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The Washington times., 1921-11-20

mitted . report On the New Turk
city postal problem. In order hat
We may have every possible asaist-
ance in solving this big problem. I
have appointed q citiSsns' committee
composed Of leading business men In
New York city to act In IN advisory
capacity.
Recently thsrs has bssn plAosd In
operation . hArbor boat service
which wfIl take ths man for points
beyond New York from shtps axrfv-
Ing IN quarantine. and also pa5os1
post originating in Brooktyn for
points beyond New York dfsok 70
river points along the Jsrssv aAGs,
instead Of hsuling such man through
the oongsstsd strssts Of New Yerk
~ before.
Another postal fAntfty IN ne ~
entity Of New York has 3use bssn
added by placing . fast man train
operating between YhilaAsipAiA and
Binghamton, New York, GROSS ooun-
try, which will avoid the nsossdty
a sending q largo volume Of man By
way Of New York city, -,
The parcel post service has bssn
open to all who wish to uss II, and
during the transportation difficulties
of over a year ago merchants and
shippers found the paroal psst
agency of unsxpsotsA aAvantAesL
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duties and certain in its functioning
as the fiscal department or any other
department. Every other large
industry of tho country has adopt
ed welfare measures. This humanix-
ing business Is not original. It has
been the definite trend Of American
business for the past generation-
have said, and repeat. that my
purposes arc and shall continue to
be: First, to make such recttfica-
tons az in all decency and fairness
must be made to assure . square
deal; second. to strengthen and
broaden the civil service At every
point wherever possible, TO the end
that merit may govern; third, with
absolute fidelity to put the entire
service upon a purely business basis
30 sound and 30 serviceabls that no
political party will ever again dare
attempt to ignore or evade II ulti-
matoly.
The problems facing tho postal al
ministration are large, numerous.
and difficult to solve.
In many OF the larger cities the
postoffice buildings are wholly in.
adequate to meet the constant
growth Of the postal service.
The Joint Postal Commission has
been working on this problem for
some time. They have Just sub
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WITH its 10000 employees the postal establishment
w handles 100000 letters an hour. 1t sells one
stamp daily to two million of the one hundred
million people, total of $4,000 900 900 stamps sold an.
nualy.
The annual turnover Of the postal establishment Ia
$3,OOO,0000 900, with expenses of 5000, 10000.
Over $500 1000 parcels handled annually by the
parcel post
The earth could be wrapped around thirty times with
the Irvine we in tying mail in bundles annually;
100000 miles Of Irvine is thus used.
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In so far as we can speed up the
handling of business mail, Just that
much have we speeded up business.
As business men know. a business
is no stronger than it's weakest link,
Often that link is its personnel.
That has OF late been tho weak link
In the Postal Service. IL we can i'm
prove the spirit and actual conditions
of the 100000 men and women who
do this job, that in itself is an ac-
complainant, and II is just as GER
tain to bring a consequential Inn
provement in the service as tomor-
rows sun.
We are developing a welfare de-
partment just as definite in It's
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one Of the big life insurance compa-
MES is serving In the department in
definitely without salary, improv-
ing working conditions of the postal
employees.
The president of one of the largest
motor haulage companies in New
York city, serving without pay. is
going to reorganize the motor We
hicle service Of the Postoffice De-
partment, which operates almost
1000 motor trucks, and has a per.
sonnet of nearly 5000 people. This
service is confined to the delivery of
mail within cities.
We consider this service SOMA
what akin to the Railway Mail
service. as a mail transportation
aid. and should be as efficiently
managed. This representative of a
big private transportation concern
will thoroughly reorganize and place
the service on a most economical and
efficient basis.
We are calling to Washington ex.
perienced postmasters who deal d.
rcctly with business men. These
postmasters remain here several
weeks and sit in on our SEM. weekly
departmental conferences to keen
us In touch with the actual con.
ditions during this formative period.
We have regarded the Post Office
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Committees Of Senate and House as
a board Of directors. and the Joint
Postal Commission as an executive
COMMITTEES. They arc in touch with
everything We are trying to do and
the department is In touch with them
continually.
We are reaching toward the maxi
mum cooperation Of support when
we get the Chambers OF Commerce,
Boards OF Trade, Business Mems
Clubs OF the country, to hook up as
a unit on the Mail Early" campaign.
1t is gratifying to see the literature
and magazines containing this data
which these organizations have put
out.
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Pueblo Indians gathered
for the celebration.

During the following days there
are strange mixtures made and
drunk, and stranger ceremonies per-
formed, flowers are takel to the
chief, and on the last day q wild
procession goes to the river on the
bank Of which there are more odd
doings which wind up in a general
swim, a -whoop and a return
to the village. where at night there
is one grand Jazz" of time to end
the Thanksgiving feast.
HEAP MUCH HOME-BREW.
Early historians have given us
an account of the feast of the
Natchez Indians, a tribe of which
there are not now over one or two
living. But when visited many
years ago they were still enjoying
the ancient ceremony with which
they have always greeted. This
tribe was the one which inhabited
Mississippi and for which the city
OF that name is christened.
As the corn ripened early in that
latitude the feast was In July. when
1t was gathered into the granaries.
They gathered about a beautiful
lawn and filled this granary till
quite full. Then the head man, who
was called the "Sun." was borne all
around in a litter. Then the war
chief distributed corn to each of
the women, going from hut to hut
wearing a long. white plume. This
corn was then cooked by the
women, and given first to the men
and boys. then was served to the
women and girls. The men then
went outside and sung. after which
the war-chief dilated upon his ex-
ploits in battle.
At night was the great dance.
This was lighted by bundles of
burning canes. A man beating on
a pot covered with skin sat in tho
centre Of hugo circle. The inner
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Will Hays Welcomes
Suggestions for Inn
proving Traffic THAT
is handspring of Ma
ti0nal Commerce.
BY WILL II. HAYS,
u. 3. Postmaster General.

Written for "The Nations Business. %
~ N more than any other thing
" the nations business depends
on the postal service.
Inversely, business men do about
rs per cent Of the postal business and
should know all about II and have
more to say concerning methods of
Improvement.
I wish we could sit down together
and discuss this big business. The
business men OF the country are the
largest stockholders. We ought to
have. by all means, constructive
criticism and suggestions for i'm.
provement from tho business OF the
country.
wish I could impress upon bust.
ness men how earnestly tho postal
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WNA@ @%U @0N&NcMeD@e
Chief Of the Natchez
Tribe being carried to
feast.

one was of women revolving in one
direction. while the other one,
composed of men, went in the Cd
posite. In the morning the war
chief and the great Sun appeared
In the circle, each with q band of
braves at their back. A big ball
made Of deerskin was tossed to tho
ground and then begun a game in
which both sides fought hard for
the prize.
PALE.FACE GAMES.
No doubt but that this was the an.
cestor of our great American same
Of football.
The game being over. there was a.
big dance to the tune Of the beating
on the pot. While a skin-covered
pot is not jazzy kind of an instru.
ment. the Indians managed to get
quite a bit of fun and excitement
out of tho thing.
The Seminoles, who inhabit the
Everglades Of Florida have today
about the same ceremonies as those
which greeted the visit Of the discov-
erers Of America. Announcement IS
made in advance by hanging up tho
number Of days till the event, this
being denoted by sticks. each of
which is taken down till the event
occurs. At the ceremony there is a
black drink and q strange song the
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of the noon rush and both
talked at once. Not that 1t
made any difference, for nothing
they said was of any Importance
till the blonde one mentioned the
fact that she was shopping for q
hat.
Don't say hat to me-" walled
the dark one with bobbed hair. II
had a n'awful experience this sum-
: mer up in the mountains with
mine-you remember the one of
wire with those lovely radiant
roses stuck about in it so that it
looked like a brides bouquet?
"Well, one day / went to a funeral,
and when / was ushered into the
dim. sweet-smellinR sitting room
where rested the coffin l took off
my hat and laid it on chair in a
corner in order to fix my hair.
/ sneaked back to mirror in the
rear room to do this, and while I
was out the minister came into the
front room and began the serv-
ices, standing right in front of my
lid.
when the ceremony was over my
hat was not to be found. So Dor
rowed one and hastened to Join
the procession. And as the men
bore the body from the hearse to
the grave / saw there in the very
center Of the coffin, towering above
the rest of the flowers, my hat, it's
roses waving brightly in the
breeze.
mo, I didn't let it stay. l
waited till all had left the ceme-
terry, then l rescued it, but l have
never worn it since. Wasn't that
a n'awful thing?"
THE japanese beat US to it
movies. For the National
Museum is about to place on ex-
hibition.-if they can find the
space-some original moving pic
lures which were used long be-
fore Edison's ancestors had ever
heard Of America.
They are thin plates about two
feet square, perforated with holes
which, when the light shines
through, form the outlines Of a
figure. These sheets or plates
are as thin As a piece Of card
board, but strong and stiff.
When held between the light
and q sheet they will cast, not
only lines forming the picture,
but a subdued coloring which,
being painted on the original,
showed up prettily on the cloth.
Some plates have several, some
only one figure, but most Of them
seem to tell the old, old story
which has come down the ages in
all nations-of the princess and
her lover and the duel with the
rival, the angry parent and the
happy ending. Some kind of
strong light was evidently placed
behind the pictures, which being
manipulated by hand between
the light and cloth, showed in
pantomine tho usual
Of the fight, the flight,
and the vamp.
CHE lived in one Of the palatial
- residences out Massachusetts,
avenue. Her blood was Of the
tint Of the sky, her manners that
Of Lady Clara We're dc We're,
while her only child, . boy Of
Tour, was reared like . hot-houss
plant, surrounded by French
nurses and Irish maids.
But one day she got . shock
hat shook every deld leaf of
her family tree-and it came in
his wise.
Little Reggie for . week had
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He'd Seen the Bird.

A man came into lawyers office
and asked II he could bring q suit
for SANDER against . friend who
had called him . rhinoceros. Ger
tainly," said the lawyer. And
when did this happen?" Three
years ago" Three years agof
Why on earth have you delayed
10 longf" TT was only yesterday
that I saw . rhinoceros for the
first tina"
The Washington times., 1921-11-20
THE WOMAN ABOUT
y TOWN
BY
virginia Stuart

been taken out into the park for
an hours airing by the colored
housemaid. One day madam
happened to stroll by and caught
sight Of the pair. So she hid be-
hind a tree and watched, for
something strange seemed to be
going on. She saw a crowd of
several men and women gather
about the two, then tiny Reggie
begun to clap and dance like q
whirling dervish. He spun and
sung and turned somersaults on
the sod, till the crowd was con-
vulsed by his funny antics.
Then, when the child was tired
out, the nurse quietly seized his
cap and took up a collection
from the crowd.
The mother stood motionless
with horror. When the audience
had disappeared, she bounced
like a ioness on the offending
Senegambian. Mary turned pale
through the chocolate of her fat
cheeks.
Law, Mrs. Brown" she ex-
claimed pitifully, II didn't mean
no harm. Deed didn't. I'm
gwine ter git married, SO l Jest
let Reggie help me to git de
money tor my wedding Clothes"
THAT Washington boasts Of some
ch!valrous youths among it.
rising generation is proven by an
incident which happened a few
weeks ago on the Mt. Pleasant car
had come up as the car bowled
down Columbia road. and as It
turned into Florida avenue the rain
commenced to pelt in on an old
colored man who sat near the rear.
He rose and pulled down the cur
tain. the heavy oilcloth one which
keeps out the weather.
But by came the conductor, who
sent the curtain jumping up, and
the rain began to pour in again.
Once more the negro pulled the
curtain down-but once more the
conductor with angry frown jerk
ed it up.
Quietly there arose a slender lad
in the blue Of the High School
Cadets. He pulled the curtain down
securely; then turning to the con-
ductor, remarked in a low tone,
Now, you just put that curtain
up again and / will knock you off
the car 30 hard your wife can't
recognize the corpse
The curtain stayed putt" the
old man smiled. and the boy opened
his grammar, while the car con-
tinued to spin down the avenue
in the pouring rain.
THEY met in the corridors Of
tho Municipal building. One
was a woman, a bit Of temper
at tho way the men complicate tho
tax question-especially as she had
$1.s1 to pay on a very cadaverous
bank account. The other was -short
and fat and rosy and evidently a
stranger In the jungle of the Dis
trict government precincts.
Can you tell me where I get .
licence7" asked the plump woman
Of tho bothered one.
what kind Of a ncence do you
wish?" came tho reply. Dog or
well. don't know as 1t makea
much difference" was the reply, IT
yuess when 1t comes to a showdown
hero isn't much difference between
/ dog and q husband"
The Washington times., 1921-11-20

A MOTHER idol shattered Ameri-
~ cans, who imagine our early
fathers thought up the
celebrating of Thanksgiving
feast, will be astonished to know
that Is was common among the
Indians for hundreds Of years be-
fore the whites settled in this coun.
try.
And probably the pious gentle.
man who issued the first proclama-
nation got his idea from some
dusky fellows who did not know
Bible from a boat-hook. When the
settlers arrived in New England
they found 1t universal custom
with the red man to give thanks
for the harvesting Of the great crop,
Indian corn, or maize. And these
were occasions of numerous cere-
monies mingled with a great deal
Of dancing. eating and drinking.
No shadow Of Mr.. Volstead had yet
doomed on the American horizon.
Among the Creek Indians of to-
day are still preserved in their vii
lagos in Oklahoma the essential
features Of what they call their
ancient "Busk" or Thanksgiving
feast. In this. however. they cele-
brated. not the harvesting. but the
ripening of the corn. and 1t was
also used as the beginning Of their
New Year reckoning. BY many Of
the very early writer's 1t was called
the Green Corn Dance" because
It was in gratitude for the ripening
of the corn which was eaten then. 1t
was also a time OF general forgive
ness of all enmities, and peacemak-
ing for all families.
A writer who witnessed more than
\ hundred and twenty years ago
this Busk feast SO described 1t,
and the ceremony takes place today
about in tho same manner:
''The yard Of the square is cleaned
and sprinkled with white sand, while
q black drink Is brewed on a fire
consisting Of four logs set crosswise
to typify the four points of the com.
pass. While this drink is brewing
the squaws dance the turkey dance.
All afternoon the drink is served,
It being q strong emetic. Later on
four men and the same number of
women go through tho ceremony
known as the tadpole dance, then
the men alone perform one called
the hiniha. The tobacco for the
aged men Of the tribe is also made
on this occasion"
Next morning about 10 the wom-
On engage in the gun dance" dur
ing which the warriors fire off their
weapons. When noon arrives the
men take ashes from the fire. and
rub It on their chin. neck and stom-
ach. jumping after that into the
water, The women prepare and cook
the new corn. But before eating
the braves rub corn on their hands,
necks and faces.
The men celebrate the third day
by sitting all alone in the square.
On the fourth the women build in
their home hearths fire from
embers taken from the one origin
ally kindled, then they rub with
ashes. eat salt, plunge into water
and swing into the long dance"
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in the wflds Of America were max,
ing the woods ring with their shouts
Of praise in thanksgiving for the
goods the gods provide. And they
did not have to sneak into the cellar
or make homo brew on tho sly,
either. for william Jennings and the
blue law man hadn't been born.
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words Of which no white man COM
prehends.
1t is only at this Ceremony that
even an Indian is allowed to sing It.
For It il held holy to the Thanks
giving feast. Tho gathering ends
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Directors Of Big Con-
Germs Serve Without
Pay In Furthering Re-
juYcnati0n Of Mailing
Establishment.

AfbsR having ussd he parosl post.
ana fndfne n - akf1snncfaRy. thso
merchants and shippers have ss.-
tmued IN usA
Tsamvxk - he uas1d1RaS VaAA
That alone can MAKE eur SWIM
mantAi SERVICES wh.s thsy vM -.
II only that means u sDpnsl r.
gard me-, II you wfll. - ne vAaal
horse Of the tsams 70 Do ths haHAnse
work. That's what I am IN th1s
offlcs for. You must rsmamAar thaA
II 10 . partnsrshfp proposftisa, al
recognizing that ~ ere snsassd IN
the sarns transosnAsnt prcblsn-
the public. the employees and the
dspartmsnt-ths solution Of which
IN to be found IN the BEST posi- offios
ssrvics and the best eovsrnnAn4 =
all The vaFlk
The Washington times., 1921-11-20

THESE authentic photographs
Il were furnished by the United
States Bureau Of Ethnology.
The lower picture has been
termed by experts Unusually
valuable"
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War Chiefs Dllated ON
Battle Exploits while
Women Got the Dim
ner r eady-All
Hands JOINED I'm a
Savage Minuet After
the Food Had Been
Cleared Away.

a MOTHER idol shattered. Ameri-
cans, who imagine our early
fathers thought up" the
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-16
Japan Considers
Control Of China
May Propose international
Council to Develop
Country.

Toxic, Aug. l5.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. .)-Reports from Ameri-
ca that the United States may sug-
gest control of China by an interna-
tional commission are understood to
have been considered at the meeting
of the Japanese cabinet yesterday.
Viscount Uchida, foreign minister,
told members of the cabinet, accord.
ing to theYomi-Uri Shimbun, that
if such suggestion was made, it
was a matter Of grave Importance
upon which Japan must carefully
deliberate.
Japan is studying the advisability
of proposing an international stand
ing council for the guidance and de-
velopment of China, says the Koku-
min Shimbun. The work of this
council would be based upon the idea
of the powers abandonment of
spheres of influence and all other
measures, including extra-territori-
ality, which are iniu,icai to China's
complete sovereignty. The unifea-
ton Of north and south China also
would be sought. the newspaper as
serts.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-16
Omaha Produce

Fruits and vegetable quotations fur
nished by the Gilinsky Fruit company.
10l5-17 Howard street:
Bananas. per pound. &c.
Grape fruit. California. half boxes, $z6
Lemons. golden bowls 81; silver cords,
Oranges. 12s.15o-17s, 81: aoo-s1s-a5o.
81: 2ss. ss.75; s2A. $3.50.
Pears, California Bartletts, St.25; Wash
ing Bartietts. $500; Colorado. bushel bas-
% GRAPES Thompson seediess. s2.25.
$500; grand dukes, $500: blue diamond.
Cantaloupes. turlock standards. $3.50;
turleck flats. $l.25.
Watermelons, crate lots. per pound. Sc.
Honey dews. $50 to crate. $500:
Apples, 163 and larger Winesaps. S325
Michigan basket. new. $3.50: Californla
Gravensteins. l25 and larger. s4.sSi ls'
Berries. black berries, market price:
red raspberries. market price.
Potatoes. home grown. per pound 2mc;
sweet potatoes. hamper. new stock. s2se'
Onions, bushei basket. Spanish seed.
$3.50. sack yellow. &c: small lots yell
vegetables. green peppers. basket,
nips,. egg plant. market prices.
Celery, Michigan. per dozen. 7sc.
Repack baskets, crates. $50 basket. $3.50.
Peanuts. 10 pound can. saited. $3.50;
80 pound pail salted, per pound. lac;
so pound carton, salted. per pound. II hc;
IT'S pound barrel. salted, per pound lie;
roast, S isc: % Jumbo u raw. is ise. '' JUMBO
Wholesale prices OF beef cuts effective
August Is. are as follows:
No; ! ribs. &c; No. ?, ise: No. :. i!s
No l. rounds Isc. No q lsLc. No q I5c
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-16

Cattla--The week opened out with the
heaviest cattle e.. IIp ao Of the season to date
In. mostly westerns. Only sprinkiing of
good native beeyes were on offer and they
sold at stronger prices with fair TO me-
dium beeves about steady. Trade in west
erns was very dull and waek to 16@25c
lower Cows opened fully csc lower and
stockers and feeders were slow and weak
to @16c. or more lower than the close
good time last Wednesday.
Quotations on Cattle--Choice to prime
beeves. 1866 @1020: good to choice beeves,
$40; common to fair boeves .ss.Oo@s,46
os sood to % eRoes yearnss ssas@sss
fair to good yearlings. :sssoo@s.2s; com;
to choice grass beeves. s7,o09s.oo; fair
mon to fair grass besves. s4.75@5.7s; /;
shoee sdoa Grass xras, hsf hsf
ers siS0@56e; choice to prime grass
cows. :tss@s.4o; good to choice grass
cows. s4.o0@t.75; common to fair grass
100; common to fair feeders, s525@6.o0;
good to choice stockers 1e;5o@725; fair
tsr ts s'sa soessr se sssg .tSeR smen to
stock calves. sl5oD725: veal calves.
s4oo9775; bulls. stays. etc. Ss.bo@426.
Hogs~-The week opens out with a
moderate run of hogs. about 1000 head
showing up. Both packers and shippers
placed bids during early rounds and the
market became fairly active at prices
that were steady to about 15c higher.
Heavy lard hogs showed the least Inn
provement and small advances were noted
on most Of the good mixed packing.
handy butchers and lights. Best light
hogs made top Of sl0.a6. and bulk OF
the entire supply sold at ss.15010.oo.
Sheep and Lambs--One of the heaviest
run of sheep and lambs SO far this sea-
son arrived for today's trade, the yard
estimate calling for 1880 head. Liberal
receipts forced prices to lower basis
and the trade In fat lambs reflected de-
clines of 25@40c. Fat sheep sold at fig
ures weak to 25c lower. Best fat lambs
were quoted at sl0oo@1025. with bulk
Of the good westerns selling at $500
1000. Fat ewes were not wanted above
s4.75. Feeder trade was rather quiet at
prices 25c or more lower, strictly good
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Fat
lambs, westerns, s925@1o25: fat lambs,
$7.50@8.50; Gull lambs. $b00@6.50: fat
yearlings. s5.75@6.75; fat ewes. $3.50
ATS; feeder ewes. $2.2603O0; Gull ewes.
$f506D3.00.