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Evening star., 1920-04-04

I to enforce the laws. That work must
| be done efficiently and resolutely.
without fear or favor: but 1t should
be done kindly. decorously and in
ground for offense. I am aware OF
the difficulty which internal revenue
officers have to encounter. During
the war the abundance OF money and
to pay their taxes without complaint.
Now money Is moro valuable, busi-
ness is less remunerative and all fear
for the. stability and perpetuity OF
| the government has vanished. Per-
sons now resist taxation who here
tofore paid cheerfully. and rulings of
this once made by former commits
sioners, which have hitherto been
cheerfully obeyed. arc now not unfre-
quently opposed with bitterness and
legal decisions Of the present com
missioner. This Is referred to IN
| order to show the necessity OF pru-
dence. courtesy and conciliatfon on
the part OF officers In the discharge
of their offlcial duties and not in any
manner to justify any regret or omis-
sion to enforce fully and fairly the
laws against all persons, without dis
tinction and without favor"
Tho slogan buy at home" has been
sounded many times in Warrington. to
arouse the people of
Buy in Home the capital to an ap-
probation OF local
Markets" commercial facilities.
It was used as the caption OF an edi-
torial in The Star Of April 2. 1870. The
Star says:
"A correspondent writes us that an
item appeared in The Star lately which
seemed to invite unfavorable comparison
in the matter of prices between our
merchants and those OF northern cities.
We have to say that II anything liable
columns INNS it was an oversight and was
entirely opposed to the whole tenor OF
news set forth almost daily in The
Star in regard to the duty OF the COM
munity to stand by its own business
men. Our growth and prosperity. as
we we have S many times urgsd; = depend upon
hero to build up the eity-ahd not by
sending it away to drain OF the last
blood OF tho community.
I'VE have taken pains many times
to correct the mischievous fallacy that
our citizens could do better by pur-
long ago. we cited a number Of instances
wherc Washingtonians. going to north
ern cities for wool Tin the shape of bar
gains) came back shorn. Other in
stances might be readily cited. A lady
correspondent Of The Star told not long
ago In our columns Of the mistake she
made in going north to buy carpeting,
paying more as she afterward found
than it sold for in Washington, ana, OF
course. being minus In the matter of
travelling expenses. We were in q book
store yesterday when q department clerk
inquired the price Of a handsome Bible
on the shelves and on being told that II
was 81 expressed surprise and some an
noyance, saying that he had paid 81 in
Boston for the same kind of Bible, and
had also paid $l25 express charges on
1t. supposing that h was purchasing to
much better advantage there than he
could in Washington
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Georgia's listing President Wilson's
name in the primaries brought no ex-
preston from him whatever. It was
altogether too simple an artifce to
succeed with an alert and experienced
statesman.
Evening star., 1920-04-04
Indiana.

Two Indiana news items are Of more
than statewide interest. (D Vice
President Marshall will be the tenn.
porary chairman-the keynoter-of the
democratic state convention, which
meets on May Is, and (2) Thomas
Taggart, who had withdrawn from the
senatorial race, has decided to re-
enter it.
The country will be happy to hear
from Mr.. Marshall. He is an old
fashioned democrat, and when dis
coursing on politics usually says some
thing worthy Of attention. He is very
much in the spotlight today. Some of
his friends wanted him to announce
for the Senate, but he declined. Others
have desired to boom him for the San
Francisco nomination, but have not
been encouraged by him. Still others
are hoping for the nomination Of the
old ticket at San Francisco for the
third time. Mr.. Marsha1l's only an
nouncement has been Of desire to be
sent as q delegate to tho national con-
vention, and that desire is likely to be
gratifled.
Will Mr.. Marshall fully improve his
opportunity as keynoterf Will he sug-
gest to his party and the country ON
this occasion what the party's national
platform this year should contain Z
Whatever he may say viii be read far
and near.
Mr.. Marshan is rated as q Jefferson
ian democrat, q Jacksonian democrat,
and, Of course, Wilsonian democrat.
But the question is, are those three
brands Of democracy interchangeable
Do they at this time Of day spell the
same thingf In democratic circles
opinion is much divided on that point.
Former Senator Bailey and his friends
question the Wilsonian brand, and are
striving to rid the party Of 1t. And
there are many democrats Of national
consequence, though not so outspoken
as Mr.. Bailey, who think as he docs,
and are wishing him success in his
Texas venture. ~
Mr.. Taggart's vacillation is the sub.
ject Of speculation. What explains III
A short time ago he announced for the
Senate. A few days later-on account
Of his health It was stated-he with.
drew the announcement. Now he an.
nounces again. Was there difficulty
about getting q strong man to offer,
And has Mr.. Taggart-an old cam.
psiguer, with sense Of party loyalty
come to the rescue even at the peril of
q physical breakdown Or has the
warm faetionism which is developine
in republican circles in Indiana a. else.
where improved the democratic pros.
poets in the state to the extent that
Mr.. Tassart secs, or fancies he secs,
. chance in Novemberf He follows
the game closely. and ordinarily il q
good Judge Of the play and what ID
worth playing for.
Evening star., 1920-04-04
HEARD AND SEEN

ana doesn't know what he is talking
about. the net result is as likely to
be foolish, which is worse than being
negative.
This was amply brought out last
week on the edge Of an excavation
being made for the erection Of a big
business house. A steam shovel had
dug itself in" and was gobbling up
the earth at q lively rate, while a big
truck ran up and down an incline
with the scooped-out dirt.
The ascent was so steep that an
engine on the street level had to as
sist. BY means Of a wire rope hitched
to the front Of the truck and run
around a pulley the powerful truck
was steadied on its Journey up the
incline.
one spectator. as the engine Of the
truck snorted and the engine on the
street level started, ito know whether
the truck or the engine up here il
actually doing the work"
mo question about It," said the
older man, with great decision. "The
engine is doing all the pulling by
means Of that rope. Don't you see
it pullingT
YES" replied the other. calmly.
But don't you hear the trucks own
u .
steadied by the rope"
THAT IL absurd. SIR" aff1rmatively
replied the gentleman who knew II
all" The truck has absolutely moth
out Of that hole bodily"
THAT may be so." answered the
other. "You may be right"
IT know am" said the other
Yet when the less positive man later
asked the architect and the consulting
the truck was doing as much real
work toward getting out Of that hole
|as the engine winding up the rope.
**
Sandy, messenger dog at the ma
tional headquarters Of the American
Red Cross, objects to being called an
Airedale when really he Is an Irish
terrier. He wrote me, as follows:
Were very much obliged for that
sympathetic Interpretation of INV (lu-
ties which appeared in last SUNDAYS
Star. The only thing that wasn't ex-
act was my special brand of dawR-
which is Irish terrier.
Respectfully ySr%n*; SyrGSTs; :.
Sandy has a right to be proud q,
the fact that he Is an Irish terrier
If were an Irish terrier, I womidn:t
want to be called an Airedale, either
even inadvertently. The Airedaies
are a great race, but SO are the Irish
terriers.
The Irish terriers have a history
which goes back to antiquity, it being
declared that they were not given q
place In the ark because they could
swim alongside SO well.
The Irish terrier is the JJnited
States Marines Of Dogdom, having
earned for himself the title Of "Dare
Devil" And yet he 10 AMONG the
gentlest of all dogs.
There. Sandy. old man. Shake a
j. CHARLES z. rRAcEwELL.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Archbishop De Ropp reminds Rome
that bolshevism is demoralizina
youth. The effort to. demoralize il
doubtless being made by bolahevism
the world over. But results show that
50 far old-timers like Trotsky and
Lenin have gone to the bad the
quickest.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Inquiries as to whether Mr.. Hoover
would indorse another republican can
didate would probably be met by his
boomers with the assurance that there
is not going to be any other repub-
Gcan candidate.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

In discussing mistakes made by Ger
many in connection with the war
stress should be laid on the fact that
the greatest blunder was made in ever
starting it.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

London bankers propose a combins.
ton to finance the work of reconstruc-
ton in portions Of central Europe.
Sometimes . creditor can make peo.
pie behave when nobody else can.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

There is not much effort to spare
Col. Bryan the annoyance Of finding
introduced into the campaign a large
amount Of material tending to confuse
the prohibition issue.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

A system Of censorship may have
to be devised to prevent leakages Of
important news from Offices Of the
government.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

The domestic troubles Of motion pic
ture stars renew tho question as to
whether wealth brings happiness.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

It is now expected that after a
brief absence the Versailles treaty will
return to the Senate to spend a per
ton Of the summer.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

South American editors who fight
duels are going to serious lengths in
order to entertain a highly exaeting
subscription list.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Tax dodgers arc discovering that
Uncle Sam can be an exceedingly
shrewd and observing business man
when he feels 30 disposed.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

An Investigation Of a shortage in
poultry may cause cold storage i'm.
pressions to linger in the lap Of spring.
Evening star., 1920-04-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Large Vacation.
II hear such interesting talk
Said Hezekiah Bings,
'T wonder peoples brains don't ball
At the fatigue it brings
To mako great plans to change tho
earth
In various novel ways
And iii humanity with mirth
Through bright and restful days.
II do not ask . sweeter song,
I crave no greater glee
Than hearing where the world is
wrong,
And how it ought to be.
Yet as each humble task shirk,
This thought with sadness clings;.
The time must come for real work.
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

The ex-kaiser is at least fortunate
IN not having any trouble whatever
with his landlords.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Berlin is still troubled by men who
would rather fight than work.
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Who owned the goose egg! ThouSn
that was not precisely tho issue. a
case tried before q
A Goose Egg local Judge ffty
IN Coult. practically upon the
question Of whose goose laid the egg.
The report Of this case Is found in
The Star Of March 70. 1870. in its ac
count Of the proceedings OF tho Crimi-
nal Court presided over by Judge
Fisher:
This morning the frst case called
was Michael Long. charged with hav-
ing committed an assault and bat
terry on Mrs. winifred Kelly. The
first named picked up a goose egg
which tho latter claims was laid by
one Of her geese. and she alleges that
Long assaulted her. knocking her
down. This trial occasioned much
merriment. Mrs. Kelly testifying that
the geese had eggs in them when they
left home and that the egg was hers.
The defense called witnesses to prove
that white geese ran from the clump
Of bushes in which the egg was found.
while Mrs Kelly testified that her
geese were gray or blue. Judge Fish
cE 66lQ IuAt LILO RoCoSiOh Va phOPStey
was not involved. Mr.. Burgess said
that II the jury believed that the pris-
oner at the bar believed that his goose
laid the egg he had q right to take
the egg away from the woman. even
II he had to use some force. Mr: Har-
rington, for the prisoner. agreed that
the evidence showed that white
goose laid the egg and not q gray
goose and had there been such an as
sault as has been described tho egg
would have been shattered. Mr.. B. @.
Lovetoy, assistant district attorney,
closed the argument. claiming that
they were entitled to az a verdict . and
geese had entered the court. Judge
Fisher charged the jury that the
goose egg should not have been
brought into the case and that,
admitting the egg was laid by
Longs goose. he should have re-
pIevied. The jury was simply to find
whether an offense had been commit
ted. The jury retired and in fifteen
minutes returned with a verdict OF
guilty, and Long was sentenced to
pay q fine Of S."
Evening star., 1920-04-04

How do you look at your city9
That there are two distinct ways to
look at the city in which one lives
was demonstrated on q street cal
last week. when a man who has lived
here all his life found himself Sc
lscted without warning as a sort o'
voluntary lecturer on the various
points of interest along the way.
The resident and the stranger got
| on the car together at Union statioh
and sat in the same seat on the a.: car: r.d
! "Is that the White House!" askeo
the newcomer. looking toward the
Senate Office building. ,..,
The resident corrected the stranger
gently, and then pointed out the Capt-
toi. The visitor became entnusi1se,e
and as the car Torneen rort IN tns p1atse Of the
beauty Of the Capitol and its grounds;:
"And the strange part OF IT was tlAt
=. made me feel the same way oe.
ciared the resident. telling about !.
afterward. "He seemed to open my H
vas seeing it. Believe me. there -
Wast difference how you look at IT,:
i've been riding around town tor
years. passing wonderful ana mpos,
| Ing buildings without gianSe, o.o OF; .t;r1 -
"a than II I were passing wooden
rec REQ 'hT There are a lot Of people like
me. .esrom .0T now on" continued the resi-
dent. ''Tm going TO try to keep the
fresh viewpoint. and make beliere !!
am 3 visitor to my own CITY: 30 tnat !,
es insnirinR, as 1t proves to the man OF
wcman who comes here for the nrst
time"
X
rha Rotanio Gardens are putting on
their spring dresses in anticipation
NJ thsir Tooth anniversary soon.
Traprant buds already are blossom
ing. Tho green is everywhere, and
.oon tho bright oolors will vie with
the green.
Gardeners are busy with flower beds
at tha Department of Agriculture. In
,th.r marks of the city flowers will
Seon he peeping, but those Interested
IN dowers are looking forward to
aomething even prettter than the park
For soon the famous japanese cher
~ trees In Potomac Park Will De
in blossom, spreading q pink glory
over that end OF town; Suse 40 I,s hom
nsvar been up in the Washington
Monument, it is safe to say. 30 prob
ahiv hundreds have never seen tne
Iananase cherry. trees In blossom
around the tidal basin.
nsut those who failed to see tho
cherry: trees last spring are deIer-
mined to do so oaa this to sssson q" it, II 'n''
-
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Be Affirmative. not negative.
That 10 mighty good advice. when
common sense IL used a wen as
the right way Of thinking. but when
10 person becomes merely Affirmative
Evening star., 1920-04-04

Income tax collectors were no more
popular nifty years ago than'they are
today. but Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Delano sought
Warning to to mollify public feel
ing toward these nec-
CoiIec'o1s' essary ofncials. enjoin-
ing the strictest courtesy on their
part in the discharge Of their duties
A circular issued by the commissioner
is thus quoted In The Star of March
30, 1870:
.arhe greatest civiiity and courtesy
should be observed by onacers in the
discharge Of their oflcial duties. No
rude or offensive language should be
INDUCED in and no harsh or improper
conduct practiced. Any violation Of
these directions should be regarded
as cause for removal. These sugges-
tions are not intended in any manner
to diminish the efforts OF the officers
Evening star., 1920-04-04
Ne Coneealment,

Ne C0neealment.
Don't you ever wear DISCUSSES like
the old story book detectivesW 80
Certainly not" answered the mod
ern sleuth. Gts very difficult to pick
up evidence unbeknown to q criminal
that will hold in court. I want to make
it plain that I am q detective, so that
anybody who may feel like confessins
will know exactly where 70 Gomez
Evening star., 1920-04-04

@Human nature can't get away from
tho ego" remarked 'Jud Tunkins. II
catch myself feelin' that everybody
who doesn't happen TO .be helpin' my
work 10 merely loaAn'."
Evening star., 1920-04-04
Evoludon.

Though slang q scant respect doth win
It calls upon mankind 10 note
That he who always. "butteth in"
In course Of time becomes "tht
goat" -..
Evening star., 1920-04-04
Prepared.

'What do you want with such big
cart"
Matter Of economy" answered Mr..
Cmggins. Tf this housing shortage
keeps up, We can put = folding bed
and . chatting dish in the Limousine" !"
Evening star., 1920-04-04

"The Tower Of Babel" said Mr..
Crosslots, started such q quarrel that
I sometimes wonder whether II was 4
sure enough tower o. only . party
wall"
Evening star., 1920-04-04

The efforts to
sustaining mean
Evening star., 1920-04-04
FIFTY YEARS Ago In THE STAR

Who owned the goose egg? Though
that was not precisely the issue. a |
Evening star., 1920-04-04
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The Irish standard., 1920-02-28
SAINT CLARA COLLEGE,
SINSlNAWA, WIS.

A concert of exquisite beauty was
recently presented by the ZoeIlner
String Quartet, at their seventh an
nual appearance at Saint Clara Col
lcge.
It would be difficult to imagine more
admirable art than that which the
players manifested, all the essential
qualities Of the best cbamber-m,lsic
playing having characterized this per
formance.
The annual recital of the Saint Clara
String Orchestra, given on the eve
ming Of February 81, was one Of con-
spicuous excellence. The program
consisted of numbers by Borowski,
Granger and Grieg, but the piece de
resistance was the Schubert symphony
No. 8, B Minor, Unfinished" which
was interpreted with the tenderness
and delicate imaginativeness of ma
tVre players. Throughout all the num-
bers there were evident an intelligent
purpose in the work Of the performers
and correct understanding Of the en-
semble spirit which produced gratify-
ing results.
The Irish standard., 1920-02-28
The Irish People Are Not Concerned
With Improvement Of Lloyd
George Schemes.

Interviewed in London few days
ago concerning British proposals for
"Home Rule" for Ireland, Professor
John MacNeill, member of the Irish
Parliament for Derry City and the Ma
tional University, declared the Irish
people stand firmly for recognition of
their independence. Professor Mac
Neill came there to address a great
Irish meeting.
Lloyd Georges Home Rule bill,
which will be introduced in Parlia-
ment, he said in the interview, sup
plies good eXemplitcation of the
well-established political axiom that
the government of one people byNs,n-
other is impossible
"The proposals of the Premier do
not reflect the wishes of any section
of the Irish people. Lloyd George and
his colleagues are not thinking about
better government for Ireland, but of
extra citing the maximum advantage
for English imperialism out Of a diff
ficult combination of circumstances
That is why the plan seems nothing
less than malignant.
",The settlement outlined by Lloyd
George has three main features. The
first is that Dublin Castle remains.
Second, taxation Of Ireland remains in
British hands and is kept at it's pres
ent standard. Third, Ireland partition
ed by Dublin Castle means the ap-
pointment of irresponsible officials
working as a secret camarilla under
control of the British government
The Irish standard., 1920-02-28
Free Ireland Means
A Free Atlantic

Lloyd George has estimated the
revenue of Ireland at forty millions
sterling; he proposes that the British
treasury take eighteen millions tribute
and give the English ministry the pow
er to use large part of the remain
der for it's own purposes in Ireland.
The British ministry knows that no
demand for partition has ever been
made in any part of Ireland. No body
of 1rishmen believe partition of bene-
fit to themselves or Ireland Lloyd
George will use all his ingenuity to
put Ireland in the wrong.
II must not convey the impression
that Irish public opinion is concerned
with improvement of his scheme. The
Irish people stand firm on the principle
Of self-determination and they will
not surrender it. The English main.
tain that Ireland is the key to the At
lantic and they will not surrender it
In seeking to keep the key in our own
hands we hold England from threaten
ing the right of every other nation to
equality and liberty on Il highway
which should be unappropriated A
free Ireland means free Atlantic.
'Thc municipal elections in ireland
have resulted in Republican majorities
in towns representing thrce-fourths OF
the country. The county elections
which will take place within few
months will make it clear that there
is no half way between right and
wrong. Meantime, Lloyd George is
making war on the community, and il
is just possible that he may force the
community as a whole to declare him
and his Instruments outlaws"
The Irish standard., 1920-02-28
Recognition, Why IS
1t Not Right Now?'

Having failed to secure an official gov
ernment loan, she is now driven to-
the extremity of having to ask for y
removal Of the tariff. Her plans are
i'll this respect simple. England Il
the worlds greatest middleman. In
the event Of tariff removal her plan
is to flood the American market with
her goods and the goods of her colonies!
and dependencies, whose foreign
trade, like Ireland's, is controlled In.
wardly and outwardly, every dollars
worth paying her tribute With the
German mercantile fleet out of the
way, that country will have no means
of exporting its wares as formerly, SO
that here would be another gold mine
for English middlemen, VINO could buy
German goods for song and sell them
to Americans as her own, at colos-
sal profit. If, however, her wishes are
not met in some form or other, we are
told that red ruin will overrun Eu.y
rope, and the world will be engulfeds
in war, famine and pestilence.
Now while we do not wish to see
innocent people suffer, il it can be 4
helped, as Americans we insist that IL
America must help England and her
allies out OF the present rlnancIal bog,
that this country first secure the
price; namely, the objects for which
A 1Non
fiouted Americas demands at Par
but she can now be given chance
reconsider them. American blood was
shed for world freedom, not for Brit.
ish Imperialism, or to rivet the chains |,
on Ireland. ....
The Irish standard., 1920-02-28
CRUELTY IN BRITISH PRISONS
TOLD BY VICTIM.
Professor Hardy Relates How English
soIders Beat and Handcuffed the
irish PoItica! Prisoners.

The measures of suppression used
by England i'll Ireland were described
before a large audience by Thomas
Hardy, Professor of Mathematics
Queens College Belfast, in the Meal
pin Hotel, New York, last week.
Professor Hardy was arrested for
being implicated" in German plot
in May, 1918, kept in Belfast prison
for three months and then was sen
fenced to year in Jail on charge of
making a seditious speech
Commenting on guaranty from the
British Government that on a certain
day political prisoners would be re-
moved to an interment camp, Profes-
sor Hardy said:
''On that day there were two thou
sand soldiers around the prison. There
soldiers came around in patches to
our cells, knocked us over on our
faces, beat us until our bones were
broken and we were sore; then they
caught us by the hair of the head and
turned us into underground cells
which had no light nor air, and the
floors of which were walking with
.vefmin.
after this we were put into strait
jackets. Then for fourteen weeks,
night and day, without relaxation, we
were handcuffed with our hands be.
hind our backs, and If we called for
anything few policemen came in and
beat u.s."