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Evening star., 1923-03-19
President Harding's Candidacy.

Announcement by Attorney General
Daugherty in Miami, Fla, that Presi
dent Harding will be a candidate for
denomination is accepted on it's face as
g. semi-official statement, in view of
attending circumstances Of the utter.
ance. Mr.. Daugherty was the pre-.
convention campaign manager OF
Senator Harding when he was a candi
date for the presidential nomination
he has been regarded as closer. politi
cally, to the chief executive than any
other member Of the cabinet: he has
been his companion on the Ieisurely
jaunt down the Florida streams, when
no doubt politics was discussed, and
the hour is propitious for such a
declaration. The time. the place and
the man would seem to be in conjunc.
ton for the announcement.
Politicians will accept the susges-
ton Of President Harding's standing
for a second term as entirely appro-
pirate. Indeed. a declination, unless
based upon Ill health, would be re.
gravest character. approaching well
nigh to desertion Of his party. 1t would
be hailed by the opposition party and
other elements as confession that the
republican party had failed in the
mission Of government intrusted to it
by the electorate, through an over
whelming majority OF votes. Such a
course would be unthinkable Of War
rem G.. Harding.
1t is generally assumed that the an
nounced candidacy will have the ef-
feet, whether it was the purpose or
not, OF serving notice upon other po-
tential candidates for the nomination
who may be hearkeaing to the buzzins 9
Of the presidential bee TO bide their
time until 1928 before shying their
hats into the ring. It remains to be
worked out whether they will take the
hint and relinquish for the time being
any ambitions they may be secretly
cherishing.
Opportunity for the advancement Of
rival candidates. will be afforded in
those states which elect delegates to
the national convention by primaries
and in states of "favorite sons" but
il is not to be expected that the Presi-
dents friends will be idle meanwhile
in those states, and the work Of sus-
tanning the present administration Or
ganization, it is said, will be pushed
with vigor.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
Tells of Weather Signs
Several. Ways of Determining
Forecasts Are Cited.

To the Editor of The Star:
In predicting weather for the District
Of Columbia and vicinity 1t should be
remembered that nearly all of our
storms approach from the northwest or
from the southwest, never from the
east, and rarely from any direction
other than westerly. The wind often
blows from an easterly direction, but
the storm is approaching from the op-
posite direction, paradoxical as 1t may
seem This we learn from the weather
map and from the reports published In
the daily newspapers.
Storms usually move at the rate Of
about thirty-flve miles an hour. When
a storm reaches a place several hundred
miles northwest or southwest of WASH
ington it Is easy to calculate when II
will reach this city.
The best weather sign is the direction
of the wind. A northeast wind shows
a storm approaching from the south
west, and a southeast wind shows q
storm coming from the northwest.
A storm area has two motions: one
advancing like the earth's motion in its
orbit, and the other somewhat rotary
like the earths motion on its axis After
the center Of the storm passes the direc-
ton of the wind changes.
A steady wind from tho northwest
invariably means lair, weather. Long,
continued winds from the north always
bring cooler weather, and from the
south warmer weather.
Storms sometimes move from the Gulf
of Mexico inland, but never from the
Atlantic ocean in the vicinity Of Wash
ington. The tendency Of s:orms is to
move toward large bodies of water.
seldom from the water to the land.
Some storms are attracted by the Great
Lakes and go down the st. Lawrence
valley instead of reaching Washington.
Summing up, the most important rule
is to look for fair weather when the
wind is from the northwest, and for bad
weather when 1t blows from any east
erly direction. rHOS. W. GILMER.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
EDITORIAL DIGEST

, 10 the era when novelists designated
their heroines as lovely females
When pantalettes were worn by all
modest damsels ard occasionally
,sbles wf5e bestowed upon pianos and
But of Mr. Sees courage there can
be no question. in the mind of the
Boston Traveller. There are brave
souls who relish thunderstorms-
1oIks who sit right out on their We
ranaas and watch the lightning play
around their heads. But never. from
the time of Ajax until this Mr.. Alonzo
r. See appeared, was any one known
thus TO sit out in a thunderstorm with
a nshtnlng rod firmly grasped in his
two hands" And the Akron Beacon
Journal thinks 'ft is Well for him
that he had the first word on the sub
Ject of comparative brains. He will
never live TO have the last"
The Utica Observer-Dispatch how
ever is frankly disturbed. so deeply.
IN fact, that il offers up a solemn
prayer. God give us men" For
the disuuieting thing about Mr..
sees ultimaeum is that il affects Sc
riously the world problem OF femi-
nine overpopulatior. England has to-
men. So have all the countries OF
Europe. Think OF the menace in this
situation. What a beautifully or
dered world the reasoning male ami
mai has given us. Every problem is
met as soon as it arises Nay. more
every problem is settled before it
arises. Man, the conqueror by power
OF brain. has ruled supreme. And
| now--o Fate, be kind--millions of un-
reasoning women will dominate this
fine old world and smash il to bits be-
fore our very eyes. The thousa nd
years of man-made peace will be
shattered and ruin and chaos will
probably soon reign
AS to the lack Of patriotic and
lofty motives in politics. the New
York World wonders if all the sena-
tors and representatives of the Sixty
seventh Congress were in Congress
for lofty and patriotic reasons and if
| so. could a Congress of 531 women
with 1855 ounces less of reasoning
administration, the country, their con
stituents and everybody else con-
cerned. Let Mr.. See bring on his
calipers and slide-rule and demon
strate. If it could have been worse
there is no citizen with soul so dead
that he wouldn't like TO know how.
The st. Paul Dispatch can look still
farther back. back to 1914" and
wonder how women could have done
any worse, 1t was the sex of the
gentleman with the alphabetical
| name, the Dispatch recalls, 'if we
remember Alright. which got the world
into a terrible mess in August of that
year, and it is that Gentlemans sex
which ever since has been ineffectu.
far from concurring. with Mr.. See
the st. Paul paper honestly thinks
| mankind might properly step aside
and give womankind a chance" since
she certainly could make no greater
mess of it."
Evening star., 1923-03-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

States broke off diplomatic relations
with Peru because the navy Of that
country seized couple of Yankee
ships loaded with guano about to
leave Peruvian jurisdiction in viola
tion of the export laws. The dispute
eventually was referred to the King
of the Belgians for arbitration. He
promptly decided that the facts were
indisputably in Peru's favor. There
upon. as one of President Lincoln's
with Peru We're restored and a
Lincolnian amende honorable render
ed. The great emancipator ever since
has been one of Peru's heroes.
X Il y X
Herbert Quick, author OF "Vande-
marks Folly" and creator of '"The
Hawkeye," his newest novel, is one
of the growing colony of front-rank
American writer's who find inspiration
In the atmosphere" OF Washington.
Quick. himself a Hawkeye, is about
to complete his trilogy of iowa
romances, which deal with conditions
on the eve of the civil war-the times
which produced John B. Weaver,
greenbackism and, later. populisnl.
His next book will bring things up
to the period from which Smith w.
Quick has played many roles in the
Interval which preceded his fame as
e novelist. He was once a school
teacher. survived an editorship on
La Follette's Weekly. and for three
years was a member Of the federal
served term as mayor of Sioux City
and was q nominee for the Iowa
supreme court.
= !. y 4
Secretary Hughes has dispatched
Nelson T. Johnson. one of our con-
suls general Large, on a grand
tour of American consular estab-
lishments throughout the far east
and Australasia. He has just in
spected the posts In China. Siam and
Japan and is now en- route to New
Zealand. via Eladivostok. 1t was on
the strength OF Mr.. Johnson's inquiry
into the British American consular
squabble at Newcastle that the
State Department took up its firm
attitude toward Lord Curzon's repre-
sentations.
Count that day lost whose low de-
scending sun witnesseth not the
nomination OF successor to At
torney General Daugherty. Rumor' S
latest favorite son is Augustus T.
Seymour of Ohio. first assistant at
torrey general. who has been func-
tioninS for Mr.. Daugherty during
the latters Illness.
X x x
Virginia threatens to come forward
with brace of candidates for the
democratic presidential nomination.
Senator Carter Glass has been tim
ber for some time. Now his colleague.
Senator Claude Augustus Swanson, is
said to have put a lightning rod into
position.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-19
Other Times.

A weather forecaster puts a quietus
on the old-fashioned' winter and the
old-fashioned summer. He says that
''if the slightest change has occurred
in the normal temperature Of. the
United States it has been too small
for sciences modern instruments to
measure" Sometimes science is a dis.
agreeable thing and the scientist a dis
agreeable man. Many Of US like to
think and many of us believe that win.
ter was colder and summer hotter in
those times which 50 many call 1.-The
days Of yore.' The scientist has the
figures TO prove his case, but there are
in Washington many elderly persons
who. will say that figures lie, and that
the foreeaster 10 figursf. They know
Evening star., 1923-03-19
Anyhow, Mr.. See Got Front Page
Next to Reading Matter"

The mental capacity and politics al
honesty of women have been estab-
lished in much the same manner as
that which recently determined the
value of women's colleges by Mr.. A
3. See, elevator manufacturer. Or
have they? Editors don't seem to be
so sure of it as is Mr. A. B. See.
As the Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph states the case, Mr.. See neatly
split an infnitive with his belief that
there are few sadder sights than
women who clamor for the passage
which they have not the mental ca
pacity even TO family comprehend.
They lack reasoning capacity, that g
what's the matter" the paper con-
cludes. by virtue of Mr.. Sees asser-
ton that a woman's brain weighs
FIVE ounces less than a mans. Fur
ther, women's political activities arise
not from lofty, patriotic motives, but
from desire to get their. names in
the paper or 10 get even with some
one, presumably, of course, some hor-
rid man. As 10 getting ones name
admits that Mr.. See made the front
page worthily, because to-day man
who talks like this is a curiosity, a
freak. He is entertaining in modera-
lIoiIp uut ne paper WdlnS MIN tNdC
to keep UP such free publicity he
will have to vary his theme. since
probably after the novelty wore or
even rip Van, Wrinkle must have been
a terrible bore"
Still" observes the Rochester
Times-U Union, che adds to the gayety
OF nations. And with base ball still
somewhat far away and Congress ad-
journed. this is no mean contribution
to the public welfare. We've simply
moreover, Mr.. See. by his observation
on the. reasoning powers and mental
capacity of women, has enlarged the
whole subject until, adding this to
what Col. Harvey said about their
souls and former Gov. Miller Of New
York said about their political acu-
men, we have q pretty well defined
picture OF our mothers, wives and
sweethearts. And all from experts,
too That's the beauty of it."
LAS an essayist" the Springfield
Union pronounces "Mr. See q splendid
elevator manufacturer. Like his ele-
vators, he goes straight up and
comes back exactly where he started
But even in an analogy between his
doctrines and his lifts the Utica Press
suggests that 'if his elevators never
went any higher than his opinion of
women or his knowledge OF the prog
ress made by the human race, they
would be useful only to reach the
sub cellar" The Press finds his phi
losophy interesting only as it goes to
show a recrudescence of theories tha t
were out of date half a century
ago. This apostle. Of herman belongs
Evening star., 1923-03-19
Mr.. Hoover's Good Advice.

In letter to the President Secre-
tary Hoover proposes that public build
ing operations of all kinds, including
those Of the federal government, be
halted, and that private building be
given first call on available supplies
of materials and labor. If followed,
this advice would help to avert the
most serious danger which today
threatens national prosperity-a run
away market, with soaring prices and
the possibility of another buyers
strike
1t is true that the country is in need
Of public buildings Of many kinds, es-
pecially of schools, but it is in still
greater need of homes, and if there is
10 be competitive bidding for made
auate supplies of materials and labor.
and particularly if the government is
to be a bidder against private enter
prise, the cost of home building will
become prohibitive. It is bad enough
10 erect public buildings at an exces-
sive cost, but it is much worse where
the cost of residence and business
properties is excessive. The former
involves waste of the taxpayers
money, but when the tax has been
levied and collected. and the charge
paid. the thing is done with. In the
Of residence and business proper
ties there is involved a permanent ex-
cessive charge against the cost Of
living and the cost OF doing business.
And so. even if the government could
afford to build regardless of cost, it
cannot afford to do this lasting injury
to private enterprise.
Some public building must be done.
of course, both by the federal and by
the state and subsidiary governments,
but any projects which can be post
poned without serious and permanent
injury should be allowed to wait. Mr.
Hoover advances the theory that pub
lie building operations should be re-
served as curb on unemployment, to
be undertaken and pushed at times
when private operations are not max
ing full use Of labor and the sources
of production. The result would be
more continuous employment Of labor
In the building trades and in the
trades which produce building ma
terials. and would exert a steadying
influence on the entire economic struc-
ture.
IF the federal state and municipal
governments will unite in carrying out
the Hoover. program a long step will
have been taken toward abolishing re-
curing periods Of business depres-
sion, and instead Of coming in streaks
of fat and lean our prosperity will be
moro evenly distributed, and being on
a more healthful basis will be more
enduring. The sciences OF government
and Of economies are, after all, large
" matter OF good common sense, and
this is erninently a common sense sug-
gestioi1 which Secretary Hoover. ad-
vsnees.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

Who is President OF the United
States when the incumbent OF that
Office is on vacation and the Vice
President, too. is away? Well, the
nearest approach to a substitute. is
Rudolph Forster, executive clerk Of
the White House, who has functioned
in that capacity uninterruptedly un-
der Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
and Harding. The chief magistrate of
the republic wields presidential power
no matter where he may be. as long
as he is not incapacitated physically
or mentally .n the constitutional
sense. Ordinarily. when Presidents
are away from Washington, a great
volume of Official business is sent him
for dispatch. On the present occasion,
inasmuch as Mr.. Harding is con-
the most urgent matters, usually re-
curing his personal signature, arc
being forwarded to him. II Is Mr..
Forster's prerogative to decide how
imperative a thing is. Through q
quarter OF a century's practice he
has become q past master in the deli
cate business of changing peoples
minds on that score.
:f X x \
Senator Frank A. Brandegee of Con-
nectlcut thinks Washington is with
out peer as a place for idling con-
gressmen, so he will remain here un-
til the heat drives him to New London
in the summer. At present he finds
even the capitals capricious climate
preferable to the deep winter condi-
tions prevalent throughout his sector
of New England. Brandegee, who
~ hos flrn md hri ~ lz
mention of the league of nations or
International conferences, was at a
private luncheon party the other day.
which developed into Kilkenny over
world court conversation. He had to
leave the company early, and. depart
ing. said: There's nothing like
stretching our legs under the confer
ence table to reach unanimity on con-
troversial issues.
x u x x
The Davises seem TO have it in the
Secretary of Labor. Dwight is as
sistant secretary Of war. James c.
is director general of the United
states rai1road administration. Stephen
B. has just been appointed assistant
secretary of commerce. Mai Gen
Robert c. is adjutant general of the
Army. Arthur 7. is director Of the
reclamation service. Ben G.. is chief
clerk of the State Department Oscar
X. is a member OF the United States
section of the inter-American high
commission and DIR. William H is
chief of the vital statistics section Of
the bureau of the census.
x x < u
Senior Don Federico Alfonso Pezet,
Peru's ambassador in Washington,
told the Harvard Club the other night
some forgotten things in Peruvian
American history. During Presid dent
Buchanans administration, the United
Evening star., 1923-03-19
For q Better America,

TO celebrate it's fiftieth annual meet.
ing, the National Conference Of So
cial Work has chosen the National
Capital for its assembling, May 1S to
%. Between 1000 and 5000 delegates
from the country at large and Can
ada are expected to attend the meet.
ing. The objective is the exchange Of
ideas and experiences on the way So
cial work has permeated and affected
permanent institutions Of society, such
rs tha home, the school, the church;
Evening star., 1923-03-19

To those Of responding hearts and
little faith the weather man would
recommend the glad assurances of
Margaret Elizabeth sangster that
Never yet was a springtime
When the buds forgot to blow"
Evening star., 1923-03-19

France serves notice that she will
regard any effort to mediate in her
affair with Germany as unfriendly. In
other words, she recommends to the
world at large a careful consideration
Of Plutarch's discovery that Drive
on your own track" is a wise saying.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

What a contrast. Great Britain,
soundest OF the lately belligerent Euro
pean nations. is paying unemployment
doles, while in the United States it is
proposed 20 suspend public building
because Of the scarcity Of labor.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

Professional jealousy OF the Car:
narvon successes may have inspired
the archeologists at Carthage, who
claim to have discovered FIannibars
stables. 1t is probably just q stall.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

One cannot but wonder IL the broad
smile Of President Harding as he read
the semi-official announcement Of his
candidacy to succeed himself was re-
fiected upon the faces Of the dozen or
so "if-the-people-call candidates.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

1t develops that President Hard.
ing's Florida angling trip is in the ma
ture of preliminary training for a
more extended jaunt after fish that
will make a tarpon look like a finger
ling.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

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edition, 10 Delivered by carriers withtn the city
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END Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

1t probably is only a coincidence
that the story of Russian peasants
who think the United States is in per
petual gloom appeared just at income
tax-paying time.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

President Harding smiles when he
reads that he is a candidate for re.
nominaton-the smile OF the cat
which already has swallowed the
canary.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

John Bull will no doubt refrain,
though sorely tempted to play q
proverbial role in the ex-kaiser's new
china shop at the Utrecht fair.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

A warm fire, cheerful companions
and good food kind1e" gendus far
more effectively than the cold, lonely,
foodless attic of romance.
GRACE ,ANSLEY HOLDEN.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

"Suhconscious reaction" is the latest
defense for. shoplifting in New York.
Sounds like q more plausible excuse
for bootleg purchasers.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
In a Few Words.

Mental healing began about the
same time that man did. and is of a
most venerable antiquity, but rather
small for its age.
DIR. WOODS HUTCHINSON.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

The trouble with France, and, in
fact, with the whole world today, Is
that families are too small.
HENRY MORGENTHAU.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

L love fame no more and am
ashamed Of myself that I ever did
love it. I have seen too often how
it is misused for other than good
purposes.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Embarrassment. .

Embarrassment
once went to a party with set o.
regular swells,
I thought that I would be beau, an
-. captivate the bellies,
An SO 1 hired g. dress suit, which 1
thought would be admired,
But pretty soon I knowed that every
body knowed twas hired.
I felt the wrinkles in the back. The
sleeves want long enough,
1t seemed about six inches 'twixt my
glove top an my cuff. --.:
I shuck hans once or twice an then
went back home an quit,
Cause there amt no joy in livin' when
your clothes don't fit.
An sometimes feel sorry for the
hustlin', bustlin' man,
A-scramblin' and a-climbin' as per-
sistent as he can
Fur some empty mark of glory, when
he's likely to be vexed = 3:
By not exactly KNOWN what it's
proper to do next. ...s.
For luck 10 mighty freaky. An a man
feels lost an grim
When it puts him in g uniform that
wasn't built for him.
The honors that you covet don't bring
happiness a bit
When you suddenly discover that your
clothes don't fit.
The Severely Practical Side.
Now gentle Spring 10 on her way;
The flowers will soon be smiling;
Across the fields the breeze will stray
And lamblins in their harmless play.
The hours will be beguiling.
But what care I for blossoms fair
Which come the world to sweeten
With perfumes delicately rare?
For breezes, too, what do care2
These things cannot be eaten.
And yet, good spring-'tis truth 1
None feels reverence deeper
For you. With joy I'll greet the day
When all the hens begin to lay :.
And eggs at last are cheaper.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
u McCARDE (of London).

One Of the great dangers we are
facing is not that we fail to Amer
icaniEe the immigrants, but that we
Or. WILLIAM STAIR MYERS.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
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Evening star., 1923-03-19

At the democratic convention In
San Francisco Bryan accused US OF
seeking the return of the saloon. He
asked every one who disputed the
statement to stand up-and We all
@cHARLEs FRANCIS MURPHY.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

Marriage ceases to be monogamic or
to have any sacrednsss or meaning At
all when II can be terminated and an,
other alliance entered into praetiealIy
at will.-BISHOP MANNING.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
-GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO.

The sole ambition of the defendant's
wife was to be the, best dressed
woman of her set. This means much
the same as a life OF idleness, vanity
O folly
Evening star., 1923-03-19
THEODORE W. NoYEs.......E Editor

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The man who fights and prays out
rates the man who simply. prays
ROOSEVELT.