Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1926, Page 50

2 HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C SUNDAY......February 28, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennaylvan, New York Office: 110 Ea Chicago Office: Tower Build European Office: 14 Regent S| England Ave 4 St finx London, with the Sund red by carr The Evening Star ing edition, ia deli the city 2t 60 cenin per month: daily onlv 45 centa per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mail or telaphone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia Daily and Sunday 1¥7.,$0.00: 1 mo.. Daily_only 1yr.. $6.00° 1 mo Sunday only 113l $3.00. 1 Tbe 300 mo.. 25 All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sundas.1 vr.$12.00. 1 mo. 1,00 Daily only D1yl $8I00% 1 mol iBe Sunday only 1y 840071 mol 35e Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Preas entitled 1o tha use for republication of all news dis patches creaited 1o it or not otherwise erad itad 10 this paper and also the local news published heren. All rights of pul ol apecial dispatches herein are ulso A Singular Error Corrected. As @ result of a clause in the law Which has been standing for several years, promotions of some of the worthiest and most efficient Govern ment workers higher pay have been prevented. Thix paragraph veads: “In grades in which only one position allocated the salary such position exceed average of the compensation rates for the grade.” The absurdity of limiting pay within a certain grade to the “average” of one position ap- parently escaped the framers of this but it has remained uncor- vected. Now it is proposed to modify it having been written into the Treasury and Post Office De- partments bill, which has passed both Hounses and ready for signature to the following effect: “Except as in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade, advances may he made to ratex of the grade, but not than and then on srade,” In the sularies rigidity as this case shows 1 some instances it established. The pur- pose of ihe reclassification movement the duties and com- the various depart bureaus the adoption Jf standards of performance and in worked out well but in some cases it has operated seri ously to the in of the Under the Englich civil service sye tem watertizht principle cmplove the is shall not clavse, a provision is ca more often once in any fiseal vear, ¥ to the next higher of classification duties and undertaken ve g0 was supposedly aveided, but was whole was to equalize pensations in ments and by - the main it has v workers. the compartment If « governmeni into one of these he has no outlet This means that for his entire public he is bound by definite limi hevond which he can neve, The contrary principle is sup prevails heuds compartments” service is tations. pass THE SUNDAY bile operator's card will become vnmlhave heen effected through the exer and new ones will be issued after an |cise of the ancient powers. Mean- examination. Tt is no reflection on [while plays have heen produced on the local police force to point out that |the American stage that would as- this examination In the past has been | suredly have been banned in London a cursory one at best: It 1s the same | There is no censorship here beyond all over the count that of public opinion, which is a very When July 1 arrives, however, it |liberal standard. Certain plays have will give Washington a chance to step | been given American production that out in the lead in a vigorous attack [could not be possibly shown in Great | on the entire permit problem. Despite | Britain. If the test now proposed by walling and gnashing of teeth on the | Shaw succeeds in breaking down the part of unsuccessful applicants, the censorship of the lord chamberlain, law should be enforced to the limit in | the British public will probably be the granting of permission to operate | shortly treated to some diverting ex automobiles on the streets of this city. |amples of American dramaturgy. No driver who displays the slightest —— ignorance of the regulations should be Tax Reduction Effects. passed: no driver who displays a lack | Unless the new tax law yields a of the distance and speed Judgment 50 | larger revenue than s estimated as essential to safe operation should be |4 regult of the rendering of fuller re- passed and, above all, no driver Who |turng by taxpavers the Government is of the k™ and reckless | wiil be on a narrow margin of income brand should be given a permit. | over expenditures during the next Even if it requires a large Propor | el vear, It is Intimated at the tion of the Police Department to aid | \ypite House that a deficit-of $100,- in successtully earrying out thiS |y 0o iy yegarded as probable unless housecleaning, there should be no hes- | (. pvayq vory carefully holds the ap- itation. Washington hax a golden ob- [, iaeiong down to the hudget portunity 1o weed out the undesirables | o and to take the lead in reducing :'ll:e ol st R ikt a0 o appalling total of national automoblle |\, \p, pregident has contemplated EathiIRes. that on the basis of & $300,000,000 |tax reduction this year a further |cut might he made in the revenues in 1927, Now It s suggested that | the uddition of $57,000,000 to the 192 {cut probably precludes the possibility of another reduction 30 soon All estimates of revenues under the new tax law, however, are based upon the expectation of continued perity. Should there be an industrial and commercial slump, during the next year or two, these new rates would not yield as large a revenué total as that which is expected. For |the greater part of the revenue is | from incomes, and if incomes are |lessened through any failure of busi- ners, after sliding on the ground a 8 | ness, or cutting off of dividends, or short distance under the firat impulse, | 7+5% o0 CHERE B0 O T enerally gradually rose and soared. | the tax vield will shrink. It was at once recognized that the | “p 0 tax reductions, catapult was not « desirable method | MUTEL Tl T N of starting the machine, that it Was |\, 4 cconomies in expenditures, but ::2"‘::“’"';‘ ‘::fi";:?:::‘n‘w':"l"'""_’x';';'m;..-.. the general n-onxhlin;n .;r 4 1l : s kno o0 be the ex Langley had not used this principle ...::I::::i\..}‘ “' ';h: s s first tests down the Potomac, i :mlmhud Stsetidl it plien. rom “the | FrOmaL SeSucton & “\N, b ,m.::‘,, oof of a houseboat to which an SODianIEA Dipny L e longated platform been attach- h“E:x.-‘::;.‘::-‘:.u.:x “The filght of the Lungley plane s was unsuccessful, lurgely, it ls bes Al lieved, hecause of the shortness of b (his first supported run. There was not sufficient space for it to secure u flotation momentum, and it fell into the river. This failure was not re- garded by Prof. Langley vital, (hough 1t did check his experiments, and, of course, caused a great disap — r——— Plane-Starting Devices. Test of a newly devised catapult for launching airplanes vesterday re- calls the method by which heavier than-air machines were first started in flight. The Wright machine, iirst officially tested at Kort Myer and later flown at the College Park alr- drome, was propelled in its initial im- pulse by a counter-weight. The plane was hauled up on a runway, down which it was pulled by a seif-releas- ing cable attached to a weight. This initial jerk was accompanied by the revolution of the propellers, and so the machine, which traveled on run- pros- therefore, upon con President for & money It to release of a commercial | possible that this ma the factor of stability | the country’s level | tivity and earnings. | R Radio. Figures for the comparatively new | radio industry show a five.vear gain | of $420.000.000. In 1920 only $2.000.000 !worth of radio apparatus sold while in 1925 more than § of sete and appliances was purchased for ed e o of e as was 0,000,000 nointment. It was not until bicycle wheels were | substituted for the ekid runners that possible to start the heavier- thanair machine independently of an impulse mechanism. Santos-Du mont was one of the first to use the wheel, applying it to an experimental machine in France. These wheels at gecretary of Commerce. Until recently first were much larger than those | he majority of stations were confined that are in present In the be- |\, (he most populous centers, but by the public. Ten million radio receiving sets are use. Twenty thousand trans. stations arve operating, with more before the it was now in mitting application for 300 use. the | STAR VWASHI.\’GTO\' l DANGERS OF PROSPERITY. | Jeremiah, zx spake unto thee in thy prosperity: but thou | | saidst, I will not hear. | | Does pry | arden the finer sperity have a tendency to sensibilities and to pake us unresponsive to the high | claims of consclence? There is little question that adversity has a tendency [to soften our nature afid that through it we are brought to a better under- standing of the nobler claims of life. Observation has led me to believe that individuals and people generally give greater heed to the religious appeal in days of adVersity than they do in days of “prosperity. A striking illustration of what we mean is suggested by the |experience we had as a Nation during ithe period when we were participating {in the World War. During those mo- {mentous and critical days we were con- | stantly being reminded of the fact that {America had risen o new heights of | spiritual vision. 11."G. Wells, in the most notable hook he has writte |maintained that “Our sons have shown us God.” The bitter sorrows that had come upon the Nation had at once re- vealed to it its weakness and its strength. Much dross was burned away and the frivolities of life gave place to stern realities, Here in Amer- fca the “call to arms” for the while di-| verted us from pleasure seeking and money-making occupations. We con- {centrated all that we had upon one su- preme object. Iiven those who had hitherto heen careless and unrespon- sive to the high claims of loyalty sud- denly assumed a new attitude and read- ily gave all that they had for what they believed to be a fine ideal. So strong was this feeling that the secu lar press itself took on a religious tone and we highly resolved that we would meet every demand that was latd upon us. It is a singular thing that once we passed out of this period of stress and strain we seemed to forget many of its deeper lessons and once again turned ourselves to less worthy occupations, ih | indulgencies and practices that we had |abandoned. i | Recently we listened to a discus- | men--the one a great banker, the other a distinguished judge of a | Federal court. The note of the optimism. Ile cited the prosperity of the country, bank reserve. the high w the xrowth of great corpor: At the ges tions and | | | | | | | | | The project to have all the States in the Union erect buildings in W ash- ington will receive new impetus next month. The governors of the 48 commonwealths will be in this city iM;\rrh 28-25 at the invitation of Pres- | ident Caolidge, and advantags will be | | taken of their presence here to fur- ther the State buildings movement. at of all, it ix expected that | Congress wlll take the necessary |action to bring about a conference hetween the governors and a con gressional committee, and, second, a | dinner will be given in honor of the | State executives by the various civie organizations of Washington. At these affairs the governors will be informed concerning all the phas of the project and will be afforded thelr to express views | sure him of America’s suprema | sion conducted by two representative | moral | again we need 1 pald, | try. D. C, FEBRUARY 28, EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Washington. hand of a prosperity quite unpar- alleled in this or any other land. To him these were the guarantees of security and happiness. The fact that we were the greatest creditor| Natlon In the world seemed to as- naive in his Following him habit and There was something survey of conditions. came the judge whose daily was to deal with the sterner more sinister conditions in our ,porate life. Speaking with accuracy out of an experlence that brought him in daily contact with tha crim- inal classes, he went on to disclose tendencles in our corporate life that in his judgment were fraught with grave perils. He cited the revolting records that indicated growing law- lessness and an increase of homicides. He sustained his arguments by cita- tions and proofs that were frrefuta- ble. He maintained that the post- | war perfod, probably more than any other, disclosed tendencies that were more threatening and perilous than he had known in his long experience as a judge. The two recitals were in marked contrast and there came to mind the words of the anclent prophet: “I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saldst, I will not hear.” We need not be pessimistic to such | an extent us to be unwilling to reckon with palpable facts. \We need not undervalue or despise the blessings that céme with prosperity, high wages and their concomitants. We do not have to invoke the stern disci- plines of Puritanism nor to lay upon our generation the “blue laws” against which our fathers rebelled, in order to bring us back again to ways of sane and wholesome living. On the other hand, we do need to have clearly brought to mind, in this unparalleled era, the fact that pros- perity, however greatly desired, fu nishes no insurance against those enervating and character-destroying and plunged with renewed energy into | evils that eat into the very heart of a people. If our prosperity is not to prove an unmitigated evil We must stabilize and strengthen our and spiritual forces. Once be reminded of the ancient word, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” President | banker's address was one of supreme | Coolidge’s word has deep significance, growing | “The government of a country never gets ahead of the religlon of a coun- There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law the multitudinous evidences on every | for the virtue of man.” State Buildings in Washington BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN ble resources that have never been de. veloped because of the transportation problem, and that State might take advantage of such an opportunity to exploit its natural product. Fach State that has a wealth of building material already marketed or which it desires to | Agricultural | progri market would thus be able to advertise a product of which it is proud. These hulldings, says Col. Harper, shonld he especially designed for ef fective exhibits of hoth natural and man-made resources of each State. and manufacturing de. velopments should be strikingly pre- sented, and each State's educational ss, its climatic advantages, and its wealth iIn indigenous plants, flow- fruits, vegetables, grains, mineral resources and timber. Each buflding, with its contents and surroundings. 1926—PART 2 l Capital Sidelights The National House of Representa- tives has a model bank of its own, which cashes checks drawn on a larger number of banke in every State of the Union than any other fiduciary insti- tution in all the length and breadth of | the lana. This bank handles $10,000,000 in cash over the counter each year and the business is growing. It is part of the sergeant-at-arms’ office and has a well appointed counting room, with glass and grill partitions, en the first floor of the Capitol Building. Members of the House pass directly by the door of this bank each day (and several times a day) jn going to their place in the House chamber. The business of this bank has in- creased considerably since the mem- bers of Congress got an increase in their salaries last vear. It now dis- burses in salarfes of members $3 083.33 each month. Besides this it doés A general banking business, just as an accommodation to members, cashing the pay checks of the members’ secre- tarfes and clerks and all employes at the House end of the Capitol. The banker ix Kenneth Romney, who has been on the job for nearly 0 vears, serving with the utmost satis- faction under hoth Republican and Democratic majorities. Few, If any, employes in the Nation's Capital are more universally popular. This Is due to his efficlency, his unfailing courtesy and to his eagerness ut all times to do anything in his power to accommodate the patrons of the bank. During hix tenure of office the business of this bank has more than doubled. Previous o assuming this position he had 1 banking experience and had been newspaper reporter in the Northwest, His home i in Montana. Mr. Romney cashes more chécks on different banks than any other place in the country, because constituents from all the States and from practi- cally every community throughout the 48 States come to Washington and visit their Congressman. Usually when here their pockethooks have to he re. plenished, and o they write a check, their Congressman Indorses it and Mr. Romney cashes it. Multiply this serv- ice by 435, the number of members of the House, and vou get some idea of the magnitude of this voluntary ac commodation rendered by Mr. Romney to the people of the country ’ Mr Romney has a very intimate knowledge of the financial affairs of most of the members of the House, and hig experfence shows that since they got their increase In salary their financial condition has been very much fmproved. The mileage of members is another big item in Mr. Romney's banking operations. This amounts to $2 u session. There hus been no increase in this account. The members get 20 cents w mile each way. The amount each member collects ranges all the way from $8 paid to Kepresentative R. Walton Moore of Virginlu and $8.80 pald to Representative Stephen Gambrill of Maryland to $1,453.20 patd to the late Representative John E. Raker of Californfa, which is the largest amount in continental United States, and $2,078.80 paid to Willlam Paul Jarrett of Honolulu, the terri torfal Delegate from Hawall. There is a “rogues’ gallery” main tained n connectfon with this House bank. The autographed photographs of all members of the House are framed and hung on_the walls in the foyer of the bank. This is not done so much for identification purposes when a member offers a check to he cashed, because Mr. Romney knows each member, but it continues what has been a custom and institution for many vears. There are many members of Con gress who do not know each other hy BY ROBERT T. SMALL. There are those who are viewing with alarm the fraternizing which has been going on between the Republi; cans and Democrats ofi the House of Representatives, with at least an eche or suspicion of the same sort of thir in the Senate In the World W always wa considered bad sign when one's troops showed the slightest dispost tion to fraternize with the enemy There was much of that sort of thing on the Russian front. It progressed to the point that one night n Ge man band marched out into No Man’s Land and gave a concert Shortly afterward the Russian army disintegrated completely. On the quiet sector of the western front the French were always on guard against fraternization. They ous’ developments along that line would be fatal to the fighting spirit Democrats of the country at large feel that their congressmen are rob. bing them of any real lssues in the coming campaign. But a considerable part of the perturba tion over the state of affairs in the House comes from sound-thinking Re- publicans. They profess to see in the situation another step toward the complete control of the lower branch of the Natlonal Legislature by two or three of the powergul commiltees of the House, leaving the main body of Representatives as helpless as if they had never come to Washington The coalition of this controlling group of Republicans with certain of the Democratic leaders makes the control both safe—and apparent. By standing in with the Republicans on the big ommittees the Democrats on those ommittees feel certain they will get every possible consideration for their own individual legislative needs among the members of the THouse to get what crumbs they can from the tables of the mighty, who can blame these Democrats for playing game? The complaint among the rank file of the House. of both persuas is that the members of the w means committee and of the commit tee on appropriations feel that they “are the whole House” and that no one else need be considered. Perhaps, after all, this is but in keeping with the trend of the times that the only thing worth while ix the ratsing and spending of money. In its great surge of prosperity the coun try has begun to think only in teris of dollars und cents. The spirit has permeated the leadership of the Touse, Consequently, when the chairman of a committee, thought fmportant two or three years ago. wants to bring a matter before the llouse he must plead for davs before an all-too-brief period of legislative time is allotted to him. On the surface of the House these days there ix scarcely a ripple, but underneath the smooth waters one can easily find a spirft of discouragement oddly enough, | Therefore, If it has become a scramble | the | it not complete dissatisfaction. There lare 61 committees of the House Most of them are presided over by learnest. hard-working Representa tives. anxious to serve their country well ax their constituents. Favors from the throne have come so grud {ingly to most of them that they w | tualiy have ceased to ask, and ther fore u consid number of the committees have ceased to function Perhaps the leaders of the big cor mittees feel they are doing the ver best thing in holding down legisia tion and giving the country a res from more laws. Perhaps they thin | Congress should make up an agend: at the beginning of each seasion confine its august consideration 1« | four or five subjects. And perhap hev are right. but it is hard to cor | vince some 400 hard-working Repre ntatives, out in the cold, that the case, | The fraternizing | publicans and Democrats of the Hol commlittee on ways and means mas |lead to many interesting things | Evidently the minds of most of the | Republican ahd Democratic members {of this committee ran along together on the ways and means of raising an« | reducing the taxes-of the people. this committer is the same between the 1 | 1t so happens that which deals with taxes |one that deals with the tariff. Aye | there’'s the rub’ Eventually there {may even hang u tale! What will & | this £ \zing lead to in the way o pr I legislation? WL the I Democratic ways and meaners, wh professedly believe in ow tar turn upon thefr Republican brothe and comrades in tax ms and rend them limb from limh, or will there I fanother understanding, another gei | tlemen's agreement” | "The truth of the matter is that 1 {tariff legislation ever was contempl |ed for this session or at any time i | the future. Still the Democrats tall of it as being their fssue in the con ing campaign. When everything elss there is still the tariff. whici furnishes a good talking point ever if the talk does get no place in 7 tie: r. And since the South hase he |come such a vast producing cente tariff views south of the M Dixon lines have undergon ble change To keep up the appearance of battle | two members of the ways and meuns | committee held a desultory debate | the on the radio a night or tv 4RO, e publican was M Crow er New Y and the Democr: was Mr. Carew New York My | Crowth injected a new note whe fhe b ged that the agitation f lowered riff Wus eman | nowadays from the internat | bankers, anxious to prot thel |loans or investments in Cuba and | Burope. 'he application for the rv {duction on sugar, which started su |a hullabaloo, came from an orga tlon completely controlled by Cub interests and was not an Americ movement at all (Copright son an conside tles 16 Fifiy 7YeaI; Ago In The Star was not until the 21st of Feh- 1876, that Congress, hy r # .. Intion, declared the Washington's anniversary of the Birthday. "th of George Washington to he a national holiday. In The Star of I ruary, This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Templeton Jones came home to find that wife had bl Persian kitten “Don’t you think we have enougl pets around here?” he asked, some what taken aback, looking at the twe dogs his purchased a opportunity of the movement, which {s regarded us the most thoroughly natfonal en-|be made of everything that goes to {erprise of its kind that has ever|make notable the State it represents. been proposed. f Such (‘n.l.mg‘-. would be of fnestimable 'he Fil |Anancial advantage to the States and The First Suggestion. [0 less to the Federal Government, Col. Robert N. Harper first suk- and should be encouraged by both. vested the State bulldings idea 18| Kach bullding would also be a place sight or by name. When some mem- ber speaks to another on the floor or in the corridor, and he doesn't recall the name, he quite frequently drops into Mr. Romney's bank and looks the photograph gallery over until he finds the right one. Most of the members of Congress bring visitors in to see February 22, 1876, is printed the proc- lamation by President Grant announe- ing the holiday and reciting, as fol- lows, the text of the concurrent reso- lutfon of Congress: “Be it Resolved, That for the pro- motion of national feeling throughout the Union on the occasion of the cen- posedly civil w in in the American service, with promotion all the up the line possible in any branch of the service. There is and there should barrier in iefinite advancement in and e should be the finest exhibit that could The dogs were busy surveying, fron afe distance, the new arrival The small cat, its huge tafl larger than ever, had amply demonstrated to the dogs, in the very first minuie »f their acquaintance, that con take cure of itsell The dogs, therefore, eved him fror sinning much trouble was encounter- | (ipinthe last two years they have ed through the breaking of the|jeq geattered throughout the country. wheels as the machine taxied, a® it| o0 (hese figures it can readily be was called later, over the ground h‘;.\?bll that Amerfca’s infant industry i.~J as It came to earth in | oging from its swaddling clothes. | With ifmprovements in receiving and | a be no to it siarting, or landing. positio and therefore in pay. to the limits of the service, The correction of thix singular ror by the clause t has just written i asury Office Departments bill the promotion of some valuable of who, being in narrow have, under the strict of the “average one grade” pro vision, heen denied advancement. It will doubtless hold in the service some who could not otherwise such a hopeless position. er been o the o and will of Government Post permit the most workers, classifications, interpretation of rema e Tax reduction is another hopeful re minder that the war is over, and that # number of conditions due to sudden emergency are gradually giving way to the customs and methods of peace Automobile Fatalities. Interesting figures on the automo- Blle fatality problem are presented in the annual of the committee sintistics the national highwa ety under the auspices of the Depiiriment ‘ommerce. While the report shows thit the number report of street on onitar e on and 5z of motor Stutes fatalities in the is Increasing by clusively Uuited i vear, it likewise demonstrates con that the rate of rapidly In 1920, 192 > the annua in ompiled all sections of the country 12 per cent. and in 1423 high figure of 20 per previous vear's record herease s deciining and 19 in crease casualties from 10 to it rose to the cent over the In 1924, how. there was a sharp drop and the ate was only 6.5 per cent. while 1925 there was only a 2.5 per increase. Of the 78 cities listed in the report with a population of more than 100, 000, 27 of them reported decreases in the number of fatalities during 1 ind three rémained stationary with the 1924 figures. Six cities in this list showad progressive reductions in hoth 224 and 192 With approximately 24,000 deaths in 1924 and an this num Ver last year there is little encourage ment to the situation other than the decline of the rate from year to vear. As long as registrations of automo. biles guin, making the streets and highways more heavily congested with trafic, and the permit laws are al- lowed to remain in their present un- satisfactory condition, there is small chance of improvement. All the traffic lights, trac police- and traffic regulations in exist ence will never cure the individual bad iudgment of a great majority of Amer ican motor car operators. The stupid aad “don’t care” fraternity will al- ways be the cause of a large percent- nge of fatalities and the lax enforce- ment of the permit laws offers no hope that the number of drivers of this type, turned loose on the streets of all American cities each year, will decrease. Washington is about to embark on a {horough housecleaning of its permit . condition. Om July 1 every autome- . wax over, in cent increase over e which has just been designed to effect seaplanes from and battleships. Starting Qevices are ulr in use in the Navy, and this one, It would appear, | is an improvement, giving the plane | an initial veloclty of sixty miles an hour after a very short run. The effect on the operator of starting at this speed is not described. It is interesting In this connection to note that progress i« being made abroad in the development of the helicopter, or gyrocopter, or the ver tically rising machine. It was re cently stated that at least five of these devices were undersoing tests in Engiand and making successful ascents with a high degree of control in the alr. but more or less falling of sate and effective landing. A helicopter i« even now under development in this | o country, In fact in this clty, and |l e g a ot of “Bunk.” there wre hopes that it will prove to | " it (AR LR K e the mind be the solution of the problem of ris- | 1 FUCTT L ordid junk ing and landing vertically. he heli [ 4 ubles human kind. 1t ix recognized. Is the ideal (han-air apparatus, ax it re “velatively small space for and for ground wperation transmitting apparatus constantly be ing made rudio will forge ahead until it becomes of the dominant industries. The eatapult is evidently launching of tested the one cruisers ady v —o—< Mr. Mackay can influence his friends to avoid soclal relations with his daughter. Yet reminders of acquaint- ance will persist. Mr. Mackay cannot prevent his friends from whistling the bridegroom’s mus ——— Advising Senators to legislate more and investigate less will not have the full approval of those persons who by lieve the statute hooks are already overerowded. G - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSO: copter, ‘e're ge Letter every way.” heavier- We're getting be “Be good, and Joy anew | Will shine!” | hupe to see the day When all the “Bunk” “Bunk” quires storage | Enthusiasts have claimed that u de | pendable helicopter will be the uni. [ mode of alr transport in | comes true. so-called Is but the thought That ‘fills the heart with hope It is the purpose men have sought, hrough ages doomed to grope. This versal future. Some of the descriptions of so-called | ‘wild parties” read as it an unpleasant time must have been had by all. e The British Play Censor. George Rernard Shaw has never| had much patience with the British | Accommodation. play censor. He has alwavs vidiculed | ‘““How do vou stand on the question the practice of submitting new dra-|of tax reduction®” matic writings to a representative of | “Foolish question!” exclaimed Sena- the lord chamberlain and has at times tor Sorghum. “When the. Great in effect defied his authority to blue | People demand a tax reduction it's al pencll his creations and ban their | ways hest to comply, even if you have production. He has done thix by giv- | to boost the taxes afterward to make ing “private presentations” of dramas | up for a deficit. doubtful from the point of View of the T e official “play taster” of the govern-| oo Bo giekering glow ment. Now he is going to fight him | o T T ong ago. to & finish, An early play ot his was| 0T 0 Tt e the night panned long time ago for it dealt| (rl U0 o nenracite. with a theme that then was strictly taboo. With some revision, however, it was recently produced under offi cial sanction and had a run in Lon don. It is now proposed to revive it with the addition of some new lines that the playwright has added with- | out submission to the censor, and it/ ix expected that author and producer may will be cited by the lord chamberlain. at all. > In that case, It is announced, Mr.| “Fear not repliel Miss Cayenne. Shaw and his producer will carry the “There will always be enough mate- matter to court on the contention that | ial required to make our costumes ex- the lord chamberlain's powers do not | pensive.” extend to questions of a moral nature, | Dialog but pertain only to matters offending | ppe prama is something erratic toda against the throne, the church or the | Dyiegainful of reason or rule. government. Originally the censor-| ye wonder if what we have heard is ship in Great Britain was for political by, protection, to prevent the use of the | (p somebody driving a mule. stage for subversive works inimical to the Interests of throne, church and| “Realizin’ dat dar din't no Santy government. In latter years, however, | Claus,” said Uncle Eben, “we elects it has hecome purely a literary cen-|many a man to Congress thinkin' he ship and many absurd prohibitions ' gineter take old Santy’s place.” ——————— while the cynics view with scorn Che paths plain men pursue, Let's all be glad that we were born, And hope the “Bunk’ comes true! Jud Tunking says motion picture stars are entitled to big salaries for | standing for what the press agents say | about thes 0 Fea It clothes confinue to diminish, we find ourselves wearing nothing | veurs ago. when he was president of where the historical progress of each (he Jocal Chamber of Commerce. 1¢|State could be recorded permanently, | renewed the suggestion subsequentll lax well as the achievements of the this gallery. also where they can get a4 composite view of all the members, * K X X Uncle Sam every once in a while tennial year of our independence believing this to be the proper for the expression of our apprec of the great services rendered to the by the i annual reports, but when the | State's citizens, who have contributed {\World War came on it was decided|to the history of the world and of [0 hold it in ubeyance until times | (he-Republic and who have done nota- and conditions were more propitious. Recently a committee was created, with Col. Harper as chairman, to ndertake a revival of national in- terest in the project and to further i every possible way. 1 s’ vommittee includes the heads ! of all the civic organizations of the [ oity. former members of Congress now resident in Washington and other | public-spirited citizens who have been tonsplcuous in all activities tending to {he development of Washington -as | the most truly all the vorld's capitals. N vernors of several States have already indicated !hedlr(‘am“tl;'; intereat o proposal,” said Col. Harper re- ‘JL,&'.‘_V_"A'&'-'. are hopeful that when we get all the governors together here next month we shall be able to present a \mlt:‘d lu:emn.mr:a: front o Congress and to the country. I llove that they will see that this is not meraly a proposal for the de. Velopment and hetterment of Wash- ington, although that Is something in Which they are nll interested. Funda- mentally this is an undertaking to vlorify each and every State, to ad- Vvance thefr commercial and fndustrial progress wlong permunent lines, to tell the world the story of thelr hat- | ural resources and to perpetuate the record of accomplishments of their citizenr 1 national of Bill Being Prepared. | A bill Is now being drafted for the | cousideration of Congress that, it adopted, will be the first step toward the consummation of the big project. Philip C. Campbell, former Repre- sentative from Kansas and now a resi- dent of Washington, is preparing the measure and expects to have it com- pleted by the time the governors are in the city next month While its exact provisions are not known, it is understood that in a general way it contemplates complete co-operation between the Federal Gov- ernment and the several States. The Federal Government is expected to provide the ground upon which the { bulldings are to be erected, while State appropriations will cover the cost of the bufldings and the exhibits, the properties to remain non-taxable, hoth as to local and Federal iaxes. It is estimated that at least 300 acres will be required fo insure ample space for each building and its sur- roundings and to provide for streets. avenues, parking, etc. it is suggested that to avoid conflict of local ideas and tastes and to guaran- | tee appropriate results, a_commission be created that must approve the ar- chitecture of the various buildings and the development of the tract allotted to each State, and that will have super- vision of the maintenance of the whole | {project. The cost of maintenance, it/ seems generally agreed, should be pro-| rated between the Govern- | Disting conforming to uniform in its materials will be essentially rep- resentative of the State. For example, as pointed out by Col. Harper, Ver: mont will probably erect its building |of Vermont granite, with its interior trimmed with Vermont marble, while Indiana would use Indiana limestone, presented In its most attractive guise. Tennessee, doubtless, would have its building beautified by its varied prod ucts of marble, and similarly with Georgia, Alabama, Colorado and other States. It is not generally known, but none the less a fact, that Virginia has mar | strongest | b | of specializing in church, school apd | ready resale at a profit. {ed, and even hard-hearted, investors | have come to recognize the church |and | safest and the demand for these se- | curites is active,” he said. | ciallst Federal | ment und the States. i ive Buildings | Each building, it is assumed, while values. requirements. | will be distinctive architecturally and | l | ble things In science, art and litera- | ture, State Rivalries_ tecent developments have indicated Inot only a desire of certain States to | co-operate In the State buildings en- |terprise, but a rivalry to be the first to have a building and exhibit on view in Washington. Leading citizens of Florida are sald to be especially |anxious that thelr State should take |the lead in the movement and it is possible they may bring about ac- tion in their Legislature even before Congress has made the enterprise pos- sible. And whenever Florida starts any- thing, California, in the present status of the jealousy between those two States, is prepared to go just a bit farther and to move a trifle more rapidly. Both States are keenly alive to the possibllities and advantages of exploitation, for both have profited greatly thereby, Maine and other New England es are also up and coming in the matter of gelting themselves before the country in a new and effective wanner and it is possible. that one of them will steal « march on the South ind West. And North Carolina, cred- ited with being the first of the States to rediscover itseif in the things that make for State pride, promises to be no laggard. SRR T _ Church Financing. s | From the Charlotte Observer. There was a time when church loans were not classed in the highly desirable group by bankers and the investing public, but conditions have changed. In the city of Nashville, Tenn., where are located the South: ern headquarters of a number of denominations, including some of the in the South, a company < been organized for the purpose hospital financing. Speaking of church financing now as compared with vears ago, a rep- resentative of the new company made the interesting observation that prac- tically every issue of church bonds or notes is hought outright at once by irivestment bankers who find ‘‘Hard-head- institutional loan as best and This does not mean, says this spe- in church financial affair: that there are more religious people with money to invest than formerly, | because the selling is broadcast and ! no particular appeal is made to church people. It does mean, how- ever, he adds, that churches and in- stitutions have adopted business principles and practices in the admin- istration of their affairs, thereby stabilizing and enhancing property “Ever hear of a church fafi?” he asks, adding: “It may be news to some to learn that many. of the larger churches and institutions of learning and healing have business managers who are full-time pald peo- ple. The hum of the typewriter and the click of the adding machine are adding variation and efficiency 'to church and institutional activities.” e et Rah, Rah, Rah! From the Muncie Star. Ttaly probably will feel like hazing Germany as the freshman. wakes up and discovers that he is old- fashioned in some particular, so he modernizes his practice or adopts the same method as sister nations. The latest change is to adopt a new style of passport. The State Department is going to discontinue the engraved passport now in vogue with the com- ing of the next fiscal year. and will issue a passport more in conformity with the style employed by other gov arnments. The new passport will be in book form printed in Tiffany tvpe. the form now used and better adapt for use by travelers. It is estimated that a saving of $2,000 will be effected by this change. Four vears ago there were 124,844 passports issued, in the year 1923-24 ,there were 139,106, and in 1924.25 there were 168.255. The in- crease during the first six months of the present fiscal year has been at the rate of 1.000 a month. The State Department maintains passport bureaus in New York, San Francisco. Chicago, Seattls, New Or- leans and Boston. was established last vear, and this vear s going-to exceed the business of the Chicago office and rank sec- ond only to New York. Wilbur J. Carr, Assistant Secretary of State, points (o the {nteresting fes ture that much business has been litted off the office in Washington and distributed among these different offices over the country, and that the cost of that distribution s horne by tees which otherwise would go into the pockets of clerks of courts, notaries and such persons. LRI The National Capital is proud of a number of men who formerly did nota ble service here and who are now dlstinguishing themselves in the dip- lomatic service in Latin America. These include Willlam Miller Colifer, former president of George Washing- ton University, and now American Minister to Chile. Then there are two able former members of the United States Senate, Miles Poindexter (of Washington), who is Ambassador to Peru, and Samuel H. Piles, also from Washington State, who is Minister fo Colombia. The press gallery and Na tional Press Club are especially proud of their representative, Jesse S. Cot- trell, until recently one of the best known Washington correspondents, who is now American Minister to Bo- livia, Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, U. §. A., the American Ambassador in Cuba, as an officer of the United States Army in the first and second pccupations in Cuba had much to do with formulating the Cuban election laws. * K X % Apropos of his bill to change the name of the War Depurtment to the Department of the Army, Represent- ative Sol Bloom of New York throws a_sidelight_on the early days of the War and Navy Departments. During the Revolutionary ~War milltary affairs were presided over by a Board of War. This board was reated on recommendatios | Washington and was the germ of the | present Department of Wi In those days the Congress itself directed military affairs and issued all the general and staff commis- sions. After the Revolutionary War a Department of War was created on August 1789, and the distin- guished Gen. Benjamin Lincoln placed in charge. At that time the War Department had - complete charge of all national defense mat ters, including naval operations, and also looked after Indian affairs and land matters. As time went on and our country increased in size, decen- tralization became necessary, and the separate unil in 1788, Its appearance will he consistent with | | should be suspended on February The Boston office | of Gen. | people in the cause of liberty Father of Our Country, George Wash- shall be treated and deemed a national holiday throughout the United States in the Government business, and, so far as Is consistent with the public the Government employment shall he suspended for that day." The President, stafing that the spirit and sentiment expressed in the resolution met with his warmest ap- proval, therefore directed that all the business of the executive departments 1576, and that all departments should be closed on_that day. The Star in commenting ‘on this matter sald: “Is it not a little strange that the American people, through Congress, should have waited more than three- quarters of a century after tha death of the Father of His Country to de clare the anniversary of his birth a day to be respected by the Nation, and that the Monument to his mem ory at the Capital should be allowed to Iy concluded to make the 22nd of el ruary a national holiday; let » take lmmediate steps (o complete the unfinished shaft which now =tands a mute’ vet speaking reproach to the American people.” In its i8sue of February 3. 1876, The Star called attention to the fact that the concurrent resolution applied ouly to the year 1 1d suggested that t was eminently proper to make every recurring 22nd of February a day be generally observed by the Amer can people. 76, W been only within rs that tolgates been aholished in vieinity, protest entered against Although it ¥ the past fex “Highway o was Robbery.” {105, ‘haif a century lago. In The Star of February 23, 1876, is the following: “One of the most important of the great works of improvement within the District, executed within the last | half-dozen years, has heep the build- | ing of good roads leading to the coun- | try and the abelition of the turnpike | men, whose presence as toll gatherers | upon roads so vile that man or heast | could scarcely make a way over them | highway robhery. The by which th was simply vigorous measury charterad robbers were dispossessed and good roads established rid the District of a long-seated wrong and secured to it for all time the inesti mable advantages of affording free and conveniént access hy puntryn to | the city with their produce at all sea- sons of the year. How great an evil we are thus happily rid of ix to he Virginia, where the turnpike nuisanc 1« still in full force and the turnpike highwaymen are still squatted secure- Iy upon every road, hindering travel to the citles of the Commonwealth by levying heavy tolls for the right of ! way over tracks almost impassable for of the year. rhose who undertook to go to | Alexandria yesterday over the Wash- ington and Alexandria ‘turnpike’ had a realizing sense of the drawbacks of turnpike travel. The road, uniformly execrable, becomes an almost unfath- omable quagmire near Four Mile Run, Vehicle after vehicle was stalled here and the occupants—ladi men—were compelled to alight in this as hest they could. And yet the in- evitable turnpike man was on hand at the Run to demand a toll for pass- ing_over this infamous road. “But this is not an exceptional case. ‘We believe there is not a road leading league fraternity | Navy Department was created as a [out of Alexapdria that is nqt cursed with a turnpike bar and all of these ington, the 22nd of the present month | welfare, in all of the departments of | remaln unfinished? Congress has final- | seenn when one crosses the river into | as well as | frightful bog and extricate themselves | across the room, and would have put nce hetween them if it h little fello him,” replied dear buy he’s such a I stmply had to Mrh Jotes “How much did vou say asked Jones, hefting the cat hand. “Why, he is all fur 1 didn't said Mrs something in her vo moreover, that che ¢ te the price. “But his pedigree She unrolled a Rlue Smiles was | The pec " vears -at he cost” with one Jones, witl e that told Jones d not intend fo Kk here at long sheet of pape the cat’s name seemed tha least it far tn \fter zeneration Jones. Generation unrolled hefore h | for a cat!”™ he said | ““Some cat,”" said his wife, with em | phasis 'EEE | To this latter remark Jones had t. | agree. Added to the fact that it ens a large sum of money, as evidences by the secrecv as to its price, the eat possessed a pedigree far longer than | the family tree the, whole Jonas | family. The new animal to the household without The two dogs left | altho K its place ir t frictlior it ent to itseli ) Keeping @ wiry eve upon i for fear of it | That night Jones th into the Kitchen, hefo bed, and set hi bt The remainder of the fami in bed several up to monkey with the radio got himself net fish outof-town stations To hear‘one’s friend tell of their su cess with distant stations, one might | think all the radio addict had I was whistle and the stations come in. When he \ own he finds that semehow | tant stations do not answer whistle as well as they might. Jones looked around the kitchen Ah, ha!" he said, spying a nice box of sardines on the cabinet. Jones liked sardines very much, and had not had any for time. So he deftly cut out the top of the hox, got himself a loaf of hread, and proceeded to make himself several sardine sand wiches They were good, factured himself tw emptying the hox ger were satisfied. peace with the too. capable cliws ht 1 “ | wouic went 1 hiand bee; hits | 3@t nd hedh ielf en hours. Jones very vous B would h the dis to the ts a set ¢ so Jones manu mare, complately he pangs of hun With a heart at world, Jones retired * % The next morning he was awakened {by a ery from downstairs. | “Somebody has eaten the c | dine: | This wail from his wife notifie Jones that the less he had to say, the better off he would be. | “Johnny, did you eat th dines”"" e heard the mothe son. + | Other members of the family interrogated. “Templeton,” asked his wife, when | he came down to breakfast, ** did you | eat the cat's sardines?” 3 “How did I know they were for the cat %5 sar cat's sar ask one were You might have known,” Mrs. Jones. ow the poor | thing has to without his | fast | “That would be too bad. indeed.” {answered Jones, with real feeling in | his voice, hat would be terrible, now, wouldn't it pouted lttle £o brealt roads are so had that countrymen, in- stead of being taxed, should be paid a premium for risking their perils espectally in the Winter months. Alex- andria is showing commendable public apirit in many ways, and her citizens seem to have entered with ene upon the task of winning hack former prosperity of the plac