davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
THE SLACKER.

Memorial day ! saw . young
american" (77??) standing In
front OF the White House a. the
parade passed by. II there IL
really such a thing AZ Cake
eater" his clothes stamped him
as one of the breed. And even
though the numerous fiags passed
before him and the gallant
old chaps OF 81 and the wounded
OF the late war plodded their
way past. did this young gentle
man ever remove his hat or
take the cigar from his mouth,
he did NOT. No service BADGE
did he wear: not even q poppy
adorned his faultlesG attire.
Bill. can you spare wee bit
of space to start an agitation
that will shame all Of this ilk
and make them see how petty
and dispicable they are. Or.
better. write one OF your edi-
toriais about how an Individual
should pay tribute to his
country's nag. would like to
bet that this Bird" spent the
two years that the war was
going on in lodging the draft
and all the time since explain
ing why he didn't get to go.
PAUL w. II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
a NeU Bill on
Debts
BILL will soon be considered
by the Senate providing for

4 BILL will soon be considered
~ by the Senate providing for
- handling the foreign debt
proposition without diminishing the
rightful authority either of the Pres
ident or of the Congress.
The plan is to authorize the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to negotiate
settlements with England, France
and other debtor countries, subject
to the approval of the Congress.
President Harding is always will
ing to recognize to the full the right
full place and power of the Congress
in the Government, but he is also
naturally unwilling to have the Pres
ident's rightful place and power in
the Government disregarded.
This new bill, which virtually
treats the settlement of the debts
owed us by foreign nations as a
treaty affair, will likely appeal both
to the President and the Congress
as the best way to handle the whole
matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
AND .MERRITT o.. Did.

HAZEL HUT" put on large en-
velope a drawing of monthly bill.
with PR" and then drawing of
chunk of ice in tongs. Next she drew
pictures of General Washington and
OF three clocks all spelling BILL
PRICE. WASHINGTON TINES"
Inside was this compliment to Post
master CHANCE:
I'll take the CHANCE that MERRITT o.
VIII leave this at your door;
Then maybe HAYS will see II pays,
To keep him on some more"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
Why Has G0n,pers Failed to
Carry Out His Instructions
Concerning Ireland?

been content TO bury the Irish reso-
luton while he runs about the coun-
try making speeches, rendering LIP
service only to American labor and
failing to carry out its positive in
structions.
Why has Mr.. Gompers failed in
his duty toward the cause of free
dom of Ireland and Indiai
Why has he not heard the appeal
of labor in India, where the British
government starves it'll
Mr.. Gompers, like Mr.. Dixon, of
the Christian Science Monitor, WAS
BORN IN ENGLAND.
He was flattered by the British
during the war, and it is said that
some of his friends repeat with pride
that he was permitted by those who
artfully patronized him in England
even to sleep in the bed of British
King.
Mr.. Gompers' latest exploit was to
accept an invitation to address the
Empire Club in Canada, an organiza-
ton which, as its name suggests, is
devoted to the interests of the Brit
ish Empire.
1t is a, natural presumption that
the Empire Club would not pass a
vote of sympathy for the cause of
Freedom in Ireland, nor would it
honor Mr.. Gompers with an invita-
ton to address it, IF Mr.. COM
PERS CARRIED OUT THE IN
STRUCTIONS OF THE AMERI-
CAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IN
BEHALF OF THAT OPPRESSED
LITTLE COUNTRY.
1t is proper that the members of
organized labor should know the
stand of Mr.. Gompers in respect to
their instructions concerning Ire
land, and it is proper that they
should know that they must not hope
for anything effective from Mr..
Gompers, either for Ireland or for
any other progressive cause.
He will thunder, GENERAL
tiles which make him look as if
he were a champion of organized
labor, but he only makes the enemies
of organized labor smile.
They wouldn t have him dethroned
from his leadership for anything in
the world.
In his attitude toward the enemies
of labor he reminds us of the hero
in an old melodrama who said to
the villain: william, you have
brought my sister to shame and sui
eide, you have FASTENED my old
fathers death, you have destroyed
my dear old mothers health, whiten-
ed her hair and dimmed her eyes
with tears, and you have blackened
almost every spot on my body with
your kicks, but / warn you, villain,
not to go too far"
How much further is organized
labor going to allow Mr.. Gompers
to go before it warns him "not to go
TOO far"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
uUM A NISMS
William Anterior Du Puy-

Miss Alice N. Robertson. Consresswomsn from
Oklahoma. is ingratiating herself with her fell
low members. There Is nothing flighty frivo-
lous about her. She Is sturdy missionary stock;
is plain. straightforward and given to common
sense statement of the facts and auizzical
humor.
He serves his party best who serves his coun-
try best" is a germ OF philosophy which she is
fond OF emphasizing.
When party leaders came TO her in Oklahoma
and suggested that she run for Congress; she
says she took the matter under Amusement. Then
she went and consulted three men about it-but
women.
IT, she says, any good man had been as insist
ent that she marry him these men were that
she run for Congress she would not have been
there today
Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota is
a chemist. new and unaccustomed addition TO
the membership of Congress.
Some years he analysed n certain commod-
ity that being sold in North Dakota and said
some harsh things about II.
Not long after that a smooth gentleman began
cultivating acauaintsnces close to the chemist.
He asked one of these IL the chemist could be
talked to-" The stranger tapped his vest pocket
but folks don't appreciate this sign language
out in the wheat country. Certainly said DR..
I.addA friend. The chemist was very easy
to talk to.
So the smooth gentleman went blitheiy in and
began to peel the bills off his roll.
Half an hour later he emerged much chssten-
ed Individual He said the chemist had given
him the straightest rhetorical dressing down he
had ever encountered and that he was ashamed
OF himself -.
al owe my success TO Napoleon" said Senator
Bert NJ Fernaid of Maine. Napoleon had his
own method OF getting results and those meth
DDS have resounded down through the decades
much, to the benefit OF succeeding generations.
Napoleon offered cash reward to the man
who would discover substitute for cane for
making sugar, substitute that could be grown
in France The sugar beet was the result Ma
poleon offered prize OF $1,000 to any man who
would discover a way of preserving food for his
soldiers and a man named Appert developed the
nrocsss ~ heating them and sealing them in cans
II was poor boy on farm In Maine, but
back In 1885, I borrowed $1,000 from 9 maiden
aunt and began canning corn. The business
prospered until now put up half of million
cans every fall. For twenty years travelled dur
inr January and February and sold corn The
corn OF the Maine farmer. thanks to Napoleon and
nv maiden aunt, is now eaten in every state in
the Union
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
Stars and Stripes

A pure mind may look on evil, like the sun
shedding it's rays on filth, without poluting
itself
A fool gains nought from the wisdom of
sages, but wise msn reads good advice even
in the barking of dog.
Words embalm ideas; actions give them
life.
We find fault not so much with our sight
a. with our blindness. y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
SOME OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

This 10 my idea of the heighth Of
absent mindedness. A business friend
went out to lunch, hanging d sign
on the door. "Out 10 lunch--Back at
1 o'clock" Having reached the street
he remembered that ne had left some
thing important in his office, so he
returned. carefully read the sign on
the door. and sat down TO wait until
O'Clock. FLATIRON FELIX.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
SPREADING OF A WORD.

Just a little over a year ago
Heard and Seen gave the name
'Cxke-eater" to a class of young
men who flourished on + and
other streets In this city. We
had so much sport In this col
umn with those birds that large
numbers of them migrated.
They're, almost extinct here now.
so far as dress Is concerned,
though retaining some of the
same principles.
Special writer's described in
newspaper articles the washing
ton species. explaining how the
name originated In II and s.
Now the word is used all over
the United States by famous ar
lists. squib writer's, and others.
In the Cicero sapp" series of
cartoons. Cicero remarked the
other day. I'm broke flatter
than a cake-eater's chest, and
then he proceeded to rob his
boys bank of 100 pennies that
he might go to the ball game, a
stunt much along cake-eatcr
methods.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
rHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MONITOR devotes whole edi.

torial to Mr.. Samuel Gompers,
now president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. This whole column
Of editorial comment upon Mr..
Gompers career does not denounce
him. 1t does not even damn him
with faint praise. 1t very artfully
praises him with faint damning.
For example, consider this passage
in the editorial:
she has maintained his right OF
leadership by his heretofore un-
lwavering adherence to policy of
CONSERVATISM and by his successful
opposition to the insistent demands
of the ultra radical elements within
the ranks of the federation of which
he is the executive officer. By those
whom he has opposed he has been
denounced as reactionary. But Mr..
Gompers is not reactionist."
Now, why should the editor of
the Christian Science Monitor wish,
under the cover of helpful criticism,
ito promote the interests of Mr..
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labori
a Thereby, we suspect, hangs tale.
The editor of the Christian Science
Monitor is Mr.. Thomas Dixon.
Mr.. Thomas Dixon was born in
England, reared in England, edh-
Gated in England and is an English
man in everything but his residence
in America.
He is an Englishman even in his
editing of an American newspaper.
Not many months ago, large
body of Christian Scientists de-
nounced Mr.. Dixon for having hired
as the assistant editor of the
christian Science Monitor, Sir Henry
'Japp.
Now, Sir Henry Japp was on the
payroll of the British government
at the very time.
That is, he was an official agent
'pf the British government.
III The gross improperly of this pro-
ceeding could not be exaggerated.
1t illustrates the lengths to which
Mr.. Dixon feels it proper to go in
the use of an American newspaper
ITO promote British interests in this
country.
n Now, why would British propa-
gandist want to aid in the re-estab-
llishment of Mr.. Gompers' prestige
with organized labor, and why
should he choose just this time for
propaganda work in behalf of Mr..
Gompersf The reason is not far to
seek. In two weeks, the American
Federation of Labor will hold its
annual convention, and Mr.. Gompers
will be candidate for reelection.
At the last American Federation
of Labor convention the workingmen
of this country declared themselves
in sympathy with Ireland's struggle
to be free, and INSTRUCTED MR.,
GOMPERS TO TENDER HIS
SERVICES TO THE IRISH REP
RESENTATIVES TO DO WHAT
HE COULD TO AID THE IRISH
CAUSE.
That resolution is now almost a
year old and has all this time lain
dead letter on the records of the
Federation convention.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers has done
NOTHING to carry out the instruc-
lions of his organization in all this
year, when the fate of Irish Freedom
has hung so fearfully in the balance.
The instincts, the natural procliv-
flies Of representative of workmen
ought to make him sympathize with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
ABOUT CRYrTOGRAPHY.

would like to ask the wise ones of
IL and s this question:
The cryptographic sharks found no
difficulty in DECIDING my recent cryp-
togram. but none of them have told
us how DO they do IT.? How do RO-
LAND and OLIVER manage their CT
pher correspondence. which, by the
way 10 not intended to battle such
experts as the sages of II and S. but
only to protect their correspondence
from the inquisitive idler. There is
no memorizing of keys. no code
books. no elaborate cooling and de-
cs.ding. And hardly one person in a
hundred can read IL. To refresh the
memory. notice that HEARD AND
SEEN appears in cipher: =304%
as s33; Now who can tell us how
IL is done? III. b. ROSSELL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
NOODLE DOG"

To NOODLE DOG" who
wants to know the etiquette of
eating sphagetti and yakima. II
In suggested that. since Presi-
dent Harding has promised to
keep us out of foreign entangle-
ments. II Is our duty as patriotic
Americans to keep foreign en-
tanglements out of ourselves.
F. j. SCHWAB.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
NO WONDER!

she-Isn't a Thermometer a clever
thing?
He-No wonder. 1t has a college
education.
She-Absurd
He--Absurd. me eye. Isn't 1t gradu-
ated In many degrees9
JULES. b.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
The swallows no longer
"Homeward Fly" Every swal-
low these days has TO be chased.
JULES b.

Barber-Nice SINCE now, sirf
Mr.. Thinontop-NO, OF COURSE
MOTT Can't you see / haven't any
hair to burn
HARPER's FERRY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

She-what of the new neighbors7
He-It's hard to nx their place in
society.
She-How's thatf
He-They have neither . motor car
nor a graphophone. CHEVY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
SAFETY FIRST.

'Come right in, Jim said the
farmer. HE won't hurt you. You
know a barking dog never bites"
Sure. boss. All knows eat" Jim re-
piled with caution, as he watched the
dog, "but All don't know how soon he's
going to stop barkin'" FAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

III EINsTEIN has any more
dimensions tircIuding the fourth)
tell him to leave them on the
doorstep. I'm all balled up now.
MILO II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Husband sends about ten
dollars worth of latest
news. Gets another souve-
mir postcard. Dear George:
Ocean is wonderful. Chill
dren have eighty dollars
worth of whopping cough.
Send hundred. Eloise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

George buys second souve-
mir postcard at market
price OF one hundred smack
ers. Rsttles down to sea-
shore on weekend. Finds
wife teaching handsome
lifesaver how to swim. Hus-
band feels like rain at
picnic. Tells wife TO come
back to New York, where
souvenir postcards are
cheaper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
so SAD.

The hsirdressers job lie a sad one. I know,
And her days are chuck full OF terrible
woe.
Though abe tries to cheer up her callers
with jests
She must listen to thousands Of "dyeins-
requests. OIDONO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Movie FAM see that Charlie Chap
Inns going TO marry again.
Another Fan-Yes. Charles always
in hot water. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
TAPOTYPE BEAUTY GIRL.

FRED ENGER after an absence from the column back today
his ma
heorisina of be office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Aside to "BELLA"-Your line
drawing of H. and S. is in pencil.
The idea is clever, but all draw
ings must be in ink, and not too
DARK. The light ones reproduce
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Doesn't take her wedding
ring down to Atlantic City
with her. Afraid salt air
will tarnish brass filling.
Writes latest news to hubbo
every day. Dear George:
This Is my room. Wish you
were here. Send fifty.
Eloise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
A NUTTY PUZZLE ADDRESS.

OF the
o 4
4 i. 4
J
he Of me !
he = a
1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
ANOTHER KIND.

IONA STILL
Ran up the hill
To get q drink OF brew;
Up she ran and down she fell.
She must havs been in stew"
AL. l.. HALL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Marie ", bright contrib to H. and
s, lost her mother six weeks ago.
Writing to G. o. c., she says: "You
can have no idea how much the old
column does for those who have
passed through great SORROWS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
111EARDn5 EEr|a


Mrs. BaiI--weI. that's nne. both Of
your daughters married. Did they do
we'll?
able. She married a lawyer. bat
Blanch was more fortunate; she
welded piummer. w. l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
Mr.. B. Baer
DEAR GEORGE.

While bread-winner Is
pulling and hauling in sim
merlng city. cake-eater of
family Is hiding In one
piece bathing suit at
Atlantic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Eloise breaks out into In
ternational sobbing sweep
stakes. Beats last years
record by nifty sniffs.
George has broken steer
ing knuckle on bankroll.
Eloise takes children up to
mountains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
MAKING RECORDS.

Smith, went twenty miles on =
gallon yesterday
Jones--That's nothing went q
whole month on a quart. EAORK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01


First postcard from noun
tains. Dear George: This
Is my room. Wish you were
here. Send two hundred.
Eloise.
Price of souvenir post
cards is going up, George
sends all but one-ninety-six
OF plunder requested. Gets
another card. Dear George:
Mountains are wonderful.
Children have Appalachian
measles. Send nifty. Eloise.
October arrives. George
has bankroll OF souvenir
postcards. Family comes
home. wife has postcard
habit. George II reading
life OF Jessie James In
parlor. wife sends him
souvenir postcard from
kitchen.
Dear George: climate is
wonderful. Send atty.
Elolse.
George spends his vsca-
tion in Matteawan in cell
padded with postcards.
Sends wife souvenir. post
card. Dear Eloise. This IL
my. room. Wish you were
here George
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01

Dear George: Climate is
wonderful. Send hfty.
Elolse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

public advance agent for evils Of a more
potent nature radiating from the aura. Elk.
ternaly he is usually well-stocked with
heas. vermin of various kinds, mango,
cutaneous eruptions and germs of infec.
tious and contagious diseases. and com.
mon dirt mixed with filth acquired by eat.
ing and rolling in carron and other refuse
matter
He is also an agent not only in inpcu-
lating members OF the household and
others with whom he may come in contact.
with his own forms of influenza and rabies.
but aids materially in distributing epidem-
les prevailing in the community by his
visits to garbage and waste matter on the
premises Of families under quarantine
ITO anybody who is we'll informed re-
garding the pestient character Of the filth
and disease clnging to and thrown off by
a dog and circulated in the atmosphere
in the form OF dry nffnitesimal PARTICLES.
a room thus contaminated is almost into
cradle.
Some people who conine their dog
within doors great part of the time at.
tempt to keep him clean by frequent bath
ing; but when this operation Is carried on
within the house-and some use the fam.
lily bsthtub for this purpose-the intended
hygienic action serves only as an aggraga.
ton Of the dangerous features of the ami.
NAL. The germs, bacilli, filth particles.
aromas and fumes are set free in the bath
aiffused and distributed about the house
by evaporation and air currents"
The conclusion OF this expert and Of
many others is that the dog once a boon
companion Of the cave man. is onlv
menace TO health, life and limb in moderl
city life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

those diseases from which 1t suffers, but
spreads the germs of many others. For in
stance, persons having the diphtheria
germs in their throats press the cat to their
mouths and thus the germs are passed to
the animals, who then carry them to other
houses
The cats constant habit OF digging in
garbage barrels and filth heaps is another
cause OF spreading disease germs It has
been proved that the cat has paved over
the discarded dressings from the sick-room
and then carried infection back to its
owners home and children.
The doctors and scientists Of the country
have called attention to the dangers that
lie In the pet cat and dog, but It is hard
work to wake the public up. One physician
who has gathered some very interesting
evidence of the deadly association between
cats and dogs and the influenza epidemic
IN this country is Dr. w. E. Roberts, OF
white Sulphur Springs. w Va.
lGI 1871 4,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

the lungs. In sixty out OF seventyeight
dead cats was found the specific bacillus
of the deadly Spanish influenza" In all
the dead animals there were several differ
ent influenza microbes, in some cases run
ming up to as many as dozen different
kinds.
The Swiss institute has proved that the
cat is more subject to diseases OF the throat
and lungs than any other domestic animal
II has less power of resisting the invasion
of germs than the dog and many other ami.
mails. While the dog takes in an enormous
quantity of disease germs and filth, its
saliva is very strong and is capable of over.
coming much Of this infection. The cat is
not so well able to fight germs. But though
the cat is more subject to respiratory dis.
eases than the dog, the latter is fully as
great menace to the public health
1t has been observed that large pro-
portion Of house cats-nearly rs per cent
suffer from coughs and other throat trou-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

bles, even when there is no definite
epidemic Of disease. Listen to all
the feline pets you encounter and
you will be astonished how many of
them are troubled with nasty
cough.
When we learn all the facts that
have been proved by science with
regard to cats and disease We shah
be shocked to think how many deli.
cate American women and children
are in the habit OF kissing and
fondling these animals. Any parent
who allows his child to put its face
near a cats mouth is mourning q
grave responsibility. Many children
are in the habit OF letting cats sleep
with them. This habit entails
practical certainty OF spreading any
throat or lung trouble with which the
cat may be affected
Toward the close Of the Summer
there was a marked Increase of in
fiuenza in the United States. and
some people began TO fear that here
might be a similar epidemic to the
great Spanish influenza" outbreak
Of 1918. That was the most deadly
attack Of pestilence that ever at
tackled our country. People should
not help such an outbreak to occur
again by fondling useless cats and
dogs.
The cat not only communicates