Evening star., 1926-11-22

Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall.
new chief of staff Of the United
States Army, nailed his colors to the
mast at a farewell dinner in his honor
at New York on the eve of his de.
parture for Washington. Our war
plans" he said, (which might better
be called our plans for preserving
peace. should be based upon a nation
in arms. With the draft of soldiers
should also come the requisition of
labor and services: of housing. except
private homes, for our soldiers: of
food, clothing, utilities Of every de-
scription, transportation and liter
ally the entire resources of the coun-
try. 1t would then be sufficient to
maintain a regular and citizen
army, with reasonable store Of
munitions, to meet the first sudden
shocks Of arms and to furnish trained
leaders and administrators to organize
the army of the people swiftly and
effectively" To the carrying out OF
that plain-spoken, stra Igh 'orN'
program Gen. Summerall will rest.
lessly devote himself.
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People don't generally associate
President Coolidge with art. yet the
conversion of Washington into a
great national art center is one of
his cherished ambitions. On private
occasions the President frequently ex-
presses himself to that effect. He
considers the National Capital the
natural and ideal headquarters for
stimulation Of American progress In
the realms of, painting, sculpture.
music and architecture. Mr.. Cool
idge Is not on record to the extent
of favoring generous Treasury aid in
esta blishing Washington as the art
metropolis Of the country. The Pres.
ident probably feels that private zeal
and enthusiasm should mainly be
relied upon to chart the course IN
that direction. Yet one OF these f1ne
DAYS a Coolidge message to Congress
NAV contain some surprises of an
agreeable nature for those who be-
lieve that the Capital Of the richest
Nation on earth should stand, artis-
tically, for what London. Paris, Ber-
lin. Vienna. Rome, Brussels and
Madrid have stood.
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Washington Is in the throes of a
iazz orgy. Might clubs with
licenses to keep open until am, and
in which syncopated din Is the spe-
cialty. have sprung up like mush-
rooms this Winter. Half a dozen new
establishments. varying from popu-
lar.priced places to dens of luxury
charging 50 for covers" are compet-
ing for business. High society, In
cluding the dancing and cocktail set
of the diplomatic corps, brushes shoul-
ders with Government clerks, mainly
of the fur-coated sex. in the carefree
lnu tod naHyNN tn n.
ington has become SO profitable that
If is now conducted on the chain-st
system. One caterer of midnight
amusement found he couldn't accom-
modate the nocturnal revelers in q
single "club," so he's running three
of them In daytime might clubs"
are restaurants, but the real money
doesn't come along until jaxz-time.
Col. George Harvey, maker Of Presi'
dents, has been a guest at the White
House during the past few days. The
common assumption Is that the man
who had a big hand in the successive
nominations of woodrow Wilson and
Warren G. Harding has been assisting
the President in the compilation Of his
forthcoming message OF Congress
Harvey is a sincere admirer Of the
Coolidge literary style In state papers.
"It's usual the colonel once re.
marked to this observer. "to suggest
that Coolidge's phraseology Is Lin.
colnesque. II has always struck me
as being more Madisonian." Harvey
generally is assigned the Andrew
jackson bedroom in the Executive
Mansion and invited to stretch his
legs in the same four-poster In which
"Old Hickory slept and dreamed.
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Society in Washington is desorated
ana devastated by the sudden bi1st I'm