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The Washington times., 1922-10-27
WOMAN is CHIEF COUNSELOR OF
TURK GENERAL, KEMAL .

and married under the ordinary
Turkish custom, Madame Hafh
knows every detail Of the clois-
tered life Of the Turkish daughter
.I was brought up to .Tur,sisa
housekeeping" she says, and
could. ike any other good Turl<ish
wife, pick out a. uReful slave tor
the house ana know the exact price
to pay for her. ip{ - -. =
at have spent MANY mornings In
the slave markets. for the choice
and management Of, the woman
slaves n the first Accomplishment
Of the Turkish housewife. Va,
Knows Home AFts. 49,. n.
And, for that matter could 20
to an English. butchers shop and
pick out the proper soint Of beef
or mutton for an Engiishman's DIN
per. for I have studied thousekeep7
ing from the occidentai point Of
view as well as from that Of the
secluded Oriental. I, g, g ..',.>
"I could. after seeing her per.
toEIu, IhIft thCg UAxlfuuAH pksIe
which should be paid for . Circas.
sian dancing girl, whose grace and
beauty might charm thsslord Of the
harem. - - -
AFTER conciudins,; n bargain IN
the slave market I copld asstinne
English dress and play tsnnts, 6r
amuse my English ana French
friends At the piano, or sfn6 the
latest songs from New York, Lin.
don or Paris" ~ fa rS2
These half,jesting. REMARKS hard.
ly convey the romance snd wonder
Of the life Of this strange woman,
A better idea can be obtained nom
her book, "Fetters Brpken by
Strength" which gives IN account
Of Turkish, women's Sstruggie. TOR
freedom, tits a fierce attack upon
polygamy. Il sty ,,,%i -,
AS minister OF education 1t An.
CORA, Madame Halid : has acted
both as teacher and organiser.
She insisted upon the laying asfdt
the veil and organised q Iiursing
corps OF women from among fhose
who had been brought up 70 hide
their faces from the sight Of man,
Those who know the Near East
bes. hesitate to put any limit 70
the position this woman may attain
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
Third Grade Pupils Smoke
and Chew.
BY InternationsI News Service.

HILLSDALE, Mich. - Vigorous
measures to wipe out cigarette
smoking among third-grade school.
boys here have been taken by 8. J.
Gier, superintendent of schools,
following an investigation which
showed, he asserted. that the use
Of tobacco among school children
virtually amounts to an epidemic.
School children Of nine and ten
years are almost addicted to chew.
ing tobacco and smoking Il In pipes,
Superintendent Gier said. Many
pupils are said to have admitted
that grocers and tobacco dealers
sell tobacco to minors without
question. Prosecutions will follow,
the superintendent declares.
Fifty pupils In third to eighth
grade are smokers, Gier estima ted
after Questioning them, and about
sixty In high school.
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
BY International News Service.

by International News Service.
r )NDON, Oct. 25.-In the days
following the great war every
- American or Englishman Wis
iting Constantinople knew Madame
Hafid Edib Hanum.
Representative OF the modern
lied, emancipated, intelligent, cul-
tured Turkish women, she made
friends as well as admirers among
those she met.
Then. In 1920. she fell under sus-
picion because Of her advanced
views and the remarkable variety
Of nationalities comprised In her
circle Of friends. Next she was
condemned to death.
Eluding the police. with the aid
Of an American film operator, she
flew from Constantinople direct to
Angora and threw in her lot with
the Turkish Nationalists.
The escape was made In broad
daylight. "a "a
Kemal hailed Madame Hafid AZ,
a new and valuable influence and
aided the efforts she made on be.
half Of the unemancipated women
Of the district. In his first minis.
try she was allotted the post OF
minister Of education.
Very shortly after she became
deep in the counsels Of the Ma
tionalist leader. In spite Of his re-
ngious prejudices, Mustapha Ke-
NAL began to believe in her with a
trust almost fanatical. He takes
no political step without her ad-
vice.
Western Sympathies.
Old men Of the party grumble
and whisper in angry asides, but
Kemal pays them no heed. When
Kemal establishes the national as
sembly in Constantinopie Madame
Hafld win have D very important
portfolio In his administration.
At the same time all her sympa.
thies are Western. Turkey will
never be reunited without the help
OF freed woman" Is the text OF the
discourse she breaches. She
speaks and reads English perfect
iy. and. although her mother was n
pure-blooded French woman, all
her real sympathies are with Eng.
lish ideals.
Nevertheless, born In harem
The Washington times., 1922-10-27

An the nns things that Damon Runyon says about Sam
Dreben we deserved He likes his adopted country il
willing fight for It, His record in fighting his decorations Of
che highest order show that he real fighter good
any sh French Russian, Prussian English Italian Scan
dnavan any other nationality of fighter that
lived. =. .'
The curious thing that it should be necessary and de-
rable occasionally prove that the Jews class fight
srs when they have first-class cause.
For one man that knows about Sam Dreben the young
hundred thousand that Benny Leonard another
capable young Jew who enjoys fighting for large purses
And or The many that know about Sam Dreben and Benny
Leonard not hundred knows anything about the really
great Jewish hero snoza who red his life every day for
the truth telling plainly he It. He worked for hv
ing grinding lenses while he taught the philosophers of the
world how to think He refused the fortune that rich Eng
shman would have left him. saying Leave your brother
he needs it. Leave forty day you choose in
lose my eyesight. =|
That Spinozs real Fighting Jew doing the kind
Of fighting worth while He fought with his BRAIN despised
and hated ignorance and superstition nothing
When he died the only property Of value he
bedstead which he left to of his relatives and silver
handled pocket knife, worth less than q dollar.
But he left to the world philosophy the principles
sound thinking worth the human times over
than all the accumuations Of all the Rothschids. .
you want to know about Sam Dreben first class
patriotic young fighter read Runyon poem in the cosMo
P0LITAN. 'Ht -. % r.. ...... .@..
you want to know about spnoza go to the Public
Library and get Sir Frederick Poocks Life and Letters Of
spinoza. Better STILL You have head for that sort Of
thing get spinozas own works and read them ~
The Washington times., 1922-10-27

into battle on the ordinary
civilian?
1t is scientifically analysed In
the book. The excitement Of an
attack converts the normal hu-
man being into a simple fight
ing machine. The effects Of the
excitement are Ito increase the
heart beats, raise the blood pres
sure, and set free glucose from
the liver in response to the de-
mand of the muscles for more
foodstuffs." The utility of these
bodily changes Is obvious. en-
abling the man to do more mus
cular work and to withstand
fatigue longer,
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
London a City Of Hills and Lakes in
Its Younger Days

the word London comes from the
Latin Londinium. which was the
name given to our city by the
Romans when they occupied
Britain.
1t seems probable that the Ro-
mans coined this name from the
Celtic word Llyn din, which vas
what the original settlement on
Cornhill was christened. The
word Din" means a hill or fort
ress, and "Llyn" means q lake.
LONDON.-Henceforth in Swift
zerland the girl who wears a low
necked dress and wishes to in
sure herself will have to pay a
much higher premium than the
girl who wears q dress buttoned
up to her throat.
Several Swiss insurance COM
panies who accept illness risks
have notified their woman clients
that premiums will be increased
Is per cent from November l to
certain of their sex.
This action, they declare, has
become necessary owing to losses
resulting from the wearing of
low-necked dresses. short skirts
and sleeves and high heels, whicn
have greatly increased the
amount Of illness
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
BY Universal Service.

~ ONSTANTINoPLE. Oct. rs.
"A strange city, this Con-
~ stantinople! A city Of one
street and a thousand alleys. The
one street.-the Grande Rue de
Pera-iined on either side with
magnificent shops. shops that
rival in their elegance those Of
Bond street. the Rue de In Paix
or Fifth avenue.
The thousand alleys, squalid,
reeking passages. where the
overhanging bow windows almost
meet overhead, each one built
on a steep hill. q wearisome
climb over slippery cobbles, ris-
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
MILLIONS OF SPECIAL DELIVERY
.~ STAMPS USED ..aa 's s.@ r. :. !.
BY Internatierai News Service.

BY Internatiepai News Service.
URING the last year every
iii man in the United States
~ sent one special delivery let
ter and every other man received
reply, or, In the event the ladies
are the greatest users Of the
stamp, every won IN sent one let.
ter and every ner woman re.
ceived one in r, ply according to
figures just cor piled at the Post
Office Department
The genera belief that these
rush letters Ire associated with
Summertime, the open season
for spooners. was given . rude
The Washington times., 1922-10-27

Jolt by the fieures.which jdisciosed
that more specials are sent In, the
last quarter Of the. year than dur.
ing any other period in6icating
probably that ti,s avtrageS citi1en
ignores the mail, ,earfy. plea and
then spends ten cents toseet his
Christmas package rSehed. !.
Reports from southekn cisss'de.
clare that the negr'n N tho most
extensive user, OF the, rectangular
stamp. some OF ,hem pntting one
on each letter they send. -. 4s,a
The number OF special delivery
sosalss ;S,S aSsns To.. fes c rse,,sss
from the sale OF <ne statnps were
T,tss.ass, averaging mors than
half q million dollars . month.
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
Greatest Violin Collection,

The worlds greatest violin col
lection is kept in a vault of a
Pittsburgh. Pa. bank. The col.
lection, including a Stradivarius
worth 100000, belongs to Gabriel
NJ. Francois, who says that he
can prove that the violfns made
today are In no way inferior to
the aged instruments.
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE
Interesting Facts About Astronomy, Gravity
ETC., Given in Answer to Questions OF s
Curious Correspondents.

susceptible 20 ihe effects q the
passage OF cO1cpsstpnat Ysxea.
The force OF the shock counfnu.
nicated through the earth would
depend upon the character -of the
ground and the gsologicak struc.
ture OF the underlyins, roct1. n
When Hell Gate. near New
York city, was blown up With, q
tremendous charge Of dynAmits
yery remarkable differences In ithe
intensity OF the shock In differ.
emf parts OF Manhattan and
brooklyn were noticed. Z These
evidently arose from variations
In the character and pondition Of
the rocks. In some places people
felt al II they were being 3erked
from their feet. and IN other
places, not more Distant there
was almost no Shaking. H. 5t
"If az astronomers cialm the
dark areas on the moons,
surface are great deprssstons,
filled with shadow, ana n not
material OF darker color than
the surrounding parts. why are
those areas just an distinct and
sharply defined at fun moon
when the SUM- asf. shining
vertically ON its surface?3 ,tt
...Aiso, please explain why the
under side OF cumulo-plfnbtis
clouds 10 dat. .'--E. u g., 9. o.
Coaet, Boston. (. 'f@s..'',. - (
You, with many others al /
have found. are under q udsap-
prehension with regard to what
astronomers mean by shadows
formed on the . MOONS strface.
The broafi. dark areas called I n
astronomical literature maria ?
or Seas" are nor shadows, but
permanently dark regiops, whose
sombre tint may, as you remafk.
be due to the color OF the aur.
face. In some places. II. has EVEN
been suggested, these dark tjnts
on the moon may : arise from
vegetation. - " -! -
Personally, I think It b more
likely to be caused by the quality
Of the ground: The only shadows
on the moon, except that cast by
the earth during a lunar ectpee,
are to be seen IN the interiof ,of
the .'craters," or ,'.ring,n6gn.
tains." such az !, krchfmsdes.
Copernicus. Tycho., and - sep,
and alongside OF all mountains
and elevations that are iIlurtlt
mated by sloping sunlight. When
the light balls vertically upon
these formations the shadows dis.
The ieveiness or y,atness Of the
under side of cumuliss and cprih.
lo-pimbus clouds ID A.sresuit u
the manner In which they are
formed. A cloud. as .yoH know.
Ia condensed atmosphefie eshqls.
ture. The condensation occurste
an elevation where the temper
atures reaches q point low enough
to change the invisible aqueous
vapor into visible cloud IN the
kind of weather In which this
class Of clouds forrns the ''con.
densation temperature". is found
at nearly the same Level over wide
areas--hence the flatneas Of the
under surface Of ne cIbnds, which
are formed from tascending cur
rents Of moist air. ~ -
The Washington times., 1922-10-27

This young man. Russian by BIRTH enlisted the Fourteenth
Regular Infantry in his teens Followed service in the
Philippines and China and soldier Of fortune In Ncara
qua Mexico scouting for Pershing in Mexico and the
Great War Dreben sergeant in the Thirty
sixth Division For leading desperate raid against machine
gun position received the American Distinguished Service
Cross the Oroix de Guerre with Palm and the Medais Mil
tare highest French award enlisted Sam Dreben
patriot soldier gentleman known throughout the Army
rs 1.-THE Fighting Jew ...:r ~. Il ! ~, e.,
On his chest you indication Of his fighting qualities
in the way Of medals, ..s~.* e.- 81. ...
Runyon who has enough Of work to know
that fighting ism exactly pasms young Dreben and
has written poem about him in the NOVEMBER issue Of
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE. It is just published and this
Is first of the poem You find the others and
large photograph Of Dreben in the COSMOPOLITAN for
SOVEMBER
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
A S2O,OOO,OOO Map.

A map has been made Of Eng.
land containing more than l0s..
900 sheets, which cost more
than s1,0D0. 900 year for twen-
ty years 10 prepare.
The Washington times., 1922-10-27
By Garrett p. Serviss.
Eminent Astronomer and Author.
ity on Subjects Of ScieD-
tific Interest.

Eminent Astronomer and Author.
ity on Subjects Of ScieB-
tific Interest.
els H. G. Wells right In stat
ing that since the earth became
solid the length of the day has
greatly changedr'-E. r. c.
nv HE use of the word day" in
such cases is misleading, be-
Il cause the period Indicated
by that term Is 30 intimately as.
sociated with human affairs and
human history. This period 's
measured by the time taken by
the earth to make one rotation
on It's axis. No known change In
that time has occurred since the
earliest recorded human history.
Theoretically, the rotation period
may have been very different be-
fore the earth became solid: but
then there could have been no
evidence of q great change" In
the length Of the rotation period
"since the earth became solid"
Whatever is affirmed on mat sub
ject is OF Q speculative nature.
1t may or may not be so. 49,
"If the earth and moon are
both drawn toward the sun.
why don't they go there?"--
L. b. NJ. Superior. Wis.
For the same reason that q
rifle bullet fired horizontally,
though continually drawn toward
the earth, goes a longer or short
er distance according to its We
locity before striking the ground.
II the resistance Of the air were
removed. as II Is with respect to
the earth and moon travelling in
space. the bullet might 30 entire
ly around the earth and become
a satellite to II, being all the time
drawn toward the earth's center.
yet, in consequence Of Its forward
motion. never getting nearer the
surface. A speed Of about five
miles per second would suffice
for that. ...y rs 80
"On the explosion Of 3b tons
. Of dynamite at q stone quarry
approximately two miles from
the village where ] resided, !
was standing on a cement side-
walk at home. facing the scene
of the explosion. saw the
flash. followed In a few seconds
by n terrific detonation. I felt
no tremor beneath or con-
cussion In the air. But a large
number OF people all declared
that in their houses they felt
a violent shaking. and shared
the common impression that II
was due to an explosion in
their own Easements. Can you
explain these singular facts?"
p. II. B., La Grange, III.
No conclusion In the air would
probably be noticed at q distance
OF two miles by one standing out
Of doors. A building. on account of
It's size, and its hollow construction
separating the interior air from
that outside. would be much more
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

The supposition that many a
lost article Is obtained by those
who did not lose It Is hardly
borne out by the experience Of the
Fourteenth street office. It might
seem easy to pick out q good UNI
brella. and take II away. but the
tag system stops such a proce-
dure. When you make your COM
plant you must describe. the ar
ticle in detail. you must tell the
direction Of the car on which you
left 1t and must give the date
and time OF day. Then. having sat
isfied the office 1t Is yours. you
must offer ident. ncation before
you sign the receipt which gives
your name and address.
Mr.. Kaiser's storage would
stock fair-sixed combination
store and museum. Umbrellas
are far in the lead. with women's
umbrellas greatly predominating.
The walls of the room are mark.
ed off with spaces for sixty days,
and a glance will show just the
sort Of weather experienced here
on each of these days. Let the
day be rainy and two days later
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

the financial return. but the sys-
tern the company has adopted
promotes honesty. as the chances
are. under the plan now followed.
that the property turned In VIII
finally be returned to the finder
rather than the loser.
Lose an article on a car. and
IL It Is found by either member OF
the crew It Is handed over to the
superintendent of the barn as
soon a. that destination is reach.
ed. on 1t is pinned q tag bearing
brief description Of the article.
the name Of the finder, number Of
the car and the time II wrs pick.
cd up. For forty-eight hours the
property remains in the hands Of
the superintendent and, II not re-
claimed in that time. It Ia taken
to Mr.. Kaiser's office. which re-
turns . receipt to the superinten-
dent OF the barn.
TAGS STOP CROOKS.
Providing the owner does not
make q. claim within sixty days, II
10 sent back to the superintend-
snt. who. In turn. gives It to the
finder.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

number Of newly purchased ar.
ticles, left on the cars. Once
more Mr.. Kaiser's explanation is
that on shopping tours women
usually 80 after particular things
and are mere careful.
A live baby 10 the prize case
on record among the lost articles.
When q conductor going into the
Four-anda-half street barn found
a child. little more than an in
fant. the whole barn was in
quandary. The police were called
In. The baby was taken to the
station house and finally returned
to the ,thoughtless mother.
A mysterious article in the col.
lection ID silver mesh bag that
contains 32z.12. It has been in
the storehouse for q year and q
half. The package came through
the mail with a note signed
Johnny Jones. Clarendon. Va"
stating IL was found on a ear.
After two months Mr. Kaiser
wrote ''Mr. Jones" telling him the
bag had not been called for, and
remarixing that It would be au-
tomaticaliy returned to the find
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

after the death of his wife. That
event was a crushing blow, more
severe In this case even than it
It in that of the savage man.
Certainly most men living ac-
tive lives and holding big posi-
tions have wide circles Of friends
and many interests. In this re-
spect Bonar Laws circle was
limited.
His wife was of the very
fabric of his life; he is by nature
very affectionate. so that the
"sundering Of companionships"
struck him with extraordinary
severity. In the course Of our
friendship I have seen him pass
through many troubles. including
the loss of two sons In the war.
and its basis has in the end be-
come of such a character that
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
Lord Beaverbrook Tells Story of Friendship With Bonar Law

forward saw more Of him, and
1t was plain that my converse,
ton amused him.
But 1t was at Manchester that
I first saw him In the light Of q
public man. There I heard from
him the first big political speech
delivered to a vast audience which
I had ever heard. Bonar Law
spoke magnificently, and q feel
Ing akin to hero-worship welled
up In my heart.
Here, I felt, was something
notwithstanding apart from
the ordinary run of men. I
thought that he was the greatest
statesman and politician I was
ever likely to meet.
Later In the campaign he came
to speak for me in my own con-
stituency of Ashton-under.Lyne.
Ny attraction for him was, I
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

the particular section 10 packed
with umbrellas. The next day
there are fewer. and on the fol-
lowing day, which is probably
clear, the number 10 negligible.
A month ago or so marked the
end Of a protracted damp spell
here. and the wall boxes still
contain scores Of umbrellas Of
that period.
GLOVES COME NEXT.
Second in numerical order Of
articles recovered are women's
gloves. and there is a constant
stock Of these on hand. 20 seldom
do the owners call. Mr.. Kaiser's
study Of this feature leads to the
conclusion that. unlike the case
OF the lost umbrella. the women
are seldom able to recall where
the gloves might have been lost.
Another factor In that. being
cheaper. they do not take the
same trouble to locate them as
they do when they miss the um.
brellas.
Third come articles Of clothing
Of miscellaneous sorts. A unique
aspect is the comparatively smail
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

er. The letter came back with a
stamped notice that "Mr. Jones"
was unknown in Clarendon. SO the
bag is still in the safe.
CHECKBOOK HUMOR.
There appears to be'a jokesmith
in Washington who gets real en-.
ioyment over his comedy without
being there to smile. Every once
in a while a check for some
amount OF more than $1,000 will
be found. and when 1t is regis
tered the railway company i'm.
mediately calls up to stop pay
ment. The bank finds that the
one whose name appears on the
check has no account there and
az the handwriting is the same.
Il Ia suspected that the same man
IL scattering the checks just for
the annoyance and excitement he
may cause.
Real money II not ~ often
found as might generally be ex-
pected. When 1t is, 1t goes to
passengers rather than to en-
ployes. and most Of the money
that reaches the superintendent IL
In small amounts. seldom sought
except in the case Of poor workers
who might have lost their weekly
pay envelope. The largest amount
of currency turned in was
about S1.400. which a conductor
picked up In a wallet. Hardly
had It reached the barn chiefs
desk than the telephone rang.
and In ten minutes an Oklahoma
visitor rushed in out Of breath.
admitted his roll was intact. and
was so overjoyed that he offered
to buy a bottle Of bootleg Tor
everyone in the office.
One Of the most unreasonable
customers Mr.. Kaiser's office has
ever had to deal with was the
spouse OF q general in the United
States Army. A motorman de-
posted at the barn S157. which. he
says. he picked up scattered
through his car. The money was
labeled and was about to go into
the safe when a woman dashed
out of a taxicab and claimed the
roll. She counted It out and then
exploded with rage, claiming that