Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
Capital sidelights
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

Not al Of the historic relics mark
ing the Night of time and the advance
ment Of means Of communication in
this country are finding their way into
the Smithsonian Institution. This will
be emphasized when the old wood
burner" engine. Peppersauce, first
and Oldest mountain climbing engine
in the world, goes back to its native
heath and the scenes of It's first puffng
endeavors, in the New Hampshire
mountains. Since 1898 1t has been one
of the biggest attractions in the his
toric collection Of the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad, IN Baltimore.
This Old contraption used to operate
on cog-wheels, its quaint upright boiler
swinging on pivots. Its daily run was
up Mount Washington, N. H.. towering
6,2e3 feet above sea level. 1t is being
conditioned by the Boston e. Maine
mountain peak.
The Peppersauce will be formally,
and cerenaoniously, presented to the
Boston d Maine Railroad on July 30,
by Daniel willard, president of the
Baltimore d Ohio Railroad Co. Gov.
Charles W. Tobey of New HAMPSHIRE
will receive the relic and dedicate 1t to
recreational New Hampshire. Il will
hold O place Of honor In Breton Woods
Station at the foot OF Mount Waning
ton, within sight Of both railway and
highway, to be viewed by tourists to
the White Mountains.
The old wood burner" was built In
1883 by Sylvester Marsh of Littleton,
N. H., to furnish the motive power for
the ascent OF travellers to the summit of
Mount Washington behind the pen
Hayes and Cleveland made the trio IN
Mount Washington behind the Pen
persauce, as did many New England
celebrities Of the elder days. It was ex-
hibited ut the Worlds Fair in Chicago
In 1898. at the st. Louis Fair In 1904
Chicago.
There are 3.42e active fraternities and
sorority chapters In nearly TOO colleges
IN the United States, not including chap
ters OF honorary and semi.honorary
fraternities. Almost $500 OF these have
college homes, of which nearly 1000 are
owned BY the chapters themselves. The
investment Is approxima tely 364, 0OO. 900
In biennial survey Of higher educa-
zion by Arthur j. Klein. chief Of divi.
sion OF the Federal Bureau Of Education.
1t Is emphasized that almost one-tenth
OF the entire college student body of
the country is housed and fed In fra
ternity houses. and a considerable bur-
den is thus taken from the institutions.
These fraternities combine the bene-
fits OF common housing and dining, of
social life, Of guidance In activity and
even in study. so condemnation of their
faults must be considered In the light
OF these advantages, Dr.. Klein points
out. Many of the evils that arise in
connection with college fraternities have
been due to institutional assumption
Of too little responsibility and authority
In aspects of fraternity activity other
than those connected with housing"
he says.
Secretary Arthur M HYDE Of the De-
partment OF Agriculture and who OPP
crates four farms In Missouri. recalling
that there was O time when the cry,
II am Roman citizen!" brought to the
aid Of the distressed citizen every other
Roman within earshot. has just made
q stirring appeal to the National Edu-
cation Association to exert Its nation
wide influence to aid by precept and
example In soundly and constructively
answering the equally compelling cry.
Il am an American farmer"
Secretary Hyde reminds US that the
development of the automobile took out
OF the farm budget most OF the vast
sums which were formerly realized from
sales Of horses and mules, reduced the
consumption of grains and forage
crops. Less shoe leather was needed
Even the vogue of girlish figures among
the fair sex. Secretary Hyde finds. has
had It's reflex in the case books of the
farm So has silken hose. The dicta
Of the dietitians. which now run to
milk and vegetables. have helped to
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farmers in red ink. The manufacturer
of cotton, or wool, or of silk-and so 1t
goes.
please reprint President Ha@ling's
sentiment on The Soul Of America" q
correspondent asks.
Former President Coolidge said: IF
our country wishes to compete with
others, let It not be In the support Of
ornaments, but in the making Of q
beautiful Capital City. Let it express
the Soul Of America" etc.
Perhaps our correspondent refers TO
recent utterar1ee by President Hoover
Is follows:
MY conception of America Is q land
where men and women may walk In
ordered freedom In the Independent
CONDUCT Oh IneH oCCupd IAoile, WHciS z
they may enjoy the advantages cf
wealth. not concentrated in the hands
of q few, but spread through the lives
Of all; where they may build ana safe
guard their homes and give their chill
dren the fullest advantages and oppor-
tunities of American life-where con-
tented and happy people, secure in their
liberties, free from poverty and fear
shall have their leisure and the i'm
pulse to seek q higher life"
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A little-known story Of how the great
Liberty Bell which fred the hearts OF
the Colonial patriots by proclaiming
freedom throughout the land" was
hidden away Ia Northampton now
known as Allentown, Pa, l52 years
ago to save 1t from being melted into
cannon balls for the British, Is told by
Representative Charles J. Esterly OF
Pennsylvania.
To prevent the British from convert
ing this herald Of freedom" into much
needed ammunition. little more than Q
year after it had first pealed forth It's
clarion notes of triumph that have since
echoed throughout the world. IN sep
TENDER, 1f77, when the British were
too numerous for comfort in the vicinity
Of Philadelphia. ut meeting OF the
executive council 1t was decided to SEND
the Liberty Bell, together with the
chimes and tower bell Of Christ Church
and the tower bell of st. Peters. II
bells in all, to some distant settlement.
The patriotism and loyalty TO the
continental cause Of the citizens OF
Northampton ALLENTOWN were wen
known to the executive council and It
was decided to intrust the Liberty Bell
in the care Of the people OF this village.
The following entry Is found In the
diary Of the Moravian Church, at
Bethlehem, under date OF September rs.
1777:
1.-THE bells from Philadelphia brought