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The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
SITS ON GERMAN BOMB;
CALL A TAILOR, PLEASE
Tommy Atkins Trousers Suffer DAM
ages. but Otherwise He Is
All Ri1ht.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Dec. 6.-Further observations
by Col. swinton, the Official "eye wit
ness OF the War Ofice, were made
public by the press bureau tonight
The uneventfulness Of affairs on the
front continues, he writes. The Germans
are keeping up their efforts to throw
bombs into the allies
The other day,in their rush to get away
from one missile, two men fell over
each other. One was actually sitting on
the bomb as 1t exploded. When the
smoke cleared away the man discover
ed that he had escaped with slight in
turies, but his trousers were torn to
shreds. Afterward another soldier, try
ing TO escape round a traverse in a
hurry, sat down on a bomb which, how
ever, failed to detonate.
ION our left" he writes, "the French
have made progress. Both north and
south Of Ypres they have captured some
German trenches.
TN the center we have gained some
local successes"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
WOULD DEMoCRAT1zE PRESS
ellison Gardner Thinks Masses
Should Control Papers.

Newspapers OF the United States will
not be free to print all the news until
they are published from the viewpoint
OF 70 per cent Of population, instead of
from the viewpoint OF the per cent
owning class" said ellison Gardner. OF
the Newspaper Enterprise Association. in
an address yesterday at Pythian Tenn
pie before the Secular League. He said
rich men control newspapers and publish
them according to their own views.
II the owners are OF the per cent
the newspaper will publish the 5 per
cent view," Mr.. Gardner said. THE own
ers really do not own their papers any
way; 1t Is the advertisers who control
the policy, because their support is es-
sential to publication.
We are working under an economic
system, and the press Is as free as the
system will allow It to be. The way to
get aboslute freedom Is to democratizs
the system. As long as. we are in an
economic world. We will be as free as
the economic system is free"
Theodore Schroeder, OF New York. said
In an address that free speech is not
desired by most people. He gave. in
stances where, he said, so-called free
thinkers wished both news and opinions
suppressed because the news and opIn-
Ions were freer than the thinkers.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
DAILY SHORT STORY.
SWEETS-AND SUZANNE.
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS.

Suzanne, enveloped in an apron. stood
over the gas range stirring fudge. 1T
seems such an odd thing to send to the
army" she said to her mother
Chocolate is very nourishing and sus-
tanning. dear" replied Mrs Adams.
THE boys carry II along with them on a
march and, when they feel hungry OF
fatigued. eat piece without stopping.
Don't you see?'
Suzanne nodded "Oh. I'm more than
willing to make It, and since the call for
It has been sent out I'm sure 1t Is re-
quired: but It seemed an odd thing. al
first to be making for soldier boys"
And yet more adapted to your par
ticular talents than the knitting OF socks
or making OF nightshirts, Mrs. Adams
added. wisely.
Suzanne laughed, a merry. rippling
laugh that would have been as much A
sustainer to the soldier boys on the long
march as a bit OF fudge. could they have
heard it. Right, oh, mother she said,
slangily.
And then she went on with her candy
making, thinking and wondering as she
stirred where and by whom it would be
eaten. Girl-lfke she wovs romances about
II, and as she sat in che window ''fudg-
ing 1t after II had cooked for the re-
Quired number Of moments she began to
see more OF romance than practical good
in it.
Finally 1t was Judged to the proper
consistency and she spread 1t on a fiat
dish, smoothing 1t with her spoon as il
fell. rather reluctantly. from the pan.
Good fudge always leaves the pan re-
luctantly. This is one Of the tests Of its
having been Judged sufficiently.
II wonder II any Of the boys will get
a WhOla hOW " any rhanra " Sha SAID IN
herself. 'T-wonder"'
When Il was smooth she set ii away on
the ice. and in ten minutes she took II
on and began to mark It on In generous
squares. 1t was then that she put into
action the little idea that had budded in
her brain as she stood making the candy.
She traced her name on the fat surface
OF the candy so that It looked like a puz-
zle when marked into squares. She carv-
ed her name and the village in which she
lived very plainly and then she placed
the dish back on the ice.
1t took Suzanne some time to find a
box in which she could lay the cake Of
fudge nat. for it was a large cake. She
did not want to spoil the design she had
made so carefully. Her cheeks were
glowing with the thought Of romance as
she tied It up and addressed II to the
woman who was looking after the send
ing OF sweets to the troops at war.
Not a day passed in which she did not
think of the silly thing she had done, and
yet even at the end OF a month she hoped
that she migh' hear from her candy some
way-somehow.
When a trainload of wounded soldier
boys arrived at the big city. of which her
home was a suburb. Suzanne was anxious
to join the volunteer workers who were
to care for the soldier laddles
'I am not a trained nurse, but could
help" she told her mother.
'All right. dear" her mother said. 1T
is a noble work and you have my permits
sion TO go-so long as you go chaperoned
by Mrs. Greene"
Mrs. Greene was a matron for the COM
munity who was going to help with the
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU POSSIBLE HERE
Appointment of City Committee to
s. Handle Unemployment Problem
to Be Considered Soon.

The appointment of a municipal un-
employment committee for the District
similar to one appointed by Mayor Nit
chel to handle the problem of unem-
ployment in New York, seriously will be
considered by the Chamber of Commerce
committee investigating conditions among
the Iaborers of Washington.
In New York this committee is plan
ming to cooperate with the railroads in
providing laborers to satisfy any demand
for operatives or Iaborers in any part
of the country during the winter. This
will be done with a view to reducing the
army OF unemployed in New York. 1t
also was stated yesterday that this plan
may receive a local application following
consideration by the Chamber of Com
merce committee.
THE plan of carrying unemployed men
from a city where they are present in
large numbers to places where their
Washington" said p. T. Moran, chair
man Of the Chamber Of Commerce COM
mittee. Ever since It was laid before
the British Parliament five years ago, it
has been kept in mind by Washington
ians. and at one time its adoption was
considered by the Board OF Trade. 1t Is
possible that in this crisis II may be put
into operation. The committee also will
consider a recommendation to the Dis
trict government that a municipal COM
mittee be appointed to cope with the
present situation among the unemployed
"A hopeful sign at present is that own
ers Of local property that long has been
neglected are beginning to make repairs,
and in that way lessen the number of
unemployed building tradesmen. This
comes as result of a suggestion made
by our committee
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

and was bound to win her. Did he ever
find herr"
Funny! He's coming here tonight to
spend the night with three other fellows.
and you can ask him for yourself.
hope he's either found her or forgotten
her." Henry added. This love business
gets me-I'm heart whole for one" he
laughed.
1t all seemed so natural when Suzanne
shook hands with Robert Moore-so much
as II it had meant to be.
Suzanne Adams" he said. Suzanne
it's not an ordinary name and I've been
searching for it,
Why so?' asked the girl. blushing furi-
ously.
Because she made some fudge and
wrote her name upon it to give me hope
through many a long march, that's why.
and YOU know it. Later on I'll tell you
more" he said, darlngly. "wTu you lis
ten?''
Suzanne choked with emotion and could
not answer. but she knew that she would
listen-that she had been waiting for
three years to listen.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
VICE SQUAD TOO SMALL
TO COPE WITH SITUATION
Rev. Dr.. Granger Blames Police fol
Not Properly Enforcing the Law.
Vice Scattered Everywhere"

VIC SSdtlCIcO everywhere.
THE expected has happened! Having
abolished a segregated district, all WASH
ington now is dotted with red lights"
This statement was made by the Rev.
DR.. Charles Everest Granger in his ser
mon last night at Gunton-Temple Memo
rial Presbyterian Church on the subject
OF THE Vice Crusade which has been
started in Washington as a result Of The
Herald's exposure of conditions existing
under the Kenyon law.
I'VE are told that the red-light condI-
ton is rotten" DR.. Granger continued.
1T remained for one of our great daily
papers to make public the facts and press
the issue. There is at present a little
spasm Of cleaning up, but we are told the
vice SQUAD is SO pitiably small that It Is
impossible fOrNit to do the work. Why
under the sun the small vice squad!
Let US put the blame for conditions
where 1t belongs. 1t is up to the police.
l believe the Kenyon law to be a good
law, and one possible Of enforcement: but
Its trainers made one mistake. They
should have considered whether the local
police were able to enforce it. Our local
police force - larger per CSpita than
that Of any other city in Ale union.
why, then, the small vice squad? Anti
vice laws are enacted in order that vice
may be made less profitable, and they
are enacted to be enforced. Why then
are they not enforced? Why is not the
Kenyon law in particular enforced. and
why are conditions as they are? Again
We say 1t Is up to the police"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
LAYMAN SAYS DAHCNG
CLEANED BY PUBLICITY
Judge De Lacy Thinks Catholic Church
Will Not Prohibit It-Hesitation
Is Poetry of Motion.

Modern dances have been made so in
nocent that they can be danced by any
one with propriety. Judge William II De-
Lacy, a prominent Catholic layman OF
this city, said yesterday.
Judge DeLacy was shown a report from
New York that the Emerald Society,
which year ago cancelled plans for its
annual ball because Of the iIsapproval by
the Catholic Church OF the new dances,
would hold its dance this season.
In the report, 1t was said that the OBJ
jectionable features which brought the
disapprovai Of the church had been elm
mated.
The modern dances, as now executed.
believe to be entirely innocent" said
Judge DeLacy. "The hesitation waltz
seems to me to represent the very poetry
OF motion. think publicity has been
the cure for the unseemly d>nces. There
Is nothing, to my mind, wrong with the
dances We have now"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
war WILL ASSURE
UNIVERSAL PEACE
Chancellor Jordan Says Pres
ent Struggle Is Greatest Vic
tory for Peace in History.
CONFLICT MUST END SOON
Military Efficiency Caused Strife.
United States Would Be Foolish to
Increase Armaments. He Says.

''Europe's war has not shown The
Hague Peace Palace to be the worlds
Erinest and most costly jest, but has
demonstrated, by a horror so great all
nations involved are disclaIming respon-
Ifbility for il. that universal peace event
uaIly is assured, declared Chancellor
David Starr JordOn, of Leland Stanford
University, in addressing a capacity au-
lience in Polls Theater yesterday under
auspices of the Washington Peace So
,iety.
This war can be acclaimed as the
greatest victory in history for peace ad-
VOcates," said DIR. JorCOn, for no mon
Irch, no governments no people dare
% assume responsibility for it in the
lace Of that new power-public opinion.
Ceasar, Napoleon, Bismark. boasted their
wars. Today few generals get their
names in print, and the few printed can
not be pronounced"
DR.. Jordon showed how none of the
nations involved caused the war. 1T
matters not who caused it, but what
caused it, he declared land 1 say mill
tary efficiency caused this struggle. Mill
tary efficiency. rivalry of militarism, and
naval officers sailing around in iron tubs
waiting for the day to start something
they caused II. Before this war there
was no real peace, for armed peace is
simply the female OF the species war.
Carnegie Gift TrIHInE.
They call Mr.. Carnegies little gift for
peace a costly failure. Yet all he gave
for peace would not support this war
until midnight. With the money that
will be spent for this war in year We
could build q peace palace in every town
IN ChristeRdom and heathendOm. And
We already hear demands for a bigger
army and navy for this nation.
ITS silly. The purpose Of our army
md navy is to keep them so small they
never will overshadOw our civil govern
nent. And why do We now need greater
armament? After this war. no world
power, barring Great Britain, could send
an expedition against US without first
coming to New York to borrow the
money.
L don't think this war will last through
mother winter. Lloyd's in London says
{ will last only until March. But it
nuA end soon. for the men in the
:renches are getting tired of fighting
ior $50 month, twenty-three hours a
lay, in water up TO their necks, and |
getting shot to get warm, without even |
union wages or union hours. We must |
line up capital against war, for capital |
knows war is more harmful than any |
panic that ever hit business. We must |
line up labor. to. for labor knows II |
must fight and die for national glory. |
In the Boer war it cost $4,000 to kill
a man. Today it costs only $1,000 Be
fore the war ends when the allies of |
the machine gun, pneumonia and typhoid
get busy, the price per man for glorified |
wholesale murder probably will be re-
duced to $780, And the worst feature
Of the war is that these men are not
slum men, but university men and skilled
lsSJrers."
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

possibility now obsessed her-an scci.
oent IN the subway, in crossing a darI
street, or in the elevator, run by the
sleepy watchman.
Was this swift punishment for her
reoeiliouS thoughts at the monotonou.
routine OF their home? Was this rou-
tine to be broken by some tragedy!
AoJect In her ren1orse, with a tempes-
tuous change of feeling, her home life
now seemed ideal If only nothing had
happened to WarrenI
BY II o'clock Helen had worked her
self into state of feverish anxiety. Un-
needing the singing cold, she had
thrown up the library window and was
leaning far out hoping to recognize
warren IN every muffled figure that
came up the street. Once more she
turned to the telephone.
Central" pleadingly, see if you
can't get that number nowP
Again the empty buzzing and again
centrafs Indifferent They don't an
swer"
Then, with desperate determination.
helen found the number of a we'll
known cab company and called for a
taxi.
In blind. trembling haste she got back
into her travelling suit This suspense
Sne could not bear a moment longer.
She was going down to his Office. If he
was not there or had not been there
then she would have to call up some of
his family.
She was slipping on her long steamer
coat when the front door banged. A
breathless second was followed by the
sound of Warren's heavy step.
lie was struggling out of his over
coat, as with an inarticulate cry Helen
rushed into the hall.
"Oh, IL"
But just then the telephone rang out
clamorously.
Who in thunder knows we're
home" Shaking off Helen's clinging
arms, he strobe into the front room to
answer it.
Hello, what's that? A taxi? You've
got the wrong number" Grossly. I'VE
didn't order any taxi here"
oh, yesTyes, we did" excitedly
Helen caught his arm. You'll have to
go down and give the man something
and send him away"
Warren stared at her.
oh, couldn't get you on the phone
and | was terrified | thought some
thing had happened. IL was going
down to the ofhceT
Going down to the Office? OF all
blithering-"
Don't, dear, don't scoId me nowi
II you won't send that cab away-IT
have tor
"You stay where you arer" Warren
caught her by the shoulders and almost
flung her back into the room. Then the
hall door slammed after him.
When he came back, Helen was curl
ed up on the couch, her face in the
dusty sofa pillows, sobbing nervously.
Now what I'd like to know is" War
ren stood over her, his hands in his
pockets. ''if its softening of the brain
or if you're just plain dippy?"
He listened grimly, with an OCCASION
al snort. while Helen sobbed out an ac-
count of her telephoning and her fran
tic anxiety.
What number did you call?"
why, Cortland 1928"
Got the new book, haven't your
right there by the phone. Why in
blazes didn't you look in it? My num-
ber's changed to Broad 8Ieo. Now il
you think we've had enough dramatics
for one night-Td like to 60 to bed"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

brown paper was a piece of bacoi
green with mold. And her last warn
ing to Nora had been to leave nothini
in the zee boxl
There were no clean busters. Nor;
had left them all in the bottom OF tn
broom closet, black as floor cloths.
Not having the heart to investigat,
further, Helen turned off the kitcher
light. In the hall closet rag bag, sh'
found one of Warren's old undershirt!
which she took for duster.
Even the toilet things on her dresser
Nora had not put away, and the air hat
tarnished the silver al rusted the pin:
in the cushion.
The first thing tomorrow she would
call up that Danish employment agency
She would never take Nora back, oi
that she was now grimly determined.
The snow blew in from the outside
sill as she raised the window to shake
out the dust cloth. II was piercingly
cold. The wind was growing stronger
1t ratified the window panes with dis
NAL whine. Oh, why had Warren gone
down to the Office on such a night
How desolate it must be in that great
deserted building with only the night
watchman on guard.
She pictured him unlocking his dark
Office with the silent covered typewrit-
ers, the closed desks and safe. He had
taken her there once at night, and she
had never forgotten that impression OF
deathlike stiffness, of tense suspended
activity.
Her nerves already taut, she startled
violently as the phone shrilled out 1t
was Warrenl He was calling her up
just to break the awful loneliness OF
that office. She few into the front
room, falling over an open suitcase in
her eagerness.
"Hellol" joyfully.
Number, please" snapped central
"Why-you called mel"
Mistake. 'Cuse it, please"
Resentful and disappointed, Helen
turned away. The wind was now shak-
ing the windows with a whistling wall
She thought of it bowling through
those deserted canyon-like streets
around Warren's Office.
Impulsively she turned back to. the
'phone-she would call himl
Cortland 1921" Then she waited
eagerly. 1t had been so long since she
had heard Warren's voice on the wire.
There had been no occasion to phone
him in London.
She could hear the buzzing at the
other end, but the expected click of his
taking down the receiver did not some
Then at last, Cortland 1923 don't an
swerW
"Oh, ring them again, central I'm
sure some ones there"
Another long wait, then centrars
voice with a note of fnality, They
don't answer. III ring you if l get
them"
Baffled, Helen hung up the receiver.
He must be therel 1t was only thirty
minutes to his Office, and it had been an
hour since he left
Vaguely anxious, she went back to
her work. Taking off the dusty sheet
that had protected the bed, she turned
down the covers and laid out her night
dress and Warren's pajamas. Some
how the bed, now ready for the night,
gave the first touch of home to the
place.
Three times within the next half hour
she called Warren's office. but still that
battling, Cortland 1923 don't answer"
Even if he had started home before
her first call, he would be here by now.
What could it meanH Every gruesome
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
BURTON HOLMES ON IRELAND.
Beautiful Pictures shown to Large
Audience at Columbia.

Audience at Columbia.
In his lecture on Ireland. which was
given at the Columbia Thea;er last even
ing, and will be repeated this afternoon
at 40 O'Clock. Burton Holmes shows
much of modern interest both in the
thriving cities and in the remote and
sparsely populated districts, but he dwelI5
most on the beauties OF natural scenery
and time-hallOwed ruins in which ths
Emerald Isle Is so generously rich. The
noble cliffs and headlands Of the north
coast, with accompanying glimpses of sea
and sky, offer particularly impressive
subjects for the capable colorist Of Mr..
Holmes Photographic slides. The Lakes
Of Killarney also furnish an important
part OF the scenic interest.
Scenes Of Irish life shown In motion
pictures tnClude. among many others. the
streets of Belfast and Dublin. drilling Of
Ulster and Nationalist volunteers the
building and launching Of a great liner
at Belfast. a genuine Irish jig by aged
PEASANTS Of DOoagh. and the horse show
and steeplechase of a former season at
Dublin. Another series of remarkable
films showing the growth Of plants and
flowers. taken by Mr.. Percy Smith. is
exhibited with even more startling and
fascinating effects than tlIbse shown with
the previous lectures.
AS MT. tpIln'S recent TOUT or ireland
was interrupted by the outbreak Of war.
he has eked out his lecture with slides
and films taken ten years ago. This fact
by no means represents loss to tho
auditor. for the old pictures are equal
in interest to the new. and, furthermore.
they include scenes Of genuine historic
value, particularly those showing visits
of King George and Queen Victoria in
Dublin.
RoIh EIan+aJ O;raoto-
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

4 DCEN OEuCE loE LOuE gCuE8s -Ihc nAL
ried Life Of Helen snd Warren" aP
PearinE exclusively In this paper 4
the only series now being written b!
Mabel Herbert Urner.
0D EAR, it's So late-,nust you 6,
to the Office tonightl"
Got to look over some o
that mail before / see Griffin in tn,
morning. This the one YOU wan
opened?" Warren was unstrapping on,
of the trunks.
Both of them, and you'll have tc
open this suitcase" Helen handeC
him the key. That lock catches"
Now, see here, don't try to unpacl
tonight Just take out what you need
and get to bed-don't stay up for me
Here, I'll not want this" taking q
steamer cap from his bulging overcoat
pocket.
wait, dear; do wear your mufler
It's much colder here. and you're moi
used to it yet"
But Warren, scorning the mufler
buttoned his coat with a vigorous
Cold? This is fine-not that internal
dampness we got in London"
Anxiously Helen followed him to the
hall door, and stood there until with a
final nod he disappeared into the ele-
vator. Then she turned back to the
dusty, dismantled apartment with a
feeling of utter depression.
Had they landed in the morning, il
would not have been so cheerless, but
there was something inexpressibly
gloomy about this homecoming at
night.
How strange and unfamiliar every
thing looked AS she switched on the
lights and went from room to room,
Helen almost wished herself back on
the steamer. Even their stateroom
seemed now more familiar than this.
And their London apartment she pic
tured with an almost homesick throb.
After the excitement of travelling.
there is always a 'let down" in getting
home And now, instead of feeling Of
relief at having left a war-menaced
country, Helen had lurking to be back
there.
How she dreaded the unpacking |
Every article would bring a rush of
memories of those weeks in London
that now seemed so wonderful. Even
lIlG ldOClS On HCT IIuIlk were TCIllluu-
er, as it were, of past pleasures.
Never had her home life appeared so
so DULY uneventful. She
shrank from taking up its daily routine
Yet with the feeling that such thoughts
were disloyal, she tried to crush them
out.
She had turned on the heat and the
sizzling of the radiators emphasized the
loneliness of the place. Everything was
covered with dust. She gazed about
helplessly-where should she begin?
When she had changed her travelling
suit for an old kimono, Helen went out
10 look for dust cloth AS she swung
open the kitchen door there was a sound
of dripping water, startlingly loud in
the stiffness.
Stumbling against a sharp corner of
the table, She groped in the dark for
the light. One of the faucets in the
pantry sink was leakingI No, it was
not turned off Had it been dripping
all these weeks?
Nora was too careless. They should
never have left her to close the apart
ment, but Warren had insisted that it
would be all right.
How had she left the refrigerator
A strong, musty odor greeted Helen
as she opened it. Far back were a cou-
pie of shriveled tomatoes. In a greaSy