Evening star., 1927-05-30

Not a single one of the big cities of
the United States was represented IN
the National Oratorical Contest just
held at Washington. Birmingham
Ala, with a population of 22o,00o, was
the only sizable community with
snolsesman in the finals. The two
next largest places represented were
Salt Lake City population, 13o,oOO)
and Binghamton, n. \. tpopuiatlon'
10000. 1t was smaller towns IKE
Oak Park. H.; Georgetown, Del; NC
Alester Okla, and LeonardtoWn, ma
from which the four remaining young
orators came 1t almost looks as II
Main Street has q monopoly or elo-
uuence and intellectual power, for
these seven school children were
Il e pick of roundly 100000 boys ana
girls from regions which included
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, De
troit, Los Angeles, Cleveland and a
host of other big-league burgs. In
cidentally, the victory OF Dorothy
Carlson of Utah, sole representative
of the bobbed hair sex in the cham
pionship finals, seems to indicate that
this is Swedish Americas season. Like
Lindbergh, Miss Carlson is of Swedish
ancestry.
James w. Wadsworth, jr,, former
United States Senator from New York,
is being quietly mentioned as an ideal
American delegate-in-chief at the
Geneva naval conference. He is a
Republican, q soldier, a strong belleV-
er in national defense, student of in
ternational problems and well known
abroad Not the least of WadSWorth'S
qualities as a coframer Of any agree
ments that might be sealed at Geneva
would be the prestige he has in the
United States Senate. AS member
of that body for II years and for many
years chairman of it's military affairs
committee, Wadsworth would un-
doubtedly command unique influence
on the Hill when the time came to
seek Senate ratification of new naval
limitation treaty.
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Repub-
lican, representative of the fifth Mas
sachusetts district in the House, will
deliver the principal commencement
address at Tufts College, Medford,
Mass, in June and receive degree
there. AS the widow and congression-
al successor of John Jacob Rogers OF
Lowell, Representative Rogers mas
chosen as her subject one with which
her late husband will always be prom
inently identitied-"The Foreign SerV-
ice of the United States" The Rogers
law, under which the diplomatic and
consular services were reorganized
and amalgamated three years ago,
was primarily the late congressman's
creation. Tufts is the alma mater OF
ATTORNEY General Sargent. One OF its
nroud traditions is that "Gari" Sar-
gent. then a 275-pound undergraduate,
fell so hard on q foot ball, which ne
grabbed on a tumble by an opposing
team. that the pigskin exploded with
a roar.
There's a lot of superstitious Amer
leans who hope that Secretary Mel
Ions plan to cut down the size or
paper money will eventually include
the abolition of the hOodoo 81 bill.
Millions of people consider it unlucky.
Every day, somewhere, it's refused
when offered as change. Just why 1t
has q link about it nobody seems to
know. Some folks try to stave OH
misfortune by tearing off one corner
of every 81 bill that comes into
their possession. Counterfeiters often
split" So bills in order to make $50
bills out or them. A coupe OIL years
ego the Treasury tried to popularlze
the So bill by including one in each
pay envelope of Government employees.
But few cared to run unnecessary
risks by accepting and carrying it,
and the practice was abandoned
X X X *
Count that day lost whose low de-
scending sun views no new idea for
honoring Capt. Lindbergh. William
| Moore, "A New York physician, sug-
gests to the Post Office Department
| that it would be "a graceful act to
| issue an air mail stamp in LindberGh's s
honor" Dr. Moore thinks such a
stamp appropriate because Lindbergh
has so glorified the Air Mail Service,
| which trained him and enabled him
| to accomplish his wonderful feat"
The New York medic. who is an old