Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-22
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

Perhaps the occupant of the flivver
was lucky that he was not required
to deposit 81 for blocking traffic, but
he escaped by turning aside. barred
from closer approach to the cere-
monies, although he was president of
the memorial commission, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court and former
President of the United States
only royalty against whom it is I'M
safe to commit lese majestic is the
traffic verger"
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Anybody can plan a house with
bare walls making rooms. but not
everybody can remember that bare
walls do not make a home. 1t takes
a woman to think of the closets.
Once there was a bishop WHO had
read che histories Of many cathedrals
and he came to the conclusion that
the real part of building a cathedral
was the erection of its towers.
Therefore. when he was put in charge
of the erection of a cathedral he de
eided that nothing shculd be done on
the main building until the towers
were completed.
In just that way housewives who
are wise and experienced would do
well to insist that all the closets
should be finished before anything
| Is done on the den" or even the
| bedrooms and dining room. The
| plays the thing" said Shakespeare,
and the modern housewife para
| phrases that to The closets are the
home"
Secretary of Labor Davis. who is
| member OF the National Council for
| Better Homes in America. seems TO
| coincide with the above suggestions.
for he says:
THE campaign for better homes in
| America is a woman's campaign.
| They are taking stock OF themselves
/ to see how they fill their side of the
| bill. The best American wage earn
| ers know that the pay check at the
end of the week belongs to the
family. They also know that $40
a. week wage does not do as we'll in
some families as a s35-a-week wage
does in some others"
Experienced builders warn the
novice not to undertake to build
without plans fully worked out and
drawn in detail. 1t Is the extras and
| changes which mount up beyond all
! comprehension when they have not
been carefully thought out and count
ed as to cost.
| June 4 to 10 Is the time set apart
all over America for the special study
of better homes. and the study is
| fostered by chambers OF. commerce
and "mothered" by women's clubs
| everywhere.
There is not the slightest contro-
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| veterans Bureau in connection with
| the doctors shocking disclosure that
| there are now some 10000 veterans
F, in prisons under conviction for
crimes fer which they were not men
tally capable of being responsible.
| Director Hines says that the bureau
Ia aware of the conditions and is at
| work trying to persuade state au-
! thofities to release the prisoners
| that they may be cared for in the
bureaus hospitals 1t is impossible,
/ he says, for federal authorities to in
! terfere with state jurisdiction. lie
| is. therefore. seeking the co-opera-
| ton of the states, but in many cases,
he says, the bureau fnds the state
| officials in conflict with federal au-
| therity, even when it is for the good
| of the veteran. While this statement
| was not intended to apply TO pr.
Lorenz, the head OF the Wisconsin
state Psychiatric Hospital. it may
apply to wisconsin courts, and 1t
| may be of assistance to Dr. Lorenz
toward aiding him in gaining re-
| form in his own state. The disclosure
| of conditions by Dr.. Lerenz will do
| great good all over the country, 1T is
| said at the bureau.
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Some burglar, whose identity is
unknown, stole all the false teeth
from a dentists showcase. and The
police seemed baffied to find the motive.
IL this were in the midst of a politi-
cal campaign the solution would be
easier, for there has been at times
much talk about the need Of put
ting teeth into certain legislation
Maybe the thief is a statesman.
Copyright, 1923. by P. V. ccllnsl
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