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Evening star., 1925-12-13
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Representative Alben Barkiey of Pa
ducah, KY, and that he heard II
while touring the Blue Grass coun-
try recently.
In any event, it seems tnat a
stranger, driving down a lonely Ken
lucky road, saw q big wild cat dash
across the highway In front OF him
and leap through the open window
OF a farmhouse. At The same moment
he saw the faT.Irr ~Sorkfng in a deht
a short distance away, Whipping UP
his horse, he excitedly accosted the
farmer.
rs that your house?" he breath
less!y inquired.
Guess it is" drawled the man Of
the soil.
rs your wife in the kitchen7'
Ought to be-" said the farmer.
"Then hurry home, man. and see
what you can do. ! just saw wild
cat leap through the kitchen window
That so?" asked the farmer.
Yes, man; hurry, hurry"
farmer, was anybody chasing that
wild cat?'
He went through that windo~ O.
his own free will and accord?''
Yes" replied the now thoroughly
puzzled stranger.
Then let him defend himself" con-
cluded the farmer as he returned
contentedly to his taska.
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Robert w. Shingle of Honolulu. tre
esteemed Republican national con--
mitteeman from the Hawaiian L.
lands, has been a Washington visitor
the past week, paying his annual or
semi-annual visits to the White
House, the Capitol and all the Gov
ernment departments. He has been
accompanied by Mrs. Shingle, but all
the little Shingles were left under
the parental roof back at Honolulu,
and so there is to be a hurried trip
home for Christmas
Now it is all very well for a pop
ular fellow to be known far and
wide as Bob Shingle, but in the~e
days and times Mrs. Bob Shingie hts
| her trials and tribulations:
1T is simply impossible for me 20
| make sane appointment with a
| hairdresser." she conf1ded to some OF
her friends in Washington. Il call
| up for q shampoo or a marcel and
| when l get there 1 find myself down
! for bob or 'shingle.' l wish the
! get new names for them
| Some one suggested TO Mrs. ShinglH
| that she might join the Lucy Stonc
| League. made up of women who re
| fuse TO give up their maiden names
! after marriage, but Mrs. Bob says
| she is too fond Of her husband and
! of all those little Shingles back home
| for anything of that sort.
tCOpyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-12-13
A Bard of Public Welfare.

Representative Zihlman, chairman
OF the House District committee, has
:-rtrnduced a bill at the request of the
Commissioners which should have
early and favorable consideration. 1t
proposes the creation of u board of
public welfare for the District to exer
else supervision and control over a
number of local institutions now scat
tered under several jurisdictions, and
TO replace three existing bodies, the
Board of Charities, the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians and the board o.
School for Girls.
This measure is one of the recon-
nendations of a public welfare COM
mission named several months ago by
the Commissioners to make a study
of the local situation and to propose
such legislation as it deemed desirable
and necessary. That commission.
after a thorough examination of CON
dittons affecting the loc.l charities
and correctional institutions, deter
mined that the consolidation of ad-
Yisory and administrative authority
over these organizations and estab-
lishments should be effected through
the enactment of such a measure as
that which has just been submitted. 1t
held hearings at which all the insti-
tutions were represented and a plan
OF consolidation was finally worked
out which met the wishes and objec-
tions Of all.
1t is highly desirable, from the point
Of view Of efficiency of management
and control that these various local
welfare institutions should be brought
under d single organic BODY of admin.
istration. while leaving TO each its
own individual field of service. In
some cases the supervision has been
vested in volunteer organizations. In
others the Board of Charities has
exercised control, under the statutes.
The proposed board of public welfare
will be, in effect, an expanded Board
of Charities, with enlarged scope Of
activity and authority. The plan has
from the outset had the warm ap-
pruval of the Board Of Charities, the
members Of which realize that under
existing conditions there is much over
tapping and loss OF energy and ef
ficiency.
If this bill becomes a law, which
should be the case early in the session,
the Commissioners will appoint
board Of nine members. each eventual
ly to hold position for six years, all
serving without salary. At present
the members of the Board Of Charities
are appointed by the President. who
has expressed himself as entirely will
ing to have this proposed transfer
made if Congress so wills. There Is
every reason to believe that the
change OF organization will make for
the betterment OF welfare conditions
in Washington. and to this end the
legislation should be pressed for early
action.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
IL Am Persuaded.

Romans. Whilst am persuaded" I"
The efficiency of life is largely de-
termined by it's convictions. Discover
these and you have disclosed the secret
of its power. 1t Is literally true, as
some one says, that the man with q
conviction has changed the face of the
world. While environing circum-
stances and inheritance from the past
contribute much to the making Of
life's outlook and the forming of it's
habits, it is what we hold and be-
neve, In fine, what we have been per-
suaded is true, that largely determines
our own attitude as we'll as our con-
tribution to our time and generation.
During these latter years the world
has been busily engaged in discover
ing ways and means by which to
render life more efficient. Arnold
Bennett wrote an illuminating little
book on How to Live on Twenty-four
Hours Day" II was an effort on his
part to so economiZe and utilize the
hours Of each day as to produce the
largest results and the greatest eff
cheney. Other writer's like Sir John
Lubbock have written like treatises in
which they have emphasized the value
OF recognizing certain fundamental
principles that increase the satisfac-
ton and joy of living.
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No one has placed q larger value
upon life than did Jesus. His avowed
purpose was not only to increase the
richness of life, but 70 increase II
abundantly. He sought to disclose to
men the real values Of efficient living.
st. Paul falling under the spell of His
teaching was compelled to recast his
whole vision and to radically change
his habits of life. SO completely con-
vinced was he of the transcendence as
well as Of the authority of Christ's
teaching that he gave himself without
reserve and without reckoning with
the cost to what he believed to be the
supreme philosophy Of life. The real
secret of his power and OF his contin-
ming influence is to be found in his
declaration, Il am persuaded" So
great was this persuasion that in his
estimate of 1t he could perceive Of no
condition or circumstances that could
conspire to defect him for the course
he had voluntarily set himself to ac-
complish. Repeatedly he afilrms his
conviction by declaring, Il know whom
[ have believed" and again. To ME, TO
live, is Christ" and again, This one
thing ! do, forgetting the things that
are behind, press toward the mark for
the prize Of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus" His whole life was
the logical outcome of a deep-seated
conviction. He had been persuaded,
and being persuaded he knew fully
what the plan and purpose of his life
must be. Little wonder was it that he
declared, Neither life nor death,
things present or things to come can
separate me from Him to whom l
have completely given my life"
II
1t was the cry of a triumphant soul
as we'll as the disclosure of it's power.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Merit and Applause.

Warming has been given by the
management of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company to the vocal artists
of that organization that claques and
personal press agents for the boom
ing of individuals are forbidden. 1t
is with some surprise that this state.
ment Is received, because it was
thought that the hiring Of claauers
or paid applause makers had passed
out of vogue. Time was when the
claaue was much In evidence in
houses of public entertainment. not
only at the opera, but in the case OF
the drama. Even in recent times play
goers have heard the applause start
ing from the back Of the auditorium.
obviously by the ushers. who, whether
paid or not for that service, recog-
nize the psychological moment for
hand-clapping and give the audience
the cue In the darkness OF the the
ater it is difficult to locate or identify
these claauers. A well organized
claque is spread through the audience.
But free tickets are not as numerous
now as they used to be, and 1t Ia
harder to create claque and to make
a showing of warm approval by such
fictitious means.
It must be accepted that there has
been some ground for the protest by
the management to the members OF
the opera company In Chicago. 1t
would seem, indeed. that recently a
man appeared among the stars OF the
company with q proposal to provide
wholesale applause at u price, repre-.
senting himself as influential with the
newspapers. Such promoters are. OF
course, frauds. They are not "influen.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
First Organized Movement.

When the association was formed in
! 1904, with DIR. Livingston Farrand
now president of Cornell University
| as its executive secretary. there was
practically no such thing as an or.
ganized movement against tubercu.
losis, says Mr.. Free. Here and there
| sporadic efforts to combat the dis
ease had been made-in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia. Chicago. Balti-
more, Buffalo, Rochester and a few
other cities.
There were approximately 100 in.
stitutions, public, private and semi
philanthropic, in existence on January
/, 1905. There were only Is special
tuberculosis dispensaries, and less
| than half a dozen really active asso.
Citations, although there were several
times that number of so-called asso-
Citations and committees in existence.
The entire amount Of money spent in
the fight against tuberculosis 20 years
ago aggregated only a few hundred
thousand dollars annually, including
maintenance of institutions and all
other expenses.
At present there is an active asso-
citation in every State in the Union
and in the District of Columbia, as
we'll as in the outlying territory of
| Hawaii and in the Philippine Islands,
| with certain amount Of organized
effort In Porto Rico, the Canal Zone
and Alaska. There are, also, some
100 local associations scattered
throughout the United States in prac-
tically every large center Of popula.
ton. The budget Of these organiza-
tions during the present year aggre-
gated almost 81, 100000.
"Coincident with the development of
associations for the prevention Of
tuberculosis" says the member from
California, has been the growth of
| institutions for the treatment and con-
troll Of this disease. One Of the first
| activities of most of the associations
has been to secure a public sana-
| torium or hospital for the care of tu.
bercular patients. Where there were
| about 100 such institutions in 1906
we now have more than 700. Their
| aggregate bed capacity is In the neigh.
| borhood of 10000 and their capitalized
value Is estimated at over $160, ,000, 900.
| The annual expenditures of these in.
| stitutions is considerably in excess of
| $40. 900 ,000.'
Mr.. Free also points out that the
growth In numbers Of clinics and dis.
J pensaries for diagnosing and. treating
Evening star., 1925-12-13

And now they have started TO boom
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
for the presidency. The mere fact that
the boom has been begun in Repub-
llcan quarters does not mean anything
against the boom as such. Nick Log
worth recently was launched on the
presidential sea by a Democrat, so
honors to date are even, so far as
Washington can observe. Naturally
there is q silent man in the White
House to whom the playful little boom.
let's that arise now and then mean
nothing at all. He believes most
earnestly that possession is nine points
Of the law. so he let's the boomers
boom with no indication at all that the
raucous voices ever penetrate the
White House walls. Whenever you
ask a leading Republican nowadays If
he thinks Mr.. Coolidge Will run again
in 1928 he merely says:
"Of course"
But Mr.. Coolidge's plans have moth
ing whatever to do with Senator Har-
rison's boom. 1t has started in the
litical grass Of the solid South afire,
and Senator Pat has lots of good
friends in the East. No man, as a
matter of fact. stands higher with the
rank and file Of the party, as well as
with the so-called bosses" Pat
speaks the language Of the dear old
common people, and he can go into a
room with the Smiths and the Tag.
CARTS and the Brennans and talk Just
as much turkey as any of the rest Of
them. Senator Pat knows his way
about.
1t Is argued In behalf of the hand
some Senator from Mississippi that in
order to get anywhere Democrats al
ways have to be against something
and the Senator is against most every
thing. 1t also Is argued that the Demo
| Gratis have difficulty in getting a man
! to appeal to all sections. AS the Chi
| cago Tribune, one Of Senator Harri-
sons organs" expresses It: "If it
picks up live one in the East, he is
| a dead one in the West. A hot one in
New York is too hot in the South.
The party might be sitting pretty by
| the Hudson and on a tack south of
| the Ohio River"
Senator Pat, it is agreed, would be
| welcomed in all sections. It also is
agreed that his campaign would be a
| picturesque one. He can even put life
and pep into a Senate debate There
! has been some doubt as to why Sen.
| ator Pat began to pick on Vice Presi
! dent Dawes SO early in the session
! Perhaps it was the opening gun of his
| presidential campaign. Who knows?
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| Col. a. Johnson, the We'll known
| Western statesman, Representative
| in Congress from the State of Wash
ington and chairman OF the important
| committee on immigration, has re-
| turned to Washington with one of the
best stories of the early season. He
insists the yarn really belongs TO
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Since 1900 tuberculosis has destroyed
more than 100000 people in the
United States, and the loss of earning
power and the cost of care of the sick
has amounted to at least $40. 0.000,0 600
Every person has ! chance out of
IA Of dying of tuberculosis, and l
chance in so of becoming affected
with the disease.
Approximately 100 900 persons die
from tuberculosis in the United States
each year. Nearly ! 900, 900 are sick
Of the disease part of the time, and at
least 100000 are under constant treat
ment. The amount of suffering is in
calculable, and the economic cost of
caring for this enormous number Of
patients runs into hundreds of mil
lions of dollars annually.
These startling statements by DIR.
Linsley R. Williams, managing di-
rector Of the National tuberculosis
Association, are cited by Representa-
tive Arthur NJ. Free of California IN
an effort to impress upon the Amer
lean public the why's and wherefores
Of the annual drive that is made to
sell Christmas seals. The proceeds of
these sales go into the fund that is
expended in fighting tuberculosis, and
the California member of the lower
branch of Congress says that most
amazing results have attended this
fight
In 1900. which was the first year for
which reliable statistics We're availa BILE
as TO tuberculosis in any considerable
part of the United States, the death
rate was 1852 per 100000 of popula-
ton. In 1910 the rate in the same
geographical area-the original regis.
tration States and the District of Co
lumbia-had dropped to 164.7. Ten
years later 1t was 112, and in 1928,
according to Mr.. Frees data, the rate
went down to the low figure of 94.2,
which was less than half the figure
for 1900.
This. on the basis of the present
population Of the United States. is
equivalent to a saving of 100 900 lives
year. Mr.. Free credits this result
primarily to the educational cam
paign and other measures that have
been initiated and furthered by the
National tuberculosis Association.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHuAEDER JOHNSON.
Charm Of tho Incomprehensible.

Charm Of tho Incomprehensible.
When readily I comprehend
What some wise speaker teaches.
I really feel condescend
In listening to his speeches.
l know he's an instructive elf.
And yeti never doubt it
I could have said 1t for myself
If had thought about it.
But when a stranger, all severe,
Cnwinds a string Of phrases,
With long and lingering words sc
queer
That each Of them amazes.
I'm sure expressions such as these
Disclose vast education;
I nearly fall upon my knees
In silent alteration.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Preliminary Research.

Have you decided whether you will
support this measure?"
II haven't studied it." answered
Senator Sorghum.
Here are its principal features
Il know all about 1t. What III have
to find out first is who arc for it and
who are against it."
Evening star., 1925-12-13

The President Of Austria threatens
to fight a duel with a professor who
called him q "jackass." This is one
European custom that will not be
adopted in this country, as to either
offense or retaliation.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Portugal displays a. liberal spirit in
electing as President a man who was
eXiled in 1917 from that Office The
political changes in that country are
altogether too rapid for Americans to
follow with clear understanding.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

A New York committee that is study.
ing calendar reform has received 1877
different plans. each Of which leaves a
surplus Of unattached days. Decision
will probably be in favor Of the old
familiar method Of reckoning time.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
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TO the Use for renuhlicat!on of all news ~.
patches credited TO II or not otherwise cred
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Evening star., 1925-12-13

Critics Of Red Grange at least
agree that he was wise in getting his
professional compensation and perqui.
sites while the getting was good. 1t
begins to look as If his would be a
short career. but a profitable one.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

American motorists take a melan.
choly interest In the announcement
Of stock jobbing firm which cleaned
up more than $5.oo0.00o In the course
Of the recent rubber boom.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

rules in the Senate, who have he-e:@
fore made the award of seats, refer az
applications to a committee composed
of bona fide representatives Of the
press for their recommendation. The
suggestion is an excellent one. Ger
tainly some measures ought to be
taken to prevent the seats of news
paper men being usurped by bum
nlers."
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Gov. Ma" Ferguson would prob
ably deny with indignation any sug-
gestion that near-Gov. Pa" corrected
the proofs Of her signed articles de.
Tending her administration. -.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Gov. Smiths pardon OF the former
State Assenblyman convicted Of
criminal anarchy can hardly be classed
as d political gesture.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

\ grandson of John D. Rockefeller
is working his way through Yale
probably with the assistance Of an
occasional dime from Tarrytown.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Though the Vice President is not,
strictly speaking, a member Of the
Senate, it is quite certain that he will
bo very much in the picture this ses-
sion.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Universal.

From the Peoria Transcript.
Storms and cold weather are sweep
ing Europe. From the weather we
believe may be this internationaIism
has some truth in Ii.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
War and Weather.

From the Indianapolis Star.
A battle is impending in China,
which indicates fair weather in that
neighborhood.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Improvement.

The path to virtue and content
We patiently pursue. So
Each thinking up new duties meant
For other folks to do.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Scatter!
From the ATLANTIC City Press

From the Atlantic City Press.
The big problem. is distribution.
Too many pedestrians and automobiles
are trying to occupy the same space
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Government by Contract.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Maybe the only way to form a cabi.
net in France is to let the job out on
contract to the highest bidder.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

DE man dat don't talk back" said
Uncle Eben. sometimes gifts de best
Of de argument by leavin' what he
might have said to de yuthuh feller's
imagination."
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Musical Success.

Has your boy Josh any luck with
his saxophone?"
"Some," answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. ''fIe managed to get purity good
price fur 1t second hand"
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
Id and Virginia.
All Other States and Canada.

paily and Sunday ... yr.. 90 So 90: ! mo
Sunday only .......l ! VI, $500; ] mo-. x
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Mild Solicitude.

AS fashionable skirts each year
Still higher creep
I do not scold.
/ merely wonder how the dear
Is going to keep
From catching cold. --
'fs-,
Jud Tunkins says there's no chance
for a man who thinks nobody can
teach him anything. That's probably
the case. s.
Evening star., 1925-12-13
Well Advertised, at Least.

From the Muncie Star.
Evanston, ILL.,, is appreciating what
it means to own a real, live college.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

Ihere are five ex-marines in Con-
gress-Representativ Louis A. Froth
lngham OF Massachusetts,, William r.
Coyle OF Pennsylvania, Ralph E. IJp
dixie OF Indiana, Stewart III. Applebv
OF New Jersey and Samuel J. Mont
gomery Of Oklahoma.
When they went out on the Capitol
steps the other day to have their pic
lures taken Updtke and Montgomery
We're standing side by side. The latter
asked Opdike what unit he was in and
was told '74th Company, 9Th Regi.
ment, I'd Division" why, so was T.
montgomery responded excitedly. They
tried to recall each other, but vainly
Tor a time, although each was sure he
knew every one In the company. It
developed that in those war DAYS Up.
dixie weighed 189 pounds and now
weighs 125. while Montgomery then
weighed 165 pounds and now weighs
220.
At last Montgomery got an inklinp
and recalled certain incident in the
Argonne when he was in charge of a
rations platoon and a shell knocked
the top of a nearby house and shrap-
mel spattered some Of the Marines.
do you rememger one fellow who
came in the next morning and showed
me a hole in his shoe where the shell
had hit?" Montgomery asked, and Up
dixie admitted that fellow was himself.
Montgomery came practically un.
scathed through the shambles, in
which the Marines gained everlasting
fame. Updike, on the contrary, was
wounded five times in action, spotted
by shrapnel. gassed twice and had his
spine injured.
Mr.. Montgomery has as his secre-
tary another member Of the same 74th
Company, one Thorn Brownfield, who
is such a fine-looking fellow that he Is
being called "Sheik" about the House
Office Building.
Mr.. Updike's secretary Is out Of the
Rainbow Division, Glen A. Markland
Of the 15oth Field Artillery.
Evening star., 1925-12-13

During the latter part of 1875 the
departmental hours were heightened.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-07-02

Mrs. John Reed and daughter
Frances and Kennard Cross of
GAINESVILLE were callers Friday night
on Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cross and
daughter Goldie.
Walter Porter and James Shoop
are taking saxophone lessons from
Edgar Northrup of McConnelsville.
Earl Grey, j. M. Shepard and
son Bruce, Walter Gloyd, Emery
O'Harra and Ray Metzger from
Lockbourne, Groveport and Circle
Vile spent the day at Roxbury, fish
ing. Mr.. J. B. Lane was guest of
the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank White and
daughters Audrey, Doris and Ruth
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood Hilaman, Misses Audrey and
Doris remaining for longer visit.
The Truck Growers had three
cars of cabbage to ship from this
place Tuesday.
Mr.. Edgar Wallace who is en-
ployed in the oil fields at Athens,
called on his grandmother Mrs. Mary
Wallace, Sunday.
Quite a crowd attended the SER
vices which were held at the school
grounds Sunday.
Mrs Laura Adrian is staying at
the home of her niece Mrs. Frank
Hammond