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The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
OBREGON DEFINES !
ME1ICO'S SIAM

In an Interview with reprcsfnta-
tives or the press. Prdrident ORE
gon Indicated his attitude ~ =
number OF important matters utict
affect the relations Of Mckee vita
the United states. The Mexiear
president made It clear that be stf1
treaties. commercial or otherwise
should be signed until after Mexict
has been recognized. The reasouf
for Withholding recognition. he de|
clared, were disappearing rapi6ly
The most important remsiniu4
questions concern the retroactivitf
Of claims and the national debt
and In these matters progress To-
wards settlement Is being made
Gen. Obregon also stated tho
the mixed commission for the zee
Element OF claims against Mexico
on which the representatives Il
foreign nations would sit, would b
completed in a short time. The moo
dinicult problem OF his governmsnI
Is the edNcation of the masses q
Is the object OF his administratios
20 develop a policy which viii per.
NIT every Mexican TO secure Al
education. The president expressed
the belief that the people Of tn
United States were beginning Z
realize that Mexico was prepared q
meet all its obligations and was do
ing everything possible to work ouI
its own salvation and to establisl
friendly relations with its neigh.
bors
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
BELIEVES
NATIONS LEAGUE
STILL THE ISSUE
Tells prominent Demo
crat" America Will Yet
Be Member.

The bugaboo Of the league Of ma
ttons will stalk the candidates FOR
President in 1924, former President
Wilson believes, 1t was learned last
night. The league will be one of
the big issues in the campaign, ne
holds.
This view was obtained by a
prominent Democrat who talked
with Mr.. Wilson within the last few
days. He said Mr.. Wilson viewed
the ratification of the separate
treaty with Germany as a Disgrace
full act. He holds that the league
is a going concern and that ulti-
mately the United States must be-
come a member of it.
Mr.. Wilson did not discuss the ap-
preaching conference.
Sees "Dinner Pallr Issue.
Plans for the Congressional cam
paign next fall were discussed brief
ly. Mr.. Wilson was advised that
the full dinner pail" Is likely to
be the chief issue. Thousands Of
men will still be out OF work then
and business will not have recov-
cred from the present siege of de-
preston, Democratic party leaders
believe. They see a gradual i'm
provement in business conditions
but do not expect IL to be sufficient
by next fall to bring back general
prosperity.
In 1924. however, the situation
will be different it was said. BY
then business should be normal. and
the larger questions Of policy will
be pushed to the fore. The cam
paign then will revolve around
tarifr and taxation policies of the
Republican party. and especially
around its foreign policy.
Former President Wilson agreed
with his analysis of the political
situation, II was said.
Health Much Improved.
1t was not indicated, that Mr.
wilson will take any part in the
next political campaign. although
his health is much improved He
looks much better than he did al
inauguration time, and could ever
make a speech il he wanted to, his
friends believe. There is no indi.
cation. however, that he intends tc
accept any of the numerous invita-
tons which he receives.
He appeared in good spirits anf
told several humorous stories. HI
has not yet regained complete us,
of his left hand. but it is improv.
ing under constant massaging. A,
he talked he rubbed that hand al.
most constantly.
Admiral Grayson is quoted as say
ing that the former President woulc
have been a well man today had il
not been for the defeat of the Yer.
sailles treaty by the Senate. HI
has been deeply affected by eacf
reverse the Republican administra
tion has given his foreign policies
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keeper for her invalid father in
the sumemr. To their home near
the sea come summer boarders. in
GLIDING a young artist who. the
first year. shows the good taste to
prefer the little housekeeper. The
next year, however, Il Is a hashy
wife of a master OF industry who
intrigues him, and IL Is the duty
of little Seeby to circumyent this
new alliance to her own benefit. as
well as that of the husband and
the artist whom she realizes Is but
infatuated. She succeeds, leaves
the audience TO infer that all will
be happy, reinstates the wife in the
family OF the husband and creates
added CONSERVATION among the two
servants and the invalid father by
her ability as manager. Not
much OF a story. but appealing in
its simplicity. The cast Is a small
one. but II is excellent. There is
little Miss Hayes, George Fawcett,
who is the father. an irascible.
good natured old retired sea-dog;
Leslie Howard as personable
artist, Marion Abbott and Sam
Reed as original servants, and John
Flood and Pauline Armitage as the
husband and wife who are recon
ciled. George c. Tyler and A. l.
Erlanger produced IL.
"A Bill of enforcement" an Eng
lish drama by Clemence Dane. Is
now, and has long been, a London
success. Charles Dillingham; brought
IT to this country with a number of
English actors. and last week It was
presented hy him with unusual sue
cess. 1t is a play which is moro
su ted TO England than the United
States. but it Is withal a pow.rful
drama and skilfully acted by Allan
Pollock. Janet Beecher. Ada King
Katherine Cornell. Charles Waldron
Lillian Prennard. Arnold Lucy and
John Ashley. "A Bill of Divorce
ment" has to consider the British
laws of divorce You are asked to
assume that a accommodation Of
the commission Of divorce has he
come a law and that a wife whose
husband has been pronounced in
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
New York Stage Affords
Several Notable Plays
New Comedies by Booth Harrington and
Arthur Richman Among Latest
Metropolitan Offerings.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The local
theatrical atmosphere il becoming
clarified. and the plays We are asked
to pass upon are becoming more
worthy Of serious attention.
Last week the English, "A Bill Of
enforcement" was brought over, and
IL proved to be a drama of unusual
strength but Of doubtful American ap-
probation. Ambush" at the Theater
Guild. was a gloomy but tenseiy acted
drama. and "The Wren" with little
Helen Hayes, a light comedy without
body but interesting for the time.
Love Dreams" by oliver Morosco,
Is a mixture Of comedy and music
and down in Greenwich Village they
continue to do strange things 1t Is
Arnold DAILY this time who begins
season of repertoire" with two plays.
a sansuinary adolescent drama called
The Children's Tragedy" and his own
light THE Van Dyke" For the latter
many thanks. but We could dispense
with the former. From out Of town we
hear Of Mae Marsh and her stellar
debut as dramatic actress In
Brittle" by Robert Dempster. which
was visited by a large delegation Of
DEOduNdy CTIllCS anu pdS5So AbOh ''S-s
favor. and later the American premiere
Of THE Title" with Lumsden Hare,
which proved to be a delightful British
satire on the institution Of "Honors.
Both OF these are due to come in very
soon. The Wandering Jew" Is the
| latest Belasco production which opened
this week out Of town. and so did
"Chickens' and Good Morning,
Dearie." The close association OF
these two titles was entirely uninten-
tional and in no sense suggestive.
The Wren" by Booth Tarking-
ton. which brought to Broadway
once more the elusive and delight
| full little Helen Hayes, is as light
! in texture as eiderdown. 1t is.
however. a thoroughly appealing
study of little mother who
bosses" the household and directs
the destinies Of all who come
within her province. The Wren"
is little 'Seeby" Olds. schoolmis-
tress in the winter and house
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

favorably impressed? 1t is not
merely that men OF this distinction
would be more likely to win in their
various States and districts. In ad-
dition to that, the effect of putting
up a group OF such well-known
men would stimulate and encourage
the Democrats in every other dis
triCt, and would get added votes
everywhere throughout the country.
The men already named do not ex-
haust the list of Democratic talent
which the party could present TO the
country as an earnest of their prom
Use to raise the level OF ability in
the House and Senate. They could
run Mr. Bryan for the Senate from
Florida, If Florida is now Mr..
Bryan's voting residence. And there
are many others besides.
should Leave Party.
The Democrats ought to serve no.
tice on all those leaders of their
party who have ambitions for the
Presidency, or for other high dis
tinction, that the price of that dis
tinction is their willingness to serve
the party and the country by serv-
ing in Congress, and furnishing to
it the vitality and leadership which
1t now so sadly lacks. There is no
reason why men like McAdoo or
Cox should hesitate to get in at the
bottom again, so to speak, by en-
tering the Lower House of Con-
gress.
II these men regard the Lower
House as beneath their dignity. or
as not worth while, they should be
told that their unwillingness to
serve will be taken as a reason for
refusal to consider them for the
nomination for the Presidency. or
for any other party honors or lead
ership. The good of the country
would be much enhanced by feeding
the Lower House of Congress with
men of the highest talent and ex-
perience. 1t has happened in the
past that a former President of the
United States-John Quincy Adams
was willing to go back into the
Lower House Of Congress and pro-
vide leadership for his party there.
Experienced Men Needed.
Much more frequently II has hap
pened that men who have served in
the Senate have been willing to be-
gin over again in the Lower House.
In point Of fact, one OF the two or
three ablest men in the present
House is a man who has been Sena-
tor from his State. Theodore Burton,
Of Cleveland.
Men with the ambition to be of
service to the public should be will
Ing to do this. n the Democrats
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
WHAT FOLKS REALLY THINK,
INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY WRITE
'Twould Be a Funny World If Pen and Ink Re-
corded Secret Thoughts of
B.. Maids and Men.

Yet considering II carefully from
all sides, the idea does not on the
whole appear so screamingly fun
ny as at first II struck me.
Cordially yours,
P. S. have a dreadful feeling
that as son as we are married you
will begin calling me little woman.
But If you bore me too much, ! can
always get a divorce; and shall
stand a much better chance the next
time.
Letter to person who has just sent
you an announcement OF her we'd
ding, whose name seems vaguely
familiar, but whose features you
cannot recall:
Madam: OF what possible inter-
est to me you may consider the
fact of your approaching nuptials,
1 cannot imagine. To each of US,
of course, his own birth, death, and
other vital statistics assume an i'm
portance far in excess of their sig
nIficance as national catastrophes.
But why, when one Is about TO
plunge oneself simperingly into a
shallow sea of cooked breakfast
food, one should wish a crowd of
spectators lining the bank, Is be-
yond my powers to conjecture.
1t may be land this seems more
reasonably that you are merely
passing around a bunch of engraved
handbills. in the hope OF beating
from cover a few lemon forks, pie
knives, asparagus tweezers, red and
yellow candlesticks. player pianos,
motor boats, long leases on apart
ments in town. and lots in the coun-
try with shore frontage. In that
case, what a task has been yours!
Hunting up the names and ad-
dresses of cousins, second cousins,
s-by-marriage, boarding school
mates OF whom you used to rldicule
the rubbers, the sidecombs. the drag
with the principal, the classroom
recitations, the bedroom condolences,
and the visiting relatives; college
chums Of your fiance whom he once
endeavored with desperate zeal to
keep out of his fraternity; town ac-
quaintances to whose houses you go
to call and leave your card on &C.
casions when you have reason to
believe they will be absent from
home: people you met on the boat
crossing from Cherbourg: people
you met on the train going to Colo
RADIO Springs: golf instructors. hair
dressers, osteopSths. former suitors
and former chauffeurs.
All, surely, no one but the hardest
hearted person in the world could
fail to assist you in this, your pref
ty, twittering attempt to furnish
your little home. could fail to take
the first bus to Tiffany's and sweep
ing the contents OF two show
cases into a dry goods box have the
glittering baubles boarded up and
shipped to you with a modest card
no one but the hardest hearted
person in the world. I repeat, could
fail. upon receipt of this touching
appeal which lies before me In
slightly crumpled condition, to rush
out at once and go galloping up and
down the avenue buying up for you
all the things he has wanted all his
life for himself and never been
able to afford.
Madam. I am that person.
Cordiallp yours.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

cursbly insane IL BY that fact en-
titled to her freedom
These conditions are the basis OF
the play. Then the problem 10 clear
ly ana Imply stated. A war mar
rage of a girl OF II and a youne
soldier has been followed BY the
wounding OF the young husband.
He is declared incurably insane.
Years have passed The wife has
obtained a divorce The wife 10
deeply in love and engaged 70 be
married. The husband Unexpectedly
RECEIVERS. He returns home. He 10
utterly broken. but his mind r.
whole. What Is the wife to dot
The problem Is sQuarely faced and
fairly solved through the daughter
Of the couple-ana. after all IL said
and done, II remains the daughters
drama and the daughters triumph.
As stated, IL 10 brilliantly acted. es-
pecIally by Mr.. Pollock and Miss
Cornell. Mr.. Pollock was tense in
the role Of the husband whose san
ity Is RESTORED and who returns. un-
suspecting. to his former home TO
md so great a change in its atmos-
phere.
Love Dreams" adopted from a
comedy originally called The
Gilded Cage" by Anna Nichols. was
offered by Oliver Morosco. Mr..
Morosco, IL may likewise be record
ed, has written the lyrics for the
new offering. and Werner Jannsen
has contributed the music. It is not
a musical comedy, Mr.. Morosco pre-
ferrIng the description of musical
play" Somewhere between the
opening and closing there is a plot
but IL is of less interest than the
contributions Of the cast, selected
| u give honor to the clog an a tvpi-
cal Morosco cast" There are Tom
Powers, Vera Michelena, Orrin
Johnson, Harry Morton, Mauoe
Eburne. Marie Carroll, and a score
of others. surely enough to give full
value for the new scale of prices
adopted here. It is highly amusing,
the songs are tunefuI and the dane
! ing clever. Altogether. il is a play
with music that should appeal. and
| probably will appeal, very strongly
\ to those who like this sort-and
| Broadway has a lot OF them.
Ambush" by Arthur Richman,
! was the first production of the sea-
son for the noted Theater Guild.
Er-aCInE a cast in WITH n are F'I0K
Reicher, Florence Eldridge, John
| Craig, Catherine Proctor and Jane
| Wheatley, with others, il achieved
a greater artistic than substantial
success. II is a stern and uncom-
promising study Of circumstance
a story OF ideals attacked from
without, and eventually abandoned
when the press Of events becomes
| too great.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

House and Senate. to abolish the
seniority rule in the selection of
committee chairmen. 1t is this
seniority rule which gives most
of the places of power in the House
and Senate to men whose adapta-
ton to those places is no greater
than the mere fact that they have
been unusually successful in get
ting themselves reelected for many
years. II is this seniority rule
that now causes most of the weak
ness of leadership and inefficiency
from which the Republicans in con-
troll of the Senate and House suffer
and from which the country suf-
fers even more than the party does.
The second suggestion is that the
Democrats should make a survey of
the ablest men in their party and
throw these men into the campaign
next year as candidates for the
House and Senate. When the Dem
Ocrats ask the country to elect them
to control of the House and Senate
they should give good reason
for their request and the best pos
sIble reason they can give is a COL
lection of strong and able candi-
dates
AOE SOhBECBas
To be specific the Democrats
ought to get former Gov. Cox to
run for the Lower House of Con-
gress from Ohio. They ought to
get their two former Cabinet mem
bers who live in New York-Mr.
McAdoo and Mr.. Colby-to run for
Congress from that State. At least,
they ought to get one of them to
run for Congress and the, other for
the Senate, in which New York will
have a vacancy to fill next year.
They ought also to get former Sec
rotary OF War Newton D. Baker to
run for the Lower House from Ohio.
They ought to get another former
Cabinet MEMBER. T. Meredith
to run for the Lower House from
Iowa. They ought to get Josephus
Daniels to run for the Senate from
North Carolina. They ought to get
Homer Cummings to run for Con-
gress from Connecticut and Vance
Mccormick from Pennsylvania.
They ought to draft B. NJ. Baruch
to run from New York and Thomas
Nelson Page from Virginia. They
out to put up Henry Ford in Mich
igan and former Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall in Indiana.
John W. Davis should be put up in
West Virginia.
Would Be n National Stimulus,
Can anyone doubt that If the
country saw the Democrats making
an effort to put all their outstand-
ing men Of talent like these into
congress the country would ha
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
should End Seniority Rule.

The first suggestion is that the
Democrats pledge themselves, II
and when they get control OF the
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

Here are three letters from The
Impolite Letter-Writer." as set
forth by Nancy Boyd in Vanity
Fair. Rejecting a proposal. or an
swering wedding Invitations
aren't the real thoughts of the
writer's just what Miss Boyd says
they are?
Accept now the letters:
Letter to person who has made
you a proposal Of marriage, reject
ing him:
Sir: Do you take me for an idiot?
For four seasons / have parted
the advances of the talented, the
titled, the handsome-as and
the ous-with-wealth 1t was
for mePaderewski took UP politics;
for me D'Annunzio became a soldier.
The Grand Duke Michael has
begged for my photograph in three
languages and Russian, Freud has
dreamed Of me. Muratore has asked
me to sing Celeste Aida to him by
the hour. a communist once gave
me his seat in a street car, a count
has run on with my pocketbook,
and king has made a pun about
me. For what do you think 1 am
waiting? For you? Be reasonable!
As for the day we got caught In
a shower On Lake George and were
obliged to 60 ashore and seek shell
ter under the canoe together. I can
only say that such accidents hap
pen to US all. take cold very easily.
And you were the. only dry spot for
miles around.
Cordially yours,
Letter to person who has made
you a proposal OF marriage, accept
ing him:
Dear Sir: 1t has been raining all
day, everybody received mail but
me, and we had calf's brains for
luncheon. l have been thinking over
what you said.
You are far from being my girl
ish ideal OF a Prince Charming. II
anybody had told me tep years ago
that I should some day marry a
man like yourself. / should have
Suffawed in her face. But there is
no denying that I am % years old.
and that my arms are getting thin.
or course there are things about
you that would drive me frantic in
months time-the way you al
ways let every car on the road get
past you, for instance; the fact
that you never know when the
Victrola is running down: the way
you always read aloud the passages
in books which strike you as being
funny; the way you have of yank-
ing me across Fifth avenue while
the traffic is at it's maddest; and
the fatuous way you have of talk
ing about New York as II you had
just given birth to it. But all men,
even the clever and good looking
ones. are irritating at times.
On the whole. I have decided to
take you.
You are not so tall as like them,
but I think you are tall enough so
that we won't look ridiculous to-
gether. And you have money
enough so that I shall be able to
dress twice as well as ever before:
look forward with eagerness TO
spending your money.
OF course. II is a very serious de-
cision I am making. am conscious
that ara not bringing down what
YOU would call a brilliant match.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23

would present to the country next
year as candidates for the Lower
House of Congress a group of tea ar
twenty of their ablest and most ex-
perienced leaders. there can be no
doubt that it would enhance their
chances OF success. II would also
be challenge to the Republicans,
ana in every way would result in
benefit to the country. II the Demo-
Gratis had a party manager with the
Imagination and initiative of Will
HAYS he would see this, and IL he
had the energy of VIII HAYS. he
would bring it about.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
Would Be n National stimuIu,

Can anyone doubt that If the
country saw the Democrats making
an effort to put all their outstand.
ing men of talent like these into
Congress the country would he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-03-19

white This high collared. long-sleev-
cd dress has a low waist line in a
bloused effect. one side Of which is
banded with embroidery from shoulder
to waist Not content to stop there it
continues its banded way down TO the
hem itself ending in point The
general effect is straight TO an ex-
treme and very smart
This season brings US coats. cloaks
and coat-wraps. One of the French
deigners has presented US with very
smart model--a coat--in navy blue
popliu. 1t is cut in Mandarin style
and has very unusual vest. From its
embroidered high collar the vest gees
to any length in its desire to be no
.ticed. in other words to the hem itself.
Il is of gray poplin embroidered In
Chinese blue aud black Another
stunning garment js-a coat. also of
gray and blue popnn. Its collar is
very loose. lined with blue Surah silk
in cravat effect. The upper hall Of
the coat is gray with two long loose
panels fastening under the hem of the
straight blue skirt Its sleeves are
similarly cut. the upper half gray, the
lower blue. in q loose flowing style
with panels Of gray, falling over and
caught up inside.
A coat wrap is n comfortable gar
ment long draped lines giving one a
loose covering that would not crush
a fragibIe frock beneath. This wrap
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-03-19

Is cape in the back. Of gray gabar-
dine. with wide soft shawl collar of
black poplin. This collar fastens at
the waist in front. which is fitted
slightly into a wide belt Of striped
poplin. Black forms the straight
front below the belt. one black satin
coat is embroidered all over the top
half in white in. semi-fitted style
while another afternoon wrap OF the
saEfe material boasts a'panel Of black
chantilly in the back tripped with
roses Of black satin.
And speaking Of black Iace--that's
subject Of utmost importance. One
must own an afternoon dress OF black
lace. says Dame Fashion Evening
dresses. too. delight in this material.
Chantilly is the favorite but black
point d'esprit comes in fer its share
OF favor. One charming mode has a
kerchief bodice with a ruching edge
and a fun bouffant skirt Of the same
material yelling knots Of flowers on
the slkirS beneath.
A remarkably pretty dinner dress Of
French origin Introduces us 70 a black
and silver embroidered corsage with
high standing collar and very short
sleeves. Its skirt is black attn with
flounees OF black chantilly over each
hip. Flat made roses Of silver ribbon
appear twice. One partly conceal IL
self in the draped lace. the other Is
most bold and plants itself on the low
er edge Of the corsage.
Evening dresses have developed two
distinct styles. One may choose che
tspe best expressing ones personality.
One mode is long and slim. draped In