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Evening star., 1925-12-27

7 is Sunday morning in the Tenn.
pie My laundress. who has sac
rifced to me her one morning of
rest with maternal devotion
that recalls "the antique service
of the ancient world" and proves
that, despite bolshevist organs. kind
hearts may still beat beneath cheap
blouses. has returned to the remote
bosom of her family.
After a feverish week of wrestling
with theatrical folk and business men,
I am alone. The church bells are
ringing, and though | was born Jew
and know that the criminal Templars
the day they recaptured Jerusalem
and the tomb of Christ in one of their
crusades massacred every Jew-man,
woman or child would willingly
quit lhe work of writing this to sit in
the Temple Church. But even as 1t
is, the glorious music scars up to my
tree -shadowed study. and i rejoice
that. although the crowd will be stand.
ing tonight in long patient queues out
side the Jim palaces of the Strand,
noble buildings still exist wherein an
ever-dwindling minority can hear the
inspired words of the ancient Jews
in the almost equally inspired Jaco.
bean English.
And though | myself can rest no
day at all these weeks, ! am glad that
this day of repose should have been
r~iN bo
medium of the Mosaic code. and while
| would cut them off from no open-air
recreation, l think that they. no less
than their so-called betters. stand to
lose by the abandonment OF all ritual
save that of the dance hall and the
night club. | can forgive Wells much
when l recall that in his History OF
the World he has done something. il
far from everything, to put Isaiah and
Amos in their place as the greatest
factors in civilization. 1t is true Bos-
suet had long ago made all history
turn round the Jewish But that was
superstition, whereas Wells view is
provahle.
I'VE moderns must he open" SAYS
the villain-or, his already belated
disciples would style him, the hero
OF my latest play. But on religion.
who today is open? Only those whose
minds are closed-be they ultra pie
lists or atheists. Both forms of ex-
tremists are brainless. But the i'm
memorial instinct of mankind would
Justify the former rather than the
latter. Though democracy has proved
itself as despica BILE as aristocracy
there is still safety in numbers and
tradition. Orthodoxy" makes also
for happiness. and with all my larger
opportunities and means. my life has
probably been less enviable than that
of my father who. in his old age left
his home and family Ito die in Jeru-
salem'
1t is unfortunate. nevertheless. that
the orthodox" bear out the only
truth that Oscar Wilde has con-
tributed TO thought-to wit, that
each man kills the thing he loves"
l remember in my school days a boy
pouncihg on a contradiction in the
Bible and at once disbelieving in the
whole book. But Of course the Bible
is not book Because it is all bound
together. literature covering seven
or eight centuries is mistaken for
single volume.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Jewish masses the world over still be
lieved In me as racial Jew, and fol
lowed las they still follow me. / can
not complain, since Jehovah himself
was pictured by the pious as clad In
wing shawl and phylacteries. and
the same fate has overtaken DR..
HerZl, the founder of modern Zion
ism. who often brought me his prob
lens to this very room two decades
before Sir Herbert Samuel Lord
Rothschild, or Sir Alfred Mond-who
in those days might have been so use
ful-had discovered their passion for
Palestine.
Were Jewry in earnest in fulfilling
it's vaunted mission. II would rejoice
at this removal of the greatest STUN
bling block to the spread OF its re-
ligion | cannot too much admire those
masses of Romans who, in the times of
Tacitus and Juvenal, were not de-
TERED from Judaism even by surGi-
cal operation in the pre-chloroform
neriod. But in our day. if Judaism is
ever TO create the world of It's millen-
nial dream. it must perform surgical
operation on itself and cut away all
that clogs ana TlDucIS lNS
activity. 1t must recognize that Bry-
anism. like poor Bryan himself. Is
dead, and that the Old Testament is
rs far from finality as the New.
What The Next Religion" should
be exactly ! have tried to answer in
the spirit Of Renan. who in preface
TO one Of his plays urged that only
drama giving through its personaGes
even opposite answers, can give the
full reply TO any real human question.
Simplicity in statement Is possible
only TO journalists and politicians
themselves cunningly complex. Thus,
doubly. the theater may claim TO re
place the dying church.
have been compelled to refer u
my own books because, alone among
my contributors, unless my frlend
Conan Doyle's Fantasies are 10 be
reckoned a contribution TO the subject
I seem not to have waited for editoria
prompting to bare my heart on re
Iigion. Apart from my play. with that
great word in its very title, l have
J dealt with the subject in my book Of
verse, Blind Children and especially
4 in nv bulky book, The Voice of Jeru
/ salem" MY very first sonnet-pub
/ lished when | was Is in an orsar
called Society, now eXtinct-like most
of The papers / have been connected
with-beGan:
The glamour of deceit is ever all We prze
+ Fen as the stars that seem With love 10 glow
Are huge black worlds. The inward Ood
glcanl dies, =
And hearts shut up as flowers when sun
light flies.
And not many years later | pub
/ lished In another extinct organ. called
! Progress. a poem that still seems tt
me to sum up all that Shaw and Wells
/ have said-and which had already
! ,een anticipated by John Stuart Mill
| as TO Gods lack of omnipotence. Since
then l at least have become less ON
| niscient. At the end of my Dream
| ers of the Ghetto" you may find 4
poem called Jehovah" which still
represents my views, as well as a
! passionate outburst which must have
anticipated prasmatism. In a vast
American anthology called The
Worlds Great Religious Poetry,
/ the bulk Of which appears TO have
been written recently in America.
am represented by three pieces, but
/ the tiny quatrain in my Blind Chll
Continued on Third Paee9
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SENATE, LOATH TO BREAK GRIP
OF FILIBUSTERER ON THROAT
While House Begins to Throw Off Shackles OF Minor
ity, Upper Body Seems Unable to Kid Itself OF
Archaic One-NIan Veto Rule.

more far reaching than that vested
in the President. for the President can
only veto acts of Congress alter theh
massage The senatorial filibuSter veto
can and does prevent necessary leglS-
lation from consideration and vote.
Such an exercise of negative power
is not contemplated in the powers
vested in the Senate by the Constitu-
ton. Indeed. such power to ham,
string legislation is entirely repugnant
to our system of representative gov
ernment Congress is the forum in
which the country. through Its repre-
sentativeS. voices and puts into erect
it's will in respect to affairs affecting
the public welfare and prosperity.
A Relic of Antiquity.
1t is a gross perverSion of this func-
ton that a single plember or even a
small group of members should AFRO
gate power literally to strangle legis-
lation. Yet such is the practical effect
of Senate rule ga relic of antiquity
that is outworn and entirely out of
harmony with the complex demands of
present day legislation.
This power to stifle legislation. as
I have said. is not granted the Sen
ate by the Constitution. 1t Is a power
the Senate has assumed in framing
it's rules.
Such practices not only palsy legis-
lation. but they are a menace to the
principle of ma jority government, BY
their votes in the elections. the people
indicate policies that meet their ap-
proval. This is q mandate to the
agencies of government to put the
popular decision into effect. If small
minority in one branch of the National
Legislature may delay the considera-
ton of business and halt the processes
of legislation, that diliatory power be-
comes an agency for the defeat of
the public will. AS Lincoln said in
his first inaugural:. "If the minority
will not acquiesce, the majority must
or the Government must cease"
In correcting this manifest abuse
it is not necessary to abridge a single
power vested in Congress by the Con-
stitution; nor Is it necessary to invade
in any degree the just and proper
rights of minorities. 1t was intended
that public business should be openly
transacted and that decisions should
be arrived at after ampleSt discussion.
1t is by no means necessary to estab-
lish gag rule to abolish the rule
that allows fflibuster ampuscades. On
the contrary, to knock out the fill
buster is to facilitate both discussion
and decision. A proposal to free the
Senator of this one-man veto is pend
ing. But its success is by no mea ms
assured.
Copyright. 192o.)
Evening star., 1925-12-27
BY GEORGE ROBERTS.
Former Director of the Mint and Vice Pre-
dent of the National City Bank.

Former Director of the Mint and Vice Presl-
dent of the National City Bank.
When the Federal Reserve System
was organized one of the common ex-
pecta tions was that it would reduce
the amount of banking funds en-
ployed in stock market operations. 1t
was said that the reserves no longer
would be employed in that manner,
and that the reserve banks, through
their discount policies, would be able
to exercise a considerable degree of
control over speculation. Unquestion
ably one of the reasons for the d.
vision of the country into II districts,
with an independent reserve bank for
each district was to prevent the con-
centration of funds in New York and
their employment in Wall Street.
However, there has been no lack of
funds for stock exchange trading since
the Federal Reserve System got into
action One of the biggest markets
ever known has been going now for
more than a year, and the common
eXpla nation for it has been cheap
money. Furthermore, it has been evil
dent that in stock exchange circles a
great amount Of interest has centered
upon the Federal Reserve discount
rate. and recently the action of the
Boston reserve bank in advancing it's
rate on commercial bills from 31a to
per cent threw the stock market
quite off it's equilibrium.
The question naturally is asked,
what the reserve banks have to do
with stock speculation, and why a
change in the rate on commercial
loans should offset rates on stock
market loans. and criticism is directed
at the reserve banks on this account.
Additional Credit Sound.
1t should be understood that the
Federal Reserve banks are an ad-
ditional source of credit, superimposed
upon our banking system as it was,
and that the local banks, who do prac-
tically all the business with the public,
have great lending power within them
selves.
The Federal Reserve banks are not
permitted to make loans upon the Sc
curity of stocks or bonds. excepting
United States Government obligations.
The intention of the law was to make
the reserve banks an additional re-
source. for the regular Industrial and
commercial operations of the country,
and available for that purpose only.
Experience shows, however, that
money or credit cannot be kept in
water-tight compartments. For what
ever purpose they are relea Sed. they
find their way 10 4 common reservoir
as the rivers find their way to the sea.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
RY ARTHUR CAPPER,
Senator From Kansas.

While there is a general agreement
that in many respects the eXlstlns
rules of Congress are archaic ana IN
ADEQUATE there is extreme dlfncultE
in evolving a program of revision that
can muster the support necessary for
adoption. But the disposition to re-
wise is apparent.
This is shown in the recent action
of the House of Representatives in
abolishing a rule which, in the opinion
of a ma jority of the members con-
tributed to dilatory tactics. rms RUE
provided that $50 members, by pet-
ton. could call bills from committees
and bring them to the consideration
of the House. When this rule was
sdopted il was argued that it would
prevent committee "pigeonholding' of
legislative proposals. That is to say,
il. after a reasonable time Tor de-
liberation a standing committee OF
the House refused or neglected TO act
upon a measure referred to 1t, the
committee could be discharged from
control of the bill by a petition of
$50 members This rule, it was fur
ther argued at the time of adoption,
would prevent a few men in key COM
mittee position debating the legisla-
tive program.
Aid to FiIibustering.
In repeating this rule, the majority
of the House members held that the
rule was an aid to "filibustering.
They argued that by invoking this
rule a minority could, at any time.
delay and perhaps defeat the program
of legislation by calling from com.
mittee bills of more or less conse-
auence. There is, of course, argu-
ment on both sides Of this question,
| but the latter argument prevailed in
the abolition of the rule, and the action
Iof the House-whether or not it proved
to serve the purpose of facilitating
| the processes of legislation-is evil
dence of a determination on the part
of Congress to overhaul its rules
! structure.
/ A like disposition is apparent in
the Senate, where there is a strong
feeling that a rea sonable cloture is
necessary for the dispatch of neces-
sary public business. There is no
doubt that the country is fed up
on the spectacle of a single, or at
least a small group of Senators, ham
stringing legislation by the "filibus-
ter" This puts the public's business
at the mercy ~ one-man veto
power. This veto is not infreQuently
Evening star., 1925-12-27

This is Christianity's fault The
only book ii resembles is an anthol-
ogy: for this mixture of macnificence
and myth was culled from the ltera-
ture of Israel by an editorial board.
The Bible is "A chosen" book more
certainly than the Jews are chosen"
people. There was no need for my
friend, Sir James Fraser TO point out
the savage elements Of this book.
They leap to the eve. The real need
is to point out that. despite the later
appendix called the New Testament,
those savage elements still exist in
Christendom and never more hrazenly
than since the war to end wal"
ended the peace Of mankind.
1t is now the common duty of all civil
lized men Of every creed to find The
Next Religion to quote the title Of
my still prohibited play of 1912. There
is very little real difference among
the higher creeds of today-even be-
tween such apparent opposites as Ro-
man Catholicism and Judaism. What
keeps them apart is largely the eco
nomic factor. Jesus. in that punninS
mood to which Hebrew prophets were
prone, told Peter he was founding his
Church on rock. The rock His
church is really founded on--as | re-
mark in my italian Fantasies SIS a
you will soon unity them.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Production of Rubber.

The price at one time reached Sl.2l
per pound
Evening star., 1925-12-27
.se45.456.ooo s1,41e .e92 900

As a result of this expansion the
prospect is for dearer money for all
purposes in 1926 than in 1925.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

But. Of course, money, though ii
petrifies religion, is not its real source.
and though 1t perpetuates the differ
ences between religions, those differ,
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Rubber Situation.

The rubber situation. which has
grown decidedly worse during the last
two wears. is a sufficient illustra tion
of how the people of the United
States are now suffering, being sub
ject to the fun result Of monopoly
action and with no machinery Of ade-
ruate defense. He recognizes as in
lserent in al unre-uIated monopelies
everywhere that they never can be
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Asst week / discussed at some
length the outstanding circum-
stances of the year which is
II just closing. Now it remains
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Between France and Germany,
however, in the current year there H.
likely to be a very considerable i'm
provement of relations. Germany de
sires to obtain an anticipation of the
evacuation of German territory which
would not legally be complete until
1885. France desires to obtain from
Germany some economic arrangement
which will insure the marketing in
Germany of Lorraine iron and certain
textile manufactures of Alsace. After
the Locarno pacts there is no real i'm
portance attaching to the occupation
of the Ehineland. and the basis for
Continued on Third PaSel
Evening star., 1925-12-27

7 is Sunday morning in the Tenn.
pie. My laundress, who has sac
rificed to me her one morning of
rest wit b q ma aternal devotion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-09

lASFGR RUMBLE.
WHO DGSI6NED
THE FIRST RUMBLE
SEEv on A Run
A6CET AUTohoelLG,
AG THREW HIM
SELF oUv OF a
So STORY U0IkS-
DCUO wttEN HE
REAClzGD THE
GkoRhlTC OF
HIS CRIME.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-09

AACcotH SAX. ny
VENTOR or TAE
SAKoRHONE, WHICH
INSTRUMENT or
TORTURE WAS
NAhG6 AFTER
HIM. mr.. SAX
ESCAPED SAcRTLT
AFTER HIS tkSOEAyTloN
WAS HADE POBClc
AND - BELIEVED
TO sc nv HlDlNS IN
SOUTHERN SPAIN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-09
McNauEht syndicate. lne.. NY

JOAN T. REVOLVING,
CREATOR OF THE
REVOLVING Door,
THE CRIES OF
HIS HAlhEH -
ANS DTtN 6
NlcTIH s DRoUE -
AN INSANE -AE
ESCAPED AND IS
NcUO 1GL!ENG TO
BE ACTIN 6 AS a
PINOT FOR A
hERRS Go -RoUNN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-09

BASIL FOUNTAIN.
w HO GAVE THE
WORKS IT'S FIRST
PONTAlN REN-
AN ARhED HosSG
TRAtCGD AIN 10
A SHACK ~ THE
AlIC s WHERE
ne PERISH HE'S
AFTER eElk6
RIDDLES WITH
BlOTTGR S Avn
INK BOTTLES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-18

,ern civic improvements and q COM
5plete variety OF entertainment.
| In addition to the numerous ma
itural advantages. there have been
created pleasures and recreational
facilities to suit every class Of vaca-
ZIONIST chief Of which Is the
famous boardwalk "a mile and a
half section Of the new million
dollar boardwalk just completed)
and its amusement piers, theaters,
shops and community centers.
Special holiday functions and en-
tertainments are arranged through
out the year. Memorial Day and
Fourth of July have their particular
celebrations, and the Annual Baby
parade, held the third week in
August, is one of Wildwood's larg.
est affairs.
Orchestra concertssare given twice
daily at the Wildwood Crest pier.
These concerts are entirely free and
are enjoyed by many thousands
each summer.
Then there is baseball daily;
swimming in the back channel
waters, tennis on public and private
courts; golf, dancing, riding, sailing
and many other forms Of play to
please all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-18
Two standard railroads and motto

Two standard railroads and motor
hus routes.
Fifty miles Of improved streets.
Seven miles OF trolley road.
Municipal water works sewage
disposal.
Commission form of government.
Two high and four graded public
schools.
Modern fire-fighting equipment
efficiently directed.
Over four million dollars worth
of amusements.
Five ocean piers, ten theatsrs,
eleven churches. three banks and
two newspapers.
Three hundred and fifty-seven
hotels and boarding houses.
Five and one-half miles OF unsur-
passed beach.
Five miles OF boardwalk lone and
one-half miles recently widened and
reconstructed of the most modern
typel.
Modern retail stores Of all kinds.
Two hospitals, numerous lodges
and many public garages.
Every other convenience and i'm
provement found in first-class re-
sort cities.
Permanent population. 1915. 1000;
1926, 1900.
summer population. 1915. $4,000;
1926, liz. 900.
Assessed valuation, 1915. $11, 0O0,-
900; 1925, $4,000. 900.
BanM deposits, 1915, $3.50, 900;
1925, 1900, 900.
The waters surrounding Wildwood
afford pleasure and sport for both
amateur and professional fishermen.
Deep-sea fishermen catch sea bass,
blue fish, rock, croakersi and chan
mel bass in great quantities. From
q sportsman's viewpoint, no other
fishing grounds equal those offered
By this resort.
Fishing from the piers and board
walk is also great sport. Channel
bass weighing as much as 10
pounds have been caught with rod
and line.
Grabbing is another fascinating
oastime in the waterways between
and the mainland.
The annual casting tournament,
held by the wildwood Crest Fishing
Club. attracts many devotees to
mis- sport. The borough clerk of
Crest, N. j., will be
pleased to send information.
Fishing piers at Wildwood Crest
and North Wildwood are veritable
anglers paradises.
In. the interest Of all visitors,
millions of dollars have been ex-
pended by the municipal authorities
and private enterprises for mod
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-18
KODAK IS REAL
JOY WHEN on
TRIPS
Columbia Photo Supply Com
pany Carries Stock Ample
For All Needs

One OF the Joys Of q vacation lies
in the "reminiscing" Of good times
one has had at some seashore OF
mountain resort, In the winter, long
after the vacation has been spent.
TO this end, a good reliable kodak
IL almost an indispensable accessory
to ones vacation outfit.
The Columbia Photo Supply Com,
pany, 1924 New York avenue north.
west, which for many years has
made q business OF catering to The
needs Of photographers. both anna
teur and professional, has q splen'
did stock OF all types and prices
of cameras Of both American and
foreign makes to appeal to the
yacationist. Furthermore. the Co
lun1bia will finish photos BY mail
order for those desiring to 0vafl
themselves OF this convenience. Six
hour service for developing and
printing plus time spent In rhe
mails insures the quickest possible
service.
Walter Scott Abrams ID manager
OF the shop and IL well known to
the host of local fans not only for
bis excellent knowledge Of things
Photographic but also for his genial
personality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-18
WILDWOOD,N. J.,
PARADISE FOR
FISHING
Over 800 Hotels and Boarding
Houses With Wide Range
Of Rates Invite Patrons /.

u WILDWOOD : by the Sea, name
that bears the song Of the surf
and the laughter of the wholesome
life in the open. It's fame is
worldwide. and its growth has
leen astounding considering the
few short years of its existence.
Wildwood is ideally situated on
the peninsula formed by the lower
part OF Cape May County, New
Jersey. It has. in front. the great
etpanse OF Atlantic ocean and, in
back. only six miles Of land to the
Delaware Bay. which at this poin;
Is thirty miles wide. Almost sur
rounded by water, wildwood has
No land breeze, " but is always
ctot and comfortable in summer.
Being adjacent the Gulf stream,
Wtldwood Is also blessed with an
Extremely mild winter climate.
wildwood Is thirty-two miles be
lcW Atlantic city. Il is seventy
pine miles from Philadelphia and
reached in ninety minutes by
kequent, fast express trains on
be Pennsylvania and Reading sys-
pos.
predominating feature of Wild
od-by-the-Sea is its famous
b Oh. unedualed along the entire
W Jersey coast It's wonderful
9 Danse and gradual slope affor1
most delightful kind of sulf
b hing and best OF ALA solutely
q E. The beach commends itself
q 9 safe playground for children
4 ey may also clay there und.-
teIded without chance Of accident.
The principal consideration of q
perspective visitor to resort Is
the type OF accommodations and
service and scale Of rates that can
b anticipated. In Wildwood and
Wildwood Crest the hotels and
boarding houses offer appointments
and prices covering the widest con-
cetvable range. The family bulge,
whether large, moderate or small,
need undergo no alteration for a
week or season here.
Comfort, as expressed in modern
innovations. Is the rule. rather than
the exception, in the hotels and
naller houses-with hot and cold
inning water. private baths, cleo
city, large, airy rooms and spa
oi1s porches. Adjacent farms sup
v fresh produce daily that Is we'll
spared and served as wholesome
The management and personnel
any Of the various hotels recog-
e the Importance Of courtesy and
e desire to please as essentials
making the stay Of the visitor
eaaant one.
Complete information concerning
btels, location and rates will be
serfully furnished by the score
~ OF the wildwood Board of
ade or The Times Herald Resort
That wildwood by -the-Sea should
the mecca Of thousands of vaca-
pnists, permanent residents and
vestors is readily understood when
following salient features are
ken into consideration:
Only seventy-nine miles NINETY
nutes by raid from Philadelphia.