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Evening star., 1924-01-10
National Radio Exhibit.

Radio has come to such proportions
in Washington that there is not only
a Washington Radio Dealers Asso-
ready to hold a national radio show
at Convention Hall in March. Sixty
thousand square feet of floor space have
been allotted to Washington dealers
and to manufacturers of radio appa-
ratus and it is said that many of the
features of the New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia radio shows will be
exhibited here.
The development of radio and the
growth of popular interest In it are
remarkable and by the time the show
opens there will probably be many
devices not known now, but which
will be on exhibition as proved and
practicable improvements. Radio is
q fast-growing science and industry
With the growth in the number of
radio fans it is certain that a great
many persons who now have the dim
NEST understanding of radio and no
striking interest in it will crowd
around exhibits in the coming show,
talk in terms of radio and with ex-
element and enthusiasm tell of ex-
cellent results they have achieved
with their sets. Perhaps We shall
come to the time when radio sets
will be as numerous in homes as
music machines and telephones are
now.
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Decline in "Tram" PASSENGERS.

The record shows a: decrease in the
number of street car passengers, and
the reasons are obvious. The number
Of employees in the government depart
has been reduced and more
people are riding to and, from office
in automobiles. Without consulting
statistics a man might know that
fewer persons are, travelling on street
cars, but the Public Utilities Commits
sion gives out, figures which show the
extent of the decline. In 1928 the
average daily number of pay passengers
was 5000 less than in 1922 and "a, 600
less than in 1920. Figures showing
the reduction from the peak of war
time activity in Washington are not
given.- ~
During war days nearly everybody
who wanted employment had it. An
army Of persons who had never been
'in Office" before took places with the
government because they wanted to
help win the war and because
wages, paid helped to keep the home
fires burning and. the, home table set
when the cost or Fging and bond cam
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Two Become Wealthy;
One Quits; Other Works

A broker IN New York, forty-two
years old. has given his business TO
his employees, taken care of all his
needy relatives, provided for his chill
dren and retired with $1,000 00c.
which he considers ample to take caro-
of him the rest of his life. He is a
good business man, and might go
ahead accommodating millions, but he
prefers to play golf, travel, read and
indulge various other activities, pro
ductive and otherwise, that he has
never had time for.
Il have come to the conclusion that
there will be no pockets in my
shroud," he says, land that it is g
rather senseless proceeding for me
to stay down in Wall street and pile
up dollar after dollar. What more
would I have than / have now?"
A grocer in Ravenna, Ohio, sixty
five years old, who earns a modest
living and has suddenly fallen heir to
100000, says he is going to keep
right on working in his little store.
"All my life I have worked" he ex-
plains, "and I wouldn't feel right to
stop now. The store is home to rne.''
Every man has his taste! And there
will be plenty of moralists to praise
the elderly grocer for sticking to his
groceries and condemn the Wall
street man for quitting work in hts
prime. Yet doesn't the commonsense
judgment of the ordinary mortal pro
nounce the latter the wise and more
fortunate of the two?-Winona Re-
Ipublican-Herald.
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Kellogg Picks London Home
While Waiting Morgan House

! is the so-calIed crimson drawing
room, very large apartment, where
the domelike ceiling, elaborateIv
nodded and decorated and adorned
with the most beautiful paintings
gives one every concept OF dignity
and grace. The color scheme employ
ed there is cerulean blue with gold
the only blue that really harmonizes
with deep red figured silk damask
and age has mellowed these colorings
INTO the most harmonious blend.
The great dining room suggests the
Ellzabethan era rather than the more
dainty seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
tury French periods. Thus the walls
are almost entirely covered with
rich' dark oak paneling of the viz
gin queens reign. with doors eff the
same material, while the mantelptece
reaching up to the ceiling. is a mas
slve example Of deeply carved oak
work. The sideboards are heavy, too,
and well carved, boasting of two
Corinthian columns on either side of
the center, each column carving
three armed candelabra brackets. The
great CLOCK On the mantlepiece Is
itself inclosed in solid carved oak
stand.
There are many fine canvases hang
ing. on these walls. History was
made in that room, where the lead
Ing statesmen of the day met and de-
termined the policies Of the nation
over their port and madeira. Wharn-
'cliffe House was the rendezvous of
everything that was brilliant in Lon
don society enjoying international
that during the 200 years of its own
ership by the family Of the Lords
Wharncliffe no continental monarch
or foreign dignitary ever visited
Great Britain without being enter
tanned at what is now to be for some
time to come the English home of
the American ambassador.
Today Crewe House is situated in
the very heart of Mayfair. The lat
ter did not always enjoy the pres
tige which it now obtains as the
most fashionable and exclusive quar-
Charles II it was the scene Of a
great fair and popular festival held
there in the honor of May, in that
month each year. 1t was unen--
eighteenth centuries for the braw1s,
the murders and for popular disturb
ances of which it became the scene
each spring. These grew to be such
"a source of trouble to the authori-
ties that during the reign OF, King
The name of the district, however,
remained But the garden of Crewe
House and its magnificent many
centuries-old trees are all that are
left of the days when the district
was wholly and truly rural and
rustic.
It may be of interest to add.
lin conclusion, that few people in
this country possess a more intimate
acquaintance with all the ins and
outs, the hooks and corners and
crannies of this historic former home
of the Lords of Wharncliffe than the
Hon. Ralph Stuart Wortley Of the Brook
q. member of the New York Stock
Exchange. and married ,d;s to ua,sa,a e saIsh- q
Schley of the United States Navy.
Ralph Stuart wortley, formerly a
rancher in wyoming. Is a brother Of
the present Earl of Wharncliffe and
a nephew OF the late lord and spent
much of his childhood -, and Iy, early
ciifre House and is now the Amerf-
can embassy.
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Order of Crusaders
Aftermath of the War

The rise and development of
brotherhoods with their own peculiar
rituals seems to be one OF the
symptoms which mark the postwar
world.
The other day a new Order OF
Crusaders was organized in West
minister Abbey, with an array of
curious symbols. dedicated to social
service, and that is all that is known
about il.
This is one OF the societies thar
have risen since the war and it taxes
it's inspiration from the comradeshjo
of the Army The unknown warrior
on whose tomb a wreath was solemn
ly laid, is the patron saint, or sunarior
head of the order. 1t Is said that a.
the meetings there Is am empty chsir
to symboltze his presence. This nav
Order or Crusaders is said aIreadvstn
have many thousands OF memhers
We are told its aim is to create q
body of men prepared to perforn,
public service of an underlined cbar-
acter and to help all those in dsf-
ficulties. Its cardinal tenets are 70
honor God, to serve the country -
exercise personal self-sacrifice ana r.
practice as well as to profess brotbar'
hood without -distinetion-os rank cr
eiass~-Lapcaster. .intsiltgencers 'zle.-'
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Peppers Plans for the Capital.

Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, as
chairman of the committee on library,
is taking a very keen and helpful in
terest in matters pertaining to the
development of the National Capital.
He, in cooperation with Senator Fer
nald, chairman of the committee on
public buildings, is seeking for ex-
ample, a solution of the Capitol-Sta-
ton plaza problem. In pursuance of
his thought that much issto be done
and to ascertain what should be done
for the evolution of the Capital, he
has begun a series of f,round-tabie dis.
cussions with leaders of local Thought
and activity. The first of these meet.
iHgs was held last night and was at
tended by a number of men and
women who are actively concerned in
the correction Of unfavorable condi-
tions in the District and the promo
ton of plans for it's growth.
There is much TO be done to; make
Washington the model city that it
should be as the Capital of this coun-
try. But it is up to Congress to do it.
In both local and national projects
Congress must give the. word, must
provide the means. Senator Peppers
interest, therefore, is the more encour-
aging because he represents the
agency of action and is in association
with colleagues OF Senate and House
who are in a position to promote meas
ures of improvement, who are of the
same mind.
Z AT last nights 'round-tabfe' con-
ference. or discussion, there was
much plain talking on the part of the
members of the Senate, who -unhesi-
tatingly placed the blame for certain
present evil conditions squarely upon
Congress. The District has been scored
so often by congressman for muTic-
ipal derelictions and shortcomings
that it is somewhat refreshing now to
find the tide Of criticism turned the
other way. But this is not matter
getting action. The District has been
ready and willing to do it's part on
equitable terms in financing the prof
ects of Improvement that properly be-
long to it's share. 1t has its own init
mate needs to meet, such as schools
and other strictly municipal equip
nlent, and has been impatient Of the
restraint imposed in. the refusal of
Congress to- appropriate on the right
eous ratio of federal-District: contribu
ton out Of available funds for these
purposes. 1t has expected and hoped
to see the government go forward with
its own equipment in the: matter Of
buildings, sadly in arrears. -
Washington in large MEASURE like
Topsy, has Just growed." Despite
broad plans made at the beginning
and at later period in its existence,
much of the development of the Capi-
tai has been haphazard, irregular, un-
regulated and inharmonious Efforts
to coordinate the factors of growth,
provide consistent equipment and ad-
equate setting for the public and
municipal organizations have been
thwarted by. economy spasms and by
jealousies and antagontsms. 1t would
seem now that better understanding
prevails, understanding of the needs
both municipal and national Of the
nations city, and Of the duty of the
government through Congress to sup
nlv them, Senator Peppers round
table discussion may prove to be the
means of Fastening this 1ong-delayed
rac11It. -.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

was announcing that Coolidge is good
-enough for the farmers or that wheat
belt.
Philadelphia il expecting to hear
from Secretary Mellon by personal
word of mouth on January 10. On
the evening OF that day he will at
tend the annual dinner of the Manu-
rfacturers' Club, the great orgauiza-
tion of Pennsylvania industrialists. !.
. Mr.. Mellon, who leaves talk ana
speeches to the politicians as rule,
is sometimes prevailed upon to ex-
press himself impro1nptu on Pubic
occasions: Even then he outdoes
Club hopes to cajole him into DIT
of language anent taxation matters
at it's prandial board.
X X r. X
Lodge and Borah are the drawing
cards of Congress. Announcement
that the sage of Nahant and the
matador of Boise would clash in the
Senate on Russia drew an audience
almost as big as the one that packed
the chamber to hear President Cool
idge read his message. There could
IioI Dt dN 3 odlcl COItldSl iAit VI oNoAi
cal style than Lodge and Borah
present. Lodge is SCHOLARLY, but
ponderous, as nearly every man is
when he mumms from a manuscript
Borah scornS notes. except when he
quotes from data, and thus is able
to throw the whole force Of his vi
brant soul into what he says. He
has history at his tongues tip and
cites 1T effectively to make his points.
lnterrupters tackle him at their
peril. In the Senate debate he dis
posed of John Spargo, his socialist
gram. BoraH said that, the only diff
ference between what .Lenin prac-
tices and what Spargo espouses Is the
difference between sudden. death and
creeping paralysis.
j. x
The democrats in the Senate con-
tinue to monopolize the sartorial &c
Senator Tom" Helms
cleaning .waistcoat of vanilla ice
cream hue is now matched by Senator
Tom" Bayard's Latin-quarter flow
ing bow necktie of black silk. The sixth
Bayard to represent Delaware In the
United States Senate Is one Of it's I'm
posing figures. He towers into space
wen over six feet and is straight as
an Indian.
X sf'i
Here's the latest Washington po-
litical quip:
They say that if Coolidge is
elected President in November every
bank in the United States will close
its doors four months after he is in
augurated."
Why"
It'll be the Fourth of July"
Copyright, ,19o4)
Evening star., 1924-01-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM RILE

II some of the Presidents enthr-
siastie friends can prevail, the owl
VIII become the official emblem of the
Coolidge campaign. The suggestion
springs from the fact that once upon
a time there hung over the Coolidge
fireplace in. Northampton this famed
tribute to the shrewdest of birds
a wise old owl sat in an oak, .y...
me me NOR more he saw. the less he spoke;
Ihe less he spoke. the more he heard.
Why can't we be like that wise old bird?
. The republicans who oppose the
abandonment OF the elephant as the
G. o. F.. trademark say that his sure
footedness, is, just as. emblematic of
Calvin Coolidge as owlish sagacity.
r. ~ X x + *
T.. Crewe House. in London, which
Ambassador and Mrs. Kellogg have
taken for. a residence. played ceIe-
brated role in the war. IT was the
headquarters of Lord Northcliffe's
"enemy propaganda" organization
Beneath its historic roof were spun
the stratagems for undermining the
morale of the German army and the
German people during the last year
Of fighting. Northcliffe was the pre-
siding genius, but he had able adju-
tants like II. G. Wells, Wickham
Steed Uhen editor of the Times), Sir
Campbell Stuart, DR.. Seton Watson
and Sir Sidney Low. The United
States. committee ON public informa-
tion actively co-operated with the
Northcliffe staff. Ludendorff and other
Germans often proclaimed that the
barrage.. Of propaganda let down
ceaselessly from Crewe House did as
much TO smash German resistance as
the allied offensive. The mansion
stands in Curzon street. Mayfair,
London's arfstocratfc residential dis
trict. Across the street is Sunderland
House, the home of the American
Duchess of Marlborough. which was
USED by United States war missions
in 1917 and 1918
X 4
Joseph p. rumulty, woodrow Will
sons Fidus Achates, used to divine
important political intelligence be-
tween the lines of Society news In
the Washington papers. There has
Just been printed IN those eagerly
deVoured columns an item full of
significance to those who, know how
to read 1t. Senator Lynn J. Frazier,
republican non-partisan of North Da-
kota, with Mrs. Frazier, was a. mem
Der OF President Coolidge's week end
Yachting party on the Mayfiower the
other day: Verbum sap, as they say
The Fraziers cruised with the Cool
idges about the same time as Senator
Ladd, the other republican Non-Par-
tisan. Lacquer from North Dakota,
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Senate Deadlock Broken.

= breaking OF the. deadlock over, the
Hefsction Of the chairman of the COM
mittee on interstate commerce by the
election Of Senator Smith Of South
Carolina, a democrat, with the aid of
republican votes. involves one signifi-
cant .feature-it warns the regular
republican membership of the fact
That hereafter in important proposed
legislation twill have to reckon with
an element in the party which will
not hesitate to- effect coalition with
q. the democrats to- accomplish a given
purpose, and that it is possible for
them to do, SO successfully.
The lesson which Senator La Fol.
lette, after long hesitation, delivered
Nsdmcnished the leaders that the sena-
tors who followed him into coalition
with the democrats constitute O. power
In the Senate and that when they
decide to take the bit in the teeth
they will not be restrained by con-
siderations of strict party regularity.
=. Yesterdays vote also demonstrated
the existence In the so-called pro-
gressive-radical bloc of two schools
OF political thought; the conservative
progressives and the radical progress
sives. The first consists of the six
republican senators who would not
accept Senator. Cummins, recon-
nrended by the, regular republican or
ganization for chairman of the inter-
state commerce committee, but, in
stead, voted consistently for Senator
Couzens Of Michigan. They were
Senators Capper Of Kansas, Gooding
OF Idaho, Howell Of Nebraska, Jones
of Washington, Norbeck of North Da-
kota and Norris Of Nebraska. The
senators who followed Senator La Fol
iette into coalition with the democrats
were Brookhart of Iowa, johnson of
Minnesota, Frazier Of North Dakota
.and Shipstead Of Minnesota.
y. The change in the craftsmanship of
the committee does not necessarily
control the railroad legislation to be
brought out, If indeed there be any
Forthcoming, and, of course, will not
rule the action of the Senate. which
IN the. last analysis will frame the
bills In the Senate itself there are
as many different groups Of opinion
on railroad legislation as there were.
colors in Joseph's coat.
Any railroad bill the committee re-
ports, after it. is man-handled in the
Senate, is hardly likely to be recog-
MIA BILE by it's co-authors.
Evening star., 1924-01-10
The Russian Issue. =

Pending the Inquiry by the Senate
committee ON foreign relations into
the question of Russian recognition,
which conpasses the specific question
OF soviet propaganda in the United
States. for. the subversion, of this gov.
erHnent, effort has been made in
certain quarters to create the impress
sion that the Department OF; Justice
',t,ss,; in fact, mo evidence of the activ-
fty OF the Moscow organization in the
direction Of harmful missionary work
In this country. a statement to that
effect was made recently and as a
direct rejoinder the Attorney General
has made formal announcement to
the effect that the Depart tment Of
:. Justice has-abundant evidence to SUP.
port the. position Of the Department
Of State with respect to communist
propaganda, directed from Moscow,
in this country.
Doubtless in due time, when the
Senate, committee begins work on
this matter, the evidence will be
forthcoming. In the usual course of
procedure the committee, through the
Senate, Will. cali upon the Secretary
OF State to furnish it, 'if not incom.
patible with the interests of the gov.
ernment." There is no reason to ex-
pect u declihat tfon on the part Of the
Secretary Of State to supply the in.
formation. .-..s-'
- Moscow. has challenged the Secre.
tary of State to prove: that the soviet
government has. engaged In harmful
propaganda here, The friends Of the
Russian government in this country
have likewise challenged the. produc.
'tion Of this proof. In recent speeches
In the Senate the matter was debated
f6nd on the, one side It. was shown
that there is the closest connection
in. personnel as well as in theory and
n practice between the soviet govern
: Gent and the communist party in
Russia and the Third International,
while on the other side this point was
eyaded and the assertion was made
that, whatever the character Of per.
! Rioious activity in the past. the ques-
tton of recognition was paramount
and should not rest upon objections
tc-the theories OF government held
by individuals In Russia
There are two questions in this case.
Is fthe communist party Of Russia,
Evening star., 1924-01-10
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Peace.

fe3re.
Life's energy in restless forms.
Forever must we view.
The mighty ocean .has its storms
Which fierceiy break anew.
The land. that blossoms in its pride
is humbled in a. day. -.
To face destruction far and wide
Beneath the, earthquakes sway.
Yet calm returns and rest is sweet
And he alone is wise
Who learns with fortitude to meet
New perifs that arise.
So, each upon his pathway goes,
Though rough or smooth it seems
The peace we crave is not repose
That. leaves 'us only dreams.
Evening star., 1924-01-10
Sympathy for Gen. Wood,
But Two Sons Are Censured

quietly declares the Milwaukee Jour
nal, but it was gambling" as the
Roanoke Times sees it, and the high
way of fortune by means of gambling
in stocks is strewed with wrecked
lives. lost honor, perished happiness,
misery, woe and dire poverty"
Summing UP its verdict. the Wichita
Eagle declares "the American public
is not suspicious. 1t has high re-
gard for Gen. Wood. In order 10
maintain this high regard, however,
the American public must see the gen.
eral absolutely vindicated by an ex-
haustive and relentless investigation
of all the charges made"
Evening star., 1924-01-10

On assuming the duty of director Of
public safety in Philadelphia, Smedley
Butler found himself responsible for
clearing out vice conditions I'm forty
eight hours. Even if he requires
few hours extra his services will be
so valuable that the big towns OF the
country will be competing for them.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

The man who Indirectly offered
Smedley Butler a bribe of 100000
showed great discretion IN: not at
tempting a personal negotiation
which would bring him; within fight
ing reach.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

A few OF the Filipino politicians may
be suspecting by this time that regard
less OF their personal feelings toward
the governor general they would have
done we'll to engage, young MIR. Wood
as their country's financial adviser.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

Ludendorff will run for the retchstag
-ss d. fascist candidate. He is not the
first man to start with a conquering
hero prospectus and end as a constant
Office seeker.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

. Complications are introduced into
an important project by, the man who
would like to, have his own taxes re-
duced, but would prefer to have the
other fellows as large as possible.
Evening star., 1924-01-10

Never Drink Wood Alcohol This
would seem to be superauous advice.
Yet the mortality statistics prove that
it is still needed: ~.-