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The New York herald., 1921-07-10
All Phases of Every Day Honesty
May Enter Into the Discussion

1t isn't matter of police court records
and jail statistics Those figures do count,
but only concerning honesty as it is inter-
preted by the law. Other kinds of everyday
honesty may be brought into the discus
sion-in the home across the bridge table.
In business at play, travelling and in any
number of inconspicuous crises where per-
son has the opportunity to prove beyond
the question of doubt whether or not his
or her impulses are motivated by honest
theories
Coincident with the movement inaugurated
by the Women's National Party to intro
duce resolutions in both houses OF Con-
gress embodying an amendment to do away
with "all legal discrimination against
wonien," ii seems the appropriate moment
to declare an open season on the honor con-
troversy Still, we should never have lis
tened to the idea if an echo of the British
debate had not penetrated to these shores.
An official of the London underground, ac-
cordng to the dispatches amused himself
one dull afternoon by giving to the press
the statement that women were more dis
honest than men, at least when 1t came to
lodging the payment of fares. He said that
the records showed that far greater num-
ber of women than men caught trying
to put the trick over.
During trial where two Government
clerks. girls. were being prosecuted for trav-
cling on the underground without paying
the proper fare n solicitor said 1t was
markable how many women employed in the
Government departments committed these
frauds. Women do not understand" he
said. what men regard as commercial hon
esty."
The New York herald., 1921-07-10

the pleasure seekers OF the world
taste her charms. is concealing within her
self many tragedies. One of the most touch
ing at the present time is the tragedy of
the Russian emigres.
OF a Russian Prince now domiciled in
humble pension in Passy the story Is told
that at the windup Of a famous evening
at the Cafe de Paris when one of the leading
cocottes of the day complained OF her in
ability to get enough champagne to satisfy
her the whole party was invited to adjourn
to the Princes apartments of the Avenue
Malakoff and there the Prince invited the
young lady in question to enter his bath
room. where she found the bathtub filled
with the amber colored liquid still bub-
bling. Of whose dearth she had complained
81 have brought you here to bathe in IT,"
said the Prince. and the young woman con-
descendingly did so. to the delight Of the
company. To-day this same Prince. pos
SCISSOR once of one of the greatest fortunes
in Russia. passes the places he once enter
tained without the money to enter.
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
Dissenting Over the
Several Claimants to the Throne

Disrnissing Michael from consideration,
there remain as candidates to divide the
Russian colony here the Grand Dukes Dim
itri, Cyril and Nicholas Nlcolaievitch. The
presence Of all of them in France has natu-
rally enlivened the controversy. Both Dim
itri and Cyril inhabit modest apartments
here Gone are the glories Of their respec-
tive courts Their encourage Is limitod TO
one or two old Russian officers who have
followed them into poverty and maintain
the old Journalism OF Russian court lie AS
well as they can in these humble quarters
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
Miss Normanton Welcomes Opportunity
To Turn the Charge Into Boomerang

Naturally enough. CONGRATULATIONS as broad
as these could not pass unrefuted in coun-
try where the feminist movement is as
strong it is in England Miss Helena
Normanton. a leading feminist and one of
the first women law students fairly well
coined the opportunity and turned the scath-
ing charge into a whirling boomerang. If
1t were true that women might be consid
cred the worst cheats, she felt that this
rather to the credit of her sex.
For f men were ceverer at fraudulent
railway travelling" she wrote, "of course
fewer of them would be detected, and so
the white flower of blamelessness might be
sent to the wrong address,"
Later she asks: do not men n sex
shamelessly and continuously cheat women
of their just material dues?
Suppose that instead of railway travel
ling. women chose to make the crime of
food and milk adulteration the test of hon
esty, how would men fare? What would
any magistrate say to the proportion Of
offenders of women traders to men? Can
the sex that consistently sands the sugar
and waters the milk say very much? And
all this cheating cuts at the very physical
existence of the working classes and their
defenceless children.
What too, of the laws of primogeniture
whereby the daughters forever yield place in
the weather. families to the\ eldest son even
though he be their junior? What of daugh-
tiers in humber families who are given less
training and premiership than their
brothers and forever must earn less money?
But of course the greatest robbery Of
all is that system of payment which in
certain callngs underpays a woman just
because she is a woman. Why women
teachers. civil servants and so on do not
constantly tender some four-fifths of the
price of everything, from railway tickets
onward, is simply inconceivabe. They are
paid only four-fifths, roughly of the price
of their work"
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
ing to the Court Records
For Another Line on the Question

Turning for a moment to the criminal
courts, records of convictions in New York
county in the Court of General Sessions and
the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court
reveal that during the last ten years only
The New York herald., 1921-07-10

Special Correspondence of THE NEW YORK
HERALD.
PARIS July 1, 1921.
IN ARIS. bewitchingly beautiful now.
with her arms stretched out bidding
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The Washington times., 1921-03-14
The TtUO COn,missiOnership
Nominations
By BILL PRICE.

From the standpoint of bona fde, highclass citizen.
Ship familiarity with District affairs and executive and
administrative abilities of worth while caber the nomina-
tions of Messr RUDOLPH and OYSTER as District Com
mssioners will be well received by Washingtonans Ii
there objection the ground that either OF the noml
is directly indirectly identified with public utilities
in way that would make him undesirable as member
Of the Public Utilities Commission, the fact would have
developed at the Senate District Committee hearing And,
doubtless this hearing welcomed by Messrs Rudolph
and Oyster just the thing to determine for all time to
what weight may be placed upon their financial and
business affiliations relating in the future to their han
ding of questions of public utilities.
1t is taken for granted to begin with, that neither of
these would have accepted position to which he
fully understood in advance there could be strings tied
that would prevent the fullest and freest action his
part for against the public utilities of Washington
There is widespread satisfaction that President HARD
ING has comprehended the spirit of the people of Wash
ngton desiring to have their local affairs handled by
who true Washingtonians in every of the
word and who big and brany enough to make the right
sort of impression in Congress elsewhere.
The strength of the nominations lies largely in the fact
that the two abe from their experience and wide
knowledge of the District to step right into harness and
accept the heaviest of responsibilities at the beginning
They will need no schooling or preliminary training.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
HUMANlSMS n
William AthertOn Du Puy-

Shortly after James NJ. Cox. the defeated can
didate for the Presidency had called at the White
House his way to Europe his trip was the sub
ject OF conversation in a group of which Mr.. Will
was a member Some asked the pur-
pose of Mr. Cox's journey and it was explained
that he going over to inspect the devastated
regions
"why fare so far afield?" asked Mr.. Wilson
thereby demonstrating that his sense of humor
has survived even the debscle OF last November
No general fighting in the wars has to meet
more trying situations has to act with more
Judgment, than does a member of Congress who
is in charge of some piece Of legislation affecting
whole people. says Senator Morris sheppard
of Texas
Not many battles OF armies for example, will
leave the permanent impression on the life of
the nation that is left by the winning of the
fight for prohibition. 1t actually affects the
everyday life of every community and Of nearly
every individual.
After six years Of fighting here alter
native that was put up to Senator Sheppard, and
which he must accept or reject oIihano. me
enemies of the measure would allow 1t to come
to immed late vote If the Senator would agree
to amendment which limited the period in
which it must be ratified by the states to six
years.
The anti -rohibitionists believed that. in this
way. they would defeat the measure. They
thought they could hold off ratification. 1t had
always taken longer than six years to ratify
constitutional amendment.
Acceptance of this proposal meant possible I'M
mediate success and a possible setting back of
the program for twenty years. Senator Sheppard
had to decide.
He accepted the siy-year limit. Events showed
that he chose wisely, because the States acted in
less than two years. The defeat would have
been dire, however, il his judgment had been in
Mrs. Florence Patullo Stewart used to be known
as "the butterfly of the army" before she set
tied down to authorship but, despite that fact
she has been officially assigned by the War De-
artment to write the history of the participation
of the Ohio troops in the great war.
A romantic incident in full life was the fact
that she married in Borneo to Col George
Washington Stewart, of the army. So fashion
able the wedding that the Sultan came to II
bearing many gifts. SO remote from his consci
business however certain American rite
of Saturday night that il became necessary 10
remove him before the ceremony
So does brutal fact dspel the romance that
hangs about royalty.
Copyright 1921, by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
For Electricians.

Interesting, though technically incomplete. re-
ports from Denmark signal the recent discovery,
by two engineers. that an electric current passed
through such a substance as photographic stone
sets up attraction phenomena of an apparently
new order says the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A novel form OF electroscope of extreme sensi
tiveness and simplicity has been built, and a
number of curious wireless experiments perform
cd. Use of the new principle In constructing
radio apparatus is declared to increase the speed
of both transmission and reception about TWEEN
ty times. and a special receiving instrument de-
veloped a capacity of GOO words a minute. Wire
less telephone messages made to record
themselves paper, and n loud speaking wire
telephone arranged with two violins The
transmitter and receiver, Of them loudly re-
peating the words spoken into the other.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered u & Patent OfaeA
BY X. G.. 3.
BOONTON, N. j.,

BUUNTON, N. J., March z.
Dear X. c. Bit was Sunday night in
Hoboken, N. j., with little rain thrown in,
so l entered the Lyric Theater with inten-
tions Of seeing the show. / was just COM
fortably seated when my wandering eyes
met the gaze Of pretty girl in box up
stairs. She smiled and / smiled back.
This continued during the entire show with
the result that l received stiff neck and
missed the show
Afterward / waited outside in the rain
for the girl but she did not appear, so
missed the girl and the show and to make
things worse l missed my train to Boonton.
There ought to be a sermon in this some
where for you. JIMMY BOWDEN.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
THE GEHINGER PUZZLE.

when FRED GEILLINGER Offer
ed fpe auto spoke attachments as
prize for the solution Of his intrt-
cate line pussle, published Friday,
he probably did not knoto that Ne
had unLoaded heavy burden on
the editor. and did not realise the
huge number of readers Of II and s.
About 500 ansDers haze been re-
ceiped to the puzzle and they are
stilI foDinD IN. II ,ofH take some
time to 90 over them and determine
the tDinners.
The puzslc tpas very pleasing to
the thousands Of fans, however, and
they all admit that they had lots Of
fun solving 1t, regardless OF the
priscs. Most of those dasperin0 did
not care about the prtses-just
uorked the pussle for the Jun OF It.
Woman" Grated the suffragett.
is denied her opportunities. She
continually restrained, held IL
What's the cause?"
"CORSETS," yelled a rude man.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
Marking a
Social Advance
THE United States Steel Corpora,
ton, the worlds largest en-

'LLI OulCeu OIdIeS koIeel corpora
tion, the worlds largest en-
ployer, has done away with the
seven-day week" and with the
"long turn" of twenty-four straight
working hours.
Its chairman, Judge Gary, has an
nomced that within a short time it
will end the twelve-hour day.
Of course, twelve-hour day is an
outrage, crime against humanity;
and a seven-day week is another
violation of the humanities; while
to require human being, tired by
this excessive strain, to work twenty
four hours at one stretch is to mock
civilization with barbarism.
Whatever the influences which
have wrought these changes in the
big steel corporations working
policies, they deserve to be hailed
with satisfaction,
It is a pleasant thing to see a
great corporation like the United
States Steel Corporation use part
of its profits to maintain the wages
and reduce the working hours of
its employees.
1t is not hogging all the profits
for its stockholders. 1t is using
some of them to make life more en-
joyable for the thousands of men
who work for it. It thus sets fine
example
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
MIR. B. Baer
IT'S BETTER TO GIVE.

Mr.. Harding has been a
busy bird since he inherited
the first latchkey in the
land. The job OF being
President is pretty much
like a position as mailing
clerk. He gets a bargeload
of letters every day.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
Use for SaWdust.

Sawdust n waste product is a thing of the
past. for II now serves many purposes and has an
increasing commercial value. Mixed with
clay 1t makes good tiles and bricks, and com
bined with concrete good flooring material is
obtained. 1t also finds place in the dye in
dustry for coloring purposes. gas excellent
both for lighting and heating purposes can be
made from sswdust. 1t is believed particularly
In the neighborhood of sawmils, the gas could
be produced so cheaply as to be supplied for q
few cents 1000 feet
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
ANAGRAM CITIES,

Replying to the anagram puzzlsA
of H and S BUG" the correct
answers are Minneapolis. Wilkes
barre, Youngstown, Sault Ste Marie,
Amsterdam, Montgomery. Woon-
socket. Williamsport, San Antonio,
Oklahoma City. Poughkeepsie, Battle
Creek. Cedar Rapids, Colorado
Springs. Solved by E. ]. PAYNE,
UNCLE FULLER" ALEX. ST. JOHN,
HANDSOME HARRY" and CLAIR
ENDON"
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
Proper Point
For Taxation

at the euO anu uOI al tuc W.
ginning of business transac-
tions.
Taxes at the source end in cost.
ing the taxpayer great deal more
than the Governmen charges him or
than the Government gets from him.
That is beause with each new
profit added in the process of dis
tribution from the first producer to
the final consumer, the Government
tax is reckoned as part of the cost
price and so profit is figured on it,
in increasing amount, as each mid
die exchange occurs.
The most economical and least
burdensome taxation of commodities
is final sales tax.
For many years this was the sys-
tenn employed in Mexico by Porfrio
Diaz, the only statesman who has
ever given Mexico order, prosperity
and financial credit with the rest of
the world.
We have been using this system
in the Philippines for a good while,
with satisfaction to taxpayers and
fine effect upon the public revenues.
Canada, to a large extent, uses
this system, and finds it satisfac-
tory, economical and productive.
France largely uses this system
with general satisfaction. The
French have always had a peculiar
genius for solving problems of tax
alton in the least burdcnsome way.
Your Frenchman will give his life
much more willingly than he will
give his money to his country, and
French politicians have always
had to be experts in making tax
alton as cheap and as easy as pos
sible.
We threw away a lot of money
and incurred an enormous indebted
ness while the war-lunacy was
raging, and now that we have had
our war dance the piper has to
be paid.
That means big taxes for many
years to come.
The problem is not to escape pay
ing our debts, but to find the easiest
and most economical way to raise
the money.
And so every suggestion that may
have value in easing the tremendous
load of taxes ought to be examined
with care and in a reasonable state
of mind.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
A TALE WITH A MORAL.

As he sped down the road in his smelly bus.
He said to himself, I'm a heily cuss
Then he ran into a tree
And fractured his knee,
And stove his head down where his belly
Now resting in peace meath q lily pad,
Are the distorted bones OF this silly cad.
And gossips declare.
with an air of despair.
That his burial took every last bill he had.
HAROLD z. STODDARD.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
THE ANATOMY.

A colored girl was asked by her
teacher to define anatomy" She
wrote: Anatomy is the human body
1t is divided into three parts--the
haid, the cheist, and the stummick.
The haid contains the skull and the
brains, IL they is any. The cheist
contains the lungs and part of the
lites. The stummick contains the
Intervals and the vowels, which is
a-e-i-o-u and sometimes W and ""
STUPID STEVE.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

An Illinois puddle jumper
wants to give Gamaliel a
condensed-milk COW. 1t can
be stabbed in a shoe-box and
put out to Craze on a rubber
plant.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

A New York tax dodger Is
willing to present the Pres
ident with a thousand gold
fish provided Warren raises
fifty thousand more by pop
ular subscription.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

Some misinformed pa
triot from Alabama presents
the President with a silver
handled buttonhook for his
shoes. There must be some
mistake. While civilization
makes great strides for
ward, II seems impossible
that anybody in this broad
and narrow land can think
that our President wears
button shoes. Possibly the
mild winter and early
spring have left rural skulls
in very muddy condition.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

A Connecticut freckle
collector comes through
with a munificent offer OF a
private horse car for the
Presidents personal use. A
man in South Bend offers to
allow the President to look
up numbers in his telephone
book any time the train
stops at South Bend.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

Bobbie-Paw got awful mad
because we had raisin pie for
dinner the other day.
The Minister-How strange.
Doesn't he like rsisin pie?
Bobbie-Yeah, but he was saw
ings the raisins for somethin'
else. RASPBERRY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

II you have anything you
can't use it's the correct
detail to present IT to the
President. He can't use II
either. But you won't miss
it's loss when you come
home in the dark and start
jumping over all the things
in the vestibule.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
AMT 1T AWFUL

AMT 1T awful
WHEN A fellows in love
AND HE keeps hangin' around
WHEN HE knows the girls
TIRED OF lookin' at him?
YET HE'S afraid to leave
FOR FEAR some other fellow
WILL BEGIN to hang around.
YET HE wants to leave
so THE other fellows
WILL HANG around,
AND SHE'LL pick him
FROM AMONG them all.
AND THEN he's afraid she won't.
SAY, AMT 1t awful?
A H C
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

There'll be q lot OF Easter
eggs" at that White House egg
rolling besides the eggs the
hens know about r. X.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

A Chicago blackjack
evader offers to pay the first
instalment on thousand
payment one-flight up suit
with the lapels intact.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
Film Plays in China.

In China you do not have to pay for admission
to film plays. towel cooled in icewater is hand
ed to each person to mop perspiring brows. Later
n contribution box is passed and all contribute
according to the price of the seat.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

Some OF the letter writer's
violate ethics by writing on
both sides of the stamp. All
of 'em want jobs or want to
give Warren nothing for
something.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

All of these offers are
without strings. All the
donors want in exchange Is
a job within radio distance
OF a Government pay check.
Gamaliel has declined most
OF 'em with a frugal amount
of thanks.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
A WARNING VOICE.

The nuts would better go slow with
these high signs. badges and nut
decorations for April 1. True, st.
Elizabeth's is crowded, but additional
accommodations are being planned, and
Nuts. while happy in their shells,
Abhor the thought of padded cells.
FRED VETTER-
The Washington times., 1921-03-14

An optimist sees the doughnuts,
A pessimist sees only the holes,
II. and Srs are happy birds,
And want to cheer the sour souls.
CLIFF r. II.
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
How America Got It's Name.

America owes its name to the Italian Amerigo
Vespucci, who explored some parts of South
America in 1409. Afterwards he wrote an sc-
count OF these lands and the continent became
associated with his name. ------- -
The Washington times., 1921-03-14
,n55EElf,
EVE. ADAM. THE APPLE.

II seems to me that ELIZA.
BETH DEMAINE fell short In her
estimate of the number of apples
eaten by our first parents. I
would say that Eve, IL she s1S12
many. and Adam, IL he S1S142
oblige Eve, making a total Of
S99,954. NJ. B. II.
Grandpa had an easy chair
Bobby had q pin.
Bobby thought Il lots Of fun.
But what his father did to him
Was sure some sin,
With Bobby's pants 80 thin.
IRENE.