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Evening star., 1922-05-28

'cgion- There was a rush OF miners
md prospectors from various coun-
tries. among them many Chileans
When friction arose between the Bo-
livian government and a Chilean
mining company over the payment
of taxes. Chile sent soldiers and later
declared war against Bolivia. Peru
was drawn in as the ally of Bolivia
and from this three-cornered war the
Tacna- AFRICA question was born.
and as the spoils of war took the
entire Bolivian coastal region. with
its nitrate bedS From Peru the
victorious country took its southern
most province. Carapaca, also rich
in nitrates. Next to Iarapaca ON the
Tacna. with the port of africa. This
region Chile took for ten-year
period. after which there was T.. be
plebiscite to determine to which
country-Peru or Chile-the area
should afterward belong. The de-
tails of the holding of this plebiscite
were not clearly set out. and the two
countries have never been able to
agree as to the procedure
ain the meantime Bolivia, which
had lost her road to the sea. con-
tinued to harbor the feeling that she
had been misused and that some sort
Of corridor should be provided for
her For years Bolivia accepted only
a truce with Chile. unwilling to agree
to the total loss of her sea provinces,
At one time Chile agreed to sell the
land-locked country a port and a
roadway through the former Peru
Wan province of Tarapaca. but Peru
strenuousiy, objected and the deal
fell through. Later Bolivia accepted
a money indemnity.
"The treaty provision calling for a
plebiscite for Tacna also provides
that the country losing the land shall
receive $5.000,0o0 from the winner.
One solution of the matter which
has been suggested by Bolivia Is that
she, I'm dire need of an outlet to a
port, be ceded the disputed region,
and that she pay S5.000,000 TO each
of-the two other countfies. 49,
Evening star., 1922-05-28
BY WINIFRED MALLON.
r. EACHERS in the Washington
schools might do well to con-

LASr1EItS III tHe w dShiHS loi
schools might do well to con-
slider Alaska and the possibil-
tiles afforded by that remote
but by no means inaccessible land. at
the same time the committees on edu-
cation of the Senate and House is
considering the public school question
in the District of Columbia.
In Alaska. according to Gov. Scott
C. Bone, formerly of Washington.
school teachers are more highly paid
than the teachers Of any state in the
Union, the average annual salary of
high school teachers for the school
year OF 1920-21 being $500 and of
elementary school teachers s1,50O.
Superintendents received an average
salary of $2,160.
In 1910 the census revealed only
120 school teachers tfemale) in Alas
ka. But. I'm 1920. in spite of the fact
that the Alaska men marry them
about as fast as they come to the
territory, the number had increased
to 245," wrote f. A. Sherman, asso-
ciate forester, in memorandum on
Alaska prepared last fall.
There are still too many bachelors
in the country" according to Mr..
Sherman. who was considering the
matter from the point of view of
progress from a transient to a per-
manent population. THE director of
the agricultural experiment station at
Matanuska told me that all the home
steaders in that neighborhood were
bachelors excepting four, but this
condition is being remedied as fast as
the school 'marms' brought in from
the states will permit it,"
Furthermore, Alaska would seem to
be pretty PROSPEROUS country. judg-
ing from the income tax returns for
1919, which show that 17.17 per cent
of the population filed income tax re-
turns, as against 1910 per cent of the
population of the District of Column
bia, s.43 per cent of the population of
the state of Washington and SIS per
cent in New York and Illinois.
Not only did more Alaskans pay an
income tax than the people of any
other state or territory under the
American flag, but the net income of
the territory was higher than any
where except the District of Colum-
bia, while at the same time the aver
age income on which taxes were paid
was lower, showing that the number
Of tremendously large incomes was
small and that wealth in Alaska is
more widely distributed than in the
states.
Aside from the financial and matri-
monial possibilities. the new ''teach-
er from the states" would probably
And plenty of friends of her own
sort, for, to quote Gov. Bone. Ninety
per cent Of the teachers in Alaska
are either normal school or college
rraduates." The percentages Of
those who have had teaching ex.
oerienee prior to 1899. he adds. is fai
Evening star., 1922-05-28
BOlshevfka Feared:
TrOtsky Threat.

Though the Russians were greeteI
even though the~British would enter
! into trade agreements with them In
| the hope of perpetuating bolshevik
, friendship and frustrating dire events.
| it nevertheless is a recognized fact
! that there are grave fears as to the
| future in eastern Europe. Premier
Lloyd George has repeatedly eX-
pressed these in recent days and they
are not without foundation. Trotzky.
one of the triumvirate Of Russia
during the past week. expressed the
thought:
Don't believe in the Genoa
sraeohes: trust only TO your bayonets
and your batteries. Conferences Will
not give US what we need; this can
only be obtained by having the red
armies cross the frontier of capital
istic states and the red flag wave
over the whole of Europe. Perhaps
during the summer the red army will
be called upon to give proof OF its
fighting force"
Should The Hague fail Of accom-
plishment as did Genoa. will the red
armies of Russia be loosed to gain
that which allied statesmen have
failed to grant in parleys.
some concern, for it is known that
the total red army Is approximately
9. 900. 900 strong and with the acquisi-
tion Of German brains Is we'll officered
and equipped. Millions of bullets
and shells and tens of thousands of
guns and arplanes today are being
manufactured. For what?
Europe fears invasion 1t is for
this reason that the German Russian
treaty is so looked upon askance.
1t is a reason for private delibera-
tions of Poincsre and Lloyd George,
for if the allies do not present a
united front. do not reconcile the
differences in nationalistic viewpoint
that have threatened to separate
them and should they not go to
The Hague with a definite program
bolshevik invasion is not without
the bounds of possibility. particularly
should the reds come to- believe that
the allies are not ready and could
not get ready in time to stem the
red tides at eastern European from
tiers.
1t may be expected that Franco
British differences will be adjusted
during the next few weeks to the
point at least. that there will be
no chism hazarding the safety of
Europe. Neither the French nor the
British will like to give and take
in the things which to each are held
vital, in the promotion of national
istic purpose, but give and taken
they must. Give and take they will.
Evening star., 1922-05-28
ALLIES MUST RECONCILE
PURPOSES TOCAIN SAFETY
French and British Premiers May Meet
90 Soon to Present United Front
= Against Eastern Menace. :.

tors in the face of the German-Rus-
star alliance, nor against a bloc of
nations that would include Bulgaria.
Austria and Turkey. For the mo-
ment they might. but this statement
concerns future years, when all of the
present poverty stricken countries to
the east once more will be going
concerns, and when the CO. ordination
of their sinews and might, undoubt-
edly would lead to bitter contests
against present-day allies. Countries
of eastern Europe today are in the
position of beggars, but that they al
ways will not remain such is admitted
by Poincare and Lloyd George. But
the methods of these two statesmen
in handling the situation have up to
the present been at variance.
The British premier undoubtedly
would WOO, favor and advance allied
purpose through trade and economic
agreements, which. in measure. would
make the other sorely- pressed coun-
tries of Europe financially dependent
in large measure upon the allies. The
French have pursued policy of
strictly national political advance
ment,t here existing today treaties and
agreements which closely bind France
10 fOlanu ana memDsr Nations VI tHe
little entente. These political agree
ments naturally have inflamed Brit
ish thought just as proposed eco
nomic agreements of England have
aroused France. 1t being believed that
England has most to gain by trade
agreements with those sections OF the
world directly affected by the various
treaties of peace.
However, the peoples of both France
and England are beginning to feel
that during the critical days to come
French and English statesmen should
get closer together. should to great
er extent coordinate their purposes
and arrange to present united front
at all times in the darker hours to
come.
Evening star., 1922-05-28


When YOU first go shopping and are
sked to try this. .dearie." or '1ook
It this, honey" you wonder whom
you have been mistaken for. So you
urn on your English accent full
blast in order to correct the impress
son; then the. honey comes thicker.
hey probably do it to make you feel
1t home Pnd break down those bar
iers which being a foreigner erects
1 may tell you that the true Britisher,
no matter what land he may roam,
-egards everything else as foreign.
He is Britisher I'm every country of
the world and foreigner in none.
At first you need an interpreter
when out shopping. You ask for
boots, and after some argument you
are persuaded to look at high shoes.
Here, by the way. 1t is a sleek youth
who strokes your silken ankle as he
Ats on your No. 6. A modest maiden
performs this rite in our demure coun-
try. Here, too, blouse is waist
whether you have one or not). a COS
tune Is a suit, q drapery shop is a
dry goods store (sounds like grocer
tes) and the chemist lives in drug
store. Braces are called suspenders.
suspenders garters and q garter is
Drobs bly, an enlargement ring. If it
.s1i { It ,scou VIII 'pe.
Evening star., 1922-05-28
the Eyes
Of an Antipodean

Continued from First Page.n
shippers" so why perpetuate one of
the most prolific sources of this dis
tasteful pseudonym
Evening star., 1922-05-28

When is lamb not a lamb
don't think there is any age limit for
lambs in this country The butcher
looks hurt when you suggest that
you Will have a pound of mutton
chops. These are lamb" he corrects.
Then where are the mutton chops?,
There is no mutton in America" he
replies. Unlike the modern girl, who
hurries to maturity. the lamb fingers
long in its succulent and tender
youth. What? The butcher says 1t
is lamb, SO it must be lamb. No
butcher was ever known to lie
Evening star., 1922-05-28

There are many things about your
education system which puzzles me.
but the most inexplicable is why you
have commencement" at the end
Evening star., 1922-05-28

The fact is tnat we may have a
6crfect decimal system of weights
Evening star., 1922-05-28

Massachusetts, mothers will have
the same rights as fathers in ap-
pointing testamentary guardians for
Evening star., 1922-05-28
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

XY yHAT Of the fuel for the
N/ future? What of power
v Y for the future? These SIM
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright pca)
8. e. Kiser
THE PASSING YEARS.

TUNE, alas, Is flying fast;
i Weeks and months and seasons fade;
Five years since they marched us past
Those who watched the big parade.
Senator and governor,
Standing where the flags were bright,
Cheered us As we trudged along;
Everybody for us strong.
Tears Of wonder and delight!
LIVE years since that summer day!
Il One was somewhere In the crowd,
Filled with fear, and bent and gray,
Praying silently-and proud!
Portly Judge and millionaire
Wiped away their manly tears;
Clearly ] remember yet,
But II seems that they forget;
Changes come with changing years.
CHE who saw no one but me
- Marching In the heat and dust
Sleeps beside inland sea;
God, I hope, rewards her trust
Five years since the order came,
Quick entraining In the night;
Mystery and hope and doubt,
Then the fateful moving out
Times sees changes In Its flight
LIVE years, and the fear Is past;
IL Those who cheered have ceased to cheer;
Where the skies were overcast
All is bright again and clear;
Senator and governor,
Portly Judge and millionaire
Stand no more where bugiers blow;
Fast the seasons come and go
Where's that bonus, boys, oh, wheref
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Something to Think About
BY Fabio Dean

A really pretty and becoming
hat does make a girl prettier In
the eyes Of the stupid male. And
as Nature has ordained that the
catching or ensnaring or besuil-
ing or conquering--the real
word Is 'landing"-of the stupid
male is her prime instinct. who
may blame her for putting on
the hat that makes her most at
tractive? Not me, an5wers
Echo.
Revolutions and rebellions and
wars Of all kinds arc diseases Of
the body poiitio which, hitherto,
have only affected the men folk
actively. the woman's part In
them having been that OF
passive suffering.
II this IL TO be changed and
the fashion grows for women to
take part In raids and slaughter.
why wonder that they select q
line of procedure In harmony
with their own instinct Who
shall protest that they make .
bee.iine for the hat shops. that
they despon the conquered
female adversary Of her dia-
monds and her wrist-watch and
her sables and her ''lavaleerf"
Not me, again answers Echo.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Unreasonable
Tariff Rates

nARTY whips cannot hold Re-
publican Senators in line to
j vote for the outrageous i'm
port tariff increases proposed on
some articles. =.
For example, consider ordi-
nary cotton manufactures.
The 1919 Census Of Manufac-
lures tells us that labor in that
year got 1913 cents of every dollar
of the factory selling price Of cot
ton products. The balance was
paid for materials, overhead and
profit.
In that same year-and today
the average duty on imported cot
ton goods was 34.2 per cent. The
protection afforded was twice the
total payroll.
Such duties are not levied for
the sake of American workmen.
They are levied to enable few
American stockholders to fleece
millions of American consumers.
Two-thirds of the six million
yards of cloth we annually pro-
duce are print cloths or coarser
grades, and need no protection.
English labor gets less PER
WEEK than ours, but it costs more
PER YARD. That is due to our
marvellous development of auto
matte machinery. Over half our
looms, less than a tenth of Eng
lands, are automatic. An Amer
ican operator runs from twenty to
twenty-four looms on ordinary
print cloths; an English operator
runs half as many.
The protective tariff was given
to American mill owners as a shield
behind which to perfect just such
manufacturing methods as are de-
scribed above. They have realized
their fondest hopes and organized
American labor to be actually more
efficient than lower-paid European
labor.
Such manufacturers cannot have
an increase in their tariff rates.
Any party which grants increases
except on products whose labor
costs demonstrably demand more
protection, will be punished by the
people at the polls.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Dutch Bonds

TT OLLAND, nice tidy land of
II powerful friendly people, has
L i just sold one hundred and
fifty millions of her bonds here.
Good news; all are delighted to
oblige a friend in Europe.
But, dear friends that bought the
bonds, bear this in mind: Holland
is NOW absolutely sound, her OBJ
legations are ABSOLUTELY good
as long as her neutrality is re-
spected.
When the next smash comes,
when Germany and Russia COM
bined come pouring westward,
don't wait too long before you sell
your Dutch bonds-and some other
European securities.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
EVERYBODY
is STRIKING
BY BUGS" BAER
o0pyrisht. iea7. by s,.r COMPANY.

ORGANIZATIONS that will
~ strike this week for taller
wages and fewer hours
KEYHoLE witnesses. 1mpor-
~ tant in divorce trials.
INDEPENDENT order Of pic
mic survivors.
pEoPLE who answer parrots
= back.
COLLECTORS Of rare old tooth.
~ picks.
nOGWALKERS. Powerful or
ganization of husbands who
are allowed just as much air as
their wife's chow-chow can col
lect In one trip around city block.
WEIGHTGUESSERS. Mezza-
w nine tourists who lounge in
hotel Hobbies and try to guess
weight Of every lady who passes.
KEYGRABBERS. Distinguish.
"A ed foreigners who receive
keys to big cities.
TINDERPAID bigamists.
STATIONARY stin engineers.
REVOLVING door managers.
BREAKFAST food counter.
- feiters.
COUPON misers. Certificate
~ millionaires who are rich In
profit.sharing tobacco diplomas.
DARACHUTE trainers. Spe-
cial balloon police who take
yearly census Of all elephants In
United States.
WHISKER constabulary. Gov
" ernment rangers who shoot
wild hairs.
nUMBwAITER inspectors. Up
~ stairs family whose table Is
flooded with bogus delicatessen.
SUBWAY hermits.' Interior.
~ ough victim who would just
as soon hang by his neck as by
his wrist.
UMBRELLA guardians. Phil
~ anthropic man who adopts
every bumbershoot he sees.
THEY all use coal. And IL
i they can't get coal they
might as well go on synthetic
strike, too.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Getting Back to Work
THE United States Department

THE United States Department
of Labor calls public attention
i to the fact that there is
steady increase and demand for
labor throughout the country. Out
of sixty-five leading cities, fifty
two have reported increased en-
ployment.
This is very pleasing news. We
have been a long time in the dol
drums. Labor has been unem-
ployed, capital has been unem-
ployed and the country has reached
that psychological condition which
makes an ideal devils workshop.
Let us hope that the tide really
has turned, and that prosperity and
employment for labor and for cap
ital are coming in rapidly. Mean
while, the protracted coal trou-
bles and the far-flung railroad
strike vitality affect apd delay the
return to industrial ''normalcy."
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
The <Happer'
Is All Right
TT is difficult to understand the


q She seems to be doing merely
the sensible, comfortable, healthful
thing, and we cannot see the basis
of the criticism Of her by SO many
newspapers.
Those very newspapers for years
had editorials inveighing against
high heels, and relating the positive
physical injury that high heels did
to womankind, besides making her
more or less ridiculous in appear
ance.
The "flapper" has discarded
high heels. She wears sensible, low
heel shoes and gets criticised for
doing so.
The same newspapers had any
number Of editorials against the
corset and the injury that the cor
set inflicted.
The "flapper" discarded the cor
set, and has been abused for having
done so.
Again, these same newspapers
had any number of editorials de-
ploring the long skirt that dragged
on the ground and was dirty and
unsanitary in consequence.
The "flapper" wears short skirts
and is criticised for doing so.
The "flapper" is more sensible
than her critics and more con-
sistent.
The young girl of today is raised
in the spirit of a new freedom, and
healthful and beneficial freedom.
She is not constrained by corsets,
high heels, long skirts or conven-
tions of any kind.
If she wants to cut her hair short
she has as much right to do it as
man has to cut his hair short. 1t
is matter merely of convenience,
comfort and healthfulness. There is
no question of morality involved in
it, and the man who tries to make
it matter of morality is merely a
stupid bigot.
The other day little book was
sold at a sale in the Anderson Gal
leries. 1t was written by a Puritan
minister two hundred and fifty
years ago.
This Puritan minister inveighed
against immortality of-what do you
thinkf
He inveighed against the immor-
ality OF women wearing their hair
long!
1t was the custom Of women in
those days to wear their hair short,
and consequently in the eyes of this
good man any departure from that
custom was immoral.
The same class and the same
kind of man who inveighed against
long hair two hundred and fifty
years ago is inveighing against
short hair today.
In some parts of the world women
are compelled to shave their
heads entirely to please their male
critics. In other parts of the world
they cover their faces with wells.
In other parts they file their teeth
to a point.
And all these things men require
as an evidence Of morality.
The "flapper" belongs in a free
country and in an age of proper
liberty for women as we'll as men.
She is not abusing her liberty. She
is not doing anything improper.
And if man finds any immortality
in her sensible costume and be-
havior, the immortality is in the
mind Of the man, and he is the
one that should be criticised.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
We TOWNF, GOSSIP
is22, BY star compaay.
X. e. B.

Dear X. c. B-What would you do II you
were in my place! For the past two years I
have been on an athletic team OF our high
school and during those years l have really
worked hard. In this time have gotten many
points, but have never been rewarded in any
way for the effort have put forth. All the
fellows think l have had raw deal and
have proof which I do not mention that the
esteemed coach is the kind Of q sport who
bears q grudge.
Would you wait another year-your Lest
year-and say nothing or raise a holler now,
which l know would bring good resultsr I
anIiously await your answer.
WONDERING WILLIE.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Economy!

THE Prince of Japan will marry
the charming little Princess
i Nadako Kuni and set an ex-
ample Of economy. Therefore by
royal edict the cost of the wedding
will be kept down to $2,500,O00.
The brides wedding dress will cost
$4,000. She will have both jap
anese and a European trousseau.
Officials don't cost us as much as
that in America, although some of
their decisions and mistakes cost
us a thousand times more.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21
THE SPECTATOR
BOys' Books

THE most important thing in
Il a boys reading is to make
him want to read.
For this reason boys books
are valuable. books that appeal
to him, that attract him, and
not merely books which he is
told he ought to read and which
he probably hates.
Always the open door to an
education Is an enthusiasm.
What kind Of q book does q boy
like?
First, he wants a story. The
story Is the first form Of litera-
ture. 1t is what interested the
cave man as he emerged into
intelligence, and every boy 10
more or less a cave man.
In the next place, a boy wants
action. He is interested in what
people do mare than in what
they say or feel.
A BOY does not care for de-
"A scription. and while the
author is describing how beau
tiful the moon is and how lovely
the wind is soughing in the
trees the boy reader is simply
waiting for that sort of talk to
finish so that he can know what
lis done next.
BY the same token he Is not
interested in generalities, self
analysis, and philosophical re-
Election. He wants no moral to
his tale. Unless the tale is
itself a moral it does not reach
him.
A boy loves the concrete and
his power Of and love for abb
straction is as yet undeveloped.
The boy is not interested in
love. nor in girls. The love
motive leaves him cold and the
pangs and paintings of Romeos
and Juliets he regards with en-
tire contempt.
The Washington times., 1922-07-21

oToUCH1N' on and apper-
Il tainin' to" the ruling
passion which is so strong in
death.
Gangs Of bandits and insur-
gents in the hills of County
Wicklow In Ireland, including
Irish mountain girls, have been
making night raids on the
villages in the valley. The MILL
merry shops were especially
singled out for looting by the
lady members Of the band.
A great step toward the ao-
oomplishment Of the feminist
dream-the equality Of the
sexes. The gentlemen raid the
grog shops, hardware stores and
haberdasheries. The ladies loot
millinery shops. dressmakers'
establishments and corest fac.
tories-that Is, II corsets are In
style,
This equal division of labor
will help to systematize guerilla
warfare. will advance the
feminine cause and will tend to
prove that the ruling passion Ia
sometimes as strong In life as It
Is In death.
TIME ladiesl Bless their dear
u hearts! They love, love
and they love hats.