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Evening star., 1923-04-25
Not q Party Issue.

President Harding, in his address
yesterday, coura geously challenged
the opponents of the International
Court Of Justice to make 1t q party
question, and his elucidation Of the
subject clearly proved that they and
their followers have no ground for
justification in threatened split Of
the republican party. Il do not hold it
menace to the unity Of any political
party" declared the President. 1T is
not to be classed az a party question.
but il any party, repeatedly advocat-
ing world court. is to be rended by
the suggestion Of an effort to perform
in accordance with its pledges 1t needs
a new appraisal Of its assets"
The President is right. The repub-
lican leaders who apprehend a split
do not correctly interpret the temper
of the country. il is believed, and the
President in this instance has keener
instinct than the so-called hard
boiled" politicians. There is nothing
in the pending propoeal that contra
NCHt5 tiC Spii IL vi ltiC Gicllci ave WIKI
in 1920 it upheld the republican party's
opposition to entry into the league Of
nations by majority of seven million.
The situation next year may not be
unlike that in 1896, when there were
silver republicans and silver demo-
Gratis, but the preponderance OF senti-
ment was for sound money. The
President proposes an objective which
it is believed the great mass of the
people favor, a step toward interna-
tional peace-keeping without the Inn
rairment of American sovereignty and
national independence.
1t is pertinent to inquire of the
threatened party -splitters where would
they go if they left the republican
party; to the extreme Wilson league
Of nations faction OF the democratic
party? Or, II that faction does not
control in the making of the demo
cratic national platform, would they
resort to a modified league plan?
II the republican party does split
over this question it will do itself to
death by its own hand, as it did in
1912, and will deserve its fate
Evening star., 1923-04-25

going on, while London musicians are
| planning to observe On May 3 the
| hundredth anniversary Of the public
! singing of Home. Sweet Home" and
! there will be observance Of the CEN
I; tenary in this country.
There are ties between Washington
city and John Howard Payne Of which
some of, our newer citizens do mot
know. Payne began touring the east
and south as an actor in 1903, when
he was eighteen years old. and ap-
peared in Washington. He went to
England in 1918, was actor and play
wright, and fame came to him through
became well known in Washington in
the early '40s. before being appointed
United States consul to Tunis, and on
his recall in 1S45 he was a familiar
figure here while seeking appointment
to more agreeable post. He was re-
appointed to Tufls, where he died in
1862.
Time did not stale Home, Sweet
Home 1t became more popular as
the years passed. 1t was played and
sung in every home, and the great
artists among musicians sang and
played it. In the early SOS ". w.
Corcoran OF this city conceived the
plan Of removing Payne's remains
from Tunis to Washington, and they
were inferred at Oak Hill cemetery
o. ~~-,y
and distinguished honors. All the mill.
tary and civic organizations that could
be brought together here followed the
hearse. The President. cabinet, JUS
tees of the Supreme Court, judges OF
the District courts and hundreds OF
dignitaries in church. state, Army and
Navy attended the service. A marble
monument topped by bust Of Payne
stands above his grave.
Evening star., 1923-04-25

To the Editor of The Star;
There was a certain article in the
editorial page of The Star a week or
two ago entitled War and Wise
Women" signed by Edward Berwick,
which I do not believe should pass
unanswered.
find that Edward Berwick, if he is
the same one who wrote this article,
is a resident OF Pacific Grove, Calf,
and has long been connected with
Utopian world-peace societies that /
feel are responsible for spreading a
certain lot of propaganda, conceived
in fallacy, that has done this country
inestimable harm In the past. feel
that the efforts Of his societies and
other like organizations are the direct
result Of our not being prepared any
better than we were for the world
war in which we became involved in
1917. Consequently, we can trace the
useless expenditure of billions and
the loss of many Of the lives of our
younger fighting generation, the cost
of unpreparsdness, to this same Mr..
b0TW1Ch anu olNCAo VI
tality With the facts of this cost
Of unprsparedness so recently fixed
in our minds. cannot realize how
such misguided individuals still re-
tain the unmitigated gall and quasi
disloyalty that must be involved in
the writing Of such an article.
Between April, 1917. and November,
1918, We did not hear much from Mr..
Berwick and his associates. Those
who actually did raise their voices
in expressing such sentiments were
quickly incarcerated, together with
the Eugene Debs type and the So
called German-American agitators
who were promptly and rightly class
ed as traitorously inclined. But now
there are some OF these who have
come back in force and are hoping
to hoodwink the entire country. by
coupling their fanaticism with the
ostentatious desire for economy, the
same type Of economy that has
proved to be 50 costly. in the past and
that will continue to be even more
costly in the future.
DueIl0 Not Abolished.
In Mr.. Berwick's latest written ef-
fort, to. which ! am referring, he
ingenuously makes the following
statement: 1--WE have abolished the
dusllo between individuals as impos-
Evening star., 1923-04-25
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM

Blessed is the bald brother. He 10
the advance guard OF q higher civili-
cation.
In the far future. all men will be
bald-unless evolution jumps, cog
and the human race settles down to
contented and unprcgressive old
age.
This balm for the bald is furnished
by Washington, scientist, DIR. Ales
Hrdlicka, who knows the human
head. For five years he measured
heads, thirty-four centuries old. among
the wind blown sands in the silent
Valley or the Kings, where Carnarvon
gained his glory and lost his life.
More recently he has measured them,
still with beauty blessed, upon the
shoulders of thousand American
women.
Being a scientist gives a man privi-
leges and immunities. A mere man
would not dare refer to these women
as old. But DR.. Hrdiicka is curator
Of anthropoIogy In the National Mu-
scum. Smithsonian Institution. and
one of the leading scientists, in his
IneSe
women old Americans-and gets by
with it,
But he appeals to their pride and
ancestry. What he means is that
they are OF old American stock, that
all or their ancestors for about 900
years have been born in America.
1t is dangerous thing and un-
seemly to mention women and bald
ness the same day-but wait a min
ute.
Badness" says DR.. Hrdlicka. ..is
simply a part Of the trend of evolu-
tion in civilized humanity. Nature
does not long tolerate what has be-
come useless. Civilized man no
longer uses his hair. Nature takes
II away from him.
once in a while, there is a bald
headed savage. but he was scalped by
somebody or something. II il wasn't
his neiEhbor in the next jungle, II
was disease in his own hut. Savases
use their hair, do not constantly cut
IL away. and nature let's them keep
t-until they become civilized
Does he mean that the head with
the high gloss really contains more
brain power than the one that tosses
q tousled name?
He does not answer directly. In
stead he runs his fingers through the
graying strands combed back over
the top of his own head
early grayness. too" he goes on.
is a sign of advancing civilization.
one OF the things that happen to
mar when 1t is not used. But il is
not quite SO sure an index to advance
ment as badness. Other things may
cause it--worry. hardship, lons-con-
tinued hunger. fright"
Is It true that hair grows white in
night of horror?
pr. Hrdlicka buzzes the buzzer. A
door. Ate
Bring me-" he says, that letter
Evening star., 1923-04-25

from Gen. Greely-the one written
last year on Cosmos Club stationery.
She does; and here is the story.
forty and lit At. His Ii hair wv was Is dark
brown, without silver thread. 1t
remained that way to the fag-end Of
the trip. Then he nearly starved.
When he was rescued at Cape Sa-
bine In 1884 his hair was white as
wool. But In that case the bleaching
covered q period of weeks, at least.
Does hair turn white in a night?
'Oh, it does says Dr. Hrdlicka.
People wonder how the coloring mat
ter gets out of the hair so quickly.
The answer is. it does not Air bub-
bles get in, and they have the same
enect, 30 far as color is concerned" !"
DR.. Hrdlicka explains, however.
that frightwhite is not q fast color.
The air bubbles gradually get out
Gen. Greely's hair was brown again
within year after he got home.
In other words, when you get badly
frightened you have "a rush of air
bubbles to the topknot. Maybe that's
what you feel when your hair stands
on end
The recent measuring of skulls of
old Americans-men were included.
too-shows that more than half the
American men of the old stock are
bald in some degree. But-and prob
ably this should be printed in whis-
per type-it shows that American
women get bald, too.
They: could not fool DR.. Hrdlicka.
There were no mitigating circum-
stances. such as switches. When he
measured the skulls of the Old
american women. they had their hair
conbed and hanging down their backs.
Aside from badness. here is some
thing else he found:
There are more lou. ,uapnan
than there are lowbrow men,
Also. there are more high-brow
women than there are high-broW
men. And the difference in favor of
the women is greater at this end of
the line than the difference in favor
or the men at the other What il
amounts to is that there are fewer
ordinary women than ordinary men
But, about badness" DIR. Hrdlicka a
goes on, women get bald. but not
to such an extent or in such numbers
as men. Already. there is what we
call a male-linked predisposition to
badness. which is inherited by men
but not by women Women use their
hair: they let it grow; the weight of
IT acts as a stimulant. But that may
change i'm the course of time-we may
have race of bald-headed women
some day"
Can't we start evolution on the
back track? world of bald women
is not to be thought of. How is it
likely to happen. anyhow?
Because says DR.. Hrdlicka, IF
girls keep on bobbing their hair-but
don't believe they will, do youo"
Who can tell? Where blows the
wind?
But. doctor" l persisted, If un-
used hair gradually fades from the
head. what about our unused, whis-
kers?'
He looked at me intently THAT. .
he said. lis another story
Evening star., 1923-04-25
John Howard Payne.

= 4 reproduction Of the home Of John
Howard Payne is being built near the
Sherman monument south of the
Treasury. The structure is to serve as
4 bureau Of information for Shrine
women during Shrine week. and as q
feature Of the better.home celebration
which is one Of Washington's coming
observancss. Later the John Howard
Payne house will be removed to an
either site, and there it will remain.
V The Joaquin Miller cabin is q place
;oe interest and pilgrimage to many
persons, and q reproduction OF the
New York home Of the author Of
Home, Sweet Home will be, q fea:
lure OF high sentimental and ,instruc-
'tional value, and it might. be the in
-spiration :. which would cause the
building at the capital Of duplicates OF
homes Of. Americans deserving such
honor. The construction Of . duplicate
Of the John Howsrd Payne home is
Evening star., 1923-04-25
"WAR AND WISE WOMEN

sible. why not an join the wise
women and outlaw war;" etc I Won
der how many actually believe that
the duello has ever been abolished.
We have never abolished it and never
will abolish 1t as long as human
nature remains the same. Mr.. Ber-
wick might have gone on and stated
that we had abolished murder, rob-
berry. ETC.. simply because we have
gone on record In statutory form as
being unanimously opposed to such
outlawry. The statutes, in effect are
successful in ''abolishing" nothing. II
the statutes actually would abolish it.
there would be no further need of our
large police and other forces and or
ganizations maintained for protec-
turned into factories and the iron
bars torn down TO furnish further
metals for industry.
Ideals and Practice.
1t Is a fine thing to be an ideahst.
we must all admit, but with it. all
let US be practical. Before we de-
stroy the jails and discharge our
police force let US be, certain that
human nature has changed to the ex-
tent that these safeguards will not
be necessary. Before we abolish our
armed defenses. let us be certain that
Utopia has been reached and that
our neighbors will not Immediately
take advantage of our helplessness,
for until the various elements that
60 to make up human nature have
radically changed, occasional war
will be as much a reality as an oc-
casional duel
In conclusion, I will answer Mr..
Berwick by saying that his appella-
tion of wise women" is being most
unwisely> bestowed. The true wise
women who have lately come to public
notice in this connection are the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Their stand, under the leadership OF
Mrs. Story and her associates, in
opposing the Mr.. Berwick type and
his wise women" will ever appear
as a happily merited rebuke at
critical period in the development. and
civilization Of our country when
sovietism and communism are spread
ing their tentacles in our midst under
guise of economy and Worldwide
humanitarisnisn. 9 -,
ARTHUR LONG PAXTON
Evening star., 1923-04-25

The soviet political department is
said to be subjecting Most Rev. DIR.
Tikhon to repeated electric shocks to
make him declare the soviet govern
ment is legal, and that communist
doctrines are compatible with the
highest religious principles. Electric.
ity is in most ways superior to the
burning pitch used by Nero. but it is
doubtful if, in this sort Of thing, it
will work any better. There are a
good. many inquiltors in one place.
and number Of martyrs in another,
who would be likely to testify as to it's
futility.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
Fire Risk and Water Lack.

Experience at the lumber yard fire
Sunday morning, in fighting which the
fire department was handicapped by
inadequate water supply-while the
adjacent suburban section was almost
completely deprived Of water-will, it
is believed, lead to a strong demand by
the Commissioners for large appro-
priations for new mains, not only in
that part Of the city, but elsewhere
No matter what the loss at that par
ticular fire, whether it was greater
than it would have been had more
water been available, the fact is plain
that the District is not at this time
adequately protected. Its water serv-
ice has been extended and developed
by piecemeal, and not with q view to
the growth Of the population ana the
spread Of business and habitation over
a long period. 1t has been spared a
great disaster by good fortune rather
than through the sufiiciency OF fire.
fighting means. 1t has an excellent
fire department, admirably manned,
and in the main we'll equipped with
apparatus. Its broad streets permit a
rapid response to alarms. Its lack of
industrial congestion lessons the risk
OF fire spread. General conditions IA.
vor it in its defense against this eie-
ment Of destruction. But in one par
ticular, ana that the most vital, the
supply Of water. without which fires
cannot be >subdued, it is deficient, and
through no fault Of the municipsl
executives, who have for years been
pleading with Congress on. this score.
Fire is not to be regarded as an in.
evitsble evil. 1t can be prevented.
Loss can be curtailed. 1t is all Z ques.
tion Of how much ID spent for protec.
ton and prevention. With. enough IRE
engines and firemen and water Wash.
Evening star., 1923-04-25


ington's losses could be Kept to q
negligible minimum. With the best of
apparatus and the largest fierce and
inadequate water, or . supply that
may fail in a big emergency, it is at
the mercy. immune as it is in general
terms, Of devastation beyond meas.
ure.
This is not merely a matter of local
concern. 1t is OF national importance.
For the government itself is involved,
in its buildings and records and in the
continuity OF its administrative work.
Let this matter be put before Congress
at the next session in such terms that
further neglect would be failure of
duty without the least excuse.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
Sir Knljoy.

Sang a song Of springtime;
Blossoms on the trees!
Birds prepare to waxble t
With the murmur Of the breeze.
Talked about the sunshine
That was soon to come
Couldn't get an answer from
Ny old friend, Mr.. Glumm.
He talked about the weather :
In most discourteous terms.
THE housefiy's drawing near he
said,
And likewise moths and germs
When trying. to be cheerful :,
You'd better far be>dumb,
Than start Q conversation with :.
Ny old friend, Mr.. Giumu. =
Evening star., 1923-04-25
IN A FEW WORDS.

Were it not for fear of what the
neiEhbors would say there would be
many more marriages go on the rocks
iE the divorce courts.--JUDGE SAM
UEL SILBERT Cleveland, Ohio).
If the German nation once discovers
that right can be victoriously defend
ed by passive resistance it never
again will wage war.
PROF. HANS DELBRUECK.
Correspondence is as definitely an
index of character as either verbal
expression or conduct
GEN. PENIlNG.
Evening star., 1923-04-25

The average daughter Of the aver
age household having been spoiled
from the. cradle up expects her hus-
band to go on with the performance.
--fDA BAILEY ALLEN.
!
L wish women would emancipate
themselves from q lot Of their foolish
notions. long for the day when they
will be free from their present obses-
sion to initiate men in everything
pR. ARTHUR HOLMES.
Mexico 10 l. land Of poverty, mas
querading ~ 4 land OF riches.
: SIS HENRI BRUERE.
Evening star., 1923-04-25

Diplomatic" read the newly ap.
proved special tags for motor vehicles
owned by representatives. of foreign
governments. Why not complete the
usual trio of adjectives and issue Con
gressional' for our guardians on the
hill and Residential for the rest of
us?
Evening star., 1923-04-25

Cincinnati starts off the base ball
season with an infield composed of
Fonseca, Bohne, Caveney and Pinelli.
Shades OF Donahue. Delehanty, Nc.
Bride and Conroy.
Evening star., 1923-04-25

Wonder how long it will take the
knights Of the road" to learn how to
stow themselves away on the new fly.
ing box cars"? Tough to be kicked off
Of one while it was in transit.
Evening star., 1923-04-25

: The Public Utilities Commission de.
clares the one-man cars are to stay"
That.is the objection so many people
have to them. T...
Evening star., 1923-04-25

A motor boat steered by a dead man
with bullet in his chest was lassoed
in. New York harbor. "Yo, Ho, Ho,
and q Bottle Of Rum
Evening star., 1923-04-25

A bunch Of New York six day
dancers was taken out to sea to avoid
police interference. Pity is that the
boat ever turned back.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
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Evening star., 1923-04-25

Friends Of the upbuilding OF the
merchant marine found comfort in
the Presidents declaration that the
administration does not intend
through pique Of disappointment at
the failure of Congress to pass the
merchant marine bill. to abandon the
fleet. 1t is to be operated as best
it may be under the limitations and
handicaps, but fleet shall keep the
seas.
Meanwhile it is to be expected tina.
the President will continue his rec
conditions and In his public addresses
will educsts the country on the
subject
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-03
AMERICAN GIRL CALLED AT
LOW EBB OF HISTORY
Pastor Declares They Are Despised
by Men for Haunting
Ways.

New York, July 26.-The American
girl is Eat the lowest ebb of her his
tory" the Rev. DR.. F. H. Knubel, pres
ident of the United Lutheran church
of the United States and Can
ada, declared today before sailing for
Germany to attend the world confer
ence of the Lutheran church.
american girls and young
women" he said, SHOULD mend their
ways, because the men despise them.
They drink cocktails, smoke cigarets
and altogether their conduct is shock
ing.
"The whole United States is very
immoral at present and I trust there
will be recovery very soon. The wom-
en- are no worse than the men but
they seem so because previously they
were so reserved. They should realize
that men hate them for Haunting in
decency. I believe much of this is
due to the exaggeration of the true
duty of women, namely, suffrage and
this new freedom.
"The religious life of America has
reached that stage when the people
are demanding of the leaders a more
positive fashion of expressing the
truth of religion"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-03
Think A lIIILE!.

Our census for 1920 shows that
Catholics in this country were that
year maintaining 16 universities with
1902 students, ia colleges with
139,996 students, 800 normal schools
with 1854 teacher-students, 164
seminaries with 11,19S students, 723
high schools with 129,838 students
and 7,412 elementary schools with
1,795,65S students, or total of S,73s
schools of all kinds, with 2,106,027
Students.
I In the maintenance of these schools
the Catholic church in the United
States spends one-third of her entire
income. Conducting them are $4,000
teachers of whom all but few have
forsaken the pleasures Of home,
family and society to dedicate their
whole lives to the work of education
for which they receive on the average
less than $400 per year.
Proof enough surely for any rea.
sonable person, that the Catholic
church does not keep her members
in ignorance and is not opposed to
their being educated!
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-03
ANALYzE?. WHY?

In Washington political circles this
week the result of the Minnesota
senatorial election and it's effect upon
both the major parties is the chief
topic of conversation since the news
became known that Magnus johnson,
Farmer-Labor candidate, was elected
to fill the place made vacant by the
death of Knute Nelson. At the Re-
publican national committees head
quaters John T. Adams, chairman,
has refused to make any statement
until after careful analysis of the
complete returns. With a plurality
of some $4,000 votes for Mr.. Johnson,
it would seem that Mr.. Adams will
not have a great deal more to say
after the conclusion of his analysis.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-03
BANK ON COWARDICE TO KILL
EDUCATION BILL.

The forthcoming Congress is al
ready aware of the hostility toward
the theory of national supervision of
education. The referendum of the
United States chamber of commerce
has disclosed a very pronounced dis
approval of the idea of creating a
federal department of education and,
in addition, the paternalistic ten
dency in government of which it is
an illustration has many outspoken
foes. There is not much doubt, there
fore, that the subject will be one of
extended controversy.
Politicians, who foresee a stormy
Congress ahead, are not inclined to
add to their troubles by taking up a
question of this kind if it can be
avoided.
It is not improbable, therefore, that
the department of education bill will
again be submerged in a deluge of
controversial legislation. But Con-
gress will be guided largely by the
hostility displayed toward it and the
objections made against it.-Catholic
News, New York.