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The Washington times., 1921-08-30
THEY'RE HUMAN
William AthertOn Du Puy-

At the age OF eighteen, Albert D. Lasker chair.
OF the Shipping Board, came up to Chicago
from his native home down in Texas, and went
to work the handy boy around an advertising
agency in the Windy City. Four years later he
drawing salary of 81 900 a week ad-
vertising director In ten years he owned the
agency.
Lasker noticed that this agency had been TAX
ing contracts to rehabtate nearly defunct com
mercial enterprises. II got fees for it's services
or commissions the business. LasSer
asked his associates why they should not pur-
chase these enterprises which they were re-estab-
fishing and get all the profits. From that idea
he has come to be many times a millionaire at
foods automobiles, canned products, after
another, led thenf to great prosperity through
national advertising, and harvested the returns.
He had done just this for an industrial concern
down in Indiana, and Will Hays, the chairman
of the Republican national committee, had known
of the exploit. So viii Hays asked L4asker to try
his rejuvenating theories on the Republican party.
So did an advertising man come into national
political life.
1t was a very handsome hat which citizens OF
Wyoming recently presented to President Hard.
ing in calling his attention to the frontier cee-
bra ton that is held every year in Cheyenne. Mr..
Harding has another hat, however that is highly
priced and about which hangs the sentiment of
an early political experience and the memory of
the only time he every fired from job.
1t was back in the days when James G.. Blaine
ran for the Presidency on the Republican ticket.
and there Blaine stovepipe hat by
the supporters Of that candidate all over the
country.
Warren Harding was youngster just grown
and had his first job Of reporting on the news
paper in Marion which has long since ceased to
exist. That newspaper was, however Democratic
in it's persuasions, and the editor felt 1t deeply
when his reporter insisted wearing this head
piece symbolic OF the opposite party.
Finally he issued an ultmatum that Warren
Harding should desist from this Haunting of the
badge OF the enemy or he should separate him.
self from the payroll. Harding gave evidence of
early political loyalty by choosing the latter horn
of the dilemma, He fired. Eventually he
got back at his former employer by starting an OPP
position paper which put him out of business. He
still has the Blaine stovepipe.
Miss Temple Bailey who Is successful as a
writer OF romance and love stories: eats her
heart out because the public refuses to accept
books OF deep religious significance
Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries. head OF the Chemical
Warfare Service Of the War Department, has a
lusty family of growing children and was the
inspiration for the establishment, this summer,
of Camp Bradley, for Scouts, the grounds of
Edgewood arsenal on the bay near Baltimore.
Copyright 1919
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
Stars and Stripes

Speedy.
The foreman came around Just after Mike
had dropped a stick Of dynamite and departed
for parts unknown.
Where 10 Mixer" he asked.
Mikes gone away" answered Pat.
When will he be back7"
well" said Pat obviously, 'ff he conner ba ck
as fast as he went ne will be back day before
yesterday"
Peace Just now seems to be a matter OF
Pacific gravity.
IL Is easy enough to find needle in a hay.
stack-f you sit on II.
Since prohibition ice isn't what It was once
cracked up to be.
Maybe they call It Labor Day because that
is the day when the summer boarders stop
being worked
The motive Of most every play Ia that the
playwright needs the money.
''Nitrates are hiGher."-Hesdline. Well yo,,
don't have to use the telegraph, do your
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
Haze You o.
Better PL0n?
N ERSONS opposed to the sales
fay find lots of reasons why If

N EhOONS opposed 10 the safes
tax find lots of reasons why it
q would not work well. Many
of them write to The Times point
ing out the weak or bad features of
the sales tax, as they see it.
Very well. But how about the
taxation we have and are going to
have until next year, at leasti
How good is it that it is better
than the sales taxi
What has this charming system
produced in the way of resultsi
Well, it has knocked business into
a cooked hat, put five million work
ers out of jobs, curtailed buying,
made farming improbable this year,
and played hob generally with the
whole country.
That's so, isn't it!
That's the condition at present,
isn't iti
Do you honestly. believe that the
sales tax could do any more than
that
You have to admit that our pres
ent plan Of taxation is just as bad
as it can be; that it takes money
from the sources of industrial CAPT
tai and scares other money into
hiding behind tax-exempt securities
or into locking itself up out of the
reach of trade and production.
Then, if you object to the sales
tax, what have you to offer in it's
place as a substitute for the silly,
stupid, discouraging and destructive
system now in use!
Or would you rather keep on as
things are for fear that if we need
a change, the bogey-man might
jump at us out of the dark
Before pointing out the notes in
the sales tax's eye, why not pluck
beam or two from the present
systems ocular orbs, so to speaki
Believe us, if Congress ever gets
the courage and the gumption to
try the sales tax, nobody will ever
again be willing to return to the
stupid system which now strangles
the goose that lays the golden eggs
of business, production, trade and
employment.
Never again, never again.
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
CHICAGO'S PROSPECTS.

They're not thinking much OF flags
In Chicago.
Pennant interest somehow lags
In Chicago.
You don't hear much in the air
or the next world series there
Or each players respective share
In Chicago.
They still cuss at Rothstein's name
In Chicago.
And discuss each doctored game
In Chicago.
when the Nineteen .Twenty-one
Baseball season is quite done
Thanksgiving Day they will not shuu
In Chicago,
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
The March
of EUents
THE most weighty problem that
confronts the world now is the

values. AS long as money mas ITO
stability, business can have no sta
bility and production no settled
basis.
If the nations had tariff rates that
fluctuated from day to day, accord
| ing to the direction of the wind or
the degrees of temperature regis
tered on the thermometer, all trade
would naturally be conducted at
such risks of wind and weather as
to become not business, but gam
bling.
That would be very much the
same condition which is brought
about by the constant and violent
shrinkage and expansion of money
values, measured by the dollar yard
stick.
The production and trade Of the
nations cannot become normal until
foreign moneys attain fixed and
normal values, and to that problem
the best minds of all the nations
ought to give their labor.
A possible solution which is worth
discussion is the establishment of an
international currency, issued by and
backed up by consortium Of the
nations, each maintaining its pro-
portionate share of the reserves and
enjoying its proportionate share of
the issues.
Such a currency would probably
have the effect of gradually retiring
all local national currencies and
abolishing the vexations and uncer-
tainties of exchange.
Italy has adopted the dollar in
place of the pound sterling, as the
standard of exchange. This is a
very significant proof of the trans
fer of the financial domination of
the world from Great Britain to
America.
The most profound result of the
great war was not the re-made map
of Europe, but the re-made financial
map of the world.
The United States would have in
evitably reached the position of
ruler of the trade and finances of
the nations, sooner or later, from
the sole force of economic growth.
But the war pushed the nation for
ward in its destiny with wonderful
strides, and now we stand on the
top of the world probably a gen.
GRAFTON sooner than we would have
if Europe had remained at peace.
d 1t will be some time before we
shall get the truth about the re-
ported "rioting" in the Malabar
district of India, in which, London
says, more than 1000 persons have
been killed. Malabar is one of the
recruiting and training centers for
Indian troops. If these troops have
rebelled we may soon see a second
stage in the remarkable native
movement for midas freedom.
Heretofore the followers of
Ghandi have refrained from the use
of physical force. But since Britain
has been making extensive military
preparations to meet forcible ma
tive uprising, it may be that the
leaders of the independence move
ment have decided upon a change
of tactics ere the adverse odds be-
come too great.
Six provinces in China now recog-
nize the Canton government headed
by Sun Yat-sen, of which WI Ting
fang, twice Chinese minister to the
United States, is foreign minister.
Three other provinces are co-operat-
ing with it. The Canton regime
thus represents a population of
221 100000 and an area of nearly
million square miles.
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. 8 Patent Once
BY X. c. B.

HAVE a problem. 7 AND WATCHED
them play.
AND I can't solve it.
=. TILL THEY were
AMI rT,s nm 70 vop through.
ro r,c,rpr :. 49,. AND ABOUT to
~ NJ !" '' leave.
AND 1T all began. AND THEN il was.
WHEN JOHN E. JACK CALLED tn.
Hazard. how
THE ACTOR man. WITH THE WORKOUT
shoes.
IN "'.Sets'Sf' AND ASKED of
WAS SITTING with him.
WHERE A shoe
IN AN automobile. '''i
,-s,nr THE , AND THE boy was
proud.
OF A city street. AND STAN
mered a little.
AND TWO street
youths AND BLUsHED
WERE PLAYING
handball. BUT HE wasn't too
proud.
AGAINST THE ..'
wall. TO GO along.
~ . r.d brick WITH THE actor
store.
AMI ONE - tbo AND GET new
youths.
WAS IN his bare As saw. The last we
feet.
AMI TUE otbor OF THE new shod
youth.
,,., HE WAS hurrying
WORE pair OF home.
shoes. ..
AND JACK and l.
heels WERE BACK in
the car.
AND THE soes of
them. AND WONDERING.
WERE WORN
through: rurrad ha'n DC
AND ALTO
gether. TO EITHER of us.
THEY WERE so THAT MAYBE the
THEY MADE ~ WHO WAS in hi,
hardly more. bare feet.
WAS IN need Of
FOR HALF his feet shoes.
AND so we sat I THANK you. -.
The Washington times., 1921-08-30
Mr.. 3. Baer
Copyright. 1921. by star ccmsany.
w. w. AND WHISPERS.

ERENCH scientist carols
l. morbidly that smoking
and drinking cause high
heeled sex TO grow boards.
UE We piped some drinks
w that would make an
iron deer gallop off
front lawn. But we didn't
know that tobacco would
make guinea pigs expert
ment on surgeon.
IF wild women are going
i to grow wild hairs on
face. we've got TO pass six
teen more amendments. We
don't want any debutantes
stepping around stumbling
on their boards. Poets
couldn't rave about down on
peaches cheeks II flapper-
ines had to send their whis-
kers to laundry to be ironed
and pressed.
DLACE for bearded frail
j is right alongside of
ossified man in Mr.. Bar
NUNS sawdust parlor. This
news from France is going
to scare many welfare
workers sober. Admitting
that two can shave as cheap
ly as one, still, no gent
wants TO lead another set of
Dundrearies TO altar.
WTOMEN have to reform
w their nimble ways.
Neighborhood Victrolas will
gossip right and left when
subnormal flapper in third
house from corner hennas
and hobs her beard.
IT is woman's business to
Il look beautiful in spite OF
natural handicaps. No shrill
citizen is going to knock
Venus off her pedestal IL she
skitters around with lam
brequin on her chin. Can in
fatuated couple spoon on
old-fashioned stuffed hair
sofa IL dearie Is wearing
stuffed hairs on her upper
lip?
SCIENTIST isn't sure
~ whether it's booze or
cigars that causes rash of
ingrown hairs to bust out
on Cinderella's map. Girls
should give 'em up one at
time. II It's bootleg syrup,
give up cigars. II it's to-
bacco, give up grapefruit.
MINE, women and whisk-
w etrs is all wrong like
left.handed piano player.
Secretary of Morris Plan or
some other leading citizen
should pass law compelling
ladies to pass up booze and
stick to chasers.
Little Thoughts No. I.
Little dabs of crimson.
Little puffs of white
Make a peacherino
Or a perfect fright!
Tambo-Why, II am mute
elated!
Interim. Simpson will
now sing Can They Spoon
on the Stoop in Fathers
Back"
The, spendthrift's dollars
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
THIRD co. WILL PARADE IN
 OVERCOATS AND STEEL HELMETS

Three more recruits were received into the ranks of the Third Company, c. A. C., c. N G., at their regular drill at the state armory Monday evening. A com pany order was read calling attention to the federal inspection of the company which will take place February 3. The inspection will be made by officers of the
 The men were fitted for overcoats and steel helmets in preparation for the street parade which they will give Thursday evening to mark the opening of the four night bazaar. The company has been mo- tifed that the Tenth Company of New London have voted to take part in the parade Thursday evening The Tenth company will arrive in Norwich by trol- ley at 7.45 o'clock.
 The parade which will be headed hy Tubbs Military band, will start at the armory at o'clock and the line of march will be down Mckinley avenue Franklin street, through Franklin square through Main street to Washington square, where the Third Company Will be joined by inc Tenth Company Of New London. back through Main street Franklin square to Burnham square countermarch to the square, up Frank. lin street and to the armory.
 The booths have been erected and tho decorating will begin today under the d. rection os Morgan Cronin. Rowlan6's Jazz band will furnish the music for tho dancing whichfwiH run continuously ur til midnight. Several feature attraction. are being worked up and will be an nounced by the committee as soon a! they are completed.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
CENTRAL BAPTIST Y.P. ELECT THEIR oFFIcHRs

Albert Brend was elected president of the B. Y. P. U. of the Central Baptist church at the annual meeting of the Union held Monday evening in Bushnell chapel There was an unusually large attendance at the meeting and the even ing proved most enjoyable one.
 The young people elected the following officers for the year 1921:
 President Albert Brend; vice nresi- dent, Robert Sage; recording secretary. Donald Gildersleeve; corresponding sec retary, Mrs. Willis Hill; treasurer. Miss Eugenie Dean.
 The annual reports of the officers and committees showed the past year to have been very successful one and the mem Ders of the Union are anticipating an equally successful year during 1921.
 At the close of the business session the remainder of the evening was devoted flo a social. Vocal selections by Miss Helen 5. ktlborn, young peoples leader. were eXcellently erndered and Miss Kilborn re. sponded to an insistent encore. Thare were also several well rendered piano solos.
 During the social hour, Willis Hill. TO. tlring president of the union, in behalf of the young people, presented Rev. Mir Purkiss handsomely bound Bible as a farewell token. Rev Mir. Purkiss. who with Mrs. Purkiss, was present at the ga. thering. accepted the gift with A few graceful words of thanks.
 Refreshments of hot chocolate. sand. W1ches and cakes were served.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
MASONIC TEMPLE CORPORATION
 REFLECTS OFFICIAL BOARD

The annual meeting of the Masonic Temple Corporation was held on Monday evening at the Masonic Temple. There was a large attendance and Arthur H. Brewer president of the corporation pre- sided. The following directors of the corporation were reelected: Arthur H. Brewer, Costello Lippitt, Charles B. Lee Howard L. Stanton. N. Douglas Sevin, Albert s. Comstock Frederick W. Les ter, James c. Macpherson and E. Allen Bidwell.
 At a subsequent meeting of the di- rectors of the corporation the following officers were reelected for the ensuing year:
 President. Arthur H. Brewer; vice president. Charles B. Lee; treasurer, Cos tello Lippitt; secretary, Frederick W Lester; bibfophihst, lbert s. Comstock auditor, Charles B. Lee; trustee for bond holders Nathan A. Gibbs; building com mittee. Charles B. Lee, Howard l.. Stan- ton, Albert s. Comstock; finance commit tee, Arthur H. Brewer Charles B. Lee Costello Lippitt3 superintendent, James C. Fitzpatrick.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
CUT THIS OUT OLD ENGLISH RECIPE FOR CA TARRH, CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
 AND HEAD NOlSEa

If you know of someone who is trouhled with catarrhal deafness, head noises CT ordinary catarrh, cut out tilis formula and hand it to them and you may have been the means of saving some poor sufferer perhaps from total deafness. in Englanl scientists for a long time past have rec ognized that catarrh is a constitutional disease and necessarily requires constitu- tional treatment
 Sprays, inhalers and nose douches are liable to irritate the delicate air passages and force the disease into the middle ear, which frequently means total deafness, or else the disease may be driven down the air passages towards the lungs. which 10 equally as dangerous. The following fer muls which is used extensively in the damp English climate, is a constitutional treatment and should prove especially ef- cacious to sufferers here who live unoer more favorable climate conditions.
 Secure from your druggist Ounce of Parmint Cdouble strenEth). Take this home and add to it 1-4 pint of hot water and little -granulated sugar; stir until times a day. This win often bring quick relief from distressing head noises. Clogged nostrilS should open, breathfhg { become easy and nearing improve as the inflammation in the custodian tubes is reduced. Parmint used in this way aee1 directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system and has a tonic actien that helps to obtain the desired resulta.
 The preparation Is easy 10 make. coots little and is pleasant to take. Every per son who has catarrh or head noises or is hard of hearing should give this treat ment a trial
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
HEARING ON REGULATION OF FUTURE EXCHANGES

Washington. Jan. 17.-Several propo- nents of bills to regulate future ex- changes which are now under Sonsidera- tion by the house agriculture committee said frankly today they did not expect the enactment of such legislation at this session, principally because of time. They added. however. that they expected the hearings now being held by the com- mittee to result in a basis being laid for such legislation at the next session.
 Two witnesses are yet 10 be heard by the committee before the hearings are brought to a close Herbert Hoover. for mer food administrator. will appear on Thursday and Clifford Thorne. represent ing the American Farm Bureau Fedora 1 tion, will be heard on next Tuesday. At today's hearing, Julius H. Barnes. former head of the United States Grain Corporation, urged that the proposed regulatory measures be not enacted until national marketing commission of men familiar with the subject can be appoint ed to conduct an exhaustive investigation of the situation.
 Wheat growers did not bear all the
 shrinkage in value Of their crop lasi
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
SUES sTEP-MoTHER's ESTATE
 TO RECOVER NONE

Judge C. B. Waller. presiding in the common pleas court here Monday, heard the trial of the case of Robert Secof Gelino of this eAy, against the adnnf1- istrator pt the estate of his step-Ynother, Mrs. Elizabeth Geliho. The case was euded when court adjourned and Judge Waller reserved decision.
 Attorney Joseph T. Tanning appeared for the administrator who is Attorney Marion R. Davis. '
 The plaintiff, who was in the navy in the world war, said he gave the de- ceased money to keep for him from Nov. 1, 1913, to Aug. 1, 1919, in weekly in- stalsuents and the amount was t5ss and it was never paid to him and the ad- irinistrator disallowed the claim.
 There is also an item of$se for re- pairing the lower floor of the house in April, 1s19. That vas also disallowed Damages of $500 are sought.
 Mrs. Gefino was killed by a trolley car on August l, 1918.
 After the plaintiff had ended his testi. Ineny he was followed on the witness stand by Nora Tracy, Thomas F. Con- ! nell, Louis Gill, Liilie P. Cote and Elier Ennetta
 |. A suit brought hy Nora Tracy against the estate for services as nurse wal 1 recently partially tried in the superior court but settled for $55o.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
ENTERTAINED FRIENDS ON
 BOTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

MT. and Mrs. Franklin F. Boyens of 47 Hamilton avenue entertained a number of friends at their home on Monday ev- ening, observing their 30th wedding an- niversary. The evening was delightful ly spent with music and games several of the guests rendering instrumental 80 los and others rendering vocal selections. Dainty refreshments were served by tho hostess in the prettily decorated dining room. Mir. and Mrs. Boyens received handsome gifts from their many friends. Those present were MT. and Mrs. Clinton D. Lane. Mrs. Frederick Tongren, Mrs. Eugene Boyens and daughter Marietta Boyens, MT. and Mrs. Carl Geib and son Ellsworth and Robert Gray.
 Mir. and Mrs. Boyens were married in Norwich and for the past thirty years have made their home in this city where MT. Boyens has been employed by the New Haven railroad as a conductor
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-18
GRIEVANCE OF INSTITUTE OF
 AMERICAN MEAT PACKERS

Washington, Jan. 1.-The attention of members of congress was called today by the Institute of American Meat Packers, through its Washington, office, to propo- sals submitted to the British parliament regarding the meat industry and said to be designed to restrain American pack CTS from further extending their world trade.
 The institute, in an open letter to sem report to parliament by a subcommittee of the standing committee on trusts. says this report was a ''consequence of the deliberate circulation in foreign countries by the federal trade commission" of the commissions report on its investigation of the Big Five packers conducted sev- eral years ago by direction of President Wilson.
 It is charged by the institute that the trade commission not only furnished copies of its report to representatives here of foreign governments. 5ut also asked the diplomatic bureau of ihe state department to transmit copies of the re port direct to those governments.
 The commission. 1t is charged further sent to the diplomatic bureau T form het' ter to be used in transmitting the report which said:
 There is enclosed herewith . copy of the summary of the report of the fedora trade commission on the meat jndustrJ which was recently released for publi cation by President Wilson. and whiel may be of interest to your governnlent' By this form letter" says the h. ! stitute's communication, President VII son was made to extend the invitation tt foreign governments to take the "funda mental action" which the commission said was necessary to prevent interna ! tional control of meat products by tn American packers.
 The institutes letter goes on to ga, that members of congress after readin the British committees report whie | quotes at great length from ,tire trad commission report, will appreciate tn serious disaster which threatens the live stock industry of this country as a cor sequence of the deliberate circulation i foreign countries by the federal trad commission of its false and unjui charges against the American packers."
 The British committees report, a
 gest of which was published recently the United States, says no complai if
 was made Cat hearings held by it) of LII
 fair trading on the part of the Amer
 can companies beyond severe cutting prices for the purpose of developir
 trade or clearing surplus stocks" but
 charges that there is at least a tacit ul
 derstanding between the American me,
 companies to respect each others DOS
 ton which secures to them all the ecol
 omic advantages of an active combIni tion"
 The committee finally recommends thi
 "it should be the declared policy of h } majesty's government to prevent the pc centage of the beef trade, which is . | t1 f- ~gr
 to the loss of producers at home and
 the dominions and of British importlr , companies" and that expansion of fo eign interests in the United Kingdo |. should be restrained by taxation and su' sidizing refrigerated shipping companie