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Evening star., 1923-05-10
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

The man who can take a running
jump into the dictionary and splatter
bigh-toned language-he gets his.
He may be fiossy short-story
writer. a novelist or playwright.
Great is his reward.
The fellow who can put his mental
forceps into a rhyming dictionary and
drag out snappy verse. also gets
his. So cometh the spring poet.
Great. too. is his reward. especially
when we measure it per word.
The lad who can land with one
foot In the unabridged and the other
in the hyming dictionary and come
out with a near-poetic effect. also Is
a go-getter. He sits upon the top
most branch of the tree of advertls-
ing. He writes the copy that sells
course-he goes home with more
money than either the fiossy short
story writer or the spring poet.
But the person who can tear into
the alphabet and come out with a
string of letters he can take to the
patent office and trade mark-his re-
ward is high as the winking stars
above.
For there are trade marks, regis
tered today in the patent office here
In Washington. that are worth
$1.000.000 for every letter of the
alphabet they contain.
Not all trade marks fetch so charm
ing a sum, to be sure. There are
scads and scuttles of them that won't
bring a thin dime in dozen lots. The re
are S7-cent words. 81 words. $4,000
words and. finally. Il s6.00o.000 word.
That's about the highest value placed
on any trade mark in the shop.
And it is real. honest value. too.
The goods bearing that trademark
sell mostly because they do bear that
trade mark. Under any other trade
mark they wouldn't sell SO we'll The
trademark is advertised. the public
gets acquainted and the man behind
the counter does the rest.
That $4,000. 900 trademark is short,
snaDpy, concise and fetching. 1t re-
poses on humble soda cracker
There is brand of baking powder
sold under trademark valued at
81. 900 for every letter Of the word
The trademark in this instance is a
short word Maybe If the owner had
added a couple of letters or SO he
would have added couple of millions
or so to the value of his marking.
Maybe,
\ certain kind OF soap is sold under
d trade mark worth million for
every letter A familiar word for
cameras is trade-marked. That. too.
is appraised at sl.0O0.000 for every
letter. Before it was trade mark ed
that word dindn't mean anything
now il is a synonym for the article
sold under its branding.
Good Luck" has been trade mark ed
twenty-siX times. That is, there are
twenty-six kinds OF trader mark :
using the phrase. II was not sur
prising TO find it trade maraked for
Evening star., 1923-05-10
Redistribution Under Way.

Actual work on the reclasSification
Of the government employees in the
District, to the estimated number of
$4,000. is begun with the prospect of
report by June /. Thus the long
awaited foundation for systematic
organization of the personnel Of the
federal administrative force is in
sight.
Reclassiflcation, so-called, is. in fact,
classification. for heretofore there has
been only the barest outline of a di
vision of duties and salaries in the
government offices. Long ago clerks
We're rated in four groups, the first
class. who received $1,000 a year; the
second class, who were paid 81 400; the
third class. who got $1,000. and the
fourth class. who were paid $1,000.
That was the classified service" Be-
low those grades were messengers.
laborers and other workers Of smaller
pay than $1,000 a year. and above
were the chiefs and in some cases the
assistant chiefs of division and other
higher officials, whose compensations
ranged up To several thousand dol
lars. Clerks were promoted through
these four divisions.
In recent years these divisions of
pay scale have been somewhat altered
and the classified service has been
broadened. But there has been no
system of duty assignment and pay
allotment uniform throughout the gov
ernment service. The new act, re-
sulting from long endeavors and much
study of the situation. establishes d
uniform system throughout all the de-
partments and bureaus and sets the
scale of pay according 10 duties. The
present work is to grade the govern
ment workers according 10 the pre-
scribed definitions.
The announcements Of the ciassifi-
cation board will naturally be awaited
with the keenest concern by all those
who are now on the rolls. In some
cases the assignments are automatic.
In others they are dependent upon
the judgment of the board. Official
TdllIlsS dilO dS III lile uCpdi =
ments and bureaus will necessarily
be the guide. 1t naturally follows
that in the inevitable adjustment, to
bring all the Offices to a single stand
ard of duty and pay, there will be
some disappointments. Without doubt,
the members of the board will work
to the end Of the equitable treatment
of all.
AS in the case of the retirement
system, which went into effect few
years ago, this new law may produce
some friction and disclose the need of
changes. A perfect system is not to
be expected at once. Experience is
necessary to develop the inequalities
that may be caused by the institution
Of the new plan. But. with all its
possible faults in application. the new
measure is marked improvement
upon the old condition and the gov
ernment service is certain to be in
creased in efficiency and the situation
of the average employe is certain to
be more satisfactory.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
EDITORIAL DIGEST

| resourcefulnesS OF the government.
For. manifestly. il bristIeS with duff
cult and complex bearings, this both
in connection with international law
customs and usage. as entertained
by other countries. and with refer
ence to the legal machinery required
for the actual and effective imposi-
/ tion of the restrictions thus vitalil-
| ed To which the Albany knicker-
| booker Press adds 'it is difficult to
see why this decision is not a case
of splitting hairs upon a prodigiouS
scale"
| There is nothing 10 be done until
congress has chance to act. the
Cleveland Plain Dealer insists. be
| cause both parts of the decision are
surprising. We doubt not that Con
gress will make prohibition apply
to American vessels and remove the
possibility of international misunder-
standings" The Albany News sees
in the decision another milestone on
on the long road-a buoy in this
new, uncharted channel" while the
buffalo News declares Secretary
Mellon is quite right when he says
side of the three mile limit" Clear
enough on the particular issues "fn-
volved," the St. Paul Pioneer Press
feels this latest decision LEAVES 9th
er issues in inextricable confusion"
legalizes "a floating base of supplies"
and, while foreigners will find fault.
too many Americans will complain
to permit foreign growl to he
heard"
America is drying up the sea in
sists the Duluth Herald. but there
can be no question about the law OF
1t. A law which forbids the trans
portation or sale of liquor certainly
applies to ships, and there is no more
reason for diScrimina ting in favor OF
ships than there would be for dis
eliminating in favor of clubs" The
painful aftermath" of the decision
somewhat amuses the Syracuse
Herald. which. after reciting the
many suggestions which have been
made to meet the conditions set up
by the decision. says "all of these
fantastic possibilities fit in ni,%iy
with such existing realities as Ameri-
can navies and aerial fleets maintair-
ed for the enforcement of one COLI
stitutional amendment" And tho
Utica Observer. Dispatch adds lit will
be impossible to change the flow Of
commerce and to add delays and in
because somebody wants a drink"
"If the next Congress desires %
make American vessels as dry sne
Sahara 1t evidently has the power
points out, as the general effect cf
the decision has been to transfer
responsibility from the President To
Congress" But. concerning the act
ual decision itself. the Milwaukee
Journal insists neither a wet nor
dry victory can legitimately ks
read into it," although the Little
Rock Arkansas Democrat believes the
Interpretation of Transportation" i~
essential to every American. 1T
means" as the Democrat interprets il,
that If you arm yourself with :
pint and start fishing or hunting, -
to the golf links in your car, carry
ing that pint, YOU are a transporter"
and. as such, subject to the full
penalty Of tha Volstead law.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
Tax Time.

Tax time in the District is here
again. 1t seems always to be drawing
near or to be at hand, and the tax col
lector is persistent in his warnings
that taxes will soon be due, or that
they are due, and that tax bills must
be paid or certain penalties suffered
by delinquents. 1t must be noted that
the tax collector is only doing his
duty and trying to make things as
light and easy for the taxpayer as he
can. Taxes are heavy and uncomfort-
able, but there seems no way to
tighten the load or to drop it. Prop
erty owners might just as we'll smile
and pay, or as the old phrase is, grin
and bear it, With so many other
things to keep up. including the auto
mobile, and with the grocery bill. coal
bill, charities. amusements, and the
multiplied and multiplying costs Of
living. it is not the happiest thing on
earth to have the tax bill staring one
in the face.
But such is life. The city must be
maintained. Schools. streets. policing.
fire protection and many other serv-
ices must he paid for. So. as long as
one is under the necessity of paying
taxes II is better to pay them
promptly and avoid the eleventh hour
rush. There is always rush in the
closing hours Of the tax-payinC period
and in this rush property owners lose
time and often lose their patience.
If the tax bill is not paid within the
time prescribed by law Il penalty of 1
per cent a month is added to the bill
and other penalties are piled on as
time goes by.
The collector of District taxes gives
warning that taxes are now due and
that if not paid in May the penalty
laid down in the law will be added TO
the charge against the property. He
says that bills will be mailed to per
sons requesting them before the mid
die of the month, but that later than
that this cannot be done because of
the taX-paying rush and the pressure
On the tax-collecting force.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
Widely Varying Views on Supreme
Court LIQUOR Decision.

There is a wide difference of opin-
ion, together with some uncertainty,
indicated in the editorial discussion
of the recent decision of the Supreme
Court applying to the use of intoxi-
cants on ocean steamships. Interna-
tional complications, of necessity, are
looked for. while editors are con-
vinced the incoming Congress can be
depended on to keep all American
shipping dry. both in port and on
the high seas.
THE courts decision is a blow to
foreign shipping. some of which cam
not even obey the laws of its own
countries with regard to wine rations
for crews, while it puts American
passenger vessels in better position
to compete for trade" says the New
ark News In the opinion of the New
York Tribune. the decision is equita
BILE and is based on common sense, as
well as legal principles" To which
the New York World replies that
..it is a fool situation thus created,
from any angle. But the fault is not
the Supreme Courts. 1t had a statute
of fanatical foolishness to interpret
and has been just as liberal, appar-
entity, as it could" This is very
much the view, as well, of the Balti-
more Sun. which holds the further
we go in company with the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead law, the
more tangled up we get in our logic,
our precedents and our practice" 1t
is too early to decide what the effect
will be, the Philadelphia Bulletin
holds, and application is unwise on
what the final effect may be in its
practical application to the alcoholic
facilities offered transatlantic pas
sengers. also whether it will work
out as well in practice as in theory
in putting American and foreign ship
ping on a plane of equality in this
regard"
1t is hard to see how the court
could have decided otherwise, the
Brooklyn Eagle believes, because "the
prohibition law, based on the Con-
stitution, is positive in the restric-
tions it sets up I;;, The Boston, Boston Globe 3D. e
the bootlegging fleet must be added
a group of vessels which will serve
as a set of lockers. These vessels
must need carry a suitable armament
because the high-jackers of the
mighty ocean are always on the out
be had at a minimum outlay" The
Interpretation. as the Lynchburg
News analyses it, "precipitates a
policy of enforcement which if un-
dertaken in good faith, will very
searchingly test the ingenuity and
Evening star., 1923-05-10

artificial fishing bait, but it was a
total surprise to find it on hair nets
and garters.
George Washington is in the pa
ent office as a trademark fairly often.
The father Of his country left a name
revered the world over Our enterpris-
ing manufacturers have trade marked
it for use on such practical things as
razors, ice-cream freezers. velvet pocket
knives, hams and taffeta ribbon.
Martha, too, comes in for some
trade mark publicity. Her lines are
candy. needles. securing compound,
hosiery. coffee. fresh apples and kim
dred tidbits.
The Washingtons are trade mark ed,
IL is explained, because they are dead.
No one can register as trade mark
the name of living person, nor can
any ones photograph be registered
except with hiS-Or her-cOnSent.
Once an attempt was made to trade
mark the photograph and signature
of Grover Cleveland. A huStlinE
brother thought it would be helpful
in his business, but the application
was refused on the ground that il
dignity of the Office of President Of
the United States.
About the same time a live wire
from the field of commerce sought TO
trade mark "Bevano Tumbo.". The
words had q personal application to
Theodore Roosevelt at the time, and
the patent office said no.
! There are some words that can't
be trade marked Names of countries,
states, cities. for instance. Nor can
any old phrase be trade marked. A
j trade mark must be descriptive--al-
though poetic license is exercised
| quite often here--or relate to the
/ character or quality of the goods on
which il travels.
Nor can a trade mark be registered
| which closely initiates another. The
! whole idea Of the trade mark is 10
| protect
! Did YOU know that Uncle Sam owns
| Il trade mark? 1t is applied to the
! famed airplane engines constructed
! during the war-the Liberty" in
/ liberty motors.
! In making its application the gov
ernment asserted that il is cor
! poration with its chief place of busi
ness at Washington. -. G." Which,
| of course, is entirely true. but uneX-
| pected.
The moral is this;
/ If you're going in for writing and
| pelf, don't be d novelist Don't knit
| the brow over the short story. Don't
| rhyme. Don't write those elegant
! adds that part folks from their
money.
No. Let the dictionary alone and
attend the alphabet, Go get Il trade
mark. Letter for letter it's the high
est old-age benefit there is.
: There's the dlphabet-tWs nty six
let;ers-Sood as ever. II is capable Of
billions of combinations.
And there's the patent office. II is
stlll open for business. If you would
be famous and line your chest with
gold, combine the two.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
The Sugar Decision.

Consumers of sugar. which means
the entire country. will share the
disappointment of the Department of
Justice over the denial by the United
States circuit court Of appeals in
New York Yesterday Of the temporary
injunction asked by the government
to restrain the coffee and sugar eX-
change from dealing i'll futures in
sugar. Appeal will he taken to the
lnited States Supreme Court. but in
the meantime the bars will be down
for renewal OF the orgy in specu-
lation which has resulted in the un-
warranted high price of sugar. halted
1ncmentarily on Il steadily rising
movement to IL goal prophesied to be
20 cents IA pound. This pause was. it
is believed. due rather TO a public boy
colt than To the filing Of the injunc-
ton petition.
rary injunction. Ii is 10 be expected
that the speculation will he resumed.
The government, in asking the in
Junction. contended that dealing in
raw sugar futures artiiicially fixed
the price of sugar. 1t was claimed
that the futures were not backed by
ownership or control and that investi-
cation had shown that only Il small
fraction of sugar dealt in had actually
been delivered to refiners or sugar
dealers. The government had asked
for the temporary injunction pending
a bn- Oh,
Attorney General Daugherty says
that an appeal will be taken to the
Supreme Court in the shortest posi-
Bile time. The court is now in recess
until May y and will adjourn about
June IL until next October, so that
only the promptest action by the de-
partment and the advancement of the
cause by the court can prevent a
long open season" for this vicious
form of speculation-in reality the
most fragrant type of gambling-in
one of the necessaries of life.
In the absence of statement which
Is yet to come from the circuit court
of appeals. setting forth the grounds
for denial of the injunction. the coun-
try will be at loss TO compose this
action with the decision OF the United
States Supreme Court Of April 10.
last. upholding the grain futures act
Of Congress, which regulated dealing
in grain futures. No doubt the cir
cult court of appeals had this decision
in mind and will explain wherein the
case to which it applied differs from
the one arising under the request for
temporary injunction. One Of the
objectives of the grain futures act
was the prevention of the manipu-
laticn of prices or the cornering OF
grain by the dealers or operators on
the board''-that is, the board of trade
Of Chicago.
With the possibility Of delay on the
governments promised appeal. with
inevitable continuance of speculation
and eXtortionate prices. there is but
one relief for the public, one weapon
which can be welded. an effectual
boycott on sugar by the consumers.
President Harding favors it. so does
Secretary Hoover, and it is being eX-
erted lin spots" Some means ought
to be found for nationwide and con-
certed action. for its efficacy has been
proved where there has been general
curtailment Of sugar use. The country
should not be left at the mercy of the
sugar spectators, who have shown
themselves to be repacious and ruth
less.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

A member of the staff of the Mount
Wilson observatory has invented a
camera that needs only one-ten mil
lionth Of a second of exposure. That
is plenty long enough for an amateur
TO make q double one.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

The United Mine Workers Of
America declare that complete union
ization of the bituminous industry and
the abolition of the open shop in West
Virginia and other states would result
in the cessation of strikes and the
elimination of coal shortages. 1t took a
long struggle to bring themselves
around to this view. but they finally
did it.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

A government official who came TO
three-inck baths for everybody dur
ing Shrine week in order to avoid a
water famine. What with the official
promise that liquor will positively not
flow freely. and the presence of live
camels. it begins to look as if the
Sahara desert would have little on us.
However, it may rain.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

Lieut.. John A. MacReady, transcon-
tinental nonstop aviator. has just
been married. 1t is wondered If the
"Lohengrin' wedding march was re-
placed by the old robin Hood IA
vorite, 20. promise me that some day
you and will take our love together
to some sky
Evening star., 1923-05-10

John j. Tigert, United States COM
missioner Of education, says that
twenty times as much is spent in this
country on cigarettes and cosmetics
as on education. 1t is quite a sur
prise to learn that education has been
doing that well.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

According to statistics filed with
the United States Coal Commission,
coal mining is said to be a less dan
gerous occupation than at least 100
others. 1t was pretty safe last win
ter-that is, if it could be called an
occupation.
Evening star., 1923-05-10

According to present plans, Deputy
Fire Chief Sullivan will be made act
ing chief during the absence Of Chief
Watson. With Maj. Daniel and Chief
Andrew on their respective jobs in
the National Capital, it will be a proud
day for the Old Clan.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
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Evening star., 1923-05-10

Laundrymen from adjoining states
are holding their convention here. It
is hoped the gathering will not have
dull finish.
Evening star., 1923-05-10
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHIIANDER JOHNSON.
The F1ubdub Bird.

The Flubdub Bird.
The f1ubdub bird is a creature strange
With a note that is heard afar.
It's song is subject to frequent change,
And varied its accents are.
The mocking bird with the parrot
blends,
And other strains were stirred
In the evolutions through which de-
scends
That marvel, the fiubdub bird.
Its lay is shifted to please the throng
In the moods that swiftly pass.
Sometimes with note that is loud
and strong
It appeals to the martial class.
And many a heart is beating high
And bold is many a word.
We think we are called by the eagles
When it's only the fiubdub bird.
Then it wings its way to some other
land,
Where the popular mood is mild,
And its note is as soft and sweet and
bland
As the laugh Of a little child.
It seems that the cooling will never
cease
That near and far is heard.
We think we list to the dove Of peace,
But it's only the fiubdub bird
A Consistent Performer.
The kicker once again begins
His program of rebuke,
And even when the home team wins
Declares it was a f1uke.
Reminiscence.
My Uncle Jim, he says. says he,
This world amt like it used to be.
1 kin remember years ago
We used to travel sure, though slow.
But now you simply take a car.
Sit down awhile, and there you are.
And if you count the time once lost
You've made the trip at half the cost.
Were not as formally polite,
Nor are we near as prone to fight.
Where men would once draw swords
or shoot
We now declare q libel suit.
It's not as glorious or as grand,
But much more safe, you understand.
I'm kind O. glad, 'twixt you an me.
This world amt like it used to be-"
Evening star., 1923-05-10

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Evening star., 1923-05-10

If one wants tangible evidence of
this fact it is only necessary to visit
the Metropolitan Museum in New
York on a Saturday or Sunday
afternoon or on some legal holiday
for at these times it swarms with
the people of the East Side, not the
aristocracy, not those who live in
palatial residences, but rather those
who come from the tenements. from
the thickly settled districts - boys
and girls, old men and women, who
go about freely, seeking out those
things which are of most interest to
them and getting evident enjoyment
from them. 1t is a great and inspir-
ing sight.
But the Metropolitan Museum does
not hesitate to advertise-in fact, it
puts it's placards on the busses and
in many public places. 1t takes
every pains to reach the public
through the press. setting aside one
afternoon month. if not more. for
press views, when the curators of
the several departments meet the
press representatives, and take them
frankly into their confidence. In
short, the great Metropolitan Mu-
scum, with all it's wealth, with all its
treasure, goes out into the highways
and the byways and persuades the
great public to come In, assuring
them that "the museum opens not
only her gates, but her heart to
them"