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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Words Used in Letters
Not in Her Vocabulary

Nine. Beekman, standing in the cen
ter of her tiny room, with copies OF
these letters in her hand. pointed q
small pink forefnger at them and gave
vent to her overwrought feelings in Il
torrent of explosive French:
Lies Lies Lies!' she stormed.
How can they do such things? !
never wrote such letters; they are no.
such letters as l would write. THIS
word fl 4 fidelity: do not know that
word. 1t Is all q lie!
1T Is not for them to worry. would
not marry again-my husband or any
one else. / have learned the lesson.
Husbands are to be avoided, especially
American husbands. Not all for !
know some that are good and kind and
consjderate of their wives.
But the American husband usually
is driven by his wife until he becomes
the slave. He must buy her what she
wants, give her everything, humor her
always. The wife marries to get what
she can out Of her husband. and the
husband marries so that there will be
one woman who Is his. 1t is terrible,
terrible, these American marriages.
I'm France 1t Is different. Hus-
bands are better. They treat their wives
but 1t is wonderful the way those
French husbands care for their wives.
They are real protectors, they show their
wives the real way to life; they are the
teachers as we'll as the mates.
Here in America what is it?" she
asked. THE husband is not interested
In his wife he has always some other
woman who holds his attention. Do l
not know? 1t is so with my own hus-
band. He wants to get married again
know it, and l know who it is that
he loves. Her name Is Madeleine.
know, but he thinks ! do not
Alors, we shall see
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Says American Woman
Are Not InpdteIu Chic

The American wife can 60 into n
good shop with roll Of bills and buy
certain amount of chic by buyinx
clothes of real distinction, but onlS
rarely it is that she has the instinct for
chic herself. SO that she could select the
same garments from pile of other,
without merit.
In France there are more grisettes
with true instinct for dress than there
are rlch American wives in this coun-
try.
81 That is why the styles coma from
Paris. And when they do come tbev
are late. The styles in America do NOT
begin to take hold before they are fading
away In Paris in place of another. OnIS
the most expensive shops and one or
two of the best modistes keep pace with
the changes in Paris"
She shuddered with mock horror.
And the colors Oh, what terrible
colors American women wear. None
seems to have any idea of color at all.
Such combinations. Mon Dieu! Color
first, then line, are good Indications Of
taste. So many of the colors are raw
and crude and-and insulting to ones
eye.
Il think the present wave of black
has come just in time to save the Amer
lean women from going color MAD.
Never have they looked SO we'll as nov
when this black takes from them nil
choice as to what color or combination
of tints they shall wear.
And shall blame the American hus.
band for this lack Of taste also, for 1t
is true that the American women. and
all women elsewhere, dress to please the
husbands and those who, may becom,
husbands. N'est-ce pas? Then if these
husbands have not the taste to dan,ond
better clothes to be worn by their wives
what reason have the wives to dress
better? 1t Is very simple.
THE French husband Is a man of
taste. He has something of the artist
in him, as al! t'renchmen do. He will
not permit that his wife shall dress I'm
poor taste, and he will not permit that
the wife shall spend much money in he.
coming we'll dressed. So the French
husband gets better results with least
cost. He is more efficient; he is a bet
h,e nd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15

The little French bride came. then,
alone to America. and stepped alone
unon its alien soil. without knowledge
of more than one word of its tongue.
That one word was Dear
always he called me that in those
first days" she explained.
She went to live with her mother
in-law, Mrs. Agnes Vail Beekman, at
266 West 121st street.
II was so lonely" she went on.
"My husbands mother did not like me.
think. and never paid much attention
to me. I tried my best to learn the
English language--and to forget that
one word of it knew. I could not.
"In July my husband came home,
and he was not in the army any more.
The war was over. everywhere hus-
bands came home to their wives. 1t
was a very happy time-for everybody
else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15

The status of the social order in
America, and particularly that as
pect which deals with the relations
Of man and wife, has stood at the
bar of judgment in the mind of this
girl, pleaded its case with the mag
nifcent insolence of Indifference and
has been condemned.
Four years ago Nine. Refine Mar
guerite Pugnoud Beekman was a
seventeen-year-old schoolgirl in her
native town of st. Jean d'Angely, in
the Department of Charente, France.
Today she sits in a dingy hall bed
room in New York, plying her needle
to earn her daily bread and looking
out, as she has done for two hard,
weary years, upon the ever-changing
pageant Of American civilization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15

received by Beekman from his wife.
One, which, 1t is claimed. she wrote on
the eve Of her departure from the Bronx
apartment December "a. 1920, reads :
Dudley am gone and never shall
come back. If you want divorce or
separation I am ready. If you want to
speak to me you can put red ribbon
at the window and you can meet me in
front of the house here, downstairs:
l hold no grulge against YOU. Guard
good remembrance of me-
Different is the letter alleged to have
been received some time later:
Dudley, dearest. take me back.
Listen. my Dudley, dear, take back
your little wife. II you know how un.
happy l am since left you. l cried
for you all the days. but too proud.
did not want to come back. have no
more courage to suffer any longer, and
want to come back. ! wish by my love
and my fidelity to make you forget all
the bad | did yOu'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
GLAMOUR OF WIOOLNG WORE
OFF SOON AFTER STRANGE
SCENES AND FXCES CA1NE
Frenchman Beats Wi1e, Then Heals
Bruise With Kiss, but american Only
Offers Money to Solace Wounded
Heart

MEXICAN husbands vastly inferior genus
"A brethren in matrimony
Dupe their wives, exploited by their families Indifferent
things
standard of connuba excellence which obtains
Studied cyncism? No. Bitterness? dsluson
experience? Most certainly yes
conclusion brmming cup young
girthis indictment
today is the fruit experience its
parallel in the tragic international marriage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
French brides arriving in America

.ney are so matter of fact. They think
,It ,Iat when they have given their wives
pLenty of money they have done every
thing they need do. They have not
truee-what shall I sayI-sympathy
with their wives. They have no finesse
IN Ia tneir love nor insight with his re-
iations with women"
onconsciously her fingers sought her
upper arm.
"A woman does not mind q bruise
now and then from the man She love. );
she went on. 'if he is kind and con.
slGerate to her most of the time. She
VIII put up with that. Some women
1 think all women at heart-have some
OF the OLD time cave woman in them,
Secretly they enjoy TO be roughly
treated by their husbands, if there is
not too much Of 1t.
But a woman cannot forgive that
her husband should become indifferent,
so much used to her that he takes her
what is it?-for granted. N'est-ce pas?
\ woman remains in love longer than
her husband; 1t is true, that. A good
wite, who Is true TO her husband, must
turn to him for this love. and it is
great hurt II he is cold to her.
That Is where the American hus-
band is different from the French hus-
band. The American wife, she is lucky
II the husband brings her some flowers,
perhaps. on their wedding an on the
day that 1t was that they were first
but the French husband thinks of
these things always. Perhaps it is that
he beats his wife sometimes. ITEMS
1t is forgotten tomorrow. when he is so
good and thoughtful for her. As 10
the American husband. he beats the
wife also, maybe, but in payment he
gives her some money!
The essentially characteristic Ameri.
can habit of spending great deal of
time away from the home has not es-
capped the notice of this observing little
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Declares American Men
Are Too Matter of Fncf

But the French husband is better
in this way also, that he gives his wife
all those little attentions which are so
small in themselves but mean so much
to q woman.
american husbands do not do that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
Omar's Philosophy Fits
Into Her Scheme of Life

But the, French husband is happy
If the wife is not careful with tbo
money, he makes trouble for her.
Always the French husband is bet.
ter, think" -.
Such is the conviction implant.5 4,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15

selves cut off from the companionship
of their husbands.
I'm short. when a French woman
was called upon to live in Texas. OF the
Middle West. she found herself hope-
lessly unrooted - ..+- -,
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
BOARD 81 REPLY
IN VAN W|NKLE
CASE E|SREAOY
Commissioners to Contend
They Had Right to Admonish
Woman Chief.

Jurisdiction Of the Distric- Com
missioners over members OF the po-
lice force was not abused when the
Commissioners recently admonish-
ed Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, head
Of the women's bureau. 20 observe
hereafter a more subordinate and re-
spectful attitude toward her super
iors in the Police Department.
Such is the reply Commissioners
Rudolph. Oyster and Keller, through
the office of the District corpora
tion counsel. will make this after
noon to Mrs. Van Wrinkles suit for
a writ to compel the city heads 10
set aside this warning.
Accompanying the answer will he
the records OF the case from the be.
ginning until the Commissioners de-
cision and statement. The Commits.
sioners also are expected TO inform
the court that IL would be almost
impossible to maintain proper dis
cipline II the Commissioners had no
power to admonish subordinates
The court is not called upon to
decide whether the trial boards Ge-
cision was just or unjust. The court
will only judge whether the Commits
sioners had the power to abmoniSh
Mrs. Van Wrinkle by warning i1er to
observe a more subordinate attitude
in the future.
The court can either dismiss the
case, approving the Commissioners
reply that Jurisdiction was not ex-
Ceeded or it can send the case back
to the Commissioners and order a
review.
District officials feel confident
that the District will be upheld.
Robert L. Williams, assistant Dis
trict Corporation Counsel, prepared
the Districts answer. He will file II
in the District Supreme Court some
time this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
NO BARGAIN SALE" IN THIS
GIRLS LOVE.

Dear Bill: Your paper is au-
thOrity for the statement that
Miss Winitred Davidson, of Bos-
ton, rejected 499 proposals from
one SuitOr and many from others.
On his 5OOth proposal she accept
him and they aUere married.
/ consider her a model of good
sense. Had she done like many
girls, and grabbed at the first
proposal she had, the chap she
married 'OOuld have felt that he
got her at a bargain sale and
might hare tntimated as much to
her in later gears. NOW he
kno1Os he got real vdlue. At least
she WiH make him think so, and
If he erer gets gay, or begins
chiding her, What she OiH be able
to say to him WW be plenty.
The main point of it, though, Is
that this girl has taken plenty Of
time to ascertain Whether her
present husband WGs 1COrth being
married TO, and has eliminated
some of the chances of mistake.
That husband WW neuer be able
to tell her that she "chGsed" hin,
to death to make him marry her.
LOUISE X.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
ALLFOR
'RACT|ME' PLAN,
DR.. BALLOU SAYS
Teachers Also, Superintendent
Asserts, Favor Daylight
Saving Hours.

The teachers and pupils OF the
Washington public schools are AL
most unanimously in favor of the
"ragtime" plan, DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of Schools,
stated this afternoon.
Il visited eleven schools this morn.
ing and attended a teachers lunch
con a the Tenley School this after
noon" DR.. Ballou said. "and l found
absolutely no opposition TO the plan.
Almost everybody talked with was
heartily in favor of the idea"
DR.. Rallou has received letters
from a number of Congressman on.
posing the daylight saving plan.
Several of them, fathers Of children
in the Washington schools, are said
to object on behalf of their children.
The matter will be taken up al
meeting of the Board of Education
at the Franklin School at 2:20 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. At this meet
ing DR.. Ballou will sound out feeling
on the plan in all parts Of the school
system.
THE pupils find coming to school
an hour earlier no hardship, as far 4 $
I have been able to learn" DR.. Bal
lou stated. Il asked the children
whether they were sleepy. They
laughed and stated emphatically
that they were not.
Il visited one school. out near the
Sixteenth street reservoir, where
many of the children had TO come
mile or more to school. In the entire
building there was but one child
tardy this morning and he was but
a half minute late.
Il asked the children In the
schools / visited how many Of them
went to bed an hour earlier at night.
Fully 95 per cent of them indicated
that they did.
THE public school system is not
opposed to daylight saving"
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
1000 QUARTERS
STREET.
WHEN BAG SLIPS
Boy Picks Up 3,eee From Side
walk, Finds Missing Coin
In Pocket.

A half peck or three thousand nine
hundred and ninety.nine brand new
quarters from the Treasury Depart
ment, spinned and rolled on the pave
ment in front of 1919 + street north
west yesterday afternoon. They
poured like rain from a bag which
was slung over the left shoulder Of
a runner of the American National
Bank, 1915 F street.
In the bag when the runner left
the Treasury Department were 4 900
quarters which he had received for
a 81 900 bill When the quarters had
been handed to the runner, he threw
the bag across his shoulder and
started east on r street for the bank
where he is employed. Suddenly the
ring at the mouth OF the bag became
loOsened and then
Well. the quarters just ran to the
pavement and danced about for
several minutes. a hundred or more
pedestrians surrounded the nervous
youth as he started to gather in the
quarters. Former Detective Sergeant
Robert Hewlett came along. He
formed a ring of pedestrians around
the runner as the lad in handfulls
grabbed up his losses.
EAlltl llllttIl vi IlDlt minutes,
the runner was satisfied that he
had reCouped all the quarters and
he hurried to the bank. There he
told his story The quarters were
counted. There were three thou
sand nine hundred and ninety-nine
of them accounted for. One of
the 1000 was missing.
Quick deduction by the runner
recovered the missing quarter. He
figured as he had carried the bag
on his shoulder, the. missing coin
may have dropped in his coat
pocket. And sure enough, he was
right. When he thrust his fingers
in his handkerchief pocket he
pulled out the missing quarter.
You're lucky, young man" re-
marked the cashier. The runner
agreed with him. but said the
next time he went to the Treas
urY Department for change he
would SEQ that the ring around the
mouth of the coin bag was safe
from sliding out of place.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
RENTAL FINDING UNFAIR
SAYS MONMOUTH OWNER

Indictment Of the District Rent
Commissions decision in fixing rents
in seventy six apartments of the
Monmouth Hotel as "a prejudged
affair." was made today by James
l.. karrick, joint owner of the hotel
with W. J. Pilling.
That the purpose was political
and TO influence passage of new
act that will continue in office the
present commissioners would seem
logically TO follow" karriCk declared.
The intention of the owners to APP
peal the case WAS expressed by
Charles ~. Merillat, their attorney.
at the hearing.
The findings OF the commission. it
was stated, were confisCatory and
were rendered in defiance of the
directions OF the District Court of
Appeals, which sent the case back
TO the commission for rehearing
following the appeal on the original
Monmouth case.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
PIcKPocKETS WcTIMIZE
THREE AT CIRCUS GROUNDS

Despite the police safeguards
thrown around the thousands Of
WashinGtoniHns attending the Ring.
ling Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey circus against the operations
of piCkpoCkets, Lawrence T.. Mitchell,
2l32 r street northwest. reported
yesterday afternoon that he was
robbed of leather bill case. contain.
ing IS, at the circus grounds.
According to Robert J.. Duvall. l27
Seaton place northwest dips got
his watch when he was in "A crowd
leaving the circus grounds. The
third victim was John Roberts. 326 &
street northwest. who said piCkpock.
cts stole his wallet. containing S47
Inspector of Detectives clifford l.
Grants men rounded up score Of
known piCkpOCkets. who are being
held in Jail pending the departure of
the circus from Washington. The
alleged piCkpockets will then he or.
dcrod out of town. as no evidence
was obtained that they had robbed
anyone in Washington.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
BENEFIT FETE
FOR HOUSE Of
MERCY PLANNED
Sixth Annual Party Will At
tract Distinguished List
Of Patrons.

Preparations are under way for
fete next Monday afternoon in
the beautiful close, OF Washington
Cathedral which those in charge
confidently believe will eclipse all
its predecessors. 1t is the SIKH
annual garden party for the Benefit
Of the House OF Mercy at Kiing!e
road and ROsemont avenue.
The affair is distinctive not only
because it furnishes general
rendezvous for soCiety-frOm ma.
irons to tOts--but because the House
Of Mercy is the only charge under
the Episcopal diocese of Washing
ton to which permission is granted
[" hold a purely secular entertain
mCnt on the Cathedral reservation
Attendance Of Bishop Harding ana
other dignitaries OF the church is a
feature of the event.
Last year more than 50 600 was
raised through the fete and it's di-
rCCtors hope to exceed that figure
in the present instance. Upon tho
Sward Of the close, under the great
trees will nestle more than a score
Of booths devoted to the sale Of
daintieS, articles Of needlewOrk
telling .0f fortunes and such other
activities as usually mark the
church fair.
The hours will he from to :
o'clock and. had weather intervcn.
ing, the party will he held the fol.
lowing day. An exhibit of classic
dancing and a buffet supper beneath
the oaks are among the scheduled
attractions. There will be booths
for ice cream, cake, lemonade. tea
fancy work. including aprons mace
by inmates of the House of Mercy.
flowers and fish pond" where
lucky anglers may draw out
treasures There will also be q
band concert.
Mrs. Henry B. Brown is president
of the organization sponsoring and
arranging for the fete; Mrs. Frazier
Head, chairman, and Raymond
George, treasurer. Among those
having charge Of booths will be Mrs
Thomas Lockwood, Mrs. Arthur p.
Mann. Mrs. Sim Leo, Mrs. Robert
Thompson. Mrs. Goldsboroush
Adams, Mrs. RidG1ey Hunt. Mrs.
Arthur Lee. Mrs q NlnSn King,
Mrs Walter Tucksrmnn Mrs.
Gouverneur Hoes. hrs Mime
ger vie Andrews. MisV Smith Mrs.
MacMurray, Mrs. Oman ard Mrs.
hNTet
The House of Mercy supported
by "oluntary contributors and by
proceeds from the annual lawn
party 1t is in charge OF Ep scopal
sisters headed by DeaConness
Lillian NJ. Neo. The institution now
houses twenty-four girls and
eighteen children, which is its maxi
n am capacity. II was organized
in 1884 and incorporated by act NJ
Congress in 1888 under the legal
title of Association for Works Of
Mercy.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
Of LAW
To VOID MANY
RENTF|ND|NCS
Present Decisions Not Effective
Unless Congress Extends
Life of Board.

Scores OF decisions of the District
Rent Commission. made during the
present week, and including the de-
termination fixing rents for seventy
six apartments in the Monmouth
Hotel, may never he carried into ef.
feet, II was learned at the offices of
the commission today.
Ten days from the date of the de
examinations are allowed TO elapse
before the rulings are made effective,
according TO the laws governing the
commission.
In view of this fact. attorneys are
delaying appeals from recent deci.
sions of the commission. pending aC'
ton of Congress on the extension OF
the Ball rent law. which would give
the commission a lease OF two add
tional years of life. beginning May %.
II the commission goes out of eX-
istenCe. its rulings OF this week would
be legal. but nobody will have the
means OF enforcing its DEGREES.
Including the Monmouth case, tn
commission has rendered thirty.fiVe
this week, and prob
ably will add TO the list by its hear.
ings throughout the remaining days
OF the week.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
AIDED BY WOMEN WORKERS

Women workers in the Salvation
Army drive for S37 900 today took
up strategic positions in the lohbies
of local banks and hotels, the man
agements of which have extended
them the courtesy Of receiving dona.
tions in the lobbies of these insti.
tutions.
Among the places where these
new collection booths are to be
found are Riggs Bank. the National
Savings and Trust Company, Com
merCial National Bank. Union Trust
Company, American Security and
Trust Company, ShOreham, Willard
and Capitol Park Hotels
The Salvation Army will have a
doughnut day Saturday and will he
ready to supply Washington with
their famous doughnuts all day.
Street selling no longer being per.
mitted the toothsome sinkers will be
sold in various stores scattered about
the CITY
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
Dc. M|EKB BILL
IS FAVORAbLY
SENT TOULOUSE
Stricter Regulation Of Diaries
Provided in Long-Awaited
Measure.

Congressman Florian Lampert. on
behalf of the House District Com
mittee, today favorably reported
bill TO regulate the sale OF milk
within the District of Columbia,
on which hearings were held for
period of nearly two months.
The committee reported that it
believed enactment OF the bill into
law would enable the health depart
ment to have better control of
the milk supply in Washington.
"In the tubercular tests we have
u ready method Of detecting tubercu-
lOsis in cattle the committee re-
port states. and to fail or refuse
TO avail ourselves off this means
of protecting the people would be
minlfestly unwise and dangerous.
While admitting that cow
which may be tested for tubercu-
losis today and show no signs of
the disease will in a months time
react to the test, it is possible by
making these tests at stated inter
walls to eliminate entirely tubercu-
losis from the herd"
The bill as reported out today pro-
Vides for the issue of permits an.
nually. whereas the present law pro.
Vides for the issue OF one permit. to
be valid until suspended or revoked
for some specific cause. The COM
mittee reported that by requiring
the renewal of licenses annually
dairymen will be oblidged TO conduct
their business in a clean and whole
some manner.
Under a new section OF the bill the
health officer of the District Is
authorized to make and enforce all
regulations. The bill also provides
for the pasteuriZation OF all milk
or cream. except what is known as
certified milk and raw milk" OF
certain quality.
Another section of the measure
would prevent any person or corpoT a
ton who operates or maintains
creamery outside the District and
who ships milk or cream into the
District from retaining at tnat
creamery any milk or cream not
authorized by lhe District health
officer.