors Foubibly that is/what it sounds like hould be rizidly enforced. | children were unable to find any of |think if the student body chose & when put i the reproducer, e “‘::“??,?1“?;‘0“::{”("1;«!‘9,"::}:1 he cocoons, though they made most representative mnine to attend le Iut, anvhow, the ddea is ihere. long hurry ‘o and fro of the ni- | gilizent search of the trees. All that tures and the rest of the student _The iniking thread may vet bécome | Mrons CATe In our Sropled SUSels)were gotten were found in the trees {merely, xt, in ihe bleachers ar an established means of commur < Jitde difference in time required | jocated in the busy part of the city, 'shouted at 'em: “Rah: Rah! Rah™ s Angeles Times. portance vompared to the risk of life it nd 1imb involved in greater spece. : 3 5 It appears to me, Mr. Editor, that | Rejuvensted Wedding Rings. |t dAIL2 ettt ins 2 | THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON | » It has become a rather unpl Safety ~weck are Dbelng especially Stressed, compared .with those en- habit on the part of some people to figure on a-lady's age by the width of her wedding ring—a practice thut certainly should be frowned upon. And besides, under a certain style of wedding ring were not exactly the same age any- way. The lady who has fairly well re- tained her fizure, has done her best with her naturally nice complexion and has not permitted her husband to become unduly fat or obviously and irretrievably bald, may not be par- ticularly pleased to have her wed- ding ring state to the wise ones that she was married in_the nineties. So art and trade have taken up the question. There need be no further clever guessing on the wedding ring’s unspoken word as to one's age. For the Ting of the nineties may be done over by processes that may approxi- mate the making over of faces that is sometimes indulged in. The hand that wears it may wither a bit. but the ring, being of an imperishable meta may be remodeled that 1900 may become 1921 if necessary—and, of rourse, every one will be completely fooled: no one will guess that the vears have passed at all; time will be defeated and woman’s eternal vouth will be reasserted in characters of gold. The rejuvenated wedding ring. What thoughts must arise with those words! Perhaps those words mark an improvement' over the times that are gone by the times we live in. And perhaps not—Hartford Courant. Alonzo B. See's views on higher education of women reach back sev- eral centuries B. C.—Boston Herald. Just when people were feeling bet | ter towavd Germany she begins ex- porting musical instruments.—Colum- bia Record. Rumored wet forces will form new party. With wine and beer it ought to be some party.—Springfield. Ohlo, News. Flappers must feel some relief that derision is deflected from them in direction of toreador trousers.—El Paso Herald. Chicago_hotels ask to serve mince pie with brandy this Thanksgiving. Some_even want to leave out the ple—>Muskegon Chronicle. Isadora Duncan’s orchestra leader's name is Modest. A concession to the censors.—Little Rock Arkansas Ga- zette. A gentleman named Alonzo B. See advocates burning all women's col- leges. He apparently feels no woman needs to know more than A. B. See.— Philadelphia North American. If Mr. Mott ever discovers a New Jerseyite who knows nothing about that double murder he may get on the right track.—Pittsburg Dispatch. s 1 the girls who married | ned upon car owners, considering the relative degrees of responsibility involved. Tt is, after all, as a rule, !they who do the killing and we who are the victims, and the surest w. to ameliorate the intolerable condi- tions we have been living and dying under is less speed. ARCHIBALD HOPKIX The Magic Touch. | Every so often and all too rarely| something plavs upon that stranze, eager. gay, tlred. replete, aspiring. jdesponding, sophisticated complex; which is the mature human heart. with magle touch. Sometimes It is the sound of a voice, or the wind in the pines, or waves on a beac times a glimpse of the sky, or far hills, or a sleeping child: sometimes the scent of earth, or wood emoke, or lilacs. Less often it is some subtler compound of the senses, which defies analysts. And always we remember— gratefully. There is today upon the New York stage, some day to come to Washing- ton, a play which cannot fail to do this gracious thing for its audiences. The play, which has recently been produced, seems particularly com- pelllng in neither plot nor line and goes by the title “The Romantic Age.” Yet it numbers in its cast two individuals, whose names are neither {here nor there, who—as they meet and build upon their dreams the fabric of reality—reach deep, deep down fnto the hearts of those who watch. There is no surface moral to this play. Deliberately analyzed it re- solves itself into the obvious com- ponents of a score of similar fragile- Iy charming comedies. There s, how- ever, no surface moral to the sound of winds, or the glimpse of a suneet. or the smell of lilacs. And as these do strange things to human hearts, lifting_them higher for a space, 5o {does “The Romantic Age” as por- trayed. One wonders if the two who, by voice and personality and artistry, win this reaction from their audiences, are aware of what they do. One won- ders if they know that dally they are playing with that magic touch upon the complex hearts of men and women, bringing to them haunting terror for that they had almost for-| gotten the dream of vesterday and poignant gladness to find it in their hearts once more. One hopes they do. For in that knowledge must be the real reward of real artista. {working and plaving BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM. I went to the White House today, 2 self-invited guest, to learn for the readers of this column how the Presi- dent goes around the clock each day. I wanted to know if cating, slecping. in the White House are greatly different from what they are in other well ordered Amer- ican homes. I find they are not. From the time the President gets up in the morning until he retires at the pre ic hour of 10:30 or 11 at night he lives pretty much the same vt of life as well- to-do business men are living all over the United States today. With this important exception, how- ever: He always has his own physi- cian nearby to insure, for the good of the nation, that he lives a balanced life and conserves his health. Thatis sound common sense. It enables him to give the American people the best that is in him. In the words of Mrs. Harding, spoken soon after she entered the White House: “The Hardings are just plain folks. ! The DPresident gets mnp about T o'clock in the morning. He just wakes up, stretches, and presently arises and goes to his waiting bath. It is rumored that he snores a bit and that he loves to turn over and get the extra forty winks that give the warm bath time to cool. Being President hasn't made him a whit less sleepy than an ordinary man at 7 am. After the bath comes the dally shave. Mays, the colored doorman, is handy with the razor. The President sits in an easy chalr and Mays does the rest. Mays wanted to shave Woodrow Wilson when Wilson was President. Mr. Wilson, however, attended to that task himself, using an old-style razor and frequently cutting his chin. Since Mrs. Harding became 11l the President usually has breakfasted alone. He takes the meal in his lit- tle private dining room. ‘That private dining room is a peach. It is comparatively small and is on the ground floor. The meal Is a sim- ple and frugal one, for the President is not an overlarge eater. fruit and he likes oatmeal. And as he eats he reads the morn ing newpaper. millions of other pape: rs on breakfast tables, against a glass, water bottle or anything that com: - handy. After breakfast the President g lerally goes to his office, first stopp! to sce Laddie B My | fond of dogs, horses and children. when will walk out of his w: in the country, to pat a the head. The for¢noon is devoted to corie- spondence, to study and vited callers. wec there are These are held on Tues day. than two hours. Five to fifteen miu: appointments are the rule. cabinet meeting- r. Harding T He k.- 1t is propped up, Mk other @ stray dog o 10 seeing Twice day and Fri They last from an hour to mor. At 12:30, almost every day, the i President shakes hands with the tour ists and others who visit Washing- ton. Thes are kept moving fas son; pass through his office and In ten minutes he.can dispose of more than 100 y. 1 At 1 ¢'clock comes luncheon, in 1. make of the meal * private dining room, a brief ceremony Inot the rite a good many business me Thereafter the President generalis ®oes back for a few mements to hi office. Then, by instructions of 1% Sawyer, Mr. Harding must get out a: exercise. Exercise mostly takes the form ¢ golf, played at one of two favorit clubs. only vacation known for a year. It lasts till dusk, and is the the President has Back again in a big automobiie t. the White House and to dinner. Ti evenings are given over to work au to Mrs. Harding in her = ickroom. also, are many odd intervals, for th. President tenderly visits her ofte: during the day for a few moments. At 11 o'clock the President gener ally is in bed. traffic, his rest is unbroker. Does he sleep soundly? And, as the Whit. House is removed from the sounds of § ‘ . | . ‘