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Evening star., 1922-11-15

cars on the wrong side, backing out
from parking spaces without looking
to see what is coming from behind.
doing the hundred and one things that
contribute to the accident record.
These pictures will not be staged"
They will be taken just as the traffic
happens to be. 1t is impossible to ex.
pose a reel at any crowded point in
this city without catching some of
these breaks and breaches and narrow
escapes. and perhaps some Of the re.
sulting accidents. But. unfortunately
the percentage of care in the streets
is still so low that any observer, and
especially one with a record-making
machine like motion picture camera
can note evidences of oarelessleSs and
thoughtlessness at any time of the
day.
VIII these visual proofs of inatten-
tion and Indifference have their effect
in inducing better habits? 1t is the
hope, of course. that they will. But
there is always tendency to say,
That could never happen to me-"
Some declare, Il am very careful in
the streets: l always look in the right
direction before l so out on the pave
ments and l never take chances" And
the very next time they go into the
traffic they may do the very things
that invite disaster. Or the motorist
may say. Il am sCrupulously observ-
ant Of all the rules; / never cut a
corner and | never jump gap. and l
never go over a cross walk without
care for the pedestrians" And vet
ON The next "trip he may do any one Of
these things through force of habit.
The safety habit must be cultivated.
1t can be. Pictures and print and the
spoken word will help. In the week of
intensive educational campaignirS =
soon to be held all these media of i'll
structiou and reminder will be en-
ploycd. and the hope is that many
WaShingtuniaus who are now habitual-
ly negligent OF themselves and others
will become in contrast habitually
careful.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Stumping at Home and Abroad.

In tne BRUSH campaign II. u. wells
was disappointment on the stump
He read his addresses, and they proved
to be over the heads Of his hearers
His audiences showed impatience and
disappointment, and acted as though
they had been misled as to the candi-
date. The voters had gathered expect.
ing bread. in the shape of rousing
appeal garnished with elocution and
gesture, and were handed a stone, in
the shape of lecture delivered in the
sing song of an unexcited reader.
Thus was history repeated. In one
of our middle states-the home of
stumpers, and the scene of many STIR
ring campaigns-a leading party some
years ago nominated, probably by way
of variety, scholarly man, who, with
out preparation. could no more have
addressed an audience at any length
than he could have reached up and
removed the moon from the sky.
So on his first appearance in the
campaign he drew forth a formidable
roll of manuscript and began reading
in even tones and composed manner.
His audience bore with him for a
short time. and then an impatient fel-
low sitting in a prominent place in the
hall interrupted with the exclamation:
Don't read no letter! Speak your
piece!"
Result, collapse. The candidate
could not speak his piece. and could
get no further with the reading of his
letter." and sat down.
The American was showed under at
the polls. What will be the fate Of Mr..
Wells today?
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Would Control Speed
By Mechanical Device
tha Dditor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Out of a great mass of suggestions
now being made for the proposed
Safety week. the writer wishes to
call your attention to the fact that
so long as the law does not put
physical check upon speed demons
there will never be real safety for
the citizens Of this or any other city
in tho United States.
1t occurred to me that probably
some of the ingenious minds which
are now working on the automobile
problem might be able to figure out
some plan by which it will be possi-
BILE to control the speed of an auto
mobile engine by speed regulator.
so that there will be a limit to the
speed to which the engine would go
in the city limits. and another speed
for out-of-town driving.
By this, I mean that all city driv-
ing could be regulated at a properly
designated place, where some one
would set the speed Of the engine for
city driving, and II the party was
going out of town, then the mech
anism could be changed for faster
driving.
Under the law. this mechanism
would be subject to inspection at any
time, the same as license tags. rear
end lights, or any of the other things
which the law requires. SO that the
average man today who does city
driving would find it mighty hard to
cut loose In the city because OF the
controlled speed of the engine, which
mechanism, In turn, could be set by
the hand Of the law.
e. r. HAAS.
Director National Radio Institute.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Urges United Policy
Against United States

The Copenhagen Politiken advocates
a united economic policy to defend Eu-
rope from the United States Of America.
1t says:
"When Americans speak about the
European situation they generally
shake their heads and say that it is
Europe's own fault if she will not un-
derstand international solidarity and
l the necessity of working together
with all the peoples of the earth. And
, they like to add to the reproofs to the
old world some evidence of the ideal
ism which reigns In the states. But
In future such remarks will probably
not make much impression in Europe.
For with the new customs tariff
America marches undoubtedly at the
head of the most insane economic
policy Of our times.
How is the situation? 1t Is like
00O, 900, and the states are demanding
the money on the table with fncreas-
ing impatience. But how is this pos
siblc? Debts can be paid in gold, goods
or services. There is very little goid
In Europe. America has already col
lected the greater part OF 1t ana goes goes
not want any more. But America does
not want goods, either. and with re-
gard to the so-called services the
situation is such that the states
policy tends to having all goods
either to or from America transported
in ships built in the United States.
'Tn other words, Americas eco.
nomic policy is inventing all sorts OF
ways to isolate the land and to make
1t impossible for Europe to pay her
debts. This is an incomprehensibie
policy, the unfortunate effects OF
which, in relation to the economic and
commercial situation. are certain. Is
1t not time that Europe started a
European policy? No longer to follow
the exhortations from the other side
of this Atlantic, but to Join in united
defense against attacks from y. s. A."
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Ants and Grasshoppers,

John D. Rockefeller, jr, addressing g
Bible class in New York Sunday,
gave some advice that should be
spread before larger number than
his immediate hearers. 1t may be thus
summed: Save your pennies. work
eight hours a day, write down how
you spend every penny you receive.
make budget at the beginning of
each year and live within it, and do
not run an automobile unless you can
afford it,
There are many who would deride
tends to the making Of tight wads. "
Scorn of the close-reckoner is a COM
mon expression. Mankind Is to some
divided into two groups, those who
are liberal in their use of money and
those who are close. But liberality
means often looseness and lack Of con-
sideration for others Closeness may
merely mean a reckoning for the fu-
ture.
1t is the old story Of the ant and the
grasshopper. There are many grass
hoppers today stepping on the gas and
turning on the music machines-and
borrowing money to support these
luxuries. Their families are perhaps
having a happy time for a while, but
the lack of margin on the domestic
books is causing a growing anxiety
and a diminishing return in comforts
and even necessities.
Have a good time today" says the
grasshopper, "for you're a long time
dead" The man who follows the
Rockefeller advice will have perhaps
quite as good time, and he will live
longer. as rule.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Jolt Given Youthful Shyness
Gave World a Great Educator

to be announced he did not show up.
He couldn't bear the humiliation and
the look of disappointment in "Old
Sawney's" eyes. But John won the
prize, hands down. the judges said.
That rubbed some of the sleep out
of his self-conscious eyes. And when
Cecil Rhodes. the empire builder"
who gave Rhodesia, which is one
third the size of the United States, to
the British government. started CIV
ing scholarships in the United States.
John took the initiative and went
after one.
Cecil Rhodes idea was for the p:o-
motion of peace by bringing about a
right understanding between the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many. He figured that these three
could control the world. AS .duca-
tional ties are the strongest. as a
means to the great end Of better unr
derstanding. he offered scholarships
in every state in the United States. In
every colony of the British empire
and fifteen in Germany-tenable in
Oxford University.
John won and made an enviable
reputation in athletics. as we'll as in
scholarship, while at Oxford. He spent
three years in study and travel all
over Europe.
Well, John opines today that all OF
lis progression In life dates back to
that first awakening when "Old
s;awney" said: John If you saw $50
dangling from tree, could you knock
it down?"
His success at Oxford brought John
by cable the offer of q position to be-
gin work as full professor In COL
lege. and two years afterward he was
president of the college.
He is John J. Tigert, United Stat :'
commissioner of education. and a
member of the Federal Board for Vo .
catiOnal Education.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

proper appreciation of the old proverb,
''Know thyself."
John. If you saw $50 dangling from
branch Of tree. couldn't you
knock it down." "Old Sawney" asked
his protege. Uneasily, shifting from
one foot to the other. John admitted
he could. Then do it," ordered "Old
Sawney," directing John that he must
capture a prize of $50 offered by
Vanderbilt University in Nashville
for the best entrance exam.
John plugged hard, knowing he
could rot win. but determined not to
shame his benefactor more than could
be helped. He took the examination.
but on the day when the results were
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Fogs and Elections.

American elections are scheduled for
early November, and frequently had
weather prevails at the time and has
an effect upon the results. Especially
in the earlier times, when roads We're
sketchy and treacherous in the au-
talnn, rains on election day had the
effect Of cutting down the votes. In
recent years, with the improvement Of
the highways and the widespread use
Of motor cars, rain on election day has
not had so much of a bearing upon
the results, for farmers have been able
to go long distances despite the in
clemency of the season. Still in such a
wide expanse of country the weather
remains a factor in even our most i'm
portant national contests.
The elections in Great Britain may
be similarly affected, but not by rain.
Fog is reported to prevail heavily
throughout the greater part Of the
country, and the leaders on all sides
there are many sides in this fight
are wondering how the vapors will af-
feet their chances. The conservatives,
it is thought, will suffer most. And
yet this is singular, for the conserva-
tives are chiefly Of the more affluent
class who have means Of comfortable
transport to and from the polls.
Those who have never been in a
British fog may not fully appreciate
it's terrors. 1t settles down like an i'm
penetrable screen. People have been
lost for hours even in their own towns,
wandering about helplessly searching
for familiar landmarks. All sense of
direction is gone, even at midday, for
the sun cannot pierce the blanket. The
fog is treacherous. too, for it lifts
and descends suddenly in spots. It
may be perfectly clear for space Of
q block or two for few minutes, and
then without warning become thick
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Plenty Of Time, Ladies.

An examination Of the Congress
sional Directory, whether the latest
edition or a back number" be used,
will disclose. among other things.
that our national legislature is COM
posed almost entirely of men who
have had some very practical politi-
cal experience. 1t will be found that
for most OF them membership in
Congress represents a promotion.
They have advanced. and not always
with meteoric swiftness, through
various stages of public service!
How foolish, then, are the tears of
encouragement that are being shed
over the rather uniformly poor show
recent congressional elections! Quite
apart from the undoubted prejudice
on the part Of many voters against
the idea of women in office, the fac
tor of experience and preparation
must be considered as a large part
are used here. not in relation to
womens fitness for high Office, but
with respect to their chances of win
ming high office. Sex distinctions
aside, they occupy political status
practically identical with that of the
just few years ago. In other words.
the women. as voters-hence as poll
ticians-are still in their early
twenties. Why should they feel dis
couraged over exclusion at SO tender
an age from the most fmportant-if
sometimes disgusting Legislative
body in the world? A glance at the
list of offices to which members of
their sex have been elected leads to
the feeling that they are really ad-
vancing very rapidly. - Richmond
Times Dispatch.
Every man is the architect Of his own
adr castles.-Greenville Piedmont.
One way to relieve traffic congestion
Is sell autos for cash only.-Nashville
Tennessean.
The democrats appear to have run the
wrong Bryan all those years.-Columbus
Ohio State Journal.
We don't need an invention to make
movies talk. but something to keep
movie patrons from it.-Rochester
Times Union.
For its thickness, paper is tough
product. 1t has to be to stand the mod
ern novels printed on it.-Norfolk
Ledger DiSDatch,
Evening star., 1922-11-15
EDITORIAL DIGEST

habitually done. and modern legisla-
tion irresistibly tends toward the
bestowal of special legal protection"
The government. nevertheless. the
Ohio State Journal (Columbus) de-
ciares. has no business to go out of
its way to recognize and set up ar
tificial sex distinctions. AS nearly as
is possible in view of the physical
AND Functional differences between
men and women. all citizens shoul Id
be equal under the law" The knick-
erbocker Press tAlbany1 also sees
sound reasoning" in the pronounce
ment of the court that legislative
waGe-fiXing is a calamity" for. in
its opinion free labor will shun any
effort TO have its earnings regulated
by law as it would the plague" Pro-
found and involved as is the wage
problem" the Mobile Register, sup
porting the economic theory of the
District court, maintains that "the
minimum wage is not the solution"
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Editorially discussing the dry ship"
situation. the London Express says:
"'No. Christopher Columbus did not
discover America. It was often dis
covered before. but 1t was always
flushed up!' The United States ap-
parently desire forgetfulness once
more. Mr.. Harding, the President.
has now issued an edict under which
no ship. whatever its nationality may
be, can enter territorial waters Of the
United States carrying Intoxicating
liquor Of any category, whether it be
held in bond or not. There is ap-
barently some legal right for this
ruling, but it 10 not In accordance
Evening star., 1922-11-15

ance of one of his
most capable pu-
pills. This boy was
brilliantly clever,
as well as a good
student, so "Old
Sawney" had de-
cided, but he just
couldn't forg ct
that there were
hundreds of other
boys who might
k no w st a S
much, if not more
than. himself. "Old
Sawney" tri C d
vainly to jolt the
SDuup man into :.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
An English View of Dry Ship Regulation.

with the custom. the rules Of which
usually dominate international com
munication.
"The result will be curious. The
habits of English shipping cannot be
resolved by American Presidents. un-
less they lead to definite evil. 1t is,
therefore, probable that the pas
senger ships of England will in the
near future end their cross-Atlantic
service at Halifax. Nova Scotia. to
the exclusion Of New York. In which
case, any idea. of helping American
steamship companies. now suffering
from the dryness of their atmosphere,
must go by the seaboard. President
Harding will have cut OF Americas
nose to spite its face
Evening star., 1922-11-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Skirt Lengths.
We're very much embarrassed
In our happy little home.
The styles are always changing.
We obey them as they roam.
The skirts are now worn longer
And no stockings are in view,
Except in rainy weather,
When they show an inch or two.
But when we go out walking
We're compelled to blush and frown
For grandma is old-fashioned
And won't let her dresses down.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
LID SAWNEY," less famil-
iarly known in more dig
nified parlance as Senator
''( J
w. r. Webb of Tennessee

w. II. " eOO VI 1eAiCSSccs
who was famous In his day all over
the south for having exerted a notable
influence on education. and who
founded the unique secondary school
Webb School-at Bellbuckle, Tenn. was
in a quandary. distraught. All efforts
had failed to awaken the self-conf1-
1cnco and ocS,,r.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Kemal listens to demands made
upon him with the air of abstraction
characteristic of man who has been
interrupted during a busy day.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Winston Churchill called hecklers
young reptiles" and idiots" English
humoc is usually mild. but the
repartee occasionally becomes a trit1e
rugged.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Interesting letters reveal the fact
that cabinet officer may be thinking
hardest when he has least to say for
publication.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

In summing up the election demo
cratic opinion appears to be that it
might have been better, and republi-
can opinion that it might have been
worse.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Many democrats are asserting that
autumn days are not necessarily as
melancholy as poets have represented
them.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Both the democratic and republican
machines look as if they might be bet
ter for more attention from the re-
pair men.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

The democratic gains were not quite
sufficient to justify the announcement
that the Congressional Record has
gone under a new management.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

No Sentiment.
There isn't as much sentiment in
music as many people suppose" said
Senator Sorghum.
''Why do you think so?"
1.-THE brass band that plays See, the
Conquering Hero Comes,' is Just as
cheerful about playing Farewell For
ever when the election is over"
Jud Tunkins says he hates to see q
bootlegger trying to claim credit for
being sober and Industrious.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Chile's earthquake calls attention to
the fact that the western hemisphere,
as we'll as the old world. has it's needs
Of benevolent Hberality.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Witnesses in the New Brunswick
by refusing to believe one another.
Evening star., 1922-11-15
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Evening star., 1922-11-15

Washington has beautiful parks, but
is not we'll equipped with parking
space.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

Musings Of Motor Cop.
Malaria gave Hortense thrill
And made her shake and shiver:
She dozed and murmured, "I'm not III.
I'm jolting in my flivver."
Evening star., 1922-11-15
Signs Of the Future.

Signs Of the Future.
what Ia the dear little boy going
to be when he grows up?"
II don't know" replied the weary
mother. Judging from the wall paper
and everything else he touches I think
maybe he'll be f1nger.print expert"
"a man dat allus says jes' whut he
thinks" said Uncle Eben, ''is mighty
liable at times to sound kind o
foolish
Evening star., 1922-11-15

The democrats appear to have run the
wrong Bryan all those years-Columbus
Ohio State Journal.
Evening star., 1922-11-15

From Berlin Mr.. Lane received from
Col Roosevelt, dated May 13. 1910,
these lines:
"s think your letter most In
teresting. AS far as I can judge you
have about sized up the situation
right, With hearty good wishes,
faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Middletown transcript., 1922-08-26
MANY LEGENDS OF THE OAK
Trees Grandeur and Beauty Seem t.
" Have Impressed Each Ancient
Race in Turn.

The ancient races, struck with the
noble aspect of the oak, have in all
ages enveloped it in the clouds of theiI
legends and carried it back to the re-
motest antiquity. OF this class was
the holm oak, which in the days Of
Pliny still existed near Rome, on the
trunk of which was an Etruscan in.
scription in letters of brass stating
that before the existence of the Eternal
city 1t was already the object of popu,
lar veneratlon. The Roman naturalist
also asserts that in the environs of
Heracles, in the kingdom Of Pontus,
there was tradition that two oaks
which overshadowed the altar of Jupi-
ter Stragius had been planted by Her.
cules. The origin of certain trees Is
lost in even remote antiquity.
The imposing terror of the Her.
cynian forest has deeply impressed all
those who have described Germany,
and Pliny and Tacitus especially. The
aged oaks of its somber wales. where
wandered the elk and the aurochs. es-
pecially aroused the admiration of the
Roman historian. "The majestic gran
deur of the oak in this forest" he says,
"Surpasses all imaginable belief; this
tree has never been touched with the
ak: 1t rs contemporary with the crea-
tion of the world and appears to be the
symbol of immortality"
Middletown transcript., 1922-08-26
RED cow UNDER SUSPICION
Silly English Superstition That Her
Milk Would Make the Hair
of Baby Red.

A director of London dairy COM
pany told correspondent recently at
q dairy show circumstance illustrat-
Ing belief that existed not long ago
In connection with cows milk.
1t was in the, days when many Lon
don daires kept few cows at the
back of the establishment, partly to
give the impression that the daily milk
supply was all derived from these
cows, or to enable the proprietor to
meet the wants of his customers in
special cases for infant feeding. The
shop had been closed for the day, when
woman called to ask for new milk
for baby. This was supplied.
Shortly after the woman called again
and asked: Can you tell me the color
of the cow you took that milk from?
The owner of the establishment said
he was not quite sure but would go
and see. He went and returned say
ing: "It was a black COW, but why
do you want to know?"
well, SIR" she replied, "if 1t had
been red COW my mistress would have
asked you to change the milk, as the
baby would then have had red hair,
and she does not want that" London
Morning Post.
Middletown transcript., 1922-08-26
TRUE DA VINCI IN LOUVRE?
Museum Director SCOTS at Theory
That Famous Painting Has Been
Brought to America.

Artists and friends of the Louvre
The original of Leonardo da Vinci's
painting. la Belle Ferronniere," i"
hangs in the museum and is not in
America. This on the authority Of
D'Estournelles de Constant, director
of national museums.
This is an old story" said the di-
rector. 1T IS not the first time that
the authenticity of our masterpieces
has been questioned by foreign collec-
tors. There seems to be no way Of
putting II stop to the habit.
"The painting entered among our
collections under the title of La Belle
Ferronnlcre' was certainly from the
brush of leonardo da Ninci himself
1t was among the art treasures Of
Francis l and, in 1912, rere Dan, the
kings minister of finances, identified
it as the portrait of the duchess Of
M"ntau. Certain historians, on the
other hand, have maintained that it
was that of LucreZia Orwell. 1t is
generally conceded today that the pic
ture represents La Belle Ferroniere,
one of Francis is favorites.
"WhOever it may represent, how
ever, the painting had always hung In
the private apartments of the king
until ii was transferred to the Louvre
Its authenticity might possibly have
been questioned had it been stolen at
amy fine Rut M Slrl mi Su1 ventura
ever occurred to it.'-ErOm lie Petit
Paris. tTranslated for the Kansas
CITY Starr