Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 26

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ————————— THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.. «..August 5, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company and Pennsylvania Ave. 10 tiast 42nd St 0 Office: Tower Building Curopean Office: 16 Kegent St., Loudon, Eugland. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning «dition, 1s delivered by carriers within the city &t 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per mouth: Sunday ouly. 20 cents per month. Or- Jers may be. sent Ly mail or telephone Main 000 “Collection is made by carriers at the €24 of cach month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda Paily only day only 50¢ $6.00: 1 mo. 20¢ 40; 1 mo. A1y All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 85c Daily only.. yr .. 60C Sunday oniy 137 . 26c Member of the Associated Press. The Asocinted Press 1s excluively entitied | to the use for repubiication patches credited to It or ot olherwise cres in this paper and also the local news pubs tx of publication of ein_are_nlxo fall noww dis- The term of office which President Coolidge is called upon to serve is the shortest of ail the six unfinished terms of the * Presidents. John Tyler, succeeding William Henry Har- vison in 1841, at the beginning of the administration, served three vears and eleven months. Millard Fillmore, suc. ceeding Zachary Taylor in 1850, served two 3 seven months and twenty- six davs. Andrew Johnson, succeed- ing Abraham Lincoln 65, served three years ten months and nineteen A, v, succeeding field in 1881, served five and a half months. succeeding Wil- successor’” days. Cheste A: € Jumes three Theodore Rooseveit m MeKinley in 1901, served, in the nfinished term three years five months and eighteen da Calvin Coulidge, succeeding Warren G, Hard. 18, will serve seven months and one day. It fact that four out of the six Presidents who have died i ‘e have passed within the first vear of the a in is a singular - interrupted terms. month after one month and fter his second induction Garfleld 1 taking oath, months inaugura eleven dats into oftice months MeKinley, six from his sec: one n, Lincoln six the and nd installation one-half afte and ten Zachar; four months Taylor served for a vear and five days, and Warren served 1wo fives In two Presidents have died in the of their second terms in office, Lincoln and MeKinley When Harrison died, in 1841, con utional provision that in of death izna removal incapa to dischurge the duties of the office of President the “same shall " Vice President” be tive for the first time. In situation. it ed a time doubt existed as to by what John Tyler should be designated. rict nstructionists of the Consti. tution urged that that instrument did not provide that Viee President should “become Pres: but merely stip- ul d 1 duties of the office should ive” upon him. So the secretaries who notified Mr. Tyler of the fact of Gen, Harrison's death sim- vears and months. cases course the case, or I has been that “dev ply addressed him as “Vice President.” | John Quiney Adams held that he should be called ““Vive President, act- ing as President.”” Henry Clay veferred to him as the ‘“regent.” But Tyler regarded himself as President, so styled himself and’ was so regarded by | the public When later, and Millard there titte. pr of the country little more than nine vear: achary Taylor died in offic kil ded him, was no discussion regarding the John Tyler's quiet and confident assumption of it upon in 1841 had settled the Iy for all time. a Tore suec matter definite. The 12-Hour Day Passing. The end of the twelve-hour day in tha steel industry is at hand. When Judge Gary. chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, said that the twelve- Lour day would be ‘abolished in the close steel trade as soon as could be, there | was an important proviso or a big “it";| in the promise. He said that the change would be made as rapidly as the supply of labor would permit, and that in making the change from twelve to eight hours there would be no unnccessary delay. The statement wa as the preface to an the steel “trust” and the in eized etfort by on dependents to obtain a large supply | of foreign labor, and it wus suggested that the steel men were ing an attack on the immigration law. 1t is now reported from New Yo that “the executives of the United States Steel Corporation subsi- diaries and independent 1epresented in the American Tron and Steel Institute sped homeward today to take immediate steps to eliminate tne twelve-hour day in the industry, ax decided upon at a meeting here of the directors of the institute.” The proposed reform when made will go far toward softening public opinion of the steel industry. What effect the coming change will have on the struggle between unionism and the open shop in the steel industry, is a question. ———— The popularity of a sung apparently depends on the number of people who insist that they disapprove of it. but who nevertheless enjoy hearing it. —————— At a time when economies are de. manded the world over question may arise as to whether large sums have not been wasted in propaganda. , Five Years on a Hen Case. Congestion in American courts is cause of much discontent and, it is Delieved, of much crime. This con gestion is due to a disposition to liti gation and to the slowness of pro- cedure and the indulgence granted to appellants, all in the supposed interest of justice, but actually in most cases 10 the defeat of equity A case just reported from Chicago illustrates in ‘marked manner this tendency 1o ohokg the courte .1yr., §8.40; 1 mo., 70c | ted | n this term one year | Ldays | Harding | his succession | contemplat- | companies | trivialities, Tn 1918 a man was ac- cused before a justice of the peace of cruelity to animals. He had been haled to court for “beating and tor- turing a chicken” which he * found trespassing on his own premises. He was found guilty and fined $3. He appealed the case and it went on up through the higher reaches of the law until it has just been finally disposed of by a dismissal. Five years of the time of the courts -over a dead chicken! A neighbors' row, probably, and one lone hen the immediate cause of action! Three dol- lars in a fine the basis of appeal, with probably hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars spent in lawyers' fees and court costs, not to count the value of | the time of individuals squandered in the fight for ‘rights”! And mean- while the jails congested with crim- inals awaiting trial and lawlessness increasing because of the assurance of the law's delay: ““They do such things better abroad” is a frequent expression. And it is true. The courts of Europe, notably { of England, are more speedy and the sieve in their proper range the minor cases and prevent congestion in the higher {jurisdictions. This three-dollar chicken {case could never have lasted five years in & foreign court. Tt should not have lasted as many hours in this country. —_——— The Tombs of the Presidents. Decision has been reached that the body of President Harding shall be !interred at Marion, Ohlo, the scene of his life work until he entered the iknew as home, This is in keeping | with the tradition that the Chief Ex- | ecutives of the land, even though the | die in office, shall lie at rest in their { native soil, in the place of their personal residence. As u consequence no President of the United States is entombed here at the Capital, the scene of the labors of all of them, with which their names are identified in history. It has been frequently urged that this be changed and that the bodies of the Presidents should rest here at the Capital. This matter was dis. cussed at the time of the death of | Ulysses S. Grant, who, though a na- |tive of Tllinois, died in New York state, { of which he had hecome a citizen after | teaving the Though | was more appropriate that Gen. Grant he buried here, he was interred in New York city, where his tomb is a notable }landmark and memorial , 1t is doubtless best that the bodie of those who have held the presiden- {tial office should rest in the soil from | which they sprang. which they !trod in their lives out of office. The | presidency is a duty to which Amerl |can citizens are assigned in succes: | sion, citizens drawn from the ranks 1 of the people, from the different states. !They come to Washington as from the people of all the states, sent here to ‘serve them, and they return when their |duty is done. usually to rejoin their ifellow citizens, though sometimes go- ing to other states where brighter op- portunity offers. Five of the former Presidents of the United States rest in Virglnia, five lin New York, four in Ohio, three in | Tennessee, two in Massachusetts and {one each in Kentucky, New Hamp- | shire, Pennsylvania, 1llinois, New Jer- |sey and Indiana. Now Ohio will ve- iceive the fifth of its sons who have come here to serve and who either {during or after service have passed { from life. Wherever these tombs rise, in what. il‘\ll’ state, they are shrines for Ameri presidency. . 80 to speak, are finer and keep | public service as senator, the place he ! | it | ns, no less than though they were i part of the great structure of govern ment which rises here at Washington ————— It is asserted by Gov. Pinchot Pennsylvania that prison problems are ritical. Reform methods in penal in- stitutions have occasionally met with difficulty in making a penitentiar jisfactory to humanitarian standards vet sufficiently disagreeable to prevent {hardened criminals from enjoving the i sojourn. ————— | European statesmen have many | doubts as to how to meet the present crisis, except on one point. They nearly all know exactly what the United States of America ought to do. ————— In spite of Lady Astor's determina- {tion to popularize prohibition in par- liament, a great deal of British influ ence is being brought to bear against the twelve-mile limit, —————— Germany evidently feels that enough is being said on the reparations que: i tion to warrant her in an attitude, for i the present, of deferential silence. ——r—————— Cross-town Bus Line. ! The Capital Traction railway begins the operation of a cross-town bus line {from 11th and M streets southeast to 14% and P streets southwest. The bus {is growing in favor and fills & need. Independent systems are doing good business and electric traction lines of the capital are extending bus lines-as “feeders” and these are carrying many pasengers who pay the straight bus fare and-do not take transfers i to the rail lines. The inauguration of a branch line of busses for serving territory at an inconvenient distance from car tracks is less difficult than | building track extensions. . 1t costs much less and it is easier to get au- { thority to run busses than to lay tracks. Many residents object to a line of busses on their street, but the abjection is mild compared with that which ‘would generally be raised against a proposal to lay car tracks. The new cross-town line between southeast and southwest serves a sec- tion that seriously needs public trans. port facilities and which has felt the | need for many vears. It is worth recalling that something like forty years ago, when Washington was per- haps “less than half as populous as now, there was a demand for cross- town street car service through the section now served by the new bus line. In obedience to that demand a single line of track with “turn-outs” where cars might pass was built from the navy yard gate, at the foot of Sth street southeast, to Tth and M streets southwest. or ‘“‘the steamboat I neld. {residing in this country. erated on that line for a good many vears, but it was abandoned when the Anacostia and Potomac River railway got authority to lay out a new route and built a double track and operated two-horse cars along southeast 11th street, southeast G and then by a route north end west over various streets to Center market, Cars of the Washington Railway and Electric pass over that route today. The new busses are traveling over a part of the route of the old single-track, one- horse car line of many years ago and they are serving the same section of the city which those little vellow bob- tail cars served. The growth of bus travel in Wash- ington is quite remarkable. In the fare-reduction case of the Federation of Citizens' Associations versus the Washington Rapid Transit Company it was said by the chairman of the public utilities committee of the fed- eration, who, no doubt, had the com- pany's figures at hand, that in 19 the company carried 3.535,706 passen- gers and in the six months of 1923 2,156,943, or at the rate of 4,313,886 a year. Motor bus service is comparatively new in Washington, but horse-power omnibuses served us long ago. From the time of the removal of the seat of government to Washington tiil the civil war omnibus lines plied between Georgetown and the center of the city, hetween Pennsylvania avenue and the steamboat wharves and between 7th street and the Avenue and the Capitol and navy yard. Long after the street car lines had become strongly estab. lished we had a system of horse.drawn busses called “herdics.” The indica- tions are that the motor bus will serve us for many years Traffic Report. The question of one-way streets hus been reopened in a report which the traffic committee has handed to the Commissioners, and it is intimated that finul action will not be taken on the recommendations made in this re. port until a public hearing has been The traffic committee comes to its conclusions after making a full ob- servation of traffic in the one-way streets recently approved. It finds that the one-way flow is operating successtully, but that the situation might be improved by changes which it recommends, and it supports these irecommendations with what seem to be sound reasons, The committee would extend the one-way traffic rule on 12th and 13th streets north to Massa- chusetts avenue, the present limit of the one-way traffic rule on theee treets being K street. Thirteenth street between E and F would be changed from a one-way to a two- way street. Jackson place and Madi son place, on the west and east sides of Lafayette square, are recommended to be returned to use as two-way streets and Executive avenue east and McPherson west would also be reopened to north-and-south. bound traffic, ———— Overburdened immigration authori. ties afford the new arrivals an im- mediate example of the amount of work that may be expected of those square Agricultural reports indicate,” as usual, that when a fruit crop escapes failure the market does not itself a success. A captain of industry is not neces. | sarily qualified h,lh'al victory. to lead on to a po- SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Universal Song. There's just one little tune that hums When vou afar have strayed, No matter what new music comes, By Art or Nature made. The songs that in the woods abound, The murmuring of the sea Are varied strangely—yet they sound Like “Home, Sweet Home,” to me. Even the fierce mosquito’s tone Stirs pathos in the heart And lifts the warning all his own That calls you to depart. The locust, whose lament has drowned The humming of the bee— Have different meanings—but sound Like “Home, Sweet Home,” to me. they Soothing an Indignation. “Isn’t there any way of quieting this man who is always making such a fuss about being a taxpayer?"” “Only one that T know of,” answered | Senator Sorghum. “I'm doing the best I can to get him a job somewhere as a tax collector.” Jud Tunkins says there'd be less unrest if the average citizen was as willin® to lend a helpin’ hand as he is to join in the chorus. Since Gowns Are Longer. *‘Has the flapper disapperaed? Not entirely,"” replied Miss Cayenne, “but her ankles are not so conspicu- ou Depreciated Value. “Politeness doesn’t ‘cost anything.” “No," replied Mrs. Flimgilt. “It really isn't worth bothering about. Anybody can afford it.” The Farmer. The farmer is a happy man— Or would be so Were all his duty. but to plan To make things grow. " But bliss is often turned to pain Since he must mix His agriculture safe and sane With politics. If you want to be popular, don't try to be the life of the party. Learn to be the patient drudge who knows how to score the latest fancy game. The Cynical Person. “Why are so many women supposed to fall in love with a tenor?” “Possibly,” replied the cynital per- son, “because the tenor usually com- mands the highest salary in the troupe.” My only objection to a loafer,” said wharves.” That line was an extension ; Uncle Eben, “is dat he allus thinks of the Anacostia and Potomac River |it's up to him to act terrible important valiway. One-horse care wera op- |so's to justify his loafin',* 5 prove | Let Not he. Nation Mourn! Let not the nation mourn for him, their friend, Whose brave, bright spirit’s winged its homeward flight, Whose consecrated course has reached its end, Whose gentle soul has sought the realms of light. A soldier on the battlefield of He gladly gave his strength To building brotherhood and Soothing the frenzied worl 1 No easy sacrifice was his—ou At any cost he served his © f life, , his brain, his heart quelling strife; d of war's sore smart. r knight's; ountry’s need; He pled for justice, mercy, human rights, And took no thought of scif or hero's meed Let not the nation mourn for But live and love his creed him, in tears, in coming years. HARRIET M. CUSHING. In Memoriam: Warren G. Harding Our nation grieves for him, our President And many more, throughout this war-worn world, Do mourn with us today. With heavy hearts we g Shall light our paths no But he hath left with us Of duty done and noble Of kindliness for all, or But now we mourn and For loss of one so brave. Whose noble presence, g And filled our hearts wi A noble, kindly, Christ-I T'he cares and sorrows Maintain his country’s | And lead the world into Into the Hall of Fame h And take its place with 0 our varied way: And strive to do the thing the hour demands, Knowing his kindly voice and friendly smile more. a heritage heights attained, high or low, That doth our grief assuage, our hearts inspire, And makes the world a better place to live. shed our tears of grief, . 50 sweet, so true, entle, gracious ways Had crept beyond the barriers of our souls th love. ike gentleman! Whose utmost thought was always to assuage of his fellow man; heritage of right, the paths of peace! is name shall go, others who have served Their country well in its dark hour of need; Fit comrade of our Linc: oln, Washington ! The peer of all who died in freedom’s cause WILLIAM R. HARR. OUR GRIEF . I'he nation weeps. Its m nany million hearts Accord in one big overwhelming sigh. And sorrow laden, bows Qur President is gone. Worn by his struggle wi ' | 1 He drooped, and God in Gazed down in tender The valiant, kindly hand in mighty grief-- is dead, we ¢ th the cares of state, His heart strings vibrant with the woes of all— pitying grace love, and sent “His Call.” The nation’s ship, astray and chaos tossed, Rides on in somber garb, with flag half mast, that steered so true, Rests quiet, still and motionless at last. Beloved Chief, yet even i While dark funereal gl while we weep, oom enrobes this day, Our love and tender thoughts but stronger grow, Wait memory’s balm Fears Lest Mater BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL. Former Vice President of the United States. HE conveniences and luxuries of modern life have so crept into the imagination of every man that the fnquiry “Will 1t pay?” has become nigh universal. It has been many years now since | {1 heard a great divine remark that Ino man ought to preach the gospel {who was not so thoroughly saturated {with his sense of duty to do so that ialthough every soul on earth had {become a Christian, save a single benighted heathen in the heart of Africa, he would feel impelled to carry the gospel there. That idealistic Christianity. More and more the cry comes from the church that young men are not entering the ministry; that even now a shortage exists in the clergy. Reasons for this unusual situation {are being sought. It is not argued that young men no longer hear the divine call; merely that their eyes are xo focused on the pleasures of i this world that their ears have ceased | to respond. God is calling just as loudly as He ever did for the right kind of young men to preach His {®ospel and do His work. but His call | seemingly is futile unless He an- nounces how much He is going to pay in the coin of the realm for the service He seeks * ¥ * x | In an effort to meet the exigencies lof the times, Protestant denomina- tions are raising endowment funds to assure the comforts if not the luxuries of life to thelr aged min- | isters. This, in my opinion, is very laudable, but T hold it important that i was | | lit should be clearly explained that each dollar of every proposed en- is a free-will offering to men who have helped to make the 'world better. Endowment benefac- ! tions should not be urged on young | men as inducements to enter the min- listry. It is_most proper that the jaged clergyman and his family should be kept in comfort by the members. of his faith. This is merely proof of a genuine belief in the communion of the saints, but induce- ment should not be held out to any young man .that if he will enter! the ministry he need never fear want. | Phe young man who puts hie trust more in an endowment fund than he does in the promises of that gospel which he proposes to preach | will not add much to the sum of | Christian faith. Unless he can say.} “Woe 18 me if 1 preach!not the| { gospel.” he would better stay out of | it. From the beginning he becomes | | a continuous applcant for assistance ; i H dowment turned a profession into a trade, observing, as he does, a species of industrial insurance in the ministry. Let these funds be raised, but let it be understood that they are a re- ward for service done and not a prize held up for nickel-plated con- secration. * X X % Those who were at ease in Zion glad- Iy turned over to the state many of the functions of the church. They en- couraged ‘the state to take over the solution of soclological problems. They assisted in supplementing by state aid. both in money and service, what they themselves could do. These activities originally fell under the direct control of churchmen, and it was exclusively = question of livelihood with them. Their hearts burned within them to do some- thing for suffering humanity, to allevi- ate distrese, to put men upon their feet and guide them in a better way. As the need and vastness of this labor grew. appeal more and more wgs made to the state or assistance. 'Step by step the church withdrew and step by step the state advanced. And as the years have come and gone the understudies .of the laborers have more and more gotten away from the original.conception wf out of the beneficlary fund. He has! to us in sweet bouquet. LINOR T. ABEI ial Rewards ~ Outweigh Divine in Ministry church aid. The uplift & result, has become cold, deliberate in its h sumed almost scientific has become muchine-like. This _would well enough In_all practical workings if it did not affect those who are doing the work. Soci- ology is now as much of a trade as mak- ing shoes Thouse engaged in it gre educated along special lines. They are intensively and extensively prepared for service. A shortage of trained workers is calculated to give any community alarm. Yet 1 learn that there is a dearth of skilled and competent workers and that the number of Initiates is constantly decreasing. * ok ox % For twenty-five vears had in Indlana as secretary of its board of state charities a consecrated Christian gentleman who looked upon his work as a profession, who gave movement, as calculatin, 1t has as- exactness. It we D. C., AUGUST - 5, 1923— PART { the two tools which did most to help | bacy: 2 Ca pital Sidelights | ' BY WILL P, KENNEDY. We have a Walt Mason coming into the next Congre Representative J. Alfred Taylor from P' etteville, W. Va. who has worked as a printer inte he was fourteen years of age {and for thirty vears has handled “the leaden messengers of thought” in the publication of newspapers in his dis- triet. He named the paper which he now publishes Pick and Shovel after develop that section. One of the seasonal bits from his fluent pen is on: MY WAY OF FISHING. “U've cut a paw-paw fishing pole; T've dug a can of bait; I have hook and line and the day is fine—I won't be home till late. “They may not bite, but 'twill be al] right; T might not pull if they did, for I may e lank on the mossy bank, my face from the sun's rays hid, “And some anglers may scorn this way of mine, but they can do as they wish. 1'd rather lie about on the bank, than lie about the fish.” Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood, who is Coming back to the next Congress as Nestor of the House, being older than “Uncle Joe” Cannon was when he quit, and who has the distinction of first coming to Congress at the identical time that “Uncle Joe® did, wants ¥ome genius to give American litera- ture a great epic, linking Gettysburg and Atlanta; Chickamauga and Frank- lin and Nashville and Appomattox This he is prompted to hope for when housting of the herolc literature and dramatic war poets which Ohlo fur- nished to glorify the Union cause. He mentions Thomas Buchanan Read, who wrote “Sheridan’s Ride,” the most dramatic poem of the war; {Forsythe Wilson, W. D. Gallagher and John James Piatt. Wilson gave a lurid description of battle: I see the deathgrip on the plain, The grappling m The tens of I see the champlon I see them fall and I hear the murdero In “Redpath’'s History of Literature,” Gallagher is given nota- ble mention for heroic verse. “The Mowers of Ohio” is one of the most quoted of Piatt's war songs of deep pathos and patriotism . Gen. Sherwood, in 1873, recommend. ed Piatt for important consular posi- tion, and when President Grant learned of the candidate's lyrics, he appointed him consul to Cork, Ire- Inad. without stopping to consult his Secretary of State, Sherwood recalls. Volstead's successor—Rev. O. J. Kvale of Benson, Minn.—has a name that puzzles the country., Even his constituents, unless they are of Scan- dinavian descent, have difficulty in articulating the “Kv" combination that is not infrequent in the Nor- wegian language. For practical pur- poses “Kwalley” with the “a” as in call will do. If you can add a slight Scandinavian sound in- stead of the “w” the pronunciation will be perfec Representative Will R. Wood of In- diana, chairman of the republican congressional committee, who s just from Alaska and now off again to Burope on the Leviathan to study immigration at ity source, had an in- teresting time in the far north, where he says he attended shooting matches and base ball games that started at midnight, Representative Elliott W Sproul of Illinois, a veteran contractor, is rest- ing up in the solitudes. After return- ing from an inspection of Alaska with a congressional committee, he be- took himself to the woods of northern Wisconsin. where he writes that he is ighteen miles from a railroad, rest- ing alittle, fishing a little, and fight- ing Mmosquitoes.” o there iy some grain of comfort for those who cannot get off to the northern woods. Few persons can enjoy their birth- day party as did Senator Arthur Cap- per of Kansas by having 15,368 chil- dren to help him celebrate his fifty- eighth anniversary. He hired a big park in Topeka and distributed some 19,000 tickets for ice cream and “con- cersions.” Four states were repre- sented by the guests—Kansas, Okla- homa, lowa and lllinois. For fifteen vears Senator Capper has been giv- ing these birthday outings to his young friends. Special care was pro- vided for crippled children. One lit- tle girl came from Coblenz, Germany, just in time to attend the picnic. Her daddy, who was an American dough- boy, attended the Capper birthday picnic fourteen veary ago. The merry- go-round was kept working overtime and registered 22,000 rides by Cap- per’s little guests, A country pastor was one of the great inspiring influences in the life more {of Representative John D Clarke of thought to the quality of his service|Fraser, N. Y.. who is the most likely than he did to the size of his salary, whose ambition and pride were con- fined to success of his undertaking. Age and failing health compelled him | to glve up his work. and a_competent successor was not available for less | than the salary received by the gov- : ernor of the state. This item of in- fermation came to me from a member of the board who is a priest minister- ing to one of the largest parishes in Indianapolis upon the salary of $500 / vear. | sometimes feel that doers of God's work are giving too much thought to the loaves and fishes. In the past week 1 was consulted about three vacancies where the work is sociological and charitable, which had not been filled, because the salaries were not sufficient to attract compe- tent applicants. is it not rather startling that while men and women in_eountless number are pressing forward into every avenue that seems to lead to financial success the really &reat avenues of life are becoming as deserted as a Hibernian hall when an A. P. A. procession is passing? ke We are getting our trades and pro- fessions mixed. It is far easier in life to scramble than it is to unscramble. 1t would be well to set up a single standard of life, if that could be done, but attempt to do so would have to be along the line of material reward, and such a system would confuse the thoughts of men. They would be un- able to tell how much was done as a trade and how much as a professlon, The blending of the materfal and spiritual already has gone far enough, if. indeed, not too far. The material ought always to have to do with trade, the spiritual with profession. The material. of course, is seen and therefore fits itself to trade. The ideal is unseen and therefore fits itself to a profession. I do not mean that the best preacher is a starving preacher or that the best social worker is a pauper. 1 merely Insist that much depends upon the prime motive of life in determining real satisfac- tion. He is not a real lawyér who has more interest in the payment of his fee than in success of hls cause. He is not a genuine doctor who neglects his patient to write out his bill. He is not a successful social worker who administers charity in proportion to the size of his salary, who lifts so many men up for so many dollars and wipes away so many tears for ¥o many cents. Of course, men and women live, and live. decently, and workmen are worthy of ‘their hire. Special qualifications properly com- mand higher pay, but the prime need in the sociological work of today fs for trained men and women who love the work and love the people the work takes them among. who are so impressed with their divine mission that their cry will be not more salary, but more opportunity for service. Sociology needs men and women who feel about the world's woes and wants as John Knox felt about Scotland when he cried “Give me Scotland or i1 die.” (Copyright, must good , by 21st Century Press:) | i i candidate for “whip” in the next House. This pastor encouraged young to “try to amount to some- Hour after hour he coached him in preparation for college, drilled him for oratorical contests and was always urging the necessity for a college education for a yYoung man Who wanted to get ahead.. In this inspirational work he was ru?hl,\‘ as- sisted by an old aunt of Clark who had. during the civil war. pro- vided the living for the generation of the Clarkes ahead of him by tak- ing in sewing while her brothers were off to the front. His father was act- ing Capt. W. J. Clarke, and his uncle was Capt. John Clarke His Sunday school teacher gave him a job having, and with less than $40 voung John D. started for Lafayette College to work his way through. He had received a telegram from Steve Stone, son of ex-Gov. Stone of Penn- svlvania, now a supreme court judge, | saying: “Scholarship and waitership | assured.” This telegram resulted from young John D.s prominence in athletics. He plaved for years on the Lafavette College base ball Keam, was captain of the track team three yvears, and held-the Pennsylvania in- terscholastic record for many vears in_the 440-yard run. His first two years in college he waited on table, the next two years he ran a college boarding house and was agent for the laundry that did most of the college work. The col- lege students were extremely loval, he recalls, and everything else being equal. would patronize the various enterprises that Clarke and others with more muscle than money were engaged In to get through college. In his junior year Clarke won first prize in oratory and later the inter- collegiate first prize by an oration entitled “The Investment Men Make in Themselves Through Educatian.” Aft- er graduation he went west, became a post-graduate student in Colorado College, coached its foot ball and base ball teams, winning the Colorado state championship in base ball two vears, and handling its first cham- plonship foot ball team. Now he is actively engagéd in farming, when not busy on Capitol Hill Representative Scott Leavitt calls attention to the fact that his home town, Great Falls, Mont.—like the Na. tional Capital—waters its boulevards with filtered water. Representative Emanuel Celler of the tenth New York district ap- proached a clerk at the consolidated ticket office at New York and asked for a ticket on the Congressional Limited to Washington, with a stop- over at Philadelphia. The clerk said it was a_special train with a special irate and no stop-overs were per- mitted. “Do you think it will hel any if I say it is for & congressman? Mr. Celler asked. The clerk ver MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. T & time like this, with a Pres- ident dead, personal reminis- censes of the man crowd fast upon one in a sort of kaleid- oscopic confusion. But to those who were privileged to know Mr. Hard- ing more or less intimately, as the Wwriter was, there is one great out- standing impression of his occupancy of the White House. It was his wonderful respect for the President of the United States. Warren Harding did not believe that the presidency was but a vehicle to forward the inordinate ambitions of an individual. He did not believe that the power of the presidency was @ thing to be wielded against one's enemies. He spoke always of the office with the greatest reverence, almost with awe. He thought of himself as but a humble man with # great responsibility placed in his Keeping. If he could but administer the ‘trust so that In the end his fel- low “beings might say “well done, thou good and faithful servant.” his satisfaction. he often deelared, would be complete. Mr. Harding did not 100k upon himself as a brilliant gen- ius. He did not feel that he wa the only man of his generation fitte for the presidency. At times it seemed that, almost, he carried this highly developed sense of modesty too far. It made some of those with whom he came in contact rate him far below his worth, The innate modesty of the man made him couch many of his state- ments {n a negative form and tkus fafl to carry the conviction to the man in the street that a more posi- tive form of statement from a less able, less sincere public officiul would convey In speaking of what he futendel to do. o not to do as Pres.dent, M.r. Harding never used the personal pre- noun - It was always “the cxec tiv That is as far us the execu- tive may go" he would say, und in this phrase nec expressed his rever- ence for the constitutional division of governmental authority, the indi- vidual integrity of the legislative the executive and the judicial * % % ¥ Mr. Hamding was a great stickler for orderliness. He always wanted to do what he considered “the becom- ing thing.” The words “seemly” and “sweet” were often on his tongue. He did nbt like to hurt the feelings of even the most lowly person him, 1 recall that there was a great mys- tery once at Marion in the period be tween the election and the inaugura- tion of Mr. Harding. The President- elect and Mrs. Harding were going to Cleveland. They thought they could slip away from the newspapermen— possibly even get away from the se- cret service operatives who were al- ready on the job guarding the new Executive-to-be. There was great surprise therefore when one of the correspondents casually remarked: “What are you going to (leveland for today. Senator?" Mr. Harding was obviously noved. If any of you fellows go with me to Cleveland, or mention my going, you will fncur mountains of displeas- ure.” shot back the President-elect The mystery of the whole thing puzzied the correspondents. They thought the visit must hav some great political significance back of it But it leaked out at last that the President was going to Cleveland to consult a noted dentist and desired that his going be kept a secret so as not to hurt the feelings of the local dentist in Marion. For a considerable time after his Heard and Seen about an- The writer wishes to take this op- portunity to pay tribute, in a humble way, to a great and good man, War- ren G. Harding. There is scarcely anything that one can say about the late President of the United States except what already has been said. Yet surely space remains for the sincere expression of the feelings of the average man, that great citizen in the mass, who otherwise remains in- articulate. To all such President Harding was a friend. They regarded him as one of themeelves, a true man of the peo- ple, vet one ho. while partaking of the common nature. raised and ele- vated all because of his own tran- scendent virtues. * * x President Harding reminded me of those mo-called “composite pictures. which are made up of features from many different men. so cleverly com- bined that the result may be said, with some justice, to partake of the characteristics of a In him were combined the sterling virtues of the middle west, that sec- tion of the country which typifies America, combining. as its citizens do, the best qualities of the men and women of all sections of the country. It was because Warren G. Harding was this splendid average’ man, vet one truly glorified by a strong con- centration of ability virtues and steadfast purpose, often found lacking in others, that he appealed so strong- 1y to Americans. He summed up for many of us the clean, strong man; the decent man, vet no milksop: the man who could do. vet was ready to take advice; intellectual man, but not studious fool. - » % He was much such a man as George Washington. His features were cast in the same large. firm mold, and his head was above the average in size. Undoubtedly his brain weighed a great deal more than that of the aver- age man. But. deeper than physical resem- blance, he was of the true Washing- ton type. The Father of His Country was of his day and age the product He was the man for the times. His utterances fitted the occasions. Similarly, Warren G. Harding was a typical man of the modern United States. He was successful, honest, clean, representing the best virtues of hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens. Life is somewhat standardized t day. Men read so much about their neighbors that a real standard of life and living has been created. Sneer- ing at this standard of decency takes away not one jot of its worth. The standardized citizen, for all that one may find fault with him. is the home builder, tke United States. Such a man was President Harding. He was a good business man in the White House, « man_of presidential caliber outside the Executive Man- slon. * * * But, over and above this, undoubt- edly he was a man of far greater ability and aspirations than many gave him credit for. Time will place him in an increasingly brighter light as an avatar of Americanism. His plans for peace. his thirst for peace, were tempered with the knowl- edge of men. He approached states- craft with common sense and inter- national affairs with an intellectual honesty that men of other nations must gain it universal peace is to come to the world. He was the apotheosis of the aver- age man. All of us who struggle in the battle of life to live honestly and quickly repHed: “What the h— do we care for congressmen around here?’ Representative Celler agreed that he felt the same way about it. After- ward he made himself known to the clerk and got the stop-over! decently, and to let the other fellow do ‘the me, can hold the remem- ‘brance of Warren G. Harding with pride akin to personal affection. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. the | modern maker of thel election Mr. Harding chafed visibly at the surveillanee of the correspondents and the sécret wervice men. “He- did not see why u President. much less « President-elect. should be the object of 80 much solicitude. When he wax starting for Florida for a sex-week sojourn’ just before the ifauguration Harding called together the ondents at Marion. 1 am going to hold aloof from you fellows for at least two weeks of my he said. 1 don't want to be rude, but T am in deadly earnest. 17 you attempt to follow me I will make it—make it miserable for you. that's all.” Of course, a satisfactory arrange ment was worked out. the corre- spondents did not annoy the Pres: dent. and rather than resent their presence in the end he often would send for them to just sit around and talk. After he was President Mr Harding entertained the newspaper men at the White House and often met with them at games of hearts and golf. Mr. Harding was a_good card player and loved the relaxation that the games provided. Hix love of golf is well known. He was an extremely ethical golfer. He played strictly tr the rules und he held his opponents to them as well “Play the game properly or do mo' play at all.” he =aid. Mr. Harding was patient with his shortcomings at golf Often he would be cowpletely exas perated at a round, when his scor would §0 up to 116 or more. One day as the writer met him at a White House conference, however, he was aglow “I would like to hive had vou toda he exclaimed ; “I made an 88 at Chev: Chase.” Ev goNer W proud day that w life. recognize what s in the President« A President Harding will go history as one of the handsomest and best dressed Chief Executives the tion has ever known. And vet he was told that on entering the White House he be provided with valet, he fairly squirmed Have 1 got have quired “Yes, sir, it goes with the job." down na whe would to him?" he 4 xa one of the correspondents “Then I'll have to grin and hear it but I never thought I would thing like that wished on me.” Calvin Coolidge unquestionably todar feels the same way about the valet, but like Mr. Harding, he will find him an indispensable adjunct President must dress properly for many varying occasions. He has not time to at tend to such details hims The valet must do that for him. Mr. Harding wardrobe, when he reached Washing ton just prior to March 4. 1 wa thought to be complete and in ever: ¥ bécoming. But it was not lang be e the valet had made many change; in it. The valet did not like the width of the tripex they wore on trous for formal dress out in Ohio. Mr. Hard ing wore 4 pair of these trousers at hi irauguration. The valet suffered ex- cruciatingly. No one else paid any pa ticular attention to the pants, but ju he same they disappeared from view for all time. So far as is known here, Mr. Hard is the first President of the Unite States to die with his father still liv ing. Dr. George T. Harding neve thought to outlive his distinguished so: but he is left today to mourn his great personal loss. Dr. Harding had planne to come to Washington and ride in h old country doctor's buggy in the inaugural parade, but the festivities the inauguration were called off. Often it has been said that no ma was strong unless somebody hated hin If that be true, then Wurren G. Hard ing was mot a’stronz man. It woul have hurt him deepis to feel that h. inspired hatred in living soul have Years Ago in The Star torial ifty government of years ago. which placed th m u nieipa system, wa not ans as a capital admini ight out in an edi he Star of July elicited 1 letter printed the New York Trihune. which forecast a change to a commission created b Congress. The “Large nu s of our citizens, cluding members of the District gos - ernment, have long held that if Con gress hus exclusive jurisdiction ove this District. it should exercise it, and that the District could he much mor. effectively and cheaply governed by commission than in any other way That this will he brought about som« day we have no doubt. and it is ne unlikely, indeed, that this will be th entering wedge in changing the forn of municipal government throughout the country. “So far as this District is concerned the present form of government, de spite some cumbrous and unnecessa expensive features, has had & mission and fitness for carrying out the great work of improvement needed with tremendous energy and thoroughness Their task accomplished, the future work of controlling here is greatls simplified and can be done at a mini- mum expense and with a small nun: ber of officials. “Tt is easy to forget past grievances and miseries. but we can all call to mind the deplorable condition of Washington city when these much abused gentlemen entered upon their task—the unpaved dirt streets, mun {in winter. dust in summer: the moss- ‘covered market sheds. occupying the most conspicuous squares in the city the filthy, stagnant canal. hopeless nf improvement; rutty outlines of ave nues. leading nowhere and ending in nothing; the turnpike nuisance every outlet of the city; great thor- oughfares leading to_the country in such a condition of morass. ruts rocks and mud as effectually to dis- courage countrymen from bringine their produce to the city for man: months in the year; a bankrupt city treasury, and vet nothing to for the money:. discouragem disgust on the part of the people: ex ulting hopefulness on the part of the capital-movers: hostility on the part of Congress preventing appropriations —these are a few of the well remem- bered items of the dolorous chapter Under this state of affairs a few citi zens of energy and public spirit de termined to make a desperate effort to redeem the city. and followed uy that resolve with unflagging courage, despite the clamor of the do-nothing on the one side and the malignants on the other. “The results are before us. The Capltal city i« now worthy of the name. The talk of moving the capi- tal is silenced forever, to the great advancement of property. The de rision heaped upon the &ity by visit- ors is changed to praise. The apnro- priations by Congress have been on an unprecedented scale. showing the readiness of the national governtnent to respond fully to any real effort by our citizens to improve the capital, and there scems to be no reason to doubt that the good will thus estab- lished between the general govern ment and the District will result in a continuance of this fostering oare uf District interests. “To do this revolutionar quired strong. rexolute men. who could not be turned aside by glamor or in duced to take a vacillating. irresolute course: robust men. willing to shoul- der a load of censure and fault-fini- ing for a time and content to wait for their justification in the results That work done, their mision will - be ended, and they Wwill, we are sure, willingly ‘lay down the shovel and the hoe' and. take a deserved rest after their labors.” District of Transformation of the National Capital. garded Ly W manent form This is i shingto m Star work re-