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Evening star., 1925-06-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Early June.
When June breaks away from the mild
Summer day
Which by right we have fully ex-
pected,
OF birds and of fiow'rs and the indo-
lent hours
We would sing. were we not so de-
jected-
We pause to complain while we're
praying for rain.
That we feel like an overworked
blotter.
There's merely one rule, as we try
to keep cool;
We simply grow hotter and hotter!
We once could be calm, when we saw
a thermom.
But now, as the climate goes
stronger,
We say with a sigh as it throws into
high,
We're glad that they built you no
longer
We try to use Thought, and imagine
we ought
To feel like an Arctic performer.
Thought helps not a bit, and. we have
to admit
That it merely grows warmer and
warmer.
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Curiosity and Traffic Jams,

Last evening a hose wagon of the
Fire Department on the way to the
scene of blaze was overturned in a
collision with a motor car. Fortunately
the injuries caused by the collision
were light But a great crowd of per.
sons gathered, mostly in automobiles,
at and near the scene of the collision,
with the result that traffic in that sec
ton was tied up for nearly two hours.
Every fire alarm draws people by
the thousands, especially after dinner.
At this time of year motorists are on
the streets driving about in search of
cooler airs and when unusual hap
pening occurs they flock to the
scene. They follow the fire engines
for long distances. apparently not
realizing that hundreds of others are
doing the same and that congestion
is certain to occur in which they will
probably be caught and held for a
protracted period. There is no diver.
sion and certainly no refreshment In
sitting in motor car In a traffic jam
on a hot night. That is what hap
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Honorary Deg rees for Presidents.

President Coolidge, 1t is announced,
will not accent a. number of honorary
degrees that have been rendered to
him by universities and colleges in
this country. More than a score of
these institutions have formally in
vited him thus t. partake of their
honors, the cerem ony of investiture re-
quiring his presence at the commence.
mept exercises. His decision to limit
the numter of degrees is in keeping
with his gneral policy of economy. If
he were to accept all such honors he
would have no time at this season of
the year for any administrative work
He would be kept on the go from col
lege to college throughout the country
during the entire graduation season.
While undoubtedly the tender of
such honors is a sincere desire by the
trustees and faculties of institutions
of learning to- do honor to the Chief
Executive there is at the same time a
certain spirit Of promotion back of the
proposal. 1t is no small thing to have
a President of the United States, clad
in cap and gown, marching in line to
receive sheepskin under the colors of
the school or college or university, no
matter how large or famous the insti.
tuition may be.
AS a matter of fact, an educational
institution seeking to besoow an hon
orary degree alpon the President of the
United States should go to him with
the honor and not require him to go
to 1t for the investiture.
Evening star., 1925-06-05
No Change in Words of
the National Anthem
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Truly your correspondent. HI. w.
Ellis, in his letter printed in The Star
OF May 20, ventured in where angels
might fear to tread" In his paeifistic
criticism of the sublime words of our
national anthem-a poem which raised
the poet-patriot, Francis Scott Key, in
one inspired moment To q place among
the immortals. have heard the music
of The Star Spangled Ranner" criti-
cized, but never before have / heard
the words censured. President Fard-
ing said: key caught tho inspiration
Of vital moment and wrote that In
spiration into one Of the sepge Of the
ages the authors patriotic
service was an everlasting contribu-
ton to the soul uplift and exaltation
of his countrymen who live after him
TO give ringing voice to such
an inspiration was one of the greatest
services which any man could do for
the young republic" Admiral Dewey
said to me: There will never be, there
can never be, another national anthem,
the Army's and Navy's usage has sane
titled forever the immortal words of
THE Star Spangled Banner" This our
famous hero said before the World
War. In that conflict our national an
Them was more deeply dyed in the
sacrificial blood of the patriots. who
were inspired by Keys stirring mes
sage ito do and die" for their own
loved country" and for humanity.
And yet we have this pacifistic plagiar-
ism in the suggested substitute for
The Star Spangled Banner" sent to
your paper by III. w. Ellis. Why does
not your correspondent ask that
France change the words of the Mar
sellaise" as being too warlike." 1t
contains the words Ito arms, to arms,
We brave" Let US anaiyze the words of
our national anthem briefly. We find
the expressed anxiety for beloved
country. joy for it's victory in battle,
thanksgiving to God for that victory,
closing with prayer for His aid in the
future
'Oh! thus be 1t ever when freemen
shall stand
Between their loved home and the
wars desolation-
Blest with victory and peace may the
Heaven-rescued land
Praise the pow'r that hath made and
preserved US a Nation
This sublime poem breathes the
spirit of freedom from despotic power
II is a song of the freedom Of land-of
men-of souls-a song of individual
liberty, Of the rights of nations. 1t
will endure. 1t is immortal
MAUD l.. GREENAWALT.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

/ Alley cats, be 1t known, are not the
only creatures that have fondness
for garbage cans. Well fed dogs, too
| find sport as we'll as nutriment In
| rustling the tops off OF cans.
! Wolf and Rex are past masters a.
| the art. One flip Of muzzle, anC
| both dogs were on their hind legs
their heads stuck down into the can
| much as ostriches are said to attemp'
to conceal themselves from the enemy
! Wolf got out bag, which he
! thought contained food, but which
upon examination, proved empty. Dur
| ing this examination Rex had pulled
up a tremendous bone, much to Wolf's
dismay.
The latter. however. was a goot
sport, and so left his buddy in undis
puted possession of the find. Wolf
! disgusted, started ON tour OF in
spection. He slid his tan and black
body up the porch steps, snuff1ing al
| he went.
| Turning, he knocked two quart bot
ties of milk off the porch.
Wham!
Neighbors who looked out saw ar
amazed dog looking down at two cas-
cades Of milk, flowing over the con
| crete steps.
| Wolf seemed quite conscious that
all was not according to Hoyle. He
eased himself off that porch quicker
than he had assembled. Rexie follow
| ing, bone in mouth.
| Once in the alley. Wolf appeared te
| heave a sigh Of relief. What did he
care II the householder. stirring un
easily at the noise, was to wake later
to place the blame on the milkman?
| I'VE should worry. Rex" barked
Wolf. Say. look at that big ball VI
| there
Wolf loped up to a hundred feet OF
clothesline which had been left on
another porch. Opening his capa
| cious Jaws, the Airedale started tc
walk off with the ball.
Rex, seeing an end hang loose
grabbed 1t, with the result that pretty
soon the two dogs were more or less
enmeshed in the coils of the clothes.
| line.
1t was good sport as long as il
| lasted, but dogs are volatile creatures
| tire of, and that is riding in auto
mobiles, as all dog owners know
Wolf and Rex, by mutual agree
ment, abandoned the clothesline. II
was now 6;15 am. and much yet re
mained to be done. There was still
| another yard with open gate calling
| All, the lure of the open gate, Car
any dog resist it? Certainly not Wolf
and Rex. They raced in, they raced
up and down, they rolled over, they
fought, they played, they engaged In
dalliance.
Then Wolf spied something on the
porch. 1t belonged to that portion
| of human wearing apparel which
| Dickens delighted in calling the "un
mentionables," so perhaps we should
go into no further detail here since
| Dickens did not.
"Unmentionables" is quite enough
| Wolf seized the garment. Rex seized
| it. Wolf pulled. Rex pulled Wolf
one of the born clowns Of Dogland
wagged his head.
| Rex wagged, too.
The dogs. their feet firmly braced
| one with his tail wagging west, the
other east, pulled away at the gar.
ment, making 1t a veritable tug.of
war.
| Slowly Wolf. the elder, began to
drag his lighter pal. Then there was
| a ripping sound, and the "unmen.
tionables" became unmentionable, in.
deed,
''Woof, woof" shouted Wolf
| "Atnt we got fun?"
"Woof! Woof"' barked Rex. "A
good mornings sport, / calls it,
Evening star., 1925-06-05

along the division when the racing
gasboat Knocked the speed and prestige
OF rail and steam"
This business of a squirt of a
motor beat advertising itself as racing
the Twentieth Century Limited" re
marks marks the Saginaw News-Courier.
brings to mind the picture. Dignity
ana lmpudence, with the majestic big
dog looking down in calm wonder
ment at the snarling little mongreI
going through the motions of attack
NO racing is thought of and. of
course, would not be permitted. Nor
would it add to the peace of mind of
the travelling public if the idea was
allowed to obtain that passenger trains
did race"
Historic days on the Mississippi are
recalled by the Decatur Herald, which
observes that "the fine old days when
trains raced for mail Contracts are
gone forever. and locomotive engi-
neers no longer give reign to the
sporting instincts of those Mississinpj
River steamboat captains who ac-
Corolng 10 tradition, seated a black
roustabout on the safety valve and
threw tar on the fire when a rival boat
slgnif1ed a willingness for a brush
MODERN transportation is serious bust
ness, and fortunately enough. is SO re-
garoed by the men who are in it,"
DelVlng into the reprimand records
OF the Santa Fe Railroad. the Joliet
Herald News resurrects the story of
the freight engineer who, temporarily
IA ia charge or passenger train,
yanked the throttle wide open, and
when he reached the first stop where
train dispatcher could slow his gait
had covered 90 miles in less than so
minutes" The Herald News con-
tinues; When he completed his round
trip ne learned from rough and pro-
Zane tongue that speed isn't the first
consideration of a railroad"
Nothing has been proved except
that the railroad company thinks more
or safety than it does Of speed" the
indianapolis News remarks. The
Providence Bulletin sees no signif.
cance in the result, but ever-ssadK
had good time and there were ~,
fatalities, so why worry?'
The boats narrow ADVANTAGE over
the crack train supports the claim
that the express might have won had
II not been held down to schedule
speed" notes the New York Evening
World. 'Of course it was a motor hoaf
designed solely for speed comments
the Asheville Times in pointing to the
improbability that freighters and
liners will ever equal the LOCOMOTIVES
The Boston Transcript reminds its
readers that "the time is at hand
when the man who wants swifter
means of getting from place to place
will take to the air." The Asburv
Park Press declares the outstanding
result is ito spoil the fun and en-
danger the lives of swimmers, canoe
lists. rowers and amateur sailors" The
South Bend Tribune sees nothing IN
the victory except that a motor boat
Lis swift, which we knew before.
Evening star., 1925-06-05
U. S. Becoming Land
Of Holiday Seekers

Life in the United States has
changed very much since that time
when 1t took the average man 18
hours day and IL months a year to
scrape together a more or less doubt
full living--in fact, we seem about to
swing to the other extreme.
A story was once told on New Or
leans by those who knew that fine
city when 1t was the most delightful
place of residence imaginable. 1t
was to the effect that in New Orleans
one-half of the town was everlasting
ly on parade and the other half lin
ing the banquettes looking at the
paraders. That story was more truth
than poetry, and now we are reaching
the point where one-haif the popula-
ton Is on vacation and the other half
Is planning one-Houston Chronicle.
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Champions of Locomotive
Scott at Car Woods Racer

When Gar Woods speed boat,
Baby Gar ", racing down the Hud-
son River from Albany to New York,
beat the Twentieth. Century Limited
train running on schedule time, it
aroused a spirited discussion of the
significance or lack of significance of
the performance. To many observers
the incident dramatically emphasized
the modern development of speed. but
others point to the train schedule
based on safety and insist nothing
was proved. because the locomotive
actually was not racing.
The dramatic and picturesque
aspect of the affair appealed to the
Albany Evening News, which says
it was an event that made history,
while all the country watched and
listened. Air, water and rail- gaso-
line and steam, We'd down the Hud-
son Valley" The Evening News
continues: THE fastest train COM
while above hovered an airplane.
the details of the race, minute by
minute. 1t was more than a sporting
event, more than contest of speed.
1t showed the progress that has been
made in beating time on the water.
The river that has played so great a
part in the history of the United
States makes more history"
Historic significance is seen also by
the Toledo Blade. 1.-The first steam
boat on the Hudson River was Robert
F'ulton's Clermont," recalls the Blade.
Its time from New York to Albany
was eleven times the running time
Of the speed boat. The Clermont
waddled up the river in S2 hours
Gar Woods boat went down in less
than hours. Until recently no such
speed, nor anything like it, would
have been dreamed possible for a
boat. The designer of hull of Won
derful lines ana the builder of COM
pact internal-combustion engine made
it possible"
Speaking on behalf of the railroad
man, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
asks, What has a high-power speed
boat. outracing the Twentieth Century
Limited down the Hudson to do with
the spirit fused in men and steel and
steam that makes great railroading ?"
Then the Ledger proceeds to discount
the performance in the light of the
spirit of the locomotive pilot Men
say" declares the Ledger, that the
old romance has died out of railroad
ing; that the old loyalty of men to
their craft, their chiefs, their roads
and their engines has gone. And yet
when the builder and driver of the
Baby Cars says it was real race
won by the boat every railroader along
the division hotly rejoins: Race? No
race at all. The old limited can do 90
She's held to a schedule of so. Thirty
nine minutes to the good out of
Albany. she killed time all the way
down to go In on schedule. Racer
The Ledger adds that the fierce loyal
ties of old are not dead, but were
stirred in the breast OF every man
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Departmental Readjustment.


The administration, moving in the
interest of good government, has
transferred the Bureau of Mines and
the mineral statistics division of the
Geological Survey from the Interior
Department to the Department of
Commerce. The executive order,
making the change. signed by Presi-
dent Coolidge, is the second in recent
months issued for the same purpose
of the better coordination of govern
mental activities. The first trans
ferred the Patent Office to the De-
partment of Commerce from the In
terror Department, which really had
no connection whatever with the
business of issuing patents.
The President and his cabinet Off
GERS have set Congress an excellent
example. For several years the prob
lem of better organization of the
Government departments has been
before that body. A congressional
committee, with representative of
the late President Harding at its
head, worked industriously on a plan
of reorganization. which was finally
submitted during the last Congress.
1t was put into legislative form and
the bin was introduced. But that
is as far as it got. The bin will
be reintroduced in the new Cons ress
and efforts will be made to have il
enacted into law.
The Department of Commerce. as
its name implies. has particularly TO
do with the Nations business. Its
purpose is to foster with proper in
formation and advice the business of
the country. Those bureaus of the
Government which have been set up
for similar purpose rightly belong
under the Department of Commerce.
To Secretary Hubert Work of the
Interior Department belongs credit
for the earnest manner in which he
has sought to have transferred to
the Department of Commerce both
the Bureau of Mines and the Patent
Office. In making his recommends
tions he has shown a. wide vision
and lack of petty insistence on
retention of jurisdiction over these
bureaus of the Government which
were thrust under the Department OF
the Interior in the hodge podgo de-
velopment of the executive depart
ments of the Government
An urgent need, both for the sake
of greater economy and of greater
efficiency and better service to the
public, is a reorganization of the
executive branch of the Government.
1t is one of the reforms put forward
by the Republican administration
along with the budget system, and
is worthy of immediate attention.
The President has, perhaps, gone as
far as he can in effecting such re.
organization. The transfers of
bureaus to the Departm of Com
merce were made by authority of
the law creating that department.
But other transfers and consoIida-
tions of equal value can be put
through only after congressional
action.
The great difficulty is to make the
reorganization sufficiently drastic.
Many independent commissions, bu-
reaus and other agencies of the Gov
ernment exist today which should
be incorporated in the major dlvi-
sions Of the Government, under the
cabinet officers. Jealousies and fear
of losing power, existing in some OF
the governmental agencies, are re-
f1ected on Capitol Hill, where the
interest Of good government is too
often lost sight of in the game OF
politics.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

that stern representations to Presi.
dent Gales government may be.
come necessary. although Ambas-
sador Sheffield vigorously denies
that his visit to the United States is
In any way connected with a crisis
In our chronically strained affairs
with Mexico.
James ]. Davis, Secretary of Labor,
is defying the hot weather in Wash
ington by giving shirt sittings
to A. L. Ratzka, New York artist,
who is painting the little Welsh
mans" portrait. The picture is near
enough completion to indicate that it
VIII be an artistic success. Some
times his friends think Jim the
Puddler" tthe title of his biography
has a Napoleonic aspect, both in size
and physiognomy. Others often find
in him a resent lance to William Nc
Kinley. But whatever his new por-
trait in oil turns out to look like,
Davis insists II is not going to serve
as a model for a. beauty lotion, in ac-
cordance with a distinguished ex-
ample just set In another and fairer
quarter of Washington official life.
X y
X,
builder and successor of Richard
Croker as boss OF Tammany Hall
told story on himself in Washing
ton this week. Not long ago he was in.
vited to deliver an address in Rich
mond. but failed to make much OF
an impression on his crowd, a
Iwoman'S organization, because he was
introduced as a mere New Yorker
Later In the evening the news per-
colated through the meeting that
Nixon is native of Leesburg, Lou
doun County, Va, whereupon the
proud daughters of the Old Dominion
lionized him no end. Nowadays
Nixon says, when he has a speaking
date in Virginia, he sees that his
pedigree is properly advertised in
advance. Nixon Is a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy. fin
ishing at the head of his class in
1882. He was at Annapolis with
John w. Weeks. In 1890, while in
the Constructions Corps of the NAVY
Nixon designed the battleship Ore
gon, which achieved immortality in
the Spanish american War.
X y X Il
Wall Street doesn't share Wash
ington's antipathy to the League OF
Nations. That is why some of its
big investment houses are bidding
against European banking groups fol-
bond issue for the Saar Basin, the
former German coal and iron field
now administered by the league. The
issue would have the practical guar
antee of the Geneva internationa,
organization, like the reconstruction
loans to Austria and Hungary, which
were partially financed in America.
Copyright. 1e2b.)
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Controversial Agitation.

Don't you think great deal Of
time is wasted in talking politics?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum
Its absolutely necessary for people to
have something to talk about. And
these days politics is much safer than
science or religion
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Times Revenge,

''Our grandfather laughed at young
ladies in hoop Skirts
mo doubt" rejoined Miss Cayenne.
And their granddaughters are now
laughing at young gentlemen in wide
trousers"
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Dighf1ed Indifference.

I rather like the Chimpanzee
Who sits up yonder in tree,
And never seems to care a jot
If Evolution works or not.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

1t is hoped that the delay in Amund-
sens return is due to the fact that he
has heard the weather reports from
the regions geographically included in
the temperate zone.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Darwin was gentle, contemplative
and unassertive man who would prob.
ably have been panied had he suspect
ed that his researches would lead to
controversy threatening the educa.
tional system of half the world
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Unless this idea q Eidnasing movie
stars is nipped in the bud some IRE
sponsible press agent is going to con.
ceive the gigantic idea of kidna ping
Will Hays himself
Evening star., 1925-06-05

1t has been made plain to New York
by Harry Thaw that there is at least
one farmer who stands in no immedi-
ate need Of sympathy.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

The German election ought not to
be regarded as gesture of militarism.
If there is any man on earth who
should be weary of war it is linden
burg.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

A general movement to define the
extent to which scientific theories may
be taught would make work for the
Board of Education more arduous than
ever.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Jud Tunkins says the plot to kidnap
movie actors WAS mebbe due to the
fact that. the ad manager went on
a vacation and the scenario writer
tried to fill in.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

No amount OF controversy can pre-
vent the Bible from being a means of
attaining consoling quietude for those
who read 1t with reverential sincerity.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Among those most interested in Can.
ada's claim to territory clear up to the
North Pole should be the various ice
companies.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

The rum fleet hovers in the offing,
hoping, perhaps, TO prove that nothing
but whisky will cure the bite of a sea
serpent. asa
Evening star., 1925-06-05

The drought has brought forward
the old complaint of too many boot
leggers and not enough water supply
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Occasional earthquakes render ia
pans problems more geological than
political.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

"A good many of u.s. said Uncle
Eben.. thinks we's standin' up foh de
truth when we's only bein' obstinate
bout a personal opinion"
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Legs.

Though bow legs are well known to
fame,
It's quite correct to state
That bootleg is what's most to blame
For many q wobbly state.
Evening star., 1925-06-05
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Evening star., 1925-06-05

@. What country was called the
Northern Giant"?-L. A. c.
A. This name was formerly ap-
piled in Europe to Russia, on account
of its size, growth and population.
THE Northern Bear" was another
appellation given to Russia.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Q. When was New York City tbs
capital of the United States.-N. D. e.
A. 1t was the Federal Capital for
about year and a half until August,
1890.