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The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Public BUILDINGS.

THIS government has officially recognized
art commission. But it is recognized almost
much in ignoring in consulting. 1t
can hardly be gainsaid that no public building
should be located or; erected by Congressional ap-
preparation without the approval of this commission
Of the site selected and of the building design.
Otherwise it is largely but hallmark.
OF late years there has come fad for erecting
distinctly office buildings for housing governmental
activities These cannot be distinguished from the
ordinary office building erected for rent by a
corporation. None of them, however, can COM
pare the Southern Railway Building in setting or
beauty, in substantial appearance or lines. They
but part of block piece Of the general mass,
without distinction or difference, unless in degree
of the commonplace.
Such buildings as the War Risk, the Labor De-
psrtment, the Interior and the Commerce Depart
ments, anything rather than credit to this
country, its people its government. They are
common to ugliness, pie-faced and without line
of strength a single feature marking them as
housing great divisions OF great government of
a great people. They not grouped They fol-
low no plan- They are remote from other public
buildings. They difficult for the stranger to 10
cate and they have a total lack of impressiveness
when found.
The same amount Of money expended for them
and others of their kind, would have given them a
right setting, would have conformed them to the
commissions plan and given the same amount Of
office space with exterior artistic in design, in
some way distinctive and conforming to the archi-
tectural plan. Both bodies of Congress have large
committees on public buildings. There should be
among many, those who know the appropriate,
who care for the beautiful who regard this country
and its government as something other than a
huge business corporation and who would resolve:
Never again.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Vale, Mansion.

III AS the long period of the mansion and resi-
dence followed the longer period of the
castle and the manor-house to be replaced at last
by the home? The British arstoeracy are selling
their with their historic castles and manors
remnants of time long passed. They also are
selling their elaborate town houses whose annual
upkeep is fortune. This same is true to a maybe
less extent with the wealthy in this country.
1t is an aftermath of the war due to revalua-
ton of the really worthwhile things of this world,
habits of thrift, and both accumulated by the
vast increase of tax burdens. In recent years
every man Of great wealth has felt it necessary to
exemplify his income by a mansion in the city of
his residence: quite elaborate a country place
where he could be landed proprietor and country
gentleman and often third residence of preten-
tious size in other locality.
Ali along the lower ST. Lawrence, its many
islands veritable castles never occupied more
than two three months of the year and now
seldom opened. Like mansions are found in all the
favored beauty spots in this country which have
been the resorts Of the rich. Washington, too be-
of its attractions being center Of world
political activity the home Of the nations govern
ment and with the added glamour of being the resi-
dence of foreign diplomats has its large quota of
these temporary residences of riches.
But none of these homes in any true sense.
No family really live in all or any Of them.
in some part of their capacious interior, den a
suite of rooms portion apart for that init
macy which makes family There is the great.
dismal dining room used only state occasions,
and somewhere breakfast room used by the FAM
lily. 1t is all sort of travesty on the real home
and miserable failure, showing but the home long
ing in every heart.
The movement away from this and to the
typical home life is due to be blessing. Another
index of this change is seen in growing custom
Of entertaining at hotels places especially pro-
vided for social affairs. The spacious residence is
seldom used for balls, banquets, receptions or
any elaborate social function. Ny lady prefers to
pay for the service and responsibility, that the
only real of the mansion, save an evidence
of wealth. is gone and having outlved their use
fulness they are but white elephants.
No matter how rich a man may be, he cannot
divorce himself from the home feeling. In the
revaluations caused by the and its aftermath,
this desire has strengthened There is no satisfac-
ton in being let into a cavernous mansion by
retainer and finding Gully make-beleve home
tucked away in corner. The house but big
enough to shelter and accommodate the family, is
home, all the rest is sham. Moreover, the waste
is becoming impressive. 1t is not a small matter
in mounting costs and altogether the blessings of
the American home enjoyed by the poor, finding
their way to the benishted rich.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Objects to Alliances.
the Editor. The w..hinstop Herald

To the Editor. The washington Herald:
In accounts, published by Ameri-
can newspapers of the proceedings
at the British Imperial Conference
in London. / find the following
statement:
The British prime minister and
foreign minister and the prime
ministers of the British overseas
dominions think the time is ripe
for approaching the United States
with a proposal to substitute some
larger arrangement between the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan for the Anglo-Japanese al
lance" In reading the above. one
Is 'irresistibly reminded of admiral
Sims recent speech at a London
banquet. in which hc said that Eng
land and America, in combination,
could control the earth Cor words
to that effect.)
1t is quite within the bounds Of
diplomatic usage and probability
that the gallant and distinguished
admiral was prompted in his speech
(quite unconsciously of course) by
friendly conversations" which he
had held with acute and talented
British diplomatists-in short, that
straw was thus thrown up in Lon
don to see which way the wind
was blowing in America.
To any such proposal America
would naturally reply, in very
courteous and diplomatic language.
that she has no desire or ambition
to control the earth. but, on the
contrary. very earnestly desires to
attend to her own affairs; that she
has forty-eight States, each one as
large as a European country, and
is quite satisfied with her present
position.
A settlement of all questions in
dispute leading TO a mutual reduc-
ton of ornaments is earnestly de-,
sired, and would be cordially well
cCmed. but a larger arrangement"
involving the control of the earth"
could not even be considered by the
United States.
BERTRAND SHADwELL
Portsmouth, N H.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Admires Gen. Lee.

To the Editor. The wsshingtos Herald:
wish to commend you for your
fairness in permitting readers to
Indicate their divergent views on
many questions. Particularly do
admire your reply to w. II. p. on
The Lee Mansion" Before con-
-demning Gen. r. E. Lee for fol-
lowing the STARS and Bars OF the
Southern Confederacy for four years
there are a number of points to be
considered. Then, as today, there
were a great many people who be-
lieved in State rights" secession"
or, as 1t is now termed. "self-de-
termination of nations"
The Southern Confederacy GER
tainly had as mich right. in theory
at least. to agitate in favor of self
determination as Finland, Poland
and Ireland now have. This is
agreed to somewhat by recent state
ments of Premier Lloyd George and
former Secretary Lansing, although
they regard self-deferminstion OF
small nations as Impractical and
uneconomic.. The majority Of peo-
pie In the United States thought
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

to me Of original sin. the atone
ment. and the anger OF love. / want
to climb to the top of that obelislx
down there. and with a voice like
that which shook Horeb to its base.
denounce the whole thing as an
infamous falsehood and wicked in
dictment against the wisdom and
love of my Father which 10 In
Heaven. The trouble is, men have
held the cross so close to the eyes
of their deluded dupes they have
never had a glimpse OF the Father.
nor His blessed Son. The kingdom
of Heaven is within, God Is, hence,
l am. If you please. am the resur-
rection and the life. It has taken
God from the beginning. which
never was, to make man that will
never end. Hence, mans immor-
tality.
J. C. BUSHNELL.
Washington, d. c.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Breeding Independents.

ID OLlTlCS has sTcappeared in Congress. For
u -four months it had been given a vacation
Now again takes its place in the great legislative
body. where at best, there has never been too much
Pf craftsmanship. Politics is just plain partisan
Fhip. Its appeal is to prejudice and every politi
ian has learned that in election campaigns at least
p per cent Of the most effective appeal has been to
|'rejudice. The best of them have used it, and it
has beer hard for any of us trained in the old
|saool; to shake of its influence
Every Republican whose dad was Republican
Pefore him; every Democrat whose dad was a
'einoerat before him, finds it mighty hard to put
mark at the name OF the other party. II he does
Ibis. he feels as il he bad forsworn his national
|segiance. He has almost sense Of shame and
poloei1es to himself. Yet is this very school of
a'sanship with IFS appeal to prejudice the voting
os or against persons instead of policies principles
systems that has graduated the great body of
|s-eslied Independent voters, until neither party
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
SUNDAY, AUGUST n. 1921.


This Is read by astrologers as an
exceedingly unfortunate day. Saturn
and Mars are both in strongly
malefic aspect.
Mars is in a place indicating a
strong sentiment for war and mill
tary achievements, which will
cause widespread discussion.
Saturn is in an aspect not al all
favorable Cor disarmament, since all
the reactionary forces are set into
activity by the planetary rule.
Great and important changes
affecting the whole world are
prophesied to follow the conjunc-
ton Of Jupiter adm Saturn next
month.
The conjunction OF Mars and
Nuptune this week Is not good for
many of mems ambitions. 1t indi-
Gates great heat and many labor
troubles.
Strange crimes and much mad
ness will mark the next few weeks,
and weather conditions will be re-
sponsible for suicides. ...
Religious scandals and contro-
versies will come much to the front
In the next three months. Prejudice
and superstition will be awakened
ty the position # the stars.
Domestic harmony may be dis
tributed BY today's aspect of Mars.
which encourages quarrels and
chickering's.
The aged may feel the effects Of
Saturn's adverse ASPECT today. They
sbould safeguard their health and
s-ould not dulge in irritability.
Persons whose birthdate 1T is may
rave rather trying year, in which
they should dominate all the condl-
lions Of their lives.
Children born on this day will
succeed best as employees. These
subjects Of Virgo are usually very
talented. ~
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Northern Pacific Alone
In Dining Car Price Cut

CHICAGO, Aug. a0.-Despite the
Northern Pacific Railroad cut in
dining car prices. other roads CEN
tering in Chicago are still maintain
ing the high level Of war times.
There is no indication of any redue-
ton, according TO officials. Princi-
pal items reduced in Northern Pa
cific dining car menus are baked
potatoes. from rs cents to Is cents
coffee, per pot, 20 cents TO is cents;
coffee per cup, Is cents TO 10 cents.
and bread and butter from Is cents
to 10 cents. In addition TO these
cuts, club order cards have been
reduced so per cent rs
The gist, of statements by the
Chicago and. Northwestern, Michi-
gan Central Santa Fe, Pennsyl-
ysnia, and Baltimore and Ohio
roads, was TO the effect that din
ing cars are not operated for profit
and IL they can break even on them
they are satisfied. ..
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
A Voice on Russia.
o the Editor. he w,shinEton Hersld

To the Editor, The Washington Hertld:
read the Aug. letter by Jus
tinian (who ! fear should be called
I'M justinian) and wish to inform
him or her that Capt Fitzpatrick was
never really confined in real
prison. but. merely in a detention
barracks; was not forced 10 work:
never struck a Boishevist commits
sioner, and was never threatened
with death. The last time I heard
OF him through the medium Of the
pen of Louise Bryant, he was widely
devouring the contents of Bolshevik
books.
Mrs Margaret Harrison. whom
Senator France had pardoned.
praises highly the Soviet govern
ment in the Baltimore Sun. She
tellslof the kindness of the Com
munists to her. and Of Red army
soldiers preparing special hot baths
for her.
why condemn poor bleeding Rus
STA for every little thing? Today
our government has a little girl in
a real prison-Mollie Steiner. She
distributed pamphlets asking that
the allies cease starving innocent,
delicate little babies. A prominent
judge affirms that she had as much
right to do that as he would have
to distribute the Constitution.
/ see before my minds eye a
foggy, chilly morning, a huddled
mass of humanity (the Russian de-
portees) and their friends and rela-
tives being beaten back. while my
heart weeps blood for them. and
across the gulf OF time / hear the
voice Of Jesus, saying Remove the
mote from thine own eye first"
EDWARD J. IRVINE.
Washington. d. c.
Other Open Court letters will
be found In the MaEa.ise Sec
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
japanese Unrest.

IT UMAN nature is human nature no matter
Il what the color of the skin. 1t is caught in
the undereurrents and upper currents of mental
forces which quickly around the world in these
times of close INSTRUMENTATION There is con-
slant lessening of there" and there" Not only
economic conditions, but those social and POLITICAL
all interrelations, go the waves of the sea- A
kpeople may not know why they may not under
stand they may not realize from where it comes,
them in the same manner and by the same forces.
but the wave impulse, the current contact moves
Even Japan is in a state Of mental motivation.
Not by nature impulsive, not given to moods, not
ntractabe, and by training submissive to authority,
they among the last where unrest would gain
sway. Yet according to the Toxic Times and Mail,
that country is in critical condition because the
people have lost their steadiness and are pulling
at their moorings 1t says:
| The Japanese mind is in a period of transit
ton and the transition is sickly one. There
is no genius or guiding star that lead the
people out of their doubts and steer them into
safe mental haven. The efforts being made
by the police and the authorities to induce bet
| ter worship at the ancestral shrines and to pay
more regard for the faith of Old Japan are
| proofs that the authorities have begun to see
the ugly side of this unsettled state of thought.
DIR. Ohshima, well-known Japanese Stu
dent, compares the state of thoughts among the
masses in the cities to those prevailing in the
minds OF the French people before the revolu-
| ton. New thoughts have come in and the old
theories are regarded as untenabe. But these
| new thoughts are little understood and as
result, instead OF order and harmony in the
mental world, there is deal of confusion and
| chaos" DIR. Ohshima adds that passion and i'm
pulse never ruled the Japanese more than at
the present day.
The mental world of Japan today may be
compared to stormy sea-" says Prof Shire
Kawads, of the Kyoto Imperial University.
This is true of society we'll as of individuals
There is no dinlinution in the patriotism of the
people, but there is grave discomfort, and the
sullen mutterngs to be everywhere heard are
certainly not good portents. The press plays
up every day lurid articles Of riotous living By
hitherto respected persons scandals in official
and municipal matters, corruption in trade and
commerce. This is killing the respect of the
younger generation for established authority and
undermining their faith in the traditions and
beliefs of old"
lovers knot and dollar sign; your
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

The Herald has found that certain
vriters sign fictitious names ~ their
own. In . few instances We and these
have escaped our notice. We viii hsre-
aftei require not only the name but the
directory address. The Open Court must
not be abuseS. Il Is for fair. imper-
sonal, informative discussion and state
ment Of opinion.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

More than 500 persons have asked to be
heard at the Senate tariff bill hearings. The
other 27,ooo,ooo will testify in November, 1922
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Russia has only one Saturday in the cal
endar year. Anyway, thatsis as often as the
Russians indulge in the luxury of our Saturday
evening pastinie
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

The Senate seems to act as q sort of league
of nations for the House, body to which to
pass along matters loaded with political dynaA
mite. 'r.....- y. 49, &
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

All Harding asks of the Mikado is that he
shall send money and; industry into strange
lands instead of armies and navies
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

The suggested reduction of the army to
100000 men is probably intended as extreme
illustration of reductio ad absurdum.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Because you give q man a square meal, it
does not follow that you approve his daily life.
This is Americas latest message to Lenin.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

China is beginning to wonder if the open
door is an"invitstion to strangers to regulate
her domestic affairs
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
PROPOSE MAKING
GAS AT COAL MINES.


"A coal mine is exactly as logical
a place to generate electricity as
a waterfall. The intervention Of the
railroads, with their high freight
rates and notoriously inadequate
service, is the greatest single fac
tor in making electrical power ex.
pensive. The erection, on q general
scale, OF central power plants At
the mouths Of coal mines Is capable
Of revolutionizing the Industrial life
Of this country" says the Scientific
American editorially.
What is true OF electricity IL
likewise true Of gas. The natural gas
industry has fully developed the
technique Of distributing gas 20
roints hundreds of miles distant
from the place Of production Now
that the supply of natural gas is on
the verge Of exhaustion Il is high
time for the coal mines TO take up
the task OF the expiring gas wells:
10 generate gas at the mine mouth
and supply il for industrial and do
mestic use in the surrounding re-
gions. Here again is an opportunity
for the coal operators 20 serve their
country and their own pocketbooks
at one and the same time.
prevailing methods Of burning
coal are a full generation behino
sound theories on the subject. IL
appears 20 be well established that
vast economies both in labor ana
heat units can be effected by reduc-
Ing coal to a pulverized or so-cslled
atcmized form before IL is burned
II lie encouraging to learn that 10
600, 900 tons of coal was pulverized
in the United States last year; but
IL lie discouraging TO reflect that this
amount was less than 2per cent OF
the total coal production OF the
country"
A Dutch meteorologist has studied
the winter temperatures in Western
Europe from go TO 1916 A. ID. He
has found that greater activity OF
sun spots 10 accompanied by winter
setting in harder and earlier than
usual, while less activity OF the
spots corresponds TO late, mild
winters.
In the seventeenth century, dur
ing England's FIRST smoke agitation,
Il was recommended that all fac
tories be moved from the city to a
distance OF eight miles TO remove
the nuisance.
white concrete blocks instead OF,
painted lines are used in Portland.
Oreg- to mark cross-walks aud
other traffic lines placed on the
streets.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Anyway the league Of nations hobs up as
last resort, sort of refuge for international
. goats"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
The Herald
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SUNDAY. AUGUST n. Isz1.
VIA Flower Pre.ervstts. society
Of America Warrington Chapter.
Flower Study Hike. today Meet
AZ d m At Thirty-sixth and M
streets for the canal trip
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

To the prohibitionist ii must seem as if
them has a thirst, gifts.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

lovers knot and a dollar sign; your
loves my warrant, l will be thine
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Other Open Court letters will
be found In the MaEazise Sec
ton.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

white concrete blocks instead OF
painted lines are used in Portland.
Oreg. to mark cross-walks aud
other traffic lines placed on the
streets.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

In the seventeenth century. dur
ing England's FIRST smoke agitation,
Il was recommended that all fac
tories be moved from the city to a
distance OF eight miles to remove
the nuisance.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

THIS government has officially recognized
, art commission. But it is recognized almost
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
Naval Messenger Robbed
OF Sixty-two Discharges
Declares He Was Held Up by
Six Armed Mem ON Road
Near Waterbury, Conn.

WATERBURY, Conn. Dec. 1S.-Ed-
ward j. Bender, naval messenger en-
route from New London, Conn, TO Buf-
falo, n. Y. was held up by six armed
men on the New Thomaston Road about
eight miles from here tonight and
robbed of sixty-two special discharges
which he was carrying to the naval Of
ficers in charge at Buffalo.
Bender told the police that he had
stopped over at Watertown, near here,
TO visit friends, having sufficient travel
ing time TO do so, and that he had ar
ranged with an automobile to carry him
to Danbury, where he was to have taken
the train for Buffalo.
While walking to the place where he
was to have met the automobile driver
Bender said ne was halted by the six
men who took his navy overcoat. his
watch, a sum of money and the special
discharges.
The bandits had barricaded the road
with sticks Of cordwood and had
backed an automobile off the road be-
mind some bushes After robbing him
the bandits climbed into their car anc
drove away.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19

of the river the water was swirling
deep where usually only a few scant
inches race along.
Such foods poured over the preci-
pce that the pool at the bottom quickly
showed the results, and the dock of the
Maid of the Mist was submerged. The
food surged itself out through the
rapids and the whirlpool and made it
self felt even in the broad reaches of
the lower river at Lewiston.
Many islands just above the falls
were submerged for the first time in
years. The water was very deep under
the Goat Island bridge. Great prop
erty damage was done on the upper
river between La Sale and Niagara
Falls 20 riverside lighthouses and motor
boats. One estimate of the property
loss there is $1,000 Several families
living in houses on the river bank were
rescued with difficulty
SYRACUSE, Dec 1s.-A wind storm
that reached the proportions of a gale
swept over Syracuse and central New
York early this morning and caused
serious injury to at least one person
and thousands of dollars damage to
property.