Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1926, Page 42

2 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. , WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY......February 14, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 1th St and Pennsyicani New York Office: 110 st Chicago Offics: Tower Building European Office 14 Regent St.. London, England With the s fng edition. 13 deilvered by carr the city at 60 cents par_manth . duily ol 45 cants por manth Sundas only. 20 ¢ nec month © Orders may he sont hy mail trlephone Main lection i made carrier g the ‘month e Daits Daily Sunday only 1 mo.. $1.00 1 mo Daily and Sunday Daily “only Sunday only S0 Member of the Assor The Ass To the ‘e DAtches ied iy b ieh ted Press. s entitled abiteation of all news d it or 0t ntherwise cred paper and alsy the local news K this of o Rejoicing Over Defeat. Thro the ar there i the st an agreen thracite v public rejoicing over the end of When the nt had been signed at came that Phila operators ke wor delphia he: the ¢t promptu men and women danced in 1. Th cen miners iy hells, i nd Snow. ireh were ) parades were started Tiappiness was universa peo ple could not have bee exuber ant if victory in war This jubi ¥ vietory. 1 of relief 1 more mal il heen receiv was inspived by a thit hive been enduri wver a feeling the which they to end. They triumph, privation = was were rejoicin, it over but their Perhaps in i any ov rescue i wiry th thing out of the leaders had assu i vague m ibly their what that they had some. them strike that ¢ settlement they But were ever the terms ¢ would gain some advantage. in their swift reaction they con Iy the the men the scious of « passing of ifare Linst physical w the miners who yes ind paraded and sang the end of the strike and Perhaps today shouted koning up their gains 1o who car m the Those it th any 1ston 1 un can tind lit £ suspy read, derstand w ead tle g Those wha cannot read many h will take their settlement and if and ¢ furt N sady the settlement and there are in the anthracite region of t others, informar re honest little st understand e agreen m their com from thegres arly half @ vear of idleness, when work could have been had! ting to $170.000.000 lost No no inger ages an and gain, nothi and conce ¢ the have followed these many be that th glory nd t fumilies to show savings spent: 1 hut ansie 1 for their wise leadership which they so faithfully during we Il be a reck this they It may oning It the snffered an almost sequence responsibi 0SS miners realize that have in con the stubl demand a1 for their they right wardship. this f the- etent tal 1 reorganization spent a futile fi to which rdered. and require have a n. count of an tn has ended 1t with of the miners there s no v ineip he The was, closed shop™ was not only the ments should be effe contract e thie ed adjust- and whether material v whick ted termina 1ld manner i ge ihe should at 3 hxed be with termined rer miners to have the neiple es They wanted that. The check ice of the union officials. i 0 be by ati The themselves did off neve: wrbi not wish chec! ablished have off is the dr who wish to keep the ranks filled on x basis with the company act-| s collector of dues the strike ends, throughout the h with a sad reckoning of ing into the hundreds of the miners and the the greater part and zetiing the least in return K So with rd coal vejoicing fields and sts mount- llions, with r——— Dictator Pangalos proposes to com pet Athenian youth to be home by 10 In this country ring tonight” is too strong to encourage He may succeed. I sentiment pm the * w shall not any such attempt v . Any strike settlement Is at best a agreement. The scientists it work on several new methods of suppiying warmth to the public are <till observed with hopeful interest. temporary Proposed House Office Building. Congress may consider at this ses. sion proposal to provide increased office space for Representatives, and a hill is pending to purchase the square hounded by B and C streets, New Jer- avenue and Seuth Capitol street as a site for a structure to correspond rehitecture with the present House Office Building, or to purchase the north half of that square and the north half of the square bounded by E and O streets. South Capitol street and Delaware avenue. In taking the whole of the first square the Govern- ment would have to buy two costly hotels. The Government owns consid- erable land in the north part of the square and the buildings which stand on the square between South Capitol street and Delaware avenue are of lue. Should the Government north halves of the two squares a twin or double structure sey small v buy the ! i | | | the scandal, is at pres | has been rai sey avenue opposite the present House Office Building. The cost would be greater, but the main advantage would be that the mew structure would be like the old one on the east side of New It is held by architects that this advantage would outweigh the greater cost of the site. It might be considered a good ‘plan for the Government to buy the square between South Capitol street and Del- aware avenue as un addition to CApi- tol Park. The sqiare in its present state adds nothing to the pleasure of the outluok from the Capitol. Although the proposition has not been put forward with officlal sanc- tion, something might be said of the square between First and Second. B and C streets as w convenient site for a House office building. 1t would be chposite the old office building and the Library of Congress. The square is bullt with private buildings on four sides, but that was the case of the square which the Government ac- quired for the present louse Office Building. The two plans are before the House bulldings and Lill Ly Representative will be miven earnest With the demand of Repre- for more office space it is that Congress will authorize iction of a monumental struc- ture on B street south of the Capitol grounds Jersey avenue. committee grounds in Moore and thought. sentatives thought cons on public S Law and Double Standard. of at Elis nglish woman of high #o- & detained for de portation as undesirable on the ground that she was notc involved in Island an decision a board Jusly | a divorce proceeding in her own coun- | try. not | The “man whose name h; in the own case.” with was linked st in this coun- steps having been taken to him. The has caused much discussion and protests against the action of the beard at Ellis Island have been filed. A will be reached this weel 'R of the buard at Ellis Island has been assailed on the ground that it is unwarranted in law and in fact; that it discriminates against the in favor of the that it establishes dangerous precedent operate hereafter to the of Americans in try, no exclude case decision decision woman ma which is embarrassment oad. law adr of persons of immoral character is aimed at those who upon entry into the United States might menace the pub- e or become public charges. Tts an individual who cannot conceivably do either is unwarranted by any consideration. atter how flagrant moral lapses of this woman now held in detention, not od with those against whom the restriet- ed. Innumer- persons equally deficient in their concept of social propriety have come and gone without question in t and others will come and go in may seri going 2 he the against sion mors invocation against o were to be clas ive provision was dev e past, the | tutur This is apart from the other consid- eration of the “dual standard” which in this case. Had not whose name the de- been ady in this coun nst her admittance would still be illogical and unfair. But inasmuch a hout question as to his 1 the point matter public woman alone be adjudged guilty of an immoral relationship whiie her para- mour is allowed to go unquestioned? There can no rig s assertion to that effect. Unless this coun officially to adept the “double stand- ard” of morality and whatever may have been the social law in that the statutory law has never gone so far. * An alternative is presented. Either the woman must be admitted. or both st be deported. which is to be reviewed this week. is on a wholly untenable basis, justification in public morals or in legal interpretation of the powérs and responsibilities of immigration service n with d woman has ated been alr in . the ruling aga he is here, wi entry a standard” becomes of keen interest. be spect, the In figuring how the loss due to strikes shall be paid. old friend Ulti mate Consumer offers no word of comment, but simply reaches for his check book. ——e—— One prediction with confidence: the gen- al climate skies will be fairer when we can resume the use of hard coal. may be Whatever be, ventured may N — The President’s Cigars, Stories of the President’s taste in to- baceo have been told. The President smokes 100 per cent American stogies. The great American stogy and cheroot vote is with the President. The Exec- utive's example may turn the thoughts of many men from poor “smokes” with fancy names and showy bands to the plain “smokes” made by rolling one or more leaves of sound, well cured Ameriean tobacco. Amerlcans withi sense and na- tional pride understand that good to- bacco grows in North Carolina, Vir- ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Wisconsin and also in Massachusetts. Maryland has been a great tobacco State and still har- vests a large crop and her soil will grow as good tobacco as any in the United States, but a large part of Maryland tobacco is grown for the use of Frenchmen and Germans and they seem to like stronger tobacco than we do. TUnited States tobacco for the pipe and cigarette is acclaimed around the world, but In the case of ¢igars made from United States tobacco there is me difference of opinion. A great majority of our cigar smokers have followed the comfortable American cigar from five cents to eight, and they get from these cigars all the kick and consolation desired. Too many would be constructed so that South Capitol street between B and C streets would not be closed and the vista from the Capitol to the Eastern Branch would be preserved. There are strong arguments that it would be the better plan to construct the proposed building on the full square on Uae west side of New Jer- ! United States clgars affect a forelgn flavor by means of short filler, scrap filler and the mixing of tobacco vari- eties to form a “blend” which will take hold of a man's taste. A very large number of old-fash- joned Americans remain true to the stogy and cheroot, some rolled from a single leaf of a tobacco plant, but the | unfavorably | The present ruling, | without | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . FEBRUARY Y4, 1926—PART 2. all of them made, filler, binder and wrapper, from the same kind of to- bacco. It s a plain smoke and when a man'’s taste is fixed on American to- bacco he gets as much satisfaction from the home-grown *smoke” as an- other man does from a cigar costing twenty times as much, but fashioned of tobacco grown in the tropics. Webster of dictionary fame defined stogy as “a_ kind of inexpensive though not necessarily inferior cigar. While the stories about_White House stogies are amusing to %ome persons, there are a great many who feel that the President shows good sense in his | choice. The men who still stand by the old American roll of tobacco leaves, uncontaminated by ‘“blend,” red and gold band and flossy name, are Wwith the President in this matter. - Yearly Permits. Congress has been requested by the District Commissioners to adopt a traftic act amendment so that another year may be given to the director of traffic to prepare for Issuance of the more than 100,000 automobile permits In Washington. The Commissloners, In their letter to S nator Capper, boint out that the present act pro- vides reissuance of permits on March 3l. They state that the trafic office has neither the facilities nor the per- sonnel to handle this tremendous vol- ume of business in the short time specified, and urgently request that Congr enact an amendment to the traffic bill which will allow the traffic office until March 31, 1927, to prepare its machinery for the task The justice of the Commissioners’ request is clearl evident, and Con- sress should hasten to comply with it. As the time nears for the issuance of annual permits, provided in the traffic code. the almost insurmount- able difficulties facing the District's inadequately equipped traffic office in carrying out the order have multi plied. Both in finances and personnel the office is unqualified to handlg such a volume of business. More than $50,000 yearly would be required to increase the force to a point where it is capable of dealing in annual per- mits for the 100,000 automobile driver: With Congress unwilling to make this appropriation, there can be no good m for continuing the pro. vision fc innual permits in the traffic code after the first complete revision is made next year. It should be wiped out altogether. Full power for revo cation of permits Ly the director of traffic will be sufficient thoroughly to control the situation, and the vearly provision would be nothing more than a nuisance to the traflic office and pub- lic alike. So that Congress can easily comply reas with the Commissioners’ request, but should go a little further and abolish the yearly permit clause, following re- issuance next year, at the same time giving the director the additional au- thority for revocation that is so’ur gently needed. e Weather prophets who said this was to be an extraordinarily hard Winter were correct in their calculations, not so much of natural conditions, but be- cause of the human element relating to coal production e In addition to statistics and ethnol 0gy und masses of technical detail, im- migration authorities now re- quired to concern themselves with scandal in high life. ———— Mussolini’s plan to rebulld Rome will give the Romans the satisfaction of knowing that any unsafe bridges have been disposed of once and for all. s are A few nations are always eager to Acquire more territory even if they have to finance their realty entirely on the installment plan. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON World-Wide Conditions. “The times are getting rather queer: We hear these words both far and near All Asia. when it got the news That Chinamen had cut their cues And bought large shees for all their wives, | zetting attached to @ public pay roil, Declared that they had wrecked their lives, When Turkish dames, laid by, Were easy to identify The old-time Turks protested, *Please Don’t keep your dresses ‘round your knees! Pray manage them to hide vour face And so avoid a sad disgrace. with veils All kinds of shoes our ladies wear. Some time ago they cut their hair, And as they walk with graceful skill Their skirts grow short and shorter still And over there and over here Men all agree that Times Are Queer. Graceful Exit. “Do vou think a member of Con- gress ought to be a lawyer?"” “It's an advantage,” answered Sena- tor Sorghum. “If he finds the elec- tions aren’t going his way it enables him to announce his retirement to avoid further neglect of a lucrative practice.” Glad Prospect. Our lamentations we may hush. ‘The soft-coal plague is through. We'll grab the good old scrubbing brush And start the world anew. Jud Tunkins says that a man who always looks out for number one soon finds he doesn’t count for much. Too Large an Order. “Do you belleve in capital punish- ment? “Well,” replied Cactus Joe, “it mustn't be overdone. So many people now steal flivvers it wouldn't be prac- tical to hang 'em all, same as we did hoss thieves.” P — A Serious Moment. Sad tidings every day draw near. Amid our jesting, terrors creep, When what we need, to live, grows dear And only human life seems cheap. ‘De disturber is de man dat gits noticed,” said Uncle Eben. “In de choir de one dat’s off de key always sings de loudest." ] EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., Bishop of Washington. WREITHER ARE WE DRIFTIN Psabm 107, verse 30: “He bringeth them to the haven where they would be.” God brings nations and men to the haven of thelr own choosing. Whether we recognize it or not. there is an irresistible logic in life. If every man, as some one has sald, “is the ‘architect of his own fortune,” then with like force we may say that “a nation Is the architect of its own fortune.” Buckle, in his History of Clvilization, maintained that food and climate have a determining effect upon the character of a people. Others have maintained that heredity and environment are mighty factors. We are coming more and more to under- stand that, quite apart from these, we ourselves, according to our own wills, largely determine the ultimate des- tiny of our lives. He was right who said, “Man is not so much a fact as a possibility.” ‘The pattern of the lite 1o he We weave with colors all our own And in the field of destiny Wa'rean as we have sown. * o ok % Although we sometimes rebel against the result of our own tend- encles, we cannot overrule the irre- sistible logic of life. It is said con- cerning Judas that “he went to his own place.”” He literally created for himself his own destiny. The lonely Napoleon on St. Helena regarded his exile as contravening the high pur- poses ¢ his lfe. He reckoned not with his own selfish ambitions, nor the inevitableness of their tendency In our more inmediate life, we be- come clearly conselous of the force of the dlctum “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shail he also reap.” “God brings nations and individuals to the haven of their own choosing.” In this, the human will is supreme: not even God Himself can overrule the choice which men make. *He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption,” and again the Apos- tle says, “Neither doth corruption in herit Incorruption.” We are passing through a time of great readjustment and we are talk ing much today in terms of recon struction. The shadows of the war have hardly passed and its bitter nesses and griefs must remain with us for a generation to come. During the perfod of the war the world's deepest thinkers were saying thal this world could never be what it was be- fore. Witnessing the selfishness and greed of nations, conscious of a like selfishness in much of our corporate life, they felt that the flame of war must burn away those elements that had hindered the high progress of mankind. . A great secular journal maintained at the close of the war, “Throughout the whole human society there will be, as a consequence of the righteous ending of a war that began in un righteousness, an enormous strength ening of the forces that make for morality, for stability, for good faith between nationals and for belief in the divinity that shapes the ends of mankind. Devil worship has re ceived a deadly blow. ¥ x % % In one of the most memorable ut terances that fell from his lips, Presi dent Harding said. “The gospel of understanding alone will insure a tranquil world.” A “gospel of under standing"’ must proceed from the con- victon that the teachings of Jesus Christ concerning the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man are fundamental to our life. If “right- eousness exalteth & natlon,” and his- tory says that it does, then our primary concern today is not the building up of big business or the strengthening of the material fabric of the State, but the reaffirming those deep religlous convictfons that underlie and secure these things. It was Elihu Root who in a notable ad- dress maintained that two sets of fdeals were presented to the con sciousness of the world, incarnated in two personalities—Odin, who repre- sented brute force, and Jesus Christ, who represents in His life and teach ings the highest ideals the world has ever known. Every man and woman who 1 lieves in America and who seeks to set forward her interests is solemnly called today to regard his or her obligations as a citizen of a Christian country jod brings natlons and men to the haven of their own choosing.’ and the haven we choose today will be our destiny tomorrow e — WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT L Something more prise—almost than ripple wave of indigna- | tion—went over the count the re cent announcement as to the number of people on the public pay rolls of | the Nation. It was stated that for eve 10 persons in husiness or pri vate employment there is one who draws his sustenance from the pub lic by holding @ job under the Fed eral, State or local Governie: The average pay of these public servants was estimated at $1.500 per annum, which would make an aver age burden of $150 per capita which those who get their incomes in other ways must pay for the privilege of being governed. And the salaries of iceholders of one kind and another represent only part of the total cost of Governme That public office is still regarded as a private snap is evidenced by the grand rush that is constantly on for appointive positions, as well as by the keen rivalry whenever an elective of- fice is to be filled, Many Wish Government Jobs. Only officers of campaign commit- tees and Presidents, Senators, Repre sentatives, governors, mayors and other officials having patronage to disper e a real conception of the widespread desire there is among Americans to become jobholders They are besieged by hungry hordes until life becomes a burden to them and that indefinite but potent force | known as “influence” is brought to bear on them in a thousand and one wa Unfortunately they do not keep records of the number and variety of applications for appointments they receive. Hence there are no authen- tic statistics available that would show what the proportion of public emploves of one kind and another would be if all the would-bes could get what they wanted. That it would be far above 1 in 10 is, however, obvious. Most of the placeseekers hope to better themselves financlally by but members of Congress suv that surprisingly large percentage of them are better off than they would be if they secured the jobs for which they apply. In many instances men are willing to abandon businesses and private positions with better prospects and better pay than are held out by the Government service and this for no ascertainable good reason other than the imaginary prestige that attaches to being re warded for political activity. Civil Service Record: 1t is possible to get something of an idea as to the extent of the de- sire for Government employment from the records of the United States Civil Service Commission. During the fiscal year the number of mined by the commission was 216,185. The total number of appointments dur- ing the year to positions in the classi- fled service of the Federal Govern- ment was 48,804, Manifestly, every position for which there was a vacancy was filled, so it is shown that there were more than four times as many ap- plicants as there were jobs avail- able. If that ratio holds with re- spect to places outside the Federal classified service and those under the State and local governments, then it would seem that fully one-half the adult population of the country s ready and anxious to serve the other halt if the taxpavers will foot the bills. i Of the fortunates who were in- ducted into positions under Uncle Sam, 11,404, or 23.3 per cent, were beneficlaries of the veteran prefer- ence acts. Since these laws were passed in 1919 as a means of re- warding World War veterans—giving them a decided advantage over other applicants—approximately 370.- 000 of these claims for preference in appointment to positions in the Fed- eral classified service have been lowed, and of the veterans who ap- plied for examination more than 91,- 000 have received appointment. The number of different occupa- tions or kinds of positions for which examinations were held by the com- mission during the year was 979, in addition to those held for mechanical trades and similar jobs. This would indicate that Uncle S8am has a job for some one in almost every line of activity, provided he can pass & fairly rigorous test and demonstrate his qualifications. During the vear the commission dis- tributed almost 5,000,000 information circulars, applications forms and cards. The number of visitors to the information office in Washington ‘was 109,125 as against 84,401 for the pre. ceding year, and the number of let- ters and other communications re- ceived in the application division, aside from application forms, was 354,385 as compared with 299,778 for 1924. This may be taken as a revela- tion of Uncle S8am’'s growth in popu- larity as a prospective employer. ‘The commission says thai the merit BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. system has demonstrated sity and usefulness during four dec &des of practical application in Nation. State and city. not me as & means of wbolishing party patr nage. but as operating in the public Interest in securing efficiency i economy in « “We urge its e commission, “‘to tion, tenure, pay all non-political employes. An ade quate employment is more vital to Government is to i dustry.” The re: iendation is made that the next step in the removal of post sterships from patronage should be the passage of one of the many bills now before Congress which would place all postmasters within the clas. sified service, abolish the four-year term and do away with the confirma- tion by the Senate of postmaster- Appolintments. It is argued that ouly in this way can these off be taken out of politics and become fn fact as they are in legal purpose mere business agencies of the Govern ment. The further poi these positions should be 1 erally open to promotion that the Federal service reer to aspiring vouth to outside employment Prohibition Enforcement Prohibition enforcement jobs will be brought into the classified service Congress has due regard for the judgment of the i ervice Com misston. The commission de not, however, think that present holders of places in the rum.chasing branch of the Government should be covered into the classified service by any legislation which Congress may enact This would suggest that in the opinion of the commissic there are now some individuals in the prohibi. tion enforcement service who should not enjoy the life tenure and security that go with positions protected b the civil service law 5 The commission also wants the position of deputy collector of internal revenue restored to the competitive classified service. “Only an eflicient perienced force can execute the ternal revenue laws in such a w as to prevent evasions and violatior which result in loss of much revenue, it declares. “and only the, merit system will assure such a force." its neces nsion.” says apply the selec and promotion system an it is made that e gen the end may offer a compurable honest and ex in Gratuitous Insults, From the Oklahoma City Datly Oklahoman The great war was fought over again when the House of Representa- tives took up the question of foreign- debt adjustment. The best that is born of patriotic fervor as weil as the worst that springs from racial prefudice was introduced into the discussions. Logic was violated as it is rarely violated by those who pleaded for special conces sions to Britain while denying the Justice of similar concessions to Italy. Unquegtionably the allled nations have cause for honoring the Anglo- Saxon, who in the day of crisis cast his sword into the scales on the side of freedom, and made his promise to lit- tle Belgium as sacred as his soldier's blood. But {s not Italy also entitled to the gratitude and honor of the world's free natiqns? Did she not choose the nobler part and pay a fearful toll on the choice she made? Bound to the central powers by an illogical agreement, Italy was expected to support the Austrian mandate that precipitated war. But in refusing to support the murder of feeble nations and in announcing her unwillingness to become an international assassin, Italy enabled the legions of France to be withdrawn from the Mediterranean littoral and rushed to the Belglan fron- tiers. Had Italy moved against France when Belgium was invaded. Paris un- doubtedly would have been captured by Von Kluck, and the war probably would have ended with an allied de- feat in 1914, It was no easy choice that Italy made. The convexity of her frontier made national defense doubly difficult, invited attack and rendered the slight- est reverse disastrous. Her danger was {llustrated by the disaster at Caporetto. Moreover, the terrain over which her armies fought was one of the most difficult on the planet. Entire campaigns were fought above the clouds, and heavy artillery was moved along mountain peaks where wild goats found their way with difficulty. Justice and honesty may demand the collection of the Italian debt to the last dollar. But to do it is not necessary to depreciate the service and herolsm of Italy in order to justify the collection. Such depreciation is rendered contemptible by the graves of 500,000 Itallan dead. It is fully answered by the devoted Latins who died in the passes of the Trentino or swam the Plava, dirk in teeth, to stay the onrush of the enemy. It is altogether unnecessary to malign both the dead and the living in order to temand payment of an honest debt. of | he | chusetts, graduate of the famous Rog- ! representative it | [ Capital Sidelights Congress has an innovation, de- signed to put *pro” for ‘“con” in Congress. This is a school of parlia- mentary procedure, designed especially to help new members, but in which some of the old members are taking a decided Interest. Lehr Fess, parlia- mentarian of the House, 18 the professor. ixperiencz has shown that the new member who comes here and by dint of hard work and close application learns the rules and method of proce- dure, and who knows how to defend his rights on the floor, and how to prevent being taken off his feet by some technicality, usually goes far, becomes powerful in the Ifouse, and renders valuable service. The general run of new members find they know little or nothing about parliamentary procedure, the rules of the House, and the method of working through legislation in which their con- stituents are particularly interested. It wis to meet this double condition that the school of parliamentary pro- cedure wis organized by Representa- tive Thomas A. Jenkins, Republican, of Ohio, who served two terms as prosecuting attorney and in the Ohfo State Senate. Instead of going to Parliamentarian Fess with their oblemis, the members who enrolled in this school have persuaded Mr, F to give them a rggular course of lec- tures on the principal broud divisions of procedure that they should know. Mr. Fess is a son of itor Simeon D. Fess, Republican, of Ohio, and be- fore specializing in parliamentary {study was a college professor, so that he is partic well qualitied 1o ¢ as_instructor 1o the new members. The class meets twice u week, Tues- day and Saturday mornings, at 9 o'clock in the judiciary committee jroom in the House Office Building. The course is designed to run for five weeks, but so enthusiastic bave some of the members become that the already urging that it be continued indefinitely Mr. Fess carefully prepares himself the instruction. He gives u lec- ture during which the members are at liberty to interrupt with questions pertinent to that particular subject— then, after the regular instruction, there is o general quiz period during which any member can ask questions on any problem he may have in con {nection with his legisiative duties. The lectures already delivered by the parliamentarfan show the broad scope of the course and how invai uable it is to new members, with | general result that the business of the House will be transacted more orderly and the legislative wheels re more smoot Among the subjects discussed have heen: (1) Origin of the ‘Rules of the House: (2) Provisions in the Constizu tion affecting the rights and privileges of members and rules: (3) Preparation of bills and their introduction: (4) Ref. er mit e jurisdiction: (5) Procedure in imittee: () Reports by committees and reference to the calendars Mrs. Idith Nourse Rogers of Mas: ers Hal lien's School and the School in Paris, Madame Ju and both Presidents Harding and Coolidge in the care of disubled veterans, is one of the most interested attendants at this parlia- nent. school wther is her col- league, George R. Stobbs, Republicar, of Massachusetts, who has an A. B., an A. M. and an LL. B. from Harvard and been special justice of the Central District Court of his home State. Then we also see as an apt student of procedure Representative Eibert S. Brigham of Vermont. who was a mem- ber of the New England National Ag- ricultural Advisory Committee and of the United States Food Administration in Washington with Secretary Hoover. who w Vermont State commissioner of agriculture. lege trustee and director of banking and insurance cor porations, Still another is Representa tive Franklin W. Fort of New Jersey, who was also on Hoover's staff with the Food Administration, und since then president. director and manager of ubout « dozen banking and insur ance companies. Representative Frederick W. Ma- grady of Pennsyivania is another out- standing attendant at the Fess school of p cedure. He used to be a teacher himself, is # member of the American Bar Association and the American Academy of Political and Social during the World War was divector of the Four-Minute Men and other patriotic drives, and since then an officer in nearly a score of banking, building and loan and mercantile en terprises Others in the school are also men of note who have won their way and are determined to make the most of their time in Congress—such men as F. | Dickinson Letts of lowa, who served for 12 years as a district judge; Rep- resentative Sol Bloom of New York. who b most of New York's Great | White Way, and who is a power be- hind the scenes in the theatrical pro fession; and Representative John M. Wolverton of West Virginia, who has long been powerful in politics, mayor of his home town and prosecuting at- torney of his county for four vears. * ok ok x His colleagues in the cloak room of jthe House are telling an amusing story at the expense of Representa- tive Martin L. Davey, Democrat, of 1 Ohlo, who has provoked the ire of the army of Government emploves by call- ing them the champion idlere, buck- passers and shirkers of the world. According to this story. last vear a gerrymander measure for redistricting Ohio was being pushed, and in the re- districting Mr. Davey would have been put in the same district with Representative John McSweeney. In anticipation of this Mr. Davey moved from Kent to Akron. But Gov. Vie Donahey put the gerrymander in his pocket and apparently lost it. Then Mr. Davey moved back to his old home town, and isn't worried any more about being re-elected to Congress as long as he cares to come. * ok ox % Uncle Sam is constantly improving the surroundings of the Capitol Build- ing, which is the very heart of our Government and the workshop of the 535 chosen representatives of the American people to frame their laws of self-government. There were plant ed last year on the Capitol grounds 6 American holly trees, 6 Rnglish holly, 12 boxwoods, 12 yews, 4 Japa- rese holly, 15 Pyrocontha thorns, 40 azalea_in variety, 2 Schwedleri ma- ples, 2 sweet gums, 6 dogwoods, 4 magnolias, 3 birches, 3 Japanese and 2 pink thorn trees. The sidewalk in the Capitol grounds if laid in a strip 10 feet wide would extend for 6 miles. The roadways in the grounds are equivalent to a roadway of 40 feet wide and a mile in length. * * ok ¥ Apropos of the hearings on the Begg bill before the House civil service com- mittee relative to the travel allowance for Government §mployes, the ques- tion has been raised as to who is Un- cle Sam’s most ubiquitous traveling man. This sobriquet has frequently been applied, and with good reason, to Dr. John J. Tigert, erstwhiie of Lexington, Ky., but for some years now United States Commissioner of Education. He himself admits it in his annual report. During the last fiscal year his peregrinations covered 43444 miles. He spent 137 days in the fleld and vis- ited 23 of the States. But at that he fell off from the year before, when he traveled 68,140 miles, spent 173 days in the fleld and visited 25 States. This falling off of more than 14,000 miles is accov;r;u& lg“ by the fact that two years aj ntings {ncl a1t tle side trin ta Ahlklg.' Jpion 1we of bills to committees and com- | personal | AND MEN BY ROBERT There will be world-wide discussion for many years to come of the atti tude taken by the United States in the case of the Countess of Cathcart, detained at Eilis Island upon her ar- rival in New Yor': as an “undesirable allen” and because of certain acts in- volvifig “‘moral turpitude.” The countess had been a defendant in_a divorce action, following an elopement to Egypt, which seems 1o be a sort of mecca for most eloping English couples with money enough to travel to far lands. Already the European press has begun to sniff rather ostentatiously and inquire since when the I'nited States has be. come the moral censor of the world at large, particularly in the question divorces, in which this country abounds. As a matter of fact. the American _courts have become so clogged with divorce actions, the Eu ropean press notes, there has been an | overflow to Parls, where the French | courts are doing a lucrative busin for American millionaires of both sexes. Shafts of satire are being hurled at our moving picture colony, with its| multifarious divorces, and we asked wh from the “guilty” all the in these tangles of Hollywood Reno and New York. Also, there a demand to know if the United States proposes to deprive of citizenship every person within its borders held guilty in a matrimonial cause celebre The point is made that the Countes of Cathcari has not sought admission to the United States with the idew of becoming a permanent resident and taking out naturalization papers. The countess appears to ha not the slightest desire to hecome one of us She is sald to have important business engagements in New York prior to returning to England to become the bride of an estimable voung man,| who has cabled this country in her behalf There is further the claim that the | countess i8 being discr nated agal inasmuch as the fmmigration author ties certainly cannot have the records of every person visiting the shores of America and cannot judge offhand b tween the good and the bad of the divorce courts. Already in Europe there has bee a disposition to regard our prohibi situation as one involving a large amount of hypocrisy. This criticism has been called forth largely by the charges so freely made in this coun that many Representatives and Senators who vote dry drink wet at nearly every opportunity It is also a fact that Amerfcan hosts and host esses seem to feel in duty bound to | ply all foreign guests with liquors | from the moment they fo { these shores until they stagger back { up the 1gplank bound for lic Tt lis sn 1 er they regard the pro. | hibition sentiment in this country with of rties involved | suspicion. There ig also a theory in Europe that hypocrisy increases as one moves | to the West. The cries of hypocrisy are leveled first at England and then | at the United States. The case the Countess of Catheart will add new | fuel to the fires of criticism along this | havos of i 'AFFAIRS T. SMALL. line, and probably will also be cussed at many and American sewfng The farmers of have to lift their hats to faraway Hawaii for the highest American achievements in inten griculture and the most miraculous accomplish ments in dealing with the pests and parasites which bring misery to the soul of the man of the soil. Several Northwestern agriculturisis have re cently toured the Hawailan Isiands and have been astounded most of all at the experiment stations conducted by the Hawalian sugar planters, w Ly thelr untiring zeal ve made sugar the economic dependence of the Hawaifan people. One of the returnin, Dr. Coffman of the (s nesota, has descriiy experimental station greatest romances in scier One ma tion has given th rch for bugs to prey upon o bugs and of parasites to leap upon the backs of other parasites. He has © ed the whale world looking has lived in swamps and jungles snakes and monkeys und vir eptiles for undesired hedfellows always has hon from his quest Asking the Hav not told the 1w accomplishments met with th “too busy" The sci ers have the of agri They the Shurces « the morals these bugs and | oven gone ar import Delilahs to deal des 0 v ably R no n un United Ktates srist their Coffman at they of 1 by the plar rful co they | Dr reply t to thik ists e b had bee its, ood and with the wil he capt i cane borer in th quest for t bad bugs engaged in for gold There for a para hopper.” which sucked the j the cane and multiplied sland and sfter which br vith the ped upon ained there u 1 the agriculture and American mainlan vent~ ke thei: arasi Fifty Years Ago‘; In The Star | | A diligent search of the columns of | old newspapers will reveal many ex- | traordinary happenings, but it be doubted if anything more rema able was ever Homicide ported in print th the following. quote hya)(ouse. from a “London let \ in The Star of Febratary 9. 1876 Tt is generally imagined that a man who is af) d of a mouse enter- tains a groundless apprehension: but the other day a mouse, which is now in the London Hospital, not as a patient, but in spirits of wine, did actually kill its mi The man was trying to catch it and it ran up his| sleeve and on to his neck. and then | in its extreme terror leaped into the poor fellow's open mouth and down his throat. Curiously enough, it was not suffocated. The mouse, it seems, can endure being without air longer than any other animal, and this one, finding itself as it were in prison, tried to gnaw its way through the wretched man's chest and throat, who presently expired in great agony. This is perhaps the strangest death that has ever pefallen a human being.” 2 | ~ Hall & century age Uongress was under commission, S0 to speak. to: devise a new form of government for | the District of Columbia, the terri- torial organiza- D. C. Government tion having Plan Proposed. falled and the then commis- sionership organization heing regard- ed as a temporary expedient. Numer- ous plans were being probosed. In The Star of February 10, 1876, is the following: “The Senate committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia, who have been in- structed to prepare a bill for the gov- ernment of the District, have as vet taken no steps in that direction, but will probably talk the matter over to- morrow. It is understood that, per- sonally, Mr. Spencer, chairman of the committee, is in favor of a more eco- | nomical form of government than that which at present exists; that he believes that the District should have a delegate in Congress, to be elected by all persons, including women, over 21 years of age: that the streets and avenues should be turned over to the Engineer Corps of the Army, the po- lice to the War Department and the Board of Health to the surgeon zen- eral's office; that all the taxes levied and collected should be turned into the Treasury of the United States, and that the Government should as- sume all the expenses of the District. It is not impossible that some of these features will be incorporated in the new bill. In The Star of February 11, 1576, is| announced a new line of expre trains to be run between Boston; and Washington without change of, L inty - | Through Cars cars, to go into e fect about April 3.| to Boston. the cars being car- |York by the ried around New steamer Maryland. The morning express would leave Boston about 9 o'clock and reach Philadelphia 12 hours later, the eve- ning express leaving Boston at 9 and reaching Philadelphia the next morn- ing. It was estimated that the trip of the steamer between the Harlem River and Jersey City would occupy about 46 minutes. * ¥ % Although the parcel-post system had not been established 50 years ago, there was a large use of the mails for the transportation of bulky mat- Mails Loaded With ter. Indeed, ] this class of Four-Pound Paroels. matter had become a good deal of a nuisance, as is noted in The Star of February 12, 1876, as follows: “The transportation of packages of merchandise in the mails has always given the Post Office Department con- siderable annoyance because of the his and That By Charles Tracewell. be lad ing a cut at h th a broom. “Scat The cat dashes across the stre his home, where he receives an enti Iy differes ecep! Here Li nt is Li He ha cuts of stead of fr on chair in wi His ¢ t choose e Varn )tk h to night ke | 1 the he him meat and the bes is wherever lie sris of those wii way, having course gets nc pnestly thinks 0ss the s nothing in h ing ot is a It depends In the meantin goes his way, utte thoughts about h He is a cat, and pretends to be ne ing else. uch a Like a viewpoir, Varmint ous of the h Little V smail doj use rmint! he follows th in the b around. If one on the first floor goes upstairs, Little Var mint immediately trof up, too. If they descend, shortly there will be the pat of paas on the steps, and dow Little Varmint He tter. hates to be alone * selfish ¢ Little Varmint, vi a work of art. His coat is more svm any ern drawn by is dry nd soft, His with the glint He labors ind 11y to keep | paws and face cle: not mnegl his ears, which he often turns out. giving them a mc comical pect. Although bis tribe is commonly puted (by broom bearers) to harbo “germs,’” his skin may be seen clean and pink if one rumples up his fur All of his habits are cleanly to a de gree. His solid satisfaction with the con forts of life is something of & rebuke to his human friends who often fir matters of complaint wher perhaps none oug! to exist To Little Varmint a good something for rejoicing, in m utes of triumphant purring. A soft_cushfon ¢ more outpou ing of feline song A small bracer of traction, too. These are some of the factions of life, Little V: to_believe—satisfactions f fellow must be grateful. His life is a daily progress of satis tactions. In the morning, wed honest etrical an. His ¢ eyes are nside meal | ny mi catnip has its at durable satis rmint_seems r which « sitting in front of the refrigerator, Little Varmint ex horts his breakfast; which he knows to be behind that door Sometimes he makes a mistake. and perches in front of the stove, but it is a small matter. He gets his break {fast just the same. He is a terrible he stands on his hind legs, hanging in air, begging fo Odious creature’ * % % When night falls, Little Varmin bows up his back. curves his tai puffs out his fur, and makes believe to be afraid. He will run and hide. darting he: and there, making small meows when discovered. He enjoys himself fin mensely, as he does chasing a catnip mouse. : Then he will go to sleep in the softest chair. When his friends go upstairs to retire, they hear a soft step on the stairs, and here will be Little Varmint, ready to go to bed, too. ; What a terrible creature! tance carried. As the law now stands express companles can successfully compete with the Government in car- rying packages short distances, but cannot do so when the distance reaches half or entirely across the continent. The result is that the mail coaches in the Far West are bur- dened with hundreds of pounds of merchandise shipped by firms in the East in 4-pound packages to their abuse of the privilege by unscrupu- lous persons, and the Postmaster General now recommends that such matter pay according to the dis- customers. The law never contem- plated any such abuse of the privi- lege, and it is proper that it should be / so amended as to remedy the evik™