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pens, are pouring from the presses. It
Is an age of fads and fancies and some
OF these fads and fancies that purport
TO be new and up to date come from
rarely gifted authors. Along with this
situation we now and again witness
confusion in the schools of the prophets
New remedies for old maladies, new
nostrums for those who are ever seek
ing easy ways out of difficulty, are
abundant. The adage of the old
seer, OF the making of books there
Is no end" is conspicuously true today.
In the face of these obvious facts we
have never known a time when there
was q greater or deeper yearning for
the refreshment and peace that come
from the prosecution Of devout study
and practice of things spiritual than
now. There is a hunger of the soul
evident. Men are crying out as did
the psalmist Of old, MY soul Is athirst
for God" In such . time and under
such conditions the words spoken by
great teacher and scientist, DR.. Henry
Fairfield Osburn, come back to US.
Speaking of modern methods of edu-
cation, he said, What modern educa-
ton needs is reaffirmation of the ele-
mental imperatiVes Of religion" Ele-
mental lmperatives are the deep, abid-
ing and unchanging things of our
Christian faith. They remain fixed and
Steadfast in the face of all of our new
conceits of new learning, and in spite
of all our speculations and doubts. 1t
is interesting to nots that those
churches that are today presenting
hopeful gospel, q gospel based upon
those eternal truths brought to man
kind of Jesus Christ are not witnessing
to empty paws or lacking in support.
Where the churches are maintaining
their adherence to the elemental i'm
peratives of religion thsre is no diminu-
ton of interest, but where the trumpet
gives forth an uncertain sound there
Is confusion and the breaking down of
morale. More and mora We are struck
with the application of the teachings
of the Master to modern conditions, and
their solution of modern problems. Like
the curious Greeks of old, the multi
tudes are at the gates of the temple
saying, "Sirs, we would see Jesus" His
sheer popularity, as well as persistence
in human thought, is unchallenged and
interchangeable. True, the world
has yet to practically apply His teach
ings to individual. and corporate life.
We cannot believe that to substitute
vacancy for belief is satisfying or
reassuring 1t is a poor substitute,
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have been devised to attract attention.
The gifted mayor himself has ridden
forth in cowboy costume, with q eavals
cade Of escort. He has been attended
by living elephant. His geological
political accouterment has been varied
and provocative of keen public interest.
The egg episode was q reversion TO
primitive methods, but there is always
something arresting about the throwing
of an egg which transcends all other
gestures Of contumely. Whether well
or poorly thrown, an egg makes its
mark. Two or three OF them recently
made history in the career Of q stage
"crooner" in the very seat of American
culture.
Chicago will not be denied its share
of headlines and news pictures.
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A Champion of Liberty.


If Susan B, Anthony were living to-
day, in the prime of her years, she
would see the fruition Of her labors
for womanhood and would also see OPP
portunitles for further advancement.
She died, however, before the attain
ment of the goal for which she had
striven for a long period, the en-
franchisement Of women. Today, on
the ll1th anniversary Of her birth, she
is honored throughout the land and her
memory is kept green by tributes and
appraisals.
Miss Anthony was q crusader for 3
cause in which she believed with the
ardor of a zealot. She suffered con-
tumely, even prosecution, without finch
ing, and each defeat strengthened her
purpose. For nearly nifty years she
bore the banner of equal rights for
women, political and economic. There
is no parallel record of such persistent
endeavor in all the worlds history, end
ing only with death, on the eve of
triumph.
To many now living Susan B. Anthony
is vivid memory of active, keenly intel
ligent, fearless championship. To meet
her was an inspiration. 1t has been said
by some who knew her when she was at
the height of her capacity that If she
had been a younger woman and had
survived to the latter period of organized
effort for woman suffrage the en-
reimbursement amendment would have
been the more quickly secured. And
this without disparagement to those
who carried on the fight, who took the
banner from her falteFing hands and
bore it on to ultimate victory.
The efforts for the full economic
emancipation of women which accom-
panied and followed the concluding
phase of the enfranchisement campaign
would have been quite in the line of
Miss Anthony's talents for agitation and
persuasion. She possessed 9 keen legal
mind, capable of driving home I'M
answerabie arguments and winning con-
verts to her cause. To her, indeed,
the vote was but an fundamentally
for the accomplishment of the equality
of women with men in all social re-
spects.
Washington shares with Susan B.
Anthony's ardent admirers throughout
the country the high appreciation of
her services which is expressed particu-
larry upon the anniversary of her birth.
Its citizens, unfranehised, are in the
position Of the women Of the entire
Nation for whom she labored for so
many years. She sympathised with the
plight Of the Washingtonians and lent
her aid to the utmost Of her ability to
efforts made by them in the days Of
her own activity to secure electoral
freedom. If she were living today she
would be one Of the stoutest cham
pions of the cause Of votes for wash
ington," even as she was champion of
the cause Of votes for women" during
her long and active life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Undernourishsd School Children.

~ The survey under way in the public
schools to determine the number OF
children suffering from form of un-
deFnourishment that could be remedied
by the supply of free breakfasts or
luneheens should serve a two-fold pur-
pose. 1t ought to reveal, in the flrst
place, whether q condition of which
the community will not feel proud has
been permitted to develop merely
through q failure to point it out. In
the second place, 1t will definitely out
line the proportions of q problem that
should not be difacult to solve.
- Il Ia only too probable that there
are numerous II isolated cas:s where
children suffer the lack Of nourishing
4, food that would be readily and willingly
supplied II the need were shown. But
neither the children themselves nor
their parents are apt to advertise the
+, fact and their teachers are more likely
to dig into their own pocketbooks and
make anonymous contributions than to
set about unraveling what may seem
to them to be vast amount of red
tape separating the needy children from
q daily bowl of soup and bottle of milk.
An instance Of the sort was revealed
some time ago when a Star reporter,
visiting one Of the special schools, came
upon the fact that the teachers were
defraying the expense of school lunch
cons for some of the unfortunate pupils
unable to pay. Publicity remedied the
condition immediately. One Of the first
results was q case of milk sent to the
achool every day by some anonymous
contributor, and Q luncheon club fol-
lowed suit with the provision of other
essentials. The parent-teaeher organ
isations usually attend to such condi-
tiens. In some Of the schools there
may have been neglect that should be
Immediately Femedied. There is no
doubt that IL will be, once o system Is
perfected for making known the
demand fer help.
Or. Ballou II wise and the COM
Nauntty should Join him In Tefraining
from expression regarding the wisdom
W SoAA8AwAAs0A4&A &RkShOPhAAbAoAAb 4OI Tic
proyisinn 81 food in the schools until
the condition now existing becomes
known. . II g0es without saying that
any plan Of appropriating for free food
tn the sch0ols, except in the case of
special schools such rs the school for
thberculous children, should be ap-
preached with great caution. In the
hrst place. the selection of the bene-
hciaries IL necessarily . delicate matter.
In the second place, this would seem to
shs . responsibility gladly undertaken
by organizations and agencies now exist
: ing which do not rely upon public
funds for their support.
But the main thing now is to discover
existing conditions and carefully ap-
praise them for the information of the
community.
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A Chip on the Shoulder.

While Representative LaGuardia's
extraordinarily speech "in the
open" yesterday in which he engaged
in possibly libelous statements regarding
individuals, Is an innovation regarding
which q deal of thought Is desirable,
there is a certain merit in it that should
promptly be acknowledged. 1t may have
been a challenge for rejoinder, 1t may
have been dare" to draw the FIRE of
an opponent. But 1t was at least q
courageous exposure to Feprisal and
none the less because of the chance
that the attacked power magnate may
not take notice or move in punishment.
If this resort to the outer walls of
Congress, the wide open spaces of the
Capitol plaza, by the New York Repre-
sentative should set the fashion perhaps
the time Of Congress would be con-
served, and opportunity for actual legis-
lation would be increased. There are
possibilities in the case. Suppose every
surcharged congressional spirit were to
relieve itself out in the openP What an
Record Or perhaps there might be o
supplement to the Record-an extra
mural journal, printed without priv
ilege," its contributors liable for their
own remarks.
Maybe Representative LaGuardia has
started something. He has certainly
gained more OF . hearing by his speech
from the front steps than II he had
spoken In the Hall of the House. Sup
pose q rostrum were to be erected-quite
unofhcially, Of course-out in the plaza,
perhaps where the Greenough statue of
George Washington used to stand with
its uplifted arm bearing Roman sword.
There the members of both Houses could
take their stand, with due advertise
ment, and declaim to their hearts con-
tent, with an assurance Of q goodly
crowd. Schedules might be prepared
and broadcast, for the public informa-
ton. Sightseeing tourists could be
routed to reach the spot in time to hear
despots scourged and malefactors of
great wealth belabored.
Maybe joint debates could be ar
ranged, between congressional assailants
and citizen defendants. There are
chances of infinite extension of the idea
of outdoor oratory beyond the range OF
privilege" Washington would prob
ably rejoice to see its open spaces thus
utilized for the freeing of the congress
sional mind.
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Chicago's Spotlight.

Chicago simply must have the spot
light in the news. 1t will not be denied
its place in the sun. 1t has plenty of
material and capacity for attracting at
tention, from Americas most gifted
mayor to the largest body of active
criminals in the country. 1t has a
police department, too, that is capable
of bringing on some rafting good pub
lieity stunts. The latest Of these is Just
celebrated in the dispatches. A New
York Etage producer, notorious for his
shows that arouse the sensibilities of
those who do not relish the risque in
public exhibitions, and avid for the
advertising that results from interven-
ton, staged a performance in Chicago
that seemed to some one at head
quarters" TO be of color. SO the show
was raided. not On the usual way, but
spectacularly. Upon the stage marched
q squad Of policemen, almost in the
manner of the boobies in the Pirates
of PenEance." The production came TO
an abrupt halt, some of the chorus girls
ran squealing into the wings in q fruit
less effort TO escape, and the curtain
was dropped. The management an
nounced that the patrons would be re-
imbursed, and everybody was delighted
the producer for the publicity. the par
Elephants for the thrill of being arrested
the public for having had ringside
seats ut raid. And doubtless the show
will 60 on, with trihing expursations, to
packed houses, everybody rushing TO see
what is left Of an obscene entertain
ment.
But the gifted mayor was not TO be
denied his own share Of the sun"
Even while the raid was in progr;ss he
was being made the target of fusil-
lade of eggs, Of undetermined quality,
He is In the thick of campaign for
denomination for another of his long
string of terms as municipal chi1ftain.
The fight is q hittsr one. Asperities
have marked 1t from the outset. Lam
guage" Unsurpassed back and forth be-
tween the gifted mayor and his prin-
cipal oppo4ent. Sensational features
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.iHard Times Will Soon Be over

Some forty years ago q minstrel show
naanagsr named Henry j. SayeTS wrote
= song that he worked up out of
woman sing in q beer hall in st. Louis.
He called 10 "Ta-Fa-ra Boom decay"
IL was not much Of a song as poetry.
indeed II was veritable dogger.l. But
the tune had . swing TO it, and when
IL was rendered by the minstrel COM
pany at Lincoln, NebF, it made q hit
Later Sayers partner in management
Gent q copy Of it TO his wife, Lottie Col
1ins, who was just then a favorite of
the London concert halls. She sang IL
through England and was adopted in
France with a very amusing transla-
ton, and then 1t found its way back
TO this country and swept the States,
and! Lottie Collins afterward came over
for q tour. "Ta-ra-ra Boom decay" was
80 much the vogue that it became for
% time q runner-up with the national
anthem.
Henry Savers was not a song writer
IN the sense Of the denizens Of Tin
Pan Alley" He did not grind out dit
tia by the yard. Indeed he has never
written another song since 'Ta-ra-ra
7oou-de-ay" until just the other day
when. as he sat in mis- comfortable home
in. New York City thinking about the
hard times and distress of people who
are out of employment, it occurred to
him that he might perhaps contribute
something in the way of good cheer in
the form Of song. So he wrote Hard
Times viii Soon Be over" Now he
gives 1t forth, with the hope, which is
shared by everybody, that 1t will help
20 raise the spirits Of the American
PEOPLE.
III Hard Times Will Soon Be over"
has anything like the vogue of 'Ta-ra-
~ eAoom-de-a it will reach many mil
lions Of ears. 1t has better chance
than the song Of 1880 to set across 10
the people. For now there Is facility
that was lacking then. BY radio 1t can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Pending Navy Bill Has Vital Bearing
On the Problem of Parity and Defense

landing-on and fying-oh platform and
hangar for q peacettme allowance OF
from "a to 50 airplanes. 1t Is no handi-
cap to the usefulness of the cruiser to
increase its offensive power by aircraft
that can deliver decisive attacks against
enemy cruisers. Aircraft can carry
bombs even heavier than S-inch-gun
projectiles. They can cause very seri-
Gus damage to vessels not heavily pro-
tected by armor. 1t is confidently be-
lieved that one, cruiser having from 20
to 80 aircraft can defeat in action sew
eral destroyers or other cruisers similar
in type but carrying no aircraft. In fact,
am convinced that In single combat
one 6-inch-gun landing-deck cruiser
can defeat any S-inch-gun cruiser
ahoat."
The new proposed naval parity bill"
Is written in essential harmony with
such antieipations of the role Of air
construction provided in that bill is
conferred upon aircraft-carrying devel-
opment. 1t includes one additional
regular aircraft carrier to cost some
S27,000, 900, and one new landing-deck,
6-ineh-gun cruiser, to cost some $20,-
900 900. 1t includes other construction
reaching to q combined grand total cost
OF some $74OOO,OOO,
Really to reach parity in all respects
with Great Britain by 1885. when the
next Naval Arms Limitations Confer
enee meets, would cost US in truth per-
haps some 5000 ZOO, 900 a year. The
parity bill" seems accordingly to all
believers in parity with Great Britain
TO be an amazingly modest and re-
strained measure The opposition to 1t
arises from those who seem conscien-
tiously to believe that striving toward
parity with Great Britain is provocative
of war and therefore undesirable.
In the present congestion of legisla-
ton in the Congress the opposition to
the bill may be successful. 1t claims to
speak for peace. On the other hand,
the forces favoring the bill argue that
it conduces to peace through tending
to make it dangerous for foreign pow
ers to interfere with our lawful sea-
borne commerce in times of interna-
ton dif1culty and that it also conduces
TO peace through tending to make it
possible for US to 60 to the next Naval
Arms Limitation Conference with
strength enough to speak effectively for
general naval reduction. Admiral
Moffett states:
THE parity bill shows that the ad-
ministration appreciates the importance
of naval aviation for the preservation
of peace and the security of the coun-
try. Failure to pass the bill and to APP
propriate money for carrying 1t into
effect will send us to the Naval Con-
ference of 1885 practically no stronger
and no more influential than we were
at the London Conference. 1t is for
public opinion to be aroused and to
decide"
(Copyright, 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Not Up to Real Dignity

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A wise woman Is Miss Ada Hess, IlIi-
nots State supervisor of home econo-
mics. She says that men should not
be expected to wash dishes except in
emergencies" Her position Is unaS-
sailable.
Indeed, most men will bear US out
in saying that they never do wash
dishes except in an emergency and that
vance 1T is fully developed before the
job Is done. And as for their wives,
they will probably agree that the emer-
gency becomes a crisis with about the
third dish that friend husband washes
-or-pardon the error-breaks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

,. A lady magistrate in New York has
been accused Of q merciless attitude
toward girls brought before her. Portia
was a wonderful interpreter of law, but,
unfortunately, she ia one of the pie
tureSque figures in history with but
little Influence on the conditions of the
present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

The general testimony Of the millers
and bakers was that flour Is a relatively
small factor in the total cost of bread
The controlling elements, they contend,
are ingredients other than flour and
labor costs. Moreover, the bakers say,
they are now using flour bought or con-
tracted for some months ago and as yet
do not realize any benefit from reduced
wheat prices Finally, they point to
certain reductions in bread prices and
emphasize improvement in quality. It
was admitted by the Commissioner of
Labor statistics that there has been q
marked improvement in the quality of
bakers bread.
An analysis of cost factors in q loaf
OF bread made by the Federal Trade
Commission and reported TO the Senate
a couple of years ago showed that in
the distribution of the consumers price
OF a pound of bread, more than half
was to be laid to "all costs except in
gradients" Figures brought out in the
present investigation of comparison of
the costs of bread in different cities
would seem to show that not only -four
costs, but location and transportatio
rates, are dominating factors. It would
seem to be another sin to be laid at the
door of our faulty system of distribu-
ton.
The Commissioner of Labor statistics
produced figures to show that the prices
of all ingredients of loaf of bread
other than -four and milk, have declined
in price and that the cost of labor in
baking has not increased during the past
decade. BY their own admission, the
bakers have been doing profitable
business in recent years.
II ~
The representatives of the millers and
bakers emphatically deny there Is or has
been any interchange OF stock control
in the two industries. Representatives
of the largest millers' associations in
the country deny that milling companies
operate or own stock in any large bak-
ing concern.
The investigation into bread prices Is
part of a general inquiry ordered by the
Senate into prices of raw material and
finished products in the cases of other
foodstuffs, including milk, sugar and
meat and meat products. 1t is interest
ing to note that during the past year
or so there have been similar inveStiga-
lions into price relations between wheat,
wheat flour and bread in several coun-
tries, including Great Britain and Ar
gentina. Wheat is probably produced
cheaper in Argentina than in any other
country and the present government in
price OF bread in the public markets
nom ~ to . cents pound.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

In considering exigeneies that seem
to call for money from the United
States Treasury it is also necessary to
consider how money must be put into
the Treasury in order to meet the de-
mands. This exercise of vision consti-
tutes one of the highest duties of sin
cere Statesmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

Bread does not fall in cost to de-
gree that would seem to correspond 10
the quotations in the wheat market. In
a number Of instances 1t appears easier
to stabilize the price of the finished
product than that of the raw material.
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Why Is Bread Dear
When Wheat Is Cheap?
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Congressman as we'll as the public
generally are asking why it is that, in
the face of decreases in the price of
wheat and other articles of food, the
price of bread has not decreased over
q long period, and why the baking
has not responded TO the world decline
in price levels.
The Senate Agriculture Committee
which is investigating food prices, would
like TO know. Senator Capper of Kan
sas, chairman Of the subcommittee now
conducting this investigation, declared
that the American wheat farmer re-
ceives less than l cent for his grain
that goes into an Scent loaf Of bread.
~
The price of wheat has been decreaS-
ing so that today 1t is at the lowest
average In % years. MillerS can buy
wheat today at the lowest price since
1918. A few cents difference in the
price of one loaf of bread may, perhaps,
seem small matter, but this difference
takes on another aspect when 1t is
remembered that the bread bill of the
American people Is more than a billion
dollars annually.
Figures presented by the Bureau of
Agricultural Economies Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to the Senate In
vestigating Committee showed that the
average farm income in this country
is the lowest on record, as indicated by
prevailing prices for wheat, which from
an average of $2.56 per bushel in June,
1919, have fallen off to less than so
cents during recent weeks.
X
According to figures presented by the
Commissioner of Labor statistics, the
prices of wheat and wheat flour have
kept pace, generally speaking. Up to
1920 the price level of bread, it was
shown, was under that of wheat, while
since that time 1t has been considerably
above 1t, What the farmer is inter-
ested In knowing, said Senator Capper,
is why the price he is getting for his
wheat is so far out of line with the price
the consumer is paying for the finished
product"
Prominent millers and representatives
of bakers associations were asked by
Senator Capper II, in view of the sharp
decline in wheat costs during the past
year, the public has reason TO expect .
corresponding decline in bread prices"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

In discussing the occasion on which
Smedley Butler made his mueh-criti-
eized talk, Mr.. Vanderbilt evidently
determined to emphasize as far as pos
sible the distinction Of being among
those present.
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-. Thorough comprehension of the eco
nomic workings OF tarih schedules has
-seidom been attained even among legis-
lators Of high responsibility. The tariff
n rule Is as hard for the average
.citiHen to understand as the Einstein
theory itself.