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WAHrED-RooMs.

Continued.
YOUNG MAN-Comfortable single room, neSr
O. W. U,; reasonable; give details and price:
occupy 18th. Addreys Box 3li-Z. Star on1ce.
TWO LARGE ROOMS. Ink, by employed
couple, near d. Eng. and Print. lSV5 U
st. s.w.
COMFORTABLE furnished room, NV. very
light housekeeping, by settled lady. Nov. 10.
Limit, $40. Address Pickford. e07 B st. ne. :
BUSINESS WOMAN desires furnished room
and bath within waking distance OF down
town. Address Bo1 45-A. Star ONCE. o.
GENTLEMAN desires room In northwest Sec
tion: give description and state price. Ad-
dress Box 46-A. Star ONCE.
wANTED--Two or three furnished rooms
l.h.k.: must be reasonable. Address Boz 2o3.Z,
Star Office. ~.
LADY desires room In southeast. near Con-
gressionai Library; heat, hot water, phone. Ad-
dress Box 8S6 y, ttar Office. iice.--
UNFURNIsHED ROOM by lady; must be In
NV. Apply ut desk, willard courts 1919
18th vt
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ThAkOMA PARK-FOCR ROOMS. PRIVATE
bath; continuous hot water, cleo. gas h.-w b.
large glassed sleeping porch. private entrsnc
cement street; near cars and store; available
Dec. 1. 226 Maple ave.
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1887 I1th ST N.w.-TWO COMMUNICATIN,-
rooms. neatly furn shed; steam heat: electro
lights: all conveniences; to accommodate four
gentlemen. For further particulars call MIR
S. LANDsMAN, phone Franklin l0l2s.
DOW WNTOWN-TWO ROOMS, kITCHENETTE
nd hot n oh hos md H~hr
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1905 l4th ST. .N.W.-Warm, bright. well FUR
: !shed room. In quiet family; telephone; ga
age; near park.
Evening star., 1923-11-04
WANTED-ROOMS.

WANIEU-hUUm
WISTED By young man Il gcsd sized room.
comfoytnbly furnished, clean. with hot. cold
wafer. must be located within boundaries OF
i4th and 18th and Eye and M SITS. NV; house
must be quiet, refined. something nice Is
wanted: with or without meals; apartment
>hotei or private home; references required and
none except above average need answer. Ad-
dress BOX 242-Z, Star once. 4.
yOITNG WOMAN of refinement q furnished
room: viii appreciate few home privileges
1Sith the right sort OF people; northwest Sec
ticn convenient to Treasury: reasonable rent.
address Box lOS-A. star office.
LADY, refined, with government, desires small
COW furnished room in private home of re-
anement. preferably between Columbia rd.,
Hsryarsf ST. and the payk. Address Box 2se.Z,
star office.
SDT|TT BUSINESS WOMAN wants room with
nriyscy and quiet Of individual apartment,
r;cinity Conn. ave-; ami. Address Box 61-A,
Star office.
N IMMEDIATE VICINITY Of 18th and Park
road warm room In well kept, refined home,
Nv settled, employed woman: references ex-
HANGED. Address BOX 113-A. Star once.
sTRNfSHED-One large room. or one room
and kiechenette for l.h.k.; mother and boy .
rears Old: IS or &6 week. Write Mrs. Amante,
O00 New Hampshire ave. NV:
T8RN0 ROOMS and hath, Ink, by couple,
Dec. j. A6lrss Boz ts-A. Star once.
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RENT R0OMs-FUR. 4 UNFUR

TWO LARGE ROOMS. small sleeping porch;
all connecting; use Of kitchen; apt. bldg !:
rent reasonable; splendid location. Phone Main
1914 daytime: Adams 1880 after Z evenings
1912 IRVING N.w.-Either first or second
floor; furnished for housekeeping. Call after
4 O'Clock. &c
12lS FRANKLIN ST. N.E.-Two communicat.
ing. for Ink; detached house. blocks Of
cars. North S416-W. ~
1904 SOUTHAMPTON ST., Chevy Chase, D.
G.. one block from circle--One or two rooms,
kitchenette. bath. built-in garsge; new home
ssi5 9th NV. across from walter Rec.
Hospital-L.h.k.: bath, connecting: me-
house: private family. See before $50 a.m
x 9 to pm. ts
lsoe 2 81. N.w.-Tvs LAk. sseus, bath;
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RENT R0oMs-FUR. 4 UNFUR.


HAS Sth N.W.--3 rooms. kitcheuette, newly
papered; also store. Owner. ner.-
1925 eth ST. N.W.--Two rooms; board II
desired.
1907 X ST. N.W.--Apt., furnished or an-
furnished, for rent.
coca O N.W.--Three second floor rooms; pri-
vate bath; ami. porch. -.
1929 d ST. N.w.--Rooms. furnished aud M
furnished. for rent. .--.--.------------.--loo
1910 23rd ST. N.W.--Large room and Kitchen,
50 weekly. = ~
Ss7 nth sT. N.E.---rwo rooml FOR Ink: elec-
trio light, h.-w.h. -
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Notable Deaths in 1922.

Death has taken a heavy toll of
mortuary record for the past twelve
months has included many names
known throughout the world, men of
all lines of activity, some of them hav
ing passed into retirement, others in
the full course of their service. Here
are some Of these names:
John Wanamaker, one of the worlds
greatest merchants; Alexander Graham
Bell. one of the foremost inventors
and contributors of incalculable value
to human convenience; Marquis 0ku-
ma, Japan's greatest statesman; Pope
Benedict XIV, head of the Catholic
Church: Boies Penrose. long a COM
manding figure in American political
affairs: Thomas Nelson Page. writer
and diplomatist: James Bryce, con
tributor of literary works of immortal
value; Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose
exploring achievements widened the
map of the world; Gen Christian De
Wet. a leader in the Boer war; Richard
Ifbhti- III buN oilNC a
power in American politics: Lillian
Russell long favOrite on the Ameri
can stage: WI Ting-fans. ii Chinese
statesman and especially we'll known
to the American people; William
Rockefeller, notable figure in Amer
lean financial affairs; Alfred Harms
worth. on as he was in later years
known. Lord Eorthcliffe. perhaps the
most conspicuous parsonage in the
world field of Journalism.
These are but a few names chosen
from the years records. Some Of these
people were taken in their prime. in
the full course of their work. Others
had finished their tasks and We're but
awaiting the last summons. All of
them made history, as history now
records their passing.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Says ID. C. Is the Home
Of Every ID. c. Citizen

To the Editor of The Star:
Every American has two home
towns and Washington is one of them" "
This is more than a well put figure
of speech: it is plain truth and if
that feeling of ownership can be borne
in upon the country school teacher, the
9 o'clock town man and the farmer, as
well as the business man and woman,
they will come to take pride in the
town they have helped to build.
Carry this thought to them and re-
peat it again and yet again. The truth
of it will bear fruit. Congress will
show it and Washington, after little
while, will not have cause to be
ashamed of it's inadequate school
system. For congressman hear what
the voters say; also, they heed.
If the people of Washington will
spread this slogan as it should be
spread, sending it into the remotest
corners of the country, through pulpit
and press, chambers of commerce and
boards of trade, on letter heads, in
the films, and in every other way
conducting a persistent and insistent
campaign in spreading this great
truth, the truth will prevail.
See to il that every man, woman
and child in the country is reached
and made to understand, to grasp and
To hold the truth that Every Ameri-
can has two home towns and Washing
TON is one of them.
HOBART BROOKS.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Two Lessons From History.

January /, 1923, finds the world
greatly upset. Old governments that
survived the war are experiencing
heavy going. New governments that
have grown out of the war are NOV
ing with difficulty. In no quarter is
the situation as it should be, or as
could be desired in all quarters.
Still. the man who is despairing has
read no history, or read history TO no
profit. The resiliency of mankind is
amazing and superb.
Consider our own country: When
we set up in business for ourselves the
doubters and the kind-hearted were in
a blue funk. The war for independ-
ence had left us poor and distracted.
What was this newfangled govern
mental scheme which was to perform
wonders of good? Was it not likelier
to perform wonders of evil, and
plunge us into greater distresses.
The wonders are here, and all to the
good. The Republic of North America
is after a hundred and odd years the
It is the light of the world.
Consider France. At the close of
her duel with Germany fifty-odd years
ago she was PROSTATE. The people es-
tablished a republic. They took the
management of their affairs into their
own hands. The outside world ques-
toned the wisdom of the arrangement.
Was it suited to the French people?
Was it in consonance with their tenn
permanent and characterization? 1t has
proved so. 1t still endures, and until
the war broke, France had prospered
under it as never before in her his
tory.
Mankind, everywhere. has a way of
coming back. 1t will come back this
time, even from the brink of the
greatest chasm that ever yawned.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Dad Goes Shopping.

Dad hates to go shopping In July
he has a complete adherence of the
ordeal. When October comes his emo
tions have merely intensified. But
the mere suggestion of shopping in
December-of threading crowded
aisles, of being buffeted. crowded,
jammed and squeezed-is enough to
throw him into mental spasm
Just the same, Dad went shopping
The little woman who guides his des-
tiny guided Dad into Christmas
decked stores. He felt as if he ha d
suddenly walked into the midst of a
cloudburst. a cyclone and a monsoon
twisted into one. AS he watched the
through the tide. towing his bulk
along, he began o wonder why they
reserved the medals of honor exclu-
siyely for heroes of the war AS he
noted her unperturbed ability to find
what she originally had in mind, his
admiration grew for the mind that
could hold on So tenaciously. But
the crowning touch came when she
actually invited his confused wits into
conference on the selection of a wagon
for the boy and black-eyed doll for
the little girl.
Then the miracle happened Dad
found he was enjoying himself. He
insisted on gifts about twice as good
as mother would have dared buy. A
grin chased away his moodiness. He
didn't even mind the crowdinE peo-
pie. 1t suddenly occurred to him that
you couldn't find in all the world any
other cause than Christmas that could
bring so many people together SO
closely, so happily and with so wide
an aftermath of good cheer.
Dad intends to go shopping again
next Christmas. Portland (Ore.)
journal.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Mr.. Beck's Break.

Unless more careful, Solicitor Gen
eraI Beck will find himself ticketed as
ii pessimist.
In a public lecture the other day he
made this comparison:
In 1880 men We're better citizens.
better fathers and better workers
than they are today. At that time men
believed in their parties. Today that
militant political spirit has dlSap-
peared and fully one-third of the
electorate does not vote.
The year mentioned was a good
year. The period was good period.
Men did believe in their parties, and
worked for success al the polls with a
sturdy will.
Complaint was they carried their
politics too far at timeS-beCame fierce
in contests and dangerous in faction
ism. 1t was out of the contest of 1880
the division grew that all but wrecked
the republican party-Mr. Beck's
party-cost il by assassination its ma
tional leader and led straight to its
defeat in 1884.
Continuing, Mr.. Beck said:
In 1880 the worker took pride and
JOY in his work audA was proud of
achievement in industry. Today men
regard work as some form of degrad-
ing Servitude and there is little pride
in artisan accomplishment
The worker takes pride in his work
today. and when out of a job seeks one
diligently. Recently. as the result Of
general disturbance, millions of men
were out of employment. Concerted ac-
ton was taken by the authorities, the
unemployed co-operated, and now that
army has disappeared. Willing and
competent hands are busy again at
good wages.
Mr. Beck is one Of his party's dis
tinguished lawyers and leaders. and
an orator of power. But he is not i'm
mune from the mulligrubs. and he
ought to take something for his pres
ent attack.
Evening star., 1923-01-01

to serve the people with what they
need, transportation. Just as John
Wanamaker's> store clerks sought
always to give the customers what
they wanted, with understanding of
their needs, so the men who operate
the street cars should be instructed
and trained to regard the passengers
in the same light.
Good salesmanship on the street
cars means courtesy and considera-
ton. 1t means that there is only
one rule that should always govern,
and that is the rule of carrying the
people 1t is of far more importance
to do this than to maintain rigid
schedules. 1t is bad craftsmanship, for
example, to run cars that are capable
of carrying more passengers past
waiting persons in the street because
the motorman and the conductor are
in a hurry TO make their trips. 1t is
poor salesmanship to regard passen-
gers as mere freight without feelings.
Il is good salesmanship 10 show
courtesy anu W Steh Tie CO-OpSl dtIOll
of passengers in making the most
possible room for those yet to come.
Salesmanship of this kind, to give
the maximum service to the people
with the available equipment, means
supervision and instruction on the
part of those higher up in the rail
road management. Every operative
should be trained in the proper atti-
tude toward the people, whose fares
pay the wages and other expenses and
the dividends, if there are any.
Public complaints against car serv-
ice are chronic. but the complaints
can be lessened greatly by good sales
manship on the cars. 1t is not alto
gether IA matter OF the number of
cars. or their frequency. or their ca
pacity, 1t is largely matter OF the
bearing of the men in charge toward
the public. \ crowded car can give
good service if the crew is made to
realize that ii is responsible both TO
the public and the company.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The New Year,

Inc New Year.
We're changing cars for Happyville.
The train is pulling out.
The whistle has been sounding shrill
Amid the merry shout.
The journey we have made thus far
Was overrough, perhaps.
Some of us had parlor car.
Some of us hung to straps.
OF thrill there hasn't been a lack.
Each day brought some surprise.
We often thought we'd jump the track
And have to bump the ties.
But smiling helped to conquer gloom;
Although a few were proud
And did not like the people whom
They elbowed in the crowd.
We've left old Sorrowtown back there.
The lights ahead shine clear
In pity oft we paused with care,
But never stopped for fear.
The danger signals we will heed
With patience and with skill,
And keep on singing as we speed
For good old Happyville!
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Writer Would ''Turn
OFF, Niagara Falls

A magazine writer wants to turn off
Niagara Falls. in order to turn them
ON again That is, he wants to utilize
for Industrial purposes the vast power
now going to waste there. and thinks
that. far from losing attractiveness.
the falls would gain in spectacular
erect if they were not functioning
ali the time, but were only turned
on in full volume on holidays and
other special occasions.
'.If fireworks Were shot off at s
o'clock every night" he says, I'VE
would not care to look at Them
Very likely. Yet people can stand a
good deal more repetition from ma
ture than they can from art. Sun
rise and sunset and rain and snow and
rushing water have a good deal of
repetition and continuity, but most
of us don't get bored to death with
them at all.
Isn't it the very everlastingness of
that tremendous downpour at Niagara
that gives the falls their overpower-
ing erect on the minds OF imaginative
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Evening star., 1923-01-01

The governor is democrat. The
lower house of the legislature is re-
publican by a narrow margin.
This necessitates compromise here
and there. The governor must con-
slider the opposition, and the opposi-
tion the governor. Progress must be
made. Inaction would reflect on both
sides. The people would resent it.
The governor holds the stronger
cards. Under his leadership the demo-
Gratis swept the state by unprecedent-
ed majorities. The advantage the re-
publicans hold in the legislature is a
mere scratch" The tail really should
have gone with the hide.
How will it all work out? We may
get from the result a line on how
things on national scale would work
out if a President were to take hold
and Congress begin TO function in
two months after the people of the
country had spoken at the polls.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
No Cooling Off" Period.

There is to be in New York an IL
lustration of the prompt response to a
mandate Of the people issued at the
polls.
The state election took place in No
vember. A full ticket and a legislature
were elected.
The victors are now ready for ac-
tion. Their campaign pledges accepted
by the people confront them. There is
to be no cooling Off period. Re
forms promised must be instituted
while the promises are fresh in mind.
The situation is not ideal for results.
That is 70 say. authority ig divided.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Street Car Salesmanship.

Salesmanship is the basis of good
service in the line of merchandise and
in all other fields. 1t is salesmanship
that moves goods and also salesman
ship that serves the public in terms
of transportation. John Wanamaker
founded and developed his immense
business upon the principle that all
his salesmen must satisfy the Gus
toners. They represented him, he
told them. and be insisted that every
person who entered his establishment
should be not only provided with what
was wanted, but should be treated
with consideration, politeness and
.syxpathy. The salesman, he said,
is the customers agent as well as
the merchants.
It would be well for those who op-
crate public utilities to adopt this
principle and to regard. for example,
all rnotormen and conductors on the
street railways an. statesmen. engaged
Evening star., 1923-01-01
n the Editor of The star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Ku KIuxism seems to be becoming
moro hold in the country. The inn
nerial wizard has recently visited
Washington openly and officially II
s,oan,s He held his head up high and
.oI,xed loud. He talked politely, but
ominously.
Tbera seems to be no question that
tbe draad of Ku Kluxism is becom-
ing serious. The. degree OF rear II
has created in many communities IN
several states has come to affect men
conduct where their private lives and
affairs come in connection and con-
tact with their public duties
The general concensus of opinion
.eams IN he that the khan is vicious
organization. There is. however, a
somewhat strong minority. not mem
hers. in sympathy with them.
This minority joins in the klan
onaganda. saying that the pur-
noses of the khan are ,commendable
and noble: that our laws are not en-
forced nv the officers; that the Off
carS themselves are uHldilhl VI anu
inefficient; that much good has been
done in some communities by the
khan: that many men of fine charac-
ter and high standing in their com
munities are members.
These things may all be true, but il
is equally true that the khan employs
vicious methods, in violation of law
to enforce it's so-called high purposes
that law enforcement cannot be in'
trusted to lawbreakers. The psyche
logical hurt done to any community
through the purifying" done by the
klan as a result of it's vicious'method:
of overriding the law is greater thar
it's possible good.
IT seems to me that the remedy fol-
this evil and public control of the
vicious tendencies of the KAN are
easily feasible and practicable.
The mask, and that alone, is th'
instrumentality that enables th'
] khan to perpetrate its diabolisms ant
Evening star., 1923-01-01
Advocates Unmasking Ku klux Klan.

get away with it. The remedy is to
compel them, by law, do discard their
masks in public on all occasions, at
all times
There is no value in the mask nor
need for it. in honestly. lawfully per-
forming any of the high purposes
which they publicly proclaim as their
motives and objectives. On what
principle of chivalry or manhood do
their high h-charactered members JUS
tify or tolerate the idea of good
morals putting on a mask to set out
its high prccepts or do it's good deeds:
or, law and order putting on mask
to command the peace, or. 100 per
cent Americanism concealing its
identity to exert it's noble inspira-
tions? 1t is superlatiye nonsense, of
course.
In compelling them to pull off their
masks in public there is no need of
accompanying it with interfering
with their innocent parades and pub
lie ceremonies, on the public streets
or on wooded hilltops. Let them
wear their hoods and shrouds, if they
like, and ride their white-sheeted
horses. if they choose, SO long as their
faces are in the. open, their counte-
nances exposed to public view and
their identities unconcealed. So, let
them do all their noble deeds, and
what they dare.
1t requires no special class of leg
islation to apply this remedy.
There can be no question of the
constitutionality of such laws. They
are clearly within the ordinary po-
lice powers of the states. There is
even no novelty in the idea Many
towns and villages over the country
have for years had ordinances pro-
hibitirg citizens from appearing on
the public streets in disguise.
1 cannot conceive of any remedy as
feasible or practical, as speedy or as
effective as this. To the Ku Klux
Klan let the slogan of the law and of
all law-abiding citizens, be, Pull
off your mask" D. II. HARDY.
Evening star., 1923-01-01
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

into the uniform. It fitted him lily,
for his figure had changed, and he
took it off quickly.
my old army coat" he said. half
to himself "the coat / wore when I
was mustered out"
1T would be a splendid thing to
give to the Minnesota Historical So
ciety," one of the group suggested.
Nelson drew back, as if startled.
What did you say?" he asked in
some agitation. The suggestion was
repeated
NO" he said slowly, drawing away
from the group as if fearful that his
treasure might be taken from him.
It's nay old coat My own old coat
the coat | wore when | was muse
cred out"
He walked slowly ba.k TO the old
chest. his coat on his arm.
You don't understand, I'm afraid"
he said, turning to his guests, Its
mine-I wore it-and here-see here
here's the lining Mommer put in
it,"
For few moments he stood, await
placed the garment back tenderly.
closed the lid, locked it and put the
key in his pocket.
Il want ii to stay with mel he
concluded. leading the way TO the
stairs, Ito stay with me. always"
But knute Nelson has another side
He can fight from the hustings with
the same spunk that he used to show
when he was in the Union army.
In one of his earlier campaigns,
he was interrupted frequently al one
meeting by a persistent heckIer. Nell
son answered the man several times.
/ Finally the questioner became a
nuisance.
Let me convince him this way"
he roared as he climbed down from
the platform and made for his tor
| mentor.
And there ensued one of the pret-
, tiest little two-minute fights that
ever gladdened the gaze of a Min
nesota farmer. Finally, Nelson BACKED
| the mans eye. punched his nose till it
bled and threw him out of the hall.
! Now" said the doughty veteran
as he scrambled back to the plat
| form. is there any other long
| cared populist here that wants to
ask any questions"
Nobody volunteered.
Then well proceed with the meet
ing" he announced
Knute Nelson is the fulfilment of
promise. When he landed With his
mother at Castle Garden. New forK,
| in 1S49. boy of six. he faced the
| strange life of a new world.
His mother. sitting on the dock
with her possessions around her, was
much affected. Her courage seemed
! to flag at that moment and she wept.
Don't cry. mother whispered the
| boy in tongue he has all but for
gotten now. some day we'll be next
to the king"
| The day is here.