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Evening star., 1924-01-01

that bits OF that cheese we're served to
New Year callers, for it is written
that after being served with cake and
wine the callers were led by President
Jefferson into the east room to see
the mammoth cheese. 1t is not likely
that 50 hospitable a man as Jefferson
would show food to people without in
sisting that they take some. The Rev.
Manasseh jots it down that four years
later, attending the New Year public
reception at the White House he was
served with a piece OF the famous
cheese.
At New York and Philadelphia Presi-
dents Washington and Adams held u
'Ievee" each week, but 1t would seem
that Adams on coming to Washington
in November, 1900, discontinued the
"levee" plan Of meeting the public.
Most likely this was because the White
House was not finished. The rooms
had not been plastered, and the east
room was the laundry" or wash
house." or at any rate there is testi-
Hony tnal tne weeks WASH Oh tne
White House family was hung there
to dry. jefferson seems not to have
liked the ''levee" idea. 1t perhaps
smacked to him of kings and Europe,
and he directed that anybody wanting
to see the President should be shown
in to him at any reasonable time. But
on the 4th of July, 1901, he gave a
general public reception at the White
House, and on the following New Year
another grand and general public re-
ception. in the accounts Of which we
get the cheese, wine and cake.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Lord Fisher Strong Advocate
OF "FayOritism'' in Promotion

efficiency. and actually setting it
down in black and white over his
signature as one of the maXins by
which he was guided in the per-
formance of his responsible duties.
President Roosevelt, here in the
United States, King Edward and his
naval and military advisers, such as
Lord Jackie" Fisher, Lord Kitche-
ner, the Earl of Ypres and Field Mar
shal Earl Haigh, ,afterward the Brit
ish generalissimo in the great war,
and. in France, of the masterful
Georges Clemenceau, wartime pre-
mier, and Marshal Foch, repeatedly
laid themselves open to the charges
of fayoritism by adopting the maxim
advocated by Lord Fisher IN the Sc
lection of the commanding officers of
their respective armies and navies, re-
gardless of considerations of Sc
niority.
The latter, while 1t generally en-
tails the experience of years. does not
necessarily imply efficiency. Very
often an officer at the head Of the list
may be lamentably inferior to his ju-
niors in energy. tact, in judgment in
the handling of men and in the
knowledge of the newest develop
ments of the science of war. He may
be suffering from temperamental de-
fects. In any of these cases it is in
the interest of the service and in the
interest Of the nation that he should
be passed over, and that promotion or
appointment should go, instead. to
that particular one of his juniors who
is known by the executives to be pos
sessed in the highest degree of the
qualities required for the command.
X * X \
Naturally the executive upon whom
the responsibility rests is tempted to
nominate the man whom he knows
best, with whose character he is most
intimately acquainted and of whose
suitability for the position he is best
assured. perhaps through, personal
friendship sometimes, sometimes
through official association. This is
only to be expected.
1t is war that puts every armed
service, both on land and at sea, on
it's mettle, and which constitutes the
most crucial test of efficiency. And
in the hours of national peril, when so
much, nay, perhaps everything, de-
pends on the selection of the right
man for the job. all the rules and laws
governing promotion by seniority go
by the board. as so much obstructive
red tape, and as often as not juniors
are promoted over the heads OF many
hundreds of seniors. And since one
Of the principal aims of the armed
services in the United States, as in
Great Britain and in France, is to be
ready at all times for an emergency,
that readiness constituting the top
notch Of efficiency, why should not,
also. in the piping times of peace Sc
lection determine promotion instead
of seniority, even though it be de-
nounced as favoritism?
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Cheese at White House Receptions.

Some customs once observed at
White House receptions on New Year
day are no more. At the first Of these
receptions cake, wine and cheese were
served to callers, and the President
had time ito move among and chat
with those who came to greet him.
How times and White House recep-
tions have changed! It is recorded
that several Of our Presidents had a.
New Year bowl Of punch, and that
White House servants ladled it for the
stimulation Of the guests, but at what
seems to have been the first New Year
reception at the White House, which
was held January 1, 1902, in the term
Of Mr.. Jefferson, it is likely that
cheese was also served. And by that
cheese there hangs a tale!
Ardent and uncompromising demo.
Gratis, supporters Of Mr.. Jefferson,
agreed to make the President q New
Year gift. The proposal seems to have
originated with John Leland, Bap-
tist minister. The gift took the form
of cheese which was made at
Cheshire, Mass, and weighed 1900
pounds. It was said at the time that
it was SO strictly a democratic cheese
that not pint Of milk, not gill Of
the milk from which it was made was
drawn from cow belonging to fed
eralist. That great cheese was brought
from Massachusetts, to Washington on
q sleigh, and with becoming ceremony
was presented to President Jefferson
on New Year morn, 1902. These facts
are written in the Life Of the Rev.
Manasssh Cutler" and are to be found
also In Bryan's History Of the Ma
tional Capital 1t is fair inference
Evening star., 1924-01-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

January in Washington, in a political
sense. will be censpicuously democratic
In tinge. The national committee will
be In annual session on the 18th
and 18th under the chairmanship
of Judge Cordeu Hull. congressman
from Tennessee. The campaign Of
1924, Of course, will dominate proceed
ings. for the selection of date and place
fos the national convention is the all
important business in hand. The third
week in June and Chicago are the time
and the city that seem probable to the
point of certainty. The meeting will
be historic in American political annals
because 1t will be the first time that
women have participated in national
committee sessions as co-equals of men
on so important an occasion. Fifty-four
of the newly enfranchised sex will sit
alongside fifty-four men as full -f1edged
voting members Of the committee. The
republicans have not yet elevated their
woman associate members to full
committee status.
Usually in presidential years the
democrats hold a Jackson day love
feast in Washington during the early
days of January. The occasion re-
solves itself into bench show at which
aspiring presidential or vice presiden-
tial candidates present themselves and
more or less modestly display their
wares. Such a function was held in
1920, but none is scheduled for this
year. Perhaps ii is because no Wash
ington banqueting hall has a head table
long enough to accommodate all of the
democratic Barkises. Many of them,
like Senator Underwood. will be on
hand during the national committee
meeting. Others, like Mr.. McAdoo. will
be represented by Industrious proxies.
Leaders will be here from every state
in the Union. Wirepulling and elbow
greasing, as is customary on such occa-
sions. will be in lively progress. The
democrats will assemble in high fettle.
They are persuaded that 1924 is another
year OF destiny for them.
Whenever widower like Senator
McNary of Oregon capitulates to Hy-
men second time the Senate's bat
talon of irreconcilable bachelors is
shaken to it's foundations. Senatorial
opposition to the league of connubial
bliss, like hostility to another league, is
centered in the New England deIega-
tion. 1t includes Brandegee of Con-
necticut, Hale of Maine and Walsh of
Two OlucT apparently
inveterate opponents of entangling
matrimonial alliances are McKellar of
Tennessee and E;lkins of West Virginia.
Widower "eiigibles'' include Senators
Walsh of Montana and Hefiin Of Ala
bama.
X X
Although Calvin Coolidge and Hiram
Johnson are the only republican candi-
dates avowedly in the presidential race,
Frank o. Lowden will loom more and
more conspicuously as time goes on. His
Evening star., 1924-01-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

.. How many band instruments
does John Philip Sousa play?-H. F.
A. In his student days this great
bandmaster studied violin, euphonium
and trombone. He also played the
flute. Later he added general
knowledge Of other members of the
band family and studied the viola,
which he played professionally. For
many years Sousa has confined him
self to composition and conducting.
Q. What was the religion of
Charles Darwin?-D. X.
A. AS a young man Charles Dar-
win was a Christian. His later views
on religion are best expressed by
himself in his autobiography, where
he says: In my most extreme fluctua-
tions l have never been an atheist in
the sense of denying the existence of
God. But / may say that the impos-
sibility of believing that this grand
and wondrous universe with our con-
scious selves arose through chance
seems to me the chief reason for the
existence of God" Mr. Darwin fire.
such as with his godlike intellect"
81 hope to heaven" but himself de-
clared that he was subject to fiuctua-
tions of opinion on the subject of
religion and declined in answer to
inquiries to express definite belief
or disbelief
Q. What is the tabular standard Of
value?-K. F. d.
A. A tabular standard Of value is
a proposal for giving fixity to the
value Of money by varying from time
paid according to changes in its pur-
chasing power of. say, 100 standard
commodities. The great obstacle to
it's adoption is the difficulty of get
ting economists to agree upon the
precise manner of fixing the standard
and calculating the averages of the
various commodities. or even agree
ing upon what commodities should
be included.
Q. Who was the youngest delegate
at the Paris peace conference.-the
F. S.
A The youngest delegate was An
DIRE Tardieu of France. who was born
in 1876, thus being forty-three years of
age at the time Of the conference.
Q. Where and when were window
glass and glass bottles first made in
the United States ?-E. 8.
A. The first Industrial enterprise in
the United States was a glass bottle
factory erected in the Virginia colony
soon after 1907. 1t was located in
the woods about one mile from James
town. Window glass was manufac-
tured in what is believed TO be the
first glass factory in New Jersey. 1t
was built about 1893. one mile east
OF Alowaystown, Salem county, by
Caspar Wistar. An important win
dow glass factory was erected at Co
lumbia, y. J.. in 1872. Plate glass
seems 70 have been manufactured
first by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company of Pittsburgh.
@. What was the first use made of
glass?-P. NJ. T.
A. The bead is probably the oldest
form in which glass was used. 1t
was among, the first objects adopted
for personal ornament.
Q. What were the outstanding ac-
complishments of President Tafts
ministration2 ID. B.
A The important Developments
during the four years of President
Taft's incumbency were reform of the
rules of the House of Representa-
tives, 1910; the corporation tax, 1903;
Increasing the powers of the Inter
state Commerce Commission; postal
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Saturday Half Holiday.

To the Editor of The Star:
The government clerks had hair
hour added to their workday not SO
very long ago, and little later. they
we're ordered to take their lunch half
hour between half-past IL and
o'clock instead of taking the half
hour any time between the hours of
10 ard ! o'clock, so that if the clerks
were given saturday ,Ser h4lf n6u1S hSliday stii
al ~ a hnut as many hours in
Year Te wa as they, we're when they they were Were
WORMS They are now working 120
aoars q aas' more in year than they were
WIZ WIZ one-half hours day, and that
ana 16 bnvrs 6n plus the time that was
By the sa He5as 5ssr whsn sny tasg ege took Se
Inela tha bours of IL and / o'clock"
viii more than equal avernaS5 the a5s d1orr hoprs
it takes to give the az soven ~aar srornd n,eFAs
= JOHN ANSCHUTE.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
SHOOTING STARS.
EY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Now Year Resolution.

New Year Resolution.
Hello. Here you are again,
New Year Resolution,
Hailed with penitential pen,
Or with elocution!
Though mid scenes and customs new
Now give you greeting,
There is little change in you
Since our earliest meeting.
You will cheer me for a day
While feel regretful.
All too soon you fade away
To the shades forgetful.
But you patiently return
To assist endeavor,
And some day we're going to learn
To be friends forever.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

I savings bank. 1910. and parcel post.
1917; children's bureau, 1912: Depart
ment OF Labor. 1913; publicity for
tions, 1901, and the Submission Of
constitutional amendments for the in
| come tax and direct election OF
United States senators.
| Q; Where is Caesar buried?-C.
A. The body of julius Caesar was
burned in the Field of Mars at Rome
| There is no record to show thai his
ashes were preserved in any place.
Q. Are the days shorter in the win
ter time in New England than they
are in Florida?-J. F. D.
A; The days are shorter in the
| north.
Q. Must deed to be valid name an
actual money consideration?-J. NJ. 7
A. The consideration Of deed
must be good or valuable, and nor
partaking of anything immoral, lille
gal or fraudulent.
Q. What was the origin of the ex-
preston ION the fence"?-C. w.
A. The Richmond Whig is credited
| with the first use of this expression
when ii said, in 1928: There are Ger
tain administration editors, editorS
Tor long time, on the fence"
Q. Was Andrew johnson elected to
the Senate after he was President =
q. w. c.
A. Andrew Johnson's term as Pres
ldent ended in 1863. and in 1875 he
ate. He served during the extra ses-
sion which convened in March, and
died in July, 1875.
/
PATRICK Henry dictator Of Virginia.
/ n. d. f.
A. The scheme of dictatorship in
Virginia was broached. and without
his knowledge or consent Patrick
Henry was spoken of for the post.
bald Cary met Henrys half-brother
and delivered his famous threat:
| Sir. l am told that your brother
wishes to be dictator. Tell him from
shall be the day of his death. for he
shall find my dagger In his heart be
fore the sunset of that day!" The
project was speedily abandoned.
Q. Who invented the cash register
A. The modern cash register was
invented by Jacob Ritty of Dayton.
Ohio, patented in 1879. It was sug
gested to him by the dial on steam
snip WHICH TecOTueu IH6 Oi
revolutions of the propeller.
@. Who composed the United
States commission to China in 1929
which went to investigate the Shan
tung Question?-G. B. b.
A. There was no American commits
sion sent to China on the Shantung
question in 1920 or subsequently.
The Shantung question lay in abey-
ance from the time of the Paris con
ference until the Washington confef-
ence An unofficial congressional
party visited China as we'll as othdr
countries in 1920, but they were IN
no way connected with the Shantung
question.
Old you euer t1TSte letter to Fred
eric J. Rdskinf You eau ask our In
formation Bureau any question of tGct
and get the a,lStcer in u personal letter.
This is q part of that best purpose Of
this metcspGper-SERVICE There Is no
charge, ercept cents in stamps for
return postage. Get the habit OF ask
ING questions of Frederic j. HGskin, Dt
| rector, The Star Information Bureau,
| 1920 North Capitol Street)
Evening star., 1924-01-01

There are always statesmen who re-
gard shifting the burden Of taxation
as more important than a genuine
reduction. The fact that the heavy
tax paid by the larger business man
always reappears in the price to the
consumer may have a. bearing on the
discussion worth considering.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

A blizzard or two must be expected
before the end Of winter. However, it
will be generally admitted that as q
promoter OF holiday cheer the weather
man did nobly.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

The great danger confronting the
idea of tax reduction is that of being
talked to death by it's friends. The
project is too popular to escape the at
tentions of the man who is always
on hand with modifying suggestions.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Oil prices are being advanced by
various Oil companies. There is no
trade understanding permitted, but
the sense of imitation is strong.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

In estimating the value of German
resources the calculations relating to
paper marks will require a large
amount Of patient arithmetic.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

A trial Of the former kaiser is now
being demanded in some parts of Ger
many where the idea when first sug-
gested was not at all popular.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

The sovietist who thought of using
the red flag as an official decoration
in Washington may have been one of
those exponents of freakish effects in
Russian art.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

The Chinese bandits are apparently
the only prominent citizens of their
country who are capable of putting
through a fixed policy.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Reports that European capitals are
in a mood Of reckless spending afford
the chief support for the view that
there is going to be another war.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Mexico found simple fireworks in
adequate for her New Year demon
strations and put in an order for arms
and ammunition.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
WILLIAM H. ANDERSON.

The best thing for neurasthenic
people to do is to stop calling in the
doctor and go back to work.
DIR. McGREGOR SHARP.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
In Few Words.

Progressives in Congress are men
"who want to go somewhere but don't
know where"
SENATOR REED.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Men, being more vain than women,
are less willing to accept instruc-
tion, even when they have asked
for il. DAVID BELASCO..
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Mother love can be both the most
sacrificing and the most selfish Of all
human emotionA
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

There may not be a perfectly dry
city in this country, but they all are
immeasurably dryer today than be-
fore the prohibition law went into
off
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Consistencies.


why have you made no New Year
resolutions?"
circumstances are unfavorable,
answered Senator Sorghum. ITO make
resolutions for the future would imply
admission that have been wrong in
the past, and your true statesman does
not work that way
Jud Tunkins says the only kind he'd
care about is one Of those old.fash-
ioned winters when coal was Sc ton.
Smiling Fortune.
In Wall street Fortune wears smile,
But Luck is so elastic,
You'll notice, every little while,
The smile appears sarcastic.
Evening star., 1924-01-01
Smiling Fortune.
Humane.

Don't you find that more men are
going to jail since bootleg became
prevalent"
NO." answered Cactus Joe. "This
is q kind-hearted community. We
don't bother. with no Jail. We send
'em straight to the hospital"
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Q. Must deed to be valid name an
actual money consideration?-J.M NJ. T
A. The consideration Of deed
must be good or valuable, and NOT
partaking of anything immoral, lille
gal or fraudulent
Evening star., 1924-01-01

ION de mornin' Of January q" said
Uncle Eben, "many man is won
derin' whut done became Of dat Happy
New Year dey bin 80 much talk
about
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Q. What was the origin of the ex-
preston ION the fence"?-C. w.
+ A. The Richmond Whig is credited
with the first use of this expression
when it said, in 1928: There are Ger
tain administration editors, editors
for a long time, on the fence"
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Q. Was Andrew Johnson elected 10
the Senate after he was President? =
Il. w c.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Q. Are the days shorter in the win
ter time in New England than they
are in Florida?-J F. D.
A. The days are shorter in the
north.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

A. Andrew Johnson's term az Pres
ident ended in 1869, and in 1875 he
was elected to the United States Sen
ate. He served during the extra ses-
sion which convened in March, and
died in July, 1875.
Evening star., 1924-01-01

Although Calvin Coolidge and Hiram
Johnson are the only republican candi-
dates avowedly in the presidential race,
Frank o. Lowden will loom more and
more conspicuously as time goes on. His
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25

the name of a world var veteran from the slate. General Cole has announc- ed that if elected he will support Governor Smith of New York for the presidential nomination. Joseph c. Pelletier, former district attorney of Suffolk county and removed from that position by the supreme court, filed as a candidate. but died March %.
 For the 64 places as democratic district delegate, each with half a vote there are 133. candidates, with con- tests in all but three of the 16 dis tricts. Their presidential preferences are unannonnced except in two in- stances. George F. Monahan in the tenth district being pledged to Cover nor Smith of New York and Edward J. Sennott in the eight district ex- pressing preference for William A. Castor of Boston, democratic nominee for |. S. senator against Senator Lodge in 1922.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25
MASS. PRIMARIES
 FAVORING COOLIDGE
Brother AlunnuS to President Is Delegate Pledged to Johnson

Boston. April 25.-The only straight contest between President Coolidge and Senator Johnson in the presiden- tial primaries in Massachusetts on April 29 will be the first congressional district Dwight B. MacCormack of Westfield, pledged to Johnson, is a candidate for district delegate in op- position to John H. Waterhouse and William F. Whiting, pledged to Cool idge.
 MacCormack is a second year stu dent at the Harvard Law School and was graduated in 1922 from Amherst Coolidge, President Coolidges's alma mater. The first distric is in the west ern part of the state and includes part of Hampshire county, the Presi- dents home county. although North ampton, his home city, and Amherst are in the second district. In the first district are the cities of Holyoke, North Adams, Pittsfield and Westfield.
 There will be no contest for the seven delegates at large to the Repub- lioan national convention. All will go pledged to Coolidge. the list including Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Speaker Frederick H. Gillett, Governor Chan ming H. Cox and William NJ. Butler. national committeeman and manager of the Coolidge campaign. There will te republican contests in seven dis tricts where individual candidates with preferences unexpressed are seeking the nomination over the Coolidge can didates The state will send Sa dist rict delegates to the convention.
 Nine candidates have filed for the eight places as delegates at large to the Democratic national convention, each with half a vote. The organiza- ton slate is headed by Senator David I. Walsh and is unpledged, The only opposition candidate is Brigadier Gen. eral Charles II. Cole, who filed papers ss a protest against the omission of
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25
HAS LONGEST PROJECTION
335 Feet Is the Distance and It Will Be Used At the Republican National Convention.
Convention.

Cleveland. April 25.-The moving picture proJector of the Cleveland public hall. which will probably be used when the republican national convention is held here in June, is believed by the management of the hall to have the longest projection of all projectors in the country. perhaps in the world. 335 feet.
 If this protector were to be installed in an ordinary picture theater a part of one figure in scene would cover the whole screen. The lens. carbon holders and lamp housing were spe- cially made to carry the length of the hail. The projection chamber Is con- cealed where the ceiling slopes into the rear wall.
 Spotlights which will be cast upon the speakers are in the same chamber and therefore have a range considered equally unusual. although no special fixtures were necessary
 Pictures are cast on a rigid 2,ooo- pound sheet of ground glass and cement on a wooden frame.