The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris.
By DWIG

Whitlock Of Belgium. Gerard OF
Germany. Van Dyke of The Neither
lands. and MorEenthau of Turkey, as
american diplomatic representatives
in Europe and Western Asia during
the war. have contributed to the his
torN Of their times books OF varying
valhe. One wonders whether Walter
Page, who filled the onerous post Of
ambassador to Great Britain, left
material that another, now that
Page died prematurely. can use in
the distant If not near future show
ing how strained relations between
Great Britain and the United States
were in the early days of the COM
bat. ere the United States came in.
And then there is Thomas Nelson
Page, the Virginia writer of fiction.
who represented us in Italy. What
of him? California paper reports
him as at Montecito. busy writing a
book on Italy's part in the war. He
also is throwing himself. so the same
authority says. into the fight against
the Reds" on the Pacific coast
About February Is. Louis c.
Schroeder. of Springfield, Mass. will
sail for France to take charge for the
- ~,
universal system of training in ath-
lctics which the republic has decided
to establish. His choice is based on
service rendered in France under the
auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. and es-
pecially on his work with the French
soldiers in training them for the in
terallied athletic meet in the Persh-
ing stadium. Indianapolis. Cincinna-
ii and Winnipeg all knew of his
prowess ere the war opened.
w. II. McCrackan, well known wears
ago as a writer on Swiss solution Of
problems of democracy. and more
recently an author and official con-
nected with the Christian Science
Church. turns up now as editor and
manager of the Jerusalem News. the
first daily paper in the English tongue
established in the ancient capital
and modern, cosmopolitan, religious
Hub"
Prof. c. w. Woodworth, of the Uni
Nersity of California. is organizing.
with aid of Chinese educators and in
dustrial leaders. a great technical
school 10 be set up at Shanghai, with
professors and Instructors drawn from
the United States. A distinct part
of the institution is TO be a cotton
mill. in which the students will be
workers: and this for two reasons, to
give them practical knowledge and
accustom them to the habit of toll,
and second. to give aid to the ever
increasing textile industry controlled
by native capitalists.
Uncle Sam has lost Matthew F..
Griffin, of Philadelphia. from the Sc
cret Service. For twenty years he has
been serving the nation, latterly as
chief of the Philadelphia bureau. Like
so many other Underpaid and over
worked Federal workers. he has heard
the call of the private employer. What
, is he to do? He will specialize in in
dustrial protection, and keep card
indices of employees in large Philadel-
phia banking institutions. That is to
say. these workers will be watched by
! him and by his aids to see how their
expenditures tally with their Incomes
The high rollers" will be put on the
carpet as soon as he finds out their
pace" and its rapidity. IT may not
he as much fun as running down the
Jacobs-Kendig band of robbers of the
! Treasury, but the pay for it comes
nearer making old age seem a 'gra-
cious senescence" instead of an lover
the hills to the poorhouse" dirse.
Charlie Cheney. who is going out
70 Japan as head of an American
commission specially appointed by
the manufacturers of silk goods. is
equipped, If any man in the coun-
try is. to find out what is what"
and who is responsible. in China
and Japan, for "kiting" the price
of raw silk so that IL is virtually
prohibitive. The Cheneys of Con-
necticut have been making silk
goods for generations. What brass
Is to Ansonia and Waterbury, silk
is to South Manchester.