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Evening star., 1923-06-09
Safe Boat Landings.

The Commissioners take proper pre-
cautions in ordering a thorough In
vestigation of all wharves and landing
places in the District because of the
collapse of a part of 4 private boat.
house landing during Shrine week. 1t
is not believed that there are many
danger places on the rivers in the Dis.
trict, but there ought to be none, and
il is desirable that all Of them be
looked over by the wharf committee of
the engineer department. No suspicion
can attach to any of the regular
wharves' at which steam and sailing
vessels land, but it may be that weak
ness will. be found in some of the
smaller landing places. In the natural
order of events no crowd collects at
any Of these places.
There is no cause for excitement in
this matter. The accident which has
called attention to the little boat land.
ings was not serious, though it might
pageant drew to the riverside a greater
crowd than perhaps had ever gathered
there before. Several persons were
thrown into the river by the falling of
landing place on which they stood,
but there were many river men around
and all those persons in danger were
quickly rescued. 1t is said that the
part of the landing which gave way
was posted by the owner as being dan.
gerous. and that persons were warned
to keep off, but the temptation to gain
a point OF vantage to see the river
pageant was stronger than the sense
of caution and respect for signs.
1t is not to be expected that these
boathouse landings, where men hire
canoes and fishing boats, shall be
made secure for large crowds of peo.
pie. but they should be inspected with
a view to determining how many per.
sons may be allowed on them, and
those that are unsafe in all ways
should be repaired or taken down.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

O. What convention will be first
70 use the new Washington Audlto-
rum? H D. T.
A. This great hall. with a seating
capacity Of 5000, will be comple eted
by November /. 1928. and the frst
convention to be held there VIII De
that Of the Southern Medical Asso-
ciation. The entire space of the ex-
bibitior hall will be used for DIS
NAV of the latest surgical lnStru-
ments and appliances
q How many visiting automobiles
we're in the city during the week !
]. l.
The American Automobile AS
socia+ion SAYS that no exact ngures
can be given. but the estimates RANGE
between 10000 and 10000.
O Where ga the bands play that
Furnished the music heard through
the ampliflers on, pennsglVahi@ ave-
nue. Thursday night? H. N
A. Two bands stationed at 1oth
- u s.reets northwest played alter
natelv for the dancers. one bano was
from Milwaukee and the otner IRON
Danver. The amplifiers. which MADE
the music audible the length OF the
Avenue were Bell loud speakers, fur-
nished by the Chesapeake ana ro-
fnmaC TelepuOllc
This music was also broadcast by
radio from the Arlington station.
@. What is the significance of the
fez?-L4 b.
A From earliest antiquity Mo-
hammedans were accuslouieu
make sacred pilgrimages tc the city
Of Fez. where a distinctive head COW
erine. called the Tarboosh. now
InnWn as the fez, was manufactured.
The cap was dyed scarlet 1or stu,
dents of the school located tneIe anu
became known as g. marx OF iearh-
ing.
O What is the foreign-born popu-
lation of washington2-W. ..
A The total foreign-born popula-
tion Is less than 10000. the smallest
of any metropolitan district in the
United States.
n Are any of the Presidents buried
IN the National Capital?-J. d. P.
A No President is buried in the
National Capital, but many members
of Congress are buried In the Con.
eressional cemetery, on the bank OF
the Anacostia river ease OF the zap
itol.
O. Does the Washington Monument
sway?--G. b.
A. There is a slight bending caused
by the suns heat. This is rendered
ncrcentible by means of a copper
,v;rs ia feet long hanging in the
center of the building. 1t carries a
uiummet suspended in vessel of
water. AT noon in summer the apex
of the Monument Is shifted. a few
hundredths of ar inch toward the
caused by high winds Is also reg
istered.
q. List the salaries paid to house
hold workers in the White HouseT-
w. H
A. The maids at the White House
are not general houseworkers. put
merely housemaids and laundIesses.
T,he highest paid Of these gets $50
ner month. Most OF the servants are
men. There is a manager. at $3.50
a year. and, except for the engineer,
Evening star., 1923-06-09

hard at work on a book destined, ac-
cording to his admirers. to be the
long-awaited great American novel,"
Whitlock is writer by profession
and produced a couple Of novels be-
fore he achieved fame as Toledo's
reform mayor during four successive
terms. THE Turn of the Balance"
published while Whitlock was ruling
Toledo. is one Of his best products.
1t deals in compelling fashion with
archaeological problems, as churned
up by our big cities. Mr.. Whitlock
expects to establish his future resi-
dence in Westchester county, New
York, and to devote himself entirely
to writing. AS q reporter in Chi,
cago In the late eighties. he achieved
celebrity as base ball writer and
was one of the first to popularize the
slang of the diamond now in vogue
on the sporting pages.
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Sir Auckland Geddes. the British
ambassador, is making highly salts
factory progress toward restoration
of his eyesight. He is still under sem
tence to sit with bandaged eyes In a
darkened room. but DR.. Wilmer be-
lieves his patient Is out of the woods
and that rest and patience now will
do the rest. One Of the bits of news
from the outside world that caused
Sir Auckland Geddes genuine delight
was President Harding's decision to
visit Vancouver on his return from
Alaska. Geddes Is mainly responsible
for that plan. When the ambassador
was in British Columbia year ago
he was intrusted with 4 definite mis-
sion to "land" Mr.. Harding for Van
couver whenever the President made
his Alaskan trip.
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A resident of Washington is to be
permanently attached to s. S. Levia-
than-Frank Pignone. Italo-Ameri-
can, loyal citizen Of the United States
for twenty-five years and a master
barber by profession. He is to have
charge Of the Leviathan's "tonsorial
parlors." which, in keeping with the
other luxurious appointments OF the
worlds biggest ship. are the last
name In ocean-going barberfng estao-
lishments. Pignone has looked into
the faces of many Washingtonians,
for in recent years he has been say
ing Next" in the capitals leading
clubs.
Secretary Weeks was agreeably i'm
pressed during his recent transcon-
tinental trip by the popularity en-
joyed in their local communities by
commanding officers of the Army. At
almost every post they rank as the
leading citizens of the place. They
are in demand for every sort OF pub
lie function and called upon to make
speeches on an endless variety or
subjects. They invariably measure
up to the task, Weeks claims, and the
Army as an institution is the bene-
fciary.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

gress Heights and Chain Bridge and
Seat Pleasant. 1t often happens that
when one gets information on the road
by word OF mouth from a native, or
from sign, that Washington is ten
miles away he is not clear in his mind
whether it is ten miles to the District
line Of ten miles to the Capitol, White
House, Naval Observatory or Navy
Yard.
When a man understands that the
signs mean miles to the Zero Mile
stone he ought to be able to calculate
how far he is from home. 1t is pre-
sumed, of course. that he knows how
far he lives from the Zero Milestone.
1t may be that our casual acquaint-
ances by the roadside will not take
quickly to the Zero Milestone idea and
will continue their age-old habit of in
creasing the distance TO. Washington
as one approaches the city. Men on
the road are relying less on wayside
friends for information as to the way
and distance to Washington.
Road signs giving direction and
distance have become numerous on
the improved roads. but there are still
thousands of miles Of road in the
Washington region along which peo-
pie live and over which supplies are
lauled which have not become good
roads. The work of improving them
is proceeding about as fast as tax
payers can provide the money. 1t
will simplify matters when a man
knows that when he is eighteen or
twenty-three miles from Washington
he is that distance from the Zero Mile
stone.
Evening star., 1923-06-09
Clear Away!

Demolition Of the reviewing stands
erected for the Shrine convention be-
gan Immediately upon the conclusion
az the great meeting. and should be
pushed rapidly to completion. These
structures are disfiguring and blockad-
ing. and should not be permitted to
remain longer than the time that is
absolutely necessary for their removal
Similarly the booths that were built
upon the sidewalks for the sale Of
souvenirs and refreshments should be
swept away. Washington should be re-
stored to normal conditions speedily.
The work Of erecting these struc-
lures. booths and stands covered a
protracted period. Owing to the short
ge of labor il was necessary TO begin
their construction we'll ahead Of time,
the consequence being that in some
cases the streets We're obStructed at
least a fortnight ahead of the conven-
tion. Certain of the stands have been
standing for nearly a month. Their re-
ploval will assuredly not require as
long period as their construction.
BY next Saturday. at the latest, the
las vestige of the Shrine equipment
should be removed. Not that Washing
ton wishes 10 forget the experience OF
the convention. On the contrary. il
hopes TO bear it in mind for years, for
1t was most enjoyable and memora-
bic experience. But it does not need
10 be reminded Of it by cluttering and
disfiguring scaffolds and tiers of rough
seats and by faded and bedra ggled
drapery decorations.
Evening star., 1923-06-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Now that the Shriners are gone and
Washington is back to, ,normalcy. poll
ticians are discussing the effects of
standpoint. You'll find democrats
who suggest that the bringing OF the
Shriners to the National Capital on
the eve of 1924 was a nefarious plot
In the interest of Noble Warren G.
Harding. In the same breath 1t is
admitted that If there was such a
conspiracy, 1t probably was success
full, for the President. as he always
does, won the hearts of every Shrin-
er who came within the sphere of
his influence. Evidently there1l be
only one way of overcoming that dis
advantage to the democrats--they
will have to put up a noble them
selves next year.
Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy,
United States Army, assigned to the
civil government in the Philippines.
is home on leave from Manila. He Is
dividing his time between his ances-
trail home in Pennsylvania and his
friends in Army and civilian circles
in Washington. Mccoy is bache
cavalryman, and one of our soldier
specialists in insular affairs He was
an aide-de-camp to General Leonard
Wood in Cuba and the philippines,
under both Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft. After active battle service in
France. Gen. Mccoy became direc-
tor general Of the American eXpedi-
tonsry forces sfs 81 In 1919 H,r,oTd he wrs
mission of inquiry in Armenia.
This observer requires to quote
Mark Twain and announces that his
allegation Of the death of Represent
ative Henry T. Rainey Of Illinois is
badly exaggerated" 1t is another
name and political persuasion. the
late John w. Rainey of Chicago. who
passed away in May. Congressman
Henry T. Rainey, who comes from
the Jerseyville district OF the Prairie
state, is very much alive, and. as a
militant democrat. is doing his full
share of kicking. He is in his sixty
third year, but will take the chau-
tauqua stump all summer. During
the Wilson administrations Rainey
was a recognized White House
spokesman on the hill.
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Brand Whitlock. our wartime am
bassador to Belgium and once mayor
of Toledo, will be home during the
summer from France, where he has
been living since he retired from the
diplomatic service in 1922. At a
sequestered spot in Mentone. on the
French Riviera. Whitlock has been
Evening star., 1923-06-09
Answers to Questions About
Washington for the Shriners
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

who draws the same pay, he Is the
highest salaried employe., The head
butler gets SO a month! CONTRARY
to what society fiction and drama
would teach US, he is not the proud
monarch of below-stairS but is out
, ranked in pay by the four footmen
the chef. the second cook and the
head housecleaner. The chef gets
$1.260 a year.
Q. Where is the statue OF John
Witherspoon?-M w.
A. The Rev. John witherspoon was
the only clergyman signing the Decla
ration of Independence. His statue IL
at the corner OF Connecticut avenue
and 18th street.
@. Why was the Treasury building
placed SO as to conflict with the plar
of Washington and L'Enfant?-M @. 5
A. The choice of the location was q
President Andrew Jackson for deci-
sion. The tradition is that he stuck
his cane into the ground where h.
happened to be walking, and SAID
Put it here"
q. What is the total length of the
Potomac river?-R. o. n.
A. The Potomac river is $50 miles
long, the last 100 miles from two to
seven miles wide.
Q. Where are the celebrated Capitol
snuff-boxes2-E. II.
A. The snuff boxes now in use in
the Senate chamber are placed OF
the ledge Immediately to the left Of
the doors entering tn Senate chamber
from the lobby. While seldom used
except by visitors, they are kept filled
with fresh snuff, and have been in
use since the custom was general.
Q. How long is the canal that par.
allels the Potomac river HEREIN. Q. +.
A. The Chesapeake and Ohio cana
is 1S4 miles long, six feet deep, and
from sixty to seventy feet wide
Q. OF what style of architecture L.
the Scottish Rite Temple. 18th and
S streets?-O. n.
A. The Scottish Rite Temple Is said
to be a faithful copy of one Of the
the Mausoleum Of Halicarnassus. III
Asia Minor. The entrance is guarded
by sphinxes of granite, chiseled
from the largest stones ever quar-
ried in America, one weighing 1o9,-
900 pounds,-the other 10000 pounds.
Q. Where does the President take
the oath of office?--G. A. r.
A. The President of the United
States takes his oath on a stand. built
for the occasion, on the east front OF
the Capitol building. The oath is ad-
ministered by the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court President HARDING
used the same Bible as George wash
ington. The oath is the same as
that taken by the humblest civil
service employe.
O. Was the White House an orig
inal design or a copy?-E B.
A. The White House before the
wings were added is said to have
been a replica of the residence OF
the Duke of Leinster, whose ancestral
mansion was located near Dublin,
Ireland. The prize Of 5000 offered
for a design for the White House was
awarded to James Hoban of Charles
ton, s. c., who was Irish
(To be continued -tomorrowo
Evening star., 1923-06-09
Golden Silence.

Golden Silence.
If silence is golden, as we have been
told,
How reckless, indeed, Is the world with
its gold!
How we shatter the silence with words
that are flung
In mighty array, spoken, printed or
We rail and we praise and we offer
advice,
Nor study to render our language pre-.
else;
And epithets strange are tossed into
the air
In prodigaI spirit that banishes care
Today we will offer OF comment a 10,
Which tomorrow we know will be
wholly forgot.
The scarceness Of silence We view az q
joke.
IF silence is golden. we're an Eoins
broke.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

When a dictator begins to talk
about imposing his sovereign Will by
force upon a hostile majority, he is
on the road which leads via Potsdam
to Doom in Holland.
j. A. sPENpER.
One Of the main differences between
English and American university ed
.ucation Is that in England one goes
to a university 10 develop himself.
whereas here you go with the idea
of distinguishing younHelyes.
--wILLIANpo4A. ROBSON
Evening star., 1923-06-09

The attitude of the person who saw
Mystic Shrine demonstration for the
first time is like that of the rustic who
on seeing I dromedary defied his ac-
tuaI observation and exclaimed, There
amt no such animal"
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Dancing on the Avenue Is an innora-
ton that may turn what has been a
strictly indoor pastime into an out
door sport. A dancing floor with sew
eral square miles Of area to be Gov
cred in the same evening will invite
competitions Of speed as well as en-
duranCe.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Among the many melancholy pre-
dictions that never came true was one
to the effect that by this time Ger
many would be in active preparation
for another war.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Pickpockets were not so much in
evidence as it was feared they would
he. Picking the pockets Of some Of
the Shrine costumes is an enterprise
that might easily discourage the most
expert crook.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

These magnificent demonstrations
are sure to revive in the hearts OF
many people the wish for an old.
fashioned--but not too old-fashioned-
inauguration.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

may be that we are on the way to
clearing up our traffic situation which
has resulted in great number Of &C.
cidents and has become very difficult
for drivers and pedestrians.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

President Harding conducted a
front-porch campaign Of geniality from
the White House which won him many
devoted admirers among the visiting
hosts.
Evening star., 1923-06-09
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Evening star., 1923-06-09

Berlin may be expected to develop
some facility in using new forms Of
language to suggest practically the
same old terms.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

The fear that Washington could not
accommodate the Shriners has been
replaced by regret that a return en-.
gagement next year cannot be ar
ranged.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

A large amount Of money was spent
for beautiful fireworks, which is more
economical in the long run than vast
ing it on death-dealing artillery
Evening star., 1923-06-09

The Turk would be better off if he
knew as much about American ideas
as Americans have learned about
Turkish costumes.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Several European countries would
like to forget all about their more re.
cent currency instead of going to the
trouble of a formal reputation.
Evening star., 1923-06-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Old-Fashioned Flowers.
Old-fashioned flowers,
Blooming so gay.
Soft are the showers
That pass on their way.
Sunbeams 30 lightly
Over them fall.
The blossoming brightly
Echoes them all.
Tints from the twilight,
Hues from the dawn,
The Moons golden high light
On these they have drawn
To make simple bowers
OF beauty and rest.
Old.fashioned flowers
The sweetest and best!
Evening star., 1923-06-09

There will be more parking space.
but Washington. d. c., would rather
have the visitors.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Men are as much Influenced by their
PROFESSIONS as their races. musical
Aphting in tho German ranks In the
iate war was much nearer In the
human scale to the French composer,
hjometrist or wood carver he was
shooting than he was to the German
papefnanger or lawyer who fought
at his side.
WILL IRWIN.
Labor and women, not the allies or
Germany, won the war.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
Evening star., 1923-06-09
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Evening star., 1923-06-09

As many Of the estates of the Earls
Of Hyndford have been alienated and
are now in the possession Of young
Sir windham Anstruther.. hereditary
Evening star., 1923-06-09

c. What is the total length Of the
Potomac river?-R. o. n.
A. The Potomac river is 45o miles
long, the last 100 miles from two to
seven miles wide.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

ories of the Victorian era and essays
on literary and historical subjects. AL
together delightful are the things Mr.
Harrison, who witnessed every great
celebration of Victoria's reign from her
coronation in 1888 to her funeral in
1901, tells Of the personageS and events
Of the age Of which he became so strik-
ing a figure.
Among the announcements of books
to be published in the autumn none Is
more interesting than the promised au-
photography of Kate Douglas wiggin.
The author of "The Birds Christmas
Carol" "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
and many other books for children and
of a "a Cathedral Courtship' and sew
eral others for grown ups, has endeared
herself to a wide circle Of readers and
her autobiography will be especially
welcome.
A curious sight in Sarah Bern
hardt's autobiography. Memories Of
Ny Life" Just published in popular
edition, is one of the illustrations.
which depicts the Divine Sarah In her
She had made for herself and in which
she studied her parts.
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Mount Diablo. which Bret Harte has
immortalized in his stories and loved
as John Muir loved Tamalpais, has
been preserved forever in American
literature under the name which he
made for Il of Kah Woo Koom. The
Californians have taken this isolated
and strangely beautiful mountain as
La state park and as a permanent and
lasting memorial to Bret H.2rte.
Evening star., 1923-06-09

Q. How long is the canal that par
allels the Potomac river here?-M Q. Il
A. The Chesapeake and Ohio cana,
is 1s4 miles long, six feet deep, and
from sixty to seventy feet wide.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-31
Reformation by Law.
From the Blackshear Times.

1t is apparent to every thinking man that
recent years have been characterized by
persistent attempt to reform conditions by
the enactment OF laws. Would-be relorlnef ;
have arisen and with great VoluDlnty ana
smooth phrases of assurance have lea tne
people to accept their conclusions that the
inequalities of life are to be adjusted only
bv the enactment of law. The continual agl-
tation has resulted in adding lnnumeraDle
special laws to the already over-croWded stat
ute books of states and nation Whlle conui-
tons have not been bettered to an appreciate
extent As. a matter OF fact there are many
thoughtful observers who hold the contrary
is true; that instead Of Improvement, social
and economic conditions have steadily grown
worse. Be that as IT may, 1t is enough 10
know that conditions OF lite have not Deeh
made easier and that the real wealth pro-
ducers of the country the tllers OF the soil,
still find themselves sadly adrltt on fortune
sea- Those who labor in other callmgs nave
been able, through persistent agitation, to
cause their claims for recognition to over
shadow this more vital field OF industry Inc
rates OF pay and the hours OF labor IN many
fields OF industry have been fixed by COM
missions created through Legislative enact
ment with scant regard Tor the resultant Ell
tect upon farm life and industry. Few seem
to realize that these things move in circle,
and that the cost OF transportation: Tor m
stance, in its resultant effect comes right back
TO the people, who must either pay the rates
allowed to cover its costs, which necessarily
include the wage rate so fixed, or cease from
shipping. The latter alternative is impossl-
Bile for the simple reason that it would re-
suit in ruin The farm must produce; the
wheels Of industry must turn; otherwise,
starvation and death for uncounted millions
will result 1t seems clear, therefore that
rather than continual increase in law enact
ment-laws designed to cover special con-
ditions frequently merely believed to exist
should cease The repeal of many special
laws would result in benefit Instead, we have
complications through the multiplication of
needless laws that stand on our statute books
as monuments to over jealous bigOts. There
will never be time OF greater need tor the
display OF real wisdom and genuinely con-
structve craftsmanship than we face today