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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-30
Sunshine Sponge Cake

6 eggs.
l cup sugar (scant).
l cup -four (neasure after slftlng)
Juice from one-haf lemon.
Beat whites till light, add 1-2 cup
sugar and IA teaspoon salt, beat
again tiff Ike meringue.
Beat yellows, lemon juice and sug-
ar till cream. Add 10 beaten whites
being careful to mix we'll; sift -four
into mixture in thirds, mixing lightly
with egg beater. Use Toured tin
baking pan and. cook IS minutes IN
very slow oven. Allow to cool in pan
turned upside down. A wet cloth put
on bottom of pan helps to remove
cake easily,
I Sunshine sauce for sunshine sponge
cake:
2 cups sugar.
/ cup water.
a egg yolks..
I tablespoon lemon juice or 2 table
spoons orange juice.
cup sweet cream.
Boil sugar and water till syrup
sgpinY thread when cooled. Beat
yolks and lemon juice till creamy.
Add syrup while iot) to yolks and
stir TIL cool. Stir whipped cream IN
to mixture ana keep cool. If a de-
'ifcious yellow icing is desired simply
omit the cream and you have it. >
Evening star., 1921-06-05

head the War Department rather than
the Navy Department was very accept
able to him. The high ranking officers
in the Navy and Marine Corps are
old friends of his They were in the
academy at the time he was. It
would have been decidedly embar-
RAISING for him to pass judgmknt
upon the qualifications of these old
personal friends when 1t came to pro-
noting one above the others. Many
of the men who went out Of the Navy
with him became officers in the Ma
rine. Corps. Maj. Get !. George
Barnett U. s. NJ. c.. was Secretary
Weeks roommate for instance. at
the Naval Academy. : There was 4
time not long ago when every colonel
in the Marine Corps was an old class
mate Of Mr.. Weeks
Another Of Mr.. Weeks classmates,
by the. way, is Senator. ovington E.
Weller Of Maryland. the second Navy
man to be elected to the Senate. He
and Senator Weller have continued
their old friendship. And still an
other 10 Admiral Uriu Of the Japanese
navy. who Is coming to this country
on a special mission within the next
few. weeks. Admiral Urfu. who; was
educated at the Naval Academy. in
accordance with. the customary couf-
, tesy extended hy--this country ~
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service in the House. as well as my
service in the Senate, was never a
member of a congressional commit
tee dealing with naval affairs. In the
House. when came to that body in
1905, Representative Roberts Of Massa-
chusetts was a member Of the House
naval affairs committee, and it is un-
usual for a state to have more than
one representative on a standing COM
mittee of the House or Senate. When
I was elected to the Senate Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, was mem.
tbers of the naval affairs committee
of that body. and he still is" -
j. His four years at the Naval Academy
and two years in the service follow
>ingS graduation was not Secretary
Weeks, only experience in the Navy.
sWhen the war with Spain came along
, In 1898. Mr.. Weeks commanded the
Massachusetts Naval Brigade. He
went into the service Of his country
Immediately and was given command
of thetNew England coast.
:. II had feet Of a kind. said Mr..
Weeks with a smile. "and It was our
duty to see that the coast was pro-
-tected from the spanIards." &
!: ,.ss3 Naval Men Old Friends.
while Secretary Weeks did not say
70, It may readily be understood that
NJ sele1tina ehA Rkeajdent sHardine ~.
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Harding Is Able to Turn
Quickly From Problem to Problem

It 10 expected that there will be cessation Of
agitation In Congrsss with tho Sesult that the
situation viii be allowed TO rest whore 1t prop
erly belongt-an the hands Of the executive.
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Secretary of War Weeks Is Putting 'Pep,'
AS Well as Business Methods, Into Job

" OR the drst time In history,
l. Navy man heads tie. War De-
partment. For the first time In
L history Navy man is a men,
ber Of the Presidents cabinet. John
Wingate Weeks Of Massachusetts, is
the man.
When it comes to smashing prece-
dents, however, Secretary Weeks does
not halt there. He is the first Navy
man who was ever elected to the United
States Senate. He is the first Navy
man ever to be voted for In national
convention called to select a candidate
for President Of tho United States. In
1916 Mr., Weeks received the largest
number of votes for the republican
nomination. next to Secretary Hughes
of the State Department. A regular
Babe" Ruth when presidents are
served up to him. Decidedly, the
Navy made a mistake when it did not
Swing on" to him.
But this was not entirely the Nays
fault. Secretary Weeks became .
graduate Of the Naval Academy in
1881. Two years later he and most
|of <ne class with him were mustered
out Of the service. There was
plethora of naval officers and very
few Navy vessels. Congress passed
law authorizing the discharge of all
but the firts ten men in young Weeks
class. The class graduated upward Of
ninety men.
His Job . Big One.
The new Secretary Of War has big
Job on his hands. He.is q busy man.
He is at his Office at 8 o'clock in the
morning, and every morning. He
stays at the War Department usually
until close to 4 o'clock in, the even
ing. And then he carries some Of the
work home with him. The writer was
fortunate to get chance to talk with
him at the department, sandwiched in
among the senators and representa-
tives. generals and colonies and other
cnicials Of the government.
The writer had known the Secre-
tary when he was a senator, and it
was with some diniculty that he was
able to get out ''Mr. Secretary" in
stead of Senator" when he addressed
him. But the Secretary" is just the
same businesslike. direct and kindly
man as the senator Of two years
ago. When the correspondents in.the
press gallery at the Capitol desired
to know the truth about the legisla-
tive situation or this or that contro-
versy, they went to Senator Weeks;
They always got the facts. Mr..
Weeks is not q believer in secrecy
when it comes to public business.
"Mr. Secretary" the writer said.
show does it seem to a Navy man to
be head Of the War Department.
= Posted on Array Affairs. IS
Perhaps T. had better put it this
way" replied Secretary Weeks. after
. moments consideration. When
came, to the War Department. I, was
really more familiar Win Army af-
fairs than with the NAVY I was =
member. Of the Senate military af-
fairs committee during the war with
Germany. and for more than year
J I was constantly at work as a mem
| Der OF that committee on Army mat
| ters. OF course, I had kept tnp my In
terest in the, Navy. and had taken
part in Legislation Tor that branch of
the service.
Int II shappses1 t4at,dpsiaeru
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FOR ANTI-BLANToN UNION,
Proposed by Oklahoma Representa-
tive to Suppress "Gentleman
From Texas"

1sepreSeut0tlVo manuel derrlck OF
Oklahoma is much misunderstood
man. Owing to poverty and the lack
Of facilities he never saw the inside
of a schoolhouse for educational pur-
poses and was compelled to educate
himself as best he could while labor
ing to support an invalid father and
mother. He was one of the pioneers in
the famous Cherokee strip" Devot-
ing his energies to agriculture he had
achieved distinction in. the production
of 'Herrick's giant yellow corn"
which has much interested the spe-
cialists Of the Department Of Agri-
culture. and in the development Of
copper-faced Hereford cattle, which
usually have white faces.
While different" from his fellow
members, Representative Herrick has
a sense of humor that few Of them
are coming to appreciate. Represent
ative CArTon Reece Of Tennessee, who
himself has . distinguished war rec
ord, told at tho White House the
other day a story mustradng this.
But to appreciate the point of the
story one must know that Represent
ative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas,
democrat. is an implacable foe of or
ganized labor and crates against
unfonism on the floor at every slight
est excuse. According to Reece's
story, Herrick was growing restive
under one of the Blanton TRADES and
remarked. I'VE ought to shut that
fellow up" But how can we do it,"
he was. asked. With his queer smile
and southern colloquiaIisms Herrick
prompetly replied. well. we all
might start a union Of our own. and
then he sure enough would resign"
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friendly foreign nations desiring to
send cadets. was in high command
during the Russo-Japanese war, sec
ond only to Admiral Togo.
Not 4 "BiE Army Man,
But to get back to Mr.. Weeks
present job-running the admins
trative end of the Army. 1t is his
opinion that the United States can
not we'll get along with smaller
Army than the $4,000 men whom he
recommended to Congress. and retain
well balanced force. He is not a
big Army" man or a big Navy
man, either. for that matter, in the
accepted popular sense of those
terms. In fact, he believes in cur
failing armament where it can be
safely done. with the interests of the
country always protected.
How about an international axree-
ment for the reduction of arma-
ments?' the writer asked him.
7 am in favor of it. il it can be
DONE" Mr.. Weeks replied imme-
diately. Il don't know just how or
when it can be brought about, but !
believe that it can be done even
tually."
An Army Of 175.0oo men Mr.. Weeks
does not regard as a large Army
for the United States in time OF
peace.
It's cost would be far less, when
compared to the wealth Of the coun-
try. than has the cost of the Army
been when compared to the nations
wealth, at any time before the world
war;" he said. The Secretary point
ed out that some $4,000 men are now
stationed outside the United States,
and that, with the Philippines to gar
rison and other outlying posts. this
number probably will be continued
outside the continental limits of the
country. He pointed out, too, that
the actual combatant troops in the
Army are far below the figures given
for the Army. owing to the fact that
the Quartermaster, Corps. the Medical
Corps and all the others outside the
line are included in the total.
notwithstanding the long hours
which Secretary Weeks is putting in
at his office. he looks well and
strong: He is a big man, six feet OF
more tail. and heavily built: Sitting
in his Office in the War Department
he. has the appearance of, a success
full American BUSINESS man. attend.
ing to his work with dispatch. And
a successful business man he 4is
After he left the Navy Mr. Weeks
went. to Florida TO make some sur.
veys. While he was running lines In
.Floridashe found q wife. l1izs Marths
A. Sinclair. now Mrs; Weeks. Hi,
next move was to Boston. where HI
went into the brokerage and banking
business. and, by dints OF; his bust.
ness. sense and application. built W
a very large financial institution
with which he was connected until
he vas elected TO the Senate. Ther
he severed yhis connection with. .ths
firm. and In fact gave UP all; his a.
'naneial connections which might hax'
embarrassed him In his Legislative
Lort- 81 , I 500 - szs,.s :. -
!; .Busiaese. Sense In. 0Aee.
Into the War -Department Mr.
Weeks has taken. this. same applica.
xfsorsf,n,,esa ~, .Thind pasnA
Evening star., 1921-06-05
DIPLOMAT SMOKES PIPE
In Other Ways, Too, Richard
Washburn Child Is ssRegu- 8
Lar Fellow z,

Richard washburn Child. the recently
named ambassador to Italy, besides
being a popular magazine writer. rs
a good mixer. In the. early morn
ing hours after. his nomination ha
received this telegram. dated 2 AM.
in New York: - ~ .e
"Congratulations-T will be glad
to know that everything you read /
write" Mr.. Child could not place
the signer among his many friends,
and the wire came Collect" ~
Ambassador Child Is also a pipe
smoker. another indicatfon that he IS
"human"--and-he has q Pet pips. Ills
most beloved pipe he lost some years
ago. He WAS shooting the rapids In
canoe on the -Neponset river and
got spilled over. The pipe had Il
Silver ferrule and sank. During Tho
next twenty-four hours Child sp...t
about one-third of the time under
water. hunting for that pipe. but y
t8los = = -
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WBLOCSf IN CONGRESS
HELD TO BE MENACE
Leaders Disturbed by Tendency of Ad-
vocates of Special Interests to
=: - Work Together.

by the Senate and calling upon the
President to arrange q conference be-
tween this country, Great Britain and
Japan to reduce naval armament. shall
now be broadened SO as to include land
disarmament and the other great ma
lions. Is regarded in some quarters as
an effort to stab the disarmament move
ment in the back.
Congress is dividing to considerable
extent also along liberal and conserva-
tive lines. There is no doubt that these
camps are getting farther and farther
apart.
resenting this interest or that in Con-
gress in the past-though then they
were called merely groups. For in
stance, until the passage Of tho eigh-
teenth amendment to the Constitution,
the prohibitionists and the and-prchi-
bitionists were divided into camps with
little regard to party lines. This was
true Of the woman suffragists and the
suffragists prior to the adoption Of
the nineteenth constitutional amend
ment.
Probably no ''bloc'' in Congress ever
worked more effectively, particularly
in view Of its small size. than tho
'.irreconcilables' in the fight against
the Versailles treaty Of peace in the
Senate at the last session Of Con-
gress.
Now More Strongly Organized.
But there has not been the strong
tendency in the past to organize into
various groups. with executive COM
mittees and legislative programs
etc. that is to be found today.
What is to be the result Of the
formation Of these different groups?
Some Of the senator's and represent
atives admit there is danger Of the
old party lines being wiped out to q
considerable extent. Due to these
conflicting elements in the party. the
republican leadership in the Senate
is having rough time Of 1t. and
the Same Is true in the House.
Tho charge has been made that
the formation Of blocs representing
group interests is distinctly q mem
ace to the nation-that the national
Congress is expected to deal with the
problems which confront it. not from
the standpoint Of this or that group,
but from the standpoint Of the best
interests Of the entire country. Mem
bers Of various blocs insist, however,
that they have the interests Of the
country at heart before any other in
terestA e.
Evening star., 1921-06-05

House with the demand that the President Of
the United States, whoever he might be At the
time, should take the lead. Only very recently.
the striking mariners practically offered to rest
their entire case in tho presidential hands
The number and magnitude Of the questions
the President has had to bend his attention upon
are we'll known to every reader and hardly need
recapitulation. unless to recall them In detail
to mind. Not all. to be sure, are subject to his
decision final dictum, but to his review.
advice and suggestion.
The drst big question and the one most sus-
cepttble Of yielding to influence exerted by the
chief executive is the foreign policy Of the
United States toward joining an international
association to preserve the peace of the world
sfrom unnecessary aggression. President Hard
ing, in dealing with this subject, has had the
good fortune to please to a gratifying degree
all shades Of thought upon it. Not that he has
been q trimmer. nor that he has been carrying
water on both shoulders. not that he has been
all things to all men, but that the central idea
Of his policy contains the elements of being
elaborated into such practice which would in the
end satisfy two groups ostensiby at odds.
The President has assented to the major de-
mand Of each group. because they accord with
his own feelings; he is firm in the preservation
Of American independence and rights and at the
same time. he is in sympathy with the great
humanitarian thought that America shall do her
part in promoting commonsense projects for
the union Of the Christian people Of the world
to prevent wars.
The ways and means Of working this policy
out now occupying his deep attention. in
consultation with Secretary of State Hughes.
y
There little ripple Of amusement in
official and congressional Washington when it
was made known during the week that there
had been a deal of fuss and feathers over the
disarmament question, and that in the seeming
race In certain quarters in Congress to beat
the President to it," the executive department
of the government had in fact stolen a march
on the active ones in Congress and had already
started something"
few weeks ago It was caused to be made
known that the President'did not want his hand
forced by Congress the disarmament pro-
posal. When this become known, the propo-
nents in Congress renewed their activity. Sud
denly it was announced appropriately and
ostentatfously, that the activities were not Of
fensive to the executive department. Then the
fact came out that the executive had already
been at work upon the subject. acting upon his
own right and privilege. and the process of
sounding out the nations of the world had been
under way even while the agitation was on in
Congress.
Evening star., 1921-06-05

When ono stops to consider the public ques-
tons Of first magnitude which the President Of
the United States has had to consider In the
past three months, the number seems almost
overwhelming And he has had to consider
them from the viewpoint Of At some time being
called upon possibly to render q deciding YER
dict upon them.
1t is all very weir to talk about the con-
stitutional limitations of the chief executive.
Of his keeping within his own bailiwick and all
that sort Of thing. but the fact is. and is we'll
recognized to be, that In recent years the trend
has been altogether toward the country's lean
ing more and more heavily upon him. while at
the same time. insidiously. though unquestion-
ably. putting more power in his hands thereby.
This is being done by tho people themselves.
In the past there has been criticism that here
and there . President has himself sought to
grasp and exercise power beyond the scope Of
his executive ofoce. Whether that has been true
or not is a question open to argument and the
pros and cons approached through party and
political avenues. Democrats would deny that
their President had done so. republicans avering
to the contrary. and republicans for their part
Indignantly refuting such an imputation against
their executive. But there can be no dispute
Of the assertion that Congress has at times
yielded. indeed VOLUNTEERED. submission to the
executive judgment and will. and that the peo-
pie, In times Of great stress and uncertainty
have turned appealing eyes toward the White
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G,oaanssd % Third Paseo
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Z YOU'VE got to get down to sub.
" soil facts for an effective SO.
luton OF the industrial snarl
Evening star., 1921-06-05

President Harding has been for sometime in
'teresting himself IN the most momentous domes-
tic question, and last week removed his atten-
ton to the subject. That is. the question Of the
future Of the railroads. involving reduced freight
rates and changes in labor conditions and pay
for the railroad operatives. The President Of
course, is confronted by limitations in what he
can actually accomplish but at that he can do
q great deal. He can act as adviser and. in the
last resort practically as arbitrator between
the railroads and the shippers and the employees.
The situation will rapidly approach crisis.
The United States Railroad Board at Chicago
has ordered reductions In wages for July l, and
that date will witness the commencement Of
the contest between the men and the. govern
ment authority which Is sought to be exercised
under the act Of Congress.
** *+
Public men in Congress and in official life
outside Of Congress realize that the situation
will be serious. and that for a time it may be
precarious. warranting apprehension.
But the judgment Is that it will yield. first.
to the operation Of economic laws and reason.
and, second. to public opinion. There can be
no question, it is declared by all close observers
and deep thinkers upon the subject, that eco
nomic law dictates lowering Of costs of operat-
ing the roads. and reduction Of the freight rates
imposed during war time and since. and which
are holding back industry on the one hand and
hurting the railroads OH the other.
and is thinking them over. Once public senti
ment has crystallized. it will be the verdict of
the whole country in favor of the economic con-
tention. and the psychological effect of such
decision is expected to bring assent in the policy
proposed to be put into effect.
The result is counted upon to be that no
group of the population of the country. a dis
tnct minority. can hope successfully to stand
out against the thought and decision Of the
mass. 1t has been tried in England twice and
the will Of the majority has prevailed. rail-
road strike, in these circumstances. approaching
the magnitude of national calamity of de-
structive proportions. is regarded impossible.
With the railroad question yielding to the
inevitable and with the tariff remodeled to suit
world conditions and to our best advantage. the
thought in official Washington is that the fall
should show decided improvement in domestic
conditions.
Copyright 1921 by The Washington star)
Evening star., 1921-06-05
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

svAsSSSeSe">Sss>s
n RESIDENT HARDING's versatility in
- dealing with number Of great questions
of widely differing import Is noted and
commented upon by his oflcial family
and others who come in contact with the cir
cumstances. He has the power Of intense con-
centration upon the subject. Of immediate at
tention and Of transferring his mental grasp
quickly and completely To the next topic Al
though 1t may be as wide apart as the poles
in tenor from the one last considered. while he
carries along the same effective concentration
He is regarded fortunte in the possession
Of this faculty. He would be in q bad way II
he did not have 1t. considering the fact that
each cabinet member brings to him his own
particular troubles varying from the other fell
lows. and which to him. naturally, are vastly
more important than any others.
In addition he frequently emerEes from a
cabinet meeting to take up with congressman,
with business men, with hnanciers or with rail-
road and labor men still another line Of public
questions. to which he must apply his atten-
tion Immediately. to the temporary exclusion
Of all other subjects. His facility in doing
this successfully commands the admiration Of
those who observe 1t.