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The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
WOODSIDE REELECTED
 COMMANDER IN CHIEF

Detroit. Sept. 24.-Captain Robert G. Wood of PittsburE was reelected commander in chief of the veterans of foreign wars today. John W. Jones of Portland. Oregon, was elected senior vice commander, Richard SeeIey Jones was elected junior vice commander. The next place of meeting is Seattle, where the convention will met.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
TO COMBINE COAST GUARD
 WITH LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE

Washington, Sept. 24.-There is considerable talk of combining the coast guard service in Alaska with the lighthouse service. These two services in this country are intim- ata]y connected and have a close re- Iattonship with the development of the territory.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
BELGIANS GET
 CHINA BRIDGE CONTRACT

PekWg Sept. 23.-Tho Chinese government has signed the contract for jhe construction of a ten million dollar railroad bridge across the Yellow river This contract was given to a Belgian firm.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

There has been drop In gasoline, and another is coming, the papers say. So who cares if the rents do remain high? Summer is coming, and the roads are good.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Two French doctors have found an- other sure cure for hyl7onhoAia and an English doctor k using serum that brings thr dead ro life if the ~cadur's crr1u'ity holds out
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
TREASURY COLLECTS
 HALF BILLION TINES

Washington. Sept 23.-The in- come and profits taxes collected by the treasury officials for the third quarter of this year totalIed a half billion dollars. This amount came from the treasury yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
ZR-3 VICTIMS GIVEN
 MILITARY HONORS

Washington. Sept 2&.-The vic tins of the ZR-2 were buried at Ar li1g.0n cemetery yesterday alter uoou. They We're given full mili- tarv hOuOrs.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
HUNTERS OUT FOR nfG CAME

A party of four hunters loft on this mornings train for the day g hunt for goat The 2a-t consisted cs Charles urruz7, Erl Johnston, %al,or Watts .Gd fla "lc Nulvihin When leaving they were debating whether to try s. glacier or go out by way of Warm pass.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
HINIEIgLEIsIsIgIElLE

In the capture of John w. Worth ington in Chicago the federal authori- ties believe they have taken one of the biggest leaders of criminals in the United States. He is said to be the chief of the gang that has perPe- trated many postal and Liberty bond robbsrles, their loot running into mil Hons of dollars.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Nothing" says a traveller, grows higher than a table in the Falkland islands" And then he Omits the in terestinc information Of how high a table grows there.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

The Dps>ImiSt is a man who kicks about his taxes heinz high this year while 'hr ourin6S' is the man who Is happy because he feels they are not SIS high this year as they will hc ncXr
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
SEATTLE BUSINESS MAN
 FOyND DEAD IN FOREST INN

Seattle, Sept. 23.-Louis Freder- icS Speaker, a business man of this city, aged sryty-three years, was found dead in Forest Inn today. The presumption is that he committed suicide
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
DiUGWTER-IN-LiW J. J. HILL
 GETS DIVORCE

Los Angeles. Sept. 22.-The wife of Walter T.. a son of the late James J. Hill, the railway magnate. secur- ed a divorce on the grounds of de- serti0n.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Former Prcsidou; DesChaUe; of France is said Co have recovered hls health. He Is too late about tan other muu has his job.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

The student advocates of hazinG contend 1t is a salutary discipline for newcomers. BuE how about salutary discipline for the hazerS?
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Those BritfShcrs going to a tropical island Co get freedom from taxation have il on the Pilgrims; they can pull their dinner on the trees.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Clothing prices will be notably low CT next spring. but She intervening months are likely to be cool to the persons who intend Co wait.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
Piles Cured i'm 0 co n Days

Piles Cured in 0 70 II Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails 10 cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restfuI sleep after first application. COG.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

Seattle, Sept. 2S.-James Camp bell, a pioneer hardware merchant of this city. is dead
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24
HOTEL MANAGER ARRESTED
 FOR STEALING

Seattle, Sept 2&.-H. E. Barrett, the manager of the Sorrento, a fashionable family hotel, was ar rested today. He is charged with stealing several thousand dollars from the concern.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-24

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-12
TO AN UNKNOWN.


Well there Amt no use a talkin, there's .
napper in this town,
That makes my old heart stutter, Just TO
know that she's around.
She has those raven" trssses, silky cob
webs OF the night,
Her eyes are blue as Junss fair skies, but
better far a sight
You have heard OF Georgia peaches-well
her cheeks are all o. that,
And the roses there "a bloomin' are no
rouge. I'll bet hat.
Her lips-Oh. lady, lsdy-they're . Cupid's
Bow. red,
And a tempting explanation of why boys
leave home" is said.
She is chic" but never chicken-she 10
shy. but not demure;
II old Venus had her chassis. she'd have
been a winner sure.
Eve and Cleo both were pikers. all tho rest
are 'also rams"
And although ] do not know her. I'm a
cheerin' from the stands.
p. S.-You tell EN- hinges, shes
something to adore. OHIO.
To M. T. JUG, 12-years old: Keep
on trying. Your poetry will hit H
and S all right some time.
To o. U. KID: Come on in, the
waters fine.
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absence makes the heart
grow fonder" but Johnny-on-
tho spot gets all the kisses.
+. VETTER-
IN THE PHONE DIRECTORY.

Picking out peculiar names from
the telephone directory, BOB 5. sup
plies these:
Fruits -APPLE, GRAPE, PLUM
making an ORCHARD.
Animals - BADGER, BEAVER
BUCK, DOE.
Occupations 49, BARBER, BAKER
BUTLER, PORTER.
Colors 49, BLACK, BLUE, WHITE
BROWN, GREEN.
Miscellaneous-Alle street. King
Queen, Marble, stone, Glover, Straw
Nickel Penny, Law, Rule, Wheat
RYE. Daily, Weekly.
Months - APRIL, MARCH, MAY
AUGUST.
"HIP" goes through the pages and
locates u. LYON. MULES, COWIE
DOERR and DOING.
u. II. looks through the pages and
nnds nearly all kinds of colors, fruits
etc. which he names. busy lot OF
fans. isn't It?
Follow this advice and you'll be
sue. essful in love;
woman prefers as lover
man who ncglccts her. She thinks
that sons day he viii love her;
rome day the ardent lover will
not PERCY and HARRY,
Chicka-Lacka Club.
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JUST FOR FUN.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I've cared for but two girls in my life-was
engaged to both-diamond and everything
(not at same time). The nrst was Vassar
graduate-plain but worth whle-a pal and
all that sort Of thing. 1t lasted two years
until tried to make her wear different kinds
OF clothes and not rant on woman's rights and
Russian art. And until she insisted that fin
ish school at Harvard and become a minister
absolutely impossible!
The second engagement lasted six months
"A very very hectic affair. She was just en-
tering Western University-young. cute, full
of the dickens, and pretty as they make EN-
Just the opposite Of the other girl. Her only
object in life-clothes, excitement, and a good
time! never knew her to open a book for
pleasure She was just a regular popular
novel butterfly She wanted to be with me
every minute-and we were! Every day and
every evening for six months, and some wild
new exciting and interesting thing each time.
1t lasted till she went to school, and learned
at q sorority dance that other fellows were
loving and kissing her. She admitted it-said
when with me there could be no one else in
the world, but alone and she just couldn't
help loving the others
Right away quick had vision Of what
marriage would be, SO licked a couple Of tho
fellows who had gone rather far, and left for
Washington with the ring, etc.
That very recent, but find can't be
happy unless there is one girl to care for.
Chasing them all is vulgar and uninterestinR.
What I want to know Is where to md hap.
py medum-not a Quaker, not a butterfly. 1t
Isn't money, the nrst had coolies, the second
nothing.
As for my own characteristics. I am sort Of
what am looking for--betwix and between!
Can dance a bit but not very well--didn't like
1t at colleg'e-put in all my time there playing
football, basketball, etc, Made all tho varsity
teams, and pretty nifty In that one line.
People all seem to like me, l guess because /
like them Girls say l look young and clean.
That always makes me think they are dears!
l don't care particularly about musn-coufd
20 with a girl for months and never think
about kissing. But IL she wanted to, and IL
/ cared a lot for her-well, I'm not q saint
anything.
My homo Ia in the West, am under twenty
five, and have been everything from
puncher and lumber jack to holder OF very
sedate office positions Am now
pays we'll but Is rather anemic.
perhaps, and to see what you have to say.
You are pretty clever
LOOKING ROUND.
And just for fun am printing your letter jus
as II came to me.
This is not for fun. I perceive that you are
sensible and look -before-you leap young man
and I hope that your letter will help the man,
girls who write to me to know what one mar
at least wants in a wife.
/ believe there are many other men possessed
Of your qualifications who are looking for jus
the sort OF girl you want.
So. giris. read this and become visa
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THE KNOTS NOT TIED

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am n girl Of eighteen and have been going
with a young man of twenty for about three
months. This young man dances a great deal
and seems enjoy 1t. As do not dance, do you
think 1 should ask him to give up dancing
or should give him UP. like this young man
very much, and IT would be difficult to give him
up. HAZEL
II to dance is all he knows. forget him. II ne
is interesting and entertaining keep him, and
don't ask him to give up dancing. He's been call
ing on you for three months You know you
haven't led him away from the altar yet. Hes
lust a friend and won't be dictated TO. II you
try It, you'll lose him. II you want him badly
enough why not learn to dance?
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OnCe-Overs
Copyright 1920 by International Feature Service Inc
LOOK BEHIND THE CLOUDS.
J. j. MUNDY.
By K. C. B


When you prone to look on life as a drab
and dreary existence, get into your thought
channels the pictures you can recall OF happy
events in your past life.
Think OF the things which have given you the
greatest pleasure and see II you do not feel hap
pier and more pleased with life.
Until you get control of your mind and are
able to shut out the unpleasant things you may
have many gray days.
when the future looks full OF gloom you do
your work in a half-hearted manner. and you
are in no condition to change the dark space OF
your life.
But when you can shut out at will. all thought
Of disappointment and foreboding and put in its
place happy anticipation. you have an incen-
tive to make you work to some good purpose
and get more out OF living.
There Is a whole lot OF good, n whole lot OF
happiness but It is to each for him or her.
self to find the golden horizon beyond the bank
OF clouds.
Get your share OF sunshine by radistins q
happy thought and 1t viii return twofoid-
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON.

wv VI " NN's
(IsSued RI2I, A. d.
Taken from Page SO, the page be.
fore that having described the re-
adjustment Of social and economic
conditions following in the wake OF
the Great War:
on or about this time. there existed
In the Nations Capital a strange clan
or organization OF people who. Ac-
cording TO noted historians and zoolo-
gists. either migrated to or adopted
for their Abodes certain sections Of
southern Washington, notably along
West French Avenue, then known as
'F" Street Tradition tells US that
these queer people were known as
"Cskers' or "CakeeRters," the origin
OF which terms is quite obscure. Dill
gent research has ayailed little record
OF these beings, other than the fact
that they were easily distins uishable
by their foppish attire and that their
Intelligence was somewhat inferior to
that OF the average persons Of those
days IL Ii claimed, however, that
these people possessed every evident
characteristic OF human beings and II
IL highly probable that they spoke the
American language, then called the
English. Considering the comparative
ly short duration OF their existence the
above statements and theory have
been universally accepted.
Would like someone TO write
Pa 94.) TRlBBY.
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misunderstood

win you let me, said the student
As he quickly dofred his cap
But the maiden. with a right hand.
Handed him an awful slap.
And the students face was crimson,
As he stood before the lass.
But he finished out his sentence
viii you kindly let me pass?"
WARDMAN PARK
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IN A SOUTHERN CAMP.

Down In Southern camp were
many negroes. A colored private was
doing duty for the first time one
night. He heard some one walkingI
and this followed:
Guard-Who dat?
Answer-Who dat?
Guard-Who dat say who dat when
I say who dat? PEP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-12
MIR. B. Baer
ON
THE PNEUMATIC ToUPEE

The League Of Nations Is
still trying to warm Its
mittens on a plate of cold
soup. They established their
nrst birthday yesterday al
ter year OF turnip
squeezing and other blood
less victories.
Their efforts to make the
League a transatlantic
duet fell on stony cranial
ground in the Senate. An
entanGling alliance is no
bonus.
The q. s. has refused .
guest card in the next war.
Nothing doing until our
taxes have healed. All
diplomats will be shown
into the Laughing Room Of
the U. S. Treasury. which
needs million dollar an
mex to hold Europe's prom
Uses Of payments.
Concerning humanitarian
measures. the League an
nounces that II will organ
ize two more famines to
fight American funds
Efforts at world conci1ia-
ton have succeeded in
gaining peace for zap ISL
and and q bumper crop of
blackjacks for Queens and
Manhattan boroughs. Fair
words and treaties are
sweet and pretty. but the
pneumatic toupee Is not to
be sneered at.
Consumers Of souvenir
postcards and Sightseeing
addicts are warned that the
toupee with the inner tube
Is the proper headgear for
New York this season. when
blown up to touring capac-
ity II takes the stress and
strain OF the girders of
the dome. A fathcrly pat
with a yard Of lead pipe on
the exposed knob Ia liable
to make you a charter
member Of the paper doll
breeders association OF
Matteawan.
New York is not respon-
sihle for visiting skulls I'M
less checked at tho door.
The pneumatic toupee is
the only answer to the
sandbagging epidemic. Any
body who has lived in this
town over a year Is immune
to drumming on the waffle.
Spank a veteran New York
er over the thinking slab
with an axe handle and he
will think you are paging
him for the next dance.
But tourists are more or
less softened up by expos
ure to the reading matter
In the Saturday Evening
Post. A head full OF love
and romance can't shed
punishment like n skull
loaded with rent and ticket
scalping.
Our cemeteries are hang
ing out standing Room
only" signs. Due to SUBJ
urban immigrants not taxi
ing proper precautions
when seeing New York by
starlight. The evildoer who
stalketh by night will rock
you to sleep with the hard-
ware lullaby.
when ordering your over
sized pneumatic toupee.
send In. both sizes OF your
head. Expanded and at
] rsst-
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BLUE-LAW DAYS.

When the blue laws get here
the pastime will be sitting in
church Sundays and betting on
propositions like these:
!. VIII the next girl coming in
be a blonde? Odds against this,
2 to I.
2. VIII the text be from an odd
or even chapter? Even bet.
3. Who will cough next, a man
or a woman? HAPPY SIX.
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A EERKENT YER.

A FERVENT PRA fER.
E. M. O'SULLIVAN says he
found a prayer in the Congressional
Record, part of a Congressional
speech. A colored revivalist was
about to start a meeting, and, intro
ducing him, the church's minister
told him there were "some powerful
bad negroes in this here congrega,
ton" The minister then prayed
for tho revivalist:
O, Lord, give Brother Jones the eyn
OF the eagle, that he may SEQ sin from
afar. Glue h,s ear to the gospel tele.
phone, and connect him with the cen
trail skies illuminate his brow with =
brightness that will make the hres OF
hell look like n tRllow capdle. Nail
his hands to the gospel pillow, and bow
his head IN some lonesome valley whore
prayer Ia much wanted TO be said. an
anoint him all over with tho korossns
oil Of Thy salvation and st hirn snr~-
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ARIZONA IKE
Wasn't 1t Shakespeare who
said: The fiatter the plate, the
fewer tho soup?" r. w. z

A HINT FROM ALEXANDRIA
Here's the latest fdd for the
benefit of Washington girls and
cakes: Put mucild0e on tho eye
brotDs instead of pluckino them
It makes them look like they hdue
been picked. Guaranteed to stdD
on until ,1ashed of.
THREE ALEXANDRIA GIRLS.
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In these days you're either .
gentleman" or q guy"
+. VETTER-

My grandmother cuts out and hles
Heard and Seen every day. She has
it as far back as one year. Great
old column.
pEDNLNCE IA CVNTY
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QEATRICE FAIRFAX
~ GIVES
-ADVICE-

TO MY CORRESPONDENTS:
So many letters come to this department
that it is impossible to answer all Of them:
But many are similar one to the other. ana
il ia hoped that II your letter Is not published
YOU may ind your answer in the reply to one
who has written you have.
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Our Insults to Russia
" Are the Very Worst Policy

with the VlctorS In the european
war does come.
The friends we can have are Rus
STA, China and the countries of Cen
trail Europe. With those nations
tied to us in bonds of amity and
mutual welfare, it would go hard
with any hostile alliance that as
sailed US.
All our foreign policies should be
shaped to establish and maintain
these vital friendships with Russia,
China and Central Europe.
1t is madness to ALLEVIATE these po-
tential friends, and so find ourselves
alone and friendless when the time
comes to repel the assaults of Eng
land and Japan.
Yet that is exactly what the pres
ent Administration is doing.
Mr.. Wilson did his best in Paris
to ALLEVIATE China, our good friend,
and to strengthen Japan, our certain
enemy, when he consented to the in
famous theft of Shantung by Japan.
Now Mr.. Wilson is doing his best
to ALLEVIATE Russia, always the good
friend of America, by blockading
trade with Russia and by expelling
the representative of the Russian
government from the United States
with every possible mark of public
insult.
The whole foreign policy of the
Administration for the past six
years has been to strengthen our
probable enemies and to ALLEVIATE
and to weaken our only probable
friends.
Mr.. Martens has represented his
government here for more than two
years.
This real representative of the
only government Russia has-and a
very powerful government it is
has been insultad, prosecuted by the
agents of Palmer, deprived of the
privilege Of receiving mails and
money from his own country, and
finally ordered deported as a COM
mon criminal.
1t is all so terribly foolish and so
incredibly idiotic that it seems more
like the conduct of insanity than
the deliberate policy of great and
supposedly sane government.
Fortunately there are Americans
in the Congress who have more
sense and more foresight and less
prejudice and petulance than the
White House shelters, and in both
the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives there will be vigorous
protests against this abuse of the
Russian representative and this in
defensible insult offered to the Rus
sian government.
We must trust to the good sense
and patience of Russia to await the
action of another and wiser Presi-
dent, and in the meantime to &C
cept the voices of such true Ameri-
cans as Senators johnson and
France and Borah and Norris as the
real voice of intelligent American
sentiment.
America MUST be on good terms
of friendship with Russia and with
China.
Let China wait in confidence that
this country will never ratify ia
pans theft Of Shantung.
Let Russia wait in confidence that
her representatives will not again
be insulted and driven from the soil
of the United States.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
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set forth the reasons why Eng
land and Japan will combine to
make war upon us. Shaw's reason
ing is sound. So is his conclusion.
1t is obvious that America has at
present no friend in Europe. 1t is
also obvious that there is distinct
menace to America in the jealousy
which both England and Japan en-
terrain toward America. The most
rudimental craftsmanship must see
the necessity of Americas having
SOME friends in the world, in view
of this very definite and dangerous
menace.
The friendships America can make
are with China, with Russia and with
various countries of Central Europe.
If America had such friendship,
even though they were not actual
alliances, England and Japan would
be compelled to hesitate in any medi-
tated attack upon America for fear
of what might happen on their
flanks or rear while they were at
lacking America.
The highest patriotism is intelli-
gent concern for the welfare of our
own people and our own country.
We must not substitute prejudice
for patriotism, and fail, because of
individual likes or dislikes, to do
what is truly for the greatest good
of our country.
What we should not do is exactly
what we have done in the Martens
case.
Mr.. Wilson's prejudice against the
Russian Soviet leaders has led him
to believe it to be patriotism to drive
the representative Of the Russian
Republic from the United States.
But that is not patriotism; it is
personal prejudice.
1t is a gross and inexcusable
blunder
More than that, it is blow at our
future national safety, and therefore
highly UNPATRIOTIC.
The Hearst newspapers urged
America to keep out Of the Euro
pean war, and to husband its re-
sources in men, money and ma
terials for its OWN NEEDS, which
might at any time be crucial.
1t was plain then to any man who
would take the trouble to use his
mind that whatever side was vic
torious in the European war, the
victorious side would be a menace
to the peace of America, and it was
the duty of true craftsmanship to
reserve all our resources to repel
that ultimate menace, rather than
to waste those resources in quarrels
and conflicts which were not ours.
1t was evident then that if Ger
many should win, the arrogance of
Germany after her victory, and her
greed for further growth, would
probably result in a conflict with
the United States, and it was equally
obvious that if England should win,
her power and ambition for world
domination would also soon threat
en- a conflict with the United States.
Therefore it was plainly our pa
triotic duty, for the protection Of
our own country, to maintain our
strength for that coming conflict