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The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
RIVER
OFF AQUEDUCT
Alexander Hepburn Emu
lates Steve Brodie and
Nearly Loses Life.

Emulation of the famed Steve
Brodie landed Alexander Hepburn.
81 years old, of Az / street north
west, in the Georgetown University
hospital yesterday stra-uocr
with the si.Ogt. "sIara e. lien
barn ciimbes on tha -au o. ,--
Aoneduct Bridge ana before the
hc7-iaed gaze OK two women lump
ca into the river eiEk,y feet be-
low.
John II. TayIo-. ~ engir,or
workinE On the kev Bridge Nh,
lives at 1880 I street aor.awest
witnessed HeBbufus act, and put
out H. q beat and rescued the
growing man. Hepburn was rem
leFeu unconscious by the force OF
the impact with the water and IL
was not until after being revived
at the hospital that his identity
was learned
His condition was said to be ex-
cellent and he is we'll on the road
10 recovery. He would give no
explanation for his act.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
TURK TROOPS ADVANCE
AFTER ADANA ATTACK

London, June 24.-Trcops under
command of Mustapha Kcmal Pa
sha, the Turkish nationalist lead
er. have launched strong attack
upon Adana, according to a news
dispatch from Conf tantinople today,
The dispatch said Tic nationaiists
had reached the, pardanelles, at a
point where gap exicted between
British and Gieek lines
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
SUFFRAGE WINS
EXTRA SESSION
Acting Attorney General
Sanctions Call of Tennes-
see Legislature.

Acting Attorney General Frierson
has informed Gov. Roberts. of Ten
nessee. that he can legally call a
special session OF the State legisla-
ture 10 act on the Federal woman
suffrage amendment, It was stated
at the White House yesterday.
Frierson's formal ruling was sent
to the Tennessee governor at re-
quest of President Wilson. 1t was
said.
Tennessee should be the thirty
sixth State to ratify the suffrage
amendment, the validity of women,s
votes may be attacked in the courts,
IL is believed here.
A clause in the Tennessee con-
stitution in effect provides that an
election of legislators must inter
vene between the time or submis-
sion of an amendment and its rati-
fication.
Acting Attorney General Friersor
mas nelu lndI InlS section OF tnt
constitution is invalidated by the
United States Supreme Court deci.
sion which knocked out an Ohio
referendum on constitutions
amendment. The court held thai
States cannot change the ratifica-
tion methods provided in the Con.
stitution.
Nashville, Tenn, June 24.-Statt
House officials today refused tc
comment on action contemplated by
Gov. Roberts toward calling a spe.
cial session of the Tennessee legis.
lature TO ratify the Federal woman
suffrage mendment. Gov. Robert.
announced last night at Knoxville
he would call the legislature to per.
NIT Tennessee being the thirty sixth
and deciding State in making the
ratification. 1t was impossible tc
reach him today. officials are
Withholding their statements, they
said, until they heard from the gov
ernor.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
WILL ASK GERMANY
TO JOIN WORLD PACT

. London, June 24.-In the house
Of commons this afternoon. Pre-
mier Lloyd George announced that
Germany would be invited to join
the league of nations as soon as
she shows an earnest desire to car
ry out the conditions OF the peace
treaty. -
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and from the big total of credits she
has obtained it looks like her friends
are standing nobly by her in her
candidacy.
Connolly is a well-known employe
Of the United States Post ONCE De-
partment, and has host of friends
throughout the ely. He is a prime
mover in the Federal Employees
Union and says heeis very grateful
to The Herald for its stand in ia
vor of this organization. Mr.. Con-
molly resides at 1885 Irving street
northwest.
Mrs.A Talbot. who has little the
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Georgia Suffrage Bill Tabled.

Atlanta, Ga. June 24-The Geor-
gia senate today tabled two bills
designed 20 give .he ballot to wom-
en-. Senator Barrett. author of
the bills. urged that the legisfa-
tars should act immediateley to put
Georgia on record In favor of wom-
an suffrage. bd, no was voted down
and the bills tableG until Monday.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
PERSHING ILL, BUT
SPEAKS AT HARVARD

Cambridge. Mess, June 2t.-Gcn.
John ]. Pershing vas taken I'll Just
before he was to address the stu
dents in thu Harvard commence
mcnt ceremonies here this after
noon. He appeared later in the day.
however. AMI addressed the Alumni
Association
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
Ohio Twins Christened
Harding and Coolidge

Lancaster. Ohio. June 24.--Twin
boys bern to Mr.. and Mrs. Encs
white. this courty. were named
Harding and coolidgs. for the heads
Of the Republican rational ticket.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-25
BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
tCopyright, 1920. by Public Ledger
Company

SOmpauso
The purpose of the Democratic
opposition TO make it appear that
the Chicago convention was con-
trolled by a coterie of Senatorial
bosses and by other processes essen
TALLY Prussian, to use Mr.. Wilson's
expression, is obvious. But such a
charge is quite without foundation.
1t is entirely natural and proper that
United States Senators should be ac-
tive in the national politics Of their
party. 1t is quite proper that they
should be selected as delegates to a
rational convention. 1t Is quite
proper that they should be interest
ed in the declarations of the party
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Acknowledge President 5
Request But Take No
Further Action.
UNION HEADS WORRIED
Declare Workers Are Rap.
idly Getting Out Of Con-
troll, Due to Delay.

The country faces general
strike OF all railrc nd workers
ON Monday, unless the Rail-
rond Labor Board takes fmme-
dtate action on wngc demands,
according &c information for
warded to President Wilson by
leaders of the railroad employees
yesterday. The leaders said
they would be unable longer to
hold the men ard that the "out-
laws" would put through n gem
eraI waikout beginning Mon
day n no decisien had been
announced.
Tho Railroad Labor Board has
replied to President Wilson's re-
quest that a settlement OF tho rail.
road wage controversy or a par.
tiaI settlement" be made immedi'
ately to prevent further outlaw
walkouts Of railroad employees.
Acknowledgment that the boards
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New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

fields there was a sudden CLEAN Of
light far away on the low hills be-
yond; the clouds opened in the west
and let the sunshine through.
One lovely CLEAN shot swift as an
arrow and frightened a far cold hill
side where it fell, and at the same
momcpt a sudden CLEAN of hope
frightened the winter landscape of
her heart.
There was Johnny IIarrjs,7 said
~fary Ann Robb softly. "lle was a
soldiers son. Left an orphan and
distressed. Old John Mandcr
scoldcd, but I couldn't sec the poor
boy in want. ] kept him that year
after ne got hurt, spite O what any
body said, am he helped me what
little he could. He said I was the
only mother he'd ever had. I'm go
in out West, Mother Robh,' says he
4 shan't come back till | get rich,
an then he'd look at me an laugh
50 pleasant and boyish.
''ITe want one that liked to write
J don't think he was dom very well
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tut something chilled her very heart
now.
Her nearest neighbor had been
foremost Of those who wished
her to go to the town farm, and he
had said more than once that it was
the only sensible thing. But John
Mander was waiting impatiently to
get her tiny farm into his own
hands; he had advanced some money
upon it in her extremity and pre-
tended that there was still debt,
after he cleared her wood lot to pay
himself back.
He would plow over the graves in
the field corner and fell the great
Gins, and waited now like spider
for his poor prey. He often re
preached her for being too generous
TO worthless people in the past and
coming to be charge to others now
Oh, if she could only die in her
cwn house and not suffer the pain
Of homelessncss and dependence,
1t was just at sunset, and as she
looked out hopelessly across the grav
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Mander, who seemed to fill the mar
row doorway.
Come, let me in!' he said gaily.
ITS cold night. You didn't ex-
poct me, did you, Mother Robb?'
Dear me, what is it?" she fal-
tered, stepping back as he came in,
end dropping her crutch. "Be I
dreamin'? | was a-dreamin' about
ch, there, what was 1 a-sayin'?
'Taint truel No! I've made some
kind Of a mistake.'
Yes, and this was the man who
kept the poorhouse, and she would
90 without complaint; they might
have given her notice. but she must
not fret.
"Sit down, sir" she said, turning
toward him with touching patience.
you'll have to give me a little time.
Il I'd been notified I wouldn't have
kept you waitin' minute this
stormy night
1t was not the keeper of the poor
house. The man by the door took
New-York tribune., 1920-11-21

THE lure Of the Chilterns,
writes the correspondent Of
The London Times, describes
not inaccurately how these hills i'm
perceptibly draw us into their syl-
van intimacy, to their seclusion
which is friendly and yet agreeably
remote. The delicacy Of spring is
nowhere more delicious and the glow
of autumn nowhere more vivid than
N the beechwoods Of these often still
densely covered hills. Bcechwoods
arc especially responsive to the cf-
fects II sunlight. They are shady
without beng gloomy, and while
their foliage protects against the
Gercer rays Of the sun the woodland
is transfused With spaces Of light
which oftcntimes produce what Rob
EiL l>oUir 'clcVcIcOD CdilcN gem
ike color" The shiny and elegant
beech timber has peculiar charm
'somctimes there would be" says the
same writer, "a colonnade Of slim
straight tree stems with the light
r.rning down them az down the
shafts IF pillars" A walk in
brentwood, even in bad weather.
aeYef cherries, for the 2ame attri-
Dutes which produce fascinating
offccts from sunlight countcract I'll
depression Of cloudy skics
Nor can richer inclusion Of per-
sonal aseociatiDn ard of national in
terczts within quite limited
YrpVnd be foond than among the
Chilternz. There events and men Of
different cppchs are grouped and
united by locality, and this singular
and satisfyirg union Of rare wood
)and and upland beauty with unYor-
Eettable personalities is one of their
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the room and interrupt their daily
morning encounter She was very
ed in the face and had her hat on
i've come to settle my accounts, -
she said. "l'm going to leave"
The CONSERVATION of her two en-
Iloyers didn't disconcert her in the
least.
"Wlll madame look over my mar
Let book?"
But see here" NJ. Leyril broke
in; "what is it that you arc dissatis.
fed about?'
He thought moment and ther
made this proposal.
"Do you want to have tickets tc
lho movies twice week, instead Of
tncc?"
"How foolish you are," exclaimed
Nine. Leyril, furious at his sugges-
ton. Let me do the talking. That
Will be better
"IlI say what have to say" he
returned. Il know what she has in
her mind. She wants you to make
up not only your own bedroom, but
the other rooms as we'll"
"Not at ALI" shouted Nine. Leyril
"Shc wants you not only - carry IN
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when heard-there, it's most four
years ago now. | always thought if
he got sick or anything should have
Il good home for him to come to.
There's poor Ezra Blake, the deaf
one, too-he won't have any place
to welcome him.
The light faded out Of doors and
again Mrs. Robb's troubles stood be-
lore her. Yet it was not so dark as
it had been in her sad heart She till
sat by the window, hoping now in
spite Of herself, instead of fearing !;
and curious feeling of nearncss
ard expectancy made her feel not so
much light hearted as light-headed.
II feel just as if somethin' was go
in to happen," she said "Poor
Johnny Harris, perhaps he's thinkin'
o ne, if he's alive"
1t was dark now out of doors, and
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GUS life Of distant adventure
the country Of his youth and in tA
locally where he met GuIielni
Springett, who became his wife, nj
less than the picturesqueness Of tx
final surroundings, have united :"
create a veritable atmosphere Of Pc
sonal romance about the Penn coS''
try. II has been sustained by a'
proximity OF the village Of Penn
perched on its breezy upland, ana o
its church, with medieval nlenor&
of the Penn family. And so the NEE
ing house and graveyard at Jords''
set in charming and homely reglo
of woodland and valley. have beco&
a positive shrine-a lure 10 pe0@
even from distant parts Of the ear
Though William Penn is the sA''
figure, some think. and with ress''
that the Quaker Thomas Elw00o~
who was likewise buried IN III
graveyard at Jordans-is the NO.
engaging Of Chiltern personalla's
Besides, he is longer associated w., ~,
the locality than any other man. y
he was not twenty when re ~ =.
acquainted with the Pennlng'e'N
Chalfont St. Peter. As time paS :.
he became much more closeS
touch with the life, especlsHy -.
religious life, of the Chilterns' - -
he died at his hone ~;thln tne'' -. -.
heart, or the heights above All
sham. =:
Burkc's house has disappear
and its site is covered with n0u' .,
dwellings,. YET one can, at any - -.
still see the High Street of Beas."' e. ;.
field, with its two old inns na'. -,
it appeared in the eighteen" ,;r,.
tury, when Burke must oa's''. sr,r
have stood to welcome a gues' ;. l.,
London-a politician or i'iS" V
ters.
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10th madame's tailor-made suit and
the new dress which monsieur has
promised me But there is another
thing which I want, and 1 will 90 at
cnce if | don't get it,"
They asked eagerly:
What's that, Alphonsine?'
She cooked her stocky arms across
Ter breast and answered solemnlv:
Il want peace
They looked at her in anazement.
Do you think it amusing,' she
continued. "to hear you quarrcling
every day? This slamming of doors
upsets me. People who weep get
on my nerves. can't bear this
shrieking about the house, and
hate to work for persons who have
headaches. If monsieur and madame
are going to go on like that would
much rather leave"
They exchanged an eloquent look.
For the first time in their married
life they understood each other and
were completely in accord. They
drew rear each other. NJ. Leyril
opened his arms. Nine. Leyril
rushed into them.
When they had finished their
embrace they turned to the intruder.
well, Alphonsine, are you salts
fed now?"
SO it was that in flash, after
twenty-five years of discord, the
Leyris were permanently recon
ciled
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the coal and the wine, but also to
carry down the garbage cam
What stupidity!" he snarled
"She wants you to do all the err
rands."
The cook listened impassively
while they talked about her sup
posed demands, carefully noting
down in her mind all the most prom
ising suggestions.
"Alphonsine, my girl Nine. Ley
ril began again, "how would you like
to have my blue tailor-made suit?
You said once you thought it was
very pretty. You are little bit
larger than I am, but it will be easy
enough to let out the seams "
"You are talking nonsense" NJ.
LeyTil broke in. "Alphonsine, my
girl how about my giving you a new
dress, made to ORDER"
lulot! Shrleked Nine Leyrll.
"lf I'm an idiot what are you?" he
shrieked in return
For FIVE minutes they rerated each
ether. Then thc cook stepped for
ward and silenccd them with an im-
I.rious gesture.
"You are all wrong.' she said. "It
is only reasonable that monsieur
should carry down the garbage can,
that madame should make up all the
rooms and do the errands. Two
enema tickets week are not too
many. and am sure that deserve
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was a sad heart in the
n low storied, dark little house


low storied, dark little house
that stood humbly by the
roadside under some tall
elms. Small as her house was, old
Mrs. Robb found it too large for her
self alone; she only needed the
kitchen and tiny bedroom that led
out of it, and there still remained
the best room and bedroom, with
the low garrct overhead.
There had been a time, after she
was left alone, when Mrs. Robb could
help those who were poorer than her
self. She was strong enough not
only to do a woman's work inside
her house. but almost a mans work
outside III her piece of garden
ground.
At last sickness and age had come
hand in hand, those two relentless
enemies of the poor, and together
they had wasted her strength and
substance. She had always been
looked upon by her neighbors as be-
ing independent, but now she was
eft, lame-footei and lame handed
with a debt to carry and her bare
land, and the house ill-provisioned
to stand the siege of time.
For a while she managed to get
on. but at last it began to be whis-
pered about that there was no use for
any one to be so proud; it was easier
for the whole town to care for her
than a few neighbors, and Mrs Robb
had better go to the poorhouse before
winter. and be done with it.
At this terrible suggestion her
brave heart seemed to stand still,
The people whom she cared for most
happened to be poor, and she could
no longer 60 into their households to
make herself of use
The very elms overhead seemed to
say "Oh, no" as they groaned in
he late autumn winds, and there
was something appealing even to the
strange passerby in the look of the
little gray house, with Mrs. Robb's
pale. worried face at the window.
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CHAPTER II

C ONE one has said that anniver-
- saries are days to make other
people happy in, but sometimes
when they come they seem to be full
of shadows, and the power of Civ
ing JOY to others, that inalenable
right which ought to tighten the sad
dest heart, the most Indifferent SYM
pathy, sometimes even this seems to
be withdrawn.
SO poor Mary Ann Robb sat at
her window on the afternoon before
Thanksgiving and felt herself poor
and sorrowful, indeed. Across the
frozen road she looked eastward over
a great stretch of cold meadowiand,
brown and windswept and crossed by
icy bitches.
1t seemed to her as if before this,
IN al the troubles that she had
known and carried, there had always
leen some hope to hold; as if she had
never looked poverty full in the face
and seen its cold and pitiless look
iefore.
She looked anxiously down the
1oad, with a horrible shrinking and
dread at the thought of being asked,
cut Of pity, to join in some Thanks
giving feast, but there was nobody
coming with gifts in hand. Once
she had been full of love for such
days, whether at home or abroad,
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Translated by William l.. Mcpherson
(Copyri0ht, 1920, Ne1D York Tribune me-

miracle occurred. A servant ar
rived from an employment agency
She was very large person, a
cook by profession, her face par
boiled through lowering over stoves,
her arms stocky, her coifl'ure high
and her voice equally so.
Her terms were oncrous, almost
tyrannical, as are those Of all vic
tors, unless the victor happens to be
France.
With suppressed sighs and down
cast looks NJ. and Nine. Leyril ac-
copied all her conditions.
Astonished at regainng q little Of
the old bourgeois comfort which they
had missed. they remained relatively
quiet for time, fearing that if they
raised their voices they might shat
ter their beautiful dream. But
nothing comes back so easily as an
old habit. Their astonishment
abatcd. The disputes began again.
Doors slammed, shricks, weeping,
stormy meals, biting words-it was
'he same thing all over gain.
One morning Nine. Lcyril, still in
her wrapper, and M. Leyril, still in
his pajamas, saw Alphonaine enter
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CHAPTER Ill

a DEAD limb Of one Of The old
~ trees had fallen that au-
tumn, and, poor frewood as
it might be, it was Mrs. Robb's own,
and she had burnt it most thank
fully; at least she could
have the luxury Of a fire.
She had a feeling that it was her
last night at home, and with strange
rccklessness began to fill the stove
IS she used to do in better days.
It'll get me good an warm" she
said, still talking to herself, as lonely
people do. ITS comm on to Storm
The snow clicked faster and faster
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n 40 an unhappy hOuSehOld.
b From the day of their marriage,
almost, they had had differences
And they never stopped having
them. For twenty-five years they
were united, yet disunitcd. The birth
Of two children, their education, the
marriage Of the daughter and the
sons departure to follow the sea
for living-none Of these things
had reconciled them.
There are couples Of whom we
say: "Thcy were made for each
other" OF NJ. and Nine. Leyril ex-
actly the contrary could be said
Nine. Lcyril detcsted everything
that NJ. Lcyril liked, He had a
violent rcpugnance for everything
at she cared for. Why didn't they
It divorce? Perhaps they found
PEI Se'Se P''""u'c III Oc''lS az
ways at odds, in having scenes, in
imagining ways to tease and vcx
ach other. The habit they ha
formed Of shouting, Of slamming
doora, Of saying disagrccablc
things. Nadamc's tcars, Monsicur's
headaches all these hnd become an
essential part Of their existence.
They would nave missed them, un-
doubtcdly, if they had separated.
IL simplifics life greatly to be able
10 concentrate on "A single person all
tho rancor which one has in his
heart. Each " them held the other
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against the window, and she sat
alone thinking in the dark.

"There's lots of folks l love" she
said once. "They'd be sorry l amt
got nobody to come, am no supper
the night before Thanksgivin'. I'm
dreadful glad they don't know. "
And she drew little nearer to the
fire and laid her head back drowsily
in the old rocking chair.
1t seemed only moment before
there was a loud knocking, and
somebody lifted the latch Of the door.
The fire shOne bright through the
front Of the stove and made a little
light in the room, but Mary Ann
Robb walked up frightened and be-
wildercd.
"Who's there?" she called as she
found her crutch and went to the
door. She was only conscious Of
her one great fear "They've come
to take me to the poorhouse," she
said, and burst into tears.
There was a tall man, not John
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responsible for everything unplcas-
art that happened SO they insured
themselves against all other griev-
ances which, in fact, they never had
the leisure to cultivate.
Not even the war interrupted
their domestic antagonizing. Neither
their son nor their son-in-law served
at post Of danger near the front.
SO they continued their Quarrcls,
often carrying them into the cellars
into which the incursions Of The
Gothas drove them.
The disastrous peace, the high cost
Of living, tha universal discomfort
only aggravated their discords. AL
though struggling against common
difficulties they forgot no reproach,
no accusation.
The day they found themselves at
the head Of 4 servantlcss household
they fought ike the most hot-headed
OF young married people, entirely
dislcgarding their gray hairs.
"if you only knew how to cook y"
SAID NJ. Leyril, eve wouldn't be re-
duccd to eating what we eat"
"lf you were only capable Of
earning noney,' she answered, eve
could live comfortably at Il hotel"
Then the husband shut himself up
in his room with u headache and the
wife wcpt into the canned food con-
taincrs