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Evening star., 1923-08-22
The Stadium.

Washington is to have it's stadium
and will make its bow as a national
athletic center. The city will begin it's
career in big athletic meets, not with
so great a field for contestants and
spectators as may be found in a few
cities of the east and west. and at
some of the universities, but the prom.
Use is that we shall have accommoda.
! tions for great crowds, and that this
year We shall entertain a larger crowd
than has hitherto gathered here to see
a contest between athletes.
announcement has been made that
An athletic field capable Of accom-.
modating upward of $4,000 spectators
will be available for Washington this
fall, plans having been made for addi.
tions to stands in the Georgia avenue
ball park which will give the Capital
plant excelling in size and appoint.
! ments any other athletic field in the
south, and it is hoped to make the
seat of the national government a
center for athletic events of all de-
scriptions."
When it was thought probable that
the Army Marine Corps foot ball game
would be played in Washington the
management of the Washington base
ball club said that seats could be fur.
nished for $4,000 or $4,000 people. 1t
was decided that this major foot ball
game should be played here, plans for
increasing the seating capacity of the
| park were made. and now we have the
assurance that the famous old ball
ground will be ready for one of the
important games of the coming foot
ball season.
! News also comes that the name of
the celebrated lot in which most Wash.
| ingtonians have shouted themselves
hoarse or shed tears of disappointment
is to have its name changed. and that
it is to be called the Clark Griffith
Stadium. 'Griff" needs no introduc.
tion to Washington, and he is well
known from the rocky coast of Maine
to the sandy strand Of Florida, and
from the Jersey shore to the Golden
Gate.
In addition to the Army Marine
game ii is believed that a number of
engagements between the gridiron
knights of Georgetown University and
other university elevens will be kept
at the Griffith Stadium, and there is
little doubt that finally Washington
will be chosen as the battle-ground for
the foot ball warriors of Annapolis
and West Point. For number OF
years the desire of the Army and
Navy has been growing that the
Cadet.Midshipman game should be
played at the Capital. but the objec-
tion has always been brought forward
that there was no adequate play place
in Washington. This objection will be
removed by the enlargement of the
ball park. We are started on the way
Of becoming the Capital Of American
athletics.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
The Two-Third Rule.

According to a statement issued by
the democratic national committee, the
democratic national convention of 1924
will consist of 1 1,094 delegates from the
orty-eight states, Alaska, District of
Columbia, Hawaii. Philippines, Porto
Rico and the Canal Zone Under the
rule of the party which requires two
thirds TO nominate. it will take 129 Is
votes 10 put the nominee over. Thus
365 q votes. if retained in an uncom.
promising bloc, can deadlock the con-
vention and prevent a nomination.
This situation, il is expected. will be
seized by William j. Bryan to prevent
the nomination of any candidate whom
he may suspect of being wet or Of af.
filiating with hated Wall street. The
suggestion is being made that it may
also be utilized by the Henry Ford
boomers, if they set out to get the
regular democratic nomination. One
plan attributed to them is to send a
sufficient number of delegates, secured
. al the primaries, to the convention in
structed for their favorite, and have
them stand pat against all other can
didates, with an added threat of run
ming Mr.. Ford on an independent
ticket if he is denied the democratic
nomination.
An interesting state of affairs in the
democratic convention will ensue if
the Ford boomers set out upon any
such undertaking. The democratic
leaders are said to be very much wor-
ried over the threat and the prospects.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHlLANDER JOHNSON.

Early Notice.
Hooray. Hooray,
Four hours day
Is all we have to work.
A scientist
Has made a list
OF proper ways to shirk
The weary task
From which We ask
Our daily rent and bread.
Invention aid
Will soon be made
To free our lives from dread.
Oh, blissful dream,
Oh. splendid scheme.
Oh, beatific hour.
When we will scan
A social plan
Conserving human powr.
Hooray! Hooray!
-Four hours day"
Seems flne-but as for me,
When that comes out
Without a doubt
I'm going to strike for three.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

house of it's captors. Then, in 1870.
the English yacht Cambria came to
take it back to it's mother country, but
the American yacht Magic said mo,
the silver emblem OF victory shall re.
main with u.s." In 1871 the Livonia
came for 1t, but the old Columbia held
II fast. The cup had a rest until 1875,
when the yacht Countess Of Dufferin
reached for it, but the good sloop
Madeleine replied that This is our
centennial year. and the cup cannot
go home. besfdes, the cup is now al.
should speak at all it would speak
English with a New York accent"
In 1881 we were stirred by the eff.
forts of the Ataianta to recover the
lost trophy, but the sloop Mischief re.
PEELED the invader and nailed down
the cup. In 1885, SO and 'S7 the
Genesta. Galatea and Thistle came
over, but the Puritan, Mayhower and
Volunteer sent them home cupless. In
1893 Valkyrie IL was beaten by our
Nigilant, and in 1895 Valkyrie III met
Defender and was vanquished.
In 1890 the first of the Shamrocks,
under the patronage of gallant Sir
Thomas. came across to lift the cup.
1t proved unliftable. That was thirty.
three years ago, and in that space of
time we have had a bunch of Sham.
rocks, Shamrocks I. III, III and w,
sailing for the cup.
The Shamrock is said to be a lucky
trefoil. One does not know that there
is a four.leaf shamrock, but it is
known to everybody in this country
that a four leaf clover Is a lucky thing
to find. The fourth Shamrock may
have been lucky. but not lucky enough
to prevail against the American de-
fender. Whatever may happen in
1925 one can rest assured that with
Sir Thomas az challenger there will
be a race which will hold the attention
Of millions of people on both sides of
the Atlantic
Evening star., 1923-08-22
Will the New Turkish Treaty
Make for Balkan Peace?

is probably a good treaty. and il is
hard to see what useful end would be
served by opposition to IL in the Sen.
ate"
Somewhat similar is the position
assumed by the Norfolk Pilot, which
suggests by virtue of the treaty an
end has been put to a protracte1
period of diplomatic uncertainty and
a relationship begins that ought TO
prove of mutual profit. Both coun-
tries have reason to take satisfac-
negotiations. The Muskegon Chron-
icle, however, opposes the arrange
ment because we have abandoned"
the Christians and "at least, the
thing, and might yet do some thing. to
redeem, in so far as may be, the stain
on the escutcheon of the Christian
powers that made solemn pledges to
the Armenians when the great world
war was Joined that led to frightful
masSacres. and none of which pledges
has been redeemed" The same line
of reasoning appeals to the Chatta-
nooga Times. which, in addition, con-
tends that "at any rate the conven-
tions just signed will for n long
time bring permanent tranquility to
the Balkans. The only thing now to
be done is to try out the sincerity
of the statement of the Turkish gov
ernment. which is that Turkey will
live up to her engagements and will
seek to be worthy member of the
concert of nations. Perhaps. since
neither the allies nor the United
States had any solicitude in making
their treaties for what might happen
to Armenians and others under Turk
ish domination holding religious
views unorthodox to the Turkish
faith, the real test of Ismet's claim
of worthiness for membership in the
concert of nations will appear when
his government comes TO exercise It's
authority toward its Christian and
Jewish subjects"
Evening star., 1923-08-22

eastbound mail, was blocked by dense
fogs west Of Laramie and forced back,
and greatly delayed in the completion
OF his LEG" The pony express rider
had his troubles, too. He had to pro.
ceed regardless Of storms. In some
cases ne was held up by freshets in
the hills, flooding the fords along his
road.
II this continuous mail flying sue
ceeds-and its ultimate success can
rot be doubted--the two coasts OF the
country will be linked for mail pur-
poses by remarkably brief span of
time. Twenty-eight hours has been
,, set as the goal Of this present effort.
II the time were extended to forty
eight hours, two days, the performance
would still be extraordinary, cutting the
mail period down by more than SO per
cent. 1t may really not be questioned
that eventually the two coasts will be
coupled by a mail link Of a single day.
Much Is made abroad of the fact that
regular flying has been maintained be-
tween Paris and London. In this
country, however, regular flying has
been maintained by the air mail serv-
ice over much greater distances than
that between the British and French
capitals. Nothing much has been said
about these scheduled mail flights COW
ering much longer mileage. There
have been very few failures and re-
markably low percentage of casualties.
America is the birthplace of avia-
ton. Here the heavier-than.air ma.
chine was first devised and success.
fully used. Here it has been applied,
save in war, to the most practical pur-
poses. The airplane mails in this
country have been pioneers in the
world field. Now, with no sensational
accomplishments, a system of cross
continent flights is undertaken, and
without question soon this service will
be a commonplace.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

An American newspaper cabled to
Bernard Shaw, asking him on what
| terms he would come to America and
write up a coming prize fight He
replied that $1,000, 900 would be his
first price, but that il must be free
| from the American income tax He
added, that prize fighting was on the
down grade and he would rather
write it down, than up" Indeed,
ne said. lit is a degringolade' -
a tumble.
*..*
Newspaper men admire his nerve
in going even beyond regular rates
Many a fine writer would be glad
to write three fights for Mr. Shaw's
! price OF one. The sporting world
might overlook his slam at the pro
fession:" but when a born English
man OF English-Irish- Scotch Welsh
| oescent dares in these ticklish times
70 break the entente between the
EEngllsh speaking world and the
/ Is on "degringodade," it is time
! 70 send him to the desk for his
cneck IL degringolait, ct Quel de-
gringolade! Oh, Shaw.
! x X x
| The Department of Labor reports
that the cost of living has dropped
20 per cent in the last year But
that is no ''degringolade."
X X
Ihere are two important plans
preached for rebuilding agriculture
IN the United States Former Vice
PRESIDENT Marshall advocates greater
restrictions than ever on general
| immigration, but he proposes that de-
siraDIe emtgrants be admitted on con-
ultion that they will pledge to work
! certain number of years as farmers
or rarm laborers. That would admit
! many thousands and send them all
70 the country, where the law of sup
BY by ana demand would so adjust
tneIr wages that farmers could afford
10 hire sufficient help to get the maxi
| mum m production out of their acres
me other stimulant to agriculture
o0iiies from an unexpected source
sion eGIsoon ION or united States Commits
sloheT Supplee. He states that II is
not Illegal for farmers to make all
Ine 1ruif wines they want for their
own use; and that they may even
9eamiI 9nfni the wines to ferment. The
decision has not yet been annaaIad
70 the higher courts, but II the r1,Ijng
is sustained by the Supreme Court
! look Tor wild scramble to buV
orchards and vineyards.
X X
| In the meanwhile, President Coolidge
is as inquisitive about the real condi-
ton of agriculture throughout the coun-
try as if he were from Missouri" He
has requested both Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace and Secretary OF Com
! merce Hoover TO gather facts setting
forth the actual condition of the farm
ers
In preliminary statement Secretary
hoover says that the increasing activi-
| TIES IN the manufacturing and COM
mercial enterprises are making inroads
on the alleged surpluses Of grain and
other foods, so that if the general in
dustry continues to prosper there will
be no surplus Of foods. If that comes
! true, there will be no more farm dis
tress Whether Mr.. Wallace will in
| dorse the prospect of thus bringing
prosperity to the farmers so quickly
remains to be seen.
| The predicament of farmers this wear
due to the excess acreage of wheat.
cannot be so easily remedied next
year as some imagine. 1t takes capital.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
The Ways of the
Rich in the Movies.

IT is o'clock in the morning. In
another half hour the alarm clock
in the farmhouse and the work.
mans cottage will sound and the
workers will get up and go to work,
producing wheat at S5 cents and
laying bricks at s14 day.
1t is . o'clock in the morning and
the glorious moon shines over the
cypress trees upon the 5000 acres of
Reginald Van Randolph's hunting
lodge. The lodge itself is ablaze
with light from each of 671 windows.
In the great marble banquet hall 100
servitors in red plush hold giant
candles. Reginald Van Randolph is
entertaining s32 guests, few of the
idle rich to whom life is music and
flowers.
The hundreds of beautiful but
parasitic women are dressed in one
piece bathing suits trimmed with
ermine. They are full Of Gordon gin,
champagne and cognac. The men.
also in bathing suits. also full of
Gordon gin, champagne and cognac.
are paving the beautiful shoulders
the servants. the only things decent
ly dressed and sober are the Russian
wolfhounds. There is a Russian
wolfhound to every candle bearer.
A banquet of LuculluS Is served.
Lovely, but we fear frail, dancing
girls troop in from the far distances
of the great. hall and dance. Everybody
dances, some on the tables.
We drop the curtain. So this is
wealth. In this fashion is the money
of the people spent.
1t Is wealth as the movie pro-
ducers show it to the country. It's
what the people up in Minnesota
learn when they go to the picture
show Saturday night. 1t is what the
people of Kansas and Iowa, Nebraska a
and the Dakotas, the people of Chi
cago, the people of town and coun-
try are told by picture.
Lenin and Trotsky would chuckle.
Maybe they do.-Chicago Tribune.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Is the White House the official
name of the residence of the Presi.
dent?-L. L.
A, Although this name had beer
unofficially applied to the mansion
ever since II was painted after Its
partial destruction in 1912. it remain.
ed for President Roosevelt to give
official sanction to the name. The
mouse had also been known as the
Great House. the Castle and the Ex-
ecutive Mansion.
Q. Does President Coolidge speak
any foreign language?-K. j.
A. While in college Mr.. Coolidge
studied languages as required. Cir
cumstanCes since that time have not
been such that he has used foreign
languages TO any extent, and he
could not be said to speak" any.
Q. What was the original name OF
the estate called Mount VERMONT. r
A. It's original name was Epsewas.
son, an Indian word, which was soon
translated into its English equivalent
Hunting Creek.
O. What Is the final authority as
~ hhS SptlllHS Ol the name OF n low n
or cfty?-A. ]. G..
A. The United States board on geo.
graphic names, composed OF fifteen
members, representative of the eXecu.
1--WE departments, the government
printing office and the Smithsonian
Institution. Is invested with power tc
render final decisions, binding on ali
departments OF the government, in
settling the names of stations and
places throughout the United States
and Alaska. and to fix the spelling OF
the same in accordance with local
usage. The board was instituted in
1890 by President Harrison President
Roosevelt in 1905 changed the title 10
the United States Geographic Board
A separate board exists for the Philip
pine Islands.
.. What is the force of ocean
waves beating on the shores?-J. Y. T
n. Ocean waves strike blows
ranging from 500 to 1000 pounds per
square foot.
Q. Where can education films be
procured free of cost?-M. w. W
A. Government bureaus which lend
educational films free or for nomi-
nal cost are: Department of Agricul
ture, motion picture section; Depart
ment OF the Interior, national park
service: surgeon generals office ARMY
IHeulcdl museum, department OF the
Interior, bureau of mines, and the
Department of Labor, children's bu-
reau.
@. Is bee bread poisonouso-N
NJ. X.
A. Bee bread is not poisonous. al
though 1t is not a particularly de-
sirable article of food. 1t is a yellow
ish brown. bitter substance, consist
Ing of pollen, stored up in honey.
comb cells. II is used by bees as
food. mixed with honey. BY means
of metal queen excluders, the queen
bee is kept in the lower part of the
hive. where she is plentifully sup
piled with bee bread for her young
The honey in the upper hive used for
food is free from bee bread being
protected by the perforated layer OF
metal, through which the queen
larger than the working bee, cannot
pass.
Q. How long did Lyman j. Gage
serve as Secretary of the Treasury:
r.. a.
A. Mr.. Gage was appointed Secre
tary of the Treasury by Presiden,
Mckinley in March, 1897, reappointe ed
IN March. 1901. and served until
March of the following year. when
he resigned.
@ Has there ever been a time
when st. Louis was not a part of a
county?-G. W.
A st. Louis. Mo. is at the present
Evening star., 1923-08-22
Cross Continent Mail Service.

The country watches with keen in
terest the experiment in continuous
airplane mall service from coast to
coast, which, starting yesterday after
noon, was scheduled for completion to.
day. This is particularly impressive
because 1t follows the plan of the first
rapid mail delivery across the con.
tinent, that Of the pony express. Each
leg" Of the route is covered by an In
dividual mail carrier, relieved by a
fresh man and machine. In the old
days the pony express rider covered
his own space and was relieved by an.
other. In this present fast.msil serv-
Ice, however, each man is subject to
the possibility Of obstructing condi.
tions. Thus Pilot Collision, bearing the
Evening star., 1923-08-22

time a city without county 1t was
formerly part of st. Louis county.
Q. Was Gary. Ind, a village before
the steel industry took IT up?-A. Z.
A. When the city of Gary was
an almost impenetrable wilderness OF
swamps and sand dunes.
Q. Was Booker T. Washington q
full-blooded negro?-F. NJ. T.
A. Booker r. Washington was the
| son OF mulatto slave and a white
man, which made him a quadroon
He was born near Haleford, Franklin
county, Va.
Q. Is 1t against the rules to re-
double in progressive auction?-J K
A. There is nothing in the laws OF
auction prohibiting a redouble, and
| there are no special rules for pro.
gressive auction. However. in most
progressive games the unwritten law
against redoubling is observed. The
| reason for this is that the game is
not played for rubbers, but for high
total score, and IL redoubling is in.
dulged in reckless bidding rather
than skillful playing becomes the de-
termining factor.
Q. Are lightning rods ever dan
6Ci lhdH q pIokcCllOu L. "
A. If the rods are not properly in
stalled they are menace. since they
| may attract lightning. The installa-
| ton of lightning rods is now a more
complex matter than at first, because
a modern dwelling includes more
metal furnishings likely to attract
lightning, such as plumbing pipes and
not safe for an amateur to set up
lightning rods. all Of the reliable
lightning rod companies have eX-
perts to do this work, whereby the
danger may be averted.
Q. Why won't paper labels stick
to tin cans when ordinary paste is
used?-E. c. II.
a. If proper methods are used the
| labels will stick. Paste for cans
, should not be too thin, and the can
should be free from grease. New tin
generally has an oily or greasy sur
face, due to the tallow or oil used in
be removed with an alkali or with
benzine.
Q. When were horse shoes first
used?-G. w. X.
A 1t is known that the ancients
had certain devices for covering the
feet of horses. but the practice OF
mailing iron plates or rimshoes tC
the hoOf does not appear TO have
been introduced earlier than the Sec
ond century B. c., and was not COM
monty known until the close of the
| fifth century A. D., or in regular use
until the middle ages.
@ when was papyrus first used
+ S. c.
A. 1t is thought that papyrus was
known to the Egyptians more than
5000 B. {. The plant is now extinct
in lower Egypt, but is still found In
the upper Nile.
q. Was Captain Courageous writ.
| ten in England or India?-T. l..
| A Rudyard Kipling wrote il in q
| little wooden house on the Balestier
estate at Brattleboro, VT.
Q How fast does food move
| through the intestines?-L. orc.
| A. The normal rate of progress
after the food leaves the stomach Is
about one inch second. Altogether
there are about sixteen feet of alb
sorbing surface in the small intes-
tine. and IL is there that most Of ouI
nouriShment enters the blood or ths
lymph.
uf yOH hare q question you udnt
anSIUered. send IL to The Star Infornld-
! tiOn Bureau, Frederick j. Hdskin, di.
rector, 1920 North Capitol street. In.
close cents in stamps for repiyD
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Friends OF President Coolidge may
be satisfied to allow his prospects for
nomination take care of themselves
without needless agitation. There are
times when the position of logical can
didate is strong enough to be let alone.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Steel manufacturers regard ar eight
hour day as involving harder work for
the men than a twelve-hour day. AT
that 1t may be welcomed by the man
who would rather be actively engaged
than take the benefit of opportunities
for loafing on the job.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

The Turks are said to have gotten
about all they want from diplomacy,
and to be now willing to quiesce while
thinking up what they might like in
the future.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Obregon may find himself obliged to
remember that he has a large local
constituency that has for generations
been educated to regard with sus.
picion any attitude of great cordiality
toward the L. S. A
Evening star., 1923-08-22
Too Great a Sacrifice.

Who is the most popular man in
Crimson Gulch?"
Cactus Joe. He was unanimously
elected sheriff"
"Is he now holding office?"
mo. He refused. He said he'd
rather go on bein' popular"
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Conditions at Ellis Island should not
be allowed to put an immigrant in a
bad frame Of mind toward the country
before he has a chance to become a
candidate for citizenship
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Havana is convinced that she could
be prosperous and happy if she could
hold the lottery privilege of the west
ern hemisphere.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

There Is an optimistic sentiment in
business. Fortunately. business goes
on In response to economic conditions
without waiting for the settlement of
incidental political controversies.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Deauville has a gambling table
where the minimum bet is $1,000.
There are evidently still a few spots
in Europe where money is still plenti-
full.
Evening star., 1923-08-22

4 government of scientific com.
n1unism" is predicted for Germany.
Eminent leaders of that country are
showing more and more a disposition
10 try anything once
Evening star., 1923-08-22

Many miners see no reason why it
should not be easy TO increase wages,
the ultimate consumer being always
available to stand any raise OF prices
necessary to cover the expense
Evening star., 1923-08-22
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
tn the for republication OF all news dis
patches credited TO il ur not otherwise credited
IN This paper AM also the local news pub
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-08-22
Becoming MOdesty.

Are you going to conduct a cam
paign for education?"
No" replied Senator Sorghum.
MY constituents know so much now
that I've got to study to keep up with
them
Jud Tunkins says the man most
liable to have the best of an argument
is the one who manages to keep out
Of II.