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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
Auditor Tweedale,s Resignation

AUDITOR Tweedale's Resignation.
The retirement of Alonzo Tweedale
from the post of District auditor to &C.
cept . more lucrative and more inn
portsnt position with the Shipping
Board is q distinct loss to Washington.
BE has served the District government
for nearly q quarter Of century, ris-
ing through merit from . clerkship to
the important and responsible position
he has held for twelve years. He has
been more than an efficient auditor. He
has studied for the betterment of ways
of conductin. the Districts business.
He has visited every large city in the
country in research of the best and
most dependable accounting methods.
The result is that so far a. enactments
and inadequate appropriations have
permitted the District has one Of the
best auditing systems in the United
States. The effect has been to give the
people Of the capital a sense Of per.
feet security in respect to the stability
of the processes At the District build
ing. Mr.. Tweedale goes into q posi-
ton involving q much greater and
more difficult task, to which he was
summoned in circumstances rejecting
the utmost credit and distinction upon
him. The heartiest best wishes Of the
people Of Washington go with him.
Fortunately he will remain here, so
that the District does not lose him as
valuable member Of the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

When moments Of popular agitation
arise a parade is one of the first
things thought of. The work of map
ping out line of march is the easiest
part of the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

A secret treaty is described as an
understanding in spite of its posi-
bilities for promoting misunderstand-
ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
HEARD And SEEN.

, outrageous nip on his right big toe.
Ouch" yelled the official. How did
that mosquito get in here"
official thought nothing more of 1t.
He went to bed that night as usual,
and had his usual good nights sleep
The clock was striking five bells in
the old church fhe ,at s Sss that e
Official Washington would be sur
prised at what the sleeper said. Ger
tainIy. his official reports contain
nothing like those remarks.
Must be bees around here" he muir
INJURED. nursing his heel and toe.
Nonsense" said his wife.
That night the official was wary. He
didn't go to sleep quite as easily. and
was awake at o'clock in the morn
ing, ready this time for whatever
might happen.
1t happened.
Nip! Right on the left big toe.
"Yown yelled the bitten. He sur
veyed the hammock from every angle.
Then a suspicion smote him. He would
examine that rolled-up canvas end at
the foot of the bed. Maybe there was
a snake in there. or a crayfish, or
some other nipping creature.
Cautiously he pulled and poked the
canvas.
A fine young hornets nest
Full Of hornets.
kk
In the same government Office is an
other Official who has had experience
with hornets. He sympathized with
his chief, and told the following
hornet story on himself.
There was a big hornets nest in
a tree at my place." he said. ct de-
cided to get after it, and put ii out
Of business. Hornets are not pleasant
neighbors.
II got a pole and went after those
hornets. poked the nest loose, and
also the hornets, They came at me
like a streak Of lightning. I ran
around the corner OF the house, with
the pack Of hornets In full pursuit.
Il got to the screen door one jump
siammine the door behind me. Now
what do you think-the family
laughed at me for locking the door"
Women are popularity supposed to
be very fond of flowers, but 1 some
times wonder.
dormitories on the Union station
plaza one may look at the rows aud
rows Of window siils almost In vain,
for flower pot ?
There is one flower pot sitting like
the last rose of summer. or the last
leaf on the tree, on window sill.
Hundreds of girls. from every state
in the Union. and only one flower pot
displayed to the fower-loving gaze
that travels past on street cars. -
Yet they say women like flowers.
CHARLES 2. TRACEWELL-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

IF Henry Ford had worked as hard
for 6 cents in business as he worked
in litigation he would never have
reached his present financial rating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

When Richard Croker strolls through
New York he must experience emo
lions which made the surprise Of Rip
Van Wrinkle mild by comparison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

After describing himself Is "a man
without country" DR.. Muck may have
found some reflection in the artistic
adage, "Music speaks all languages"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
The Third Term and the Cabinet.


Gossip about the third term has
reached 80 advanced q stage, the cabi.
net, as a feature of it, comes in. If
Mr.. Wilson breaks the record, will he
keep his present advisers in their
placesf Or will he, as Mr.. Cleveland
did in 1898, call new men to his side Z
And, if new men, from what sections
will they be choseni
The present cabinet represents NO
political strength brought to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Lansing and Mr.. Redfield
have not been influential factors in
New York politics. Mr.. Glass makes
Virginia, Mr.. Burleson Texas, Mr..
Daniels North Carolina, NO more Sc
curely democratic. Mr.. Bakers part in
Ohio politics has always been modest.
California, Mr.. Lanes state, is normal
ly republican, while Pennsylvania, the
home Of Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. w. B.
Wilson, could hardly be pried loose
from the republican party with a
crowbar.
So that, guiding by the; composition
of the existing cabinet, one finds spec
ulation about a new cabinet difhcult.
Mr.. Cleveland surprised the country,
and in particular many prominent
members of his own party, when. upon
his return to the White House, he fail
ed to call back single one Of the men
who had composed his Official family
four years before. Three Of. them
Mr.. Bayard, Mr.. Whitney and Mr..
Vilas-had been Of great help to him
in the achievement Of his third nomi-
nation. Two, however-Mr. Whitney
and Mr.. Vilas-did not desire such
recognition. The former was engaged
in large business enterprises/in New
York and could not afford the time
for office, while the latter had been
elected to the Senate, and was well sat
isied there. Mr.. Bayard was sent to
London as ambassador, and enjoyed
s work there better than he had that
If the State Department.
Mr.. Cleveland's second cabinet brought
him no political strength, but by joining
him the members lost the strength
they themselves had possessed. This
was especially true Of Judge Gresham
and Mr.. Carlisle. The former, a new
convert from the republican party, did
not shine in executive Office as he had
shone on the bench, while Mr.. Carlisle,
who had left the Senate, where he was
leader, passed from public view at
the close of the administration, and
died in private life.
Mr.. Olney was the only one of the
family who gained by the connection.
In the State Department he became
an international figure, and the great
prestige he acquired in Office stood him
in valuable hand after he retired and
resumed his law practice in Boston.
His capacity for public business proved
to be of the first class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

). Another thing to be said in favor Of
the flying machine is that even if
ayiators strike it will not make much
difference in the average citizens
shanees Of getting to work on time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

In any kind of railroad disturbance
the New Haven always gets in for its
share Of publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Paris can recall few brief hours
when treaty-making seemed q COM
paratiyely simple affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

With the passing Of war, a spirit Of
resignation to a certain amount Of
profteering as an inevitable hardship
is no longer essential to patriotism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

If the Hohenzollerns were abreast of
the times they would by now be or
ganizing q wood sawyers' union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Mexico has for q long time been at
the mercy Of gangmen who call them
selves villistas or Cafranzistas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

A reduction in meat prices is seldom
large enough to justify the ultimate
consumer in becoming an uncompro-
missing optimist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

., When "walkout" is under consider
stion the familiar warning, swatch
FOUR STEP" should not be forgotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Manufacturers deny that shoes will
cost $25 or $50 pair. The average
citizen is still permitted to feel that
he can afford to walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Tho suggestion is now being offered
that any kind Of league of nations
is better than none at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

POSSIBLY farmers as individuals will
arrange to use alarm clocks and do
their own daylight-ssving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

:, A cousin of the ex-kaiser has been
accused of food-hoarding. Even super
1ien must eat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
Bait.

Bait.
"1snt that wrap a little large for
youf" asked the husband.
eyes," said the wife. "Tbe cook is
preparing to leave and Pm. getting
clothes near enough her size to keep
her interested in lingering"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
Hard Work and Long Hours.

Hard Work and Long Hours.
"Did you see the bunch Of fellers
parading for miles from 6 o'clock in
the morning till 5 in the evenin' an
then standin' up for hours listening to
speechesp asked Mr.. Rafferty,.
II did," said Mr.. Dolan. "Who are
theyr
"They're the lads who say they're
morally opposed to working more than
six hours q day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Summer brings many joys. not least
of which may be counted the walters
at summer hotels.
had experience with these choice Gre
atoms within the last few months.
and before. autumn officially sounds
the end of summer thousands more
win return with memories OF sum-
mer hotel walters.
These walters are usually colored
and possessed Of the humorous turn
of mind and choice Of words common
to many Afro-Americans. Down at a
certain comparatively nearby seaside
resort he flournishes undisturbed.
Once upon a time this place was the
favorite home Of sand crabs. but now
it is grown up" has q pier and con-
ducts itself much like all seashore
places.
Sam waits on several tables in the
best hotel there. He Is very black
and very anxious to please. and foams
back and forth between the kitchen
and his tables, bearing huge trays. in
imminent danger Of volpianing down
the neck; Of smsst to the faes
It would take q hardy guest to
make q guess at whether Sam is a
college student, waiting table to pay
his tuition next term. or Q farmland
from q nearby community inland"
It is pretty hard to tell by appear
ance. Maybe Sam gave himself away
when he hustled up to one of his
tables one breakfast.
At this hotel menus are not used
The waiter tells the guests what they
may have, and they can order all or
part of the oral bill Of fare. Sam
hustled up to q table that morning
and gravely announced:
Fruits Is canteloupes."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
Apartment
Houses.


Aouses' ing. The apartment
house. already established abroad.
was just coming into existence here.
as The Star of August Is. 1859. thus
sets forth:
1.-THE heavy and constantly increas-
ing expense OF housekeeping in most
American cities is forcing attention
to the subject Of reform in that direc-
ton. and hence we hear Of co-Qpera-
tive movements and various other
plans for cutting down prices. High
rents are being constantly complained
of. and various remedies are dis
only one which has so far amounted
to anything being the erection of sub
urban cottages; but for active busi-
ness men in cities the disadvantages
near a. city. and on line Of railroad,
are manifold. Overburdened New
York is casting about, therefore. for
other measures Of relief. and there.
where the evils are greatest. we may
remedies applied. It is now proposed
to build a new house in 18th street
near Irving place. in that city. to be
constructed on the European plan.
with suites of apartments entirely in
are to vary from $500 to $1,000 a year.
the dwellings, will be handsome and
extensively decorated. An equally in
teresting experiment for persons Of
smaller means has already been made
in Brooklyn. The building has a front
of 1907 feet on Dufield street. with
two wings. running sixty-five feet
back of It at right angles. A court is
inclosed between the wings sixty-f1ve
feet square, which Is entered from the
front by an iron-barred gate leading
through a covered archway. The
houses have handsome street doors.
The first two floors Of each house
comprise one tenement of seven
rooms. with closets. kitchen. and a
bathroom complete. and rent for $500
a year. The two upper floors of the
houses rent for $23 a month, each. and
contain, respectively, four rooms. The
ground floors of the wings are divided
into apartment suites, each of four
rooms, and open upon the court,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

9 In its reconstruction processes Ger
many viii carefully avoid reconstruct
ing any submarines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
The Future.

The Future.
"Of course, we must think about the
future"
aYes," agreed Senator, Sorghum.
'But each man should honestly try to
do his own thinking. Too many of us
are satisfied to consult fortune
teller"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

The taste of bolshevism rapidly
faded from red to dark brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
SHOOTING Stars.
By rH1LAxDER JOHNSON.
Modern. Discipline.

what did your SON do when you
announced your intention to chastise
him I" q.
Threatened to report me to the
league for the suppression of corporal
punishment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Sense and Sound.
How oft you find the boisterous boys
Into oblivion sinkingl
The brass band makes the biggest
noise,
But doesn't do the thinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
Copenhagen
q Center.

OUUCuU8XOu CAdoAo CALcHC ny Amer.
r... lean business interests
"onVe1' as a distributing CEN
ter. so that the outlying regions may
be supplied without paying CONNER
cial toll to Germany. The importance
of Denmark's position as a market for
goods made in u. s. A." is emphasized
in a recent report by Consul Baylor L.
Agerton. at Copenhagen. It is as
sumed that American manufacturers
and exporters will not again willingly
permit the distribution Of their goods
In Europe to fall into the hands of
the merchants in Hamburg and
Bremen. as was the case to a great
extent before the war. There is
danger of the trade drifting back into
the old channels, however, unless a
determined effort is made to create
tribution. More than 70 per cent of
American goods sold in Scandinavia
before the war were sold through Ger
man houses or In some way yielded a
Fprofit to German commerce.
AS a matter OF mere self-interest
American trade is seeking new routes
and more favorable centers Of dis
tribution. It is in this connection that
Denmark. and especially Copenhagen,
become Of interest. Copenhagen claims
advantages as distributing point for
Scandinavia, as well as for Finland
and the other regions bordering on
the Baltic. The ports Of the Baltic
states are either too shallow to ac-
commodate large steamers or are
blocked by ice during many months of
the year. As q center for these coun-
tries and q point OF transshipment,
Copenhagen lays claim to the follow
ing advantages: az A central loca-
ton with short and direct water
routes to the principal Scandinavian
and Baltic ports. (2) free port with
large warehouses; and good harbor
facilities. f3) large banks and ex-
perienced importers and commission
merchants who are we'll acquainted
with the several markets to be served.
COPENHAGEN merchants are already
buying goods for distribution in 9TH
er countries. Many commission mer-
chants have already built up Or
Plantations with view of covering
these countries with agents and
statesmen. Several American firms
have established branches In Copen-
hagen.
Tho Danish business enterprises, in
planning trade extension. are look
Ing almost exclusively to the United
States. The participation Of America
n the war has given this country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

general use OF civil engineers would
be welcome aid in in
Handb0oks PRODUCING American cleo
w.. trical installation ma
terials and other me-
chanical devices. One engineer re-
Gently told Consul Dunlop that it was
impossible to flnd a handbook IL Eng
lish as thorough as the German hand
books. This engineer sought the Eng
1ish or American textbook from pref
erence, but finally had to resort to the
German. These German textbooks
naturally favor the use Of German
materials.
A more liberal credit system will
do much to help the American COM
mercial cause in Dahish provinces
and the Baltic region. A great deal
Of trade was won by German mer-
chants because they were such lib
eral creditors. Three months credit,
or a reduction of 3 per cent for pay
ment within thirty days. is the usual
arrangement. Business is practically
entirely in the hands of Danes, and
the business morale is excellent. The
time seems opportune for introduce
ton of a varied list of American
goods. with the general feeling
toward the United States quite friend
ly.
The newly developed Russian port
Of Murmansk promises an extensive
opportunity and facilitiez for United
States commensurate shows how
American sales are following the nag
across the seven seas to the previous
ly little known incisions on the
worlds coast lines. The outlook for
Murmansk is reported by Edward r.
Absolute. supercargo on the U. 8. s.
Sark.
X +
Murmansk is Russia's only ice-free
port on the Atlantic and has been de-
veloped since 1914,
DEVELOPMENTS It is the terminus
at Murmansk. OF the . Murman
1855. which connects with the Pet
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES trunk line at
Zvanka. The town and port il To-
Gated on the eastern side of Kola
inlet, twenty-five miles from the en-
trance. During 1851 there were
as many as twenty ocean steamships
in this harbor at one time. When In
full operation the Thurman railway
carried an average of 1000 tons per
day from Murmansk.
One pier is completed. 1t has berth
ing space for fve to seven large
steamers, and is equipped with TWEEN
ty-ton travelling railroad cranes. The
discharging capacity Is $500 tons per
day. There are ample warehouses
and storage tracks. Several similar
piers are in stage of construction.
Local sentiment is strongly pro-
American: supercarg1,s 4 IN re-
ports; ana a adef nnp s fo, an nm nn
ducing American goods: There is a
demand at present for American tex
tiles, numbering and fishing ma
chinery. toilet articles. small novel;
ties-snd Pa1tiegGiIssrltyS e en nssd 9, gum.
ming and fishfng machinery, 1t shouId
be noted that salmon: herring and
sturgeon abound. Capital and modern
large 1ishiug industry.
WILL r. KENNEDY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Here's q story about a government
oficial who doesn't want his name
mentioned. Nor shall 1t be. But II
you think real had over the list Of
regular fellers" IN the government
service and pick out the man who is
as young as his son. you probably
can make a pretty good guess at his
name. He likes q good joke. even II 1t
is on himself.
This official has been sleeping on a
sleeping porch all summer. He has
one of these fiat hammocks that re-
mind one of pictures Of the swinging
gardens of Babylon. This particular
hammock, however. does not swing,
but sits on four legs. The canvas
ends are rolled up neatly at the head
and foot of the bed.
TITS great to sleep out" said the
o1icial, as he surveyed his bed. Sleep
ing was great. He was asleep the
minute hts head touched the pillow.
It was about 5 O'Clock the next morn
Ing when something nipped him an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
FIFTY YEARS AGO In THE STAR

Long before the power Of the house
Of lords to block legislation In Eng
land was curtailed. which.
The House occurred in 1911. that
.er ultra body
A"e' was the object Of deter
mined attack. Fifty years ago it was
the center Of q storm which. despite
all indications, it managed to weather.
In The Star Of August 1S. 1859. is the
following:
THE progress Of reform in Great
Britain-for centuries slow but sure
has been SO much accelerated during
the past few years that it makes old
fogies' heads whirl and even aston
ishes the reformers themselves. The
sharp. bitter and comparatively short
struggle on the Irish church bill. end
ing in a decisive victory for the peo-
pie, through their representatives.
over the house Of lords. which prac-
tically surrendered its equal 1egisla-
tive power, has. instead of satisfying
liberal opinion, set the people to in
quire why all the forms Of legislation
should be retained by the house,
which cannot even claim the power to
make them more than forms. The
London Daily News, the leading journal
OF British radicals, goes SO far as to
say: When we have had a few more
sessions like the last. with a series of
such failures Of legislation. and with the
continuance OF such a waste OF the
time and energy Of the working half
of the legislature, the reform Of the
house of lords will become the press
ing question Of the time. The question
must come 1t may be DELAYED by a
concession or FASTENED to a decision
by continued obstruction, but until
reform Is accomplished the elective
and hereditary houses will meet in sus-
picion and not often part in harmony
What reform of the house of lords
is indicated by the News we are not
informed, but we can attach no mean
ing to it less significant than the
proposed change of that aristocratic
asssmblage from a hereditary body to
one composed Of members for life.
Some of the leading journals on this
side of the Atlantic are, we think,
jumping too hurriedly to conclusions
in auguring from the signs of the
times that the lords will speedily be
throne will soon follow the 'heredi-
tary legislature To be sure, 1t was
openly admitted by all parties in the
late debates that resistance by the
house of lords to the national will in
an important matter would be it's
suicide: but the revolution going on is
likely to be wrought in the future. as
it has been in the past, under consti-
tutional form, and the people will, no
doubt. be satisfied with the actual
transfer OF power to them from the
aristocracy and will not fight for the
shadow when they have secured the
substance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

The notion of multiple housing
facilities was being advocated in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Complaint of the lack of public en-
terprise has never been wanting in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

Murmansk is Russia's only ice-free
port on the Atlantic and has been de-