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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-09

Three companies will go on tour
next season with "Breakfast in Bed"
including the one now playing at the
Eltinge Thester, with Florence Moore
in the stellar role.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
To Begin the New School Year
SenSibly and AuspiciOlsly
By BILL PRICE.

The policies Of Rev. ABRAM SIMON, president of the
Board of Education, and FRANK w. BALLOU, super
nendent Of schools give initial encouragement that the
public schools will begin the scholastic year in September
auspciousy free from factima contention and ruinous
Iclques
Dr. Simon is going about his incumbency head of the
board in busness-lke methodca He proposes to
draw sharp line between the duties and responsibilities Of
the Board of Education and the superintendent The seec
ton Of the school personnel is to be left with Dr. Baou,
without interference from members of the board The
superintendent is not to be fettered by interfering Influences
political social otherwise He will have free hsnd to
select his staff and to operate the schools along mdern,
beneficial lines That's the sensible thing and Dr. Simon
lis to be strongly commended for finding the weak spot in
the school system and mendng in good time There
entirely too much dicaton to Dr. THURSTON too many
suggestions that he make appointments or change we'll
tested methods to please board members political heavy
weights in and out of Congress-
Dr. Simon hands opportunity to the superintendent
and opportunity saney seized and acted upon be turned
Ito the advantage of the schools, their officials and the
public.
Washingtons school system should be the best in the
world Washington people will back to the limit the
work continuously dsnterestedly for that greaness
who suppress personal ambitions Of their and others
for the unssh upbudng Of the schools and the good OF
the community.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
Beatrice Fairfax
ON
Love.
WORTH WAITING ron.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-ons and two years
q widow. have been going with
. young man eight months. whom
I have como to love dearly. He ex-
plains although he cafes a great
deal for me. he cannot say he loves
me. About = month ago I met a
young man / used to know before
I was married. and yesterday he
ask ed me to become his wife. i
like this fellow a. q friend and I
know he will make good husband.
but can't forget the man love.
We see each other quite often and
he comes . great distance In order
to see me. yet he says he cannot say
ne loves me. l. H.. r.
II you want to rush into marriage
just to be married, then It might be
wise to marry the man you think
would make = good husband" But
II you want love and happiness, they
are worth waiting for. Possibly the
man who "can't say he loves" you 10
. conservative chap, who wants to
be sure OF offering you the best.
That ought to be worth waiting fer.
And at your age, surely you can At
ford to wait"
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
TACT NECESSARY.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am going about with q young
girl TO whom was introduced at .
reception. I have gone about = few
times with this girl. and while call
ing at her house was introduced
to her older sister. I seem to have
more interest in her sister, who,
I think, 10 q more settled girl. I
would much prefer to 20 out with
her older slater, but am pusxied ~
to how I should change.
PUzZLED.
This isn't q very simple or com
Portable situation. Time and tact
may adjust II for you. Can't you
arrange a few parties OF four and
find one OF your friends whose At.
tentions will make up to the young
er sister for your transfer OF inter-
sstt
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
ANswERINCN"JUNE o.

There are many stylishly dressed
girls who DO not 60 about hunting
notoriety. writes JIM D.. answering
JUNE o." and who prefer neatness
to cheap display. That's the kind that
Jim's for. The writer condemns star
ing" in street cars and elsewhere and
would like to see 1t frowned upon.
JEAN JAY comments that all "Ging-
ham James" are not goody-goodys, or
all "styiishly dressed flappers" wild.
The bulk OF girls. in her opinion. oc-
cupy a sensible mfddle ground in
dress.
"GoLDIE" once more gets in with
this:
II "June o" has . wardrobe like
mine and supports herself on q
Government salary. 1 give her
credit 1 am considered Swell
dressed by many, and my ward
robe excludes ginghams, organ
dies, plain materials or hosiery,
also leather shoes. What 1 have
is expensive. / manage to have a
bank account and visit New York
every two months, 80 she'll hats
to go some to compete in the mat
ter Of clothes. Lat me add II takes
''brains- to do this, but I can give
lessonA
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
"Bugs'' Baer
Speaking of Beauty.

America is buster than a one
cared telephone operator. Hoppe
has got 'em all hoped UP trying
to pick five beautiful heads to
match those Hoppe headA
Although they refuse to ride in
'em. beautiful girls are more nu-
merous than Fords. Walk up Fifth
avenue some day and you will i'm
mediatsly scratch all the other
streets off your map. Even the
cross-eyed gals are beautiful in
this town.
The only trouble wen have is
which Ave to pick. Every gal in
America is wondering who the
other four beautiful gals are
Before the Eighteenth Amend
ment. the Statue of Liberty was
considered the most beautiful gal
in this country. Now she's out.
Put a profiteer on the Judges
Committee and he will pick the girl
On the nickel, the girl on the dime,
the girl on the quarter, the girl on
the half dollar and the girl on the
dollar. His judgment will be cor
roborated by the landlord, the
butcher, the income tax man, the
baker, the ticket speculAtor and BY
the installment collector.
Beauty 10 only skin deep That
is, 1t used to be skin deep. Now, IL
II Is only powder deep. What makes
a gal beautiful7 A complexion like
marble, especially when she tries
to think. A little beauty spot, 4 lir
rouge. Mix 'em up ana they will
mix you up.
The five prettiest gals in England
are Lady buckingham, Lady Gar
bidge, Lady BugR, Lady Finger.
and Lady Debris. In order TO be
beautiful in England, you've got to
have an ancestor who wore iron
riveted underwear, cut his hair and
took a bath as a personal sacrifice
to the King, and spelled cat with
X.
In this beauty contest Lady
Junkingham and the other four
royal vampe, are liable to be trim
med plenty by Minnie, Annie, Masie.
Tootsie and Katy.
This is a democracy over here,
and a gal has a right 10 be beauti-
ful in spite OF nature.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
WEARING OF ROLL TOPS.

BOYS who send answers to the ques-
tion OF CHOCOLATE AND vANIL-
LA" a. to whether boys approve OF
roll tops or socks are almost unant.
nously sarcastic In declaring that
they are strong for "short socks and
short dresses" ELKNER G.. NUT
.sUNDAE," and 'HIGHSTEP" voice an
approval that does not ring sincere.
'BIIOxI." young man OF twenty
frankly disApproves Of these things
as attracting undesirable attention to
girls. He thinks the girls Of Wash
ington are pretty enough without "un-
necessary advertising" He urges
modesty above all
older readers Of n and g expresa
themselves A. against wearing 40.
parei on girls that may be regarded
as imfnodest
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
PERTINENT COMMENTS.

The hair puffs the girls wear
over their ears are at least eco
nomtcal They save expensive
earrings.
This summer has not been hot
enough to make the wearing OF
furs fashionable.
The shortage OF Tong green
paper seems to be greater than
that OF white print paper.
Judging from the large mum
her Of shooting sctapes, the back
a. the arm" movement seems to
be gaining favor.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
ANOTHER PRIZE OFFERED.

The elegant celmloid frying pan
roes to the nrst cuckoo submit
t,ps A correct answer to: How
cold is twice as cold az zeroT' In
case there are two correct an
swers have arranged with a
local laundry TO donate one of
thoir barbed wire washboards.
TINY TIM
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
MASON AND DIXON LINE.

I'm going back to my western
home, having lost my job with Uncle
sam. / want this question answered: +:
Is washington above or below the
Mason-Dixon line? Some Wsshingto-
mans. try to impress me with the fact
that they are deah, blue-blooded
southerners. while others affect the
twana Of the North, Notwithstanding
the fact that the most OF them were
horn under the shadow of the CApi-
to, BETTY OF BUTTE.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

MEYER DAVIS, Washinston's IA
nous musician, sends this from Bar
Harbor, where bis orchestra is won
derfully popular "Am reading Heard
and Seen with much pleasure up
hereh
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
THE DIFFERENCE.

'sEL-AH" writes . boem on mees-
ing q cake-eatrcss at a certain dance
place. He wore q "hich' suit. whila
she wss dolled up In the lateet she
wouldn't annile or dance with him. and
In that connection contributes
states that - plain fellow" cannot
get q dance at a public dance hall
with one of the lofty Janes. He de-
clares they won't dance outside the
CLIQUE. "Selah" worried over II night
and day. because the 'Inapper had
taken my fancy" What follows he
tells.
The nest time 7 to the hall went
'Twss after psy days sooth,
And all but one small buck ia! spent
To get me a cske eaters suit
And then--O Daddyti DID she SMILE III
II just took away my heart,
she drspsd her arm around my neck.
And We started. the Baltimore HOP.
And 80 you see, I'm happy,
Ar very fev can be;
aorne say that clothes have no esreot.
but I claim clothe. made me
Of the ice In an Ice wagon
weighs ton what does the man 90
the back end OF the wagon weighf
A--weishA ioA J. CAAA1h .
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
SHE WAS AFTER THE TURKS.

GEORGIA w." in suggesting that
the Turks might return Atlantic City
and Chesapeake Beach to Americans
having returned Jerusalem to the
Hebrews. worded her item so that 1t
appeared to refer to the latter.
HENRY PHILLIPS. misunderstand-
ing Georgia WIS purpose. thinks that
a nationality or religion should not
be referred to in sighting manner
OF course he's right, although the
Turk 10 OF q nationality not very
popular at this time.
There are hundreds Of guys in this
town who think they are cake-eaters
but they are not. The boys joke
about being cakers, but the truth Is
that most Of them are just regular
normal fellows. SODA JERKER.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
4 MxH44xM M
Typewriter Soldiers. by A. l. NJ.

A masterfu1 husband is one
who can compel his wife to do
anything she wants to do. Like
wise good husbands are gener-
ally made by a woman.
MARIE l. vITALL
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
RESTAURANT PRICES.

II the Government is to make
drive on restaurants in Washlhs-
ton, I can tell officials where 1
paid 20 cents for one ear OF corn
(retailing at 20 cents q dozen)'
and 20 cents for one baked toma-
to (now retailing for 20 cents a
peck). It's about time the Gov
ernment stepped in and took
drastic measures.
JULIA T. VAIL EAN.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
a. 11EARD 5EEIf ~

One Of the latest stunts with vamps
at the Tidal Basin is to wear pearl
necklaces About the meanest stunt
10 for some bird to occupy the steps
on the float as q seat. -.
KUTEX KID.
The Roland Athletic Club has re-
organized with some of the best ath-
letes Of Washington rs members.
G.. E. M.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

try again." but all to no avail. The
vent you q word for me?
AGNES M.
TO KEEP them down.
AND AFTER awhile:
THEY'D GIVE 1t up.
AND THEN discover.
THEY WERE very good statesmen.
Or MAYBE plumbers.
Oh SOME such thing.
AND IF I were you.
BEFORE I got old.
I'D SAY to myself
as THERE anything else.
THAT l can do.
sAND MAKE others admit
II CAN do it well?"
AND If there is
I'D TRY it out
AND ANYWAY, Agnes
IN THE writing game.
If YOU'RE going to get by.
YOU DON'T. have to try"
YOU JUST sit down.
AND GO to work.
AND If It's in you.
IT'S GONG to come out
AND IF it isn't
WHY OF course IT isn't
THANK You.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
HIS POLISHED TOENAHS.

"MARCELLE" says she saw a
cake-eater at the Tidal Basin
the other day with his toenails
highly polished. She wonders
whether he uses "Glazo or
"CuteX."
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
FOR THE MATHS.

I submit the following: A tim
Der Of uniform density is IL feet
long. 1t is IL inches wide and 1
inch thick at one end and inches
wide and 3 inches thick at the
other. tapering gradually. Where
would 1t balance? w. j. w.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

So many people give atten-
ton to their personal charms
and none to their minds.
DAN MCKAY.
c. n o.SThanks. Q. d. but can1
afford II A. C N
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

II 1T INExPLICABIlEH
why do 80 many women sit on
the floor when putting on their
| stockipgs7 Is Il eAsier that,
way7 My wife can't explain,
though she does It. SOCKS
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

NY DEAR Agnes.
WHOEVER IT was.
WHO SAID that thing.
ABOUT IF a. nrst.
YOU DON'T succeed.
10 KEEP on trying.
WAS PROBABLY right. u.
BUT HE should have added.
SIF AFTER awhile.
~YOU DON'T succeed.
.rRY SOMETHING else"
AND don't mean.
THAT YOU should think.
HAVE an idea.
THAT YOU cant write.
BECAUSE MAYBE you can.
AND wouldn't suggest.
THAT YOU give Il up.
FOR WHO can tell.
BUT THAT some day.
You NAY succeed.
BUT I'VE known folk.
WHO TRIED to write,
AND WERE very sure.
THAT ruR editor.
WERE ALL in league.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28

T. s. wishes to compliment Con-
ductor 562, Seventh street line, for
smiling courtesies to passengers.
The Washington times., 1920-08-28
We TOWNE GOSSIP
II Registered q. q Patent ofas>
D. II q ID
BY X. C.. B.

NV Dear K c. felt and1 have written end
of followed the advice Of whoever who said
don't succeed try try again. but all to avail The
publishers won't Haven't you q word for me?
f~~
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
WHAT PALMER PROMISES

Too much will not be expected of At
 torney General Palmer's newly announc.
 ed drive" to bring down coal prices
 The disparity between the attorney gen erals promises and the actual results
 of his campaigns, both against the Reds
 and the cost Of living, does not tend tc inspire confidence in the effectiveness o1 his crusades.
 The new activity in relation to coa has taken the form of the appointment of g committee. by the attorney general that will be empowered to determine what constitutes a fair margin of profit or bitHmnous coal When that margin i, exceeded the attorney-g general will pros ecute under the Lever law.
 Some coal operators are on the com mJtee which will establish fair"
 coal price. The public is represented by one member. Such a committee i: not likely to go too far in shaving profits. More service might be done
 the consumer by a real investigation oi
 coal profits. Inquiries of the sort have not been of great value, chiefly because they were not thorough enough or be- cause nothing was ever tione about them.
 Rightly or wrongly, the impression prevails with a great part of the publit
 that extortionate profits are being taker in the coal trade. An investigation
 properly conducted should determine
 whether or not this is the fact None should welcome such an inquiry more than the operators and dealers who are not making exorbitant profits.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
FACTS REGARDING THE
 CARE OF THE BABY By U. s. Public Health Service.
Keeping the Baby Well

1 To keep a baby well is much easier ] than to cure him when he becomes sick.
 In a room crowded with strange peo- | ple,, there always is likely to be some i one who is suffering from a catching
 disease, or who may have come from home where such "a disease is pres ent. For that reason, a little baby should be kept away from the crowds and from crowded places in order to protect him from exposure to disease. Most healthy grown persons carry disease germs in their mouths. They do an adult no harm. But in kissing a l baby on the mouth these germs may be transferred to the baby's tender mouth and make him i'll or even kill him. Kissing the baby on the mouth. even | by his own mother, should not be per
 mitted
 A little cold in a big person is like | ly to mean a big cold in little baby. Any one suffering from cold or sore throat should remain away from a young child. If the nursing mother catches a cold, she should spray her
 nose and throat, with an antiseptic so- | lution and take every precaution against ! infecting her little one.
 1 Whooping ceught is another very dan erou disease for young children. Each
 year ten thousand or more young chill dren die of this disease, the greater number of, them bei1g babks under i-three years of age. If the whooping cough does not kill, the long period of coughing. lasting sometimes for months, makes the child so weak and i'll that l he takes other diseases more readily. | Tuberculosis: All children are ex- tremely susceptible to tuberculosis. To
 children under three years of age it Is i especially fatal Few infants survive when sucllled by tuberculous mcthers
 Breathing or coughing in the baby
 face. kissing the baby and the use oi the same eating utensils are some of
 the commoner methods of infection
 Children born of tuberculous parents
 should be carefully guarded against in lection, and if possible should be remov-
 ed from such oportunity of contact. l Other dangerous diseases for young children are measles, diphtheria anf
 scarlet fever Often they leave chil-
 dren suffering from sore eyes, running ears or other permanent injuries; and always the younger the child the greater
 chances he will die.
 To keep baby we'll give him regular l systematic care; keep him away from
 crowds and away from sick people and ievery possible exposure to sickness oi disease.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04

a set
 Shall strike his fathers crown into the
 hazard
 Manufacturers of the accessories of the game became so fiourishing an in dustry in England in the sixteenth cen tury that appeal was made for pro- tective tariff against imported bals.
 Until that century the hand contin- ued to be used for batting, but soon the racket came into general use. A match probably played on a Windsor Castle court, is recorded in which the King oi Castle gave his opponent fifteen be- cause the latter used his hand
 "Eyen tennis, like all medieval sport was not free from the taint of gambling and charlatanism. It vas charged thai 'certayne craftie persons arranged fol crack Lombard players to meet Herr. VIII The monarch was induced tt make wagers with these players until
 losing large sums, he became suspicion: and played only with amateurs. II one famous match the Emperor Max
 milan was his partner, the two playing against the Prince of Orange and thu ! Marquis of Brandenborow.
 Few sports call into play so man! muscles or combine mental and muscu lar activity to such degree as tennis l Evidence that Romans soon forsool l the Greek ideal of a sound mind in sound body is found in the fact tha Horace and Virgil could not join thei
 patron, Maecenas, at tennis because weak eyes and poor digestions. It wa l a truly royal game when kings O France and England played it; and 1 typified the democracy of the Ney World when ambassadors. generals, pol ] ticians, and cowboys joined Roose- velt's famous tennis cabinet back o the White House executive offices"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
UNNBCEssARnY [ALARMED

Governor Cox, it seems, is unneces- sarily alarmed at the attitude of his re- publican opponent towards the state and federal laws concerning the expendi- ture and publication of campaign funds. The governor need have no fear that Senator Harding will not be just as insistent as he that the republican party shall practice what it breaches in regard to obedience to and enforcement of laws as written, includ- ing the election laws. Or is the govern or merely stimulating alarm for the effect it may have upon that portion of the electorate that might be influenced by political claptrap?
 Senator Harding surely will have no objection to his opponent filing every week, instead of just before election day. the returns of democratic receipts and expenditures. The laws have pro- vided for a number of years past that there should be public filing of cleo ton receipts and expenditures and it has been the practice to do this just before election day. If Governor Cox expects to have more subscriptions to file than his opponent or if he thinks 91t the voters will be less likely te re-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
FREE RADIUM TOR CANCER


 A considerable step forward in the treatment of cancer is made with the announcement that the S255,9ee worth of radium recently purchased by the State of New York will be available for the free treatment of cancer at the States inss1sutien for the Study of Malignant Diseases at Buffalo. Be- ginning October 15 this institution will receive for treatment all sufferers from cancer not officially designated as be- yond cure. Residents of New York will receive the preference, although pa tients from outside will be taken when there is room for them.
 How much this means in the exten- sion of the radium treatment is indicat. led by the stasensnt that the small est amount of radiam which a private physician can procure costs s12,00o Until this time, according to Dr. Gay lord, director of the Buffalo institution we have had no therapeutic agents SC costly that they could not be afforded bJ the ordinary practitioner
 Cancer remains, after all the advance: in it's treatment, the puzzle and the ter TOT of medicine. Some 9o,e00 deaths from it occur in this country yearly in New York some 5000 and it is in creasing at the rate of s per cent. ever! ten years. The Society for the Contro of Cancer, representing some s90 plfy sicians, is behind this experiment. at Buffalo and hopes to reduce the fata results of the disease through treat ment through scientific research wf1icl the possession of the radium will mak, available.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04

name fifty peritns in the order of their greatness, and this is the reported re- suit:
 Shakespeare Aristotle, Lincoln, Cae- sar, Washington. Plato, Napoleon, Lu- tl1er, Socrates, Newton, Columbus, Edi- son. Alexander, Emerson, Michelangelo, Homer, Mohammed, Milton, Voltaire. Darwin, Franklin, Dante, Goethe, Roosevelt. Charlemagne, Raphael, Jeff ferson, Pasteur, Foch, Bacon, Frederick, Woodrow Wilson, Confucius, Cicero, Lloyd Georga Leonardo da Vinci Pitt Virgil. Burke Cromwell. Euripides, Cali 1 leo, Solomon, Spencer James, Florence | Nightingale, Dickens Rockefeller and Joan Of Arc.
 1 According to this, the class as whole paces Shakes Shakespeare at the head i of the list, with Aristotle and Lincoln 1 following. It is probable that these young people recorded simply their im- pressions; and that they had no stand e-1 given them by which to form iudg- ment. The list is not the result of an- alysis based upon any system of reas- oning. Shakespeare at the top and Dickens almost at the bottom is the evil dence of this.
 In conducting an inquiry of this sort, one is to ask what constitutes
 
 ga from Christopher Snart's David, reading:
 Great valiant, pious, good and clean, i Sublime, contemplative, serene, Il Strong, constant pleasant, wise! | Bright eff1uence of exceeding grace; Best man The swiftness, and are race The peril and the prize
 Of this prose definition of greatness The possession of great idea: an ides tfor others good, and of great genera benefit; practical diea and success ful one. The man of the great idea mus be honest brave, intelligent, accurate industrious patient and persistent.
 Now if we measure the historical ant other figures mentioned in the abovt list and compar ethem according to thi rule, we should have no difficulty il reaching fairly just decision as t