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The Washington times., 1921-12-11

ITO be slow in words is woman's
only virtue, according to the
post There are those who
arc falling N that, on the contrary,
swfftness and acrimony are in real.
fly woman's surest weapons and
that . wholly aggressive demeanor
II the one most likely to serve her
cause.
The woman Of our day having
won her emancipation finds a great
field of activity opened to her. She
can take her seat In Parliament:
she can vote: she can sit amid the
socallsd Justices. N
A. . doctor she L. greatly esteem
Cd. and presently she will be prac-
ticing At the bar. These opportuni-
ties have. in q measure, weaned her
from domesticity. and 1t II averred
unwsrrantably by mere males that
they have robbed her in q measure
ef her feminfnity.
Naturally anxious to succeed in
thess nsw vocations. she has looked
about 10 ascertain what masculine
qualities hitherto have contributed
TO such reputation and. erroneousiy.
appear to have determined that they
were aggression, domination and
self-Assertion. That the devil took
care Of tho hindmost was soon ap-
parent to her. and she resolved at
an early stage not to be found in
such q company. The fight for her
rights has been bitter and long g-sus.
tanned. and now that It has been
won It has left her supremely con-
scious Of a Justly won triumph.
So she goes among men. ready not
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

gested by his critics. But even
assuming the worst, that proves
nothing against movie artists as a
class.
As for the orgies of which we
have heard so much as the nightly
practice In film town. / can only
say that I know the film world out
side and In better than most people,
and have yet to make acquaintance
with the scenes of these orgies. l
am aware that such orgies take
place. They take place not only in
Los Angeles, but in London and IN
Paris, They vary from the harmless
students rag to mad Bacchanalian
revels, but the participants in these
revels are not all film stars, nor
even connected with the movie pro-
fession.
ON THE FRINGE.
1t may be that here and there
you will find movie people taking
part in these scenes, but, believe
me, the artists who made prac-
tice of revelry of this kind would
soon be in madhouse or the grave.
for it would be impossible to do
justice to ones profession. and at
the same time spend ones evenings
or nights in this revelry that taxes
human health and nerves more than
is realized. To combine riot of this
kind with serious film work would
be to burn the candle In the middle
as well as at both ends. and 1 have
yet to find the film star who has
sufficient superfluous energy to live
the life we are accused OF living.
Probably what gives rise to the
charge is the fact known to every
body connected with the industry
that there is on its fringe a number
Of people of both sexes who like to
pose as movie artists because it
gives them a standing they would
not otherwise have. These people
may be called on as supers occa-
sionally, and the calls on them pro-
fessionally are such that they have
ample time for indulging in the riot
talked of. They are slaves of dope,
and generally addicted to the vices
commonly associated with this un-
healthy night life. but deny that
these people can fairly be regarded
as belonging to the profession In
any sense Of the term.
If our. critics really believe what
they say. they have a fine chance oc
cleaning the profession, for all they
need do Is to set their detectives
to watch us. and to lay 20 the
secrets Of our private life. | think
II they took up my challenge and
did their work thoroughly the pub
lie would be bored to distraction
by the record of the ordinary rout-
inc life by the average artistic. They
would learn that when Some of us
finish our days work at the studio,
so far from having energy and time
left for night revels. we hurry home
to sink into the heavy slumber that
tells it's own tale of exhaustin,.
physical or mental labor. They
would find evidence also that the
charm of domestic life Of the sim
plest and purest kind has far big
ger attraction for the average star
than any Of the supposed thrills of
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
BY MARY PICKFORD---
lThe Worlds Sweetheart Spirited Critics Who,
Following the Arbu Case Would San the Entire Moue Profession
Il do Not Say There Are Not Black Sheep the Prssn- Have
Seen Black Sheep the Movie Fold Long EnoughThese Are BE
Found Every Profession But i'm No Other Case Has There Been an
Attempt Indct Glass ON the Supposed Faults of 0ne"

the dope" den or the widest rag"
that ever marked excess In the
worst parts Of the underworld Of our
great cities.
Personally I am quite willing to
have myself "shadowed" in this
way whenever and wherever our
critics please. and / am sure there
is not u prominent man in the pro-
fesson who would not welcome fhe
greatest publicity. What a fine ad-
vertisement II would be for US hav-
ing our daily and nightly movements
described in the papers as the re.
suit of the great inquiry into the law
lessness and riot that 10 supposed to
mark life in movieland.
HARMLESS RAGS.
l wonder would the public like to
be told day after day that Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks dined at
their own home and retired to rest
about half-past eleven. setting out
the next day at 8 o'clock to begin
the new day. And the life we live
is the life of many others in the
profession, the life of the ordinary
human being. who has no vicious
tastes and takes his pleasures quie..
ly and moderately.
Finally / challenged the detractors
of the profession to name the men
who are supposed to be guilty of
participation In these wild orgies.
Apparently the things hinted at are
so notorious that there must be hun.
dreds of credible witnesses who can
testify to what they themselves
have seen. Well, let them come for
ward with their testimony. Let them
expose us all for the hypocrites we
are supposed to be, and I am sure
that they will have earned the graft
tude of the world they are appealing
to in the present case.
You may take 1t from me that
apart from the injury to ones health
it would not pay any artistic with a
reputation to risk freQuenting the
resorts referred to, for the simple
reason. that in every great city
where they exist these places are
liable to be raided at any time, and
are. In point Of fact, raided.
1t is impossible for any artistic,
however high his or her standing. to
bribe the forces of justice. and, there
would be the unpleasant publicity
to be faced. That Of itself would
deter any self-respecting ARTISTS
from participation in scenes Of this
sort were they disposed to indulgein
them, and. that being the case. /
shall want more evidence than has
yet been forthcoming on the point.
The only thing approaching to riot
l have seen in mixing with the stars
of the film armament Is the harm
less rag in which we may from time
to time find relief from the strain
of our calling by harmless fun and
frolic more suggestive of irrespons-
ible children than Of depraved
grown-ups, and 1 am inclined to the
view that some Of our "kill.joys."
who have seen innocent romps of
this kind, have been misled into
thinking there was more than ac-
tually occurred behind 1t all. Prob
ably q diseased state of mind among
our critics explains the whole bust.
ness.
Copyright. 1s2l.)
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

nomics should be altered to meet
her case. II would be better II w
set ourselves to get rid Of her prob
lem by improving the conditions Of
chtld-life. SO that we do not every
year preventably lose 80 many boy
babies. and also by doing our best to
make the country fit for other men
besides heroes to live in. Nature In.
tended the sexes to be equally bali
anced. 30 that neither man nor won.
an should have to live alone: but .
selfish and muddled civilization has
spoiled Natures work, and every
year thousands of the best Of Eng.
lishmen are driven overseas to cre-
ate superfluous man problem in
Canada or Australia.
The result is that economic
reasons urge women into professions
for which they are physically and
temperamentally untitled. and con-
ditions for the male workers are
made still worse by the consequent
lowering Of standards both in work
and wages. Surely the war ought
to have taught us that most pro-
fessions are unsuited to women,
both for physical ard tempera-
mental reasons. They, stepped into
the mems places and did their best,
but they were not. generally speak
ing. successful. Those who worked
under or with women in the war
can testify to the nervous instA..
bility-showing itself in Ill temper,
injustice, and petty tyranny-to
which even the most charming and
capable women succumbed 'afer long
hours Of taxing and responsible
work. A woman's nervous energy
was meant to be consumed by other
things. OF course, l am not saying
that all professions are unsuited to
women, but in these days Of her re-
covered freedom she has shown Q
strange lack of discrimination.
Woman Is at her best in the more,
NNNoiet'S way VI tuC priv
duction and distribution of beautiful
necessities, or in those professions
most akin to motherhood, the care
and education of children, or medi-
cal attendance on her own sex. Her.
brain power and nervous energy
are essentially different from q
mans, and she makes a mistake.
when she tries to use them in the
same way, 1t is partly due to her
confusion of equality with Identity,
To prove herself mans equal. as she
always has been, she has paid him
an unnecessary compliment of imi.
tation, and she will never establish
herself fully in popular opinion as
his equal until she realizes that her
equality lies in her difference. She
is mans mate and completion, not /,
his comuy,itor. and her development
lies alor parallel, not similar, lines
II she l..rcly tries to follow In. his
footsteps il will lead to much STUN,
bling and WEAKNESS, and perhaps at i.
last to the terrible tragedy of Evs.s
growing old.
copyright. 1917
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
DOMESTIC Team had a Boy

~ named Buchanan who refus-
ed to Work. 500 his Parents
decided that he needed College Ed
ucation. After he got that, he could
enter Learned Profession. in which
Work Is a mere Side-Issue.
The Father and Mother of Buchan.
an sent to the College for a Bank
Catalogue. The Come-On Book had
a Green Cover and II was full of
Information. 1t said that the Nee
essary Expenses counted up about
$3.50 a year. All students were under
helpful and moral Influences from
the Moment they arrived. They
were expected TO hit the Mattress
at 10 p. m. while Smoking was for
hidden and no one could go to
Town except % a Special Permit.
This ID Just the place for Buchan.
an,"'said his Mother. "It will be
such q Comfort to know that Son
is In his Room every Evening" -.
Accordingly, BUCHANAN was sup
piled with six Shirts. Two Suits of
everything. Laundry Bag. a Pin.
Cushion. a Ready Repair Kit and a
Flesh Brush. and away he rode to
the Halls Of Learning. He wrote
back that he was Home Sick but
determined to stick out because he
realized the Advantages of a College
Education. He said his Eyes hurt
him a little from Reading at Night
and he had to buy q great many
Extra Books, but otherwise he was
fine and fancy. Love to all and
start a little Currency by the first
Mail.
After Buchanan had been to,ling
up the Hill Of knowledge for nearly
two Months, sending hot Bulletins
back to the Old Folks. his Father
decided to visit him and give him
some Encouragement.
So Father landed In the College
Town and inquired for Buchanan.
but no one had heard Of such a
Person.
Perhaps you mean Old Buck"
said Pale Youth. with an ingrow.
ing Hat. IF he's the Indian you
want to see, I'll show you where he
hangs out"
TEASING A STINGY MANDOLIN.
The Proud Parent was steered to
q faded Boarding House and found
himself In a Chamber Of Horrors
that seemed to be a Cross between
. Junk-Shop and a Turkish Corner.
Here he found the College Des-
perado known as "Old Buck" at
tired in q Bath Robe. plunl<ing a
stingy little mandolin and smoking a
Cigarette that smelled as II some
body had been standing too close to
the stove.
Hello. Guy" said the Seeker after
Truth. wait until 1 do a Quick
Change and we'll go out and get q
few lines Of Breakfast"
breakfast at p. m.?" inquired
Father.
I'VE had a very busy Night" ex-
planned Buchanan. 1.-The Sophomores
have disputed our Right to wear
Red Neckties, so last night we cap
tured the President of the Soph
Class. tied him to a Tree and beat
him to a Whisper with a Ball Bat.
Then we started over to set fire to
the Main Building and we were at
tackled by a Gang of Sophs. That
is how / happened to get this Bum
Lamp. Just as he gave me the
Knee. I butted him in the Solar
Plexus. He's had two Doctors work
ing on him ever since. And now the
Freshies are going to give me a Sup.
per at the Dutch Oven tomorrow
Night and there is some Talk of
electing me Glass Poet. So you see,
/ am getting along fine"
You are doing Great Work for
Mere Child" said the Parent. "If
you keep on you may be a U. 8.
Senator some day. But tell me,
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
LONDON, Dec. 10.

hEY first word to those who at
/" tack the profession because
what 10 alleged to have oc-
CURED In the Arbuckle case is a
challenge. Let them set up any
tribunal they like to try the issue Of
the movie profession against any
other. and I am prepared to predict
that the evidence submitted will tell
IN favor of the stars every time.
do, not say that saint and star
are synonymous. Far from it. We
are just human beings. but I am not
prepared to admit that we have
more than our share of the failings
Of mortals.
To avoid the accusation Of posing,
l will leave myself out of account
altogether, and. having done SO. /
viii say that the artists I know
and know more of their private life
than most of their critics-will com.
pare more favorably with any group
OF men and women drawn from any
walk OF life you like to select.
l might go further and say that
II you have regard to positive as
we'll as negative virtues, the men and
women OF the movie world will come
out better still, for II there was a
profession with high percentage of
men and women possessing the low
able and best qualities Of human
beings, 1t 10 the movie profession.
When / speak like that I am not
going by my experience of the movie
profession alone. nor am I relying on
my own judgment entirely. 1 have
mixed with people In almost every
walk of life under the sun, and l
have talked over this very question
In the last few days with authorities
who are In every way fitted to form
unbiased opinions. and not one has
disputed my claim that the movie
profession has nothing to be
ashamed of. while some have told me
outright that for clean. healthy liv.
ing film stars rank higher than
many Of the professions represented
by their critics.
i do not say there are not black
sheep in the profession. as 1 have
seen tho black sheep in the movie
fold often enough. They are mostly
men and women who drift about from
calling to calling craving excite
ment. and caring little what people
think Of them or, Of the, profession
they belong to. These are to be
found In every profession. but in
no other case has there been an
attempt to indict a class or. q whole
profession merely because of the
supposed faults Of one or more.
FOND OF SILLY FRANKS.
Here let me say that use the
word supposed advisedly, because I
have yet to be convinced that there
II sufficient foundation for the
charges made against Fatty Arbuck.
10. From my own knowledge of Fat
ty, / should say that he is fond of
silly pranks. such as q big over.
grown boy might indulge in, and I
am sure that whom the case is more
fully gone into 1t will be found that
there IL another side to the story.
and that 1t IL a side far from dis.
creditable to Fatty in the sense sug.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
he Was Plunking A Mandolin.

ng A Mandolin.
where did you get all of these Sign.
Boards. Placards, Head-Stones and
other Articles of Vertu7"
II swiped those" replied the Col
legian. I'm order to be a real Var
sity Devil. one must bring home
few Souvenirs every Night he goes
out. II the Missionaries did 1t, 1t
would be called Looting. II the
Common People did 1t. It would be
called Petit Larceny. But with US.
1t is merely Student Prank"
IT understand" said Father.
than TO nail Tombstone and use It
for Paper-Weight."
Would you like to look around
the Institution" asked Buchanan.
Indeed i should. was the Reply.
Although I have, been denied the
blessed privileges 4of, Higher Educa-
ton, love to gets int an, atmos-
phere Of 12-cylinder intellectually
and meet those Souls who are above
the sordid Considerations of worka-
day Commercialism." .4.
SHOW HIM THE CATS.
You talk like Bucket Of Ashes"
said the Undergraduates. I'm not
going to put you up against any
Profs. Follow me and I'll fix It so
that you can shake hands with the
guy that eats 'em alive. I'll take
you over to the corral and show
you the wildcats.
''Is this a College or a Zoo" asked
the parent.
II refer to- the football squad"
said Buchanan. I'VE keep about
forty at the training table all Of the
time, so that no matter how many
are killed off. we will always have
eleven left. We have a center rush
who weighs 23S. and you couldn't
dent him with hatchet. We caught
him in the woods north of town and
brought him down here. He is TAX.
ing a special course in piano music
two hours week and the rest Of
the time he is throwing substitutes
down and biting them on the arm"
That evening the son said:
Father, you can stay only a little
while and l want to give you a good
time while you are here. Come with
us. We are going down to the opera
house to put shown on tho bum.
One Of the first things wer learn at
college is to kid the troopers. 1t is
considered great sport in these parts.
Then. II anyone gets pinched. we
tear down the jail, thereby preserv-
ing the traditions of dear old Alma
Mater"
I'VE travel 500 in bunch, so that
when the inquest is held. there is no
way of finding out just who It was
that landed the punch. Anything
that happens in college town is an
act of providence. Now come along
and see the American youth at
play"
TEMPLE OE ART.
They found their way to the
temple of art. When the chemical
soubrette started in to sing Hello,
Central, give me Heaven" they gave
her just the opposite of what she
was demanding. A few opera chairs
were pulled up by the roots and
tossed on the stage, merely to dis
concert the artistic. When the
house policeman came he was hurled
80 feet into the air and soon after
that the show broke up The stu
dent body flocked out and upset a
trolley car, and then they went
homeward in the moonlight singing
"Sweet Memories OF College Days.
La-lal La-la"
Next day. when he went back, he
told mother not to worry about
Buchanan, as he seemed to have a
full and sympathetic grasp on the
true inwardness of modern educa.
tional methods.
MORAL-Attend to the remit
tunce and son piu do the rest.
Copyright. 1921. Bell Syndicate. Ino)
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
By MAX" "PEMBERTON ---

(The Brilliant English tho on
patton of Women and Her IN Vocational
1--WE Need Womnhod i'm Our Public Life Above M We Need Her TACT
her Gneness Her Amazing Patience and Her Forgiveness The Old
Comedians Taught Us This and Haed ON for Two Centuries"
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
BY SIR f. MAURICE

lMajor General Maurice Is Regarded Foremost
Warfare Expert of the British Army, of Pre-
1.-The Only Way That See Preventing the Use of Poison Gas for Every
Nation to KNOW How Make Have the Means of Making
Then will Governments KNOW Hov Eauav Deady Gas Nav
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-08

WITNESS WHEREOF. Alaska, this October. 1921
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-08
MAN WHO LAID ALASKACABLE H0N0RED; IS NAMED ANAN|AS
 ACCOUNT OF PRAISINC NORTH

Army Signal School at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan In 1917 he was made a brigadier general of the National Army and assigned as General Per shing's chief signal officer, in which capacity he served throughout the war
 Receives D. s. M.
 For this he received the Distin- guished Service Medal for his lex ceptional, meritorious and dlstin'uish- ed services, the citation reading, AS chief signal officer. American Expeditionary Forces, he has shown great ability in the organization and administration of his department, and the results obtained are largely due to his zeal and energy. The Signal Corps in France stands out as one of tha masterful accomplishments of the American Expeditioaary Forces, and to General Russel is due the credit for it's foundation and organiza- tion.''
 For these services he was also awarded the Companion of the Bath by Great Britain and the Legion of Honor by France
 During the Spanish-American War, General Russel was nominated ma. ior by brevet for distinguished gal lantrv in action at Manila and Cal ocean, P l.. and was citel for gal lant and exceptional services and meritorious conduct in conducting the indispensable and dangerous 1u- ties of signal officer throughout the campaign against the Luzon insur- gents from February to May 15, 1909"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-08

When President Harding, on the recommendation of Secretary Weeks, recently promoted Col. Edgar Rus sel, Signal Corps, to permanent rank as a brigadier general, new distinc- tion came to a former resident of Al aska The new brigadier general who has been serving as chief signal officer of the Second Corps Area, following his distinguished service as chief signah officer for the entire A. F. F. on the staff of General Pershing in France, comes near to qualifying as a real "sourdough'
 A number of years of his service in the army were spent in the far Northwest and there he acquired d familiarity with the language Of the country. In fact, so consistently did he circulate tales and tell stories of the beauties, charms and the res ources of Puget Sound and Alaska, after he had been ordered to Eastern posts, that his brother officers de- clared the real reason for his name appearing on the Army Register without an initial was because his middle name was Ananias, and that modesty had caused him to drop it.
 Of course there was no justifica- tion for this belief. General Russel is truthful man. But even he ad- mits that perhaps he made a mistake when he exhibited generally in proof oh cfn bo fond of relating a photograph of the catch in question
 Whale Caught In Cable
 It all happened when General Rus sel was laying the Washington-Alas- ka cable in 1903. One day a playful whale got entangled with the cable that the cable ship was laying under General Russels direction. It slipped it's head into blight the cable had formed in passing over the undulat- ing bottom. and threshed about SC as to tie itself up like pup on string The Immediate consequence was that the cable service went on the fritz. General Russel took the ship back over the line. picking up cable as ftr. went in search of the trouble. Eventually the winch brought to the surface the subdued and frightened whale. As it hung out board, x clear of the water. General Russel took a snap of 1t and there after went about showing the result ing print as proof of what real fish herman could catch in Alaska wa ters. That is what started the Ananias story.
 General Russell. a Missourian by birth. was graduated from the Mill tart Academy in 1887. entering the Artillery branch. During the Spanish War he was given voluntary rank in the Signal Corps, with which service he has ever since been Identified. He became a major in that corps in 1904. while on duty in charge of the ,Sitka-Valdez cable in Alaska. From 1908 to 1912 he was director of the