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Evening star., 1925-12-27
Is the Street Car Coming Back?

Has the tide OF travel. which has
been flowing away from the street car
IN the auto and the bus. turned back
70 the older form of transportation?
That question is apparently answered
in the Affirmative in Baltimore where
the public service commission has re-
Ceived reports from the trolley car
company for the eleven months Of
1925 with showing Of larger patron
age than in 1924 These reports note
that $50 more passengers rode in
the cars during the first eleven months
of 1924 than the year previous, where
the net income of the company was
S36.l56 greater. or almost five per cent.
The conclusion of the company Off
cials is that persons who formerly rode
In autos are now using the street cars,
perhaps because they are unable to
find parking space downtown for their
cars "or have become impatient with
the traffic situation
AS far as noted, the figures in the
District do not carry out a similar CON
tiuSlUl- i HS idltSt lSH'liS llltl'dtPu
diminishing use Of the street cars
Fut the conditions in this city with
respect to downtown parking are
worse at present rather than better
than they were a year ago. If this
factor is calculated to drive people TO
the street cars for transportation
Washington should surely feel the eff
: feet In a return to an increasing street
Evening star., 1925-12-27
A Mlllion-Dollar Plunger,

Nicholas torzly. known to the race
track fraternity of the East as Nick
f." lies in "A New York hospital
desperately i'll and dead broke A
few months ago he was worth a mil
lion dollars. which he had won on the
track by shrewd betting He cleaned
up most of II in New Orleans in 1928
One would think that a million would
he enough for him, but he was not
satisfied. He not only wanted more
but he wanted to continue his game
game that has fascinated multitudes
and that has caused incalculable dis
tress. The gambling germ was in his
system. His luck began to turn, and
whereas before he had won almost
uniformly. he lost a s regularly. When
the break came and his roll began to
diminish. friends advised him to salt
down" part Of il in real estate as
safety cache. He laughed at them
and continued to plunge. only to lose
steadily. Now his million is gone, his
wife's jewels have been pawned, he is
in debt and friends are paying his
bills
There would seem to he no need
Of additional touches to complete this
picture. Perhaps Nick f" has had
million dollars worth OF fun. Per
haps those who lost the million to him
had their share Of it. But what about
Mrs. Nick? For there is such per
son. and she is today carrying the
burden.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

The close Of the year offers an op-
portunity for retrospection and the
more serious consideration OF the last
ing values of life. II 1t Is worth while
for commercial concern to examine
its books and to discover the losses or
profits for a given period, surely it
is more important for the individual
TO disclose to his vision the gains or
losses that are his over the period of
a year.
IT is dangerous business to go on
living without some method Of ap.
praisal 1t is not a difficult task. If we
are consistent about it, to reveal to our
consciousness the advance we have
made, or again the lack Of it. 1t Is
not 50 much a matter of bookkeeping
as 1t is matter of remembering the
way over which we have passed. ANY
serious reflection will bring back to
us those Circumsta noes and incidents
that have either marked our progress
or our decline. 1t will reveal to us the
strength or weakness of our chara cter
in meeting conditions and dealing with
problems that either add to our
strength or subtract therefrom.
We can readily recall whether we
have grown in the number of our
friends through the deepening OF per
Sonal ties of attachment. or lost them
through indifference or unadjusted
and unexplained standings.
We can without difficulty discover
whether we have contributed to the
happiness and possibly the prosperity
of the world in which we live, or
whether through SelfiShneSs we have
only added To our own store of materi-
al gains or personal advancement. We
can by reasonable introspeCtion find
our sympathies are finer our under
standing of life more accurate, our
outlook clearer, and our love of God
and man more utterly sincere. To do
these things God has given US the
gift of memory. To use II simply for
selfish ends is 10 abuse IT and fail Of
its high purpose. To use II for the
purpose of surveying our relation TO
life and for evaluating the qualities in
our nature that are really worth while
is 70 make il serve those high aims
for which IL was definitely given. Any
retrospect at this time that is really
worth while is one that in its survey
must comprehend all the conditions Of
life under which we have lived. Look.
ing at II broadly. we Of America GER.
tainly have cause for gratitude for
what our Nation has experienced, in
spite of conditions that were some
times threatening and in the face Of
conditions in other parts of the world
that were frauSht with perils. The
most careless must discover in the
story of our Nations life during the
past year that which gives occasion
for gratitude TO the Giver OF every
good and perfect gift. Not only have
we had peace, but there are abundant
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Sunday Newspapers in Spain.

Spain is al last seeing the light. Its
old edict banning newspa pers on sun
day is about to be lifted. Premier
Primo de Rivera has dispatched let
ter 70 the head of the Spanish Press
Association virtually demanding the
publication in each city of news
paper on the Sabbath. An answer is
requested by January ).
Based on the fact that the Spanish
people are in large measure kept iGno-
rant OF world happenings through
lack of Sunday papers, the Premier,
in his letter, asked cooperation of
publishers to assist in correcting the
condition. Edited and published col
lectively the new Sunday editions
would he issued simultaneously in
each city.
1t is probable that III" newspaper
owners will hasten to comply. with the
request of the Premier, and that the
Spanish people will eagerly welcome
the innovation. World happenings as
purveyed by the modern journal have
become a paramount feature OF the
daily life of citizens in every portion
Of the globe.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

car patronage, which was the rule for
! many years.
In some cities persons who live in
the outlying sections use their motor
cars for part of the way into town
and then take the street cars to reach
the business section, parking their
cars in the less congested streets of
the middle zone. Others drive their
cars to the nearest car line or bus line
and leave them there ali day while al
work This practice. of course, simply
shifts the parking congestion outward
instead of concentrating 1t.
Economically speaking, the street
car undoubtedly furnishes the great
est service to the community. 1t car
ries more people for each unit than
the motor car or the bus. In point of
space occupied in the street, the street
car is the most efficient means of trans
port Yet the belief unquestionahly
prevails that the street car, running
on a fixed track, and thus limited in
scope of operation. is certain to he per
manently lessened in use as the years
pass. In most places the cars are now
operated a almost Capa city during the
rush hours of the day. \ larger vol
ume of patronage cannot be accommo-
dated save by the introduction of more
cars The laying of new lines is not
regarded with favor in any cfty. Sub
ways or elevated tracks-the latter are
generally viewed as an obsolete form
of urban transportation-are the only
practical means of multiplying the
street car service without increasing
the congestion in the street, already
so serious a problem of city manage
ment.
Baltimore'S experience during 1925
may he due only to some exceptional
local condition, or it may be the result
of a change of habit on the part of
the people who daily pass to and fro
in the ira ansa ction of business. 1t
will be interesting to follow these
figures and to note II possible what
other cities are showing in this re-
gard Of relationship between street car
transport and other means of travel.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

appropriations, the commission has
been unable to find sufficient funds
for its immediate purchase. 1t should,
however, be acquired at the first op-
portunity, before the trees are felled
and the ground is used for CONNER
cial purposes.
WashinGton's park system. already
the most beautiful in the world; Is
making rapid strides to increase it's
lead in this respect. Under the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission wise
purchases are being made and i'm
proNements effected. Acquisition of
this site would be of distinct benefit
to the residents of that section of the
city and would round out the general
park plan. which has long been the
ideal of all Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

Just as everybody in Washington
thought they had President Coolidge's
foreign advisers all Strengthened out
and caLaiogued. along comes the
ubiquitous Col. House ana upsets all
calculations. A call at the White
House by the colonel would have been
bad enough but when he spent the
night there Washington emulated
Rome and howled
The irreconcilableS on Capitol Hill.
who are just as irreConcilable on the
World Court as they We're on the
League of Nations, are pointing a
more or less scornfuI finger in the
direction Of Mr.. Coolidge and are bid
ding him beware of the Texas colonel
and all his works. The mere fact that
Col. House was at one time an init.
mate adviser and investigator for
Woodrow Wilson is enough for the
struggling and stra Ggling remnan nts
Of the once invincible Battalion of
Death"
Every time Col. House puts in an
appearance at Washington the ir-
reconcilables volley and thunder. They
scent new entanGlinG ALTA noes They
see America drawn into the swirling
European vortex. The mere fact that
this Christina stide has found all
Europe at peace and struggling to
perpetuate that peace has not softened
the hearts Of the irreconcila bles
They say now that the financial
Whirlpool is just about as bad as
war, and if Europe can't get us into
war, al least they want TO get MS
into their financial difficulties and
strangle us that way.
But all this is by way of DEPRESSION
ha int nf =
inquire what has become Of "Col "
Frank w. Stearns OF Boston. as
President Coolidce's most intimat e
foreign and domestic adviser. Col. y
Stearns took flying trip to Europe
not so long ago. His coming was
heralded in All the foreign countries
touched by his tour and he was
wined and dined in 4 most sumptuous
manner. first here and then there.
The colonel tried To tell everybody
in his hest Boston English that he
was not an emissary of the Presi-
dent nf the United States. but they
wouldn't believe him. They knew
anyhow that the Colonel was per
soral intimate Of the President and
they felt that something they might
show to Mr.. and Mrs. Stearns or tell
70 them might perColate back TO the
White House where II might do the
most good.
It is perfectly true that Frank
Stearns is the most welcome and most
constant visitor to the White House.
hut it Is also true that during his
White House visits he goes his own
way. does wha he chooses. and never
bothers his friend the President with
any sort of advice. political or other
wise. Mr. Stearns was reGar rded in
Washington as just the sort Of adviser
Mr.. Coolidge liked. That is why this
Col. House business is most disturb
ing
OF co.lrse. the colonel may not have
come to advise He may have got
enough Of that in the Wilson regime
from which ne was banished the last
wear or two. Then too the colonel
Evening star., 1925-12-27
The Patterson Tract.

Acquisition by the National Capital
Park Commission of the tract of land
al Fifth street and Florida avenue
northeast for park site is being urged
by orEa MIA tions in the District This
site, known as the Patterson tract
has long been recognized as especially
desira ble for park purposes and was
recommended by the Senate park
committee in 1901.
During the war this valua hle piece
of la nd became Camp Meigs. When
the Government released the ground
a house -wreckih- company took It
over and now retains possession. In
til 1917 boys and girls of the neigh
ground.
Orga MIA tions prominent in urging
purchase Of this tract are the North
east Citizens Association and the
Board of Trade, the latter having an
nually stressed its desirability as an
addition to the park system of Wash
ington, at it's last meeting placing the
project at the head of the list of it's
recomme nda tons.
While the tract was in the hands
of the Government a large concrete
swimming pool was constructed there.
With large growth Of beautiful
trees. q ready-made bathing pool and
plenty of space for base ball dia-
monds, tennis courts and other forms
of outdoor sports, the attractiveness
of this land is enhanced for park pur-
poses.
Due to the limit set by Congress on
Evening star., 1925-12-27

is bringing out book pretty soon.
Maybe that was why his visit was
kept such a loud secret. Who knows'
Speaking Of President Coolidge. there
has been disposition on the part Of
some chroniclerS of the days news in
Washington to make mucn OF the fact
that the chief Executive 'snooped'
into a good deal of the White House
mail on the morn of Christ mas eve.
The inference was that the President
/ had grown too impatient to be de
TERED by the pretty little Stickers on
certain packages which showed sol
dierS or bluejacket or E:arines sta no
ing at attention and warming AL and
sundry, "Do not Cpen before Christ
mas"
The truth Of the matter is that an
early morning delving into the White
House mail is daily practice Of the
President and is one of the things
about his job that he likes best of all.
| He is invariably at the executive
offices by 6 am. or nearly an hour
before the mail clerks and other eA-
ecutive employees arrive.
Unlike other Presidents, Mr.. Cool
idce loves the little daily routine tasks
which confront him. Small things do
not irk him. AS a matter of fact,
neither do the big things. He just
waits until they get To him or he gets
! 10 them and deals with them in IN
unexcited and natter-of-fact sort OF
way. Mr.. Coolidge always liked 10
! open his own mail when he was Vice
| President. He sees no reason why
| he should dislike to do 1t as PreSi-
| dent.
Every time little presidential
/ boomlet starts for Clifford Pinchot
some killjoy arises and SAYS no Penn
sylvanian can ever get the Republican
| nOnina ton. because Pennsylvania is
| always safe for the G. o. P. and
/ there is no need to favor one of her
sons when n suitable ca andidate can
/ he acquired in big doubtful common
wealth. The friends of the keystone
governor are replying. however. that
/ if New Englsn nd can have a President
/ for the first time in seventy-1Ne or
eighty wears there is no reason why
| Pennsylva MIA should be counted out
, Of the running.
As A matter of fact. there never has
| been but one President elected from
/ Pennsylva MIA and. believe il or not
he ran as Democrat. James
Bucha nan. elected in 1856 was also
known as a Federalist. He was one
of the few bachelors ever chosen q :
President of the United States
Mr.. Cleveland married in the White
House. Mr.. Buchanan never faltered.
During the Pennsylvsnian's admins
-ration the mistress of the hite
House was Miss Harriet Lane, 4
niece whose father was Elliott r.
Lane, who came of an old Nir
cinia family Mr. Lane married Mr.
. Bucha mans sister. Miss Lane ha
been described ~ a beauty of her day.
tall blonde with violet eyes, be
wilderinC feminine combination.
Gov. PinChot remained a bachelor
until rather late in life but today he
holds Mrs. Pinchot as one of his
greatest aides and assets.
tCopyright la25D
Evening star., 1925-12-27
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN d. d., LII. D.,
Bishop OF Washington.
evidences that we have prospered be-
yond our deserving.

evidences that we have prospered be-
yond our deserving.
X
Apart from any disclosure of ma
terial prosperity, we have evidences
within our borders Of a finer spirit of
understanding issuing in a larger
sympathy and, in many respects, in
broader and more kindly fellowship.
Whether our beneficence has kept
pace with our prosperity may be queS-
toned on the other hand, 1t is safe
to say that at no period in human his
tory has the Chrstike spirit of be-
nevolence and charity been so largely
manifested in recent times. Even the
most cynical must see in this the
evidence of a growing spirit of hrot her
hood. We have not approximated the
ideal by any means, but we are ap-
preaching more nearly today than
ever before the Masters great com
mandment, Thou shalt love thy
neiGhbor as thyself."
In the great Workroom of industry,
where we have yet much to learn.
there is a better spirit of give and
take and a moro generous and SNmpa-
thetic understa nding than we have
hitherto known. In the field of re-
ligious activity, where once there was
bitterness and strife and the evl-
dences Of unseemly competition, little
by little the spirit of Christian comfy
is effacine the lines of distinction, and
compelling those who acknowledge the
sovereignty. Of a common Master to
recognize unity in diversity. There is
no place in modern Christian thought
for bigotry or narrowneSs. While we
still have a long WAY To go before we
shall approximate that spirit Of unity
for which Christ prayed, we are bound
to believe that we are approaching II
more nearly today than in the pa@N-
x
surveying the more intimate things
of our domestic and social life. there is
much that must give rs deep concern.
The postwar period has disclosed
tendencies that are hy no means en-
couraginC. To lift the standards of
home and social life to hl46rr levels
should he our first commitment as
we cross the threshold OF new year.
II will matter little what our material
prosperity or our social progress as A
Nation may he, unless we can keep
wholesome and pure the springs Of
our domestic and social life.
In summing up n year Of life, what
do we discover has been our own re
lation TO all these conditions we have
named? Have we stood for the high
est and finest things. or have we
weakly Yielded 10 the unconsidered
impressions and opinions Of the pass
ing hour? Is our life directed and CON
trolled by deep and unchancinc reli-
cious conf1ictions or is Il the victim Of
circumstances to which We feehly
bow? Has the purpose of life been
made more clear to Us. or Is our vision
III,
plan and purposes concerning us? 1t
is A solemn business 20 come to the
end Of the year of life. II Is still
more solemn business To enter new
one unless we can do 50 with the con
sciousness that we are right with God
and the world about us.
tCorvrlght 1921
Evening star., 1925-12-27
The Postal Holiday.

Despite the widely hroa dCast appeal
from the postal authorities To the peo
pie for an early mailing of Christmas
cards and packages. in order that the
postal forces might have full holiday
on Christmas day and still dispose of
all receipts and deliveries. immense
quantities of mail matter accumulated
Friday due to late mailing. Every
incoming mail train brought tons of
postal matter Thursday and Friday 1t
would appear that a multitude of the
people mailed late with the idea that
everything put into the boxes before
Christmas. however near the day.
would be delivered promptly. In con
sequence of this delay of mailing these
cards and packages could not possibly
be handled before Christmas or on that
day and are reaching their destinations
at least thirty.siN and in many cases
forty-eiGht hours later.
IT would seem that no amount of
admonition for early mailing can ouito
fully cure the abit of tardv huvinc
and posting. The people who send
presents by mail have unbounded con.
fdence in the ability of the postal or
sanization. forgetting that if a million
or so people, feeling the same way. prlt
off until the last few hours the mail
ing Of their cards and packages the
result is bound TO be DELAY for all
One Of the causes of postal conges-
ton at this season is the great growth
of the Christmas card practice Mil
lions of these cards are excha nged
dlvldually they are small, but colleC.
lively they make an enormous bulk.
Each card requires separate handling.
and however minute the individual
item the time required for disposinc
of all is a heavy factor in the postal
congestion.
Those whose letters, cards and pack
ages were not delivered on Christmas
joying a holiday should not feel ag-
.;rieved. Sufficient warning was given
10 everybody. and arra ngements for
the holiday We're made in season for
all mail users to adjust to the new con
dition. 1t was right that the holiday
should be esta blished, even though the
mail trains were piling up the volume
Of sacks for later handling. Perhaps
next year fuller heed will be given to
the injunction to mail early"
Evening star., 1925-12-27

to say for once at least the oldest
inhabitant' is mistaken. In the year
1858 Washington was visited by an
earthquake. which was more per
ceptibly felt on F street northwest,
beyond the War and Navy Depart
ments. than in any other part of the
city
II didn't think he would" said the
proprietor.
He said he refused to look like q
pig
Evening star., 1925-12-27

1t is apparent that young Mr.. La
Toilette has a least remained on suf
ficientIy good terms with the G.. o. p.
leaders to exchange the compliments
of the season prior to settling down
to a political game in which friend
ship ceases.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

In addition to the service they rem
der, the traffic signals introduce new
form of street decoration, effective and
appropriate to the season.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

A pretty girl. who didn't know
Just how the traffic ought to 60
A youthful copper, all alert,
The laws Importance to assert.
A frown so grim; a word severe
A smile so sweet, though not sincere.
The pretty girl rides on in state,
And Cupid beats the magistrate.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Among several institutions which
have survived ridicule and attack is
the Standard Oil Company. The days
are almost forgotten when pictorial
reference to it as An octopus was one
of the commonest forms of popular
amusement.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Variable Sentiment.

How do your constituents stand on
prohibition?"
1T depends on the date" answered
Senator Sorghum. They are wet in
large numbers through most of the
year; but on election day they are all
Ir,-
Evening star., 1925-12-27
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Evening star., 1925-12-27

Members Of Congress are 81 wing
Happy New Year" but frankly have
their doubts about the prospect Cor
JOYOUS serenity.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

In spite Of unusual vigilance. the
dry agents hav. not heen able to pre-
vent the usual number of fatalities as
a result of "Christmas cheer"
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Both the Vice President and the
Senate are looking forward with evi-
dent pleasure 10 a settlement of the
question of which shall tame the
other.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

A disarmament agreement faithfully
kept by all parties would give 1926 the
record for all time for the most sue
cessful New Year resolution.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Further Investigation.

oh, Congress. thy fierce agitation
May lead to mental paralysis
That calls, s the hope of the Nation.
For studies in psychoa nalysis,
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Juggernaut Ethics.

From the Ell Paso Herald.
Too much of the world is run on
the theory that you don't need road
manners If YOU are a five-ton truck.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

The franc as represented by. actual
coin expresses actual value. It's diff
ficulty comes when it takes the form
of promissory note.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Has Crossed the Line.

From the Omaha World Herald.
Now that Nellie Dunham has
become a professional the public will
lose all interest In him,