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has never been chosen for this par- ticular game lies in the fact that an agresment was long ago made be- tween the two academies that the con- test should never be held south of Philadelphia,” supposedly for the pur- pose of equalizing the distance be- tween the two official seats of learn- will reach a figure. suggestive of the outstanding volume of German marks. Notwitbstanding this heavy ia- crease in mail volume the peak of the outgoing parcel mail was advanced two days aver last year. The days of = r heavieat mailing in 1921 were Decem- THEODORE ‘W. NOYES......Editor | ber 20, 23 and 22, while this year the corresponding days were December |ing. In fact, however, it is now point- The Evening Star Newspaper Company | 13, 19 and 20. ‘This means that the |ed out, Annapolis has not been bene- Business Office. 11th St. and Penneyivania AYe. | pubiic responded to the postal officials’ fited by" this rule as greatly as West (3 Chicago Ofice: Tower Buitd! request -for early mailing. It means|Point, inasmuch as under it New uropeas Office : 16 Regent 8t., London, England. | ) gyrer gervice in deliveries. This| York could be chosen for the game, m\'m'o Erening Star, with the Surday T}fr.\fl; ¥ear the transport Ao; the mails was|entailing a much shorter travel from sditton, i delivered by carviers withih the Or | handicapped by train failures due to| West Point than from Annapolis. On - ':mm s.;:.:e ::1 3 2-0‘. .‘Tu:‘ per m:fln‘:':.u.h; various causes, one of which is be-| the other hand, Philadelphia is farther 550, ™ Cottection” 37 mude by carriers at the | lieved to be the great. increase in|from West Point. passenger travel. Had it not been for| It would seem that the question of the advancing of the peak point by |]distance from the two academies Maryland and Virginia. forty-eight hours it would have been | should not govern. These games are and Sunday..1vr. $8.40; 1 mo.. 70c | Impossible to move the heavier volume | not particularly for the benefit of the §.00; 1mo., 50c | of mail matter this year in seasum. students of the two institutions, the s 3r.$240;1mo., 20¢} practically everybody appreciates | military and naval cadets, but for the All Other States. the advantage of early mailing, just | public generally, which divides in par 1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ { gy the advantage of early buying has| tisanship according to affiliations ir ! $7.00: 1 mo., 80c 3 : % - 250 | long since been learned. Yet improve- | respective of location. Washington is B o ments are still possible. If the peak |both an Army and a Navy city, the lember o sso¢ Press. 1d be gdv her by tw 5 4 couldiheiad ancediat st eSS :::::"’)‘!r;fi::m":a:‘;n;'asfe:e’::ér;:: was Col. Goldsmith, who had not ‘only | character or in the manner in which grplained by the fact that, though[midst of Senator Curtls' cnarge to Whist docs not_hardly " mect_ U served with aistinction as & member of | he had handled the political afplcs of | s, Berionsl fortunes, have been |the police & framt W8 (U8 SO0 e | Lo Ry il 1 o A | THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.'C. ‘WEDNESDAY . Décember 87, 1022 CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS. HERE and THERE in WASHINGTON{ | | Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. BY “THE MAJOR” Woodrow Wilson and Willlam Jen- EPRESENTATIVE UPSHUR of :"I’:P lIA:F lthhla dlndv;nt--a'of faru - Georgia makes a serious charge | g, & 1go5' (1S ;g;:l:;h;n;m\z: 1 of insincerity against many un- | its prosperity. named members of Congress, o * % ok X the effect that they profess to be sup-| Why does not the tired housewife porting the enforcement of the Volstead | have some cabinet official to tell her law while they themselves are patrons of | that life s going to be easier in 1923 bootleggers. Representative John Philip | than it was last year? Maybe the Hill, o “wet” member from Baltimore, | government thinks that since she has challenges Mr. Upshur to producehis inothing to do but take care of the list of alleged hypocrites—perhaDs|home and children—and husband— with no thought of doubting that he |needs no consoling. During last might do so. As if to confirm all the | her daily tramping about the house. charges, Senator Curtis, the repub- gs certified by a pedometer in her lican “whip” of the Senate, talls the [pocket, proved that all she walke! Capitol police to the task of weedinglwag about seven miles a dav, no out the bootleggers from the Capitoi. | counting the joggles in stooping regardless of who they are, “fTOM|pick op Tommy's stockings from ti. private secretary to a senator down floor or twisting to ses where Joh no one except a member of CONgress|Seven miles straight! She ought 1 is exempt from arrest. And in the|play goif or something for cxercier . | that's tf , but our Niagara ECRETARY of Commerce Her-|lhat's pretty soof. BLt, CUr, | tes” |nings Bryan, in the estimation of bert Hoover is, in many way: democratio politiclan: 1 & renarkinls Darse o * * K ¥ politiclans, continue to that he is able to put his finger, with- Dlaces whers republican lesders are | 10 (Y 00 Ban W be Comoctuth o heeitation, on Just. the mman that|wont to gather concerning & national| PRIV Tor the Dresent, Mr. WsoR D6 whnts to sarry out & certain part|committeeman from the far west, the | TOL CORINE upon Tus nsser nor B T e T o & hand. "Atter |one who Tecently refused to have his| (iRZ B tnfuence in efforts fo direct the armistice was signed, and during |name considered in connection With & o ) Ty e Qi b the time that Woodrow Wilson was {high government position. It appears} .d"e’; m":; :0 by suggestions In Burope, Hoover was busily select. | that some time ago this urbane gentle- | no &) KO0 10 70 Pedars in Cougress o emtally: belahe young men for |man purchased a ranch, & farm, soms [¢ G U0 PEFY IMATRERIR. By the time important fobs, filing them away in |hoP land or something of the sart and. | 1C TRKE PSS T enie L tnaes n¥hen he was so.|Upon . closo investigation, discovered | S0 JTATE (e, Polticlans, expect leoted by President Harding to sit in | that the one most familiar with thein suggesting policies for the de- his cabinet, Hoover searched his mem- terrain was an aged Chinaman, who [mocracy and in frequent conferences with the i ory and found that it contained the Eectors i isnapeTh o Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. had for years acted as & sort of silent f FUA, th v ¥ S manager and adviser as to which crop name of many Young men who would grew best in.certain sections of the be of assistance to him in making|ranch. Some time ago some members Mr. Bryan is far from being a past his administration of the Department|of the G. O. P. in this western state|number in democratic politics, not- of Commerce a success. Ome of the{cohceived the idea that they Would|yiinstanding his long and unbroken litical boss, but could not men that he feached out and grabbed | SuSt thig DONtIOLI RO Bl SO0 onal | record of defeats for office. This 13 * ok x * Sunday only .»T?m_‘:g;«::‘n:.ffix[e.‘."‘.:"‘.,‘h;"‘.'fi‘i..::‘:.:}gg aval (5 staat of Aheepastal orics| o of £ Patehes eredited 10 1t or not ofherwise & wou greatly lightened and the |both. An Army-Navy game held here n hat one of the | a sedentary life. would be definitely on equal ground | American Expeditionary Forces, but | iy . "pa¢ “Asiatic’labor was being | witnessing many of the policles he A T s has let fall 8 bottlo ey Y 2T Ao siala e et ow i itol e carar SF whisky, which has broken, flooded in thi 1! local 1b- 5 3 Taned " hori. “Al1 “Fiehta of "publication of | service itself would be improved. 1 dispatches herein are also reserved. It is possible in the pre-Christmas . b ———————=—————————| 2] rush to increase the force of col- | ity of the accommodations. a spot on_the foorand THiod e A Survey of District Needs. |lectors and handlers. But the carvier| Whatever agreement may. be en- e nowing e penllrmushg O rateh force cannot be cnlarged advantage-| forced now can be changed to permit |to wipe up the incriminating €Vi°|, .y given by the committee of ti: the selection of Washington as the of- |of the division of foreign commerce and | called, arrived they faund one SuPETC 11 the cartoons of Col. Roos EREE House which refused to permit repre ci 5 v vi annuated toothless old Chinaman, th of with Bryan's ficial scene of the annual Army-Navy [told to go to i, which he has dome(annuafed topiniess OIC 0 LR e gy District needs accumulated during g {ha yeus of compdrativainegisctl dng | QLny-1 dhe fmen gehold It DILE G {0l vaeiine | ceanamies te ow Lol be |21 aboutyiownlate e xperts iy 3 h e sentatives of the citizens of Wask most successfully, and if you want to oLt Rt s who had made -a .splendid record for{employed on the farm. The news-|advocated enacted into the law of the himselt in the reliet,work in different | papers were tipped oft and photogra- |land. = This accounts for his hold on, parts of the war-stricken territory of | phers sent to take pictures of the Yihetunk and file of his party. The E f ot ne | Asiatics alleged to be employed on|fact that the republican party has urope, 8o it came to pass that the| ;o gyrm. When the knights of the ]!kken over some of his policies doubt- full-o-pep colonel was placed in charge|plack box, as the camera men are|less adds to his satisfaction. * ok ok * There are folks who say that that is not an elevating spectacle in the ington and friends of the publ. . : know the routes, they know the names | contest. Provision of special accom- surveyed and summarized for a state- 3 = know i t commerce of | compelled them ment to Congr it is announced at | 2nd they know the houses. Upon their | modations at the ball park could be 'he’“"ns{‘yé‘r"'t'se';ealv)»%‘;-ld.lh:scweu gse(f".. strange to relate, each one of the| /e 8ton for the purpose of con- |, ..ione Capitol and that Senator Cur- |schools to appear in persor 1 3 it is Knowledge of their territories depends | made to bring the seating capacity up| United States. drop in some day and piaten i’;"‘fi;:;‘l’ed A s g&Y lana }','5;,&:’;e}i?:d';?‘f;fm":‘_fi“""f‘ffrsfi O aer umnot be too strictly and a verbal appeal for the bettcrment ou will find how many million bushels O re & splendid | mark of consideration. Onty a few |Unmercitully enforced. of the school equipment. It was i the District building., A comprehen- sive review of the urgent require- ments of the municipality has been undertaken, covering the streets, schools and sewers especially. Barred from submitting full esti- mates covering all the necessities of the District in respect to these and other branches of the municipal gov- ernment, by the budget bureau's cur- ® k¥ * Funny about those New Yorkers. They complain about their coke which had been- stored last summer in New Jersey, and now it swarms with huge mosquitoes. No extra[of citizens has now submitted is - | so much stronger pres tion of t charge for the birds, but the consum- | 80 Thuch stronger ati E y verbal statement be ors soem to feel themselves cheated, | for=® $1a™ 80X FoiiC al " committee for they wanted roast turkeys. Infcould have been that it will un- v v sting | doubtedly accomplish far more thay | Washington! wa conine er s X05 | the delegation could have done by to 30,000 and standing room for many | 3¢"G T = 5 h at. how many hundred thousand | the engra thousands more. It is confidently ex-|tons of dried fruit. how many millions job of the h:l‘nmegu,:e;l\zl(tue;le o dhe g:::lr‘d‘::otgenc‘?lfg-:;‘:h,f Capitol ‘fl"‘ i 8 ounds of c er, etc., are handl by this | newspapers prin on room o he pected that Congress will in the near [POUNdS of conper. ctc. ave Randied by (8 | 7P Nave been that of the race to|Sehate, where, as <oon as his pres- tuture provide for the construction of { you catch him—and these’ periods are | which lholnlon lh: znclflf.;xclol.;t ob- -::m:uost :er:,oa\:n. he‘;wls \'l‘ulted’ by i very rare. generally occurring after six|ject. The plans of the political ene~ ors. Senator Pat Har- a great stadium, and meanwhile the | (o5 Jate, Sencraly QeGUng BOCT Lol | rifes came” to’ naught when it was | [Ron of Mississippi invited him to g0 Army-Navy game could be played in |3 fund "o Amy stories that are in: |learned that the only foreign-born|iito the senators’ private lobby, but circumstances to assure a satisfactory { teresting. Here are two that he told slap in the face to the ci many felt that the suggestion the committee might “submit a brief” was but another form of rebuff But the brief which the commitie their efficiency. To put strangers upon the routes may retard rather than facilitate deliveries. Conse- quently the heaviest burden of the Christmas mail rush falls upon these men who go from door to door with letters and parcels. There is a physi- cal limit to their capacity. If the load be distributed over a longer period they can carry it effectively. T meand employed on the place was|lie modestly declined and stayéd in . he open. O & me the other day, when I dropped in | th e-bent worshiper of Con-|the open. On these visits to the Na- Yy oDel 0 X S Kl tional Capital he has mo hesitation contest with a “‘capacity” attendance. |, get some information the other day | fuscius. i for" this column. It appears that a * % * % 1B expremsing his opinion to legisia- great many years ago a beautiful arch on and policies in Enlarging the Camera’s Uses | was erected in Europe to the memor ONSIDERABLE excitement was | most emphatic manner. e Ty of tailment of the figures, Commission. | Period they < CUES, € o0 e do ¢ ers still are justified in laying before | If it 13 €O 2oy ¥rom Des Moines, Towa a noted person. and it stood. weather- caused the other night in 2 * % k k¥ to congressmen, but they —make |Che CEEERLIE TONC TG he read y "¢ | so. th t gain in effictency : : _|Deaten and dulled by the passing of i s “And we might be glad L hekens Congress a full statement of what is | 50+ Hence the great gai clency | jopn B. Hammond, chief of police, wgnd”auiied by ho_ passing of| prominent hotel by the cries of & cat| Thers Iy every indication that Mr. toughiteasting and e o ok it interest fanttntisn s behind one of the overstuffed sofas|Bryan is to have another head-on|is included. Senool welfare of the growing gener in the advance of two days in thelannounced today that every drunken | through the city in which it stood. One man who is brought into police head- |of them noticing that here and there | that line the main corridor; added to * % ¥ * ation. It will shock and arouss collision with a faction in his party b £ Congress who have be members of Con s who « bee essential to equin ::> municipality properiy. There is no Jaw to check | P® Guarters hereafter will have his pic- | were & great chunks missing, explained N i i1 i x them from such a survey and report. . ture taken. When the offender has|io his companion. “Wellour flvers this was the interruption of some one| It s to bo over prohibition—a repeti-| When is a street miry enough 10}JCllcd® 1o discount the claims {0 The special needs of the schools Recovery in Europe. L e e e T L e D e e laiinia g s 588 Francisce convention. . wish |JuSUY the expense of Qlling its deeb- | the schools The situation, In, <o have been urged by the board of edu-| That economic conditions and pros- | that he may know just how he looked. | they certainly raised hell with the conyerolt o ; o who|the northern and middle wesi demo- |est gulfs ana bays? A prominent|io be Noi R e s were waiting for their escorts, and tojcrats leaning very decidedly toward |citizen living in a suburb of Wash- :1‘;\“1;5 'Tf&'{l? D“-‘nli\' "lm_:’_l N i £ _{town’s opera” house.” Another story = This may have some effect as a de-{ {hWn 8 ORFME CONUS o1 (ol him cm‘?_ 2dd to the thrill a twain of what ngrkt wines and beers, Mr. Bryan will seek to drive the southern and west- terrent. A man in the character of a|cerned an American soldier who -had g i : e ers were greatly dis- ; drunk at a police station does mot|been bragging about the bigness of | rvore OU°E flapp! e hom to| oo brohibition states into resisting 3 ¥ things in reneral in America, when a|furbed by what apneared to y Weakening or modification of the present a sightly appearance, With his | thii5s Tmoen ia - an ‘enfeavor to get | be the crying of an abacdoned infant| Volstead act. under the lounge on which they were| New York, New Jersey, Massachu- hat battered. his clothes soiled, his|him to concede that there was some- ed, s | e in Furope worth while, ook nim | seated. It was merely L. C. Harmon|setts, Pennsylvania and ‘Ohio will g collar and neckwear askew, his eyes | {0'{F " (0T ORC TSN ¥ a g ‘Dointing | of New York. Paris. London. Hong-|to battle with him. and. with the iy réd and his general suggestion of un-{down to the great molten mass below. | kong and other places having his merical strength of these states in o et mnvtning | evening’s fun. Harmon's ability as a|the convention, the politiclans are tidiness and demoralization. Seei?:g The khaki-clad | ventriloquist is known in smart clubs predicting that again will the himself thus as others have seen him h he replied: “Oh! in all parts of the world. " suffer defeat of a cher- —— e may work a reform if he is not too ished program, far gone. Mr. Bryan not only essays to ad- vise his ow i L A EDITORIAL DIGEST e B L that jailers should be supplied with e Ehin e Tn e L eiectston cameras and instructed in their use. |Sumgented that Bresident iarding so that when mobs bent on murder should make protest to foreign na- : tio: s surged up to prison doors the mem-|Japan Sets Praiseworthy Example | Japan's wicked and cruel occupation e nimst i alleged Maclt fald Bacal cotld it photontanheas) that e =5 el | otgcninesefecxitony; can jacaeelvibe eighteenth nmendmer}’iot‘h‘:g:g:ivle';fl ‘group picture would assist officials in| 1B nternational Dealings. | Soiation of ‘Shantung regard the{whisrs ehei Bationals to engage In making arrests, and, moreover, that| 'When Japan gave Shantung back to| departure of the Japanese asa calam- e e the knowledge that assailants would be received in that way—a flashlight China. as a year ago it agreed to do. | itv. The Peking government is Weak{ xrr wWilson is expected. in his owh as - ccted. is o aiding at night—would have a tend- ington complains that the water| ot ® OB ot be a reac which is dammed in his street re- which will save the capital from the 2 5 2 pa ot . {disgraceful conditions, with quires a life-saver in “conbtant at-|CRECRCEHG o Mo 182 elassrooms tendanee lest children drown therein. | ST tohsanas ‘of children are g1 e p. }l(:i“e:?rien:.| eing ac | ting only half the normal amount of customed _to most ai- S ket iho assertion iter: fachosling SamER (O, I, aily, and instead of sending gravel feptRoNos fo fill the holes he has sent a man 4 E s measaring pole to verify the| Tie government has received ample aim hat & chiid mnight rown N {garning that another coal strike wil them. ~He asserts that most com- |, co)jeq April 1 unless the demands laints that come to the Commi: Prs are based on misinformation. of the miners are fully complied wit wants facts. If those holes Will|pefore that date. It is found that mo: Teally drown children, let us see the ;3 s Teent of dt. If they are quicksands |all the miners are drawing $1 D Cwill smallow an automobile, [week, as was reported rcgardin what kind of an automobile do “";3: some in West Virginia, and some- like best? Some automobiles ought i . i e St W e e flowed, . Wiiat's the use of |thing las got 1o e i Alling . water holes in December?|Judge Gary. head of the United * Don't the citizens know that in Janu-Steel Corporation. generally knows ary water generally freezes solid, 80,5 ne steel trust, says that while that it makes a fine roadway—harder | 5 o % Ot e and cheaper? Why can't ] the steel workers might be put on citizens be nt and reasonable? three-shift basi§, each shift working * k% % eight hours instead of twrive hours ¥ i 0 N t present. it is not practicable &0 Setretary Wallace anticipates New |35 S e trades are rcceivink cation and by the citizens’ committee | pects in Europe are not as desperate representing all Washington. The{as has been believed is made manifest needs of the streets have been indi-| by facts and figures submitted at yes- cated by civic organizations and by!terday's cabinet meeting by Mr. the Commissioners. The sewers have [ Hoover, the Secretary of Commerce. not been particularly dwelt upon other [ On the contrary, foreign trade statis- than the routine reports of municipal | tics show that the European nations departments. The water supply re-|are steadily increasing their exports quirement has been effectively stated | of manufactured commodities ‘to this and is now being met through new | country in exchange for the foodstuffs that have been put under way |and raw materials which they must the past few months. have from us, and Secretary Hoover It is desirable now to bring all|foresees a not distant day when the these needs togéther into a definite | value of goods shipped to the United declaration of necessities for the guid- | States may equal and pass the value ance of Congress in dealing with the | of goods purchased here, and we may District. It may be possible through |be called upon to export gold in set- the release of the surplus tax revenues | tlement of trade balances. now in the Treasury, and now the| In addition to the steadily increas- subject of consideration by a joint se-| jng output of manufactures, Europe’s lect committee, to make immediate | ability to buy from America i8 helped provisién, in the next fiscal year, for | by the “invisible” items of exchange, i e speechiess and | and they are afraid that it cannot it shocked the cynics speec nd. Lrotect them against bandits.” {g00d time, to emerge from his pres- ve tonic to in- | "Gince Japan's release of SI tent oli eclusios § pan’s release of Shantung to state of political seclusi: : % usion and as one writer | China is “really one of the outstand- |start a campaign for revival of the administered an effect ternational good will a ‘beginning on all of these require-| such’ as the expenditures abroad of fency to diminish the stze of such| STTET PR Tl o) ction. To that | ing completed features of the confer- fnents in ‘accordance with 2. compre- | American tourists, the remittances of | crowds. he Dyl ikl Hem1altindspendent) aads|jicnceucalicd by resident THardIng Jeague of nations project or “some-{ year resolutions Ly suggestions of |such disproportionate wages. I3t & as the Scranton Times_democratic) {thing equaliy as good” along that{optimism for his chentele of 6,000, | the Steel ‘Corporation would have t continue to pay twelve hours' wage ies. He tells us that}ell o ly hours' work or the cost of Iiving would have to come down ge:- eral so that the steel worker: would be wiiling to work at the sam. Men engaged in a great cause march up without blinking or hesitation to the cannon’s mouth.” But only thor- oughly hardened men bent on an ignoble end will march up to the} camera's -mouth and register there the furious face and gesture that go with lynching bees. The stomach for that sort of thing needs to be of the that “a perfectly good campaign issue : sces it it is. the New York Herald |line.” Just now, and for some time has been exploded.” While sympathy | (independent) holds. “a tfiumph for{Past. all requests for expression of with the Herald's viewpoint is natu- | American diplomacy” as well. But,|opinion from him on political or other , o ot indl. | however the honors may be distrib:|dUestions are met with the polite rally colored by the atti i- | uted, it is undoubtedly, the Herald |Feply: “Mr. Wilson is not discussing vidual papers toward “the crime of | concludes. “a long step ahead in|Public questions at this time.” straightering out international tan-{ Some day some lucky newspaper gles and in removing formidable man will get an interview from him which will be the journalistic coup of the period. Here's hopin'. * * hensive, systemati¢ scheme of im-}immigrants and the losses suffered by pro\'e’ml‘nts. Or it may be possible to| American gamblers in depreciated pro 000 farm fami he is a true prophet, for a vear &g0 he foretold better times for the farms during 1922 than in the previous year, and he claims’ that his prophecy came true—the farmers got better prices and paid less™for their labor. ‘True, what they had to buy cost more. but. on the whole, they fared better. Crops were good, though ide a federal advance to the Dis- | currencies, 'so that the prospects are trict to be repaid with interest, per-|for steady improvement in the Euro- haps added to the surplus revenues|peam market for the product of Amer- thus released, to enahle the District to | jcan farms and mines and mills. Even go ahead now to make good its ar-|a considerable amount of gold could _rears due to the enforced economies | pbe shipped to Europe in settlement of of Congress in dealing with the capi- | balances with little injury and much hourly rate only eight hours instcad of twelve. If the stecl workers o an eight-hour schedule got twelve hours' pay it would increase the cost of structural steel 50 per cent, which would upset all caleulations as 1o the cost of building and throw many Shantung” it is felt by all American editors that Japan has given a splen- did proof of good faith and has set an example in international fairness perils to peace In the far east.” The New Poll 3 q : which, as the Charleston (W. Va.) lyanna It would be trite, almost bromidic, e s ‘mechanics out of employ tal munlu?l.my. Or again it may be | penefit to American industry. Our }toughest quality. Mail (independent-republican) says, “Tnfre's nothing good or bad but|to relterste suggestion of Mr. Wil. |he does not claim that that was due to ‘possible by another form of loan, per-{ present stock of gold amounts to about —— earns for her “a place among the |thinking makes it so,” Shakespeare|son’s place in the affection and |5 prop_hetmm e '"_‘l’.;‘!:‘ cituation demonstrates moOs e o e v s E tes Sois] r Cclearly and concretely that no F civilized nations today, and it is not | announce i A few Mexicans of the turbulent |Sivilized natlons today; fnd 1y 15 [ | an edi:;]?ng time ago. He meant, | esteem of hundreds of thousands of type may have rushed to join the|some other nations can well mark course, if you really think it. 'TIs|his fellow-democrats. It is not all fascisti under the sadly mistaken im-{the fidelity to pledge exhibited by the | & most comfortable doctrine, if you{S¥mpathy with his physical afiction, pression that it was a new kind of .;‘s‘?:;;gfilfld take note of an honora- | think only along lines of cheerfulness but regard for his character and the freight rates and interest rates, but concedes that both freight and in- terest charges are still too high. Taxes, especially local taxes, are too high: but as to local taxes, they are directly controlled by the farmers class ean receive unfair advar cxcept at the expense of classes. The wages of carpe plasterers, for example, rangins $12 to $20 a day of eight hours, mak~ haps In the nature of a bond issue, to | £3,077,000,000. The minimum legal re- supply the funds required for the Dis- | quirement to maintain our currency trict’s 60 per cent of these costs, this | and. credit is about $1,600,000,000. The perhaps in addition to surplus release { very high security of a 60 per cent id and optimism. Pollyanna applied it 10:?1531!:1 h)::. !:-?tl;fl ::dwsatll‘ll:.ul;;l: and federal advance. . . ireserve requires only about $2,400,-|bandit organization. “The Tokip government hias kept its | 170 oM =Y s o by the farmers|$12 to 320 8 day of SlgUL LA However financed, these large proj- , i v = word” and “the Shantung question is was forever smiling. It reap-|Bryan, will have to conts themselves. as a rule. So |t - st s e £ = lazes Dol [017000; softnat wei sl have e ons e fmord and e T e Bvening | pears now 2 an orlginal giscovers. oo | faction in his party, Thers h A ey compiain about is within their | work less than twelve BOSTS, o R ects of improvement, costing many | plus of something like $700,000,000| His visit enabled Clemenceau to un- | Public Ledger (independent) an-'ipe modern miracle. 7 visions among democrats over the|OWN power to remedy. One encour- req:lslre:‘ 'hucimr?.‘:t:n:rir’"f jent SO 2 league of nations as acute as those be. | A8INE feature e points 1o s the |2O0E 90 O Gjatses, However, cng g nounces, and skeptics and cynics w 11 derstand that a man may be popular [ F2UNCIS 0k the best of it, even| Just think what a transformation in America, even among those not in | though, as the Lafayette Journal and | would be affected could people unre- fact that other ‘groups than agri- cultural are realizing more than ever before: that any depression of agri- neers and health authorities scem 1t millions, should not be longer neg-!iwhich Europe badly needs and we can have a leaning toward the humani- lected. Every year adds to the diffi-| well spare. With steadily increasing tween the most irreconcilable republica d the stanchest supporter Por Sr Wilson, huma Like ‘a political John the Baptist, |cultural prosperity affects them as|tarian schedule, even for the arduous culty through further accumulations. | ability ta supply her wants from this | absolu eement with hi Courier_(independent-republican) re- | (ol ! e 3 T —————————— ountry by sending us goods in ex- LR e s economic | Coutler 4 o ets the calculations of | Sérvedly belleve in it! “Day by day o - ardunas e y ideas. - ks, e ateamen who were S0 | in every way I am getting better and |Mr. Cox of Ohio is doing missionary |Well_as it does farmers; hence they task of smelting and molding, of Work for the Teague (ifa Missionary | ire willing and eager to co-operate | eight-hour shifts. “Good will towa change, a relatively small supply of : gold from us would start Europe's Nasusting what- | all men!” .currencies on the way to stabilization and would tend to speedy solution of meny problems which have appeared insoluble. : Incidentally, it is worthy of note sure that Japan would never Keep!better” are the magic words which £ Wilson is silent. His success or fail- { With the farmers i PAr° promise " Thus. in' e INCerDre” | ghoud prove, the wopen sesame” to all| Voison 12 sient. *Fiis success'or cail: : : Couldn’t Keep Pennies Straight, It is possible to reinstate a player|tation given by the Memphis Com-|poniivece’ The beggar might soon Keeping th eeping the torch aflame. But Handles 1ons Fasily in the films, but the restoration of jmercial Appeal (democratic) “‘another | piR BNS, AT JSEREY O S0 VAT R oy j The Two-Day Recess. Affer a two-day recess—the time devoted to a discussion of Christmas “turkey and trimmings—Congress i§ back on the job. . It is a great improvement on the old thirty-day recess. For such was virtually the result of the voting of & fortnight to “holiday festivities. Two weeks for the festivities and two i the Versailles spectators to the orchestra chairs fs | 9ne of the objections to the Ferssh U8 | Cinderella become a princess; every another matter. {’,‘,’g“,";g.;‘;c‘s:,“3“,1“,,,‘;,2‘.",5“,,,,, I per | 8lim bank account ewell into Rocke-| 1t Is 2 subject of comment with —————— { heated political imagination feller dimensions. Whether anything {both republican and democratic poli- Ty 12 will patiantly cbats “It must be conceded.” however, the of ihe kind happened or not, the|ticians what a difference there fs in = s e world wil ently ct 'n E: i ent-demo- | res s that this improvement in trade with | o °0 0 ‘;";‘m m’me “n’l‘;“e‘ "'l‘ SR R0 e g,‘mmd_ Persunde. himseit. by patient|the morale of the democracy for the Burope is taking place under the new practical ; §Tate) OIS S e ustification. Her | repetition of a certain formula, that past six months or more as z t ich ha plans for permanent peace @re,record had not been inspiring. and | they had happened. As a man thinks, trasted with the slump which existed tariff ,JJaw, opponents of whicl ve | o volved. the | Chicago News (independent) |50 ho is. Dr. Crabbe might make the {in the closing months of 1920 and | 0 thinks it not unlikely that “despite | Volstead act effective by saying forty {€arly in 1921. The republicans dm|'|i S s anot make their |Ning west and hus T e e le over 1o the vert: i ly would pre- . weeks for recovering from the festivi. | charged that it not on . Sl Lo e i “E Ike it at i i i the vague pledge given at Paris, the | times, morning and night. “Every day | ! ai 2 3 3 ) T “The wheels seldom begin to re.| vent Europe selling to us, but would | - . “FmPmlmT CT S SR St dliomacy in Japan had | in every way the country is gétting | (VoW " ! N 1 imances balance | other etation where east-bound trainy volve again full swing before Jamy.|mMake it impossible for Europe:to pur- Ol sehoe o D vations and hoped |drver and dryer” S the thirsty, de-|democrats “point witls 2 O e downhoarted, for | en Toute for Chicago pulled v, v 20 ; Phse our surpluses. Also Mr. Hoover's | ic- The oriental method of handling | iyt "comnlications over railroad con- | prived of liquid refreshment, tou'd themselves. D ey may be called | Through this service the prople got LS z = bootleggers might be &orth studying. | trol. payment for improvements by a | console themselves with the phrase| The democrats began to: cheer up at some day they may DS heh e At data are worth studying by those who ; B e ot Chinece. (reas. | “Exery day in every way I am get- |the time the republican Congress was | upon to handle billions of dollars for | their papers about an hour and « hal? coming in for such widespread criti-|(he United States government. before they reached Chicago.’ Marcel * This short session will cover, the constitutional three months, A month 4 trade and other concessions and | ting drunker and drunker. z 2 ur: ncess No traffic expert has vet devised a | the like, might result in giving the| The possibilities of self-hypnotism |cism and complaint. All that talk “That's a real life transition for Mar- lus did a brisk trade, but frequently would adventure this country upon: was a wonderful tonic to the demo- haB alvcady been-<covered, and two|cXtracilinary gnd doubtful undertak-} 7 e et permanent Dosses. | are boundless. Newspapers which h : A : mionths will' bring us to March 4— |ings in the hope of opening .up the | 8¥stem of regulations that will pro- :}Zn f Shantun P o “In giving | vainly tried to increase their circula- | crats and they lost no opportunity to |cellus C. Sheild, clerk of the House [ came out behind in his accounts. European- ‘markets, It would seem | Vvide parking accommodations. the territory to China, Japan acknowl- 'methods might try the | pass.it along and to fan the flame ot appropriations| Finally he made up his mind to re- - y way | discontent. Then came the November committee, who,|form, and to study hard at mathe= i edges ® * * that in presuming to prescription “Every day in ev: {hatitlio healing provesses Cf {ime al v CdRes vertures for permanent pos- |f am becoming more popular.” Even|elections to put the democrats fairly | . 5 o S e e e Pl ready have the patient on the road tof - SHOOTING STARS. K O Ghantuni it had taken an |if the assertion did not represent a|on their feet, headed upgrade with 4] when a boy. ma; « . o di 5y — fact, it might create a pleasing self-{stride. Now there is almost no liv-| ing penny change | come a big financier by surmountinz | was so inaccurate | his particular weakness - untenable position?” the Indianapolis I Pl e ten e ependent) suggests, and in | delusion that would go far toward al-| In€ with them for their pride and closing time. - 'I'h(‘rs‘ is a goed deal to be done, and 8 'good deal Of debate inheres in much of.it. The supply bills will carry many | 4 0" stimulant at this' period might BY PHILANDER J0HNSO fd interesting, and new, it cial stimulant a Spetiod Ve E! NSON. the transter of the disputed leasehold | jaying the pains that affect unappre-iconfidence. i 3 53 in both ;i sn:‘e s el do a great deal more harm than good. e Sklahoma City Oklahoman (demo- | ciated merit. If you can't get reai| The psychology of success must not that he finally Then in 1906 he came to W 0! ouse and Senate members Holidays. ratiey sees the settiement of “one | turtle. mock turtle is not bad.—Balti- j be underestimated as a political asset | % 3 lost his job be-|as a delegate to a fratern will ‘want to make their positions ——— e S e e fof the most Txtnmg ;:rnhle:xm of | more Sun. :;o“"afltto r:ior!::ci'-he l(amn|be fiountsdi AR § cause at the end ence. He promptly became lain. A green Christmas used to be re- i @ Xy ithe orient” and “a step toward per- —_— LAY wavering back to of the month|with the educational advantuges B V. n that section of the N ) party loyalty d to encourage tl 3 e | garded as endangering health. Tt i C2n't be ail @ holiday. {manent peace I e & «“Spell Plaguy. Paithtul to further effort. The re- | there wasmt the capital, and going back to s-hos . &t in two ‘months, with every- i world.” ! \Who would fashion all the to Pl briet outline of “momentous| Judge E. S. Thomas of the United | publican managers realize all this. enough pay com- | talked this over with his 1 . boedy working with a will, a good deal |-now regarded as safer to have a warm | o 2% 4 out Unite “.tan be done. The men in charge in |climate that will not tempt the reck-l‘;;:’—je‘j,;:fd":efi““;;“‘ doer et e e e oty | SAt AT SO 15 Shakreora the ing to him to]Tawney (who died of the flu during hoth House and Senate know how to | less wanderer to tap the motor radia- £ the €S rare?| . fected the far east and the whole I L 1o declded to test the spell- “Luxury” Gives Cold make good liis|the world war while a captain and ing do business, and are familiar with the | tor for wood alcohol. Who would polish gems so fair? world_during the last twenty-four|,g gbility of lawyers and govern- losses. For the|structor in an Indiana university el et e e i ey A e A YT UL Who the feasting would provide years,” the Newark News (independ-|ment officials in his court. Few came Welcome to “Hunger” last six years he|training camp). It so happened that * their command. They know how to| There is no doubt that the Ger: Where the pleasant moments glide? | 28, "% Gormany selzed Kinochau, | thFOUER the ten-word test iy, v ng has been in charge | young Tawney’s father was home, bt ow to hel Y 4 e German; poery happiness we know the " eastern: end of the Shantung |18 %% cndo, ' inoculate, rarefy, | T° the Editor of The Star: of all the big ap- | Winona, Minn., from Congress for a make the wheels go round. g emperor acted on bad advice, bt an} o ooe ¢67m of toil must grow. | peninsula, as indemnity for the kill-| yijry, Tepellent, plaguy, embarrass,| He came in the door of the large x. ¢, sEE@p, Propriation bills|Christmas holiday, and chanced 1o But everybody must work with a|emperor is in a position to hear only o3 ing of two missionaries in China. In|pgarags, picnicking. department store; came in with th . C. e Tncle Sam, Al T ill. A scheme. to" dela: a 1 -advice thaf Let us labor to prepare 1914 Japan took the ‘leased territory’ o, ISk NG, ed €6 hmasit d ith the or e , | mention that there was a vacancy 1 will. A scheme to’ delay busjness and | the kind of advice that pleases his| o . oo bliss we hope to share. \ | L ter threo months of warfare * * * Taaig f:ofhe:m”ed ey s |fur-coated, warm, prosperous-looking | which have directly authorized the|the position of assistant clerk to thé s0 foPée an extra session of the new | personal fancy. Life; direct it ag we may, At ‘the end of the great war Japan |{it."cayis the story. growd, and started through the store. | expenditure of more than twenty-six | appropriations committee, of whicl ? was lott In control of this land figura- | '"Ge course, the chuckles were justi- |but a frame of bones to hang his thin, | Pillions of dollars, and the highest|(ne genior Tawney was then chair] Congress could be made effective. The hope 15, and the ublic interekts’de- { Can't be all @ holiday. tively flowing with milk and honey. |fed. For it's a simple list. shabby clothing on. Pale, emaciated, | qualified auditors that the govern-|man, caused by Kennedy Rea goin The Japanese occupled clties they had | “rry it and see—Worcester Ga-{he was tragedy—star taring. | ment could hire and the experts Inlover to the Senate appropriation Russian dancers are regarded as mand, that if ‘such a scheme is In the more persuasive ¥n getting money Student of Popularit; not builded. They reaped harvests of |, 7 % - . . g tte. ‘Wasted ith h , wild- £ back of anybody’s head it will be aban- | from America than Russian diplo-| “Do you always say el Jou| Precious métals where they had not & Wasted with hunger, wild-eved—he| e office of the controller generallcommittee, Without a word to Mar doned. atar i e o o e thol PhiladeTpRs mgrfe Il{rl:"l;:;‘l:m Syt make| We stared at him. Two floor-walk- have been unable to find one figure | cellus his faithful friend Millard go > . L —] - ers moved anxiously toward him—! = is % i y m;uiselz::l;i;: ;:-L:;;;n;‘ dis vering Bring the Army-Navy Game Here! | “but I usually try' to think what my | ricic and the expense of recovery were |after that we swear off and on.— e oo atiet i | Whenaiboy s S Ll S Sl G000 Iiines APl ely a natural| - e H ienc i left to Japan, and when Germany was | Nashville Tennessea 2 ke Z arcellus worked in a candy shop, B v e aE et cint o b [ = us oy veara L mas Beenflioped SugiencentnkS s o, T e combat China asserted its B Lo B I e . from him | 5WeeDing out, taking the covers off | together. p 4 that Washington would eventually be > il 40 right of recovery with all the im-| Where ignorance is bliss it seems |,y he moved through S s c-cases, lighting the fire i So in 1908 Marcellus Sheild becams der personal control. Jud Tunkins says we never value Germany and Japan hadfoolish to undergo an intelligent test. OB & ugh it toward the|the show-cases, lighting the fire in { chosen as the site for what has come = provements D ananios Lo oledo Blade. = other door; moved away lest their|the peanut roaster, etc. He worked |assistant clerk, and thus served hig P p ourselves accurately. A turkey struts| made,” and now, w 'apan’s' recog- = furs should touch his cold, shiver- Mty # <! » 3 to be regarded as-a. ‘‘clagsic? in Amer-|, se e e ea o ithan nition of the claim, “China recovers ! = ing frame with their warmth, What |until school time, then ran-in again apprenticeship on the Dbiggest a The Postal Peak. ican Bport, the annual foot ball match |5 ¥ ' magines he's handsome | Snantung at the cost of emly a few e e I o ing hers? Had b come miat 12 o'clock and stayed while the|counts in the world—the supply billp Figures of the pre-Christmas postal | hetween the Agnapolis and West Point }:‘: ‘:m‘:h 25 ':n ‘:‘“;oin{"'“"" thet, mmillion g:}};{; ‘fs" :g:s"‘;“e:;{,;u“{': O HtoceoArkansasEBembrrat: - |for warmth ‘o to mingle once more | proprictor went to dinner, and after|of the United States governme: fervicoygiven, by Postmaster Chance | cadets. Lack of suitable playing | 7 ound % [ine”aper think -one of the mosti moronto dentists, it s revealed, Tim prosperity? Mo Went OUlichool again tended shop untll 6| Then in 1916 he became clerk in b ..show some interesting facts relating | grounds and adequate seating fa- Tmita vifed successful operations in real ate ! e been in the habit of giving their| Whither had he gone? To a sick | o'clock—for all of which he got the|oWwn ri& , and since then has handi« to the capital's use of the mails. First i«cilities here, however, has been urged | giq Santa mu‘:’:‘: lllly through ~°flo;’ec&fe wisdom of returning the | patients the choice of gas or ,fm.k,. r:?l:g; cold -‘nd %om:’orz.l; d'ro lhme princely etipend of $3 a month. these bills, appropriating more tha of all is the fact that the letter mail | as the Teason against this choice, but{ qur gratitude to clat & ke o “China’s weak hands at|What do they mean, Scholce”7—De- e O rs ChEistia £oe | The entifeistors trae was with the $26,000,000,000, with perfect accuracs ./ handled during the ten days from the | within @ short period.the equipment Mr..Coal M 08 i1 a time when the oriental republic is{ ol R 7 Or. to the last great tragedy? | school children for lollypops, candy| Shelld has served under five chaird 15th to’ the ‘25th increased ovy he local base ball park has Oh, Mr..Coal Man, can't you do { Betink dissension, political Lrickery | mpe idea of #ome patriots ssems to| Ho had come and gone like a ghost | cigars and other penny candy trade.|men of the committee, two democrais, & ; over last|at the loca pa been | 5 jittle of the same? " | ey: much doubt is express- 1y Toea Gt e over sot out af thig |of another world, and vet, he lingered T deut of | Fitzgerald and Sherley, and threo re _year from 7,993,301 to 8,205,695, or 2.6 so expanded that accommodations ave 2d by some American editors. “Shan- | JC. co® we'll never get caught in an- |With usy It was unpleasant to have -Marcellus had to make a great deal o bser nd Sherley, un Loy = = - - sy N £ . evi il N "0] A ., L= e - at o ol . fror 165,008 to 176,269, or 7 per cent. | so great, o@_cours-,nmou that may T tinderstand you had some old-| pendent democratic) says, “whether! A radio marriage having been de- jurious automobiles; to have him sit :'":: “ohm to the dissastisfaction of | he had been first appointed by u Min t When one stops to-think: that this is | be assemblad in flelds at Philadelphia fashioned mince ple.” -: B nen o what to 0o WIth it o | clared lekal, we suppose the loving|unfed at our plenty-laden tables; to | (OMSTS e ¥ Just one ity, these totals are .most|and New York. - Eventually a 5 o E b . Pot» “Divided against itself, unable | couple will be able to get a separs- | wake up in our soft, warm beds and the storckeeper, so much so that he [nesota republican, Fitzgerald, a New et tota oSt ot 2 TS van ‘Yes,” replied Uncle Bill Bottletop, | {o exert either military or diplomatic|tion in the same airy wa e where he was sleeping. He | frequently was called upon to pay the | York democrat, save him the positivn In;lwu-he. uhety m:“ i:th‘ nostal mdlu‘:‘-l;l ?l: W-kwfll be con-|“and it caused confusion. We didn't ?5‘"5'5:;";1«:) ,f,‘}: lrgevlvag;l_tc‘mgzl: waukee Journa ::r-m-r:m:;';‘:;gmuflf;; 0 _our | geficiency out of his weekly salary. |of clerk. = ; = b 3 “Potomac Parl : : m 3 : , SMUs, ; o5 . lume. greal han thp& han- | stryc h] T . a5 a'featuref know whether to serve'it at the end of ih: Hichmond Times Dispatch (demo:| William AMen White says America |was hunger 'and cold and weariness | The climax was reached one week| He was clerk of the select commil died in th 3 @ course -Of & year by thejof ‘that :hational “people’s piay-|the dinner as . dessert or at the be-| cratic) suspects, may not prove “an im- h and want: and, he made us feel—and | when the accounts showed that he|tee on the budget and plaved an jn- entire Post Office Depactment. in the fground,™and such & fleld will be pre- | ginning as & mixed dgink." cdiate blessing to China, nor imply Femember—when we wanted to for- | gian't have enough pay coming to him | portant part in having the federal firet days, of its .organizatién. “Never | eminently - suitable for such. ‘athletic] " Ty greatiauioxerciaetict SoVIEL EILY. oot _| to square up, and hé was fired. budget systemn installed. Then ha R 3 ” as might be supposed,” for “banditry P Ah, he was nnwelcomé—as un q! hefors have. the pecple of this® coun-| contests as the Army and Navy game, [ “It seems hard,”.sald Uncle Eben,| just now is one of the foremost Chl-| Silyer. Pocket flasks gleam in_the B S I .fish homes and| During the Spanish-American war|was urged to accept the position ot try: beemr such writers of Jetters and | as well as for Olympic games, should | “to discover de kind lustries, . and “its -mill | jewelers’ Christmas windows. = They |lives as u;g‘-n' fl:fl hfl"{ B-!;U_ ‘g he-went into business for himself— | controller general under ths Pudg-t senders of messages by the mail. The | they ever be brought to Ameriga. resolution dst kih the provil I i m“”a’;{m"“}:m{“;:flfimlm“' e e e irth | iing newspapers. He would get|system, having entire charge of audit- |, tanday total for the entire country! Another resson why Washington!montbs guarantes . . China tears “of | Worcester Telegram. — I™® CATHERINE ECKELS WILSON. | the Chicago papers off ome road run-ing the federal expenditures. s s SEISRY Gl R ol . 2 > , b