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The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Both Are One.

THE Republican party promised Department
of Welfare. The proposed measure to effect
this, includes education bureau. The educators
OF the country demand Department of Education
and refuse to accept what is offered The result is
an impasse. To complicate the situation, it is
claimed, the womens organizations and the mothers
are back of the educators
1t would seem that solution of the difficulty
is not so far to seek. A Department of Education
is also Department of Welfare. There is not a
single item in any program of so-caed welfare
which does not fall within the scope of education.
There is no phase of any welfare movement which,
to inspire its success does have to be hched to
education. Wherever it has been attempted to
separate welfare from education, the result has
been comparative total failure.
Wherever welfare has had the maximum of re-
suit, it has been made a part of the educational
system and under educational supervision. This is
so OF Fairgrounds, OF civic social centers, OF open
forums, of physical care, of Americansm OF health
promotion, of visiting nurses, of visiting housewives,
of art in the homes, and every conceivable thing
that comes under the title welfare"
The things enumerated have all been tried
apart from education and wherever they have finally
been accepted, they have passed under the control
of the local school authorities. Welfare is for the
children and their parents; for the younger genera
ton who have passed from the day schools, and for
the foreign population The schools have under
their WINGS all the children; through the children
they have intimate touch with the parents, and
through night schools, social centers and Ameri-
canization, they gather in all the rest
Welfare, as The Herald has said, is but another
name for neighborness No one can bring neigh
borliness through strangers, through the law,
through official agents or by authority. 1t is not
a plaster to be stuck on. 1t is not something to be
imposed. 1t is not benevolence philanthropy
1t is the spirit of kindly thoughtful frendness and
it must come with and bring the spirit OF entire
equality.
Because people poor because they have few
advantages and little of opportunity does not mean
they are fools, nor mendcants. They know. They
instantly resent and refuse welfare, uplf any
thing of the sort which it is sought to impose upon
them, to legalize to formalize send by authority
That sort of welfare is more apt to breed riot
than acceptance. 1t must come neighborliness
and the universal neighbor in all communities is the
school,
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Promote Home Building.

THE ONE greatest need of Washington, is
i housing The best way to supply this de-
msnd is to finance home building, either dwellings
apartments. Those men who have organized
and recently launched the National Mortgage and
Investment Corporation with capital of $4,000 ooo
have undertaken to supply this financial support
They will underwrite housing for this city.
1t will quite surely be financial success. In
deed to be OF value, it must be this. The Herald
does not believe in the business men of COM
munity joining together as business men, to put
through Improbable projects, or those based on
hope in pro bono pubco spirit, taking long
chances in order to help their city. Nine times
of ten they fail and with them fails the spirit back
of them The wise way to help city in its growth,
substance and contentment, is to undertake only
what promises fair and reasonable financial re-
turn, based on sound business judgment. Then sue
cess encourages others to like enterprises.
Such one is this new loaning or financing cor
poration Contractors, builders on large scale,
the builder of home for himself finance
his undertaking. In this way the larger percentage
of such investments can be turned into cash and
used for other like operations. 1t is recognized
everywhere, that the chief of stagnation in
building is the inability to finance such undertakings
whether small or large.
This SIo,oooyooo of capital will form revolving
fund.- coming in and going out, to provide the people
now in Washington places to live. 1t will remove
the shackles from its growth by permitting resi-
dents to find shelter here a cost they afford
1t will help the of small incomes and those
who have that confidence in Washington which
makes them willing to invest in building.
The organizers of the corporation WASH
ingtonians. They have looked to how and
where they could do what they believe will be of
most permanent value to the city. The Herald
believes they have found it and that the of
this venture will encourage them other support
ing investments
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Says Negroes Seek Leaders.
G. N. e.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Too often speculation regarding
the, negro's future in this country
is indulged in with little or no true
conception of the negro's possible
reaction. Recently much adoo has
been made over the formation of a
white mans Republican party" in
the South. Some dopesters predict
that President Harding will refrain
from making appointments objec-
tionable to white people.
In my opinion writer's and fore
casters are failing in vision IL they
cannot perceive that negroes are
imbibing the spirit of real democ-
racy. 1t cannot be too strongly
emphasized that when Republicans
and Democrats drive the negro en-
tirely from their ranks, the big So
cialist groups stand ready to well
come them. About 90 per cent of
all negroes are laborers, and>a pro-
gram of primary interest is appeal
ing. Many negroes are discarding
the advice of fettered so-called
leaders" of the past and crave a
newer leadership. Japan is wag-
ing moral battle for fair play for
humanity. regardless of coior,> ana
when labor is enlisting sons and
daughters of toll. II Is rather short
sighted for well wishers of Amer
lea and our institutions to heed
color-maniacs.
/ consider it tactless, futile and
dangerous for radical members or
the Republican party to he permit
ted to develop white. mans party.
E. B. HENDERSON. +,
Falls Church, Va, Nav IL. 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
FROM GREATEST PRODUCER
TO RADIUM's DIsCovERER.

IL WAS particularly fitting that
Nine. Curie should receive from the
hands Of the President Of the United
States as a gift from the women OF
America a gram OF the powerful
chemical element that she FIRST iso-
lated, for this country is the lar
eest producer Of radium in the
world.
Last year the csrnotite deposits
Of COLORADO. the richest radium ores
in the world. produced 32L grams
of radium element, while from In.
discovery Of radium TO the present.
the rest Of the world has produced
less than 90 grams In all l2O
grams has been produced in the
United states since 1912, when the
Bureau Of Mines discovered fbe
great possibilities Of the Colorado
ores and demonstrated by a large
scale experimental plant that the
element could be extracted nroht-
ably. Previous TO that ,tirne most
OF the radium was produced in the
government mines Of Aus
tris
While IL was Frances foremost
woman Of science who FIRST ISOLATED
this element. America is producing
It so that IL may be used for its
huma nltsrium task Of curing
cancer.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Represent This District.

n REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON, of Min
IN nesota, in his talk to the Kiwanis Club, said
that every Congressman should consider himself a
representative of the District of Columbia If this
was made fact, this District could ask nothing
more. And it is what should be- The District is
national territory 1t is the only national territory
Every member of Senate and House is a Senator of
the United States and Representative of the
United States
They only from" their States and the Dis
triet of Columbia is the one bit of land which be-
longs to the United States as whole 1t has, and
can have no Statehood and no voting representa-
tives of its own in Congress 1t is the country's
Capital dedicated to that use. 1t seems that at
least -Congressmen coming to appreciate this
fact and to take Mr.. Steenerson's viewpoint They
realizing their obligations. as representatives of
this District which for most of the months of each
year is their home.
An evidence Of this changing attitude is the bill
of Senator Jones to return to the $3.50 tax system
and to use in the District, the money in the Treas
ury paid taxes by residents OF the District If
this applied in equal justice to their own
States and districts, not one member could be in
duced to vote against it.
The United States owns absolutely and in fee
fully one-half of the taxable property Of the Dis
trict The splendid. wide streets of Washington, its
parks. IFS police and FIRE protection with their ex-
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
MODERN DEMOCRACIEs. by Wis
count Bryce. (The Macmillan
Company
REVIEWS

{
count Bryce. CThe Macmillan
Company
Many of us, who have been
brought up on school histories and
Fourth of July oratory, have come
to look upon democracy as the best
and most desirable form of govern
ment which mortal man can hope 10
attain, and upon the particular kind
of democracy established by our
forefathers as the most perfect eN-
ample of that form of governme mt
We frequently feel that we nave
yood and sufficient reasons for criti-
cisins the government but our criti-
cism is leveIled at those who are
the agents of government, and not
the instrument itself. This is, OF
course, the bourgeois point OF view.
There has been, IL Is true. a minor
ity numerically Insignificant but ag-
gressive, which has attacked democ-
raey as the bulwark of capitalism.
but until the last few years those
attacks have never taken on any
great Significance to those who ac-
cent democracy as the almost per-
feet state. At this very moment
when those attacks have taken on a
new significance because of events
in Russia and elsewhere. 1t Is the
time for taking stock. the time Ior
political orientation before We ais
miss the theories now so vehementiy
advanced as sinful heresies, OF ac-
cept them as the perfect solution
of all the problems of political
science. Lord Bryce has PROVIDED
an invaluable aid in this pohticai
stocktaking He gives us no new
doctrines, no extravagant' praise or
biased criticism, but clear. impair
tial analysis of the fundamentals OF
political action. After discussion
Of certain aspects of government
common to all democracies. LORD
Bryce examines in detail the democ-
racies of France, Switzerland. Cam
ada. the United States, Australia
and New Zealand. He then discusses
democratic institutions as they ap-
pear in the six countries examined.
and concludes with a study OF the
changes which democracy has un-
dergone. its present tendencies and
it's future.
These volumes will. perhaps. not
add greatly to Lord Bryce's reputa-
ton, for he is already recognized as
the greatest of living students OF
comparative government. He has,
however. made most notable and
valuable contribution to the litera-
ture of political science. And at a
time when sanity and clear thinking
are most sorely needed. he has
given the world a sane, lucid and
authoritative study Of democratic
government.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

eeptionl costs, are because this is the nations
Capital No other city has such streets. Fully
one-hah the population of the city are employees of
the government. and their families Therefore. at
least one-half the costs of education--that al-n-
elusive word-belongs of right as government
charge. The people of Washington would be good
with half the churches. but for the obligation of
keeping members of Congress in the ways of right
eousness.
This District should have this consideration
from Congress. The members do in fact and in law,
and in the system Of local government, represent
this District. There is other authority, nor gov
ernment save that Of Congress, in which this Dis
rict has no local representative. 1t needs if
the members will but add it to their States and
districts with like regard and interest.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
KNOW MATERIAL Is KEY TO
stCCEsSFUL HEAT TESTING.

Other factors besides the an,Ivsi.
and surface conditions of steel ma
terials submitted for heat treatment
especially when treating ORDINANCES
forgings or other high-grade forg-
ings. must be considered. Paul d.
Mckinney, metallurgist Of the United
states naval gun factory. said at
the local chapter OF the American n
Society for Steel Treating meeting
at the Harrington Hotel.
He stated that with condttfon.
other than normal as regards refine
ment in the steel melting furnace,
high pouring temperatures. Stag in
poor condition, etc, will produce the
inclusions of metalloids which ex-
hibit themselves during the heat
treating operation as so-called
ghosts. streaks. Stag spots. fakes,
woody structure, etc.
The science Of heat treatment will
be very materially advanced by the
insistence on the part OF heat treat
ment engineers of being furnished
with the most complete data on the
material which they are handling
as this is the key TO successful heat
treatment operation" he said. .
W ID.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
Mrs. Bergdolrs Motive.
To the Editor. The washing ton Herald

TO tne Edftor. The washington Herald:
! see by today's paper that Mrs.
Bergdoll has been convicted and
sentenced for shielding her son. 1
am not in the least a sympathizer
with the Germans or the slackers
in the United States: but / think a
mother should shield her son (guilty
or not guilty. to the full extent.
physically or financially. against
everything and everybody, every
where I'was raised in. the coun-
try. and have seen a hen attack a
horse for treading on one of her
chickens. and the same hen run
from a mouse when she was by her
self.
So give my voice that she should
be freed at once and pardoned for
her offense, since her motive was a
motherly one.
DANIEL SMITH GORDON
s131 Florida Avenue n. w.
Washington. D. c. May Is.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
WHAT AMERICAS WOMEN
PRESENTED NINE. CURIE.

more than just one gram Of ra-
dium was presented to Nine. Curie
yesterday.
She received one gram Of the
chemical element radium. but IL
was in the form Of radium chloride
and the actual radioactive sub
stance weighed more than the
gram This material was sealed in
a glass tube that was placed in a
heaVy sealed lead pipe Of very mar
row bore. This precious piece Of
pipe was placed in a lead lined cas-
ket SO as to further protect those
who handle IL from the penetrating
rays emitted by the radium
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
SCIENTIFIC BUREAUS
CONCERNED WITH RaDIIM

The two scientific bureaus OF the
government that Nine. Curie visits
today have been intimately con-
nected with the history and use Of
rsdium
The Bureau of Mines by its eK-
periments FIRST showed the WAY 10
the development OF the American
radium industry. and DR.. r. B.
Moore, who will have charge Of the
low temperature laboratory that
Nine. Curie will set in motion bv
pressing a button this morning. first
Investigated the great rsdium ore
deposits of COLORADO.
The radium laboratory Of the Bu-
resu Of Standards officisIIy tests and
certines practically all the radium
that is produced in this country. and
raoium without its Bureau Of Stand
ards certffcate is like a niece NJ
uncoined gold.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
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Aens1fhrs - 1saln1lu
r. wssAa1sss
SATURDAY.. MAY n. IszL

SATURDAY.. MAY n. IszL
vfsss sf Ene. CsrSe te1syt 10 q -
Nine. curfe dedicztes the new
low temperature MIGRATORY of the
Bureau Of Mines: IL a. m. Nine
Curie visits the Bureau Of STAN
dards and confers with Dr. s. W.
strstton regarding various in
struments: 1880 D. m. Nine. Curie
and her party go aboard the navy
yacht Syiph. on which Mrs Ed
win DENNY will be hostess, and
proceed 20 Mount Vernon, lunch
ing on board. They will be re-
ceived by the regents In session
there and after their visit will be
taken TO Alexandra before re-
turning on the sylph 20 Washing
ton. .. m. dinner at the French
Embassy in honor Nine. curie.
society Of w.shf.s-
ton. Cosmos Club. this evening.
s:15 o'clock. Relation Of Coastal
Currents and Winds on the Pa
ciic Coast" by II. A Mariner. OF
the u. s. Coast and Geodetie Sur
vey; New Results Concerning
the Diurnsl Variation of At
hospnerlc Electr1cltys by Dr. b
J. MauchlS New Relations Be
tween Terrestrial Magnetism.
TerrestriS Electricity and Solar
Activity" by DR.. L. A. Bauer.
George wsshfneteu Unfyersfty Mo-
icsl Society. George Washington
University Medical School. this
evening 8 o'clock. Relation Of
Pharmacology TO Clinical Medi-
cine" by DIR. Ralph L. Myers:
election of oficers; presidential
address by DR.. r. A Hornaday.
Audubon Society, seId outing ,es.y
to Spring Hill, Va. Assemble at
station OF Washington and Old
Dominica Railway. Thirty-sirth
and N streets, and take car to
Great Fails that leaves nearest to
a m Walk TO Black Pond.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
THE DAFFoDIL MURDER. by Ed
gar Wallace. tSmafl. Maynard
and Company1 -


and Company
Thornton Lyme. the owner of the
Lyme stores and a very unpleasant
person, indeed. is found murdered in
HYDE Park. There are many clues,
but all very mysterious and baffling.
A woman's silk nightgown is bound
about the murdered mans waist
over the bullet wound. On his chest
is a bunch of dsffodils. and in his
pocket piece of red paper on which
is written in Chinese. HE brought
this trouble upon himself" Upon
Tarling, a detective we'll versed in.
Asiatic cunning. and his Chinese
assistant. devolves the task of dis
covering the murderer. OF course,
there are other complications =
great many of them. and no end
of thrills. 1t is not a very we'll
written book. but the author shows
considerable skill in the manipula-
tion of the old and reliable tricks
of his trade.
SWEET STRANGER, by Berta Ruck
(Dodd. Mead and Company.
This Is a well make. rapidly NOV
ing tale written in a style which
is sprightly and humorous. One fol-
llows an impetuous young English
man and his twin sister in the mad
pursuit of an American girl whom
they met in the London tube and
with whom the Englishman has
fallen in love. The pursuit leads
to New York, to Chicago and final
ly to girls summer camp In YER
mont. where the elusive young lady
Is overtaken and where she COMES
to regard her pursuer with more
favor through having to nurse him
during very fortunate Illness The
twin sister. who tells the story,
finds time in the coTse of DASH
ing about with her bre>her, to have
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
District Buyers in New York.

sotels:
A. Lisner. Miss Hirsch, basement
children's dresses. go Fifth avenue;
B. L. Bors. resdy-to-vesr, go Fifth
avenue
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
G. w. Perkins, yr, Named
Secretary to VIII III. Hays

George w. Perkins, jr- OF New
York. was yesterday appointed by
President Harding to lie executive
secretary to the Postmaster Gen.
ersl.
The new appointee is the son Of
the late George W. Perkins. one OF
the founders Of the Progressive
party and a weIl-known nnsncier.
YounS Perkins is IS years old. a
graduate OF PrincSaen. and served
overseas with the First Division.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

Now poor young man has become de-
rncnted from studying Mr.. Edisons questions
We stopped when we had reached the mildly
unbalanced stage
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

If eabarets do grow scarce as cocktails,
we have the consolatory thought that no chlorine
ever had half the kick of dry Martini any
way.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

Now that he's back in SPAIN is it possible
that lbanez will speak even more frankly about
us and our institutions than he did while he
was here?
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

Some day. mankind will begin to suspect
that patriotism is the fertilizer used to produce
cannon fodder.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

a commercial school is to be es-
tabiished at Shanghai. and will be
controlled Jointly by the Chinese
and French governmental.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

The business man always has time to listen
to the friend who drops in to tell him what a
wonder he is
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

May we hope that you have little germ
in your home. If so. do not inocuatc the little
being.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

The culture Of the Siav is slowly develop.
ing into germ culturk
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
THE HERALD BOOKSHELF
:. REVIEWS ::Gn RooKNnTEs :.

a love affair of her own which cul-
inmates properly. Berta Ruck is
an old hand at this sort Of airy
and innocuous fiction and does it
very well.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
BOOkNOTES.


Although; Il is no secret that
Robert Orr Chipperheld. the popu-
lar mystery story writer. is the
same person as Isabel Ostrander,
there are still those who are un-
aware of the fact. Recently an en-
thusiastic reader of The Man in
the Jury Box" and other Clipper
field books went into a bookstore
asking for something Just as
good" How. about this?" asked
the bookseller, Offering Miss bstran-
der's latest novel. How Many
%ards?" What? Rear a book by
a woman" cried the customer. Il
should say not"
The publication of stories Edi-
tors Buy and why" compiled by
lean Wick. (Smali. MAYNARD and
Company, in which the magazine
editors explain their ideals and
needs, and present what they con-
slider their best stories. has been
held up by labor trouble Other
books from the same house post
poned for the same reason are The
Relation of Archaic to Ultra Mod
ern Music" by Katherine Ruth
'hN oooN
for 1920" THE Emerald Buddha,"
by Joseph Bushnell Ames. and "Dis-
tant Music" a book of poems by
Edward ]. lo'Brien, editor OF The
Best Short Stories" the standard
authority on the short story in
America.
Schoolboys in Alabama, albeit
wide-awake. are somewhat uncer-
tain on their classics, as instanced
by the following story. the au-
thenticity Of which has been
vouched for:
1t was a small schoolhouse in an
-Alebama town and the boys were
being sounded on the great name.
of literature.
Who" demanded the teacher OF
bright-faced 12-year-oId. wrote
Paradise ~Lost'."
Master twelve considered gravely
Then a light dawned.
reply.
CHRISTOPHER Morley. conduefo. AZ
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
ACROSS MoNGoLIAN PLAINS, by

Roy chapman ANDREWS III. APP
pleton and Company
Roy Chapman Andrews is a dis
tinguished explorer, naturalist and
sportsman. He is, therefore. par
ticullarly well equipped TO provide
those who are forced to see strange
corners of the world through the
eyes of others with vivid and
colorful account of that little
known country of Mongolia which
he visited as head of the Asiatic
expedition of the American Museum
of Natural History. Mr.. Andrews
book is not a recondite treatise
on the fora and fauna of Mongolia.
but is frankly the narrative of his
experiences with strange people. ex-
ploring strange places and hunting
strange animals Being what II Is,
the book may not meet with the
approval of scientists, but the gen.
eral reader. for whom il is written
primarily, will find. it highly en-
tertaining. Pacing an antelope with
motor car and hunting marmot,
wapit. Ska and coral are among
the many exciting adventures which
are vividly described. The book is
generously illustrated from photo
graphs by Mrs. Andrews. who was
photographer of the expedition.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21
AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIFE. /

AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIFE, oy
Henry Reid Burch (The Mac
milan Company.
A textbook prepared for the use
of elementary students of social
science. 1t covers a very broad
field. discussing briefly problems OF
consumption, OF production. of eG-
change. of distribution and of eco
nomic reform. There is a general
discussion of the fundamentals of
these questions with a more de-
tailed discussion of such aspects
as pertain particularly to the United
States. The book is well arranged
for school use. Appended to each
chapter are questions for recita-
tion. topics for discussion. and a
photography for supplementary
reading.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-21

Christopher Morley, conductor of