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MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

/ florists began To notice white crosses
| by the roadside. They stand stark
and still, with no word az explana-
ton youchsafed. They are the same
sort OF white crosses that mark the
fields OF Flanders. But they are not
arranged In those same long, rows OF
orderly, IL sad. precision. The white
crosses OF Ohio stand singly for the
most part, but occasionally they seem
to come in clusters
The crosses are extremely pUzzling
to the newcomers I'm the State and
often the suggestion Is heard that
perhaps they have been placed by
local units of the XII Klux Khan. All
such sur1nises are wrong. The crosses
are placed by the Ohio Highway Com.
mission to mark the tragedies Of the
road. Wherever an automobile death
occurs q cross Is planted. At some
OF the dangerous grade crossings IN
| the. State the crosses are particularly
numerous. They are placed as silent
warnings. It is too bad the road
commission does not erect sign at
each entrance TO the State explaining
the mission OF the crosses. They
] would be far more effective.
Other States might follow the Ohio
precedent, for the country certainly
needs o constant and consistent warn
ing on the road. The wild and reck-
less driving encountered on even
brief tour is both alarming and dis.
couraging. The bad driving is not all
the work of the, city chap" or speed
hound, by any means. The country
folk in their fiivyers come pretty near
to disregarting even the most ele-
/ mentary rules of the highway. No
one knows just what they may do at
any moment. A few more crosses on
the roads ought to help, IL anything
can.
The style in golf attire hasn't
i changed, after all. 1t was said at the
| beginning of this season that knicker-
boclers. plus tours and plus skies, all
were to go by the boards. There was
1 to he a .renaissa nee of the old-time
| long pants" This word supposedly
came from those in a position to know
what they were talking about. 1t was
argued that the styles simply had to
change. Plus fours had held sway too
long. But at the open championship
at the Scioto Country Club in Column
bus the past week, Knockers not only
held their own. but reigned supreme.
1t was easy to see what the best
dressed golfers will wear this season.
i Just three OF the leading players Of
the country appeared in long trousers.
and they have never worn anything
else on the links. They were not con-
verts to a new style. One OF the men
in '.Iongies" was long Jim Barnes,
national champion IN 1921, when the
open was held at the Columbia Club
in Washington and President Harding
played the winner. The second devotee
of golfing stacks" as long trousers
are known in the British army, was
wee Freddie Mcleod of the Columbia
Club, national champion in 1908.
Freddie's long trousers would be
knickers for long Jim, but they cover
Freddie right down to the ground.
Freddie is known as "demita e"
among his fellow pros" The third
player in longs" was Willie Ogg Of
/ Copyright. 1920
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tit In great for man to come to a
future which he does not know, s. said
Phillips Brooks 1t Is the prevailing
habit or life to be ever looking for
ward to new days OF better things.
Indeed, IL lis this habit OF anticipation.
of forward looking, that has inspired
and brought into being those agencies
and creations that have enriched and
benefited the race. Franklin once
said, Today IL Yesterdays pupil, !"
and 1t might be added that today Ia
tomorrows Inspiration. Nothing In
more deadening than, to live solely in
the satisfactiOns Of the present. Such
an attitude means stagnation and sus-
pended progress. Every year OF the
$50 that this Nation has lived has
been distinguished by some new adj
vance. The story or It's progress Ia
more fascinating and compelling than
the tales Of Jules Verne. We stand
| today on the threshold OF a new era,
We face q new tomorrow. The wisest
Of our prophets can hardly tell ns
what that tomorrow IL 10 Witness.
One need is clearly evident, that with
the flight or the years we have come
into q finer national consciousness and
our unity is more complete today
than 1t has ever been before. We be.
lieye that God has made and pre-
served us Nation and we further.
believe that only a. we maintain nm.
falling trust in Him shall we 60 for.
ward TO new day OF higher achieve
n1ent and more satisfying endeavor.
The call upon every true citizen Ii to
pause at such a time as this for re.
dedication to the high claims OF God
and country. III We believe that ito.
morrow. the Lord win do great won.
ders among us, IL we are hopeful
that better days lie ahead. then we,
must more completely seek to fulfili
His will and TO understand more fully
His divine purposes.
In the hurry Of our present life we
are sometimes reluctant to pause for
more serious reflection or TO set apart
definite times for meditation and
prayer. We seem to be irritated Ii
for an instant the swift movement OF
life Is checked. Our ears are so filed
with the whirr Of faat.moving ma:
chinery that even brief period OF 81.
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
Il BY THE RIGHT REY. LANES b FREEMAN, ID. D, ~. ID.
Bishop Of WassiBnOn.

lence embarrasRea us. Some one says.
I'VE haveSmachinery, but no motion.
Before the Master Of men entered
upon His great world crusade. lie
went into the silences for q protract-
ed period. What those days Of silence
meant to Him the world may not
know. but that they empowered Him
ard gave Him larger vision oG Ills
mighty task Is conspicuously evident.
Again, In the later period Of His life,
He separated Himself from His fol.
lowers and sought the shades Of q
garden that He might once again
weigh the issues OF His divine mission
and be strengthened Tor the inlpend.
ing crisis.
Every great leader indeed. every
one who has contributed to a better
tofnorrow--has emulated His example.
when the great field marshal Of
France bore the heavy burdens OF di.
recting the greatest army the world
has ever known, he repeatedly stole
away from the scene of action, with
all. its turmoil and distractions, that
he might spend a silent hour away
from the noise Of guns and the call of
an exacting service. Prayer has en-
iightened my way" was his declara-
ti0n when asked concerning these pc
RODS OF quiet.
Sunday was designed toafford man
an opportunity for reflection and IA
better understanding Of the purposes
OF God. Its practicai value Lii clearly
demonstrable. It Is not designed as
day of stern self discipline. but
rather that It may afford q larger OPP
pQrtunity for checking UP the sue
ceSses and failures OF preceding days
and prepare us for the increasing and
wider responsibilities Of the days that
are to follow. There can be no prog.
ress without these periods of refiec-
tion. The best balanced life is the
one that has fashioned for Itself a
prescribed schedule. Eight hours
for work. eight hours for play and
eight hours for sleep" with no time
provided for renewing the spent
forces or repairing the breaches. re-
suits in impairment. Incompetence and
failure. What some one has called
the lust for haste" Is character
istic of our time. We stand expect
antly and hopefully AT the beginning
of an age that we believe, will mark
the greatest advance the world has
ever known, but let us be clear about
it, its progress will be determined by
those who, with high devotion, sane.
tify themselves and give more heed
to the voices OF the spirit.
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Potatoes for italy.

Mussolini makes one of the boldest
moves in his campaign for the re-
demption of Italy's finances when
he raises restrictions that have long
been imposed against the importa-
tion~ef seed potatoes. He does this
in order TO encourage the growth of
the tuber, which forms so large a
part of the dietary of other nations,
but which has been denied entrance
into Italy because of the universally
OF the use Of pasta" generally
known as macaroni.
Pastas in various. forms are made
throughout Italy. They are made In
factories by wholesale and they are
made in homes. Travellers through
that country making their first visit
ind much to interest them in the
sheets and strings OF this food ma
.erial hanging on lines in the yards
of dwellings to dry. just as clothes
are hung In the yards Of American
homes.
The food value Of macaroni, to use
the name generally employed in this
country. Is practically the same as
that OF the potato. But the tuber
can be served in a great variety Of
forms and Is now one of the COM
monest Of food units throughout a
large part of the world.
The potato is an American plant.
II was in cultivation In the Western
Hemisphere before the discovery OF
America. and was taken to Europe,
probably from Peru to Spain, in the
early part Of the 18th century. It was
introduced into England either by siE
Walter Raloigh in 1856 or by Sir
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Tell the Pilgrims the Truth

Many visitors to the SesQui.
centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
are already coming to Washington as
one of the important points on a pa
triotic pilgrimage. Many more viii
come, as the great fair Is more fully
established and draws larger numbers.
Those who have coupled Washington
already with the Sesquicentenniai
have had the advantage Of seeing Con,
gress at work. Those who are TO
come viii miss that spectacle.
But whether they have already
come and been treated to a visit to
the halls Of legislation and to the
sound Of the voices Of the American
lawmakers in debate or exposition, or
must make the journey without know
ing that experience, they will perhaps
60 back to their homes with o sense
of something wrong at Washington.
Having stood in the presence Of the
great relic of Liberty. the ringing
tones of which proclaimed the birth
of the new republic, they are puzzled
to find here community of Amer
leans, fully endowed with all the
theoretical qualifications for citizen
ship, who, despite the solemn truths
enunciated in the Declaration Of In.
dependence, are denied any participa.
ton whatever In the making OF their
own laws, or in the choice Of their
executive, or in the levying of taxes.
Yet this condition has prevailed for
many, many years. 1t has existed
ever since Congress accepted the gift
of tract of land. ten miles square,
from Maryland and Virginia. to serve
as a seat Of Federal Government. For
a part Of that time the small COM
munities comprised within the Dis
trict boundaries were seif-goyerning,
in sense. For more than half a
century, however. there has been no
shred Of representation Of the Capital
community in the body that makes It's
laws.
This has not been for lack of pro.
test or appeal. Washington has al
ways claimed its share Of the funda-
mental national right Of representa-
ton. 1t il claiming 1t now with par,
ticular emphasis and with specific
proposal for Its grant. Eventually 1t
hopes that it's claim viii be granted
and that the people of the country
will have an opportunity to pass upon
1t in the form of an amendment to
the Constitution permitting Congress
to extend to the Washingtonians the
right of national representation in
the Federal lawmaking body and the
right to vote for the President and
Vice President of the United States.
This is an opportune time to set
forth to all the patriotic pilgrims who
include Washington in their route to
and from the Sesquicentennial Ex-
hibition the fact that the principles
set forth in the Declaration OF In.
dependence and proclaimed by the
tones of the Liberty bell have been
denied to the half million people of
the National Capital. Many of them
do not know the fact. Let none OF
them get back home without telling
them Of this anomaly and Of the plan
under way to correct 1t.
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In Washington. Others are selected
as the demand indicates need for an
Office.
In Chicago there is a Federal
State ONCE combined at 116 North
Dearborn street, in st. Louis at 140a
Chestnut street, and In Little Rock
at 106 Center street. These Offices
are a good distance from the harvest
sections, but help with information
to thousands of harvest laborers pass.
Ing through those cities and guide
men in the right direction TO the
nearest job then available.
Time Element Important.
Fortunately for the workers and
the farmers, the biggest wheat
growing State, Kansas, haryests its
crop earlier than the Northern areas
and the usual army of about 40. O0O
itinerant workers needed in that
State can later scatter into Nebra ska.
the Dakotas, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Montana cutting comes still
later. usually In August. The Inland
Empire area, between the Rocky
Mountains and the Cascades in Idaho
Oregon and Washington, attracts n
fews ofuthahnore reimbursement work.
ers who have harvested earlier In
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, but
most of its forces came from the
West Coast.
Most of the wheat-belt states have
other crops which call for seasonal
labor, and the cat, rye, barley and
hay fields offer jobs, some before and
some after the wheat crop. Theshine
In many sections is separate lob
from harvesting. Corn huskinR. no
tato digging and fruit picking call
FOR help late into the Summer or
early Fall, and the agricultural army
does not break up all at once when
the wheat is cut. In every bunk
house from the Mississippi to the Pa.
cine Ocean there Is talk OF the next
job to which men are moving.
The harvesting army has beer
mobilizing steadily since early. June
and after July has it's ranks pretty
well flied and the northward march
going steadily forward. The Govern
ment field employment offices move
ahead the outposts and Information
sources for this army, while the cen,
trail ONCE keeps the divisions in
formed Of conditions as the attack
on the wheat fields progresses. The
chief clearing house is the Kansas
City Office, to which the Department
ot Labor urges that inquiries be al.
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Jones Self-Master.
Example in Control May Guide
Other Golfers.

From the New York Herald. Tribune.
All followers of golf can remember
the days when the latest winner Of
the British open used to tear up his
cards at the end of 4 badly played
match. throw his putter across the
green after falling TO hole out and
break the club that had refused to
do his will In those days Bobbie
Jones did not possess what Is called
ity which has enabled more than one
distinguished player to continue a
game complacently. even after three
or four bad holes. !.
Jones Is q golfer who has set to
work deliberately TO master himself,
knowing that until that was done
he could never master the game.
Highly strung, nervous, given to fits
OF disgust with himself which broke
out in violent exhibitions of temper,
he was under tremendous handi-
cap. 1t is evident that by the sheer
force Of Will power he has learned
to hold when the devil inside him
was insisting that he stamp on his
treacheroiis Ynashie or niblick and
give up the game forever. One of
the reasons why the majority OF
members OF every gol. club continue
to play far over par Is that the game
gets them" Even Ii their fury at
flubs breaks out only In bad Ian
guage, Ii persists till the end Of the
round and results In vicious swata
at the ball which are fatal to good
playing
For these Bobbie Jones has lit the
torch OF hope. They may never win
any open championships. but IL they
are able to maintain self-contr0l for
three or four hours at a stretch,
Eeven when 1.-THE breaks, go against
them. they will In time join the mi-
nority who now and then play under
90. That Jones Is really greater
than q golfer we learn from the
Proverbs, which tell us that.
''TTe that Is slow to anger Is better
than the mighty. and he that ruleth
his spirit Is greater than he who
taketh q city
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Before the vital and titanic contro-
yersy between Charleston and Mem
phis as to the origin Of the Charles.
ton assumes more serious proper
tons and leads to civic duels, d bit
Of Southern history should be recall
ed as having In II the elements OF a
compromise
An old.time resident of Atlanta has
come forward with the suggestion
that history would best be served and
all jealousies allayed IL the dance
were called the Atlanta. II Is just
like Atlanta to make a. suggestion
like that sort. for modern Atlanta
never has been q shrinking violet.
IL Is rather prone TO come forward
In times OF great crises and offer a
solution which will rebound to the
credit Of the Gate City Of the South.
But. entirely aside from the mere
spirit of compromise, Atlanta can
put forward what would seem to be
a fairly legitimate claim to the
dance. Charleston says 1t was
created on the docks. Memphis says
1t had its birth on the levee. At
lanta has neither docks nor levee.
hut 1t has an old union station which
once resounded with revelry, partic.
tpbtCA All 10y ING
rOtai'ians Of their day---of both
Charleston and Memphis, and there
by hangs the tale.
It seems that years and years ago
when the first direct rail connection
was made between Charleston and
Memphis there naturally was a great
celebration Of the m0mentous event.
The good people OF Charleston
journeyed over the rails to greet
their brothers In Memphis. They
took with them hogshead OF sea
| water from the good old Atlantic.
With much ceremony and ctFcum-
| stance the salt water was poured into
new connection between the ocean
and the Father Of Waters.
The good people OF Memphis. not
to be outdone In politeness and
| courtesy, made the return journey ia
Charleston, taking with them several
barrels of the murky waters of the
Mississippi This they poured into
the bay at Charleston, as another
symbol.
The point OF all this IL that thu
good people of both Charleston ant
Memphis had to pass through AT
entertained. There were high jinki
and high jigs. Whether or not one
OF the figs had in 1t the embryonic
elements OF the Charleston, the writer
cannot say. but the old Atlantan>sayi
Il probably did. In any event, At
lanta has laid claim to many things
on more slender threads Of evidence
Charleston, however, il in posses
|, sion of the dance at the moment an(
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President Coolidge has at last yield
ed to the delights of a fishing trip.
He may be playing golf next. and
eventually resume the presidential
custom of throwing the first ball at
the opening game of the base ball sea.
son. A President. however engrossed
in dutiful occupations, is compelled to
realize that the American people like
to see him enjoy himself occasionally,
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An ntI,er STATES and Canada.
Seeking a Remedy.

Practical steps to prevent disas'
trous increase in the volume OF DIS
trict expenditures and consequently
an increase in the tax rate have peeh
taken through the initiative OF tne
Board of Trade committee on munich
pal finance These citizens as Wen
as members of other committees OF
the Board Of Trade have conferred
with District officials, and as result
of that conference special committee
is to be named to study the estimates
for the next fiscal year and the
sources of revenue. In August this
special committee will make report
and further conference will be held
with the Commissioners to agree upon
a program of recommendations to Con-
gress as well as upon conservative
budget Of District expenditures.
It is evident that with the restraint
imposed upon Congress by the fixed
ratio principle of Federal contrlbu.
lions to District maintenance removed
to hold down the local budget. On
the contrary. there Is a, disposition
to impose upon the District the full
cost of important works which should
be financed jointly by District and
Government. There is even dispo.
sition to make the District pay for
strictly Federal works. This was sc.
: riously proposed in the closing hours
of the last session in the case of the
national arhoretum.
At present it is the policy OF Con-
gress in appropriating District reve-
nues for Capital maintenance to com.
pei the meeting of the costs of large
improvements out of current reve.
nues.. The District is at present build.
ing for posterity on a cash-payment
basis. It's budget of today represents
improvements for the benefit of Dis.
trict citizens OF, the future. 1t Is prac
tically impossible to obtain appropria.
lions for such projects save upon the
basis of payments out Of current
funds.
No other municipality in the United
States is thus e9m RP.sns sis' e meet its
needs Of the future out of today's'
revenues. No other municipality is
increasing its annual budget at the
rate of the District. No other munich
pality is menaced with so large an ad
vance in the tax rates. And all be-
cause of the fact that Congress has
abandoned the fixed-ratio principle
and Is compelling the District to put
itself upon cash.payment basis. with.
out regard for the item of tax rates
and Indifferent to the breaking strain
that is imposed upon the community
by this unnatural mode of provision.
Expedients to avoid immediate large
expenditures for permanent projects
will be only palliatives. They will not
cure the essential fault of the system
which has been established in substi-
tuition for the fxed-ratio plan. The
Board Of Trade committee is to seek
a formula of legislation that will pre-
vent the swelling of the budget and
the consequent increase of the tax
levy. There is but one conceivable
method whereby Congress, 50 long as
1t contains no representative of the
District, can be held to reasonable re.
straint in the spending of District
money, and that is the restoration of
the fixed-ratio principle, which win
act as check upon so-called liberality
Of appropriation, which is, in fact, lib
erality with other peoples money.
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SHOOTING STARS.
By pHrLAsDER JOHNSON.

as. June Song.
June goes journeying on her way.
'Mongst blossoms sweet and kind.
The bees, while workin', pause to play
The tune Of Never Mind" s3z
Sorrows come an sorrows 90.
We've laughed an we've repined;
But June comes singin', sweet an
low,
The tune Of Never Mind"
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The opinion advanced by Mr.. Frank
Lowden that farmers should become
more intelligent viii not satisfy many
a rural citizen who has been thinking
things out for himself. and who feels
that his intellectual attachments will
meet practical requirements II he can
persuade the farmhands to be more
industrious. The farm problem Is. in
large measure. a labor problem.
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One of the wise sayings of great
men that nobody pays any attention
to is that old remark of Andrew Car.
negie to the effect that it is a dis
grace for man to die rich.
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broken down Clusters patience alto
gefher, was his being reduced from
the command of the Yellowstone exs
petition to the charge of his own regi-
mert. All these considerations seem
TO have impeiled him to disobey or
ders, ei.ide Terry at last and seek to
But. a. Terry kindly says in his 70
port. Custer need not be censured. for
ne gave his life for his fault. |" !.
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A man in Henry Ford's position Ii
likely to face boredom. Every At
tempt to interest him must consist
in telling him something to do with
his money that viii result in bring.
ingl him still more, money.
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Changing the government seldom
goes far to changing the immediate
tendency of economic conditions. A
new ministry makes no. impression
whatever on the French franc.
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"A way 10 Help Farmers

From the Rockford Morning Star.
II Congress really wants to help
agriculture IL might benefit two
great Industries at once BY buying
.iip the used cars on the market and
giving them tn the farmers.
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When Mussolini goes after the
grafters many Italian people are
likely to make inquiry as to, who let
them in, in the first place.