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The Washington herald., 1921-11-24
The Public and the Milk
Question

To the Editor. The w,shinstou Herah:
The House committee investiga-
ton OF the milk situation brought
out some very startling facts; facts
which could not have had their
source from the milk Of human
kindness" but rather from the
whey Of human oppression" II I
may be permitted to coin a new
phrase
One dealer testines to having
made a net profit OF s5s,o0O in a
period of the past nine months or
this year-this means a net annual
profit OF more than 10000. He also
puts forth the information that five
sons are on the payroll OF the busi-
ness; that, in addition to the little
sum Of profit as heretofore noted.
he draws a salary of $4,000 and that
draw salaries each of $4,000 a
year. Rather a lucrative business.
1 should say.
The manager OF another large
dairy in the city admits that his
salary is s15,o0e a year: other EN-
ployes receiving as high as $500
and the business showing a net an
nual profit of $4,000.
The representative Of still an
other firm testifies to net annual
profits of about $4,000 and a salary
TO himself of $1,000, other employe,
not mentioned.
In the face OF such evidence /
wonder why people send their sons
TO college to master the professions
why not say. Sell milk. my son.
sell milk" II the chief aim of ex-
fC
get ii quickly and easily?
Now. after this investigation and
these admissions Of huge profits
and enormous salaries. the gener-
Gus half promise is held out to tne
people OF the city OF Washington
that the price of milk may be re-
duced the gigantic and helpful sum
Of one cent on the quart beginning
December /. Isn't. that a magnani-
nous decision:
I venture to state that. ~ the
families Of Washington. as a unit
were to deny themselves the use
OF milk for simply one week tho
price would be lowered to a res
sonable and reachable figure.
These dealers who have made
such confessions and admissions
are not dealers in milk: they are
dealers in human life, with little
consideration for the commodity
they are trading on. I honestly be-
lteve that without exaggeration or
extravagsnce OF truth, there are. in
the city OF Washington, many lit
tie children deprived OF the food
which nature intended for them and
who go hungry and with little
pinched faces and undernourished ed
bodies because OF the fact tha,
mercenary dealers are holding milk
prices.
CMRS.) n. II. STREET.
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Heyulds
Scientific
Notes
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER "a. 1871.
FRESH WATER SPRINGS OFTEN
FOUND ON SEA BEACHES.

IhtSt NVNbhbEA - Iv<1s
FRESH WATER SPRINGS OFTEN
FOUND ON SEA BEACHES.
While many wells and springs on
sea coasts are salty. fresh water
mon. John s. Brown. Of the Geo
logical Survey told the Geological
Society OF Washington at its meet
ing at the Cosmos Club last night
In some fresh water wells the
water actually falls and rises with
the tide Of the sea.
Mr.. Brown, who has investigated
the circumstances Of wells contamI-
mated by the sea and their tidal
fluctuations in Connecticut and VIII
has compared them with conditions
observed or reported elsewhere
stated that evidence OF contamins-
tion in water usually is based or
analysis. the chief criterion being
the amount of common salt.
In Connecticut shallow wers
used for domestic supply. and rcD-
orally dug in glacial drift. seldom
are contaminated at a distance or
more than 100 feet and never al a
distance OF more than $50 feet
from the shore, he said. This
corresponds with observations N
other regions where rainfall Is nor
NAL or abundant. Fresh water
springs even occur sometimes be-
meath the sea.
Drilled wells in Connecticut
usually are 100 to 500 feet in deptA
and generally penetrate bedrock
Ihey are more often salty than are
swallow wells and the chances OF
saltlness Increase with depth. but
contamination probably does not
extend more than SOC feet inland
even at depth. When salt water is
once obtained in Connecticut there
Is little hope OF getting fresh water
below; but In some places. like the
Atlantic Coastal Plain. where the-4
are stratifed sedimentary rocks
impervious beds may seal out srtt
water from lower beds cOnJainin-
fresh water.
Sea water sometiInet extends a
long distance beneath the edge o.
continents. On the Hoilasd ,-oa.s
IL underlies fresh water nv. o.. s .
miles from the sea. Wells il ti- ]
marshes and on sandy hook. ana
bar beaches usually are salt. E-t
on the Connecticut coast 1.1r
islands, even an acre in area. usi4r-
y have fresh ground water. and
this is true OF Islands general v
The fresh water. however, general
ly Is a thin lens or sheet and "a IL
water saturates the rocks below. In
some cases IL Is impossible 20 pre-
dict the depth at which salt water
viii be found from the height OF
the fresh water about sea level
Pumping wells near the sea very
hard frequently exhausts the fresh
water faster than seepsge from
rainfall can supply Il and causes
them to become more salty.
Tidal fluctuations in wells pene-
trating sand or earthly material
usually are very minute. but IN
wells penetrating hssured rocks
may be several feet In certain
howing wells near the sea water
rises higher and flows more freely
at high tide. This is because the
strata from which the water come.
extend beneath the sea. and the
extra weight OF sea water at high
tide squeezes out more water from
them"
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MMu;'}6ntGW n
.Day BY DAY
impressions:
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flIaa|IaI,l,re'.',2a

NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-In Madi-
son Square Garden pugilistic war
riors weekly kiss the resin and
listen to the .chirp of the pretty
brides. The primitive in man
bubbles In riot Of gustatory
shouts, yells and screeches. The
dilettante rubs elbows with the
delicatessener, embracing each
other in deliriums Of delight when
blood spurts.
The arena is run by Tex Ricard
and is filled with boxing devotees
from the underworld and the upper.
Many women occupy boxes to cheer
the modern troglodytes.
The other night / saw the son Of
nghting sire, young Bob Fitzsim-
mons himself dripping with gore,
beat stubborn opponent to the
canvas. And while Bob poised to
deliver the final wallop a short
haired girl in dainty evening frock
shrilled from a ringside seat: He
smells the flowers Bob"
Nerves are atingle. Padded gloves
strike fesh with the crack OF a rife
shot. The bilious yellow glare from
bell-shape light reveals the
strained faces of fighters in an at
mosphere of tobacco smoke and hu-
man sweat.
Next to me sat a heavy -jowled
gent with caulihowered ear ana
beautifully "moused" eye. In the
f1rst round of a preliminary battle 4
young and puissant pugilist fatren-
ed his challenger with a right 70
the jaw and the droning hum or
voices rose to a raucous roar.
That baby collects the pink satin
lined coffin" shouted my companion
as the narrow slit Of a puffed eye
REGISTERED supreme JOY. In another
night the gladiators were tapping
each other in a daffodii -you-caase-
l-chase-you sort of way
and he cried in a disgusted falsetto:
, "Yoo-hoo- Tea is served"
staggering young toughs in caps
and belted oyercoats keep up a run.
ming fire o: british epithets from
upper tiers. Sometimes they have
as much as quarter wagered on
the result and nothing but sudden
death will satisfy.
Between battles there is a prom
enade-a parade of a motley gath
ering in which the shiny serge OF
second avenue mingles with the
SHINY silk Of Fifth. The most re-
freshing thing about 1t all is the
whiff of sea air that creeps up from
the harbor when one reaches the
pave.
In the old days front row table
at Rector's with a bottle of the
imprisoned laughter of the peasant
girls OF France" in the silver bucket
at the side was considered quite the
smart thing from the Broadway
viewpoint. Now a IS taxi ride to
Weehawken to drink a 25 cent glass
of beer in a saloons back room is
considered not only smart but down.
right cute.
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PREDIsPosITION TO CANCER
UNBEATABLE BY MAN.

Studies OF $4,000 mice who have
lived during the past IL years and
an Investigation into the histories
OF a large number OF American
families have led two leading sci
entists to come TO the conclusion
that cancer. the disease that kills
one out Of every ten persons who
reach the age OF 90. is most likely
to occur in those mice and men
whose ancestors had cancer.
The cancer rate of any family
is definite Characteristic OF tnst
family, and the hereditary tendency
TO cancer may be expressed Ia
cumulative manner" says DR.. Leo
Loeb, OF the department Of COM
psrative pathology, Washington
University OF St. Louis. Mo. as
result Of his observation Of the
mice that he has been carefully
breeding and raising in his laho-
ratory.
There Is clear evidence for thr
Inheritance Of a predisposItiuu fn
the formation of cancer in man.
declares DR.. c. c. Little, OF ih-
eugenics record Office Of the Carn,-
gle Institution OF Washington. at
Cold Spring Harber. y. Y. after
the tsbulstion Of family histories
on file at that office. considering
all types OF malignant growths ss
cancers.
DR.. Loeb kept certain strains OF
mice separated, and let them raise
generation after generation OF
their stock. Some OF these families
were practically free from cancer.
and for generation after generation
they continued that way. In other
lines, on the contrary. mice died of
cancer, and generally this was
found to be a persistent charac-
teristic
The age at which the cancers &C.
velop is Characteristic Of the inoi-
vidusl strains as well as the per
centage OF mice that were so al
fected, DR.. Loeb fnds.
The evidence makes "a at least
probable that the conditions in man
are similar 10 those in mice" he
says. In the case OF man. also.
in all probability, an intensity fac
tor is hereditarily transmitted.
which. however. in many cases has
been eQuslized among different
families as a result OF long -Contin-
Discussing the increase In cancer
that has caused some alarm in the
past few years. DR.. Loeb considers
that IL is due not merely 70 i'm
proved diagnosis, but that the dom
nance OF parents with a tendeucA
to a higher tumor rate may havr
much to do with the increase In
their offspring.
The fact OF inheritance OF cancer
in man is clear" says DR.. Little. who
points out that the factors that con-
troll the Inheritance need further
study. Cancer is not inherited in
the same way as blood diseases.
and only the disposition TO have ths
cancer is carried owe. 70 future gen
erations. There should be no though
Of disgrace Of hereditary taint as
sociated with cancer. but those whose
families have suffered with this dis
ease should be on the watch for an
early symptoms OF cancer such as
the formation OF painless Jumps o.
local growths. Caught early. can
GERS can often he safely and easily
reECyed by surgical treatment or hy
the use Of radium and N-rsy.
About 200 different substances are
made from petroleum.
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Old Fredericksburg.

10 the Editor, The Washington Herald;
Sundays Rotogravure Magazine
of The Herald, contains photo
graphs and description relating
thereto. of places, houses, historical
and otherwise, in Fredericksburg,
Va
The following will. in all prob
ability be of interest to the read
ers of the Open Court column.
On part of the Kenmore tract.
which belonged to the estate OF
Col. Fielding Lewis (the son-in-law
OF Mrs. Mary Washington, Is a
ledge of rocks and a beautiful
grove OF original oak trees. much
larger at the time of her residence
In fredericksburg than at present
to which she used often to resort
for private reading, meditation and
prayer.
Mary, the mother of Washington
must have lived in Fredericksburg
the most of her widowhood. which
wss about forty-six years. The
dwelling she occupied during that
time 10 now standing at the cor
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A Bit of History.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
On the east side OF Wisconsin
avenue south Of NJ street. near the
site Of Grace NJ. z. Church,
stood Suffers Tavern, where on the
50th of March. 1871, the owners of
the land comprised within the
original city of Washington, met
George Washington and ceded the
Federal Territory. Here also met
the commissioners: General Thomas
Johnson, DR.. David Stuart. and DAN
iel Carroll. on the 9Th of September,
1871, and agreed that the territory
be named the City of washing
ton"
JAMES KEATING.
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1.-The crafty wiles of men who
have axes to grind, or senseless
pipe dreams.
Ten years ago / denounced the
sway of financial conspirators who
hoped to dominate the nation. That
cabal of cunning has been over
thrown, but another invisible en-
pire has. been established. This is
the close corporation Of the mast
ers of the labor unions.
The methods by which the
Adamson law was forced on the
statute books raised an issue as
vital as that which brought on the
civil war-indeed the Adamson law
goes to the very existence of gov
ernment itself. When organizations
by threats to strangle the nation
can dictate for their own advan-
tage at the expense of all the
people, the orderly processes of
government are annihilated and in
their place Is substituted the des-
p6tism of groups. The Adamson
law issue should have been fought
out to a finish the minute IL ap-
peared; sooner or later it must be
decided, and every days delay
makes matters worse.
THE Adamson law, enacted in
the exact form ordered by the
labor unions, was the most shame
full event In American history.
The nation itself-through its
government-dealt the next blow
at the nations transportation sys-
tenn; we went to war unprepared
and in a storm of excitement. con-
fusion and panic. Then the rail-
roads were taken over from their
managers by the national adminis-
tration. A saturnalla of misman-
agement followed, leaving these
properties bound and gagged by
agreements, regulations and work.
ing rules.
Rates must come down-espe-
cially those on basic necessities.
such as fuel and foodstuff-and
since rates and wages are INSOFAR
able, wages must come down. De-
f1ation Is the order Of the day:
farmers have Debated, business men
have Debated. labor has. debated
and Is debating.
The Adamson law must be re-
pealed: the wartime labor regula-
tions (so-called national agree
ments) must be abolished. The con-
tract made by the government with
the railway owners must be carried
out Railway insolvency thus will
be averted, hundreds of millisns
expended on equipment aud better.
ment will be provided for and
scores of thousands of now idIe
workmen win be employed.
I'm short, the Senate must pas,
speedily the railway law enacted
by the House without mutiIation or
fundamental change: sound bust.
ness requires and honor demands II.
Congress must give us q plain.
simple. easily Understood revenue
system which win work less hard.
ship on the people and permit bust
ness to get into action. We must
put q tax on expsnditures--a non.
cumulative sales tax. that wifi be
~sr,,'ps srd honest tax IN wealth. =
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the railroads" re-
Gently declared
former Senator A.
}. Beveridge. of
Indiana. Railway
rates are oppres-
sive: railway fa-
cilities are made
Quate: railway
employees are dis
satisfied and re-
bellious; railway
equipment is i'm :
paired: railway
capital is reduced
a n d imperiled.
Until these con-
ditions are bet
tered all fore
casts of good
times are mere
political by-plays
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ner of Charles and Lewis streets.
Previous TO the Worlds Fair
(Which was held at Chicago. H..
during the year 1880. there was q
project to buy this house and raze
it. and rebuild it at the fair.
The project failed. however, and
II was bought by the local historical
society who. at the present day, oc-
Cupy ii as museum.
JAMES KEATlNG.
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is made and stamps enclosed.
Letters should be typevrittsn vhsn-
ever possible. Communications sxtrsmsiy
difficult to read viii not b esasaAsrsd
No communications signed with Aotitisus
nam % will Be used.
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be done. make pevitable successors far more iaclu.
sve
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The Senate tax bill levies IS per cent on
all bequests of $Io,ooo,ooo or over. Our guess
is that tax will never 60 out Of the statutes
if once it gets in.
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The Great Bend Tribune suggests that
people ought to be required to renew their
marriage licenses every year But would
they?
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Every once in while someone rises to
remark that Eve have turned the corner"
But appears, to be very long and very blind
kind of corner
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position. but I believe that Il is the
only reasonable explanation OF the
present proposals OF Mr.. Hughes
SO favorable 20 England; so oss-
gerous TO America
sEcURITAs
The Washington herald., 1921-11-24
MUST AID RAILS,
SAYS BEVERIDGE

This country is suffering from
creeping paralysis-the plight Of
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About 200 different substances are
made from petroleum.
W. u.
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For Chinese Annexation.

Duluth, MINI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
CLOSE-UPS of the MOVIE GAME
BY HENRY NJ. NEELY
The Little Chinese Cinderella of the Screen

COME than Lon CLANCY
- plays ad for almost two
of type work and his
friend mine out on the west ?o%s @ writ writes m % Sono noT @ that S Cnn
AnnaM have all other films
dg shop and
had made such Of that your earnings were twice the earnings
still keeping his books Mt niEhtwa would you do
find wouldn't he?
pretty independence right
your SALARY wouldn't you That would be
Chinese childhood their fathers
is dssraC beyond salvation May
has Made A" @ % % money @o% and " a9 % ' nt @ @ sF %
@ aaS are MONEY @ ] them the the % % % ST @ Ts her & @ duty G him 4 nnd
duty continuing keep his books and check the nd each & ns Co..
D shower % @ s2 % T al ' m n 6on s % % Rm @ BaS hes SO E
The thrill of the drama makes her forget that the recording all this for
CHE 1resin fanyand handsome
o ""sr"gat % and ses aut 1 are TAKEN PROPERTY
the" that Anna MGy steps from t1ry'nd 70 eG1y pays
her Here there books of the
they cropped placed the call of the
rT,HosE Dinty
Malay. This was
while hunting types for his production that Marshall Nea discovered Anna
Since then Anna May has found herself demand movie
producers for in addition being exceptional type she has unusual talents
them H iS % Sn 1 snn oo her s & @ @ On TS s a R @ ] R
Lon clancy in Bits Of Life
May laundry
and adds figures with equal ity Once at home her movie Fyland
forgotten the reality hard work to be overcome before she again dons her
and the Cinderella of old Unlike her predecessor Anna May Wong
menal duties home She
laundry laundry machine Of human
ns sSp ss the under
movie work % as sRs ts ~ ASna o MeS S
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AnsWers to Questions BY Movie Fans

JAZZ BABY-It has been rumorcd
that Mime. Olga PetrOya is through with
the screen for keeps" She is soon to
appear on the Broadway stage Tom
Mix, Eddie Polo, Conrad Nagel and
Richard Barthelmess are married. An
tonic Moreno. Harold Lloyd, Eugerr
O'Brien and Harrison Ford have not
yet given up their bachelor apartments.
FILM FAN-Alice Lake is at present
appearing in "Oyer the Phone. -
Pauline Frederick plays a dual role in
"Salyage. She is Bernice Ridgway,
wife of very wealthy man, and Mrs
Kate Martin, wife of a convict. Jack
Holt is married. Yes, 1t was reported
that Mary Miles Minter was engaged to
Orrville Erringer, business man of
Portland, Ore.
MRS. JAMES Lewis don't like
TO seem pessimistic. but please don |
be too anxious to get your six year old
daughter in pictures. Studios are sim
ply swamped with such applications.
Hut IL you insist there is only one
thing 10 do and that is to take the child
and lot of photographs--to New
York apd see the casting directors at
4 tho di4eEApt studios. 1t might also
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CONFESSIONS
OF 4 STAR
As Told to
INEZ KLUMPH
CHAPTER XIV

THE journey back to Los Angeles WAS
long drawn out agony. 1t seemed 10
me that ! could not endure the at
tempts at coincidence made by the
women who had been in the car that
caused the accident, or their insistence
that l drive back in their car with
them. l should have gone mad If !
had had to go straight back over that
road that Keith and I had taken SO
short time before.
At last they agreed to let me take
the train alone. They waited with me
at the little railway station, trying to
break the silence which then ! well
coined, but which made them so uneasy.
! had had to give my name and address
to the people who took charge of things,
of course, and every one looked at me
curiously when they knew who l was,
and who Keith had been.
1t seemed queer that life was going
on just the same for other people, when
Keith Gorham was lying in rough
wooden box in the baggage car. and /
sat crouched on a dusty red car seat,
huddled down in the corner. feeling
like beaten, broken thing.
shall never forget the details of that
trip; the woman across the aisle, with
her three children, who fed them
bananas endlcssly the slick haired man
in front, who tried to pick me up-the
haste with which he turned around and
the scared way in which he glanced at
me over his shoulder afterward must
have been due to the stricken look III
my eyes. There were other people who
tramped up and down the aisle to the
water cooler, and listlessly read mag
azines, and talked and talked nnC
talked, till it seemed to me that l must
scream.
The news OF the accident reached Lot
Angeles before / did. and there were
reporters waiting at the train when We
got in. But Malcolm Sandy was there
too; / was so grateful when he made
way through the crowd for me, anC
then drove me straight to my aunt S
without asking single question abou
how ] had happened to be out witt
Keith, or why l hadn't kept my wore
to him.
"How soon can you go ea-t?" Il,
asked, as his car drove up to our door
"I'm not working now, and never
had a contract in comedies; I've jus
been working by the picture" l an
swered. My voice didn't sound lik
mine at all it was dreary and thick.
Then how about leaving tomor
row." he suggested. II can make al
the arrangements, and you can go Il
once. 1t would be good for you" h
added, glancing down at me keenly.
was 80 grateful to him. To hav
stayed there at home, and had peopl
questioning me, and wondering jus
what there was between Keith and me
would have been intOlerable. But I
leave 1t all behind and start, out o
new work, in a ncy place. where no
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TIE STORY BEGINS

,cih the early days in the old Fine
Arts studio in California. rhen Col
lecn Moore, the GiSh girls, Bessie
Love aud host OF Sthers pere not
much more than c1tra girls. Diana
Chcyne relates the tale; she begins
witk the day in the studio ,ohen she
and Isabel Heath, not stars then as
they are now, oCre sitting on the
stairs when a strange man came into
the studio and looked at them. The
cameraman called them dozen to
meet him, and il proved the turn
ing point in ISdbcrS life. He pas
Phil Crdney, a famous director from
the eastern studios, and he taught
Isabel to be the first Of the screens
"babv ramps" aud engaged her for
such a part in a photopIay he pas
producing.