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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07
california Syrup of Figs"
Child'S Best Laxative

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
only-lOOk for the name California on
the package. then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harTsI-
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruiFy
taste Full directions on each bottle.
You must say 'tCalifornia."-Adv.
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aanla ernu,th n.sIrnh

Every poultry raiser wants his
chicks 10 grow fast whether he plans
to get them on an early market Or 70
develop profitable layers
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worry. While this accounts for the ply
steal change, we are as much at loss
as ever to know why intense grief
should develop air bubbles In the hair.
Scientific American Monthly.
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tempt as man too stingy to stand
treat and too weak 30 resist domi.
neering wife.
Hayes found the North and South
divided and he left them more nearly
reunited than they had been N a
generation. He found the national
currency paper and, he left 1t gold
and silver. He found the prosperity
of the country at dead low tide and
he left IT at high tide.
It fell to Hayes TO ring down the
curtain on the epoch OF the Civil
war and TO usher in another epoch
The voices of the past cried out
against him. but in his complete re-
tirement from politics he lived to hear
the voices of the new time give
more favorable and a more just YER
dict on his administration.
Copyright. 1920. by James MorgaA.J
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ouarreIs Avoided.

Il say, old man. doesn't spending 50
much time at the club get you in trOu-
bic at hOme?"
''On the contrary. dear boy; 1t keeps
me out Of It."-BoSton Transcript.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07

Corn requires a thorough Job Of
blowing from five to eight inches deep.
After that the corn demands a good
job Of disking and narrowing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07
10 contreI WeeviIs

Clean grain bins carefully before
putting grain into them. to control
grain-weevils.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07

Provide Plenty Of Water.
Provide plenty OF water for your
stock and the birds
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Eneouraaee steraas RotE

Every bruise or injury on a potato
makes it easy for various storage rots
TO develop.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07

To make smooth gravy. put a table
spoonful Of -four In est In pan and
add wafer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-07
Rather Mixed.

"What is his walk in lifeT"
she is demonstration for a new auto
mobile"
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Prepare Storage Cellars

Storage cellars should be thOroughly
disinfected before potatoes are put into
them.
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SIX MONTHS /
COULD NOT WORK
lydia E PnKham's vesetaNs
Compound Made BE Strsng and
AbIeto Work Reecuneea
It 10 All by Fr;eeds.

Bayonne, N. ID had pains h bsek
md les % that could not stand czussd
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Net III. cI.s.

THAT old Iniser is sui generis."
He amt neither NOthin' generous
about him."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
DELAY
WORRIES SENATE
Resolution Asking Wilson S
Reasons for Holding Up
Nominations Probable.

Much anxiety is felt in the Senate
over the delay Of President Wilson
in naming the Rent Commission for
the District, created by the Ball
rent act. If the Presidents nomina-
lions are not forthcoming next week.
Senator L. Y. Sherman. chairman
of the Senate District Committee.
will be asked to report resolu-
ton to the Senate demanding the
Presidents reasons for the delay.
Senator Ball, author of the law,
pointed out yesterday two methods
of bringing the matter to the at
tention OF the President. II the SEN
ate did not wish to adopt q resolu-
ton of inquiry. At the direction
of the District Committee, Senator
Sherman could address a personal
letter to President Wilson urging the
appointment OF the commission in
the interests OF Washington property
holders, or a subcommittee could call
on the President in person and put
the matter squarely up to him.
Rumor yesterday had 1t that the
President had made his selections for
the commission and would submit the
nominations to the Senate Monday.
1t is limited that while the President
delays in the rent situation. the Sem
ate District Committee will retaliate
by holding up the nomination of the
Rev. DR.. John Van Schaick as sue
cessor to Commissioner Gardiner.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Charters Given Morgan
Foreign Trade Group

New York. Jan. 1.-The Foreign,
Commerce Corporation OF America,
with a capital stock OF 100 shares Of
no par value. all owned by members
of the firm OF J. p. Morgan & Co, has
been chartered under the laws Of the
State Of New York. It was announced
here today.
The incorporstors arc J. p. Morgan
II. p. Dawson. 7. W. Lamont, Z. R
Stettinius and Grsyson n. p. Murphy,
who will resign from the Guaranty
Trust Company TO accept the presi- ,
dency OF the corporation.
The new organization IL empowered
to buy aud sell commodities and eK.,
tend credits.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Bryp Mawr Girls Club
Gives New Year Dance

The New Year was welcomed last
night by the members Of the Bryn-
Mswr Girls Club at dance and
frolic at 200 Sixteenth street north
west. The members Of the Martinique
Club attended in a body.
The officers or the Dryn Mawr Club
who managed the affair included;
Miss May L. Kesrney. president; Mrs.
Frank n. Mitchell and Mrs. Harry
Wyckoi. vice presidents: Mrs. Jok.
Ia Griffin. treasurer; Mrs. L. L. Mar
shall. secretary, and the executive
committee: Miss Elsie Dorr. Miss.
Margaret Huss. Miss Nellie Betz, Ars.
+. Monroe Jentz and Miss Ada Dorr.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02

in France anything like the income
tax burden that is now borne by
wealth in the United States. The
fact Is that the failure OF the French
government to make wealth in
France bear its just proportion OF
the burden of the nation during the
war period scandallzed Americans
who went TO Paris during the peace
negotiations and b tcame acquainted
with the facts OF French taxation.
American financiers frequently
urged upon the government leaders
in France the adviEability OF increas-
ing French income taxes. but their
advice was coldly received The
French government leaders thought
that income taxes IN France were
as high as the government could
afford TO exact without injuring itself
politically. when they were informed
of the income tax burden the United
States government had seen 1T 10
impose on its citizens to meet the
expenses Of the war and asked what
they thought of our income tax
schedule, their answer was that they
considered it pure anarchy"
Edge Bill Offers Way.
The bill Of Senator Edge. Of New
Jersey. passed by Congress at the
present session. provides for the for
nation Of Federal corporations to ex-
I tend international credit and also
provides that the national banks OF
the United States can invest up 10 Il
per cent OF their capital in such
corporations. This legislation opens q
way in which the nations Of Europe
can secure needed credit from the
United States, provided they can con-
vince American financiers that the
loan requested is for a worthy and
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02

that the President has enjoyed and
profited tremendously by one feature
of his illness. The perfect rest which
has been forced upon him has done
him mentally and physically q world
OF good. 1t was the Presidents first
vacation in fifteen years. and he has
enjoyed and profited by 1t thoroughly
fundamentally, and he never worried
a moment.
These remars about the Presi-
dents opponents, of course, you
should understand are to be taken
as a pleasantly. ] choose to think
that appearance are deceitfm and
that there is really no one so
blinded by partisan politics as to
wish Ill to fair, frank opponent,
a citizen who like ourselves is do
ing what he believes to be his duty
in the station to which 1t has
pleased his fellow citizens to call
him" Ef
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
3-MCH STRIP OF LAND
HOLDS UP SALE In N. Y.

New York.-A 3-inch strip of land
so feet long. owned by two infants,
is holding up a sale OF real estate
IN the Bronx, according o a petition
presented to the Supreme Court by
the minors guardian asking permits
sion to sell the land.
The land, which is entirely inclos-
ed by neighboring property. having
no fronage on any street. resulted
from a surplus in laying out in 1883
the village Of Grove Hill, now a
part of New York City.
Unless the court permits the sale
the petition explained. a neiChborins
properly holder would apply for a
partition OF the strip. which would
result in the infants being given an
inch and a half of land apiece. This
it was stated would make their
land worthless.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Y. M. c. A. Reception
Has Big Attendance

The New Year reception of tho
central branch of the Y. NJ. c. A. at
1886 G street northwest drew a
large attendance The guests d.
vided their attention between musi-
cal entertainment and sports and
gymnastics.
On the reception committee were:
John Poole, Ernest L. Thurston. and
William Knowles Cooper and his
daughter, Miss Anne Cooper. OF
Holyoke College. l. w. DeGast, as
sisted by E. C. Drasch. had charge of
the arrangements.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Takes Begins New Duties
With Merchants Society

stephen H. Takes, secretary
treasurer and manager OF F. ].
/ Heibcrger and Son, entered yester-
day upon his new duties as man.
aEer of the credit bureau of the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION.
Takes was born and educated in
Cleveland, Ohio, but has lived in
Washington many years. He served
4 three-year enlistment in the army
and came to Washington as Office
manager for the late George T.
Keene. Seven years ago he be-
came identified with F. J. Heiberger
and Son.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
OREGON COLLEGE HENS
SET NEW EGG RECORDS

Corvallis, Ore.-A dozen hens at the
Oregon Agricultural Colleges farm at
Salem. Ore, have set a ncF worid
record for egg production. James 5.
Dryden. professor at the college, has
announced.
Each of these hens in one year laid
more than 600 eggs, the best produc-
ing $50 and two others 323.
All these hens. according to Profess
sor Dryden are of the strain that
several years ago developed Lady Nc
Dun. the first hen to have laid more
than 500 eggs a year in trap nest
Her record was 3G3.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Study German Again.

London. England.-London people
are wanting to learn German again
That is to say, there is a demand
in the l. c. c. evening schools
which justifies the provision OF
courses in German. Between 10000
end $4,000 people are attending the
l. c. c evening classes. There are
10000 more than last year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02

proper purpose and can orer coliAter-
70 Insure the loan
There seems 20 be little DOUBT
Judging by the present disposition OF
Congress. that n European nations
are 10 obtain any additional billions
OF credit from the United states they
win have TO negotiate them from the
corporations organized under the au-
thority OF the Edge bill. II is extreme
ly unlikely that they viii be able 20
obtain them through the government
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Age Is, Fed Like Baby.

London, Eng.-Lily Levy, Is. who
died in an asylum from chronic
scurvy. was only two feet three inches
tall. Her skull was five and a half
inches less in circumference than nor
NAL; her brain weighed twelve and a
quarter ounces, instead of thirty-eight
or forty ounces. She had to be fed
and treated in every way like a baby
and she talked like one.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Burned as a Joke; NAV Die.

Pittsburg, Dec. 29.-At the Allie
gheny General Hospital 1t was re-
ported that Joseph Match, suffering
from burns friends had inflicted
supposedly as a joke, is in a serious
condition and faint hopes are held
out for his recovery. It was be-
lieved necessary to amputate the
mans right arm and leg, but doc
state.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Rains End Bath Famine.

Cape Town-From many parts OF
South Africa comes word of the
breaking of long drought. In Bloom
fontein, the inhabitants had been or
a water ration for weeks. Bathing
was prohibited and with the first
heavy rainstorm of the winter season,
everyone took a bath.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
Fined for Sparing Rod.

London. England. His father
thinks that if you Knock one devil
out you will let in two" declared a
BagshCt woman named Rideout.
when the school attendance officer
suggested that her boy, aged IS.
should be thrashed for not attend
ing school.
The magistrates. fning the father
$3.50. concurred in the view of the
school attendance officer that the
boy was master of the situation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
First Rest In Fifteen Years.

IF there be any man in or out of
Congress who are counting in their
opposition to the Wilson policies upon
meeting and Joining issue at an early
day with President who is below par
mentally. or below par physically. in
a permanent sense. in my Judgment
these gentlemen had better tilt their
thinking caps at a different angle IL
they wish to avoid grave discontinue.
1t seems almost incredible to say so.
but it can be said with perfect truth
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
WOODEN BLOCKS SOLD
BY OPIUM SWINDLERS

Montreal-wong Tong IL seeking
redress through the courts from tive
white men who for 500. sold him
forty-five small packages supposed to,
contain opium. The packages were
wooden blocks in Chinese wrappingS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-02
only One "BRoMo aUININE-

To get the genuine. call for full name LAXA-
TIVE BRoMo oU1N1NE Tablets Look Tor
signature Of Z. W. GROVE. Cures . Cold in
One Day ac.--Ady
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Clews for the Labyrinth

The New Yorker knows his sub
ways, or at least a portion of them,
having puzzled out their ramifca-
tions by long and often sad expert
ence. He can board a train with
calm confidence, can follow the green
line to the bitter end, and is so used
to catacombs that he is cold to the
plight Of the stranger who finds in
tuition poor guide.
Yet, there are many people to
whom it is not part of the divine or
der that an express should stop at
Fourteenth Street and not Twenty
third; that municipal train will
not go to the Bronx; benighted souls
who lack that innate knowledge
which prompts the expert to take
the second turn to the left at Times
Square. Even the most experienced
traveller finds parts Of the subway
unknown to him. How many Man
hattanites could pass an examina-
ton on Brooklyn's rapid transit puz-
zle? Recently was heard the sad
story of the old lady who spent six
hours wandering back and forth in
The shuttle. This is, of course, an
extreme case, but there are many
who have wished for fuller informa
ton than our subways have seen fit
to provide.
These are, it must be admitted,
scanty. There are maps now and
then, and signs, but never complete
and not always ineligible. Then
one can ask, but many, especially
men, would sooner die than admit
ignorance. 1t would do little good,
any way, for the guard is usually
busy, speaks a dialect not always
easy to understand, and, even if
understood, the direction is often
too complicated to remember.
Would it not be worth while to
doff our superiority and follow the
examples of some other cities?' Even
in Boston they have a list of stations
in each car, while in Paris they go
so far as to indicate the connections.
Or small pocket guide and m~o of
the whole system could be taken bv
the stranger to serve as a guide,
philosopher and friend and make
the lot of the inexperienced, if not
pleasant, at least endurable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22

but hardly great strategist. There
was streak Of narrowness and in
expansiveness in his makeup. He
never saw clearly or estimated ac-
curately the effects Of the war on the
Germans themselves. To him the lat
ter were automatons pulled by
strings. But the war got under the
German skin. It upset the old psy-
chology. 1t unloosened influences of
which Ludendorff and his coterie had
no conception.
So when he and Kapp and Luett-
WITT imagined that all they had to
do was to seize the government Of
fees in Berlin they were harbor-
ing a gross delusion. Germany to-
day is a somewhat different Ger
many. The country didn't rally to
reaction. Ludendorf isn't it's idol.
He may have thought that he was
staging a return from Elba. In
stead, he lent his talents to a poor
imitation of Central American
filibuSter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
Argentina's Self-Protection

Argentina has also learned that it
Is threatened with the danger against
which Theodore Roosevelt warned
the United States-tlrat of becoming
"polyglot boarding house." Buenos
Ayres and other cities q Argentina
have been the scenes of disturbances
precipitated by those who presumably
sought the new land to share in it's
liberty and prosperity, but who, in
fact, came to extend doctrine de-
structive of Argentine civilization.
SO the Liga Putriotica Argentina
has been organized to rouse their
compatriots from the traditional
optimism" with which they are in
clined to look upon danger.
Against passive patriotism the
Patriotic League of Argentina makes
its strongest appeal. "Voices that
come from the shadow" says a proc
lamation issued by the league, Glands
that are rasScd far away, anarchistic
upheavals like those that recently
disturbed Buenos Ayres and other
cities of the republic, seem to be
trying to announce to US that the
day is near in which the forces of
hatred and dissolution will attempt
to impose their baneful ideas upon
society and the individual. The
moment has arrived, therefore, in
which we ought all to consider
whether our obligations as citizens
OF free country consist simply in
complying with the passive duties
laid upon us by the law or whether
we must do something more, some
thing that will bind us together in
a solid fagot of wills and efforts
that tend to the moral and intellec-
tual upbuilding of Argentina"
The league calls for determined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
this road of practical justice. We
should be glad to know if our readers
agree with us.
A Retort il, Kind

Commenting upon the Presidents
deliverance against what he is
pleased to call the militaristic spirit
Of the present French government,
The London Morning Post suggests
that "the American nation, a chival-
rous comrade in arms and an old
FRIEND" will understand that France
cannot afford to take risks. Judging
by most Of the American comment
en- this part Of the letter to Senator
Hitchcock, the American nation has
met The Posts prediction.
Mr.. Wilson himself will, of course,
not complain Of the adoption by Eng
lish newspapers of his own method
Of argument. He has again and
again appealed to "the peoples" of
Europe against their governments.
He has drawn distinction between
the two which, were it admitted,
would logically destroy the whole
system of government by delegated
authority, which is the essence of
our own form. Whenever he has
some pet theory to put over" he has
assumed that opposition to it out
side of this country was the result
of wicked conspiracy of govern
ment against the governed. He
took the same attitude toward the
American Senate when he began his
interrupted appeal to the voters.
If, therefore, those with whom he
disagrees build a backfre such as
he built when he went to Europe
to force upon the world his personal
view, he should not rage unduly.
True, bitter seldom likes to be bit,
hut good craftsmanship requires him
not make too great fuss about it:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-22
The Tribune's Short Stories

According to Edward j. O'Brien's
listings in "The Best Short Stories
of 1919" Covering the eleven months
from November /, 1918, to Septem-
Der 80, 1919, The Tribune ranked
fourth among American periodicals
in the number of distinctive stories
published. It published thirty-three
stories Of this quality in forty-eight
Sunday issues. Only three other
periodicals ranked ahead of us in the
number of distinctive pieces Of
fiction offered-The Saturday Even-
ing Post, Harper's Magazine and
Scribner's Magazine. Their totals
were, respectively, fifty-one, fifty
and thirty-six. In percentage Of dis
tinctive stories The Tribune ranked
seventh, with Al per cent. Periodicals
above it were The Stratford Journal,
Horper's Magazine, The Century,
Scribmer's Magazine, The .Bellmaam
(now dead) and The Pictorial Re-
vieav. The Tribune is the only news
paper to appear in the list of Ameri-
can periodicals furnishing high-class
short stories.
Of the thirty three Tribune stories
included in Mr.. O'Brien's honor list
sixteen received double stars and
eight triple stars. 1t has been The
Tribune's policy to give it's readers
translations of the work Of the best
foreign short-story writer's. Both in
1919 and 1918 it has been among the
few American publications to print
eight or more "two-asterisk" stories
and four or more "three-asterisk"
stories. Of the eight "three-asterisk"
stories of 1919 five were novelties
by Blasco Ibanez. The others we're
contributed by David Pinski, Marga-
ret Clark Williams and Walter Nc
Laren Imbrie, the last two being
American authors. Mary Carr,
Eleanor Rogers Cox and Reita Lam
bert Ranck, also Americans, wrote
three of the "two-asterisk" stories.
The rest were translations-all but
one of them from the French-made
by William L. Mcpherson. Thir-
teen of the seventeen single-starred
stories were also translations by Mr..
Mcpherson. Among the American
contributors in this class were Theo-
dore Dresser, Haywood Droun and
Dana Girricier.
Most American magazine publish
ers have an unreasonable prejudice
against the translated short story.
But the quality and appeal of fiction
of this sort are clearly established
by the very high ranking attained in
recent years by The Stratford Jour-
nal and The Tribune, which print so
large percentage Of translations.