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The Washington times., 1921-12-11

saving would be nil II they con-
structsd enough to give full pro-
lection to their coast and to ward
off surface ships and submarines of
an enemy.
The necessity of a world agree
ment/to outlaw all submarines. in
addition to the fact that there IL no
honorable or worthy part they can
play in war. is that they lend them
selves to construction by methods of
stealth. No nation can build a
dreadnaught In a secluded corner.
1t must lay too big a keel But
submarines may be constructed In
parts in half dozen places and
In q short time assembled and II
any nation desired to construct
large fIotillas 1t could do 70, store
the engines In one place and the
various parts in other places and
nobody would be the wiser. Ger
many followed that course. The
SA'eo~ SsSsoo Hou OuBiHeo uuiit lii
st. Louis and Groton while the hulls
were built at ship-building plants
far removed from the factory where
the engines were constructed. Mr..
Balfour said in the conferences: Sub
marines are class most easily
abused in their use and which, in
fact. in the late war. were most
grossly abused"
Not only do they operate by
stealth. but they can be built in a
way not to attract attention, and
upon q signal hastily assembled. and
strike In tho dark. No such weapon
should be tolerated by = civilized
country.
Tho only course to pursue With
reference to the submarine ts one
Of annihilation and prohibition of
new construction. Before the con.
ference can be said to have done
tho ono essential thing II must
treat submarines as Mr.. jefferson
treated pirate crafts.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
BY Universal Service.

BY Universal Service.
r ONDON, Dec. 10.-".Girls should
not play football, box. or motor
cycle"
This is the opinion Of Or. LeSitia
Fairfield. who during the war was
medical officer to the royal air force
girls. many of whom came under
her inspection.
DR.. Fairfield contributed some
bright remarks to a discussion on
Games for Girls" that followed a
meeting by the Medical Officers
Association.
Football Is growing more popular
among women, especially In the
north Of England" said DR.. Fair
field. "and I think that women
should be warned against it's insult.
ability. for 1t results in considerable
strain not incurred in many other
games. Motorcycling and boxing
have also great disadvantages for
women" I
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Capital Was Burned.

Pursuing his inquiry further. he
would find that navy officers had
always tried to do 30. but that Con-
gress and the people Except during
actual war; had unvaryingiy denied
10 navy officers the things they said
they needed, and had usually de-
nounced them as ''militarists" and
breeders Of war" for mentioning
the subject.
He would find that, about the
year 1900, the navy had sunk so
low that the United States OF Amer.
ica had to pay tribute to the pirates
OF the Barbary coast, in order to
persuade them to let our merchant
chips pass in peace.
Congress finally appropriated
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
BY REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY
4. FISKE. u. s. n. ~

4. FISKE, u. 8. N.
y A conference Of the great nations
y now discussing limitation of arm
aments and allied matters. The
reason for discussing the subject
is that ornaments, especially naval
ornaments, have become exceeding
ly expensive.
One can easily see why Great
Britain's navy has become expen-
sive: because II has been the great
est navy in the world for more
than century. and Britain has
lust gone through a four-year war
In which her navy played a more
important part than any other
navy or any other army.
1t is easy to see also why ia
pans navy has become 30 .expen-
sive as to be burdensome; because
Japan is a very small and q very
poor country. 1t Is easv to see
also why the French and italian
navies have become burdensome to
their countries; for the war has
left them poor indeed.
But why has her present navy
become burdensome to the United
States? 1t has never been neaIy
as great as the British navy. 1t did
little actual fighting in the war.
and the United States Is much
more wealthy than any other coun-
try.
The navy itself has not become
burdensOmo to the United States.
The great financial burden now
borne by the United States cannot
reasonably be charged to her navy.
1t Is due to the, hastiness Of the
measures which the Government
had to undertake when we entered.
the great world war, the unpre-
paredness that caused the hasti-
ness, and tho unreasonable degree
Of anti-militarism that caused the
nnpreparedness. .
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Golf Nerves

LONDON, Dec. 10.-Lady Astor.
M. p, supported by Lord Riddcll,
in presenting prizes at the finish Of
women's foursome tournament at
Ranelagh recently, took the oppor-
tunlty of instancing women's equal
ity with men in the matter of
nerves.
She referred TO the brilliant pu..
ting, which had been a feature of
the tournament. and declared that
p this WAS purely a matter of nerves.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Bought In Haste.

No person can reasonably object
to reducing the size Of q navy. when
a country Is in financial difficult
ties; but when one notes the enors
nous cost Of the world war to tho
United States, and compares It with
the relatively small amount Of
fighting which our troops and sail
ors did. and with the comparative
ly short time in which we were
actually in the war. 1t Ii in order
to point out that no endeavor OF
any kind has been made to ascer-
tain why 80 little actual war cost
such an exorbitant sum.
1t is respectfully suggested that
such an endeavor should be made.
II commercial firm finds that 1t IL
suffering from excessive expendi-
ture, It does not Immediately cut
down the whole establishment; 1t
tries to ascertain what the cause
is, and sometimes II calls In an
efficiency expert. This efficiency
expert proceeds to analyze the e1-
penditures of tho firm. ascertain
the cause Of the excessiveness and
discover a means to remove it.
If an efficiency expert should be
called in to ascertain why the
United States navy land equally
the United States army has been
30 expensive to the country a. to
cali forth tho cry for help now
raised by her taxpayers. he would
first note tho fact that tho great
expenditures have been caused. not
by the necessities Of the navy in
times Of peace, but by its necessi-
ties in times of war.
This, Of course. he would expect
to find; for war has always cost
more than peace. But he would
find besides that, during every war.
the navy has been forced to buy
materials Of all kinds in such haste
that It was impossible for It to
pursue economical measures in buy
ing. or for the manufacturers to
pursue economical measures in
manufacturing.
After finding this he would txy
to ASCERTAIN why It Wa that the
navy found itself in = position in
which such haste was necessary.
BAng an efficiency expert, he
would naturally presume that the
officers Of tho navy had realized
that war was not only possible. but
certain at some time in the future.
and had continuously exercised the
foresight which mon in other kinds
OF business exercise. and had pro-
vided those munitiona- and other
materials that correspond to the
stocks Of goods which merchants
provide.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

LONDON. Dec H. r
m HE New Woman! ] should like
to msst her! Ny, own feeling
IL that all things continue murh
a. they were. rs there any
thing" the prophet asl<s. where
Of II may be said. See. this 10 new!
1T hath been already Of old time,
which wAs before u.s." Certain
notifications in the life of the mod.
ern world and some Developments
in human thought and feeling chief
ly affecting the Western nations,
have. no doubt. somewhat altered
both the state and tho status of
women-or. perhaps I should say.
Of many womsn-as they have also
changed the manners and mike
up Of many men. But this, also.
hath been already Of old time"
To mention only one or two sx-
amplea- The women Of Israel. after
the return from the Babylonian cap
tivtty. were evidently much enlarged
In their ideas and in their freedom.
The women Of Rome developed . new
outlook on the world after the great
political changes there. The alb
solute power Of the husband over
the wife yielded to the new spirit
she ceased to be. ~ formerly. a
chattel: dover was guaranteed; ahs
obtained power over her own prop
erty. and at least q share in the
control OF her children. In later
times. after the French Revolution.
and especially in the years Of and
following the First Empire. there
was again = kind Of amplified fem
intns VINO invaded and Influenced
svsry GLASS Of her sistars throughout
Europe. Al to dress, department,
pursuits. amusements, relations with
the other sex. and education. she
showed a remarkable freshness of
life and conduct.
IDEAL WOMAN.
But these changes scarcely sntitie
us to speak Of those concerned as
II there had been a New Woman
Nor have found-at any rate.
apart from the wonderful women
Of the Salvation Army-anything
today which justifies us in claim
ing any such new order Of beings.
All the same. there might be! Tho
phrase, however lacking as q descrip-
ton Of what Ii, might conceivably
prove to be a prophecy. could
imagine "a new womanv' I could
wish for her! Given certain
premises I could even venture to
promise her! But even then I
have a strong suspicion that.
II and when she arrived. a great
many Of her contemporaries would
cry out, why. she hath been
already Of old time, which was be-
fore u.s.
Here are some Of my thoughts
about her. She would be the guar
dian in human life Of the three great
qualities which. admittedly, woman
IL by nature most able to exempiify.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

Fidelity would come first-the very
integrity Of trustiness-influencing
toward al that belongs to the ready
and constant observance Of promises
and the keeping of faith. whether in
private life. in business relation
ships. or in public affairs. Reality.
or perhaps / should say devotion to
reality. would come next In my pic
ture. She would Influence the life
Of the world toward trueness and
against shams. whether in the home,
in the mill. or In the mart. in the
trades. or the professions: above all,
among the children. ~ well as
among the children of older growth.
When. long ago-how long / do not
like to recall-I, boylike. anxious to
cut . good figure before my school
fellows a. . parsons son. com
plained to my mother, Catherine
Booth. that my shabby clothes re-
vealed our poverty, she used to say
to me: willie. we are poor; why do
you wish to appear anything else7
Would not that be untrue?" Then
love. the new woman's conception Of
love, would not be q narrow thing,
limited to the sentimental or
sensual. or circumscribed by her
family. or even bounded by . coun-
try. 1t would be "love light" not
something too good for human na-
lures daily food" but just the very
food for tho want Of which the life
of mankind in every stage Of devel-
opment, In every class. in every age.
perishes. I abhor the degraded no
ton that love In . woman can only
b seen. or can only be seem at its
best. whom associated with sex and
sex instincts. The true woman VIII
find her love the highest when 1t u
widest. for then II will be nearest to
the love Of her Maker.
Our new woman would afresh dis
cover that a wide. free, full life real
ly comes by service. Her virtues.
her hopes. her affections would be
enlarged by their own activities. In
spiration comes by exercise" The
greater the nature, the larger the Ia
Dor 1t will give. The great God him.
self In tho greatest servant of all.
Heart power" said Sir Walter
Scott. ''is the greatest power" but
II never will be that unless It comes
into action. Service is loves saliva
ton. Love grows by what 1t feeds
on. The petty superficialties Of our
modern social life are bad training
ground for affection. The theater
and the cinema are bad school for,
the heart. and modern fiction but .
poor lesson book for those who were
created to love. The fact is that ssrv-
Ice consecrated by affection is the
true education - the higher educa-
ton of the soul: above all, Of a wom-
ans soul. Love In action becomes
also its own reward. The poet Is not
quite right when he says OF love.
Those who inspire II most are fortunate,
but those who feel II most
Are happier still,
Should he not have said that they
are most fortunate who most inspire
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

1t. Just because It 10 they who will
feel 1t most?
II 1t be suggested that lean here
too much to the emotional and e1-
pect too much from the influence OF
emotion, would say that the New
Woman's power will be impressed
on her contemporaries by that very
thing. Emotion, far more than rea-
son. will be her means for enriching
the world and raising the hopes and
ambitions Of her fellows to the high
est things. But 1t will be a prac-
tical emotion, purified by love and
sustained by the power Of sacrifice
in tho service Of all.
AUTHORITY OF CONSCIENCE.
The New Woman / hope for will
make the great surrender-the sur
render to the authority Of Conscience.
Enormous cleavages Of opinion
have arisen as to the nature and
origin Of mans moral and spiritual
faculties. but I find widespread in
all the earth, almost Irrespective of
creed or race, q wonderful recogni.
ton. often implied when not ex-
pressed, Of the greatness Il had al
most said the majesty Of his inward
authority. No doubt conscience re.
quirss instruction; ignorance often
darkens 1t, sin defiles 1t. But, even
at its weakest, honestly followed,
It VIII find tho knowledge 1t re-
Quires, and guide us to the light.
Well. then, tho New Woman will
submit to its guidance-ths guild
ance Of her convictions Of right and
wrong. She will have them, and in
this sense she will be q law unto her
self. Her highest standards, over.
lsaping tho lower. will be supreme
In her own life. She VIII bow to her
own ideals; and whether or not she
regards conscience a. I do. AZ deriv.
ing its marcslous authority from the
Divine Wfll. she will accept II as
lifting her above the perversions of
moral judgment and the deadeninx
OF spiritual perceptions which she
finds among those around her who
live only unto themselves
Here I feel that I ought to ada
another word. Conscience cannot
supply the power which il needed
to obey its, behests. I think It was
Bishop Butler who said: Had It
strength az It has right; had II pow
er a. II has manifest authority. 1t
would absolutely govern tho world
Alas! II has not power. How then.
shall woman-shall we, all-observs
its behests and conform ourselves
to its demands? It is here that tho
great promise OF Christ. with it's
high note of hope and courage.
meets us. To all who believe upon
Him and place their lives at His dis
posal, He gives not only the promise
another world, but He gives the
greatest promise of all, the promise
Of strength to obey the inward voice
here and now-the promise Of
power to become. even in this work.
aday world. the sons and daughters
NJ God
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
INVITE SUGGESTIONS.

QO) Let q circular be issued to the
commanding officers and chiefs Of
branches and sections and boards of
the army and navy air service, in.
viting their suggestions and CO.
operation in the matted Of establish
ing economic management Of air
stations and branches and placing .
premium for economic management
Of air service as q whole.
uD To rebuild the morale of the
air service and establish a line Of
demarkation between right and
wrong. 1t should be made known
that henceforth conduct will be
Judged by the West Point code OF
honor and moral code. and such
practice as aerial JOY riding. caus-
ing the destruction of aircraft and
motors so As to reduce the stock in
hand. and favoring manufacturers
against other manufacturers or
against the best interests OF the
Government, will no longer be toll
Grated. but will be severely pun
ished, as is provided by the West
Point code of honor In the case OF
cadets who utter fa,sehoods or COM
NIT other ungentlemanly acts.
(12) Let the motto Of the army,
navy and postal air service be 90
operation, coordination. concentra-
tiOn {" paCh aeryico vporLyo~ .nv
arately in friendly competition to
achieve maximum efficiency at .
minimum cc-t.
These twelve provisioxs can be put
into effect Immediately. without ad.
ditional expense. or additional laws,
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
(Formsr Secretary Of the NaOy)

nsr Secretary Of the NdOy)
One of the Reasons That Limi-
tation of Armaments Confer
ence SHOULD Abolish Subma-
rines Is That They Can Be
Built and Operated by Stealth.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
HARM FOR WOMEN i'm
THESE THREE SPORTS?

"dirls Should Not Play Football Box or Motor
cycle" Asserts DIR. Letitia Fairchild, War
time Medical Officer to Royal Air Force Girls
of Britain-Another Woman Doctor Advo-
Gates Rope Climbing.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
By GENERAL BOOTH

(Ban0eH Booth Son of William Booth Founder Of
the Salvation Conand)
"Ou New Woman Must Discover That Wde Free, Full Life Really
Comes by See-Her Virtues Her Hopes Her Affections Would BE
Enlarged by Their Own Acvits-Seice is Loves Savaon
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
CHARM in OLD GRAvEYARDS
Pleasant Spots Where One May
Mediate on the Fleeing Pro-
cession Of Life.

There Is charm about old grave
yards. They are to us, says the Spring
field Republican, what mellow autumn
afternoons cannot express. They are
deserted old houses, haunted by former
owners. In them Is the reminder Of
other days that makes up the atmos-
phere of old theaters where many ia
nous Hamlets and Lady Teazles have
trod the boards. There one can follow
"the hoary chronicle of the ages" back
to the beginning of time.
There are little graveyards by the
sea with waving grasses and wild Gin
namon pinks where sea captains are
laid to rest. There are others shut off
from the business section Of large
cities by gates that close at shutdown,
where the founders of the city find
peace after their labors. Into these
secluded spots pert Twentieth-century
stenographers go to eat their monday
lunch and discuss their new hats and
new beaux, with only an occasional
one more imaginative than her friends
to give thoughtsto the long dead and
ponder on the fleeting procession OF
life. There are still other graveyards
with clipped hedges and formal garden
plots, reminiscent of the clipped and
patterned lives that have been care
fully laid away there to rest. Hedged
In by convention all their lives and
Swallowed by cypress-hedges and cy-
press are their lot after death.
However graveyards differ, they are
all friendly resting place for the idle
wanderer or the vagabond poet. A
pleasant picture that Of young Walter
Pater going to the graveyard and sing
ing Greek songs to the birds there.
Pleasant, too, the picture of Thomas
Gray writing his elegy in country
churchyord.
Beware, however, the modern grave
yard. Where granite stands up glisten-
Ing In the sun, where flowers are fresh
on new-made graves, and funeral pro-
cessions may be met, is not the place
to wander in. There grief is too near
and too new. Choose a Gods acre
where the grass Is overgrown, where
weeping willows and grimacing cher
ubs decorate the stones, and where the
last line of the epitaph is sunk into
the ground. Every graveyard has at
least 1t old part, mellowed by the
passing Of time.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
PUREBRED MOST PROFITABLE
Louisiana Dairyman Finds Regis
tered Stock Superior to Grade
Cows for Family Use.

Developments in the Better Sires,
Better Stock" crusade continue to
show that there is trend not only
from scrubs to better stock but even
from grades to purebreds. Il had
three extra-good grade cows for fam
lily use," a dairyman in Iberia parish,
La, writes to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, but, he add
ed, II concluded to get registered an
imals, since such stock is better and
more profitable" This datryman is
also a breeder of standardized White
Wyandotte fowls.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
Not Exactly.

Aunt Jane, who was spinster,
came to visit her sister and family of
four children. And from the very first
auntie was very much given to Offer
Ing advice to her sister on the way to
feed, dress and treat her children gen
orally. The sister listened in perfect
good humor, but not so Sally, her eff
cient helper. And frankly, Sally said
so. Look here, Miss Jane" she be-
gan, what do old maids like you and
me know about raisin' children? We
hain't never had none and person
has to have children to know how to
raise them"
Aunt Jane smiled tolerant smile.
"Oh, not always, Sally" she returned.
"Now, take those little chickens out
there. Don't you think you know
more than their mother? You feed"
But Sally interrupted her. "Yas,
ma am, feed them, if that's what you
mean. But l hain't never yit taught
any Of them to scratch-have IT'-In-
dianapOliS News.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
Great Hotel Is uneompIeted.

If our civilization passes, Martians
of the future who explore the site OF
Twentieth century London will won
der at the steel skeleton of frames
and Orders, seven stories high that
rises above Piccadilly.
The structure was started seven
years age. It was intended to be the
Park Lane hotel and would have been
one of the most elegant and best stu
ated hotels of England. But since the
outbreak Of the war not stroke of
work has been done on the structure.
Today it stands just as it stood when
the last workman left 1t In 1914.
The year 1921, with tight money
labor troubles and high costs, is not
a good time to start building expensive
hotels. No buyers are in sight, and
1t is improbable that any will appear
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
CALIFORNIA TO GROW DATES
Possibility That That State May Be-
come Center of Culture of Fruit
in the World.

Within a few years the Salton sea
basin, near Indio, CAL, may become
the center Of the worlds date culture
thanks to the efforts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture For nearly twenty
years the bureau of plant industry has
been endeavoring to procure shoots OF
the date palms which bear the fruit
known commercially as the Sadly, OF
Wahi, and Sewi varieties. So difficult
was the source Of the splendid fruit
to trace that, up to 1913, only a few
shoots had been procurable. At that
time an immense grove of 100000 of
the palms in the oasis Of Dakhla, Tunis,
was discovered.
Negotiations for the purchase of
specimens having been satisfactorily
concluded, the collection of the shoots
was begun. That it was slow is ac-
counted for by the fact that tree puts
forth only twenty to thirty shoots dur
ing it's lifetime. However, the collec-
ton was finally completed and the
work of setting out $500 of the young
trees will be started within the near
Mechanics Magazine.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-08
TO FIGURE COSTS OF
PRODUCING POTATOES
Investigations Made by ExT erts.
in Several States.
Simple Problem TO Ascertain Various
Items Figuring In Expense Col.
umn-Charge for the Use Of
Land Must BE Added.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
> Man labor, horse labor, fertilizers,
and seed constitute about so per cent
of the total cost of potato production
in average practice, according to in
vestigations by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture experts in
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New
York and Maine. These items can
easily be ascertafned by any farmer
who wishes to keep check on farm
profits, and 1t is simple problem, u.s.
ing them as a basis, to find out the
total operating expenses, including