Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1923, Page 6

T THE EVENING STAR,|senate. and on previous votes dealing | forts of the week to witnese the spec- With Suhday Morning Edition. T WASHINGTON, D. C . FRIDAY... June 8, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. | New York Office: 150 Nassau St. . Chicago Office: Tower Building. = Furope an Office: 16 Regent St., London. Eagland. The Evening Star, with the Sunday moraing “®dition, ia delivered by carriers within the city <-mt 60 cents per month; daily only, 40 c month: Sunday only. 30 cents D ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main £ 6000. Collection is made by carriers end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia Daily and Sunda * Daily only Sunday only All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢c “Daily only 60c Sunday only $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise credited n this paper and also the local news pub- hed herein. Al rights of publication of eciad dispatches herein are also reserved. — — Au Revoir, Nobles! When shortly before 9 o'clock this morning the band and patrol of Almas Temple marched down Pennsylvania avenue escorting to the train the dig- nitaries of the imperial divan of the Mystic Shrine the great conclave of the organization which has held Washing- ton in thrall for the greater part of the week came definitely to an end. The pageant and fireworks and dance of the people last night comprised the concluding feature of the program. Thus ends one of the most interest- ing and impressive gatherings ever held in Washington, a great concourse of people from every part of the coun- 1ry. Despite accidents of weather, which in no degree checked the pro- gram of events, the Whole affair pro- ceeded without hitch or check. It is 10 be voted emphatically a great suc- cess, and all participating in the local arrangements and in the ceremonials and demonstrations are to be con- gratulated. Before the convention opened it must be said there were some fears on the part of the people of Washington lest this great assemblage should lead to discomfort and disturbance. On the contrary the city, while filled to an unusual degree, was at all tinies under good regulation. As a result of careful rreparations there were no untoward happenings. The great crowds were edmirably managed. The people en- tered into the spirit of the occasion in the best of nature and in good order. They enjoyed themselves. They made the most of the opportunity to have a | good time. Both visitors and residents partook of the spirit of jollification that prevailed with respect for regula- le!h liquor questions the drys have held the majority in the senate. Wis- consin is regarded as a wet state. On a test vote, if it could be possible to effect results looking to the restoration of beer, the state possibly might go wet. BUL it is to be remembered that the vote in the assembly yesterday was on a question of enforcement of existing law and maintenance of order, and out of a total vote of ninety-one thé repealers obtained a majority of only five. The legislators realized the dis- tinction between an expression of wet sentiment. purely academic so far as attaining their ends was concerned, and the upholding of the hands of the law. While it was true that a ma- jority voted against supporting the federal law by state authority, the division was close. An effort is to be made in the Tili- nols legislature, it is reported in press dispatches, to repeal the enforcement statute. The outcome will be watched with interest. Outside of Chicago it is questionable whether the great commonweaith of Illinois will sanction striking a blow at the federal law. It is to be hoped that if Wisconsin should finally adopt repeal Illinois will offset it, leaving New York to enjoy alone the position of unwillingness to sus- tain with state authority the law of the land. Reparations Moves. Germany has made another repara- tions offer, somewhat more liberal in its terms to the allies, but still unac- ceptable to France. Chancellor Cuno has proposed the payment of one and a fifth billion gold marks annually, with industrial guarantees. This might be rated as an advance, but the government at Paris refuses to consider it because it makes rno men- tion of abandoning passive resistance in the Ruhr. Belgium views, the new offer as a forward step. The proposal is well recelved in Great Britain, and the new premier of that country is prepared, it is reported, to take a firm stand to seek to effect comsideration {by France. The most pronounced re- action, however, comes from Ger- | many. where the Cuno government s immediately assailed by the conserva- tives, the extreme nationalists and the right wing of the people s party. The downfall of the Cuno ministry is a possibility. In this pecullar situation it would seem that the chief obstacle to an actual advance toward reparation set- tlement lies in the fallure of Germany to undertake to end the resistance in the Rhur. Probably Premier Poin- care would welcome a way out of the impasse there which has led to no substantial gains for France and has erved unquestionably to delay Ger- man payments. The occupation of tacle last night of several hundred thousand people paying vocal tribute to America. For a few minutes all thought of pleasure was checked. With reverence the throng gave ex- pression to the sentiment of the Union and -~ national devotion to the ideals that underlle this republic. Though the festivities .were immediately re- sumed, every participant gained some- thing in that brief pause from the strains of the song that always stirs the American heart. —_————— Well Done! There are various forms of service in the District which are called ‘“‘pub- lic utilities,” and it really seems that | each Is entitled to a bouquet for the way it has “‘carried on” during the un- precedented week. Preparation for the trial to which the utilities would be put was complete, and their organiza- tidn stood the test. The electric rail- ways kept on the tracks all the rolling stock they have, manned by all the conductors and motormen on their rolls, and all the extra men they could safely train in the wgeks preceding the coming of the Shrine. Thero were crowded cars, and sometimes a denge- 1y crowded car was closely followed by one with several vacant seats. The point is that the companices kept all thelr cars running, and that they very well served the people of Washington and the monster visiting crowd. The conductors, motormen, starters and all the others were “on the job," and praise for the orderly operation of the lines should be handed out by the peo- ple to the presidents, general man- agers and those in high authorlty down to the men who keep the cars in Tuaning conditlon and those who operate them. The telephone company has *had a strenuous week. It Is sald that nearly 600,000 telephone calls went through the hands of 2,000 operators in one day; end that on several days the num- ber of calls was extraordinarily large. Under all this unusual pressure “Cen: tral” kept a eool head, and in general was as accommodating as ever. OF course, sometimea the line was busy, but one has grown used to that. The steam railroads handled the in coming crowd on schedule, and the outflow of pilgrims is proceeding fast and smoothly. When preparations for this event were making It was thought that 80 much passenger traffic would be on the rails, and so many parked ra on tracks In the freight yards and elsewhere, that freight traffic would suffer. Freight has been rolling into the District on time and in great vol ume. The steam railroads have oper- ated through Bhrine week without a | power than ever before, and the gas { company has feit the sudden increase hitch. The electric light company has | {been producing and deMvering more | the Ruhr has been a costly move and | in the city’s population. It has been a has yielded little or nothing. But ob- tions made necessary by the unusual size of the assemblage. =~ Washington gained a distinctly fa- vorable impression from its guests of ! the week. These tens of thousands viously Polncare cannot confess its failure without inviting . defeat “at home, with incalculable political con- sequences. Indeed, the French gov- | i | ! busy week for all, and the job of ente taining the Shrine has been well done. ! ——— The Street Cleaners. A word of praise is due to an humble g HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON; -D.. -0, s WASHINGTON I OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Henry P. Fletcher, our ambassador to Belgium, will sail for bis post on steamship George Washington from New York on June 23. He is anxious to be at Brussels at what may prove to be the decisive moment in the long-drawn-out reparations snarl. Throughout the diplomatic negotia tions that have continued since the Ruhr occupation, Mr. Fletcher has enjoyed in high degree the confidence of Premier Theunis and Foreign Min- ister Jaspar, and thus been enabled to keep President Harding and Sec- retary Hughes intimately informed. Fletcher knows nothing of dame rumor's impending promotion of him to the court of St. James. From the days he was a.rough rider in Cuba and afterward in the American Army in the Phillppines, Fletcher has al- ways looked upon himself as a sol- Ajer whose duty is to obey orders. His orders are to return to Belgium, and he's going. On June 11 the am. bassador ik due at Lafayette Uollege, aston, Pa., to recelve an honorary LL D., = * ok k. Washingtenians have begun to re- vise their views of Shrine week Hundreds of them are doing 80 shamefacedly. The name was leglon of those who contemplated the con- clave with remorss not unmingled with contempt. They called it “In- consderate” of the nobles te subject the Capital elty to the “Indignitl of a monster frollc. Some of them shared the lamentatlon of a Phila- delphia newspaper over the ‘con- verslon of Washington into a glori- flod Coney Island.” But the scoffers and doubters are now in retreat. They are voting the Shrine carnival a prodiglous success. ~ They were eant, Wi north and south who are proud of belng nobles. They were totally unprepared for the exhibition of self-discipline provided by the foszed hordes of the temples. 1n their more confidontial moments, the o time sceptics can be heard vowing & wish that Washington's jolliest. gay- est and Dbest-behaved visitors will come again—soon and often. Shrine week was an eve-opener In ! one other notable direction. It made & deep impression upon the represent- {ative foreigners who constitute the jdiplomatio corps, In that elite com- | muuity there Are many persons who | bring ‘with them to our shores an in- { herited and ingrained theory that the | United Btates la incurably materia. |listic: that we're & race of dollar- asing Jacks who are dull hoys be- our predilection for “all {BY THE MARQUIS DE FONTENOY. All of those who ran &cross young Lord Burghersh when he visited the | United States last autumn and made an extended stay in New York, and who wero ettracted by his good looks and pleasant ased at the callber of citisens from | New Earl of Westmoreland to Wed Comely Widow With $4,000.000 and unaffected | work and no pla the- doc- trine Lord Northcliffe has just com- municated from the spirit warld to his friend, Conan Doyle. Sald the ambassador of a great power to this observer, during one of the Shrine parade You tell me th Pra tically every one of these men is a prominent business man in his home community? You say. they devote much time and money to this sort-of thing—that's evident. Well, a coun- try with lelsure and energy for such organized frivolity can't seriously be accused” of worshiping Mammon. \ * ok x % There's & wit and a tacticlan w. ing his time waiting on tables at a Washington club, famed as a cftadel of the intelligentsia. Perhaps he’ the only kind of walter they'd em- ploy at such & fountain-head of learning. A tired sciegtist strolled wearily into lunch during one of the reeent equatorial days. “What d've suppose would happen to me," he asked, “if 1 took my coat o Re- plied ' the waiter of dusky hue: “You'd be cooler, sir.” o Frank B. Kellogg, former United States senator from Minnesota, will resume the practice of law at St Paul. It was there, in Theodore Roosevelt's time, that Kellogg made his reputation &s & “trust-buster, when the federal government em- ployed him as & speclal counsel to bring about dissolution of the Union Pacifie-Southern Pacific merger. Mr. Kellogg'a Washington friends find ! him rejuyenated in body and spirit by his recent trip to South Amerlca as {an American delegate to the Pan- { American conferenc. No _senator | who was A candidate for re-election }in 1923 took his defeat more to heart ‘than Kellogg. for his record In Con- gross was consldered a creditable i one, Ly friend and foe alike. A law practive worth probably dozen times & senatorial salary awalts him. He expects business to bring him fre- guently to Washington and New York, - Chalk up another practical achleve- ment for the bureau of ndards, Dr. Burgess' workshop of miracles |out on the woddea helghts of Con- necticut avenue has Just conferred a boon on autemoblle owners. It has perfecied & new achema of brake lin- ing which will increase the probable | 11ife of brakes from three months to| three years. The average life will| be increased over two years. The groes saving on upkeep of cars 1is | estimated $15,000,000 a year. In connection with financial difficul- tles, he was compelled to admit that the Joint income of the late Lady Westmoreland and himself did not exceed $12,000 & year. His Impover- ishment was due in the main to the terrible extravagance of his father, FRIDAY, - from all the states conducted them- ernment is in the difficult position of | ranch of the public service contribut | manners, will be glad to know that | the twelfth earl, and to his own I 1in succession to his father's honors | laudable determination to pay off {as fourteenth Earl of Westmoreland | the paternal debts. i has been followed by his engagement | The late Lord Westmoreland was to the four-million-dollar and par-|compelled to sell oft his ancestral| ticularly comely widow of Arthur | home, Apthorp Hall in Northampton- I being compelled to hold on firmly, ~gelves most considerately. They were | ing to make Washington attractive to Capel, eldest daughter of Lord Rib- shire, to Leonard Brassey for $1,500,- here for enjoyment. - They saw the capital in a festival array, they found the conveniences taxed to the limit and they adjusted themselves to con- ditions with good grace and in cheer- even though gaining nothing, for fear it army of guests this week. This is that letting go will cause a greater |the street.cleaning department of the loss. | capital, which has worked under the A threat of German reaction has|greatest difficulties and with an un- become somewhat too familiar to be | usual burden to carry. The American now effective.. Doubtless the Cuno . people are said to be untidy. They cer- | ful spirit. Washington has never entertained! #0 large a body of people for so many days, nor has it ever had & more agree- | able crowd of guests than the Shriners government will fall sooner or later, as all ministries must fall, but it does not follow that it will be succeeded by a reversion to monarchiem or.by a eocialistic state. Some other chancel- and their families. In the conditions that prevailed it might easily have been otherwise. The Shriners came and took posses- slon of Washington, which was a will- ing and a happy captive. They have gone leaving a decidedly pleasant memory. Washington prepared for them and gave them its best. They came and gave more enjoyment to Washington than they received: Busy Homes. The week has been a busy one at the White House. It is said that about 20,000 Shriners and members of their | familles called on Noble Harding in one day, and that it was the largest pilgrimage the White House has known. We are getting used to largest things. Largest things succeed each other fast. During Shrine time Wash- ington has seen a number of largest things, and that the White House should have the biggest line of visitors in its history does not surprise the average Washingtonian. But the White House has not been alane in having busy days. Tt is probably the principal residence in Washington, at least it is the most famous, or most talked about, hut there is scarcely a home in Washington that has not had busy days. Some member of nearly every family is a Shriner or is the friend of a Shriner or has a gousin who is a Shriner in Washington from Wilkes-Barre, Syracuse or Savannah. Tt has been necessary for all the mem- bers of every family to see the pa- rades, the warlike demonstration® pro- vided by the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and all the other spectacles. ‘There have been no other parades and spectacles like these, and the family could not think of staying home and keeping cool in the shade of an old apple tree in the back yard. There have heen so many things to see, and ‘Washington has tried to see them all. The hired girl or the maid has been busy sightseeing, and meal hours and other matters of domestic routine have been put out of joint. The White House has probably been the busiest home in Washington, but all the -other -homes have had their activities, pleasures and trials. —_————— Without attempting rivairy of the metropolis, Washington can boast of baving a great white way of its own. Wisconsin and Enforcement. One swallow does not make a sum- mer, and by the same token if the Wisconsin legislature should repeal the state prohibition enforcement law it is not to be taken as the beginning 'of a stampede of the state fo emulate the example set by New York and now threatened to be followed by Wi consin. In the lower chamber of the Wiscon- sin legislature a repealing bill was ‘nrg.nd engrossed by & vots of 48 to 43.-3t is yet to be acted upon.by the lor will probably be chosen or drafted to.deal with this difficult problem, and ithe same dreary procedure will be continued. But theré is reason to hope that graduaily the solution is being worked out by ‘successive mioves. can persuade France to accept some smaller measure of reparations guar- antees than she is now disposed to demand, or if a way can be founa to permit her to relinquish the Ruhr oc- cupancy in consideration of a more ilberal and better guaranteed German offer, a decided advance will have been made toward settlement. v It is to be borne in mind that every month which is not marked by hos- tilities is a gain. Successive proposals may not be immediately effective, but they cannot fail to bring matters closer to adjustment. —————————————— The originator of the Mystic Shrine as an American institution was W. J. Florence, an actor. Fortunately for his work he labored before an era when the art of entertainment threatens. a narrowing down to monologue and Jazz, ———— Friends of President Harding intl- mate that the pleasant experiences of the week have put him in the mood for reviewing another big, parade on next inauguration day. —_——— However isincerely an economist may favor a twelve-hour working day, this is not the favorable time of year to talk about it. ————— The Midnight Song. A thriliing climax was given to the sehedule of the Bhrine events when at midnight, through the amplifiers on the poles along Pennsylvania avenue and through the “Garden of Allah,” came the strains of America. Immedi- ately all motion- ceased, the dancers and the strolling multitudes stood still. Heads were uncovered, and thousands of volces joined in the song that, next to "The Star Spangled Banner,” is the anthem of this country. It has been said that few people know the words of this stirring song orareable to sing éver one verse. But, judging from the volume of sound that arose from = the great concourse, drowning out even the deep notes of { the band spread by wondrous device over & great space, there are many who can carry the sorig to, its conglu- sion. All, at least, know the spirit of it. Mass singing is a comparatively new practice for the people of this.country. They learned it during the war time. Community song has been conducted in practically all the cities of the coun- try since then, and now, here.in Wash. ington, it has been given an impies- sive demonstration at the midnight climax_of the great festival of which Washington hasbeen the scene this week. o 4% -It wasgwell worth all the petty discom- It England | the pageant had passed, the street | { inly litter up the public spaces. Pe jhaps it is because they know that somebody will clean up after them. Be that as it may, whenever Washington has a big crowd its street cleaners have & tremendous job on hand. And { bistory of the capital, these humble servants of the community have a: suredly done their work promptly and well. Last night, for example, after | cleaners were at once in evidence, and though they were soon themselves awept out of order, and for the moment out of efficiency of service, by the great human tide that poured in upon the pavements, they stuck to their tasks. In an incredibly short time after the dancing throngs had finally melted away they had the great space clear of tons of debris, mostly papers, which but shortly before had covered it as with a mantle of snow. Washington is their due when compliments are being paid for the efficiency with which the {capital has handled its -biggest party that they should be remembered and thanked for their contribution. —_——— ‘The small boy at a threering circus has an easy time compared to the citi- zen who is trying to see everything worth while that is going on this week. —_——————— vania avenue. cannot be loaned for a few days for parade purposes at the next Shrine meeting. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Blissful Ignorance. 'Way up yonder in de tree Bird is singin’ gay an’ free, Jes' as happy as you choose— Dat bird sure don’ hear de news. Squirrel scramblin’ foh a limb, Human fights don’ trouble him, Sleeps f'um twilight th'oo till dawn— He don’ know whut's goin® on. Butterfly come driftin’ by, Trémblin' where de warm winds sigh. Dey finds happiness immense, Bame as if dey had good sense. Eternally on Hand. The elephant, the donkey and’ The dove of peace may go; But we'll always have the parrot bland ‘Who says, “I-told you so!" A Solemnity. Some day I'll understand Some of the mysteries strange * Of this vast world with eternal change. : With toll afd patience,. wisdom I'll command. Some day I'll understand. Some day 1'll understand And get a lucid hint From the time tables that the rail- . --roads print T = And know just when and whére I'm soing to land. Some day 1l understand., blesdale by his first marriage, and | 000, and the treasures which it con- | step-daughter, therefors, of the pres- | talned for almost as much more. «nt American-born Lady Ribblesdale, |But while the sale relleved him of lut one time wite of the iate John jcertain heavy charges and expenses, | Jacob Astor of New York {1t brought him little or no actual | This will be the future Lady West- | Money. lf“‘e:'glhl‘;l'g ?‘3:;\‘_"5‘}"6_2"“'"‘“!;“ | | moreland’s third marriage, despite her i 3 §resPwrench in latting Apthorp | youth. For she is barely thirty, her 'go. 1t was a grand old place, the | | 3 - |property embracing an area of |frst husband having been Percy |Droperty e & ; 4 i . portions of the mansion {Lyulph Wyndham, who killed as | 10000 80 PO AT as Henry IIIL {an officer of the Coldstream Guards | while the newer part of the build- | lin the retreat from Mons in the fall!ings belonged to the time of Queen| now,. with the biggest crowd in the: proud of its street cleaners, and it is| It is to be regretted that Pennsyl-| jot 1914 As for Arthur Capel, a scion of {house of which the Earl of E is the chief, he w one of the private secretaries of Premler Lloyd George during the peace conference of Ver- suilles, and was killed a couple of ears ago in & motor accident at ice, leaving a will on one page of {Tote paper. and consisting of less jthan one handred words, bequeathing everything—over four million dollars —to his widow Diana, and the re- mainder to her child. It ix not cor- rect to assert that he Was a member «f the diplomatic service. For he was engag.d I'ricr to the war in busi- ness in France, head of one of the biggest coal concerns there. Thanks to his great popularity in French society, to his perfect mastery of the French language and to his rare knowledge of French life and | conditions, he was able to render limself extremely useful to England curing the great war. *ox % % In its earlier stages he served with distinction In the British cavalry at the front in France, and later on was attached to the staff of the British representatives at the interallled war councils at Versailles, also acting as 1aison officer. After the armistice he was employed by Premier Lloyd | George, By Arthur Balfour and by jother British delegates at the peace | conference, and enjoying in an excep- { tional degree the good will and liking ot Georges Clemenceau, was able to do much good work In promoting understanding and in smoothing away difficulties. Popularly known among the Eng- lish and his many French friends in Paris by the name of “Boy" Capel, he was a first-class polo player-and ex- ceedingly clever at golf. His invari- able companion, which even went to the front during the war, a small’ dog of indeterminate breed which, in spite of lits manifest &ge, alwa ent by the in the same known as The devotion of the two to another was. remarkable, and 1 may add that they were uni- ied even in death. For the same shocking accident that cost the life of “Boy” llkewise killed his companion, “Puppy. His s wife of L lergely die to his friendly interven- tion and to his gift for conciliation that he was enabled to secure a set- tlement out of court of the somewhat sensational. Michelham will, case, ‘which, ‘developing from a quarrel be- tween the widow of the late Lord Michelham and the trustees and ex- ecutors of his testamentary disposi- tlon, threatened at one moment to be- come a cause celebre. * K X % As for Lord Westmoreland, he is & 1leutenant of the royal navy, served throughout the war in the North sea, first under Lord Jellicoe and then under Lord Beatty, and was at one time engaged to Violet, only daughter ot Sir Humphrey and Lady De Traf- ford, the match being broken oft on aocount of religious differences. His mather, a very famous celebrated beduty, who dled in 1910, was the sister of Lord Rosslyn of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland and half-sis- ter of the Countess of Warwick. Lord Westmoreland is far from rich, for his father was one 5t the least affiuent members .of . the house -of lords,” and during” proceedings in court In which he becam during the lifetime of his first wite, H one er, Beatrice Capel\is the the | Elizabeth. It was granted by Bd-| ward VI to Sir Walter Mildmay. founder |of Emmanuel, Cambridge, and passed |into the very anclent Fane family, of | | which Lord Westmoreland is the chief, | | through marriage, soon after the virgin | | queen’s death { It cannot be denied that the Earls {of Westmoreland have sought by {every means in their power to better ! Ttheir fortunes. Thus, the great- | ! granafather of the present lord—; | namely, the tenth earl—finding his | finances reduced to an extremely low |ebb, determined to secure the hand | of the greatest heiress of the day—| | that is to say, Sarah, only daughter of Robert Child, the great London | banker. Lord Westmoreland was dining one night at the banker's house when he remarked to him, “If you were in love with a girl, Child, and her | parents would not let you marry her, | { what would you do? run away with her. of course. the rash reply of the| banker., who had no idea that thej jearl had any matrimonial designs upon his daughter and helress. o Lord Westmoreland acted upon the advice and went off on the following day with Miss Sarah Child in ortho- dox fashlon—by post chalse—to Gretna Greene, hotly pursued by the banker. whose progress, however, was arrested by Lord Westmoreland shooting one of his horses just as he was catching up with the fugitive couple. Having sworn in his rage to disinherit his errant daughter, Child, who was a great character, would not | break the letter of his vow, bt modified its spirit by leaving his ank angl all his vast fortune to_ his favorite grandchild, the eldest daugh- ter of Lord and Lady Westmoreland, on the condition that she should be christened Sarah and take his name of Child. He was found dead, drowned in the lake at Osterly Park, but whether he commltted suicide in a state of de- spondency or fell in by accident remains a mystery to this day. When ‘the eldest daughter of Lord ‘Westmoreland grew up she came into possession of Osterly Park, of all her grandfather's great fortune and of ‘his bank. which passed out of her father's family when she married the fifth Lord Jersey. 1In fact, all the | property, including Child’s Bank, 1 rd Michelham. and it wasitoday owned by the present Lord|ficlal of the government shall decide Jersey. * K kX The title of Lord Barnby, who ar- rived in America the other day from England, Is a somewhat unfamiliar one, and is only to be found in the very latest issues of English stand- ard works of reference. For his peerage was only created last. year by King George in favor of Francls Willey, head of the leading wool concern bearing his name at Brad- ford in Yorkshire, and which has branch establishments at Boston, Mase., and elsewhere in the United Btates. Indeed, it is doubtful whether there is any great woolen house more widely known on both sides of the ocean than that of the Willeys, and Lord Barnby's only son and heir, the Hon. Francis Willey was appointed during the great.war to be controller of all the wool lufivll&l of the gov- ernment, and as the director of thi purchase and ribution of all Bri isn and colonial wool production, his services winning for him the Order of St. Michael and St. George and of the British empire. Lord Barnby, who leaves much of the control of his enormous business to his son and partner, devot. imself now chiefly to the turf, and been paying some rd - sums: forgens and “fillies of Tetrarch,- which the horse of JUNE 8, 1923 Extols Late Bishop. Life of Harding Exemplary Says Letter to Editor. To tas Editor of The Star: A wonderful pageant was recently witnessed in' our great city lpoking on as the body of the beloved Bishop Harding was borne to burfal. His Wwas & career of beneficent activity. The characteristic lessons in his life have doubtless been read in the trib- _utes which all the fournals hastened to give, The lessons of such a life lle on the surface, and cannot be mistaken, for here was a man as well | known, probably, as any other man in the city. ‘Blshop Harding was no decelver. He wore no masks. He hid fio opinions. His yea was yea and. his nay was nay. He was no hypocrite. He spoke out, anfl in good, intelligible English, his oplilon on every subject where he had ‘an opinion. His voice was | never s ncertain. He was honest, not ! merely &s he paid his debts and de- | fraudes no man of money, but as he was tew) to his convictions. Hiw hon esty was honesty of speech, of de meanor, as well as of pecuniary trans- actions. He made no promise of any kind which he did not mean to keep or which he tried to evade or was| willing to forget. There was no word in all his writings, on’any thame, even in heated times of passion, of An at- deceive. His transparent hebitual, a0 unchanging, so , fastened the title of honest to his name. e would not have stormed a fort- ress at the head of a forlorp hope, but he had the courage which faces diffi- culties, braves rebuke and contumely, iy not afrald of hard names and harsh epithets; the courage that can look danger and persecution in the face and not shrink before it; the rarc| courage which, in’the discharge of | duty, is not afraid of what men shall say His valor was in no sense quixotic ag: windmills or foes of the air, imaginary perily; nor was it | the or of the self-satisfled hero, who bousts that he was born in. ble to fear. It was a calm and mod- | est courage making no stir, but nover swerving from {ts chosen way. He was not deflant or indifferent to what the world thought of him, He loved popularity, He had the good will of | friends, associates and the soclety around him. Yet no n-unnlderauunl‘ of favor could frighten him from speaking his mind, from saying what he belloved to be' true: from sayins what he belfeved that the ought to hear. He was an amiable man. & man who | bore no malice and cherished no vin- | dictiveness. He had his likes and dislikes, strongly felt, and strongly expressed. He could use sharp words, semetimes sarcastic and | stinging words, but under the guise| of meverity thers was always the | heart of love and mercy. He would not willingly have harmed any human being. He was a philanthropist. He | loved men more than he judged or chastised them. All his theories, all| his plans and enterprises, turned in | the direction of mercy and benevo- lence. He was & democrat in his lmer-] 1 people | course with men, loving the society of the common people, loving to talk with plain men about thelr work,| their plans, their condition. The Ro- | man freedman, whose line is g0 often | quoted, never wympathized more hear- | tily with everything human than this | great bishop, reaching with his word 80 many interests and caring for 80 many pursults, He was no mere doctrinalre, with | all his positiveness, bent upon presa- | ing his own theorles, but ho was| always alert to learn the wants of | the people, of all who are toiling. He | vas in no sense a demagogue, nor did | he pretend to be a foe to the rich | man because he was a friend to the | poor man. The restless agitator, who | would disturb the relations of socieiy and set classes In hostile array and | foster jealousies of labor against cap- ital, found no encouragement from ! him. He believed iIn the working classes. labored to make them wiser. more useful, more hopeful, but he would not flatter them. He was the enemy of every form of | social wrong and Iniquity. He nev palliated or tolerated anything which | degrades. imbrutes or depraves men Not to_one. but to many moral re- forms his time and heart were given. To education, thorough and universal: to sobriety, 'to humanity, kreeting and aid to the oppressed and | struggling, when was his word of | checr and sympathy wanting? With the weak against the strong his heart went, and he would give to them more than justice. When the weak and the needy called. he did not stop to ask whether they shared his poiitical or; religious creed. or what he would gain i by befriending them. He obeyed the divine call His was a life “in_which the gain was beyond the expectation. the fru tion larger than the reasonable hope. He has made many people purer, hap- peir and nobler by his word to them. His counsels have saved many from termptation and sin, and the city 1s a better city because he haw lived fn it. No other man reached so many minds and hearts. Nothing can reverse the verdict which has been passed upon ! his character or change the record of his grand life EVERETT SPRING. Asks Park Protection. to_cordal | | { Head of National Body Urges Voters Support Move. To the Editor of The Star: Certain resolutions recently passed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science deal with the safeguarding of all national parks in the United States and Canada, and have direct reference to the welfare of each one of us and of those who are to come after us. The resolutions point ‘out that for more than half a century Congress, with the support of the public gen- | erally, has protected the national parks of the United States from all industrial uses, and that one of the national parks of Canada is similarly protected. They declare further that the natiohal parKs systems of both countries, extending from the far north down to the Grand Canyon, | show examples in geolugy, native life | and geography which, so long as they | are preserved untouched, constitute a nature exhibition of great usefulness to science and much value to the popular education of generations vet to_come. Nevertheless, in several cases the; national parks of the United States are open to mining, grazing and other s, provided a single of- | i that they may be used in this way. Control of water power in parks here- after to be established has been sur- rendered to the Water Power Com- mission, -All but & single one-of the national parks in Canada are in like manner open to economic or-commer- cial uses. ¥ Therefore, the American Association for the Advahcement of Sclence re- ests the peopls and Congress of the United States and the people and par- Ilament of the Dominion of Canada to | sacure such amendments to existing laws and the enactment of such new s as will give to each one of the parks of the United States and Canada. complete protection against every in- dustrial use. The association that hi passed these resolutions is one of the impor- tant sclentific bodies of the world, and we shall do well to heed the warning it has given. A real danger threatens our national parks The history of the disappearance of natural things in America has shown that just as soon as any natural product becomes commercially avail- able that product is at once consumed and destroyed. The buffalo were wiped out when the railroads pene. trated their country and made it pos- sible to transport their hides to. a market. ~The-same thing took place, in a less degree, with other large game of the west—killed off in great measure for its hides. As soon as | {Imore alert than normal pereons. | Leston. CAP. ITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS. The Gen. Jackson “hobby-horse,” in Lafayette Park, has begn beaten, | “forty ways for Sunday Let it be removed, suggested the cowboys, and in its place erect a| herolc reproduction of Russell's| broncho buster and his horse, for | Jackson’s horse is only partly sup-| ported by its tail, they say, while the wild and waving steed from the west is wholly pivoted on the tip of | its caudal appendage. Art crities say that, as a work of | sculpturesque art, it is not classic in its lines. The horse waves:its fore- | 1egs aloft, 1ike a spider redching for | traffic. a fly. They are afraid that when the | tail {imbers, the steed and rider—the latter suspended in mid-alr llke a- pendant—are going to do_the humpty dumpty rodeo, when all’ the king's horses and all the temple’s men, can-! not pull them up again. In the mean- vhile, the spirit of the artist is equal o the effort One artist says: “Charles M. Rus- sell, an untaught cowboy. deserves praise for the genuine spirit of his| gketch, showing, as he does, bold- | ess of conception and knowlédge of | he horae in action, such as no studio training could give a tenderfoot. he title of the group is, ‘When the Best of Riders Quit.’ The sculptor shquld never adopt that for his.own studies, but under-worthy: tutellage give serious study to the art for which he is manifestly endowed.” * % ¥ % When automobiles first came into use, it was required that their warn- ing horns should be tooted at every | crossing. The nervous drivers, not| content with that, tooted whenevef they | approached another machine. Besides, ! the autos themselves keBt up an un- ceasing. toot-toot-tdot, with their open throtties. Today, the toot is suppressed, except in dire emergency. ‘The result is that noise has ceased to be the gulding power of auto traffic, and sight alone is trustworthy. The District Commissioners decided to streets of Washington, provided they | are otherwige competent. It is argued that a deaf person, especially one( who has been deaf a long time and | has received education in the arts to ! relieve the handicap of deafness. "I:} is even a safer driver. i * % X % | A national flag conference is to be have | the management of the Americaniza- | committea of the American| Legionaires say that many tion whould be taken down and ironed out. | for it 1s that kind of desecration of the flag that the conference is-eaMed | to protest. | %ok | The -rich ars growing poorer.| whother the poor are growing richer | or not. 1In 1916 theré were 206 citi-| zens who confessed that their yearly | income exceeded $§1,000,000. In 1919, in spite of war profits, the number | who confessed to the income tax col- | let deaf drivers use the | {J | we are united ot the flags disnlayed for; Shrine week | He deprecated sectarfanism, but adc the country, as a whole, slumped from $140 income tax per individual, in the class paying an income tax, down to $108, but the District of Columbi maintained its average. Washing tonians are comparatively poor, pay- ing only $86 income tax, on an aver- age income of only $2,760. ke ox The report of the Department Commerce for June 9 is altogether ¢ncouragirg s to the business out- look throughout the world. In the United States this optimism is based on the continued though re- duced shortage of cars, or the ex- cess of demand, indicatirg vigorous Another indication livs in t} fact that the factories turned out 5t per cent more autmobile tires in April, this year, than ir April iast year. And, best of all, the total in voluntary ~unemployment has ' de ¢lined. In Pennsylvania, on Jume 1, 1922, it was 167,405 while this year June 1, it is only 8,645. JVith evers- hody who wants work employed, an at wages never dreamed of before. this is a happy country. With every- body at work, that means produc tion of wealth, for wealth coneistx sclely in the products of intelljgent labor. The United States national in- teresi-bearing debt is reported 4 per cent less May 1 than a year previ * ok *x x Americans may also the improved industrial conditien throughout the world, as shown bs the commerce report. Financiers point to'the fact that prosperous cus tomers make prosperous trade for cur exporters and importers, hence 1 ix good mews to Americans to know that throughout Europe, except cotton manutacture, unemployvme: decreased in May. Italian export and imports incre d. Cost of Mvi deereaged in Czechoslovak Build ing Is booming in Africa and Ind nereasing between t United States and Japan. Money casler everywhere, and inf. decreasing. Crop prospects in are fine. The world every p vile. v and there is no peace. * ko Gen. Pershing, addressing the con- ference of Army chaplains. said: “I the Army we are exceedingly anx ious to keep pace with that wave of wntiment which calls for a mor practical application of the fun rejoice in in the state and only mar Peace is often | pold in Washington June 14-15 under ‘mentals of religion to all the af not see. fairs of men. We may to eye, thie details of such work. bu* in a common task exe ed: “Religion contalns the secret « and {mpetus ‘toward clean living Therefore, a steady effort is made to put the hearts of men in right re lation to God. All military train- ing has in it certain elements of moral instruction.” Gen. Pershing purposes, with the guidance of the “expert advisers the chaplains, to prepare an intensi- fied moral and religious program for the Army. the whole purpose of which shall be to keep soldlers true and strong and steady. A good soldier is one who has |1ector that they should pay on a basis | e arned self-discipline. He does |run riot with his passions or his ob | incom of §1.000,000 or more had dwindled to only sixty-five; in 1920 it was thirty and {n 1921 it was only twenty-one. How great was the income of any of the twenty-one is not stated. but. presumably, it must have Included Henry Ford, whose net profits are now reputed to be $10,000.000 a month, aside from his income from his in- vestments. Half of the income tax collections in- | reporting. came from the class $100,000. comes between $10.000 and although they constituted only 2 per cent of the number filed. The low helow $3,000—which have been credited with paying a dispro- portionate share of the taxes, are| paying only one-fourteenth of the to- tal The District of Columbia ig holding up better than any other part of the country in the matter of income taxes. Comparing the years 1920 and 1921 portunities for self-indulgence. T soldier who caused greatest slaugt i ter of any one man in the world wa |was Sergt York, an elder in his { church, and one who had had grave i scruples about the killing of the en {emy. Like Cromwell, he- trusted God and kept his powder dry. He killed thirty at one time and captured 125 single-handed. Gen. Washington was deeply religious. It is related in his tory at once when he was engaged in prayer within his closed tent, and had given explicit orders that' he was not to be disturbed, an officer persisted in calling at hix tent about some routine. matter. The general ordered him away, but he insis upon attention until Washingtor from within, plunged his sword through the canvas up to the hilt The officer took the hint; he saw the point and left. Washington then con- tinued his prayer in peace. (Copyright, 1623, by P. V. Collins.) ——— Answers to Questions About Washington for the Shriners By Frederic J. Haskin. How many bridal couples visit "~ Washington yearly?—J. D. | A, The Natlonal Capital is mecca | to the honeymooners as well as to | the Shriners. More than 100,000 bridal couples come here every yeur. | Q. Who is the oldest living per- | son in the District of Columbla?| —J. Y. A. Gen. HoratioeG. Gibson is the oldest living graduate of West Point and probably the oidest person in the District. He has recently passed his ninety-sixth birthday. | Q. How many clocks are there in the Capitol building?—M. C. A. There are 300 cloc in the Capitol group of buildings. It takes much of two men's time to wind and | Tegulate these. This does not in- clude many electrically —operated timepieces. ever, sh- Q. Has any ball player caught a ball thrown from the W fngton Monument?—P, M. A. A. This has been done three times, in 1894 by Schriver. in 1908 by Street and in 1910 by Sullivan. | | 7 | e roosts of the passenger pigeons! Peame. accessible . people hurried there, killed the wild pigeons, and shipped them by carloads to the great markets. 1f our national parks are used for commercial purposes they Wil be destroyed. If commercialism is permitted it will consume and put an end to all natural things: and as Vet the genersl public is only grad- ustlly coming to understand-that these natural things ought to be preserved and used as a capital which will pro- duce income for the long future. ‘As ‘matters stand at present the proper protection of the natiopal parks depends on the. decisions of the Secretary of the Interior.. We have every confidence in the present incumbent of that office, but we knbw nothing about the men who in the future may fill it; and we have amore, or less keen memories of the dangers to the parks threatened by one or more of those who have occupied-it in_the recent past. il These national parks belofig.to the people of Canada and, the. United States, and should all be protected for them, and for all of them.. Men and women interested in these beau- titul reglons should zive thought to these possessions, and each ' one should make. an effort to intefest others in their protection and care. Above all_their representatives in Congress should be interested and’in- structed. : Trrigation schemes, mining gchemes nd timber cutting schemes have been |and will be devised by people eager to use this public property for their own private gain. The only present protection against- such sdhemes :is the watchfulness and work of & small number of people who aré deeply in- terested in park preservation But, for all we know, some day these peo- ple may fall asleep at the switch. The commerclalists never sleep. The care of these wonderful spots should be in Congress, in the hands of the representatives of the people, and nowhere else. The laws should be so modified as to make It jmpss- e act sible for a‘dlgdle official to tak which will enlanger the parks. GEO. BIRD GRINNELL Chairman National Parks Commission. Q. What is the history of the Sen- ate gavel?—B. D. A. The gavel used by Vice Presi- dent Coolidge in presiding over the Senate is a relice of the Continental Congress, and has been used by each Vice Presldent since John Adams. It 18 made of solld ivory and has yel- lowed with age. 0.« Q. Has the Capitol ever been uscd as a barracks?—G. B. A. Several companies of soldiers from Pennsylvania, the Massachusetis 6th and the New Vork 7th, respond ing to Lincoin's call for troops afic the firing on Sumter, were quartercd in the Capitol building.. Q. Who was' the first white born in Washington?—H. L. A. The first child borh to white parents in Washington was Elizabeth Hooten Steele, born in 1800. Q. How many_ books are the Library of Congress?—C. G. A. This ' library contains 3,000.000 hooks, also collections of prints, maps manuscripts, music and books for th blind. There are 102 miles of shelv ing in the building. An average of 3,000 pergons vieit the Library eact day. there in Q. How long is the corridor in th~ basement of the Capitol>—G. N. W A. It runs 750 feet, the full length of the Capitol, and 18 sald to be th longest passageway in any publ building i the world. . When was the corner stone o the federal District laid>—B. D. * A. It was lald with Masonic_cere- monies April 15, 1791, by George Washington. The apron and trows used on this occasion were agail used when the foundation of the co per. stone of the Scottish Rite Tew ple, on 16th street, was laid. “Q.” What i the altitude of the Cap- itol at Washington?—0O. N. H. “_A. The.Capitgl stands on a plateau a’}itile. less.than 100 feet above sea level. B Q, Wére ‘the-ortginal houses of the National Capital. of brick, stone or tramel~J. W, 5. : A. No’frame houses wese to be vermitfed. in the original bullding code, except for témporary purposes The code also provided that no build ings be higher thati forty feet and gn; the avépuesowpr than thirs feet. - . vy Q. FHow long has the present form of government of the District of Co lumbla been in effect?—C. S. W. A. A temporary government was established by Congress placing -l affairs of the District under the con- trol of three Commissioners appoint ed by the President. It was ratified by Congress in 1874, and an act was approved July .1, 1878, making this form . of’ government permanent. Q. Who designed the War College in Washington?—M. O. N. A. This was dessigned by Stanford ‘Whit the designer of Madison Square Garden In New York city. Stanford White was the architect shot by_Harry K. Thaw June, 1906 & Which 1s “the -slaeet ibassy building in Washington?—A. D. E. ‘A. That of Great Britain, on Con~ necticut avenue.