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Evening star., 1921-11-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
The Depot.

The Depot.
When through little town at last
A railroad deigned to run,
The populace would gather fast
Each day to see the fun.
The folk from many miles away
Our interest would win,
As, at the station, every day
We watched the trains come in.
And now, though We are more mature
With serious tasks to do.
Tho station holds it's old.time lure
As strangers como to view.
We welcome men from every cline
And raise a hearty din,
Az we go forth from time to time
TO watch the trains come in.
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Enough armament will no doubt be
left scattered through the world to Of
fer . grim reminder Of what has hap.
pened and what may happen again
unless care Is exercised.
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Lenin obligingly saves soviet Rus.
sia the trouble of securing new leader.
ship by changing the government
policies as often as may be desired.
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The hope that the stories of hard
boiled" Army life were disposed Of
years ago is apparently doomed to
disappointment.
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Vanity can hardly be considered a
motive for assassination. No assassin
has ever found an honorable place in
history.
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Mexico is so rich In oil that instead
Of bandits it is expected soon to be
producing tired business men.
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BY this time Charles Of Austria
ought to be able to persuade himself
to order a good easy chair and forget
about a throne.
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In issuing PAPER marks Germany
has failed to maintain any reliable re.
lattonship between supply and demand.
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Whenever New York elects a mayor
opinions appear to differ as to whether
he is the best or the worst man in
town.
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The soviet government is willing to
sacrifice any of its old theories for
cash.
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Sovietists must by this time begin to
realize that the influence of the I. w.
W. was grossly exaggerated.
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A Modified Attitude.

'You used to say you would never
marry a man who drinks"
IT might consider It now" replied
Miss Cayenne. with SO much boot
leg material in circulation I'd probably
be Q widow very soon unless he re.
formed"
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Riddance.

"Why should his constituents insist
on sending such an obstreperous man
to Congress?" exclaimed the states
man.
1.-THE question seems fair enough" !"
said Senator Sorghum. And yet, on
the other hand, why should his neigh
bors defeat him and keep him hang.
ing around his home town."
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IT has noticed" said Uncle Eben,
dat when fightin's IN do air de man
dat talks d leudsst kin generally rum
de fastast,'
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S0une Little Helm.

I cannot answer questions deep.
But while from such task shrink,
I can at least q silence keep
And let the real people think.
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Joyous Opportunity.

Joyous OppOfCdmtys
Are you going to hear my speech?'
inquired Mr.. Meekton's wife.
II certainly will, Henrietta" replied
her husband. "You have no idea of
the pleasure I will derive from hearing
you make q good long talk which will
permit me to applaud instead Of COM
pelling me to apologize"
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Slug the Ball"

Umpire Billy Evans deplores the
tendency of players in the big leagues
this season to slug the ball." holding
that the desire to knock the ball out of
the lot has made u poorer game all
around.
While 1t is easy TO see the umpire s
standpoint. probably the great ma.
jority of fans will not agree with
him. For, after all. the average lover
Of the great American sport likes a
''hit-and-run" game. And when the
ball is lively enough, evidently the
players do, too. 1t is just another case
Of giving the people what they want.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
to most people the thrills come in base
ball when the bases are full. Or rea-
sonably so, and good hitter comes
up.
Crack, And around they go. Good
lively hitting is the life of the game.
Squeeze" plays have their place. and
the bored umpire naturally likes them,
with other specimens of inside base
ball. But the spectator is not bored a
bit by the hit-and-run game. He likes
it.
There is. however. a bigger reason
behind it than merely the desire to see
a player slug the ball" For all un-
consciously the player who can hit it
out" represents the man who does
things. the achiever. the doer. Such a
man is dear to the hearts of all real
He is the ideal of most
of us. This country is filled with men
in all walks of life who slug the BALI
for all they are worth. No wonder
they like to see it done in a base ball
game.
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especially for one who has learned the
trade. has lure all it's own. There is
a great deal doing, and the amount is
increasing. Lawmaking on Capitol Hill
is likely to be a spirited industry for
some1years to come.
Mr.. Kenyon has learned the trade.
He knows what to do. and how to do
it. He is identified from participat ton
with the questions now uppermost in
our national affairs. So that the work
Of the Senate in the near future will
be familiar to him.
In the Senate. therefore. MIR. Kenyon
will he able to serve his constituents
and his party at large well.
Iowa. it may be mentioned. has for
many years been ably represented in
the Senate. One Of the best qualified
men for public business the country
has known in half century was Viii
liam b. Allison, while one of the most
brilliant congressional orators appear
ing in that time was Jonathan p.
Dolliver. Thes Hawkeye state has al
ways been in the front rank, and
should remain there.
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The. Old Forts.

Col. kutz, in his valedictory as
Engineer Commissioner OF the Dis
trict, spoke approvingly of the old
project for capital betterment called
the Fort drive, and that recalls to old
Washingtonians what many later
Washingtonians may not know-that
the capital was during the civil war
surrounded by an elaborate system of
defenses. The first civil war forts
for the defense Of Washington were
built in the spring Of 1861. These were
Runyon, thrown up after Maj. Heint-
zelman's column had crossed Long
bridge: Fort Ellsworth, on Shutters
hill, west Of Alexandria. laid out the
day on which Col. Ellsworth's troops
landed at Alexandria, and Forts Cor
coran. Bennett and Hagerty. laid out
Immediately after Maj. Woods COM
nand had crossed Aqueduct bridge.
The crossing Of Long and Aqueduct
bridges by Union troops took place
on the night Of May %. 1861. These
forts were mainly to secure the
bridges. the defense system for the
city being worked out later.
There werO four groups or lines Of
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Gov, Gen. Wood.

The compliments paid Gen. Leonard
Wood by the President and Secretary
Weeks are well deserved and will be
echoed by the country. His presence
in the Philippines will serve two pur-
poses.
First it will insure 10 the Filipinos
direction of their affairs according
to the best American standards. He
knows them. and how the admins
tration feels toward them. He enjoys
the Pr Csident's full confidence. He has
demonstrated executive capacity else
where in other posts. He is in his
prime. and has shown interest in his
new post by making a sacrifice to ac-
cept it.
Second, it will insure to us safe
opinions about all-important develop.
ynents in that quarter of the world in
the near future. The far east is en-
tering more than ever into world cal
culations, and may figure more prom
inently than now in those calculations
after the armament conference shall
have mad Its say. And all OF this Will
I've important to us while We remain
in the archipelago.
We are likely to remain some TIME.
We shall be holding the islands in
sort of triple trust--for the natives.
for ourselves and for the world at
large. 1t would not do for us to with
draw at a time when so much every
where is In fiux, and the world is in
such state of unrest. The Stars and
Stripes stands for something very
definite wherever 1t flies, whereas the
flag Of a new nation would he an ex-
pertinent, to be taken ny the outside
world with caution.
In every sense, Gen. Wood is the
right man in the right place.
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civil war defenses The first was that
line south of the Potomac beginning
with the forts opposite Georgetown
and terminating with Fort Willard,
below Alexandria. The second group
comprised the Chain bridge forts. The
third line comprised those north of
the Potomac, beginning with Fort
Sumner, overlooking that river. and
ending with Fort Lincoln. command
ing. with other forts, the Bladens.
burg road and the country between
that road and the Eastern branch.
The fourth group embraced those
south of the Eastern branch, begin
ming with Fort Mahan. above Ben
ming. and ending with Fort Greble, on
the District hills above the Potomac
and nearly opposite Alexandria.
The work Of building forts. batteries
and emplacements for mobile artillery
and connecting them with intrench-
ments for infantry and with military
roads went on during the four years
OF the civil war, and one of tho
forts-McPherson, standing within the
grounds of Arlington-was building
when the peace of AppomattoX came.
Three other civil war forts and one
battery standing on government res
ervations are in what might be called
Ia fair state of preservation. These
are Fort De Russy and an emplace-
ment for mobile artillery in Rock
Dupont, on the ridge south of the
Eastern branch and near the eastern
end of the Eastern branch chain of
fcrtifcations.
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Kitchen Parking Space.

IF ever I have chance to build a
kitchen, I'm going to fly in the face
of the efficiency experts and have
plenty of waste space in it," says a
woman who has been trying to adapt
modern factory methods to house.
keeping. '"The compact kitchen is
all right up to the point of getting
the meal on the table. Then there s
no place to park the plates of salad
while they're waiting to be served.
and when the table is cleared there's
no place to park some of the dishes
while you're rinsing and stacking
the others. Parking space for kitch-
ems is my motto!'
The homely truth. which many
women in modern kitchens are dis
covering. is that the old-fashioned
workshop had few advantages after
all. Women who build today are apt
TO make their kitchens little big
ger than those recently constructed.
They route them so that the prepara-
ton of the meal may be done in
small and compact space, but they
leave a little room to breathe in.
In working away from the too-com- :
pressed workshop, women are not
going back to the pioneer kitchen, by
any means, but simply adding some
of it's pleasant space to the modern
comforts. thus keeping what is best
in both-Tulsa Tribune (democratlc).
Evening star., 1921-10-07
War Debt Not q Club.

| In his testimony yesterday before
/ the House ways and means committee
Secretary Mellon put a quietus on re
| ports that the administration plans to
! hold the debt owed this government
by the governments Of Europe as d
club over the heads OF the debtor ma
! tions at the armament conference
and for that reason was willing that
passage of the debt funding bill should
be delayed. Answering a direct ques
f.! ton as to whether there was any OBJ
| lection to waiting until after the con
ference to pass the bill. the Secretary
Of the Treasury said he did not think
such a course would be wise, adding
that some foreign governments were
| negotiating settlements among them
selves, and that the United States
should be prepared to participate with
| them speedily for protection of it's own
interests.
The proposal that the United States,
as the creditor Of Europe, should put
the screws" TO England. France and
Italy and force them to curtail their
armaments has had advocates in
many quarters. but it was inconceiv.
able that it should have been serious.
ly considered in responsible admins
! tratiOn circles. No course could be
more destructive OF good feeling and
that better understanding the attain
ment of which is absolutely essential
; if the world is to curtail its arms.
And there is the further consideration
that the exertion of any such pres
sure would give to Japan. which does
not owe money to the United States.
tremendous advantage in the nego-
tiations over other participating ma
tions.
Equally unwise and portentous of
bad feeling is the proposal advanced
in the Senate that Congress. in max
ing up next years budget. should
reckon on the collection of $500, 600. 600
interest on the European debt and
should reduce taxation to that extent.
Just how this program contemplates
that the United States should set
about to collect the money. in case
the debtor nations are not in position
to pay, is not disclosed; but it is GER
tain that nothing further would be
needed to convince the world that
America was grasping money
lender. bent on having it's pound of
flesh. regardless of the hardships and
sufferings which might entail. And
further account must be taken of the
hole in which the Treasury would
find itself if collection of this money
was counted upon and it was not
forthcoming: also the decentralization
to foreign exchange and consequently
to foreign trade which would result
from the application of any strong
arm methods to collection of the
debt.
Coupling up of propaganda for can
collation. of the debt with the proposal
that it shall be adjusted and admins
tered on businesslike' basis is
wholly unwdrranted. Intelligent ap-
probation of Europe's limitations is
much more likely to assure US pay
ment IN full than any policy Of ruth
less collection.
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and virr1nia
Anacostia Park or Anacostia Flats

Disruption of the program for the
reclamation and development of the
Anacostia flats is threatened unless
Congress removes the restriction
against expenditure of funds in ex-
tending the work north of Benning
bridge. Just why the provision was
inserted in the current District appro-
priation act that the S175, 1000 made
available for the project this year
should be expended only on operations
south of the bridge has never been
explained. If the limitation was in
serted as a one-year proposition no
particular damage. will be done. If it
Is made to apply through another
fiscal twelve months, starting with
next July. there will be grave likeli-
hood of the reclama ton activities COM
ing to an abrupt end at the Benning
bridge. Congress has given no indica-
iion of an intention to abandon the
carrying out in full of the Anacostia
plan.
While some perplexity has developed
q concerning what Congress had in
mind when it passed the appropriation
act, no real apprehension is felt that
ii permanent slowing down of the flats
work is contemplated. The reclama-
fiOn scheme calls for an ultimate ex-
penditure of about S3.000.O00. and Of
this nearly half has been appropriated
I TO date. the project being approximate
ly so per cent completed. 1t has been
the practice heretofore to keep at
least year in advance of the dredg-
ing operations in the matter of ac-
quiring the necessary land and in
itiating other preliminary steps assur-
ing continuous prosecution of the
work. AS about a year and half
will be required for completing the
project south of the BRIDGE there is
yet time TO prepare for continuing the
work beyond the bridge. provided the
next appropriation act does not pro-
.hibit it. But unless authority is given
TO make the necessary land acquisi-
tions. the big dredging and cOnstruc-
ton plant the government has built
up for the Anacostia service undoubt-
edly will face a period of idleness
when it reaches the bridge.
The government would reap no
economy from halting the work at this
point. 1t would be costly in the end
. tu throw Cut of commission. even for
brief period. the well oiled machine
that is now moving rapidly and ef-
fectively in its work of reclaiming
the marshes. long held a menace to
the health of Washington. 1t may be
doubted if any appropriation of SIM
liar size ever made for the District has
brought greater benefits to the people
of the city than the amount thus far
expended in wiping out the unsightly
and insanitary l0wlands fringing the
city on the south and east. The work
should go on, and it is inconceivable
that Congress will take any other
view of the matter.
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Mr.. Kenyon and the Senate.

Mr.. Kenyon's decision. to remain in
the Senate reflects credit on his judg-
msnt. True. the federal bench affords
fine opportunities for usefulness, and
an appointment to 1t is for life. To a
lawyer an offer OF a seat on that
bench conveys strong temptation.
. But in the Senate Mr.. Kenyon is
we'll placed. He has shown himself
sexcellently qualified for legislative
work, and been doing his full share Of
Fit. He has attained prominence in the
chambef.
And Legislative work Just now. and
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Overwhelming I,nportance

oScEWHcllHiAiS 1UlpOTtdHce.
The problems all have stepped asid
To let the crowd go by.
No thought of poverty or pride
Bids human nature sigh.
The questions that we used to ask
Engage our thoughts NO more.
Before the bulletins we bask
And watch the base ball score.
We take no heed of distant YapS
p Nor Oil fields near at hand.
One little spot upon the map
In fame now holds command.
A respite from world Of care
We find, as, undismayed.
We turn to the location where
The base ball game is played.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

A base ball series not only lasts
longer than a contest for the pugilistic
championship. but is entirely free
from certain disagreeable possibilities
presented by the prize ring. Physical
injuries may arise in bail game, but
they are not the result Of deliberate
intention,
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A New York physician says that a
proper diet will prevent crime and
enable people to live forever. If food
can be discovered which will do this
nobody will have right to complain
OF the high cost of living.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Distractions to an American mer
chant marine are referred to by Chair
mountable." Close students of English
will appreciate the discriminating pre-
cision with which that word seem
ingly" is employed.
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A prohibition agent may as well un.
derstand at the outset that he will
never attain the kind Of popularity
which in days gone by caused men to
lean against the railing and sing, oh
He's a Jolly Good Fellow
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Getting Oratorical Results.

''Why don't you make one of those
old-fashioned speeches that bring an
audience to its feet?"
II tried that once" replied Senator
Sorghum. 1.-The audience came to its
feet simply for the purpose Of walking
out"
Evening star., 1921-10-07

A Chicago postal clerk is under ar.
rest for opening letters in order to
pry into the sentimental revelations OF
the human heart. The necessity he
fe for going to this extreme is a sad
reflection on our fiction publishers.
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Col. Bryan likes debate as well
as anybody. but does not feel inclined
to risk overworking what he regards
as SO simple topic as the treaty.
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Under sovietism Russia has gradu.
ally worked around to the old search
for some means of realizing on the
vast store of undeveloped resources.
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+. Lloyd George and De Valera may
regard themselves as successful if
they can keep prolonged interviews
sufficiently interesting to prevent a
relapse into hostilities.
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FOrethOuglIt. .

I'm saving up for Christmas time,
When merry greetings lightly chime
I hope for sufficient roll
To buy the folks load of coal.
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The President Of Germany makes it
clear that for a man in his position
there must be either rise in the
value of marks or raise in salary.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Jud Tunkins says the saying thai
riches don't bring happiness fs some
thing that every fellow would like to
prove for himself.
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only temporary. In others it is a mat
ter of habitual temperament.
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Instead of Russia's terrorizing the
world, the world is engaged in feed
ing Russia.
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japanese statesmen are inclined to
regard their present navy-construction
program as another of those accom-
plished facts.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

A Detroit. girl who was married over
the telephone has been granted a d.
vorce. She got the wrong number
Detroit News.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Reform for the Coal Industry.

Unofficial announcement that one of
the chief problems. of the unemploy-
ment conference will be the sta
bilizing" of the coal industry will
breathe comfort for future winters.
if not for this. The movement for
reform comes from Mr.. Hoover. 1t
is not new idea with him More
than year ago he spoke OF the
engineering waste now gong on IN
and intimated that eventually gov
ernmental cooperation would be nee
essary in order that the industry
might be associated with such natu-
raj by-products as municlpai gas sup
ply and lighting. Mr.. Hoover now
apparently sees chance for step
forward in connection with the un-
employment situation.
There are certain tangible things
he can probably accomplish. But
the most important aspect of his
activity will be the mere fact that
full light is being shed on the coal
problem. 1t. like many Of our ma
siderable degree because of Ignorance
and a seeming preference for remain
ing ignorant. The great question Of
storage and the wastefulness of half
time labor which follows from it
muct be difficult, but neither will dis
They must be faced. Apparently they
involve both the producers of coal
and the consumers of coal. Confer
ence and information will bring reps,
resentatives of. the two groups to-
gether. The final systematization of
ginning must be made. Mr.. Hoover's
conferences are beginning, and may
be more significant than they SEEM
New York Globe Independently.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Unfortunately, putting up a Post
No Bills sign won't prevent them
from coming through the mails.-Duluth
Herald
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CONSIDERATIONS of Weieht.

"Yond' Cassius has lean and
hungry look!" detained Caesar.
"Masbe we'd better take a chance
on him. at that" interrupted Antony
in whisper. "You know, nobody
loves a fat man."
Evening star., 1921-10-07

II some of the automobilists will turn
tortoise and slow down it will save them
from turning turtle and smashing up.
Paste this on your Observation-Disclosures
lnectady Gazette.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Methodist salaries have been reduced
but the ministers have not set a date
for strike vote.-Omaha World Her.
aid.
Evening star., 1921-10-07

DE good loser said Uncle Eben,
''is fine influence 'ceppin' fob de
fack dat he's liable to incourage de
selfish sinners to use loaded doe"
Evening star., 1921-10-07

Wide vale corduroy break
fast coats. nip-line style. Vic
tory. copenhagen, wistaria and
purple. Also embossed slip
over model in rose color.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Women's Sumptuous S1S5 to $500
Fur Trimmed Coats, $155

lndccr1baby lovely with their lurous materials costly
Coors too rich be enumerated the popular shades
which they only aristocratic cousins
JeIleffs Second Floor.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Real Lace Trim
med Neck Fiixiings
at S.

Real baby Irish. real Valen-
ciennes, new and exquisite
collars, some shaped to
square necklines; collar sets,
vestees and guimps. What
ever is right for suits, for
dresses, for sweaters, is
among the handsome neck
fixings here at SIS.
JelIeff's Main Floor.
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Snuggle Into One Of
These Camel's
Hair Scarfs, $4.75

Price particularly low, be-
cause of rebuilding-the gen.
eral rule throughout the
house. These are generous
ly large sports scarfs OF
camel's-hair. in almost end
less combinations of canary,
black, lavender. buff, tur-
quoise. henna, white. orange,
rose, navy and purple. =
Evening star., 1921-10-07
Misses Handsome Silk

Canton crepe, crepe satin. Ros-
hanara or crepe faille combined
with laces and bright colored fac
ings, self color as well as vivid
embroidering and beading. New
est side and loose panels. Bell or
flowing sleeves. Navy, black or
brown. Pictured Qeft one OF
prOupl.