The Washington times., 1921-07-02
HUMANISMS
-W1liaM Atherton .Du Puy

minister up In Michigan acquired preachers
sore throat from talking too much and because
of this a blonde young woman was started
career which has led her TO become of the
few women who occupy departmental posts in
the Harding Government ~
The woman In question is Mrs Havfland H.
Lund expert In rural organization. attached to
the office of the Secretary OF the Interior. This
minister, who had to leave hts job. took mp life
insurance He explained that the logical op-
portunity for people with education and no means
was soliciting. II waa their open door.
This sounded reasonable, the young woman
decided to get her training book, agent.
She did so well that in six months, she was Of
fered the agency for whole State But instead
she went down to Chicago and presented her
self at the offices Of big Insurance. company.
I'VE don't hire women" they said. I'VE don't
want to them around The day OF woman
in business had not then dawned.
You wouldn't mind me-" ventured the gfri
from Michigan
They tried her out She picked her own pros-
poets and ignored all but the big ones The year
she nineteen she wrote more Insurance than
any man in the organization.
w. W. Husband. now Commissioner General of
signing OF the armistice-
One day he went to Dr. Solf. who was tenn
porariiy at the head OF the government.
Could Mr.. Husband tell him. he wanted to
know where Herbert Hoover was. The interest
was gone in Foch. Pershins 4 Co. They were
interested in the with the food
Mr.. Husband said he did not know. DR.. soIf
said they knew Hoover had left London the night
before, that he had been in Hasrs At . that morn
ing they could not find oot whether he had zone
to Parts or Brusssla
1t looked, though. rs IL the defeated Germans
still had an Information staff that was working
Another incident of that tim. that Impressed
upon him the nature Of the German. says Mr..
Husband. was the day that the spsrtacus forces
attempted to ssise the government Most of the
action was obiisinsly right In front OF his hotel
There the wss little park there about =. big as
But not once did those thrones forget that the
grass was -forbiddenr and not once aid they step
off the walks and paths and on to It.
There is no other people in the wsrld. he
thinks that is so well disciplined and amen
able to 1t
Fred c. Kelly. the author and hunsorist is In
private an inordinate practical Joker.
He chuokIed for q month over a little trick he
played not long ago at the book table of a de-
partment store.
lack OF anything better to do. and 10, OF other
people were fiddlins around in q most desuitory,
not to say trifline, way
Kelly observed an idsa that he figured would
He took from his pocket q Dollar bill. Then
he turned the leaves Of the book in the same
careless way that he had been using.
Presently the dollar feil out He pressed hts
hand down upon u. closed upon II, glanced fur
lively around and slipped IL into his pocket
But the other shoppers had seen. They grasp
ed the idea. The proprietor OF that store had hid
den dollar bills In the booka They would find
some Of them. They won't steadily and earnestly
to work. Their activity Increased. Presently they
were olswins Wildly through those books
And Kelly stood By and ehueklsd.
cspy1sht. rssi. BY P~hne Lsdsu~ o.