davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
The Question
to Consider

THE question to ask yourself
about the four-Power or five
Power treaties now signed,
but awaiting ratification by the
Senate, is: Will the United States,
by going into general partner
ship with the four imperialistic
nations of the earth, convert them
to our ways, or will our partner
ship with them make us morally
responsible for, and impotent to
resist, what they do'
We have always been the best
friend in the world to Russia and
to defenseless China. After the
Boxer uprising our leadership
backed by our powerful forces
then in the Philippines-prevent-
ed the dismemberment of China
by the three greediest European
imperialistic governments.
Will our agreement to cut our
navy in half, our promise not to
create bases for our watchful but
pacific naval vessels in the Far
East, make England and Japan
less aggressive in their control Of
trade on the Pacific, or Japan less
grasping in extending her do
minion over eastern Russia than
she has been?
Our forefathers' policies, no for
eign alliances and the Monroe
Doctrine, were always respected.
It was not because they were
relished or approved by other ma
tons. They were respected be-
cause all knew that, being right,
we were prepared to back them
up with force, if necessary.
Will anyone respect any policy
of a nation when the nation has
no power to enforce it7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
THEY'RE HUMAN
william Anterior Du Puy-

Mr. George Harvey the American ambassador
to the court of St James, is a bit Of an un
garn!shed Yankee but, when he arrived In Lon
don he was wiling to make a few concessions
to convention. Among other things ne engaged
an English valet who had long held That position
in the service of a peer and who could be reheo
upon properly to array MS master lot iof"
occasions. ,-
Harvey had not been in London long before
an invitation came to a formal gathering at
Windsor Castle, important as TO leave the
understanding that 1t called for 1ull Dress oeco-
ratons and everything.
The ambassadors new man exercised great
care in gett ng his master ready. Finally ne
ventured a suggestion:
POSSIBLY there are decorations which you
might wear. They will be quite appropriate.
The ambassador thought for moment
I'm the tray of that old steamer trunk" he
said. you will find my only medal. 1t was
given me upon the occasion of my winning a
bicycle race in Elyria. Ohio, back in 1885.
Col William HAYWARD. United States district
attorney Of New York, commander overseas OF
the famous Negro regiment, gives an odd illus
tration Of the viewpoint that those who break
the laws may have of those same statutes
A banker friend Of Colonel Hayward says he
was approached by a bootlegger Of his acquaint-
ance The bootegger stated that he succeeded
in floating in some fine old Scotch. Would the
banker like some of 1t at $3.50 case?
The banker stated that he was stocked up
on Scotch, thank you.
The bootlegger said that he had some aged
and reliable rye which had come all the way
from Kentucky by truck. Would the banker
like some rye?
No. he said, he had taste for rye.
"Il tell you what l would like, though" he
volunteered. II would like couple of glasses
of absinthe."
Lord no. calculated the bootlegger. 1T Is
against the law to bring that stuff in"
Abs. nthe, you will recall, was prohibited by an
old law which antedates prohibition.
President Harding was getting ready to drive
from his third hole when he discovered that he
had lost his rubber T.
Another player stepped forth and urged the
President to take his T. to use it for the rest
Of the game
But, what will you do?" asked Mr. Harding
II have another" said the player
SHOW il to me-" demanded the President.
The man made good, actually produced, and
his proffer accepted.
Copyright, ls22
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
NATURAL CONCERN.

Doctor (grav elyt-I'm
afraid I'll have to operate.
Patient (alarmed)-Well,
Doc. II you're afraid, how
about me?
Funny that the secret Of
success in life Is the same as
success in sleep-keep your
windows open and your
mouth shut.
Every single man knows
he would save money II he
we're married. and every mar.
ried man knows he would
save money u hs we're single.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10

4 GIRLS SCHOOL has been
"A debating the question: Are
4 4 Beauty and Brains usually
associated"
Out of the debate came the
rather curious statement that
beautiful girls have a different
kind of brain than ugly girls. The
reasoning for the procurement
is based on the theory that the
ugly ducklings are sooner or later
forced into competition with men,
while the pretty chicks, instead Of
competing against men, marry
them.
"The efforts of some women at
present to turn themselves into an
inferior kind Of man are pitiful, y
said one of the debaters. "When
a girl develops such philosophy
she begins to despise other girls.
She thinks they have no brains be-
cause they do not use their brains
in the way she has been compelled
through necessity to use hers
AS for the pretty girl! The de-
baters decided that of the two she
is the preferable. She develops
along natural instead of unnatural
lines.
She thinks as a woman, reasons
as a woman and uses her intel
lect as a woman. And that is
not being inferior or stupid. 1t
is being effective!
Ask men; they know.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
10 You Watch Your Child's Schooiings

Have you a correct idea of what your
young girl or boy is doing in high school
whether he or she has enough to do to
keep out of mischief?
Do you go over occasionally and have
a talk with special teachers and get their
point Of view in regard to the studies
which the child should take and how
much spare time the child should have?
Do you try to fill certain period of
time in recitation, or do you trust to luck
and the school heads to do the best thing
for your SON or your daughter?
II you do not take the trouble TO talk
with them or to interview the superin.
tendent and those In charge Of study
rooms, how can you expect that these
persons are going to do more than you
would for your own?
Too much is expected OF the teacher and
too little Is done by the parent.
Do you not know. fond parent, that the
child IL given only a certain number of
years in which to prepare to meet the
world?
You are certainly older than the child
and should give that child the benefit OF
your greater experience.
or course the kiddies turn you off with
the statement that your way is different
from teachers" but that need not stop
you from finding out how much your
child has learned and planning with the
teachers to make for greater efficiency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
A Deserved Divorce
AIRS. ALMA LORRAINE, o.
M Los Angeles, obtained a di
AVA ,,oroo from har husband

Los Angeles, obtained a d.
AVA vorce from her husband,
Patrick Lorraine.
EVERY time he looked at me-
Mrs. Lorraine testified, she told
me he saw his first wife,
We doubt whether the husband
is honestly entitled to his first
name. No Irishman could posi-
bly, be so foolish.
What got into you, Patrick'
Didn't you know that it is fatal
to tell one woman that you are
thinking Of another' Didn't
some sixth or seventh sense tell
you that a woman's greatest pride
is her exclusiveness, her difference
from all other womenf And that
to have her remind you Of an
other woman is as great a blow to
her as seeing another woman
wearing exactly the same kind of
dress and hat7 Or are you q
little bit shy on the first five
sensesf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
Stars and Stripes

The man who wins IL the one whose head in n
parking place for ideas and not a mere rendez
vous for hair.
People used to go out between the acts to
smoke and now the tendency Is to come in be-
tween smokes to glance at the play.
Not So Much Change.
De Style-Back In the olden time Broadway
only n cowpath.
Gunbusta-And now It's a highway for calves
Reading maketh a full man." This probably
refers to ono Of The best cellars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
Look Out For Influenza
n WO hundred and twenty-five cases of inf
\ clndinn infnctinns nnonnnnnia which e.

Two hundred and twenty five cases of Influenza in
l Guiding infectious pneumonia, which follows in
fuenza, all in day in American cty-New
York
Don't be frightened but also don forget what the in
fluenza did in 1913 and what may do again Be warn
ed by past experience.
Keep your eucocyes, the fighting white corpusces in
your blood in good shape with regular Sleep fresh air
sunshine slow, careful eating, TEMPERANCE. Avoid
modern alcoholic posons.
Don't be like Rabelas' fool of whom Panurge said
II never fool, and I have ten thousand
francs worth, but would drink willingly and that in
long draughs" 1t is quoted from memory but it is near
enough for all but the very precise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
Beauty and Brains.

A GIRLS SCHOOL has been
"a debating the question: Are
4 4 Beauty and Brains usually
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
Franchise for
d. Nearer
THE Senate District of Colum-
bia Commute has ordered a


report to the Senate of two
of the District suffrage bills that
were considered by the committee
at the recent hearings. The meas
ures reported are the Poindexter-
Reed bill for a District delegate
in Congress, and the Jones resolu-
ton, originally the Burroughs
Chamberlain resolution, for Sena-
tors, Representatives and a vote
in the Electoral College, which
was pigeon-holed in the last Con-
gress by the House Committee on
\ Judiciary. The Poindexter-R Reed
bill provides election machinery
for the District, but the Jones
resolution does not.
There is considerable doubt as
to whether the Senate District
Committee had any right to con-
slider or report the Jones resolu-
ton, because consideration of a
constitutional amendment hereto
fore has always been the province
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. Whether this is so or not
makes little difference, because
there are very few Senators, who
favor, at this time, a constitu-
tional amendment giving Senators
and representatives and vote in
the Electoral College to the Dis
trict. Passage by the Senate of
this resolution would also require
a two-thirds vote, which it is we'll
known would be impossible to OBJ
tain.
The Poindexter-R Reed bill for a
delegate undoubtedly will pass,
when it is brought on to the
Senate floor.
We may now anticipate a move
ment of some kind by the foes
of District REIMBURSEMENT to de-
lay as long as possible, and to
prevent it if it can be done, a
vote in the Senate on the Poin-
dexter-Reed delegate bill.
That the District today is one
step nearer suffrage with excel
lent prospects of obtaining during
this Congress at least some of the
political privileges enjoyed by all
other citizens of the Republic, is
due in a large measure to the
persistent, intelligent and coura-
geous efforts of the National
Press Committee for D. G. Suf-
frage.
The Washington Times asks no
credit for having advocated suf-
frage for the District since the
movement started here. 1t has
stood throughout the campaign
for some practical form of suf-
frage legislation that could be
readily obtained from Congress,
such as the delegate bill, and has
more than once exposed the
eamouflage of the constitutional
amendment, believed now by
many to be a device of the foes
of District suffrage to prevent
anv kind of Acknowledgement here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
We TOWNEGOSSIP|
Copyright. ls21.D
BY X. c. B.

A LONG time ago. 7 JUST A day ago.
-
WHEN was IN A cafeteria
younger:
AND HAD less 'N ho' ahSeieS'
sense I'D PUSHED my tray
AND HADN'T ALL DOWN the line
learned.
THAT THE other AH th. a and feA'neo
fellow.
WAS AS much AND WANDERED
entitled on
tn LOOK .t +b,,.. IN FRUITLEss
search
FROM HIS view
point I, FOR AN empty seat.
AS 1 from mine. WHERE might eat
HAD friend AND felt quite
AND HE and l. foolish
PLAYED POLITICS. FOR NEVER before
AND FINALLY. HAD d. packed tray
WE HAD row. AND THEN at last.
AND EACH of us. SAW a man.
SAID UNKIND REACH FOR his hat
AND I beat it to him.
OF HIS erstwhile -,
friend AS FAST as could
ANN W., AND ANOTHER
speak.
WITH A well-filled
AND WERE enemies. tray
AND FOR myself. SAW WHAT I'd
I'M FREE to say. ..
AND WE had a race.
me AND HE beat me
to it.
ANDlN the years AND HE was my
friend.
since them WITH WHOM I'd
quarreled.
CAME MANY times AND SOMEBODY
WHEN , .b,rob. =, brought us.
him. ANOTHER CHAIR.
AND FELT regret AND We crowded in
FOR WHAT I'd said. As again nNh ''''"''
AMI ANYWAY TuANK ,,o,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-10
Cut 1t Short!
BY F. II. COULSON

"BoRN. Wed. Died"
This is the triumphant
achievement Of an Ameri-
can paper as a shorter way
Of announcing "Blrths,
Marriages and Deaths"
We live in an age of
brevity: a breathless age,
whose slogan is Cut IL
Short" And Born, Wed.
Died" reduces the number
Of letters to eleven instead
OF twenty-one.
Think of the time that
saves for the eye In read
ing 1t. Time is money. Cut
II short.
And It IN the same with
the news headline. What
coul6 be heater and more
expressive than Wife
Knitted. Husband HEIDI"
Held" you understand,
takes the place OF arrest
ed" Just as good, and so
beautifully short!
The human race is in a
hurry. This is the age Of
Jerks. This is the age OF
short sermons. short stories,
short words, short wills,
short weight, short meas
ure, short tempers and
short lives.
Are you a reformer, an
economist, a scientist with
q new gospel? II so, cut
Il short.
To get a hearing It ia at
first desirable to yell as
loudly as you can. "Hi"'
And, having thus attracted
your crowd. you must jerk
out your gospel quick or
they'll be off.
are you phiiooop..
an author or a poet with
a massage for the world?
Cut II short. What you
have to say must be en-
cvclopaetlic in character
and Geographic in form.
You may protest plain
lively that II is like hav-
ing to carve faces on
cherry stones. But you've
got to do it.
The aim and end OF life
IL to be happy. SO I sup.
pcse evel ybody likes every.
thing cut short because 1t
makes them happy. But a
distinguished surgeon de-
murs re says II Is be-
cause they are tired-a
mentally exhausted, irrita.
hi. lot who haven't the
notience to think or listen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
IN THE WAKE
OF THE NEWS
Standard Oil in Persia.

= The Standard Oil Company has Sc
cured important Oil concessions II
Northern Persia, for a period of fifty
years According to first reports the
contract entered into gives the Persian
government II per cent of the gross
profits of the oil produced And this
termination of what must have beer
a long series Of international wire
pullisgs and intrigue may explain il
large part the undeclared war which
President Wilson waged against the
Russian people, and later the Llockads
in which America was more jealous
than any other country except France
Russia used to have practical contro
of this Northern Persian territory
and England controlled the Southern
half Hence weak Russia was impor
tant to Standard Oil plans.
This development may also explain
too why England withdrew from the
blockade OF Russia and opened friend
ly trade relations with the Soviet gov
ernment-a thing which both France
and America have as yet refused tt
do.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
Moneys Talk.

Money talks louder and more effec.
lively than anything else" said Judge
Albert FL. Gary, highmogel of the Steel
Trust, in speech before the American
Iron and Steel Institute.
Few OF us can take exception to the
Wall Street mans remarks We have
seen how in the last few years how
Money can say the most stupid things
and yet because Money does the talk.
ing our people believe that they are
wise, or patriotic, Or representative OF
Christian doctrine
In this sane~speech in which Judge
Gary tells us Of what a strong mouth
Money has, he argues for sales tax
ON the ground that it would compel
everyone to contribute according to
his ability to pay" If this is true, we
must b believe that hisA30 cents an hour
employee is just ass able to pay an
extra cent pound on sugar as is the
Judge himself, whose income runs in.
to six to eight figures.
Judge Gary knows better than this
OF course, but he was speaking in this
case as the mouth piece of Money.
Hence, he was far more foolish than
ne would dare to be in talking among
his friends. And the kept press of the
entire country plays up this language
of the dollar as wisdom.
Moneys talk would fail from it's own
foollshness if vast number Of us did
not take noise for sense.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
Courtesy Of The National Is.,..

having wheat and other farm produe,,N
pay their way. ] Butcher, baker bsns
er, lawyer, and school teacher ara >.
vitality bound up in this problem As !,
the farmer himself. And there is n
good reason why they should not h
bearing their share Of the burden n
making the returns of this farming in.
dustry pay costs.
Yet we see everywhere in the Nurth
west a concerted drive by politicians
and business interests to make tbs
farmer carry the whole burden Of TIN
fight. They say tc the farmer: 90 i
all by cooperation" This means that
the backbone Of the nation is to bear
all OF the expense OF organization, bs
is to bear all Of the expense Of fight
ing the grain gamblers in the Iegsb
ture and courts, he is to lear all tho
expense OF seeking means Of financing
his crop movement, independent Of tas
hostile financiers. and when he has
by some miracle, accomplished all
these things, these other classes will
came along and enjoy the prosperity
which the backbone has produced.
The farmers are not going to b
able to do the thing alone in time 10
save themselves i. and the rest Of The
North est depending on them What
is more reasonable than that the farm
ers should ask these other classes 70
help and that these other classes
should be glad to cooperate in demand
ing an immediate revival Of the Gov
eminent Grain Cooperation?
The universal problem can hardly
be handled by: part Of society. M
should use our common social agency,
the federal government, for this COM
mon social need.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
COMERTOWN

E. S. Strand was at the coal mine
Thursday
Mrs. Walter Carter was shopping
in town Thursday.
Art Carlson was in town Thursday.
Herald Hooper was to Westby and
visited the Holy Rollers meetings
in that city.
John Meyers and family were shop
ping in town Thursday
John Series was at the coal mine
Thursday.
Bob Davis, who had finger am
putated at the Kenmare hospital, has
returned home and is getting along
fine.
Bill Carson was in town Thursday.
Bill says he is feeling fine.
U. G. Farmhouse was a visitor in
Comertown Thursday.
Anthony Helcoe was shopping in
town Thursday.
Blaine Van Pelt was in Thursday
and is getting along fine after his
operation.
R. P. Fitzgerald was in on bust
ness Thursday.
Alvin Bruvold was at the Beaver
mine Thursday.
Mrs, Tom Brockley was visiting in
town Thursday.
Mrs. John Series and Miss Flora
Promo attended the dance in Conner
town Saturday night.
U. S. A. to Elmer Nicktrson. pat
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
cIeveIand's Good Move.

Advocates of proportional repressh
tation for electing policy determining
officers, were greatly pleased by 'H'
results of the recent election in Ge'F
land, Ohio.
The voters in this great city appESf
ed of proportional representation aha
the manager plan of government " .
vote of 77,704 to 58,349 against 'h'
measure.
Proportional representation Is
plan,. somewhat hard 10 explain !.
sort space, whereby each imp0F4n
group of sentiment can get Represents
ton in the council or Legislature n. w.
cording to its voting strength 1hi
gives a council or Legislature made "
of representatives of all the parties u
stead of, as now, the party when ''-
poll the plurality of votes 49,.
The city manager plan, is also inter-
esting in that it applies to puDl iso,
porations, the form Of organl1' NV
found in all private corporatlopo, 10. I,
people elect their representatlVss, ,.,
the council and the council u '' r,Is.
sible for outlining the detail p ',s,i,.
and it hires a manager to do the aa nra,
istrativa work for it. This manasd
has charge of everything Of 4 a
ness nature which the city aOs'. rort
IS able to make all departments , Tos
together and everyone can know 5s, se,se
ly who is responsible Tor 'A0
ings. ,ortiana
To the writer's mind, propo aa,o,
representation to elect county '' .onatg
sioners and the hiring Of a s 81 h.
manager to run the business ;u,nrors
county would make a vast IL ln copsg
ment over the present form ;' VI IN sss
government and we hope to i've r II b
the day when this relofn-
brought about. uoniae thef
Reactionaries VINO u lines al
own business along THESE .na pubI!
generally opposed to has sactiys sd
business run in the same en''
truly democratic way
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-04-07
More Foreign Loans.

New York financiers have offered
Argentina s5e,oO0,o0O loan. Part OF
this loan will be used in buying sup,
plies here in the United States. But
it is interesting to note that New York
financiers who conducted the boycott
against North Dakota bonds are willing
to jump into a loan of this kind
North Dakota, previous to the recent
bond issue, had hardly a dollar of pub.
lie debt and its business would not
compare unfavorably with that of the
little South American republic. Yet
the Argentine debt without this $780,,
100000 is over 100000, 600.