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The Washington times., 1922-10-04
3,483 VACANT
L|V|NGPLACES
FOUND IN CITY
Telephone Engineers Give Data
on Survey and Make Pre-
dictions for Future.

In the early part OF July there
were 3,483 vacant houses, flats and
apartments in the District Of Colum-
bia, it was learned today from com.
mercial engineers who are surveying
the National Capital for the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany.
The engineers found 2,279 vacant
houses, 70S apartments and 496 flats.
stores or in residences where the
building has been divided into floors,
each floor rented separately.
1t was learned from the engineers
that Washington has had a housing
experience in the past five years en-.
! tirely different from that of other
cities. In 1917 there were 1929 va.
cant houses, flats. apartments,
offices and other buildings.
Upheavals of waMimc conditions
are said TO be responsible. A com
Darison with 1917 shows a deCreas-
ng proportion of families living in
houses: a decreasing proportion liv.
ng in apartments, and an increasing
proportion living in flats, rooming
houses and light housekeeping estab.
iShments.
View As To Business.
The general character of the pres
! mt business downtown area, accord
ng to the findings of the engineers,
will not change materially in twenty
ears, except that it Will spread its
! boundaries north to NJ street and
west as far as Twenty-first street 1t
! will have 2.60O new business eStab-
! lishments of all sorts by 1913. This
number includes enterprises of all
| SECS from boOtblaCking stands TO
/ Nv corporations.
However. eng neers say, ''as busi-
| ness Creeps outward from the down.
! 'own area and as new residence sec.
! ions are formed. a tremendous num-
| Der Of "neighborhood" businesses
will be established. These will be re-
dil stores and shops, marking the es-
| ablishment of new neighbo hoods,
! including grocer .es. drug stores, lar
| bers. automobile repair shops, and
similar establishments.
Prediction BY Engineers.
| The telephone engineers forecast
Of this type of business has not been
completed, but present indications
| are that the number of business
houses in Washington outside Of the
! regular downtown area will be as
high as 900.
An actual count shows that today
there are 6,4S0 business enterprises
in downtown Washington; while
there are S.754 in the residence and
suburban area. The engineers at
present predict for Washington Ey
1913:
One more department store.
Nine more hotels.
Thirteen more office buildings.
| Five more banks.
| Three more theaterS.
Fourteen more, public garages
Left To The Future.
Livery stables in the city have
dwindled from eight to two. The
ng.n rrs state that riding acad
u.c5 and also poss bic airplane land
ing places should be left to the
Imagination of the public.
1t is predicted that wholesale
business houses. now numbering
= VII ease to 225 by 1894
and manufacturers of all sorts in
Washington will be increased from
5S to "a.
The engineers also say that there
are 344 neighborhOod business
houses vacant and 246 downtown
business houses vacant.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
SHR|NERS BEGIN
JOB Of RAISING
FUNDFORME
837 subcommittee Start Out
To Get $35O,OOO for En-.
tertaining Visitors.

The most thorough financial can
vassing of Washington ever made
started today, when 837 subcommit-
tees OF the Almas Temple 1928 Shrine
finance committee began their work
OF personally interviewing every
business man in the District.
The finance committee must raise.
between now and next spring, fund
OF $3.50, 900 for entertainment Of the
10000 Shriners. from all parts of
North America, who will attend the
annual Shrine session here next
June, and for the most elaborate
decoration Of the city yet under.
taken.
Apportionment of the S37 lines of
business in Washington to tn"
finance subcommittee was com
pleted last night at ID meeting of the
newly created executive subcommlt.
tee of the finance committee, oi
which Sidney West is chairman.
New Committee Members.
Leonard T.. Steuart Illustrious
Potentatc of Almas Temple. today
appointed the following members u,
an executive committee of the who'll
convention committee. to form the
nucleus of the controlling body IN
charge Of arrangements: l.. y.
Steuart, chairman: Wisdom ID.
Brown, first vice chairman; Harry
f.. Cary. second vice Chairma'
Harry Standiford, executive sccr".
tary; Arthur r.. Cook, treasurer; +.
| Lawrence Walker. Thomas e. jar
rell, Ellwood +. Morav. Samuel
Hart, Ross +. Andrews. l.. Whiting
Estes, and Carter b. k,cnc. Add
tional appointments to the commit.
tee will be made AS the volume Of
business grows.
John Philip Sousa, THE March
King" who is member of the
Almas Temple committee on hands
and concerts. today promised to
write a Shrine march, to be dedi.
Gated to Almas Temple. as the spe.
cial march number for the big Sos.
sion next June.
In letter to Harry G.. Kimhall,
chairman OF the bands and con
certs committee, the famed band
master and composer announced
that he would visit Washington
early in November and would thea
cooperate with the committee in
planning for the musical features
Of the session.
Shrine Bands Get Chance.
Composition of tho Shrine march
will begin next month. the letter
stated The march will he printed
as soon as ii Is completed. ana
copies will be sent to every Shrine
temple in America SO that Shrine
bands can learn it before the ses'
sion opens.
Appointment Of three new chair
men was announced today by Po.
tcntate Steuart. bringing the total
number OF Chairmcn to twenty-fOur
and leaving but six vacancies TO be
filled.
Chester ". Warrington Is named
chairman of the important nutomo-
bile committee and DR.. J. 4. Prem
dergast. chairman Of the automobile
parking committee. These commit
tees will be called upon to take
care of more than 10000 automO-
biles expected here from all parts
Of the nation.
Brig. Gen Amos T. Fries. chief
OF the chemical warfare service, is
appointed chairman Of the pageant
committee. This committee will
plan for the biggest pageant ever
held here, depicting the entire his
tory of Masonry. The pageant will
comprise more than fifty scenes.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
JANlTOR ATTACKED BY
TWO DOGS: LEGS BITTEN

Attacked by two dogs early this
morning while he was walking in
FRONT Of 2O03 Klingle road north.
west. Benjamin MARCEL, colored,
thirty.five years old, janitor at the
Parker apartments, Sixteenth street
and Park road northwest, was bitten
on both legs.
The police say the animals are
owned by Mrs. I. u. Hopkins. 2OO7
klingle road northwest. MARCEL
was treated by a physician OF the
locality.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
TRINITY COMPLETES PLANS
FOR HOLY NAME PARADE

Final arrangements for the partici.
Nation of every male member of the
narish of Holy Trinity Church in the
Holy Name Society parade to be held
here Sunday will be made at a rally
in Trinity assembly hall tomorrow
evening.
The gathering will then he trans
formed into a reception to the distin.
guished artist, Brother SChrocn, s. j.,
who recently completed Trinity's i'm.
pressive murals. A band will pro.
vide music and several vaudeville
acts will feature the entertainment
program.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
ST. Stephens Club Elects.

At the first fall meeting Of the
St. Stephan's Club OF St. Stephens 8
Parish, last night. Dr. G. Liebell
vas elected president. Other officers
chosen were: Vice presidents, Morton
Anderson and NJ. J. Noone: record.
ing secretary, +. NJ. Feiny; financial
secretary, w. T. J. Robert; treasurer,
NJ. f. Buckley, and spiritual director,
<he Rev. T. J. Fitzgerald.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04

A stranger from Mars. drop
ping in at one Of our modern
dances, would probably be uu-
able to determine whether the
inmates were dancing or whet-
ting their shoulder blades.
L'ENFANT TERRIBLE.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
EVERYBODY CAN
FEEL THIS WAY

FEEL HIS w n I.
I'm glad ! am alvin; I'm glad l am
I'm glad I've got the CUTS to grin and
do the best I can;
I'm glad l hate all EloOmin'; I'm glad
love all joys;
I'm glad the boys love lively girls
and girls love lively boys.
I'm glad that Mister SOusa has got
dandy band,
I'm glad to hear that spoOks appear
here from the promised lsndi
I'm glad that eats are lower: that
shoes are not so high:
I'm glad that we can celebrate the
Fourth of next July.
I'm glad that ! am married; I'm glad
my frau IL. too,
I'm glad enough to wish the same
good luck to all OF you;
I'm glad ! am religious. that i be-
I'm glad nobody makes me 20 to
church TO sit and nod.
I'm glad I'm kinda funny, that l can
crack n Joke;
I'm glad that don't care for glue.
tobacco Juice or coke;
I'm glad I'll he lots wiser. when I've
lived long enough:
I'm glad I'm still a-st8 ndinE up. al
though I've had II rough.
I'm glad the sun Ii shinln'; or anyhow
the moon:
I'm glad the snow don't fall upon tho
thirty first Of June;
I'm glad that ducks like water. that
chickens like the shore,
I'm glad OF 30 darn many things
just cant talk no more!
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
Autos Stolen Here
During Past
"a Hours

Herman G. Strosc jein, 321 c
street northeast, reported that his
Chevrolet sedan, ID. &. b1.7l9, Md.
2I3II1, was stolen from Eighth
and ID streets northwest last night.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
FABLE IN SLANG.

Once there was a Book Re
viewer who was SO Clever he
didn't Think (some would stop
there) 1t was Necessary TO
Knock everything in order TO
Prove 1t.
LEMON ADE.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
FOR NEW STORK VICTIMS.
The best treatment for terri
Die temper is hot shingle ap-
piled to the seat of the trouble.
AN OLD FRIEND.

The famous Mr. Jiggs. as drawn
by J. X. KERSEY, a thirteen.year-
old boy student of the Webster
school.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
ING SAID TO FAVOR INCREASE In DISTRICT BUDGET ITEMS
I'M SMILING, TOO.

I'M SMILING, TOO.
That Spartan youth
Who grinned. fOrscOth,
While a fox gnawed his vitaIs.
Was not unique.
I truly speak
For I've often heard recitals
OF men who smiled,
Though their eyes were wild,
When "mOOnshine" for "fOx"
changed titles.
THE OFFICE GOATS SPARE
TIRE.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04

We thought Americans 10ere
not vindictive, but there seems
to be general delight IN the fact
that the former kaiser is to
MARRY q young UidotC.
THE PERISCOPE.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
THE FINAL GREEN EDITION

contains baseball scores. COM
pIete racing entries and results
and other sport world happen.
ings. Get your news a day ahead.
The Washington times., 1922-10-04
A VACATION DELIGHT

The Daily and Sunday Times.
Order il sent to your seashore
or mountain resOrt-95 cents
q month, $3.50 for three months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
BEAUTY'S FATAL LURE.

Members of the New Jersey Federation Of
Women's clubs have been warned against the
lure of beauty in electing their officers. AL
though cynical bachelor when he reads this
news, remarked that no woman is ever beauti-
full to another woman, better Informed men are
aware that there is always in the unbeautiful
secret envy which presupposes a>recognition
Of the existence of beauty in others.
But what brings confusion to the thinking
Of mere man is the evident assumption of the
woman who was warning her sisters that plain
women will elect TO office woman because of
her beauty That men would elect her has long
been one of the commonplaces of womens con-
versations Men acquit pretty women of all
sorts of crimes, even the crime of shooting
other men, Beauty SO far as men are con-
cerned, is law unto itself 1t repeats all
statutes, disregards all conventions and goes
its shining way with its head high in the air
sereney conscious of it's power That is,
where men are concerned.
Can it be-. now that women have obtained
all the political rights that men enjoy and
have descended to their level that the lure of
beauty is to work itself upon them as it has
worked upon men since Eve introduced Adam
to the Tree of knowledge? If the warning to
the New Jersey women means anything it
means that this change has come about
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
THE LURE OF THE MOTOR CAR

Don't run an automobile unless you can
afford it," was the advice John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., gave to his Sunday school class. But
what's the use? The automobiie has a charm
SO potent that no advice effects those who
come under its spell. Nothing in any way ap-
preaching its power of attraction has come
into existence within the memory Of men liy-
ing. No other modern invention has had
equal ability to draw money from the pockets
OF all manner of men and women 1t con-
quers alike the improvident and the thrifty,
Its temptation is insidious and irresistible.
When 1t once takes hold of its victim he NAV
say to himself firmly that he does not realls
need car, yet he knows in the back of his
mind that sooner or later he will cease to re-
sist and will become the owner of a car
This same owner will not be able, perhaps,
to explain the hold his car has on his affec-
tlons but the secret is plain enough It con-
sists chiefly in the sense of power to annihi-
late space and shorten time that it gives him.
He likes the sensation of going with reason
able swfftness over the ground, of getting
there" sooner than he could otherwise; of saw
ing little time; above all, is the sense of free
dom the automatic vehicle gives him. Now
and then when the novelty of the experience
has worn on the owner tires of his car and
parts with it; but this is only mood. He buys
another. Without one he is lost, slowed down.
discontinued. There is no denying it; the mo-
tor car is irresistible
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
MAN, THE POP BOTTLES,

And now. bless you, it is becoming stylish
for men to bleach their hair. So great has been
the demand for expert service along this line
the proprietor of Gotham male beauty parlor
announces he is being forced to open an
other establishment OF course, the habit will
not be long in pushing westward. northwest
ward and southwestward
But with the arrival of the peroxide male
we can visualize future of hirsute splendor
In this home of the brave and the free that
should make u.s. as nation, pick up faith in
all herman stun. business optimism, patriotism,
hypnotism and bricks Our leadership in Jelly
bean production. which was threatened for a
while by England, no longer will be endangered
by foreign competition. Americas little flap
pers naturally stop tapping and look upon the
superior beings with awe and amazement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

S. go 6rt1lA( b ~ M a6ties1 ~
L G Ed 11Gf f.6t659 heS1l III xlaJes -
~ 111bef HI bh1y few yekfs Nhsn r1bber
hssle NesS. .nnh1a4L what bfo6kht diem intD
DdDilssjt!' ~ antwer is--sAdvsftieing.
Tkfts-foaffAs Il the rabSsf kssls sosd srs
~ ns1's sA61A. mis- Il bscaase most Of the
sdteftaelng ~ besn directed It men. one
u tA1se d15S some wise manufacturer of rub
~ heeis win snotice this. Then heb cali In
The adyertiang man and his stah Of writer's
and ARISES. Campaigns viii follow. And
sooa women will be wearing Just ~ many rub
bsf heels - men. It's . matter Of Advertising
--ths most Dow4ful force in the Eale q goods.
ne Msal ccsnIlnsfioh Il advertising. which
feaches ccusumsfs' brains through their eyes.
ma personal saieasnAnShip which reaches less
vfvidty through the ears.
Oar present standard 6 living Is largely
IL creation Of ADVERTISING. For advertising
creates the demand. makes people want the
thing advertised. When the lure becomes
poHerful enough, they hustle about and get
the money to obtain what they want. Adver-
Using spurs sales. 1t also stimulates produc-
tion-both Of the things advertised and the
things that have to be done on bigger scale to
obtain money for purchasing advertised wares.
There Is new thought for you-that advertis-
ing is DEFINITE agency Of production. Most Of
as have been thinking Of 1t merely as medium
Of salesmanship. Advertising is what is max
ing us buy. Advertising is what is enabling
US to buy. II creates the demand And the
demand induces US to work harder to get the
money to spend II all advertising were
abruptly discontinued the American standard
Of living would quickly drop to the level of
grandpa's day.
Read the ads. They are part Of the news,
cans inner desires. The real history OF civili
zation is written in ads
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
NOT NICE OF MR.. cox.

Thomas Cox, the suspended chief Of police
now under indictment by the grand jury, prom
Used to write piece for The Argus defending
the charges that have been entered agains,
him. He said that the piece would be sent
through the mails and would reach The Argus
by o'clock yesterday afternono. Mr.. Cox did
not keep his word. TAf Argus would be very
glad to print any piece that Mr. Cox feels dis
posed to write The Argus is always ready and
willing to print piece for any citizen or Off
cial, even though he be in the unenvable
plight that Mr. Cox finds himself just now, with
John Looney deserter and no longer here to
sing his praises for honesty and efficiency
through the columns of the official organ of the
Rock Island underworld
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
PITY WASHINGTON.

Il Washington, the capital city Of this M
tion, doomed city? There are grave intitna-
lions to that effect in current newspaper
story. 1t appears that when congressman
senator or other public oficial IL defeated foz
another term instead Of meekly returning to
his former home to iningle again with the
people who have rejected his services. he nov
settles down in Washington, either to take ur
the practice of his profession-usdally legal
Or to accept. some appointment at the hands Of
master politicians who are still in power. The
latter may be bestowed either as an expression
OF sympathy or in appreciation for past favors
But what sort of citizenship must naturally
develop from gradual accumulation OF polit-
zeal sore-heads who usually regard themselves
as the innocent victims Of the prejudices of an
ungrateful constituency? That's the question.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

|shs pars1t 1sc11feb q n - = ~ Nv.
1asfs - ra6b15, ~ 4 lSst11at sse1d
nscn iiks Il 11thef ut ~ h = NostiIess,
n ths go Of Ais - fatAef. Tint half i dol
lar wosid " 6sSat tie correct nafket valsl
10 bat d him, of tiss TIE parent, truly sfiev-
Ing. Il fnaneially 1nabls to oiEsr anytAfns more
for His datiin9's fetarn.
or could the no questions asked" business
hint ut Wild career on the part Of the lad
1 career 30 wild that the father would not
wish to learn any Of the narrowing details!
Anyway he may DO giimpsed. . 17-ysGf-old
son valued BY his father at 50 cents is crea-
tufe Of some interest There he times in the
raising 81 1 man child In which four bits
voald seem TO be excessive valuation. but after
II years It would seem that the finished pro-
duct would b worth more.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
GRAND JURY SAYS IT'S so.

The Argus four months ago told you that
there was ring of grafters in
Rock Island promoting lawlessness
through the levying of tribute from the
lawiess. Your county grand jury yesterday
told you that there were ITO establishments
in Rock Island from which those grafters were
collecting protection money You may have
thought Rock Island was pretty wild when it
had 81 licensed saloons. Those days were not
a marker to the days through which you have
SO recently passed with open defiance Of all law
and order under full official protection.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
Nervess FsIk sAssn slip tn

N0Avv0S Z VA Om00e4 Sup 1AlIs
Just what Is the definition Of 4
nervous person, D nervous CORE
spondent inquiries.
The nerves are d mighty handy
Institution. don't know what some
Of our most popular physicians
would do for q living II people
should Become somewhat less cred
hlous about nerves or nervous
ness ness. ;. az .s sesaounttns for impair
One who is impulsive, quick
and jerky of movement restless.
twitchy, touchy. short OF patience
and emotionally sensitive Is said to
have . nervous temperament. !"
Nothing wrong with the health,
however, and so we'll dismiss the
nervous temperament with 4 mere
suggestion that It is the normal ex-
preston Of ductless gland activ-
ity, rather q racial trait than Z
family or hereditary endowment.
The extreme degree OF nervous.
ness" ID hysteria, state in which
an idea has control Of the min |
and hence determines the behavior.
The extraordinary behavior OF a
hysterical subject is no more in
territorial thai is the convulsion of
the epileptic, and that fact sharply
distinguishes llysterA from .hyg-
ter1cs in the popular sense, or mere
tantrums. case of raising rue
tons Or the roof out of pure Gus
sedness, unbridled emotion and a
childish desire to let off steam.
Most genuinely hysterical patients
are Quiet and docile and the exper-
fenced physician alone recognizes
the basis Of their remarkable symp-
toms-the laity seldom does. and
since hysteria proper mimies about
every other condition under the
sun except perhaps mysteries, !"
and comes and goes as mysterious
ly az. warts or hives, there is oh
viously grand opportunity for
miracles to happen in such cases.
particularly If the healer employs
a remedial measure sufficiently odd
or novel In itself to impress the
mind. When we consider that hys-
terical paralysis. aphonia (loss OF
speech) or amblyopia tblindness)
seems very real to the ordinary OBJ
server, and also that it is human
nature to proclaim spectacular re-
coverfes widely and take recover
les under conventional treatment
as matter of course, we begin to
understand modern miracles.
Nervousness" is cloak which
the patient willingly wears and the
doctor sometimes offers to cover
the naked truth. People don't al
ways care to parade the naked
truth before their neighbors.
Neighbors? Nay. lots of people
prefer not to look upon the naked
truth themselves And so some
doctor of old sprang this happy
notion of nerves. weak nerves"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
JUST FOR THE RIDDLES.

It's never too early to send along contri-
button to The Argus Santa Claus Fund. The
committee Of ladies that handles the details Of
the gift distribution among the poor children
OF the city each Christmas is facing big task.
as usual. Remember; your part is easy COM
pared to theirs, though they are not complain
Ing. Their reward comes in the thought that
they are helping to spare disappointments to
childhood at its happiest festival Of the year,
All you have to do is to supply the funds.
Send the money to The Argus, and your respon-
sibility ends. That's easy, isn't it?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.

The Argus, after due consideration, has de-
cided not to print the names of those who signed
the Looney nomination petitions for county
judge. The majority of the names are unde-
cipherabie. Many of them are forgeries. What
The Argus has recommended is that some of
those who swore to the sufficiency of the petit
lions be prosecuted along with the other Grim
mails whose cases are now under investigation
by the grand jury. Such an action would serve
as warning to others who in future might
be tempted to do the bidding of such high
wayman as John Looney.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

Then Paula laughed. Look up,
Nonnie," she said. Let me see If
you did look nice for his folks"
Nonnie threw up her head. The
soft veil, the satin train, the lace
sleeves had made a lovely creature
out of the little household drudge.
'Nonnie," said Paula, ut wasn't
the right thing to do at all, and
was angry. But, you see, know
Judy O'Grady and the Colonelts
lady, and l understand! / believe
the dress is as becoming to you as
it Is to me-
"Oh, it couldn't, be-" protested
Nonnie. almost Indignantly, "it
couldn't be. Men you is two diff
ferent things. We amt alike in
anything"
"Oh. yes, we are, Nonnie," she
smiled, Were sisters-under the
skin"