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The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Saving A Million.

NIEARLY everyone agrees that there is too
v much "red tape" connected with activities of
the Federal government
1t results everywhere in expense and delay. 1t
quite frequent injustice But often it is so
intrenched that it is hard combat without great
deal OF trouble
Secretary Falls announcement that he has been
able this year to nearly million dollars in
the operation OF the Interior Department largely by
the elimination OF this "rcd tape" is very welcome
news. This is respectable saving, even for a
branch of the American government
Involved procedure in administration originates
in two ways. Often it is first resorted to as
means of efficiency Some method is adopted
which, for the time being, time and money.
But 1t is based on particular combination OF cir
cumstances. As time goes by this longer OBJ
tains But the old method still persists because no.
body has energy enough to change it Then again
IT sometimes originates in pure graft Soon this
is lost sight OF and government money continues
to be paid with almost no return
Secretary Fall and his assistants have done
good work in getting at the of this condition
in one department. In fact, the whole administra-
tion has shown considerable activity in putting gov
ernment business efficient basis.
Many government clerk can tell where saw
ing OF ten cents is made here and there at the cost
OF several letters and hours of a clerks time Why
not spend the ten cents and be done with it? But
this question is much easier to ask than to answer
Unforeseen difficulties met with everywhere.
The United States government has been in opera
ton for several generations and it is not easy to
clean old house in day. In fact the solution
of this question is OF the hardest tasks which
the present administration has set itself 1t is
making good progress in all departments We
shall expect to hear OF more savings as great as
that reported by Secretary Fall.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Americas True Policy.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The true policy for the United
States Of America to follow is surely
the plain and simple policy Of COM
mon sense; and may be summed up in
three words-"Concentrat on Amer
ica.''
To lament the isolation Of America
is fatal error; and il is noteworthy
and significant that the lamentations
began in Europe.
Let us hold what We have and be
content The United States OF Amer
lea is a world in itself. consisting
as il does Of forty-eiKht States. each
one as large as a European country.
Incalculably rich in everything that
man can desire. and protected upon
both fianks from its only possible
enemies by thousands Of miles OF
ocean The only weak point. our
heel Of Achilles" lies in the Philip
pine Islands. which should be dropped.
Then the United States would stand.
secure and square. in its most for
tunate, its imnregnable isolation.
BERTRAND SHADWELL.
New York. y
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Trouble With Money Orders.

TO the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In response to the article pub
lished in your paper on Thursday,
May Is. entitled Angry at Insult,
let me say that consider it mis-
take to publish such an article, and
have heard several people express
themselves as being Of the same
opinion. II the intelligent person
who presented the money order first
had had ii correctly filled in and
authentic Identification, the insult
ing" facial expressions would not
have been suffered.
The insults. as he calls them,
were only implied. The clerk said
no more to him than has been sad
to me. young white woman, when
have gone to branch postoffice
to cash money orders. He states
that the clerk told him it would
have to be indorsed by the party
g. whom il was made out lin a
manner that indicated that she
thought / stole it" We can see
evil in almost anything If We hunt
for IL. She was merely insisting on
enforcing necessary rules incident
to her work. This man implies
that she should have handed the
money to him without question.
Indeed. there is so much trickery
these day in some members of both
the black and the white races that
it behooves US all to be cautious.
A READER.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Hardships of S-Hour Day.

10 the Editor, Inc Nashirgto Herald:
Experts said that upon investiga-
ton they find government employees
physically able to work eight hours
a day. When we say this We mean
eight hours day in the service Of
the employer and we usually disregard
the fact of the hours which must be
consumed by a person in the per
formance of the duties necessary to
keep themselves, or perhaps a fam
lily. physically At and personally
presentable to perform such duties.
l am a government employe, under
absolute necessity of working with
out a home or anyone to help in an
emergency, and heavy responsibilities
because of previous illnesses | am
Obliged to take care of the making
and keeping in order of my clothing.
and also to do a certain amount of
my own cooking and laundering Lack
of strength prevents the financial saw
ing of doing it all, and lack of funds
prevents the conservation of strength
by paying somebody to do it all. ]
do my best to give an honest days
service and have no complaints to
make. of any treatment l have re-
ceived from Uncle Sam. but l know
lildI dllOlIlfT llphl "plN
tackled on would mean break. ]
could not stand il. This Is what il
would mean TO mel know of many
others and in most cases 1t would
mean a lessening of efficiency.
There are many women (some of
whom know personality who. be-
cause of emergencies caused by the
war. are still compelled to supplement
the income of the family. and these
women are trying also to keep homes
for their families. and therefore must
rise early and work late to do it. and
in the same class are many widows.
either family, or at least self-support-
ing.
We urge recreation. but most of
these people have little. II any. and
in most cases must spend their entire
Sabbath working in the home.
I have been impressed with the
large number of serious-minded young
people in Washington, seeking an ed
ucation. who attend our evening
schools. In many cases there would
be no break for even a lunch. between
working hours and school hours. il
indeed the two did not conflict. And
many of these same young people are
helping financially or by the work
of their hands to keep homes. or have
to keep house themselves in order to
reduce expenses to the minimum.
Also. during the summer months,
the heat becomes unbearable in many
of the government buildings and the
present schedule is a Godsend, permit
ting the working of an hour in the
cool Of the day and saving one Of the
hottest hours.
The class of people to whom 1 re-
fer are not the pleasure seekers nor
the slackers. but serious minded folk
who have an object in living. So
please. Mr.. Experts. look a little
deeper. ]. E. s.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Washington's Grand Old Man.

IT HE grand old man of both the District of Co.
L lumbia and OF the United States.
n this unique position stands Gen Horatio c.
Gibson, who yesterday celebrated his o5th birthday
anniversary.
Gen. Gibson has been present at almost every
stage in the development OF the worlds greatest
nation. He curious and ambitious American
boy while the last of the Revolution still were
cchoing over the Alleghanes. He must have
known intimately many men who fought Great
Britain in 1872.
He took active part in the war with Mexico
when the supremacy of the United States on the
North American continent established He was
a veteran soldier when the solidity OF the country
maintained the battefields OF the Civil war
He watched with interest the emergencc OF America
a world power during the Spanish American war
He still hale and hearty when Yankee troops
in France stopped the advance of the most power
ful army the world ever has known and established
their country without peer among nations.
This old gentleman has represented through all
the typical American. He has been hard work.
ing hard living, hard fighting two-fisted man.
Gen. Gibson does not owe long life to precon-
ccived plans He has met fate it came-spring
weather and storms feather beds and blank
cts rockples. He has sought shelter or
given overmuch thought to protection of his own
health.
OF such a his country well may be proud
Stand him up before the world and say: Here is
a Here is an American Here is America !"
The people OF Washington will wish Gen. Glib
son many happy returns of his birthday. A century
OF such life would indeed be fitting. In five more
years the aged soldier may witness more important
changes in the world than he has before
He lives in the sunset OF the old order May he
live to see the sunrise of the new.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
British Propaganda.

4" the Editor. Tie Washington Herald:
I desire to write a few lines in
reference 10 Mr.. Lawrence Kent
Elliott's reply to Mary C Asmuth's
attack on Mrs. Astor
1t is really a shame that there
are so many people in America call
ing themselves American and at rhe
same time holding the same men
tai attitude as Mr.. Elliott. They
claim that such remarks as Mary
&C.. AsmUth's are un-American ana
scent of foreiGn-born thoughts.
Why should Mrs. Astor come to
America and give advice and why
should the Elliott type of American
cheer and then call any attacks on
that advice n-American. 1t is SO
foolish and illogical. Yes. il is true
that Mrs. Astor was born in Amer
lea but she is no more. America
was not guol Enough for her. sh.
had climbed to the top of the
American social ladder and she
still thirsted for more and greater
honors Or il her friends say in
her defense that il was not her,
but her father-in-law. that made
less America then would say
that whether she made the move
or not, she seems 10 revel in her
real surroundings-the X. c. BIS.
NJ. P.s. X. Ps. NJ P.s Gin the a. L.
F. manner of TALK. Mr.. Elliotts
last paragraph is true. every word
of it. but I fail to see where it
applies to Mrs Astor. she is not an
American. and further she never
was a good one or she would not
have left her country for another.
MIR. Elliott's second paragraph is
true. also. but 1t is a boomerang.
He and his type of American-and
mean no d'srespect. they are en-
titled to their thoughts-.are 50
stepped in British propaganda that
they could not tell an American
eagle from unicorn. Because
some Americans resent British ad-
vice they are called narrow minded
But maybe those marrow minded
Americans have good cause TO re-
sent anything that has the STAMP
Of England on it. Remember that ]
said English. and in saying thar
mean the mother country and rot
her colonies. The colonies are far
better than the mother country.
| they can mind their ow nbusiness
better; in fact, they are almost as
good as the United States of Amer
lea.
You Elliottized Americans
member that in 1917 Marshal HAS
told the world that the allies were
| fighting with their backs to the
wall. And then you birds that were
in the A. f. F., do you remember
that November IL, 1918. issue of the
Paris edition of the London Daily
Mail? The pictures on the front
page? A big one OF Haig with tht
label on X. The Man Who Won the
War" Poor Persh'ng was bare'y
| discernible, and-why you had Il
look twice to find Ferdinand Foch
Does Mr.. Elliott dare to say thai
just because Mary Asmuth crossed
Mrs. Astor's path Mary Asmuth IL
a "corruptive influence within this
country7" Perhans he might better
explain this part of his Defense OF
| Lady Astor."
| The best advice that Mrs. Astoi
or any other Limey can give us IL
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Sun in Horses Faces.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The writer has noticed that many
drivers Of work animals. when
giving them their noontime feed
ing. do not stand them so their
faces VIII be turned from the sun.
This. Of course. is due TO thought
lessness rather than actual cruelty.
II these drivers will stand for
thirty minutes with their own
aces to the sun with no protec-
'ion from its burning rays. they
will find out that they have been
guilty Of cruelty to their animals
Put on your thinking caps. boys
and make your horses comfort
ahle.
Mrs. CARRIE X. HUNTINGTON.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
BALLOON RACE HAS
SPECIAL FORECASTS,

To provide adequate advices Al
information concerning atmospher
conditions, the weather Bureau
the Department Of Agriculture Z
arranged TO furnish spec
weather service for the nation
balloon elimination race to be heY
at Milwaukee. wis, May 81, und(
the auspices OF the Aero Club
wisconsin This race is prepare
tory to selecting three representa-
tives from the United States I'd
the international balloon race !
Geneva, Switzerland, August 6.
The Weather Bureau oficial !
Milwaukee has been appoint4
chairman OF the committee on MI
teorology by the Aero Club Of wil
consin. The bureau will have 9TH
representatives present also at al
elimination race. and will furni1
information on weather at the su
face for the benefit of all contel
tants. Extra forecasts and advice
will be supplied based upon uppl
air reports from several pilot bal
loon stations. giving wind directiJ
a nd velocity and heights Of Cloud
In this as in former races a speed
representative Of the Weather Bi
resu will be detailed TO MflwaukI
few days before the race To ma
observations by means OF pilot ID
looms. and to collect teleerspH3
data on weather conditions in tlI
upper air He will plot this mid
nation on charts or maps. A SUI
mary Of conditions will be given
all contestants. and so far as n
sible an outline Of what they n
expect to find in the course Of tn
flight.
Ralph G. Epson. winner of the
ternstional race in 1918 and Of /
national balloon race in 1920 a
1921. has invited C. O. Andrus.
the Weather Bureau. TO sccomps
him this year as aide and obsery}
OF meteoroloSical conditions. n
. Andrus assisted Mr.. Epson in Il
same capacity last year. when VI
Cpson's balloon won the natiori
race by a wide margin. covert
twice the distance achieved by a
other contestant
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23


was born In Lissadell. County Sligo,
Ireland. the daughter of Sir Jocelyn
Gore Booth. Her uncle, the Mar
quis .or Zetland. was at one TIM
English lord lieutenant of Ireland.
Early in her girlhood she showed
strong sympathy for the Irish
cause. Her marriage to Count
Casimir Markievicz of Poland only
strengthened her feeling for op-
pressed nations in general. She
met the count while studying art
in Paris.
During t?he violent uprising of
Easter week. 1915, in Ireland. the
countess Joined the Sim Fein riot
ers. appearing with a rifle on her
shoulder. She was arrested and
sentenced to death for her activ-
titles. This sentence later was COM
muted to life Imprisonment.
While serving her term she was
nominated for the representation
of Dublin by Rev. Tom Fitzgerald.
priest and novelist. 1t was at that
time that she was received into
the Catholic church by Fathers
Augustine. Aloysius and Albert of
the order of Capuchins.
The countess was elected to the
British house of commons before
Lady Astor was accorded that
honor. The election came at time
when the Sim Fein struck its first
decisive blow. With all other Irish
Sim Fein members She refused to
take her seat. Instead she entered
the Irish Republican parliament, or
Dali Eireann, and became men,
Der of the Inish cabinet as minister
of labor under President De Valera
She fought bitterly the accept
ance OF the peace treaty which
made Ireland a free state. lining up
with De Valera as ''die hard" and
urging her followers to continue
the fight for complete freedom.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Community Souls.

10 the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Just a word about the collective or
community soul. Some people can
not call their souls their own. They
have no individuality. They have the
collective soul OF their community.
Conventionality cracks its whip and
they jump to obey. They are
whipped slaves.
Packed and jammed on the street
cars they become obsessed with a
single thought hundred hearts that
beat as one. as they squirm to set
their fares to the conductor. TO a
soulless corporation that cspitalizes
the right to do business on the pub
lie streets at millions, and then
squeezes enough money out Of
whipped slaves to pay dividends on
bogus bonus stock.
This Is conventional not intrinsic
honesty. They are in the grip OF the
collective soul and will 10 past their
destination rather than disoSey its
dictum. II assumes species of
hypnotism. A lady transferred from
wrecked car 10 another tried to pay
another fare. The fare obsession had
her hypnotiZcd. The strong individual
soul shouts with gee when it can ride
on ''Wrecko" without paying a fare,
seeking to square accounts for scores
of Sights and scant accommoda-
tions
A street hat dealer DEGREES that
straw lids may not be worn until
MAY Is. The other hat dealers hail
the slogan with delight and take every
precaution to cause Il to sink deep
int. the collective soul Nav 10 Is
warm and sunshiny and the whipped
slave looks at his comfortabIe Hi
lonCingly but will not t,uch T. be-
cause his dried-up sT:l has lost It's
vigoI Of individual action. Bah. The
majority Of the American people are
whipped slaves.
Nj ETSCHE.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23

LIQUID SOAP RECIPE.
To the Friend the People:
Could you please tell me a recipe for making
liquid soap for home use? F. F. g.
potassium. ne-half ounce; cotton seed OIL six
fluid ounces; alchol three fluid ounces add enough
hydrates in three ounces Of water sdd the alcohol
and then the oil three or four portions. shake
vigorously until saponaed add the remainder of
amber colored soap.
CRUDE OIL DISCOVERY.
To the Friend of the People:
When was crude oil first taken from the ground
and used? BY whom and 1)w was II discovered?
Give some book where knowledge OF this kind can
be obtained. l. F. X
The of petroleum. crude oil. was common
among the ancient nations of the East. The slime
which referred in the Old Testament as being
used in the construction Of the Tower o: Babel
was partly evaporated crude OIL states the Encyc-
lopedia Americana. Sicilian crude oil was used in
the illumination of the Temple OF Jupiter at the
time OF the Christian Era The earliest mention OF
was in 1927 when French missionary discovered
the famous oil spring near Cuba y. For addi-
tonal information see the Encyclopeola Americana
FIRST WEST POINT HEAD.
To the OF People:
Please tell me who the first superintendent of
the United States Military Academy at west roint
and his OF service. SIODENI
Of the United States Military Academy and his
terms of service from April Is. 1902. TO June
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SALARY.
To the Fried If the People:
Kindly tell me the salaries OF the following
the Attorney General Assistant Secretary of the
Navy chief clerk and superintendent OF the De-
partment OF Commerce. INTERESTED
The salary of the Solicitor General is. 10000;
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
DEHYDRATED CORN
GREAT SUCCESS.

Dehydrstion. the scientific me-
Of performing the old art Of dryl
fruits and vegetables. is a IT,
success when applied TO sweet co
according to W. A Noel. in char
OF commercial dehydration TO-
United States Bureau of Chemist
The dehydrsted article is twice
profitable TO the manufacturer
canned corn and costs the housew
only one-hslf as much. One poU
Of the dried corn when refreshed
water weighs 2.S4 pounds, max.
il equivalent to three cans Of !
fancy canned corn.
AS soon as the American pub
realizes the economic advanta-
resulting from the use Of DEB
drafted fruits and vegetables" Sd
Mr.. Noel. they will he as much
demand during the winter mont
as the frfesh products are dur.
the summer months"
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
ROSES CUT DOWN
POTATO CROP.

The beautiful rose Is one Of Il
worst enemies Of the practical II
tato. according to Edith NJ Paid
Of the Maine Agricultural Statij
BY providing a winter home for Il
eggs Of the pink and green aphii
the insects which carry disesl
from the sick potato plants to vi
ones. the rose bush becomes a mol
pernicious weed. she says.
The last generation Of these il
sects in the fall lay their eggs 4
the rose bush and the young whit
are Matched out in the spring fe,
upon the tender. juicy Erowt
When these insects become fu
grown. they transfer their attei
tion to the potato plant feedir
by plung3ng Their beaks into q
Juices Of the plant and inoculatir
one plant with the harmful virl
they have taken from anoth I
thereby spreading mosaic and 9TH
potato diseases from the sick Il
the well plants.
Even so short a distance as OF
fourth Of a mile between pota
fields and rose bushes has bel
found to make the difference Y
tween a heavy and a slight attar
OF the insects. II is not definite
known. however, just how far y
aphids can fy.
There Is Just about enough irf
IN the entire blood supply OF
human being TO make two sunF
carpet tacks.
Grape fruit is now being success
! fully canned without cooking.
oil is extracted from corn gerr
resulting from the manufacture
hominy, starch. glucose and siru
Tannin. used in the leather \
dustrv in this country, is common
obtained from chestnut ana ~
bracho woods, and from OAK
hemlock barks.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23

with open arms, The relatives expect boastful.
iconoelastic, conceited individual. They receive
him SUCH He must take time to convince them
otherwise-that he is the whole average
human being like themselves
Most European races are substantial and good
at the bottom. There is in their hearts gratitude
which is impossible to discern on the surface. In
fact superficial observations would tend to con-
vince that messages of thanks from their states
lies from sautatior to signature. But the
American cannot expect to conquer Europe in six
month tour The salesman cannot expect to land
in England and visit every large city of Great Brit
ain in two weeks with wholesale houses awaiting
him eagerly. If he does he is doomed to dis
appointment.
He must realize that one of the reasons they
hate him is because he is FAST curt, business-ke
and alert by while they, by nature, Slow
social and dull He must live their own life among
them for long time before he wins their conf
dence.
Mr.. Lewis said befofe, is close obser-
His conclusions need not be considered entirely
flawless to convince Americans that they will not
be received abroad like visiting angels.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Opposes Daylight Saving.

This is to advise you that i am
opposed to this daylight saving
scheme. It causes more work in my
establishment, which was hard
enough as IL was. and / do not want
the clock set forward one hour.
l wish to also say that I am the
father OF four children attending
public schools, and to compel them
to report at S a. m. is as cruel and
senseless as this daylight saving.
c. E. CASASSA.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23

10 advise US when they intend 10
pay that little debt of theirs.
one more parting shot, can't
resist II tbut ! will bet that IL gets
blue penciled) Mr.. Erliot:ized Amer
lean, If you think so much Of Lady
Astor-Ind again. / am not throw
ing mud-why not follow her foot
steps to the land where you can
say, encore cognac, garcon, toute
de suite"
GEORGE A. BAMFORD.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23

l. z q n BOurEeS
president of |
Ere n ch senaI
NO nation Z
believe IL aid
holds the ph
sophical tru,
An understand
Is reached in
world only WI
people understt
each other. III
easy TO mock
FIRE when one
sides in a e,
proof iron bUl
ing. but IL is
90 easy to lau
when one lives.
a wooden hoI
which In the nI
The Washington herald., 1922-05-23
Truth About Russia.
0 the Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
]. N. Darling Is the best cartoon
ist in America, but he reaches an
almost unbelievable stupidity in his
Russian cartoon in your issue Of May
so. accusing the Bolshevists of stand
ing for abolition of money and prop
ert :" sisnified by a bottomless pail
There are enough objections to
Communism without weakening the
argument by such silly assertions as
this. 1t Is just such fuddling of eco