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The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

II AVING providentially been enabled to offer
i foreign visitors most excellent brand Of
temperature and large percentage of sunlight since
November II with the exception of the past week)
Washington yesterday assumed guise for
their delectation The genii of the weather, loftily
perched at Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest,
opined that should have rain late Sunday, but
their reckoning did not include fast-travelling
storm out of the northwest which brought a ten
degree drop and very respectable amount of snow.
Thus Washington was glori6ed Though the
downtown streets where churn of sush, the great
reservations such as Potomac Park and the grounds
south of the Executive Mansion beautiful
the dreams of an etcher. Upon field of white
the trees showed a limb-tracery which held no
gauntness because of the exquisite line and mass
effect. The White House grayed behind its inn
maculatc lawns and the splendid structures 'front.'
ing Seventeenth street below New York avenue
assumed the graduation of tint against the
pearly blanket.
The fascination OF snowfall held everyone with
whom we talked. The scenes were generally de-
scribed as beautiful" though in truth winter S
storms appeal most strongly to quite different
sense than that of the esthetic. They arouse the
spirit of cid which still lives in the and which
is direct legacy from forbears of ancient times.
Snow and gales not very many hundred years
ago meant an attack Dy nature against the ooln-
nance of man. His communications severed,
he faced famine if he had not sufficient reserve
stocks of food laid by or if hunting impossible
and he subjected to the attack of wolves and
other creatures of the wild driven by paucty of
provender and whipped into savagery by icy blasts.
Thus. looking upon the earth's white sheathing and
the Hake-6lled gray skies from steam-heated
homes today, we are subconsciously livened to the
thoughts that possessed our nomadic ances-
tors. The great adventure of life assumes tangi-
bility. Many of us have sneaking hope that every
snow-storm will develop into forty-mile -an-hour
blizzard, refusing to reckon for the time being the
suffering and inconvenience which must inevitably
follow such affair We are rapport with olden
times
The most interesting reaction to the snow
which noted the part of Filipino youth
and Airedale dog. The young Filipino, who came
here last summer, had never such thing be-
fore and stared at it open-mouthed from a window.
He refused to take his Sunday afternoon off, re-
manning in his room, plainly disconnected. The Aire-
dale whelped in the spring of 1921, had seen
snow before, either. But he wild to get closer
to it and amused himself through the greater part Of
the morning by roofing and wallowing in the back
yard, uttering short and insistent barks which
plainly invited the neighborhood CANNES to join
in his games.
Thus the beast proved himself far adapt
able than the
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
Quotes COlcOrd on War.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The splendid achievements Of the
disarmament conference should en-
phasize the need for a society Of
nations to enforce the terms i'm
posed and prevent another world
war. which disarmament alone can
not do. This thought is happily
expressed in The Great Deception
by Samuel Colcord, from which /
quote the following passage:
Disarmament in any large meas
ure would be an incalculable bless
ing in that 1t would remove one of
the greatest temptations to war
and lift from the backs of men an
insufferable load. But disarmament
alone will not put an end to wars
or save mankind from the horrors
OF another world cataclysm. There
were wars-destructive world wars
when navies were made of small
sailing ships and galley oar boats.
All the artillery of the armies of
Alexander. Caesar and Napoleon did
not throw as much deadly explo-
sive in all their wars as was hurled
in one hour of the war out OF
which we have scarcely emerged
Yet there were terribly destructive
and desolating wars in their day
II disarmament should be made
complete and universal (Which II
will not be-, let another world wal
ensue. and as IL over night, new
engines of destruction will appear
before which their combined armies
could they be reassembled, would
flee in terror or be annihilated. We
need to awake to the truth that
only by vital and permanent
joining of the nations in an effec-
tive union to forbid and provide
against it can mankind be savet
from another confla agration which
will leave the world in ashes"
We cannot take this thought toe
much to heart.
New York. f. CURTIS.
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= FAIR SIZED roc MAKES
ONLY A SINGLE SWALLOW

II takes a big block q fog to
make one good swallow Of water.
DR.. W. J. Humphreys OF the L
Weather Bureau told the phnnsr-
phical Society at its meeting Satur-
day night. when he showed th,r-r
the splendors OF clouds and To-. q
and explained how and why th,t
are formed.
The densest fog of Newfound,a-,l Q
Banks contains some q. 0O0 dr,,r-
lets in cubic inch. Drs. Well suE
Thurus Of the Bureau OF Stanaar,f..
found. To set one gulp Of wa;,r.
enough fog to nh a space three iect
by six feet by a hundred feet long
would have to be condensed ln =
fog Of that size there are $1,000 70
ooo. 900 o,ooo-pronOunce IL sixty tril-
lion-partiCies Of water. or O00
times as many particles as the num-
Der OF dollars spent by tire United
States during the world war
1T would take about a half hour
to count an inch OF fog particles ="
says Or. Humphreys. PLACED side
by side $500 70 5000 droplets would
be needed to iii that length"
The droplets in a cloud have been
found 10 be. on the average. twice
the size OF fog particles.
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of goods became very scarce dur
ing the war. 1t is only natural
thing that purchasers expect a
turn now in the other direction.
But prices are not as low as
people expect them to be. They
imagine a ball thrown up into the
air should come down more quick
ly than 1t went up. The lowering
of prices of the necessities of life,
where raw materials and labor
have come together, must come
slowly. Prices have come down
slowly, and they will continue to
come down slowly. There cannot
be anything like a sudden smash
of prices.
People at large can help condi-
tions if they will see that in let
ting things take their natural
course in supplying their wants
they will effect reduction of
stocks and merchandise and do q
great deal better in enabling the
manufacturer to make up more
merchandise and give additional
employment. You cannot expect
the manufacturer to pile up his
stocks when customers are not
buying his goods. The truth is
that the running of mills and
rkshops will always rest upon
the spirit of the public to go along
in natural and usual wcy to get
new supplies as they are needed.
In this way the doors of factory
and workshop may be kept open
for employment and no one need
put up the sign. mo Help
Wanted"
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virtue. Our legislators are hot
equal to their tasks because they
attempt too much. To restrain mon
from GRIMES that are trcspasses on
Others rights will tax all their
powers. They are now squander-
ing the peoples money uselessly.
and tying business with a network
of cords that hampers industry in
every direction. I have before me
the complaint Of New York drug
Gist who writes: You can have no
idea of the amount OF work and
expense that fool laws are forcing
upon us. To get our monthly sup
ply of alcohol alone requires more
than a dozen operations OF consult
ing lawyers for permits, making
out papers that have to be sworn
to before a notary. getting blanks
of an official pattern to nn in when
ordering. making reports of pur-
chases and sales on alcohol and
drugs, writing receipts TO customers
to save them from hne or Jail; see
ing that the doctor is properly reg
istered to prescribe, and that he has
supplied his patient with an on
cislly printed order, numbered and
filed.
For a patent medicine we have to
buy about SIS worth of proprietary
stamps per week, and in charging
these up to the customers at from
] to 3 cents each, we must go to
the bank twice a week and get
1000 to 1000 copper cents per week
for change. If clerks are not closely
watched they will dodge the task
of cancelling the stamps or putting
them on the bottle or package. II
they fail the law Furnishes the inno-
cent druggist and lets the clerk
even when proved guilty-go free,
The municipal building in New York
Is daily crowded with delinquents.
One elevator man told me he hoped
the rush OF druggists TO the build
ing would soon stop as IT was get
ting to be oppressive labor taking
them up and down.
Tammany Hall has found a new
mode to plunder the public and pro-
hibition leeches are fastening ev-
erywhere on the body polite.
DAVID ECCLES.
| Landover, Md
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
SIN MEMBERS ACTIVE
FORTY YEARS OR MORE.

Life membership in the Philo-
sophical Society OF Washington can
be paid for only by forty years Or
active service in the society. Tie
society is proud Of the fact that it
now has six life members on It.
membership list.
william II. Dali. Of the Nstiorsl
Museum. was one OF the founders o.
the society in 1871. and the nr'y
living charter member today. Tn
other scientists who have achieved
the distinction Of being affilistcd
with the society forty years o. over
are: Alexander Graham Bell. inventor
Of the telephone: F. W. Clarke, o.
the Geological Survey and AUTHORITY
on geochemistry: Henry Farquhsr.
If the Census Bureau: J. H. Gore
formerly professor OF mathems tics
at the George Washington Criver-
sity; II. NJ. Paul. formerly professor
Of mathematics in the United states
navy.
W n
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
Onus of Dry Law.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The prohibition question has
never been dicusscd. It was forced
upon the public by skilful political
juggling. Men are afraid to express
their honest opinions lest they
should be called "wets." which
means the epithet applied to Christ,
"a wine-bibber, friend OF publicans
and sinners" A Congressional or
Senatorial vote does not register
conviction: it only registers fear.
This could be changed in f1Ve years
if the public press were open 70
free discussion. Under coercion uor
legislators have denied doctors the
right to exercise their judgments
lest they should abuse their PRIV
jleges. No such fear was expressed
regarding ministers, priests and
rabbis. No regulation of the
amount of wine used or the times II
should be used was attempted in
the sacrament. Why? Because
Congress knew that it would be re-
tired and the law wrecked If II at
tempted It,
The recent confiscation of $4,000
worth of sacramental wine in New
York shows that there is as much
danger to prohibition through this
avenue as any of the 10000 others
Danger turks even among the ex-
scuters of the law. Both in its
letter and in its execution the law
is vicious and undefendable favor
itism.
For the very mild statement
was kindly permitted to make in
recent Herald 1 have been de
nounced by letter as a "rummy." "a
sot," IAN ex-bartender." "a dypso'
maniac" etc, although the mar
does not live who ever saw me TN
der the influence Of liquor. Wher
that brilliant woman, Gertrude Ath
erton. in a recent number of Nc
Calls Magazine, made an attack OF
prohibition she had to first buttres'
her character by stating she hat
the taste of whisky. Who are III
vets? Those who are afraid =
trust their own appetites. The rea
"drys" are those who could not b.
tempted IL alcohol eXuded from
every tree. Under freedom ratura
! selection preserves this class 4
people the earth.
Their is hot wisdom enough II
this world TO iegis.ate n-n 'nt'
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any problem. He left many millions
Clarence H. who Is now forty
seven. succeeded to the presidency
Telegraph Company and the many
allied lines. He has given his per
sonal attention TO the companies. and
steadily fought TO improve them. His
contest with the Wilson sdministra -
tion when the government sought to
pool the Postal and Western Union
on terms that he did not regard a
just. brought out all OF the inherited
fighting spirit that belongs TO the
Mscksy name.
Mr.. Mackay was married To
Katherine Alexander Duer. from
whom he was divorced. and she msr-
ried DR.. Joseph A. Blake. the famous
surgeon. in 1914. The Mackay town
house and the great estate at Roslyn.
L l., have been the scenes Of many
notable gatherings.
Mr.. Mackay is treasurer OF TN
Lincoln Farm Association, which
raised by popular subscription th'
funds to covert the log cabin birth
place Of the martyred President into
a memorial. He is also vice prssi-
dent OF the westchester Racing
Association, director OF the Metro
politan Opera and q member OF man
clubs. He bought the New York
Sun from the Laffan estate and
sold it after short ownership 10
Frank A. Munsey. He is a Catholic.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

.Oay By DAY
lNnp1esslo,,s:
bMC0Msmtpe
hIB1alI;ihj,1l(!:''3al

NEW YORK. Dec. IA page
from the diary Of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up pretty betimes. Jeanne
Judson. the tayle writer, newly
come from Berlin came and sat
awhile. Read some brave passages
from Childe Harolde's Pilgrimages
and through the town putting in
to see some water colors John Don
Passos, the novelist, hath fashioned,
very noble.
Home and cast my accounts
against the Yuletide and with my
wife to Miss Hoyt's to look at pret-
~ overwraps and Lord the prices.
and then to a milliner's where
listened to silly, prating, talk
ing man and watched comely
women strut in their fine feathered
geegaws.
A mighty hail storm came up,
flinging down trees in the park.
and We stood by the buffalo corral
and the big animals paid no heed at
all nor did they move. but the dog
barked at them until his mouth
bled.
In the evening to stag dinner
at club, much hip oil and ribald-
ry. and then to see "Oyer the Hill"
the cinema play, again and l deem
1t one of the best ever made. Home
where l was greeted by a gay let
ter from DR.. Crane in Paris and so
to bed.
Cafes in the two great terminal
stations are the sequestered meet
ing places for fiirtatious wives ana
husbands on the loose. They are
supposed to be hide-aways not fire.
quented except by travellers. How
ever, during the past week three
husbands were served with divorce
papers while dining there.
Coney Islanders to the beachs to
dip for whiting and ling. This an
nual catch is an event among fisher
folk who scramble over piers and
jetties to catch fsh with their
hands and in nets. 1t Is said that
the whiting come in to shore to
get away from the hungry big fish
which Is theory that Lewis
I recall. It ran something like this:
will you walk a little faster?"
said a whiting to a snail:
There's a porpoise close behind
US. and he's treading on my
tail"
Fair enough, This young stenog-
rapher advertises thusly for Job:
II am % and never expect to mar
ry. I haven't bobbed hair nor do
I chew gum. The boss's wife need
not have any worries about me. 7
want a position where I will be
able to save enough money some
day to go to the South Seas and get
away from people"
One OF the big hotels has re-
moved all chairs and settees from
its alleys and promenades. The
hotel detectives were unable ts
keep out undesirable women who
came there to carry on flirtations
with men. Two arrests resulted in
heavy damage suits and the hotei
felt that the only possible solution
was to make the foyers too unat-
tractive for loafing purposes. In
the old days the Knickerbocker on
account of its central location was
forced to wage war against the
demi-monde. but the fight was un-
successful because of the danger Of
insulting some worthy person. 1t
Is for this reason that all the new
hotels have tiny lobbies without
chairs.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
Booms Headley for Chief.

To the Editor. The washinstop Herald:
Just few words about a mat
ter Of vital interest to Washington
ians: We are about to have a new
chief for our police department. The
talk is Of having an outside man
and selecting one from the force.
The man most fitted for the place
SO far has not been mentioned. Capt.
Albert j. Headley. of the trafhc de-
partment. is the man for the, place.
What do YOU say. WashingtopIans?
A sample Of his ability was dem
onstrated on the occasion OF tho
burial of the Unknown at Airing.
ton. when he ably handled the traf-
hc tie-up. Is 1t true that he is SO
needed In handling the trafic tha,
he cannot be given the ONCE OF the
major and superintendent Of police
Let's hear some comment on this.
s. F. It
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
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non), and seeing l25 names on the
roll, number present. so--she said
You cannot teach that many" Her
father was a member Of the school
board. Nothing was done. / had some
work to keep those Russian and Po-
ltsh pupils busy and help them 10
acquire some knowledge OF English,
etc. Each room had two windows
at one side. and the three other sides
were covered with stationary black
boards. Desks same size for large
and small children
Miss NJ. r. KERTLAND.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
GOVERNORS TRIAL
SHIFTS CAPITAL

WAUKEGAN. H., Dec. 4. - The
capital of Illinois is being moved
from Springfield to Waukegan.
State off1cials and clerks have ar
rived here to transact the business
of the State while Gov. Small, charged
with juggling millions In State funds
while serving as treasurer, goes on
trial.
Gov. Small was granted change
Of venue from Springfield. His case
will be called before Judge Claire
Edwards tomorrow. His attorneys
will ask that the indictments be
quashed.
1t is not expected that the trial
proper will get under way until after
the first Of the year.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
Of Philadelphia Schools.
the Editor. The w..hinstoa Herald

To the Editor, The wsshinston Herald:
1 certainly agree with "Securitas."
who in few words. and very clearly,
presents q sane conclusion in re
Naval Suicide;" also John r. Wealth
ers has clear understanding as to
teaching religion in public schools.
II would be absurd to think of doing
1t successfully; also teachers in over
crowded schools have quite enough
secular work on hand. Having taught
twenty-eigh. years in Philadelphia
public schools. I know what an over
crowoed schoolroom means. and we
did not divide classes then. as now
in this city. bringing half Of the class
for the morning session. and the
other half for the afternoon session.
On one occasion a superintendent
came to visit the school Mount ver-
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

delphia's a z e d
merchant prince.
"As a matter of
fact, the people
were very patient
during the con-
stantIy risi n &
prices. which they
had to pay or do
without goods.
The storekeeper
could not help
himself. G o O d s
came in at ad-
vancing pric e g.
and he could not
help but add a
profit that would
operate his busi-
ness. B e s d e 5
this, some classes
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

1t is not economy to tak<the time of hish-salsried
haysling over what hsif Of them know nothing
about, and is none Of their immediate concern. 1t
Is economy to centralize authority and responsible
ity. so that needed funds may be promptly granted
and honestly used 1t is economy to get results
and prevent deterioration; it is economy to do
things right and completely. not slipshod and half
way. The present system is wasteful inefficient
and under it, good schools are impossible.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

men-at least we cannot prove the
contrary. What We call intui.iun
may be looked upon as iuher.tancr
from brute ancestry.
When Herbert Spencer said tina,
feelings were more accurate on
many questions than reasoning
(and OF course he referred 20 The
nonscientific reasoning OF the un-
trained mind. which is not rnsthe
maticsl) he forgot 20 say that in
ssmuch as We cannot tell on just
which matters Il is reliable and on
which IL is not, we must make Sare
by using the machinery OF TNhd
without the mind the soul ~ IN
idiot-a baby lunstic.
PAUL MORRIS.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

Communications viii net ~ rsturnsA
unless specific request fer such rstu1
Is made and stamps enclosed.
Letters should b typswrittsn when
ever possible. Communication extrsmsly
difficult to read will net b considered.
Ne oemmunica tions sis,sA With 1etitisus
NAN % viii b. used.
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CRIrTENDEN HEADS
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.


z. c. Crittenden. of the Bures n
Of Standards. will be tire president
OF the Philosophical Society OF
Washington during the com:as
year. according to the results Of q
letter ballot announced at the nfty-
first annual meeting OF that society
Saturday night.
Other oficers that have been
elected are; Vice presidents. J. A.
Fleming. Of the department OF ter
restrial magnetism. Of the CarnugIe
Institution OF Washington. and \.
L. HazIard, Of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey; treasurer, W. r..
Gregg. Of the Weather Bureau; cer-
responding secretary. c. A. Briggs.
Of the Bureau Of Standards; mem
bers OF the executive commi zee. Il
A. Mariner. of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, and Irwin c. Priest
of the Bureau OF Standards.
During the past year tho Phflo-
sophicsl Society has made the sub
stantial net gain OF nftecn mem
bers.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

that he is willing
TO do his share Uf
the worlds labor.
II has been a
sort OF obsessiou
with him that
p ople might
think that be
cause he did not
have TO work
he wouldn't So
he has tackled
the business LETT
him by his father
in regular form
John W Mscka g,
his father. wa s
one % the rugged
Forty-nine type
.-I 49,
head Nrst int 90
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Boreas must have an to grind at the dis
armament conference.-the has been showing and
sleeting in New England, the Northwest and
West while blessing the world Capital with
mild weather
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
Buy Normally for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The public is not engaged in a |
so-called buyers strike" recently |
declared John Wanamaker, Phila-
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

None OF the sons OF the rich who
inherited money has tried hsrie-
than Clearence H. Mscksy to show
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Eevuldlt
NfenHTc
Notes
MONDAY. DEcEnBER 9, 1871.

Physics Cisb Of the Bsreau Of
Standards. today, t:3o o'clock. DR..
p. r. Heyl will talk on The
Velocity OF Invisible Radiation."
The Washington herald., 1921-12-05

Cafes in the two great terminal
stations are the sequestered meet
ing places for fiirtatious wives and
husbands on the loose. They are
supposed to be hide-aways not fire.
quented except by travellers. How
ever. during the past week three
husbands were served with divorce
papers while dining there.
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