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Evening star., 1923-12-18
Daytime Wives Hoe
Hard If Merry Row

An organization called the Daytime
Wives League has been formed in New
York. It is composed Of young women
In business, who propose to offer to
their employers during the day the
sympathy and attentions they are sup
posed to get at home after working
hours. For instance, il Mr.. So-and SO
comes down to the office In the morn
ing grouchy and out Of sorts because
OF any one OF the many elements in
family life that are capable Of start
ing the day wrong" he would find his
stenographer, II she Is a member Of
the league, all sympathy, probably
making him a cup Of coffee on the
radiator, and by other kindly ministra-
tions restoring him to the frame OF
mind in which he would be able to
tackle the days business with zest and
full faculties. His particular daytime
wife would necessarily have to inform
herself of his trials and tribulations
her role. She would encourage him to
tell her his troubles, though most ste
nographers will agree that 1t will not
require much encouragement.
The idea, like most modern attempts
to improve upon the conventions. is
lovely in theory but of different as
pect in practice. The Daytime Wives
League Is in for life probably more
snort than merry. II there is to be
daytime wiving done 1t will have to
continue to be on the sly. Trust the
common or garden variety wives to see
to that-Fort Worth Star-TelegraIn.
Evening star., 1923-12-18
The Ninth Bienn.a al Exhibition.

The public Of Washington, In the
Ninth Biennial Exhibition of Contem-
porary American Oil Paintings at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, again enjoys
opportunity to view and, if so inclined,
to study, examples Of every school and
every phase of art. This exhibition,
for the past eighteen years an event
eagerly anticipated in tie art world,
opened with a private view last Satur-
day night. 1t was opened to the pub
lie on the day following at the usual
Sunday hour, 1870 o clock. On that
day the attendance was 1,475. During
the interval before January 20. the
last day of the display, many thou
sands will have passed through the
exhibition halls, and if single one,
regardless of his or he knowledge Of
artistic canons and technique. departs
without benefit and without pleasure.
it Will be remarkable.
No person of average or even more
than average intelligence will like all
the pictures. Not even the profes-
sional jurymen who passed on the en-
tries, served as a hanging committee
and decided on the awards of the
four generous William A. Clark prizes,
liked them all. But what that jury
did was to select a group of paint
ings comparable to a cross-section OF
modern American art. There it hangs;
let the public, artist and layman alike,
view, criticize and analyze for itself.
Both the gallery and its visitors are
to be congratulated on the knowledge,
the discriminating taste and the really
arduous labors of a jury of this cali
ber.
The exhibit is the largest OF the
series by a considerable margin, and
is the largest ever held in the Ma
tional Capital. Some say it is the
best ever staged here and one of the
best ever held in America. Moreover.
almost all of the better known paint
ers are represented, many of them at
their very best. The chance for
Washingtonians, permanent and tran
sient, to form their own opinions is
not to be overlooked. The public ref
erendum, TO be held during some week
in January, wherein gallery visitors
can ballot for a favorite painting and
can thereby participate in the award
of a further prize for the most popular
picture, is another incentive to re-
peated visits and to a responsible and
sober judgment, which, itself the an
tithesis Of prejudiced or offhand YER
dict, cannot but benefit the voter, if it
does nothing more.
Both in assembling these exhibits, at
considerable cost and an outlay or
time and energy unsuspected by
many, and in featuring one of the
rare forms of franchise enjoyed by
District residents, the Corcoran Gal
lery performs distinct public service.
Evening star., 1923-12-18
y
Hits Saturday Plan.
Federal Employe Objects to
Longer Day During Week.
"a the Editar Of The Star.

Te the Editor of The Star:
Do you suppose the employees OF the
government who are working SO
hard for leisure on Saturday after
Moons have considered the other side
of the question?
First. that by leaving the ONCE as
2 pm. on Saturdays they may have
time for a game of golf or tennis
or TO attend a.matinee they must lose
the 4:30 concerts and lectures, and a-a'
losing the three hours given for years
by executive order during the very
hot weather?
Second. that to be granted two and
one-half hours on Saturdays they
must work throughout the year on
the long, hot days and the short,
dark days until p.m.?
Z Third, that all errands anAsshop-
ping must be crowded into unBA@hort
nears-and less than that:ewASxg tho
are removed 1frnltxl tha
( Efave the. rnesss antsyes sos:s Sa sTcity
HAS the goJsrnrne MT sseoasfdered ths
added heat and Hg ght.tedhs4eh for the
winter mon ths-and whether the half
houn given by people already tired Is
worth even the cost of these?
Government work is unlike other
work. SO no comparison of hours can
be fairly made, and the most COM
close application, In the conditions
obtaining in the service, about all in
which reliable work can be done.
EDITH H. TOWN
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vision for meeting it's requirements
may then. be absorbed in revenue
reduction. This is as logical as the
other method. though perhaps to the
taxpayers of the country, who are in
greater number than the prospective
beneficiaries Of the bonus, not alto
gether as satisfactory.
Nobody knows just how much the
bonus will cost the government at the
outset Several modes Of payment
are proposed, some imposing an
immediate and direct demand upon
the Treasury. others involving a post
poned liquidation. Choices are offered
to veterans. and there Is no means to
determine In advance how they will
choose. So II the precise Treasury ef-
feet OF the first year Of bonus must
needs be known before tax revision
can be accomplished there may be
some delay in material tax cutting
Possibly by the time the bonus bill is
passed the percentage OF cash de-
mands will be fairly well known At
any rate, it will be possible to assume
a maximum first-year demand and set
the tax-revision measure accordingly
II Congress can accomplish both a
bonus bill which will satisfy the vet.
Grams who are exacting that return
from pledges given by members, and
a tax reduction which will satisfy the
taxpayers it will have reached an ex-
traordinary height OF achievement.
Evening star., 1923-12-18

willing to negotiate on this matter.
for he mentions mutual non.inter.
vention." Does this signify that Mos
cow is prepared to contend that the
United States has direc+'y or indirect
ly sought to change the mode Of gov.
ernment in Russia? Undoubtedly the
people Of this country, with very few
exceptions, condemn the bolshevik
course and regard the communist or
ganization in Russia with loathing
But this government has not been
otherwise than inactive and neutral
as respects the Internal affairs and
organization of the Russian people. 1t
may be that If negotiations are opened
Tchitcherin will, for trading purposes,
set up the claim that the United States
has undertaken such propaganda in
Russia. He is almost certain to claim
that Russia, the soviet government,
has not engaged in communist propa-
ganda in this country. But 1t Is be-
lieved that there is ample proof to the
contrary in possession OF the United
States government.
Likewise in the matter of claims OF
Americans for injuries suffered, it
would seem to be the purpose OF the
soviet to advance counter claims, for
Tchitcherin speaks Of ''the principle
of reciprocity" 1t must be remem-
bered that when Russia made pro-
posals of the same sort at Genoa to
the French and British negotiations
were abruptly broken OFF when the
soviet representatives, meeting the
point of compensating the govern
ments and their nationals for prop
erty losses, presented counter claims
which ran to larger amounts than the
sums claimed to be due. This is quite
likely to be the course which will be
pursued if any representations follow
the present Moscow move.
In this matter the soviet govern
ment has everything to gain and moth
ing to loss while seeking negotiations
for recognition
Evening star., 1923-12-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
Ry FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

country to the large cities, as farm
ers are becoming unwilling TO par.
with their products for deprecated
paper money"
Joseph w. Tolbert, republican ma
tional committeeman from South
Carolina, who went to the mat with
Senator Howell of Nebraska on the
question of southern delegations. Is
setting a new fashion for politicians.
He scorns a necktie. Perhaps Toll
bert means to paraphrase a popular
man OF the people who has won fame
with the slogan that he wears no
mans collar" Col. Tolbert Is the de-
serving republican whose nomination
to be United States marshal for South
Carolina had to be withdrawn by
President Coolidge because the Sem
ate would not confirm it. The Tolbert
political fortunes emerged from the
affair with a district attorneyship for
a younger member of the family and
appointments for a couple of the ma
tional committeeman's lieutenants.
X y Il Il
Senator Curtis of Kansas thinks
billboard advertising ought to be sub
jected to a federal tax. His views
were formed largely through observ-
ing the desecration of the landscape
between Washington and New York
with mammoth wooden cows, chew
ing-gum brownies and Adonis-headed d
collar effigies. Curtis has collected
data which he will submit to Congress
If the opportunity presents itself for
a billboard-tax project. He thinks a
tax would limit the number and size
Of unsightly advertisements in the
fields and valleys, and produce, beside,
a considerable revenue.
X X
Sir Auckland Geddes, British am
bassador to the United States, will
return to Washington shorty after
New Year. after an absence of: more
than six months. His health, partic-
ularIy his eyesight, Is said to be fully
restored. Geddes is serving under
his third successive prime minister.
Lloyd George appointed him in 1920.
British ambassadors are not subject
to the fluctuations and uncertainties
of domestic politics like ours are.
Nor are they starved, financially, like
their American confreres. The Brit
ish envoy to the United States re-
ceives nearly 100000 a year In sal
ary and expense allowances.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-18

The reorganization Of the Senate
hangs on the craftsmanship OF the
committee on interstate commerce,
which has control over the Esch-
Cummins law, governing the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. Sena-
tor Cummins is now chairman of the
committee. as hold-over, and oppo-
nents of the law desire to oust him
therefrom. in order to repeal or radi-
cally amend the law. The struggle
around this issue may easily affect
the national campaign Of 1924. and
therefore 1t Is not a question of ordi-
nary personal preferment
century ago, a more trivial mat
Ter affecting transportation lost the
battle of Waterloo. sent Napoleon to
st. Helena and changed the destiny
or civilization. For want of a nail,
shoe the horse was lost. and for want
OF horse Marshal Grouchy failed to
arrive In time to save the Cd Guard.
INer" Seem ~ be several "Grouchvs"
at every angle in this modern trans
no~tat'on hand'rap. VIII the Old
Gua~d find a Rlucher or a Grouchy
behind the bugles?
Tho rarn7~-ia hn-ites ID not favor
the law: the American Federation of
Labor hates IT. and some Of the rail-
ing aeains. 1t in the United States
Supreme Court
* X X
There was time when railroad
comnettt'on was consid ared the only
hope of shippers of getting fair rates.
either for freight or passengers. The
attempt of Jan"s J. Hill and his 1850
ciates to consolidate the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific and the
burlington. a quarter of a century
ago. aroused Wall street and the
farmers in a frenzy OF fear and pro-
test Or sDeculative excitement Com
petition would have been killed in
pre-" of production would have been
usurped bv this monarch of transpor-
ta"ion. Courts inte-vened with their
government by injunction" and COM
netit'on between parallel roads was
nrotected-the neople were saved.
Consolidation between competing g
roads was unlawful
Under the Esch-Cumm MINIS law, com-
petition Is killed. but the mower TO fix
rates "a taken out of the hands of
Interstate Commerce Commission.
while ultimate onsnl'dat'on Of all
railroads is demanded by the repre-
sAn'atives OF the very peonle who
fo~nn"ry fought it, For under con-
solicited management economies are
possible which are imnoseibIe under
d'rtin"t senarate management. And
now the sh'nners are to receive the
benefit OF tho economies, rather than
the stockholders.
The act establishing the Interstate
Commerce Commission was passed in
1887, but it's powers have since been
strengthened by various amendments
notably that of August 10. 1917. by
which for war purposes the govern
ment took over the railroads; and
that of February 90, 192o-the Esch-
Cummins act-by which the govern
ment gave back the control to the
owners and es'a hlishnd Ger ain condi-
tions under which they were to be
managed in the interest of the pub
lie.
The law authorizes the Interstate
Commerce Commission to divide the
country into groups, for the purpose OF
establishing rates for all railroads in
each group-not the individual railroad.
but uniform rates for all in that group
! This is to safeguard the weaker roads
Evening star., 1923-12-18

George Washington University.

Breaking ground for the new build
ing Of George Washington University
was momentous event, and its
Significance was emphasized by
number OF speakers. The university is
old, efficient and ably manned. 1t has
Il large student body and a very large
body of graduates and other friends
attached to it by ties OF sentiment. Il
mas been part Of Washington for a
century.
One hundred and two years have
PASSED since a large brick building
and two houses for members of the
faculty were built on forty-six acre
tract Of land on the heights on the
west side Of 14th Street road, and this
group Of buildings survived to be
landmark of old Washington. 1t was
the plant of Columbian College, which
was chartered by Congress in the
spring of 1891 and was opened TO
students in the first month Of 1922.
There were collegiate and theological
departments and preparatory school.
and the law department was opened in
February. 1896.
The first commencement exercises"
OF Columbian College were held on
December Is, 1924, in the F Street
Presbyterian Church, and among
those attending were President Mon
roe, Gen. Andrew Jackson and La
1ayette. Though a medical depart
ment had been determined on at the
outset, 1t was not until the spring Of
1925 that the medical school was
opened in building on the west side
Of 10th street just north of d. A year
later the medical school was removed
to building which the college had
erected at the northeast corner of
10th and L streets, and that old struc-
ture stood till few years ago.
The great need Of Gorge Washing
ton University, wr1cn as all Washing
ton people know was for about sixty
years Columbian College, is a proper
group OF buildings. At the ground
breaking ceremony the president OF
the university said that the institution
Is not so much interested in buildings
as in human beings, but he pointed
out that the university is scattered over
several blocks in ill-adapted buildings,
and that new quarters must be pro-
vided for laboratories, chemical re-
search rooms and classrooms.
A university at Washington has GER
tain advantages which a university
elsewhere cannot have. 1t could also
exert deeper influence on American
life than a university in any other
part Of the country. Things are shap-
ing, and there is no doubt that George
Washington University, already a ma
tional university in the true sense of
the term, will have at the Capital ade-
quate structures in which to carry on
its mission.
Evening star., 1923-12-18
How the Revolt i'm Mexico
May Affect U. S. Recognition

anymore than In eastern Europe"
The Herald adds. however, with a
thought to the splendid record that
ooregon has made, such reeommen-
datlon. would be. made reluctantly
except for a BELIEF that this action
by Washington would be a certain
contribution to Strengthening Obre-
CONS hands against common enemies
to ,Mex-American peace"
since : always there seems to be
strong organization and inexhaurible.
sources of funds to start the OUT
breaks, the Omaha World Herald
asks what or who is behind this?
Is 1t due strictly to desire In the
people for better form of govern
ment, or is 1t the result of CONNER
cial rivalry of outsiders?" These
supporters of revolution and usur-
patton in Mexico are to be found not
exclusively within that country
suggests the Louisville Courier-Jour-
! nal. which argues they are recruited
particularly lin the country fmme-
diately north of the Rio Grande," for,
the moment the calf comes to start
revolution in Mexico, these American
their bit-they feve Mixico with a
owe far -brought--all tflty want is a
concession 6rStUo after the battle is
over"
That Mexican troubles will, how
ever. continue until her system Is
cleansed." is the belief OF the Roa-
noke World News. which suggests
ssthis- treatment Obregon appears to
be just the sort OF man to give, and
1t Is not for us to say he shall not
have ample time in which to effect
cure. provided the rights OF for
eigners are properly protected and
the conscience of humanity is prop
erly respected" To which the Butte
Miner adds, There is reason to be-
lieve that President Obregon Will
know how to meet and deal with tho
insurgents--he has had plenty OF ex-
perience in that sort of thing"
AS the Detroit Free Press sums up
the situation. 1T is highly probable
that the amount of formidability the
disafectton of Gen. Sanchez and his
associates will gain will be regu-
lated chiefly by the degree in which
Obregpn has succeeded in gaining
the confidence and adherence OF the
peon,. for so far as mere military
skill goes. the Mexican president has
again and again proven himself head
and shoulders above everybody else
in his country
Evening star., 1923-12-18
Russia's Bid.

President Coolidge, in his annual
message to Congress, stated that this
government does not propose to enter
Into relations with another regime
that refuses to recognize the sanctity
of international obligations But while
the favor of America is not for sale, he
was willing to make very large con.
cessions for the purpose Of rescuing
the people Of Russia" Proceeding, he
said: Whenever there appears any
disposition. to compensate our citizens
who are despoiled, and to recognize
that debt contracted with our govern
ment. not by the czar, but by the
newly formed Republic of Rus,ia;
whenever the active spirit of ennsity
to our institutions is abated; whenever
There appear works mete for repen :
ance; our country ought to be the first
TO go to the, economical and moral
rescue of Russia. We have every de-
sire to help and no desire to injure.
We hope the time is near at hand
when we can act"
The soviet government at Moscow
has accepted this passage in the mes
sage as an invitation to negotiate for
recognition. George Tchitcherin, So
Wet commissary for foreign affairs,
has sent a note to President Coolidge
announcing Russia's complete readi-
ness" to discuss all problems men.
: toned in the message, these negotia-
ttons being based on the principle Of
mutual non-intervention in internal
affairs" On the point Of claims he
says that ''the soviet government is
fully prepared to negotiate with view
toward its. satisfactory settlement on
the assumption that the principle of
reciprocity may be recognized all
around"
1t is definitely known that the rea-
son prompting the Presidents refer
ence to 'the active spirit of enmity to
our Institutions Is that the soviet
government. acting through the third
internationale at Moscow, is conduct
ing In this country a communist gov.
misunderstanding campaign aimed
at the very fundamentals of this re-
public. 1t Is evident from Tchitcherin's
note that the soviet government IL
Evening star., 1923-12-18

Magnus Johnson has become the
most feted public man in Washing
ton. The desire to entertain him
springs mainly from curiosity. Not
+, fnfrequently il ia seasoned with the
hope tfa at contact with "capitalistic"
society may tame the farmer-labor
lion The Minnesota senator to date
reveals no inhibition against shoul-
der brushing with habitual wearers
of dress suits and decollete gowns.
Though perhaps unbeknown to him,
sartorial concessions are being
quietly made in Magnus' favor. Invi-
tations to a dinner a day or two ago
were accompanied by the confidential
suggestion that guests should not
dress up" too much. as "the Magnus
Johnsons are expected" On the one
important public occasion on which
the dairyman-senator has appeared in
,, Washington. he was the only one in
DAYTIME store-clothes among a
cleaning galaxy of white-fronted,
claw hammered aristocrats.
Horace Green. Washington scribe,
is the latest biographer of Calvin
iCoolidge. The first installment of the
life" he is compiling appears in
the current number of the Forum.
Green launches the Coolidge boom
| in Kentucky with the revelation that
the Presidents father is colonel.
He received the rank and title as a
member of the staff of Gov. Stick
ney of Massachusetts,. Col. Coolidge
puts In most of his spare time at
Plymouth, VT, according to Green,
showing fiivver and limousine tour
ists the spot where Cal" took the
oath under the oil lamp at dawn Of
August 8, 1923. A register OF Wis
itors Is kept and in 1t Col. John
Calvin Coolidge invites them to sign
their names.
National convention habitues, re-
publican leaders and newspaper cor
respondents will almost think they're
back on Michigan boulevard in Chi
/ cago when they strike G. o. +. head
quarters at Cleveland In June. With
| in the past year. part ownership and
the management of the Hollenden
Hotel. which is to be the citadel of
the national committee, were ac-
ouired by Roscoe J. Tompkins, Mr..
| Tompkins for twelve years was man
arer of the Blackstone at Chicago.
It was under that roof. on an i'm
mortal morning of June, 1920, that
the republican high command de-
cided to nominate Harding for Pres
ident. Tompkins, who has been In
WA shington on convention hotel ar
! rangements, is confident history will
be made at the Hollenden too.
* 4 +
One of the sanest analyses OF the
European economic situation has just
been prepared by Maj. Alan G. Gold
smith, chief Of the western European
division of the Department OF Com
merce. Goldsmith is one of Herbert
Hoover's young men," The American
Bankers Association commissioned
/ him to do the work. He strikes an
optimistic note, on the whole, with
reference to old world conditions.
/ "AIto yether," he says, Western Eu-
| rope has shown surprising recuper-
ative power and a wonderful abiiity
/ TO survive all sorts of economic and
!, noliticai disturbances. Certain gov
ernments have not been able to solve
their financial and economic problems
"a their nationals have theirs, and un-
tai this is done the general situation
l cannot be permanently stabilized and
improved" Maj. Goldsmith finds that
the food problem In Germany "is
largely one Of distribution from the
Evening star., 1923-12-18
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Oyerproducf,

An Oyerproduct.
I cannot do a thing to check the Euro
pean row, nor labor to repair
the wreck-But I kin tell 'em
how.
I cannot bring to sweet content the
men who guide the plow. nor
regulate this gover'ment-But
kin tell 'em how.
The cost Of living Is too high. The
prices raise row. To bring 'em
down vainly try-But I kin
tell 'em how.
The fads and fashions Of the day are
ludicrous, I vow. can't lead
folks to break away-But kin
tell 'em how.
Good precepts are misunderstood. In
life, you must allow, there's far
too little maxim good-An' Too
Much Tellin' How!