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Evening star., 1917-05-20
Teamwork.

"The whole nation must be team
in which each man shall play the part
for which he is best fitted" So says
the President in his proclamation Of the
call to register for war duty. This is
well chosen form Of expression. Every
American knows what team is, and
how important is teamwork. And every
American knows how necessary it is to
assign members of team to the parts
they can play best. Some men are
pitchers and some are catchers, and it
would be folly to try to win games with
the pitchers and catchers switched.
Eddie Ainsmith would be batted all
over the lot if he pitched and Walter
johnson caught, and Eddie Foster would
look like rookie if he played right
field, and Clyde Milan would be very
near joke at first base-perhaps. But
in the positions they regularly occupy,
positions assigned them after long train
ing, these men do their work we'll, bet
ter than most others. And this is team
work. The Presidents job just now as
manager Of the American war team is
to see that the right men are put in the
right places; that the sharpshooters, as
he suggests, be not kept at work ON the
rip-hammers of the steel mills, while
expert machine men are sent to the fir
ing line. Registration will disclose
just where every man belongs, and it
will then be for the manager to pick his
war men and his farm men and his shop
men and his factory men, and to keep
them all working in unison. It is good
thing for chief executive to be IA
miIiar with the terms of the peoples
sports, for he can speak to them in the
language that they most quickly and
clearly understand.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
TEST OF FoRTTIUDE.

When bills descend ON hapless mortals.
In truth o troubie-freighted stream.
The optimist no longer chortles
And to the pessimist II seems
His tale Of gloom 10 vindieateds
And all Of life 10 Just . bore
And every human beings slated
To suffer till the journeys e'er.
But he who's neither one nor other.
Who plods along about the same
And takes each days unrest and bother
A II IL wcfe sort Of game;
Who's not inordinately cheerful,
Nor quite ~ gloomy a. . hearse,
May find the prospect rather fearful.
And yet feels sure It could be worse.
-Brminyham Ase-Herald.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
AROUND THE CITY.

She had . platform voics and . posi-
tive genius for spotting microbes- She
found . germ Of some sort on every
stan proppsd against the rear wall Of
the market and at every poor make
shift Of q stand along the curb. The
woman with her was apparently dumb.
'.Now look At these onions! Just
look at them. will you! And yet people
will eat these bacteria nests and wonder
what makes them fl"
Them amt ingons. lady. Them's
Ihyacinf bulbs. pink an purple an pale
white"
The protest came from = brown and
shriveled proprietor. who was fighting
the wolf we know about with her
little pile Of tobacco twists and twirie-
tied bark. bunch OF snowballs and
four eggs.
The germ-sleuth scorned the correc-
ton and passed on. The dumb woman
fingered long enough to buy snowballs.
Did you ever see such diseased look
ing poultry! It's enough to give one
tuberculosis to breathe the same air
Hold on, ma'am! You stop running
down my fowl or I'll have the law on
you! These Plymouth Rocks are the
best laying
other woman. who wasn't as dumb as
she looked. had stepped into the breach.
The microbe lady disapproved Of the
deal but wisely refrained from saying
so until safely out Of the chicken mans
"If you knew as much as I do you
wouldn't be 80 brash about buying
eggs. Why. woman. don't you know
in a shell? I wouldn't touch one Of
the germy things for a. All I
want is my cereals and nuts and fruits.
and as Darwin shows that the original
species lived 200 years on a like diet,
there's no reason why can't do the
well, I should hate to live that long
for the sake OF making q monkey Of
myself: But IL do. I'll never bring
y9H Not with en me :, to ma market ssoat asain
except by way Of humble opinion that
too much knowledge is unfortunate for
those who have to put up with it.
X
She was in amethyst silk. and her
white ostrich boa matched the plume
| in her hat.
He was an earth-earthy-lookin
man in the finest clothes a tailor could
make. and his pink face had two chins.
And as' they dawdled along with the
irresponsibfltty Of strangers, not limit
| ed to excursion tickets. this is what
they were saying:
I've just got to have it"
You don't say the thing is going to
cost a dollar?'
Every cent Of it."
"Are you bound to have 1t today"
absolutely. Anybody to hear you
to your name"
We'll. haven't" =-.
II they were just bantering each
other they did 1t with a realism that
But It didn't sound like banter.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
The Suffrage Pickets.

For some time past "pickets" have
been standing before the White House
gates with banners bearing phrases Of
impatienee with the President for his
failure to demand Of Congress the adop-
ton of a constitutional amendment
granting suffrage to women. They are
stationed there by an organization which
has from its inception represented mill
fancy in the campaign Of the American
women for the vote, originally styled
the Congressional Union, now known as
the woman's party. Numerically this
organization is much the smaller Of the
two associations Of women working to
the same end. The other is the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, which has pursued a different
course and has recently been instru-
mental in securing from the President
a recommendation that special COM
mittee of the House be created to con-
slider the question Of suffrage. At q
hearing before the House rules commit
tee on the subject of forming the spe-
cial committee the fact Of the picketing
at the White House was noted, and one
member declared himself against suf-
frage because Of this display Of nagging
banners.
It is unjust to the cause of suffrage
for any one to reject the entire prin-
ciple because Of the unwise methods of
some Of its advocates. Yet in way the
reaction against the suffrage appeal on
account Of the pieketing is not in itself
any more illogical than are the prae-
tices of. the militant organization that is
doing actually more harm than good to
the cause. it urges. The picketing is but
a manifestation of threat. The wom-
ans party program is one of reprisal.
It is to vote against all democrats be-
cause it does not like the conduct Of
some. The representative who in the
rules committee took umbrage at the
picketing says in effect that he will vote
against all suffragists because he does
not like the conduct Of some Of them.
The President is occupied with much
more important matters just now than
the question Of the franchise. But he
has lately given time to consider the
matter, and the respectful appeals Of the
national association have won from him
an Endorsement Of the plan for . spe-
cial committee. Picketing and visits
from the organization which conducts
that annoying form Of campaign have
ELECTED nothing.
. As mere matter of tactics it should
be plain to the woman's party that the
pickets are failure, besides being in
bad taste at this juncture of national
affairs. The success Of the policy Of
logical persuasion and cooperation
should convince even the most militant
that the way to the complete enfran-
chisement Of the American women lies
through other lines than those Of per-
secution and reprisal. It is unfortunate
that there should be division Of forces
in so worthy cause.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
The Ranks of the Allies.

This is indeed war between polyglot
belligerents. Japanese, Portuguese, Rus
Gan, Belgian and British troops are
lghting in France alongside Of the
French. In Macedonia the entente
forces comprise French, British, Italians,
Serbs, Montenegrins, Albanians and
Ereeks, possibly some Russians. In
Italy. it is now reported, British artil-
lerists are at work with the troops
hammering their way to Trieste. Amer
lean troops will soon be in France, to
join the already mixed ranks Of the
allies. It is indeed world war against
TRANS, Hungarians, Bulgars and Turks.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
Police Force
Reviewed.

the force was much smaller than at
present. In The Star of May Is, 1857, is
the following account OF the review Of
that year:
This morning at 10 o'clock the an
nual review of the metropolitan police
took place in front of the city hall. The
entire force was present with the ex-
ception of one man left in charge Of
each station. The force rendezvoused
where the battalion was formed under
the command of Capt. Reed. inspector
Of the force, and made q very handsome
appearance in their new uniform of
dark blue cloth, with neat white straw
hat and a broad black band. The for
nation was in regular military style.
with a very handsome silk United States
flag in the center. The men of the
precincts within the limits of the cor.
poration formed battalion Of infantry.
it may be called. and the mounted men
Of the county formed a cavalry COM
pany. The marching and movements
in column and from column into line
showed that they had improved rapidly
under the instructors at the various
stations. The force was reviewed by
board Of police; Maj. A. G; Richards.
superintendent of police: w. J. Muir
tagh. treasurer Of the n. p; Gen. p. F.
Bacon. Hon. Charles d. Welch. mayor
of Georgetown, and Charles s. English,
ESQ.,. commissioner Of police. After the
spects to the President and Secretary
Of the Interior. The procession halted
on F street in front OF the patent ONCE
and was reviewed by Judge Otto. act
ing secretary Of the interior. who ex-
highly pleased with the appearance Of
the force"
Evening star., 1917-05-20

For each year Of that time Il knew ,
happy kfnship with the generations it
sheltered. Thsn Time laid . vandsl
q mere house given over to tenants.
cobwebs.
And If you should pass it In the dusk
It viii seem to you. somehow. that the
stale old play bill in the window is :
there to voice the spirit OF the house:
alone at Last"
Ak
Her course ticket called for seat in
the peanut gallery. There is nothing
seductive about q theater ceiling-not
in this beloved town-so she craned
over and considered the audience below.
In an orchestra chair directly be-
much pink satin. Next to him, on the
left, sat man who was bald on top
with rufiie Of hair all around. On his
right. with four women between, sat
another bald-headed man.
An extended Investigation showed
that the maJority-and great major
ity, at that-of the men scattered be-
low were either entirely bald or in
young men. as viewed from aloft. had
distressingly wide parts or suspiciously
thin circles on their almost Juvenile
crowns.
Inc ehtlT6ly strange peI4On VINO SAT
next looked interested. SO the woman
let her in on the game.
Il am counting bald heads and won
dering why it. is that men have such 4
struggle with their hair
The entirely strange person had q
reason handy.
Brain work and the responsibilities
Of life
'But look at the women who have to
wrestle with responsibilities. Don't
YOU know q better reason -
Maybe the strange person did and
maybe she didn't, for just then the lee
turer stepped on the stage. the lights
went out and the amateur head hunter
was somewhere on the Mediterranean
sea.
Her gray boots had wabbly heels:
her red straw Topped down to long
tailed wax beads, alias pearl earrings.
and her skirt was as shipped of as an
indulgent law will stand for. Also, she
snunled.
The two girls with her at the cafe
table made three of a kind: each a.
common ~ q tadpole in a ditch, and
all Of them joyously young and loudly
That's a nawfie cold you got, Mrss.
Whereje raise it?'
The girl Of the heels. pearls and SNUFF
mes explained tn4C Sne n0o IAken on
her winter underwear to go to . dance
with Charlie Brown and that her moth
or had scolded her-something fierce,
Katie
'WeIl, amt mothers the limit. / had
da nawie time with nom till says to
her. I says. when q girl has to work
under . boss all day long. says. she
don't want no bossin' at homo like
MON, all right, but don't see why, I
says to her. II have to work like =
man. can't have my rights as wom-
an. Nom means well. but. say. what
DO they know. anyhow, pokin' around
homo all tho time
Mine don't!" The interruption was
walled out by the tadpole who was
neither Katie nor Mree. You girls
don't know what mothers are, honest,
you don't. The married ones are easy.
but it's nawfie thing. kids. 70 have .
fresh, widow on your hands! why,
mamma runs around q heap .moren
do because she don't have to work her
eight hours q day1nd the way she
heps herself to my Young fellers"
always enough. go
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Roosevelt is admired as a fighter,
whether circumstances make proper the
designation Colonel or General" or
the formal "Nr."
Evening star., 1917-05-20

The railroads have set an example of
luxury that every traveller has enjoyed.
It is now their turn to set an example
of thrift and economy with equal en-
ergy and intelligence
Evening star., 1917-05-20

There is not much to be expected
from Prussian diplomacy in reorganiz-
ing Russia's government ON safe and
sane basis.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Threats against the city of Jerusalem
sound like deliberate effort to offend
all people whose traditions hold the
ancient city in deep reverence.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Preserving grain for food purposes is
a recognized necessity. Even a man
with no personal scruples about the
matter will consent to stay sober for
his country's sake.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

War has made people Of France and
England the real ultimate consumers Of
American foodstuffs whose interests are
to be inteHigently safeguarded.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Several senators have said things that
the public has reason to wish might
effectively be buried in the secrecy Of
an executive session.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Berlin's policy has been to irritate
beyond endurance any nation that
might have been willing to remain neu-
tral.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

The C-boat was more confident in its
operations so long as it was attacked
only by arguments.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

nshea daily Tor nickeis ana quarters
just in that faShfon.)
X X "a
A tiny messenger boy was plodding
through the Capitol with his hands fun
Of messages:
''Oh. DEAR" said sympathetic WON.
an who was in the building to see IL
she couldn't induce several hundred
! members Of Congress to grant wom-
an suffrage az q war measure. sAOh,
dear. Just look at that dear little
boy. Working SO hard and getting only
. pittance. Come here. little man. and
let me see you"
The boy gave her a look which might
pressed in words. but he pulled up
self open to questions.
How much do you earn% she asked
him.
"Three cents message
isn't that awful" gasped the woman.
''To think a corporation would make
baby like this work for three cents a
message. How much have you earned
today?"
''Twenty-one dollars" said the boy.
as he prepared to march on again. And
while the suffragette is being restored
to consciousness; let It l be explained med
to the Capitol from every conceivable
source protesting against drafts, con-
scriptions. bonds, wars. tarins. taxes
and everything else has placed the
humble messenger boy in the large in
come-tax-paying class.
Hk
According to Representative Lunn OF
New York, the men IN Congress who
wanted to see Roosevelt go to the
trenches would sacrifice anything in
the army bill to get their wish:
"It reminds me-" said Mr.. Lunn, in
talking to friends one day. "of an old
yarn about minister in Scotland who
was in love with the ancient and hon
orable and thoroughly royal game OF
golf In the course of his life he was
placed in q church where the duties
were SO heavy that he could find time
only for golf playing on Sunday. mas
much as this was rank heresy In that
thick blue Presbyterian community. the
minister was worried.
"One day, when the load OF the thing
was heavier than ever on his mind. he
opened his heart to . friend:
Maybe I'll hae to gle 1t up" he ven.
tuYed.
advised; find some other way out
Of it."
To which the minister answered In
surprise:
"I will nat gle up the game o. golf.
It was the meenistry I was thinkin' O.
droppin'." EARL GOODWIN.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Wolf Lamar gets enough invitations
to testify to mitigate materially the
monotony Of his Incarceration.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

June 5 is likely to be celebrated
with splendor that will make July 4
minor consideration this summer.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Payable in advance-by mail. postage prepaid:
Daily. Sunday included, one month, go cents.
Daily, Sunday excepted, one month. 20 cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year; Sunday Star. 40 year.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Every young man whose age is be-
tween twenty-one and thirty-one now
has the chance for brilliant future.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

4 A liberty bond enables a man to help
his country and himself at the same
tins
Evening star., 1917-05-20
'tAlone at Last"

The show has come and gone, but one
forgotten play bill il still posted in Q
window of an empty house near 'rresi-
dent Taft's Church"-if one be a good
hand at throwing stones.
It is such an old house that its his
tory goes back to when everybody's
grandfather was q boy. with q decade
or two thrown in for good measure.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
a. IS cents per month: daily only. - cents per
mouth: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. osderM
NAV be sent BY mail. or telephone Main 2440
Cellsction Is made by carriers ut the end OF each
month.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THB STAR

After the civil war the tide Of Inn
migration set In strongly toward the
United states from
Immigrants Europe. and 1t continued
- to increase for years.
Al 1&lc0. The restoration Of peace
to this country was accepted in other
lands as an invitation to homeseekers
Of all races and nationalities to come
here. In The Star Of May II, 1857, is
the following summary Of quarterly
arrivals:
From returns received by the d.
rector OF the bureau OF statistics Tor
the quarter ending March 81, 1857, 1t
appears that during that period the
total number Of immigrants who ar
rived in New York was 1888. The en-
try in 1873 vessels. being an average
Of ISL to each vessel. From Great
Britain there were s,soe males. 1858
females; Germany, S,o42 males.. s,444
females: Switzerland. 54S males. 1S9
females; Prussia, 487 males, ISL fe-
males; France, 453 males. 1876 females;
Italy, 100 males. 16 females: Holland, 90
males, Is females: 1914 were laborers.
3,56s farmers, 1857 mechanics, 1,75S
merchants and miners, 80 artists and
36 clergymen. There were also Z i'm.
migrants from Russia, from China, 1
from Turkey, from Africa, 8 from
Japan and from Greece. The largest
number brought by any one vessel was
s37, In the City Of Boston. from Liver
pool"
Evening star., 1917-05-20

7. RS attitude is once more that of
man who is silent but thinking.
Evening star., 1917-05-20


from Mexico regarding tho campaign
against Maximilian and
News Erom the efforts Of the emperor
to extricate himself from
meA1co. his perilous position in
which he was left by the withdrawal
Of French support. In The Star Of
May 49, 1867. is the following news
report from New York, which carries
within it evidences of conflicting au-
thority:
The Havana steamer dates to the
11th instant The imperial reports from
Vera Cruz say that the liberals have
been repulsed at Queretaro and were
being driven toward San Luis Potosi
by Miramon. who had sent 1000 men
death Of Miramon is positively denied.
''The Havana Diara has q letter stat
ing that Maximilian had arrived In the
City Of Mexico at the head Of 5000
men. Although Gen. Dias had seventy
vented by the imperialists from plant
ing a single battery ON Guadeloupe
causeway. On the arrival Of Maximil-
ian battle was given Diaz. and he was
completely defeated. taking all his
Immediately incorporated In the Inn
perial army. Gen. Alvarez, owing to
the execution Of tho imperial prisoners
at Puebla, withdrew his command from
Vera Cruz and will disband them. Pas
sengers from Vera Cruz by the steam
er bringing this news pronounce all
false. except that Miramon had not
been killed.
"A gentleman who left the City Of
Mexico on the 18th Of April ts certain
that no one left for Vera Crux after
that date, and says that Marquee had
about 1000 troops and was closely
pursued by Diaz with 1900 men,
chiefly cavalry, and no battle had been
fought for some time. He also states
that MARQUEE had abandoned Tacubaya
and Chapultepec.
Later another steamer from Mexico
City brought word that Diaz had plant
ed his batteries for a siege Of Mexico
City. and that Marquee. in command
Of the imperial army Of defense, was
seeking to hold the capital with only
$500 men.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

ton at that place every morning ana
fishes daily for nickeis and quarters
just in that fashion.) r
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Entered ms second-class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington, D. Q.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
The Evening Star Newspsper Company

1uslness once. nth 81, and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York Oaice: Tribune Building:
Chicago Once: First National Bank butloin4.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

The activities Of the medical depart
ment Of the navy during the past
year have been unusually
Wartime marked. and this activity
is coming in very handy
ySaene. at the present state of
affairs. Naval and military develop
ments Of this portentous epoch OF mill
tary history are consequently being
observed and proper use made thereof
In the plans and activities Of our own
service. Our medical officers. who have
been detailed for some time for OBJ
servation purposes with the warning
powers of Europe, have been possess
ing themselves Of all facts available
poets Of naval life. and now this very
information is coming in double handy.
In this connection the department
showed rare good judgment in sending
some of its best medical officers to
take part in these observations.
For the past few years this part Of
Uncle Sans naval force has been pre-
pairing for just such an emergency as
has arisen in our taking part in the
war. Extensive consideration has been
given Of many practical problems in
to the health and welfare Of the per-
sonnel, to organization, preparedness
Tor war, aviation duty, submarine hy-
gtene and preventive medicine.
One OF the interesting problems that
have been taken up and worked out by
the Office of the surgeon general Of
the navy Is that Of sanitary conditions
ahoat. II has been the opinion Of
many Of the officers that the naval
service at large, both ahoat and ashore,
ls given too much to our national vice
OF overheating. II this tendency were
curbed they think that the difficulties
In handling the parched-air problem
on war vessels would disappear. In
this overheating proposition the doc
tors OF the navy, at least many OF
them, feel that the men and officers are
being treated more as "hothouse"
plants than humans. This, they be-
lieve. works decided injury to the
men, and If this problem could be
worked out by not having quite SO
much heat it would probably put a
stop to the disease conditions that are
likely to arise from overheating, There
mas been some misunderstanding in the
service Of this problem. say some OF
the naval doctors who have made this
study their hobby" All of the doc
tors know. they say, that cool. fresh.
natural air has been found good for
sick lungs, but it does not seem to
occur to them that it may be equally
good for sound ones.
x 4
So much ha~ ha>n .o,z ... ~,
Evening star., 1917-05-20

A Disappointment.
"Father," said Hortense, Reginald is
going to call on you tomorrow"
"What does he want7"
"He wants to ask your consent to our
marriage"
"Pm disappointed in him. l thought
he'd make q good son-in-law, but If he's
that timid and time wasting I don't
know as want him around"
Evening star., 1917-05-20
Miscalculation.

Miscalculation.
II understand your corner in the
market enabled you to sell out at a big
profit"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. "But
the advantage is only temporary. I neg
lected to hold out enough food for my
own household use to fortify US against
the advancing prices"
"'Bout all de experience some men
gifts VIII happiness" said Uncle Eben, "is
tryin' to spoil it foh somebody else."