Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1925, Page 38

2 THE EVENING With Sunday Morning. Edition. WASHINGTON. B. C. SUNDAY. ... June 21, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busine: 11th St.and Pennayivania Ave. New York Offce: 110 Eagt 42nd s, Chicago Office: Tower Building European Office: 18 Regent St.. London. England. The Evening Star. with the Sundas morn inE edition, is delivered by carriers within o city 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mail or | telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday....1 vr Dails only Sundas only All Other States. Daily and Sundas $10.00 Daily only $:.00 Sunday only $3.00 isr 1y 1yel Member of the Associated Press. The Ascociated Pres 10 the use for repubhi patches credited to it fied in this paper and also the local news | Dublished herein. Al richta of publication o1 special dispatches herein are also reserved. The President and Washington. President Coolidge's declaration that he hopes to see Washington continue to grow, and to become increasingly beautiful and convenient for the trans. action of both Government and pri- vate business is extremely gratifying to the peopie of the District of Colum- bia. The President is the head of the Government of the Federal District he is the head of the national Govern- ment. Upon him and his attitude to a large extent rests the welfare of this community The people of Washington. along with the people of the country, hate learned to have faith in President Coolidge. He has indicated frequently his desire to give to Washington the hest possible government it can have. He has shown his ‘willingness to listen | to the people themselves, who have no yote and who must rely upon President and upon the members of Congress to zive them fair treatment in their own gn\'»rnmpnl. Washington has grown to be a city of & haif million people. I'nfortunately there has been evinced at times on Capitol Hill an inclination to treat the city as a kind of governmental ex- periment station to try out policies which appeal to the legislators who come from other communities, many of them thousands of miles from the District of Columbia, without regard to the expressed wishes of the people here. The Federal District was estab- lished for the purpose of providing a xeat of Government for the country. But it has been the pleasure of the people the country over ta watch the development of Washington into a £reat and beautiful city. They. teo, wish it well. The President. in his statement to the committee of citi #ens who vesterday presented him a medallion commemorating his inaugn ration as President last March, recog- nized the private bhusiness and the rights of the citizens of Washington as weil as the right of the Federal Governmerit to rule here and to carry on its business most convenientip. The President called attention to the fact that the prosperity of the Na tional Capital is closely interwoven with the prosperity of the Nation. This is bound to be true where the chief business is the Federal Govern-| ment itself. As the country grows, so will Washington grow. The people of Washington will always stand ready | o co-operate with the President in his efforts to improve and, to benefit the people of the, country generally. + —or——— American Vacationists. From time to time at this season of the vear announcement is made of the sailing of large numbers of Amer- feans for Summer vacations in Eu rope. Steamers leave the FKastern ports of this country with full passen ger liste. Thousands go on large and amall ships for the Summer abroad. "The fact i widely prociaimed that the | “'Furopean exodus” is in full tide. It | wonld seem from these accounts that | Almost evarvhody with time and cash | tp spare for such excursions were go- | ing averseas, A= a matter of fact, howaver, thare | Jn & large, perhaps aten a larger movement of the American people va cationing westward over theit own | lznd. No announcements are made | of their departures. They are not | recorded on passenger lists. They go | unheralded, unnoted, but by tens of | thousands. They go by trains and by motors, increasingly by 'the latter means. They tour the States, with the national parks of the Far West chiefly as their objectives. It is not to be urged that those who “mee America first” have the better time, enjoy themselves more thor- | oughly or gain more lasting impres- sions of wonders and scenes of beauty. But they certainly are strengthened in thefr citizenship by such an experi- ence. They are made 1o.realize the great extent and variety of the Amer- ican area. They see marvels of ma ture that are not paralieled elsewhere. e es s T Museolini i& recognized as the su- preme power in Ttaly, one of those Nistoric personages who take orders from no one except the doctor. ——r e The Best Tradé Unionism. Yndustrial co-operation, between worker and employer, to the end of better products and greater prospefty for both sides, is the inspiration of the most_ advanced administration of the labor unions. Primarily the pur- pose of organization among workers is o secure the best possible rates of pay and the most comfortable conditions of labor. In the development of the wnnion, in accord with modern concepts 4t the responsibility that attaches to the grouping of specialists in labor, has come a realization that to the ex- tent that the employer thrives the worker prospers likewise. Mutuality of success has been accepted as essen- tial. In another part of The Star today appears an article by George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Tnton North America, setting of STAR| ¢t 60 cents per mouth: daily only. | the | IMr. | tisement. ! Operation whereby the members of that organization are striving to im- prove the quality of thelr workman- |-#hip to render themselves more val- | uable to their empioyers by the bet. | terment of their product, and thereby to contribute to the greater prosperity of the industry in which they are en- gaged. A school with branches has been established, where printing press- men learn to do better work. The union maintains an engineering de- partment, which co-operates with pub- | lishers to solve pressroom problems, |10 correct faults and to raise the standard of performance. This is @ most intelligent and con- tructive’ work, which should be con- ducted by all other unions of indus- trialists, artisans of every class. It is in line with the development of higher shop repair standards in onie of the largest of the American railway sys. tems, conducted by the union organi- zation. 1t is in line, indeed, with the best thought' governing trade union- ‘In his article Mr. Berry savs: Tt is co-operation based upon Amer- ica’s theory of industrial conduct free from any color of confiscation, recog- | nizing the hts of private owner- hip of property. the competency of organized labor ' and applying the theory of co-ordination in promoting the industry upon which all are de- pendent for their economic happiness and its many attending benefits. Trade unionism conducted upon such principles will thrive and de- velop. It will hecome a factor in | prosperity for the individual worker, for the employer and for the country. It is a recognition of the truth that the prosperity. the stability and the permanence of industry mean more to the employes than they do to the em- ployers. and of the correlative fact that upon the prosperity, stability and permanence of industry depend the welfare of those who work for wages. Ford's Marine Delivery “Wagons.” The sailing from New York of the steamer Oneida vesterday, under the American flag and carrving the house flag of the Ford Motor Co., is an event of more than usnal importance to the merchant marine. It marks the entry into the transatlantic trade of Henry Ford and his company. It is another | step in the development of the so- called industrial carriers which are looked upon as one of the most prom. ising means of building up a per. manént overseas American merchant marine, privately owned and operated. Henry Ford. with his vast business | i | | i i © THE SUNDAY sections, and at the present rate would not be finished muck under three vears. The association hopex to in fluence Virginia to finish the work ! sooner. »: One of the road stretches being converted into a modern road is that which passes through the Bull Run section and crosses the old stone bridge spanning the creek. “This s one of the highly interesting sections of country near Washington and at this time the main road leading through the more celebrated parts of the Bull Run battlé country is of that red dirt formed by the weathering of Manassas: sandstone. It is a dusty road in"dry weather and a sticky one in time wof rain. Part of the plan of those urging the construction of this boulevard is not only allow the building of a very broad road but will #iso allow the res ervation of a wide strip of land on each side for producing landscape effects. A time is approaching ‘when the roads of the United States will be one of the marvels of. the world. Washington will be the center to which a vast system of national high ways will converge and the fair coun- try within several hundred miles of Washington will he criss-crossed hy smooth, hard boulevards as it is now by dirt roads. v The Klingle Bridge Death Trap. While it is doubtless true that the District needs a new structure to re place the old Chain Bridge. it is also true, as evidenced so tragically by the accident of Tuesday night, that it needs even more urgently & new bridge to replace that over the Klingle Ford on Connecticut avenue. The fact that the movement for a new Chain Bridge has preceded does not warrant any relinquishment of effort by the District authorities to obtain an ap- propriation for a new Klingle Bridge. Surely these two projects can proceed together. Of the two new structures. indeed that proposed to replace the old hridge on Connecticut avenue is the more urgently required. Connecticut ave nue is &0 feet in width. The Klingle Bridge is 40 feat wide. Thus the traf- fic on that main northwestern artery always heavy, is at this point subject to a concentration of one-third. This tact alone, regardiess of the character of the structure, would seem to com. pel replacement with a new, broad and his vast resources. is in a posi- tion, as are other big American indus- tries, to provide his ships in the over- seas trade with ample outgoing cargo, and because of his business connec- tions abroad o find return cargo. In fact, it is announced that the Oneida will make the return vovage laden with commercial cargo. The success ability to run laden both ways. If a ship must make its return vovage with its hold empty the chances of its being able to continue in service are practically nil Already the Government has sold to | Ford a number of its merchant vessels for operation in the coastwise #nd oceangoing frade. It hopes to sell him mare. and 1o seephim enter the | carrying frade to mafly parts of ‘the world. The Fast Indian. purchased by the Ford Ce. from the Fleet Corpora- tion. is now in the ship yards at Chester. Pa.. undergoing repairs pre- paratory 1o entering the transatlantic trade. jt is announced. For several months other ships of the Ford Co. have been engaged in carrying parts trom New York to assembly plants on both ‘the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and to South America. The industrial carrier, designed particularly to carry abroad the products of the concern by which they are owned, has a great ad- vantage in the carrying trade. In a measure, it is merely the delivery wazon for the factory. If it can only break even it may vet be of much value to the factory because of the de- livery service rendered. the Increased | business it may bring and the adver. | £ I Henry Ford has great record of great accomplishment. If he can ald in the permanent establishment of the American overseas merchant ma- rine he will have performed a real service to his country, for the Amer- ican merchant marine not only is an aid to American commerce, but an important part of the national de- tense. - - - | Having received congratulations on | a safe journev, Amundsen immediate. Iy makes plans for another Arctic ex- pedition. The motto “‘Safety Mirst” has | no influence with the kind of men— and the kind includes most men—who tear . obscurity and inaction more | than physical danger. ———— It was only a year ago that Robert La Follette was facing more blame than falls to most men. Now only praise is spoken of him. Public opin- ion knows no judicial middle course in politics. L] S, n—Gnn Boulevard Plan. A great boulevard from Memorial Bridge to Tennessee and bevond is in [ the making. Tt will lead through the flelds and hills of Bull Run. from Cen- tarville to Gainsville, over Cub Run, across the world-known stream Bull Run, along the side of famous Henry Hill and by the little crossroads, Groveton, where. Dogan's Peach Tree tarm shook under armies fighting for the Union and the Confederacy. will pass through parts of Virginia unexcelled as scenery, and will carry millions of travelers through Shen- andoah National Park. The Lee Highwa{ Association con- | templates a shaded boulevard 200 feet wide from the Potomac at Washing- ton to Virginia-Tennessee boundary, and it is planned that this boulevard closely follow the Nne chosen for the Lee highway through Arlington, Fair- fax, Prince Willlam, Fauquier and other Virginia counties. It is said that deviations will be made to follow the line of least resistance in securing land. The work of the Lee Highway Association goes on. toward securing | donations of land to be held in trust {until means are tound for financing | the boulevard, and the association is {urging the State of Virginia to com- plete during next vear four sections of the Lee highway between Wash- ington and the Shenandoah Valley. | | bridge. The coroner’s jury, inquiring into the tragedy of Tuesday night. recom- mended the immediate replacement of the Klingle Bridge. Citizens’ associa- tions and individual citizens have here tofore urged this action. Recent count of the traffic shows that 3,630 motor cars pass over this bridge dailv during accidents have not is simply happened before the marvel of good luck, especially in view of the trolley poles in the center ‘line of the bridge. It there is & death trap in the District it is this antiquated, tram, viaduet. = r——— ry Summer the liberality of the can tourist encourages an im pression in Kurope that Uncle Sam has money in superfiuity. The multi tudes of United States taxpavers who could not afford the trip are not in evi dence. e When the first airplane flight was made the impression became general that the North Pole must immediately vield its secrets. The perils of the journey have developed new varia- tions, but remain as formidable as ever. oo When the agitation concerning the very first verse of the Bible subsides, an indefinite amount of material for further controversy mav he found by proceeding systematically from page 16 page. ——— e Mexico is still having the same old temperamental complications which almost inevitably arise when a coun- try has an aggravated condition of un- developed resources. Whenever a quarral threatena in any part of the world Russian Com. munists assume a natural right to he of any ocean carrier depends upon its | the two hours from 4 to 6 p.m. That | | congesting | held responsible for it and to take | charge. e SHOOTING STARS. RY PAILANDER JORNRON Oversight. en Noah built himself a boat And took the animals on board The chimpanzee he set afioat _ With all the others, safely stored. ‘What arguments we'd hold in check ‘Which now sincerely we deplore, 1f when the monkeys hit the deck They had been ordered back on shore. Reform. “Are vou a reformer Sometimes,” replied Senator Sor- ghum. “But a reformer in politice may have to watch his step to avoid interfering with some influential cam- paign contributor’s husiness.” Before There Were Films. “The play's the thing!" said Hamlet grave. But that wan long ago.\ Were he alive today, h: A good scenario. Jud Tunkins says the world is a fleeting show, and the ¢ost of living makes you feel like it was in the hands of ticket speculators. Happy Medium. “My salary is only three thousand a year,” remarked the confiding youth. “A very discreet sum,” rejoined Miss Cayenhe. “It it weré Tess you wouldn’t be quite comfortable, and if it were more you'd be tempted to get married.” Forbidden Smile, Mirth sinks into a mute repose Avolding careless chaff. The funniest things in Hte are those At which you dassent laugh! ‘A man is judged," said Uncle Eben, “not so much by de company he keeps forth the outline of a plan already iIn | Work is progressing on three of these | 28 By dé company he loses.” | chance, Money Grubbing Only Desire For Action, Says Marshall (This article is one of a series ap- pearing in The Runday Star for several vears. Mr. Marshall, who died June 1, 1925, had prepared a number of in- stallments for later publication. They will all be printed.) THOMAS R. MARSHALL Former Vice President of the United States. All ray life long, in season and out As well as at home and abroad, 1 have heard it asserted that we Americans are a money-grubbing people. Per- haps we are, but in the period of the World War 1 observed sacrifices which convinced me that, after all, to secure land donations which will;the accumulation of money was not the chief end in view. These sacri- fices which marked all grades and classes of citizens, regardless of their condition, tendeéd to convince me that money grabbing was merely an inci- dent in Amerjcan life—not # national characteristic. Tt seems as a matter of fact that the satisfaction over mak ing money while it is being made s greater than the contentment which comes from ita accumulation. This would indicate that the thinz which appeals most to the American is the Fame rather than the reward which comes from winning it. Various characteristics of our peo. ple, dovetailing together. are expres. sive of the American outiook. 1 write with no certainty as to the real char. acteristics of the typical American he cause of the complex character of our composite citizenship. But develop- ment of American life is a factor which throws light on the subject Therefore, it is the life we have led— & life which in passing on from gen- eration to generation has transmitted hereditary vices as well as hereditary virtues—which first I wish to con- sider. Willing to Take Chance. . Beginning with the few scattered coloniey along the Atlantic seaboard. the spitit of adventure took hold of our peopie who ever westward pressed forward, pioneers and pathfinders in a mighty continent. They had no as surance of success but they hoped for success and were willing to take a chance. After vears had come and zone they viewed the rixing tide of the Pacific. Then came the realiza tion that there was no more of Amer fca to be conquered. no more territory to be pioneered. But the old lust for adventure remained and they bhegan pioneering in laws. language, litera ture and = business—taking their as of old. Thus were pro- duced some of our modern inventions in the realm of law. which no doubt exceeded the deliberate purpose of the men who proposed them. Theirs w: a take-a-chance spirit which induced “Watch the Government and report the facts” is the slogan that has been adopted by the newly organized Civil Service League of the District of Co lumbia. The quotation is credited to Will Rogers, and surprise has been expressed that so serious an organiza- tion as the league should turn to the well known lariat-throwing humorist for inspiration. By way of explana- tion, a story ix told of how Rogers happened to make the statement Tt seems that Rogers recently had an interview with President Coolidge. in the course of which the President said to have remarked that he didn't see how Rogers thought up all funny stories. “T don’t. Mr. President. plied. “T watch the Government and report the facts.’ In ap address delivered on the occa sion of the launching of the local league by Robert Catherwood. the head of the National Civil Service Re- rial by watching the Government. for it discloses the fact that Uncle Sam. in conducting Fe biggest business insti tution in the world, is in some respects 80 unbusinesslike as to he weird, if not funny. Widely Varying Salaries. For instance, there are Government employes who do the same work, but are paid widely varying salaries, rang- ing all the way from extremely liberal remuneration to starvation wages. In one case, 45 different salaries were paid for precisely the same work, with a difference of $2.000 a vear between le hest paid and the worst pald em ploye. Again. there i= no system of promo. tion in the Federal service, strange as that statement mav sound to any pri- vate employer With #implicity.” says Mr. Catherwood. “‘the aspiring Federal amploye merely uses all the influence he can bring to bear 10 get a better job or higher pay. This is the Federal promotion lack of sys. tem. innocent of principle and un- adorned. Still again, as the committee on ad ministration of the Civil Service League points out. when a Govern. ment department calls upon the Civil Service Commission to supply it with a mechanic there is no telling whether it will get a man qualified to paint a roof. huild a house. operate machin- water pipes. This is due to the fact that under the classification plan set up by the Federal Personnel Board the class “mechanic’” includes engine- men; carpenters, painters and plumb. ers. Ald Buther Than Criticize. In watching the Government and reporting the facts it is the purpose of the new organization to be helpful and constructive rather than to criti- clze or to attack. 1t is destred to ald Uncle S8am in getting his immense es- tablishment on a more thoroughgoing business basis and in bringing about uniformity and efficiency in his rela- tions with his army of employes. And it is an army whose services he commards—almost a million strong. To be exact, the figures are 970,744, and civil service reformers insist that of the number only 744 have to do with politics or judicial decisions, while all the others should be free of politics in every way, shape and form. The President. the Vice President, 10 cabinet officers, 201 fidges, 96 United States Senatore and 435 Rep- resentatives comprise the 744 political officials. Of the 970,000 non-politicians, as Mr. Catherwood classifies them, 270,000 are soldiers, sailors and marines, and 700,000 are employed in Government business operations, including 360,000 postal employes, and in the War and Navy Departments and the Veterans' Bureau, 113,000 workmen and clerks. There ars 9,000 emploves in the Canal Zone and some 15,000 in the Philip: pines. Biggest of Industries. ““Take the first half dozen biggest industrial concerns in the country, put_them together, and the United States is a bigger industrial concern than the lot of them,” says the na- tional leader of the: civil service re- form forces. “The Government builds and maintains ships, aeroplanes, dam: highways, ports, waterways, harbors, public buildings, bridges, . fortifick- tions and penal and charitable institu- tions, and manfactures a list of 70,000 articles from apple jelly to zylophilo- glstic specimens. “The Government _is the biggest banker, the biggest bond house, the largest carpenter, power concern, dredger, cement user, printer and lithographer in the country. The com- faculties of Harvard, TYale, Princeton, Michigan, Chicago, North- STAR, WASHINGTON WATCHING THE GOVERNMENT BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN his | Rogers re. | form League, may be found some of | the reasons a_humorist can get mate. | Jeffersonian | or stop a leak in the departmental | , DGy them to try experiments in legislation. while hoping and believing that good would come out of thelr experiments but none the less willing to suffer the shock to civilization if the enact ments proved to be foolish or abortive. They were not unlike.our present day authors who are flooding the markets with neurotic and erotic literature. These. authors must know that thel stuff never will become permanent literature, but they are hoping no doubt that something in the consti- tution of man will induce him for a! time to discard the old and accept the ! new, all the while relying upon- the | ephemeral character of thelr product to kill its evil influence if it fails to accomplish good. Adventured In Language. Our adventureh extend to our lan guage. During the long. weary mths of the war we had the word mouflage.” Tt became intellectual- Iy emetic. 1 gagged whenever 1 heard it. Universal use and general application marked its sway. It was illustrative of our pioneering in the realm of words. But finally “camon Nage” ceased {0 be expressive, so it | died the death, ending an ordeal | which was terrible while the word | lasted. Straightway in the period of | reconstruction A new word cam forward. We still were taking chance in language. Fven vet we hear it everywhere: it is printed in every book, uttered in every speech. used in every conversation. 1 refar to | the word “propaganda.” Tts meaning is vague. It resists definition. But we apply it properly and improperly, justly and unjustly. whether or not that to which it is applied is good or bad, truthful or fictional, using it in the ‘hope that it may prove of value and taking a chance that it will do no harm Our pioneering affects our amuse ments as well asx our serious activi. ties. We dance a while, then we play bridge: when we tire of this we turp to mah-jong; more recently we cheer- fully traded our mah-jong sets for dictionariex. We are reatless, desirous all the time of something new. The automobile and radio are no speedier r changing fancies we are not money grubbers in the sense that accumulation of meoney is the aim a| of the American people. | We merely wish to be doing seme thing and 1o do it well, better than any one else has done it or can do i1, | And while we retain this spirit of ad Iventure the Republic is quite safe |AVhen we shall cease to seek new |avenues and shall tread day after day the beaten paths of life then may the well wishers of the Republic utter the cry “Reware' (Coprright. | 19950 western, Wisconsin and Stanford Uni. | versities are less than the scientific faculty of the Department of Agricul. | |ture. “The United States is not only | | the largest emplover of labor in the | | Army {30th Infantry | mous Constabulary | radius. JUNE 21, - 1925=PART 2. Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNERY. Interesting and suthoritative infor mation _about the various splendid musical organizations of the United | States Government js being gathered by Representative Clifton A. Wood- | rum of Virginia, who sang his way ! into Congress, and who has now be come. nationally known by his radio solos. Representative Woodrum says that our Government is unusually fortu- nate in that it can boast of musical organizations second to none in the * program whereby these bands ana orchestras might he sent on a tour of the important eities, thus affording an opportunity to all citizens to ab- sorb inspiration from their concerts. In speaking of the Army band, Rep- rgsentative Woodrum explains that as a result of close observation of the} European military hands during the World War, Gen. Pershing realized the need for a representative band in our Army, eapable of holding its own Against the hest bands that could be assembled in any other country. Ac- cordingly. upon becoming chief of | Staff of the Army of the United States Sen. Pershing gave orders for the| formation of such a bhand. Ninety musiclans were selected from the different service bands of the and gathered in Washington. In the Spring of 1922 these musicians were organized into the Army Band at Fort Hunt, Va. First Lieut. P. W. Lewis was the first commanding of-| ficer, but he has since been succeaded by Capt. R. G. Sherman. For drum major, Gen. Pershing se- lected Sergt. Willis §. Ross, who had been drum major of the general head- quarters band (otherwise known as Pershing’s Band) in France. He is considered one of the best drum ma- jors in the world After the Army Band had been or dered to duty in the National Capi- tal a board of officers was appointed to recommend a leader for the band, and as a result Warrant Officer W. J Stannard was chosen. Mr. Stannard entered the Army when he was 1§ vears old. He has studied under C. L. | Staats of the Boston Symphony: Nor- rito, clarinet soloist with Sousa’s Band for many years: Leroy of the Garde Republique Band. France. and Levy of the Russfan Symphony Drchestra {In 1911 he won a scholarship to the Tnstitute of Musical Art, under the | direction of Dr. Frank Damrosch, and | graduated after having completad a four-year course in two years. He has since won honors hy reorganizing the Band, in Alaska. and then the 13th Infantry Band. While iin the Philippines Mr. Stannard had | the honor of directing the world-fa- Band. While at Calif.. he conducted band concerts within a 100-mile He directed the band accom- panying Mme. Schumann-Heink in the San Francisco Auditorium. He was placed in charge of all the music in Camp Merritt, N and was selected to direct the Composite Band of the 1st Division for the reception tendered to Gen. Pershing upon his return from France. He also directed the band on the occasion of President Wilson's departure for and return from France. Camp Fremont. all * x % ox | world, but the largest industrial, scien- tific and soclal concern going. 1 And. 1t is added. there never was and never will be a Republican way ' of manufacturing. a Democratic wav | of conducting ricultural experl. | ment« or a La Follette way of issuing marriage licanses. Hence the conten tion that politics should be absolutely climinated from Uncle Sam's estab. | tishmeni What the Gor What rnment Needs. the Government needs, it asserted. ic a permanent employm | system, based throughout principles. operating in the people's interest. administared by an expert in dependent authority and applicable 1o | the tenure. pay and promotion. as| well as to the selection of all non political employes Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, president of the Washington Civil Service League. says that such a svstem is the kind that will save money for the taxpayer and put cheer and courage into the heart of every faithful and efcient Government employe. He adds that the league is the mechanism by which disinterested persons not themselves in the employ of the Government may cogently urge the adoption of such obvious improvements in the Federal service as investigation may show to be_desirable. The committee on administration, which ts composed of Charles professor of political science at G. Washington University, and V J. Shepard, professor of political science of the Robert Rrookings' Graduate School of Economiecs and Gov . In addition to Dr. Stowell. is now | planning to bring ahout some ‘modi. | fication of the Bureau of Efficiency | ruling that when Government em ployes are laid off the first to go must he those with the lowest efficiancy rating. The manifest injustice of the rigld application of this rule. it jis pointed out, lies in the fact that it| means that an emplove with 10 vears of service and an efficiency rating of 82 would be retired when one with barely & months of service and an | ney rating of 53 would he re tained. Personnel Board's Failnre. The committee will also take up the fallure of the Personnel Classification Board to set up true classes, as fllus trated in the class “mechanic.” the efficiency rating which applies to about 45,000 or 50.000 positions in the District of Columbia, and is sald to be not in acecord with recognized em- ployment principles, and the matter of classification appeals. with a view to expediting the consideration of the thousands of appeals now pending be- fore the Personnel Board, and of ar. ranging =o that employes who submit is 1 the hearings. The real drive to build up the mem- bership of the league. which. by the way, ie a revival of the old Washing- ton Civil Service Association, will not be made until Fall. Meanwhile, how- ever, the co-operation of those ac. tively interested in the league's pur- poses is being evidenced in the sub- stantial support that is belng given the movement. On Novemher 18, shortly before Congress convenes, the annual meet of the league will be held and its legislative program in connection with the approaching session .will be adopted. Efforts to Appear Rich Keep Many People Poor It is that effort to appear more well-to-do than you really are which costs you your peace of mind. You scheme and twist; vou deny members of your family the necessities they should have, in order that vou may make a good appearance. Arguments, harsh, biting and. cruel, often occur in homes where expendi- tures are too much. Worry éver finances will kill the ‘most amiable disposition and take the sunshine from the brightest heart. ‘Weeks, months and years pass, while you hope against hope for finan- cial relief. Deeper and deeper into the mesh you go. You try fo get more money, and sometimes you do. but do you get at that real root of the trouble? Y ‘Wil you continue to punish vourself to satisfy your vanity? Or will you cut down on expenses?— Houston Chronicle. | together by on merit | |the public domain. appeals may have representation at | The world fs heing knit more closely machinery set National Capital If the adventurous Mareo Polo were |An American starting out to blaze new trade routes in foreign lands he | would probably bhegin by zoing 10 | chambers of commerce in the United | States representing the countries he intended to visit. up in our There are 23 foreign chambers of | commercE’ in the United Stares. ac. cording A list _compiled by the Forefgn Commerce Department nf the {Chamber of Commerce of the United | States, which is co.operating with | them under the abie management of | Chauncey D. Snow. who is a veteran {of Uncle Sam’s oficial foreign servies. The unmber of American chambers of commerce abroad exceeds the num- ber of these visiting organizations by eight i Some of the foreign chambers have a wider field than representing any one nationality and are regional in scope, such as the Federated Cham- bers of Commerce of the Near East and the Central American organiza- tion. The British Empire, Argentina, France. Chile, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Germany, Sweden. Poland—éven Rus. sia—are represented in the United | States by those trade outpost. So the traders and monev-changers and merchandise-swappers from all over the world are here for ready access by our manufacturers and ex porters. just as we have sent our trade emissaries 1o -establish commer- cial embassies and legations in the principal marts of the world. * ook ok It i= likely that only an. occasional person could be found who would admit ignorance of the fact that the expense of running the affairs of this big Nation is met by funds derived from taxation, direct or indirect, as everybody either pave taxes or hears others complain about having to pay them. Yet probably 9 persone in every 10 know little or nothing con- cerning the greatest national asset, as not much is heard about it unless something goes wrong. The public lands, in a restricted sense, are those which are subject to disposal under various acts of Con- gress. In order to realize the part they have played in the development of this country, one' must know that the early frontier was pushed forward to its present condition of practical obliteration by those men and women of ploneering instinct who sought free homes on the public domain or to wrest wealth from its natural re. sources. They establiched the settle ments that became towns, and towns that developed into cities. Out of the public lands have been created and reserved the great national forests, with an aggregate area of more than 180,000,000 acres. the wonderful na tional parks covering over 11,000 square miles, and more than 2 square miles embraced in national monuments perpetuating _ national wonders. comprising a_boundless field for recreation and eéducational re- search. . Other thousands of acres have been devoted to reserves for the protection of birds and game. The General Land Office. under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, which has direct charge of this vast empire, is co-operating with the President’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation in furtherance of a plan for developing Federal policies of land use in which recreation will have its proper place. Willlam Spry, the com- misaioner, pojnts eut that the public domain played an important part in the history of this country by con- tributing liberally to the funds by which the young Nation was support- ed. . It furthered the sound basis upon which the Western progress of settle- ment advanced by supplying homes to the homeless, wealth to the poor and boundless support to education. It still offers home opportunities to those who believe that a home is worth-making sacrifices for. It is pro- ducing wealth from its natural re- sources. Tt is an incalculahle agset in its réfation to the food supply of the Nation. In the years to come these things will be forgotten, Commissioner Spry foresees, except as a matter of history, but there will remain as a lasting to world, and he is seeking support for |d: MEN AND Senator Bob La_ Follet his mind on the “cause.” Great as & hix love for his family, ideal as wax his home life. the paramount | thought of his highly charged brain % of the work he had done. the | work he would like to do and the| died with | { public _professions of his faith. Here was one more evidence of the | ruling passlon strong in death. “I am at peace with all the world.| but there is a lot of work I could selll 1 don’t know how the people will feel toward mé, but I will take to the grave my love for them, which has | sustained me through life.” Here was the old “war horse” run ning true to form. In the v!;:onmu‘ days of hix political ascendancy he | often had spoken of his love for the people. All politicians do that sort of thing. It is part of their stock in trade. But as courts and juries give supreme importance to deathbed statements in criminal cases, the last utterance of Boh La Follette must carry far a renewed belief in the sin cerity of the man. Such a claim always was made for the man hy his friends—and always disputed, course, by his political enemies. ok ok ok Senator La Follstte had many odd angles in his make-up. One of his last and strongest friendships in the Senate was with a man whom no one ever would have singled out natural associate of the Wisconsin Progressive. For he was a n su premely of th nterest the vested interests—a man who hob- {amount of attention from of | ar al AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. often showed how much he appreciat« ed hi% experiences in the Penrose “‘machine.” . * xk o Now that evoiution iz to be placed on trial before a judge and jury down in Tennessee, the monkey houses of the various zoological gardens of the country are coming in for an nnusual the daily throngs of visitors. The National Zq logical Park of Washington is no ex- ception 1o the rule. The simians cer- tainly are the cynosure of all eveg and apparentiy are enjoving their day in the sun. The big chimpanzes of the Nations) Zoo i= inclined @ take his unusus attention rather philosophically. = H is calmer than he has been for somg time. He appears meditative. Ofteq he Jolls for pours on his hack with a dreamy look in his eves On oce casfons the chimpanzee has to by kept severely housed, for he has 3 natural dislike for his‘possible consing of the human race. He will try ta throw things at them and only tha protective meshes nf wire ahout hig slaborate cage prevent the Darwinian specimen from doing harm to the higher intelligence The chimpanzee iz something of an aristocrat and therefore interests anl: a limited number of persons. Thq man in the strést—and the woman likes to linger at the cages of the ordinary monkevs These ordinary specimens appear 1o have habits far more human. There is. for instance the mother monkey and her new nobbed with malefactors of great wealth, and who had great wealth himself. He was one of the greatest political ‘“‘bosses” of all time. He stood alwavs for the machine. for the steam-roller. for the ‘“treat em of American politics Bob La Follette's last great friend- ship in the Senate was for none other than Boies Penrose of Pensylvania, and when the latter died La Follette mourned him perhaps as did no other colleague in the august upper cham ber of the National Congress. The friendship either grew or ripen ed in the stalwart defense Penrose made of La Follette when the man from Wisconsin was assailed for his record and utterances in the World War period and an effort was being made to unseat him. When Penrose gave the word that La Follette was not to be unseated. the isans was set- tled. No one knew rhat better than La Follette himself and he was for ever grateful to the all-powerful boss from the Keystone State. After this episode Senafor La Follette was often to be seen in Penrose’s office. Even in those days he was not in good health and it became almost a custom at the end of a senatorial day for Penrose to insist that La Follette ride home in the Penrose automobile. That automobile was_the most conspicuous of its day in Washington. It was a big, power- ful red touring car. as brilliant in its carmine dress as the most vivid piece of fire department apparatus. Senator La Follette, being a poor man. had no car. The beaming smile on his face Fifty Years Ago In The Star In The Star of June 14, 1575, is an editorial which calle attention 10 a dis. eovery, so-called, which, it | Keely was claimed, would revo Motor. Jutionize all power pro duction and make mous fortunes for it= hackers and promoters. This was the "Keely mo. tor.” which for a number of vears was thé subject of agitated discussion and the cause of an untold volume of unremunerative investment. The Star says “An _individual in Philadelphia. named Keely, professes to have made a sterling discovery, and one which, it it really possesses the importance ascribed 10 it. will revolutionize the in- dustrial world. His discovery is no less than that of a new motive power generated. he claims, from cold wa- ter and air, and evolved into a vapor more powerful than steam, and con- siderably more economical. A private exhibition of the working of the mo- tor had been made, in November last, before a number of capitalists, and three weeks since another exhibition ‘was given before a number of gentle- men from the New England States. The latter. according to reports. were so well pleased with the modus ope randi and believed so firmly in the ultimate supercedure of steam by the new power that they formed a stoek company. purchased the patent right for the six New England States. and paid $80,000 cash -immediately for their share in the Invention. and are ready to forward $200,000 more as soon as called upon. “The apparatus used | in creating rator’ or ‘multiplicator’ and the vapor s passed into a ‘receiver’ and from thence to the cylinder box of the en- gine, where it drives the pistons and sets the engine in motion. The most remarkable things are claimed for this apparatus. as, for instance, the state ment is made that with an ordinary tumbler of water a 20-horse-power engine can be made to run an hour and perform full gervice. It is further claimed that notwithstanding the im- mense power generated explosions are impossible. ““Mr. Keely states that his first pub lic exhibition will be on Pennsylvania avenue, when he proposes to take a train from Philadelphia to New York and return. The names of prominent capitalists are mentioned as being in- terested in the success of the new in- vention. ~The public generally will put but little faith in the claim of the discoverer of this wonderful power until they have a public_dem- onstration of -its capablilities. While it may or may not possess the value as a motor ascribed to it. it is by no means certain that human genius has reached the acme of jts achjeve. ments in the discoveries of Watts and Morse. ' There are undoubtedly still more things in heaven and earth 'h,n are dreamed of in our philosophy.” * . x Fifty. years ago prices were much cheaper than they are today. A quar. ter would buy a good Cheap deal ‘more than ? ’wm d now. The Star of June Fares. (F%i505 ave: “The fact is worth noting that the proprietors of one of the river steam { ers are trying the experiment of giv-| ing cheap excuraions down the Po- tomac, charging for a trip of 18 miles and return only about five-sevenths of a cent for every mile run, or just as much as is charged from Washing- ton to Alexandria (about 7 miles distant) and return. We hope and he- lieve the experiment of reducing the fares will be a success.” * Boston celebrated the centennial of Bunker Hill half & century ago with & arge attendance from The South various parts of the coufitry, including the at Boston. 50uin """ some question had been raised as to whether a Maryland military organization would be hospitably received in view of the unfortunate occurrence in that city at the outbreak of the Civil War, when a Massachusetts regiment was attacked on its way South. The Star of June 16, 1875, says: 3 “The Hubites gave the Maryland 5th rough’” and “Tell ‘em nothing" school | enor- | this power iz described as a ‘regene- | born. some 3 weeks old. Mother keeps a mighty close watch on haby kins. If he attempts to climb high on the hars of the cage. vanks him back by the tail and {hind leg. Like every other thwarted in some desire. Baby Monk | hecomes extremely peeved ai his mother and biffs her one in the ava or claws at her head. For the creater of the time mother shows human endurance. but, vexed at last i she zives the bhaby a good, healthy swat on the jaw, and baby subsides for_the time heing The keepers nf the monkey apparently are divided on the subject of evolution. There are some who helieve out and out that man have come from some branch of monkey family —some missinz ! not ver segregated, as they =sa: microbes. Others are doubtful not_fundamentally so. | "Now. mind ¥ou." said one of the keepers to the writer. 1 don't =a that 1 believe in evolution. 1 can't zo that far. But 1 will say thia much That we certainly are like monkeva in A whole lot of respects. If we ain't kin to them, we come darn near | being. “You platively monkeys sha one. child e real houses must link of hut added Tot contem of those wanted They would know.” he T believe a could talk if they to. But thev are too wise know that if they talked they be put to work. That's what hap pened to man. The monkey is not going to get himself caught in any such trap.” (Cop: ight, 192 ' This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. | Jack Spratt, my four-legged friend and companion for two yvears. has disappeared. He left home early last Monday morning. after consuming a half-pound of beefsteak, and has not been seen since. The cat Jack has been the hero of this inday column now nearly a vea¥, so that his disappearanca will come as a shock fo all tha | friende of felines who have followad | his adventures h | Those who do not care for cats {may rejoice at this news. but I will {ask them 1o remember some pet ani- |mal of their own which one timae may have wandered away, and to re- | call now they felt at the time | It is not possible for a human he- {ing 1o feed and care for a pet for ]ae\‘eral years without feeling deeply a sense of loss upon its disappear- ance. It is the mystéry of the un- known that makes it hard. “The cat came back” is an old say- ing, and most times a true one, but in the presant case I am afraid ft is going to fafl. - We are hoping that some fine morning Jack will come home, lured back by his memory of | g00d grub. | If he can get heck. we are con fident he will come home. There |are so many things that mi Ap pen to a wandering tomecat in a oA city, however. He may have heen run over. or injured. and have drag- ged himself inin a vacant lot 10 die Dogs may have killed him. or small boys thoughtlessly hut nevertheless cruelly tormented him. he may have got shut up some place and starved. ht | * % ox ¥ Whatever may have happened poor little Jack. there is one thing I am sure of: He lived, and he will dis as a true cat. Theré was Jack Spratt. He was genuine from the tip of his long tail to the end of his white nose a cat’s cat. who answered the prime. val call of his tribe one fine day in {June. and who went away with the light of adventure in his e His meow was lusty, ringing. that morning a week ago. when he woke me about 4:30 a.m. He had heen out almost a day then. Opening the back door for Jack. he sailed in. and headed straight for the refrigerator. You see. he knew what he wanted. All cats do. and they never rest until they. get it. | A big piece of steak satisfied him but he was {n a hurry, and Jeft a few {small bits. something he seldom does Then he meowed to get out. So he went down the garden path. tall held out like a banner. ears prick #d up. eves peering into the unknown That was the last we have seen of { him. no camouflage ahout *ox ok % A= a specimen of a cat. Jack did {not clase at all. but as my cat he meant and means a great deal fo {me: and so I am asking here that if {any one finds a stray gray and black |striped tiger tom with a small head, {mournful expression. white breast and white paws, that stands on its hind lege when offered meat, he will | communicate with me. : T dont mind at all what tha cat standards” call for. Ol Jack had all the socalled faults—ranginess, |flat-sided. narrow chested, long tall, ears. pointed and upright, gen: face. Yet he was my cat, and as such he means more (o me than he could to anybody eise {n the world. His disposition was moody and un- gracious, vet I recall times when he would jump up into my lap and purr like a rusty pump. When I was sick, he slept on the foot of my bed for a week. His only “trick” was self-taught, that of stand- ing on his hind legs. which he did better than any dog when offered meat. At our house we are hoping against hope that some morning we will be awakened by a tremendous, indignant meowing, and will find that Jack Spratt has come home again theory that the people of the two sec tions of the country still entertain feelinge of hostility toward each other. monument to the former greatness of |an enthusiastic welcome, as they did | Certainly such occurrences show that domain—th the publie grounds, e Nation's play- | Southern military and civic organiza- | the North tions. Such ineidents disprove the arn people cherish no sentful feelings toward the South. ©