Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . December 10, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Businesa Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Offce: z Ohicago Office: Tower Bul Ruropean Office : 16 Regent The Evening Star, with tie Sunday morning ®dition, is deliverel by carrlers within the ity ‘at 60 cents per m. aelly ouly, 45 wents per month: Sunda .10 cents’ per month. Orderd may be sext by imail or tele- phoe Maln 5000. Collection i+ miade by car- Tlers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday. .1 yr., $8.40; 1 ma,, 70¢ Daily only. $6.00: 1 mo., 50 Sunday only. 0: 1 mo, 20¢ All Other S Dally and Sunday.1 $10.00; 1 mo., 8Gc Daily only.. 1 mo., 80¢ Sunday only.. Member of the Associated Pr The Assoclated Pre excluslvely entitled %o the e for republication of ell ews dis- patehes credited to It or not otherwise credifed s paper and also the news pu lahed ner n of publication of wpectal a 160 reserved. —_— e righ The National Park Plan. It was appropriate that the sub- Ject of the park development of the District should be cons recent meeting of the Oldest Tnhabitant of national parks charge of public hui at the Capital as gue the elder Washingtor 1essed the devel ton as a park city w and the office sand g of hor and many of them have taken active and helpful part in the process alding In leglslation and appropriatior end. Their memory reaches to the time when the park development of the Capital was halting and slow and erudgingly permitted by Congress. They have seen the evolution of the grand scheme of reservations @nd drives, which, though ye ylete, will make W g in t incom on the mo: world in point open 1 to public reation and pleas A new B rec- consideration and the deve and the es s to complete v 4he ex opment of ex tablishment of 1 the geéneral ecution of these ations equal to 1 ce itant of the United will appropriate at it take many seasons ihe general pr - n. It prov rch inhab ares o complete n- substan- of Dis- acted upon the basis of the tive law rel. to the triet maintenance. which di cost of Capital suppo anent between the Yederal Government in fixed propor- tion. That substantive law was ig- nored and departed from at the last session of Congress in the framing of 1he District appropriation bill, which, for the current fiscal year only, pro- vided for the payment of a lump sum of Federal per cent of the total specified by the | new organic act. » It is the simplest equity that in car rying out the Park Commission law, in terms of executed plans, the financial basis upon which it enacted should be respected; that is to say, that the money appropriated on the 1-cent-per-person scale from Federal funds should be matched with Dis- trict money on the 40-60 ratio. The sudden, arbitrary and inequi Vle departure from the fixed ra principle last session has a demoraliz- ing effect in many ways. Departure from the principle of a definite pro- yortion makes uncertain all plans of financing the District. It affects harm- fully the prospect of the District's se- curing upon proper terms of accom- vaniment by Federal dollars the| use of its own tax money accumulated inlthe Treasury through several years of non-appropriation. The present park, development scheme is broadly national, distinctly snade so by the provision of a ratio ot Federal appropriation on the pop- ulation basis. Each person of the United States is by this statute to contribute 1 penny a year, for a long enough period to permit the comple- tion of the project, for the extension and development of the parks of the Natlonal Capital, the city of all Amer- jcans. The District is to contribute its share, according to the fixed ratio principle of Capital maintenance es- tablished originally in 1878 at 50-50 and changed by amendment definitely in 1922 to 60-40. The District confidently expects that Congress will recognize this equity in its execution by enactment @nd appropriation of the works rec- ommended by the Park Commission which it created and to which it in- trusted the task of proposing these Capital-completing works. —————————— After looking the political situation oyer, Senator La Follette is no doubt more confident than ever that Wiscon- sin is the most admirable State in the Unlon. ; e e Ayacucho. North and South America Jjoined hends last night at the Pan-American Unton in celebrating the centenary of Westarn Hemisphere freedom from Huropean domination. The occasion was the one-hundredth anniversary of the battle of Ayacucho, fought Decem- ber 9, 1824, in Peru. In that battle the royalist forces, meking their last stand before the allied armies of Peru, Colombia and the United Provinces of the River Piide, were defeated and the standard of Gpain was furled forever on the South American continent. In his felicitous response to the ‘rief address of the Peruvian Ambas- sador, Secretary Hughes last night said that Ayacucho possesses & signifi- cance even deeper than that of mark- ing the freedom of Spanish America, for it appears as the culmination of the long struggle which had begun at Lexington nearly 50 years before, and it recalled the persistence, skill and ‘herole sacrifice of the great leaders ¥hbo in north and south incarnated cost and develop- District and the money in lieu was creating a| appropri- | ale it will | ides the | of the 40/ | settlement with America. the unquenchable spirit of Iiberty. In this expression lies the explana- tion of the understanding and sym- pathy that have always prevailed be- tween the people of the United States and those of the Southern Hemisphere and the central link that lies between |them. Their history has been much the same, colonization, oppression by ubsent suzerain powers, struggle for freedom and final liberation. The United States gained its independence first of all. The example set by it in- spired the peoples of the southland to strive for their own freedom. Their struggle was long and costly. Under the leadership of Simon Bolivar they gained ground and eventually won their emancipation. It was at Aya- cucho that their success was crowned. Ayacucho was from a military point of view not a great battle. It involved a relatively small number of men and it lasted only one hour. But it was de- cisive. It ended the power of Spain on the continent. It was the York- town of the southern land. In its cele- bration, both here and in Peru, North Americans join because of the sym- | pathy felt by them in the struggic and especlally because of the apprecta. tion felt by them for the progress that has been scored by their southern brethren in liberty during the century of their emancipation. The cordial brotherhood of the peoples of the two cortinents is strengthened by such excnanges of felicitations and by the dircet participation by the United States in the ceremony of celebration. Britain’s Debt Logic. 1f there is validity in British objec- | tions to the funding of France's debt to this country on easier terms than the British debt was funded, the American Government is decidedly out of luck. For if Great Britain is war- ranted in objecting to ecasier terms to | France, then’ France would be war- | ranted in objecting to easier terms to | Italy and Italy would be warranted in objecting to easler terms to any of the smaller nations which owe us com- paratively minor sums. So, carried to its loglcal conclusion, all the debts owed this Government by the govern- ments of Europe would have to be | THE EVENING tracts, lylng between Bladensburg road and the Eastern Branch, as an eligible site and favored the creation of an arboretum in association with the Botanic Garden. Congress is de- veloping the Botanic Garden by ex- tending i from its present site through parts of South Washington. The establishment of a national ar- boretum would preserve and exhibit most species of American trees, and selection of the large tract of country indicated, between Bladensburg road and the Eastern Branch, would show people of the future what character of country the District of Columbia was before it came to be close-settled. The Orthographic Epidemic. About these cross-word puzzles: Is any one immune from them? Day by day in every way, they claim new vic- tims. Today & scoffer, tomorrow an addict, That is the general rule. “Do you cross-woi?" is asked. “Never, comes the a .swer, stoutly and prompt- ly. “Better try ome,” insinuates the habitue, who has all the zeal of the proselyter. “Stuff!” cries the ab- stainer, who goes his way confident that nothing can swerve him. But tomorrow, perhaps, he spies one of the now famillar patterns, the cneckerboard of challenge. An echo of yesterday's conversation prompts him to reach forth his hand, take up the accursed design and glance over the parallel lists of definitions, just to see what sort of thing it Is, after all. His eye goes back to the pattern, and a short and easy word jumps forth. It fits, Mentally he places the letters, | then tries to verify—just for fun, of course—by fitting in a word at right angle. One that fits comes quickly. Another and another, and then, in- stinctively, fingers probe In vest pocket for pencil, and the words are lettered in and--well, that is the end | of the skeptic. ‘Will the habit persist? Will cross- wording continue indefinitely? Fads come and pass, some quickly, others slowly. Some leave permanent traces, deep scars of habit. The scars of the cross-word game will be honorable, however. Nothing but good can come of it, unless it becomes a mania. No- { funded on the basis of the paying | ability of the least solvent of our| | dedtors. And es the paying ability, | present and prospective, of some of | our minor debtors is nil, or there-| {abouts, the ultimate outcome of Brit-| | ish reasoning would be to leave Uncle | | Sam holding the bag to the tune of | something like $12,000,000,000. | This 1s reminiscent of the Lloyd | Georgian proposal for a general can cellation of debts growing out of the war. Under that scheme Great Brit-| ain would have forgiven a slightly | larger sum than was forgiven her; France would have broken z little bet- ter than even; Italy would have been substantially ahead of the game, and | | the smaller allies, which had borrowed { varying sums and loaned nothing would have gone scot free. All at the | expense of the United States, which | had loaned nearly ten billions of dol- lars to Europe, which sum has by now | been increased by nearly two billions of unpaid interest. The only thing needful to make the Lloyd George | plan a dazzling success, from a Euro- pean point of view, was American as- | sent. But America did ‘not assent. Now, at this late day, Great Brit- ain is putting forward a pfoposal, so far unofficlal, to accomplish by indi- | rection what the British government failed to accomplish directly. Tt is| entirely unlikely that the British gov- ernment will make any advance de- mand for an understanding that Great Britain shall be given “most-favored nation” treatment in the matter c(‘ her debt to us. That is not the way of diplomacy. But Great Britain car block funding of the French, the Italian or any other debts to us on terms more favorable than those of | the Baldwin settlement. She can do it by holding a’creditor’s club over the heads of France and Italy and the other nations and by giving them to understand that the British collector will follow hard upon the heels of any Already hints of such & program have thrown a wet blanket over informal confer- ences looking to funding negotiations between the French and American governments. Of course, the British contention is inconsistent with British support of the Dawes plan for reparations settle- ment and the long record of British insistence that ‘claims against Ger- many should be scaled to the paying capacity of the German people. In fact, the British are placing them- selves in the position of being more compassionate to enemies than they are to friends and allies. —————————————— The value of the splendid collection of manuscripts so generously given to the public by J. P. Morgan is estimated at from $7,000,000 to $14,- 000,000. When the advance in price became evident few, if any, of the authors were in a position to get in on the ground floor. ———— Stock prices continue to rise in Wall Strest. The lambs, who have been slowly gathering courage, may be de- pended on to flock in as usual, just in time for the slaughter. The Arboretum. ‘The proposal to establish a national arboretum at Washington comes again into the news. A bill for the creation of this great tree garden, or forest of all families of American trees, pends In the House and Senate, and the director of the National Botanic Gar- den officially approves the plan. He says that the Government has been recreant in not having done this long ago. He says:'“We should have a national arboretum superior to any other in all the world, and it should be established in Washington, where climatic conditions are more favor- able than elsewhere for growing the wide range of trees and shrubs that such an institution would include.” He approves the Mount Hamilton tract as the site of the arboretum, and says that this arboretum would be a valuable unit in connection with the park system designed for the Capital. This plan was considered & number of years ago. In the matter of a site for the National Botanic Gerden, a committes of botanists picked the Mount Hamilton and Hickey Hill body can have too many words, for the larger the vocabulary the better and more fully can one glve expres | sion to the self, Cross-wording is stor- ing up the verbal reservoirs of the people as never before. It is giving enjoyment to millions, without cost, and in a manner to prevent, perhaps, | the formation of habits of perniclous nature. Cross-wording spreads because it is a benevolent disease, and he who thinks to resist it reckons without his host. 3 —oe— The present widespread interest In economy offers no discouragement to the man of wealth who decides to give millions for philanthropic and educa- ional purposes. However, it may be rgued that the best way money from being squandered is to dedicate it to some useful purpose. ——————— As the world becomes more interest- ed in economy there may be a grow- ing respect for disarmament as a prac- | tical means to that end. A busines: argument sometimes prevails where humanitarian considerations appeal only with the rather inconstant force of sentiment. e People connected with the Veterans' Bureau enough to know better appeared abso- lutely determined to behave like giddy young things, SHOOTING STARS. to keep | who were abundantly old| STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Whatever you let them take away from you, never let them deprive you of hope. Hope Is the 3-in-1 oil on the main- spring of life, the A and B battery current' in the recefving tube of our existence, the first quality the in- fant scquires, and the last the old man gives up. It means more than money, be- cause fake stock promoters can take your coin away from you. It means more than success, for often suc- cess only brings home to ono the need for hope in ever-increasing doses. Hope 1s that happy quality of mind which, if a man possesses It in full, can make him view injustices iheaped upon him with pity for those who €0 treat their own Immortal souls, and laugh in the secret places of his heart when others think he ought to be plunged into deepest woe. “My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope,” sald Ovid, and those brave words are the motto today, as they have been for thou- sands of years, of countless men and women who never even knew they existed. This is true because hope is a universal quality, needing no fine words of tongue or. pen, no matter how appealing, to instill it in the very hearts of all of us. The words are welcome, however, serving to call attention, now and then, to the deep necessity for hold- |ing this quality in “the reverence which we do accord it, but often unthinkingly. To know a thing fs not always to have it. To think {about ft often makes it ours. * K ok ok | If all the men In the United States | of frustrated ambition could be as- sembled In a parade down Pennsyl- {vania avenue they would make the {mightiest gathering the old street | ever knew. For countless daya and nights they would march, 20 abreast, silent us the pyramids, an Impressive tribute to ambition, just claims, false claims, Justice and Injustice, with all thelr |winged ministers of thought and | rainbow dreams and speculations. | A lone banner would be carrled at the head of that mighty host, and on |it, in letters of pure white upon a |background of gold, would be the | single word: “Hope.” | For the men of this impossible pa- {rade would do ths impossible by one jand all recognizing that hope was | the quallty which still imbued them. There in line would be a drunken i wretch, i1l clad, a victim of old-time {whisky and new-time rotgut, a man {Who had beaten his wife, abused his children, allenated his nelghbors, lost his own respect. He might seem down and out, but— | "hope springs eternal in the human | breast,”” as Pope weil sald; and this | vietim of one of the queerest chem- !ical tricks Nature ever played upon | man, although he might seem too far | gone for any thing, still in his bosom | would hold tight a single fold of the beautiful garment ot Hope, In the line would be a downtrodden |elerk, of the type famillar to Dick- |ens. as it s to us of this new land. I\\'h‘lher in Government or private |service would make no difference. |He started with ambitions, with |dreams, with hopes; he awoke at 40 to realize that he was a partly bald animal, holding a $1,600 job, without {the slightest chance in the world of ever being anything else or getting any farther on in the world. He played the piano once; he {@reamed of being a concert player. Even until he looked into the mirror recently he held his dream that some day something would come of it |Now he knows better. He knows jthat tomorrow will be no different ?IfYUfll today, and that, as far as he By France By thelr comments on the French Senate’s grant of amnesty for for- | mer Premier Joseph Caillaux, Amer- | lcan editors indicate that they do not . | yot entertain the spirit of forgiveness BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Gathering Information. This cross-word education brings A satisfaction fine. I learn a lot of useful things ‘While plodding line by line. T spell with an amazing ease ‘When spaces are but few Buch serviceable words as these: “An,” “be,” “at,” “up” and “to. And in zoology with gles New knowledge now I grasp; Three-lettered “‘snake” must either be A boa or an asp, Substitute for Santy. “Even the smaller children now know there isn’t any Santa Claus.” ““Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum; “but a good many of the folks out home still have the myth notion. They think @ member of Congress can go to the Government and get 'em most any kind of a gift they happen to Indian Summer. Indian Summer softly gleams With the light of Summer dreams. Shines awhile, then slips away To return another day; Silent, wistful, drawing near Seeking for a glimpse of cheer Turning then in mute distress To the wintry loneliness, —_— Jud Tunkins says daylight-saving was like a whole lot of other econ- omies; kind of disappointing when you came to count up the tangible results. Shifting the Sympathy. “You ought to be content with the prices wheat is bringing.” “Mebbe,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. “But it wouldn’t be human neture. I have been sympathized with 80 much I won't be satisfled till I get @ chance to sympathize with'some one else.” Endurance Test. No use bein’ surly; No use actin’ queer, Stert in shoppin’ early For your Christmas cheer, From the early mornin” Till the stars are bright, Don’t neglect the warnin’—s Shop both day and night! There's no chance of stoppin’ ‘While you've got & dime. Late an’ early shoppin'l Shoppin® all the time! “As a man gits older,” sald Uncls Eben, “he’s bound to do one o’ two things; git wiser or else git dangerous- 1y satisfled with his foollshness.’ / ! demonstrated by the French officials themselves. “‘Right or wrong, my country,’ was | the watchword of France In 1914, Jingolsm was paramount, paclfism was cursed,” recalls the Brooklyn Eagle, which declares, “the same spirit that produced the unpunished assassination of Jean Jaures went on to produce the condemnation of Caillaux and of Malvy. That it is now weakening, that a spirit of amnesty is taking its place, was proven by the triumph of M. Herrlot at the polls. It is emphasized by the amnesty for Caillaux and Malvy.” A France filled with unreasoning hatred toward Germany, the Worcester Tele- gram belleves “could hardly forgive a Frenchman with the the record of M. Cafllaux, and this the Germans will not fall to reallze.” The fact is in itself, according to the Reno Gazette, “a promising sign of im- provement, following as it does the approval of the Dawes plan and the withdrawal of French Interference with German industry and German rallroads.”, It all shows how the passage of a few years will modify publia opinion, observes the Seattle Times, which says, “fortunately -for him he was tried in 1920, at a time when his offenses had ceased to have a burning Importance. Now that' the attention of the nation 1s centered on the question of establishing perma- nent peace, a forgiving people restore him to full citizenship. It is not unlikely that Caillaux will again rise to political prominence.” * ok kX . “Perhaps the unfortunate thing in the restoration of Caillaux to his rights as a French citizen is the fact that it was accomplished by a radfcal government,” is the opinion of the Hartford Times, which feels, “had a more conservative Chamber voted amnesty to this curious mixture of passion and brilllaney, it would be universally agreed that France had undone in peace one of the excited and nervous things she did in war. Since it was done by the Herriot gov- ernment, some will ascribe the whole incident, not to the calming of the French temperament, but to the turbu- lence of radicalism.” The Cincinnati Times-Star, however, thinks “the French Benate did the wise thing. A man like Caillaux thrives on an assumed martyr- dom. He is more potent when impo- tent than when h ted with all the powers of citls The Louls- ville Courler-Journal says: “Calllaux is still the storm center of France, and there is little doubt he will continue to be, for Calllaux will continue In the Iimelight, may even be given a post in the Herrlot government. The heated de- bate on the amnesty question and the clogeness of the vote are proofs, how- ever, of Caillaux's hold on his people and also of how heartily hated he is by his enemies.” * k&N Now that his olvil rights are restored, the Baltimore Sun m:-:;'a"“ will be surprising If he is not led upon, per- haps informally, to lend his aid in the task of straightening out French finances. And if he proves capabie of solving that huge problem without {m- posing taxes too. severe for his over- burdened countrymen to stand, no office in their power to bestow will be be- yond the reach of J¢ Caillaux, lfl-!.l vigorous and . still a ting . radiocal.’ The return of Caillaux, the Buffalo News observes, ‘is regarded by many with foreboding. Whatever one may think Is concerned, his last day will be much as his first. But is he downhearted? Not In the least! Somewhere inside of him is = something that whispers, “Be still; your time will come yet.” It is the Angel of Hope, a real angel If there ever was one, whose voice Is more lovely than the muslc of the sphere hath happy place me, 3 * % X % There in that great parade will be @ whole regiment composed of those Who have been checkmated, only to turn their hopes to new flal If life looks like a univer: mate, & frultless play of pawn pawns In an end-play that is endless, on a board that {s boundless, with pieces that mean nothing and get no- where, it s because for the nonce we have forgotten our best friend, Hope, and are listening to the baby vamp, Despalr. In that silent parade go regiments upon regiments of those who have earned thelr reward, but who are not given it. This is wrong, this Is in- Justice; but Hope 1 thelr friend. “But I was promised that if 1 did 80 and so, thus and thus would be | ‘For God's sake, do mnot | my award. fall down on me now; do your best and justify my faith In you. gave the best in me. I came clean. And now they have forgotten the rules In the copy books. They do not seem to have read the hook on suc- cess, or to remember what the re- warders ought to reward, or whom." Yet the bright banner of gold, with its lily-white word, beckons them on Does any ope think for an instant that the man of sorrows, who leads even such a parade as this, but more vast, a processional that extends down through the ages—does any one 8o I for a moment think that this man | spoke only pretty words meaning, when He safd: “Blessed are the poor In spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of God. “Blessed are they that mourn: for theg shall be comforted. ‘@lessed are the meek: for they shall Inherit the earth. “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God, ¥Blessed are they which are perse- cuted for righteousness’ sake: for thelirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blossed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. “Rejolce, and be exceeding gla for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which weme before you." 3 Whatever meaning thess majestic, moving words may have from a re- liglous viewpoint,” they undoubtedly have a meaning for us in the ordi- nary walks of life, a meaning which many have sought In vain, a mean- ing which many perhaps will never see. It is that those who do what is right, according to the best light that without 1s in them, who do what justice and| hope tell them ought to be done, al- ready are blessed beyond anything that the others will ever know. This world of checks and balances 1s so complex that it Is very easy to slide by In the ordinary conduct of life, skating over the wrong things we know are wrong, but which we do not like to face. You come out on the smooth ice of a prosperous living and congratulate yourself upon escaping from a disagreeable situa- tion. But you do not es Restoration of Caillaux Brings Queries of his character, it must bs admitted that he has a brilliant mind. He will soon find a way to push himself to the fore. He has praised Herriot, but there is no indication that he, who was once premier, will be content to play second fiddle to the former mayor of Lyon. Calllaux’s reputation for financial sa- gacity, which has become almost legen- dary, will help him, especially if France's | flscal affairs do not improve. He may get back his old post, minister of finance. Then what?” 3 “His unquestioned ability,” declares the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “might indeed be of high value to France and to Europe, if it were not for the demagoglsm and insincerity of the man. It is sincerely to be hoped that the Bloc Gauche will abstain from the crowning disgrace of calling Caillaux to a government post, inasmuch as such a step would foifeit the sym- pathy and impair the confidence of the friends of France throughout the world” To which the New York Herald-Tribune adds: “Calllaux re- enters Paris with an obsolete out. look. His energies were never used to build up France. He put self above country. The Senate's verdiot against him still holds in the moral sense.” * o ox % To those who wonder whether the return of this dexterous man to the scene of active politics will have a significant effect upon the policies of France, the New York World say; “It is not likely. Cafllaux will doubf less find a following, return to the Chamber of Deputies and prove him- self again, as he has proved himself before, & politician far beyond his average colleague in astuteness. But Caillaux, though it 18 to be said for him that he thinks consistently of Europe as an economic unit, has nothing to offer in the way of a program sharp enough in its outlines to develop a new set of alternatives for France. He has put his theories into a book with the title “Wither France—Wither Burope?- vague 8 to raise the question, ‘Wither Cail- laux?' " Grover Cleveland’s Simple Trip to Albany ‘To the Editor of The Star: Published statements relative to ex- travagant trips made by former Pr. dents did not apply to Grover Clev. land on his trip to Albany to attend the funeral of former Secretary Man- ning. The President left Washing- ton December 37, 1887, accompanied by his secretary, Col. Dantel Lamont and several members of his cabinet. Rallroad tickets were purchased and a_ Pullman buffet sleeper chartered. ‘When dinner was being served in the dining car, the Pullman conductor n charge of the car went to the dining car and requested the dining car c ductor to serve dinner to the pre dential party In the sleeper. The dining car conductor replled that it was against the rules of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company to serve din- ner outside of the dining car, regard- less of whom the Individual might be, The sleeping car conductor reported the facts to Col. Lamont, who strolled lelsurely through the dining ocar to observe the character of pass TS therein. He returned to the Pre: dent, evidently Indicating his objec- tion to the President dining with the | class of rs in the dining car. ‘The presidential party ate lunch from the sleeping car buffet. ¥y S. HODGSON, C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Politics at Large BY N, 0. MESSENGER. Six weeks have elapsed since the national elections were held, and the country has settled down into & new political condition. Contrasted with some previous quadrennial elections, the Nation seems to have adjusted itself almost overnight to the po- Iitical status which is to prevail for the next four years, due probably to the fact that the outcome of the elections was generally forecast. The results showed that the country had long before election day made up its mind which party it wanted to.re- main in power, and the voting was merely perfunctory. “Business as usual”—only more business and better—seems to have been the slogan which the voters adopted as their own on the morning following election day. There Is prospect of a surceases of politics in its acute form, at least for some time to come, for which praises be. The fact of the matter is the people did not get as excited this year as in some previous campaigns. Appeals to class, sectional and even religious passions utterly failed of effect. President Coolidge in his recent address in Chicago spoke of this fact in respect to one particular class as an example—the farmers. He sald that every distinct test “has resulted in an overwhelming verdict frem the farmers {n favor of sanity, sound- ness, moderation, sense and reason in dealing with all thelr problems. “Nobody,” he sald, “is going to ad- vance his own Interest by playing upon the presumption of the farmer's ignorance or selfishness or incapac- {1ty to think accurately. The vision- ary and the demagogue invariably discover that the farmer does not want thelr unsound proposals of panacea.” o | In potnt of fact, the vast majority| |of the electorate followed the same | | reasoning and refused to trail off | lafter the -visionary and the dema- gogue, which seems to atgur well | The result of the election was a trib- ute to the stability of the American people and to the good judgment of the masses. Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department, who keeps his finger on the financial and business pulse of the country, saw In the quick set- tling down from the stats of polit- ical excitement to normal affairs of the hour promise of good times ahead. In his annual report he touched upon the vehement rejection by the voters of the nostrums put forward by some of the politiclans. He sald: “The repudiation of various theories inconsistent with economic | |1aws warranted the forecast of pros- | | perous and healthy conditions for | vears ahead, such as succeeded the | elections of 1896.” H ¥ 0K X | Since Congress assembled the first | Monday In December there has been | {evidence of a dimunition of political | feverishness sufficlent to strengthen the hope that there may not be any political outbreaks, as least until the new Congress comes into being. It would be a hardy person who would have the temerity to “start some- thing” by way of opposition in the face of the emphatic mandate which the voters gave to support the ad- mintstration and fts policles. Wide- spread approval was given by the | press of the country of the prompt action of the Republicans of the Sen- ate in reghdiating those of their | number in Congress who had desert- ed the party organization. The com- ing new Congress was given falr notice that the people expect ths ad- ministration indorsed at the poils in November to carry on along the lines of that {ndorsement, and It is be- lieved that the mass of the people stand by the course of the Republl- | can majority in the Senate. * %k & The next question of a political and legisiative nature to engross the | attention of the administration will be that of whether an extraordinary session of the new Congress shall be called. It is too early to forecast| what will be the determination of this problem. Arguments for and agalnst are advanced and are now under discussion among the admin istration and Congress leaders. As a general proposition, “big businese” looks with disfavor upon too much legislation, but In the present cir- cumstances a strong sentiment pre-| vails in favor of an extra session to | fron out some wrinkles in the taxes, which, it is contended, would make | things smoother for business. The possibility of an extra session seems the only menace of a renewed dis- turbance In politics through the re- newal of economic propositions which were so thoroughly repudiated in the election. * %k ® % It is sa!d M business circles that “4¢ the pesky politiclans will only let us alone” there is prospect of busi- ness starting on a steady growth. The present activity in Wall Street is not being taken as a gulde to the future because it has been of such mush- room growth as to surprise every- body, and to nourish the fear that thers Is bound to be a collapse some day In speculative values. Yet the people who voice this apprehension one day wake up the next to find the speculative boom still expanding. Un- derneath it, however, there are quent indications of a sound basis “In spots.” Dividends are being in- creased and restored, some COTpOra- tions which had been dormant for years now coming to life with divi- dends. There are spots of uneasiness, such in the textile, industry in New England, probably the worst business situation In the country now that the farmers and stock ralsers are giving signs of cheering up. A tremendous holiday trade is ex- pected, and if it eventuates will be vast encouragement to commerclal hopes generally. In a very short time now people will begin to think about thelr income taxes and will thank Congress for the reductions made last Spring, and which will make themselves apparent in the returns for this year's tax. There will be a tremendous January disbursement of dividends, which should help to im- prove the general business situation. * K K K On the whole, therefors, “barring accidents,” the outlook politically and from a business standpoint for the coming new year is for peace and prosperity, and in politics especially Asserts “The” Is Vital Part of Airship Name To the Editor of The Stari Relative to the dissussion concern- ing the name Los Ange'es, permit me to say that, In speaking of the city Los Angeles we, as English-speaking people, take little or no thought of {ts meaning In a forelgn country. Los Angeles, like San Francisco, is simply a proper name of one of our citles. But when the name Los An- geles was conferred upon an Amer- fcan airship it produced a condition that makes it necessary to refer to the alrship as the Los Angeles In order to distinguish the airship name- sake from Los Angeles, the California city. This necessity and practice ob- tain when we speak of Ohio, a State, and the Ohio, a river, and of Alabama, State, and the Alabama, a war vessel. 1 would likewise say that it is hard. 1y consistent to translate “Los” and not “Angeles,” but the full trans'a- tion, “the angels,” would doubtless be neither acceptabie nor appropriate tn | thls country. . kel JOHN RS an/lm‘ 3 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN Q. What per oent of Washingtoa's employed population works for the| Government under civil service?—W. 224 persons on the rolls of the Federal executive service employed In the District. The last census gave 236,027 persons over 10 years of age gainfully employed. The Government civil service employes would amount to about 28 per cent of the total. Q. What s the length of the Rob- ert Crain highway?—W. A. K. A. The American Automobile Asso- clation says that the Robert Crain highway from Baltimore to T. B., Md., is a proposed highway and has not been built. It has no details on the highway in regard to length, etc. Q. Please give date and place of Speaker Gillett's birth and name of his father?—A. G. A. Speaker of the House Frederick | H. Gillett was born at Westfleld. | Mass., on October 16, 1851. His father | was Edward Bates Gillett. | fncorect to say —W. T. ¥ A. The expression is correct fore a word beginning with “h" cented on the second syliable, article “an” Is used. If the aooent | 1s on the first syllabie, the article “a” | is used, as “a hospital.” | Q. What is the size of the glant| redwood trees?—R. H. A. Two hundred and fifty-five feat | 1s the average height of the big red- | wood sequoia tree, although speci- mens exoeeding 320 feet with trunk | dlameter of 30 to 35 feet near the| ground have been measured. Q. Is it ocorrect o | Q. How can I arrange to take the| gas treatment for colds? I am a| Government clerk. Will the treat- ment oure asthma?—P. W. A. Col. Glichrist, Chemical War-| fare Division of the War Department, says that the department does not treat asthma. Only whooping cough and soute colds are treated with chlorine gas The head of the de- partment should be consulted in ref- erence to obtaining official leave in order to take these treatments. Q. What {s the correct pronunci- ation of “Los Angeles”?—T. O. M. A. The naming of the ZR-3 brings up this question again. There are three recognized pronunciations: los en gel es (with o long); los an| Jes les (with o short); and the ish los an ha las (o long, a,br second a trifle shorter, third a 1 Q. iy 1 that an English Parlia in _power without J M. B. Is there any limit to the time | ent may stay | re-election?— | | ditors to select | iots | trost | point 1s below improper name for seal—ayea rabb or nutria; Bedlamite seal is fmprop erly known as halr seal; French seal is French rabbit sheared and dyed Hudson seal s the improper name for seal dyed muskrat or nutria northern ) ds rabbit sheared and dyed; Roman sesl is dyed rabbit sealetts, dyed rabbit and near French rabb cared and dyed. Q. When foot ed?7—H. A. A. Foot ball is a s antiquity. A form of played by the anclent similar game by the Q. Are there other cltles in United States besides Washingt Indlanapolis and Raleigh which were planned as State capitals?—W. 0. J A. Mr. Wil Owen Jomes of the Nebraska State Journal informs us that Lincoln was laid out on the prairle in 1867 for the capital of Ne braska. The Legisla ordered the governor, secretary and au ball first play port of great the game was ecks and Komans. th seat of g e be called I tion of d, auctic ds built th survey ed the cit with { univers, Q. How Is the firing of a mach gun on an airpiane regulated so t the stream of bu cut blades of the propell M. T A. A mechanical rchronizer used in all countries com ma chines. This device, which s attach ed to the propeller and gun mech ism shoots between the blades of the propeller. Q. Please give the writer * A. The third wife of Russell, second daughter of W. Her first husband, gust Arnim, died 1 Russell has one son and th ters. Her marriag 1 1916, < doesn’t 7—H. h and Her ished in 1558 by numerous books them betng, Solitar Summer,” “Ths April Book Tune: Fraulein and Ansthruther” and Q. Is frost frozen dew or vapor?—P. A. The Wea Is the als formed the tem among froze deposit when free perature of the dew In. that sense Frozen dew A. Until 1811 the length of the British Parllament was seven years. | The Parliament act of that year shortened the period to five vears.| It 1s quite possible, however, at any time for a prime minister to make an appeal to the country, in which event & general election st be held. Q. How many kinds of sea! coats are there besides those made of gen-| ulne seal skins?—M. S A. The following are some of the| various seals sold In the fur trade| today: Australian seal, the improper | name for Australlan rabbit sheared and dyed seal color; Baltic seal, the| N TODAY’S BY PAUL V. While President Coolidge is mod- | estly holding down the enthusiasm | of various boosters of an impressive | inauguration program, it may be| noted that he is not the first Presi-| dent who has deprecated extravagant | or elaborate ostentation upon assum- ing the greatest office In the world. | It is usually a strife between personal | modesty and public recognition that | the event f= one expressing non-parti- | san patriotism, and that it must be | bserved with the dignity and fmpres- sivensss commensurate with the maj- sty of the great Nation. * K Xk X The date of the fnauguration, March 4, was established by resolu- tion of the Continental Congress, In 1788, as soon as it was found that a | sufficient number of States had; adopted the Constitution to make it effective. The delay of George | Washington's first Inauguration, to April 30, was due to the mode of travel—he had to go from Mount Vernon to New York, which was then the National Capital At Philadelphia and Trenton—in fact in all villages also through which the distinguished traveler passed—he was given great ovations. Wheu he boarded a barge at Ellzabethport, which was to convey him to New York, hundreds of boats followed in grand maritime ‘escort. Washington had requested avoidance of digplay, but he was persuaded to walve his protests. He took the oath of office April 30 1789, in the presence of Congress and a vast throng of spectators, and im- mediately after the new President had kissed the Bible, Robert R. Liv- ingston, chancellor of New York, who had administered the oath, cried aloud: “Long live George Washing ton, President of the United State: a ory so mearly resembling that pro- claiming & new king, that it brought popular protest and has never been ington took place in Philadelphia March 4, 1783 The removal of the Capital from New York to Philadel- phia and, later, to the banks of the Potomac, was due to & bargaln by Alexander Hamilton, made at a din- ner arranged by Thomas Jefferson. The Capital was fixed at Philadelphia for 10 years, and after that it was to be permanently upon the present site. In consideration of this concession by the North, it was agreed that all State debts then outstanding—mainly the result of the Revolutionary strug- gle—should be assumed by the Gen- eral Government. Congrees charged President Washington to fix the boundaries of the Federal District,| and Maryland and Virginia ceded to the Government ths necessary ter- ritory. aiE s ‘When John Adams succeeded Wash- ington, March 4, 17987, the ceremony was held in the old State House—In- dependence Hall—Philadelphia. So many spectators wept because it marked the retirement of Washing- ton from public life, .that President Adams, in jealousy, complained that “there was more weeping than there had ever been at presentation of a tragedy,” and turther was “in doubt whether this was from grief at the loss of their beloved President or because of the accession of an| unloved one.” * Kok * Thomas Jefferson was the first President inaugurated in the new ity -ofg Washington, the Natlonal Capital. The Federalists wWere so chagrined at the loss of the election that President Ada refused to at- tend the inauguration ceremony, and left the Capital before daylight. Some accounts that Jefferson rode horseback to the Capitol, and, hitching his horse to a tree, walked unescorted into the Capitol and took the oath. Other accounts state that Instead of riding horseback, he walked, but was escorted by cavalry. Thers was no special incident in connection with Jefferson's second inauguration. James rode sumptuously made much of the fact ihat | conditto; | Jackson, Madison Capitol; March. 4, 1809, but Me of clear ice, u: |found on vegeta surfsces under ce It is perature of g the te above freez tempera and later the temp re falls belc tha freezing point so that the frozen dew is (Let The Star Information Burea: Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty firat and C streets northwest, amswe your question. The only charge for ¢ service i & cents in stamps for retur postage.) SPOTLIGHT COLLINS. clothed entirely In American manufacture. in protecting our * At this fnaugi ne the fire inauguration bal it was neve an official feature of the Inaugura program. garments of He bellevec infant incustries.’ tio » When James Monros was fnaugt rated tn 1817 the ceremonfes were held outdoors—the first time einc the founding of the Natfon. This was due to a wrangle between the Senate and the House over the assignment of seats Indoors. During the nigh preceding the ceremonies a platfor: was built outslde in order to cut th Gordian knot of the congression: wezving. At the time of Monroe's second in auguration March 4 came on Sunda and the oath, ther was not ad ministered until lowing day. At the inaugura Andrew March 4 thers wa such intense partisan bitterness be cause of a political attack in the campalgn upon Jackson's domestlc re lations, that President John Quincy Adams took no part in the ceremont of his successor, and even refused to order a military esc A company of Revolutionary veterans volunteer ed and conducted the new President to the Capitol and then to the White House. Enthuslastic followers of President Jakson then crowded fato the White House, climbed upon tables and other furniture, destroying man thousand dollars’ worth of the fi tings, to demonstrate their partisa joy. * x % ok When Van Buren succeeded Pres dent Jackson, the two men rode to gether In a carriage bullt of the tin bers of the famous old warship, the Constitution. Peace reigned between the parties. * R X ok The first fnauguration of Abraha: Lincoln called for the greatest possi ble military precautions, and cannon commanded Pennsylvania avenue while armed men were stationed upor roofs throughout the entire length between the White House and the Capitol. His second tnauguratior passed without incident, but was re markable for the masterful inaugural address, and also for the fact that it was the first time at which negroes participated. The _fnauguration of President Grant brought the most striking mili- tary display up to that time. It is estimated that when Theodore Roose- velt took the office, the occasion brought more than 200,000 visitors to Washington. His escort {ncluded not only the Rough Riders but troops from Porto Rico and the Philippines. The attendance was unprecedented. President Taft's ceremonies wers marked by zero weather and a blis- zard, and complaint was made that West Point cadets were held all day in line, without food, and many were severely frozen. * ok ox ok The sclence of radio and amplifiers of the voice, which had come before the inauguration of President Hard ing, will show still greater develop- ment next March, making the pro- gram independent of the wesather Milllons may ‘“attend” (which is French for “hear”), even while they sit comfortably in their own home Invention goes even farther, It is promised that long before March 4 means will iave been perfected which will enable vision, as well as hearing, to elude all limitations of distance. Laboratory tests have already proved successful. The scenes may then be ‘radioed” and reproduced upon movis screens as far away as the wireless waves vibrate, so that spectators in California or Florida, or the isles of the sea, may view, as well as hear, the President taking the oath, &nd delivering his {naugural speech., The century-old bugbear of inauguration weather will no longer terrorize the faithtul. However, on account of sible static’ Interference, it will better to ory agaln: “On to Wi geBb L 3 | i e > T (Copyright, 1024, 6y Paul 2 &