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The Washington herald., 1922-08-14
SOLID, constructive influence is

N SOLlD, constructive influence Is gone from
~ the new Ireland Arthur Griffith was a
statesman and not politician, worker and not
an actor. He was rebel of the right sort, little
given to sensation. The stage of war was not to
him place to strut about and gain oyatons. 1t
was place to work
Other Sim Fein leaders were much more
before the public eye than Mr. Griffith He lacked
the dramatic sort of personality which endeared De
Valera and Boland and Brugha to the public He
never had the same popularity attended his own
younger colleagues in the construction of the Irish
Free State-such as Collins Richard Null
cahy. But his worst enemies admitted that he
scholarly statesman
The name of Griffith will be remembered
when most of the heroes Of the Sim Fein are
forgotten. After all, he supremely responsible
for the resistance of handful Of unframed troops
to the might of the British Empire. He was a
conservatives of cool judgment in trying
emergencies. But he was one who never hesitated
to go where duty called to suffer any of the
rigors necessary in the guerilla
In the Irish Hall Of Fame Grifith's place will
be alongside such men as O'Connell Parnell, and
Redmond-perhaps ahead of these thsee He sue.
ceeded where they. for the most part, failed True.
he built upon the foundations they started. But
the present structure of the Irish Free State is
largely of his handwork.
Griffith never became a fanatic. His outlook
upon 1relands position in the world remained sane
to the end He did not allow his patriotism to blind
his eyes to the needs OF the times He believed.
unreservedy, in the Sim Fen cause. He believed
in Ireland for Irishmen. But he did not allow
himself to be driven into thoughtless hatred OF
Britain. He never, in fact lost sight OF the mate
rial prosperity Of the Irish people. He fought Eng
land because he felt that his countrymen would be
k>tt.r 1H
of foreign nation thrown off their shoulders
He had in mind not alone liberty but the rewards
of liberty. This attitude strikingly different
from that Of many OF his fellow workers and fel-
low fighters.
On the whole, his loss is one which it will
be difficult for ireland to replace The world is the
poorer by. one OF its outstanding great statesmen.
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The Party's Record.

To the Editor. The Washington Hernld:
ITO promise Is most courtly and
fashionable, but argurs sickness
in his Judgment that makes it,"
To every intelligent, unbiased OBJ
server IT must be manifest that the
grand old Republican party" the
party of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield
and Mckinley. has fallen into
state of decay. 1t is wofully in
want of leaders. of statesmen. Of
principles. In the last Presidential
election 1t was rich In promises but
since gaining power 1t has been
poor in performance. What has II
accomplished? What constructive
legislation has II made? The coun-
try was never in such an upheavai
as 1t Is .today-never since we
gained our independence. The In
dustries are paralyzed and people
are wondering what is to be the
outcome. There does not appear
to be statesmen in the Republican
party with sufYicfent ability ana
courage to master the situation and
bring order out of the present con-
fusion. Ye Gods! how the Ameri-
can people have been deceived ana
disappointed by the party in pow
err! Seven million votes majority!
The people in our hidebound Re-
publican States such as Pennsyiva-
MIA. Indiana and Iowa. have shown
their disapprovai of the present do
nothing administration. The coun-
try has fallen upon evil times. The
Republicans occupied their time
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Vocational Training.
& MILLER

W/ATSON B. MILLER, department COM
w mander of the American Legion for the
District of Columbia, accuses many former service
men in vocational training Of soldering" These
men make no effort to train themselves for max
ing living. Mr.. Miller says, and have no object
except to stay on the government pay roll Un-
fortunately. he is right. But whose fault is III?
The whole vocational training system, it some
times seems is adapted ideally for professional
loafers to take advantage of-but very difficult
indeed for conscientious and deserving veterans
Vocational training, of course, has its place
In any program for the rehabilitation of veterans
That has done very little good to date does not
prove that the entire idea should be scrapped
But there is sad need for a new system. What
this should be We can not say. 1t certainly should
not consist in allowing man to draw two mems
pay for an ordinary job-one from the employer
and another from the government This constitutes
a pension system that is expensive and worthless
Take case like this, which is only an exag-
gerated picture of what actually happens through
out the United States. colored veteran was dis
charged with at least 10 per cent disability regis
tered on his medical report-entitling him to voca-
tional training. He came back to Washington and
secured his old job with the street department
working with pick and shovel. Then he went
TO the Veterans Bureau and filed an application
for vocational training He wanted to learn how
to be an expert at building streets with pick and
shovel He was granted $Ioo rhoath and put
In apprenticeship to his old foreman. who happened
to be an obliging fellow and continued his name
on the street department payroll. The only diff.
ference between this mans status and that of any
OF his fellow laborers is that he draws $Ioo a
month from the government while they get only
their pay from the city. He learns no more nor
no less than they. Perhaps in year so he is
able to handle pick and shovel better. Later he
may be able to convince the Veterans Bureau
that he is not tred to be street laborer and finds
the work uncongenial- Then they will apprentice
him to the sewer department where he can learn
to become an expert digging sewers--and draw
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Mr.. Wilson's Record.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Every once In a while some
doubling Dorothy Ditto" or de-
lightfully dense Degman. throws
out a mild hint that one Woodrow
Wilson has never accomplished d
anything worth while and is to-
tally undeserving of the good feel
ing sometimes manifested. or ad-
miration expressed for him.
Well, possibly SO; opinions differ.
Alexander, Hannibal. Caesar. Napo-
leon. Wellington, Washington and
Lincoln did things. Two of these
were military chieftains only. Four
combined military genius with
statecraft. and one had statecraft
only. But he held the reins of gov
ernment during a great war. which
ing down the ages as one OF the
country's greatest men.
When Woodrow Wilson. to save
civilization and the honor of Amer
lea, was forced into war against
Germany. he had but a small army
and a still smaller navy with which
to make war. This was the situa-
ton: The regular army consisted
of 127,5S8 men of all arms. The
National Guard in Federal service
numbered s0,46S and the reserves
1000. making a total land force or
2I2.O54. The personnel of the navy
was 65.777 and the Marine Corps
1881. a grand fighting total of 2ss.-
45s. Our war and merchant ship
ping numbered 1917 sail.
One year and seven months later,
under the administration of Presi-
dent Wilson, there had been Gre
ated an army of 3.764,oo0 men.
There had been added to the navy
431.253. and to the Marine Corps ST.
800 men. One thousand. eight hun
dred and six ships had been added
to the navy There had been 23.-
100000 square feet OF warehouses
built in France by Americans and
stored with war materials. One
hundred and ten thousand motor
vehicles had been built and sent to
France. sixteen great training
camps established. 100000 men
put to work in shops to produce
munitions of war. Thsre had been
manufactured 2.S7s.14s.0oo rounds
of small arms ammunition. train
LOADS OF smell. lol,ooS OF the iN'
effectiye machine guns ever used IN
war, and clouds of aeroplanes for
service in the air.
The record speaks for itself, as
do the results.
No wonder the whole world. out
side Of Germany. Austria-Hungary'
Turkey and the Republican party
stood amazed and glowed with ad-
miration! No wonder German bat
talions, regiments and divisions
broke and fed in terror and dismay
when they saw the gallant young
men of America, under the spell OF
Woodrow Wilson. but yesterday
gathered from the workshop. the
merchants counter, the class room
the farm. now welded into an army
irrssistibly advancing to the as
sault. No wonder fortifications
crumbled, while troop and muni-
tion trains were rushed to the rear
to avoid being blasted to splinters
under the. shell FIRE Of the great
guns of the American navy.
But, what use has hog for
pearls, or a Hottentot for wrist
watch? NERlTAS.
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Most Awful Thing in War.

To the Editor. Tn. washington Hersld:
You want 20 know what was
the most awful thing. To find
out that women are cruel. That
they can smile and throw roses
that they can give up their hus-
ha nds. their children. the little
boys they have put 20 bed
thousand times, tucked up
thousand times. have fondled. have
created from their own flesh ana
blood. That was the surprise.
That they gave us up-that they
sent US. actually sent us."
Elizabeth c. Wait does not real
ize the condition OF society at the
present time.
The existing forms OF govern
ment today throughout the world.
with the exception of Russia. are
capitalistic: that Is owned and con-
trolled by the money power. They
are in the saddle: they own the
machines and the people are the
wage-slaves for the few.
BY the over-production of goods.
the capitalists had to seek foreign
markets. and jealousy. hatred and
vying with each other for greater
prohts In the markets Of the
world, brought on the world war.
BY the over-production Of goods.
the patriots" came back from
war to md that there were very
few places left for them. that
work was scarce. and labor condi-
tions far worse than before the
war. Then came reductions-snd
the breaking up Of the unions BY
the owners OF the mines. etc.
backed by the government
The boys were patriots" when
they went away. but decidedly
''hotoes" when they came back.
Great profits were made by the
patriots" at home while the boys
were fighting for their masters.
Patriots" Palmer. Gsrvin and
others sold unto themselves $40
900. 900 Of patents for s25o.ooO.
These were men put in trust for
the alien property. which should
have been rightfully restored after
the war TO the rightful owners.
Other patriots" were proportion
ately as many as soldier, slain.
Then to think that my own sea
Is willing for the boys TO repeat
the same thing again for their
masters OF capitalist.
NJ. ID. n.
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chiefly in abusing. criticising and
damning Wilson and the league of
nations instead of carrying out
their prediction promises.
Their anxiety and determination.
their utmost thought was to do
away with the Civil Service or ig-
more II: fire the Democrats and put
Republicans in their places. The
Attorney General. Dausherty, with
out any scruples OF conscience de-
nounced IL and favored displacing
Democrats regardless OF their EN-
cheney. with Republicans. Isn't he
a At man with such partisan views
to be at the head of the Judiciary
Department to uphold the law.
Many people are So disappointed
and disgusted with the party In
power that they are calling on SEN
ator Borah to head a third party.
JUSTINlAS.
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College Youths.
o the Editor. The Washington Herald:

." 'hr hoitof. ihe Washington hertld:
This letter is written in appreci-
alton of the article college
Youths" appearing in The Wash
ington Herald in defense of college
bred men. thoroughly enjoyed IL.
think that you have given Miss
Ebert a splendid reply to her rather
biased opinion Of college men. 1t
is good to have some one at last
come to the front. especially in
these days Of unsettled conditions.
when the aftermath OF war is MAX
ing many people feel apparently
similar to the people Of the French
revolution days. and public opinion
Is swinging from one extreme to
another. l like to find people who
are broad and big enough to view
every question from all sides. be-
fore making a general summary
for the public.
Several times recently have
heard people give the very old
Nick" to college bred men, and
rave and rave about college men
lacking that fine quality common
sense" and each time in my heart.
I have thought Of that vast army
of college bred men who served so
bravely on the field Of battle. and
of the wonderful things which they
have accomplished. because they
have been particularly trained by
a good college education.
There Is only one thing that I
regret concerning your article
(Which / admire so much). why.
why did you. after writing such q
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sAasslGss.iSsp
XeS2hM
,S&;Iazis

THIS elongated edincs OF eiee-
tricity. otherwise labeled Ia
Spotlight. has another victory 70
record for the People DO not
brag 90 much about this. but o lit
tie has been gained- and every little
bit helps- The price on the four
hole golf course" has been "cut-
TO two tickets for . quarter. %
now the players can gst sixteen
holes for q quarter. The price vss
Is cents for one ticket which en-
titled you to two rounds or eight
holes. The committee on the sale
Of 'sinkers'' at 20 cents a dozen in
East Potomac Park has not met a.
yet. but there 10 o chance that q
meeting soon will be called
saw woodrow wilson motoring
through the Potomac Park drives
the other evening. He was in an
open car and from the look on his
face IL did not appear that primary
elections worried him. often
wonder IL the political writer
sharps have the up and up on how
much some folks really care about
those things. For instance. Presi-
dent Harding was enjoying q round
OF golf the day before the Ohio
primaries and by the fun he vas
having through this method Of ret
ting o little exercise. the Ohio prt-
maries did not worry him much
when q reiler Needs O Friend"
is when you see the kids calling
for q ''pick-up 20 get TO the Tidal
Basin swimming beach. Were you
ever q kid! How far did you have
to walk before the days Of autos
TO get to the swimming hole. IL
does not take half q minute 20 pile
them in either going or coming. I
picked up q boy the other day who
said he lived at Twentieth and n
streets. Some walk, And say. q
makes you feel better down around
the old heart somehow when the
kid" hops out and says. Thank
you" before taking IL on the run
for the beach.
Now they have zone In for poetry
in the Senate. Herbert Mccherry
says we are surely going 10 have
new style. for when a Senator
does anything that settles a.
! Poetry will be the fad for the So
! ciety folks and McCherry bases his
claim on this one by senstor Hitch
cock in the Senate the other day:
Gooding had eight. thousand sheep.
Their fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Gooding went.
The sheep were sure 20 60.
They followed him by night and
day.
Which was against the rule.
They filled the statesman with dis
may.
Tossed high the wool schedule.
And when the people found IL out
Their rage began a waxing:
They knew the presence Of those
sheep
Meant heavy tarin taxing.
McCherry. whose long suit is bat
ting averages. says he cannot hop"
to set the style for society nor ~an
he last as long as Senator Hitch
4 cock at this game. but he is Willing
to try with this for a starter:
Gooding had a little lamb
That turned out 10 be Eos'
He did not find il out. you know.
Till the people went TO vote.
Be in style and try your hand at
the latest Senatorial pastime.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-14
Getting a Maryland License.

10 the Editor, The washington Herald:
oh, Boy, Do you own a machine? :?
Got your Maryland tag? Well. list
en-here's how II happens: You go
to II c street northwest and see
long line of perspiring men and
women slowly trailing toward a
Gagged window, where an overwork ed
combination typist-cashier, vigor-
,ously chewing tobacco and splitting
where he pleases, hands out in
formation, licenses and other para
phernalia essential to permit your
driving through the sacred pres
cIncts of Maryland-that Is. he
hands out these things after abou,
three weeks of effort on your part
to get 'em. For Instance: First shot
Own your machine? Well. write
to the Commissioner of Motor We
hicles, Baltimore, Md. for abplica-
tion to register title and appiica-
tion for operators permit. You
Wite to Baltimore, and they send
you two forms. You fill 'em out;
YOU swear to them (and at them) ;
pay a couple of notary fees: then
send 'em with 81 to Baltimore, and
you get back yellow card with
schedule of dates for examina-
tions and notification that your ap-
plication for registration OF title
Is incomplete.
Then you have to go to your deal
er from whom you purchased the
car and have him swear to some
thing. and fire the paper back to
Baltimore. and they send you a
nicely decorated certificate of title.
Then you 60 back to IL c street
northwest and present your papers.
and the chew-tobacco artist tells
you your license for examination
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calls for such examination to b..
held in some hamlet in Maryland,
ano II you want to be examined
IN Maryland you must nle another
application, pay another fee. swear
some more, and another notary fee
STUDY the instruction book, and
come back again. You go out mad
You write to Baltimore that some
Misunderstanding in re the exam
nation license is apparent. and re-
spectfully request the Baltimore Of
nee TO kindly adjust matters that
the examination may be held in
washington. The Baltimore deputy
commissioner writes you a nice let
ter that the tickets issued by the
baltimore ONCE cannot be used in
the Washington ONCE. but must be
used at some of the places sched-
uled in Maryland. etc. and IL YOU
want to be examined in Washing
ton a new application must be mad.
there. That no fees paid to the
baltimore ONCE can be refunded
Well; you go back to al c street
northwest. stand in line sweating
Tor thirty-hve minutes. until you
manage to reach the Gagged tobacco
squirter and tell him your troubles.
and he hands you another applIca-
tion blank to be examined. But
says j. I'VE did MI out one Of these
and sent II to Baltimore as direct
ed" 'All right: fill out another
for this Office" We fall out and ill
up the blank form. get into line
again: another thirty-fiye minutes.
when We again face the Gagged auto
crst. and he informs us he is a
notary and thee barge is sI25. but
IL we surrender the yellow ticket
received from Baltimore, (Which
cost sl25) there will be no charge
for the affidavit. but 500 for the
registration. (We cheerfully put
back % cents in our pocket for an
unexpected smokeD We hand him
81 and the second application. He
gives us a yellow ticket and a hook
of instructions. and says: Come
back Wednesday for examination -
Wednesday We go again to al {
street northwest. armed with the
license for examination. certificate
OF title to the car. n. c. operators
permit. etc. etc. etc. Have to SIT
ON a bench and wait until the n. c.
examiner calls US into his private
sactum sanctorum and asks us a
bunch of questions to make us mad
der. then bswls. Hold up your
right hand" and makes US swear
some more. He signs your appli-
cation and you get into the per-
spring line again and slowly me-
ander toward that combination
cashier once more. who then COL
lects your cash. hands YOU your
permit to drive and the dinky sicn-
boards you tack on your machine
showing you have run the gauntlet
and are privileged to drive through
Maryland and its environs-snd the
sum total to get by this rotten sys-
tenn cpSts.
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Law in Illinois.
To tn. Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The wsshinston Herald
Carl James letter in this morn
ing's Herald says: thar i'm
Illinois there is a State law stipu-
lating that only members OF rec
ognized unions shall mine coal :"
IL this is a fact il is astounding
that any State would pass q Law
abridgine the rights Of it. citi-
zens. Anyone can safely say Il 10
unconstitutional.
The same writer says: IAN men
tevidently not this writerD derlor.
the murder Of these dupes-poor.
ignorant tools of mine owners .
these men had no legal right TO
be mining coal In the State Of nii-
nois: they were outlaws. That 10
the reason the men who did the
killing knew there would be no
prosecutions" As for simpletcns
like the writer. who never dreamed
there lived In Washington q man
who dared express such Bolshevism.
We are painfully awakened.
ELIJAH Z. KNOTT.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-14

League of wom-
len voters. She
lsays:
| Leadership Is
something which
women instinct.
lively a d m ir Q.
iThey used to
think 1t was an
exclusive attri.
|bute of the mas
lculine sex, and
lit was not for
them to exercise
liz. 1t is gratify-
ing to see how
women will re-
s p o n d to the
leadership of an
The Washington herald., 1922-08-14

At the request of the Mexican government
our State Department is Investigating" the
report that two swarthy sons of Mexico were
killed during the labor riots in red red Herrin
Which reminds US that sometime, somehow
somewhere in Mexico, one two, three or three
hundred Americans have met violent death
and that nothing was done about it.
Reprisal investigations" might be requested
And while investigation is the order of the day.
perhaps the Governor of Illinois could be in
duced to make a move to clear the nets of the
Herrin mess of putrid fish.
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\ addition to his regular

his hundred = month in addition to his regular
pay =
- This, of course. never happened. We do not
presume that the Veterans Bureau officials would
let pass any graft apparent. But cases almost
as ridiculous are reported daily. Such. at any
rate. to be t6e system Is it any wonder
that vocational training does appear to the best
advantage?
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Opem Court letters SkoMe77ezaAh
OTHER w,ws CURRENT A~

csmmunioa ttsas will net ~ returned
unless specific request fer such rstsrs
Il made and stamps iaelsssl.
Lsttsrs should ~ typsvrittsn when
ever psssihis. conmuaieatisns extreme
" NRieuit 70 Rad vii not - ssnsidsrsd.
Ne eenmuaieatisas sigasd With Astitisss
AaAss vtn - sssA.
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KNIGHTS OF ST. LAZARUS

KNIGHTS OF ST. LAZARUS.
To the Friend Of the Pc pie.
what are the knights of Saint Lazarus7 Is It
an organization or some ancient group OF men,
Some historians Of the order OF St Lazarus have
traced Its origin to supposed association OF
cnrssians in the first century sgan,s ns Ts.
account is fabulous: It sppsars certain; e%
tutelary saint and the buildings were STYLED Laz-
arettos One Of those hospital. was Vas In existence
was a religious order as well as a charitable in
stitution and followed the rule Of ST Augustn.
rants. the members OF the society became soldiers.
and insensibly they formed themselves into dis.
those who mingled with the world. The of
lepers their first object. and they not only
charity. but their grand master was always to be
man who was afflicted with the disorder the
stitution. The cavaliers who were not Ieners.
and were in eondition to bear arms were the al.
appears that the crosse: on their breasts were
red crosses Of the Templars. Neither the names
nor the exploits OF the Knights of ST Lazarus
BIOGRAPHY OF BURROUGHS.
To the Friend Of the People.
Please sfve biography Of Edgar Rice Bur
roughs. the author of the Tarzan books.-W. II.
Edgar Rice Burroughs born in Chicago.
and Michigan Military Academy Married Emma
servea IN seVenth untea State: eaTslry Fort
Grant. Arizona; Treasurer American Battery Com
Company; department manager A. W shaw
Company. publishers of System; In interim was
fdaSo. poiceman IN in Salt LAKE City. Utah Major or
First battalion. Second Infantry. Illinois Reserve
Militia during world war. member hyal Legion.
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true. common-sense article. lose
your dignity by signing your nam"
"Flapdoodle should think that
YOU would have been truly glad
and proud to have signed MARY
Jones" or John Smith," or anything
except 'Flapdoodle"-omehow. IL
does not quite seem 70 At in with
the splendid al ticle which you have
composed.
NELL. c. BURNS.