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Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
n Started Movement When
|coIen Prices Went Soaring
During World War.
||BIT AROUsES ENTHUSIASM
lman Gets Looms and Weaver to
aeh His Parishioners - Many
spinning Wheels and Looms
Are Now In Operation.

bblln.-A strong movement for the
tal Of the old Irish Industries has
and is receiving assistance and
fragment from the whole cOun.
Among the peculiarly Irish pur-
spinning and weaving with the
treadle machines has received
! impetus Of late from patriotic in
uals.
little town called Killoe, In
bty Longford. over 800 spinning
Els are working daily. Some time
the parish priest, Father Conefrey.
led the village with one wheel. He
aided by friends from both the
and south Of Ireland, irrespec-
Of the usual bugbear-politics-
now spinning wheels are beginning
ppear In the districts surrounding
be.
Started Industry During War.
ftually Father Ionefrey started
movement during the war. The
sent the price of woolen goods
1ng unhealtiily, so Father Con
decided to encourage the women
children of the town to spend their
y days and spare time in the dark
Fer evenings making their own
ping. Despite the derision of many
Fne local wiseacres he obtained a
PIE Of Spinning wheels and set a few
Fhe elderly women of the parish,
durinS their youth had spun yarn,
|eaching the children to handle the
tc wheel.
pc little industry soon caught a
mold ind gradually it became
liar occupation during days when
lamilies could not work on their
or other peoples farms. The wool
sn in the surrounding country
ID market In Killoe.
ne seed thrown by the LongfOrd
ge priest was blown far and wide.
a'u bohahe, the director of the
al Dublin society, the society which
ies on the famous Ballsbridge
= sho" annually and which encOur-
s!ock raising in every shape and
; became Interested In the expert
and got the society to furnish
y TO enable the Killoe spinners to
oit their products Mt the socIety's
:, which is always big event in
l92l the exhibit of the little vii
70 VI hilloe at the show was quite
: mough limited to spinning and
hg' Then the indefatigable Father
'irey went to Donegal, where he
'vered an disappearing weaver
ing wooden loom in the little
OF Ardara. He took him to Killoe
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
His Chiva,ry Costs Him $40.

New YOrk.-.Inmes Murphy. Is
Montgomery street, Manhattan. re
ported to the Yonkers police that ht
was held up and robbed before day
break by two men near the Crotor
aGueduct arch on Nepperhan avenue
Yonkers.
According to the police, J., consent
ed to escort timd young conan &c
her home in the vicinity owing to tho
lateness of the hour.
The thieves riiled his pockets ane
took $40 from him.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
Bull knocka Car Off Track.

Harrisburg. Pa.-A bull on the Bon
nymeade stock farm. near Rutherford
lost his life after battle recently VIII
n Harrisburg trolley car. The huf
went Mt the trolley car with a roar. Thi
impact knocked the car of the tracs
and sent passengers scrambling:
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
Terrible Force Of Habit.

AS an illustration of the terrible
force Of habit, there is the story Of
the man who had been visiting ut the
home of millionaire. When he re-
turned to his boarding house be~nb-
sent-mindedly left his shoes outside
his door TO be shinetl by the butler.
When he looked for the shoes the next
morning one Of the other boarders had
made away with them.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
cutleura for Pimp,y Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash of In FIVE minutes with CutI-
cura Soap and hot yater. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to In
clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21

spective of how rich they may become
The former is credited with the state
ment that he hoped to use n part OF
his early income from oil In financing
the building OF n stadium for the uni
yersity, while II Is the ambition or
Doctor Schramm to donate n splendid
museum building to the institution.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
Wireless Call Bells:

/. An officer of the Portuguese army
has developed system of operating
GALL bells by wireless, which army
circles say'will do'away witnpr;Honged
svatchins for calls. at rndlo receiving
Statons.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
Mean lnsinuatjon,

A bachelor says IL mule Is the most
obstinate thing on earth. but married
men know better.-ChicagO Daily
News.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
Recjpe Wanted,

Flint Cooking at picture)-"I won
der what made the tower of Pisa
Ican!" Fatleigh-"If knew I'd try
it." s.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

cetpt Of my iarsess. with the air Of
. man prosecuted by . goddess
government. whereas Al . matter
of fact he was entirely free. and
had one of the old national insti-
tutions at his disposal in which
to exercise his religion. He had
nothing but regrets for the old
Tsarist regime. for there indeed his
role was to shepherd the people
within the lines Of that wretched
despotism, and IN this respect
think that the aphorism Of the
Soviets is not FAR amiss.
Let us now look at another Of the
stories told against the Sovfets. Ono
OF these has many names. but II
may be called the commercialization
Of women. have seen various
accounts given in London news
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

unnaturally determined to replen-
dish fast diminishing stocks In
order to reap the harvest while they
may. This, obviously, forces the
manufacturers to scour the labor
markets Of Germany in order to I'LL
these orders while the buying spirit
still possesses the people.
Let there be made drastic price
reductions all along tho line. ro-
auctions that will represent sub
stantial losses, and with these re.
auctions let there be disseminated
among tho public tho truth that
these final price reductions are
bedrock bottom figures.
This, as . matter Of fact. is
where our prices now stand. In
considering economic conditions
in this country as a whole It is
obviously irrelevant to point to
exceptional conditions in an iso-
lated case, but there Is significance
in the figures that prove the prao-
ticability Of the method we have
been advocating.
I'm October last there were more
than 100000 more transactions
made in the house OF selfridGe
than in October, 1920, itself q
record month for business. In
November the increase Of business
was rs great. Surely anyone can
see that the method works.
Unfortunately. some Of the dis
trkbuting houses tan 20 appreciate
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

ness principle whioh is and always
has been the guiding policy Of all
trade is and must DO the guiding
policy Of the British Empire.
ANY business concern which
hopes to remain In business must
meet its observation-disclosures
losses II may sustain through its
own defaulting debtors. Britain
will pay its debts whatever losses
II may sustain through the failure
Of its debtor European nations
to pay their debts.
More than that, II . creditor
walked into the office Of q busi-
ness man and with q patronizing
gesture suggested that he was pre-
pared to waive either the interest
or principle Of the debt, no would
speedily discover that tho sugges-
ton was an insult.
''If history Is any indication Of
a peoples instinct. 1t seems to me
there Is ample evidence In history
that above everything else the
British nation Is n business people.
Spacious arguments about its being
in the interest Of the American
nation to cancel the British debt
unless am entirely mistaken
would have no weight with the re-
snonsI,le officers Of the RritIsh
government nor with her thought.
fui citizens. The debt Is owned.
England pays her debts.
Remission by England Of the
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

for the upkeep of a reactionary In
stitution whose principal use Is
political in the direction Of safe
guarding the relics Of the feudal
system. In Russia the citizens
have been released from all such
obligations, and that is the begin
ming and end Of tho persecution.
There has been even a recru-
descence Of religious sentiment
among tho people since tho Boil
shevik regime, for. since those who
believe do not have to support their
own popes. they seem to take the
matter more seriously. I have seen
soldiers and officers in uniform en-
tering the church for prayer. not
snly on Sunday. but on other days
of the week. have seen the pass
srsby making the sign Of the cross
~ they walked past q church: and
turning Q street corner, I have
suddenly come upon . man saying
HI psaysrs. apropos sf nothing In
paxt1oulAA
ThS woman especially seem do
vSut. and n virtue wore IN proper
ton 70 Ghs number Of genuflexions
ana obstsancss and sisns, then the
fnir sex Of Moscow would stand very
hash IN the company Of the elect
= worshtpsrs. howsvur. wers Of al
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

one Of the remarkable features Of
this fascinating city.
This little lecture Of me pope
had occupied half an hour, and
felt called upon to offer some
thing "for his good works." as he
expressed It gave him $4,000
(old style) which. with the debased
currency. amounted to about six
cents. He was very grateful. and
he asked mo to inscribe my name
in his book OF honor. Finding
that I came from Australia, the
pope murdured: Happy man"
I asked him II he knew anything
OF Australia He said NO" He
only knew that It was not Rus
sia."
Now, remember that this pope
walked about, even after the re-
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

was completed believed that the
building had been set up for mill
tary purposes. n q kind Of outpost
from which to protect the city on
the side which had been left most
accessible by the natural features
Of the position
MONARCHISTIC TENDENCY.
Tho Russian pope thought this
design was probably In the mind Of
Ivan and his architect, for the
openings In tho walls that served
as windows seemed to be arranged
less for the purpose Of lighting tho
church than for giving q good shot
ut the enemy.
From a high point In the church
. magnificent view Of Moscow Is
obtained. Altogether, this church
IL . curious architectural gem. and
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
Nv HAYDEN TALBOT.

PSSiication hight. in United Kingdom
r oNDoN, Dec 81-rTt 10 I'M
thinkable that the British
Empire should ever repudi-
ate her debt to the United States.
II is as unthinkable as It is GER
tain that an offer to cancel the
debt would be distinctly unwel-
come to the British Government
and the British people"
II. Gordon Selfridge, proprietor
OF the only American department
store on this side Of tho ocean.
made this statement to mo today
and thereby placed himself In
minority Of one. OF all the indus
trial leaders and business men with
whom I have discussed EnRland's
economic position he Is the first to
snggest that cancellation Of Britain's
Aebt TO the United States would not
he pleasing to the debtor nation.
There Il . price too high 10
nay even for ones financial sol.
vcncy," he continued. THAT price
N self respect. And in the matter
Of credit, nations, like individuals.
must maintain their self respect or
lose all tbey have. When the house
OF selfridge contracts a debt II
does not inform its creditor that
n will meet the obligation--when
and II its debtors nee, theirs.
II submit that the basic busi.
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debts owing to her IL Of course
possibility. and I am not insensible
Of the importance Of such remarks
as MoKenna, former chancellor Of
the exchequer, is quoted as having
made on his departure from New
York recently. It. is undoubtedly
true that such action by England
might we'll work to her advantage
in the long run, II only in its cura-
tive action on tho prevailing wild
fluctuations in rates Of exchange.
But basically II Is not good bust.
ness, and am inclined to the
opinion that stability OF these ex-
change rates will be effected in
some other manner.
"Viewing the present world In
stability Of trade as a whole. II
seems to me that one factor as
much as any other Of the many
factors responsible for 1t is an alto
gether psychological one. The diff
ference, for example. between the
state Of mind OF the English con-
sumner and the German consumer Is
a significant proof Of this. I have
recently been in Germany and have
had opportunity to observe existing
conditions there.
There is no mystery about Ger.
many's internal prosperity, about
her seemingly paradoxical ability to
spend. about her having a lesser EN-.
ployment problem than any other
nation on earth. u n easily En-
planned.
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Ell FRIDGE SAYS: BRITAIN MUST PAY DEBT TO u S.

To this end I am heartily In Ssvee
Of . world conference Of business
men whose experience and whose
interests alike fit them to discuss
and settle the matter. . matter
which, after all, b . strictly bust.
ness proposition.
Every surface indication leads
me to believe that the day is corn.
ing when such a world conference
will be held. and It is not far
distant day, either. As the situa.
ton appears to me. II Is as II we
had been dragging a heavy wagon,
heavily loaded. through an impen-
etrable forest. II has been a long
pull and II has been a hard pull.
but we have kept at II, and We
have managed to keep our heads a.
well.
"It Is for business men OF all
nations to undertake the straighten-
ing out Of this unfortunate mental
twist on the part Of the people Of all
nations. II should not have to take
a world war to develop, first. a mn.
tional unity and. subsequently, .
comradeship with ones fighting
allies. There should be. there muss
be developed q world understanding
Of . basic. economic truth--that
upon Worldwide economic stability
depend. civilisation's very sxiss-
eo~r."
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

and has done so
ever since, to
hear them Will
fled and Sian
dered for crimes
they have never
committed.
:. 1t is said that
the Soviets have
persecuted reli-
gion. There Is
not a word of
truth in that
statement. There
Is less interior
'ence with reli-
gion In Russia
than In Eng
land, for in
E n g nd the
church 10 estab-
lished, and those
who do not be-
lieve in the Es-
tablished Church
have. neyerthe-
less. to nav taxes
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

the most picturesque and famous
churches of Russia-that of the
Vasili Blajannyei Church of st.
Basil)-which was built In the reign
OF Ivan the Terrible.
ATTENDS CHURCH.
When ! entered a service was In
progress end. so as not to disturb
the worshipers. I. with a couple OF
friends. stood discreetly at some dis
lance away, though within sight OF
the Russian pope who officiated. He
was fine figure. this pope-a tall,
big man, with white locks curling
down to his shoulders and a long
beard. His tiara cleaned with
Jewels or. perhaps, to use a word of
Carlyle, the simulacrum of such.
and his voice was powerful and 70.
tund.
There was something impressive
in the chanting in the old Slavic
tongue. but my meditations were
interrupted in the midst Of the sery-
ice by the pope making a familiar
sign to me in a sort Of reckoning
way, which said as plainly as words:
Wait till this affair is over and I
will show you round"' This he did.
He told us that the church had
been built in the reign of Ivan the
Terrible, but that the legend was un.
true which said that the architect
was an Italian who. after he had
finished the church. boosted that he
could build a better one, and had
his eyes Immediately put out by the
terrible Ivan.
The architect was not an Italian,
and he was not deprived Of sight.
1t was not even true that this
church was produced originally from
a sort of dream-fl flight of genius. for
its prototype is to be found in an
older church near Archangel. What
the architect did with this particular
Vasili in the Red Square of Moscow
was to enlarge snd improve upon
the design Of the original. and to
build round 1t, but communicating
with 1t, eight smaller churches. set.
as the pope himself said. like the
nine-pins OF a game Of skittles." The
architect afterward built another
beautiful church in Kazan.
CHURCHES RICHLY ENDOWED.
have given these details for they
are in line with the previous ques-
ton. The Russian pope, who show
ed US around infinitely. pointed out
to US in one receptacle a large-sized
image Of q saint. which had been
worked in tapestry by tho daughter
Of Boris Goudonoff. The figure 10
studded with precious stones here
and there. and round the outside
line II . continuous row Of authentic
pearls, each Of great price. The
value Of the whole tapestry must be
something beyond the dreams Of
avarice."
This old church contained many
other treasures, and there are other
churches in Moscow sttll moro richly
endowed. II. therefore. the Boil
shsvild were really the ruthless
blasphemers and vandals, a we'll a.
bankrupt scalawags, which they
have been represented to be, they
would long ago have laid hands on
these treasures. So far from that
being the case. however, the whole
church is less guarded now than any
watchmakers shop In q street in
London or New York.
A curious detail about this church
II that the Tartars who attacked
Moscow some time after the church
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
MIR. Hearst's Economic
Policy is Extolled
By H. GORDON SELFRIDGE

(Famous American Merchant Proprietor Of the Only American
Department Store in Europe,)
T ONDON, Dec. 81 have watched with great in
IL terest the campaign carried by the Hearst news
papers advocating editoriay policy of liberal buy
ing the part of the consuming public. To my way
and if America problem could be completely solved by
domestic prosperity alone it would effect the solution.
The trouble is that business prosperity in any country
is no longer domestic matter.
Whether we like to admit it or not-and 1 as an
American living in foreign country have perhaps
stronger feeling in this matter than most Americans
must face the unacceptable fact that great forces
have been working to eradicate natonasm, patriotism,
sectionasm, in business.
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the sound economic, value Of the
scheme. and insist on making
price reductions piecemeal and
continuously. But We in this bust
ness Of ours are optimists in this
regard and firmly believe that It
is only a matter of time before
the efficacy Of the policy Is es-
tablished generally throughout this
country.
There Is no question that the
United States IL already suffering
from an almost complete loss of
foreign demand for its products,
owing to the exchange situation.
We are buying just as little as we
possibly can get along with from
the United States. 1t is obviously
bad business to buy In a market
where your money Is worth only
rs per cent Of its domestic value.
This is slowly but surely working
to the advantage Of British indus
try, which La enjoying a demand
for products heretofore almost ex.
clusively supplied by the United
States.
ION the other hand. the veriest
tyro In economies knows that an
advantage gained ut the cost u
anothcr's disadvantage works no
GOOD IN either I'm the end. And
there h no gainsaying the fact that
We shall not have world economic
stability restored until . wsrsd
balance q srsds n sccsmpaishca.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
BY Colonel Arthur Lynch.

. By Colonel Arthur Lynch.
Former Member Of British Parliament
Z This Is the fifth article on
sRnssian internal conditions by
Colonel Lynch soho has Just re-
txS1sed from a ttoo months visit
h Russia.
Copyright 1871. Universal service)
y ONDON, Dec. S1.-I have not
4 spared the Soviet system
Z whenever I have met with alb
surdities or abuse Of power. There
fore I viii now say. on the other
side, that It CALLED me in Moscow,
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that. even among the men, there Ii
no drunkenness. and hardly any
crime Of any description. II II not
fair to pick out any one feature OF
any one city. and. throwing that en-
tireiy out Of the perspective. com.
pare II with another. We must take
the whole life Of the country
through and through to form a ba'
sis Of comparison. Therefore. ! do
not care to lay too much stress even
on the absence Of drunkenness. The
simple fact IL that there II no drink
to be got. Russia Ia dry" in a
sense that leaves America In the
shade or, II you please, far from
the aridity Of the desert.
This In true Of the villages a
we'll az Of Moscow. In one Of the
famine villages near Kaxan q mou-
jik said to US:
IF I had q bottle Of vodka now
I could hammer the whole lot Of
you"
DRY RUSSIA PRAISED.
When questioned. however. he ad-
mitted that the disappearance Of the
vodka had been good thing for the
children. His wife. who was = very
intelligent woman. although she
could neither read nor write. re-
marked that II she had good glass
Of vodka at the moment she would
drink It willingly
reminded her that when they
had vodka her husband used to beat
her.
"oh. yes" she said laushinsfy.
but what Is q beating7 You soon
get over that. would rather have
tho vodka and q beating than not
have the beating-and not have the
vodkar'
dare say there are many Of the
men and women in Moscow who feel
that way also. but the TACT II that
drunkenness has been eliminated.
In one restaurant. II Il true. some
time after the opening Of the shop.
got bottle Of what was called
beer" for fifteen thousand dollars
(old style). but even to call It near
beer" would, think. be fattering.
BY the way, I paid nine thousand
rubles for soup: for q portion Of
duck nineteen thousand rubles. and
for q cup of coffee thirty-eisht thou
sand rubies. OSoms nifty thousand
rubies 60 to the dollar.)
GOOSE IS CHEAP.
One of the unexpected "finds" In
Moscow was the cheapness of goose
which In 20 abundant a. to be rather
despised By the Muscovites. I had
no such contempt; on the contrary.
looked upon II n . luxury. and,
a. other meat was either not obtain
able or very costly. the excellent
goose which once In history saved
Rome seemed TO me full of saliva
ton in Moscow.
To return TO the London stories, I
had been told that cholera and ty-
phoid were raging IN Moscow. I
found. on the contrary. that Moscow
is, relatively, a healthier city than
either London or New York. There
was no cholera and no typhoid.
Certainly there was a great deal Of
want: but. in the first place. there
is big gap between what people in
civilized centers think they require
by way Of meals, and what IN actu-
ally sufficient to sustain strength.