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Evening star., 1925-11-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLIAM VILE.

years ago he founded Corriere
d America, an illustrated daily tab
loid newspaper in New York, which
already has a circulation of more than
10000 among Manhattan Islands $780,
600 sons and daughters of Italy Bar
zini participated in the celebrated
Paris-to-Peking automobile flight
around the world in 1907. Previously
he had covered" the Russo-Ja panese
war During the World War he was
1taly's foremost correspondent with
his country's armies.
America 8 second woman diplomat
Miss Pattie H. Field, has just taken
up her duties abroad, as vice consul at
the United States consulate general
at Amsterdam. Miss Lucille Atcherson,
now at the legation in Switzerland,
was the first woman Uncle Sam ever
sent to foreign diplomatic post. Miss
Field is the first of her sex to be sta
toned at consular post. A petite and
pretty young Coloradan, she ran true
to the form said to be typical of her
kind by getting what she wanted. In
the midst of her examinations for the
foreign service, Miss Field was asked
what country she would choose to
serve in, If she had her choice, and
why. THE Netherlands" she promptly
rejoined. because it's ruled by a wom-
an" That's where the State Depart
ment sent her.
Another "par' of Calvin Coolidge's
days in the Massachusetts Legislature
will Gomez TO Washington with the
Sixty-ninth Congress.
He is Representative Joseph W. Mar
tin, jr.. of the fifteenth Bay State con-
gressional district. In private life Mr.
Martin is manager and editor of the
North Attleboro Evening Chronicle,
published in his native town. Martin
began his newspaper career at the
tender age of as newsboy. 1t be.
came one of his lifetime ambitions
to be the owner of the paper he now
controls. Although one of the young
er men in Massachusetts politics, he
ranks as a leader in his neck of the
woods. For nine years Martin has
served in the State Legislature, and
since 1921 he has been executive sec
retary Of the Republican State com
mittee. When Coolidge was president
of the Massachusetts Senate, he and
the young Attleboro editor became
close friends.
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Senator Henrik Shipstead of Mime
sofa, Farm-Labor's sole guardsman in
Congress, has arrived in WaShington
for a month Of scouting before the
session. One of his first calls was on
Young Bob" La Toilette, for whom
Shipstead made speeches in the recent
Wisconsin senatorial campaign. Ship.
stead was an idolatrous admirer of
the late Senator La Toilette, upon
whom the young Minnesota statesman
looked as political grandfather.
When agricultural relief, which Is to
be conspicuous during the forthcoming
session, is under discussion Shipstead
will be heard from. He has spent the
past six months in almost daily con.
tact with the farmers of Minnesota
and claims they are far from contented
with Coolidge prosperity" The
"omnipotence of big business at Wash
ington,' according to Shipstead, is
what lies most heavily upon the farm.
er's soul.
Copyright. 1925)
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Of slight inadvertent slips Of the mark
ing pencils. The chances in favor Of
correctness in the recording OF the in
tent Of the voter are altogether in favor
of the machine.
In this connection it may be sug-
gested that the time has come for the
adoption of some form of voting de-
vice in the House of Representatives,
where this improvement was proposed
several sessions ago. At present, in
the most favorable conditions, the roll
call lasts about half an hour. 1t may
run to three quarters Of an hour. 1t
has been estimated that by the use of
mechanical voting device the will
Of the whole House can be recorded
within ten minutes. Considering the
number Of roll calls taken in the
course of a session it will be seen that
the saving of time will amount to
many days. In single sitting of the
House often as many as eight roll
calls occur, at a cost Of from four to
five hours, whereas with a mechanical
recorder as many votes could be taken
at cost of a little more than one
hour. This reform is certain to be
adopted eventually. Why not now?
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keen because there is still coal to be
above ground on the 1st Of September
this year than there was within reach
of consumers on the same date twenty
three years ago. There is now enough
six weeks, not counting the stocks
stored in cellars before the strike or
soon after it began. Still, public suf-
fering will be acute, Notwithstanding
the adoption of substitutes, when the
severe temperatures of December are
felt. Many thousands of people are
unable to obtain other fuels than an
thracite. 1t is inconceivable, there
fore, that the strike should be permit
ted to go on indefinitely.
However determined the mine own
ers may be to fight to finish and
however stubborn the miners may be
on their side, the public interest is
dominant, and either through a yield
ing to the pressure of opinion or to
legislative action, this strike must be
brought to an end shortly. Congress
sional action may take the form mere
ly of investigation, or it may go TO
the length Of authorization of the
President to take over and operate
the mines for the public service pend
ing q definite settlement of the dis
pute. But talk of an all-Winter strike
for the purpose Of settling this issue
definitely is idle. An all-Winter strike
would not settle the question definite
ly, and would not be tolerated even il
such an end were possible.
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Voting Machines.

New York tried voting machines in
yesterdays municipal election, and
the present reports indicate that they
were entirely successful in a correct
recording of the wishes of the voters
and in a prompt return of the ballot.
Within seven minutes after the close
Of the polls one Of the election dis
tricts in which voting machines were
used had reported the full ballot. In
one Assembly district returns for the
first candidates tabulated were avail
able in less than half an hour after
the last vote was cast. The returns
for all the candidates were completed
early in the evening, many hours
earlier than it is possible to return
the vote from a district in which the
ballots are counted by judges and re-
corded by clerks. If the entire city
had been equipped with voting ma
chimes the complete vote would prob
ably have been matter of record by
9 o'clock.
Objections to voting machines have
been based upon the possibility of mis-
takes. Advocates of mechanical ballot
recorders, however. point out that the
machine makes fewer mistakes than
are made on the manually prepared
ballot. The ballot sheet in a general
election in large city is a gigantic
affair with many columns and many
lines, scores of names involving pro-
cedure Of selection that is subject to
numerous mistakes. Ballots have been
thrown out in great numbers because
Evening star., 1925-11-04
Binding Lights.

Hearty cooperation should be given
Traffic Director Eldridge by the police
and the public in his effort to elimi-
nate the binding headlight menace,
which is an inevitable result of the
local regulation permitting bright
lights on city streets.
Washington. in some respects, has
unique headlight code. although in
the main it Is patterned after the best
practices in the States. 1t is unique
in that bright lights are ordered for
city use, whereas other cities seek to
minimize the use of headlights in con.
gested traffic.
With 100 per cent enforcement there
would be no weakness in the local
regulation, as a properly adjusted
light does not glare or blind. Motor
list Indifference and lack of police ac-
tivity, however, combine to make this
ideal state only visionary, as it is con-
servatively estimated that more than
so per cent of the automobile lights in
this city are ill-adjusted and out of
focus.
Burdened with law it can never
enforce, the National Capital is faced
with the problem of removing as much
Of the menace as possible from legis
lation which has placed it in this un-
eviable position.
In order to accomplish results the
Police Department, from Maj. Fesse
down, should constitute itself a unit
for the elimination Of glaring lights
which nightly endanger the lives of
thousands. Every policeman on the
force should be allowed to take advan-
the Bureau of Standards for headlight
instruction. And after he has had
this instruction he should go out on
the streets and make arrests.
Two and three cases a week is a
pitiful record for the Washington Po-
lice Department out Of a total of ap-
proximately 10000 binding headlight
users. Motorist cooperation can no
longer be relied upon; the heavy hand
of justice is needed to eliminate some
Of the hazard from night driving in
Washington.
Indifferent and careless motorists
apprehended by the police should be
given stiff penalties in court. The
display Of glaring lights is not a
minor traffic offense. It's seriousness
cannot be exaggerated. 1t is a breed
er Of accidents, a menace to the COM
munity, and an indication Of unfitness
to operate an automobile in present
day congested traffic.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
"Slim Pickings." "

Electlon results, from the standpoint
of national politics, present "slim
pickings." The Democrats triumphed
in the gubernatorial election in New
Jersey and the mayoralty election in
New York City. A Republican mayor
has been chosen in Boston, the first
time since 1907. and one seemingly has
turned the trick also in Louisville, KY.
In the only congressional elections
held yesterday. to fill vacancies in the
New Jersey and Kentucky delegation,
the two major parties split fifty-fifty.
The Republicans won in the New Jer-
sey district and the Democrats in the
Kentucky. These districts went" the
same way in the elections last year.
The Democrats, il is expected, will
take comfort out of the result Of the
New Jersey gubernatorial fight, since
President Coolidge carried that State a
year ago by about $40, 900, and it is ac-
claimed a real feat to reverse this vote
and bring about a Democratic lead OF
some 40, 900 votes for governor. Prop
erly speaking, however, the wet" and
dry" issue in New Jersey over
shadowed all other issues, and party
lines We're smashed to smithereens.
New Jersey has voted wet" consist
emily in recent years. The Republican
nominee for governor, State Senator
Arthur n. Whitney, was jockeyed into
the position of being the candidate of
the Anti-Saloon League, and Harry A.
Moore, the Democrat, ran on an out
and-out wet platform.
New York City ran true to form.
The expected happened there. as it did
in New Jersey. State Senator James
J. Walker, backed by Gov. Al Smith
and Tammany, ran roughshod over
the Republican, Frank D. Waterman,
in the mayoralty race. 1t is nothing
new for New York City to go Demo
cratic. Indeed, a political earthquake
would be required to change this re-
suit. The triumph of Walker is re-
garded as a triumph Of Gov. Smith,
another feather in his hat which will
be thrown in the presidential ring in
1928, in all probability.
In Detroit, in Buffalo and several
other localities the campaigns were
unfortunately fought to a considerable
degree on racial and religious lines.
The results, however, would indicate
that efforts to make these issues of
paramount Importance have failed,
and that the people are inclined to
discount these efforts, against which
President Coolidge and many other
men of prominence in all political
parties have set their faces.
Taken by and large, the elections
yesterday have indicated no real
change in political sentiment through
out the country.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
ARTICLE vi.

Time was when a Government con
tract was the thing least desired by
American business firms. The Gov.
ernment for generations has been a
sharp and crochety customer. Through
cunningly devised contract forms, II
has nailed the height Of more than
one business man to its door. Not
only has 1t been exceedingly hide
bound in its dealings, but its pay has
been execrable In its slowness.
That is the way 1t used to be
but today the tale is different. An
other one of those interminable Bud
get Bureau boards-the Interdepart.
mental Board of Contracts and Adjust.
ments. headed by Gordon A. Ramsay,
a Chicago lawyer, and working under
the supervision of Gen. H. c. Smither
chief co-ordinator, Bureau Of the Bud
get-has turned the Government con.
tract of old inside out, purged 1t of
its iniquities, washed 1t clean and
sent it forth anew to the accompani.
ment of peals of rejoicing on the part
of virtually every private business
agency dealing with Uncle Sam.
Within the fiscal year 1925 this long.
named board. with 80 Government EN-
and wrote final revised drafts of the
following standard contract forms:
Standard form of Government in.
vitation for bids.
Standard Government form of bid
Standard instructions to bidders.
Standard form of Government con.
tract for construction work.
Standard form of Government con
tract for supplies.
Standard form of Government bid
bond.
Standard form of Government per.
formanCe bond.
Since it was organized, back in 1922
the board has held 1872 meetings and
has virtually rewritten almost the
entire structure of Federal contracts
In addition it has simplfied amazingly
the procedure of consulting the vari
Gus laws enacted during nearly 15G
years TO safeguard the Government in
its contractual relations. These laws
for the first time have been brought
together within the compass of a
single publication, clarified by ex
planatory notes and citations from
court and other decisions. and made
both homogeneous and intelligible tC
the laymen in the Government ser,
vice.
A notable illustration Of what this
work has accomplished in the way OF
simplifying Government business is
afforded by the story of the deal be
tween the Government and private
contractors to build the so-Called Navy
for the Coast Guard. Let the admiral
of the Coast Guard. Frederick G.
Billiard. tell the story. Here is what
he says:
I'VE contracted for a considerable
number of patrol boats-not the entire
number that we contemplated build
ing, because we wanted, first, to get
a line on how they would turn out
When we came to call for bids for
the additional patrol boats we found
that the bidders on the original boats
came in on the new bids enthusiastic
ally and, somewhat to our surprise
quoted us very favorable figures, in
some cases lower than their bids or
the first boats
I'VE feared that some might make
an effort to raise their prices. but
nothing of this sort occurred. Inter
views with the bidders developed the
fact that their relations with the Coast
Guard in building the first boats had
been so pleasant and they were SO
pleased at getting prompt payments
under the terms Of the contracts and
the whole situation had been sc
Evening star., 1925-11-04
''Flapper' May Be ''Modern,''
But Will She Be Changed?

The campaign undertaken by the
Camp Fire Girls Of America to Danish
the term "f1apper" and adopt mod
ern" in it's place has been received
by the public with varying emotions.
There is disagreement over the popu-
lar name for the modern young wom-
an, which pleases many who do not
concede that it has an implication that
that is "odious and unfair"
The prediction that "the death
knell of the 'flapper' has been sound
ed is quoted by the Charlotte OBJ
server. The importance of the Ma
tion-wide effort of the Camp Fire Girls
ito wipe out the use of a term" on
the ground that 1t is "odious and I'M
fair" is emphasized by the Observer
through citing the fact that 10000
young women are enlisted In the
--latest war of the twentieth CEN
tury."
While the Topeka Capital lacks en-
thusiasm for the proposed change on
the ground that modern is a rela
lively dumb word, far from descrip-
tive of the young person, and 'fapper'
has a sparkle of life and character,
if not a connotation of understand
ing and affection" yet it comedies
that 'if the Camp Fire Girls Of Amer
lea feel differently and demand their
rights of dignity and justice, they
probably will win" The Capital adds:
THE Camp Fire Girls, in any case are
to be congratulated. They are one of
the multitude of modern organiza-
tions that now have a cause, boon
to any civic group in these days of
organizing first and looking around
for an object later. They have some
thing specific to yell, eat and sing
for. 1t is no mean achievement. 1t
is a great thing for any ambitious
civic group to have an object"
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''It is fact" admits the Great Falls
Tribune, that the word has come to
acquire a slight flavor that is offensive
young person, but the word itself does
not carry that meaning. A flapper is
one that flaps instead of flying. It
was first applied to young birds that
were learning to fly. But we are not
surprised that the girls do not fancy
the term. 1t does carry lack Of dig
nifty with its use. So let us call them
'moderns,' as they wish to be called,
and the modern girl is just as pretty
and attractive as the girls of other
days; just as good in every way, and
a good deal more independent and
capable Of spreading her wings and
taking a flight into the world than
the girls of a generation ago were"
1.-THE Camp Fire Girls" remarks the
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, "say that
tho word f1apper gives too much the
idea of vain and light.headed per-
son. They would claim that the ma.
jority of girls do not have such char
acteristics. The term does have an
unpleasant suggestion, and It is often
unfairly applied to young women
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Prices have been offered for all
kinds of scientific and philanthropic
achievements. None Of the awards for
serious achievement arouses the de.
monstrative enthusiasm that is dis
played toward the winner in a beauty
contest. Despite the strides of civiliza-
ton, human nature still has its gentle
and primitive side.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Absolute and unqualified peace can
not be expected until the misunder-
standings inevitably arising from a
great war are intelligently adjusted.
In the meantime the Investigations
must proceed.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
Power of Publicity.

theory?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
II don't know anything about it, but
Shakespeare evidently has the most
friends. What's the use of fighting a
man who has his name on all the bill
boards?"
Evening star., 1925-11-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON.

Music.
A ton of coal
On the cellar floor
/ heard it roll
With a romping roar.
The phonograph
And the radio
Aroused a laugh
Mid melodic flow.
But my weary soul
Was delighted more
BY that ton Of coal
On the cellar floor.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Foot ball has not followed the ex-
ample of base ball and provided itself
with a dictator" The gentlemen in
supreme authority when an emer-
Sency arises are the surgeon and the
driver of the ambulance.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

whose behavior is correct and who are
charming girls in every respect. 1t is
unchiyalrous and discourteous thus to
make fun of them because Of their
inexperience."
In the opinion of the Rock Island
Argus, however, 1.-The American young
woman has herself to blame if she is
disgusted with the use of the word
'fiapper,' for she wanted to be known
as a f1apper and called one. or she
would not have reSorted to the styles
that have seized her sex in recent
years"
"As a matter of fact" according to
the Bridgeport Post, 1.-The term flap
per- is innocuous. 1t conveys to the
average mind an impression of a sweet
young thing, quite irresponsible and
all the more interesting on this ac-
count. If the Camp Fire Girls really
want to purge the 1925 vocabulary OF
the meaningless and hideouS appella-
tions applied to young women, let
them declare war on 'Shebas,' 'red-hot
mammas' and other obnoxious terms.
They may call themselves 'moderns.'
but the world will still know them as
'fiappers' and rejoice that they exist
I'VE suppose the Camp Fire Girls,
says the Vancouver Daily Province.
will do anything they have set their
capable young hands to, but If we had
any influence with them we should
urge them not to renounce the name
of 'fiapper.' We have to confess that
this name has become endeared to us
by it's associations We like to see
these gay and courageous young crea-
lures, even if we can see them only
through the spectacle of age and So
| phistication and a certain disillusion-
ment with life. They have brought
something plucky and free-stepping
and generous into the world with
them. Youth was always charming.
| but the flapper-yes. we make this
| high claim for her-has added a new
charm to youth. We think of her,
| bobbed hair and all, as of a creature
| of light and color who, for those who
| have eaten perforce of the sour grapes
! Of war, appears as the embodiment of
youth and hope"
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AS to the word itself the Greensboro
Record explains that "it was tardily
| adapted from the English" and was
derived by them from the word used
| by Sportsmen and duck hunters to
describe a young duck just beginning
| to try it's immature pinions"; it was
stolen by US after 1t had been about
| worn OUT; we distorted it's meaning,
| which was not originally fiippant or
| offensive, and now we've about run it
| into the ground by overuse, inapt and
| inappropriate application of it." The
| Record concludes: "F1apper has about
| had its day and will soon be rele-
| gated to the limbo of forgotten things,
| cast into the discard, so to speak: and
| the Camp Fire Girls may spare them
| selves the exertion Of q campafrn
against It,"
Evening star., 1925-11-04

A number of New York's famous
comedians are f1ourishing as journals
tic humorists. AS our civilization in
tensif1es, burnt cork is replaced with
printers ink.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Traffic Director Eldridge can SYM
pathize with the numerous men of
genius who have had all kinds of bril-
liant ideas, but who were confronted
with difficulty in convincing people
that the ideas would work.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
Letting Well Enough Alone.

do you admire Florida?"
VERY much," answered Miss Cay
enne.
Cant I sell you a LOTT"
mo. You statesmen make yourselves
so agreeable that / should regret hav-
ing to replace you by the gentlemen
whose duty it is to collect the pay
ments.'
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Hindenburg tactfully refrains from
strations in connection with Ger
many's old contention that France is
essentially a militaristic nation.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

So little has been said about "evolu-
picion arises that perhaps 1t does not
make any real difference in the nor
NAL relationships of humanity.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
Some Will Be Right.

From the Des Moines Evening Tribune.
Some weather observers predict a
mild Winter while others declare it
will be unusually severe. So now we
can sit back and expect one or the
other.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
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If the Navy Department was de-
sirous Of aviation publicity there is no
doubt that the wish has been abun-
dainty fulfilled.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

The Senate rules are certain to come
up for consideration. In the mean
time the traffic rules will have the un.
divided attention Of Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1925-11-04
Fighting the Cold.

The Arctic explorer grows weary Of
soul
And what he thought hardship
seems fun,
AS he turns from the Pole and comes
home where the coal
Is Seventeen Dollars per ton.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

Jud Tunkins says woman demon
strates her superiority to man by the
way she sits impatiently, but in COM
fort, while old friend husband puts on
the spare tire.
Evening star., 1925-11-04

de longer a word is" said Uncle
Eben, "de more feels kind o. fattered
for bein' given credit wifi mebbe
knowin' what 1t means"
Evening star., 1925-11-04
UnSelf in Biz.

JnSelf III BIZ.
The man who always wants the best
OF every small affair
VIII doom himself to sad unrest
Amid life of care.
It's wrong to play a selfish trick
In any form of biz.
If you get yours. you must not kick
When some one else gets his.