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Would Reform" o. o. M.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
A complaint in The Herald of
February about your New York
column on the editorial page has
helped me to finally do what l have
long planned, and that is to COM
plain about the quality Of that col
umn.
There are numbers of persons in
washington who have lived in New
York for many years. as my hus-
band and I have. Among this group
I have never heard anything but
resentment and disgust at the
drivel OF o. o. NJ. who wants to
hear everlastingly OF actors, chorus
girls. dope fends, gamblers, home
brew and second-rate artists" and
newspaper men? 1t certainly leads
one to the suspicion that such folk
are all o. o. NJ. can associate with.
or else that his opinion OF his read
ers is so low that he imagines such
people are all they care to read
about. -'
Such stuff. and the wretched
serial novel on the back page and
Doris Blake's love business make
II exceedingly hard for us to put
up with The Herald, although the
editorial page, aside from o. o. NJ,
Is JOY. II Is the only sensible.
iih.-oi e-H inde~er1rrt editarIal
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
Praises Anti-War Paintings

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
May ! speak u word in praise of
the wonderful series of pictures
dedicated to the cause Of world
peace. that il was the privilege of
few of us to see at the Wome n $
City Club Wednesday evening? Bella
Orino, the artist. spent eleven years
In preparing this lesson on warfare
and its effects. Every man. woman
and child would profit by studying
these masterpieces. and l should
like to suggest that their proper
place is in our National Museum,
and / believe there are enough peo-
pie in this city so sincerely desir-
Gus of making il impossible to
wage another war to raise a fund,
by voluntary contributions, to pur-
chase this collection and present il
to the government, unless a men,
ber of one of the Houses of Con-
Sress should feel it his duty to Sc
cure an appropriation for that pur-
pose.
May also call attention to a
play in one act entitled Progress, ="
in the Saturday Evening Post of
date of February IL. 1929? This
play pictures in words what Mr..
orino has so feelingly portrayed
on canvas.
MATTE r, SPILLMAN
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Decries Wine and Beer Move.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The greatest insult ever thrown
into the face OF the ex-service men
is the proposition being pushed by
the National Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment to raise
the revenue to pay for the soldiers
adjusted compensation measure by
wine and beer tax. The rash and
absolutely unfounded statement has
been made by anti-prohibitionist
that the vast ma ajority of the re-
turned soldiers favor the sale OF
light wines and beer" but ] feel
safe in saying that an insignificant
minority of the ex-service men will
favor this attempt to sacrifice the
supremacy of the law for the sake
of putting few tainted coppers
in their pockets.
When the American people voted
out the saloon they just as much
intended to abolish wines and beer
as they did distilled spirits, and
now that prohibition is an integral
part Of our Federal Constitution.
lous and unfair attempt is be-
pets blast to rally the real red
blooded Americans to the support
of our nations laws and principles.
Personally. I very strongly favor
the enactment of some remedial
legislation for the lbenefit of the
ex-service men, and ] believe that
Congress will not fail to heed the
voice OF their many constituents in
this matter. But speaking as an
ex-service man. this effort to raise
the necessary funds by infringing
on the Federal Constitution and
the emphatic will of the American
people. is nothing short of an in
suit to the men who fought to pre-
serve the very principles which a
few constituencies heer-EuZZlers
would now trample under foot.
The National Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment fully
realizes that the desperate financial
condition of the majority of the
ex-service men might cause them
to agree to this Infamous move
ment for the sake of gaining a
temporary respite from actual pow
erty, and therefore this unscrupu-
lOus and unfair attempt iss be-
ing made to take advantage of the
pitiful condition of our returned
soldiers.
CLIFFORD II. MOOERS.
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and found that this test Of her emotions revealed
"frozen> horror" She went to her mamma and
asked her If ever that expression had been seen in
her face before and her mother said il never had
and told her to hold it.
"It is way down East in Southern California
with half the maidcns out the ice and floating
towards the falls. Ladies' with shawls over their
heads stagger blindiy through the storm. Every
time any opens, a door the tempest Of snow
dashes in and some one is blown up the chimney
THE Russian wolf hounds have taken to the
hills with the coyotes after them and the turtle
doves of Mr.. Grifth's symbolism of Acadian inno-
and love and domestic tranquility are riding
the gale somewhere in the .ncighborhood OF the
Ladrones. ,-.E e.,
THE willows bend their tops to the ground as
the storm lashcs them and strong men are torn
from their desperate grasp on the oaks and hurled
towards the sea. Tom Mix is riding hard in the
hills but is going in circles No Noah has thought
to build boat The sheriff is plugged right through
the middle of the forehead. The papers are hope
iessly lost The child is gone forever. The home
stead is on fire. If the old folks pull through the
winter it will be on snowballs. Mabel Normand
is down to her last peanut. Lon CLANCY looks in
at the window. His hour has come at last
"Mr. Griffith went to Paris for his latest pic
ture, and to the Paris which is dead, the Paris OF
the French revolution, enterprise which almost
made bookworm OF every one in his organization
All we know of the Parisians of that day is that
they dead They may have had storms Prob
ably they did. They are nothing to us. All we
know of France is Georges Carpenter and Ed.
Pinaud nothing of Danton and Robespierre. But
Hollywood is live storm with some orphans
The camera should America first"
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page in Washington and we have
induced several friends to take The
Herald on it's account. Then we
are forced TO blush with shame.
when these new subscribers Of
yours complain OF o. o. NJ. There
are good many people in this
country who are sick and tired of
the anti-prohibitionist walls. some
Of which certainly appear now and
then in o. o. Ms column Let all
his friends take wood alcohol and
relieve us and let US hear about
some of New York's worth while e
people and doings.
Of course. this letter will 20 to
o. o. NJ. and ! am sorry to hurt
the gentleman's feelings, but he is
hurting your paper. and among a
class of people you have been try
ing to attract.
IMrs) S. II. POWELL.
can stand Doris Blake and the
serial. IL you reform o. y. NJ.
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the character to make themselves
progressive modern nation, aC-
cordinE to Mr.. Lamont. but are
INSTRUCTED in their progress by the
lengths to which they carry fore
father worship. which now influ-
ences most of their acts. Discus
sing his recent visit to China. Mr..
Lamont said that one far-sighted
chinese to whom he talked thought
that the prospect of making a great
and prosperous nation of China lay
in the substitution of Christianity
for Confucianism.
Mr. Lamont said that the gains
made by the Chinese at Washing
ton were enormous. While he
praised the Japanese. he also men
TONED the Chinese boycott Of Japa-
nese goods as a factor in the con-
ciliatory attitude of Japan.
NO one can exaggregate the ire.
mendous Importance of the return
Of Shantung to the Chinese" he
said. I'VE have heard of the mat
ter for many months. 1t probably
played its part in defeating the
treaty of Versailles in the Senate.
So much had been said of it that
when the japanese agreed to re-
turn 1t 1t was passed over in tho
newspapers rather lightly.
But no one who has been In
China recently could fail to realize
the vital significance of this ques-
tion. The news will be received
with relief and delight beyond
measure in China. The tremend-
Gus boycott against Japan, started
by Chinese students. swept the
whole country, and its effect on
Japan was very unfavorable. This
agreement now puts Japan out OF
the class of nations that need to be
boycotted.''
The right gained by China to
raise tariffs on imports will be uf
tremendous advantage to China,
Mr.. Lamont said. in enabling ChInv
to secure loans for mucs-needed
railroads. Recent charges that the
Chinese people were in state OF
disorder were denied by him.
There Is no more orderly COM
munity than China in the world
he said. The government is dis
orderly. but the people are order
ly. For instance, there were $4,000
arrests in Pekin in one year-not
so many considering the great size
of its population-and of these only
345 were for a breach of the peace.
That will indicate pretty well the
orderly conduct Of the citizens of
Cki~sb
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dement's which ac-
crue to them
from the confer
ence at Wash =
ington. according
to Thomas w.
Lamont. of the
firm of ]. +. Nor
gan and Com
pany. the organ
iZer of the fight
on the famine in
China a year ago
and one of the
leading authOri-
ties on that coun-
trv in the United
States.
The c h ! n e S e
have the capacity.
fba in1,,.t.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
Calvert st. Bridge Disgrace

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
l am informed the Calvert street
bridge was closed to traffic until
the snow was cleaned off!
Fancy, a bridge at the Capital of
the Nation could not safely stand
up under the, weight of twenty-six
inches OF snow, and a handful of
automobiles, at one and the same
time! This is nothing short of a
national disgrace. and should ap-
pear as a news item in every paper
in the country.
MARGUERITE DU POINT LEE.
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Arlington Odd FeHOIcs
To Confer First Degree

CLARENDON. Va, Feb. ls.-The
new frst-degree team of Arlington
Lodge, I. o. o. r.. will confer the
degree, for the first time Tuesday
night bn a N,lass OF six candidates.
The caA is headed by W !. BragE'
and others taking part arc ID. X.
Bolcn. n. B. Shreve. u. ". Porter.
c. r. Doyle. T. =. O'Hallorau. j. G.
Ristine. r. L. Bennett, y. NJ. New
man. c. w. Hunt, n. G. Adamsor.
6. ". Corder. J. NJ. Jones and J.
l. White
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WYE THOUGHT of this ourselves but Der.
w haps over-developed sense of the conven-
tons prevented our writing it. We are sorry now.
Tor the Chicago Tribune editorial producers had no
such compuneton and so drew first blood. Per-
haPs you were as full of amazed mirth as VIC when
you read OF Mary Miles Minter's registration of
frozen horror" when she heard of William n.s.
mohd Taylor's death. You will, then do,,h,,ss.
enjoy as fully the Tribune's m.od,,r,.,;o
potpourri, outrivslling The Ninety and Min, ;,
Uncle Toms Cabin" and "Superba" rolled in,o
one
When the news reached Miss Minter, saws our
.ehcago friend, she went to the mirror to sec what
sle aregstered-just you might take securities 10
IAS Forgan and see what he'd give you on them
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The LOng-Range Vaticinator

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
CThe aIl-wOol. yard-widc, long
distance snow "spieler" is hugging
himself over recent weather condI-
tions-NcwS ltemD
He "dop"d" all kinds Of weather
ever known.
And some. Of course. did really
come to pass,
Twas done. he said. with just a
plain gOoSCbonC
But many thought the jawbonc
Of an ass
EDWIN l. SHOPE
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mate OF the dip
lomats. He Is Dr.
b. T. c. Loder.
Or. Loder for
m e r y was a
member or the
u tch supreme
Court. He has
long been known
as an authority
on maritime law
and Is one OF
Hollands leading
statesmen.
He was a prom
inent member OF
the Dutch delega-
tion which at
tended the Ses-
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Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Current Events

Communications will not be returned
unless specific request fer such return 10
made and stamps inelosed.
Letters should Be typevitten when
ever possible. Communications extreme.
ly difficult TO read will not be considered.
No oommunica tions signed with tctitious
names will Be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

Next to going 10 cat show, our supreme
delight is in attending social tea at which
some parlor Bolshevik tries to tell how we
are all wrong. We know are all wrong or
we wouldn't be at the tea so it is clear waste
of time to listen to him.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

sions OF the peace conference at
Paris in 1919 to view the molding
OF the Versailles treaty.
The presidency of the world court
pays an annual salary OF $4,000
forms. Under normal conditions a
fiorin is worth about 30 cents.
which would make his salary about
sc OOO
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
COTHAM'S SPECIAL
WATERS FOR DOGS
AMAZE M'INTYRE
Food Brought on Silver
Dish for Pom in
Big Hotel.
BY o. o, MeINTY RE.

NEW YORK. Feb. ia page
from the diary OF modern Samuel
Pepys: Up very betimes and after
breakfast in comes e. Fries. the
pamphleteer. to talk Of our early
printing house days. Abroad to
pay several scores. the willingest
ever was. Saw a mighty noble
lady pointed out as Mrs. Margot
Asquith about whom a great to do
10 made. --.
Walked to Braley's, the poet, who
gave me tankard of cool drink
and thence against my mind to hear
silly. prating woman lecture, so
away and at billiards. losing Is.
and much dull company. All the
afternoon in sour. ugly humor.
At dusk strolled to the Mall in a
Mt of loneliness and believe have
not seen SO much discomfort as
now and I flung myself on a bench
and talked to a fellow who has had
no work for months and did tell
me IL IL were not for others he
would sink himself in a stream.
For dinner at w. Hogg's, as fine
as ever / ate. and his house fur
nished in the best taste in the city.
Homo in the moonshine where came
Courtney Ryley Cooper and Achmed
Abdullah. and we talked until 3
o'clock of the morning about eIe-
plants and their uncanny sense. So
to bed.
One day nearer the commune, I,
One of the most exclusive hotels
In New York actually has a corps
of what they call dog walters"
The man who told me the story is
to be trusted. and he saw the whole
thing. Three ladies and gentle
man and a Pom sat at a table. The
lady asked for something for her
dog II will send one of the dog
walters" said the captain. and he
did. And the food that was
brought for the dog was in a silver
dish. My informant said II was the
most sppetizing looking dish of all
and the check for the dogs meal
was separate.
Down in Chinatown at one of the
most elaborate OF the Chop-suey
parlors the piece de resistance is
French Ice Cream" incidentally
a number of Chinese restaurants
are being opened upstairs over
white-tiled restaurants that are
owned by one company. II is said
the company was meeting so much
competition that they decided to go
into the chop-suey business on
their own.
At the hour when New York is
in its deepest sleep, the hotel foy-
ers are dotted with gnarled, aged
and rheumatic women who patient
ly scrub the mosaic and marble
floors. Most of them are herded in
hutches on the roof and do not
leave their cherries homes year
in and year out. Some OF them
are so years old and most all past
60. The manager of a big group
of hotels says that II is a difficult
problem to keep them living In har-
mony. Petty jealousies spring up
among them. and they form their
own little cliques. The other night
in one hotel guests were aroused
by a chorus of screeches. In the
center OF the lobby two ancient
crones were lambasting each other
with wet mops. A policeman came
in to settle the belligerents.
What Is the natter" he asked
one.
shes been using my face pow
der" was the reply.
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w. HI. Payne Dies.

WARRENTON, Va. Feb. l2.-W.
II. Payne. a native Of wsrrenton.
died yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence Of his son-in-lsw below Mount
Vernon. Va. The body will be shipped
here Tuesday from Alexandria
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Plans have been developed for N
creation OF an affiliation OF tecbnil
cal societies in boston. Mass. scl
corolng TO a prospectus outlining
the general scope and the objects
OF the organization. which, with
proposed constitution and by-lawsI
has been distributed by thu organ
lzers OF the movement comprisinr1 u
the Boston Society Of Civil Engi
neers. the New England wateIl
Works Association. the Plant Enri
neers Club. the local sections OF IN. Il
national societies of civil, mechan j
cal. electrical, mining. and heatina
and Nentilating engineers. and thl
local chapter Of the American AsI
ISOLATION Of Engineers The move
| ment is similar 10 action recentIJj
taken in Philadelphia. DetroitI
Cleveland, Chicago, and other larEd
centers
Such general organization as IL
planned. the prospectus points outj
will eliminate the present duplica
tion Of effort on the part Of IN
diEidual engineering societies and
will give opportunity for concerted
action on questions which concord
technical men either in public oj
professional life. The sfiliation. acl
cordinC to the plans OF its propo
nents. would consist Of local tech
niCal organizations and would not
be made up Of individual member
ships. The government Of the or
ganization would be vested in a
council consisting Of two rcpresen-
tstives from each member orEaui-
zation. the council to have jurisdic- !
tion over joint matters
II is proposed to have the coun-
Gil appoint standing committees as
follows: Program. public Affairs.
Finance. Welfare. Employment. and
Library. Tho project could be
financed by an assessment Of So an
nually per member of each OF the
| AFFILIATED sections
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
CHINA MUST CEASE
WORSHIPPING DEAD

The Chinese must give up their
cult OF ancestor worship IL they
are to take advtange of all the
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

Wife seeks heavy alimony from prominent
bootlegger. There is one sort of husband who
is able to pay it.
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WHO'S WHOM
THE DAYS NEWS

The new president Of the Inter
national Court Of Justice is well
qualified for the most. in the esti-
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

Ney Jersey judge has decided that vam-
pire. is "a woman who has bleached her hair"
The judge hasn't been around much, apparently.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13

Should Women Get Mems Pay?"-Title
OF "a magazine article. They do if they are
married to the men. =
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WILL, NOT HESTRICT
CONVENTION BROADCASTIx,:


CONVENTION BROADCASTING.
The recent instructions issued by
the Department Of Commerce tenn
porarlIy disseminating broadcastine
by amateurs will not spoH IN.
broadcastinE Of the radio features
OF the coming convention Of radio
amateurs TO be held here February
IL and Is
Ohicials Of the Bureau II Saytca-
ton who administer the radio laws
say that the recent prohibition was
not aimed at the official broadcast
ing Of the American Radio Relay
League or radio experfmenter.y
Amateurs who have been promiscu
ously sending out phCnograph muG
sic and interfering with radio tele-
graph communication transmitteo
by regularly licensed station.
either commercial or amateur, ar.
those who are restricted by these
instructions, which will remain in
force until after the radio con-
ference.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
BROADCASTDVG BY
RADIOCONFERENCE.
SET FOR FEB. 27.
Experts to Decide How
To Re-Allot Wireless
Wave-Lengths.

MONDAY. FEBRUARY n. Ipxz.
sThe Measurenent ef Musical Tsl-
ent" will be the subject Of a lee
ture by Prof. c. r. Seashore, of
the National Research Council.
before the Physics Club Of the
Bureau Of Standards. today, 4:aO
o'clock p. m
On February % the first active
steps will be taken by a committees
Of government radio experts TO
straighten out the nixups In the
ether they have caused by the
phenomenal growth Of radio teie-
phone broadcastIng in the last few
months.
At President Hsrding's request.
Secretary Hoover has Instituted this
radio conference. which will un-
doubtedIy bring about a revision OF
the wave-lengths now used between
$50 and 1000 meters.
DR.. s. w. Stratton. director Of
the Bureau Of Standards Of the De-
partment of Commerce, will head
the committee. which will incluoe .
experts from the Commerce. Navy.
Postofice. War. Agriculture and
other departments that are con.
cerned with radio matters. sx we'll
as a few private radio engineers
and representatives OF the American
Radio Relay League, the organiIa-
tion Cf amateurs
II is expected that the committee
after a consideration Of technical
matters will call before IL repre :
sentstives OF the commercial orEan-
nations interested in wIreless, In
cluding those engaged in broad
casting.
| The conference will decide what
" is necessary TO do to clear I'd the
situation. what can be done under
the present laws. and what nep,
legislation is necessary.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-11
CHILDREN'S BOOK
week CELEBRATED
NOV. 20 AT LIBRARY

In the Thomas Bailey Aldrich me.
mortal house at Portsmouth, N. H.,
where the famous poet lived as \
boy, there is still hanging above his
bed little two-shelf bookcase,
which is mentioned in "The Story
of Bad Boy" Here were his very
own books. 1t is the ideal type Of
bookcase for a girls or boys IL
brary, as it contains shelf room for
collection any boy or girl can
easily expect to make. II any Of
you, Juniors, would like to make
one of these bookcases, l have a
working drawing which will be
glad to send to you.
At this time when we are ready
to celebrate Book Week, starting a
library in our own little way is one
of the things for us to think about.
This feeling of ownership Of books
is splendid thing Not long ago
little Junior handed me her list of
choice books, and as she did so,
she said, Cousin Helen, l can
hardly choose between them, be-
cause l feel as though it might hurt
the other books feelings for me to
choose just ten" Truly, that little
Junior has made real friends with
her books.
AS We grow in our reading, we
find that there are some books that
We like to read over and over again.
These are the books we want to
own. To know that these friends
are right in our own room, ready to
chat with us every time we choose
to take them down from the shell
is well worth the effort to obtain
them.
On the twentieth of this month
we begin the week set apart for
Children's Book Week. During thai
week visit our own childrens room
at our library. Our Librarian has
been putting forth every effort to
make this department a fine al
junct to our city. She has sue
ceeded beautifully. Take Mother
with you so that she may have one
of the catalogues our librarian has
procured especially for her.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-11
Flashes From Garfield Junior High School

each of the three assembly rooms.
Robert Sharp and Ethelda Hinckle
compose the committee for the
first visitors on Friday.
Girls teams after school, meet
every Tuesday. They have met
twice. The first time, to organize;
the second, to play. The captains
elected were: Ruth Penery, Clara
Yates, Myrtle Schench, Mildred
Michael. The teams will play cap
tain ball.
The faculty of Garfield gave a
surprise dinner, November 9Th, for
Mr.. Manning. The table was dec
Grated with yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and yellow candles. A four
course dinner was served at six
o'clock. Favors were given to the
ladies', and boutonnieres to the
men. The menu consisted of:
Fruit cocktail, meat, scalloped and
glazed sweet potatoes, cranberry
Jelly, clover-leaf biscuits, butter,
pistachio salad, waters, mince pie
coffee, candy. Toasts were given.
The girls cooking classes helped In
preparing the dinner.