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The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

Now that Hubert Work has been made
Postmaster General, we will watch Hubert do so.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
From a popular novel recently printed:

From popular novel recently printed:
THE lady in thin black dress and widows
veil turned away and, with a curling lip, began
turning over the pages of book lying the
table near her"
What has become OF the well-known
"moistened hnger?"
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
RE Careful WHAT YOU BUY.

To People:
Will you please advise IL a purchaser is
liable in any way II he buys article from
advertiser which afterwards proves TO be stolen
goods?
What prccaution should take in buying
articles thus advertised. to avoid trouble as
mention? K. NJ.
He would not be liable criminally on the
bare facts stated, but he would have good
title the property.
Deal with honest people-prefersbIy those
who financially responsible
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

and well that they won the approval of Mrs.
WILCOX, who then became insistent that the
young girl should turn her attention to system
attic literary production. The encouragement
came at the right time. and Miss Pickering began
seeing her poems published regularly in the
When the Smart Set was nrst started. a
prize OF $3.50 was offered for the best poem. Mrs:
Garrison (she had married Joseph Garrison OF
Newark In 1880 was at Long Branch and did
not hear of the contest until three days before
its close when some of her friends called her
attention to II She wrote The Kings Chamber"
and forwarded 1t to the magazine publishers. IL
reached New York the last day of the contest
ana won the prize over 1,2o0 competitors
In 1911 mrs. Garrison married to Frederic
J. Faulks. of Newark She Is a member of the
Authors League and the Poetry Society, and
contributes verse and stories to magazines. Her
home Is in Short Hills N. J.
DON'T KNOW or ANY.
To the Friend Of the People:
1 wish to know II It would be legal not
for person to solicit repair work sewing
machines by house house canvass, doing the
repairing in the homes? c. E n
We objection.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

Miss Helen Lightfod has resigned her po
sition with the Model Shoe Shop-From TIL
Watertown Is. d. Public Opinion
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

~" ~ WIDOW HEMAHRIES.
To the Friend Of the People,:
am war widow and am receiving $57 SO a
month from my deceased husbands war insur-
ance. he was killed in the early part of 1918.
am thinking of remarrying Some friends have
told me thst this war insurance would be discon-
unued as soon REMARKED. Is this true?
name? r r.
The Insurance payments will continue. Your
friends were probably confused with widows
compensation paid by the government to widows
OF men who died In the service. Your compen-
sation payments will cease
we would advise you to notify the bureau of
the change in your name.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

They say it is unlucky to postpone a we'd
ding. But not il you keep on doing it.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

An ex-service army officer is one
of the most consistent "toddle"
artists in the dansants. He has
never been known to sit out a
dance and he visits the jazz palaces
every night. He has a wooden
leg.
, 1922-10-15

burns incense to Baalim. decks her
self in earrings and forgets the true
God.
In Egypt the earring accompanied
its fair owner to the realms beyond.
nor ended its life of pretty service
with her death. After 400 years
we have unearthed all that time has
left of the beautiful. far-famed
Princess HathorIset. There. through
the long. dark hair that cover the
shriveied, mummied body, CLEANS a
perfectly wrought bit of IN earring,
unchanged since the day it was made.
and seeming as II the goldsmi.h's art
, 1922-10-15
.HUHDE. DZT~ETRTSZ.
He0ae. eS~~>s1 - A--syr-~~.s -e~ESSA

Tulle is such a satisfactory sort of
thihg for a dress-up frock. isn't IT.
Those Fans.
Don't you love the mode which de-
mands the use OF the intriguing FAM
There is such a background Of old
world charm linked with up-to-the-
moment smartness in its brilliant
coloring and queenly sway that I
know you will be glad 20 know that
its use will be highly favored. We
really couldn't have skirts to our
ankles and not use a feather fan.
could we? And there will be no end
of picturesque accessories as well.
many Of which Will bark back to the
days OF the SOS.
Basque Models.
Have you noticed any OF those
quantity adorable basque models?
I saw a delightful young woman in
one of the shops the other day buy
ing one, and I must admit that she
looked bewitching. A wide puff over
the hips have the "sticky-out" APP
pearance which so many modistes
aim to feature. and it harmoniEed ex-
cellently with tho very full skirt
Full skirts.
Full skirts, did you say? Yes, in
deed. Like everything else which
comes in as 4 sost Ct reform. it seems
, 1922-10-15

likely to go the limit. / actually saw
n the other day which measured
seven yards around the bottom. Can
you imagine such a change from the
wisps of nothingness which we have
been wearing? This. of course. is
the extreme. and such lengths. or
rather such widths will scarcely be
adopted by many. But the fascinat-
ing godat pieats. which have ceased
to be a prophecy and have become a
reality. call for greater width. and
they undoubtedly attain the greatest
smartness
The Black Crepe Gown.
Godets and basques! Circular
skirts and capes, Rufnes about our
knees and hens about our heels!
And through il all the gown of black
crepe holds its own. 1t adopts with
the utmost cieverness and versatility
each new feature of the mode. ap-
pearing one day straight and slim
and the next with the most sinuou=
and voguish OF the new draperies.
Black crepe marocain is looked upon
with the greatest favor by the smart
Parisienne. and it. like all the rest
of the black crepe family. is making
use Of the new tucked girdles, which
in reality are more belts than Cir
dtaa
, 1922-10-15
Flapper's Day Has Passed, Says Fashion
. ccoRDING to all authorities
q and many of them are quite

4 CCORDING to all authorities
"A and many of them are quite
puned up about it. as though
they had scored some sort of a per-
sonal victory-there is a decided re-
action against the dashing. insou-
Giant styles of the slim, vivid fapper
which have for so long held US en-
thraIled.
The trend Of the times. so far as
dress e concerned. is toward dignity,
sophistication and a certain patrician
elegance. which Isn't going to come
any toe easy to those who have be-
come joyously accustomed to frocks
without a vestige of confinement or
the least whisper of subtIety.
It bsgins TO look as If women will
once more have TO learn to glide
gracefully where they have been
striding along with the freedom of
a boy, and evening affairs this Win
ter are going to be gatherings of the
erande dame rather than Of careless
abandon.
For a Special Occasion.
The special OCCASION gown is oc-
eupying rather a place of prominence
inst now in the minds of most wom-
en-. Quite the most ravishing ] have
seen lately was OF lilac tglle; a very
aoufsnt aad ti.yoious creation.
, 1922-10-15
she says. looking wise as he peruses
the latest market quotations.
The Oldest Thing.

she says. looking wise as he peruses
the latest market quotations.
The Oldest Thing.
Little does she realize that they
are just the Oldest thing! Before
men knew the art OF weaving. and
before they wrested metals from the
earth, they satisfied their instinct by
painting and tattooing their bodies.
Bits OF fia;-smoothed wood they
stained with fruit juices, and hung
about their necks: dried berries and
later heads decorated the belle of
tho primitive tribe. both then and
now.
Always the dainty pink lobe Il a
woman's ear. or the dusky brown
one, as It happened to be. was con-
sidered n pleasing setting for a bit
OF jewelry. In fact. the Berswan
people Of Borneo uand of wild men.
so doubtless of wild, wild womenl.
decorated the lobes OF the ear with
plugs four inches in diameter; and
a Nasal Thought It was a privilege
and u delight to wear a stone ear
plug Weighing three pounds. They
also thought it was a great mark OF
beauty to have esr-lobes six or eight
inches long.
The penduious earring which My
Lady-Independence chooses today to
enhance her beauty is doubtless a
descendant Of the nose ring which
preceded the wedding ring OF more
, 1922-10-15

civilized peoples. and marked the
time when wives YER literally led
by the nose. Times and wives ways
have changed completely. The PEN
dulum which marked the progress OF
womankind has swung far in the OPP
posite direction, yet the earring has
fingered on.
, 1922-10-15

looks al the varied types of ladies
assembled at a dance or a tea. or
seated listening 10 opera. one is con-
WINGED that 10 be earringless is not
At all CONNIE II faut. In fact. in such
a case L almost feels tempted TO
iun home in disgrace. as IL part OF
one's costume had been left hanging
in the closet
"Dear. do you like me in EAR
rings?" milady asks her husband.
They are just tho newest things"
, 1922-10-15


Of earrings. as we'll as asps; Boadi-
cea and Helen Of Troy a~ssuredly
wore them. The Myeenaean period
Is rich in earrings. as well as IN
necklaces and brooches of charming
animal or noral design. The Graeeo-
Phoeniclan maid OF the seventh cen
fury b. c. wore earrings so skill
fully wrought that our modern gold
spiths may live in hope OF equaling
them. but never Of surprising them
with the decay of the Roman EN-
pire and the Invasion of barbaric
hordes came the Teutonic type OF
earrings. as well as Teutonie laws
and customs. Borrowing something
OF the classic tradition. yet debasing ,
and modifying it. they created a
crude and vigorous form Of art in
jewelry which quite expressed their
temperament. Rugged. rough in
workmanship and naturaiistic IN de-
sign were the earrings worn by those
stalwart women of the fair hair and
the blue eyes who frequented both
tribal cOunsels and bn%ttleheids.
The M%erovingian work OF the nth
century grew out of this. but re-
fined these tendencies, especially by
using ,hlisree work and twisted gold.
The fifteenth century shows US the
triumph of such master workmen as 4
Albert Durer, Holbein, and the sreat-
est of all, B%enevenuto Ceilini. For
this was a golden age. indeed. for aii>
the arts. Yet ach nation has con-
tributed its earrings OF different
periods, which are a distinct renee-
ton of the history Of a people and
an expression OF their temperament
Flemish, Spanish. italian. Russian
they may be. but in the Middle Ages
all are lovely. We must turn backV
for our inspiration, here as we'll asS
TO Chaldea, Greece and Rome-andC
pause y moment before we 0
that We nave really the cry latest
b~rand-new thingl
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
Copyright. Western Newspaper Uaion

various reasons, including possible
new legislation. the operations of the
shipping board, the railroad admins
tratiOn, and fuctuation In current re
ceipts OF the postofflce department,
cannot be predicated at this time. the
above amount Ia that much of a con-
tribution TO more favorable relation.
'srhis fine response TO your request
from the heads OF the departments
and Independent organizations and bu-
reau chiefs, Incidental to your assump.
tion of responsibility as the business
head Of governmental administration,
infers the existence In their minds Of
three principles involving improve
ment In governmental business, which
should not be overlooked.
First, that the business organiza-
tion of government hereafter assumes
that the minimum amount of money
to be expended In any fiscal year Ia
not, of necessity, the sum appropri-
ated in advance by congress, but the
smallest amount upon which the bust
ness Of the government can be eff
GENTLY administered under the pro-
gram outlined by congress.
Second, that the minds of the bust
ness administrators Of government
have been diverted from a too easy
reliance upon the custom of deficiency
appropriations.
Third, that where congress has d.
rected the expenditure of certain sums
for specific purposes, an executive
pressure will now be exerted for more
efficient and economical administration
in order to produce greater result from
the given expenditure, and also wher-
ever possible, to complete the given
project for less amount than the
total appropriated for the purpose"
The budget system was established
because of an acute public interest in
the expenditures of government, ac-
lively and continuously displayed by
the tax payers. 1t was established in
response to a public demand. Tie
house of representatives has changed
Its way of appropriating money to con-
form TO the budget system. 1t has
only one great appropriation commit
tee which authorizes all the expendi-
lures for the house. The senate has
not followed suit. II this newly in
stalled budget system is to be sue
cess 1t must have your active support
and understanding and derive an added
authority from your approval and sup.
port.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
Used Insects to Fight insects.

Control of destructive insects by
the introduction OF their natural en-
emies has become an Important tech
nique during the last generation,
writes Paul Popenoe In Science. But
IL competent observers are to be trust
ed. the southern Arabs employed the
same method more than 100 years ago
in the culture of the date palm.
In his Relation dun Voyage dams
rYemen,. P. e. Botta says:
81 was able to verify the singular
fact previously observed by Forskal,
that the date palm in Yemen are at
tackled by species Of ant which would
cause them to perish IL each year the
growers did not bring from the noun
tains and fasten In the tops of the
palms branches of tree that / did
not recognize. which contains the nests
of another species of ant which de-
stroys that of the date palm"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
WHY THE NAME .M0ONsHlHE'
In Earlier Years the Illicit Liquor Was
Supposed to Be Made Only
.-. at Night.

America calls the liquor illicitly dis
titled. especially in the Allegheny
mountains, '.moonshine" The appar-
ent reason is that it is believed to be
distilled at night and secretly. trans
ported without payment of a tax or the
authority of official permit. The fact
is, of course, that the secret stills
work as hard in day as at night.
England used the word In similar
manner, though not In the same
sense. Over there moeDshiDe is
liquor that has been smuggIed into
the country without payment of tax.
The smuggling is usually done by
small boats from the continent, that
land at lonely shores at night, and the
cargo is unloaded by the light of the
moon. 1t was this that gave the liquor
its generic name. .-,-.-.. ........
American moOAshine is raw, un-
aged and often uncolored spirits. Brit
ish moonshine may be the finest bran
dy from France, the choicest rum from
Jamaica. In the British Isles, especially
Ireland, the popular name for home
distilled spirits is mountain dew" be-
cause it is in the hills that it is made,
far from the prying eyes of the ex-
else man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
WRITE TO THESE MEN.

j individual members of congress In a
hundred skiliful, shrewd, subtle ways
arguments to support the legislation
they are seeking to advance. 1t would
take two or three columns of this
newspaper merely to print a list of
the organizations and associations that
are here to keep congress mindful of
their interests.
In this great clamor the common
public interest is likely to be sub
merged. In fact. too often it has been
submerged. This matter of economies
and recognizing the business of the
government and taking up the tedious
details OF administration is dull bush
ness. II has been neglected and put
Off time after time because of lack
of public interest and driving force
behind 1t.
If you will supply this driving force
now and display sustained interest,
you can at least put the business of
government of the United States on
an efficient basis. Congress has been
negligent because you have been negli-
gent, but now at last the thing has
run along so far that something must
be done about 1t.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17

miscellaneous fiat and gondola cars
1900 miscellaneous concrete carts
1880 feet of cord: 1853 compasses
If various sizes; 1,10S field desks; q
gTindstones; AGO hammers; 16,0TS
'ets of assorted harness; L999 hatch
It's: 3S2,2S2 feet of various kind,
md sizes of hose; 31,025 assorted
lanterns; IA sets of micrometers; Is,
502 sheets of sand paper; I59. 436
picks; 1890 spark plugs; 90T, SAT
fence posts; 25.000 gross tons of rails !;
SS8.907 sheets of roofing metal; 494.-
$50 feet of various kinds and sizes of
rope; 81 salamanders: 3T8.S12 shoyels
of various kinds; 1882 spades ;
1;757 tractors of various types; 4,TT3
wagons 1850 wheelbarrows; and wire
Of various kinds amounting to approx
uately 1000 tons.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
BUDGET SYSTEM A START

The remedy is already being applied
to remove some of the conditions |
have described. A budget plan has
been put Into effect. A director of the
budget, In the person of Gen. Charles
g. Dawes, has been appointed to Of
flee. General Dawes is at work now
trying to find out In detail where the
money comes from which you pay to
run the government and where II goes
and how properly to apportion 1t
among the spending agencies of the
government. He Is just at the begin
ming of his big task, but the work has
begun. That Is the important thing.
The budget and accounting act pro-
yides for the presentation by the
President of regular and alternative
budget OF the United States to congress
on the first Monday In December, 1921,
covering the fiscal year ending June
80; 1923.
Recognizing in the budget machinery
created by this law an agency through
which executive policy and pressure
involving better business administra-
ach SShaN bE CAciLruf NlF. E1HFuiIS
assembled on June 20, 1921, for the
first time, the heads Of departments
and independent organizations and bu-
reau chiefs, and after announcing a
government policy of economy and eff
ficfency, directed that an immediate
attempt with the budget machinery be
made to reduce expenditures under the
appropriations of the current year end
ing June 80, 1922.
General Dawes, director of the
budget, has reported to the President
$112,512, 628.32 "as the estimated saw
ings in expenditures reported to me
by the heads of departments and in
dependent organizations, in compli-
ance with your directions to all con-
cerned to secure a reduction In expen-
ditures under appropriations and bal
ances available during the current fis-
cal year, where consistent with the
mandatory obligations imposed by con-
gress, either direct or implied.
"Of this amount. S22,S22, 113.14, per-
tanning to continuous appropriations
and involving for the most part build
Ing and construction, will be post
poned for expenditure In future years
unless otherwise decided by congress.
Whatever may be the relation of total
expenditures to total revenues at the
end of the current year. which, for
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
w. N. u, Salt Lake City, Mo. 11-1922.
Holy city in Early DAYS.

Ancient Jerusalem stood on four
hills, now almost entirely nodded to
gether, and the intervening valleys
filled with debris. Mount Zion is that
height on the southwest, the city of
David, made conspicuous today by the
towers of the German ecclesiastical
buildings for which the former kaiser
gave the land. Mount Moriah is on
the East, the site of Solomon's temple,
separated from Mount Zion by the
valley of the Tyropoeon, Mount Be
Zetha is on the North and Mount 4kra
on The northwest, the two latter repre-
senting the crowded quarters of the
modern city.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17

The chief defects, or places where
waste is apparent In the conduct of
the business Of the government, that
have pointed out in these articles,
have been, first, the excessive proper
ton of the government income that
went for military expenditures; sec
ond, the chaotic condition and lack
of adequate supervision and control
of expenditures, which have been In
part remedied by the introduction Of
the budget system; and third, the hap
hazard organization of the govern
ment departments and the morgan
lied condition that prevailed In gov
eminent employment.
The remedy for two of these condi-
lions / have treated briefly In the
two Immediately preceding articles.
come now to the matter of reorganiza-
ton of the departments and the re-
classification of government em-
ployees. A beginning has been made
On both of these matters.
A joint committee of the two houses
Of congress, with Walter f. Brown as
chairman, is studying the whole ques-
ton of organization of the government
and the function of the various de-
partments and bureaus and independ-
emit establishments. / cannot too
strongly advise you to keep yourself
In contact with the work that joint
committee is doing.
/ have given you the names of the
members of the committee In another
article but | win repeat them here
They are Senators Smoot of Utah.
Wadsworth of New York and Harrison
Of Mississippi; Representatives Reavls
of Nebraska, Temple of Pennsylvania
and Moore of Virginia. Write to any
Of them or to Mr.. Brown. the chair
man of the committee, who represents
the President, with headquarters In
the house office building here at Wash
ington.
This is the third or fourth attempt
that has been made to effect general
reorganization of the conduct of the
business of the executive departments.
interest. There was lack of public In
terest, and consequently lack or inter-
est In congress.
This joint committee is at work now.
II is collecting facts. 1t is finding out
the actual condition. II is studying
the departments. Presently 1t will
make a report to congress. If you
will show an active. insistent interest
II the work that it is doing, congress
will take action. II you do not show
this interest. there is every chance in
the world that no action will be taken,
and that things will remain much as
ever.
Hundreds of special interests are
rlamoring for the attention of con-
gress. All OF them are organized.
Iiost OF them keep representatives
acre at Washington. They present to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
Camera Rullt on eyes plan.

The camera is nothing more or less
than d huge model of the eye. Light
passing through the lens Of the eye
Is focused on the retina, which cor
responds exactly TO the ground glass
screen or the plate of the camera.
Though the retina's chief use is to
send an impression to the brain. II is
capable Of retaining an image for some
time. Light has the same effect on II
Ms on a Photographic plate. To test
the truth Of this you have only 10 look
for a moment at some brightly ilIumi
mated object, and then TO cast the eyes
up to the white ceiling; you will find
that you see the image of the objec'
for o long time.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
EXTENSIVE SURVEY or ROADS
Mileage, Cost. Character of construe-
tion, Improvement Work, Etc, to
Be Ascertained.

Americas far-fung network of road
ways is soon to be measured accurate
" in terms of mileage, cost. charac-
ter of construction, Improvement work,
and general condition by the bureau
Of public roads OF the United States
Department of Agriculture. The sur
vey. which is the most extensive ever
undertaken and the first in seven
years, is to be made with the aid of
state and local officials the country
over, and is comparable only to the
great task of taking the national CEN
sus.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17
MICHIGAN KEEPS ROADS OPEN
About 1900 Miles of Highways Being
Kept Clear Of Snow for Motor
vehicle Traffic.

Michigan is keeping open about l.
100 miles of Its highways this winter
n order that motor vehicle traffic may
move unhampered on intercity roads
Michigan first adopted the road.
clearing plan on state scale during
the war, when 1t was necessary to
move army trucks out OF Michigan
factories and to transport war sup
plies by truck between cities. 1T
worked out so well that the highway
department has been following tho
practice ever since.