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The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

primer and first reader done in four
colors.
The Modern Studena Library
has been extended now to cover
seventeen volumes and on account
OF its extremely durable yet attrac-
tive formal has achieved a very
wide use.
One of the most important
changes in the Educational Catalog
has been the shifting Of the entire
list of W. r. Jenkins Co. with its
Important books in the field Of
French literature to Brentano's.
Under the general editorship Of
Nevill Forbes the Oxford Russian
Series is assuming considerable
proportions. placing that mouse as
one of the few important publishers
in that particular field.
Holt & Co. have been strengthen
ing their list Of Spanish books in
many directions and have lately
added a First Spanish Book" by
Lawrence A. wilkins OF the De
Witt Clinton High School. New
\ ork.
Prof. Morris Jastrow OF the Uni
verslty Of Pennsylvania is prepar-
ing Language Map Of Europe
that Rand. MCNally & Co will is
sue shortly. Prof. Westermann.
who has been responsible for their
now series OF Classical and histori-
cal maps. has been serving as terri
sion.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Such Is Life
As 1t is Seen
By 0. B. JOYFUL

Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle, Wash.
tells how an L w. W happened TO get
his foot hurt
And sued the mill owner for $50
for iniurins the foot
1t was all caused, explains Ole, by
reason of the factory whistle blowing.
The Red was carrying a heavy piece
OF iron
Toot-toot went the quitting time
whistle
An I. w. W. doesn't believe in work
ing second after quitting tine-if
he believes in working at all.
when they blew the whistle let
20 OF the iron and It fell on my foot, -
said the L w. w.
Changing the subject to an ! VIII
Work. let us ponder upon the life his
tory OF Charles Murray. gatekeeper on
warrington Heights. New York.
UP 10 hve years ago Murray was
doing regular laboring mans work
ana al " he showed no signs Of giving
| in.
For the past FIVE years he has been
In charge Of the gate. working from
until 6 o'clock, and although he is l0
years old. never misses a day.
IF ! hadn't worked all the time. .
he says. Il never would have lived SO
long. When a mans working he can't
be caroustng\ around. and he's more
apt TO eat what's good for him. and
drink little of what isn't good for
him"
Let's elect Murray chief of the
Will Works.
And why not make It an interna-
donal club and let Henry Winter be
second chief?
Winter is a youngster OF 20 years
Lives In Wallaceburg. Ont. Canada,
Oldest civil engineer in the Dominion
| works every day. although he ha,
enough laid by to last him the rest oi
his years
Toughest JOB ever tackled" Win
ters told an interviewer. was wher
they persuaded me to take a long va.
cation. and third day was loafing
got my fill OF doing nothing"
However, II a man wants to wort
there are more ways than one. Ar
easier way has been extracted from
life by Claud Henderson, Of Paris, Mo
Claud Just sits around and lets o.co
geese support him. He's owner of tn,
only exclusive goose farm In thi:
country, seventy-four acres devoted tc
/ geese, ganders and goslings.
Before Henderson got into the reess
business he read a nice story about
J how some sGuawking geese savec
Rome
! II impressed him considerable
! IT think I'll get a few to see how
their sQuawking sounds" he told hi.
| friends.
/ He got 'em, and his friends Sdnt
! think much OF the sQuawk. They die
not believe the time would ever come
when Paris, Mo. would need
squawking goose to save it
/ So Henderson took his geese out e
the country.
There he had more room than geese
so he increased the flock.
Now he has 5000 and believe Us
there is some squawk when they al
sQuawk In unison.
I Man alive. there are enough geese
on that farm to save dozen Rome'
! in Italy and the one in New Yorl
State
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Federal Government Can Cut Living Cost.

The government the high cost of living
done bloY-by forcing reduction in the
price of bread
The money with which to do it already the hands of
the government Grain Corporation.
Here is how the subsidy would work
would continue farmers the basic price OF
$40 guaranteed by the government
The Grain Corporation the mis
say bushmang from the S1ooooooo fund that
provided by guaranteeing the price of wheat
Wheat would miller only SI.25 bushel and -four
would mill price correspondingy low
Cheaper would result in cheaper bread.
The Grain Corporation by of its licensing
which the miller must sell flour 1t
would also price which the baker sell bread
In order public full advantage of the subsidy
prices charged by retailer baker and bread seller
reduced proportion to the cut in wheat price at
mills
The machinery for handling for the already
in existence auditing and checkngup branch of the
licensing
subsidy along these lines has been urged by states
men, business men, labor leaders and economists.
There is no question Great Britain used
during the bread price down the equivalent
OF loaf.
prices result of the subsidy
prices would fa for bread prices regulate general
prices steel determine industrial prices
subsidy the club that
smash general food prices.
Will the future consider advsabHty
blmpproof Office buildings?
Russian Bolshvs printing
any backing the ruble.
Yes many of them ALFRED
far from the movies and other joys of life
Now that rohn Rockefeler stomach good eating
he will notice the upward trend of the market basket
What shall do with the kaiser2" surely giving ground
Who'll win the pennan"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Serving the Public.

Poor Tom Lee sad "The whole world is crazy"
The whole world said, Poor Tom Lee S crazy
Then Tom added, "Brt confound they oununber me-"
When the world there iss something wrong with your
ways OF dong things methods, it some
thinking.
Inc world doesn't make it's mind a or
years are needed for impressions to crystalline.
That IS the why large throughout the
country endeaVor to keep their public
wants closely.
VERY often they find people wanting other than what thew
imagined they would
But they couldn't keep up business if they continued o
put out things that weren't they ust change their sails
and get what folks for. $3.50
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Considerable of a, Shower.

Editor The Washington Herald: ]
read with interest. your notice in this
mornings Herald, Congressman
hainey of Illinois, called on the Presi-
cent about the Irish question. Will
you please state through your columns
which Mr.. Rainey it was, as there
are two In Congress from the State
OF Illinois
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
BY PEGGY HULL.

While the world war was occupied
with Bolshevik atrocities and appre-
tensions of serious outbreak. the
tiny revolution in Korea budded and
was nipped. The Japanese dd the
nipping so quickly and so efficiently
that the suspicious of even the most
guileless were aroused
The greatest secrecy surrounded the
movement of Japanese troops and their
actions after they arrived at their
destinations, but some of the opera
tions have just leaked out-through
reports made by foreign consuls to
their embassies in Tokio-including in
cidents which have proven rather en-
barrassing to the Japanese govern
ment.
The following statements made by
Korean girls who were arrested in
Seoul because they went out in the
street, waved their handkerchiefs and
cried 'Hurrah for the new govern
ment"" were verified by missionaries
and the anti-militarist party in japan.
Girl Student Forced to Undress.
One Korean girl student said:
Il was takeh to the West Gate
Prison. I was ordered to undress, but
refused. l was taken before a Jap
anese policeman. When they told me
to take off my clothes. again re-
fused. and my clothes were then taken
away from me in spite of my strug-
giles. I had to stand undressed before
the officers for ten minutes.
AFTER being allowed to dress l was
put in a cell with sixteen other girls.
The place was filthy and worse than
a pigs sty. We were given beans and
salt to eat. The second day a Japan
ese police doctor called with several
officers. They stripped me again and
weighed me and sneered at me. When
1 resented their treatment they even
( spat on me They said I should be
tried publicly, but after two weeks
confinement l was let out without
trial, and not even told the nature OF
my offense."
In fairness to the Japanese I must
say that in their own country men
and women use the same dressing
rooms and bathe Unfortunately in
the same tub without regard to sex
Z L hcy even 30 CdlHlS On lHtlT nelSn-
bors during the bathing hour, and ap-
parently think no more of the pro-
ceeding than we would of brushing our
hair.
Korean women, however, are eI-
tremely modest. and no such freedom
or intimacy exists in Korean homes.
104 Persons Battle In One Tab.
Other cruelties, however. followed
the physical examination, and no ex-
cuse can. or has. been offered for
these.
Il was not allowed to sit or stand -
sad another girl student, but had to
squat on my knees Japanese fashion.
They gave US no pillows. Five girls
had to sleep under one quilt infested
with vermin. The unChanging squat
ting posture was most cruel to bear.
The slightest change would bring beat
inGs, or the punishment OF holding out
a heavy board at arms length. We
had to bathe. 1N persons in one tub.
The water was so dirty and smelled
so bad it made me dizzy. When !
bowed my head to pray | was punished
by three hours standing. They said I
was going to sleep before the time. -
An official japanese journal recently
published an article about this prison,
declaring it to be equal to a health
resort and almost as we'll equipped as
a technical school.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Mystic Star in CaDitoI Floor

mere is particular place the Capitol absorbing
interest to visitors according guide walking with
Of the building
See that marble in the floor"
bleH Well beneath the dmyghted subter-sre-
Gephs OF the Capitol chamber where
ahingon and Martha Washington eternal tomb
mere catafaque the death chamber which
0Scslons when great Americans lay in the Capitol George
washington his will provided kept there
oeafn ano the chamber was constructed for that purpose
You search reported that his family rar.TJ
the government have his placed vault at the oIJ
family mansion Mount " ~ - '-0 O'o
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
From Uncle Sam TO consum,r

reGod IN favor OF the enactment by Congress Kelly bill pro
wang TOT the sale and distribution of
sio dooostus IN the possession Of the War Department The
est noosenent OF the by
Association OF this city 20 the father Of the m
M CLYDE KELLY, OF
ecs th secretary OF ar 10 sell all surplus
while the Postmaster
service IN the distribution and sale Of surplus supplies directly
consumers and provides plans for such distribution
prevent P9hteen by individuals firms corporations
ing from SIoo TO $1,000 to be imposed those
VI S~'~ ~ No''
talked with Representative KELLY about his bill and r, said
me ar Doparent has pounds and beef and
100000 cans OF vegetables which
Since that time much has been surplus IS no
osu 10 r'G' TINS tremendous OF supplies
% Al slight advance on The purchase price The
OF inc ost quality and Nj KELLY believes that
nS aySsb TO- the ultimate will do solving
Fourth
tion
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Riotins Wa. Harves, for ~Bootessers-

An lnportAnt ohca Of the Senate called attention
aet that while the rotns Monday and Tue
nights ano every available policeman duty
mobiles laden with booze without
is his belief that friends OF the booegger
spirit certain sections the would be called
several places where the liquor laden pass into
the city. ~
hnother Senate Official informed that he learned from
hoTiy of fifty
night manned by coored osensb renorceents
the rioters while in fact they Booze"
TO remark Fifteenth and II
ade" ~ ' has ~ e O00Ie OIoek-
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Constitution In a Nutshell.

SMITH D. FRY. he
keep his pencil finger brochure Corst
onal law and it supreme Law
land, will he of the
SMITH should have indcby impressed minds the
egend-'all and created equal"
Never exploiting himself in the slightest allowing his
work TO speak for itself Mr. FRY has
TACT nor nnaed that he student Of law and yet
in the class of 1870
That he has been profound student
since degree he
enjoyed the confidence and friendship pub
c life Senator Hill of New York Hoar Massauscts
senator Cuhman Davis Of Minnesota Senator Quay.
ran Senator Spoonc Of Wisconsin,
Speaker Champ Clark and all others nlectua
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
By John KeDdrfcL RAMA

tCopy7ght, 1919. ny the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
THE JOY OF LIVING.
/ don't know why I've come to be,
don't know whittier I'm to go,
But just the same I laugh with
glee;
With Joy my spirits overflow.
1 sing with heart. and soul, and
mind,
My daily songs of gratitude,
For life's so very full | find
The Being and the Going good
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Judicial Autocracy.

It the people keep viglant
branches They what the
Congress subject all times piless publicity.
easy public keep track o steady
usurpaion OF power by the judicial branch of
Judge imposed jail editor
the Memphis (Tcnn) contempt writing
publishing editorial did pending
did judge did
had rendered. and did by
tend obstruct administration OF Justice
The editorial sweeping condemnation of political methods
under boss Memphis generally to
honor along with other branches government
Now happened that judge had rendered political decision
before this editorial printed gang that
controls Memphis politics. He then candidate for
election He had the editor who the editorial
of And editor, honestly trying to
the honest people Of Memphis has been
days Jail
BY suffering this liberty T. Leech of
the Memphis Press useful public purpose arousing
the people OF this republic the danger liberties
steady and persistent development of judicial
Our democratic fight autocracy didn't world
against Kaersm. We have yet perform muchneeded
houseceaning al home
Possibly cultivated nursed weeds as we do
flowers they'd be just hard to grow.
The only trouble waiting back from Mars is
that is forget what know fifteen or so
years ago.
Only Spartan power to invest his summer
vacation in buying Christmas presents now
Seems how July tckled because
their wives have to the country
One thing can't trust by not buvins
your coal now Old Man Winter is ag'in you.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

The demand for a volume Of modern
verse in high school courses is to be
met by Harcourt, Brace & Howe with
book edited by Louis Untermeyer
entitled Modern American Poetry. d"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
NEWSIE NOTES.

Charles Downer HaZcn's Fifty
Years Of Europe" furnishes a very de
sirable and needed text covering the
period from IS6S-l9l9.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
Round the Town ~ EfssHEEEEEEs Ef$sssHEEEE fffH

Don't ape the silly, busy bee
His rashness can't be beat,
He stores up honey, you see,
Which other people eat
Col SAM r. STRATTAN
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Very complete studies of the words
which people commonly misspelI and
the words actually in use in every
day discourse form the basis OF Pear
son and SuzZallo's Essentials OF
Spelling" published by the American
Book Company.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

The success of Prof Edw. H.
Gardeners Effective Business Letters"
on the Ronald list should serve to
recommend the Constructive Dicta-
ton" which he has just prepared for
the Gregg Publishing Company.
An interesting historical approach to
me problems of social and civic rela-
tons makes Tufts THE Real Busi-
ness OF Living" (Holt) a valuable text
book for classes in citizenship.
WINSTON has ready complete new
series of readers edited hv Firman
and Maltby. The colored plates used
are especially attractive with the
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Only Spartan soul has the will power to invest hi
vacation money in buying Christmas presents now
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Seems how since July husbands are so tickled
their wives have gone the country
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

The stars incline. but do not compel
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Yes, there many idle acres but most Of them
far from the movies and other joys of life
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03
JAPS' ATROCITIES In
KOREA TOLD BY GIRL
WARCORRESPONDENT

Korean girls, for crying "Hur-
rah for the new covernment!"
forced to undrexs before Jap
anese officers, and beaten when
they couldn't hold one dincuIt
posture for hours mt a time
Such are some more Of the un-
censored news stories from the
Far East brought to this coun-
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Russian Boshevist is too busy printing
any backing the ruble.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

Possibly if cultivated and otherwise nursed weeds
flowers they'd be just hard to grow
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

The only trouble in waiting for answer back from
years ago.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

shall do with the kaiser?" surely giving ground
Who'll wint the pennant?"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

future architect have consider the advisab
,imp-proof Office buildings
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

One thing is certain, can't beat the coal by not
your coal Old Man Winter is agin you
The Washington herald., 1919-08-03

that Tohn Rokeelers stomach is in good eating orde
too will notice the upward trend OF the market basket
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-06
Big Private Telephone Exchange.

The size Of the private telephone ex-
change grows with the erection Of
every hotel or office building Of any
considerable proportions The largest
ever constructed Is that of New
York hotel which has been recently
opened 10 the public. II occupies 3,165
square feet Of floor space. having an
operating room 40 feet long ny Is
feet wide. a terminal room 30 feet
long and % feet wide. a restroom %
room 30 feet ny IL feet. The oper-
ating force consists Of one chief oper-
ator. one assistant chief operator.
eight supervisors and 40 attendants.
The switchboard consists Of twenty
three positions. Thirteen positions
are equipped with telautographs used
for paging and announcing only. The
switchboard has capacity Of 3,340
extensions and $50 trunks. The hotel
has telephone service in each of IFS
2,200 rooms, and there are forty public
telephone booths served by four
switchhoards connected with the main
switchboard. The follow nc gives some
idea of few OF the items which
make up part OF the telephone sys-
tom. ego fuses no condonenrs. .
100 relays. $3.50 bumps. $500 Jacks.
10000 soldered connections 7.926O00
feet of wire.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-06
KING OF ALL "RAlNMAKERS"
Who Is Well Remembered in the
West, Was Simple.

Given an ingenious mind and an eye
10 business "A live man can make mon
ey out OF almost any old thing.
Perhaps you remember the extraordl-
nary success scored some years ago
by Solly Greencup. the rainmaker. II
not, you can read his record in port
folio of newspaper clippings collected
all the way from Nome TO San-Diego,
from eastern Oregon TO western Kan
sas.
Solly Greencup, indeed, occupied for
while position unique in the annals
OF metyorology Scientists might doubt
and cynics might scott, but whenever
Solly went after the rain clouds he al
ways got 'em. Moreover he didn't
work on "the heads-I-win, tails-you-
lose" principle of some other rainmak-
ers. Solly Greencup. when he once de
cided he could produce rain in given
district, always backed his opinion
with hard cash If i.f asked the farm
ers 10 put up 81 ,OfO for an inch Of
rain, he put up another $1,000 himself
as forfeit in case he failed And he
always won.
Greencup never explained his meth
DDS All the farmers wanted was the
rain. All Greencup wanted was the
money With the result both were
satisfied. His apparatus consisted Of
a flag pole, an electric battery, a kite
with u metal tail and an air balloon
filled with Il mysterious gas. If scien-
fists demanded the reason for these
ccntrlvances, he shook his head and
smiled.
Sometimes Greencup would have 10
stay "A long time in locality before
he could find the exact combination
necessary to coax the wet forces into
action. Sometimes he had to confess
that the drys We're too strong for him.
But as soon as he posted his forfeit
and set up his apparatus the desired
moisture followed in few days.
Once IN Elsinore valley he gave the
ground good soaking for paltry
$500, thus saving a Sl.O0O00O grain
crop. OF course he made a tidy for
tune. YET at the time no one considered
his charges exorbitant. And everybody
admitted he was n good sport As he
grew wealthy Greencup never gave
himself frils nor assumed the title Of
professor" These things were after
ward remembered 70 his credit
A few years ago Greencup went per-
manently out OF the ralnmaking bust
ness In street car accident he lost
his left foot. which had 70 be ampu-
tated above the ankle. After that for
love or money he refused 10 expert
ment with the weather.
When the secret of his success was
finally revealed some carpng moralists
called him make-believe. He never
claimed, like another famous person
age 10 be in partnership with the
Almighty. But at least ne had done
something that nobody in the world
had ever done before.
He had capitalized corn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-06
sritons Build siooest Plan.

The Tarrant Aircraft Construction
company of marlborough. England has
Just finished building the biggest air
plane in the world. II is triplane.
the middle plane OF which is 131 feet
wide. Above and below this are two
planes. each 9S feet long. All these
planes are IL feet inches deep. The
body Is 20 feet long GO feet longer
than the biggest biplane). and the
height is 81 feet. The pilots seat juts
out L. feet beyond the line of the
planes. The body OF the machine re-
sembles a whale in length and girth,
with great blunt tended nose. Re
tween the planes are six Napcr-Lion
engines. each developing 5O0-horsepow
or. -Four Of them operate two-bladed
tractor propellers: two Of them four
bladed "pusher" propellers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-06

The Record can do your Job
Printing-call or telephone.-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-06
START SAVING ARMIsTicE DAY
NEW SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
CALLED MARVEL OF FINANCE
U. S. "Baby Bonds" Of 500 and 81 ,0OC
Denominations Are Becoming
Popular investment.

Reports from all parts Of the Sew
enth district show the increasing pop
ularity Of the new 500 and $1,000
Treasury Savings certificates. They
are virtually baby bonds and their
investment value is readily seen. Both
banks and individuals are investing in
this new form OF government security.
Secretary OF the Treasury Glass has
characterized these certificates as 1.-The
marvel Of finance" and Albert Bos-
well, manager Of sales for the Seventh
District War Savings organization,
has pointed out six reasons why this
term of the secretary of the treasury
fits them. The reasons are:
l. They carry valuable tax-ex-
emption privileges.
2. They cannot depreciate in value
not being subject to market fiuctua-
tons.
3. They are a liquid investment, re-
deemable for cash on ten days notice.
4. They yield a substantial income.
actually more than Az per cent.
5. They are short term, maturing
January |, 1924.
9. They represent absolute safety as
obligations Of the United States gov
eminent.
The 800 certificates may be pur-
chased at post Offices Of the first and
second class and at banks: $1,000 GER
tificates may be obtained through
banks or trust companies and certifi-
Gates OF either denomination may be
ordered direct from the War Savings
district headquarters. 105 West Mon
roe street, Chicago, III.
The new certificates are issued only
in registered form with the name of
the owner written in at the time Of the
purchase. The registration records are
kept in Washington and this feature is
protection to the investor.
War Savings certificates filed with
twenty War Savings stamps, series OF
1919, may be exchanged for Treasury
Savings certificates in denominations
of 800, and ten such War Savings GER
titicates may be exchanged for 81 900
Treasury Savings certificate. The price
OF the 500 certificate In November Is
SS4 40. The increase in cost, is 20
cents each month. The 81 900 certifi-
cate in November costs $S44. The
81 month.