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The Rent Commission.

President Harding, before leaving
Washington yesterday, appointed
three new members of the Rent Com
mission of the District of Columbia
and reappointed two of the old MEM
bers, making a commission Of five, in
stead of three. His action was taken
thirteen months, almost to a day,
after the law extending the life Of
the Rent Commission had been en-
acted and approximately eleven
months before that law expires.
With the augmented membership Of
the commission, the work Of settling
disputes over rents is expected to
move rapidly forward A vast amount
Of building for residential purposes
has been under way in Washington
in the last year or two. The Capital
city has gone a long way toward
catching up in the matter Of home
building, which was practically at a
standstill during the war period. The
law of supply and demand may step
in to settle the rent question, so far
If the supply is such as to bring
about competition, forcing rents
downward, landlords who have op-
posed the Rent Commission in the
days of the shortage may be desirous
Of having the commission continued
TO see that they obtain a fair rental
for their properties. The boot would
then be on the other leg.
The Rent Commission was created
during time of stress, when homes
Of any kind were hard to find and
prices had mounted. in many in
stances, to gross profiteering heights.
The commission rendered a distinct
service to the community. The con-
stitutionality of the law creating it
was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Whether the commission will die at
its appointed time, May %. 1924, re-
mains TO be seen. Undoubtedly efforts
will be made in some quarters to
have the commission given a perma-
nent status. On the other hand, it
will be pointed out that the commits
sion has served it's purpose; that, with
a full supply Of homes available, there
is no longer necessity for maintaining
this commission at the expense of the
taxpayers, but that the right Of pri-
vate contract. without governmental
interference. be. restored.
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ground by this extra work in vacation
time. Some are inspired by ambition
to get along faster in their studies
the sooner ito seek their fortune in
the big world. Many adults will feel
sense Of regret that some children
push along in.their schooling and clip
short vacation time, but children and
their parents have problems and views
of their own. The summer school has
come to have an important place in
the school system and is justified by
the needs Of the time.
great many Washington school
children will not leave town during
the heated term" as we used to say,
but with the trolleys and the autos
the countryis very near for day trips,
Even in the city there are comforts
for children in summer. The bathing
beach, the river park and the big hill
and forest park Of Rock Creek and
other places are open to them. With
text books closed it is not believed
that any normal boy or girl will suffer
for lack of entertainment. Children
are very resourceful in keeping off
that depressing thing which goes by
the name of "ennui." 1t is hoped that
the summer of 1928, which promises
or threatens to be hot one, will be a
happy time for the children of the
schools and that as many as possible
will go deep into the country and
make the acquaintance of wild trees.
wild berries. cows, colts. pigs and
chickens, and build up fund of in.
formation which will keep them talk
ing of their experiences almost until
next vacation time comes around.
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a Freak Summer.

This is going to be a strange sum.
mer. with odd things happening, one
of those summers of mystery and
freaks of nature that occur once in a
blue moon. Here Is Etna in eruption
and devastating enormous areas with
out taking a single human life. And
there are strange weather happenings,
too, tremendously high temperatures
and low ones close at hand. Now
West Virginia turns in a freak with
an invasion Of beetles hitherto un.
known. The pest is a hard -shelled
insect about the size of coffee bean.
1t not only devours the foliage and
the green fruit in the orchards, but
it actually eats the chickens alive.
Local entomologists have attacked
them with paris green. arsenate of
lead, and even boiling water, without
effect.
Every little while one of these queer
summers of combination woes and
freaks occurs. Sometimes the mis-
fortunes run in streaks, as a series
OF floods or a succession of. tornadoes.
Then, again, sunstrokes become com
mon or peculiar pests like this West
Virginia visitation appear suddenly
without any known cause. Probably
in this particular case some bug ex-
pert will classify this bad beetle and
prescribe a lethal' dose that will save
the West Virginia orchards and chick.
ems. 1t will be interesting meanwhile
to know a little more about those
chickens
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School Books Closed.

This is the great annual playtime
of the children. 1t is vacation. 1t Is
the time for visiting cousins in the
country and getting information about
swimming holes in the creeks and
about cows. chickens and other things.
1t is the time for getting memories
which will still be fresh when the boys
and girls grow old. The school year
of the District public schools has
closed and $4,000 children are free
from lessons and school routine for
three months, Some children, and
really quite a large number Of them,
will enter the summer schools which
open next month. Various motives in
spire these children. Some fell behind
In their work during the regular
school term and will try to cover the
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WfLE

in Williamstown, Mass, Is one of
David Lloyd Georges cronies. To-
gether with Winston Churchill, Birk-
enhead and IL G." constituted an in
separable wartime trio known as
THE Three Musketeers." Birkenhead
became lord chancellor at the un-
precedented age of forty-seven. the
youngest lawyer ever to gain the COW
eted woolsack- Before becomi ng a
Freddie" smith. He chose Birken-
head as title by way Of tribute to
the famous Liverpool dock district
which he represented In parliament.
Lord Birkenhead visited America dur
ing the war and came a cropper with
a newspaper view in which he spoke
not wisely but too frankly. He is
son-man type. a gifted speaker. and
just fifty.one years old. Birkenhead
is now taking an active part in Brit
aims campaign for preparedness in
the air.
Tammany Hall election prophets.
ella inning twenty-five states and a
majority In the electoral college for
a wet democratic presidential candi-
date, hist North Carolina among the
certainties. Here's a public advertise
ment inserted the other day in a
Charlotte N. c.. newspaper by the
president OF a building and loan
association over his signature:
Gov Smith made a fatal mistake
for himself. his state, his party.
Thanks to President Harding and his
party were going to be dry. very dry.
This kid has voted the democratic
ticket for forty-one years. but If his
party and it's leader are not dry,
ballot will desert, and thousands OF
others who place home above politics
and constitutional government above
bootleggers and rum-runners are
sailing under like colors."
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The British cotton trade delegates
recently in Washington are on the
way home for consultation with their
home government and their princi-
pals Meantime, Mr. Nixon. secretary
Of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange,
has remained behind, TO act as
link for the resumption OF negotia-
tions with our Department of Agri-
culture. The Liverpudlians and the
Mancestrians-that's what residents
of Liverpool and Manchester, respec--
lively, are called-found the United
States government far more concilia-
tory than they expected. Their rear
that LiyerpooIs pre-eminence as the
worlds cotton center is in danger no
longer haunts the Britishers' souls.
Copyright. 1891
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World Owes Vast Debt
To Its Brave Scientists

In @the>- early days Of maritime ven-
lures and discovery these ventures
would only be undertaken under the
lure of gold, the acquisition OF. valuable
new lands and Of subjects whose toll
and labor, under the lash of the brutal
taskmaster. would result in the accumu-
lation Of wealth for others. Adventures
there were aplenty ready to risk their
lives in the most desperate undertak-
ings. They were brave and reckless,
impelled by a strange yearning which
is not absent today. -. ~
In these days, however,. men still
venture forth In quest of discovery.
daring everything, riskine everything.
not seeking wealth. but verturing for
the pure love of adventure and to do
something which no other has done be-
fore. What the world owes to these
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merzwhe go forth because they cannot
stay at home, whom peril beckons and
toll fascinates, and who look upon
death In the quest as a mere incident
If not preferable to dying quietly in.
bed. can never be estimated
Men dare for science and not for
gold. Men endure all sorts of hard 7
ships and perils in order to add their
mite to the sum of human knowledge.
hoping that sometime in the future, in
some way unknown to them, the world
at large may benefit and humanity he
blessed.. If there are men who thus will
dare, there are also those who will pro-
vide, the funds. and for the pure love Of
encouraging researches that may be Of
value to mankind. 1.-THE explorers do
not expect to ebtainean special re-
wards, neither do those who put UP the
finances. 1t is largely matter OF serv-
Ice in which each one does his part in
the most fitting way and IN, accordance
with the ability of each to- do so acS
cording to the talent in his posses
sion--Charleston Mail.
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Mr.. Harding loves to talk shop
newspaper shop-and when he's not
unraveling Alaskan tangles with
Scott c. Bone at the Juneau White
House, President and governor are
bound to drift into the lingo of the
composing room. Bone, being from
Indiana, was preternaturally destined
to be a literary person. and became
reporter at Indianapolis as soon as
he became man. Afterward he
was an editor in Washington and
Seattle, While conducting paper
in the Washington state metropolis,
bureau of the local chamber OF COM
merce. His interest in our great
northwestern colony dates from those
activities.
Insiders are convinced there was
method in Hiram Johnson's prolonga-
tion of his sojourn in Europe until
the end of July. Originally he plan
ned to be back in May, 1t is sug-
gested that the senator desired to be
far from theoscene while the Presi-
dents party is in California. pot so
much on Mr.. Harding's accodnt Eas on
account of Herbert Hoover. Hoover
and Johnson waste no affection: on
each other. As the Secretary of Com
merce is a member of the Harding ex-
pedition. Johnson naturally would not
feel that California was comforta bl y
big enough for both of them at the
same time. This observer learns that
well known Pacific coast lawyer
who was in Washington for Shrine e
week announced his intention of
bringing Hoover and Johnson to-
gether." Whether ne means in a
drawing room or a twenty four-foot
ring is not clear.
x x
Democrats who will have their
cars close to the ground for rever-
berations of the presidential swing
across the western country view with
reminiscent satisfaction the fact that
Mr.. Harding is billed to speak at
Hutchinson. Kan. They've hauled
down their political diary for 1911.
found that William Howard Taft
spoke at Hutchinson on n prediction
year swing, and are purringly opin-
ing that history is on the verge of
repeating itself The wish is prob
ably father to the Hull thought.
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Viscount Birkenhead formerly
lord high chancellor OF Great Brit
ain. who will be the foreign star"
at next months Institute OF Politics
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CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL 7. COLLINS

The National Society of the United
States Daughters OF the War of 1872
is appealing to the District Commits
sioners for permission to erect a
handsome bronze Flagstaff, with the
flag thereon, upon the new bridge
named in honor of Francis Scott Key.
The secretary OF the Commissioners,
in reply to letter written by the
president of the>Society, Mrs. Samuel
Preston Davis. states that the bridge
has not yet been delivered to the
Commissioners by the United States
engineers who are building it, and
until delivery is made September 1o,
no action can be taken on the So
ciety's request.
The Daughters argue that if there
are to be special dedicatory exercises
upon the occasion of the delivery of
the bridge. The Star Spangled Ban
ner" should then grace it and be re-
dedicated with it-not in the form of
more decorative flags, but with a
permanent staff and an impressive
token that our flag is still there"
The Key bridge without the flag
would be remindful of what French
painter once said of a landscape
without water. "A landscape with
out water" said the artist, lis like
pretty girl without eyes" A Key
bridge without "Old Glory" would be
barren desert.
X X
The original flag which inspired
Keys song during the British attack
on Fort Henry September IL, 1914, is
preserved in the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. and 1t is planned that patriotic
societies will deposit wreaths of
flowers before it on the anniversary.
The flag was presented by the gov
ernment to Col. Olmstead, command
er of the fort during the unsuccessful
attack, and from him it found its per-
manent home in the National Smith
sonian Institution. 1t is fallen into
tatters. but is carefully framed, un-
der glass. and will remain for many
decades one of the patriotic shrines
of the country.
x y y .,
lege to be an American citizen.
Aliens who desire that privilege must
qualify for it by attaining a standard
OF civilization. morality and loyalty
to good order. Because a man is a,
human is no more proof that he Is en-
titled to share American rights and
opportunities than 1t is for him to
come into a private home and appro-
pirate the guest chamber without an
invitation.
There is divergence of opinion as
to what should be the American poll
icy toward aliens. Some interests
would bar all immigration, to the end
that laborerS-skilled and unskilled-
would grow scarcer and scarcer and
wages would climb.
Others, believing that Greater
America needs population to develop
it's resources, providing 1t is the right
kind of population, want to admit all
law abiding, Industrious. healthy and
intelligent. immigrants that will come,
intending to become American citi-
zens, subscribing to the ideals of
their adopted country. Such immi-
grants are expected to relinquish
their old country ideals, and refrain
from classism.
Others want to perpetuate nation
ality divisions and so rely on ma
tionality quotas to maintain the
status quo.
=! X X X
Secretary Of Labor Davis, in whose
department the whole problem of i'm
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskirr

Q. How many hospitals are there
In Washington?-D. K. w.
A. There are thirty-four hospitals
and dispensaries in the city.
Q. How many women belong to the
District Chapter of the League of
American Penwomen.-C. G.
A. This chapter has 2S0 members
Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher is its
newly elected president
Q. Was all the marble in the
Washington Monument taken from
the same quarry?-M. A. w.
A. All the marble in the facing of
the walls came from Beaver Dam
Quarry. Baltimore county, Mo. The
slight difference in the color is due
to the fact that work was inter-
rupted for over twenty years and
exposure to the elements had affected
the marble slightly.
D. ]. II. 'e ""''' ''ouSe
A. The government maintains a
White House police force of thirty
prfvates and three officers, at cost
or $4,000 per annum.
Q. What is the correct way to eat
q Siup -. -. ~.
A. A club sandwich should be
eaten with knife and folk. When one
has cut small portion of toast,
meat and lettuce. the knife should
be placed to the right OF the center
OF the plate and the fork should be
used to convey the food to the
mouth.
@. What percentage of the whole
is the negro population Of the Dis
trict of Columbia?-J. J. p.
A. The negro population is only 251
per cent of the total. or 109,966.
Q. How does Turkish tobacco differ
from American tobacco?-T. U. ].
and it is not known when nor how il
was carried to Turkey. In the cen
turtles that 1t has been there, 1t has
lost many of its American character
istics. 1t has a much smaller, thinner
leaf, and pungent. spicy taste.
O. Is 1t fact that electric wires
running through trees will kill them
M. A. G.
A. The forest service says when
electric wires come in contact with
the foliage or any part of trees the
electricity will damage them seri-
ously, and perhaps in time kill them.
81. Sa Xhat y. is yell0" wax made Off
A. Yellow wax is beeswax, a prod
uct obtained by melting and purifying
the honeycomb of the bee.
Q. Who said, laugh and be fat?'
IS. l.. G.
A Laugh and Be Fat" is the title
Of tract of John Taylor, published in
1915.
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migration lies, has some very definite
views on the subject. and he Is de-
sirous of getting these views before
the people. and, through general sen
timent. before Congress. He is plan.
ming to travel extensively during the
coming fall, for the purpose of speak
ing and explaining his ideas on the
much mooted subject
X < x
Secretary Davis is not content with
merely restricting further admittance
Of immigration. He finds 1000, n0o
aliens already in the country-aside
from those who have achieved citizen
ship. While most of them are here in!
good faith and will ultimately become
Americans, he claims that there are
100000 who are, and always will be-
undesirable citizens. They do not
come up to our present standards Of
admission of aliens. he argues. ana
they have no intention of so doing
Hence. he believes they ought to he
deported-a million of them.
x x x
With the view to careful Sitting af
the grain from the chaff. Secretary
Davis recommends that all non-citi-
z,ns be required to register. and re-
port the essential facts regarding
their origin and record prior to com
ing to this country. This record, then.
would form a basis for Investigation
and for keeping track of their con
duct while here. 1t would be no hard
ship on the well-behaved. but would
enable the government to act with
decision in case of any grounds Tor
deportation.
All over Europe, and, indeed. in most
countries outside OF the United States
1t IS necessary for travellers TO register
with the local police. within twenty-four
hours after arrival IN q city or VII
lage; hence such a requirement here
would be nothing drastic, in the minds
!, or the aliens. but would be funda-
mental for official sitting, says Secrr-
tary Davis. This will be one of the
issues before Congress next winter
x x x x
The National Health Council. with the
Endorsement Of the American Medical
Association and other organizations Of
medical men. proposes that all citizens
should have a physical examination on
every birthday. They would thus dis
cover physical degeneration when il is
least suspected. 1t is alleged that OF
many already examined only 8 per cent
were found to be normal. and so per
cent were in such a bad way that they
were sent at once to a doctor.
|, A few days after DR.. Work. Secre-
tary Of the Interior, became Post
master. General. the writer chanced 10
be present when a representative of
physical culture magazine inter
viewed him, hoping to get some word
or encouragement for systematic eX-
ercise. DR.. Work has been president
of the American Medical Society, and
is one Of our leading medical au--
thorities, especially on psychiatry
Pressed by the magazine writer as
to his method for preserving health,
DR.. Work replied that he never took
exercise in the form of gymna sites.
never had a vacation and ate what>
ever his appetite called for. at all
hours of day and night-including e.
midnight pickles when he came in
from a long ride. He remarked dry
ly that the man who is concerned
with gymnastics and symptoms was
looking too much inwardly, when he
ought TO loofSe outwardly. His best
prescription was: Look ontwardlY.
not inwardly.'
Copyright. 1923. by p. V. Collinsl
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Q. Name three important archaeo-
logical dlscoveries-J. i. G..
A. The Rosetta Stone, found in 17ea
which bears a proclamation in hero
glyphics. demotic and Greek: the ex-
cavations at Thebes which opened no
the Ramesside and neIghboring
periods, 1500-1000 Il. c., and the tenn
pie library at Nippur.
! Q. When did Barnum start his cir
| Gus, and what were the initials ~
the Bailey who was later associated
with him w. II. B.
| A. Phineas r. Barnum established
his greatest show on earth" in 1871
James Anthony Galley was later as
sociated with him.
| Q. What can be done to dissolve a
| fishbone lodged in the throat?-A
NJ p.
A. If IT cannot be removed. sucking
lemons will probably dissolve il.
Q. How do the great universities
rank in endowment?-D. c. d.
| A. Harvard has the largest endow-
ment then Columbia, Yale. Chicago
and Leland Stanford
@. How many homes in this coun-
try use electric lights?-F O.
| A. 1t is estimated that Sc per cert
of the homes in America are cIec-
! trically wired.
@. Have the Dardanelles been open
| ed on an international basis?-M J
| A. The Dardanel1es are at present
i open on an international basis. Dur
| ing the Lausanne conference the.
question of Turkish control Of the
| straits came up and on December S
1922. the principle Of free passage OF
merchant ships and of warships IN
| der certain restrictions, was accepted
by both the allied and Turkish del +.
egates. The final agreement. how
ever. was not reached until Decem mber.
20, the latter plan including the set
ting up of an international straits
commiss
Q. Which is the higher honor. our
congressional medal or the Brush.
| Victoria cross?-J. D. S.
A. The congressional medal of hon
or and the British Victoria cross are
Each is the highest honor of the kind
that can be awarded in its owns
! country and there can be no question
of comparison between them.
Q. How old is the Navy Engineer
Corps?-J. D. G.
i A. The Navy Engineer Corps was~
created by act of Congress in 1872.
! while similar act in 1864 establish
ed course Of instruction for cade-
engineers at the Naval Academy.
(Send your questions to The Star.
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director. at 1920 North Capitol street
Write plainly and inclose cents in
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use the telephoneD
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Reports vary as to the state of
Lenin's health. While the strain of a
political career In Russia is depict
ing, its end Is not necessarily disas,
trous. In this case the patient can no
doubt call in the doctor with the
equanimity of a man who has laid
something by for a rainy day.
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When Mussoiini gets through with
his program of election reforms he
may leave a situation in which the
ballot, without welding any definite
influence, may be useful in disclosing
the political bias of the individual
voter.
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A pugilist weighing 10 pounds calls
himself "Pancho Villa" The old
Mexican bandit must laugh when he
hears of man of this size, using only
fighter.
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Shocking loss of life through motor
accidents over the week end may call
for the revival of gasolineless Sun
days, through motives not of war
economy, but of public safety.
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Occasionally other nations than Ger
many develop statesmen who con-
template debt with certain leanings
toward a passive resistance policy.
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Another objection to the bootlegger
lies in the fact that he has conspic-
uously asserted himself among the
ultra-reckless motorists.
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Foreigners will always be welcome
in the United States to drink the
waters of freedom. but they must
subscribe to the obligations of Amer
lean citizenship. 3.
president HARDING.
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The hope that wars will cease has
not grown strong enough to discour-
age the inventors Of military ma
chinery.
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Coast resorts would be grateful If
a twelve-mile limit could be establish
ed on the inland side for the mos
quitos.
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No suggestions have yet been for
mulated by Col. Bryan for submitting
the question of evolution to a, vote
Of the people.
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Kansas does not propose to allow
her industrial relations to prolong a
family quarrel in the United States
Supreme Court.