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The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
BY RICHARD SPILLANE

In Philadelphia there has been an
investigation of the taxicsb business
Among the facts brought out were
these: The Quaker City Cab Com
pany pays $4,000 to the Pennsylvania
Railroad for stand rights" at the
Broad Street Station, the West Phil
adelphia Station and the Market
Street ferry.
It also pays 70 the Beuevue-stst-
ford and RItz-Csrlton Hotels a per
centage out of every dollar Il gets
from a Bellevue-Stratford or Ritz
PASSENGER for the privilege OF having
its cabs stand in front OF these no
tells.
The Liberty Taxicab Company pays
$50 a month to the Colonnsde Hotel
for the privilege OF having its cabs
stand in front of the hotel
The Liberty Company also pays 800
a year to the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad for permission TO use Mar
ket street in front OF the station
The Adelphia Hotel gets a percent
age out Of the taxi business Of the
concern to which It grants stand
privilege"
Philadelphia is q poor town for the
taxi man. The business does not
amount to per cent Of that Of New
York or 10 per cent OF Chicago and
hardly measures UP TO that Of various
cities Of half or one-third its siz.
And yet the stand privilege" is
worth tens OF thousands Of dollars
a year.
There is nothing peculiar in the
Philadelphia situation The same con-
dition obtains in other cities De
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
New Workers Are Discovering
The Peace and Joy% Home Life

They fell asleep watching the rich
children play.
He was a typical Yogi OF the flesh
"a man who knew every inch OF
Broadway. She had the horribly
painted face that one sees now and
then along the highway They were
arguing in front OF a chop suey car
avansary.
TT amt the way you hit me-" she
said. and there was a black shadow
under her right eye. but IT was the
way you kept slammin' me up
against that brick wall" Then she
added: 'Dearie, I never got so tired
OF man in my life as did OF you
Cut the chatter. Less eat" he
said. in a harsh, so proof voice.
One notes with alarm the decline Of
the Manhattanese quest for knowl-
edge in the following ad in the Tele-
gram: will exchange dozen En-
cyclopaedia Brittannicas in good or
der for parlor rug or carpet runners.
Mrs. Bennan."
White linen collars have reached
the price OF 35 cents. On the Avenue
the average collar is 50 cents and
some of the silk ones are 8. Provoca-
ton enough for a siege Of modern
Troy. which boasts OF having put the
first chokers on the market 100 years
ago. People may laugh at Greenwich
Village and its male denizens. but
they are the only men around here
who have sand enough TO be comfort
able in soft -collared shirts at the sac
r;S - he sriarSship NJ the
laundrymen and the haberdasher. 1t
is healthful to allow Adams apple
the freedom of the city. An eminent
physician finds that people with tight
collars do not drain their brains prop
erly and often suffer from bad tenn
per.
1t Is true that the poet-doctor. OIL
yer Wendell Holmes. was a press
agent for the high collar. Research
might show what motive prompted
these lines:
Sooner than wander with your wind
pipe bare
The fruit of Eden ripening In the air
With that lean head stalk. that pro-
truding chin.
Wear standing collars. were they
made of tin,
And have a neck-cloth-by the throat
of Jove!
Cut from the funnel of rusty stove
I went over to attend the sale OF
the famous collection OF gems OF
Anna Held. the famed comedienne.
Her favorite piece OF jewelry included
in the sale was a pearl necklace six
teen and a half inches long, composed
of forty-three finely matched pearls.
1t was made for her by Janesich. OF
Paris. at a cost of $4,000. Perhaps
the most famous of the collection was
the diamond stomacher. or corsage
piece, made of collapsible plate plat
mum. 1t Is a combination OF corsage
ornament, earrings and lavallierre
Two great diamonds OF eight carats
are detachable for the earrings; the
lavalliere has a round diamond OF
four Carats in the center. another
more than two Carats. with twelve
smaller ones. The wholesale price OF
the piece was $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
THE PERSONAL POSSESSIVE.
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
What a beautiful woman Is Mrs.
Jonesr'
I exclaimed one day In admIring
tones,
And Jones retorted You bet your
life!
And why shouldn't she be? Amt
she MY wife?'
T believe that Scott, as a business
head,
Is about the best in the town." I
said.
And the answer of Jones came
straight across,
why, of course he isl Ain't he MY
boss?"
The Presidents grasp of things is
sure
And his place in history seems se-
cure,
I remarked, and the Jones response
was hearty,
-oh. he's all right. for he heads MY
party"
I suppose II the Lord of Hosts came
down
And His Presence appeared IN our
very town.
He would flush with pride, ct the
gracious nod
OF Jones, as he greeted him as my
God.'
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The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
OBEY THE LAWS OF GOD.
BY THE REV. CHARLES .TELzLE.

(Star Writer on Religious Topics)
You are building every day-build-
ing for eternity.
It isn't a temporary structure that
you're erecting-to be. torn down and
destroyed when you're through with
it-you'll never be through with the
thing you're building
It's part OF you-it Is you.
Then, how are YOU going to build?
BUILD UNSELFlSHLY.
II you think of others comfort and
shelter. you'll strengthen your own
structure. Whatever you put into
your own house will perish-it's only
what YOU put into other lives that is
permanent.
And here's the proof OF dt in terms
OF life building:
He that saveth his life shall lose
it. and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it"
BUILD QUIETLY.
Don't hurry. There's all eternity
ahead.
Don't fuster or fume or fret
Take time to be holy is a we'll
known song that's been sung to death,
but it's the soundest sort Of sense,
just the same.
d. llIl' CDlE--N l.
Obey the law OF God-in science. IN
health. You can't build very suostan-
TALLY II you substitute your own prin-
ciples-if they are contrary TO Gods.
Gods word is a safe guide. He's
given US His plan in the Bible. The
more nearly we follow it the stronger
we shall build-and we won't have 10
tear down what we've already con-
structed
BUILD PERSEVERTNGJY.
You'll meet opposition - but some
times it will be revealed that what
you regarded as disappointment was
actually-welI. substitute H for
I'd" and you'll have His appoint
ment"
So keep on. Success will come to
you-if you keep God IN your plan.
BUILD WITH THE RIGHT MA
TERIAI.
Your work will be tried tested.
It will be tried as by fre-and the
unworthy things that you've put into
your building will perish.
So don't waste time-there's SO 1T
tie OF It. anyway--build only with the
material that will stand the test.
BUILD UPON THE RIGHT FOUN-
DATION.
lou may De oolns many gOou 1hlHss
but perhaps you haven't started just
right.
What's your motive? What are you
driving for?
Your material may be good. but
unless you're building upon a rock
not upon sand. hay. stubble-your
works will some time take q tumble.
Many bad men are doing some good
workout that isn't going to pull
them through.
It's foundation things that count
not fagstaffS.
BUILD FOR ETERNITY.
Remember that you've got 70 live
with and in what you're building
II you've any building left.
Building, building every day,
Building for eternity"
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
HOROSCOPE.
Sunday, September Z, 1919.
Copyright. 1919 by the Mcclure Ns~,psp-
Syndicate


Syndicate
Although Mercury rules for good,
there are many adverse influences, ac-
cording TO astrology, which make this
day uncertain. Mars. Neptune, IRA
nus and Saturn are all in evil place.
1t is a fairly fortunate sway foT
ministers and speakers. who will gain
attention easily. although they may
be subject to criticism.
Letters are under the best so-t OF
! planetary government, although bust
| ness communications should be
avoided.
Newspapers have the forecast o.
| great gain through advertising. There
! appears to be, also, indication that
new journals will be founded in mole
| than one large city.
Neptune Is in a place making for
! suspicion and distrust which is like
, ly TO extend to churches sni other
| organizations.
| There is sign today making for
! skepticism and severe analysis Of mo-
tives and principles that govern all
/ welfare movements as well as rellg-
! ious organizations.
Uranus seems to give warning OF an
| increase OF nervous malsdies ana
many cases of mania or insanity.
The death OF q queen or woman who
has a place representing power VIII
take place in November, the see-s de-
! clare.
! Again warning is given tha. She
! West Indies will come under sinister
! planetary influences this autumn.
| Earthquakes as well as other Calau-
| tiles may cause serious losses.
| Novel amusement Centers that W u
take the place OF those popular in the
! past are foretold. Some Of these Will
| be revivals OF ancient recreation
| ideas.
There is an ominous aspect in the
| horoscope Of the King OF England,
who may have many anXieties that
| will eliminate in sensational sv N s.
| Persons whose birthdate it is should
/ beware Of speculation in the comI1g
| year. Intrigue may cause losses.
Children born on this day are likely
to be impetuous and full of life. These
| subjects of Virgo usually have eve 1t
! full lives.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Such Is Life
As 1t Is Seen
BY o. B. JOYFUL
Life Is Such in N. Y.

Life Is such IN N. I.
The Women's City Club, Of New
York, is reported to have adopted
this new regulation:
Charge for storing wine for
members, g cents for six bottles
Charge for corking and service,
10 cents
Members may not store more
than six bottles at one time"
The club has 3.100 members.
At Taughnock Gorge. near Itha-
ca. n. Y. a snake crawled to the
roof OF power house slipped
through a hole just above the cleo
trical apparatus, fell across two
wires and short circuited them.
Several villages were made dark
and the snake will crawl no more.
You've heard about the Chicago
soldier whose life was saved by a
cootie biting him Just in time to
make him bend his head down to &
scratching job while shell
story of a soldier who saved a
coolies life:
A top sergeant called the dough-
wy dlltHllOl 10 n COplle Id" llI =
up the front OF his coat.
The doughboy carefully picked
the animal OF and placed II inside
his coat Get inside. you little
fool" said the private Want 10
catch pneumonia?" - Ladies' Home
Journal.
Judge at Redwood City, Cal, has
ruled that 1t is all right for the hand
that rocks the cradle to spank the
child, which doesn't add bit to that
Judges popularity in the Juvenile
world.
Squire Abner Harpington IS con-
WINGED $50 he says) there can be
no enduring solution found for the
high cost of living. the league OF
nations, nor the railroads, until
Alex MacTusch is elected road SUI
pervisor down in Podunk town
ship.
Edmund Vance Cooke, the poet. got
his poetiCal pep while boyheoding
around Port Dover, Can.
Bob Satterfeld, cartoonist, used to
draw pictures of the teacher at West
Middlesex, Pa, schools.
However, as you may have noticed,
most of our pickpockets, gunmen. sec
ondstory workers, and profiteers
thrive best in the city.
New York City swells up with pride
and keeps an everlasting finger point
ed toward Gotham, but when 1t needs
a man to boss its street railways and
LIS" and subs" it goes out and
grabs farmers son, born in Craw-
ford County. Pa.
All of New York's financial wizards
came up via Hicktown or Tall Grass
County.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
A New Tangled Famine.

We've had famnes OF kinds and characters
those OF which the Bible tells comparable perhaps
that prevailing nearly city of considerable
United States 1t is famine OF moving
In New York, said, thousand to
but because of
in Boston, Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Louis
elsewhere.
There comparatively period is
said Also explained the old horsedrawn vehicle
planted by the there of the
There less 1917 inclusive than
usual Not until began high overcrowdng
be nationwide complaint did there unexpectedly great
mand for Persons who objected advances
So did who had pospered House
insisted objected eviction
before.
Real there has been changing quarters
of it in the last twelve months previous five
Van have had harvest They have charged
but have been able anything demand
and still they have kept long waiting list.
There axiom that three as FIRE Ci.v
people much than do people villages The
first OF May used be the moving day
got to be the first of September At day moving
the of the East the whms
by the shortage of
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
WHO OWNS THE STREETS

spite the fact that property owner
ship does not extend beyond Tho
building line and the property owner
does not own the sidewalk or tho
roadway. many interests. particularly
hotels, great restaurants, theaterA
etc, arrogate themselves the right to
determine what transportation seTv
Ice shall be at the disposal Of tb Z
patrons and also 70 sell the excluf
right 10 use OF the roadway IN II
Of their establishments 70 the hiEl
bidder.
The people who DO this have
more right 70 control OF the rosdv
than the Bsrbary Pirates, with VIII,
we went 10 war, had 90 levy tribL
on US for sailing ships In the Medite..
ranean Sea.
In the Philadelphia case the Penn
sylvanis Railroad has not offended te
the extent the others have for most
Of the space used by the taIis is OF
company property.
As the streets belong 20 people an
revenue for use OF the streets should
come 10 the people. The hotels. res
taursnts. theaters and others that
levy tribute on taxi companies or 9th
er concerns and exercise authority
over the trafic TO and from their es-
tablishments are, in essence justified
no more than were the pirates Of
Northern Africa upon whom this us-
ton visited punishment
This form OF roadway robbery is one
Of the instances Of graft that SIvcI
basis for rabid Socialist and BoIshev-
TX rators TO make charges that can
not be denied OF explained. Literal y
It is highway robbery. vet no one VII
be prosecuted on that charge. But Z
should be stopped
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS S

The following Washingtonisns have
registered at New York hotels;
Miss A. V. Burke, Breslin; Miss NJ
H. Burke. Breslin; Mrs. V. E. Doug
las, Martha Washington; J. F. Dugan
Martha Washington; NJ. V. Fawcett
Martha Washington: H. r. French,
Hermitage; Mrs. W. H. Hopes
Arlington: Mrs. B. I. Johnson, Arling-
ton: r. Kenny. Arlington: D. P. Nc
Williams. Grand; A. S. Ness, Hermi'
tage; w. s. Roose. Herald Square;
G. L. Sargent, Cumberland; Miss E,
Scudder, Great Northern; J. Sewer
Alcazar; E. D. Wilson, Broztell; Miss
P. A. Epperson, Algonquin; J. P.
Fleming. Bristol; w. NJ. Grill, Great
Northern; NJ H. Peekurth. Longacre
c. A. Smale, Continental.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
1T HAPPENED
ON THE HILL,

Members of the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee indicated yesterday
they will hear witnesses in favor of
the Kenyon and Kendrick bills be-
fore making up their minds on the
measures.
The Senate yesterday began work
on the Edge foreign banking bill. a
measure strongly urged by the Fed
eral Reserve Board as an aid to
American after-the-war business.
The House yesterday passed a bill
authorizing an additional expedi-
ture of $4,000 900 to complete the
Alaskan railroad.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

New York. Sept. 6.-What does
New Yorker do when he doesn't go
to a theater? That is the question
The Tribune propounds in a leading
editorial of the week. Well. II The
Tribune must know. the New York
ers are discovering what a great
many others living in Washington,
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Indianapolis,
Louisville. Kansas City and other
metropolitan centers have known
for a long time-the peace and Joy
OF staying at home.
The provincial idea of New York
is that 1t is city where every
body is on the go. AS a matter OF
fact the home stayers are far in the
majority. l have a friend, for in
stance, who hasn't been down on
Broadway, except underground on
the subway. for fifteen months.
The eternal jazz means nothing in
the life of the New Yorker. Even
the closing of the cabarets does not
cause the slightest sinking Of col
leCtive hearts.
The out-of-towncr makes up New
York life and then wonders how the
New Yorker does II day after day.
More than 10000 people have been
shut out of the local playhouses as
an effect Of the actors strike. About
one-sixth OF the numper Is composed
of actual New Workers. 1t is the
transient in the citys midst who
makes glad the managerial heart
and through whose quest FOR amuse =
tho zi nj q
multiplication OF theaters in New
York has become possible.
Despite the actors strike. how
ever, Broadway had a faint grin on
its usual jovial face this week.
Broadway sees a rift in the dark
clouds OF prohibition. 1t believes
that the decision not to advocate a
high liquor tax before January Is
means that the Anti-Saloon League
is weakening, and that the drys are
losing the night to make the United
States ride on the water wagon.
Then. too, Broadway took hope in
the annual meeting of the Catholic
Federation of the State of New Jer-
sey, which placed itself on record as
opposed to prohibition and any law
shall eat and drink"
The number of wood alcohol pol
sonings, the raids on stills in New
York homes and the adulteration of
drinks also give a slight hope to
those who hope to keep Broadway
the playground of the nation.
No wonder there are so many
long-haired radicals down in Gram
ercy Park. Just a peep at the park
is enough to make any one see red.
Surely human beings. with red cor
puscles. cannot watch ragged, dirty
faced, anaemic little children peer
ing through the iron bars at the rich
children on the grass in the park.
1t is un-American, and should be
stopped. The park Is privately
owned. but 1t should be city owned
1t is a breeding place for snobbery.
saw two little painting kiddies
asleep on the hard curb the other
day at the entrance to the park.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
AMT NATURE WONDERFUL.

Pacing the life and habits Of the
specie known as the Commuter is
hard on the speedometer. The COM
muter is always six hops ahead of
everybody else and a half dozen laps
behind himself. Job and home. In
the early snores of the morning be-
for the sun opens shop. the subur-
ban alarm tickers buzz a jazz in
termittent tinkle. set of size ten
heels kick the covers. bounce on the
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Usefulness of Being a Cripple.

There's consolation for cripples in
the announcement OF the shoe dealers
that good winter shoes will not sell
for more than s12 a pair. At that
rate a one-legged man can get him
self shod pretty reasonably. - New
York Morning Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
A LINE. O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
COpyr ght, 1919, by The Mcclure Newspaper
SrndicateA

BY John Kendrick Bangs.
(Copyrght, 1919, by The Mcclure Newspaper
SyndiCate)
TRUSTEES.
think on Time not as Gift to me
That 1 may throw away II so ! choose.
But as a Fund OF which l am Trustee
That carries duties that I can't refuse;
Each flying minute full of golden
chance,
Each hour filled with things for me
to do,
Each day presenting some new cir
cumstance
From which rich dividends are to
accrue,
I hope to use It so that when the day
OF splendor ultimate shall dawn anon
My Trust I'll have fulfilled in such
A way
They'll ask me lover there" to carry
on"
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Worth the Cost.

The high cost OF living inquiries will
cost the country more than a million
dollars. but If they succeed in reduc-
ing half dozen commodities few
cents they will be worth the money
expended.-Charleston Evening Post.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
He Didn't Mention Ireland.

George Bernard Shaw recommends
that every able-bodied man in Eng
land be made to work. That Irish
man is always advancing the
most preposterous ideas.-New York
Morning Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Kid Is Clever.

Not only was Il thoughtful a.
kindly Of the youthful Prince O \
Wales 70 psy graceful tribute TO tn,
women for what they did in the war.
but diplomatic as well The bows
bright-New York Morning Tele-
graph
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Do Your Simple Part to Prevent
An Influenza Epidemic,

People everywhere dnned discuss dagreeabe subjects,
They prefer think of epdmcs We believe however. that
the time when should be the prob
able of influenza spread the weather becomes cooler
in all its horror the midst of when the terrbeness
of death neurazed by the dispatches telling Of being
killed abroad Brave battd the disease here and
buried the dead with steeIed hearts.
expected that Congress would make appropriation suf-
n for nationwide fight Influenza but usual that body has
ntered time politics. Five hundred thousand
persons may die so tar as Congress concerned.
anything done prevent epidemic the people, coopera-
ton with local health officials do Health Officer Fowler has
shown deep the and will do his part great
upon the people.
Doctors agreed that influenza germs by coughing
and and that by the cough danger
epidemic ned lives saved and many persons spared days
of painful Illness
The New York Board of Health has added this that cy san-
tay code
in order prevent the nfecve material to Others
all SHALL when coughing sneezn properly the
and mouth with handkerchief other protective substance
All do hsand should 1t Others,
including those around the members of your family your chill
dren, and your friends
Let each of show the life of feIobengs
by dong these things Influenza tragic the is no
longer Joking matter. but forerunner of DEATH However un
pleasant this editorial be- respect for what may bring hap
days for those who take seriously the simple suggestions have
made.
Maybe Jack Pehng arrival with the idea of the
world series in mind
The real pulled parcel post truck rumbes
into filled produce consigned directly to the
champagne dinner R-33 the British arshp
during its two-day trip Holland. High living!
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
Way Ahead of His Age.

Evidently "Soxless Simpson" was
about twenty-five years ahead of his
] lage.-Minneapons Tribune.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
BAND CONCERT.

By the Q. S. Sodiers' Home Band, Band
stand, Monday evening beginning At
O'Clock. John S. NJ. Zimmermann, Directr
March, "SiebelunSen Wagner
Overture. Joan OF Arc Verdi
Morceau, 'Melodie in Ab' Zimmerman
Selection. Lombard" ............... Verdi
(Requestl
Descriptive Patrol "In the scudsn" senicf
Waltz Suite. Love and Life in Vienna"
..,......................... .komsk
Finale, yam Can't Beat Us" Ball
~ it takes 1000. 900 more
The Star Spsnsl-d Banne."
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

floor. and the commuter Is wound
up for the days run. He trots into
his clothes. sprints the washup,
PAGES through breakfast. gallops for
the rattler. relays along with the
days work. dashes for the return
strap chariot. skids on the evening
chow, mooches to the front porch,
stumbles through the paper. limps a
pipeful. and finally tows himself to
the husks a flat-tire. Set the alarm
for +:30, read over again, and you
have the commuter race dope for
the next day.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07
THE PARACRAPHERS'
NEWS VIEWS.

Does Mr.. Wilson, in avoiding the
as hopeless?-Boston Transcript
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

All German marks have deprecated.
including the Kaiser.-Kansas City
Times.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

One Is inclined to suspect that MI.
McAdoo saw something coming when
he resigned from the position of Dr.
rector OF Railroads.-Albany Journal
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

From the showing made by the pack
ers, II appears that only the deterrn-
ination OF consumers to have high
priced meats stands between them and
bankruptcy.-Kansas City Journal
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

Maybe Jack Pershng timed his arrival with the id
world series in mind
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

champagne dinner R33 the British airshi
during its two-day trip Holland High living!
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

The real ride is pulled parcel post truck rumb
into town. filled with farm produce directly to the
The Washington herald., 1919-09-07

What the railroad employees will do
is now the absorbing problem of the
day. Upon their action will depend
to a large measure the future pros
perity of the entire country.-Portland
CMaine) Eastern Argus.