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POLITICS AT HOME
Roosevelt and Harmony.

Mr.. Roosevelt left no legatee, but
left his party legacy, for which il
should be thankful and of which ii
should make the most. This was an
expression of selieitude for harmony
He had heard there was danger of a
republican split between House and
Senate on domestic policies, and he
wanted it prevented What proved to
be his last memorandum had reference
to it.
He was probably very keen on the
point. He had witnessed some heavy
disasters as the results of party splits.
The first presidential campaign in
which he bore part-th'at of lSS4-
proved very expensive to the repub-
hcans because of the split over Mr.
Blaine. Mr.. Roosevelt was anti Blaine
before the nomination, but supported
the nominee. Too late The ante-con-
ventioh warfare on Mr.. Blaine had
been so bitter, the effect could not be
neutralized before election day, aud
Mr.. Cleveland got the benefit of it. By
their division the republicans engineer
ed their own defeat.
Again, twenty eight years later, n
party split threw out the republicans
and brought in the democrats. Had the
republicans remained united in 1912,
Woodrow Wilson would never have
seen the inside of the White House.
Mr.. Roosevelt was himself largely
responsible for that split, and in 1916
tried to make amends. He refused to
countenance another split, accepted the
republican nominee for President, and
stumped the country for him. But he
was unable to control all of the men
who had followed him four years be-
fore; and in several states-Ohio,
Kansas and California-enough of
them rejected his counsel to give the
vote to MIR. Wilson, and thereby to
elect the democratic candidate
This experience had Taught Mr..
Roosevelt the value of taking a stitch
in time. Always watehful, and in
structed now by hard fortune, he had
heard with solicitude about some fresh
factionism, and was anxious to pre-
vent it getting out of hand
It is but fair to credit him with con
eern first for his party. But he could
not hare been in Ignorance of the fact
that his chances for leading his party
again were good, and constantly i'm
proving. He thus had personal rea-
son for promoting harmony for next
year; and now that he is gone his
party could do nothing better than to
guide by his last manifestations of
party spirit and duty,
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Panama
Ports.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Out of the always depressing story
of cruelty and disaster in Russia 1t
is a relief to pluck once in while
a little relief of contrast some de-
tail whose irony consoles us for mo-
ment Thus the Associated Press
tells us that the florists and hair
dressers of Moscow are doing a big
business The aristocrats and the
educated and prosperous classes who
used to patronize them are dead or
in exile or waging difficult war with
starvation by doing the humblest and
most menial work. The elect ruling
class, the leaders Of the proIetariat,
take their places. The gospel of boil
shevism is seriously broken. It is not
always necessary, it seems. for a
right thinking comrade to be frowsy
and dirty. Just as the enterprising
burglar when he isn't burEfing loves
to hear the brooks A-gufg1ing and to
listen to the simple village chime, so
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Whittier's
Heroine.
1t was inevitable.

1t was inevitable.
The airplane, that marvel OF the
twentieth century, thing as wondrous
In its way as the very air through
which il flies, is beginning to lose its
novelty. There will be many who Will
be sorry for this. And yet it is a gooo
sign. .-......
washineton's short. but beautiful
parade of last week demonstrated tha'
the airplane already is becoming
commonplace. 1t was noticeable that
the big crowd paid a great deal more
attention to the dirigible C-s than ii
did to the many planes which sailed
above Pennsylvania avenue
The dirigible was the novelty, OF
course. But when you say that you
have not done. The patent fact was
that the people would utterly disre-
gard the airplanes to look at the lat
est wonder-to them-in the sky. And
by so doing they showed that the BIZ
plane, the monoplane and all the
other planes have become accepted
facts. Perhaps not long from now
people will never, even look up into
the sky when the mighty roar OF the
aircraft engines beats upon the ear.
But the airplane will always be
what it is now-one of the greatest
mechanical achievements of man, and
a testimonial to the persistency OF The
human mind.
That was a dandy little parade, by
the way. Everybody says so, even the
grouches, who didn't believe it was
going to be worth going to see. In
the first place, it started on time, as
ANYTHING must do in which President
Wilson has part; and. in the second
place, it didn't take all day, as the
phrase is to run it through. Sermons
and parades are two things which do
not lose effectiveness by being short.
Those real Indians who rode horses
proyed one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the whole line of march. They
were interesting fellows, too-genu-
inc Americans, in more senses than
monument they were the center Of an
admiring throng of officials and others
about to march. -...
One young man who happened to be
In the crowd was seized with curios-
ity to know more about the indians.
head he didn't know, but he pranced
up to one particularly ferocious abor-
igine and said:
Hello" .-....-..-.-.
The big chief, for he must have been
all of that carefully surveyed the
cheerful young man. Then he grunted.
All Indians must grunt, SO / make
him grunt- =,
Encouraged by this reception, the
Young man made bold to go on.
Say" he said, "do you speak Eng
Iish?"
closer around him. Then he grunted
"Whaddya think speak," he said.
Home folks had opportunity. thanks
to the parade, to see just what the
life Of a soldier can do for man in
the way of physical set-up. Scores of
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A CONSTRUCTIVE STATESMAN.

tion. But he came from small state
and lacked all the arts and elements
of popularity. He was cast In the
ample senatorial mold Of older days.
But he lacked the personal ambition
men like Clay, Calhoun and webster
cling to public life even sitter they
had tasted it's bftterest disappoint-
ments.
After twenty mine years Of rstire-
rent Mr.. Edmunds had become q
vague memory to this generation. But
presstve and potent h8ufe. intel
isotually he stood ii the fFoat raAk
Of the Statesmen Of the era f0llowiAg
the civil war and reconstruction.
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From the Rev York Tribune.
George r. Edmunds' indifference to
self-adyertisement allowed much
credit for his work to go to others.
Ahou+ the only measures to which his
name was attached were those
aholis1,fng polygamy In Utah. He
vas one Of the earliest champions of
the merit system of civil service ap-
nointments. And at the beginning OF
each Congress he religiously intro
duced bill for the creation OF
University of tho United States.
Wr, Edfnunds fame as republican
leader was fationswide. He was
sSverai times 4 passive o9ndidate for
the republican presidential nomina-
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Germany's Transformation.

1t would be interesting to get a true
eeneeption of the state of mind of
the German junkers and of the NH
lions of people in the former empire
who followed with fidelity and enthu-
siasm the DEGREES of the kaiser. They
have within year passed from a pros
peet OF victory in the war to q state
of defeat and political chaos. They
have seen the once powerful empire
erumbie into antagOnistic factions, q
republic set up in Berlin, parts of the
realm taken bodily away and assigned
to former foes. the kaiser himself a
fugitive in a foreign land. They have
witnessed the assemblage at Farls or
a peace conference from which their
representatives are for the present ex-
cluded. They have been forced to com
piy with armistice terms of severity,
including the surrender of practically
the entire German navy. Allied troops
are on their soil guarding the new
frontier. Reyolts have occurred IN
many places, with much bloodshed. As
sassination has marked reaction and
counter reaction. Strikes have spread
widely. The land once ruled in eff
cheney and order is cauldron of fer
ment and disorder 4 harnessmaker
occupies the place of highest honor at
the capital. and other men of plebeian
origin sit in the seats of the mighty.
Had victory been won Hast summer
when the German forces were pushed
almost through the allied lines there
would have been no such dissolution
of the imperial power, no such devel-
opment of the proietariat, no such
change Of government or elevation of
the eommoners to authority. Germany
would NOW be debating terms and ex-
acting indemnities. All the sufferings
of the war would have been exalted
into patriotic service for the glorifica-
ton of the kaiser. And yet beneath
the surface would have been the very
same elements to which defeat gave
opportunity, elements of discomfort
and rebellion, suffering and priyation,
inequality and oppression. 1t was de-
feat that loesed these forces and pro
dueed the result that the world now
witnesses.
In the days before the war. and, in
deed, up to the turning of the tide last
summer, up virtually to the very eve
Of the armistiee, the prestige of the
Imperial government was high and uIl-
questioned. The German people were
e6Atent with the government they had
% long as it satisfied their carefully
taught and cultivated sense of national
greatness. AS soon as the realization
came that Germany was not omnipo-
tent, that Germany could be and had
been beaten in the field, the reaction
came, the more fierce and lusty because
Of the long suppression through care
fully drilled allegiance.
It must be with dazed sense of un-
reality that the average German now
looks back upon the events of the past
year. The people are we'll educated
and are capable of understanding that
which happens within their own range
And yet it is probably today beyond
the power of most of the German peo-
pie to gauge the forces that have
wrought this present result, forces that
were unsupported by them because We
neered with mechanical subservienee
and, as it now proves, fictitious loyalty
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HEARD AND SEEN.

, the returned men who marched in the
parade were the same fellows who
took part in the parade in honor OF
drafted men in 1917.
What q differencei Then they wer6
| just plain "cits." carrying their hands
at their sides like fappers, their
shoulders somewhat rounded and
their chests not as rounded as they
might have been. But Thursday they
stood erect, chests out, hands car
ried carefully, according to regula-
ton. The same fellows, but changed
The yoewomen and marinettes
| marched SO well that the following
little observation will be taken in
compliment, I know. The yoewomen
-er. yoemen. as they liked to be
caHed-came along not so far In the
rear of the men of the new National
Guard. The officers of the latter or
ganization were very formal in their
commands. The sergeants saw 10
their men with military directness.
Now watch the yoewomen. They
step along as niftily as do the
guardsmen. Seasoned Marine Corps
men. trying their best to keep the
gruffness out of their voices. COM
nand them. 1t really is good march,
ing.
The blond sergeant on the north
side of the Avenue is getting anxious
about her line. They won't keep in
step-that is. one or two of its COM
ponent parts won't. There is strange
lull in the noise of the parade, SINH
lar to lulls often occurring in crowds.
The little sergeant throws military
ways to the wind. She speaks. and
everybody with 100 yards hears:
Margaret she thrills, you're out
OF step"
Here is what I call a hard-luck
story.
Jimmy and Leo. the same two young
men who once thought they would
make great hit with the "boss" by
rescuing his dog, only to find that
they got the wrong purp, are at IL
again.
OF course, in the end it may turn
out all right, and they may have the
laugh on the city. But as it stands
now. we'll
Corners" are pretty good things. IL
you have a corner" on some COM
your own price and reap the profits.
If the commodity is not a necessity,
no one can call you protiteer. They
will only admire your foresight. At
least, that was the way they felt
about 1T. -,.. ~ -,
So they decided they would buy up
a large quantity of a certain article
and have it on hand when the de-
mand came. 1t was a mild winter
1T was true, and things didn't look
exactly propitious. but no one can
tell when the wind will turn. The
wise merchant lays in his supply
when the other fellow thinks there
will be no demand for It.
Jimmv and Leo stocked up well,
They stocked up last fall and settled
down to wait for the harvest. And
they are waiting yet. These Wash
ington winters certainly are the mis-
chief. What they bought heavily Of
was nothing more nor less than:
Ice skates
CHARLES Z. TRACEwEI.L.
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Bernstorf is doubtless assuring his
credulous Berlin associates that if he
could somehow have remained in
Washington A. Mitchell Palmer's pro-
motion never would have happened.
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The Secretary of the Treasury has
not shown much inclination to partici-
pate in current controversies. There
are able men to look after the reading
and writing With $4,000, 900 900 on
his mini Mr.. Glass is justified in at
tending to his arithmetic.
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While President Wilson did not 60
into details Of the league Of na-
tions in his speech in Boston,
it is evident that he left an enthu-
siastie impression that its purposes
are most lofty and admirable.
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It has been a semi humorous custom
to jeer at Congress- But the statesman
who inferentiaily suggests that the
United States Constitution made mis-
take in providing any Congress at all
is taking popular fun altogether too
seriously.
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The HohenzoHerns, who used to put
on a great many airs among the royal
families, now discover that they are
poor relatives.
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The village choir will insist On sing
ing Keep the Home Fires Burning"
when the big proposition before the
public is strictly international in
scope.
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Senator Lodge refuses to eoneede
that the landing Of the George Wash
ington on the Massachusetts, coast is
an event ranking in historic signifi-
canoe with the landing of the May
flower
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The fact that he did not go to Paris
does not prevent Secretary Tumulty
from being an interesting man to in
terview from time to time.
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Mstieans who wire hoping for a
Kaiser Biil doctrine to supersede the
Monroe doctrine have difficulty in con
cealine tlieir disappointment.
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There is no foundation for a theory
that Mr.. Creel got glimpse of the
other league of nations drafts and de-
eided to censor them.
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Congress will never become as strict
in its leave-to-print afrangements as
the War Department.
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A sign of true patriotism is the abii-
ity to look pleasant while filing out an
income tax return.
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fhe Dinner Ben,

The Dinner Ben.
Whene'ef I heard the dinner bell
OF food I used to think,
Prepared abundantly and well,
Along with wholesome drink.
But when the summons now I hear
Ny thoughts turn swift and straigh
To speeches that delight the ear
And eloquent debate.
The dinner beh calls men 10 stste
Their thoughts, devoid Of bluf.
They do mot ssh for golden plate.
The Golden Rule's enonsh.
Each offers coufsesy complete
A minds 60 on display.
II doesn't matter what yeu eat,
30 much % Whist you say.
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Lamb and Lion.

Lamb and LION.
March enters as lamb, serene and
gay.
A future lions mood let none depict.
Since that old ground hog went so far
astray
Nobody cares what live stock NAV
predict.
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Champagne is quoted at 800 bot
tie in New York. And so the high cost
of living goes on,
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Next year will witness another presi-
Dental campaign, but nobody appears
to be at all excited over the fact.
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Immune Mfscreant.

An Immune Miscreant.
1f you dig pit for your neighbor,
yon may fail into it yourself" remark
ed the man who remembers his Sunday
school vaguely.
"Yes," returned Mr.. Chuggins; "that
retribution idea may be all well enough
for pit-digging. But the man who
breaks glass bottles in the street very
seldom has any tires of his own to be
ruined"
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Unsympathy.
@Do you think we ought to feed the
Germansp
"Oh, yes" replied Miss Cayenne; "al-
though if they are in the least sensi-
tive, don't see how they can have any
appetite left"
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troops were passing through FTedS
erick. The Star notes that there was
testimony of at least four witnesses
in support OF Mrs. Quantriil's claim.
and notes that there was much mystf-
ftcation in the matter suggesting that
probably both women had displayed
their patriotism and courage in the
same way on the same occasion. Mr..
Whittier's letter to The Star. dated
Anne esbury, Mass. February 10, 1869.
is as follows:
Il have received copy of thy
paper containing n letter from a lady
who claims 10 have been the heroine
of the flag at Frederick. I have never
heard of her before, and, of course.
know nothing of her veracity or 10y
atty I must say. however. in Justice
10 myself. that I have full confidence
in the truth Of the original state-
ment furnished me by distinguished
literary lady of washington as re-
spects Barbara Fritchie--a statement
soon after confirmed by Dorothca DIX.
who visited Frederick and made her
self acquainted with many interesting
particulars of the life and character
of that remarkable woman"
AS an Illustration of the quaint sd-
vertising methods of fifty years ago
may be cited the follow
A Rhyming ing item, printed IN mo
uedler. column in The Star Of
February -, 1863:
Herald the glad tidings for the cap
ital and afar,
How old DIT. Thompson cures liver
complaint and catarrh.
He beats the whole world in these two
diseases,
One thousand of IL. II any one pleases.
He stops in the city until after tho
Inauguration
of Illinois great General. that
through God saved this great ma
tion
May he be guided in the future by ths
Ancient of Days,
AS in the past when ne gobbled up the
Lees.
Come see the old Doctor; advice to
you free
he win tell you how you are and how
you may be-
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George W. Rice. the chief mining
engineer of the bureau of mines, and
Frank II. Probert, the
Potash consulting engineer, who
=, is professor of mining in
1leios' the University of Call
fornia. are also members of the COM
mission. OF the most timely interest
will be a special investigation of the
famous potash deposits of Alsace,
which are now restored to France
after having been held as a reserve
for the great German potash fields.
which gave that nation a pre-waf
monopoly. American agriculture as
well as other lines Of industry in this
country are greatly in need of cheap
potash. F. H. Cameron, consulting
chemist of the bureau of mines, and
Hoyt S. Gale Of the geological sur
vey, both experts on potash, are leav-
ing for France this week to get first
hand authoritative Information re-
garding when, in what quantities and
at what prices the American indus
tries can get Alsatian potash.
Still another indication of the zeal
of the federal government to plan in
a big way for the
Two New Chiefs enlarging commerce
-, of this country is
Connrmeo. found in the ap-
pointment during the week of two
new assistant chiefs of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, both
of whom are experts along certain
lines where there is an abundant
field for American industry to expand
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nations of Grosvenor NJ. Jones of Ohio
and Roy S. MaeEiwee of New York.
Mr.. Jones has had a wide experience
as field investigator of Industrial and
commercial conditions at home and
abroad. He has an intimate knowl
edge of the silk, wooden and worsted.
paper and pulp and the pottery indus
tries. He has also paid special atten-
tion to port development and ocean
and was engaged dur
ing 1917 In investigating transporta
ton facilities in South America
Or. MacElwee has had a broad COM
mercial experience in Europe. with
special knowledge of conditions in
Germany and France. In 1915 he was
with the American con-
sulate general in Berlin. He was an
instructor in foreign trade and trans
portation in Columbia University In
1917 and 1918.
WILL P. KENNEDY.
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Aiding Trade
With France.

"Ath IidAce. ceuses from this
country, with the exception of articles
still on the conservation list. such as
pork products. coal and coke, seeds,
einchona bark and products. This
extensive relaxation should serve q
double purpose of relief TO France
and ease and speed of shipment for
the American exporter.
AS a further aid to economic de-
veiopment of trade between the
United States and France the Depart
ment of the Interior has. just sent
commission of mining experts to
make. a thorough survey of France
and Belgium. These experts are from
the bureau of mines and the geo
logical survey. They are to observe
and study reconstruction methods in
the devastated regions. The chair
man of the commission is DIR. Fred
erick @. Cottrell, chief metallurgist of
the bureau of mines. He will also
confer with leaders of thought in
those countries regarding trade mark
and patent legislation and registra-
tion, and will get their views on the
development of patent rights secured
by government workers and the use
of these patents for the promotion Of
public welfare.
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Washington to
Be Inspected.

pal institutions with a view to noting
any improvements capable of being
adopted by the municipal government
of New York Our councils have ap-
pointed a committee to show them
around We advise the committee not
to take the visitors in view of the
canal, the market house or the Avenue
pavement. Don't let them see the hogs
and cows running at large in our
streets Make the most of our oysters
and canvasbacks. These are instttu-
tions we can go on. Our whisky. too.
must be better than the New York ar
ticle, judging by the World expose.
Our champagne is neither better nor
worse than theirs. Both cities get
from the same market-New Jersey.
Don't whisper to them that the price
of a Washington councilman is only
SIS. These $4,000 fellers from New
York will think we are a small-po
tato set. Our advice is to put these
visitors in closed carriage and ride
them all day long up and down
street, or some tolerably paved street,
with plenty of creature comforts
along to absorb their attention, ana
very likely they will go home think
ing Washington good. deal OF q
pfaCe"
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No Charge

NO ChdrXe.
"How much did that hotel charge for
your roomp
1NothiHg whatever. That hotel al.
ways collects in advance"
"A man dat keeps talkin' bout his
self," said Uncle Eben, Sometimes sur.
prises you by de way he manages ia
make q purity good speech on mighty
slim subject"
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A Rhyming
Healer.

THE New York councilmen." says
The Star OF February 26. 1853. are
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Restrictions
Removed.

number of commodities are no
longer subject to any French import
restrictions. The list of such COM
modities, covering scores of these
items, includes live animals, animal
products and by-products, fish, raw
animal substances for use in medi-
cine or perfumery, alimentary fours
fas well as dried vegeta bies and po-
tatoesj, many fruits and grains.
spices and sirups, oils and vegetable
extracts, roots. herbs and other me-
dicinai species, various woods, fibers
and shells, dyeing and tanning ma
terials, stones and minerals. many
metals Gncluding iron, copper, zinc
and nickel ores), prepared dyes lex
cept those derived from coal tarl,
various compositions ranging from
gelatin to sealing wax, glass and
earthenware. webbing. paper and it's
manufactures, skins and furs, manu-
factures of metal and of various
other materials, such as mica and
amber, and a large number of chem
icals.
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In addition to the fact that these
articles do not require import licenses
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The treaties remove any uncertainty
and put the procedure of the com