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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
Buy the Health Seals

II is stated that over 1900 900 OF
the penny health seals are yet to be
sold in order to assure the funds need
ed for the 1926 campaign of the Wash
ington tuberculosis Association. This
IS big order if the sale is to be COM
pleted by Christmas, but it can be
zone if everybody will pitch in with a
will and with recognition of the
urgency of this vitality important
work.
These little seals represent insur-
Rnce. They are typical of a campaign
Of prevention against d disease that
costs the community enormously every
season. tuberculosis can be checked.
1t can be prevented. The work of the
Tuberculosis Association is iuca-
tional 10 the end of relieving Wash
tngtOn Of this menace. and it should
be supported in the fullest measure
by all
The annual sale of these little tokens
which are to be used on the backs of
letters and on parcels is simply
means Of securing subscriptions to
the anti-tuberculosis work. Many gen
erous persons give the money without
taking the seals. 1t is really better to
take the seals and use them, for every
one that appears on an envelope or
package is an advertisement of the
wholesome enterprise of the associa-
lion.
n rfa nd iSt
mas seals to be disposed of within a
week may sound like big order, but
The transaction is feasible. The money
Is needed. Everybody benefits from
the work which it permits to be done
for the welfare of Washington. No
body is immune to the danger. Buy
the SealS-and use them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
The CAPITAL Punishment Bills.

The District Commissioners have re
turned to the House District commit
tee with their approval certain bills for
the abolition Of capital punishment III
the District They say that the object
of these bills lis in harmony with the
Progressive and humanitarian thought
OF the present day" From this judG-
ment and this recommendation there
Will probably be dissent when the bills
in question are considered by the COM
nittce. The Commissioners have not
sounded public sentiment on the sub
.iect by means Of a hearing and their
Recommendation is somewhat of p sur
prise.
There is undoubtedly very decided
sentiment for ameliOrStion of penal
ties for crime. There Is specifically a
pronounced feeling m the part Of
many against any f. I'm of capital pun
fshment. On the other hand, there is
q decided feeling that penalties have
been within recent years unwisely
1ishtened and the present prevalence
y
enormously in life and property is re-
gardeG as the consequence.
on the question of capital punish
ment opinions differ sharply, and if
this measure is made the subject of
hearing by the District committee
Numerically opposed views will be
expressed. The latest action of Con-
gresS on this subject was the substitu-
ton of elcctrocution for hanging in
the District. This would indicate an
approval of capital punishment When
that bill was under consideration op-
position TO the death penalty was
1orcibly manifested, but it did not pre-
Nal1. Unless there has been a very
decided change of sentiment in Con-
Sress on the subject the bills which
have just been returned by the Com
n,I>Sioners will hardly have chance of
passage.
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A Forty our-Mile Jaunt.

Completion of the forty-four mile
walk between Providence and Boston
in slightly more than eleven hours is
the truly remarkable feat credited to
Miss Eleonora Sears, Boston society
woman and athlete
Starting from the home Of Howard
Sturgis in Providence at / o'clock in
the morning, Miss Sears, with two
male companions, trudged on through
the night at rate of better than four
miles an hour. Seemingly as fresh as
when she started, although the two
men were reported almost "all in
Miss Sears tripped daintily up the
steps Of her home on Beacon street
at 1906 o'clock, just in time for a
hearty lunch.
Long noted as a sportswoman, Miss
Sears at one time was finalist in both
woman's singles and woman's doubles
tennis national championships. She is
an excellent swimmer. can handle a
yacht, shoot with rifle or revolver,
skate, and was the first American
woman to fly over water.
Given fifteen hours to make the walk
by Mr.. Sturgis, with whom she had
a wager, Miss Sears actual running
time" as they say in automobile
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races, was about ten hours and twenty
minutes, as the party stopped at Ded-
ham for breakfast. necessitating n
forty minute delay.
A striking illustration Of the results
OF careful. moderate physical training
Is shown in the accomplishment OF
Miss Sears. Although supposedly
reaching the height Of her athletic
prowess more than ten years ago. Miss
Sears. by her feat. proved conclusively
that a well trained body retains its
youth even when put through such
a grueling test.
It also refutes the widely spread be-
lief that a man has more vigor than
q woman. Miss Sears was constantly
urging the boys" with her to show a
little speed and chatting with them
throughout the journey. They. how
ever. plodded YEARLY along. prefer
ring to save their energies for the
final lap.
The forty four-mile walk was. indeed,
a remarkable accomplishment and is a
lesson to both men and women OF the
value of sustained physical training.
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A Painful Pen Let Loose.

Jane, small sister of Willie Baxter,
hero of Tarkingtons classic Seven
teen" described her adolescent brother
as mot liking hardly anything" Fl. G..
Dwight, contributor of an article in
The current number of Harper's Maya
zine. entitled The Horrors of Wash
in9ton," is in Willie'S class, but with
out his excuse. Were it not for the
fact that Who's Who in America"
announces that Mr.. Dwight is an au.
thor, that he graduated from Amherst
sn 1883, and that he holds a Govern
tnent position, one might be tempted
10 think that he viewed the streets
and structures of this city with the
ia indeed eye of the disappointed.
Some of the statements made in his
erticle will be most heartily concurred
in by most Westinghouse and most
Americans. On the other hand, it is
hard to believe that millions of cul.
cured and understanding people are
generally wrong and that Mr.. Dwight
is right in estimating this town. 1t is
tiotrbIv hard to read with equanimity
such a sweeping denunciation of near
" everything in the Capital City when
that city is ones home town. Wash
1ngton is far, far, from perfect, as
every one from President Coolidge on
down knows, but all, except perhaps
Mr.. Dwight, admit it has a good many
good points
II will be difficult to most residents
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and visitors to credit the statement
that among the very few public build
ings which could not be replaced to
advantage, if a cataclysm of nature
were to level everything here except
the trees, perhaps the Pan American
Union" pronounced by eminent au-
thorlties as a perfect combination of
utility of purpose and beauty of de-
sign, may be included; that the only
certain ones are the White House, the
Courthouse, the Treasury Department.
the F'reer Gallery and the palace" OF
the Academy OF Sciences. That is
short list and ~ill bear thinking over.
This author indicates the excellence OF
the appearance of buildings in inverse
ratio by asterisks. OF these the De
partment of Agriculture holds the rec
ord with five: not much quarrel with
his opinion here: but the Library OF
Congress has three.
In this article one can learn that
the figure surrounding the Capitol is
"a monstrous cast-iron eXtinguisher";
that the Washington Monument is
simply the most visible monument in
the town; that the late Gov. Shep-
herd was "a local functionary who
created some commotion in the seven
ties and other brief and breezy char
acterizations of a like nature. When
it comes to criticizing local outdoor
statuary-and heaven knows some is
l,.,I ,,,I -, lN.N,
joShes professions. personalities. in
scriptious and locations. but comes
forward with little. if any. genuine
artistic criticism.
Near the end of the article the read
er is told plainly that Il carlton tower
is the invention of nou-musical PEG
pie and 'poisons the day and harrows
the night" Without here going into
the ACCESSIBILITY of the erection of such
a tower in the District it may be men
toned that those proponents of the
idea who know what they are talking
about have attended briskly and ad-
equately to Mr.. Dwight in other media
of publicity
This sensitive observer announces
that to make a complete catalogue of
the horrors of Washington would. in
the words of Sir Thomas Browne, need
IA painful man with his pen" and
that the hospitality of Harper's can
be subjected to no such strain. The
strain is not limited to that hospital
ity. The phrase "a painful man with
his pen" seems to have been most
happily selected. By the way, Mr.
Dwight approves of the Lincoln Me-
mortal.
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tween those who produce art and
those who love it.
X * * X
If one cannot meet artists face to
face the next best way Of becoming
acquainted is by reading a record Of
their lives, written either by them.
selves or by some sympathetic biogra-
pher. Within the last month several
notable biographies Of artists have
been published. Mention has already
been made in this column Of Janet
Scudders autobiography, entitled
Modelling My Life" and OF Joseph
Pennell's autobiography, THE Adj
ventures of an Illustrator" Equally
interesting, though not autobiography
ical. is the book on Sargent. written
by William Howe Downes, which is
Just from the prSss. This is a sump-
tuous volume with a great many fine
reproductions of SaNSent's works. The
Phillips Galleries have issued several
noteworthy biographies Of American
artists. one on J. Alden Weir, another
on Arthur b. Davies. TAen, of earlier
date, but of continuing interest. are
Mr.. Pencils Life of Whistler"
Royal Cortissoz's Life Of John La
Fargo" and Homer Saint-Gaudens'
biography Of his father. Augustus
Saint-Gaudens. All of these books
help to an understanding OF the
artists works and Of art in general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
Battling Sikh.

The other morning the dead body OF
Louis Phal. known the world over as
Battling Sikh" pugilist of remark
able prowess when in training, was
found in a gutter in New York. He
had been shot twice in the back.
There is at present no clue to his
slayer. 1t is believed that he was
killed as a result of a drunken brawl.
after perhaps disagreement over pay.
ment for liquor.
This man, twenty-eiSht years old.
had remarkable career. Born in
French West Africa. he began profess
sional boxing in 1913. When the war
colonial service and was conspicuous
for his bravery, being decorated by
the government. After the war he re-
sumed his 'professional' career and
Georges Carpenter in 1922 and there
by gaining renown. His success de-
moralized him and he became a noto-
rious character in Paris. appearing in
public with strange pets. including a
lion cub. and engaging in disgraceful
public quarrels and escapades With
the ferocity of tiger in his fight
ing, he had the mind of child.
He was in America on suffrance and
had been ordered to quit the country
on the first of February. Lately he
had been conducting himself with
complete Indifference to all rules of
behavior, and it is not surprising that
he has fallen victim to the shots Of
a slayer
Thus passes a man who has puzzled
many by his strange contributions
He was capable of nothing better than
high skill in pugilism, but if he had
borne himself decently, as do most
professionals, he would have risen to
the top. This unfortunate barbarian,
brought into contact with a civilized
society on low plane, has passed out,
a wretched failure, despite a tempo.
rary success. He brought disgrace
upon the so-called art of self-defense.
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THIS AND THAT


whether he was referring to Maisie
Hennick or to herself, but she chose
to think he meant Col. Balls daugh-
ter She went on:
II will be perfectly frank with you.
/ am here to get that girl to return to
her husband. so that her old father
will not think she Is just what she Is.
Do you think 1t can be done, Mr.. Rod
DIM"
The uncrowned king dug his feet
into the deep Southern turf.
II do not, Miss Rogue
II y Il
Mary looked her regret.
Don't worry, Miss Rogue" con-
tinued Roddin. II have tried my best
to get the girl to go back to her old
man. but she won't"
You have" said Mary, surprised
despite herself.
YES" retorted the man.
What do you know about the
case?"
Everything"
Your assurance is refreshing
Not assurance, Miss Mary Rogue,
simply knowledge"
She looked at him. Surely the fellow
was not such a boor as he had been
back home. Maybe the genial climate
has softened him.
May / give you a tip, Miss Roque?''
"A tip"
Yes, "A tip-you Investigators al
ways like to get tips, don't you%'
surely. if they are straight ones. "
well. when you go back to Wash
ington, have that mail slot removed
from your office door
|. Mary gasped-then realized.
''lou--you listened
Il did-you can't blame me either.
after being kicked out by that old
codger lie did it so fast. l didn't have
time to realize what he was doing"
"A swift worker smiled Mary in
the night.
The band struck up selections from
I'll Trovatore."
But / don't think it was exactly
fair for you TO eavesdrop, you know.
1t isn't done by the best people"
NO" smoothly said Roddin. But
don't belong to the best people
What did you come to Florida for?''
ITO get even"
with whom?"
First. l thought l would get even
with both of you, but then 1 decided
to concentrate on the old man"
Thank you" said Mary. You
because he did something 1 told him
to to do"
II didn't blame YOU a bit, Miss
Rogue. ] had "A drop of liquor, and
acted a bit rough, I'll admit. When l
got down here, l tried to figure out a
way to hurt the old man. and make
some money out of him, but that gal
of his is one too many for me"
"One too many"
Several times. She simply is salts
fed to never see her old man again.
If she knew he was here she would
beat it for Mexico, or some place far
Their South"
Maybe l can talk her around
You might try
May l tell you. Mr.. Roddin, like
you a great deal better this time than
at our first meeting?"
Thank you, Miss Rogue. My life
is an open book
with some uncut pages" smiled
Mary.
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You" gasped Mary Rogue, looking
Squarely into the slinky eyes of the
King of r Street (whose real name
was George Roddin).
"A pleasure to see you again. Miss
Rogue" grinned Roddin. II thought
/ would run across you in Oloikeye
sooner or later"
The man looked a great deal better
here in Southern habiliments than he
had In Washington, where his huge
gray overcoat. crossed with checks of
light blue. had been the predominant
ing feature of his costume.
Actually, thought Mary to herself,
he does not look half bad. Then, re-
membering that he had acted much
like Il boor, she mentally kicked her.
self for being imposed upon by neat
suit of white and d gray felt hat. At
least 1t seemed that way to her.
They stood in the poorly lighted
street a few doors from the cheap
restaurant that Roddin had left so
precipitately after Bill, the pug" had
taken his girl Of the moment. Maisie
Hennick. away from him.
You seemed to leave in somewhat
of hurry" coolly said Mary. her
hands folded placidly in front of her.
The tall fellow looked down at her
and blushed-she saw him blush, de-
spite the fact that his back was to
such little light as there was along
side shop that had been closed up
tight.
Wasn't any use me staying there,
was thereo' mumbled the erStwhilc
King of + Street.
NO. Mr.
''Roddin, George Roddin. Miss
Rogue
The man seemed to be somewhat
humbled. but Mary did not give him
much credit for his more respectful
attitude. Perhaps the swift kick ad-
ministered to him by Col. Ball in
Washington had played a large part
in his Christening.
Il would like to have a little talk
with you, Mr.. Roddin," suggested
Mary.
Charmed, 1 am sure. Miss Rogue.
Where shall we go-not back to that
place, of course?"
THAT does you credit, smiled Mary.
Lets go to the park, where we can
talk under cover of the music"
1t was light in the park, with hun
dreds of persons scattered around,
many of them white haired, all listen
ing to the big band. There was a
noticeable absence of screaming chill
dren.
-hii itilIii hCd ~.
Back in Washington, she said,
the children would he playing tag
all over this park, so that you couldn't
hear a note of the music. But we
didn't come here to talk music, did
we?
What ] want with you, Mr.. Rod
din she continued, with the direct
way she had, lis to find out about
that girl you were with"
'Maisie. eh?''
Yes. Maise. What sort OF a girl
is she?"
Roddin smoothed his absurd, small
light mustache.
You saw her" he said. inspired by
Mary'S directness. to something of the
same order of his own.
Then, with an oblique look, in which
his old self cropped out, he murmured:
Some kid"
Mary Rogue was not exactly sure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17

Public opinion as to the future re
lations between the Republican ma
jority and insurgents in Congress IN
der leadership of Senator La Toilette
covers a wide range, and comment
oy newspapers of all shades of opin-
ion discloses general feeling of un-
certainty.
when the Wisconsin bloc refuses
to be choked into silence" in the
opinion of the Baltimore Sun Gnde-
pendent, lit has both precedent and
principle behind it. But when it squeals
because it was excluded from commit
tees and is not allowed to dictate to
the ajority i'll regard to committee
assignments 1T is putting itself into
an unreasonable attitude. Let It
make its fight in the open as repre-
sentative of progressive Republican
ideas. and leave the country to judge
how far it is really progressive and
how far it is really Republican. 1t
will lose nothing. either in political
force or in logical appeal to public in
telligence by absolute freedom from
party machinery and party RESPONSE
bility."
The position taken by the La Fol-
lette ''irregulars" causes the Chicago
L
conclude that they Intend to remain
and be as irregular as possible" The
Tribune calls attention to the fact
that lin the House they did not vote
for Nicholas Longworth for Speaker"
and that they could not have "a real
place in political organization be-
cause they lack the principles of such
organizations" The Kansas City
Journal Republican, also believes
that so long as the insurgents op-
pose Republican mea SureS in Con
gress they ought to be denied COM
mittee assignments and other party
honors. 1t is not a matter of kick
ing some one out of the house, but of
locking the doors against those who
do not belong"
Some papers, however take the po-
sition that it is good party politics to
extend the olive branch" to La Fol
lette. Certainly" says the Flint
Daily Journal independently, "a Sen
ate that has chosen as the chairman
and vice chairman of its principal
committee the two most outright in
surgents in the Senate against the
party policy, cannot raise very much
the question of regularity against
La Toilette" The Philadelphia Bull
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No Wide-Open Town.

Ever since the mayoralty election in
New York, which insured an all-Tam-
many municipal administration of the
big town, there has been a decided
drift of undeslra bles toward the region
of the white lights. Evidently the
word has quietly passed around that
Manhattan would be wide open" for
the conduct of certain nefarious enter
prises after the first of January. Last
evening, however, Mayor elect Walker,
in a dinner speech, gave notice that
there is nothing doing in that line.
He declared in emphatic terms that
certain forms of .pernicious vice"
which have come within the city pre-
cincts during the past two months,
will be ruthlessly rooted out when he
takes charge of City Hall.
The mayor-elect's statement is I'M
derstood to apply particularly to an
influx of gamblers that has taken
establishments having been opened in
the last two months, and all efforts to
get the police TO take action against
them have SO far failed.
If Mr.. Walker means all that he
says and is really in earnest there will
be some lively times in New York
within a few weeks. That city is a
happy hunting ground for the meta
rious interests" that prey upon the
gullible, the weak and the sportively
inclined. In former times the gam
bling dives were the most secure of
all forms of business. DIR. Parkhurst
did a great deal toward breaking up
that condition, and in the course OF
the Investigations which followed his
personally conducted tours through
the Tenderloin the unholy alliance be-
tween Tammany and the opponents Of
'pernicious vice" was fully exposed.
Since then there has been less fla
grancy of law flouting.
Now Mayor elect Walker serves no.
tice that Tammany is no longer to be
regarded as the patron of vicious liv
ing There will be no wide-open town
under his regime. He makes his
pledge very explicit and New York is
now waiting to see whether he really
means it. If he does, the early days
of his administration will be replete
with excitement. Much will depend
upon his choice of police commits
sioner. He is reported to be still look
ing for the right man for this big job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Political EXPRESSION,

The heights of eloquence to reach
1 surely would be proud.
L could not make a proper speech
To sway the listening crowd.
But folks Of late have turned their
care
Unto artistic lore
And influence is brought to bear
BY music, more and more.
So, when ! have a mighty thought
Upon affairs of state
| shall not heed the lessons taught
BY rhetoricians great.
Attention l can surely win
To humble themes or proud.
III learn to play the violin
And so entrance the crowd.