Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04

try ought to he Interested in ar,
unsolicited testimonial hat recently
reached DIR. +. W. Ballou. superin.
tendent Of the District schools. II
reads:
From time to lime | read criti-
cisms Of our public schools, which
are, no doubt. well meant. Very
rarely do / see any words of praise
or commentator. This letter.
then. is an appreciation OF what !
consider wonderfully efficient
public school system. | have two
children attending the Force Adams
School and I am amazed at the
number and variety of the subjects
covered. l assume that the same
conditions exist in all our schools
and this can only be due to very
high efficiency on the part of
teachers and their supervisors
For this very gratifying condition.
] take it that you. sir, are re.
sponsihle. and most heartily
congratulate YOU.
y
The Fellowship Forum. Washington
organ Of the ku klux Khan. has re
ceived some exceedingly exclusive
news from Rome. 1t hears that
"rumors persist that the Pope plans
a visit to the United States. a
triumphal tour Of the entire continent
and whirlwind campaign in aid of
Al Smiths designs on the presidency
Although Plus XII is approaching 20,
the Fellowship Forum points out:
He is man of robust health and
extremely fond Of outdoor life and
travel. He was an ardent noun
tain rlino o. inn
hardships. and is heartily tired of
the Vatican gardens, glorious as
they are. If the Roman hierarchy
and the h. of c. put up a purse"
OF sufficient proportions. there is
every reason to believe that the
Pope will come to America.
X y
Somebody asked Everett Sanders
assistant to the President. whether il
is true that Senator Jim Reed. the
Democratic scourge from the Kaw
country, once was Republican
wei. II he was" said Mr.. Coolidge's
chief Of staff. hes fully recovered"
y X x*
James G. Davis. who has just re
tired. aurel.crowned. from the direc
tor.generalship of the United States
Railroad Administration. has thrown
all precedents to the winds He's
going home, to Iowa. and not hang
out law office shinsle in Washing
ton. An attorney by profession, ant
one of the countrys foremost au
thorities in transportation law. Davis
might have settled down at the Ma
tional Capital and bagged railroad
corporation clients by the dozen. with
a commensurately Mellonesque in
come. But. although he and Mrs
Davis are enamored of Washington
life. they've decided to spend the RESI-
of their days in Des Moines. where
folks are folks and where the Davise:
have a charming. old fashioned home
The master mind who Iiquidated q
billion dollars worth of railroad bust
ness for Uncle Sam without a nicke
of litigation. says there are enough
Davises in Washington anyhow, witt
two in the cabinet and any number
of other near Welshmen all over the
place.
William Allen White on an i'm
mortal occasion told the country wha
was the matter with Kansas. He:
coming to Washington on Januar,
Is to explain what's the matter will
newspapers. The occa sion will be thu
annual meeting of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors. ''Bill's'
theme is interrogatively entitled
Have Editorials Lost Their In
f1uence?" Willmott Harsant Lewis
distinguished Washington correspond
ent Of the London Times. will discus.
Ola World political journalism.
Copyright. 1850