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Handicapped Candidates.

From Illinois comes announcement
of a movement to present John Barton
Payne as a candidate for the demo.
cratic presidential nomination, a sug.
gestion of merit, considering the man,
his record Of achievements and his at.
tributes OF character. Democrats at
first blush might be imagined as say
we are 50 embarrassed over our presi-
dental timber
But then up would speak the friends
Of Senator Ralston with the sugges.
tion that if Ralston is handicapped by
his age, so would be Judge Payne, who
is two years older than the Indiana
senator. And speaking Of handicaps it
will occur to one that every demo-
cratic potential candidate mentioned
thus far has handicap of one kind or
another. In this regard the repub-
licans are in much happier case, as
their candidate is practically regarded
as already selected in the person of
President Coolidge.
All the republican nominating con-
vention will have to do, it is generally
expected, will be to name President
Coolidge on the first ballot, possibly
by reclamation, select running ma te,
frame the platform and adjourn to
open the campaign for the election.
The democrats may have to spend
days in appraising their Handicapped
up. There are Mr.. McAdoo handi.
capped by Doheny employment, Sena.
tor Underwood by sectionalism, John
W. Davis and Judge Clarke by their
advocacy of the league of nations,
Gov. Smith by being "wet," Ralston
and Payne by age. Senator Reed by
Woodrow Wilson opposition.
1t would seem n propi -ious time to
trot out the dark horses.
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Wakefield and Monticello.

Wakefield. the farm on which George
Washington was born, and Monticello.
the home, Of Thomas jefferson, are
conspicuous in the news. There are
plans for the purchase OF these places
by popular subscription, and to "re-
store Wakefield and "preserve'
Monticello.
The Wakefield National Memorial
Association was founded last June,
and the association feels that Wake
field should be administered as Sui.
grave, the Washington home in Eng
land, and Mount Vernon are. The as
sociation has made a payment on
seventy acres Of the Washington land,
and II successful in obtaining the
money required will buy a thousand
acres, which was the extent Of the
farm owned BY Washington's father
at tAo time George was born there
The association also plans TO build on
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Education and Radicalism.

Every little while some eminent
educator starts something. He either
declares for an extreme view. close to
radicalism, or he traverses some es-
tablished educational principle. and
thus brings down upon himself q
storm Of criticism, occasionally to the
point of effecting his separation from
his post. The latest of these is the
president of Dartmouth College. one of
the oldest institutions OF learning in
America. At a national Dartmouth
''pow.wow" held at Chicago President
Hopkins said:
A man wrote to me protesting
against proposed appointment to
the faculty, contending / might as
well bring in Lenin or Trotsky. j re-
piled that if Lenin and Trotsky were
available ] would certainly bring
them in.
This statement, according to the
news report. evoked applause from the
gathering, which, it is stated, COM
prised clergymen, jurists and execu-
tives of large corporations. DR.. Hop
kins went on to say:
not present if it would stir up the
mind of the undergraduate.
To stir up the mind of the under.
tial. If that is to be the standard of
faculty qualifications the range Of Sc.
lection Is wide open. America is full
of "stirrers.'' without going to Russia
for them. Many of them, it is true,
have acquired their stirring qualities
from foreign sources, but they have in
some cases gone far ahead of their
inspiration.
Education, strictly speaking, is the
process of drawing out" 1t would be
interesting to see what Trotsky-he
being the only one now available Of
the precious pair mentioned-would
draw out of the minds Of the under
graduates of any American institution.
He entertains some decidedly radical
ideas, some views which are quite dis
tinct from the fundamentals of Ameri-
can beliefs.
An old adage warns against letting
children play with matches. 1t is
sound advice. The sort Of teaching a
Trotsky would do in an American
educational institution would be of the
match kind Nobody knows how many
fires it would start.
1t may be accepted that the eminent
educator quoted from Chicago was
speaking only in general terms-it
would possibly be more correct to say
platitudes. Unless he is, indeed, bent
upon starting something. In which
case he has doubtless succeeded.
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Naval Monuments.

President Coolidge has approved the
joint resolution Of Congress authoriz-
| ing the erection on public grounds in
Washington OF a memorial to be
| known as 1.-The Navy and Marine
Memorial dedicated to Americans
lost at sea" The fund for its erection is
to be obtained by popular subscription.
| This proposal recalls to old Washing
| tonians two other naval memorials
that have been erected at the Capital.
The first was that which was pop
ularly called the Tripoli monument.
At the expense of officers Of the Navy
this monument was carved at Leg
horn, Italy, in 1906 and was erected
at the Washington navy yard in 1908.
In George Watterston's Washington
Guide Book, published in 1912. IS this
account of the monument:
a handsome marble fountain from
which the water, brought through
pipes from springs about two miles
north of the Capitol, falls into a beau
tiful basin of white marble, and
thence flows into a reservoir cased
with stone, and in which has been
of the young naval officers, Richard
Somers, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph
Israel. James Decatur, John Dorsey
and James Caldwell. who gailantly
perished off TripoIi In 1904. That
monument stood in the navy yard
until July. 1892, when it was set up
on the lower terrace at the west front
of the Capitol.
In 1860 the Tripoli monument was
removed to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
Washington citizens seem to have
rad something to do with the erec-
tion of that monument. Directly
after the Chesapeake affair in 1907.
when war talk was high. a fund was
raised by subscription in Washing.
ton for the relief Of the wounded
American sailors. The fund was more
than enough for the purpose and it
was agreed that the balance should
he used for the erection at the navy
yard Of monument "in mem,ry OF
the heroes who fell before Tripoli in
1904" 1t has been said that the
monument was paid for by cortriou.
tions of Navy officers, but there may
have been need for money for ped
estal or unforeseen costs.
In 1877 there was set up at tho
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
lst street west the Naval monument
as memorial to Officers, Seamen
and Marines Of the United States
Navy who fell in defense Of the Union
and liberty Of their country, 1885,
1t came to be called the Peace Monu-
ment. 1t was modelled by Franklin
Simmons in Rome from a sketch by
Admiral David d. Porter, and the
architectural portion, designed by Ed
ward Clark, was executed at Carrara,
Italy.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. In what occupations are goggles
worn. and do they contain correcting
lenses?-F. F. C.
A. When rivetng, acid making.
manufacturing explosives, grinding,
chipping. blasting and mining. en-
ployes Of many concerns are request
correcting lenses can be fitted to the
goggles.
@. What metals are more precious
than gold?-A. o. u.
A. There may be a few others that
are also more valuable than gold.
though we can list but six: Radium,
| iridium, rhodium, platinum, osmium
and palladium.
| @. Is the St Lawrence river an in
ternational boundary ?--". Y.
A. Fer 113 miles, from Lake Onta-
rio TO St Regis, the St Lawrence is
the international boundary, in which
Canada and the United States have
equality of right and possession.
Lawrence. Canada has undivided pos.
session, but both countries have equal
rights Of navigation.
Q. Has the Alaskan railroad been
completed?-A. H. G.
III
pleted on July Is, 1923. when the late
President Harding drove the golden
spike at Nenana- The first official
action toward building the road was
taken in 1912. when President Taft
appointed commission to look into
the feasibility Of the undertaking.
Q. What was the Swamp Angel"e
| A. The Swamp Angel" was an eight
inch Parrot cannon, so-called by the
F.1 - y
siege Of Charleston. S. c. It hurst
August 22, 1863, and was sent to
Trenton, n. J., where it now occupies
a granite base on the corner of Perry
and Clinton streets.
Q. Why is the bell on parliament
called big Ben"?-A. W.
A. Big Ben" was christened "st-
stephen" In 1851 the new houses Of
min Hall, president of public works.
had much to do with carrying out tho
plans of the architects. When IN
1856 the question arose as to the
name of the bell to be hung in the
call il Big Benz" Laughter and ap-
plause followed. because Sir Benja-
min. on account of his enormous
height and girth, had often been call
ed Big Ben
@. What is the Lucretia Mott
amendment?-J. b. L.
A. The Lucretia Mott amendment
is the so-called equal rights amend
ment to the Constitution of the
United States, advocated by the
Wornan's Party and introduced in the
Senate by Senator Curtis and in the
House by Representative Anthony. 1t
reads: Men and women shall have
equal rights throughout the United
States and every place subject to its
jurisdiction"
@. What was the highest price at
which Steel stock sold last year,
A. NJ. H.
A The highest stock exchange
quotation on United States Steel COM
mon last year was l09bs. High for
Steel preferred was 1881.
Q. Who invented the double of one
in auction bridge?-W. T.
a. Maj. c. L. Patton, president of
the knickerbocker Whist Club OF
New York City, introduced the double
of one no-trump. Later the conven-
tion was carried further and made to
| include the double of one in suit bids.
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situation. He is an uncompromising
advocate OF exclusion and for years
has been one OF the lecturers Of the
California Exclusion League. Mr..
Free is doing his full duty to pre-
serve the Pacific coast for white
civilization. He Is the father of two
sets Of twins Free refuses to see eye
to eye with Secretary Hughes in the
view that the ''gentlemen's agree
ment" of 1907 sufficiently safeguards
California, Oregon and Washington
state from yellow inundation. "The
proof OF the pudding" he says, sis in
the eating. In 1907 there were 10000
Japanese in the United States. Today
there are 117,000."
+ *+
Since he recently passed from the
scene. many untold anecdotes OF
woodrow Wilson are gaining cur
rency. For years he carried a COPY
of Rudyard KiplinKs inspirational
poem, IT." in his wallet often vii.
son told his intimate friends tha,
kpling in IT. had epitomized the
whole Wflsonian philosophy of life
and polfticS-the determination r.
keep on lighting when the fightinr
was hardest, and to smile through
oeIea1 as valiantly as in triumph
Cnce IN a while Wilson would say
that MS favorfte stanza in "If' was:
II you can make one heap of all your win.
And risk It on one turn Of pitch a nd toss
anu a. L0se & ana start again at your beginnings
d never breathc word about your loss.
r X
John Stiles. Speaking on behalf OF
the Rotary Club Of Ottawa, Canada
IN Washington the other day, told of
the astonishment Of distinguish ed
european visitor in Ontario, as he
was shown a map containing the
unfortified Imaginary line" between
the United States and Canada, the
european was military man. He
pointed to half a dozen points on the
border which he said were obviously
strategic points of great yalue
Are there no forts there?" he asked
None, he was told. What is there?'
.n .he ola world denizen persisted.
Nothing but hydroelectric stations
Tor peace-time industry" was the re-
ply, whereupon his Canadian host
preached an eloquent sermon on what
war.mad Europe could learn from
North Americas unprotected" from
tier OF 1900 miles.
Representative Meyer Jacobstein of
Rochester, n. u, seized upon the 1920
anniversary OF George washington's
birth to make a timely argument in
favor Of the soldiers bonus Mr..
Jacobstein has been reading Wash
ingtons diary and there he discover
ed that the Father of His Country cor
daily approved of the payment of a
revolutionary war bonus, not only to
the enlisted men, but to the officers
If the Continental Army. Gen. Wash
ington himself was voted immense
grants OF land in token of his sery-
.re in the Indian wars including va 81
slices of what is now the state of
Ohio But he returned them for in
clusion in the domains of the public
lands.
fCnpyrfRht
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the farm a house closely resembling
that in which Washington was born.
The birthhouse was burned about $50
years ago. 1t was q small frame house,
one and one-half stories high, with q
stone chimney at each end, and its
reproduction will not be costly. The
Wakefield Association would also take
under it's care the Washington family
burying ground on the farm. In that
little cemetery are graves of q number
of George Washington's ancestors wN
had lived at Wakefield. or, as it was
formerly called, 1.-The Popes creek
farm" This cemetery is in q condition
of neglect. Wakefield is sixty.five
miles from Washington by water, but
considerably farther by the automo-
bile road, which leads from Washing
ton to Fredericksburg and thence to
Wakefield in Westmoreland county n
few miles below Colonial Beach, and
one Of the plans of the association is
to build on the Wakefield property a
simple inn for the use of travellers.
The National Monticello Association
has agreed to take over the stately
home and grounds of Jefferson at a
cost Of 100000. and the association
has already made payment Of $780,.
600. The quota set for the District Of
Columbia by the association is s50,000.
and of that sum $4,000 has been sub
scribed and paid.
Many prominent men and women
have entered upon the work of pre-
serving Wakefield and Monticello, and
there is little doubt that in due time
the associations will take over these
historic places and that Wakefield and
Monticello will be owned and managed
somewhat after the manner of Mount
Vernon.
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sicai comfort of which the aged an
nuitant should be deprived. notwith-
standing the fact that within thirty
years he contributed many times SEQ
in doing his bit" for the govern
ment?
In view of facts readily apparent.
the experienced student OF economic
affairs protests that the world un-
rest which would revise organic
laws. remake the best federal Consti-
tuition that the world war ever saw,
and Overturn systems essential to
civilization, should be restrained in
its uneasy striking at the civil serv-
ice law, seeing the changes now so
Vehemently urged in formidable as
senbly, with a single exception. if
approved by Congress could not but
impair the civil service, affect annui-
tants seriously, and ultimately prove
disastrous to the retirement system.
AS self interest in action, though for
notoriety only, cannot detect a fall
lacy. IT is believed that the conditions
throughout the public service shown
by the illustration presented by the
railway mail service cannot but ap-
peal to the moral and refined sensi-
bilities of those who are interested in
the general welfare. Kind and
thoughtful consideration is respect
fully requested. &C. N. POTTER.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

The Rumor.
A resignation rumor
Has hovered day by day.
Though some were in the humor
For chasing it away.
The person designated
Exclaimed, 'Old friend Of mine,
AS pals we've long been rated,
So why should resign?
when you decide to name me.
Publicity's my due.
Oblivion might claim me,
II 1t were not for you.
Since your careers depending,
Friend Rumor, upon mine.
I would not seek its ending
BY trying to resign
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The Cofee-pot,

The teapot, literally speaking, and
the coffee-pot are objects Of rude at
tack. Hudson Maxim says he will
tea and coffee because they are in.
toxicating liquors. Senator Copeland,
speaking before Washington Bible
study class, advised that ''the inevita-
BILE cup of coffee be let alone, and
said that coffee drinking ''is simply a
form of drug addiction
Tea and coffee drinkers have been
warned before, but they rush past the
danger signals. When Arabian coffee
was carried to Cairo its Use was pro.
hibited on the charge that it was in.
toxicating and violation Of the
Koran. A sultan who had become an
addict to the vice removed the pro-
!; hibition. When coffee got to CONSTANT.
nople it was also charged with being
intoxicating and contrary to the
Koran. Today there are more coffee
drinkers among the Moslems than
Koran readers. When coffee was in.
troduced into England, which one ac-
curate historian says was 1869, and
for which a hundred other accurate
historians have hundred other dates,
the berry and its liquor were de-
nounced as evil. though II chronicles
of those times are worth much drunk.
enness from alcohol was q custom.
There are Americans who insist that
coffee is a poison, yet there are no
doubt 100000 persons in Washington
who poison themselves at breakfast
and, it may be, at lunch ana dinner.
Many of these inebriates say that they
do not feel comfortable unless they
have q cup Of poison In the morning.
The charge Is made against tea that
it is a narcotic, and that drinking it is
vicious habit Ye& in fairness 1t may
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and finally includes some origin
bids of more than one,

and finally includes some origin
bids of more than one.
| @. Is Sevres pottery or a rorce
! lain?-D. P.
| a. The celebrated productions q,
Scvres are porcelain. Old Sevrck ~
| the fost body is the most beautiful
and valuable porcelain ever pr0-
| duced. the earliest dated specimen
being dated 1853.
@. What is meant by the aeria,
image in moving picture projection
i-P. Nick
| A. The aerial image" at the shut
ter location in motion picture pro
| 1ectjng machine is the ilnperfee!
| Image of the light source formed h.
the condenser lenses, and the shuttt
Is located in this position because i,
is the most efficient location. Thr
cross-section of the cone of light Il
or smallest area at this point, per
mlttlng the use of the narroygc.t
possible obscuring shutter blade
screen.
q. is there more money spent for
Tomen's clothing than for mems y.
l. IL. J.
a Figures of MANUFACTURES ot
cIothing show that the yaiue OF
products of concerns turning out
siIEs ,ier one c,ofnes ooe for recent year wa@
amounted to sI,i8409a,000.
Q. What code is used for wireless.
+. L. w. 'i'-'
the continental code and is used for
wireless work alone and is operatea
by means Of a buzZer, whereas the
regular telegraph code is known as
the Morse and is used extensively
! means of a click. with the egcen-
ton of eight letters. these codes ara
practically the same.
| Q. Which is more harmful. a eIs.ss
OF beer or cup OF coffce?-H. G.
| A. The bureau Of chemistry saws
| tnat 1t is diff cult to compare the
| harmfulness of one beverage with
/ another because of the widely differ
| ent effects beverages have on differ
| ent people. 1t says that some people !.
seem TO have an idiosyncrasy which
will result in making one substance
/ more harmful to them than another
9. What is Gen. Pershing's salary
, a. Gen. Pershing has the same basic
salary that Gen. Grant received
sl3,50o. While Gen. Pershing was III
France his allowance amounted iaI
| about $1,000 or more. At present hi
allowances are about $4,000.
q. when did Joseph jefferson first
| play RIP Van Winkle?"-D. H
4. Joseph jefferson first appeared
| in this famous play on September IL
| 1855. His last appearance as Rim
/; occurred at u Saturday matinee, NavE
II. 1904.
| Q. What is a geophone:-Y.
| 4. The geophone is an instrurne n
J invented during the world war forl
; the purpose of detecting enemy min
| ing operations. The first one was
| made by the French and had a radius
| OF 7o yards. The United States de .
veloped one that had nearly one-
! third greater range.
0t you hare question rou toa7lt
/; o'sswered. send ii to The Star Enfa7.-
nation Bureau, Frederic j. Hdsktu.
director, 1920 North Capitol street
lrsciose cents in stamps for return
poStdge.)
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Labor's Literary Cabinet

The labor government in Great
Britain contains. more authors and
the authors of more books than any
previous administration.
Ramsay Macdonald himself had pub
lished eleven books before becoming
premier. Sidney Webb and his wife
have published an entire shelf Of
books, as has Philip Snowden. Jo-
siah Wedgwood has written several
volumes on pottery. land taxation.
India and local county history. Sir
Sydney oliver has published poetry
and books on social problems Noel
Buxton has written books on the Bal
kans. j. II. Thomas John Wheatley
and r. W. Jowett have also been au-
thors, and, of course, 'Viscount Hal
dane and Lord Parmoor.
1t is government made up largely
of laborers who have long been en-
gagged in the work of thinking. For
many years most of them have
been using pens rather than picks
and planes. As writer's they have
been intellectual leaders Of thought
in social problems, and their pub
lished works have done much to cre-
ate the public opinion which has
brought the labor party its success.
But with a certain class of critics 1t
viii be deemed a reproach that the
members Of the government are more
likely to have ink than blisters on
their fingers. Nothing would suit
some critics but that labor, to be
genuine, should present itself at
Westminster In overalls and peaked
caps, carrying dinner pails. This lit
erary cabinet, they complain. isn't
the real thing.
It is. of courhe, not at all the sort
of cabinet the opponents Of labor
would like it to have been. In men.
tai equipment it stands remarkably
high among British cabinets 1t but
remains to be seen how competen
il is to deal constructiyely with
about the most difficult pile Of work
that ever confronted a newly forme'
ministry. Not only are Its problem.
abnormally dinieult. but as a minor
ity party In the house its footing If
ufprecedentedly difficult All its su
periof mentality VIII be lmpefattvely
neeAe6-Toronto Daily Star.
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Endorsement Of James Cox by ex
Secretary of War Newton Baker was
punctual. Mr.. Baker will be q grea:
help if he can persuade all members
Of the former democratic cabinet. in.
Guiding Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Bryan, tc
follow his example.
Evening star., 1924-02-23

Prohibition enforcement has not
been SO perfected as to dispose en-
tirely of the man who cannot walk
straight nor the agent who cannot
shoot straight.
Evening star., 1924-02-23

Question Of craftsmanship arises in
the consideration OF public officiars
right to invest in Wall street. There
is always prejudice against a mans
betting on sure thing.
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All his regal exclusiveness could
not prevent King Tut from yielding
at last to the reporters and the photog-
raphers.
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Occasionally a senator neglects to
express his appreciation or esteem OF
an official until writing a note request
ing him to resign.
Evening star., 1924-02-23

Confidence is expressed by Mr.. Van.
derlip that he will have better luck
with the court reporters Of the nation
than he had with the editorial writer's.
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The average citizen will be content
with a tax reduction without Offering
any limitations that it ought, in JUS
tice, to be made retroactive.
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Now that Mr. Sinclair has returned,
a little deliberation is necessary for
a decision as to just what to do with
him.
Evening star., 1924-02-23

Plots to restore the Hohenzollerns
have been suppressed, doubtless by the
ex-kaiser's friends.
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Pointing With Pride.

Hamlet said, Though things are sad
In this state gone to the bad,
This I'll say for home, sweet home;
Denmark has no Teapot Dome"
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Testing With Serious Matters.

"You Americans often speak of play
ing politics." said the friend from Lon.
don. "How do you play the gamer
"Ill tell you," answered Senator
Sorghum, ''if you'll promise not to
drop your his when you repeat it. At
present we're playing 1t according to
Hoyle."
Evening star., 1924-02-23

Jud Tunkins says a lawyer is known
not SO much by the company he Keeps
as by the company that employs him.