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Evening star., 1925-11-20

in general, and Mrs. Lansdowne's
testimony in particular, the ques-
ton arises in the mind of a naval
officer OF many years service as to
what the Army and Navy are COM
ing TO when the wife of a naval
officer. who II is presumed will
have absorbed some of the heart,
some Of the soul of the service. can
feel 1t an insult to the memory of
her husband to have the statement
made that her husband would not
object to taking the ship unSer his
command through any weather in
order to gain a military mission"
Having known Zach Lansdowne
since his entry into the Naval
Academy, 1t is felt that such i'm
pllcatlon cannot go by without pro-
test. It is not believed for one
fraction of q split second that
Zach would have hesitated even for
that length of time to take his ship
through hell in order to gain a mil
itary end. The old Navy, to which
he belonged and which he honored,
did not function that way
y x
Rumania is the first one of tn.
European debtor governments to senf
woman to Washington as a membe,
or a funding mission. She is an Irish
woman named Ella NJ. Davis, and she
IS the confidential secretary of NJ
Iftulesco, the chief of the mission
Her principal function is to act as
ofticlal translator for the delegation
She speaks English, French and Ger
man with equal fluency, and under
stands American, because during the
war she was in United States Govern
ment service. At one time she was
attached to our aviation branch ir
France. After the armistice Miss
Davis, who is an Ulsterwoman, hail
ing from Belfast, was engaged ir
American grave registration work or
American battlefields "over there. ;
Ihat task, to which she dedicated her
self with womanly sentiment, brought
her into personal touch with more
than 1000 American families inter
ested In the resting places of thei,
honored dead. For the past three OF
four years the brilliant young Irish
woman has been attached to the
Rumanian legation in London, where
NJ. Tltulesco was Minister Miss
LAWS also accompanied her chief tc
aliled conferences in Paris and tC
League of Nations meetings al
Hundreds Of Washingtonians are
now the proud possessors of the mag
n1hcent published souvenir of the fare
well banquet rendered Jules Jusserant
when the French Ambassador retired
In January, 1925. 1t was prepared
and edited under the direction of Gil
bert Grosvener, president of the
National Geographic Society, who
was chairman of the executive
committee which organized the
Jusserand function. The booklet. 6
beautiful specimen of the tvno
graphical art. is embellished with 3
cover In French horizon blue and con
tains a replica of the gold medal pre-
banquet. Between the covers are tht
full texts of the speeches delivered
there by Speaker Gillett, Senator
Blngham, Gen. Lejeune, Justice San
ford and Ambassador Jusserand Tbt
letters from President Coolidge ant
Secretary Hughes are also included.
Copyright. 1925.)
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dustrial and commercial paralysis, is
abhorrent. AS against Socialist and
even more extreme radical programs
these elements are ready to combine
with the Nationalists. They are cap
italists for whom all conservative sup
port is desirable. But the difficulty Of
combination lay and lies in the fact
that as the price Of combination the
Nationalists demanded the right to
veto all foreign policies which might
make industrial and commercial life
possible.
Now, insisting upon such a course,
the Nationalists have lost Hindenburg
and arrived at the point where a fatal
split within their own ranks is threat
ened. For it would be idle to imagine
that all Nationalists are extremists.
Junkers, in the accepted foreign inter-
probation of this word, men blind to
realities and entirely controlled by
passion. On the contrary, Nationalist
votes passed the Dawes plan and will
be cast for the Locarno pact.
But Nationalist stupidity has. at
least, for the present exercised what
might have been the deadliest peril for
the republic. First, 1t brought Hin
denburg to take the oath of allegiance
to the republic, which binds him and
silences innumerable Monarchists; sec
ond, 1t deliberately sought and pro-
cured breach with him and delivered
to the republic precisely that popular
strength which they had seized upon
last Spring to defeat the Republicans.
Thus, as in France after 1871, it is the
Monarchists who are playing the Re
publican game, and their folly, not
ing their cause.
tSoayx2ght. la2A
Evening star., 1925-11-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The Office Is the average mans club
1t comes about as near being a rea,
club as thousands upon thousands OF
men will ever know.
The man with plenty of money
drops into his exclusive place, where
he sits in a soft chair and retails the
latest snappy story amid the plaudits
of his fellows.
The so-called average man does the
same thing at the office, although he
may sit in a hard -bottomed chair OF
stand up to It,
This conception of the Office as a
club is one that will never occur tC
the man or boy who holds a perpetual
crouch against the world in general
and his superior officers in particular
Until such a chap tries to see the
other side, he is missing a great deal
Of Joy in his daily life. A large, healthy
amount of fun is passing him by sim
ply because he will not get into the
current and swim with 1t.
The Office Club concept, however, is
known to thousands who perhaps have
never put it into just that many words
Every man who secretly wishes his
vacation over is full-f1edged member
Every man who likes his work.
although it may not all be roses-is a
member of the Office Club.
Every executive who would rather
be bustling around than doing any
thing else is a member.
1t is the most democratic club in the
world. too.
The Office boy and the president
are on a basic footing in the Office
Club.
When the latter hands the former a
paper to carry to the manager, the
club is functioning on it's business side
When the president says Good
morning" in answer to Jimmie s
cheerful greeting. the once Club Is
purely social.
American business men are the big.
geSt buffers in the world.
They have been trying for years to
make people believe that they are a
hard hearted. close-fisted set, adherine
to the old. exploded maxim, Let the
buyer beware"
To listen too closely to some Of its
enemies you might think American
business, both big and little, is being
run by a bunch Of Old Scrooges, in
tent on wringing the last nickel from
the resisting populace.
AS a matter of fact, your typical
American business men of 1925. the
real "he-men" of the profession. are
so pathetically intent on being decent
and enjoying life as they go along
and letting the other fellow enioy if.
too-that they gather together in clubs
at the noon hour to do all sorts of good
things
The chief may look like an ogre be-
hind his big mahogany desk. but back
of his Babbitt mask are the lineaments
OF a normal average man, with much
the same emotions and impulses that
rule the rest OF us.
he may not realize II, either. but he
too, is a member of the Office Club
CThe term "office" is used here as in
elusive Of all sorts of places where
men gather together for their daily
task, whether it be in an office build.
Ing, in factory. under a shed, or
where not)
Because the Office Club is the one
place where men meet on n funda-
mental footing, it is one Of the biggest
educational factors in modern Amer
lean life. This is too often over
looked.
Only the other day in New York
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Americans generally, Of both politi-
cal parties, have been interested in
the welcome that was extended by
Georgia to Mayor-elect Walker of New
York on his trip into the South. The
heartiness Of the welcome is recog-
niZed, but whether the friendly atti-
tude toward Tammany man will
assist the presidential boom of Gov.
Smith remains to most commentators
an open question.
AS the situation appears to the Hous-
ton Chronicle independently, Jimmy
Walker is a most likable young man
and a might good politician" and his
quest for harmony in the party lat
least will have the best wishes of all
its members, even those who believe
his quest is entirely hopeless" OF
the general situation, however, the
Chronicle remarks: Just how the dry
South is ever going to hitch up with
the ultra-wet Tammany it is exceed
ingly hard to see. The South prob
ably will go farther at a compromise
than New York"
Recognizing that the claim is made
that there is a new Tammany," the
New York Herald Tribune Republican)
asks: rs there any real brotherhood
between the intensely urbanized, local
lied political outlook of Tammany
and that of the traditionally sectional
and predominantly rural South? Is
there anything any Tammany mis-
sionary can say which will strike a
responsive chord in Dixie, or make
the Northern and Eastern Democracy
Of today seem anything but a strange
political bedfellow? The real test of
Tammany's newness will be the eff
fectiveness with which it dazzles the
eyes and works on the imagination
of the South's fairly hard boiled JET
ferSonianS."
On the other hand, Georgia's hearty
welcome to the mayor-elect of the
metropolis is expressed by the AT
lanta Journal Democratic) when it
declares. in friendly tones: Not until
the man himself stood before them,
straight souldered, steady eyed. a
prince of good fellows, doer of mas
terly deeds, a thinker with a heart
in him-not until then did Atlantians
realize just how he could grip com.
munity's imagination and inspire its
confidence. Atlanta is happy in the
consciousness Of another distinguished
tie between herself and the Nations
metropolis. America stretches from
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blocks, each completely filling

blocks, each completely filling a
square.
There Is something more to be
sought in the upbuilding of the outer
areas than higher profits in the use
OF the land. The Washington Of
twenty-five years hence will be the
better and more attractive and more
valuable financially for a strict ad-
herence to the present principles
governing the construction of dwell,
ings in the rapidly diminishing outer
area.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

@. Is the word Amerind in our
| language?-F. K.
A. The word Amerind is composed
of the first syllables of american
| Indian" suggested in 1899 by an
American photographer as a substi-
tute for the inappropriate terms used
| to designate the race Of man In
habiting the New World before its
| occupancy by Europeans. The use
| of the word Amerind occasioned
discussion In which it was supported
| by some and attacked by others. The
! name, nevertheless. has found its
| way into both scientific and popular
| literature.
Q. Can you inform me what part
of the Friends marriage ceremony
| makes the contract binding?-H. l.. Z.
A. The laws of the various States
provide that a marriage may be sol
| emniZed In accordance with the rule
of Friends, which consists in simply
| taking each other for husband and
wife before witnesses.
Q. Name some Of the longest-wear-
ing furs.--M. z.
A. Among the more durable furs
| are bear. fisher. dyed skunk. stone
marten, European fitch, Russian fitch.
| otter, beaver, dOgslin, natural skunk,
northern mink, blended muskrat,
| raccoon of all kinds, opossum of all
kinds, Hudson Bay sable, Russian
sable and wolverine.
Q. Please state how steep the grades
are on the Uintah Railroad.-F. G. NJ.
A. The Utntah Railway, a narrow
gauge railroad 20 miles long. passing
over the Book Cliff Mountains, in
western Colorado, and running into the
Uintah Basin of Utah, IS probably the
most severe operation in the United
States. If not in the world. In cross
ing the Book Cliff Mountains, a
branch Of the Rockies, this railroad
has miles Of 712 per cent grade and
miles of per cent grade, and in
| the u miles between Mile Post 28 and
Mile Post 40 there are 233 curves
| ranging from 4 degrees to so degrees,
an average degree of curvature for
100 feet being so degrees. Special
types Of locomotives known as shays
are required to haul freight over the
| mountain, this type of engine being
propelled by gears, in contrast TO the
rod-type locomotives used on all of the
standard railways in the country. and,
| outside Of this railroad, used only on
a few logging roads.
@. What is lace bark?-C. w.
a. Lace bark Is the inner bark
| Of several species of trees. the best
known being the lace bark tree of
Jamaica. 1t is readily detached in
sheets or layers like birch bark, each
layer being a delicate network of
| fiber.
@. Are green oysters poisonous
G. p.
A. There is d widespread opinion
that "Srennjng" is injurious. The
color has been attributed TO disease
to parasites and to the presence of cop
per. Experiments have shown that
quite commonly the green color, of
American oysters at least, is due TO
the fact that they feed on green
plants of very simple structure. The
opinion OF those who have investi-
gated the matter carefully is that such
color is harmless. In Europe similar
green oysters, called 'groenbarden, 4"
are especially priced, and to meet the
demand oysters are greened by plac-
ing them in sea water, where they
are fed on a species of Seaweed which
imparts coloring matter to the gills.
However, some oysters owe their
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

green coloring to the presence Of cop.
per. Such oysters are grass green,
and not dark green, and have a
Shiny secretion on the folds of the
mantle. These are not generally con
sidered wholesome.
@. / see statements that the Louisi-
ana Purchase cost SIS, ,000.0 900 and
others that it cost about $27, ,0OQ. 900.
Which is correcty-W. J.
A. The original price WIS Sill
100000; claims were assumed amount
ing to $3,750,0 900: the interest pay
ments incidental to the final settle
ment raising the total eventually to
S27 7.267,662.
Q. What forms of insanity are
more prevalent in men and in WON
en?-R. NJ. F.
A. Pollock comments: The psy-
chooses due to harmful indulgence and
exposure are far more prevalent in
men than in women, while those aris-
ing from bodily weakness are. as IA
rule. more common in women.
swan?-G. II. l..
A. The male swan is known as a
cob, and the female as a pen.
@ Is stock killed by packers in
spected before killing?-A. NJ. c.
A. The Bureau of Animal Industry
says that all animals presented for
slaughter in establishments operating
under the Federal Meat Inspection
Service are given an ante-mortem IN
spection. At the time of slaughter all
parts of carcasses, including the inter
nal organs, are given an examination.
known as the post-mortem inspection.
All preparation and processing of
meats and products at such establish
ments are done under the supervision
of bureau inspectors and the products
subjected TO reinspectionS whenever
deemed necessary for the purpose OF
determining whether such products
still remain wholesome and At for food.
The purpose of supervising the pro
cessing Of meats is TO see that they
are handled in clean manner, are not
exposed to insanitary conditions, are
| not contaminated with deleterioUs
matter, are kept free from prohibited
| substances and are correctly labeled
The inspection begins with the exani-
| nation Of the live animal and ends ~
the time the product leaves the estab-
liShment.
@. Does the Mormon Church prac-
tice polygamy?-J. F. c.
A. The Mormon Church disayowed
the practice Of polygamy. ANY plural
marriage is unlawful both in the State
and in the church.
Q. Can diamonds be destroyed in a
fre?-F A. a.
A. Diamonds are not inf1ammable in
air; however, if put in pure oxygen
they will burn at about $50 degrees {.
I'm its efforts to be as uSefuI as pos
sible to its 1f3 900 900 people. the Con-
eminent Of the United states is con-
tinudlly carrying on practical inUesti-
cations in many fields. These inresti-
cations produce results Of great rdlue.
our Washington Bureau is in a posi-
ton to pass on to Star readers the
uGludble Eno1uledoe collected by Cor
eminent agencies. 1t is to the mutual
benefit Of both the people and the
Government to haze this great agency
1Chich brings them together. This
service is free to all. Make use Of IT.
IncloSe 2 cents in stamps for return
postage. Address The Star Informa-
ton Bureau, Frederic J. HGSkin. di-
rector. Ttcenty-tfrSt and G streets
Northeast, Washington. ID. c.
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The Mutt Show.

The plain dogs Of Washington are
giving a show, sponsored by the HUI
name Education Society. In tribute
to the kinds of dogs invited to take
part in this social affair it is called
"the Mutt show" The cast of the
company offering this public enter
tainment will be made up Of such
notable actors as ToWSer. BoWseH.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

| there was published a novel entitled, I
| believe THE Office" in which the
| seamy side of such work is depicted.
| Every office has that side-but so
has the home, so has life itself. To
day we consider only the good side of
it all. One can always read about the
other side! 1t has an extensive
| enough literature.
1 II y r
| Down at the office one gets a nor
NAL contact with his fellows, some.
thing that means much in this world.
Misanthropes, genuine haters OF
their kind, are few and far between.
Most men like comradeship, although
they may refrain from singing daily:
! For it's always fair weather.
When good fellows get together.
| With a stein on the table
| And good song ringing clear!
| No, the average man doesn't go
around with anachronisms on his lips,
| nor perhaps, even in his heart, but
| he does like to meet the BOYS. to talk
over work and play, to indulge in a
| little office gossip, TO pan" some one
| or other, now and then.
Sure, we all do.
! The best place to do all this is at
| the old office, the old shop where some
times a fellow hates to go. where he
| boldly proclaims he is glad to get
| away from on his vacation-and
| where he is nightly glad to get back
| to when it is overi
The proper sort of office does get
| Il grip on man.
There are businesses around this
| town in which men are allowed a
day off" once a week, and it Is the
greatest tribute in the world to such
establishments that many men come
down TO the office" on such days.
I'm just going to drop into the
| office for a minute" says he, as he
goes out the home door. The hours
wear on, and it Is evening before he
returns.
Such is the charm of the real Of
| flee Club.
No workday is all work.
No business is all business.
Few Offices are all office.
There is plenty Of time, in a work
ing day, TO be human.
Thank God that the really efficient
American business man realizes that
efficiency" means more than ma
chine motions. that it includes hui
manity. and the good of humanity.
A little waste motion is good, on
the theory that all work and no play
So the Office Club does not put a
ban on normal human relations. 1t
is pleasure for the president to
swing into his Office and receive the
greeting of the office boy.
1t is a pleasure for the boy to greet
the president.
Bill and Tom and Harry stand at
| the side door, before the whistle blows.
and cool their heels while discussing
what happened yesterday. and what
is likely to happen today.
The arrival of pretty Maisy is oc-
caston for sly pokes of the elbow.
The lunch hour is an important
event in the Office Club day.
Every office has its own customs
and observances. its own peculiarities,
its own pleasures aside from the duty
OF work.
1t is up to every worker, for his own
good. to realize that he is a member
OF what is. after all. one Of the biggest
and best clubs in the world
The Office Club of America.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Americans are reSourceful and
adaptable people. Soft coal is not a
luxurious substitute for anthracite,
but tho home fires" will be kept burn
ing just the same.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Chemists are experimenting with a
view to changing mercury into gold.
A large amount of time will elapse
before any one is justified in smashing
the old thermom and carrying it's con-
tents to the laboratory.
Evening star., 1925-11-20
Available Information.

Have you been to Europe re.
cently?"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum.
why should 1 go to Europe?"
I'm order to study economic condi-
tions"
II can study 'em from over here.
There's no use going to trouble and
expense simply to get the bad news" :"
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Hamlet" has been successfully
played in a dinner coat. Expensive
costumes and scenery may yet be elm
mated to an extent which will render
the Butter and Egg Man" non-es
sential in the theater.
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Fashions and Furs.
To the Editor of The Star.

TO tHc EuItUT Oh The Star:
All advocates of the rights of ami.
mails should be thankful to The Star
and to c. E. Tracewell for Mr.. Trace
wells article Of November II in The
star commenting on fashions follies
ana the tur trade as the cause of SO
much suffering of animals caught in
traps. The good old Stars one hun
dred thousand or more circulation is
sure to hit the consciences of some
of its half-million readers. 1t is
always our duty to speak in favor
OF justice and mercy, even when the
cause seems hopeless.
.---. THOMAS ". CIINER
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Wildcat speculation has perhaps
worked an injustice in overshadowing
the fact that there is a large amour,
of perfectly good real estate in
Florida.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Crime waves are now so compre-
hensive that the acquisition of a new
Black Maria" is mentioned as a
transportation note which may be cal.
culated to interest the elite of the city.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Canada and the q. S. A. dwell in
amity. There is no show Of arms to
suggest conflict and peace has become
a benign habit Of thought.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Mussolini, facing the possibility of
assassination, names his successor. 1t
would be only proper to advance his
selection to temporary responsibility
and give him a tryout.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

The court-martial Of Col. Bill
Mitchell is a grand exhibition Of avia-
ton. 1t has succeeded in putting a
number of people in the air."
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Occasionally an official who has ere.
tired" devotes a remarkable amount of
>time to disturbing the slumbers of
others.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Airships and submarines have had
their day in war. Their record for
peace promotion is yet to be estab.
liShed
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10 the use for reDuhlication of all news dis
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published herein All rights Of publication
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Evening star., 1925-11-20

Economies Of the world are disturb
ed by the fact that it appears so much
easier for nations to prepare for war
than to prepare for peace.
Evening star., 1925-11-20
Feed and Decorations

IF prices higher levels touch,'
The patient housewife means,
"A flapjack soon will cost as much
AS gold or precious stonesv'
Evening star., 1925-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
on the Man.

In Lazyville the horses go
Upon their way, sedate and slow.
Around the old post office stands
The man with leisure on his hands.
The town policeman sits around,
For no offenders has he found;
Except, perhaps. 81 Simlin's dog
Who lies as still as any log
And could be taken up for crime
Because he's parking overtime.
wake Up Wake Up.' the old CLOCK
sings,
And think of more important things
Remember, the electric spark
Speeds us by daylight and by dark.
Life has a new and swifter thrill.
There's no such place as Lazyville"
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Meeting q Dilemma.

Meeting q Dilemma.
Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton, "if
1 were to run for office would you
vote for me?''
mo, Leonidas."
Then you would work against me?''
mo, Leonidas. I'd merely retire
from politics and avoid any argument
as to whether love my husband or
my country"
Evening star., 1925-11-20

The King of Italy is indebted to
Mussolini for plenty of time in which
to play golf.
Evening star., 1925-11-20

Jud Tunkins says an envious friend
may be a heap more dangerous than
a cold -blooded enemy.
Evening star., 1925-11-20
Great Expectancy.

When Congress comes again to act
Well all rejoice, because
We may perhaps forget the fact
That there's no Santa Claus.