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Evening star., 1924-01-14
The Democratic Convention.

Now for the choosing OF the city
and naming the date for the holding
of the democratic national conven.
ton. National committeeman and
committeewomen from all the states
and territories are assembling here to-
day in anticipation of the quadrennial
meeting OF the national committee to
perform this service, the first official
step of the party management in the
presidential campaign Of 1924.
For the first time in history women
are to participate in the proceedings,
IL committeewoman having been ap-
pointed from each state and territory
10 supplement the male membership
of the committee, with an equal voice
and vote in all the national commit
tees work. In this respect the demo-
Gratis stole a march on the republicans
by a lap of four years. the G. o. p.
women having to await the action Of
the national convention before> they
can vote in the committee, although
they had seats in the committee in
the last meeting.
TOMORROW hSSSulDlluS VI uSlilo'
cratic leaders will necessarily be pre-
ceded and attended by much discus
sion of presidential possibilities "out
Of court" The occasion brings to
Washington many leaders Of the party
not members of the committee, but
recognized as having influence in the
party councils.
Two events Of interest have already
occurred, the announcement Of Will
liam ]. Bryan's choice Of a candidate
and the statement of Homer 8. Cum.
mings, former chairman of the COM
mittee, that ne will throw his strength
TO Mr.. McAdoo. Mr.. Bryan. who some
time ago limited he would pick south.
ern man and a dry" presents A. 4.
Murphree OF Florida, a college presi.
dent. Thus far Mr.. Murphree has not
had a place in the democratic political
Social Register" or Who's Who"
The bidding for the convention city
promises to be lively between Chicago,
New York, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco. Chicago comes down with the
tidy little "bank roll'' of $4,000 in
cash already in hand, which probably
will be tempting fodder to the al.
legorical donkey.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
Upshaw Stand for Dry Oath
Considered Insult by Many

which are openly violated in Georgia"
and the Reading Tribune recalls "he
started something before that he fat!-
ed to finish. He intimat ted that drink-
ing was taking place not only in the
residences of cabinet officers but in
the White House. At that time. how
ever, the evidence was easily obtain
able. But Mr.. Upshaw quit almost
before he had begun. And as con-
sequence seq ef e the he, only thing that came
tatk. Things are different today.
The President of the United States is
4 dry man. Congressman Upshaw. II
he wants the scandal that is i'm
pending, ought TO make public some
evidence"
1t is the view of the Sioux City
Journal that Mr.. Upshaw's urgent
reason and they certainly do not lack
In spirit. lie would go after viola
tors of all kinds, reaching the long
arm of the law here, there and yonder
for them, first. however, strength
ening that extremity with prodigi-
Gus amount of exercise in the legis-
lative gymnasium. And why nota
Mr. Upshaw stands on solid moral
ground in his demands. AS things
stand now prohibition does not pre-
hibit in a degree that is satisfac.
tory. The Worcester Telegram
however. feels that the use OF in
temperate language does not aid the
case of temperance. because "'the as
sumption that the voice of the prohi-
bitionists is the voice of the Lord
God Almighty is not the least OF
the amazing developments of the
post-Vplstead years" Yet. the Mo-
bile Register points out, at is uuite,
inconsistent in Congress TO pass pro-
hibition laws and then violate them.
Such action is the same as saying
Congress Iegislates for the other fell
low" The Waterloo Tribune feels
Eve are coming to the time when
the law must be enforced or, If il
cannot be enforced, we must know
II: Things cannot go on as they are.
II all we read about Washingtous
watness is true-if half of 1t is true
the situation is appalling Ger
tainly we expect enforcement at the
seat of government" ---~-'
Evening star., 1924-01-14
Visitor. Approves
City Beautiful Idea

TO the Editor of The Star:
Will you permit a transient citizen
from Illinois to commend Senator
Peppers plan for Washington beau-
tiful. In strolling down Pennsyl-
vania avenue the best known and
most historic thoroughfare in Amer
lea, vas Impressed that parts. of 1t
look like the slum streets in Chicago.
One sees duSky-hued women,
greasy, dirty, togged out in fam
boyant colors and bedecked with
oriental tinsel, beckoning men To
come in and set their fortunes told.
One notes the pawn shops, the chop
suey Joints, the dirty fruit stands
run by men and women talking with
foreign accent. There are the
huckster shops. selling all sorts of
trinkets, secondhand clothing aud
furniture stores, types OF loafers of
Think of it. Washington planned
this avenue with the Capitol at one
end and the White House at the
other. Nearly every President has
ridden ts,ieagth sr hin imposhins losing gran
the tread Of 100000 victorious SOL
dfers led by great generals clad in
blue and gold braid in the grand re-
view at the close of our late un-
lpleasantness; 1t Witnessed the de-
freedom on the battiefields of France.
The great and the near-great who
have visited America have traversed
this avenue.
There are few imposing buildings
along the Avenue. but why not line
it with buildings that will give 1t the
serves. Senator Peppers plan has
my unqualified Endorsement
-. -. GEORGE McGINNIs.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
Old Bridges.

The breakdown Of the Pimmit Run
bridge, a few rods south Of Chain
bridge, under a loaded truck was an
accident that might happen to other
bridges near Washington. That bridge,
like many others in our neighborhood,
was built In horse-and-wagon days,
when the coming Of the auto truck
was not foreseen. It was an iron.
girder bridge resting on masonry abut-
ments, and when built was capable Of
bearing any traffic then using the
roads. But times and traffic have
changed. When auto trucks weighing
two, three and four times more than a
loaded two.horse wagon came upon
The roads danger signs, or limit
Evening star., 1924-01-14
Thrift.

Observance of Thrift week will be:
gin January II. and even now we are
hearing much Of the virtue and world
ly usefulness Of thrift. Between Jan
uary II and 23 many men will be
singing the praise Of thrift. To be
thrifty is exceedingly important. Cen
orally it Is the foundation for what
the world calls success and insurance
against the trouble that is apt to
come to a man when he grows old
Thrift is much more important than
luck. Luck Is tickle and thrift is
steady. In some mysterious way luck
seems to walk in the footsteps of
thrift. Let man be Industrious and
thrifty and luck, though she may not
shower gold upon him, yet she seems
to walk with him and give him many
kindly helps. There used to be q say
ing more forceful than elegant which
ran Him who's got, gets" The man
who trusts to luck and banks too
heavy on the fact that an astrologist
once told him he was born under a
lucky star will go broke. There is
one main way to prosperity, success
and happiness and the name Of the
street is Work and Save" There
have always been, even In "the good
Cid days." people who spent more
than they could afford to spend in
keeping up" with richer neighbors
or in Showing Off, to poorer neigh
bors. but they were in debt. Debt
brings many troubles in its train. OF
course, we all know the man who
smiles at debt, gayly goes his way
and "lets the other fellow worry" but
sooner or later the creditors will get
him.
Let a man work at his trade or
business, lay by a reasonable part Of
his earnings, keep the kitchen fire
smiling and the candles in the parlor
shining, feel that supper will be ready
when he gets home and that the gro.
Gerry bill and the tax bill are paid,
and he ought to be as near content as
most men get.
L
money who will talk Of thrift. Some
may be too jealous and lay too much
stress on saving. There is middle
ground between being thrifty and be-
ing stingy. We need some candy and
knicknacks, a moving picture, pic
mic, a concert, new book, new
rug, a new picture and the like. The
man who has the first dollar he ever
made is not a character to hold up
for the emulation Of youth. There
used to be saying at the expense Of
some Of our. "prominent men" of the
olden time that they would squeeze
the eagle on a nickel until it choked,"
and, although men took off their hats
to those ultra-thrifty men, nobody
loved them. There is line between
extravaganza and penuriousness that
Is well known to men of common
sense.
Evening star., 1924-01-14

increase in the number of the Moscow
unemployed has been incorrectly COM
puted. The number has, as a fact, al
most exactly trebled In the course Of
q year. More than doubled" may be
merely a rough approximation.
But whatever the cause of this sim
gular lapse of expression, the fact re-
mains that a great army OF unem.
ployed people are registered in Mos.
COW. and especially that the number
is greatly increased over a year ago.
What is the cause Of this three-to-one
increase in the ranks Of the workless?
We have heard much Of the steady
Improvement in the domestic condi-
tions of Russia. We have been told
that the soviet system is working we'll.
that 1t is administering the affairs OF
the country ably and progressively.
Yet here is a trebling of unemploy-
ment at the capital.
The soviet takes charge of the per-
sons Of the populace. 1t directs them
into assigned channels Of occupation
1t prescribes their pay. 1t allots their
food. 1t regulatestheir conduct to the
last degree of supervision. 1t is a
communism" Of interest. Yet it can
not give work to greatly increasing
number. Something is wrong with the
system.
These are urban people who are
registered on the Moscow exchange.
What Of the peasants in the rural sec.
tions, whose grain IS Communicated
by the government, whose work ami
mails are seized, whose funds are sub
ject to draft? A farmer is never "un-
employed" in the sense Of the city
man. There are tens Of millions Of
Russian peasants not borne on the
records as out OF work who would
doubtless gladly exchange places with
the 1921 urbanites registered in
Moscow in October.
The picture of Russia which this
paragraph in the Review presents can
not be encouraging to those in this
country who regard the soviet gov
ernment as an established success and
as a model for the world.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
Eng England May Regain Jewel
When Persian Shop Opens Sale

Lsht, tound its way back to India
nno TO Delhi. and thence through the
roh1aub to Great Britain.
y x = ::
Henley's new lord has little in COM
mon save his name with his elder
brother, whose death without fssue
has landed the former in the uoner
mouse or parliament. For. whereas the
iate peer descended from the same
STOCK as Sir Timothy Eden OF Marv-
iaho' and as the lords of Auckland.
was the soul of propriety, universally
respected, former secreatry of the
British embassy at Vienna, and as q
county magistrate and owner of the
"atford Court estate of some 5000
acres near Rugby, the new peer. a
civil engineer by trade, has had 4,
rather stormy career. So too. has b;s
Wie' a woman of the most ungoyerns
9Die temper and highly coIored
speech. She has very little of that
repoSe or manner and patrician i'm
playwrights and novelists, ia sum
posed 70 denote the peereses Of the
Vere' VI we're oe
Some twenty years before the war
In London on charges OF threaten,nr
20 murder one of the most eminent
or England's consulting physicians.
She menaced him with q revolver.
utnoertaking to blow out his brains in
the presence Of his wife, forcing her
way into tho latter's presence dis
gutsed as a Red Cross nurse, smashed
with stones the windows Of his con-
sp,ouous mansion on Cavendtsh
OOSSC4Yd nf he
ing and IfbelouS character.
As explained to her by tho court.
her onense was such as to merit a.
sentence TO ten years penal eervi-
her health had rendered her, in q.
measure. irresponsible, and on the
presentation of her own abject apol-
ogtes and on her relatives furnishing
big suretieS for her good behavior
she was let off with a suspended SEN
Itence.
For some years she remained quiet.
But during the great war, when there
was much excitement In the air, she
again got into trouble with the po-
lice, embarking on violent alterca-
tion about her speeding, assatling
the authorities in general and the
then Prime Minister Lloyd George, in
particular. with such profanity and
she denounced as damned rotters,"
and whom she consigned to q very
hot place, had no alternative but 70
place her under arrest and to bring
her into court, where her husband,
the new Lord Henley, has likewise
figured repeatedly as bankrupt, and
on one occasion, after arrest, for OBJ
tanning money and credit under false
pretenses by passing himself off as
the owner of his eldest brothers
property. The criminal charges were
eventually withdrawn through the
financial intervention Of his relatives,
who settled the claims Of the prose-
cutors.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
By THE MARQUIsE DE FoNrENoY.

The determination Of Persia to
/ sell a portion of her great collec-
ton of crown jewels in order to raise
in the western world the money
needed to extend her railroad sys-
| tenn, without which 1t is impossible
to exploit the enormous latent re-
sources of the country, wealth for
the most part mineral-and a trans
action which Is the main object of
the Shah's presence just now in
Paris, may enable Great Britain to
! recover through him one Of her own
lost crown jewels.
It is a celebrated diamond of very
large size, which mysteriously dis
appeared about the time of the ex-
ecution of King Charles !. and which
has engraved upon it the royal
arms of England. as they were in
the reign of King Henry VIII.
Charles kept 1t by him as his most
precious taiisman until the very eve
OF his decapitation at Whitehall, and
when on the scafrold intrusted 1t to
his faithful attendant, Herbert, who
was with him until the very last,
;instructing him to convey without de-
lay to his son, Charles II, with mes
sage of affectionate farewell and
with his dying blessing.
Whether 1t ever reached Charles
| II, or IL 1t was lost or stolen before
| it reached his hands, or subsequently
privately sold by him, it Is impos-
sible to say. But 1t is known to
have been conveyed from Holland
to Persia by the well known ex-
Iv>14 Tro iay ~ o.
sold by him to the then shah. since
which time 1t has always figured
among the crown jewels of the rulers
of Persia. 1t is a stone of excep-
ttonal purity, but is chiefly remark
able for Its wonderful engraving Of
tho heraldic devices of England.
Great diamonds are very rarely en-
grawed, as the engraving is sup
posed to detract from the value of
the stone. But In this instance 1t
It IL held by experts to render tho
stone stin more precious.
X X x X
It is is a gem that dates back to
the time Of the erusades. talisman
presented by the chivalrous Sultan
Saladin to King Richard Couer de
Lion, and, like most other of these
famous and historic jewels, originally
halted from the orient, like the Darya
i-nur, or "Sea of Light" the COM
panion stone Of King Georges Kohl
moor. or Mountain of Light" which
still figures as the most famous and
| widely known Jewel of King Georges
| imperial crown. The Mountain Of
Light" which weighs - about 1856
carats, and has for many hundreds of
years been considered throughout In.
dia by the natives as the emblem Of
her sovereignty, has figured among
the crown Jewels Of Great Britain
ever since it was surrendered by
treaty to Queen Victoria at the time
! Of the abdication Of the King Of Pun
| jaub of his throne and of the absorp-
tion Of his dominions into the British
empire in India.
The Kohinoor. that is to say, the
Mountain OF Light" and the Darya
i-nu. or the Sea OF Light" both
formerly belonged to the great rnogul
thence by Shah Wadir, the Persian
conQueror. to Teheran. The Sea Of
Light" had remained ever since In the
imperial treasury at Teheran. while
its sister stone. the Mountain Of
Evening star., 1924-01-14
COURAGE
II am the master of my fate.
l AM the captain of my soul"
--HENLEY.
COOLIDGE, THE DIFF1DENr Bo,

COOLIDGE, THE DIFFTDENT BOY.
Calvin Coolidge was born In little
Plymouth, VT, twelve miles from q
railroad. His parents were farmers.
AS boy, he was small. sandy-haired
and shy. His mother died when he
was twelve years old.
when I was little fellow, as
long as I can remember" he told a
friend, in after years, "I would go in
a panic If I heard stranger voices in
the house. I felt just couldn't meet
the people and shake hands with
them. Most of the visitors would sit
with father and mother in the kitch-
en-, and the hardest thing in the world
was to have to 60 through the kitchen
door and give them a greeting. 1
was almost ten before I realized I
couldn't go on that way. I'm all right
with old friends, but every time I
meet stranger I've got to go Through
the old kitchen door back home, and
it's not easy"
He attracted little attention I'm the
Plymouth Public School, or at Black
se'S@ ~ Os SShhoDuAy dNducliISS.
Few at Amherst knew "the farmer
boy with the Yankee twang" who
worked his way through, but was
graduated with highest honors.
When In Northampton, Mass, to
study law. mo one, then, expected the
slim, sandy-haired. cautious, uncom-
municative young lawyer, struggling
to make a living, ever to attain the
distinction he now enjoys. Even his
proud father thought the chip Of the
old block would settle right here in
Plymouth" said prominent North
ampton man.
When he was nominated lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts, friends
trembled because they knew his poor
oratoricA delivery and diffidence.
When he ran for governor, they ex-
pected his defeat. When he defied the
Boston police he was told that 1t
would end his public career.
But he did the days work.
Elected lieutenant governor. he ran
ahead of his ticket. He was chosen
governor. and, after killing the strike,
was overwhelmingly reelected. a
candidate fourteen times, he always
has been successful. Now he is Presi-
dent of the United States.
Ne1t-Rockefeller Had t. Hsnt
work.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC u HAsKfN

1 of water. When you. wash yours
nands, very thin film of this ma
terial creeps over your hands next
TO the skin. 1t. even creeps in under-
.neartn any particles of dirt that hap
pen 70 be sticking to your skin. 1t
pushes these loose and the water
washes them away.
O.. Is there a legal phrase ..art and
part"?-S. +.
A. Art and part" is a Scotch law
phrase, meaning an accessory before
and after the fact. A man is said TO
be art and part" of crime when he
eontrives, the manner of the deed and
concurs with and encourages those
who commit the crime, although he
does not put his own hand 10 the
actual execution Of IL.
! Q. How many people will the
cathedral at Milan seat?-J. II. ].
A. The largest cathedral in the
world Is Milan Cathedral. which has
seating capacity Of $1,000.
Q. What manager of a base bali
team in the American League has
served the longest time?-E. u
a. Connie Mack is the only mar
ager in the league who has been
with it since its formation in 1900.
He left the Milwaukee club for the
Philadelphia Athletics when that club
obtained it's franchise.
@. What is the heaviest railroad
rail in use?-J. L.
A. Rail steel is spoken OF as
heaviest rail used in this country Is
in the tracks OF the I.ehigh Valley
railroad and weighs 156 pounds per
yard.
c.. Is there a radio weather report
for the great lakes?-E. l.. +.
A. The weather bureau says that
the lake region has this service.
Twice each day messages are broad
cast giving surface weather con
wind and weather forecasts. storm
warnings and flying weather fore
casts for aviation zones. Such serv-
ice now covers all waters about the
United States.
@. Where are the federal prisons?
%. w. s.
A. The federal prisons are located
in the following places: Atlanta. Ga:
Fort Leavenworth. kans.: McNeils Is
land. Wash. There are naval prisons
at Mare Island. Calf; Boston, Mass.
and Portsmouth, n. II.
O.. How are cotton goods mer-
cerized?-E. T..
a. The mercerizing process, in
vented by John Mercer OF Lancashire.
T'~~'"rd and patented in 1851, for
treating cotton fiber or fabrics con-
sists OF sleeping the cloth in q sola-
tlon Of Caustic alkali. A variation
Of the caustfc soda process is en-
ployed TO give the modern crimped or
crepe effects.
.. Did high schools originate IN
this country?-C. NJ. V.
y. The high school is distinctly
an American institution. The Eng
lish High School of Boston, founded
in 1921. was the first of its kind and
gradually. as free elementary schools
were established throughout the
country, the high schools followed
@. How many two penny nails are
there in a pound?-T. S.
A. Smooth wire two-penny nails
run almost exactly 1000 to the pound.
Q. What was the Nashville con-
vention ?-k. r.
A. The Nashville convention was
b convention of delegates from:
southern states. held June 10. 1857.
at Nashville. Tenn, TO consider tbs
slavery question and the encrcach-
ments OF northern abolitionists.
tLet the StGr Information BIZ
reau, Frederic J. Hoskis, director,
1920 North Capitol street. dntstce?-
vonY question. The only charge for
this Serrice is cents in stamps yof.
return postuSe.)
Evening star., 1924-01-14

That the coming campaign is going
TO be q very lively one is made evi.
dent by the fact that one or two very
popular speakers have already been
Kissed. The path OF oratory is not SO
easy as it was when q speaker felt it
necessary to study his manuscripts
for points at which it would be desira-
bic to wait for laughter or applause.
Evening star., 1924-01-14
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON
Serious Nirtll,

Serious Mlrti.
My sense OF humor, I confess,
Is something rather queer.
I hope have one, more or less;
Yet admit a fear
That my hilarity should pause,
From wisdom's cup to quaff.
lose self-confidence because
OF things that make me laugh.
1 snicker at the little boys
Who slam their parents round.
I grin to see domestic joys
Turned into wrath profound.
The comic elves who win applause
Are cruel in their chaff.
There comes a trace of gloom because
OF things that make me laugh.
When some one topples from g. roof
Or falls down In fit,
view the incident as proof
or rare and subtle wit:
Toward moral precepts and the laws
I grow too lax. by half.
feel demoralized because
Of things that make me laugh!