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The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
The knights are dead;
Their swords are rust.
Except a few who have to hust-
LIE all the time
To raise the dust"

To raise the dust"
N EAR READER: 1t was sum-
u mertime. The sun glared down
upon the city with pitiless
ferocity. 1t is difficult for the sun
to be ferocious and exhibit com
junction simultaneously. The heat
was-oh, bother thermometers
who cares for standard measures,
anyhow? It was so hot that
The roof gardens put on so many
extra walters that you could hope
to get your gin fizz now-as soon as
all the other people got theirs. The
hospitals were putting in extra cots
Tor bystanders. For when little
woolly dogs loll their tongues out
and say ''woof, wOofr at the fleas
that bhe EN-, and nervous old black
oombazine ladies screech Mad dog
and policemen begin to shoot, some
oody Is going to get hurt. The man
from bmpton, n. j., who always
wears an overcoat in July, had
turned up in a Broadway hotel
drinking hot Scotches and enjoying
his annual ray from the calcium,
Philanthropists were petitionine
the Legislature to pass a bill re-
quiring builders to make tenement
re-escapes more Commodious, so
that families might die all together
of the heat instead of one or two
at time. So many men were tell
ing you about the number of baths
they took each day that you won
dered how they got along after the
real lessee Of the apartment came
back to town and thanked 'em for
taking such good care of it, The
young man who called loudly for
cold beef and beer in the restau-
rant protesting that roast pufIet
and Burgundy was really too heavy
Tor such weather, blushed when ht,
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
TRANSPORTATONLESS
IN COST THAN BY RAIL
SAY AERIAL DIRECTORS
Reduction in Rates Puts Work on Par With
Millions of Other Letters Handled Each
,Day-2OO,OOO Messages Carried in All
Sections-Department Has IS Planes in
Operation.
By CLIFFORD L. MEREDITH.

Until dusts its mental attic and gives the Pooice De-
thoughtransrng machine capable delivering
aneed mileage the customary bill collectors
and lovers continue with I2omes air mail
Tough luck of but 1--WE can't have everything"
In this befudded day of speed billions
mind does jump the track por experience degree
granted.
The brilliant achievement of the putting
transcontnen air mail service
down remarkable thing altogether unexpected thing
which probably proposition
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

and carries it to Cheyenne where 1t
overtakes train No. 35's connection
and delivers the mail to that train.
These 1000 pounds of mail have
been thus advanced twenty-four
hours.
At Cheyenne, the Air Mail takes
from the train the $1,000 letters orig
inally carried by plane from New
York to Chicago and delivers them
that same afternoon in San Francisco
The train would not have arrived
in San Francisco until the next aft
. ernoOn.
By this service the Air Mail has
advanced 400 pounds of mail forty
two hours and 1000 pounds twenty
four hours into San Francisco.
And on the eastbound run, the
mail plane leaves San Francisco at
daybreak for New York. advancing
the mail twenty-four hours by put
ting in on train No. 20, leaving Og-
den at 6:25 that night. The plane
leaving Salt Lake at 6 a. m. ad-
Vances the mail from the Salt Lake
and Los Angeles line, and local ac-
cumulations in Salt Lake, twelve
hours into Cheyenne. There the
New York bound mail is taken from
train No. and advanced into Chi
caSO twenty-four hours. The plane
leaving Chicago at a. m advances
the mail to the New England and
Atlantic States one full business
day.
Most Difficult Route.
The transcontinental daily air
mail is the most difficult permanent
flying project yet undertaken. 1t
has required the working out of
infinite details for a daily operation
of a route nearly 5000 miles long.
under flying conditions which in
winter promise to be most trying.
At Chepenne. Salt Lake and Reno
the daily flying with a full load of
mail must be made at attitudes
ranging from 10000 to $4,000 feet
above sea level, and over high wind
! swept plateaus with powerful head
winds to cut down speed of the
planes. Intensely cold weather and
snow will be encountered this win
tSr, all of which has demanded ad-
vance preparations. Powerful ra-
diO stations for communication with
the planes in the mountain sections
AAeA DNCl oIdlltu dl memo, salt
Lake, Cheyenne and Omaha, and
every precautiOn is being taken for
the safety and comfort of the pi-
lots
Nearer the mail heart of Wash
ingtOn, perhaps, is the Washington
to-New York branch of the service.
Those who might believe such serv-
ice is an occasional happening may
step to the rear of the city post
office any weekday morning a few
moments before 10 o'clock The
air mail truck rushes out at 10,
with $50 to 400 pounds of New York
mail. bound for College Park. Nd.
Thirty minutes later the truck pulls
Up to a waiting plane, whose en-
gine begins its roar as soon as the
pouches are slowed in the forward
cockpit.
Washington Boys.
Another thirty seconds and the
plane is nOsing it's way with a rush
toward Newark, the terminal for
New York delivery. Three Wash
ington boys are on this run-W.
NJ. Barr, Paul P. Scott and Ran
dolph G. Page; all former iiers.
Page is the second oldest flier in
the mail service, this being his six
tcenth month Of duty. Page was
the pilot on the first New York to-
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24

Top left De Hsviland twin six Air
Mail plane now in use on the Chi
cago-Twin Cities run. The Air Mail
service remodeIed many De Havi-
land war planes TO permit equip
ment with twin liberty motors.
Top riEht-Randolph C. Page. Wash
inEton boy. second oldest pilot in
the Air Mail Service, now in his
sixteenth month Of active duty.
Page is on the Washington-New
York run.
Left center-otto Praeger. Second
Assistant Postmaster General, un-
der whose general supervision the
Air Mail is managed.
Center oval-PuttinE 900 pounds Of
New York mail aboard q Curtiss
R4 at the Washington terminal.
College Park. Nd. Mail is rushed
20 the plane by motor truck from
the City POstofice.
Right center-CharIes 1. Stanton.
General Superintendent Of the Air
Mail, and below D. V. COlyer.
Chief Of Flying, who direct opera
tiOns asd see that the mail "gets
through"
At the left-Map showing air lines
now operating and those proposed
in this country and the West In
dies.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
Better known in Europe.

kins. Il though you might like 70
glance at them before you 60"
Let us look over his shoulder and
read just a few lines Of one OF them:
Ny dear. dear husband: Just re-
ceived your letter ordering US 20
stay another month. Rita's
cough is almost gone. Johnny
has simply gone wild like a little
Indian. Will be the making
OF both children work so
hard, and I know that your busi-
ness can hardly afford TO keep us
here so long best man that
ever you always pretend
that you like the city in summer
F. trout fishing that you used
to be so fond Of and all TO
keep us well and happy
come to you II II were not doing
the babies so much good.
stood last evening on Chimney Rock
in exactly the same spot where I
was when you put the wreath OF
roses on my head through
all the world when Nou
said you would be my true knight
fifteen years ago, dear.
lust think, have ALWAYS
been that to me ever and
ever,
MARY.
The man who said he thought
New York the finest summer resort
in the country dropped into a cafe
on his way home and had a glass
of beer under an electric ian.
Wonder what kind OF a hy old
Harding used" he said to himself.
to~eyuesS lao, hy Wheeler syndicstsl
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
ATTEND COCKADE CITY MEET
Nichmond Women VIII Go to Peters,
burg for Annual Council OF vir-

Many Richmonders will attend tho
annual council OF the Virginia Soci-
ely, Daughters OF 1912, which con-
Vehcs In St Joscphs Hall, Peters
Durs' tomorrow morning At 10 o'clock.
The party will leave Seventh and
gerry Streets at Q o'clock.
Those chosen as delegates are: Mes
DANES Preston Belvin. Leroy E..
Brown. Z. c. Wall. T.. J. White, Kath-
crime i. Evans. Alice Netherlands.
w. j. wyatt. Il. j. Taylor. william j.
Judd. Charles r. Norman. Among
otne: R:chmonders who will attend
VIII be: MeSdHmcs Y l.. Purcell, War
ner Moore. Il. g. Pclouze, a. C. Ricci,
Howard J. Nucke!s. Emma Neither
land.
Mrs. J. +. i. cassell. president. will
call the meeting TO order. The in
vocation VII be delivered by Rev.
F.; p. cambridge: Following this. the
star Spanglcd Banner" will be sung.
ana Mrs. Irwin Willis Noon will well
come the delegates on behalf OF tho
Commodore =. ". Cooke chapter. Mrs.
Is. J.. Purcell will conduct tho me-
mortal hour. Miss Sewcomc Is chair
man of tho credential committee.
The Historical evening will be held
tomorrow night. The program is in
CT argc OF Mrs. James Clarke Fisher,
oI it:edy He. Tuesday will be given
over TO the consideration OF new busi-
ness and the election of officers.
twenty alternates TO the associate
council, which convcncs in Washing
ton In April. Will be chosen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
7. B. WORKERS WILL WAGE
MODERN HEALTH CRUSADE
Health Education for School Chill
drcn to Engross Attention OF
Conference This Week.

One session of the North Atlantic
Tuberculosis Conference. which meets
In the Jefferson Hotel Thursday and
Friday OF next week, will be devoted
to discussion OF the modern health
crusade. In making this announce
ment last night Miss Nora Spencer
Hammer. executive secretary of the
Richmond tuberculosis Association.
Defined the crusade as form Of
health education for school children.
in which tho practical application of
personal hygiene is presented in an
attractive form.
Invitations TO attend the session.
which begins with luncheon at
1880 p. NJ. October 8. will be ex-
tended to the State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction. superinten-
dents of schools. teachers, school
nurses and members OF the Parent
Teachers Association and Federated
Mothers Clubs.
The Crusade and Medical Super
vision" Will be the subject of an ad-
dress to those attending the luncheon
by DR.. Joseph a; Murphy. chief medi-
Of washington. Miss Edna Ruddick'
crusade secretary of the New Jersey
Tubercuiosis League. Newark. y. j..
wi wiii -,t talk on How to Persuade
the Crusade" Others scheduled to
make addresses are Harry ]. Schulz
man. secretary Of the Delaware
county branch of the Pennsylvania
Tuberculosis Society. of Chester, Pa.
School" and Miss Mary Stryker. of
Philadelphia, field executive OF the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
NIGHT HIGH TO OPEN
Repatriation Higgins Tomorrow;
Glasses October 4-On Eve of
Tenth Session.

John Marshall night high school
will open for registration Of students
tomorrow. the office being open each
night at 1870 o'clock until October
for this purpose. Glasses will begin
IN the hight and vocational schools
on October 4.
Courses will be offered in stenoEra-
ply. typewriting. business English.
bookkeeping, arithmetic. writing.
commercial law. rapid calculations
and other subjects for which there
Is Il demand.
This school is well established as a
potent educational factor of the pub
lac school system. and II Is estimated
that this. the tenth session Of it's
operation. will be the best OF its his
tory.
The Vocational Night School. So5
East Marshall Street, will observe the
same schedule of enrolment as the
night high school. and classes will be
:ftered in machine shop. mechanical
drawing. shop mathematics. millinery,
dressmaking. sewing Spanish. English
for foreigners. cooking, dietetics. psy-
chology OF business. government and
economies.
Other night schools will be opened
By the school board at Binford, Belle
yue and Bainbridge unior High
Schools.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
Elect Mra Inurence

Mrs. Il. III. Lawrence. lis South
Third Street has been elected CORE
spending secretary OF Richmond
Chapter. United Daughters OF tho
Confcdcracy. succeeding the late Mrs.
j. Enders Robinson. At meeting OF
the chapter yesterday plans were dis
cussed for the erection Of an annex
on tho east side of the museum. Arch
fleets plans will be taken to Peters
ourS tins week to the district conven-
ton by Mrs. Norman " Randolph,
chairman OF the local delegation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
OUTLOOK is BRIGHT
Chairman Burlington Believes Mopex
to FINANCE itichmond-Neyv York
Steamship Line Forthcoming

7. NJ. Darlington. chairman of tho
New York Steamship Company, said
last night that the outlook for the
completion of tho company's finance
ing to the extent OF 100000 by the
far brighter than was tho case Thurs
day night. when he appealed to The
members OF the advisory council Of
the Chamber of Commerce to pledge
money. s'''
Something less than q quarter OF a
million dollars yet remains to be SIM.
seribed before the company can be
suseesstr,iy operated 30 az to show a
tytwo ;actlY eanyasgors, of the cham.
Der Will iRst ma lay IN Don fnSthc (.
Businsbs Man's 81 lib; zach nj III III
En, n pproxin,ats quota Of $1,000 to,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
OF for sun rrnnci.cn.

Serg cant Atkinson, will leave for Sa n
Francisco, Cal. today to bring back
Brant Allen Norris, an alleged auto
mobile thief. Norris charged with
OF DR.. Darlington Williams, 1923 Park
Avenue. In this city. on April &c. Po-
lice say that when Norris was stopped
In South Carolina by the onicer s
there he opened fire on them and n
duel occurred. He made his escape.
however, but was later taken into
custody in San Francisco
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
X. of c. Enrichment Gro,,..

Over 500 ex-scrvice men have en-
rolled for the free night school con-
Quoted by the Knights Of Columbus
at 308 East Marshall. New pupils arc
steadily enrolling and n number have
been placed on the waiting list. Nom
service men over 16 years OF age will
be admitted to the school upon pay
mcnt OF nominal fee. Glasses in
accounting and public speaking arc
particularly large. Tho school opens
Monday night at 1890 o'clock Stu
dents may enroll at any time. al
though they are urged to register as
begin instruction at an carly date.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
sam, Smull Comes TODAY

Sam Small. noted evangelist, will
speak to men at the Broadway The
alter this afternoon under the dircc-
ton or the Richmond Y. VI. C. A He
mas Tor many years been active in
public life, having served on the
american commission to Paris in
1878. in the United States army in the
same year. and the United States
lie instruction. MIR. Small is repre-
senting the National Reform Associn-
ton. one OF the oldest organizations
Tor national Righteousness in America.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
Richardson IL R.-EI,ct.a.

Archer L. Richardson. OF Richmond.
has been reelected secretary-treas-.
urer OF tho Virginia Association OF
Fire Insurance Agents. In annual ses-
sion at Roanoke last week. ]. c. os-
borne was elected business manager,
and c. +. Waldrop, Jr, Richmond.
chairman committed on conserYatior.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
ATTEND LEGION MEET
virginia and Carolina Delegates
Leave Rich mond for Washington,
Vn,,fs

En- Route 10 Cleveland.
Delegates from Virginia and North
Carolina to the annual convention
OF the American Legion. in Cleveland
next week. left here last night for
Washington. where they will take a
special train for the convention city.
Peyton r. Evans. of Amherst;
Wilbur c. Hall. of Leesburg; John b.
Bentley. OF Hampton: c. II. Causey.
mond; J. ID. Bryson. of Petersburg:
G. d. Hopkins. of Rocky Mount: S.
T. Miller. OF Front Royal: Martin
Williams. Jr.. Pearisburg. and Ii. l..
Opie of Stanton. are the Virginia
members of the delegation who will
attend
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
x. OF c. Evening School 10 Omen

Glasses viii begin in the Knights
OF Columbus evening school for ex-
service men tomorrow night from
80 to $3.50 o'clock in 3oS East Mar
shall street. The school is in opera
lion nightly, except Saturday and
sunday. Over 500 already have en-
rolled. with others in prospect. The
school Is conducted entirely free to
all ex-service men and women, in
"dfES COOKS and equipment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
MIKE Kent Contract Manager.

Robert NJ. Kent. Jr.. former vice.
president OF the Bank of Commerce
and Trusts has been appointed con-
tract manager of the newly estab-
tined public accountants. with TWEEN
ty-seVen branch Offices throughout
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26

ton free to all members Of tho claso
who belong to Park Place Church.
Mrs. {. 81 Eddington has been elected
teacher. Visitors arc invited to tho
regular study hour at o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26

Philadelphia Tuberculosis Commit
tee. on The Crusade and the Urban
School"
dresses will be opened by Niles
Louise Strachan. OF New York. and
will be participated in. among 9TH
crs. by Mrs. l.. r. Grant. of Wash
ington, and Miss Helen NJ. Hall. Of
Wilmington.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26
Promotion Oar E...eI...

Promotion day exercises will he
he!d at Park Place Methodist Church
this morning at 10 o'clock. The Of
hcers' and teachers training class will
commence their course Wcdncs day
evening. o'clock. Supper will be
served by the ladies OF the conEreya-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26

the United States. Mr.. Kent will have
charge OF the Richmond office. which
Will serve North Carolina as wellI as
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-11-12
POULTRY FOR GENERAL FARM
Hen Is Main Dependence for lncreas
ing Meat Supply-Farmer Must
Determine for Himself

The hen, first and last, is he main
dependence Tor increasing the supply
IT white meat and eggs un ~ farm, but
she requires The aid of turkeys,
guineaS, geese, and ducks just as. on n
dairy farm, the COW requires the aid
nf pigs, sheep, and goats. The setting
of the standard at 100 hens per farm
is safe, but no such arbitrary stand
ard can he set for the other kinds Of
poultry say the poultry specialists Of
the United States department of ag
ricul1urc
The small farm. with grain fields of
neighborng farms In proximity to the
barn and dooryard, would, perhaps, be
better without turkeys The farm
through which no streams run and
which has no large pond would per
haDs be better without ducks. But
the circunsclibed farm ON which tur-
keys would be disadvantage may be
well supplied with streams and ponds
so thai ducks would be unusually
profitable, and the farm that has no
streams and ponds may have large
range for turkeys. Each farm family
Will have to determine for itself whit
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-11-12
FARM
POULTRY
BREAK FOWL OF BROODlNESS
Hen Should Be Confined to Small Coop
Raised Of Ground, Preferably
With Stat 6ottom.

When hons become uroody. they
should be "hrokrn up as quickly MS
possible, tor the sooner this is done
the sooner they will resume laying
To break Il hen of broodincss She
should be confined To small coop
RAISED off the ground. preferably with
STAT bottom. Give her plenty of wa
Ter To drink; she may he fed or not,
as desired. Not much difference will
ne found in the time required 10 break
her OF hroodueSS, whether she is fed
or made TO fast, United States depart
ment of agriculture poultry specialists
say. Usually from three to six days
confinement will break her, but some
mems require 10 To - days
The hroody hen Will be recognized
ny Ter inclination 10 stay on the nest
IT night, The rutl,ing of her feathers and
her picking ut anyone who approaches
her. and by the clucking noise she
makes. The fact that her broodiness
mas been broken up can be recognized
by the disappearance of these symp
toms.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-11-12
UNITED STATE RECOVERING
FROM LATE CONFLICT
Effects Of Strain Beino Swiftly
Remedied-Natural Forces
Assure Future.

WASHINGTON. - Recovery from
war and postwar conditions is pro-
ceeding apace in the United States"
an the natural forces in evidence
which make for stabilizing carry as
surance for the future the federal
reserve board declared recently in its
monthly review Of business condi-
tons.
Although the readjustment process
has been marked by uncertainty and
some suspension of activity. the board
described the economic and business
question as whole as one showing
much inherent strength and an abil-
1ty to attain a position of relative
stability through an orderly transit
ton 1t argued that the necessary
changes in the direction of normal
conditions would be accomplished
without great disturbance unless I'M
process.
Crop yields have on the whole
justified the expectation expressed at
the opening Of the month Banking
reserves have held their own during
the month and there has been a
steady Improvement in the liquidity
Of paper
Labor is less fully employed Not
withstanding some sporadic cuts in
wages here and there the general
position is about as good as it has
been 50 far as actual payments or
rates of wages are concerned"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-11-12
FOOD SUPPLY FOR CHICKENS
Mineral, heterogeneous and Carbon,
aceous Constituents Should Be
Furnished for Hens.

In supplying feed to fowls. there are
three kinds of constituents which
fixed proportions if the desired results
are to be obtained most economically.
These constituents are mineral, nj
trogenous. and carbonaceous. all of
which are contained in corn. wheat
proportions 10 give the greatest egg
yield. In addition, some animal feed
and green feed should be supplied. -
United States Department of Agricul-
IRE
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-11-12
NOTED PERSONS DIE

BALTIMORE-Mike DAILY, noted
trainer of race horses.
PORTLAND.-Righ Aey. Titular
Abbott Adelhelm Odermatt, o. S. b.
WASHINGTON - Commander J.
Terhune, naval governor of Samoa.
shot and killed himself
san DIEGO, Cal.--Charles e.
Sumner, attorney, who was president
of the city water commission.
NEW YORk-Dr. Samuel James
Metzer, 69, head of the department
Of physiology and pharmacy in the
Rockefeller institute.
RHOENlN, Ariz.--Allan B. Jaynes,
national republican committeeman for
Arizona. and editor-manaeins direc-
tor of the Tucson Citizen.