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The Washington herald., 1919-02-24

"We Americans pay for what we
get- is boast you can make after
you have mailed your income tax TO
the collector. An income tax receipt
in the wallet is a full brother to the
gold service stripe on the sleeve.
It's a service decoration.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

Midnight, o. 2 a M. 40; a m. p; a. NJ.
%; a. m. g; 10 a. m. E5; Y noon, q: 2
n m, 4s; p. IN. IS; p. NJ, a.; p. m, Al.
Highest, 4s: lowest, %
p. m. 6
Rainfall 10 p m. to s p M O2; hours
of sunshine, g; per cent of possible sun
shine S4
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24

We are proud of our American
war record, and we are going to
complete our tasks. One of them Is
paying our income taxes.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
Almas Temple Dance Tonight.

The Almas Temple Patrol will
give a dance at Odd Fellows Temple
tonight. Elaborate decorations will
be one of the features Of the dance.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24

While the army of occupation
winds up the watch ON the Rhine,
your income tax will help wind up
the cost Of getting there. Pay 1t to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LOCAL FORECAST.

District of Columbia, Maryland and Nir-
ginia Fair Monday and probably Tuesday; gen
tie variable winds.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
simmons Denounccs Reds.


ers, who proclaimed that 'Bolshe-
vism was the greatest catastrophe
which had ever befaIlen a nation"
was Roger f. Simmons, representa-
tive of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, who left Rus
sia recently.
Simmons was in Russia to buy
lumber for reconstruction work in
France before the advent OF the
reign of terror, and was thrown
into prison to await death by boil
shcYiks. He said that he found a
prison guard who had been in a lit
tie town in Kansas, which the pris-
oner also had visited. through whom
he smuggled a note to the Swedish
Legation, thus obtaining his release.
Following the conclusion of his
talk, blonde, tall man in the ex-
tremc rear of the theater arose.
How do you account for the
fact" he asked. that soviets are
spread from Moscow to Nladivostok.
if, as you say, only ten per cent of
the population are Bolshevists?"
Rule by Machine Gun.
machine guns in Russia were in the
hands of Bolsheviks. and that the
population vas being held in sub
lection by force of arms.
He cited an instance where he had
seen living men put beneath grinding
masses of ice, and OF another m
stance where student officers of the
old regime were killed by being
Of
ings.
The nationalsm of women is one OF
the misguiding influences of the Boil
sheViks, according to the speaker.
A girl reaching the age of IS years
Is announced the property of the
state. If she has not married she is
obliged, subject to the most severe
penalty, to reTr at the bureau of
Tree love in the ccmmissariat of sur
veillance.
Having registered at this bureau
she has the right to choose from
among men between the age of -
and 80 a 'cohabitant- husband" The
consent OF men in the cnoIce Is un-
necessary. The man on whom such
choice falls has no right to pro-
test. The right to choose from a num-
49, u e'l 10 "iio nave TeaC0ed tlelr
eighteenth year is given also to men.
The opportunity to choose a husband
or wife is presented once a month.
The bureau is autonomous.
No Religious Liberty.
Others who denounced the Boil
sheNlk form of government in Rus
sia were the Rev. George Simons,
for eleven years a missionary in
Russia of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and DIR. William Chaplin
Huntington, attachc of the Amer
ican Embassy in Russia.
According to DR.. Simons the Boil
shevist government in Russia
stands for diaboliCal terrorism, and
he characterized as false state
ments of Albert Rhys Williams,
apologist for Bolshevism. DR..
Simons said that there was no re-
ligious liberty in Russia. He re-
cited acts of atrocity attributed to
the BOlshevilIi. and declared food
conditions were so terrible there
during the entire month of August
1918, he was able to secure only
Cne-eighth of a pound of bread. He
was in PetrOgrad at the time.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24
RULE
SCORED BY men
Who STUDIED IT
Mass Meeting at Polls De-
nounces the Soviet Sys-
tenn in Russia.
MURDER CHIEF AIM
Speaker Tells of Various
Revolving Means Of
Execution" Used.

An enthusiastic and overwhelm-
ingly American audience lacked
Polls Theater yesterday afternoon
at an anti-Bolshevik mass meeting
which denounced Red" activities
and ideals" durin a three-hour
study of the Russian soviet sys-
tenn.
Applause from the hearers show
ed the way the wind blew when anti
American and pro-Bolshevik propa-
ganda was denounced in the course
of an address on "Americanism" by
r Representative Martin Dies OF
Texas.
The Washington herald., 1919-02-24

WE TEACH THE MOST CORRECT AND CP.
to-date dancing in the city. Class danes
Wednesday and Saturday evenings Private lee
sons also II desired Lady and sentlem~ In
structors. sIXsMITH's DANCING CLUB. l2b
@ II nv. Franklin 02
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States Chamber of Commerce has
not only been very considerate of it's
little sister, but has stretched forth
helping hand to steady her until
she could walk alone. And now that
she can trot off very briskly quite
on hel own account, except when the
road is exceptionally rough, she is
able in return to be of some slight
assistance to the big brother in mat
ters that lie within the sphere of
her feminine experience.
The Woman's Chamber of Com
merce looms on the horizon as just
about the biggest "woman's" prof.
ect since the suffrage campaign was
brought to successful finish.
There have been all sorts of
women's trade organizations and
business women's clubs, but never
since the world began has there been
woman's chamber of commerce.
Do not confuse it with any other
organization or any other woman's
club, for it is not a woman's club
any more than the United States
Chamber Of Commerce could be
called "man's club"
The Woman's Chamber of Com
merce is an organization of bust
ness and professional women banded
together for the promotion of every
branch of American industry and
commerce. 1t is both national and
international; one of the first
branches to be established outside
our own country was organized a
short time ago in China. 1t works
in exactly the same way as the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, it's function is the same and
its members pay the same dues as
are paid by the men. It's treasurer
and all others handling money are
bonded.
1t is not affiliated with any other
organization nor can any organi-
cation las such) join it's member
ship. 1t is composed of efficient,
earnest women who are earning
their own living in a business or
profession.
The founder and president of the
organization is Mrs. Katherine
Clemmons Gould, and to her belongs
all the credit, not only for the idea
itself, but for the comprehensive
plans for carrying it out as we'll.
The Woman's Chamber of Com
merce was Incorporated last Jan
uary and its growth during the six
months Of it's existence has been
extraordinary, particularly when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

are no salaries paid to any officer
of the organization.
Branches of the Woman's Cham
Der of Commerce are being opened
in all our cities, and in some cases
the members are already raising
funds to erect permanent buildings
of their own. Curiously enough, the
South is particularly enterprising in
establishing these branches. l met
charming little Southern woman
in Mrs. Gould's Office the other
morning, as pretty and dainty and
feminine as she could be, who had
come from Louisiana to consult
with Mrs. Gould about erecting a
Woman's Chamber of Commerce
building there.
my husband is so interested"
she remarked, and l suppose |
showed my surprise at this, for she
added, "Oh, you wouldn't know the
South in these days. Our men want
their women to be just as progress
sive as you Northerners are. The
old prejudice against women know
ing anything or doing anything out
side of their own homes has quite
disappeared. It's new South, sho'
'nough."
The Woman's Chamber of Com
merce is wise in this respect: it does
not profess to "know it ALL" It
realizes that although it may have
just as clever intellects among it's
members as there are among those
of the mems organization it lacks
the experience which is necessary
to take the initiative in any big
movement, and it wisely accepts this
and applies itself to gaining by
every means in it's power the
wisdom and experience which it
lacks. For this purpose it will
establish classes in the early fall
for the instruction Of its members
who are anxious for more light on
any subject pertaining to their bust
ness or profession. 1t already sees
a great future in our trade with
South America, and there will con-
sequently be classes to fit women to
carry on the various lines of bust
ness with our Southern neighbors.
While the Woman's Chamber of
Commerce is by no manner of means
an "uplift" society, it is naturally
interested in any sort Of welfare
work which will help workingwomen
of all classes, and so with its other
activities it carries d "side line" as
it were, of ideas for improving the
condition Of women and children. 1t
is particularly interested just now
in the matter of adequate housing,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

Countess Marie Loschi of Rome
Interviews Dr.. Anita DobeW lam
pcttO.
0 sns "a ''T s's,s '' sn small aov r''s,
where babies can play and
live healthily and happily, where
noise and smoke are almost un-
known, there lives DR.. Anita Dobell;
Zampetti, one of our greatest pacif-
lists, sort Of Italian Jane Adams.
at Berne.
Mrs. Dobelli is not very tall nor
very thin, her hair is curly and al
most gray, her skin smooth, her
look and smile very lively and
clever. She teaches Italian in a
normal school of Rome and belongs
to the most advanced Socialist
party.
She knows that l belong to the
opposition, but hearing that / go to
interview her for my American
readers she receives me most kind
ly and adds: "You know, women of
good heart and fine judgment al
ways find certain points where they
can meet"
My first question was about the
Women's International Conference
at Berne.
II hope that this Women's Inter-
national Conference for permanent
peace will show the world the seri-
Gus, useful activity of women in
every country" said DR.. Zampetti.
"The Italian section of the Wom-
ems international Conference was
organized by Mrs. Genoni, in Milan.
in July, 1915, but she put in circu-
lation before having the official
permit, petitions for peace to be
signed. So her house was searched
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lords of creation have eaten their
fill.
These Bedouin tribes of North
Africa are perhaps as impervious to
the influence of modern civilization
as any people in the world. The
great wars and battles between the
Europeans and the natives of Africa
have taken place on the frontiers of
their desert. But they have always
been able to retire into that sea of
sand, whittier unaccustomed feet
could not follow them, and to return
later; on as strong as ever. Since
the French took control of North
Africa these wild tribes have been.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

and it purposes to use women arch;.
tects and builders and landscane
gardeners to work out its plans.
The betterment of the condition
of women and children in industrial
plants will be another matter to
which it will give it's earnest con.
sideration. 1t already has a depart.
ment of patrols and vigilance
committee studying the question as
to how it may be of use in MAKING
the camping grounds of our national
parks safe for the women and chill
dren while their men have gone of
on long hunting and fishing excur.
sions, for it appears there is rea,
peril here.
But among its many activities
think l am safe in saying that the
pet project of the Woman's Cham.
Der of Commerce at the present time
is the opening up of the Mississippi
Valley and the building of ships for
our merchant marine. They want
to see our own ships Ensured by
our own ship insurance, by the by)
bring to US the goods direct from
foreign ports which are now sent
not only by foreign ships but BY
way of foreign countries. mainly
France and England, thus making
tremendous increase in the selling
price because Of the duties of the
other countries, the extra freightage
and all the needless overhead ex-
penses.
They want to see tourists coming
here in our own ships from all over
the world, bringing their motor cars
III which to tour our country, just
as we used to tour Europe in ours
before the war. There is no end to
the visions which these women have
of the America of the future-sane.
plausible visions, the visions of wom
en- of common sense and stick-to-it-
iveness, who are banded together
by the watchword, Each is
bound to ALL"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

, coarse linen shirt, wide trousers
reaching to the. knees and a waist
coat, sometimes embroidered in gay
colOrs and decked with silver but
tons. Over all this is thrown the
inevitable white burnous, while the
head is covered with small fez
and then wound in a white turban.
Some wealthy Bedouins even wear
short stockings and light slippers Of
leather Or felt, exchanged during a
journey for top boots of red or yell
low leather. They move all the time
and the women do the moving.
When girl is to be married her
father sells her to a sutton of his
own choosing. This generally hap
pens when she is from thirteen to
fifteen years Of age. By the time
she is twenty her beauty has faded;
her husband beats her, gives her
little food, and compels her to act
as servant to the new young wife
he has bought. She has never even
heard of a woman having any other
kind of existence, and the one feel
ing that dominates her is abject fear
Of and utter dependence upon her
lord and master.
Her life is as ever changing and
yet as monotonous as the eternal,
shifting sands Of the desert. The
Bedouins are generally shepherds,
but those Of the northern Sahara
cultivate small tracts of land. AS
the soil cannot be cultivated in one
spot for long, because Of the dearth
of water, the family and the tribe
are continually moving from place
to place. Only three months elapse
between the sowing and the ripen-
ing Of the corn; harvests are over
in April or May, and then the
Bedouins move on to cultivate an
other piece of virgin soil. The hard
labor Of moving is done by the
women.
Bedouins Back From World
War Want Modem Wives
Just beyond the border of the
Bedouins' domain, in that part of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

never dream of offering an arm to
his helpmate. All the "helping" is
her part of the bargain.
When night comes on and the
company decides to camp, it is the
women who pitch the tents of black
cameRs hair, which they have made
with their own hands; the women
who unsaddle the horses and camels:
the women who milk the sheep and
cook the supper; the women who
humbly serve the men their evening
meal, OF which they themselves are
not allowed to partake until the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

and WEAKNESS. The Bedouin woman
is never set upon a pedestal by her
lord, nor even allowed to walk be-
side him on an equal footing, for
that would be contrary to the teach
ings and commands of Mahomet
who maintained that woman was an
inferior creature.
When the tall, sturdy Bedouin,
wrapped in his white burnous
mounts his horse or his camel and
sets forth into the sandy wastes of
the desert, his little wife trudges be-
side him, barefoot, through the sand.
He may stoop to caress and pat his
horse during the journey, but would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

Section 205 referred to in the
letter:
"Whenever official notice is re-
ceived at the Department of State
that any amendment proposed by
the Constitution of the United
States has been adopted, according
to the provisions of the Constitu-
ton, the Secretary of State shall
forthwith cause the amendment to
be published in the newspapers
authorized to promu'gate the laws,
with his certificate, specifying the
states by which the same may have
been adopted and that the same has
become valid, to all intents and pur-
poses, as part Of the Constitution
OF the United Statcs.-Revised
Statutes, 1878"
Each ratification certificate as it
IS received in Washington is placed
IN a large manila envelope and filed
to await the arrival of certificates
from the necessary number of other
states. A letter Of acknowledge
ment is then sent to the state.
When the thirty-six certificates
nave been received the Secretary of
State makes public proclamation
OF the women's right to vote. Then
the ratification papers are mounted
on the heaviest of white paper
folders and placed alphabetically in
a large square case especially made
for them. So incased they then
90 to the wooden cabinet where are
kept all the papers connected with
the Constitution of the United
States.
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first thought must be the betterment
Of her own country, and she must
be interested before all else in the
increasing of our trade and indus
try both at home and abroad.
The officers of the organization,
besides Mrs. Gould, the presi-
dent-at-large, are Nanette B. Paul,
of Paul Institute, elected president;
Mrs. William SEVERN, vice-presi-
dent-at-large; Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark,
vice-president; Ethel McQuiston, as
sistant secretary; Edith Wallace
Pichon, auditor; Lillian Cole Bethel,
parliamentarian, and Elizabeth
Murray Shepherd, historian. There
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

ment which the Bedouin woman
wears, complicated though it's many
loops and folds may appear to the
inexperienced eye. A single piece of
coarse woollen cloth, about twice as
large as an ordinary counterpart,
is wound around the body and fas-
tened with a primitive sort of
safetypin in so clever a manner
that it looks like a European skirt.
The cloth is bound around the waist
with cord and loosencd above, to
form sort Of pocket, in which the
lady carries provisions and other
necessities. Neck, arms and legs 20
bare, but her head, with its closely
braided jet black hair, is decently
covered with striped silk handker-
chief of some gay, light color.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29
S EACH state Legislature

a S EACH state Legislature
~ ratifies the woman suffrage
amendment formal papers
conveying the ratification action are
put away in the archives of the
State Department in Washington.
The process Of putting woman
suffrage formally into the Constitu-
ton of the United States is simple,
so far as the mechanical side is
concerned. The matter Of amend
ing the Constitution lies strictly
with the Congress and the state
legislatures. The President has no
contact with the measure. The
Secretary of State or the acting
secretary will be the last agent to
handle the amendment before all the
women in this country are en-
franchised.
This is the way it is done:
Shortly after Congress passed the
suffrage resolution the State De-
partment ordered form letter
made up to be sent to the Governors
Ii
OF all the states. This letter trans
mltted a certified copy of the suf-
frage resolution, and requested that
the Governor bring it TO the at
tentlon OF the Legislature. For the
suffrage amendment these letters
were sent out June IL.
On the inner sheet Of the letter
was a postscript. 1t reproduced
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ure. Through the courtesy Of the
knit goods manufacturers the
Woman's amber Of Commerce &C.
cupied a booth at the exposition
which was held in connection with
the convention, this being it's first
public appearance at such al ex-
hibition.
There is no limit to the scope of
the work which the Woman's Cham
Der of Commerce is planning to do.
1t seems far cry, does it not, from
the designing of educational toys to
replace those which formerly came
to us from Germany to the opening
up of the Mississippi waterways to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

f there is still man or woman
living in this enlightened age
who doubts that woman's hour
aas struck, the story of the Wom-
ans Chamber Of Commerce should
&c the final straw which will break
the backbone of disbelief. Here
is an organization built on exactly
the same lines as that honored in
stitution, the United States Cham
Der of Commerce, composed of
business and professional women
who are working for the same pur-
lose as their brother organization,
namely, the fostering and further
ing of our commerce and industry,
Goth national and international.
and what is more astonishing, con-
sidering the not-so-ancient preju-
Ices of men against women's
business organizations, the Wom-
ans Chamber of Commerce is work
ing side by side with it's older
brother in harmony and the friend
lest cooperation.
In point of fact, from the day
hat the birth of it's sister organi-
lation was announced to the brother
association, which up to that time
had had the SAY so" in commercial
matters, there has never been the
slightest sign of disapproval or
jealousy or antagonism, which is
cutie the reverse from what one
would have expected from the
usual run of elder brothers.
On the contrary, the United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29
The ZtuIiun Jane Ad3ams
On the Tasks of Feminism

and the activity of the Sezione
Milanese was stopped.
"The Roman section, called Sc
zione Italiana del Comitato Inter-
nazionale Feminine per una Pace
Permanente' piazza Campo Mar
zio 7, Romeo, was born on March z,
1919. Turin, Naples ard Bologna
are preparing their own sections.
The programme of this group IN
cludes:
% Equal civil and political
rights for men and women.
(2) Principles and means apt TO
resolve all international conflicts in
a pacific way
THE real task of feminism Is
the strong will to conquer the
means of avoiding future wars
Without the vote there is no chance
to get necessary reforms, therefore
the Internazionale Feminine
stands for the political vote.
"Our main work is based on edu-
cational reforms. We want free
school, free from the state, free
from all chains, helping the develop
ment of the personality. We must
change the education system-yes,
it must be a national one, but
brought toward a feeling of inter-
nationalism, and all teachers ought
to be interested ir this movement.
eve must wake up women and
recall them to their responsibility
toward all modern social problems.
We have just come out of period
of violence, of horrible fight; we
have been taught and we have
thought that violence was a right
and a duty, that we could reach sn
ideal of justice only through vio-
lence. Now only women can make
people throw away their weapons,
only women can and must discuss
certain problems, and can teach that
we have to get justice without vio-
lencep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29
Bedouins Back From World
War Want Modem Wives
Just beyond the border of t
Bedouins' domain, in that part

North Africa which has long been
under the influence of European
civilization, change is taking place
in the lives of Moslem women. It
is being brought about by the men,
those young Arabs and Berbers who
went to France to fight in the great
war. Their horizon has been broad
ened. They have been freed from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-29

with view to meeting this progress
sive tendency half way the Metho-
dist Centenary is planning to estab-
lish in connection with its home
for girls in Algiers a special depart
ment where girls of marriageabie
age will be educated and given
a practical training in various
branches Of domestic science, home
nursing, personal hygiene and
fashions. There MAJ be New Citi-
zens even in Algiers before long.