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MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

Secretary Mellon of the treasury, in
letter TO Representative Fordney,
chairman of the committee on ways
and means of the house of representa-
tives, says: Ordinary expenditures
for the first three quarters of the fis-
cal year. 1921. have been S3,IS3,771.-
996.I4, or at the rate of about 5000
100000 for the year. According
to the latest estimates of the spending
departments. ordinary expendl.
lures during the fiscal year, 1922, in
Guiding interest on the public debt,
Will be over S4,OoO,OOOO00.
The nation cannot continue to
spend at this shocking rate As the
President said in his message, the bur
den is unbearable, and there are two
avenues of relief, One is resistance
in appropriation and the other is the
utmost economy in administration.
r. c. Lefiingwell, formerly an assis-
tant secretary Of the treasury, whom
have quoted previously in these ar
ticles, and who is still deeply and ac-
lively interested in securing retrench-
A--NAt AZ ihAicildl tDlll-
menting on this utterapce of Secretary
Mellon, says: why should there be
retrenchment in public expenditure?
Why does the secretary OF the treas
ury speak of current and estimated ex-
penditures as shocking? What is the
evil that we are discussing and what
is its effect?
Government expenditures must be
met from taxes To the extent that
they are met promptly from taxes and
from honest taxes directly laid upon
the incomes of the people, and in pro-
portion to those incomes. exaggeratIon
OF the evil of government expenditure
Is avoided. Government expenditure
takes the money Of all the people for
the supposed benefit of a portion of
.he people, honestly or dishonesty.
equally or unequally, avowedly by d.
rect taxation, or surreptitiously by the
Indirect taxation which results from
Imitation of currency and credit and
of the public debt.
Government expenditure takes the
fruits of the earth and the labor of
the people and diverts them from the
productive and reproductive enter.
prises of men, from the natural enjoy
ment of the men. who by their pru.
dence. foresight and effort, created the
wealth and made 1t available. to the
sometimes benevolent and sometimes
belligerent, but almost always econom.
ically wnsteful, purposes of govern.
ment.
Government exploits all of us for
the benefit, or supposed benefit, Of
some CT us. Yielding to the vague
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"No, We Do Our Best to Keep Out
of Them"

clean. how seemly, how self-respecting
We're our Leeward island pigs to real
ize how profoundly the pig of Chris
tian lands is debased and slandered
animal. These Quadrupeds would
have strengthened Jean Jacques be-
lief in the primitive virtue of man be-
fore civilization debauched him.
Aunt Jane had been dreadfully
alarmed by the pigs. and wanted to
keep me immured In the cabin O.
nights so that l should not be eaten.
would have driven me to such extrem-
ity.
Though If pig should eat me-"
l suggested, you might mark him
TO avoid becoming cannibal at sec
ond hand. l should hate to think of
you. Aunt Jane, as the family tomb -
Virginia, you are most unfeeling,"
said Aunt Jane, getting pink about
'he eyelids
"Ah, l didn't know you Americans
went in much for family tombs," re-
marked the beautiful youth Interested
ly.
NO. we do our best TO keep out of
them," l assured him, and he walked
of meditatively revolving this.
If the beautiful youth had been
beautiful on shipboard, in the inform
al costume he affected on the island
white cotton shirt and trousers
showed him 1.-the and lean and muscu-
lar His barred arms and chest were
like cream solidified into flesh. With
his striped silk sash of red and blue
about his waist. and his crown of am
brosial chestnut curls-a development
due to the absence of barber-the
Honorable Cuthbert would certainly
have been hailed by the natives, If
there had been any, as the islands
god
Camp was made in the early hours
of the day. Then came luncheon,
| prepared with skill by Cookie, and
eaten from table of packing cases
laid in the shade. Afterward every
one, hot and weary. retired for ST.
esta. Always around the island blew
1 the faint cooling breath of the sea.
No marsh or stagnant water bred In
sect pests or fever. Every day while
we were there the men worked hard,
and grew lean and sun-browned, and
thrived on it. Every afternoon with
unfailing regularity light shower
| fell, but in twenty minutes it was
over and the sun shone again. greed
lily tapping up the moisture that gilt
tered on the leaves.
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SPANISH BY f4M555S SAMqoA
.DOUBLOONS ::=::g ::::::

/ he explained. but they didn't use
parties surnames much in classic
times"
The glad cry of breakfast put an
end to Mr. Tubbs' exposition Of my
thology.
So does dull reality clog the feet of
dreams that It proved impossible to
begin the day by digging up the treas
ure. Camp had to be arranged, for
folk must eat and sleep even with
the wealth of the Indies TO be had
for the turning of sod. The cabin
was reroofed and set apart as the bow
er of Aunt Jane and Miss Browne. 1
declined TO make a third in this sane
tuary. You could tell by looking at
her that Violet was the sort of per-
son who would inevitably sleep out
loud.
Hang me up in tree or any
where" l insisted, and 1t ended by my
having a tarpaulin shelter rigged up
in a group OF cocoa-palms.
Among our earliest discoveries on
the island was one regrettable from
the point of view of romance, though
rich in practical advantages; the
woods were the abode of numerous
wild pigs. You should have seen how
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VI.
HIRE GOVERNMENT HELP

The civil service commission hlFes
all employees in the classified service
of the government The only thing 10
be said about the classified service Is
that IL has not yet been ciasslhea'
But you shall hear what the civil serN-
ice commission has 10 say about mr.
ing help, without comment from me-
There is an utter lack of definitely
planned and well-organized employ
ment policy in the government serV-
ice.
There is need for a centralized EN-
ployment office with jurisdiction In all
matters relating to employment
The employment methods of the gov
ernment should be such as TO serve
for a model for private business.
There is at present no central con
troll over the executive service short
of the President The President IS a
busy man and cannot concern himself
with the details of the executive de
partments.
The lack of efficiency in govern
ment offices has a marked effect on
private business.
Definite information concerning the
number of federal civil employees in
different branches of the service and
the amount of the government pay
roll are not readily available.
An official register. or blue book,
is issued every two years. 1t is out
of date long before it is printed.
a provision of the civil service rules
theoretically gives the civil service
commission authority to collect and
maintain complete personnel statis-
tics. The labor and expense involved,
however, practically prohibit the coll
lection and compilation of reliable sta
tistical data.
In addition to the limits Of the coin
missions authority is the absence of
authority to enforce its findings. The
commission can make recommends
tions TO The departments and offices
and urge their observance but it can
not enforce them.
Congress passed what Is known as
the civil service law January 16, 1888.
This act created the United States
civil service commission. The law WAS
intended to cure in part the evils
traceable to the spoils system. which
grew out of the r-year-tenure-o of
office act of 1870.
During the first 40 years after the
organization of our government, ad-
ministrative practice with regard to
the civil service seemed TO conform
to the intention of the founders. The
Constitution fixed the term of no Of
ficer in the executive branch of the
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Rv EDWARD G. LOWRY
co1r-ig... Wsst.Ea 500 -

,.,,..rnmout except those OF me freS
tdert ana vice president. 1t was tn'
established usage during these hrs'
IN ysors TO hermit executive Offices,
eycept members Of the cabinet 10 nUlu
office for an unlimited period duriiE
,,nod behavior. The practice was
changed in 1870 by the four-year-t'h-
pra net. The spolls system, as it vas
ofi,5oIIv described as early as iN''9'
was Introduced and extended unlh ~
perineated the entire civil service o'
the country.
The fundamental purpose Of the CIV
II service law was Ia establish IN the
parts of the service covered ny lts
provisions "a merit system whereby
selection for appointment should ne
made upon the basis of demonstrated
relative fitness, without regard TO p'-
Iltical. religious, or other such con
sideratIons.
The act requires that The rules shall
nroyide. among other things. for open
competitive examinations for testing
the fitness OF applicants for the clasSl-
fed service, the making Of appoint
ments from among those passing with
highest grades, an apporuonmeht OF
appofntments in the departments mt
Washington among the states and ter
ritories. a period Of probation before
absolute appointment and the pro
hibition of the use Of official authority
to coerce the political action Of any
person or body.
In 1883. the year in which the civil
service law was enacted, 1924 posi-
tious in the civil service We're made
subject To competition, The en;ire
number of positions in the federal
executive civil service ON June 20.
1916. was 4SO32T. Al the height OF
the war expansion there We're approx
imateIy 100000 men aud women em.
pIoyed in the federal executive civil
service. about 100000 of whom held
positions subject To- competition. on
July 81, 1920, the entire number of
federal executive civil positions, as
nearly as can be estimated, had been
reduced to G9l,ll6. Approximately
10000 of these were subject TO com
petition, or IN other words, in the
classified service. The force Is still
slowly but steadily decreasing.
During the 10 months of our partici.
patton in the war the civil service
commission gave competitive examl-
nations under the civil service law and
rules to slightly less than 100000 per
sons, and about 100000 persons with
tested qualifications were supplied by
the commission TO the service. A nor.
NAL years business is about 2OOOOC
persons examined and about 10000
appointed.
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Save. save Mr. Tubbs!" impIored
Aunt Jane.
But Mr.. Tubbs. overlooked by all
but this thoughtful friend, had canni-
ly saved himself He advanced upon
Us dripping.
"A close calf" he sang out cheer
fully. Thought one time old Nep had
got a strangle-hold all right Thinks
l. I guess therell be something doing
when Wall Street gets this news-that
old H. II. is food for the tinny denl-
zens of the deep."
1T would have been most-most
stocking" quavered poor Aunt Jane
with feeling. She was piteously striv-
ing TO extricate herself from the folds
of the green veil.
l came to her assistance. The poor
plump little woman was trembling
from head to foot
III was a mOst-unuSual expert
ence," she told me as l unwound her.
Probably extremely-unifying to the
soul-forces and all that, as Miss
Browne says. but for the moment
unsettIing. Is my helmet on straight,
dear? I think It is little severe for
my type of face, don't you? There
was a sweet little hat in Fifth ave
nue. shop-Simple and Yet so chic. l
thought it just the thing, but Miss
Browne said no, helmets were always
worn-Coffee? Oh, my dear child
how THANKFUL 1 shall be-
And Lunt Jane clung to me as of
yore rs l led her up the beach.
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cities as thunderstorm Spots.

The conclusion has been reached by
a well-known engineer who has given
the subject considerable attention
that certain cities, If not indeed most
inland cities of say 100000 population
or more, appear to be thunderstorm
spots" The observation has been
made by E. r.. Horton, of Voorhees,
VILE, n. y, who also points out that
"a shallow lake with sandy margins
located in forest may serve as II
thunderstorm breeder and cites as
proof observations made by him
over Oneida lake, New York
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Natures Supreme Wisdom.

If it were not for the check that vi
ter interposes. vegetation woa1
climb skyward until we had tropaI
jungles and flowers high in the brausl
es of the forest, instead of ylolets "
daisies and lady's-slipper orchids Y
it is, the years tender growths dea]
In the wet and cold of winter, furns
shelter to the seeds of grasses "
small woodland plants. and so ios1
n new growth for the coming Of spril
Even In decay there is a purpose;
nature always there is Il new befa
ning.-Youth's Companion.
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TUAT Tnnlac is wonderful meu
irine for delicate children Is CON
cl,siyely proven by the remnrkaple
res,1Its accomplished in the cases oi
the three children shown in this PIC
ture. -..,,.,o
Little Blanche Blair of Providence
II l. age 10, gained 10 pounds; Ike.
glna McCabe, at right, age y, OF
Scranton. Pa, gained 10 pounds; It-
tie Richard Leary, Jr., of Philadelphia
yvho ,yos very delicate. is now In line,
robust health. The statements maze
hv tbelr pnrents are us follows:
Mr.. A. NJ. Blair. residing at 70 At
wood street, Providence, X. l., salu :
1--WE are just so happy over ,nc
change Tunlac has made in our niue
girl that we can't do or say enough
to show our appreciation. she hau
lost nearly 20 pounds In weight ana
looked SO frall and weak that her
mother and | were both almost wor-
rled sick over her condition. Since
taklng Tnnlac. she has already gained
10 pounds. her color is better than II
ever has been and she looks and acts
like different girl
Mrs. Catherine McCabc. 414 Dick
ems Ave, Scranton. IA, sald: ne
hu' left my little Regina IN such a
bad condition that ! have no iden she
would be with me now II II hadn't
been for Taulac. 1t Is a mystery to
me now She lived ON file little she
WIS patug and was SO lifeless she
never even cared 10 play with the
dolls and toys she got at Christmas.
Since taking IunlgC She IS ns hardy
and well aus any child could be and
has gained 10 pounds in weight
will always praise Tanlac for restor-
Ing our little girls health
Richard Leury, 2342 Palethorpe St,
Philadelphia, said: There is no
doubt in my mind but that TanlaC
saved my little boys life. For two
years | wouldn't have been n bit sur
prlsed to have seen him drop off at
any time. He had stomach trouble
and many time the gas pressed up
into his chest until his heart palpi-
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Jewish Physicians to Pope.

Many examples might be enumea
ed of .popes who patronized Jeas|
physicians. An exception was fh
Nv. who introduced the Ghetto "
Rome, but at least score OF pcs
seem to have gone out of their wa!
extending friendly recognition I" u
medical members of this race.
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tated so thought sure he couldn't
Breathe but II few more gasps. Bal
Tanlnc gave him back to US strm.
and well and we will praise 1t to oE
dying day"
The effect Of Tnnlac On the DELI
cate stomachS Of the Young Is one z
the strongest evidences Of It's whole
someness as well MS its unused
merit. Although n powerful recs
structiye, Tanlac contains no mfu
full ingredients, minerals or opiaia
which are so often found in olls
medicines. Being composed Of y
most beneficial roots and heFa
known to science 1t IS purely veg
table and can be taken by the nai
delicate children. and does not uIs'
or injure the weakest or most ds
cate stomach.
There Is Tanlac agent in eve
town.-Advertisement.
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The Alibl.

The Secretary-This speech may /
you into trouble.
The Honorable-Then you hau ps'-1
prepare statement saying tha' y, NJ
mis1uoted by the newspaper'-A'1l
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Old Court Has Much pow.r

In Liverpool (Eng0 there still exists
one of the very few remaining medl-
eval borough courts of record. At one
time there were 215 in various parts
of the kingdom. The Liverpool court
of passage, as 1t is called, has prac-
tically unlimited Jurisdiction in caus-
es of action arising within the city.
and has more power than has the City
of London court which has jurisdlc.
tion only when the defendant is en-
ployed in the city itself.
Misery loves company. but the com
rany isn't apt to make n second call.
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THE ISLAND.

synopsis-Jane Harding. respect
able and conservative old maid-
hui never too old to think OF mar
riage - with more money than
brains. is inNaiSied by strong
minded spinster. Miss Hisglesos-
Browne. into financing an eNpedi-
lion to hunt for buried treasure on
Issew ara Island Her niece. VII
ginia Harding. undertaking to stop
her. gets on the vessel and is un-
NtlI1gfy carried along BY no
means concealing her distaste Tor
the eyredltion and her contempt
tor its members. Virginia makes
the acquaintance Of the Honorable
Cuthhert Eane. Talking wltt
Dlc4id shaw leader OF the eNpedi-
tion. Nirg MIA very frankly eN-
presses her views, practically az
t,rsiu- Shaw and the other MEM
bers OF the party. including a
somewhat uncertain parsonage
Captain Masrus. and shady
"fnaucier" Hamilton IL Tubbs- Of
being in conspiracy TO defraua
Jane Harding. Landing on the
island $ a matter OF some Difficult
ty. virginia being ca' ried ashore
in the arms OF Cuthoert Nane-
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"In the first place, don't
believe in your treasure.

cro BE CONTINUED,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-10

In whose Name Asd sub 1t, hlk cts
'hHs. ldngsCth torib
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-10

Niles SUDd, "a NV IOf. va Lot .,
Sec IT, 50, !.
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same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, lag
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-10
PAGE THIRTEEN

o. 1T. Blk. chs,
Evening star., 1922-12-07
Special, $3.50

Truly charming and Jor-
gcorlsly designed arc these
French Eoiles of the finest
quality. Real Irish crochet
and !itot tdces used ldrishly
ON collar and cuffs. Tuxedo
or frsH models, in sizes "a
10 46.
Evening star., 1922-12-07
Society
President Harding Entertained at Lunch
con Today NJ. Clemenceau of
France and Other Guests.

a luncheon party OF twelve today. at
her home on Connecticut avenue De-
cember q Mrs. Happier will enter
tain luncheon party In honor of Miss
Elizabeth Taylor Jones. having a
number of other debutantes as
guests
Mrs. Caperton, wife of Admiral
William T. Caperton. was the honor
guest Of her nephew and niece, MIR.
and Mrs: Erwin Morse, who gave a
dinner dance last evening in their
home in Edgemoor.
Mrs. s. L. Hadley of Evanston. Ill.,,
Is the guest for some days Of her
brother-fn-law and sister, the treas
urer OF the United States and Mrs
Miss Catherine Carter Critcher and
Mrs. William Eaches Fendall will be
at home this afternoon from to 8
ooctoek IN the studio of the former
William Morgan will assist. ~
Mr. and Mrs Henri de Sibour en-
ttertalned at luncheon today at the
hamilton Hotel, their guests includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Trent, Mr..
and Mrs. William S. Reyburn, Signora
Geisser Celesia. Mr.. Raymond T..
Baker. Mr.. George A. Garrett and Mr..
a. Mitchell Palmer.
Miss Betty Clagett Clark and her
house guest. Miss Virginia Clagett of
Seattle. Wash. have returned from a
weeks visit to Philadelphia, where
they attended the Army-Navy foot
social functions in their honor.
An engagement Of interest in Wash
inston recently announced is that Of
Evening star., 1922-12-07

returned yesterday to her home in
New York.
The young ladies taking part in the
pageant for the ball of nations to be
given at Wardman Park under the
auspices of the Woman's Universal
Alliance on the night of December Is
Evening star., 1922-12-07

will meet at Clifton tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
The meetings and rehearsa1s vii
be held at Clifton, 300. w street. op.
posite the home of Mrs. Robert NC
Cormick, hereafter. The dress re.
CONTINUED on Ninth Pa1e.)
Evening star., 1922-12-07

and Mrs. Duncan McCulloch of Balti-
more.
The Rev. and Mrs. Humphreys are in
Europe.
Miss Mary Cabaud, who has been
visiting Miss Katharine Shaw, daYgh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Shaw,
Evening star., 1922-12-07
MISS EMILY DIAL,

Miss Sarah Ludington Humphreys.
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Otho Fair
field Humphreys of Milwaukee. to Mr..
Duncan McCulloch, jr.. son Of the Rev.
Evening star., 1922-12-07

RESlDENI lARDlNE enter
tanned NJ Clemenceau of
France at lunch today at the
White House. the company Of
guests including:
The Vice President, Mr.. Coolidge;
the ambassador OF France. NJ. JUS
serand: the Chief Justice. Mr.. William
Howard Taft: the Secretary OF State,
MIR. Charles Evens Hughes: Senator
Albert f. Cummins. president pro
tempore of the Senate: the Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives. Fred
erick H. Gillett: the Secretary Of the
Treasury. Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon: the
Secretary of War. Mr.. John W. Weeks:
the Attorney General, Mr.. Harry NJ.
paughtrty; the Secretary Of the
Navy. Mr.. Edward Denby; the Secre-
tary Of the Interior, Mr.. Albert Il.
Fall: the Secretary OF Labor, Mr..
James ]. Davis: Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. Representative Stephen G..
Porter. Admiral Robert Il. Coontz.
Maj. Gen. Tasker II. b iss, the assist
ant secretary of state, Mr.. Leland
Harrison; former United States am
bassador to France. Mr.. Henry White:
former United States ambassador to
France. Mr.. Hugh G. Wallace; Col.
Stephen Bonsal. Col. Clarence O. Sher-
rill and Commander Adolphus An
drews.
Former United States Ambassador
to France and Mrs. Henry White will
entertain a company at dinner this
evening in honor of their distin-
guished house guest, NJ Clemenceau.
Evening star., 1922-12-07

Entab. 1885
Evening star., 1922-12-07

An engagement Of interest in Wash
ington recently announced is that of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-07
THE DOLL BABY SHOW.

Our doli-baby show, it was something
quite grand;
You saw there the loveliest dolls in
the land.
Each girl brought her own, in its
prettiest dress;
a pin less.
For the doll that was choicest we
offered prize;
There were wee mites of dollies, and
some of great size;
Some came in rich purple, some lilac,
some white,
With ribbons and laces-a wonder
full sight. '''"
Now, there was one dolly so tall and
so proud
She put all the others quite under a
cloud.
But one of us limited, in SO many
:! words,
That sometimes fine feathers do not
make fine birds.
We sat in a row, with our dolls in
our laps;
The dolls behaved sweetly, and met
no mishaps.
No boys were admitted-for boys
will make fun;
Now which do you think was the
dolly that won?
Soon all was, commotion to hear who
would get
The prize; for the dollies' committee
- had met;
We were the committee; and which
do you think :.
Was the doll we decided ON, all in
a.. wink? r.
Why, each of US said that our own
was the best,
The finest, the sweetest, the prettiest
drest;
So we all got the prize. Well invite
|. =. you to go
The next time we girls have our, doll
baby show. '..'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-07

very Sunday morning I was out with
gang on the way to a saloon. We
were just passing the church, when
someone-I don't know what inspired
him-said: Let's go in and have some
fun! Wen upset the services!'. So
We all went in; l was afraid to back
out. Just as we entered, the old lady
handed you the slip Of paper and you
proceeded to read it aloud. cannot
describe the impression it made on
me that very instant. did not know
of course who the widow was; but l
thought of my own poor mother. I
had entered to laugh-butt laugh l
could not. And as the prayers Of the
people went up, ! was wholly changed.
let my companions go out Laughing
at me and ridieuling me. / stayed for
the sermon, then went to confession,
received Holy Communion on the fol-
lowing Sunday, and from a thorn in
my mothers side became the joy of
her heart. Oh, how much better 1t
feels" .q ..---F.om Bible Narratives.