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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
The Board Of Education.

The Board Of Education does well
to vote an inquiry into an allegation
made by one Of its members against
another. This matter should, indeed,
have been taken in hand at once upon
the utterance of what was virtually a
charge of improperly in the use by
the president Of the board Of his Off.
cial position for the furtherance of
business interests. Having been ut
tered without retraction and without
presentation of proof, it has remained
cause Of friction and question seri.
ously embarrassing to the board. Now
it will be brought to test.
The allegation having been made in
an open session Of the board, the in
quiry should be conducted likewise in
the open. The law which established
the present mode of government for
the public school system directed that
all sessions of the Board of Education
should be held in public. That law
has not been steadfastly and uniformly
observed, however, the device of
conferences having been adopted
from time to time to permit secret
sessions. Committees of the board
may, of course, in executive session
with entire propriety consider details
Of school administration, as they are
only advisory and not finally deter
minative bodies. The board itself, how
ever, should never assemble save In
open meeting.
In a matter Of this kind, where the
initial allegation has been made
openly, the inquiry should be fully
public to give assurance to the COM
munity Of thorough sitting of what
may be baseless, unjust attack upon
the integrity Of a board member. It
is equally due to the accuser and the
accused that the case be examined in
public session.
Disputes between members of the
Board Of Education are by no means
edifying; are, indeed, deplorabIe. The
board sits as the administrative and
legislative government of the school
system. Complete harmony between
its nine members is not to be expected
uniformly. Differences Of opinion on
matters of judgment will necessarily
arise. Majority rule, however, should
prevail without a manifestation of
personal feeling. 1t is due to the chill
dren attending schools that the board
should conduct itself with dignity and
without personal animosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Last Refuge.

The Last Refuge.
1t is good to sit in a sheltered nook
And puzzle in peace with a crossword
book,
With a mind from grammar entirely
free
Where the words are mostly ION, %
Eat" or "the."
Some words are little and some i'm.
mense;
But you needn't mind If they don't
make sense;
And none of 'em ever sound so strong
AS the words you use when your golf
goes wrong.
None Of the language is near so
rough
AS what you will hear in a drama
tough.
And when the story you read Alright,
Though dull, 1t is never impolite.
There's never a syllable so intense
AS to bring a blush to our innocence.
All, pretty puzzle, you cause no pain.
You're stupid, perhaps; but you're not
profane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
The Philatelic Society.

The Washington Philatelic Society
has announced that it will have a.
clubhouse, or, more properly, a club
room, down town, where the mem
bers may meet to talk over stamp
collection, and exchange stamps and
hold auctions" A stamp exhibition
will be held by the society in the
Washington Public Library during
the week beginning January 90.
Many people will feel a thrill of
Joy that the Washington Philatelic
Society is prosperous and growing.
Philatelists are those who love hostage
stamps. The work of collecting.
identifying and classifying stamps has
come to the degree of a science and
the collectors have reached the place
of scientists. Tens of thousands of
us might have been scientists in this
sphere of learning, having had the
youth and enthusiasm, but somehow
the enthusiasm waned and other
things called from the happy and alb
sorbing work of hunting, trading and
pasting postage stamps.
Not long ago these gray scientists
were as most other boys and girls.
They were not philatelists, but plain
and busy stamp collectors. Some of
them were called pests by staid and
pompous people who had outgrown
youth. When it was learned in the
neighborhood that. some one had re-
ceived a letter from a relative abroad
the house of the neighbor was be-
sieged to get the stamp. Most likely
it had already been promised. Bitter
disappointment, but not discourage
ment! Knowing that a friend in the
neighborhood had relative in Italy
or Russia, the postman or the clerk
in the substation was waited on, in
terviewed and cross-examined and a
watch kept on the neighbor that no
cancelled postage stamp might es-
cape.
of1csaaxere visited and requests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
The District in Congress,

Agreement between the District
committees Of the House and Senate
upon a program Of local legislation
for this session will greatly facilitate
work. The committees are now con-
ferring and it is expected that a list
of bills to be pressed for action will
be made and that it will lead to the
adoption of a schedule with assurance
Of time in both houses for considera-
ton. House Leader Longworth at the
beginning of the session stated that
the District would be given it's full
allotment of time during the session
if bills were presented in season by
the District committee that would not
lead to protracted debate. In the
Senate, though there is no special
allotment of time for local legislation,
it has always been possible to secure
consideration of meritorious measures.
1t can hardly be expected that all
of the worthy propositions of moment
to the District that are pending be.
fore the committees will be adopted
without debate. On some of them,
indeed, there is a pronounced differ.
ence Of opinion. Even with favorable
reports from committee they are SUBJ
iect to attack, especially in the House
by members OF the committee. The
District should not be put upon the
basis OF getting only that legislation
against which no objection is raised.
In the House OF Representatives
heretofore District day. has been
an occasion Of slim attendance and
often has been marked by the inter
lection of extraneous matters. Much
of the time has been taken in the dis
cussion of politics at large, Of eco
nomic questions OF all sorts Of topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Democrats Debate In Senate
Brings Election Post-Mortem


When Senators Pat Harrison Of Mis-
stssippi and William Cabell Bruce of
Maryland, representing rather widely
separated shades of Democratic opin-
ion, crossed swords as to Democratic
principles recently in the United
States Senate they brought forth
great line of diagnosis of 'the Gil
ness" of the Democratic party. Ed
itors, both Democratic and Republican
as well as the middle ground indie
pendents, seem to agree that the ill
ness" is to be admitted.
Referring to Senator Harrison's the
DRY that the party wasn't ready to
accommodate itself to the progressive
agrarianism Of 1924" the New York
World Independent Democratic) says:
The business of the Democratic par
ty is to decide how far IL will go
with agrarian progressivism to win
the La Toilette votes. Senator Bruce
presumably, would go nowhere. SEN
ator Harrison, apparently, would go
anywhere. To decide how far to go,
what else can hope to win those
votes and what the effect of win
ming them would be upon the integ
rity of the Democratic party as it
now exists is the present problem
of the party" In the opinion of the
Atlanta Constitution Oemocratic),
"One Of the many troubles of the
Democratic party is there are so
many self-appointed leaders, who
assume unto themselves, and each for
himself, the right to speak for the
party, that it is like a mutinous crew
at sea with the only pilot aboard
ship chained in the brig. Senator
Bruce does not assume to speak as a
leader, but because he refuses to fol-
hI1S Of
and woolly Northwest is no good
reason why he should be tainted
with disloya1ty. Measured by the
articles of party faith, he is an ultra
fundamentalist."
X X X K
"It may be futile" declares the
New York Times Independent Demo-
cratic), "to revive the ancient doc
trine Of State rights, now that so
few of them are left, but a Southern
Democrat who gives them more than
an occasional lip-service is a well
come rarity. The notion that the
Government Is nothing but a great
wet nurse possesses all parties. In
the Democratic party it is a gro
tesque and abhorrent excrescence.
The fatal error of the Democrats in
this Congress, however, was that, in
consonance with the invariable bad
JUG h0HI Oh MT. bTydH, Lnty ceased
to be Democrats" The Baltimore
Evening Sun Independent Democrat
lic) sees II this way: when Senator
Bruce stated that the Democratic par
ty has lost the publio's confidence.
that was a fact. When he attributed
1t to a departure from such funda-
mental doctrines as State rights
and non-paternalistic Government
that was another fact Hard facts, to
l. ID
for the Pat Ha-risons, who have made
over the Democratic party into a hy-
|,brid thing as much Republican as
Democratic. Such may fuss and fume
and fret, if they will. at the utter
ance of the truth, but enough citi-
zens of the republic agreed with Sem
atog BxpceA diagnosis OF tina party;s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Demonstration Favored.

DO you favor quiet Inaugural
tion?"
NO" said Senator Sorghum. "I'd
rather enjoy seeing a great big public
sensation based ON something that
isn't in the nature of an investiga-
tion.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

disease at the last election to give the
Republican party the greatest ma
jority in its history"
The Louisville Courier-Journal Demo
cratic) says: Particularly timely was
Mr.. Bruce's warning that Southern
Democrats should cease looking toward
Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota and
South Dakota for inspiration and
guidance. In that observation is packed
suggestively a vast deal of political
philosophy, for it not only hints the
tragedies of the Democratic party's
history since 1896, but warns against
their repetition" The Brooklyn Eagle
independent Democratic) optimfstical-
ly remarks: Defeat in one or two
elections-even overwhelming defeat
does not crush a party. We must al
ways have an opposition if decent gov
eminent is to be maintained That
orportunism viii control both the party
In power and the party out Of power
is reasonable prediction"
ct was when the revenue bill was
before Congress that the Democrats
forfeited whatever respect remained
for it." says the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times Republican, There was not
much left tits true, for the country
had been disguised ere that with the
party's Investigations which proved
devoid of the sense of justice that is
indispensable in those who would sue
cessfully govern" In the opinion Of
the Minneapolis Tribune (Repub-
lican): Senator Bruce put his finger
son the weak spot of his party in 1924
in saying its representatives in the
New York convention mounted the
party on two horses going in opposite
directions The party was not great
~ relieved of its responsibility by
the fact that Mr.. Davis stood for this
equestrian staging for campaign pur-
poses" The Democratic party, thinks
the Springfield, Mass, Union Gre
pubIican), Sooner or later, must
make a decision as to how it will
regain its lost prestige and vigor"
The Union adds: Senator Ashurst
of Arizona considers Senator Bruce
no diagnostician, and certainly Sen
ator Harrison looks at him with dis
favor. 1t may be suspected, how
ever, that Senator Bruce is the
wisest speaker In the Democratic
party at the present time, but wis
dom, as always, seems about to be
left alone"
The Independent Kansas City Times
says: Senator Bruce refused to enter
into combinations with the radical
bloc in the last session of Congress
in order to obstruct the administra-
tons program. Senator Harrison
was keen for the combination, and IL
the future direction of the party is
to be toward absorbing the third
party following. Mr.. Harrison doubt
less will be leader IN the movement.
If the swing should be toward JEFF
fersonian standards with the purpos e
! of contesting conservative support
with the Republicans, Senator Bruce
would figure in the applica ton of
such a policy. The moro probablel
course is toward fadicalisnl. Whether
the most influential counselorS of
tho party will permit it to go far
enough to satisfy the third partyT
kspokesman La q question:"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Prohibition will not be regarded as
satisfactorily enforced until the charge
driving while intoxicated" is perma.
nently eliminated from the police rec
ords.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

The demands of postal workers for
better pay will no doubt come up
again. They have at least had the
benefit of interesting and enlighten-
ing publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

There will be other billiards.. The
present experience, one frequently
known in the past, should at last
serve to establish a policy of pre-
paredness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

France is the artist nation of the
world; but not SO artistic as to be
always impractical and unbusiness-
like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

1t is usually necessary for the real
city of Washington, D. c., to go to
some small far-away town to learn
about the gay and reckless night life
of the Nations Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

So far as pay increase is concerned
the big Christmas tree near the White
House, did not mean a thing to the
postal employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Economy is a subject strong in at.
tention the world over. Disarmament
fairly and effectually provided for
would represent a colossal item in
that line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Extra Help Wanted.

A sun a thousand times more hot
than ours
In distant space does glow.
Would we could borrow it for several
hours
Each time we have a snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Discredited Proverb.

Everything comes to him who
waits
eyes," answered Cactus Joe; "but
the rules Of the game don't permit
you to hang onto a bobtail flush
forever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Jud Tunkins says man who
always says just what he thinks is at
a terrible disadvantage in converse
ton with a traffic coop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Restraint,

Though nations owing cash may fret,
Their future may be bright
Who find themselves too much in debt
To start another fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

The Evening Star with the Sunday morning
EDITION, Is delivered by carriers within the
city at so cents per month; daily only, 40
cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per
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phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car
tlers at the end of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
Ancestral Wisdom.

A monkey SHES at alcohol,
With sentiments astute.
heard a bootleg victim call,
"Why did I evoluter'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Economy ain gineter help you
much,'' said Uncle Eben, eff you is
simply savin' up yoh money fob de
next crap game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

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Business Office, 18th ST. and Pennsylvania Ave.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

WASHING TON, D. C.
THURSDAY. 80. January 8, 1925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. Was Covent Garden ever writ
ten Convent Garden?-C. p. G.
A. Covent Garden is a corrupted
form of Convent Garden, and was
originally the garden of the Abbott
of Westminster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. What makes the frost pictures
appear on window panes2-F. ]. D.
A. When the air in a room has 8
dew point below freezing tempera>-
ture then the moisture is deposited
on the window pane directly in the
! form of spiculae or slender prisms OF
ice, and it is under these circum-
stances that the most delicate frost
figures are formed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. How do Christmas waits dress
in England?-H. M c.
A. Nowadays these Christmas sere-
naders do not appear in costume. In
olden times they wore blue gowns
with red sleeves and caps and a silver
collar or chain about the neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

@. Why is the Sargasso Sea so filled
with seaweed?-M NJ. w.
A. The Sargasso Sea is almost the
resting center of the whirl of the
ocean currents in the North Allan
tic. The seaweed comes from dis
tant shores where it has been
wrenched off by the force of the cur
rents. There are four other great
weed-hampered areas of little mo-
ton besides the Sargasso Sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. VIII all State Legislatures be in
| session this Winter?-C. S.
A. During 1895 the Legislatures of
AZ out of the 48 States will be in SEES
sion regularly, and 1t is possible that
extra or special sessions will be held
| in others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. Shortly after putting a new fire
into locomotive a terrific rumbIinp
results. What causes this?|, V s.
A The Bureau of Mines saws that
the rumbling is due to the volatile
matter in coal which is drawn off as
gas. This gas burns rapidly or ex-
pTodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

T. is there difference between
consumption and tuberculosis
H. E.
A. Consumption is an old-fashioned
word which was used for the late
stage of tuberculosis when the pa
tent was wasting away or being con-
sumed, and was confined to this dis
ease of the lungs. Tuberculosis
nowadays does not mean what con-
sumption used to mean, because the
doctors usually make the diagnosis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Each time we have a snow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

Q. Why is it believed that the life
on Mars, if there is life there, is more
advanced than that on the earth?-
A. w. p
A The basis of this belief is that
Mars is smaller than the earth and
must have cooled it's surface millions
Of years before the earth did. Hence,
If there is life on Mars it must have
begun long before life on the earth
and would have had far longer
period of deYelonment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08


OF the 80 paintings in this collec-
ton only 8, apparently, have passed
from the ownership of the artist.
Two are owned by the Corcoran CAL
lery of Art, one by c. c. Glover, the
president of the gallery; the others
by private individuals whose names
are practically unknown here in
Washington. But as we are judged
by art, rather than arts judges,
what credit this reflects upon these
persons critical sense, what distinc-
ton accrues to them through dis
elimination in purchase. Happily,
there is an increasing number of per-
sons throughout the United States
who are unostentatiously acquiring
precious works of art from cotem-
porary painters, not because they are
told they are good, nor on account
of the prizes and awards which the
painter has won, nor IN the hope that
they are making a good investment,
but because of a real love of art and
a desire to take into their homes and
live with thinEs Of beauty
, 1925-03-19

Order for Hatfield No. 2 Oil Co. Stock
To Hatfield No. 2 Oil Company,
Rawlins, Wyoming.
Gentlemen:
l herewith enclose ch~eck--money ORDER for -
for which please issue in my name-
shares OF the stock Of the Hatfield No. 2 Oil oompanv.
the same being fully paid and worcestershire.
Address --
, 1925-03-19

371O Feet of SiX-lnch Casing has just
been landed through the Second Wall
Creek Sands and drilling was resumed
Tuesday
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-07-04
LAUNDRY BURNS
 TO GROUND

On Tuesday evening the building occupied by the McCar thy Laundry Was totally destroy ed by fire which started in one of the upper rooms used a> a bedroom and when noticed had had such a start that all hope of saving the building was aban dpned.
 The origin of the fire is unknown and Was first noticed by the children who observed flames and smoke coming from the window On the side facing ths street. The alarm was imm ediateIy given out and the whole town turned out to lend assist ance. It was soon seen that 1t vas useless to attempt to save the building and attention was turned to saving nearby build ingS. Bucket brigAdes kept wat CT pouring on the roof of the hoosegaw, R. l.. H. MarshalIs store and L. H. WoOdman's hou SC and prevented sparks from getting started into flame. It at one time that the jail was doomed but persistent effort saved it.
 The laundry building was owned by Chas. Veach of the Bonanza Mine, Kennecott and was partly covered by insurance.
 The sym pathy of the community is extended to John Fujitani and Kay Wada, propriet ors of the laundry, who lost all their personal effects in the fire as well as having their business
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-07-04
MCCARTHY !N
 GALA ATTIRE

As the big FouBth q ,wns our town has blossomed forth Ill full holiday rey1iia. Flags and tIicolor float everywhere ard the prospect of fine weather for the outdoor sports; gives prom ,se et d big day.
 A fine program has been arranged with a baseball game between Kennecott and McCnr thy as d headliner. There are con tests for everyone, old and you ng with big dance in the A. B. Hall to cap it off. Come out and be young again for a day.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-07-04

The scheduled ball game between Kennecott and McCar thy was played at Kennerott last Saturday despite dull and Wet weather. It was a great game for kennecott but McCar thy is keeping rather quiet about it. An adding machine WAS rushed down from the off Ice to keep track of the score.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-07-04
CARD OF THANKS

Kay Wada and John Fujitani wish to tender their. thanks to all who worked so hard to save their property in the fire on Tuesday.