Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1923, Page 26

2 THE EVENING STAR! ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.....December 23, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th Bt. and Pennaylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago Office: Tower Bulldin Buropean Office: 16 Regent 8t., London, The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning | cdition, is delivered by curriers within ~the city at 60 cents per month: dafly only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. _ Orders may be sent by mall or t Thone Main 5000. Collection s made by ca Tiers at the end of Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.4 Daily only $6.0 Sunday onl. mo., 0c mo., 60c Dally and Sunda; Dally only Sunday only Member of the Assoclated Press. The Assoclated Press s excinsively entitled 1o the uke for republ.cation of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited ¥a this paper and alto the local news pubd. lished “herein. Al rights of publication of epecial dispatches herein are also reserved. = The Leopard's Spots. Doubtless the discussion precipitat- ed in consequence of the President reference in his message to the ques- tion of Russian recognition, followed by Tchitcherin's overtures end Secre- tary Hughes' rejection of them, is warmly welcomed and gleefully re- garded at Moscow. It gives the soviet government and its supporters in this country a chance to talk. It gives them something to talk about. And talk is one of the long suits of so- vietism, Russian and otherwise. While from one point of view it may be con- sidered unfortunate that the Presi- dent's message and the subsequent developments have opened up this channel of conversation and argu- ment, it may be viewed in the final 3 as desirable to bring this question of soviet activity in and against the United States into the realm of conclusive consideration. These things happen in order. There is no accidental development in na- tional affairs. The time had come to Uring this matter out into the open. It has certainly become a fixed be- lief on the part of most Americans that the communist government at Moscow, based upon the principle of internationalism, {s animated by a de- sire to break down national spirit and organization in other countries and 1o promote the communist principles elsewhere, and is actually directing subversive propaganda here. The whole history of the bolshevik move- ment in Russia, the practices of the soviet government since the revolu- tion of 1917, the preachments of the leaders and the positively known con- nections of American agitators with the Moscow organization have all made for that public conviction. Intimation is made that there has been a change at Moscow, a change of heart, perhaps, or maybe a change of personnel. It has been technically stated in the Senate here that not for three years has the soviet government ‘been engaged in propaganda in this country. This brings to mind the old saying about the leopard and his spots. If forelgn propaganda is no longer part of the bolshevik policy why and when was itabandoned? Was it, in fact, definitely abandoned? Or was it just laid aside as inexpedient for the present? Nothing in the whole history of bolshevism in Russia sug- gests a real reformation. Everything suggests expediency as a reason of remission, if, indeed, there has been remission of the foreign propaganda policy. Only a little while ago Lenin, then head of the Russian government, be- gan to jettison the cargo of the badly laboring soviet ship. He threw over a number of the most cherished prac- tices of bolshevism. But it was clear- 1y stated at the time that there was no abandonment of the principles. They were put aside for the time be- cause they would not “work” in the immediate circumstances. The “‘spots" were merely covered. Just so in this matter of American propaganda. If, as stated, there has been no active soviet-promoted agita- tion {n this country for three years it 19 not, it may confidently be believed, because of any change of heart or real abandonment of purposes. If the exact connection between the com- munist party or the third interna- tionale at Moscow and the soviet gov- ernment is not. now clearly established it is simply hidden because for this immediate present it is undesirable to have it known. If the whole revolution, the com- munist overturn in Russia, was not based upon an absolute fraud, was not, | in fact, a trick of pretending radicals, mock communists and fakers seeking power in the guise of proletariat radi- cals, that organization, calling itself the government of Russia, is today committed to the policy of seeking to spread the communist principles throughout the world, with the United States chosen as an immediate and epecific field of operations. —_———— The weather bureau is apparently in doubt as to the advisability of se- lecting @ blizzard er a hot wave es this year's holiday feature. Stones for the Cathedral. The average cost of stones for the Cathedral of Washington, now build- ing on Mount St. Alban’s, is $10 each. The committee in charge of the local campalgn to raise funds for comple- tion of the cathedral has made a gen- eral appeal to the people of Washing- ton for pledges of support. The com- mittee asks: “How many stones will you pledge yourself to give during the next five years toward the building of the cathedral?” This is a query which is pecu- Harly appealing to the average man nnd woman. The idea of buying a stone or stones somehow is different from the idea of contributing a cer- tain number of dollars to a general fund. When the cathedral is com- Dleted and becomes one of the objects of pride of the National Capital it will be the privilege of even the mod- st contributor to say that he bought and paid for the laying of ten or twenty or more of the stones that went to make up the magnificent whole. Something of the same idea | to the contrary notwithstanding. The gives the several states of the Union a sense of proprietary interest in the ‘Washington Monument, although it will be impossible, of course, to in scribe the individual stones of the cathedral with the names of the donors. Their names will be inscribed, instead, in the Book of Gifts. - ita organized teams of solicitors, has obtained fine results in the solicita- | tion of funds, but manifestly it was physically impossible for members of | the teams to visit personally all resi- dents of Washington who are ready | eral appeal that subscriptions be sent 1o the headquarters of the Cathedral| Foundation, blanks for the purpose | having been published in yesterday's editions of the Washington papers. The lack of a blank, however, need | not deter any one from giving. Alll that is necessary is to send in a check | or a subscription stating the intervals at which payments are to be made, | the only condition being that the full amount pledged shall be payable with- in five years. It s a reasonable expectation that response to this appeal will be a lib- eral one and that when the campaign closes on Christmas eve the Capital will have set the nation an example which will assure early pledging of the $10,000,000 fund necessary to com- pletion of the cathedral. ! Bryan on Ford on Coolidge. When Henry Ford, the other day, declared himself as favoring the nom- ination end election of Mr. Coolidge as President the immediate reaction in the public mind was that he had materially increased the President's chances. While it was recognized that Mr. Ford was, of course, only “de- livering” his one vote, it was felt that his example was likely to be followed by a great many of those who have been lately looking to him as a pos- sible leader out of what they regard the political wilderness of today. Now comes Mr. Bryan, the same William Jennings Bryan who nearly twenty-eight years ago sprang into the natfonal limelight with a remark- able speech at the democratic conven- tion and carried off the prize of a presidential nomination, the first of three of the same kind—ail futile— and says that Mr. Ford's indorsement will hurt rather than help Mr. Cool- ldge, that it will be resented by the tormer following of the manufacturer as a desertion, that it will put the President into the category of the “candidate of the rich.” Mr. Bryan is a stout partisan. He, as David B. Hill used to say, is a democrat. He regards himself, indeed, as the simon-pure democrat untainted by any qualifications or compromises on essential doctrine. So, of course, he cannot, at least for publication, say anything that will be of “aid or comfort to the enemy.” Whatever he may feel deep in his heart he must not let his fluent tongue enunciate & syllable that is helpful or encouraging to the “opposition.” So he says now that Mr. Ford will prove a liability rather than an asset to the President and his party in the 1924 campaign. ‘Well, it is anybody's guess. Certain- Iy Mr. Ford himself does not seek to impose his view upon his “followers To be sure he expresses the opinion that 90 per cent of the people regard Mr. Coolidge as “safe,”” and he urges that they now go about their business and let the President go about his business, and, paying no attention to distractions of campaigning mean- while, go to the polls in November next and register themselves for his election. But he leaves it to the people. It is hard to see how the Ford sup- port can become a liability, Mr. Bryan Detroit motor magnate is as much the man of affairs and business suc- cess now as he was before he spoke and while he was the idol of the *fol- owing.”* If he is possessed of good judgment such as to make him the ideal of his admirers for the Chief Executive office is not his now-ex- pressed judgment that the President is “safe,” and that he should be elect- ed for the sake of the country, worth considering? That is, at least, the rea- soning of the republicans, who see in the Ford indorsement a factor of gain for the President. And it is as well worth considering as that of Mr. Bryan, whose estimates of public opinion have on at least three occa- sions in the past been proved faulty. ———————————— Soviet papers profess to be amused by the discussion of underground propaganda in America. If the re- marks of Secretary Hughes have served to lighten for a moment the gloom of the Russian temperament he should have a vote of thanks. ——————————— After hinting at a nice throne and @& scepter, the monarchists of Berlin !are compelled to inform the Hohen- zollerns that this year there will not be any Santa Claus. Memorial Bridge Plans. Plans for the Memorial bridge have been made and set aside for further study by the Memorial bridge commis- sion, of which the President is chair- man, It is believed that this postpone- ment will be but for a short time. The late meeting of the commission was adjourned by suggestion of the Presi- dent, who thought that in view of the magnitude of the subject it might be well to give a little more time to study | of the plans, and the understanding is thatat the next meeting of the com- mission final action will be taken. Though this postponement may cause some regret it s not discourag- ing, and the prospect i{s bright that this Congress will have before it plans for the Memorial bridge and a bill for its construction. Opinion is favorable to pressing the great project to com- pletion. Drawings and paintings of the bridge and its approaches are on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. According to them, this will be the handsomest bridge in the world. Above water the structure is to be 2,000 feet long and seventy feet wide, and the bridge and its approaches will be 5,300 | long or & few feet more than a mile. The usefulness of the bridge end the sentiment it will stand for are known to all Washington people. It will connect the Lincoln Memokial and Arlington. It will be & principa’ traffic-way between Washington and THE Virginia, end will join the Lee high- way, which is to be one of the jor boulevards of the country, The ge, with its draw, will not obstruct river traffic, and by giving access to Colum- i bla Island Park, now in the making, will fill another useful purpose. Its | cost s estimated at $10,000,000, and The local campaign committee, with 'five or six years would be needed to | Fermer Viee Prosid build it. Memorial bridge has been on the program for making Washington a greater Capital for at least thirty-five years. Perhaps it goes back thirty- eight years, when Richard Sylvester lana willing to give. Hence the gen- | Suggested the building of a bridge | which should stand as a tie between the north and south. In editorial cor- respondence of The Star March 17, 1888, in connection with developing ‘Washington and the Potomac river, it was written: Handsome and substantial bridges ~—perhaps a Memorial bridge connect- ing with a broad avenue leading to Mount Vernon—wlll furnish communi- | cation bridge, to Virginia, and the Long that shabby, flood-threaten- ing nuisance of the present, will be | only a disagreeable reminiscence. The president of the Washington Board of Trade in his report for 1899 said: The grandest and most fitting memorial with which to commemo- rate the centennial of the National Capital and the greater America which & miracle-working century has developed would be a Memorial bridge across the Potomac to Arlington, whose national patriotic function should be to connect the Union’s Capi- tal with the state of the late Con- federacy's capital, to bridge the wa- tery chasm between the sections, to unite the nation’s city of the living with the city of the nation's dead; a cemetery now truly natlonal, since with the bones of those who died to save the Unfon in civil war have been laid the remains of men from south and north, east and west, who djed for the whole gyeat and reunited re- public. Let the Memorial bridge sym- bolize this reunion, this national ex- pansion and development. Christmas Spirit. This is the giving season, and the thoughts of fortunate men and women turn kindly end happily toward per- sons less fortunate or absolutely un- fortunate. There are few who can af- ford to do it who are not making some provision for the Christmas cheer of humbler folk. The churches, the secret and beneficial orders, the patriotic societies and the civic clubs have plans for Christmas trees for poor children, for holding Christmas entertalnments, dinners and suppers for those who would like to come, for sending baskets of provisions to fami- lies that need them, and for doing all kinds of acts of good in keeping with Christmas and the spirit of Chris- tianity. Thousands of persons are opening their purses and passing out some of thelr contents that people in public and private ‘“institutions” of many kinds shall find in Christmas the happlest -and most beautiful day of the year. The spirit of Christmas and the matchless event it commemo- rates Is in the air. Mr. Cyrus Curtis will do wonders for New, York if he can make the New York Evening Post as modernly influential & publication as he made Ben Franklin's little old paper in Philadelphia. Experiments for making gold out of baser metals are going on in Ger- many. Perhaps those purchasers of paper marks who happen to have any money left can be persuaded to buy stock. So much jewelry has beef found in Tut’'s tomb that the theory may be ad- vanced that he was not e Pharoah, but one of those old-time hotel clerks. According to rumor, the bootlegger has ventured into diplomatic circles, where once only the most polished wine agent could hope for admittance. The Leviathan hit a mud bank and waited for the turn of the tide to free | her. Though a record-breaker she has not changed the arts of navigation, The candidacy of Hiram Johnson puts South Dakota on record as & state almost as hard to convince as Missourt herself. The Philippine legislature has taken a recess till January 7, 1524. In the meantime New Year resolutions will be in order. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Myths, How many a man invents a pose, A manner or a phrase, ‘Which he will labor to disclose Throughout his mortal days. His is the common worldly lot. He's but a creature small, And what he seems to be is not His real self at all. The people of this earth desire Some fancy to reveal, And while they bid the rest admire, The simple truth conceal. So take this little hint herewith, Amid the Yuletide glee. 0ld Santa Claus is but a myth; And myths, good friends, are we. Even in Youth, “Do you remember how disappoint- ed you were when you learned there wesn’t any Santa Claus?” “Yes," replied Senator Sorghum. “But I wasn't surprised. Even at an early age I had a suspicion that no real person would work that hard with neither salary nor perquisites.” Jud Tunkins says candidates are like amateur vocalists. When they ex- press doubts about being able to sing it's safest not to coax them. But Not Already. Some day a paper scarcity ‘Wil cause the world to fret. The poor old paper mark may be Of some slight value yet. Confidential Relations, “Your boy is boasting that he is in the confidence of & number of prom- inent people. “Gosh!"” exclaimed Farmer Corn- tossel, “I hope Josh ain't gittin’ to be a bootlegger!” “'Tain’ no use o sayin’ ‘shop sarly,’” said Uncle Eben. “All you SUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. Hate-Torn World Sees Hope In Christmas, Says Marshall| . BY THOMAN . MARNHALL, t of the U, 8. visualize the want, the woe, the wrongs, the sine, the crimes, the Injusticen of our lttle world. They are roflected In the 1ittle lives we lead. Kverywhere we observe the struggle for the survival of the fttest wnd the clash of thought with reference to whom 18 the best. Yet we know that Individ- ual melfinhnens collectively forms na- tional wolfishness, that individual am- bitlon may well affect natfonal am- bition. The rich man in his palace is oblivious of the beggar who sits at 'his gate. In the name of God the sword s still ever ready to leap from its scabbard even In free America. where one of the foundation stones is the right of man to worship as his consclence may dictate. The spirit of bigotry expands. For Christ and His church warring sects still hate each !other and count a denominational | vlctory more important than a con- {centrated assault upon the common enemy of the brotherhood of man- kind. Worshipping a selfless God, he thinks himself the leading hierophant who Is the most selfish. Yet, we might be worse off. Our consclences are still alert, pricking us, excusing our shortcomings, defending our act refusing to be quiet. This is our com fort, our sign of hope as Christma: day, 1923, approaches. * % ¥ ¥ Why do I recall the unpleasant things of life during these hours, dedicated and consecrated to Chris- tlanity—the one thing really worth while in the wilderness of human thought, experlence and emotion? In order to point out, let me answer, that Christmas is something more than childhood's day. Of course, all are not happy: all our wants hav. not been supplied; even some children on this, the Master's birth- day anniversary, no doubt have been neglected. But all in all, it 13 a joyful and heartening day, notwithstanding the adverse circumstances of the lives we lead. Pitiful it is that after nineteen hun- dred years every day is not Christ- mas, that every man {s not our brother. But consoling It is and hopeful that the ages have not rendered mankind _unmindful of these glad hours and indifferent to their chimes. Greatly may we rejoice in the midst of our perturbed thoughts that, however loud the cap- tains may shout and however great may be the tumult between the forces contending for supremacy in a world grown old in misery and woe, this day which I pleased to call mankind's Armistice day remains. * x % % I llke others, have felt my way slowly and uncertainly along the highway of falth. I never was con- tent to accept misunderstood reasons. I began my progress with a query as to why the sinless Son of God dld not make His appearance upon this world in the stature of a perfect man; why He was not, if He was to come as a child, born In a palace: why those who kept watch were not the kings and mighty men of the earth, instead of just drowsy she herds beneath Judean skies. Wh did He come in a manger? Why did He come as a child? What does Christmas mean more than twenty- four hours' respite from business and politics? What is it beside a children’s day, when the little ones B all ean 1 | i e little | are to be made glad? Why did the hope of the world come in a cradle and not on & throne? *xok As my uncertain footsteps carried me forward along the paths of faith 1 learned that the motive power of life s not the vast experience of age, but the trustful confidence of childhood. I came to know that as we Erew up the cares of the world somehow climbed upon our shoulders, bowed our backs and made of each of us an interrogation point, a human question mark signifying “Why?" asking “When?" of priest and politiclan who proclaimed the fatherhood of God and the brother- hood of men. Those of us who have watched the leaven of democracy work In the affairs of the world, watched it all and thought much about {t all, hold conviction that Christ is the eternal Son of God be- cause he was born a Babe in the er. Hence, in spite of all dogma and all doubt, in spite of all ambi- tion and false aims, in spite of trea- son, strategem and spoils, notwith- standing proscription, bigotry and hatred, Christmas still remains a day on which the world celebrates the birth of Him who was and is the world's great hope of democracy. Democracy must go down unless it be supported by the principles voiced between the manger in Bethle- ham and the cross on Golgotha. Democracy s not laws, ordinances, constitutions. It is a vital force, rullng individual men and governing their lives. We may prate as we please about our systems of govern- ment, but there can be no perfect democracy until we ouselves become perfect democrats, and we cannot be- come perfect democratcs until we shall have accumulated the child- like mind. * ¥ ¥ X Christmas is little children's day. It i3 the day of the mind of the child which has little to do with logic and cares not for treatises, morals, man- ners, religlon or statecraft. It Is a day of Intuition. The child knows because it feels and it feels because God within it creates faith and friendship. The child knows whom to trust. It knows in whom to con- fide; it recognizes no station in lif it cares for no earthly surroundin it is not awed by place nor influ- enced by power. Democracy first mind in the life that was led and the things that were sald by the Babe born in the manger. Democracy and what He taught when He grew to manhood are almost synonymous. Democracy s, In fact, political Christlanity. * * ok x Some time childhood is to come per- manently into its own and the meas- ure of the life of the Babe, whose birthday we celebrate, will be the measure of every life. Then it will not be Jew or Samaritan, Catholic or Protestant. It will not be the greatness of America at the mis- fortunes of other nations. Individual success will not destroy equal rights and hopes. Faith and trust and co fidence in humankind will be upper- most and it will be that faith and trust and confidence which come 8o surely at the children’s hour to drive base passions out of our lives. On other days then as on Christmas day now will come surcease from sorro sympathy with suffering, atd for dis- tress, desire for justice, charity for weakness and hope the world around. God will have gathered Into the nursery of life all His little children. Yes, Christmas {s a hopeful day. It makes us recall that the manger at Bethlehem, not the throne of the Caesars, became the source of all power, the fount of all inspiration. (Copyright, 1923, by tht 2lst Century Press.) | To Combine Use and Beauty A Need of American Industry BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. America Is said to be in the midst of a renalssance of everyday art. Principles of good deslgn are ap- plied rigorously to articles that go into the average home to be used by the average American family. Fur- niture, dishes, wall paper, even boxes made to contain inexpensive articles, are planned with an eye to beauty as well as utility. Beautiful things always have been and always will be within the reach of the gold-lined pocketbook. The palatial mansion can display fts hand wrought silver, its old tapes- tries, and its gracefully carved wood- work. But beauty Is not always at hand for the less wealthy people of a nation. And when quantity produc- tion is the keynote to the decoration on an ordinary pitcher or to the cover of a powder box. * X % % Making useful things attractive, however, is a matter of Incre concern to captains of industry. even has a bearing on international commerce. A French economist sev- eral years ago predicted that the world war would be followed by an artistic war, and that the natipn best organized for industrial art success would win the best markets for its €oods. This Frenchman was mot alone in his conviction that the coun- try to turn out the most attractive goods would have a great advantage in international trade. Throughout Europe, the question of art in indus- try has for years been given serious attention. The United States was brought to realize its limiataions in artistic pro- duction about 1903, when a series of international exhibitions showed that American designs ranked very low. American business men were im- ressed with the superior work of orelgn designers and craftsmen, but instead of golng away with the idea of bringing home talent up to the European standards of artistry, they ‘l,nCI;elled thelr imports of foreign esigns. Now, the need for America to orig- inate as well as to import and copy being urged. A conference on vo- catlonal art was called by the United State commissioner of education last spring, and a number of reports and discussions of the industrial art situation have appeared In print. * K %k Indications are that there Is plenty of art talent In the United States. There is only a limited demand for portraits, genre paintings and cubist sculpture, but Innumerable young men and women spend years study- ing principles of color, harmony and design, with a view to producing fine art. Almost every one who takes up paintings or scultpure is convinced that he possesses exceptional ability it not genlus and, by the time the ferson who s merely talented real’ zes that he can never set the world is too discouraged or too old & to launch out on a commercial art career in which he might have won success. That industry does not gain its needed share of talent is not aitogether the fault of the art students, how- Only a few school. 1 art exist in this country. 'The lack of such schools is the crux of the situation, the point which is being stressed by the bureau of education. EE In Europe, we are told, industrial art schools have long been regarded as an essential part of the industrial and educationsl system. Te take & single’ Européan clfy, back ia 1711, the town counc!l of Brussels gave a room In the town hall to the elder painters, carpet weavers, sculptors and other art lovers, so that they might “carry on the art of drawing." This was a school of fine arts, but the courses were soon so valuable to the arts and industries of the city| that the government took it under its patronage. Prominent families of the city rivaled each other in gifts of money and {n presents of art objects to be used as models. It was not until 1586, however, that a school of decorative arts was formally added to the institution. At that time ft was found that more than half of the students who came to study paiating and sculpture were work- men or artist-artisans. It was also revealed that seventy-six trades were r:gl’eaanled among the students. The aldermen of the city were told at the time that the progress the carpet weavers, furniture manufacturers and decorators had made in the indus- trial arts showed to what degree of perfection they might attain If the art academy could furnish them with good craftsmen, well trained foremen and creators of designs. P Schools similar to that of Brussels have developed in cities all over Europe. A school that is In a cen- ter of the textile Industry may con- fine itself to courses in weaving arts and textile design. Other schools develop skilled artisans and design- ers in & number of trades. In 1918 there were fifty-nine industrial art schools in Germany, thirty-seven in England, thirty-two in France and twenty-four in Italy. In the same year the United States was found to have only eighteen. Since that time this country has undoubtedly made some Pprogress along this line. Some academic art schools, for instance, have taken on an Industrial aspect. Advocates of industrial art training say that many more schools of applied art are need- ed. They belleve that almost any oity of 50,000 or more population might profitably support a school to provide designers and other artists for the industries of the locality. A local museum of decortive arts also is advocated as a necessary source of information and inspiration for such a_school. Besides the schools and the mu- seums, the country appears to be in need of a certain type of student, namely, the sort that is willing to take l{me to galn a thorough founda- tion of training. George R. Schaeffer, advertising manager for Marshall Fleld & Co., told the vocational art conference: “It {s a sad commentary that in almost every fleld of industrial art foreign artists and artists of for- elgn tralning notably excel those of I native training. The forelgn-trained |artist usually knows all of the princi- H periods of design thoroughly. He nique, He Is often more sincere. He has more patience with detail and he is usually willing to_work, work, work. “The average young American ar- tist is too anxious to make money quickly. He is not only unwilling to undergo long, severe scholastic training, but is usually unwilling to serve an adequate apprenticeship at moderate compensation; to endure & sufficlent period of practice under practical direction, in preparation for a really great accomplishment later pal {excels in tech on. -It remains for the United States efther to continue to import its tandards and models of industrial or else to build up its own sys: tem of schools and fill them with students who have a passion for making everyflay existence beautiful. , found full expression of the child) C., DECEMBER 23, 1923—PART 2. Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ‘One of my greatest desires as a boy was to meet President Roose- velt, who was then in the White Hous: says Representative Meyer facobsteln of Rochester, N. Y., who has won natlonal recognition by practical solution of difficult prob- lems on Industrial relations and who is recognized as an authority on soclal and economic topics. “I wanted to see ‘Teddy, Repre- sentative Jacobstein continued, “and to watch his teeth in action when he sald ‘de-lighted!” This is how I did it. An organigation known as ‘the Sons of Maine, was to go to_the White House to greet the President. A Grand Army man from Maine, to whom I confided my wish, suggested that I go along with him as his adopted son, since only citizens of Maine and their chlldren and grand- children were invited. So I went along as his adopted son, and was introduced to Teddy’ to my own great ‘de-light.’ " A catchy phrase which was used treely at the time of Mr. Jacobstein's campaign for Congress was, “A dem- ocrat and a dry Hebrew beat & wet Christian’ In & republican strong- During the world war Mr. Jacob- stein did notable service as me- diator between the employer and the employe, and was arbitrator for the Ripley-Kirsteln board. He was chosen by the War Department to conduct classes for the training of men in the handling of the human element in industry. " Christmas day s one of special in- terest for several members of Con- gress who first started on their road to Success by being dellvered to their respective parents by Santa Claus on his annual round. Among these are Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, who served as & balloon observer and licensed spherical balloon pilot during the world war, and Repre- sentative Dayld J. O'Connell of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has been con- nected for many years with the pub- lishing business fn New York city. Representative Willlam S. Vare of Philadelphia and _ Representative Frank C. Sites of Harrisburg. Pa. climbed out of Santa’s pack on Christmas eve. Representative Carl E. Mapes of Grand Rapids, Mich., showed his conservatism by arriving a day late for the Christmas celebration, his birthday being December 26. k% Representative Edward M. Beers of Mount Union, Pa., a new member of the FHouse committee which has Jurisdiction over legislation affecting the Natlonal Capital. as successor to Representative Ben K. Focht, former chairman of that committee, con- tesses that his name has frequently been the -ause of an occasional good joke or slever repartee at his ex- pense. For example, during his cam- palgn he arrived one day at a small station. He passed his cards to haif a dozen natives who wers sitting around the platform. One of these looked up at him and grinningly re- marked: “So your name is Beers— are you a wet or dry?’ Mr. Beers promptly replied, “Dry.” “S8o am I— dry, but I am not going to vote for you,” sald the fellow, with his mind on a tall tumbler of ‘the amber fluid which the name of the congressional candidate reminded him sorrowfully he could no longer enjoy * k¥ % There is not a tree In the forest that does not Interest Senator Wil- | am Cabell Bruce of Maryland more than his family tree, although he realizes with pleasure that his pa- ternal grandfather and father, whose lives with his own cover the entire period between 1763 and 1923, or 180 years, were eminently honorable and useful men. Senator Bruce, although protesting that he is not yet iA his anecdotage, enjoys telling this little story on himself: “A few weeks ago my son, when a candidate for a seat in the Maryland house of delegates, made a speech, which was heard by one of my candid friends, who afterward gratified me by saying that the speech was a very good one, but added, with his usual frankness: ‘The truth is, he has a decidedly better gift of humor than you have.'* * ¥ ¥ ¥ There are many well known ath- letes in Congress—college foot ball stars like Representative Hamilton Fish and Representative Dan Reed, both of New York; boxers like Rep- resentative George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts and Representative Fred Britten of Illinois; tennls cracks Itke Speaker Gillett; base ball players ltke Representatives James A. Galli- van, Samuel Winslow and Louls A. Frothingham, all of Massachusetts. But distinction of being the best all-around athlete in Congress prob- ably rests with Representative John M. Morin of Pittsburgh, who has the further distinction of being the father of ten children. Representative Morin has been an all-around athlete and taken a lively interest in all athletic affairs for two- score years. In Pennsylvania he is best known as a sculler. While In Montana he helped organize and serve as a director of the Montana State Base Ball League. He was manager- captain and played with the Missoula team in 1891 to 1893. He has been a member of the Central Turnverein since his youth. ————— An Inspiration. Frem the Asheville (N. O.) Citizen. Last Friday afternoon The Wash- ington, (D. C.) Star established a world record in journalism by print- Ing the largest newspaper, seventy pages, ever issued on & normal week day without speclal occasion and without any solicitation of advertis- ing matter. This excelled the previous best record by six pages. As remarkable as that feat was, however, it serves us better as an opportunity to congratulate The ‘Washington Star on being an inspira- tion to journallsm and a model for corporations and business men in the matter of relations between em- ployer and employe. The Star is fa- mous the country over as an un- usually happy newspaper family. Its esprit de corps has helped it mar- velously in its making of journalis- tic history. A few days ago each of its 500 em- ployes recelved a Christmas present in the form of a check for an extra two weeks' salary. It maintains a pension and sick benefit fund without cost to the employes, which pro- vides full pay for the first three months of iliness, half pay after that, payment of $3,000 as a maximum to the family of any employe after his or her death, and retirement at half- pay after fifteen years of service. It gives its employes free dental serv- ice, for which purpose a dentist and nurse are regularly employed and a dental laboratory supported. It has in constant employment a registered nurse who calls at the home of every employe taken sick and renders what- ever assistance may be needed. It operates & cafe in its building for the employes and their friends and children and keeps up a library and beaytifully furnished clubrooms for them. And, under & plan of ita own devising, It finances employes whe wish to build their own homes. Those are the high lights in th lan which has made The Washingto: gn.r @ proverb for esprit de corps an: set it high as @ model for those busi ness men who are eager to get fron their employes the most sincere de votion and the highest possible eff clency. The Star nobly adorns th profession of lsm. It greatl. Inspires the best type of business man, | BY ROBERT T. SMALL The old newspaper associates of the late Harvey L. Wilson, for years the Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times before he became half owner of the Norfolk Ledger- Dispatch, always recall at this time of the year the dispatch Mr. Wilson sent to his paper on a Christmas eve long ago. Affairs of one sort or another, perhaps the crush of Christ- mas shopping, perhaps the flowing hospitality of the olden days, had kept the correspondent away from his office all of the day. He came in rather late at night and found his faithful office boy at his post of duty. “What's going on?” inquired the correspondent. “There doesn't seem to be any news tonight,” replied the boy. Then to the boy's amazement his chief began to turn out “copy.” And he sent & dispatch which lives today. It was captioned, “There ls No News Tonlght" and thus it ran: *“Tis the night before Christmas and from the neighboring _church the grand hymn, “Tis the birthday of the King,' comes up from the rehearsing ohoir and reaches the office of the Times with its sacred melody. There is no news tonight, for the story of the people today began while shep- herds watched their flocks by night and the angelic chorus of ‘peace on earth, good will to man’ made music for the years, and, happily for us, both rest tonight beyond the inspira- tion of man, too pure for the touch of a word and too sacredly sweet for the point of & pen. “There is no news tonight, for 'tis the throbbing of the heart and not the intellectual grandeur of the head | upon the throne tomorrow. The fu- ture is guided by one golden thread which connects life to its loved ones gone before, while the past is linked to a thousand strings which vibrate as the heart and flood the soul with melody not new to any single heart, yet unheard by any other. “There is no news tonight, for the direction and confusion of the noisy world beyond is lost in the tumult which recollection recalls and upon which reminiscences ride to the guarded doors of the heart. “There is no news tonight, for the fancied scenes of the future and of toll and endeavor are clouded by the | brilliant floods of the past, which pour their light upon the pictured ! gallery which time has hung upon the | sainted walls of memory. i “There is no news tonight, for this 1s the only day in the year when the bugle call of duty is lost in the dis- | cordant notes of the tin horn in the! hands of the boy; lost in the labor of | love as the altar is built in_our homes | and lost in the laughter of joy as he ilds the shrine for the passing of the | oly day. ““Tis the mistletoe, the evergreen and the holly whose banners are hung above the people today, and while the flag of the country floats dearest for such days, there is no | news tonight, for 'tis’ the birthday of the King." * x ox % A fortnight ago we printed in these columns a most awesome Christmas { that if he were list as thought out, compiled and written down by a ffteen-year-old boarding-school girl in this city. The list was a sockdolager. It contained ‘k Spratt, famous alley cat, whose feat of getting his tail caught in a swinging door brought him to city-wide notice last week, has two new claims on fame. After Jack got his tafl mussed up like that he felt bitter on the world. He sulked for a whole day. He lay under beds, and couched himself beneath chairs. He refused to come out. Perhaps the universal liking of cats for soft chairs is determined not 80 much by the softness of the cush- fons thereof, but by the safety of- fered by the back and two arms. Also the seat. Ensconced In a chalr, & cat is pro- tected from beneath, back and both sides. He can face the enemy with his mouth and all four paws, and need only fear an aerlal foe. Felines like to get underneath beds, bureaus, kitchen cabinets. ta- bles and ch things. Undoubtedly it makes them fell safe, since they are protected from onslaughts in all di-| reéctions except the front. * * x Jack Spratt moped around il that day, after getting his tall caught in the door. He would not be comforted until late in the day, almost time for him to go on his nightly prowls. For it must not be forgotten that Jack is an alley cat. The stamp of his breed is on him. Unlike the cat raised from a kit-| ten by kind hands, Jack is ever sus- piclous. No matter how kind one is to him, he s always on the lookout for suspicious moves or unusual noises. In the alley one's life depends upon his quickness.. So that evening Spratt left his warm home of the time being to take up the grand business of life. He came to another home, where the inhablitants welcomed him. He en- tered. The small boy of the family had just been reading the “funny pic- tures” in the paper. One “strip” had recounted the adventures of some Yreg-'lar fellers” with a cat. The hero of the yarn had seized a cat by the tail, and when reproved by his mother, had stated that it was the cat's own pulling that huri the creature, since all he, the youth, did, wasg to hold on. Just as the boy of the household was finishing this somewhat warped bit of ethics, in comes Jack Spratt. “Well, if there {sn't Simon!" cried the boy, using the name he had glven Jack. Spratt goes by a dif- ferent name in every household he visits. The bright {dea came to the boy to try out the system of the funny pleture on Jack, or Simon, as he calls him. 'Of course, he knew nothing of Jack’s misadventure with the swing- ing door. So he grabbed the cat by the tail, right on the sore spot where his caudal appendage had been scrunched in_the door in the morning, “Meow, meow-0W-OW-0w ! Jack Spratt. “See, he pulls!” shouted the boy. “Just ke in the picture.’ But he never did know just why it was that Jack me-owed so very vig- orously. squalled * * * Now for Spratt's second claim to fame. Life, even for an alley cat, is not all hard luck. The next day he visited the home where his tail had been hurt, there to find a contrite household, anxious to win back his outraged affections. Wise beyond his months, Mr. Jack Spratt did not show himself any too ready to actept dainties. But six oysters appealed to him mmensely. ‘After consuming the six oysters, fack graciously accepted a saucer £ milk. Then another. Then a third. Then fourth. By this time Jack was pretty full, ut the entrancing aroma of salmon | | \ sund him ready. He ate half a can of the fish, and aen me-owed for more. Six oysters, four saucers of milk, nd half & can of salmon—can any ‘at in town beat that record? CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. everything from “a horse” to “mules, the explanation being added that the latter were the “variety that go un- der the bed.” Now we are threatened with a law. sult! The . young suthor of the Christmas 1ist claims a violation of confidence and infringement, The * writer has recelved the following lettar: “Sir: My ocopyrighted MSS. ‘A Christmas List’ was sent to you on « purely uncommercial basis. Seoini that you have violated my request, I will withhold lawful action If & d: commission is forwarded to my of on or before the 21st of Decerber. “Yours truly, . “ELEANOR SMALL, Ina, “Gunston Hall, Washington, D. C."* Having scarcely recovered from the shock of the list Itself. we wern frightened out of our wits at the™ threatened legal action, and ‘on ( before the 21st of December we, the vernacular of the day, cam across, We still, however, do no:® think that list was copyrightad or sul generis. Ask any child. He kaowe. , * ¥ * ¥ Another rumor of the death Raisuli, the notorious Moroccan bas dit, has once more recalled the fu mous message of “Perdicaris allve or Rasull dead” It was sent at the. time Perdicaris, a naturalized Amer- ican, was being held as a hostage by the bandlt, and through its paremp tory brevity it brought quick action Most of the commentators on the dispatch today are crediting it t President Theodore Roosevelt. It is easy to account for the mistake, for the auto-velocity of the messuge has” a truly Rooseveltian ring. Washing- ton knows, of course, that the mee sage was sent by John Hay, Secre.? tary of State. Mr. Hay, like Mr Roosevelt, was not the author of it Instead of being the brain child of the dynamic Roosevelt, the barbed demand was created by the mo: mild mannered and best beloved newspaper man who has been In Washington in half a century. It i« an old story to Washington official- dom, but it may be new to the res of the count that the author was Edwin Hood of the Asso ciated Press, who died last Au gust, a few days after Preside Harding had passed away. A die Hood was a confidant of Johr Hay, as_he was_of many a_Se retary of State. Mr. Hay called in one day and read a long dem: he had framed on the Perdicarls | cident. ddie laconically remark ending the messasg: he would say “Perdicaris allve Raisuli dead,” and let it go at th Secretary Hay smiled in delight tore up his own espage and th telegram which was heard aro. the world was speedily dispatch * k ¥ % It may be perfectly true that hibition sentiment i{s making grea’ strides in this country, even in the wet areas, as Commissdioner Hayne: proudly boasts from time to t but here is a news ltem for I laugh off: Madagascar has Ju raised a bumper clove crop and h announced that it will export mo: of this one-time favorite barr fruit to the United States. Heard and Seen ;Flfty Years Ag(~ In The Star Fifty years ago Washington bega to go ahead in its materfal situatior at a rate not Improvements in viously known. In = A Th a Do the District. o Slr oD nber 19, 18 the following editorial: *The spirit of Improvement raise here our new District governmen! has wrought not only a magleal change in the appearance of our streets, avenues and waste places In the way of public work, but has de- veloped a co-operative spirit on the part of private citizens, corporations and government officials. A public spirit has been created and a el pride evoked that promise almost_ as much in behalf of the futurey growth and prosperity of the c! as the grand system of public works now under way. The magnificent private residences erected on a scale to correspond with our wide streets the extensive Improvements made upon the government grounds by Babcock, Architect Clark, Architec Mullett and other officials ail join_in the general line of progress. Tha railroad corporations have also been aroused to do some emulative work. land begin to recognize the fact tha! * the seven-by-nine shanty station houses that served well enough for the seedy, down-at-heel city of tha past are sadly’out of plate in the new Washington. The Baltimors and * Potomac Company 1is putting up & station house and depots worthy of. the rejuvenated city, and we lsarn that the Baltimore and Ohio Com- pany is soon to break ground for- a station buflding the cost of which _ shall not be less than $375,000 for the structure al e, aside from the ground and tracks. It will, with {te appurtenances, occupy the whole of square 681, In the rear of their pres- ent location, and will be more con- venient of access from all quarters , than the latter.” * * x The following letter from George: Alfred Townsend, long one of the foremost of Washington correspond- */ ents, printed fn The" Library of Star of December 20, 1873, gives & pidture of's Congress. 11, Library of Congress = fifty years ago: 1 wish you would agiate, in behalf.:, of the Library of Congress, a more » liberal management of that vast col- lection in the interests as ‘much of literature and journalism as the politiclans. Whether from {ts cramp- ed quarters or the occasional pur- % loining of books (one instance I be- r Hfeve has operated to the disad- ; vantage of all) or the mental diffi culty of discriminating between offi Cials and professional men, the Library is _not equally available to all, mor fully available to any. Manifestls such a collection is not being pre pared wholly for the novel-reading-: wives of members, nor for that hand-.,, ful of senators and representatives who do cultivate themselves and literature. If it is not a nationus 1ibrary it is too well appropriated for. If it is, and I believe the librarian wishes the name to he changed from ‘Congressional’ to ‘National' it re- quires a more liberal administration. “Having occasion to prepare a c: tain state history, I wished to hav access to the blographical alcove, to } ascertain what authors and travelers , might have had residence or associa- tion with that staté, 1 asked the ¥ sublibrarian to open one of the wicker { doors a few minutes and let me runcy over American blography. He d 8o, but_ directly came back curtiy’¥ and said, ‘T must shut up this. The'l boss has made a new rule.’ ¥What 1 wish to convey to you i3 the necessity of the library commit- } tee doing something to rellewe the ¥ librarian from what he must hav felt, being a man of feeling and pre fessional spirft, to be a sort o neces sary discourtesy. Books should soften man. There was a day when even the % Bible was chained fast, but not since; i the era of our Capitol. This great . Library of Congress can be made to 7 do signal service to our literature't an of Itself an Inducement to the,qd population of Washington But th liberality and politeness of men i letters should distinguish it. These’{ are more important to {ts career thap.y a great new edifice, though perhaps:s! the present censorship is incidental g to the accommodation: i i 4