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Evening star., 1923-11-25

price. Washington has grown beyond
its original boundary, and in tile new
Washington small provision has been
made for parks. New Washington,
which Is to be much larger and more
populous than Old Washington, will
bear small resemblance to the Wash.
ington as designed by L'Enfant, re.
vised by others and approved by
George Washington and other men
who did so much to establish the re.
public. The effort Of the people and
their local authorities Is to have the
new city conform in some ways, and
in as many ways as possible. with the
magnificent plan of the old city.
There has been a lack of vision
and enterprise. The heights above
Florida avenue should have been
taken for park uses long ago. Thirty,
even fifty, years ago this was urged.
People saw that the city would out
grow it's original bounds. The north.
ern heights could have been bought
at the price of farmland, and farm
land was cheap. The only part of the
north ridge saved for parkland is
Meridian Hill Park. Parts of the
ridge are occupied by Central High
School, Garfield Hospital and other
works Of public character. but it
would be better to have taken over
the whole ridge soon after the civil
war, when it was occupied by military
hospitals and camps. The Patterson
tract is near the east end of the
ridge and it should be made to serve
Washington for all time as a park.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
The Washington Cathedral.

Under the inspiring leadership of
Bishop Freeman the builders of the
Washington Cathedral, substituting
modern for ancient methods in their
task, will endeavor to concentrate and
condense into the fraction of a decade
the labors and results in cathedral
building which in olden times spread
over the centuries.
Already the foundations have been
laid, deep and strong, both of the
cathedral'S material structure and Of
cathedral Embarrassing, upon which
the progress of cathedral building de-
pends. An ideal site and four millions
Of dollars have been contributed. Upon
the firm foundations of the whole
cathedral structure the cathedral apse
bow Of hope and promise set in the
sky.
Reassured and inspired by this
token of promise, the cathedral build
confidence and enthusiasm into their
natl divide campaign.
Washington has in the cathedral a
special interest and concern. The
completed structure will add noble
and artistic architectural adornment
to 1.-The City Beautiful. The faith,
the thought. the spirit symbolized by
the structure will strengthen the Cap
ital in it's position as the spiritual and
religious as well as the political,
scientific and literary center of the
nation. The cathedral will strengthen
and enrich "the City Spiritual"
The project touches wholesome civic
pride and appeals to Christian senti-
ment not only at the Capital, but in
the whole nation.
May this noble enterprise, to which
the self-sacrificing labors Of the faith
full have been devoted for nearly the
third of century, be pushed to a
glorious completion within our day
and generation!
Evening star., 1923-11-25
The Buggy.

The decline of the buggy has been
noted by many observers. The indica.
tions are that it will soon vanish from
the roads, that 1t will become a
memory to be cherished by old men
and women, and that it will be read
about only in old-fashioned novels
that is. IL anybody will take time to
read old fashioned novels. The govern.
ment has gathered statistics showing
that the manufacture Of the buggy
and the carriage, the forse-drawn
carriage, is fast declining, and that
the end Of the industry seems not
many years away. The manufacture
OF the baby carriage grows fast, and
that is a happy healthful sign.
Already the buggy and it's friend,
the family carriage, have become few
and far between on the roads in our
neighborhooo, and 1t should be remem-
bered that even now we have q small
mileage Of so-called good roads and a
large mileage Of horse-and-buggy
roads. But good roads are being
heightened and multiplied, and on a
good road the buggy ceases to flourish.
Perhaps in remote parts Of the coun.
try the horse and buggy will cling to
life for good many years, and
there will continue to be such things
Evening star., 1923-11-25
The Patterson Tract.

The Zoning Commission has refused
the application Of owners of the Pat.
terson tract that one-half the property
be changed from residence to indus
trial uses. The owners would have
dedicated forty-two of the eighty acres
to Industrial uses, which in this case
meant the building Of warehouses, with
railroad tracks connecting the main
lines Of steam roads entering Wash.
ington. This is natural parkland, and
the decision of the commission will
give qualification to various civic So
cieties and many citizens not members
of associations.
No criticism should be made Of the
owners Of the property for wanting to
make it profitable to them. They have
paid high taxes for many years on un-
profitable land. They have done all
possible to meet the wishes Of the peo-
pie that this land, upgrown in part
with fine old trees and having a noble
view, should be taken over as a public
park. The fault is with Congress.
There is no way to give assurance
to the owners that Congress will au-
thorize the purchase of the tract. The
matter has been under discussion
many years. THE District authorities
and all civic ..ssrciations that have
considered it have urged that this land
be reserved as parkland. There has
been no suggestion Of jobbery. No
charge can be made that any effort
has been made to unload on the Dis.
rict unimproved property at high
Evening star., 1923-11-25

johnson is the foremost. He trav.
eied far and wide in 1920. He won
many states. Many delegates were
them voted for him-once. Then thew
scurried here and there and at the
final word of command climbed
aboard the Harding band wagon and
stuck there on the joy ride to vic
tory.
Gen. Leonard Wood and Gov. Low
den OF Illinois spent hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars fighting the pri-
mary battle in 1920. and. like SEN
tion with several hundred carefully
trained and picked delegates.
President Harding went to Chi
cago with virtually no delegates at
all.
But. despite the teachings of his
tory, Senator Johnson is on his prowl
again. This time he. hopes the dele
gates will stick, for hope springs
eternal even in the politician S
breast.
Some one has pertinently, or I'M
pertinently, remarked that much
more important than all of the pri-
maries is the question, Whom will
George Harvey make President in
1922"
Mr.. Harvey Is given credit for hav-
ing nominated Woodrow Wilson In
1912 and more or less tacitly con
senting to his denomination in 1916
Mr.. Harvey is given credit for nomi-
mating Warren Harding in 1920 and
had agreed that Mr.. Harding might
succeed himself in 1924 The lam
entable death of Mr.. Harding put
an end to these plans. That death
also released Mr.. Harvey from any
obligation to serve longer as am
bassador to Great Britain.
So Mr.. Harvey today Is free agent
again politically and no one knows
There is the possibility, of course,
that after his incursion into the
grand old party, Mr., Harvey may be
ready to return to the democracy
That is his native heath, and il would
not be strange to see him slide out
and once more Sit astride the ia
miliar mule.
Certain it is that IL the policy of
isolation wins out at the republican
convention. George Harvey Will break
with that party. He no longer is
the arch-protasonist of America for
America alone and let the rest of
the world so hang. He has dedi-
Gated himself with other things.
to work for a closer understanding
maybe an alliance: who can tell?-
between the Englishspeaking peo
pies. Mir Harvey thinks, as do
many other brainy men who have
the world is doomed without some
sort of working arrangement be-
tween England and the United States.
Perhaps Mr. Harvey may start a
weekly devoted to the new purpose.
1t would not be very popular in some
Irish circles but il would give him
vehicle for the expression which
cannot long be StillSd,
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Rum Farley With Canada.

Representatives of the United States
and Canadian governments are to
meet in Ottawa next Tuesday in con.
ference over ways and means to cur
tail smuggling over the border, es-
pecially of liquors and narcotics, by
cooperation between the two govern.
ments. The parley, it is stated, is to
be secret, and no notes are to be
taken. This is immaterial, and may, in
fact, lead to a fuller and freer confer.
ence in the preliminaries. In diplomacy
such method is termed "conversa-
tions," and does not commit either
party until a sure ground has been
established.
1t is rather humiliating to Ameri-
cans that we have to lean so heavily
upon our northern neighbors to as
sist in preserving the integrity of our
own national prohibition act. But
since the state of New York deliberate
ly desisted from bearing its share of
the burden of enforcement the United
States government has been compelled
to appeal to another government for
help, and the Canadians are very
sraciously expressing a willingness to
see what can be done.
With Great Britain assisting en-
forcement Of the law beyond the three
mile limit at sea, and the Canadians
helping out along the border, it may
be possible for the United States gov
ernment to put material check upon
the unlawful transportation of liquor
into this country.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Rockies. At each especially beautiful
spot which he visited he would pur-
chase a number of post cards and SEND
them to his more important customers
abroad who he knew had never
visited this country.
An increasing number OF exporters,
the Department of Commerce finds,
are coming to recognize that the send
ing of appropriate Christmas and New
Year greetings is quite as important
part of their export procedure as
the forwarding of catalogues or the
granting of credit.
SO symbols of good will are po-
tent in business as in social life.
In politics. too-for members OF
Congress, even before the session
opens. have put in their orders for
hundreds and thousands of Christmas
greeting cards to be mailed to their
constituents. Cabinet members. and
all through official life In the Capital
the big public men. are preparing
their holiday messages to the rank
and file OF the people.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

| Some of the old time republicans
are bringing new indictment against
the presidential primary. The claim
now is made that it manifestly is
unfair to a President who may wish
| to succeed himself. They are think
ing at the moment, of course, of
President Coolidge. And they are
thinking also Of the primary CAM
paigns that are to be waged by
Senator Hiram Johnson. Mr.. John
son has stated that he considers the
entire country as fair field and he
Is going into every state where pri-
mary votes may be obtained
How can the President of the Unit
ed States. with proper dignity and
regard for his office, meet the pri-
mary campaigns of SO vigorous a
fighter as Senator Johnson? Perhaps
the inventors of the presidential pri-
maries thought that a President
would not be likely to have opposi-
tion within his own party. But that
time evidently has gone by. The
tant character. but manifestly he
cannot go forth TO meet it on the
stump. 1t is true that members of
his cabinet may go into the states
to combat the johnson tide, or any
other tides which may threaten, but
in a primary fight personal contact
with the voters is an asset strongly
to be reckoned with. The man who
must remain at the White House is
at distinct disadvantage in pri-
mary battle with the man who goes
out upon the hustings
Some OF the ld-timers say they be-
lieve Col. Roosevelt could have dealt
with such situation. His big
stick" could have reached out from
the White House as far away as
Oregon or California and cracked on
the head any one within his" party
who dared TO raise his pate against
him. Furthermore, Col. Roosevelt
had the vigor and the daring to
squelch any opposition before 1t got
to the primary stage.
President Coolidge. however, is a
milder and more silent man. He is
rather of the type that invites oppo-
sition. His taciturnity gives voice to
others.
OF course there are other ways of
winning the nomination than by the
primary route, and here the President
Of the United States has 1t over all
and sundry rivals. The party ma
chinery Is in his hands. The consti-
tuted party managers are bound to
be for him. These managers have
great influence and powers of per-
suasion in lining up delegates at the
national convention-delegat not
bound by any primary instructIonS
nna anxious to vote the winning ticket
always.
DI all the persons who ought to
know that primaries do not make
presidential nominee, Senator Hiram
Evening star., 1923-11-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Gentle Insincerities.
Somebody told me always to be cheer
And never think dark and gloomy
thought.
So when I met a man whose mood
was fearful
My laughter spoiled the sympathy
he sought.
Then some one told me always to be
ready
To join in every sorrow of friend
Acquaintance complained of gloom so
steady
That melancholia threatened in the
end.
There's nothing to be gained by heed.
ing chatter
And borrowing manners not at all
your own.
The time for tears or laughter is a
matter
That each must settle for himself
alone.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Coal Production Slump.

Dispatches from the middle west
tell of remarkable slump in the pro-
duction Of bituminous coal. In Illinois
mines with a potential capacity of
100000 tons day, and in Indiana
mines with gross daily output of
more than $4,000 tons, have shut
down, throwing $4,000 men out of
work, with $4,000 others drawing
small pay checks.
Several reasons are assigned for
this condition. The mild autumn
weather is partly blamed; bad busi-
while the substitution of oil fuel also
plays a part. 1t is not found, how
ever. that the consumer of soft coal
finds the price considerably less.
One would think that this state of
affairs might lessen the enthusiasm
of the miners for the threatened April
strike in the bituminous region. From
well informed quarters in the coal in
dustry have come repeated predictions
in the past few weeks Of the inevita.
Dlllty or coal strike IN the spring
which is to tie up the entire btu
minous producing region.
With winter coming on, and no pay
checks in sight. possibly the miners
may vision a foretaste of what a long
and hurtful strike would mean in
April, and they may be more inclined
to talk things over with the employers
and avert it. And the operators. too.
for their part. as they feel the effects
of the present shutdown may be less
stiff f-necked in their attitude. 1t may
be possible for good to come to the
consuming public out Of this deplora-
BILE condition if a strike is thereby
averted.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Only misanthropic statistician
would pause to calculate the number
Of poor and self-respecting couples
who could start honestly happy homes
with the money that is spent in sensa-
tional divorce cases.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

About az far as President Coolidge
can go with reference to competition
for republican leadership of the House
of Representatives is to intimate a
perfect readiness to congratulate the
winner.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Men out of employment are burning
farms in Silesia as method of show
ing their resentment. The fact that
they are destroying opportunities for
employment is a trifie too abstruse to
be considered in the excitement.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

When a man buys pure water mis-
represented as gin he at least has the
satisfaction of feeling better next day
than he would have felt if he had not
been cheated.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Measurements might be compiled
and experiments conducted to decide
when a truck ceases to be useful
vehicle of transportation and becomes
a street obstruction.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Among the many rumors OF art
taking one solid comfort remains. ALI
the signatures on the magazine covers
are indisputably genuine.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

In the not distant future some wom-
an is going to add picturesqueness to
the political scene by throwing a
spring bonnet into the ring.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

The only circumstance that suggests
anything like real peace in Germany
is the fact that Bergdoll has not bitten
anybody for some time.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Several states are growing tired Of
having the ku Klux Khan express an
overobliging Willingness to be it every
time a third party Is mentioned.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at 60 cents per month; daily only. 45
month Orders may I've sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5000 Collection is made by car
riers at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

A large amount of valuable time
continues to be lost in different parts
of the country in controversy over
daylight-saving.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

There is danger that the ex-kaiser
will keep trifiing with his luck until
demands for his trial are revived in
earnest.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Old King Tut never knew the extent
to which he would one day serve his
country as an ad to attract tourists.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

The coast guard is expected to save
humanity from firewater as well as
the ocean waves
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Favoritisms,

FavOritiSmS.
''Is your position as favorite son
secure?"
Reasonably so," answered Senator
Sorghum. But I don't want to put
too much stress on 1t. It's dangerous
to become 80 much Of a pet that peo.
pie begin to regard you as one Of the
spoiled darlings Of politics."
Jud Tunkins says 1t takes a smart
man to change his mind and impress
people with the idea that his doing so
has made any difference.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Concerning the Flapper.

SOhCCAhhS TIC ElhppcEs
HAS the f1apper disappeared?"
"Only partly" said Miss Cayenne.
"As a matter Of fact her putting on
long skirts leaves her Tapping even
more than ever"
Evening star., 1923-11-25
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Evening star., 1923-11-25
Feminine Perversity

She scorns his fashionable cares
In tailored demonstration,
But when his foot ball togs he wears
She shouts her admiration.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
THEODORE w. MOVES. :. Editor
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Smoking Permitted.

you have taken down the no.smok.
ing signs"
YES" answered Cactus Joe. Grim.
son Gulch is proud of this cafe, and
we don't want folks to think it don't
have no lady patrons"
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The merger recently of Hamline
Methodist Episcopal Church with the
Iowa Ave
Merger of Churches Marksnue Meth
Anniversary of Hamline. pni.aono,
Evening star., 1923-11-25

IF fruit keeps on gittin' expensive"
said Uncle Eben, "by'm by it's gineter
be most as expensive as when Adam
lost his home fob an apple"
Evening star., 1923-11-25

In these days when the Christmas
greeting cards are again being dis
played c. j. North, one Of the bright
young men who are helping Hoover.
recalls that foreign salesman travel
ing in Latin America for a large ex-
mort concern was accustomed to take
down a memorandum of the name OF
the patron saint Of each of his various
customers, and as the saints day ap-
preached he would send an appropri-
ately worded card extending felicita-
tions and best wishes Tor a long LIE
and health. This simple act Of good
will made a strong appeal to the
customers.
One exporting manufacturer in the
middle west took a trip to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-03
Seeks DiUOrce

Countess Eleanor Moroni
 Ca ove), sister-in-Iaw of Ethel Barrymore, has filed suit in Rhode Island for di- vorce from Count Moroni of Milan. She is daughter of late Col. Samuel F. Colt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-11
CENTRAL POLICE
BUILDING
SOUGHT
Capt. Wood Asks Maj. Sullivan
to Map Out Requirements.
Other Stations Hurried.

Capt. John f. Wood, Assistant
District Engineer Commissioner, an
nounced today that he had asked
Major Daniel Sullivan, superintend-
ent of police, to furnish him with
requirements for a new central po-
lice bureau to be located near the
District building. The bureau will
cost in the neighborhood of $50, 900.
1t is undecided at this time
whether the new bureau will take
in the No. l police precinct station,
now located on Twelfth street, near
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
The bureau. it is said, will in.
clude the office of the administra.
ton of the police department, de,
tective headquarters, house Of de.
tention, a record office, finger-print
department and all other branches
of the police department now 10.
Gated in the District building.
Captain Wood also announced to-
day that the new Twelfth police
precinct at Seventeenth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast
would be ready for occupancy OF
November Is. and he Harbor police
station October IL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-11
PLAIN CLOTHES
MEN MAKE
RECORD
Prove 100 Per Cent Efficient
in Handling Crowds During
Funeral Rites.

Swiftly but silently carrying o1t
q series of sealed orders" issued to
safeguard property and life during
the sad rites marking the funeral
services for President Harding in
the Capital the past week, the De-
tective Bureau, District of Column
bia Police Department, is credited
with making a 100 per cent record.
While Secret Service men, small
army of special deputy United
States marshals, and details from
the army, navy, and marine corps,
were-in more or less conspicuous
evidence in the centers of activity,
a score of District detectives GOV.
cred all strategic points and moved
continuously among the thousands of
persons constituting the greatest
crowds ever concentrating in the
heart of the city.
The plain clothes men, to use q
police phrase, were acting on special
orders. There were assigned spe-
cific duties, and so well did they
discharge them that in no instance
did the criminal activities anticipated
by the police authorities occur to
mar the solemnity of the occasion.
In the absence from the city Of
Inspector Clifford Grant, who is
away on vacation, direction of the
bureau deVolved on Lieut.. w. r.
Emerson.
II can only say that the eff
cheney of the bureau was due en-
tirely to the splendid work of the
men attached to it, said Lieutenant
Emerson today.
They worked INCREASINGLY and
unsparingly throughout the entire
trying period, and to them belongs
all the credit for what they accom-
plished. 1t was largely a test
showing how thoroughly the bu-
reau has been organized under In
spector Grant