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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
The Wine of Life

the perspectives OF criticism. He
was out Of tune with its spirit and
intent. so that instead of amusing
MIN It merely benumbed him. He
was glad enough when II was over.
Yet he had to wait longer than
he had expected beside that dimly
lighted stage entrance which i'm
PRESSED him as Tidiculously dingy
and sordid in comparison with the
srandeurs. Stamped by the same
ironic dinginess, he noticed, were
the chorus girls who began to
merge from that door, hurrying
and preoccupied girls with tired
faces and military unseeing eyes,
with the odor Of cosmetics still
about them.
Stage singers and dancers drift
ed past him, all the sparkle and
laintiness and devil-may -careness
ute gone form them, for now they
we're serious minded working peo-
de with the serious enough bust
ress Of the day completed. They
we're merely toilers in the fields Of
badness, sombrely intent on their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25

escape from that frugal harvest
ing Of laughter and dolorously in
need of a meal and a pillow under
their heads.
In the later and more leisurely
stragglers from the stage door, Il
is true, Storrow found an increas-
ing gaiety of apparel and intent.
since these queenlier idlers were
the pink slaves of that once domi-
mating tradition which held that
1.-THE show girr'-as she was at that
time denominated-alway brought
money into the house." and the more
conspicuous she stood in the light
life OF Broadway the more valuable
she could hold herself to the man.
agement which made a pretense of
controlling her movements. II was
one of these queenlier personages
who was hunted unceremoniously
aside as Fannie Atwill lodged out
through the door.
"Pawdon mew she said with mock
Difference as she hoped forward and
slipped an arm through Storrow's.
She was busy buttoning up her coat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
Man Against Insect
WAR OF SMALL AGAINST THE LARGE.
Mankind Suffers Irreparable Injuries From
This War Each Year, and Year by Year
1t Becomes More Relentless

by his time-binding faculty, has
enabled himself at the head of the,
vertebrate series, to accomplish
the marvels that we see around u.s.,
DIR. Howard continues: Il
And. too. the articulates have in
fled and perfected in their struc.i
ture and in their biology until their
many appendages have become
perfect tools adapted in the most
complete way to the needs Of the
species; until their power of exist.
ing and of multiplying enormously
under the most extraordinary
variety of conditions, of subsisting
successfully upon an extraordinary
variety of food, has become SO
perfected and their instincts have
become so developed, that their
eliminating type, the insects, has
become the most powerful rival Of
the eliminating vertebrate type,
man." 4
Now. this great rivalry is no mere
matter of geological or biological
interest. but II is an active forcs
in the life conditions and relations
of this world. and. as before said.
has produced an actual state OF
warfare, a warfare without any pos.
sibility of mercy. or truce, or ces;
A.
been either exterminated or effec.
lively put out of the way. Read
this: 4
I'VE appreciate the fact that ag.
rtculture suffers enormously. since
insects need our farm products and
compel US to share with them. We
are just beginning to appreciate that
directly and indirectly insects cause
an enormous loss Of human life
through the diseases that they carry.
But, apart from these two generali!
cations, we do not realize that in9
scots are working against us in ID
host Of ways. sometimes obviously
more often in unseen ways. and thai
an enormous fight is on our hands, :;
Another scientific leader recentlE
remarked to DR.. Howard that IL thu.
insects would quit fighting amoute
themselves they would overwhelns
the whole vertebrate seriesr' :.
1t Is instinct against conscious in
teiligence. Since It Is a fight no.
for moral or intellectual supremacyg
but solely for physical existence, We
should not feel too sure that we can
win IT. Probably we can win II
eventually. but not without conls
bined effort, not without all the aid
that scientific research can give. no.
unless we learn to know the strength
and the advantages of the enemv,
and especially not unless we cease
to despise him, because he is so little
and because he carries arms so diff
ferent from ours. =
There is q hidden mysteriout
power in the antennae Of an insec
that we know nothing about Mac
terlinck has said, "the insect does
not belong to our world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
BY Arthur Stringer
Well-Known Author ana Novelist
Countrywide Reputation.

GO AY. it'd be like sleepin' in
- nest of copperheads. tryin'
to talk private in this bunch
o boneheads," Fannie promptly in
formed him. Come around after tn
show and steer me over to Barney's
where we can sit in comfort. And II
you've gotta kill time, why don't
you get a look in at this piece?
Skip round front and grab seal
while you can, for it's a riot, all
right. And keep your eye peeled
for that color-sCheme o. mine at
the end Of the second act, for the
ribs round here have been knockin
my lonjery~tints and I want tn,
word Of a gink who's tried an
true!'
Storrow, at the box-office Of "The
Princess of Pecos," had the good
luck to obtain a solitary "turn-in."
He sat through the play patiently
and little bewildered, puzzle,
by the manner in which the au.
dience about him responded to that
stridulous and overdriver entertain
ment. 1t was not a cheap audience.
II anything, 1t was an over-decor-
Gus one. 1t impressed Storrow as
being typically American in its
amiability and personal kindness.
in it's ability to react promptly and
whole-heartedly to stimuli of the
present, in it's keen and amazingly
simple powers of vision, in its pre-
occupied forbearance of shallowness
and shoddiness, and in that general
drowsy insomnia of the soul, half.
awake, half-asleep, with which the
over.tensioned citizen Of an over
tensioned city surrenders to his
amusements.
The play itself was established
on old and well approved lines, its
one novelty, as far as Storrow
could see, being its unduly acceler-
ated tempo, where scene and song
and movement swept on, before the
startled eye could adjust itself to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies Unique Position i'm
the Writing World as an Authority
on the Problems Of Girls.

kIT HAVE almost nothing to
help me in my ambitions"
writes Jane. I'm NOT
good-looking enough to attract men
easily. / haven't a home into which
l can ask them. Girls don't care a
lot for me because they know L
won't make much of a hit in mixed
parties l haven't much education.
l don't earn much money. My
family is nothing to boast of. l
like to read and l don't mind work
ing. But can you, in all honesty,
see how I'm going to get anywhere
in this world? I'm willing to make
a real effort, and I'm reconciled to
making my own way. But I've
nothing to do with"
Nothing to do with"
Have you even seen stage set
cluttered up with what stage-par-
lance calls "props?" We regard a
well-set scene as necessary in the
theater. We regard plenty of
props" as vital to life today.
But the theater of Shakespeare's
day had the barest Of stages for its
background, and he most make
shift OF wardrobes for it's costumes
and every difficulty the lack of
props" can suggest. Yet which
OF us questions the superb quality
of the play In Shakespeare's day?
The world Is full of girls like
you, Jane. But I hope not many
Of them undervalue the real gift
that Is yours. You have the power
of expression. You can analyze
and express your conclusions with
a certain whims cality and orig
inality. This means that you can
easily become charming CONVEX
sationallst. II you II train yourself
also to listen well youHl find that
folks will enjoy yo'T society. They
are bound to.
How many great women Of his.
tory emerged from deliberately set
Backgrounds How many clever
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
To Achieve Success
1T ISN'T NECESSARY TO HAVE PROPS.

or interesting individuals count on
the props or family or wealth or
beauty? It's easy enough to drift
laZily with the tide, and that is
about all that is required from
those whose lives are trimmed up
like Christmas trees.
But the folks who recognize their
handicaps and have the strength
and courage and imagination to
overcome them, are the ones who
triumph in their chosen fields.
Often it is because of what he
lacks that a man works desper.
ately. He has to make II up to
himself. He has to compensate"
to borrow a word from modern
psychology.
Everyone has something ITO do
with" 1t may be the sensitiveness
which seems to make life a burden
and can be applied to an under
standing of others and developed
into great delicacy of feeling and
imagination.
1t isn't by leaning on what is
ready made, or by counting on
what can be bought or handed
down that folks get somewhere in
this world of ours. 1t is by sort
ing out their own qualities and
developing the strong ones to
compensate for the weak ones
that character and insight are de-
veloped.
BY understanding her handlcaps
and expressing her reactions to
them keenly, Jane shows her gift
of expression, her senstiveness to
Impressions and her yearning to
make som cthing of her life. That's
equipment enough to build a de.
cidedly worthwhile person. Most
of VS. have something just as vital.
And given one vital, simple, in.
tense human quality there's a real
chance of developing into a per-
sonality. But all the props" Of
family" and social position and
beauty may lead nowhere IL they
are nothing hut n shadowy back.
ground for person who has no
personality OF her own.
my gladstone notes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
By Garrett p. Serviss,

10y Wall GU SSl NAcc,
Noted Astronomer and Writer Oh
Subjects of Scientific Interest.
REAT wars always come on, not
without warning, but without
~ heed. Those who predict them
are often laughed at. even after the
first stir of the struggle has &C
tually begun. 1t is 30 with what,
taking account of its ultimate pos
sible consequences, may be the
mightiest contest ever waged on
this planet-a true world war,
fought not between different races
of the same organic species, but be-
tween two separate types OF animal
lIfe-Man. the head Of the verte-
brates, on one side. and Insects, the
leaders of the articulates, on the
other.
Physically and numerically 1t Is
a war of the small against the large
and of the many against the few.
And the past history Of the earth
contains an omnous record OF con-
slant victory won by the puny with
their myriads over the great with
their maniples.
This war is raging now. and man.
kind suffers irreparable injuries
from It every year. and year by year
It becomes more relentless; yet l
shall. no doubt. earn from more
than one reader a humph! or a
shrug! and be suspected of merely
writing for effect. In a manner. to
Justify myself--though this is not
the first time I have discussed the
subject
Let me quote some magnificent
remarks from men who are at the
front, and are not only furnishing
knowledge and weapons for the
struggle, but are actually engaged
in II, defending their fellow men,
who often will not defend them
selves. And. in particular. I wish
to quote from DIR. l.. c. Howard. OF
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture.
DR.. Howard recalls the new def
milton of man recently given by
Count Korzybski, who regards HUI
mainly as set apart from other
things on this globe by it's time
binding" faculty. This" says DIR.
Howard. 'Is another way Of saying
that man preserves the history Of
the race and should be able to profit
by a knowledge of the past in order
to improve the future. This alone
would make the human species the
dominant type of the vertebrate
series. But. biologically speaking.
there is another class of animals
which, without developing the time
binding faculty. has carried the
evolution of instinct to an extreme.
and has, in its turn, come to be the
dominant type Of another great
series, the articulstes, or Anthro-
pods"
After showing how man, guided
by his intelligence. and sustained
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis-
Cause for Song.

q ONE fellows joy in singing be-
cause. of plaudits ringing,
~ the hand-claps and the praise;
for loud huzzas and yelling soon
set their heads to swelling and
brighten up their days. They prac-
tice till their neighbors would like
to draw their sabtrs and run them
off the block; the scales they dote
on thrilling make peaceful folks
plan killing the whole musician
flock. Some singers are artistic;
with methods futuristic they test
their vocal powers; they twang
the ukulele and raise their voices
daily at least eleven hours. Some
come from reg .ons sunny to vocal
lie for money; they dine on garlic
hash. Their English may perplex
us, their temperament may vex
us; but still, they get our cash.
But when the sun comes peeping
and wekes me from my sleep ng
yodel with a will; though no one
pays to hear me, raise the well
kin near me. because can't keep
still. When birds on leafy branches
are yelling Ike Comanches as
though they'd spl their throats. I
heed no cautious "Hushes! but
with the larks and thrushes I lift
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
THE STORY TO DATE.

Hester Bevins. an attractive girl,
left an orphan In a small town. re-
fuses to marry Jerry Newcombe.
fine young chap who has always
loved her. and goes to New York to
win success. She becomes acquaint-
cd with a millionaire. Charles G.
Wheeler. and figures in gay parties.
She orders $4,000 coat. but
Wheeler objects, and suggests a trip
to a watering place near her old
home.
cBack Pay" has been mad
into photoplay by Cosmopolitan
Productions; direction Of Frank
Borxage; scenario by Frances
Marion. It will be released a. .
Paramount picture.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
The Cartridge in War.

CUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, of Sweden, whose reign
began in 1911, is credited with the invention of
liked ammunition. Bullet and charge were united in
paper case In 1850 the metallic cartridge came in.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
ME Hursts 0' %s@ BACK PAY By e,.n. r ess r
Read This Story Here Day by Day; Then
Watch for It in Motion Pictures
At the Leading Theaters.

lsht that wonde~tul-much more
than I do and you don't think you
could give 1t up?"
Harder and harder-deeper and
deeper. I'm afraid I'm too used
to all the luxuries money will buy
Jerry, to give them up-and I
couldn't come back there and live
you can see that"
Jerry couldn't see that, but then
Jerry was in love: and Hester was
not; only his blind alteration made
him go on.
zone of the girls from here saw
you riding in a big auto-and to
think you've earned all that-I'm
proud of you, dear. and I'm going
to keep right on waiting for you"
A voice within her seemed to
demand a hearing; 1t urged TEN.
pestously: Cant you. give It all
up-don't you Low, him enough to
be content-now is your chance
love like this is not had every day
turn blackburn back"
The good impulse was in the eyes
that she raised to his-something
there made him catch her to him;
their lips met; sue wrenched her
self away:
No, no. Jerry-it isn't right.
The voice within repeating, you
can make 1t right-it is not too
late"
Jerry speaking: Il could make
you SO happy. Hester. I've been
saving up, you know-couldn't you
couldn't you come back to me?"
Visions, the old visions rising I'D
-drab days-dull days.-work-
the pleading voice within growing
fainter and fainter-dying out.
Herself replying:
Jerry dear. I couldn't, you'd re-
greet it in a week. I'm a terrible
person, really I am-full of whims
and hard to live with"
"oh, IL you'd only let me try it.
We could be married tomorrow"
Married tomorrow. with Kitty
and Speed and the cynical Wheeler
grinning like gargoyles-no. it was
absurd-now she was sorry she had
come. Why inflict all these harrow.
ing feelings on herself? What had
made her return? She was no
Eugene Aram-in Demopolis she
had done no wrong.
Was 1t possible, she asked her
self even in this tense moment.
that Jerry did not know the truth?
He was not a fool, and the girl
had seen her in a big car. Hester
repented coming; realized with sick
ening suddenness that, even II
Jerry were willing to take her for
what she was and put her past out
OF his mind, there would be no
peace for her in the town.
Her one impulse was to return
to get away. II must be going"
she said to Jerry, with stereotyped
stiltedness, my friends will be
waiting for me-"
He tried once again to tell her
that nothing mattered; tried to tell
her without saying that he knew.
She cut him short and, with a
flare-up Of the old defiance, set her
lips hard and shook her head.
Whatever fate had brought her
back to Demopolis had tried to
serve her a good turn and failed
or she had failed her better self at
critical moment. Jerry walked
with her in silence; there seemed
to be nothing to say.
They approached the old square
You'd better leave me here, Jerry
and thank you ever, so much.
You're the one real friend I have.
l always think Of you that way"
But Jerry walked on to the stor,
with her. A loud honk in the dis.
lance. and soon the big machine
with its laughing occupants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25

II ONE fellows joy in singing be-
cause. of plaudits ringing,
- the nd-claps and the praise;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
BY Jane Mclean.
<<rr E mumbled no-couldn't say
he did"
Five years is a long time.

Z Five years is a long time.
be forgotten even in the country.
1t was on the tip of her tongue to
ask where Jerry was, she was
, saved the need by Jerry himself.
he was walking toward the little
; bridge not far down the street
! away from her.
Hester called; and ran; the man
: turned-saw her stopped. His
eyes gave glorious welcome Here
I am" said Hester, her heart
pounding.
His impulse was to take her In
his arms; to crush her to him for
he saw in this announcement of her
return backed up by her bodily pres
snce the triumph of the country over
the city. 1t was as though she said
to him, "I have tried and failed
! have como back-forgive me. but
at last I know the value Of what
I sneered at-can you take me?"
All Of this showed in Jerry New
combe's eyes. all of this Hester saw
r with new floods Of fascinated awak-
ening.
I'm not going to stay, Jerry, but
I want to see the old place again,
, 30 I ran over for a little while
mot going to stay? Oh Hester
you're not coming back them"
She tried to laugh lightly. Here
I am" she cried, land wouldn't 1t
be nice to take the same walk we
took a good many days ago."
They started off down the road
. by the side of the brook. the girl
wondering what she should say, the
man wondering If this were all a
dream.
They reached the old trysting
place-the fallen trunk still there,
apparently the same violets, the
same green things, the same birds.
the same everything the man was
the same-but Hester-only she
knew how changed she was.
Seems only yesterday when you
sang to me-remember-my favori:e
song?
Hester remained silent II she
could have taken this love--what q
priceless gift. He was telling her
of his progress. I'm a two hun
dred dollar a month man now" he
said proudly.
Hester thought of the thousand
dollar trifles Wheeler lavished upon
her, and tried to smile at this earn
est appeal.
MY dear Jerry, this little neck
piece cost more than that"
The question was in Jerry's eyes
1T had to be answered. you see,
Hester went on, I've succeeded
I'm a designer now for one of the
biggest houses in New York. and
two hundred dollars a month; no,
, I'm sorry. Jerry"
You make a big salary Hester?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25

AMPGHT Gloom the of the yellow lampight
Gloom peopled with ladies gallant gentlemen An old
- fashioned bed chals with pink girl
knobs Of dark hair "done up in soft cloths that
stick like horns buried pillows edged with
crochet Her mind and her books reach dramatically into another
world England viii
lage by the the and the tall old And in
side thing
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down and her Bingham Dress
pasture the hill behind her home She munchng
graham cracker and holds her breath
"And the Prince the diamond and ruby blazing his
knealt at the begga maids while
looked Negren with kissing he beahed
ardenty I'd rather have bingham with clus
tering curls than blood
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-26
Byron Man Is Lured
From Home and Slain;
Body Is Found Buried

BYRON, Ga. Dec. 23-Mlssins
since yesterday afternoon when a
negro came to his house and told
him that he was wanted at the saw
mill, where he was employed, five
miles from here. the body of Zanle
Bryant was found this morning
with his head split opfn, buried in
pile of sawdust.
Officers who are confident that
Bryant was murdered, have estab
lished no motive for the crime. IL
is known that Bryant had no large
sum of money on him. One sus.
pect has been arrested.
A negro employe at the mil, o.
whom the officers have a descrlp
ton and believe is the slayer, came
to Bryant's home and told him that
he was wanted at the mill to work
When he had not returned at a la5G
hour last night, members of his
family instituted an investigation.
This morning the search was re-
sumed and the grewsome discovery
at the sawmill made. Blood was
scattered over a pile of sawdust
buried in which was the mutilated
body of Bryant. 1t is believed
Bryant's assailant used an ak.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-26
Criticism Fails to
Change Hays Decision
On Arbuckle Pardon

TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 23.-Nu-
merous criticisms against reinstate-
ment of Roscoe Arbuckle in filmdom
will not in the least affect the de-
cision of VIII II. Hays, national mo-
ton picture mentor. granting the
film comedian "a chance to come
back" Mr.. Hays said here last
night.
In an interview Mr.. Hays said
emphatically regarding the Ar
buckle decision, Il stand on that alb
solutely. I have nothing to add to
it and no explanations to make. My
action doesn't mean that the pic
lures Arbuckle made before the
trouble are to be released. 1t sim
ply means that he has a chance to
go back into the profession and
make good if he can.
every man in the right way and
at the right time is entitled to his
chance to make good. 1t is appar-
ent Roscoe Arbuckle's conduct since
his trouble merits a chance. So far
as [ am concerned there will be no
SUGGESTION now that he should not
have his opportunity to go to work
in his prOfesSiOn."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-26
Sweeping Amnesty
Decree Proclaimed
By King of Italy

ROME, Dec. 23.-(By the Asso
ciated Press. 1.-The amnesty decree
Just signed by King Victor EN-
manuel, covers all civil or military
crimes committee "in connection
with national movements or aims
and also crimes caused by disturb
ances due to economic or social
causes, with the exception of thosa
for which Imprisonment for more
than three years had been imposed
1t does not apply to offenses COIN
mitted for exclusively personal mo
tives.
The ministry of justice in q report
explaining the decree says it was is
sued in the interest of peace. The
recent manifestation, it declared,
We're only in appearance hostile to
the state and had in reality the same
aims as a state. 1t is the wish of
the government, adds the report, to
liquidate the past and to do away
with class warfare, engendered dur
ing the war so that Italy may face
the future with hope and unity.