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Evening star., 1923-03-29

is not cordial to the McAdoo boom
for the presidential nomination. Such
an assumption would be rather far
fetched. Mr.. Wilson has always main
tanned an outward attitude Of friendly
neutrality regarding his son-in-law'si S
presidential aspirations. BY saying
the word he could have brought
about his nomination at San Fran
cisco. in all probability. The differ
ence between the two men over the
Colorado senatorship would not seem
to betoken any change in their po-
litical relations with each other.
The appointment Of senator to fill
a vacancy does not usually occasion
so much interest among national lead
ers as in this case, but these three
big men, each of whom is taking
large concern over presidential poll
tics, appear to attach Importance to it.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Phone Growth.

The announcement of the telephone
company that it will spend nearly half
@ million dollars in the coming three
months in installing new equipment
to meet the demand for new tele-
phones gives one glimpse Of the
growth of the city as well as the
spreading use of the telephone. Fig
ures are given by the company show
ing the remarkable growth Of tele-
phone service in the newer and upper
northwest section. Population grows
fast, but the telephone grows faster
than population. 1t is like the auto
mobile and every other convenience.
Once get one and there is rarely any
content without 1t. Once have a
phone and one feels ever after that 1t
is essential. The growth of the phone
is one of the wonders of the century.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

For many years, until quite re-
Gently, the men who made motor cars
and the men who made gasoline look
ed cross-eyed at each other when
ever they met.
You're queering the game" the
automobile manufacturer would say,
with that abominable stuff you sell
as gasoline. 1t gets worse and worse
every day"
Whereupon the refner would swell
up and snort:
GO jump in the creek" he would
reply. why don't you build real
engine instead of that pile of junk
you're putting out?"
And. as usual in such cases, they got
nowhere at all.
But not long ago il occurred 10 the
refiner that possibly the automobile
man did have a little grievance
against the quality of gasoline, and
about the same time the automobile
man wondered if it would be pos
sible TO improve bit on the engine.
They got together in a gingerly
measure, with the government of the
limited States as a sort of mediator.
The government agreed to look into
the rival claims and certain scientists
at the bureau of standards were dele
gated to do the work.
The work is now going on. No part
of it, so far as 1 know, has been made
public, although it is all very inter
esting. not only to the refiners and
automobile manufacturers, but to
more than 100000 of the common
people who buy both automobiles
The scientists selected four cars of
popular makes, representing about 10
per cent of all the machines in use.
They were particular in selecting
about two and one-half years old.
They did this for the purpose OF
seeing how the cars behaved after a
considerable period of use.
Then they purchased four dinerent
kinds of gasoline.
The first kind was the good gaso-
ago. 1t was better in quality then,
tests proved, than it is now.
The second kind was the average
gasoline in use today.
And as the quality of gasoline is
steadily deterioratinE by the intro
duction of greater quantities OF
heavier oils, the scientists looked
ahead a year or SO and obtained a
quality of gasoline inferior TO that
on the market today. This they did
in an effort to anticipate conditions
a year or SO hence,
The fourth kind of gasoline was
still heavier. In buying It. the sci
entists were looking still further into
the future.
Thus they were all set to go. -Four
popular cars and four kinds OF gaso'
iine-yesterday's; today's; tomorrow $
and that of the day after tomorrow.
Then they took the cars and the
gasoline down to Washington.s Speed
way and for three months tried then
out in every possible kind of combl'
nation. - :.
All this happened last summer.
you drove over the Speedway then
the chances are you saw one or more
Of the test cars in operation without
realizing just what was gong on.
At the end Of three months of sum
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Fences and Hedges.

Modification of the order concern.
ing erection of new fences and plant
ing of new hedges around lawns on
the public parking strip in front of
Washington houses. is sensible. In
changing the order so that there is
no hard-and-fast rule, but each case
is to be decided upon its own merits,
the proper move has been made.
In the old days fences and hedges.
much like outdoor Topsies, lust
grew" When one possessed himself
Of a home and became interested in a
plot of ground, probably for the first
time in his life, it was only natural
that he should want to put a fence
around it, or place an ornamental
hedge on the boundary line.
SO Washington, like other cities,
has grown up with almost every va
riety of fencing. There was u time
when the ornamental iron fence was
in vogue. Then the hedge took its
place in the affection Of many. But,
like all things made by hands, fences
VIII gro" Oh anu Idii " pieces.
Hedges will straggle from their true
cut boundaries and become ragged
and unsightly in the eyes Of man and
his neighbor-especially his neighbor.
Thus 1t came. about that the Dis
trict heads put out their order for
bidding the erection Of any more
fences or hedges on the parking
spaces which, though not owned by
Washingtonians, constitutes their
front yards or lawns. But, like many
reforms, this went bit too far, in the
opinion Of many. Fences still have
their proper places; hedges, mans
grouping of Gods plants. still make
lovely picture and perform at the
same time a humble duty.
Some situations require fences. some
do not. Some lawns would be helped
by hedges, others would be spoiled.
When it comes to such creations as
gardens and lawns, each one is a law
unto itself. The Commissioners show
themselves wise in their decision TO
treat each case on its merits. Even
in so small thing it is not we'll to
lay down drastic laws, cut out of one
piece Of law-stuff, to cover such mani.
fold forms as fence and hedge. The
city is for the people who live in it.
The government of the city is for
the people, not for the men who have
been selected TO do the governing for
the time being.
Those who love what may be
termed the civilized outdoors-gardens
and lawns-will rise up and call their
governors blessed, now that they have
decided to treat each request for a
fence or hedge upon its individual
merits And in the years to come
countless persons, standing by some
neatly fenced space, or walking by a
trim hedge, fit guardian for the love
illness it incloses, will have reason to
be glad that in 1923 common sense
ruled.
Evidently the Commissioners will
substitute for the present irregular
and haphazard scheme Of hedging a
plan that will be systematic and har-
monious.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

ington after a very long and arduous
illness, for which he underwent
treatment in New England. A happy
little surprise awaited him in the
shape OF newspaper clipping sent
by a brother in Los Angeles, an
nouncing that 3,000ton Pacific
Steamship Company coast liner has
just been christened the Admiral Fiske
1t ts a sister ship OF the Admiral Evans
x X 4
Lord Robert CeciFs arrival in the
United States gives rise. as usual. to
an orgy of misapplied titles. Amer
leans have about as much trouble in
calling a foreign nobleman by his
right name as they have in master
ing an allen tongue In one issue of
y metropolitan newspaper this week
Lord Robert Cecil was Xariously de-
scribed as Lord Cecil and Sir
Robert" He is neither, but simply
Lord Robert Cecil" The lord" is
only a courtesy title" as he Is not a
member of the house of lords. that
distinction, in the case Of family of
several brothers, going to the eldest.
In this case IL is the Marquis Of Sal
isbury. who sits in the Bonar Law
lord president of the council. Lord
Robert Cecil and Earl Balfour are
cousins The late Marquis of Sails
bury put so many Balfours and
Cecils in his administration that 1t
became known as Hotel Cecil"
X X X
Nah h-jong, the seductive Chinese
game which captured American So
ciety, including Washington upper
tendon. during the past season. claims
an ardent devotee In Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, assistant at
torney general of the United States
Mrs. Willebrandt has q sister living
in China and Il mahjong set, in the
original package. is the one the brill
liant young California lawyer and
her friends use. The other night the
"dryest" mah-jong match on record
was played at Mrs. Willebrandts $
home. The contestants were the
hostess--Who has charge of prohibi-
tion infractions at the Department OF
Justice; Prohibition Commissioner
thews, and Representative Andrew j.
Volstead When Mrs. Willebrandt
told friend about the party. she
was asked: We'll, where was Wagner
The acknowledged beauty of the
Washington diplomatic corps Is
youthful MeXlcafl-Mnle. Rose NdnO,
wife of the secretary OF the Rumanian
legation. Mexico is her ancestral
heath. though not that of her nativity,
for she was born in Belgium when
her father was on official duty at
Brussels She met the young
Rumanian diplomat who Is now her
husband while her father was
Mexican minister in London Nine
Nano. who has just returned from a
long visit to the turbulent land OF
her origin beyond the Rio Grande, Is
not of the standard type of Mexican
beauty, having blue instead of black
eyes. while her hair and coloring are
OF Titan tint. She is tall, stately
and in the SUMMER section OF the
twcnties. Graded in diplomacy and
brought up in Brussels, Berlin. Paris
and London, Nine Nano is equally
at home in Spanish, French, German
and English-an ideal equipment for
the eXacting requirements of inter
national life. She unreservedly votes
Washington the most hospita BILE" OF
the many world capitals she has
known.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1923-03-29

To the Editor Of The Star:
We would appreciate it very much
If you will give this letter sufficient
publicity to repudiate an erroneous
impression which the general public
may have formed from the articles
appearing in the Washington papers
of yesterday and today relative to
this organization, in which the men,
bcrs were characterized as homeless
veterans"
The Carry-On Club was rounded
shortly after the war for the sole
purpose of furnishing disabled ex-
service men attending various schools
and universities inJthe District with
a temporary home during the period
of their rehabilitation. The member
ship consists of men who are not
homeless. but who are making TINS
their temporary home during the
period Of vocational rehabilitation
aud paying for it at a stipulated rate.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
EDITORIAL DIGEST

ing blood in it now is the time TO
show it.
How can the housewife remain
sweet with sugar prices soaring al
ready and with promises of further
Increases" asks the Dayton News.T
Raw sugar was selling a few months
ago at 3ia cents 4 pound. Today 1t
asks and in some cases 7l2 cents
pound. The Fordney- ber
tariff bill, which was proclaimed far,
and wide by its friends as an un-
usually helpful measure, imposed
tariff of about cents q pound to
the housewife. who ultimately be-
came the consumer. Investigations
Of the sugar situation are said TO be
impending. They will hardly produce
much Of value. because they seldom
are thorough In the meantime the
good woman Of the house pays the
bill and wonders why things are as
they are with the sugar business"
the Wheeling News asserts. and are
collecting their losses due to the
boycott the public imposed on them
in 1920. II is the same old stunt of
the sugar barons and Wall street TO
let the public pay again Will the
much the opinion as well of the Bos-
ton Globe, which suggests sugar
buyers have yet to learn the efficiency
of the closed pock textbook in keeping
spectators in order"
There is no warrant for the excess
sive price now demanded" the
Chicago News insists. and something
must be done to check speculation
and avert a stampede in the sugar
market. Gambling on the New York
Sugar Exchange, or anywhere else,
should not be permitted to raise the
price of so important an article of
food as sugar 1t seems reasonably
clear that powerful influences are
trying to make excessive profits out
of that commodity. The government
is duty bound to do what it legiti-
mately and wisely can do to block
the game" This is all the more
necessary, the Boston Traveller con-
tinues, because 1.-The government has
the needful machinery for curbing
the upward trend of sugar provided
there is any underlying cause except
a panicky public. The Federal Trade
istence of monopoly. The Depart
ment of Justice can proceed against
any individuals it deems guilty of
conspiracy. The tariff Of cents a
pound can be reduced by executive
order il need be. The trouble is that
1t doesn't operate at all unless the
responsible officials set 1t in notion
The question which must be an
swered." the Bangor Commercial in
, SlSlS, Is II sugar SOlu d Ie" months
ago at the price which then pre-
vailed. with an ample supply assured,
of which there seems to be no doubt,
why should prices now be doubled?"
And it is the opinion of the Mil
waukee Sentinel that "Mr. Hoover
can be depended on to get that an
swer. The people as a whole have
more confidence in Secretary Hoover
than in the self-constituted cham
pions of popular interest, whose zeal
Is in direct proportion to the oppor-
tunity of getting into the limelight.
The case of the sugar inquiry is an
other instance of what happened in
farm credits legislation when the
professional friends of the farmer
discovered that they were two years
behind Senator Lenroot, who had
worked out a real relief measure
while the rest were still talking
about the ISSUE"
Evening star., 1923-03-29
As to Buying Coal.

It might have been we'll had our
was more definite information as
10 tho trend of prices before adj
Nising householders to begin at once
laying in supplies for next winter.
Under normal conditions it is indis-
putably good policy to buy as soon
as possible after the beginning Of the
new coal year in April, but conditions
IN tho coal trade today are so far
from normal that ordinary rules do
not apply. In the past it has been
the practice of producers and dealers
to establish a minimum price in April,
with a small monthly increase until
the beginning of cold weather. But
the announcement now is made that
any reductions from the present ex-
tortionate price level are unlikely. so
the usual incentive for early buying
is lacking.
No one pretendS to believe that costs
Of production have played any i'm
portant part in determining coal
There was an acute shortage in con
sequence of last summers strike and
the result was sellers market, with
buyers bidding against each other for
Inadequate supplies. Conscience was
the only check on profits, and con
science seemingly had ken u holi-
day. 1t would be difficr I to find an
other instance OF such lhameless ad-
vantage taken Of public necessity.
Having eXacted all tie traffic would
hear during the winter months, there
is no reason TO think the coal trade
will be satisfied with less when warm
weather comes. The only chance the
consumer has OF relief is that there
should be such an accumulation Of
stocks i'll the hands of producers and
distributors as would convert it from
g sellers to Il buyers market. And
there will be no such accumulation
Of stocks if consumers continue 10
compete with each other in buying
for next winters needs.
In its denials Of a combination 10
enhance prices, the coal trade has
contended that the high levels reached
resulted solely from operation Of the
law of supply and demand-that when
supplies were Inadequate 10 meet de-
mand high prices We're inevitable. So
J. might be well now to see if the
law of supply and demand will op-
crate for the goose as well as for the
gander. If for the next few weeks
stocks are permitted to accumulate
in the hands of producers and dealers
the supply will exceed the demand
and that inmutable law which is cited
in explanation of high prices ought
10 operate to bring them down. If
it does not, the law officers of the
government will have abundant JUS
tification for looking about for some
Thing other than economic law in ex-
planation of the altitude attained by
coal.
Almost parallel logic is TO be found
in the case Of sugar. II housewives,
frightened by predictions that sugar
may go to 20 cents u pound, We're to
begin panicky buying of stocks which
will not be needed until next sum-
mer's canning season, they would be
playing right into the hands Of the
gamblers. Whereas, if they keep cool
and buy only for day-today require
. ments, natural laws, reinforced by
. government pressure and u possible
bear raid against the longs" in the
sugar market, are likely to force
prices down to a point OF economic
justification.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Officers Explain Carry On Club.

The management Of the organiza-
tion is in the hands of a board of
governors (not guardians), who are
trustees of the property, and have
charge of the receipt and disburse:
ment of funds paid in by the resident
members. An executive committee Of
resident members, elected by resident
members, has sole Jurisdiction as re-
CARDS rules and regulations.
Aside from the fact that we have
never paid rent, we have been en-
tirely self-supporting. During the
past two years approximately $4,000
has been paid in by resident members
toward the maintenance of the Or
ganization, each member paying the
sum of $43.50 month. which entities
him to room and board. This sum
has always been adequate to meet all
operating expenses.
THE CARRY on CLUB,
RICHMOND H. LEE, President.
r. E. MAKE. Secretary.
MRS. L. H. BOGGS,
Chairman Of Board Of Governors.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
An Elixir.

care not for the creatures of the
south winds promising,
The butterfly that hastens by on iri-
descent wing;
1t is not for the bird that ecstatically
long,
Who whirls and veers. half maddened
by the sweetness Of his song.
When sunshine thrills the artists
brush and wakes the poets brain
I only ask for boyhood for a moment
once again.
I want to see the elephant once more
upon parade
And quaff the crystal magic Of the
crimson lemonade.
Those cropping Rosicrucians-ah, they
never found the truth!
They spurned this simple potion for
restoring joyous youth.
The recipe they scorned, in all their
alchemistic zeal,
OF a lot of aqua-pura and a little lem
on peel.
But I, more wise, am waiting for those
fairy folk to come,
With the tinkle Of the cymbal and the
rattle Of the drum;
To see the magic city rise and hear
the peoples cheers
While I taste that humble nectar in
defiance Of the years.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

1t is estimated that every time the
clock ticks Uncle Sans tax collectors
take in Sl3. Tt is fortunate for Uncle
Sam that he has more dependable
tower.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

mer operation. the scientists gatheret
up all the numerous notes they hae
made and went back TO their desks 70
figure out what had been proved anG
how.
They found an amazing thing. Th,
mileage from each of the four kiudst
of gasoline was the same. No. that
isn't quite right; it was almost the
same. There was a maximum Ndrla-
tion OF less than 3 per cent.
In other words, todaY'S more or less
inferior gasoline yields US just
many miles TO the gallon, when tested
in the four most popular makes ot
cars. as did the higher quality gaso-
line of yesterday.
And tomorrow's still poorer supply
does just about as well as, todaY's II,
miles per gallon. Further, the heaN@
lest gasoline Of all, that which prob
ably will be on the market five years
or so hence, delivers virtually as
much mileage as any of the rest.
The petroleum men Were Jubilant,
Il guess that will shut you up Tor
while" they told the automobile
manufacturers"
Not at all" the manufacturers re-
piled. 1T proves we We're right. Ana
il proves that all that stuff you pulltt
about our engines being junk was az
bum stuff as your gas.
IF we weren't building such good
low grade gas. The engine is abou-
as perfect "a can be made; that's wiz
You get the mileage. You get 1t II
spite of the fuel"
And so we are back again whera
we started.
But that was a summertime tes,.
The scientists wanted winter tcsts
SO did the manufacturers. When vii
-, t. II
real test comes anyway.
However, WaShington'S ClimaFa
doesn't afford opportunity TO maks
real winter test Our winter NOR
ings have habit of developing int
springlike afternoon. The climate Is
too variable.
The suggestion that the tests lie
I conducted farther north was met by
| the objection that in such climate
snow would be present and thus dis
turbfng factor would be introduced
The scientists wanted d temperature
test, not a snow sliding competitiou
Finally it was agreed that the tes'
| should be conducted at the Iaborat orr
| of the bureau on Connecticut avenue
| They selected the altitude room
where the temperature is controlled
In that room, the scientists cisa
/ bring their Centigrade thermometer
down to 25 below zero. And there ana
now the four cars and the four makes
| of gasoline are fighting it out for
| supremacy under the eyes and in thI
] presence of the notebooks of Unck
| Sans scientists
| Speaking of gasoline. we read
somewhere that the production last
year was 5,9O0.Ooo,Oo0 gallons.
| Do you have any idea as to how
much that is? Neither die we.
| II can tell you" said ono of the
| bureaus scientists. We've figured It
out here.
! "Of course, you've been to Niagara
| Falls. You've seen the great volume
! of water come rolling and tumolihE
and sWirIing over the falls AMI churn
| itself into soapy-lookinS stuff in the
| pool below
| We'll, if we could shut off the wa
! ter and substitute gasoline. the flow
\ for As minutes would represent =
years production in the Unitsd
States"
Evening star., 1923-03-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Literary Loyalty.

Literary Loyalty.
There isn't any finish to these maya
zines and books.
A feller's bound to notice 'em which
ever way he looks.
But when ! pick one of 'er up an
read an hour or so,
1t seems quite similar to what I've
read long years ago.
An so I close the volume. On the
shelf I put it back
An settle down contented to peruse
the almanac.
They're all about some gal that's fell
in love with some young man.
1t seems jes' like eavesdroppin' to be
follerin' out each plan
They make fur future happiness. I've
got so many cares
1 haven't time fur pryin' in young
peoples love affairs.
I let 'em have their novels. I will
never feel a, lack
OF literatoor as long as they get out
the almanac.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Einstein says he cannot express his
latest discovery in words-that it is
so advanced as TO be explicable only
in signs. His statement is reminiscent
Of the claims Of some advanced"
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Contemplating the world today and
always including the United States.
it is well to recall the words of
Charles Fletcher Dole: 1T is absurd
to suppose. if this is Gods world,
that men must always be selfish bar
barians."
Evening star., 1923-03-29

4 French doctor advises men to
wear neck ruffies to avoid apoplexy
Sight of some of us in ruffles would
cause an epidemic of apoplexy.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

In booming Mr.. x" for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination Homer
Cummings overlooks the possibilities
of "Mr. Zero"
Evening star., 1923-03-29

"Home, Sweet Home" has lasted a
hundred years. Can you imagine a
song about the dear old fiat" that
would survive that long?-Detroit
Free Press.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Germans are notably fond Of goose,
but they show poor judgment in kill
ing the egg-laying kind by overtaxing
tourists.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

President Harding's birthday greet
ings have rescued the present King
of Egypt from complete obscuration
by Tutankhamen.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

There seemingly is no end to the
versatility Of oil. 1t can succor
wrecked bank as we'll as wreck a peace
conference.