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Evening star., 1923-05-25
done its faithful best to. extirpate

done it's faithful best to. extirpate
them.
That such places will pitch their
tents and build their shacks outside
the District shows that they cannot
carry on their trade inside the Dis
trict. 1t is not to the honor of Mary
land that they should be allowed to do
business or do evil in the magnificent
state from which the District came.
and state whose representative peo-
pie hold the loftiest ideals and cherish
the finest traditions.
These evils will creep in and pollute
any section unless the law officers are
continually active against them. Let
the law officers take a day off and
scallawags will show their heads.
Maryland will close such places as
those described in The Star.
Many years ago Washington was
plagued with evil resorts" on the
Virginia side of the river and along
some of the roads leading through
Maryland. The establishments at
jackson City at the south end of the
Long bridge were notorious There
We're such places at the south end of
the Aqueduct bridge and along the
wooded river shore between the Aque-
duct and Chain bridges. There were
also "arks" or houseboats where gam
blers tried to beat each other and
where suckers were robbed. But
Virginia made a cleanup campaign.
and no complaint has been heard
against her in this respect for good
while.
There have been many clean-ups in
Maryland. but it seems hard for the
law officers to keep the lid nailed
down. Temples of chance" and no
doubt bootleg emporiums, spring up
overnight and attain considerable
popularity, but it is probably safe to
set it down that they will not last
Evening star., 1923-05-25
No Price Boosting.

There are disquieting reports about
the city that there have been increases
in the price of food at some restau
rants and in the price of some kinds of
provisions. The reports are that the
increases are not large, and that the
reason for them is that the purveyors
have had to hire more help" and
that the wages paid this help are
high. If there has been any raise in
food prices at this early stage it may
be feared that there will be a boost in
prices when the crowd Is here.
4 warning should be sounded to
profiteers or to those who contemplate
boosting prices. The trade and civic
organizations should and will stand
behind the Districts promise not to
raise prices because of increased de-
mand for food and shelter during the
Shrine gathering. They must insist
that this pledge be kept. The case is
not serious at this moment, and it
must not be permitted to reach a seri-
Gus state when the rush of strangers
is upon us.
The good faith and the good name
OF Washington are at stake in this
matter. This may not seem important
TO those who would take advantage Of
an opportunity to raise prices and
make large and quick profits, but it is
important TO the great mass of Wash
ington people. They have not gone
into this thing to make money. They
are not working and worrying and
proposing to subject themselves to
various Inconvenience because of the
cash that the crowd will bring to
Washington. That is not the point. 1t
is the lowest and most paltry view of
the situation that can be taken.
The people of Washington see in
this enterprise an opportunity further
to popularize the Capital city Of the
United States and to interest in that
city large number of other Ameri-
cans who probably know very little
about it. That is the main idea Of the
several hundred thousand Washington
people who are not Shriners. They
want the best possible treatment for
the crowd. They insist upon it.
Every merchant and restaurant
keeper is presumably making a profit
on his present sales. His sales will be
probably very largely increased during
the Shrine meeting. and his profits will
be larger than he gets from his normal
volume Of business. The people feel
that such an increase in profits should
be satisfactory and sufficient. The
people will not submit without resent
nnent to being gouged because of the
coming of a large crowd. and they will
not hear without resentment that the
crowd is being gouged.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
After Twelve Years Canada Seems
to Favor Reciprocity.

After twelve years reciprocity with
Canada looms up once more as a topic
for at least conversations" between
the two countries. 1t is suggested by
the Canadian minister of finance, w.
S. Fielding, who, by the way. is the
man who conducted the original ne
gotiations with President Taft. In
submitting his annual budget he sug-
gests a plan whereby should Presi-
dent Harding reduce duties on agri-
cultural products and fish the Cana
dian government should be authorized
to meet the cut in such way as shall
be reasonable. Discussing the sug-
gestion at length, the Newark News
says:
More important than anything else
is the friendship between the two
countries that would grow out of
helpful mutual trade relations. a
workable agreement should not lie
beyond the power of these two peo-
Piles. and when Canada shows a ia
vorable disposition we ought to well
come it and meet her more than half
way. Partisan politics have hurt our
relations with other peoples so badly
that Washington cannot be too alert
to see they do not make US ignore
Canada's outstretched hand"
Mr.. Fielding was defeated in his
initial attempt, the New York Times
recalls. because "of internal political
complications in Canada and it en-
phasizes that there is no geographi-
cal barrier between the United
States and Canada and the facility of
intercommunication is such that the
free and uninterrupted interchange
of products between these two ma
tions is to the advantage of both.
America needs Canada and Canada
needs the United States. Thus far
the reception of the Canadian offer in
this country has been rather cold.
Our farmers see in the plan another
blow at their interests. Agricultural
prices would be reduced, they allege.
while manufactured goods would re-
main high. Cut the duties on the lat
ter and then the farmers will talk
with you" Even though there should
be no present action the suggestion
must be received as indicating Cana
dian changing views" the Bangor
Commercial holds. I'm Canada at
least 1t appears to be the local i'm
preston that local sentiment has
changed and that Canada is now
ready to do what IL refused to do
under the LaurieF administration. 1t
Is, however, quite problematical
what the response of the United
States would be to such a proposal.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILlNDER JOHNSON.

Utopia.
Utopia. Utopia! You are the land of
dreams,
Where flowers always blossom and
where sunshine always CLEANS;
Where every man to other men is
generous and just.
And honest human sympathy effaces
all distrust.
We've toiled with chart and compass;
Every map we've scanned with care,
But we find no indication of its pres
ence anywhere;
And the worIdly-wise assure US, as for
counsel we apply,
1t is but a fieeting fancy, like the
cloudland in the sky.
Yet every human traveller, as he jour
neys on his way,
Down in his heart expects to reach
Utopia some day;
Or, If his span of years, so brief, be
spent ere he arrives.
His children or his children's children
there shall pass their lives.
Whene'er he takes a railway train or
fares by sea or stream
He seeks some little betterment to
help this earthly scheme.
Utopia, Utopia! They say there's no
such place,
Yet it seems the universal destination
Of the race.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
Evil Resorts in MARYLAND.

Gambling houses are opening in
Maryland just beyond the District
line, according to a news story in The
Star. Their situation was given. Auto.
mobiles made trips between the street
car line and one Of the places. Cars
were parked about them. Hundreds
of men and boys were in the places.
There seems to have been nothing
strikingly secret in their operation.
No gambler could run his business
with such publicity in the city and
get away with it." In the quiet rural
districts it seems possible, sometimes.
Orderly and law-abiding neighbors
may be all around, but such carry
ings on" at night by hundreds Of men
and boys from the city do not excite
their curiosity. Revelry at late hours
does not disturb them. Law officers
do not know of it.
Washington has had trouble with
gambling and drinking dives ..just
outside the District" ever since such
places were rooted out Of the city. or
hser since the police department has
Evening star., 1923-05-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

McMaster University, one of Can
adas smaller colleges, has conferred
les honorary LII. ID. on President
Harding. Though only thirty-s six
years old and boasting a student
body of fewer than 400. McMaster Is
a sturdy and solid institution. sit
uated at Toronto. At first Mr.. Hard
ing declined the degree because he
could not personally receive it in
Canada. Then the college decided to
confer 1t "in absentia." which has
just been done. In acknowledgment
Of the honor, President Harding
wrote that the universities of Can
ada and the United States are des-
tined to play an important part "in
interpreting one country to the other
and in furthering the achievement of
broader freedom, brotherhood and
world democracy"
Former Supreme Court Justice John
Hessin Clarke has not often been
heard in public at Washington, 80
that his league of nations speech this
week was to many an introduction to
one of the most gifted orators in
America. Clarke Is noble Roman
a Cicero. He perpetrated a merry
quip at the expense of William L.
Borah. Some day." he said, when
Senator Borah has fifteen minutes to
spare, l wish he would take pencil
and paper and write out his idea of
q statute that would outlaw war:
for, as Bacon said, writing maketh
the exact man."
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Baron Shidehara, formerly Japanese
ambassador to the United States.
writes Washington friends that he Is
making satisfactory progress toward
restoration OF health. He is now de-
tached from official service and able
to devote himself exclusively to the
task of getting we'll. In a witty pas
sage of a recent letter, Shidehara
said: I'm Korea there's tradition
ticular ailment, an internal com
plaint, is richly blessed. So that, if 1t
became a matter of general knowl-
edge just what's troubling me. 1 sup
of my friends. fellcitating me upon
my hidden treasure"
On the eve of the Mystic Shrine
conclave in Washington Almss
Temple, the local organization, has
initiated number of distinguished
neophites. Among them are Mira
Hussein Khan Alai. the Persian min
lister, who is no stranger to the fez:
Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Admiral
Robert z. Coontz' and Maj. Gen. John
A. Lejeune. All of them have
achieved the requisite thirty second
degree of Masonry that entities them
to join the mobiles of the ancient
Arabic order. Other distinguished
Washington Shriners, in addition TO
Evening star., 1923-05-25

President Harding and Secretary
Christian, are James J. Davis, Sec
retary of Labor. and Edward J. Hen
ming, his assistant secretary. All
-FOUR OF them are busting their fezzes
In anticipation of impending big
dotn.s In the Road to Mecca and the
Garden of Allah.
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One Of the things most remembered
about Stanley Baldwin, new British
premier, during his visit to Wash
ington last winter Ia an inveterate
devotion TO his briar pipe. Some of
his hardest thinking during sittings
of the debt-funding commission was
done between puffs. Ambassador
Harvey is q veteran member of the
pipe smokers fraternity. The work
Ing table at his present White House
diggings Is always Uttered with
pipes and their debris: Nobody is
more interested than President
Harding in the suggestion of British
patent experts that the worlds wait
ing pipes clean. Some day the
President promises to spin a yarn as
to how he lost a wonderful collec-
tion Of pipes
Sonoma county. Calf. one of Amer
ica's luscious fruit belts, has been
ther Burbank's activities as a plant
breeder. On May Is Burbank COM
pleted half century at the Santa
Rosa experimental grounds. The
event was commemorated in connec-
ton with the "Sonoma prune festi-
val" The principal feature was a
historical pageant, Under Five
Flags reference to the fact that
Sonoma county, since first IL harbored
California pioneers. has passed under
the control of Ave different countries
Mrs. Burbank enacted the role Of
Rosa, Indian maid. the first convert
of the mission padres at Sonoma and
for whom the city of Santa Rosa was
named. Her rich black hair, dark
complexion and brown eyes ad-
mirably fitted her for the part Bur
bank, native of Massachusetts, has
just turned seventX-four He has
lived on the coast sihce 1875.
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Argentina, n formidable rival of
the United States in wheat and cat
tie. has just appointed a woman,
Sonora de Castro. vice minister of
agriculture. She is German born, but
came to South America at an early
age and married an Argentinian. She
Is the owner Of a farm, which has
developed under her personal super
vision, and has actually worked il.
her book on agriculture Manual of
the Future Farmer" aroused much
favorable comment when published
and was approved by the agricultural
experts or the permanent exposition
or Cordoba. Sonora de Castro speaks
ish.
GCopyriRht 1922
Evening star., 1923-05-25

girls. Many people became insane.
I can enumerate such scenes by the
thousands, but what is the use-the
Jew has paid for all the atrocities
that have been brought upon the
world, and now the new disease that
has devasted the world under the
name of bolshivism, this, too. has
been placed upon the shoulder of the
Jew without any reason or proof. 1t
is unjust for a man who has the
power, the strength and the capital
that Mr.. Ford has. in place of creating
new freedom, new life and a friendly
feeling among the various groups of
peoples in this great country, to try
to create an enmity starting up race
hatred and race prejudice for no other
reason than some whim or something
that may have happened to him per-
sonally. But neither he nor any one
else who has tried for the past 1000
years to destroy the Jews has sue
|ceeded in doing SO.
LOUIS EDEIlMAN.. M. D.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Every time that wages In the trades
in town make. a jump, they attract
| more farm workers away from pro-
ducing food. and so increase the de-
mand for farm help. This increased
| hands. That is one reason why IT
costs more to produce food today
! than II did ten years ago.
In 1910 the average wages of farm
hands. working by the month, was
$l9.21 month, plus board. Today it
| is $30.98. The supply of labor for
farm work today is Ss.4 per cent of
| normal, as compared with 111.4 April
l, 1922. and 1898 April /. 1921.
Perhaps the farmers have not yet
felt the pressure of the labor short
age this season. as they would have
felt it If the weather had been more
| favorable 4for crops. They have had
longer time for planting and sowing.
! but they will realize it more in the
fall.
The cold spring has greatly les
sened the fruit crop-especially
pam1 pea1hesmaccording to the 1eastra Depart
weather in the week ending May Is,
extended as far south as the bound
ary between Virginia and North Car
olina.
Mr.. j. II. McLaurin, president of the
Wholesale Grocers' Association, fore
told, in his speech before the associa-
tion in session here, that there will
be a business depression in 1924. and
he urged all grocers to buy short"
and curtail credits.
AS basis for his conservative pre-
cautions he pointed to the constantly
growing cost of building, both for
that this will bring a slump in con-
struction, which will throw many
wage earners out of jobs. Men with
out wages. are poor customers, he
said.
The American Legion resents the
offering, by some dealers, of poppies
made in Germany" The former
soldiers. declare that none of such
poppfes should be worn on Memorial
day, or any other day. The German
made poppies are said to be cheap
in price. but the sentiment connected
with the wearing of the poppy in
memory of the soldiers who died in
the service would be DESTROYED if
the poppies were made by the late
enemy, whose acts caused the deaths
which the flowers now commemorate.
Strange doings in connection with
the replica OF r'Home, Sweet Home"
by the Federation of Women's Clubs
the cottage temporarily erected
north of the Treasury, alongside O.
Sherman's statue.
Cage the lark. yet bid il sing as
blithely as If soaring the clouds at
morn! Trap the coney or the noun
tain goat, and in it's astonished agony
its prison Anchor the swift yacht,
and expect it's sails to swell in joy
Gus sport, as If ii were bounding the
foaming waves of the open sea,
Then, give narcotic to the rambler
rose, saying 'tis natures winter sleep
10. you bid II awake and burst into
beauteous splendor of the mornings
crimson sky. and leap to play over
the portals of Home Sweet Home"'
Listen to its piteous appeal:
An exile from home. either smothers in vain
Oh, give me my glasscovered greenhouse again
y x 4
Think of home. sweet home, with
concrete walks. electric sweepers and
drunken rambler roses, VIII its
canaries do jazz? Will its house dog
rise and bow to welcome guests? Will
its grandfather's clock tinkle chimes
from an ornate j"whatnot?" Will the
spirit of John Howard Payne stop to
wipe the dust from his shoes ana
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Hiram Johnson's candidate for Con-
gress, who opposed the world court
idea, was defeated in the Los Angeles
district. A great orator must appear
in person to dazzle the crowd. He
cannot hope to shine by reflected ef-
fulgency.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
The TOWnSunan.

The pictures in the picture book
The swirling seas, the babbling brook
The spring with moss and ferns ar
rayed,
The avenues OF arching shade
He sought them earnestly and far,
But some defect the scene would mar
And nothing managed quite to look
Like pictures in the picture book.
And then he sought to understand
The pleasures waiting close at hand;
A bit of bloom. a stretch of sky.
An idle songster wandering by;
The stars by night. the busy street
BY day with interest replete.
He learned to love them and forsook
The dreamings Of the picture book.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

A patron Of a Philadelphia restau.
rant, while entertaining a young wom-
an at dinner. was held up on the prem
ises and robbed of his diamonds and
$3.50 in cash. 1t was hard luck for
him that he had not yet paid his
check.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

People who used to think the circus
a wicked influence are now compelled
to admit that the world has not i'm
proved perceptibly in spite of the fact
that the greatest shows on earth have
been consolidating until there are only
one or two expected in town each sea-
SON.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

European statesmen, when looking
for few bits Of timely advice from
Uncle Sam, almost invariably drop the
hint that money talks.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

A composite face has been made Of
the features of seven of the silver
screens most beautiful women. Now
if they had only added an office boys
brains the thing would have been COM
plete.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Every conference is embarrassed by
the recognized privilege of any dele
gate TO pack his suit case and go home
in case a decision looms up which he
does not approve of.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

There is degree of respect due the
revolutionist who strives to change
conditions for his fellow countrymen.
There is none due the communist who
antagonizes his own and every other
nations government on general prin-
ciples.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

The great world war left many prob
lens Of reconstruction to be solved.
Many influential statesmen refuse to
consider any suggestion that the re-
construction Of the United States Con-
stitution is one Of them.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

1t is stated authoritatively that the
Leviathan will be bone dry" Is this
a modern variation of the old salt
water expression "a bone in her
teeth?"
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Two Logansport, Ind, boys, wishing
to dodge Sunday school, set fire to the
church's bellrope. That is rather mild.
They can be hardly up to the present
standard of modern youth. Some of
our Young Intelligentsia" would have
assaSsinated the teacher.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

When wizard sues an emperor for
libel it becomes evident that the love
Of humanity expected Of a Klansman
does not necessarily apply to fellow
member.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
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Evening star., 1923-05-25

Chinese politicians are said to be
aiding bandits. In a division Of the
spoils the bandits may be expected to
get rather the worst Of il.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

The Shriners will drive dull, care
away, but will not undertake to attack
the particular brand of care that at
taches to the parking problem.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

It will be a relief when the German
mark actually does reach zero. Figur-
ing out things will then be so much
easier.
Evening star., 1923-05-25
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening star. with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
at go cents per month: daily only. 41 cents Per per
month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month or-
ders may be sent by mail. or telephone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end OF each mouth.
Evening star., 1923-05-25

Some particularly atrocious scenes
took place in the courtyard of the
synagogue where the Jews had
sought refuge. The courtyard was
covered with the bodies of women
and children. old men and young
Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Satin stripe and genuine Omar
English broadcloth shirts, all
high-grade qualities. not the
kinds made up for sales. Sizes
IA to 16
Evening star., 1923-11-02
Second Day Of Our Great $4,000
Sale of Men s furnishings
Underwear, SLIP

Wool and Cotton Mixed I'm
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shirts with flat-welt neck,
drawers with full reinforced
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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Three.piece Ail-wool Knitted
Sweater Sets, in red. pink.
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quality.
Evening star., 1923-11-02
Little Tots Goats
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OF white corduroy, heavy soft
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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Ideal for all kinds OF sports
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quality brushed wool scariS.
with wide fringe, and tailored
hats to match, in such wanted
shades as gray, tan, copen and
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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Fine quality Wool Middies;
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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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checks and figured patterns.
Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Evening star., 1923-11-02

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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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Women's Co1or.d Linen
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Evening star., 1923-11-02
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