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The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
No Easy Task

"YHAT President Harding calls
w 1.-THE supreme folly" of gov
" ernment operation of rail-
roads during the war saved the
opponents of Germany from defeat
and shortened the war by at least
a year.
Developments since private op-
Grafton was restored have gone far
and will go farther to establish
that the only way to get from
transportation the service the ma
tion needs at rates the traffic will
bear is to subordinate completely
private interest to public.
How that can be done without
the public itself taking full re-
sponsibility remains for advocates
of private ownership to prove.
We don't envy them the task.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
Nice Weather Indoors Bugs" Ba.r

EUEL ADMINISTRATION is fueling
around again. Domesticated coal IL
getting so shy and timid that you will
have to visit your neighbors to get warm
and insulted.
IF those fuelish administrators voyage
i out their frigid intentions of putting
your furnace on hunge- strike this
Winter. It means that end of world IL
right in your kitchen.
CCIENTI6T6 have crocheted their affi.
- davit that hemispheres will be frosen
sweets In twenty million years, But
being very impatient folks. we can't wait
that long for dessert.
WE used to give orders for coal, But
W big fuel executives give US orders
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
Illusions
NICE more we are in a cycle of
scares; important, if true.

0NCE more we are in a cycle of
scares; important, if true.
~ Britain is reported alarmed
by rumors that Russia is building a
great navy to defend the Black Sea.
Considering that Russia within four
years has twice been invaded by ex-
peditions which Britain has helped
to pilot through the Black Sea, Rus
sia might well be excused if eager
for self-defense, though Russia s
present capacity to build and effec-
lively operate great navy is some
what doubtful.
A Polish general hears that Ger
many has invented a new poison
gas which no mask can foil; he
braves threats of death in reveal
ing the dark secret.
Then, Of course, there is the be-
lief of grand old Monsieur Clemen-
ceau that the Teutons are getting
ready again to seize civilization by
the throat.
We have radicalism, the Wall
Street specter and the Ku Klux
Klan to keep life from stagnating,
and when these pail there is always
the chance to bell some official with
a Congressional investigation.
Next to luxuries, the dearest
possessions are illusions.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

instead Of GOAL. When fire turns sour on
furnaces stomach, you must feed It
pills instead of lumps.
EGG, chestnut and stove ammunition
Il are plastered with luxury tax. Folks
will be limited to substitute furnace food
and stove huggers will get warm again
when Spring comes round with its new
hopes and fears.
Usual GUNNER strike Of coal farmers
~ resulted In bituminous famine.
Man who tells anthracite diggers to 20
on strike in July should be put on proba-
tion by Juvenile Court
FROZEN pump IL no May-pole Unless
! Pannsylvania miners dig some new
tunnels on their coal links, we'll have to
burn our hemes to heat then.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
PIONEERS In
WIRE AND WIRELESS
By Edgar Lucien Larkin

director Mt. Lore Observatory
MANY questions relating to
wireless transmission Of
electromagnetic waves in teleg-
raphy and telephony have been
received.
Samuel F. B. Morse in 1S42
laid an insulated wire beneath
the water between Governors
Island and Castle Garden, and
sent electric signals. Then the
wire was severed by the anchor
of ship. a fortunate accident.
for the idea came to use the
water in place Of a wire.
He placed wires along both
banks of the Susquehanna Riv-
er. To each end of these wires
he fastened copper plates and
sunk them In the water.
Signals were sent and at once
received In the circuit on the
opposite bank. First wireless.
Morse reported this result to
the Secretary of the Treasury
December %, 1874. This was
the act Of transmission through
matter.
Tho first transmission through
ether is that OF William Breese
at Newcastle in 1884. He set
up parallel. wires 1920 feet
apart. Signals were sent from
one parallel to the other and
were heard in an attached teIe-
pho,e. This Is the first ether
transmission.
Edison began to startle the
world in 1885. A great impetus
was given by Hertz in the dis
covery of waves In 1888. Au-
gusto Right in Bologna greatly
improved the Hertz apparatus.
Marconi began his expert
ments in 1895. In 1895 he went
to England. He tested his
methods on land and then
across tho Bristol Channel. In
1893 wireless was inauguratsd
between England and France.
In December. 1903, he sent the
first ether transmitted message
from England to America.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

YYOW times change is illustrated
n strikingly by the stock
i i ticker.
In the middle of the last century
stock and bond quotations were
kept secret. Only a few persons,
insiders, were allowed to know the
current prices.
One hundred dollars a day is said
to have been paid for the privilege
of listening at the keyhole of the
board room of the New York Stock
Exchange during the time of calls.
Somewhat later the newer, more
radical brokers so far forgot the
tradition of secrecy, or grew so
courageous in the Haunting of it.,
that they wrote quotations on states
and sent these by trusted messen-
gers to valued customers.
1t was not until 1867, when their
competition had made itself felt
among the inner circle, that the
first electrical ticker-a device of
Mr.. Edison 's-was installed in. the
Stock Exchange.
And today there are over seven
thousand of the chattering little
ribbon spitters, GA per cent of them
in New York, but the rest scattered
generously over the country.
The almighty ticker has been sup
plemented by leased wires running
from Stock Exchange houses in
New York to their branches all
over the country.
Nowadays quotations are known
everywhere within twenty or thirty
minutes of the time Of quoting.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

WE cannot make workers
w contented by so-caIled wei.
fare work. That is. by giving
them flower gardens to walk in
and piano music TO listen to,
and feasting and dancing after
they have finished their dis
agreeable task.
The only practical way out is
to make the task agreeable.
Then they can take their amuse-
ments afterward as they see fit.
II will not make much differ
ence what they play at.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. 1921
BY S. E. Kiser-

IF were king no matter where.
L l think I'd have my crown reset;
For every jewel fine and rare
A blazing counterfeit Id get;
The precious stones, in secret, I'd
Exchange for cash. without delay,
And every month I'd put aside
A fair percentage of my pay.
IRON somewhere near my gilded throne
L I'd start a tunnel, well concealed,
Its exit, known to me alone.
In some far-of, convenient field.
I'd get myself an iron vest
To wear when I appeared In state.
And some one else would have to test
The food they put upon my plate.
IF I were king I'd send away
My wife and children, one by one.
And meekly every night I'd pray
To live to see the morning sun.
I'd tiptoe through the palace halls.
And keep a gun upon my hip,
And here and there along the walls
Have secret doors through which to slip.
I'D never bat around at night
Nor ask my subjects for a raise;
By saving everywhere l might
I'd try to earn a bit of praise.
With royal virtue l would turn
From every SNOWY, foolish thing.
And I'd begin at once to learn
A useful trade, If I were king.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

Guest In hotel reached for the bed
quit and thought he had found 81 bill.
Scientist says there will be <b, 900, 900
people IN New York City 100 years from
now. II taxi drivers keep on Knocking
off pedestrians, the number will be nearer
$4,000.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
Stars and Stripes ::

Experts have found a way by which
oysters may be eaten with safety. Prob
ably it is done by tuckins q napkin In
your collar.
The landlords are doubtless hard lot,
but at that. not many Of them keep their
tenants in hot water.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

Somewhat of the spirit Of
youth seems to have seized the
old folks. Their eyes CLEAN,
they actually walk straighter
and faster.
They even talk more. Which
may not seem so wishful a
consummation until you sym
pathetically consider that these
people tend to drop into sodden,
supen silence.
Those for whom this was a
first night" with the movies
appear to have been particu-
larry benefited by the expert
ence. the mental excitation hav-
ing actually stimulated their
blood circulation.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
CONTINUED BUSINESS ASSURED.

II foreign ships are compelled to quit carry
ing liquor. the French liners can still get
plenty Of business 1t is becoming easier every
year to get divorces in France.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
THEY'RE GOING UpI

Recent news from Paris makes It apparent
that those who are now considered unfashion.
able for not yet having scrapped their short
skirt may yet become fashionable by retain.
ing II.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
THE SPECTATOR
The Hardest Workers

But we have not paid enough
attention to the one thing that
makes the worker work. And
that one thing is to make him
like his work.
There are two kinds OF work
produced in the world-the
good kind and the bad kind.
The good kind is done by those
who love their work. and the
bad by those who do not love IL.
Further than that. work that
we hate Is properly called IA,
Dor. Work that we love is
craftsmanship.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

DY far the most important
- and needed thing in the
whole realm Of industry is to
find for human beings the work
that they love.
And this is not unreasonable.
Everybody loves TO work. That
is. there Is some sort OF work
that each man loves. The
greatest joy OF the human be-
ing consists in the forthputting
OF his faculties.
A man is a bundle OF powers,
a nucleus of forces. and the
thing called happiness is best
assured in the exercise OF those
powers.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

TUE hardest workers in the.
L world are not the slaves.
That is. not the bond slaves.
nor the wage slaves. nor the
slaves Of capital. The hardest
workers are, however, the
slaves. the slaves of genius.
I'm the history Of all the arts
and sciences" says Samuel
Untermyer, "the most patient
and untiring workers in the
world have been the inspired
poets. painters. sculptors, sing
,, ers,. musicians, actors and writ
ers, most Of whom have per-
severed for the better part Of
their lives under endless suffer-
ing and encouragement. Some
Of them have been 30 fortunate
as to secure recognition while
they yet lived, but to most Of
them the rewards have come
only after death. But they did
not faiter."
THERE are two luminous
i points that shine out Of this
statement. They may be called
platitudes. but they are vital
and worth thinking about just
the same. One is that genius,
as Carlyle said. is mainly a ca
pacity for hard work.
And the other is that the
hardest work is done by the
people who like their work,
and not by those who hate it.
There have been all sorts of
devices proposed for speeding
up efficiency, for making people
work more faithfully and en-
Enthusiastically. We have tried
punishment and penalties for
idlers and rewards for intense
application.
WE have preached TO work
w ers and tempted workers
with profits and threatened
them with losses. and so on.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

TWELVE days later. The Wis
l. iting physician dropped in
again at the almshouse. He
noted a remarkable change
The inmates were eating nor.
mally. had gained weight re-
gained their interest In life,
were looking mp and not down.
forward and not backward.
The physician states that the
film was almost revolutionary
IN its reaction.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
FOND OF FOWL.

An American collector has paid 100000
for the Rembrandt picture "Old Woman
Plucking q Fowl" Wonder how much he'd
pay for a good chicken dinner?
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

1T reminds one OF the health
L full ideal expressed by Brown
ing in Rabbi ben EZRA Nor
soul helps flesh more now than
flesh helps soul"
Also It suggests the desir-
ability Of giving yourself all
the new experiences you can
get. to the end OF keeping and
making yourself increasingly
''alive."
That 10 to say, II you want
to defy age. Even II your
muscles stiffen and your ar
teries grow hard. you can keep
your mind alert, your spirit
responsive and tender.
(copyrirht. 1879. by Ring Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
VeTOWNE GOSSIP
Il Copyright. 1922. By Star Company.
Ry Y n
By K. G. B..

IT'S SHOWING . !
little.
OUTSIDE MY
window.
JUST AIMLEss
fakes.
THAT MAKE no
mark.
ON THE street bslow.
AND The day Il.
dark.
AND THE lights are
on.
IN MY hotel room.
AND I'M alone.
AND I Just sit here.
AND THINK and
think.
IN suruLI search.
FOR A simple
thought.
THAT may take.
AND THEN stretch
out.
AND SAY my
thanks.
AND GO away.
TILL TOMORROW
comes.
AND 90 I turn.
TO THE street again.
AND THE scattering
f1akeA
90 IDLY BY.
| AND IT stin 10 dark.
| AND MY mind eoos
out.
| TO ANOTHER place
| A DISTANT place.
| FOUR oArs away.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

nF course, this is no free ad
" for a particular movie, nor
even merely a boost for mo-
ton pictures in general. Rather
il is offered as an interesting
illustration Of our rediscovery
of the mutual influence OF
physical and psychical states.
The eye being the quickest,
most sensitive. most service,
able means OF reaching the
brain. these aged inmates
promptly responded to the pic.
lures shown.
Their minds seized. their
bodies were helped. Their
bodies improved. their spirits
were stimulated.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
Coming of the Ticker

YYOW times change is illustrated
II strikingly by the stock
i i ticker.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20
A Movie Thriller
BY DIR. Charles Fleischer.

IF you are one OF the rare per-
L sons not won over to mo-
ton pictures and their indi-
vidual and social function, you
may not care to read this
article.
You are likely, nevertheless.
TO be a lover of human beings
and to be correspondingly in
terested In whatever benefits
your humblest fellows.
Read this story, then, OF the
healing, helpful. stimulating
influence Of a motion picture
any old movie.
TINE physician who visits the
l. Passaic. y. J., almshouse,
recently tried an experiment.
He noted the thirty odd and
old inmates were losing appe-
tite. mental interest and vital
ity. He decided to give them
stimulant.
Nothing illegal. OF course.
On a certain night in Novem-
Der a motion picture sheet was
rugged up in the almshouse and
the old folks were treated to a
movie thriller.
A number OF them had never
before seen a motion picture.
They were intensely excited.
They laughed. cried, cheered.
applauded.
After the performance" they
crowded forward to finger the
silver screen from which the
phantom figures had vanished.
They marveled. could not be-
lieve what they had seen.
They were so excited and
thrilled. II was hard to get
them to bed
The Washington herald., 1922-12-20

"E have preached TO work
w ers and tempted workers
with profits and threatened
them with losses. and so on.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
u. SOON TO TAKE
CENTER MARKET
Board of Award Will Fix
Price to Be Paid for
Property.

The old Center Market, Seventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
will go into government control
this month. Little more than legal
formalities will mark the transfer.
Seeking to make the change with
as little hardship as possible to the
merchants, the Department OF Agri-
culture will Immediately receive
of persons occupying
|space in the building for renewal
of permits. The board of award
has until April Z to reach a decision
as to the price to be paid to >the
owners by the government. The
Btreau of Markets and Crops Esti-
mates of the Department OF Agri-
culture will then assume control.
Sanitation will receive consider
able attention on the part of the
government. it was intimsted yes
terday. No changes in the struc-
ture are contemplated. Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace has before
him a schedule of regulations for
the conduct of business by those
ever. that II represents no radical
change from the regulations now
in effect.
For more than fifty years the
market has been in operation under
a charter granted by Congress 10
the Washington Market Company.
The government always retained
title to the land. however. The
transfer about to be effected is in
accordance with the terms of the
charter. which. although running
for a period of ninety-nine years.
provides that the government can
Itake over the property at a fair
valuation at the end of thirty
b ears.
The amount to be paid for the
property is now in the hands of
board of award. On the day the
board makes its decision. T5 per
Icent of the price agreed upon is
Lto be paid the company. The re-
aiming % per cent is left subject
10 appeal by either side.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
MARYLAND GRAIN
RESERVES Low
Farm Land Values Shrink
Under Reduced Crop
Prices.

COLLEGE PARK. Md, March IL.
Reserves of grain on MARYLAND
farms on March this year were
somewhat less than on same date
during the past two years. says John
=. Dennee. agricultural statistician
for the United States Bureau Of Mar
kets and Crop Estimates. Co-operat-
ing with the University of Maryland
extension service. In a statement is
sued this afternoon.
Tic supply Of last years corn
crop remaining IN the hands of Mary
land farmers on March was es-
timated at 1895. 900 bushels. against
l5,64.OOO year ago. and 13.222.00O
bushels two years ago. The aver
age OF farm price on March I. AS
reported by farmers. is 80 cents per
bushei. against 81 cents a year ago.
and Sl.5= two years ago.
or the 1852 900 bushels OF wheat
produced last year, only I.l93.0OO
bushels remained in farmers hands
on March I. 1922. against $3.50. 900
bushels ono year ago and 34J. 900
bushels two years ago. Average
price reported was sl.2S per bushcI.
as compared with $40 last year
and s2.40 year before last
Less oats remained on the farms,
4S6.ooO bushels against 569. 900 a wear
ago. About $4,000 OF the 40 900
bushels OF the barley grown in 1921
remained on the farms on March /.
Farm land values in Maryland are
rapidly approaching the levels Of
1917. For the most part the de-
preciation is attributed to low prices.
The average value OF plow lands nav
"nd two years ago are as follows:
Poor plow lands. s31 and s46 per
acre: good plow lands. So and $50;
all plow lands. $40 and $50. The
average price per acre Of farm lands
with improvements is s72, against
s91 two years ago: and farm lands
without improvements, SAT. against
$50.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
:: WASHINGTON SOCIETY =:

Mrs. Thomas ]. Reed, Mrs. Cary
Grayson, Mrs. Thomas N. Cbatari
Mrs. G"lfisborough Adams. Mrs. J. q.
Bel esford. Mrs. Henry, Wilder Keyes.
Mrs. George Carter N,unlserode Mrs
John Boyd, Miss Louise King. Mrs.
i. f.. Andrews. Mrs Frederic Far.
rington. Miss Ethel Bagley, Miss Jes-
sica Smith. Mrs. Randolph Keith For
rest. Mrs. Albert N. jBaggs, Mrs. Carey
Brown, Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
and COMMANDER c. T. Jewell, u. s. N.
II was decided to present the story
Of the pageant to Washington Church.
men in a series OF readings at sew
eral OF the churches prior to its pro-
duction in the Cathedral Close. On
that day, the pageant becomes the
property of the Washington Cathedral
having been written especially for
It and dedicated to the Bishop Of
Washington. Right Rev. Alfred Hard.
ing ID. d., and the building fund of
the cathedral.
groups and four interludes, will be
produced under the direction of a
number OF Washington men and
women. prominent In the various
Episcopal churches and organizations.
The executive committee is composed
OF Mrs. James Carroll Frazer. chair
man: Mrs. Burton l.. French, vice.
chairman. General Pershing. Mary
Roberts Rinehart, Senator Pepper.
Mrs. Larz Anderson, Canon Myer,
Mrs. Charles g. Glover. DR.. Freeman,
Mrs. Henry Russell Talbot, General
Lejeune. and Mrs. William c. Rivers.
The committee on production in
cludes Marie Moore Forrest. Com
mander c. T. Jeyell. U. s. N. Mrs.
Albert n. Baggs. Mrs. Minnigerode
Andrews. Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
and Mrs. Carey H. Brown. Comdr. c.
T. Jewell. U. S. NJ. Is chairman OF
the committee on pageant readings,
which will hold a meeting tomorrow
at the residence OF Mrs. MInnigerode
Andrews.
Miss Janet Richards at her usual
weekly review this morning of the
Leading Questions OF the Hour
in the auditorium OF the New
Masonic Temple at lO:45 O'Clock
will speak especially on THE Seri.
Gus outlook in World Affairs, Both
at Home and Abfoad.'A including
the political crisis in England and
certain serious aspects OF American
affairs. Miss Richards will also re-
view a much talked of new book
OF timely interest.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
CRlDIRON CLUB
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
WYNNE'S RECORD
Deceased Writer and Poll.
tician Praised for
High Ideals.

Eulogistie memoirs Of the poIIti-
A diplomatic. and proft ssional
NE OF Robert ]. wynne, former
postmaster General. who died at his
rome. 1911 Park road northwest
saturday. were adopted during A
special meeting of the Gridiorn Club
neld In the Washington office of
the Chicago Tribune yesterday.
Ihe following members of the
SIub were selected TO serve as pail
bearers at the funeral services
which will be held tomorrow morn :
ing at 1880 o'clock in the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church:
PnIIbearers Named.
James p. Hornaday. president: F.
4. Richardson. l.. A. Coolidge, Il. v.
Oulahan. Rudolph Kaufman. Henry
l. West. A. w. Dunn, Edgar c.
Snyder and n. o. Messenger.
man of outSpoken frankness:
a despiser of cant and hypocrisy:
an advocate of sterling honesty:
loyal in friendship: COURAGEOUS in
ms endeavors. was Robert ].
Wynne." is the tribute TO the de-
ceased man contained in a resoiu-
tion adopted by the members of
the club.
"He fought his way upward in
this world. overcoming many OBJ
stacles. As a newspaper correspon-
dent in Washington he was arrayed
courageously on the side of right
and justice.
Roosevelt's Friend.
|. 1T was Roosevelt who. recoSniz-
ing his qualities of courage and
ability. appointed him First Assist
ant Postmaster General. and later
selected him as member of his
Cabinet as Postmaster General.
More official honors came in his
appointment. again by Roosevelt. as
consul general at London, but when
he returned to this country. a pri-
vate citizen. he assumed his former
position among his fellow men with
whom he had formerly worked. un-
spoiled by the preferment shown
him. Regarding him in this light,
we. the members Of the Washington
Gridiron Club. extend to his chill
>dren the deep sympathy we feel for
them in this great sorrow. and
with them we honor and revere his
memory"
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
An Old Tune.
CAtter -Gsrard De NeruaD

THERE Is an air for which would disown :
Mozart's, Rossins Webers Melodies
A sweet sac that languishes and stehs,
And keeps its secret charm for me alone.
Whene'er I hear that music vague and old. e..
Two hundred years are mist that rolls away;
The Thirteenth Louis reigns and ! behold
green land golden in the dying day.
IN old red castle strong with stony towers.
And windows gay with many-colored glass;
Wide plains. and rivers flowing among flowers,
That bathe the castle basement as they pass.
In antique weed, with dark eyes and gold hair,
A lady looks forth from her window high:
1t may be that l knew and found her fair. y
In some forgotten life, long time gone by.
ANDERW LANG u844-lsl2).
The Washington herald., 1922-03-13
ARLINGTON MASONS
HEAR REP. RANKIN

CLARENDON. Va. March ia
Representative Rankin, of Missis-
sippi addressed Arlington County
Masons at a special communication
of Columbus Lodge last night fol-
lowing degree work.
Next Friday night members of the
lodge will listen in" by radiophone
to the concerts and lectures sent
out from Newark and Pittsburgh
The lodge will meet at $50 to con
fer degrees prior to the concert.