Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1925, Page 54

rz ITHE EVENING STAR & WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.. November 29, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsvivania Ave Sew York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicagn Ofce: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Regent St., London, England s, Evening Star. wit ng edition, 18 delivered 174 city At 60 cents por month: daily only. 45 cenis per manth: Sunday only. 20 ecents per ‘month Orders mav be sent by mail or Tisnhone Maim 5000 Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month with the Sunday morn- by carriers within Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dails and Sunday. .. .1 yr. S840 1 mo Dails anly 1 V1 $8.00: 1 ma Flndav only 1y §2.400 1 mo. All Other States. Sundas....1¥r. §10.00 Daile anly Lvr £7.00 Sunday only 1yrl $3.00 Member of the Associated The Associated Pr 1 mo. 1 mo 1mo. Press. <« is exclusivels entitled 1o the use for republication of all news fes credited to 1t or not otherwise fhis paver and also the local new crein. Al rights of vublicatio itches herein are also reserved Briand Is the Policy. “T am the policy of the coming gov Arvimtide Br in Paris yvesterday announcing the e just formed to meet the erisis which Ras prevailed In France for the past week. Then he to explain “until my cabinet has met to decide upon its ministerial declaration T am the whole thing.” With Briand “the poliey” France is reasonably safe from another reaction for present. For he commands confidence probably to a greater de- than other French states. man at this time. He is exceptionally experienced in governmental adminis- tration, having headed a number of ministrics. He has weathered many He has a large per- &onal following. and he has now as. gembled a ministry which commands 266 of the 597 votes in the Chamber of Deputies. While this number is not a majority that it bloc for the Immediate is likely that In addition these divectly controlied the thirteen ministers be a considerable support of the This ministry is de- moderate body mssemibled since the elections of May, 1924 Briand's that of Tuptey be of ernment,” said and upon sonuel of his ministry went « he ce any political storms, being three less than workable It point is a purpose to by votes will the It and Center. there from moderate elements clared to be the most policy will be naturally bank- will ba trom end may saving France The means to that detail. and gubject to question and some opposi- tion from the more in the Chamber. rannot interest in radical elements control. They lost their position of advantage. have had their opportunity of positively and have failed. Short an extreme com. affect the orzapization of the government, and the extreme Left, comprising the radicals and Com. munists, are not In a position now to undertake a coup d'etat. France has undergone a radical so- elal change during the past eleven vears, change comparable in some respects with that which was experi- in the ition of 1789-95. it War impoverished many of a Levol the ¥ plutucracy nents In the fin; to foreign due the rinkage of the in exchange, the in- crease of prices, the reduction of in comes of salaried people and the swell ing of the tradesmen, es- anc profits of pectally those dealing in foods, much | Qiscontent with the existing order has | heen aroused. The Communist party has from ments of dissatisfaction been recruited But commu- in I & not | It still hardly situation nisn hip, Tt ance h, Maoscow-led the these party. can control political in cirenm- stances Briand's success in forming a min- | 4stry with control of a virtual majority of the Chamber of Deputles is a safe. guard against radicalism. Tt may not live long, but the praver of 3il friends | of France is that it will survive the | present crisis and serve France over to carry into financial stabilit; The collapse of government in that rountry. to whichever extreme in reorganization, would be a disaster srom which Europe would suffer, and the world at large as well. r—e—— Rituminous coal is now famous as a means of saving time and labor. A pleasant thought that college boys will strive hard for honor on the foot ball field wih the idea in the back of their heads that they are merely taking a “course” in foot ball training which will enable them to haul in the dollars when they graduate. After all, there is a certain amount of Interest in watching a contest which is played for sport’s sake and not for money, even in thix commercial age. The colleges themselves are not without blame in this matter. With the increase in popularity of college foot ball, these institutions of learning have permitted the managers of this sport to charge bigger and bigger prices for tickets of admission, with larger and larger stadlums and “bowls,” until college foot ball has taken on the aspect almost of a com- mercial enterprise, netting thousands of dollars each year. Naturally these big sums have caught the fancy of the professional promoters. They are fol lowing suit. If they can persuade the college stars to enter the professional ranks' the promoters see big money in it for themselves. For the college is the big fleld today for foot ball play- ers. There they are developed and trained until they are acclaimed by millions of people. There they obtain the publicity, the advertising which makes them valuable to the promoter, and only there. Little fs printed about the “sandlot” foot ball players. The promoters who have fastened “R on ers. THE SUNDAY The ‘“mountain laurel” or “calico bush,” which grew abundantly in all our woods, has been so thinned that its future seems hopeless. The plight of dogwood was called to public no- tice last Spring and in previous Springs by women charged with zeal for. preserving our wild plants, but the pillage of the dogwood goes on in Autumn for its pink and erirason ieaves and its scarlet berris The Judas tree “red bud” is broken without mercy in the Spring and vio. lated in Summer and Autumn for its curious leaves and clusters of pods. The small flowers, such as trailing or arbutus, has almost disappeared, and 200 other species of our nearby wild flowers are passing. The opinion of the speaker hefore the New York Botanical Society was that the effective lines of defense of the plants should be educational, leg- islative and cultural. School children should be organized to save the flow- Legislatures should penalize flower destroyers, and the subject of flower preservation should be talked of in the homes. He believes that the wild flowers, especially those nearing extinction in the wood and field, should be planted in the grounds and gardens of homes. —_— e Toboggan Traffic. Tobogganing ““de luxe” Is the latest wrinkle In Winter sports. From the Bavarian Alps comes word that elec 1" Grange as their wagon totric traffic signals have been installed material profit are thinking of the|on the principal slides, and that tobog. dollars and cents and not of sport. It | ganing at sixty miles an hour througk Is interesting to note that of the the mountains on steeply banked $12.000, which it is reported to have|tracks is as safe and comfortable as been paid Grange for his first game in Chicago, $3,000 went to his “manager,” and many more thousands went to the | uniformed attendants, are now sending | the huge sleds off on schedule time. promoters of the game. Sport for sport's sake is becoming, it rAust be admitted with perhaps a little grief. as rare as art for art's sake. This is the age commercial. e Community Recreation Parks. A plan described in yesterday's Star for the creation of a community park on the Fort Reno site will be recom- mended to Congress by the District Commissioners. and. having already received indorsement by members of Congress juterested in the develop- went of the Capital, it would appear to have u good chance of adoption at this coming session. This project con- templates the acquisition of a large tract of land upon @ point of greatest altitude 10 the District, where already 4 small reservation Is occupied by a he cost of the land to be is estimated at present at If the project is adopted principle, but not immediately ap- propriated for, the cost will in a few vears be materially increased. It will i servoir. acquired £1,000,000. in But the Left parties | ve | have | civen, They | istic reaction they cannot hope to | neh | ench peaple and created u new | ncial readjust- | these ele- | neh leader- | rench | | Murphy is large enough to show that be economy, therefore, to accompany | approval of the plan. should it be with provision for prompt execution. The point of main interest in this project, which is the fruit of con.! sideration by the city planning board. | & ticket for the 1:03 or 2 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the dispatch did not say, but it Is apparent that a visitor to the could get it “train” might easily be provided and he could be rushed through with all block pants of the theater Broadway. pends tyranny. but on the fact that so many people are the Great get into the show busine: modern train travel Red and green lights, operated hy A private telephone system has also heen installed, which provides an ad ditional safeguard. Whether or not it is pessible to buy 1 fast sled to the mountain order, if A special top of “home” in short was found necessary. Ignals set against other skinned ice” tracks, exhilarating sensation: a oceu It is an sensation which many Americans have enjoyed gan Europe. now being taken for bogganists, that any of the sleds will run empty 1o speed over the fast tohog slides In the Winter resorts of With additional precaution the safety of to there ix little likelihood Otto Kahn thinks the New York needs emancipation from Broadway's power de in nowise on an aggressive rvinging door White Way bells alonz in an effort to A A board of censorship may one day | is that it is a type of community|Pe deemed necessary to decide exactly reservations which should be created in varfous parts of the District to serve separated sections. The features of the center comprise an athletic field, tennis courts, base ball diamonds and a public school, appropriately placed within the reservation. It will be in a way a glorified ‘school play- ground, but for the use of a greater number than the immediate school population, Potomac Park is now a public play- ground in the making. 1f plans al- veady drawn for its development mature it wilk be a model recreation center. But it will have no relation to any particular section or neighbor- hood. There are several points at which similar recreation centers and ommunity playgrounds should be es. | tablished. One of the reasons urged | for acquisition of the Patterson site in | cial least the Four Thousand. | that what kind of love letters are fit to print. In the meantime the news editors succeed in taking very, good care of the situation. ———— Wealth has become so prevalent that what was once described as the Four Hundred” has become At e A French cabinet official often ac- cepts his position with an understand ing that the employment is likely Le only temporary. to - —o— China continues to try every kind of { political move except a peace confer ence that really means business. e T Texans are beginning to complain Ma_ Ferguson is treating them the northeast, dor example, is that |Jike stepchildren. that section of the city lacks recrea. | tion facilities. The Fort Reno plan may thus be considered the beginning | of a general system of community vecreation establishments for all ages | of people, a system which, when com- pleted, will make Washington in truth | the best-served community in the world in point of practical, useful pub- lic parks. —— e A crime wave in Washington, D. C., presents an unfamiliar situation which may compel the police, already overburdened with trafic responsibili- ties, to take on new problems. s of the | i The estate late Charles = e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Stipping Along. Slipping along—slipping along— Now with a sorrow and then with a song. The world seems to sigh as so gently it grieves ‘Where the wind softly sweeps through the old Autumn leaves. Slipping along from the Summertime glow To the gathering clouds hurrying snow, Neath the glittering stars through the long silent nights and the STAR, 1 two, WASHIN 1925—PART 2 EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D. Bishop of Washington. “Chirstian Unity.” Sphesians 4:13 “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God. unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ 1s there value in a corporate stand- ard or creed that, broadly speaking, represents our common belief? In our corporate life as a people, experience has proven the indispensableness of that which represents the standard of belief for the ation. In sense our Constitution is our national creed. Upon it we build our institutions. By it we govern and control our do. mestic and foreign relation out such a standard we should speedily grow chaotic and suff dissolution. The antithesis of or chios There are those in our national life who disavow allegiance to orderly government, but we do not regard them as worthy members of the state. More and more we are sceking today for something that will constitute basis of unity and that may be comprehensive in its statement of a_common belief that 1t may prove effective in bringing into closer fellow ship men and women of every type and class. With this in mind. Presi dent Harding said, “The gospel of understanding alone, will insure a tranqull world.” * x ¥ % There s a dlsposition places today to desregard creeds standards of faith, and to think of them as unnecessary and useless. 1t mav be that no creed or standard of faith is comprehensive or broad enough to be inclusive of all tvpes of mind. It may be that no expres sion of religion thus far formulated by any religious body is broad enough to meet all demands and to serve all purposes. No one would undertake to urge uniformity of practice in a world of diverse temperaments. Rut notwithstanding this, it does grow more evident day by dav that is a unity of faith that grows out of a4 knowledge of the Son of God, that issues ultimately in a fellowship, and that contributes mightily 1o the hap. piness and peace of men evervwhere To a vast body of people Jesus and His teachings constitute the ground work and basis of their faith and the source of their Inspiration. Like My Lincoln, they find in Him the supre mest expression of God's will and puy pose concerning His children. Ile in His person 1% the very incarnation of thefr faith. With another they muix tain that “higher has human thought not reached.” their faith in ings of Jesus, er a in certain the person and the greater will sense of unity become. and the effective will be the ministry of churches of every nume. To say we can go on in our individual corporate life without some comr standard of belief to run to the common experience of every sphere and department action. Some one says, 1 teach their more the tha m er in is cour life of cannot THE MITCHELL CO BY FREDERI You might expect the place to he dignified and impressive. It is From vour perusal of the newspaper columns and vour experience with news reels, you might expect to see cheering throngs. flags, bunting mdunted policemen, perhaps a band or and a)l that goes with a gala and highly important occasion, but vou would not see that. You might expect to find all Washington gaping news hulletins and breathlessly awalt ing information as to how Col. Mitch ell’s case is coming on, but you would not find that. When the Mitchell trial Washington really was exefted sald that the Capital had been Ing for years for something- ing base ball-to get and finally had found it. But Wasl ington gets used to such things quickly, and interest waned, or 1 the trial took fts place beside many other interests. Mitchell court-martial, although it still much discussed ame more less commonplace viewed asx u show or spectacle Of course, it yet attracts many. The courtroom is crowded. Interested per sons attend daily. There are in Washington many women whose dn mestic_duties do not call upon them for much time. and who hecome in veterate attendants of hearings and trials and fnvestizations. Many of them attend the Mitchell trial daily. The The place is at First and B streets, at the foot of Capitol Hill, and in the shadow of the dome that marks the pinnacle of America’s Olympus. But B street is a side street. It has the quiet of a secluded residence street It is lined with trees that in the Sum. mer form a green archway, but which, in their November nakedness. cast shadowy streaks on the street and the old_bufiding which is the courthouse This building. known as the Emery Buflding. is rather shabbyv. Its red bricks are a little dingy i the shadows cast by trees, and the keystone over opened Some look exclud excited over “Courthouse.” the doorway, which bears the legend, | “U. 8. Census,” is worn and weather- With- | there | The more men can focus | | and at | And when it did the| see that any men have advanced ®the [1.‘11-'- except those who acknowledged the possibilitles of the unproven and | were ready to die for an hypothesis.” | * K Kk | Inanpther place this same brilliant | writer says: “Perhaps the only differ. | ence between Judas the Mocker and { John the Apostle is that John was <apable of believing a man could he |a god, and Judas was inacapable of believing # man could be anything but an animal.” We recall that Ten nyson, after 17 years of mental an guish, produced his “In Memoriam beginning with these striking and memorable words: Strong Son of God. immortal love | Whom we that have not see Thy fac By faith. and faith alone. embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. This was the ery of a great soui that had triumphed over confuslons and difficulties and was compelled to see in the Man of Nazareth the solu- tion of its weightiest problems. Apart | from the peace and satisfaction that come to the individual who, like Ten- nyson, has arrived at a definite and reassuring religlous conviction, there is something in a common standard of belief thai contributes to a finer fellowship and a better understand ing among men of diverse minds and temperaments. Nothing contributes more to community happiness than | adherence to a common cause that in | tself represents a great and appeal | ing ideal or conviction { e seen vast multitudes or S representing every variety | and shade of opinfon suddenly ilesce under the magic and inspired touch of one who held before him # lofty ideal. The greatest problem the Christian churches of every name have hefore them is to discover anew that which is fundamental in all their creeds and svstems, and forgetting for the while points of difference and lissimilarity, to set before men those truths that are supreme and essen tial to all. There can be no doubt about it, there is a clamorous and insistent call for a greater unity of faith, and that unity can only come hrough a deeper knowledge of the | Son of God. and out of it must issue 1 more perfect manhood and woman hood The unity hased wholly | teachir of the early church was on adherence to the of Jesus and the supreme duce His Lif tery S0 far wus nd tobe. it sought in ‘The they might, His life their standard and pat however unattainable it was Christiikeness that and £row up inte things” was their great divisions in_ Christendom where men focus their eves on institutions rather than His sub. lime per adity We are nking w much in e ol organization f 1nd et and too little In erms of a living Christ, Who is the h d of the church T'he I dership a personality sreater than the leadersh nization hey iim \im an or {GopyreEbe. 1 URT-MARTIAL C J. HASKIY of the fight, with the ba His counse e raging all Representa- of Tllinois. hurls sharp in- vective over his head at the opposi- tion, and the prosecution roars back er his head at Reld. and at times i. Billy stretches. vawns and s of the window at the fapping lothesline. Perhaps he thinking »f his laundry or perhaps he is think ing of Fu or of the forest and ts game He is quite a hunter The Gerr him that when he led squad trails ans e room, just as the t € schoolrooms used to dd { back of them sit the spectatc ally about 200 of them. sume sleep some wide-eved with expectancy, some grave, some wondering what it is all about. Then there ure the guards, Who range all the way from privates 10 lieutenants. Indeed, within that old room IS represented every rank in the Army from private to major general. Medals. impressive stripes Jeather They make to each other, fingers on the is loaded with Many Men of Many = division puttees and pencil notes and drum | curved ta | documents Maj. Gen. Howze sits back in his chair and twirls his thumbs. brows are arched and his lips are pursed upward, and he looks hard hoiled. He has little to do. He leans forward every now and then and drones the decision of the law mem- ber to make it official and then sinks | back to his restful position. The law member, Col. Blanton Win- ship, reminds one of Marshal Foch. He is gray-haired and ruddy of com. plexion. His eves are kindly and twinkle with humor, although his face wears a scrious expression. His fairness in dealing with the defense has won him admiration from every ji ar of and officers” insiz square jaws. whisper with their sle. which effort of His early diSciples to repro- | S| House, His | Capital Sidelights Congress and official Washinzton have of recent years been so thorough Iy inoculated with the golf germ that | the suggestion has been made that the next new employe for Congress. more especlally for the Senate, should be a golf professional. A conzres sional golf tournament is being advo. cated, in the same spirit that Repub- lican and Democratic m bers used some years ago to challenge each other to contests on the base hall dia mond. can now get golf balls and the Senate and Hou stores, so why not have a professional to coach them on their game? Of course, we no longer have a golf playing President. In the Harding days a golf cabinet carried on in much the same way that the famous “tenni: binet” functioned in the Roosevelt gime. The old presidential foursome ax composed of Mr. Harding enators Hale of Maine. Frelinghuy sen of New Jersey nd Kellogz of Minnesota. They were “early birds on the links, often starting their tour before 7 a.m.; not infrequently played on the public golf couese in Potomac Park. Now Hale is the only e of them left in the Senate. but he clubs at | Senators and House members | stationery | nd | Billy | his life.” they | dragged out too lon { the is still going strong on the links. ecretary of State Kellogg is ognized as the best golfer in cabinet_and among all the ment officials, while H. Gillett of Massachusetts, forn peaker of the House recogr the best golfer in Congress. I Kellogg and_Gillett usually play on the Chevy Chase course, and make the round in & Members of Congress can be seen dafly playing on each of the 17 golf | courses about the Capital, with Sena ttors most conspicuous. Th hasn’t merely hit the effete laok ing about for needed exercise and recreation, but outstanding fizures now Govern | inter the | ! tomorrow Senator Frederick | v} terri; golf bug | from the Southland and from out be vond where the West hegins, ever way through to where it*ends st | shore of the Parific Ocean have taker up the healthful pastime. The rugged | Senator Reed Smoot of 4l'tah, the | ruddy and rotund Senator Pat Harrison | of Mississippi, sturdy Senator L. Jones of Washington and the euphonious Senator Andreius A. Jones of New Mexico, the bhantam Arthur Capper of Kansas, leader | the farm hloc: the apoatle of icviga tion and reclamation, Senator Charles L. MeNary of Oregon: the Democrati leader, Joseph T. Robinson of Arkan {sas, have all fallen willing victims | Senator Robinson, by the w: an old war horse and devotee at His earnestness in match notably attested s short while when it resulted in a fist 1 {the links of the Chevy Chase Club resort of the fashionable elite tors Robinson and Morris Shep, | Texus, great apostle of temperance | present a decided antithes | BOIf course. where they vers Iy play tosether. Robinson frank admits that b an old reprobate id sneaks away from @ roll « while 1o keep 1 he inveig < tendy ato; play frequent Jative chamber Senator George Wharton Pennsylvania long-time | physical exercise and noted s {athlete another strik quent figure on the ! Senator James Couzens of Michiz ho helped Henrv Ford put multitudinous “Aivver” on the way map of the United who was for vears general man of the works, now takes it out o sreens The new Spea of the House Representative Nicholas Longworth {of Ohio. oftentimes better known as | Alice Roosevelt's husband and father | of the recently arrived Paulina |used to entertain at the as did also Viee T | Dawes, with his violin. is a pers | olfer. Tt isn't long azo ick” got knocked out on the lin twhen he was hit back of the ear A golf ball whacked by the stalw Representative Adam Wyant Penn. sylvania But space is lacking to name those who have surrendered It must not be neglected, however mentfon that the new Necretary i Agriculture, ex-cowboy, Dr. | M. Jardine, is a victim. wnd enthusiastic about it | To keep history straight the nega | tive side should ulso be recorded | Senator Charies Curtis of Kansas, the Pepy disciple 1 is and 2olf course to Ul of w0 quite Republican leader of the Senate, does | not play golf. So ation In the Senate splits eve Senator Capper carrying out the requirements f their constitue 1 while Senator Curtis sticks to his old | hobby of horse races. And why not? i Wasn't he a successful ey him | self——and net s very many years ago either? Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho. the lone wolf,”" deesn't gather with the many of his col |leagues on the links. but takes hi | exercise by solitary horsehack rides ok x ox the Kansas dele with One of Secretary Hoover's disciples | on the Food Administration is coming Government. This | Fort. Republican, volunteer s Franklin W of East Orange worker in decided acquisition social set in the younger * ok ¥ ox return to Congress of a former loco- motive engincer, Representative Wil- liam L. Carss of Proctor, Minn., who was on his run on the Duluth, Wesley | | been was | saved ago | brought | | | who ¢ White ! of | William | back to the: Capital to help run the | Rallroad men hail with pleasure the | { chicken, MEN AND BY ROBERT A distinguished Army officer on duty | in New York called up a classmate of the old West Point days at the War Department in Washington. After transacting some official business, the Army officer in New York thought to chide his buddy in the Capital “I hear,” he sald, “you are having a court-martial over there. “Yes, we are,” came the reply “Well, who is being tried—Mitchell the War and Navy Departments?” “That’s hard to tell,” replied the Washington voice ne day it looks like one thing and the next day it looks like the other. But you can bet ’ | | | innocent or | your boots and spurs on one thing. Mitchell is having the time of All of which is perfectly true. There just one danger for Col. Mitchell. | is the danger of the trial being | Unquestionably | flving colonel faced his judge the active and absolute sympa of nine-tenthx of the people of the | ut it is difficult to hold the | Their It with | thy country st of the American people st i in ong pla There are so many things to claim their attention. A < train wreck is dismissed in a day. A tidal wave or a holocaust makes the front page often in but a single edition. To hold the public in terest for a month or more is virtually impossibl lecanse inter ing on the | of widespread travel writer recently was able to record the | reat public interest in Cc Mitchell. | A trip two weeks after the trial opea- | ed disclosed a decided slackening in | that inter | As the colonel is trying his case be- | fore the | his counsel she he of public opinion he and with at Other Id get it over ear moment h may w hin: i est possible audience alk out indeed has atest Wireless telegraphy. if not the eighth wonder of the world hailed one of the g achievements of mankind. as well one of the greatest benefactors of hu hanity. Perhaps the radio and some of the uses to which it is being put by the broadcasters may eventually be egarded as # mixed blessing. but as to wireless telegraphy there can be no two opinions. In the comparativel brief time it has been in use it has thousands of lives It has succor to sinking ships and the trackless as inder its magic spell | <exns no longer other years. Which is all by & triumph of tl ¢ dinner nplete and dinner was in a The rubber he New Yo calthy hun host This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. tes Cato wvho feed 1known the put on firmly by eholde: in their day. They hiad seen Cato up to his tricks before. The feline, however, had more s paw than ever they knew of., 1y on his hind legs, the, ed at his vellow eves ke | full_moons a to is a handsome cat and knows , that day. when he was unable havghtily to Who dared to do thi answer coming. Cato the problem wis his alone to to leave unsolved. To quit only would leave him with- but would give him a sense did not suit his tem- which was the that showi say No that solve now of failure that perament | A successful cat never gives up. He may not succeed the tirst time, but he 1 embodiment of the old k maxim about trying agair hack time afte time hd realized v-he will until his Cato come red It was no He pushed it ill there was no nz it. He rubhed his head against I tramor. With a heave of his whole hody Cato got under the edgze and pried the lid off. Clang! is pawed at th huds e P The lid rolled across the walk while Cato held his ground That was the way Cato liked to see lids. He stood on his legs to look down into the garbage can. Chicken! Yum! yum! Cato flashed yellow fire to left, to right, then dived down until only his latter half was visible. He soon came up with a which he devoured irther rummaging brought lag of at leisure. T chiliing. only PAUSINE | by which the qualifications of | to look at the house, as if expecting | | some one to issue forth with a broom | They often do. who iftom 19178 to. 19195wns "‘T}"T‘hp lid quivered and lay still. upside Washington. | qown. His four charming children will be a | | {advancement of the pupils at | | parent, aa | public his | informa | teacher, AFFAIRS T. SMALL. to partake of the feast. Perhaps should be related here that Mr, Peter son’'s widowed a with whom made his home, was plowing way aboard ship in the Mediterrane en route to India to visit her marric daughter in the tea country. Al this on the day of the dinner. Fred1 Rgoing home in the early afternoon see that all was well, sndgenly disc ered that his garie shears wera n where to be found He searched h! and low Then thought of 1 aunt. Where was she? She wou know the whereahouts of the wil shears. Oh, ves, she was aboard All was not lost. There was the wir less. That is what it was made f eddie sent his rush message “Where are my game shears,’ pleaded at urgent Time dra ed nproached The "he cocktails were g The clear s the burgund the telephone dio Cory . P steamer, v “In the hall There was 4 ears turned Freddie was didn't know well” It had all voted a g hiz aunt he he P2 he dinner zuests disposed of, onened—and was the F sage for o. from Gibraltar. chest or desk wild shout up in the hall klad of this becau anything about was n ntil the gues departed and the dinne and success that he realize had simply meant the des nd that she was well “Whee, I'm giad that,” s Freddie as he settled down to a q little well fed snooze v * a strange. hack in the atmosph Washington the past persons thought it was he Representatives and Senator nning to get back thought it was hecause t hell cou | had ceased sensation hecause vis ington navy vard reported vacht M had steam up But at hole thing ex- nlained. A ote from the White House suid Mr. and Mrs 3 w 3oston were e and would remain until afte Thanksgiving. The Stearnses I been ma’ for ng while were greatly missed There has normalex ahont Some cause were h Others Mitel be a een feeling ore to t last that Stearns of Cool AT0 Now be “Red” Gran between $12.0 that it has ed $20 ball game. the wrone 15 1ker ng the mate b o nam.l ange ssional that he How cun sas chose professior ng b n Fifty Years Ago In The Star coun r Superficial Education. ent and doubting the aining_given to tar of November 23, 1875, is the f lowing editorial on the subject In dealing with the questi figure that will be made by tional part of the cente tion the New York Post can be no doubt that faults in our lived every eff indeed, some of th is reason to think ures meant 1o Superficiality is almost characteristic. and for son the eff of our adicate it should be no ohse or n fail school systems, o direct agents for fos them burn of crease In an one i bezun e school America value of the childre: In The o e improvements un Americar that very reu -ducators unceasing; bu 1o in’ our ost everywhere ing It. many of n earnest desire to in ~fulness of the schools, to teach too much, for > schools generally teact nd it is safe to say th of things taught in mos common schools might he re duced one-half with marked advar one has only to lnok at the preseribec course of study in the schools of = most any city in the coun or observe the miniatu schoolbo: the s whict nd schoolgirls carry dail in their journey between their hom and their schoolrooms. The Post is characterizing as thi the viclous the apparer el It is ap teacher are judged by examinations or exhibitions. that paper savs exhibitions can real advancement of pup and genuine education. E: in sound amination | test to some extent the amount of in | formation | the b not at all the cu They drillin but pil has received still more largely the scholars have had in pa ion before the pu 10 mak his e forth bits of provender fine, but still quite acc Qv all was the sa ather, securing one’s own grub, would ‘ruther forage for his der than have it handed to him {Missabe and Northern Raflway, when elected to Congress. which | was the first public office he ever | sought. He served in the Sixty-sixth | | Congress and fs now coming buck to | the Sixty-ninth. not quite as ptable to Cato. e of theft, or, | successful, must devote { more attention than is wholesc the task of giving information (o his ANV | pupils and (raining them in qualiti fod- | the opposite of modesty in public. In ON i this way the tr ng of the schools one. liis opinions are deliberately ed in a sieady, gentle voice. He for all the world, like some- s father who is a little perturbed. Brig. Gen. King is au disturbing That seem to reflect this myriad lights. 2 fa man may dev, o . TeT minimum of conversation i 25/ devaote i {ime:closely ito earth’s political responsibilities and still save La lttle money. beaten. It was built more than u quar. ter of a century ago, and named in honor of a candidate for the mayoralty of Washington in the days when the | Capltal's citizens could vote. That was a It is requ to get i on its way from the mines. e ——— Slipping along! Though an howr may be slow, . Commerce vs. Sport. not to the cour “Red” Grange's sensational hop into professional ball. sensational lurgely because of the fact that he re- ceived $12,000 for his first game, prom. be @ topic of for some time to come. the The is to measure everything in foot to a discussion This is age commercial tendency are branded with the Why should not triotism lar mark. sport e a of adyertising during his college ca- reer capitalize it? Why Red" Grange make the most of his opportunities to gather to himself as thousands of dollars as he fs doing the one thing which so far he has shown the greatest capacity for doing? There will he many who insist he has a perfect right to enter the professional foot ball field, that he is entirely justified in taking this opportunity to reap a harvest, and that he would be little more than a fuol if he even hesitated to accept this offer. On the other hand, there will be many who deplore his action, not so much because of the effect that It may have on Grange himself, but be- cause of the effect which his course may have on sport for sport's sake in this country, because of the effect which it may have on college foot ball, which has been hailed as a great, clean, amateur institution in the col leges, closely guarded against profes. slonalism. Now big money is offered 4o the youth who makes a reputation on the college gridiron. It is not exactly a 4 | curned repose s about the only per- A resignation rumor promising well qui Jor te a Secretary of the Navy en- ———— Destruction of Native Plants. At a recent meeting of the New York Botanical Soclety it was pointed terms of dollars and cents. Love, pa.| 00t that mutive frees and fiowers in g S ikt | that part of the country are being ex- 11dj terminated by motorists, picnic par- i o e oanilitied who has had a million dollars’ worth | o o Cr’ should net | florists, real estate promoters The principal speaker was Herbert. Durand. botanist and au- thor, who eriticized real estate de- velopers for destroying native trees, shrubs and smaller plants and replac- ing them with other varieties, It was sald that in a single area of West- chester County thousands of wild azaleas, dogwoods, sweet pepper bushes, blueberry bushes and many ornamental trees and shrubs were de- stroyed last Summer, and that today the land is staked into lots and plant- ed with Norway maples, privet hedges, red geranfums and scarlet sage. Destruction of native plants goes on in the Potomac country and many have become rare, if they can be found at all, within the District. Many persons do not give & thought to the preservation of our native plants, and in staking & new home strike from the land all the native forms and substitute those not native. The wild azalea, of which Mr. Durand spoke, was common with us twenty years ago, but is seldom seen now in the District, and to find fine specimens one must go deep into the woods in the neighboring States, where few city peo- ple and Sunday trippers find their way. The weeks and the months with strange swiftness will go. We'll patiently wait for the robins to sing. We'll be slipping along into Spring. very soon Repudiated Theory. “So you deny that a chimpanzee was your ancestor?” “So far as T am personally con- cerned,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I do. No creature that couldn't talk could possibly have been the ancestor of a politician in my State.” Unconquerable Aversion. Our patriotism is not slow. It never once relaxes. And yet there's not a man I know ‘Who likes to pay his taxes. Jud Tunkins says mince pie is a homely delicacy that is liable to re. quire a doctor’s prescription before and after, Ray of Sunshine. “I understand some of the Western farmers have raised more corn than they know what to do with.” “Well,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle- top, “I'm glad there is some sections ot the country that's law-abidin’.” The World's a Stage. There isn’'t any Hamlet sad Excepting in the mind and heart. There isn’t any Santa Claus. Yet how we like to play the part. “‘All gamblin’,” sald Uncle Eben, “is foh fun; only you can't tell whose fun it's gineter be.” long time ago. was made the headquarters of the Census bBu reau und served for many years in that capacity. Inside the dinginess increased. The floor is worn and the splinters jab at people’s shoes. The walls look as iIf they were lined with cardboard. One feels, in fact. that this edifice has long since given up all evidence of life and that the t within it 1m!,-:)n be some sort of spectral gather- ng. On the walls are signs directing the interested to the courtroom. They | point down the corridors of the first floor and then lead up the stairs. There one comes to the courtroom and its environs. The room for wit nesses, the pressroom and the room for the judges are designated by signs. itself. Like an 0ld Schoolroom. It is something like a grade school- room of many vears ago. There are Posts In it. The windows are long. It is stuffy one moment and then, should some one open one of the long. drawn-out windows, the place as- sumes the temperature of u refriger- ator. And to make the common- placeness of the surroundings more complete thére was, the other morn- ing, & family washing flapping on a clothesline just outside the window back of Maj. Gen. R. L. Howze, pres- ident of the court. The seats of the mighty are often set in simplicity. Around a curved table in one end of the room sits the judges, four major generals, five brigadiers and a colonel. At one end of this table sits counsel for the defense and at the other end sits counsel for the prosecution. the man they are battling over, xaz- ing straight at the president of the court and its law member and right across the stenographer's table which bears the records of his amazing trial. Next to him sits Mrs. Mitchell, smil- ing. confident and a little defiant. Col. Mitchell is right in the center Then there is the courtroom, | And between them sits | judge, but to the | Spectators. He chews a rubber band. He plays with it. e takes the end of it, like the waitress takes her chewing gum, and stretches it out, far out, from his face. The spectators lean forward expectantly, but he eases the band back and chews on it. If that band ever breaks many will, it | seems, quit going to the trial. Maj. Gen. MacArthur looks Wke Admiral Beatty. He is jaunty and keen-eyed. Brig. Gen. Irwin looks like Gen. Pershing. Briz. Gen. Booth looks like vour grandfather. When court is over he fumbles in his pocket and extracts an immense cigar. The first whiff brings a comfortable sigh. Brig. Gen. Poore gives one the im- pression that he would enjoy a good golf game. Maj. Gen. McCoy appears a little sour. He might be looking at a man who had not shaved for in- spection. But he isn't sour—he's Irish. Maj. Gen. Graves looks like he might be vour pastor. Brig. Gen. Winans seems a little sad, but it's a bluff. All 0ld War Dogs. All of them are veteran war dogs. They have fought the Indians and the Spanfards. and in the Philippines. on the Mexican border, in France, wherever the American flag has been carried in war, and they want to know about this young colonel who has talked back. Representative Reid is tall, rather sallow, and has piercing black eyes. He has not a very pleasant voice. It is sharp and his argument is sharp. He shoots his shafts and they cut. | There are contempt and sarcasm in withering. Judge Advocate Moreland is heavy and rotund. His voice is guttural and his argument blunt. ~Lately he has been aided by Maj. A. J. Gullion and by Maj. F. W. Wilby, assistant | Army general staff. is & member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and held im portant offices {n that organization, * X * X% “dirt” farmer has been discovered in the incoming Con- gress. le is Representative Franklin Menges, native of Menges Mills, I’a After a post-graduate cou: chemistry, physics, geology and mine- ralogy and receiving the degree of doctor of philosophy from Gettysburz College. Mr. Menges was instructor in chemistry and physics at his alma mater for 10 years. He was head of The real Pa., High School. Then he was in vited by the Department of Agricul- ture of the State of Pennsylvania to give lectures at farmers’ institutes on soils, their origin, construction and maintenance of fertility. Twenty- two years ago Mr. Menges was ap- pointed by the Pennsylvania com- mission of the Louisiana purchase of the agricuitural exhibition of* the State at St. Louis. time to farmers’ institute work and examination of soils for individual gave suggestions for managing soils .to supply products for which there ‘was demand in local communities and accessible markets. While engaged in this work he accumulated a large amount of materfal, which, together ‘with soil surveys that he had made in every county-and township in the State, was published by the State de- partment of agriculture. Eight vears ago the farm institute work was ab- sorbed by the extension department of the Agricultural College. Then he sur- { his discourse, which is biting and|rendered himself to his long-itme de. sire and became a “dirt” farmer. * X ¥ % Another veteran coming back to the legislative grind is Representative Harry C. Woodyard, Republican, of Spencer, Pa., who has already inter- Representative Carss | in the science department of the York, | exposition to prepare and have charge | Since then he has devoted all of his | him. { quietly. farmers throughout Pennsylvania. He {1 a china plate. A fellow gets of being dependent. free, to run, to gallop his own grub. That is the life! In this connection, I recall some charming lines by Carolyn Wells: Rat tat tat Who s that? T opened up the door. and I saw a Tittle cat He said, "1 wish A bit of fish ce and hot on a china dich “Come in. saye I And T win trs A bit of fieh for sou to fry If there is any reader who can supply me with the remainder of those lines, T will appreciate it very much * ok ok % Finishing his imprompt meal, Cato sauntered across the alley. Just as he emerged between the spread wires of the fence, at the only point a fat cat can get through, he spied Jack Spratt. Jack was sunning his tiger-striped length on the back porch. He saw Cato about the same time Cato saw The two cats eved each other Cato got down on his haunch- and crept slowly across the yard. idently he was taking no chances. Jack held his ground, tail fluffed out, ced up, ready for. anything. Cato crept into the next yard. At this instant a saucer of tuna fish was placed on the sidewalk in full view of the two cats. Jack, already surfeited, arose and stood guard over it. Cato wiggled his nostrils, and gave Spratt several evil looks, but ventur- ed no farther. He respected Jack's ownership of the vard and all there- in. Besides. probably he didn’t like the look of Jack’s glaring green eves. ———ee—s Chicago Funerals. es From the Chicago Dally News. These two steps are requisite in to Maj. Gen. Drum, chief of the | mittently served 16 years on Capitol |procuring an ornate funeral: First, be Hil a gang leader; second, get shot. tired | {ends mior tle wants to be | of mere Information-giving, to the sad to rustle up | peglect of the higher purposes of ed | given them aims constantly a | Wood Pavements vied nalf | | and more in the direction cation. Worse still is the effect the system in giving the pupils an incorrect idea of the object and pur pose of study. The careful training t fAitting them to make a good display of their attainments upon examination day and they are thus taught constantly that display the chief ohject of study: that superficial knowledge, held always readily at command the one thing to be taught in the room.” hool the absence of the “mosqu "ot malarial transmission thai} isease was attri a cen ; tury ago to a wide and Malaria. 50 050" Coses. even to the wood block paving, which then was in evidence in the Capital's streets. Tt appears from a news story in The Star of November 27, 1875, relative to the annual report of the 3oard of Health, that this question of the effect of decaving wood pavement upon the public health kad been re ferred to a committee, which reported that it w: source of malarfa in fection, declaring all such pavements in a state of decay to be a menace to health. These conclusions, it appears, had been Indorsed by other Lealth organizations. In theory ———— Coupled. From the Indianapolis Star. Trying te distinguish twins is noth ing to separating a series of revolts |down in Nicaragua. N Going and Coming. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. Efther a draft or an overdraft ¥ glve a man a chill,