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Evening star., 1921-09-30
Not So Blue.

The "blues' that overhung the coun.
try, and which may be said to over.
hang it still, are not as deep-hued in
the south as have been painted, ac-
cording to a letter from the president
Of the Georgia Central railway to the
New York Commercial. He repudiates
the plague and famine stories. He
quotes from the Journal Of the Ameri-
can Medical Society that among the
35,000,0 900 people living in an area Of
more than 1000, 900 square miles there
are less than 10000 cases Of pellagra,
or one case to every $500 inhabitants.
Southern farmers have diversified
their crops. They have raised one of
the great corn crops in the history of
their section, and a great number of
farms have a surplus of oats, hay,
peas, peanuts and sugar cane and an
unusual number of hogs and cattle.
The price Of cotton is looking up,
nearly all the cotton mills are operat-
ing on full or part time and the mar
ket for textile products shows i'm.
provement. Activity is reported in the
building trades. Houses are being put
up, lumber mills are resuming work,
brick plants are busy. furniture fac
tories are going ahead and there Is a
stir in allied industries.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Duties of Citizenship.

There is no more important duty
for thei citizens than this of voting
on the one day Of the year." wrote
President Harding to the chairman
of a republican club at Alexandria
Most persons will admit that voting
In national elections is an important
duty Of national citizenship and that
voting Independently and intelligently
is a very important duty Of citizen
When public men talk and write OF
voting as one of the duties of national
citizenship the people Of the District
hear and read with approval. They
ask to be enabled to perform this duty
through enactment Of the constitu
tional amendment empowering Con
gress to grant national representation
to the people of the District. Every
public man who breaches that voting
is a duty of national citizenship, and
that adult Americans ought to be ma
tional citizens, might aid in Ameri
canizing in this way and to this
extent the people Of the District.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Macfeady's Achievement.

The peak of Mount Everest is the
top of the world. Rising from the
fats Of Nepal and Tibet, the giant
Himalayas Of India soar upward at
this point for $4,000 feet. Ice girds
their shoulders the year through. And
though the attempt has been made at
intervals, though courageous hearts
are even today seeking to win to the
goal, mans foot has never yet been
placed upon the summit.
Yesterday on the prosaic prairies Of
Ohio young man gave. the word ''con-
tact" to the waiting mechanicians at
the propeller Of his plane. The blades
were spun and the engine roared.
Something less than an hour later
that young man, one Lieut.. John A.
Macready Of the y. 8. A., looked down
at the world from an altitude Of 40 800
feet-more than 10000 feet higher
than Everest's peak-nearly 1000 feet
nearer the stars than any fellow man
had ever climbed. A few moments
later, one hour and four minutes
from the start, to be exact, having
siided back to earth with dead en-
CINE, he stepped out Of his electrically
heated aying suit and shook hands all
around.
IN. yuEa&XntNtshtnjofn4n7fha II IN that
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handshake--for the feat Of Lieut..
Macready required. that degree OF
courage and coolness and efficiency
which men and women have ap-
plauded through the ages. Yet, even
in recognizing the heroic qualities Of
his achievement, the thoughtful will
pause to consider the vision and the
work and the hard-won triumph Of
others which made possible that
achievement. Man afoot still seeks
to solve the stern problems Of the
slopes of Mount Everest. Toiling up
ward, day by day. week by week, the
summit has yet to be reached. Yet
yesterday in an hours span, a new
propeller, OF very high PITCH" a nice
adjustment of fragile wings. gasoline
exploding In the powerful cylinders
Of "a liberty motor. electricity in the
fabric of a suit Of clothes, novel
Geviee for obtaining air for carbure-
ton at sea-level pressure, carried
Macready, seated with 1.-THE stick In
his mittened hands, to a height at
which he could not have been seen
from Everest's peak. Physical cour-
age and efficiency are not enough
alone to carry man to the heights
toward which he struggles. But those
characteristics, combined with the
adroit application Of scientific knowl-
edge, based on the successes and fail.
ures Of others, are making the impos-
sible Of yesterday the actual Of today.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Politics and the Situation.

The situation on Capitol Hill
grows teresting-decidedly interest.
ing. There are divisions in both par.
ties. There is an exchange of tart
compliments-now between factions
Of the same party, and now between
the two parties.
The democrats are accused Of play,
ing politics out Of season and reason.
The present, they are told. is not the
time for that sort Of sport. The coun.
try is in the middle of bad fix-the
worst fix it has ever known-and can
be rescued only by a confession of the
fact and a united effort. Politics,
which stood adjourned for awhile,
should be adjourned again, and re.
main adjourned until we are safely
over the top.
The accusation is denied. The demo
cratic leaders-some Of them, at any
rate-declare that there is no politics,
in the sense Of squabble and obstruc.
ton, in their attitude toward either
the tariff, taxation, transportation or
the peace treaties: that they recognize
the responsibility Of the majority for
legislation, and are only registering
their convictions, which is their right
and duty.
1t is a fact, however, that it is not
an easy matter to keep politics out of
our public affairs. Ours is two
party system Of government, and we
are given to looking at public ques-
tions from party standpoint. The
habit grips US strong. We indulge it
automatically. so to say; and as next
year is campaign year. when a na-
tional tussle on party lines will take
place, party dispositions are already
being made by both sides.
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Special Deliveries.

Postmaster Chances new scheme to
expedite the transmissal of special
delivery letters and packages will be
watched with interest by postmasters
throughout the country. 1t is in line
with the expressed wishes Of the
Postmaster General and also with the
desires Of the public.
The local postmaster has chosen
four branch stations as distributing
centers. Special delivery letters
mailed at these stations are delivered
direct to local addresses from these
stations, instead of being sent first to
the main city post Office. The Cen
tru station, Pennsylvania avenue sta
tioH, Connecticut avenue station and
U street station are the four branch
offices in which the experiment il
being carried out.
One Of the first things Postmaster
General Hays expressed his desire for
when he took over control Of the
postal service was real special de-
livery of letters. what the people
want is speed" he said. The scheme
Of the postmaster Of the National
Capital gives promise Of furnishing
that speed. The new plan is working
admirably, it is said, and is capable
of city-wide development If the people
cooperate. In no other branch Of the
public service Is the cooperation Of
the public more necessary. In this
particular case the post Office cannot
deliver the specials under the new
plan If they are not mailed at one
of the four stations named.
The next time you have occasion to
mail a special delivery letter to a
local address take advantage Of the
new and speedy system provided by
Postmaster Chance. If you do your
part to make it "go" here you will
help other cities secure such service.
too.
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Invitation to Conference.

The suavity of Lloyd Georges reply
to Eamonn De Valera tends to make
the Anglo-Irish situation less tense,
and the expression of good feeling in
that reply was both spontaneous in
Mr.. George and reflection Of the
good feeling in the note from Mr.. De
Valera. Mr.. DE Valera has said that
he has not meant to insist that the
Irish representatives to the confer
ence should be received by the Eng
lish representatives in that conference
as delegates from a sovereign and in
dependent state, though in their own
opinion it would be with that status
that they would leave Ireland. Mr..
George, in inviting Mr.. De Valera and
his colleagues into conference uses to-
ward them the phrase "the spokesnen
of the people whom you represent" F."
and says that the aim Of the confer
ence is to ascertain how the asso-
citation of ireland with the community
of nations known as the British en-
pire may best be reconciled with Irish
national aspirations" The news from
ireland is that Georges invitation is
received there in the spirit in which
it was written.
1t would seem that there Is to be a
conference. A conference between rep
resentatives of the Irish people and Of
the British governments govern
ment predetermined and more amen
able to the English commonalty than
in other times--will probably arrive at
some agreement whereby "the asso-
citation Of Ireland with the community
known as the British empire" will be
"reconciled with Irish national aspira-
tions." This lis consummation de-
voutly to be wished and prayed for.
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The Senate and Cloture.

The postponement until later day
Of the present session, or an early day
Of the regular session, of the PROPOSE
tion for real cloture in the Senate
will enable the members Of that body
to give due consideration to a very
important question.
The House has had an extreme form
Of cloture for some years. The body is
larg@four times larger than the Sen
ate-and limiting debate there is a
matter of necessity. What is rrev.
srently called talkfest would bring
business to dead halt. The rule has
been applied vigorously. i5e
This has made the Senate ''the
refuge Of the minority" The Senate
as a reviewing body has had its work
materially increased. Debate denied
in the House has been demanded, and
obtained, in the Senate. The minority
insisted on hearing, and got it under
the liberal rules of the Senate.
Two cases are at present in point.
Under the Constitution tax bills and
tariff bills must originate in the
House. At this session the House has
passed a bill Of each kind, but under
cloture. The result is much dissatis-
faction with both bills, and the Senate
will probably make both over, from
the ground up.
Expedition Of business in a legisla-
tive body is good thing, and especial
ly at time when calendars are
crowded, as they now are on Capitol
Hill, with business the country wants
expedited. But whether the emer-
gency is great enough to justify limit
ing debate as a general rule in the
only body where debate now is free
may well give the members Of that
body pause for thinking purposes.
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Grapes.

The price Of grapes is high. The
grape crop seems to be normal. and 1t
must be that 1t is the demand For
grapes that puts up and keeps up the
price. There seems to have set in an
extraordinary demand for grapes
IA demand that extends even to
raisins-and for some reason that is
extremely difficult to understand there
has been an increase in the demand
for yeast, yet the baking ct bread
seems to show no proportionate in
crease. But to grapes. The grape has
become a most popular fruit. It has
always been esteemed for Its sweet
ness and its flavor, though many peo-
pie seem but recently to have aroused
themselves to an enthusiastic pitch Of
regard for this classic fruit Hun-
dreds 1k- our felluw citizenA who pre-
Evening star., 1921-09-30
Another Blow at a Free Press.

The city of Chicago is trying out
a novel experiment. 1t is suing the
Chicago Tribune for ten million dol
lars on the ground that it was libeled
by that publication. The city holds
that the Tribune's attacks were un-
true, that they tended to impair con-
fidence and undermine credit and as
a result had a disastrous effect upon
the municipalities plans to borrow
money.
The point raised is an interesting
one. A corporation has redress in
law If 1t is attacked. There was a
time when a corporation could not
sue for libel. Corporation lawyers
had a bill passed in most states that
gave the corporation the libel status
of the individual. The result is that
the city of Chicago comes into court.
If the city of Chicago were to win
it's suit the entire plant of the Chi
cago Tribune would be wiped out.
Moreover, if the city were to win it's
suit, no newspaper would dare criti-
else the financial management of any
of our municipalities. The suit, the
Tribune says. represents an attempt
to throttle the, press. And SO it is.
The case is one that will be watched
with unusual intereSt.-Johnstown
Democrat (democratic).
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viously evinced only the mildest and
geutlest appreciation Of the grape in
Its natural state now sing Justify its
praises. Their appetite for grapes is
great. Formerly little bunch on the
plate at the breakfast table or pretty
little cluster for dessert at dinner was
enough. Now they talk Of buying
grapes in bushels and price them by
the crate. Many conservative house.
keepers who never before went
further into the grape question than
to have the milliner mix in a few with
the cherries on her hat is now inquir-
ing for grapes. 1t promises to be a
highly successful grape season.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Delayed Departure.

Delayed Departure.
Goodbye. Summer"' heard lady
A sorrowing sweetness fingered in her
gentle caroling.
Like tears the dewdrops glistened,
The breezes sighed and listened,
Then the sunshine in September
seemed new radiance to fling.
Goodbye, Summer" she sang in
plaintive style.
And just outside the window Summer
heard her with smile,
And said: You sing 50 sweetly
I sympathize completely, h
And as a special favor I'll remain a
little WHILE"
Evening star., 1921-09-30
More Submarines.

Secretary DENLY cannot be accused
of pussyfooting. Not only does he
believe that the American Navy is
seriously lacking in submarines.
statement to this effect in spite Of
the approach of the conference which
will try to limit national armaments.
In this he runs true to type, for it
is commonly supposed that one part
of the job of the Secretary of the
Navy is to build up as large a Navy
as Congress and public opinion will
permit. But Secretaries are never
satisfied. Give them battleships and
they ask for submarines and air
not want a large Navy. but only
we'll balanced one; but in either case
the result seems to be the same
Baltimore Sun independent demo-
cratic).
Taxes are keeping them down on
the farm.-F1int (Mich.) Journal.
We have entirely too many promis-
Ing observation-disclosures Is. CO.
Record.
.'Paris May Get stillman Case," says
q headline. Here's hoping.-Detroit
News.
The word bier suggests sorrow and
loss So, for the matter, does the
word beer.-Hartford Times.
D'Annunsio IL said to be building
his own tomb. It will be safety first
If he writes his own epitaph.-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Prominent billboard sign: What
comes after the purchase price?' Ar1-
other: ASK dad, he knows."-Kansas
City Star.
satisfactory tax legislation is not
to be expected until Congress puts
vision in revision.-Norfolk Virgin
ian-Pi1ot.
I'VE serve a piece Of cheese with
pie upon request" says a sign In
the one-armed lunch but who's going
to admit being a piece of cheese just
to get triangle OF pie?-Buffalo
Express.
Poland has sent the. Russian reds
another ultimatum. Ultimatums are
about the only thing over there these
days that the transportation facilities
can Notwithstanding (Mtch.) Stata
Journal
Evening star., 1921-09-30

Senators who object to laboring on
a treaty at night may yet come into
relations with a nominating conven-
ton in which nobody insists on an
eight-hour day. A party convention,
however, Is not the highest example
Of a deliberative body and often re-
quires fast work.
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New York tenants threaten to form
an organization to fight the rent in
creases demanded by landlords. When
they are ready to hire hall they will
probably find that its rental has in
creased along with the rest Of the
property.
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Visitors from abroad will under
stand that the citizens Of Washington,
being voteless, are not to be held re-
sponsible for any political conditions
which they may regard as peculiar.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

Investigation has already gone so
far as to make it doubtful whether the
Ku Klux Klan still has the right,
strictly speaking. to call itself secret
society.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

The impression that a spirit of
Puritanism exercises q repressive in.
fiuence on American art may be re-
sponsible for some OF the entertain.
ments in motion picture colonies.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

German scientists have been 30 sue
cessful in making minute calculations
that no fears are entertained that the
value of the mark will become too
small to be measured.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

There is no question in Mr.. Borah's
mind as to the Senate's right to
discuss treaties intimately and ex-
tensively.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

A unity program for railroads may
interfere with the pardonable satisfac-
ton Mr.. Ford finds in having a little
railroad all to himself.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

Inefficiency in the New York police
department Is being blamed for 100
per cent increase in burglary insur-
ance rates. why not give burglars
efficiency some credit. - Pittsburgh
Sun.
Mr.. McAdoo says he does not intend
to buy newspaper. The man really
is = financial Observation-Disclosures
Z Gazette. 49,
As between Lloyd George and Ea-
NOM De Valera 1t is hard to tell
whether it is case Of standing pat
or standing patter.-Danas Journal
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interrupted Quest.

de reason some folks can't find
work." says Uncle Eben. "is dat dey'd
have to pass too many crap games on
DER way to look for it,
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A strike vote calls attention to the
possibilities Of new complications in
an already perplexing unemployment
problem. "
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Timely Attention.

"What makes 'efn put buttonhole
bouquet at every plate when they give
a banquet?"
ut enables the man who has gotten
his dress suit out Of storage to enjoy
the perfume Of flowers and get his
mind of the moth balls
Evening star., 1921-09-30

Economists are frank In doubling
the wisdom Of building ships whose
sole object is to shoot up one another.
Evening star., 1921-09-30
SneClf1atOre.

This world is but a fleeting show,
AS has been sagely said before.
The profiteers stand in row
And sell the tickets at the door.
Evening star., 1921-09-30

The tragedy Of war has left Ger
many with large aftermath of stage
money.
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The Pelltics Of the Game.

Tn0 FBlftICS UI tI16 UahI0.
''You very seldom beat anybody
playing golf"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum.
people are always envious Of a good
golfer. I play the game for exercise;
not to make enemies"
Jud Tunkins says the postmaster in
his town has to play an awful lot Of
checkers SOS he can be sociable with
out talking politics.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-02

antvillc, N. J.. and spent the week
end as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Scarborough. Miss Mary Scarborough
accompanied the party and is spend
ing several days AS guest OF Mr.
md Mrs. Haytcr.
George |. unger. George w. Bacon
Charles Wipf and Master George l
Ford on Sunday motored to Pennsyi.
vania. taking In Harrisburg and
Valley Forge.
| Mrs. Mary Jones. chief operator Al
| the local telephone exchange, who
| has been spending two weeks vnca.
ton in various parts OF Pennsyl-
vania. yesterday resumed her duties
Mt the exchange.
Charles Townsend. Jr., OF Whining
ton is spending several days as q
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Clymef
of West Third street.
Mrs. Wilkinson II. Cranston. who
has been spending several days as
n guest OF friends at Wainersville
Pa, has returned to her home.
The infant daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. John Foster of East Fourth
street yesterday was taken to the
Delaware Hospital for treatment.
yictroias anG records. Bridgewater
ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-02

Gebhnrt, Earle Brown. William Par
veil, Andrew Lancaster. Miss cecclia
Carlin, II. j. o'Rourke, Miss Thcresf
| l.anders. Margaret F'ahey. John Nc
Daniel, James Gallagher. Miss NJ edred
| Berry, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sheridan
lanvier McCallister, Calvin McCallis-
| ter. Irwin Walker. Norman Walker
| Frank Schuchart, Esckcrt Tindell. Miss
| Helen McDermott. Francis ]. McCaf-
| forty. Curtis Marck. William McGrory
Anna sheridan. Mrs. John J. Sheridan
Mrs. \. Brown IancasteS Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Jordan. Miss Florence u. King
Genevieve Sehuehart. MIR. and Mrs
Francis Cochran. Miss May schuchart
Miss Elsie Walker. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walker, James carlin. James Ryan
Miss Sara Schuhart. Miss Mary schu-
hart, Mr.. and Mrs. William Lyons
William McGurrie OF New Castle.
Charles Lancaster, Jr.. of Baldton
has become a conductor on the local
trolley line
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Reynolds who
have been residing on the Strand. have
rented the Givison property. on Sec
1nd street.
William Deakyne and J. t. l.. u
E.liason. Inc. yesterday began te
supply the schools with coal as per
contract recently given out.
This evening the members of City
Council and the Trustees of the Com
mons viii meet in monthly session.
MIR. and Mrs. Frederick Hayter of
Harmony street, Misses Helen Rogers
and Irma Mcknitt motored TO Pleas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-02

beautifully displayed cardboard, bear
iag the figures and letters "20th We'd
ding Anniversary hung over the en-
trance of the dining room. 1nstru-
mental and vocal selections were rem
dered, after which ice cream, cake
coffee and fruit were served. Tho
couple received numerous presents of
cut glass. china. linen and silverware.
Among those present We're: Miss Helen
c. Lofland and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Everett of Pennsylvania, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Haines. Mr.. and Mrs. John Me-
Dermot Misses Mary. Margaret. Agnes
and James Mcpermot, Raymond Feas-
ter. Joseph Flynn. Melvin Wertembee.
Miss Catherine Wriee. of Riverton, n.
j.. Mr.. and Mrs. John Graham. Pal
myra. n. D.; Ar. and Mrs. John Jor-
uan of Jersey City, ". D.; Mr.. and Mrs.
benjamin Jordan, Miss Nellie Jordan
OF New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Millman, Harry Linus. NJ. J. Recsler,
Mrs. Katie Landers. Mr., and Mis-
Charles Sell, Miss Ethel Sell, Miss
Mildred Sell, Mr.. and Mrs. David Me
Grory. Paul McGrory. Of Wilmington. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Knots.
Lawrence Kngtts. Jr.. of Stanton; MIR.
and Mrs. William +. Stewart of Cen
torville Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Rod
ney. John J. Jordan. Mr. and Mrs.
l4aussat Rogers, James G.. Shaw, Miss
Reba Holcomb. Francis de ii. Janvier.
Miss Catherine Landers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
Abbott. MIR, and Mrs. Harry Hance.
Miss Dorothy Rothwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Megginson. Edgar Megginson.
Mrs. Charles Yetter, Mrs. Charles X.
Hewlett. Miss Helen X. Landers. Ed
ward Mcdaniel. MIR. and Mrs. Walter
sheldon. MIR. and Mrs. George Black
burn. Miss Florence Young. Paul Mil
Ter, Miss Mary l. Wright, Andrew To-
man, Miss Alice Fahey. John Toman.
Miss Anna Higgins, Mrs. Lydia Ryan.
Kendall F'itzbons. William. Elizabeth.
lohu and Harry Ryan. Raymond Pay
ton, John ID. Berry Merton White.
Martin kenney. James j. Ryan. Miss
Anna Mcdaniel. Miss Catherine Duffy.
Mrs. Julia McCallister, Miss Elizabeth
McCallister, Miss Elizabeth Shearer.
George Weth, Miss Helen Hurley.
Charles Murphy, Miss Elizabeth Hig-
gins. William Jordan. Miss Catherine
Sheridan, Francis McCallister. Eugene
Sheridan, Albert Schuechart, Gather.
Inc Boyle. William Payton. James