Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1924, Page 6

e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1924 ; IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY e cos mowaJuly 25, 1084 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th Bt. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Otfice: 16 Regent St.,London, “The Eveniug Star, with the Sanday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the eity at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 eents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mall or tele- phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car- Tiers at the end of esch month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virnlnllh i Datl .1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo., Dably ony v $2:001 1 men 506 Bunday only (1yr.$2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00 ; 1 mo., 86¢ Daily only ... 1y $7.00 ; 1 mo., 60¢ Bunday only ..l.1yr, $3.0 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited (o it or not otherwise credited io this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. ~ All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. land. mo., 25¢ A New York Faction Fight. Shortly after the close of the Madi- son Square Garden convention Demo- cratic leaders in New York made a “dead set” at Gov. Smith to induce bim to announce his candida: momination. He had developed such istrength at the national meeting that it was felt he would greatly aid the presidential ticket. In 1920, although defeated for reelection, he ran very far ahead of Cox. Harding carried the State with over a million votes, and Smith was beaten by about 75,000. So the hope was born that a State ticket headed by Smith would be a large as- set for Davis in the bid for New York's 45 clectoral votes. Then came William Randolph Hearst with a strong indorsement for Lieut. Gov. Lunn for the governorship nomination, which was regarded by the Smith people as a challenge. Ef- forts were redoubled to get the gov- ernor to commit himself to candidacy. He has thus far remained silent on the specific question, but in a formal reply to Mr. Hearst, which he issued yester- day, he came close to accepting the challenge. Without definitely men- tioning the governorship, he says of Mr. Hearst in his undertaking to ad- vise the Democratic party: He attempts to eay something about water power. He has no more under- standing of that subject than the man in the moon. I am sure that the Demo- cratic party will admire his literary ef- fort, but it has not any use for his ad- vice, When it needs advice it will go to Democrats for it, and not to either demagogue or crackpot. This may be taken as a declaration of war, or an acceptance of a Hearst declaration of war. To call a man a demagogue or a crackpot is assuredly cause for hostilities, even though there may be some doubt as to the exact meaning of the latter word, which does not appear in the diction- ary. Imagination, however, has little difficulty in supplying a definition. The political possibilities of a re- newed and intensified Smith-Hearst conflict are sufficiently serious to cause concern at Democratic national head- quarters. Mr. Davis must have New York's 45 votes to win a majority of the electoral college if La Follette earries enough States in the North- west to give him 50 votes. While it is hardly conceivable that Hearst would throw his strength to Coolidge, it is possible that he may indorse La Fol- lette, which would appreciably cut Gown the Davis vote in New York State. There is another angle to this mat- ter that has its element of concern for Democratic campaign managers. Mayor Hylan is an aspirant for a third term. He and Tammany are not on the best of terms. He is just at pres- ent the guest of Mr, Hearst in Cali- fornia. Should open war break out be- tween Smith and Hearst this means practically war between Tammany and Hea Hylan may run as an in- dependent candidate for mayor and thus further complicate the metropoli- tan situation, which would cause trou- ble for the party in the State. So that the Smith candidacy for governor, with its Hearst-Hylan-Tammany fac- tors of ticket cutting. may not prove after all s much of an asset for the Democratic national ticket in the State which must be carried if victory is to be gained. — - An American school at Tokio is wisely favored by the Japanese gov- ernment. It is upon the new genera- tion that the world must depend to get rid of old prejudices. e Exaggerated ideas of hospitality may be responsible for the fact that 80 many men away from home insist that other towns are wetter than their own. e Germany is still inclined to let the argument go on until she can find some one whom she can intrust to form a practical government, — e Palmer Cox. Forty-four years ago a cartoonist who had started in life as a railroad clerk and then drifted into drawing was commissioned to illustrate a story for children called ‘The Rebellion of the Alphabet.” Each of the letters was borne by a queer little creature with a large head, round tummy and spindling legs. They were called the Brownies. Immediately they caught the fancy of the children, and of grown-ups as well. Mary Mapes Dodge was then editor of the St. Nicholas Magazine, and she, with her keen per- ception of what the children like, and what is good for them as well, en- gaged the artist to do a series of pic- tures for that periodical. Thus Palmer Cox made his bow to the world of juvenile reeders, and he has been bowing ever gince, until his last ill- ness, which ended vesterday at Granby, Quebec, in Brownie Castle, his home for many years. Middle-aged men and women of to- day will remember their first joy at meeting the Brownies. And they kept their love for the Browries through- out the years. For the Brownies were never tiresome. They were always Welcome. They did funny things, and Yet never were they destructively mis- chiwyous. They were always kindly and helpful and always comic. They taught good lessons without being priggish. Palmer Cox loved children, and he bad @ world full of children friends, though none of his own. He had an immense correspondence, mostly in- coming, for he could not begin to an- swer all the letters that reached him from the youngsters who loved his Brownies and believed in them. He has told of one occasion when he got the Brownies into a terrible predica- ment on & remote istand where they bad been shipwrecked, and with no means of making & ship or a raft to get away. Immediately upon the pub- lication of this tale he was in receipt of letters from many countries be- seeching him to get the Brownies out of their plight and not to let them perish on the desert isle. So he finally hit upon the scheme of having them borne to the mainland by the seafowl that frequented the island. Then the children were happy again. It is a great thing to have made friends with the youngsters of 40 years and more. Palmer Cox, now dead at 84, has left a record of achieve- ment of which any man might well be proud. He has created a character that will live in American pictorial literature, and he has given great hap- piness to millions of boys and girls. Toppers at the King’s Party. King George and Queen Mary gave a garden party vesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, in London, in honor of the American delegates to the Bar Association meeting. Realiz- ing that many of the Americans had gone to England not expecting to par- ticipate in formal social functions, the King had graciously informed his guests in advance that it would not be necessary to comply with the pal- ace custom which requires formal afternoon dress. But the Americans were not to be denied the rare priv- ilege of indulgence in that almost- forgotten article of masculine wear, the “silk hat”” There was only one straw hat to be observed in the gar- dens. Practically every other Ameri- can head was covered by a topper. The delegates and other guests had gone forth and bought, borrowed and hired all the “stove pipes” they could find. Though description is lacking, imagination supplies a picture of great variety in quality, and some failures of fit. To make matters a bit less satisfactory than they would otherwise have been, the garden party was held mostly in the rain. A silk hat'and a shower do not go well to- gether. It is stated that the guests stood about under umbrellas, doubt- less more than usually anxious to pro- tect their headgear, in view of the fact that most of it was rented or borrowed. On this side of the Atlantic the silk hat has practically gone out of use, save on the most extremely formal occasions. It is worn at weddings of a fashionable character. In some parts of the country it is worn to church on Sundays, but there is probably not one silk hat worn today in this coun- try to fifty worn 20 years ago. Many men have them in their cupboards and clothes closets, kept for some re- mote chance of imperative need, and when they are taken out for possible use they are found to be out of style, and often are put back, not with en- tire regret, in the hope that maybe by chance when the next occasion comes around they will once more be in style. Wheat News From Kansas. Golden wheat news comes from Kansas. The Associated Press sends from Kansas City a report that sud- den prosperity has come to farmers in that region and that “‘poor tenant farmers who have struggled for years and who were compelled to appeal to the public for seed wheat loans last Fall today find themselves wealthy." Kansas was in the news a few months ago as one of the stricken agricul- tural States, loaded with farm mort- gages and other loans and ruined by the low price of “money crops.” All people will rejoice that prosperity has come to this section, which a short time ago was lamenting hard times. If conditions in Kansas have been so changed by the recent rise in the price of wheat and other grains, it must be that things are brighter in the wheat States of the Northwest. It is unthinkable that Kansas should be rich because of wheat and the North- west poor. We want all the pros- perity we can get, and that the peo- ple who create wealth out of land are prospering is good news. ——re—————— Farmers who have acquired grain elevators may be tempted to go further into the business of distributing their products and organize their own bakeries. - Even when a campaign is in prog- ress a Summer is comparatively placid with Congress passing no bills and conducting no investigations. ——e——————— The “deadlock” threatens to estab- lish itself as an international institu- tion. —————————— Near the Top. After a long stretch of games on the home lot, during a part of which time the Nationals held the American League leadership, Washington's rep- resentative base ball club goes West for its second tour, occupying an ad- vanced and promising position In the league race. Although it has lost the lead it is now tied for second place and only half a game behind the leader. Tomorrow's play may put it in the van. Should New York lose to Chicago and Detroit lose to Philadel- phia and Washington win from Cleve- land the Nationals would regain the position they acquired by leading New York a few weeks ago in the latter’s own city. On the last western invasion the local team did well, winning 8 out of 15 games. This was a good record for a touring club, though Detroit has just lately bettered it, winning 13 and losing 3 games on eastern soil. Wash- ington has 17 games to play in the West on this trip, four regularly scheduled in each of the four cities and one postponed game in St. Louis. To improve its present percentage it must win 10 out of these 17 games, which would be a trip average of .588 as against the .570 of its present stand- ing. 8o here is hoping for 10 games in the West or better! To win them the pitchers must do their best work, the fielders must give the pitchers their best support, and the batters must hit. To gain and hold the lead the Wash- ington team must play championship ball, which its work in June and early July showed it is capable of playing. The Glad-Handers. These are the days of the glad hand for the presidential candidates, the time when the incoming politicians from “back home” call joyously upon John W. Davis, President Coolidge and Senator La Follette to say that every prospect pleases and victory is assured. Everything is lovely and the goose honks high. It was ever thus at this stage of the game, and nat- urally enough; the visiting leaders are inspired with enthusiasm over their candidates and the party out- look. “There is nothing to it,” sure their candidate; “you will carry my State, hands down.” At later pe- riotls these enthusiasts “get cold feet.” There comes the panic stage, when all looks dark and there is no hope. The pendulum swings back and forth, and the depression period is as inevitable as the hours of carlier uplift. But welcome the glad-handers they come, and blessed be those who bring glad tidings. They help to start off the campaign with “pep,” even though estimates may have to be sharply revised thereafter. There is nothing like a little infu sion of confidence at the hop-off. The three candidates, it falls out, are old campaigners and no doubt receive the glad-handers with a grim smile and take their effusions with a grain of salt. they as- as —— e The lawyer in the Leopold-Loeb case has disappointed the public that the proceedings would at least develop a phrase as ingenious as the “dementia Americana” which figured so cori- spicuously in the Thaw trial. e A communist in this country may avail himself of the common privilege of voting as he likes. But every can- didate earnestly hopes he will refrain from making any public demonstra- tion about the matter. ——————— Difficulty will be encountered in any effort to establish the theory that in order to be a success in politics a man must have avoided the legitimate pecuniary rewards of success in his personal affairs. PR It may reasonably be assumed, de- spite the rumors of political agitation, that Japan's most serious endeavors at present are being courageously ad- dressed to recovery from the earth- quake disaster. — e France refuses to relinquish the sus- picion that the marvelous stories about war inventions in German laboratories may in a few instances be true. RS Carpentier remains interesting. In pugilism, as fn politics, the man who can survive one defeat after another becomes popularly important. —— e So far as Democratic leadership in New York is concerned, Gov. Smith has, up to this point, all the best of the general publicity. o There is not much encouragement to fleat a loan if European statesman- ship insists on rocking the boat, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Wrong Every Way. It's wrong to be a demagogue And sway the mighty masses. It's wrong the course of thought to clog a2 By stirring up the classes. We now take counsel when we strike ‘The man of agitation Who tries to dig up something like Marc Antony’s oration. The people critical have grown And frank in their arraignment, Comparing any speech highflown With expert entertainment. It's best in reason’s path to jog And simulate no passion. It's wrong to be a demagogue Because it's out of fashion. Distribution. 1 suppose you have your ear to the ground?” etaphorically speaking, I have, answered Senator Sorghum, *“and practically speaking my mouth to the radio transmitter.” The Woman Candidate. ‘When you vote, do not forget her. Men have made the world perverse. ‘Woman may not do much better; She can surely not do worse. Jud Tunkins says when a man is down to his last 50 cents its unreason- able to expect him to be too independ- ent in his opinions. Mild Discipline. “Crimson Gulch has become re- markably quiet and law-abiding.’ 1 sometimes wonder if we ain't kind of overdoin’ our refinement. In the old days when a man talked rough and acted scandalous some one was pretty sure to hunt him out with a six-shooter. Now the city council merely gets together and passes reso- lutions to the effect that if he doesn't look out he'll be regarded as no gentle- A Plea. Just because you're poor, but healthy, Be not scornfully inclined. Toward the people who are wealthy Be more patiently inclined. Do not heed the rabid organ ‘Where in print old friends are scored. Don't get cross with J. P. Morgan. Don’t make fun of Henry Ford. Valuable knowledge,” said Uncle Eben, “is got only wif trouble an’ ex- pense, but it's puffickly easy to learn about de details of a-prize fight.™ Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Can orchestrations of modern dance music be played by an orches- tra of six pieces?—W. G. 8. A. Orchestrations can, be played successfully with six-piece combina- tion, provided the combination is cor- rect. The best six-plece combination is: Violin melody, banjo accompanist, piano accompanist and melody, first alto saxophone melody and counter part, second alto melody and counter part, drums rhythm. Kor seven-piece add cornet, melody; eight-piece, trom- bone; nine-plece, bass saxophone. Q. Why are berths made up on trains with the pillows toward the engine~D. B. T. A. Passengers suffer less from drafts when sleeping with” heads to- ward the engine, and the face and shoulders are better protected from dust and cinders. Q. What do plumes in a crest sig- nify?—E. R. 8. A. They signify willing obedience and serenity of mind. Q. How many banks and trust com- panies have failed in the last few years?—H. S. F. From 1919 to 1923, inclusifve, th ilures were as follows: State commission banks, 99%: savings banks, 60; loan and trust companies, 102! private banks, 164; national banks, 161, Q. When was the first occasion upon which a party nominated, to succeed himself, a Vice President who had become President?—B. O. I A. Mr. Elihu Root, on July 12, 1904, writing to Mr. Roosevelt concerning his nomination said: his is the first time any party has nominated to succeed himself a Vice President who had becore President. Q R.M How does a dog perspire? A. A dog perspires through his tongue and w tight muzzle often throws him into a spasm. Q. When did Atlantic City become a summer resort?—G. R. & A. Because of its location Atlantic City has always been a resort. Its growth and improvement been gradual. The ocean pier first pro- jected was an enterprise of George Howard of Washington, D. C. The opening was celebrated in 1882. In 1898 the Atlantic Steel Pier Company was organized and incorporated. The same year the company built a struc- ture of 1,650 feet into the ocean. This structure has remained until the pres- ent time. Q. What does the name “Decam- eron” mean?—J. 0. D. G A. The word “Decameron” is de- rived from two Greek words, one of which means ten, and the other day. The book which bears this name has a title for a compilation of ten stories told during a period of ten days. Q. How long does it take light of the sun to reach us?—G. R. G. A. The Naval Observatory says that it takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds, or more exactly 499 seconds, when the sun is at mean distance, 92,7 900,000 miles. Q._Is the amount of annuity given y Nadeja von Meek to Tschaikovsky known?—R. C. O. A. The composer was given by his friend a yearly allowance of 6,000 rubles. Q. How long has whist been played in England>—T. E. C. A. Its origin is very obscure, but under its old name of triumph it was so generally understood that Bishop Latimer preached a Christmas sermon in 1529 at Cambridge in which the allegories were based on the game. Q. Was lead known in early bib- lical times?—D. N. S. A. Lead is mentioned in the Bible first in Exodus—"They sank as lead in the mighty waters'—afterward in Numbers, Job and Ezekiel Q. If a vessel goes into the Pan- ama Canal as far as Gatun Lake and then returns does it pay toll once or twice?>—T. S. o A. Vessels returning from Gatun Lake to original point of entry into the canal, without passing through the locks at the other end, are charged toll for one passage only. Q. When thera is a star after the name of a town in the Postal Guide what does it mean?—S. R. S. A. The star signifies that money order office. Q. What was vium?—F. C. N. A. In_the curriculum of the early universities the first three of the seven liberal arts, which embraced grammar, logic and rhetoric, known as the trivium. Q. TIs the climate of Sitka, the capi- tal of Alaska, very severe’—E. K. A. The capital of Alaska was moved from Sitka to Juneau in 1906. In spite of ite northern latitudes, the climate of Sitka is mild, the average temperature of Docember being 32 degrees F. and of August 56 de- grees F. Q. In dropping a golf ball out of a water hazard how far back should or may one go?—D. A. H. A. The rule does not limit or fix the distance. It provides only that the ball must be dropped in_line with the point where it entered the hazard. it is a meant by the tri- Q. Has the actual date of oreation ever been fixed according to the- ology?—J. W. A. A. Many theologians have oc- cupied themselves with this problem. Bishop Ussher computed the year at 4004 B. C. A universal history, a work of 42 _volumes, published in London in 1779, devotes some space to the fixing of the actual time. It discusses the probability of its being March 21, 4004 B. C., and September 4004 'B. C., and inclines toward the latter date. Q. What is the largest number of children _ever known in one tamily? —S. E. P. A. The largest family of which there is a record is probably that of Rameses 1I of Egypt. There were 200 children in his family, 111 sons and 50 daughters being mentioned in inscriptions made by their father. Q. What pseudonym did Wash- ington Irving use’—W. G. G. A. During the early period of Irving’s writing _career "he used the pseudonyms Jonathan Oldstyle, Launcelot Langstaff, Diedrich Knick- erbocker and Geoffrey Crayon. Q. How did the Passion Play of Oberammergau originate?—V. K. A. The villagers of Oberammergau vowed to present the passion of Christ every 10 years, in gratitude for the cessation of the Black Death in 1633. Q. Kindly settle an argument by stating_what city 1s know as Falls City?—H. C. Loutsville, Ky., is known by this title, probably because of the rapids of the Ohio River, near the city. Q. What is the best method for keeping pecans?—C. W. D. A. One of the best methods of keeping pecans is to store them in glass jars. Sooner or later, however, all nut meats become rancid. Q. How much does balsa wood weigh?—C. C. G. A. Balsa wood weighs 6% pounds per cubic foot. (Aave you asked Haskin? He does mot know all the things that people ask him, but he knows people who do know. Try' him. State your question briefly, write plainly and inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address Tnormation Burea, Tieniy-Aret an S uroas, y- & atrocts northcest.) In the early days of Rienzl the people of Rome were quick to re- spond to the great alarm bell calling them to rally to the defense of the Eternal City and to safeguard their liberties. Rienzi was a plebeian of the humblest birth; his zeal for liberty had made him the tribunc; he might have been emperor if he had accepted the full honors thrust upon hir. But, in prosperity and power, he became haughty and indifferent to the cause of popular weal, and gradually his followers ceased to listen to the toll- ing of the great bell. Rienzi fell; reaction restored the nobles who had oppressed the plebelans, and Roman liberties were again abused. There were greater than Rienzi amongst the early American patriot. Liberty bell rang out mightier note of freedom than ever did the grea :ll of Rome. But Liberty bell is n longer heard. Too many people of America—heirs _of the freedom of Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and George Washington—have Rrown so accus- to »d to Ignoring the rallying tones of patriotic duty that they are be- coming deaf to its loudest peals. With peace at home and abroad, with all parties eloquent In promises of continued prosperity, millions are asking: “What will one vote, more or les: count in the total of 52,418,895 votes to be cast?” It is explained by vote slackrrh that politics has grown so “corrupt and complicated, so aloof from influ- rce of the people, so completely in the hands of organized professional bosses, and the government itself is o “efficient” with its multitudinous bureaus, systematized to handle every need of the nation, that no outsider can possibly be intelligent upon the many kreat issues. Therefore, in the hu- mility of the popular “inferiority complex,” the average tizen is ready to let those who understand what the country needs attend to the mat- . provided only that they do not interfere with busine Life is no longer simple, they argue, as it was in the days of Benjamin Franklin and his compatriots ‘Women worked valiantly to secure the right of franchise, but there is £aid to be a far greater percentage of woman slackers than of men. Were the women interested only in the excitement of pursuit, and not in (he serious obligation of possession ot the ballot? Was the sex really ready for the great responsibility? Are not women intelligent in the great issues—the child labor amend- ment, for_example? Hark! Rienzi's great bell is tolling! ok % * Half the legal voters of America are ballot slackers. In the presi- dential election of 1920 25,705,063 cit- izens neglected to vote, and as a con- sequence they are “taxed without representation.” They took no action that “liberty should not perish from the earth.” Next November there is to be a decisive eloction of a President of the United States, together with that of members of both branches of Con- gress. Are those ballot slackers of 1920 any more interested than they were then? Will their numbers in- crease? The spirit of our early patriots which permeated the entire From Judge George Washington Olvany, who retires from the bench to step into Charles F. Murphy’s shoes as leader of Tammany Hall, the press generally expects a harmonizing of all controlling influences in New York City's Democratic organization. There will be widespread interest in the administration of the lawyer and jurist, editors say, because he is acceptable to all the elements and forces which control the Democratic organization of the greatest city of the nation. “Judge Olvany.” the Brooklvn Ea- gle explains. - years old, ener- getic, with a good record in public life and in private life; respected by his fellow members of the bar perhaps with more cultivation than any Tammany leader since the Civil War, with the exception of Nixon, who was distinetly a misfit. One thing may be regarded as certain— there will be no clash between Olvany and Smith. If there is a clash be- tween Olvany and the mayor it will not be the former's fault. Judge Ol- vany can do much to give this city were | Detter government. % x % The Louisville Courier-Journal (Democratic) says: “Thus far Judge Olvany’s record has been a clean one; he should improve the opportunity that is his”” 1In fact, the Springficld Republican (independent) expects the choice of Olvany “to heal the breach between the different factions and to be pleasing both to the mayor's friends and the governor's’; further- more, “the prospect of greater har- mony in the New York organization is also a favorable development for the national ticket in the fall cam- paign. The New York Times (independent Democratic) makes this comment: “He is a man of education and character. He knows his people. Like Mr. Mur- phy, he is a good listener; unlike him, a ‘good mixer.’ If there is anything in build and physiognomy, Judge Olvany has that underlying temacity and rugged strength which a Tam- many chief must have to be a ‘stay- er’” It is not an exaggeration to say, according to the New York Eve- ning World (independent Democratic), “that no leader of Tammany has ever entered upon his duties and responsibilities with a grester gen- eral feeling of good will and high ex- pectations.” The Baltimore Sun (in- dependent) notes that he is “a man who enjoys an excellent reputation, who expresses a purpose to have Tammany ‘represent progressive democracy with honorable and honest public service as its chief concern, " and “if Tammany lives up to that rule, its ancierit foes will be ready to believe that the leopard can change its spots.” The New York Herald-Tribune (Republican) suggests “one of the chief reasons for Olvany's selection was his known friendliness to Smith,” for “had he after his elevation come out for some other candidate for gov- ernor his leadership would have been a matter of a few weeks only.” Not- withstanding the fact “that Al Smith is the real boss of Tammany"; the Albany, Knickerbocker Press _(inde- pendent Republican) Insists “Judge Olvany has a great opportunity. It is good to hear a Tammany boss lay down for himself rules of honorable conduct. Most of Judge Olvany’s predecessors were not finicky in that respect. Whether he is a leader who can lead, even with the help Al Smith will be able to give him, is a question to which the next few months will glve an emphatic answer, but there will be no pussyfooting in Tam- many's attitude toward Boss Olvany. He will make good or get out.” * % x % The selection of Judge Olvany, the Springfield Union (Republican) be- lieves, is an indication that Tammany “is desirous of continuing the ‘uplift’ that Charles F. Murphy once honor- ably pronounced to be his aim,” and under Olvany’s leadership, ‘“presum- ably, Tammany will move forward along the lines that Murphy in his lates laid down for it” The fiufiaifi.’:’s = tin (lndop-Jnfld-n “Judge Republican) mentions that and | citizenry seems to have become sati- ated with overfull prosperity and gone to sleep. If some shock could startle the millions of slackers and rouse them to a realization of b Justice and danger they would fight for their constitutional right to register and cast their votes. * ¥ ¥ % There has been eloquent wrath ex- pressed by oraiors because in some States millions of legal voters are deprived of their constitutional rizhts. For every 100 votes cast in Missis- sippi there are 736 voters, who, for reasons satisfactory to the citizens, refrain from voting. In Pennsyl- vania for every 100 votes cast there are 133 others not cast. In Maine for every 100 votes there 113 slac In Vermont 120 slack in fornia 111 slackers to every 100 votes. In Maryland there are only 80 slack- ers to ch 100 votes cast, but in Virginia 347 slackers per 100 votes In North Carolina, after eliminating the illiterates, there are only 56 volunta slackers to every 100 voters, but just across the boundary uth Carolina, for every 100 counted there age 650 legal 'rs who refrained from votin The failure to vote has not alw; been the evil and national that it is today In 1546 voled one other was i x 1800 three men voted, another was a slacker. In 1908 two voted, another was a slacker. In 1912, owing to the P'rozressive split of the Republi party, it was expected Lo arouse most 'of the Voters to express som erence, but for every 62 votes there were 38 voters who re mained silent. In 1 there were 100 who voted and %6 who did not It is alleged that native-born Amer- feans constitute a dixproportionate part of the 2 3 xlackors. Immi Frant citizens, (rained in Europe, ap- PEAr to appr their du or their privilege more dearly than do Amer- {eans, whom the vote has always been free. American natives willfully let our adopted citizens outdo them' at the ballot hox. One immigrant therchy exercises as much influence UPON our Fovernment as two natives ne a4 patriot and the other a slacker. In most States, when a ters, he is required to give hirthpl. a occupation, Th data have never been analy There is 10 record of those who fail to register. The names of the regis- tered voters are posted for public inspection and challenge, but nowhere is there posted a list' of slac Such a posting would shame many a delinquent into having his name removed by his attending to regis- tration and voting. o method of penalizing non-voters has been found practicable. Only by education in patriotic duty and the force of public sentiment against neglect of so si ple yet important duty promise reform. There is being organized an asso- ciation to take up the work of in- ducing citizens to vote. No political party has any part in the organiza- tion—just plain American patriots will form in all communities “Get- out-the-vote clubs.” The coming political campaign, by means of the radio, will come closer to the minds and interests of the Cali- v menace four men cker. In voter regis- his_age, masses than any preceding one ever could. The Rienzi great bell (Copyrighs 1 New Tammany Chieftain Rated Worthy Successor of Murphy pealing! by Paul V. Collins.) Olvany had been for ten member of the Tammany executive committee, and for four years chair- man of its law committee, so he thoroughly ~understands New York itics and the workings of the wig- vears a m in Fourteenth street, and there | is every reason why he should be a faithful supporter of the Empire State’'s governor.” As the Detroit News (independent) sees it, “Judge Olvany becomes the most powerful unofficial figure in the official life of American municipali- ties,” and “his influence ought to play an important part in the govern mental development of American cities during the next generation, and if he is the right man in the right place it will Consgidering him a practical man the Newark News (independent) maintains “if he lacl something of the inspirational qualities of Surro- gate James A. Foley, at least the successor of Charles F. Murphy by | long_experience knows the duties of the District leader and all the rami- Geations of the organization.” Ram’s Identity Queried. Ironclad Virginia Had Two Ap- pendages, Writer Recalls. | To the Editor of The Star: The interesting communication in The Star about the ram of the Con- federate ironclad Virginia, commonly called the Merrimac, leads me to won- der whether it refers to the ram which sunk the United States sloop Cumber- land, and was broken off in the hull of that vessel, or is the ram that was put on the Virginia after her fight th the Cumberland and the other Union_warships on the same day and the following morning. 1 never read that the ram which sunk the Cumberland was recovered The channel where that vessel sank was 54 feet deep, opposite Newport News Point in the James River. While on the subject of boats, T am reminded of another item in The Star on the subject of the delay in putting lifeboats overboard in cases of acci- dent to the vessels to which they be- Inog. Several years ago I was on one of our Potomac River steamers swhen a storm occurred near Alexandria and sunk a large two-masted ‘“bugeye” in the channel just ahead of us. It took at least a half hour for the officers and crew of our steamboat to get its lifeboat overboard, and to find one of the steamboat crew competent to take it over to the rescue of two of the bugeye's crew who were clinging to ome of the topmasts that barely protruded above the top of the water, as the sunken boat was nearly on her beam. I wrote to the proper department of the government about it, but did not notice much imprevement. It would not be too much to require every pas- senger boat's crew to be trained in the use of the lifeboats frequently enough to avoid such criminal delays in that respect. ‘WILLIAM TINDALL. Religious Rites Urged For D. C. Unfortunates To the Editor of The Star: May I ask you to bring the following occurrence before the public. You are everready to help a good cause, and will feel a pride, 1 believe, in averting a repetition of a like nature in our Na- tional City. 1 refer to the burial of Mrs. Margaret Kelley without any religious ceremony at the grave. Because one is old, eccentric and out of touch with humanity generally is no excuse for an unblessed, prayerless in- terment. 1t is not too late for one of our ministers of God to go to this lonely grave and have a simple service for one who was once some one’s dear child, those who have loved ones, who may some day through loss of money and friends be in a like predicament: how comforting would be the thought that in the District of Columbia mo unfortunate could go to eternal sieep without prayer. If a few will volunteer to form such a society I will become an active mem- ber, Through such a medium the youth of our city would be taught to respect and honor the dead, by 6o doing emuiate the lonely one who fought for life alone and uncomforted. BERTHA AUKAM JARBOE. | heights, THIS AND THAT BY C. E. TRACEW] Pennsylvania avenue, in its ordinary, everyday working clothes, is a decided- ly different thoroughfare from the P’enn- sylvania avenue of great parades. Gone are tho waving flags, the blar- ing bands, the Presidents, generals, sol- diers, cannon,. etretched ropes, police, Boy Scouts and all that go to make the strect celebrated throughout the nation It is just the Pennsylvania avenue Washingtonians live with, day by day, an avenue of contrasts, a street of the beautiful and the ugly, the grand and the ridiculous, on which we walk and ride about our daily work. * ok k% Aside from the magnificent Capitol and Treasury, at either end of its main portion, eeveral other fine buildings, and its notable wjdth, the Pennsylvania ave- nue of everyday has nothing particular to distinguish it. (Even the Capitol and Treasury cannot be said to be strictly on the Avenue.) The greatest enthusiasts have found it necessary at times to apologize for the wide: Wiy, on account of the heteroge neons collection of buildings of all sizes, colors, materials and general outline: that stand along it. ome day the Government mas con- demn the entire south side of Pennsyl- vania_avenue and make it a thing of beauty, one with a greater Mall, but for the present we who live here have to take the Avenue “as is.” Sl Not far from the Capitol live the Chi. nese, who, on February lebrate their own New Year in their own way they folk. The vis any farther t main room of their shops. To us average n the are tor ne But know how to do it and a bit more of the Orient A detective of the metropolitau police force makes a good guide, not for safety's sake, par- ticularly, but because the Chinese dents know and respect him. Behind the shops prop where one may buy chinaware, tea and other com- modities, may be seen another room, ‘where there is an ordinary round di = room table of the golden oak finish so popular some years ago. Bunks are ranged around the walls. Here the Chi- ne ¥ their card games, unmolested by the police, There are strange tales of a house.” but even the detectives are Teti- cent about that. It is doubtful if a cop locks in there any more than the casual visitor. This is America. where a man may worship according to the dictates of his own conscience. Peer through a window. There sits a Chinese grandfather, attired in flowing h!a 'k silk robes, a black round hat on his head, his gray hair showing at the edges. He writes with a small brush, but you cannot éee what. It would make no dif- ference if you were closer. He is writ- ing in gold on red paper, carefully brushing down each character. £ x %% It is a quarter to 9 o'clock in the morning, one of the busiest times of the long day on Pennsylvania avenue. Automobiles, street cars, ‘shanks’ mares,” carry the thousands of Govern- ment employes to their work. Between 8:30 and 9 o'clock is the busy period, practically all the workers getting to their desks on time. As the hands of the great clock in the Post Office Department tower near the hour an acceleration of speed on the part of the already hurrying em. ployes may be noted. At one minute of 9 o'clock some break into a run. % % * Now the whistie has blown. after the magic hour. Every Govern- ment worl is stowed away safely. Pennsylvania avenue settles down for its morning run. There secems number of ones, twos, is yours. resi- It is little slacking automobiles, however. By threes, fours, dozens, they glide up and down the Avenue, tieing up pedestrians on street car platforms for minutes at a time. Woman pedestrians are more brave— or more reckless—than the men. The latter will quietly stand, waiting for the flow of automobiles to let up, but the women are not £o. A woman will dive a street swarming with automob glare at the drivers, thread her way into « hard position between two onrushing cars look scared to death, finally get to the curb. Why some of them do not get killed is a mystery. Perhaps the outstanding ns years is this increase in the number of automobiles. Even the youngest of us can remember when a few horse-drawn wagons would be the only things in sight up and down the Avenue on a hot summer afternoon. That is ail over now. Y Two colored men, in blue shirts and khaki pants, drive by in an old ash wagon. It is a ramshacklely vehicle, with a rib-lined horse ahead of it. Poor 0ld hass, he has seen better days! An Italian fruit cart man has branched out in the world. Instead of pushing the heavily laden cart all by himself he has a colored helper, who works at one side of the handles. A small boy on a bicycle nearly gets run down by an_automobile, but man- ages to extricate himself just in the nick of time, whatever the nick of time is. A pretty girl with an armful of roses walks along the sidewalk. e The grpsies are coming—no, they are already here! Not very far from the Post Office De- partment may be seen a gypey family plying its new trade of “phrenologist.” It used to be “fortune telling,” but the circle of time has brought the goold old phrenological fake back again. All the gypsy stands on Penneylvania avenue are alike. This one is a sample of them all. They occupy a doorway, over which is a large colored sign. “See Her,” reads another sign along- side the doorway. The sign goes on to state that it would be a mighty good thing for the passerby to consult “her” about anything he is going to do, from buying oil stock to taking a trip down the river. She can read the future, you know, and the bumps on your head. She is a_wise lady. ‘Which one is “her?” In the doorway, on an ordinary dining room chair, sits a Young gypsy woman, dark skinned, dark haired, regular.fea- tured, holding in her arms a baby, while nearby stands an older woman.- Either may be she, or neither may be “her!" 1f the young one is “her” it were not so bad, but—well, maybe we had better be on our way! In a Few Words. Prohibition has won another politi- cal victory in the Democratic nomina- tion. Politicians are at last begin- ning to realize that the swiftest way to political suicide is to wear the label of the brewers. Beer is out- lawed by official action of the nation. —WAYNE B. WHEELER. Tt used to be the team that at- tracted the most attention in base ball, but now it I8 the soloist who draws the crowd. in the present rage of sololsm in_America Babe Ruth could easily earn $200,000 a year. —Prof. WILLIAM LYON PHELPS. Shakespeare 1s the livest play- wright on Broadway. He never was 80 much alive in the last 300 years as he is today. Thls shows our theater- goers have a healthy appetite. So long as Shakespeare lives the drama is safe. —DR. BRANDER MATTHEWS., It never takes the opposition lead- ers long. once they get in office, to fil‘am out ltlhu. opposition is much easfer than ruling. —RAYMOND RECOULY, in the into change in of | midway Ivania avenue during the last 10 | FARQE ISLES OFFER UNIQUE FEATURES Place Where U. S. Flyers Will Stop Has No Vehicles Because of No Roads. FRESH MEAT VERY RARE Only Five Sunny Days a Year and Gardens Are Practically Unknown. 51 fiyers the wish American to world-circling command full atten- tion of the Faroe islanders they must make Thorshaven, the island cap- ital, before July a bulletin from the headqu here of the National Society “For the frugal, se folk have one import Olaf's day, on July 29, day they inva The vs rters Geographic rious Faroe nt holiday, St ind the next start h the iab mak ing. weather the has no bearing; ditional date must or conc the rved tion crop tra- be obs Islands Without Roads. “When the the little island betwee fiyers atight group, hes the Shetiands a Iceland, the airplanes will a noy ity to the novel moreover, automoby a horse boy on skates or on wheets The islan on one of which be people. would Equally ar rolier Thorshaven, skelter, paths twist amo them, hordes’ of wandering biack ducks keep them Ponivs deliver groceries and milk and goats justity an ancient joke by ‘abutting too literaily on tortu thorouzt fares has no i Cliffix and Wild Birds. “If the flyers sightseers they might 15 stop- over at the lands of appreciable habited and some of the la see no off-island visitors Yet practically all the islands have alluring natural beauties — notab the tall cliffs, carved fantastical washed by exceptionally strong tid currents and circled by wild birds. “The Far unique natural ture is Lake S on Vi Practically surro inacces- sible walls for six-mile length, the water finds an overflow on a seaward cliff and falls a sheer 180 feet into the ocean It is the only lake of its size in the world that pours its water directly into the sea. Gardens are at a premium in the islands. Sheep and goats don’t aid arden-making. In the small Amer ican village of a generation ago the clergyman usually had the one home library in the town; in the Farces the pastor often has tne only garden Five Cloudless Days a Year. “The anim are not wholly blame for the somewhat barren land- scapes—barren of trees and natural growth as well as of gardens. The islands are among the cloudiest re- gions of the world; over a consider- able period only five days a year ranked as cloudless. Our flyers wil find the Faroes' temperature in mid- summer abc like that of Denmark in early Apri The clouds, not the latitude, are mostly to blame. “It is as hard to get fresh meat on the islands as it would be to order a vegetable luncheon. Having formed the dried fish habit of the people have drifted in dried meat habit from analogy. Whale meat, aged a year or two ked in e oil is a home but is not highly recommen: occasion- al island guests. The islanders, for their part, can't see why visitors should eat’ trout, and they will only cook the fish, ch abound in the many insular la u T protest Hosts and gue usually are in agreement, however. on the high merit of the goat cheese and the bar ley bread baked over a turf fire. “The islands belong to Denmark, which they form a county. They have an aggregate land area of about 5 square miles and a total population o some 20,000 people.” COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” —HENLEY. carried for years Will H. Hays is a home lover; he knows everybody in his home town of Sullivan, Ind., and he likes to live there, but he has had to be away most of the time since he graduated from high school. In Sullivan, where Will Hays was born, his father was a prominent citizen, and the boy gréw up know- ing practically every one of the 3,000 persons there. He went to public school, took part in public movements was a teacher in Sunday school and an elder in the church. As a reward for high marks in school he was taken by his father to the Republican national convention in St. Louis. Soon afterward he left home at 16 and entered Wabash Col lege, at Crawfordsville, Ind Befors he was graduated, tour years latei, he was a precinct committeeman. ‘Admitted to the bar at 21, he stud- jed two years more, returned to Sul- livan and was married. Then he was elected Republican county commit- teeman and later chairman of the eakers’ bureau of the Republic State advisory committee, which re- quired him to be away frequently. At 31 he was chosen city attorney and served three years, but M‘dlfi- trict chairman of the party State committee, and later as chairman of the State central committee, he had to be on the road & great part of the time. When the United States entered the World War his application to be a soldier was rejected, because he did not weigh enough. Then he was chosen to head the Indiana State Council of Defense, and h v wind State-wide campaign organization famous. & Hays was not s candidate for chatrman of the Republican national committee in 1920, because the posi- tion required constant traveling, but he was elected and conducted an a tive campaign. The next year he was appointed Postmaster General. Twelve months later he resigned to become president of the Motion Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors of America, at a salary of $150,000 & year. Hays still has to tzavel, but there is a home, a pew and a law practice awaiting him back in Sullivan, and he is earning enouxh to provide a fund that will permit him to live there without financial worry when he chooses to. (Copyright.) The Sacred Ca;-pel. Mecca, the capital of Arabia and the cradle of Islam, will this year have to do without the sacred carpet, on which the prophet is supposed to have said his prayers. This carpet, kept by the kings of Egypt, will no longer be taken to Mecca at the time of the prilgrimages. It is the aboli- tion of the caliphate by the Turks which has created this situation. The King of Hedjaz desires henceforth to be the one and only real caliph. The kings of Egypt, however, do not agree with thlumvretenmon. and the sacred carpet will remain in Cairey ’ Y