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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
20 THE EDITOR: From every
where's comes ther cry, save
:" white paper and In my letter


where's comes tho cry save
= - white paper and In my letter
> last swis. 1 all ready mentioned
about the props. OF all the big news
papers In the country held q meeting in
N. Y. city and disgust the shortage and
promised they wouldn't use no more Of
1t then was nessary but from all as I
can see the papers is still cOmeing out
daily and Sun. as big as life and all the
paper they been saveing wouldn't make
a night gown for a cigarette and out
slider might think they had give their
promise as a practical joke and without
no intentions Of carrying them out. But
a friend of mine that knows some Of the
big editors personly claims they would
be tickled to death to i've up to the
agreement only they haven't no idear
in regards to how to go at it in other
words they don't know what they could
leave out of the papers without the sub
scribers getting sore.
Maybe the genial editor OF this paper
. is in the same pretty pass and would
, welcome a few suggestions from a per-
son like I who has give the matter
good deal of thought and have got my
finger on the public pulse at all times
you might say z - 81.
In the LIST. place gents l would cut out
: the news from foreign oountrys. They's
a paper laying here along side of me
which has. got a 1a col. on Page / about
Egypt being give constitution and
another " a col. about lis million gals.
of whiskey being released from bondige
and thrOwed on the market I'm England.
Well if the item about Egypt had been
left out the most Of US would of thought
that Egypt always did have a constitu-
ton but even the few that knowed bet
ter could of stood it few more months
to- go on thinking Egypt didn't have no
constitution at lease till the white paper
shortages is over As for the other item
it is like rubbing salt in raw wound
and If the papers wants to spend a "
col decorating their readers on ex-
posed nerve why they can holler their
heads of about the paper famine and
not get no sympathy from thinking men.
don't know of no case where print
ing the news from acrost the old pond
ever done any good where as they's
plenty of times it has caused a lot of
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LETTER
RING w -LARDNERS7 WEEKLY .EE1I

hodv with a crow, bar and says BAN
Finely gents, I would cut out ~
advertlslng coils, Hou can nsgH
make mo believe that q person dx
know when. they need; something w
thew see 1t In the ads. Or you ca9
make, me believe that when enesa
certain thing the ads is going 20 Nak
me- buy something else. For inst. VIA
do do when. need a hair cut VIZ
I, go to a barber shop and make M
wants known either by word OF tQke4
IN the nearest vacant barber and they
won,t no amt. of advertising make md
On I'm animal store and buy PEI
wo,f for my children instead OF goIn
barber shop and buy hair cutsf01
myself. Orstalee when a female subj
toes knows without her seeing thu
soriber needs a new shoe why he1
word mentioned in the advertising
cola and IL she Is a stranger In the
city why she can And out where To
get one by walking up to policeman
and saving where can l get new
shoe. Or If its a pit. of gin she wants
instead of shoe why she can SUBJ
stitute the word pit. of gin for the
word shoe and say where can l. get q
pit. of gin.
The advertising coils. crowds out
more live news such as Jack DemD-
sew took foot bath last night" than
any other feature in a newspaper
and personally have penned many a
comical line that never seen prln:
because it had to make way for q
eulogy of somebody's empalming fluid
that nobody will ever know II all they
claim for it is true or not.
Cut out the ads gents and all sc
the other items which ] have men
toned and list thing you know people
will be throwing white paper around
like it was 200 proof Scotch. !,
~" RING W. LARDNER..
Greenwich, Conn.,, Dec, b.
copyright, 1919. Bell Syndicate Incl
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Around the City.

fever woman, being already In the
Old Testament, kept on until she
came to Absalom. whose ambrosiai
locks were tangled in a tree. 1t was
too good chance to miss. SO she
asked him If he had ever washed his
hair and gone out before
Certainly notl Besides. 1t isn't:
polite to interrupt when you. see I'm
otherwise engaged" & IN
=. So the poor, woman stepped out Of
the Bible into history and tagged
after Godiva, who was riding through
Coventry town, robed in her golden
name. But she got no comfort out
Of her question. A., -
IF was foolish enough to 60 out
before my hair was properly laun-
dered,- would be too foolish to be-
doing this"
Nothing could have been mores
convincing, so the fever womans
dragged herself up the steps to in
quire Of Marie Antoinetteaif.s she ever;
washed her splendid wig and them
went out: ., PIT d. a. -,
the queens truly curls to get them Quit
of the way for beheading, so that yoal|
couldn't really blame her majesty forl
saying: t .es D.. H. 49,. 4
DO go away. Can't you see we are
busy?" a.. .~.e. - Il
1t was long. flre-scorched road
after that, but at last the poor thing
reached fiction-land, where she found
Rogue Ridherhood's daughter trying
to keep her heavy black hair on top
of her head-and falling. But she
knew nothing whatever about the
matter, for the reason that she never
washed her hair. Why should she?
And that settled that
so the fever woman travelled a lot
more. up and down and all around in
the middle until, all Of a sudden. out
popped Goldielocks--that dear child
who did things to the Three Bears
and she took the fevered soul into 8
green forest with breezes in the
trees and stream that olinked with
lcicles-only, 1t wasn't ,Goldielocks,
but the lady of the houaax with
crushed ice in a bowhnAndS the lady
said: "
or course. l always go out before
my hair is dry. Now. go to sleep, and
l when you wake up you may have
!, some lamb BROTH"
8. 80 the quest was ended. and--that',
ALL only:
:. Ii you should personally care to 81
t out In this sort of weather befor
l your hair dries. be sure. in advance
:. to pick out the right sort CT lad,
of the house.
v MAMIE LANCASTER
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A Symbol.
B. TRITE; novelist. who

w b. TRITEJ a novelist, who Fl
tall and lean, said at sttlinn,
in Philadelphia: F,g a1s.s.3..Js -,
BERNARD Shaw is arich man now
but there was once time twiicn h
was very poor. met him during tina
time, and ventured to say to him
How excessively tall and leai
you are! -. s,-s,As. 49, a.,
All artists he answered, are OK
cessively tall and .lean--a symbol o
lofty aims and narrow means"
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III
the other afternoon across
from the Treasury, they belong
to a pretty girl, whose necklace broke
just as she crossed the street.
She was such a pretty girl and so
nicely appreciative of the courtesy of
a young gentleman with cane, who
began at once to corral the scattered
beads-assorted" shapes and sizes. but
all green--that every man., going and
coming. stopped to root for the cause.
And anybody in the crowd who
cared only, for incidents with novelty
for trimming would have been inn
pressed at what was undoubtedly the
first showing in this town Of ro-
mantle tableau depicting a pretty girl
entirely surrounded by PROSTATE
admirers--posed,w without rehearsal, on
the public street.
- -. X X X .s
THERE were just three passengers
in the car, and as 1t whizzed
along the quiet Of a suburban track
the conductor varied his standing &C.
cupation by kneeling on seat. He
kept that attitude for several squares
in length, and the proceeding so agi-
tated couple at the other end that
the two talked 1T over loud enough
for a woman behind to hear:
poor fellow, I bet he's tired"
Tight Shoes more likely"
Don't be SO mean. He ought battle
'em in hot mustard water; hot mus
tard's grand for feet that have to
stand UP like he does"
Looks kinder cute, don't he; like
he was saying his prayers"
Just you wait till your feet hurt
once, and you won't think it SO joky!
Poor fellow, I'd like to tell him about
hot mustard. I've suffered too much
my own self not to feel for others"
She really meant 1t. There was 8
streak of honest concern in her voice
and her face revealed purest desire
to furnish first aid, still
II the conductor had been called OF
for an opinion he would doubtless
have preferred her to attend her owl
affairs. r.t.
Sympathy is beautiful thing, bu
common-sense Ia far more satisfae
tory. ...
+; Il X 4 4
A WOMAN washed her hair an,
went to the movies before it wa
dry--the hair, of course. Movies ar
never dry.
!, And that night q fever came along
, There is one sociable thing abou
fever--it puts you on confidentia
. terms with people you never knew
/ but whom you hunt up for the ex
G press purpose of finding out IL the
y ever washed their hair and then wen
s out before. 1t was dry.
1t is always advisable to consul
j. first class authorities, so the feve
woman travelled and Travelled till sh
came to a-garden where lady. wear
ing costume of marched hair. SO
!, under a tree. talking to a gentlema
n snake. .'f
~ And Eve settled the question.
J. well, L may have my curiosity. b,
e Iewas never foolish enough to want
know what would happen II i WEI
out before my hair was dry"
1t seemed to end the visit, 80 Il
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THE VICTORY AT SEA X

regarded it as great humiliation
that the rowdy element had made 1t
necessary to keep our men out OF
their city. Many letters were printed
in the Cork newspapers apologizing
to the Americans and calling upon the
people to take action that would jus
tify us in resembling. our order. The
loss to Cork tradesmen was great; our
men received not far from 100000 to
$500, 600 a month in pay; they were
free spenders and their presence in
the neigh borhood for nearly two years
would have meant a fortune to many
of the local merchants. Yet we were
obliged to refuse to accede to the nu-
merous requests. that the American
sailors be permitted. to visit this city.
A committee of distinguished citi-
zens Of Cork. led by the lord mayor
came to Admiralty House to plead for
the resembling Of this order. Admiral
Bayly cross-examined them very
sharply. 1t appeared that the men
who had committed these offenses
against American sailors had never
been punished. ...
Unless written guarantees, were fur
nished that there would be no hostile
demonstrations against Americans, Adj
miral Bayly refused to withdraw the
ban, and l fully concurred in this de-
, cision Unfortunately. the committee
could give no such guarantee. We knew
very well that the first appearance OF
Americans in Cork would be the signal
for renewal of hostillties. and the
temper of our sailors was such that the
most deplorable consequences might
have resulted. We even discovered
that the blacksmiths on the L. s. s.
Melville were surreptitiously manufac-
turing weapons which our men could
conceal on their persons and with which
they proposed to sally forth and do bat
tie with the Sim Fem! SO for the whole
period of our stay in queenstown ou1
sailors were compelled to keep ava!
from the dangerous city. But the stu
alton was not without its humorous as
, poets. Thus the pretty girls OF Cork
finding that the Americans could no
come to them. decided TO come to TIL
. Americans every afternoon trainloa'
, would arrive at the Queenstown station
where our sailors would greet them
give them a splendid time, and then, II
the evening. escort them TO the statio
O and send happy crowd on their wa
/ home. D..
q Editors note--In a letter addressed to Sc
= rotary Daniels Of the Navy the Irish Nations
q Bureau protests against the charge that IL
@ Sim Fein party of ireland was Openly pr
!, German during the war;" The letter insis
that the charge 'embodies an open insult
millions Of American citizens by inferential
charging that they have allied themselv'
with a cause which was openly hostile
g America in the great war" Denying Il
: truth of the statements, the letter to Seer
= tnry Daniels protests against their being give
: ''credence and dignity" by emanating from
e officer of the United States Navy. and as
l. that they be corrected or withdrawn. I'm ju
y. tice to millions Of Americans And 70 preser
the honor Of the NAVY --
(To be Continued Next Sunday)
Copyright 1919 BY Worlds Work and
v CInre Syndicate.) ...
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Continued from Eighth Page.)

members Of the Sim Fein party treated
this same brotherhood is attempting to
stir UP hatred in this country against
our allies in the war, there is q certain
peEtinence in informing Americans just
what kind Of treatment their brave
sailors met with at Sim Fein hands in
Ireland.
The people of Queenstown and Cork,
as already described, received our men
with genuine irish cordially. Yet in
a few weeks evidence Of hostility In
certain quarters became apparent.
The fact Is that the part Of Ireland in
which the Americans were stationed
was q headquarters OF, the Sim Fein.
The members of this organization
were not only openly. disloyaI: they
were openly pro-German. They were
not even neutral-they were working
day and night for a German victory;
in their misguided minds a German
victory signifled an Irish republic. 1t
was no secret that the Slim Feiners
were sending information to Germany
and constantly laying plots to inter-
fers with the British and American
navies.
At flrst 1T might be supposed that
the large number of sailOrs-and some
oficers-of Irish extraction on the
American destroyers would tend to
make things easier for our men. Quite
the contrary proved to be the case
The Sim Feiners apparently believed
that these so-callcd Irish Americans
would sympathize with their cause; in
their widest moments they even hoped
that our naval forces might champion
it. But these splendid sailors were
Americans before they were anything
else; their chief ambition was the de-
feat of the Hun and they could not
understand how any man anywhere
could have any other aim in life. They
were Disguised at the large numbers
of able bodied men whom they saw on
the streets. and did not hesitate to
ask some of them why they were not
fighting on the western front.
X 4 4
The behavior of the American sail.
ors was good: but the mere fact thai
they did not openly manifest a hatred
of Great Britain and love of Ger
many Infatuated the Slim Feiners
And the eternal woman question alst
played its part. Our men had mucl
more money than the native Irisl
boys, and could entertain the girl
more lavishly at the movies and &c
cream stands, The men of our flee
and the Irish girls became excellen
friends: the association, from on
point of view, was a very wholesom
one. for the moral character of tn
Irish girls of Queenstown and Cork
g. as, indeed. Of Irish girls everywhere
Yves very high, and their companion
ship added greatly to the, we'll bein
!, and contentment of our sailors, not
few of whom, indeed. found wive
among these young women. But whe
the Sinn' Fein element saw the
sWeethearts deserving them for tn
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boys their hitherto sup
pressed anger took the form of overt
acts.
Occasionally an American sailor would
be brought from Cork to Queenstown in
a. condition that demanded pressing
medical attention. When he regained
consciousness he would relate how he
had suddenly been set upon by half a
dozen roughs and beaten into state OF
insensibility. Several Of our men were
severely injured in this way. At other
times small groups were stoned by Sim
Fein sympathizers. and there were many
hostile demonstrations In moving picture
houses and theaters. Even more fire.
ouently attacks were made, not upon
the American sailors, but upon the
Irish girls who accompanied them.
These chivalrous .pro-German agitators
would rush up and attempt to tear the
girls away from our young mon; they
would pull down their hair, slap them
and even kick them. Naturally Ameri-.
can sailors were hardly the type to
tolerate behavior of this kind, and some
bloody battles took place.
This hostility was increased by one
very regrettable occurrence in Queens
town. An American sailor was prom
enading the main thoroughfare with an
Irish girl, when an Infatuated Sim
Feiner rushed up began to abuse his
former sweetheart in vile language, and
, attempted to lay hands on her. The
American struck this hooligan a terrific
blow; he fell backward and struck his
head on the curb. The fall fractured
the assailants skull and In few hours
he was dead. We handed our man ovel
to the civil authorities for trial, and 6
jury, composed entirely of Irishmen, &C.
quilted him. The action Of this jury
in itself indicated that there was M
sympathy among the decent Irish ele
ment-which constituted the great ma
jority-for this sort of tactics. but nat
urally it did not improve relations be
tween our men and the Sim Fein.
But even more serious trouble wa
brewing, for our officers discovere
that the American sailors were max
ing elaborate plans to protect them
selves. Had this discovery not bee
/ made in time, something like an in
l ternational incident might have re
= suited.
. Much to our regret, therefore, W
D had to issue an order that no nave
a men. British or American, under tn
h rank of commander. should be pc,
S mitted to go to Cork. Ultimately W
e had nearly 5000 American men at TIL
t station; Queenstown itself is a sma
t place of 5000 or 1000 so it is appal
r ent that it did not possess the facil
Q ties for giving such a large numbt
e of men those relaxations which wei
- necessary to their efficiency. We e.
= tablished a club in Queenstown. pre-
i vided moving pictures and other Ell
e .tertainments and did the best "
a could to keep our sailors contente
IS The citizens of Cork also keenly r.
n GREETED. our action.
Ir The great majority had formed
lie real fondness for our boys; and tn,
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the LIST. place we wouldn't of knew they
was war or where to go to get into
it. And if we hadn't of got into it
could of kept it secret about haveing
4 vertical children and fiat feet.
. You can pick up the paper every day
and find where President Wilson is
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trouble like back in 1914 for inst. when
the papers all come out day and said
the Belgiums had started big war and
all the big Europe countrys was messed
up in it and they kept printing about it
till finely we got into it ourselfs where
as il the news had of been suppressed in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-22

T INCREASED interest in poultry
raising in the general farming sec
- tons of the South with purchase of
much better stock is reported by a spe-
cialist of the United States Department
OF Agriculture who recently investi-
gated the status and activities OF Old
Mother Hen in Alabama. Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas. Producers are
working not only to supply the home
market, but eggs are also shipped from
Mississippi. Alabama and Texas Ia
Memphis. ST. Louis. New York and
other marketing centres.
The advantages OF the South for
poultry keeping are manifold and in
clude a prop!tious climate, which en-
ables the flock owner To produce eggs
to better advantage during the winter
season, while he also can make use of
simpler and cheaper houses than can
his Northern associates. Furthermore.
the favorable weather conditions in the
South promote the feeding OF green
stun 20 the hens practically the year
round.
There are certain disadvantages, too,
such as prevalence of insect pests, in
Guiding mites. lice. and in some Sec
lions mosquitoes and stick tight fieas.
as we'll as the blue bug IN parts OF
Texas. Furthermore. Southern mar
kets are not high paying consumers of
locally produced eggs. This Is particu-
larly true in the resort section OF
Florida, where for many years the
trade las been accustomed to import
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Old Mother Hen in the South

its eggs from the North ard NeS''
1t does not readily transfer this Hls'
ness 10 local producers. In a44'''r.
the Southern market for eggs Is usual
~ spotted" due 10 fluctuations ~ Ire
tourist traffic.
During the heat Of summer egg
losses in the South aggregate q con-
siderable sum. largely due 10 tie o.
velopment of fertile eggs. It Is essen,
tial that Southern producers 'As'.
every effort to produce ana mA'Se,
only infertile eggs in order 10 coN"o'
this source of loss. 4 common "p''lo"
prevails that the Leghorns are parilcu'
larly- adapted to Southern CONDITIONS
but according to the experience ~ I"'
specialists Of the United state Nv
partment of Agriculture Soi'+''"
poultrymen realize just aS sat.'i'' ''
results and in many instances ''o.'
favorable returns from the m''n'e
nance OF the heavier general pNrPo''
birds.
Many turkeys are raised IN ehAe
as we'll as a considerable number n
Mississippi and Alabama and IN Nts..
crn Florida. AS general p'"poS''Ir,,,
these birds are raised IN sinai '''0"s
on general farms, whore plenty o.
range is available. Under SUI '''u'.
tons they usually yield proA'1'vV
income. Not many ducks arc rt!sed ~
the South, but considerable in'e'ss.
Is displayed in goose production. W!lI'
guineas also are raised on man, iarn.
Guipea eCps are used an tlL NOil1
table as we'll as being marketed.
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TIE OhSk CATHEDRAL

eminent also in the Archangelsk ter
ritory, with bases at Archangelsk ard
Murmansk, which is headed by Mich
olas v. Tchaikovsky and which has
recognized the KolchalS authority. In
Esthonia Gen. Udenltch has formed
an army which maintains active rela-
tons with the Government at Omsk.
The army of Gen. Maynard is operat-
Ing in Finland.
Two Seeking Independence.
or these provinces and territories,
Finland and Esthonia alone are striv-
ing for complete independence. The
others are united in the common pur-
pose OF defeating the Bolsheviki and
establishing a unified Russian Govern
mcnt. Fighting forces are maintained
by all OF them, and their work is being
undertaken and in large measure ac-
complished despite the most pressing
need OF supplies. They need. first OF
all, technical materials OF warfare;
then shoes and clothing, and then pro-
visions such as food. medical and Red
Cross supplies, and financial assistance.
Up to this time the various armies
In the field have added largely to their
technical military supplies by seizing
the stores OF the Red Army, as they
continue to press and infiict defeats
upon the troops of the Bolsheviki, and
in part. too. they have received sup
niles from the Allies. The supply ser.
vice, however, is confronted with SER
ious problems owing to the poor trans
portation facilities afforded by the
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japan for England and Russia, al
though large shipments have been sent
us by the English from their surplus
stores Of ordnance in Asia Minor. Ex-
cept for some airplanes recently sent
by France we have received no tech
nical military supplies, so far as my
knowledge extends. from the other
Allies.
Through the American Red Cross
organization in Siberia We have been
receiving, free of charge, generous
supplies Of bandages and medical sup
plies which have greatly lessened the
hardships OF our troops at the front.
This in addition to material for the
construction of field hospitals and
large quantities OF clothing for re-
tugees. But large supplies of cloth
ing for the Siberian Army are still
sorely needed and it is obvious that
these are Just as important as firearms
to the fighting troops. During the past
winter the Siberian Army was poorly
clad and fought under very tpfavor-
able sanitary conditions, a statement
to that effect having been made to the
allied Powers by the English General,
Knox.
Great numbers OF firearms, as well
as quantities OF clothing and other
materials, are soon TO be made avail
able by the rehabilitation or the great
armies OF England, France and the
United States. i believe that these
should be sent as quickly as possible
to the Russian front. 1t Is particu-
larly important with the opening OF