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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-07

Nav. I've always wanted to 90
there because II sounds 80 cool ana
nice. guess It isn't on the coss.
or 1t wouldn't be called a LAKE, put
that's where Mrs. George Dewey ana
Mrs. Stephen Eliins are, ana
gusss they are like Mama apd don't
like II on the shore where there are
30 many mosquitoes. Nine ElisaidS'
the wife Of the minister OF EcuAdor'
IL there too. Rmmie, ] guess Senator
and Mrs. Frelinghuysen must have a
lot Of mosquitoes, because they are
spending most Of the summer with
their children on their yacht the
Victoria" cruising up and down
the New Jersey Coast.
Though Senator and Mrs. FreiinS'
huysen stay about as much on the
Mayflower rs they do on their own
yacht, and they have been with the
President and Mrs. Harding for the
past week up at Plymouth and on
Secretary Weeks house party up In
New Hampshire that / told you
about last week. q
You see the Senator has to stay
in Washington most Of the time. 20
I guess Mrs. FrelinEhuysen has hard
time deciding whether to stay with
the children or her husband.
You knoM, they have q lovely home
In Rareton, N. j.. where they live
when they want to have house
parties and guests, but I don't think
they ever stay there any other time.
I expect the children feel more at
home on the yacht.
Hardings Must Love
the Yscht Mayflower.
You know, EN-, the Frelinghuy-
sens were already UP that way on
the Victoria" when the Plymouth
celebration came off and Mrs. Ere
linghuyssn had planned, / think. to
invite a party to 70 on their boat
to the celebration and meet the May
flower up there, but the President
and Mrs. Harding invited them to
go on the Mayflower. 30 they just
left the Victoria" up at New York
and came on down here and went
Up to Plymouth with the Presiden-
tial party.
They have been on so many of
the Hardfu1s' weak and cr,iisea that
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I expect they feel almost As much
at home on there as they do on their
own boat.
The President and Mrs. Harding
surely have gotten lots of pleasure
out of the Mayflower and don't
think they have missed more than
one or two week-ends this summer.
taking a party on a cruise.
Mrs. Burdette Wright, whose hus-
band IL a captain in tho aviation.
told me that . few weeks ago that
they took q little cruise down tho
river on one OF the Government
boats with General Mitchell. who Is
head OF the air service, and she said
that It was . very informal party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-07

everybody had on pale pink crepes
and feathers and parasols, and all
like that. Mrs. Vincent Astor had
on piA1k crepe and q pink hat to
match-at least I'm sure 1t must
have matched cause pinks that don't
match are terrible. aren't they7 And
she had - single rose at her bait. "
which must have bean pink to match.
too, don't you think. darlin'f I love
that sxbresison. - single rose at
your bolt"
Then Mrs. William b. Caperton--
she's tho wife Of the admiral-she
had on deep blue satin that sounded
very dressy and a hat all covered
with feathers Of the Same shade, and
Mrs. Paul F1tx Simons-she used to
be one Of tho Mrs. Vanderbilts before
she married again, and she always
dresses exactly rieht-and she had
on Canton blue crepe, and blue
parAsol and . large white Neapolitan
straw hat. Neapolitan always sounds
like some kind Of drink or ice or
something, doesn't TIT
Pink Stckly Color
for Sport Dress.
Mrs. William Grosvenor had on a
pale pink something, and 80 did ever
81 many others, and II seems to be
very stylish, EN-, though 1 don't zee
why pale pink would be appropriate
for q tennis game, dou you? 1t used
to be just for babies and very old
ladies. but everybody wears II now,
and It seems 20 sickly for sport. 1
think.
You know don't somehow think
I'd like Newport very much, cause
all they seem to do there 10 play
golf, and tennis. and cards. and have
parties, and do all the same kind of
things that you can do at home, and
should think all those people that
entertain all winter, would want to
DO something different. At least by
August, anyway. But I guess they
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plot Of money you admire them whom
they don't act poor, and talk all down.
in-the-mouth and want sympathy, and
then whom they have a lot Of money,
you like for them to act az II they
haven't got II. It's queer. but It Ger.
tainly ID the nice way to behave isn't
Il?
Aunty mys it's the "unconscience
insolence Of conscious wealth" that we
hate 30, and that's what Mrs. Aston
hasn't got.
Naughty Mosquitoes
Like Trim Ankles.
i guess the mosquitoes are not sc
bad in Newport as they are In other
seashore resorts, cause II is in Rhode
Island instead of New Jersey. They
say that this year the bites are spe.
cially bad on account of short skirts
and have noticed even here in Wash.
ington that they do like to bite legs
I guess it's the color OF the silk
stockings that attracts them, but any.
how they begin at the ankles and eat
upward to the knees. 1 sure am glad
that they don't bother me much, be.
cause it's terrible to have to scratch in
public. But 1 saw a girl the other
day that had the cutest way of doing
1t. She just leaned over and slapped
her knee. just as II she was trying to
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SUB DEB SUE GETS "CHUDANY" WITH WASHINGTON soc
The National Capitals Social

and they tust took o picnic supper
along, and when they got good
ways down the river they put on
their bathing suits and Jumped In
for Q swim, and almost bsfors they
knew II the boat ran night up along
side the Nayflower. with the Presi-
dent and Mrs.. Harding and General
Pershing and DR.. Sawyer and Mr..
and Mrs.. Edward b. Mclean and q
lot of others on board. and General
Pershins. who u . good friend OF
General Mitchell. saw Mr.. Mclean
and waved and said: Hello. Ned"
and 20 tho President and Mrs. Hard
Ing saw them too and smiled and
waved in the most informal way.
Isn't It funny. EN-, how You are
always 20 surprised when Presi-
dent 10 informal and human just
like other psople7 But I don't see
why In the world they shouSdn't be,
especially when he 10 off on . boat
trip that way. when he wants to
have . good time and forget about
being aignifisd. I know they must
just love that Mayflower.
Wouldn't It be perfectly wonderful
to live on Z boat like that and just
be able to come to shore whenever
you pleasedf And then when you
get tired Of your nsishbors or chas'
ing around to parties and things Just
get on board again and sail away
out to sea where pobody could call
you over the telephone. or drop in
to see you Just when you were TAX
ing q nap or wanted to read q new
book.
Ho. for . Yacht
In August Days.
EN-, I think it would be % nice.
wouldn't II, to have q yacht to 60
off in. around about August. when
your clothes begin to look messy.
and you are sick Of everything.
and haven't the energy to try to look
nice. II wouldn't matter what you
had on, nor II your hair was curly.
and you could Just stay In your
bathing suit all day II you wanted
to, ana whenever you wanted dip
nthe ocean. just roll off the deck.
And you wouldn't even have to wear
q bathing cap. Oh glory!
Oh, II ! was Just Off on one right
now! I got 20 tired Of having Mama
tell me that my clothes need press.
ing and asking me not to wear
sloppy swesters and sport clothes
20 much. And I just love EN- 30!
SO. EN-. just now thought I'd
prove to her that sport clothes were
the very smartest things now, no
matter where you went. and 10 !
proceeded to read her what was
worn In Newport this week at the
tennis matches At the Casino. You
know they are very spiffy, a. no
ono can 30 unless they are especially
invited.
; Well! / got left that time cause
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be cute or coQuettish, and nobody
seemed to know the difference.
Emmie Lou, will you please ex-
plain to me why / should have sat
here a full half hour just now with
pen in hand trying to write to
Frances Fuller who / haven't writ
ten to in four months and be obso-
lutely speechless, and then suddenly
throw down the pen and pick up q
pencil and write you reams and
reams and reams when / just wrote
you volumes exactly a week ago?
What in this wide world have
found to put in twelve pases% And
I'm not nearly through yet and here
IL is way past time for me to get
dressed to go to Keith's with Jerry.
I don't want to go to keith's, but
I've made him go to the places
wanted to go the last three times
he's been out here, so I guess III
have to be real sweet tonight.
Goodbye, darling. and I'm going
to stay home especially tomorrow
evening to finish this, don't care
what comes up. Yours,
Thursday evening.
Caruso's Gone, But
His Soul fingers.
En-:
Oh II the neighbors would only stop
playing Caruso's records. It makes me
feel too queer for anything. because
just think EN-! Hes dead and buried
and yet / hear his voice!
I'm Just as nervous as a cat and
wish to goodness the family would
hurry and come on home and convince
me that I'm not ravinG crazy!
OF course EN-, know as well as you
do that just painted birds in cretor
window draperies can't talk. but TO
night this one in the window in front
of me-or rather all thirteen of them
cause I counted them. and that's how
many there are In our dining room,
curtains-all thirteen are certainly
talking to me, and I'll never be con
WINGED differently as long ss I'm here
all by myself.
EN-, 1t keeps on saying And YOU
didn't untangle her legs" And yor
didn't untangle her legs" just over and
over again, and II nearly sets me crazy
as / know just what 1t means, because
my conscience has been hurting me al
afternoon.
EN-, this afternoon. as I was hurry
ing thro' Lafayette Park on the way
to the dentists, i saw a pigeon wall
into a tangled piece of white thread
and then stroll along thro' the grass
and get more and more tangled, unit
It's feet were all tied together and
followed II about ali over the plac,
trying to catch 1t until l was late fol-
my dentists appointment. And
couldn't decide whether / should go ge
the gardner, to help me catch It or keer
my appointment. and as I didn't see d
gardner anywhere, / went on to tn,
dentist, and I've simply worried myself
sick over that poor little pigeon. Ant
III lust know II Is sitting up in a tire,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-07
Spring Lake Has Such

I wonder where Spring Lake, N.
j., is and II it's anywhere near Cape
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Random. Art Work
Shows Chinese Blood.

Random. Art Work
Shows Chinese Blood.
You know EN- 1 was studying and
learned how to make designs, and
had to make so many that just got
in the habit of II and used to draw de-
signs all over everything that 1 saw.
Mama said just ruined all the blot
tiers and telephone books and every
thing like that just unconsciously
drawing designs on them. and Mr..
Felix Mahony, the teacher. said that
he thought I must have Chinese blood
in me, because they all looked like
dragons or Chinese designs.
I guess all of Mrs. Hawkins must
have been Indian designs, as she has
Indian blood in her. Senator Owens is
part Indian, EN-. but she doesn't look
a bit so.
Spring Lake Has Such
An Alluring Sound.
I wonder where Spring Lake. N.
~. Is and IL it's anywhsre near Cane
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-07
Conscience Pricks
A Guilty Spirit.

A Guilty Spirit.
And IL those old birds on the window
curtains don't stop looking at me-!
I'll simply have to get some scissors,
take the street car, and ride down
to Lafayette Park and cut the thread
off it's poor little feet.
EN-, I've been in a kind of spookey
mood all evening anyway ever since
heard a doll sing and talk at the
| Franklin Square Hotel. Yes! a
regular doll just like you and / used
to play with, and she stood up there
in the mans arms and batted her
eyes and moved her tongue and
talked as plain as you or 1 could
and sang songs and everything, In
the funniest cutest little voice.
Just imagine now EN-, IL when
you and 1 used to play dolls II We
could have Just wound them up. and
they would talk and sing to US?
Wouldn't it have been too thrilling
| for words?
I Well they are going TO have not
| only dolls but all kinds of toys
like bears, and dogs, and elephants
| and EN- they will have tiny little
| bitty Photographs inside their tum
mics, and you just slip a little rec
ord in there, wind a crank, pull q
string, and away they go.
And they are going to use them In
kindergartens to teach children al
about animals and foreign peoples. A
tell them all about the polar regions
and how they live, etc, and then the
Japanese dolls will talk about Japan
and what they eat and wear ovei
there and all like that.
1 suppose soon that all the kid
will have tit>fn in their nurseries
and II all the animals and birds and
dolls get to talking at once II will
seem just hike Alice in Wonderland
or some Of the stories that you read
about, toyland coming to life.
EN-. i was telling crazy old Lucinda
about 1t tonight, she's this dear old
niger servant, that we've had &C
long, and she nearly died laughing
and said that II she lived to see my
ch!lluns that she sho' would have tc
be keerful. She couldn't ever tell EN-
any of the yarns that she used tc
tell me about animals, cause the
pesky little old toy animals would
speak up and tell them that she
didn't know what she was talking
about.
Credulous Nanny
Can't Understand En-.
You see, EN-, she just thinks thai
they can say anything they please
She doesn't know that you put rec
ords in them, and maybe by the tim,
I'm married and have a family theS
will have them so they can sa,
whatever they want to.
\ When Lucinda said that abou
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-07

them. Mrs. Hawkins has been abroad
all summer. I wonder II she Is study.
ing art over there. cause she is very
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know scared to death and wondering
what In the world has happened Il
himself!
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
TOPICS OF WALL STREET.
Copper Meeting To-day.

A meeting of the members of the Cop
per Export Association who are working
out plan for financing 100000. 600
pounds OF the copper surplus Is to be
held to-day and 1t is believed that some
thing In the way of formal statement
of the associations plans may be given
out after the meeting Nothing new de-
veloped yesterday In the situation, 1t
was declared. other than the practical
certainty that Cerro de Pasco. ,Granby
and several so-called independent pro-
ducers of copper not members OF the
association would not enter into the
financing plan. This was known to be
virtually sure on Saturday. however. and
is not expected to have any effect on
the plan as a whole. The financing
is expected now to total $40. 200. 900.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Reading Churn. About.

The churning about of the preferred
shares of Reading over an unusually
wide area yesterday gave rise to the
reports that those issues. at their pres
ent prices. have fully discounted the
plan. After selling up
to So. the first preferred issue dropped
to 81 At the same time the second
preferred declined from Sc to SO "A, both
closing at substantially those figures. In
the general opinion about the Street. the
rather wide fluctuations in those issues
were induced by market operations of
professionals and not too much scru-
tiny should be given them for any
direct bearing on the terms OF the plan
itself
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
NATIONAL SURETY co.
SHOWS BIGGEST YEAR
Reports NeD Premiums of
SI7,O09,I97 in 1920.

The millions Of dollars worth Of Lib
ertys and other securities which were
stolen during the last year, although in
sured to very great extent by the
National Surety Company, did not cause
that company great loss The COM
pany, In accordance with its usual prac-
tice, was reinsured. and that chain of
REINSURANCE spread the losses out to
such an extent that no single UNDER
writer suffered as heavily as the tre-
mendous aggregate OF the thefts might
Indicate. This was disclosed yesterday
when the National Surety Company's
public.
With the gross amount of premiums
on policies written during the year in
creased approximately $1,000 900 com
pared with that of 1919. the increase In
losses and expenses of adjustment
amounted to only approximately ST.
100000. Total premiums on policies
written during the year. the report
showed. were $17.009.197, the biggest in
the company's history. ana In contrast
to S12,170,429 In 1919. Losses aggre-
gated $3.9s2,324, against S2.120.716 In
1913. Although the premiums were the
largest In the company's history. de-
faults OF all kinds and the aggregate
loss for the year were also at a record
mark.
The company's net profits from opera
tions, before charging off reserves.
amounted TO s3.0se.660, or s61.7s a
share earned on its stock, but after de-
duction OF the reserves. which aggre-
gated s2172,s01. they were equivalent
to S1S.34 n share. Net income from pre-
miums on policies written was S11 OOO.-
I'll, against $S,10S.564 In 1918. Dcduc-
tions for losses. commissions, salaries
and other expenses amounted TO SS,S77.-
fSS and income from investments TO
$966.437. Dividends of 100000 were
paid during the year. leaving a final
surplus OF ss16.S5s for the period after
deduction of all reserves. The COM
pany's total profit and loss surplus on
December ~ was ts.60s.es1.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
A Rumor From Washington.

One house sent this message to all
Its customers yesterday: There are in
timations from a generally well in
formed washington authority that there
Is to be speech made In the Senate,
perhaps this week. which will have. by
reason OF the identity of the man who
will deliver II and the nature of the
arguments used, all the earmarks. of an
inspired utterance on behalf of the new
Administration as to certain matters
OF the greatest Importance which will
tend to reassure the business interAts
OF the country. II Is believed possible
that this will come In connection with
the passage Of the emergency tariff
bill'
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Acceptances Higher.

In contrast to the easier tone in call
money the acceptance dealers increased
the discount rate on acceptances yester-
day. the National City Company being
the first to put out selling schedule at
6M per cent. That selling rate for prime
ninety day bankers acceptances became
general and the buying rate for such ac-
ceptances was generally 6A per cent.
but some dealers paid 6% per cent. dis
count There were similar changes In
thirties and sixties. The dealers who
paid 6% per cent. for prime ninety day
bankers acceptances reported a brisk
business
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
General Railway signal.

Purchases of new railway signalling
equipment declined nota bly, from the
time that the Federal Government took
ever operation of the railroads up 10
the end OF 1918. when II had practi-
cally ceased. In 1919 the total value OF
all such purchases from he'four Leading
American signal companies amounted TO
only 1e per cent OF the average annual
amount OF similar purchases In 1916.
1917 and 1913, Notwithstanding that
such purchases In those years were
much below those of prewar years. The
1920 purchases are not believed to have
exceeded those OF 1919 20 any great ex-
tent Those facts we're brought out
yesterday In connection with publIca-
tion OF the General Railway Signal Conn
pany's report for 1920. showing earnings
for 1920 OF s74S.35s. Deductions for
the year aggregated s514.2s3 and the
surplus on December 81 s975,es3.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
steel worker. Back.

About 1000 employees of the Lacka-
wanna Steel Company who have been
laid off for the past fortnight returned
to work yesterday. according to tele-
graphic advices from Lackawanna.. In
addition. 1.400 men who have been out
of work as the result of shutdown of
four mills In the Canton district for
several weeks also have returned. They
included about 800 with the Superior
Steel Company. 500 with the Canton
Sheet Steel Company and about 500 di-
vidcd evenly between the Berger Manu-
featuring and the Stark Rolling Mills
companies
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Money Easier.

yesterdays money market. notwith-
standing the fact that call loans were
per cent throughout the day in the New
York Stock Exchange. In the late after
noon more than $t.000.000 was nego-
tiated over the counter at 8 per cent.
and lower rate in the Stock Exchange
to-day would cause no surprise For the
first of many Tuesdays there are no
Government deposit Withdrawals to-day.
The diminished volume of trading In
stocks in some measure accounted for
the ease in loans made over the counter.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
May BE Further Delay.

Incidentally, banker who has had
a hand In Reading affairs said yesterday
that the Reading situation was still far
from a solved problem and that the
plans announcement was farther away
that Wall street believed He declared
that it represented a physical and mental
ask of such tremendous proportions that
1t had worn out two or three sets Of
lawyers.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Rail Heads Disappointed.

The failure OF the winsIow bill to
pass the House yesterday was bitter
blow to many railroad executives. par
ticularly as they had been very conf
dent OF its passage without serious op-
position. Many roads have been holding
up the purchases OF necessities In the
hope that the bill would grant them
partial relief.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Southern Pacific Ex-Right..

Southern Pacific will sell to-day ex-
rights, and in the churning of the stock
and the rights yesterday. the last day
on which the latter could be traded in.
there was seen a settlement on both
sides by traders who have been on both
sides or the market. In the final sales
the stock was fractionally up at g7H
and the rights were fractionally off at
1871. One fraction exactly balanced
the other.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
Tcxa. Paciac Coal ana OIL.

Acting on the recommendation Of Its
executive committee. the directors Of the
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
have decided to remove the executive
offices of the corporation to Fort Worth.
The change will be made about April I.
1t was said yesterday. and practically
all Of the company's officers. who had
their offices in "a Broad street, will be
affected by the shift.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
want German Goods.

Several American merchandising agen-
cles are seeking German goods to dis
pose Of In this market and many of
them have sent buyers to Germany TO
obtain what goods they can. Plenty of
products are available. therefore prices
are considerably lower than can be quot
ed here. It was said yesterday.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
woolvvorth sales.

Sales Of the IT. w. wooiworth Com
pany In January were Ss,336. 2Os.
against ss,476.s7s' in January. 1920. a
drop OF rs per cent. There were but
twenty-five business days In the month.
inclrdIng four Saturdays. Tn January.
1920. there were twenty-six business
days, including five Saturdays. The vol
ume OF business usually handled on a
Saturday Is approximately 100000.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
DIVIDENDS.

Stock OF Pay
Record. able.
HoIiinger Cons. Cold Mines.
mo-. 0c.....s.ss ....s.....s s.ssss req. -
National Biscuit Co. pf.. a.,
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
EARNINGS STATEMENTS.
RAILROADS.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM.
December gross. ;. SIS. .2O0,070 1no. t3f3f. .IsI
Balance after taxes 9l5.4ee Inc. i.25s, 1853
Net oper. income. 06N.33O Inc. 1.lOs.0of
-Four months gross. ca. .73s.06i Inc. a, 5,4ss, 400
Balance after taxes COOS. 405 Inc. {,I46,0l6
Net oper. lncome.. 6.s74,5 SOS Inc. b,2se.5oS
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
SUBSIDIARY GENERAL GAS AND ELEC-
TRIO COMPANIES.
December gross.... Sf,O81 ,3p3 Inc. tlpoiIIl
Net after taxes. ... 22f 1852 Inc. 1881
Twelve mos. gross. II .3es.7Go Inc. FPS, st2
Net after taxes.... 2.5o2,511 Dec. 2ss,SiS
The New York herald., 1921-02-08
SOUTH AMERICA.

CANADA.
New York funds In Montreal. Sl3o pre-
MUM per $1,000; Montreal funds In New
York. xifgO6 discount per $1,000.
The New York herald., 1921-02-08

Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea pf......si.7y
Pressed stssl Car. ar..........~..~--...... -.
sPayabls In scrip-