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The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
Student Of Paderewski Z
To Give Piano Program

Lovers Of good music are invited
to attend the concert to be given in
the lobby of the Central Y. NJ. C. A..
1875 q street northwest, from to s
o'clock this evening. J. Menzies Van
Zandt, who studied under Paderew-
ski and toured the country last sea-
son with the Russian Symphony Or
chestra. will play several classical
selections on the piano. Others on
the program are Miss Frances
Scherger. popular songs; DR.. George
Fleming, violin solos, and Mr.. VIII
liam ]. Slaymaker, readings. Mrs.
z. Alderman will be the accompanist.
On Wednesday night. January "a,
at Sis D. m. Miss willard Howe will
lecture on Journalism and Its OPP
portunities to Young Men and
Women" Musical numbers will
precede the address.
Lieut.. Col. Finney Will give an il
Illustrated talk on "DirigibIes and
Lighter Than Air Craft" Friday
night at the same hour. Both events
will take place in the assembly hall.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
CLUB BALLOTS
ON RUM PRIZE
Parcels Containing Last of
Cellars Contents Given
To Members.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. lit was one
of those cases often written about in
which strong men weep" General
Henry NJ. Warfield. president of the
Maryland Club, was master of cere-
monies.
The spectators. or rather the
mourners, were about 100 members of
the club. assembled to witness the
closing of the clubs famous cellar.
While the great bulk OF the clubs
possession in the way of wines and
liquors were disposed of some time
ago. there was left an odd lot, con-
sisting of several hundred bottles
containing anything from stomach
bitters to fine old wine. Not know
ing what else TO do with it. it was
determined to divide in into 100 par
cells. put down the name of every
member of the club and draw lots.
This is no occasion for levity,
gentlemen" said General Warfield. as
some hardened soul cracked a joke.
We are here to see these departing
spirits properly on their way"
When his own name came out there
was all but a riot But, in defiance
Of the militant throng. the general
maintained his ground and his pack
age.
In eager expectancy the crowd
waited until the last ballot was read
and then turned away and watched
the unwrapping OF the prizes. 1t was
in this way the club made ar
engagements for complying with the
law that compels it to be as dry as
Sahara after next Friday
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
PARSON LAUDS
NEWS WRITER'S
Trust En- to Pick a Live
One Every Time, Says
The Rev. Mr.. Straton.
CBy Herald Leased wireD

New York. Jan. IL. Dead
churches and dead preaching came
in for castigation by the Rev. John
Roach Straton. well-known New
York pastor. in his sermon tonight
in Calvary Baptist Church. He said,
in part:
"One of the most serious indict-
ments of church life and methods
today is the fact that newspapers
and newspapermen tend to shy from
the church. There couldn't be more
conclusive proof that many churches
are just about dead. NEWSPAPERS
have an instructive and moral an
tipathy to anything dead, but thew
will fall over each other to find
something that is alive and moving.
When the church becomes news, she
will get all the publicity she needs.
II have been a newspaper man
myself, and naturally am much in
terested in the newspaper world,
and fond of newspaper peonIe
They are a Woodworking class,
am afraid we often forget the ardu-
Gus toll that has been necessary tn
bring to US each morning the
worlds news. boiled down and put
into attractive form. 1t has mean
that a great army of men and
women has had to toll until long af-
tee midnight.
when a preacher becomes a mere
notoriety seeker, and when he uses
the pulpit to retail trash and serve
up slang, and to discuss the silly
fads and isms of the day, he is pros
tituting humanity's highest and
noblest calling. Happily, however,
the newspapermen know the differ
ence between a mountebank and a
true prophet of God.
81 believe that what the human
race needs today more than any
thing else Is a revival of the right
sort of preaching. I believe the
churches ought to advertise far
more literally in the papers than
they do. If the church was as en-
terprising and aggressive as the
theater in this field. the results
would be, just as beneficial to the
church as publicity has been to the
theater in it's field"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
n. ]. LEGISLATU
LEANS TOSUFFS
Ratification Expected at
New Session-Dry
Bills Up.
CBy Herald Leased Wire,

Trenton, n. j., Jan. 1.-THE New
Jersey legislature will convene at
noon Tuesday and during the ten
or twelve weeks session will have
some important matters to consider.
including woman's suffrage ratifi-
cation, public utilities regulation,
prohibition enforcement act. pro-
posal for ratification of the eigh-
teenth amendment and a measure
for bonuses for service men.
The chances are slightly in ia
vor of suffrage ratification. al
though the ants claim Legislative
votes are lacking and the question
must be submitted to a State refer
endum, with a strong probability
of defeat for the suffrage cause in
view of the fact that New Jersey
defeated the State woman suffrage
amendment by about $4,000 votes
four years ago.
With the Inauguration of Governor
elect Edward l. Edwards Old Tuesday,
January 20. the wet .and~dry forces
will clash. Governor Edwards was
elected on a distinctly Wet platform
and Is pledged to use all the legal
machinery of the State in an en-
deavor to have passed by the legis-
lature an enforcement act allowing
per cent or more of alcoholic con-
tents for beer and also permitting
light wines. 1t is said he will call
upon the Attorney Generals depart
ment to defend such an act from at
tack. In addition he IL expected to
attempt to have the legislature take
some action assailing the prohibition
amendment in the United States
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
ISSUE CITIZEN
IN GEORGETOWN
]. A. Oliver to Edit Organ
For Association. and
Business Men. ),
SEEK LINCOLN STATUE
Lapse in Work on Key
Bridge Deplored by
Residents.
SEEK LINCOLN STATUE

Georgetow is to have a newspaper.
1t will be the Georgetown Citizen.
and will be edited by J. A. Oliver,
president of the Georgetown Citizens
Association. The hrst number will be
issued next Friday. II will be the
Official organ of the association.
The Georgetown Citizen will make
its appearance monthly and will be
distributed gratis to the 600 members
of the association and business men
who are not members. 1t will be the
only newspaper in the town since the
Courant ceased to exist. Features
of the new publication will be a series
of historical sketches of Georgetown
by Henry L. Evans. OF the Bureau
of Education, and editor of the New
Age.
Work on Bridge Halted.
Operations on the Key Bridge have
been suspended because of lack of
funds. Georgetown business men say
the bridge is badly needed and had
hoped that operations would be con-
tinued uninterrupted all winter.
Campaign of Education.
The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton will inaugnrate its campaign of
education at the regular monthly
meeting next Monday in the Potomac
Savings Bank building. NJ street and
Wisconsin avenue. The speakers will
be District Commissioner Louis
Brownlow. Daniel Donovan, District
auditor. and Maj. Raymond w. Pull
man. chief of police. At future meet
ings other officials will speak.
Mission for Men Opens.
The mission for men at Holy Trim
ity Church opened last night under the
most suspicious conditions, following
the mission for women, which was
concluded Saturday evening. Large
congregations attended all services,
which were conducted by Rev. Fathers
Mccarthy and D"lehanty. of the
Jesuit order. The mems mission will
he conducted the remainder of the
present week.
The colored people OF Georgetown
want the statue of Lincoln. recently
removed from in front of the court
house. to be placed in the park at
Twenty-eighth and VI streets. James
Marshall. a former slave and said to
be Georgetown's Oldest negro, has
started a movement with that end in
view.
4 large congregation listened to the
sermon yesterday of Rev. Walter G.
Mcneil on Like the Stars" at Dunn
barton Avenue NJ. f. Church.
Franklin Gross, who was seriously
injured in a runaway accident on Con-
duit road, is reported to be out of
danger.
Rev. Edward Dwight Eaton. n. D..
preached yesterday in the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church, Lowell
and Thirty-fOurth streets. on Stones
for Bread
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12

Watch your step" is d fine slogan
to be observed in buying shoes. says
the United States Public Health
Service. Get them large enough.
built on sensible lines and most Of
your corns and bunions will dis
appear. f..
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
Rule By Snobs
Brittain's Curse,
Says Bernard Shaw
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW


London. Eng. Jan. lI-Winston
Churchill declares the Labor party
of England is incapable OF gov
erning the country. Well. We all
are equally amateurs in govern
ment, and the idea of any man
pretending TO be better Is hum
bug. The British governing classes
are sometimes nice people person.
ally but practically they are snobs
and ignoramuses.
They have convinced public opin-
ion that working is low and dis
honorable and that fighting is OBJ
lgatory. They have forced their
idlers. millionaires and all, into
the trenches without an act of
Parliament by sheer force of con-
viction. The only party that inter-
ests me is the party that will force
their idlers-and all idlers whatso-
ever-by the same irresistible pres
sure into places where people work
and who will understand that mod
ern civilization cannot afford wars
and cannot survive them.
| don't care what that party is
called-Labor, Bolshevik or An
archist-it shall he my party. Its
leaders have to be politically self
educa ted-which is better than the
miseducation of colleges and uni
Versities.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
Legion Seeks to Employ
Ex-Yanks, Stranded Here

Col. Z. Lester Jones. commander OF
the American Legion in the District,
announced last night that every ef-
fort will be made by the Legion to
find work for jobless service men in
the city.
There are more mon loaf" -!
around town than there have been for
many months" said Col Jomc.
Ex-service men desiring employ
ment should apply at the American
Legion headquarters. SIS Fifteenth
street, regardless whether they are
members of the Legion.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
Mary Eaton, D. c. Stage Star,
Won Part Because She, 5 Blond

Il want to be a show lady" was
one Of the first phrases lisped by
Mary Eaton, who is now appearing
with the Royal vagabond."
Miss Eaton is one OF washington's
own. and everyone, especially her old
friends from the Grover Cleveland
School. her dancing class and those
who saw her in stock here a num-
bers of years ago. is interested In
her success.
Miss Eaton is quite willing to ex-
Just hard work and sticktoitive-
says, did the work.
There weren't any thrilling ex-
periences." says Miss Eaton "a very
little Miss she is, too. just 49,. When
was 2 years old made my first
appearance singing L Don't Want
to Play in Your Yard That was
In benefit performance in Norfolk.
Then l was one of the little extra
children In the Blue Bird here. little
thinking | would ever have the op-
portunity of playing the lead In the
same play. which did about 1--WE
years later" In fact. the Blue Bird
has brought a lot of real happiness
to Mary Eaton. for 1t was that
which first took her to New York.
She had played the part here an
stock and they sent for the Wash
ington girl who had been in the
successful production the season be-
fore. Miss Eaton stopped then to
tell justS what gave her her first
opportunity in the stock company
here. When her mother took her
down all OF the extra children had
been selected. but the director said.
TN take her anyway. because she's
blond and the rest are all bru-
nettes."
Three long years OF work followed
her arrival in New York. While her
old playmates in Washington were
going to school and eating nut sun
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12
Fund for Widow Of Slain
Detective Reaches $6,72l

Gifts Of more than $500 In bills and
silver were received for the James T..
Armstrong fund last night. This
money represents contributions dur.
Ing the last six days by patrons OF
the Belasco Theater.
The total OF the Armstrong fund Is
6,IH!60. but II IL expected that by the
close of the present week the amount
will be over $500. The police depart
ment has raised over $500, and the
press has raised over AOO0. t-
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12

daes. Mary Eaton was passing by
the tempting windows and training
to make a real dancer OF herself.
One night she went on in vaude-
Vile sketch at the Winter Garden
and through that was offered a small
part with Anna Hefd's last show.
Follow Me-" After that she danced
in over the Top" which most of
us would think spelled success.
But there was n long time after
that" said Miss Eaton. when IL
seemed another chance would never
come. In that time ] practced vo-
cal as well as my dancing. and then
I was given this part in the Royal
Vagabond.'
The Washington herald., 1920-01-12

Cattle are fattened for slaughter by
being overfed and not allowed To exer-
else. Many men and women prepare
themselves for slaughter by volun-
tarily adopting the stabilized life"
says the United States Public Health
Service. Don't overeat and take
plenty Of healthful, outdoor exercise.
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20

the immediate lower valley.
In the work it is doing the South
like Chamber of Commerce for the
whole delta region. 1t does not
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20

ment into a channel that would have
given him the fullest value for his
money, he wbuld have saved the
$1,000 that he lost through neglect
ing his product.
Crowsrs Depend Upon Bsnks
From a financial viewpoint, ability
to make loans upon his crop is OF
paramount importance to the cotton
grower. Almost all cotton growers
must depend upon the banks to nm
ance them. No banker is anxious to
lend money for even a short period
on cotton inadequately protected; he
emphatically will not do SO under such
conditions on long term loans. To be
able to furnish gilt-edged security to
the banks for loans It is necessary not
only to warehouse cotton but to Sc
lect a warehouse whose receipts are
readily acceptable as collateral.
The governor Of the Federal Re-
serve Bank Of Dallas. Texas, recently
declared that, with the present wool,
grain and cotton situation in that dis
trict, the question Of adequate,
licensed warehouses and the vital
necessity for valid and binding negoti'
able receipts for all warehoused com
modities are Of prime importance te
banking and business interests. II
was further stated that non-negoti
able warehouse receipts, or receipts
that do not carry with them the titf'
to the stored good, would not be ae
eepted as security to notes offered fo'
rediscount, and that therefore it wa
important that the banks immediatel!
take up with local warehousemen tn
matter Of arranging for the insurance
Of negotiable receipts in approved
form. The bank has suggested the us
Of receipts after the form approved
by the Federal Bureau Of Market
under the provisions Of the Unite'
States Warehouse Act.
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
TALLULAH NEGRO KILLED At
CAMP kONX

Eugene Boxeman, son Of Frar
Bozeman, prominent eolored citizen
of Tallulah, was shot November s,
at Camp Knox and died several days
later for the effects Of the wound
At the time of his death he was ar.
enlisted man in the U. S. Army, hav-
ing enlisted afeer he was discharged
from the army after the close Of tn.
war. He wass24 years old and haG
been in service four years. ~
He and another negro soldier had
been in fight e:day before and the
negro shot him the next day in the
dining room. The body was brought
to Tallulah yesterday for burial. He
will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20

own, buy or sell land 81. -. q
interest to preaching -
the American Vailey 80.
ern Alluvial Land Asse
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20

and family enjoying the leisure hours
that their hard work, entities them
to. Electricity, furnished by depend
able little light and power plants.
has become the household servant and
extra hired man on thousands OF
farms all over this country. Of course
light is the first thing one thinks OF
when electricity is mentioned and it
is true that electric light is univer-
aslly used wherever it can be OBJ
tanned. It is also true that electric
light makes a wonderful difference IN
the farm home, Frightening and also
cheering every phase in home life.
But many a farm family is finding
that the work electricity does through
the many electric power appliances
now available for home use in even
a greater service than the furnishing
of light.
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF THE
CHILDREN

100000 children under IL years
Of age on the North American Con-
tinent are outside the touch Of the
Church and the Gospel.
Children who attend public school
spend 800 hours per year in mental
development.
Children who attend Sunday School
spend 81 hours per year in spiritual
development.
There is only one way for q child
or a man or a nation to be happy here
and hereafter, and that is to trust and
obey God. As the prophet Of old testi-
fies, the Lord blesses those who fear
the Lord, walk in His way, love Him,
and serve Him with all their hearts.
1t is the right Of every child in this
land to have an opportunity for the
training which will mean such happi-
ness. Go to any penitentiary, and re-
formatory and insane asylum there
will be seen the results Of the lack
of true religious education. Three
elements are necessary in order to en-
able the Sunday School to do the
work so desperately needed by the
nation: An aroused public con-
science, trained teachers and the
adoption Of modern Sunday School
technic.
! In order that our SUNDAY School
Workers with children may be more
efficient Children's Division Insti.
tute will be held at three o'clock Mon.
day afternoon, November %. Miss
Jennie Milton, Of the State Sunday
School Association and local workers
will take part in the program.
All the teachers, and all the parent:
Of all the children Of all the Sunday
Schools in the parish are invited to be
present. Everyone reading this arti
Gle is requested to become publicity
agent in his or her community in ad'
vertising the Institute. Thus ever
community Of the parish will be
reached and the Religious Training
Of our children encouraged.
| The slogan for the Institute is
"Come, Let Us Live With Our Child.
rem"
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
As THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
Editor, Madison Journal

Editor, Madison Journal
Talulah, La.
Come Friends: Let US assemble
under the banner Of optimism-con-
sidering always, the bright side, in
our daily contact with men and mat
ters-and Of all things; do let us
shun, crossing the proverbial bridge,
before reaching it. This feature, be-
ing one of the untoward Characters
tics Of our sojourn in this big world
Of ours.
Let there be light in our thoughts,
and rather be it, that we gather OF
the sunshine that may filter through
the riffs in the clouds, as they roll
by. And then in turn, disseminate to
others, as much Of this sunshine, as
lies within our human power; remem-
bering always, the tenet, that everS-
thing is ordered for the best. Let US
then, not inadvertently endeavor to
combat this doctrine, as against the
good that may come to US; in our
arious walks Of life; in the brightness
that we gather In our homes, and the
happiness that may crown our days
We are but mortal, and it is there
fore, not within our province t.
transform matters, a. they are or
dained. ...-.
Let VI exert the full power Of "a
Guilty, which leads Us to choose righ
from wrong; that we may journe!
over the road that is best for n
Then shall OPTIMISM assert itself
in all its glory, and within the full
meaning, that the word implies; tha
our years and efforts may bring con
tentment, and prove productive, il
accordance with our hearts desires
las the clouds roll by.
VI A. L. KATE.
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
FARMING ON BUSINESS BASIS.

Day by day the farmer is coming'
to fuller realization Of the fact that
the farm As we'll as the factory must
be run on a ,busfnesse basis if farming
is to be made really profitable. There
Is no better proof Of the great profit
possibilities in agriculture than the
fact that farming has always been
the means Of making good living
and often a comfortable fortune de-
spite the inefficient methods used
in our grandfathers' and even i9,our
fathers time.
The city manufacturer would be
in the bankruptcy court in d very
short time if he employed merely
hand labor; if he did not use oil the
machinery applicable to his business
he would find himself far behind his
competitors. In fact he would not be
able to do any business at all because
he would be unable to sell his pro-
duct at a price anywhere near the
competing price Of the machine using
manufacturer. This principle ofTsin-
creasing production through labor
saving has been recognized on the
farm as well as in the city with the
result that mechanical equipment Of
all kinds has replaced to great ex-
tent the old time-worn hand work
methods Of doing business.
And now the farmer is following
the city man yet another step tow
ards real efficiency. Mr.. City Man
has learned that labor saving Is good
thing not merely in his business but
in his daily life at home, that he will
have more energy for his daily work
if he can enjoy his leisure hours to
| the full extent without having to dc
any firing non-productive work. The
farmer is following his example ir
this respect and today on farms where
the pumping, churning, sweeping, the
washing, milking and hundred Other
firing chores were done by hand ir
time outside the real work hours, anl
now we find the farmer and his viii,
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
THRIFTY PEOPLE HAPPY,
SAYS PASTOR OF DALLAS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

= I'm grstsfui Tor thyfft lessons
taught ne ~ my soxheed. sod hare
been obsssvtns than sser sisce,-, said
D.. w. n. Anderson, Sr.. pastor u the
pirss Presbyterian Church. Of Dallas.
II, win help the cause OF the Lord II
we impress. thrift thoughts upon the
minds Of tho people Just now Thrifty
psople are tho happiest people. hav
Ing no financial worries, they are pre-
pared to work for the church. Are
you able to save money! II 90. you
will succeed. Tho people should b.
Informed as to Thrift and War s:v
inss Stamps; they make saving sss1
aad convenient"
The Madison journal., 1920-11-20
BOOSTING THE LOWER VALLEY

immigration cen be turned from
he West and Northwest to the Lower
Mississippi Valley in. constantly in
creasing proportions if prospective
settlers can be convinced that old
conditions Of ten or twenty years ago
no longer obtain, particularly in the
delta or alluvial soil portions Of Ark
ansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, ac-
cording to the Southern Alluvial Land
Association. of Memphis. It has found
that old impressions Of floods and
overflows, marshes, fevers, bad water
poor health, few good roads and such
things still are held in the minds ol
the people IN the notrh and east
They never have been informed of ad.
vancement since the completion, o1
the ievees, enlargement cf drainage
the discovery Of artesian water, and
other developments, especially relat
ing to health, that are SO well known
locally. 49,
g To overcome these old time ideas
the Southern Alluvial Land Asso-
citation, with headquarters in Memphi.
is conducting an advertising and pub
licity campaign in which descriptive
literature Of high type is figuring
prominently. .--.-
By December 1, two 64-pase book
lets descriptive; of the Mississippi Del
Ia and the alluvial portions Of Ark
ansas and Louisiana will be ready fol
nationwide distribution. Each vii
contain more than 100 beautiful pic
lures, largely of an agricultural ma
ture, and articles by the best known
authorities in the lower Mississippi
valley on such subjects sss soil
climate, health, schools, markets, ar.
tesian water, roads, levees, drainage
legumes, etc. These will be placed
in public school and college libraries
and in the hands Of prospective set.
tiers througout the United States
The purpose viii be to give a new
view Of the delta region and its great
agricultural possibilities, which will
stimplate interest in the region and