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The Washington herald., 1920-12-24

cave was. soon aglow. Colchester
years old in cut-scissors, razors.
hats, shoes, all his discarded attire
and belongings, were dragged ruth
lessly from their renunciatory rest
and strewn about in painful dis
order. -
A pair Of scissors soon reduced
his beard sufficiently for the dulled
razors to perform approximately
their Office. Cutting his own hair
was beyond the hermit's skill. So
he only combed and brushed It back
ward as smoothly as he could. Char
ity forbids us to consider the heart
burnings and exertions of one so
long removed from haberdashery
and society,"
At last the hermit went to an
inner corner of his cave and began
to dig in the soft earth with q long
iron spoon. Out of the cavity he
thus made he drew a tin can and
out of the can three thousand dol
lars in bills, tightly rolled, and
wapped in oiled silk. He was a real
hermit, as this may assure you.
You may take a brief look at hin,
as he hastens down the little noun
tainside. A Tong. wrinkled, black
frock-coat reached to his calves.
White duck trousers. unacquained
with the tailor's goose. pink shirt,
white standing collar with brilliant
blue butterfly tie, and buttoned con-
gress CATERS. But think. sir and
madam-ten years! From beneath a
narrow-brimmed straw hat with a
striped band flowed his hair. Seeing
him. with all your shrewdness you
could not have guessed him. You
would have said that he played
Hamiet-or the ,tuba-or pinochle-
you would never have laid your
hand on your. heart and said: He
is a hermit who lived ten years In
a cave for love Of one lady-to win
another" -
The dancing pavilion extended
above the waters of the river. Gay
lanterns and frosted electric globes
shed a soft! glamors within it. A
hundred Ladies and gentlemen from
the inn. and summer cottages fitted
in and about it, To the left Of the
dusty roadway down which the herr
init had tramped were the inn and
grill room. Something seemed to be on
there, too. The windows were bril-
liantly lighted, and music was play
ing-music different from the two-
steps and waitzes of the casino
band.
A negro man wearing a white
jacket came through the iron gate,
with its immense granite posts and
wrought iron lamNholders.
What is going on here tonight ?"
asked the hermit.
well. sah," said the servitor. "dey
is having de reg1ar Thursday
evenin' dance in de casino. And in
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
TEA AND cossrr.


Z ~Qf course" Myra Cunningham
.Grant was summing UP the story. Of
the Bradley-E.ans elopement over
her tea cup in Kate Gibson's H.
brary the following afternoon. 'ft
all turned out all right after ali.
Diane was restored Ito her family
who were none the wiser. and War
rem Bradley will never dare come
back to town. so that releases poor
Gwen from the spell of the wicked
prince ] shouldn't be- at all sur
prised to hear any day that shed
finally decided to take dear. devot-
ed Pm Comstock. I saw him go-
ing up the Parkers, front steps a.
came over here today. and he &C.
companied Gwen to town last night
to get Diane and take her home"
80 Miss Evans really was hiding
at the BlackmoreT queried Kate
Gibson absently. staring into her
own teacup.
= Alison thought Myra's smile was
. trihe mysterious.
!. We-ell. she said she ran away
from Bradley as soon as they got
| to town that night and she was
afraid to stir out of her room at the
Blackmore until late yesterday af-
ternoon for fear of meeting him
and having q scene. 1t does Seem
curious, though. that she couldn't
have telephoned. doesn't itT'
There was q discreet silence
which Kate Gibson broke by set
ting down her cup and sighing:-
There's no accounting for what
girls do these daysw
Alison laughed. -.t
You sound positively ancient,
Kate. Why this sudden n.intolerance
Of the youth Of the iaadT
Mrs Gibson turned her quiet eyes
toward Alison, who sat curled up
ON the couch like pretty .nuffy
kitten.
Tt hurts me to see girls deliber-
ateiy running their lives and turn
ing their backs on happiness"
Alison flushed resentfully.
What had Larry said te Kate in
the interview the day before, that
she shorld be so stanchiy on his
side. she wondered7
We'll, I'm no longer q girl. but q
very much married woman. and
must be home to see that Tony gets
his favorite dessert FOR dinner" de-
clared Myra Grant. Importantly. as
she rose and put aside her tea cup.
"Awfully nice gossipy afternoon.
Kate. l don't believe we left any
body a character except ourselves.
Coming, Alison?'
Il think I'll stay and chat q while
longer with Kate" returned Alison,
stretching out a lazy hand, "Oh. you
young bride! I hate to be cynical.
but this time next year you'll have
fnr0ntfAn that had a.
vorite dessert"
You're more generous with me
than you were with yourself. aren't
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Toe May CeeALs. etc.

Louie Conrad is a. chef. Henry
Busch Is a candymaker. They both
work for q caterer on Connecticut
avenue northwest.
Conrad said that the candy de-
partment is always taking the
knives from the kitchen and he
always has to go after 'em to get
them back.
The last time he went after his
knife, he said. Busch got sore and
they had some words in English
German and profane.
Busch swore out a warrant for
Conrad and charged him with
threats. The man had sworn TO kick
out both his lungs. Busch said. and
followed the threat with language
unfit for a sea cook.
The chef denied doing any such
thing. He blamed all the trouble
on Busch. whom he accused Of har-
boring a Crouch against him.
Busch came back with a remark
that Conrad had already put one
man out OF commission and he was
afraid that he would be the next
L. G. Grossman. Conrad's lawyer,
told the court that because there
always had been rivalry and zeal
ousy among chefs and others in
allied professions. every little scrap
must not be taken seriously.
The court dismissed the threat
charge against Conrad and fined
him SO for swearing.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
Falling ROef Kills Miner.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Dec. "a
Edison Glessner. aged Is, Of Fried
ems, was killed yesterday afternoon
by a falling roof in the Schell mine.
near Meyersdale. He had been
working on a farm until two months
ago. He is survived by his father
and one brother and one sister.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24

Kidlets who can't figure out how
Santa Claus can use a chimney
through which not even smoke can
climb should rest easier after seeing
the way this youngster has been
reassured.
The old man of the house may be
pressed at times to keep on hand a
complete set of first-class answers
to the questions of the present-day
youngster, but once in a while ex-
perience tips off dad and he enters
the dinner table with a pat hand.
To answer the charge that closed
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
u. S. Buildings Heads
Asked to Curb Smoke

Cooperation Of the superintend-
ents of government buildings in
checking the volume of smoke from
the chimneys Of those buildings was
sought by DR.. William c. Fowler,
in a meeting with a number Of such
ofncials in his ONCE last night
DR.. Fowler said that repeated
violations of the anti-smoke ord
nance by government departments
had been noted by inspectors OF the
department and that the law applied
to the government as well as to
private concerns.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24

the grill room dere's a beefsteak
dinner, sah."
The. hermit glanced up at the inn
on the hillside whence burst sud
denly a triumphant strain Of spien-
did harmony.
And up; there" said he, they are
playing Mendelssohn-what'is lis going
on up thefe7" r' -,
up in de inn," said the duslSy
one, "dey is a weddln' goin' on. Mr..
Binkley, a mighty rich man, am
marryin' Mis- Trenholme. sah-de
young lady who am quite de belle
of de place. sab"
(copyrisht, lseo, BY wheeler syndicats.)
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N. Y. World Buyers Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. s3:-The New
York World Buyers: Guide today an
nounoes the following. Washington
buyers in the city: Pennsylvania.
Miss S., R. Harris Harris Sample
Shop), ready-to-wear; J. E. Brock
(Roberts. Inc). Jobs ready-to-wear.
ITO Broadway. -. r.. =
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24

fireplaces don't nj in logically with
the testimony handed down by the
older generation. this particular
Washington dad brought home a
telegram relayed from the North
Pole. confirming the rumored plans
for Friday at. midnight.
But even IL dad thinks he has swon
the argument he should travel care
fully when coming home from work.
There is still one more day left in
which the juvenile cross-examiner
can advance more embarrassing
questions.
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Good Morning,
Judge!
Cafe Du Combat.
~ RUDoLrH rERs<INs :

Cafe Du Combat.
Here is another dispute between
tenants In the same house.
Mrs. Rose Staples and Mrs. Anna
stapies-no relation-both live at
2327 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. Both have children
A pot OF hot coffee figures in this
dispute. Mrs. Anna Staples accused
the other woman Of douslng her
with the coffee and scalding her.
A doctor was summoned to court
to tell about the burns. He said
they were serious.
Mrs. Rose Staples said it was an
accident She was carrying the
pct, she said. when she accidentally
collided with the other woman.
The scalded woman said that the
coffee was thrown on her in a spirit
Of malice. and declared that threats
were made by the accused to throw
more coffee.
The trouble started. h was testi-
ned. when Mrs Anna Staples at
tempted TO air out an ice box be-
longing TO her that was being used
by the other woman.
The court fined Mrs. Rose Staples
$50 and let IL go at that.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
Lynchburg Loaf Price Drops

LYNCHBURG. Dec. %. - Retail
bakers here have reduced the price
of the 1s-ounce loaf from Is TO ls
cents
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
THE QUESTION.
What Is the Most Needed I'm
provement in the Schools
Of Washington?
THE ANSWERS,

THE ANSWERS,
DR. ABRAM SIMON, president
Of the District Board of Educa-
tios; -C1assrooms- AT present
we are In need of $50 class
rooms to relieve the congestion
which new In existent In the
schools OF Washington. With
more eiassrooms we viii be
able to do away with the port
able school buildings that are
new being used and we viii also
he able to give the part time
pupils the full nve hours of in
struetion each day.
J. L. CARR, president of the
Petworth Citixens Association,
4S03 Eighth street northwests
-Playgrounds. In the Petworth
section there is little or no
place for the children to play ms
the ground surrounding the
school building has practically
all been built MP. This section
In also I'm need of additional
school buildings, for many of
the children In the Petworth
section are forced to attend
schools In other sections of the
- cftyS
MRS. SUSIE ROOT RHODES,
member OF the Board of Edu-
cations "A proper and suitable
schoolroom for every forty pu-
pills In the graded schools, q
seat for every pupil. and suit
able playground for each
sehool.v
DR. FRANK w. BALLoU, SUI
perintendent OF District schools,
eBetter accom- odatfons for the
pupils We need more class
rooms 20 that each pupil might
have . comfortable seat and full
time Instruction.
WILLIAM b. wEsTLAKE,
president OF the Federation of
cftfzens' Assoeiationss .Better
'vorkiBg understanding between
everyone eennecfcd with the
Z iDistriet schools and the general
: sublfc.-
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24

Haywood Broun, the youthful
critic of the Tribune, has accepted
I chair at Columbia and will lecture
two mornings a week on the drama
Broun is not a high-brow. Just a
few years ago he was press agent
Tor a circus and after that he
wrote basebalL Now he does book
reviews and the theaters and his
reviews are perhaps the most pop
ular in town.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-24
n THE iNQUIRING
IMPORTER

He asks FIVE persons, picked Al
random, a question each day.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29

A rupture of diplomatic relations
between Czecho-Slovakia and Poland
is feared in official circles in Paris as
a result of the crisis over the situation
in the Teschen plebiscite area.
A growing tendency toward thrift,
general revision downward of prices Of
all commodities except food, and i'm
provement in the labor situation are
three encouraging factors in the re-
port which the seventh federal reserve
district of Chicago issued.
The injunction restraining the off,
GERS Of the Albany Law School from
denying instruction to Jacob Golden
koff, a student who was expelled re-
Gently for alleged radical utterance,
was ordered vacated by Supreme Court
Justice Hasbrouck, who issued the re-
straining order.
Department stores in Elmira, N. 7.
announced through extensive space In
newspapers that they have Joined in
the general movement to force down
prices. One store advertises reduc-
tons Of 20 to so per cent in every de-
partment. Another store in it's an
nouncement says: I'VE will join with
other stores of the country to force
down prices. We will not buy mer-
chandise in the future which we feel
is priced too high"
Max Pine and Harry Kagan, repre-
sentatives of the Joint Distribution
Committee for all Jewish relief funds,
both Americans, are now in Moscow
engaged In work preparatory to taking
up relief of the Jews and investigat-
ing the reported pogroms in the Uk-
raine. Judge Harry M. Fisher of
Chicago, chairman of the committee,
has also arrived in Moscow.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
WILSON A DEAD ONE.

Regulating Woodrow Wilson is
common talk all over the country. But
talking and repudiating him are two
different matters. There is no doubt
but that he should be repudiated right
now, for he has proven dismal fail
ure in everything he has undertaken.
His friends, the few that he has, have
all thrown him down with a splash.
At least if it is not true, it ought to be
true, and that makes it virtually so.
There was a time when he was looked
upon as a man of remarkable qualifi-
cations. When he was governor of
New Jersey he was the greatest. gov
ernor that had ever graced the office.
He put more and better legislation on
the books than had been enacted in a
hundred years. Then when he be-
came President his light went out. He
tried to do few things, but the more
he tried the worse he failed. AS be-
tween being governor of great COM
monwealth and being President of the
United States, he would have made a
better hodcarrier, this thought, of
course, being based upon what his ene-
mics think of him. And they are al
ways right.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
SPORTING.

Saratoga has always been the real
class Of the Eastern season. OF late
years, with no racing in Canada, there
was no conflict with the Spa during
the month of August. Saratoga has
been common battle-ground for the
best thoroughbreds on the continent.
Pete Herman, champion bantam
weight, has two broken homes in his
right hand. He will have to remain
idle for at least six weeks. His
manager, Sammy Goldman, is cancel
ling all engagements for that length
of time. Herman was scheduled to
appear at Portland, Ore.
Beals Becker, outfielder, has been
purchased from the Kansas City club
of the American Association by the
Seattle club of the Pacific Coast
League. Two thousand dollars and
players Bruce Hartford and William
Keeper were given for the former
Giant.
Chicago University's baseball team,
which Is visiting Japan, played ten
inning tie with the Kaio University
team at Toxic, the score being to 3.
The most radical shake-up Of the
season enlivened the rowing practice
of the Columbia crew on the Harlem
river. When Coach Jim Rice had fin.
ished with his pruning and slicing only
two of the first varsity still chung to
their original seats.
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
pion, and Artie Root of Cleveland will
meet in the feature bout of boxing
show July under the auspices of the
Cleveland Olympic Committee to raise
Clevelands share of the expenses of
Americas Olympic team into Antwerp.
The men will box ten rounds.
Professional boxing, which has been
under the ban In this state since the
repeal Of the Frawley law Ill the fall
of 1917, stands once more in the open.
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey and Miss
Charlotte Boyle, famous swimming
champions of the New York Women's
j. A, have returned from triumphant
tour of the United States and Homo
lulu.
Pat Moran, manager Of the Reds,
was suspended by President Heydler
OF the National League until he apollo
gizes for remarks attributed to him in
newspaper article about the conduct
of umpires in recent games at Redland
Field. Moran vigorously denies that
he made such statement.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
GENERAL

Experiments are being conducted at
the Textile Institute, Leeds, England,
in manufacturing by chemical proc
ess artificial wool from cellulose de-
rived from cotton waste.
Thirty Salvation Army officers dis
appeared in soviet Russia and have
been given up by their superiors as
lost, according to a telegram received
by the Chicago headquarters.
A chestnut tree in YOnkers, thirty
feet in circumference, said to be 800
years old, has become history. Charles
y. Coy, 113 Valentine lane, in front of
whose home it grew, had the decayed
old giant felled.
Swiss cheese, full of holes, long a
luxury on American tables, is soon to
become commonplace. The holes, a
distinguishing mark of real Swiss
cheese, can now be made by new
culture, discovered by A. U. Weimar,
cheese specialist.
With no money, no organization and
only handful Of inexperienced volun-
teers, the One Million Club gathered
720 members on the first day of it's ex.
istence as rallying point for the of
fensive against high prices and prof.
teering, according to Charles Baumgar.
ten of 318 East Sixty-ninth street, who
started it.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
Carranza Was Assassinated.

Vera Cruz.-Reports of an autopsy
performed on the body Of Venustiano
Carranza at Tlaxcalantongo fail to
agree with the claim of Rodolfo Her
zero that the President committed
suicide rather than be taken captive, 1t
is asserted in official quarters here.
Surgeons who conducted the autopsy,
1t is declared, found Carranza had been
struck by two rifle bullets, one of which
penetrated his breast and the other his
abdomen. The bullets entered from in
front, and 1t was the conclusion of
those who witnessed the operation that
the President had been assassinated,
II Is said.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
HIGH TAXES.

1.-THE Palisadian' has refrained from
saying anything about the present
high taxes in the boroughs to which
1T caters because, as a rule, anything
said about taxes goes in one ear and
out of the other to those interested in
making them. Unfortunately, taxes
are necessary. But not high taxes.
taxes, state and county taxes should
be reduced to the lowest possible mini
mum. Instead, in the circumstances
of tremendous federal taxation, state,
county and municipal taxes are really
little short of ferociOus. They have
never been as high as at present.
The politicians who are elected to Of
fee to represent the interests of the
people pay not the slightest attention
to protest or appeal, but go along In
creasing exenditures, claiming every
thing as a necessity of course.
There should be a halt in these
tendencies. The best way to try for
proper taxation appears to be a revolt
against them. The way to revolt is
to institute different kind of govern
ment-one in which the people have
a voice and chance.
This years tax rate in Fort Lee
borough is $425 per 500. In Cliffside
the rate is $5.25. In Fairview the rate
is $64O. But the rate of taxation is
governed by the assessment. In many
boroughs the assessments are lower
than Others In Fort Lee assessments
are unduly high and wholly dispro-
portionate. The inequalities have
been proven time and again.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
FOREIGN.

Field Marshal Szetoza Boroevc. COM
mander of Austrian forces on the Ital-
Aan front from late in 1915 until Oc-
tober, 1918, is dead, his death being
caused by stroke of apoplexy.
The American Society of Friends
relief commission proposes to extend
Its feeding mission to the university
students OF Germany, who, in great
majority, are in the most reduced cir
cumstanceS.
AT least six persons were killed and
more than 80 wounded In the clash
between royal guards and students in
Rome which marked the close of Mon
days celebration of the fifth anniver.
sary Of Italy's entry into the world
war;
AT Reval, the gateway of Bolsheyist
Russia, there is distinctly discovera-
BILE increasing conviction that the next
80 or 60 days may show DEVELOPMENTS
upon the other side of the Red frontier
of the greatest Importance.
Roland Morris, ambassador to Japan.
arrived from the Far East on the
steamship Empress Of Russia.
The well known Swiss aviator. Tad
doll, fell into Lake Constance, Switzer-
land, and drowned, while flying a sea-
plane in contest at Romanshorn.
The dirigible airship R-34. which in
1919 flew across the Atlantic from Eng
land to New York and back, had a
trial flight near Rome and shortly prob
ably will attempt flight from Rome
to Buenos Aires.
Adoption by the French chamber of
provision in the tax bill placing
levies totaling 951 francs (normally
$500 on small cars, has doomed auto
mobiles as luxuries, in the opinion of
owners of machines in France.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-05-29
WAY WORLD WAGS
TOLD in TABL0|DS
Big Stories and Minor Events
Blue PenciIed Into Quickly
Read Paragraphs.
DOINGS AT NATIONS CAPITAL.
Happenings That Caused Stir Briefly
Observation-Disclosures About the
Progress Of Things In General
Throughout the World.
DOINGs AT NATIONS CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON.

War profits of corporations after
payment Of heavy war taxes were rs
per cent greater than the average
peace time business returns just be-
fore the war, Representative Hull, one
of the financial experts of Congress,
declared.
An intimation that the United States
may properly retaliate against Canada
because of it's restriction ON exporta-
tions of pulp wood by placing embar-
goes on coal, sulphur, kaolin and dyes
needed by that country is contained
in report from the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Bare legs and scanty one-piece bath
Ing suits will be permitted this sum-
mer at Chesapeake Beach, the capitals
seashore resort. Officials agreed to dis
regard as precedents the prohibitory
orders issued at Coney Island and At
lantic City.
Advices from Mexico indicate the
revolutionists have much to do before
a stable government can be establish
ed. Military leaders are reported in
various parts of the republic with
small forces of men under arms, either
still loyal to the Carranza regime or
for other reasons hostile to the de
facto government.
The house refused, 204 to 107, to
eliminate from the agricultural appro-
priation bill $4,000 for distribution
of free seed and the bill went back
to conference, the senate having in
structed it's conferees not to accept the
item.
An effort will be made to put
through bill simplifying the admins
trative procedure in the enforcement
of the revenue law before the end of
the present session of Congress.