Evening star., 1922-12-07

olher city. and that is the business
49,; h,ston rs the library: Fhila-
uut'pilIa' u;' the museum of antiquity or
history: Chicago, the piggery or
| Kitchen; and all the hinterland or
vac midwest and far west, the back
Sdtu, win Its wonderful gardens and
| "rchards; but Washington-why. tho
=" pithi ~ ~herc Uncle Sam receives
! course. he must see that in is SVEN.
! ana busted and the bric-a -brac artis-
\ IlcalfE arranged. He looks to Col
| Sherriil 10 keep the parlor maids at
| up.
! Ny. There is Il row and a rumpus
on between the District Engineer
Commissioner and the citizens OF
Chevy Chase over the high curb that
parallels the Connecticut avenue
+, street car tracks on both sides a,rd.
T! incidentally, saves the street car
company some S225.o16 grading and
! paving expense. The citizens as.o-
! citation objects to the curb as "A
! nenac" to automobiles which may
| attempt 20 cross The tracks b.tw cen
| street Intersections In that the case
| IS parallel TO that Of Pat, who Was
| being shown the new cathedral by his
( priest. and the astonisned Fat
| almost brcathlessly exclaimed: "Falth
| t'ayther. it do beat the divil'"
!: Patrick by the sleeve and whispered
! rontidentiaily: Aye. Pat, that's the
! intintior. hcsorry."
| OF al Christian organizations Of
America. there is not one that is
held in higher esteem than is the
| Salvation Army. It's service to the
! soldiers at the front during the war
was beyond praise. Its work among
! The outCasts Of society is one Of the
, grandest influences in this genera
tipn. lis work is not To be compa red
with that Of any other organization
unless it is the Volunteers of Amer
ica. an offshout from the Salvation
Army. which came about only be
| cause the original Gen. Booth in
sisted uron ignoring American ideals
and characteristics. and requiring
the Salvation Army OF America IL
send all its collections for main
tenanc" 10 England and to receive
its allowances and its orders from
London.
Commander Evangeline Booth.
daughter Of Cen Booth. has been il,
! con nlaDd of tho American Army .vef.
| since that sciliSn. brought about by
TIL" generals dete rmiuatiull to -Augli-
cise the American salvation Arny
tturing the eighteen years that she
has spent in tho work here she hss
inbib.d much of tho American spirit
and has greatly cnd.arcd herself I"
the Americans. But recently there
brother. Gen. EraElwell Booth. su-
prem" commander. ordering her 80
civ" up her command here and 1"
report At the general headquarters
/ Ill London. She has no choice in the
matter hat others. including our am
nassa'i"r Ia France. Mr.. Herrick.
/ havr protested il vain. If she goes
| the Salvation Army viii suffer ire
parable l"ss. Friends of the orEani-
/ ZttiDn resent tho idea that IL must
I,a ruled from London for its Amer
lean activities. And this protest is
not 4 personal appeal for Miss Evan
;."ln E"oth-though that. too. is
! u"gcd-hut ii is an expression OF be
, lief that n" insistence of English
control in America can do anything
| Iut weaken tho influence of the good
! work Il IS now doing.
The world looks to the United States
| agriculture as the most scientific ard
b-st i'll all the world. The experts of
, the Department Of Agriculture are
sought for by the colleges Of South
America DR. l. NJ. Estahrook. chief
Of the division of live stock and farm
estimates. is the latest TO be en-
/ rag.d abroad. he going to Argentina
| to r"orgauiza tho economic and sta
! tist Zeal work of that country
! Al the recent meeting OF the Inter
! NATIONAL Institute - Agriculture. in
! Rome. it MAS resolved that the in
! st;tu:,a should q. tier data on the or
, ganizat;un and development of agri-
! cultural education. particularly in
I ;ha United states.
American agriculture is taken as
. :he highest example Of scientific
/ farming Vet our farmers are facing
: bankruptcy. W. can not begin 10
-onS.ry, soil fertility as do the
Chinese aftc- they have farmed the
| sam. land i.onh years. We cannot
| cultivate the soil as thoroughly as
! do rh, EurupeanS. We do not get the
! WELD per acre that England does.
] But We get more yield per man. be-
/, cause we use labor-Saving machinery.
| where Europe and China use hand
| cultivation.
II would he Impossible for us To
! give as thorough cultivation as does
the more backward" nations. but.
; while ;hoy are eager to use our ma
chimes and our agricultural science.
I We can get Very little help from them.
Z aside from their successful examples
/ of marketing co-operation-and that
! is exactly where American farmers
5 are weak.