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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05

comes early or late. It Is a delightful
season, the air fresh and on many
days 50 clear and pure that the eye
carries many miles in vision. The foil.
age will soon turn to glowing colors,
harbingers Of the cold days when fur
naces are to be started and the fuel
| supply will be an item Of concern. But
out on the road all such worries are
put aside and the season Of harvest
and rest from labor is to be greatly
enjoyed.
Every autumn brings it's puzzle. VIII
the winter be mild or severe. or just
medium? We hope for another such
winter as that just past, and dread
another such as that recent one when
for many weeks the city was frozen
UP tight, the streets were almost i'm
passable and the suffering was wide
spread and intense.
And while this thought Of the posi-
bilities of winter is passing there re-
mains the assurance that before Sep
tember closes there will be some more
hot weather. 1t always comes. in this
latitude. 1t is too soon to look for
chinkapins until that spell has come
and gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
A Protection Democrat.

The south has made no response to
Mr.. Harding's appeal on the score of
protection, and will probably make
none. She has profted greatly by the
application of the protective policy.
but In Congress has never supported
1t. She has left the matter to the re-
publlcans. who in revising the tariff
on protection lines have always. de-
spite her opposition, applied protection
so as to include her industries.
An exception among the southern
democrats was the late Senator Nc
Emery Of Louisiana. He was a frank
protectionist, and as a senator voted
his sentiments. Believing in and ask
ing for protection for sugar, Louis
iana's great staple, he was willing to
cooperate in providing protection for
the industries Of other states. He would
not ask for a benefit for Louisiana that
he was not willing to help bestow on
all her sister states with claims the
equal Of hers.
And yet this attitude which subject
ed the senator to much sharp criticism
in democratic circles on Capitol Hill
never cost him any strength at home.
He was for years, and remained to the
end of his days, the most influential
democrat in his state. He was three
times elected to the Senate, and served
his constituents conspicuously in
other matters besides protection for
sugar.
Mr.. McEnery was a leader in the
turbulent politics Louisiana knew for
some years after the civil war. He
served in the Office of governor and
as an associate justice of the state
supreme court before his election to
the Senate. He had courage of every
sort. and never failed to manifest it.
During his last years in the Senate
his usefulness was somewhat impaired
by deafness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
Science Approves the Rocker.

For a good many years it has been
the fashion of foreigners to scott at
the American rocking chair. 1t has
been derided as a barbaric device, a
sign of low culture, silly eccentricity.
BY a few Of the English and French
it has been adopted, but they have
done it apologetically, and, though
have always been at heart little
ashamed of it. American chairs sent
over to the British market have hung
heavy on the hands Of the dealers.
Sciences with a recommendation of
the American rocking chair, declares
it the most hygienic Of all seats and
recommends it's adoption not only in
envy declares that the position Of a
person seated in rocking chair is
physiologically most correct, as the
normal position Of the skull and the
spinal column is preserved at all an
giles of inclination Of the chair, so that
there is no mechanical obstruction to
the breathing, whatever position the
sitter may adopt
Now for a boom in rocking chairs.
II the French take the word Of the
Academy Of Sciences seriously-and
they usually dove may see that ma
ton soon rocking most hygienically
and placidly. We may see French
business transacted on rocking chair
basis. for does not the academy rec
ommend its use in the Office as well as
in the home? We may even see the
more conservative British rocking out
their social and economic apd political
problems. And-who can tell?-per-
haps this word from overseas may
cause the tired American business man
to adapt his own home product to his
Office routine and soon the rocking
chair may displace the swivel chair. A
boom in rockers is indicated by all
these signs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
A Strain in Western Europe.

Franco-German relations are strain
ed at present, owing to a series of
incidents which have aroused re.
Sentiment in France and by reflex have
stirred bitter feeling in Germany.
One OF these was an attack by a mob
upon the French consulate at Bres.
lau, where the tri-color was "insulted''
and some damage was done to prop.
ecty. France demanded satisfaction,
received an apology and promises of
reparation. The French flag was
saluted at Breslau. 4 new German
ambassador was awaiting reception at
Paris and France notified Germany
that he would not be recognized unit.
the full measure of satisfaction had
been given for the Breslau affair.
While he has been awaiting that a
new cause of friction has arisen at
Hamburg. where an intense wave OF
anti-French agitation has occurred
Threats or attacks upon French ship
ping in that port have been made and
other menaces have developed. Sc
the German ambassador still waits
for word that he may present his ere
dentials at the Quay dOrsay.
This, it is to be feared, is but the
beginning of chain of troubles be
tween the two countries. Germany is
not in a fully repentant mood for the
attack in 1914 and the great calamity
which came from that enterprise. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
POLITICS AT HOME.
Texas and Jeffersonian Democracy

Has Texas repudiated Jeffersonian
democracy? Joseph w. Bailey raised
the old standard and in his canvass
for the democratic nomination for gov.
ernor carried 1t from one end of the
state to the other. He spoke in its
praise. He adjured his hearers to
drop all the new-fangled notions of
this day and return to the well an
proved notions Of an earlier day. For
a long time Mr.. Bailey was the great
est power on the stump that Texas
knew. But he failed this time. He
was some eighty thousand votes short
at the polls, although the vote he re-
celved-some hundred and sixty thou.
sand-was large.
Maybe we should take into account
the fact that Mr.. Bailey has been in
private life by choice for a few years.
And for half a dozen years the world
has been moving at an unpreceeent.
edly rapid pace. Many old things
some of them American old things
have. temporarily at least, lost their
appeal. Mr.. Bailey, temporarily at
least, has lost his touch. Although
still a young man comparatively he is
reckoned an old fogy. He talks a.
musty language about musty things.
He has now discovered that the Sage
of Monticello has been dead ninety
four years-nearly century.
Whi1o in v,,I,,;o 1;fA
ed conspicuous part. He has rare
talents for public business. No reader
or more effective debater has appear
ed in the Se0ate within living men,
DRY. But, in fret, as it were, he
threw up his commission, and. as
things fell out, on the eve of an 3D.
portunity for rare service. For had
he been in office when the great
changes in the world began to show
themselves, and we were pressed to
adopt some Of them, Mr.. Bailey's
would have been a potent voice in
behalf Of sound. conservatism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
The Duty of Citizenship.

The Star is today reprinting certain
Official data relative to the league of
nations, in the belief that, with the
question as to whether or not the
United States is to become a member
OF the league established as major
tissue in the presidential campaign, a
clear-cut duty devolves upon every
citizen of the nation. That duty, which
is the complement Of the privileges of
citizenship, Is to seek to understand
In full the issue presented.
Much has been said and written OF
the league. There is much more to
be written and said. The verdict OF
the American public at the polls in
November will be rendered in the light
Of these expressions Of opinion. Yet
to render SO solemn verdict solely
upon the basis Of the opinion Of others
would be dangerous procedure.
The duty Of each intelligent mem.
Der Of the American electorate is to
know definitely. as a result Of his per.
sonal effort, the facts involved in the
issue. The principal facts are the pro.
visions Of the covenant of the league
Not until he is in possession Of per.
sonal knowledge as to those facts is
he in az position to judge fairly as to
the merits or dement's of the conflict.
ing claims made relative thereto. Not
until he has tested to see how each
argument for or against the entry OF
this country into the covenant squares
with its actual provisions can he dis.
charge his national obligations in full.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
BALLOT TO INCREASE
WOMANWORKERS'PAY

In many instances they were COM
PEELED by Stern necessity to leave
their government jobs. often with
out having anything else in sight
at the time, but, confronted with
the cold fact that Uncle Sam was
not paying them enough to give
their families actual necessaries of
life. they have sought other fields.
and, of course, have bettered them
Selves
Others have been drawnsaway by
offers OF higher compensation
from business and Industrial firms
who appreciated the technical
training or the discipline. or the
habit of work of these faithful
government employees. The Tact is.
the government service is being
rapidly denuded of it's best ma
terial
But that fact thus far has not
benefited the women workers as
might be assumed. The prevailing
policy of the governmental heads
has been the argument, THE
women will stay because they
have to; give all the promotions to
the men and keep as many men as
we can"
A change is coming. The women
are to have the vote and they pro-
pose to assert their rights BEFORE
these political heads Of depart
ments and point out to them that
henceforth they are on a political
equality with their fellow men
workers. that their votes count as
we'll as the mems, and they will
have to be reckoned with as very
live elements of patronage.
In future, 1t is asserted, congress-
men, ever intent upon keeping in
touch with their voters, are to be
shown that their women constitu-
ents are just as powerful as the
men. Hitherto, when a congress-
man went to the front" for some
woman employe, it was because a
male voter in his district called
upon him to do so. Now the con-
gresham is to have another in
centive-the woman will have a
vote as well as the mother or
father who formerly took her part.
Both political parties in their
platforms adopted in national con-
vention declared for equal pay to
woman for equal work. The wom-.
en- in the government service will
be in a position from now on to
compel the political heads Of great
governmental departments to full.
fill the platform pledges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
Drilling for Men.

It was by hard work with a hanG
drill that the men of the submerged
submarine So were rescued from their
steel prison in the Atlantic the other
day. a comparatively feeble bit OF
mechanism worked with muscle. And
it was q stout-armed engineer who
worked the ratchet that finally ate
its way into the steel skin OF the
undersea boat and cut hole big
enough to let the men emerge, one at
a time.
First it was a marvel of science that
brought help to the SIS, and then it
was a bit Of good hard work by the
human arm that permitted escape. 1t
took five hours to get enough holes
drilled in an ellipse to permit the en-.
CINE room crew to start chiseling to
link up these aperatures. Then after
a time the steel plate had been com.
pletely severed and the hole was suffi.
Gent to allow the imprisoned men to
be taken out, half dead with choked
lungs.
William G. Grace was the man who
did the hard, skillful work with the
ratchet drill. He deserves bit of
! recognition. Yet it was all in the
line Of duty. g.. There was nothing
heroic about kneeling on the round
ing skin Of the 'sub" as she rolled
in the sea in the sling of hawser.
There was no danger about it. Now
and then puff of noxious gas would
come up from the interior Of the sub
marine to sting the eyes. 1t was just
literally grinding work.
| These submersible boats will always
present a certain degree Of danger
to those who use them. They are
really frail craft. delicate in organism
and subject to intense strain. But
with the telephone buoy that has just
demonstrated its value they are rem
dered more secure than before. Had
| it not been for that device the SIS
would have remained beneath the
waves, with never a trace of her, and
would have been carried on the naval
books as Missing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
The West.

| At one time, and for long time, the
| west did not figure much in a presi.
| DENTAL equation. She presented no
candidate at the nominating conven.
tions. She received no nominations.
The situation never took on a phase
that gave her a chance even for a dark
horse.
Mr.. Bryan put the west on the presi-
Dental map, and she has held her place
there ever since. He has been three
times his party's presidential NOM
inee. He had hopes Of a fourth NOM
ination in 1912. and some of his friends
had hopes of the fourth for him at
San Francisco.
The west is now decidedly in the
swim. At both Chicago and San Fran
! cisco this year she made herself
! known. She did not draw the prize
at either place-Hiram Johnson and
Mr.. Hoover missing at Chicago, and
Senator Hitchcock at San Francisco
but she obtained hearing.
And She is today being fought for
by both parties. Mr.. Roosevelt has
just returned from trip that extend
ed as far as the Pacific coast, while
Gov. Cox has just started on a journey
of equal length. The democrats are
leaving nothing undone to impress
upon the west their desire that she
repeat the performance Of 1916 and
give them the victory.
The republicans are not asleep. They,
too, are appealing to. the west, where
they so long prevailed. and toward the
| close of the campaign may assign
many Of their strongest stumpers to
that territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05

consul can be of very material as
distance to American business inter-
ests is given in a report from Consul
Ralph c. Busser, at Trieste. who
urges American firms to participate
in the international sample fair in
Trieste between September rs and
October II. He believes that this
will have a great influence in IA
cilitating and promoting trade in the
countries Of the eastern Adriatic.
Consul Busser says that great i'm
portance attaches to the participa-
ton of American exhibitors and to
the eventual establishments in Trieste
of permanent branches and agencies
of American exporting firms. Trieste,
he points out. is the most important
port of transit for the trade between
the countries of. southeastern Europe
and overseas.
Therefore. American manufacturers
and exporters desiring to establish
permannt trade relations with coun-
tries of the eastern Adriatic and its
enormous hinterland are advised that
they should not fail to participate
in the fall exhibition. not only by
sending samples. machines and mod
els of American products, but also
by having representatives in Trieste
to meet the trade and to study the
Industrial conditions and require
ments Of the various countries
trading through the great port Of
Trieste, WILL p. KENNEDY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05
Weather Thoughts.

Folks who have been sleeping uHder
blankets during the past few nights
are prone to the belief that an "early
fall' is at hand and that the coming
winter will be severe. The air has
assuredly been chill for this season
There has been "touch of autumn"
in the atmosphere nearly every day
for the past week. And the effect upon
the average mind is to suggest that
the period of heat is past. One looks
askance at the straw hat or the palm
beach suit. The overcoat hanging in
the closet upstairs almost beckons to
be taken Off it's hook.
Autumn Is welcome, whether II
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Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States.
Maryland and Suffrage.

1t is suggested by advocates of WON
an suffrage that when the Maryland
legislature meets on the 18th to act
in preparation for the enfranchise
ment Of the women under the nine
teenth amendment it should recon
slider the vote taken last February
whereby the amendment was rejected
Such a course. it is held, would remove
all possible doubt as to the validity OF
the amendment. concerning which
there is some uneasiness.
In February the Maryland senate
rejected the amendment by a vote of
1S to 8 and the house by vote Of 81
to So, with two members absent, the
republicans furnishing most of the
favorable votes. Thus to ratify now
would require the change of five votes
in the senate and sixteen in the house.
Since the governor announced that he
would call the legislature together in
extra session an inquiry has been
made among the membership to as
certain if any change has taken place
since February, in view of the fact
that the amendment has meanwhile
been virtually made part of the Con-
stitution. According to latest infor-
nation but few changes are discover
ed, perhaps six members of the two
houses in all having expressed shift
Of opinion, whereas twenty-one. prop
erly divided between house and SEN
ate, are required.
Maryland has an exceptional oppor-
tunity in this emergency. Suffrage
is assured. Even If the court should
later hold that the amendment Is not
ratified by the vote Of Tennessee, an
other vote will be cast for it even
tually, probably next winter, in Con-
necticut or Vermont. if the legislatures
there are not summoned in extra ses-
sion meanwhile. Any aspirant for
public Office who now stands in the
way Of ratification, or lessons the
chances Of the women to vote at the
coming election, will be exposed to
reprisals later, when the new voters
get an opportunity to express them
selves. 1t Is limited that this con-
sideration is playing a part in the
Maryland situation at present and that
some who have heretofore been obsti-
nate opponents will shift at the right
moment and thus put Maryland into
the .ratifying column and clinch the
amendment beyond the possibility Of
court action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05

RANTED that this is the
era Of woman coming
into her own through
obtaining the ballot, add
ed participation in business and
industry and all that sort of thing,
1c>is also fact that the woman in
the governmental service through
out the land bids fair to make still
greater strides toward her goal of
success. The extension of the
right of suffrage to women is to
be utilized to the material advan-
tage of women who toll for wages
paid by Uncle Sam.
In the government service
throughout the country are many
thousands of woman workers. They
permeate every branch of govern
mental work and do all kinds of it,
from attending the press which
prints the green-back and yellow
back currency to preparing legal
opinion for departmental chief
to sign. Many thousands of these
responsible positions-places Of
trust and places of expert and
technical knowledge.
\ \ X r
For years the women have COM
planned that they were not on an
equal footing of compensation with
men doing similar and even less
important work. The charge I'M
doubtedly is well founded, as any
one with knowledge Of the work.
ings of the government service can
testify. It was not that the eff
forts of women were valued less
than those of men, it was often set
forth by way Of excuse for this
discrimination. but because, as
rule, men had more personal re-
sponsibilities to meet out of their
salaries than women and would not
hold the positions unless more am
ply paid.
In Washington in particular the
women have complained bitterly
for years over promotions. The
heads Of departments practically
maintained deadline beyond
which woman employees could not
advance in salaries. the higher
grades being reserved for men. The
same policy was reflected in the
government service throughout the
country.
X X + \
Within the past two years since
a, -
the high cost of living has been
attaining the peak the situation has
been more acutely emphasized.
Men have been resigning in great
numbers from the government
service-forced out or lured away.
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The Panama Canal.

This is from Panama, dated Thurs
day:
"AH traffic records since the open
ing Of the Panama canal were broken
during the month of August. Three
hundred ships passed through the
waterway, the tolls being $936,203."
Good news! And may it often be re-
peated! There is every reason to ex-
pect that it will be. Sea traffic be-
gins to grow. World trade is picking
up, and a good deal of it will find
its way through the canal. The enter
prise is being well conducted. The
health of the isthmus now is excel
lent. Natives and newcomers alike
are undisturbed by any fear of a re.
vival Of old conditions. when tropical
fevers took heavy human toll almost
the whole year round.
The canal Is one of our best bids
for lasting remembrance. It is Ameri-
can in every aspect and relation. We
built it. American engineers planned
it, and directed the carrying out of
the plans. American money paid the
huge bills. Americans are in charge
of it. American power protects It. 1t
is Americas offering to improved sea
travel.
And yet, important as it is and
proud as we are Of it, it has never
been formally opened. The war was
in progress at the time Of it's COM
pIetion, and forbade such ceremonies
as otherwise would have marked the
occasion. But now that the war is
over, and peace is encouraging the re-
vival Of international business, should
not proper recognition be taken of so
great monument to American enter
prise and contrivance? Why should
not the new administration. whether
republican or democratic, arrange a
ppoeram and invite all the nations to
send representatives to the celebra.
Won?
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terms Of peace, barsh as they are,
have not sufficiently affected the PEG.
pie to cause them to realize that they
were beaten and that they are under
compulsion to behave themselves to-
ward foreign nations. France is quite
right in insisting upon scrupulous OBJ.
servance Of all diplomatic and finan-
cial requirements by her former
enemy. It is well known in Paris that
if the German mobs are allowed to
manifest their hatred of France in
small matters the feeling will grow
into a serious menace to the peace of
Europe.
Meanwhile France Is engaged in
making a series of alliances, having
just concluded one with Hungary. 1t
is suggested in the dispatches from
Paris that this is departure from
the principle of the league of nations.
which was to have superseded all di-
rect alliances. Evidently France does
not pin her faith upon the league as a
security against war. Clemenceau in
speech made during the visit of
President Wilson, before the treaty
was framed, urged the balance of
power" policy as the surest means Of
safeguarding the world against con-
f1ict. The President, in a speech in
England. combated this idea vigor-
ously. and later succeeded in writing
the counter principle into the peace
covenant Now France, perhaps on
the ground that the league has failed
to maintain the peace in eastern Eu-
rope. seeks associations that are plain
ly designed to create bulwark of de-
tense against German aggression at
some future time.
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Real Valuables.

John" said the nervous woman, Il
hear a burglar"
Never mind. All your jewels are
securely locked in the safe"
Yes; but it sounds to me as If he
were working on the coal bin"
Jud Tunkins says the difference be
tween theory and practice is that the
former gives you chance to bluff,
but the latter is q showdown,