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The Washington herald., 1920-11-08

compIetest kind Of education are breaking down in
the most ancient and exclusive Of the American
and British universities, it was foreordained that
Wellesiey's first and greatest president Alice
Freeman Palmer. should join the circle OF six
women previously chosen to be associates in inn
mortality with the fifty men,
To the average American probably the most in
teresting and the most satisfactory selection made
by the jury in this balloting will be that of mark
Twain" Nevertheless. there Is something ironic in
the situation. We know now from his posthumous
works, his cynical view of life, human destiny and
democracy that he was not the simple personality.
always good natured, always benign, without a
philosophy personal and cosmic, whom his admir-
ers men like Mr.. Howclls and Henry van Dyke,
pictured him to be in prose and in verse This
election the Hall of Fame shows that in 1910 his
countrymen admire him. But when. 100 years after
his death, his volume OF mordant realistic analyses
of his contemporaries is published viii his panel in
the Hall of Fame University Heights be re-
tanned or removeds
Judged by literary craftsmanship, he unqucs-
tonaby has much right to his place as Whit
tier or William Cullen Bryant or Harriet Beecher
Stowe to their inches Mention Hawthorne and
Poe, and it is another story, as Kipng would say.
One fact is certain-he got his rating much more
quickly than Poe, who under the ban. And
whether cynic jester democrat or aristocrat,
mocker OF SOCIAL Pfophet at oottoH Mdrk IVAN
wrote "Huck Finn" tom Sawyer and "Puddin-
head Wilson" as other man could have done
them and of the morrow hope to-;
for the environment which they depict is doomed,
and such characters also face extinction.
After all. he was "Vir jocindissime, lepdis-
SINE, facetiosissime," Lord Curzon said when, as
chancellor OF Oxford University. he, in 1907 con-
ferred the degree Of doctor of letters the man
who used to be Mississippi River pilot. Mark
Twain did shake the sides of all the circuit OF the
earth" with his "joyohsness,' Lord Curzon pro-
ceeded to add; and il while doing so he at the
time inwardy held in contempt those whom
he amused, he was not the first satirst so to con-
ceal his real self
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
SUGGESTS MEANS OF CORRECT
ING @HACkERp PROBLEM.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
noticed in The Herald the criti-
cism made by Mr.. Owens Of the pub
lie hackers in the District of CO.
lumbia, 1 am a public hacker my
self and have been for fifteen years.
and / think I am able to prove that
my record during this period is
clean.
While / know that some men
driving public vehicles are not per-
feet, ] think 1t is unjust to cast
aspersions on all men engaged in
this business.
l suggest that a good way to
weed the bad from the good among
the drivers is for our District Com
missioners to make a charge of 800
for Identification cards and to put
each driver under bond ! mean
that each man who drives a public
vehicle, either for himself or for
a company, should be required to
have such an Identification card.
Also. each driver should be required
to pay not less than 500 for a Ii
cense. That would make a total
of 5000 for each car per year-and
] do not mean that hotels and the
Washington Federal taxicabs should
be excused from this. l mean that
each man and each public vehicle
should pay alike, whether the car
is owned individually or by a COM
pany. JAMES A.
Washington, d. C., November 5.
1920.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
CANDY SALE METHOD
ORDERED CHANGED

The Federal Trade Commission
has issued its order requiring the
Shotwell Manufacturing Company,
Chicago, to refrain from certain
methods of competition in the man
ufacture and sale of candy and kin-
dred products in interstate COM
merce.
The agreed upon facts show that
the Shotwell Company has given
valuable premiums and presents,
consisting of watches and other
personal property to statesmen of
jobbers handling the products of it's
competitors, as INDUCEMENTS to in
huence the statesmen to push the
sale of the Shotwell goods in pref
erence over similar products of
competing concerns.
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The Hall of Fame's Doors Open.

A jury OF ninety-sx and six women, chiefly
of the academic and intellectual tyne" has lust
added seven names to the Hall of Fame which
New York University guards as a national possess
sion. Two emerge out of the remote past, Roger
Williams and Patrick Henry. Two are of recent
time, Saint Gaudens and S. L. Clemens Mark
Twain. Only one of the group is a woman. Alice
Freeman Palmer. Science wins recognition in
William Thomas Green Morton the physician. and
James B. Eads, the engineer
To the credit of these jurors be it said that
they have been more discriminating than some of
their predecessors, in that they have distributed
their awards more fairly between the great yoea
tons that important to any nations idealsm
and enduring life. Roger Williams, Judged by the
seminal principle for which he stood in affirmation
OF religious liberty, should long ago have found a
place the roll Lesser men with opinions much
narrower than his preferred by earlier Jurors
theological and legsstic in their personal creeds
Patrick Henry has had to wait for an era OF reyo-
luton and discomfort to get justice done him for
his flaming eloquence and passion for democracy.
Qaite appropriately at an hour when wise ma
tioussare reappraisng the place of the trained man
of applied science citizen of inestimable worth
N war and in peace. docs Eads get recognition; !;
and when barriers against wonrsns sharing in the
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
Makes Dining Table
Out of Elephant S Ear

In. all languages the elephant
has always provided a convenient
synonym for adjectives denotins
great size Carl ,Akeley, big game
hunter and friend of Theodore
Roosevelt, writing an the Worlds
Work, gives US a. graphic impression
of the bulk of "A young African bull
elephant shot by the writer on the
Vasin Gishu plateau in East Africa.
The animal, which had an un-
usually thick skull. was brought
down only after repeated charges
-an experience that prompted Mrs.
Akeley, who took part in the da-
venture, to remark that she wanted
to go home and keep house for the
rest OF her life.
Il couldn't measure his height" !"
says the writer, but ! measured
his ear as one indication of his
size. 1t was the biggest ever heard
of. And his tusks were good sized
eighty pounds. He was a big
animal. Later I made q
dining table OF his ear, supporting
it on three trsks for legs. With
the wooden border 1t was eight feet
long and seated eight people very
comfortably"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
AUSTRALIA PRODUCES
MORE LINSEED OIL

Remarkable success has attended
the manufacture of linseed oil at
Kilkenny, South Australia, accord
ing to adyices from Trade Commis-
sioner Ferrin to the Far Eastern di-
vision, bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce.
In a period of seven months the
mill has been enlarged seven times.
and IL present plans are carried out
mills soon will be operating in Vic
toria as well as South Australia.
Oil, it is claimed, may be put on the
market in three days in perfect con-
dition under the processes utilized.
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" DO YOU KNOW
l OUR BIBLEp
CHAPTER 6.
By Maurice Keften
e.si: g ~ Z {; ~. -; ,sss.;;s..,,. s.;s,. o.

ShAfTEh D.
The lsrselites for their sin are oppressed
by indian rrOphet rebuketh them.
II An angel sendeth Gideon for their de-
hVeraace- II Gidecu's present is Goa.
suned with Ere. Is GIDEON destroyeth
Baal's altar, and onereth q sacrifice 1pon
the altar Jebo.sb-shzIou. IS Ioash de-
fendeh his son. md calleth him Jerub.
oaAL y GideOn's srmy. SO Gideon's
signs.
And the children Of Israel aid
evil in the sight OF the Lord: and
the Lord delivered them into the
hand Of indian seven years.
And the hands OF indian pre-
vailed against Israel: and because
OF the hfdisnites the children OF
Israel made them the dens which
are in the mountains, and caves,
and strong holds.
> And SO il was. when Israel
had sown, that the Midianites came
up. and the Amalekites, and the
children of the east, even they
came up against them;
And they encamped asains,
them, and destroyed the increase of
the earth. till thou come unto GAIA,
and left no sustenance for Israel,
neither sheep, nor OK, nor ass.
5 For they came up with their
cattle and their tents, and they
came as grasshoppers for multi.
tude; for both they and their
camels were without number: and
they entered into the land to de.
stroy il.
And Israel was greatly impoy-
Crished because of the Midianites,
and the children of Israel cried un-
to the Lord.
And it came to pass. when
the children OF Israel cried unto the
Lord because of the Midianites,
S That the Lord sent a prophet
unto the children OF Israel, which
said unto them, Thus saith the
Lord God OF Israel, brought you
up from Egypt and brought yor
forth out OF the house of bondage;
? And ] delivered you out Of the
hand Of the Egyptians, and out oI
the hand OF all that oppressed you
and drave them out from before
you, and gave you their land;
10 And ] said unto you, / am the
Lord your God: fear not the god,
OF the Amorites. in whose land ys
dwell: but ye have not obeyed my
voice.
IL And there came an angel
Of the Lord, and sat under an OAK
which was in Ophrah. that pertain
cd unto Jozsh the Abi-ezrite: and
his son Gideon threshed wheat by
the winepress, to hide il from the
Midianites.
le And the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him, and said unto
him, The Lord is with thee, thou
mighty man of valour
l3 And Gideon said unto him. o
my Lord, IL the Lord be with us
why then is all this befaIlen us!
and where be all his miracles which
our fathers told us OF. saying. Did
not the Lord bring us up from
saken us. and delivered US into the
hands of the Midianites.
li And the Lord looked upon
him, and said, Go in this thy might.
and thou shalt save Israel from the
hand of the Midianites: have not
l sent thee?
Is And he said unto him. o my
Lord, wherewith shall / save
Israel? behold, my family is poor
in Manasseh, aid I am the least in
my fathers house.
16 And the Lord said unto him
Surely ! will be with thee. and thou
shalt smite the Midianites as one
man.
Il And he said unto him. II now
I lave found grace in thy sight,
then shew me a sign that thou
talkest with me.
CTo Be Continued.)
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continued, but please tell me why
in thunder you put up such an
awful scrap when you had nothing
but the fifteen cents on you"
"Thunderation, man." the victim
responded. Il Was trying to protect
my credit"
william Allen white, the noted
Kansas Progressive, went down to
New York, a few days ago, to look
at the filming of one OF his stories
and he acted just like the whole
thing was a surprise 20 him. The
facts are that Bill had q good look
at the fllp in the secrecy OF an
Emporia. Kas., movie house several
weeks ago and he was nsdder over
the changes in hts story that the
movie director had made than he
was over the nomination Of Senator
HaxdinSs
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
New Zealand Railways
Report Splendid Profit

Net profit of ss.o17,1es on a capi-
tai Of s1s4,647.055 is shown in the
annual statement of the New Zeal
and government railways for the
year ending March 81, 1920. accord
ing to the Department of Com
merce. The receipts of the 3,006
miles in operation were s27,9s4,47S
as compared with the S24,277,177 for
the 2,993 miles in operation during
1919, Earnings were s9.35S per mile
during 1920. as compared with S.
126 per mile during 1919. Operat-
ing expenses were s6,676 per mile
during 1920, and s5.3s7 per mile
during 1919.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
NEW ZEALAND ROADS
INCREASE RATES

Freight and passenger rates on
the government. railways OF New
Zealand have been increased from
10 to 40 per cent over pre-war rates
to meet the increases in operating
expenses and in the salaries of en-
ployes, Consul General Winslow at
Auckland advises the Department of
Commerce.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
NEW TREASURY ISSUE
SET AT $500, 900, 900

An additional issue of $500. .000, GOO
in Treasury certificates was an
nounced by Secretary Houston, OF
the Treasury, yesterday.
The certificates will be dated No
vember Is, 1890, and will be payable
May ls, 1921. with interest at the
rate of 5A per cent. Applications
for subscriptions Will be received a,
all Federal Reserve banks.
The certificates will be exempt
both as to principal and interest
from all taxation, State or Federal
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
A MIDNIGHT REVERE.

Now listen. friends, and you may
hear
the midnight snores of Saul Tinnear,
who's riding through the land of
nod upon mattress. feather shod.
His tuneful snoring fills the air
as on he sleeps without q care, To
him the night is only this, snoring
time of restful bliss.
So harken to the snorefui note that
gurgles from the snorer's throat, as
Saul Tinnear enjoys his rest and
gives the world a snoring fest.
The time clock in the village tower
Is striking out the midnight hour. :.
but this is naught to Saul Tinnear
who snores SO loud he cannot hear.
y. A. LUFBURRow.
gCepyright. pac. By NE Mcclure syndieate.) }
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
n n THE HERALD
irlAIL BAG

The Herald welcomes coutributions from
its readers on current topics, and Will
publish those which are Of generst in
terest. Communica ticns should not ex-
eeed 300 woris and must bear the NJ
will not Be published II &c II % desired.
Space can not be given to the publica-
tion Of amateur verse.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1920.

The very essence of free government
consists in considering offices as public
trusts, bestowed for the good Of the coun-
try, and not for the benefit of an individual
or partyEJohn c. Calhoun.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
Women EIders. Now.

The Portsmouth, o.. Presbytery
voted to give women equal rights
with men in the church and select.
ed several as elders and deacons.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08

Now one can begin to appreciate the relation
ship between the egg and egg coal.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08

Scientists say there r3o varieties OF bats in
the world; one less in the U. S. A.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
A DAILY LINE o. CHEER
By John Kendnck Bsnss

AN AGREEABLE TYRANNY.
Love is q Tyrant, so they say,
That holds us firmly meath his sway.
But be that as u chance to be
He's Despot good enough for me,
And while ] hold all bondage grim
I'm glad to be a Slave TO him.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08

Jay Rial is dead. His name was magic on a
circus pass. as. q q ~
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
ITALIAN PARTY
TO VISIT HERE
Grandson Of Caribald Plans
Tocross America on Way
To Mexico.
ny GEORGE rznnY noHpu

The grandson OF Garibaldi. the
revolutiouist OF an earlier day.
whose name Ia inseparably linked
with those Of Cavour and Mazinni in
the making OF United Italy, will
soon pass through the United States
en- route TO the City OF Mexico. He
win formally convey TO the new ad-
ministration the good will Of his
homeland. and reciprocate the serv-
ice recently rendered in Italy BY
Felix p. Pslayscini. Mexico's special
messenger. BY the way Il may be
remarked that IL is quite evident
that this liberal journalist Of the
City of Mexico. who ia making I'll
Universal" an organ of opinion that
counts. must be reckoned with here
after as a-Iesding citizen. OF course
Italian born cititens OF this country
feel at home while he is among Ne.
Other Americans will recall his
grandsire's fame and be cordial for
that reason. IL for no other.
Burton's Return 90 Congress-
Hon Theodore Burton. who once
was a Senator from Ohio. will sit
In the House Of Representatives
after next March. Since he left
lctlhiAtlNe nalle ne mas Deen
banker in New York and a traveller
In Asia The first experience has
added valuable practical knowledge
10 his previous large store OF theory
ABOUT nnance. national and interna-
tional The second experience has
given him FIRST hand Information
about conditions OF the Far East,
a part OF the world with which the
United States is TO have very impor-
tant diplomatic and commercial re-
lations heDceforth. Obviously then
Nr. Burton will come back 10 law
making'a better equipped man. But
when he retired he stood head and
shoulders above most OF his COL
leagues in knowledge OF interna-
tional problems. and his mastery OF
the revenue and outlay phase OF
government-as II then stOod-wss
conceded by all. The closer he f.
admitted to the councils OF the party
in power as il shapes its fiscal and
foreign policy the more inteIIigent
those decisions may be. provided he
Is needed.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
BsItIsere's school Survey.

Baitinere's school Survey.
Baltimore's school survey" un-
der the direction OF Professor George
d. Strayer. of Columbia University.
is to have expert supervision OF DR..
Abram Flexner, Of the General Edu-
cation Board; DIR. Frank Spaulding,
of the Department OF Education at
Yale University, and Professor
inglis. Of Haryard's Department OF
Education. The results Of the
survey" are to be given from
month 10 month through the press
and by the assembling OF the people
of the city to hear what the in
vestigators have to say. or the
eminence Of these surveyors" there
is not the slightest doubt: but prac-
tical school men," at the very start
of the survey are going TO say that
il is a body too heavily weighted
with university men.
One OF the interesting disclosures
of Carnegie's last will and tesla
ment was it's proof that Andrew
had been good to the kin Of Robert
Ingersoll. his old friend. Andrew
had his heterodoX days, and in fact
he never became very orthodox.
Nevertheless, he was a Theist, and
he did give millions to endov a
Church Peace Society. But what OF
Ingersoll7 The country has no such
advocate of revolt against institu-
tional religion today. Neither
orators nor newspapers OF a type
that hourished two generations ago
now ind audiences.
One wonders just how and why
In 4
possibly we are TO fud out in the
Intimate View of Robert Ingersoll'
which 1. Newton Baker has just
written. Ingersoll's defiance Of the
church cost him political prefer
ment. ] well recall hearing william
Reynolds, OF Peoria H.. tell Of how
he and Bishop Simpson. Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church, once
journeyed TO Washington 20 block
IngersolI's path 20 a diplomatic post
in Europe. And they succeeded.
warren =. stsne. banker.
Grand Chief Engineer Of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers Warren s. Stone will not be
seen in Washington as often In the
future az in the past. He is a sue
cessful banker now. with hosdauaT-
NNA6 - INV aoAAAs NAAANs
he is operating is a cooperative one
in which stock is held by men con
nected with the leading organiza-
tions OF railway workers. The stock
I of this bank was three times over
subscribed and is distributed among
81, 900 persons. The bank plans 10
limit stock dividends 20 10 per cent.
and all earnings above operatinE
expenses and q DEFINITE sum set
aside for surplus will be divided
with dcpositors. Insurance banking
also will be handled for the engi-
neers. Of which they now have
SlS4. .0Oo, 900 written. Keep your eye
on this largest venture in Ayowed
class" banking yet made in this
country. Generally initiated by
other subdivisions OF the labor
army. il may put a crimp in some
Of the financial power hitherto
welded in support OF the employing
class.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-08

CTo Be continued.)
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sceasrisht. sso. y &c MeOlars s,aale..e.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-06
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS.

anything. She evidently had been
able to do as she had planned. His
calling her "a good little scout was
proof she had tried to please him re-
gardless of herself.
1 wished, in a careless scrt of way,
that had some of her grit. Il wish
could dismiss my jealousy, make up
! my mind never to be jealous again
even of Leola, II said as 1 stood in the
window waiting for Everett to come
home. But 1 can't, 1 can't help
being jealous-I love hum So
If, instead of eXcusing myself I had
determined to love and trust. l should
have been much happier. loved, but
did not trust-a condition which
makes only for unhappiness.
After my visit TO the cemetery 1
had torn up the, note / had found
pinned to Leola's dress, and which
1 had put carefully away. 1t was a
little sign 'of my repentance for having
such jealous thoughts. as compared to
Mrs. Currie's unselfishness. 1t was the
very last of Leola's personal belong
ings of which 1 had cognizance.
Everything of hers in the attic had
long ago been given away. My home
had all bScn dcne over So that moth
ing downstairs reminded me of her.
People too had ceased to say any
thing about 1.-The first Mrs. Graham
the similarity of our colorirg, or the
becomingness of sapphire blue. All
but Mr.. Leveridge; he sometimes till
joked about my likeness to Leola. But
/ cared little for anything he could say.
There was really nothing now in my
life to cause me to think of the first
Mrs. Graham" yet never for long was
she absent from my thoughts. Ex-
plain it if you can. I cannot. A word,
often just a look on Everett's face
weuld lead me to imagine he was
thinking of her, perhaps loving her in
his thoughts; and 1 would be miser-
able.
1 know these spells of depression
worried Everett More and more, as
| time went on, did he try to get me to
explain WHY L felt SO ''blue''-as ]
expressed tat times.
Il try to make you happy, Sandra
| Is there anything you want2 Any
| thing 1 can do, to. prevent these fits
of depression"
''No-it's nothing" I would assure
him, ashamed.
Tomorrow distressful scens.)