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The Washington times., 1922-12-11
BROAD CREEK CITIZENS
ELECT DR.. VlEHOEVER

SILESIA. Nd, Dec. 11.-At the
monthly meeting Of the Broad
Creek Citizens Association held at
the Silesia School, the following Of.
ficers were elected:
DR.. Arne Viehoever. president;
James r. Edelen, sr., first vice
president; Frederick ]. Adler, sec.
ond vice president; Rudolph F.
Adler, treasurer; Miss A. M. Stein.
secretary; George
Taylor, financial secretary.
A review Of the years work was
read by the secretary.
Herbert Taylor reported The prog
ress made on road work since the
last meeting. and day was ap-
pointed when additional work is to
be done.
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
AMERICAN MEN
bEsT,.SAYS \
ACTRESS
Cecile Sorel Believes Climate
Adds to Respect for Women
In United States.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR.
Cosmop0litau News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE
American mamie iss ze most re-
spectful man In ze whole world to
women!' Cecile Sorel, famous
French actress. and for thirty years
considered the best dressed woman
of any country. said today on the
eve of her return to France. She
has been regaling Broadway with
her comedy repertoire for several
weeks.
"The Latin man, the elegant
Frenchman and the Italians, are far
below the American, despite their
politeness and frequent bows. Oh,
oui, oui, the American tss nice
ver." she said in broken English.
Americans Moro just.
Omitting the fractured parts of
speech. her reason for the disparity
between Frenchmen and American
men in the treatment Of the fair sex
may be recorded as follows:
Temperament is to blame-south.
ern men are never as respectful OF
women as northern men, In reality.
The men of America have shown
their wisdom as well as their polite.
ness by being the first to make
allies of their women instead of
slaves. The American is more just
to women"
Concerning the French chambers
recent rejection Of woman suffrage.
Mile. Sorel said:
1T Is untrue that Frenchmen are
so much better in their treatment
of their wives and women generally
than are Americans and Englishmen
. q - n xSSt aa<l
the parliamentary vote. Nor that
the French women are 90 highly
honored by their men that they do
escaping the brutal yoke placed on
wives by men Of the north
Emancipation VIII Come.
"Feminism' is a natural right.
The men of the south would show
good Judgment II they made allies
Of their women folk by giving them
the vote. The women of the south
have not fully awakened. Only the
most advanced French women are
working for emancipation. but It
will come"
A glance at the Turkish harems,
and the Sheik method Of the Near
East gentlemen. she said, will prove
that the farther south one goes, the
less respect will be found among the
men for the women. In America,
the climate makes the men more
temperate in morals and manners.
THE Latin men have grown very
antagonistic to suffrage since the
war. think the antagonism IL
temporary.
The American man" she added.
He 10 fine-but he could be more
cultured. Of course-too much bust.
ness-the old criticism Of the Ameri.
can man. but true"
Urges Taste in Dress.
The actress said she was welded
to her art. which was loved by a
thousand men. and. therefore, she
never would wed one man.
Mile. Sorel, who has been the
creator Of Paris styles for many
years. proclaims to the American
woman:
Let your personality decree your
dress-not style. Dress for other
women-very few men appreciate
VOW taste. A well-dressed woman
is always attractive-dress enhances
the beautiful and makes the ugly
comely. II q woman II working,
she should dress simply, always.
Taste 10 the thing to cultivate
for q woman's dress speaks an in.
PRODUCTION for her. and. therefore,
must be pleasing"
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
PAST0R|NJURED
/. IN HUNTING
ACCIDENT
Part Of Buckshot Load Enters
Foot Of the Rev. L. n.
SmaIIwood.

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec. IL
The Rev. Lester H. Smallwood. Of
Mt. Jackson. Shenandoah county.
pastor of the United Brethren
Church. il the victim Of the first
serious hunting accident recorded in
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
SIX SCHOOLS MOeTlCE7 !.
/" COAL SOON, OR CLOSE

READING. Pa. Dec. 11.-school
officials here announced that unless
coal arrives In considerable guam
tiles soon at least six buildings
will have to close this week. s. H..
d. Levengood. the contract holder.
has been unable to get shipments
and most Of the city's yards are
bare.
The retailers association will
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
CHESTNUT RoAsTERs
SIGN OF PARIS WINTER

Summer. hello Winter!
The chestnut roasters are back
again on the street corners Of Paris.
Nearly every block has at least one
cafe with a sheltered corner where
the chestnut man installs his great
iron, roaster and bags of nuts
Cool days make business hum, for
= har ~ hot nnts in his pocket Is
~" IT. r"'"-"-'s way Of keeping
The Washington times., 1922-12-11

IactiagNas apecid Assnt aud hnddr
the orders Of another special agent.
was wounded by a revolver held by
the latter in demonstrating how to
cock the weapon on safety. The
bullet tore away the lads kneecap.
making ainputation Of the leg neces.
The accident occurred at Hanley.
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
SPECIAL OFFICER
SUES FOR AMPUTATED LEG

HUNTINGTON. w. Va. Dec. IL.
Gillespie. aged nineteen.
of Huntington, through his father
e. @. Gillespie, has filed suit In the
Cabell county circuit court against
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
for $50. 900 damages for injuries re-
ceived while In the service of the
railroad in September.
It 10 averred that the youth. while
The Washington times., 1922-12-11

this partsot the ssenas1air vsiiey
this season.
Mr. Smallwood was out hunting
for partridges and rabbits near Mt.
jackson. when his gun was dis.
charged accidentally, and q part Of
the load Of shot entered his right
foot. badly mangling II.
He is now under treatment In
Rockingham Memorial Hospital at
Harrisonburg.
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
WIND SQUALL BLOWS
TRAIN OFF THE TRACK

PERPIGNAN. France. Dec. 11.-A
train was blown off the track near
the Fitou Station yesterday by q
mistral Of great violence.
A sudden gust of wind swept un-
der the last car but one, lifting It
clear Of the rails. Two other cars
toppled into the ravine. No one
was hurt.
The Washington times., 1922-12-11
Burning Wood In Trolleys,

ALTOONA, Pa, Dec. 1l.-Unable
to obtain . supply of hard coal,
the Altoona and Logan Valley
Electric Railway Company IL burn.
ing wood in its trolley car stoves
for heat. excepting in the one.
man cars. The company has a
force Of men at work saving old
ties.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
The Way Of the Transgressor

II men only could learn that the
brain power spent IN devising crime
could be far more proftably oni-
ployed in honest pursuits the jails
soon would be emptied. Since the
memory OF man runncth not to the
contrary succeeding generations
have been reminded that tho way OF
the transgrcssor is hard and that
honesty is the best policy. But they
never seem TO learn.
A club waiter has just been con-
victed Of trying 70 obtain a subway
ride by substituting a hammered
slug Of tinfoi for a nickel In the
subway turnstilc slot. To hammer
tinfoil into the bulk and weight OF a
Gve-eent piece must have required
at least an hour. In these days five
cent, IN hour constitutes pretty low
wagcAcycu IL these be The wages
OF sin.
This form Of stupidity uniortu-
nately is not uncommon. Il IS pos
sesscd by the burglar, the auto
bandit and tho safe crackcr-al-
though these gentry at least play
for larger stakes than fvc-cent
pieces.
The fact that any man will de-
vote time and ingenuity with which
he might make 80 cents or dollar
IN connecting a scheme TO cheat a
corporation out Of five cents Is
proof tina. moral and economic
teaching has still long and dill
cult task before it.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Misdirected Mail

Postmaster-Gencral Works recent
recommendation 70 Congress that a
fee Of ono cent be charged BY the
Postofice for each piece Of improp-
orly directed mail is economically
sound. lie says that more than 375-
600 letters n day require the special
attention Of the postofices because
they arc inadequately or wrongly
addressed. Nearly COO employees
work eight hours a day finding the
correct addresses for these letters
and seeing that they are forwarded.
The average cost per piece Of mail
for this service is S.00S7. II follows,
therefore, that the charge Of one
cent more than covers this service.
The principal objection TO the pro-
posal is that It provides that the re-
cipient rather than the sender Of the
letter shall pay the penalty. As the
addressee is entitled 70 refuse mail
which carries an extra charge, the
burden need not necessarily fall
upon him. II he declines to pay, the
letter is returned 70 the sender or
sent TO the Dead Letter 0flce. Ex-
pcrience has shown, however, that
much Of the carelessness in misdi-
recting is TIE work Of large mailing
houses rather than Of individuals.
and the postofEee authorities believe
that as soon as these organizations
realize that they are penalizing the
persons whom they are circularizing
they will take more pains with their
mailing lists.
To make a charge for locating tho
proper destination Of misdireeted
mail is sound. Even though the pro-
posed method of so doing will place
most OF the burden upon the adj
dressee il holds the greatest promise
Of remedying the conditions now ex-
istine.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Vocational immigration

The new drive against immigration
restriction uses the old arguments.
Stripped Of their camouaage, they
are not so much a demand FOR more
labor as for low-gradc labor.
Tho new method Of attack IS TO
demand selectivc rather than re-
strieted immigration. Perhaps the
more descriptive title vocational
immigration" might be used, Under
this plan workers arc TO be admitted
in accordance with the demand for
their services. So long AS this does
not mean letting down tho bars it IS
a plausible method. Unfortunately.
however. il is meant primarily as a
substitute for the percentage quota
basis and is advocated because It
Las sufficient fexibility 70 permit the
admission Of large rumbers Ct immi-
Grants. II the idea were TO apply
sslectivc processes without exceeding
the present quotas ihcrc could be no
objection 20 tho system. IN fact. re-
strictions as to quality arc as impor-
tant as restrictions or quantity.
Fortunately, however, the country
as a whole IS opposed to admitting
larger numbers Of immigrants
There is a general feeling that the
existing laws should be improved so
as to do away with the injusticcs
which result from an inefficient
handling Of the quotas. But these
arc questions of administration
rather than Of the principle Of ro-
striction. The rev war is waged
not 80 much against them as against
tho percentage principle. i is being
fought in behalf Of the selfish inter-
ests Of small group and against the
best interests Of the country as a
whole.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
A Day Of Glad Tidings

Never did a Christmas come upon
q more fitting hour than the present
4 long and plodding year has passed
rway. The nations Of the Old World
lave worried through It's months in
some fashion-amazingly well, con-
sderlng the burden upon their
shoulders and the wounds Of the war
sull lcft open. America has farod
letter and has taken several strides
ahead. But since the world is now
ono and Isolation word that only
an ostrich or a Senator from the
Middle West would think Of using, Il
has been a year Of suspense for all
tho Western world.
Il needs no prophet 20 see that
change IS at work in the heart Of
America ard that 1923 offers a prom
iss Of better times that were denied
n 1922. j. is the Joy Of Christmas
that It comes in the late and mid
right hour Of a dying year and
sounds Tho call Of q fresh start and
q now dawn. Exactly that hope has
come 10 tho nations Of the world in
these last days.
There could not be a better spirit
in which 70 approach the problems
that must be solved by America and
Europe than the spirit Of Christmas.
Something does die with an old year.
Unto the world a child is indeed
born on Christmas Day. Il is the
tame old world that wakes up the
day after Christmas. but that old
world has always had an amazing
ability 20 grow and change, IL not
swiftly, at least surely. Of that liv-
ing principle in the world here is the
great symbol. in the sound Of bells
and carols who can fail 10 put OF
some Of the old garments Of hate, a
little Of the old, grim look Of con-
demnation, and face the future with
q more confident heart and a more
generous mind?
Not as solemn judge or sour critic
but as a warm and helpful friend
does America return TO Europe. May
her message be sent and may It be
received in that spirit Of peace and
good viii toward ell which the
Christ child brought 90 tho hearts Of
iaon 20 warm and renew them
through many ages!
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25

grasping at strsws. Providence was
in fact long suffering. Wilhelms
work Of destruction was slow. But
at last It brought the dynasty and
the empire 70 ruin.
II Is the most pitiful aspect Of
the tragedy which his parents
mourned in anticipation that the
author Of Il stlll sits IN wealth aud
comfort at Doom, escaping the
penalty Of tho crimes for which he
was indicted at Paris and indulging
himself while millions Of his former
subjects suffer and Germany stands
before the world as a mendieant
pleading for a remission Of the war
debts with which his folly and self
worship loaded her down.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Smith6eld's $ Historic Tree

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Our family enjoyed your edi-
toriol In to.day's Tribune, Preserve
Historic Trees" You have done much
to save the historic trees in our state
and nation by this timely article.
Last spring our State School Of For
estry, az Syracuse, offered sixteen cash
prizes for the best pictures Of historic
trees in New York State. The day be.
fore your article was printed my son,
Samuel S. Ferris. won one Of the third
prizes for HIS picture OF the great oak
tree which stands across the road IA
front OF the old smithheld Prssby-
terian Church.
The Rev. George Whiteheld reached
this church on Sunday afternoon, June
20, 1870, and found his audience too
large for the edlaee. SO gathering the
company before him under this tre-
mendous tree, he preached the Word OF
Life TO them. Il Is inspiring 20 any
Christian 20 stand under the now
famous tree and imagine the scene o,
long ago.
II IS gratifying that our State Col
lege Of Forestry Is doing 80 much TO
arouse deeper interest in our trees.
They expect soon TO publish a booklet
containing reproductions Of the photo
graphs Of these prize winners. II all the
names Of historic trees sent 20 them
could be widely published, tree lovers
might visit these trees during vaea-
iion and a deeper interest IN them be
aroused throughout our Empire State.
Thus also my native state, New Jersey,
might be led to pattern after us and
help set a good example 70 every state
IN tho Union.
REV. PERCY Il. FERRIS.
Philmont. n. Y, Dec. 20, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Motoring to Timbuctco

Kipling long ago suggested the
folly Of lamenting Farewell. TO
nance" merely because "the old
order changeth. giving place 20
new" reminding Us that the boy
god runs a railroad train as truly
as ever he drove a chariot. Only
the other day VIC heard Of the for
nation Of a company 10 utilize the
water power of the Jordan for cleo
trio lighting in Jerusalem, and We
should pity the Gradgrind mind that
could not perceive therein a touch
Of romance not surpassed by Eli
iah's race with the royal chariot
from Carmel to Jezreel.
Now comes another essay, the ap-
peal Of which to the imagination is
scarcely rivalcd in all the realm Of
inventive romance. That is sn auto
mobile drive from Algiers to Timbuc-
tco. which at this very time is being
undertaken, and the successful COM
pletion Of which is expected 10 be
announced in the next few days.
There is probably no place in the
world more significant Of remote
ness and inaeeeSsibility than the
city on the Niger, which, when
TonnySon wrote his Cambridge
prize poem about it nearly a CEN
tury ago, was regarded as scarcely
less legendary than the capital cf
Prostcr John; nor Is there a more
desolate and forbidding region 20
traverse than the western Sahara,
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
The Return of Arbuckle

INC INCluIll VI FniDoSNAS
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; A moving picture producer,
whose articles appeared IN "cOllier's
Weekly" recently, stated that the
principal trouble with the movies Is
stupidity" II any proof were needed
Il has been provided by the decision
10 restore Arbueklo 10 the screen.
No sensible individual will deny
that. inasmuch as the comedian seems
TO have atoned, he ought 10 be given
chance. But there Is surely other
work around the studios that he ought
to be able 20 do.
What right has any producer 90 I'm
pose upon the public his own Views Of
propriety and justiee1 Every picture
In which Arbueklo might appear would
be bound TO recall 20 the mind OF the
audience the dlsgraeeful orgy that re-
suited IN his trial He never was
acquitted Of being the principal actor
In that episode.
The question IS not whether this or
that individual may or may not wish %
sec Arbuekle again IN the films. II Is
much more serious matter. Players
must be able 20 realize their obliga-
tlon 70 tho public that supports them
50 generously. II Arbuekle IS so
rraJff.. fntn, kaat g.. a.. srrrnc ,vh..
should not some other actors carry
on in the same manner on the ossump-
tion that by leading an exemplary life
after that they would be sure Of for
givcnessl
We, the fans. have reason 70 be
thankful for your splendid editorials
on this subject. J. r. wEMLlNCER.
New York, Dec. %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25

did write a novel about can enforced
victim" etc. lie knew what he was
about. sick or well. II it was de-
stroyed e was doubtless for good
reasons which are none Of Mr.. He'll
mans business. And TO associate the
affair with similar traces Of oarthi-
ness previously neglected by the
biographers Is only TO deepen our
feeling Of disgust. There is nothing
10 regret in the loss Of that manu-
script-if il ever existed. Les ieunes
will mourn Il. Of course. The flames
at Hycrcs blasted r whole genera
ton. no doubt, in It's blithc young
pimplchood. But no one else viii
worry. The Stevenson myth is
safe. II is based on the rock Of Ste
vonson's known virtues as n man and
an author.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
As His Parents Saw Him

King Lear had every justification
fOr saying.
"How sharper than a serpents tooth
80 "a
TO have q thhnkless childl'
Other monarehs without number
have echoed that complaint, But
q remained for the Hohenzollerns
30 make hostility o. son to father
IN unwTitten law Of a dynasty. Let
ters written by the mother Of the
present Exile Of Doom, now pub
lished IN Germany, therefore reveal
nothing very new in disclosing the
contempt which shc and her i'm
perial husband felt for the last OF
the German kaisers. His animosity
20 them while Frederick. struggling
with a fatal disease, filed in a brief
reign a. Emperor was notorious
even then. he was odiously IN
subordinate and impatient while he
waited for the succession.
His mother said Of him IN those
earlier days that he was "a very
vain, immature, inexperienced and
sclf-willed young man, whose self
confidence grows more and more
and whose insight does not" This
echoes the judgment passed on him
in the famous letter which his
father wrote TO Bismarck, advising
the latter while initiating Wilhelm
into tho routins Of the foreign Of
fec 70 intrust him with no informa-
ton which might enable him 70
make a nuisance Of himself dis
turbing German foreign relations.
As soon as he came TO the throne
The last Kaiser vented his III viii
an his mother and on all his fathers
associates. Bismarck Was not a
1riond OF the Empress. But even
bismarck had 10 60 before long be-
cause he stood IN the way Of the
new rulers self-will and self
admiration.
The ox-Empress's letters picture
hcr as a mother who really knew
hcr son. Her ability 20 read him
nrough and through was not
tLwarted by maternal affection. She
senscd what was ugly and dan
gerous IN his character and fore
saw the evils which his reign por-
tended for Germany.
"Thcre Is q special God Tor chill
Grcn and sestterbrains," she wrote,
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25

across nearly two thousand miles OF
which these daring motorists must
drive.
Il must not be imagined that the
desert Is a stretch OF smooth sand
basking in perpetual summer. On
the contrary, hundreds Of miles OF
il are rugged and mountainous'
SCARED with ravincs, resembling N
many places our own Bad Lands;
and while by day the heat is scorch-
ing and blistering tho nights are
often bitter cold. For hundreds OF
miles. too. the region is waterless' a
wilderness Of rocks and sand.
Il will be recalled that this pas
sage was not long ago attempted by
General Laperrine in an airplane'
with tragic result. General Laper-
rine persisted in mid-desert, while
Major vuillcmin succeeded IN
reaching his goal only aftcr hard
ships rivaling those OF any Arctic
vovager. Indeed, the Sahara Is, il
possible. more forbidding and inhos-
pitable than the polar wastes. Tfc
eight Frenchmcn. in four specially
constructed cars, who are struggling
across that desolate eXparsc, arc
engaged in an enterprise than which
few more arduous or perilous were
ever recorded in the annals Of hero
ism and romance.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25

WHENEVER playgoers Of past
w generation assemble together FOR
purposes Of golden rcminisecnce the
old Daly Company is certain 70 take
leading part En- The diseusion. The
beauty OF the Daly productions, the
excellence Of the acting, and, moro
than all The rest. tho raro charm OF
Ada Rehan, still hold an honored place
under many a gay thatch.
Daly's connection with tho stage be-
gan when he wrote dramtie criticisms
FOR n small weekly paper and slept
under tho counter over which he sold
copies as they came from the press.
lie told me that years later, when he
YVES the most distinguished manager
IN New York. retain 90 this day q
vivid memory % his FIRST success,
"Under the Gaslight" and wish I
could be thrilled now as was then
when saw the man lying bound on
the railroad track and heard the shrill
noise OF the approaching train, while
the heroine beat against the bars OF
the cabin In her effort to save him.
Tho pirates have been busy with that
scene ever since tho 'eos.
On emerging from the wilderness Of
varying and frequently disastrousNox-
pcrlenecs Daily went abroad FOR a year
and took up the reins Of management
again at what might be called a
New-York tribune., 1922-12-25
Gifts for Clinton Prisoners

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; Many Of your readers sent
calendars to Clinton Prison last year,
and a. 1928 will soon be here l hope
they will bear in mind the reeurren.
need for new ones. Books and maya
zines. both English and Italian. have
been received from various sources.
and the help rendered Us in this man
nsr has been invaluable.
We must replace worn out books
and magazines, ard 20 Is therefore
hoped that our friends will continue 20
remember Us in the months 70 come.
We have tried to acknowledge az
packages received. but II any have not
been Acknowledged through lack OF the
sender's address hope this will serve
as an acknowledgment and evidence Of
our appreciation.
REV. J. A. HERvlEU1. Chaplain.
Clinton Prison, Dannemora, y. Y,
Dec. 20, 1922.