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The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Saving the Nest Egg.

Mr.. Jack Dempsey has arrived. 1t took him
twelve rounds-thirty-six minutes of actual fight
ing-to dispose of Mr.. Brennan. He was paid at
the rate of just under $1,000 a minute.
He was expected to do the act in about twelve
minutes at the financial rate of over $1,000 minute
But whatever that failure may mean whatever the
delay in execution may mean, he got, in addition,
an editorial, an honest-to-gosh editorial in every
daily newspaper in New York City
When a can break into literature COM
pletely surrounded by pure reading matter via the
prize ring he certainly is here There is no further
distance left for him to travel Anyway a $Ioooo
goal with movie rights, should be far enough of
itself
Yet there may have been other reasons why Mr.
Dempsey, now embalmed in literature took so much
time and care in disposing of Mr.. Brennan. He
may not be foresighted in business himself but he
has managers just like any other producing in
dustry.
He is booked for another fight one with Mr.
Carpenter, of France, elassed by some as his su-
perior in the fine art of sausage maker In view of
this the New York Herald suggests that the linger-
ing OF Mr. Brennan will arouse "a greater interest
than might otherwise have been in the next bout"
Prize ring artists may be influenced by a desire
for glory. But their managers are affected only by
the box receipts Mr.. Carpenter, and any hackers
he may have, should ponder deeply on the subject
of hidden influences
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Open Court
Letters to
TheHerald
Views of Readers on
Matters of National
And Local Import.
ON WHISKY AS MEDICINE.

oN nAcnh NJ n1SASANEs
To the Editor. he wsshinston Herald:
A squabble In the ''vox populi"
column always adds TO the gsiety Of
newspapers. But really IL there
much use in arguing with one Mr..
e. b. Hopkins about the Eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead law2
At this late date about as useful a
purpose would be served by a joint
debate on the Wilmot Proyiso or the
Missouri Compromise.
But Mr.. Hopkins does go pretty
far afield in his defence Of personal
liberty. I chance TO recall that just
before Christmas four or i've years
ago, there occurred in an apartment
house back Of my once q little trsg-
edy. II differed not a great deal
from thousands of like tragedies
that were occurring then Two good
friends were enjoying TO their full
est their personal liberty and as M.
Hopkins put IL finding pleasure in
taking an occasional drink" Pres
entity one CT the two fscetiously re-
ferred to the others new vest, there
upon his companion made reply by
going TO the next room, returning
with a gun and blowing his friends
head OF.
As a result IL was told that two
women anc several small children
were left destitute. / am wondering
whether they didn't feel that Christ
mas Day. that somehow or other So
ciety hadn't taken very much
thought OF their personal liberty.
] do know that a good many tax
payers called upon to support prisons
and charitable institutions packed
with alcoholic victims, began 20 feel
that their personal liberties were be-
ing pretty seriously encroached
upon.
Mr.. Hopkins must know that as
the functions OF society broaden the
rights of the individual narrow. His
use of liquor quite likely never did
himself nor any human being harm.
But society has said that he shall
not use it. Just as society has said
that no matter how skillful a marks
man or how cool headed he NAV b..
he cannot go target shooting in his
own back yard. nor even carry fir
arms on his person He may b.
most expert driver. but society
doesn't let him run his motor pell
nell through the streets. No. the
progress Of society has taken anoth-
er fall out of Mr.. Hopkins personal
liberty, and he loses with rather bad
grace.
My work for many years has beer
such, that ] was forced TO keep close
ly Informed as to the progress OF
medical science. Mr.. Hopkins may
be cheered to learn that modern
medicine knows Of no disease in
which whisky is a specific or even
sn absolute necessity. II is a stfm-
ulant, fair tonic. a not unpleasant
vehicle for more dependable drugs.
Many good physicians prescribe il
rot at all; others do so quite often
TO be pleasant or to cater to the
whim of their patients. rather than
in expectation of any very DEFINITE
results.
! once knew 4 doctor who WHOM IN
doubt as TO his diagnosis, looked a.
his patients tongue. felt the pulls.
shook his head Sravely. cleared his
throat twice, and said: my friend.
what you need is a good drink Of
whisky He enjoyed a very IarE.
practice.
DWIGHT T. SCOTT.
Chevy Chase. d. c.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
HONORS AWARDED
FOR FARM PRODUCE

DAMASCUS. Nd. Dec. ls.-At the
recent community exhibit held al
Damascus. sixty classes. represent
ing zoo exhibitors and 49, entries.
were judged.
The prizes were awarded as fol-
lows:
Corn. c. A. watkins, Eugene
walker and Columbus W. fsy:
wheat. Earl Linthicum: potatoes.
Earl Linthicum and Columbus ".
Day: tobacco. Lewis Jones. T. +.
Beall and James NJ. Kemp: collection
of vegetables T. W. Day: pumpkin.
George Heller; canned fruits, Mrs.
Charles Riggs, Mrs. Bessie Beau.
Mrs. Edith Baker. Mrs Herber;
Barnes and Mrs. Francis s Glad
hill: canned vegetables, Miss Gertie
Darby. Mrs. Theresa MoNley. Mrs
Olivia Stanley. Mrs. Edith Baker:
jellies, Mrs. Ina Burdette; apple
butter, Mrs. Ssllie Souder and Mrs
J. B. Beall; preserves. Mrs. C. c.
Ward. Mrs. James Kemp, Mrs. Les
lie MulliniX. Mrs. ]. +. Boyer and
Mrs. r. f. Baker; pickles, Mrs.
Webb Beall and Mrs. Laura Day:
butter, Mrs Ina Burdette: eggs.
Mrs. James Z. Duvall: rolls, Mrs.
Della Beall; cake, Mrs. Elmer Stan
ley.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Getting Together.

Slowly but surely there seems to be coming an
Impeachment of minds by the pilgrims to Marion,
on the league of nations Opponents in opinion can
pnly reach agreement by compromise, by give and
lake
Those who favor this governments entrance to
the league have certainly gone halfway meet the
"rrecencilables" while the latter seem ready to give
up in return much of their extreme contention.
Those who in fact Republicans in more than
wearing the badge. realize that the re-
sponsib1ity rests squarely upon the party.
There must be definite policy and an agreed
program.
-, Moreover, in reaching this decision they must
necessarily take into account the Democrats. Moth
ing be done in the next Senate without a
considerable number of Democratic votes
:. The proponents of the league realize this The
frreconcilables in order carry out the platform
pledges, must also recognize it.
II will be valueless in the end for the Republic
ans to reach agreement the basis of the plat
form and Mr.. Hardng's repeated pledges for an as
sociaion of nations, if that agreement leaves out of
account the Democrats Mr.. Harding, at least,
realizes this in comforting with leaders of the oppo-
sition party. -E~sH
The mild reservationists and also those willing
TO take the covenant as written. have conceded
everything but the skeleton form of the league
They merely hold that the league is organized with
over forty members. Austria and Bulgaria have
now been admitted
To start absolutely new is impossible and would
result in such diversity and clash OF opinion as
would make agreement impossible. Moreover. il
would be extreme presumption for this country
hlone to demand it.
Moreover, this might be to even. sacrifice the
court which has just been accepted after much de-
bate. Why reopen that most important and now
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
C0nDerting Wnsliips
Costly Experiment

BERLIN, Dec. 1s.-The experiment
Of converting former German war
ships into merchantmen has thus
far proved unsatisfactory.
The first merchantmen thus con-
verted and named the Sommerfeld
discovered, to its sorrow, that the
calculations as to steaming radius
were sadly underestimated, and
found itself becalmed in the Baltic,
according to American shipping in
formation, at Danzig.
AS a result, lighter had to be
sent with many tons of oil to sup
ply her anew so she could make port
in Finland. The Sommerfeld, a
former cruiser, bought by Dam
zig firm and converted, was the first
of four to be devoted to merchant
man purposes. The other three are
still in building. but the Sommer-
fields experiences may require a
0mplete alteration of all four, or
their devotion to shorter cruises
than originally planned.
1t is estimated that the Sommer-
fields steaming range was only one
third that Of the original estimates.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20

pany, of Philadelphia. into the wilds
Of Eastern Peru and Ecuador and
Western Brazil to locate a strange
drug, held sacred among certain
isolated tribes of Indians.
This new drug may prove to be
OF high value incidentally or IL may
turn out to be a myth" he said. We
know of it only through the reports
OF travellers, who say that the ma
tives use it to create courage IN
battle. The ceremony that accom-
plishes the taking Of il is repre-
sented as most elaborate. No per-
son can take the drug alone. Cup
hearers selected by the chiefs of the
tribes administer it. No woman is
allowed to have il, for II she drinks
Of it or watches its administration
she is killed"
DIR. Rusby linens tho drug in its
effect to hasheesh. He says that
while in the Amazonian wilderness
studies will be made Of the. various
forms of malaria and other fevers.
Also. the explorers will make an in
vestigation Of seed, oils. frogs.
snakes and other animals of the
tropics. He counts upon the quest
as the crowning achievement Of a
life of excitement and research in
the remote and wild sections OF the
world
Perhaps not half a dozen New
Workers know that in the open
space at Forty-second street and
sixth avenue, called Bryant Park.
there formerly stood the Crystal
Palace, spacious exhibition hall.
built in a form of a Greek cross
and surmounted by a graceful dome,
the materials being of glass and
iron. II was opened in 1858 as a
Worlds Fair for the exhibition
of the arts and industries of all
nations" but five years afterward
it was destroyed by fire.
This Was n Treat.
This afternoon twenty-one SOL
diers just returned from the Ameri-
can army Of occupation in Germany
were passing through tIss park
when they were accosted by a mid
dle-aged man, who said:
Il guess you boys are hungry
after a day of sightseeing. Come
with me-
He escorted them to the Hotel
Navarro. in Seventh avenue, where
he told Joseph Martire, the man.
ager, to give them a real feed, any
thing that they wanted. The check
came to S106, and when Mr.. Martire
looked around for the civilian who
had ordered the spread he was
missing.
II have just been stung for a big
check" said Mr.. Martire, calling
upon the telephone the main office
Of the chain of hotels of which the
Hotel Navarro is one. "Oh, that is
all right" came the voice Of the
new manager, Philip weissinger.
Il am the person who ordered those
Coblenz boys fed. Send up the
check to me and ! will o. X. it, We
cannot do enough for the army lads
Most people have forgotten ali
about the army now that the war
is over"
Copyright, 1920, Public Ledger co..
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
EUery Day Is Fish Day
On Isle Off Finland

vALAMO. Finland, Dec. 1s-Every
day is fish day on this historic little
island, twelve square miles in area.
Almost ten centuries ago monks OF
the Greek Catholic Church embark ed
on Lake Ladoga to find a new home
and landed here. They built fine
old monastery and framed law
that from that day on no meat
should ever be eaten on the island
Recently several members of the
American Red Cross stationed at the
Russian refugee camp at Viborg
made a journey here and were en-
tertained at lunch in the monastery
built to replace the one destroyed
in 1884. The old law is still OBJ
served by the $50 monks. From the
day they arrive on the island to
the day they leave or die no meat is
eaten by them. Husky, strong and
living to a good old age, this lack
of meat as food is not apparent in
their build. For lunch the Amer
leans had fish in several forms, fried.
baked and in soup, but always fsh.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
SEEK STRANGE DRUG
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Oh, My Stars!
HOROSCOPE.
December 20, 1920.

Mars rules strongly for good to-
day, according to astrologers.
Uranus is mildly adverse.
The forces Of progress are pow
erful during this rule which makes
for advancement through deter
mined effort.
Military interests should benefit.
Army officers and all who are in
control have the forecast of change
that will be favorable.
While the week will not he
marked by business initiative. it
will be a most auspicious time for
making big plans for the new year.
Engineers and all who are en-
gagged in construction work have
the forecast of a period Of activity
under much better conditions than
have prevailed since the close of the
war.
The stars that guide building.
whether of houses, health or char
acter are in an aspect promising
much in the coming months.
Again physicians and surgeons
come under the best direction OF
the planets which forecast for them
new scientific attainment of great
moment to the welfare of the world.
While most of the planetary in
fluences are favorable, Uranus is
still in an aspect denoting unrest
and discomfort among the people.
Occultists declare that the same
stars that ruled when the old sys-
tenn Of feudalism broke down are
now powerful and that they who
read the signs foresee little hope of
settled conditions until industry is
fully pacified.
The holiday season this year is to
be most fortunately ruled by the
stars, which promise an unusual
number of homecomings and a
great deal of hospitality, despite
the high cost of living.
New York and Chicago are to
focus national attention before the
beginning of 1921, for extraordinary
events are foreshadowed.
Washington is to be gay socially,
while Congress will not reflect the
holiday spirit, the seers predict.
Persons whose birthdate ii is
should guard against disputes which
will be most unfortunate in the
coming year
Children born on this day are
likely to be vigorous of mind and
body. These subjects of Capricorn
usually are talented and successful.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20

settled problem which has been years reaching So
luton?
The United States can, protect itself fully with
reservations. Article X can be dropped entirely.
The other nations evidently ready to agree to
this. They will agree to any other reservations so
tar as this government is concerned, and would
probably adopt most of them as amendments.
But what Republicans must know IS that they
will be held to account for definite action. Mr..
Borah says he rests upon the verdict of the people
on November p opposed to the league in any
FORM
He either deceives himself or is whistling 1t
is the common knowledge of every that the Re
publican States Overwhelmingly favor the league
No campaigner who spoke against it, got any en-
couragement from Republicans
To find one single Republican who does not
favor having the United States in the league with
adequate reservations, is difficult to find the
proverbial needle. The woman vote was practically
solid for the league.
Fhe greatest problem of the campaign was to
satisfy them that Mr.. Harding was not bitter
ender and that they could be assured of the
league by electing him than by electing Mr.. Cox.
1t is hard for politicians who heretofore have dealt
only with the men voters, to realize feminine
viction, earnesness and intelligent determination.
But if the party now deceives them to the
league which their chief contention it will lose
their votes for many years to come. Sacrifice their
confidence and it will be hard to regain.
Mr.. Harding is taking a wise He is
seeking the middle ground of agreement. His task
rests not with the league proponents. They have
gone further than he did in the Senate in either
speech vote, to help him.
If he can gain like help and support from those
of the irreconcilables who indeed party men and
put party before personal opinion, he will have
The final steps will then be but hold part of the
votes cast by the Democrats of this Senate for the
covenant with reservations
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Virginia Apple GrolDers
Form Plans for Future

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 19.-Sen-
ator II. +. Byrd was yesterday unan-
imously elected president of the
Frederick County Apple Growers
Association, succeeding John c.. Ca
ther.
Byrd recommended that a State or
Federal inspector be secured to GER
tify to the pack of apples at the
point of origin; that State commun-
ity packing houses be established as
in West Virginia; that advertising
and selling committees be main
tanned that a spraying expert be en-
ployed permanently, and that matter
of collective purchasing be consid-
cred. Efforts will be made TO have
a substation Of the United States
Department OF Agriculture located
here
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Adding to a Mans Joys.

If lot of people would quit turning wide open
the spigo of their maginatons as to Senator Boise
Penrose he would lose lot of his glamour, much
of his Importance and all of his fun. He would find
dull and insensate world if he should pick up the
newspapers to find he has ceased to be the great
political headliner.
If what he has said, has not said; is maybe going
to say only think; if the million things it is
taken for granted he will do can do won't do; will
have done, will not permit, with the
ads instead of the first page, he would lose all
the joy of life.
He is not all bad, nor half bad nor bad at all.
He merely differs with the present day in his politi-
cal methods. Yet he is still able to "put them
across" man with his capacity in leadership, in
inspiring personal loyalty and in organization, may
we'll be fought by those who disagree with him.
But it is weakness to at him, to viy him,
or to shy bricks at him. He never shuns battle and
fights in the open Those who believe he is wrong
should oppose him in the same way. He willsike
them the less, whichever wins. In fact one of
his great factors in success is in peaceful alliance
with dangerous foe.
No man with sporting blood can fail to admire
much that charactcrizes the equity and doughty
Senator. He is first OF all party man and nothing
else. Partisanship with him is the crownng virtue.
To be partisan is his ideal of patriotic obligation.
In this he is consistent. Convince him that ANY
measure is essential to party success and he
will adopt either both regardless of his own per-
sonal opinions, or likes and dislikcs. He will run
things his way if he can; usually he can. But when
he can't, he lets personal prejudice we'll or i'll
founded, no personal enmity interfere with his party
loyalty, which is close maybe as he gets to a
religion, and two are by no means antnomies
With bread down two cents at last folks will
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Foreign SerUice Students
Elect Fraternity Heads

Georgetown University's new for
eign service fraternity, Alpha Tau
Delta, has elected the following off,
GERS: Roy H. Flamm. of Alamogordo.
New Mex, president; Marcellus A.
Cremer, Chicago, Ill, vice president; 7;
p. F. Freeman, Waco, Tex. secretary;
Stanley w. Dunno, Auburn, N. Y,
treasurer, and Francisco, Banda,
Ecuador, sergeant-at-arms.
= A committee appointed to inyesti-
gate phases of foreign trade and re-
lations Will report at theI6rst meet
ing OF the new year,
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Xmas Music at Park View.

Members of Park View Community
Center Will enjoy a program Of
Christmas music tomorrow night in
the Park View School auditorium.
The entertainment will be given un-
DER the direction of Mrs. Laura r.
ward, and will include numbers by a
sixtette composed OF Mrs. Paul Rus
sell Mrs. Hellbach, Mrs. Theron
Brook. Mrs. Aurora Leigh Edwards
and Miss Hoch.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-Whether it
is the influence of Robert Louis
Stevenson or the later influence of
Frederick O'Brien, a large number
of hardheaded business men are
dreaming these days of the pink
coral reefs, the soft waving palms
and blue lagoons of the South Sea
Islands.
II was announced that Archie NJ.
Andrews. banker. of New York and
Chicago, is organizing a party to
sail for the MarquesaS in his priv
ate yacht Zahma shortly after the
first OF the year. Mr.. Andrews ex-
poets to be gone seven or eight
months, and is now at his winter
home in Pasadena, having taken his
yacht to the Pacific from Long
Island Sound.
Mr.. Andrews incidentally has had
a picturesque career. He was a
newsboy in Chicago and was strick-
en- with mild form of lung trouble
at the age of 16. He went to CALI
fornia and for five years lived in
the open, and his business career
was not started until he was 81,
and yet at 40 he is a multi-million-
aire. Only recently he purchased
the Chicago Herald Building. in
front of which he sold newspapers.
Mr.. O'Brien has already organ
lied his expedition to return tosthc
fast vanishing Marquesans. His eX-
perience living among them and
which resulted in his book. White
Shadows in the South Seas" has
endeared him to the heroic tawny
the outer rim of the world.
A recent plague of influenza has
left only a handful of the Polyne-
SLAMS. Being a superstitious people.
they sit around now awaiting the
final deliverance from the many
vicissitudes that have been theirs.
Aside from Mr.. Andrews and Mr..
O'Brien, it is rumored that a widely
known capitalist and philanthropist
is building an ocean-going vessl
for the express. purpose of passing
a year in the Marquesas and TAX
ing many articles of food and cloth
ing that will make the people
Happy. Before the coming of the
white man the Marquesans lived
a happy and contented life. But in
the last ten years disease has al
mast completely wiped them out.
AUTHORS UNITE IN.
QUAINT EFFORT.
Nina Wilcox Putnam, author of
"It Pays to Smile" and Hector Mac
Quarrie, whose Tahiti Days" is the
latest contribution to The South Sea
literature, both live in the quaint
New England town of Madison,
Conn, where last summer they pro-
duced a masque by Mr.. MacQuarrie.
It>was great success and revealed
some very real acting talent among
the villagers.
Madison became highly enthusias-
tic and a result was that Mrs. Put
nam whose real name is Mrs. Saun-
derson and Mr.. MacQuarxfe put their
heads together and behold. THE
Madison Players" Explaining the
development today at the Waldorf,
Mrs. Putnam said to me:
I'VE are Transforming our Town
Hall into a delightful little theater,
and am altering my garden to ac-
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
Students Plan Vaudeville.

The George Washington Univer-
stty Players. q dramatic organiza-
ton at the institution, win stage a
vaudeville show early next month ir
the Central High School auditorium.
Rehearsals now are being held un-
der direction OF Joseph Garnett,
manager Of ths sheA
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20
South Sea Has Lure These Wintry Days
Millionaire Organizes Pleasure Expedition

commodate such outdoor plays as
We may want TO present Though
both Mr.. MacQuarric and myself are
playwriEhts, we are not going to
hold our entertainments down to the
work of ourselves. Any playwright
is eligible to the presentment of
his or her creation by our players
in our theater."
Mrs. Putnam said that the profits
of the theater are going to the es-
tablishment of a health colony for
young persons threatened with tu-
berculosis. She and Mr.. MacQuarrie
have picked just the place for the
sick folk, a deserted Connecticut
village less that two hours from
Gotham.
I'VE want to help people" she
said. who are entirely dependent
upon their own creative work for
a livelihood. Our plan is to recon-
struct the old houses into pleasant
homes which can be rented at a
very low rate"
SEEK STRANGE DRUG
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Il was talking with DR.. II. II.
Rusby, formerly dean of the Column
bia University School of Pharmacy.
this morning, and he informed me
that next month he will start upon
a great adventure in South America
He will lead an exploring eXpedi-
tion for the II. X. Mulford Com
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20

The Republicans in the next House may find
trouble in getting enough committee chairmanshps
to go round, enough committee places to
satisfy so many. There is such condition as too
much of a good thing
The Washington herald., 1920-12-20

Cuba complains of hard times. Yet Cuba is not
known as dry zone and is not cursed by prohi-
bition --+