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The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
PARENTS ANNOUNCE
DAUGHTERS WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brown Pat
torson announce the marriage of
their daughter, Ruth CapelIe. to
Harvey Almon Harding on Monday,
January "a, at st. Paul's Rock
Creek Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harding will be at
nome after February at 424 Ran
dolph street northwest. j.
Washington society is antiGpat-
ing with much pleasure the coming
event of the twenty-eighth annual
ball of the Southern Relief Society,
TO be held at the New Willard on
Monday evening, February Z.
Mrs. Bates Warren, vice president
Of the society. will head the receiv-
ing line. which. will include. Mrs.
cambridge Colby. Mrs. A. Mitchell
Palmer, Mrs. Newton D. Baker, Mrs.
Josephus Daniels. Mrs. Edwin T.
Meredith, Miss Mabel T. Boardman.
Mrs. Lee 'Benoist and Mrs. Francis
t. A. Junkin, who is vice. chairman
OF the ball committee.
The Anthony League will hold its
usual 'at home" from 3 to $3.50
p. m. Hon. Charles H. Randall will
speak on Censorship" Ali meet
ings are open to the public
The class, of 1922 of the Catholic
University has sent out cards for
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26

.
the junior prom on Wednesday eve
ming, February 2. at o'clock in
tho university gymnasium.
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair is staying at the
Hotel Lafayette for a few days.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
State Chief
Home Today
Secretary Colby Expected
To Reach Hampton Roads
After Trip.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall were the dinner guests last
evening Of former Senator and Mrs.
willard Salisbury.
Mrs. cambridge Colby, wife of the
Secretary of State, was the guest at
dinner last evening of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph C. Miller. Secretary Colby,
who has been touring South Amer
lea. will arrive in ahHpton Roads
today and will reach Washington
tomorrow.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Newton D. Baker were the guests of
honor at dinner last evening OF
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Henry Jervey.
Covers were laid for ten, the guests
included, in addition to Secretary
and Mrs. Baker, Gen. Peyton March,
Gen. and Mrs. William Connor, Col.
and Mrs. Clarence Ridley, and Mrs.
c. f. Bailey, Of Michigan, Mrs. Jer-
vey's sister, who is making an ex-
tended visit here.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
MRS. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND
ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON.

Mrs. John Hays Hammond enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday. Her
guests included Sonora de Pezet, Mrs.
Robert L. owen, Mrs. Sarah Lee
Phillips, Mrs. Ira c. Copley, Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
Mrs. Charles Warren, Mrs. James
Biddle and Mrs. Huntington Will
Jams. OF Baltimore. house guest of
the hostess. Covers were laid for
twenty-SiX.
Mrs. L. S Grant. jr., entertained
at tea yesterday afternoon. She was
assisted by Mrs. Louis Hertle. OF
Gunston Hall, Va; Mrs. Dennis z.
Nolan, Mrs. Paul Reinsch. Mrs.
Thomas B. Hutchinson, Mrs. Loren
Johnson and Mrs. Alexander Sharp.
Mr. and Mrs. William Littauer
were among the dinner hosts last
evening.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
LEAVES TO MEET SISTER
ON RETURN TO AMERICA.

Capt. J. F. Harksr. of the British
Embassy staff is in New York, where
he went to meet Mrs. Henry Getty
Chiffon, wife OF the recently ap-
pointed counselor of the British
Embassy. who landed there yester-
day from Rio de Janeiro. Her
father, Thomas J. OBrien. former
United States Ambassador to Japan,
also will meet her. She is accom-
panied by her children. The en-
tire party will come to Washing
ton today. Her husband will join
her here the end of March or early
in April. He is now closing his
duties as counselor of the British
embassy at Rio dc Janeiro. He
was formerly secretary OF the en-
bassy here.
Miss Anne Gordon entertained at
dinner last evening in compliment
to Miss Antoinette Graves and Miss
Katherine Mackay. There were
fourteen guests. including Miss Ade-
line Oxnard, Miss Virginia Harri-
son. Miss Marcia Chaplin. Miss Fran
ces Hampson, Col. Lee. Lieut.. Doel-
ler, John F. Roy. Fielding Robin
son, Maj. Stuart Cremer, Lucien Van
Doren and Basil Gordon, brother
Of the hostess.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26

A Short Lot Sale With
Quantity Back of 1t
The Washington herald., 1921-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert HalSted arc
at the Hotel Lafayette for a few
days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18

there has been no restriction OF credit in the
Agricultural regions AS Governor Harding OF
the federal reserve board has clearly shown
in his testimony before the senate committee,
advances on commercial, Industrial and agri-
today as high as. higher than. at any time
in the past Defation has occurred chiefly IN
the financial and industrial centers. One OUT
standing feature is the decided Improvement
in the position of the railroads. That net OPP
Grating income of the class ! lines was well
above $50, 00o. 900 for June contrasts most hope
fully with the deficit of s16.000.00o for the
same month a year ago, but by NO means tells
the whole story. Since July earnings seem
TO have gone steadily ahead, and it must be
remembered that savings in labor costs. likely
to amount to 100000 a day, and in fuel cost
likely to be 100000 more per month, have
now taken effect These and the various gains
in efficiency that have been introduced should
give the July returns and those of succeeding
months an even more favorable position, rela-
lively speaking. Reductions of export rates
lately announced as well as the much more
far-reaching, though less obvious, cuts in trans
portation costs due to Reconsideration and re-
arrangement of charges, are already greatly
increasing the amount of freight passing over
some of the lines. The fact that in these cir
cumstances certain of the rails have suffered
reverses in the last week or two merely 1ndi-
cates that the investment public has not yet
fully recognized the real change of outlook as
regards the transportation stocks in any
practical way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
The German Masonic Grasp.

German Freemasonry is ready to shake
hands with the Masonic bodies of other ma
tons, but only on its own terms, We learn
from a German manifesto cited by CORE
? spondent of the London Times, who points out
that the grip was broken in the first instance
by the Germans themselves, who now show an
inclination to grasp. There is not much
grace in the act apparent to British Masons,
who remember that in the early months of
the the various German lodges, which are
directed in matters of policy by a central
bund, decided to hold no intercourse with al
lied Freemasons". The grand orients of France
and Belgium we are told, promptly took up
the challenge, while the united. grand lodge
of England resolved that, in order to prevent
the peace and harmony of the craft being dis
turbed it is necessary that all brethren Of
German Austrian, Hungarian or Turkish birth
should not, during the continuance of the war,
and until grand lodge after the treaty Of peace
has been signed should otherwise determine,
attend any meeting of the grand lodge of
a private lodge or any other Masonic meeting,
and that such brethren be and they are hereby
required by grand lodge to abstain from such
attendance" This regulation remains in
force says the Times correspondent, who calls
attention to the document setting forth Ger
man terms of reconciliation in which the fol-
lowing paragraph occurs:
I'VE, German Masons, are equally in favor
of reunion But we do not want to be ex-
cluded from universal Masonry. Let no one
presume, to set US upon the penitents' stool
and make US depend on other peoples favor
either from the Masonic point of view any
other. We have our German dignity and we
do not puff ourselves up But we must have
equality and tolerance, and we insist upon be-
ing recognized. True tolerance includes
esteem
Having thus made tolerance a SYNONYM for
esteem this German manifesto concludes with
the following lines:
"Freemasonry must not be infested with
politics. We, German Freemasons, also dis
cuss in our lodges questions of present day
politics, but consider these problems only from
the Masonic point of view. Our aim is always
the moral solution. 1t is thus that we teach
social ethics and social pedagogy. We wish to
undertake the Masonic education of the Ger
mans. Leasing had exhorted to do. And
believe that after this war we shall at
least reach true Masonic entente"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18

discarded by the woman who received, read
and preserved love note from another man
on the night of her marriage to him. Ralph Oben-
chain a Chicago lawyer, granted her divorce
because of her infatuation for the other And
now that she is indicted for murder of his rival,
Obenchain has forsaken his career as attor-
iey for big corporation and Travelled more
than half way across the continent to fight for
the liberty of the woman who spurned him.
MANY will say that Obenchan is foolish 9th
ers hold that he is a man in a million. The
simplest explanation is that he loved the
woman he welded, and that real love does not
die But it is fact that love victimizes many
men And Obenchain is one of these.
In Minneapolis the police were looking for
bogus checks. Finally they found him, sitting
on a park bench near the lake shore reading
q well-worn volume of poetry. AS he saw the
officers the old man attempted to jump into the
water but was unsuccessful. He was taken to
police headquarters. At the station his story
was revealed. He was alone in the world
cept for a son. He had sent that son through
college and had not seen him for five years.
The boy had studied to be a lawyer and he
was extravagant It took more than the old
man had to finance his education. The father
lived in a room with derelfcts who paid dime
Nor bed on the floor. He said: 81 am ashamed
yof my appearance and he writes me that he is
popular"
The aged father begs the police not to
tify the son of his plight. He wants to go to
prison without defense, even though the son
might himself defend him. Are loves like these
two to be encouraged Knocked?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
Are Exercises Good for Rupturei
Eauritis

Are Exercises Good for Rupturei
Neuritis.
One of the requests appearing
most frequently in my daily mail is ::
please suggest something good for
neuritis."
Long ago women whose husbands
beat them and dragged them around
] the washtub on Saturday night de-
veloped nervous prostration. Then
some genius conceived the idea of
making the ailment more fashion
able, which he did by notwithstanding
! it neurasthenia- For years it was
all the rage, this neurasthenia
Sounded SO exclusive-somethin
only the idle rich could afford Thus
old n. p. became popular. And now
this fancy of exclusiveness-an
such fancies do prevail regarding
diseases--has fastened itself upon
neuritis, and victims of all kinds of
aches an pains of an indefinite
character are delighted and fiat
tered when some healer or near
healer calls the trouble neuritis.
Please do not misunderstood me.
victims of neuritis I am not trying
to place you in the category with
victims of rheumatism and victims
of catarrh. Let those deluded folk
enjoy their rheumatism and their
catarrh. Your neuritis is neuritis-
nerve infammation-in about one
fourth of the cases so designated
Far be it from me to imply that
there is nothing the matter with a
neuritis subject, or with the victim
Of rheumatic or the victim of ca
tarrh, for that matter. l merely
emphasize the fact that, whereas
the diagnosis of rheumatism" is a
bad guess in 97.S per cent of the
cases, and that of "catarrh" is a bad
guess in 100 per cent of the cases,
the diagnosis Of neuritis is a mis-
take in only about rs per cent of
the cases. And in at least 80 Der
cent of the Is per cent of mistaken
diagnoses of neuritis, it is not the
physician, but some one else, who
has suggested neuritis.
There is nothing l can say to cor
respondents who ask me to suggest
something good for neuritis. l am
quite as much at loss to do that
as l would be to suggest something
good for run down condition, an
indefinite ache or pain, or a tired
business man. The mere word neu-
ritis conveys no tangible idea of.
the nature of the trouble. Too
many easy going folk have learned
to call every ache or pain, which
formerly passed as neuralgia nerve
ache), by the more classy, up-to-
date and impressive name of neu-
rits-keeping always in the back
of the mind a hazy notion that it is
somehow related with rheumatism
which it is, both terms being
meaningless as popularity employed.
A feature of neuritis NERVE in
fammation) which is practically es-
sential to a correct diagnosis is
atrophy or wasting of the muscle
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
College Training.

Come the days when many young men ana
women must decide finally whether they Will
spend four years or more in college. A re-
cent issue of the national journal of great
college fraternity especially noted for its scno-
arship carried, as customary, obituaries or
members who had died. Most notable among
these was Champ Clark, who rose to speaker
NJ the house of representatives and narrowly
missed the presidency of the United States.
Also it carried an item that curious Gus
toner found 200 fraternity pins in Broadway
pawnshou where they had been hooked by
college men who had failed. The fact is that
q college can't make brains; it merely can
train them. 1t usually makes smart man
smarter; fool a bigger fool
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18

TO THE LADY WHO DARNS MY SOCKS.
winsome wisp of female loneliness
Whose hair reflects the sHnbeams from
above;
With eyes soft, dark as some still woodland
Filled by hidden stream of endless love.
Happy in my successes all the time
And magnifes them-little braggart, she!-
But sympathizes when I lose the game;
Inspiring is her wifely constancy.
Upbraids and chides me often-yes It's so;
Jealous of me, and jealous of my veal
The strange antithesis of thought and moods
That woman's heart along can know and
feel.
Even her dresses when she is away.
FfImy and dainty with discreet perfume,
Unite and praise her sense of nicely
And lend enchaltment to her vacant room.
She kisses and vows her love is true
While softly creep her fingers through my
hair;
She builds air castles in our world of love
I doubt if Eden ever was more fair.
SOLOMON PIFFLE.
THE headline artist on the Chicago Post
obviously has soft spot in his heart for the
eye-weary colyumist. Else why should he have
written the wheeZy seven-column streamer,
Recall Troops to Erin; De Valera Stands
Pat?
Explaining the Extraordinary Playfulness
Of Mr.. Chaplin.
[From The August
Chaplin's parents were actors
and he was born while they were play
ing in France.
A SAFE place to deposit ones money, it
seems to us, is the Bank of Banks, located, Of
course, at Banks, Ark.
MEBBE THAT'S JUDY's IDEA OF IRISH
FREEDOM.
Dear Mac: We like to give the devil his
due and all that stuff but when person de-
iiberately sends in poetry" and is so doggone'
ashamed of it that he has to make his relatives
ave almost the whole famiy-the goats by
sticking Their mons de plume under it, We say
that is going too far. We not mentioning
any names but please ask Judy what's the
grand idea We can bear to suffer for our own
stuff. but why be martyrs for another's
rantings?
STOCKHOLM MATHEMATICIAN.
LARRY.
NITS.
P. s.: A suitable heading for Mirthless
Rimes in last nights Tombstone would be,
"Ramblings by the Whole Damn Family.
Remarkably Keen Deduction. This.
From the Bloomington tIll.) Paragraph
The Philippine islands are one place
in the world where it is cheap to live
at this time. With rent only $40 per
month, labor $3.50 per Gay, poultry 10
cents fowl, and other commodities in
proportion, it is quite different from this
country.
TELL the world says the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, that "one person out of every So
in Burlington owns automobile
The remaining half portions, of course, own
fords.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
The DAILY Short Story

7 Takes me back to counting days
| Remember we used to take a car
ride after supper to the beach
then sit on the sands and spoon
eating hot dogs by the light of the
/ moon?"
| Silly" smiled Elsie. But, Al
vim, it makes me so sad when you
! speak of those days, for
/ Where are the hot dogs of
yore?
Bliss for five cents sold no
moren"
Times change" observed Alvin.
1T used to cost me ten cents as a
treat for two and now it is Is cents
apiece for i've"
There, children, you've been
Jerked and coasted and candied aad
popcorned; now let's go on the
sands and have some peace
Cunning baby" cried Lois as she
went up to two-year-old toddles
and gave him a squeeze and a
smack
A couple nearby laughed their
appreciation and the man said,
Have your little girl do it again
and III take a picture of her aud
my boy together"
III send you a picture" prom
1sed the man after an exchange of
addresses when the snapshot had
been secured.
Everyone is so democratic here
SAID Elsie dreamily, as she relaxed
In the beach chair, while the chill
Gren scampered off to wade and
dig.
1T is the plain mans paradise, =
unused Alvin 1T is the playground
OF the people-the kind that
haven't the problems of wealth nor
the troubles of poverty. The kind
of people like US. who don't under
stand why there are strikes and
prohteers, or why we are tossed up
and down by high prices and short
ages, but go steadily along oar
quiet way. We are in the struggle
whether we will or not, but we
throw BACK our shoulders and smile.
and while others are bowling at
TINS and that we go on putting 60
minutes work in every hour tend
ing our gardens, singing the lula
bies-just the ordinary, sane class
of Americans that work and do our
best and are mighty glad to play
and rest" he ended whimsically, as
he rolled over in the warm sand
and stretched in enjoyment.
The children, tired of play, came
and cuddled by the chairs; the blue
or the ocean deepened, the suns
rays gently fingered before de-
parture, sleeping babies cooed and
nestled, wandering breeze cooled
the sand. young couples with arms
intertwined talked softly as thew
strolled along the waters edge, and
the peace of the workers well earn
ec-paradise brooded over all.
We'll rest few minutes more
IN this heavenly twilight" murnur-
ed Elsie with a sigh of pleasure
and then it must be Homo
James!' for beans and brownbread
Blessed be the joys of the poort
May We never be too rich to enicy
Inc common thingsi"
For work and love and hot doss
satisfaction brings drowsily added
Alvin.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
Tipping the Porter.

Pullman car porters at recent convention
introduced a resolution favoring the abolish
ment of tips. The support of the American
Federation of Labor was asked to aid in secur-
ing such wages to render tips unnecessary.
The proposition to end tipping in the Pullman
world is as praiseworthy as it is revolutionary.
If wages low to make the porter de-
pendent upon his fees for fair living they
should be increased. Certainly at the present
excessive rates for f1rst-class travel there
should be margin enough to insure a living
wage to all employees without grating upon
the public for extras.
There is no phase of public service where
tipping is more consistently expected or in
dulged in. Often tho tip is the reward for
marked efficiency and courtesy. Frequently il
Is given from habit or because the traveller
d1sllkes to appear stingy, although he has re-
ceived no individual attention, nor has the re-
clpients routine work been especially well
done. In either case the gratuity is mis-
taken custom, debasing alike to giver and re-
cipient- But as for abolishing tips-it Will not
be done, at least not in the earthly time of
most persons now living
More than a decade ago an anti-tipping law
was placed on the Iowa statutes. No one ever
paid the slightest attention to It. MANY climbs
and some hotels and restaurants either have
the rules or make the request that there be no
tipping Of servants. Few pay any attention
Nor would it matter much what wages were
paid The person who does tip is generally
punished. If not by tncivility that could be re-
ported to the management at least by little
inattentions that are marked Sit in any res
taurant or Pullman, pick out those who look
as II tip is not forthcoming and contrast
the difference in the service they receive with
that given sure tippers. IL you want to prove
this assertion Possibly for this reason. mora
probably because It is a habit handed down
since the memory OF man runneth not to the
contrary, the average traveller or diner feels
that the gratuity he bestows upon the porter.
the oeliooy, the waiter and all others Who
serve him is repaid by better service, greater
civ1ifty and comfort And laws and rules will
,ot alter this very human trait.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-18
Business Outlook Improves.

1t is the opinion of financial experts that
President Harding's stand in favor of re-
duction of both taxes and expenditures will
have clarifying influence on business Re
forms in these directions will be relief to
business and an important factor In the re-
vival of confidence Trade news has better
color and the prospects for autumn business
In many lines have continued to be increas-
sngiy hopeful. There has been important i'm
prcvement in the credit situation in the last
month, and with what has preceded it this
makes notable change for the better within
a brief period.
The administration's plan to aid business,
especially the carriers, and its progress with
disarmament plans, are long range factors that
promise much for the future Payment of
principal and interest on the foreign debt in
GLIDING German PREPARATION, is also an element
OF serious consideration. Foreign exchange
has been much disturbed by the unsettlement
connected with these transactions. the effect
being to hamper foreign trade, especially ex-
ports, which show continued heavy diminu-
ton. Imports suffer likewise, and some means
are necessary by which our purchasers abroad
will be much better able to pay US in goods
than in dollars. With news from all parts of
Europe and specially from Russia, indicating
an unusual crop shortage. the fact that the
American wheat output is estimated from 75O,-
100000 to SO0.o0 900 bushels is of controlling
significance The opening Of large credits for
the shipment of wheat to Europe shows that
will maintain their primary place
in our export trade and that there is every
reason to expect good prices That the farmer
so considers them is shown by renewal Of de-
mand for finished goods in the producing re-
Eions-a fact indicated by the reserve systems
INDEX OF retail trade when geographically
snafysed-
The congressional inquiry into federal re-