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The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
New French Laws Prohibit
Export of Valued Pic

OF antique art now sells
have been increased until
almost prohibitive for a u
For an American. however.
his dollar for fifteen O
francs, the Brazilian and
gentinian the prices fixed
stituted bargains.
Price Made No Dine5
For the past year an
therefore. pictures. status
manuscripts, vases. furn|
even whole ChateaUs N
pouring out of France in
stream. The fact that thI
an armchair of the EmpI
had been boosted up to 81
made no difference.
To check this France hal
ly prohibited the eNportati
work of art that dates fr'
1880, as well as paintings
ucs by artists who have
more than twenty years.
Foreigners. however, "
chase such objects will
right to submit them to {
ter OF fine arts. and "
decides that France is not
be crippled srtistiCally b!
portstion OF them. this vi
mitted-upon the pSymef
state of a tax ranging II
100 per cent OF the cost.
One of the first effects o.
DEGREES was the cAncellatio
eral of the most famous a
of Paris OF great sales at W
had planned to sell collect
would have run up into N
france
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
Ancient Monuments and
Historic Spots Fail to
Dazzle Visitors.

ed to crowded houses at the Paris
Opera and its tour has been a Sc
ries of applauding demonstrations
throughout France The spring sa
lon now at the Grand Palais is no
table for a number of works by
Americans. and while the old war
service clubs have for the most part
disappeared with the departing
soldiers, there is still ample enter
tainment offered the dapper Yanks
who come in from Coblsnz on leave.
Many Women Workers.
There are still many committees
doing reconstruction work. each
with its different uniform and
mostly formed with feminine work
ers. These have established head
quarters at the Hotel Petrograd,
now the American women's Club,
and social functions, dinners and
hops have afforded American visi-
tors many agreeable meetings.
The American University Union
has served to bring together the
students of both French and Amer
lean universities with occasional
teas and dances, at which the fra
ternity idea is the handspring. Such
institutions as the American frat
are practically unknown in the
French colleges.
Aside from the social aspects of
the throng Of travellers, the hotel
men declare that more than so per
cent of the visitors are buyers ana
business men interested in the Eu-
ropean market.
Business Moves Slowly.
The American Chamber Of Com
merce is kept busy and its service
augurs well to be one OF the pes,
business helps to the stranger who
has first to learn many fundamental
business laws which are peculiarly
French and which must be acquired
before much success can be looked
for. The brisk matter-of-fact Amer
lean business deal is done in an
other way in France.
When the psychology OF the
French business method is once un-
derstood there is no reason why
Americans. as well as English or
South American merchants. could
not offer serious competition. The
Frenchman looks for confidence and
is not impressed so much with the
speed or the appearance of things.
He may have a little office on the
top floor of a building where there
is no elevator. but he is shrewd and
willing to do business II Americans
will offer reasonable consideration
for his time-honored custom of de-
liberation, which many breezy
Americans scorn as "old world"
methods. But with all this the
Frenchman can point to that tri-
umph of organization which out
fought and outmaneuvered the
worlds most efficient army.
tCopyrirht. 100. by Public Ledger Col
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
Especial Cable to The HeraId.)

Especial Cable 60 The HeraId.)
Paris, May 29.-France has lust
decided not to allow her national
heritage of art treasures to be COB
bled up by rich Americans and
richer South Americans
New DEGREES just issued by the
undersecretary OF finances either
prohibits entirely the expectation OF
antique works OF art or else renders
it so expensive that very few can
hope to indulge at the expense Of
France their tastes as collectors.
Copy Italian Plan.
Frances new laws and measures
against the expectation Of ANTIQUE
works of art put into force prac-
tically the same restrictions and
prohibitions with which italy has
protected her works of art for years.
France only awoke to the danger
she was running with the close of
the war, when rich North and South
who had been prevented
from coming to Europe since 1914,
began a sudden descent upon the
and an assault upon every
body who had something antique to
sell
The depreciation Of the franc on
exchange served also to
the exodus of everything
antique and artistic. Although
French antiquarians. deprived OF all
for the duration OF the
war were not slow in boosting prices
to an astounding degree, these were
more than offset for the foreigner
by what he gained in exchange.
The prices at which every object
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
Poles Join With U1brainians
Against BolsheOist Enemy

changed daily. Petlura, Ukrainian
hero, fought against the Bolshe viks
Before the war Ukrainia was the
granary of Russia, but now is laid
barren. There is no grain here,
there are no seeds, no live stock,
nor farming implements, and no
money; but first of all there is NO
government. Bandits have plum
dered almost every city.
Cleaning Up Country.
Ataman Petlufa, who has the
sympathy of all the peasants be-
cause OF shis advocacy of an agra
rtan reform, was able to escape
with a large number of his soldiers
to Poland. Poland received them
with hospitality, because the Po-
lish government and public opinion
always were, and are at the present
time, adherents of Ukrainia's inde-
pendence.
This explains the last act of or
ganizing Ukrainia which took place
In the last few days. Poland has
promised the new Ukrainian gov
ernment material assistance, and
the Polish army has advanced into
Ukrainia and is now at Kiev.
Cleaning up Ukrainia of hordes
OF bandits and Bolsheviks and as
sistance towards organizing a sta
BILE government Is the task Poland
has undertaken. As soon as this
task is partly accomplished Polish
troops viii withdraw from Ukrai-
MIA. This country. will then be able
to take advantage of its rich nat
ural resources. and will be able not
only to stand on its own feet, but
come to the assistance of other
western Europe countries who are
In need Of bread and coal.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
Especial Cable to The Herald,

Especial Cable to The HeraId.)
Tokyo. May 2s.-Baron shimpei
Goto. one of Japan's most distin-
guished statesmen, has just re-
turned from prolonged trip
through Great Britain and the
United States to sppraise the ef-
feet of the great war on Western
civilization.
The baron has always prided
himself on his expert knowledge
of sociology. which hesput to good
account during his successful term
of ONCE as civil governor of For
mosa.
= Ankles Impress Him.
He has been viewing all things
Western with a critical eye from
the cold standpoint of science. and
has brought back his impressions
to Japan. 1t should be interesting
If not profitable, to hear what
verdict he accords.
1t is, eighteen years since Baron
Goto last visited the Occident. and
he regrets to find that in the
meantime there have appeared
some evidence of degeneration in
Western civilization. This he
AYERS to be more particularly sc
among women, whose OUTSTANDING
proof of moral perversity is their
undue show of ankles.
The great Japanese critic does
not wish to be unduly severe oil
to be guilty of any act of in.
Justice. and consequently he Is moi
sure whether to put down the
soaring of skirts to the soaring oi
prices or to deliberate choice or
the part of the sex for exhibiting
graceful extremities; but certainI,
he was profoundly impressed BY
the show of ankles, and ever
calves. that he witnessed in Lon.
don and New York, particularly In
London, where, of all places. III
least expected to find such frivol.
ity.
skirts Upp Morals Down.
That London ladies should revea
more of their ankles than coult
be detected during Baron Goto',
former visit seems to him evidence
of decline in social decorum. He
is disposed to regard any increase
of ankle display as pointing to de-
generation.
| From the impression thus left or
| tho mind OF representative Japan.
ese we may. perhaps. be able tc
gain some insight into the process
of thought that sepaI ateS Oriental
psychology from that OF the West
Beautiful ankles undoubtedly give
pleasure to the eye of the average
Occidental man. and even to tho
eve of the Western woman. provid,
ed Jealousy has not blinded il; but
not to the eye of the JsFanese. Ir
this country the divinest ankle:
ever exposed would not attract the
slightest notice. The Orient is the
nudest section of the world: and
when a whole nation has been sur.
feited on ankle exhibitions OF al
ages through untold ages it is moi
likely to appreciate them in Other
countries.
Trap for Men.
Baron Goto was disappointed In
the same way that Western tour,
| lists are when they come to Japar
to see things Japanese and see only
things foreign. and very poor imi'
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
FRENCH PRESIDENT
BANS DRESS SUIT

Paris. May 2s,-whne the United
States is trying out an overall epI-
demic. France has likewise inaur-
urated a custom which will eIin,i-
nate the stevepipe hat and much Of
the strict formality Of state func-
uons. President Deschanel has de-
clared that ceremoniousness must be
dispensed with during his trims
about France.
Senators, mayors and function
aries of all kinds are notified that
they can leave of the evening suit.
the white vest, and silk hat when
the president comes because he HIM
self will appear in a business suit
and soft hat.
The hearty handshake has also
taken the place of the fiowery stere-
otyped speech. and thus the provIn-
cial mayors need have no further
fear for their oratorical laurels,
Copyright. 1890, by Public Ledrer Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
.SHK-CLAD ANKLES
! IN LONDON AND ~. Y.
SHOCK JAP CRITIC
Beautiful Western Legs Give no Joy to
Oriental Male Eye Accustomed
To Them la Natural

tations at tkat. Ankles please the
western eye because they are a new
thing as far as street scenes 20;
they dc not please the East because
they are out Of date as an eye at
traction.
And so this distinguished Japan-
ese visitor to London Old not OBJ
jeet TO the new fashion of protrud-
ing ankles. and sometimes calves,
because he had been unaccustomed
to the sight and was Eervously as
well as morally shocked, but be-
cause the exhibition was, or so Il
seemed to him, deliberate, just to
catch the male eye.
In Japan almost every woman
shows her enkies every day. She
cannot help 1t. II she has any: for
her little tabi, or native socks. do
not quite cover the ankle, while
the native kimono does not quito
meet the top of the tabi, as she
moves about; and on getting into
a tram. a jinrickisha or o Carriage
the Japanese woman reveals not
only her ankles, but her calves.
Treat for Eyes.
Thus no ono can travel IN Japan
without very frequently seeing, no.
until. like Baron Goto, he rather
resents being offered similar sights
in foreign capitals. especially an
Kles htted with tights. For in
Japan one sees a real ankle; big
ankles and little ankles: male an.
kles and female ankles, though less
often spindly than elephantine.
Ankles of all sizes and colors the
japanese show. from heavy and
brown to slight and opaline. In.
deed, to anyone with an eye fol
sculpture the ankle shows Of Japar
are an unprecedented treat. some.
thing not to be had in any other
country.
Why. then. this aversion to tn.
ankle in the land of the nude? The
reason lies not altogether in tn,
fact of its being overdone. as ha.
been suggested: but in it's beinl
Intentionally done. The Japanes,
behold from day to day this vas
array of ankles. and notice 1t not
They see them. but never observ,
them.
Ankle Views stolen.
II Japanese laoy InOuEnt any
one was disposed to observe her an,
kles she would never rise till h,
withdrew; and she would not entel
a public conveyance until the lou
had preceded her. Why. then. die
not Baron Goto simply not motto,
the London ankles? why did h,
adopt a different attitude abroad
He would no doubt reply that il
London the ankles were protrudeC
on his notice: that is what the!
were exposed for. And. certainly
they must have left upon him quit
a different impression from Japan
ese ankles.
Ankle views in Japan are stolen
in England they are open to publi'
gaze: the moral difference is funda
mental. from a Japanese point o
view.
Yet. after all. are the moral con
ditions of London and New Yorl
really worse than those of Tokyo
And is the woman of England o.
America really less modest than tn,
woman Of Japan, Notwithstanding
ankle revelations for the sake o
fashion? To one with long expert
ence in all countries the answer ii
not in doubt.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
u. S. SHIPS BREAK
BLACK SEA RI

Constantinople. May "a
from Theodosia. in the 4
Constantinople. a distani
miles in twelve hours. d
States destroyer Cole mad'
est long-distanCe run in q
of Black Sea navigation.
twenty-foUr hours provi
water on board. the Cole
from American Red Cross
ters in Theodosia, coveret
tire distance at an aver
OF forty miles an hour.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
SCOTLAND TOBE
DRY
Thirsty in Glasgow Face
Walk Across Street. for
A Drink.
IsADoRA DUNCAN.
CWashIngton Hernld-CrOSs Atlantic
Service, Special Cable DIspatch.)

CwashIngton Hernld-CrOSs Atlantic
Service. Special Cable Dispatch)
Glasgow. May 29.-Choice of total
prohibition, reduction of p: drinking
facilities by one-fourth, or continu-
ance of present regulations will be
the result of a general vote for or
against liquor to be held in Scot
land in accordance with local option
act enacted in 1913, effective June l.
Prohibitionists in charge of the
campaign say the intensity. cost and
use of all varieties of publicity will
be comparable only to the latter
stages of the prohibition campaign
in the United States.
Every town and district of Scot
land will have a poll with a total
of 1900 voting areas. Glasgow alone
has thirty-seven wards, each an
electoral unit. While some of them
will inevitably go dry" a few will
remain as at present. so that drink
ing places on one side of the street
may be closed and those on the
other open. being in a different
ward.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
ORPHANED GIRLS
SEEK EDUCATION

Bucharest. May 29.-In quest of
the education which cannot be
found in their own distracted coun-
try, IFS Russian refugee girls, most
Russian nobility, have passed
through this city on their way to
of them belonging to families of
Serbia, where schools will be opened
for them soon. Shoes, stockings,
dresses and overcoats were provid-
ed them by the American Red Cross
before they sailed from Novorossisk.
Copyright, 1920. Cross-Atlantic Newspaper
Service, Inc.)
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
Especial Gable to tn. Herald,

(Spec1al CaDie to The Hernld.)
warsaw. May 2s-German occu-
patton Of Ukrainia In March, 1918
to appropriate the wealth of that
country, and particularly the grain
crop which was distributed in Ger
many, reused the national self-con-
sciousness Of the Ukrainians, who
for centuries have dreamed of their
Independence, SO that almost in
stantly there sprang up a cabinet,
q parliament and an army.
The German army in Ukrainis
was commanded by Marshal Echorn,
whose endeavor was to obtain for
Germany the food crop. In order
to carry out his task he was COM
pelled to fight Ukrainian peasants
who constitute so per cent of the
population.
Help From Poland.
Marshal Echorn would send out
special squads Of soldiers, whose
mission would be to force from the
peasant all his belongings. particu-
larly grain. The peasant fought
bravely. and in many instances
with the aid Of the Polish Iegioniers,
who at that time made their way
into Ukrainia. to disorganize the
rear of the German army. Revolu-
tionary organizations of Ukrainia
began terroristic campaign
against the Germans. ending with
the killing Of Marshal Echorn by a
revolutionist.
After the evacuation of the Ger
mans in the latter part of 1918. and
the occupation Of part of Ukrainia.
including kiev. by the Bolsheviks,
there came into existence a state of
anarchy. The government was
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
OF ESQ
GIRLS IS GIFT
Beautiful and ObedienI
Wives Given to
Moroccan Sultan.
Especial Cable to The Herald

Paris, May 29.-Finding the con-
jugal cost of living too high, the
former Sultan Moulia-Ilaid of Mo-
rocco has sent as a present to Sultan
Moulai- Youssef his entire harem,
numbering $50 beautiful. lithesome,
.obedient and otherwise perfect wives.
The problem of how to make his
royal income keep pace with his
harem is reported to be worrying
the new Sultan considerably.
Meanwhile Paris journals are ac-
claiming Moulin-Ilafid as the most
divorced man in the world.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
TRAVELLERS LEAVE
LEGS IN TRAMCARS
AND WALK AWAY

Especial Cable 10 The HeraId.)
Liverpool. May 2s.-Folks here
seem to have developed an awk-
ward habit Of leaving their legs
behind in tramcars. According
to the last annual report of lost
property, the. general manager
of the tramways says three Of
these artificial limbs found their
way into the list. which also IN
cludes six gas masks, 60 Bibles
and prayer books and cash to
the value of f2,293.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
FARM WORK.
TOOWN u
French Deputies Cd
Large Purchase Lo]
100000 Veters|
LABOR RANKS TIL
Increased Supply Of
From Native Field
Vital Recurrence
LABOR RANKS TIL
Especial Gable 90 The Wa
HeraId.)

Especial Cable 90 The Wa
HeraId.D
Paris, May 20. BY IN,
process Of enacting a
French Chamber Of Deput
poses to convert Frances
agricultural workers into
proprietors.
By 80 doing the chamber
attain a number Of Imports
First, 20 increase French Al
raj production TO such al
that the country will be
tanning. as IL was before
second. TO greatly reduce
the II. c. l. due largely TO
present underproductivenes
necessitates her buying 4,
abroad; third. TO insure thal
will always have a permsn.
J cultural class sufficiently
insure her maximum aRr
productiveness: and. fourth.
onstrate to the Bolshevfkt
the rest OF the iki's that Fr
attain the greatest social \
advancement possible viii
necessity of blOodshed. Al
tion Of private property. or
ship of Soviets.
Advanced LegisIntIoI
This new law. which
been introduced into the ch.
regarded by European soci.
mists as representing the
vanced social legislation
ever been suggested in a
parliament II involves q
question OF the right Of !
That this proposed law
merely the freakish out
some Bolshevik deputy is
by the fact that il bears Il
Of $50 French deputies as
ers. This list also inclI
names of politicians OF sul
political faith and soCialI
that their names have new.
appeared linked on the sSi
ment.
Future Famine Facs
France today has only
agricultural workers Upo
falls the task Of feeding 2
tion OF 100000. OF the'
| 900. only about 100000 are
attached to the soil by 1
ownership, while the othe1
have no bond whatever
I them tied to agricultural
Cept their days wages.
Therefore, IL France is
tain a permanent agriculd
sufficiently large to meet
needs, something radical
/ done. Otherwise. France
to death.
The bill provides for IN
OF q national fund sta1
5O.OOO.OOO francs for tn
/ either Of enabling a
workers to ren- land and
! IT Tor their own Hrott or
I il outright.
The state proposes
! through the agricultural
the various regions OF
whom the money will
for loans to individual "
a farm hand wants 20 cd
his own behalf he will
! thrce-foUrthS Of the cap
; sarN- TO rent his piece Of
I and cultivate il.
Birth Rate EncOura
! A mortgage viii be tan
crop repayable in tweu
When he HIS paid back hi
state will help him buy q
in the same way. the work
ing down ne-fourth Of III
! price and the state sdva
rest.
In addition the state
PAY . per cent OF the tots
/ every child which the farni|
to four. after which the 1
| pay 10 per cent OF the cd
J farm for each additional 4
Thus France hopes not o|
sure the perpetuity OF thel
also to be able to feed IL 4
perpetuated
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
World Flashed Direct the National Capital BY Gable and W
u. S. SENDS HAIR
CLIPPERS TO SLAV
f. REFUGEE COLONY

Especial Cable TO The Heraid)
Ragusa, Serbia. May 2s.-Five
hundred pairs Of hair clippers
, are included in the 1000 tons OF
American Red Cross relief sup
plies sent to Serbia for use
among the South Russian ref
ugees. Hair clippers represent
he stringent method taken TO
combat the epidemic OF typhus
to which these fleeing thousands
are potential victims.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

Berlin. May 2s.-Max Holz, with
a band OF 800 soldiers kept the
'Saxony town of Plausen IN con-
stant terror for three weeks. Then
he was driven into the mountains.
Holz is said TO lie the fercest and
most ingenious communist in Ger
many.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-14
LITTLE BOY HOST.
AT BIG PARTY.

Master ]. G. Logan is celebrating
his fifth birthday at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Lo-
gan, on Brooklyn Heights, with a
most elaborate dinner to which thir-
ty-one guests are invited.
The living rooms have for their
Ornamentation pots of growing ferns
and blossoming plants, while the din
ing room is featured by mammoth
chrysanthemums in pink.
The table, where the guests will
be seated, is covered with all the
delicacies which go with an old-fash-
toned family dinner of turkey.
Two birthday cakes are placed on
the tables, one memorial for the
little sister lost some years ago, but
who is silently remembered on this
annual occasion by the placing OF a
cake for her by the side of her lit
tie brothers, save that the nine pink
candles which mark hers are not
lighted. His cake is Illuminated with
FIVE pink candles, together with his
initials in pink design.
Seated at thctable will be DR.. and
Mrs. A. J. Logan, Miss Lennie Mae
Logan, of Concord; Mr.. and Mrs. j:
L. Brown, and Wilbur Brown, of
Concord; DR.. and Mrs. ]. c. Logan,
Miss Annie Wilson, of Plains; Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Glover, Americas;
Mrs. J. R. Crabb, Miss Annie Belle
Crabb, Americas; Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
]. Dupree, Concord; Miss Lila Ech-
OILS. Huntington; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Z. Brown, Harold Brown and Cecil
Brown, of Montgomery; Mrs. c: ".
Iampkin, Montgomery; Mrs. W; F
Jones, Memphis; Miss Marion VIr-
ginia Estill, Savannah; William M.
Bagwell. Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Barfield, Atlanta; Mr.. and Mrs; j. E.
Logan, Little Miss Edythe Carney
Logan, who will serve fruit punch.
She will wear a dainty frock of yell
low organdie with ribbons.
a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-14
FRIENDSHIP.

Rev. and Mrs. Donahoo and little
son returned to their nome in Tai
bottom Friday after few days VS.
it with relatives here. Their aunt,
Mrs. Bailey, accompanied them for a
two wee visit Mrs. Bailey is spend
ing the winter with her sisters here.
Mrs. S. H. Reese returned home
Saturday after short visit with her
niece, Mrs. Nathan Murray, of Am
CIRCUS.
Cecil, Bob and Joel Dodson, of
near Plains, spent the weekend with
relatives here.
Mrs. Otis Wellons, of Plains, is
spending several days with her moth
er this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Reese and
children, Misses Evans and Susie
Reese, of Preston, were afternoon
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Dodson and
children, of near Plains, were spend
the-day-guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. C.
Wells Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Carter, of FL
laville, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Daniel,
of near Americas, were visitors in
the community SvAiday.
Misses Frances MauE and Eliza.
beth Wooten, of Buena Vista, visit.
ed friends here recently.
Mrs. Rosa McGarlah attended the
fair in Americas Tuesday
Mrs.. s. Ii. Reese ami Russell Me
Garrah were visitors in Plains Sun
day.
Quite number from here attend
ed the lecture given by DR.. Minor
on his travel through the Holy Lane
at the school auditorium Friday eve
ming, Nov. 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Wells home il
the center of attraction this week
parties going day and night to th'
can grinding.