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Evening star., 1924-07-08

are quite as good as those with which
Orpheus OF Thrace. the talented son
OF Apollo and Calliope, who made trees
dance and charmed Pluto and Proser.
pine back to earth. Orpheus, as a
musician, was a valuable aid to the
Argonauts, and whether or not his
music helped Jason to yoke to the fire.
breathing bulls, it seems to have been
Of considerable influence in helping
him to get the better of the dragon
that guarded the golden fleece. Well,
we believe that our Washington brass
bands make as good music as was
turned out when Hector. Castor, Pol
lax and other famous men were with
uS.
For some time the Marine Band has
been ''on tour" giving to Inhabitants
OF the provinces good music as good
musicians play it. but it is now at
home, and soon will IT be playing for
US under Santelmann and Taylor
Branson as in the days when Francis
Scala, Henry Fries, Henry Schneider
and John Sousa led it. Some of its
open-air concerts will be broadcast or,
as the official word is, radiocast. One
Of the charms of Washington in sum-
mer, or one of the compensations of
Washington summer. is the park con.
cert, and we are glad that the band
season is now in full swing, or in full
blast, as some might say.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
The Death of Calvin Coolidge, Jr

In the death of their son President
and Mrs. Coolidge have the deep SYM
pathy of all the people Of this coun-
try. Since the announcement of the
dangerous illness of the lad, who was
SO short time ago in full health and
youthful vigor and happiness, the
keenest anxiety has everywhere been
young and so full of promise should be
attacked by an insidious menace was
univers sally felt. The high station of
his father gave added poignancy to
the grief and fervency of the hope for
recovery. Despite every possible medi.
cal service the youth has gone, within
a week from the first apparently
trihing abrasion through which the
subtle poison entered his system.
In their aff1iction Mr.. and and Mrs.
Coolidge sorrow as parents They have
been deeply devoted to their two boys,
regarding them with solicitude and
pride. One of them, the younger, has
now gone suddenly. Those who in
similar relationship have lost children
know the pain Of this suffering and
sympathize accordingly. Other par.
ents who have been spared such sor.
rows realize as well the deep distress.
In this hour of their affiiction there is
no solace greater than the spontaneous
sympathy that is felt and manifested
by all the people. The President and
his wife, who have lost their son, and
their surviving son. who has lost his
loved companion and associate, may
be sustained in their grief by this
knowledge.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Simonds Corrected on
Article About the Ruhr
To the Editor Of The Star:


I would suggest, through the
medium Of your valued newspaper.
that Frank H. Simonds carefully read
The Star before he writes articles on
Europe. In The Star of July 4, on
the editorial page, was q copyrighted
article by Frank H. Simonds, en-
titled: '"The forthcoming conference
Of premiers and the United States
In this article Mr. Simonds says
Premier Herriot Of France and Prime
Minister Macdonald of Great Britain
are moving in perfect accord and
that France and England will act to-
gether. Also that Herriot will with
draw the French troops from the
Ruhr and everything is up to Ger
many to accept the easy terms to be
offered her.
If Mr.. Simonds had-read The Star
before he wrote his article he would
have learned that Herriot, shortly
after being in ONCE as premier. an
not be removed from Ruhr until
Germany had settled in full the
reparations demanded of her. Poin-
care praised Herriot for this state
ment Herriot at first. before taking
up OIlCc 0S premier, naQ annOunc-
ed the French troops would be re-
moved from the Ruhr. But this was
some time before Mr.. Simonds wrote
his article.
If Mr.. Simonds had read The Star
he would have learned from teie-
graph, or rather cable dispatches,
that everything had not gone well at
the conference with Macdonald at
CheQuers, and that there was a
divergence of opinion between Mac
Donald and Herriot. OF course, the
dispatch said it was only a rumor.
But the rumor appears to have been
founded on facts, according to later
cable dispatches in The Star
In The Star OF June 10 an Associat-
ed Press dispatch from Paris gave an
account Of q stormy session of the
French chamber of deputies In this
dispatch it was stated that Yves LIE
TrocQuer, former minister of public
works. declared that France had
cleared tVo billion francs in the
Ruhr between January, 1928, and
April, 1924, above all expenses OF
occupancy. If this be the case Herriot
did the right thing when he said the
French would not give up. the Ruhr
until Germany paid all the repara-
tions, which Germany will not be
able to do without the Ruhr, which
will eventually fall into French
hands.
Mr. Simonds ought to keep posted
by reading The Star.
MRS JANE GORDON GLOVER
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Bands in the Parks.

The public band concert season is
getting into swing. and the parks are
full Of melody. That is, some Of the
parks are full Of melody some eve.
nings. Thus far summer has not been
as musical as other summers. but this
is the fault Of the weather and not Of
the bands. The metemologists who
preside over the weather seemed to
lose control OF things in the spring.
and the summer got of to q tardy
start. There were offhand prophecies
that summer would not start till fall,
but, as is the habit Of many proph.
ecies, they went astray. When sum.
mer started she went at a pace that
kept the Thermometer busy marking
up degrees, The summer concert sea.
son opened, and the Navy Band and
the Army Band blew and beat out
melodies and hArInouies that wo feel
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Editors Give Approval to
Filing of sSCas" Trust Suit

the suits as grandstand stunts to
give the Coolidge campaign a coat
of progressive paint which can be
easily washed on. perhaps with gaso-
line itself, after the elections" in
the opinion of the Hartford Times
Independent Democratic), but "in our
Judgment the administration and the
Department of Justice should have
full credit for making sincere at
tempt to enforce the law until there
is evidence to the contrary"
Although the New Orleans Times
Picayunne independent Democratic)
admits that it is tired of government
"it is an investigation n
that can only be criticized on the
ground that it should have been made
before, and we can find little SYM
pathy in our hearts for the defendants
in the coming trial." because, what
ever the outcome may be. the actions
of these corporations have been such
as to justify in the public mind the
accusations that are made" 1t is
important to scotch monopoly in
this field" declares the Rochester
Times Union independent Republi-
CAM. which observes that "oil is
plentiful just now, making it hard
for the big fellows to hold the small
er producers in line; yet it is general
ly believed that during this period
when many of the less strongly
financed companies are in deep water
the powerful factors in the oil in
dustry have been reaching out to
extend their influence and consolidate
their position.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
The Real Progressive Purpose.

The obvious hOpeleSSneSS or the La
Toilette candidacy for the ONCE of
President leaves some people confused
as to the real motive behind this move.
ment. Why go through the motions OF
campaign if there is no chance of
success? La Toilette himself has
acknowledged the extreme difliculty-
virtually the impossibility-ofo organic
ing a new party on the eve OF a ma.
tional election. Wherefore the presi.
Dental canvass?
1t has been heretofore pointed out
that undoubtedly one purpose is to en-.
large the bloc Of progressive-radical
the power Of the third-party group in
legislation. But it is believed there is
a deeper reason for this movement in
the guise of an independent presiden-
tial ticket.
1t is to be noted that the Cleveland
convention which placed La Toilette
in nomination did not name a running
mate. That was left for later con-
sideration. What consideration, it is
asked? Simply that the Cleveland
ticket trainers are waiting to see what
happens in New York. If the Demo
Gratis in their convention name a man
who is viewed as acceptable" to the
progressives, preferably a western
man, then the rconference for progress
sive political action" will indorse him
for Vice President.
This is the inward meaning OF such
strategy: In case La Toilette carries
enough states to prevent an election
by the electoral college the choice Of
President reverts to the House Of Rep
resentatives, which, as everybody
knows, votes by state delegations and
are twenty Democratic state delega-
tions, twenty-three Republican delega-
tions and five tied delegations. Unless
changes occur in the delegations af-
fecting this situation there can be no
choice in the House. Meanwhile the
Senate will be voting for Vice Presi-
dent, under a system somewhat diff
ferent from that prescribed for the
House. In the choice Of a Vice Presi-
dent the senator's vote as individuals.
A quorum for the purpose consists of
two-thirds of the whole number and a
majority Of the whole number is neces-
sary to a choice. In other words,
forty-nine votes are required to elect a
Vice President in the Senate. The Sen
ate votes in such a case for the two
candidates who stand highest on the
electoral college returns.
Here, then, is the milk in the cocoa
nut: II the electoral college is dead
locked the progressives, led by La Fol-
lette, may elect the next President by
throwing their votes in the Senate to
one Of the two vice presidential candi-
dates named by the major parties.
Therefore it is that the conference
for progressive political action" which
is the cumbersome title Of the La Fol
Iette organization, is waiting to see
whom the Democrats name for Vice
President If he is a satisfactory man
he will be indorsed, it is said. Then, in
case of an electoral college deadlock,
the La Toilette group in the Senate
will have a party mandate for voting
for the Democratic candidate for Vice
President, who, if the House fails to
elect President, will become the next
President.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
COLF-EVERYBODY'S CAME
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Not so long ago golf was quite gen
orally regarded as a game for idlers
who were too lazy to take up any
strenuous sport and for elderly gen.
tlemen who had been deluded into
the belief that pottering around a
meadow after q little white Pill
might add few years to their lives.
When women began to take 1t UP
IL was even more disparaged by
themselves on being he-men. They
laughed at the idea that 1t was a
form OF athletics and called 1t COW
pasture croquet. They der1ded any
one who took 1t seriously. 1t couldn't
be real exercise, they said. because
those who played the game hired a
| caddy to carry the golf bag and
clubs and chase the balls. which was
the only hard work involved. 1t
couldn't be a test of skill, because
any one could knock q ball few
hundred yards, walk up to 1t, hit it
again and then baby it into a hole
in the ground.
They found the golfers costume OF
knickerbockers especially mirth-pro-
voking. Grown men cavorting around
in short pants!
And this thing of using a different
What rot, A BATS a bat when you
play base ball, isn't IT? You get
one you like and then you, stick to
it until you break II or somebody
swipes it, don't you? You don't use q
dozen different cues when you play
l.gl do
And then there's this business OF
being so polite-the golf etiquette
stuff More rot, Mustn't talk or move
while anybody's making shot. If
you do you get two siaps on the
wrist. or maybe three: What would
batter. try to rattle the pitcher and
bawl out the bird who pulls a boner!
A games a game and not q tea party!
And when anybody gets In your way
you can't yell, Get the hell out OF
there and let somebody play as can
play" You've got to say, Fore,
please" and May we 80 through"
The Hairy Beys Try 1t.
But the day came when some OF
the hairy ested boys tried playing
golf. They didn't do 1t because they
were interested or ever could be in
personal favor to some one who'd
been coaxing them to try IT. or maybe
just to show the game up as the lot
of condemned foolishness that every
body with horse sense knows 1t is.
Perhaps they were q bit chesty as
we'll as hairy chested and thought
they would give a little demonstra-
tion of what regular guys could do
II they condescended to swat the ball
few times.
At any rate, they tried 1t and they
discovered 1t is not a joke. They
found 1t is not the A B c of the
sports primer, nor SO easy as shoot
ing fish in a rain barrel. They learn
ed that 1t calls for something be-
sides bull strength and loud bass
voice They got taste OF Its un-
suspected possibilities. They found
that it does call for skill Of q high
order, for nervous and physical STAN
ina, for mental poise and alertness
that it is at once irritating and fasci-
mating. gratifying and disappointing,
and that 1T is good medicine for
young and old, male and female.
Today's golf is everybody's game.
1t Is no longer-if it ever was
merely a rich mans pastime. 1t is
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Leaders Exchange Places.

With the balloting last night in
Madison Square Garden William Gibbs
McAdoo passed out of the convention
lead into second place. Steadily during
the day he had been losing votes. The
adoption of a somewhat confused reso.
luton regarding the release of dele
gates from their Instructions aided in
the disintegration. The exhaustion of
the patience of the heretofore stead
fast McAdoo supporters contributed to
it. An intense drive by the combined
opposition gave it momentum. But
while these factors availed to push Mr.
McAdoo down below the point of his
previously held veto power of more
than a third, and indeed to press him
actually into second place, it did not
solve the problem of the deadlock.
When the end of the voting came, per-
ceipt Of news that the Presidents son
had died, the convention was as badly
tied up into a knot as ever. OF the
1.096 votes cast sos were divided. al
most evenly, between two candidates,
and 401 votes were distributed among
fourteen others. OF these fourteen
seven may be regarded as serious con-
tenders. If there is dark horse" in
the other group of seven he must come
from far behind in the race.
Today's developments may be mo-
mentous. If McAdoo is eliminated.
through having been pushed down
from his supremacy and veto power,
opportunity comes for the Smith man.
agement to show it's good faith. 1t
has been repeatedly declared that
Smith was being pressed simply to
prevent the nomination of McAdoo,
whom certain leaders have declared to
be a hopeless candidate for the party
to present for the campaign. But there
are signs that since the Smith can
didacy was organized. for this purpose
perhaps, it has taken on a definite
seriousness Of design. 1t may not be
easy now to thwart it. The Smith peo-
pie are pointing out proudly that their
candidate has advanced from the out
set. with few setbacks and with a
final net gain from the first to the
eighty-seventh ballot, which was the
last yesterday, of 1907 votes. while
McAdoo had lost SO votes. Is the ris.
ing candidate now to be scrapped?
So while possibly today may bring
the long-awaited change leading to the
end of the futile procedure, there are
factors that make for disappointment.
The crisis has been predicted nearly
every day since the balloting started, a
week ago yesterday. OF course, the
convention must come to a conclusion
some time. 1t must either select a can
didate or confess failure and adjourn.
Stubborn as are the contenders, there
is no likelihood that the sessions will
last through July. Yet predictions are
idle, in the face of the abnormal con-
ditions that have developed at Madison
Square Garden, like unto nothing ever
before known in American political
history.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

direction has changed. The old ram
shackle makeshifts have given way
to the perfection of mechanical meas
ures and effects. But in all this
mutability one vital, ineffaceab BILE
thing remains-the spirit of the
drama The patronage and love of
the public for the theater grows.
More Imagination and originality are
going into the work Of writing.
Dramatic workshops are being in
troduced into colleges Little
theaters are springing up in a definite
and wholesome influence on the pro-
fessional stage. / see a great and
"Footlights and Spotlights.'' so Sc
rious at heart, so joyous in tone, so
informing and Illuminating. sets
forth the goodly body of works by
which such faith Is justified.
L q. u.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Gen. Hines and the Veterans.

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director
OF the Veterans' Bureau, has suffered
injuries in consequence Of con-
scientous devotion to duty. Although
warned against the practice. he has
resolutely persisted in giving personal
audience to applicants for relief who
feel aggrieved at the rulings OF the
bureau. Yesterday one of these men.
in a moment Of extreme agitation, as
saulted the director, infiicting painful,
though fortunately not serious. in
juries upon him and an ohicer Ia at
tendance. Gen. Hines, with a con.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

The assurance that the convention
would hold nothing against delegates
who decided to be bound no longer by
instructions might have gone further.
Many confreres would have been pro-
foundly obliged to any state that took
steps days ago to break the deadlock.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

References implying q tinge of re-
proach have been made to President
Coolidge's habit of silence. However,
there is absolutely no reason for his
interrupting the proceedings at their
present stage.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

After looking over the list lingering
in the Democratic fray, Hiram John.
son is justified in feeling that man is
entitled to credit for recognizing with
reasonable promptness the fact that
he is not a candidate.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

New York is probably now convinced
that many citizens visit the great
metropolis for other purposes than
looking at the high buildings and at
tending the cabarets.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

1t is feared that feeling has grown
so bitter that neither of the leading
candidates could laugh as he might
have done earlier when the other sug.
gested that he resign.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Where Genius Falters.

What wonderful inventions we
have for saving time" exclaimed the
ever joyous person. "The airplane out.
strips the wind; electricity brings our
messages with the swiftness of light
itself!'
$50 they do! So they do" agreed
Senator Sorghum. But say; you
haven't heard of any invention that
will speed up q convention, have your
Evening star., 1924-07-08

After most Of the caucuses there
was little evidence that the delegates
talked about anything except the
weather.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

The most enthusiastic advocates of
entrance into the league of nations
must be prepared to admit that there
are problems in which it could be of
little assistance to the u. S. A.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
In the Air.

In the Air.
My Radio, Ny Radio,
You really don't appear to know
The value of the fleeting day;
For all that you have had to say
Was voting talk familiar grown,
Recited in a monotone.
AS golden moments fitted by
You filled US with statistics dry
Pertaining to the various states
And their prospective candidates.
My Radio. Ny Radio!
You're holding back the glittering flow
OF talent which to our delight
Would play the banjo or recite;
The lecturer, too, who tells us how
We may avert each earthly row.
Forsake the tumult for awhile;
Let us tune in upon a smile.
Your gentle, genial arts bestow
That bring repose, Friend Radio!
Evening star., 1924-07-08

There is a great deal of excitement
abroad in the land, but it is not being
allowed to interfere with the regular
activities Of the rum-runners and the
opium smugglers.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

A vote is a vote. but friends of La
Toilette would be glad if socialistic
and radical supporters could be con.
tent to ballot in silence.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

When Mr.. McAdoo said he would
never desert his supporters he doubt
less hoped the sentiment was mutual.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

A little extra applause should 60 to
the bandmaster who, after the fifty
eighth long. weary ballot struck up,
"Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be-"
Evening star., 1924-07-08

The new party must take on an ex-
tensive program Of reform, including
lessons in moderation to a number Of
Socialists and radicals.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

BY this time Senator Walsh would
be excusAble for wishing he had moth
ing more to supervise than a nice
quiet little oil investigation.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

1t may be that one Or two contend
ers were misled by the apparent ease
with which a dominant candidate was
nominated in Cleveland.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

On second thought no Republican
is now having a word to say against
the way his party's convention was
floor managed.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

OF course. Alabama has twenty-four
votes. But why rub it in?
Evening star., 1924-07-08
All the Difference.

One little syllable perchance,
To change the meaning is enough.
The moonlight glows with sweet ro
nance.
The moonshine is pernicious stuff.
Evening star., 1924-07-08
Reasonable Inquiry.

Reasonable Inquiry.
When first they played 1.-THE Gangs
All Here
The audience stood up to cheer.
The cry now echoes to the dome,
"Oh. Say-When Does the Gang Go
Homer"
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Evening star., 1924-07-08

Jud Tunkins says it's a grand little
balk. and the man who picked the
donkey as political emblem was some
prophet. y
Evening star., 1924-07-08
The New Literature.

II told my son that he was not CIV
ing enough attention to the classics y
remarked the conscientious parent. IT
reproached him for not knowing the
difference between the Iliad and the
Odyssey"
WAS he properly apologetic?''
mot at all. He merely said nobody
could know everything, and asked me
il ! knew the difference between
crystal receptivity and a neutrodyne,' %
Evening star., 1924-07-08
In July.

We say the day is rather hot,
And our surprise is strong.
And yet we know il it were not
There would be something wrong.
Evening star., 1924-07-08

Q. Did many of our soldiers die of
pneumonia during the war?-G. L. A.
A The War Department says that
pneumonia killed more soldiers of the
United States forces than were killed
in battle. 1t says that SS.6 per cent
of the deaths from disease were
caused by pneumonia
Evening star., 1924-07-08

'De man dat keeps tellin' you every
thing happens fob de best" said Uncle
Eben. '.is generally de one dat ha3-
pens to be sittins pretty
Evening star., 1924-07-08

Q. What causes the aurora bo-
realis?-M. w
A. Scientists have not reached a
definite conclusion. There seems to
be no doubt that 1t is the result of
electrical discharges through the up
per regions of the atmosphere 1t is
known to be associated in some way
with the magnetism of the earth, and
the occurrence Of sunspots has been
thought to have some connection
with it's aDpearance