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MIR. Wilson's Results.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald;

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
wish to refer to an article in
your issue of yesterday by. c. q.
Degman. who takes such funda-
mental and conscientious interest in
the American government that he
finds il necessary to sit in judgment
on. and take to task. a man by the
name of Woodrow Wilson. who lit
tie more than a year ago HANDED
over to a Mr.. w. G. Harding. the
weary and disillusioning RESPONSE
biiities of high office. Like the rest
of his ilk who sit on a fence and
chew gum drops while humanity in
it's progress blows his harmless
Iispines to the winds. he uses the
arbitrary method of dissecting the
personal characteristics of national
leaders in an attempted explanation
as to the why and wherefore OF the
freak turns of an electorate COM
prising over a hundred millions OF
people, and possessed of whims
and fancies many times that num-
Der.
Unlike most of your readers who
find an attraction in the sub)ect.
| am writing on the strength OF
what I entertain for hiGh-class
man-namely brief-a orlei LOT
Mr.. Wilson The principal slant at
the former President this time, OF
course. is a reference to the status
OF the Treasury" 1t VIII take loo
wears to nav il off''-the debt in
curred for the nation by Mr.. VIII
son and his satraps ps-(undouoted-
Iy Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Lansing. Mr..
Hearst. Mr.. Garrison. ct al. were
among the sycopiants who helped
swell the funds for the parties, etc.
that were pulled off)-is the pitt
fully age-old wall of this self-styled
purveyor of the public's judgment.
whose incompete nee as shown in the
setting of his theme is superseded
only by the meaninglessness of his
own useless effort.
The former President had present.
under his direction in Washington.
the most powerful array of genius
and ability ever assembled together
at any place in the history of the
world. Under the necessity thereof
his orders read: Results first. cal
culation of cost afterward." at the
same time drawing up as best as
circumstances would allow. contract
regulations protecting the public
purse as far as was humanity pos
sible. and on this principle the war
machinery proceeded-millions OF
men In camp over night. two and
a half millions in France fully
equipped, SO that our critic, Mr.. Deg
man. wouldn't have to bear the
brunt of the German plowshare.
placed on rations. and told how
long he could stay out at nigns
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29
The Advantage of Being Young.

IT is amazing to the ordinary father to hear
i his knickerbockered boy speak famiarly of
"statics and "electron streams and "inductance'
and 800 meter waves" And when he comes to
quiz his son, he finds that the boy not only can
talk about these strange things but use them.
The surprise is the same as when an Ameri-
can goes to France and hears the little children
talking French and common laborers using the
metric system. The American got his knowledge
OF the French language and of the metric SYSTEM
what he has OF it-by hard work and much worry
in school. Whenever he wants to say anything in
French he thinks it out first in English and then
picks out the corresponding French words guesses
at their gender, them in the foreign order
and sets his speech organs so as to approximate
their pronunciation. Whenever he wants to put
anything into Kilograms he has to think of it in
tons and then multiply by oo7.I8.
But as the French children come naturally into
a heritage of French dioms and metric measures so
our children take naturally to the new ideas of
science, if they have chance at them directly with
out being put through the cruder conceptions OF
former days OF ignorance. The idea of an electron
stream is much easier to grasp than the old two
iuid theory OF electricity that our elders were
brought up Each generation is born free and
has right to get its science in the latest and sim
plest orms unencumbered by the errors of the past
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29
That Summer Cold.

4 LONG stretch of irritable weather has pro-
n duced more than the usual number of sum-
mer colds in Washington. Business both of egiti-
mate drug stores and of booteggers has grown
better because of this-but even the excuse fur
nished, which any number of physi-
clans will write prescription hardly compensates
the unfortunate victims.
With the boiling, coughs and sneezes are
prevalent throughout the city.
1t is well enough to say that folks should take
care OF themselves The same old lesson repeated
every summer Office workers still will sit be-
tween two open windows in the direct line OF
an electric FAM even when the perspiration is roll
ing from their bodies Nothing less than bad
cold can be expected from this procedure. There
seems no happy medium between sweltering and
catching cold. It's largely matter of taking your
choice. In such circumstances the more distant evil
is likely to be less appreciated. For FIVE minutes
before the fan Capital folks run the risk OF week
OF discomfort caused by a cold in the head
The best can hope for is an effective remedy
for summer colds-admttedly one of the hardest
ailments in the world to cure.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

BURNS POEM ON WARRINGTON.
To the Friend the P.ope:
Did not Robert Burns famous Scottish poet.
write ,r a poem N reference to Amerie.! what was
the name of ''' where can 'nd 'ai' J. 8. go.oGss OK
Yes. 1T called ode for washington's Birth
day completed June IS. 1874 You can nnd
James Grant Wilson. in the Library Of Congress.
NEW YORK TO BUExos AIRES.
To the Friend Of the People:
How far is 1t from New York city to Busnos
Peru, to San Francisco. Cal? GEORGE
1t is $50 miles from New York City to Buenos
Aires and 4.ol2 miles from Callao to San Francisco.
LUMBER FIRMS IN ATLANTA.
To the Friend People:
I noticed in an issue your paper that you
dispensed information about firms various cities
WIN you please name few lumber firms in At
lanta. Ga? GEORGIAN
The Ewing Lumber Company. Frank C. Lake.
Phoenix Planning Mill Company. w, 3. Disbro Lum-
ber Company, East Side Lumber and Coal Com
pany. Marbut-Wliams Lumber Company, Pattillo
Lumber Company. Smith and Simpson Lumber Com
pany and Willingham-Tift Lumber Company.
MEANING OF A. N. AND p. NJ.
Friend People:
Please tell what the letters "A. NJ" and 'P. NJ"
derived from J.Y
A. NJ. is derived from the Latin phrase ante
meridian meaning before noon" OF midday"
p, NJ. from the Latin phrase post meridian, after
midday"
EXPLANATION OF LATIN PHRASES.
To Of People:
Please tell me the meanings Of the following
Latin phrases; I'm curia, ex parte.' "ex onicio,"
"ex tempore." J. Y.
In cura" means in court; "ex parte" on one
part: officio" by virtue Of office "ex tempore
of hand.
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HOTELS IN ATLANTA. GA.
To the Friend Of People:
Would you please name several hotels In At:
innta i,,ta Ga am going on trip there and would
The Ansiey. Kimball House, Hotel Aragon.
Hotel Hampton, The Marion Hotel Hotel scovilie.
Hotel Wincon.
EXPIRATION OF JUDGMENT.
To the Friend of People:
ment runs in the District Of Columbia and whether
II is necessary to notify the person concerned when
the time has expired. NJ. J.
A Judgment of the Municipal Court expires at
preme Court the District. in which event its life
Is extended for twelve years, and II can then be
renewed. The courts do not send notices at the
expiration of judgments.
IRENE, EMPRESS OF CoNsTANTINoPLE.
To the Friend Of People:
who was the Irene that lived somstime in the
sixth or seventh centuries? STUDENT.
Irene was Empress of Constantnople. She
born in Athens about $50 A. d. and died at Lesbos
In 500 A. d.
aUERCITRoN 10 DYEsTUFF.
Friend o People:
Could you tell what quercitron Is. and
where Ii comes from? W. w. M
1t is a yellow dyestuf obtained from the bark
the United states but is also cultivated in France
and South Germany.
WHO "MONA LISA" WAS.
Friend Of the People:
viii you please advise me who Mona Lisa" was.
or 's' iu'"''"'"s any NJ C. c.
Mona Lisa" is famous painting. work of
Leonardo da vnci. Italian artist Of the fifteenth
century
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Profit-Sharing Plans.
% the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Let us know the Truth"
In Forbes issue Of July % neu-
trail publication, / read the follow
ing: "One obstacle heretofore has
been the opposition of many labor
leaders who reason that the general
adoption of profit sharing would
weaken their hold upon their fol-
lowing. A large-hearted coal oper-
ator once told me that he had
worked out a profit-sharing plan
which was cordially hailed by
his workers. but that their union
leader came along and forbade the
introduction of the system. declar-
ing. If you start this thing, they
would soon be your men. not mine.
1 won't stand for it, And the plan
was not put into operation"
The truth is just as essential to
members of organized labor as is
the protection afforded them by the
Constitution. 1t is high time that
the public receive adequate protec-
ton under the same Constitution
and a square deal. We are ready to
pay a fair wage to labor and a fair
profit to invested capital We are
not going to rest content to be eN-
plotted by either labor. or capital.
When organized labor leaders re-
fuse a liberal profit-sharing plan as
above quoted. how do they justify
their action to their followers? Cn-
der such circumstances they can
not command the respect nor SYM
pathy of the American public.
One Of the public with an empty
coal bin.
r F SOULTIER.
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Keep 1 Clear Eye.

a LMOST over night according to General
EA Pershing, the United States can put more
than million soldiers in the field Her skeleton
regular army could be expanded by rapid clocklike
movements into fighting machine of such proper
tions that only FIRST class power could stand
against it.
Americans have reason to be proud of their
army. They feel secure in the thought that
such of trained men are ready at few
hours notice for any sort of service which the
government may demand of them. But, for the
present, willing to take the generals word
for the efficiency OF the War Departments plans.
1t is to be hoped that occasion for experiment
will be found in the present industrial situation.
Use of troops in strike never is desirable until
all other of protecting the public have
failed
The fact remains that great many of the
enlisted men in the reserves and in the National
own fathers, and brothers who in the
ranks of the strikers. Most of them are too good
soldiers to refuse to do their duty if called upon
by the President; but few would show much
enthusiasm about it.
1t may be necessary, of course, to use troops.
But still are far from civil war. The railroad
workers and the coal miners still good Ameri-
respect the American government. They disagree
with another group of American citizens rather
yolenty-but that does not constitute civil and
never will constitute civil long as the gov
ernment keeps its head.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

On the morning of Nov. IL, 1918, the
former President issued short
statement from the White House:
The armistice was signed this
morning" Yes. the world had been
pulled out of its darkest hour
through trial. sacrifice and human
suffering-and this grateful cynic
points to the inevitable waste here
and there in this miraculous enter
prise and says: Look what Mr..
wilson did, Do you think that
Roosevelt. Clark, Taft. etc. wouio
nave gone to war;" Let those who
ma satisfaction in the answer,
winch is in the negative, call on
such as Mr.. Degman for consola-
ton as to the consequences thereof.
he also recommends that we call
on the Kaiser for an expression on
Mr.. Wilson Nuf ced. Mr.. Wilson
was elected in 1912 by reason of a
split In the Republican ranks and
Tor no other, he says. Such being
the case, and granted to be true
that Mr.. Wilson was aosconded into
office political freak-what in the
name of God could the political ex-
periences OF 1912 have to do with the
record of this man, the remarkah Ne
leadership and genius in statecraft
shown by him before and contin,-
ally throughout the war? Taking
IL all. that when ushered into OF.
nee the former President was a
poIitical by-product. a joke, a school
teacher. etc. is that which he &C.
complished afterward no answer
whatever to such fool mental antic,
OF these incomprehensible cranks-
Inc last paragraph of his letter &c
the erect that: The history Of tn,
hepuoIlcan party is a history O,
prosperity and strikes. while the
history of the Democratic party 4,
history of adversely and free soun
houses. stamps him at an anrlt
such that further reply is rendered
hardly desirable. But let us 60 or
to mention the fool thought: "H.
kept us out of war" l Travelled ex.
tensively throughout the MiddI,
West. the North and the East dur.
ing the last half year Of 1916 and
made II my business to follow tn,
political developments Of tina,
| period. | have vet to hear anv
responsible individuals-how II wa,
ever ascribed to Wilson's camnai9r
organization I do not know-hut =,
this day I have never yet heard n,
seen anything resembling such ar
idlotic slogan" coming from anys
one connected with the political
framework of the Democratic marty
except possibly few girls in Sun.
oay school. who in their inexperi.
enced enthusiasm perhaps through,
OF hoped for safety from the hor
rors of war. These are facts. and
l can take an oa:h to this effect
he says this slogan was dirty ant
dlshonorable-" All right. old man
may no one in a position to mn,
themselves into effect Judge Won
mere among the human fraflties n,
earthly mortals. Suffice to saw m,
election of 1916 resulted from na
tional conviction as to who copi,
handle the situation to the Res,
based on actual record in office.
CYRIL J. EDAw.
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AGwNSa1EM
DsgYlsHN9sy
"A IMPRESSIONS By
A0MNGz9kEe.
IE1E;4Is1lFa alI1

NEW YORK. July 2s.-Each COM
munity has its variant of the old
theme In De Maupassant's story Of
the lost necklace. This is the story
and 1t is true-of the adventure
of an internationally famous
beauty who visited a Fifth avenue
shop that deals with imitation
jewels.
She wanted to select a type OF
earrings just now fad. After
inspecting tray of them she made
her selection and asked the price.
The clerk replied "fve-ifty." Then
inquired II madam wished a blank
check. She said with a smile that
she carried that much and laid
down $3.50.
The clerk explained with proper
embarrassment that she had made
a mistake and in the confusion the
lady left $3.50 and went to her
bank. where she drew $50 and re-
turned to the shop.
Again the clerk gave an apollo
getic cough and explained that the
lady had misunderstood. that the
price was $3.50. Having gone this
far with the transaction the lady
saw nothing to do but tender a
check for the balance, which she
did.
You know" she said just bit
haughtily, Il have never worn i'm
ftation Jewels and ] had no idea
about the price. l never dreamed
they were so expensive"
The clerk was puzzled, and after
looking at a necklace about her
throat. said: Surely madam
knows that the necklace she now
wears is imitation and came from
this shop" She was furious and
avowed she had been insulted.
The manager was called. the cir
cumstances expla to him and
he accompanied the lady to the
leading jewel expert in the city.
, where. after an examination. the
necklace was declared to be spu-
rious.
And Puff. went another romance
that is exciting the gossip week
lies. The necklace was given to
the celebrated beauty by a very
rich man upon his return from Eu-
rope. 1t was in the case of a IA
nous Paris jeweler. The other day
the beauty returned the necklace
to the donor with this note: Take
this to any pawnshop. You may be
able to get a couple of marbles and
skipping rope for it,
Marilyn Miller's forthcoming
marriage to Jack Pickford left a
number of bruised hearts in New
York. One young man-the son of
wealthy oil magnate-was sup
posed to have the inside track in
the race for the nimble-footed
stars affections. When the en-
Eagement was announced he left
for South America. where he said
he was going to try to forget.
However. he came back in three
weeks and l saw him the other
night squirting another footlight
belle about town
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Worth of Straw Votes.
To the Editor. The w.ssips,on Hs,,,s.

10 the Editor. The Washington Herald.
An open letter TO the LITERARY
Digest, New York City:
want to express 10 Won INV
personal feelings relative To m,
poll You are now taking on the
eighteenth amendment. am very
much surprised to see that Won
would take such a canvass which
can only be partial. to say the
least, and perhaps may be quit,
preJudiced on any amendment 70
the Constitution of the United
states. Such a vote, no matter the
outcome. can only do the greatest
of harm. Such a vote can only
cause dissension and argument be-
tween citizens and between citizens
and their government. Such a vote
tends to break down the Constitu-
tion and interfere with the enforce
ment & law.
In view of the fact that you are
taking this vote on the Eighteenth
amendment. want TO suggest to
you as a reader of many years that
you arrange to take a vote on the
Thirteenth amendment of the Con-
stitut'op. So we may know how
many people desire slavery. !
should also like to suggest that you
take a vote on the Fifteenth
amendment, so that we may know
how many people desire that the
right to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States,
or any State, on account OF race,
color or previous condition of sevi-
tude.
recognize that these votes will
cause nothing but dissension and
trouble but there is no reason why
we should not know the feeling Of
the country with regard to the
Thirteenth and Fifteenth amend
ments as well as the Eighteenth.
PAGE MrR ETCHrS0N
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cannot be If the useful man
women are denied all chance to e,-
press themselves.
Ihe purpose of coal mines should
De to furnish coal for heat. lipb,
ana power. Today the purpose of
coal mines is to make profits for
those who own coal mines. Even
where profit is not made the pur.
pose is profit. and it is with that
view that policies are made.
Those who invest capital demand
laoor policies that will help make
profits. They necessarily oppose
labor policies that are designed
primarily to bring about coal pro-
duction.
Control of production policies
does not properly belong to those
who merely control mney.
Control Of production policies
properly belongs to those actively
interested and engaged in produc.
tion, to those who are competent To
judge production policies, TO those
engaged in the business of giving
service
IF the public can secure recor-
milton of its rights in connection
with production. 1t can afford IN
forget about the control OF money
1t must corcern itself today with
the control of money only because
money is an instrument through
which an improper power is WELD.
ed.
THE Federal Trade Commission
carrying out an order of Congress,
sought facts about coal production
1t could get these facts only from
the books of employers. The EN-
ployers refused to allow access to
those facts in their books. The
courts sustained the employers.
saying these facts belong to the
mine owners.
Financial control makes this Sc
crecy necessary.
Financial thievery IS possible
largely because industrial facts arr
private property and protected as
such. Private ownership of facts
must stop.
Corporations. trying to reduc,
wages. ask the public to sympa-
thize with the corporations. They
expect verdict in the dark he :
cause the public knows NOTHING
about the production costs, the ef
flciency Of production methods. O.,
the market need for the commod.
ity.
Money Is invested to produce
profits, not to produce commodities
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29
An Important SURVEY.

WAS THE cabin in which the copperthite
w murder took place in the District of Co.
lumbia or in Virginia? This question appears
likely to peculiar legal angle in the case
a tangle almost comparable to o. Henry's famous
example of the murderer who found refuge in a
shack located partly in Arizona New Mexico, Colo
RADIO and Utah.
Most District people, District officials we
presume, had forgotten that the legal boundary Of
the city was the high water mark of the Potomac
River on the Virginia side. 1t causes general sur
prise to learn that the District government controls
some land the Potomac rather than the State
of Virginia.
In order to decide which authorities shall trv
the case, 1t appears survey must be made to
determine the exact boundary line The measure
ment is apt to prove valuable later on The Dis
trct certainly should know just how far its author
ity extends.
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think drink is funny in the least.
have no sense OF humor about II
myself. perhaps because j am
woman - for women and children
suffer most from the effects oil
this silly. exasperating
kind of joke about prohibition i dc
beg you all to protest against and
refrain from"
ARTHUR T. BLACK.
Room 24l. Senate Office Bldg.
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ss3M1zueeMt@aM% . g
MMM@MIdty

The present conflict is an ex-
preston Of a fundamental dispute
between industry and finance. 1t is
conflict between service and
profit" says Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the American Federation
of Labor. in an open letter.
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dian by birth, was reared on q
farm and took his law degree at
the University Of North Dakota in
1907. Later he took q post-gradu-
ate course at Yale.
He first Jumped into prominence
politically when he led the forces
of the anti-nonpartisan leaguers
In the State Legislature in 1917.
O'Connor is known as q progress
sive-- During the war ne spoke IN
many States in the interest Of war
loans. He was q follower OF Presl-
dent Wilson and q supporter OF the
league Of nations.
He 10 20 and unmarried
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@%kEdyaMo
DalgHSSsA&S u.s.

Party lines have been dropped
completely in the U. s. Senatorial
hght in North Dakota where Re-
publicans and Democrats have
united to defeat former Gov. Lynn
Frazier and send Attorney J. r. T.
O'Connor TO the Senate 10 occupy
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

Finance rules
industry today. In
the case of rail-
roads Wall Street
m a k e s railroad
policy in the in
terest of profits.
Railroad policy is
not made in the
interest of trans
portation.
"Finapce is in
competent to fix
and manag ge the
policy for indus
try. The prime
requirement Is
that industry serv
the p IL b lie. This
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

the seat of the
present incum-
bent. Porter J.
McCumber. de-
feated by Frazier
in the primaries.
This is not the
FIRST time Dakota
Democrats an d
Republicans have
u nj ted behind
O'Connor. They
b a c X e a him
against a Frazier
for the governor
ship two years
ago and he lost
by less than 5000
votes.
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OMEN Court letters hoMe77ezaH
OTHER PEOPLES INTEREST u>~-

communica esons VIII n,s y. 49,
tu.1ed unless specific request for sues
return Is made and stamps inclosed.
Letters should Be- type written when.
ever possible. Communicati lions sx.
tremsly difficult to read wlsI net b
considered. No communications ttersd
I nth Actitiolt names will Be us p<-
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Ice will last twice as long in refrigerator
II you wrap newspapers around it. We don't
charge nickel for this information, and you
can say that, for once in your life, you have
got something for nothing
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

John d. wears an overcoat the year round.
he is one of the few who can afford it.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

Bookstore proprietor says flappers do not
read. They don't have to- They know enough
The Washington herald., 1922-07-29

Perhops yos knop Of soms-
fh'ne w Washi~oton spex sAxoA
the Spotlight shosll b focusek
~ yos do. sorste to sThe sfrsJ-
kr." TIE Woshi.ofox Herald
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Ever see Nick Altrock take a
whirl at the game Of golf? Mich
may not shoot in the eighties bu;
as a golf player he is a very good
comedian.