Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1925, Page 62

SUNDAY STAR, WASH "_['HE EVENING ST AR!mnry writer is not known. The coast | patronize the new motor parlor cars ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. November 1, 1825 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 14 yo BUsingHs O < ;. Now Vol ditce! IS Eaat 4Bnd st uildine. Chic O r Buropean Ofice: - 18 fidon. The Evenine Star, with the Sunday morn- for oy, is Be e i, SRS FIN 6 city at 60 cents per month. daily only. 43 cents Der month: Sundas onls. 20 cents month " Orders may he sent by mail or lephone Main 5000. Collection is made by T at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily and Sunday. . . $9./ 1 o iy g e e R e unday only. ... [ 1 yr..$2:40: 1 mo. ™ All Other States. Pailz and Sundas. ...1 yr.$10.00: 1 mo. adly only .. 1370 $7.00: 1 mo'. Sunday oniy. 1¥r ] $3.00:1mol Member of the Associated Press. The Awtociated Prass is exclusively entitled to the tike for repuniication of all mews dis- PayBee tredlied (o1t 07 R0 ouhersian red: 3 Daver and also the local news Dublishad hetein. fxhts ‘of publication The Cultural Center of America. An event of unusual importance and significance occurred during the past week, the opening of an auditorium erected In the courtyard of the Li- brary of Congress, the gift of Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge of Pitts- fleld, Mass. This building, capable of seating 511 persons, modeled after the theater at Beiruth, is perfect for its principal purpose, the rendition of chamber music. It is, in effect, an an- nex to the Library, being directly con- nected with the music division of that institution. Tt is thus a national musical exposition hall, designed for the purpose of encouraging study and the composition and rendition of music in America. It is a noble gift, ‘which the Government has accepted in the spirit of its donation, and which will render a valuable service in the years to come. Mrs. Coolidge's gift is in the line of music similar to that of James Smith- son for the “Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” The Smith- sonian Institution has evolved from that endowment into one of the fore- most establishments of learning and eclenca in the world. It has been of incalculable value, not only to the American people, but to others through its research and discoverie: A few seasons ago Charles Freer of Detroit gave his rich collection of art to the Smithsonian Institution, to be held intact, housing it in a building of exquisite beauty, and thus insuring its permanent maintenance at the X tional Capital as a stimulus to art ap- preciation and study in the United State: These are examples of the wise gen- erosity that has given to Washington its present character as a national center of not merely the Government, but of art and science. Mrs. Cool- dge’s gift is the latest, but it is to be belleved that it is not the last. Such gifts are stimulative and usually in- aplre others. The Government of the United tates, however, should not rely upon the bounty and initiative of citizens for the development of the National Capital as a center of cultural insti- tutions. In this matter of musical wsppreciation and study it could well afford to carry out to a greater degree the work started by Mrs. Coolidge in providing from public funds a larger ylace of assemblage for musical pro- ductions, encouraging to American suthorship and Interpretative skill. Tt is the hope of the officials and citizens forming the May Musical Fes. tival Aszociation, just organized, that 1t of this movement, which will have its first demonstration next | there may be established in al conservatory ening of the Coolidge at the Library of Congress adds © reasons for such a development. e There is no real conflict between wcience and religion, in spite of the fact that controversial talents find the subjects alluring. Most of the per- eonal demonstrations of censorious oratory on these topics ought at the conclusion of the printed reference to carry the letters “advt.” ——————— Halloween pranks are not regarded as patiently as they were in days zone by. The high cost of living as erts itself at the expense of simple custome, Tt costs considerably more to 1eplace @ broken window than it used to. Atlantis. The French-American sclentific ex- ion which is passing from Al peria to a little known part of North- ern Africa sends reports of evidence human habitation at a time so ant that in the news report one finds the phrase “Incredibly remote. Stone implements fashioned by men e been found and explorers con- Jecture that their age {s 150,000 years. In a stream bed the sclentists have found shells of marine animals, and this, says the report, “reinforces the theory of many geologists that the Eahara was once far less a desert than now, if not a veritable ocean in some remote period.” Since ancient times men have found marine fossils in the sountains of Southern Europe and Africa. Long ago one explanation was that these strange things were put there by the gods. For centuries during the early Christian period the fossils were accounted for on the di- luvian theory, which is that they were deposited on the mountains by the flood of Noah's time. The later theory is thet those high lands were once below the sea, but by internal pressure of the earth have been raised rbove the sea. No doubt this French-American ex- pedition to the central and south sec- tiona of Northern Africa will have something to say of Atlantis. Homer, Plato, Horace and others wrote of a great island or a continent that sank beneath the sea. The site of that continent was often put in the Atlan- tic Ocean west of the Strait of Gi- braltar. Whether those ancient writ- ers were volcing a human tradition or the invention of some earlicr imag- of Furope and Africa did reach farther into the Atlantic than now, but the geologists conclude that the recession of the coast is not extraordinary. From time to time one hears a re- markable story of some evidence of the sunken continent of Atlantis or of towers of a city seen below the waves. There has been speculation that part of Northern Africa was Atlantls, that it was an island or a continent which was submerged and rose again, bringing up marine fossils in its sec- ond lift. There is no reason to doubt that the part of Africa throush which the explorers are passing was sea floor. Plerre Benoit, in a most inter- esting work of fiction, imagined that the capital of Atlantis was in the Ahaggar hills. Those hills are 1,000 miles south of the Mediterranean. where Algeria and Tunis front on the Middle Sea. In « dispatch from the explorers it is said that the camel caravan “is on the route to the Hig- gar Mountain No doubt the “Hig- gars” are the Ahaggar hills. In those hills Pierre Benoit placed thé seat of Queen Antinea, descendant of the rul- ers of Atlantis. It was to that place that Capt. Saint-Avis, the explorer, found his wa There Antinea ruled, waited on by the falr slave from Gao, Tanit-Zerga, and petted her leopard, King Hiram. In the red marble hall of her palace Antinea filled the niches with the bodies of explorers and lovers she had killed, embaiming them in bronze or orichalch. ———— The Attorney General. Rumors that Attorney General Sar- gent would flit from the cabinet circle to the Senate, particularly at the de- sire of President Coolidge, are proved to have been premature, to sy the least. From the White House comes the statement that it is the President’s hope that Mr. Sargent will remain in the cabinet and at the head of the Department of Justice as long as he remains in Washington. In some quar- ters it was considered highly signifi- cant that the Attorney General had departed for Vermont without taking the public into his confidence as (o his reasons for visiting the Green Moun- tain State. It was whispered that he was on his way to build political fences. But it turns out that the At- torney General has become the grand- father of a granddaughter for the sec- ond time, and it was as a grandfather and not as an aspirant for senatorial honors that he went to Vermont. At the same time that the White House was making It clear there was no deep plot on foot to place Mr. Sar- gent in the Senate, it was developed that M rgent had been selected by the President to be Attorney General not only because of his ability as a lawyer, but because he was not active 1y engaged In politics. In the opinion of the President the office of Attorney General, head of the Department of Justice, should be removed as far from politics as possible. A distinction was made between partisan politics and just plain politics, a distinctiof which it is rather difficult to grasp. The idea conveyed, however, was not that politicians and men who interest themselves in politics are open to criticism because of their inclination to politics, but rather that the head of the department of the Government which is intrusted with the duty of enforcing the laws should be removed as far as humanly possible from the influences of partisan politics. ‘This is not a bad principle on which to go in the selection of an Attorney General. Tf the suspicion arises in the minds of the people that the legal arm of the Government is influenced by partisan politics in calling men to the bar of justice, falth in government it- self is shaken. If the belief creeps in that men, because of their political partisanship, can violate the Federal laws with impunity the situation be | comes as bad as it is possible to be. There must at all times be a clean ad- ministration of the great Department of Justice. John Garibaldi Sargent is a sturdy New Englander of the old school. His administration of the de- partment has been without criticism, and the assurance he is to remain in office will be received with satisfaction. —_————— Germany will send Christmas toys to the American market just as in the old days. After all, there is sentiment in business, and old friend Santa Claus will not be without his concilfative in- fluence. = It is suspected that Trotsky wi find “dictator” one of those titles which sound impressive, but which function with more or less restraint. ——————— There was nothing in the Articles of War to prevent Representative Reld from displaying a pertinaciously inquisitive disposition. ———————— Many threats of war might be avert- ed if some system could be devised for keeping the Balkans rigidly policed. - e Bus and Street Car Rivalry. A demonstration of the inevitable competition between street railway companies and bus lines is being given in current hearings before the Public Utllities Commission. Proposals for extensions or changes in routing applied for by one or the other of the rival transportation con- cerns are almost sure to bring forth a volume of protest from the opposing side. Thus, competition is keen, service improves and the public is the bene- ficlary. This Is as it should be, as the chief duty of the commission is to see that the riding public is given the best service at the lowest cost. Bus lines unquestionably will be the transportation of the future. Traction sompanies, in the expansion which will follow population increases, will in- stall busses Jnstead of street cars; these busses, in many instances, to act as teeders to the already existing car lines. Motor busses are even now begin- ning to compete With railroad trains. A Washingtonian can now step into a luxurious automobile and be deposited safely in Baltimore or Atlantic City. An application is now before the com- mission for a two-a-day line between the District and Philadelphia. Travel- ers between Boston and New York which ply the State road. Independent bus lines will likewise expand as the need arises. Meahwhile the public will “sit back” and enjoy the fruits of this new type of competi- tion, caring little which side wins out, but caring a good deal about the serv- ice and the price. 4, Gas Plant and Parkway. In reporting on the Rock ('ros&- Potomac Parkway th> Commission jof Fine Arts, indorsing the project as a whole and proposing some changes in specific locations, recommends the re- moval of the plant of the Washington, Gas Light Company from its prese; position. This plant lies in the line of the projected connecting parkway, and unless removed will be an obstruc- tion, or at best a serious disfigure- ment. The Commission of Fine Arts report points out that the gas com- pany, which for a number of years has held title to Analostan Island, has long coneidered that tract as & vossible future site for the plant. But the commission indicates that the com- pany is now willing to forego such a construction in order not to mar the river front or to block the consistent development of the park features on the Virginia shore opposite the city. Consequently, it is suggested that this necessarily unlovely establishment be located below the city. It would be a great improvement to the appearance of the city if this pro- posal were carried Into effect. The connecting parkwag betsveen Potomac and Rock Creek Parks feijl, when com- { pleted, be a most attratfive route for vehicles, Tt will be a prk boulevard along the river to the creek and up the creek bed to the zoological reservation, There should be no unsightly features on its fmmediate flanks, and certainly nothing between it and the water courses. Analostan Island, or, as it was known many vears ago, Masons Ts- land, falls naturally into the river- park plan. Columbia Island has been created south of it by the dredging operations. The natural island itself should never become commercialized. If it were added to the park area there would be an uninterrupted stretch of river reseryations from the Highway Bridge to/the Key Bridge. It is a token of fne public spirit of the cor- poration which owns this island that advantage was not long since taken of the opportunity afforded by ownership of this tract to estabiish a plant there which, lying opposite the city, would be even more unsightly and disfigur- ing than is the present establishment A move to acquire this tract as a part of the park scheme should be made at once. 1 e — According to Judge Gary, the pros- pects for legitimato business are so good that it would seem reasonable for citizens in general to perfect a gentie- men's agreement to avold fruitless altercation and secure the tangible benefts. e The magnificence of King Tut's tomb becomes less impressive as it is | mado clear that his belongings did not | include & phonograph, a radio set or {even =0 much as an ofl stove \ sphinx is well enough in its place, but Col. Billy Mitchell evidently | has no ambition to be one of the | monuments typical of majestic si- lences. R France has set the fashions for the world, but the American dollar as- sumes the final responsibility for a C. O. D. transaction. ———— SHOOTING STARS. PHILANDER JOHNSO | The First Snow. Goin® t leep? I don't blame you, Old Earth, As you call for a cover of snow. It's no use to weep and there's no call for mirth As the wearisome hours come and go. BY The blossoms have fled. It is time for a rest While the storm clouds relentlessly creep. Though much that we dread s, of course, for the best, I don’t blame you for going to sleep. | Discreet Restraint. | “What position do you intend to |take with reference to this most im- portant question?” My thoughts at present,” confided Senator Sorghum, “are not concerned in taking a position so much as in holding on to a fairly good job. Jud Tunkins says a friend in need is a terrible disappointment when he turns out to be simply a feller that was lookin’ for a bargain. Evasion. ““Are there any bootleggers around here’ “None whatever,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Us law-abidin’ cfti- zens won't have them around.” “And yet it seems to me that I smell alcohol!” “Mebbe you do. The only safe way of transportin’ it is to wait for cold weather, take your flivver into the hills and have the radiator filled with raw corn whisky.” “Who Survives Conquers.” The seasons swiftly go their way. The grave must supersede the gay, And things we viewed with proud dis- dain Respected eminence attain. ‘Where once we viewed with wonder- ing eyes The winner of a beautv prize, The snow man now—ungainly elf— Hasg all the scenery to himself. “An eight-hour workin' day,” said Uncle Eben, “ain’t never gineter per- duce enough finances to keep you joy- hoppin’ de other sixteen hours in de day e Sweeping. From the Detroit News. A husband testified in court that he was dumfounded when his bride of two weeks attacked him with a broom. It would be likely to rather sweep a fellow off his feet, A The Power of Personality. John, 1.42-—“He brought him feus. iku:!m world cannot be saved to by bifok. Again, it cannot be saved through an institution. We must have the great Book God's reve- lation to man. We must have the in- stitution, the church, as a place or medium for the transmission of his glfts, but all these need the interpre- ter, the exponent of their efficacy. In every condition of life we are depend- ent upon personality as the revealing factor. Jacob Riis once spoke of “Sal- ation by human touch,” and Matthew Arnold maintained, “What attaches people to us is the spirit we are of, not the machinery we employ.” The power of the Christian religlon resides in the personality of Christ. He is, at once, its founder and its interpreter. He it is who llluminates the Book and inspires the Church. Subtract his personality with its revivifying power from the Book and the Church, and the one becomes u plece of refined literature and the other a human mechanism with little power of appeal. One sometimes wonders whether we have not placed too much emphasis upon the beauty and richness of the Beok, or given too much heed to meth- ods and agencie: In the great vision of Isaiah, he declared, “'I saw the Lord high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” In vision the mighty seer seemed as in the presence of a transcendent and glorified personality. When Jesus would tell men of the bigh purpose of His advent he said, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son."” Power in Jesus Christ. The power of His ministry with His disciples, indeed the power that made it @ growing force in the early cen- turies of the Christian era, resided in Himself. Men caught fire from Him. They felt the enkindling touch of His divine life, and the one absorbing pur- pose of His disciples was to carry to others the experience they had en- joved. Everything about their minis- try focused in Him. When Andrew felt the winsomeness of his call to disciplenood, he immediately sought out his stalwart brother, Peter, and in haste brought him to Jesus. The same thing was true of Philip, another disciple, who found Nathaniel axd presented him to Christ. Wherever and whenever the great Book has been used as a medium to Interpret Him, and wherever the Christian Church has subordinated all its machinery that He might he lifted up before the vision of men, they have proved frresistibly appealing. His greatest exponents, in the ministry and out of it, who have been most euccessful in winning adherents to E_SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, O, NOVEMBER 1, 192%5-PART 2 .. . . . . . EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D., Bishop of Washington. His cause, have been thoss who in their persons relncarnated something of His power. It was more than the institution they represented or even the Book they Interpreted; it was rather the power of a life that by word and deed represented Him. It was sald of His early followers that the world ‘‘took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus and learned of Him.” There was a subtle quality about these simple men, most of them peasants, that proved so com- peiling that even in uncongenial and sometimes hostile places they won hundreds and thousands to His stand- ards. One mighty convert to His cause declared, “The love of Christ con- straineth me,” and so compelling was this experience that again he said, I live, yet not I, but Christ, liveth in me. Turns Men From Sin. In our experience with men we haye witnessed what William James de scribes in his “Verities of Religious Experience,” namely, the almost mi- raculous power that the personality of Christ exercises in redeeming and re- calling men from lves of sin and shame. Where argument and evidences of the Church’s authority seem to fail, the presentation of His life as a continu- ing and irresistible power succeeds. The interest in the person of Jesus has never been greater than it is today. More and more men are turning to Him as the solver of the world's prob- lems. More and more they are feeling the impact of His supreme life and realizing the practical value of Ilis great teachings. Before the Christian Church and its allied agencies shall reach the maxi- mum of their power and efficlency, they must make Him so evident to the consclousness of men that the walting and reverent worshipers will be com- pelled to cry out, “In this place is One greater than the Temple.” We need the great Book and we need the great Church, but above all else we need Him. Mechanisms and systems have their place in the scheme of things, but where the person of Christ seems absent or too far re- moved from our work and worship, we labor in vain to lift men's vision or to save them from the corrupting influence of sin. Suid a distinguished editor to me, “No sermon in my judg- ment is complete that does not begin and end with Christ”” He was ex- pressing the conviction that we belleve is universal. We shall see no great revival and witness no increase in the power of the Christian Church until, through our ministry, we make Him #0 real to the world that His glorified life becomes the supreme magnet of attractiveness. (Copyright. 1925.) Government Employes’ Compensation BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Uncle Sam’s employes, like those of private industrial organizations, are protected ageinst absoluts po erty In the event that they are dis- abled while performing their dutles. An act providing compensation for those receiving Injuries as a result of thelr work was passed some vears ago and the United States Employes’ Compensation Commission was ap- pointed. Previous to this the only way in which a Government employe injured In performance of duty could receive assistance was by a special act of _Congress. The commission is intrusted with the task of passing upon all claims for compensation. Under the law any person in Government service who is disabled for a period of more than three days as a result of injury in- curred in the ‘performance of duty is entitled to compensation to the amount of two-thirds of his pay. This amount, however, must in no in- stance exceed $66.67 a month In addition to this compensation he is entitled to reasonable hospital, medical and surgical attention at the expense of the Government. Wherever possible this attention must be given by niedical officers of the Government, such as officers of the Public Health Service, Army or Navy. If none of these is available, then a private physiclan designated or approved by the commission may be called in. Of course, in the event of an emergency, such as an acci- dent, the nearest available physiclan may be called and the comission will pay his fee. Limitations. In order to be entitled to compensa- tion and the other benefits of the com- pensation act it is necessary to prove that the injury or disability is not the result of the employe’s willful miscon- duct, intention to bring about the in- jury or death of himself or another, or of Intoxication. Also no claims can be allowed which are not filed within one year of the date of the infury. en a man is injured the case is immediately reported to his superior, who, in turn, notifies the commission. The claim is then filed promptly on the blank furnished for this particu- lar purpose. In the case of death due to injury received in performance of duty the widow 1s paid 35 per cent of the salary of the deceased and an additional 10 per cent for each child. The total must not exceed $66.67 a month. Com- pensation is paid to the widow until she remarries or dies. It is paid to the child only until he becomes 18 years of age, unless he is mentally or physically incapable of self-support after that time. If the child marries before reaching the age of 18 the com- pensation is discontinued. Children Cared For. If there is no widow, but one child under 18, 25 per cent of the monthly pay of the employe is allowed the child. To each additional child 10 per cent of the monthly pay is allowed. The total amount of such compensa- tion is to be equally divided among the children and is paid to their guard- ian until they reach the age of 18. In the case of death the Govern- ment will pay funeral expenses up to $100. Also, if the employe dies while he is away from his home station his remains will be shipped to his home at the expense of the Government. That is, if a man whose headquarters are In Washington dies while doing special work in New Mexico, his re- mains may be sent to his home any- where in the United States. If, how- ever, he dies while in Washington, his home station, no provision is made under the law for shipping the body to his original home at Government expense. Law Broadly Interpreted. ‘While the commission does not dare allow its sympathies to affect its deci- slons, it does interpret the law in a broad sense. That is, wherever it is ssible it gives the claimant the bene- g: of the doubt. Also, it does every- thing in its power to investigate each case thoroughly, to the end that the claimant may get everything that is due him. An example of this was the case of a man employed at one of the fishery hatcheries whose death, according to physicians, was caused by lead poison- ing. It was believed that this had re- sulted from his drinking water from a certain cistern. At the instigation of the commission the Public Health Service made a thorough examination of the water and also of conditions surrounding the cistern, and the final conclusion' was' that the man had for 20 years been drinking water contaln-) ing lead, and that this had brought about the physical condition which re- sulted in his death. The widow was awarded compensation for herself and two children. Lump Sums Granted. Occasionally the commission grants the request of a claimant for & lump- sum settlement instead of the monthly payments. This is only done, however, after a very careful investigation of the particular case. Some time ago a claimant who had both hands and both feet amputated as the result of in-. Jurfes received in the performance of his duties asked that he be given a lump sum in qrder that he might go into partnership with a friend. At the last report the new firm was bullding up a good business. It has been found that the lump- payment plan is not always feasible, however, as many times the man either spends or loses the money and then finds himself without anything. Furthermore, when the lump sum is paid the Government {s released from any further responsibility in the man’s case. He forfeits ail claim to any medical, hospital or surgical at- tention. While many interesting cases come before the commission, one of the most unusual, and certainly the most grue- some, was that of the survivors of a Shipping Board vessel which was blown up {n the Pacific. Tha report of the first assistant engineer reads like 2 paper-backed thriller. After the ex- plosion some 30 survivors took a boat, and with scant supplies set sail for an island which was comparatively near. The wind changed, and the current Wwas so strong that they were carried out to sea. Finally a vote was taken as to whether they should anchor and walit for rescue or try for the Philip- pine Islands. The latter was decided upon. Arter 24 days the boat, with about 15 of the 80-0dd, sighted land. The boat was capsized, and all but three were washed ashore. All were unconscious and were carried to the village by natives. Eventually they were taken to Manila, and when they had recovered sufficiently sent back to the States. An Extreme Case. The gruesome part {s that because of the shortage of food the bodles of two who died during the trip were cooked with salt water and used by the crew. Of those who lost their lives several went mad, and the re reads that one had to be tied to the mast because he became so violent. When the second body was being pre- pared for food a young naval lleu. tenant who had been a passenger on the unfortunate ship jumped over- board. No attempt was made to res. cue him, as the survivors were in too weakened a_condition t0 be of any as- sistance. All of the survivors of this :Trrlble 1;:“6'}:! received compensa- on, as did the dependent wl;%hp?mh'ed. pendents of those lle this is an extreme case, are many. instances s tho records of e commission - ployes of Uncle Sam have"l‘t‘v:gke'lno their posts in the face of great danger, and many times have made the su. preme sacrifice. In every such case the commission stands ready and anx- lous to do all in its power to aid the disabled or the dependents of those who have lost their lives. One Definition of ‘Pessimist’ From the Lafeyette Journal and Courler. The pessimist is a man who would e;xjuy the job of putting up “detour' signs. Futile. From the Portland Express. If conversations over rural tele. phone lines are to be limited to five minutes it will hardly be worth while listening in. The Remnant. From the Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat. In time nothing will remain of the horrors of warfare except the horrors of peace. Uncle Sam’s New Role. From the Savannab Press. The Government, in flling income tax claims against the evaders, has as- sumed the new role of fortune hunter. A Domestic Hiatus. From the Lincoln Star, The man who wants little here be- low usually finds it difficult to get his | fe: Wite to sbare bis deslrea, Capital Sidelights Thirty years ago one W. R. Coyle left- Georgetown University, with a very enviable record. Thirty days from now he will enter Congress, where he is sure to make an even better record, This very new mem- ber of Congress from the thirtieth district of Pennsylvania comes upon the legisiative stage with compara- tively few preconceived notions. He is inclined to belleve that education is far more effective than legislation in changing morals or methods. Mr. Coyle believes the country would bo best served were Congress to stick to its leglslative functions and avold attempts on the part of this or that interest to have Federal authorlty administer many matters clearly outside of its proper function. He has no idea. that this is an original point of view, and belleves, rather, that 90 per cent of the people who think at all agree entirely with this viewpoint. 1lis_experience in legislative mat- ters reminds Coyle of Grabam Mac: Namee's ‘comment on the press box during the world serles, viz: “If every one {n the press box is a base ball writer, the Capitol is an iron foundry."” Since leaving Georgetown, Coyle has been successively (and successfully) a civil engineer, soldler and lawver, twice In the Marines and once in the Army, before taking up the mercan- tile end of the coal mining business, which has claimed his attention for the last 18 vears. Just at present he is @ farmer mem- ber, who is inclined to think that the farmers will work out their own salva- tion unless too much claxs legislation hinders or sets back this consumma- tion, much to be desired. “If the farmers of the past have suffered.’”” he comments, “it has perhaps been from too much rather than too little legis lation, and as Old Uncle Josh said: ‘He ain’t by heself in that.'"” . L At the next election day tho House may lose several of its high-class mem- bers. Take for example Represent- ative Harry B. Hawes, from the eleventh district of Missouri, who fs lkely to be promoted by his constitu ency to the Senate. With the single exception of Senator Stone, no candf date for Senator or governor hut Hawes ever stumped through every county in that State. Starting about June ‘1, Mr. Hawes treked through the 114 counties, speaking at at least one place {n each county. The reception accorded Represent ative Hawes has encouraged his friends to believe that his campaigr will be successful. The Democrats o Missour!, who have heretofore paid attention to minor issues, seem de- termined to elect a Democrat to the Senate in 1926. There are three can didates in the fleld against him, none of whom has ever held other than a district office, and each of whom lives in the western half of the State. Mis- sour! has always had a Senator from the east and another from the west ern half of the State. Senator Reed is from Kansas City and the late Sen. ator Spencer resided fn St. Louis Governor Baker in selecting a suc cessor to Senator Spencer named Sen ator Willlams, who resides in St Loufs County, eliminating all candi dates who did not reside in the east ern part of the State. Senator Wil lMlams, unless something unforeseer happens, will be the Republican nom inee. Therefore, it is considered littlc short of suicide for the Democrats tc name a man other than one from St Louis. Representative Hawes has beer prominent in State politics for 3¢ vears. He is the father of the gooc roads law, had control of the orgzani zation that passed a $60,000.000 bond issue to which the Federal Govern ment has added $30,000,000, and by next Fall two-thirds of the roads wil be constructed. By the first of the vear the concrete road from St. Louls to Kansas City will be open, as will the road from St. Louls to Joplin His activity in behalf of hard surface roads has been a big help to him in this campaign. Missourl Democrats are looking for a man who can win, and the leaders figure that Representative Hawes is one man who can unite the party. He did not participate in the two big con. ventions that split the party—once in 1920 and again in 1924—but was In Washington at the time attending to his congressional duties. The defeat of the Democratic candidate for gov- ernor in 1924 by less than 5 000 votes has aroused the party leaders, as it was due Solely to friction within the Democratic ranks. Mr. Hawes' ability as an organizer is so well known that the rank and flle of Missour! voters feel that if elected to the Senate he will perfect a Statewlde organization that will result in the election of a Democratic governor in 1928, and this is also a strong factor in his behalf. ** %3 Senator Cole L. Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina is a Georgetown Untversity graduate and is particu- larly proud of being “the only South Carolinian who has been mayor of his city (Columbia), Senator from his county, Speaker of the House, Presi- dent of the Senate, governor of the State and United States Senator. He is the only one who has represented three of the State fraternal bodies in national grand bodies.” He owns to no hobbi pets, “ex- cept children,” and say: Never been hunting or fishing in my life, never played golf, tennis, foot ball, base ball, pool or billiards, or taken daily dozens; don't play cards and have never taken a day off in my life to call it a hollday. Whenever I go any- where,” continued the Senator, “it is either for business or political pur- poses, and I have never been any- where that T know of that I was not wanted by the majority of those who were there. “I love my friends, watch my op- ponents. and try to do my duty by all of them, and for my country and my God. I walk as little as possible and sleep with my room closed, eat and drink whatever I want, and have had two spells of sickness since I was 21 years of age, and am now, as far as 1 am informed, in perfect physical health and strength. I go to my office every morning about 9 and remain untll such an hour!men as well? in the afternoon as my business re- quires. My principal pleasure and enjoyment is service to my friends. “I have had and now have the best and truest friends that God has ever given to any man, and by being true to them and their love and devotion to me, I have succeeded. Of course, with this came God's wonderful bless- ing and mercy, even though possibly thought unworthy by some. “I_am a bellever in Jesus Christ, and His and our Father, and in pray- er, and if this country, this great Nation, and her children shall ever prosper as they should, it must be through the home training and the good old family Bible reading and prayer."” It is not often that any member of Congress gives such a frank pen pleture of himself, as he himself sees himself, which shows that there 1s no false modesty or self-consciousness about Senator Blease. * ko x ‘When the new Congress assembles in just one month from today, how long will it stay on the job? Probably a long time, but who can tell? Let us ask some one who is considered to be a close listener and adviser in “‘the inner councils,” Representative James T. Begg of Ohlo, who is “right hand man” to Speaker Longworth. “So far as I am personally concern- ed,” Representative Begg tells us, “I think it would be the part of wisdom ‘were Congress to r‘d\u:o.‘d tlxaer«l& pass the -approp! bills perbaps & w - In moeasures which ‘will satwally bs latroduced, then adjown MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. The posthumous publication of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's rather tart criticlsms of/ President Woodrow Wilson's course in the League of Na- tlons fight with the Renate created little more than & ripple on the sur- face in Washington. Tu the Capi the story was an old one. ery one knew what Senator Lodge thought of President Wilson, and there were just as many knew what President Wiison thought of Senator Lodge. Much as Joe Tumulty will resent the implica- tion, it i3 nevertheless a fact that the two men were alike in several respects, and in the human equation liko sel: likes like. The old simile of loving each other like a couple of strange bull- dogs cannot be suppressed as one ponders the regard {n which Mr. Wil son and Mr. Lodge held each other. The League of Nations fight will be a controversy =o long as the present generations are alive, but Dr Wilkon’s own defense of his promising attitude was expre a very few words and was well known to those who came in contact with him. Several Democratic Senators for whom Mr. Wilson had great esteem besought him 1o accept some of the | so-called Lodge reservations to the covenant as the price of Senate rati- fication. The President listened with patience. Then he replied: “‘Gentlemen, the opposition with which we are dealing is not sincere. It does not mean what it says. If I tomorrow were to announce that I would accept the Lodge reservations, a dozen addftlonal reservations would iramediately be interposed. The pend- Ing reservations arc a deluslon and + enare. They are merely a cloak. If the covenant will not be accepted | 48 it 1s, it will not be accepted at all. Greater and greater obstacles will be placed in its path.” That was Mr. Wilson's attitude. Perhaps Mr. Lodge did not know it. The President felt that one compro- mise would but lead to another. Per- haps he was wrong. but In any event hat was his conception of the situa- tion. * * ¥ & The story emanating from Paris that stald Senator Reed Smoot of Utah put his fest on the table during the ‘ruitless French debt negotiations in Washington upset the Capital not a It was not surprising to see a tement from Secretary Mellon to » effect that the yarn was some- *hing of a canard—and canard in *rench means a duck. Washington *nows that Reed Smoot is not a foot- 'n-the-table Senator. The Senator is 70t debonair, nor is he a Bahbitt. He loesn't stick his thumbs in the arm- om | nor does he smoke a cheroot out of the corner of him mouth. The Senator ahont tne mildest mannered man in public life | today, and it often and truthfully has | been satd of that his tect ure generally on tie g 1t would been just as to belleve that | Seeret Mellon put his feet on the desk as to think of Mr. Smoot in sucl {an attitude. Perhaps the I made the statement merely ax i of spe If th had said Smoot. aided and abetted by Lis cc leagues of the American Debt Com missfon, put his feet their neck that might easily have been und stood. But not the table. That 00 1uch. Senator Smoot is decid long of limb, and once he & properly fixed under a ta desire to move the: holes of his vest Billy M ‘ ed to ver that despite of his preachments the older offi of the United States A il « to the theory that th first line of defense | in effect that not | tinker's damn except the I° He believes all future } will_be | fought, won and held by fivers. The | 0ld Army men shake their heads. The know that from time immemorial the infantry always has had to bear the brunt, and that no territory ever wa held except by the welght of Infantrs In their ancie eptance of the infantry as the in source of country’s strength, American officers | do not differ from their brothers of the other armies of the world. to the infantry, world milit | places the field artillery, bu is regarded whollv as an auxilia e cavalry and the heavy arti - e air service. | 1. Mitchell could have visited | the trenches while he was fiying in he would have got a pretty firsthand knowledge of ughboys’ opl { He thought it w: complained that enemy were flying over our line: seldom, if e s ican fiye This was equall infantry, the F | the German. The Ge | plained the British airmen were flving | low e h over their lines to sweep ithe trench caps off their heads infantry always has felt it has had to fight, 1 wars, and it has also | « Alienabie right | to “grous: her branc {of the ke t m , and that in Amer f the British ifantry—and ns once com Fifty Years Ago In The Star Cincinnatus Heine Miller, better known to posterity as Joaquin Miller, .. a native of Indiana, but a Toaquin recident of the Far West 3 during his early manhood, Wallee. SR i wavaracer ‘'n Washington 50 ars ago. In The Star of October 30, 1875, is the follow- ng account of an interview with him: “Joaquin Miller, the ‘poet of the Sterras,’ author of ‘Songs of the Sier- ras,’” ‘Songs of the Sun Lands,' etc. who lectures at Lincoln Hall tonight, has been domiciled at the Arlington :dince Thursday night. A representa- tive of The Star called at his hotel ‘his morning and sent up his card The walter returned saying Mr. Miller would be down in & moment. Soon afterward o gentleman a little above ‘he medlum height, with a blond beard and hair of the same hue cut rather short; with mild blue eyes and a pleasant expression of face, came down the stairway and walked to the newspaper stand, where he purchased some postage stamps for Jetters which he held in his hand. The Star man had expected to see in Mr. Miller a man similar in appearance to the il fated filibuster Gen. Walker, whom the ‘poet of the Sierras’ has described as having. A plercing eye, a princely air, A presence like a chevalier, Sombrero black, with plume of snow, That swept his long, silk locks below; And Spanish spurs with bells of steel That dashed and dangled at the heel. ““Judge of his surprise, therefore, on being told by the walter “That is Mr. Miller.” Somewhat doubting the as- sertion, The Star man inquired of the genlteman ‘Is this Mr. Miller, the poet?” and reecived in response a pleasant ‘Yes, sir, I am glad to see you." Mr. Miller stated that he would make ‘his first appeagance on any stage' at Lincoln Ha% snight, a fact which he thought was .+3t generally known. ‘I am not at all wfraid, how- ever,” he added pleasantly, ‘for I have stood in the presence of many great men in Europe and was not fright- ened, and I don't propose to be fright. ened here.’ ‘“ "Have you been to see the Presi. dent yet, Mr. Miller?’ “ ‘“No,” he replied, ‘I don’t propose to run after anybody. I gave him an invitation to attend the lecture tonight and have just got a letter saying that he will be there. I confess I feel grati- fied at this, because I rather like Grant." “"What {s the character of your lecture this evening?’ “‘It will be a talk about literary matters in London—the clubs and the support England gives her literary men. I chall then come across the Atlantic and pitch in heavy on the way literary men are ignored in Amer- ica. Here the soldiers and the poli- ticians come in for all. the honors, while the literary men are looked down upon with contempt. I shall show this up without reference even to the presence of the President him- self.” “On_being asked how he would answer the objection that literary men are not practical men, he replie ““‘“The objection isn’t worth answer- ing. Look at Gladstone and Disraell. Are they not literary men and states- The objection fsn't worth a thought. By the way, where is newspaper row? A gentleman wanted to see me there.” “The Star man offered to show him the way. to the office of the gentleman he was seeking. On the way down a billboard bearing a poster of his lecture was passed. Stopping In front of it he polnted out with his cane the words ‘Poet and Orator.” ‘Now, that's a lle,’ he explained. ‘I mean the last part of it. As I sald, I have never appeared on the public stage In my life, and the first thing that I shall tell my audience is that it's a lle. T'll have to stir the boys up about that. The fact is, I have never at- tended a lecture in my life. Gen. Butler did get me to go to his talk in New York, but I couldn't stay to hear it out.’ “‘Mr. Miller, who is evidently about 36 years of age, dresses tastefully in a plum-colored felt hat, black coat, dark vest and black pants. He wears sev- eral dlamond rings and also dlamond shirt buttons.” Joaquin Miller was born in 1841, and was therefore 44 on the occasfon of his first lecture in Washington. He died in 1913. and go home. This would probably take us to the middle of June. “I think the American public would welcome such a procedure. Confidence would be restored in the ability of Congress to function in a business-like manner and I shall personally lend myself to the accompl hment of that kind of & program.’ This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. | Good-by, folks, v By the time 3 Spratt and 1 w much-needed v packed up our ten all ahout ¥ And vet th | never forget | That makes the we meet again read this, Jack have gore on a tion. We will have andbags and forgot- n true—we will ay's This and mber that has ter—approxt ind readers, you o stood behind 1 thout your interest and forth in hund | calls and 7 never have | You have been the power behind our words, your_appreciation our greatest Ireward. Wit ur_ word | would hav E cymbs with you, we hav as m and Ricl them (i in their Papers Those papers. each the length of a This 4 635, 1 found on looking them up the other day. e 1 re- ceived, on two successive days, letters from two of vou likening This and That to the Spectator Papers, and asking that the name be changed to “The New Spectator.” Thank you! Looking over the <Ix fat volumes, T was encouraged by the thought that, though 1 might not be able to equai the ineomparable English in them, I had at least written cnough to Ml [four of those 600-page books! p 1 feel (looking back that 1 have at the great Add: not haw been ashamed to sign one of his initials to. e rce of others) incompara Spectator You -will remember that Addlson used either one of four initfals, C. L. I or O. As these occurred in that order, some think he meant to adopt the name of Clio, the muse of history. Others believe that he merely used the initials of towns in which he hap- pened to be, such as London or Ox- ford, etc. Both are pretty speculations, but we have no way of knowing, for Add!- son never declared himself upon this point. You can imagine that it was an in teresting afternoon 1 spent, looking over the volumes of the Spectator Papers, after 1 had written con siderably more than 400 arti somewhat similar nature. Some of you may be surprised to learn that this was the first time I had ever read the Spectator. In school days 1 had the Sir Roger de Coverley papers as “required reading,” and cor dially detested them, of cou So I was somewhat surp: looking thuse old papers over, to find how much I had approximated, not only their length, but something of their spirit and topics, as well as gen eral tone. It seems that any one who attempts honestly to write a serfes of popula s, to put himself on paper faith. must write along much the same sed, on MR Human nature was the underlying theme of the Spectator Papers, and e. it is of This and That. Perhaps that is the only resemblance. Addison made an out-and-out appeal to woman readers. He “fair-sexed it, as the jealous Swift sald. The writer of this column has made no appeal to the interest of women per_se, but is proud of the fact thaf he has many readers among that sex for he regards them as the most in- teresting and the best of mankind Reaxross Editorial " “Rings the Bell” To the Editor of The Star: As chairman of the ninth annual roll call of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Rad Cross, T hasten tq express grateful appreci- ation of yu<~ very Informative and helpful edlitorial i3 ¥wday's {ssue of The Star. It worthily ranks with the President’s {nvitation to join and with “The Message to the American Peo- ple” of Chairman John Barton Payne. Nothing could be finer than tne - co-operation we are recefving from the bankers, business men and utility corporations of the District in our efforts to distribute our enroliment blanks to every householder with the purpose to recruit our dollar mem- bership numbeTs to the real army of loyal partners the District of Colum- bia should have. In helping this recruitment _your editerlal rings the bell. JOHN A. JOHNETON, .Chairman, Ninth Annual Rell Call, District of Columbis Chaptez, e American led Cross.