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The Washington herald., 1922-05-24


~ from his bed in a Georgia town the other
night and hogged by gang Of armed
towards
The city health officer of Birmingham Ala,
was lured from his office last week by masked
men, taken into the country and whipped with
horsewhips because Of his activity in enforcing
health laws
These instances could be multiplied several
fold by an examination of newspaper files during
the past two months.
Horrible and blood-curdling negro lynchngs
have become almost weekly occurrence in certain
Southern States.
In the North threats of mob action of late
are not infrequent. A sinister contagion of lynch
law is sweeping the country.
Ii is difficult understand the reason for
this Has the legal machinery of any State in
the Union become weak that the citizens them
selves are forced to take the punishment OF crime
into their hands? Or is the United States
slipping back into mediaevasm where any man
who dares differ from the established opinions
OF his community is sentenced to death?
Take the Birmingham case, for example. The
health officer in every city often is obliged to
issue orders which work hardship on some classes.
Milk inspection rules always are unpopular with
poor farmers. Condemnation of unsantary build
ings seldom meets the favor of the owner But
for many years officials have been perfectly safe
in issuing such orders. The victims have relied
upon the ballot for revenge and sometimes
obtained it.
Now, it seems, they have deserted the pri-
mary principle of American government They
hguratively stab a in the back.
Mob action would be respectable if the
mobs themselves were not composed of such abso-
lutte towards. They fear to meet their enemies
face to face. The afraid to attack single
handed. Instead they sneak up behind, their
faces concealed with masks, and overwhelm the
object OF their hate hundred to one.
And the worst of all is that these mobs parade
under the banners of Americanism, Christianity,
Justice, and such euphemistic terms.
If such conditions continue it will be long
before American civilization will have retrogressed
far that members of certain religious sects
will be burned stakes up in city squares
for the edhcaton OF the public
20. Or even, in case OF a political upheaval, it
is not impossible to imagine Republicans burning
all the Democrats, or vice
And all in the name of God and country.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
RURAL DISTRICTS LOSE
DOCTORS To CITIES.

Grave concern that the. cities will
drain the smaller towns AMI rural
districts Of doctors was voiced by
DR.. G. E. de hweinitz. president
Of the American Medical Associa-
tion, in his address at the seventy
third annual meeting ~ the asvu-
citation at ST. Louis last night. ne
also pointed out the change fr0,n'
cure 20 prevention as an outst7-i-
ing tendency in contemporary u d.
cine, called attention 20 the fact
that drugs are not the only rem Pc
dial agents and urged the rios ?
coordination Of subjects n the
medical school curriculum.
a rather widespread disquir'ufs fs
has arisen lest the supply ~ doc
tors should become inadequate"
said Dr. de Schweinitz. "Fro~ the
numerical standpoint. as a rsrSr;
investigation has shown. this tGa-
may he dismissed. But the geo
graphic districts are not recsivIn
their Just quota Of the graduate In
medicine. owing to the attraction
and greater facilities-lsbora'o-T
and hospital-of the larger towns
and cities. Also. poor econonio b.
conditions add their deterrent IN
huence-"
The recent graduate stationed n
the country must keep in practical
touch with new developments IN
diagnosis and treatment He can
not leave his duties to seek such
information and hence methods
must be devised. such as the uni
varsitv extension courses in some
Of our States. to satisfy his laud-
able ambition and requirements as
well as the desires Of his Glen
tele."
Dr. de Schwelnitz warned the as
sembled doctors that drugs are. not
the only remedial agents, and too
little attention is paid 20 physical
therapeutics, or mechanotheranyI
and its Indications. on this neg
lect. in part. at least. depends
certain well-known drift froui
legitimate medical supervision"
Doctors should be not only heal
ers Of the sick but advisors to kee
people well, DR.. SchweinitZ Dc
clared. He urged that instructio
in medical schools ehoud be amp.
fed and made more adequate
this respect. and recommended tn
the. instruction should be CORD
lated by a member of the faCu.d
appointed for that purpose.
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LOST,
ONE METEoRTTE.

Lost one meteor.te. News c
patches recently reported wiki
idness the fall Of a mrJeoritC
Southern Virginia. The account
said that the visitor from the Il
had caused great excitement amoII
the natives. One item went SO 4
as to state Just what the meteorll
was composed Of and where IL fei
DR.. George P. Morrill, curator
geology Of the L. s. National Ml
scum, is 4 meteorite hunter Mud
of our present knowledge Of thes
objects Is due to his investigation
ana the National Academy Of Sc
ences at its meeting last mont
presented him with a gold medt
for this work.
He has a unique method Of chas
ing meteeorites. He writes N
postmaster Of the towns near wher
they are supposed to have fslle
and the postmaster, being a centf
Of information. is usually able
tell him facts.
The last newspaper account d
claSed that the reporters had COZ
nered the recent meteorite betwee
I.awrenceville and Blackstone. n
Merrill has a report from n
Blackstone postmaster saying ths
it had not hit near there
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
Wants a Boost for Daylight
Saving.

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
Stop kicking the daylight saw
ing" It's the best thing that has
happened for long time for a
large element Of d. c. people. 1t
ray be bad for food profiteers and
little convenient for morning
newspapers.
1t Is great advantage to people
who have small gardens, and for
short outings into the suburbs
The morning daylight is wasted
under the old system.
As II is local. to change the
clock is absurd. and the present
way confusing only in the minds
of a lew malcOntents.
Give US rest on the kicking
and help make it a go.
F. r. FRANEL.
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Women in Finance.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
have just read with amaze
ment the letter signed paul Diet
rich" on the editorial page of to-
days Herald in your Open Court
letters column. Mr.. Dietrich. who
judging from his name. is not
Frenchman, is praising the women
of France for their attitude against
the feminist movement. He men
tions that Fannie Hurst recently
found the women of that country
content to tend shop with their
husbands during the day. The
French women are praised for their
lack Of interest in politics and
other important questions of the
day in which the women of other
countries are taking part.
He gives as women's proper
sphere the tending of shop during
the day with her husband, rockfns
the cradle, mending Johns socks
cooking his meals. and otherwise
contributing to the making of a
home. Rather a heavy day mapped
out for the poor things, is 1t not?
He does not say what John is sup
posed to be doing while his wife
Is SO shaving. Perhaps he Is partly
tending the shop. The suppositioh
IS he Is out taking part in politics
Turely he does not devote every
'ay to that pursuit. am informed
that In some parts of Europ'
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Rudyard kipling.
o the Editor. The Washington Herald:

| To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
An editorial in your issue of last
| Thursday. May Is, shows such a
! lack of touch with what is most char
IaCter;stic in modern poetry that II
is impossible for a lover of muct.
that is modern to keep silent.
have no wish to disparage Rud-
| yard Kipling. some of whose work
is undoubtedly lasting. The Re
IcessiOnal," in spite of one atroCious
line, is beyond doubt fit to rank witt
the masterpieces of much greater
poets. Yet how many who read ii
| nave any comprehension Of what
"Reeking tube and iron shaTd" can
possibly mean? 1t is not as poet
that Kipling has his strongest claim
on rOsterity. In fact his latest ef-
fusion is barely worthy of a poet
| laureate. The careful reader can
| discern possibly five or six Of his
| poems that are of real value. even
though those few dwell on the very
heights of vision. II is as a teller
of tales that KiplinE succeeds best.
There is no writer in our language
who has reached higher point in
the field of the short story. And the
history of the novel is incomplete
without the incompatible kim"
| The second part Of your thesis.
however. does not accord with the
facts. We are no longer living in
the nineties The puerile followers
of Rossetti' and the decadents are
not the moving figures in modern
poetry Pierre Loving and Babette
DeutsCh are not our best writers
of verse doubt if even Harry
| Kemp takes his Greenwich Village
| seriously.
| Read John Masefield at his hes,
and see how much love-sick amor
BUSINESS you find in him. l suggest
| "Enslaved" as a good volume to be-
gin on. Where in kipling can you
lind anything so pregnant of
| thought as
Fate. that is given to all men
partly shaped.
Is mans to alter daily till he dies"
Masefield stands head and shout-
ders above any other poet of the
present day. Read THE Jennings"
and the sonnets in Good Friday and
other Poems" Wordsworth himself
wrote few that are better or more
noble. Then for good. stirring
| boiaoN' Niy VI men
| "'Enslaved."
OF course, Masefield Is an Eng
lishman, and what you said about
American poets has some justifica-
ton Yet / suggest that you read
at least one of John G. Neihardt's
narrative poems of pioneer days,
say The Story of Hug Glass. -
Neihardt and Z. A. Robinson are
true poets and not at all effemi-
nate or diluted.
There Is a new poet, whose name
few have heard as yet, that gives
promise of great attainment. and
who perhaps belongs even now al
the very front of American poets
Robert Hil,yer. still in his early
twenties, Is essentially a thinker
Few poems will better repay reao-
ing than his Alchemy" published
only last year. 1t is one of the mos
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MARYLAND POLICE.
Against Daylight Saving.

10 the Editor The Washington Herald:
One OF the strongest arguments,
in my humble opinion, is that re.
gardless of whether the working
hours are advanced one hour with
out change of clocks, or whether
the clocks be set forward one hour,
the fact remains that we must nee
essarily arise one hour earlier in the
morning, but the majority of the
people will not retire correspond
!ngly one hour earlier because OF
the long established custom or habit
OF remaining up until a certain hour
or approximate time. for when the
clocks or watches are not turned
forward they will not realize that
they should retire one hour earlier
than the clock or watch indicates.
or If the clocks are advanced one
hour they still carry the mentai
reservation that notwithstandinS
the clock in such case may indicate
that II is IL p. m, they know that
the sun time which they have been
observing and been governed by all
their life. is actually one hour
earlier. or 10 p. m.
On such basis it takes no argu-
iIlenl 10 SnO" lHdb we nave l''N 'ii'
hour of rest out of every twenty
four so long as any such plan is in
effect.
Again granting that the clocks
are set up one hour and we retire
by the clock.
In the very hot months. from the
latter part Of June to the early part
Of September-and Washington, d.
c.. is one of the hottest cities in the
United States in summer-there Is
one hour less time for the Coolins
process between sunset and "CloCk
time" retiring in which to have the
bed chambers OF houses cooled in
the natural way.
Habits fixed by the practice Of n
lifetime cannot be very easily re
arranged because nature, in Its
handling of human beings. is won
derfully strong, and the mere fixing
by human agency of a rule or law
compelling people 20 arise and 60 to
work one hour earlier will not pre-.
vent them from remaining up or go
ing to sleep before the customar- :
time. and. therefore, SO long as such
so-called daylight saving plan is
in effect, just so long will thou
sands of individuals suffer by reason
of the loss of one hours sleep and
corresponding effect upon the vi
tality and ultimately have a detri-
mental effect to a greater or less
extent upon the work performed by
those who labor.
FAIRPLAY.
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tries to do without that curse of all
ages-the expense of armament
and have continued to saddle it upon
the bowed shoulders of their own
people.
France has not learned that
peace cannot be built upon arms and
hate. If Europe is to continue an
armed camp it is inevitable that less
than 40,000.00O people and a sta
tionary birth rate cannot stand
alone against almost double that
number and a multitude of babies.
I'm Italy both the industrial peo-
pie and the agricultural people are
now at work. She is bidding too
high for money. She should not get
1t. 1t Is far better to learn to live
within her income.
Russia is staggering to the end
of an experiment in government,
conceived perhaps in sincerity, but
contrary to all tested moral and
economical laws. A new day must
come for Russia soon. Meanwhile
II Is best for her people and for the
world to give them full time to
| test their theories. and prove them
right or worthless.
The people of America have
struggled upward from a small be-
ginning to the position of being
| both the economic and moral leaders
| OF the world. Civilization stands
today with its face toward the
United States. looking for inspira-
tion. and for economic help. 1t Is a
| responsibility which cannot be es.
| capped. but which can easily be
abused.
Because we have wealth, we
| should not indulge in unwise gen
! erosity. Our forefathers would not
have done that. They would hav.
| demanded first q Willingness to work
upon the part OF those whom they
' heined -s-s..
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

know that the man who has been
prominent in literary. journalistic
and church fields for over sixty
years started life with the hope of
making his mark as a lawyer.
He began his career as a lawyer
having been admitted TO the New
York bar in 1856. He still retains
his membership in the New York
Bar Association. Four years after
his debut in the legal world he de-
cided to forego that career and en-
tered the Congregational ministry
He accepted a psstorate at Terre
Haute, Ind, where he labored five
years. Then he received a call tc
New York church. Later he sue.
ceeded Henry Ward Beecher a.
pastor Of the Plymouth Church
Brooklyn. He continued TO preach
for forty years while devoting part
OF his time to editing church peri.
odicals. writing and lecturing.
He was born in Roxbury, Mass.
December Is, 1885.
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women are even used as draft
animals and it is not an infre-
quent sight to see them being
driven in the fields. Thank God,
the women Of this country will
never come - that. especially now
that they have a say in the max
ing of the laws of this great coun-
try. Were she. the poor creature.
Mr.. d would apparently have ner
be. in addition TO all these other
daily tasks he has outlined. she
might also he used for blowing the
fields while her lord and master
held the reins over her poor, bent
form.
A WOMAN AND A VOTER.
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Parrot Policemen.

r" the Editor. The Washington Herald:
I noticed in yesterdays Herald a
rather ludicrous coincidence of a
poll parrot playing the part Of a
traffic policeman. / suggest through
the columns of your valuable paper
that the District of Columbia would
consider the appointment of parrots
as traffic officers. and have the as
suranCe of better efficiency at Less
expense, as a reward.
DAILY READER.
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tremendous things published in
many years. little immature in
one or two places. it nonetheless re-
veals great power and wisdom.
Compare il with the early work OF
poets Of unquestioned reputation,
with 'Endymion" and Queen Nab.
And then write another editorial
and see IL you can still maintain
your present views.
PATRICK F. KIRBY.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

Europe is not
going to the dogs
Things are get =
ting better in al
irregular, s t a g =
gering way.
Germany has
huge debts to pay.
but her people are
at work and pro-
1ucing value. The
way may seem
dark, hut the enc
is certain. Indus
try always wins.
IF one W e r G
cynical. he might
smile when he re-
members that the
allies have forced
=
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WOULD WITHHOLD
u. S. AID TO EUROPE

America should withhold finan-
cial aid to Europe until the people
of Europe stop spending and settle
down" to work. If we give them
money now they will use it to buy
another bottle and continue their
spree"
This is the view of the European
situation Irving T. Bush, head OF the
great Bush terminals. brings back
to the United States with him from
an extensive tour abroad.
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.Mu'}6nkGH
..0ay byDay
impressions:
bAC0eMsMhwp
fba|I;f.j,ltJI:::::1

shotguns are blaSing death again
In Mulberry street. East Side go
rlllas" now walk with their drip
pers"-confederates who run with
the guns as the shots are fred.
Chinatown tong wars have been
stilled by Occidental a1algama-
tions. Tong men now fraternize in
the social warmth of the Chinese
Merchants Association.
But the East Side vendetta sur
wives. In the cellar murder holes
where human dregs skulk fearful
Of the sunlight they still cry for
Biblical vengeance--"an eye for an
eye" In these dens of debauch-
cry. vice and Graded crime crimi-
nal cunning shows its master hand.
An innocent appearing gape-
wagon swung lumberingly into
Mulberry street. A group of pseudo
rustics alighted apparently bent on
sightseeing. Each was armed and
primed with drugs for murder.
They scattered and took their re-
| spective stations.
Presently short. squat man
ouN VI an IIC pp'
lor. Across the street a man pulled
down the visor of his cap. From
dozen different doorways pistols
cracked and six bystanders In. the
teeming thoroughfare fell with
stroy bullets.
From the tenements Of Null
berry. Grand and Mott streets the
populace poured into the narrow
ct L. chic ~
man falling and that is why they
select the most crowded East Side
| streets So that they may lose them
selves in the ensuing excitement.
In a certain Broome street cafe
group sat placidly drinking in
nocuous drinks at a table. Soon
the telephone rang. A member
| arose and answered 1t. He re-
turned. dropped into his chair and
said quietly: Our nag lost the
! second race" That conveyed the
news to the ihIgher-ups that the
Mulberry street murder plot had
failed.
Indeed the gallery god has come
back. He was heard the other
night at one. of those tslky plays.
/ The star faltered a moment in one
of her long speeches. 1t was ap-
parent that stage fright had seized
her and that her mind was
blank. From the gallery piped a
| rather disguised voice: Come on.
kid, do your stun"
Harpers, the famous publishing
house in Franklin square. is to
| nearly century. Through its
quaint wrought-iron portals have
passed the most famous writers of
England and America. The hrm is
to occupy new quarters at Camden.
n. J. II ever a spot in old New
York could echo with the footsteps
of countless vanished celebrities as
did the ancient street corner in the
Tale of the Two Cities" with the
phantom feet of an unseen mob.
that spot would be the doorway of
the old Harper publishing house.
The official title If the firm was
and is Harper and Brothers"
Some person asked one which was
Harper. Any one Of us is Harper
and the other two are the broth
ers." was the reply.
Now that DeWolf Hopper has
gathered a group OF players of
other days and is presenting them
In an effort to compete with the
younger crowd some of Hopper's
early history is being recalled
He enjoys the rare distinction of
having been a star from the outset
of his career. Well connected and
| well to do. he made his first ap-
pearance at the old Madison Square
Theater in an entertainment with
the almost prophetic title, "A Hun
dred Wives"
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

81 Q : - AA % -
forts in behalf Of
the French and
allies during the
world war-when
he was then ten
years past the al
lotted three-score
and ten span.
He was made
a knight of the
Legion of Honor
recently on be-
half of the French
nation by Coun-
sci General Lie
bert in the omces
of the Outlook, to
which Dr. Abbott
Is a contributor.
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The Short of IL.

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
In a word-daylight saving pro-
vides more leisure to those amply
possessed thereof. and less leisure
to those deficient therein
JOHN F. HOPKINS.
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COMPOSITION OF IODINE.
VALUE OF JEWELS

To Pri6nd People:
Kindly give me the worth per carat o. emerald
ruby, sapphire, diamond (green, white. blue. red)
and pearl INQUISITIVE.
The value per carat of emerald is $4,000,
sapphire, $4,000 diamond green $1,000 red. IS 900:
blue $4,000 white. $1,000; pearl $500 This takes
into consideration that each quantity quoted
above is Of the most perfect Of each gem. The
value a metric carat radium is $4,000: a
gram of this substance being valued at $780, 600
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
Q2em( e! (6utAenersh w! .! C! heMeNeraH Z 5!! !l,9 M

communL1s lions will not be re-
turned Unless specific request for such
return Is made and stamps inclosed.
Letters should be typewritten when
ever possible. Communication eI'
tremely difficult to read will not be
eonEide red. No communications igned
with Actitioux names will be u -.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

body in Nicaragua except the rebel general is
thankful that the Marines, were there. These are
nice days to sleep. and the cracking of rifles is
as much of nuisance as mosquitoes to the gen.
tleman who does not care to have his dreams
disturbed.
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The Chicago Grand Opera company has
had its regular blow-up and Mary has handed
in her weekly resignation Ais we'll with
the opera world.
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WHO'S WHO
THE DAYS NEWS

At Sc years ~ age Dr. Lyman
Abbott. clergyman. author and edi-
tor, has been honored by France for
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

Cable report says Americans will build
the largest hotel in Paris. But they have also
built most of them that are there now.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24

District line and make arrest7 Who the
Maryland Commissioner of Vehicles? MOTORIST.
The condition OF the Washing gton- Baltimore
Pike Is very good The approximate distance from
here to Baltimore by auto lie ~ miles Maryland
speeder over the District line and make arrest
in the District o. Columbia z. Austin Baughman
is the Maryland Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
WORLD ALMANAC.
To the Friend Of the People:
Kindly tell the publisher OF the World
Almanac. where the volume 10 published and the
price. MISS A. B. V.
Joseph Pulitzer is the publisher OF the World
Almanac. 1t is published in the City of New York
and sells for 35c. by mail SOC.
LIONS CLUB
To the Friend Of People:
/ would like TO get into communication with
the Lions Club here in Washington. How can
do so. X. NJ McB.
See Mr.. Caleb o'Connor at the The Chastleton
call him North 10000 You may leave a
sage for the club the willard Hotel, the clubs
headquarters.
COMPOSITION OF IODINE.
TO Friend Of he People:
Will you kindly tell what iodine is made
from! Mrs. r. C. w. Fairfax Va.
Iodine is made from 1.10O centimeters Of grain
alcohol, nifty grams of potassium iodde and
enty grams Of iodide.