Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1926, Page 40

THE SUNDAY STAR 'WASHINGTON, D. C JUNE 27 1926—PART 2 W EVERYDAY RELIGION BVENING STAR Sunday Morning Edition. THE With e WASHINGTON, D. C. .June 27, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor e ening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11t st and Pennevivamia Ave New York Office: 110° Fast 42nd St Ohicago Office’ Tower Building Furopean Office: 14 Regent St London, England. Tha Evening Star. with th Inc edition. is ‘delivered 1t the @ty at 60 cen‘s per month: daily only 43 cents per month: Sundas only. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone M 000, Collection is made by earrier at the end of each month carrier within Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. nday 1 vr. $0.00: 1 mo 1 yr] 86000 1 mo. i yi $3.00; 1 mo. Aoe Patly and & Paily only Sunday only tes and Canada. 1yr. $12.00 $1.00 1 %00 $4.00 All Other Ni 1 Sunday 1 mo 1mo’ 1yr 1 mo of the Associated Press. Jated Prese 15 exclusively entitledl reownlieation of all news di I ited to it or not otherwiss cre {ted fn this paper and also the local news piblished hoein. ALl vights of publication of anccial dispatehes herein are aleo reserved. Membe: The Asso 0 the use ateline o It The Borland Law. ndment. if of the Borland law, a burden u the property owners of Washington in the laving and maintaining of pave- wents, is now being given by the Sen ttee in the form of passed the One proposition is to relieve of al until Consi tion of the a the which not repeal imposes on ate District # measure which recently Tlouse the omm: owners of property assess for years after the pavement is laid. twenty An of all ments resurfacing other is to relicve them entirely resur The Borland law f1s hased garded street pavements as to the adjacent property only. It laid upon the owners of abutting property half the of the pavement and divided the other half between the Dis the Federal Government in the existing ratio acing costs was imequitable in It 1t meeption and its terms upon a false principle. re cost ot and the Appr A street those who for all the community all the community. of the Borland law’ were carried through everybody using a street on which he did not live, or a block in which he did not reside or own prop- erty. should be taxed for the use of that But. of nobody has ever sugzested even so logical an application of the hypothesis that the strect pavement is for the henefit of the adjacent property primarily. If. however, it had been advanced in Con. sross when the Borland proposal was originally broached it would probably have resulted in the rejection of that iniquitous measure through iis very reduction to absurdity. Under the Borland law enormous sums of money have been taken from the property directly In the form of paving assessments without any justification save that of an in- equitable law. Repaving recently done in this city that under the Borlan law cost abutting property ownegs heavily has already been badly worm Ly the traffic of others than those property owners and repairs are even yow desirable if not actually neces- sary. Unless the pending measure is passed in one form or the other the cost of such repairs would have to be ussessed against those property own- ers, even though they may have used the pavements themselves in the slightest and the least harmful de- gree It i= to be hoped that the Senate eommittee will approve the measure 1n its most liberal form and so relleve Washington from this unjust burden, allowing the pavements of the future to be paid for out of the general fund hy The iustice would be proportions of tion not :ly a benefit to ve upon i It is used by street course, owners and not by specific assessments short cut to absolute to repeal the Borland law altogether - The Sesquicentennial celsbration will recall (o Penusylvania statesmen and politiclans a time when the voteget ters did not kuow thers that uch money in the world! o was There is a gentle strain in the Ger- man people which prevents them from €orgetting that Wilhelm Hohenzollern was raised as a sort of pet. B New York’s Slum Problem. New heen York's serious pr tenements have long Housiug as they hiave multitudes of people, many of them arrived immigrants, fgnorant in large measure of sanitary Jaws and indifr safeguards a Jem newly for the preservation ans will go with Mr. Heckscher on his mission, there are doubts as to the complete success of his project. Un- less the previous experience of would- be slum curers in both this country and abroad is now to be reversed, dis- appointment is likely to result from this laudable enterprise. A number of years ago the London county council tried this same experiment. 1t bought and razed several groups of buildings lifllfl replaced them with model tene- ments. Two of these groups constitut- ed notorlous slums, that of Seven Dials and that of Millbank. When the new structures were ready for occu pancy they were filled not with the former denizens of the slums, but with small tradesmen, clerks and others of moderate means, attracted by the low rents and the superior accommoda- tions. The “slummers” drifted into other slums, and as far as they were concerned their last estate was actual- Iy worse than their first. In New York, too, slum curing by rebuilding has not been successful. Sanitary inspectors have repeatedly found on their rounds of new tene- ments the bathtubs filled with coal and the fire escapes clogged with hou hold goods. They have found families living in single rooms, in order that oarders might be accommodated in the other rooms of the apartment. No matter how low the rate of the rent the disposition to make a profit has prevailed and the doubling-up process has continued. Washington has sought to cure cer. tain slums, consisting of alley dwell ings, to be replaced with sanitary commodations on the major streets. has not suceceded in furnishing replacements. One consequence spread, of the ousted alley into other congested quarters 56 ac’ It the is a dwelles was | population. bors an exces benefits | yreq it will have this problem. Philan- Ttisan artery |y If the principle |, rent to comforts and & week day of | which many can ill-afford. The slum evil from over S0 long as New York har- of people in a narrow comes thropy may modify, but it cannot wholly correct the congestion, and with congestion comes the exploitation by the tenantry of whatever accom modations are offered. A long process of education is necessary. But with the constant inflow of newcomers of a lower range of intelligence it becomes ult, almost impossible, to bring about a universal appreciation of the lessings of sanitary housing. o rtes. Sunday Opening. vears ago, when the Centen nial Exposition was dedicated at Phil- adelphla, there was a very general dissent from the decision of the man- ugers of thq big fair to close the gates on Sunda The Sesquicenten nial Exposition held in the same elty in commemoration of the same event, the signing of the Declaration of In- dependence, be opened to the public on Sunday. From the decision of the directors to keep it open seven days of the week one of the members of the board has dissented and has resigned in consequence. Thus there 1s a marked change in fifty years. A change has found expression in many ways in recent times in the iatter of the Sunday opening of places of Fifty to 4 | public instruction and diversion Fifty years ago all art galleries and museums and librarfes were closed on Sunday. Today they are open, and the attendance on Sundays is usually the largest of any day. The man agers of the Sesquicentennial would have made a very mistake. almost fatal to the of the great enterprise, had they closed the gates of the exposition on Sunda; They would have prevented the at tendance of multitudes of people who could find no other time than the week end. Sunday openings are not in dis accord with religious bellefs in the nfain. They not to the disad- vantage of the churches. In almost I cases the doors of public institu opened Snndays church hours Halr niary publi¢ amusements of 1o the people on Sunday theaters and other places of enter tainment are open on Sunday. In some cases there are slight changes in the programs, but rule the usual bills are rendered as on week days. Most churchmen have come to regard these opportunities for public diversion s helpful rather than harmful. The Sunday atlendance the esquicentennial will doubtless estab- lish records this Summer. Tn these days of motoring it will be possible for people from many miles around Philadelphia to drive there and in one day visit the fair and return to their homes, which they could not do on without loss of time They will grave suceess are 1= are on After there Kind open Now most a ago were no any as a at health, these great warrens have been | be better Americans for this visita- breedin; ease, hesides disfiguring a ton of the city efforts to cure this condition have been made. only to fall in the greater part. New buildings have been erect- ed 1o replace ramshackle old ones, to be filled to overflowing, at rents &is- proportionate to the accommodations granted. Landlords have not sought the betterment of their tenants, and tenants have not appreciated the ad- vantazes of newer constructions and more sanitary conditions. The “slums™ have remined despite all endeavors. Now another effort is to be made to Bure this evil. Mayor Walker has ap- pointed August Heckscher, millionare real estate operator and philan- thropist, as a ‘“special emissary of New York City” to go abroad to study large sec- to arounds for crime and dis-|tion to the shrine of liberty and they will be no worse off in their morals From time to time | for having made the trip on Sunday. ——— et The public used to laugh at Henry Ford. His position of financial se- curity has become such as to bring up the question of whether Henry can refrain from laughing at the public. o —e— No matter how solemn and impres sive a ceremonial may be, the weather man always succeeds in maintaining his position as the person with the last word. — eeia . Secret School Sessions. Secret school - board sessions, by whatever substitute or device they may be held, would be sure to arouse a feeling of intense public indigna- European methods of providing proper | tion and would be likely to lead &o a housing in congested districts, and he, [demand upon Congress for a new en- @ccepting this mission, 1s about to sall, | actment specifically prohibiting any announcing that upon his return he |[such methods of conducting the af- will or anize a syndicate for the erec- | fairs of public school administration. Hon of model tenements on at least |The tendency in the latter years in two blocks on the lower East Side of | this city as elsewhere in the fleld of New York, to be rented to the poor |public instruction has been to admit reasonable rates, and designed in |the ccordance with the best possible prin- | conduct of the schools. people to a greater share in the Organization tiples of sanitation and convenience.|of parent-teacher associations has Fie mentions the possibility of provid- [been for this purpose. The develop- g quarters of this character at a|ment of the community center system eost to. the tenants of from $6 to $8 a [ has been with the cbject of identify- month for each room. This enterprise, | ing the adult population of the com- he says, will not be an investment, but | munity with the schools. & practical philanthropy, the subscrib- ers There 18 no reason for the conduct ing willing to take a small re- | of public school business ‘behind closed turn'on thelr money for the sake of | doors. The problems of school admin- municlpal health and morals. istration are not so abstruse as to re- . m-m»mmumm'{‘mm@m‘hm» ters of personnel, of course, discretion must be observed. There are many matters affecting the individuals of the school system that should not be discussed in the open. But in the routine of school direction there is no occasion for executive sessions, and no mode of camouflage such as that lately proposed through the organiza- tion of the school hoard into a com- mittee of the whole would be toler- ated by the community. ‘There are nine members of the Board of Education, selected by the Judges of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, chosen with care in representation of the people of the District. They are selected on the basis of a law which prohibits secret sessions save in matters relating to personnel. They are pledged to ob- servance of that law. They cannot flout it by an evading device without 1 recreancy to the trust imposed in them. Adoption of the committee of the whole method of holding secret ses- sions would expose the Board of Edu- cation to the risk of challenge of its actfons on the score of illegality. Suits at law might be instituted by those feeling themselves aggrieved or jured as citizens despite the formula of open session for ratification of de- cisions reached In secret meetings of ommittee of the whole. If the Board of Education to continue to enjoy the confidence of the community it will negative this present proposal and proceed as here. tofore, and even more fully than here- tofore, the principle of public and open sessions at all times and on all questions save those when mat- ters of personnel require and justify privacy of consultation in- wishes on oo Farmers are politely informed that if they want relief they can get it by holding on to what they raise until prices prove profitable. It is to be feaved, however, that a man capable of so much financial perspicuity would never make a practical farmer o Mussolini is comparatively a young man, still in his early forties. He is a genius in his way, but liable at any moment to encounter the distrust in- separable from contemplation of the belated Infant prodigy. R The strict modernists and the un- compromising fundamentalists have a difficult public in the large mass of people who have been influenced by such men as Herbery, Spencer and are a little of both. —— e If such a thing is within human| power, Mr. Jim Reed may vet succeed in making the cross-examination a more interesting claim on attention than the cross-word puzzle ..o r"* of the movies, Will Hays offers a wholesome demonstration of how hard an “autocrat” has to work these days in order to hold his job. r———— As When many people emble, the great question arises, independent of sentiment or idealism, as to what is the best way to handle a crowd s e | out There I8 a crime wave throughout the country. There is also a common Gecency wave which may be relied on to counteract it . SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Longer Days. Old Mr. Sun goes a trailin’ through the sky, Loiterin’ along s he hears the Summer song. To watch the Junetime meltin' on: again into July Old Mr lookin® down trom far above S Sees 1he blossoms gy Too svon they fade away on his journey through a learned to love. S0 he ling scene he's Difficult. Distinctions. Are you a pessimist or an opti mist “Please don't try to introduce any new abstruse distinctions,” protested Senator Sorghum. “I find it hard enough these days to decide whether T am a Democrat or a Republican.” riendship Ceases. Bob White! Amid the Summer bloom Your joliitv Brings us, to banish passing globm, Frivolity. We find the way that friendships fall Incredible. Next Autumn you'll be just a quail And edible, Jud Tunkins says his boy is a great comfort in the home. He is always repairing the radio outfit, which can’t make a sound while he's working on it. Endless Job. The North Pole will not let us shirk. No matter how brave men explore, They've eimply got to go to work And rediscover it some more. “I done listened to an argument ‘bout evolution,” sald Uncle Eben. “It begins to look to me like de monkey ‘was keepin’ still, takin’ his rations an’ havin’ purty much de best of de dis- pute.” e Parole System Faulty. From the Albany Evening News. George W. Benham, chalrman of the State Parole Board, testified re- cently before George W. Alger, com- missioner investigating the prison situation, that between 1,800 and 2,000 criminals are now on parole from New York penal institutions. He said, moreover, that it is impossi- ble for the parole officers personally to look after all these paroled prison- ers. He sald that the board holds monthly meetings of 3 to § hours in each of four State prisons and that an average of 50 applications for parole are considered at each prison, except- ing Sing, where the average is 70. Thil testimony is its own commen- tary. The parole system is fauity. Proper supervision cannot be kept over all these criminals by the regu- larly constituted officers. Much of the work is done by outside agencies. Sixty per cent of pardles, Mr. Ben- ham said, are granted on recommen- dations of district attorneys. Do dis- trict attorneys really belleve that the men they prosecuted should be let qutt BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Washington. A World Program. Acts 1.8—"Ye shall No conception of world conquest is more startlingly daring than that an- nouncement by Christ when He com missioned a group of peasants to go forth to disciple the nations in His name. It is little wonder that Taine, a great analyst of history, maintaing that this body of men literally pro- duced the greatest revolution in hu- man thinking that the world has ever known. It was said by them “They that have turned the world upside down have come hither also.” In the co of the sternest pergecution, they invaded allen territory, and within a little more than three centuries so persistent and unconquering were their followers that imperial Kome capitulated to the despised symbol of thefr faith and Christianity had a humble follower in a powerful Roman emperor. No more dramatic or stir- ring story is recorded on the page of history than that contained in the “Acts of the Apostles,” in which the story of Paul's conquest of Athens, Corinth and Rome is told. There was something that these early disciples brought to a critical and doubting world that proved irresistible. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that “the blood of the martyrs is the <eed of the church.” Poverty and perse- cution, instead of proving hindrances, but served to inspire and empower these hold crusaders. Whenever and wherever ¢ religlous movements have stirred continents they have been characterized by the same bold spirit of adventure that marked the early days of the Christian era. True, there have been great prophets who have stirred the lethargic spirit of peoples and races, but the other great move: ments thit have ensued have grown of the consecrated and heroic service of men and women who by word and example carried forward the standards of their faith The indifferent periods in the life of the Christian Church have been marked by the evidences of material splendor, wherein the church as an institution has accentuated its wealth and position. The only standard that has proved of value has been based upon that eternal word Not by might or by power, but by My Spirit.” " The age through which we have been pass. ing might very properly be called “the Age of the Silent Gospel. shody GETTING OUT THE VOTE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Under the leadership of John Hays Hammond, who bhas accepted the chairmanship of the department of political education of the National Civic Federation, an early start is being made with a campalgn to get voters to the polls at the November elections and at the intervening primaries. While there was a “gel out-the-vote” campaign in 1924, in which many organizations took part. and there have been local efforts along this line in many places in previous vears, the energy and organizing abil ity of Mr. Hammond, and the type of citizens making up the committee working with him, give a basis for hope that the 1928 effort will produce something batter than the i1 per cent vote scored two vears a 49 per c vote recorded in Mr. Hammond hus the adv attacking rthe probiem of from an independent viewpoint has never been @ politician nor an office holder, but he has been enor mously successful as a business or ganizer. While he has lived In Wash ington in recent years, and acted occa sionally as a member of special com- misslons such us that which surveyed the conl industry, his concern with voting is much deeper than that of the office seeker. He wants Ameri- vians to vote because by no other method can self-government be main tained. A Student of ¢ ntage of n-voting He pver 1. Having not only traveled, but transacted business on a large scale in many parts of the world, Mr. Ham- mond knows a great deal about gov- ernments and how they affect the life of peoples. His concern for his own country, when he sees half of the people taking no part in their Govern ment, and many of this half the best educated people. ix based on facts which he knows from experience. He knows Russia and th ssian people. and appreciates that the country has practically every natuval advantage of the Unted States, every naturil resource of materials, soil and cli mate. He knows that the Russian people have great talents, ruggedness, strength and genius. And he ob serves all of this, the elements of great and happy natton, in sad straits because Russia has not yet been able to evolve a government under which people can work and live successfully and happily. He has studied China and her people, and observes one of the most populous and thrifty races on the earth on the verge of actual starva- tlon because no system of government is in operation capable of allowing life to go forward on any sane basis. questions either the valie or extent of the church’s influence, but it is becom- ing increasingly clear that if its me sage 15 to lay hold of our generation an articulate fajth must be substituted for an Inarticulate on The element in Christianity that he ever proved irresistible is the heroi It has comnunded the unfailing de votion and consecrated zeal of youth and lent freshened impulse to those of mature years. Christianity makes two appeals—the one to the contem plative and the other to the ac There have been men and women whose contemplative habits have pro duced some of the finest of our devo- tional literature, and they doubtless have their large place in each gene ton. The active progressive and ag- gressive perfods have been those in which the disciples of Christ hay dared to set their standards forward in spite of eriticism and persecution The world today is secking a way out of its present critical condition, On every hand we are being told that time-honored systems that we have followed have ceased to be of value. There is a growing tecling that Chris- tianity is the solvent of our per plexing problems. If this solvent is to be applied, it will be through those who accept the leadership of the great Ma We have too long been sati 1 with reciting creeds, saying pray and participating in services. our bits » eminently resp we have not brought them with the immediate con cerns of our everyday life. We hold our faith largely to ouwselv our witnessing is practically valueiess. If we believe that the application of Christ's teachings bhe: immediately upon common concerns, then we should be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in s e adminis tration of the church indeed, the cctive expression of our faith in the hands of an ordained mini This obviously is in call for men and woi power of Christ . are willing and ready to openly profess their faith in Him before men. Those who believe in Mis power dare not t peril of His cause - their faith in Him to themselves. The world not unresponsive to those who boldly declare their alleglance to Him. It is unresponsive to these whose duily its are out of consomunce with er religious k table, but into contact [t but the time who, believing in the except to the inday professions. crease the vote in different socleties resulted in 31 States registering a larger vote than in 1920. but this was largely offset by 17 States which had fewer voters in 1924 than four vears | earlier. The States where voting de were Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky. Louisiana, Maine, Maryland. Missouri, Montana, Ne vada, North Carolina, North Dakota. Ohto, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1 and 24, by many rganizations ined These were fairly well r’ tween Republican and strongholds, and prove that negligence about the affairs pf Government no party mtt While both parties numbes millions of so-call t ers'who do not hother to v divided b Democratic Snp independent voters complain somew hat ut vote llttle, there are well organized movements going on which aim to destroy the whole scheme Ameri can Government, and establish Govern ment by bullets instead of ballots. The constant failure of the voters to at tend to the husiness of self-govern ment_gives encourngement to plan for the overthrow of Govern by foree A recent surve 1000 publi States devoted 1o lution 1 the de Government. Speakers und organizers i these movements remain alertly on the jc They express no hope of ever mustering a majority of the untry by vote. but they confidently predict that they will overthrow the Government, because the majority are not interested in the maintenance of a fresa Government Legi launching th which is aimed both vote, and to stimulate in ernment - Federal, N e a the National Civic Federatio listing those organizations which i teels can be depended upon to do car nest work in every community, and do it on_a non-partisan basis. The American Legion, which by its national constitution bars partisanship from any of its activities, has accepted the invitation to co-operate, and the Boy Scouts have offered their service for work in assisting the local committees The acceptance by Mr. Hammond of leadership in this work has given new courage to many earlfer workers who have been somewhat discouraged by the meager results achieved. The ational League of Women \Voters, disappointed because since women have had the ballot much less ions in American Co-operates. 19 n campaigi et ont prest in Goy a He has noted the struggle of Burope to recover from war and establish peace, and has viewed the aspirations of powerful and noble peoples shat- tered by the inability of governments to function effectively. Observing that the republic of the United States is one of the few successful large Gov- ernments in the world today, he is concerned about keeping it so. A Model Public Servant. In leading & national campaign for political education, Mr. Hammond is therefore probably as free from party prejudice or narrow vision as a man well can be. He is more than 70 vears old, comfortably equipped with world- v goods, and could spend his time playing golf.if he preferred. That he busies himself tirelessly at public service indicates how serfous he be- lleves the situation of our country to he, with Government largely in the hands of selfish minorities and organ- ized cliques because the busy mass of the population is willing to let some one else attend to its politics. The National Civic Federation is seeking to drive this fact home throughout the country, as it organ- izes local committees and urges a larger measure.of voting—of well in- formed voting. It tells the people of New York that their recent milk graft scandals are their own fault. They let other folks do their voting and choose their officlals, It tells the people of Chicago that gunmen, freed by easy parole boards, bailed by easy judges, protected by easy law enforcement officials, are the fault of the people who do not vote. It tells the people of Pennsylvania that the new primary election scan- dals, revealing millions of dollars spent to control the choices for Sena- tor and governor, are solely possible because the people of the State allow their politics to be run by organized bosses, big and little, who swing the uninformed voters by expensive meth- ods. The well informed could contsol any primary if they would vote, and their votes could not be controlled by any number of millions of dollars. Voting statistics for the whole Ni tion covering the 1920 and 1924 presi. dential elections show that 49 and 51 per cent of the eligible voters cast ballots in those vears. During the in- terval, in 1922, when every Repre- sentative and one-third of the Sena- tors and many governors were elect- ed, as will be the case this year, the vote was smaller. The effort to im- half of them have exercised the and privilege of voting, will new drive to stimulale the vote. An effort will be kept up until November to score the greatest con gressional vote ever recorded. THINK IT OVER Word Wealth. By William Mather Lew:. President George Washington University Countless seekers for business posi- tions are unsuccessful because their lotters. of application are poorly phrased. Thousands of lawsuits have resulted from the incorrect use of a word or a punctuation mark. Many an estate has not gone where its crea- tor intended that it should because of the careless wording of a will. Multiply the examples and one in- evitably comes to the conclusion that ability to use the English language diseriminatingly and fluently is not & mere parlor accomplishment. It is one of the keys to business and pro- fessional success. As we add to our vocabulary, we add to our capital. Slang and profanity indicate word poverty. When we cannot summon the effective word from our vocabu- lary, we flll the breach by the vaude- vilie phrase or the crude oath. And when that fmportant moment comes when it 18 necessary to make a good impression, we realize that slang and profanity must be avoided. Then we stand speechless while the coveted honor goes to another. It is not necessary to return to school to acquire a good vocabulary. Read dally the leading editorial in your newspaper or & chapter in the Bible, an act from Shakespeare, 2 page from one of Lincoln’s speeches or Emerson's Essays. Read with at- tention and understanding. Consult the maligned but the most important volume, the dictionary, for an ex- planation of the obscure words. Make those words and thelr meaning yours. | This suggestion may well be accepted | by the bank president as well as by the office boy. No one can a re too much word wealth. It never | shrinks in value; it rises above par in hard times; no one can rob you of it. Capital Sidelights Representative . Walton Moore of Fairfax, Va., than whom there is no closer student of Virginia history, apropos of the rvecent celebratioh at William and Mary College, Williams- burg, reviews for us the fundamental work of which was pe convention ¢ stablishing this Government, rformed by the Virginin actly 150 vears ago in adopting the ploncer written constitu- tion, and quotes Thomas Jefferson's own'summary of how it was drafted The Virginia convention of 1776 was of very brief duration. It met on the Sth y of May and adjourned on the th duy of July. Mevertheless, it was in many respects the most notable po litieal gathering of the Revolutionary period. oOn May 15 it ginia delegates in the ¢ kress to press for the action which led o th Declaration of Independence, and on June 12 it adopted the Virginia Bill of Rights, and on June 29 it adopted the Virginia Constitution, which was the first written constitu tion ever | nulgated establishing a complete system of government Among other things, that instrument clearly sepirated and detined the pow ers of the execut Tegislativ d judicial departments. The adoption of the Virginia Bill of Rights was commemorated at Willlamsburg, the old capit Virginia, where the con vention not only was the Bill of Rights ihen aceliimed by men of minence and distinetion as a wonder ful statement of the fundamental prin ciples of f government, but the ame of its author, fason, as a stat ¢ profound learning and wisdom gloritied Thus, ear ing the 200th anniversary M: birth 1501h anniverss contribu in the Philadelphia and elsewhere and re 1t after con wrote of the | Constitution instructed the Vir ntinental Con follo v of his unforgettable that convention, in convention of 1787, th of civil 0 vears Jeffe and of the and their e ention M 1 of Rights f Virginia canse Nearly The 1 Bill of Virginia orge Ma 'n and of be | able that the Rights and the Constitution of were drawn originaily by on, one of our really gre the first order of great of the preamble to I was then at Phila cress, and knowing Virginfa was plan of govern mind to the san h or out preamb) ndieton, presi on the mer t suggest some ion into that hefore e informe me afterward ter that he e cefved which the con mittee of hid reported 1o the Ho [ to; that that h long in ha so disputed inet nd the they were worrled with t t had produced, sper listory this conven in forming a turned my ment subye Kk ution with to Mr. P which 1 dent possit ent I the the the whole i been sub bate, that contention i conld have been rent ith the ted i ment to the and thus m to the work the sty 1gain adoj committee, tacked the Lecame Masor cambie & the attention of the House genesis of our Memorial April 866, one vear after vil War 10 when the on the close s Wity Confedera X irred by cribed these ver lished in th eptember, 186 spectac whis prompec in each of strewing fo purpose % wise grav who have gone betore.”” The last two stanzas of the poem are as follows vers other but not with upbral The generous d In the storm of it No braver buttle was won Under the sod and the dew Waiting the udemeut day Under the blossonis the bitie Under the gar the & d was done vears that are fading No_more shall th war crs sever That the United States Gove is the biggesi business enterprise in the world is emphasized by Repre sentative Guy U: ardy of Colorado a newspaper publisher and sincere friend of the National Capital, who takes seriously and with pride his duty in Congress as a guardian for the voteless residents of Washington in «_carefully prepared pamphlet on how the business of Uncle Sam is be ing conducted from the workshop in Washington, which he Is sending to his_constituents, back home This shows a very painstaking study of “What the Federal Government Costs,” “How the Money Ruised nd Spent.” A Story of Feonomical and Efficient Administration, Showing Federal Tax and National Debt Re duction Unparalleled in History,” with a survey of “The Departments and Independent Establishments, Their Activities, Services Rendered and Cost of Operation,” and a “Brief Review of the Business Side of the United States Government. ] So This Is Fame! From the Providence Evening Bulletin A Blackstone farmer, grazing his cows by the roadside and reading a book comfortably against a wall, was interrupted the other day by a dusty stranger who inquired, mot without pride: “Do vou Remblad.” “That sc ing a page. “I've been for 10 days e The agriculturist read on unper- turbed. A queer duck, thought the stranger, and he drew a gun from his pocket and announced: “I think I'll knock that cap off your head.” “I wouldn't,” suggested the farmer, glancing up for an instant from his book. “You might hit low and hurt me." What was the use? After a fellow has achieved fame by escaping from an insane asylum, robbing a score of houses afd stores, “stealing a_garage- ful of automobiles and thumbing his nose at the police of two States and a dozen towns for weeks, here was a hick who preferred reading a darned old book to listening to his herolc tale of adventure. Remblad snorted disgustedly, pushed the gun back into his pocket and trudged gloomily off down the road. And the Blackstone farmer just turned another page. —————— A Statistical Triumph. From: the San Francisco Bulletin An_exhaustive study of homeless men in San Francisco iIndicates that most of them are single. Great i the statistical method! nmient know who I am? I'm sald the farmer, turn- barn tired sleepine and I'm in vour getting the | was celebrated the | d agreed | in the | | MEN AND BY ROBERT Con- the Eucharistic gress of 1926 und Chicago of World's Columbian Expesition of | What vast changes those 33/ years have wrought--moral changes | as great as the material ones which have changed the face of the Mid- western metropolis so completely Thirty-three vears ago, along State street, there was the raucous cry of the barker “Crap game going downstairs! Crap game going on downstairs! Step right down everybody and have a fling at the bones!” It =eemed that almost every biusement had been fitted 1bling hell. The writer, carries the memory vividly. he lost two or ur bits. crup game welcomed the N well the grown-u vou ecould shoot a “bit" or Probably there were games ¢ vou could shoot a nickel, but the write wis no piker—in those piping days of old Licensed mbl as u part of life. roulette wheels paraphernalia of They sou downtown, 1 chanee to reach Chicago of the on other b T lad of up a the child and as as senized | liherty binks. all the other zamins house. the traveler he uot a exposition the faro of were and the ateh hefore the One's menmory ound “The vast place and the biggest must ha s gold cents and under the saloon particularly it was to serve in town. | And clusters Overflow tmed “schooners” The glasses were bowls. The price was 5 the free lunch tabies zrouned their burden of food. Here again the lad of had not the slizhtest aithculty in ping up 1o the bar nominating his pois te nothing to the “vounger of ste and n. generaii Memory particul: saloon wits petition was the were. free Junch so hountiful generation of today w iy conception of those pri The Midway younger ge: aticin, Fatima, t velous muscle dance ¢ was later 1o be known as the “h It was the height of It had made <odom wrih of the World's Fair loud outery again exh But T At seeme ays she was carrying Today on Br Fatir iaughed off She would classed as a Her was tir com the infinite varieties wi modern stage. The audi day vawn, where those of » gasped the world Ma may point. but it everywhers intense and Pla on o isance’ How 1543 fluc d e e dancing gi ness, Ge was ading fed on in those on. least it certainly rdway & bo: { dancing e | pared o ch the ences « 33 vears Has progres he sreat painting wicked rildren pic was classed In The Star questior Dist w | Malf 4 century ago the « \rious plans had the reorgani e D. C. Government : Bill Is Passed iny rETess tigation av of muniei 1 the 1 1 the oking to an proposal of a4 meth The rof the next da the took up the bill providir committee 1o frame a pe of government for the : Jumbia. Mr. Buckner moved to amend by striking out a joint committee, to consist of three members of the House and three members of the Sen ate, and provide that the commission { shall consist of six citizens, three of j whom shall be non residents and three resider the District mbia three to be appointed by aher House and thre Pres Adopted 1 wifered vight of | b manent fo District of Co Willard the District proper regulatio He advo- cated his amendment because he be jieved many of the evils in this Dis trict grew out of the fact that the peo- ple were not permitted to control their own affairs. He thought that the peo ple here should control their own af fairs and be made to realize that their interests should rest upon self-gov ernment. e thought the right of self- government should not be de nied tp the people here in this centen niul year. “Mr. Hoar (Massachusetts) called attention to the fac under the Constitution ail legislative power over the District was cooferred upen Con “Mr. 1 1 the State: | under | | wrence (Ohio) said that in| there were legislative semblies which made laws for the States, and yet certain powers were deleguted to cities and towns which enabled them to exercise police and other powers, and that should he done here. The people of the District should be permitted to control their own affairs by their votes. i “Mr. Hoar argued that there was | no authority to confer this power on the District. The people of the T trict were irresponsible, and when they came here they were aware that they were deprived of certain rights be- cause the exigencies of the Govern ment required it. If the District is { too large for Federal purposes let it be ceded back to Maryiand. as a por- | tion had been ceded back to Virginia. Rut do not do that which the Consti- | daughte g h AFFAIRS T. SMALL. welcomed proudly only at Joined the the ticket booth and throng of “men was a beautiful nude. The lecturer, polnting out the fine points of this high art, explained that the posed figure was that of the artist's Nana. How vivid it all was gracefully reclining on a luxur ous divan, was regarding herself a mirror, and evidently was much pleased. The painting was splendidly done. Perhaps today it is hanging some gallery of art. It was r dime museum or side-show it was used us such and was intend to shock the mid-Victorian *“mor of the early nineties. There are 11 sands of Nanas in the art world tada which merely attract profes R Nana ir had the greates the world | It had the first cars. In the Pull vou had 1o pump own water into the biasin. T you simply pre button o1 small Jever. Otherv Pn mans are much the same - partic ularly the upper berths. Steel struction has replaced wood. Train are heavier and harder o start Therefore you get more bumps and jolts. Electricity was just replactis gas and ofl for lighting purposes sut in all the displays of moder: transportation there was no hint of the coming motor car or the aero plane. Today it seems as if the moto: car ha been with us f ver. We b the new motor morals, which certainly are not an improvement on the buggy tide. As a matter of face new age of evil scemed to oper the common use of the aute ty-three vears a the unknown in Chicago is the greatest police and The World's rsportation ever known. of wide-vestibu mans of those d: 1 exhibit tra ay pull with mob traf] Today tr municipal problem Overhead ines drone thefr was with scarce an eve uplifted to observe the direction of their flight. Ferris wheel was ~the of the world.” Three ades have brought no The eighth wonder atone lLe World's Fair was nat its skyscraper. It had the O'd Temple. It, too, was & won the world. It attracted almost visitor the fair. It was a ar suicide center. Many per jumped to their death. Today i1 pygmy surrounded by towertng mpled giants of steel and stone. hedrallike towers pierce the <ky. Indeed, of all the arts, architec ture seems 1o have made the greates strides. In 1893 the eighth wonder ceending de ater whee i Masonic of 15 mar spectz sons s der and t b Great World Fair davs is all but Two distinct_reminders remna oid whaleback steamer Christopher Columbus still plows the 1ke Michizan main, and the smoky Tte i1 engines of the Tlineis <poil the view of the lake from Mie an boulev On 15t of July the smoky little en 11 begin 1o give wav to elec the Christopher Columbis 1o go on forever, 1926 ) The Ch f subt 1 sti This and That By Charles E. Tracewell Jack Spratt, the cat. is sleeping this upon the bed in the “guest It Jack small-town ead of being a resident of the zlorfous National Capital. we would sav he slept in the “spare room." Jack sticks to any one sleep more than three or four Tt His first bed. as was in a hasket he base this he down ntentedly. and b it longer thin any subsequent pl Not until practically tilled the ket to overflowing with his grow ing eathe Jack give up the con tainer. He then took up a position on the third step from the top of the basement stairs Rising in the world. our hero de cided that the best chair in the liv room wus none too good for him, whereupon nothing could lure him out of §t. No sooner would his hour for arrive than Jack would make his cha was sittir would of them Took n a most indignant mar as if Well, don't that you are in my chair” Spratt’s unconquerable determina tion always won, and then he would hop up. turn around. adjust his elegant iail and settle down for the night Summer room.” were a inst ever a kitten retirin hee it-a ime one in it at front haunchies i them much vbu know *oxox ¥ His next sleeping place—ave blush to relate it—was the top of the din ing room table. Those who care for cats will under stand why we let him repose in peace Others may cry out against such a bed for @ cat, and no doubt they are right Luckily, at Juck found the table top too hard for his royal ribs and gave le up in favor of the rug ou the landing at the head of the stairs His next nest was In a willow chair which he found much more accept able when any bit of cloth, however slight, was put on the cushions first Any cat will leave the softest cushion in the world to sit on another cushion on which has been spread a handker chief. Try the experiment some time on vour favorite animal. This, the most luxurious creature in the world, as it Is the cleanest, has an exquisite sense of touch, not enlv with its paws, but seemingly all over Few cats can or will tolerate a tickling of their hind legs or stomach Evidently the nether portions of their body can sense an added thickness of material. even on something that ai ready is softness itself. Jack will invariably arise from i posftion on a bed, for instance. to t his striped length on a sweater tution forbids. He believed that the only way to govern the District prop. erly was to appoint a commission to ke charge of the different branches, who should be responsible for their ‘ts to the President. Under any other system there would be the same frauds and scandals which have here tofore characterized the government here. “The amendment of Mr. Willard was rejected. The committee then arose and the bills were reported to the House. When the bill in relation to the (District) government was taken up Mr. Garfleld said he desired to give his views on the question of delega tory powers to the people of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The Constitution declared explicitly that _Congress should exercise exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia and hence it could not delegate its powe to any body of men. The old Conti- nental Congress was driven from pil- lar to post because it has no exclusive jurisdiction, and hence when the f: thers determined upon a permanent Government they decided that they would have a_fee simple In all the lands of the Federal city. This was the enly city in the world where the Government had an absolute fee sim- ple in the streets themselves. Con- gress could today build a building from the Capitol to the*Treasury and fill up Pennsylvania avenue and no | that may be thrown down on the coverlet. 1 Iy he *“makes bread as the phrase is, digging his claws in and out, with a very simple ex pression en his countenance the while before he decides to settle down azain Generally after this performanc he will begin to purr, which is the cat's song of satisfaction. e Disturbed in his sleeping place and carried to another, Jack usually hops down immediately and goes directiy back to his first place, curling himself up in his old position. An instance of this occurred when Jack decided to sleep at his master’s feet. Being removed thence to a couch in the home office of This and That, Spratt immediately returned and with “great satisfaction settled down once more. Later he took kindly to the couch always seeking out an old sweater laid across one end. His latest sleeping place, as stated, is the bed in the ruest room. Here he curls up into a fu ball and gently sleeps the hours District, but he is convinced now that that action was wrong. “Mr. Landers (Indlana) argued that suffrage should be granted the people here, under certain wholesome limita to the one could gainsay its authority to do %0. He had voted for the bill a vear or two ago which deleguted authority ’ tions and restriotions. It was net #| necessary to make it univeraal “The bill was then passed.”™ i |