Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1927, Page 8

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All rights of pul of special dispatches herein are also reserved e The Washington Bicentennial. President Coolidge yesterday sound- od the first official call for the cele- bration here in 1932 of the 200th an-| niversary of the birth of George| Washington. All the States of the Union and their citizenry directiy, and all the nations of the earth by impli- catlon, are invited to participate. It} will be an event in which all peoples| may well take interest, for the| ideals which personitied in Washington have spread throughout | the world and are bettering life and tncreasing happ! on every conti- nent. “\Wherever,” said the President, “thers are thos love ordered; Mberty, they may well join in the observance of the event. Although he (Washington) belongs to us, yet by bel a great Amer n he became a great world Mr. Coolids commission created arrange for the celebr: an invitation f¢ the form it shall take. On that point no decisions have been reached, & cept for the general agreement thit| the observance should be of a dignity and character to evidence the rev- erence in which the memory of Wash- ington is held and to typify that s which is Amer: It is not too early to hegin planning for the celebration, but the six years which will intervene afford ample time to plan carefully and well, so that the ceremonies may be worthy of the man, of the great Nation he helped to found and of its Capital City which bears his name. Already Congress has enacted legislation which assures that in 1932 the Capital will be much nearer the city of Washington's dream than it Is today, but other essential legislation is pend- ing which ought to have early atten- tlon. One such matter is the pro-| posal for a memorial boulevard to} Mount Vernon. Sentiment for this undertaking apparently is unan- imous, and it remains only for Con- gress to make an initial approp: n 10 begin the work. It probably is not possible to get such a measure through in the few days remaining of the present session, but it will need to be pressed for passage imme- diately the new Congress convenes if . the boulevard is to be completed by 1932, It is an encouraging thing that as the Washington bicentennial ap- proaches there is widespread and growing national interest in Capital development. The day is passing when a member of Congress can win popularity at home by a disdainful or oppressive attitude toward the Na- tional Capital. Public consciousness is belng aroused to the fact that this is the city of all the people, and as this understanding spreads there is an in- creasing sentiment against placing upon the citizens resident here = fair share of the burdens inseparable from a development program of which all the people approve and in which they take a patriotie pride. A S Ttaly apparently regards naval dis- armament as something that ) lini does not at present need in his business. The glories of ancient Rome were in large degree linked with ship fighting. an were who irman of the Congress to fon, broadeast estions as to e Base Lall Is approaching the season when it may assert itself as a game instead of a debate. e ——— Struggle for a Decent Theater. Jt was an ness in the th days to Puritar tacking the finaliy to a condition of moral out- lawry and soci; stracisin. This con- dition is familiar to even the most casual reader of earlier sh dra matic literature, Many effor have this count 10 modify able performance sult of enhancing part of a public not nec arily morbid in mind but insatiably inquisitive. Censorship as applied to single out standing examples of indecency not heretofore been successful, he have found that incon- venience has been compensated for by the publicity. Neyer unrestrained licentious- that led in other methods of at reducing it} use, been in an objettion the re interest on the 5 made ry with on has proprietors has our theater gone so far in deflance of ele mental instinctively in sisted upon when men and women are in a Audienc before, howe proprieties nblage. have a tolerance which has been mistaken by producers for approval. Vulgarity of manner has been too often substituted for comedy, vulgarity of speech has been employed instead of wit, and finally, in & course of cheap intellec- tual imitation, vulgarity of idea is be- ing displayed in a manner which makes even the titles of some recent plays unspeakable. ‘The moral support extended by re- sponsible citizenship to the New York authorities In their current effort to reach a solution to an increasingly complex problem is a surface indica- tion affording great encouragement shown | themselves linto a sense of shame | currents ot theatr! | called | ginia { repeat the most significant words of patient | the player. Managers were i ferenc nd after much agitation pro- | fessions of good intentions contributed ; more paving material f a histrionic eriment was tried of As a demonsjra iirly impres linferno. The ex | rresting the a ) tion such a e i sive, but so con i su his and maybe, under the goad of sity, this ideals, that it would be almost as logical to troupe of mar: ionettes. ors, irse was pletefy docs an actor personality, ender own neces arrest a : In culmina a new method has | | been attempted, and the threatened, with police ttention. Tt is, after all, the who ke the theater, crowds of playgoers can be influenced | by remin | rticipants & th clean at be ion, audiences that these they are direct ps offensive demonstr: be persuaded to turn from muddy gutters and v the interests t come more and-more available One thing the commer cially produ of New York ns, may s certain, ng thea ence. A determination to clean it up is in evidence from ma ang’ sooner or later must fnspire suc ful effort, even at the risk of a reversion to an often unreasonable and dor neering Puritanism, - Slaughterhouse. construc The of slaughterhouse attoir” in this d professed candor) near end the Highway and at no great distunce from the proposed approacties the New Memorial Bridge and Mount Vernon highway calls for amazed and frank | comment. Be it said at the outset that the provision company to which a per- mit has been issued for the build- ing and operation a plant has acted in entire good faith. IIl required a convenient location where | hogs and cattle and sheep could be stored “on the hoof” pending their ultimate .destiny and a plant where the unesthetic business of transform- ing them into various commercial cuts and products could be expedi- tiously performed. It promised a $200,000 modern structure, sanitary pens, no noxious odors, only the squeal of the hog as evidence of hi predicament—put in its application | for a building permit to the proper | authorities—and got what it wanted. It could hardly be expected that the esthetics in the case would play any considerable part in plans of a frankly commercial nature. Hog sticking, steer slugging and their aftermaths are jobs that have to be done and there was every indication that here they were to be done in as inoffensive a fashion as is possible. But with this granted there is still ample ground for popular insistence that the consequences of erecting the slaughterhouse at the point in| question be reviewed before con- | struction has been started. The ques- | tion should be asked and answered as to whether even a model slaughter- house will contribute to or detract from the charm of two of the principal approaches to Washington from the | South. The question should be asked and answered whether even though there be other commercial structures | in the vicinity of the proposed new plant it is politic to countenance the spread of this type of development at this point or to hope for the eventual beautification of the section in connection with the new park plans. The question should be an- swered as to whether the residents of Arlington County will not lose a great deal more than they can pos- sibly gain by countenancing the pro- posed structure. And the provision company itself should answer to itself the question as to whether, even if the permit it today holds be deemed valid, the site it has in mind | will not, in the long run, prove a disadvantageous investment from the angle”of the unfavorable advertising involved in the minds of those who would resent its choice of a slaugh- | terhouse site. Y A slaughterhouse by any other name is still a slaughterhouse. And even though, as an abattolr, it smells more sweetly than otherwise—it still falls somewhat short of the type of adornment one might hope for in that part of the State of Virginia, which is today about to enter into an era of park beautification owing to its intimate geographic relation- ship to the National Capital. Tt is not too late, though time is pressing, proposed on (euphemistically v and age the Vir- Bridge of of of such | | | decision must rest so to adjust mat- ters as to proteet the interests of all concerned. r—t——————— The hatchet and cherry tree story s remembered by people who cannot George Washington. Many famous men are best remembered by things that are not so. o Threat of Coal Strike. Today’s outlook is that April 1 will e A cpengion of mining in the unionized bituminous coal fields. Rep- sentatives of the miners and mine meeting at Miami to nego- tiate a wage scale to take the place of the Jacksonville agreement, have ad- journed sine die, neither side having advanced any proposal the other was willing to accept even as the basis of a new contract. Three distinct pro- posals came before the scale commit- tee and all were lost by tie votes, each ide holding Its lines fast. There was sgreement only upon a-motion of in- ability to agree. All the operators had to offer in the way of a solution of the soft coal prob- lem was a reduction in wages, a slid- irg scale based on wages paid in non- union flelds. The miners refused to accept this. The miners countered with a proposal that the existing scale be continued for two years, the mine owners in that perlod to reorganize the industry on a more healthful basis. The operators offered an amend ment to this providing for a commis lled into con- | and | adversely for those in whose hands the final| miners rejected the amendment nnd] the operators rejected the wage pm~| posal. And the deadiock was on. | Fortunately, the public can view suspension of mining in the unionized hituminous fields without great alarm. Stocks of sof: coal in the he I today than at any like perlod sinc of 142 “n\ further augmented between wnd April 1. With this Ia {to go on and with | now producing 60 per cent of the total ut of « n, there Is no danger of a seri of coft ainly next Winter increases a nds { of consumers are | the excepti and they wiil margin non-union mines { out and canable duc coal, T pri intensively short ce not before follow some in non-union fields are competitive and there is no excuse for ja runaway market But it is unfortunate that this great baste industry should be in so demoral When unable in lution for their pre U reduction in wages they out of s 1 a condition. mployers are advance s other re utt D Wwith the times and out of with spirit wh an prosperity President Lewls is right or unwi harmony the h made Ame the wor | has gone too far In avarlcious pruri-| when he insists that a wage reducticn | S0n { would be a backward step which would flect all other industry. It d other unenlightened em- | ployers to seek lowering of wages, con- | suming power would be reduced and tion would confront the menace era of industrial warf improved methods for duction costs, not lower the soft coal industr, | would 1 e N are. wages, neey Chopping & Chinese off heads will difficulties. n t Apparently | genuine head work has been among | There is the contention. least important features of the - r—ee—t Washington's “Farewell Address” | is repeated so often and with so much | success that it bear the repeated farewell old-time prima donnas. resemblance to ppearances of s of speake George W None of them have ever hap pened to surpass the words of Wash- ington him s hiave been in- e Russia’s polit absolutely safe if 18 re system would be the facilities were hle for training statesmeén a or training an orchestr ballet. Occasionally the Hovse of Repre- sentatives can reach a decision quick- 1 1v and beyond question. It knows ex {actly whom it wants for Speake:. ) About the only question that ap- { pears to be popularly important with | Prince Carol of Rumania and his sviie | is, “Where do we go from here’ e —_ The tariff is the perpetual live topic in legislation. It threatens to absorb a matter apparently simple as farm relief. ———————— International debt resolves itself into a not unfamiliar situation. The cred- itor wishes to collect and the debtor wishes he were not obliged to pay. S February is the shortest month of the year—and, nevertheless, the month of the longest remembered birthdays. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Mendacities. George Washington! ington! Your birthday came and went, And I shall face the future in a spirit of content. I shall not tell a whopper to deceive my fellow men, But I may tell a trivial taradiddle, nrow and then. I'll tell the mald to say we're not at home, when we are there. I'll tell a friend he's looking well, de- spite his lines of care; And maybe my veracity a little I'll relax When I select the figures to compute my income tax. G. Washington! G. Washington! Yours was a noble youth. serve the strictest truth. Your birthday we respected; yet we're happier once again Since we can tell a trivial taradiddle, now and then. - Futility of Coin. “You are accused of using money in politics.” “I deny the charge,” said Senator | Sorghum. “That money wasn't used. It was merely wasted.” Static. I've read ahout Pandora’s box. All sorts of troubles it unlocks. Pandora, oh, I'd have you know 1t makes me think of radio! Jud Tunkins says the self-starter was really what enabled the filvver to establish itselt as a genuine joke in- stead of a calamity, More Dynamic. Rum demons are active of late. Their terrors appear to redouble. he rum loafer's now out of date. The rum runner's making the trou- ble. | | Mutual Consideration. “Men should be gentle and kind to women.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton. “But oughtn't there to be a little reci- procity?"” Disappointment comes to every- body,” sald Uncle Eben. “What makes de difference in yoh happiness is whether you turn back to remem- ber 'em, or go ahead and forget 'em. - The Mooted Question. From the Evansville Journal Who would ever have thought that Americans would be taking as much Interest in foreign affairs as in sport- ing affairs? e e, Easy for Nicaragua. Fros: the New York Herald Tribune. 1f we were Nicaragua we'd know where to place our sympathies in the ta play patrons who believe that the |sion with plenary powers to settle all|svent of a row between Mexico and theater showdd still be a place w;\‘ur: disputes arising !n the industry. The'the U. S. A. the war, with| now | nded pro-| but | has| the marvel | lowering pro-| hington’s birth- | George Wash- | Your great example moves us to pre- | THIS D. AND THAT €., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1927. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. to in help vour friends as long as you--then pass them | < iy the unspoken of Samuel Pepperton In cold print it looks pretty bad, dvesn't it? In life it is just unworth I'though not quite so offensive, fo | Pepperton himself doesn’t write | down | He fondly L up his trac fous trai ey emula motto | | | even it ines he is covoring h one of the most of the Peppertons, that the ostrich, | hecause th nnot. see, AMen are forev peeuliar to Samuel Pepperton. situation where they know others can v anything, they make the most { unbiashing statements, then rest {in the virtuous feeling that no one F discovered their cupidity What fools do they re, anyway® 1f they know their own tri | cannot we see through them, too” As a matter of fact, we do just that We are not fooled one-tenth as they think we are. The full of forgiving, helpful per whose gener politeness vents them from crudely info I'»:nm-q that their pet macninations are { as plain as the sun in the sky. Old Sam Pepperton ought to hep” to himself. * ok ok ok i 1 | « ink the rest hy ;Hnn;.. s mucl | world is “get | | then To use his friends for “good things. to forget them as quickly ible, is the way of Pepperton, the of all his ilk. long as a friend has the ability further his career, Pepperton is as| a friend as the st innocent {conld wish, | He is | forward, | with his 1 me forever pushing himself almost embarrassing one endliness. He overdoes it. mething in his manne that soon gives him away. The most interesting thing about his mentyl processes s that he | sublimely ignorant of the fact that you “see through him.” He hasn’t the slightest idea that you instine- tively know the hidden source of his latest pralse. | This feeling of his Is the only really | honest thing about him. In this, at {least, he is sincere. He ac ¢ be- {lieves that he is just bit | smoother, and a little bit a great deal more c than any {one he can be thrown up against. i He A secret contempt for most | persons, else he would not act as he does. The world is his oyster, and | this is his way of cracking it. To slap you on the back and put {up a bluff’ of friendship is not the { easiest thing {n the world to do. Samuel Pepperton will tell you that LR | he best part of it is,” he would I that they alw: fall for it.” And, since this is only an imaginary | conversation, going on in the hidden | depths of Pepperton’s nd, he would i;.:m, undoubtedly, Fle loses his judgment entirely when | s own desires are at stake. If. for instance, he wants a certain business man to do something for | hi | Seldom has the jetsam washed to the surface of practical politics re- vealed such prototypes as the main figures in this week's slush-fund pro- ceedings before the Reed committee. 1t would be difficult to conceive for stage purposes a more characteristic specimen of the plutocrat in politics than Samuel Insull. Belasco could invent no makeup for the role a | tithe so real as the Illinois public | utili baron. Sleek, benevolently white-haired, immaculately groomed, sanctimonious, Insull portrayed the power of money and its vested rights | far more naturally and dispassionately than any actor could be trained to do it. The man evinced no glimmer of a suggestion that it is not the privi- lege of a multimillionaire to spend a quarter of a million dellars in a primary election. Insull's point of view obviously is that he has the same right to back a candidate as he has to bet on a horse. The Chicago traction magnate did disclose that he has a conscience. He declined to violate it by divulging the names of the persons upon whom he destowed $40,000 of hitherto concealed contribu- tions. EEEE O 1f Samuel Insull incarnates in his physical aspect and spiritual outlook the “angel” in politics, so “‘Big Tom” Cunningham, Philadelphia ward boss, personifies the henchman in politics. He, too, outrivals in appearance and mental processes anything the theater ever sees in that line, Huge, pon- derous, heavy-jowled, Cunningham is the ward heeler of caricature to the manner born. Insull represents the type of citizenship that considers it legitimate to furnish campaign fat. { Cunningham _typifies the organization | politician who' believes in the right eousness of frying fat out of those who have it. The Philadelphia “leader, he faced the Reed inqui- sition, was as devoid of any sense of turpitude as a new-born babe. He was nonchalant and imperturbable. “Big Tom” invited the probability ef il sentence for contempt with the of a martyr headed for the ok K ok Washington already lating if and how Messrs. Insull and Cunningham can escape actual im- prisonment if cited for and convicted of contempt. It the Senate itself finds the recalcitrant witnesses guilty and commits them to jail. they would be- come prisoners who could no longer by any lezal process be rescued from such sentences as the Senate might have imposed upon them. They would be under lock and key for keeps. If I'nsull and Cunningham should seek a judicial writ, such as habeas corpus, While in the custody of the sergeant. atarms of the Senate before that hody had formally passed judgment on them, the courts could be invoked on thelr behalf. In the event that the Senate decides to hand over the ob. durate witnesses to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, they would have at thelr disposal, the same as other citizens, the full ad- vantages of the law’s delays. PR Fleven years ago the Republican party went to the United States Su- preme Court for a presidential candi- dnte. Now. it's suggested that the Democrats follow sult and nominate Associate Justice James Clark McRey- nolds in 1928, The proposal comes from the Middle W whence Me- Reynolds himself springs, for he was born in Kentucky, though Tennessee is his home State. The fourth rank- ing member of the Supreme Court hench in point of servicé is completing his thirteenth year there. He was President Woodrow Wilson's first ap- pointee to our tribunal of highest re- sort. Previously—in 1903—President Theodore Roosevelt invited McRey- nolds to abandon his law practice at Nashville and become Assistant At- torney General of the United States, He was Wilson's first Attorney Gen- eral, taking office March 5, 1913, but serving as head of the Department of Justice for only a year and a half. McReynolds’ career, in that respect, is busily specu- colleague, Justice Harlan V. Stone. The newest Democratic white -hope r| r doing that: it is not | In al and | parellels that of his Supreme Court/ him, nothing can be said inimical to that business man in his presenc I he has a scheme up his sleeve to induce J. John Lockley, the eminent builder, to slip him a house without lany down payment, it is nothing less than treason for any one e speak a word against the old boy. In season and out, Pepperton is for- | over singing the praises of “Jawn, {as he boastfully calls him. It ardly be said that he takes g pride In calling eminent persons by their first names. ‘There is nothing to vent one, after he has been intro to-a man, from thereafter of him as “John,” or “Bill,” " is there? Certainly not, and Pepperton knows | it and works it “to the fare-you-well, ! 50 that he always seems to be terribly | thick with regiments of prominent | men. Speak of J. Henr: d tnguished medical 1 muel Pep- perton will immedia pop up. “Oh, old Henry, fine fellow; met him last | night; fine fellow!" | To get back to J | eminent hunlde ton is “‘rusning’ the best fellow in As soon as Sam | that Lockley is not going to fall for his proposition, the bullder is wiped off his list. The songs of praise end instantly, and thereafter Pepperton never hears you when vou mention ! his old friend, J. John Lockley. It is to laugh. * k k ¥ 1t is always a slight shock to Pep- perton’s real friends when they first discover that he merely “usea” them for 'his own purposes. Then they be- in to watch him, as if he were some | sort of bug under a microscope. His | squirmings are interesting, if slightly | saddening. : One has to have a firm grip on his ideas of friendship at first, in order to withstand the havoc caused by the discovery of the crafty duplicity of Samuel Pepperton, who is a friend for | duced Hoyle, the dis- John Lockley, the as Peppe Lockley | | | one is able to watch the 100-°] low with genuine interest, and a sin: cere hope at heart that svme day. some time, somewhere, he wlil have a true friendship for some one, based not on what he can get out of that some one, but what he can do for that same some one. Such a revolutionary idea has never as yet permeated the thick hide of Pepperton. In all fairness, it is ex- tremely doubtful if it ever will. But while there is life there is hope. Those who really care for Pepperton | for the goad qualities which he has | hope that some day he will see the | light and add the virtue spoken of to | his Tist. | When that day arrives, Pepperton | will not look upon a friend as merely ! useful somebody to have around to | pay one’s luncheon check, or an in- | terestinz specimen of the genus homo | to be “worked.” He will first revise his motto to Stick to vour friends as long can help them,” and _then, dom, he will boil it | l rea as you | with greater wi down to simply “Stick to your friend: WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ranks as a Liberal and a Constitution- alist. He has just turned 65, but neither looks nor acts it. P President Coolidge’s medical coun- selors have ordered him to walk more. They've detected a renewed tendency to corpulence on the part of the ordi- narily wiry Chief ecutive. The pedestrian diet prescribed for him has temporarily taken Mr. Coolidge off of F street, hitherto his favorite prome- nade after the shopping rush is over, and sent him to the Ellipse, that mag- nificent expanse of sward stretching between the White House grounds and the Washington Monument. It is about five-eighths of a mile once around the Ellipse. The President is accustomed to tear off at least three laps before he éalls it a walk, so that he has nearly two miles to his credit at the finish. Sundown is the favorite hour for the Coolidge constitutionals. * kK K Texas and Oklahoma, which will hardly object to being described as among the more belligerent States of tha Union, are straightening out a little boundary tangle through the amicable offices of the United States Supreme Court. A commission ap- pointed by the court has reported upon the boundary line between the two States. The court formerly had decided that the true boundary was the southern bank of the Red River, as it existed in tre year 1821, when the boundary was established be- tween the United States and Spain. Since then the Red River has ma- terially changed its course from time to time, obliterating bends in the river at some places and establishing bends at other places. The result was to leave in Texas certain tracts of land which were originally in Oklahoma and place certain other tracts of orig- inal Texas territory within the pres- ent boundary of Oklahoma. The De- partment of Justice has been asked by the Supreme Court to ascertain whether any exceptions are to be taken on behalf of the Federal Gov- ernment to the report of the Supreme Court commission determining the new boundary line. * ok Rk Emile Berliner, maker of the micro- phone, has evolved still another scien- tific marvel in his Washington work- shop. When he celebrated his sev- enty-ifth birthday anniversary last vear he promised that before another twelvemonth he would demonstrate the racticability of his newest invention, coustio walls.” Berliner has just utilized a classroom in a Washington public school. He proved that his “acoustic tiles,” fitted into the walls of an assembly room in which hearing facilities normally are bad, make it possible for conver- sational tones to be heard plainly and easily 80 or 100 feet away. Children with tender volces served as demon- stration objects. Architects and build- ers pronounced the test an unqualified success. They share Berliner's view that he has hit upon an idea destined to revolutionize interior construction of theaters, concert halls, auditoriums and churches. H Alice Paul, the Joan of Arc of the National Woman's Party, denies that she has stacked arms and that her militant organization is receding into inactivity. Miss Paul explains her own quiescence by announcing that she has glven herself an indetermi- nate sentence to the Library of Con- gress, where she i gathering ma- terlal for a powerful volume dealing with the legal disabilities of women. Her opus is destined to become the Magna Charta of the equal rights campaign. - (Copyright. 1927.) ——.— The Perfect Man, From the Western Advocate. The inventor of the looking glass is the man who made it possible for us to see the perfect man. e 'Nuff Said! | From the Saginaw News-Courier. “Keep quict, you idiot!" shrieked a parrot in court. And eyery one pres- ent did. & need | or that purpose | | == Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincolr. The President makers— who would unn Presidents particularly bus Was birthday. Out in Jefferson City, Mo., the Demiocrats rallied to the stand ard | of Senator * Reed. Senator m.‘\v] ome out ke on President ed the pri | ute in tfoot for Reed fo in | 1928, was to have delive pal address. An attack of digestion a_day or revented Senator ( & Washington sage by wire to the D wath ing, urging Senator I he logical man, the real hope of the faction-torn Democratic party next The indorsement of Senator Reed by the Senator from 2 ansas is signif cant of the desire of many Demo to keep away from the Smith-Mc. duel which broke up the party i and threatens to do as much in 1428 Senator Caraway is dry and he wa v strong supporter of Woodrow Wil son. Senator Reed, on the other hand. is reckoned a wet and was an img ant member of the band of “irr ables” in the Senate which defe: son’s dearest hope, the Le: Nations with the United member. Senator Car Ay that the Reed candidacy will hav tion from dry Democrats and from Democrats who believed that the sun rose and set with Woodrow Wilson But he believes, too, that many dry Democrats and many former Wilson Democrats will rally to Reed when the time comes. Senator Caraway sees Reed a second Andrew Jackson, a 1 of tremendous personality, unafr with_great ability. He believes (hat prohibition has justified itseif and that it Senator Reed became President he would do far more to enforce the dry law than s strong man who might howeve m leav | be more friendly to the Volstead act. The attitude of Europe toward the United States in recent years, Senats Caraway said, had about convinced many of the former supporters of the League of Natlons that it was just as well that the United States did not mix itself up wih European affairs. * k %k % While the Democrats of Missouri were throwing their own hats in the air and Senator Reed’: at into the ring for the presidential nomination their brethren across the Kansas were also consider they should do for a Democratic presi dential nominee next year. Many of them are very friendly to Senator Reed. But there is a considerable faction which at present is bent upon sending a delegation to the next Democratic national convention in- ucted for a native son, Represent- ative W. A. Ayres of the eighth con- sslonal district, Not th: th expect the nomination of Mr. Ayres, but because they feel he is a safe man to tie to in the preliminary ballot- ing. The delegation will be in & posi tion to jump to the candidate it de sires after the battle lines have heen developed. Kansas is dry. It has had prohibition since Hector was a pup and has not forgotten Carrie Nation and her hatchet. But even so, there jare a lot of boosters for Senator Reec in the Sunflower State. And if it becomes apparent thot Reed is going strong the Kansas ielegation, even though it may be insiiucted for Ayres, may swing to ssouri Senator with a great de satisfaction to itself. Indeed, it is “d here that sentiment in several of the States bordering on or near Missouri will send delegations to the 19 tion favorable to Reed. Arkansas may do so, provided Senator Robin son, Democratic leader of the Senate, is not a candidate. Oklahoma is an’ other. The opinion of many poli- ticians from Missouri itself s that if Senator Reed is the nominee, he can carry that State against any Repub- lican who may be named by G. 0. P. 7 ERE Washington's birthday w consid- ered the psychological moment for an attack on the “third term,” with President Coolidze the particular tar- get. Senator Robert M. La Follett Jir., Progressive-Republican, who, like his father before him, has no love for Mr. Coolidge, introduced a resolution yesterday expressing it as the sense of the Senate that two terms are enough for any President. It is similar to a resolution offered in the House recent by Representative Beck, also of Wisconsin. Follette, it is expected, will debate the resolution in the Senate. He may bring on a_ general discussion of the matter, and doubtless that is his in- tent. It was originally proposed by opponents of a third term for Cool- idge that this resolution should be offered in the Senate by a Democrat, Senator Caraway of Arkansas. But the Democrats shied away from the Issue at this time. They are not sorry to see it stirred up by the Progressive-Republicans, however. * ok ok ok A few hours before Senator La Fol- lette offered his resolution in the Sen- ate, Representative airchild of New York tackled the third-term question from a different angle. He offered a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment by which no person should be eligible for than two terms as President, b h the stipulation that a “term” shall not be a term in the meaning of the the occupant of the White House shall have served as Prosident for two year or more. As President Coolidge served only about 19 months of the Hard ing term, under the Fairchild proposal he would be considered entirely cligi- ble for renomination and re-election in 1928. For one thing, at I Mr. Fairchild is to be commende He proposes to take the whole matter out of “tradition” and to make S tial succession subject to law. ent few people are able to answer co rectly the conundrum, “When is a term not a term?’ As Mr. rchild poin out, if a President died Vs fore his term expired and the Vi President succeeded him for that by period, it would be absurd to hold that he had served a “term,” and yet wit out some hard and st line, as that proposed by Mr. Fairchild, there is no way to settle definitely the question. * Kk Xk Xk Speaker Nicholas Longworth is as- sured another two vears as presiding officer of the House. The caucus of the Republicans of the Seventieth Con- gress passed off smoothly, despite ear- lier mutterings of revolt on the part of members representing the farm States. Speaker Longworth has given eminent _satisfaction to his part and the Democrats as presiding officer of the House. His selection in the party caucus by acclaim is tant: mount to an election, for the Repul licans will have a safe majority in the next House. The old insurgent group, made up mainly of the Wisconsin del gation, have been invited back into the party fold, and everything is being done for harmony. If tho West and Middle West are preparing a revolt, it the McNary-Haugen farm bill is ve- toed by President Coolidge, it has not yet materialized in the House. e ey < It Is a Fa From the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch Senator Bruce thinks all the Sen- | ators who are personally dry could get in one taxicab, but if he's right they ought to be able to walk home, "% Modern Fable. 1 i | @ what t i usual barber’s s Senator La | mendment unless | ANSWER BY 7!‘Rkn RI te produces the most in wheat Union the State - of also of Lot lue of New ounted to a Accord t to o, fosity silk mer- rd to bout their ind wisely spend ilk institutes like nan University at Canton China, where the silk industry is 4,00 or vears old and labor lmost 15 cheap today as when the first w silkworms were brought down fromw the hills. This information was fur- ished by the American Silk Journal grown United States? Ikworm i Americas today, have in the he New England mills | their surplus on | that of Lin 1 ) Q. T would like the name of a poerh about a girl who had a_golden leg, and the author—W. T. W. You have reference g and Her G “Miss lden Leg™ by 1, an English poet and born in 1799. The poem ventures of the daughter parvenu whose life was sur rounded by gold which proved finally the cause of her death. The poem is a satire. Hood also wrote “The Song of the Shirt” he Bridge of Sighs,” which are classed among the saddest in the English language. Q. In what y was the western boundary of the State of Wyoming surveyed?—A. €. R. he United States Geological savs that the western bound- ning was surveyed and marked in 1874, Beginning outhwest corner of the State, the line runs due north 277 miles and ns to Thomas humo | Tow aid Chardin, the famous ter of the eighteenth century, first ttention?—R. G. It is said that the first of his to cause comment was an un- gn. Q. What is the F AL W | 'A. The Apple of Sodom Is a fruit | described by ancient writers as ex- ternally of fair appearance, but dis- | solving into smoke and ashes when | plucked—Dead Sea apple. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum sodomeum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a smafl yellow tomato. work \pple of Sodom?— | Gardener in when he escaped and body of water did he swim?—C. L. A. A. Roy Gardener, a notorious train robber of the West, was imprisoned | six years ago in the Arizona State | Penitentiary. Shortly after that he {was pardoned by the governor, then Neil Island, 5 miles off the coast of Washington. After six months of | confinem, he, with several other prisoners, made one of the mc je attempted by s to the ma imming {ment to being guilty of murder, by Q. Which is “milch” cows or “milk” cow | A, The best au | to the conclusion t | cow is preferred to “milch ! Q preferred, —W. T. ritles have come the word “milk" cow. not_seats, back of | L. M. B. the ais o 150,084,000 bushels. raluation | at the | n and imprisoned on Me- | t daring He was later caught !in a hold-up and, preferring imprison- which means he could have escaped, he was sentenced to 23 years In an- h prison, which term he is Do the regulations of the Dis- thel trict of Columbia permit moving pic- ture theaters to sell admissions and thus crowding the whole e of the theater?— The regulations of the District TO QUESTIONS C ). HASKIN. |of Columbia permit standing in the | rear of the theaters provided the fire law and regulations are complied with. Q. What is the origin of the 40-day | fast?—M. D. A. In the Book o | corded that Moses view with God on | he recorded the 1 | on tables of . fasted 40 days and | nigits stention, however, was | from both food and drink. Exodus it is re- during his {nter- fount Sinai, where *n Commandments Does Great Britaln maintain as a ratio of exports and fmports n the empire as before the World L. O. M. At the recent imperial confer- |ence held in England of the members of the government Sir Phillp Cunliffe Lister, president of the Board of sald that in the first half of i nearly one-half of the exports | had gone to the empire and one-third of the imports had come from the em pire, compared with 24.87 per cent of | imports and 37 per cent of exports in 1] 1913, Q. May a President without | ves not consult the Senate. | Q@ Why @0 so many | pames beginning with A. This name refers to the brand used on its animals by the ranch. When letters of the alphabet are used | they are often varled by their position. { When tilted at an angle of degrees they are sald to be “tumb when | Iving flat on the| k or fa ' Q. What 19 luck*—H. K, | A Luck i generally | something that happens scemingly hy chance. It may be an event either good or evil which affects the inter {ests or happenings of an individual, | but this happening is entirely casual “Lucl however, carries the idea of withdraw an consent of the i ribed as | Q. In what country or by what people were hotels first established?— |B. F. N. | _A. In his “Qutline of History" | Wells says that Lydia was reputed to | be the first country in the world te | provide the convenience of inns for | travelers and traders. Q. What is meant by “false card- | A. This is a term used by card | players, and means the playing of a {card meant to deceive the opponents | as to the player’s holding in that suit. | Q. How much | human body ?— H A. The total blood volume of a | sertes of healthy men has been found to average 4.9 nt. or approxi- mately one-twentieth of the body | weight of an individual. Q. Will you me what | ribhons & man fs entitled to wear on his_uniform who served from October, 1917, to July, 1919, with the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, with the rank of lieutenant pllot?—W. L. D. A. If & man who served in the British Roval Flying Corps and Royal Alr Force with a rank of lieutenant pilot served in an actual theater of car he is entitled to wear the British tory medal. If he went overseas and did not serve in any actual the- ater of war he is entitled to the Brit- | ish general war medal. He should make application for these to the sec- retary_of the air ministry, Kings Way, London, giving full information regarding the unit in which he served. lgod 1s there in the ¥ | | | Prederic J. Haskin is employed by this paper to handle inquiries of our readers, and you are invited to call upon Rim as freely and as often as vou please. Ask anything that ds a matter of fact and the authority will be quoted you. There is mo charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign_your mame and address and in- close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Bvening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- kin, director, Washington, D. C. | o Belliserency among members of Congress which developed intgp per- sonal encounters has furnished a fruit- ful subject of light debate among the editors. One explanation of the unac- customed physical conflicts is that the coming of Spring has had its effect upon the temperaments of the national legislators. The strain of a busy ses- sion and the approach of adjournment are also mentioned, while a substitute for long-drawn-out forensic contests is believed by some to have been sought. “‘Spring is strong and virtuous,’ the poet Emerson sang,” recalls the Vewark Evening News, “which brings to mind another quotation as familiar, acclaiming ‘The merry cuckow, mes- senger of Spring.” Reports from roundabout are promising of early balminess. Fancy of the little birds now lightly turns to thoughts of mat- ing and that of members of Congress to combat Manifestly, the vernal influence lies along the Potomac. In the open spaces tops are spinning and ! kites are flying: in the halls of legisla- {tion are spinning Inkwells and fiying i Representative Blanton of Texas, champlion of a chaste and de- corous observance of Sunday in the District of Columbia, at grapples_with Representative Bloom of New York; Rev. Bowlby of East Orange, secre- tary of the Lord's Day Allian vio- lently, though without damage, join- ing in the fray—Spring would indeed cem strong and virtuous in its mani- festations. Still; could it not have been that ‘the merry cuckow' was somewhera abou! With a more prosaic point of view he Minneapolis Tribune suggests that some of the Senators and Representa- tives seem to be getting into a frame of mind that is synonymous with a state of merves,” and that paper ad- vises that “it may be just as well, in the interests of peace, order and whole sking, that this session of Congress should come to an end on March 3. It of the opinion that “resort to muscles in Heu of mere words smacks too much of the old code duello days when ‘honor’ was a sensitive thing nd differences were adjusted with a illing or . ax the case might be. some advantage, however, in a scrap as a_substitute debate In Congress. The prin arrive ‘at a en point more and something is saved on Congpessional Record printing. Some satisfaction derives, too, from the fact that all these recent rows were intra- s, in which Democrat chal- t and Republican chal- lenged Republican.” * % xx “Representative Blanton's victory on points over Representative Bloom,” as it appears to the Roanoke Times, n: titles the Texan, to serious considera- tion in case Tex Rickard decides to seek a challenger in the ranks of Con- gress. Reports say that Blanton not only had the New York man down across a table, but found time to punch a couple of bystanders for good measure when they thought the thing had gone far enough. As a lawmaker Mr. Blanton never has impressed the country as a heavyweight, but as a pugilist he seems to have decided pos- sibilities, Meanwhile, Sol Bloom, hav- | Baltimore Sun. t re was a man who honestly ldn't do any From t| Once dmi ing been eliminated in the first round of the tournament, can give his undi- vided attention to lawmaking, That may not be sucl oy ? Fist Fights in Congress Give Editors Subject for Debate a good thing the adjournment of Con- gress is only a few days off. The boys are becoming entirely too mettlesome. “It is Interesting to note,” remarks the Omaha World-Herald, “that all these have been family quarrels, so to speak, brother against brother. Sena- tors Wheeler and Glass, who mixed over the branch banking bill, are both Democrats. Representatives Tincher and Strong, who had to be forcibly prevented from bloodying each other’s noses over the McNary-Haugen bill, are Kansas Republican Bloom and Blanton are both Democrats. It seems to us that if there must be fighting in Congress it would be much more con- stent for Democrats to fizht Repub- |licans and Republicans to figzht Demo- crats. That would certainly be more in keeping with the ferocity each dis- plays toward the other during the campaign. |.,The Kansas City Post states that | “the fist fights seem to presage an |era when ecandidates for the fonal | Legislature will be judged according | to pugilistic standards,” and that pa- | per forecasts the method ene Tun- |nev can run for the Senate in New | York, for instance. Instead of making a campaign speech, he could stage a fight with his_opponent in Boyle' Thirty Acres. Debate can be carried on according to the Marquis of Queen: berry rules instead of parliamenta. rules. Maybe this is the solution to the problem of awakening the voter from his apath The Springfield Union adds the thought that “the Marquis of Queensberry, descendant of the author of prize-tight ethies and now a visitor in New York, might de- | rive considerable entertainment from a visit to the National Capital, where the N: rs and Representa- tives have taken up nose-punching in a big way.” * ok %ok “It was a case for repeating the sad ‘If age only knew how,' ™ says the York Times. “The venerable Senators meant well, but they coul not time their biows or have the ats ripped off their backs with the acy of vouth.”” The Time ration of the com- I demonstration armament. What will happen to pute later on,” continues that | paper, “does not yet appe It may | not be open to arbitration.. Perhaps a {good way s suggested by the re- of the ancient and s honorable Academy of Liars. If your opponent in the Senate accuses you of falsification, instead of vainly try- ing to hit him in the eye, nominate him for membership in that academy and assure him that he will come to a much better mind if he has a chance to ip his beard in Gascon wine. The Baltimore Sun deplores the “in- tervention of distinguished gentlemen or their handy men” in such fights, and proposes that “the next time dis- tingulshed gentlemen go berserker other distinguished gentlemen and alf” handy men leave them severely alone,” and that “‘a couple of members be allowed to hurt each other a little hit.” The Durham Sun adds that, “like & great many verbal fights on the floor of Congress, it didn’t mean anything, but bluffing is a big part of lating.” The Hartford Cou that “the least Congress nm