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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18

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Safeguarding the food you eat is as
important to your health as sanitary
plumbing cheap refrigerator often is
dangerous. All models-from the small
est apartment size to the largest home
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Evening star., 1924-10-24

that difficulty would be the running Of
more cars, but just now it seems
easier for man to buy an automobile
than get a seat in a street car.
The early shoppers are not 80 often
victims OF mistakes in the delivery of
goods Mistakes of this kind happen
always, but when the people in the
stores and on the delivery wagons are
hurried and overworked they happen
oftener. The early shopper makes life
happier for the 10000 or so people
who work in the stores and who are
generally worn to such a fraZzle by
the holiday shopping trade that they
have nervous exhaustion and head
ache for Christmas.
A great many persons have been
educated to the early-mailing habit by
the postal people, who have pointed
out that if n man wants his Christ
mas card delivered on Christmas he
should mail it early. The postal peo-
pie are still sticking to their work of
urging people to wrap safely and
mark packages with the right name
and address, and it is now believed
that a number of persons do those
things.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Gen. Feng Takes Peking

The Chinese puzzle continues to
grow in compleXity. The situation in
the Far East has become so difficult of
comprehension that even Cinnamon
cannot understand it. This is attested
by the proclamation issued by Gen.
Feng Yu-Hsiang, after his occupation
of Reking through a surprise strategic
move. the text Of which appears in to-
days dispatches. Gen. Feng says, aft
ef giving warning that rumor mongers
will be executed:
The republic has been at war 8 years.
AS result commerce is impossible, and
the nation has been subjected to great
losses in a war which nobody under
stands
It may be doubted whether a mill
tary commander ever before in his
tory confessed to a total fog regarding
the causes and purposes Of war in
which he figures. And there Is q
further differentiation in Gen. Feng's
succeeding words:
This year was further marked by
drought and floods. Nine houses out OF
ten are empty. Truly we are to be pitied.
desire to stop this war and to make
peace. Therefore / have returned to
Pelking. Responsible men should come
forward to negotiate peace. This IL not
a soldiers job. but whatever peace
measures are decided upon I shall OBJ
serve. All my compatriots will agree to
this program, and ncbc Is sh-u.d be
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Thinking Of Christmas.

The mail-early and shop-early cam
paign will begin early in Washington.
A few days ago The Star printed a
group picture over the descriptive line,
"They will ask Washington to shop
early and mail early" and the picture
showed 13 members Of the committee
Of the post Office and Merchants and
Manufacturers Association who met
to discuss early mailing and shopping
plans. The mail-early and shop-early
slogans have not done away with the
Christmas rush. but they must have
had a beneficial effect.
With the growth of the city and
Christmas gift activity there is no
telling what would happen every year
at the Midwinter festival If wise and
farseeing men had not taken up this
early shopping and early mailing ques-
ton. The result is obvious. Thousands
of persons begin the buying Of gifts,
Individual Christmas cards and post
cards weeks before the Christmas jam.
They find it advantageous in many
ways. They have large and fresh
stocks to choose from and more time
to look things over. price all the goods
in the store, take samples to see if
they will match the furniture at home,
etc. They get so many little problems
of the mind that they can almost find
pleasure In tho holidays. They avoid
the discomfort Of unusually crowded
streets and stores. though they have
found no way to avoid crowded street
cs.is. Perhaps the only solution Of
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Deaths From Gas.

Three deaths from Illuminating gas
were reported in Washington yester-
dav. Two men We're found dead in
their rooms with the gas turned on,
and the third man was found dead
holding a rubber tube connected with
a gas jet. The last seems clearly a
case of suicide, but in the first two
cases it is likely that it cannot be
known whether the unfortunate men
died by their own will or by accident
In absence of knowledge on that mat
ter it is fair to assume that they died
by accident.
In living rooms only small thing
called a key" in the gas bracket
holds the deadly vapor in check. That
key may become worn by use and age
so that it will turn too easily. 1t may
become loose and unsafe from num-
ber Of causes. 1t should be the duty
of every one using gas or every one
having gas fixtures in the house or
room to know that the gas jet keys
are safe and tight, and that some force
is needed to turn them. A loose key
is very dangerous.
Sometimes there are leaky gas fix
lures. The defect is usually betrayed
by the smell of gas, and perhaps not
many persons die from that cause, but
leaky gas fixture should be given
immediate attention. Many fatal acci.
dents have happened to people who
on smelling gas sought to find the leak
with a lighted match. Sometimes a
leaking pipe or burner has allowed a
room or cellar to fill with gas and the
lighted match has brought on an ex-
plosion. When one suspects anything
wrong with a gas fixture it would be
prudent to call an expert workman.
In a great many houses electric
light bulbs and gas burners are on the
same fixture and often within an inch
or 80 of each other, and it might hap
pen-it has happened-that a person
turning off the electric light on going
to bed touches the gas key and turns
on the gas. Common sense is not to
be confined to public affairs. Use Of it
in. personal and domestic matters will
save life.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Immediate oversuhscription of the
German loan in the United States set
ties, at least in the minds of many
American editors, the question of
whether a genuine start has been
made toward the restoration of Ger
many's credit and the stabilization OF
conditions in Europe. AS expressed
by the Hartford Times, "Rehabilita-
tion has at last begun and economic
recovery should not be far behind
The way the loan was absorbed, de-
clares the Chicago Tribune, "discIoses
not only confidence that Germany can
and will be restored to financial, eco
nomic and political health, but ais"
the will to help her practically and
substantially" for "it brings definite
ly to her side investors directly con-
cerned in her welfare, as well as the
great number of people in trade, in
dustry, agriculture, who have come to
realize that German restoration is
factor in our own return to nor
malcy." In fact, the Topeka Capital
is sure 'the loan to Germany is of
great interest to this country, par
ticularly to farmers and miners and
all producers of raw materials. The
loan will be of benefit to the United
States, whether the reparations plan
ultimotely succeeds or requires fur
ther amendments. The loan will
start German industrial activity"
In fact, the Lincoln State Journal
forecasts such a stimulation of trade,
travel and mutual understanding
with Europe as eventually will draw
the United States into the League of
Nations. "A condition will arise"
saws this paper, under which an in
creased foreign demand for our farm
products will be maintained. Our op-
erations abroad will become so i'm
portant that we will not only join the
world court, but in time will enter
the League of Nations. This loan is
the entering wedge"
x X 4 X
"Whatever the attitude of the tax
payer, who eventually must assume
the burden of Germany's foreign OBJ
legations" the Cleveland Plain Deal
er is sure "the present government is
to be credited with nothing but the
best intentions and desire to see
Germany not only make reasonable
reparation, but to recover economi-
cally and industrially at the same
time" Then, too, the Charleston
Post points out that "all the re-
sources of the German nation are
first lien upon them, prior even to the
reparations awarded by the treaty of
Versailles" Material security behind
the German loan, the New Orleans
Times-Picayune agrees, 'is ample, and
the single uncertainty is, and long
must continue to be, whether the
German government. as contrasted
with the German people, will hold
firmly together and carry out through
the years of self-denial and self-dis-
oipline the promises that have been
extracted from the defeated nation"
What has happened. observes the
Memphis News-Scimitar, shows the
direction in which business is headed.
and, what is more, it shows conclu-
sively that there is universal dis
position to put Germany on Its feet
and make it possible to overcome the
economic depression in Europe" Moth
ing, the Nashville Banner adds, "is
more indicative of the World Wars
end and gives SO great assurance of
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Get Fun Out of Life!

Sinclair Lewis is right: a lot of
Americans do not get enough fun out
of life.
The young intellectuals challenge
cotemporary life and thought be-
cause it is regimented and standard
lied Davenports are put in front of
fireplaces, not because the owners
want them there, but because other
people have them there. Mr.. Babbitt
installs cigar lighter in his car, not
because he thinks he gets fun out of
a harmlessly glittering automobile
accessory, but because he thinks 1t
gives "class" to his machine. Doing
things because other people do them,
or doing them insincerely to impress
other people, is one good way of lead
ing a dull life.
Fun comes by being ones self. The
exterior act should reflect the one
within. The davenport is in its prop
er place when it is where you want it
as a being living your own life and
not giving a fig for artificial mass
standards. Golf is a good game if you
play 1t because you like it. But it is
a poor pastime when you find it but
anOtner way OF QO1nS Wndt OtneT peo-
pie do. You might rather play mar
bles or hop-scotch, if marbles or hop
scotch better releases your fun in
stinct.
The remedy for much of which the
young intellectuals complain lies in
questioning ourselves more as to why
we do things. Have our opinions come
to US ready-made from our parents, or
from our environment, or have we
thought things out for ourselves? Do
we put cigar lighters on our cars for
the convenience of cigar smokers or
to acquire sham class? Why not
do more things, think more things,
feel more things, that are really our
own? That's one way to have fun.
Men want to make things and do
things that reflect themselves They
want to create, in the spirit Of play,
things beautiful or odd or interesting.
They get fun out of life to the extent
in which the things they make or do
reflect what they really are. But as
long as the chief business of life lies
in coming out better than our broth
ers in the competitive struggle the
brighter business of making life in
teresting and creative must, walt
Atlantic City Evening Union.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Bishop Asbury's Horse
One on Him, Vile Admits
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
With veterinary counsel have
Just revisited the Asbury equestrian
statue, on Sixteenth street, and find
that my friendly monitor, S. Reese
Murray, is right. The bishops horse
is, indeed, nipping his foreleg, as Mr.
Murray's discerning eye discovered,
and not rubbing his nose thereon, as
my cursory glance led me to believe.
Mr. Murray, as 1t were. has a horse
on me, and, in a manner OF speaking,
1 have lost by nose.
The late Charles A. Dana, defining
news to a cub reporter. once said:
young man. If you should see a
dog biting a man, that wouldn't be
news. But If you should see a man
biting a dog, that would be news
AS a zealot for accuracy, 1 rejoice
that ] at least did not depict Bishop
Asbury himself in the act of nip
ping his foreleg or rubbing his nose
against it, for that would. indeed, as
I am sure Mr.. Murray will agree,
have been an even more unpardona-
BILE lack of careful discrimination
than the one to which, with pune
tilious courtesy. he drew my atten-
tion in The Star of October 81.
FREDERIC WILLIAM WIFE.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

afraid Foreign lives and property will
be protected. All should heed my words.
All honor to Gen. Feng, if he sim
cerely means what he says. Doubtless
most Cinnamon are united in desire
for peace. Faction has kept their land
in turmoil for many months--for 13
years, says the now victorious Feng-
and grievous disaster has befallen.
Nobody understands the war. Ger
tainly not the Western world, con-
fused by the peculiar nomenclature
and the vagueness of purposes of
group leaders and the lack Of a
definitive statement of policy.
China has suffered for centuries
from misgovernment. Enlightenment
has begun to come from the Western
standpoint, chiefly through the edu-
cation of younger Cinnamon in foreign
established with representatives of the
Western world. The great war
brought a revival of national spirit
Faction developed after the downfall
of the imperial POWER, and successive
governments have been inept and far
from cured of the old evil of corrupt
practices.
If Gen. Feng succeeds in uniting the
forces Of opposition to the Peking ad-
ministration. which will proceed to es-
tablish at the capital a government
sufficiently strong to maintain order
and to suppress the factions, and to
resist the intrigues of the Soviet,
which has aimed at the communal
ton of China, he will have rendered a
service not only to his own country
but to all the world. His proclamation
bears evidence of sincerity. 1t is at
least a definite indication of clear
cut purpose.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Press Believes German Loan
Step to European Recovery

the stabilized world conditions" To
the New York Herald Tribune the
fact that Germany can now go into
the money markets of the world,
where six months ago she could not
have raised a cent, and raise $500
600, 900. lis an unforgettable testimony
TO the effectiveness of the Dawes plan
and to the reality of the service
which Mr.. Dawes performed not only
for the allies but for all Europe"
Declaring that very few even OF
the superIative, last ditch, 10 per
cent Americans" look with disfavor
on the loan. the Richmond News-Lead-
er adds. some raucouS voices Will
croak warnings that the allied and
associated governments are present
ing Germany with club she VIII
use in cracking their heads few
years hence. However, most Ameri-
cans are agreed that the loan is nee
essary not only for Germany, but for
stabilizing economic conditions on the
continent as a whole" Along the
same line. the New York Times con-
cludes that when all Is said about the
varying aspects of the loan, the su-
prernely important consideration will
be its part in rendering effective the
plan to settle the reparations dispute,
terminate the long postwar feud on
the continent ana open up a perloo OIL
economic recovery throughout Eu-
rope" At least the Baltimore Sun
notes significantly, the attitude in
financial circles "is that the loan IS
q yery desirable investment"
The Boston Transcript sounds
note of caution: THE success Of the
loan should by no means be regarded
as a positive assurance of the success
of the reconstruction plan as a whole.
BY far the most difficult phases Of the
task still wait to be wrestled with.
But the public confidence expressed
in the loan is at least a good augury
of Europes successful triumph over
the difficulties TO come"
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Warning and Interval.

The Traffic Bureau announces that
henceforth an interval between the
blowing of warning whistle and the
stream sufficient to permit the clear
ing of the intersection by vehicles and
pedestrians will be the rule. Whether
this involves the enforcement of In
structions hitherto neglected by a
great majority of local traffic officers
or is an innovation is a matter of
small moment. What really counts is
that assurances are given that SIM
pie and wholly desirable change in
local methods of traffic direction is to
be put into effect.
With this assurance given it is well
that the public should fully under
stand it's responsibility in cooperating g
with traffic officers in the matter of
avoiding congestion and accidents at
busy corners. This responsibility is
shared by motorists and pedestrians.
Under what may well be called the
warning and interval" system the re-
sponsbility of the motorist is as fol-
lows: When the warning whistle has
stream of traffic and back Of the build
ing line, stop before crossing that line
If you are in the moving stream OF
traffic and have passed the building
line when the warning whistle is
sounded proceed on your way, halting
beside the officer if you wish to turn
to the left. If you are in the stationary
line prepare to move forward when
the warning whistle is sounded, but
do not move until the semaphore is
turned to "gO" or the officer motions
you forward.
Under this system the responsibility
Of the pedestrian is as follows: To
cross the street only at the corner
cross walks. To keep of of the two
walks crossing the path of moving
vehicles. To clear the two cross walks
across which vehicles are about to be
ordered to proceed when the warning
whistle is sounded.
The responsibility of neither traffic
officer, motorist or pedestrian is in
volved or arduous in the properly
operated warning and interval sys-
tenn. Yet lacking the cooperation of
one of the three elements concerned,
neither this system nor any other can
be smoothly or safely operated. With
steady increase in traffic pressure
in Washington it is high time that
traffic officers, motorists and pedes-
trians be required to meet their re-
sponsibilities to the community. If
disciplinary action is necessary to
achieve this end it should be applied.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
The Presidents Closing Word.

President Coolidses address to the
last evening on the occasion of the
dedication of the new home of that
organization in this city was notable
both for its matter and for the fact
that it constitutes virtually his con-
Guiding contribution to the campaign
discussion. Following his policy of
speaking in the campaign only upon
occasions which demand an expression
from the Chief Executive, Mr.. Cool
idge now closes his appeal to the
country with this statement of the
principles for which he stands, both
as President and as candidate for cleo
tion
Partisan opponents of Mr.. Coolidge
will find in the speech material for
adverse comment and for criticism,
dictated by their wish for his defeat,
either by the direct vote of the peo-
pie or by the blockading of the public
will in the electoral college and the
submission of the choice to Congress-
His partisan supporters will find in it
evidence of q sound craftsmanship
which demands public support and in
dorsement and popular and electoral
majorities. From a non-partisan view
point the speech is a plain, straight
forward exposition of an Executive po-
sition which conforms to the general
nd rxr,cG oFt
Briefly stated, Mr.. Coolidge holds to
abstention from direct league member
ship, but friendly and helpful con-
ference and cooperation with foreign
nations calculated to aid them in their
rehabilitation after war and by in
fluence and action to promote the
cause of world peace; insistence upon
rigid economies in Government opera
tions, permitting further reduction of
the tax burden; opposition to Govern
ment ownership of railroads; continu-
alton Of the policy of protection as the
only means of maintaining the Ameri-
can standard of wages and living; a
scientific treatment of the problems of
agriculture, postponed until after elec-
ton in order that it may not be par
tisan; maintenance of the judicial sys-
tenn as against the proposal to nullify
decisions Of the Supreme Court by
congressional votes.
Advocates of low tariff schedules
will disagree. Advocates of unquali-
fled American membership in the
League of Nations will disagree. Ad-
tion by the United States in interna-
tional questions will dissent. Support
ers of socialistic schemes of public
ownership and inequitable modes of
tax adjustment will demur. Eager con-
tenders for immediate Government aid
to the farmers, regardless Of economic
laws, will protest.
No personal platform of candidate
for the highest office could possibly
command the united Endorsement of
the people. Mr.. Coolidge's platform,
which is now so simply and plainly
stated, will not command such indorse
ment. 1t will challenge angry denials
and arouse disputation by groups and
squads and factions. But taken as a
whole, upon the question of the for
eign relations and upon that of do
mestic economics, it will stand the test
of public scrutiny and examination as
a sound, thoroughly American doc
trine of government.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

1t will be the business of the next
generation to solve certain problems
their collection. In the meantime it is
the duty of the present generation to
keep the accounts in as clear a form
as possible.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Epinard will never race again. This
fact may save a number of misguided
turf enthusiasts, figuring that luck
must change, considerable sums of
money.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

The radio date Mr.. La Toilette failed
to book out West gave him a topic for
interesting comment on his handica ps.
1t is dangerous to interfere with free
dom of speech. The interference may
enable him to increase his appeal by
an air of martyrdom.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

In case the Democratic party loses
the national election, Tammany will,
of course, feel a grief which nothing
could assuage except a local victory.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Communists who were repulsed by
La Toilette when his campaign start
ed are likely to regard references to
him as red and a radical as mislead-
ing, and from their viewpoint much
more than he deserves.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

BY comparing notes they will build up
a profound science"
X X y X
Perhaps we have been mistaken in
visualizing the earth as solid and
firm, swinging, bumpless, through
immeasurable space. 1t Is quivering,
vibrating, humping like an airplane
over "air pockets" or rather pockets
in the ether. or Jared by cross cur
rents of radio activity. Inwardly 1t
Is boiling and storming and bursting.
There is no mooring mast In the skies
to which this great dirigibie earth can
anchor and be safe. ''Watchman,
what of the night"
Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Coliins.)
Evening star., 1924-10-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Contradictory Interests.

Contradictory Interests.
The people you admire the most
In triumph may not rise,
While some whom you're inclined to
roast
Ascend and claim a prize.
Election betting smacks Of sin
And causes discomfort;
For often, if you bet to win,
You lose your sentiment.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Muscle Shoals has had more than
lingering as an undeveloped resource,
if advertising helps that kind Of an
enterprise.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all dis
patches credited To it or not otherwise credited
IN this paper and also the local news pub
AShed herein. All rights of publication Of
special d.spatche herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Congress has always been a willing
worker. No one should desire to i'm
pose further on it by burdening it with
the responsibilities of choosing Presi
dent.