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The Washington times., 1922-01-21
HOU France
Gould Pay
THE condition of French
finances, aggravated by

Jill SoAeA
finances, aggravated by
great military burdens, makes
unlikely an early cash payment of
either interest or principal on the
debt which France owes to tho
United States.
That debt, continually increasing
as interest accrues, exceeds three
thousand million dollars.
The American people, tn ough
eager to be relieved of the high
taxes they must long carry because
of the war from which they received
no gain, are sympathetic with their
friends in France and therefore will
ing to be patient.
But they observe that France, as
we'll as Great Britain, has island
possessions in proximity to the
American coast.
Guadeloupe, with its dependencies,
and Martinique, while having CON-
bined area little larger than Rhode
Island and population about equal
to that Of Newark, produce trade
valued annually at $50,O0O,OOO.
Their exports (chiefly sugar, cof
fee and other tropical products)
would find natural market in the
United States if the ties with
France were severed. Many of their
imports now come from this
country.
These islands also have strategic
value which, in unfriendly hands.
might in future menace our COM
merce and safety.
We have suggested to the British
government the propriety of reduc.
ing its debt to the United States by
transferring title to its West Indian
- possessions and have urged the AID
ministration to sound it upon that
thought.
Why should not France be willing
to entertain a similar suggestioni
The debtor who, when short Of
cash, is willing to transfer other
values wins credit for honesty.
Moreover, American security de-
mands fewer foreign flags among
the islands which command our
coastwise, inter-American and trans.
Atlantic commerce.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

Open Door-two irreconcilable
views.
The democratic view, which the
oretically at least has American sup
port, is that it means equality Of op-
portunities and fair dealing.
This means that a weak nation is
not to be robbed or unfairly ex-
plotted by intimidation or bribery Of
it's officials; that if foreigners 60 in
to develop a country's resources
they shall cheat neither the natives
nor each other; their profit must
spring from honest service.
Thus the Open Door really opens
not to bayonets nor boodlers but to
the Golden Rule.
The other, the imperialistic view.
practiced by most adventures into
China and now upheld unblushingly
by two governments-Japan and
Francois that the Open Door
means limiting the number Of the
looters so as not to cheaper too
greatly the value of the loot.
Those who have imposed "spheres
of influence" and exacted valuable
concessions, having got theirs, arc
willing that the old game shall stop
and new rules be made provided the
iniquities of the past are let alone.
Virtue is to begin when vice is sa-
tiated.
Such is the significance Of the
cavalier manner in which our pros
pective allies in the Far East have
removed the teeth from Secretary
Hughes belated proposal to be
good.
We are told that even a promise
of future amendment by promise
breakers gorged with the spoils Of
past robberies constitutes a glorious
victory for American diplomacy.
Those who think so must be easily
satisfied.
As a matter of fact, all that
energies from the latest Landed at
tempt to fix a basis of good rela-
tions in China is an addition to
sonorous rhetoric only lip deep in
sincerity, together with an unrati.
fled pledge by the United States to
weaken its power of defense.
IF that is the best that American
craftsmanship can do, God save the
Republic!
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

w r e ND jails are
" liable to become pop
ular. In case you are fig
uring on distorting any Of
our weekend laws, make
your reservations ahead.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21
THEY'RE HUMAN
-William Afherton Din Ply

Way back in 1897 William Jennings Bryan got
q letter from Japan signed Yamashita Yaschitero,
which called him master" and informed him
that the writer was coming to America to serve
him, to sit at his feet and to learn.
Mr. Bryan wrote back that he regretted that
circumstances were such that II would be I'm
possible for him to accept any Japanese student
and direct his steps up the mount Of knowledge.
Some time later he received another letter post
marked San Francisco saying that Yamashita
had landed these shores and that he would
hurry on to Nebraska and the master" az fast
as circumstances would permit
Mr. Bryan communicated with the Democratic
committeeman by the Golden Gate and urged him
to take steps stop this Oriental in his frutless
3ourneyings. as he had no time to teach him.
Similar letters came from Salt Lake City. from
Denver, the young Japanese worked his way
East Similar efforts were made to dissuade
him, to divert him. Finally however, he rang
the Bryan doorbell and flung HIMSELF on Mrs.
Bryan calling her his new found American moth
er and showering her with such protestations Of
devotion as are unknown in conventional Middle
West circles.
But the upshot Of It was that Yamashita had
his way For six years he worked in the Bryan
household. served the MASTER" absorbed what
he might of his wisdom and philosophy. Then he
returned to the land Of the cherry blossom.
But last November Yamashita returned to
America As the president Of the Japanese Peace
Society he has been in Washington these three
months exerting no little influence in persuading
his associates from the Orient to travel constant
ly toward the goal Of the Prince Of Peace.
Here is an individual whose political career was
buiided on no more stable a foundation than a
carbuncle on another mans neck.
He is Congressman Burton Erwin Sweet OF
Iowa, who has had charge Of the various meas
ures for the rehabilitation OF the disabled soldier
Mr. Sweet represents the district from which
came David B. Henderson, two decades ago
Speaker Of the House, Nine times had Mr.. Hen
derson been nominatedNtor Congress, alternate
Nv by a spokesman of each Of the nine counties
in his district. The convention was to be held
that would name him for the tenth term and d.
T. Gibson, of Bremen county, who had nominated
him eighteen years earlier. was to make the great
speech. y
n young lawyer named Sweet was drafted to take
that he came near being nominated for the post
himself when. two months later, Henderson with.
drew. It this speech made possible by
a carbunckle on another mans neck, which even
tually led him into public life.
President Harding pronounces wound" as
though It were the past tense OF what one does
to the clock on the mantel once each week.
Charles B. Hanford the veteran Shakesperean
actor who once played with Booth and Barrett
is living quietly in Washington, where he went
to high school forty years ago. He came up to
the National Press Club not long ago and read
ct Met q Fool"
tcopyrisht. lsaa)
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

DECISIONS are generally
~ pulled out Of non-biased
hat like draft numbers. De-
linquent citizen IL sure to
get plastered by this meth
Cd. He doesn't always get
punished for right crime.
But there amt any right
crimes in Jersey.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21
WEEKEND
JAILS
By BUGS" BAER.

Jersey justice has again
gone off on mysterious
tangents. They punish you
very quickly over there. Es-
pecially II you're innocent.
SKEETER State law is 30
sudden that criminals
land in hoosegow while
their thumbprints are sim
warm and smoking on scene
Of crime.
RIGAMY is punishable by
making smoothshaven
Bluebeards serve out their
terms with both wives. Jer-
sey Judge wouldn't think Of
sending bigamistic gent to
Jail where he would be safe.
DECISIONS are generally
~ pulled out Of non-biased
hat like draft numbers. De-
linquent citizen IL sure to
get plastered by this meth
cd. He doesn't always get
punished for right crime.
But there amt any right
crimes in Jersey.
T Attest decision by cross
- river judge is to stake
culprit to thirty days in
Jail bungalow via weekend
method. Convicted rascal
works all week. Then goes
to his iron cottage for Sat-
urday and Sunday. Takes
fifteen weeks In weekend
stone dollhouse before law
Is satisfied and justioA once
more spreads its broken
wings over u. s.
M ETHOD might be
AVA adopted by rest Of star
spangled works. Yegg
spanks wealthy client over
egg-shaped skull with IA
karat lead pipe. Then Or
ders his valet out with golf
bags and picnic trousers for
weekend at his Sing Sing
chateau.
pONZI could park himself
= in unbreakable mansion
Of many bars within easy
committing distance of Bos.
ton pockets. Landau could
open up matrimonial bu-
reau in Bastille.
Under Jersey weekend
~ system. there is no rea-
son why life sentence should
interfere with sentences
fife. Just work your jail
term out in easy weekend
installments. Under this
system any workingman
can afford one.
II FORE your thumb
- prints have faded out,
you are enjoying your guest
chamber at palatial coun-
try Jail. Don't forget to tip
warden before leaving Mon
day morning.
w EEK END jails are
" liable to become pop
ular. In case you are fig
uring on distorting any Of
our weekend laws, make
--.. .-.-... klA.s AAAAA
The Washington times., 1922-01-21
The Harmful, Grating
American Valuation
Scheme


plot to help American monopolists rob the people
If Congressman pass 1t, they will hear about it next
election.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

AND IF I were a cat.
AND THAT happened
to me.
I'D HOLLER a lot.
ABOUT THE birds.
KILLING ALL tho
bugs.
AND so I'd 20.
.
RIGHT DOWN .he
line.
AND BACK again.
TO THE human race.
AND I'D point to
the men.
WHO LIE in wait.
WHILE BAYING
dogs.
COME DRIVING on.
WITH A deer ahead.
. .
AND THE deer drops
dead.
FROM A rifle shot.
AND IF that is sport.
AND WITHIN The
law.
I'D SAY 1t was sport.
AND WITHIN the
law.
FOR A dog to chase.
AND KILL q cat.
.
/ THANK you.
getting.
injuries"
yet an iniury. hut don't
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

The Forgetting.
"I believe In forgetting INJURIES
That's all right TO forget injury; but don't
forget that you have forgotten n!'-wayside
Tales.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

MY DEAR Harold.
I HAVE no idea.
WHAT THEY did to
Dormie.
FOR KILLING the
cat.
BUT I really do feel
THEY SHOULD do
something.
TO LEI him know.
THAT IN this age.
A REAL nice dog.
WOULDN'T KILL a
cat.
But NEvERTHE-
LESS.
IF q! were Dormic.
AND HAD been tried.
AND SENTENCED
to death.
I'D SEND out word.
TO THE other dogs.
TO GO get busy.
AND THE very first
time.
A CAT killed a bird.
TO GRAB . the cat.
AND HAVE it .ried.
FOR KILLING the
bird. n
f... ~
The Washington times., 1922-01-21
His Breath

He-I can hold my breath two minutesi
She-You don't say! And It's pretty strong to-
night tool-Waystde Tales.
The Washington times., 1922-01-21

RIGAMY is punishable by
making smoothshaven
Bluebeards serve out their
terms with both wives. Jer-
sey Judge wouldn't think Of
sending bigamistic gent to
jail where he would be safe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08
Il Hakm SOAP wbib meets the important safay test

Before you trust your costly fine fabrics
to any soap in any form, a doubt naturally
comes up in your mind.
SIS. thissssoap really safe?"
Askyourself: "WoaAdIbe uiVinyD
1e this soap on my j@s3"
Asoap which is too strong for your
face is natacaAytoo strong for youf
delicate and costly garments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08

Ivory Flakes is simply Ivory Soap in fake
form. Ofeoans it fully meets this impor-
tant safety test.
For Ivory Soap, pure, mild, gentle, white
has protected the faces and hands of
millions of women since 1879.
Ivory Flakes offers you a zeal margin Of
sssty for cleansing the veryfnst garments
you own.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08

In every book by high medical authori-
ties on the care of the skin, you will
find urgent warnings against the "treat-
ments," "methods" and preparations"
with which thousands of women, in
their search for beauty, are e~naangerlng
their eombAxions every day.
Here are several short quotations from
two such eminent authorities:
ri soap should be hought not as q banaaa
for skin troubles, but for its humber qualify
Of cleansing The skim"
"1he natural color Of The best qaaAty Of toilet
soap is asamy ubi."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08

In choosing a soap for your skin, there
fore, choose a soap that is pure, mild,
gentle and white, and that MansS-
safely.
Ivory Soap meets every one of these
ideal specifcations-a honest, whole
some soap, made of the very finest
materials, for a single purpose - to
cleanse safely.
Ivory's pure, mild, quick-rinsing lather
has brought delightfully."- refreshing
cleanliness to millions of lovely COM
plexions since 1879.
Proctor & GAMBLE
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

silk linen cloths, light cashmere the
like, well of knitted materials and mesh
The button portrayed here made particularly
added coarless with patch
with athletic" amhoes which goodly
share of strain and stiffness off the shoulders
The collar the low form of twopy, flexible cloth The
nsrrowknot scarf knitted reveals crossbaed
tern in bright contrast dark background.
NOTE-Questior Correct Dress for Men w be
BY Alfred Stephen Bryan addressed to him Of this
To stamped enrope be enclosed
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

and he ssts down methods and
means for the organization Of such
q theater. the duties Of its direc.
tors, the training Of its actors, and,
not TO be forgotten, Of its audiences.
81. John Ervine, In the Observer
London, says Of this book: Mr..
Harley Granville. Ba rker has more
than the usual number OF quail
fications for writing such q book
~ this. The Exemplary Theater
10 the most thoughtful book on
the thsater that has been pub.
ltshed for q long time"
Other books in the dramatic
field 10 be published late In May
by Little. Brown q Company in.
ciude Eight Comedies for Little
Theatsrs." by Percival Wilde: Lit.
tie Theater Classics" Vol. w. b.
Samuel A. Eliot. jr.; Plays for
School and Camp" by Katherin.
Lord: and Owen Davis remarkable
play, The Detour."
A QCEsTIONNAIRE circulated
among the members OF the
senior class OF Yale University
yielded the information that Dickens
10 the prose author ranking first
in favor. with "A Tale OF Two
Cities" the favorite novel. The
second choice 10 III Winter Comes"
by A. 9. NJ. Hutchinson. Gross.
Ing the Bar" 10 the favorfte poen.
with Kiplins's "1f' not far bshind.
NpRE CHREvILLIoN, French
author and critic. and NJ.
Donnay. French dramatist, Nom.
bsrs OF the French Academy, are
visiting this country In comm sction
With the Molisre tercsntenary.
rhsy vii Visit Nsv York. Boston,
Philadelphia and washington. and
viil se entertained At Pytnoston
ana Harvard.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

has long enjoyed simply because conforms to
s elementas comfort its soothing color Moreover with
background Of white shirt is possible to any
without color clash whereas the coored shirt be
with the shade of the
which hiss each other like brace
o. cat
aongsde shirt Of crisp, COOL white
chvot Oxford having center and two peated
pockets the shirt be intended for field The
collar be butonlsss button down each tip
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
FACTS OF ORIENTAL
REVOLT REVEALED
Frazier Hunts Book
Vivid Picture of
Rising Spirit.
G. c. O'GRADY.

OUT OF the scores OF books re-
Gently published on conditions
in the East. none perhaps covers
so much ground and does II so en-.
tertainingly as The Rising Tenn.
per OF the East" by Frazier Hunt
(Bobbs- NJ errill Company. Indian.
apolis).
With the natural instinct OF n
highly trained reporter, Mr.. Eunt
goes right TO the root OF the causes
OF the unrest among the subju-
gated nations OF Asia, with side
trips TO Egypt, the Philippines,
Haiti and Mexico. II is not 1r at
tempt at history. nor does ne In
dulge in weighty theorizing. The
book is made up OF series ~ in
innate studies OF the men and
classes that are the body Of the
revolt against alien rule or oprres.
sive domestic rule in India. "hinc,
Egypt, Japan. Siberia. Haiti. Mex.
leo and the Philippines seething
utionrevolution on the part OF
more than a billion OF human Re
ings for real liberty and opportu-
nifty TO advance.
His sketch OF Ivan the Jan Xii.
ler," fourteen. year-old Siberian
lad who has dedicated his life 10
driving the hated japanese from
his country: his story Of the Young
son of a head-hunter in the Phi!ip-
pines who is eager for n medical
college training so that he ca1 re
turn TO his mountain home and
teach his tribe sanitation: his pic
ture of the young Egyptians and of
the Indian students who are the real
force behind Gandhi and hts ron.
cooperation movement TO drive the
British from India. are pictures
that sink into the memory and
utterly refute the ga ndists'
charges that these movements are
the work of Reds or Bolshevists.
They are the rapidly organizing
demand OF untold millions for some
Of the good things Of this world
liberty, education, and an oppor.
tunity to live decently. 40 long de-
MED them. Perhaps the only criti-
cism that can be made is to a ref.
orence to the Just" rule Of the
British in India. That 10 a par.
donable error accountable 70 the
fact that the truth about British
rule in India cannot be gained ty
hurried or casual observation.
Possibly had Mr.. Hunt had an
opportunity to study the tsx fig.
ures oY the 1865 years OF British
rule in India. showing how the
Income of the people has steadily
diminished. until today more than
half of the nation of $50, ,OOU, 900
persons is reduced to abject beg.
gary, his comment on British jIs.
tice might have been qualified.
Some British officials in InGia,
like Digby in his Prosperous Brit.
ish India" or like Hornman.
exiled English editor OF the Bom.
bay Chronicle, might have pointed
out that British rule in India as n
general thing has been shockingly
corrupt and debasing. But as a
whole, Mr.. Hunts book is the most
Informative and fair presentation
OF the unrest in the East. and
nearer home, that has been pub.
lished. a work OF such significance
that it Is indispensable TO all who
wish 10 keep abreast Of the times
and have a clear understan ndiug II
the wonderful human dram. thnt
IL going on. especially In the com.
parstively unknown Orient.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Pieated- Back Field Shirts

TODAY, the keynote Of dress n
L sport and the keynote Of
sport is dress. Even our bust
ness suits are made 70 include
kniekers a. well ~ trousers, 70
that We can. without loss Of
precious time, turn ourselves
into Sachems Of the Great Tribe
Of Outdoors.
Heretofore, expanding pleats
have been mostly confined TO
ones field jacket Nov, they
have extended TO the field shirt,
so that freedom and fexibility
have been attained to the issimo
degree.
BY inserting . top yoke and
two lengthwise center pleats in
the back Of the shirt, as repro
ducsd here, it cannot bind in
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

synthetic sapphrss and gems One the casual
Of day; ths other is the ehsrished Of lifetime
be eblocked couple Of into almost
WISH The
pabity unaffected by and dampnsss everlasting
Rsdolsnt Of the laird the Spanish grsndee
Panama sketehd here with its followed broad ured
knottsd ribbon There other shapes
fashionable although look the Panama
Q generous span Of brim
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Books I'm Demand
FICTION.

FICTION.
Gentle Julia''-Booth Tark-
ington.
"Aaron's Rod"-D. II. Law
renee.
Merton OF the Movies
Harry Leon Wilson.
Doors OF the Night"-FTanK
l.. Packard.
"kimono"-John Psris.
The Vanishing Point -
Coningsby Dawson.
NON.FICTION.
MY Memories of so Years
Chauncey Depew.
"E. II. Harriman"-George
Kennan.
The Rising Temper Of the
East"-F'razier Hunt.
The Story OF Mankind
Hendrix Van Loon.
Asia At the Crossroads '--E.
Alexander Powell.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
The Quest Of Comfort

COMFORT is not only q con-
" dition Of body, but a state
Of mind as well. To look cool
10 the first step toward feeling
cool. There are certain colors
in dress which look cooler than
others, though, in truth, they
are not one whit more cool.
To illustrate, a white collar or
q white shirt is far more rest
full to the eye than a colored
collar or q colored shirt. Com
fort pivots upon observing the
primary principles.
The white shirt-Oxford, chew
lot, poplin, silk-and-cotton or silk
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

THE Rev. c. J. Ball has newly
translated the Book Of Job, and
this translation. with q revised
text. critical notes and commen.
tary. will he published shortly hy
the oxford University Press.
American Branch.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Straws for a Purpose

WHOM statisticians term the
w average man, the mere unit
in the census, signalizes the ad-
vent of summer by clapping on a
straw hat. That's his idea Of
dressing for hot weather. He
rarely distinguishes between
weights and weaves of a straw or
between its particular place and
purpose.
A straw hat, on account of its
light color, soils easily and needs
more frequent replacement than
any other hat. Hence, the ad-
visibility of possessing more than
one straw, both for spic-and-span
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

safety margin OF a bridge. with
disastrous results, to accert p1oral
responsibility. The psy, biological
plot Is most unusual, the drama
Of the story hinging on .situa.
ton that makes il plausibl"
the engineer can only regain
Sombra. his wife, by breaking
down the complex and admitting
his moral guilt.
THE manuscript Of ar unpub'
lished story by Guy de Mau
passan was recently discovered
in Paris and now makes it's first
appearance in the May issue Of
Hearsts International Magazine.
Experts say IT was writ;Dn when
de Maupassant was twenty-five.
In any event-it admirably II.
lustrates the manner In which
famous authors used to ridicule
the long haired fads of their day
The story is brilliant satire
on the then new theory OF metemp-
sychosis. Wonder what his ghost
Is saying about the now new the.
ory Of psycho-analysis.
A revised text Of Aristotle's "On
Coming.to-Be and Passing.
Away'-tDe Generations ct Cor
ruptione-has been prepared by
Professor Harold H. Joachim, who
has written also an introduction
and commentary.
SSTHE sHEIK." by E. NJ. Hull.
has been printed at least
seventy. times. and Cha cles G
Norris Brass forty.fou- times,
while III Winter Comes" has
had thirty-one printings since its
publication In August T"is leads
one to the thought, just what
size is each printing Of popular
novel? A good many people seem
TO think II is always the same
number OF copies, say 5000. Not
eo A printing may be 500 or
1000 copies, or even ten. or
twenty or fifty thousand. II is
rarely larger than that. A s.
NJ. Hutchinson's novel, "I' Winter
Comes" which has headed the
best seller" lists in America
since last November, ~. been
sent to press only thirty.one
times, yet II IL safe to say that
it has outsold Brass" The
sheik." or any other novel pub.
lished in 1921, by a good many
thousand copies. The thirty-one
printinss represent 365, 900 copies
in ALL and since early in De.
cember "If Winter Comes" has
been printed in lots OF 10000
THE Rev. c. J. Ball has newly
translated the Book Of Job, and
this translation. with revised
text. critical notes and commen.
tary. will he published shortly by
the oxford University Press.
Amerioan Branch
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

looks and agreeable change-of
Besides a coarse for business
should braid off with the dinner
(Tuxedo) jacket well Leghorn, Panama. Macknaw,
other soft for the field occasion
Illustrated alongside the Leghorn tint
familiar Alpine shape. The brm cured; the
S dented; the ribbon may be plain O coored