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Evening star., 1923-08-25

the river to the new made land, but
not all Of them know that it is long
island, because from Potomac Park
the river separating the island from
the Virginia shore cannot be seen. 1t
was necessary TO deepen the broad
channel to Georgetown, it having
shoaied to an average depth of seven
teen feet. The material taken out was
pumped behind retaining banks and
lines of broken rock, with the result
that a large tract of new land was
raised above high tide, and this will
be turned into park as funds become
available for the work. AS the chan
mel deepening was necessary to com
merce on the river the park may be
considered in the light of gift from
the dredses.
Sometimes the question comes up in
mems minds as to what disposition
can be made of mud dredged from the
river as the years go by. The POtoma C
at Washington shoals as mud brought
down from thousands of square miles
of country begins to settle in the quiet
water below the falls and rapids. II
the Waterborne commerce of Wash
ington increases, dredging must be
carried on from time to time, and the
of new parks with the dredged
material cannot go on without end.
But the time when people will be faced
with that problem is many, many
years away. and the descendants of
the Washingtonians of today can
cross that bridge. or dispose of that
mud. when they come to it.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
Crocheting a National
Time.Killing Sport

A young and fairly intelligent mar
ried woman. on yacht cruise, was
observed by a male passenger to be
busy with a crochet needle and big
spool of heavy thread making little
wheels. which were put together to
make big wheels, which in turn were
to be combined some day in the grand
sum total of marvellous white bed
spread, made of millions of stitches.
She sat, hour after hour. day after
day, fingers fitting and eyes flxed on
the work in her lap. oblivious to the
beauty of sky, water and forest. She
had sailed presumably for vaca-
ton outdoors. Il figured on making
two of these a day." she explained
proudly. but I have done better
than that l may get the spread done
in less than two years ] know a
woman who was offered $1,000 for
one"
Her husband would have gladly given
her that much to stop her eternal
crocheting and take an interest in
life.
Not all women seem to be profiting
by the new leisure they have won.-
Norfolk News.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
The Pinch Hitter.

Clifford Pinchot, Governor of Penn
Sylvania, is to try his hand at bringing
the operators and miners together in
settlement that will avert shut
down of the mines. Pinchot is the
pinch hitter" for the administration.
1t is eminently fitting that he should
be. He is the chief executive of the
state in which the anthracite mines
lie. He has more intimate Jurisdiction
over the, miners and the operators
through the police powers of the state
than has the federal government.
The Governor of Pennsylvania is
acting in entire harmony with the
President, and. in fact, at the sugges-
tion of President Coolidge. He knows
that in any steps he may take he will
have the backing of the United States
government. There is to be closest
cooperation between state and federal
authorities.
President Coolidge's action in call
ing upon the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania to use his good offices is in no
sense an abandonment by the federal
government of the task of protecting
the people in the event of coal strike.
1t is in line, however, with the policy
of President Coolidge from his first
entrance upon public life. He moves
always in a lawful way to maintain
law and order. Nothing could be more
in accord with this policy than his re-
quest to the Governor of Pennsylvania
to act in the present situation, and
his promise of support from the fed
eral government.
Clifford Pinchot, who has now taken
on the role of a special mediator at
the instance of the President. is well
cast. He is no stranger to Washing
ton. He put the forest service on the
map. He has been an earnest advo-
cate of the conservation of the natural
resources of the country for the bene.
fit of the people. He was an intimate
friend of President Roosevelt, one Of
the members of the tennis cabinet
of Roosevelt days. He was elected as
a reform Governor Of Pennsylvania.
The people of his state and outside of
his. state have confidence in his hon
esty and integrity Of purpose. The
operators and miners may well give
heed to the advice and counsel of Gov.
Pinchot.
Evening star., 1923-08-25

Truth to tell, l am surprised at
YOU" writes a reader OF Capital Key
notes, and he incloses a parasra ph
concerning the new black memorial
stamp In honor OF the late President
Harding. He underscores the SEN
tence, The first stamp of this country
ever printed in black" and then he
crushes the writer of that atrocious
misstatement by asking in freezing
tones: Did you ever see one of the
old ANDY Jackson stamps, that once
were used where we now use G. W.'s
2-center?"
!: * X *
Truth to tell" the writer was not
interested in stamps in Andy Jack
sons day. but, being willing to learn,
he called on Third Assistant Post
master General Glover and asked for
facts. That official did not know, but
ordered an investigation. remarking
That must come from a philatelist.
Those fellows are always jacking us
up If we make the slightest error"
X 4
Truth to tell" can 1t be that
philatelist would assume that the
Andy Jackson black stamp was unique,
prior to the Harding black memorial
stamp? The aniqueness of the Hard
ing stamp Is that 1t is the only black
memorial stamp ever issued-the only
memorial stamp in any color. There
have been no less than thirteen stamps
printed in black. not counting the re-
issues of the same stamps.
And Mr.. Philatelist is still voting
for Andy Jackson!
Here is the list of black stamps. as
supplied by the Post Once Depart
ment. through the kindness OF Third
Assistant Postmaster General Glover:
Evening star., 1923-08-25

driver. 1t was against the law to
leave a horse standing without a
weight, or to hitch him to a street
tree or tree box. 1t was against the
law to let horse go faster than a
walk in crossing the Long bridge,
Aqueduct. Navy Yard or Benning
bridge. Yet there were violations. The
records Of the Police Court, If they
have been kept. will show many IA
miliar names against which were as
sessed fines of So. When the bicycle
came in traffic accidents took boom.
Pedestrians We're knocked down and
horses were startled till they ran
away. There was an outcry by psdes-
trians against the reckless bicycle
riders who thought they owned the
streets, and there were outcries by
horse owners against that modern and
Internal invention the bicycle.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
More Good and Bad
Reading Now Than Ever

Ihere are countless sayings about
books and reading which are more or
less familiar to the general public
but almost everybody knows that
Reading maketh a full man." and
likewise realizes that "Of making
many books there is no end, and
much study is a WEAKNESS of the
flesh Perhaps there was never a
time in the history of the world when
those quotations applied more fully
than they do at present. though
doubtless not in the way in which
their authors intended.
If Bacon We're alive today, he would
certainly add that il was a matter of
vital Importance to see what a man
read and was full of as a result. and
just as surely the flesh Of the biblical
author would be made even more
weary than was formerly the case if
he had to study part of the endless
stream of stuff that comes from mod
ern printing presses. That is to say.
there never was time when it was
easier TO go right or go wrong on
reading than it is today.
1t is true. and unfortunately so,
perhaps. that there were never so
many books. papers and magazines
which are not worth the paper they
are pIlHteu Oh anu not nt Tor the
perusal they get at the hands of the
public. The story does not end there.
BY the same token. there were never
so many worthwhile things being
put into circulation. Condemnation
of that which is essentially rotten all
too often means nothing more than
added advertisement and circulation
for 1t. What we need is a public
which will not buy such rot and then
its menace will be negligible. The
way to achieve such a happy result is
by inculcating desire for that which
is worthy. Teachers and parents
must bear the brunt of this effort,
and it is pleasant to be able to say
that every civilized community in
America today can find out very
easily what it were good to read.
Nashville Banner
Evening star., 1923-08-25
His Ford Failed Him
In Bear Batting

In spite of the claim of it's en-
! thusiastie advocates. there are some
things that cannot be successfully
| done with a Ford. 1t might be pos
slble to run down a rabbit with ore.
! IL the rabbit would keep out of the
| bitches and brush and follow the road
! We have heard stories of climbiH G
trees with Fords. but know of no case
| In which the story was backed up
by affidavits of reputable witnesses,
| and so We are still inclined to doubt
all such tales.
But a man in Pennsylvania the
other day, apparently convinced that
the Ford has no limits, attempted to
run down a brown bear which he
1 encountered as he was driving his
Ford coupe along the highway near
\ the town of Kinzua. The bear was
J prepared to meet the attack and
gripped the tire of front wheel with
his teeth. Shaken loose the first time.
| the animal took another bite and col
lapsed the tire.
By that time the driver was ready
to retreat; but driving with one tire
! was slow, and the bear now thor
oughly engaged, followed close be-
mind, trying to get another hold.
The man saw q willow tree off to one
side of the road. ran his Ford into
IT. and succeeded in getting into it's
| limbs before the bear got to him. The
tree was too slender for the bear to
climb. and so 1t proceeded to chew
one tire into shreds. while the captive
shouted i'm vain from the treetop for
help.
: Finally, Bruin got tired Of chewing
rubber and standing guard and
walked away. The prisoner descended
from his tree, drove some miles on
lhe RIM IN order TO be sure that he
was well away from the bear, and
then put on new tire. He is now
| convinced that the Ford has its limits,
| ana that for Pennsylvania bear hunt
| ing an Army truck, or an armored
tank, would be decidedly better
Columbus Dispatch
Evening star., 1923-08-25
Once Famous Bandit
Now a Diet Patient
How have the mighty fallen.

HOW have the mighty fallen,
mere we have Emmett Dalton. a
member OF the notorious-we almost
said famous-"Dalton bows" an inmate
OF the Battle Creek Sanatorium.
The hre-eating bandit has become a
diet patient. He who used to. sleep
out IN the rain and the snow now
taxes not baths and avoids drafts
his plunging steed has given place
10 a Wheelchair. The bullets with
when he used to be so free have been
replaced by little brown pellets that
rattle around in a pill box under the
laDel. take one every hour"
Nineteen years of prison life have
MADE remarkable changes in the bank
ropDer. Nurses at the sanatorium say
theE cannot Imagine the gray-haired
Daiton. now hfty-two years old, soft
or speech, with mild eyes and kindly
smile. as member of a band of des-
peradoes or whom the entire south
west stood in fear for three years and
Tor whom rewards of $4,000 were at
one time outstanding.
why. ne looks more like a lawyer
or banker" observed one nurse.
There is hardly any trace of the
former life about Dalton. He looks
somewhat heavy now, for a horseman.
and too genial. frank and friendly
ever to have been the man that once
ne was. His hair. once black. is gray.
ms lace Is as smooth and good-na :
tured as boys, and his light gray
eyes are mild and thoughtful He is
mild hammered, kind and to all ap-
pearances good citizen
And yet, there are those who saw
our penitentiaries are but training
schools for criminals ls.-Harrishure
Telegraph.
Evening star., 1923-08-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

throughout the nation. Mr.. Wakeman
on his own hook is circularizing the
q. Q. p. committeeman of Greater
New York and -admonishing them in
these terms:
The after-war burdens of the
office Of President of the United States
cost US the life of. our beloved Warren
G.. Harding. How can you and l
lessen the burdens of Calvin Coolidge.
his successor? BY increasing the ef-
ficiency of the basic agents of govern
ment, namely, members of the county
committee in every section. They are
our actual bosses, for, excepting in
cases of emergency or political revo-
luton, they tell US for whom we shall
vote, and, from their action and policy,
come good or bad results
4 X
Eyes of the nation are certain to
be riveted upon Clifford Pinchot,
Governor of Pennsylvania, who is to
be President Coolidge's chief CO.
operator in handling the anthracite
coal strike More than 75 per cent of
anthracite is mined in Pennsylvania, and
the overwhelming bulk of it in an area
so restricted that it can be traversed in
a days automobile trip. That is cir
cumstance from which both the miners
leaders and the public authorities will
derive advantage. The leaders can
conduct strike with corresponding
facility and the authorities will be
able more easily to maintain law and
order. Gov. Pinchot commands q
splendid state constabulary of 5000
officers and men. They are we'll or
ganized and disciplined. He is con-
fldent they are equal to any likely
emergency. Politicians will watch
itrif Wi ipfn
Some think he may score so heavily
before the anthracite storm is calmed
that he will loom predominantly on
the 1924 presidential horizon.
X y < K
Judson c. Welliver, whom Presi-
dent Coolidge is retaining as public
ity counselor at the White House,
recounts a disconcerting experience
with the Harding party in Alaska.
"Jud" paid his respects one day to a
Juneau lawyer who is struggling
through life with the name of Grover
Cleveland Wynne. Welliver is a
pretty keen judge Of human nature,
and thought he had the lawyers pedi-
gree "Wynne," ne said, you're a
middle westerner, probably from
Iowa, and your father was good,
old-fa shioned democrat about the
time you were born, in the middle
sos That's why he named you
Grover Cleveland" The lawyer re-
Joined: Well, I am a middle west
erner, and I was born in 1885, but
you've got me wrong on the rest. My
father was an old-Iine republican. I
was the fifth ctild of steadily grow
ing family, my predecessors all be-
ing boys. My father had hunch /
was going to be a girl, and when
turned out to be a boy he decided to
vent his wrath by naming me after
the first democratic President inau-
gurated since the civil war"
Copyright, 1923.)
Evening star., 1923-08-25
Old. shioned News.

The Star a day or two ago published
news item that horse hitched to a
wagon ran away, that the occupants
of the wagon were thrown out and in
jured, and that the runaway was
stopped by Policeman Frye. 1t was
old.fashioned news. 1t had the flavor
of other days. Once the horse figured
does today. A runaway item was in
nearly every issue of The Star.
Whether it was because horses were
more numerous or because they in
dulged with greater liberty in the habit
of running away is not to be told. One
of the important duties of policemen
was to stop runaway horses.
Before the coming Of the automobile
it was common happening for a
pedestrian to be run over by horse
and buggy, or to be knocked down by
horse car. There was reckless driv.
ing in the good old times, and The
Star published about as many stern
editorials in denunciation Of reckless
driving on the Avenue, on F street and
on 7th street as it publishes now
against reckless automobile driving.
A man with a fast stopper liked to
pass everything else on the street. In
stead Of stepping on the gas he would
cluck or flap rein. Although a man
would boast that Prince Charlie, Sor-
rel Dragon or Gray Lightning could
trot mile in three minutes, he would
always tell Judge Smell that he was
driving along at leisurely pace.
The old.fashioned driver seemed to
have little more patience with police
regulations than the new-fashioned
Evening star., 1923-08-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

| Q. What is the oldest building in
Washington?-K. c.
| A. A row of brick buildings in old
4th street between N and o streets
southeast, down near the Anacostia
and the Potomac, are said to be the
Oldest buildings in Washington. They
were built by a man named James
Greenleaf, but the exact date OF their
erection could not be ascertaned.
| Q. VINO or what was John Wither-
spoon that he SHOULD have a statue in
! Washington?-L. d.
| A. Witherspoon was a noted clergy
| man president of Princeton. one of
! the signers Of the Declaration of
| Independence, and the only ecclesi-
astic who signed that document.
| O. Does President Coolidge belong
| to a college fraternity?-K. l. c.
| A. He is a Phi Gamma Delta.
| Q. Is there an animal that never
drinks water?-C. It.
| A. 1t is said that the gemsbok, a
! large South African antelope, never
! drinks water, the moisture which it
requires being obtained from the sue
| culent bulbous plants on which it
| feeds.
G. What states produce the most
! lumber. r. NJ.
| A The five greatest lumber pro-
ducing states in 1922 were Washing
| ton, Oregon. Louisiana, Mississippi
and California, according to figures
/ compiled by the forest service.
O. How large is Plymouth Rock =
| A. Plymouth Rock is feet long. 3
! feet wide and 3 feet high. On its face
| the figures 1920 are cut, showing the
| date on which the feet of outcas SITS
| pressed this symbol Of religious free
dom" The rock was moved in 1775
| by patriots, who placed 1t in Liberty
| Pole square that it might "be near
| the guard house. the church and the
! liberty pole" While being loaded on
an OK cart the rock fell and was
broken. Some said this was an omen
| OF the break that was to come be-
( tween Great Britain and her colonies
| in America. Pieces Of the rock were
| cemented together and IT was later
/ moved back to its original resting
place.
B. H.
| A. This name is given in England
| to narrow ring set with diamond,
| emerald. amethyst, ruby emerald
| sapphire and topaz, the initial letters
| OF which words spell dearest"
| @. Does Chinaman have to have
| his cue cut off to get into the United
! States w. f. c
A. Careful examination of the
| Chinese exclusion acts do not show
| that any statute required a Chinese
| person to cut off his cue in order to
! enter this country.
| Q. What words are inscribed over
| the Alamo?-A. G. l..
/ A. '"Thermopylae had its messenger
! OF defeat. The Alamo had none"
| This has reference to the little band
/ of 1ss men who were massacred bv
| horde of Mexicans numbering about
| $500. Although death was inevitable,
! the little band refused TO surrender
| For ten days they held the Mexicans
back, but were finally overcome in a
| hand o-hand battle.
! Q. Do many actors and actresses
! of the stage succeed on the screen?-
! A. h
a. Few screen successes come from
| the stage and vica versa. Clayton
! Hamilton says that Aim and stage
| technique are separate and distinct.
| The tempo of acting for the camera is
f, much slower and more deliberate than
Evening star., 1923-08-25
The Puzzle of Agriculture

Half the farmers made less than
81 900 last year, claims Nathan Straus,
jr., agricultural expert of the New
York state senate. Such figures are
confusing. Do they represent clear
profit? If so (and probably noo, the
farmers in addition got their living.
Few city workers have $1,000 clear
after paying for food, etc.
On the other hand: In New Jersey
ae9 school pupils in one year clear
nearly $4,000 above all expenses
from their home gardens. That's
S17E apiece, and in spare time. They
had. OF course, no investment in land
no notes at bank, no taxes.
Intensive farming and diversified
crops may be the solution of many
farmers, especially ones who stake
eyerythine on one crop. The cotton
grower finally Is learning this
Buffalo Times.
Evening star., 1923-08-25

To this observer comes word OF An
alleged project among the Moham-
medan people to do remarkable honor
TO the name of Woodrow Wilson.
There is said to be under way a
scheme to compile a compendium of
the former Presidents most famous
public utterances, translate them into
the Arabic language, and circulate
the volume throughout the islamlc
world Mohammedan admirers of Mr..
Wilson are quoted as predicting that
the volume is. destined to rank among
their people as second only in in
spirational value to the Koran.
Charles r. Crane, former American
minister to China. himself Will
sonian adherent, and an authority on
Islam, has been mentioned as one of
those interested in the enterprise.
woodrow Wilson's enunciation of the
! self determination ideal at the end
of the world war fired the imagina-
tions of the whole Mohammedan
universe.
One of President Harding's un-
realized ambitions was to bring Her.
bert Hoover and Hiram Johnson to-
gether and turn their feud into
friendship. Mr.. Harding told them
he deplored the 'unseemliness" of
CALIFORNIA; two outstanding repub-
licans in the guise of implacable foes.
The President, always at his best in
the favorite role of conciliator, pro-
! posed a little White House dinner. at
which Hoover and Johnson could
bury the hatchet. The Secretary of
Commerce, without evincfng any in
decorous enthusiasm, indicated his
80 l,a mir of
in the interest of republican harmony
and because Mr.. Harding wanted IL.
Senator Johnson is understood to
have rejected the proposal. He in
ing with what the California matador
has just publicly dubbed "the Hoover
crowd"
John Jacob Rogers, representative
from Massachusetts,, whose wife has
been reappointed the Presidents
friendly visitor" to war hospitals,
has a hobby. He nursed 1t through
several futile sessions Of Congress-
his bill to, reorganize the American
diplomatic and consular service. The
bill passed the House at the last ses-
sion Of the Sixty-seventh Congress
and just narrowly escaped enactment
in the Senate owing to routine pres
sure at the finish. Secretary Hughes
is heart and soul for the Rogers bill,
which aims at putting our foreign
service on a basis which will induce
men of brains and not merely men of
money to adopt 1t as career. The
State Department hopes Representa-
tive Rogers measure will speedily
run the gauntlet on Capitol Hill next
winter. Incidentally, it proposes to
pay our foreign representatives what
Samuel Gompers would call living
wage.
X X \
Who and what are the basic agents
of the government" According to
Wilbur +. Wakeman of EItingville,
Staten Island. they are the members
of political county committees
Evening star., 1923-08-25

Dyestuffs are closely associated in
origin and laboratory development
with material for chemical warfare.
The frivolities of fashion have had
their serious association ever since 1t
became a rule of existence for comedy
and tragedy to walk hand in hand.
Evening star., 1923-08-25

Detroit is Slightly agitated by the
fact that scrubwoman employed in
one of the municipal buildings goes
to work in an automobile. There has
been an impression that in Detroit
poverty was no more a bar to the
ownership of some kind of a motor
than to keeping a pet dog OF a mule.
Evening star., 1923-08-25

Fears are entertained that Ellis Is-
land has been so managed as to bring
utter disappointment to immigrants
whose minds were filled with glowing
pictures painted by people who in
duced them to make the trip.
Evening star., 1923-08-25

When the public finds a commodity
quoted as nothing available at any
price. the cost Of living may in this
particular instance be regarded as
having unquestionably reached its
peak.