The Washington herald., 1920-01-28
In the Linelight
Nv C,eorce Perrv Morx;.

whsa the British Kduestioas, Con
mission visited washinsten IN isus
and was given dinner IN bshalf Of
local educators BY The carnegie
Foundation one Of its conspicuous
members was Mss ca,oiinsN y 4
spurgeon. . doctor Of the University
LOT PariA = fellow Of the Royal So
oisty 81 Literature and president Of
the Fsderation Of British College
women. She has arrived in this eoan-
try with three other distinguished
women frem Great Britain and each
covering . section ef the lana they
VIII eo-opsrsts with the siumnae as
|sociations Of the women's coiiesss Of
the couptry in binding tosether the
two nations. -,iss spurEeon has been
assigned TO the Southern States She
reports no such ferment in the Brit
ish educational world over inadeauats
payment Of educators ss IL 70 be
found here. though admitting that the
disparity between income and coat
Of living is marked
Gov. Calvin Coolidge. of Massachu-
setts. Is humble in days that he be-
heves call for humanity. He Is not
to be a candidate for the Presidency
in the Republican convention. but he
does not say he will decline the nom
nation Massachusetts 10 a stern
mistress and demands his dutiful at
tention all the time. He will 90 his
immediate duty. and let Fate strike
him n she wills him to 90 higher.
This keeps his record as a State
patriot clear. The Implications for
some other candidates, who also are
governors. are obvious.
II Washington. according to the re-
ported plans of promoters. who claim
to have the sanction Of the Roosevelt
family. is to have one OF the two inter-
denominational Roosevelt churches OF
the country that admirers OF the for
! mer President are to found and endow,
/ there will be an opportunity to study
at close range a most Interesting ex-
pertinent in religious unification- Wis
count horiey's kindly intimation that
St George had traits In common with
Mr.. Roosevelt might be helpful In
choosing a patron saint for the
| church.
II Is some years since Chicago re-
1 ceived large sums from Rockefellei
the senior. OF course the university
he founded still counts him as its
reliable as well as its good angel
But having brought that child into
\ the world. nursed It. and guarded Il
during its adolescence he, Of lat,
years. has been making the nation al
: large his ward. and is using now New
York as the seat Of distribution OF
ducats. Chicago, however. is profit
ing by the dispersal Of the wealth OF
a second generation Of the family
and the latest form Of largesse will
give the city a superior zoologica
garden in the Cook County Forss
Preserve. which Edith Rockefellel
Mccormick has paid for at q cost OF
10000
! One of the tricks Of afternoor
Journalism that fools the many, but
that always makes the knowing few
smile with contempt at its cheap
ness. is the timing" of the editions
Thus papers printed before noon are
called Late Evening Edition
Harvard's former professor of bust
ness and commerce. Edwin F. Gay
coming into full power recently a.
shaper of the affairs of the always
respectable, but nevertheless Gin
this respect), prevaricating New
York Evening Post. has put an end
TO this nonsense. The ears" of tha,
paper hereafter will tell the buyer
precisely when the paper he is buy.
ing went to press. Rumor has II
that ere he gets through with hi,
reformation" other 'hctions" will
give way to honest facts"
Professor Harry F. Ward Of Unior
Theological Seminary. n. Y. City
has become head of the American
Civil Liberties union. a newly created
society to protect liberty Of though
and speech For some years he ha.
been head of the Social Servic,
activities of the Methodist Episcopa
Church. North. and formerly he wa
professor in the theological schoo
OF Boston University. He is tn,
! author Of many books and much so.
cial Christianity literature; has beer
under fire from conservative clergy
men and laymen; and in his new po
| cANAOh "AAA hON bC
verted by attacks. Like Professo
Fosdiok OF the same theological insti.
tuition he is aligned against the n
Y. Assembly's treatment OF the ivt
socialist members.
Judge Clarence w. Sessions, Of
Grand Rapids, before whom tn,
trial of Truman H. Newberry. Unit.
ed States Senator from Michigan
comes for control in what may
prove TO be a cause celebre. ha:
shown by rulings on vain efforts o.
the more than 100 defendants q
elude trial, that he has a keen sens,
of ethics. No legalistic hairsplit.
tings have deceived him OF mad,
him oblivious of the gravity OF tn,
charges, and the necessity, for Mich.
igan's and the nations sake, thai
the probe be made to the bottom Of
the gangrehed wound.