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Palisadian., 1923-05-11
Important!

Public Service maintains Bureau OF Home
Economics to which you may direct any ques-
ton or apply for information concerning the
uses of any gas or electric appliance, or help
solve any housekeeping problem.
You can reach this free service bureau by
applying to the Public Service store nearest
you.
We will inspect and regulate your gas ap-
pliances without charge upon request. Call
Order Department
Palisadian., 1923-05-11
Reach,no Upward.

No man In daily life ought TO be
satisfied with what life now Is: he
ought every day 10 be looking for.
ward to some Of the possible improve
ments.-Edward Everetf Hale.
New Britain herald., 1923-10-11

The following comparisons speak volumes for The which our
BANKING SERVICE appreciated by the people Of New Britain
Evening star., 1923-12-13
A National Rose Garden.

The national rose garden which is
being established In Potomac Park
will be visited by many more citizens
and strangers than pay an annual
call OH the government chrysanthe-
NUNS or attend other public flower
shows in the government greenhouses
at the Capital. The national rose
garden will probably give pleasure
to even more people than the spring
display of the japanese cherry trees.
Many persons believe that the rose
is the leader in the kingdom OF flow
ers. Men and women who have no
scientific or commercial interest in
flowers think that the rose in frag
rance, color. form, number of va
rieties and other points is the most
interesting flower. But whether the
rose is most beautiful or only lovely,
It has hosts Of ardent friends and, as
public exhibition of flowers in Wash
ington always draws great numbers
OF people, it is certain that the ma
tional rose garden in an easily acCes-
siDle part Of Potomac Park, and pre-
senting an open-air show from May
till October, will be popular.
a good many years ago govern
ment rose garden was established on
the Arlington experiment farm of the
Department of Agriculture. This has
prospercd and many persons visit 1t,
but the garden IS in an off-the-Toad
situation and Is not well advertised.
Beside this, the Arlington garden Is
not Il show" place, but a test gar
den, and Prof. Mulford OF the depart
ment, who is one Of Americas dis
tinguished rosarians and is the
father" Of the Arlington establish
ment, has said that it is primarily a
test garden, where experiments are
conducted with hundreds Of rose va
rieties every year and (which is in
no way adapted for show purposes
since it usually presents u ragged and
rather slovenly appearance, due to
the various stages OF the tests
The garden which will be developed
i'll Potomac Park is to be primarily
a rose show garden and it will be
highly popular with the public. 1t
has been said that there are only two
other public rose show gardens in
this country, one being at Hartford,
Conn, and which is sometimes visited
by $4,000 people on pleasant Sundays,
and the other at Portland, Greg.
which city, because of its climate and
it's adaptability TO rose culture and
the interest Of it's people in roses,
calls itself the Rose city
The national rose garden will be
developed by the office of public build
ings and grounds In cooperation with
the American Rose Society and the
American Horticultural Society.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Member OF the Associated Press
Radio at the Conventions.

Already plans are being proposed
OF the republican national convention
in Cleveland next June. 1t Is proposed
TO install transmitters that will send
TO millions of people every word
spoken. This will easily be the most
important radio achievement since
the wireless" was devised.
What is done at Cleveland will
probably be done also at Chicago, or
New York, or wherever the democrats
hold their nominating meeting. Thus
she country will get an "earful" at
the outset of the campaign. All the
nominating speeches will be heard
word by word. All the discussion on
the subject of the platform will go
1orth to vast multitude. The
cheers will ring from one end of the
country to the other. The balloting
will be recorded vote by vote and
doubtless millions of pencils will keep
tab on the changes in case of q con-
test.
radio users in the United States to-
day-and that number will probably
increase materially in the next six
nonths-it is plain to see that this
Use Of the radio will greatly quicken
interest in the campaign. This will
be a good thing for the country. 1t
is most desirable that all the people
should be concerned in the matter of
the selection of u President and q
Vice President and the formulation
OF policies by the major parties. If
radio works TO that end and the peo-
pie go 10 the polls in proportion to
the amount Of political information
broadcast during the months OF the
campaign d record vote will be record
ed in November.
OF course, there will be disappoint-
Tnents in this radio service from the
conventions. Not all the delegates
who speak will have good voices for
transmission. Broadcastiug is some
what of an art, and men and women
ere carefully chosen for this service,
their enunciation, and with some
training in clear speech. While per-
haps every man who takes the floor
at Cleveland, or at Chicago or else
where, may fancy himself as an
orator, some may fall far short OF the
requirements.
But even 50. a general broadcast
Ing Of convention proceedings will
mark an interesting development in
the political history OF the United
States. 1t will acquaint a great num-
Der Of people with the questions at
Issue. 1t will stimulate thought and
provoke discussion. And thought and
discussion are the life currents Of the
republic.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
The Big Fight Is On.

The republican national committee
has set in motion the machinery for
the national convention in 1924 to
November elections Of that year and
frame a platform upon which the
republican party is to appeal to the
electorate. The campaign may be
said actually to have commenced with
the issuance yesterday of the call for
the convention. Cleveland gets the
convention away from Chicago, which
has entertained 1t for many years.
The democrats will meet January
Is to choose their convention city and
Chicago is already prepared, 1t is said.
to outbid all competitors for the priv
ilesc. The republican convention will
meet June 10 and the democrats prob
ably fortnight later. So, If the DEM
ocrats do go to Chicago, there will
be lively times on the great lakes in
the merry month Of June.
In the republican ranks the dele
gate-hunting in behalf of the presi-
dental candidates will be accelerated
since the state and territorial appor-
tionment has been fixed The south
will have disproportionate representa-
tion, as usual. The committee was
''all set" for reduction, but was met
with the statement that negroes who
had migrated north would take it
out" of the republican party in the
north If the reduction were made.
Evening star., 1923-12-13

tional government and The states.
Replanting Is carried on in the case
Of burnt-over and cut-over lands.
1t is noted from time to time that
numbering companies and paper mills
owning timber tracts are replanting
as they cut. In several European
countries before the war, notably in
France and Germany, timber, even
on private land, could not be cut with
out government warrant and for
every tree cut one must be planted.
In the region around Washington
one sees on a small scale the loss
resulting from wanton numbering.
Tracts of pine and oak are cut for
immediate profit and the land is left
as stump and brush land. Generally
il is Of no value for farming. Cost
of clearing the land in many cases
would be more than the land is worth.
Even If cleared, plowed and planted,
the soil might be so poor as not to
return a profit even on the cost of
planting, cultivating and harvesting.
Left to stumps and brush, the land
does not produce another crop Of mer-
chant timber. Taxes must be paid
on it and usually this land causes
annual loss to the owner. The as.
sessment valuation goes down and the
tax which the state can collect from
the owner decreases. Many thousands
of acres of this kind of land may be
seen in the Potomac. Patuxent and
Rappahannock valleys and other
parts of the country not far from
Washington.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Inaccuracies Charged
In Article by F. W. Vile
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star: ~
The Star is requested to publish thu
following correction to several state-ES
ments published on page twenty-five,
Of The Star for Friday, November 3o.Sd
IN the article of Frederic william
Vile. =
The National Council for the Pre.s
vention of War is financed 100 pe~
cent by Americans, not from abroadaS
as intimated in the article. The Na-~7R
tional Council spent $4,000 in tHo
past year and not S250,000, as stated4
In the article. The major portion xfS
last years amount was spent in tkf&4r
city. Mr.. Vile was wrong in statir1gtH
that the appeal for S1,o00,oo0 was tor
the National Council. Mr.. Libby nadSs
no appeal for the National CouncsN
alone to receive the sl,0e0,000, which
amount was TO apply for the peace
movement in America generally. and
to specific organizations to be named
by the contributor. The National
Council never advocated abolishiug
the Army and Navy, not even by eN-
ample.
The writer considers Mr.. Wile's,
article entirely unfair to the hup-i
dreds of Washingtonians who con-
tribute to the support of the National
Council, and requests that the present
statement be published by way OF corr
rection. j. AUSTIN STONE
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Potomac Park Barracks.

Removal OF the old barracks build
ings in Potomac Park is in prospect.
This Improvement has been in pros
pect for several years, but it is now
said that the shabby wooden buildings
will soon bc taken down, and the park
space they occupy will be restored to
It's normal use. When vacated by
troops these buildings were used for
storage of government property, most
Of which was Office furniture used in
the departments during the war. This
stock has been considerably reduced
by sale and absorption by the govern
ment's clerical force. Ten of the old
structures are now empty and will be
wrecked, and lumber in some of them
will be used in building barracks at
Boiling Field. The remainder of the
buildings will stand in the park until
the general supply committee OF the
Treasury has no further use for them.
Then they will disappear. The aspect
OF East Potomac Park will be much
improved by the passing Of the old
structures. They served a very I'M
portant purpose, but long ago they
became an eyesore.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

better Judgment II they would read
official documents for themselves ana
not trust altogether to some one
else's Interpretation.
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Typographical errors are stranger
than fiction. A Washington morning
paper published a dispatch from
London reporting that Premier Bald
win was spending the first weak
end" after his recent defeat in So
liloquy in the country. The same
day . New York paper, commenting
upon Coolidge's reluctance person
ally to declare his political inten-
tons, observed that nevertheless, II
was expected "the next ten years
would bring forth such a statement
Who will challenge Mr.. Coolidge's
reputation for caution after that an
nouncement?
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There's a wonderful typewriting
y street. 1t takes two men to lif,
1t and no one on Ambassador Hani-
hara's staff knows how to manipu-
late it. There are no fewer than
2,450 Chinese characters In the ma
chine. each fitted into small square
compartments and consisting OF an
individual metal type. The compart-
ments are separated by thin copper
partitions. The characters are spread
over a fixed horizontal tray OF steel
A simple mechanism picks up one
type and raises it against the paper
then drops II back into its compart-
ment. The machine is manufactured
under both Japanese and American
patents. but IL would require q COM
bination Of old-fashioned typesetter
(like Arthur Capper), skillful to the
nth degree, plus a superathlete (like
Jack Dempsey to work II.
{Copyrfght, 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Sees America Losing
Strength by Disuse

To the Editor OF the Star:
Much is being said about Americas
great moral power. May / put some
questions to our glib isolationists?
Should we not rather speak Of our
moral opportunity, leaving the moral
power to be proven? Are not power
and impulse inseparable? How else
are we to recognize power than by
action? And granted 1t exists at the
outset, what of that terrible law of
forfeiture by disuse? Does not that
law operate in the province of NOR
ais? We cannot preserve our moral
power unemployed-unapp to the
vital world problems OF the hour. If
We d. 'ot use 1t We shall lose It, and
there no escaping this.
Our vast resources of territory,
population and gold constitute but
the measure of our opportunity. II
not exercised for the risht--solely
for the sake of right-they will be
but the measure Of our moral weak
ness.
Supposing also that 1t were possi-
BILE to store idle power. for what are
we boarding IL? When for instance.
could our weight thrown In the scale
mean more for humanity than in
dealing with the Turk in Armenia.
or than by graphing with the causes
of misery that threaten the world,
through Europe, today?
If we cannot be sincere and wor'hy
champions of the higher civilization.
righteous hypocrisy; let US be as
frank as the savage or even as the
money-lender who hangs out his sign
MARY LOUISA ANDERSON.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN

Q. At the Gridiron Club dinner, 1t
was announced that eleven sons Of
Presidents were present, and that
there were eleven others living who
were unable to come. Those present
were three Roosevelts, four Garfields.
two Tafts and two Coolidges. Who
were the absent ones?-R. M. K.
A. Those declining invitations were:
DR.. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, B. Gardl-
ner Tyler. Russell B. Harrison, u. S.
Grant. Jesse r. Grant, Webb Hayes,
Chester A. Arthur. Robert Todd Lin
coin. Richard Folsom Cleveland
Francis Grover Cleveland. Webb
Hayes declined both for himself and
for his brother.
Q. Did the clock in the old Capitol
building, 1st and A streets northeast,
come originally from Westminster
Abbey?-J. f. B.
A. The National woman's Party
says that the clock in the old Capitol
oualns which dasa is now It's head
times. 1t did not come from West
minister Abbey, but from Warwick
Castle, England. 1t has a full set of
Westminster chimes. The case is
made OF old English black oak, and is
hand-carved. depicting the visit of
Queen Elizabeth to the castle.
G. What is the name OF the man
who writes under the name Of
"Achnned Abdullah" ?--F. S. r.
A. Capt. Syyed shaykh Achmed Alb
duliah Nodir Khan el-Iddrissyieh sl
Duran. The captain was born in
kabul, Afghanistan.
Q. What is corn sugar?-G. r.
A. This is high-grade sugar made
from corn. Such sugar consists large
ly of dextrose.
Q. Why IL the meridian passing
through Philadelphia called the nth
principal mertdian?-J. OBJ.
A. The zero meridian of longitude,
those arbitrarily assumed lines run
ming on arcs OF great circles from
pole to pole. passes through Green
wich. England. East and west from
this point distance is measured in
degrees Of longitude. Every fifteen
degrees of longitude represents one
hour OF time change. These fifteen
degree lines are called principal me-
ridians and thus the seventy-fifth
meridian, which passes through
Philadelphia, is called the fifth prin-
SlpdI
How long is q check good II. II.
A. The time limit on checks differs
In the various states. In the District
OF Columbia check is good for three
years.
Q. How many cities IN the United
States operate Piggly Wiggly stores?
&C. F. VI.
A. At the present time this COM
pany IS operating in twenty-five or
thirty cities.
Q. In what section of the United
states are the farms most prosper
ous?-J. NJ. ".
A. The National Grange says that
this year the cotton belt is by far
the most prosperous agricultural Sec
tion Of the country. Wool and cattle
Industries rank next to cotton. while
wheat is feeling a considerable de-
preston.
Q. Who suggested that a FIVE
pointed star be used on our fag?-
c. NJ.
A. Betsy Ross, who made the first
nag, offered the suggestion that five
pointed stars be used IN the design
instead Of six-pointed ones
Evening star., 1923-12-13
SHOOTING STARS.
Ely PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Harmony.

harmony.
We're goin' TO have some harmony
at Pohick on the Crick.
The instruments are fine. Wen learn
to play 'em purity quick.
We have flutes and ukuleles and the
talents simply grand;
But the bass drum and the cymbals,
just at present, rule the band.
The saxophone is groTlin' and the
old cornet is shrill.
The tunin' up was awful and the con-
cert's sadder still.
For everybody's set on havin' his es-
pecial way,
Without agreement as to what selec-
tions they will play.
But after while We'll weary and We'll
all be short of breath,
And we'll see that no musician ought
to work hisself to death
To drown the others out, with noise
that makes the audience kick
And then we'll have some harmony
at Pohick on the Crick.
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Forestry.

One of the subjects discussed by
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association at its sessions here is
reforestauon. This question concerns
not only lumber interests, but the
American people as a whole. Progress
is being made, but we were late in
beginning work and it is doubtful if
as much progress is being made as
conditions demand. The governments
reforestation policy is sound and sew
eral Of the states have taken over
forest and denuded areas and are car
rying out forest policies. In the mat
ter Of forest areas the general poliey
is to cut no more than the annual
timber growth, so that the supply
may be constant, and by judicious
cutting to facilitate growth Of re.
manning timber. Protection Of stand
ing timber from FIRE Is an important
part Of the forest policy, Of the ma
Evening star., 1923-12-13


=. Who first had the title OF p~inne
minister OF England?--E. NJ
A The title Of prime minister IA
England was first used OF Sir Robert
Waipole, who was In office from l72A
TO l742: BY this time ministers we-g
pelns CHOSEN from one political party,
and they had begun TO act together'
SO that they obtained the name of
the ministry. Their leader was then
caiied the premier or prime minister,
rms titie was not recognized by law
until 1905.
Q. When was the English labor
party formed?-M. II. a.
A. The independent labor party vas
orga nized in England In 1893. There
nave Deen labor members of parlia.
ment, however, continuously since
1874. when Thomas Burt, the Northum-
berland miner. was elected
Q. What were the Mississippi /
dragons?-P. c.
A. Two devil-llke monsters paintaa
ard carved o. the face n Gin
eighty feet above the Misslssinpi
river near Alton. ILL.,. were discovered
by the French explorers NJ rquette
known as the ''Piasa petroglyph" 10
archeologistS and were commonly
, called the Mississippi dragons. They
were ranked as the finest example
OF early Indian art. and many legends
were told 10 account for them Mar
quette described them as being "as
large as calf. with horns on tho
mead ike deer, fearful look red
eyes. bearded like tiger the face
somewhat like Il mans. th. body COW
cred with scales and the tail so long
tnat II twice makes turn Of tho
BODY, passing over the head and down
between the legs. and ending at last
IN a hsh's tail" The painting was
4 q. o. F,,s. IL -,
cliff and remained there until 1856 or
81, when limestone workers quarrled
back into the bluff and destroyed IL.
@. How much dead weight gradual.
ly applied would be required to pull
a. NJ
A. A standard cut spike. used by
the Pennsylvania railroad west, re-
quired 9,72O pounds to draw it from
, white oak tie.
r. c. V.
A. Meliorlsm is the belief that the
Improvement of the world by human
effort is not only possible. but that
such improvement is a law Of evolu-
ton. The term was first used by the
novelist George Eliot.
Q. Is there a town or city that is
situated One-ndII IN france ana one .
half in Belgium e. y.
A Commines, France. and Conn
mines, Belgium, are towns situated
on opposite sides of the River Lys,
and in ancient days they formed q
single town.
9. Who invented condensed milk?
p. Y.
A. The first application Of prac-
ticai process for condensing milk was,
made by Gail Borden of Norwich, !
" Y, who began his experiments in
1851, and applied for 4 patent IN
1853. which was first refused, but finally
granted August I9. 1856.
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By this paper, TO handle the inquiries
Of our readers, and you are inrIted
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Star Information BnreGu, 1920 North
EdDi[Ol street J
Evening star., 1923-12-13
Held Presidents Message
Leaves No Issue I'm Doubt

combe. Mr.. Coolidge called spade
a spade with a great deal OF delib-
Grafton and the utmost franknesse
and when he finished his speech Con-
gress knew just where he stands
and. what is even more important,
where he expects Congress to stand
on the great legislative issues now
confronting it."
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This is also the opinion OF the MI
waukee Journal Independently. which
without oratory, without much argu- :
ment, without great warmth. leaves
what he intends to say very clear.
How far will Mr.. Coolidge go IN fight
ing for the things he approves and
against what he condemns-in giving
leadership 70 Congress which does
leadership" In reply to the latter
query the Springfield Republican Gin
dependenD says the President has
taken the helm with a firm hand"
and 1t holds that he will insist on his
policies being given the consideration
they deserve by Congress- 1t is, as
the Syra cuse Herald independently
sees il, 1.-The address of a Yankee
President who is more anxious to
reach sensible conclusions than to
Lynchburg News (democratic) feels
the message affords little comfort 20
the radical wing of the republican
party; it will doubtless find much IA
vor among the leaders with whom 4
VIII likely reside the power to con-
troll the next republican national con-
Vention as well as decisive majority
OF the republican membership of tho
present Congress. If this end is ac-
complished it is fair TO assume that
Mr.. Coolidge will experience abur-
dant satisfaction"
The Newark News Nndependent)
feels the message shapes definite
policy as to domestic issues" while J
the foreign policy is plain. but
doesn't fit panegyrics" The entt-a
document, in the opinion OF the Lin
coin Star independently, "merits
warm commendation," because IL
deals with the program upon which
President Coolidge expects to go be-
fore the country as a candidate FOR
election in 1924. Upon it he must riser
or fall, and he has made his position
clear upon all important questions
without attempting to reconcile them
to the known sentiments of largo
groups and blocs throughout the
country" The Salt Lake City Deseret
News independently tells it's readers:
Read the message. 1t is easy read
ing and will serve to make every ono
better acquainted with President
Coolidge and with what he regards,
as of paramount Importance for tro 4
0atfon at the present time"