Evening star., 1923-07-09
CAPITAL. KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS

that there exists amongst the higher
ranks of soldiers a. professional prid Q
In war? How little can such paci-
lists comprehend the heart Of SOL
der like Gen. Gouraudi
Wheat prices are persisting in GO
ing down and watermelon prices
going UP. Must be that the message
from the Minneapolis -four mills
Eat an extra slioe"-got its wires
body substituted melon" Who
| would eat bread when he can fatten
on watermelon?
The latest ruling of the Treasury
upon the Volstead law is reported to
allow foreign. ships in American
waters as much liquor as permitted
by the laws Of the country from
which the ships are operating. If a
vessels passenger list and cargo
come from several countries, each of
which has laws requiring liquor
stores. the general medical supply
will be granted. and in addition spe-
cif1c provisions for the several laws
will be met.
At least, that Is the news report.
adjustable chameleon. The curious
agility OF the chameleon in adjust
ing it's own color to its environment
has never ceased to interest students
Of natural history. Put a chameleon
on red velvet and its skin quickly
matches the red: change IT to green
grass and instantly the chameleon
| becomes verdant. On yellow sand. it
| is yellow; on brown mud It is muddy.
But when a fine specimen was put on
| Scotch plaid. 1t so strained It's color
| box that after many frantic rainbow
efforts it busted" Is the ;yolstead
law a chameleon? Many have
| thought II a cameleopard. Who makes
American laws? Congress when con-
| firmed by the Supreme Court? Or
| foreign governments? Maybe the
news report is twisted.
On the same day that a black
smith presented a horseshoe to Will
helm, the former kaiser. a society of
blacksmiths gave a horseshoe TO
President Harding. The good luck
| to follow may be that neither will
puncture his tires. but it Is rather
cheap, is Il not. to work Off horse
shoes on an ex-kinR and a Presi-
dent. when everybody knows that
| there are no more horses to wear
| them: What's the matter with low
| ing cups?
It has been discovered by an astute
statistioiar that the average length
| Of time OF senator's journey TO
| Europe, to study conditions, Is six
weeks. At least two weeks are spcn {
on the ocean. the other four weeks
are mostly occupied in acquiring IA
miliarity with Russian. Greek, Turk
| isl French. German, Spanish, italian
and that most difficult OF all Ian
guages-English as she is spiked
| so that he has but a few minutes left
| In which TO make profound study
| of the league OF nations, the world
| court European finance. labor and
! the effect Of the Monroe doctrine
Az the Declaration of independence
on European exchange.
! However. when the erudition thus
] acquired is checked up with his state
{ papers on the wide horizon Of their
senator. he is ready to walk into
! the Senate chamber with the veins
| OF his head fairly bursting with
! modesty.
| Several protesting candidates for
I the presidency are reported to have
/ spent even seven weeks "over there"
! but that was due to the numerous
| banquets and other international
| courtesies, for a senator is not with
| out honor abroad.
I CCopyrieht 1923 by r. v Collinsl