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Evening star., 1923-04-21
EDITORIAL DIGEST

handle. and counterfeiters. as well
as check-raisers, would have to i'm.
prove their workmanship in order to
prevent speedy detection"
There are many reasons why the
two-dollar bill is useless as the
Dayton News sees it. and anyway,
there is no demand for the bill, since
its half-brother, the old dollar bill,
Will serve just as well in duplicate
and there will be an added saving to
the printing department in reduc-
ing the number of denomina tional
amounts for which currency of this
KIND IS made. The two-doilar bill
has outlived its usefulness and in de-
parting 1t will bring few tears to our
eyes" Not SO. insists the Admission
Star. which advises those who may
get the two-dollar bills hereafter To
handle them lovingly, as they may
soon be souvenirs of superstitious
past and recites that inspection
usually will reveal "one or all of the
corners torn off, that is done to out
wit the hoodoo.
wish they had carload of them,
but others. both white and colored,
accept them with misgivings and
, spend them with great alacrity. but
never do they let them go without
seeing that the corners have been re-
moved. 4 two-dollar bill with all the
corners intact is liable to be more
dangerous than Friday the 18th and
leaning ladder to walk under. which
would be to court disaster" But the
Detroit Free Press, which has been
studying the subject, sagely AYERS
that when a person who thinks a
lonesome two-dollar bill is unlucky
admits that he would go through fire
for wagon load of them. il is evil
dent that the superstition is not deep
enough TO interfere much with their
use. This country has not found
the use of two pennies for the old
two-cent piece inconvenient. while the
substitution of two dimes for the
twenty-cent piece of long ago abol-
ished coin that was a downright
nui iSance."
friends" says the Elizabeth City Ad-
vance. "and there will be no regret
in its following the old two-cent
piece" while the Providence journal
feels lin a process of simplification
it would appear to be that this de-
nomination could be spared with the
least public Inconvenience" The OBJ
lection to this particular form of
currency as unlucky goes as far
Huntington Herald Dispatch says.
and lit became term of contempt,
as when Chief Devery called one of
the Tammany triumyirate that fought
tication." the New London Day says.
recalling that the fractional cur
icutS VI lHS thitcu soldtcS f'iSO idH
undergone quite a number of changes
in the past half century" and the
Bangor Commercial feels that the
superstitious will get a good nights
rest when the two-dollar bill finally is
banished from circulation" But those
who are in this class, the Bridgeport
Post holds. are they who rub
hunchback and throw salt over their
left shoulder And the Birmingham
Age Herald adds to the number
those who have passed two-dollar
bills for ones" and those who present
a two-dollar bill and get change for
one"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
The Alley Dwellings.

The alley dwelling situation is diff
cult and involved. Congress refused
affirmative action either on the bill to
extend the time for closing alley
houses or on that to close them one
third on June l, 1928, one-third on
June l. 1924, and the remainder on
June l. 1925. 1t then became the duty
of the Commissioners to close all alley
houses on June l next. 1t was esti-
mated by the police that more than
10000 persons would be evicted, and
civic bodies and persons concerned
ed would be nearer $4,000 than
10000.
With the housing shortage and high
rents it was foreseen that large pro-
portion of the evicted alley dwellers
would be without shelter unless it
could be provided by civic-philan.
thropic enterprise or by the District
government. The cost of building and
the short time allowed for construc-
ton were obstacles to any plan of
that kind. General and official under.
standing was that the law would close
dwellings in all alleys. The corpora
ton counsel found that the law did
not include alleys which were thirty
feet wide, which run straight from
street to street and which have water
and sewer service and electricity or
gas connections. Officials then rough
ly estimated that IS per cent of alley
dwellers live in alleys exempt from
the closure law. This estimate has
since been considerably reduced.
The next move was suit against
the Commissioners brought in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by alley property
owners to enjoin the Commissioners
from carrying the law into effect.
The Commissioners have asked for the
dismissal Of that suit. The corporation
counsel now holds that an alley may
be put in the exemption class by
widening it to thirty feet. by cutting
/, through from street to street, or by
supplying it with water and sewer or
with gas or electricity before June l.
Any one Of such improvements would
remove an alley from the prohibited
class after June 1. 1t is said that the
Commissioners mean to increase the
number of exempt alleys by making
some change to remove them from the
class of alleys which are not thirty
feet wide, do not run straight from
street to street, have no water and
sewer service and have no gas or elec-
trio connections.
The Emergency Housing Associa.
ton and other bodies opposed to alleys
as habitable places range themselves
against the corporation counsel in his
Interpretation Of the law, and hold
that an alley to be exempt from the
closure law must meet all three (and
not merely onel of the requirements of
exemption; that it must be thirty feet
wide and mot orr run from street to
street, and have water, sewer and pub.
lie lighting service. They maintain
that alleys should be abandoned as
dwelling places or converted into
minor streets, but they would like
to have the execution Of the present
law postponed that the alley matter
may be put before Congress next ses,
sion.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
CrackIes Uncertain
Harbingers of Spring
To the Dditor of The Star:

To the Editor or Inc Star.
was Interested in your short edi-
torial of March 8, entitled Arrival Of
the Grackle." I have been watch
ing and recording the arrival Of
grackles and robins upon the campus OF
Howard University for the past nine
years, beginning my observations In
1914.
1t is interesting to note from the
appended table of arrival dates COW
ering nine years, that the return OF
the grackle Is somewhat less regular
than that of the robin.
In 1914. for some reason or other
a flock of grackles returned to the
campus op January 20, almost a
month earlier than subsequent OBJ
seryations show to be customary:
however, these soon disappeared and
none was seen again on the campus
until February 29, those arriving on
for the summer. 1t is possible that
those which arrived on February 70
had misinterpreted the weather In
their southern wintering locality.
It is Of further interest to note
that the grackles have. for the last
two or three years, been reaching
in 1920, 1922 and 1923 after the first
Of March. while the robins have
kept their dates quite regularly
around the 18th of March; March the
4th in one case being the greatest
deviation from this regularity.
Judging from the dates of the
grackles' return to this particular
nesting place. they are not so reliable
a harbdnger of spring as robins. A
contrary opinion is expressed in your
Table of the arrival of grackles and
robins on Howard University CAM
Evening star., 1923-04-21

To play this game, the first thing
you should do Is to go out and buy
an apple orchard.
Then you walt for the apples.
When they come, take one in each
hand and rush over to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Go to the door
marked genealogical Investigations -
Enter.
When you have caught the digni-
fled occupants eye, show him both
hands.
What have 1 here?" you ask.
He says: Il should be disposed to
say. subject to any corrections that
may be found necessary, upon deeper
investigation. that you have a couple
of apples"
Good" you reply. that's what the
man told me / was going to have
when he sold me the orchard: but
what kind Of apples are they?"
That. says the dignified gentle
man. is another question. l shall
probably be able to answer It. In
the names of 2,99S varieties Of apples
that yours are not. "But"-and he
becomes more impressive than ever
III have to see Miss Newton"
Does Miss Newton know all of the
at them?
She does not. But she has made
models of most of them-wax apples
exactly like the real ones only bet
ter. They are SO inviting and life
like that they'd be bitten into by
any son of Adam who comes around
so there is a thick plate of glass over
them for protection. And not only
apples. but
Picture rows of blushing, ROSY
peaches: plums, with bloom still on
them; the ripest of luscious straw
berries; many other fruits, even
gooseberries.
Miss Newton made them-Miss Aman-
da A. Newton. She has made thou
sands Of these wax models. Making
wax models is her speciality.
l asked Miss Newton to tell me
about the most difficult bit of model
ing she ever did. She thought a mo-
ment and replied, 1T was a tobac-
co plant, which / made for the cot
ton states exhibit in Atlanta, while
ago."
couldn't help but think that here
at least, was a model tobacco plant
All l had ever heard of had been
called filthy weeds.
Miss Newton went on: ITO make
those long leaves stand out at right
angles to the stalk and not bend down
was a problem. 1t grew rapidly, for
q plant. When it was five feet high
1 stopped"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Bosses and Their Doodle

While Boss Murphy of Tammany
Hall is eagerly engaged on the witness
stand in New York telling why he got
out of the glucose concern because, as
he ayers. it was making too much
money, a court in Dublin has set a
date early next month for the trial of
the Croker will contest. This coin
cidence turns the memory back to the
time when Boss Croker, who avoided
courts as sedulously as has his sue
cessor. was finally hailed to the witness
stand and asked where he got it,,
and in the course of his curt and
cryptic answers acknowledged that he
was working for his own pocket all
the time Nobody ever found out
how he "got it, though there were
plain indications. The LexOw investi-
eating committee found plenty OF
ways and means whereby he could
easily get it," and everybody agreed
that he looked very strikingly like the
imam higher up" to whom flowed a
fixed commission of all the carefully
SCHeuuieu pdS HiciilS " lHc peliCO ny
certain classes of lawbreakers. At
any rate, everybody recognized that
Dick Croker's pockets, for which he
worked so persistently and exclusive
ly, became we'll filled. And now the
court in Dublin is to determine as to
the division thereof. while the present
Tammany boss is trying to persuade
another court in New York that a GER
tain company, which he quit because
it was making big money too easily,
should render an accounting to him
for his legitimate profits. There is a
certain satire in the coincidence.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
A National Home for the "Sons." /"

1t has been proposed that the Sons OF
the American Revolution establish a
national headquarters in Washington
The District society will, at the com.
ing convention of the national organi-
cation at Nashville, make that recon-
costing several hundred thousand dol
lars.
1t would be most appropriate to have
this patriotic organization thus estab-
lished on an all-American basis at the
National Capital. The Daughters of
The American, Revolution are so
housed, i'll building that has become
one of the monuments Of the city. u
meeting place Of notable assemblages
and the scene annually Of the congress
of the organization. The Daughters"
have never met elsewhere than here.
The Sons" have had their annual
meetings in various cities, and it
would seem to be appropriate now
that they should follow the example Of
the feminine side of the revolutionary
family and make Washington the fixed
meeting place and to provide here a
suitable structure for that purpose.
Establishment of a national head
quarters at Washington does not
lessen the autonomy of the local Or
CARNATIONS. Each Society" on the
other hand. gains in prestige by par
ficjpa ting in tho ownership Of n ha nd
some permanent home at the seat Of
government where the Sons of the
American Revolution in annual ses-
sion may take place with the other
American organizations that are keep
Ing alive the ideals upon which the
country is founded and the spirit Of
their attainment.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

can hospitality and courtesy are max
ing it hard for him to get line on the
real attitude Of the people over here
on the league of nations. He might
consult the returns of the solemn
referendum" of 1920 for guidance if he
is in any doubt.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Some Washingtonians who have had
most urgent traffic regulation need
here is a higher standard Of courtesy
on the part of the "go.go" guardians.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Perhaps soon the marathon" shut
flers will realize that they are mainly
engaged in wasting their energies
and endangering their health for the
profit of the promoters Of the spec
tacles.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Syemher NJ tbe Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication Of all news dis,
patches credited to II or not otherwise credited
In this paper and also the local news pup.
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

With the d. A. r. congress closed
Washington can concentrate on the
job of making ready to shine for the
Shriners.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

No Washingtonian should hesitate
about substituting the rake and the
hoe for the coal shovel and furnace
shaker in an effort to make the capi.
tai shine.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Scientists say that records show an
average Of no less than twelve earth
quakes a day. Sort Of continuous seis-
mic shimmy, as it were.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Spring weather like that Of the past
three or four days is we'll worth wait.
ing for, after all.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
In Few Words.

Every act of our national admins
tration at Washington is subject to
the analysis. criticism or commenda-
tion Of the people through the public
press. We need more of that in the
church.
BISHOP WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Those Muelheim dole rioters appar.
emily do not know when they are
whipped.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

The misguided citizen who opposes
preparedness Is as dangerous as the
red revolutionist who tries to over
throw the institutions of the state.
The loyal citizen is the one who
loathes war. but keeps his powder
dry"
DWIGHT F. DAVIS assistant Sec
retary of War.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

the German people by their spirit of
whole e-hearted work may yet win the
real victory.
CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB
Evening star., 1923-04-21

If the immigration laws are re-
laxed. for every one immigrant who
will come as a possible employe of
the steel and other corporations, nine
will come to drag down the living
standards of the United States. Cheap
labor makes a cheap country.
-REPRESENTATIV ALB E r r
JOHNSON (Washington).
Evening dress is the tailor's con-
fession Of weakness. Any one who
can produce something more suitable
to mans contour will get the thanks
Of this and the next generation.
MAYOR OF OXFORD (England).
The cruiser strength of the Japa-
nese navy. including ships in commits
sion and under construction, Is great
er than the combined strength of the
American and English navies.
DIR. c. X. EDMUNDS.
The reason your fuel Is costing so
much is that too many people are try
ing 10 live on q ton of coal-too many
miners, too many operators, too many
distributors.
-SAMUEL CROWTHER.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
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Evening star., 1923-04-21

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Evening star., 1923-04-21

Psychology of Handwriting by
William L. French, which contains
MANY facsimiles of different hand
writings. These illustrate differences
in mental and physical types and
states of the writers. from which
deductions as to the characteristics
and capabilities are drawn. The book
reproduceS letters and autographs of
the President and his cablnet and
other representative men and women
of the country. of business executives.
scientists, artists, editors, writer's,
movie stars and criminals. In most
cases the author furnishes an inter-
nretation of character based on the
handwriting.
The sufferings that come from
Ignorance of social conventions. when
one happens to be so placed in life
that those conventions count heavily,
is the theme of the anonymous frag-
ment of biography, THE Log Cabin
Lady" In the preface Marie Meloney
|of the Delineator says that the au-
thor is "a woman of great social
prominence, distinguished both in her
own country and abroad. VINO mas
but gives it to the public because
she believes it contains a helpful
message for other women. To pre-
serve the anonymity, the geography
and time have been slightly altered /;
otherwise the narrative purports to
be a true one. The unknown author
was born in a log cabin, of pioneer
parents. and so primitive was her
early life that when she was four
teen years old she had never seen a
table napkin. Before she was twenty
one she married a man of wealth and
old family, whom she met while she
was taking a summer school course
in New York. Then her troubles with
social conventions began. These grew
worse when shortly her husband was
sent to Europe as a diplomat. and be-
fore long she had become so un-
happy that she was almost at the
point of leaving her husband. Her
own sincerity and common sense
finally carried her through the first
difficult years, until she had learned
savoir faire.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

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Susiness once. 18th St. and pennsylvania Ave-
New York ONCE; 16o Nassau et.
Chicago Onire: Tower Building.
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Evening star., 1923-04-21

Conrad's storms are his greatest
masterpieces Of description. In .ad-
dition to the two mentioned above
there is treacherous interlsiand
storm in The Rescue in which wind,
rain and the waves contend for mas
terry over the brig. In AN Outcast
of the Islands" there is cloudburst
which catches Willems and leaves
him a drenched,, detected and breath
less human shuttlecock. In contrast
to Conrad's storms. the dead calm in
The Shadow Line" in which the
captain is buried at sea, while the
crew is fever-stricken is equally a
masterpiece. -
, 1923-09-02

handouts from residents at Mann
moth Hot Springs.
The herd of tame" buffalo. mum
bering nearly sever hundred. grazes
the Lamar Valley until the natural
feed is gone. and then goes to the
Buffalo ranch for hay feeding. In
the spring these animals go between
Slough and Hellroaring Creeks for
calving. Last year lis calves were
born. The wild herd OF buffalo.
numbering eighty head. maintains
its existence without being fed.
The mountain sheep look entirely
to their own welfare through the
winter. The biggest hero assemblies
on Junction Butte, across the yell
river a few miles from
, 1923-09-02

geese and ducks and grouse winter
in the park.
After the threemonth tourist SEES
son, which ends on September 20.
Yellowstone Park loses its summer
aspect as a national playground.
and becomes essentially a great
game preserve. The animals here
are a great heritage to the nation,
reminding of old days now vanish
ing forever. There was a time
when. in the picturesque language
of the Indians, the western plains
were lone great buffalo robe"
Antelope and elk and mountain
sheep were numerous beyond estl-
mate. But nov the lingering herds
of these animals make their last
stand in Yellowstone. aided by good
willed men who have their interests
at heart. The park personnel APP
p%reciates this great responsibility
and looks to the welfare of the ani.
mails with unlimited earnestness and
devotion.
There are many great problems in
tho care of wild life In the Yellow
stone. An important n of these
is the provision of a reserve of iced
which will be Immediately available
against any extraordinary conditions
that may arise as a result of
weather conditions In 1888 there
was a devastating storm in the early
winter. This ent many animals.
and particularly thu elk. h%urrying
to lower areas outside the park in
search of feeding grounds. Thou
sands were slaughtered by I'M
scrupulous hunters. Other thou
sands were saved by emergency ar
, 1923-09-02

16Cth al tht PlO6BtCl1 u lItc may
during the winter.
This report is not confirmed by
rangers who insist that the antelope
prefer sweet sage to hay any day.
but at any rate calls attention to
the fact that the hay-cutting this
month assures a great reserve OF
feed against any hardship tina may
befall Yellowstone's animals as a
result of n hard winter. Hay for
the game is either raised or cut wild
at four separate rea within the
park-on Slough Creek. at the Buff
falo ranch, at Yancey's place near
Garnet Peak. and in the vicinity OF
Gardiner Gateway. Approximately
one thousand tons of rich timothy.
clover and natural hay has been
stacked this summer.
This haying operation is but one
OF many steps that are taken an
nualiy for the protection and preser-
walton of the wild life of Yellow
stone National Park. This region
is the greatest game reserve in the
world. both in point of number and
variety of animals. It is the home
Of the largest herd of elk, buffalo,
antelope and mountain sheep within
the United States. Several hundred
moose range the park area There
r deer of Whitehall and mule
varieties, many beaver. fox. badgers,
and lesser animals.
Dozens of grizzlies and black bears
which entertain the tourists during
the summer. sleep in Yeliowstone's
caves during the winter. The white
gulls on Yellowstone lake leave in
the fall for the Pacific coast or
Great Salt Lake, but n great many
, 1923-09-02

rangements for feeding which pre-
vented the animals from leaving the
park bounds. To prevent the recur-
renee of any such disaster hay now
is grown regularly within the park.
Under even normal conditions ap-
proximately two thousand elk will
in the late winter seek a govern
ment hay ration at Slough Creek.
while from five hundred to one
thousand are likely to appear In the
Gardiner Canyon. Deer also seek
the friendly aid Of man In subsist-
ing through tho winter. Besides
the hay-eaters there are about
twenty "beggar" deer which main
tain themselves IN part by backdoor
, 1923-09-02

Tower Falls. The moose. scattered
throughout the park. also arc en-
tirely independent. Tho bears, OF
course. hibernate through the
winter.
Tho antelope. whose preservation
has been the chief game problem OF
the country during the last few
years, require especial care during
the winter. The herd. numbering
around two hundred and nifty. leaves
the park area where feeding condi-
tons are not favorable and grazes
on the sweet sage in ranches to the
north. Throughout the winter the
herd is guarded constantly by two
rangers. who protect against coyotes
and wolves and other mis~fortunes.
, 1923-09-02

rangers. Tho offensive will continue
this winter. Tho mountain lions 1 n
the park have been practically
eliminated. reports last winter in
dicating the presence in the park of
not more than four of these game
] destroyers.
, 1923-09-02

there are other problems IN tho caro-
of the Yellowstone animals. One OF
these is the elimination OF predatory
animals. which feed on the young OF
the elk. deer and antelope. Last
winter 207 coyotes and twenty-one
wolves were hot or trapped by
, 1923-09-02

As a result of this careful nursing.
last winter only i've antelope were
lost from age and all causes. and
there was a natural increase OF over
fifty head.
Besides the emergency feeding.