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which is cheaper In Oklahoma, too it is
mostly moonshine, and the farmers now
figure on their corn crop, not in bushels, but
in gallons.
This land is the way they put it, will
yield 240 gallons to the acre"
Texas is below the average in whiskey
supply, except for the cities near the Next
can border, where there are large stocks of
native Mexican intoxicants. Texas prices
are high, in addition. They tell the story of
a prominent Texan who went to Dallas not
long ago from an oil camp near Wichita
Falls. When he got off the train he located
a bootlegger.
II want some hooch over at the hotel"
he commanded How many bottles can you
get?
i've got SIX said the bootlegger, land
I'm sorry that's ALL"
How much? inquired the Texan when
the bootlegger finally arrived and deposited
the grip that contained the six precious bot
ties.
well" the bootlegger drawled there's
six in there, at $40 each-that's $240."
The oil man went on putting on his -resh
collar.
Young feller," he said, casually; 1--WE
been buying liquor down in this Southwest
country for a good many years, but not at
that price. You're the first bootlegger I ever
saw who knew what .whiskey was worth
Another State where purchasable quarts
are few and far between is Kentucky. For
many years the centre of the whiskey dis
filling business, it would seem though it
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~ Easy to Get Now in Practically Every State

would. be possible TO buy bourbon readily
and at low cost. The tru h is, however. thai
the stocks outside of the bonded warehouse
are dwindling rapidly, and there Is gen
eral policy OF conservation of what there Is
on hand. Another reason, too, is that when
whiskey is taken out of the bonded ware
houses in the State it is shipped to other
sections of the country. 1t is withdrawn
ostensbly for medicinal purposes, and the
certificates are sold and resold to cover up
the tracks.
In the great Southwest the moonshine in
dustry is only in it's infancy when compared
with that of the mountain regions of Ken
lucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Up in
be without gun as they would without
still The high price of hooch has even. hit
the mountains. If you leave SIS bill on a
stump nowadays under gallon jug you will
find when you come back in an hour, that
it is only half full. A gallon of moonshine
costs $40 now
The best grades triple distilled and
twisted" which, Interpreted, means that the
spirits have been put through the still three
times and then allowed to age in a barrel
the barrel being shaken at intervals to ia
cilitate the aging.
It's against religion in some sections OF
these mountains to abide by the prohibition
law. In one community not so very long
ago thirsty flock punished one of the
membership for giving information to rev
enue officer. They expelled him from sthe
church.
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ANIEL WILLARD, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. gave
the following replies to the stand
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in some instances only few miles from
the line.
Generally speaking, and with a few nota-
bic exceptions, the standard Bookkeeping price
for a quart of whiskey is SIS. At some
where transportation is difficult and money
is plentiful the quotations may go even to
$40. Just the same. SIS is the average q
dollar more or a dollar less being the excep
ton.
Much of the traffic is conducted by hotel
bellboys, serving either on their own ac-
count, which is not generally the case or on
the account of some bootlegger who is known
to them and whose place OF business is not
far from the hotel in question. In most in
stances If the bellboy is convinced that you
are all right, that is, that you are not
revenue officer or in league with the police
he will produce what you ask of him. But
bellboys do not hold the monopoly when it
Their rivals are taxicab drivers who may
have bottle with them in the taxicab, or
who for fare and a tip will drive you to a
place where the whiskey may be had.
So far as the over-the-bar business is con-
cerned, 1t is rife in a great many towns,
ofttimes in the least suspected places. While
1t is true that this Is conducted for the most
part in restaurants that formerly were bars
and now operate apparently for the sale
other places where drink or a quart may
be purchased. For instance, there is in one
OF the largest cities in the country, on one
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Man on whom rests the enforcement
of national prohibition.
mysterious starways and through ill lighted
halls; there are drug stores where the pros
pective purchaser is invited back of the pre-
scripton counter to inspect the label and
the Government seal; there are some who
may be interviewed on deal which entails
the delivery at your hotel room of any given
quantity and brand
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New York Herald Bureau. !
Washington, ID. c., Dec. Is. !

- ONE reporters were interviewing the
Crown Prince of Rumania when he
~ reached New York city recently after
"a months tour OF the United States
What do you think of prohibition in
American" came one of the questions.
When" inquired the Crown Prince, docs
it go into efect?"
The publication of the incident caused
many smiles Among some 1t caused flu
rore Those who got excited. apparently
had been under the impression that the
United States had been dry for year or
more-that drinking was INDUCED in only
10y those whose foresight and pocketbooks
had enabled them to stock their cellars or
whose cider in refusing to become vinegar
had gotten hard.
To those who know the ropes, however,
the question of the Crown Prince is not
absurd. The royal visitor, escorted around
the country to a considerable extent, no
doubt found intoxicants aplenty. At least /
did on trip much longer than the Crown
Prince took-a trip into thirty-seven States
and the District of Columbia-over route
of almost 10000 miles, and requiring eighty
nights on sleeper.
Only a Recital of Facts
Not a Sheer at Prohibition
Right at the outset it is well to explain
that this is not an effort to cast reflection
on the authorities charged with the enforce
ment of the prohibition laws; it is not an
attempt to discredit the Eighteenth Amend
ment or the volstead act. 1t merely is
recital of conditions as they were found to
exist, incidentally and without any great
amount of effort, in every section of the
country.
The information is presented after visit
to every State west of the Mississippi River
with the exception of Arkansas and Louis
lana to every State north of the Mason
Dixon line with the exception of Vermont
and Maine, and, in addition, to number of
the Southern States. Roughly, the territory
covered constitutes seven-eighths of the
United States. The information Is that what
is true in seven-eighths of the country Is
true in the remaining one-eighth, so that
this article may be set down as rejecting
accurately the condition as it exists in every
section. Certainly the survey is the most
comprehensive undertaken by one person
since the advent of national prohibition.
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of its most famous streets, a candy and ice
cream soda store which serves as well 6 n
rickies and highballs. 1t is not unusual to
see people stagger slightly as they leave the
soda grill.
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opportunities of the future. In that you
make mistake
Let me give you a bit of advice. If you
have any influence in the world. don't use
it. The worst thing that can happen to
man is to start life with influence.
Start upon your own merits and start in
some lowly position, matter what it Is.
Re a laborer, If you will / don't know hut
that is the best way to start"
~ ANIEL WILLARD, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad gave
- the following replies to the stand
ard questions: Yes" TO the one inquiriug
If opportunity waits on youth to-day, while,
of 1t, he said he had no means of knowing,
but he assumed that 1t Is.
In regard to the unrest engendered by
war, President Willard answered that it
could not be expected to disappear imme-
diately. Here are his words:
Il think a comparable analogy would be
heavy storm at sea. We all know that
after strong wind on the ocean 1T takes
several days for the waters to gradually
quiet down after the wind has ceased to
blow. | think that is true concerning the
condition of unrest to which you refer. |
am quite certain, however that conditions
in that respect are gradually getting better.
81 have no reason TO suppose that the
youth of to-day is not ambitious. indus
trious aggressive. &C., as the youth of any
other period. I have no concrete sugges-
ton for State or national action to further
the young mans interest"
- AVID MAY. who is the head and
founder of the May Department
- stores Company of st. Louis, writes
as follows:
THE great difficulty with educated young
men who are fitted to fill hgh posit'ons VI
trust and responsibility is that most OF tnem
,,.ant 10 bevin nj the top instead of the Dot
tom.
I'VE have just passed through period Oh
riotous spending. Young men VINO nave tne
ability TO command large incomes nave peeh
no exception. They have burned the canoie
at both ends working hard all uay ana en-
eaging in social frivolities AFTER business
hours-not alone spending their money and
in many instances great deal more tnah
they earn but weakening their constitutions
by late hours and enervating entertain
ments.
The old time frugality and regular living
seems to be conspicuous by its absence. Inc
young man nowadays to mold any socia'
position thinks II ia necessary to have one
or two automobiles, belongoto as many
CLUBS as ne can possibly SCI aiOuhu ~
all OF which Is false conception OF man.
true inherent worth.
Society IN a large measure is Responsible
for this. no doubt. but If a young man has
high ideals and high ambitions ana mas
equipped himself with good education and
is willing to start in at the bottom ara by
dint OF perseverance, and real ability climb
up the ladder round by round. living within
his income, setting emphasis upon high
thinking and clean living, he is certain to
find his proper place as surely as the day
follows the night.
Commerce and business are badly In need
OF these respon sible. capable and clean living
mcu Great enterprises need young men
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HARLES NJ SC1wAB, the great steel
man. enjoys a unique position in the
- hearts of young men who may never
have even seen him. This has grown out oil
his rare public utterances. in which he has
almost always placed himself on the side OF
youth. In an address made last spring at
the request of the senior council at Prince
ton University this successful man said the
same thing in felicitous language;
"I look back with the pleasure that I
would feel IL were one Of you and talk to
you as an older boy who has been through
a great many years of experience In more
or less personal manner
Replying to the request for his answers TO
the questions Mr.. Schwab refers TO these
impromptu remarks before body OF college
students, and adds that at present he has
nothing to add to the views he held then
One of them was this:
1T is very difficult to convince the great
majority of people that men who are In ac-
tive pursuit OF life have any other object In
view than the making of money Wei, now.
boys that Ia great mistake The real
leaders OF industry and the real men In life.
and the real successes In life. are not always
the men who have made lots OF money or
a great fortune.
MY Idea of the successfui Ire IL tne maIi
who has successfully accomplished the OBJ
jects for which he set out to do something
that Ia worthy of real American man.
Money is often matter Of chance or good
fortune and is not the mark of successful
life
There is no royal road to successful
life as there is no royal road to learning.
1t has got to be hard knocks, morning noon
and night. and fixity OF purpose.
Never has there been time In the his
tory of the world when 80 much opportunity
offers for the leading of a successful life
as to-day. What would I not give to be
enc Of your age again. and have the oppor-
tunity Of starting life afreshi You think
;hc opportunities OF tho past viii not be tho
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Youth Has Wonderful Opportunity To-day
Men Who Attained
Success Speak Op-
timistically and Say
w ar Unrest Has
Passed

Awake to conditions of to-day and
with a sympathetic interest in the Tong.
long thoughts of Youth" THE NEW
YORK HERALD, as it has witnessed the
impotence of the country's young men
over their treatment as they returned to
try to fit themselves again into the social
economy, has asked pertinent questions
of leaders of Industry, in different fields,
to find out whether these young men are
justified in resenting more or less openly
the treatment they receive. The ques-
tions numbered FIVE and follow:
Are the opportunities for sue
cess to-day as great as they were
ten years ago?
Is the youth of the country TAX
ing advantage of its chances for
betterment?
Has the unrest engendered by
the war disappeared?
Is the youth of to-day as anbi-
tious, industrious, aggressive, per-
severing and adaptable as the
young man of ten years ago?
Have you any concrete sugges-
ton for State or national action to
further the young mans interest!
TEis series of questions has been die
tated by conditions that apparently pre-
vail throughout the English speaking
world. Sir Edward E. Cooper, the retir-
ing Lord Mayor of London, gave express
sion to prevailing thought and prevailing
hope when he recently voiced them and
asked that youth should be given its
chance.
Instead of new world" he said. "our
men found on coming back (from war;
that it was doubIy hard to settle down at
some trade or profession and be able to
earn enough for food and clothes. At
every turn they have to outwit the prof
iteer. In his dilemma the young man re-
ceives plenty of advice, red tape and
remedies-on paper. Can we wonder
that our youth is impatient and fast be.
coming the ready prey of extremists OF
all classes?
Have faith in our boys" cries Sir
Edward, and the cry rings true on this
side of the Atlantic. Give them a prov
gran1me on which to work out ends for
social betterment. 1t is the province of
youth to speed the coming OF the new
world.
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Machine Turned Am ntxar.
and dsspoc Is of the Oxar before that rant
hurled from his throne
The proof Of the awful at Amrftar Is abso
lutey undispued-and tho hod deed Is acknowledged by
tho uniformed murderer who ordered 1t and who has since
been promoted to higher rank because he did 1t.
The total of unlawful killings charged to the Germans
Belgium than three hundred and In this
Amtsar old and young shot down in bloody heaps
to the number of over fifteen hundred.
This one British uniformed murderer slew three times
innocent and unamed adults and children in twenty
minutes than his government the Germans Of
having slain in Belgium in four years.
And yet we still hear and read about Huns"
The only rebellion Of which these poor victims
guilty assembling to rafy protest against the in
taxation because the tax gstherers had already
taken much Of their food and that they were facing
starvation
They had no arms because Hudoo is permitted
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Beatrice Writes Pitfalls of Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

Would you start out to forget or
one else to love and be good fort
Do you think It would be worth
while to give all the good times
that can have to Just make . fool
out of myself for some other de-
ceitfui person like him? Do you
think he In worth taking back? II
he should make an attempt to
apologize for what he has done.
would you forgive? I know he is
not working or i'll. don't see much
of an excuse for him to offer.
CURLY BLOND.
Being good for the sake Of
some one else is neither whole
some nor sincere. Real goodness
or genuine reformation must be
prompted by ones own desires 10
be decent and respectable. Don't
drift along being this or that for
another persons approval. Seek
your own esteem and self-respect
since you cannot ever get away
from yourself as you can from
other people. I'm going to say to
you as say to men who say they
are willing to reform If some girl
will take them In hand. Reforma-
ton Of that sort amounts to moth
ing. It's like using a crutch and
being unable TO walk If the crutch
Is removed.
There's a whole lot more in
life besides "a good time" and you
know from past experience that
what passes for "a good time" is,
after all, a pretty sorry affair.
Just at present you are smarting
at the way you have been treated
by this young man, but you are
foolish to waste your time on re-
sentiment or regret. II he did not
accomplish anthing else, he took
you away from your old associates
and opened up for you a cleaner
and better way Of living. Keep up
your courage and don't think Just
because he proved a Disappointment
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A HOT ONE ON MOVIES.
MICHAEL MUSSMAN writes this

hot one about certain movie critics:
There have appeared in your column
rrouchagr from grouches ansnt proper
dscorum In moving picture housea These
xrumblinss reached their climax when J.
A. II. makes red-eyed complaint about the
movies and holds her hand. Lot J. A. r.
keep his eyes fastened on the screen and
make love to the reel swcetheart II he 10
too pale-blooded, weak and anemte to have
a real girl of his own beside him 10 low.
Let him not annoy (eyen With . Eiance)
couple that Is nbed with the romance and
the Joy Of life, and who held hands while
together exporiepcink the thrills. emotions
and Riadnessos depleted on the screen We
want no sco~ling individuals where only
happiness should be.
Ipropos the curnudsson who 10 pesvcd
because people applaud IL might be well
to inform him that the applause In cine
photographic perforrnsn cex In not intend
ed to erhilsrats the shsdowy actors, but 10
merely q, display OF emotion, glsdness or
Joy experienced By the audience and which
othsr. Al the funny thlrss we give vent
to our emotions By lang hing. but when We
are strongly moved with some splendid,
noble portrayal on the screen we applaud
because we are not allowed to yell why
Dc you jump with delight when you re-
you make sroh a fuss over some ones pho
original Of the photosrsph IL not there 20
soknowledEe your Manifestations Of APP
pr-oi.tion. rea'rs merely ssuberant.
bubbling exeited. Where 10 the dishwatsr-
that viii not applaud when there is
thrown on the screen the images Of our
great Immortal pstriots Theodore Rso.e-
scit, Abraham Lincoln. rhemss Jsnsrsenf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-16
Nothing Like Having
Ones Own Self Respect.

by DEAR MISS FAIRFAxi
Will you. please help me and tell
ne what to DOT About two years
ego I met a very nice fellow, and
Once that time have been keeping
sompany with him. I am . very
slice looking siri and considered
very attractive, and have always
had a good time In the hight way.
This young man knows thinL Some
months aro ] settled down for him
because he asked me to. I promised
20 be good and true to him I
mink myseif I was too good and
anectionste toward him
We were to be married, but not
any time soon. Everything went
along nicely. thought that the
dreAms I had ionged for had come
true. Until, for some reason UNI
known 10 me, q broken engagement
On his part ended all. And I have
beard nothing OF him or seen him
since that day. can forget by
hayinG . wild time, but / hate to
look At things that way Having
soscdy else to care for, know just
who're I win end up II start TO get
v&1eSAe -.
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... a n BIRTHS
barty In Belgium Turkish barbary in Armenia and the
mutual barbares Of the warning tribes and factions IN
eastern Europe they at the same time hear with the utmost
GOODNESS and the far dreadful tales OF Brit
ish barbarity in India, Egypt, and Ireland
Why such savsgery the above pictures, reproduced
from the Sun and New York Herald reveand which are
only feeble hints conditions In Indashould awake
mo feeling in hearts that bleed the breaking Of
stained glass windows in French Belgian cathedral Is
10 mystery we do not pretend to solve.
But do say that If the grief and anger 80 osenta
tiously displayed Belgian and Armenian suerngs
were really heartfelt and not emotional exhibitions for
stage effect the terrible wrongs and suerngs and cruees
inflicted upon the patient and helpless people Of India and
Persia would excite equal horror and equal
The British rule in India is and long has been dis
grace people claiming to be Christian civilized and
democratic.
It is rule savage that Of the Turk In Armenia
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vssi~y.

vs6ay.
Msetins-Georgetewn Citissns As~ooia-
ton. Potomac hand Hail, D. m.
hestins--Nationai Society for Humane
Rsguiation OF vivisection. shorshsm Hstsl.
= .. m
coeesrt-dsreeA-st. r.trteks scdslity.
New Carroll Hall. s:1o D. m.
vestiysi-Msrdl Grss. beneft Holy Re-
sary Church, Old Masonic Temple, Ninth
and strsess northwest D. m
Hsupd table Taks--Caivert Club, ~ Do
POET Circle northwest. aIse d. m
Neettne-Csntrst Labor Union. 1909 n
MISUNDERSTANDING Engineerr' Union, Mo.
", "' John Marshall place northwest, .
Msetinr-Mevirs Picture M.ehins op.r-
.ters Union No. ist. osy-ty The~t.r. THIRD
M..tins-Pstsm.s Lodge No. 8, v. A.
n..tinr---B. n. French Less. No, Is
M..tins-P.rtsiph. Lods. No n v. A.
AN.
E.stlnr..sMt Pleasant Lodr. Ne 81
Ns.tinr-ori.ut comm.pd.ry No. 8.
Knishts Tsnapsss.
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What's Doing; Where; When

Meetinr-washington Councii No. i,
Royal and Select Masters
Entertainment--Ruth Chapter No, 1.
o. nc. n.
N.etips-Fior.i circle of coiumbi.
Chapter, o. E. O.
Meeting Father Lodge, Rsbsk.h Lodge
Mestlne-Reno Council, Jr. .. Y. A. NJ
Meetinr--Martha McCanrey Camp No
ao7s, Royal Neighsors Of America
Dance-Communlty Service Club No q,
s1s Tenth street northwest, y, m.
Annual Nsetine-reuns Wonnsn's Chris
tisn Association, Church Of the Covenant.
Connecticut avenue and N street northwest
10 D. m
Me~tinrN-vircert n. Costello Post Ne
ts, Americas Legion, Board Room Dis
ttet Buildinw. Q y. m,
Meetinr-Hsnry G spengi.r Post. Ma
uonsi Guard Armory, f' street north
vest, . .. m.
Meetins-pioces.n Board Of Religious
Hdvestion. et. Marrarets Parish Hail,
Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place
northwest, sp m
Mssting--soci.ty Of nsyhowsr Descend
ants 1Tss Cenneoticut avenue northwest,
y m
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Local orcal Administering Punishment
to have much pocket knife with long blade and
they forbidden to assemble and ordered
dispense.
The uniformed murderer In command Of the military
heard that there meeting decided that it good
opportunity to make strong impression" and marched
his huiedy to the where they ordered to
open fire the helpless and keep firing
a. long as their ammunition lasted.
These pictures in a faint degree represent the real
situation in India and this is the kind Of thing that We
asked by the League Of Nations covenant to perpeuas
We supposed to guarantee England in the posses
sion of her conquered territories and the exploitation Of her
oppressed peoples
And having sacrificed thousands Of fine young Amer-
lives the assertion that fighting to establish
democracy throughout the world we are now asked to 60
into league which pepetustes desposm and guarantees
to imperialism and mitarim the continued opportunity for
brutal oppression such these photographs exhibit