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Evening star., 1922-12-27
Couldn't Keep Pennies Straight,
Rut Handles Millions Easily

ming west and hustle over 10 the
other station where east-bound trains
en- route for Chicago pulled in
Through this service the people got
their papers about an hour and "A hal
before they reached Chicago. Marcel
lus did a brisk trade, but frequently
came out behind in his accounts.
Finally he made up his mind to re-
form. and to study hard at mathe-
come big financier by surmountinE
his particular weakness.
Then in 1906 he came to Washington
as a delegate to a fraternity confer
ence. He promptly became impressed
" it'll the educational advantages in
the capital. and going back to school
talked this over with his pal Miilarf
Tawney (who died of the flu during
the world war while captain and int
structor in an Indiana university
training camp. 1t SO happened that
young Tawney's father was home. in
Winona, Mimi, from Congress for Il
Christmas holiday. and CHANGED 10
mentio that there was vacancy i'm
| the position of assistant clerk to the
approprfations committee, of which,
| the senior Tawney was then chairt
| man, caused by Kennedy Rea goink
over to the Senate appropriations
committee. without a word to Mart
cellus his faithful friend Millard got
him the job, not because of any part
ticular aptness at figures, but be-
cause they had good times camping
together.
So in 1908 Marcellus SHIELD became
assistant clerk, and thus served his
apprenticeship on the biggest ac}
counts in the world-the supply bills
of the United States government
! Then in 1916 he became clerk in hiS
own right, and since then has handle3
these bills. appropriating more thaf
SCI, 900, ,000,000 with perfect accuracy
Shield has served under five chair!
men of the committee. two democrats.
Fitzgerald and Sherley, and three re
publicans. Tawney, Good and Madden.
| He fits his job SO well that although
he had been first appointed by Min
nesota republican. Fitzgerald. a New
York democrat, gave him the position
of clerk.
He was clerk of the select commit
tee on the budget and played an i'm
] portant part in having the federal
budget system installed. Then hs
was urged to accept the position of
| controller general under this budget
system, having entire charge OF audit
ing the federal expenditures.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
The New Pollyannas.

There's nothing good or bad but
thinking makes 1t so," Shakespeare
announced a long time ago. He meant.
of course. II you really think it. IFS
a most comfortable doctrine. il you
think only along lines Of cheerfulness
and optimism. Pollyanna applied It
and was forever smiling. 1t reap
pears now as an original discovery, as
the modern miracle.
Just think what a Transformation
would be affected could people unre-
servedly believe in It. DAY by day
in every way am getting better and
better" are the magic words which
should prove the "open sesame" to all
happiness. The beggar might soon
think his rags into royal robes; every
Cinderella become a princess; every
slim bank account swell into Rookie
feller dimensions. Whether anything
Of the kind happened or not. the
result would be the same if man
could persuade himself. by patient
repetition of a certain formula. that
they had happened. AS a man thinks,
SO he is. DR.. Crabbe might make the
volstead act effective by saying forty
times. morning and night. Every day
IN every way luS SouHliS 5oAlih6
dryer and dryer" So the thirsty. de-
prived of liquid refreshment. could
console themselves with the phrase
Every day in every way l am get
ting drunken and drunken"
The possibilities of self-hypnotisn
are boundless. Newspapers which hao
yainly tried to increase their circula-
ton by other methods might try the
prescription Every day in every way
1 am becoming more popular" Even
il the assertion did not represent q
fact, it might create a pleasing self
delusion that would go far toward al
ciated merit. If you can't get real
turtle. mock turtle is not bad.-Balti-
more Sun.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
A Survey of District Needs.

District needs accumulated during
the years of comparative neglect due
to wartime economies are now to be
surveyed and summarized for state
ment to Congress, it is announced at
the District building. A comprehen-
sive review of the urgent require
ments of the municipality has been
undertaken. covering the streets,
schools and sewers especially.
Barred from submitting full esti-
mates covering all the necessities of
the District in respect to these and
other branches of the municipal gov
ernment, by the budget bureaus cur
tailment of the figures. Commission
ers still are justified in laying before
Congress full statement of what is
essential to equiv .a.o municipality
properly. There is no Naw to check
them from such a survey and report.
The special needs Of the schools
have been urged by the board Of edu-
cation and by the citizens committee
representing all Washington. The
needs Of the streets have been indi-
Gated by civic organizations and by
the Commissioners. The sewers have
not been particularly dwelt upon other
than the routine reports of municipal
departments. The water supply re-
quirement has been effectively stated
and is now being met through new
works that have been put under way
within the past few months.
1t is desirable now to bring all
these needs together into a definite
declaration of necessities for the guild
ance of Congress in dealing with the
District. 1t may be possible through
the release of the surplus tax revenues
now in the Treasury, and now the
subject of consideration by a joint Sc
lect committee. to make immediate
provision. in the next fiscal year, for
a beginning on all of these require
n1ents in accordance with a. compre-
hensive, systematic scheme of i'm
provements. Or it may be possible to
provide federal advance to the Dis
trict to be repaid with interest, per-
haps added to the surplus revenues
thus released, to enable the District to
go ahead now to make good its ar
rears due to the enforced economies
of Congress in dealing with the capi-
tai municipality. Or again it may be
possible by another form Of loan. per-
haps in the nature of a bond issue. to
supply the funds required for the Dis
trict's so per cent Of these costs. this
perhaps in addition to surplus release
and federal advance. =.
However financed. these large prof.
ects of improvement, costing many
millions, should not be longer neg
lected. Every year adds to the diff
Guilty through further accumulations.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
''Luxury'' Gives Cold
Welcome to ssHunger''
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star
He came in the door of the large
department store; came in with the
fur-coated, warm, prosperous-lookine
crowd, and started through the store
He was tall and gaunt, his body was
but frame Of bones to hang his thin
shabby clothing on. Pale. emaciated
Wasted with hunger. wild-eyed-he
was poverty and unemployment
We stared at him. Two floor walk
ers moved anXiously toward him-he
did not belong here; two youths, buy
ing. expensive trifies, looked after him
and remarked; 'The floor walkers
had lost him in the crowd"
The crowd moved away from him
as he moved through it toward the
other door: moved away lest their
furs should touch his cold, shiver-
ing frame with their warmth. What
was he doing here? Had he come in
for warmth or to mingle once more
through the other door.
whittier had he gone? To sick
room, cold and comfortless? To little
children crying for bread and wonder
ing why there was no Christmas for
them? Or, to the last great tragedy:
He had come and gone like a ghost
of another world, and yet. he fingered
with u.s.. It was unpleasant to have
him WALK shivering before us as we
rolled homeward in our warm. lux
urious automobiles; TO have him sit
unfed at our plenty-laden tables; to
wake up in our soft, warm beds and
wonder where he was sleeping. He
was an unwelcome guest in our
warm, SNUG, luxurious lives-for he
was hunger and cold and weariness
and want; and. he made us feel-and
remember-when We wanted to for
get.
welcome in our Sc fish homes and
Lives az would De the lowly Babe in
| His manger bed of straw whose birth
=" CATHERINE EcKELS WILSON.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
The Two-Day Recess,

After a two-day recess-the time
devoted to discussion Of Christmas
turkey and triimminss-Congress il
p back on the job.
1t is great improvement on the
old thirty-day recess. For such was
virtually the result Of the voting Of q
fortnight to holiday festivities. Two
weeks for the festivities and two
. weeks for recovering from the festivi-
ties. The wheels seldom begin to re.
volve again full swing before Jani.
ary 20.
This short session will cover. the
constitutional three months A month
has already been covered, and two
months will bring us to March f.
closing time.
There is a good deal to be done, and
1 good deal 81 debate inheres in much
of,it. The supply bills will carry many
interesting, and some new, items, and
in both House and Senate members
will want to make their positions
plain. -..- I ,,gr g..
= Still. in two months. with every.
body working with will. good deal
!. can be done. The men in charge in
both House and Senate know how to
do business. and are familiar with the
excellent legislative machinery at
their command. They know how to
make the wheels go round.
But everybody. must work with. q
will. A scheme to- delay business and
SO force an extra session of the new
Congress could be made effective. The
hope is. and the public interests de
nland, that if such a scheme is in the
hack of anybody's head it will be aban
doned.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
win reach a figure. suggestive OF the
outstanding volume Of German marks.

win reach a figure. suggestive OF the
outstanding volume Of German marks.
Notwithstanding this heavy In
crease in mail volume the peak OF the
outgoing parcel mail was advanced
two days over last year. The days of
heaviest mailing in 1921 were Decem-
ber 20, q and 22, while this year the
corresponding days were December
1S, 10 and 20. This means that the
public responded to the postal officials
request for early mailing. 1t means
also surer service in deliveries. This
year the transport Of the mails was
handicapped by train failures due to
various causes. one Of which fs be-
lieved to be the great. increase in
passenger travel. Had it not been for
the advancing OF the peak point by
forty EIGHT hours it would have been
impossible to move the heavier volume
of mail matter this year in season.
Practically everybody appreciates
the advantage of early mailing. just
as the advantage Of early buying has
long since been learned. Yet improve
ments are still possible. If the peak
could be advanced still further by two
days the task Of the postal service
would be greatly lightened and the
service itself would be improved.
1t is possible in the pre-Christmas
mail rush to increase the force Of col
lectors and handlers. But the carrier
force cannot be enlarged advantage
ously. The men who distribute the
mails about town are experts. They
know the routes. they know the names
and they know the houses. Upon their
knowledge of their territories depends
their efficiency. To put strangers
upon the routes may retard rather
than facilitate deliveries. Conse-
quently the heaviest burden of the
Christmas mail rush falls upon these
men who go from door to door with
letters and parcels. There is a physi-
cal limit to their capacity. If the load
can be distributed over a longer
period they can carry it effectively.
If it is concentrated they cannot do
so. Hence the great gain in efficiency
in the advance of two days in the
"peak''
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Bring the Army-Navy Game Here


For many years it has been hoped
that Washington would eventually be
chosen as the site for what has come
to be regarded asa "classic:' in Amer.
ican sport, the annual foot ball match
between the Annapolis and West Point
cadets. Lack Of suitable playing
grounds and Of adequate seating IA
.cilities here, however, has been urged
as the reason against this choice, but
within a short period the equipment
at the local base ball park has been
50 expanded that accommodations are
afforded for q great crowd, though not
so great, Of course, as. those that may
be assembled In fields at Philadelphia
and New York. Eventually a vast
stadium, it ia. expected, will be con-
structed in Potomac Park as feature
of that national peoples play
ground, and such 9 held will be Pre-.
Feminently suitable for such athletic
contests a. the Army and NAVY game,
as well as for Olympic games, should
they ever be brought to America.
Another reason why Washington
Evening star., 1922-12-27
ECRETARY of Commerce Her
bert Hoover is. in many ways,
a remarkable person and one Of

|CECRETARY Of Commerce Her
bert Hoover is. in many ways.
\ remarkable person and one Of
tho reasons of his success is
that he is able to put his finger. with
out hesitation, on just the man that
he wants to carry out a certain part
of the work he has at hand. After
the time that Woodrow Wilson was
in Europe, Hoover was busily select
ing, mentally, bright young men for
important jobs. filing them away in
his cranial index. When he was Sc
lected by President Harding to sit in
his cabinet, Hoover searched his mem
ory and found that it contained the
name of many young men who would
be Of assistance to him in making
his administration of the Department
of Commerce a success. One Of the
men that he reached out and grabbed
was Col. Goldsmith, who had not only
served with distinction as member Of
the American Expeditionary Forces. but
who had made a splendid record FOR
himself in the relief work in different
parts of the war-stricken territory Of
Europe, so it came to pass that the
full-o-pep colonel was placed in charge
Of the division of foreign commerce and
told to go to it. which he has done
most successfully. and if you want to
know anything about the commerce or
the rest of the world. as well as the
United States. drop in some day and
you will find how many million bushels 5
of wheat. how many hundred thousand
tons Of dried fruit. how many millions
pounds of copper. etc. are handled by this
and other countries and if. by chance.
you catch him-and these periods are
very rare. generally occurring after six
fund of Army stories that are in
teresting Here are two that he told
me the other day. when I dropped in
to get some information the other day
for this column. 1t appears that a
great many years ago a beautiful arch
a noted person. and it stood. weather
beaten and dulled by the passing Of
time. when our doughboys marched
through the city in which it stood. One
were great chunks missing. explained
TO his companion: well. our flyers
didn't muss up all Of this town but
from the looks of that big front door
they certainly raised hell with the
towns opera house." Another story
that a we'll known colonel told him con-
cerned an American soldier who had
been Dragging about the higness of
things in general in America. when a
native officer in an endeavor to get
him to concede that there was some-
thing in Europe worth while. took him
to the edge of Vesuvius and. pointing
down to the great molten mass below.
exclaimed: But you haven't ANYTHING
like that in America" The khaki ID
one however. unaba shed. replied: "Oh!
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Enlarging the Cameras Uses
From Des Moines, Iowa

From DeS MONIES, iowa:
John B. Hammond. chief of police,
announced today that every drunken
man who is brought into police head
quarters hereafter will have his pic
ture taken. When the offender has
become sober again he will be pre-
sented with a picture of himself. SO
that he may know just how he looked.
This may have some effect as de-
terrent. A man in the character of a
drunk at a police station does not
present a slightly appearance. with his
hat battered, his clothes soiled, his
collar and neckwear askew, his eyes
red and his general suggestion of un-
tidiness and Generalization. Seeing
himself thus as others have seen him
may work a reform if he is not too
far gone.
Some years ago The Star suggested
that jailers should be supplied with
cameras and instructed in their use.
so that when mobs bent on murder
surged up to prison doors the men,
bers could be photographers; that a
group picture would assist officials in
making arrests, and, moreover. that
the knowledge that assailants would
be received in that way--a flashlight
aiding at night-would have a tend
ency to diminish the size of such
crowds.
Men engaged in a great cause march
UP without blinking or hesitation to
the cannon's mouth. But only thor
oughly hardened men bent on an
ignoble end will march up to the
cameras mouth and register there
the furious face and gesture that go
with lynching bees. The stomach for
that sort of thing needs to be Of the
toughest quality.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
EDITORIAL DIGEST

Japan's wicked and cruel occupation
of Chinese territory can scarcely be
edited by the news that the Chinese
population of Shantung regard the
departure of the Japanese as a calam-
ity. The Peking government is weak
and they are afraid that it cannot
protect them against bandits"
Since Japan's release of ShantunE to
China is "really one of the outstand-
ing completed features of the confer
ence called by President Harding"
as the Scranton Times democratic)
sees it. it is. the New York Herald
(independenD holds. "a triumph for
American diplomacy" as well. But,
however the honors may be distrib-
uted it is undoubtedly. the Herald
concludes. "a long step ahead in
Strengthening out international tan
giles and in removing formidable
perils to peace in the far east"
Evening star., 1922-12-27

There is no doubt that the German
emperor acted on bad advice, but an
emperor is in a position to hear only
the kind Of advice that pleases his
personal fancy.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
HERE and THERE il, WASHINGTON
BY aTHE MAJOR"
that's pretty good. but our Niagars
Falls could put it out in two minutes.

that's pretty good, but our Niagara
Falls could put it out in two minutes.
iTHERE 10 q story going arouno
i places where republican leaders are
wont to rather concerning q national
committeeman from the far west. the
one who recently refused to have his
name considered in connection with a
high government position. 1t appears
that some time ago this urbane gentIe-
man purchased a ranch. q farm. some
hop land or something Of the sort ana.
upon close investigation. discovered
that the ono most familiar with the
terrain was an aged Chinaman. who
had for years acted as a sort OF silent
manager and adviser as to which crop
grew best in. certain sections OF tne
ranch. Some time ago some members
Of the G. o. p. in this western STATE
conceived the idea that they would
oust this political boss, but could not
fnd a flaw either in his personal
character or in the manner in which
he had handled the political anatrs OF
the state. A rumor, however, reacneo
them that Asiatic labor was oelne
employed ON the farm. The news
papers were tipped of and photogra-
piers sent to take pictures OF the
Asiatics alleged to be employed on
the farm. When the knights OF the
black box. as the camera men are
called, arrived they found one super
animated toothless old Chinaman. the
compelled them to snap him, and.
strange to relate. each one OF the
plates returned was rather foggy"
and this. coupled with the fact that
the engravers did not make a spiendlo
lob of the halftones, resulted IN the
newspapers printing picture whlen
might have been that OF the race 10
which those on the Pacific coast OBJ
ject. The plans of the political enc
mics came to naught when IL was
learned that the only foreign-oorn
farmland employed on the place was
the age-bent worshiper OF Son-
! fuscius.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was
~ caused the other night in a
prominent hotel by the cries of cat
behind one Of the overstuffed sofas
that line the main corridor; added to
this was the interruption Of some one
with a foreign accent disrupting a
conversation between two ladies who
were waiting for their escorts, and to
add to the thrill a twain OF what
were once fiappsrs were greatly dis
turbed by what appeared to them to
be the crying of an abandoned infant
under the lounge on which they were
seated. It was merely L. c. Harmon
Of New York. Paris. London. Hong
kong and other places having his
evenings fun. Harmon's ability as
ventriloquist is known in smart clubs
in all parts of the world.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

appropr ! a l l o n S
committee. w n o.
when a boy. MAX
ing penny change
was so inaccurate
t h at he finally
lost his job be-
cause at the end
of t h e m o n I II
I n e l. e W a s n t
enough pay COM
ing to him to
make good II i s
losses. For I h e
last six years he
has been in charge
of all the big ap-
propriation b / lis
I-nolo G a m
Evening star., 1922-12-27

A green Christmas used to be re-
garded as endangering health. 1t is
now regarded as safer to have a warm
climate that will not tempt the reck-
less wanderer to tap the motor radia-
tor for wood alcohol.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

His visit enabled Clemenceau to un-
derstand that man may be popular
in America, even among those not in
absolute agreement with his economic
ideas.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

A few Mexicans Of the turbulent
type may have rushed to join the
fascist under the sadly mistaken i'm
preston that it was a new kind Of
bandit organization.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

China is. suppressing the drug traf-
f1c. The oriental method Of handling
bootleggers might be worth studying.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

Russian dancers are regarded as
more persuasive in getting money
from America than Russian diplo-
mats.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

Mussolini is by this time discovering
that landslide is largely a natural
phenomenon and not easy to keep un.
der personal control.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

~ oYS who cannot make theIt
- own small finances balance
need not be downhearted, for
some day they may be called
unon TO handle billions Of dollars Tor
the United States government.
That's a real life transition for Mar
cellus c. SHIELD, clerk OF the Rouse
Evening star., 1922-12-27

It is possible to reinstate player
in the films, but the restoration of
spectators to the orchestra chairs is
another matter.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
"Spell Plaguy.'

Judge E. s. Thomas of the United
States district court is OF an lnquir-
ine frame of mind. In Hartford the
other day he decided to test the SPELL
ing ability of lawyers and govern
ment officials in his court. Few came
through the ten-word test win NY
ing colors. The words were: Super
sede, innuendo, inoculate, rarely
vilify. repellent, plaguy, embarrass,
harass, picnicking.
"The Judge chuckled to himself az
one after another slipped up on the
list" says the story.
or course. the chuckles were justi-
fed. For it's a simple list.
Try it and see.-Worcester Ga
zette.
Life and hash are what you make
them.-Harrisburg Patriot.
We swear off on New Year and
after that we swear OF and on
Nashville Tennessean.
Where ignorance is bliss it seems
foolish to undergo an intelligent test
Toledo Blade
Health hint: Erase the price mark
or those Christmas presents.-Lit-
tie Rock Arkansas Democrat.
toronto OcutISI6, IL 10 TSNcdlcUi
have been in the habit Of giving their
patients the choice Of gas or whisky.
What do they mean, :'choice"?-De-
troit Free Press.
The idea of some patriots seems to
be that il we ever get out of this
peace we'll never get caught in an
other one.-Parkersburg News.
A radio marriage having been de-
clared legal, we suppose the loving
couple will be able to get a separa-
tion in the same airy way.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
William Allen White says America
has many men who are greater than
Lincoln, but he doesn't specify who
the others are.-Schenectady Gazette
Silver pocket Hacks gleam in the
jewellers = Christmas windows. They
might have become popular a. Christ
kmas gifts even without prohibition
Worcester Telegram
Evening star., 1922-12-27

The world will patiently continue to
call conferences until some practical
plans for permanent peace are
evolved.
Evening star., 1922-12-27

No traffic expert has yet devised a
system of regulations that will pro-
vide parking accommodations.