Evening star., 1922-11-25

ENATOR FELTON,, the only lady
who has ever sat in the United
!A States Senate. even one day,
said in her maiden speech and
swan song:
Indeed, / feel like ! am the hap
piest woman in the United States.
am at home in the Senate for one
minute. 1 appreciate the peaceful
home and beautiful attention to me
everywhere" j
How it must have made the veteran
senators squirm to hear their forum
termed a peaceful home" Possibly
some one will now crochet for the
Senate chamber. to hang with the
flag back of the Vice Presidents
| chair. There's no place like home.
The chamber lacks a whatnot in the
corner, bearing souvenirs of forensic
battles and an album of all the happy
family. their sisters, their cousins
and their auntS."
,, Here comes another foreigner TO
lecture us. This man is the captain
Of the German cruiser Embden. What
are to be his topics has not yet been
announced. but already the American
commission of the American Legion
is Issuing a call to arms in opposi-
tion to permitting any lectures by
men SO recently taking leading part
in the atrocities of our late enemies.
|, The director of the American COM
mission. Garland w. Powell, de-
nounces the proposed lectures and
objects to receiving Capt. Helmuth
Won Mucke. the speaker, though he
makes no appeal for boycotting him.
He takes the position that, although
the world war is over, its wounds are
not yet sufficiently healed to endure
the poignant pain of rasping by one
who is held responsible for so much
of the naval atrocities.
AS our friends of London might say,
americans seem to have been fed
up" on European lectures telling US
what Europe thinks Americans should
do. Why not let us lead our own
quiet lives and be appreciative of our
readiness to accord the same liberty
to other nations? There are even
some Americans in the Senate and
elsewhere who find it hard to sit stiil
, and be lectured by the great Tiger
of France. but if some one would
arrange a debate between him and
Won Mueke il would be in strong COM
petition with foot ball and would
| interest the most blase of fans.
With all the talk Of the importance
of teaching Americanism to immi-
grants. the discovery is made that
there are scores of Washington
schoolrooms without a flag of any
size. When the pupils recitc the
Salute the Flag" they go through
the motions of saluting the empty
air. but il is no emptier than their
I. ~ Nv
doing. How many really associate
that exercise with the flags they see
later waving over government build
ings or private homes and business
houses on special days?
There is woeful lack of public
knowledge as to what proper respect
for Old Glory requires. If the SIM
pie rules regarding the flags treat
ment were taught in school-perhaps
they are in some rooms-there would
be fewer flags used as table cover
ings on which to set the speakers
pitcher of water. so essential in en-
abling him to send up his glorious
patriotic eagles.
Some one has asked that a kneel-
ing bench be placed before the tomb
Of the unknown dead soldier at Ar
lington. for daily some mother or
other relative of some soldier is seen
there in PRAYER. Let the kneelins
bench be made the shrine of every
lecturer who seeks to appear before
American audiences with his message
of the world war. Let him first
cleanse his soul in behalf of the ma
ton before he speaks to America of
the war
The -prohhitionistS are making
much over the statistics which indi-
cate that the total Jail population
has increased 712 per cent during the
last five years. They attribute the
increase to the enforcement of the
prihibition law. Probably they are
correct.
If booze were legitimate hundreds
who are now in defiance of the law
would find no law to defy. SO far as
booze is concerned. If other laws
were repealed. making legitimate
what els now illegal-housebreaki
for eXample-many a prisoner would
would be reduced. The case is not
complete. therefore, say the pIohi-
bitionistS. when the claim is made
that prohibition does not reduce
crime. That sort of statement begs
the question as to whether the laws
tledtc VI pHiN IbSHdilLe luSlii.
A further analysis of the statistics.
they argue. would show that certain
crimes of violence-wife-be as
sault and battery and major crimes
have been very materially lessened
under rhe Nolstead law. The object
of law is not to decrease the burden
upon jailS, but upon homes.
What splendid innovation is that
! inaugurated by boy patient at the
George Washington University Hos
pital. Francis Murray, who is a radio
prodigy. When he found it neres-
sary to undergo an operation for ap-'
pendicitis he insisted that a radio be
established at his bedside. so that
he could hear its messages as he
came out from the influence of the
ether and as he lay convalescing. 1t
was successful, and throughout his
illness he received messages from his
friends who also were radio fans"
and listened to the music of the
spheres.