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The Washington times., 1921-02-07
FEBRUARY 7. 1921
Extreme Measures Discrgdit Reform and RefO17uers
~ osFT'sF sos Nsa'a- - NsA 'A's $50 80. s'.'

Of the public and subject in degree TO the Judgment
and approval Of the public while under the autocratc
plan proposed by these reformers for their own benefit
and possibly for their employment small body Of
prejudced bigoted minded short ssalots
can sit in back room and exercise despotic powers
without regard confederation for the wish or the wei
fare Of the people. ~.
The crying need Of reform today Is reform Of the
reformers and the placing of moral and ethical move
ments in the hands Of Of more brains more heart
more judgment and more soundy American character.
The average reformer has become pest com
parable the cootie in objecionableness and TO the
boil weevil In destructiveness
The whole structure of American liberties Il
likely to be eaten away and undermined by them, and
great moral forces like the press that are eager TO
support all legitimate reform movements, are compelled
to array themselves against the peserous activities Of
these reform plaques in order to protect their own rights
and liberties and the rights and liberties Of the people
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

hgence with the power to dictate TO the American people
what their taste in such simple pleasures must be ana
what limits and character Of their enjoyment shall be-
It is UN-AMERICAN because it sets up body pro-
Tossing superiority in wisdom in morality IN judgment
above that Of the whole people and authorizes this body
despotcay to control to limit to modify, or even TO
suppress the most popular form of public enjoyment with
out knowledge Of the public and without any oppor
tuny for the public to express its opinion as TO
what it wants what 1t does not want
This method of oppression and suppression under the
name of reform is UNNECESSARY, ABSOLUTELY UN-
NECESSARY because the police powers OF every State
and every section and every city and every district OF
every city ample or more than ample to cause the
elimination of all Hlm exhibitions or of theatrical ex-
hibions of any kind which in any way offensive to
the public taste or subversive of public morals.
The objection on the part of these selfish and self
satisfied reformers the exercise of the police power
that the police power must be exercised with knowledge
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
Economic
SeLf-DefenSe
THE proposed new tariffs on i'm

rHE proposed new tariffs on i'm
ports are largely measure of
self-defense. In its poverty
stricken condition Europe can and
will make goods cheaper than
America can. This is due to the
fact that Europe's workers are so
destitute that they will gladly work
for the price of poor shelter, poor
clothes and poor food. The japanese
and Chinese workers and England's
slave workers in India, Egypt and
other subjugated territory already
work for such miserable wages.
All the peoples of Europe and
most of the peoples of Asia want our
manufactured goods and our raw
materials and foodstuffs. They can't
pay in money and they have no
sound credit, so they must trade
their labor to us, in the shape of
goods, as payment for American
goods. They want so much from us
that they will eventually glut our
markets with cheap goods, which
means cheap labor, and either reduce
the wages of American workers be-
low the American standard of com
fort or else drive millions of our
workers into idleness.
Under such conditions it is foolish
to thresh out the barren straw of
theories. Free trade may be de-
sirablc under certain circumstances.
So is permanent peace desirable.
But the civilized peoples have just
been waging dreadful war, and mil
lions Of men are still under arms
Both military and economic warfare
are still very much in evidence. As
long as other nations will not forego
m litarv warfare, we mus maintain
our protective armaments; and as
long as other nations wage economic
warfare, we should be fools not to
maintain our protective tariffs.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

Their narrow shallow, irritating interference with
the simplest enoyments and panest rights of the public
is making the very names Of reform and roformer de-
tested and is sure to bring abouta reaction which will
result in causing proper regulatve to be
thrown overheard along with these Objectionable Jonahs
of reform that endangerng the safety Of the whole
reform ship through storm of popular indignation and
repudiation
Perhaps the most iniquitous form Of reformer the
one who is most willing and most likely to sacrifice the
whole cause of reform his prejudice and
extreme views is the who Is anxious TO suppress
the moving picture with an undemocratc >un American
and wholly unnecessary censorship
This extreme of meddling reform is UNDEMO-
CRATIC because it ntereres with Of the greatest
one of the simplest of the most wholesome and most
beneficial forms of entertainment OF the whole OF
the people.
II ia UN-AMERICAN because it seeks to establish
an autocratc body of limited numbers and limited intel
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

of eleven years named Rene Fournel.
He had been operating for nearly a
year, and had pulled off some mag
nificent coups.
The oldest in his band was nine
teen and the rest were all in their
teens. Rene's authority over them
was absolute.
His arrest followed the sacking of
candy store, where he deposited
on the counter this warning:
eff you complain we will slit your
gizzard. My band is irresistible.
Torzan."
And every man who reads this
will shudder bit, for we all be-
longed once to some band of young
desperadoes, if only to raid our
neighbours henroost or strawberry
patch, and sneaked dads old army
pistol out behind the barn and
played at banditry-and each of us
might easily have been led into
crime by some clever rascal and
favorable circumstances!
The man who reaches the age of
thirty without landing in the peni-
tentiarv must feel grateful toward
a kindly Fate. unless he be exceed
ingly encysted in self-conceit.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
HUM ANISMS
william AthertOn Du Puy-

,y,on Frank Mondell, Republican floor leader,
was a lad of seventeen, he rode down to Chi
cago on a cattle train from the farm In Iowa on
which he had lived. this means of transporta-
-tion being free, and went to work out on Archer
avenue driving a delivery wagon.
When the days labors were over IL was MS
custom to ride across town horse and
attend night school At Halstead street he had
to change from one line to another. There ne
got into the habit of chatting with the big blonde
transfer man and the Two came TO De conlpah-
ionable acquaintance
soon Mr. Mondel migrated to Colorado and
forgot all about his friend Of the change.
Twenty-five years later, however, the two met
in the halls of Congress. for the transfer man
was none other than william Lormer of Chi
cago, who served in both Houses and who final-
Iy attracted much attention through the action
OF the Senate in questioning the methods by
which he elected
The deputy assistant treasurer OF the United
States ts Frank J. II. Thel. Mr.. ThieI has made
such a reputation for himself for interpreting
into popular terms the statistics Of the treasury
that he Is known among his friends as "oId Fig
gers" To him consequently falls the task of
entertaining distinguished visitors to the Treas
ury.
Not long ago John ID. Rockefeller. jr, came
tn look over this treasure house of the nation
and with him came his small son, John ID. Rookie
feller. Sd
nice little value packages, Treasury officials
have tied up certain bundles of $4,000 notes in
such a way that n cube OF them about eight
inches through contain forty million dollars
Those who penetrate to the holy OF holies are
likely TO have such package thrust into their
hands. ..
OF John d. That yourgster was unimpressed.
Mr. Thel passed him another package and anoth-
or and another until the youngster had in his
arms si60OO0,00O Not until that grand total
was reached did the visitor ejaculGte;
"Some money!
........ Copyright 1919
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

OST reformers to have good character and good
M purposes but notably lack the balance OF good
AvA judgment and common sense.
As result these reformers, after they have &C.
complished some admittedly needed reforms generally
go to such lengths in the prosecution OF their extreme
ideas as to discredt not only themselves but their
whole program Of reform.
Reform becomes business with certain persons
And it is a business Of busybodies of meddling, in
terferng crank with queer crotchets and conceptions
crans with such dsproporonate idea of the Importance
of their alleged reforms that they would establish their
peculiar fads and aectations at the sacrifice Of the
basic rights and liberties of the public and the free demo
cratic institutions of the nation.
Such reformers distinct menace to the peace
and happiness to the prosperity and liberty of the
public.
Their organized effectiveness and their pernicious
and persistent activity give them influence out of all
proportion to their numbers their power their worth
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
Crime and
Youth

~ y
youth. For the same reason
that war appeals to youth. For
war is crime raised to the nth power.
The Civil War, it has been stated,
was fought by BOYS of eighteen and
under.
For the aviation corps, in our
latest war, only very young men
were selected. Because operating a
flying machine involves the most
desperate chances.
And it is in youth, when life is
full and lush and overflowing, that
we find excitement in throwing life
away.
When we get old, and life is
scant, and there's not much left to
live for, we cling to a depleted ex-
istence senselessly, as we gambled
with it when it was abundant.
Crime includes every element of
adventure.
First of all, there is danger, which
is the main ingredient of human
interest.
Crowds flock to see an acrobat
hanging by his toes, human fly
crawling up skyscraper, a vaude-
vile performer throwing knives at
a woman and missing her by the
fraction of an inch, a sword swal-
lower or glass eater.
And we love to play with danger
in proportion to our youth. The
nurses main occupation is rescuing
the four year-old from fire, poison
and neck-breaking.
Grandpa never plays with razor,
or snaps a revolver to see if it is
loaded, nor eats strange pills he
finds on the bureau to see what
will happen.
In crime we pit ourselves against
the world, its laws and institutions.
We are sure to lose, eventually. No
body but a fool would take the
chance. And children may be pre-
cious darlings and cute and wonder
full, but they are fools.
We call it mischief, but really it
is of the same nature as crime. for
mischief is ultra -thoughtless and un-
intelligent crime.
Children are not more wicked than
grown-ups; that is not the idea
only they have less prudence, and
the lawkeeping quality in men is a
kind of prudence or caution, and
not kind of goodness. Some of
the blacklist scoundrels are the most
meticulously law abiding.
The other day the Paris police
finally captured the chief of band
of burglars who had been terror zing
the city for some time.
He called himself Torzan. and his
gang was known as the Black Net
Band.
Wherever Torzan burgled he left
his card, after the manner of villains
in the best detective fiction.
HIS prediction for grocery and
candy stores led the police to
imagine that they had to do W th a
woman. They were mistaken.
For Torzan turned out to be lad
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
IT. a. Charlie Chspliu.

His name is Charlie Chaplin
He's a funny little man;
You will see him twirling
A cane round in his hand
His grin may be funny,
And his hair full Of curis,
But he's always got the money
And that seems to get the girls.
EDWARD J. IRVINE
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

The theatrical manager who
sued Henry Ford for $500,000 for
libel appears to be the first one
to take the gentleman Of "tin
Lizzier fame seriously, despite
Ford's relentless knocking OF
the Jewish race.
JULES BACKENHEIMER
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
11EARlp
By BILL PRICE.
,PECIAL APRIL IsT COLUMN.

SPECIAL APRIL 1sT COLUMN.
Bridgeport" makes a sugges-
tion that all the contribs put
forth special efforts several weeks
before April l to get out an ex-
ceptionally good column April
lst the day when the nuts will
revel in good things. Suppose
you think IL over and have some-
thing good ready at least TEN
DAYS before that time.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
BIBLE VERSES.

Cd Kings, 9th chap, 3oth verse
A woman with painted face looks
out of a window.
I'd Kings. 9Th chap, 9Th and 9Th
verses-The iron did swim.
1st Saml. 2sth chap, 7th and Sth
verses-Saul goes to a spiritualist or
witch.
Joel, Sd chap. 90 verse-Only mem
tion OF Girl in the Bible.
Zach. Sth chap 9th verse-boys
and girls playing In the streets.
Judges, 4th chap, 21st verse-Teiis
of a woman taking hammer and
driving q nail through a mans tenn
ples. II. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
ADVICE,
You can't marry amiss IL you
marry a widow. CURLY.

The Knickerbocker Club has issued
it's first monthly publication, "Knick's
News The editors are HAROLD
McCALLEY and JAMES H. Nc
INTYRE.
Amt IL funny some folks you can't miss.
And some folks you just miss mile?
And the folks you can't miss. you see lots.
And the other folks. just once In while!
RUTH L.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
HERES ONE FOR MATHS.

A dozen eggs will buy two bushels
Of corn, Two bushels Of corn viii
feed two dozen chickens a dozen days.
Two dozen hens will produce is dozen
eggs in a dozen days. This gives you
clear profit OF 16 dozen eggs In a dozen
day, from two dozen hens The two
dozen hens cost you dozen dollars.
Find how much money was cleared In
ono year7 :, .Nn,
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
The 1921 skirt lengths show
that the parable of
THE FATTED CALF
still has great following.
Il. o. s.
WOULDN'T TAKE CHANCES.

Rube-Did you go into any of the
New York restaurants7
Cyrus started In. but heard q
fellow call for Saratoga chips and
knew twas a gambling den and got
out. ouiok. H. ID. b.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
II the nations get together on
disarmament what's to be done
with the lady sword swallower?
K. o. 3.

The cornet player who played
Annie Laurie" for three weeks lost
the ng-distance championship to
his opppnsnt, who played Sousa's
Stars and Stripes Forever"
H. d. B.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
EXPLAIN THIS.

should like clever contribs TO
eIptain sohy Il 10 that married
man al,ooys complains Of his leo
going to sleep phem Ms totJe sits on
his knee, although Uhen single he
held her aud many others on his
knee for hours ,oifhout complain
mgr ISEIE ENRI0HT.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

How many Of your problem
fans can tell me the number of
different hands poker player
can hold when playing with q
full deck of So cards?
PARK VIEW.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

The new bathing suit styles
this year will permit you to mail
your girl hers in an envelope.
H. d. B.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
PHASES OF LIFE.

To work = little: to play . little
To laugh q little: to sigh.
Regret a little. forget a little.
To sing as the years roll by.
To love = little, to dream a littla
To weep and wonder whyf
To lose a little: to gain n little.
To greet. and say goodbye.
To fear 4 little, to hope q little
For something better to try.
To yearn a little. to learn a little.
Be happy a little---and die
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
AS 1T WAS AND Is.

What's the difference between
getting round-sho I;dered hanging
over a bar in the old Gays or fiat
chested in the cakies rush or soda
fountains? OLD HORSE.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
NOTE TO THE TEACHER.

Dear Teacher" wrote Johnny's
mother. kindly excuse Johnny's
absancs from school yesterday
az he fell In the mud. BY doing
the same you will greatly oblige
his mother CURLY.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

The League of Nations having beer
successfully amputated, a major
operation for the removal of British
pressure on the brain of the Ameri-
can people is in order. M. c.. A.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. 8 Patent Once
BY x. c. B.

Dear X. G. B.:
There has been an argument in our home
about what you look like. Mother says you
are probably nice looking, but father says
most Of the writers he has ever seen have
been fat and homey or little and insisnln-
cant looking. I am sure you answer neither
of these descriptions and won't you please put
a picture of yourself in your column so that
can prove 1t to father.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

Love seemed so much more in
toxicating." said Mrs. Hennessy,
when, as sweetheart, Hennessy
always concluded with TX X X"
in his love-letters to her.
HARPERS FERRY.
Those strange wireless mes
sages heard not long ago were
not from Mars. Twas Shakespeare
trying to get contrib" through
to Heard and Seen,
EDWIN r. ROWLES.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
THOSE ENTITY AUTOS.

Take tfty ears at random,
As they dash by mo In tandem
with their total population ATTY men,
"Scorchins' TO town Invariably alone.
I must say that It's beyond my ken
That the "milk OF human Kindness"
Through gasoline has become a has bssA-
The Washington times., 1921-02-07


THAT LOOKS like
me.
WITH HAIR grown
thin.
AND BRUSHED
straight back.
IN VAIN attempt.
TO HIDE bare spots.
THAT LARGER grow.
AND CREASES deep.
UPON MY brow.
AND CROWS feet.
ROUND ABOUT my
eyes.
THESE THREE I
AND CANNOT print.
FOR TWO are false.
AND ONE is frank.
I THANH you.
The origin Of mn
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

She-Are you fond of autos?
He-Am I? You should have seen
the TRUCK I ate for lunch.
ID. II. A.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
IL a well-read man ID q book
worm, Is q well-fed man q grub
worm?
Does II pay to be q fool because
you know how7 p. NUT.

The shortest distance between two
points is the quickest way to get
knocked down by an automobile.
MILO H.
The day was cold. the wind vas strong
She wore roll tops, and col iai fAi
Her knees were very baref
She must have been OF royalty,
She showed she was blue bloodsd. Aoaws
Her lituc knees were hlusi
Stage Msnager-Is the chorus ready
yet for Act II
Cail-boy-Not quite. but they'll BE-
undressed In . few minutes,
ADVICE.
The time to make love to q woman.
Is rSs% sSs ,s.s s.rs hir little !. :t'S liz S, my lad
And just little bit sad.
Doesn't her hair look killlngr
mo wonder It's dyed
JANoULA CHACoNAa-
HARD TIMES.
The times are hard" but not q tear
Is fsllin from my eye;
For I'm no blank blank prontssr.
And they're the guys who cry
times ARE HARD"
p. s.-you tell en- Bradstrect. I'm Dunsii
OHIO.
The best kiss-Gfhe one yea
want and can't get
The worst kiss--the one you
van get snytims Won want ~
.- PAL.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

The boys OF the Langdon Ath-
Ietic Club and their girls. all be-
longing to the G. o. 0. f., would
just love to have BILL present
at the first annual dance OF the
club at Brooklapd Masonic Hall
February II. eddy DAVIS
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
The origin Of mn
Expression.

.f-
A Jack Tar went in
to a foreign church,
where he heard some
one uttering "Ah!
mIhi. beate. Martini"
On giving an account
of his adventures, Jack
interpreted the phrase
as "Ail my eye and
Betty Martin" Hence
tho well-known say
ing.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

All things come
To those who wait,
But when they do,
They're out of date.
LEONA MAC.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07

A number of the navy boys at Nor
folk write that they can't do with
out Heard and Seem, and must have
The Times.
The Washington times., 1921-02-07
ADVICE.

The time to make love to q woman.
IL you want her to listen, my lad.
Il when she's q little bit biua.
And just = little bit sad.
PEG0Y.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-30
Russia Wishes to Hold OFF

Riga, Dec. 29.-Russia does not
wish to hold a wireless discussion
with Great Britain of its debts to the
Allied nations. This is the purport
Of note which George Chitcherin,
Bolshevik Foreign Minister, has sent
to Leonid Krassin, the Russian Min
ister of Trade and Commerce, accord
ing to the Rosta agency. This was
in reply to a request by Great Britain
for more information concerning the
debts which Russia would recognize.
Chitcherin said this subject was too
complicated and important for dis
cussion by wireless and added that
the matter should be brought up at a
world conference which he had pro-
posed.
Chitcherin added that this confer
ence would be successful only If mu-
tual trust existed and that the first
indication of this would be "the stop
page Of systematic exclusion of Rus
sia from international conferences
touching her interests"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-30
JURY HOLDS MAN
FOR WIFE'S DEATH

Branchville, Dec. 29.-Rachel Gun
ningham was fatally burned here
Monday night and died yesterday.
She claimed that her husband, Kivey
Cunningham, threw her in the fire.
Cunningham claims that she had
fit and fell in the fire while he was
out in the yard cutting wood, and
when he heard her. scream he ran
into the house and about the same
time two negro men got there and
helped get her out of the fire.
Magistrate Dukes, acting as coron-
.er, held an inquest over the dead
body. The jury rendered the follow
ing verdict:
That Rachel Cunningham came to
her death at the hands of her hus-
""nd, kivey Cunningham, by throw
ing her into the fire"
W. {. Martin of Branchvlle ap-
reared and prosecuted for the solicit
or and w. NJ. Warren, who is an Au-
@usta lawyer. represented the de-
PENDANT.
Cunninnham was arrested and
placed in pail in Orangeburg, where
he IS being held withut bail. He
viii likely be brought to trial at the
'anGary term of court
Cunningham is about 35 years old
,nd has several children. E.