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Evening star., 1924-01-04

who has played Chfistus thrice at the
ten-year period, wept at bidding fare
well to New York friends and said, "A
dream has come true. A terrible con-
dition Of things at home has eaten
out our hearts since we arrived here,
but we take renewed courage at the
magnificent response made by the
public here" -
The Passion Play" Of Oberam-
mergau has interested great number
of Christians, but there was a wave
of interest in it in the United States
; in the early '9Os. and this was particu.
larly true as to Washingtorf. Many Of
our people attended the representation
OF the play for that decade, and scores
of local lecturers told in church, hall
and parlor the story of Oberammer-
sau and generally illustrated their.
discourse with ''stereopticon views"
Sometimes the. "stereopticon views"
We're "colored," and that gave much
interest to them.
' In the middle ages mystery plays"
NAA AsoAy WCSA WCIC u COIIlIIlOIl 10TH OIL
devotional entertainment throughout
Europe. When the reformation came
they We're suppressed in some coun-
tries, and in Germany were enacted
only in Bavaria. the Tyrol and the
Salzburg Alps. King Maximilian Jo-
seph I in the eighteenth century for
babe the representation. of the Pas
sion Play" or mystery plays" in
every part Of his domain except in the
village of Oberammergau. Bavaria.
There the play had been acted at regu-
lar intervals since 1888. The story is
that the people of that village and the
valley in which it is. having escaped
one of those plaques that used to
sweep over Europe, made the vow
that they would render the Passion
Play" every ten years. Upward of
GOO people take part in the representa-
ton, and the character of Christ is
always represented by villager cele-
brated for piety and good works.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
Onward, Christian Soldiers.

The passing from the earth of the
author of Onward, Christian Soldiers"
will touch millions of hearts. The
man who wrote it, Rev. Sabine Bar
ing-Gould, has just died within few
days of the age of ninety years. It is
one of the hymns that have made a
deep impression on religious-minded
people and on those whose thoughts
are not much given to religion. 1t
may surprise many persons that the
hymn was written in 1854, No doubt
those who use a hymnal know that
it is an old song. but probably thou.
sands Of people think Of it as modern.
OF course, compared with many IA.
nous hymns it is new. It was sung
by hundreds Of thousands OF people
during the years Of the Moody and
Sankey -revivals, and after tho passing
of Sankey great audiences or congre-
cations at the Moody meetings carried
on this song. A song that was sung
at those revivals must be somewhat
old, for Dwight Lyman Moody, under
direction Of tho Christian commission,
was preaching to soldiers during the
civil war, and he and Ira d. Sankey,
the singing evangelist, Joined hands
In 1870. But it was after the return
of Moody and Sankey from their
evangelizing tour Of the British is
lands in the mid '7os that their names
became household words in the United
States. Many Washington people VIII
remember that when Moody held his
monster meetings in Convention Hall
In the early '90s the vast audiences
that attended were set to singing "On.
ward, Christian Soldiers"
Many other great hymns were sung
at those and later meetings, but "On-
ward, Christian Soldiers" became
popular" and was sung and played
by hundreds of, thousands OF people
who did not hear it, with the. great
revivalists.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
District Industries.

Figures relating to commercial
breadmaking in the District given out
by the Department of Labor are en-.
tightening. Statisticians of that de-
partment find that the average labor
cost of bread in Washington is 1T
cents per pound, while in Baltimore
it is one-half cent pound. Washing.
"a cents an hour and in Baltimore 54
cents an hour. Bakery wages and the
wage cost per pound of bread are
higher in Washington than in New
York and Philadelphia.
According to the fourteenth census,
the manufacture of bread and other
bakery products stood second among
the non-government industries of the
District as an employer of labor
power Iaundries standing first with
1866 wage earners and total of 1904
persons engaged in the industry. In
bread and other bakery products the
number of wage earners employed
was 1921. There We're seventy-four
bakery establishments, with value OF
product of SO 0,626, 900 and value add
ed by manufacture of $4,393.o00.
The Districts non-government lead
ing industry in value of product and
in value added by manufacture was
printing and publishing of newspapers
and periodicals, with sos wage earn
ers and a value of product of $11.s98,.
600. with value added by manufacture
Of s9.0sS,000 If to this, be added the
book and job printing and publishing
industry, with 1904 wage earners
value OF product of s3.975. 900 and add
ed by manufacture of $3.50 900. the
printing and publishing industry in
the District heads all private District
industries reported on by the census
in number Of wage earners and value
Of product. But the figures for bread
and bakery products show that 1t is a
s1oading'' industry
Evening star., 1924-01-04

gus may present even greater difficul.
ties than have yet been encountered.
Even when the sarcophagus is re.
moved, for emplacement in the mu.
scum at Cairo, there will remain a
wealth of treasure to be examined.
The contents OF the chamber leading
Oft from the sanctuary will yield. 1t ia
expected, objects Of artistic and his.
torical value surprising those that
have yet been brought to light. And
there is another chamber yet to be ex-
plored. That lies on the farther side of
the ante-chamber almost directly oppo-
site the entrance door. That has been
left because it is known by inspection
through a peep-hole made through the
masonry that the contents are in the
greatest confusion. For this tomb
was pillaged centuries ago. It is esti-
mated that thieves entered it as quick.
ly as ten or fifteen years after the
death Of the Pharaoh. The holes they
made through the various doors, each
just small enough to admit a crawling
man, were probably soon afterward
filled with rubble and plaster, the
marks Of the repairs being plainly
visible when the present explorers
entered. No attempt, it seems, was
made to restore order in the far cham
Der opposite the entrance, but rough
Encouragement of the contents Of the
ante-chamber was effected. There was
evidently little pillaging in the store
room that is reached through the
sanctuary chamber. So far there is
no evidence of any looting in the
mortuary chamber itself. The thieves
were after gold. and fortunately they
left bulkier objects untouched and
with little or no damage.
Evening star., 1924-01-04

Meet David r. Houston. latest ad-
dition to the democratic stables string
OF dark horses. Houston is In the
hands Of influential friends. They
are quietly but effectively champion
ing his cause. Second-choice pledges
are being sought from the support
ers of more prominent candidates.
Tho Houston movement is based on
the conviction that neither McAdoo
nor Underwood can take tho two
thirds hurdle at the democratic con-
vention and that when the time comes
to find deadlock-breaker the dele
gates will turn to Houston as the
most eligible compromise candidate
in sight. The man who was both
Secretary OF Agriculture and Secre-
tary of the Treasury in the Wilson
cabinets is q North CaroIinian by
birth, but now New Yorker by resi-
dence. He has lived almost every
where. Once he was ssuperintend-
ent of schools In South Carolina; then
college president in Texas; later a
graduate student at Harvard; after
ward university chancellor in Mis-
souri,, and now president of the Bell
Telephone Securities Company. Some
row Wilson's candidate for 1924.
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i An American resident of London
brings the latest Prince of Wales
story to Washington. viscount Las
celles. who married the princes sis
ter, Princess Mary. has never been q
favorite Of the British heir apparent,
and Wales is said to air his dislike
OF his lowly born brother-in-law with
gay abandon. In his club in Pail
Mall not long ago the prince is said
nies that since he Joined the royal
family 'Iascelles has become royaier
and royaler." Then the future King
OF England soliloquized: wonder II
1 married commoner IL I'd become
commoner and commoner"
4 4
Congress has reassembled amid a
heavy fire of criticism for wasting
three weeks of the country's time In
December. It's not the frst occasion
on which Congress has been lambast-
ed for windjamming. Sixty years
ago Artemus Ward was giving voice
to the same sort of popular discon-
tent. These are some of his observa-
tions:
:, Gentlemen of the SENT and of
the House. you've sot there an
drawed your pay an made windy
speeches long enuff. The country at
large is disguised with you. includin'
the undersigned Why don't you show
us a statesman. sumbody who can
make speech that will hit the pop
lar hart right under the great public
weskit? Why don't you show us a
statesman who can rise up to the
eme rgency an cave in the emersen-
cy's head?
Congress. you won't do. Go home,
you miserable devils, go homew
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One of the rock-bound pre-conven-
tion policies Of the Coolidge admin
Evening star., 1924-01-04
Tag Sale Criticized.
C. System Declared Necdlcssly
Hard for Motorists.

To the Editor Of The STAR:
I think that your editorial, "Tardy
Tag-Seekers." wrongly criticizes a
large number OF Washington citissns,
who have already been to painful
degree the victims of q very tnem-
cient system OF issuing automobile IL
cense plates. You assume that II there
has been much loss Of time on the
part of tag-seekers during tho ex-
treme congestion Of the past few days
II is entirely the fault>of tho seekers
themselves. and that 1t could nave
been avoided If they had attempted
to procure tags earlier. The situation
could have been alleviated greatly. Il
Is true, but a simple calculation VIII
show you that under the present sys-
tenn of issuing tags congestion cannot
be entirely eliminated.
There are some 100000 sets OF tags
to issue this year. These were put on
sale December 3. The issuing office
is open for but six hours-from to
five days a week. and for three
! hours on Saturday. From December
8 to 81 its scheduled office hours
73,800 minutes. To give out 100000
tags within this period would require
the issuing of one every ~ seconds.
From personal observation Saturday
periods Of providing. it appeared that
only about 100 persons were accom-
modated In an hour.
While this rate would have taken
care Of all of Washington's motorists
provided they passed through in an
incessant stream from the timo the
sale Of tags opened. II is obvious that,
with the necessary limits on the hours
that 1t Is convenient to go to the
District building. congestion Is un-
avoidable at certain times OF tho day.
It must be remembered that the office
Is open during only certain hours, oc-
cupying about the middle portion Of
the working day for a large number
Of people. Since the present manner
of issuing tags requires the presence
sentative. of every motor car owner
in the city, 1t is quite unreasonable TO
expect them to come with tho clock
like regularity of ono every Is SEQ
onds. which Is necessary to avoid
tie-up.
This system Of issuing tags Is a
relic of the time when there were not
over one-fourth the number of autos
in the city there are now. The ctti-
zens Of Pennsylvania, for instance.
are not required to go in person to
Harrisburg to procure their plates.
Many states do not even require that
all applications be taken or mailed to
one point There Is no good reason
why all OF Washington's motorists
should be compelled to present them
selves at one office; nor why. IL they
are willing to pay the mailing costs.
distribution Of tags by mail be re-
fused them.
Your editorial rightly points out the
cure for the present situation, even
though you do not recognize that it
arises because of defects in the pres
ent system. The equipment needed
for issuing tags is not extensive and
can well be duplicated at every po-
lice precinct station. The tags are
not issued serially, SO the multiplica-
tion of distributing points is no dis
advantage.
A system OF distributing tags which
is capable of causing the wasting of
5000 hours a day of the time Of Wash
ington's citizens cannot be defended
and should not be maintained.
FREEMAN WEISS.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
Blames Press Errors
For History's ''Bunk'
- tho Nditor of q3e Htar,

- tho Editor Of Tho Star,
When Henry Ford spoke Of history
being bunk" he possibly had refer
snce to the careless handling Of his
torical events by certain newspaper
writer's.
In last Sundays Star Nr. Haskin
tion Of 1915, Mr., Wilson received the
electoral votes ef fertY-hve states as
against three. Now the fact is Mr.,
Wilson received the. votes Of forty
states, Mr., Roosevelt i've and Mr.,
TAFT two, California splitting tts
votes, two for Wilson and eleven for
quite recently another OF the Stars
special writer's (Mr. Collins, think),
writing of the selection Of Cleveland
To- the fact that in 1864 q presidential
nominating convention was held In
that city, at which John Cochrane was
nominated tor President This 10 not
the fact, In 1864 before the regular
republicans met, tho extreme radical
tive under tho oon.ervatisn OF Mr..
iancoin's administration, held con-
ventiOn At Cleveland and ncminated
John &. Fremont for. President and
John Cochrane for Vice Prestdent.
These gentlement, although thoy
afterward withdrew when it became
apparent that a divided Union party
meant tho success Of peace-at-any-
price ticket headed by Gen. McClel-
Now that school histories are con-
times regardless of facts, newspaper
| should 30 the more careful to kesr
J !, b JAoUEA
Evening star., 1924-01-04
Politics Warming Tn.

In the camps of the republican and
democratic aspirants for the presi.
dental nomination there are increas.
ing evidences Of activity as the new
year opens. Senator Underwood an.
nounces that he will begin another
series of speeches, opening in Cleve-
land and Akron, Ohio, on the 22d.
Mr.. McAdoo appoints Robert woolIey
campaign manager for New York and
opens headquarters in that city. Sen.
ator Johnson attacks the republican
national committee for it's action on
southern delegate apportionment and
inferentially the administration, and
renews his opposition to the world
court.
Renewed rumors are heard of the
possible entry of Gov. Pinchot in the
contest for the nomination, which
probably will cause former Gov. Low
den to "sit up and take notice." Gov.
Lowden's one best bet will be in event
of Gov. Pinchot securing enough dele.
gates from the progressive strength
Of Pennsylvania and other states to
deadlock the convention, in which
event he would offer himself as a
compromise candidate.
But would 1t be considered "clubby''
for Gov. Pinchot to split the progres.
sives and take a section Of them from
Senator Johnson? It might be that
he would think perhaps he could hold
some progressives who would not go
to the California senator and later
deliver" them.
Meantime Assistant Manager Goode
of the Coolidge forces drops into
Washington from the Chicago head
quarters and reports the Coolidge
prospects in the west to be looking
fine" The Coolidge managers in a
number Of states in the central west
report that they are receiving tele-
grams and letters in numbers to indi.
cate that the President is growing in
public estimation.
Soon the state conventions and pri-
nlaries for selection of delegates Will
commence, there will come a "sho1
down" on the strength OF the caEdi-
dates and there will be politics and
politics and yet more politics.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKlH

@. saw an editorial reference to
the worlds largest wheat field. Kind
ly state where it is.--E. III. T.
A. The wheat field that you have
reference to is owned by the Thomas
d. Campbell Farming Corporation.
Hardin. Mont. II comprises approx
mately 100000 acres. which Mr..
Campbell leases through the Interior
Department at Washington. This
land Is part of two Indian reserva-
tions. In 1929 there was planted in
wheat 40.500 acres, and over a million
bushels of wheat were raised
O. Why has the 1880 ten-dolIar bill
donkey's head on its back?-L w.
z.
A The ten-dollar United States
notes, series of 1880. had on the re-
verse side an eagle, which, when the
bill was turned upside down, showed
the outline of a donkey's head. The
treasury Department has no knowl-
edge as to whether this was done
purposely by a disgruntIed designer
or whether 1t was simply an accident
However, 1T Is largely a figure OF
imagination.
Q. Who managed Roosevelt's cam
paign for the presidential nomination
In l904f--A. D.
A It should probably be said that
Roosevelt directed or managed his
own campaign. However, his chief
political lieutenant was George 3.
Cortelyou, who later became chair
man of the republican national COM
mittee.
Q. Is it known positively that Brit
ish ships occasionally flew flags of
neutral nations during the world
war?-A. l.
A. Winston Churchill says. in HIS
newest book, that this is fact.
Q. Is the saying about robbing Peter
to pay Paul from the BibIe?SP. T.
A: It is not biblical It is said
to have had its origin in England,
when In the reign of Edward VI the
lands Of st. Peter at Westminster
were appropriated to raise money for
the repair of St Paurs. in London.
Q. Can a man be arrested for
swearingf-A q.
A. In several states profanity IS
jvariously declared punishable by the
statutes In this connection 1t is in
which has sliding scale Of penalties
for this offense. For each profane
oath or curse q laborer. soldier. or
sailor may be fined one shilling:
other persons under the rank of
gentlemen, two shillings; gentle
man or any one above that rank,
five shillings.
Q. What is the rule in checkers
when your opponent overIooks a
jump?-M. N. ".
A. According to the Huff rule,
If a player has chance to jump and
does not see 1t, the other player has
the right to remove his man from
the board, or retract and make him
jump
@. When and where was the first
census ever taken?--A. H. c.
A. The first census was the emu
meration of the Israelites by Moses,
490 b. G.
Q. When were thumb rings worn ?
w. Mel
A. Thumb rings were worn in
England from the. fourteenth to the
Evening star., 1924-01-04
Democratic Papers Insist
Nominee Must Be Liberal

not be despised." This is also the
belief of the Greenville Piedmont
tdemocratic?, which sees in NC
While he is not looked upon with
special favor by the business inter
.ests, he has the powerful support Of
labor, of the Wilson democrats and
Of the progressive wing of the party
1t is the opinion of the Roanoke
Times tdemocratic) that "as matters
stand today. the two leading candi
dates when the conventions meet are
likely to be Coolidge and Johnson on
the one hand and Underwood and Nc
Adoo on the other The Bangor
Commercial (republican) is convinced
It 'fs McAdoo against the field for
the democratic nomination. and that
he is receiving many accessions as
the time goes on" The Aberdeen
World (republican) holds the McAdoo
platform ''bristles with attack and
obvious efforts at phrase-making,
as misleading. To which the Jersey
City Journal independently adds be
fore Coolidge took the helm OF his
party a possible McAdoo victory could
quite easily be figured out. Since
Coolidge has come to the front there
has been a marked change in nation
al politics." Insisting that McAdoo
/ Is playing to the galleries" the Bel
bingham Herald (republican) argues
| the only thing against him as an
ofice-seeker is his record as an
office holder. His pious preachments
today do not square with his public
performance when he was n consid-
cradle part of his father-in- laws
government. His own acts will con-
tinually rise up to plague him during
the campaign" The Cleveland Plain
Dealer independent democratio).
however, suggests clearly Mr.. Nc
Adoo has many elements of strength
also some weakness. The country
welcomes him as a candidate, and
will nrooaed to r,neasura his fltnesg.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

istration is to avoid New England ap-
pointments. A deserving republican
from the Presidents neck Of the
woods has about as much chance for
White House preferment these days
as q Bryan democrat The Coolidge
high command Ii aware of the un-
popularity Of the northeasternmost
section OF the United States In the
pivotal west. It has therefore been
decreed that nothing shall be done
between now and June 10, 1924. to
fan those pre1udlces. The whole civil
New Englanders would line up at the
pie counter in vain. It is not the
open season for that kind of ducks.
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Somebody ought to stand up In
Congress and demand an explanation
of the American embassy housing
scandal In London. Cable dispatches
relate that Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg have
started in Just as their predecessors
for nifty years have done-by going
hoAse-hunting. 1t Is nearly three
years since the Pierpont Morgan man.
sion opposite Hyde Park was pre-
sented to the nation as an embassy,
accepted the gift and voted the money
to Mt the place with open-faced
plumbing and other modern conven-
fences. Why the money hasn't been
spent and the house made habitable
nobody seems to know. Uncle Sam
seems incapable of sheitering his en-
voys in great capitals. even when
proper accommodations are thrust
upon him.
Scores of leading American editors
will be af1oat with the Navy at the
forthcoming maneuvers of the United
States feet in the vicinity Of the
Panama canal and in the Caribbean.
Secretary Denby's. invitatior states
that tho United States Navy wants
to report to it's owners-the people Of
the country-through the press of the
country" The schedule for the edi-
tors trip calls for embarkation on the
Henderson at Charleston, s. c., on
February 10; arrival at Culebra Is
land on February 16; transference to
Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands be-
tween February 18 and IS: witnessing
OF maneuvers on February 26 and 27;
cruise to New York In the fleet on
February 2S. and arrival in the Hud-
son river on March 2. Editors who
love adventure can go down in q SUBJ
marine or up in a seaplane.
y X
One wonders what are the emotions
of Elizabeth. Queen Of the Belgians,
anent the refusal Of the Baroness de
Cartier de Marchienne. wife of the
Belgian ambassador, to accept the
German ambassador as a dinner part
ner at the White House. King AL
bert's gracious consort, who visited
Washington with him in 1919, is a
former German princess. having been,
prior to her marriage, a duchess of
Bavaria. King Albert's mother also
was German--the Princess Maria of
Hohenzo1Iern.
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