Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 58

2 THE EVENING _ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. SUNDAY December 13, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Officr 11th Stand Dronsyt e Yerk 0 11 Chicago O European Oftice ania The Evening Star oe adition 05 el v o ety at 60 cents cents per mo: month with th mail o made Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. All Other States and Canada. 1 mo., $1,00 Member of the Associated Press. The Associ entitled eeial dispatches A Brard of Public Welfare. Representative Zihiman, of the House District ¢ + vluced a bill at the tuest of the Commissioners which should have early and favorable consideration. It » atfon board of public the trict to exer: c and n Al institutions now sc tered under several jurisdictions, and 1o replace bodie the the Board of Chil- and the b d of National Training chairman nmittee, has ropuses the cr fave fc super a D control over a iher of L hree existing ren’s Guardians tees of ool for Girls. This measure is one of the recom- mendations of a public welfare com- mission named several months ago by the Commissioners to make a stud: of the lecal situation and to prop i legislation as it deemed desirable and That commission, 1 examinaiion of con- the locul charities nal Institutions, deter- th ution of ad- administrative authority organizations and estab- lishments should be effected through th ‘tment of such a measure as that which has just been submitted. It held hearings at which all the insti- tutions were represented and a plan of consolidation was finally worked out which met the wishes and objec- the necessar: 4 thoro affecti correcti mined that visory and over these afte dittons = = t rable, from the point of efficiency of management ol that these various local tutions should be brought gle organic bodv of admin- while leaving to each its individual field of service. In £ome cases the supervision has been ed in volunteer organizations. In others the Board of Charities has exercised control, under the statutes. The proposed board of public welfare will be, in effect, an expanded Board of Charities, with enlarged scope of tivity and authority. The plan has m the had the warm ap- val of the Board of Charities, the mbers of which r > that und conditions there is much over- of energy and ef- of and con view own fr pr e cutset ng pping and iency. 1t this bill becomes a law, which should be the case early in the session, the Commissioners will appoint @ board of nine members, each eventual- 1¥ to hold position for six years, all serving without salary. At present the members of the Board of Charities e appointed by the President, who : expressed himself as entirely will- to have this proposed transfer if Congre: Is. There that th + will make for betterment conditions Washington, and to this end the ation sbould be pressed for early action. loss 1 ieve tic ¢ welfare — . Col. Sherrill’s Successor. A more satisfactory appointment could not be made than that of Maj. T. S. Grant, 3d, to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill director of public buildings and parks, to take effect December 31. Announcement that Maj. Grant is st favorably considered for this th fore highly gratifying. the course of his several as- ts to Wi especially in connection with the pub. lic buildings and parks Maj. « t pr his qualification this highly important work. He well known to the people of this He is perfectly familiar with the scope and details of the task which it Is indicated he will be igned to discharge. lHe in full sympathy with the program of public develop- ments and improvements at the Capi- ured, he Sherrill's without is * in signme shington service, and wor has ed is tal and if, as now seems is detailed us Lieut. Col. or he will carry or tnterruption the important cts assigned to the executive of the director of public build- < and ks on Though the Vice President is not, strictly epeaking, a member of the senate, It Is quite certain that he will Lo very much in the picture this ses- sion. e S Cover Charges. \ New York judge has decided in a brought before him that there Is W iinst the col charge” in ific case was somewhat peculiar. omplainant and a companion en- tored the establishment at 10:30 in the evening and ordered a meal. Owing to tne slowness of the service the re pust was not placed before them until arrer 11 o'clock, at which hour, ac- cording to the custom of the house, e of $2 was included in sustomer held that should not be mulcted because of of the The . however aanoying the nothing in the w which an extra charge for serviee after a particular hour, and tnze the hour at which the meal Was crdered did not govern, but that the Jwur at which it was served muet de- case 10 wer res cover char the Dbill. The slackness held the there forbids service. charge, | i ST \le!h-xminv the upplicability of the ad- { ditlon to the bill. | This cover charge custom has be- American places of particularly come general in public entertainment, ,those where dancing is a feature. It i i It is an additional fee for as- | surance ot service. It is undoubtediy | annoying to a great many. and at the same time is paid cheerfully by others who fecl that they are getting the {worth of their money in securing un- { disturhed and certain right to places lat table. It is obvious that a restau- | unt that provides musical entertain- {ment in addition to food and service jand dancing, which encour- ses prolonged occupancy of tables, | will seek to meet the cost of the ad- onal feature by an additional charge, especially as in the cabaret the putrons linger at the tables, while ps other patrons are waiting to places, permits |enter. | The question the cover charge 4 means of covering the cost he entertainment or fs 1t a reserv: In either case it should al- ways be specifically stated, plainly, so that each patron will know the “cus- tom of the house” and the reason for ie extra item on the bill. In some ases it strikes the patron simply as a4 means of getting more money out of him. He resents that. If he is made to feel that he is getting & re. turn value for his cover charge he will cheerfully pay it. But in this particular New York case the addition of a cover charge <imply because through slowness of the delivery of an ordered al was postponed until after the cover charge became operative would to be an imposition, which, whatever the state of the law with regard to the custom in general, should have been rebuked by the court. | | {tion fee? | n seem e —e——— Janitors vs. Germs. A school janitor sees that a class- is warm and comfortable at 9 o'elock in the morning. If he placed + lighted candle on each of the forty or fifty seats and went off and left it that way, that room, lacking proper ventilation, would gradually grow too warm. Yet the equivalent of this hap- pens when half a hundred healthy, wriggling youngsters bounce into their seats for a stay of some hours. This is one of the points emphasized in a hooklet entitled “The Janitor and the School Child,” written by Dr. C. E. A. Winslow, professor of public health at Yale University, and pub- lished for distribution to schools by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Dr. Winslow goes to the root of the matter by starting his pamphlet off with the words, “To the janitor: Your position as an official of our public school system s most Important. It gives You a definite responsibility to vour community. Much discomfort and fllness can be prevented by you; you can do a great deal to keep the doctor away.” Authorities now seem to agree that there are no mysterious poisons in air that has been breathed, as was once thought to be the case; in fact, there is plenty of life-giving oxygen even in a poorly ventilated room, for oxygen comes in readily through cracks and even walls, air not only is unpleasant, but makes students listless, sleepy, generally in- efficient and, above all, subject to what are called “'bad air diseases.” Adequate ventilation is the remedy. No system thereof is dependably self- operating, and the factor of greatest importance is the intelligence and care of the janitor, who, bearing In mind the simple fact that hot air rises and cold air falls, can himself become a public health servant of no slight importance. When all is said and done, the thermometer is the most im in any ventilating mech room York State commission on ventilation disclose the startling fact that in a room at 75 degrees people performed fifteen per cent less work than in a room at 68 degrees, and that in a group of schoolrooms averaging 68.5 degrees there was actually seventy per cent more illness of the nose and throat than in a similar group kept at a temperature only two degrees lower. ————— The President of Austria threatens {to fight a duel with a professor who uled him a “jackass.”” This is one ropean custom that will not be adopted in this country, as to either offense or retaliation. ————— A grandson of John D. Rockefeller is working his way through Yale, probably with the assistance of an occasional dime from Tarrytown. —————— Merit and Applause. Warning has becn given by the management of the Chicago Grand Opera Company to the vocal artists of that organization that claques and personal press agents for the boom- ing of individuals are forbidden. It i with some surprise that this state ment 1s received, because it was thought that the hiring of claquers or paid applause makers had passed out of vogue. Time was when the claque was much In evidence In | houses of public entertainment. not only at the opera, but in the case of the drama. Eyen in recent times play- goers have heard the applause start- ing from the back of the auditorium, obviously by the ushers, who, whether paid or not for that service, racog- nize the psychological moment for hand-clapping and give the audience the cue. In the darkness of the the- ater it is difficult to locate or i{dentify these claquers. A well organized claque is spread through the audience. But free tickets are not as numerous now as they used to be, and it is harder to create a claque and to make a showing of warm approval by such “‘etitious means. It must be accepted that there has been some ground for the protest by | { the management to the members of the opera company in Chicago. It would seem, indecd, that recently a man appeared among the stars of the company with a proposal to provide | wholesale applause at a price, repre- senting himself as influential witn the aewspapers. Such promoters are, of course, frauds. They are not “influen- is used to insure the reservation of But the breathing of stale | THE SUNDAY . STAR. tlal,” and they cannot make reputa- tions for artists, singers or players. Much is done, to be sure, by per- sistent publicity in behalf of individ- uals to give them passing notoriety. But, after all, the only criterion of the work of a singer or a player is his or her performance. If it is good it will be recognized. If it is mediocre or Poor no amount of nired applause or forced publicity will enhance it last- ingly in the public esteem. The old trick of lost jewels and other misad- ventures for the sake of getting a line of type or two has gone out of vogue, Of course, it s true that meritorious work sometimes goes unrewarded. Many a good singer is hidden in the chorus and many a star actor is ob- scured through poor casting or by the | U1 luck of being associated with = fail- ing play. In the long run, however, merit comes to the front and is recog- nized. St. Elizabeth's Building Program. A $15,000,000 bullding program to relieve congestion at St. Elizabeth's Hospital will be sought by Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of the institu- ition. Dr. White hopes to place the | hospital construction program in the $165.000.000 public buildings bill. Conditions at the institution are de- scribed as “extremely congested.” In one ward, with accommodations for 120, there are now 263 patients. It is to relleve this situation that Senator Shipstead of Minnesota has introduced a resolution to investigate crowded conditions at the hosplital. St. Ellzabeth's s peculiarly a local hosptal, inasmuch as insane patients from the Washington jurisdiction are invariably sent there. It is the Na- tional Capital's only large institution of this character. Situated in the suburbs of the city, in an ideal location, St. Elizabeth's, from a local as well as a national view- point, should be & model of its kind. Housing more than four thousand patients, almost half of them being from the District of Columbia, the m- portance of space, comfort and proper care for these mentally sick men and women cannot be exaggerated. Congress should look favorably on the plans advanced by Dr. White. Delay of relief will multiply the evils of congestion as the population of this small-sized city rapidly grows. Whether or not this project can be incorporated in the public buildings bill is something for Congress to de- taken at this session If a deplorable condition is to be cured. ——————— Critles of “Red” Grange at least agree that he was wise in getting his professional compensation und perqui- sites while the getting was good. It begins to look as if his would be a short career, but a protitable one. —_————— A New York committee that is study- ing calendar reform has recelved 137 different plans, each of which leaves a surplus of unattached days. Decision will probably be in favor of the old tamiliar method of reckoning tim: Portugal displays a.liberal spirit in electing as President a man who was {exiled in 1917 from that office. The | political changes in that country .are altogether top rapid for Americans to follow with clear understanding. e Gov. “Ma"” Ferguson would prob- ably deny with indignation any sug- gestion that near-Gov. “Pa” corrected the proofs of her signed articles de- fending her administration. ——————————— American motorists take a melan- choly interest in the announcement of a stock jobbing firm which cleaned up more than $5,000,000 in the course of the recent rubber boom. et <mith’s pardon of the former Assemblyman convicted of criminal anarchy can hardly be classed as a political gesture. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Charm of the Incomprehensible. ‘When readily I comprehend ‘What some wise speaker teaches, 1 really feel I condescend In listening to his speeches. I know he's an instructive elf. And yet—I never doubt it— I could have said it for myself If T had thought about it. Gov. | State But when a stranger, all severe, Unwinds a string of phrases, ‘With long and lingering words so| queer That each of them amazes, I'm sure expressions such as these Disclose vast education; I nearly fall upon my knees In silent adoration. Preliminary Research. ““Have you decided whether you will support this measure?” “I haven't studled it,” Senator Sorghum. “Here are its principal featureg—"" “I know all about it. What I'll have to find out first is who are for it and who are against it."” answered Mild Solicitude. As fashionable skirts each year Still higher creep 1 do not scold. I merely wonder haw the dear 1s going to keep From catching cold. Jud Tunkins says there’s no chance for a man who thinks nobody can teach him anything. That's probably the case. Musical Success. “Has your boy Josh any luck with his saxophone?”’ “Some,” answered Farmer Corntos- sel. “He managed to get a purty good price fur it second hand.” Improvement. The path to virtue and content We patiently pursue. Each thinking up new duties meant For other tol\ks to do. “De man dat don’t talk back,” said Uncle Eben, “sometimes gits de best of de argument by leavin’ what he might have said to de yuthuh feller's imagination, | cide, but action of some kind must be | ' i I Although a Government institution, | Whole visio WASHINGTO EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D., Bishop of Washington. “I' Am Persuadeda Romans, viil.38—"1 am persuaded.” The efficiency of life is largely de- termined by its convictions. Discover these and you have disclosed the secret of its power. It is literally true, as some one eays, that the man with a conviction has changed the face of the world. While environing circum- stances and inheritance from the past contribute much to the making of life’s outlook and the forming of its habits, it is what we hold and be. leve, in fine, what we have been per- suaded is true, that largely determines our own attitude as well as our con- tribution to our time and generation. During these latter years the world has been busily engaged in discover- ing ways and means by which to render life more efficient. Arnold Bennett wrote an illuminating little book on “How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Da: It was an effort on his part to so economize and utilize the hours of each day as to produce the largest results and the greatest effi- . Other writers like Sir John Lubbock have written like treatises in which they have emphasized the value of recognizing certain fundamental principles that increase the satisfac- tion and joy of lving. * K ok No one has placed a larger value upon life than did J2sus. His avowed purpose was not only to increase the richness of life, but to Increase it abundantly. He sought to disclose to men the real values of efficlent living. 8t. Paul falling under the spell of His | teaching was compelled to recast his his habits of life. So completey con- vinced was he of the transcendence as well as of the uuthority of Christ's teaching that he gave himself without reserve and without reckoning with the cost to what he believed to be the supreme philosophy of life. The real secret of his power an ning influence is to bé found in his declaration, “I am persiaded.” So great was this persuasion that in his estimate of it he could perceive of no condition or circumstances that could conspire to deflect him for the course he had voluntarilv set himself to ac- complish. Repeatedly he afiirms his conviction by declaring, 1 know whom I have believed,” and agai live, is Christ, un, “This one thing I do, forg the things that are behind, 1 press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” His whole life was the logical outcome of a deep-seated conviction. He had been persuaded, and being persuaded he knew ful what the plan and purpose of his life must be. Little wonder was it that he declared, “Neither life nor death, things present or things to come can separate me from Him to whom I have completely given my life.” * x x % It was the cry of a triumphant soul as well as the disclosure of its power. and to radically change | of his contin- | “To me, to | How few of us seem to be dominated in our thinking and living by the in- fluence of a deep-seated conviction. Passing circumstances and changing environments of life unsettle us, and we signally fail to accomplish the thing we set ourselves to do, because we are not persuaded. We hold our religlous convictions as we do our opinions on things secular, subject to change. Many of us are affected for &ood or for ill by the atmosphere cre- ated by the opinions of others. Where this atmosphere is conducive to fine spiritual feryor and enthusiasm, we readily and gladly respond. Where we fall under the spell of some strong and convincing preacher we feel for the while a glow of interest for the things which he represents. We are largely the creatures of circumstance, even in our religious life. “Things present” affect us favorably or un- favorably, and the depth of our con- victions is quickly disclosed where con- ditions are unsatisfactory or unappeal- ing. We are too much persuaded or unpersuaded by the human element or by the form or ceremony in which religious conviction expresses itself. . Paul his persuasion grew out profound conviction that Jesus Christ was his Lord and Master. His whole life, subsequent to his conver- sion, was one of struggle and trial, but he could cry out in the face of every untoward condition, “None of these things move me.” He even sought the uncongenial places in which to_express his loyalty to his Savior. He grew strong as he met opposition and “counted not his life dear unto himself that he might finish his course.” His was the power tha! comes from being persuaded, per. suaded not by the genius of some great | organization, but by the transcendent | zenius of Jesus Christ. * o ox The most persuasive life, the life | that ylelds the largest things in a world of conflicting influences and ideals, is the one that is unaffected by circumstances and environing con- ditions, and is able to afirm before all men “T am persuaded.” Dr. Henry Van Dyke expresses this conviction in the following beautiful lines: Let me but live my life from year to year. With forward face and unreluctant soul. Not hastening to nor turning from the goal Not mourning things that disappear In the dim past. nor holding back in fear From what the future veils. but with & whole And happy heart that pays its toll To youth and age, and travels on with cheer. S0 let the way wind up the hill or down Through rough and smooth. the journes will be joy While seeking what I sought when but boy. New friendship. hi T ahail grow oid: Because the road's last tum best. (Copyright h adventure. and & crown. but never lose life's zest. will be the 1925.) FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS BY FREDERI Since 1900 tuberculosis has destroyed more than 2,000,000 people in the United States, and the loss of earning power and the cost of care of the sick has amounted to at least $10,000,000 Every person has 1 chance out of 14 of dying of tuberculosis, and 1 chance in 50 of becoming affected with the disease. Approximately 100,000 persons die is in the United States 1,000,000 are sick - and at least 500,000 are under const reat ment. The amount of suffering is in calculable, and the economic cost of caring for this enormous number of patients runs into hundreds of mil- lions of dollars annually. These startling statements by Dr. Linsley R Williams, managing di- rector of the National Tuberculosis Assoctation, are cited by Representa- tive Arthur M. Free of California an effort to impress upon the Amer- fcan public the whys and wherefores of the annual drive that is made to sell Christmas seals. The proceeds of these sales go into the fund that is expended in fighting tuberculosis, and the Californfa member of the lower branch of Congress savs that amazing results have attend fight. In 1800, which was the first year for which reliuble statistics were avallable 1 this as 1o tuberculosis in any considerable | part of the United States, the death rute was 195.2 per 100,000 of popula- tion. In 1910 the rate in the same geographical area—the original regis. tration States and the District of Co- lumbla—had dropped fo 164.7. Ten years later it was 112, and in 1923, according to Mr. Free's data, the rate went down to the low figure of 94.2, which was less than half the figure tor 1900. This. on the basis of the present population of the United States, i equivalent to a saving of 100,000 lives a vear. Mr. Free credits this resylt primarily to the educational cam- paign and other measures that huve heen initiated and furthered by the National Tuberculosis oclation. First Organized Movement. ‘When the association was formed in 1904, with Dr. Livingston Farrand. now president of Cornell University, as its executive secretary, there wi practically mo such thing as an or- ganized movement against tubercu- losis, says Mr. Free. Here and there sporadic efforts to combat the dis. ease had been made—in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Balti- more, Buffalo, Rochester and a few" other cities. There were approximately 100 in- stitutions, public, private and semi- philanthropic, in existence on January 1, 1905. There were only 18 special tuberculosis dispensaries, and less than half a dozen really active asso- clations, although there were several times that number of so-called asso- clations and committees in existence. The entire amount of mondy spent in the fight against tuberculosis 20 years ago aggregated only a few hundred thousand dollars annually, including maintenance of institutions and all other expenses. At present there is an active asso- clation in every State in the Union and in the District of Columbla, as well as in the outlying territory of Hawall and in the Philippine Islands, with a certain amount of organized effort in Porto Rico, the Canal Zone and Alaska. There are, also, some 1,100 local associations scattered throughout the United States in prac- tically every large cen‘er of popula- tion. The budget of these organiza- tions during the present year aggre- gated almost $5,000,000. “Coincident with the development of assoclations for the prevention of ‘uberculosis,” says the member from California, “has been the growth of institutions for the treatment and con- trol of this disease. One of the first activities of most of the associations has been to secure a public sana- torium or hospital for the care of tu- bercular patients. Where there were about 100 such institutions in 1905 we now have more than 700. Their aggregate bed capacity is in the neigh- borhood of 70,000 and their capitalized value is estimated at over $160,000,000. ‘The annual expenditures of these in- stitutions is considerably in excess of $30.000,000. Mr. Free also points out that the growth In numbers of clinics and dis- pensuries for diagnosing and. treating most | C J. HASKIN. tuberculosis is significant. From a handful in 1605 this movement has grown until there are now over 500 such agencies, most of iem with well trained staffs of physicians and nurses in charge. The traveling clinic has taken facilities for diagnosis, advice and treatment to thousands of com- munities which the permanent insti- tutions could never reach. A Half-Century Work. The development of tuberculosis and public healtt ing in this country wo decades is regard. of the most interesting chap- ters in social work of the last 50 yvears, | _The first tuberculosis nurse in the United States began duty in Balti more in 1904, From that pioneer be- ginning, says Mr. Free, has developed not only a very large staff of nurses, devoting most of their attention to tuberculosis in their homes, but also to a marked degree the entire public health nursing movement. Estimat- ing from such data as may be se- cured, there are not less than 10,000 nurses in the United States at the present time who are giving more or less attention in their daily routine to tuberculosis cases in their homes or in clinics. Another activity for which the Na- tional Tuberculosis Assoclation claims rge measure of the credit is the levelopment of what has been |acterized as the most far-reaching child-health education movement the world has ever known. This is & movement to teach school children the ordinary health habits that will prove effective in the prevention of disease In later life, such as brushing teeth, ordinary cleanliness, proper diet, prop- er posture and the like. At this time It i8 said there are more than 5,000,000 children enrolled in -he movement, and more than half the States have adopted officlally the mod :rn health crusade as a part of their school curriculum. The Health Creed. The children health crusaders have a creed, which reads: “I believe in my country, and in the good citizenship of its people. “I believe that to support my cour try I must have health, strength anc honor. “I love my country’s flag. To me its bright red stands for bright red blood, which means energy and pow vr, cheerfulness and hope, humar kindness and the joy of livimg. Its pure white stands for clean bodies which house clean minds. Its blur stands for-the clear sky, the sunshine fresh air, play and exercise. “As an American 1 will be a faith ful goldier in the children's army of peace, the modern health crusade.” Much of the success of the campaign against tuberculosis has been due tc the Christmas seal sales, says Mr Free, For 10 years the sales werr handled through an alliance betweer the Red Cross and the National Tuber culosis Association, but in 1819 that arrangement was terminated. Now the funds raised through the seals are devoted entirely to the fight against the great white plague—to: the support of National, State and local tuberculosis associat‘ons. ——ete— Scatter! From the Atlantic City Press. The big problem {s distribution. Too many pedestrians and automobiles are trying to occupy the same space. Well Adv.eflised, at Least. From the Muncie Star. Evanston, 1l is appreciating what it means to own a real, live college. War and Weather. From the Indianavolis Star, A battle is impending in China, which indicates fair weather in that neighborhood. 1 i Government by Contract. From the Lowell Evening Leader. Maybe the only way to form a cabi- net in France is to let the job out on contract to the highest bidder. Universal. From the Peoria Transcript. Storms and cold weather are sweep- ing Europe. From the weather we believe ‘may be this internationalism has some truth in it. | teresting. Capital Sidelights The new House leader, Representa- tive John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, is thus early involved In a ‘“scandal” having to do with the social divorce of his good wife to whom he has been happily and devotedly married for 15 years. It all results from an unex- plained omission of a small star in the Congressional Directory. That star indicates when the member of Con- gress is accompanied Ly his wife to|, sociul affairs ¥ Although having considerable fun over the mistake, Mr. Tilson's friends, who are legion in the Capital, are not taking advantage of it, and Mrs. son, a close rival for popularity her distinguished spouse, is receiving more {nvitations to the most exclusive soclal affairs than she can possibly accept. For Mrs, Tilson is above all else a devoted mother. She returned to the Capital carly to set up house- keeping at her new home, 2016 O street, and to place her children in the Washington public schools. The son, John Q. Tilson, jr., is remaining in Connecticut, where he s attending the famous Hotchkiss *“‘prep” school. One daughter, Margaret, is in West. ern High School, and the “baby” of the family, now 10 years old, ig in the Adams School. So House Leader Tilson has strong home influence to persuade him to do all he can for upbuilding and main- “aining at a high standard the public school system of the Natioual Capital. * x x At the Gridiron Club dinner last night it was discovered that Repre- sentative M. E. Crumpacker, from Portland, Oreg., is “some singer,” be- sides being a coming son of the for- merly famous Congressman, E. D. Crumpacker of Valparaiso, Ind. Also, many of his colleagues have over- look-'d the fact that he used to be one of th e mainstays on “Hurry-up” Yost's fams us foot ball team at the Univer- sity of Michigan. * Kk ox x Tre “baby” member of the House from, New Jers Representative Stewart H. Appleby, who succeeded his father, the late Representative T. Frank Appleby, was reminded at the White House reception Thursday night that early in his young career he was an entrant {n the first baby show held by Asbury Park, N. J., which community he has helped to develop as a real estate broker. * x x % One of the “regular fellows™” among the new members, and who is wel on his way to being u millionaire if bhe has not already arrived, is Repre- sentative Henry Leland Bowles of Springfleld, Mass., successor to for- mer Speaker Gillett (now Senator) In his blography Mr. Bowles says that he “operates a chain of restaurants.” Behind that is a very interesting stor He 1s the magnate of the one- arm-lunch-chair chain through the East. But Mr. Bowles frankly admits that he s not the originator of the scheme and gives full credit to an old Gov- ernment worker, who Is still alive—- one Joseph A. Whitcomb, who about 30 years ago was chief clerk in the Census Bureau. Many Government workers used to patronize a cubby hole on Pennsylvania avenue where buttermilk was sold for 3 cents & glass. An employe, who served the buttermilk, urged the proprietor that he could do well by putting in gand- wiches, pies, doughnuts, etc. The boss couldn't see the opportunity, but Whitcomb did and he and a group of Government employes put up funds for the venture. It was so successful that Whitcomb soon resigned from the Federal service and opened the first Baltimore Dairy Lunch in Baltimore, which was a money-maker from the start. then one in New York, which was not as successful Next he opened up in Boston on old Howard street, where he had about a dozen chairs Here 13 where the present Repre- Bowles comes upon . He was night man in th Howard street lunchroom $12 a week. Next he went to Lawrence where he also worked for Whitcomb Then, 25 yvears ago, he opened his first restaurant in Springfield, Mass Now he has 4. He has organized three companies in two of which he has the controlling Interest, and in the third he has equal holdings with a Detroit man. This restaurant chair also owns considerable real estate including some in Canada. While Mr. Bowles has all his places thor- oughly up-to-date in equipment, he has stuck religiously to the old dairy lunch line—milk, coffee, sandwiches cuts of pie, doughnuts and such, bu has not e in for steam table or- ders, salads and the like. R * t cheap His politic been in- While he comes to Con- gress by selection of the Coolidge group and is a close personal friend of Coolidge, being also a native Ver- monter, and has always been an en- rolled Republican, Mr. Bowles was an ardent admirer of Col. Roosevelt and followed him into the Bull Moose party. He was elected as a member of the Governor's Council in Massa- chusetts in 1913 as a Progressive, with the additional indorsement of the Democrats. When defeated in his district, which is stanchly Re- publican, he was an unsuccessful candidate for State treasurer on the Democratic ticket. Then he returned to the Republican fold and was ac- tive in trying to get Republicans fa- vorable to Roosevelt sent to the 1916 national convention when Hughes was nominated. Then in 1920 he was a “Colidge-for-President” n in the natifonal convention. Ul Visit the State, War and Navy Bullding, and just inside the north entrance on the east wall you will observe a bronze tablet commemorat- ing: “The services and sufferings of the 243,135 horses and mules em- lx:}:yefdmby the American expedition- v forces overseas durin; World War." ithie areat * % ok ¥ There are five ex-marines in Con- gress—Representatives Louis A. Froth ingham of Massachusetts, Willlam R. Coyle of Pennsylvania, Ralph E. Up dlkevo! Indiana, Stewart H. Appleby of New Jersey and Samuel J. Mont gomery of Oklaboma. When they went out on the Capitol steps the other day to have their pic tures taken Updike and Montgomery were standing side by side. The latter asked Updike what unit he was in and was told “74th Company, 6th Regi- ment, 2d Division.” “Why, so was I" Montgomery responded excitedly. They. tried to recall each other, but vainly for a time, although each was sure he knew every one in the company. It doveloped that in those war days Up- dike weighed 189 pounds and now welghs 125, while Montgomery then ;\;%lghed 165 pounds and now weighs At last Montgomery got an inkling and recalled a certain incident in the Argonne when he was in charge of a rations platoon and a shell knocked the top off a nearby house and shrap- nel spattered some of the Marines. “Do you rememger one fellow who came in the next morning and showed me a hole in his shoe where the shell had hit?”’ Montgomery asked, and Up- dike admitted that fellow was himself. Montgomery came practically un- scathed through the shambles, in which the Marines gained everlasting fame. Updike, on the contrary, was wounded five times in action, spotted by shrapnel, gassed twice and had his spine injured. Mr. Montgomery has as his secre- tary another member of the same 74th Company, one Thom Brownfleld, who is such a fine-looking fellow that he is being called “S8helk” about the House Office Building. Mr. Updike's secretary is out of the Rainbow Division, Glen A. Markland of the 150th Field Artillery. the | MEN AND BY ROBERT And now they have started to boom Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi for the presidency. The mere fact that the boom has been begun in Repub- | lican quarters does not mean anything nst the boom as such. Nick Leng- worth recently was launched on the presidential v a Democrat, §0 honors to date are even, so far as Washington can observe. Naturally there is a silent man in the White House to whom the playful little boom- lets that arise now and then mean nothing at all. He believes most earnestly that possession is nine points of the law, 80 he lets the hoomers hoom with no indication at all that the raucous voices ever penetrats White House walls. Whenever ask a leading Republican nowad: he thinks Mr. Coolidge will run again in 1928 he merely say “Of course.” But Mr. Coolidge's plans have noth- ing whatever to do with Senator Har- rison's boom. It has started in the West. It may easily set the dry po- litical grass of the solid South afire, and Senator Pat has lots of good friends in the East. No man, as a matter of fact, stands higher with the rank and file of the party, as well as with the so-called ‘“bosses.” Pat speaks the language of the dear old common people, and he can go into a room with the Smiths and the Tag- garts and the Brennans and talk just as much turkey as any of the rest of them. Senator Pat knows his way about. It is argued in behalf of the hand- some Senator from Mississippl that in order to get anywhere Democrats al ways have to be against something— ind the Senator is against most every thing. It also is argued that the Demo crats have diffioulty in getting a man to appeal to all sections. As the Chi- cago Tribune, one of Senat son’s “organs,” expresses it: picks up a live one in the E: a dead one in the West. A hot one in New York {s too hot in the South. The party might be sitting pretty by the Hudson and on a tack south of the Ohio River.” Senator Pat, it is agreed, would be welcomed in ull sections. It also s agreed that his campaign would be a picturesque one. He can even put life and pep into a Senate debate. There | has been some doubt as to why Sen |ator Pat began to pick on Vice Presi- dent Dawes so carly in the sessior | Perhaps it was the opening gun of his presidential campaign. Who knows Ry A. Johnsgon, the well kn Western statesman, Representat in Congress from the ington and chairman o committee on immigration, has re- turned to Washington with one of the best stories of the early season. He insists the yarn really belongs If it . he is Col. wn arri- | tate of Wash- | the important | to] AFFAIRS T. SMALL. Representative Alben Barklev of F duceh, Ky, and that he heard while touring the Blue Grass coun try recently. In any event, it seems tnat stranger, driving down a lonely Ken tucky road, saw a big wild cat dash across the highway in front of him and leap through the open window of a farmhouse. At ‘he same momen he saw the farmcr working in a flew: a short distance away. Whipping up his horse, he excitedly accosted the farmer. R s that your house?” he breath- lessly inquired. “Guess it is,” drawled the man of the soll. “Is your wife in the kitchen?” “Ought to be,” said the farmer. Then hurry home, man, aud sec what you can do. I just saw a wild gh the kitchen window asked the hurry, hurry me, stranger,” insisted the vas anybody chasing that He went through that window e« his own free will and accord?” “Yes,” replied the now thoroughl: puzzled stranger. 'hen let him defend himself,” con- cluded the farmer, as he returned contentedly to his taska. * * % Robert W. Shingle of Honolulu, the esteemed Republican national cOw.- from the Hawallan Ie heen 2 Washington visitor paying his annual or to the White and all the Gov- 8. He has heen hingle, L 1 left ernment dep: accompanied tle Shingle rental rc and so home f, Now ular Christmas it is all ver fellow to be known far and wide as Bob Shin but in thes days and times Mrs. Bob Shingle htt her trials and tribulations: “It is simply impossible for me 1 make a sane appointment with hairdresser,” she confided to some n Wash n r a marcel her husband se little Shingles ba | for anything of that sort. (Copyright. 1825.) Fifty Years Ago In The Star This and That By Charles E. Tracewel'. During the latter part of 1875 the departmental hours were lengthened. In one respect Department Hours (he change » the change was Lengthened. very moding, ,nmed in The Star of December §, 187 The late order directing the Gov- ernment departments to extend their cffice hours until 4 p.m. instead of 8 p.m.. as heretofore, is inconvenient to clerke who live along the line of the Washington and Ohio Railread in Vir- ginia. A committee of clerks has alrcady waited on President McKen. zie, of the train to his then: Railroad departure of accommodate | Washington and Alexandri authorities state that they have | autherity to change the schedule and | that the authorities in Baltimore must | be consulted in reference to it before any change can be made. The clerks 3 will. therefore, send a committee to Faitimore to consult with the Balti more and Potomac officials. Should they not succeed In effecting the charge proposed most of them will be compelled to move to Washing- ton” * * x | Half a century ago Willlam M Tweed, better known as Tweed, | The Escave - Yo th of Tweed. 1. il held und 000,000 bail pending the settleme civil suits against him for the recovery of money alleged to have been unlaw- fully' gained by him in municipal graft. His flight created a Nation- sensation and was the subject of much discussion. In The Star of December 7, 1875. is the following: “One report in regard to Boss Tweed s that he is at sea. At any rate, his pursuers seem to be at sea so far as a knowledge of his where- aboute is concerned. If he really renches a forelgn country the ques- tion of his extradition will be an in- teresting one. There seems to be some doubt whether he could be trought back from anv of the coun- tries with which the United States Government treatles for the imc of statutory forgery which he is charged in the existing indictments against him. The United States has extradition treaties with nearly all European governments, ex- cept Tweed reach Cuba, a Spanish posses- sion, he could put his thumb to his prominent nasal protuberance after the manner of the commander of Bedver Island in the Hudson when called upon by Anthony Von Corlear to yield to his high mightiness the Governor of New Amsterdam. It is suid the great criminal would also be 1 tion treaty covers only the crime of murder, and in several of the South American states with which we have no treaties.” Tweed in fact did go to Cuba and therce to Spain. In the latter coun- try he was arrested by the Spanish government, and, notwithstanding the lack of a specific extradition treaty, he was delivered to officers of the United States, was returned to New York and recommitted to Lud- low street jail, where he remained until his death, April 12, 1878. * * % Fifty years ago there was no such arrangement for the regulation of the e B gallcries of the House and Correspondents. Senate as there is today, and in consequence the place available for often trespassed upon by unauthorized “representatives of the press” who were not entitled to such positions of advantage. In The Star of December 8, 1875, is the following on this sub- Ject: “As usual, the reporters’ galleries at the Capitol are crowded with per- scons representing themselves as con- nected with the press, but who in reality have no legitimate claim to a seal. The Bung Town Bugle of Free- dom, -the Hard-Scrabble Gazette, the Jonesville Meat Ax and the Smithville Weekly Clothes Wringer are invari- ably represented by able-bodied and cheeky department clerks, who man- age to secure good seats—which oughi to be given to correspondents and reporters who do legitimate work iin the gallerles—simply that they may have access to the galleries whenever there is an unusually inter- esting occasion in either house. It has been suggested that the Speaker of the House and the committee on discom- | as| who agreed to change the time | afternoon | The | 4 with | pain, and consequently should | sate in Belglum, where the extradi- | {in his ancient occupation, loo | the reporters and correspondents was | | paper Jack | the couch with hi | the fitth volume | At his ba rad’s novels. Near his ped tail w four books, John Macy's new “History the Worl Mark Twain's the golder Spratt, was one Jokeph! Gor of rs After.” In | upon it He eats his dinner off a page of thi paper, and curls himself up on i afterwards. When darkness arrives, Jack fe trisky. He dashes at any part of The Star left on the rug. seizes it with his paws. rumples through it, liter: veveaes x This is a typical canine seen in cats, but is one w sible to 1 cats. Would it not be an interesting thing it the good qualities of the cat could be combined with the best traits of the dog? The dog is our old friend, vet even its most ardent admirers at times wish it were not so obstreperous. As a_house pet it has decided defects, one of which is the terrible clawing it gives hardwood floors. Even the best intentioned dog times becomes tiresome. It is ever wanting to leap, to bound ck one’s hand. He never has enous A dignified house hand, is a soothing hest in the evening. capacit ‘omfort spills over to human t well imitate it 1 and bustle. dog to hu y as a watch man. “The cat's premier efforts in our behalf has been as a mouser. Wh a thing it would be if the cat could made into as efficient a watchman the dog! The new breed of watch-cats would possess all the quiet virtues of the ordinary felis domestica, at the same time would assume the honest dog's prize occupation. These new cats might be let out their best vodle ut the sigh of an invader. Sfch a caterwaultn in the middle of the night, would quite as effective as Fido's most ter rible bark. In addition, o watch-cat, such as we describe, would use more intelligence than the dog. All dog owners are annoved, at times, by the pers barking of thelr pet in the back Who that owns a4 dog but ha out of the window and velled, shut up!” Old Rover, surprised th he should be told to stop functioni t a new breed of t, on the oth ature, § 1 ca manity ha rained surprise at his master. < up?” he seems am doing my stuff, th: * would 1 f. or bit « woule b however, meow at every moving | blown ~ about—nor meow at the moon A cat would have too much sense. The big point about watch- would bs this—that thev would w'th hold their warnings until thers was an actual depredation made upon tbe property. Then, when Tom's wails arose in the night, the householder would rise with the certainty that it was not a false alarm. You can’t fool a cat. rules in the Senate, who have here: fore made the award of seats, refer a applications to a committee composed of bona fide representatives of the press for their recommendation. The supgestion is an excellent one. Cer tainly some measures ought to be taken to prevent the seats of news yaper men being usurped by bumi mers.”