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Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-07-11

Miss Anna Walsh, who is now
lecturing in America on conditions
in Ireland, has received word OF
her election as councillor Of the city
of Cork.
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

vents their keeping their bodies in the
proper position.
The waists worn by the great majority
Of children were found to be very harmful
They exert their pressure toward the
outer end OF the shoulder girdle, thus
depressing the points of the shoulders, Civ
ing the back an unhealthy stoop and max
ing the shoulder blades widely separated
and unduly prominent, with great hollows
underneath them.
Instead of these the league recommends a
waist with straps of heavier material
crossing high up toward the back of the
neck as the best type Of mems suspenders
do. This promotes iroe movement Of the
shoulders and prevents depression of the
shoulder girdle. With such a waist the
weight of the clothing is borne with the
least possible fatigue, and there is constant
encouragement to holding the chest and
shoulders as they should be held-with
neck and trunk forming a straight vertical
line, neither bent forward nor back.
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

apparent that they were divided into three
great classes, depending on whether the
body's weight falls more on the outside
of line drawn forward from the centre
Of the heel, or more on the inside, or
whether It is about equally divided, be-
tween the two sides.
These differences were discovered by BIZ
secting the base Of each heel, and from the
point OF dissection drawing a perpendicu-
lar line forward to the front of the foot.
Some feet 1t was found, fared outward
from this line at the ball, and these were
given the name "outfare."
Other feet fared inward at the ball, and
they were called "infiare."
Still others showed an exactly equal or
almost equal division of the forefoot by the
line drawn from the heel base, and these
were designated straight feet"
Practically all the thousands OF feet Of
which tracings were made fell into one Of
these three classes-those of men, women
and children, those Of shoe-wearing and
barefoot peoples, those Of all the different
races.
or 1,131 feet of American adults, thirty
per cent were OF the straight" fourteen
per cent Of the "infared" and fifty-six per
cent Of the "outfared" type. The feet of
Ill natives of China and India showed
thirty-six per cent straight" thirty-eight
per cent "infared" and twenty-six per cent
"outflared." The much larger percentage
OF straight feet among the people of the
Far East is undoubtedly due to their prac.
ttce OF going barefooted or wearing loose
fitting sandala
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

eirdles. stocking supporters and other ar
ticles Of clothing that children wear. Their
aim was to find out inst what the relation
is between clothing and the correct pos
ture on which a chiljs health depends to
such large extent.
The investigation had not gone very far
before 1t was plain that the relation be-
tween clothing and posture is q great deal
closer than had ever been suspected.
While clothes do not make the man. in
the usually accepted sense, they do affect
our bodies to surprising degree Most
OF our bones and muscles have to. conform
more or less to the kind of clothing we
put on them.
This Is particularly true OF children
whose bones and tissues are too soft and
pliable to resist successfully pressure In
the WRONG direction. Many children be-
come round shouldared and permanently
misshapen in other ways simply because
the cloShins they are given to wear pre-
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

A Distressing Case
of the Rounded
Shoulders,
Marrow Chest,
Twisted Spine and
Badly Hampered
Vital Organs
Which Often
Result from
Wearing Clothing
and Sitting in
Chairs That Mould
the ChiId's Bones
and Muscles in
the Wrong Way.
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

Unhygienic stocking supporters do mue
harm by exerting undue pressure on Il
abdominal organs and by hampering Il
free movement Of the legs. To overcon
these defects the league has devised su
porter in which the straps are attached ,
a girdle encIrcl:ns the bony pelvs. tt
straps are placed well backward on IL
thighs.
Such supporter presses the abdome
inward from low point. like an abdomin
belt. 1t permits the Gighs and trunk Il
greatest possible freedom and can be woI
for swimming and otter strenuous athlet
sports.
One Of the most serious faults which th
league has discovered In connection wit
clothing is the way many Of the coats &c
men and boys are made. They are fasl
ioned in such a way that the wearer ha
to assume a round-shouldered attitud,
with chest narrowed and neck carried ia
forward, in order to feel comfortable an
have the garment fit him with no insight
wrinkles.
Until clothing manufacturers can be ed
ucated to correct these faults by givinI
every coat more cloth across the front
the chest and less between the shoulder
in the back, the leagues experts urge tha
boys be allowed to remove their coat
while In school. This practice has beei
followed in many New York and Detroi
schools with excellent results. The bette
posture and better ventilation OF the uppe
part Of the body which going without az
ill-fitting coat makes possible, makes the
boys more alert, more studious and les.
subject to restlessness and fatigue.
Still another important branch of the
American Posture Leagues activities has
20 do with the improvement OF seats ant
desks used in schools. After long expert
mentation. including .he recording Of the
postures Of thousands Of school children
with camera-like apparatus called the
schernatograpb. a chair has been devised
which is believed to oe perfectly suited te
the needs Of the growing child.
This chair permits the child to sit sc
that Ieet, tnlgns, poiviS ana spine are al
comfortably and hygienically supported
Pressure beneath the knees and on the
outer part Of the collar bone and shoulder
blades is avoided. Support Of the back is
given mainly In the upper part OF the sacral
region and the lover half of the dorsal re.
gion.
Back and seat are 80 arranged that the
pelyts cannot slip forward The back is
nat from side to side, or only very slightly
followed, to prevent the shoulders being
pushed forward. AS to vertical slope. the
backs angle is varied according to whether
the chair is to be used for active work or
resting.
The desk designed for use with this
chair has movable top, like an artists
easel, that may be adjusted to the angle
best suited to the child's height and to the
kind of work he is dong.
When every school in the land IA
equipped with these hygienically correct
desks and chairs, the leagues scientists
believe a long step will have been taken
Toward the elimination Of the round shoul-
iers, curvature OF the spine and serious
aye strain which now fasten Themselves
,n so many thousands of children after a
lew years In school and prove serious ham
1icaps to them as long as thav liva n
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

Front and Back
Views Of the
Waist and
Stocking
Supporter
Which
Science
Recommends
to Encourage
Right
Posture and
TO correct
Any Defects
Of Figure
Which q Child
10 Beginning
to Acquire.
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

shoes, II is believed
there would be
great benefit to
the A m eric a n
peoples physical
we'll being.
"No one who
wears tight or Ill
fitting Shoes" says
DR.. Henry Ling
Taylor, one Of the
Posture Leagues
experts on the sub
ject "is really well.
The construction
Of the feet by such
shoes impedes cir.
culation and does
serious harm to
the nerves. The
1t al force OF
8 C b ool children
may easily be re-
duced from s to as
much as rs per
cent by simply
wearing ill-fitting
shoes"
While some of
the leagues scien-
lists were making.
these discoveries
about shoes, others
were investigating
the waists, coats,
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

IN These facts left no doubt of the
utter impossibility of fitting all
i three Of these widely different types
of feet with shoes of any one shape.
They showed the absurdity OF think
ing that shoe fits because It cor
responds in length and breadth with
the dimensions of the foot. Quite
evidently the shape of the shoe ia
Of as great Importance as the size.
Unless a shoe conforms, the
specialists argue, to the distinctive
shape which every foot shows across
its ball, It is likely to cause the
wearer discomfort, to hamper his
activities and perhaps do serious
d damage to the already weak me-
q chanism Of the foot Yet under the
t. system which until recently has pre-
vailed in the manufacture OF foot
wear, many have found 1t impos-
sible to obtain a shoe of the desired
price. weight and style in a shape that
matched the shape of ones foot.
What has to be done. as the orthopedic
experts Of the American Posture League
decided. is to build shoes on three styles
Of lasts to correspond to the "inflare," the
"outflare"" And the straight" types of feet.
In addition to this, they recommend that
shoes leave plenty of room for the natural
spread Of the toes In order to prevent their
rubbing against each other and thus caus-
ing soft corns. A shoes length should al
ways be sufficient to prevent the foot's be-
ing thrust back upon itself, which distorts
the joints and causes painful bunions.
The shank should be narrow so as to
help the upper to grasp and support the
arch and keep the foot from sliding for
ward. Over instep and ankle the shoe
should fit snugly in order to better support
the bones Of the arch and buoy up the
whole body.
The shoe should be built so that the heel
rests in a slight depression nicely adapted
to the peculiar contour Of that part Of the
foot.
Such a shoe as the American Posture
League recommends is not a freak" thing
not the unsightly kind Of shoe cripples
have 70 wear, but one graceful enough in
its lines to satisfy the most fastidious
dresser. II is as light In weight and as
in every way as a shoe can be
without sacrificing the health Of the
wearer.
II every man, woman and child could be
to wear these specially designed
The Washington times., 1921-03-20

Some Of the Thoysand Of Tracnss of Human Feet Which
Scientists Made in the Effort Devise Perfect Fitting
Shoe Which Proved That Every One Of
Three Glasses Depending How tho Ball Is Divided BY
Perpendicular Line from the Middle
The Top Row Shows "Outare" Feet in Which the Larger
Portion of the Ball IL Outside This Line,
the Middle Row, "lnflare" Feet in Which
the Larger Portion IL Inside the Line,
and the Lower Row. Straight Feet, in
Which the Line Divides the Ball Into
Almost Equal Parts.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
HUGHES ANSWERS
BRITISH COMPLAINT
Stand in Costa Rica Oil Case
Is Based on Pre-
cedent.

Secretary of State Hughes has
forwarded to the American EN-
hassy at London. for the infor-
nation Of the British oil con-
mission, a memorandum relating 10
the .so-csIled Amory Oil Concession
in Costa Rica- in answer 20 British
criticism of the refusal Of the
United States to recognize the con-
cesSion.
The document is not a note but
an Information memorandum
prompted by a speech Of q Brit
ish ofhcial in the house OF COM
mons. who intimated that the
American government through it's
consul at San Jose, Costa Rica, had
endeavored to bring about annul-
ment Of the Amory concession TO
British oil interests.
Secretary Hughes cited the history
of the concession and of the revo-
lutionary Tinoco government OF
Costa Rica which gave the conces-
sion. That government. he pointed
out. was never recognized either by
the United States OF Great Britain.
and passed out of existence in Sep
tember. 1919. The Secretary said
the action of the American consul
complained Of was not authorized.
but that the refusal to recognize
the concession was in line with
the general policy Of the United
States against recognition Of corr
cessions granted by a revolutionary
usurping government
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Pleads for an America
Dedicated to Liberty
And Justice.
SPEAKS HERE AFTER
DAY OF TRAVELLING
Hopes for United Cont
nent in Address at Un-
yelling of Statue.

An America committed 20 liberty
and justice and built on the founda-
tions given US by our forefsthers. 10
my hope"
This was the declssstion made by
President Warren G. Harding in an
address before members Of the va
rious knights Of Pythiss lodges of
Washington in Old Temperance
Hall. the birthplace OF the Pythian
order. last night.
Il am a member of the Pythian
order and have always cherished
its ideals. like frsternslism
among people and nations. I hope
to b4 able to bring this to pass in
America and make this a knightIy
republic" said President Harding.
Lsuds FraternsIIsm.
President Harding delivered his
address before the Pythisns shortly
before midnight. owing 10 the fact
that he did not return until 10 90
o'clock last night from New York.
where be was the principal speaker
at the ceremonies attending the IN
yelling Of the Bolivar statue
Some people may ask why I am
a member of frsternsl organiza-
tons" President Harding said. To
those people ] will say that II I
were not an ordinary citizen I
would not want 10 be the President
OF the United States.
"All that goes toward the making
of a man inclines him toward fra
ternalism and / like IL You may be
interested to know that / Travelled
nearly 500 miles today to preach the
gospel Of fraternalism among ma
tions."
Cites Generous Acts-
If there was more frsternalisn
in the world there would be far less
misery ana suffering and there
would never be any more ware
America has always been
leader in frzternalism among ma
tions and We should strive TO in
crease this leadership. The FIRST in
stance of frsternalism among ma
tons was indicated when America
returned some eight million dollars
had been paid by that government
to this country as the price for
American relief work during the
Boxer rebellion. IL was this act
which made possible the present
friendly relations between America
and China today.
Tells OF Aid 10 Cuba.
Another instance Of Americas
frsternalism lays in Cuba We
waged war in defense of that coun-
try and after our victory announced
that we did not want their terri
tory. took down our flag in victory
and left the country 10 govern Itself
During the last war the rdbuhlic of
Cuba kept her faith and declared
war upon Germany at the same time
that America took up the sword.
ooNTINUED on PAGE FoUR.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
AMERICA GIVES
HARSH WELCOME
TOWAR BRIDES
These 3 Madamoiselles
Are in Three Differ
ent Tangles.
JOHN WALTER NIFFIN,

Three young French women hE-
ured prominently in yesterdays po-
lice news. Two were war brides OF
American soldiers who were report
ed as missing" The third. a 49,
year-old girl. faced a vaCrancy
charge after being found in Rock
Creek park where she had wander
er for several days after having
been saved from suicide by a SOL
dier from Walter Reed Hospital.
Fearing his young French war
bride of eight months Is lost in
Washington. Albert Dennis who-hss
been out of the service less than
a month. appealed to the District
police last night to aid him in his
search. He had walked the streets
of the city since Monday noon in
the hope of finding her.
Dennis, who is only ls years old
and a native of Bakersfield, Cal,
told a pitiful story to the police.
He met his bride while he was in
France with the Seventeenth Ma
chine Gun Company of the Second
Division. She followed him to this
country and they were married
eight months ago at Camp Meade
where he was stationed after his re-
turn from overseas. Three weeks
ago he was discharged and went to
work in a mess hall in order to get
enough money together to take his
young bride to California and go
housekeeping.
Missing In Washington.
Two weeks ago his bride fell
from a second story while cleaning
window. Though she escaped
serious physical injury, the fall
shattered her nerves because Of her
delicate condition and she was re-
ceivinE treatment at a Baltimore
hospital. On Monday Dennis went
to Baltimore for medicine for his
wife and upon his return he learned
CONTINUED on PAGE THREE
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Lloyd George Likens Irish
Struggle to us. Civil War
Contest Not for Home Rule, but for Secession,
He Declares-Denounces Those Who
Justify Sinn Fein.

ing cold blooded murder because
these extravagant political ideals
are not realized"
Lloyd George admitted that the
government was not entirely blame
less, but charged that the clergy
men were ''prolonging the strife in
Ireland as we'll as striking at the
very principles upon which the
prosperity, life, liberty and honor
of civilized peoples depend"
This struggle is not for home
rule" he declared. 1T Is for Sc
fession or union-the. same strug-
gle as that of the American civil
war. In that war a majority OF
the British people sympathized
with the South. Only John Bright
adhered steadfastly to Lincoln.
Four years of that war cost a
million lives in addition to its dew
astation and ruin. The destruc-
tion of a single Confederate county
exceeded the so-called reprisals
throughout Ireland.
"Lincoln repeatedly rejected
truces or compromises. He meant
to preserve the Union. even IL a
continuation of slavery was to be
the price.
There is nobody today who de-
nies that the North was right. I
doubt II today a single Southerner
regrets the preservation of the
Union.
Sim Fein's extreme creed would
Balkanize the world"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Ex-KaiserinLaid
To Rest in Old
PotsdanTen,
Scores of German MOBILES
FolIow Imposing
COrtege.
Especial Cable to The washinsten Herald
and United Nsvs.)

Special Cable to The wsshinsten Hsra
and United Nsvs.)
BERLIN, April 1s-Augusta
Victoria, former empress Of
Germany, rests In an antique
temple Mt Potsdam. royal suburb
of Berlin, after q day Of moarn-
Ing pageantry which recalled the
most Imposing days OF the
HohensolIern reign.
The funeral was marked By
the absence Of only two of the
notable figures who In other
days would have been prominent
In the ceremonies. Neither the
former kaiser nor his eldest son
was present.
But. I'm addition to the four
sons who were permitted to be
present, and scores of princes
and prtncesses more or less re-
motely connected with the for
mer reigning house, husdreds Of
members OF the former en-
peror's housesold, and scores Of
military notables, headed BY the
old army leaders-Hindepbu
Ludendorn, Won Mackensen,
Won kIuck. and Won FsIken-
hayn-formed an Imposing cor
teEe. Won Falkenhayn, In full
dress. bore the purple cushion 10
which were pinned the former
empress' Erittering decorations.
Forty thousand German peo-
pie fIed past the casket In which
the body of the former queen
rePosed. after brief ceremopies
to which only the immediate
members Of the family were ad-
mitted. There were few tears,
except from one or two hysteri-
cal women The former crown
princess appeared pale md haE-
gard, and members OF the
HohensoIIern court were deeply
affected
The day passed without any
disturbing incident.
until the permanent crypt,
which IN also to contain the
body OF Wilhelm, il completed.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
ATTENDS FUNERAL
OF SLAIN MATE
Mrs. Lydia Gertrude Molavi
Collapses at Grave of
Her Husband.

Pleadings of 4 Young Wife TO he
permitted to have the last look at
the body of her husband" whom she
has confessed killing in their room
last Thursday night. won Mrs. Ger
trude Molavi free odom from the jail
long enough to attend the funeral
of Abdul Hossim MoIavi. held from
the residence of her parents. M. and
Mrs. Joseph c. Sanode. 500 Twelfth
street northeast
Jail attendants were touched b.
the appeal of the 23-year-old self
confessed murderess. and they car
ried the request to the District At
torney's office who established a
precedent by granting her tempo
rary freedom. With an escort from
the Jail she hastened to the side Of
the husbands cssket in the par!or
of her mothers home where she &c
manned while the funeral services
were held. Only members of the
immediate family attended. She
also was permitted to accompany
the otner mourners to her husband s
hnal resting place in Congressional
Cemetery.
She stood unconditional until the
casket was about to be lowered into
the grave when she suddenly gave
away to her pent-up feelings and
again repeated her love for the man
she killed
She threw herself over the casket
and cried: Abdul. didn't mean to
Kill you" She had to be assisted
from the grave.
The young woman has won the
sympathy of the Jail officials, vino
helieve she does not realize the Sc
riousness of their predcament. Ac-
cordiDg to one IF the attendants size
acts as though she is in a "stupor"
and does not realize that she was
responsible for hcr husband death
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Chicago Chief
Details Police
To Trail Fellows


CHICAGO. April 1s.-In a new or
der. heralded as one of the most
revolutionary ever issued in the
Police Department Chief of Police
Fitzmorris. tonight established a
corps of secret agents whose sole
duty will be to clean out the de-
partment of members who are UNFIT
to be upon It,"
The chiefs order was called forth
by the shooting this morning of Pa
troln,an Edward ]. Mcnamara. Po-
licemsn William ]. Heffernen. WAL
ter Moylan and Micnael AE. winn;
implicated in the affair. were sus-
pended by Chief Fitzmorris today.
The department and the public
need real police work" the chief
declared tonight. consequently,
real police work isr going to come"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
"FLAPPER BANDIT"
ROBS TAXI DRIVER
HolreDer, He Is Left With
Cwfwe and a NeU Re-
spect for Weaker Sex.

CHICAGO, April ia clap
PER- bandit early today stole
s:4, q leather overcoat, n uni
form. cap and q taxicnb froa
Alfred Furno, q taxicab driver.
The girl and two men hailed
Furno and asked to be driven to
an address on the south Side.
When about half way they Sig
nailed that they wanted to stop
and the girl got out Arst. She
asked how much the bill was
and Furno told her Il was, $500.
-fou're q robber.7 said the
girl, ''but you've got the wrong
number this time. We're rob-
bers, too.S
As she spoke, she reached into
fashionable handbag and
pulled ost q pistol. without q
culver Of hand or voice she
poked the muzzie of the gun into
{ Furno's ribs aad ordered him
fro1 the ear. Her men com.
paniens stood to one side, while
the Girl ordered Furno to hand
one OF then HIS can and the
other his coat. The Girl handeo
a half dollar 10 Furno for ear-
fare and. with one Of the men
at the wheel, the trio were o.
their way. -
.she was as pretty as they
make 'en.5 Furse told the no.
lice, "but. oh, mani she knew
how TO handle that Eat.,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
Cr0nkhite Murder
Case May Be Dropped

TACOMA, Wash, April 1s.-Prose-
cution Of Capt. Robert Rosenblutb
and Sergt. Roland Pothier for al
legged connection with the death of
Maj. Alexander Cronkhite will be
dropped unless more evidence is OBJ
tained. Prosecutor J. w. Selden
said today.
Maj. Cronkhite was killed at
Camp Lewis, Washington. in 1918,
while engaged in maneuvres on the
pistol range. .... .. &C.,.
Pothier In an alleged confession
was quoted as saying that he killed
the major under orders of Capt.
Rosenbluth. r-
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
"Stdr-SpdngLed Banner
May Be Official Anthem

America is about TO have q ma
tional anthem-that is, ~ Congress
passes bill this session that has
been introduced In Congress ycRr
after year but which has never rot-
ten on the statute books
Representative ]. Charles LIntti-
cum, OF Marylsnd-the home OF
Francis Scott key-aCAin intro
duced in the House yesterday 4 H.
bill to make The Stsr-SpanelcS
Banner" the national anthem OF the
United States
The Washington herald., 1921-04-20
ALDRIDGE PICKED
FOR $4,000 POST

The nomination of George w.
Aldridge. Of Rochester. to be COL
1ector of customs at the port Of
New York was sent to the Senate
yesterday by President Harding.
The appointment of Aldridge to the
collectorship. which pays $4,000 a
year. Is said to have been at the
suggestion Of Senator William H.
Calder.