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Proposed House Office Building.

Congress may consider at this SEES.
sion a proposal to provide increased
office space for Representatives. and a
bill is pending to purchase the square
bounded by b and c streets, New Jer-
sew avenue and South Capitol street
as a site for a structure to correspond
in architecture with the present House
Office Building, or to purchase the
north half of that square and the
north half of the square bounded by
& and & streets, South Capitol street
and Delaware avenue. In taking the
whole of the first square the Govern
ment would have to buy two costly
hotels. The Government owns consid-
cradle land in the north part of the
square and the buildings which stand
on the square between South Capitol
street and Delaware avenue are Of
small value. Should the Government
buy the north halves Of the two
squares n twin or double structure
would be constructed so that South
Capitol street between B and c streets
would not be closed and the vista from
the Capitol to the Eastern Branch
would be preserved.
There are strong arguments that it
would be the better plan to construct
the proposed building on the full
square on tAe west side of New Jer-
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Yearly Permits.

Congress has been requested by the
District Commissioners to adopt a
trafhc act amendment so that another
year may be given to the director of
traffc to prepare for issuance of the
more than 100000 automobile permits
In Washington. The Commissioners,
IN thelr letter to Senator Capper,
point out that the present act pro-
Flues reinsurance of permits on March
81. they state that the traffic Office
mas neither the facilities nor the per.
sonnet to handle this tremendous vol
ume OF business in the short time
specified, and urgently request that
congress enact an amendment to the
traffic bill which will allow the traffic
once until March 81, 1927, to prepare
its machinery for the task.
The justice of the Commissioners
request is clearlN evident, and Con
SreSS should hasten to comply with il
AS the time hears for the issuance
OF annual permits. provided in the
traffic code. the almost insurmount-
able difficulties facing the District g
lnadequately equipped traffic office in
carrying out the order have multi.
Piled. Both in finances and personnel
the office is unqualified TO handle such
a volume of business. More than
$4,000 yearly would be required TO
increase the force to a point where it
Is capable of dealing in annual per
mlts for the 100000 automobile drivers.
With Congress unwilling to make
this appropriation, there can be no
good reason for continuing the pro-
vision Tor annual permits in the traffic
code after the first complete revision
Is made next year. 1t should be wiped
out altogether. Full power for revo-
cation of permits by the director of
traffic will be sufficient thoroughly to
control the situation, and the yearly
provision would be nothing more than
nuisance to the traffic office and pub
lie alike.
50 that Congress can easily comply
with the Commissioners request. but
should go a little further and abolish
the yearly permit clause, following re-
issuance next year. at the same time
giving the director the additional au.
thority for revocation that is so ur.
gently needed.
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all of them made, filler, binder and
wrapper, from the same kind Of to-
bacco. 1t is plain smoke and when
a mans taste is fixed on American to-
bacco he gets as much satisfaction
from the home grown smoke" as an.
other man does from a cigar costing
twenty times as much, but fashioned
OF tobacco grown in the tropics.
Webster of dictionary fame defined
stogy as "a kind of inexpensive
though not necessarily inferior cigar
While the stories about White House
stogies are amusing to Some persons,
there are great many who feel that
the President shows good sense in his
choice. The men who still stand by
the old American roll of tobacco
leaves, uncontaminated by blend, -
red and gold band and fiossy name, are
with the President in this matter.
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. d. ID,
Bishop OF Washington.

US for generation to come. During
the period of the war the worlds
deepest thinkers were saying that this
world could never be what 1t was be
fore. Witnessing the selfishness anG
greed Of nations, conscious of "A like
Selfishness In much of our corporate
life, they felt that the flame of wal
must burn away those clements that
had hindered the high progress OF
mankind.
A great secular journal maintained
at the close Of the war, Throughout
the whole human society there will
be, as a consequence of the righteous
ending Of a war that began in I'M
Righteousness, an enormous strength
ening of the forces that make for
morality, for stability. for good faitt
between nationals and for belief In
the divinity that shapes the ends OF
mankind. Devil worship has re
ceived a deadly blow"
X X !. +
In one of the most memorable ut
terances that fell from his lips. Presi
dent Harding said. 1.-The gospel OF
understanding alone will insure a
tranquil world" A gospel of under
standing" must proceed from the con
viction that the teachings of Jesus
Christ concerning the fatherhood OF
God and brotherhood of man are
fundamental to our life. If right
eousness exalteth 8. nation and his
tory says that it does, then our
primary concern today is not the
building up Of big business or the
strengthening OF the material fabric
OF the State. but the reaffirIninS OF
those deep religious convictions that
underlie and secure these things II
was Elihu Root who in d notable ad
dress maintained that TWO sets OF
ideals were presented To the con
seriousness of the world. incarnated in
two ersonalities-Odin, who repre-
sented brute force, and Jesus Christ
who represents in His life and teach
ings the highest ideals the world has
ever known
Every man and woman who be
lieveS in America and who seeks &c
set forward her interests is solemnly
called today to regard his or her
obligations as d citizen of a Christian
country.
God brings nations and men &c
the haven OF their own choosing.
and the haven we choose today will
be our destiny tomorrow.
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| There will be world wide discussion
| for many years to come OF the atti-
tude taken by the United States in
| the case of the Countess of Cathcart,
detained at Ellis Island upon her ar
! rival in New York as an undesirable
| alien" and because of certain acts in
volvihg moral turpitude."
| The countess had been a defendant
| in divorce action, following an
| elopement to Egypt, which seems 10
be a sort of mecca for most clipping
| English couples with money enough
| to travel to far lands. Already the
| European press has begun to sniff
| rather ostentatiously and inquire
since when the United States has be.
| come the moral censor of the world
at large, particularly in the question
OF divorces, in which this country
| abounds. As a matter of fact. the
| American courts have become Sc
| clogged with divorce actions, the Eu-
ropean press notes, there has been an
| overflow to Paris, where the French
| courts are doing lucrative business
| for American millionaires of both
| sexes.
| Shafts Of satire are being hurled al
| our moving picture colony, with its
multifarious divorces, and we are
| asked why we do not boycott and bar
i from the silver screen all of the
| guilty" parties involved in these
| matrimonial tangles of Hollywood
Reno and New York. Also, there is
a demand to know if the United States
| proposes to deprive of citizenship
every person within it's borders held
| guilty in a matrimonial cause celebre.
The point is made that the Countess
| Of Cathcart has not sought admission
| TO the United States with the idea OF
4 tnx dan md
| taking out naturalization papers. The
countess appears to have not the
| slightest desire to become one of US.
She is said to have important business
| engagements in New York prior to
returning to England to become the
! bride of an estimable young man
| who has cabled this country in her
| behalf.
| There is further the claim that the
| countess is being Disseminated against
| inasmuch as the immigration authori
ties certainly cannot have the records
! of every person visiting the shores OF
| America and cannot Judge offhand be
| tween the good and the bad of the
| divorce courts.
Already in Europe there has been
| a disposition to regard our prohibition
| situation as one involving a large
amount Of hypocrisy. This criticism
! has been called forth largely by the
charges so freely made in this coun
| try that many Representatives and
Senators who vote dry drink wet al
| nearly every opportunity. II is also
a fact that American hosts and host
! esses seem to feel in duty bound Il
| ply all foreign guests with liquors
| from the moment they set foot on
| these shores until they stagger back
up the gangplank bound for home. II
! is small wonder they regard the pro
/ hibition sentiment in this country with
| suspicion.
There is also q theory IN Europe
/ that hypocrisy increases as one moves
! to the West. The cries of hypocrisy
| are leveled first at England and then
| at the United States. The case of
! the Countess of Cathcart will add new
| fuel to the fires Of criticism along this
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Worldwide Conditions

The times are getting rather Queer
We hear these words both far and
near.
All Asia. when it got the news
That Cinnamon had cut their cues
And bought large shoes for all their
wives,
Declared that they had wrecked their
lives.
When Turkish DANES, with wells
laid by,
Were easy to identify
The old-time Turks protested, Please
Don't keep your dresses round your
knees!
Pray manage them to hide your face
And so avoid a sad disgrace"
All kinds Of shoes our ladies wear.
Some time ago they cut their hair,
And as they walk with graceful skill
Their skirts grow short and shorter
still.
And over there and over here
Men all agree that Times Are Queer.
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Cratuitous Insults.
From the Oklahoma City Daily oklah ON a n

\
The great war was fought over
again when the House of Representa-.
tiVes took up the question of foreign
debt adjustment The best that is born
of patriotic fervor as well as the worst
that springs from racial prejudice was
introduced into the discussions. Logic
was violated as it is rarely violated bv
those who pleaded for special conces-
sions to Britain while denying the
Justice of similar concessions to Italy.
unqueStionably the allied nations
nave cause for honoring the Anglo
saxon, who in the day of crisis cast
his sword into the scales on the side of
freedom, and made his promise to lit
tie Belgium as sacred as his soldiers
blood. But Is not Italy also entitled to
the gratitude and honor of the world s
Tree nations? Did she not choose the
nobler part and pay a fearful toll on
the choice she made?
Bound to the central powers by an
Illogical agreement, Italy was expected
10 support the Austrian mandate that
precipitated war. But in refusing to
support the murder of feeble nations
and in announcing her unwillingness
to become an international assassin,
Italy enabled the legions of France to
~ O." IL llOlIl Lie
littoral and rushed to the Belgian from
tiers. Had Italy moved against France
when Belgium was invaded. Paris I'M
doubtedly would have been captured
by Won Kluck, and the war probably
would have ended with an allied de-
feat in 1914.
1t was no easy choice that Italy
made. The conveXity of her frontier
made national defense doubly difficult,
invited attack and rendered the slight
est reverse disastrous. Her danger
was illustrated by the disaster at
Caporetto. Moreover. the terrain over
which her armies fought was one of
the most difficult on the planet. Entire
campaigns were fought above the
clouds, and heavy artillery was moved
along mountain peaks where wild
goats found their way with difficulty.
Justice and honesty may demand
the collection of the Italian debt to
the last dollar. But to do it Is not
necessary to depreciate the service and
heroism Of Italy in order to justify
the collection. Such depreciation is
rendered contemplate by the graves
of 100000 Italian dead. 1t is fully
answered by the devoted Latins who
died in the passes of the Trentino
or swan the PLAYA, dirk in teeth, to
stay the onrush of the enemy. 1t is
altogether unnecessary to malign both
the dead and the living in order to
demand payment of an honest debt.
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WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING!


Psalm f07, perse 80: HE bringeth
them to the hauen tOhere they soould
be-"
God brings nations and men to
the haven of their own choosing.
Whether we recognize it or not, there
Is an irresistible logic in life. If
every man, as some one has said, sis
the architect of his own fortune"
then with like force we may say that
"a nation is the architect of it's own
fortune" Buckle. in his History of
Civilization. maintained that food and
climate have determining effect
upon the character of a people. Others
have maintained that heredity and
environment are mighty factors. We
are coming more and more to under
stand that, quite apart from these, we
ourselves, according to our own wills,
largely determine the ultimate des-
tiny of our lives. He was right who
said, Man Is not SO much a fact as
possibility
The pattern of the life TO he
We weave with colors all our own;
And in the field of destiny
we reap as we have sown.
< x x X
Although we sometimes rebel
against the result Oh our own tend
encies, we cannot override the IRE
sistible logic of life. 1t is said con-
corning Judas that 'he went to his
own place" He literally created for
himself his own destiny. The lonely
Napoleon on St. Helena regarded his
exile as contravening the high pur-
poses Of his life. He reckoned not
with his own selfish ambitions. nor
the inevitableness OF their tendency.
In our more immediate life. we be-
come clearly conscious of the force
OF the dictum Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap" God
brings nations and individuals to the
haven of their own choosing" In
this, the human will is supreme; not
even God Himself can overrule the
choice which men make. HE that
soweth to the flesh, shall Of the flesh
reap corruption" and again the Apos-
tie says. Neither doth corruption in
herit interruption.
We are passing through a. time of
great reimbursement and we are talk
ing much today in terms of recon
struction. The shadows of the war
have hardly passed and it's bitter
nesses and griefs must remain with
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lance carried. AS the law now stands
express companies can successfully
compete with the Government in car
rying packages short distances. but
cannot do 50 when the distance
reaches half or entirely across the
continent. The result is that the
mail coaches in the Far West are bur-
dened with hundreds OF pounds of
merchandise shipped by firms in the
East in 4-pound packages to their
customers. The law never contem
plated any such abuse of the privi-
Iege, and 1t Is proper that 1t should be
so amended as to remedy the evil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Weather prophets who said this was
to be an extraordinarily hard Winter
were correct in their calculations, not
so much of natural conditions, but be-
cause of the human element relating
to coal production.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news DIS
patches credited TO il or rot otherwise cred
lted in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

One prediction may be ventured
with confidence: Whatever the gen.
eral climate may be. skies will be
fairer when we can resume the use of
hard COAL
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system has demonstrated its ueres
sity and usefulness during four dec
AIDES OF practical application n
Nation. State and city. not merely as
means of abolishing party patro
mage. but as operating in the public
interest IN securing efficiency anG
economy in Government
We urge its extension" saws tbs
commission. Ito apply To the selec
ton. tenure. pay and promotion al
all nonpoliticaI employees An ade
quate employment system is more
vital to Government than il is 10 in
dustry."
The recommendation is made that
the next step in the removal of post
masterships from patronage should he
the passage OF one of the many bills
now before Congress which would
place all postmasters within the elias
slned service, abolish the four-year
term and do away with the confirma
tion by the Senate of postmaster
ship appointments. 1t is argued
that only in this way can these Offices
be taken out of politics and become
In fact as they are in legal purpose
mere business agencies of the Govern
ment.
The further point is made that
these positions should be more gen
| orally open to promotion to the enc
| that the Federal service may offer a
career to aspiring youth comparable
to outside employment.
Prohibition Enforcement.
prohibition enforcement Jobs will be
brought into the classified service il
Congress has due regard for the
Judgment of the Civil Service Com
| mission. The commission does not
however, think that present holders
! of places in the rum-chasing branch
| or the Government should be covered
| into the classified service by any
| legislation which Congress may enact
This would suggest that in the
| opinion of the commission there are
| now some individuals in the prohibi
| ton enforcement service who should
not enjoy the life tenure and securit,
| that go with positions protected b,
| the civil service law
| The commission also wants In.
| position of deputy collector of interna
| revenue restored to the competitive
| classified service.
| Only an efficient honest and OK
| perienced force can execute the in
ternal revenue laws in such wa,
| as to prevent evasions and violations
| which result in loss of much revenue
| IT declares, and only the merit
system will assure such force
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Glad PrOspect.

Our lamentations we may hush.
The soft-coal plague is through.
brush
And start the world anew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

In figuring how the loss due to-
strikes shall be paid, old friend Ulti-
mate Consumer offers no word of
comment, but simply reaches for his
check book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Dictator Pangalos proposes to com
pei Athenian youth to be home by 10
pm. He may succeed. In this country
the "curfew shall not ring tonight"
sentiment is too strong TO encourage
any such attempt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

In addition to statistics and ethnol-
ogy and masses of technical detail i'm.
migration authorities are now re-
CURED to concern themselves with
scandal in high life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Any strike settlement Is at best a
temporary agreement. The scientists
at work on several new methods of
supplying warmth to the public are
still observed with hopeful interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

A few nations are always eager to
acquire more territory even if they
have to finance their realty entirely
on the installment plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Mussolini's plan to rebuild Rome
will give the Romans the satisfaction
of knowing that any unsafe bridges
have been disposed of once and for a III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Jud Tunkins says that a man who
always looks out for number one soon
finds he doesn't count for much.
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Graceful Exit.

DO you think a member of Con-
gress ought to be a lawyer?'
''It's an advantage" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. "If he finds the cleo
tions aren't going his way it enables
him to announce his retirement to
avoid further neglect Of a lucrative
pra ctice"
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Too Large an Order.

do you believe in capital punish
ment?"
well" replied Cactus Joe, 'it
mustn't be overdone. So many people
now steal fivvers it wouldn't be prac-
teal to hang 'em all. same as we did
boss thieves"
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Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

A diligent search of the columns of
old newspapers will reveal many ex-
traordinary happenings, but il is to
be doubted if ANYTHING more remark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Sad tidings every day draw near.
Amid our testing, terrors creep,
When what we need, to live, grow
dear
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And only human life seems cheap.

de disturber is de man dat gifts
noticed" said Uncle Eben. "In de
choir de one OATS off de key always
sings de loudest."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Half century ago Congress was
under commission, so TO speak, To
devise a new form of government for
the District of Columbia, the terri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

Psalm f07, rerse 80: HE bringeth
them to the hdven ,Ohere they a0Ould
be-"
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Through Cars
to Boston.

York by the steamer Maryland
The morning express would leave
Boston about 9 o'clock and reach
Philadelphia IL hours later. the eve
ming express leaving Boston at 9 and
reaching Philadelphia the next morn
ing. 1t was estimated that the trip
Of the steamer between the Harlem
River and Jersey City would occupy
about As minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

In The Star of February IL. 1876, is
announced q new line of express
trains to be run between Boston
and Washington without change of
The Washington times., 1926-01-14
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7. O.CIERKS
INSURANCE
AIMED

Hearings on the bill authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General to
contract for group life insurance
for postal employees will begin
before the House Committee on
Postoffice and Post Roads at 10
a. m. Saturday.
Postmaster General New will
be the first witness, it was an
nounced today by Representative
w. w. Griest, chairman of the
committee.
New Has Studied Plan
The Postmaster General has made
a study OF the application of group
life insurance to employees Of large
business concerns. Organizations Of
postal employees are adopting group
life insurance policies, Representa-
tive Griest said.
The measure will affect $50, 900
postal employees In the District Of
Columbia and the nation at large.
Representatives Of postal commit
tees and organizations will appear
before the committee.
Group insurance presents the
advantage OF securing this form Of
protection to the larger par, If not
all. Of the individuals in a service
and at a flat rate Of cost which
will he much lower than ran be
obtained by many of the individuals
of the group IL contracted for sep
arately." Representative Griest said
Plan Is Optional
THE benefits to be secured under
the proposed legislation would be
left entirely to the option of the
postal employees.
Furthermore, it would not in
any respect interfere with tie
projects already in operation
through the postal organizations.