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The Washington times., 1921-11-06
LORD FINDS
GAY DEAUVILLE LIFE
HAVEN FOR RBRAGGARTS

no" gorgeous the previous mental
picture was. But on one point
they are an absolute disappoint-
ment-the beach. As a spectacle
1t is almost depressing. True.
striking or pretty costumes may
be seen, but these are not bathing
costumes. The mass Of bathing
dresses are severely practical.
1 have discovered why this is so.
Women are too sensible not to have
found out by experience that beauty
and gorgeousness in attire are abso.
lutely incompatible with real water
sport. 1t must be one thing or the
other. Think, for instance, of the
effect Of waves on paint or powder
serious problem for the majority
of the fair of DeauvIlle. The beach
is therefore left for those who mean
real business and care not for ap-
pearance.
The photographer alone haunts
the beach. unhappily looking for
striking scenes which are not there.
Still. he is popular with the hotel
managers. for by careful selection
and arrangement he does convey to
the public an idea Of beauty, sport
and frivolity on the beach which is
in reality totally false.
The profiteer, of course, is great
ly in evidence. His one idea in life
seems 10 be to buy the most ex-
pensive car that exists. quite re-
gardless of its intrinsic merits or
utility. l believe that If Mr.. Ford
charged more for his standard cars
than any other firm in the world the
profiteer would buy one.
BATHING DE LUXE.
A friend OF mine tells me that he
saw one gentleman drive down to
the beach in his car. TO be received
effusively by a bathing attendant.
The car stops, the public observe,
the attendant exclaimed: Monsieur.
your tide is high" and receives in
exchange 100 francs for a compli-
ment invented by the courtiers Of
Canute.
No picture OF Deauville by day
would be complete without descrip.
ton OF lunch. OF course. everybody
must lunch at the same place-the
Normandy Hotel That building is
certainly a triumph of architectural
simplicity. far outshining the os-
tentation of the New York hotels or
the tinsel gaudiness Of Monte Carlo.
The architect who designed the
Normandy Hotel must have been q
bit of a jester for his freakish spirit
induced him to surmount the edifiCe
round which surge the strange
crowds Of Deauville with the en-
blem of q stork!
But IL you care to move a mile or
two there is another place at which
you can lunch without social dis
grace. II is called The Inn OF
William the Conqueror." 1t is GER
tainly an uneuualed example OF
make-helieve and imposture. Lunch
is served in surroundings carefully
copied from the eleventh century
and yet essentially false. Its facili.
ties and excellence rival those of
any restaurant In the twentieth
world.
HOW TO BE HAPPY.
What William the Condueror
would have thought Of his lunch 10
impossible To imagine. But he Ger.
tainly would not have recognized
his supposed medieval surround.
ings.
This inn justifier its existence, to
nv mind. by motto picked out
of the many inscribed on the WALL
" you want 90 he happy for ono
day get drunk.
n YOU want 10 he happy for
three get married.
" YOU wan, Ia he happy for =
week slaughter your pig.
VI you want to bc hsppy Tor lus
make yourself = priost
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game. A glance into the cell showed
Miss Davenport fighting hard 10
reach her top notes. Her face was
streaming with perspiration. but she
was dying game.
James Cole wanted assistance.
Into his disordered mind crept the
idea that his cell was his field OF
labors and ne knew II was time to
get busy. With an imaginary shovel
he loaded a number OF imaginary
carts with punches of imaginary
dirt. and he never stopped complain.
ing that his imaginary horses Were
half dead and the imaginary lights
were bad.
You're nutty," said Bennett.
II know It," said Jimmie. You
stay back here and listen to those
two danes and you'll be nutty. too.
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ORLD OF CAPITAL LIES ATHWART DARK STRAND THAT
S THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CRIME is UNKNOWN

catch q 1871 Packard with a 1908
model Ford7 They were loaded up
with booze and We chased them
from Third and Virginia avenue
over TO Anaoostia- They got away
from US there. but there's one sat
isfaction. We chased them out OF
Washington at any rate. What's
doing. anythingr"
Nope. everything quiet"
well. wen beat II out again and
see how every little thing is" And
the two hustling members OF the
force went forth into the streets.
A trip TO the cellrooms In com.
pany with Bennett found Mr.. Colby.
arrested for being intoxicated. anx-
ious TO gain some professional ad-
vice.
Say. boss, I'se in trouble" he
told the cop. kin you tell me
what's the matter with met"
What's wrong?"
"Weil. boss. my head swells up
like a balloon and then comes down
again. Use afraid II might swell
up and bust one OF these times.
What am good for 1T"
What have you been drinking"
Lord knows. II was In a brown
bottle and smelled like peaches"
Bad stuff" muttered the cop.
Soak your head in cold water;
then take your shoestring and tie
your head on TO your neck so II
won't float off and leave you"
Thank you kindly. boss, but |
can't do that there thing"
why not1"
Cause I wear button shoes"
"All right, use a sock" and the
unfeeling cop passed along"
Helen's voice sounded a bit flat
now and Lorena was also singing off
key. but still the battle ragged with
Helen one to twenty fayorite.
ONE HOMER WHO
WAS NOT BLIND.
Paul Jacobs had plenty of nerve
with him when he placed a quart
bottle of what the bootlegger had
told him was Pikesville whiskey To
his lips, and started to take drink
in front Of Sergeant Green. Green
saw him and he had Paul and the
hnv hnf
down his throat.
The sergeant brought them both
along to the station. Paul put up
$40 collateral and then complained
that some cop had swiped his
favorite pair Of dice. Homer got off
with IS. 1t was the last coin each Of
them had and they tried vainly TO
borrow car tokens to take them
home.
Two o'clock Sunday morning.
Lieutenant Bremerman. Sergeant
Green. Detectives Mansfield and
Berry are still hustling out on the
streets, but an air of blessed peace
has settled over the station. Zen
minutes ago, Lorena Davenport gave
one final high note and tainted dead
away. She made a brave battle Of
il, but the True Believer" had the
staying powers. Helen celebrated
her victory with high &C" and
then rolled over and went to sleep
Captain w. E. Sanford has been
in charge Of No. 4 police precient
for about three months. He has
been making a special drive round
ing up the undesirable characters OF
force for tiI past seven years. As
plain-clothes man, he has been a
terror TO the bootleggers and Crimi-
nails of the southwest section. Ser.
geant Green is one OF the most
brilliant officers stationed at the
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AFRICAN GOLF
EXPERTS ARRAIGNED.

While all this was going on Cora
was lingering modestly In the rear.
Helen glancing in her direction,
noticed suspicious bulge in one Of
the pockets OF Cora's dress. She
concluded IL was booze. She want
ed drink as she had never wanted
II before in her long and exciting
career. She made for Miss Hawkins
with battle In her eye. Cora pre-
pared for fight. but Policeman Ben
nett butted in and spoiled the scrap
by leading Helen back to the region
OF bolts and bars. Cora was allowed
her freedom by depositinR IS with
the man behind the railing.
Once more the door opened and
into the station streamed n detected
little crowd of colored men. Bre.
norman, Green, Berry and Mans.
field formed a rear car guard for
the parade and, what one might call
the drum major OF them all. William
Gross, dragged his weary feet for.
ward TO the desk. II seems as II
Bill had been running a quiet little
game OF African golf" at his resi-.
dence at ll5 F street. He had just
made four ''naturals" when the Off.
GERS made their appearance via way
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
BY LORD BEAVERBROOlz.

Famous British publisher takes
vacation at notorious French re-
sort and records his impressions)
LONDON. Nov. 5.
r HAVE just been on a holiday
to Deauville, on the coast OF
Normandy. Always excepting
the tennis, the life 1t presents is
almost staggering, both in its va
riety and in It's completeness.
The place possesses two gr~ot
charms-its geraniums and its
cider On the wind-blown sea
coasts Of England most flowers
bloom with difficulty, and gerani-
ums hardly at all. At Deauville
they may be seen in a natural pro-
fusion. Nor can the cider of Dev-
onshire surpass that Of Normandy.
So much for things inanimate.
The perfection OF their innocent
flower and exquisite bouquet can
hardly be challenged by the ami
mate side of Deauville and Trou-
Vile. WnlCh lie as close together
as Sodom and Gomorrah. l do
not suggest that the cities by the
sea are exactly comparable to the
cities of the plain. There is al
ways a choice, even in vice.
/ will content myself with stat
ing that every scheme Of pleasure
which was suggested by Petronius
to his Roman Emperor would be
regarded as rather stale by The
visitors 10 Deauville. In Il word,
Normandy has Nero hopelessly
beaten, and the eXactions ot the
typical head.wIiter there would
leave Gehazi gaspipg for breath.
The great majority OF the visit.
ors are French; the American con
tingent ranks next in plumbers,
and there is n substantial colony
of the British. After these come
all the races--the Russians, the
Italians, the Greeks. the Ruman.
ians, the Jugo Slavs. the Czecho-
Slovaks, the Serbians-enough TO
make the Tower OF Babel a folly
or the tongues of Pentecost a mere
family party.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

The front door flew open with a
bang and Detective Berry entered
shooing Miss Lorena Davenport,
the prima donna of Southwest
Washington before him. Lorena
had a laughing jag on. She
slapped Berry playfully on the jaw
and offered to sing him a selection
from Faust" IL he'd only let her
go home to her husband. Berry
declined and Lorena seemed to
become peevish. II always did
like Faust. she mumbled. 1T
sure was mighty good beer"
ENTER QUEEN
OF THE OPERA.
After telling the desk man that
in room over a vacant lot,
Lorena was led back to cell
softly humming the music OF the
prison scene from "Trovatore."
Once more the door opened and
a colored youth eased himself up
to the brass railing.
Mister" he said, addressing the
desk sergeant. Il wants to get
Edgar Dixon out Of this here place.
Use got his bail right here in my
clothes. Bring him forth please?"
Where's the money" demanded
Baker.
The youth searched carefully
through several pockets and finally
produced five crumpled one-dollar
bills.
There you is boss, bring him
forward
Not for five dollars"
''Dixon's bail is two thousand
dollars"
"Oh Lord" his eyes showed his
awe-jointly at the amount and the
Importance it gave his friend
then five dollars amt no good?"
mo, he's accused of robbing a
soldier in a near-beer saloon"
Kin you let him go for s6?'
Nothing doing"
Good night, boss
80 long"
A telephone bell buzzed some.
where in the office. There was a
low conversation over the wire and
Lieutenant Bremerman, Sergeant
Green and Detectives Mansfield and
Berry darted out of the. office on
business bent. They forgot to close
the door after them, which proved
mighty convenient for officer Cox
who entered at that moment push.
ing two husky Amazons before him.
A few searching inquiries by the
desk sergeant elected the informa-
tion that they were Cora Hawkins
and Helen Moore. Helen insisted on
telling the small audience the story
of her past life. Among other things
she mentioned that she belonged TO
the True Believers" and never
drank anything stronger than water.
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SUsTAINERS AND SUSTAINED.

The whole summer population
may be divided into two classes
those who sustain the place and
those who live on the sustainers.
The latter are the great majority.
The system Of walters alone must
drive Whitehall green with envy,
even at the height of the place.
There are head walters and walters
and sous walters and assistant sous
walters. and so on, till the list
seems to stretch until the crack
Of doom.
There are also ladies and gentle.
men whose business takes the form
OF pleasure, or. to put 1t differ
emily, other peoples pleasures is
their business.
But the outstanding feature Of
Deauville Is the desire to he no
tced. the women pose in the Ca.
sino, the men in the restaurants.
The bravest wait till the traffic in
the road is stopped and sillSen
cords are drawn around a sacred
enclosure in which visitors drink
the waters" consisting in literal
truth Of champagne cocktails.
The Eastern monarch had
trumpetcr In his chariot 10 pro.
claim his greatness to the world.
The notoriotyshunter OF Normandy
II not a whit behind him, actual.
ly saw man driving n tandem
down the street attached to small
trap in which there was room for
no one clse but footman blow.
ing horn, AZ though one de.
clared ITS ME-"
RESORTS ARE GORGEOUS.
SO far one may say Of these Nor.
mnn resorts that they nhsolut1lv
surpass the expectation, no matter
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iCu W Nic iSui "Hie MS companions
were booked as witnesses.
TRUE BELIEVER VS..
DAUGHTER OF RUTH.
Right here it might be said that
Policeman Bennett Is no diplomat.
Perhaps it was the rush of bust
ness that made him careless or per-
haps he just did not realize what
he was doing. Anyhow when he
placed Helen Moore in the same
cell with Lorena Davenport. He
made a horrible mistake. As men
toned before. Helen was True
Believe" while Lorena belonged to
the Daughters of Ruth"
1t is a well-known fact in Ger.
tain sections of southwest Wash
ington that these two organizations
are not in harmony with each other.
When Helen and Lorena get to.
gether things started
Both were vocalists of ability and
they demonstrated that ability.
Lorena' picked out a selection that
used to be her grandfather favor
ite while Helen pinned her faith to
new jazz melody. They counted
ten and started together.
Have you ever heard policemen
become earnestly profane? Wash.
ington policemen are, of course,
very careful of their language
but they can do pretty we'll when
the situation calls for it. The situa-
tion in mo. 4" at this particular
moment seemed to actually plead,
and the officers on duty vainly
searched their vocabularies for
something that would do justice to
the occasion.
\ Nothing doing
They simply rested their heads in
their hands and moaned as the wild
melody floated out to them. For
awhile the singers ran pretty even.
Now and then Lorena would forge
ahead by a sharp nasal tone. but
Helen always put on an extra ca.
denza and caught up to her.
Realizing his mistake. Bennett
hurried to the cell room and placed
the singers in separate cells. He
was too late. The damage had
been done. He could put steel walls
between them, but he could not stop
the concert. The singing went on
while the reserves gritted their
teeth and wished they had the
vocalists in Russia for about ten
minutes.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
NO. FOUR PRECINCT
HARBORS VICE DESPITE
ALERTNESS OF POLICE

Contraband WhlSkey Pillar of Outlawry That
Turks In FearSOme PlaceS-Night Spent With
Desk Sergeant is One Long Pageant of Charac-
tiers That Blot Part of Most Beautiful City In
World-Nearly Two Thousand Arrests Have
Been Made i'm Three Months
Nu~snERR nRcge rovkm ,1n..uor,., .,,,-, -,
of letters, such they meaning many different
things to many different people in many different
places
Say Number Four" to the average citizen of New York
Chicago London Paris-and the citizen will per-
haps think you just bit bamy, SMILE and pass on
say it to Washington policeman Say someone who is
familiar with the nosome and nauseating and crime in
vested docks, and lonely reaches of south
western portion of the Nations Capital and conures
their minds all of the things that the Bowery in its prime
did the New Yorker that Whechapel the wise
dweler in London town.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
RESORTS ARE GORGEOUS.

So far one may say Of these Nor.
man resorts that they absolutely
surpass the expectation, no matter
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of the roof and calmly gathered in
money, bones and players.
Vainly Bill essayed to convince
the police that they had only been
playing" for fun, mumbling about
the blindness of justice. who was
led to the rear while his companions
were booked as witnesses.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
CHASED THEM
OUT or TOWN.

did you get thcm?" inquired Ser.
yeant Baker, as Berry and Mans.
field entered the station wearing a
detected air,
mo. How did you expect us 10
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

Famous British publisher takes
vacation at notorious French re-
sort and records his impressiOns)
Nn.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

NEW craze has hit London
and is on its way across the
n..ain .L.LinL n..ir-ir. n..l
Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
Jap Intrigue To Force Prince To
 Cancel BetrOthal
IRepubIican A. p. Leased WIrel

TOKYO. Feb. 13-The announced visit of the Japanese crown prince to England has behind It 'court in- trigue." The case is declared to form one of the most extraordinary incl dents in the dynastic history.
 Allegations have been made that the real reason for the visit of Prince Hi- rohito is due to intrigue within the court to bring about a cancellation of the betrothal of the crown prince to the Princess Nagako daughter of Gen eral Prince Kuni. The household de- partment has issued a statement that 'rumors seem to be current" concern ing the engagement of the crown prince to Princess Nagako, but that the nation should understand that no change is contemplated concerning the marriage contract as informally set teld.
 With a view of removing doubts,' the home department issued a similar communication. It adds that Baron Nakamura, minister of the household, has decided to resign. It is reported also that Mir. Ishiwara, vice. minister of the household, will retire
 Newspapers charge an intrigue to annul the betrothal of the prince and Princess Nagako while the prince Is abroad was launched by Baron Naka- mura and that he Is supported by Field Marshal Yamagata. an elder statesman. It appears that several parliamentarians recently accused Ya- mataga of interference in the love af- fairs.
 According to Nichi, the field marshal has decided to retire as president of the privy council and to give up his generalship as a result of the incl dent, holding himself responsible for the grave affair."
 As yet mystery surrounds the situa- tion.
 The prince is 20 years old. Prince Kuni is the grandson of 3 former emperor Of Japan. In 1908 he represented Japan at the Hudson Fulton celebration in the United States. The Princess Nagako is K years old
Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
HARVARD PHYSICISTS
 DISCOVER NEW FRAY
 CANCER TREATMENT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 13-Dis- coveries made by William Duane, presi- dent of bio-physics at Harvard, work ing in co Elaboration with the research students, have made it possible, accord ing to Harvard physicists, to secure K rays of more penetrating quality than have been obtained in this country and these new rays are to be used for the first time in America for the allevia- tion of caincer.
 While it is stated by Professor Duane that neither X-rays nor radium should be considered a permanent cure for all cancer, it has long been known that radium has a marked alleviative effect upon this disease and the Harvard physicists have reason to believe that the effects of the new X-rays will be equally beneficial.
 The Harvard cancer commission is erecting a new building in Boston where an X-ray plant will be installed as well as the commissions radium plant Confident that the life of the cancer patients may be prolonged, life insurance companies of Boston have given s30, 1000 toward the new building Here the experiments will be per formed.
 The significance of the discovery was explained in a statement made tc The Associated Press at Harvard today
 "The advantage of X-ray over ra- dium is that the latter is scarce and expensive, costing over s100,00O gram If X-rays S,sed it would be possible to make the rays more powerful thar has been possible with the limited amount of radium available The trou- ble with X-rays has been that they arc not as penetrating as the so- called gamma rays of radium and the prob lem of the Harvard physicists has beer to secure this quality.
 "The Harvard physicists after man, experiments found that a physical law known as the 'quantum f-w' applied t, the Xray spectrum, and discovered that they could increase the frequenc! of the rays by increasing the voltag' of current used in the X-ray tube. Prof. Duane reports that the tub bursts under a voltage of more thai 150 900 volts, but that a sufficient, high voltage has been secured to mak ! the X-rays nearly as effective as tn gamma rays.
 The Germans, it is said, have mad great headway recently with the us ! of X-rays in alleviating cancer. "A vast amount of work has beel 1 done by Professor Duane. Some ma, l prove effective in increasing the med | ical value of X-rays, but much of 1t i
 being done with the scientific purpos ! ofgetting to know more about tn mysterious rays.
 Long continued exposure to X-ray ] is so dangerous to the operator tha | the greatest pains have to be taker
 In the laboratory at Harvard the x
 ray plant is kept in room by itsel
 and the rays are sent out through
 slit in the wall The brick wall is re i inforced with lead and a lead scree
 is placed across the door,
Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
LATE TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
POKER BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL

POKER BANDITS DULUTH Mnn in S2Ooo according to the police etonish
 FIVE DIE FROM SLEEPING SICKNESS NEW YORK; Feb f3Fve the hospital suffering which developed into
 FALLS FEET-SLGHTLY MARTINEZ, of of large coil fall
 
 SAN FRANCISCO,  early today
  debris Sunday
 TRusTY CHICAGO Feb 13Mrs wife
  when
 NO SLEEPING mission attending Mark'o chapel
  AZ ancher A by and himself m 2
 
 
  fires $1oooot $t5oooo suffered broken leg faI.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
S|MONSDECLARES PR0PO POSALS NUT PRACTICABLE
rRepubllcan A. p. Leased Wirel


 STUTTGART, Feb. 13.-Dr. Simons, German foreign minister, speaking to- day declared that a closer examination of the Paris proposals only confirmed the judgment he had pronounced. Al luding to the speeches of Lloyd George and NJ. Briand and Count Sforza, ne deplored that no one tried to show how Germany could pay the six bil- lions in gold, but merely advanced faIStastic and baseless figures con corning German exports.
 The German proposals, he sad, would show that Germany was taking her obligations seriously and would take pains to make proposals which would have the advantage of being practicable and meeting the most ur- gent requirements of the allies.
 The main defect in the Paris pro- posals, he contended, lay in consider ing the problem too much as one of finance and too little as one of pro- duction.
 He criticized the duty on German exports, declaring France and Belgium must not continue to refuse Germany technical collaboration in restoring the devastated areas without themselves I being able to solve the problem. he said:
 German is offering unselfish assis- ] tance. She wishes neither to found colonies nor to make building profits 1 she only does not want to Day enor- nous sums for works she could have carried out at smaller cost" i He said equally disadvantageous was 1 the absence of American representa- i tion in the settlement of the problem and added:
 If our opponents expect an enor- nous increase in German exports they should be anxious to direct German industry toward the eastern markets 1 instead of toward their own"