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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-28

aquf, no sc usan esas clases de
libertinajes.
| Lean este recortito de LA
Prensa', de Nueva York:
'Hoy Sc presento ante ell tri-
bunal en- demanda de divorcio,
Mrs. Katie Gordon contra SUI es-
poso Mr.. Gordon, y dijo al juez:
"Hace nueve amos que vengo uni
sda a ese hombre y solamente me
ha dado 25 centavos diarios du-
rante todo ese tempo para los
gastos de la casa y mis- gastos
personales. Y cuando pedi a Si-
mon aumentara la raci0n a SO
centavos me armo la gorda y me
llamo botarata y dijo que ten
dria que cortarme la cabeza y
arrojarla por la ventana."
iQuien cree a las mujeres?,
diran algunos hombres: Pero
veamos ahora 10 que dice Mr..
Gordon.
Simon Gordon, al replicar la
acusacion de Katie, ha dicho:
mi esposa es una despilfarrado
ra. Cuando yo me case con ella
ell amor no jug6 entire nosotros
ningun papel importante. Me
tom6 por marido como Sc toma
una maquina de acuilar none
das. A ella no la llevo a mi lado
sino ell interes monetario soia-
mente. Yer ella un dollar y per-
der SUI habitual NAL humor, es
todo uno. Ell dinero la transfor-
ma Y de una mujer escandalosa,
desagrable, hace una mujer do
Gil, amable. Por satlsfacer sus
caprichos-agreg6 ell esposo in
dignado-ella ha dispuesto de
mis- joyas, de mis- bonos de la
Libertad y de mis- estampas de
la guerra"
iQuien cree en- los hombres?,
diran algunas mujeres.
Mrs. Gordon ha pedido al tri-
bunal lie garantice cincuenta do
lares semanales, q 10 cual Sc ne
GO ell juez.
Y digo yo: iquien cree en- los
hombres? iQuien cree en- las
mujeres?
Miguel StrOgOff.
25 abril 1919.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-28
NEGOCIADO DE MATERIALES
IMPRENTA Y TRANSPORTE.
sUBAsTA.

Sc recibiran proposiciones bajo
sobre cerrado hasta las 3 P. NJ,
mayo 2, 1919, para ell suministro
de materiales de escuela para uso
del GObierno Insular.
Pueden obtenerse proposiciones
en- blanco dirigiendose al Negocia.
do de Materiales, Imprenta y
Transporte, San Juan, P. r.
Evening star., 1919-10-12
TABLE BOARD.

TABLE BOARD.
EXCELLENT table board, home cooking. 256O
University pl. NV. near 14th and Clifton.
Col. 6493.
$40 n. 7. AVE.-Finest board in city, IS
week; can accommodate 20. 15s
1854 COLUMBIA RD.-Colonial surroundings;
excellent home cooking. southern style; hot
breads a specially. n. 6712. IA
7O6 a ST. SE. 12s
1871 ST. N.W.-Excellent meals: home
cooking; hot breads; good service. 12s
1900 PARK ROAD-Exceptional board for Sc
lect few; for those who appreciate home-cooked
meals. Col. S212
HEALTH INN-1226 14th st. n.w.-Few steps
up-Try our real home cooked food. at mod
crate prices. Club breakfast, 3Oc; dinners,
4:30-7:30. Csc; Sunday. 12:30-7 CSC; Sun
day chicken dinner, Soc Mrs. F. Cohn. 12>
25 QUINCY PL. N.w.-Finest home cooking;
hot breads: reasonable. North 6707. 10.
1902 18th ST. NW-Breakfast and dinners;
per month; reasonable rates: southern home
cooking. 12s
l414 18th ST-Best the market affords: home
cooked; served well; prices reasonable. 13'
1850 HARVARD sT.-Excellent table board.
Meals served family style. 14s
10l1 9TH ST. NW.-A few table boarders;
home cooking: reasonable. 14e
1907 CLIFTON ST. N.w.-very best home
cooked meals at reasonable prices. 12s
1414 MASS. AVE.-Good home table board;
polite service,
Evening star., 1919-10-12

OR ROOM APT, IN NEW BEAUTIFUL
house, with owner; never occupied; hardwood
floors: facing Soldiers Home; SIS, including
heat, light. bath. laundry and other privileges.
To responsible party only, yearly lease Ap-
Ply Apt. . 1854 Calvert st. nv. 12s
UNFURNTsHED FIVE ROOMS. INCLUDING
kitchenette and bath; detached house, near
Walter Reed; adults only; $85. Phone Sunday.
10 to IL. and ofice hours. Main $500. Br II.
THE CHASTLETON,
18th AND SITS. NV.
Apartments of three and four rooms and
bath; large inclosed sleeping porches: avail
able about Jan. I. Leases now being executed.
THE F. 81. SMITH COMPANY.
FOR LEASE-ENTIRE SECOND AND THIRD
floors Of brick building 18th and D SITS. NV;
IL connecting unfurnished rooms: suitable for
apartments or transients: baths. showers.
toilets; steam heat, hot water. VIII not rent
separately. Apply on premises. Il.
Evening star., 1919-10-12
WANTED-GARAGES.

WANTED TO RENT.~A PRIVATE GARAGE
near at and 18th st. NV. Address 1904 New
Hsmpshire ave 12s
BUILDING FOR AUTO REPAIR SHOP;
room for or 10 cars. Address Box 2s7-E,
Star office. IL
Evening star., 1919-10-12
SUBURBAN BOARD.

ON CAR LINE TO CITY-ATTRACTIvE
| rooms for winter; ami; plenty Of milk: veg
etables and fruits; beautiful grounds. Phone
ONE OR TWO CHILDREN win be given good
care; good references given. Mrs. Geo. d.
walker. e. Falls Church. Va. Phone BILL
Evening star., 1919-10-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

BY OCTOBER Is, ONE OR TWO ROOMS.
kitchenette and bath; northwest; not over
$780, two girls. Address Box 202-H. Star
Evening star., 1919-10-12
'wANTED-RooMs.

REFINED WIDOW-Room board or room.
kitchenette; references; state price. Address
Box 265-H. Star office.
REASONABLE; clean room; employed couple !:
use of kitchen for breakfast; give fun mar
ticulars. Mrs Friedel, 1905 Vermont ave-
REFINED COUPLE desire room and kitch-
enette neighborhood Of Congressional Library
or Lincoln Park; quiet; no children Ad-
dress Box 235-H, Star office.
WANTED-Physician and wife wish two rooms
furnished for light housekeeping; answer by
giving street and ndmber. Address Box 274-H,
NOV. 1, by adults, three unfuruished house,
keeping rooms with BATH heat and electricity.
Address E2x 80 D, S:.aE os1cs.
Evening star., 1919-10-12
COUNTRY BOARD.

TRAINED NURSE will board and care for IN
valids. conva1escent or elderly people: ais"
chronic cases: cheerful surroundings; milk from
tested cows: IS minutes from city by machine
over good roads. Maple Wood Farm. Silver
Spring Md. IL
The sun., 1919-09-12
Mistreatment OF a Slang Word.

While we had never expected to
find slang in q publication of such
decorous traditions as the Nation, we
felt confident that If slang ever did
appear in those stald columns 1t
would be carefully selected with a
view to the ultimate effect on the
language. Therefore 1t is surprise
to read-in an article which calls at
tention to the fact that while Mr..
WILSON promises the end of wars his
Secretary of War, Mr.. BAKER, urged
the Philadelphia convention Of the
American Chemical Society to be
ready for war-the following lively
comment:
This is not complimentary. 1t IL
not backing up the Executives excel
lent and dexterous grand stand play.
1t makes bad impression on the
spectators and weakens their conf
dence. How peculiarly unfortunate.
too, that Mr.. BAKER should have
picked out Philadelphia as the place
TO pull this boner. for Philadelphia
is the submissive and admiring sat
rapy of CONNIE MACK. who is the
father and grandfather OF team
work"
1t is all too evident that the Nation,
saying "to pull boner," pulled a
bone. The word "boner" may be used
in factories where chicken is canned,
but 1t is not In the dictionary, is not
in books Of American slang, is not
heard among the populace. We learn
from FARMER and HENLEY that
'boner" is used among the slangy at
Winchester College to describe a
The sun., 1919-09-12

the cooperation OF Spain to effect our
retirement from their country 10 nat
ural. The sympathy between Spain
and the Dominicans has always been
strong. In 1861, seventeen years af-
ter the establishment, under Don PEDRO
SANTANA, Of the Republic, he pro-
claimed its remuneration to Spain.
Two years later there was revolt
against Spanish rule, and in 1865
Spain again recognized the indepen-
dence of her former colony. BY so
doing Spain avoided collision with the
Monroe Doctrine, the appllcatl ton Of
which to foreign adventures In land
grabbing on this continent had been
interrupted by the civil war.
In 1860 the Babcock treaty for the
annexation of the republic to this
country was ratified by the Domini-
cans, only to be rejected by a tie vote
In the Senate of the United States.
No complaint can be made II Span
ish statesmen offer friendly advice
about our conduct In the Dominican
Republic Indeed, we should receive
II with every courtesy, for Is not
President WILSON now telling all the
other nations of the world what they
could and should dot What is sauce
for the diplomatic goose must be sauce
for the diplomatic gander.
The sun., 1919-09-12
sharp blow on the spine; manifestly,
however, this could not be pulled.

sharp blow on the spine; manifestly,
however, this could not be pulled.
The Nation, misspeillng a word in
significant phrase which may vet
be admitted to use by the elegant,
strikes ut the very growth of the
language Mr.. WILLARD should know
as well as anybody that this phrase
has been popular for ten years. 1t
grew out of the common use of the
noun 'bonehead," employed to desig-
nate a person who did the stupid
thing. watch that bonehead," cried
Mr.. JOHN EvERs Of the Cubs to the
umpire, pointing to Mr.. MERKLE of the
Giants; he'll forget to touch sec
ond." The prophecy was accurate,
the error cost the Giants a. pennant,
and "bonehead" became a word be-
loved of the people. Bone" was pres
emily accepted as the absurd act of
the bonehead, and pull" was the OBJ
vious verb to 60 with 1t.
A society for the protection of slang
may yet be necessary.
The sun., 1919-09-12
The q. A. n.

So filled are our thoughts with
the heroism of the recent past that
the fifty-third encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic may not
receive the attention 1t deserves. In
the capital city of Ohio the survivors
OF the patriotic hosts which saved
the nation and thus made the Amer
lean effort In the world war pos
sible are gathered in their annual
convention, n body pitifuliy small in
numbers but gloriously high In I'M
diluted Americanism.
All that words can donvey Of the
affectionate respect In which the vet
Grams Of the civil war are held by the
benefciaries Of their labors has been
said. 1t is useless to attempt to repeat
it. When on his triumphant march
down Fifth avenue on Wednesday,
heading his vigorous soldiers fresh
from victory in France, the General
Of the United States Army saluted
with particular care a group of gray
haired men In the uniform of the
Grand Army of the Republic, his act
embodied the sentiments of graft
tude and honor In which the men
Of 81 are held by those on whom
rests the duty to perpeulate the ma
tional freedom and solidarity they
preserved.
The sun., 1919-09-12
"POISHING."
Do All Manufacturers So Pronounce
His Namel


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: Re
rorters for THE SUN made many bright
illusions to the cheers for Polishing
In their stories of the first home recep-
tion of the General, but they seemed, by
Inference at least, to indicate as spe-
cial class of New Workers those who SO
pronounced his name. There were many
cheers for "Pershing," l know, for l
heard them, but rather think they were
voiced by out-of-towners.
My belief is that an occurring after
an or an / is seldom sounded by
natives of Manhattan in whatever social
circles they may have been reared, and
the sound of OF is generally substi-
tuted. know that / am generalizing,
which is wrong, but I'll give one in
stance with assurance that could give
many in support Of my conviction.
On Monday after the General had
gone to the Waldorf / was lunching
there with some Western friends, all of
whom had seen the General, to whom
they invariably referred as "Per-r-
shing." At nearby table was a party
Of young women, New Workers., much
animated by the excitement of the oc-
casion, to whom rushed another young
woman on her way to another table.
did you see the ole deahT she asked
eagerly.
One Of the group Of young women re-
piled rapturously. See him! We weah
in dads cab in Thoity -thoid street. as
near as the cops would let US, and when
Gent Polishing went nv he Acknowledged
our cheeahs with a heavenly smile.
Didn't he, NellF
He soitainly did, the sweet bold I" re-
Piled Nell. beaming. A. n. EAHPHUL.
NEW York, September IL.
The sun., 1919-09-12

By the news from Constantinople
that the Sultan is SO badly in need OF
money that he is willing TO sell the
golden throne which the Turks cap
tured from the Persians 400 years ago
a wonderful double opportunity is Of
fered to Mr.. HoHENzoLLERN, now of
Amerongen. He would not only be as
sisting friend sorely In need by pur-
chasing the throne from the Sultan
with part of the $162.600 with which
he left Germany, but he would thus
also be furnishing the new home
which he has bought at Utrecht, and
to which he is soon to move. A great
golden throne with ancient associa-
tons of divine right royalty should
make a splendid arm chair in which
WILLIAM could appropriately read the
books OF his former generals and adj
mirals on the subject why Germany
Lost the War"
The sun., 1919-09-12
OUR EXPLODING SEWERS.
A Plea to End the Inhuman War.
fare of the ManhoIe Covers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
Intermittent bombardment OF cast iron
manhole covers over the sewer in East
Forty second street principally in the
block from Second to Third avenue, has
gone on for the past three years. On
several of these occasions citizens have
been injured and property damaged and
the residents and workers badly fright
ebed. II appears that this district is
doomed to be visited annually by these
explosions unless something Is done to
prevent them.
The solution of the problem Is con-
Meeting a ventilating stack to one of the
present manholes and running II up
above the elevated structure. Such ven-
tilation will give the gases a chance to
escape and make them harmless As
the situation exists to-day the manhole
covers which are perforated for venti-
lating purposes, are very easily clogged
UP and as ventilators amount to
nothing. The result Is that the gases
arc confined until a sufficient body IL
accumulated to the proper explosive
mixture, when 1t is readily lgnited by a
passing trolley car, JACOB f. OBERLE.
NEW YORK, September IL.
The sun., 1919-09-12
Sure Signs OF Peace.

The costumlng of woman energies
from Its temporary observation as a
topic for profound thought and en-
cages the Intellect of the authori-
ties. In New Jersey some schoolgirls
decided to wear socks instead of
stockings. A Mortified school board
promptly SET Its face against the In
novation. Girls legs are to be clad
in the conventional fashion In that
forward looking State.
Paris women are cutting their
gowns low on top and short on the
bottom. English women are following
suit. The venturesome traveller fears
to predict the result Of this. But one
thing can be predicted with complete
assurance. The prices will 60 up.
The cause is simple. To cut away the
gown top and bottom necessitates
much extra work. Wages are high.
The extra labor must be paid for /;
mark up the prices there
In Chicago the tailors decree that
men shall wear double breasted coats
with belts, the late wool shortage to
the contrary Notwithstanding. Prices
will remain up. Ships process Of rea-
soning is clear. You must wear a
belted double breasted coat II you
wear a belted double breasted coat
you use more cloth than If you wear
q single breasted suit. More cloth costs
more money. Johnnie, a new set of
price tagsl
The vast army Of folks with moth
ing worth while to say Is clamoring
about freedom Of speech. Vociferous
demands for liberty to SANDER and
libel are uttered on every side. The
good old business Of organizing So
ciety to protest, with secretary ex-
pert in protesting and willing TO ac-
cept fat salary, shows unmistakable
signs of prosperity. The batteries of
abuse are unllmbered. Fresh NUM-
lions are coming up all the time. Hid
eous outrages on the loose tongued
and slack Drained are made to order
while you wait.
All the old bores are pushing to the
front once more. The serious business
Of war making repressed them for a
time. With peace they bloom in all
their glory,
The sun., 1919-09-12
TRADE BRIEFS.

Much interest Is being shown In China
In motorcycles, due TO the fact that they
can travel on the narrow paths used by
foot passengers and for wheelbarrows. al
though there are but few roads suitable
for automobiles
Sixty thousand laborers in the Ruhr dis
trict OF Germany have declared that they
are willing to work overtime TO produce
sufficient coal TO enable them TO compen-
safe Denmark for butter. A Part OF the
butter Is to be divided among the laborers
who do overtime work
There is an excellent demand for soap
in Shanghai. over 100 brands OF laundry
soap being in use. thirty-five made in
China from the abundant native fats and
oils, twenty in Great Britain, i've In Amer
lea, four In Japan, two In France and one
German brand made locally.
Statistics have been compiled recently
by the Research Division OF the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce on the
following subjects; Prices OF lltharge,
whiting, palm oil. lamp black and rubber,
January June. 1919; motorcycle imports OF
European countries for 1917. 1918 and 1919.
The Manufacturing ConfectionerH AIT
ance, Inc, OF British Cocoa. Chocolate,
sugar and Confectionery and Jam Manu-
facturers has been registered as a limited
company in England to promote the well
fare OF the British cocoa, chocolate. sugar.
confectionery and jam trades and indus
tries In all matters other than Industrial
A British science and key" Industries
exhibition Is TO be held in Glasgow, Scot
land, on November IT. 1t is being or
sanized bv a combination of the British
Scientific Products Exhibition, promoted by
the British Science Guild, and the Key"
Industries Exhibition organized by the
Tariff Reform League shown in London
last fall.
The sun., 1919-09-12
NO EsTAvcLIEc ALLIANCES.
A sample Of what Might Happen
Under the Rule Of the League.

To THE EDITOR on THE suN--sir, For
the sake Of continued comfy az between
nations Il is to be hoped that our Presl-
DENT did not dub Lloyd George. Clemen-
ceau and their peace adjusting coll
leagues "contemptible quitters'' because
they amended to some extent the oele-
brated Fourteen Points. And yet some
Of MS fellows in the street are unable to
norceive vhv amenities extended to as
soolates in making n treaty should be
withheld from associates who must rat
ify that treaty. 10 make It binding. Does
this one circumstance make us president
cf the rubber stamp function our Con-
xress will be expected 10 perform when
The sun., 1919-09-12

this influence has been making for
the protection Of the city ever since
fleet Of British warshlps arrived be-
fore Cronstadt.
1t has been generally accepted that
Russian Bolshevism Is no longer a
menace to western Europe and that
the red terror has been penned up in
central Russia. But 1t still remains a
power in Russia against which the
world must struggle. Colonel JOHN
WARD, q member Of the British Par
lament, who has just returned to
London from Siberia, declares that
half the truth about the atrocities
committed by the Bolshevists has not
been told. The actual force that the
Moscow Soviet has at its command
has been underestimated. II has in
the field on the different fronts fifteen
armies with strength of about 1885,
600 men, and 1t is estimated that be-
sides 1t has more than 100000 men
In reserve in the interior of the coun-
try. That this force has been largely
recruited through terrorism and that
1t Is held together by the same power
Is perhaps true, but that 1t has never
theless shown strength is evident from
the resistance 1t has so far offered.
Such an alignment of Bolshevlst
forces Is an explanation why KoI-
cHAK and DENIKIN have made no
further progress in their recovery of
Russia.
TRorZKY's appeal for the defence Of
Petrograd and his acknowledgment Of
the danger surrounding his Govern
ment disclose the truth about the
Russian situation at present.
The sun., 1919-09-12
Policemen's Strikes-An Attack on
the Very Foundations OF the
Social Structure.

OF the merits of the Boston police
mems demand for higher pay The
SUN can only say, from its knowledge
of conditions in the police and fire
forces In New York, that the prob
ability of unjust underpayment is
considerable. Several months ago
this newspaper made special effort
to bring about a correction of the .n-
Justice here, and with partial success.
The New York policemen and the
New York firemen, as fine bodies Of
men as there are in the world, and
loyal beyond all praise in their pro-
tective capacity, had the general sup
port of our citizens in their orderly
and proper appeal to the Board Of
Apportionment We are sure that
public sympathy will be with them in
similar appeals so long as the scale
of compensation Is below the obvious
level of adequacy.
The same thing is true Of other
branches of the public service charged
and entrusted by law with the main
tenance of peace and order in the
community. These men are sworn to
public duty. Their lives are pledged
to the protection of our lives and our
property. They are at the very front
of the organized defence Of civilized
society. No class of public servants
is better entitled to consideration in
the readjustments resulting from the
greatly diminished power of the dol
lar at this time to purchase the nee
essaries of life.
But a very different question, a
matter Of appalling Significance and
Importance, is involved in the situa-
ton brought about in Boston this
week by the attempt Of perhaps one
half of the sworn and uniformed
guardians of law to enforce their de-
mands for more pay, and incidentally
to establish their status in unionlzed
labor, by deserving their, posts and
their duties in the manner of the
ordinary strike or walkout. Some
thing of the same sort is apparently
threatened in Washington. In Boston
the results of this sinister proceeding
have been a succession of riots at
tended by the loss Of many lives, by
the unchecked insurgency of the Grim
iaal classes, by violence and crime of
every description, and by a state of
terrorism In parts Of the city too
nearly approaching what we have
heard of the experience of Russian
and other foreign towns where Boil
shsvism has been temporarily or per
manently rampant.
The idea of a unionized police, sub
tect to control as to its performance
or non-performance of duty by gov
eminent not a part of our constituted
system, by an authority other than
that to which it has sworn obedience,
Is comparable only to that of a union
ICED army or unioniZed navy. 1t is
an idea intolerable to the American
genius, and it's manifestations and
demonstrations ought to be denounced
and resisted by every American who
is worthy of the name.
The sun., 1919-09-12
SpAin's Intervention In Dominican
Republic Affairs.

A number of Spanish statesmen are
reported to have signed a petition ex-
pressing to the United States the de-
sire of the Dominican Republic for
the withdrawal of the American
forces which for several years have
maintained order in Santc Domingo.
Nothing has yet been heard of this
petition in Washington. The des-
patches from Madrid suggest that the
Spanish signers Of the document have
been stirred to this activity by En-
RIoUE DEscHAMPs, Dominican dlplo-
mat now in the Peninsula.
In 1905 the United States entered
into an arrangement with the Do
minican Government to straighten out
Its external financial troubles. 1t was
In this service that WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
as Secretary of State subsequently
sought to obtain Jobs for deserving
Democrats" as detail OF an Incident
OF the Wilson Administration. There
has been much disorder in the Domln.
lean Republic, and the United States
has kept a force of Marines there to
preserve the peace.
That the citizens of the Dominican
Republic, dissatisfied with the present
state Of affairs, should seek to enlist