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Evening star., 1922-12-17
SOcietys Latest Fad.

TEX AUSTIN'S rodeo being over
L and Lord ard Lady Mnuntbat:en
having gone back to England. ih,
latest fad of New York society il
Leon Bakst. eiEhty-one of whose b.
zarre paintings are on exhibition AT
one of the 9TH avenue galleries
Although his paintings have been ex-
hibited once before. 1t is the frs,
time that he has been here in person.
On the day tn. exhibit opened Mrs
w. X. Vanderbilt, ID. gave d luncheon
for him and then wake with her
guests to the gallery. whore, in th..
course Of the afternoon, most of thr
social register crowd arrived. ex-
claiming in admiration at Bakst's al
most savage use Of color.
Apparently deciding that he had
reached almost the extreme of color
Bakst is now using in his designs
quantities of gold. giving them a bar
barrie richness
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Financing Farm Surplus Exports

prices would gradually GO up. while
the farmer would be receiving addi-
tional revenue from his foreign sales,
which would help to finance his pro-
duction of the food supply for the ma
ton.
The Nelson -Norbeck bill does not
provide for anything but what is
safe and sane financing. 1t calls for
sufficient and proper collateral or
guarantee so as to reduce losses of
the Finance, Corporation to what are
ordinary safeguards of finance in
trade. Representative Nelson calls
attention that the joint resolution
that called for the rehabilitation of
the War Finance Corporation was
executed with view to assisting in
the financing of the expectation of
agricultural and other products to
foreign countries. But in the act
itself, section 23. the operations are
limited practically to the United
States when it says: "All notes or
other instruments evidencing ad-
vances TO persons outside the United
States shall be in terms payable in
United States, and shall be secured
by adequate guarantees or indorse-
ments in the United States or by
warehouse receipts. acceptable col
lateral or other instruments in writ
ing conveying or securing marketable
United States
X * x x
So. the Nelscn-Norbeck bill simply
makes possible that the War Finance
Corporation shall become the means
Of handling the surplus products of
a agriculture and to sell them to for
eign consumers or in foreign markets
upon sufficient qua. antics.
III, pynnFfnf
country might buy 100000 bushels
Of wheat for $l.O00.0o0 and ship it
to an importer in Spain. The eH-
porter would draw a draft for three
months, or longer. on the Spanish
importer for s1.Oo0.000. The Spanish
his name across the face, which would
hold him responsible. The importer
would then take it to the Spanish
government, which would cause It to
he indorsed by the proper officer.
which would make the government
then he mailed to the United States
exnorter. He could cash it in at the
war Finance Corporation and take
the money and buy another shipment
for another foreign country or the
same country,
efC 200 bushels of wheat to millers
an saw ninety days time, The mil
iers would sell to the bakers on ninety
days' time. The bakers would make
II into bread and sell to their custo-
mers. who would pay cash in small
amounts. The bakers would then pay
the he miller, the miller the importer
and the importer would pay the War
Finance Corporation.
When the United States gave 2o.oo0.-
600 bushels of grain to Russia' I'M
mediately corn went up 10 10 ~ cents
a. fushel and wheat went up several
cents a bushel, showing that as soon
as a few million bushels surplus Of
grain is removed then the value Of
the entire holdings is increased On
5000, ,000, 900 bushels Of corn at 10
cents a bushel it would mean $780,
00O, 900. On s00,000,000 bushels of
wheat at 10 CENTS . bushel it would
mean $80,000,000.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Skip-Stops and Traffic.

Consideration of the skip-stop sys-
tem is about to be undertaken by the
Public Utilities Commission, with a
view to determining whether that ex-
pedient, adopted during the extreme
congestion of war times, should now
be continued. Two questions are in
volved, the movement of the traffic
street car passengers. Undoubtedly
from the latter point of view the skip
stop is nuisance. 1t lengthens the
distances that must be covered by
passengers in reaching and leaving
cars. 1t entails delays on their part
which are not compensated for by the
slightly more rapid movement Of the
cars. 1t exposes them unduly to the
seventies of the winter weather.
The retention of the rule requiring
vehicles to be halted fifteen feet be-
hind street cars that are stopping to
take on or to let off passengers rem
ders it advisable. for the facilitation
OF the street traffic, to reduce the num-
DER OIL car SloKS W d ITO
more frequently the cars are halted
in the downtown streets the more
often motors are blocked on car line
streets, save those that are equipped
with car.loading platforms. Plainly
skip-stops are necessary in the
crowded downtown section unless
more platforms are installed. to the
end Of reducing the delays incident
to the observance of the protective
fifteen-foot rule.
It would seem to be possible to
adjust this matter on the basis Of the
trafac. Let the skip.stops stand in
tho crowded sections and abolish them
in the outer ranges Of the city. where
the traffic is lighter. Study Of the
street conditions should readily dis
close tho radius at which corner-by.
corner stops can be restored without
hampering the movement Of vehicles.
1t should always b remembered
Evening star., 1922-12-17
to restore we'll round
. ed Industrial activity and gen.
eral prosperity through finan-

eral prosperity through imam
cling the marketing abroad of
the surplus products of the farm is
made by Representative A. p. Nelson.
republican, Of Minnesota. himself a
financier, in a bill which he has in
troduced in the House. and which
Senator Peter Norbeck of South Da-
kota is fathering in the Senate.
Briefly, the Nelson-Norbeck bill
provides for the War Finance Corpo-
ration to purchase drafts or other in
struments against grain shipments
abroad. The drafts are to be drawn
against and guaranteed by good,
reputable foreign importers and then
guaranteed by the foreign govern
ments where tho grain is shipped. A
revolving fund for this purpose is
provided in the amount of 100000.
So that this measure really proposes
temporarily to extend the powers of
the War Finance Corporation by au-
thorizing it to advance money to for
eigners. when properly secured, for
the purpose of aiding exports OF our
foodstuffs and thereby increasing the
shipment of our surplus crops abroad:
How this will help all industry and
lead to general prosperity fS argued
thus by Representative Nelson: The
farmer is the purchasing agent Tor 40
to 45 per cent of all the manufactured
products in this nation. He must be
enabled to become a purchaser by
selling his own products at a profit.
otherwise within two years stagna-
ton will be produced by his paralyzed
purchasing power. Unless he Is ao!s
to sell at q profit, he cannot buy: II
fn
shut down: If the factories shut down.
the workers in the factories will be
thrown out of employment: If they
have no work, they will get no pay
and cannot buy. and We come back to
the farmer, who will have no market
and Secretary Wallace and Assistant
Secretary Pugsley agree that this is
the way 1t must work out economi-
cally.
'arhe farmer must be rshabiiitated
if our commercial and economic life
is to be stabilized" Representative
Nelson emphasizes. The situation of
the farmer is very trying and acute,
President Harding has told Congress.
In q good many instances 1t is not
question of extending more credit,
because often the farmer is not now
able to pay taxes and interest on the
credit he already has. If he is given
more credit, it will, to a certain ex-
tent, be putting him in a worse hole,
because he will have more interest to
nay. "The big thing" Representative
Nelson argues. sis to fix 1t up so that
the farmer will get more for what he
nroduces, He must get price for
what he sells that will let him pay
his way and get a margin over the
cost of production"
His bill proposes to do this by get
ting: the surplus production of the
farmer sold in foreign markets as
FAST as It can be absorbed in a safe
ana sane way. Thus we would get
rid Of the surplus that is a glut on
the home market, forcing prices
down. As the surplus is sold abroad
Evening star., 1922-12-17

II the householder is to be stopped
from shopping around for his coal
surely some arrangement should be
made to guarantee him deliveries from
some quarter.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Modern Bankers All Takers.

Modern Bankers All Takers
VIvALL STREET used 10 he trained
w TO keep It's mouth shut, but re
cent years have brought an entire
reversal Of this policy aud hardly -
week passes without twn or three Of
the so-callcd international bankers
making speeches. The three hoard
most frequently are Thomas ". Ii
mont. Jules :. Bache and Otto n
Kahn.
l heard otto Kahn the other dag
at luncheon in brief but for"efu
presentation Of Americas cuIreHt
problems. He described them as.
first: The plight of The farmer. get.
ting rre-war prices for his produc.
Yet compelled To pay postwar prices
for everything he buys; second. IN"
relations of capital and labor. TO b'-
remedied, he suggested. by each sid"
becoming more enlig ht"n.d as 10 -,
needs Of the other: third. the faui;s
tax system, with its supertaX tha'
laid a burden on working capital. y--
let loafing capital, invested in taa
free bonds 20 scot-fr.c. and. fourth
our relations with Europe. adTocatiu.
American representation on III. rcpa
rations commission, IA new aSSncia
tion of nations and the collect on nt
the billions owed us by bonds ey
tending over sixty years. with grad
ually rising interest charges Starii'I-
at per cent. lie sad. also. tha'
there was ii latent problem in this
country. a growing belief that q form
Of government devised n the eight
eeuth century WAS not well ada ptcd
10 twentieth century conditions. :
have heard from many sources sin.
lar eApresTIon Of opinion.
Glenn Franks Theory.
CLENN FRANK born in Que.
~ City. Ne. who reached North
western University ny way OF X rk
vile State Normal School. became !.
student of economies ard helped
draft the covenant OF the league o.
nations, now at the early age Of -hi;
ty-five. is editor Of Century nark
youthful looking. and sure of hin
self. he is active in many things lI.
New York. Discussing editorial poll
cies the other DAY. he said;
The average editor makes two mi s.
takes; he undcrsstiniates the INTEL
gence Of his readers and everest
mates their information.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

1t is a strange fact that in nearly
every case of fatality in the streets
the motor car has been strictly under
control" Which suggests that per-
haps the pedestrians should be sub
iected to speed limits rather than the
motorists.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

The head of a bankrupt New York
firm of business builders" 1t is
stated in court, said that his salary was
$1,000 a week. The question arises.
whose business was built by such
means?
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Somehow the spectacle of a motor
car that has been smashed in an ac-
cident does not seem to cure the habit
of reckless driving. however large the
crowd it attracts.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

A Connecticut tramp. denied aid at
n back door, stepped into a touring
car and drove off in search of a
warmer welcome. Perhaps the car
was the cause Of his distress.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Fridays turnover Of $1,975,000. 900
is calculated to make the European
nations feel all the more certain that
America is destined to play Santa
Claus to save them from collapse.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Back to the mines." says Commits
sioner Keller, in search of facts re-
garding high prices and short sup
plies. The phrase is as pregnant as
when it is used to herald the end Of a
strike.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Three comets and brand-new star
simultaneously in evidence are giving
the astronomers the busiest season
they have had for years.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

The householder is far from cheered
then goes upstairs to read that hope
is entertained that there will be no
coal strike next year.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

It will be quite safe to call almost
anybody in Washington governor"
tomorrow, with nearly half Of the
state executives in conference here,
Evening star., 1922-12-17

The chief of the weather bureau
should be added to the fact-finding
coal commission in order to assure full
command of the situation.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

If Poland persists in cutting its
presidential term down to two days it
may be difficult to induce anybody to
run for the office.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Heard and Seen

Many of my friends. including
readers. have asked me to tell them
what I know about Coue and his
method OF autosuggestion. The
writer was perhaps one of the first
autosuggestion according to the
method OF Emile Coue of Nancy
France.
Last June in an F street bookstore
l ran across a thin little volume.
The Practice Of Autosuggestion," by
C. Harry Brooks. in which is an ac-
count of the Coue clinic, the psyche
logical basis for the method used
and an account of the method" it,
self.
During August there appeared in
local bookstores the first translation
Of NJ. Coue's own pamphlet. Sell
Mastery Through Conscious Auto
suggestion" With the aid of these
two books. particularly the former
for Coue is a doer rather than a
writer-it was easy for any one to
put the method into practice.
To embolden the timid and the
skeptical, let me get personal just for
space. All my life I suffered with
so-called sick headaches. The best
orthodox medical opinion regards
them as probably hereditary.
MY boy" the wise men would say,
this thing will wear itself out by
But that was not very encouraging
something like "Oh, don't worry; 1t
will be all the same when you are
hundred years old.'
BY attention to the general laws Of
hygiene, as best I could. I managed
to stop the frequency of the head
aches.
Then I found Coue. Since last June
I have had but one attack, and that
not bad one.
Is there anything in It?
Well. just try 1t for yourself. Even
just to try 1t. that is enough for a
beginning Conviction will grow with
success.
DAY by day. in every way. I'm get
ting better and better"
That is the sentence which NJ Coue
has sent around the world.
1t is so simple. just little SEN
tence, made out of words like any
other sentence. that when one first
beholds it he is apt to ridicule the
whole thing.
But there is genius in it.
A man who has spent his life study
ing the things Of the mind, Coue has
boiled all his experience down into
that sentence-and bit more. After
all, there is a great deal more to
Coueism than just that one sentence.
For the Coue pronounced Goo
ay") method is SO simple that 1t is
inclusive and so easy that 1t is great.
"Why, we have been teaching right
thought for years." they exclaim.
Rut it is something like Columbus
and his egg. 1t was easy enough
after he showed them how. Some
thing like Alexander the Great and
his Gordian knot. After he cut in
that way anybody might have thought
of 1t.
The great merit Of Coue. and one
which no amount of skepticism or
sneering will obliterate. is that he
has come forward with a simple. tan
gible, practical method for putting
into effect great broad laws OF psy-
chology.
Coue's method is not a religion.
Let that become known widely. for
many seem to think that 1t has some
thing to do with religious beliefs. 1t
has not. 1t is science-merely an
eminently practical method of ena-
bling the conscious mind to direct the
subconscious mind.
BY use of the imagination, or
/, thought, as directed by Coue, one is
able to help himself in many ways.
AS that great psychologist. Jesus of
Nazareth. said centuries ago, "As is
your faith, so be it unto you"
CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

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Evening star., 1922-12-17

New York Is at last putting its ban
on Jazz. But that Is no assurance that
the next craze will not be quite as
ridiculous.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Tables Turned.

"You used to scorn the cigars your
wife gave you for Christmas"
"Yes. Now she makes fun of my
cigarettes" -...
Evening star., 1922-12-17

So far Germany has not hinted at
Offering Bergdoll as a security for an
American loan.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

"Whut I'd like" said Uncle Eben,
''is one o. desc here jobs where it
pears like q man dom have much to
do 'cep' git his picture took"
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Fatal Fire Shows
Fire Escape Need.

lishment were burned to death. TIL"
Star of the twelfth, commenting upon
this tragedy. called attention to the fact
that the building was not equipped with
fire escapes. and that the laws in re-
spect to them were so lax as to permit
such lapses of construction and main
tenance. II continued:
what seems to be Il positive neccs-
sity are municipal regulations I'm every
city, say over two stories high, to pro
vide stationary fire escape for every
room from the second story upward.
This could be done at slight expense.
the escape need not be anything more
costly than a rope ladder. or d simple
knot:ed rope, reaching from the window
TO within a few feet of the ground.
down which persons in the upper rooms
might glide in safety. Time under such
circumstances is even better than
money, and with such a stationary fire
escape in every room not a moment
need be lost in waiting for aid from the
outside of the building. Ii such regula-
tionS were enforced every occupant Of
on a steamer sleeping with a life pre-
server under his head or within reach.
would know the exact location of the
fire escape and just how to use II for
his own preservation. In the case OF I've
fire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel the un-
fortunate servants in the upper stories
were effectually cut off from escape by
means of n burning staircase and wire
ca sed windows. and perished n,iserably
before aid could reach them. The simple
contrivance of Il rope escape-supposinS
that no bar existed to prevent cGress
by the windowS-woud doubtless have
saved their lives"
Evening star., 1922-12-17
SOME INSIDE STUFF
ABOUT NEW YORK
BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON.

seasonS ago could be found only in
P-ouklyn. Tho difficulty of getting
in and out of limousines with top
nat l suspect. is responsible for the
change.
Evening star., 1922-12-17


"Harewood," comprising about 400
acres. was added
Enlargement of TO the grounds
Of the Soldiers
by purchase fifty years ago. and Tn
Star. in its issue of December 10, 49,.
il commenting upon the matter. thus
describes this institution:
THE home was founded by Lieut..
General Scott who. during the Mexican
war. levied contributions upon several
of the larger cities Of Mexico. a por
ton of these moneys was expended for
the purchase Of clothing and commis
sary stores for the troops, and the re
mainder. SllS,000. at his urgent solici-
tation, was set apart by Congress 10 es
tablish an asylum for disabled and
superannuated soldiers of the Regular
Army. The home has proved one ot
the most beneficent of our national in
stitutions and has sheltered and feu
thousands of veterans who might othoi
wise have lived on the grudging CHART,
of friends and relatives. 1t may be sai'i
to be self-supporting institution.
Congress and relies wholly upon tn
small sum of 12ia cents per month con
tributed by every soldier of the Regular
Army. the pensions of inmates and
upon the Stoppage by order of court mar
tial of the pay of soldiers. These sourc. :
of revenue are quite adequate in sup
port of the home: in fact, the late pun
chase was paid for out of quite larg'
surplus on hand. and ii is the intention
of the board of commissioners TO cx-
pend "A part of what remains in IN"
erection of additional buildings to mes'
the continually inc "ea sing demand for
more accommodations. The home will
then be equal in capacity TO the ma
tional asylum for disabled volunteers b
Dayton, Ohio.
when the Harewood estate. which
is contiguous to the grounds Of the
home, is laid off in footpaths. drives.
miniature lakes, etc, the home will be-
one of the most beautiful and attractive
features of the Capital. The home itself
possesses peculiar interest from thu
fact that it was the summer resort OF
President Lincoln during the rebellion.
:. K
On the night Of December 10. 1872. a
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States.

Daily and Sunday.1 yr.. $1,000: mo-. S5c
sunday only yr., $500; 1 mo-, 25c
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Present. But Not In the Swim

Present, But Not In the Swim.
-Four years isn't very long period
of public service"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum; "a
man doesn't get we'll started holding
an Office before he's liable to begin
feeling like a lame duck"
Jud Tunkins says anybody can be
an optimist when things are coming
his way.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
NEW YORK. December 1s.


A most New Workers, whether
~ they get five or fifty thousand
dollars year, live up to or
beyond their incomes. wne,.
the Christmas season approaches, the
many charitable institutions of the
metropolis are driven to all sorts of
expedients to try to raise the funds
they need. Every mail is burdened
with their appeals, and / wonder
sometimes if the printing and postage
do not absorb too large a proportion
OF the donations for charity.
Most of these institutions now use
so-called efficiency" methods. An Of
nciai-iooking envelope arrives. bear
ing IN one corner. Thomas w: La
mont, treasurer" AT first sight il
looks as II 1t might contain a diyi-
dend check. but what it holds is
lou OF tuberculosis fund stamps. for
Whlch you are expected to remit.
Special appeals are planned for each
noiloay. Your birthday is signalized
ny an appeal from some hospital
Your iuncheons are interrupted by a
contribution box shaken under your
nose by pretty girl. And at every
corner in the business district is a
collector for some sort of d Christ
mas AoHo' often advertised by a bell
ringer.
X X \
Christmas Sales Everywhere.
a GREAT variety of gifts to select
from is one OF the advantages,
or disadvantages, of metropolitan life
AS Christmas approaches there is not
a hotel without sale of some sort
going on under the name of charity
Italian laces. bags made by the sight
less; Ukrainian needlework, work OF
the Greenwich Village weavers. toys
made by old men, trinkets made by
disabled soldiers.
The New York stores. too, at Yule-
tide assemble an array of gifts from
all parts of the world. In fact. if you
know where to look for them trim
kets from every land can be found at
any time in the city. A friend Of mine
who recently made Balkan trip
spent a day or two before he went
buying remembrances for his friends.
so that he would not be bothered
with shopping and customs while
abroad. After his return he distribut:
ed the things, bought right in New
York, and none of his friends was
Z ha yt.ice
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Maybe one reason that the men
have made a failure Of running the
made a failure Of the men.-Columbia
Record.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Costume.

Willie in a foot ball game
Would, they say, be very tame.
Mother makes him wear the suit
Just because it looks so cute.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

You don't get an encore.-Pittsburgh
Press.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
Fifty Years Ago
i'm The Star

W. W. corcoran's estate known as
"Harewood." comprising about 400
Evening star., 1922-12-17

A reader asks why typewriters are
SO seldom any good after the first
that question to typewriters?-Kan-
sas City Star.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

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