Evening star., 1923-05-08

trict of Columbia what you know Won
have to do for your schools at homer"
Dr. Owen refers. too, to the changes
which have come recently in demands
for more high schools with more
training therein in the trades. He
says that in every one of the larger
cities high. schools have been doubled,
so that double shifts in the same
buildings are necessary. More boys
are turning to the trades and fewer
to the so-called higher professions"
X x Il
Physicians advise housekeepers to
paste bits of sandpaper on all bottles
containing poisonous liquids, so that,
hunting in the dark for medicine.
they will not take poison by mistake
The scheme is likely to do more
harm than good. for, relying on the
sandpaper warning, one is liable to
find that it has not stuck to the bot
tie. Any person so careless as tn
seek medicine in the dark can never
be trusted to get the sandpaper or
All bottles 1t Will be postponed. and
yet. If reliance is put on the sand
paper warning, that careless post
ponement may prove fatal trap.
In Holland law has been passed
requiring all poisonous medicines, or
medicines for external use only, to he
put illtO square DOttIeS, ~hlie meQl-
cines for internal use are TO go into
! round bottles. This distinction must
be made at the drugstores. so that II
is reliable. Heavy penalties are as
sessed for violation Of the law.
Leonard r. Steuart. illustrious no
tentate of Almas Temple. Off
cially contradicts the persistent re-
hot no Chrin in, III
ton during the first week OF June
will see the lid" removed from the
| liquor laws. He declared: "It is an
insult 10 the Shrine and an insult TO
the shriners to seek TO belittle the
character of the greatest event in the
history Of fraternalism by the con-
| stant repetition OF the statement that
! this is to be carnival of bootleg
ging. or that the bars are to he let
! down. and that the fundamental law
| of the land is to be trampled under
! foot in the National Capital. II there
| is any one thing that shriner re
sDects. and it is vital part Of his
| character. it is his respect for the
| law. Furthermore. he is a gentle
| man. He can have a good time with
| out violating the law. and he knows
how"
X X
Il is very evident that the gossip
who started the story that Washing
| ton would be wet during Shrine
week did not know any more about
camels than some OF Roosevelts po-
liticaI opponents knew about royalty,
1t was in the midst of the 1912 cam
paign. when the nominee for the pres
ldency was recounting at d luncheon
! with certain leaders of the west some
of his experiences with the KAISER,
and he suddenly stopped and chuckled
| in his characteristic way. remarking.
"Some people say want to be
king, They don't know kings. and
| do"'' ~,
some people say Washington Will
| intoxicate its camelS. Perhaps orly
| camels will fully appreciate Wash
| ington That is why the slogan IS:
| s.Park your camel with Uncle Sam /.
| X y
DR.. Eliot. president emeritus OF
/ Harvard College, announced some
wears ago that five feet of books were
enough to give one a liberal educa-
ton. and now comes the Army with
an announcement that it will sell
shelf of text books five miles long.
ANYBODY who wants to be as high-
brow as that had better bid. That is
too many for just newspaper
writer. Besides. maybe they are all
about squads right and lett, Tor tneH @
Uere used to educate the Army. ne
announcement naiNely remarhS,
few have seen use.
lCopyriyht 1923. r. '. collins