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The Washington times., 1923-10-04

4 NAN should nsver IS
ashamed N own 4lat 10 has
been ~ the srrolla n r hut
saving. am wiser today Ian
yesterday.
4 e the property Of & good
man etO do great and good things.
! though he risk everything by II.
The mind IS ike bow tlie
stronger Tor being unbent.
Truth is afraid Of nothing but
concealment.
There Ii d medium between all
fool and all philosopher.
Wisdom IL the right use or ex-
ercise or knowledge, and differs.
from knowledge as the use which
is made OF a power sor faculty DIFF
fers from the power or faculty
itself.
Everything that Is hard 10 with
difficulty eased.
Happiness depends, as Nature
Shove.
Less on exterior things than most
suppose. Cowper.
Hasty judgments are generally.
faulty ones.
II we are too modest we hide
our good qualities instead Of
showing than to advantage.
The rules Of prudencs IN gen.
eral, like the laws OF the stone
tables, are, for the most part, PRO-
hibitiYe. Thou shalt y1of'' Is
their characteristic formula.
The Washington times., 1923-10-04
Nature Talks

FIVE halibut is . name Of in
teresting and unexpected ori-.
gin, says Nature Magazine.
An approved spelling OF the name
is "holibut," and the derivation
Of the first portion OF the. word
ig the English holy ssBlttes'
was the old English naIne Of the
founder, and the name ''holil,ut,'
or "halibut" was formed from
holy and ''butA' as INDICATING
that this important food fish
was much used az an article OF
diet for holy days or holidays. !"
The Washington times., 1923-10-04
The Marvellous Moving
Picture
LIS value Not Half Known.

Men make discoveries and only very gradually learn o.
their value Not long ago and women were trying
Is sell the original telephone stock almost anything
little Of the original stock would be worth millions now
value Of the moving picture machine wasn't under
stood at first aYl isn't half understood yet 10 will do
more for education than all the books and lectures in the
world And viii shorten the process Of education BY at
least 80 per cent
impossible limits to the value OF the moving pic
IN science One microscopic camera used now
development inside Of shell little window cut in the
she'll without destroying the membrane and strong light
make the phoographng possible The Of science sees
and photographs lies mystery.
Other moving pictures have shown the by which
wounds in the body heal showing to doctors what their own
eyes cannet see And believed that the moving picture
will be made useful in the study Of and its
hideous resistless growth
The Washington times., 1923-10-04
SAP AND SALT
-By Bert Moses

Boosting Of honesty is concIu-
sive evidence Of the lack of it.
Curiosity plus appetite are the
two cardinal failings Of fish.
Good news does not spoil IL
held back, but bad news gets
worse through concealment.
Hez Heck says: Timetables
and wimmin is subject to change
without notice"
Copyright, 1923. Premier Syndicate. Inc. ]
The Washington times., 1923-10-04
APPRECIATION
Editor of The Times:

12uttUI " Z TIC ItTtES.
May add word of personal appreciation
to the thanks which you have already received
from the officers of the District of Columbia
Chapter for your splendid help in our campaign
for funds for Japanese Relief? Ii was very graft
flying to have the subscriptions from this city
reach such substantial figure, and we are all
very appreciatiye of the part which you con-
trbuted in the success of the campaign here.
Cordially yours
JOHN BARTON PAYNE.
Chairman Erecutive Committee
American Red Cross
Evening star., 1923-04-28
A Disappointment.

President Harding is a great disap.
pointment to many Americans. There
is no violation of confidence in saying
that he has grievously disappointed
many of those Americans who voted
against him. 1t may be that he has
also proved to be disappointment to
some of those politicians who did the
best they knew how to bring about
his election when nearly all the voters
were for him. but there is nothing
noteworthy and important in that.
Politicians are everlastingly being
disappointed in the candidate whom
they helped to elect.
But in more ways than one Presi.
dent Harding has been disappoint.
ment to legions of otherwise good
Americans. Before his election he was
only an availability" candidate. 1t
was confidently said that he was the
weakest candidate the republican
party could put up, and that he was
nominated because of his weakness.
and that If elected. as was improbable,
lie "ouil be d FuDDer-Stdmp PRESIDENT
for a 'coterie" or bunch of senators
whose patriotic impulses went no
further than holding down their jobs.
The President is great disappoint-
ment. He has simply dismayed those
who knew he had a rubber stamp
temperament, and that he would fol-
low the easiest way in all things. He
seems to have shocked number Of
gentlemen who wear republican badges
and who believed that Candidate
Harding made promises from the front
porch at Marion just because they had
pleasing sound and tickled the ears
of some foolish persons who believed
them. In vetoing certain bills, in ad-
vocating others and in instructing GER
tain republicans as to what the party
under his leadership stands for the
President has acted more after the
fashion of battering ram than a rub
ber stamp.
To all those who said they believed
the President would be fourthrater
and would eat out Of the hand Of a
"coterie" he has proved a tremendous
disappointment.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Friend OF Oak Trees Deplores Destruction

again and much of the glamour of
spring will be gone forever. Where
will the robins and buebirds and
cardinals rest while they sing the
praise of the Creator of us all? The
cardinal sits on the topmost bough
of the highest tree and looks at the
sun and says, fright here, right here
right here, pretty, pretty"
William Cullen Bryant says, ITO
him who, in the love of nature, holds
communion with her visible forms
she speaks a various language Many
times I have heard the whisper of the
trees. and they say, Take no thought
for your life, wat We shall eat, or
what ye shall drink: nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on. Is not
life more than meat and the body
than raiment""
Francis Thompson. in Natures
life of ache and dread like the green
ness in the rain. like the solace in
the tear. we may have each Of us a
dreamfur Sicily" To one whose
"deamful Sicily" is in the loveIiness
of the forest, soon there will be moth
ing of this left in this section of the
city. The wild flowers have all gone
in Brightwood Park, the bluebirds
are fewer each year, and soon the
forest, beside which I have found a
hiding place from the wind and a
covert from the tempest. will be
AS I look with deep sorrow at the
mighty oaks cut down in the fullness
of their beauty, / say in my heart,
Farewell. old friends: some day I
shall find you growing again by the
river OF life, whose waters are
CRYSTAL ISABEL MELLEN.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Sentenced to a Book.

A Philadelphia judge, in disposing
Of a traffic case, has imposed a penalty
that may be of value in other cities
where the speeding evil offers a prob
lem. The defendant was charged with
driving while intoxicated. In his testi-
mony he said that he was accom-
panied on his ride by two young men
Doubt" Judge MacNeille, noting
these names, remarked that Trouble
and Doubt" were symbolic characters
in the 'Pilgrim's Progress" and he
sentenced the defendant to the county
Jail for a period long enough to enable
him to read Bunyan's work through.
When he has completed this task he is
to report to the court and submit to
an examination upon it. Whereupon
the judge will determine the final dis
position of the case.
There are many books that might
be used in this way, books Of profound
philosophy and instruction. There are
works Of admonition and enlighten.
ment that might well be imposed" as
penalties. Much better than fines
might be such requirements for rule
breaking that displays a spirit Of reck-
lessness. 1t might not be necessary to
send a man to jail to do his reading.
The court might require him to report
in a week or a fortnight and stand a
test on his reading. If he attempted to
Evening star., 1923-04-28
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor or Inc star:
For twenty-nine, Q, such short years,
have lived beside a wonderful
enchanted oak forest at 5th and JEFF
ferson streets, in Brightwood Park,
and now this spring the trees are
being cut down ta make room for
houses and streets: One cannot stand
in the way of progress, but 1 find it
in my heart to wish that progress
had gone in another direction.
Few, if any, knew it was a forest
Of enchantment, but l, having in
herited from the Irish and Scotch the
gift Of seeing the invisible, discov-
cred it when I was a little girl.
have seen the fairies dancing in the
moonlight Could mortal wish
greater joy?
There are no trees in the world
lovelier than budding oaks in the
spring. Some are silver gray, some
dull rose pink and some a soft green,
all blurry like Corot painted them.
They are such wise trees, too. They
of spring like the silly little peach
trees do. When the oaks come out
one can be quite sure that spring has
really come.
Nothing can ever take the place of
this beautiful grove, to one who loves
the far-away open spaces of the
world, yet who is, like Charles Lamb,
chained to the desks 6"ti wood"
Life will never be quite the same
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Sounds Like Business.

President Harding and the Shipping
Board are acting promptly in backing
up the assurance given when the mer-
chant marine bill was defeated that
the administration would take steps
TO keep the American ships afloat in
the sea lanes Of commerce. The Presi-
} dent reiterated that promise in his
New York speech before the publish
ers last Tuesday, when he declared a
great merchant marine to be an out
standing American requirement, and
added: "Since we cannot hope for
government aid to private ownership.
We propose to do our best to organize
and consolidate our lines and service.
applying the lessons Of experience.
VAich cost US hundreds Of millions in
Evening star., 1923-04-28

operation alone, then offer for sale. II
We cannot sell, we will operate. and
operate aggressively, until Congress
inhibits."
Chairman Lasker Of the Shipping
Board has called for bids for the pur-
chase Of passenger and cargo boats. to
be submitted by May %. The eighty
one services now being handled have
been consolidated into eighteen lines,
and sales will be made by lines rather
than by individual ships. Individual
purchasers of stipulated lines will be
authorized to route the ships to cover
wide range of ports. to prevent over
tapping or duplication Of services at
the various ports.
Every purchaser will be required to
operate for a specified period over the
routes selected by him and not else
where all ships to be purchased In
return, the government agrees not to
operate any government owned ships
while adequate service is rendered.
The Shipping Board plan involves
about $50 vessels, operating to all
parts of the world. Some three or
four hundred vessels of inferior types
are to be scrapped and others held
for conversion.
All of this sounds like business, If
bidders respond. and the plan, if sue
cessful, would eliminate a part of the
waste now unavoidable. But the main
consideration is that the flag is to fly
in every quarter of the globe in any
contingency.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Fatal Fires.

Twelve people were killed in New
York tenement fire Friday morning.
This is but the latest of long series
of such blazes in that city and else
! where, indicating a very lax attention
/ to fire-prevention laws. The 1923 rec
ord in New York was started most ter
ribly with a fire in February at the
Manhattan Hospital for the Insane on
| Wards Island in the burning of which
twenty-five lost their lives. Then later
| four were burned to death in a Brook
lyn tenement, five in an apartment
house and two in a tenement house in
Manhattan. Meanwhile four We're
! Angelica. N. Y; four in a hotel in Van
Buren, Me-. and six in an apartment
at Lynn. Mass. Counting all these
fires, including that of Friday in New
York, at least sixty-seven lives have
been lost in less than two and a half
months this year in fires in what
may be called residential buildings.
There We're probably many more in
smaller disasters. Two of these were
public institutions, which should be
vate dwellings. Indeed, greater pro-
lection should be given those who are
held by the state as inmates and who
have no control over the conditions of
their habitation.
Flimsy construction. accumulation
of waste. exposure of wires, neglect of
all the rules of safety-these are the
elements that make the destruction of
life by fire in this country such a
shocking record. Fire is not an un-
avoidable evil. Only through human
agency does it develop, by so-called ac-
cident or by wicked design. Some Of
the fires that have been noted in the
list above are believed to have been of
incendiary origin. No fire laws, how
ever fully enforced, can be a protec-
ton against arson. But the conditions
may be such that the torch Of the fire
bug will not cause a sweep Of flame
SO swift that escape is impossible. In
New York city there are hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of so-called apart
ments. literally. little more than tene-
ments, in which the occupants are al
most certain to be trapped helplessly
if fire starts at the bottom.
No matter how many warnings"
are given by these terrible object les
sons, little seems to be accomplished
in the way Of stricter regulations and
more thorough enforcement of them.
In some cities unquestionably political
influences are eXerted to keep the
standards of safety down to a danger
ously low point. A false sense of Sc
curity is felt because the percentage
of chance that fire will occur seems
low. No risk is a safe one. however
small the percentage. When human
life is involved-and human life is in
volved in practically every fire that
occurs--it is the first duty Of munich
pal authority to afford the utmost pro-
lection.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
EDITORIAL DIGEST

insists. 'the south's duty to itself is
plain enough. Louisiana has her Mer
Rouge and Bastrop Illinois has her
Herrin, and now Florida has her
caught asleep too often. but surely the
story OF the lumber camp tioggings will
, awaken her. If the trial of Higgin-
botham should show him guilty as
charged the south would have the
right TO demand that part of its crime
stigma be wiped out" To which the
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch replies that
New York produces mob bent on
lynching a negro because he stole a
pocketbook. Even Georgia does not
do that" and the paper insists cod
ding prisoners is mush: Furnishing
them when unruly, even with the lash
if necessary, is right. But leasing con-
yictS to private interests, making
them slaves to avarice and to the ca
prices of perverted cruelty, is a crime
against deceucy and against civiiiza-
tion itself" The leasing system has
| "diSgraced the state" the Minneapolis
Journal holds, and the common
wealth Of Florida must bring forth
! works meet for repentance by TAX
ing up the full burden of 3ndlng
these cruelties and the social prob
lens they represent in an enlight-
ened and civilized way"
THE conscience of this country,
however sensitive it might have been
a few years ago" points out the
Roanoke World-News, has within
the past year stood for the Herrin
massacre. the outrageS at Mer
Rouge. the activities Of the vigilantes
in oklahoma. numerous lynchings and
countless fioggings And because it
has stood for these things it is more
than likely going to stand for what
has been happening in Florida. The
conscience of a nation, just as that of
an individual, becomes blunted if its
n rnt n iS itn
for law is our only rallying point,
and it is high time some rallying
were being done in every community
i, in this country. The manner in which
we allow outrages such as have
marked the past year to go by indi-
Gates that we are losing our bear
ings." But the Admission Star feels
that "Tabert will not have died in
vain. There are evidences that good
will be the final goal of ill., and that
Tabert's death will be the straw to
break the camers back Of this ne
farious system" And all sbecause,
suggests the Springfield Union, the
newspapers of the north disclosed the
evil" The outrageS in Florida have
directed attention to the system in
and Observer says, while the state
has never permitted the shocking
whippings disclosed in Florida, some
of our prison camps are far from what
they should be and cases or whipping.
some brutal, have not been wanting.
The prison authorities should not
wait for the general assembly to for
bid fioEging. In state and county
prisons they should prohibit it now"
The tale that is told of Florida in
1923 sounds somewhat like that of the
Kongo Free State in 1908, when the
rubber camp savageries shocked the
world" says the Buffalo News
America can protest with poor grace
| the savagerics of Turks and Russians
when such things as these are going
on within its own borders. They chal-
lenge our good fame. There should be
no delay in getting rid of the convict
labor system and in stamping out
lNnch Lazy They sh me- Tho tiax,
Evening star., 1923-04-28

the gramophone. and thousands Of
records of it found their way into
circulation.
The Associated Press paid delicate,
though perhaps unconscious, tribute
to President Harding's penchant for
unusual phraseology. in the souvenir
menu of the luncheon at which he
spoke in New York this week. A pref
atory page told tersely, as is the "A.
P.'s' way, what and why the worlds
greatest news-gathering organization
is. and mentioned that each of it's
members contributes the news of his
immediate "vicinaGe." Less scholarly
narrators might have been tempted to
say vicinity but 'vicinage" is in
disputably Websterian, just as Mr.
Harding's "normalcy' was-and is.
Students of the Presidents diction
have come to vote "Seemly' and "un-
seemly" his favorite idioms. They
are almost as frequently encountered
in his public utterances as Woodrow
Wilson'S May ] not?" were in the
preceding administration. Banner
bearer" instead Of STANDARD -hearer"
was one of the little pathological un-
usualities Mr.. Harding sprang in his
New York speech.
James t. Ryan. described as "a
close friend OF President Harding
and dean Of American oil representa-
tives in Mexico" is credited with paw
ing the way for the American Mexi-
can peace conference. Ee< has been
in Obregon's land since H921 and
striveu ceaselessiy for n reconcilia
ton. Recently Ryan accompanied
Mexican financial commission to New
York and Washington. when plans
for the forthcoming joint commission
are said to have been formulated
G.. o. T. politics. "nside" and conf
DENTAL" figured conspicuously at
Thursdays National Republican Club
dinner in New York, in honor of Col.
Thomas w. Miller. alien property GUS
todian. Postmaster General New was
to have represented the administration.
but turned up missing, and his place on
the program was taken by former Sen
ator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, VINO
proved the most jovial of lame ducks.
Plenty of Harding enthusiasm was on
top. though one post-prandlal spellblnd-
er opined that Hiram Johnson would
dominate" the next national conVen-
tion Having said that much. the
speaker voiced the hope that johnson
would be for Harding"
Man who talks with his fingers"
otherwise Maj. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, Will
address the Cosmos Club in Washing
ton on April So on THE Sign Language
Of the Indians" During his long mill
tary career in the west Scott made a
detailed study of the Indian sign
tongue" and mastered it. Countless
disputes, both between warning tribes
h f
skinned wards, were settled by Scott at
conferences In which he 'converSed'
exclusively with his hands.
downright. lN:3!
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Florida Floggings Are a National
Disgrace.


The revelations of the craelties in
Florida convict camps constitute an
unanswerable indictment of the leas-
ing system. editors are convinced. and
they unite in indorsEng the action be-
ing taken by the. Palmetto state
Legislature TO abolish such methods.
as well as 10 punish officials who
have winked at, or actively assisted,
the practice.
"Florida's shame is not that Tabert
died." says the Peoria Transcript,
but that the practice of farming out
convicts still exists in the state"
Because this must be admitted. the
Mobile Register feels 'FloItda faces
the responsibility of finding a way to
stop such abuses and prevent their
recurrence in the future" inasmuch,
as the Little Rock Gazette sees II.
the leasing system is an institution
that just as long as il shall exist will
be productive of incidents that will be
deplorably unfortunate for that state
in the eyes of the nation This is
also the position of the Grand Rapids
Herald. which sharply denounces
"peonage in 1928" and is: convinced
that somewhere in this survival of
medievalism men of political power
and prominence have been involved.
If the state of Florida wants to clear
the blot from it's name these men
must be brought out into the full
light. revealed for what they are,
and. If possible. punished"
prisoners are wards of the state"
holds the Indianapolis News, "and it
is assumed that the punishment fixed
by the courts is just. The convict
lease system is always open to dan
ger of exploitation by selfish inter
ests, and it may be doubted whether
it ought to be tolerated. Law is in
tended for punishment and should
open the way for reform. Methods
used in these cases tend to make rom
firmed criminals, not only of boys, but
also of men-if they survive the bar
for punishment of such a character,
the Chattanooga Times holds, be
cause there are forms of punishment,
now generally adopted in progressive
subdued without resort to violence.
Solitary confinement has been found
the best antidote for refractory pris-
oners. often results in reformation.
where whipping and fogging only
render them resentful and confirm
them in their wayWstrdnesS." If the
exposures in this case compel COM
plete reform they will mot have been
in vain," the Atlanta Constitution
feels.
1.-The sensitiveness of the social
conscience" Is demonstrated by the
Indignation these revelations have
aroused throughout the country, ar
CUES the Springfield Journal which
holds that "the convict camp is one
Of the relics Of dark age" While
the whole south is not guilty" in
this instance, the Sioux City Journal
Evening star., 1923-04-28
Clothes and PeOpIe,


De clothes dey keeps a-changin
In a mighty curious way.
De fashions is a-rangin'
Fun de solemn to de gay.
De hats is kind O. funny
An de shoes is sort O. queer,
An dey cost q heap Of money;
Sumpin' mo- fun year to year.
But de men is brave an hearty
An de women good an fair.
De gals dey gives party
An de boys escorts 'em there.
An dar ism muffin strange in
Love an life's eternal game.
De clothes dey keeps a-changin'
But folks is jest de same.
Evening star., 1923-04-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Illusion.

Unrest awaits US everywhere
HoWe'er our course is set,
You think elsewhere the sun and air
Are always better yet.
On mountain top or by the sea,
By woodland or the beach,
You think that Somewhere else
must be
The spot you long to reach.
And still you make the old mistake
Wherever you may roam.
You sing about it, yet forsake
The place called Home, Sweet
Home"
In vain your fancies are inclined
To wandering quest Of cheer,
For Somewhere else" you'll always
find
Becomes plain plodding Here"