Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1925, Page 4

ONE DEAD, 2 HURT INAUTO MISHAPS Hit-and-Run Driver Sought in Death of Man—Girls Receives Correspondent| in Dressing Gown for Frieadly Chat. i |She Is Source of All Good; and Charity Her Sub- | jects Believe. mas eve. red s linocked e A . | SUCHARE ber 25, —The | vid War sny thrones, but | o it only served strengthen that of | streets | Queen N to her people she is ho rai v‘-l | known Queen umania. | Cau oy of Ruminia as removed | @ amon vhere he died |} wuch more | vower: she 1 charity act of by for the the commor every lei higher K in Queen Marie, English-Russian woman whom fate fortune placed at the head of a stin race. Before the war. her realm embraced 5 : 100 people. Today she dined Last 1 3l<. but the H5164 by pplicable to | fov g the Section of Sec Canal 1t i crortst ted rst a Z the fountainhead mpathy and belp, | nevoience, " every ation for seems to inct hav 2utomobile, expect t f pr ) for the ich they information the | insy r Nevitt | life, fan Every movern 1 Hurt. Girl Seriously She is one | ad indulgent | how demo S manner orrespondent © minutes s card at th was ushered itherine w re the The s having red simply in & gown and sandals, with olden hair flowing loosely r shoulders. stepped forward now vou will excuse me for | appea entlong i Man's Leg Is Broken. |ihanies . "”'"T.’,\':;"d of i to the . “but | | 'm getting ready for dinner, and as | I know vou called specially to see me bout my views for the American peo- | d | ple. I dtd not want to send vou awa Hart | with few minutes’ friendly chat.” Hospital| W King Perdinand is the titular ruck him | head of the royal house of Rumant | Americans and « s who have been 3 a known that Marle, by rea ted on a | % r vital, dominant. dynami v police of | personality and force of chavacter, | transcends the King. who is of a shy difident, negative tempcrament. T | relation to the Queen he is not the ruler, but the ruled. In this respect | Queen Murie inherits ome of the posi- | tive, self-reliant, dominating qualities f her great Queen Victoria. | The Ki an " the Queen | old the correspondent, “is a bashful, timid soul, and I've always to i push him int | The talents, brilliancy and lity of Queen Marie equaily the int inor accidents in | jurles or property 5o were reported to MOVIE PRODUCER'S | LIFE TEMPO HIGH Day's Activities Reveal Hard But|yres. one of four da: ! Alfred. ! Grand Du versa- make notable world fig ters of Prince inbur and of drovna, - Interesting Work of Film Leaders. | Russia | beaut ace. Although that h the limelight |+ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO [MARIE OF RUMANIA IS EUROPE’S 10ST DEMOCRATIC SOVEREIGN QU MARIE now past 50 vears of age, she still is considered the most beautiful Queen in the world. American women are captivated by her soft, vouthful, res- | ular features and her unaffected, win- ning manner. She is at once a wom anly Queen and a queenjy woman. Many of Lier admirers have often said that her pecullar attributes of intel- Ject. beauty, energy and popularity en tle her to be the Queen of England alent is wasted on a alkan Quesn Mar possesses all the na endovinen which Ameri. cans usually as<ociste with a Queen, but she is markably gifted as a lin. suist writer and u poetess. She speaks rench. erman, Rumanian, Russian, Italian, Spanish and perfect English. She has written no less than ten books on history, poetry, phil- osophy, fiction and the fine arts. She also achieved marked success in painting, embroidery, designing and furniture making. Queen Marie has given the world two other Queens in the persons of ker daughters, and. is prepared to offer a third. Thev are Queen Marie of Jugoslaovia, wife of King Alexander, and Queen Elizabeth of Greece, who, however, lost her crown in the revo lution of 1924 which t her voung husband, King Georse, off the throne he third spective “Queen” i3 Marie's bea 1 16-vear-old daughter, lleana The Rumanian Queen also is pre pared to offer in marriage as a future Ki her youngest son. Prince who is a ate of Oxford c and who Is just past 22 Her eldest son, Prince Carol, already married Princess Helen of Greece who, if the Rumanian dynasty % will doubtless one day succeed King Ferdinand and the Queen hersell Thus this democratic and prolific maker of Kings and Queens” ha earned the soubriquet of the “Mothe: in-Law of Europe.” Queen Marfe loves the demonstra- tive homage of crowds, the compli- ments of rulers and statesmen, the ad- miration of people of other lands who have met her or know of her works. But she is at heart a democrat, with- out ostentation or pretense. ti Prese December producer but nter | —The | is chock- ! admission | sting in the{ PROMISE OF SNOW IN AIR AS CITY HUGS | YULETIDE HEARTH | wor nost of dollars in c 1l production pro nd sees all the best | - the bad ones. Ile: of pordering a company on location” §n Europe, Alaska, n vs an < nothi E ke being entertained in turn by the Ma- ; nd the W |WORLD REJOICES IN REIGN OF PEACE ON CHRISTMAS DAY (Continued from Chicago, and other cities responded as | generous i | Rico, or the Sahara. Actor: {rine ¥ shington Quar GREATEST CASTLE RUINS DISCOVERED German Archeologist Finds Remains of Mighty Struc- ture in Persia. BY CHURCH. Special Correspondent of The Star North ‘Amenican Newspaper Allisice. LONDON. December —*“The | mightiest castle ever built by the ihand of man,” is the characterization given by Prof. Ernst Herzfeld of the | University of Berlin to the King Ardashir palace, whose ruins he dis- (covered on his fifth archeological ex- | pedition into Pe 1a He has just re turned to Burope, after completing HAYDEN and was financed In part by James Loeb, retired New York banker, formerly of the firm of Kuhn, i Another important di 3 by the expedition was a group of rock-hewn catacombs on the Island of Kharg in the Persian Gulf, contain ng Christian tombs dating back to the third century. This is the first time that Christian remains have been found In Persla, and the dis covery has great fmportance in show ing how Chris spread from Babylonia into way of the Persian Gulf. 1dia I Fires. discove the temples to 600 A. D. uthentic temples nd. In them eternally as Etern of Kept A third s brace the remai: fire worshipers These are the first of this kind to b fires were kept bur en 0 the program of the expedition, which | Ruins of palace of King Ardashir, “mightiest castle ever built by man, The rear wall of the banquet & hall was large enough to contain the largest cathedral in Europe. (Copyright. * discovered in Persia by Prof. Herzfeld. 1925, by North American Newspaper Alhiance.) part of the worship Ah amazda The palace of King Ardashir is lo. cuted on the summit of mountain 1.600 feat high, near Firuzabad, in Southern Persia. It is constructed on a more sumptuous scale than any castle in Europe. With a central bullding covering two and a half acres, ite walls were 100 feet high, and it contained a banqueting hall big enough to contain the largest cathe. dral in Burope. The royal builder of this tre dous 1 was Ardashir, “K Kings wer of the Sissa dynasty ralsed Persia height of prosperit as it had never before attained castle’s position at the top of inac cessible perpendicular cliffs made ft an almost impenetrable fortress in its time. ! French Explorers Missed Castle. that the castle * sald Prof. Tt s lo-| iru of the god 1en such The, “It is extraordinary was not found long age Herzfeld in an interview. cated only a short distance from zabad. which is a well known city and a_ place frequently visited by trav- elers. But the country around Firu zabad is mostly uninteresting and un attractive to visit Yet it was not entirely unexplored. for two scientific expeditions. both French, passed this PROF. German archeologist, who discovered the ruins. t. 18258hy North American News- paper Alliance.) (Cop: wav, one in 1840 and one in 1580.| Both expeditions noted the high group ' of rvocks, but nobody took thel rouble to climb these rocks and find | the mighty ruins on top. | ““The castle of Ardashir is especially | interesting because it is an obvious | prototype of the earliest castles built in | ‘Europe. It is one of the parents of the great structures which were| thrown up during the Middle Ages by the castle builders of medieval Eu rope. Presuma European architecture may be at- tributed to the migration of builders from the Fast.' This Persian castle was the home of | Riza Khan. He is a genlus who began as 2 mere Cossack soldier and develop- ©d into & leader of men and a capable udge of the political necessities of his country Other Important Finds. Among the results of the expedition ust completed the archeologist said that the discovery of ruined fire-wor ship temples would shed much light {on the early history of Persian archi. | the beginnings of | tecture and craftsmanship. Other dis | coveries will help to clear up the early history of India, particularly the much-discussed perfod between 200 and 500 A.D. Inscriptions and docu- | Christmas Happy Day in D. C. Jail ! As Gifts Pour In for Prisoners | | Christmas at the jail today is quite 2 bit brighter and cherfer than any one looking at that massive, barred struc- ture at Nineteenth and B streets southeast would imagine. Behind those brownish stone walls men and women who have been isolated from society because of tran gressions are opening packages froni “home": unpacking roast chickens and baked turkeys: looking with suspi- ciously moist eves on something sent by the “youngsters,” and—better than all, the selfish pleasure—these pack- ages, which are admitted through a speclal order of Capt. M. M. Barnhard and Maj. W. L. Peak, they are divid- ing their good things with celimates and jail acquaintances. | If one had walked into the jail last night—as a spectator—voices of the majority of the 430 prisoners could have been heard swelling and lifting in a mighty chorus of Christmas caroling. Rev. George W. Dow of the Episcopal City Missions was leading the singing. And there was something in back of it that'is not ordinarily heard in a chorus. And early this morning there was a communion service conducted Rev. Mr. Dow, while at 10 o'cloc’. Rev. Father Gallagher celebrated mass In the lobby—a sort of interior roofed couftyard of the Jjail—tie upon tiers of cells on all sides lo |down upon a Christmas tree, deco |rated with all the trimmings of Yule- | tide symbols. | There were a few extra dishes at | the table today when the prisoners | sat down for dinner, although appro- priations for foad do not allow elabo- | rate meals, even on holidays. Most work at the Jjail tod: tering about the packages which come in for the prisoners—and they are coming in by scores and scores For even at Christmas packages must | | be examined by guards to make sure | that no “dope” is being emuggled into the institution and that no files or steel saws are being placed in the Imands of potential jailbreakers. All in all, though, Christmas at | the jail today carries the same tang that Christmas anvhere else do only it is more accentuated. Most of the faces are smiling. On some, though, are traces of depression caused by too keen an introspection into unfortunate circumstances and too deep a realization of the joys of Christmas “on the outside.” - BECOME A DESERT | pose if an experiment made by Dr.| F. A. E. Crea of Edinburgh Univer- sity becomes well known. By admin- istering thyroid to chickens he claims he can make hens lay as long as they can cackle. Some hens that had laid only 25 eggs in the previous four years laid more than 100 eggs during SCORES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PLAN House Member Says It Would Strangle Local School Systems. to cast the Opposing th children in one minds ot American educational mold” and arguing that the legislative proposals for a Fed eral depurtment of education “have & supporting backgrouhd of agitated opinion worked educational go 8 ntative Loring M , of New York, to ement in which he contends that of taxes would result “Governmer is confusing a new actis d Mr. 3l There is no any of the pei a dep nt secretary have the United States without adding education, it in enough Federal pontaneous opinion fo ding bills providing fo: of education with a cabinet. They oni: ting background o up by edu d their organ Should Be Left Alone. »nal work ot extens epartment Federal Dey the sume cnth Congress to bill, which provided for a Federal of $100,0 000, to be State educat systems. 1y means to take it fron and to give it 1o others a new pyvramiding of t “The hear on that bill clear pe of the pedagog control the & 1 through the Fe This _re: al ystems of educati eral f Local Systems. ted the scatio: Tederal e fund. The f ment as nigh of the Sterling-Reed bill to get the department first ar the fund hey admit the u eral mones are so conditions and the of such laws as the t vide proper educ 1gh economi al operatior ff that to pro almost an un t that is no rea tates should take 'ms that are Why draz old. They will . the politics, the d a genera n will an people ics resent th into education a resent such i c and permanent intrusion of poli the pending bil trusion on a g scale.” | Diverting Water to Los An- the vear they were given thyroid, he| the Sassanian kings for several cen-|mentation, not vet fully collated, ap- {turfes. It was only after 400 years.|pear to show that the whole of north when the successive monarchs of this | west India was at one time a province great dynasty had passed one bv one | of Persia to their account, that the splendid for-| “.p ) " 0 | in southern tress fell into ruins. The last of the |, " {50, (ONAC M Bouthens ssanians, Yezdigerd, S tragic note came from Port Mich., where William John- son. disguised as Santa Claus, dropped dead ut a Christinas entertainment in church. And at Santa Claus, Ind., a village named by toy workers who settled there 75 years ago the post One Huron plaxwrights, poets, a directors, statesmen, roy und financlers are to be found among | his acquaintances. L found. Some Good Jokes Anywhere. A college professor that the mother-in-law joke {s popu lar among all nationalities. In Eng- land efforts at nor are most appre ted when directed i un wa Nation, the season for the whole counrty. Later In the evening the community | 8pirit of the celebration was continued | Says Road Is Choked. From the Baltimore Sur Gov. Ritchie of Maryland said in a | geles Bitterly Resented by Sierra Ranchers. ning of as ascertained | = When he| in the morning Yesne Taaly Persia.” | | 75 | o from the front ng summary of | blegrams from the nds Everything Ready. A story has been purchased espe elally for a star. A director has been selected. The producing department \as obtained actors of the supporting parts. : been desig- nated. . everything virtually is_ready stual work to begi But here is a_telegram to the effect r does not like the role; re for the story, und is in tears over the prospect of iaving to do it 'One of the necessities cf good work bappiness in doing it.” said Mr. “If the star is «n important ne and advances good reasons for not doing the picture, the wholo thing has to be postponed and another actor und another scenario_selected. i have to decide what is to be done.’ There also is a cable from England saying the company’s option is abcut to expire on u very important literary work. Another message from a co ion gives the news that T delayed work as to send enses of the production far above budget. Should the scenario be vecast, omitting the scenes in ques. tlon, or should the company remain + few days longer in the hope of fm- proved weather? Playwright Adds Interest. The telephone rings and a_play- wright tells him that the big Broad- y success on which he had bid $50.. 000 and had virtually closed the deal 1as attracted a better offer from an- e Wil Mr. fons 1 cretary with word binet member has roduction. She that a niecs presented a letter of beautiful and wants to get into the movies. Or it may be a French or Russian man or woman of title with the same ambition. Ordinarily, an aide would handle applicants, but owing to the impor- tance of the introduction, Mr. Lasky sees the person. le then is late to an engagement with one of his fa- vorite stars, or is past due at the pro- jection room, where a new photoplay awaists his criticism. Luncheon Usually Busy. Luncheon, and sometimes dinner, is devoted to a business conference with officials of the company, playwrights, authors and actors. There are men to be sent to Europe to obtain mate- rial for a big production. IReports on productions “already being exhibited must be read and occasionally changes are to be made. A man who has spent months in the African jungles has completed a picture which the company may de- slre. Another photographer wants to g0 to the Arctics to make a film. Thomas Meighan may want a vaca- tion. Another star may ask a raise in_salary. These—and a thousand other ques- tions—the producer must decide, not a small one being the various legal affairs, Rastus Plays Safe. From Life. “Rastus, I'll give you $10 to have vour picture taken in the cage with that lon.” “No, suh, boss, not me.” “He won't hurt you. He hasn’t any teeth.” “Mebbe so, but I ain’t going to be gummed to death by an old lion.” ——a In an English inventor's motion picture projector light from power- ful incandescent lamps is from fireproof paper films, = portico of the White al Church assembled and sang carols. The lawns of the Exec- utive Mansion were crowded and sev- eral times the throng joined the chotr in singing the more familiar airs After this service the members of th choir were the guests of President And Mrs. Coolidge at an inforr recep- tion. i Summoned to Worship. Soon after this program had been completed the tolling of bells of the city's churches, calling from their towers high above the streets, sum- moned the people of all stations in life to worship the Babe that was born in Bethlehem one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine years ago. Thousands of men and women hark. ened to the appeal, and churches of all creeds were jammed for midnight services as Christmas morn arrived. Bishop Freeman was celebrant at the solemn holy communion service in the Church of the Epiphan; The Franciscan Monastery, in Brook- land, was packed to the doors and be- vond, and the midnight mass at St. Patrick’s radiated all of the color and solemnity that has made it one of the outstanding Christmas morning serv- ices in Washington. It was broadcast over the country through station WRC of the Radio Corporation of America. Community Celebrations. Many were the private and commu- nity celebrations, too. One of the most_attractive of these was staged by the 300 residents of the Clifton Terrace Apartments, Fourteenth and Clifton streets. Clifton street from Fourteenth to Thirteenth was a blaze of lights. To make the setting com- plete a 36-foot tree was lighted, and children from all over the community were entertained at the celebration. Frank S. Hight, managing director of the Willard Hotel, entertained the children of his employes. The May- flower Hotel has adorned its lobby with a big tree, as has the Grace Dodge Hotel. The dormitory men of the Y. M. C. A. were entertained at their annual Christmas breakfast this morning, when presents from home were distributed. Today singing is being furnished in every hospital and institution in Washington through the District of Columbia Federation of| Music Clubs. The puplils of the First Presbyte- rian Church Sunday School played Santa Claus yesterday to the kiddies of the Friendship House, 324 Virginia avenue southeast. The tots of the home were gathered around a Christ- mas tree and received gifts. Then they were served a deliclous turkey dinner. The Washington Auditorium was thrown open this morning to any of the youngsters who wanted to shake hands with Santa Claus and to re- celve candy and toys from him. Two-score children attended the party this morning, which was made possible through the generous con- tribution of a number of Washing- ton merchants. Each of the children recelved a gift and was treated to a free show by Blackstone the magiclan. Mrs. Coolidge was cheered yester- day when she helped the Sallies dis- tribute baskets of food at Salvation Army Temple, 606 E street. Thou- sands of baskets filled with good things to eat were given away by the Salvation Army, and today the Army is distributing thousands of toys to children. Mrs. Coolidge filled the cups of the poor folk to overflowing vesterday when she made a short address ex- pressing happiness at being present and extending the season's greetings €0 every one prescile where the choir of the First | |dead letter office several hundred let- |ters carrying the request of youthful | bung there gave the | paroles, master was preparing to send to the believers in Kris Kringle. Far West Celebrates. In the Far West religious observ- ance of Christy started in many cities with midnight church services. At daybreak the scramble to pluck from the Christmas trees the gifts little folk the realization for which they had been waiting. The turkey diner price tag was lower this year, dressed birds selling at from 50 to 55 cents a pound. Two cars of dressed geése—one from lowa, the other from Minnesota—were sent into California. Reversing the tradi- tional practice of granting Christmas Gov. Friend W. Richardson of California issued a statement in which he said the people should be thankful for his action in keeping murderers, pickpockets and thieves in jail at Christmas time, as well as in all other seasons. The governor was given a hobby horse for Christmas at a party last night. At Los Angeles the Standard Ofl Co. distributed 28,000 pounds of candy to children from its service stations. Terribly lacerated and partially blinded last Christmas by a bomb in- closed in a Yuletide package, E. M. Torchia, an attorney of Glendale, Callt., sought the seclusion of Cal fornia. mountains for the holidays. He said that he was happy to be alive. Big Stores Stock Tobacco. As a step In Increasing their sales to women, department stores in France have installed tobacco de- partments, where woman smokers may buy almost any kind of cigarette and smoking tobacco. It was dis- covered that many woman smokers dislike to patronize the regular to- bacco shop used by men, and the larger department stores will try out the new idea, though there has been some opposition to it. 0ld Horseshoes Now Knives. Horseshoes by the tons have been collected in the United States and shipped abroad, especially to Chinz, where they have been made into all forms of knife blades. China is making a big industry of this and many knives for boys displayed in the United States now were a year or so ago plles of horseshoe junk. Finds 100 New Flowers. From the Popular Sclence Magaztne. One hundred new flowers were brought to the United States recently when Dr. Francis W. Pennell of the Academy of Natural Sclences, Phila- delphia, returned from an exploration trip to Chile and Peru. They are all specles of the family to which the fox- lglova. snapdragon and ladyslipper be- ong. Hubby’s Part. From the Western Producer Magasine. “You admit you overheard the “?““fl.'l between the defendant and his a7 “Yis, sor, I do,” stoutly maintained the witness. “Tell the court, if you can, what the husband seemed to be doing. 5 “‘He seemed to be doing the listen- ng.” . The International Federation of University Women, with branches in 21 countries, plans the creation of an “international fellowship fund” to enable the best woman scholars in all countries to study for a year at the mojversity of thelr cheica | from his throne the’ Arabs, after a | { great battle at Nahavend in The world soon forgot the ruined pal- ace, and it remained in oblivion until s year, when it light by Prof. Herzfeld. just at the completion_of a lengthy tour of ex ploration. The professor, who is one of the greatest living authoritles on Babylonia, climbed up the precipictous sides of the mountain in search of pos- | sible inscriptions carved in the rocks. Fifth Visit to Persia. The Herzfeld expedition has been in Persia for nearly three years. This is the fifth expedition which Dr. Herz- feld has led into this part of the world. “The ruins of Ardashir's palace are s0 well preserved that I am confident they can be restored at some future time,” sald Dr. Herzfeld. “The stone walls are largely Intact, and they have a thickness in places of 29 to 30 feet, proportionate to thelr enormous height. The mortar is in splendid con- ditfon, and as strong as iron. “Although there is nothing about the buflding to indicate great skill in arch- itecture, every feature Is clear, and there are indications that the interior | fittings _were on & more SUmpLUOUS scale than anything we have ever known in Europe.” Prof. Herzfeld has a surprisingly vouthful appearance for one Wwho has accomplished so much in the field of archeology and exploration His most important scientific achievement was the excavation, with Prof. Sarre, of the site of Samarra. anclent capital of the caliphs, 30 miles from Bagdad. This work was interrupted by the World War, and when the Turks were driven out of Mesopotamia by the British they left behind them 50 packing cases of relics which had been carefully boxed by Herzfeld. These were brought to England and placed In the British Museum, which invited Herzfeld to supervise the unpacking. The invitation was sent him imme- diately after the armistice was signed, and he was the first Ger- man to visit England after the close of the war. Of his many learned works, the chief is his “paikull Inscriptions in the Pahlavi Languag The price of it is $100, but even at this price few, it any, copies are now avail- able. “The expedition from which I have just returned,” said Prof. Herzfeld, “was partly flnanced by James Loeb of New York and partly by Edmund Stinnes of Berlin. I set off in February, 1923, and reached Persia by way of Bombay and Bagdad. During the Summer and Autumn of the first year I worked in northern Persia and during the Summer of 1924 along the Persian Gulf. Then I visited India in November of last year and returned to Persia by way of Afghanistan and Baluchistan, reaching Teheran in August last. No European Assistants. “I came back to Europe via Mos- cow and Leningrad and reached Ber- lin a short time ago. I did most of my work without European assist- ance, using eight natives, Arabs, whom I recruited near Bagdad. They were all men trained In excavation, which 18 a hereditary profession in that region, and had been carried on by these men's fathers and grand- fathers before them.” “Were you ever in any particular danger?” was asked. “No; one may travel today with per- fect safety in any part of Persia. A few years ago one could not have said as much. During my first expedition, in 1905, I was robbed three times. The altered conditions are entirely the re- sult of the efficient administration of Persia’s prime minister and dictator was brought to| i historically importa in the Babylonian and an' other in tha Aramaic The lat- ter is on the tomb of Darius, at Naksh- i-Roustam, and had never previously been found. although the tomb itseif is well known. This latter inscription, which was written in 486 B. C.. shows that already under the first king of that family this Semitic language— closely related to Hebrew—was one of the official languages of the kingdom “Tt i thus proved that Pahlavi, the script of the following dvnasty and of the early literature of the Parsees in Bombay, can be traced several centu- rles farther back than we thought. This throws new light on the religious writings of the Zoroastrians. Tt was unknown previously what language was used In the first religious books of anclent Persia.”” Copyrigbt. 1025. by North American News Daper Alliance. ONLY NAVAL PRISONS FOR COAST GUARD President Orders That None in Service Be Confined in Civil Institutions. Coast guardsmen found guilty in court-martial proceedings hereafter will be confined in naval prisons, and none may be sent to civil jails, under an executive order issued by Presi- dent Coolidge. In making known the new program, Coast Guard headquarters said that all arrangements for carrying it into effect had not been worked out, but that it was the intention to send con- victed men to the naval prisons at Portsmouth, N. H.; Parris Island, S.C. or Mare Island, Callf. The purpose to. insure equal tgeatment for all coast guardsmen. ‘While a number of coast guardsmen have been convicted of charges in- volving liquor law violations, officials asserted that more than 95 per cent of the court-martial verdicts concern- ing them were handed down In pro- ceedings In which only military regu- lations had been breached. Santa Claus a Fact In Opinion The spirit of Christmas, as he views it, was expressed today by Sec- retary Work in a philosophical dis- cussion of the traditions and legends that surround the day. Santa Claus was said to be a fact and a faith by the Interfor Secretary, while a *cred- ulous childhood lends itself to the legends of him.” “Cynical youth denies, doubts and destroys this childish faith and bruises trusting hearts,” the Secre- tary continued. “Regret for the lost illusions of youth seeks to identify the intangible spirit of Christmas, to restore them. “The remembered grief of the once- trusting child, the hungering hope that it’s true, returns with age, chal- lenges reason and restores belief in Kris Kringle, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, or by whatever name known in whichever land, returns to us as one we knew. Maybe it is that ‘which escaped the crucifixion that moves us to ocelebration once ‘each year, on Christmas day. Maybe Santa Claus ja the spisit of ‘h- Dow corge | By tir Associated Press. BISHOP, Calif., December i Owens Valley, cradled on the eastern slope of the high Sierras, once a fer- tile, productive region where cattle roamed its grassy floor and fruits and | grains grew in abundance, s threat- ened with return to the desert wastes from which hardy pioneers reclaimed it more than half a century ago. Water, the perennial point of con- 'y in the West, formerly flowed through Owens Valley between the banks of the Owens River and into canals and ditches dug by the early settlers to irrigate the fields and or- chards. Now it has been diverted into the Los Angeles aqueduct to supply the needs of the city, 225 miles south- ward. City Bought Up System. Citizens of the valley declare the city used arbitrarvy methods to get the water when {n 1905 an agent, alleged to have been disguised as a Federal officlal, entered the region and made filings along the Owens River for some 40 miles. His filings included storage rights_which the valley people had given back to the Government in ex- change for what they understood to be a project to reclaim 150,000 acres of the desert stretches. The agent, they say, later proved to be employed by the city of Los An- geles. Instead of the reclamation project, the city announced plans to build an aqueduct and carry the water southward. During the four years of drought that followed the first land acquisition the city negotlated with ranchers for rights along canals and ditches, and wsoon obtained virtual control of one of the larger canal systems. Its waters were diverted into the aqueduct, leav- ing adjoining ranches arid. Agqueduct Dynamited. Resentment, generated through the years, found a climax the night of May 21, 1924, when 40 or 50 raiders dynamited the huge concrete head gates near the first large reservoir at Haiwee. No arrests were made, how- ever, and the explosive, deftly placed, failed to damage the aqueduct mate- rlally. Investigators believed it an act of warning rather than & move to cripple the water system. Late in November the same year an open demonstration of protest was made when scores of the ranchers seized the Alabama waste gates, 60 and a Faith, of Secretary Work 5 ! ! nandment. Surely he quickens all pleasure in human relations and is the leading light of the soul. “He seems to know that labor and trouble one can go through alone, but it takes two to be glad, so gives all and takes nothing. He lives for one day each year in happy anticipation of the Christ Child's anniversary. ““As we return to our own childhood again, Santa Claus, nebulous, intangi- ble, unfixed in any orbit, reappears to us as a fact and not a fancy—Just ad- mitted to be. His many names and their interpretations are then not ma- terial. He is a faith. “‘This nymph of the Yuletide may be only imagery. He may not exist at all. But he has been dreamed by chil- dren and lived by mothers, an inspira- tion for kindness, gentleness and for affection. ““The charm of his mystery, the pu- rity of his motives, even his purpose, is a prayer, and his yearly visits a benediction. I belleve in him again, and because it's true I will teach the ‘legend’ to the little ones, for ‘unless ‘we become a8 Mlttle children."* s HUBERT WORK. talk to high school graduates: “Ibsen was 60 when he began to write the tense prose dramas that won | him world fame. “Bernard Shaw had to compose over & dozen excellent plays before the bi; managers would look at him ‘“Wagner, a middle-aged failure, was about to commit suicide when the King of Bavaria agreed to finance his operas. *“These facts show us that failure is due to a lack of perseverance oftene: than to & lack of ability. The road to success, in fact—"" And Gov. Ritchie emphasized his words with a trenchant gesture. ““The road to success,” he repeated, “is all choked up with men who, get- ting discouraged, have turned back." kisses, kv bets. golfers, drunkards and mothers-in-law, while the French beat appreclate quips at the expense of nurses, soldiers and frivolous wives. The Germans laugh loudest at jokes on mothers-in-law. cooks, lovers, hus bands without a latch Key and girls who worship coldiers. Americans laugh at almost every type of joke, but favor the man squashed by tha t, the stolid Englishman and cheap motor car: Fifteen hundred dollars a year is an average income for a stewardess on a big transatlantic liner, and when she gets well known and is given regular employment she may earn as much as $3,000 a vear. Jim Wes Different. From the Savannah News. The teacher wanted to know why Jim had absented himself from school for a whole week. “But he's past his fourteenth year, ain’t he?” sald Jim's mother. “And me and his father think he's had schoolin’ enough.” ‘‘Nonsense,” sald the teacher. “I ;‘éd-':'t finish my education till I was “’Oh,” sald Jim's mother, “but Jim’s got brains.” | “THE BACHELOR APARTMENTS" 1337 H STREET N NEW MANAGEMENT me and bath’under new manage . hotel service. $80.00 to $100.00 a For gentlemen who wapt comfort and privacy. Phone Main 1512. If It Is Rentable [ Can Rent It J. LEO KoLB 923N.Y.Av. 1237 Wis.Av. MAIN 5027 Too Soon to Be Sure. From the Denver News. It was a merry sailing party. All went well until the breeze freshened. 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