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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

in the California matter. and in yield
ing to Great Britain In the matter Of the
Panama canal tolls. As The Star has
several times expressed it. Mr.. Wilson
has been in the large affairs his own
foreign minister.
There has been no surprise in this.
Mr.. Bryan was not invited into the cabi-
net as a diplomat. Mr.. Wilson knew his
quality and qualifications, and had In
view Mr.. Bryan's great influence with his
party on domestic questions With the
tariff, the currency and the trusts to
deal with, Mr.. Wilson saw the need of
having at his side the man who had
done much TO shape existing democratic
sentiment on those subjects.
In those matters Mr.. Bryan has given
good account of himself. He helped
materially with the tariff bill. especially
in the shaping of the wool schedule. His
friends in Congress, on his advice. assist
ed in currency revision. and are now as
sisting in getting the trust bills into shape
for action. He has done a mans work
in those three lines.
1t is unfair to get red Of face or hectic
of utterance on the subject Of Mr.. Bryan
as Secretary of State. If incompetent
men now fill diplomatic posts of great
Importance, they are not his men. II
we are in a tight place as respects Mex
leo. Great Britain and Japan it is not
his fault. The President is not Sinking
any responsibility in this or any other
matter. He sits at the head of the cabi-
net table. and his official family seek and
heed his suggestions. The record, both
legislative and executive, upon which the
democratic party will go before the
country this year will be the Wilson
record, made by him and bearing his
name
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Civil Service Retirement.

The National Association Of Civil Serv-
ice Employees at the opening of its second
annual session listened to many words OF
cheer from number of members of Con-
gress The grand purpose Of this organ
ization is to promote the adoption by
the government of pension retirement
system which will put the United States
government in the position of an enlight-
ened employer of men and which would
make for the good OF the civil service in
many ways.
The Star has insisted for many years
that no sound argument either on the
ground of economy or other score can be
maintained against the correctness of the
principle of civil service retirement
There are divergences of belief. and
many of them are unfortunate as. to the
means and scope of a retirement system,
but these differences will at length be ad-
justed and proper retirement system
for government civil service employees
will be established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Asphalt for 9TH Street.

1t is encouraging that the District ap-
preparation bill which is now before the
Senate carries the sum Of $4,000 for re-
paving the roadway Of 9TH street from
New York avenue to Q street. The OBJ
solete pavement has justly called forth
complaint from the business interests on
that old trade artery. 1t Is gratifying that
their presentation of the facts has prop
erly impressed the committee reporting
the bill. Asphalt is the accepted paving
material in Washington for business as
we'll as residence streets, and 1t seems a
strange oversight that the conditions on
7th street north of New York avenue
should have gone uncorrected SO long.
The projected improvement is yet to run
the legislative gantlet, but it is reasonable
to believe that so just a feature of the
District appropriation bill will be includ-
ed in it when that measure becomes a
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Eastern Branch Improvement.

In the District appropriation bill report
ed to the Senate yesterday hundred
thousand dollars is included for contin-
uing the reclamation and development of
the Anacostia river and fats from the
Anacostia bridge northeast to the Dis
trict line. The appropriation contemplated.
is not a large one, but it will keep the
work going and is a substantial mani
festation Of the intent Of the committee
reporting the bill that this long-needed
and Iong-delayed improvement shall pro-
coed with reasonable dispatch and that a
pest spot shall finally be transformed
into q beauty spot 1t will be no mean
achievement to convert these foul marshes
into parkiand and the rnud-choked stream
into clear. deep water. It will be a work
rejecting credit on the nation as well as
on the nations capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
False Pretense of Full Valuation.

Since the George BILL as 1t is now ex-
planned, proposed only an equitable re
adjustment and not an increase OF DIS
trict taxation. the full valuation and rate
unsettlement provisions have been con-
verted by the action of the District COM
niittee from a blessing into curse. All
advocates of the George bill who are SIN
cere in their protestations of an absence
of desire to swell District taxation fifty
or one hundred or two hundred per cent
should repudiate and abandon the fuii
valuation proposal. resist on principle all
the tax-increasing and new tax provisions
of the amended bill, and concentrate upon
and push to enactment the George prop
ositions which promise uniformity and
accuracy of assessments on the present
basis.
Full valuation for assessment means
full and true valuation for sale nowhere
in the United States Reports to the cen
sus of a 100 per cent assessment vaiua-
ton, if construed to mean 100 per cent
valuation between buyer and seller are
false and misleading. Failure to appre-
cate this fact is all that has prevented
quick and full recognition of the gross
overassessment of Washington realty in
comparison with that of other cities The
same failure is responsible for the de-
termined efforts to raise Washington's
assessment basis to the so-called full val
uation, even though that change threat
ems or makes certain a so per cent or a
100 per cent increase of the already heavy
burden of taxation.
Except in a few cities of the states of
Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin
the census-reported relations of assessed
to true value are slurred as incorrect by
the census authorities. They are the
guesswork of municipal officials influ-
enced by natural impulse to exaggerate
the reported percentage relations. Since
these reports are inaccurate and misead-
ing, the census calculations of tax-rate on
true valuation based upon them are faint
ed with the same error. and are abso-
lutely worthless as a measure of the COM
parative actual tax-burdens. The census
authorities make clear the unreliability of
these statistics and of the differences and
deductions from them.
The tables Of figures upon which Mr..
Crisp, Mr.. Prouty and other speakers
relied In the House debate to demon
strate the comparative lightness Of the
WashinEtonian's tax-burden are rem
dered valueless by the use Of and re-
Hance upon this discredited and mis-
leading factor In their calculations.
The only reliable measure of compare
tive tax-burdens is the per capita tax
levy. Washington's burden. thus meas
ured. is fully as heavy as that which the
average self-governing community i'm
poses upon itself. and in view of the cap
itars lack of taxable resources and other
peculiar disabilities under which the Dis
trict of Columbia labors its tax is harder
to bear than that of the average Amer
lean community.
These contentious are elaborated in edi-
torial correspondence elsewhere in The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

days. which are now being described as
the golden days departed?
1t is no reflection on Mr.. Wilson to say
that he has politics in mind. He has
right to have politics in mind. As a
member Of an administration which came
into power largely on the issue OF the
high cost of living, and pledged to re-
duce II, he !. disturbed by the fact that
reduction has not taken place. and that
his party relied upon the wrong means
in its efforts to produce that result.
Nothing is palmer today than that the
PAYNE tariff law, whatever its deficiencies,
was not responsible for the dear break
fast table. 1t was as innocent OF that
trouble as is the Underwood law OF the
trouble that now exists. Whatever the
virtues OF the Underwood Law. It is no
u;racle-worker. 1t cannot affect sleus-
ton entirely beyond its province.
Mr. Wilson is preparing material for
the congressional campaigns. When they
open. the democratic promises Oh To-
viii be quoted by the republicans, ana
compared with the democratic perloinn
ances. Why has not the cost OF h'ilis
been reduced? Granting tarin REVISION
inadequate to that end, why have mo-
other means been employed? why are
thin purses still unable to set ioi'
table, morning. noon, or night.
The problem is not local. but Worio-
wide. In every country of note there -
complaint. Neither high tariff. 10" YARN
nor policy approaching free trade eA-
plains it. Lucky should all be II me
problem could be solved by reNis''ie
tariff schedules up or down. or sioeMise
For all men in every country want 70
live comfortably at reasonable figures,
But no matter the politics embraced IN
Secretary Wilson's activity. he should
carry his investigations as far as pos
sible and submit for the public 8 INFORMS
ton all the facts discovered. y the w..
Of living can be lowered. all want "
Snow the secret and see it applied. II
not: IL high prices are here to stay then
some new means must be devised Tor
filling purses. An empty market pasAe'
is utterly out Of the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
The Cost Of Living.

Secretary Wilson Of the Department Of
Labor is dissatisfied with the system OF
estimating the cost OF living, and will re-
wise 1t. He has a very interesting matter
In hand.
The cost Of living touches US all. Even
those with bullying purses appreciate the
fact that q new problem has arisen.
Those with thin purses stand with
anxiety before something they do not
understand and feel themselves powerless
to escape. All alike are disquieted. and
curious on the subject.
The main point Is not in dispute. Prices
are high. It takes more money than
ever to I'LL the market basket. Seine
things are out Of reach except for the
well-to-do. and not comfortably within
reach Of them. What 10 the cause? How
may we get back to the prices Of other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Washington Cleans Them.

From the Portland Press.
A law has been introduced into Con-
eress making 1t compulsory for abut-
tors In washington to clean their side.
walks Of Ice and snow. 1t will do no
harm to pass 1t. but II the authorities
that we have had In Portland with q
similar law, It will not result in any
marked Improvement In travel. The
result Of the law in Portland Is that
those who wish to clean their sidewalks
do, and those who do not. don't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
The Snow Man.

We made q snow man for q Jest.
We set him as a sentinel.
We vowed that he would meet the test
And keep his watchful post full we'll
We thought that he might fade away
When sunshine smiled upon the scene
Amid the blossoming SO gay
That heralded a sky serene.
But that same snow man held his place
And sneered at each approach OF
spring.
The surly scowl upon his face
Forbade the wandering bird to sing
How often does some idle Jest
Stasd forth relentless and severe,
A grim reminder. to modest
The hopes we cherished all sincere!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Stormproof Wires.
From the Providence journal.

From the Provtdenc0 JodfhSl.
Again the value of conduits for wires
was proved by the recent storm. Where
telephone, telegraph and electric light
ing wires were underground there was
no Inconvenience; In many places
where overhead construction was used
darkness prevailed and communication
by wire was cut of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Storms Of March.

From the Boston Advertiser.
The Indictment weather Of the present
week, extending over SO large a section
argument against having the inaugura-
ton date fixed for the first week Ia
March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Owing, no doubt. to the pressure -
mora important matters. Mr.. J. Harnil'
ton Lewis has not permitted h1mseii 70
he interviewed concerning the fasnion,
able possibilities Of variegated hair ana
WhiSkerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

TIN order to avoid DELAY. on accom-. -
personal absence. letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connected
witty the ONCE. but simply to THE STAR or to
the Editorial or Business Department. according
20 tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Difference of Opinion.

.There is only a slight difference OF
opinion between myself and that politi-
cal economist" remarked Mr.. Dustin
Stax. blandly.
And what is that?"
HE thinks my business should he
managed for the benefit Of the public.
while my idea is that the public should
be managed for the benefit Of my bust
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Base ball has again impressed itself
az game of remarkable possibilities
It has brought a genuine laugh to the
features of King George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

should Jack London run TOT 1ose'no.
of California, some stalwart ioiiis -
expression may be expected IN the ois-
cussion of public affairs on tue raciiie
slope,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Scientists continue to condemn kiss
ing. But even scientists have been
known to make concessions to custom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

President Wilson's visits to the Capitol
show that the heart-to-heart talk has
its value in public affairs as well as
| in literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

A remarkable number of men have
resigned from public off1ce since Huerta
was first requested to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
National Dance.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
No, anxious reader. there is not too
much tango in Washington. It's the
hesitation you're thinking Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Grating has been discovered in
Japan. Even tho politest people have
their shortcomings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

In spite of the London RAD LOT huns
strikes, banqueting remains
popular in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

An old saw has 1t that difference OF
opinion makes horse racing. The same
is true Of politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Liberality.

"Here.s dat dog you done los" said Mr..
Erastus Pinkley.
Yes replied Uncle Razoury; oat
sho' is him."
"Aein't you g'ineter gimme no reward
fob bringin' I'm back?
"Sho, is. You kin keep de dog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Noises.

you say Americans don't cultivate
art?'
That's what / say" said Mr. GroWch-
er, III anybody went along the street
singing he'd get arrested. But you can
make any kind Of q noise you choose
with an auto horn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Democratic Weather.

From ths Indianapolis News.
The democrats have been in complete
control Of the national government for
q whole year now, and just look at the
weather!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Intervention in Mexico" IL one OF the
things that sound easy if said rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

The snow shovel continues to be more
in evidence than the golf club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHLANDER JOHNSON.
Displaced.

Don't you sometimes regret your re-
tirement from official Hfe?'
well" replied the man who used to
be great" it is a little disheartenins
to and all the humorous stories former
" associated with me coming out with
another mans name attached to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Be Kind to the Birds.


From the ScIsaton Truth.
II you have never fed the birds before,
| better throw out q few crumbs for them
! today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

TIC Fvenin- Star with the Sunday rnsrnin7
edition fs delivered nv carriers within the CIV
at IS cents per month: daily only. 25 cents per
month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders
nav be sent by mall, or telephone Main 2440.
Collection is made BY carrier at the end Of each
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

rsvablc IN advance-bv mail. postage presaM.
Daily. Sunday included. month. &C cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted one month. 20 cents
Saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday Star. 81 20 Teas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
Modest Request.

Sing not Of roses in their prime.
Sing not Of June's effulgent glow.
We only ask to find time
When no ono has to shovel snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07

Entered as second class mail matter at the DOS;
ONCE at Washington. d. Q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-07
rhe Evening star Newspaper Company.

New York ONCE: Tribune Building.
Chicseo ONCE: First National Bank Building.
European once: Regent st.. London. ENGLAND.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-12
DIGESTION WAITS ON FLAVOR
OF the Highest Importance as an Al
junct to the NourishIng
Value of Food.

If 1t we're not for flavor we should
not digest our food properly. Epi-
cureanism in eating is the handmade
of good health. Flavor has been called
the soul of food. The viands that are
most agreeable to our sense of taste,
those we enjoy most, are those we are
most likely to digest we'll and from
which we are most likely to derive the
maximum of nourishment.
A whole book was devoted to this
subject by Henry T. Ffnck of New
York. He called it Food and Flavor"
In a review Of it the Scientific Ameri-
can says: THE psychic factor of de-
sire must precede ingestion, or results
will be unpropitious. To each cent
spent for nutriment we add five more
for flavor Flavor, in short, has an
appetizing value, a health value.
commercial value. The evolution of
discriminating appetite and the edu-
cation of the cook must go hand in
hand. But your glutton is never an
epicure. Rational mastication must
accompany the highest enjoyment Of
food. and in this enjoyment lie perfect
assimilation and health. 1t is flavor
that stimulates the flow of the diges-
tive juices; it is the digestive juices
that prepare the food for the extrac-
ton of nutriment."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-12
GREAT INFLUENCE OF BEAUTY
Deep and Useful Part of Life
as Utility.

Beauty is as deep and as useful
part of our general life as is what we
term utility 1t has just such rea-
son for being; it has similar force;
it has set place in the scheme of the
world. Eyes not fully opened to the
beautiful are not wholly alive to the
influence of beauty upon our lives and
our actions. Alas sometimes we scott
at the highest expressions of beauty.
That is to say, the highest human ex-
preston.
Those even greater beauties, which
are divine expressions, we ignore.
Just think for a moment. Take
yourself away from yourself and con-
template yourself and your living, set
against the background of the univer.
sal scheme of things. Think Of the
myriads of infinitely petty, wasteful
and useless thoughts and actions, de-
sires and dislikes which occupy your
day. At the 1 cment you read this,
take yourself back two years ago. OF
course, you have not the slightest con-
ception Of what happened. But let me
tell you that on that day, two years
ago, were happening two, dozen or
hundred things which seemed to you
to be supreme Importance. Do you
understand how we fill our lives to the
brim with millions of such trif1ing in.
consequences kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-12
DEp0nTE] 4 TWg.YsAa.oLo
Governor of Russian Town Of Nursk'
sent Baby Away With Strong
Escort OF Soldiers.

A baby was arrested and by means
OF a formidable-looking order, properly
signed sealed and delivered, the gov
arnor of the town of Kursk, In central
'Russia. has made himself sufficiently
ridiculous to insist upon the solemn
deportation, under a stern escort OF
armed soldiers, of an innocent Two
year-old baby boy! The child Is the
son of a Jewish dentist, M. Roman.
The latter. with his wife, was ordered
10 leave the town few days ago
The couple complied with the order
Aut left their infant son with friends,
as he was in too delicate state OF
health to travel during the cold
weather. Under the pretext that Jew
isb children must not live without
their parents outside certain pre-
seribed area, the jealous police ar
rested the baby and ordered the
friends of M. Kohan to take immediate
steps to send the boy away. M.
Kohan's friends asked for a delay SO
that they might communicate with
the parents, but the governor ordered
the baby to be sent away under an
armed. escort comprised of soldiers
with fixed bayonets. This implies
travelling with criminals in rough
conveyances and sleeping in prisons
en- route until the infant reaches his
parents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-12
Stories Old and New.

Some men are born story tellers,
some achieve the story telling faculty,
while others-who constitute the
great majority-can only sit in amaze
ment and listen to the man who can
glit!y reel them off, one after another,
as if they were all new, fresh and
original. You can recognize good
stor. by the number of times you
meet it, for the good story Is picked
up and repeated, interchanged, en-
larged, improvised and spread, until
it is liable to reappear, as natural,
or in Disguise, at the four corners
of the earth, and at widely separated
periods of time That's what makes
the modern story teller such a delight,
because until he finishes you cannot
know whether you are about to meet
an old friend or be initiated into
novel mysteries. The redeeming fea-
ture of it is that every year another
crop of listeners grows to maturity for
whom the old ones are always new,
and who, in consequence, must be
the perpetual inspiration and the llV-
ing encouragement to the story teller.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-06-12

OF all the many Substances that ar
ombined to make Tower. what il
he particular one TO which is due the
.lue. red or yellow color: Why, for
xample. are gpntians blue and roses
I'd. and why has no ore ever seen d
ed gentian or II blue rose: The chem
st can tell us. Taking the plants thar
,roduce really blue hot violet flow
RS. he considers which of their con
tituents is peculiar to them True
,lue exists in veroni,.ls. salvils. yer
.enas. BASIL solanuni. pcistemon. he
.aopl.ila. convolvulus, borlge.r hound.
ougue and in all the orders allied I,
he gentilnaceae and eompositae. bu
ever In lupins. vetchcs peas. gerani
ms. hollyhocks. prininids. roses. bar
ans. flax. etc. Al. the blue produ,
~ plants just NAMED have Il tannin il,
hem which does not exist in the 9th
RS. This is called caffetannin. 1t il
'ound in coffee. but not in tea. TIE;
contains another form of tannin, whicl
q the same as that which makes CT
mellias red.-Exchange.