The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

troubled youth and when one day
the man under a cloud came to him
and said he had an opportunity II
he could get to Chicago of getting
a good position. he lent IS to him,
the troubled young man being short
that much of his fare.
1t was several months later that
Jones got his $5 back with the an
nouncement that the man was do
ing well and he never would forget
Jones. and II fortune came to him
be would remember the man who
gave the IS.
The other day Jones and Ken
crick received a telephone call from
the Bellevue-Stratford. They went
there and met the young man who
had been the store detective some
years ago. He told q remarkable
story OF success. 1t was unbeIiev-
able almost He recalled the prom
Use he had made to Jones who. by
the way. had plodded along with
otu making much progress
II want to make you easy for hfe."
said the man from Chicago.
And he did
He placed In trust $1,000 of stock
bringing per cent interest. That will
ittulii $o,JVV d year 10 Jones.
The young man who was under a
cloud has made a fortune of 5000, 900
through war contracts.
He offered to do something hand
scme by Mr.. Kendrick but Mr.. Ken
drick refused.
Woe and the Censor.
There never was anything more
rinIClI1ntIC fy,
than the operations of the censor in
the matter of cablegrams. In France
they had a simple system. You could
file your message. II the censor liked
you he would 20. X" your message,
and, II all went well, you stood a
chance of the cablegram going through
that day. II he did not like you your
mefsage was cast aside. But whether
hc liked you or not, everything un-
sent at the end of the day was de-
stroyed and the French government
confiscated all money received by It.
Unfortunately for the censors, they
destroyed not only private and un-
official messages but official as well:
When someone had to be the goat"
they cashierei the three army officers
at the head of the censors bureau
and put them in Jail for a month.
Millions Of dollars have been stolen
from senders Of cable messages here
and abroad. The sender has little or
no redress. He sends his message at
his own risk. II he -ets through he
Is lucky. Usually II does not get
through. but he does not get his money
back.
From all over the world complaints
pour in of the fraud committed in the
ra ~ tho
comes the cry of unwarranted delay.
From Shanghai by mail the announce
ment Is made that not one cabIegram
had been allowed to be transmitted
to a commercial house from March II
to March a. but on this latter day
the censorship was lifted to permit
the Chinese to know that on that day
Queen Mary of England had paid a
visit to Bethnel GREEN'S poorest slums
and patted the heads Of the children,
That grand news having been given
to the Chinese. the censorship was
clamped on again.
Meanwhile China was not permitted
to have news from Paris of what the
embryo league of nations was doing
in the way of coming into existence
or what disposition was to be made
of Kiao Chau.
The Cooks of Versailles.
Versailles cooks have let loose a.
wall that has stirred all Paris to
and made many persons for
get the May riots. 1t seems that when
the German delegates and their as.
sistants arrived there was much trou-
BILE owing to the fractiousness of
tsome of the visitors eager to do what
the kaiser didn't do-dine In Paris.
All kinds of threats were made of
what further infraction of the rules
would mean. but now there is no fur
ther trouble.
And II is all due to the cuisine of
the Trianon Palace Hotel. There is
said to be nothing better in France.
The German delegation exceeds In
number 900 persons. Only the big
bugs were permitted III the hotel res
taurant at FIRST. but now all are ad-
mitted. that being the simpler way
to- keep track Of them,
The French had planned thres;
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