Evening star., 1923-03-31

but must rely on the mathematical
high sign to make clear.
4 il ::
Buy your coal early" cries q coal
distributor. No one who undertakes
to foretell what any market is goinl
to do with prices. is entitled to re
main at large. But prices have NOD
yet gone down materially. Th,,
public is educated up 10 curren.
prices, and so SIG u ton shocks ng-
BODY too rudely. There are rna!,y
nervous ones who are overanxious
about the future; they know that
christmas is coming" But about
the time the thermometer touches %
in the shade-or 10O-there will be
a lot Of folks who will forget thai
they are going to need coal next
winter. and 50 they may not be for,t.-/
ing in the line Of would-be buyers.
There will be a bigger rush TO buy
long" Immediately after the first 30.
cent drop, than will be croWdire
counters while they are lodging sun
strokes.
The mine operators have oontractA1
tSAh AHC WHICH run 10 Dep
temper 1. What conditions will be
after that date no one now can pre-
dict. Some retail companies arc ac-
cepting orders for summer delivery.
subject 20 September current prices
The thankless Job OF advising any
one when TO speculate on coal prices
is not ours. These are just a few
suggestions 10 tI!nk over. II is D. dis
Tf,r an
early
II IS but a few days since NUM-
insisted that thfs government should
Immediately and unconditionalIy rec
ognize the present soviet government
OF Russia They were quito peeved
with Secretary OF State Hughes fo~
not coinciding with their sentimental
views. Now that the soviets have
condemned TO death a Roman Cath
oltc archbishop and a number Of other
prelates because they persisted in op-
posing the government ban on teach
ing any religion. II befalls that, in-f
stead of rushing to honor the soviets'
this government has occasion 70 pro
test against their barbarity and I"
remind Russia OF how America ha'i
that distressed country. Ii such hu
nlanitarian acts of sympathy fail to
Impress the soyiets with the obliga
tions of civilization there can GER
tainiy be no consideration by civiliZedf
governments Of admitting Russia into
the family Of civilized nations.
:: x x
To como candidates for American
citizenship the new law seems hard
ship. which requires that the wife OF
foreign born citizen must also stand
examination before she. too, can be
naturalized. II is well known that
some men rely on the fact that theic
| wives are members OF church as en-
titline them also 10 all the benefits
of proxy. here and hereafter. II
won't work.
For while il looked as K the-e
was going 10 be a close raco III
Washington between great Hall OF
Literature "a sort OF pantheon where
authors will be commemorated. not
buried) and q stadium which wiz
seat 100000 spectators OF athletic
games. Now il doesn't look SO close.
In classic language. its a cinch'
that the stadium folks will take up
| all the slack in the advertising which
the literary pantheon let's out. They
know 1t pays TO advertise. 1t is jusc
that which constitutes the main diff
ference between highbrow literature
and d whooper-up foot ball gamo
which pulls 100000 spectators il.
| spite of the rain Why, a treatise on
Ether: Its Properties and Life His
tory" which ran 100000 would cause
its writer to gasp for oxygen. That's
| literature. A foot ball game in a
| stadium like Washington is to have,
| which did not hang out IS. r. o." be-
: fore the game started. would be a
| polar wave renewing the ice age, if
| not jar of liquified air down to alb
| solute zero. That is the difference
! between college professors salary
| and Babe Ruth's.
Copyright. 1923. by P. v. Collina) !.