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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
On the Sales Tax.
the Editor. The Washington herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Sales taxes are not only expen-
sive and irksome to collect, involv-
ing great labor on account Of the
immense number of transactions
which must be accounted in detail,
but they fall as an infinitely greater
burden on the poor than on the
rich. II one spends all his income on
living. he will pay ten times as much
In proportion as one who spends
only one-tenth of his income on
living. A family living on $l0o s
month will be deprived Of evtn
more necessaries than they are now
deprived of: while one with an in
come of millions a year will be de-
prived of nothinE-will not be
taxed at all on that part of his IN
come not consumed in living lper-
haps so or 80 per cent of it).
Sales take sare worse tina nunjust
they are robbery under the guise
of law. They wholly disregard
property rights. They constitute
the taking of private property
without compensation. They hear
most heavily on the poorest-the
working widow and orphan. and
lightest on the rich.
There Is but one just. fair. ~ cent
and honest taxa tax on special
privilege granted by law: and. TO
prevent the special privilege being
robbery of the masses. the tax must
equal the value of the privileges.
Why not raise the soldier. bonus
by tax on such privilege. and thus
make conditions better instead OF
worse-reduce prices instead of in
crease them For instance: tax de-
posits of coal and oil out of use. and
not only raise all needed funds but
greatly reduce fuel prices
C. Is.
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James Harvey Robinson, the dis
tinguished historian says: 'Dr.
Muzzey has undertaken the arduous
task of giving the great problems
and preoccupations of today their
indispensable historic setting"
Probably the best and most i'm
partial school history OF America is
that of DR.. Muzzey.. 1t has been
used in Washington high schools
for several years, and its use Is
another tribute to the wisdom OF
our Washington educators. 1t is to
be hoped that its use will be con-
tinued. for Muzzey's History is per
meated with the true American
spirit-the spirit OF fair play.
W. WALDO GIRDNER.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
ROAD RUILDING SHOWN
IN MOTION PICTURES.

Close-ups Of the activities OF the
Bureau of Public Roads are con-
tanned in two films recently re
leased. Building Bituminous
Roads" and Mixed Asphalt Pave
ments." The new films show 70"
Uncle Sam. who has become the
worlds greatest road builder
through the Federal aid road act
makes use of bituminous materials
in the construction OF the nation :
highways.
Building Bituminous Roads
deals directly with the surface
treated and penetration macaoam
type Of bituminous roads.
Mixed Asphalt Pavcments en-
braces the construction Of asphalt
tic concrete and sheet asphalt
roads. and carries the audience
from the paving plant. where the
materials are mixed. to the com
pleted highway. open for tranie'
Scenes depicting the actual con
struction Of the various c'pes OF
roads were made under the dlrec-
ton Of skilled engineers Of the Bu-
reau Of Public Roads. Department
of Agriculture. and are designed 10
instruct the layman as well as the
engineer in modern road-buildlne
practices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
MEETING TONIGHT
OF LEGION POST

cooley-McCullough Post. No. %,
American Legion. will meet tonight
at s o'clock at 1923 New York ave-
niue northwest.
The post Is composed Of former
members Of the Supply Company. Six
tieth Regiment Artillery. c. A. Co.
and Battery 3D." d. c. c. A.
The post Is named after Vincent
G. Cooley and Frank W. McCor-
Tough, local boys killed in France.
Onicers are: Commander, william
D. Simmons; first vice commander,
Malcolm Mcdonald: second vice
commander, Edward G. Lanson: ad-
jutant, Robert M. Zacharious; assist
ant adjutant. George Giovanetti;
finance officer. Hunter Leith; chap
lain. Frederick P. H. Siddons; ser
geant-at-arms, c. e. A. Smith; and
historian, John B. Kellar.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
As Women See Il.

THE General Federation of Womens Clubs has
i taken a commendable step in its efforts to
impress upon women throughout the country the
lessons of peace those lessons were given definite
shape at the recent conference here on limitation
of armament
In Boston recently Mrs. Thomas c. Winter
president of the federation, gave a broad and
comprehensive appraisal of the work Of the con-
ference and spoke hopefully of the endeavor OF
the federation's membership to impress upon
women everywhere the importance and the con-
sequences of that work. She took occasion to
emphasize what she saw as the extremely i'm
portant outcome of the agreements reached here
II was not the agreement send sixty-eight great
battleships to the bottom, she pointed out but the
possibility of the people of all nations, no matter
how divergent their views, coming together and
sanely discussing war in terms of peace This
achievement she declared is one that never before
had been equaled.
That the significance of this be not lost a
comprehensive program has been arranged for the
biennial session of the federation in June next.
study of the agreements reached here and of the
relations between the United States and the other
nations.
The women have determined that they will
go little bit beyond the bare proposal for the
limitation of armament and make future wars
altogether impossible. And in order to do this
they feel that they must first .acquaint the women
Of the United States with every phase of the
International situation. and at the same time will
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health, the destruction of beauty
and youth - ell this he reveals.
There are no illusions in the pic
lures he points. They show foil :
and the aftermath of folly to be
the things they are. Certainly young
people living in the so-called "hick"
towns, with aspirations toward city
life. would be more than likely TO
turn from that daily column with
better understanding OF the pit
falls of large city and perhaps i
cheerful determination to remain
safe and whole in their own home
towns, where they are needed and
wanted. Please allow Mr. Mcintyre
10 continue his undoubtedly good
l. J. HARTER.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Defends History.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
c. r.. Thompson, who attacks
David S. Muzzey's excellent high
school American History has been
both hasty and careless; hasty be-
cause he neglects the consideration
of the school system as a whole,
and careless because his statements
are inaccurate.
He objects to the small space
given to the Revolution and to the
omission of the tales Of heroic pa
triotisn, such as the story of
Nathan Hale. etc. Here Mr.. Thomp-
son has been hasty, for he has failed
to consider our graded schools
where year after year the. child
hears these stories of patriotism,
and where the Revolution is given
the greatest prominnce in the his
tory courses. The mind of the child
is so powerfully impressed in these
plastic years that a repetition in
high school means very. little.
Mr.. Thompson further objects,
saying, according to newspaper re-
ports: II do think as long as free
trade is touched on. some word
should be inserted regarding pro-
tective tariff" An actual count
seems to show that the protective
tariff is mentioned more times than
free trade. He says he Is opposed
to the mention of such things" in
a work Of this kind. But consider
ing the tremendous Importance of
the tariff struggles in our national
history. I cannot believe that Mr..
would sacrifice historical
accuracy. because no history. could
rank as really accurate without a
mention of our tariff history.
He objects particularly to the
mention of corruptness In govern
mental affairs. Everyone knows
that at various times corruption has
crept into our government in city.
State and nation. Grants admin
istration saw a series of exposures
Of a dozen different brands of poIiti-
cal corruption. This Is a fact; why
facts should not be included in a
history. do not know. II the future
citizens are to be citizens with real
knowledge Of the successes and
failures Of the past. with real abii-
ity to meet the problems of today,
and with an unprejudiced view of
their nations history, they must
surely learn something of the mis-
takes and corruption of the past
and their causes.
The new and greater civic pur-
pose or high school history is
clearly seen by David g Muszey.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
PURE ETHER STARTS
MOTOR At u below.

Temperature. minus 81 degrees
Problem, start an airplane motor,
None of us would have a tend
ency to ski home II we had 10
spend the night away from base
with an airplane in very ooiu
weather.
Prof. Robb at Edmonton was CIV
en- this problem to solve by tue
air board Of Canada so that mem
bers of the air force will have inc
best methods Of procedure in case
they have 70 spend the cold nishu
out.
At minus 81 degrees. he mas
that warm ether must be USED 70
dope a motor before successiu "a
starting. Various mixtures
ether and gasoline are RECOMMEND,
ed for higher temperature. unlI
at 20 degrees Fahrenheit ABOVE
zero. pure gasoline can be used.
A prize Of 100000 francs il beng
competed for in France with IN.
object of discovering a pracuoSi
and economical motor fuel with az
cohol as the basis Of its COMPOSE
tion.
W. ID. /.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Scores Again.
To the Editor, me Washington Heral

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
have been reading with consid-
cradle interest the different opin-
ions for and against the writings
of o. o. Mcintyre, of New York,
published daily in The Herald. /
read this column every morning
I might say. religiously-with as
much pleasure and profit as any
thing that is published in the daily
news. Mr.. McIntyre's "scrivening"
is smart, pithy, and up to the min
ute, and is enjoyable from more
than one point of view. However,
what Mr.. McIntyre's motive may be
in picturing the varied phases of
fast life In New York, The fashion
in which he does 1t certainly re-
moves any attractiveness or lure
they might have for the innocent.
The strongest impression his writ
ings create is not of the gayety.
brightness and laughter of night
life, but OF the hideous results that
fellow reckless. lawless living; tia
breaking down OF moral integrity.
Of mental stamina, Of physical
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
The Police and Crime.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Sullivan. the new chief OF police,
states through the local press with
a great flourish of trumpets. that he
is going to curb crime in the Dis
trict. The Lord knows IL is about
time some one curbed IL, for IL has
fiourished like the green bay tree
for the past three or four years
with almost entire immunity. But
how does he propose to curb itI
Why. by breaking up handbook
making and other gambling activi-
ties, with a little attention on the
side to the bootlegeers-andi IL is to
these grave matters that the whole
energies of the force are to be
directed.
When one observes the almost
nightly burglaries. the hold-ups by
day and night. the FREQUENT muir
ders. and other crimes of violence
to life and property that NIL our
local papers. II seems to the ordi-
nary citizen that the energies of
the police could be put TO better
use than pursuing such minor Of
tenders as gamblers and bootler-
gers. We are certainly more inter
ested in the protection OF our liveA
and property, and one would think
they deserve first consideration az
the hands of the guardians Of the
law.
Grimes of violence. due to failure
to detect and punish. are SO con-
mon in Washington that for enc
would hesitate TO frequent 1.-THE
streets late at night unless well
armed. II may be assumed that II
the energies of the force are to be
taken up in pursuit of the gamblers
and the bootleggers. the murderer.
the burglar and the footpad will
have easy times in the prosecution
of their several professions. as they
seem to have had in the past
T.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
CLUBS FEATURE
NEW NIGHT LIFE,
kINTYRELEARN
Gotham Society Lured
From Cellars to
Latest Fad.
By o. o.. MerNrYRE.

NEW YORK. Feb. 90. Just q
year ago Broadway was a spark
less ruin--a lane Of synthetic ar
ange juice stands. quick phoso and
lunch shops. movies. and borbon
parlors. Now 1t is ablaze with
''ciubs''-invariably small. like the
rooms Of Marie Antoinette's Petit
Trianon.
Between Forty-sec, nd street on
the south and Columbus Circ'e on
the north. there are rs clubs,
opened since last summer. Meai-
bership in the clubs Is gained by
wearing a hish hat and carrying
on one arm what Broadway <Eows
as "a happer."
The new clubman at . a. n.
yawns and remarks: where shall
we spend the EVENING"" His fair
companion suggests that they
might as well 60 to the cluD-tt is
SO dull everywhere else. So or
they 60 to jazz away the tagging
hours In exotic Bakst and gilt sYr-
roundings until the rumble OF the
milk carts.
York society from its cellars used
to run an East Side secondhand
store, said to have been a fence"
He is the brains of the syndicate
that controls two dozen, clubs that
takes Care of every hour in the
night.
He 10 rarely seen. In fact he Is
not pretty to gaze upon. He has
q bulldog jaw. a fosgy eye that
looks evilly through a narrow slit,
a ii caulifower ear and his hair.
closely cropped, sticks UP like a
stubby bit of bristle. Yet his
hands pull the strings that con-
troll New York's night life mar
ionettes.
Once in a while he goes to one
of his places but TO the one lowest
in the social scale-for his string
social distinction. Here he sits in
an obscure corner glowering. He
discourages familiarity.
He gives the impression of be-
ing soureA at the scheme Of things
for while he has reconstructed New
York's night life he Is unable to
play any part in It save from be-
hind the scenes. And he loves
gaiety! He wants to be a good
'feliow-a figure In the world which
he controls.
Broadway's biggest clock Is to
follow the bars into obseurity. The
one that Is perched at Forty-sev-
enth street with 400 lamps and
which was viewed by Se5,0o0,Ooo
persons q year Is being torn down.
As one Broadwayite put II, with
prohibition no one cares what time
IL is. The truth is that a new
electrical advertisement Is to go up
in its place-one that will give
short one-act play with electrically
lighted figures.
Social workers say that one out
of ten girls who come to New
York to win their way and fail re-
turn to their homes. The rest rear
the scoffers and stay on and on
drifting from polite gold digging
to the lives Of wantons. 1t taxes
about three years for them to reach
the depths and even those who are
reclaimed refuse to return to ma
tive heaths.
New York offers many sights
to chill the heart Yet perhaps
the most pathetic in quite q while
was noticed at a Times Square
blind newsdealer's hutch the other
evening. A deaf and dumb man
stopped and tried to make known
the paper he desired. A group OF
comedians of the curb gathered
about. From his trafic station
Celtic cop came to the stand. He
saw what was going on ana TO
his undying credit he smacked two
of the canadians silly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
CARUSO'S BABY
TO BE AMERICAN

NEW YORK. Feb: 2z.-In accord
ance with the fondest wish Of her
late father. little Gloria Caruso,
baby daughter of Enrico Caruso,
will be brought up in America as
an American in an environment of
Americanism.
Mrs. Dorothy Benjamin Caruso,
widow of the great tenor, made this
announcement In connection with
the projected concert here to raise
the endowment for the Caruso
American memorial foundation, I'M
der which there will be a yearly
scholarship known as the Gliria Ca
russo award. By standing as sponsor
for this scholarship. Mrs. Caruso
said. the little girl will early in life
take an interest in art.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Disaster Insurance.

1.-TWO DISASTERS, both costly in lives, have
driven home to all who read the need of
applying all the technical knowledge we
have and using all the safeguards that we can
apply to prevent repetitions. e
First the Kniekerboeker Theater roof collapse
Then the Roma disaster. The first has awakened
Washington to the need Of proper and rigid in
spection of buildings. We now may feel safer in
theaters and assembly places. 1t is to be hoped
that Congress will oct forget in the course of slow
legislation the dead and bereaved when the time
comes to strengthen the building inspection force
of the District. And Congress should remember
that new disaster is likely to come I'm the form
of an epidemic, 4 crime wave, a water shortage,
due perhaps to its own negligence.
Helium might have saved large number of
lives in the Roma crash. Had the large semi
rigid airship been inflated with the noninHam-
mable gas that before April, 1918, was a chemical
curiosity, the FIRE that resulted from the contact
of the hydrogen gas with high tension wires would
have been averted. There is the possibility that
the gasoline fuel would have caused serious FIRE,
bot surely this would have been slower one with
lower death toll
Helum would have been very good insurance.
II was perfectly possible insurance. Enough
helium is passing off into the air with the natural
gas of this country to fill four large arships each
week At Forth Worth, Tex, there are two ex-
permenta1 plants for the production of helium,
and at Petrolia, Tex there is another. These were
constructed during the war, but they are now Ca
pable Of producing sufficient helium for our i'm
mediate needs, and properly developed they can
easily keep pace with future airship building in
America. They are now idle. The reason is lack
of funds. Congress did not see the necessity of
taking out insurance on the Roma.
Both the army, the navy and the Bureau of
Mines, cooperating in producing helum, have
urged upon Congress the ACCESSIBILITY of spending
few hundred thousands of dollars to utilize plants
costing several millions. The return offered was
the possibility of preventing the loss of lives,
lrnitiess in value, and equipment worth more than
the appropriations. Congress did not have fore
sight The CT, the first helium airshp, did not
impress them. Perhaps the Roma does.
With the Roma, Americas lighter-than- aircraft
development certainly must not end. That would
not be Enthusiastically American.
Within the United States can be found prac-
ticany all the helium in the world. 1t Is United
States monopoly It viii allow Us to have a
defensive air force that win be superior to any in
the world American engineering and scientific
skill applied to airship construction will produce
lighter than-sircraft superior to the German
Zeppefins, the most successful in the world
Lighter-than-aircraft development, in spite of two
disasters of foreign-built craft will continue and if
all possible engineering and scientific knowledge
and skill is applied to the task, the future will see
success.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Senator King Will Talk
On School Problems

Senator William II. King, Of Utah
member Of the Joint Congressional
Committee on Education. will address
the civic forum at the Women's City
Club. % jackson place, tonight at
o'clock, upon the "Public School Sit.
uation in the district"
Senator King Is aiding in the In
vestigation Of the public school
buildings and is taking an active
part in the solution of the problems
with which the school system is con-
fronted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Elected to Church Society.

The st. Johns Berchmans Society
OF st. Jerome's Catholic Church has
elected the following officers: Mas
ter of ceremonies, William A.
Rogers; president. Stephen A, Kelly.
jr.: vice president. Bertrand Sheehy;
treasurer. A. c. Keegin: secretary,
Mrs. H winship wheatley; assist
ant secretary, Bernard Troy; pub
Lefty chairman. Vincent Sheehy
and director, Rev. Father Andrew ].
Carey.
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Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views on Events

Communication will not Be returned
unless specific request for such return 10
made and stamps inciosed.
Letters should be typevritten when
ever possible. Communication extreme
~ difficult to read will not Be considered.
Ne communicati signed with hctitious
names will Be used
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
Business Men 70 Organize.

Business men OF the District nav
been invited to the organization meet
ing Of the Nonpoliticsl Business
Mems Association, TO be held this
morning at $50 O'Clock in the IA
leigh Hotel L. II. Francisco Is hean
Of the organization. which plans 10
play a leading role In national re-
adjustment OF financial conditions
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23

We are glad to read a government report
to the effect that resources are $3os,ooo,ooo
higher than ever before at this time of year.
But we wish to assure our readers there is
nothing personal in this whatever.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23

A Pittsburgh girl tried suicide by swallow
ing 81 cents. The extra cents must have
been the war tax.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23

Mr.. MeGraw's philanthropy is doubtful in
getting twenty Americans out of jail in
Havana, particularly when that calaboose main
tanned a bar.
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seek to win the cooperation of women Of the other
nations in a similar project.

All that has ever been claimed for dirigibles
seems to be lot of hot air.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23

Speaking of prohibition jokes. A store
beneath Mr.. Haynes Office makes speciality
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23

"Jobless Navy Yard Men Seek to Be Dry
Agents. Good news for Mr.. Daniels.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-23
CONSERVATION of
HEIlUM BALLOON
GAS NECESSARY
Resources Lost in Twenty
Years Unless Action
Is Taken.

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY -. Isz,.
Get-tesether neetias % the WASH
ington Chemical Society, Audito-
rum OF the Cosmos Club. tonight.
o'clock. To eat. smoke and be
merry" says the announcement.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-09-07
Uncommon
Sense
By
JOHN
BLAKE

q flrst-class fiction writer ever dreams
Of doing.
The great tenor finds pleasure in
his Job, and incidentally In the money
he gets from 1t.
But he works about six or seven
hours a day at 1t now, and n earlier
life he worked ten or twelve hours,
receiving far less pay for exactly as
good music.
If good Jobs were TO be had by little
effort, practically everybody would
have a good Job. The reason tina:
they are SO few, and that so many Of
those few are not filed, is that all
Of them demand the hardest kind of
hard work, not only to get but to keep
them.
Genius, which H. said so know how
to do things before 1t is born, has to
work just as hard as mediOcrity to
gain and keep success.
Nothing you can think of that brings
real rewards can be accomplished with
out more work than most of us can
contemplate without getting tired at
the mere thought of it.