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Old Hotel Registers.

An announcement Just made regard
ing the demolition of the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York City, which
is to take place this Spring to make
room for another huge Office building,
prompts the query, What becomes of the
old hotel registers when they pass out
Of currency? 1t is stated that the reg
lister of the Waldorf is to be deposited
in the Public Library of New York, as
q record of travel in this country dur
ing the past thirty years. 1t includes
the names of Presidents of the United
States, of Kings and princes of foreign
lands and of distinguished nobility and
or hosts of famous Americans. There
are many thousands of names in this
record of visitations kept by one of the
most popular hostelries of its time. 1t
appears In this connection that the
registers of the old Fifth Avenue Hotel
and of some other of New York's IA
NOUS places of public entertainment
have likewise been deposited with the
Public Library. Yet there must be many
scores Of others that have been lost.
Modern practice has changed the
hotel register of former times. 1t usee
to be a great fat book, big enough fol
o year OF registration. With what 6
flourish it was whirled around for the
incoming guest to sign and whirlec
back by. the stately clerk-sometime'
with a diamond scarfpin or shirt stue
to add to the splendor of his greeting
who presided at the place of registra'
ton. Now in an up-to-date hotel tbs
guest signs on loose leaf that bears
no senblance to the register Of yore.
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CAPITAL and Inauguration Guests.

A plan is under consideration and
will doubtless be adopted and executed
to present to the visitors to the Capital
at Inauguration time visual picture of
the growth of Washington from the day
of its inception to the present. A COM
mittee has been named to take this mat
ter in hand and to arrange an exhibit
which will exemplify the manner in
which the Federal city has grown. This
exhibit will be centrally located and
will, according to present contempla-
ton, be maintained for five days, dur
ing which, it is expected, a large num-
Der of the Inauguration guests will
remain. There will he lectures and, If
arrangements can be effected, special
films will be shown at the theaters Of
the city throughout the week.
On such an occasion as Inauguration
Washington is especially the Nations
city. 1t is the place where the Govern
ment centers. the scene of the most
interesting and important ceremonial
in the Federal calendar. Then enters
upon his duty as President the man
whom the people of the country have
chosen as their Chief Executive for four
years. There is always large attend
ance from all parts of the country on
that occasion. Even during the period
when inaugural proceedings were SIM
plified and minimized there were large
turnouts from the States. With the
return In part to the features that made
inaugurations in the past so attractive
to visitors, there will this year be in
all likelihood very large attendance.
Therefore, it is well that advantage
should be taken of the opportunity to
show to the people from the States
who are making Washington their
mecca of patriotic pilgrimage how the
Capital has grown and developed and
how it is proposed still further to i'm
prove it and make it more worthy of
the Nation.
Washington at Inauguration time has
not always been place OF comfort anu
adequate accommodation In the past
Its facilities were overtaxed. Its guest
rooms, so to speak, were filed to over
flowing and attendance upon the cere-
mony was to many thousands rather
a hardship than pleasure. Now the
Capital is equipped to entertain Its
guests on such an occasion without dis
comfort. It has added to Its facilities
on large scale. 1t is In position to
accommodate far greater numbers than
ever before. It is expected that the at
tendance this year viii be heavy. An
exhibit of the Capitals growth and de-
velopment will, therefore, be visited by
great numbers. who will doubtless carry
home with them in consequence an in
spring concept of the Federal city of
today and of the near future.
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D., LII. D.,
Bishop OF Washington

privacy of your devotions. I came to
you, thinking you were asking for
something" With touch of chivalry,
the sick man responded: "You needn't
be embarrassed, I was only talking to
my Father" Apart from being one
of the finest definitions of prayer of
which we have knowledge, it illustrates
in suggestive way the deep convic-
ton of a high-minded man, that he
was kept by the power of God"
In spite of all the controversies and
discussions of our times, in spite of
what a scientist presumes to say about
the Christians idea of God, it still
holds universally true that man does
changing circumstances of life, that
there is an infinite power that is con-
cerned about the security and well being
of His children. Instead of diminishing
with increasing years this conviction
grows more and more fixed and definite
To believe that our lives are underWrit-
ten, or to use the ancient word that,
underneath are the everlasting arms"
gives an assurance and comfort of in
comparable value. Our age may be
characterized by much that is flippant,
and now and again we may concern
ourselves about the lack of more
definite and precise expression of re-
ligious faith, nevertheless we cannot,
II we would, dismiss that which inheres
in every human breast, the sense of Sc
curity that proceeds from deep be-
lief in Gods experimenting care We
like Sabatier's phrase, Man is incur
ably religious
This conviction of which we speak
must find expression not only in our
corporate profession of faith but in our
individual and more personal philosophy
of life; in fine, 1t must mean to us in
dividually that through communion with
God we have the assurance of His sus-
tanning and protecting care We can
not better express it than in the beauti-
full lines of Stevenson. written in the
late period of his life and when afflicted
with mortal malady:
So far have been led,
Lord. by Thy wills
SO far. I have followed. Lord
And follow still.
I hear the signal, Lord,
] understand
The night at Thy command
Comes will eat and sleep
And will not question more.
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Lawrence, the Mysterious.

A dispatch from Plymouth, England,
received yesterday, reports that Air
Craftsman Shaw, better known as
Lawrence of Arabia" has Just landed
there on a steamer from India. This
is not in itself strikingly important
fact, but certain circumstances make it
particularly interesting at this time.
Thomas E. Lawrence is today one of
the most mysterious personages in the
world. He has intrigued the curiosity
of millions and has bafied them as
well by his strange ways. his secrecy,
his avoidance of public display. Just
recently he has been at work in India
with the British air force, having taken
the name of Shaw to avoid being con-
spicuous. In consequence of this at
tempt at concealnent of identity, rumor
has played with his name in fantas-
tic manner. He has been reported as
engaged in many different enterprises.
A few months ago it was asserted that
he was occupied as special intelli-
gence officer on the Indian frontiers.
He has also been placed" in Arabia,
the scene of his early adventures and
of his remarkable achievement in uni
flying the tribes in the campaign against
the Turks during the Great War. In
the recent revolt In Afghanistan, which
resulted in the dethronement of King
Amanullah and in quick succession that
of his brother, Lawrence's name was
occasionally mentioned as a mysterious
participant. There were even state
ments to the effect that he was in
tact the new water boy king, that ii
was he who had rallied the forces
against Amanullah and driven that UNI
happy reformer from Kabul. This par
ticular tale, at least, is disproved by
Lawrence's arrival in England. But
that fact will not serve to lessen the
activity of the rumor mongers or def
nitely set at rest the report of Law
rence's participation In the Afghan re-
volt. He does not himself take the
trouble to deny anything. He gives no
interviews, never takes the public into
his confidence, and regards his own
business as strictly that and nothing
else. In short, Lawrence, with all his
other gifts, has that Of silence, and as
long as he remains true to character
he will keep the world guessing and
will remain rs the most interesting per-
sonage of the time.
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This and That
By Charles E. Tracescell.

We sincerely hope that no veteri-
marian feels put out by our use here from
time to time of the expression "cat
doctor" y
We are not unmindful of the fact that
horse doctor" is unsavory to the pro-
iession, but we believe that our liking
for cats is too well known to permit any
one TO believe cat doctor" is analogous.
Cat doctor" to us, Is a term Of
praise, since the medical man who tends
our furry friends is their friend, too.
whatever the creatures themselves may
think Of his ministrations.
y T. 4
In many ways the veterinarian has a
much more difficult task than the reg
ular M. d.
In the first place. he gets no help
from his patients.
feSSion. practicing on human beings, is
able to ask his patient his symptoms and
to receive more or less correct report,
the veterinarian gets no help at all.
Your average dog, and certainly every
cat, has little knowledge that the man
who peers into his mouth Is trying to
help him.
This is particularly true of the cat.
Some dogs, 1t must be admitted. after
time seem to grasp the idea that medi-
cal treatment is for their good.
~ ~
The cat. however, resents every at
tempt to cure it.
You could pour medicine down a cats
throat for years without being able to
give the animal the slightest idea tina,
1t was all for Its own good.
Since even human children often are
not able to grasp the idea. it Is not
strange that the independent cat fails to
be moved by the logic of the situation.
Few dogs or cats will help the doctor
In the least. II they remain Quiescent,
that is about as much as can be ex-
pected of them.
As for securing an account Of symp
toms from them, that Is an impossible
ity. A lame dog may limp. or sick cat
sneeZe, but the veterinarian must depend
strictly upon his own powers of obser-
Walton and those of the family.
Household friends of the sick animal
are not trained observers and often are
able to give the practitioner but little
more help than the animal Itself.
The regular M. D., when treating a
patient, does not have to fear physical
assault except In very exceptional in
StdI1C6S.
When q. veterinarian takes q case.
however, he must watch out for one
biting mouth. in the case of dog, or
one mouth plus four paws filled with
claws, in the case Of the cat.
The cat presents to his doctor i've
points of assault, one about as bad as
the other. and each one of which must
be reckoned with.
Thus 1t will be seen that the life OF
the veterinarian Is no bed Of roses. but
too often a thing of antiseptics and
bandages.
No doubt there are kindly veteri-
narians and cruel ones, but the same
thing might be said of any class Of
medical men. 1t is vastly to the credit
of all branches of healing that the great
majority are ethical. decent men.
The modern veterinarian has a good
training and does great deal OF good
In the world. And he has one thing
which ought to console him-the price
he receives for calls on his patients is
exactly that which the regular medical
doctor receives for call on the master
of the animal.
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they probably are outnumbered already
by those who have more than one car
to the family.
This, however, studies being made in
dictate, does not mean necessarily that
more motor cars will crawl along
through the congested areas. The
American Automobile Association has
just announced the results of survey
which established that a majority Of
motor tourists seek to avoid passing
dhrough main streets of cities along
Their routes.
AS a matter of fact, the street car
industry Is coming back. There are
plenty of folks who own automobiles
who formerly used their cars to ride to
and from business who now leave the
cars at home and go to work on the
street cars. Incidentally, the electric
railway industry has awakened to a few
things itself In the way of more COM
Portable cars, less expensive to operate,
too, and 1t has taken the bus unto itself
in number of communities, whereas
formerly the bus line was regarded only
as menacing competitor. Bus lines
managers in large urban centers are
not entirely happy over increasing traf-
fic congestion and more regulations
their schedules for trips are necessarily
heightened without any compensating
increase In revenue.
X X \
Merchants are spending large sums
in the aggregate, to help out in mo
parking" zones and otherwise continue
to bring into their establishments Gus
toners who might be driven to more
quiet place of business. Store chauf-
feurs, store basement garages for cars
of shoppers and other devices are being
used. It all costs money.
The object of the Forthcoming con-
ferences, which as now outlined will not
be under Government auspices but for
which q call will be issued before the
end of February by several trade asso-
Citations jointly, will be to get the best
minds" together and try to start ma
tional program which will mean not
only street and highway safety. but the
continued use of public thoroughfares
for legitimate business missions without
too many difficulties being imposed. An
attempt will be made to direct exparl-
sion .of shopping and theater districts
in directions which appear to meet traf-
fic requirements not today, but what
may be envisioned as existing ten-fif-
teen-~years hence.
lcopyrisht. 1890
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loathsome stretch OF matter exposed
10 the direct rays of the sun at low
tide was such that the winds from
that quarter sickened people all over
the city, and it was found necessary to
close the windows of the cars crossing
the Long Bridge to Alexandria to keep
out the odor.
"Under the circumstances, II would
seem that selfish considerations alone
should prompt Congress to give the
river and harbor Of the Capital City
some consideration in the river and
i1arbor bills, where they have been con.
tinually overlooked, while enormous log
rolling appropriations have been insert
ed for the benefit of all the ocean inlets
and inland creeks Of every Congress.
mana diAtrict"
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Traffic Regulation
A National Problem
BY HARDEN COLrAX.

New York's traffic problem, dramatized
Tor first page position by recent moves
to stagger the hours of theater per-
formanceS, one-way sidewalks for Pc
destrians and other spectacular expert
ments, differs from the perplexities of
smaller communities only in degree.
With this in mind merchant associa-
tons OF a number of cities are taking
up a study of traffic regulations quite
independent from the charts which
adorn the ofhceS of municipal officials,
and real estate boards are doing like
wise.
Four years ago the Department of
Commerce conducted survey of the
street traffic problem as it affected the
merchants, and published interesting
analyses Of what was being done by
retailers In various cities to meet mod
ern conditions imposed especially by
widespread use of automobiles.
Today, less than three years from
the time the pamphlet on this subject
came from the printer. conditions OF
congestion have been magnitied in many
communities and new ideas are being
tried by the merchants.
A proposal Is being advanced for a
meeting OF representatives OF mer-
chants associations, real estate organi-
street railway executives.
X X X "
The elaborate rules imposed by some
communities regulating left-hand turns,
installing control lights and otherwise
attempting to bring about orderly, and
safe, movement of traffic through the
streets, are not g. n the wholehearted
approval Of many S.udents of the Sit
n jrrkAf IA tna n
torist prohibited from making left
hand turn at street intersection may
reach his destination by driving three
or more blocks and making a series
of right-hand turns, so, while he has
avoided possible congestion at the first
corner, he has added to the burden OF
traffic in three or more other blocks.
And so 1t goes with other regulations.
Convenience naturally must give way
before the paramount necessity of max
ing the streets safe. Some of the regu-
lations which admittedly add to con-
gestion at other points are designed
for safety. But overregulation Is be-
ginning to be complained of in more
than one community.
Nor has almost universal ownership
of the automobile served to break up
the old shopping centers of the modern
American city, as many prophets pre-
dicted. There has been expansion of re-
tail districts; some daring stores even
have removed far from old centers and
have prospered; speciality shops quite
generally are getting off the most beaten
path. But heavy investments in build
ings have served to fairly well anchor
the principal business districts within
old general limits, at least in the larger
communities.
X X X "
Disappointing many prophets of gloom
the automobile market refuses to reach
q saturation point. There still are few
fova {Iinn "a Saaf yAnamMna cmNa hut
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A professor in the University of
Pennsylvania has made calculations to
show that women are more liable to
accident as motor drivers than men.
No polite male would wish to believe
it, but there are elements of danger
In which chivalry can best afford pro-
lection by insisting on close observa-
ton Of the rules by every citizen,
whether woman or man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

Mention by President Coolidge of the
advantages generally shared by the
American people, such as not very long
ago only the very fortunate could enjoy,
may call for little applause for Henry
Ford. When coach and horses were
used, only the wealthy could afford
them. and the coach was not very COM
Portable at that.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Sound and Sense.
He spoke at great length with voice
that showed strength,
And he silenced full many o doubt.
He left us secure as he made us feel
sure
There Is little to worry about.
We stood In the crowd where the
plaudits were loud;
We joined in the general shout
But his meaning was small; so we knew,
after all,
There was little to worry about.
So let us proceed while the lessons
we heed
OF forefathers, honest and stout,
Retaining our poise, since the bigger
the noise,
The less there's to worry about
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An air-mail service to Panama. or
ganized by so popular parsonage as
Iindbergh, utilizes the postal service
for a prolonged and permanent good
will demonstration.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication OF all 7ews dis
matches credited TO 1t or not other wise cred
tied in this paper and also the ioca, news rs
speciai dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

With so many wives shooting at their
husbands, the fact that feminine
craftsmanship is usually bad seems
a wise provision of nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

Taiiors might attempt some influence
toward reform by abolishing the hip
pocket. which so commonly contains
either q flask or a pistol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

AS o trafic supervisor Commissioner
Whalen has set an example for all
motorists with reference to clear think
ing and quick action.
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With J. p. Morgan and Owen d.
Young on the experts committee" to
consider reparations, there is no doubt
about the committees deserving Its title.
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Regardless of superstition, the ground
hog serves as an encouraging reminder
that the longer part Of the Winter has
been successfully disposed of.
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History has yet to find large town
in which everybody is perpetually salts
fed with the police.
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Supreme Assurance.

Supreme Assurance.
do you agree with everything George
Washington said?"
I'm general way" answered Senator
Sorghum. There may be slight points
of difference. But 7 think that II we
had chance to argue them out, could
convince him"
Jud Tunkins says pleasures are fleet
ing. Nobody Is more self-satisfled than
one who has just bought a shiny new
gold brick.
Slippery We.
The aeroplane still CA or nerve
When skies appear fc:. lding.
1t has no chains such as would serve
To keep the craft from skidding.
On With the Dance!
do you enjoy dancing?"
Very much" answered Miss Cayenne.
"A good little jazz band prevents con-
versation and enables friend who
might be laxative to employ his feet
instead OF trying to use his mind"
Patience" said Hi Ho. the sage Of
Chinatown, "is a virtue that most men
practice only under compulsion."
Obligation.
The mockingbird still comes along,
And gives the promise Of song.
! feed him, and the debt he'll pay
With golden melody, some day
"Speechmakin' In general" said Uncle
Eben, lis like talkin' to de dice In a
crap game. 1t relieves de feelin's, but
1t don't change what's g'tneter hap
pen."
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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Disappointing many prophets of gloom,
the automobile market refuses to reach
q saturation point. There still are few
families which do not possess cars, but
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OBLIGATION.

The mockingbird still comes along,
And gives the promise of song.
I feed him, and the debt he'll pay
With golden melody, some day.
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On With the Dance!

Patience" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, "is a virtue that most men
practice only under compulsion."