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The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

sEFFORTS to organize another bank in the
Il District of Columbia, this time in Anacostia.
have met with proper rebuke from the Comp
troller of the Currency
Taking advantage of the recent authority placed
in his hands. Mr.. Crissinger has ordered promotion
OF this enterprise to STOP He already has stated
that he would not permit the organization Of any
bank for which stock was sold by professional
promoters and he shows that he intends to keep
his word.
The District of Columbia, of course, has a
large number of banks 1t has enough at least,
to satisfy every legitimate demand for banking
facilities More organizations of this kind would
do no good and only hamper the efforts of those
already in existence 1t has been too easy to OBJ
tain bank charter in the District. AS result.
banks have sprung up every corner
Those institutions already in existence prob
ably are justified by the need. But there GER
tainly is not for others Increased compeii-
ton does little good when the field already is
crowded.
But the Comptroller of the Currency is par.
ticularly opposed to professional promoters who
receive certain percentage of every share of stock
sold This is, at the best. a vicious system. 1t
means eventual ruin unless the institution
ters unusual good luck in its enterprises
The bit has been pulled up in time-for which
District investors be thankful
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

fined to the United States alone. the
publishing Of the article! represent
ing line of thought in use
throughout recorded history. name
iy, the last 5000 years, would be
excusable. but the understanding is
that the organization is interna
tional and the objective aim TO
arouse sufficient interest, in all
countries. that the various govern
ments will look about for some
means to establish universal peace.
Perhaps these pioneers realize
that this Is new cycle of huma N
power Perhaps they think il is
the day of unity and the drawing
together of all races and classes.
Perhaps they realize. that the gift
Of God to this enlightened age is
the knowledge of the oneness of
mankind: that war shall cease be-
tween nations and by the will of
God. the most great peace will
come: that the world will be seen
as a new world and all men live
as brothers.
There is not one soul whose con-
science does not testify that in this
day there is no more important
matter In the world than that of
The recent war has proved to the
world and the people that war is
destruction. while universal peace
is construction: war Is death while
peace is life: war is the destroyer
OF. the edif1ce of mankind, while
peace Is the everlasting life Of the
world of humanity. and therefore
their Intention deserves a thousand
praises because they have pot other
wish than to serve the world of
humanity and this Is conducive to
the welfare and happiness of all.
In reality. war Is continuous
The world has been fighting for
5000 years. Isn't il enough? why
not commend people whose aims
are high. and whose only wish is
to bring better conditions to a
world wet with tears made so. in
part. by the self-appointed teach
ers and guides.
Opposition is the life of any good
and worthy cause and that which is
meant to retarl. scotch or kin only
increases enthusiasm and arouse.
interest SO your editorial. unknow-
ingly helps to hasten the establish
ment Of a truly representative in
ternational, tribunal, universal
peace and the golden age foretold
in Holy Writ. W. B. p.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Evils at Home.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
I wish to add my voice to those
of our citizens who have lately been
praising The Herald for its support
of the prohibition movement and en-
forcement act. / also wish to COM
mend your stand with regard to
the gambling evil surrounding our
city.
However. I feel that you have
begun in the wrong place. We have
in Washington itself a gambling
which have sprung up in nearby
Virginia and Maryland are small
potatoes. l refer to the bookmak-
ers who are plying their trade all
over the city. practically under the
noses of the police and the heads
of our national government.
To me a significant thing is the
generally accepted belief that when
ent of police. the bookmakers were
ent of polio the bookmakers were
'on the run" but since HIS untime
ly death they have rapidly in
creased. both in numbers and bold
ness. until now they are practical
ly unchecked.
1t seems to me that The Herald
would do well to stir things up in
our own back yard before starting
in on our well-meaning friends In
Maryland and Virginia
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Is This to Be Taken Seriously?
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Alas, What is this world COM
ing to? That is the first. last and
most persevering question which
has been thrust upon US in the last
few years. The sights which a con-
servative, religious and well bred
person must meet up with daily are
becoming obnoxious to the extreme.
Take a trip thru the business sec
tion of our city for instance. Here
one sees multitudes of child happers.
for really they are but children in
a mental capacity. dressed in allur-
ing silks and tight fitting sweaters.
They are all the same: like so many
sheep. What one does. all do.
There Is no originality. They seem
to have lost all taste for the finer
arts which were drilled into us
women when We were young girls.
Where are their mothers? Why does
not some person look after these
poor creatures and educate them in
conservatism and dignity. instead Of
allowing them to walk up and down
the streets. Just the other day. as
/ was waiting at a counter in dry
goods store, two young girls about
fifteen evidently were tired OF wait
ing. In a loud voice one exclaimed: !:
Il wish that saleslady would shake
n leg-rve got to carry on" IL I
was that girls mother. I would have
SPANKED her right on the spot.
Then stay away from church some
Sunday and walk out in the suburbs
instead. There you will find men
and boys playing baseball. rolling
dice. loafing and many worse things.
Utterly unconscious of the fact that
Sunday is a day of prayer and rest.
Many of these young scallawags
probably do not know what the in
side of church looks like.
A short time ago. I heard of a
boy of about eighteen years of age
who had his leg broken while play
ing baseball on a Sunday. For him
/ have no sympathy. 1t was merely
a warning from the heavens to other
boys who might indulge in those
awful Sunday sports.
1t Is a wonder to me that the
Commissioners of our city allow the
professional baseball teams to at
tract SO many people from their
Sunday duties. They should under
no circumstances, be allowed TO play
on Sundays and fines should be i'm
posed on any other group of men
caught doing things other than re-
ligious things on that day. Indeed.
IL i had my way. every person seen
on the street during the hours OF
religious convocation would be re-
quired to exhibit a permit. clearly
stating why. he or she was not at
church and signed by a duly ap-
pointed clerk.
unless the f1appers are tanned and
made to understand the Importance
of their position to the world; un-
less men and boys cease playing
games on Sunday and unless the
are filled. our country is
surely going to end in a state of
Bolshevisr, and turmoil. as is RAM
pant In many of the countries OF
Europe at the present time.
EVA WYNN.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Helping the Animals.

WIoRTHY District people plan farm home
w for stray animals-a place where domestic
creatures who have become dependent on man for
existence spend their days in comfort. This
project will appeal to many tender-hearted people
and viii provoke cynicism the part. of many
others. With much suffering humanity in the
world, some will say, why waste money and time
on animass Are there not plenty of children in
the District of Columbia who need farm home
more than do stray dogs and cats? There are
arguments both sides. We simply call atten-
ton to the fact that the plans will not be met
with 'urdiluted enthusiasm.
But after all, no kindness, whether to man or
beast, is wasted. Man has appropriated dogs and
cats He has trained them that they can not
live without him. He has taken from them most
of the qualities of self defense and survival which
nature gave their ancestors. Consequently it is
his duty to take of them. The home will
serve at least useful purpose. 1t will help
rid the city streets of stray creatures. Kind
hearted ladies sometimes hesitate reporting
a wandering cat to the pound officials and allow
it to continue its unwelcome life of homeessness.
They will not hesitate about turning the creature
to. the officials OF this home where its life
wilt preserved and where it will be given good
treatment.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Our Educational Trend.

nRESIDENT HOWARD L. HODCKINS of
Hn George Washington University has joined
hssvoice to those Of many other college officials in
thes Conclusion that students now have too much
educational liberty that almost unlimited rights
OF curriculum selection are not for the best inter-
csts of the generation, and that parents fail to
exefetse the proper amount of supervision.
sHe expresses much that is pertinent in con-
necaion with the present scholastic world. The
revph against culture" courses such as mathe-
mahes and the humanities. probably has gained
moTe Roadway than its earlier leaders suspected
possible or intended. The result has been super
hcial education. Too often. fear, students have
received their bachelor or master degrees with
out ,nuch material background for such distinc-
tioht = They have passed though four years of sup
po$A study with only the accumulation of an
ALMOST unrelated body of facts and without in
cressed ability to get ideas of their own.
colleges now offer all sorts of supposedly prac-
tiea courses. Almost every branch OF human
knowledge is taught. But it still is hard to con-
vintf us that the proper place to learn how to
shoeIforses or to hoe potatoes is the classroom
H.e t-ouble is that the present system of edu-
eaton gives too much encouragement to the Stacker
Latin. and Greek, for example, are not of much
practical value Nobody now uses them as a me-
dua1 in speaking writing Classic literature
at It's grandest and best has nothing superior to
the masterpieces In modern languages But they
do, swthout question, offer good deal of mental
training. They are very difficult to master. They
tax the abilities of the brightest students to the
utnost With supposedly more practical courses
this i not true A bright student can loaf through
the year and then Cram" with success for exami-
natpns The result is that everything learned soon
is fsrsotten Few boys who take courses in horse
shofitig really shoe horses
There is an unmistakable tendency in the
United States to swing back to mathematics and
the sHhmanities as requirements. While these SUBJ
jeete never will 81 prominent place in currcu-
iuns as they did half century ago it seems prob
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
The Veterans Bureau.

M EMBERS Of the House of Representatives,
lV1 it is reported, have some fireworks ready
for the Veterans Bureau at the next session. For
mer service men in Congress have kept the peace
comparatively well for the last few months-al-
though there must have been continual temptation
for outbursts.
Whether there is anything seriously wrong
with the Veterans Bureau is uncertain. That it
does not function to the best advantage is beyond
question. Any facts which the Congressman can
unearth concerning this important department Of
the government will be welcome to the public.
The Veterans Bureau may resent interference.
Its officials may say their work is handicapped by
too much investigation. But the only alternative is
to place implicit confidence in them. This few
people the way clear to do.
We are unwilling to allow Gen. Sawyer, Col.
Forbes, etc, to hide their candles under bushels.
There is too much possibility that the bushels will
be of human sorrow and suffering.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Getting an Anthem.

|ANADA wants a new national anthem. All
~ the amateur song writers of the Dominion
are at work in effort to supply the demand
with the almost certain prospect that none of them
will produce anything fit to be the representative
melody of third-rate college. The Native Sons
of Canada recently have indorsed which is
so poor that respectable Sabbath school would
not it.
National anthems not be produced to order.
They Unexpectedly from the least likely
places. The greatest poets in the world would
be helpless to produce appropriate words and the
greatest composers in the world to write appropri-
ate music Finally, some obscure versiher and
some third-rate musician will collaborate some
thing which the eAtre Dominion will accept
eagerly-and the authors certain to be uncon-
scious of the merit of their work.
Thus all national anthems are produced. Thus
the Marsellase, the Star Spangled Banner, ETC..
came into being
Competitive composition splendid
talent and fine workmanship. But national
anthem must be the work of genius. Otherwise it
isn't worth the paper it is written And genius
not be called into service to order
The man who finally writes Canada's national
anthem may produce anything of lasting
value. 1t will in of those moments of
inspiration which are known seldom in lifetime.
The Dominion may have to wait century for an
appropriate patriotic hymn-but she never can
obtain a suitable substitute.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

WHAT 10 MILLERTTEs
10 the Frteed Of the People:
VIII please tell what milIerite isf I am
mlneraiogy and will appreciate any information
you an give mierite. r. II. C.
4 native nickel suIphide that crystailises In the
hexagona1 system has metallic iuster. and is OF
, tails in cavities with crystals of other minerals
especially in Bohemia. in Saxony and in Cornwall.
England In the United States II is found at Ant
Mo-. and in Milwaukee. Wis Mllerite has been
JANUARY 1 As HOLIDAY
To the Friend Of the People:
When the celebration of New Year Day be-
gun? How was It started? Who started Il?
WILLIAM.
The LIST day Of January as marking the begin
ming of the year, was observed a public holiday
formation OF the calendar. No exact year is given
in any authoritative reference.
WHERE FORT RUSSELL Is LOCATED.
To the Friend OF the People:
Where is Fort D.. A. Russell? Wien wa. IT
founded? H.. s.
Fort d. A. Russell is a United states military
acres on a branch the South Platte River. three
miles from Cheyenne the Union Pacific Railway.
1t was established in 1867.
GOTHAM MUSEUMS DAILY HOURS
To the Friend Of the People:
l am contemplating visiting New York the
carly future. Will you please tell what hours the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art is open to the public?
HIP.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is open in
from 10 a. to p. m. on week days On
Sundays IL is open from p. m until y. m
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Remarks on the Theater.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
+ A certain theater in this city has
been producing a series of the most
vulgar. 1ewd and ribald plays that
ever have disgraced the theatrical
profession. It cannot be excused
under the pretence Of art or music
or amusement; for the plays have
no literary meri. the players are
the most mediocre kind of actors
and the language used is vulgar.
coarse, obscene and dissolute. Audi
enoe and actors alike must feel a
sense Of shame. There is a complete
abandonment OF even a pretence at
modesty of expression and action.
The school children Of Washington
have been enticed to these lewd per-
formances working through socie-
ties and fraternities-I have seen
hundreds of children present and
mothers have. asked me why the
police do not interfere. To do so at
the time would have given publicity.
the very thing most courted-for 1t
would only increase the number of
morbid minds who swarm to vulgar
things of this kind like certain flies
feed on dregs.
I am neither prudish nor narrow.
but such organized prostitution o.
entertainment. such bold and defiant
profiigaey on the public stage neu-
tralizes the effect of all education.
all civic welfare efforts and reflects
a great deal of discredit upon the
press. the theaters and civic govern
ment. The press has advertised. the
theaters have allowed themselves
silently to be besmirched. and the
civic authorities have permitted
these vicious orgies. When we con-
slider the intense work for children-s
welfare. the almost tragic appeals
for children's Fairgrounds and
wholesome environments, the wom-
ems forceful demands for recon-
struction of laws-the Big Brothers
and the Big Sisters-the beneficent
and philanthropic work for children
by the Rotarian, the Kiwanis and
Lions clubs-when we consider how
active and unanimous all these
bodies are for children's welfare and
yet see the children pouring In hun
dreds from schools to such vicious
and most giaringiy immoral plays
and listening to such coarse and
vulgar diatribe with licensed per-
mission and theatrical glamour, one
Is forced to ask are we not strain.
nr at enats and swallowing
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Progress and Famine.

Z ANIME again afflicts China. Soon an appeal
i for American aid will be forthcoming
Already a toll of thousands of lives has been
taken by starvation in the Yuanchow district
desolate country cut off from rail or motor
transportation and reached only by river boats
The present situation bids fair to rival. before
the autumn is well advanced, the terrible Chinese
famine Of two years ago or the Russian famine
of last year.
The tragedy of famine eopsists largely in
the helplessness Of the world in rendering aid.
There is plenty of grain in the world to feed the
entire human population. Modern transportation
is efficient enough il only it could be taken ad-
vantage OF. But comparatively small portion of
the earths surface is provided either with railroads
or with good roads. Enough food supplies could
be landed at any Chinese port but it would be
impossible to rush them up the rivers and into
the desolate interiors rapidly enough to prevent
intense suffering. Central China is no better
prepared to cope with famine today, with all the
mechanical civilization of the age than was Europe
in the middle ages
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

WHY YsGmARD coLLpsn BARS nINusrrRs.
To the Friend Of ne Peopsat
: Why aren't ministers admitted TO Gis.rd College
In Phiiadeiphia7 INTERESTED.
Stephen Girnrd died In 1881 .bequesthing the
for the establishment and maintenance Of an In
sttution for the education of poor white male
orefsrrsa Tor o 20 De
ond. from Pennsylvania; third from New York:
and fourth. from New Orleans The principles Of
culcation of religious doctrine In q denomina-
tional sense was forbidden. and the most famous
clause was that ministers and s;c,sssastss OF every
college or entering its premises upon any pretext
whatsoever The exclusion OF clergymen has been
The founder said, In express terms. that the ex-
clusion of clergymen introduced 90 that the
minds of the boys being reared BY the Institution
national controversies and that statement was fol-
lowed in the will by explanatory clause stating
Election upon sect or person whatsoever"
SKETCH OF FAMOUS CARD AUTHORITY.
To the Friend Of the People.
Will you please give brief sketch OF the
life Of Robert F. Foster. q national authority on
cards? E. c. NJ
Robert Frederick Foster. an American authority
Until 1893 he worked an architect and civil en-
gineer. In 1895 he became card editor of the New
York sun He orisinated the eleven rule at bridge
and whist cards His writings include: Whist
Tactics. Fosters Complete Hoyle. Royal Auction
Bridge. Cab No. a. novel; Cooncan. and numer
other novels.
HEIGHT OF EIFFEL TOWER.
To Friend Of the People:
How high is the Eiffer Tower In Paris?
The Eiffel Tower is 1000 feet high
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

AaTOK BORAH quotes Lloyd George
,Yher he argues that the United States can
no. consider cancellation of European war
csb;s frtil the debtor nations are ready to dis
am
Only the other day the British Premier warned
against ths active preparations for new in
progress or the continent--a which is intended
10 Pe more horrible than anything the world yet
has, known Money is required to drill the troops
needed. to supply them with bayonets and rifles,
and to construct OF the death-dealing
chinery which will be more efficient than the iniple-
mepts used in the last war.
s,Senatpr Borah expressed the sentiment of no
small proportion of the American people. There
may be questions of high finance involved There
may be features which the average citizen, is
unable to understand appreciate. But few
Americans will consent willingly to relieve Europe
of ANY debt to the United States while her states
continue 10 spend money for unneeded
material
This b not pacihsm. 1t is pure business. The
excuses 6 the nations that they need all these
soldiers and weapons for national defense sound
rather hollow because. after ALL most start
because one state becomes menace to another
Unless there is disarmament the end is bank
ruptcy-and cancellation of debts will do little to
delay its coming.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

camels7" and doubt even the value
of such benevolent tendencies?
i have just returned from govern
meEt institutions in this city where
youngsters IL. is. Is and even
younger are held for misdemesnors.
How far such plays are respons BILE
for their turpitude of mind I'll leave
you to judge.
! am not appealing TO the press
for i suppose you must take sdver-
tisements of this kind-nor am
appealing to the censor. for evil
IDENTIFY there are none. nor to the
welfare civic organizations. MOI
women's clubs. nor parent-teachers
for their duties ar.
too manifold and evidently too uni
versal to be focused on this definite
and local object. but l appeal to the
manager himself-for there is bu,
one such manager-to rise above the
sordid ambition of fattening his
purse at such a cost to the morb d
cravings of inconsid"ra-a vonth
REV. J. J. QUEALLY.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
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France Determined to Occupy
Ruhr." German steel King
Asserts.

"un'' "efman S'eel N1ng
Asserts.
France is determined to occupy
the Ruhr. Sooner or later she will
do So"
The head Of Germany's wealthiest
industrial family, Alfred Haniel.
made this statement. The Haniel
family controls Is per cent of the
iron and steel industry in Germany.
Alfred Haniel is peculiarly fitted to
discuss Germany's immediate fu-
ture because his fortune depends
upon 1t.
He is held to be the shrewdest
observer of political and economic
conditions in Germany. He has no
political axe to grind. He sees Ger
many's fate from the standpoint Of
the industrial.
1T is not because the French
want 300.o0o.000 gold marks that
they will take the Ruhr." he said.
This is only a pretext. But oc-
cupation of the Ruhr means France
is put in the position where she can
dictate to the rest of the German
Empire. France can then control
Germany's interior and exterior
policy.
THE answer to 1t all Is very
simple. If France controls the
Ruhr, then she controls the coal
supply of Bavaria. France thinks
she can separate Bavaria from Ger
many. That is Frances real pur-
pose. By controlling Bavaria's coal
supply she thinks she can compel
her to sever herself from Bavaria.
France. thinks also she can help
the Rhineland separatist movement.
As a matter of fact the separatist
movement in the Rhineland Is SIM
ply a movement against Prussia.
not against the German Empire.
France mistakes the movement She
sees an opportunity to divide Ger
many into impotent parts.
1.-THE greatest mistake England
made after the war was to permit
France to gather so much militar-
istic force. What is England goins
10 do when France becomes totally
unreasonable? And present indi-
cations show a great danger Of this.
1--WE never loved and admired the
Prussian militaristic spirit, but now
since We have learned to know the
French militarism, we see some
thing far worse. France fears us
owing to our superior industriai
ability. She has to put an iron
heel upon German effort and ini-
tiative.
America judges everything from
an economic point of view, but Eu-
ropean affairs cannot so be judged.
One must take into consideration
the French mind, the fear of SUI
periority."