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Evening star., 1926-02-05
Congress Should Provide
For Philippine Orphans

20 the Editor OF The star.
You state in your editorial in The
SUNDAY Star that il is the desire and
intention of the American Guardia n
Association To raise an endowment
fund to educate the offspring of Amer
ican citizens who have been sent to
the Philippine Isla nds.
Why cannot The Star bring this
matter to the attention Of Congress
in such a way that they will take no
tice OF it, and who should give the re
lief that is needed. that would put the
finG ncial burden on all the people,
where IL belongs.
Soldiers and other employees of the
United States We're sent to the isla nds.
One of the results is these fatherless
children. IL is the business OF the
Nation as II whole that they should
have an opportunity to become good
citizens and not have to depend on
charity for the means OF education
Ii vii ltake a long time and require
a lot OF talk To raise the amount ask
ed for, and it would be "A small amount
per capita for Congress to give
FRANK DINGMAN.
Evening star., 1926-02-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES L. TRACEHELL.

of hi. young spirit he fed. and whom he
The love which WAS its music. wander not,
wander no more. from kindiins brain to
But dr1op %o,,h ,hers whence they sprung: and
Round the cold heart. where. after their
They ne'er will gather strength. nor hnd
home again.
See the dreams Of the dead poet
gathering around his spirit, the min
listers OF his thought. so. As the deeds
OF great men live behind them. the
thoughts OF the poet do him honor in
death.
Winged PersuasiOns. and veiied Destinies
splendors. and Glooms. and gmmerins
OF hopes aud fears and twilight Ph.ntsses:
Ana sorrow. with her family OF sighs
And p, h,easars .,srm blind with tears, led by
OF her own dying smile instead of eyes,
zane In slow pomp;-the moving p"mp
Like passnuy OF mist on an autumuai
All he had loved and nodded into thought
from shape. aud hue aud odor. and
Lamented Adonsls
The poet recalls the mighty romance
or Spring. when the world bursts into
ire again. and thinks that one will he
absent
Alas that all We loved Of him should he.
A,n b", 10, "nr srei. a. II II bad pad not been
"hrhr are we. AMI ~hy are We: Of what
The actor. or spectators: Crest and me an
Meet massed in death: who lends what life
As Iona AZ skies are blue and heids are green
Evening must usher night, night urge the
morrow
Month follow month With woe aud year wake
year with sorro~.
Following The period of stress comes
God cDuSuld
Evening star., 1926-02-05
District Plumbers Give
Bond and Deposit Cash

To the Editor vi The Star:
| noticed in your paper Tuesda
hat the Commissioners state the
plumbers are not taxed. That is mis-
leading Ia the public. | would like to
say that while the District does not
derive a yearly benefit. every regis
tered plumber must deposit $50 before
he starts in business, and file bond
for S.. 900
The license runs for , years and
the bond is put up for that time, cost
ing from SIS to $40.
No other contractor has sta nding
"a sh deposit or has to he bonded
There are l12 registered plumbers.
aud the District has $500 cash he
longing to them. and they derive no
interest on their money.
i do not think that the plumbers
viii complain of Il rea sonable fee,
although | have not talked with any
one JAMES r.. abb NSbN.
Evening star., 1926-02-05

Read here rosary whose beads
are the lines Of Shelley, whose string
is simple prose
There is much in the 'Adonais'
which seems now more applicable to
shelley himself than to the young
ana gifted poet whom he mourned, -
said his wife
The poetic view he take. Of death
ana the lofty scorn he displays toward
his calumniators are az a. prophecy
on his own destiny, when received
among immortal names, and the
POISONOUS breath OF critics has van
ished into emptiness before the fame
he inherits."
SO Mrs. Shelley wrote IN her note
To that 8restest OF all poems by her
husband, "Adonais." an elegy on the
death of John Keats. author Of
Endymion,' "Hyperion," etc.
For sheer glamour there is nothing
IN the whole range of English poetry
that quite equals. to my mind, many
OF the lines in "Adonais."
Poetry is such stuff as dream ms are
made OF. and true poetry calls up in
the mind of the reader a veritable in
spiration, a mood. call it what you
Will. that is beside the work dav
world.
This exaltation Is the glory Of
poetry.
In comparison to it, meaning is
secondary. Here one deals not with
what does II mean" but simpIy with
what does 1t connote."
lf the reader is not innately
charmed. exalted. by the reading of
Adonais. then this great poem IL
not great To him. so much must be
admitted. This is the inherent error
made In the public school systems Of
this land, where true poetry is cram.
med down children before they are
able To appreciate IT.
To those who have the proper back.
ground. ana who are in the right
mood, "Adonsis' contains lines that
are unforsettable.
y
"Adonais" will always be read. not
only because Of the eSaltatiun of its
lhes. put also because ii treats of
death
Those who would seek such poor
consolation as words have to ofI.r
may nnd IL In Shelley "Adon.is.
The reniainder of this article viii
he as string "f pearls, The gems
represented by Immortal lines FROM,
this great poem, the string by the
words Of the author of this column.
More han year ago / dealt III
iuli with this poem. IA is more than
II pleasure tn write about ii again
and /" quote from il again: il h"uors
writer 'and reader.
weep for Adona,.-h- is dead.
80 begins 'Adunais" aud those who
believe that PONIES must necesss
riiy be ''dowerN." 40 they say. are
inv lied To notice the simple direct
statement contained in that opening
zine.
c"uld there be anything simpler?
The poet saws:
TllI the future dar,s
Forget the past has fate hud fame shah i'e
Al echo aud a hKht unto eternity
The is,eI pra is-s his brother poet:
Thy extreme houe the ius-ti-si aud the Iss,
The blo"a hose PETAL. n,ni before theS
blrN
Dre.i on the vronii.e "f the frat !. waste
The broken his he--Sue sturn - o,erpsst.
=" the capital where Death keeps
his court .Adouai> came.
sud bought with prtre OF pur-
4 grave snons the eternal
Awake htHi not. Surely he takes his tii
OF deep aud hautI rest. forxetmi Of all III
lie viii awake no more. Oh. never
more" the poet laments. r"iclng the
eternal anguish of the spirit; and
says.
Oh weep Tor Adous., The Quick dreams.
Who his hocks. whom near the living
streams
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Courageous Criminals
Compel Admiration

To the Editor OF The Star
There seems to he a good deal of be
wilderment because of the homa &c
pa id to dead bandits in recent months
4 recent newspaper quip observed
that in order to have an ornate
funeral be gang leader and get
shot.
Thomas Belt. in his Naturalist in
Nicaragua" evidently understood the
reasons Why rtlff1ans are often the
objects of admira ton. He speaks of
The deSpica bic adventures. PiZarro nd
corteZ, who ravaged and ensla Ned
Peru and Mexico. and observes that
the fOulneSs of their records is com
pleteIy overshadowed by one thing
undaunted courage.
So long g men continue to commit
spectacular crimes which appear to
require undaunted courage. they will
have considerable following at their
funerals PEREZ SIMMONS
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Col. Mitchell Leaves Army
With Public's Good Wishes

Col. Billy" Mitchell leaves the
Army with the good wishes OF large
section Of the public which believes
with the Detroit News that the
service and the public generally have
proflted by the colonel's change of
status" for the Army is relieved of
an officer whose usefulness in the es-
tablishment has virtually ceased and
the public has gained spokesman
expert On aNiat ton and free now to
speak his mind without restraint"
By re%ignins when the President ap
proved. with notifications. his sen
tence of years suspension, Col.
Mitchell pleased both friends and
critics. 1t was scarcely to he eX-
pected. SAYS the Rochester Times
Union. that he would wish to remain
under the cat-and mouse arrange
ment by which he was allowed por-
ton Of his salary 80 long as he kept
silent" Vet the Fort Worth Record
Telegram holds that whatever is
col. Mitchell's course. he may take
with him the consola tion that the
President saw that he was given the
broadest latitude ever given off,
Ger tried by court ma rtial. and then
took occa sion 40 to modify il thai he
might suffer more from isnominy
than from the material portion of the
sentence. IT was a nice courtesy
and is all the more noteworthy be
cause 1t Is one of the few official acts
of a man in the presidential chair
that could not he warped into some
thing that smacked of political eX-
pediency.'
ON the question Of Col. Mitchell y
omission from his resignation of the
words. for the good of the service"
the Milwaukee Journal suggests that
To have insisted ON 1t would have
looked much like a game bullying
little boys sometimes play. when one
twists another's arm and comma nds
Now say Uncle" dar ye.'" The
Clevela nd News also remarks that
Justice. foresight and common sense
united in hecreeing that Mitchell =
parting from the service should not
he accompa MED by such eratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted insult. =
The News adds that the doughty
colonel must know that he will re-
turn 10 private life with the best
wishes of the Nation" Indirectly. as
the Ann Arbor Times News suggests.
"the resigna ton might work out for
the good of the service by reason OF
the fact that it would remove his
muzzle and permit him to talk with
out fear of punishment.
He doesn't need to be colonel
declares the Oklahoma City Times.
"He can quit gracefully now. Even
If he is an extremist, and whether he
is right or wrong. he has served well
in centerins public attention on a
matter of vital concern to the country
and it's future" And the Sioux CITY
Tribune contends that Mite he'll :
prompt resignation when the final de-
cision on his case was announced will
command respect even from those
who did not agree with hin, in regard
to the actions ed utterances for
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Dirt Distresses the East.
From the Omaha world-Herald.

sTOHI the Omaha WorId- Herald.
The lOng-continued strike in the
anthracite coal fields has brought af-
fiction to the Atlantic Seaboard. There
is suffering and bitter complaint. The
cries Of distress rise in swelJjn.
chorus all the way from the Appa
lachlan hills down TO the coast. Some
damn the opera tors. some the miners
but mostly they unite in damnine
both impartially.
The suffering is not that of cold
and hunger and Unemployment for
want of fuel. but it is bad enough.
The people are having to endure the
misery nf dirt and they don't like It.
They have heen driven by rising
prices and depleted hard coal stocks
to the extremity nf using soft coal.
and the experience Is not plea "a mt
one.
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Rate nv Nxil-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and Wire iuia.
Constitution Hall.

Decision has heen reached 10y the
Daughters of the American Revolution
To style their new auditorium. which
Is Ia he erected soon. constitution
Hall" They are moved to select This
designation by the feeling that il is
urgent hat protest lie made in the
name Of the founders Of the American
Republic against attacks upon the
finda mental law. SO Constitution
Hall" viii rise. appropriately. as an
annex nd supplement to 'Contiuenta!
Memorial Hall" the Original creation
Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in the establishment of
their headquarters in This city.
The Constitution was the fruit of
the Revolution. II was the essentia
orca mic institution of government that
grew out of the war for indepe ndence
which enabled The American rolousts
to set up their own system of self
rule. II did not follow immediately.
The Articles Of Confederation came
before The war was won. They proved
unworka hle and another instrument
Of government was required II was
provided act which has stood The
test Of time and extraordinary
changes
Constitutional amendments. pro
posed and initiated in strict accord
ance Ia the mode provided in their
wisdom by the fra mers Of the great
instrument. have received the APP
proval Of The people. Ten of them
came almost Immediately as expert
ence proved their necessity An
eleventh and twelfth further cor
rected faults that Developed. Then d
long period of time elapsed before
others We're found tu lie requisite.
These We're the result of The ,'iviI
War. Again long period PASSED
without further change and within :;
compare lively few years four more
were made-one To permit the imp,,Si-
tton of an income tax. one to change
the method Of eiectins Senators. one
to prohibit The ma nufacture and sale
Of inioyicants and one 10 enfra nchise
tbe women bI lne country.
Thus since the adoption Of the CON
stitution. in l1S9. nearly one hundred
and thirty.SsVen years. there have
been only nineteen changes Hun
dreds of others have been proposed
but only these nineteen have gained
approval. Ten Of them in one group
three in another. In practically only
two respects has The great instrument
Of government been altered la its
functional provisions by the twelfth
amendment which cha nsed the meth
cd Of electins the President and
Vice President and by The seven
teenth. which changed the method Of
eiectinG Senators. The others have
in national policy.
The protest Of the Da u. hters Of the
American Revolution against attacks
upon The Constitution il not aimed at
the natural evolution of the system Of
America n government. but at radical
ssss ults upon the principle which is
embodied in the instrument Constitu.
fion Hall will stand as a testimony of
the faith of the patriotic women Of
this country in the SoundneSS and the
virtue and the essential completeness
Of The work of those men who m 1883
devised a scheme uf seIf-rule which
sta nds As the ideal OF aspiring human
ity. as the model Of unau-tnade sys
TENS of ia tionai Administrations
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Schools and Homes.

According to the principal of the
high school at Jamaica. Long lsla md
the younger generation, which recent
ly seemed TO be slipping morally and
ing up and adopting n his her sta ndard
OF conduct. both in and out Of school
Just what caused the slip and what
has caused the reaction he cannot de-
example was responsible In large meas
IRE fer the former. and that the chill.
drer srs realizing that lccseness out
of school. lsAAtns to low marks and
Evening star., 1926-02-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHu.ANDER JOHNSON.
I.uck Of the Game.

Luck Of the Game.
When everything is soin soft an easy
And no one in the world sings off
The KEY.
When every one You meet ~ bright
aud breezy
And life seems everything ii ons lat
Take heed oh, gentle friend OF mine
and guard against Il slump.
IT'S when YOU feel the most secure
that Fate ha nds out a bump.
Remember those old tyrants, Greek
and Roman.
Remember sages who have pa assed
away.
Old T.. T. Barnum was a mighty SHOW
man,
But he belongs to far-of yesterday.
No matter il YOU figure as a genius
or chump,
You cant escape when Fate decides
that you deserve bump.
Evening star., 1926-02-05
What Odds on Mussolini VS.. Malta

Mr.. Bento Mussoiini, prominent
citizen of Rome, holder Of "a dozen or
80 important jobs and probably the
president Of the Rotary club of the
Italian capital, may have his pecu-
iaritIes. even faults. Doubtless ne
he initiates an astral collision better
! han he does a hillside violet md that
| compared to him, Julius Caesar and
Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from in
feriorily compleXes.
Just the same. he has done one re
cent job for which all Americans can
properly thank him. He has declared
relentless war on the Mana Of Sicily
the septic parent OF the BLACK Ha nd
organization, from which the United
States has lGus suffered. This ulcer
of the body polite starting among the
! rustic pea ntry of the Island of
Sicily, has spread to the far corners Of
| The earth. with universal symptoms OF
| terror. crime and death. The authori-
| ties. particularly in New York and
4 otheT idiSe tentefS VI the Eastern
United States, have for Years strus-
sied With crimes md criminals among
| The most despi,ale in The history of
| civilization. prompted sometimes by
| revenge, bui more often by greed So
that lta iia n. A nericans who become
| splendid citizens. have beeu penaized
for that prosperity which aids in
America MIA lion.
horrible menace in Sicily is testified
! To by modern visitors to its more re.
mote portions. They have seen a
good sized hotel entirely emptied of
employees almost Ia an instant follow.
ing a threat against The proprietor.
for the vengeance of the Malta feud-
| lists includes not only r-la but
man servant. maid servant. ok. ASS
nj the Traveller within the gates.
MusSoiini has ordered Sisnor M"ri,
il up ii any cost aud |" keep il clean.
ta-cisin SANS the premier. Which has
healed many III ltaly> wounds.
must cauteriZe that OF Siciiiau rrini-
nahIN With IRON and ire, II necessary.
Go from top 10 buttuIn, t. the very
root OF The matter. regardless of amy
ones feelings Was the con, fusion Of
Sisnor MusSolini instructions to 81
snor Aiori. Those who have Watched
Italian deN eiopnenlS for the last few
wears have Il pretty fair idea that
some people feelings are going To
get hurt. and quickly, but that there
will be many dry eye elsewhere.
Nolstead insists that prohibition is a
va lua ble national asset This asser-
ton renders the calculations OF the
Evening star., 1926-02-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
Q. Has President Coolidge ever had
any war service?-N. T. {.
a. He has not

q. Has President Coolidge ever ha d
any war service?-N. r. &.
A. He has not.
x. w men olO the C1Nll W ar end ON
A. The official date for closing of
the CiNil War was August 20. 1S66.
q. Why do some people have trou.
bic In sleeping AFTER drinking coffee
al nisht?-A V. G..
a. Coffee owes its we'll known stim-
uiating action TO the presence OF the
a diuretic action upon the kidnevs and
ra fses blood pressura This tnnuenca
upon blood nressure 10 nrohahIv tba
reason sIeepjness NAV be nreyeuted h.,
partaking of coffee Nuscu,ar energy
il augmented and The sense Of fattsue
p"'e" o' 'he use oi 'his s'iihhiah'' T.
O Wbsre "a tho .,.tio, ~ ,bs
Weather Hur.au that is na.ras, Tho
North poIeo II
A. II is at Rarrow AIasE, .ho,,,
! 100 miles sou,h nf tho Eortb POL.
y. Is II true that the puma or
cry?-J. p. h.
a. DIR. w. +. Hornadav saws thai
contrary TO reports tho cry of Tho
mountain lion is a nost fearful sound
and is unforepttabIe hy one who ha g
heard il. II IL Unird baIf.human
note or scream.
ment to try 10 con,roI insec,s and die.
eases of nIan,. I'd a,,r.,ai.,
\. Al ~ amman
A. In the wear 1874 the nan.r,n,t
of Agriculture spent $40 400 600 or
24.3 per cent of ,he l,,al aynsndit,..
''' '"'7 "'' h.
=. How can coral heads hs cl..n.do
=. A. A.
A. Dissolve teaspoonfuI of bora Y
in q pint of warm wafer. Din tho
coral in the water several times rinse
in tepid water and dry
~ Why didn't Queen Alexandra be
come Queen OF England upon the
death OF King E.dward?-A. 6. r.
A. Queen Alexandra was Queen OF
wife of King Edward On ,ba 5s.,h
,f tb- ,oons,..h ~. ,i,i II
herit ed bv tbe .ld4st Gyin. .i',
-
A. Fort Lyon. Fairfax County. Va.
was one of the defensps Of Washing
ton during the ,'ivil War. from 1851
10 1865. 1t was a temporary p,-1 Jn-
Gated one-half mile south of Cameron
Run and one-half mile southwest Of
AieHa Hdria.
y VT,
nen WAS the Mansion House
A. If YOU refer 10 the Official resi-
dencn OF the lord mayor of London.
this dwelling place was built between
i.39 and 1893.
Mhst 90 .hlnese use ginseng
y;
ine niue Nelio" root ot the gin
1000 and medicine. Specimens re
seHbIlng The human body often com
ma nd their weight in gold because of
supposed occult virtues. Neither spe-
cieS of ginseng, however. is consid-
cred by the Occidental physicians To
nave any pronounced medicinal quail
Evening star., 1926-02-05

In short time MussOlini will he
confronted with the responsibility Of
living up to all the superman impres-
sions the idea alistic Italians have
formed concerning him.
Evening star., 1926-02-05
ft'OVOcatiOii.

.'lsn't il about time for Crimson
Gulch TO have a real estate BOOM"
'''roo risky" answered Cactus Joe.
'.t'eilers around here couldn't stand
for no slick real estate work. Why
they git mad an shoot over sech a
rompa fati>ely small matter as cheat
in i'm card game
Evening star., 1926-02-05

4 few uf the motion picture press
agents would have been dismissed
from the news -rooInS IN the old days
~ mere scandal nIonserS.
Evening star., 1926-02-05

Coal controversies do not permit the
ultimate consumer even the doubtful
dignity II asserting himself as
.'umpire.
Evening star., 1926-02-05

Tax reduction j. a SLOW process com
pared 10 the suddenness with which
lax Increase may lie introduced ia
connection with war emergency.
Evening star., 1926-02-05

which he was called to account" " The
Toledo Blade predicts that lin time
others will rebel against bureaucracy
as has Mitchell" while the South
Bend Tribune says: Perhaps the in
cident will be seen by historians to
mark the beginning of r strong avia-
lion policy in the defense of the United
States, something the Nation ha s never
had" The Durham Sun further Oh
serves that The issue is squarely up
10 Congress, and il is safer there than
within either the Army or Navy"
x 4
While conceding that punishment
is indispensable 10 the preserva ton of
discipline" the ChicaS go Tribune states
that Ito many ii will appear that the
aviator. survivor of a thousa nd fights
with the Nations enemy. has been
shot down by legal bullets fired hv
swivel-chair soldiers. who never ven
tured into the air or into the enemy
firs."
The Schenectady Gazette finds tha,
the general belief is that the basis Of
Mitchell's charges was sound. but mil
itary discipline is Thing which can.
not he sighted: while the Syracuse
Herald observes that the case has
served good purpose as reminder
that every man who joins the Regular
Army and accepts its rigid and neces-
sarv discipline voluntarily relin-
quishes his American n privilege OF free
speech so far AS ii is inconsistent with
that discipline"
The Providence Bulletins judgment
is that The country loses the services
of courageous airman whose record
in France testif1eS to his audacious
grit, and a peace-time military officer
who. unfortunately, did not know the
&
vein the Waterloo Tribune saws ''if
insubordination on the part of Col.
Mitchell were to be allowed. every Off
Ger and every enlisted man would
have assumed that insuhordinati ton
was his right, too
There is no reason" according Ia
ny 81. Paul Pioneer Press. why Col.
Mitchell many months ago could not
have elected the course he finally
chooses now. With good grace he
could have presented his resignation
ss a. preface 10 his attack on the ad
ministration Of the Air Service. Thus
he could have remained good soldier
up TO the moment of resignation"
~ ~
The Waterbury Republican takes is
sue with the colonels assertion that
the next war will be fought in the
air." and holds that his utterances
should be received with certain men
tai reServa tons"
Suggesting political ambitions on the
part of the colonel. the Seattle Daily
Times remarks that 1T Is hardly con
ceiyable that he has any political fol-
lowing" and adds that no candidate
strengthens his cause by continuous
knocking" The Danville Register re-
marks that 'one would he Inclined to
believe that his cha noes for success i'm
the future would he in aviation rather
than in politics" But of his future
activities the Butte Daily Post bs.
iievee hs could command heartae,
for the public wants the truth
Evening star., 1926-02-05

'Dar Is heap a law hreakin
said Uncle Eben. "DA only man
sees sxercisin irs.s nta neous sn' com.
plete authority Is de traflic cop."
Evening star., 1926-02-05
A Tolerant Spirit.

DO YOU object To filibusterins?
III isn't as bad as YOU might think.
coniided Senator Sorghum. Some,
times it's pretty much of a feiiet 10
have d man read out Of q book instead
Of trying To make original "bserfa-
tons.
Evening star., 1926-02-05

.Iud Tunkins says George Washing
who So i'll ne couldn't. did.
Evening star., 1926-02-05
Memoirs Of a ReiUrnier In Philad deipbia.

a political job
Is q curious thing.
Our hearts gayly throb
AS to precepts we cling.
Yet III say with sob,
Since | tackled the ring
political job
Is A Curious Thing.