Evening star., 1923-02-13
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

Philadelphia zoo would fit with eoua1
force the Washington zoo. Plenty
OF monkeys and elephants and zebras
and giraffes n everything. but cow,
a sheep, a pig or a goat.
Why is a zoo? Why is all the
money spent to feed the elephants,
which toll not nor spin? Is it simply
so that the wild beasts may look out
at the stran ge humans who visit the
show. and be thankful that they are
not like men? They have true pflar-
asaical expressions upon their faces.
usually. but nobody can read their
thoughts. At the Washington zoo
there is an ourang- -outang. or some
thing. which eats with a. spoon and
drinks out of a tin cup and has
napkin tucked under his chin to keen
him from slobbering on his breast.
But how Instructive Is all that mon
keyshine? Compare it. from the stand
point Of practical education and .cul-
cow chewing its cud and ruminating
on how she is making butter for the
boy to spread on his lunch for school.
Or let the growing generation watch
the milker sit upon the three-legEed
stool. his head reclining against the
hairy side of the COW, while he rapid
ly pulls on what a little girl once
called the cows pickles" How in
forming. is the language of the milker.
when the COW cordially wraps her
tail around his neck. in vain search
for the biting fly! The rising genera
tion gets none of such diversions nor
such eruditfon while merely watch
ing two monkeys at their favorfte
educational institution.
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We OF the city complain that the
young men and women of the farms
are focking TO the temptations and
allurements of the deceitful uletrop-
oils. Here is an antidote for all that
evil trend. Start a backfire of city
children to the delights OF the dairy
farm. Show them that a cow may
have horns like the devil. but other
wise It resembles him not at all. In
still in the young. q love OF tame
animals. rather than an awe at wild
and savage beasts.
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The Post Ofiloe Department rules
that the law forbids the mails from
carrying Intoxicating liquor. and that
therefore a sheriff cannot r1af a
sample Of confiscated liquor to the
state chemist for analysis Yet II
is required by law that the analysis
OF the evidence" shall I've made by
the state chemist before the prosecu-
tion can make out a case against
the accused moonshiner.
II that ruling is sustained, then
the object of the prohibition OF the
mails defeats itself. The law might
make an exception authorizing an
arresting officer to mail an Official
sample 10 the state chemist. only
for analysis. with a penalty for any
abuse of the privilege. similar to the
penalty for abuse OF the franking
privilege Of the mails.
X = X X
There is sure to be a showdown
March 1, on the order from the Wash
ington post office that unless the
citizen installs letter box at his
front door ne will not have his mail
delivered. Thousands have not yet
complied with the order.
Representative Madden Of Illinois
openly rebels and declares that he
will not put up q box and IL his mail
is not delivered something will
happen. Just why anybody should
object to that much cooperation with
the carriers does not yet appear. for
no particular form of box Is stipu-
lated. A cigar box will do. For a
carrier to have to ring several hun
dred doorbells and wait for some
one to come to the door for letters.
is very great waste OF time anu
destroyer of efficiency.
Copyright p Y. Collins, 1927