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Evening star., 1922-07-28
Standardized Lives.

The scene is a full-page color ad-
vertisement in one of our most pop
ular magazines. A smiling pair arc
dashing off in a smart roadster. upon
which are appended signs indicat-
ing that the young people are Just
married" They are gazing into each
others eyes with that questioning
expression which helps marriage in
its incipiency but bodies no good for
anybody who happens to be in front
of the car.
And so they lived happily ever
after" reads the advertisement.
She looks confidently into Il happy
future. She knows that the clear.
fresh loveliness of youth, which first
attracted him, will always be hers.
The charm that won his admiration
will hold it through the coming years.
for she knows the secret Of instant
beauty. She uses the complete
- Toilette"
There is something terribly pa
in a beauty which is not even skim
deep. 1t somehow or other typifies our
present day American confidence in su-
perficiality. The passion for 'uice rep-
pie refined young couples. "snappy
cars and the appearance of pros
perity threatens TO take all the home
ly, rugged originality out of our
Americanism. We so shun original
ity,~even of complexion or form, that
we marry our favorite standardized
facial cream and fall in love with
standardized divine dancing" I'M
less, of course. this advertisement
has done us all a grave injustice
Hartford Times.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

msans ultimatsly higher costs. With
good foundations pavemsnts can b
kept in rspair for long period. But
these repairs must b continuous and
extensive, not spssmodic and scat
tered. A neglected street. the surface
Of which could be repaired for $4,000
this year. will cost perhaps $4,000
next year. owing to the greater depth
of the holes and width Of the cracks
and range Of the waves caused in the
surface by constant traf1c. 4
False economy in the matter Of
street paving Is similar to that which
has been practiced in the past in the
provision Of school buildings. There
Ia an arrears now Of paving needs
just as there is an arrears OF school
needs, and it is necessary some time
or other to go at these arrears on .
big scale. If Congress granted only
10 per cent Of increase beyond the
minimum normal of annual paving
appropriations to catch up with these
deficiencies it would take at least q
decade to put the city in smooth
shape. Meanwhile a far greater sum
than that required for good paving II
lost through damages to vehicles and
the wear and tear incident to the
rough surfaces in the city streets. The
hope this year is that the budget
bureau, and Congress as well, VIII see
the wisdom Of adequate street-pavtng
appropriations and will not again seek
to "economize" by cutting down the
funds.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
o those Of US who live In WASH
ington tho sight. Of Gen.
Pershing In uniform 10 not an

ington tho sight Of Gen.
Pershing In uniform 10 not an
= unusual one. We all admire his
splendid physique and soldierly bear
ing. The other night at the drst
meeting in the new home OF the
George Washington Post, No. I, Of
the American Legion. OF which he Is
q charter member, tho general was
scheduled to give a little talk to the
four or five hundred legionnaires
there assembled. and necks were
craned to get a close view of the
A. E. F. leader. They expected to
see him in full uniform, but instead
they saw q we'll set-up man wearing
a tuxedo. and while the general may
appear to advantage in his we'll fit-
we'll polished boots. he is also a
very imposing figure in informal
evening dress.
MUCH ado was made the other
1V1 day because Chief Justice Taft
sailed on a ship bearing the Eng
lish flag. The VETS seized upon it
as choice bit Of propaganda for
the necessity Of the serving of liquors
on American ships The truth of the
matter Is that the Chief Justice
of the United States sailed on
that particular line because the
passage was less expensive. Mr..
Taft Is by no means a man OF
wealth, and he must. therefore. keep
within his personal budget 1t is
an odd but true fact that the Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court does
not receive the same net salary as
do tho associate justices. The ex-
PLANTATION Of this is that the asso-
ciate Justices benefited by the law
which exempted them from paying
an income tax on their salary, and
Mr.. Taft. being appointed to the
Supreme bench at a later date, did
not receive the benefit of the law.
a VERY sweet young girl. one of
\ tho kind that hates to step on a
bug. the other day was bemoaning
tho fact that the present-day craze
for sweaters would result in the
slaughter Of many innocent little
sheep. The young person. being city
bred, did not realize that sheep are
shorn Of their wool and are only
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Dean No "Man Of Straw"

Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, would
better have made more sure OF his
facts before declaring that u. Cleve
Dean, chairman Of the Railway EN-
ployes' Publicity Association" Is q
straw man put up for the purpose OF
eliciting from the President his sound
rebuke. For, together with tho dis
patch from New York in which he
makes that statement, comes one from
Chattanooga saying that the Fed
Grated Shopcrafts Of that city has
taken steps to rebuke said Dean for
his telegram to the President, and
Identifying him as fiagman on the
Alabama Great Southern railway.
There is such an organization as the
publicity association, formed to dis,
seminate information regarding trade
unionism among the farmers OF the
country.
It appears that before answering
Mr.. Dean, the President. through the
officials at the White House, called
up Mr.. Gompers' Office and asked II
he knew Dean. He did not-had nc
record Of him as an official Of Ameri
can labor, and "even telephoned rail-
HEADQUARTERS at Chicago in an effort
to learn who he was" No one knew
anything about him or ever heard OF
him. and the White House was SO in
formed. The President's letter was
sent notwithstanding, and It proves
to have been sent to the right person
1t would have been far better for
Mr.. Gompers, instead Of questioning
the good faith Of the correspondence
to have Joined in tho denunciation Of
the unpatriotic and dangerous express
sions of Chairman Dean" Every
thing the President said in his letter
was specifically along the limo oi
labor's best interest and the American
Federation Of Labor can do no better
than indorse it, regardless Of the pres
ent strike situation.
The imputation that a man Of
! straw" had been set up in order te
furnish an excuse for the writing o1
the Presidents letter was ungracioui
and unwarranted. No excuse wal
needed. The President could have said
the things he did just as effectively
in a general statement. Mr.. Gompers
denial has served the purpose OF &C
centine the fact that the words OF the
chief executive were addressed to
veritable Official representative Of
Ia ahOr
Evening star., 1922-07-28
The Street Paving Estimates.

Undeterred by the action Of the
budget bureau last year in cutting
the estimates for street paving and
OF Congress in making still further
reductions In the appropriations for
this purpose. the District Commission
ers. It Is reported. will submit esti-
matsa for $1.2oo.o0 for street i'm.
provements, or $lo0. 900 more than was
asked last year. In 1921 the Com.
misdoners put the street.paving hg-
urs at 100000. Tho bureau cut it
to $3.50. 900 and the appropriation was
finally placed at $2s3,6o0.
There il no economy whatever in
postponing street paving. without
the least question. all Of $1.20o.ooo il
needed in the District In the course
Of the next flscai year for this pur-
pose. Many Of the city's strssts and
most of the county roads are in bad
repair. From being q we'll paved city,
with its highways in good condition.
Washington has become one Of the
roughest. bumpiest. ruttiest cities In
the country.
Pogtpeneuasnf Of street pax1nI
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Rate By MaiI-Payable In Advance
MARYLAND and virginia.
Public Opinion Working.

A dispatch from Philadelphia rep
resents John L. Lewis, head Of the
United Mine Workers, as confident
that an interstate joint conference
OF the central competitive district will
be arranged within the next few days
looking to a settlement Of the btu
minous coal strike. Powerful in
terests," governmental and otherwise,
are reported to be working to bring
about such q conference, and, while
Mr.. Lewis declined to identify those
influences or to say just how they
were being exerted. he left it to be
inferred that he was not unmindful
of their pressure.
There ought not to be any mystery
about the powerful influences which
are at work to bring about q settle
ment of the mine strike. These In
fiuences spring from and derive their
power from the hundred million Amer
lean citizens, who demand that such
q settlement shall be effected. To
describe them as governmental and
otherwise" IL an error. for whatever
influence the government has been
able to exert is only public opinion
orsanized and made articulate.
Mr.. Lewis. at times. has voiced de-
fiance Of public opinion, and some Of
the mine owners have professed to be
scornful of it. But their defiance and
their professed scorn were in them
selves an admission that they felt its
weight. In the very nature of things
1t could not be otherwise. However
much they may talk of their personal
liberty as workers and their personal
rights as owners Of the mines, both
the miners and the operators know
that because it Is an essential indus
try in which they are engaged they
have responsibilities which they can
not put aside at pleasure or in self-in-
terest. The pressure Of public opinion
for q settlement Of the strike has been
upon them since the day tho strike
was called. 1t went to bed with them
at night and got up with them in the
morning, sat with them at meals and
forced itself into their secret confer
encss. There was nowhere they could
70 to escape it and nothing they could
do to lessen its insistence.
As the strike dragged its way
through weary weeks the pressure of
public opinion grew daily stronger and
more insistent. until now the time ap-
T.
longer to be borne. If either the
miners or the mine owners were
wholly in the right their resistance
would be fortified. But both are par
TALLY, at least. in the wrong, and,
knowing that they are wrong. neither
dares face the consequences of Drawing
public opinion to the end.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Here and There In Washington
killed for the PURPOSE Of furnishing
food. Queer things-girls.
BY "THE MAJOR" )"

killed for the PURPOSE OF furnishing
food. Queer things-girls.
II X X
THE next time you are down on
i the speedway park your car to-
one side and see how many license
plates you can count from different
states; it really will surprise you.
Nearly any afternoon or evening
you can see cars from Massachusetts,
Michigan or Maine. cars from the
Old Dominion or from sunny Ten
nessee. autos from the golden state
of California or the sandy shores of
Florida. Some are luxurious and
some are fiivvers. but all the oc-
cupants appear to be happy TO be
visitors to the most wonderful city
In the world.
X X 4 X
lust what the reason is nobody ap-
y pears to know. but it is a fact that d
large number of the young men of the
Department of Commerce spend their
leisure hours in emulating Walter
Hagen, Jim Barnes or Jock Hutchi-
son. 1t may be that these young men
choose this form of exercise in order
to keep physically fit for the siren.
uous duties that confront them each
day, for these young men are playing
an important part in the further build
ing of the nation.
GONE years ago Royce Hough, one
- of Washington's leading automobile,
dealers, won numerous trophies on the
athletic field, specializing in high
jumping. Every now and then when
an athletic meet takes place you can
see Royce sitting near the bar where
the high jump takes place and you can
imagine that you can see the nervous
twitch of his muscles as If once more
he would like to don his athletic togs
and participate in the sport
y X \; x
GONE day when you are driving
- down along the waterfront gaze
out at the strip of water that separates
7th street from the speedway and you
will see a palatial yacht riding easily
at anchor. 1t is the Tech. owned by
Senator T. Coleman du Pont of Della
ware. Every now and then this sena-
torial boniface. for some of his mil
lions are invested in big hotels, takes
his tired senatorial colleagues down
the river for a cruise.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
The World for Gallery.

As a nation we have the world for
gallery. The fact is at once SOLDERING
and consolatory.
1t IL sobering because in a great
crisis we realize our responsibilities.
We must give proof Of what we claim
for our institutions-that they answer
the ends Of progress and safety, and
need only to be firmly administered to
serve all who harbor beneath them.
1t is consolatory because, as has
often been shown, when things get as
bad as can be a change 10 bound to
take place. and a change. Of course,
means betterment. Surely things with
us could not be much worse. Bust
ness depression continues. Discomfort
and unrest are at their peak. Strike
follows strike. Hundreds Of Thousands
Of men and women are affected. The
pay envelope Is suspended, and divi-
dends for q time have gone glim-
mering.
A change is absolutely necessary,
and on that account is due. It cannot
be much longer delayed. II the poll
cies We have adopted do not promote
it, it will come of itself. A great coun-
try like America cannot be kept down.
It's resiliency is a law Of its being.'
We should welcome the worlds at
tention, and improve the opportunity
to show the world that we have the
goods and are all that in less per.
turbed times we have claimed for our
selves.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Midsummer Horrors"

This is the disaster prediction sea-
son. Some call it dog days and soMe
tho silly season. Perhaps there is q
relationship between the phrases.
Maybe there is something in the
atmosphere Of midsummer that causes
people to forecast horrors for hu-
manity.
Two of these prophets Of gloom
have come forward lately. One Of
them pronounced the doom OF . great
part Of the world when he said that
within three weeks from the date Of
utterancs, which was about . week
ago, all of southern Europe. northern
Africa, southern Asia and western
America would be destroyed by a
series Of earthquakes, with the death
of hundreds Of millions Of people. Now
comes another one, a Nebrashan visit
ing in Chicago, who says that that
city Is to be visited by the greatest
storm in the history Of America. with
an appalling loss Of life and the de-
struction Of property worth billions.
This storm, by the way, was 10 nit
the Windy city at o'clock this morn.
Ing. As Tho Star goes to press. how
ever, no word has come Of the catas-
trophs. Perhaps the wires are down.
Maybe there is no one left to send q
dispatch, but other news has come
rom Chicago all day, and it must be
for the present assumed that there
was something wrong with the cal
culation.
Prophets Of oataelysuns bob up every
little while. II seems to b favcrite
indoor sport with . certain tyre Of
mind to figure out horrors that are
going to happen. Some Of them do
lit with the aid Of the horoscope.
strange cabalistic computations on the
orbits Of the planets. othsrs have
revelations" Some claim scisnti1c
Evening star., 1922-07-28
EDITORIAL DIGEST

which were often thrust home There
is nothing new in the latest Hughes
plan We simply require the Domin-
leans to set up Il government willing
and able to manage their fiscal af-
fairs according to our desires. To
all intents and purposes Santo Do
mingo is to remain an American de-
pendency. Yet the actual withdraw
of the marines would be a distinct
gain. since their presence in any
Latin American country is invariably
constant cause of irritation and, at
least occasionally, of tyranny and in
Justice"
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Wilson and Vardaman.

Mr.. Wilson has put in his oar in
the Mississippi senatorial primary. He
was opposed to Mr.. Vardaman four
years ago when the latter was try
ing to remain in the Senate, and is
opposed to him now when he 10 trying
to return to that body.
There Is less danger to the democ-
racy In this case than in the Missouri
case.
In Missouri the republican party 10
well organized and led. and has some
victories to its credit. In 1920 it car
ried the state for Harding and Cool
tdgs by q hundred and twenty thou
sand plurality, and reelected its can
didats. Mr.. Spencer, for senator.
Hence any bitter factionism among
the Missouri democrats-bitter enough
to outlive the primary-will have an
opportunity to exercise itself in No
vember.
In Mississippi there Is no repub.
lican organization. The democrats
could not lose an election If they
tried. risgruntled members of that
party may go fishing on election day,
but enough go to the polls-and not
many are required-to put the demo.
cratic candidates over. Hence whether
Mr.. Vardaman or another Is nomi.
natsd for senator, the nomination will
be ratified.
This interference Of Mr.. Wilson.
however, will add to the interest in
the Mississippi campaign. and draw
outside attention. Mr.. Vardaman is
lighting back. and as it is q case OF
now or never with him he may fight
With considerable vigor.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

The Association Of New York Pro
ducing Managers has decided to ap-
point a censor Of its own at q large
compensation. II he can rid the stage
of the obnoxious forms Of entertain
ment the public should not object to
contributing at the box ONCE toward
his salary.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

A desire to make mail service as
rapid as possible does not exempt the
postal chauffeurs from the usual traf-
fic regulations. A representative OF
the government should not claim i'm.
munity, but should be looked to for
example.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Russia has restored vodka a. the
national drink. It will be manufac.
tured under state monopoly. the need
Of revenue being such that the au-
thorities feel compelled to run the risk
Of sacrificing the proletariat.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

The Massachusetts, young man who
felt he had no right to retain a large
fortune has become less communi-
cative after ascertaining the large
numbers Of easy ways to get rid Of 1t.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

The debts Of Mr.. Allan Ryan are
found to be fourteen millions less than
originally figured. A few millions one
way or the other do not appear to
matter much in an effort to corner
the market.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

1t is hardly necessary to remind the
public not to waste coal. It's price for a
number Of years has had an econom-
ical influence which ought now to be
valuable.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

The popularity enjoyed by Mr.. Bic
laski in Washington makes it difficult
to understand why certain elements
of Mexican society should have taken
such q dislike to him.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Government ownership Of the coal
industry would involve rather delicate
questions Of compensation to the pres
ent proprietors when the properties
are taken over.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

A rationins system will be arranged.
with the cooperation Of the only ele-
ment in q controversy that is always
responsive to discipline-the general
public.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Tho fact that he could not como to
Washington caused Lloyd George to
miss one Of the few conferences that
are popularity regarded as having
achieved results.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDHR JOHNSON.

Slipping Along.
Slippin' along through the sunny glow,
Slippin' along through the shade
The long days come and the long days
go
Over forest land and glade.
Here is blossom and there is a song
A the old year gently goes slippin'
along.
Slippin' along-past the hope and fear
As our mortal passions rise.
In a tumult the year stays not to hear
As We grasp at some fieeting prize
Tears for the weak and mirth for the
strong.
The year heeds not, but goes slippin'
along.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Nations no longer fearful of Ger
many as a military antagonist are
beginning to study her as . CONNER.
cial competitor.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Falling for the Gentle CRATER.

All of US. press and people, seem
to like the gentle CRATER. II some
fellow came along hopping on one
leg, with the statement that he was
hopping a race between New York
and San Francisco. we'd slip him a
dime and listen open-mouthed to his
line of conversation. 1t would be a
sporting event. He'd manage to get
his pictures into some of the papers
and the chances are that when he got
out of town and let his other leg
down he'd Jingle more coin in his
pockets than he could have earned in
a week, even if he had wanted to
work
There are more of them. There is
the voluptuous lady with the Mona
Lisa smile, who is soliciting for an
orphanage in the South Sea islands
ness man loosens under the appeal
of those large. deep eyes. There's
the man who would bring a factory
if inducements were sufficiently
this or that. which shall put the
greedy middleman out of business;
the man with, patent who wants a
factory built and capitalized for him:
the pleasant companion who has
few acres of banana land and the
blocks of stock in a field where a
gusher is being held back until he
can let his friends in on the ground
We fall for all of them. We love
the gentle CRATER as much as we
hate the rude. unmannerly lold-up
man. Old P. T. Barnum, himself q
past master of the art of gentle
grating, knew us all as wen as
though he had carried the mud to
make US. We like it., or We wouIdn,t
keep right on falling for it.-Rock
Island Argus.
Are not cantaloupes a violation of
mont.
A tllage is where the police and
fire departments are the same man.
Dayton News.
One reason for cheerfulness is that
next winter you may not have to
carry out any ashes.-Saginaw News
Courier.
( H. G. Wells is standing for parlfa-
ment, but his British constituents
have yet to indicate thar they will
stand for Wells.-columbia Record.
Women who marry smart men are
rarely happy.-Mempflis CommerciaT-
Appeal. There, wifey, You have only
yourself to blame.-Arkansas Gazette
Glass bottle blowers in national
convention assembled have adopted a
resolution favoring light wines and
beer. A fellow gets tired of blowing
nothing but pop bottles.-C1eveland
Plain Dealer.
II the English thought the French
crazy for calling bread pain" what
do they think of them for calling
country like Russia "pays'' Norfolk
virginian-Pi
A rich American Is in demand for
the throne of Albania We have in
mind two or three movie nfagnates
whom we should like to nominate for,
this hazardous honor. - Cincinnati
Tines- s-Star. 4
Evening star., 1922-07-28

A merger when decided upon by
the steel interests is generally re-
xardsd not only as legal but inevitable.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

In personal experience. members Of
the Railway Labor Board know
neither strike nor holiday.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Money spent for much aircraft
equipment during the war was, it is
claimed, thrown to the winds.
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Musings Of . Motor Cop.
Hortense Magee rides fast and FAR:
Her speed, she cannot drop 1t.
Hortense knows how to run q car,
But she hasn't learned to stop Il.
Labor.Ssyine .Imnlement.

do you hnd that taking summer
boarders lightens your burden - IN
agricultural toiler?'
I'm say It does" declared Farmer
Corntossel. TITS heap easier to get
your tomatoes with, a can opener than
II is with q hoe
Evening star., 1922-07-28

convention assembled have adopted a
resolution favoring light wines and
beer. A fellow gets tired of blowing
nothing hut pop bottles.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer, X
Evening star., 1922-07-28
Preceding with Caution.

IFVCo0utuS WItn C8uGIOn.
do you think statesman should
cultivate a sense Of humor?'
mo-" replied Senator Sorghum.
Some of us wouldn't get by If we
went too far in encouraging our con-
stituents to look around for something
to laugh at"
Evening star., 1922-07-28

One reason for cheerfulness Is that
next winter you may not have to
carry out any ashes.-Saginaw News
Courier.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Tain much to say poverty II no
disgracs." said Uncle Ebsn. You kin
nay do same thing fob de teothache."
Evening star., 1922-07-28

Jud Tunkins says anybody can tell
the truth. but it takes smart man
70 tell it without making himself dis
agreeable.
Evening star., 1922-07-28

H. G. Wells is standing for parlia-
ment, but his British constituents
have yet to indicate thar they will
stand for Wells.-Columbia Record