Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 6

b e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.-C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, -1922. | as between the polictes for which in their platforms they were respectively. standing. It is particularly well at this time. It is a most fitting time to do such business in the good old American ~—— i fashion. America is under a sort of .Editor | challenge. Some noisy people have o3 i persuaded themselves that the old order has failed, and that a new should take its place. They are clam- { oring for a change. The old order is, in the main, still all right, and, with here and there a ! small tquehing up, will continue to se for ma years vet. Who may | say Wow ma And while it continues to serfve let | us all pay it proper tribute. Let us in- THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. ....December 25, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES... Rusiness Oftice, 11th New York Offiee ‘hicago Oftiee: Furopean Office : 16 & The Evening Star. with t editfon. 1 dell; Langurate new officials with enthu- Let us respect all laws, and 1 mo { t in their enforcement. Let us Taily only Sunday onl i wo Il do our utmost to give the lie to} and open charges that Paily and Sunda 1 mo. ntal forms and processes Daily onl. ST 00; 1 mo. SAont: ! Sunday only 00: 1 ma., AT ) —_— r—————— Member of the Associated Pres: Crime and Its Cause. { The Associated Press is o all news dis 0 the use far republication patches eredited to it or nof o in_this paper and aisa the o Tished herein. Al rights of special dixputches herein are ‘il Thompson. former the eriminal investigation department ¢ Scotland . in London, is in this country on a visit, and is addressing public bodies on the subjeet of ¢l Land criminals from the point of view of the organization that is regarded as agency head of | this Christmas above othe the greatest crime-detecting years. The tide of rememl in in the world. He has said some things the form of holiday presentations has that are not pleasant hearing for been remarkable in volume and in the Americans, though his criticisms of wave been | value of the tokens of affection : wethuds in this countey regard that have heen ex It yside e and tactfully phrased, ! is, truly, a Christmas fon yeo and he has offered many valuable | estions which, if followed. would | mbered in this respeet st wibte aid in the reduction of | It If this great volume of Christmas | #IVIng measures the real stirit of b crime throuzh more efficient detection | servance on the oecasion then. indecd, and surer punishment. i is the Christmas of 1 able o her day, speaking in New ! currence. 1 with every s auoted some figufes which the thought that une e had obtained from the Ameriean | the Christmas of 2 marks e As: tion. showing that in this | tinet advance in wholesome uns wmntry one in every 12,000 persons | ness and regard for others is murdered in a The teachings of il tand the ratio i 1« today celebrated (hroushont of the population. The risa in crime world by t many mill here, he s n in the nineties, veople are based upon u 1 has been in ed progressively ness and helpfulness and righ nee. Burglaries have increased 1,200 ness. Children cent in the past ten years. In pointing out the causes of crimes of from the carliest y lands where Chri ing. In those violence, he made one remark that is worshiped homes are maintained worthy of consideration in every state: | upon this foundation. CGovernmen n is responsible for much of | are conducted in theory upon the ‘cat crime. In England no | At this time the world is in stress | ever miven to private pers That because teachings of Christ have noi | Iondonideen been followed by the nations. eve Wt any either those that have accepted Him and ipted to ge a ins | made His religion their own. Having HEIKnbaHed ] have hisEad ] passed through th catest crisis of | | all history a few years azo. it would | sent there is pending in Con-| seem that the lesson should have heen | gress for enactment a measure whic hj ils learned. But selfishness prev expected to curtail the gun-carrying | row selfishness, with schemes and evil in the District of Columbia. It! shortsighted endeavors to take advan- | materially increases the penalties for | tage of others’ needs. “pistol-toting.” and strengthens the Yet faith is felt th a betterment | safeguards against promiscuous traf-| will come. Despite such terrible set-i fic in this murderous merchandise.' backs as that of the great war with! But it does not reach the real root of | 1ts four years of horror and suffering the evil. Tt fails to attain to the Eng-} 1 and loss, the world ad s, And it will continue, whatever the petty plots of men and the temporary co vulsions of passion. For the develop- ment of humanity is measured in Mterms mot of years or de ! centuries. Christ was born 1 sh standard whereby dealers will not sell to those who are not licensed to | { buy. It does not hold vendors directly responsible, and only a law that so! holds them will stop this traffic, which | i | will thrive as long as the penalty is applied only when the weapon is used \ago, and the world is infinitely hetter | or is discovered through chance in the now for His advent and His influcnce. | course of an arrest on anather { In the tide of Christmas giving and | charge. : Christmas cheer of a personal char- As Sir Basil Thompson further said | ‘acter let there be thought today of |in his New York address. so long as | the broader Christmas. the day of | this matter is left on the hasis of greatest moment to mankind. Let|state jurisdictions differences between | there be & memory of that wonderful | state laws will negative even the event in Judea more than nineteen!more strict and, in theory, effective centuries ago in reverent rezurd for | statutes, so that murderous armament which the Christian world now pauses ' will remain possible until this whole in its activities in ceremonial and re- | matter is covered by a nation-wide Jolcing. Let the picture of that scene | law like that which in England has at Bethlehem present itself to every | kept homicides down to one~lhir!)‘~‘ ome, 5o that every phy token, | fourth of the percentage which pre- | every glft and card, every .\\nkcnivmls in the United States. word of greeting may have its mean- ing for the making of the true Chris mas, lasting without end. The Progressives. The progressives dividing? There is uch announcement. Need it | Sarah Bernhardt. cause any surprise? | When the other day it was reported | The leaders of what is called the that Sarah Bernhardt had fainted | Progressive movement are strong and after a rehearsal of a new play in|showy men, fond of a shindy, and at which she planned to rveturn to an | their best when so engaged. active stage career, it was. felt that! Three are, and for some time have probably th's zreat actr had made | been, prominent in speculation about her last appearance. Then came word | the presidency. Mr. La Follette's that Indicated a recovery and a pos. | boom dates back a number of years. sible restoration to health and to the ! Mr. Johnson’s, battered somewhat in stage. Now comes an announcement | 1920, is reviving. from Paris that she is mortally ill and| The Borah boom is unlike other} thet no hope is entertained for her, booms, in that the boomee seems to| recovery, but on the contrary the | give little encouragement to the boom- gravest fea felt. {ers. Still. the boomers persist. There | Sarah Bernhardt is seventy-eight | is 2 Borah boom, and those in charge years of age, and during the greater | know the value of publicity. Thej "’_'un of that time she has been before | boomee goes his way, keeping his own { T the public. She has been without counsel and keeping in the spotlight., e question the greatest actry of the| One progressive may differ from % deriod, admired in all countries, her | another progressive in progressive- rt recognized by even those who are | ness. In fact, it is easy. So much is in not conversant with her ‘language. | flux, and so much needs to be settled, "AMhough her years have taken their [ men of aggressive spirit find a wide .of her powers of exprdssion, vet ! range for thelr faculties and disposi- ‘has remained. even since her suf-| tions. . ns ago which| There are lively times ahead. Criti- dered her a permanent cripple, a | cizing a faulty policy is one thing. superb interpreter of role: o Constructing and offering a faultless There are those who-deplore policy to replace it is another and holding on of stage veterans to their | Quite difficult thing. The two old par- work after their sun has begun to | ties have been under fire for a long set, who wish to remember them at| beriod. And yet both survive, and look their greatest power. But there are| staunch enough to weather another --—those again who know that whatever | Storm or two. At any rate, the life-] may be the toil of time in the effect | boats have not been lowered yet, nor ».-upon the figure, upon the voice and | the order given to abandon ship. .upon the vitality of the great Thes- —_——————— | pians they are still great in their ad-! The fascisti movement is gaining| . vanced years, and who wish them to|ground in Mexico. The impression | remain upon the stage until the final | that every dissatisfied Mexican looked call. Sarah Bernhardt has thus waited | for relief by joining the banditti is for the summons for the last curtain. | evidently erroneous. —_———— —_—— The Christmas tree when it dries be- The Turks are behaving as might comes highly inflammable. Every lit- | be expected of people who never heard tle economy helps during a fuel short- | much about peace on earth. age. Tts place is in the furnace. an the | The probable fate of paper marks promises a season of activity for Ger- man waste basket manufacturers. Some Election Figures. Some of the November election fi ures are still under discussion—still a little puzzling. In, Ohio—normally a republican state—the demiocratic candidate for governor who two years ago was easily defeated was this year as easily elected. He had not meanwhile changed his attitude toward public questions in the slightest. Mr. Pome- rene, renominated for the Senate and in case of re-election certain to be- The Smith Inaugural. Preparations are complete at Albany to give “Al” Smith, as he likes to be known, a great reception upon his ra- ' turn to office. Both the state and the eity hall will “do themselves proud.” The ceremonies will be elaborate. The attendance will be a record. Every- thing will be in character and keep- ing. It is well. At the polls last month the people of New York state spoke - with &n emphasis they have seldom employed. “Al” Smith was first, and Gov. Miller nowhere, The people voted not only as between the two men, Rut v Lo i \ | 5 ¥ | Borah suggests that affairs have drift- | {of the building awed the tourist, a | Year resolution is still much nef‘d('dl come a presidential quentity, was de-l feated by a large majority. i In Kansas—normally e republican state—the democratic candidate for governor had tweniy thousand the best of the poll, while the republicans had everything their own way in the legislative races. They will control the legislature overwhelmingly. In Nebraska a brother of William J. |- Bryan, who had tried’ for honors un-; successfully before, was elected gov- ernor by a hrge majority, while Mr. Hitchcock, for whom the democrats of | the state two years ago had instructed for President, failed of re-election to the Senate. As thus shown. there is a good deal of cross-iring in the country, and it is slving the political managers some- | thing to think about. The condition, | so0 close to the opening of the presi- dential mpaign, is disquieting to them. They would prefer a clearer » on things, and are studying divi- sions with a view of healing them against the time when it will be vital | for a party appeal to run for every candidate on the list presented. ————————— If the comedian, whose reinstate- mpent in the films has aroused opposi-| tion ig an artist he can ‘“come back” by assuming a slight disghise and changing his name. The public will recognize the talent that is genuine. If he is dependent solely on notoriety d on physical grotesqueness the se is different. —_——te——— k containing all | i i A neatly bound be the latest traffic regulations would | have been a suitable holiday gift it the volume could have been made suf- Hn-‘u-m‘l compact to be carried con- veniently. —_————————— Government salaries are so small in Switzerland that a competent citizen cannot be expected to take on an of- ficial position as anything but a side line. —_———————— The film Industry takes the busi- nesslike position that people will go to see @ performer who amuses, even though they do not admire him per- sonally. —————————— 1f all offenders against traffic regu- lations are compelled to go into court the duties of the already overworked police. will become even more burden- ¢ some. —_—e—— The present attitude of Senator ed to a status which makes the prob- lem one of disentanglement. —_——————— Members of the Hohenzollern family | undertake to preserve a quaint though no longer popular custom by address- | ing one another by imperial titles. —_—te— That there is dissension at a peace conference is not remarkable. If peace were positively secure, so many con- ferences would not be rgquired. ——————————— The European situation looks like one of those cases in which sound, sensitle advice is mgre needed than money. —_————————— There would be merriment enough for all if everybody worked as hard in | distributing holiday cheer as the post- | man. —_—————————— In spite of prohibition, the New 1 in some parts of the country. ~ S ——————— The genuine holiday spirit con 'stsi not only in wishing a merry (‘hris’l-] mas, but in making one. Smyrna bears sad testimony to the] fact that Kemal is religiously opposed to Christmas cheer. —————————— SHOOTING STARS. i | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reminder. is a gift that the Christmas saint— Ruddy and silver-haired and quaint— Left as he passed this way. Tt was only a whispered word or so That floated along where the breezes blow: “Good people may still be gay Here ‘We aren't obliged to be all austere And mingle each moment of joy with fear Lest it cause us to go astray. The state of affairs would be strange- 1y sad If only the sinners were truly glad— “Good people may still be gay!” So, all good people, make bold to smile— Each mortal is gbod in some sort of style, It but for a passing day. We'll shun the shadows of grim pre- tense, And vow as we trust in our better sense, “¢00d people may still be gay!" Mind-Changing. “A wise man sometimes has to change his mind.” “True,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But what calls for his greatest wis- dom is recognizing the psychological moment for making the change.” Juad Tunkins says he used to tell his troubles to a policeman, but now the police are too busy with troubles of | their own to stop and listen. Reflections. The Christmas tree our spirits doth arouse To undertake in life a happier part, Since every light that gleams among its boughs i\ Reflects the smiling of a childish heart. Different Now. “I used to make & resolution to quit smoking, every New Year.’ “So did 1" replied Mr. Meekton, 'But times have changed. My wife has resolved that she is going to learn to use cigarettes.” “In a family,” said Uncle Eben, “where de old folks thinks- young folks is too fur ahead of de times an’ where de young folks think de old folks s too fur behind de times, it looks to me like dar ought to be some kind of a conference wif & view to 1 the jcase, the kind that are still for f L . ment charges. apart from the merits of the or of Attorney {General Dauz fitness for, the position he holds, newspapers are! {of his politi tof 1 i Dolitical speech before the committee | ) HERE and THERE in WASHINGTON BY “THE N the center of the vast waiting room at the Union station is a booth, the sign overhead reads: “Travelers’ Aid.” and as I sat in the'station the other day, waiting for the arrival of some friends from the south, I could not help but won- der how many of our cilizens have ever spent a day watching how the young women in charge of the work operate. So vesterday I spent a por- tion of the day watching just how the Travelers’ Aid really functions. The purpose of this organization is. its name implics, to give aid to the traveler, to assist those who are unversed in the ways of the world and who have made few, if any, jour- | nevs from their native heath. The\ great majority of us look upon it as no great adventure to saunter down to the ticket office, purchuse a ticket | to most any point in the United States, hop on the train and amuse ourselves during the ride as best we can, but there are many hundreds of people throughout the land whose travel ex- | h periences ve been confined to a short rail v Journe. bricf ride on trolley lines, few miles’ jaunt in auto or a tour via the buggy route, literally hundreds have never made | a hundred-miile journey on the ra road nor have they visited a city thousand i are the Kind of the i well protected city there are never- theless numerous members of the criminal class that would prey upon unsophistocated visitor to the city. ‘There is still another class that need help, the kind that have, through | carelessness or the knavery of others, lost their wallets or handbags, and | these kind of cases need the kind of | help that the Travelers' Aid glves day in and day out, month in andl month out, and year after year. Dur- ing this and a previous visit to watch | the operation of the representatives | of this organization I saw: An undernourished mother, a tiny ! babe in her arms. coming through | one of the great portals of the sta- tion, in her free hand was a bulging | old-time canvas- red tele: at the general store in small centers, the kind that vou could pack a dozen or more evening gowns in and still have room to spare. You could, at a glance, see that the very immenseness kind-hearted officer questioned her giwing aid at the time aid is most r a moment and then led her to | needed EDITORIAL DIGEST I Impeachment Court No Place for|fuenced by a blunder by Mr. Voi 1 Political Quarrels. Out of what is widely viewed as the “farc proceedings in the agh- ty impeachment c; Erows an in- ence in editorial columns bme way be found 1o keep family rows” from uming grave proportions of actnal impeach- protesting against the lack of dignity | nd apparent lack of purpose thati ¢a o far characterized the hear-| ings on the Keller charges, For Representative Keller himselt attitude in the matter there ympathy. As the Minne (independent republi formance, it 1s temperament, for, and music | | i and his Journal can) sums up the p apolis “grand opera star” ving written the ree. of Attorney Gene * he now abandons h avenger because the judiciary committee won't put the piece on the way he wrote it.”" And it generally ¢ agrecd that while, as Mr. ¥ the hearings have become “a o a performance.” the Port Huron Herald (independent) ex- s Yhe general estimate when it ys that the Minnesota representa- tive has himself become “the chief comedian “The man who starts something and then runs away from it because things are not going to his liking may a very sincere n the Akro Journal (republican) Eran < fic it it fails to follo only possible con; that “either Mr. Keller had a poor case or else he has handled it very poor’ As in the case of many papers of hoth parties fr: friendly to Mr. Daughert Roanoke World-News (democratic) | insists that, in spite of the many | ns of his administration, he hasj done nothing “that justified Repre- ntative Keller in the course he has pursued.” Having brought “more or less serious charges against the At- torney _General,” the Huntington Herald-Dispatch (republican) insists that “it was his duty to do his best to prove them.” Instead, however, s the Mobile Register (democratic) Sees it, his “emotional coursa” leads to the conclusion that in his prosecu- tion of the case “he has run short of information of sufficient importance to command the respect of the com- mittee As viewed by papers in his own state, Mr. Keller was putting up a biuff, to quote the Duluth News- Tribune (republican), or grand- | stand play,” as the Duluth Herald (independent) has it. “Instead of submitting to the usual form of ques- tioning under oath,” the former paper says, “Mr. Keller wanted to make a ment er without being sworn. and the mem bers quite rightly ‘called’ him. In this course, however, he was merely running true to form, the Minneapolis Tribune (republican) suggests, for he is “the perfect exponent of the radi- { from | ter revise that opinion, for the Tra i of | sequence of o MAJOR” the Travelers’ Ald booth. woman behind the counter quickly put her at ease, and in & few minutes she was in the hands of a competent guide and was being conducted to & clean, but low-priced boarding house. The next was a little tot, say of elght or nine, and tugging at her hand was a younger brother. She had Dbeen sent from a point in Mississippl to relatives here, something, however, had gone wrong and the grown-up folks had failed to meet the young- sters. A big-hearted red cap escorted the little tots to the haven of ald, there leaped into the eyes of the young woman attendant one of those in- stinetive motherhood glows, and the first thing she asked them was If they were hungry—a most potent way of gaining the confidence of a child. A littfe later the youngsters were on ay to the home of their rela- Then came Darby and Joan, hoth of whose hair had been gilvered by the hand of time, the kind of a | couple that any community looks upon as being “substantial”, citizens. They wanted to know where they could find a nice, clean place to live, something not too expensive, but gocd. The wife explained, with a bit of & blush, that they had been mar- ried in Washington fifty years ago, and had come back to the city to spend their golden anniversary at the place where they had been made one. Romance had not died The next was the soldier boy his uappearance you at on guessed that he had come to Wash- ington to straighten out, if possible, his affairs with the government. He, too, was taken in hand by the young woman in charge and told where to o, so that he might have a comfort- able and not expensive place to live in during his dealings with Uncle Sam. 1f lawbreakers have an idea that the young wamen in charge of this bureau are deaf or blind, or that they do not have any friends who tip them off to things that have the appear- ance of evil, said criminals had bet- slors' Aid has been the means of sa; ing many a young girl from falling into the clutches of thoss whe prey upon the youthful and Inrocent. One might write a story that would oc- many pages as to the amount of good that has been accomplished Ly the Travelers' Aid since it began to function in this city. The organ- ization conducting this work has no appropriation from Congress, it de- pends entirely upon the voluntary contributions of those who believe in stead or v by M carefully staged galle Keller,” the St. Paul Dis- teh (independent) warns, and it is well to remember that “the general vublic is also a jury.” Cerctaind “impeachment s, or #hould be, a solemn charging of mi nduct in office,” the New York Trib- | ne (republican) agrecs, and “the | efort to convert it into a weapon of mudslinging stitutes a vicious perversion of constitutional procedure. Sea Wanderers Unwelcome. Sailing from port to port in the Yel- low sea and failing in-each place to find welcome, several thousand from Vladivostok present a spectacle of human misery. The wanderers are men, women and child who fled before the advance the bolsheviki. The flotilla con of a strange assortment of ve: some of themi no larger than tushoats. Unfortunately, persons seeking alms e common sights on land in the old world, but it remained for the tragic ents in Russia to pro- duce the first marine expedition Ul' search of chari The plight of the| so-called “white” Russians is pitiable, sifice their wanderings are in a part | of the world which either is disin- clined to bestow charity or unable to do so. At Shanghai, alreadv crowded with sick and indigent refugees, they were not permitted to land. In this pre- dicament it appears that officials and others turned naturally to America, knowing that this country never re. fused to succor the starving and af- flicted. Requests have been made of the American Red Cross to give| temporary relief in order that the refugees may get to Manila or to Hongkong. To return the Russians to Vladivos- tok would be to send most of them to certain death. As many of them were e in firhting the bolsheviki. there VOTY T on to believe that whole- le executions would follow their ap- ance in the city from which they ¢ fled. Until they find a refuge it must be their hard lot to continue begging for food and coal in the inhospitable orient.—Seattle Times. Police Chief Harding. In addition to being by constitu- tional mandate the commander-in- chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, President Harding has had a new honor thrust upon him. He is now chief of police of the White House squad. “By special act of Congress,” savs the Washington story of this new departure, “the thirty-odd Washing- ! ton policémen detailed at the White House_have been formed Into an in- dependent force under the direct com- mand of the President. Military tailors have designed a new uniform, neat but not too gaudy, distinctive but not too pompous. It will be of navy blue serge with a high military collar, bearing on each side ‘W. H.' in gold - threaded monograms. With changing administrations it will not be necessary to change these initials, for they stand for ‘White House,' not ‘Warren Harding".” ‘We quote these Intimate details in order to show that democracies are not always as drab as they are paint- a i 1 cal method,” and “vour radical in- sistently believes that the proof of an allegation rests solely on the vehe- ‘mence with which it is made. “If hé was prepared to prove his allegations,” the Utica Observer-Dis- patch (independent) inquires, ‘‘why didn’t he stand his ground and have it out on the spot?” Instead of doing 80, howeyer, the Detroit Free Press (independent) says, “he chose to im- peach the whole committee along with the Attorney General without proof, and thereby asks the country to strain credulity by believing that he is the only honest man in the lot.” Certainly “the prosecution could not make out a stronger case, if it has one, than by producing its evidence and allowing the public to judge whether or not the committee 1s prejudiced in Daugherty’s favor,” the Kansas Cfty Journal (republican) thinks, rather than by saying to the ‘committee, “if you do not agree to convict we will not produce all our evidence.” . Nevertheless, the Knoxville Sentinel (independent - democratic) _contends that “the. committee should either have treated Mr. Keller's charges eriously or it should have dismissed them summarily. They are either too grave to trifie with or they are too preposterous to’ entertain any way.” The New York Globe (independent) holds that “Mr. Volstead's committee has been neither diligent, fair nor thorough,” and {f they “want the -“:l“o“ oltfl:nt‘g: and mtlee.lw pr&- ceeding w ugherty ‘investi- $iafe gation’ they shoul first by;elonfleg fluirm;?i‘nl" T ing amends fo ed.—Boston Post. Grave robhers in Egypt are called archeologists.—Philadelphia Record, The President of Poland was shot while looking at the pictures. Maybe he was reading the title aloud.—Lin- coln Star. Marriage by radio is a clever scheme. It keeps the groom from cluttering up the premises where the ceremony takes place. — Baltimore the Sun. Now that jails are all em ships all scrapped and wars u‘fi ded, we look forward to the new year without _misgiving.—Memphis News- Scimitar. = A thrifty wife is one who discovers that it is cheaper to buy an auto- matic than a ticket to Reno.—Syra- cuse Herald. . The robbery of the Denver mint might be regarded as “stoppage at source” with a vengeance.—Cincin- nati Times-Star. “Harding_Calls Governors in Dry says a headline, but further confirms our suspiefon that this is merely the subject of the con- ference.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A Christmas gift for the man with the average domestic supply of coal: £ megiying wieas & due St e TS An e L ‘mot The young |To the Editor of The &tar: i bronze the only true likeness of Lir Urges Good Will For All Points te Teachings of Him * Whose Day Is Observed. l Christmas—*“A Merry Christma the dear familiar sound we all re spond to in Christian countries. It seems meet at this seagon, this heau- tiful season—whose meaning is thel celebrating of the birth of Christ—' that we should not allow ourseiv to be 80 cumbered about by many | things that we forget the better part, but stop to realize fn the midst of all our giving and getting the ! supreme gift Christ gave us in g ing us Himself. In the multiplicity of gifts—the | overemphasis and sophistications of many gifts—we forget the heautiful simplicity of Christ. e gave Himseif, the biggest, greatest, supreme gift, and yet the simple He came as a little child 1o show us this simplicity. How comp ed we have made e even our religion. . It is the fash to run after every kind of happily we may find peace 3 here is Christ with us in His biessed | simplicity, born this day for u } On this earth where ¢ is the ople must tuke their do everything else us b sympathy for any s uny t help any one, but never let us forget that | b of them all ix « 1in Hix simplicity: they would hay 13 but for Him. no re Let us give the glory to 1 o whom it is duc. On this Ch 15 day I am making @ plea 1o us< all 1 remember that Christ. Let us use but never forget to give the to Christ—not Coue nor any on He it is who truly the power for health and happin. all others (who are seeking after truth) We must never for; while following Christ - ny aids just wish, 1h servant. Before Christ came natural that peop! help in every way, to us it w should grope natural and sup natural, to find peace in a trou 1 world. But surely in and in a Christian cour to be possible for us all 1o suy, the thought and help of Ch are getting better and happier al- ways” We would not 1 other proofs if we would only ) fore us all the time the real im of Christ, get-a ling belief in Him. Just following Chri is really much half complicated, a nard do and und . modern ism th Him, try to think His thoughts and do : He would do under wmiven 3 stances, if we help othe get ourselves He will s us the peace that pa o standing. { Unto you horn this day in the ! eity of David a Savior, who is thé Lord. MARGARET BANT Sculptor and Painter Mourned By Friend To the Editor of The § The deaths of the gifted, gentle est Thorp, the portrait painter who painted Lincoln from life, as Flan nery in plaster and bronze, oceurring | 50 mnear together and both friends of mine for sixty vear ar: mod touch me deeply, as I am sure they do all who knew them Lovely in life, they are not di in the time of their death, zlgrious and transcendent spirits returncd the Great Artificer of the unive Let not the memory of sue to souls fade into oblivion while the masterpieces of their genius remain in the National Capital. FEoth wer strongly favored early in their careers by being called to the House and portraying Lincoln life, and well did they improve opportunity to transfer to canvas the q coln, n an old age green and brigh And lovely as a Lapland they had the supr satisfactio not’ often accorded genius of livi to see thcir masterpieces accen honored and p d by all the pec ple who cherish lovingiy the men of the mighty Lincoln. However, in their oid for a season much depr appointed, especially sculptor, who ga statue now standing in front of Ci Hall, near the place where it v dedicated with imp! ceremos in 1868, and from which, unknown, and for reasons no o give, it was ruthlessly removed and serapped for some yea has been made all in vain to disc why it was so violated The moment Congre dismantlement had_occ some of its leaders) quietly Thorp, as th living, to find, if pos fragments. The T for The Star. and in it published, wi editorial comment, that moved gress to immediate action prov for s restoration, in statu qio, which a manner has n done lately. Thorp, to whom Lincoln often long sat for a port a Judgment that it like representation. I of Lincoln Tha it. one else but Flannery himself. mod estly silent for delicate personal r sons,e was as confident Thorp me ge they we n SOE for wdays, ! CAPITAL KEYNOTES “Lafayette, we are here!” has been overworked, ome Americans have n led to believe that we entered the war with 5,000,000 soldiers and unmeasured billions of dollars, be- cause of t to France Incurred during the American revolution services of the Marquis 1l the French govern- through th de Lafayette ment. In the interest of true his- t 1 cited in this column a few certain indisputable facts showing that lafayette was a boy years of age. “ted before leaving was to he made a v, and that jor general by st (at first with ing him any ter of Neman. that Iventure when nee major e Cong no intenti pand o nineteen he my 1d Lo he when the French ki I nd, and re- the scrvice of the n came back ur in com- con- dition pre # * % 1 have heen surprised to find that two readers missed the whole purport af . nd assumend without reason that 1 was aiming to detract from Lafavette's real military serv- . I_was un- cneh of my whe * ¥ know * * B ference to the history of our revolution was in response to the | axitation by M. Clemenceau for pre allianee between Americ « France for the military and finan- and mutual Jusly, with- ¥ contract of iance would rd friction tha in the last century. Let | our entente unds whi Mr id, first Marquis de La- fayette round that Gen “ashin * boy and praised | military because | for sixy ~ writer fo unselfish personal in- uth. and the obliga-| put under, even | archial government of * % % % Louis NVI withlicld support of our s the st nder of Bur- | 2oy ne s 000 made i Jand por mar wouid and Tisten make allian would wi peace then ith we yis of entered the w e 1 of our cer to the tories our years | unfair BY PAUL V. _—_ Z COLLINS. claims dragged through ‘the ni teenth century as a i‘«i«ul: of 1 piratical war.” The war lasted unt Napoleon mucceeded 1o powe: wanted to clear the way to fight England, so he stopped the with the Americans, and sold Loulsian 1o spite England, The * because of the services of the nineteen-yea jor general was ainly ba v the cotemporaneous antagonism of King Louis XVI and his premfer, Vergennes, and by the war fourteer vears later. by the directorate of the so-called first republic. B D * ok * x All that Lafavette did was done hy representatives of other tions. Here ix an extract from fayette and Hix Companions™ hy Castonnet des Fosses, the Geographical (1588) “The er had published Saciety of ¥rane vital (Philadel its ac of its ne come the rendezv and adventurers who Amer the one out for the insurgents or for Englich, the other in order there emnloy their activitios “One could there see the re f all nations—French ans, Poles—who o with their requests most calebrated ier Kermovan, w 11h of T France sinee the m n. who sous 1 nto the American = discinline and tacties of the Gern ar “tte had obta Deane the seritten prom zrade in the Amer nevertheless to ser losing his desire of the eolonies ainst foreigners and frivolity cnntrasted sinenlar with their own sedate and pearsal hahits. ecides, at that time. the war w iy 1t golng favorably for the inss zents and already m: of the v unteers. who upon arriv Ame had dreamed of trinn entries into the cities, with sho of flowers and with rejaicine. now tired of the countre, and their fatigue bhee, Such was the sit: E ette arrived” * % % % Now Tet us qu 1 own memoirs his own stor written in the third person It was in these « CThe imr ne would sond on ather @ until of dismissal. hut wit to serve as a volunteer.' A manner so new awnke atte tion: ¢ heard the message of t envovs, very flattering res Intion. Lafayette was made a n jor general Dazz'ed by . Congress » adroit young nohl < swent off its fe Chevalier Kermo nd Rochambeau, r the pion wnd for Do Kalb for Lafavette. b vhize who won the war sible for the American Prime Minister Shelburs. eret peace with Ada Franklin, to cirenmvent and his master. Louis: * ok %k ¥ zann vellian V nes directorate beggi King war upon us g The mach u the piratical bribes and m France no h ation action of the mon- ment, even though the Vergenne \e fruits n my first conspired 1o rob | aur vietory, as re- THic a being overthrown in power, the s America Adams president, Thomas Jefferson, for been our commissioner unvented the scheme of the settl nt of the. hout the pproval of houndaries, ete. The d__our minister, o ¥rance and re other. unless ctorate with 1 , the dire te King torate offense at John stead of Adams had ho hud cir 3 nnes in w to arder determine the mind of the stat and Pinckney that_is_forever. now and of emoved from tradition or qu nd made cverlasting record American _Pantheon. It was tie saddest hour of Il nery’s long and honored life when b beheld the ground bare upen whic his beloved masterpiece had st fifty years honored by all the woild. No wonder he wept, and his brother artist sympathetically wept with | even as ancient Israel bemoaned 1} destruction of the temple. In f health the aged sculptor nearly cumbed under the cruel shock. pleasant now to recall that his life | was spared to see the beioved I coln statue replaced, though ‘Thorp passed away some month; fore with sorrow. 100, in his heart, as he bemoaned the distre: Flannery Now all is well. The chapter closed and the artists who so honored and loved Lincoln are now with him in the mansions of rest PRIVATE DALZELL. To Beautify Capital for Shrine Meeting To_the Editor of The Star: In view of the fact that Washing- ton is the -capital of the whole United States, and the mecca of the people of the world at large, and that in the near future a great con- clave of nobles of the Mystic Shrine will essemble here by tens of thou- sands, it is very urgent that every one of the citizens use their best effort toward making the city look its tery best. Therefore, I would suggest that a conference represent- ing the different authorities in charge be called to meet in the District building not later than January 15, 1923, there to arrive at an ‘“under- standing”, and arrange for carrying out the following agenda: ' (a) To clear and biautify the grounds extending from Union sta- tion to the Capitol. (b) To clear and improve the ap- pearance of the wharves at the river front. (c) To clear all vacant lots and keep, weeds mowed during summer apd fall. - d) To have all tarraces filled and ‘where washed ‘out by rain and defaced. childre; * f2 Fo haveall momuments in i cleansed and paint up A M) defiance: “Mil- but not one cent i efonse, tribuse!” - followed—our firs :d the French I war of de-| spoliation | 3 of Congress have tor scores of years used the frankinz privilege to help gt themselves re-elected, and the cost of postage shows up picuausly the campaign ex- pense returns that each candidate | must make to the | clerk of the House —hut it has re- mained for Rep- resentative Ernest R. Ackerman of ew Jersey to de cons in | | time the of gratitude frov hut a new centur; Tnited qua the growth of he eals. alike in Fra il Am ave drawn the two republic mity than any nart ctory of paper’ cor alor “libert torn aside, the fog w i struek sunrise, Old of foliag lifted, 11 o'ciuck grander than a hurst out upon the French b the tri-color was the starry banner Ameriea, and the thrill of victory w. pounding in the bre; of doughbovs as prodigionsly hearts of the poilu Sntanging alliance on a serap paper? “Let the people rule!” Glo as in t ERepresentative Ackerman Won Seat With Canceled Stamps resembled an a« In all there were 1. of 250 rubles den total face value Before the world of Russian rub ed $207.13 United Stat stamps. in good relial currency, but at t letter was mailed it w equivalent to only 15 cents' worth United States postage. During his campaign Represent tive Ackerman exhibited this accs dion letter at more than twent public gatherings in al munitics of his_district. membe mittce of the House and claims 1 title of “the most traveled man He is fight military old ma svmpathy ate of the Pulaski and Koseinskn, hoth of wi played important roles in the reve in 1. and the great Pro de Lafayette arr hote crested in the cause, they (Amer icans) were little favorable towar rangers. Disgusted by the condu the Ameri their prete anported by the many pro Mr. Deane, they besieged Congrees Wwhose president was a rlever spirit oot stupid: a ezood o but va o foolishness. aut being disconcerted by the mer hers who did the talking M. La- » begged them to retern ress and there read the follow ing letter ‘After my sacrifices, T have the 1o ask two favors: The one is 0 serve at my own expense; the other Nt hec of 1hat, should today's Coneress be likewise enamoured hy pean blandishments? From the neidents of the revolution, We are as mueh indebted to Prussia for vor euben. to Poland and Russia for Kosciusko and Pulaski. and to Prance orical hackground for and. ttleficld: 000,000 ie n 1 n- he o a- o nd ne ve 1a i 19 Americ On Armistice davy. 1 ¢ American batteries. camou a4 and belching ath into the fo st the en ante and v on. The tes later, T heheld the ¢ as i of as he of making 2 Tubles. he ax of a- ot - the bikg com- of the foreign affairs com he t his opponent i Congres: He used the letter w a red-hot cam-! paign by the use its $1 feet of folded-up postage visualize the enormous depreciati on of canceled post- ge stamps. famous tea party in Boston harbor, of the Russian ruble. He was arguing -against allowi Never since the ipolshevism or unsound economic prin ciples tv get a foothold in this cou try and used the letter to illust ng - ite about a century !what might happen here if adequat and ACKERMAN, have stamps played so _con- spicuous a part in American politics. 1 amp about because Representa- tive Ackerman is internationally known as one of the world's greatest private collectors of stamps and a philately expert. Spme months ago Representative ckerman got a letter from Russia, n which the postage was pald by many sheets of Russian stamps, 100 in each sheet. When folded together back to back theke stamps made a double strip fifteen and one-half feet in length, or counting each side, made one strip six inches wide and thirty- one feet long. The strip was folded and .refolded to conform to the size of , 80 that the package as presentative Ackerman REP. not set up. He unfurled his acce dion postage to show that the an ing depreciation of the ruble foll ed the advent of an uneconomic & ernment which started the printi presses turning out money withe proper reserve in the treasury make good these scraps of paper. a half ago |safeguards through legislation were or- Az~ w o ns ot o In_ Morristown, N. J., -where Gen Washington had his headquarters for a time during the revolutionary war, this letter bearing $207137.50 postage (really worth 245 cents) was particularly effective; efpecia when Representativa. clinched hi ing against bolshevism by showi from his collection one of the stam: that caused the 1y Ackerman argument for safeguard- ng DY Boston tea part. and brought on the American revolu- tion.