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The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Ross Students
Turn OhDun,p
Into Gardens

The students Of Ross School
have transformed the dump at
Eleventh and Girard streets into
a varicolored garden, with 1g8
food producing plots under way.
The teachers of the nature
study department assisted the
pupils in this work. and plans
are now being made to start an
other garden
A big cleanup stunt is the
supreme court" at the Weight
man School. The Sixth Grade
has organized this supreme court
and woe be unto you II you run
across q nice lawn or do any
thing like that. The nature study
department Of the school fnds
that court" has little to do but
IL IL does and the offenses are
committed the second time the
offenders report card is marked
accordingly.
With Miss Esther Scott, one of
the nature study teachers to
guide them. the Fillmore School
pupils at Thirty-fifth and r
streets have all their early crops
in and a big season is predicted.
The Ludlow Garden has been put
under wey with 124 boys at
work.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
THE sUGGEsTER DEVIL.

Ny idea of Heaven is a place
without a single suggestion in it.
ask nothing better when I die
| than to pass into a realm OF peace
where / shall be permitted to do
what ! want to do. in the way I
want to do it, without a dozen
people asking me why I don't do
il in some other way. ! am aware
that ] shall never attain this bliss
while ! remain on this sad oIo
earth. which is made a vale of tears
chiefly by the domestic suggestors
with their maddening Interference
with your every act.
I You know how II is, for nobody
is lucky enough to escape these
pests Adam was the only human
being who ever enjoyed a paradise
in which no one told him where TO
get on. and where to get on, and
even his respite was brief. For
as soon as Eve appeared on the
scene. she began suggesting an ap-
| pie diet to him because she liked
/ apples. and. bing! The gates of
the Garden of Eden banged to be-
hind him.
Ever since then where two or
three are gathered together, the
curse of the suggester is upon
them. No one is allowed to do their
work, to follow their pleasures, or
to rise up or lie down, or eat, or
sleep. or dress, or marry, or do any
thing whatsoever. without being
showed under by gratuitous and
undesired advice from all about
them.
This torment Of our days begins
with our earliest waking moment
when those of our household de-
mand to know why we don't take
a hot bath IL we take a cold one,
or a cold bath If we take a hot
one, or suggest a shower IL We take
a tub. 1t continues while. they sug-
gest that we should have put on
light clothes II we have donned
dark ones, or a different necktie
from the one we are wearing, or
another pair of shoes from the one
we have selected to wear.
At breakfast it rises to the fun
strength of a chorus. and we eat
to an accompaniment of sugges-
tionss as to how much sugar we
should put on our cereal, and how
We should drink our coffee, and
how We should eat our eggs, and
whether we should breakfast heart
/ lily or sparingly, and with the news
paper or without~it.
What a meal would be without
single suggestion as to how we
ate 1t, and without being told how
bad everything we like is for our
digestion and how wholesome
everything we loathe is, we can
only imagine. 1t is an ecstasy that
no one who lives with their family
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16

ever experiences. Nor do you
achieve 1t at a hotel, for the waiter
invariably Hangs about you with
his informal suggestions Of every
highprtced thing on the menu
And it is worse still with your
clothes. When a woman buys q
new frock. she takes into considera-
ton her purse, her age, her figure.
the purpose for which she expects
to use the garment, and her taste
Inasmuch as she pays for the gar
ment and Is going to wear II, and
1t pleases her, it would seem that
IL is her own affair. and nobody
else's business.
But this is far from being the
case. Her husband. her family, her
friends, even casual acquaintances
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
FEATURES, FICTIOH
SATURDAY, APRIL Is, Ie7I.

ne knows more about a subject that.
he has never Investigated at all. Z
than the individual Who has de-
voted his life 10 studying IT.
He may never have been out OF,
his native village, OF ten miles
from home. but he would not hesi-
tate 20 tell an Arctic explorer Just
exactly what to take along on q
dash 10 the North Pole. He could
not tell you the names of the bones
In his own body. but he suggests
TO a great surgeon Just how he
should operate He may not have
been able TO make q living for him
self, but he is perfectly certain that
he can tell you how to run your
own bank.
Therefore the hired girl has ned
TO a factory where she can work
in peace. without being tormented
out of her life by a mistress who
stands over her and directs every
move. and wants 10 know why sne
doesn't use q big spoon instead OF
q little spoon. or the carpet sweeps
er instead Of the vacuum cleaner,
or q broom instead Of either one.
wherever you ind q woman who
will keep out Of the kitchen. and
simply ask for results. instead OF
Offering suggestions, and permit
her help 20 do their own work in
their own way, you will nnd that
there is no trouble about keeping
q coax.
Ekeh Of Us is responsible for hIs
own life We make our success
We pay for our failures, sd ] main
tain that IL IL our inaliensble right
to have a free hand. and work out
our problems unhampered by sug-
gestions we have not asked for.
and do not wish. The only people
who are privileged to make sug-
gestions TO us. are those for whom
We are working. and who have a
right TO have their work done their
way.
All other suggestors are impert-
inent meddlers who take up our
time, and make rs waste our energy
fighting them. and nll our hearts
with murderous impulses. What a
pity there In not some lethal cham
ber where they could all be done
painlessly 70 deathi
But would any Of us escape the,
fate OF the loathed and hated sug-'
gester?
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fall upon her and demand to know
why she didn't get q differet color
ed dress, why she didn't get IL made
q different style, why she didn't
have 1t made shorter or longer. or
fuller or scantier. and why she
didn't go to the dressmaker or shop
they pstronize instead Of the one
she did. And they never cease un-
til they have spoiled all her pleas
ure, and made her feel that IL 10
the most inappropriate and unbe-
coming thing she could possibly
have bought, and that she had been
cheated in the bargain
The thing about the suggester
that nlls you with awe and admi-
ration is his colossal nerve. His
egotism is sublime. He is sure that
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Fireside Fancies.

(By e. M. LInsenmeyer, for the
Review at Central High School.)
The 1uarm ddrk arrapS me round,
as still | SIT
Beside the edmp-fre bright. The
eUening ltind
Watts the smoke; the tire-stre1Yd
ground
Gi0es forth its fragrance faintly,
and / lie
Watching the bright flames leob to
touch the stars.
Hop still all is! But hdrk! a
dro1psy bird
Kept potefHl by the Pickering fire.
light
T1Ditters; and one small rabbit,
creeping past,
Breaks the Stiffness.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
A MORE Or LESS
GH0-rH1 -.r-

- -o1k on lESS
SHOCKING TALE.
Once there was a storage battery.
A storage battery Is q lot Of
stored-up kicks, or rather, such Is
the current rumor.
Bfu Tomlin and his brother,
Andy. II seems, got into fight over
this bsttery.
From what Andy said Il turned
cot to be . case of assault ana hat
tsry over this storage battery. A
poktcsman short-circuited the whole
sfAtr with . warrant for Bill.
A witness named Tom said he ala
not Zee who pronounced the frst
blow, but he did SEQ Bill, he testified.
strike his brother Andy In the face.
Tom did not see the finish either.
Nor did he know the why and
yherefore Of all the sparks. He
switehed out rather quickly when
Bfll proved himself . live wire.
In court the night narrowed down
10 who owned the battery and Why,
Then Il simmered down to who
plrxged IN first
Judge Hardtsou decided that Bnl
"a -apd nned him sIs. =
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Special Offering of
Mewl Silk Skirts, SIS

The price is lower than we expect them
to be quoted in mid-season. =.
Washable Fan-ta-si in plain white or black
on white combinations of alluring beauty.
New Crepes, Silk Trioot Tal-Ly-Ho,
FailIe and many other weaves just as smart
and stylish.
Fancy block weaves, stripes, unusual de-
signs n all sor.s' of col6rs. #
Beautiful new Silk Skirts, in the much
wanted box pieatsd and sports models Tor
present and summer wear.
Some new girdle trimmed and deeply
fringed effects that have not been shown be-
fore.>. =
skirt seeties-Third Floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Playground Results.

New York avenue-Baseball,
Webster. s; Blake. 2; Schlag
ball, Blake, %: Seaton, 2.
Monroe-Baseball. Dennison,
3; johnson. 2.
Georgetown Baseball, Ad-
olson, Is: Weightman, 10. Schlag
ball. Curtis. IS; Grant, =.
Bloomingdale-Baseball, Gage.
20: Brightwood, 4. Schlag ball,
Gage, 20; Brightwood, 10.
Observation-Disclosures Maury,
rs; Wheatley, 2. Schlag ball,
Pierce. 13: Ludlow. II.
Virginia avenue - Baseball,
cranch, s; Towers 8. Schlag
ball. Randall Heights, IL; Wal
lace, 3.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Ed MARTIN NAMED
ASyOURNAL CLERK

Ia Martin. tally clerk Of the
House Of Representatives, was
rvern In yesterday - Journal clerk
TO M the vacancy caused ~ the
aeath . few weeks ago Of Herman
PhfllipA
Martin Allied both positions all
throQEh the last session of Con-
49, during the long Illness Of
nnpa He b SIN holding down
bpeA 5oes but now 10 rated a. jour
sL c1srk instead Of tally clerk.
During his service In the HouSs
Asrdn has fnangurstsd . number
of eeenomies and tfme-savers IA the
aandlfng q biiis and resolutions.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Daily Hardknot.

All the stars in the following
may be replaced by the same
letters, rearranged each time:
A little boy wrote sthe follow
ing short composition on his
- -
There are some waier fowls
called ss'' They don't like
to have you their eggs.
but some people are not the
- bit considerate Of the
birds feelings
(Answer to yesterdays: Roose-
velt.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Awake! 'Tis Spring.
(By Dorothy Isobel Bergin, II
years cid. TannalIy School.)

(By Dorothy Isobel Bergin, IL
years cid. TannalIy School)
Spring IS here and 1rifh all its
cheer,
The Szpset bvdies gogly sing,
rs on my auGy to school today;
Thew notes message did bring,
"Cledn-ap, clean-sp, cleanup time
IS here"
So get bxsy, " old and young,
Shine ap and make things ham;;
And let Washington in eiednH-
SeSS,
This spring be second to none.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Spring Fever.

+Ho Hum" sighed Johnny
AS he leaned his elbow
On his desk and
Placed his head In
His hand and gazed
Through the open
School room window.
The little birds chirped
Cheerfully In the
Old elm tree and
The suns rays poured sereneIy
Over the fresh green grass on
The nearby hillside.
''Ho Hum" he sighed again.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Today's Great Person
April 16-Your Birthdayf

Mark Smith, q prominent
and able comedian. He was
2 years OF age when he hrst
appeared on the stage. He
played q part I'm "1492- at that
time. He was born in New
York City, Saturday, April 16,
1887. Dad and mother may re-
member him in such comedies
as "Step by STEP" asThe Travel
ing Salesman "Sweet Kitty
Bellairs,' and others.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Nuts to Crack.

What Is the occupation OF the
sun during the summer
Answer to yesterdays: what
is it that goes u2 and down a hill,
but never movesT'-A road.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
. Familiar Quotation.
Twho vrofe TN

Cwho wrote IT'D
EeDer look for birds Of this
yeoy - nests of last.
Yesterdays:
To arms! to arms! ye brave!
The avenginE sword un-
sheathe!
March on! march on! all hearts
resolved
On Victory or death.
Joseph Rouget de Lisle,
The Marseillaise.1
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
No Games Today.

There will be no games played
today on the Municipal Play
grounds.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
Wool Jersey Sports Suits, $19.Z

usually this low but hshepe made Of
of and
of line
belts. brown and heather
Fourth Floor.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Masked Vengeance

JACK o. JUDGMENT BY Edgar Wallace
Published by Small Maynard g. Co $3.50
A detective story that tingles but
does not shock, one that leaves you
pleased and convinced, with all the
villains paying the last farthing-that
Is "Jack O. Judgment" by Edgar Wal
lace. Best Of all, it quickens concern
for justice and imparts a feeling of
having had hand in it's administra-
tion. A clique of blackmailers, operat-
ing in an original way, has been the
downfall of many Londoners, and the
police have failed to bring the gang to
justice. Colonel Boundary is known
to be at the head of it, but his clever
ness has made it impossible to find
actual evidence that will convict him.
One of his satellites, Solomon White,
attempts to break away from the band,
because of his affection for his daugh-
ter Maisie, and, becoming :. menace to
the colonel, is straightway disposed Of
The girl Is captured and drugged, and
at the critical moment of the adventure
is snatched from doom by Jack o. Judg-
ment, who appears in q black silk robe
and mask. His ability to show up at
the psychological moment throughout
the story is amazing, but you are SO
glad to see him that you overlook the
rtr boh tr nh III \,
delight over his triumphs. The love
story of Maisie and Stafford King, q
detective of Scotland Yard, gives the
plot a secondary theme. There is also
an inspiring element in this novel, one
found too seldom in fiction of this
type. We refer to the redemption,
through love, of two characters, the
dissolute girl, Lollie Marsh, and the
ganpster, Swell Crewe.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Cf1ildren's Books

THE SILVER BEAR. BY Edna A. Brown.
COMPANY sii.se. 'D' is' ''D
BETTY BARKER. BY Janet Thomas Van
Shepard Company. sl5o
THE STORY LADY'S BOOK. BY Georgena
Faulkner. Published by Small. Maynard
& Co. sI.75
T'HE fall season in children's books
- is getting under way. From now
on to Christmas the output Of "juve-
niles" will increase rapidly. Among
the offerings of the publishers Of the
last fortnight we select three books of
especial merit. The first Of them is
'4The Silver Bear" by Edna A. Brown.
The story is laid in a New England
town where Lucy Merrill lives with
her father, mother and Uncle Dan.
One day a big red automobile drives
up to the drug store across the street
from their house, with man and a
little girl of about four years. The
car has q California license and is
dusty from long driving. Lucy be-
comes acquainted with the girl while
the man is in the store, where he has
gone for medicine. His sudden illness
and death leave his small travelling
companion alone. She is taken into
Lucy's home, and as all efforts to trace
her identity fail, Dora is adopted by
Lucy's parents. The interesting events
that happen after this, the vacation
school, the picnic and the mystery Of
the silver ring with the six silver
charms connected with Dora's history
make charming book for children Of
six years or more.
Betty Parker is lovabls little girl,
real and human, and sure TO become
popular with young readers. She is
full Of fun and questions, does foolish
things and gets into difficulties, like
most normal children. She has such
kindly and loyal spirit that one for
gets her faults. Ada, her friend, Is an
important character In the story. 1t
is difficult to read about her and the
Sparkling Lady without being affected
There is plenty of incident and adven-
ture in the book and it is written in
an easy style.
Many readers are familiar with the
"Story Lady," as Georgene Faulkner
is called in Chautauqua circles and
"The Ladies' Home Journal" where she
has established herself as a popular
storyteller. This collection Of short
narratives includes many Of the best of
those published in the above-named
magazine and suits all seasons, ami
versaries and holidays. They form a
book that any child will welcome as a
gift.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
The Man and His Job

FINDING TOUR JOB. BY Norman @.
Shldle. Published by tina Ronald Press
1T is SAFE TO assume that every man
Of intelligence and ability has q
job awaiting him, niche into which
he will fit comfortably and successfully.
How to find his vantage ground for a
winning Of financial security is q mat
ter Of supreme moment in these days
Of keen competition and seeming pau
city Of business openings.
In this excellent book one finds ad-
vice - to tho best methods Of learning
how to sell ones self, be ones own
broker. The entire affair Of studying
your problem, appraising your own
powers, seeking openings that are con-
genial because you can fit into them,
is gone over thoroughly and wisely in
the pages Of this guide, given with the
knowledge Of man who knows whereof
he IL writing. The result 10 . work of
very definite value. We have seen
nothing Of this nature that approaches
this book in tts sage counsel and
wholesome advice.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
EDEN PHILLPOTTS. oa-
- thor Of "Eudocia" Mac
nsallGn), q romance of By-
xGntlu71
Island Romance
A Man and a Girl in the
South Seas
THIS MANS WORLD. BY VIII Lev1ns.
ton Comfort. Published by Doubleday,
Page Il Co S1.T5

THIS MANS WORLD BY VIII Levtns.
ton Comfort. Published by Doubleday.
Page Il Co. $1.75.
4 N ISLAND of the South Seas; q
~ sunken treasure ship; several
bands of desperate adventurer,
determined to possess the island and
It's riches; man and woman united
by bonds Of love and by chivalrous
desire to save the natives from en-
slavement and degradation. Here we
have In brief the essential factors In
Mr.. Comforts new adventure story.
Handling his plot with vigor The
author also succeeds in creating an
atmosphere of eerie mystery, especial
ly when he introduces the inscrutable
monk" Haggard, an adventurer, who
has carried away from his convent in
the Andes boundless ambition, ruth
less fanaticism and iron self-control.
There are some remarkable action
passages in the story. Notable among
these Is the picture of Tom Steepe
escaping from a whole army of
enemies by swimming to safety
through shark-lnfested sea with sew
eral bullet wounds in his body. There
is also tingling quality of high ad-
venture about Toms escape from the
government police in Manila. Here,
again, he is saved by his skill in the
water.
"This Mans World" differs from
some of Mr.. Comforts earlier novels
in being written with more restraint
and subtlety. The author at times
seems to be taking Joseph Conrad 8
style as mark to shoot at. He doesn't
always hit the bulPs-eye; but he does
achieve measurable success in getting
away from the blood and thunder ana
conventional romance which usually
furnish the accompaniment to the sit
uatlon of man and woman being
immured on an island far away from
civilization. There is a note of haunt
ing uncertainty about the ending.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Out of the Mist
A Village Boy Poet Wins
Life Battle

THE ,; FOG; BY William Dudley Peney
Published by Little, Brown & Co. s2
TN HIS novel of life in a small Yer
4 mont town, William Dudley Pelley
at times get close to the current
and the manner of Sinclair Lewis's
Main Street" There is much of
Lewis's keen vision into minds and
hearts under hats and within coats in
THE Fog" If Pelley could have sus-
tanned the flight of his high attitudes.
not infrequently attained in his pages,
he would have produced a novel of the
first rank. AS it is, there is too much
padding and reiteration of trite, com
monplace phrases. Young girls phil
osophize in the language of professors
of literature and psychology, and
young men pass judgment on the world
men and affairs with the profound
sagacity of a Plato or Hegel.
There are pages in "The Fog" that
are deliciously human, near to the
bone of actual life in a New England
village, true in their gentle satire and
their appraisal of typical characters.
And there is consistent beauty in it's
moments with Nature, hills and fields
and the glow of stars at nightfall.
The back-curtain of glorious country
serves to accentuate the ache of men
and women who live and suffer before
it.
Nathan Forge, poet and, later, doer,
is the man of "The Fog" which here
is a metaphysical matter Of doubts
and quiverings between the fact and
the fancy of existence. "I'm just
laundering around and around" he
says in one of his hours of trial and
confession. Baked and hated by his
father, scorned by the girl he marries,
buffeted by evil fortune whenever he
gets his head little into the light of
clear going, Nathan has tough time
Of it until he meets the woman of his
heart, of his best early poem, in the
turmoil of the great war. His story,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
A German Satire
Humorous Tale of Cofins
and MARRIAGES

7ABETTE agGs BoMBnRL1NG's BRIDE
GRO ,GkooMs BY Alice Berend. Trans
by Boni Liveright. s.. o0iishea
NOF'FINS and marriages. in soma
form, or other, are to be found
In every country on the globe.
This is why Alice Berend's story, de-
spite it's German background, carries q
full measure Of humorous appeal to
American readers.
babette is romantic girl whose ia
ther has amassed fortune by manu-
featuring collins, while her mother per-
petually dreams Of titled marriage
for her daughter. Babette does not
lack for suitors; the solid character of
the paternal fortune more than out
weighs the funereal implications of the
coffin factory in the background. But
something always goes wrong with her
affairs. Either the girl herself is dis
illusioned or Mother Bomberling, with
the best intentions in the world, puts
IN her oar at the wrong place.
One feels that business expediency
would have dictated a match between
Babette and one Of DR.. Frank Camp
bells representatives. But such is not
the case. All her mothers plans and
all her own dreams end in marriage
with presentable young cousin, who
undertakes to rehabilitate Mr.. Bomber
ling's business, which has fallen on
evil days.
The author makes such good use of
the opportunities offered by her theme
that "Babette Bomberlings Bride
grooms" must be considered one Of
the most rollicking satires of tho sea-
son. Mrs. Bomberling is particularly
appealing character. Travelling in Italy
she catches glimpse of Diocletian's S
Baths and naively cries out:
"See how they have put up a ruin
directly by the station!"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
A Football Story
The Making of the Centre
College Team

FIRST DOWN. KENTUCKY. By Ralph
d. Paine. Published by Houghfon Miziir
Company sf.9e-
~ENTRE COLLEGE furnishes an
I 4 ideal background for crisp, ex-
citing football story. During the
last few years this small Kentucky in
stitution has shown an uncanny abil-
ity to turn out football team capable
of rolling up large scores.
Mr.. Paine weaves his narrative about
the historic achievements Of the Cea-
tre College team. His hero, "Bo" Me-
Murray, is young man from Texas
with remarkable genius for playing
quarterback. And the real quarterback
of the famous Centre eleven Is one
"Bo" Mcmillan. who also halls frem
Texas.
Ii the author had waited . little
longer TO write his book he could hsve
represented "Bo" as the hero Of Cen
tres recent 60 victory over Harvard
Eut the climax Of his book eoincides
with the Centre-Earvard game q last
year, and so the best he can do is t.
depict "Bo" and his teammates fighting
gallantly in lost cause.
The story is not all football A ro~
nance bobs up now and then; there
is war interlude and one exciting sit
ration develops when some dishonest
gamblers attempt to kfdnap "Bo" on
the eve of an important game. But
the story is primarily designed for the
vast host of American football lovers.
Mr.. Paine writes % vivfdly that the
imaginary exploits Of "Bc" McMurray
seem as real as Gilroy's seventy-yard
dash for touchdown against Harvard.