Evening star., 1923-06-18
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

we are iabbergasted by the unre-
liability of history. Not only was the
revolution all wrong and the Decla-
ration OF independence a plagiarism
on the Magma Charta, but William
Tell never shot the apple off his
boys head, for the apple crop failed .
that season: no boy ever stood on
a burning deck. after hearing Come
on in, the waters fne'; also Mary's
little lamb was her goat. George
Washington never owned a hatchet.
but girdled the tree-a pear tree,
with his pcnknife, for which he had
traded "side-on-see." All such mac
curacies OF history are not included
in Muzzey's, but here Is a bomb
she'll which comes out of the Smith
sonian Institution, where 1t was sup
posed only "duds' were kept. 1
A scholar of that reservoir OF
highbrows rises to remark: The
truth about this Pocahontas stuff will
never be known
If it is such a confidential secret.
it?
Some writer's think" says the pro 2
fessor-and that is most notable
concession-"some writer's think that
John Smith. whose life she is alleged
father was about to behead him, was
never so saved at all.'
If she saved John. why didn't he
marry her. instead of letting that
other John beat him to It? Thia
| man Smith. weak in counting his life
saver-never mentioned his own
romance until after Rolfe had cut
| him out. after Powhatan had failed
to cut him in. The son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Rolfe was born in England and
4 m he In OF
| dian grandfather until he was thirty
| three years old. Then he married
| white girl. Miss Poythress. and from
that union all descendants of Poca-
| hontas sprang. The commonplace
part Of the story is confirmed; only
the interesting vamping OF John
Smith is questioned. Now see how
! many Smiths there are in the word,
And Pocahontas risked having her
| own hair bobbed for one Smith who
| did she butt in? Wasn't there a sur
plus Of Smiths. even in her day?
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| Mr.. Peyton Gordon. United States
district attorney Of the District Of
| Columbia, brings relief to the bow
| Logging hotels and restaurants by
denying that he had any plan to
paddock hotels and other drinking
places, summarily. Such places could
not be closed. he says. pending trial
and appeal to the higher courts.
Consolingly he explains that the
| government can do no more at the
| outset than TO get a temporary re-
| straining order from the court, en-
| joining the alleged violator from
continuing his violation of law. When
| the case comes up on it's merits and
| the government is sustained then :he
| injunction will be made permanent
! In the meanwhile the temporary In
| junction is not padlock-it is just
! a bolt.
cases on the docket, and in every case
| he seems to be asking for bolt as
aforesaid-not paddock.
/ Also Mr.. District Attorney has dis
: covered that when a landlord charges
a bootlegging tenant two or ten times
the normal rent for his premises, II
is presumptive evidence that he
! knows why the tenant is willing
! be gouged. 1t looks like a CON
spiracy between tenant and land
/ lord-and a conspiracy to violate the.
| law means the penftentiary for all
conspirators involved.
| Vets in New York were rejoicing
! that the licuor cases would no longer
| be prosecuted in state or local courts.
| The first case of selling one quart o,
! whisky that came up in a Federal
| court drew a fine of $1,000. Commits
| sioner Haynes is mobiliZing forces to
march against New York bootleggers
! in force. and many 1000 fines may
result. Local court fines of $40 are
| out of style. Federal prisons at
| Leavenworth and elsewhere are not
. health resorts. but their landlords are
looking for company.
Copyright 1928, by p Y. CoIlns1