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The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
REPRESENTATIVE Heads
California SOciety

Representative Arthur VI. Free,
of CaIifornia. was elected president
of the California state Society at
| the annual election of officers in
Ahei Thomson School last night.
representative Free succeeds
Thomas F. Flatherty.
other officers elected include
IGeorge B. Hedges. first vice presi-
kdent: II. II. Chapman. second vice
president: c. P.adu Rell. secretary
land treasurer: G. r. Bogel. his
toriAn. and the Rev. f. NJ. Mott.
chaplain 4 resolution of sympathy
J over the death of Mrs. Mary E.
ASmith. former first vice president.
wh6 was killed in the Knicker-
blocker Theater accident. was
paSsed
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Gen. Russell Goes to Haiti.

With a view to establishing more
efficient Acknowledgements Of purpose
of the treaty between the United
States and Haiti. Brig. Gen. John
H. Russell left this city yesterday
for Port au Prince. Haiti, where he
will act as the Presidents High
Commissioner. the State Department
announced
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Marine Mail Guards
Cost $250,0O0 a Year

Guarding the mails by Marines
costs the United States government
$3.50. 000 a year. Maj. Gen. John Lee
jeune. commandant of the United
States Marine Corps. told the House
Naval Affairs Committee yesterday
This cost. he explained. includes
the cost of transferring men from
Marine barracks at Quantico and the
Pacific Coast to the various assign
ments. as well as their maintenance.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Tech High Banquets
GridirOn Athletes

Tech spirit was out in force last
night. as manifested by the attend
ance OF over 100 athletes and fol-
lowers OF the Manual Trainers. at a
football dinner held in the school
hall
After the banquet. brief remarks
were made by Representative Ketch-
UNI. of Michigan; Superintendent of
Schools Ballou: Assistant Superin-
tendent Kramer: Coach Curly" Byrd
OF Maryland University: Pat King.
assistant football coach at Tech, and
Mr.. Hardell. Of the faculty.
Catch Apple. of Tech. was unable
to attend because OF his wife's ILL
ness. Mr.. Daniels, principal OF the
school. acted as POSTMASTER.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Milan Banqueters
In Session Tonight

A meeting of the Clyde Milan din
ner organization committee will be
held tonight at o'clock at the Ar
lington Hotel. All members are urged
to attend. Details of the proposed
banquet to the Nationals leader will
be worked out and subcommittee
appointed.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
DEATHS

hA9ERS-On Wednesday. March s. 1872.
JAMES z. MAGERS.
Funerar services Saturday. March IL. al
$50 D. m. from residence, 1856 Meridian
pIare northwest. Remains resting at s.
". Hines Company Funeral Parlors, 1901
fourteenth street northwest. Interment
Columbus Ohio 2o9
"wednesday, March s. 1922,
Al Walter Reed Hospital, Washington,
d. c.. MARY CONGER. widow OF Lieut..
Col. Eaton Albert Edwards, U. 3. A.
Funeral services will be held at ST. Mar
garet's Church. Connecticut avenue and
bancroft place. on Friday. March 10.
ie22 81 p. m Interment Arlington
Natioual Cemetery. 81
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Earl Smith Hits Town.

Earl Smith. candidate for that va
cant right job with the Griffs.
breezed into town yesterday from
Ohio. Peckinpaugh is expected to
put in an appearance today. Both
men will leave with the last bunch
Of Nationals getting under way for
Tampa Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
"Air Circus" Again Put OFF.

Tine ar Circus postponed from
last Friday until today on account
of unsettled weather was post
poned another week last night for
the same reason. The circus was
10 have been given by aviators OF
Boiling Field ami was to have in
cluded series of aerial trick
stunts.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Adventists Give S35,2O2.

A total OF $35.2o2.ss was given
in tithes and offerings by the MEM
bers of the Sligo Seventh Day Ad-
ventist Church. B b. Smith,, treas
urer. reported last night. The mem
bership Of this church Is composed
principally of employees of the Wash
inston Sanitarium and students and
faculty Of Washington Missionary
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Thief Poses as Dry Officer

Assuming the role of an agent OF
the Internal Revenue department: a
thief robbed William T. Beach, 1917
Gales street northwest. OF S25 yes
terday. The thief engaged Beach
to haul load of whisky for the
department" and requested a de-
posit.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
Police Seize Corn Liquor.

Fourth precinct police raided the
~ Of Philip Il. Cleveland. 80
r. old. 734ts Twelfth street
kheaSt. early last evening and
led fDout a gallon of corn liquor.
keIaHI was arrested charged
th illegal selling and possession.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10
FLORISTS.

Appropriate Funeral Token.
GUIDE Bros. Co. lZl4 F St
expresstve-fbexnensfrs-
Prompt auto delivery serviee.
GEO. c. SHAFFER g: 6 q; a.,
EXPRESSIVE FLORAL El. Pssss n.
eLzAs =. hogfRArs rs'oEs sisi'-I
The Washington herald., 1922-03-10

10 you will take Laxative BROMO QUININB
Tablets when you feel the first symptoms
Of a Cold coming on.-Adv.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
Government and Strike.

The governments present policy of hands
off in the coal strike cannot be maintained con-
sistently to the end in case the strike is to be
much prolonged. Whatever the president does
does not do the congressional committee on
labor will quickly be at the work of investiga-
ton. Senator Borah, chairman of the senate
committee, is an aggressive person with strong
views on the chaotic conditions in the soft coal
industry. His first public statement expresses
sympathy with the miners and offers a sugges-
ton of government ownership as an alterna-
tive to the maintenance of the status quo. Even
Senator Edge of New Jersey year ago was
limiting at government control of the industry
The situation will probably develop along these
lines: After few months coal famine will be
reported here and there in certain parts of the
country. for the soft coal supplies are not
evenly distributed. The railroads and public
utility companies have a large share of the
stored coal. The places that go short will be-
gin to protest and call upon the government for
relief
In the war the coal scarcity developed for
special reasons; there were no strikes causing
that the president, under his war powers ap-
pointed a federal fuel commissioner who took
over the whole mining industry We are at
peace now, but the people are familiar with
the recent precedent of government interven-
ton in its most drastic form. Whether pop
ular demand finally arises in favor of govern
ment Intervention may depend on the duration
of the strike In that connection one cannot
ignore the fact that in the soft coal industry
the issue as shaped up involves the existence
of unionism and collective bargaining At
least that is how the miners understand it The
economic struggle may hinge upon the ability
of the union miners to hold out while the non
union fields are producing fuel, but if the unicn
miners believe that the existence of unionism
is at stake, will they not wage long and stub
born strike?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
What City Youth Misses.

II IL is your good fortune to have been raised
on a farm or in a small town 20 or more years
ago it must often occur to you how much the
modern city boy misses in the way Of real fun
Along about this time OF year back there in the
radiant past the gang was following the local
Huckleberry Finn, the courageous individual
first to brave the springtime chill OF the old
swimming hole 1t is sorry contrast along
side the concrete swimming pools for metropol-
itan youths of 1922 Nature is coming TO life.
back there in the country, with an enhancing
display of buds, first wild flowers, pussy
willows and strange birds going north. Back
yonder we had big barns with huge haymows
to play in And, at this season, it was GUS
tomary to erect shanties in backyard and va
cant lots to house the gangs secret society.
In the 1922 city the barn is a one-story garage,
and father usually has fit if he catches the
boys in the iivver hotel playing with the oil
cans Cities are clean. with no lumber and old
tin cans and packing boxes and alley junk and
bones for the boys to gather. Remember when
we put on Buffalo Bill show at the edge of
town and a burnt cork minstrels in the barn?
Do you think the modern city youth has as much
fun at his dancing class or the school cantata?
Neither do we.
The city lad is so pressed for elbow room
and plaything that, for instance, when he gets
roller skates he rides them to death. then
hungrily seeks a new amusement. That's why
We have waves of Juvenile, maniacal concen-
tration on one thing in the cities. Right now
it's wireless. Civilization and metropolitan con-
gestion may be a good thing for adults, but
odds on the nays: But it's certainly tough
the youngsters. 1t is childhood that has lost
in modern city life. And even when father takes
the youngsters to the country on Sunday after
they get about much of glimpse of it
from a moving train. Father is restless
nerves keyed up, wants to get along fast and
try another stretch of road Real-for- sure
boyhood is vanishing to join other antiques of
the day when nature and science were myster-
les enough to make life worth while.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
The Child and the Horse.

DR.. Newell Dwight Hills is authority for the
statement that in a New York community the
trainer of sorrel colt is drawing $4,000 a
year salary and school teacher with IS pupils
is being paid $1,000. Yet we hear citizens COM
planning over high taxes and solemnly agree
ing that the salaries of school teachers must
be reduced. Good school teachers already are
getting too little and poor school teachers too
much, but there seems to be a determination
to keep bad balance where it is by reducing
the pay of both kinds, Unfortunately. Some
apparently successful men still point with
pride to their failure to gain an education and
they say We might be able to get along without
school teachers altogether. if we had to-
The only excuse possible for those who plan
to reduce the pay of school teachers is that they
have made plans without any thought They
have not gone to the trouble of comparing the
pay check of the teacher with that of the
plumber, the carpenter. the bricklayer or the
hod carrier. The sense Of values is as badly
warped today as ever Maybe there will come
. time when We will see things in that nicely
OF proportion and balance that are necessary
to clear perspective But that time is slow
IN arriving. Five thousand year for horse
trainer and one-quarter of that amount for
child trainer shows with what lassard stems
wa advance
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
The Mans Belt Line.

recent British visitor returned home and
wrote an article for one of the British maya
zines criticizing the slfmness of the waists of
Americas young men. He expressed fear
that this country was drifting away from
sturdy old physical standards. Miss Amelia
Bin CHAM, in a Philadelphia lecture, went the
other way. She declared that men should
wear corsets to avoid slouehiness She holds
that trimness is desirable in men as in
women. The English writer was deceived by
the tight-belted coats that recently were in
vogue. Miss Bingham also is mistaken. Men
with globular outlines do not need corsets
What they lack is training. No man who
stands upright and holds his chest out and his
waist in takes obesity. A man who keeps
trying to fill out his belt should throw the belt
away and return to suspenders But the
woman who tells men to wear corsets is as
wrong as the man who tells women not TO wear
them
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
Weather AS Crime Cause.

| The prevalence of crime during the last
month is attributed to depressing weather con-
'ditions by c. A. Donnell. forecaster of the gov
ernment weather bureau in Chicago Not in
the So years OF the BUREAUS records, he says,
has there been March as warm and as rainy
as the one just past. While most people will
eonsider it supernuous to search weather rec
ords for an explanation Of crime in Chicago
there may be something in Mr.. Donnells theory
ef a relationship between crime and the
Feathes. Think of the effect these weeks of
rain must have had upon the minds of the null
Iptude of building men when. for the first time
70 years. there is work enough in sight to keep
them all in steady employment, yet they are
Feduced to idleness by impossible weather
What would be more likely to drive an honest
man TO drink or sour his disposition to a degree
that might lead to assault and battery, or even
murder, out OF pure makce?
And then tnsre others. The garden en-
thusiast- who long since memorized pages from
ais favorite seed catalogue. and is waiting day
by day to put spade into the ground would
REQUIRE little additional provocation to commit
same horrible deed. The prospective home
owner, ambitious to get into his new heuse By
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14

the time his lease expires, unquestionaely Is II
3 mood that might lead TO the staying OF his
landlord for no greater Ofense than the pre-
senfation OF the usual monthly bill. The nner-
chant with great stock of spring inery' the
housewife who is ambitious to walk out past
the homes Of her neighbors in a new hat; the
children who are still penned up indoors at
season when they long to be out in the open,
all these and many more must be by this time
in no charitable spirit. Certainly Mr.. Donnell
has put his finger upon an incontestable fact
AS a forecaster he might have gone further.
II these rains do not presently cease the popu-
lation of this region is going to be surly one
and no man may count his life safe.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
Motor Vigilantes.

One city in this country, according to
writer on motor subjects, has solved most OF
its difficulty with trafhc law violations. The
city is St Louis where a band of vigilantes has
been formed. These are private citizens, wear
ing no insignia. They keep an eye out for
vielators of the law When they see a traffic
offense committed they do not stop the driver
ner cTiticise him. They have no authority to
make arrests. They simply report the guilty
person to their central ONCE courteous let
ter is sent him from the office, reminding him
lof the offense and warning him Of the conse-
l1uences if the act is repeated. If the same per
BON is reported twice he is reported to the
police. and he gets fine regardless of any
Supposed influence
T The result, says the writer, is that st. Louis
is now safer than most cities because every
driver feels that the man in the car behind him
may be member of the vigilantes. This
sounds like good idea, if sound people are in
charge Of the central Office. 1t is subject,
as every self-constituted power is, to great
dangers. The thing that seems to save this
particular organization is that it assumes no
power. 1t operates merely in an advisory ca
pacity. and as such it seems TO be both harm
less and effective.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
The Daily Short Story

heart, that he could never be like
them. Something scarlet f1ared
across the southern grays. some
thing dashed up the bank where the
old man had always intended put
ting fight of steps. and there the
girl rested pantingly as the young
man approa ched.
rs that you MilIy?" shouted the
old man from somewhere aloft- Me
and Gumption are patching the
roof. Wait a little while til we
manage to get down to earth again"
Grunts and the creaking of the roof
followed.
Been sketching today asked
Milly She surveyed the book
swiftly Against her gaze the young
man had no refuge. He flushed
darkly. He had dreamed to much
that day in the land of wonderful
pictures, while the waves Tapped
the boat Milly studied the only
sketch he had made, and dropped
the book without comment. Her
calm stung him.
ut strikes me as better than any
thing I've done lately" he said, in
self-defence- She stamped her foot
suddenly. well, that isn't saying
much, Billy" she flashed out.
Don't you ever expect to be able
to say anything more?"
Il know" he answered, with a
helpless gesture. Its in the blood
we are a shiftless lot"
A few quick, sharp bumps, down,
down, down, and the heavy hammer
tina: the old man had forgotten to
bring with him, struck full on the
upturned head of the younger
Perry. The girls cry as he fell
solidly, brought the old man on the
run.
water" Then she worked with
soaked handkerchief, dripping the
contests of the wooden bucket
plentifully over the face she loved
Under her ministratiorts A big,
ugly swelling appeared on his head.
The old man shifted from one foot
TO the other. crying like d baby
She wondered if such a blow killed,
paralyzed. Run and get a doctor"
she ordered, and the old man took
to his heels.
She gave a glance at his retreat
ing shoulders, aware in a second
that Billy was regaining conscious
ness. She rem embered things she
had heard her aunt reading about
suggestion. Now is the time to
Offset the family weakness" she
whispered tensely in his ear, not
knowing whether he heard, and not
caring You have a gift that will
make you a great artist, and you
are going to work hard, because
Billy boy, Milly loves you and wants
you to"
She broke of as two big, bright
eyes flashed into her own. Then
he smiled, and without warning,
the old gray cottage and the yellow
sands and everything about them
radiated the light of an earthly
paradise.
DO you. Miily?" He seized her
in arms that belonged to the vitality
living. Say it again, because that's
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
GIrMPTION.
Bv Iora ". Freeman.
,onn - TH-L1Io~


By Lora ". Freeman.
Copyright. 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
The old man pushed his cap
farther over his eyes. The sun grew
brighter these days and the sea had
a dazzle like a tin roof. He sifted
his short-stemmed pipe with low
ing hand. The tin roof Of the old
gray cottage needed little patch
ing. Strange, that while he took
his comfort in the sleepy sunshine
and dreamed, the duty he owed that
tin roof should be suddenly jolted
uppermost in his thoughts.
A very homely gray cat dashed
around the corner Of the back porch
and rubbed against Bills legs. 1t
purred and mewed, digging its
claws restlessly into his trousers.
That lean gray cat was the only
wide-awake thing in sight. In COM
| bination with thoughts of work IN
done, it tried Bills temper sorely-
Il don't know what / ever got
you for. Gumption," he COM
planned. and why I named you
what l did beats me-" He stirred
uneasily and rose to his full height
of 6 foot 5. :Cept that you are so
different from the rest Of a very
lazy, slack family, Gumption. Guess
I'll patch that roof while it's still
light"
Two hours to sunset seemed a
prodigiously long time to Bill. but
be couldn't take up that day dream
again. Over in the cove young
chorage. Standing with feet evenly
placed, he threw out the rusty little
anchor from his dory. His head
was bare, so were his arms and an
expanse of muscular chest. Bronzed,
1.-the, natural as young panther,
he leaped to the sand. A strong
pull at the anchor rope brought the
boat close ahaul. He took out his
sketchbook and an almost empty
basket and, with sheepish look
at the few fish he caught, started
toward the cottage.
His eyes swept the glorious piano.
rama that stretched westward. He
slipped to one knee swiftly and
worked with his pencil He had
sketched the old gray cottage many
times, but tonight the light seemed
better. One thing he omitted, and
that was the clambering figure of
the old man as he swung around the
ell chimney and welded his ham
mer slowly.
IF the old man had any gump-
ton, he would have done that Job
this morning" the younger man
thought IF you had any gump-
ton, you would have done it for
him, quoth his conscience. That
was the way his conscience had of
prodding him.
Near the Black Rock several
dories lowered around the bobbing
heads that marked their nets. That
meant gunmption and bread to the
men who haulted with lean, tough
ened arms The young man felt an
immense respect for them, though
he knew. with bitterness in his
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-14
OFF with the Armor Now.

~
1t has just been called to my at
tention Gas the complete Office ex-
eeutive boy might say that the
girls no longer wear-my gracious,
what shall I say?-they wear them
not so long as their mothers were
or wore 'em. / say it has been
brought to my notice. Far be it
from me to intimate that I haven't
noticed, but I Just hadn't missed
the long 'uns / was reminded OF
it by a lady who had long 'uns on
which shrieked shfilly through the
customary sheer hose and prompt
ed the query: Why wear any
heavyweights at all?
These days the heather does
some lightning change acts and it
requires an agile dresser to keep
pace with it, but nevertheless it is
good health practice to put on the
heavy indies or leave them of.
according to the whims of the
weather. / speak now only for
those who are in the deplorable
habit OF wearing heavier under
wear in the winter than in the
summer. I am myself in that habit
still, though l am making good
Roadway against it, and in a few
more years l hope to wear the same
lightweights the year round.
The passing of the long-legged
species of winter armor, which &C.
Cured, an authority informs me,
fully 1--WE years ago, has not been
marked by any such spectacular
increase in the prevalence of pneu-
monia, tuberculosis and rheuma-
tism among the younger women as
the old women confidently predict
ed. Somehow the dire consequences
of exposure seldom do material
ize. possibly due to some Inherent
defect of observation and judgment
in that ancient belief
The putting on or leaving off Of
warmer or heavier underwear is
not SO much a matter OF hygiene or
health as it is one of personal COM
fort. The only good guide is your
own individual comfort under the
conditions of time and place.
Should you make a mistake of
Judgment and put on the winter
armor and then get to the Office
only to suffer a long, warm, balmy
day, that is somewhat depressing,
but not so very dangerous. On the
other hand. should you glance out
of the window in the morning. de-
eide it's going to be a peach OF a
day. and hop into the next-to-
nothings, only to run into freez-
ing day, that may be a little I'M
comfortable, but it will never hurt
your health appreciably Just call
it a day and wish for better luck
tomorrow.
Go in for the greatest possible
amount of personal comfort under
the greatest variation OF circum-
stances to which you may be sub
jected, and be sure you will be
right whatever your underwear.
When stretch of from six hours
to six days Of beautiful, balmy
spring weather happens along. lit
tie Johnny-if he were my Johnny,
at any rate, should be given carte
blanche to leave 'em in the clothes
press il be liked. likewise with his
overcoat Nor should anybody be
worried by the annual spring warn
ing about going sufficiently cloth
ed. which is issued to the village