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TFILEEN NORRIS i'm THIRD WOMAN-TO-WOMAN TALK SAYS:
mo PULPIT SO FORCEFUL FOR MORALITY AS BANK ACCOUN

the old wiss-acres say certainly
bills beget bills. and slipshod
methods multiply only them
selves.
Any business whether II IL that
OF the greatest national bank.
or the newsboys' little enterprises
on . corner. must be conducted
in Just one way to succeed. And
that way 10 summed up in the
one word-Order.
An ordered house. an ordered
bank account, mean an ordered
mind. Mrs. Baker may fret and
fume and complain her way out
Of her difficulties periodically, It
Is true, but her position is sx-
actly that Of a cook Oct US say)
who keeps her kitchen In q stew
of dirty dishes. ashes. dust,
soiled towels. tumbled paper bags
and sticky saucepsns for eleven
months and twenty.nine days
every year. and thinks, by having
q glorious house cleaning on the
thirtieth day. that she u q pretty
good manager.
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bank" says Mrs. Baker. trying
to believe II.
Let 'em wear q path to the
bank" assents Bob. thinking that
he had better 90 to tho bank him
self today and deposit the three
hundred he borrowed from Bates
to tide him, over until they get q
little ahead or ne gets his raise.
1t must be a short-sighted wife
and mother indeed who believes
the object and accomplishment
Of a bank account has to do
only with the saving Of money.
Even II. at the end of the
year. an illness sweeps away
every cent OF the Browns care
fully boarded seventeen hundred,
and II Bob Bakers old aunt dies
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BY O. M. KILE.

~ RAY SILVER sounds like
the name Of some new
" metal, or possibly the title
Of a novel. but 1t 10 neither. 1t Is
the name of a very vigorous and
wide-awake West Virginia farmer
and orchardist. And tho name
Harding or Hughes is scarcely bet
ter known to members of Congress
than is the name Gray Silver.
For be 1t known that Mr.. Silver
10 the driving force and backbone
OF the farm bloc-some people
might call 1t the stumbling bloc
that has set Congress by the ears
during the present session. For
mer Senator Kenyon. the first
titular head Of the bloc. admits
this freely and in public speeches.
There is no question about It.
In his position as the man be-
hind the agricultural bloc his pow.
ers over legislation are trsmen-
dous. Political leaders from the
highest to the lowest, come to his
office in the Munsey building at
Washington to consult him daily.
HIS WORD GOES FAR.
If he objects to 4 proposed piece
Of legislation. 1t II safe to predict
a hard and troubled Journey and
ultimate defeat for that particular
piece Of legislation.
And II he insists on some broad
public measure It 10 pretty likely to
get through Congress and become
q law. sooner or later. He has had
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Mrs. Baker says she hates the
mere word money" Why can't
we all get along without the hor-
rible stuff. Everybody sees how
simply she and Bob live: they have
to eat, and they have to have
clothes, and yet how the bills do
pile up.
They are nearly 500 behind. and
yet she defies any one to go over
her bills and sec where the money
has gone. and then accuse her of
extravagancs.
However. II Bob really gets his
raise. they are going to pay every.
thing off first. and then perhaps
buy a home by degrees. and then
really save.
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method Of sustaining life, supple
mented with gallons Of ice water
and cream soda to allay the pangs
OF thirst. a product Of steam heat.
ing.
In New Zealand. as in Britain,
tea Is a religion. 1t is served in
bed at a. m. halves the honors
with coffee at breakfast: is q
definite fixture in mid-morning.
At lunch 1t may or may net be
served. but afternoon tea, with
cakes, is a national Institution.
Tea or coffee follows dinner. and
probably figures again at bedtime
supper. but not always. as we are
not yet a prohibition country.
One of my first surprises was
at . dance in Washington. There
was no supper. No dance IL 30
small or informal In our territory
that supper does not form an i'm
portant part. 1t Is not lack OF
hospitality that leaves you sitting
through an afternoon without re-
freshments, and sends you homo
at midnight, supperless; It is mere
ly a custom of the country. II
you do get supper. even with tho
glass at zero, 1t will probably be
ice cream, B-r-r-r. At the end OF
a dance we serve hot soup.
NOTHING TO HIDE.
POSSIBLY the same spirit which
denounces secret diplomacy,
and urged Mr.. Huges. Secretary Of
State, to open the doors Of the Arm
ament conference to tho press Of
the world. inspires Americans to
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quested to close their windows
and doors tight in the morning
before leaving In order to econo.
mize heat,
Yet the first touch OF lungs,
and away you 20 to the mountain
tops to live outside In the keen,
open air More ventilation and
less heat would probably improve
vital statistics of the country.
CUTTING OUT WINTER.
THIS over--heating also has its
effect on dress. Winter is
not admitted within doors, 20
there Is no closed season for
transparencies. This leads TO the
indiscriminate wearing Of flimsy
frocks. or may be. IL is the love
Of dainty clothes which leads to
overheating. Walk into. an office
any morning. leaving two feet OF
snow and zero outside. and you
will see q young girl In a beaded
satin dinner gown pounding on a
typewriter or counting dollar
bills behind bank bars. All do not
err in this direction, but silks and
beads and georgette waists are
unduly prevalent in business cir
cles.
In this the men show greater
discrimination. and swallow-tails
and boiled shirts do not grace the
office desk. The neatly dressed
American business girl Is part Of
that efficient system which put
this country in the front rank Of
progress. She predominates, but
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Also II represents q local farm
ers' organization and local funds
to work with. and similar
State organization, and then
above all these national organisa-
ton and so when he speaks. he
reflects not merely his own
wishes, but those Of moro than .
million farmers directly asso-
ciated and of several other mil
lions within the range Of in.
fluence.
10 II any wonder that Congress
mon listen when he speaks, or
that a bloc has been formed
which depends upon the farm
ers' vote for its support
AROUSED THE MEMBERS.
When Congress first had a
glimpse OF the coming power Of
Mr.. silver's organization in the
Spring Of 1s2o-in the form Of a
courteous but firm request for
each member Of the House to re-
port how no had voted on a bill
which had failed to appropriate
money to complete the Muscle
Shoals dam-ths members kicked
back. They were not accustomed
to being checked up so closely.
That's what q vote without q
roll call 10 for somstimes-to
avoid embarrassing publicity. 30
they started out to get" Gray
Silver.
How he Unanswered, step by
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By NELLIE MARGARET scANLAN.
OOK at tho map Of tho

= OOK at tho map Of the
world and you will see a
~ little pink dot about half
An inch from Australia. That is
New Zealand. Down there we
know something about America,
but not everything. and these are
few Of the discoveries I have
made since landing in this vast
country.
II some Of our inhabitants do
not love you n they might, It is
probably because tho family heir
looms include an illustrated book
Of American birth. A few dec
ades past Mr.. Hayseed and Mrs.
Turniptop were succulent diet for
the Yankee book agent, or the
professor with patents and pills.
You know this typo in your own
country, but he blaxed a moro
profitable trail in that newer land.
and left q sting behind. They
were stung.
Tho world over, We are apt to
Judge by their least worthy rep
resentatives. tho elected and re-
jected. The coolie typifies India:
the market gardener China. It is
wiser to approach without preju-
dice, and judge people in their
home setting. The spotlight of
publicity seeks out sensations
divorce, scandal and crime-but
there are millions of happy homes
on which this searchlight never
plays. That IL the real America.
TYPES OF MEN.
7 yOOKING at tho America from
afar. he IL often visualized as
q man with q broad -brimmed hat,
horn-ribbed glasses and occupied
either in splitting tobacco juice
or chewing gum. For this vision
the movies are largely RESPONSE
BILE, abetted by occasional timer
ant specimens Of a type. Meet
ing the American on his home
soil dispels this Illusion. He il
not one type-he is many.
Large, loose climbed, his clothes
sagging on A fleshy figure, his
long hair flirting with his collar
at the back. loud.voiced, ponder.
ous, I present to you a Congress.
man from the Middle West.
There are quite a lot of them In
Washington. when you do not
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his Tits with Senator Lodge. for
mer Senator Penrose, Senator
Smoot and other powerful leaders.
and 30 far has always come off
victorious.
1t may seem strange that q
mere West Virginia farmer who
never lived anywhere else but on
or near his big So0-acrs farms
and even now goes back to them
and his family every Friday night.
could WELD such mighty power In
the Nations Capital. 1t seems
stranger still that q Democrat
should have such power In an
administration % overwhelmingly
Republican.
The answer to this apparent
mystery is found in the remark
of all Illinois farmer, who said:
Nearly every farmer IN our
State, IL seems, has TIN sig on
his front gate post and certain
photograph pasted on his living
room iodH. The sign reads Farm
Bureau Member and tho photo
graph bears the label Gray
SilVer'."
SIGNS REPRESENT NOTES.
That tells the story. There are
nearly q million and . half of
those signs on farm gate posts
In every agricultural State. No
Senator or Representative can
drive ten miles from his homo
town without seeing dosens Of
them. And each sign represents
from one to four or five votes.
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do much under the public eye. In
restaurants the cooking Is done
In the open. and people eat their
meals in the 'seclusion of . plate
glass window.
At frequent intervals down the
street you may watch the toilet
intimacies of some strange young
man. He is lathered and scraped,
sprayed and rubbed. clipped and
polished In full view OF an admir-
ing populace. But the populace
does not stop to admire; II Is used
to such sights.
II 10 to the conservatism Of the
British foreigner that such pub
lie revelations cause surprise.
Yet, after seeing 1t seven times.
she too. passes by unmoved by
further curiosities.
CNDER-COOKED MEAT.
TWO things strike you forcibly
at first. Americans like their
meat under-cooked. Steam heat
ing Is. no doubt. a very good
thing when economy does not sit
on the safety valve. In homes
the heating 10, as a rule. better
controlled. but in trains. shops,
theaters and public buildings, the
furnace runs full blast. irrespec-
tive OF what the barometer says.
The heating may be good, but
the ventilation is frankly bad.
In order to economise the heat.
doors and windows are hermetic-
ally sealed. I saw a notice on
one club house: "Roomers are re-
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A Lone Charge Account.

Mrs. Brown manages differently.
She has only one charge account
at the grocery. For everything
else she pays cash.
She keeps books, and has a bud.
get; she and Jim Brown make the
Bakers wild by saying that their
budget IL q sort of game. The
Bakers are extremely scornful of
the stupid. limited sort Of people
who consider scrimping and sav.
ing and self-denial "a sort of
game"
Yet the Browns think infinitely
less about money than do the
Bakers. naturally. II Mrs. Brown
knows her meat is giong to cost her
exactly 81 a week. and spends no
more. she has less need to
think of It than Mrs. Baker. who
neither knows what she spends
nor what she should spent,
but who wastes three whole
days fretting and agonixins over
the butchers preposterous charges
every month.
Mrs. Brown refers to her bank
book, refers to her checkbook,
and announces that the Browns
can take the car and go off into
New England for Jim's holidays.
And the Bakers feel bitter as
they watch them go.
Heavens. wouldn't scrimp
and pinch as they do for ten
homes. or TO have three times
the money they have In the
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Money Isn't Yours.

The whole thing sums itself up
into two facts. One is that IL you
have an income at all. you can
live on it, and save on X.
The other Is that no pulpit is 40
forceful an instigator Of morality,
self-denial. sanity, balance. a sense
Of proportion, honesty, self.confi-
dence and content. as is that first
500 in the bank.
Copyright, 1922. by The Republic
Syndicate.)
This Is one of . series Of
Woman to Woman Talks on
present day family and social
problems that Mrs. Norris,
Americas best woman writer,
is writing especially for The
Washington Times. Another
talk will be printed next Sun.
day.
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who lived in health and happiness
during the entire year Of 1900 for
the sum Of $1.0s0. The two young
persons. in the early forties now.
only regret. looking back. that
they didn't do 1t better. Other
people have done II better. much
better. But I only speak of what
/ know.
Another family that I know
only three persons this time-has
been spending one-third more than
the husbands salary Of $4,000,
every year. Or at least they strug-
gle along somehow under a load
of some $4,000 of debt. This 10
cleared off by kindly parents now
and then, but there are always
excellent reasons for Its immedi-
ately coming back. Sickness-and
then they had to move, do you see?
And paying Minnie $50 is out
raseous considering that all the
washing goes out! And so on and
on
The tragedy came when the hus-
band was offered q remarkable op-
portunity the other day.
He might have gone to South
America as manager of a bank, re-
turning In three years to an in
finitely advanced position at home.
But the obliging parents were
dead. and when the husband quite
frankly and honestly went to his
prospective employer and ex-
planned that, owing to various un-
avoidable causes he was financially
embarrassed and would like nis
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salary in advance. OF course, the
prospective employer said genially
that nothing was decided anyway.
they would see about it. And
another man went to South
America.
Poor husband! His wife told
him that this accumulation Of
petty debts was unavoidable. and
he believed her. But the big
banker didn't believe her, he knew
that any man who will buy things
with $4,000 of small tradesmens 8
money is neither an honest no, q
clever man.
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step. using perfect tactics and
beating the seasoned politicians
at their own game, until finally
the friends OF the farmers were
ready to come out into the open
and stand back Of Silver and or.
ganixed agriculture a. a bloc. IL
too long . story to be told here:
but II speaks volumes for the
clsverness and skill Of the man
who brought II to pass.
After that, people began to dis
cover that Mr.. Silver had train
ing. His neighbors over in the
eastern panhandle Of West Vir.
Ginia had sent him down to the
State Legislature to get . dog
law to protect the sheep industry,
when he was \ young man. some
fifteen years ago. Although in
the minority party. he got the
dog law; and, incidentally. he
got the scalps Of some crooked
politicians, too.
SAW LIVELY TIMES.
There may Be differences OF
opinion as to the dssirability Of
the Agricultural bloc or any other
bloc a. q factor in our Yovsrn.
ing body. but mono can fail to
admire the skill Of THE West
Virginia farmer in making the
farm bloc . working. living
thing. And to date tina meas
urss enacted by the bloc have all
bssn to the interest Of tho gen.
sral public ~ we'll a. the farmer.
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for the dozen OF this kind you
see. the beaded typist persistently
obtrudss in mind. because Of her
inconsruity.
THE LAST WORD.
AMERICAN women are better
public speakers than the
mon. 1t Is said that the men lex
cept poiiticians) are 30 busy in pur-
suit of success. that they have
little time for reading. ASK the
wife, she knows all about that" is
the mans attitude toward affairs
not intimately connected with his
business. At public functions
where speeches are mad.-and
there are few at which they are
not-the average woman makes q
better showing than the average
man. Education and leisure have
followed on the heels Of prosperity.
and the women Of this country
have developed an Unsuitable desire
for knowledge. They will attend
lectures morning. noon and night
on any subject under tae sun. and
IL their assimilation Is on a par
with their determination. their
minds must soon be a storchouse
Of much diverse information. With
this added mental equipment. she
will undoubtedly retain her grip
on the last word"
THE CLUB HABIT.
PARTMENTs lead to clubs.
and clubs foster public activities
rather than private pursuits. In
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But there the likeness ends: for
Mrs. Brown Is lucky" and Mrs.
Baker would tell you that the Bak
ers never have any luck.
Yet Mrs. Baker thinks she is a
good manager. She doesn't keep
books, because the money goes
anyway. and what's the sense of
worrying about it?
She has charge accounts at mar
ket, grocery. dry goods stores.
florists, drug store, and garage.
and when the bills come in on the
first Of the month she is always
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shocked. But she always pays
them honestly. as far as she can.
OF course. the doctor and dentist
have to wait. and sometimes the
maid has to wait, and in January
and July. when Bob Baker pays his
life insurance premiums. there is
always financial discomfort. And
II does make the Bakers furious TO
have the bank stamp mo funds"
across their checks. and to be so
eternally worrying and thinking
about money.
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YOU may kill nearly as many
people in year with motor
cars as you lost in the war. rs
your records state. but / would
rather face the traffic Of Fifth
avenue. New York. than risk cross
ing a New Zealand city street.
Your traffic control il marvellous.
and the consideration shown BY
motorists for pedestrians 10 almost
maternal. though probably police
inspired. When two cars meet at
an intersection. instead OF each
rushing madly ahead and ending
in a mechanical embrace and q few
fractures, both stop. Each driver
bows to the other. simultaneously
they wave an arm in graceful ges-
ture giving the other right Of way.
Pray pass on" says one. THE
honor is yours" comes the reply.
and traffic piles up behind them as
they courteously urge each other
to proceed first. 1t is a touching
spectacle.
DISCOVERING AMERICA.
nENIZENS Of the South Pacific
who visit Britain. usually
pass through the United States
either coming or going. Landing
at San Francisco, they rush across
the continent. Chicago. Pittsburgh
and a few Of the big smokestacks
halt them en- route. They read
the story Of Americas progress
in these veiled cities. They learn
Of your taste in clothes, your pat
ent foods, your .lls and their cures
on the miles Of gaudy advertise.
ments which flash past. Herds Of
matted cows gaze with painted
stare at the passing trains. and all
the year is milking time for
the pasteboard maid who, with
Spot. and Pansy and Strawberry,
completes this recurring picture Of
rural delight. I have developed
quite an affection for this patient
herd.
When New York 10 reached.
these Pacific travellers do Fifth
Avenue. and view the lights Of
Broadway. East ana West they
traverse the lanes between miles
Of skyscrapers. They climb the
Woolworth tower and cross Brook
lyn Bridge, and see all the sishts
and hear all the sounds, and taste
all-no. some Of the newer bevsr-
ages. Then they rush off home,
having discovered America. This
is but one phase. tho world Of
commerce and industry. OF the
millions who live In small towns
and lead much the same lives as
we do, they learn nothing.
The pity Of It is that 20 few
visit Washington. this city Of wide
streets and bewilderins circles; OF
open spaces and magnificent build.
inss, where beauty Of design rather
than record.breakins si,e has been
our guiding principle. Here every
street is an avenue. tall trees
linking their lesfy fingers over
head. Americas capital should BE-
Americas pride, for In that city
she has achieved her greatest
artistic triumph
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THAT FIRST HUNDRED
DOLLARS IN THE BANK
CREATES REAL JOY

''Et is Just the Saving, Balanced, Orderly
Minded MaryS Back of the Jims Who Are the
Real Founders of All of Americas Thousands
of Great Fortunes" Asserts Popular Woman
Writer and Observer.
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TRAVELLER FROM NEW ZEALAND SEES US AMERICA

this way the collective energiee Of
American club women are a force
to be considered. Many OF the
clubs have. definite aims for Gocial
service. political purging and the
raising of the standard in e6uca-
ton and art. while some are. as l
heard IL so aptly put, like fish
milling in a pond" active. bTt OBJ
jectless.
CUT OFF THE PRICE TAG.
UWHERE shall we go7" asked
Washington friend who
was accompanying me.
Let us drive over the Million
Dollar Bridge, and through the
park"
"Over what bridget"
The Million Dollar Bridge"
Has it no other name!"
well, 1t cost a million dollars,
and we all call it by that nam"."
Americans strongly resent any
reference to dollar worship as the
prevailing passion OF tris country,
but II that impression is preva-
lent across the world. who Is to
blame? Personally you do not
say: Come to my 10000 dollar
house." or have a ride In my
1000 dollar motor car" Nor do
you refer to your twenty dollar
hat or hundred dollar suit.
Yet II you buy a packet Of post
cards to send abroad, views OF the
magnificent buildings, architec-
tural and engineering achieve
ments accomplished in this country,
the cost Of the building 10 almost
invariably printed in the corner.
Manhattan bridge cost $4,000. 900.
Williamsburg bridge cost $1s,o00.-
900, the woolworth building In New
York. the Congressional library
and the Lincoln memorial In Wash
ington: every one has the price
ticket attached. It is not the dol
lars that count, but what you ac-
complish by the expenditure Of
these dollars.
A building is judged by its suit
ability for the purpose desired; its
size. its splendid proportions. mas
sive columns, graceful arches. ar.
tistio finish: all these merit admir-
alton. Were It merely a record in
dollar expenditure. you might heap
bricks and mortar and marble
blocks to high heaven in a shape
less mass. and achieve neither
beauty nor q useful purpose. The
wonderful buildings In the old
world do not base their claim to
admiration and attention on thsir
cost.
II I were an American, q good
American, and loved my country
a. II deserves. would fight tooth
and nail to tear the price tag off
my country's greatest works. All
Amsroans DO not estimate things
In this way, but, unfortunately.
there are many who make this
mistake, and perpetuate the dollar.
worship theory by stressinG tho
cost. rather than the worth. II
those who live afar off sometimes
mistudgs you. remember 1t is you
who are to blama.
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KATHLEEN
NORRIS
SAYS

TT is the man whose
L wife can manage on
two thousand a year who
is suddenly offered FIVE;
not the man whose wife
has a long, glib, con-
vincing story of just why
they failed to manage.
Any man who will buy
things with small trades
mems money is neither
honest nor a clever man.
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OUR SKILL WITH
LONE FORK AMAZES
GIRL CORRESPONDENT

Nellie Margaret Scanlan, who Came Farthest
Distance of Amy Reporter to "CoVer" the
Arms Conference, Writes Her Impressions
of Our People and Customs for The Washing
ton Times.
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VIII man and woman
to whom money is simply something to spend, and
bills inevitable and hateful element in the do
mestic scheme, life will always be harsh.
If you have an income at all, you can live on it.,
and save on it.