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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
WANT BIG SURPLUS
USED FOR SCHOOLS
18th Street Heights Citizens
Urge Congress to Turn Over
Idle $4,000, 900 Fund.

After a discussion OF the immediate
need OF more school buildings to
house the increased enrolment of the
District school children. the Sixteenth
Street Heights Citizens Association
voted last night to urge the Commits
sioners to ask the proper committee
in Congress to use the $4.300.000 sur
plus fund of the District now in the
Treasury for additional school build
ings. The motion to this effect was
made by w. N. Holmes. secretary OF
the association. at whose home, 1925
Holly street, the association met last
night for its first fall meeting.
Efforts were again urged to procure
the reduced street car rates for the
school children. A resolution to this
of the first vice president of the associa-
ton. G. w. Bonnette. who presided.
Traction Company Favorable.
The secretary was ordered to send
copies of the resolution to the Public
Utilities Commission and to both street
railway companies. A letter was read
by the secretary from each Of the COM
panies in reply to action taken by the
association at a previous meeting The
letter of the Capital Traction Company
stated that such a measure must have
the approval Of the Public Utilitieo Com
mission, but that the Capital Traction
Company was in favor Of the plan and
would back it.
The letter from the Washington
Railway and Electric Company, how
ever, was of a different nature. 1t
stated that while the company realiz-
ed the cost to the parents of sending
their children to school each day, it
would be impossible to aid in this
plan, as the income of the company
at the present time could stand no
reduction in rates of any kind.
.
report on the subject of procuring
trees in the subdivision. He pointed
out the lack of sufficient shade trees
that had been promised the residents
upon their building there. A reSolu-
ton was adopted calling for the ap-
the matter.
May Break Up "Lovers' Lane"
The need of lights from Montague
street on 18th to the District line was
discussed, it being pointed out that
the present system was wholly made
quate and dangerous. Mr.. Bonnette
stated that If lights were placed along
the street at regular intervals. it
would also tend to break up the
lovers lane" which extends along
the unlighted section.
Resolutions were passed asking the
Commissioners to have sidewalks laid
out along the northern part of Georgia
avenue and also to have the street
itself paved. The secretary was or
dered to send copies of the resolu-
tion to the Takoma Park and Bright
wood Citizens Associations asking
for their cooperation.
A resolu ion was adopted protest
ing against any further gas rate in
crease. 1t was ordered by Mr.. Holmes
that the Public Utilities Commission
be so notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
ORGANIZE ALL SCHOOLS.
Parent-Teacher Leaders Prepare to
Extend Organization.

Establishment of a parent-tea
association in every public school in
Washington will be one of the aims
the ensuing year of the District Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher
associations. Plans for instituting an
organization in every school were
discussed yesterday at meeting of
the executive committee of the asso-
citation.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president
of the local organization, appointed
Mrs. H. N. Spotswood chairman of a
committee to arrange for the national
convention to be held here in April.
Marked increase in the interest of
parent-tea cher committee work was
reported by Mrs. J. N. Saunders. She
also outlined her campaign plans for
the coming year.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools, it was announced, will
address a meeting of the organiZa-
ton in the Teachers Club next Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
ATTACK DEMURRAGE COST
Meat Packers Claim Railroads Are
Responsible for Delays.

Proposals of the railroads to in
crease demurrage charges on freight
cars detained by shippers were at
tackled in a brief filed by the Intf-
tute of American Meat Packers. to-
day. with the Interstate Commerce
Commission. where the question, is
pending.
Packers asserted that much of the
delay in moving freight equipment
was due to the railroads themselves;
that increase of demurrage charges
would not necessarily increase eff
cheney of operation. and would penal
ize shippers unnecessarily.
Recent rate increases, the. brief
added. have already put on shippers
road readjustments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
PORTO R1co's POPULATION.

A War Department bulletin says
that the 1920 census shows Porto Rico
to have population of 1,297.772. an
increase of slightly over 16 per cent
since 1910. 1.-The ties binding Porto
Rico to the continental United States,
says the bulletin. will be strength
ened by a wider knowledge among
the people of the mainland that the
Porto Ricans are their fellow citi-
ZenS'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
COL. sT0GDALL RETIRED.

Lieut.. Col Ralph r. Stogdall. United
States Army, retired, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of colonel. and the
following named first lieutenants in
the Medical Corps have been promoted
to the rank of captain: Samuel c.
Gwynne, Louis NJ. Field. Nuckolds T.
Davie. Hugh J. Davis, Henry J. Hayes
and John G.. Urban.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
GOES TO CoBLENz FOR DUTY.

Maj. Robert J. Foster, Veterinary
Corps. has been relieved from duty in
the Office Of the surgeon general of
the Army. this city. and ordered to
Coblenz, Germany, for duty. He will
relieve list Lieut.. Scion B. Renshaw.
Veterinary Corps. who will return to
the United States on the first avail
able transport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
ORDERED TO PARIS.

Col. Frank Parker, infantry. has
been ordered to Paris. France. to
make a further study of the methods
of instruction at the Ecole de Guerre.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
HURLEY HAS ORGY
AFTER LIQUOR Rail

HURLEY. Wis, Dec. sO.-Returd
Of the prodigal sons is being celel
brated by the Toughest town od
the range"
This logging camp, noted through
out the Northwest for it's wide1
openness. welcomed home thd
thirty-seven saloon keepers and
seventeen bartenders arrested bl
Federal agents and taken to Ash
land for arraignment. with a party|
the equal OF which the Oldest setl
tiers OF Hurley say they never havd
seen. From the time the accused
men returned 20 Hurley from Ash
land where they were released on
bail until today the celebration was
in progress.
The Federal agents didn't seize
all the liquor in Hurley by a wide
margin. judging from the celebrs-
tion. Even outsiders had little dif-
hculty in obtaining liquor.
Crowds five deep stood in front
OF the bars. In the back rooms
roulette and card games were in
progress. The chief topic Of con-
versation was what would be done
with the Federal agents il they
came back.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
T. ]. BOERUM.

THOUSANDS of children, and not
i few Washington fathers, know
this hermit Of Rock Creek Park.
1t is only on bleak days, when park
visitors are few, that he borders
on hermitdom, for he breaks the
rules Of that strange creature by
entertaining visitors.
T. ]. Boerum, of 1862 Ingleside
terrace, has been keeper" of ami
NAL crackers and monkey food for
the past six years. His little hut
near the Harvard street entrance
OF the Zoo. has been the Mecca
for almost every person who visits
the Zoo on an afternoon of
The food-rations stand has been
on the same site for the past thirty
years, but Boerum recently had the
hut reconstructed and painted, and
1t now rivals the dazzling front of
a subway candy shop.
Society's horseback riders count
visit to Boerum's stand one of
the events of the morning ride. A
glass of sweet cider. well shaken
after using, sends one home from
the forenoon hunt" with pep. ready
for the afternoon engagements
And occasionally the horses,
knowing well the stopping places
of the riders, get a bit of refesh-
ment themselves. Lady" owned
by John Gheen, liveryman, of Four
teenth and Irving streets north
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Dorothy Dix's Advice

to look at her slantwise and wonder
where she got the money.
Many a good girls reputation has
been ruined in this way, because
she dressed too well for her station
In life. Many a girl has missed a
good husband because she wore
such expensive looking clothes that
no poor young man. with his own
way to make, dared tackle her dress
Dill. So the poor girl, who wants
to look like a million dollars should
be there with her alibi of how she
does it on so cents. or else her
bluff at putting up the appearance
of Miss Million Bucks will be her
undoing.
1t is equally important that a
young man should appear to be the
thing he wishes to be. Among my
acquaintances is a young man who
really has plenty of ability, and
industry, and ambition He has no
money, and a very poor job that
pays him an insignificant salary,
but he is handsome, and agreeable
and well-bred. and good dancer
and he Is in much demand among
hostesses who need that sort of a
man to fill in their parties.
The result is that this chap is
seen out night after night at the
aters and dances, and running with
a gay. rich crowd, and he's got the
reputation of being a lounge lizard,
and business men think he is no
good.
And you can't blame them. There
are no records of eminent financiers,
or merchant princes, who were con-
spicuous for their social success in
their youth. The men who are at
the head Of things, and hold the
money bags now, were not hopping
around ballroom floors and pursuing
the elusive golf ball, even at some
body else's expense, thirty years
ago. They were putting up a life
like appearance of industry and
frugality that attracted the favor
able attentions of employers who
had good jobs to hand out, and OF
people who wanted to deal with
merchants who were looking after
their business.
Nothing queers a mans chances
of success quicker than to live be-
yond his means. The house a little
better than he ought to live in; the
automobile he is paying for on the
ihSSoifthchl pldIis the country CluD
with the sporty set whose pace he
handn't the money to keep: these
have been the stop to many a prom
Using career.
For once let people commence
asking the fatal question: How can
he afford It? and it is all over with
man. He is under suspicion of
either being crooked or fool, and
when men, begin to discount an
other mans honesty or his intelli-
gence, he, is done for, SO far as get
ting along is concerned.
On the other hand, when a young
couple registers industry and thrift
and Independence; when they dress
within their means; when both Of
them work and save and show that
they have an eye to the future,
everybody gives them a hand up.
After all, 1t is quite impossible
to overestimate the value of appear
ances. Right or wrong.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
OUSTED, HE SAYS,
DESPITE NEARLY
HALF OWNERSHIP
STARS and Stripes" Spon-
sor Brings. Charge
Against Company.

w. d. Jameson. director of I'm
ance OF the National Democratic
Committee and Mrs. 4. NJ Parks,
both Of whom testified before a SEN
ate committee in Chicago, Ill. rela-
tive to their 81 per cent In
terest- In the Stars and Stripes,
a weekly soldier newspaper and the
alleged object Of these interests in
the Democratic campaign Tor the
Presidency, were ordered YESTERDAY
to appear in the District Supreu1
Court on January and show caus
why they should not be restrain
from disposing of or transferrff
their holdings.
The complainant is Joseph L. Hef-
ferpan. who started the Stars and
Stripes" in this city when the war
ended. Heffernan compained that
he was discharged" from the serv-
ices Of the Stars and Stripes pub
fishing Company on December 10
regardless OF the fact that he owns
4s per cent OF the stock Of
the company.
This was done, he alleges, after
two outsiders were illegally elected
to membership on the board Of d.
rectors. He also alleges that II. p.
Parks. husband of Mrs. Parks. filled
out checks totalling $1,000 in the
name Of the company which the
banks refused to honor. None OF
the defendants. IL is claimed. has
put up siOl.0o0. as payment for their
stock, as he alleges they originally
agreed TO do when they took over
the stock. This makes the third
trip of the paper to court.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31

herner made few breaks and was
consistent fool.
Ia better explain what 7 neor ~.
that. There was a girl ".
girl, as far as / am concerned 10 q
thing and belongs in a seminary or
an album; but / conceded the e,is-
tence Of the animal in order 70 r.
tain kerner's friendship. He sbovod
me her picture in a locket-sho q
was blonde or a brunette bsya
forgotten which. She worked in n
factory for IS a week. Les, Tsc-
tories quote this wage by wav %
Nlnoication, ] will add that the Girl
had worked for five years 70 raaoL
that supreme elevation of remunera-
1iOn' beginning at Sl.50 per week.
herners father was worth a
couple of millions. He was yriIliro
10 stand for art but he drew the
iihe at the factory girl. So Kerner
disinherited his father and walked
out 10 a cheap studio and lived on
sausages for breakfast and on
Farroni for dinner. Farroni had the
artistic soul and a line of credit for
painters and poets, nicely adjusted.
sometimes herner sold a picture and
bought some new tapestry, a ring
and dozen silk cravats. and paid
Farroni 50 on account.
One evening Kerner had mo IN
dinner with himself and the factory
girl. They were TO be married as
soon as kerner could slosh paint
proftably. AS for the former
fathers $4,000. .oOo-poof.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
+ ortune for Each D. c. Cop
Promised by Frenchwoman
Gessford and Hendrick Forego Action Until
Real Cash Follows Interesting
Letter From Paris.

What does the washington police
department care about the amputa-
tion OF its bonus by Congress? A
little thing like that doesn't bother
the biuecoats- Each Of them IL go
ing to get 100000 in the near fu-
ture-maybe, Then what will the
city do for q police department?
Marguerite Gautier, of 2s Rue de
la Pompe, Paris, Framed, yesterday
told Maj. Harry L. Gessford, super
intendent of police, by letter, that
she intended to give 1,eo0, 900 francs
to each deserving Washington DO
liceman. Don't rush pleas. The
cash wasn't enclosed in the letter.
Mile. Gautier has a long story to
tell in her letter. Her autobiography
took up two pages. And then things
began to pop.
AT the age OF years." the let
ter, said, II inherited from Mr..
Worck, who died in the United
States, a great fortune. One half
OF this fortune 1 want to give to
the mutilated Americans and the
orphans of the war,
The other half of this fortune.
less $4,000 francs which are to be
Spu uction OF tne hneims
Sathedral. 1 want to give to the
men OF your, police force who most
merit the same and who are en-
.Itied TO II through their rank.
mere should be for each one about
1000. .000."
The donor explained that she had
neia me fortune through great dit.
hculty. since her father tried to
squander this fortune on Anna Pick
ford" and others attempted to take
care of 1T" for her.
AFTER reading the letter Maj. Cess
lord looked over, under, around and
through It, but couldn't find the ex-
pected check. He then brought the
communication to the attention of
Commissioner J. Thilman Hendrick
The Commissioners" said Hem
drick last night. will take no action
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
ONE HEARTS MAKEsHIFr.

Neither Alison nor her mother put
on mourning after the demise of
Atherton, and Maplewood, with the
exception of the osbornes and the
Gibsons, knew nothing of the trag-
edy whose wings had brushed their
placid little community.
But Alison, out of respect for the
dead which she had never had for
the living, declined all invitations
for a number of weeks.
So, 1t was not until she dropped
in for tea with Gwen Parker one af-
ternoon, that she learned OF the
events which had transpired during
her voluntary seclusion.
As Gwen poured the tea at the
tiny table in the library. the fire.
light caught and CLEANED upon a
bright something on her left hand.
Alison leaned forward with a
little cry and caught the strong
white hand in hers. The other girl.
with a laugh and a flush. tried to
turn the tell-tale third finger into
a fold of her gown, but Alison held
it prisoner.
on while / was away from the world.
Taking advantage of my temporary
preoccupation to get engaged. Ell
Gwen? Who's the lucky man? i
should say he has good taste In
gems"
Ovens hand relaxed suddenly in
Alison's, and she turned her eyes to-
ward the fire.
Alison, studying her profile,
thought it pathetically sad for a
newly-made fianceS.
Our nice comstock?" she ques-
toned softly.
Gwen nodded.
81 suppose I'm a beast" she said.
quietly. You know where my heart
is"
II know where your heart was"
corrected Alison, Il know you're
too sensible a girl to go on caring
for someone who has shown himself
a consummate cur"
Gwen turned her eyes back to her
guest. They were no longer the
laughing dancing eyes OF the girl
Alison had known in the years past.
There was a shadow in them and
a little expression of pain which
did not yield its place even when
Gwen smiled.
you don't know much about
love, do you Alison?"
'T know enough to realize that
one can't love a man who hasn't
spark Of manhood" Alison returned
crisply. I've got enough pride not
to waste a thought on some one
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
NeI1 Catholic School
Planned at Cumberland

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Dec. 3O.-At
the annual Christmas smoker Of the
LaSalle Institute Alumni AssocIa .
tion, Brother Felician. principal n
The school. announced that plans
are under way for the erection Of A
new school building which would
likely be ready for occupancy in a
year.
The fourth annual Cumberland
automobile show will he held at the
State armory, January 3l-February
3. 1t will be in charge OF the Cum
berland Automobile Dealers Asso-
citation.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
Ku Klux Chief Sees Capital
AS One of Klan's Centers
Imperial Wizard Simmons Wires The Herald
Of Its Scope Invisible Empire
Seems National Power

Washington, seat Of open govern
ment and heart of the Legislative
executive and judicial system mold
ing national policies and guarding
public rights, for several years. un-
krown to its hundreds of thousands
Of citizens has been a thriving
province" in a great and invisible
empire"
The Judge on the bench, the Con-
gresham in the Capitol, the de-
partmental official. all sworn to up
hold the Constitution, may likewise
be sworn. to the tenets of an or
ganization working with the silence
and power of a great dynamo.
The man in the next block or the
next house, for years p close friend,
may be secretly pledged to the terms
of voiceless but closs-binding rit-
ual.
Center of Ku Klux Activities.
The National Capital. in other
words, is an important division of
the Ku klux Kan. whose knights"
are the citizens of the invisible
empire"
These are among the statements
u Dt ueuuCeu lTOfn u COiiulunlCd-
tion wired specially to The Herald
by Col. William Joseph Simmons,
Imperial Wizard of the order, of
Atlanta. Ga.
This lineal descendant OF a great
body whose spectacular night
marches of white-draped figures
carrying the flaming cross against
the lawlessness and excesses of a
South in the throes of reconstruc-
ton as perpetuated in story and
cinema is nothing new, according to
Col Simmonsi
The Ku Klux Klan is the product
of twenty years of formative labors.
and has been an active functioning
body for five years, he declares. Its
territorial scope is limited only by
the national boundaries; it enrolls
today thousands of men OF Eastern
States and most especially is this
true relative to ''the great city of
Washington" the imperial wizard
AYERS.
Khan Enrolls .Real Men,,
Col. Simmons is the only knight
positively known" he says. The
khan is not seeking recruits by any
ordinary method of membership
campaign, nor could one in twenty
The Washington herald., 1920-12-31
THE VALUE OF APPEARANCES.

| vi
No sane person underestimates the
value of appearances. Not being
mind-readers or seers, We cannot
know what secret talents, what
hidden graces of mind and char
tcter our fellow creatures possess.
All that we can see Is the outside,
and so we form our opinion of others
on the front they put up.
We take note of their dress, of
the style in which they live, of
the company they frequent. and how
much money they spend, and we
rate them accordingly. without di-
rect evidence to the contrary, we
assume that the man who is we'll
dressed and prosperous looking is
clever, and more forceful and of
a higher order of ability than the
nan who is shabby. and seedy, and
down at the heels.
So true Is the adage that moth
ing succeeds like success, that
there Is wisdom in camoufiaging it
on many occasions. A young doc
tor, for instance. who hires a good
office in a desirable location, who
wears good clothes, and who ap-
pears to be rushed to death with
work. undoubtedly has a better
chance of getting patients than
the young physician whose office
is a mere hole in the wall, and
who sits all day rubbing his shiny
elbows on his table, waiting for the
patients that do not come. People
are like sheep. they go in droves
and follow where someone else
leads, and the more they think you
| don't need their money, the more
anxious they are to give 1t to you.
Women have been quicker to
grasp the full significance of the
value of appearances than men
have. That is why they are dress
mad. They know that fine feathers
make fine birds, and that a homely
woman in beautiful clothes makes
more impression than living pic
ture does in a dowdy frock.
Also they know that a mans sue
cess depends largely upon the sort
of appearance his wife presents, for
mans wife Is the show window
in which he makes a visible dis
play of the degree of prosperity he
has achieved. Hence, clever
woman who wishes to help her
husband is justified in having a
house that is Queen Anne in front
and Mary Ann in the back, and in
economizing on the family's stomach
in order to put the money on the
family's back until they make their
title good to a residence on Easy
Street.
There are, however, two sides to
this matter of keeping up appear
ances. and while 1t is without doubt
highly desirable for poor and am oi-
tious peopiei-to look prosperous,
nothing is more disastrous to their
prospects than to overdo the PROS
perity stunt. They must look good,
bun- not too good. For 1t doesn't do
to overplay even a virtue.
Girls often make the mistake of
doing this. A poor girl who is a
genius with her needle, and a shark
for hunting out remnants at bar
gain sales, will dress SO that she
looks like a daily hint from Paris.
Instead of being clever enough to
tell how she does 1t, and thereby
win the admiration of all who know
her. she will yawn languidiy when
anyone compliments her hat or
gown and say. ''Oh, yes. This is a
simple little thing that / got from
Victorine." and everyone who
knows Victorine's prices win begin