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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
Or. 0ooDE WILL SHOW
CHARMS or FRANCE

The charm and diversity Of France
win be described and shown in pic
lures by Paul Goode before the Ma
tional Geographic Society tomorrow
afternoon and evening 1t the Ma
sonic Temple.
DIR. Goode recently trayersed many
of the less well known portions of
France, and the colorful life Of the
people, despite the rigor Of war, af-
forded interesting photographs and
incidents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
SAVE KING KARL 8 HORSE
FROM BUTCHERS KNEE

VIENNA. March 29.-The old
white mare used by King Karl dur
ing his coronation at Budapest in
1917 was put up for sale recently by
the Austrian government.
A butcher was about to buy her
for slaughtering purposes when rep
resentatives Of the Hungarian gov.
eminent interviewed and outbid him.
Now the old mare IL spending her de.
clining days in the old royal stables
near Budapest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-29
DRY SUMMER PREDICTED
AS DUCKS COME NORTH

CAPE MAY. N. j.. March 20
Strollers on the boardwalk here
yesterday were attracted by thou
sands of wild ducks flying North.
Some of the flocks were nearly a
mile in length.
Old residents say that not in
many years have the ducks been
seen in such large flocks. Old
sportsmen believe that it indicates
it will be the dryest summer in
many years.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Post Office Recollections.

Another landmark goes. In a. recent
issue of The Star was this: THE old
six.story building Of the Central Union
Mission at 622 Louisiana avenue is
being rapidly demolished preparatory
to building a seven-story freproof
structure for the mission and the Mary
Farr Perry Memorial Emergency
Home for Children: The old building
has been used as hotel, city post of.
flee and United States pension ofice at
different times" Middle-aged Washing
tonians remember when that building
was the Seaton House, and when the
city post Office was there. The post
office was housed there from 1879 to
1892. Our city postmasters during that
period were James B. Edmunds, 1869.
1880: Daniel B. Anger, 1SS0.1SS2;
Thomas L. Tullock, 1ss2-18ss; Frank
B. Conger, 1ss3-1sss; John w. Ross,
1SSS-1S90, and Henry Sherwood, 1890
1894.
In 1892 the post Office was moved to
the Union building on the north side
of G between 9Th and 7th, where 1t re.
mained until 1898. when 1t was re.
moved to the Post Once Department
building opposite The Star Office.
Washington cfty's post Office has
been in many places. When Thomas
johnson became postmaster in 1875
he opened the Office in a house on the
north side Of + between 18th and 14th.
When Christopher; Richmond succeed
ed him few months later he opened
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Southern Land Reclamation.

In the holding of the forestry, recla-
nation and homemaking conference
at New Orleans November. 10 to %
which will be attended by governors
of several states, Secretary Wallace
and number of senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress. together with
noted men from many sections, public
attention will be drawn to a subject
which is worthy of consideration. The
south has extensive areas of cut-over,
swamp and overflowed lands which
can be reclaimed and made into farms,
providing homes and communities for
a large population.
Reclamation. has for twenty-one
years been almost wholly confined to
the west, and federal assistance ap-
proximating $140. 100000 has been be-
slowed upon that region. to the prac.
tical exclusion Of the rest Of the coun-
try. 1t is claimed by the sponsors of
the pending movement that these
southern lands can be reclaimed for
about one-fourth the cost of reclaim.
ing arid and semi-arid lands of the
west.
The movement is said to .contem-
plate the creation of small, self-sup-
porting farms for people who will live
on them; to provide rural homes as
means of living and to produce not
merely money but men and women
for the strength of the nation. The OBJ
ject is worthy, and should find support
in the quarters to which the appeal
may be addressed. .,.r -.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Parts Of Speech.

The fact that children in the Dis
trict schools showed high percentages
of incorrect usage of irregular verbs
is no serious reflection on the schools
or the children. Customs Of speech in
the home will outweigh the grammati-
cal influence Of the ablest and most
patient teachers. Elegances OF lam
guage are not, at the present time, as
highly esteemed as in days when the
mechanical sciences were less de-
veloped. The lad who persists in say
ing ST seen it" or II done it" may
nevertheless be the admiration OF the
household as the only one who knows
how to persuade a refractory flivver.
Books are valuable and important as
ever, but the serious intellectual
energy Of the world has been assert.
ing itself largely along mathematical
and mechanical lines Ideas are reeog.
nized as essential. Phraseologies are
after.considerations.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Holiday Cards.

Though the Christmas season is sew.
eral weeks in the future, the Post
Office Department is making plans for
prompt and otherwise efficient han.
ding of mails. which are much heavier
at that time than at any other. Christ.
mas and New Year are always times
Of stress with the postal people and
We shall soon be receiving admonition
to mail early"
As one means Of helping the mail
service the Post Office Department is
inveighing against odd-size greeting
cards and envelopes and is seeking
to secure cooperation Of manufac.
turers dealers and the public. Spokes.
men for the department say that the
use Of freak envelopes and cards ham.
pers mail delivery, as most of them
have to be Cancelled by hand, "it being
necessary to remove them from the
stream Of ordinary sized letters flow.
ing through an automatic canceling
machine" There are other objections
to cards of unusual size and form.
There is no sense in sending cards
that are exceedingly small or ex-
raordinarily large, or cards that are
round, triangular or five-cornered. The
rectangular card of normal size can
carry ones sentiments handsomely.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Home Brew Ingredients.

One Of the moves which the prohibi.
ton commissioner plans to make is q
drive" against certain producers Of
home brew ingredients. 1t is said that
some breweries are making large sales
of beer ingredients, mixed and ready
for fermentation in the home. 1t is
against these breweries that the pro.
hibftion commissioner may take ac.
ton. He believes that it will not be
necessary to take this matter to the
courts, as breweries operate under per-
mits issued at the pleasure OF the gov
ernment. The commissioner is report
ed as saying that "a Milwaukee con-.
cern has been putting out more than
half a million dollars worth of malt
syrup annually" There has been q
between the prohibition
commissioner and others, and the an
has been made that "all
breweries will be notified to cease the
manufacture of such syrups, and fail.
ure to do so will result in prompt
revocation of their permits to. manu-.
It is said that so extensive has be.
come the traffic In malt and other beer
ingredients that in many cities retail
stores have been opened which deal In
nothing else. 1t Is also said that sew
eral stores of this kind are in Wash
ington, and that the sale Of these
ready mixed ingredients is not a viola
ton of law. Raids were made on some
of these stores some time ago and
their stock was carried to a govern
ment warehouse. but later returned
because there was no provision Of law
under which prosecution could be
brought. ..
Where the home brew makings are
manufactured and sold by breweries.
or those plants manufacturing near
beer" and other cereal beverages under
permit, the prohibition OH.
cials believe that the source OF the trou-
BILE can be reached. When these prepa-
rations are made and sold by other
concerns there seems to be difference
of opinion as to whether they can be
reached. The prohibition enforcement
officials and the prohibition forces
would stop home brewing at Its
source, and it may be that they viii
invoke Congress to remedy what they
believe to be a defect or oversight in
the law.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
Radio Listeuers-Iu.

Washington's high-power radio
broadcasting stations have asked the
owners OF receiving sets to send postal
cards to the commissioner Of naviga.
tion giving an average Of the number
Of persons who listen in. Other In
formation will also be sought. The
news fs that q count OF radio-receiving
sets in Washington and the number Of
hsteners-in is being undertaken by the
Department Of Commerce. II the cen.
sus.taking plan works well IN Wash.
ington it is probable that an effort
will be made to make a national count
of receiving sets and listeners-in. 1t
would be interesting to get some fig.
ures indicating the number Of persons
who listen to songs. sermons speeches
and reports that pass through the air.
Certainly the number Is large. The
growth Of the radio habit in the Dis.
trict and nearby Maryland and Vir.
ginia has been strong and rapid and
the number of men, women and chill
dren in this section who sit about the
radio instruments in the homes and
take their evening entertainment out
Of the air must be considerable.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
The Car-Token Rate.

The order of the Public Utilities Com.
mission that the street railway COM
panies place car tokens on sale at the
barns at the rate Of three for 30 cents
may be viewed and appreciated as a
disposition to apply the standard fare
rate Of % cents as far as possible. 1t
does not, Of course, meet fully the re-
for comparatively few people will buy
the small lots at the barns, since pur-
chase there would involve inconven.
ience.
The plea of the companies remains
that the half.portion sales would slow
up car movements by imposing more
transactions upon the conductors. This
point has been denied. 1t is urged that
there is no gain in time Of car opera
tion through the sale Of the full por-
tion of six for 40 cents. AS between
the sale of three tokens for 20 cents
cents, it is surely to the interest of
the companies, intent upon speed, to
promote the former.
The % cent rate Of fare, which is
the present token rate of for 40 cents,
fs the legal standard fare in the District.
The differential of l 1.3 cents for cash
fares may be regarded as a penalty.
That penalty should not be collected
from any person who wishes to pay
the token rate, whatever the number
he buys.
Some of the cars in this city bear
placards asking passengers to buy
tokens at the rate of fifteen for 81 as
q means Of promoting facility Of car
operation. Many people do this for
their own convenience. II the token
rate is not applied to the nall-portion
purchase surely the purchaser Of large
portions, he who buys a dollars worth,
should get more than fifteen tokens
for his money. If that were done there
would be some justification Tor refus-
ing to sell the smaller portions at the
established rate.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
New Fire Apparatus.

The District fire department is to be
strengthened by the immediate pur.
chase Of four triple-combination pump
ing engines, one chemical wagon, one
service truck and one aerial hook and
ladder. The need for this apparatus
has been seriously felt, and the Dis.
trict is to be congratulated on finding
the money with which to buy 1t. The
low state into which the apparatus Of
the local fire department has fallen
has been pointed to many times dur
ing the past year or two, and although
the equipment soon to be added will
not bring the department up to date,
nor in line with the. calls made on
1t, some deficiencies will be supplied.
Stress is often laid on the fact that
the department has been motorized" {"
but that does not signify as much as
many persons think. Motors grow old,
and improved models Of motor fire en-
gines come on the market. A large
part, OF the Districts motor apparatus
in the fife department belongs not to
the period Of 1898 A number Of the
steamers Of q byEone time are still
with US. The horses that drew them
were retired and gasoline tractors
Evening star., 1923-10-28


the ofIice In his home at the south
east corner of 18th and r. Lund Wash.
ington, In 1895, moved 1t to East Capt.
tol and 1st streets. In 1899 Thomas
Munroe moved the ofiice back to its
first home on F. street, and later
opened 1t In a building at the north.
west corner Of 9Th and e.
Some time before 1886 the office was
opened in the building between Sth
and 9th, E and F streets, occupied by
general post office. which was de.
stroyed by fire on the night of Decem-
ber Is, 1885, and the city post Office
was opened in "Mr. Sewers brick
house" on the west side OF 7th street, a
few doors north Of D. Then it was
moved to Masonic Hall at the corner
of AZ street and Louisiana avenue. -
Postmaster James s. Gunnell, ap-
pointed by President Van Buren,,
moved the Office to the building at 18th
and New York avenue which had been
the branch bank Of the United States.
and was later occupied by Corcoran
and Riggs. From there Postmaster
William Jones moved the office to 18th
and the Avenue, which became the
site Of the Kirkwood House and now
is covered by the Raleigh. Postmaster
Jones later moved the office to Carusi's
building at the corner OF c and 11th
streets That was in 1S41. In 1843 the
Office was in two brick buildings on
7th street between Z and F Just
north of the general post Office" and
in 1857 it was removed to the first
floor on the F street front OF that
which we came to call "the
Old Post Office building" and later
"the general land ofYice." r
Evening star., 1923-10-28
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

was seen tugging and kicking at his
orchestra chair.
Hey. what you doingT yelled an
IT paid s22 for this seat. young
man." replied the comedian, "and By
the gods I'm going to take 1t homo
with me-"
Luncheon with Walter Camp at the
Yale Club. New York, on a rainy day
Naturally You avoid the heavy table
d'hote OF the main dining room and
make 4 for the specially shop-the
grill What will it be?" says the
grand old man of foot ball. The only
thing is. that word "old" doesn't seem
to fit Walter Camp. Bronzed and
rugged. he sits there before you, the
picture of virile manhood. He is
the badness that "busts' right in
your face. You wonder why. Then
you realize there is no white palloH
to the Walter Camp dome. 1t, TOO. 10
bronzed and weather-beaten--the re:
suit of many hatless days on golf
links, bride paths and foot ball fields
Sixty-five summers have passed over
that very fine head. bat they have
passed with padded tread and left
little trace behind them.
What will it be2" repeats Walter
Camp, and still you hesitate. You
wonder what the daddy of the daily
dozen is going to take himself, and
you don't want to risk a frown OF
disapprova1 from this master of con-,
dition over some ill-chosen dish OF
your own fancy. The masters mind
is soon made up and you sit back at
attention to hear his order to the
on the verge of some great dietetic Sc
cret
AN oyster stew and some milk
crackers-none of the salty kind" >.
That's all there was to it and you
thought of an oyster stew yourself.
Others have done it. so why get
stage fright with Walter Camp? :.
Dessert? Yes. bring me g. jar of
honey and some more milk crackers.
And that's all there was to that. No =
coffee, no tea; Just sort of milk and,
honey diet. Why not? Isn't 1t the,
tabled menu of the land that is fairer
than this?
But here's a secret. Perhaps it,
shouldn't be told. But one must be
frank with ones public, SO here goes:
Walter Camp smoked cigarettes all
through the meal-Just plain, COM
mon, round cigarettes; no gold tips or
nuthin'.
Fred Lieb. head of the New York
chapter of the Base Ball Writer'S As
ISOLATION. says the world series press :
box never beheld such sartorial glo-'.
Fries as he saw in thep ress stand at
Belmont Park the day Zev put the
bee on Papyrus. The raiment which,
gave Fred such kick adorned some
of the sport writers from Great Brit
ain. One of them had on a trick
spats and pearl gray gloves.
I'm told one of the visitors writes
under the pseudonym of 'Hotspur.'
said Fred. "If that's SO, I don't see
any reason why his friend in pearl
gray shouldn't be Hot Dog "
Evening star., 1923-10-28
ny THOMAS n. MARSHALL.
Former Vice Presidsnt Of the United

Former Vice Presidsnt Of the United
States. X
:, We have grown so accustomed to
and destruction Of property that we
may have lost our perspective as to
the real condition of the world. /
know of no way definitely to deter
mine where the ultimate horror of
the late war is to be found. OF course,
1t was an awful shock to receive
from Official sources notice that a
gone west" But there was a GER
tain fina9ity about this which, In the
end. was quite likely to bring q
measure of reconciliation.
AS the days went by and the cause
In which the loved one perished trf-
umphed.= there probably came the
consoling thoughts that the sacrifice
was not in vain, that the one gone
was part OF the glorious record, and
that he was safe. But what may be
said touching thosd who were wound
ed In bedy or mind7 How contem-
Plate p9nnv the aea slow revolvins years Of
fergot! Is the real agony Of war.
therefore. physical or mental? 1 am
much inclined to believe that it is
mental; and this brings me to the
conclusien that whatever takes place
in life which brings needless sorrow
sometimes. of course. it is only indi-
vtdual striving to get the advantage
OF other individual conduct but every
now and then it Is organized conflict.
where great masses of men are en-
gagged In Intellectual war and infiict
injuries which may be permanent. IL
not fatal. Whether 1T shows itself
In conntct with gun and submarine
ana airplane or in: personal conflict
for supremacy in the business or
product OF the intellect rather than
the brute force Of men.
ment In the pursuit of knowledge.
The more we strive to know and the
more we seem to accumulate of
knowledge the less certain we be-
come in our Judgment. The best that
any man at times can do is to max e
q conscientious guess, hoping that he
may be right. conceding that he may
be wrong. 1 am about to make a
guess to the effect that the injuries
Ah dNtuoi LII luclF
sum total are not equal to the injuries
which are inflicted in the everyday
affairs of life. Whether inspired by
envy or ambition, actual warfare ulti-
mately lis brought about either
through. actual falsehoods in diplo-
matte relations or part-truths..
So in =the warfare of peace a ma
jority of the casualties are the direct
result either of bald lying or partial
conceaInaent. 1 often have wondered
who conceived the idea that cunning
was essential to success. My Presby-
terian ancestors would have asserted
that cunning was gift of the evil
one. / like to think myself orthodox.
but / am inclining toward the view
that cunning is auto-sugEestion
rather than original sin. In any
event, some one conceived the idea
that the. way to succeed in life was
to drive a sharp bargain. and then
some one developed the idea by con-
ceiving that the way in which to
drive a sharp bargain was to conceal
part of the truth from the other
fellow. : Thus settlements of these
warfares of peace took on the aspects
of a game Of cards. in which the
prize goes to the man who can do the
most bluffinG with the weakest hand.
y + \
Such a system a. this inevitably
produced doubt and suspicion OF the
Evening star., 1923-10-28

The promoters Of the dollar theater
for New York city are discouraged
and depressed. Theirs has been the
idea of bringing good drama and
comedy and music within reach Of the
average man and woman at price
they could afford to pay. 1t was ad-
mitted there are thousands, possibly
millions. of persons unable to pro-
.duce $40 q seat for the better theat-
rical productions. 1t was also admit
ted that q lot of persons paying 55
cents to gee a movie might be in
diced to part with dollar to see
something in the legitimate
But interest in the dollar project
has Jagged. 1t has Jagged because
the people of New York apparently
have lost all respect for the once al
mighty dollar. A one.case note has
come to be regarded in the metropolis
as of little more real value than the
million-mark German notes hawked
about the streets at 5 and 10 cents
apiece. the movies that charge $2.2o
and the shows that charge $40 are
crowded each night, while the dollar
theater seems entirely lost in the
shuttle. To make 'em think a thing
is good in New York you have got to
ShAi &c Shi ioi ~
That is why all records were
broken at the opening performance of
the Ziegfeld Follies. There was an
extraordinary line in the announce
ments Of the opening. 1t said "there
the opening performance" You real
ICED partly what that meant when
you asked the aforesaid prices. They
were $22 a seat. This was not the
price-gouging of the SPECTATORS. 1t
there was ambiguity in that an
nouncement line. You wondered how
there ever could be an Increase over
the $22 of the opening night. Then
1t was explained that Miss Billie
Charging sa2 for the opening night
there would be a return to normalcy
If $40 per can be termed nor
malcy. .-
Heretofore there have been s11
formances of the big revues. because
it has been argued these perform
ances have about them the intimacy
of a sort of glorified dress or undress
rehearsal of the "glorification of the
American girl" But this year Mr.
people were foolish enough to pay
$3.50 to see Mr.. Dempsey and Mr.
Firpo sock each other in the jaw.
and foolish enough to pay s22 to see
Zev run rings around Papyrus, why
shouldn't they pay s22 to see a hun
dred pretty girls in all stages of
glorificat ton?
>: \ X y
Well. Ziegfeld was right. The New
Yorkers fought each other to pay the
s22. Why, therefore, should not the
promoters of 81 show be discour-
aged?
1t is said that when the audience
at the opening Of the Follies was fl
ing out about $3.50 am. Eddie Cantor
Evening star., 1923-10-28

were hitched to the engines. These
tractor-steamers are familiar objects
In the streets. and they are slow and
feeble compared with that type OF en-
gine whose motor propefs the ear and
works the pump. All tractor engines
and other motst apparatus are in
daily service, and there IL no motor
apparatus in reserve to replace break.
downs. When q tractor drawn or other
motor engins falls out Of commission
a team Of old fire horses must be re-
called from their retirement. The fire
department IL doing the best that can
be done with the means at hand. but
much money must be spent before it
can meet the requirements OF growing
Washington.
Evening star., 1923-10-28
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Tho Tree.

p Tho Tree.
An oak for centuries had stood
A thing Of strength and pride:
To seek its shelter cool and good
Men came from far and wide.
For centuries it slowly grew
Through days Of storm and sun,
Nature was patient, for she knew
Her work would be well done.
Alas, how great Is human pow'r!
To set his hearth aglow
A woodman came; within the hour
His ak had laid it low.
How great is human pow'r, alas,
Increasing more and more.
To bid the splendor swiftly pass
Which man can ne'er restore!
Evening star., 1923-10-28

AN early presidential boom at least
gives a man prominence such as to
make his word more or less important
in connection with the selection Of an
actual candidate.
Evening star., 1923-10-28

French economists can contemplate
social disintegration with perfect
equanimity so long as it keeps on its
own side of the River Rhine. The fact
should not be lost sight Of that an
archy, in its very nature. is no re.
specter Of political boundary lines.
Evening star., 1923-10-28

In addition to the many other house.
hold pets bestowed on President Cool.
idge, the old republican elephant has
been led up to his front door and Sc.
curely tied.
Evening star., 1923-10-28

The fact that its inventor is a pro-
hibitionist does not prevent the "iiv.
yer" from being utilized by the boot.
logger as q favorite means Of distribu.
tion.
Evening star., 1923-10-28

It Is often asserted that no man is
essential: yet it must be admitted in
Europe that the passing Of Bismarck
made a great difference. -,...
Evening star., 1923-10-28

In endeavoring to avert a next
statesmen may be necessary to avoid
saying something that may start an.
other fight