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The Washington times., 1921-10-30
Especial correspondence
LONDON, Oct. 2


TUST protests have already been
made against a new legal sport,
or rather Illegal sport, of which
perfectly innocent clergymen have
been the victims.
One or two policemen convict a
man Of having molested people.
without even producing any people
whom he has molested. II this
curious form of anti-clericalism de-
velops, 1t will be possible for any
policeman to stroll down the street
and pick up a passing curate on a
charge of piracy on the high seas.
and have him hanged; after which
the victim would In due course be
declared innocent.
Much of the business began with
the extremely bad precedent set in
the trial of certain women for at
tempting to poison the prime min
lister, when the prosecution did not
produce it's own principal witness
at all. He was a government agent;
and in his favor we broke openly,
for the first time. a principle sup
posed to be sacred In our national
laws: his evidence was accepted on
hearsay when, it could obviously
have been obtained in person.
WHAT SOLDIER SAID.
1t has passed into a proverb that
the Judge in "Pickwick" would not
accept as evidence what the soldier
said. But he has now accepted as
evidence what the policeman said
that the other policeman said. Indeed,
the memory Of the great court scene
In ''Pickwick' is enough to remind
us that in real life we have carl
catured the caricature. The trial of
a clergyman, in the recent cases,
was like case of Bardell v. Pick
wick, in which Mrs. Bardell might
be a matron as substantial as Mrs.
Harris.
II government Of today had in.
stituted the Parnell commission, the
forgery might never be discovered.
Most probably Piggott would never
have been examined. and therefore
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hundred times. They are few, and
their lines are simple. The love OF
a man for a woman, of a mother for
her children, of a father for his son,
these are the mighty passions on
which nearly all the great stories
rest, because they are universal and
the secrets of the continued race.
The Bible Is vast treasure-ho
of the great stories. 1t is interest
ing to see how many of the novels
and dramas derive from that source.
Certainly most Of my own have their
roots there.
WRITING DAYS NEAR END.
All through my literary life have
received offers of assistance from
persons who have believed that I
have only to write the stories OF
their own lives to produce the most
startling impression. These offers
have come from all sources, ranging
from the monastery to the kitchen.
Never, except once, have found
them Of any value, and not pathetic.
ally ridiculous, they have been
dangerous and sometimes savoring
OF blackmail
They say the imaginative faculty
is the first to feel the chill of years.
and suppose must reconcile my.
self to the fact that have few more
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French Duke Ann azes
Set by Getting Job

PARIS, Oct. 20.
DUKE DECAZES, famous sports.
man and owner OF the third
largest French fortune, has taken
off his coat and gone TO work.
In partnership with the Count de
Lesseps, well.known air pioneer, he
has opened an antiquities shop in
Paris and is founding as we'll
commission house for the sale and
purchase OF art treasure.
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By SIR OLIVER LODGE.
The World famous British scieatisO.

(Ths World famous British sciestisD.
LONDON. Oct. 20.
VYOU are wretched, but while
there is life there Is hope.
You cannot grasp 1t; you do
not see any way out OF misery. No.
but be patient. Endure to the end.
Who knows what may come? Stand
up and confront adversely. Think
not OF yourself alone. Cease think
ing Of yourself. Face the mystery
OF existence.
You are In this universe, part
OF It. a part afflicted with pain: be
assured you can live II down, you
must: you cannot cease to exist:
sooner or later things will mend.
Sooner than you think. II you take
the right steps. The wrongest step
of all Is to be 30 eaten up with
your own calamity as to be led into
crime. The temple OF your body
is sacred; 1t was not yours to give.
1t is not yours to destroy. Let time
work It's perfect work: be not de-
ceived by apparent wreckage.
"Weariness may endure for a
night, but Joy cometh In the morn.
ing"
We only see q fraction Of existence
now; could we see the whole we
should be satisfied. Think Of all the
untold beauty Of the universe, the
possibilities Of life. how great they
are, even SO far as we know them:
and how many we have missed!
Listen to the wholesome apostrophe
Of aBrowning:-
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last Of life. for which the first
was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith "A whole l planned
Youth shows but half: trust God:
see all nor be afraid!'
Hopelessness Caused Suicide.
1t may be asked by readers who
have followed some of my psychic
work, whether ! have ever had COM
munication from one who had taken
his life. Well, have. The earliest
case was that Of brilliant young
fellow, student of science and a
keen experimenter. who was over
weighted with the undoubted diff,
culties Of his subject, and who over
worked at unwholesome hours and
led life not conductive to longevity.
A most impulsively generous man
he was-I never knew a man to
from whose pockets 1t more speedily
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By SIR HALL CAINE---

brilliant Difficulties Of
SoTe is Fine and Difficult ART and do mot Think Even the
Greatest of My Fellow Artists Living Dead Has Ever Mastered lit
ASsuedy Have N Were Compelled to be My Own Ct ShouM
Ne the DeadlieSt of Them AM"
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In England have had on
politics since they had the vote i
find II difficult TO give direct
answer. Nothing very sweeping or
dramatic has taken place and yet
the more / see OF politics the more
convinced / am that wornenls IN
fluence is already beginning to make
itself felt in British politics and that
when the younger women get the
vote the influence will be still more
marked.
There are many things, as every
one knows, that women care about
more than men. There are the
children for one thing. the babies.
the boys and girls as they grow up,
the young people as they develop
These are every woman's business
not only In her own and other peo-
ple's homes. but in politics. too.
Since women got the vote, there
has been a great deal Of social legis'
lation In England affecting children
a bill to improve the law OF guard
ianship and maintenance OF chill
dren: a bill dealing with women's
and young peoples employment and
so on.
Some of this legislation was due
before the war, and has been held
up simply because Of the seven years
of crises; In some OF 1t men are
already keenly interested. But men
sometimes need to be reminded Oh
these questions; and women. now
they are voters. can do the remind.
ing effectively. But once their in
terest is reused, men can be as keen
about these questions as women.
Sphere Of Public Morals.
Then there is the question OF pub
lie morals. l believe myself. That
1t is in this sphere that women
will make their most important con-
tribution to public life. Since women
have been enfranchised there have
been three separate criminal law
amendmnt bills, dealing with the so
cial evil, besides a special joint COM
mittee Of the lords and commons. or
which was a member, to hear evi-
dence on the subject.
One Of these bills. for which the
Bishop of London is responsible. has
a good chance of becoming law this
session, and there is no doubt at all
that this is largely due to the pres
sure of the women's vote.
The presence of women on juries
will also, think, have a very direct
bearing on public morals. There
have been certain attempts to put
back the clock about jurywomen,
and the newspapers are still fond
of making stories at the expense of
-jurywomen. In cases involving
criminal assaults on little girls, the
defending counsel nearly always
challenges the presence of women
Jurors. This seems to be the best
proof there can be that their influ-
ence is feared by the criminally
minded and the immoral.
1t needs a great deal Of courage
and self.forgetfulness for many wo-
men, to sit and hear tragic and re-
voting facts. But when once the
practice has become a settled one,
in the interests of women and chill
dren themselves, there is no doubt
that womens influence will make it.
self felt in the courts of law.
There are other ways, too, In
which women's influence may affect
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with him. / always thought he was
a little touched in his head, and he
told me that after a heavy fall he
bad lost his memory. He danced
foolishly. but actively.
DECEMBER e. hardly realized
II was Sunday, but read the morn
ing Psalms In Laura's Prayer Book.
and wondered II God did much for
me. Hated myself for feeling so
bored and depressed.
Felt happy at thinking Of my
friends advancement-Arthu Bal
four and George Curzon.
Read quotation out OF NJ. Filou's
article on J. Morley. He looks at
life from height. quietly. objective
ly and a little greyly. His philosophy
steps In between him and political
power. He lacks faith. There is a
thin veil between his principles and
his personality. One knQws-with-
out asking why-that he will never
be prime minister.
PRETTY TRIBUTE.
LUXOR, Dec. 7.-Mr. Harris.
my nice ex-railway director took
papa and me across to the hotel to
see II there were any letters. We
walked through the garden and the
old gentleman stopped and. picking
me a pink rose, said, II know a
genuine article when I see it-and
I am too old to flatter. Young lady,
you are charming"
I found eighteen letters, three of
which were quite incomprehensible
to me. from Mary Drew: "Risking
misunderstanding, I cannot resist
this enclosure Il need hardly say
there was no enclosure); but IL you
can go and see him. you will soon
be on the best of terms" etc. Who
"he" is I have no notion whatever!
/ at once wrote to ask.
The next was from E. c.: II re
gret having sent you my letter.
Why can l not trust you?-Yours
in nothing but haste.-E."
Having never heard from E.. I
could not understand this. and felt
vexed at the stupidity Of my friends,
but proceeded to devour charming
letters from Mr.. Asquith. Ribbles-
dale, Oscar Misunderstanding a story
to me. THE Star Child"-one from
Mr.. Rodd. sending me the Revue
des Deux Mondes, and one from
Mr.. Algernon West, sending me
Lord Rosebery's Pitt" which I
read into the night and early morn
ing.
ASSOUAN, Dec. 13.-In the after
noon / put a judicious safety pin
into my white skirt. and put on the
smartest shoes and stockings I
possessed and skewered my straw
hat. was mounted. by Lord Ath-
lumney on a really beautiful Arab,
about Is hands, chestnut, with a
turned-up nose and the gamest eye
l ever saw: a little devil, and as swift
as a swallow. I faced the dancing
air and galloping plain Of the desert.
We went as fast as we could, and
I felt was showing more ankle than
the safety pin had guaranteed! Ath-
lumney. seeing my efforts to keep
my petticoats neat. said, with frank
simplicity, "Oh! never mind. II you
knew what 1t was to see a WELL
turned leg after these Arab shanks
you would forgive us for seeing be-
yond your ankle"
CThe End
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Arab silky cottons for my maid to
make me a shirt. took my drago-
man. whose face reminded me Of my
groom. Forst: rather darker in color
than the regular Egyptian; very
clean and well dressed. He bar
gained for me. and said I.was 30 fine
and kind because i smile at the ma
tives, and they all loved me-which
was a sort Of blarney.
He took me to a scent shop, and
the man, squatting. as they all do
here In their open booths. begged me
to sit down. II was like a little
stage. and I sat where the foot
lights out to have come. and dan.
gled my feet over a raised edge.
He opened several big bottles, and,
taking my hand. turned my sleeve
down. and rubbed my wrist with
pungent smell of violets and syrup,
and then kissed my wrist with in
finite grace.
PRIDE IN ENGLAND.
There is an extraordinary fascina-
ton galloping silently, along the
desert-a feeling of warm, still
desolation. The palm trees thrust
their copper lances into the sky,
and burst into green as they get
near the sun.
The citadel looked like the back
ground of a religious picture. with a
pink and lilac setting. each angle
reflecting a different color. like the
facets OF Jewel. An occasional
camel and group Of Bedouins slipped
noiselessly past. and I felt as II
had' intruded upon the Old Testa-
ment.
December 2-I never go abroad
without feeling pride in my coun-
try. We are honest and trusted; we
are brave, and inspire courage. and
we are cultivated and clean. II you
want to flatter a Frenchman or an
Austrian, you have only to say you
took him for an Englishman.
We women get our taste in
clothes from Paris. but the French
and Austrians get their clothes in
London. and their tastes in sport
from US. We might do well-to copy
the manners of the Austrians or
Arabs, and initiate the French In
their enunciation and cooking of
vegetables.
Beyond this. never saw a country
that did not tempt me to say:
Thank God, I am English" or a
religion that did not make me pray
for others and bless my God"
DONKEY WHICH FELL.
NILE, OFF ASsIoUT, Thurs
day. December 8. Woke up
feeling dull. Wrote letters to Eng
land. We stopped and went on land
to see the small tombs. My donkey,
odious brute! fell twice. I slipped
off successfully each time on to my
toes. ,. ...
DECEMBER 5.-No letters! How
slender ones hold upon ones friends
is! One makes as much impression
on people as a fly on bun. When
read Of Parnell or Lassalle or
smaller men who have attracted at
tention, I feel full of envy. and
wish had been born a man.
In the evening an old reverend
gentleman challenged me to dance
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ASOUITH'S SPOUSE
PENS NEW CHAPTER
9. OF VIVACIOUS TALES

Another Section the Now Famous Diary About BE Published I'm
London Which Tells of Some Interesting Experiences of the Former
Prime Minister'S Wife i'm ROme the N and In the Sahara Desert
Where She Advances the Styles of Skirts by Thirty Years.
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By c.. X. CHE,STERTON---

(Famous English Wit and Satirist Who Recently Toured
America Giving Lectures in Washington Other Large
T Confess Have Prejudice i'm Favor of Being Ruled by Laws" Brit
sh Editor Writes i'm DenOuncg Present System Court Procedure
and Manner of Prosecuting Cases Where Hearsy Evidence ENDS i'm
ndeterminate Sentences of Defendants.
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"SEE 1T THROUGH!
SUICIDE is WRONG"
ADVISES SIR OLIVER

Famous British SaVan and Authority Psychic Phenomena Declares
HE Has Had Communications From People Who Have Taken Their Own
Lives and They Are Not Happy i'm the BeyOndCOndemnS Elements
That Force People TO Commit Suicide and Advises the Depressed
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The soul IL Its own star.
Our acts our angels are.


The soul Is Its own star.
Our acts our angels are.
For good or ILL.,"
when the wicked man turneth
away from his wickedness and doeth
that which is lawful and right he
shall save his soul alive"
Ancient sayings OF this sort sum
up racial experience, and surely
convey a large element of truth.
Depression From iii Health.
Depression is due partly to some
thing bodily wrong. no doubt: but
how much OF depression is the r~
suit OF unwise or Ill living? There
are ways OF destroying the body
without actually killing it. Its health
may be impaired. its power Of re.
sistence weakened, it's organs in
famed or reduced to impotence. All
this is in our power. and all this is
folly little short Of crime
There have been those who have
abused their bodies hoping to
strengthen their souls; but this, too,
is a blunder. The episode of incar-
nation involves the interaction Of
soul and body .together-thati is what
our earth life is for.-and to abuse
or lower the vitality OF either is a
form of blasphemy. Let the lower
be subject to and serve the higher,
by all means, but do not seek to
escape from the privileges and oppor-
tunities afforded by their conjunc-
tion-a conjunction which has en-.
abled our short life on this wonderful
and beautiful planet.
The possibilities of existence are
infinite. What they can be at mo-
ments we already dimly realize. We
have all had instants of insight
bordering on ecstasy. Why should
these be SO few and fragmentary?
They show what is possible. The
possible may be made actual. And
when saints tell us of the mystery
Of deity. and Of the beatific vision,
surely something of what is here
suggested must be meant. Not
something for which we have no
imagination nor any trace Of ex-
perience, but something to which we
only attain at our highest moments,
and then only for a brief instant.
Deity may, nay must, involve
more than we can even conceive
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must inevitably follow. Not for al
ways! No. by no manner OF means!
There is no condition OF utter hope
lessness. Even the worst characters
must have glimmerings OF good; AMI
these are fostered and strengthened
wherever they show themselves.
whether here or elsewhere.
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Memories
3, GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

TT IS the faculty of Remembering
i and constantly calling 10 mind
what has gone before. that makes II
possible for us TO tread Forward. Ii
is what saves us from becoming fos-
sillzed. 1t Is what enables us TO throw
off the decaying shell OF Self and to
renew our strength In Effort and En-
thusiasm and In Achievement.
All that you now have OF the Old
Year are Its Memories. How are you
going to use themp
Every single life has it's Stumbling
Times. Every single life has its Climb
ing Hours. 1t Is the Memory OF the
thrilling moments. that fairly made
our whole consciousness glow with
power and satisfaction, that make us
feel we are worthy as fighters In the
game and as aspirers for a portion OF
the JOY OF this world.
All that you now have OF the Old
Year are its Memories. How are you
going 10 use them?
Why not resolve here and now that
you will just let slide, silent from you.
every unpleasant memory OF the past.
gathering up and tying securely TO
you the while, evcry Pleasant Memory
that the past has given 10 you? Make
them spurs and incentives TO make
you bolder. braver and bigger. For
All that you now have Of the Old
Year-and Years-are its Memoriea
How are you going TO use themi
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p
is nothing more depressing than
new skirt which is only Is per cent
au fait and folds carelessly about both
ankles, iastead of fitting back rakish-
" and binding the innocent bystand-
er in both eyes.
Great care has been taken, accord
ing to; the fashion periodicals, to make
the fall skirt so losst. that "a can -he
worn TO church with perfect propriety.
BY actual measurement it will reach
TO the top of a 12-inch boot. which
will prevent anybody from tripping on
II. in fact, IL is estimated that IL is
going TO be harder TO trip over one OF
the new fall skirts than it is TO es-
cape the strident voice OF the cafe pi-
ano player.
The fall skirt will be made of any
thing that costs more than IL did last
winter, but will not be guaranteed
against defects Of workmanship or
material. Stripes Will be worn n great
deal by women who would look better
in some solid. neutral tint like black
taffeta. The nervous, high-yoiced
Scotch plaid will also be favored by
wives whose husbands have learned
10 suffer In silence.
Owing TO the increasing hardlhood
OF the American woman. the fall skirt
viii have the same kind of lining as
the silk stocking. but the latter Will
contain trlne more material.
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.lastNight'sDreaIllls. /
What They Mean
DID YOU DREAM OF FIRE,

TN REGARD TO dreams about fire
L the nlystics are not entirely agreed.
They all seem TO agree that simply
TO dream OF a fire is favorable omen
but some Of them attach smfavorable
meaHlugs to different circumstances
which may arise in connection with
the dream fire. Many of them predict
that if you1dream OF a eontlagration
in which your house or your place Of
business is burned down, YOU will have
many business troubles, hut will come
through them all right. Others say
that if you see q ire I'm which the
burning houses have fallen down it
is a most favorable omen and not so
good a one II the, houses still stand.
The consensus of ,opiniOn is that to
see any fire and not get burned by 1T
denotes health, fortune and happiness
To burn yourself in your dreams is
not favorable prognostication, but to
dream that you touch the fire and are
not burned. q most favorable one.
Most authorities agree that while to
dream Of fire is promise of good
luck, 1t also means that you are likely
to have quarrel with friend, though
some declare that you must see the
fire start suddenly to be sure Of a
quarrel, and all agree that the dispute
viii be over trifle. If you extinguish
the fire, surprise is in store for you.
To see sparkling fire on a hearth or
In a stove, denotes plenty of money.
If woman builds fire without any
trouble, she will be happy and have
many children.
II she has difficulty In making the
fire burn, the omen is the reverse.
The scientists regard the fire dream
simply as a reminiscence from our
nursery days when we were warned
not to play with matches and schedule
this dream as one of the typicalfor
standard ones.
AS the scientists don't entirely agree
with the mystfcs. and the mysties don't
entirely agree among themselves with
regard to the. Significance of dream
IRE, 1t would seem to be case where
l&eac1ftof the pest of ms WAS entitled 70
his own opinion.
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REDUCING SURPLUS.

That nobody loves fat man is q
saying approved OF tradition. There.
fore, when recently. as the result OF an
exhaustive survey. IL was scientifically
determined that every ninth man In
Chicago is far too fat for comfort and
health. presumption was that there
would speedily be organized fat
mans reduction club In the Windy
city. But instead we have the expert
ment OF 60 days dieting and exer-
else reduction test for Chicago wom-
en-. The explanation is that there are
really more heavyweight women than
men in Chicago, bat gallantry forbade
making that Il feature OF the survey,
says Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Among the peculiarities OF human
habit, custom. practice or what not.
all functions have their foundations
In food. IL we receive We eat. Ii we
entertain visiting delegations we feed
them. Likewise distinguished digni-
taries and all sorts and conditions Of
conventions and conferences. We eat
and get fat; then we eat 10 get lean.
lnstance-the Fat Women's Reduc-
tion club Of Chicago Is depending
principally on dieting for taking of
the surplus which was accumulated
by too much diet. But the process is
interesting and the outcome a mat
ter of anxious observation by the fair
OF all the country. What with the
beer supply shut of and the free lunch
made obsolete. the fat men should be
able 10 simulate feminine sacrifice.
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The period of talk will doubtless be
succeeded. by quiet action Words do
very we'll for programs, and for the
frames OF action, but fulfillment comes
in deeds. We have always been more
or less a .wordy people. We have in
dulged as people, q penchant for or
ators. But We have discovered that
1t Is mostly the silent men who do
things. says Dearborn Independent.
The old story about using SO much
steam In the whistle that there is
more left for the wheels, is more than
humor-it is philosophy. 1t is mighty
easy to re-create the world in a speech
Or reorganize society on paper Men
who actually put into practical oper-
alton the new thing. who prove its
worth and get IL established, may not
go down in the list OF world-producers,
but they are the real statesmen.