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Evening star., 1926-12-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

If you want TO see some real yellow
bring out your spyglass and take
distance peek at me when / don
No. s.
You'll see something, Santa Claus.
II X n \:
Tie No. 2 developed into a distinct
case of mauve, cut by heliotrope
crossbars, each bar edged with silver.
Nifty, eh?
was terribly glad to get this one.
I always wanted to see what mauVe
was like and had no difficulty after
opening this package.
Some one has described it as pink
trying to be purple" Evidently II
is an imitation orchid.
Just what tie No. 3 is supposed to
represent l am not sure, but no DOUBT
it's designer was very proud of 1t. It's
color. too. is difficult to describe with
scientific accuracy, but l would sa.y
that il was intended to be brown.
No. 4 is In black, with indistinct
patterns purporting to show roses In
gray tinges. Now we always did like
gray roses, and have wondered why
the florists did not use them more
than they do. Pink roses are SD COM
mon.
our No. s. as stated, is gloriously
yellow. 1t doesn't care a Whoop VINO
knows it, either. Ut wouldn't do 1t
much good. at that, If 1t did
This tie, too, came after dark, ana
the moment l took 1t out OF the poX
Mrs. Jones asked me why ] had
turned on another light, and l said.
ITS not light. it's just another
necktie."
The remainder of my ties, Santa,
you brought yourself. as you Will re-
call. so there is no need for me to
mention their colors here. tlioW
could you forget themO
| wish to thank you for your great
courtesy in setting me right about
your manner of speech and your wife
i mean, about your not having a
wife.
The words "Ho no ho"' generally
ascribed to you, always struck me as
absurd, and ! am glad to know that
YOU do not use them. My authority
was that classical work, The Night
Before Christmas"
In that poem, as you will recall
YOU are pictured as using various ef-
fervescent words to your reindeer,
and other ambiguous expressions
which could only be excused on the
ground that you are q little "off."
/ have always wondered, too. about
your little round-er, stomach, shak-
ing like a bowl of jelly" as described
in that work. If that Is true. Santa,
I would advise that you use your
reindeer less and your legs more.
Long walks in your latitude ought
to be excellent for reducing purposes,
If one would combine with them
abstinence from blubber. The de-
sire to consume excess quantities of
blubber must be great, at times, but
by the use Of will power it may be
overcome, with the happy result that
no author could possibly, in the
future, write so as to make stomach"
rhyme with "jelly."
Congratulations, old man, upon
your splendid piece of work last night
and early this morning! Without your
efficient work, the postal service
would have been swamped.
BY the way, Santa, If you need any
ties, just let me know. I have al
ways wondered what Santa Claus
brought to Santa Claus for Christmas.
Sincerely yours.
TEMPLETON JONES.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Asking Uncle Sam to Do It.

The reported intention OF two Of the
base ball players who have been in
volved in a scandal growing out of
an alleged game throwing and bet
ting transaction in 1919 to bring the
matter to the attention Of Congress
and the Department of Justice illus
trates a tendency that has prevailed
for number of years to put 1t up
to Uncle Sam" Congressional com
mittees and departmental agencies
have been besought to probe into
all kinds of affairs of personal
nature. The benevolent paternalism
of the Federal government has been
invoked to settle every sort of
grievance. Congress has spent cons
of time, in the aggregate, looking
into all kinds of affairs and issues.
some of them not even remotely con-
nected with the Government business.
Much money has been expended in
these inquiries. The public affairs
have been sacrificed to permit atten-
ton to these details of personal
relationships. which should have gone
to the courts for settlement.
In this base ball case 1t is difficult
to conceive on what ground the
United States Government can be
invoked for action. The matter lies
wholly within the Jurisdiction of the
American League of Base Ball Clubs
and the high commissioner of base
ball, who has just laid the case before
the public. If there has been injus-
tice, the courts may correct it.
Public sentiment has been greatly
aroused in behalf of two of the for
mer players, who have apparently
been sacrificed" by the exposure, but
who, in fact, quit their posts before
the public knew anything abhat the
affair. 1t appears to be the fact that
only the publicity given TO the case,
which has resulted in the clearing of
their names from suspicion in the
minds of the public, has aroused them
to action. Thus a paradox is present
ed, and the Federal Government is be-
sought to act, without any tangible
ground for procedure.
Congress and the departments have
their own work to do. sufficient to
keep them busy on their own sched-
ules, without going into a wide
variety of issues, more or less per-
sonal, not in any way connected with
the business of government. 1t is
true that Congress has In a way
invited these appeals. by stepping out
of its role of legislative branch of
the Federal organization to become
general investigating body into all
sorts of affairs. Perhaps the sugges-
ton that a congressional committee
be named to make a research into
the base ball scandal may bring
things to climax, through reduction
to absurdity, and cause a reaction
to normal courses, confining the leg
islative bodies to their own work,
which . is always heavy enough to
occupy them throughout each. session.
Evening star., 1926-12-27

carded beard to establish their seS be-
yond any possibility OF question. They
may not go the whole length of the
flowing whisker. or the burnside" or
the imperial. They may be content
with the mustache, more or less
clipped.
II this change occurs. there will be
hurry to demonstrate. Fashion is
an impatient jade and must be quick
ly needed. 1t is possible for a girl
to get her hair bobbed in n jiffy. but
her brother must wait for his beard
or mustache. Some brothers wait
long time. and with little patience.
A dispatch lately published, coming
from Timmins, Ontario, may be kept
In the memory. or perhaps In the
pocket. for future reference in case
the hirsute style should ever be re.
stored to favor:
Pat O'Gorman, winner Of $50. & gold
watch, Il ton of coal, rocking chair
and n safety razor for the longest.
fullest growth of whiskers in given
time, today revealed the secret of his
achievement.
O'Gorman, n prospector, told his
admirers he laid his copious crop and
its fine texture to castor oil.
Apply, he said, externally.
1t Is unfortunate that the dispatch
does not tell how long was the period
in which Pat O'Gorman grew his beard.
or how long was the beard when he
got the prizes. But the really i'm
portant factor is the agency he used
to foster the growth. Youth may
shudder at the thought of castor OIL
1t has decidedly unpleasant associa-
tions. But Pat, be it noted. urges
external application.
There may be run on castor oil In
consequence of this announcement,
not to grow whiskers for current dis
play, but to try out the efficacy Of
the stimulant. with speedy removal. a
rehearsal, as it were. for the day to
come when the mandate goes forth
for the sprouting of boards.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Shelley's Prophecy ON
America a Century Ago

To the Editor OF The Star:
AS an American, / feel a glow OF
pride in, shall / say, introducing TO
the American public the following al
most unknown stanZas on America
from the poet Shelley's "The Revolt
of Islam" (Cantos 11:22, %, 2Q. II
these stanZas had been written by an
American poet they would be house
hold words Yet the fact that they
were written by an English poet
makes them the more remarkable, for
with a few notable exceptions, such
as Edmund Burke, William Pitt and
John Bright. famous Englishmen
from Capt. Marryatt to Charles Dick
ems, and, in our own day, Shaw. Kip
ling and others, have regarded Amer
lea with good or bad humored con-
tempt as nation of barbarians.
Shelley regarded us differently. His
glowing rophecy-coming to be veri-
t1ed-is all the more remarkable in
that it was written more than a hun
dred years ago. when we were a COM
paratively small, feeble Nation.
Surely only a true prophets vision
could have seen, at that time, our
present greatness, and a greatness
that is yet to come. Alas, we in
America never had q poet who sang
like this poet! But he will come
when faith in the dollar gives place to
faith in the soul.
Let all Americans read the follow
ing stanzas and wonder and rejoice
that 1t is given unto man to sing as
this man sang.
There is q People mighty in its youth.
"A land beyond the Oceans of the West,
"here. .dd Shd9uEn Egin With rudest rites Freedom
Are ,,worshipt. From glorious
Who since high Athens fell. among the
Safe me the Queen of Nations, but in
BY inbred monsters outraged and opprest.
Turns to her chainless child for succor
1t draws the milk of Power in wisdom's
fullest flow.
That land is like an eagle whose young
Feeds on the noontide beam. whose golden
plume
Floats noveless on the storm. and in the
OF sunrise CLEANS when Earth is wrapt
An epitaph Of glory for the tomb
OF murdered Europe may thy fame be
Great People, AS the sands shalt thou
Thy growth is swift as morn when
night must fade:
The multitudinous Earth shall sleep beneath
thy shade.
Yes in the desert. then. is built q home
For Freedom! Genius is made strong
to rear
The monuments of man beneath the dome
OF a new Heaven; myriads assemble
there
Whom the proud lords of man. in rage
or fear,
Drive from their wasted homes: the
boon / pray
Is this---that Cythna shall be conveyed
there
Nay start not at the name-Americal
And then to you this night Laon will
CHARLES HOOPER,
Occur dAlene. Idaho.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Left Turns.

During the Christmas rush period
left-hand turns have been banned on
+ street in the downtown section. The
experiment has worked so well that
the traffic Office is now seriously con-
Sidering permanent ban. Although
'raffc was extraordinarily heavy
throughout last week it moved along
L street with comparative freedom,
the corners were kept clear and police
We're able to exercise complete con-
1rol over the situation. Traffic officials
attribute this satisfactory condition
entirely to the absence of left-hand
turns.
Both F and G streets are narrow,
and are occupied with heavy traffic at
al times. a turning automobile in
some cases entirely blocks free
straight ahead movement If left turns
were forbidden on these two thorough.
fares between Seventh and Fourteenth
streets 1t is practical certainty that
conditions would Immediately i'm.
prove.
There will, of course, be a large
number Of motorists who will not ap
prove of the scheme. They will be
lieve that it is not only unnecessary
but troublesome. They will point out
that II will be expensive in the matter
nf gasoline, oil and maintenance t
drive around q block instead OF goinf
directly 10 their destination b. mean.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Crime Summing
Dinner Is DeplOred

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Sunday Star I was some
what interested in your editorial,
Crime Summing" / quite agree
with you that no good can possibly
come from the Chicago dinner given
ex-convicts and men of the under
world. In the first place such gath
ering would disclose the identity of
one to the other.
In my opinion based upon many
years of experience in such matters,
that meeting can do no possible good
and again it may lead to much crime.
The men that staged that affair are
no doubt of the pink-tea set.
The Prisoners Relief Society at this
time has perhaps 100 men or rather
boys on parole from State and Fed
eral prisons in this city and we make
it business never to let one of these
boys or men know anything about
the others. 1t is a daily affair for
us to have them come to us asking
us for the address ~ some boy just
released and we have always made
it a rule never to tell them, and al
ways warn them to keep away from
each other. We usually turn eX-con-
victs out of the back door so as to
prevent their meeting.
I think you are very wise in your
conclusions in this matter. l do not
always agree with your views on mat
ters pertaining to crime, but in this
instance 1 think you are truly on
the side of right. There should never
be a gathering where man Of the
underworld could see the face Of his
fellow crook and know that he was
a crook. 1t gives too much chance
for the strong mind to get hold Of
the weak fellow and take him to do
his biddings.
On Christmas perhaps 100 men
came to pay respects and to tell me
that they were striving to make good.
gave each fellow a little sack of
candy and an apple and turned them
out the back door and never gave
man a chance to see a fellow he was
in Jail with. What 1 am doing: 1
am trying to improve the social and
moral and financial standing Of my
brothers who have "done time" I'm
working along the lines think are
right. z. e. budding.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Proposed Cruiser Building
ReneWs Debate ON Armament

now is that neither branch OF the
service knows what to expect" The
New Orleans Item directs attention
TO the fact that England, France and
Japan are busy on naval auXiliartes";
that "the experts assign Japan GER
tainly more and better cruisers than
ours, and England probably has the
same advantage" and that France
is trying to catch up with the other
powers in the submarine and de
stroyer classes OF naval construc
tion."
'Tf England and japan want to
enter upon a race for supremacy in
naval armament" says the Bing
hamton Press, they will have 20
compete with the Unite States. IL
they want to be guided by the prin
ciples of the Washington arms
treaties, the spirit of which they are
now ignoring, they will find this Ma
ton ready. as 1t has been Tor
months past. to join them in con
ference for further limitation OF
armament. That is the unmistak-
able message that has been conveyed
to the world
Referring to the contention of some
naval officials that the bill. lacking
as it does any definite provisions OF
money and statement as to when the
ships must be built. is little more
than a gesture, or. to put it some
what boldly. a bluff" the Kalamazoo
Gazette holds that eff such blur
could succeed in Fastening the da;
of another arms parley, 1t would
prove we'll worth while" The Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph aftirmS
the good faith of the United States
and the confidence of this country
in the cooperation of other nations
in further limitation of navies. II
adds: eff they disappoint us, then
we shall have to go ahead and build
some cruisers. The question is, How
long shall we have to wait until
they decide what they want to do"
X x x 4
The Richmond Leader remarks
"If the result of the bill is another
successful conference on limitation
of armament. the end will be gener-
ally applauded. But does the END
Justify the means? Is 1t ever fair
to stage a move for peace with all
the mystery of naval secrets and all
the red lanterns of national sus-
piciOn?"
The Oakland Tribune advises that
there are ways in which the whole
question may be settled without con
troversy or another excited debate.
The appropriation can walt until
Fall. or it can be made this year.
Then. If new conference removes
the occasion for building the ships,
If NAV be withdrawn"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer be-
lieyes that "a substantial appropri-
alton is essential to renewed activity
in American yards. which have been
I'll but idle now for four years" and
offers the query. "Is the President
approving the new program in prin-
ciple. expecting to maintain the Same
death grip on the naval budget that
has characterized his entire admin
or has he suffered a change
Of heart?"
'If a Navy building race Is before
u.s." concludes the Harrisburg Tele-
graph. 1.-THE fault is not ours. but
we are better able from every stand
point to enter into such competition
han any other of the great powers,
which ought to give any OF them
pause for thought"
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Truck Lights Urged
On Dark Mornings
To the Editor Of Tho Star:

To the Editor of Tho Star:
In reference to the deplorable ac-
cident that happened to Mr.. Leapley,
| wish to call attention to the fact
that lights on trucks are not used by
many drivers in the early morning.
/ am In the habit Of walking along
First street to Q street five mornings
every week between 6:20 and GAS.
At the junction of First street and
Florida avenue l see five or six
trucks coming along with no lights
the street lamps are out by 6:10. And
a dairyman drives his cart or wagon,
it Is too dark to see which, without
any light. down r. street.
Surely the trucks should be obliged
to carry lights. and the street lamps
kept going anti $50 these dark
mornings. r. E. STOCHER.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

said the Senator-elect, because my
parents were poor, too. One day |
wrote a letter to Santa Claus, and
this is what / told him: Dear Sanity:
Won't you please send me a position
in Washington and-a base ball bat?'
Well, he sent the bat, but the posi-
ton didn't come along until last
month, and he'll do the same for you
some day, probably"
Tuesday, December 2s. will mark
the SEVENTEEN anniversary of the
birth Of Woodrow Wilson, and the
day, as has now become an annual
custom among the war Presidents
admirers, will be celebrated on a ma
tion-wide scale. The most conspicu-
Gus memorial festivity will be In
New York, when the Woodrow VIII
son Foundation awards a bronze
medal to Elihu Root. It will be a siz-
able souvenir measuring 10 inches in
diameter. 1t was designed by Ivan
Mestrovich, Jugoslavian sculptor. In
the center is q Symbolical figure of
Wilson. conveying the artists notion
of what the President mainly stood
for-wisdom, justice and love Of
humanity. On the reverse side is an
inscription acclaiming Roots labor in
the field of international Justice.
X X X Is
Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of
State, had call the other day from
a cousin of his, Henry Kellogg, who
lives at Long Lake, in the Adiron>
dacks Kellogg himself halls from
that region, being a native of Pots
dam. n. Y. Last Summer. when the
conductor of our foreign affairs was
visit the President, he and Mrs. Kel-
logg tarried at Long Lake: The Sec
retary's cousin asked him If he re-
membered an old sawmill that Kel-
logg's father used to run nearby in
Civil War days. Although the Min.
nesotan left the Adirondacks when a
mere child and had not in years
tramped over the ancestral heath, he
proceeded to lead his cousin straight
into the outskirts Of Long Lake and
located the Kellogg sawmill with the
accuracy Of a scout.
X X X *
Politicians at Washington, now en-
gagged in what has come to be the
hardy annual drive for farm surplus
legislation, evinced some impatience
early in the Winter with a. ''McNary.
Hargen" poll taken by the Farm
Journal of Philadelphia. 1t showed
pretty heavy preponderance of op.
position to cOrn-belt demands and to
tariff reduction. The January Farm
Journal. this writer learns, returns
to the attack hell-bent -for-leather. 1t
has now strawpolled 16 agricultural
States, East, West, North and South,
and records 1861 dirt-farmer votes
against McNary- y-Haugenism AMI 1O,-
979 votes in favor. The vote was on
the question, Would you favor hav.
ing the Government sell surplus crops
in foreign countries, taxing all farm
ers who raise these crops to cover
the loss?" Against tariff slashing on
foreign manufactured goods 19,947
votes were Tailed and 1888 for it.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
A Hirsute Stimulant.

Are whiskers coming back into
fashion? VIII the beard ever again
be the mode? Many Of the younger
women-and indeed some of the older
ones-are managing by dint of dex-
trous hair trimming and the adoption
of certain types of attire to resemble
men in appearance. In a. theater it
is not uncommon to mistake fem
inine for a masculine person, espe-
cially from q rear view or a side
glance.
Which is to suggest that perhaps
men may revert to the generally dis.
Evening star., 1926-12-27

Approval by President Coolidge of
plan to authorize the building OF
new cruisers for the Navy after con
ference with the House naval COM
mittee has revived general discus
sion of building programs and the
question of disarmament as a means
Of stabilizing world conditions.
There are three main aspects to
President Coolidge's quick change of
front on the construction of ten TO-
000-ton naval cruisers" states the
New York Evening Post. "The first
is the disappointment that will come
to the peace sentiment of the world
at this evidence that we are forced
to authorize cruisers in order either
to block or join in a new race for
naval armament. The second Is the
unquestioned fact that American SEN
timent will wish these cruisers not
only authorized but built. if this step
seems necessary to holding the Navy
of the United States in its proper
international ranking. The third is
the subtle threat which this sudden
about face holds for the deep con-
fidence which Mr.. Coolidge has in
the hearts of the people. The quick
change on taxes plus quick change
on naval policy does not fit into the
popular conception of the President
as a sure and calm guide" The
Post, however, suggests as a possl-
BILE result that foreign governments
may hesitate to bring into the ship
building race so rich a country as
the United States"
lone does not have to be big
navy man. or to favor any kind OF
race in naval armament with other
nations, in order to reach the con-
ciusion that the American Navy
should be kept up to the relative
position specified by the Washington
naval reduction treaties" declares
the Columbus Dispatch, with the ex-
PLANTATION: 1--WE do not say that
Great Britain has enlarged her force
of auxiliary vessels to an undue pro-
portion, as compared with the num-
Der and size of her great warships.
The fact seems to be rather that she.
as well as Japan, has built reason
ably in these lesser lines, while the
United States has done almost moth
ing at all. AS q result the United
States has dropped entirely out OF
its allotted place in the 5-5-3 ratio
provided for in the Washington
agreement"
=
''It may be desirable" admits the
Raleigh News and Observer. ITO ac-
cept second or third place in naval
strength. The Washington confer
ence surrendered naval supremacy In
the Pacific to Japan. 1t is known that
Britain has naval supremacy in the
other portions of the world. 1t
may be better to save the money
by not constructing new craft.
That is debatable. But If that
course Is to be decided upon there
ought to be no more attempt to de-
ceive the people by saying that there
is a 5-5-3 ratio"
The Providence Bulletin. however,
insists that "the Navy should be
brought up to date, in keeping with
the spirit and practical intention of
those who adopted the Washington
program of 5-5-3 ratio
for naval strength. Likewise. the
Army should be brought up to date.
in keeping with the principles of the
national defense act in 1920, which
sets a definite constructive policy for
national protection. The trouble
Evening star., 1926-12-27
HObOes Set Right.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
THE hnhnac nrhn .,aoA l. -o4

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
The hoboes who met in national
con> ention in Omaha propose to con-
duct a campaign to acquaint the
public with the difference between
a hobo and bum" Because they
feel the need of distinguishing be-
tween the two we assume they are
aware that In the public mind the
two have been regarded as much the
same. The buns are local fixtures
in almost all instances; the hobo is a
migratory worker who travels to
participate in construction work and
to help with the harvests. 1t is stated
by speaker in defining wherein the
two differ. The work the hobo does
would not be done, it is averred, if
there were not such class of casual
workmen willing to undergo the
hardships of this life.