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The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
The People Responded.

Liberty loan figures beginning to appear ind-
eating in very substantial way the splendid record
OF the District of Columbia.
It is pleasant and profitable to note that 81 388 per-
contributed S3,u325o more than they were ex-
pected to contribute.
1t is good sign to note that the national banks
responsible for nearly two-thrds of this increase
but the significant fact lies in the figures show
ing that 77,Io3 persons contributed their money
through the savings banks
Many entitled to credit for this magnificent
showing, but will begrudge to John Poole a
full measure of the credit for the showing made
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
An Ancient Greek Prayer and Modern Reality.

We shocked beyond measure by the tragedy
that is daily enacted in Europe The war is the great
est OF all wars the evil thing that has ever be-
fallen in historic times. The imagination can
not grasp it in its hideous entirety The mind refuses
visualize it as a whole
And yet, when turns the pages OF history one
is bound to admit that in days long past in the Ma
poconic wars, in the seven-year war; in the thirty
year in the many that have stained the pages
of history with blood, something of the same despair
and horror must have depressed the hearts and the
minds of men.
They, even as we, prayed for peace with victory
They, even looked past the days OF carnage to
the quiet afterhours when the work of binding up the
wounds would begin. when the ruins would be rebuilt
when the blessings of a righteous peace, would once
more be enjoyed by men,
i is a long. long road to that much desired goal
for us and for the allies The most dangerous enemy
to CIVILIZATION to humanity, liberty that the world
has even known must be crushed and humbled before
We can even allow minds TO dwell upon the after
peace
The Kaiser and all his brutes must be curbed Their
faTgs mast be drawn Their power fer evil taken away
foTever. When that is DONE it viii be possible once
more lot the and women of the great democratic
nations OF the earth to turn away from blood LETTING
and shell-making
in that happy, faT-off day it will be possible for
Frenetmen and Begians, contemplating their ruined
villages and their wasted fields to pray PRAYER that
was made BY Theocritus OF the Greeks TWENTY-FIVE
Centuries ago It is just fresh just as poignant
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Somebody Said II Couldn't Be Done"

Somebody said that it couldn't be done
| wondered was nc serious talking in fun;
! thought there chance for fellow like me-
In this home OF the brave and land of the free.
So thought would try it, and started right in
Determined and sure If | tried | would win;
! felt 1t was the Stacker the that's afraid
That in tackling job must have somebody's aid
So today | doing what couldn't be DONE
| felt il persistent the fight would be won
1t gives me much pleasure as we'll as more pay
| like il well that | work every day.
So don't get discouraged and think you're all in
No matter how old it's too late to begin
Don't you fear the yOungster who stand storm and
rain,
For he's lacking in years and hasn't your matured brain
Let him do the labor that requires the brawn
Just you do the thinking and let him work along:
II will build up his muscle and he need have no fear
For break in his strength when he gets up in years
So you see there's chance Tor most all if they will
But some get cold feet and this brings on a chill:
So Just keep pounding it will keep you in trim,
And make you feel haDuv and fill you with vim.
B. M. MILLER.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

it is due to be a heavier one than any
struck thus far. unless a complete
cessation of the very dcspicable meth
ods OF the profiteers occurs in very
short order.
This is not prediction. so much
as il is the promise OF some Of the
lawmakers who have been having put
Up 10 them in one way or another for
many weeks past some of the most
notorious examples of this protiteer-
ing. In a number Of instances in
vcstigations have disclosed that the
informants Of Congress were not i'm
possession OF full faCts-hut in a num-
her of other cases the conclusion has
been reached that the full truth had
been made known and that prOiitecr-
ing has been going on at a great
rate.
The names Of some very interesting
characters in national affairs are be-
fore several members OF Congress at
the present time. These names rep
resent the men who know a great deal
about business deals that have been
cOnsummGted in the past several
weeks. Likewise names arc on this
list OF some OF the men who are said
to have been the profiteers. II they
arc called for examination by Con-
Crcssional committees the result may
he the unfolding Of a number of most
interesting details about many trans
actions.
There Is enough data before some of
the members of Congress TO start the
Investigation. and some Of the Colonel
Houses Of several OF the leading MEM
bcrs of Congressional is, the very
excellent friends of the members
whom the members trust and who
look up things very discreotly for the
membcrH-report that th"y have other
interesting data Vet TO be siven over
to the possession of the solons.
The members of Congress, now that
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
WAR WORK ETCHINGS
ON VIEW TO PUBLIC
Secretary Daniels Open, Interesting
Art Exhibit by Pennell.

First night guests enjoyed rare en-
tertainment last night when they
visited Joseph Pennelrs exhibit Of
Autographs Of war work in America
and Great Britain, which are on view
In the National Gallery Of Art In the
National Museum.
Secretary Daniels opened the exhibI-
ton. Regents and the secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution were
honor guests. Beginning today and
continuing for three weeks the exhibi-
! tion will be free 10 the public
One hundred Autographs have been
placed In the exhibition. half of which
were made in Great Britain and half
In the United States. They depict the
war work of the two nations, the max
ing of the great guns. the manufac-
ture Of shells. the building OF ships
and Of aeroplanes. etc.
When his work in England was fin-
lshed Mr.. Pennell was invited by the
French minister of munitions to visit
and make drawings OF similar subjects
in that country.
Considerable variety Is found in the
drawings. Each is a well worked out
composition. They are not mere
studies, but bear witness they are pri-
marily pictorial themes rendered by a
skillful draftsman-one with an ar
lists vision.
war work in America Is the most
wonderful thing in the world" Mr..
Pennell declares. 1T should be known
by and shown TO the people and IL is
for this reason that my pictures are
being exhibited"
Mr.. Pennell is a member OF almost
all of the leading art organizations OF
! Europe as well as America. and is
represented in the Luxembourg Gal
lery in Paris, the Ufizi in Florence.
Modern Gallery in Venice, Modern
| Gallery in Rome and the British and
South Kensington Museums in Lon
! don.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

just as moving and just as true today as when the
poet wrote it:
"- and I pray that all the towns the
hands of enemies have laid utterly waste may be
inhabited again of their ancient peoples and their
fields labored and made to bring forth abundantly,
their owlands filled with the beatng of fat flocks in
their tens of thousands, and the twilight traveller
warned to hasten his steps by the homegong of in
Vulnerable herds and pray likewise that against the
time when the cricket is fan to sing high in the twigs
overhead because of the mountaineering shepherds
against that time the time of sowing, of the
falows be left unturned of the plough and for the
weapons of war, may spiders weave over them their
slender webs, and of the war-cry the very be
forgot"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Congress Will Aid.

Members of Congress have already
denoted their Willingness to aid in the
defense council and United States
hamber of Commerce movement to
do away with all new enterprises and
undertakings. until after the war, un-
less THE men, money and material of
such enterprise will contribute in some
way TO the winning OF the war"
This is a radical step. regarded from
some angles. but members OF Congress
see abundant common sense embodied
in it. Not only are the results likely
to he good for the government on ac-
count of observance Of this but the
results will likely he good TO the pro-
motors themselves. They will save
money if they follow this test
In many instances cndcavors win be
made to show that certain enterprises
affect the county beneficially although
very indiT"Ctly-and this indirectiou
they viii plead as sufficient to allow
them to proceed with the undertake
ings. In each community this volun-
tary piece of common consent Icgis-
latiDn will have to he administered by
the sentiment of the people them
selves and il is UP to tho people there
fore to affiN such an Interpretation as
will be in the general interest Of Uncle
sam 1T takes no double sight to OBJ
serve what is good for the country in
war times and what is had for il. ano
the people will not only be performing
a service for Uncle Sam but for them
selves as Well if they will go ahead
and administer this couraGcousIy and
continuously.
This - not exactly a rctrcu"hmcnt
program for il does not require the
complete abandonment of all undertak-
inEs. But it prcEuppOseS that desire
exists in the hearts OF Americans to
put their money into those channels
where 1t Will do the most good and
where darts toward the goal OF VIC
tory are likely TO bc achieved soonest.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Vance Mccormick. President.

1t is not surprising that the subord-
mates To Vance Mccormick Of the
exports board are inSistant that he
has presidential ambitions. For with
al Mr.. Mccormick is man who has
political ambitions-there isn't a man
who ever conducted a presidential
campaign on behalf of the national
committee OF any great party who
didn't have 'cm-and a man with
ambitions naturally hits at the high
est place in the land.
But what We have said herct0for-
with regard to the next presidential
race arplies in Mr.. Mccormick case
as well as all others-that is. that
President Wilson will name th" man
who tops the Democra tic ticket next
time.
Therefore Mr.. Mccormick should he
very strong with President Wilson
and that is just what he is, so som"
of his friends point out. They say
that he has reader access TO the
President than any man in Congress
and then some of the members of the
Cabinet. Naturally the latter state
ment is to be somewhat doubted, but
it is probable that Mr.. Mccormick.
Nnlle ne can StA iilA' AiAt
presence no quicker than some OF
the Cabinet members, at least can
talk to the President more coniden-
TALLY than some Of them after he does
get seated and properly squared away
for conversation.
But before Nr. Mccormick can
properly lay his wires he must find
place for William Gibbs McAdoo,
for the latter, too. is a candidate
for the presidency. And so are some
Of the other very busy gentlemen
of the official family-not all of whom,
however, were as alert in coming to
,the aid of suffrage in New York
as was this secretary. For he stopped
long enough in the liberty bond sale
TO indorse suffrage-the large woman
vote of New York is worth the while
if one is after big game, the astute
Mr.. McAdoo, OF course, recognized
through oil the arduous duties con-
nected with his official position.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

New York. Nov. i.-There vas q
dinner given the other night at one
Of those ultra exclusive cafes In
! Westchester County by a very rich
young bachelor. who has never work
ed. and who spends his big al
lowance in entertaining
The dinner started OF with q flock
OF cocktails served TO the men and
women at the bar and by the time
the first cork popped at the dinner
taole everybody was in a hilarious
One Of the invited guests was a
young woman from San Francisco.
VINO was not used to the particular
| KIND OF dinner. but being In Rome she
decided 70 emulate the Romans.
AT ii O'Clock the young woman was
found In stupor in one Of the hall
rooms. She was taken care on An a
rather careless way by the befuddled
women guests who thought nothing OF
it
Later In the evening she grew worse
I and the host became alarmed and sent
hurry call for doctor The doctor
came. took one look at the patient
and sent for an ambulance and a wild
race was made for a New York hos
pitaL
1 After hard work the woman was re-
stored 10 consciousness. In another
hour. the doctor said. she would have
passed on. At the hospital Il was said
| that nearly every night there is a
case similar to this. Some woman IL
carried away from a dinner party.
Invariably the patient proves TO he
some woman form out-of-town. New
York women seem to have the ability
to stand these wild dinner parties As
the hospital inferno said: These New
( York danes are booze proof. but let
some out-of-town guest who IL not
uesd to these heavy drinking bouts try
| 10 keep up with them and she usually
lands in the hopsital."
On the other hand II might be said
that there are thousands OF New York
women who never take a drink. But
those who do can drink right along
Z with the men without any effort
The subway repartee which enlivens
the tired business man in the morning
en- route 10 more toil produced this
advice TO young men the other day.
Over the top of his paper some clerk
Of an inquiring mind asked his COM
panion:
NHefe 90 lheg nolQ tne W orlo
Fair this year. Jim"
And Jim. gentleman Of experience
and right there with the ladies' an
swered.
"oh, the same plsc. a, usual
around the waist
Seen around the town: A japanese
dancer in a Broadway dansant. An
eN-convict feeding a stray dog. An
actress with a tpress agent figures,
$500 wolf hound on a gold chain. A
push-cart peddler in a cast on even
ing suit Of clothes. A cab driver
waving a liberty bond at a passing
taNicab driver. An excited woma n
with horsewhip standing at the en-
trance Of a downtown hotel.
Broadway pr.de las suffered a
severe jolt this week. A group Of r.u-
rcsentatiye BroadwayiJss attended =
=. convention in Chicago and one Of them
in an interview upon returning de-
clarcd that there were more good the
atrical performances in Chicago than
in New York.
Aud still another declared that re
thought Chicago was much l.voIfer ci-y
and that the food was more pslatable.
Broadway regards these statement $
as nothing short Of treason.
Broadway actors are sIways jealous
of any Chicago success. In fact thcr g
are some actors who are convinced
that America entered the war 20 give
;hem a chance 10 spotlight thmselves.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Army and Navy News S
Best Service Column In City.

The Attorney General has rendered
an opinion to the effect that captains.
comma nders and lieutenant command
ers who will have served four years
in their present grade by November
20 next after the conyeninC OF the
board for selection for promotion are
eligible for consideration, thereby,
Notwithstanding the fact that at the
time OF such consideration they shall
not have served four years in their
present grade.
The Navy Department authorizes
the following statement:
The appointments Of the q enlisted
men as temporary warrant officers in
clUded in the supplementary list ap-
pointed on October l. will date from
September 81, the same as the 9Cs aI-
pointments made on the latter date
and not from October lJ. as was stat
ed when the list was given out.
This supplementary list contains
the names Of men who are on armed
guard duty and on other service, such
that. although their applications were
put in at the proper time through nc
fault Of their own they were not re
ceived and passed upon September Il
when the receipt Of applications
closed.
In order to expedite the issue oi
temporary warrants to the applicants
promptly. those applications which
were acted upon latc were put on the
supplementary list
The association between war and
pCstilonce is proveTbial, and 1t is one
Of the triumphs Of medicine that in
this greatest Of wars We have been
STarcd grave cpid,mics. says the Lon
don Lancet. A comparison between
the mortality from wounds and dis
eases in this war and in the South
African war gives a measure OF The
unchalIeneed advance Of preventive
medicine But fresh forms OF disease
have called for increasing vigilance
and research. Srrne Of these have
been widespread. vet of low mortalit>
for instance. epidemic nephritis, al
most unknown nm warfare, except ir
the American civil War. has beer
prevalent in France, though absent
from tho British training camps. The
immediate death rate Of this uenhrItls
has been small. hut il is too early yet
to gauge the ultimate damage which
has been accomplished hv the disease
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
PROTEST BY COAL MEN.

The Trper Potomac Coal Operators
Association has sent a delegation -
the Fuel Administration 10 a.;
changes in the prices Of coal msds
by the President.
Most OF their mines in tire Trps-
Potomac region are small and they
declare IL Will be Impossible Tor th.m
20 operate under the schedule -
prices laid down.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

they are home and being greeted on
every hand with warnings 10 be very
careful with the huge appropriations
which they are authorizing down here,
are finally coming to the conclusion
that it would be very good indeed to
attend TO this. For much TO the sur
prise of a number of the members they
have gone home and they have been
censured for being compelled to admit
to their constituents that they did not
so much as make provision for an eX-
pendtures supervision committee, a
Congressional body which might act
very ably in conducting affairs down
here and which certainly would be in
/ a position TO stop some OF the things
which have been so sharply complain
ed OF by men who know conditions
and who have held up their hands in
holy horror at what has been taking
place.
Needless to say Congress will not
return home again without having
made some sort or provision for war
committee. The heavy investments Of
so many millions of people in the war
bonds. added TO the fact that taxes
are beginning to be effective and to
add materially to the cost Of living.
means that the people will insist upon
their representatives taking steps to
supervise all expenditures. when
waste is being preached on every hand
there are no people in the country at
large who want 10 see our resources
wasted.
President Wilson has been power
less TO prevent the pUohteerinG. lie
struck some blows which wardcd off
the big fellows but lot Of the small
fry i'm the gdme-the aggregate Of
whose methods, however. foots up
very high-went unharmcd. A COM
plete wiping out of all OF the second
rate rrofitecrs is what Congress is
quite likely 10 attempt IN tn" near fi-
ture. And if this variety Is wiped on.
number of the members think. the
topnotch profiteors will not try to
work their game 10 any extent
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Barthelme Deported. .

DR.. George Barthe!mes career in Washington as
correspondent OF the Cologne Gazette was checkered
one reaching its climax in his celebrated Lusitania dis
patch denouncing the boodthrsty scribbers' of the
American press who demanding war with Ger
many.
At that time the education OF Americans in German
intrigue and German spy work in its infancy. Only
occasional flashes Dame TO the United States Of the
kind of dispatches which German correspondents were
sending to their home papers and was suspected
that these were engaging in any subterranean,
illegal activity in the United States. 1t was only when
Count Won Bernstorff was given safe conduct from
American shores, and Dr. Barthelme was cordially in
vited by the State Department to depart the same
with him, that the ma ority of newspaper men
in Washington suspected that the blue-eyed stodgy-
looking Barthelme not exactly desirable person
to have on this side of the Atlantic
The German journalist taken seriously enough
by the American to be placed under Secret
Service surveillance and recently he "interned
being sent to Wichita Kans with others to report to
headquarters daily. Now is decided that he is such
a dangerous person that he must be deported
We hope to know the full story of Bartheme some
day. 1t should prove most interesting chapter of
German propaganda in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
HORN ON A BUYING TRIP.

Nathan Horn, the merchant tailor,
left Yesterday for New York on a
buying trip. He is now selecting wool
ems for next springs business. II is
a familiar saying that goods well
bought are half sold and Mr.. Horns $
patronage is proof of
this. He is registered at the Imperial.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
COAL JOBBERS SEEK FACTS.

\ delegation Of the Mary land Coal
JohbeTs' Associa tIon has visited the
Fuel Administration 10 arrive al a
better understanding Of the plans OF
tho Fuel Administration and the
working conditions under the present
ruling.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

Hurrah for the culinary genius who discovered how
to make pumpkinless pumpkin pic out of sweet po-
tatoes! He fills out the ideal Hooverized Thanks
giving program-pumpknless pie turkeyless dinner
md feastcss day.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
THE SMALL POTATO.

THE SMALL POTATO.
The smallest 'tater in the hill
In spite Of that's a 'tater still.
And has a 'tater's work to do.
Mashed. Lyonnaise or In a stew,
And that's a thought I think I" Gle
The most Of little fellers here
And helps 'em do the best they can
Each one to prove himself a man!
Copyright. l9I7D
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

Dan Cupid says the Postofce Department is a
graspng prohteer. Just when the concentration elg-
bles in training camps promised bumper crop OF love
letters the mean old government raised the price Of
stamps.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

When the German junkerS beaten the
western front they jump a smaller nation, which
is the usual program OF the bully.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

Charley Brckcy spent four years at Harvard
learning how to kick. Now, having married New
York girl, he finds his education wasted
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

americans haven't had much time for interest in
municipal elections since Uncle Sam was elected to
whip the Kaiser.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
Land Pirates Must 60.

Another blow at prohtecring will be
struck in the near future. either by
the President or by Congress. And
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

The wolf of poverty at many door was mlcashed
by food price boosters
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

Are YOU helping the Kaiser by eating more than
our share OF wheat, meat, sugar and fats?
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02

Camouflage for spinstcrs of Io3o-"Ala,! My
lover killed in the great war!"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-02
RESORTS

AmericaE Ran. Us AU.ycsr Ros5Tt.
ATLANTIC CITY. y. >.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07
Vain Longings

I'd like to be as slim and
straight as when was middle
weight. / wouldn't run SO much
to waist if sternly l refused to
taste the kinds of grub contain
ing starch, and if on foot I'd daily
march, instead of riding down the
street, while thinner people use
their feet. It's easy to reduce
ones fat-the doctors all agree
:on that, the doctors of a dozen
schools; but when I've read their
list of rules l heave sad and
soulful sigh, and call for porter
house and pie. Vain longings l
have often felt to wear a smaller,
shorter belt; of double chins l
would dispose, and once again be-
hold my toes. l know l ought
to live on rice, and divers YARDS
just off the ice; I ought to walk
ten miles a day, and with the
hefty dumbbells play, and in a
year, the doctors state, l would
have lost ton of weight. But
one may pay too great price
for looking willowy and nice; the
cost of beauty comes too high,
when one must shun the gaudy
pie, forsake the gravy and the
roast, and live on tea and brick
hard toast. No prudent man of
ample girth will for a figure trade
the earth. WALT MASON.