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Evening star., 1923-01-27
Grand Opera for Washington.

Two weeks hence Washington Is to
have season" of grand opera. AS
result of the enterprise of number
of Washingtonians the Chicago Civic
Opera Company, rated as one of the
most notable musical organizations In
the world. will visit this city for three
performances early in February. This
is not a commercial venture. The
opera organization is endowed and
maintained without the need Of tour.
ing. 1t goes ION the road" as a means
of spreading musical culture in this
country. In order to bring it to Wash
ington a guarantee fund of $4,000
covering the three performances has
been pledged by citizens. The actual
cost of the three performances will
be all of that amount. If the guaran-
tors are to be cleared Of their obliga-
ton it will be necessary to fill the
theater to capacity for each Of the
three performances. If this is not
done. II the guarantee fund Is not
forthcoming at the box office, and it Is
necessary to call upon the local un-
derwrlters for their pro-rata shares of
the deficit, Washington will probably
be once more put upon the list Of cities
that will not support grand opera. and
will be left without this form Of musi-
cal performance for another long
period Of years.
Here, then. is a test of Washing
tons appreciation of opera at its best.
The opportunity is afforded not merely
for this one occasion to hear and see
operatic productions of the, first class,
but to establish for the Capital city
a reputation of appreciation that will
insure future visits from operate or
ganizations Of the first class.
Opera prices are high. for the rea-
son that 1t is necessary to maintain
large organizations. Singers Of high
reputation must be engaged at what
may seem extravagant salaries. but
which, considering the competition for
their services, are not great in rela-
tion to the scale of their profession.
In the motion picture field even larger
compensations prevail, but in that line
the producers are able to recoup and
to profit through the infinite multipli-
cation of presentations, whereas in
opera each performance is a finished
thing and cannot be duplicated except
at the fixed rate of cost.
The question of Washington's sup.
port of this series of operas, therefore,
turns upon whether there are 5000
people. estimating 1000 at each per-
formance, who will attend. Or 1000
who will attend each of the three per-
formances. Inasmuch as this Is not
commercial venture it may be urged
that it Is more or less of a civic duty
to give it that support which will
demonstrate that Washington Is
worthy Of consideration and inclusion
whenever one Of the major operate
organizations takes the road.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
Washington Observations
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

I. restores r,y confidence and self
Maj. Sherman Miles, son of Gen.
Nelson 4. Miles and nephew of Cen.
William Tecumseh Sherman, Is now
American military attache in Turkey
ana Bulgaria, with headquarters at
Constantinople. He is one Of our pro-
fessionaI soldiers who gives scientific
attention to the peace movement from
the military mans standpoint. Not
long ago Miles, a strapping six
footeT and more, went to the library
OF the Carnegie Endowment for In
eernational Peace to consult bibli-
amiabie librarian. a woman. seemed
surprised that anybody wearing khaki
ana spurs should be interested in
literature on peace. "Are you a mem
ber OF any peace society7' she asked
Miles. (which oneT" the librarian
aueried. "The United States Army" m "
was the convincing rejoinder.
Nobody cares. but William .Hohen-
zollern Is sixty-four years old today
This would be the thirty fifth calen-
dar year OF his reign II 1t had not
come to an untimely end. Samuel
Gompers claims the inglorious dis
tinction of being born on the same
day as the war lord. but the chieftain
OF the American Federation of La bor
fs seventy-three. The Hohenzolle-n
autocrats first grandson was born on
me 4th OF July-he will be seventeen
this year. The circumstances used to
be mentioned In Berlin as som ething
destined 70 cement sentimental reIa-
tions between the United States and
The fatherland. A ribald joke anent
Williams marital woes is making the
rounds Of the local diplomatic set
Hermine. the blushing bride of Doom.
anticipated a HONEYMOON, but got in
stead a moony Hun"
~ ~
It will be into a populous communi-
~ OF diplomatic establishments that
our Vice Presidents will come IL Con-
gress accepts the Henderson gift
house on 18th street TheN mansion
Immediately adjoins the Mexican en-
bassy. and almost directly across are
the handsome legations of Poland and
Cuba. Around the corner, in 18th
street. is Washington's largest diplo.
thc new 'tsdtlOn Oh
the Netherlands. A little lower down
on 18th street 10 the noble emba ssy
of France. and a few doors away is
the residence of Senior Riano. the
Spanish Ambassador. The region
numbers almost as many lovely
churches as embassies and legations.
The new National Baptist Memorial is
nearing completion at the corner OF
Columbia road. while the impressive
basilica Of the Sacred Heart. at 10th
street and Park road. already is one
Of the capitals architectural show
pieces.
President Harding has a brother in
misery in the person Of ]. NJ. Davis,
newly installed democratic Governor
Of Kansas. Mr.. Davis has been en-
throned at Topeka only three weeks,
but fnds his legislative program ef-
fectually blocked. Abolition Of the
Allen Industrial relations court law
is one Of the projects against which
obstacles have been raised. Radical
measures to curb corporations also
are hung up. A state bonus law is
the only Davis legislation that has
been passed. William G. McAdoo hon.
ored Gov. Davis with his presence at
the inaugural In Topeka on January
&. Kansas sends twenty-four dele
gates to democratic national conven-
tions.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-01-27
DR.. Grant Should Resign if Out of
Tune With Church.

Bishop Manning is almost unani-
mously supported by the nations edi-
tors in the position he has assumed
regarding the public utterances of DR..
Percy Stickney Grant. 1t is. agreed
that the rector of the Church of the
Ascension has perfect right to any
personal views he desires IL enter
tain. But unless he can preach the
doctrines which the Episcopal Church
indorses, it is argued. he has no right
to occupy a pulpit of that faith. And
II likewise is pointed out that if he
insists on a trial for heresy, instead
of resigning, he will precipitate a
situation that will be distasteful to
'the great mass of Episcopalians who
accept without question the creed and
the dogmas of their faith
That Bishop Manning's advice to
resign was warranted is the view of
the Pittsburgh Leader. which points
out that the intention of DR.. Grant
cannot relieve him from the response
bility of the effects of his language.
When he comes to think it over DR..
Grant, no doubt. will agree with
Bishop Manning that, if the popular
impression of last Sundays sermon is
a dependable expression of the opin-
ions expressed, the pulpit is no place
for him. Boring from within is not
popular in many places, but in the
church of any denomination it has
always been declared not only in
tolerable. but impossible" The bishop
fully realizes that Dr. Grant will have
a following IL he goes. the Jersey
Journal says, but this has been dis
counted by DR.. Manning in taking his
decisive step. The world is in chaos.
Never was there time of such un-
rest Opinions, beliefs, customs and
policies are being revised by many.
That, however, does not alter the fact
that a church or a denomination still
has the right to insist that those who
preach under its banners should either
preach what those banners stand for
or quit preaching.%
These sentiments have the indorse-
ment of the New York World. which
asserts that "the question involved is
less one Of theology than of good
faith. DR.. Grant would be pic
turssque and influential figure on any
platform, but, as an Episcopal rec
late a new creed. His pulpit is not
his personal vehicle, but Is one OF
the mouthpiece of the church for
declaring its accepted faith"
1t Is difficult to Judge the merits OF
the controversy, the Baltimore Sun
points out, because few persons are
prejudiced. Conceding the abso-
lutte honesty and sincerity of DR..
Grant, admitting that he has acted
from compelling sense Of right,
from q consuming love of truth. II
must be conceded, on the other hand,
that his attitude has left Bishop Man
ming no alternative but to demand
his retirement from the church. DR..
Grant has o right to repudiate the
creed, but he has no right to teach
in the church something contrary to
what tho church teaches and stands
for. Possibly good may develop from
all this spiritual turmoil, but dis
putes like this do not make for Chris
tian brotherhood nor for the spirit OF
peace, which the world needs SO
much now" The Ashbury Park Press
Is another which holds that none can
quarrel with DR.. Grants views. They
are his own and he is entitled to hold
Evening star., 1923-01-27
Senator Couzens COrrects
An Error i'm The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
My attention has been drawn to an
article which appeared in your pub
lication of Wednesday, January "a,
1923, headed, Harding May Not Wish
Reelection" You say In said article
the following:
"COUzENS AN EXAMPLE.
"Mr. Couzens came to Warrington.
the appointee of a republican gov
ernor, to fill a regular republican
senatorial seat. No one expected him
supinely to wear the G. o. p. organi-
xation collar. But neither did the
Presidents supporters expect, Tor IN.
stance, that Senator Couzens would
let weeks elapse without paying his
respects to the official leader OF his
party. He may not have done SO YET.
He had not up to a fortnight ago..
am writing you in the interest
of accuracy. I am assuming that
your publication desires to print the
truth and / am, therefore, hoping
that you will print the truth when l
point out to you that I did call on
the President and paid my respects
to him at 1880 noon. December ls.
which was within eleven days OF my
arrival here. Some other things you
have said in the same article are In.
accurate. but as they do not partic-
ularly interest me am not COM
menting on them.
JAMES COUzENS.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
ECHOES FROM CAPITOL HILL
THE .kING's CASTLE"

~hINUS
In my district we have United
States Veterans Hospital No. 81. 1t
is a neuropsychiatric center. There
are $40 patients there. with over 500
employees, an unusually large number
of them clerks. and only eight doc
tors in the entire place. Millions are
the handling of the patients there.
and the abuse that is heaped upon
them has long been a public scandal.
-Representative Rossdale, New York,
republican.
FREE AIR on THE WING.
This Cthe radio control bilD in
wolves the air. ! have heard II said
frequently that about the only thing
that was left free was the air. and
now you are going TO take that away
Representative Jones, Texas, DEM
ocrat.
RADIOS AMAZING DEVELOPMENT.
AS of January I, 1923. there were
something like $1,000 transmitting
stations in the United States. Some
thing .like 2.762 Of those stations were
on board ship. There were about $40
broadcasting stations scattered
throughout the United States, one or
more in every state of the Union ex-
cept the state of Mississippi There
were twelve transoceanic stations
communicating with Great Britain,
France. Germany. Poland. Holland,
Italy. Hawaii. Japan. and there were
other stations in contemplation of
erection. Representative White,
Maine, republican.
THE RETIREMENT OF THE
DAUGHERTY IMPEACHERS.
The exit reminded one of the
scampering of rodents from pile of
trash that had just been upturned by
the broom of q responsible and Wig
orous housekeeper. = Representative
Bird, Kansas, republican.
THE PEOPLE BELIEVE
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
To do away with the civil service
law and the rules framed pursuant
to that law would raise such storm
Of protest upon the part OF the people
Of the United States-and the whole
people Of the United States-as has
never been heard or witnessed. L
think. throughout the country.-Sen-
ator Sterling, South Dakota, repub-
lican.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
Preserve Fort Stevens!

An amendment to the Army appro-
priation bill was introduced in the Sen.
ate the other day which, it is hoped,
will receive favorable consideration
end will become a. law. This amend
ment. proposed by Senator Sterling,
authorizes the Secretary Of War to &C.
quire the tract known as Fort Stevens,
"the main defense of Washington
during the civil war" This tract con.
tains in all about four acres, and IL
situated near Georgia avenue In the
neighborhood Of Brightwood. For the
purpose Of such a purchase $40, 900 is
appropriated, and it is further pro-
vided that II. and when, the proposed
District highway plan is executed the
streets and avenues will be so laid out
as not to destroy or interfere with tha
earthworks Of Fort Stevens.
Fort Stevens 10 notable chiefly for
the fact that 1t Is the only point at
which President Lincoln was on the
fighting front during the civil war. He
was, indeed. under hre there. The &C.
casion was the attack upon the city
by Gen. Early's forces in the raid upon
Washington, which, If it had been sue
cessful, might have materially changed
the course Of events. The capture of
the city would at least have prolonged
the war. To the defense of Washing
ton were hurried troops from down
the river. and a sharp fight took place
SO near to Washington that the guns
were heard in the center Of the city.
This spot is thus one Of the historic
landmarks of the nation, and its
definite preservation. long delayed,
should now be undertaken. The cost
involved Is trife compared with the
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Americans who are abusing France
for collecting a debt from Germany
by force have short memories. In
December. 1901. Germany organised q
combination Of herself. Great Britain
and Italy for the purpose OF coercing
Venezuela into settling a number Of
more or less just claims. Those ma
tions sent warships to South Amer
lea and established what they called
pacific blockade" OF the Vene-
zuelan ports. But for the vigorous
Intervention Of Theodore Roosevelt
and John Hay. European forces would
have been landed on the soil Of an
American republic and the Monroe
doctrine put to the sternest test In
its history. Roosevelt insisted upon
arbitration of the claims against
Venezuela. Great Britain and italy
assented. Germany refused. Roose-
Welt sent for Won Holleben. the
kaiser's ambassador, and said Dewey
would be ordered to proceed to
Venezuela unless Germany yielded.
She decided to do 30. While the
kaiser's cruisers were blockading
tunity OF surveying the waters
around Margarita Island, which the
Germans coveted for q coaling sta
tion and hoped to extort from Castro
In settlement Of their claims.
washington's newest museum, the
Freer Gallery of Art. is to be opened
with pomp and ceremony early In
May, according to present arrange
ments. The work Of installation of
the magnificent Charles L. Freer
collection OF oriental and American
works is proceeding under the direc-
tion of John E. Lodge of Boston. Sem
ator Henry Cabot Lodges son. Mr..
Lodge is curator of the division of
Japanese and Chinese art In the Bos-
ton Museum of Fine Arts. Apart
from the stately $1,000. 900 Greek
temple in which the Freer collec-
the Smithsonian Institution. the coll
lection itself will add substantially
to Washington's Importance as an
art center. IT is without doubt the
worlds finest assemblage Of Chinese
and Japanese scrolls and ceramics
its wealth OF Whistler etchings and
paintings. has few peers. One of the
gems is the celebrated peacock room,
which Whistler painted for the Eng
lish shipping magnate, John Ley
land. and which was removed intact
to the former Freer gallery in De-
troit. Art leaders from all over the
world will attend the dedicatory
function in May. Several leading
American societies. including the
American Jewish Historical Society
plan to hold their annual meetings
here on the same occasion.
Henry c. wallace, Secretary Of Agri-
culture. has achieved the miraculous
and produced q new golf story. A
year or two ago Wallace was enter
tanning a brother Scot from overseas
at the Iowa state fair. Among the
various forms of native hospitality
organized for the visitors beneht wal
"a game of golf. Tho Caledonian
played with strange clubs, and In con,
sequence sliced and pulled all over the
lot. Wallace, exemplifying the cour-
tesy of the links. volunteered that
nobody could do much better on an
course with borrowed
tools mo" said the visitor. I'm
often off my game on my own links
That's why my caddie always carries
a tin can" Wallace wanted to know
the why and wherefore OF the tin can.
Well" said the Scotsman, its like
this After a bad shot or two the cad
die tees the can and / give IL smack.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

The cordial attitude OF Germans to-
ward United States troops shows what
American influence can do II permitted
to operate unhindered on its own natu-
raj lines of frankness and conciliation.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Thousands Of strangers crowded the
church where funeral services were
conducted for a motion picture player
whose life had been wrecked by drugs.
Hero worship takes strange forms. In
this case the demonstration Of interest
was not necessarily morbid. but may
have been due to a sympathetic senti-
ment as generous as It was futile.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
boil WEEvIL CAUSES
ABANDONMENT OF SOUTH.

am quite sure that there is not
a senator on this floor who fully ap-
preciates the disastrous results of the
impending destruction Of the south
ern cotton crop. In the state OF
South Carolina I venture to assert
ants have left the state. / am in
formed that they have gone to the
northern and middle Atlantic states.
Senator Smith, South Carolina. dem
ocrat.
DIGGING Up IRVING STREET.
LIE: us take Irving street. on which
live. 1t was dug up during the
early fall three or four times, re-
paired and resurfaced. and the next
week it was dug up again from END
to end. 1t was somewhat repaired.
and then a lot of holes were dug in
it two or three weeks later. There
is no government except the govern
ment of the District of Columbia that
would tolerate such wasteful ex-
penditure of money.-Senator Cara
way, Arkansas, democrat.
REGULATION OF RADIO
RATES COMING.
l think there is no question but
that the time will come when II Will
be just as important and Just as
proper to fully regulate this service
er functions they perform as IL is to
regulate the railroads and the tele-
graphs and the telephones.-Repre
sentative Davis, Tennessee.
A FAIR RATE OF INTEREST.
If Great Britain wants a longer
time for these bonds to run than the
twenty-five years. 1 for one have no
objection to giving her longer time
but in so far as the rate of interest
Is concerned, fixed by the last act OF
Congress at Az per cent. that should
be satisfactory to our British friends.
1t is just about the rate at which
we borrowed the money from the
American people to lend to Great
Britain. The rate fixed should cer-
tainly not be less than the rate at
which we borrowed. If 1t should be,
then we will be unfair and unjust to
the American taxpayers.-Senator Nc
Kellar, Tennessee, democrat.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

1t Is claimed that some Of the films
are anti-American in sentiment. A
great many more are anti-American
in taste.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

The Ruhr workmen are as angry
when a respected owner of the fac
tories is fined as If he were a regular
labor leader.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Automobiles are not promoters of
brotherly love. Many pedestrians hate
motorists and most motorists fear one
another.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

France may undertake to demon
strate to the Ruhr region the some
what delicate distinction between an
occupation and siege.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

German laboratories may be inclined
to study the possibilities of war as
coal.tar product.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Trotsky has quit writing books.
Sovietism is becoming conservative to
an extent that might compel him to
disagree with himself.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

New Jersey is beginning to claim
that the coast fishermen are too busy
with liquid bait to catch any fish.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

The ex.kaiser having quarreled with
the rest of the world should not be
surprised at an occasional difference
in his own family.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Valentine Of Awfulness.
There's a gentleman who should re-
ceive attention
When the valentines are flying far
and near.
1t is needless any special names to
mention,
For his kind Is quite as numerous
as queer.
He's the actor who, regardless Of the
story
Or the line of parts in which he
should engage.
Will make foot ball rush to grab the
glory
And always wants the center Of the
And the fiapper in the chorus tells the
hacker
That tho leading lady's punk as
Juliet,
And the role cannot be made cracker.
jacker
Unless interpreted by a soubrette.
st. Valentine, do not forget the lady
Who threatens to be falling in a rage
And make each joyous moment fierce
ly shady,
Unless she gets the center Of the
stage.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Sovietism preserves the old name Of
something that has evoluted into
Leninism,
Evening star., 1923-01-27

The lady who won $4,000 10 worth
more than that sum to Monte Carlo as
an advertisement tor the game.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

MAsQuerAde.
Concealment we must often take to
task
In life's uncertain and peculiar
game. =.
I'd rather have q foe who wears Q
mask
Than a pretended friend who does
the same.
Evening star., 1923-01-27
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Evening star., 1923-01-27
Proper Name.

"What is your new servants manner"
"Anthracite. We call 'em all that.
They're hard to set and don't last
long"
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Accommodation.
"Your speeches are pretty dry"
"welI," answered Senator Sorghum,
chats the kind of constituency I've
got"
Jud Tunkins says he likes poetry
because it sounds good whether 1t
makes sense or not.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

"Findin' fault" said Uncle Eben,
"is like findin' counterfeit money.
Tain worth de trouble Of piskin' It
up"
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Eighteenth amendment is now
called the leak OF nations.-WalI
Street Journal.
Evening star., 1923-01-27

The Evening star. with the Sunday morning
EDITION, h delivered by carriers within the city
ut % cents per month: daily only. - cents per
month: Sunday only. 20 cents psr month.
5000. Collection is made BY carriers at the
end Of each mouth
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Still water runs deep, but the
sleuths hnd 1t occasionally.-Roch
ter Herald,
Evening star., 1923-01-27
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Evening star., 1923-01-27

Many readers who always look for
Katherine Fullerton Gerould's essays or
short stories in the Atlantic Monthly
and other magazines and who enjoyed
her novel Of last season., Lost Valley"
will be interested In her newly published
collection Of stories, called valiant
Dust" The stories are taken from the
authors contribution to magazines dur
ing the past seven or eight years, and
deal In her usual style with somewhat
morbid real life situations
Evening star., 1923-01-27

Washington now has the distinction
Of having more wheels per capita
than any other city in the world. and
all the per capita wheels are not in
side the capita either. We gained
37.6 per cent last year, while the
whole country gained only 1877 per
cent. At the present rate of increase
we may soon need a municipal pipe