Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1923, Page 42

~ 2 THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Merning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.........June 10, 1823 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Oftice, 11th t. snd Pennsylvania Ave. A 150 t. Chicago Offce: Tower Buildiny Europeau Ofice: 16 Regent 8t., London, En . with the Sunday moraing Sned by Carriers Within the ity dally only, 43 cents per 5. 20 cents per month. Or- nt Ly mail or telephone Main | n is made by carriers at the erd of cach wonth, The Evenin edition, i Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ryland and Virginia. unday. 1 yr.. $8:40; 110, T0e : 200 Dajly and Daily only. Sunday only All Other States. v and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo.. Daily only.........1yT, Sunday only.......1 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied 1o the ‘use for republication of all news dis Tes credited 10 it or not otherwise credited 518 paper and ulso the local news pub- aed liecein. A1l rights of publieation of ~ia] dlspatehes I Al T 85¢ 60c e Da $3.00; 1 mo., A Practical Program. The statement made yesterday by the chairman of the board of children’s guardians ancnt the policies of the baard is clear-cut. Tt will serve a most useful purpose in dispelling once and for all any possible misconception as 1o the lines along which the board pro- poses to function in caring for the wards of the community. Mr. Millan announces that the board 1s in favor of placing the children un- der its care in proper private homes. and that it fs going to use the Indus- trial Hlome School, recently placed un- der its control. s u receiving home, where these childven may be observed until their individual compleses ave determined and a desirabie private home found. It requires no adherence to any ultra-modern theory of child welfare 10 believe that for a normal child the private home of irreproachable atmos- phere is preferable to an institution or that to determine whether a given child is normal and to find a proper Lome calls for the maintenance of an establishitient where the child may be properly cared for. nounced nicets the dictates of C District board nan, ngress Commissioners, of the es of child welfare and of horse | It makes it quite clear that | ny triction which impedes the smooth 1unning of the board today is the after math of former controversy and of personal antipathies rather than any divergence of opinion as to the wisdom of current policies. That friction must. and doubtless will, promptly be removed. The board of children’s guardians has a most im- portant public duty to perform—the duty of arranging for and supervising the proper upbringing of the wards of the community. Without doubt a wajority. if not of board is agreed upon practical pro- gram to the indicated end. And if therc are any ot the board unable for one to lend their best efforts to the harmonious fulfill- ment of that program the best inter- ests of the children intrusted to the board's care will be served by their withdrawal or replacement. policy ¢ as an happily | of the by its chai latest | theos Lse. all, e a reason or another ——— Crop Damage. Tndications are that this will not bea rich fruft year In the Washington region. Reports from a number of districts are discouraging end, not only has the fruit yield been cut by cold and frost. but ficld crops have suffered from cold and drought. The Maryland bureau of agriculture re-| ports that oniy two districts in the stato will harvest more than three- quarters of their fruit crop and that the average will be less than 60 per cent. Fruit prospects are reported as poor in our neighbor countles of Montgomery and Prince Georges and south and east of Wushington in the counties of Charles, St. Marys, Cal-| vert and Anne Arundel the fruit crop outlook is disappointing. The con- dition of corn and wheat also is sald 1o be below the average. Re- ports from the Virginia counties near Washington are not as specific as those from Maryland. but it is feared that the agricultural community in the Old Dominion has suffered heavy loss. What is the farmer's loss is ours. The unfavorable spring weather in Maryland and Virginia means that eur fruft supplies will be cut, that prices will be higher and that the| jurchasing power of those wio get | their income from the land will be | reduced. Let us hope that in the i fortunate sections of the coun- “ry the fruit harvest will be abundant ld that prices here will not be high. The seasons are not always kind, but | we must take them as they come and zo. In spite of the setback, we shall all get along fairly well and we will be as happy flfl“'fl can, i ————— Oregon farm boys are compelled to give their attention to caterplllars Just when they would rather be think- ing about fishing worms. ————————— Picking candidates in June, 1823, is much casier than, it will be in the sgmmer season of 1924, ———— Street Festivals, Last Thursday night Pennsylvania avenue in this city was the scene of a great street dance of the people. Tens of thousands essembled, and to the i { i music of bands transmitted by wires|diminishing and freight movements and amplifiers enjoyed themselves on the pavement. It was the first time that the capital has been the scene of such a festival of public pleasure, but it is to be hoped that it is not the last occaslion for such a diversion. Recently one of the New TYork «sburches conducted a parish ‘‘street ity which was so marked a suc-| ess as to win the praise of the entire ! wetropolitan press and to attract at- -ention from other cities. This was St. (icorge Church, at 16th street and Stuyvesant Square. This church has been known for & long time for its somewhat unusual methods. A num- ber of years ago Rev. Dr. Rainsford in- troduced certain innovations along the lime of making it a soctal institution well @s @ religious establishment. This 2 it on ac {ning of a recent “parish ‘party” consisted of a program of outdoor everts, including motion pictures, a band concert, folk singing, folk dances in costumes and general street dancing, with illumina- tions and refreshments. The streets were closed by permission of the city authorities, and fully 5,000 people par- ticipated. ‘Why should not the Washington churches do something of this sort? They give bazaars and festivals from time to time to raise money for this or that purpose, but usually these affairs are held within doors or in restricted outdoor spaces. Thursday night's af- fair shows that the streets can be used for dancing. While as a rule the churches do not foster dancing, there are other features of public entertain- ment that can be planned for street programs. And also there are other organizations than churches that may use the streets under reasonable regu- lations and restrictions for community gatherings. The soclal work feature of the serv- ice rendered by the churches has be- come most important. One of the par- ticular purposes of gatherings under church auspices for diversion is to make the people acquainted. As u re- sult of the St. George Church “parish | pai the members of that congrega- tion, old and young. have come into closer relationship and a better under- tanding. Without doubt the District Commis- sioners would approve such enterprises for street gatherings under the au- spices of churches or other organiza- tions, possibly the citizens’ associa- tions. Washington should be the scene of numerous “parties” of this kind to add to the gayety of life and to develop the cominunity spirit. R Shrine Traffic Lessons. The Shrine convention has taught hington an important traffic les- son. It has shown conclusively that, with the proper number of one-way streets, an adequate downtown police force and care on the part of motorist and pedestrian, accidents are not nec- essary in congested traffie. ‘Washington has experienced during the past week the heaviest volume of automobile and pedestrian traffic in its history. That mishaps were in the minority is @ tribute to its regulation, the police and the people. Probubly the greatest tactor in the cutting down of accide was the es- tablishiient of one-way streets, The Lave been a conspicuous su With the exception of K street. which is wide erough for two-way traffic, and some minoc thoroughfares, they should be permanently retained. “Eventually, why not now?" said one business man when asked his opinicn of the one-way-street propo- sition. This merchant expressed the sentiment of business Washington. Motorist¢ favor the plan because it makes for easier car operation; busi- ness men favor it because they realize that Washington must have up-to- date traflic laws. and the police favor ount of the frictionless run great volume of automo- W biles. The parking in Washing- ton is still an open question. It has proved itself a pecullar one during the convention. The merchants have claimed that parking downtown was ruinous to business: parking was pro- hibited and business departed; park- ing was resumed and back came busi- ness. Parking has in this way proved that it is a valuable aid to the merchants. It is certain that complete elimination of downtown parking would be the Leginning of a fight. However, with traffic constantly on the increase, the time may not be far off when certain downtown streets will have to be kept clear. At any event. the Shriners have shown that heavy traffic can be suc- cesstully controlled in the National Capltal; that the police are capable and efficient when co.operating in its regulation, and that the motorists and pedestrians can work together for ac- cident elimination, problem American manufacturers may be pardoned for wishing to protect them- selves against any future possibility of dependence for dyestuffs on the land- ings of undersea craft in the Chesa- peake bay or Long Island sound. A favorite way to dispese of a pos- sible presidential candidate {s to men- tion him & year in advance of the nom- ination and concentrate fire on him. The country’s greatest railway prob- lem is to secure the big transportation | facilities necessary to accommodate i big production. Germany resents the expenditure of money much more seriously and ra- tionally than she did before and dur- ing the war. Following a Shrine week, Sunday seems even more restful than usuel. Railroad Activities. At a hearing before the Interstate Comumerce Commission a spokes- man for the railroads presented figures and facts which made an im- pressive showing of the ability of the carriers to handle the vast volume of freight expected to be carried in the remaining months of 1923. This is to | be accomplished through the expendi. | ture of more than a billion dollars for cars, locomotives and other better- ments. This spokesman said that dur. ing recent months, when traffic ex- ceeded in volume all seasonal records, car shortage had been constantly continuously bettered. An interesting sidelight was thrown upon the traffic situation when Mr. Alshton, the spokesman, reported that during the week ended May 19 as much as 991,000 caricads had been taken on the rails. That is, indeed, in- dicative of the notable boom in busi- ness which is observable throughout the length and breadth of the land. but is not a marker to what is cxpected in the fall, when the crops are to be moved, and this summer, when the coal for the winter's industrial uses is laid down. It is in anticipation of still further demands upon the railroads that they are pushing with all rapidity the pur. chase of cars and locomotives as fast as they can be turned cut. Dr. J. P. THE Parmelce, director of the bureau of rallway economics, said . the roads would expend this year $197,000,000 for new locomotives and $415,000,000 for freight cars. In addition to all this, they would lay out $432,000,000 for roadbeds and terminals. Commissioner Potter made a signifi- cant suggestion. Noting that the roads had been handling upward of 10,000 000 tons of coal a week, he asked if @ campaign to move 15,000,000 tons a week for @ short time would not result in flooding markets, getting coal pric on a strictly competitive basis, shut- ting down coal mines whose produc- tion is made at @ high cost, releasing labor supply and relieving the situa- tion for the general public. Mr. Alsh- ton replied that such a movement might have the suggested result, but that terminal, track and car conditions would have to be studied. If the rallroads are planning and ex- pecting large increases in cars and bet- terment in general the public. hopes that some portion of these benefits will be applied to relieving the coal situation. ——————————— Cuno’s Compensation. [ Considering the difficulties of the job of the chancellor of Germany it might be expected that his stipend would be a large one, certainly as large as that of at least a chief of bu reau in this country. He has many troubles. He must face the monarchist right and the socialist left in the reichstag, and the not always sym- pathetic center as well. He must write letters to the allies and stall off the payment of reparations. He must fence with France on the Ruhr occu- pation, and while preventing further advances into German territory hold the German radicals in eheck to avoid riotous disturbances that invite addi- tional encreachments upun the terri He must remain polite to Rus- sia while avoiding the spread of soviet influence in Germany. He has far more difficulties in his premier's port- folio than any other head of govern- mental administration today. According to the June salary budget just submitted to the reichstag the salary list of the German government is topped with the chancellor's com- pensation, at the stupendous figure of 1,039,000 marks a week. Then he gets an allowance for his wife and children which brings his weeklx pay up to 1 06 marks a week. <ome pay! But it in regular money? j other ste The « eon his own account is $12.00 a4 week and for himself and his family $16. And this is the highest compensation in the government budget. The rates of pay for the officials range down to the charwoman, who gets 104,000 marks a week, which works out at the present rate of exchange at $1.2 Who wants the job of chancellor at $12.50 a week? Herr Cuno would prob- ably sell out to anybody for a crisp | twenty-dollar bill every seven days, | ———————————— UN | in marks! What is Ah. that is a ancellor’s stipend The capital of the U. A. returns of revelries to the customary routine of business and statesmanship. It is not likely that President Harding will, during his entire journey, witness any scenes of 50 much splendor or find an atmosphere of greater geniality than that which expanded around his own offictal home. ————— The governmental and revolutionary forces in China are fighting in a way to suggest that the bandits are the only people in the country at present { peaceably disposed. | | Any impression that the people tail | to commend a good action wholly over {looks the riotous applause invariably { bestowed when Babe Ruth knocks an- other home run. It was lucky for Darwin that Col. Bryan was not in a position to become acquainted with his intentions and dis- courage the publication of his books on { evolution. ——————————— There has always been an element in New York city ready to contend that the only way to avoid narrow- mindedness is to have a wide-open town. It im barely possible that some of the press agents overestimate the advan- tages of publicity based on divorce epi- sodes. | SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Blessings. | “There may be bleesings in disguise. { Said Hezekiah Bings. | “But you must be uncommen wise To profit by such things. “The tear that glistens now may be A crystal lens that shows Life's hidden truthe'to you and me Which smiles could not disclose. “But blessings in disguise expand With shadows of dismay That make it hard to understand The lessons they convey. “And so, when Fate her favor flings ‘Where mortals congregate, T'd like,” said Hezekiah Bings, “To take my blessings straight.” That Bee. The presidential bee anew Doth buzz the populace among. He carries honey for the few, ‘While others seeking It get stung. - Horticulture. I care not for the rubber tree That decorates the hall. The blossoming rose displays for me Attractions very small. The spreading ocak soothes not my care, Despite its shade profound. Oh, gentle guide, conduct me where The ice plant may be found. | While others seek the cheer that grows Upon the lemon tree, And quaff the sparkling draft that flows So copiously free, 1 shall not join in their pursuii. Elsewhere my hopes I lift. ‘The ice plant. with its cooling fruit, 1s summer’s rarest gift. . DAY STAR, | with this week from the contemplation ! » MEN AND WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 10, AFFAIR | BY ROBERT T. SMALL. LL THE AGENCIES charged with enforcement, well as the court records, agree that the liquor ltd was down pretty tight on Washington during the Bhrine convention. It must have been so, for as one looks back upon the pageantry, the march- ing glory Ly day and the brilliant revelry by night, there lingers in memory the strains of one familiar tune. It was played under the scorch- | ing sun, under the twinkling stars, and even as the milkman was mak- ing his rounds, while rosy-fingered dawn stood tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Tt was blared by spangled bands, it was chanted from dusty throats and every now and then the wail of a lone cornetist or | slide trombonist might be heard in| the desert. “How Dry I Yam: How Dry I Yam Nobody Knows, How Dry I Yam!" One big band. bolder than the rest and intent upon taking its plea to the highest court, played the thirsty anthem as it marched in review fore President Harding and the ussembled dignituries of the ns The President uarose and gravely {bowed, for he has become one of th dryest of the drys, and it has been | said of him that he will ride to vic-| tory in 1824 “on the water wagon,”| | i | intended i | 1 | or he won't ride at all IR E i A few years ugo It would have heen} thought lese majesto for a band to pass before the chief executive of | the nation playing so frivolous a| tune as the desert ditty which re- | sounded through all Washington dur- | Ing the festivities of Shrine weck For many vears it was thought nec- essary that band passing he- fore u P'resident should burst forth with “Hail to the Chicf Who in Tri- fumph Approuches. The fact that the chicf was standing still and the Land was doing ull the approaching had nothing to do with the case Ingugural purades in the past often have required that the President re- main in or about the official reviewing | stand for anywhere from eight to twelve hours. Can any one imagine the joy of & President condemned for @ legal working day of elght hours | to listen to nothing but “Hail to the | Chief.” which even its most zealous | advocates will admit s not an en- trancing or even an intriguing tune. T think it was President Roosevelt who kicked over the traces. He gut {fed up on “Hall to the Chfef.” M likked to be “hailed” as much as any chief ever i the White House hut {he didi't care to be reminded of 1t ]:All the time So during his regime in the White House, when many 1i0SE-BTOWN customs were cast into | the discard. orders were issued that {bunds passing In review of the Presi- {dent wight play anything but “Hail 10 the Chief.” 1 ! "On his forthcoming trip across the ‘\:onlmenl President Harding will be every regaled with “Hail to the Chlef” at, every station where his special train | will stop. Be it eity or village, the bands will be there blowing out the familfar strains. It has always been k0 with u traveling President, and probably will continue unto the end i The Shrine parades developed the i Heard and Seen | o rou have trouble sieeping o inights? | Then the Rev. Dr. George Fiske I!fiudl!)_ who recently celebrated his thirtieth anniversary as rector of St. lsupmu‘s parish. has something for you. Dr. Dudley has a sure-fire method of inducing slecp that combines a bit | of the old scheme of counting sheep | with @ touch of Couc's &utosugges- | But the sy entirely his | for man. It enables him to come fresh to his work cach day, bringing! to bear the fullest energies upon any em to 1 Dudle worry p. that the day credit wise, to losing his problems tion. own He believes that sleep is a necessity | i over problems, he les the all worn out * x The rector of St Stephen’'s usually I prefaces his method by telling his { hearer not to laugh at it, but to take {it seriously and practice it faithfully Im get the best results. Results are {sure. he says, if the method is done| properly and persistentl | Some persons, of course, are tem- peramentally so constructed that they cannot carry out the system. But most people who have ditficulty in ! going to sleep at night will Le able { to get benefit from the method. { ““The necessary thing. in wetting { sleep, is absolutely to clear the mind iof all real thoughts. past, present or future,” Dr. Dudley said. “In other words, occupy ths mind witih some- ! thing imaginary.” ! There is the touch of Coue. “1 recently explained my method to | a parishioner,” continued the popular | rector. "I told her to imagine, just| as she settled herself to slcep, that| ghe had suddenly come into possession | of_a million dollars. | “Then, in sequence, each step that| would logically flow, must be enacted ‘fqjous rascals to grant them !in the mind. The gift must be made fand accepted. with proper speeches; { the money must be taken to the bank ted. {on RS every. natural step must be gone into in full, For instance, it will not do at all to suddenly jump ! from the possession of the million dollars to placing it safely in the bank. You must get ou the street car with it, pay your fare, see the streets a3 You pass along, get ufl.!lle cur, go into the bank, greet vour favorite teller or official. and so forth, "Then you must plan what you will do with your million dollars. Ap- proaching the problem from a high Sense of responsibility, you must plan each step in giving it to worthy char- {tles, for finstance Nor must you ive it away in half-million-dollar ots. Make small bequests, and fol- low each one through. The first night you acheme you will carry o Venture to some lei ol "asteep, The next night begin at the beginning, and perhups you Wil not get so many gifts worked out. Soon, if you practlce persistently, you Will get to the point where you will fall asleep before you get the money to the bank.” ut - | Masons. | otherwise, for the President led them | Harding, who made a little statement | later that she thought it equally the | In the future. The person who has difficulty in sleeping or particularly in geiting to; sleep can make up his own story to be worked out in detall. Dr. Dudley wvaries his own adventures. 5 “For many months” he sald, “I fought & prominent pugilist .each.i night. 1 would come into the Ting, and then my opponent would make his appearance. I would try to imagine the whole thing as realistio- ally as I could. “We would shake and then go to it. I struck every blow, took every blow. Each night I had a real battle. At first it would go many rounds. Then, the first thing I knew, or, rather, the last thing, I would find my ring battle ending before a round {was up. I had gone to sleep in the . middle of the ring!" { "Playing a_ base ball game is an-| other favorite of Dr. Dudley's for | wooing sleep. He is an ardent devo- tee of the great national pastime and finds that it lends itself admirably to his system. The plan offers infinite opportuni- ties for change. The important thing, however, i¥ that the story must be something unlike the daily average lite, especially unlike whatever du- tles or problems may. be interfering with sleep. 2 CHARLES . TRACEWELL. fact that even here in the nation's capital there is really no conceptio on the part of the “man in the street” | &8s to a duty to salute the American flag. Hundreds of thousands un- thinking men stood along the amml walks or sat in the reviewing stands gnylnl not the slightest attention as ug after flag was carried by in all due reverence by the marching About the only punctilious | persons who witnessed the parade were those who sat in the presi- dential stand. They could not be In a malute to each passing ensign. And always at his side arose Mrs. duty of both man and woman to salute the flag. Apparently to most of the men who saw the parades there was never a thought of lifting the hat to Old Glory. This thoughtless disrespect to the flag—and no one belleves for a min- ute that one person in ten thousand disrespect—brings up a rather serious question as to parades Either there should be a published reminder in advance that every man and woman watching formal parade must in some manier salute the flag, or else the fag should not be borne in parades at the ex- pense of being ignored by the on- lookers. Perhaps. as has been charged. the flag Ix used t0o promis- cyously in decorations from one end of the country to the other, so that the sight of It has become 50 common 28 to lead to the very state of affairs which was so noticeablc here in the Natlonal Capital, % % % % The strict police rules enforced at the parades and other functions of Shrine week recalled to John Hays Hammond an experlence he had on one occasion when he was accom- panying President Taft on a “swing around the circle.” The presidential yarty was stopping and banqueting at a famous hotel in Riverside, Culif. A cordon of state militiamen was thrown about the hotel and orders were issued that no persun could enter the sacred precincts without the proper credentials. Mr. Hammond, having arrived with the President, was sufely inside and also was immaculately dressed for dinner, when with haif an hour to spare, it occurred to him he might take a stroll down one of the wide Riverside thoroughfures. Recognizing that some sort of for- mality was necessary to get out and then get in again, the distinguished mining englneer approached one of the soldlers. “Old man.” he said in the friendliest sort of way, “I want to step down the street, you will know me, of course, when 1 return.” “Certainly.” said the guardsman as e lowcred his rifie and let Mr. Ham- mond go by B twenty minutes the President's “buddy” was back at the firing line. He nodded to the soldier and was about to pass when the man in khaki barred the way. “Where's your pass?” he demanded “I haven't a said Mr. Ham- mond. “And anyway vou said you would know me when I got back.” Ves, 1 sald I'd know you all right, but 1 didn't say you could get in aguin.” Ever since then Mr. Hammond has realized that “orders is orders.” Fifty Years Ago in After several weeks of pursuit the band of Modocs who were implicated in the murder of Gen. The Modoc Canby and other mem- bers of a commission Problem. oo to sctte difrer- ences regarding their location in California fifty vears ago were cap- tured. Immediately arose the ques- tion of what punishment should be meted out to them and how they should be treated. The Star in its issue of June 3 thus discusses the question: “According to the reports of today trom the Modoc country Cupt. Jack his band have at last been : though. judging by the past. not un unlikely event that a tseript 1w announce that he has caped aguin. The question now comes up: What shall be done with them? And the inquiry is complicated by the fact that the capture of the leader of the Modoc band and the squad of followers who kept with him to the last was effected through the agency of some of the Modocs who huve been greater offenders in the way of unprovoked murder than Capt. Jack himself. Boston Charley, who was prominent in trapping Capt. Juck in his lagt hiding place, wus the treacherous villain who shot the mis- sionary, Dr. Thomas, in cold blood. Hooker 1im. another of the blood- hounds employed to track Capt. Jack, was the bloodiest of the murderous gang engaged in the slaughter of the settlers at Lost river, and all the others of the Modoc party who jolned in the betrayal of their chief are blackened with especial feats of murderous deviltry, for which the vengeance of justice seems to be imperatively demanded. Can it be that Gen. Davis, in order to save himself a little troublesome and dan- gerous campalgning in quest of the remnant of ‘the Modoe band, has weakly barred him with these per- im- munity for the past as a reward for the betrayal of their chief? We trust not, and yet it is hardly probable that they would perform this service without some hope of being benefited by it. The problem how to deal with the captured Modocs, whether by the civil or the milftary arm of the gov- ernment, is likely to be & trouble- some one, and it is to be hoped that no additional entanglements will be presented through any rash guaran- | tees of Gen. Davis to any of the} gang.” ' Fifty years ago the railroad pass was much in evidence in-all parts of thecountry. Its Cutting Off the free use led to Railroad Passes. many scandals and undoubt- edly imposed & heavy burd°n upon the railroads. The Star o’ June 6, 1873, thus notes an effort to abate the ‘nuisance: “The western rail- roads terminating at Chicago have taken the right step in regard to| frec passage. At u meeting of the| managers they resolved unanimously to cancel all outstanding passes at the end of this month and to refuse to Issue any more after that date. This order is absolute, except with regard to the nasfla{‘e of employes over roads with which they are con- nected and except In cases where roads are compelled by existing con- tracts to grant passage. Clergymen are no longer to be owed half fare tickets, and railroad officers are no lfl‘" to exchange passes with each other. ‘Passes to the press are not enum- erated specifically in the catalog, but. of course, they are included under the general head of ‘all,’ and now it will be in order for the newspapers to le dead-heading railroads. In- deed, it is about time for the press to shut down on the whole free-pai and_ work-for-nothing _system. X profession or interest in the United States or in the world is called on to do so much gratuitous work as news- papers. Iivery adventurer and specu- lator who hae an ax to grind ex- pects editors and publishers to turn his grindstones, and to give them as ay 2 little of the dirty water that s left in the trough or not, accord- ingly as he may be liberally or eco- nomically inclined. Let the press fol- low the example furnished by the railroads as indicated above and pay cash for what they t and requir: cash for what they give, and the, al poverty of newapaper -r Wil Soon hecome =, storv. of t e! vast.™ ~ Jot nis 1923 —-PART 2. Capital Sidelights [Holds All Minds Great Today { If Consistency Is Smallness BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Representative Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota is totally blind, having lost his sight through an electric shock twelve years ago. He has achieved a notable position in Con- @ress through hard-working devotion loyal and brilliant “better three-fourths,” as he calls his wife. In 1918 he went overseas and spent July and Auguet with the boys at the front, to learn first hand how he ‘ould best serve them in Congress. On the return trip the Army trans- rort on which he was a passenger was torpedoed some 300 miles off the coast of Brest, so he knows from rersonal experience the dangers and trials of the American sailor as well as soldier. He has been to the depths of the ocean in a submarine and has soared to the heights of heaven in an airship. Representative Schall is descended from one of the earliest families in Virginia and his ancestors have fought In all the wars since the rev- olution, his father having fought throughout tle entire civil war on the Union ride. Te dled when young “Tom™” was three vears old. His mother had to fall Lack on the use of her hands to earn their living and Representative Schall tells something of the story thus: “Her job took her and me to the baci ends of hotels and restaurants, #0 I got my start in life back there where the garbage, tin cans and the files and the profanity were thickest.” In tribute to his mother he says: “Mother gave me all she had. Be- cause of her lack, she instilled in me the necessity of an education, laid 1 me the foundation of right and vTONg, taught me honesty und grati- tude and guve me that larger lLeritage of a tirm faith in God.” He earned his educatio e Blacked boots, s0ld newspapers, gath- ered buffalo bones on the prairie of Minnegots, picked up old iron. sold books, sold clothes, cleaned furnaces, milked cows, hoed potatoes, herded cattle, broke bronchos, worl the harveat fleld. drovs oven. Ong summer he ralsed onions on rented &round and hix entire proceeds for his whole summer's work amounted to 15 cents. He cleaned spittoons in a sa- loon, sawed wood with a bucksuw at 75 cents a oord, ran a hand laundry and an ice cream stand, worked in a brick yard, did janitor work, sold bath cabinets, piaved bush ieague base ball, which gave him his first tuste of a gentler life In eighteen intercollegiate base bu | 8ames in 1899 he wielded the bat with an wverage of . He won f a cow in a prize fight at Ortonv Minn., against a pugilist of some pute. He also won cash prizes wrestliug. He won prizes in eve na 1d r oratorical contest during his time in | the University of Minnesota ming it ull up, he says: one hard, grim struggle bread.” Sum- “Life was for daily £ isls ¥ ‘What of House Leader Mondell's suocessor in Congress? He is Charles E. Winter of Casper, Wyo., and he has already won fame as a lawyer, as judge of the Wyoming courts, as a novelist of western life and author of the state song. His father was a Methodist clergyman from whose grave the Young mother returned res- | olutely home to make a living and educate her family of nine children. Here is Representative Winter's own story of his first republican vic- tory: “My public school experience and my first political battle cccurred in the historical capital of Springfield, TiL. at the age of &lx, In the center nial year of 1876, in the Hayes and Tilden campaign. “Wishing to offset the activities of my democratic neighbor boys, Patsy and Dinny Grant, T became the proud possesser of a torch to be carried at the tafl end of @ republican parade. An older brother of Patsy and Dinny, one of whom I recall actually sawed off the limb of a tree between him- self and the tree trunk, bullied and teased me, in order to discourage my boyish efforts to lengthen and make more impressive the republican pa- rade. Finally, driven almost to des- peration Ly his unbearable interfer- ence ~with me in the exercise of my political activities, T thrust my flam- | ing torch under the tail end of his coat. in an unguarded moment. The vesult was a surprised bully and a routed democratic oppressor, who fled from the scene. crying for some one to ‘put him out’ I remained a con- queror by right of victory, and proudly carried my torch throughout the parade. * % * % Here's another little story of an early success by & noted member of Congress. Senator Morris Sheppard, who recently broke the senatorial record for long-distance impromptu oratory, tells how his first public speech paid him bigger dividends than most of those he has since made. He had no difficulty in his boy- hood days in committing to memory some of the masterpleces of elo- quence in the English tongue, both prose and poetry. Among his favo: ites was Campbell's “Hohenlinden” and he could recite the stirring lines beginning with “On Linden, when the sun was low,” etc.. with considerable effect. One Suhday when the Texar- kana statesman was still in that style of dress known as knickerbockers, there was an excurslon from the old home town to Hughes Spring, now, as then, a water lg place between Pitts- burg and Jefferson. The future congressman wanted to go with the excursionists, but he did not have the money and did not known where it could be obtained, at least for the purpose for which he wanted it. At the depot just before the train was to leave & man who had heard him recite the famous lines of Camp- bell referred to above, asked him to favor those present with & recitation. He sald a recitation was worth som thing. The crowd agreed to raise a urse. Young Sheppard gave them “Hohenlinden” in his best style, and the purses of the men in the crowd were opened wide. He had enough to pay his railroad fare and to lqui- date his other expenses of the trip. The first speech, Senator Sheppard says, paid & bigger dividend than many he has since made, although he has been in demand for many years throughout the length and breadth of the land. as an orator. The young Texan has become one of the most finished speakers in the Congress of the United States, 1 members with pride that does not encompass many of his speeches how he won his way into the pockets of a hundred or more residents of Camp county and through them to the de- lights of Hughes Springs. He has a word of vice to the schoolboys of ‘today, admonoshing them to not neglect the practice of oratory and to engage in Drize speaking contests whenever they have an opportunity. ¥ ok k¥ Usually we tell of the successes of congressmen. Now let us turn to the story of how a prominent member of congress lost a medal. When a voung man, just out of college, John M. Evans, who is returning to the Capitol from Montana, went to live in Butte, then a typical frontier town, just at that time overrun with high. ‘waymen, burglars and stick-up men. One night Evans discovered a burglar in his room and pulling from under hL pillow a handy he blased away at the intruder and was promptly answered, both shots show wg bad marksmanship by the par i BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, ¥ormer Vice President of the United States. F Ralph Waldo Emerson was right, if consistency is the hobgoblin of £mall minds, then small minds no i longer exist, for consistency has | utterly disappeared. As a mark of | rear greatness, inconsistency has be- come common to those we regard as great or near great. Of Emerson it may be said that he appreciably en- larged the hat sizes of men There was a time when however |\arillltlnl’ men might be about par- ticulars they clung tenaciously to principles. They had to hold fast or lose their influence. I well remember when the weathercock in any calling in life had no influence upon the thought and conduct of mankind. Now {t seems that the more rapidly 1 & man changes his opinfons and shifts { nts position public prejudice and private iuterests dictate. the more rapidly he grows in public esteem | Mayhap. the electric age in which we live is responsible for this. Onur im- pressions are received from the film and over the radio. Flashes of thought come to us with such light- ning-like speed thut we do not have cpportunity to consider any one them. We have no time to determine whether s preceding flagh was more {lluminating. With the public mind in such a state, consistency is super- fluous. % e x There is a right in a man to right about. Aye, more, thers is a duty incumbent upon him to right about when he finds himself wrong. Most of us would be better off if we spent less time in trying to go forward and more time in trying to orient selves in order to ascertain whether we are going in the right direction But with his right and frequently his duty to shift his position seeks to mold public opimmn owes it to those he has influence® in the past to tell them why he has Vhifted that they may determine the SMcerity of his conversion. The old-fashioned revival service where men bared thelr souls not only in the presence of an angry God, but also in the sight of friends and nelghbors, where they frankly and penitently confessed the error of the past and gave their rea- sons for belleving it wrong, ing_at the same time a different course of conduct for the future, hus passed into the limbo of things f. gotten. And I would not revive tiiis neient custom in morals. 1 saw too - tlghts arising out of confessio thus to0 deem them vn the who couducive to the peace. quictude an guod order of a nelghborhood T would like to sce established a »imilar custom of public confession pertaining to the politics and the business of the countr. * % I should like to be told, for in- stance, why the man who has preached for years the necessity and benefits of organized labor accepts a superintendency and at once begins a crusade to destroy the union to | which his workmen belong. He is not a man of small mind, according to our- sistent. T would like to be informed, also, why men who when poor were the bitterest enemies of wealth, were wealth's staunchest defenders and its {greatest apologists. Moreover, it would contribute to my peace of mind if T could be privately informed how it comes that states'-rights democrats are so much in favor of a centralized government, Why tariff-for-revenue senators vote for a high protective Washington Q. What wages were paid to the lahorers who worked on the origiual Capitol building”—R. D. A. Bricklayers were paid $1.50 and $1.75 a day; carpenters, $1 to $1.50; stone cutters, §1.25 to $1.32, and com- mon laborers, 75 cents. Q. How many railways enter y Washington, D. C.>—G. W. A. Eight: Pennsylvania; Baltimore and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio: Rich- mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac: Washington and Old Dominion (elec- {" shington. Baltimore and (electric), and Washing- ton-Virginia (electric). A. John Quincy and his steward, Antoine, morning to cross the Potomac, Which at this time extended to the White House grounds. They took off their clothes in the boat, intending to dive and swim in the river. A sudden gust of wind blew practically all the gar- ments down_the river. The steward. With very few clothes, returned to the White Touse, while President {Adams waited “in gnat bitten misery for two hours hidden in the bushes, This is recorded in President Adams’ diary. Q. Which is the lrldQ:‘: ‘Euuesll'tnll statue in Washington™—W, G. O. A. The statue of n. Jackson {in Lafayette Square. It was cast at Bladensburg by Clark Mills, who was given cannons, captured in Jackson's Sampaigna, for material. He set up o furnace and made the first suc- cessful bronze casting in {\"mtllc‘fi‘ The statue was erected in 1850, Q. How high is Great Falls’—J. E. R. A. The Great Falls of the Potomac is fifteen miles above Washington and consist of one mile of rapids and a cataract about thirty feet high. The water supply of Washington is from this source, conveyed in an aqueduct twelve miles long Q. Is there any inscription vu the top of the Monument?—S. A.__The aluminum_tip. besides the A The sluminum tp, Bences o2 ticlpants. This seems to have been one of the first instances of resistance by the innocents, and a number of enthusfastic young friends of Evans contributed to a fund of 360 with which they intended to purchase a watch or a medal or other evidence of esteem for their defensive friend. A few hours following this esca- pade another burglar was detected plying his trade and, the alarm being given, made for the street and was pursued by a German. The highway- man shot at his pursuer five times in the crowded street, but the Ger- man was persistent and finally ran bis man to earth and captured him. He was taken to court the next morning and, both of these shooting affrays having been extensively pub- lished. the courtroom was filled with curfosity seekers. The judge of the court, having ther trial, turned to his captor and asked him why he continu sue this man when he was shootin, at him, to which the German replied: “Vell, jedge, it was dis vay, I don't vant no s e st - a Evans M‘“&m.’fl\! 360 was given to the Dutchman—and Evans lost a medal. ' | ot | & man who ! promis- | But | merson, for Lie certainly is not con- | | transformed upon becoming rich into | commitied the highwayman for fur- d to pur- | tarift in behalf of industries of thew states and why old-fashioned Tef- fersonian individualists will cham plon both paternalistic and munistic measures. Such men great as viewed in Emerson’s mirro for they are not troubled the leass bit about consistenc: If changed and changing position fn the political and business life «.f America were clearly explained 1 the people there would mnot be much suspicion _touching conduct Many people would not think as they do now that the business outlook cf Americu is not from principle by from advantage. And fewer voters would look upon politicians as tim servers; not so many would vote pr. tests when they went to the poll Influential men have fallen unde suspicion and their high places whic ought to be the mark of power an service bring forth a laugh when the: do not produce a curse. If influence is to be restored, inconsistency mus be explained and explained along the line of principle and not of persona | preferment or private gain. Inconsistency in the thought ex pression and conduct of today i ] by the sharp cleavage br pr s cor plicate tween ins vractice business American claims that competition ix the life « trade. T may not be always a: entiaily true but it the shi boleth of most business men. Trained in the school of democrac we utter ft as a self-evident trut Yet by ways that are dark and b tricks that are vain men who pr claim the principle of competitic may be found engaged in foster: monopolies. Why do they not nounce the principle of competiti- a fraud, a delusion and a snor and openly support ir content {thut e 1e from producer to ¢ | uner d be benefitted sonable monopoly? Al wou that ve a right to I such a v to defeid it und its u fon us part ¢ e econ {polieyr - land. 1 have no do hey nie many of us t certain businesses ucted ae monopoly. properly regulated and cor trolle uld serve everyone bette than under free competition. Bu {the way to wettle the question is t. create a clear dividing line of though and argument. not by preaching o1 way and practicing differently. Great ness of mind, Emerson to the con trary notwithstanding, is nor dis closed by proclaiming the prin of competition and establishing monopoly chi Princip mes voiced par With intention of acting accordance with the principles of tr past. we mouth them just the san and act ax we jolly well please. 1 nsistency is explained away on tl ground of expediency. We do notd:- avow the past. but reproclaim ou old faith and then justify our cor duct in conflict with it by the cond tion which confronts us. Far be from me to find fault with any me who meets a condition in the bes way possible. Th his duty. i itself is an everlasting struggle tweon th and condition. Bu am soeaking only of those princiy whicé have to do with tempora and tAanescent co s, not th measure up to the standard principles orad principles whic are gre never mu be losy sight never npromis with, When these ¢ and selfichness must « in the mind of the rea a But I repeat, consistency should mar every man unless and until he ha the courage to explain his chang Yet I do not look for this to come t pass. If it did, some supposedly gres men made great by autosuggestio might be found to be fakers. (Copyright, 1823, by 21st Century Press.) day is yme, Answers to Questions About for the Shriners By Frederic J. Haskin. names of the builders and the is inscribed with the words Deo,” which means “praise God. “1z Q. What women are represented y the statuary group in the erypt | the Capitol, and why was it place in the crypt’—H. L. L. A. The suffrage pioneers represen ed are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: L cretia Mott and Susan B. Antho: The reason given for the statue b. ing placed In the crypt is that 1l ! welght of the block was too heur for a place on the upper floor Q. When was the first auction . lots in the nation’s capital?—H. K | A. Tt occurred on October 17, 174 at Fountain Inn, near the preser: foot of Wisconsin avenue. Washing ton, Jefferson and Madison attended l Q. Through whose efforts w. Mount Vernon preserved?—R, A. M A. Miss Anne Pamela Cunning | ham started the movement that mads the place a national memorial. The belongings of the Washington far ily and even the real estate was grad ually be ated when Mies C ningham interested herself in t project of buying and préserving S<tate, Congress would not supDY her effort. but she succeeded in fors ing the Mount Vernon Ladies’ As "I‘Agllun of the Union, which bougt) the property in 38, and which ¥ carefuily guarded. tended and | proved the place, until it is now in a | excellent state of preservation an. presents a wonderful picture of “lonlal plantation life. | Q. Which was larger in 1850, Was ington or Chicago?—R. C. | & "In 1850 the population of Was | ington was 40,001, and that of Ch | cago, 29.963. ing dissi Did George Washington and Ma nfaut actuall and lay ou shington, D. C. A. The actual surveying and layi | out of the city was done by Andre Ellicott, & civil engineer. who hi peen employed in many bounda dis putes and who became surveyor gei eral of the United States in 1792 a | Are the faces of the figures i4 the Old National Museum which dis play the historic gowns worn by mis- tresses of the White House intended to be portraits?—E. §. A. The same desigm was used for | an. The aifterent treatment of the hair creates the impression that the same face has not been used through out, | —— | Q. Do_the pillars surrounding tn { Lincoln Memorial have any particuls | stgnificance *—E. E. G A. The thirty-six marble pillu surrounding the building on the ou side are symbols of the states of 1 TUnion at the time of Lincoln's dea Above this colonnade, at regulur 4 tervals a forty-eight memo fe toons, representing the states of 1he Union today Q Who owns the original manu script of “The Star Spangled Bgnner =G o L - A. It is owned by the faumily of Henry Walters of Baltimore.. The original Star Spangled Banner fv-ex- hibited at the Old National Museum ] ’ '