Evening star., 1922-11-27
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

What hath God wrought. (Num-
bers 23-23.) That was the drst mes
sage which travelled by cable beneath
the waves OF the Atlantic ocean. from
America to Europe. All the world
wondered at the marvel. Today q
greater miracle takes place and no
brings all the hundred million Amer
leans to sit down together in the
gallery of the House OF Representa-
tives to listen to the clearly audible
voice of debate. the rulings Of the
Speaker upon parliamentary pro-
cedure. or the voice Of the President
Of the United States-perhaps he Il
i'll abed. yet he may speak from his
bed to Congress. and his voice will
echo in the Rocky mountains. the
valleys Of California, the Florida
beaches and even from the volcanoes
Of Hawaii and the Philippines. Dis
tance Is annihilated. "The shot that
was heard around the world" has
now been beaten by the softest
whisper. and 1t speaks to the cowboy
the New York banker or the CHIEF
executive of Mexico or France.
That marvel is the amplifier and
radio. which have been installed in
the House chamber. magnifying the
power Of every speakers words and
sending his voice broadcast across
the continent.
We cannot realize. yet. what revolu-
tionary effect such an invention will
mean to civilization. All business
methods were changed by the intro
duction Of the telephone. less thar
half a century ago. but the emplifler
more radical change than did the
telephone. They will eventually an
initiate the telephone. when every
man will carry his own radiophone
as he carries his watch. Already a
washington boy, with his radio upon
his bicycle. has opened a new vista
in distance Of communication while
pursuing his business or pleasure.
The possibility that a woman will
be appointed United States senator to
serve the balance of the Newberry
term strikes CONSERVATION in the
heart Of more than one Michigan
representative. 1t is especially ter
rorizing to Representative Frank D.
Scott, for. as a boy. he was taught in
school by the lady who is now under
consideration for the Senate. and he
just knows that she will catch him
whispering and order him kept in
after the House adjourns Great
Scott! Suppose she should punish him
IN the good old way, with shingle
Are You tired: II You are train
ing to become a nurse-walk ten
miles to get rid Of that tired feel
ing" That is the prescription ad-
ministered to all the new nurses al
one of the Washington hospitals
and. strangely enough, the prescrip-
ton proves quite successful. The
young ladies discovered on a road
map just where on the road was
the five-mile point: they made the
round trip and returned from their
hike with rosy cheeks and beating
pulses. They are now SO enthusiastic
over the new lesson that they wan,
to make their ten miles q daily stunt
1t would be a great thing to star,
that fashion among housewives
tired to death" from their weary
round of housekeeping. OF course
a pedometer might indicate tina,
some had already done ten miles
indoors. but that Is just the point
What they need is outdoors and self
forgetfulness in breathing pure air
and seeing nature in its charming
freedom from dreary cares
&
Have you a little turken in your
Thanksgiving dinner. What is a
turken? 1t is cross between a
turkey and a chicken. of course. 1t
was on exhibition in the poultry show
recently held at the Coliseum. over
Center Market, which market is under
direct control of the Department of
Agriculture.
With the price of turkeys SO ex-
orbitant. no wonder somebody has
sought a way to 'adulterate" the
pure stuff. The result OF this mon
strosity-a chicken with q turkey
heads but to increase the profit
Of the breeders. while Its uncanny
combination gives one q feeltng OF
hesitency as to whether he Is not
seeing a nightmare.
Profit" said Thing Of evil.
..Pront" still IL bird or devil.
Tell me, are you as tough as you
look. If SO let US cross the cram
berries with the onions. the potatoes
with the celery. the raisins with the
Crane juice-no that is going too far.
The summing of it all up is that we
may have Thanksgiving hash. ana
contrast it's luxury with the Thanks
giving dinner the boys got in camp