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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-03
Austrian Princess Dine.

Princess Hohcnlohe-S chillingfurst
OF Austria, formerly Miss Katherip,
Britton, daughter Of Alexander Brit
ton. is expected 10 arrive at an earl,
date to be the guest of her father
She will have her children with he
and will he Joined by the prince late
in the winter ~
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Mrs. Dimock will be at home thu
afternoon and the following Monday
during the season.
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n. 7. BUTCHERS STRIKE;
MILK MEN MAY GO OUT

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Thousands OF
pounds OF meat in butcher shops and
packing houses may have to be de-
stroyed, according to the proprietors,
ewing to u strike OF butchers and
drivers. Recognition of their union
Is the one demand on which the strik-
ers unite. Wage increases and hours
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{ labor asked for vary.

Of labor asked for vary. .---
six thousand milk wagon drivers.
Who are demanding a union scale OF
$50 q week, voted to reject a COM
promise offer of s35 a week from the
distributors. 1t was directed that
one more conference with the employ
ers be sought before taking a strike
vote tomorrow.
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ington from their summer home at
Nattapoisett, Mass.
Mrs. George ". Vanderbilt, who is
motoring from Biltmore. her place in
North Carolina. to New York, is in
washington for a few days, and Is
staying at the Willard.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick has Joined
Senator Mccormick in Washington.
and they have taken possession OF
the lovely old-fashioned house in +
street known as the Carroll house,
which they have leased for the season.
Mrs. McCormick's mother, Mrs. Mar
Gus A. Hanna. is again at her apart
ment in Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Osmond Ovey, formerly Miss
Blanche Emory, has arrived in Wash
'Egton from her home in England
and is visiting her mother, Mrs. Will
Tam ii. Emory Mr., Ovey. who was
at one time attached to the British
embassy here and was an exceedingly
popular member of the STAFF. will join
his wife here later.
Mrs. Phelps Stokes is at the Shore
ham for brief visit before taking
possession of the house which she has
leased from Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Pin
chot. Miss emma I. Parsons, OF New
York, Is with her.
The marriage OF Miss Margaret Err
hart, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam n. Erhart, OF New York, and An.
drea Geisser Celesia di yeSliasco
third secretary of tho Italian en-
bassy, will take place very quietly
in New York on the afternoon of De-
cember 8.
Lady Willert will go to New York
tomorrow to join her husband Sir
Arthur Willert. and they will be at
the Belmont Hotel for several days.
Admiral Y. Johnke. of the Danish
Navy, has arrived in Washington as
the guest OF the Navy Department,
and with his son and daughter. is
stopping at the Willard.
Horace Seymour, third secretary Of
the British embassy. and Mrs Sew
mour, third secretary of the British
embassy. and Mrs. Seymour, are pre-
pairing to leave Washington the last
or this month. Mr.. Seymour has been
appointed to a post in the foreign
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest p. Bicknell an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Alberta BiclneII. to
William JeJnks Wright. son OF Mr.. an:
Mrs. Minturn T. Wright, OF Chestnut
Till, Philadelphia.
Austrian Princess Due
Princess Hohcnlohe- SchiIlinCfurst
OF Austria, formerly Miss Katherine
Britton, daughter Of Alexander Brit
ton. is expected TO arrive at an early
date to be the guest of her father
She will have hrr children with her
and will he Joined by the prince later
in the winter.
W. T. Munthe de Morgenstierne, for
many years connected with the Nor
wegian legation here, is in Washing
ton again, as a member of the Nor
wegian delegation to the international
labor conference.
To Return To New York.
w. J. Martin, who has been treas
urer of the Virginia Shipbuilding
Corporation of Alexandria. Va, since
last January. has completed the serv-
ices called for by his ~r~|-
that organization, and will shortly 20
to New York, his Ola au,n.
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CHICAGO, Nov. S.-Demanding
so weekly wage increase, nearly 4OC
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To Return To New York.

w. J. Martin, who has been treas
urcr OF the Virginia Shipbuilding
Corporation of Alexandria. Va, since
last January. has completed the serv-
ices called for by hiz ct"
that organization, and will shortly 30
TO New York, his Ola .uin.
come associated with important inter
ests there.
Before being made an officer OF the
shipbuilding corporation, NJ. Martin
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Announce Enhancement.

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Friedenberg an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Jennie Fricdenberg, to
Meyer Osterow, of this city.
Miss Helen Selbey. Miss Mary B.
Palmer, Miss Blanche Sauter, Miss
Marie Louise Owens. Miss EmeIy
Louise Mathews, Miss Martha. Living
stone and Miss Lassy Mcneil are the
names of the additional young ladies
serving on the committee to make the
success OF the autumn ball of the
Stonewall jackson Chapter No. 90
united Daughters of Confederacy, to
be given Saturday evening, Noyember
Is, at the New Willard.
William Baine Clarke is chairman
OF the floor committee Names of this
committee will be announced later.
Mrs. Charles Hamilton Fred Is
president of the chapter, Mrs. Ben
ia min Soule Gantz. chairman of cntcr-
! tainment, and Mrs. Frank Morrison
Ticc chairman.
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G. W. Z. "Frat- Dance

sigma Chi fraternity Of George
washington University gave a Hal
ioween dance on Saturday at tho
chapter house, 1888 Fifteen street
northwest
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was connected with William Gibbs
McAdoo in confidential capacity for
thirteen years, six OF which were
spent in the Treasury Department
while M. MCAdoo was Secretary of
the Treasury
Mrs. Leroy Mark. OF Ashley terrace
Cleveland Park. gave a dinner last
evening for Miss Lola Jenkins, So
prano. and Alvin II. Elcy. tenor both
Of New York. Miss Jcpliins is visit
ing Mrs. L. l.. Stock.
Comdr. and Mrs. Arthur S Stott. OF
Wardman Park Inn, were the guests
for the weekend of Comdr and Mrs.
George Bowdey, at the Naval Acad-
cmy, Annapolis. Commander and
Mrs. Bowdey entertained informally
at dinner Saturday evening for them.
taking her guests later 10 the hop
which took place in the gym"
Others from Washington who went
| 10 Annapolis for the football game
! in the afternoon and the hop at night
were Col and Mrs. Joseph NJ. Swing
and Col. and Mrs. John NJ. Mulliken.
The College Women's Club will en-
terrain this afternoon from to %
o'clock, at 1922 l street. in honor
Oh the uelegates 10 the international
Conference of Working Women. p. Il.
Phelan, of the English delegation
I to the Industrial congress in session
! in Washington will be the guest .,
honor, and talk on Industrial cond-
tions.
! The members of the walking sec
: ton of the club were Halloween
guests of Samuel Siggins at his in
/ teresting home near Fort Myer, Va.
The Georgetown Auxiliary of the
Red Cross will open its rooms in
| Wisconsin avenue for the renewal OF
membership pledges every morainS
| during the membership drive, from
now TO November IL.
In the future the work rooms will
| be open on Wednesday mornings and
Friday evenings for the making of
surgical dressings and other work.
The president and board of trustees
| of the Corcoran Gallery of Art an
nounce special exhibition of works
| in sculpture by p. Bryant Baker.
which viii be on view from today I'M
til November "a
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Reservation Two

We publish with pleasure elsewhere
on this page a letter from Mr.. A. Barr
Comstock upholding the contention that
Reservation Two, reported by the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, 'takes
the teeth out of the whole covenant"
Mr.. Comstock makes a point which most
OF the other critics of Reservation Two
have only ventured to hint at He be-
lleves that Congress should have no right
to reject or approve a recommendation
OF the council of the league Of nations,
even recommendation committing the
United States to 20 to war. This is
logical enough for an advocate of a strong
league Of nations, which would constitute
superstate in fact as we'll as in name.
The other proponents of this view have
felt themselves hampered by President
Wilson's many positive interpretations
OF Article X in the opposite sense. Mr..
Wilson has said again and again that
recommendation from the league council
cannot bind Congress in legal way.
The only obligation to accept recon-
mendatlon is "moral,' according to his
view, and he told the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations that the United
States had the right to interpret it's
moral obligation concurrently with it's
approval Of the treaty.
Reservation Two makes such an in
depreciation. And certainly one is
needed if, in the light of Mr.. Wilson's
explanation, advocates of the Paris draft
OF the treaty continue to think that it
deprives Congress of it's constitutional
right to declare war.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Exit the Varnp

The specialists in femininity are tax
ing their pens in hand to announce the
demise of the vamp. The shufflng, loung-
ing, wlse-eyed, so terribly wicked baby
vamp has gone the way of so many yes
teryear ladies. Rosy cheeks, outstanding
figure, youthful manners have returned
to their own. Even the 'movies" are re-
ported to be converting vampires into
baby dolls as rapidly as new frocks and
new complexions can be purchased. Out
the whole vampire tradition goes, from
magazine cover, from film, from life.
All Of which is another illustration Of
those cheerful and obstinate processes of
action and reaction by which clocks tick
and peace and war return and the tides
OF fashion advance and recede. The
baby vamp was born to die. Having
gone the limit and conquered her entire
sex, there was no other alternative. Time
was when the Theda Bara stare on q
seventeen -year-od sub-deb would excite
a moments wonder. How long since
now. The vampish hair and complexion
and stink and patter became so universal
that 1t was the youthful, natural child
that lifted the eyebrows.
One recalls an episode of the summer
wherein most discerning Newport
hostess was supposed to have singled out
an adventures at sight from among her
hundred guests. "But how" flashed
back the'query. Was there any peak of
fashion, or bizarre display of charm or
cosmetics, that could single out any one,
at Newport or anywhere else? The turn
was due and overdue Let US be glad
that 1T has come. Hail to the sweet and
s'mperlng successor of the terribly
wicked baby vamp
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
The Heir of Eeudalisrn

One may certainly say that feudalism
IN Eastern Europe is dead, and on the
whole it seems probable that it's sue
cessor will be an individual peasantry,
with conservative and clerical type of
civilization, which will delay anything
like the advent of revolutionary social
ism for one or two generations" The
interesting fact about this forecast is
that 1T was not uttered by either Mr.
Chesterton or Mr.. Belloc, whose we'll
known preference for state based on
IAN individual peasantry, with con-
servative and clerical type of civiliza-
tlon'-in a word, on "Catholic democra-
cy'-mght have influenced their vision.
1T is MIR. ii. N. Brailsford who speaks.
the eminent English expert on Near
Eastern conditions, who-whatever his
shortcomings may bc--certainly cannot
be suspected OF a marked prediction
1or the type of society referred to in the
above statement. In fact, the circum
stance that his sympathies lie, on the
whole, IN the opposite direction, coupled
''-Nt' A'''' N'it'I'S NhoNiCuSc VI lnc East
ern European situation, endows his pre-
dictlon with particular degree of
authenticity.
Writing in the current number of The
Nea0 Republic, Mr.. Brailsford argues
that, whereas socialism, the creed of the
town worker, has been a foremost factor
IN the revolutions that have swept away
the old forms Of government, it is hardly
likely that its system, based on collective
forms OF owning property-also land
VIII be able to retain lasting hold on
the minds of the land-tillng populations
OF the countries in question, all of them
essentially, some exclusively, agricult-
ural. Even in Great Russia. where. if
anywhere on earth, there exist certain
historlc and temperamental premises for
rural communism, the law, originated
by the Social revolutionaries and taken
over by the Bolshevki, decreeing the ma
uonallZatlon of land, remained largely
dead letter. "The peasant who cul-
tlvates plot of land with his own hands
regards himself as it's owner, and USAGE
consecrates his claim" Even the res
toratlon of monarchy-to take the ex-
treme case-will not involve the restora-
ton of great landed estates to their
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
The Munifcent Spender

(Fror The Philadelphia Public Ledger
1t may be that the plan of awarding war
contracts on the basis of cost plus a profit
Of 10 per cent for the contractor was the
best that could be devised under the circum-
stances. but it certainly was not economical.
1t gave to every contractor an inducement
to make the work cost as much as possible,
in order to get profit of 10 cents on every
dollar that he spent.
How it worked is illustrated in the case
of the shell-loading plant at Fort Delaware,
which is still incompletcd. It was estimated
that the plant would cost $1,000 900 at the
outside. Already Sl4000,000 has been spent
on it. 1t is assumed that this money was
used in building larger plant than was con-
templated in the original estimate, for with
all the waste no one supposes that there can
be so great a difference between estimates
and expenditures.
The salaries of the officers of the COM
pany building the plant were reckoned as
part of the cost. SO the company set about
raising salaries. Its manager had been re-
ceivlng $4,000 a year. This was made
Sl5,000 which carried with it profit for
on this item. Other lesser increases were
made for other officials, each carrying the
10 per cent profit named in the contract.
There was no inducement to seek labor
in the lowest market, for the higher the
wages the bigger the profit. If carpenters
could be hired for $3.50 day and the coa-
tractor paid them $40 he would make 25
cents more day on every man hired And
the same rule applied to all material bought.
If the government had tried to devise
plan to make the work cost much as posi-
bile it could not have developed a more perfect
one.
When Congress gets through exhibiting
how the plan worked it will be long time
before any public official will again indorse
any such scheme for putting easy money
in the pockets Of contractors.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Bubbles of Fashion
(From Tho Minneapolis yournon

tFrom Tho Minneapolis JournoD
Fashion sets a rapid pace. The travelling
men in recent convention testified to this
Formerly they worked upon the road for
three or four markets, stocked the market
tor the season and then returned to the
home office for period OF leisure But
there is no period Of leisure for them now
Change follows change in such quick sue
cesslon that last weeks mode is discarded
Tor a new one of this week, and the sales
men have to be constantly on the alert.
or course, our temperate climate necessi
tates regular changes of costume. and
these, in reasonable degree, add to the in
terest and charm of dress But much of
TINS feverlsh change merely reflects the un-
rest of modern life and leads not only to
great waste of material but to y certain
hlmslness of construction for which dealers
are often unjustly blamed.
Evidently an article that is to be- used
only few weeks does not deserve the OK
pense and time in the making that more
permanent article demands. If goods ara
shoddy and poorly made does not the re-
sponsibllity rest moro upon the public with
ITS eagerness for new fashions than upon
the manufacturer?
Even articles of more permanent use liLa
Jewelry and furniture, suffer from this rest
lessness OF fashion. If they must be cheap
and snappy they can hardly be expected to
be simple, dignified and permanent. Such
fever of change strikes at the heart of good
workmanship. Real art suffers as it is
speeded up, and things that ought to be
Joy forever become the mere bubbles of the
moment.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Gotham Cleanings

Striking is the order Of the day.
Miss Fannie Hurst has been
spending few days in Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey Allen took
in the theatre "Wednesday evc'g.
Elegant weather we are having
these days.
Everybody is joining the Amer
lean Legion these days.
Joe and Steve Wise got back
from Chicago last Saturday.
Hank Harrison was pleasant
caller "Wednesday with a new hat.
MIR. Henry Churchill entertained
a party of young folks Saturday
eve'g in his apartments.
Next Wednesday will be Ralph
F|ayess birthday and his boss Newt
Baker is planning surprise for him.
II. c. Lodge of Nahant, Mass.
IS spending September in Washing
ton, d. c.
Jimmy Montague Thursdayed
IN this sanctum passing the time of
day, as the phrase is.
Grant Rice the W. k. poet went
down to the races Thursday and had
good though Improbable time.
Newspaper proofreading, these careless
days, is no more slipshod despite It's un-
avoidable hurry, than book proofreadlng.
In "The Old Madhouse' (p. 15) there are
two references to 1.-The tangles of Neacra's
hair"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22

they go from one policy and programme to
another, from one ism to another, beiev-
ing that each programme adopted contains
the relief they arc seeking, always finding
that it proves incapable OF meeting their
desires, but ready to try something else
rather than deliberately work out the most
practical means Of improving their condi-
ton with the methods which they have at
hand and which they see applied with sue
by others.
Some of these types have passed through
the knights of Labor fallacy, embraced the
Populistic movement, become welded to the
policy Of the l. w. W., and now see their
happy home in Boshevsm. The failure of
all Of these movements to bring about the
conditions which they seek to secure has
not cured them of the habit, which proba-
bly, is one of temperament more than of
reason and this type will continue to move
from group to group, from movement to
movement, in the vain search for the ideal.
The trade unionst is the man who be-
lieves that perfection is something to be
aimed for, but something which cannot be
secured He believes that the solution of
ris industrial problems lies through the
zionist, because he knows that revolution
breaks his furniture, destroys what he has
built up and leaves him impoverished in
stead of benefited; that it sets him back
ward instead of forward, and leaves him
worse off than when he began.
The trade unonist, if he has intelli-
gently studied the problems which confront
him, is never completely satisfied He is
continually planning to improve his indus
trial condition, but he is determined to do
this without endangering what he has al
ready built up.
What he has secured he has determined
to retain, and he will take neither an en-
thusiast's a gamblers chance with what
he possesses-it has cost him and his fore
fathers too much to secure.
The trade unionist, because of his meth
DDS, becomes a recognized factor in the
community. He has established something
permanent.
He has built upon a solid foundation. He
can be depended upon. He has established
his reputation for reliability.
We need the architect in our planning
for better homes, we need the man who is
Influenced by ideals, we need those who are
prepared to give their energy to improve
the conditions Of those who toll; but above
all we need the men who are not swayed
from practical methods and who are never
willing to abandon the structure they have
built UP for any other until there is tang-
Bile evidence and positive assurance that the
new structure more successfully meet
their necessities.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
The Best Informed
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: find tho. following among the re-
ported words of one of the gentlemen best in
formed about the league Of nations:
From speech at indianapolis:
"There is in that covenant not one note
of surrender of the Independent Judgment OF
the government Of the United States, but an
expression of it, because it's independent
judgment would have to join with the iudg.
ment of the rest. But when is that iudg.
ment going to be expressed my fellow citi-
zens! Only after there ensues
automatically, by the agreements of this
covenant an absolute economic boycott
There will be no trade with that nation by
any member Of the league; there will be no
Interchange of communication By post or
telegraph; there will be no travel to or from
that nation; its borders will be closed; no
citizen Of any other state will be allowed to
enter it and no Of its citizens Will be
allowed to leave it. 1t is a terrible
remedy"
From a speech at St. Louis:
Territorial integrity does not mean that
you cannot invade another country"
From these words of President Wilson
gather that if Article X had been in force
earlier it would have .interposed no obstacle
to the German invasion Of France or BEL
GUM, since at the time Of that invasion
Germany professed not to intend perma-
nent annexation Of French or Belgian terri
tory; but it would have forbidden the inter
vention of the United States in Cuba. since
Uncle Sam gave notice in advance that he
meant to put the Spaniards permanently out
And gather that if any other nation shall
ever anywhere try to do the same thing that
the United States did in Cuba Article X will
bind the United States jmmeda tely to join in
applying the above described terrible rem
edy" to crush that nation before the United
States is allowed to begin to exercise any
Judgment of its own as to whether the cause
in which it thus terribly intervencs is right
eous or unrighteous.
STEVEN T. BYINGTON.
Ballard Vale, Mass, Sept. 16, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Labor 8 Extravaganza
(Frous The Phfladelph.z Pecord,

'fro'n The Philadelphia Record)
The retail meat dealer named Dunn from
St Louis probably exaggerates,a little when
he says that people like to pay high prices
and crowd the shops where the prices are
highest. But there is clear basis of fact
Tor his statement. He says the working peo-
pie are the worst of all in this competition
Tor the privilege of paying high prices They
are the people whose incomes have been in
creased the most Several million people have
more money to spend than they ever had be-
FORE and they camorous for the best of
everything, and they crowd the shops where
the prices are highest because there is a
natural presumption that the dearer article
is the better. And of course if millions Of
people with more money than they ever saw
before are spending it lavishly for things
they could not afford before, the dealers who
have money fairly thrown at them mark up
their prices and take all the money thew
can get