Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 62

3 THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. A WASHINGTON. D. C. SUNDAY.. THEODORE W. NOYES. . The Evening Star Newspaper Company | ago, is perfectly respectable as to age. Business Office 11th St.and Peanevivania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Offics: Tower Building Europesn Ofice 13 Rezent St London, England Tre Evenine with the fnz sdition. 1x deliversd by the city at 60 cents m 43 cents per month: Sunday pAr month. | Orders max he sent by mai o Telenhone Main 5000 Collection 15 made b carnier at the and of each monti andas mo Tiers wit v only Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Pailr and Sundar £0.00. 1 mo.. The Dailr only SE00: 1 mal 80 Eanday only £3.00° 1 mol 250 1er 1yr 15 States and Canada. £12.00 1 mo.. $1.00 $8.00. 1 mo. Vil s400 1 me. All Othe Puir and Sun 1 Dails onis 1 Sindas anlr 1 o stember of the Associated Press. The Assnciated Press 1= exelasitely ent to the uae far republication of a1l news - atchas cradited 10 18 06 N0t otherwise cred 101 in this maper and alsn the local news Publiched AN rhes of publication of apecial dispat-hrs herein are alao reserved. The Roosevelt Memorial. Perhaps the hest.remembered pithy savinz of the late Theodore Roose: velt was: “Don’t flinch. don’t foul, and hit the line hard® Those who heard ine him biting off He meant each him often can in that last syilable word he said A memorial to him n the form of immense island-fountain, with colonnades, spouting stream of water feet high, to be Jocated at encroach 'srzely npon the existing Tidal Basin. is pro posed by the Roosevelt Memorfal sociation. which design to Con For a number of vea has Washington with a = ful stadium. wherein mizht Athlstic contests approprinte National Capital. which now elsewhere, and other impressive out- @6or events that now lack an adequats and suitable settinz. Lt. Col. Clarence 0. Sherrill, to whom this ¢ ecently bade a regretful farewell, was a whole hearted and per: proponent of the stadium idea and un to the very moment when Cincinnati obtained his services was tryvinI to enthuse clvie and other organizations to spon- sor the erection of such Beautiful as any fountain migh: be, what could be more appropriate as a memorial (0 America’s leading out- door enthusiast. its apostle of right living and exemplar of manly virtues than a great stadinm wh! eouple usefulness with heant foundations alone of such as s proposed: for the would, it is estimated, three and the entirve ready satisfactory of tha landscape would necessarily he changed. great stadium of the Universit linols, erected in memory of her war dead. a fine example of the ornate and complete athletic stadium. an ultimate seating capacity of ne. one hundred thousand perscns, an a hundred and two to As. has mitted s < the 1 of providing o heen entertained he neld to must the stent Tora a siructure. wonld The v steueture Tidal hasin hetween cost four million dollars, whils of [ hoth as und contonr the was bullt at a cost considerably less than | three million dollars. Roosevelt should have a memorial Washington shou'd have a stadium No memorial could be more m »eep- ing with the life and achievements of Roosevelt and the spirit which under- lay both than a beautiful place in which the young men and voung women of America could mest to fur- ther his ideals —— e A Titanic Cake. One is disposed to wonder what done with that immense Christmas cake, weighing more than a ton, that Raker Stevens of Clapham, England, has just produced. It seems that this man has & hobby for producing Christmas cake annually, each la than its predecessor. He has been do- Is ser ing it for thirty-nine vears and is now | There is no | seventy-one years of age indication of how much weight he edds to his cake annually, but if he is spared for another decade his annual production will be gargantuan. This vear he used ten cases of currants, 175 pounds of sugar, 2 flour, 175 pounds of hutter, oms, 2,500 egzs, 150 poun peel, 30 quarts of milk. 125 pounds of almonds. 84 pounds of citron and § boxes of raisins. Still the question comes, what does he do with the cake? 1t cannot be merely a show piece, for it must cost a very tidy sum. The process of distribution is undoubtedly a complicated Even the best baked cake will not last indefinitely without spoiling. e pounds of 200 lem- one. A number of civilians, ignorant of Army discipline, are inclined to the view that a court-martial may be- come merely an incident in a pro- longed controversy ——e—s Declarations that the Mitchell case has only begun revive from a new angle the predictions of a rough Win- ter in thix region. Discoveries. News comes from Tu n, Ar that scientists of the University of Arizona are “practically unanimous that leaden crosses and implements of wartare discovered recently in an abandoned limekiln near there had ‘been buried underground from 800 to 900 years and may establish the dis- covery of America nearly 700 vears be- fore Columbus.” The lead implements have Latin inscriptions, and two pro- fessors have declared that there is no posaibility that the leaden crosses and other relics are fraudulent. Whether the professors believe that the crosses are really made of lead or that they waere buried 800 or 900 years ago is vs ago it was reported that the ruins of a city, never heard of by the oldest inhabitant, had been struck somewhere in the upper Mississippi Editor | U3 tants | forting to many old families. at and beauti- | ith < of candy | THE SUNDAY STAR/|some of the finds may prove to be|from Alberta of an onen Winter 's what the finders believe them to be. i reassuring of the possibility that what- It would be encouragzing to know | :ver hefalls Europe as a result of the | that America was of some account be- | concidence of certain “astronomical December 20, 1925 ! fore Columbus discovered it. It would | nodes™ as predicted by Abbe Gabriel | be gratifying to many persons to know | that America instead of heing a recent | discovery, a mere trifie of 433 years this continent will not be v récord-making chill in 1926, ited by a SR N N R Exterminating Fish. A plea for the conservation of shad, bluefish and lobsters was made at a recent dinner of the Middle Atlantic Fisheries Association at New York. A scientist said that these varieties of sea food will soon be found only in museums unless steps are taken to prevent pollution of rivers and to In- crease propagation. The speaker praised the fish in many ways. He said that shad roe is the most nearly perfect brain food, possessing the highest content of the chemical sub- stances of which the brain is made. He said that a proper fish diet is & preventive of rickets in children. and he said that the absence of goiter among the Japanese “is traceable to the important place fish occupies in their diet.” Americans are short-sighted in their indifference to the conservation of food. Killing the goose that laid golden eggs is not less intelligent than our treatment of the terrapin and sturgeon, and it seems that we are eating oysters, clams and crabs to the point of thelr extinction. It is notice- wable that the supply of shad and lob- ster is diminishing, and it is safe to take the scientist’s word that bluefish are coming near the disuppearance point. Shad used to be so plentiful that everybody could cat it. There was great waste. Not only was there no restraint in netting shad and com- paratively small work in restoring the supply, but we have been polluting | the rivers in which shad spawn. The | lobster has had A hard time and his | price has gone that only the rich or reckless can afford to buy him. Now and then come reports that if we are not careful with the oyster, clam and crab there will be none. The sea, baye and vivers could be made to produce a large and steady supply of food for men, and haste should be made with this work before it is too late. It may be shown that civilization is {as old in the New World as in the Old World and that the valley of the Po- {tomac has a culture equal in antiquity o that of the valleys of the Tigris nd Euphrates. It wonld he very com- | Perhaps it may be shown that the Garden of Eden was not in the Vale }of Cashmere or on the plains of Tib- | et, but right here. There are indica- tions that thix may be the case. The | beauty of our section in Spring, Sum- |mer and Fall, as well ax in Winter; | the fruitfulness of our soil and the ex | cellence of apples grown near Wash- {inzton indicate that the Garden of | Paradise may have heen here and that | Adam and Eve were ! not foreigne; Americans and i e | Andrew Beckett's Achievement. Yesterday Andrew Beckett, a mid- | alonzed messenser for a local de- partment store, turned on three hold- up men who tried to rob him of a bag { containing a §6,000 pay roll, felled one | of them with his own gun and shot | the ‘other two. The two wounded | bandits are in custody. one of them !in danger of death, while the one who | shoved a pistol against Beckett's body land was cracked on the skull with it, made his escape. His capture fol- lowed a few hours later. This was a plucky performance and is worthy of the highest praise. It is accompanied in the news by an ac- count from Atlanta, where a druz- gist of that city opened fire on two vouthful bandits who entered his store with drawn guns, Killed one of them and captured the other. Hold-up men are not getting with thelr zame quite o readily as formerly. The people who have charge of valuables are well warned by the prevalence of crime and are quick in defense. A few dead bandits, <lain in the pursuit of crime, will do more to check this nefarious enter- | prise than court procedure. This, | however, is not to encourage promis- cuous arming and_shooting. Every | person who is in a position to fear nolestation or who s specificaliy | charged with the guardianship of val | uables, is warranted in “‘packing {sun." Indeed, he should be armed | and should be skilled in pistol use. If he is to shoot at all he should shoot quickly and effectively. But he must be sure of the occasion. | In vesterday's case there was no | possible doubt of the need of promnt counter-aggression by Andrew Reck- ett. If he was armed the fact does [ not appear. but he acted with perfact § effectiveness in turning the rebher's | n upon himself as a clib and \lan1 { up =0 away L e No Legal Holiday Yet. Owing to objection raised in the | House erday against considera- | tion of the joint resolution declaring next Saturday a legal holiday in the | District of Columbia, to permit the | closing of the banks on that day, it | has not vet received the assent of | hoth houses, expectation of which led | The Star yesterdas to comment in this | it as an accomplished fact. This postponement, however, | does not and should not mean the | failure of the move to legalize the | | closing of the banks for the half day | the 2fth, when the departments will all he closed and husiness gen- erally will he suspended in this city. Fear was expressed in the House vesterday lest this jeoint resolution, | which applies only to the present sit- uation to meet a peculiar condition, | or with such practical effect. But the | may be the entering wedge for a gen- | {case has its lesson for all who may |eral law on the subject. It is incon- |be at any time confronted with a|cejvable that there should ever he a | similar situation. general statutory declaration to the The command. “Hold up effect of making December 26 a legal ! hands,” has a compelling force when | holiday when it falls on Saturday. gun is presented. But evidently | This same situation will occur only | Beckett had an instant reaction of re- feleven times during the remainder of | | sistance entirely outside of the realm the twentieth century, a period of 755 of reason. This doubtless took the |years, in 1931, ‘36, 42, '33, '59, '64, |robber unaware. It Is _fortunate|'70, '81, '87, "2 and '95. Surely the that he was caught, for not only|House of Representatives is willing is it important that he should be pun- | to take a chance on a legal holiday [ished to the limi: of the law with his | for the 26th of December, 1925, as a I«ommnion& but it will be interest-|precedent for so infrequent a sequence |ing to learn from him by frank con- [as this—eleven possible extraordinary | tession just how it happened that his | legal holidays out of 27,394 days! {intended vietim, supposedly helpless DN RS e | at the point of a pistol. managed (o ¥ a column upon of I his companions with shots that hrought them into custody. It is not everybody who would act so quickly vour The seeming indifference of the | under his own power, s0 to speak, is | and the foresight to make essential STAR. WASHINGTON Christmas Reflections. St. Luke, xvifi.37—"Jesus of Naz- areth passeth by." The above passage, taken ar a mere statement of historic fact, constitutes | In itself the most important and sig- nificant recorded in the world’s an- | nals. We have come once again to cele- brate the birth of Jesus, on what we commonly call Christmas day. How- ever paganized some of its customs have become, and however indifferen. the multitude may be to the central fact for which this day stands, it still witnesses to that which bears more largely upon the happiness and peace of the world than any other single incident recorded in human history. As one studies the long story of hu- | man events, and recalls the names and lives of those who have made their contribution to the enrichment and bet- terment of mankind. there is none who occuples a place so utterly unique as He who was born in Bethlehem's manger ina far distant day. The birth- of this Christ-child bears immediately upon our personal and individual con- cérns. It is an event that is related vitally to every nousehold and every individual member of the family group. * % x The coming and passing of other lives have affected for good or ill the world in which they have lived. Fven the best of these have exercised an influence that was circumscribed and restricted. We pay high praise to those who out of their own rich gifts and endowments have blessed mankind with their genius. The world would be impoverished indeed without such benefactors. Differing from all these in-design and high purpose is the life of Him who was born on Christmas day. His contribution to life not only affects the world at large, but it con- tinues throughout time. reaching to the utmost hounds of the earth and growing in power and vitality with each recurrinz vear. What an im. mense significance the life and teach. ings of Jesus have when considerad in the light of what we call the “Christian home™! It would be im- possible to say what this influence has been and is upon this mokt sacred of all human institutions. Homely and obscure ar was the birthplace of the Christ-child, it has become the source of finspiration and enrichment to countless homes throughout the world *ox % x The glory of motherhood and the loveliness of childhood reached their sublimest heights in Bethlehem's stable. Here there were no artificial conditions, no environing pomp of ) EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D., Bishop of Washington. judged by human standards. Divest- ed of everything that the world might give, the birthplace of Jesus Christ became the center to which the world’s hest artists and poets have turned for the inspiration of their loftiest genfus. It ix herond our powers to comprehend (apart from our conception of His divine nature) what it Is that constitutes the secret of the prevaillng 2nd unchanging power of Jesus Christ. There have been times when Bethlehem's star has seemed to be dimmed to human vis. fon, times when His power has seemed to suffer a temporary impairment More strange than this, however, has been the evident return of .~ in fluence in places and under conditions wherein we least expected to find Him. Surely he would have a limited and narrow vision who would dave to declare that the passing of Tesus of Nazareth has ceased to he, so far as the large and most vital interests of human life are concerned We dare to affirm at this recurring Christ mas time that. judging by the most critical standards, the passing of Jesus is more universally and poten tally felt tods than ever hefore in the world's history. * k% x Kipling wrote in his superb “Reces- stonal’: “The captains and the kings depart.” And their departure behind naught but A memory. With thelr passing, their influence diminishes, and their glory is dimmed by the flight of time. Not so with Jesus, born in Bethlehem Acknowl edged or unacknowledsed by men as the world's Savior, His is the most potential and commanding force and influence in the world today. lifting mankind to newer and higher ievels of thinking and living. The recurrence of His birthday thrills the imagination of ti child: again, it hrings a re Juvenating and inspiring touch to the aged. ant beneath the weight of vears. ‘We shall hardiy enter into the spirit of Christmas nnless we appronriate as our own the gifts and hlessings that came with the advent of Jesus Christ While we may recognize His glory and the splendor of Hisx exzlted life in the more ornate services of the Church, we must. if we would know Him. catch the warm glow of His divine personality in the more inti mlle things of our home and family 'e. Christmas is peculiarly a home day. and that home is most enriched and ennobled that recognizes as its chief gueat Him who came to an urwelcome world on Christmas day. Again we afirm in the lanzuage of Holy Writ leaves circumstance. that rendered the sat- ting fascinating and appealing, as ““Jesus of Nazareth pa (Copyright. 10 seth by." TAKING AN AUTO TO EUROPE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Americans who contemplate touring England and Europe in their own au- tomobiles will be interested in a hook- let just issued by the Department of Commerce which is called “Taking Your Car to Europe.” This publica- tion was prepared, it is stated, to meet | the Increasing number of inquiries from persons contemplating taking their cars with them for use in Eu- rope, and for the réassurance of those who may have been deterrad in the past by alleged customs difficuities and other exactions reported as likely | to interfere with such & plan. 1t makes it clear that all the Ameri- can needs who wants to travel abroad an automobile, an amount of money over and above his traveling expenses arrangements before he leaves home. The latter requirement involves the procuring of a triptyque. The mere name of the thing to be procured sounds impressive and difficult. As a matter of fact, however, a triptyque is simply an international customs pass card, which comes in three parts—hence the name—and it is a comparatively easy matter to get one. Cash Deposit or Bond. Travelers are informed by Uncle Sam that in a general way it can be said ] automobiles may be taken | | bles s .. turn the tables on him so decisivelY. | 10 14 the coal situation affords| another example of the patience of | the American people. apparently is being left to struggle | with the situation single-handed. | —r————— | The gentleman from Imakes bold to insist that in so large |an organization as the G. O. P. tain divergences of opinion are in- evitable. He has solved for himself | the problem of being personally out- spoken and still regular. S Montana Gov. Pinchot | cer- ject of arguments rather than an in- stitution for deciding them. e SHOOTING STARS. | The designation of next Saturday {as a legal holiday will make a three- day period of repose which will cause | many a worker to wish the calendar BY PHILANDER JOHNSO! lcould be so revised as to bring | Christmas always on a Friday ——— It has at any rate been demon- | strated by Mr. Borah that the arts of oratory for which the United States Senate was once famous are by no { means entirely lost. Letter to Santa. If there were a Santa Claus, “0ld Friend,” I'd say to him, “Don’t bring me any gift, hecause My mood is sort o’ grim. ; “Beside the chimney I will place The recent bills I've made. I'll ask no more of Christmas grace | If you will mark ‘'em ‘Paid."” l‘ ¥ | | | = Good Cheer From Alberta. A dispatch from Lethbridge, Al- berta, states that the weather is so warm there the farmers have started already on next vear's Spring plow- ing. This is a word of comfort for those who fear that the prediction of Abbe Gabriel of Paris of the coldest Winter for several centuries and a “heatless Summer" in 1926 will be veri- fied. For Alberta is one of the cold On the Safe Side. “Are you going to make any long &peeche: ! “No,” answered Senator Sorghum.| “The most I shall say will be ‘Pre ent!’ and sometimes not even that.” A Policy Indorsed. “We're going to kill the sparrows all,” I heard a wise man say. | ing purposes free of duty, by making or by giving bond, to be canceled later, |for the amount of the import duties, | or by using the triptyque privilege. =F‘urlherrnore. as a rule, The World Court still in the sub-|1Vied on pérsonal effects. such as | clothing or tollet accessorles, or other | | and in keeping witK the station of the | tation on the stub of the tourist's for a limited time into most European | and Mediterranean countries for tour- a cash deposit, to be refunded later, no duty is | provisions necessary | for the journey traveler, although most countries limit the amount of tobacco, candy or liquor that may be so imported. concerned, the big idea Is the trip. | tvque. It obviates the necessity of putting up a bond or a cash deposit At each crossing of a frontier. and the | delay and inconvenience incidental to obtaining the cancellation of a bond or the refund of the money deposited when leaving a country are avolded. All that is required is the correct no- triptyque at the time of entry and of final departure, and that involves the minimum of time and trouble. An International Convention. In those countries of Europe which are parties to the International Auto- moblile Convention, signed at Paris in 1909, arrangements are in force whereunder the customs officials grant to recognized touring organizations authority to accept on deposit a sum of money covering the highest import duty levied on motor vehicles by any country of those to be visited by a tourist member, and to issue therefor a receipt called a triptyque, permit- ting the member's car to pass the places. It is 5o cold up there in Win- ter that the mercury sometimes freezes. The Arctic winds sweep down from the ice fields with littie check. As a rule, by this time of the vear the snow lies deep on the plain. But here are the farmers turning out to plow. pect to till the sofl at once. There will be snow in plenty before the crop begins to sprout. But with the plow- ing done the ground will be in fine condition for Spring planting after the snows have melted. There are signs, however, in Eu- i rope that seem to justify the “coldest- & > Municipal Greatness. | Winter” forecast. American tourists | ey cp ' (he greatest city who are over there now are reporting America?” inquired the distinguished in letters that the temperatures are | b unpleasantly low. Even the Riviera |*'5 | tering JiRacantiy ft wasatatad|| 0o 2nsner depends pulfclsson, that fce had formed on the lagoon at | SANCes" answered Miss Cavenme. Yenioe. Phvoughent Pishte. e | © Y00 1ke mpetion ipltuets, {6 T eeided chill heyond mormal expe, | HOllYwood. It youre a dancer, its o Charleston. Here in this region there were early signs of a hard Winter, the snow fall- ing long before the usual time. Octo- ber was a decidedly disagreeable And then a caterpillar small | Stood up and said, “Hooray!" | Jud Tunkins savs a man who has more money than he knows what to do with is always in danger of taking considerable bad advice. Paying Capacity. “Christmas comes but once & year.” “True,” said the man busily en- gaged with figures. “No nation has vet become sufficiently prosperous to be able to afford two Christmases a year.” Subjective Impression. A grouch brings you no profit, son, There is no room to doubt it; You're probably the only one | A page or sheet of the triptyque is Of course, they do not ex- | the car has left the country In ques- in | trontiers of any of these countries without payment of duty. filled out for each country to be vis- ited, one part of which is to be re- tained at the frontler, one part by the customs authorities at the point of | exit, and the third part, properly in- dorsed, by the tourist, as proof that tion. Then the tourist presents this third part to the club or organiza- tion that issued the triptyque and nl; back the cash deposit he has made. So far as taking an automobile is | Automobile Association mobile Club of America affliations with British touring clubs have authority to receive deposits and secure triptvques for their mem bers. who can thus complete all pre- liminaries before sailing for Furope. Non-members of these organizations may obtain this service by pavment of A special fee. The A. A. A. and the A and the A. C. A. are | also aMiiated with the International League of Touring Associations, and presentation of a card from one or the other of the American organizations is frequently of untold value European countries, it is stated. Cars traveling under triptyques are required to hear a special disk or plaque to show the country of origin This plaque is oval in shape. 30 cen- timeters long and 18 centimeters high. and the letters accepted as designat- Ing the varfous countries must be painted black upon a white back- ground and be of a uniform prescribed size. The designation letters for cars traveling out of the United States are U S. How to Proceed. Tourists are also admonished that in shipping a car abroad the most satisfactory procedure is to secure the services of the foreign department of the A. A. A. or the A. C. A., which are available to members and to non- members upon payment of a special tee. The foreign department of either organization will see to all details connected with insurance and trans- portation of cars abroad. the packing in special holted which can bhe used later for | turn voyage. At the European port of arrival representatives of the American or- ganization which has heen engaged, or of a club with which it is'affiliated, will attend to the landing, unpack: ing and clearance of the car through |the customs and then deliver it to the owner. cases, the re- ways cost from $80 to $110, the ocean treight over and back is from $220 to 3250 and incidental expenses hring the total cost per car to from $300 to_$400. Local automobile regulations in the different countries abroad vary ma- terially, but in general, it is said, any conform to the European require- ments as to brakes, lights, signals, width, etc. Tn many of the countries the rule of the road is to the left, and cars with right-hand drives are pre- terred by resident motorists. There are no regulations in anv of these countries, however, stipulating that the right-hand drive car must be used. Some countries require that auto- mobllés be provided with first-aid kit for use in case of accident, and tour- ists are advised to fit out such a kit as a part of their regular equipment. The special regulations as to auto- mobiles and customs duties of the various European countries are all in- cluded in the Department of Com- merce booklet. which is sold by the Government Printing Office for the old-ttme circus concert price of one dime, the tenth part of a dollar. ——e— Persian Legation Denies ‘ Dispatch From Moscow To the Editor of The Star: In vour Friday issue this legation Equal to Maximum Duty. The amount of this cash deposit, it should be understood, is not the sum o the import duties on his car levied by all the countries which the tourist | plans to visit. It is merely the equiv- alent of the maximum duty tbat is levied by any one of the countries. For instance, if there are five coun. tries in the proposed itinerary, and they would levy, respectively, import duties of $100, $200, $250, $350 and $400 on the car in question, the tour- ist must deposit $400 to gef his trip- tyque that will let him intb and out of all the countries without any fur- ther formalities or expense, and in the end he will get his $400 back, provided ! he has brought his car back. ternational _convention are Austria, The countries signatory to the in-| noticed a report cabled from Moscow headed “‘New Shah Blamed in Imbrie Murder."” pose of such a false statement are known to those who follow the course of events, and the Department of State, as well as all the Americans re- siding in Persia, knows the happenings which led to the unfortunate Imbrie incident, still the legation wishes to emphatically refute the fallacious Moscow dispatch and is confident that those interested in devising such means in the United States will not succeed in reaching their malicious ends. I will be very grateful if you will have this statement published in The | Star. B. M. KAZEMI. Charge d’Affaires, Imperial Legation of Persia. to the convention, but the American | to- | through their | in ! including | Crates suitable for shipment both | standard equipped American car will | valley by a steam shovel, or by a man | digging a well or the foundation for a houss or something of that sort. ¥rom parts of the country news comes at different times of the finding of skulls of men who lived in America a milliong vears ago. It is hoped thai month, but November proved excep- tionally pleasant, and thus far in De- ‘Who knows a thing about it. Belglum, Bulgaria, _Czechoslovakia. RalaNe D. €, DECEMBER 20, lea | 1856-1 | sress. | Although the sburce and the P‘m!ma Capitol Grounds. 1925—PART 2. Capital Sidelights Representative Nicholas Longworth !1s the thirty-eighth regularly elected | Speaker of the National House of Representatives. On the opening day of this Sixty-ninth Congress he was referred to as the thirty-ninth Speaker, and that seemed correct when taking the Congressiona' Directory as au- thority. Representative R Virginia, however, study made by the experts in the Congressfonal Library, and their re- 't shows that while 42 men have pied the Speaker’s chair for vari- ous terms, by excluding those who served pro tempore, or for a day Walton Moore of nad a thorough works down to 38, whil> 30 Presidents. The roster of our Speakers, includ- ing the temporary ones, is as fol- lows: ¥ A. Muhlenburg, Pennsylvania, 1789-1791. £irst Congress. J. Trumbull, Connecticut, Seccnd Congress. 3 Muhlenburg, Pennsylvania, . Third Congress. J. Dayton. New Jersey, 1795-1799, Fourth and Fifth Congresses. George Dent, Maryland, May 28, 1795 (two days), Fifth Congress (pro tempore, illness of Dayton). Theodore Sedgwick, Massachusetts, 1801, Sixth Congress. Nathaniel Macon. North Carolna, 1801-1807, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Corgresses Jcseph B. Varnum, Massachusetts, 1811, Tenth and Eleventh Con- 17911793, Clay, Kentucky, 1811-1814, and Thirteenth Congresses; January 19, 1814 Langdon. South Carolina, Thirteenth Congress; filled ney January 19, 1814 lienry Clay, Kentucky, 18151820, arteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses! resigned October 28, 1820. John W. Taylor, New York, 1820- 1821. Sixteenth Congress elected No- vember 15, 1820, Philip P. Barbour, Virginia, 1823, Seventeenth Congress. Henry Clay, Kentucks, sizhteenth shn W New 1827, Nineteenth Cong Andrew Stephenson. Virginia. 182 1881, Twentieth, Twenty-Arst, Twenty second and Twenty-third Congresses; resigned June 1834 in Rell. Tennessee. 18341835, nty-third Congress; slected June 1834 Henry May 16, Congress Twelfth resigned Cheves 1814-1815, v 1821- 1823-1825, ¥ York, . Hubbard, New Hampshire, 1834 (one day), Twenty-third pro tempore Jemes K. Polk. Tennessee, 1835 1839, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses. R M. T. Hunter. Virginia, 1541 Twenty-sixth Congress. John White, Kentucky, Twenty-seventh Congres: Jchn W. Jones, Virgini Twenty-eighth Congress. George W. Hopkins, Virginia, elect- Vebruary 28, 1845, Twenty-eighth Congress: pro tempore. Jchn W. Davis, Indiana. 1839- 1841-1843, 1843-1845, 1845-1847, | Twenty-ninth Congress. Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts, 7-1849, Thirtieth Congress. Armisted Burt. South Carolina, 1848 | tahsence of Winthrop), Thirtieth Con- Kress: pro tempore. Howell Cobb, orgia, 1849-1851, Tharty-first Congress (elected governor 1851) Rebert C. Winthrop. Massachusetts. 1851, Thirty-first Congress: pro tem: pore. Linn Boyd, Thirty-second gresses. 2thaniel I'. Banks, Massachusetts, Thirty-fourth Congress. James L. Orr. South Carolina, 18 1859, Thirty-fifth Congress William "Pennington. New Jersey, 1860-1861, Thirty-sixth Congress. Calusha A. Grow. Pennsylvania, 1861-1863, Thirty-seventh Congress. Schuyler Colfax, Indiana, 18631869, Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and For- tieth Congresses. Theodore M. Pomeroy cted March 3, 1869: served two days. Biaine, Maine, Kentucky., 1831-1855, and Thirty-third Con New York, ortieth Con- James G. Forty-first, third Congre Mtchael C. Kerr, Indiana, 1875-1876, ]l;orl,\x-!nurth Congress; died August . 1876 1869-1875, J. Randall, Pennsylvania, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth r-sixth Congresses; elected December 4, 1876. J. Warren Keifer, Ohio, 1881-1883, Forty-seventh Congress. John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, 1889, Forty-eighth Fiftieth Congresses. I'tomas B. Reed, Maine, 1889-1891, Fifty-first C . 1883- Forty-ninth and . Ga.. 1891-1895, Fifty-third Con- es. Themas B. Reed, Maine, 1895.1899, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fitth Con- gresses. David B. 1903, Fif Congresse: Joseph G. Cannon, Tllinols, 1903-1911, -eighth. Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses. “hamp Clark, Missouri econd, Sixty-third, xty-fifth Congresses. k Gillett, Massachusetts, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh and y-eighth Congresses. Nicholas Longworth, 1925, nicth Congress. Now that reapportionment of Repre- sentatives in Congrese under the de- cennial census has been delayed fiv years, because members of the House are averse to increasing the number above the present total of 435, while some half-dozen States are clamoring for the additional representation they are entitled to, it is interesting to note how Congress has grown in the last 136 vea Representative Moore, who has made a special study of the Con- gress of Washington's day as con- trasted with Congress today, points sut that the membership of the Senate was %0 small in the beginning that prior to 1810 it actually made no use of standing committees. But by 1845 it had increased to 52 members and continued to increase as new States were admitted to the Union. In the House the number of mem- bers was originally 65, but as early as 1831 it had increased to 242. The disposition to check a further increase was shown more than once prior to 1860, but was given up as practically hopeless. In 1871 the number was placed at 293. in 1901 at 391 and in 1911 at 435. There iz an effort being made now to increase the Hoyise mem- bership to 460. Henderson, Iowa, 1899 ixth and Fifty-seventh 1911-1919, ixty-fourth Sixty- Curator Fairman is a veteran em- ploye of the Capitol, with the true heart of an artist and poet. This was illustrated in a brief speech he made the other day in planting a tree on He said: “We erect a public bullding that those who occupy it may be better equipped for their service. We build a church to shelter those who meet therein to worship. We raze the walls of a dwelling that o home may be en- shrined within. We unveifl a statue that the world may know our appre- ciation of a great personality. We plant a tree that all may enjoy its shade, admire its beauty, and that one little spot of earth may be fairer.” Mrs. Mary T. Norton, the Demo- cratic woman member from New Jer. sey, made a gracious “‘exordium insin. uans” preliminary to her maiden speech in the House on the tax meas- ure. She recalled the old saying that cember there has been no bitter “Santy Claus ain’t de onl_‘-fllyth." weather. Considering the state of the | sald Uncle Eben. “Everybody spends | Denmark, Finland, France and Al | geria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,” and thanked the gentlemen Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Po- land, Portugal, . Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United coal supply, the season has been sur- |a good deal of his time pretendin’ to ! prisingly mild. Thus the suggestion | be somebody dat he aln’t’” Kingdom and Jugoslavia. The United States was not a party Snubbing and Snubbers. From the Okmulgee Democrat. It takes three generations to out- the conviction that snubbing people indicates Imnn.r(ance. who had similar amendments to offer “for their kindly courtesy in with- drawing in my favor.” In compliment to them, she declared that Sir Watter Ralelgh could have done no more. MEN AND AFFAIRS “Alex” Moore of Pittsburgh, who is just about to retire as American Am- bassador to Madrid, is certainly one of the most colorful personalities ever in the diplomatic service of his coun try. His cordial and intimate rela- tionship with Kinz Alfonso has set a new precedent, If not a new standard in the corps. In the newspaper busi ness virtually all of his life Alex” took to the game of diplomacy like a duck to water, eschewing. however, the old roundabou: methods of going direct to the throne, slapping the King on the back, both Aguratively and Iit erally, and making the said King purr like a' pussy cat. Mr. Moore often said of himself that he became a newspaper man as a boy. He was just 11 veal entered the bhusiness and officially gives his first joh as a reporter—a sort of bhoy wonder In later when he became editor and owner he became fond of the stage and its peo- ple. He startled all of Pittsburgh one marry Lillian Ruesell. To ma he was afterward known as “Lilllan Rus- sell’'s husband.” but these did not know Alex. His life witl the one-time stage beauty was extremely happy. It had lasted nine years when the actress died in 1921. to Washington of Mr. Moore at the Spanish court. to do with his visits to Washington since he was appointed Ambassador by President Harding There is. for instance, the story of a certain small cdinner at the Whit House when Mr. Moore was really meeting President Coolidge for the first time. The twe, it may be said in passing. are rather diverse personall ties. Mr. Moore did not know just how to take Mr Coolidge. A bluff sort of Westerner himself. he did not quite savvy the typical New Ergland- er. The Ambassador evidently thought it best not to engage hix host too closely in conversation but o speak to his dinner partner in such audible asides that the President would be sure to hear—and perhaps to under stand Naturally the Ambassador was full of his companionsaip with Alfonso of Spain. Speaking cstensibly to his vis a-vis, he said You know 1 am very fond of the King. In fact. I like him so well 1 just call him ‘King' and he calls me ‘Alec.’ It really is rather nice, dont you know. For some five minutes the conversa tion proceeded along this line, the Am- the President 1o see how things were golng. He told the story later on him- self. During a pause in the ambassa- dorial relationship of intimate life in touch with the Spanish throne, Mr. Coolidge turned to his wife and re. marked: “Grace, what do you suppose is the matter with that cat of ours? He seems to be walking up and down the room restless like.” of & Perhaps a more typical Alex Moore was recalled by story c | | told by Fred Upham | his hands BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Hamlin, Republican national commit teeman for Colorado, who was 2 Washington visitor the p Mr. Hamlin, like Mr. Moore, was ex tremely fond of the late Fred W. Upham of Chicago, for o many years | treasurer of the G. O. P. 1In this in stance it is related that Ambassador Moore was talking with Alfonso one day in a rather intimate vein “That reminds me,” he said, “‘of one You know Fred Upham, don't you, King? You don't? | Don't know Fred Upham of Chicago?" No." replied his majesty, in a somewhat puzzled voice. The American Ambassador dropped and looked at his royal host. old when he | | he said, vears | day by announcing he was going to | Many anecdotes have filtered back | Still others have had | bassador casting occasional glances at | “If you don’t know Fred Upham.’ you are a hell of a king' Washington has been entertaining a large number of distinguished wis itors from Hawaii the past few daye among them being the Hon. Willlam Barker Lymer. attorney geperal of the islands. Mr. Lymer is one of the |breed of younger Americans who went to the islands some 20.0dd | years ago and who have helped the islands and the peopls to davelop into their present state of interest and | culture. “Most America ramarked Mr. | Lymer to the writer, “think of Hawail simply as a land of hula dance heach boys, volcanoss and pineapples | Hawati is a playland, with all its | tropical colorings, its fruits and flow ers, mountaina and heaches, and slowly hut surely we are being ‘dix covered’ by our continental brothers who e coming out Winter and Sum mer in ever-increasing numbers. “But sside from all their tropical | pleasures, the Hawallan Islands are Ithe home of a great industry — the | growing of cane sugar. This industry gives emplovment to virtually haif | our people. it pays an enormous per centage of all our taxes, and sugar constitutes about two-thirds to three- fourths of all our exports. Hawaii ix dependent upon the sugar industry. and it has thrived there under the | American flag and under American protection. Hawaifans are not_all surf riders. ukulele players and office seekers. They are splendid workers as well Perhaps it is dusting off an old one. but it seemed new to the appreciative circle which heard it in Washington the story of a new chauffeur hired by the husband and taking the wife downtown for the first time. “By the way.” came the voice from within, “what is your name?” Jim, ma'am.” replied the man at the wheel. After a few moments of silence the voice from within again: I don't think I care to call my chauffeur by his first name. I ¥hall call you by vour last name. What is 12" g “Darling, ma’a There w Zasb and then the lady of the limousine exclaimed “Home, Jame: (Copsrizht 1025 In The Star The House of Representatives of the Forty-fourth Congress was Demo- o cratic, and that Offices and Diet party controlled in the = organization. for Democrats. In consequence there was considerable overturn in the House offices. In The Star of Decem.- ber' 15, 1875, is a comment on the sit- uation thus created: “The Richmond Dispatch complains that the reason why all Virginia has descended upon Washington for office is that it is but a hop, step and jump from the Old Dominion to the Federal Capital. But that paper adds doletully that the great body of the legion have to return home disap- pointed, and undertakes to console them vwith the valuable moral that ‘it depend upon public office for support,’ and that ‘the independent enterprise and industry of & man are worth to him inconceivably more than all the rewards of public office with its in- stability and disappointments.’ The Dispatch cannot, however, refrain from a_gleam of triumph in quoting from The Star that under the new New Englanders in office here beans are supplanted by bacon and | "We shouldn't wonder. the Dispatch says, ‘if a man could get now in Wash ington possum and taters. which are enveloped in pork and beans.’ “It is all very well for the Richmond | editor to exult over the rout of Yankee viands at the Federal Capital by the favorite dishes of the South, but we doubt if the hungry and disappointed ‘orifice’ seekers of his State will join in the jubilation. They will probably about his turnip diet, ‘D—-n possum and taters in Washington!' In the letter to the editor printed in The Star of December 16, 1875. is painted a picture of Mud Around ito]. Hill which will doubt- the Capitol. 1o, “inerest those wWho traverse that section at present: “Permit me to call the attention of the authorities in charge of the im- provements of the grounds east of the i to which the people living east of and near the Capitol are subjected. While the improvements were in progress we were willing and expected to submit to many inconveniences, but now that they are about completed for this year we desire to have some better ac- commodations than we have now and some better attention paid to those things which are absolutely necessary to relieve us during our Winter cam- paign across these grounds. Every person who was present at the fu- neral services of our late Vice Presi- dent will bear me witness that the mud on the space east of the Capitol from B street north to B street south tryman or disgust any lady who was compelled to cross it. People who live on the Hill and who pass every building. are obliged to walk or wade through this every rainy day or go squares out of the way, when a stone or concrete crossing direct from the north and south walks around the Capitol east of the circles would en tirely relieve us.” In view of the recent efforts to drive the sparrows and starlings out of cer- tain trees in the down- A Word for town section. The Star [ December 17, 1875, Sparrows. ;."G¢ interest: “A word in behalf of our ornitho- logical importations, the sparrows, is in season. The little creatures seem to have thrived and increased in num- ber since they were placed in the parks and are quite numerous in the trees along our principal avenue. They have become very tame and confiding and the boys deserve commendation for restraining their stone-throwing | propensities and leaving them unmo- lested, although it is quite possible that the law imposing a fine for killing them has something to do with the matter. At any rate, the birds seem to have a good time of it in all respects save one, the exception heing in the matter of food. ~Jt is therefore sug- Fifty Years Ago is but relying upon a broken reed to| dispensation of Virginians displacing | baked | greens and pumpkin pie is nowhere.’| feel like remarking. as Col. Sellers did | conditions on Capitol | Capital to some of the inconveniences, was deep enough to satisfy any coun.| day by the north or south wing of the | | This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. lying the couch various _volumes. emed a veritable Puss-in-Books. This literary cat prefers Shake speare to Conrad and the dictionary to either. I suspect that his prefer ence is entirely due to bulk—the fat- ter the volume, the better head rest it makes. | Jack likes it is thicker Jack Spratt on arrounded because baok couch of of the dictionary than any other commonly found on that After all, perhaps his method judging is not inferior to that | wiser crities Granting that a book is good. the more there is of it the better we like it, everything else being equai. Especially is this true of a novel. | Who is there but at some time has wished that a favorite story would | never come to an end? There is a wide gulf separating the wisest of the creatures from man. | They look at our books. but they do | not understand them, and there is |no way under heaven that we can make them comprehend. They look at us. but they do not understand us. We look at them. but perhaps we do not really under. stand them any hetter than they do_us This chasm is there before us. and we must make the hest of it. Happy are we if we can partially bridge it * % x % » much better than the moral ideas | | Selecting a Christmas present for a cat is hard bridge building | However intellizent one's pet may be, it is rather difficult to get the | creature to understand anvthing |about Christmas. The old, old story |talle flat hefore honest Tom or | Tabby. Even the spitit of modern Christ ma somewhat divorced from the | original meaning, with its gift givinz. lis a thing that does not impress a cat. This is an evident fact that needs no elaboration. What. then. shall {Spratt for Christmas? His two previous Christmases have been marked by plenty of turkey and a fine new catnip mouse. The first he enjoyed immensely the too, although not so heartily. This, his ever. must supergift | Talk we buy Jack third Christmas, how- he distinguished by But what $hall it be? i about selecting gifts for !Grandmaw, who has everything in ithe world. and for Billie, who is bored to tears by even the most expensive {electric trains! Selections for‘these are easy com- | pared to finding something that Jack like. Take the comedy { Spratt will and second can of sar- of his first dines. | Jack first can of little | fishes in olive oil with tremendous |gusto. For a week he sat around {licking his chops in memory of them ‘When the second can made its ap- ! pearance he nearly went frantic. The ! sardines were fished out on a plate and put down on the floor. Then Jack turned up his | them. ate his nose at * X ok ¥ What sort of Christmas gift can one buy for such a fastidious fellow? After much thought we managed to think of a real Christmas present for him. We offer the suggestion to the friends of cats evervwhere. We are going to get Jack a humidor. There will be no tobacco kept in it, however. In the humidor we intend to keep molst a constant supply of loose cat- nip, which ordinarily is dry as hay. ¢ cat ought to appreciate such ——— Likes Them. From the Goshen Daily News-Times. Probably Senator La Follette wears spats because they sound like a row of some kind. gested that people living where the Sparrows congregrate contribute a few crumbs daily toward their sup port by sprinkling them in the street along the sidewalk. To see the avid- n‘ with which the birds devour these ofteringe ought to he a sufficient com. pensation for the trouble.”