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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
End PAN-AMER|CAN
FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

Announcem has been made by
Secretary Glass that. upon his recon-
mandation, the president has decided
TO convene the second Pan -Ameri-
can financial conference on Monday,
January IL, 1920. The sessions will
be held al Washington and invitations
have been forwarded to the countries
ot Central and South America. 1t
IL the hope of the secretary OF the
treasury that each delegation will be
headed by the respective minister of
finance, as this will afford him the
opportunity 10 confer with them con
corning the financial situation and
the financial problems which con-
front the republics of the continent.
The first financial conference was
convened in May. 1915, upon the
of Secretary Nc
Adoo, whose far-seeing craftsmanship
enables him 10 see the Importance of
an interchange of views between the
responsible financial officers of the
american republics by reason Of the
difficult situation created by the out
break of the European war. After
a lapse Of nearly five years the con-
ference will again asse mble this time
70 consider the new situation created
ty reason of the close of the war.
Since the converting of the first con-
ference in 1915. there has been con-
stantly al work a permanent orGani-
ration created by that conference
known rs the international high
commission. This commission is COM
posed of national sections in each of
the republics of America presided
ever by the respective ministers of
finance. The general direction of the
work of all the sections is visited in
a central exchange council. presided
over al the present time by the sec
rotary OF the treasury of the United
States, The other members Of the
council are the Honorable John Bas-
sett Moore and Assistant Secretary OF
the treasury Rowe.
The most important duty entrusted
II the International high commission
has been to put into effect the reso-
lutions adopted by the first Pan
American financial conference In this
respect important progress has been
made and a gratifying record OF
achievement will be submitted to the
that will assemble in
Washington in January next.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25

In the war by these humble defender,
Of Britain: :
breeders have been sent an ofoc,.,
letter OF thanks from the air cosacil.
together with list of thoa> hsra.
which rendered signal service. ~nnd
Mhi.n nave oeen specially mentioned
In dispatches.
Many of the incidents mentioned
are extremely thrilling. and In few
cases oid. war-worn birds have been
pensioncd on by the government ana
One OF these Is the pigeon whichs 49,
shot through the eye while deliverinr
message 1t recovered from TIE
light duty -S>sAs
The number Of lives savest So
pigeons during the war will never 80
known. for. In addition to the 4pRnv
pilots and observers who have heen
rescued from wrecked machines ~ :
result Of messages faithfully delivared
the birds have been used TO ests l1Yish
communication with troops who were
surrounded by the enemy by dropping
them from aeroplanes in baakets ~
tached to parachutes"
Carrier pigeons have, In fact. bNen
employed In all parts Of the hcNfle
sone--evsn In. the front line trsnches
and. n result, numbers OF AR
soldiers, sailors and airmen have
FORMED IN attachment for them Ind
ore taking up the breeding Of carrier
pigeons either a. sport or Z hobby.
In commercial circles. many tfadhrs
ana merchants have come to the oon-
ciuslon that under certain conditi6hs,
such ~ In isolated situations, piNeune
are invaluable for cheap ana ready
means OF communication.
A service OF carrier pigeons ne al
ready been instituted In Borne6 BY
an enterprising trader, the birds be-
ing used to carry messages In coAnec-
ton with the coaling Of vessels.
There Is already big boom Ii car.
rier pigeons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
One Hour In Chicago
Enough For Wanderer

Chicago. Aug. 23.-Just one hour
IN Chicago was enough for Joe Bel
sky. alias Gypsy the Wanderer. who
is proud % his record In crossing the
continent sixty times without paying
cent of railroad fare.
Il haven't worked In sixteen years"
explained Joe. I'm that time I have
crossed the continent sixty times
without paying a cent railway fare.
Gee, l bet owe the railroads SEQ.
OOO."
Explaining hts ability to exist with
out work, Joe said he was a contor-
zionist. Going into a spasnn Of con.
tortions. mostly facial. he said
See how easy? can make myself
into J. Jap. Chinese, Indian, Hindu or
Bolshevik without making up for the
part. That's how get money to eat
on. don't need money 10 travel
with, although i guess I travel as
much as any travelling salesman.
Cans stay any longer. Just got in
an hour ago and am tired OF this
place already; good bye" And the
man who owes the railroads so. 900
hurried 70 ths yards 70 add to his
obligAtiou q. the railways
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
ENGLISH CATHEpRALS
SEEM OUT OF DATE

Sometimes the question crops IN OF
the best use to which to put the great
English cathedrais. When one sees a
vast church slumhering in the calm of
ages in n city like Ely, which is little
more than village in population. one
is tempted to think that the people
have lost. X they ever possessed. the
right use of them. They are GER
tstinly too big for the voice of tho
preached to be heard in them.
and the old ceremonial process
sions come no more In the glorious
Minister Of York, DR.. Bairstow has,
during the war. found most appro-
pirate building for the holding of sa-
cred concerts and the performance of
cratorios, and we may be forgiven for
feeling that In this new employment
the great and usually desolate nave Of
the cathedral has found a fresh and
most fitting use, IT was undoubte eddy
built to meet the needs Of the citi~
ztns Of York, and to be center of
Eight and activity in all departments of
the life Of the old world city. What
could be more appropriate than that
the York Musical society. OF which DIR.
Pairstow. the cathedral orranist. is
also the conductor. should give two
performances Of oratorio in the year,
If Durham and Iincoln, and the other
great churches. could be put to SINH
lar use. they would be serving the
reeds II the community in a new and
legitimate way, IT Is true that in the
Il rec -cho.rs festival the cathedrals Of
Gloucester, Worcester. and Hereford
have been periodically put to similar
service, hut nothing Of the democratic
and civic character. Of the York Mu-
steal society's orchestral concerts has
been attempted elsewhere, 1t in a
matter of regret TO learn. now that
the York concert hall has been set free
by the military authorities. that the
cathedral nave Is to resume the pre-
war sleep from which the needs OF the
moment aroused II.
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would have been wiped or the Mar
and England would have followed. IN
short Order"
In June, 1914. Mr.. and Mrs. R.Sh-
ards were in their Brussels hONae.
When the nrst gray horde Of Unfan
troops poured over the Belgianshor-
der they watched the violation Or ne
little country, watched the raye=end
determined defense that was made
and saw the Kaisers armies checked.
Brand Whitlock, United States Alir-
lister to Belgium. and Hugh Oii,s,n,
secretary Of the American legation, In
Brussels. were friends Of Richards
and through them he met Herbert
Hoover. NV
Hoover invited Richards to assist
him and since that time RichardSs1As
devoted himself exclusively to help
ing get food to the hungry people II
Belgium and northern France lie
has worked without remuneration "
hope for 1t gladly and he gave up HIS
art cheerfully and without regret.
corded Belgium by the commission
for relief In Belgium and Northern
France, experimenting distribution OF
foodstuffs. From there he was ~eent
to. northern France In April. 1918,
and remained In France until he.wcs
returned to Brussels to take ch&rgs
as secretary Of the commission. When
the United States entered the- war
Hoover transferred him to London
and he has since remained assistant
director Of the head once there.
Despite mines. torpedoes and all
weather conditions the commission
handled more than 100000 tons Of
foodstuffs a month";" said Richards.
las a result of the commissions work
the people OF Belgium and of north
ern France have not known what Il 10
to be without food. The commission
fed, clothed and cared for 10000, 000
men, women and children. It cost
about t36.000,000 y month to do this
and the success Of the undertaking
was due to the genius of Herbert
Hoover"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25

warsaw. July 80 (By MaiD There
Is no abatement here in the violence
OF the controversy concerning the
Jewish question. At the moment dis
cussion turns chiefly upon the coming
of the commission appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson to investigate the jewish
problem in Poland. That commission.
headed by Henry Morgenthau. former
ly American ambassador to Turkey.
arrived a week ago, and It's nrst re-
ception by the Poles was decidedly
guarded.
There was general criticism in the
rress. some Of 1t very violent, OF NJ
Paderewski for ever having asked for
such a commission and a great deal
more OF President Wilson for having
"insultcd" the Poles, as It was express
ed, by naming a Jew as the cnleI
member OF it, Also, public men ana
officials here were at first inclined 70
leave the American emissaries rather
severely alone.
2 Since then, however. hostility to the
INQUIRY has obviously diminished, ow-
ing largely to the impression of fair
ness that Mr.. Morgenthau himself has
made. and to the pains he has taken
to dissociate himself from cliques or
British and American Jews which
have a1deu the clrcutaHOi ot icPottS
Of wanton massacres of Jews In Po-
land.
Tho Polish newspapers now devote
a great deal Of space 10 the daily &C
tivities of the commission. but avoid
acrimonious comment. The policy OF
the Jewish press is much the same,
and meanwhile General Pilsudski has
received Mr.. Morgenthau and ex-
pressed himself as glad that the COM
mission came and as most hopeful OF
its open -mindedness.
So far the commission. without TAX
ing actual testimony and conducting a
formal investigation has contented it.
self with merely talking to people. A
of Poles, including particular
ly certain specialists from the foreign
office upon the Jewish question. have
presented phases of the problem. and
no less than thirteen bodies Of Jews.
each representing a separate and dis
tinct viewpoint OF its own, have come
10 the commissioncrs. each to explain
its attitude and how that attitude dif-
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could not be cut into ten thousand
pieces for distribution among thes;F's
personnel. to whose conscientious
work he believed the honor was Hue.
Mr.. Davis made a deep impression
on Ills French auditors by addressing
them In their own language and out
lining tho work Of the Foyer du Soidak
for the future. -.
Elwood 8. Brown. athletic dtrec-
tor for the Y, also has received The
cross Of the Legion Of honor Recently
for his brilliant work In ORGANIZING
and promoting the interallied games.
Mr.. Brown was formerly head Of the
Us athletic activities In the rhdlip-
pines, and developed the Far-EaIsrn
games there. which contests have
had such an important eject on the
the other Far Eastern countries
which participated. DR.. John. r.
Mott, general secretary OF the Ma
tional War Work council. OF the 7.
mad previously been made a Knight
OF the Legion Of Honor and William
II. Tolman1 Foyer du Soidat worker.
was another member Of the r starr
- received the cross.
TIE Legion OF Honor was Instituted
oy Napoleon I and Is awarded only
TO persons whose services have been
OF national or international imports
ance. In the days OF the empire. the
award OF tbs cross OF the LEGION of
Honor was equivalent to raising one
= the nobility and II stii, carries
hereditary privileges-for which the
Americans. Of course. win not be can
dfdates- During the recent war tire
building and ground Of the school a.
the Legion Of Honor in Paris. n
which the children Of members 81 tina
Legion for generations had been given
the education OF members Of the arfs-
.ocracy. We're used AZ base hospital
for the American army
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
Bride-to- Re Shows
She Lives and Saves
On $40 Weekly Wage

Chicago, Aug 23.--The present high
cost of living does na worry Clara
Platt or W. c. LANCE, her fiance. Not
that either is hurdened with wealth.
On the contrary Clara earns $40 a
week, while Lange's monthly earnings
total s45. Clara. with her ten a week"
manages to pay the rent. clothe and
feed herself and put little away for
n rainy day, while LANCE, with but $45
q month. lives and loves and in addi-
ton to buying Clara s45 diamond
ring, saves 50 a. week
Clara. who is not quite twenty. has
managed to buy rousseau and lin
ems and is the proud possessor of a
Liberty bond, paid for out of her
earnings. How can a saleslady do all
this on $40 a week? Let the young
lady tell il.
1--WE, my mother. whose salary is
the same as mine. and L. rent Il fiat for
$40 month. ! do the washing iron
ing and housekeeping. We make all
cur own e'othes. Our groceries cost
about 81 or S125 day. | trim my
own hats. One hat usually last four or
FIVE seasons this way. buy two pairs
of SIS shoes a year. pay between 81
and So apiece for my shirt waists and
buy several each year limit my
stockings to two pairs of silk ones a
year and several pairs Of isle at fifty
cents, ! make my house aprons out
Of my old clothes and my sweetheart's
old shirts. I make all my own under
wear. It's easy II you only try.
After explaining that she usually al
lowed 81 month for charities and oc-
caslonally went to a movie and bought
a frequent ice cream soda, Miss Pratt
"a ted:
never ust narfume or toilet wa
II. and limit myself to fifty cent box
i powder month"
In addition. she and her mother
s'-ve about 50 week" Lange, who
is engaged to marry Miss Pratt "as
soon as my salary is SIS MONTH"
says his sweetheart is a wonderful
manager. But of his own ability along
these lines he has but little to say
i get along fine on my $45 a
MONTH" he said. but that is because I
know what TO do with my money. J
have a good time. too"
In his budget Lange lists 81 a week
for board, carfare 81 week. lunches
$3.50 week. clothing s. a month.
shoes IS every three months. charity
81 month. newspapers and tobacco
so cents a week, six necktiecs year at
so cents apiece. one shoe shine a week
II shave myself" he explained
, but have my hair cut every three
months"
He wears a $40 overcoat three years.
pair of $3.50 gloves year and aver
ages IS a year for underwear.
We will get along fine when Clara
and I are married. was Langns
CHEEKY prediction for the future, re-
Eardless OF ever increasing prices, but
think / ought to be making SIS a
month before we marry"
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Hoover Assistant Tells Of III
Feeding Ten Million People

San Francisco.-An artist - ~
finger tps--he IL I pianist ~ this
Is not intended for . .>ke--Lewis
Richards has not touched q key since
Germany invaded Belgium In the
summer Of 1914 and precipitated the
great world war. Since then he has
devoted himself not to his art. but TO
humanity; and he says Il was not !
sacrifice, but privilege.
He Is an. assistant director In Lon
don Of the great relief machine which
Herbert Hoover built up long before
the United States had any though. Of
participating In the conflict. lie
proved that an artist may still b. a
red-blooded man and hard worker
at that. for he worked up TO his pres
ent high position.
Richards is in San Francisco visit
ing friends. He came to the United
States hurriedly, and ne will soon be
leaving In the same manner. Hs ar
rived here July 10 having been In
vtted to receive the degree of master
Of arts conferred by Wesleyan Unit
versity. Middletown, Conn, in recog-
milton Of his war services. At the
same time honors were conferred
upon General Leonard Wood. 3ov-
ernor Marcus Holcomb, of Connec-
ticut. and others.
I hope to return to my art some
day Richards said. But that will
be when / am convinced that / can
no longer be of service In war relief
work.
II have heard It said that the
United States has been fighting the
European war. We have been fight
ing our own war. The United States
has had the great oppor tunity Of
fighting its own war on othe. peoples
territory. We saved our own land
from all the ravages that France and
Belgium have suffered.
1T has been a great privilege and
opportunity to stand In the path OF
invading armies until the proper de-
lenses were ready. II Is absurd to
saw that any country won the war.
Belgium saved the situation at the
beginning. But for Belgium France
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
Harm in Using Henna
Is No Bar to Women
Who Like Red Hair

London, Aug. 23.-why do women
use henna on their hair? The Ques-
ton is causing much speculation in
London society circles and attempts
are being made to discourage the
practice through articles written by
beauty experts.
Despite the campaign against its
use. West End hair specialists declare
that it Is becoming more popular than
ever. scores OF women insisting upon
their weekly henna shampoo.
Doris Grey. a we'll known beauty
expert, points out Its disadvantages.
discouraging it's use except IN rare
cases.
There are" she says some shades
of hair which may be hennaed to Ad-
vantage. BY it's use. for instance.
dark chestnut hair turning grey
which had formerly reddish tints IN
1t may have the grey hairs restored
to the original tints
"Judiciously applied to red hair
turning gray. henna 10 cnective IN
concealing the landmarks of time,
while used in conjunction with Pc
roxidc, II con, after q fashion. restore
faded fair tresses.
But 1t is the height of folly to
apply pure henna to hair OF any other
Sna0e. ana why u&e uSuna Wucu oIs0
has no grey hairs to hide. a. II the
prevailing fashion now?"
TIE henna cult 10 becoming almost
as fashionable and persistent In Eng
land as 1t Is in Persia and the East.
according to Miss Grey. The Persian
beauty hennas her dusky locks regu-
larly in order that they may show the
reddish tints 50 much admired by the
Persian beau.
At one time the mysteries OF henna
were known only to- the fashiona BILE
coiffcur who pocketed dollars Tor q
treatment which cost her only pence.
But European women who have trav-
eled In the East and acquired the
henna habit came home and told their
friends all about It. "Henna's not
really dye" they said, and It's 50
good for the hair"
But hennA II . dye. according 10
those who ought to know. II colors.
they say, and that surely IN the
function o. all dyes under the sun.
Its the worst foolishness In the
world for . blonde or brunette to use
says Miss Grey. The blond.
in the firaN place, hasn't the dead
white skin which goes invariably with
red hair: in short, her hennaed locks
quarrel blatantlySwith her complex
ion. sThe same applies In most cases
to the brunette"
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PARIS HEADS OF "Y" AND FOYER Dt
soLDAT MADE KNIGHT OF L. OH

Paris. August 23.-The cross Of the
Knights of the Legion Of Honor, the
highest honor in the gift OF the Re-
public of France, has been awarded
by Premier Clemenceau to E. c. Car
ter, chief secretary of the American
Y. NJ. c. A. in France. and William
Sloane Coffin and d. A. Davis. who
were the American heads OF the
Foyer du Soldat.
In comforting this honor upon the
men. the French government recog-
ni=es officiaily the service Of that
branch Of " NJ. c.. A. work which
VS. organized for and conducted
among the French soldiers She has
also given the work further recogni-
ton by Incorporating the Y. 81. c. A.
Foyers into French public life, max
>. them a permanent feature OF her
program of reconstruction.
Mr.. Carter, before ne entered the
overseas war work Of the Y. M. G. A..
was head OF the Y. NJ. c. A. organiza-
ton In India, under the direction OF
its international! committee. He has
been the chief secretary OF all a. E.
F. Red Triangle work overseas since
America entered the war.
William Sloane CONN IL a promi-
nent New York business man. He
was actively interested in Y. NJ. c. A.
work before the war as a member OF
the International committee. d. A..
Davis was general secretary for the
r. NJ. c. A. In Turkey. with head
quarters at Constantinople. when the
war broke out. In addition to his
work in the Foyer du Soldat move
ment. ne was In charge OF the VS.
prison work in France and italy and
was responsible with Mr.. Carter for
the introduction OF the Y organiza-
ton into all the armies of the allies
on the European front.
During the ceremonies at which the
presentation was made. Mr.. Carter
expressed regret that the decoration
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lied the same year. or in other
80 according to that authority
l1oetwing had two foals by different
6rAa In 1880. In 1881 Fieet"lne
-. harreu. The following year she
s,n "a ". s. Hobart for. $4,000.
INC he also Sold Lady Mackey for
r., 900.
oduced Stamhoul. L. j. Rose SOLO
Htnxen. the sire OF Uhlan, 1:bs.
uu,d in all probability have been
aAed to the list OF geldings X George
E1ay,tt had not heard Of him trotting
" quarter in thirty-nve seconds as
YlexitnE. No one in Kentucky woula
~ 4 stallion by May King, as ne
80 considered the poorest excuse Tor
u stock horse that was ever seen in
sAs blue grass country Leaviu e Az,
981oo for Eingen. He shipped MN
- New England and sold him the
@aafovfnr year for $4,000. Al the
Rescnt time the descendants OF Bin
nm are one OF the dominating fac
3nep in light harness racing
MI The breeder Of Pilot Medium sold
Ann for a triffe TO get him out of his
~ on account OF an injury. Walter
clark took him to Michigan. where
n rat peter the Great. who is now
11
" ReRmers. George Ketcham ordered
ss5SSs foreman 10 xiii Cresceus when
10y sav him suffering from .distemper,
~ foreman put the colt out Of sight
m he recovered Tn time Cresceus
L k1uce1 the worlds record 10 2.02 ] a
rroved one az the best race horses
{ SSk ever wore harness.
1ohn H. shuts paid thousands for
lAi~
ncoaSt Axworthv, the best horse
aUver owned, cost $500. Hamburg
Nc. his fastest trotter. owed her
rance to r. T. Bedford seeing AK
thy on the parkville farm track.
bred Sally Simmons TO him and
salty simmons II She was fast
- 4 knee knocker. John T. Mad
Sn purchased her and shod her go
- went clear. He changed her
ne to Hamburg Belle, won num-
S0f races with her. and sold her for
~. 900 after she defeated THAN in
~ "a, the worlds rage record
STn 1881 while at vina Branch In
H31fornl-, Orrin A Hickok took a
~ to one of the leaders of a
-horec team The horse was
ia over TO him to train. He did
40 very we'll for Hickok but in
~ hands he trotted in 2;04 IA
I alDo defeated Huida- the fastest
4er that Hickok ever. raced. The
- wae Axote.
NJ plough horse. Captain Lewis,
She mpeatest md on the turf,
80 enc who had him made money,
areA. 18e1. Colonel Parsons, OF
pGcter, n. r., turned him down
l1G In April A. H. foyer. of