Evening star., 1923-02-05

his home town would make him a
hero and his return doubly' sure. Un-
fortunately, Postmaster. General work
has raised hopes by his advocacy OF
an extensive program of government
6uilaing of post osss fhrsrgeop1 .Se Presi sde
dent has not sanctioned that ;program
weighs light upon the consctences OF
the statesmen. ~
+ 80 \ ~ :
Z The wagerofs2.57s persons engaged
In manufacturing chewing gum
amounted toza$3,s43,000 in 1921. and
the sales $3S,sS5.OOO. The differences
measures the cost of raw material and
profits. In 1921 the sales fell OF s12,-
375,0oo, as compared wftht1s19. Ameri-
cans are the only people in; the world
addicted to the habit. OF, what good
; is it? It stimulates saliva but no
longer is it. fashionable to spit. so OF
what use is the surplus saliva? Time
was when a man who couid hit a
knothole twenty feet away with
every spit was a hero, but Today that
is one Of the lost arts = !.
Say, Sambo. dye know why 1t is
that COW slobbers?" =
mo. Mister Jones. why is it that a
cow SlODDerS.
"Cause she can't spit" y
X X X
Why all this1dispute as to whether
the Barbara Frietchie incident, as re-
lated in Whittier's poem, ever took
place or not? If thousand witnesses
testified that they had been in Fred
erick, Md, when Stonewall Jackson
marched through and that they had
not heard his command: who touches
hair on yon gray head dies like a
dog" and one credible witness testi-,
fed that he had heard the command
the direct testimony might balance
and the case go to the "jury'-the
public. But there is nothing so in
conclusive as direct testimony, not
even circumstantial evidence.
That story may all be fiction, yet
it is truer than fact if it is in char
.acter with what some aged patriot
Would have done in defending her nag
and what Stonewall Jackson would
have done under those conditions:
The incident illustrates an eternal
type Of heroic character, and the
auibbling over whether it occurred
or. did not occur is aside from the
main truth of the story Whittier
was not news reportev: he was
poet AS poet 1t was ms purpose
to depict the essential truths of type
There. is truth which is truer
than true. The cfltyaIry of Stonewan-
jackson was fact; the denant.
patriotism of venerable old age de-
spising death, but loving the ideal,
was true.
Australia offers a million farms to
million immigrants and will pay
the travel expenses, send the farmers
first to a training school to teach
them local conditions and approved
methods, then lend them $4,000 to set
them up in farming. The settler will
amortize his debt on such a basis as
will enable him to pay a low interest
annually, with 1 per cent added to
apply as a payment. on the princials
that will pay of the whole debt in
thirty-six and one-half years.
Contrast that liberal policy with
that of America, which offers no in
ducement to farm settlers and limits
all immigration to only about a third
of the million. Australia does not
! hold this offer open to all nationali-
ties, but to British only. America
might select Its immigrants as rig
idly as does Australia But, no mat
ter how desirable the persons may be
who apply, they will be shut out on
a blind quota basis If the applicants
national quota is already exhausted.
X X
Speech is silver; silence is golden"
1t costs the Treasury over $7l3,O0o for
the speeches Of congressman in print
DER, If that old story about the bird
who soliloquized, Polly. you talk too
much" really did not mean Con-
gress? This session talked 100000
worth more than the previous session.
Worth" does not seem just the right
word. Maybe the proofreader will
change 1t.