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New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
An Americanized London

day they broke out the flag from
the completed framework of the
Woolworth Building, he was never
theless forced to admit that there
was rather honey" air about the
whole proceeding.
London is in the midst Of q build
ing boom. However much the man
III the street rails about the dwell
ings which the Ministry Of Housing
hasn't erected, he admits sometimes
with pride; sometimes reluctantly
that the center Of London Is rapidly
changing. One Londoner expressed
the view that London is a tonic
to-day; another, who has just re-
turned from years absence, COM
planned that they are drawing the
teeth of the city in order to make it
look old and ugly"
Many Of the better known hotels,
which were taken over by the gov
ernment during the war, are now
being renovated and redecorated-
and some times remodeled. Work
men with high-pressurs steam out
fits are busy on other large build
ings, which are losing their grimy
coating to stand forth as white
marble, or red or yellow brick In
many parts of downtown London
parts which long since were regard
ed as "finished"-old edifces ara
coming down to make way for mod
ern structures. The clatter Of the
pneumatic riveter is still conspicu-
ously absent, but there are tho
familiar bill-plastered boardings in
front of sites where cranes and
hoists and derricks ply busily, and
there are the drays unloading build
ing materials and the board plank
ings over the sidewalks.
"At score Of points," complains
one newspaper, there are disturb
ing gaps which affect one like the
disappearance of a familiar chair
from a room. What strange
growth of latter-day architecture
will spring up there?"
1t is q fact that Victorian and
Georgian fronts are giving way to
the "all-daylight" type, which is so
well known to Americans, but 50
strange to London.
"The strident note Of New York
has been brought into the solemn
neighborhood of the monument =
runs another lament. referring "a
the modern branch Office Of the Com,
mercial Bank of London, which has
just been erected there.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
THE first American impressions

THE first American impressions
Of an Englishwoman are regis
tered by Kate" in the columns
OF The London Common Sense. She
writes from Los Angeles, Calf:
eve stepped onto American soil at
Seattle. Here M. had the felicity
OF paying 8 dolls. 80 cents head
money for US, which he hopes to re-
cover after many days. From there
we journeyed by stages through the
fruitful lands of Oregon and Cali
fornia to San Francisco. The coun-
tryside was sun-baked; the air is
even dryer than in Canada, and we
felt more like chips than human be-
lngs. But at Frisco the gentle
breezes of the Pacific famed us into
life once more. 1t is an immense
town, built on steep hills, with cos
mopolitan population Of half a mil
lion, which includes a large China
town. It has never recovered from
the earthquake Of 1906, and houses
to replace those burnt are still be-
ing built. Palms and eucalyptus
trees are everywhere; the latter shed
their bark, but not their leaves. The
streets are public danger. There
are four lines Of tramways in many,
and it is question Of the quick or
the dead, and sometimes both. For
tunately, there is a safety zone in
the center Of each street. A sign
with NO Parking is often seen. It
means that vehicles must not stop.
The country abounds in natural
wealth; the soil is so fertile that but
for the lack Of rain seven crops could
be raised each year. It also produces
peaches grapes, pears. plums, ap-
pies, oranges, asparagus and toma-
toes, and 1t is rich in timber and oils
OF many kinds.
Los Angeles, where we have
dropped anchor for a time, is the
nome Of the movies Out Of a
population Of 100000, 100000 are
engaged In the industry. There is
no twilight, but the light by day is
remarkable, and the fine houses, with
Weir gardens and palm trees, make
an ideal setting for picture. Many
arc hired Tor $3.50 to $5 a day.
Inc town itself IL squalid. The Edg-
wass Road Is fairyland compared
w'sn 'ts streets. and one NESTS many
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
Translated by William l.. Mcpherson

wise / would have been drawn into
q proftless discussion.
What do you wish to see me
about?" I said.
He understood my wish to go at
once to the point.
ut is this. / have built three
ports, and have just made con-
tracts to build fourth. Having
tied up most Of my capital in the
factories of my son-in-law, who has
been doing war work, / am looking
for funds. The enterprise is safe
cne. The government will be my
Client"
"That's interesting," I said. And
! meant it.
"You appreciate the situation" he
went on, "and that relieves my
mind"
"1s the work to be done in
France?"
mo; but since am seeking your
assistance there is no reason why l
shouldn't tell you everything. This
port is in Africa"
"1n Africa?" l replied, delighted
with the prospect.
eyes; in Africa"
"1n what part?"
"In the-let's see-it Is the"-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

IA n Y SECRETARY brought
AX me a card. I read the
lv1 name.
"Ask him to wait few
minutes. / will ring"
/ kept on debating some impor-
tant letters to my stenographer.
Since opened an Office 1 have
been overwhelmed with business.
get ten big underwriting proposals a
day. People beg me to find capital
for them. 1t is absorbing, exhaust
ing. ! have to study extraordinary
documents, to dig up data, to travel.
But what an interesting occupation
it is! There are eloquent inventors
to whom it is imprudent to listen.
The more persuasive they are the
more risk you run Of being drawn
into q losing venture. There are
also unfortunates who don't know
how to express their ideas and can't
bring out clearly the value Of their
discoveries. So one is obliged to
study out their obscure and con-
fused proposals. Then there are the
long-winded ones whom it is neces-
sary to suppress. They waste your
time frightfully. Because Of them /
have put up in the Railways, in the
waiting room and also in my private
Office these placards, printed in big
letters:
"BE BRIEF AND CONCISE."-
Dumas pere.
"CONDENSE YOUR IDEAS."-
Button.
"THE BEST STORIES ARE
TOLD observation-disclosures.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Kate on a Sightseeing Tour

nationalities on them. The police
control the traffic from small wooden
stands. In some towns they turn a
sign with 60 painted on one side
and Stop on the other. Railway
travelling is very easy. The depots
the word station is not understood
here-are fine buildings, with every
equipment, including matrons, who,
dressed in white, meet and assist the
traveller; and there are 'greeters'
ut the hotels"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
MRS. DELLA DURTCH of Tennessee one of the regional
1'A directors

Of Women Voters is still young,
having come into being less than two
years ago.
"This organization appeals to me
especially because 1t means the
solidarity Of women in the larger
group. We have women organized
in clubs, in church organizations and
others. The very nature Of these
associations limited the membership
and the scope. Our organization
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
The Recent Election Proved Thai
the Feminine Voters Appreciate
Their New Responsibility

follow ones own judgment that
makes democracy the great force it
is. And it is each voters duty to
follow his own judgment for the
best things in all matters"
Mrs. Park is one of the women
who are getting ready to put across
the measures which suffrage makes
it possible for them to back. The
National League Of Women Voters
has called number of regional con-
ferences Of its members, to be held
beginning this week in New York.
The other divisions will follow along
in quick succession, and the nation
wide organization of women will
have definite program of legisla-
ton to offer by the time the short
sesgion Of Congress opens in De-
cember.
The first measure is one which
might be presumed to be Hppermost
in the minds Of women. 1t relates
to the welfare of mothers and
babies: "The protection Of infant
life through Federal program for
maternity and infancy care"
The bill putting forward this work
Is known as the Sheppard -Towner
bill. 1t provides for instruction in
the hygiene Of maternity and in
fancy and the household arts essen
tial to the wellbeing of mother and
child; it provides for consultation
centers and medical and nursing
care for mother and infants at home
or at hospital.
The act will be administered by
a Federal board, on which are repre-
sented the U. S. Bureau of Education
and the U. s. Public Health Service.
Tho executive officer of the board is
the chief of the children's bureau.
Asks for $2,OOO,OOO a Year
In separate states the act may be
administered by the child hygiene
division Of the state board of
health, or, where such is lacking, by
a specially created state board. To
carry on the provisions of this act
the Federal government would have
to appropriate S2,O0O,O00 the first
year; this sum would be annually
increased until it reached 100000
1t would be apportioned to the states
in the proportion which their popu-
lation bears to the total population
Of the United States, provided that
each state appropriates like sum-
In addition to this sum the bill pro-
vides for an annual appropriation of
$4S0,000 to be divided equally among
the states, without guaranty of q
like sum.
Mrs. Park explained that the mem
bers of the league were particularly
interested in getting the measure
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

through the short session OF Conf
gress, because in that case it could
,e put up to the state legislatures
aany of which meet in January. ~
he bill went over until after these
had adjourned the same situation
would hold as that when woman suf{
frage did not 60 through the United
States Senate two years ago. BY the
time the amendment had passed the
state legislatures had, most Of them
adjourned for two years. Of course
in the case Of the maternity and in
fancy welfare bill it is not ratifca1
ton which is desired of the legisla1
lures, but the appropriation of GER
tain sums to carry on the work |
The measure in this way resembles
the Smith Towner educational meas
ure.
If the maternity and infancy bill
takes the eye Of the Republican,
party, and from the attitude Of Sem
ator Harding and Governor COOLIDGE
on the measure it is likely that i'll
will, the measure may be held upI
until after the Republican regime|
goes in. If it were passed in the|
short session it would go down in|
the minds Of many as something toI
the credit of the Democratic party
Also, the short session, it seems, isl
already crowded with business
which, in the minds of many poll
ticians, is more immediate.
An Increased Membership
In the mean time the women vot-
ers are keeping together those of
their numbers who are already in
terested and the members of the
league expect to increase their or
ganization perceptibly in the next
year. In the West the women who
have voted for years showed an in
terest this fall that was unlike any
thing of the kind in all the years
some Of them have had the right to
vote. Even the younger women
found place in politics. The story
of the way in which women, young
and old, came out to vote in New
York has been told many times.
How'd you like voting?" said one
sweet thing to another in a depart
ment store recently.
ooh, didn't mind" replied the
other, swinging with rather defiant
smile toward the youth who accom-.
panied her.
The girls who clerk in stores, tie
business women and society women
entered the game with spirit and
interest. Unto even the least Of any
of these the League of Women Vot-
ers holds out promise that they may
have things through which to keep
their interest.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
"WHILE. YOU ARE TALKING
WE MIGHT GO OUT AND RAISE

THE MONEY."-Lloyd George
These axioms and the signatures
to them are of my own invention. /
apologize for taking such a liberty.
But you must reach peoples imagi-
nations.
Having signed my mail I relaxed
for a few seconds and reread the
name on the card, "Pitouchet."
rang.
"Send him in"
Soon had before me a little man
with white hair and lusterless eyes
Generally l pay no more heed to a
persons looks than to his manner
isms. How many powerful finan-
ciers seem hardly half awake! Look
cut for them! l knew one once who
managed three banks in Constanti-
nople-a real phenomenon. He lis
tened to you without appearing to
understand word you said. He
fingered long collar of pearls, af-
ter the Oriental fashion. 1t was a
trick, you understand-a trick of
this old rascal. While he was fon-
ding each globule he was thinking
intently how to get the better of you.
greeted my visitor, waved him to
seat and waited.
He looked at one of the placards.
"You are right" he said. zone
must protect himself against people
who don't know how to talk bust
ness"
acquiesced with ? nod. Other
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

He suffered visibly, making violent
but futile efforts to remember.
''It is very silly" he exclaimed,
impatiently. "Help me. It's between
the and the, to the south
Of"
His eyes wandered to the placard
on the wall
"WHILE WE ARE TALKING"
1t was a case Of aphasia. Timid-
ity, or the actual malady, paralyzed
him. 1t was a terrible moment fors
him and for me.
The little old man felt that he
could never come through. He got up.
"I'll write you," he stammered.
much affected. "I'll write you"
l accompanied him to the door and
tried to tighten his embarrassment.
. 'It is of no Importance, my dear
sir. You can send me a telegram
when you get home. These foreign
names aren't always easy to remem
ber."
He disappeared.
The next day had no telegram
and no letter. forgot my visitor,
although l regretted not to have ac
ouired an interest in the work of
opening up that African port.
A month passed.
One morning my secretary brought
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
OF cost Women the Luxury of Grumblng Says Mrs. Parl
From Now On the Two Sexes Are
Equally Sovereign in the
Nations Affairs

duty to- vote. They turned out in
great numbers. AS you know, Mas
sachusetts has been one Of the ANTI
strongholds. When it came time for
the women of Massachusetts to vote
they went to the polls, 'antis' and
suffragists and women who had been
Indifferent on suffrage, all lining up
to meet the obligation they felt had
been placed upon them.
"In many districts in Massachu-
setts more women voted than men.
The voting in Brooklinc was heavy,
and | believe heard it said that the
Back Bay neighborhood was the
most heavily registered district in
the state. In one precinct the vot-
ing was done in an old built. ing up
two steep flights Of stairs. Many old
women voted there, among them
those from an old ladies' home, and
the stairs were too steep for them
to climb. The men carried many
of these old women upstairs in
straight-backed chairs, the woman
sitting in the chair and a man tax
ing hold of each side and climbing
the steep steps with the woman
voter enthroned. 1t was amusing to
see them. Many of those men had
bitterly opposed suffrage. There were
no complaints, the only remark be-
ing from one of the men:
"'Well, l hope by the next cleo
tion the suffragists will have chair
with handles
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Should Be Independent

"Second, 7 emphasize to each
woman that her joining the party
does not mean that she is pledged
for life. If she does not like it she
can get out, and it is her privilege
to do so.
"Third. il joining a party she
should not sacrifice her indepen-
dence Of judgment. Even though
she is enrolled in the party she is
free to express herself in disagree
ment from its platform planks and
even from it's candidates. Men split
their tickets. 1t is the power to
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
KATHERINE LUDTNG-
"A TON, vice-cha1rmam

to do. You know they have been
called the 'naggers' Of the race. And
they are. They keep at things. The
way in which suffragists kept at
their cause in spite of discourage
ment and apparent lack Of progress
is an example of the way in which
women follow up the measures in
which they are interested. The wom-
en- voters will keep up an interest
in voting and put new spirit into the
body polite.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Gave Preference to Men

Their common experience IN seek
ing the passage of such laws was
that the members of the Legislature
and of Congress received them po-
litely and then shelved their bills to
give precedence to measures in
which voters, men, had direct in
terest.
1t was only after woman suffrage
became imminent, after certain
states included women in their vot-
ing population and politicians in all
parts of the country realized that
the granting of woman suffrage was
simply matter of time that the
bills in which women and women's
organizations were interested began
to go through legislatures and Con-
gress.
The advice given certain club
women by members of the Illinois
Legislature some ten years ago
when they sought the passage of q
measure limiting the hours Of work
for women in certain trades was:
go back and work for suffrage.
Get some votes behind your measure
and then we can do something
about it."
That is what they did, and now
that the preliminary work is over
they will try to accomplish some of
the things for which they wished the
power Of voting.
Election Returns the Answer
The election returns testify to the
way in which the women responded
to their new privilege. Mrs. Maud
Wood Park, head of the National
League Of Women Voters, came to
New York last week, after few
weeks spent in Boston.
"The women in Massachusetts,
and, in fact, in all parts Of the coun-
try, seemed to feel that it was their
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

wv Cnat Sne women Oh Cne
M country have voted, that
/ isn't the end of it, by any
means. The, ratification Of
the Federal woman suffrage amend
ment and the participation Of women
in the last election simply started
the long program for which suffrage
v1orkers were planning from the be-
Ginning.
Most of the leaders in the woman
suffrage movement became inter-
essed in procuring the vote for
,somen not so much for the vote
.sself as 70. the possibilities for well
fare and civic benefit through the
vote. Many Of them wished to i'm
grove conditions of one kind and
another, principally relating to
women, and found that the only per-
aanent accomplishment would have
- come through legislation. AS men,
Aers of women's clubs they peti-
toned legislatures to pass certain
educational measures or prohibit
abuses in trades where women were
employed.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

~ uoiAe! QueTleO the Lon
doner of the American as
they stood at Oxford Circus.
Doesn't what?" counter uueried
the American.
why, all this" replied the Lon
doner, with an embracing gesture.
Look! Oxford Street is up Che
meant that the street was being
resurfaced), there are your Ameri-
can steel skeleton buildings going
up, and it's generally untidy and
confused and busy!"
While the erection Of steel girders
for four-story skyscraper didn't
exactly remind the American of the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

puts no limit upon its membership
except citizenship.
Equally Sovereign
"A motto which I have always
liked and which comes to me now is
that of Ferdinand and Isabella:
Equally sovereign We are now
equally sovereign in the affairs of
the nation, in the citizenship.
"And that very motto carries it's
obligation. If we are equally SOW
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
BY Hannah Mitchell

n \ OW that the women Of the
~ country have voted, that
isn't the end of it, by any
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
LONDON, Nov. IL.

GID OESN'T it make you feel at
homer" queried the Lon
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-19
MOTHER GAVE IT
Virginia Lady Suffered With Aches
and Pains Until Mother Began
Giving Her Cardui.

Dublin, Va.-Miss Mary Alice
HuGhett residing on Route 2, near
here. recently told visitor OF her
interesting experience with Cardui.
Miss HuGhett said; Il had been suf-
fering for some time with painful
was pale. didn't feel like going.
Would just drag around. and couldn't
rest to do any GOOD. | would suffer
once month with my back. sides
and head. My limbs would ache and
| didn't know what to do. but I knew
| must do something. for | didn't get
we'll by letting Il run on.
My mother Is n believer in Cartiui,
for she saw what II did for others as
we'll as herself, so she began giving
II to me.
1T wasn't long before saw q.
change. IL was just what l needed.
IL regulated me. began to eat and
sleep. and the pain stopped.
"Cordui is without doubt the best
female tonic made. and | am glad ]
can recommend II to Others"
III suffering with symptoms such as
Miss Hughett mentions. or other all
ments peculiar TO women. why not be-
gin Cardui ut once? It's merit ia we'll
established by successful use for more
than 40 years.
Try Cardui!
Your druggist sells II. NC-13S
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-19
STATE DRUGGISTS.

I'VE feel that due to the lack Of
hard-surfaced roads the industrial and
economic development of the state has
been retarded. Therefore, we endorse
this proposed amendment and not only
urge the members of the Association
TO DO everything in their power in be-
half of the amendment, but we also
urge the voters on November 2nd to
ratify it at the polls"
West Virginia Pharmaceutical Assocla.
tion, State Convention at Hunting
ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-19
Curious Facts About Our State

Did YOU know tha, the Moundsyille
Mound built BY the Mound builders"
Is the highest of all the earthen monu-
ments built by that ancient and myth
zeal race?
Dia Yea know that the Dodge
eIothespin factory at Redwood is the
largest clothespin factory in the world
DID you know that West virginia
owns the sed of the Ohio river ali
along her border TO iow-water mark sn
the Ohio side?
DID you know that the James, thu
Potomac, the Monongahela. the Little
hanawha, the Elk, the Gauley, and the
Greenorier rivers all rise within TWEEN
ty miles of point in Pocahoaras
county called by Mr.. Lewis the foun-
tain OF rivers?
Did you know that the northern tip
OF Hancock county is twenty-five miles
farther north than Pittsburg, while
the southern tip of Mcdowell is TWEEN
ty-five miles south of Richmond?
Did you know that two members of
the Presidents cabinet, Baker and
Payne, were born in West Virginia?
Did you know that the Maiden and
Hartford salt works started more than
century ago are still in operation?
Did you know that the population of
the West Virginia Peni;entiary has
fallen of about so per cent since the
State went dry?
Did you know that Washington pre-
dicted that Point Pleasant would some
day become the capital OF an inland
empire?
Did you know that Aracoma, the
daughter of the famous Indian Logan,
is buried on the banks of the Guyandot
within the limits of the present city
of Logan?
Did you know that the famous
Grimes Golden apple originated in
Brooke county, West Virginia?
Did you know that Thomas Dunn
English wrote ben Bolt in West Vir-
ginia?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-19
HORTICULTURISTS.

we approve the constitutional
amendment to enable the legislature TO
vote state bonds for roads not TO ex-
coed $5O,OOO,O00.00 and urge our men,
bership TO vote and work for this
amendment and for any other projects
that will advance the great construc-
ton program for good roads"
West Virginia State Horticultural So.
eiety, Annual Meeting at Martins.
burg.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-19
TRAVELLING statesmen.

I'VE give our hearty support to the
project to construct good roads, and
we are in favor OF the proposed
Amendment to be voted on In NOvem-
Der. 1920, amending the constitution
of West Virginia, permitting the legls-
lature to issue bonds to build a system
of state roads,"
United Commercial Travellers, Hunt.
inston, w. Va.