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The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
PRESENT STATUS OF
INTERNATIONAL LANGG AGE.

Up 10 the outbreak Of the world
war an international auxiliary Ian
euage had been looked upon by aca-
demic and official circles chiefly as
a fad of cranks. A truly startling
change is now 20 be seen In this re-
spect. Though no final decision as
to the final system has been
reached. Governments and impor-
tant public bodies all over the
world are vigorously taking up the
question.
Thus the assembly OF the leaEu"
Of nations has placed the subject
On its agenda for next year, and
called upon its secretariat TO pre-
sent a comprehensive report on the
progress made TO date in the teach
ing of Esperanto in the public
schools OF the world.
II will probably come as sur
prise to many 20 know, for cNain-
pie. that for several years past ~
Board OF Education Of the LonduI
County Council has recognized Is
peranto as an official subject In az
night and technical schools, and
that Il has been introduced as an
optional study in the public schools
Of Milan. Italy. where last year
some 1000 students studied II. Th.s
year Geneva. Switzerland. has ta"-
en- the lead in making one year Of
IL compulsory in its public school
curriculum. These are only is'-
lated examples OF a general move
ment in Europe at present
Lead by the Paris Chamber 81
Commerce, other chambers OF COM
merce all over the world arc ur--
ing that IL be taken seriously %
business men. just as they aireadE
have done in such other artihcl"'
creations as stenography and the
typewriter.
This sort Of thing t. cnCouraginS'
not to say forcing. the scientific AND
academic bodies TO give the subJ'gl
consideration. The Brittsh Assoc
alton for the Advancement Of - 70
rnce, at the Edinburgh meeting
last September. published n com
prehensive report by It's commlit'-
appointed two years previously q"
inquire into the practicabilitN 81
an international auxiliary IAN
guage."
The committee summarized u.
conclusions in the following words
Latin is too difficult 10 serve "s
an international auxiliary language
The acceptance OF any modern ua-
tional laguage would confer undue
advantages and excite JEALOUSY.
Therefore, an invented language )
best. Esperanto and lido are suii-
able, but the committee is not pre-
pared 70 decide between them.
In America the following ascot
atoms have already recognized ="
Importance OF the subject by ap'
pointing committees upon 1t; An'S--
lean Association for the Advance
n.ent OF Science. American Coun'L
of Education. American Classical
League, American Pathological A.
ISOLATION. National Research Coun-
ell.
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The Flanders Poppy.

THE Flanders poppy will not be encouraged
i to bloom unchecked in American helds.
Those transplanted from the historic European
battlehelds to cover unsightly ballast dumps OF
New Jersey have been ordered plowcd under be-
fore spring
Like many another plant about which the web
of romance and sentiment has been woven. the
Flanders poppy in its final analysis is weed. 1t
is one of the kind which when permitted TO run
wild, becomes an agricultural pest, choking out the
grass and depicting the soil.
1t is too early to state authortativey that
blowing under" is effective eradication measure,
since it is understood that the seeds will lie dor
mant several years until successive plowings bring
them gradually the surface, where under the
influence of favorable condition of heat and moisture
they regenerate theie species.
This action is sane, however unromantic it may
seem. Agricultural history is full of examples
wherein the failure to take just such prompt action
has proved costly and destructive.
There is nothing to interfere with the private
culture of the poppy where it can be controlled
and its propagation limited and it is in this sort
of planting that the true sentiment regarding the
flower of Flanders Fieids may be expressed most
fttingly.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
Ether ALLOTTED
FOR BROADCAST1sC
BY WIRELESS
Use 4S5 Meters for Off
cial Reports; $50 for
Entertainment.
rHunsDAY. JANUARY NJ. Is...


Ethereal music. sermons. vaude-
vile. Lectures and personal adver-
Using ana ethcr nononiciaI radio
brozdcasting when on its way TO
eager listeners must vibrate at a
wave-iength OF $50 meters. The
daily weather reports. crop and
market reports and other oficiaI
and semi-ofhciai announcements
way on the radio wave-iength. fsS
meters.
This action of the Bureau Of
Navigation of the Department OF
Commerce. the government agency
that has control over radio com
munication and which issues rcgu-
Istions governing radio operators
and the use of radio apparatus on
ships and on land. will shortly be
officially announced.
The Increase In popularity OF
broadcasung. commercially and
governmentally. has caused silot-
ting Of these ohter cables 70 these
uses.
The recent Paris conference on
International radio communication
decided that radio telephony should
be lighted 10 wave-lengths above
1900 meters and below $40 meters
and w. D. Terrell, chief OF the
radio inspection work OF the De-
partment Of Commerce. says that
IL this provision IL incorporated in
a convention adopted by the United
States e will probably be necessary
TO change the wave-lengths author
ized for broadcasting.
Market reports OF the Department
of Agriculture are now being sent
ON eight Post Office Depart
ment wireless stations at Cincin-
natl, Omaha. North Platte. Nebr-.
Rosch Springs. Wye, Elko. New,
and Reno. New. From these sta
lions the information is sent out in
dots and dashes. In addition TO
these there are also thirteen State
and private stations which are au-
thorized to send out this crop and
weather information. Missouri
State market officials have just in
stalled a wireless telephone trans
hitting outfit at Jefferson city. Mo.
Licenses to use the ass wave
length for broadcasting will be
-anted only when approved by the
government officials in charge OF
distributing weather and crop re-
ports.
The right to use the 36O-meter
wavehength is being granted 20 all
stations that wish to send cnte--
tainment OF other matter broadcast.
In many localities this promises 10
cause ether mix-ups- Operators
will be forced to get together ana
parcel out sending time IN order
that those listening in may receive
their messages.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

the street, but IL IL happens - b.
Chevy Chase car il must be
boarded on the other side Of the
street, although both are going in
the same direction Unfortunate
passengers run backward and for
ward, like the hogs owned by a
mute which were taught to feed
when the master knocked on =
block Of wood and ran themselves
to death when a woodpecker lodged
in a tree in the pasture There is
no sign to Indicate just where a
patron must stand. Probably the
thousands of passengers who come
down into the departments every
morning and return TO their homes
in the apartments may be able to
make somr suggest IN through this
column for the solution OF this
problem. For one. would be glad
to hear from them as the situation
here cannot be materially different
from that in other sections Of the
city and something should be done
about il. A RIDER
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
HASKS PASSED
TO DEBUTANTES
In VAMPIRE CITY
Youth Is Having Its SUI
per-Fling With Under
world Atmosphere.
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-Youth ap-
pears to BIO having suptr-hing- in
Manhattan. Supposedly respectable
Affairs In hot Els to which the best
people are asked take on tinge Of
underworld cafes. In one of the big
hotels the other night there was a
dance attended by debutantes about
whom the social scribblers would
fashion their fiowerliest phrases.
! looked in, an unbidden guest. and
saw girls frocked in Fifth. avenue
supremest fashion dancing with light
ed cigarettes in their hands and a
flask was being passed from couple
to couple. Certain girls are known
among the young men as neck
ers," due to their habit of burying
their faces in the necks of their
dancing companions.
Matronly chaperones were there.
but appeared unaffected by the
bizarre touches. A girl in canary
gown with a flaming red headdress
and intoxicantly-the word Is used
In its literal sense-bright eyes was
in palm filled anterootn trying to
reach a high chandelier with dainty
silver slippered toe while the
youths applauded.
At the finish of dances the girls
took out their cosmetic implements
and carmined their lips and penciled
their eyebrows. During the recent
New Years eve celebration four girls
under 10 years of age were in a
stupor from drink. They were pu-
pills at a select finishing school.
Two cigarette shops for women
have opened In the past two weeks
In n han1hfv uAnffnn Of he Ea at
Side. The windows are gaudy with
cigarette holders to match every
shade OF dress and the saleswoman
told me that the habit among English
women of smoking pipes had taken
firm hold here.
In a telephone booth the other noon
] heard n feminine voice adjacent
say: "Fearfully sorry. uncle. we
didn't maES 1t to your dinner. but
Gladys and i took the count with
some absinthe cocktails. I'm Just
coming up for air now and Gladys
is still dotty." When the girl
stepped from the booth, Tipping a
cigarette away. II was to be seen
she was not more than 20.
Achmad Abdullah. the novelist, is
one of the best linguists in New York.
He has knowledge of almost every
language. including many of the
tribal. He was in Cairo recently and
the chief of police sent for him. They
had picked up a man on the street
who would not answer in any Ian
guago. He was dark complexioned
and his clothes were in tatters.
Abdullah tried out all of the lam
guages he knew. but the fellow just
looked at him dumbly. Finally he
turned to an American friend who
went with him. 81 give up" he
said. 81 don't know what he is.
The ragged fellow. cooked his head
and said. why, boss. Use a Bap-
tist." He was an American negro
who had missed catching a boar
upon which he worked.
At a hip-tea party the other night
some bibulous person suddenly gave
birth to a ponderous query. He sud-
denly realized that he had never heard
the kind of a noise the camel makes.
No one present was able to shed any
light so the head keeper at the Bronx
Zoo was phoneds "Pard'n me-" said
the voice. but will you make a
noise like a camel?" What the
keeper said cannot be printed.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

i"O n1OnlHs
ago we heard loose talk of possible
war. Today we are contemplating
as established peace. Early in No
vember the newspapers frequently
used such phrases as conflict of in
terests, supremacy OF the seas and
'menacing aggression Today they
are talking more in terms of under
standing accord and Corporation.
and the principal criticism of Japan
nowadays is that she does not agree
quite as you make proposals for
accord.
L want particularly to draw your
attention to one fact. An effort has
been made for a number of years to
present Japan to you as a military
nation designing to dominate the
Pacific. Some of us Japanese have
tried to disabuse the minds of those
who were wont to believe this cal
jimmy, but with many the charge re-
NAMED unrefuted up to the presen,
conference.
Within these recent weeks, ia
pan, by accepting the $3.50 ratio
has given evidence which only the
weak minded will in future dispute
and at the same time this ratio is
also assurance that you have no IN
tention of assaulting us. We have
never aspired or intended to chal-
enge the security of America, or her
ARRANGING possessions. We have
sought only security for ourselves
Never have we desired war-cer-
tainiy never a conflict with the ma
tion that is the greatest purchaser
of our goods and at the same time
the most powerful naval factor on
the Pacific"
Admiral Kato, declared that the
naval agreement, although IL does
not totally destroy the physical
equipment for war at sea, does ef-
fectively remove from the relations
Of the great naval powers the dis
trust attendant on naval competi-
ton.
This revival of decency In the
world, he added. sis strengthened
ny the adoption of laws governing
the use of submarines. the decision
of the nations not to devotion their
Pacific bases and the evident deter
mination generally, to restrict arms
and the threat of arms.
would it be voicine too Utopian
hope TO say that the benefit of the
naval agreement will not end with
the naval holiday After ten years
OF lighter taxes and freedom from
doubt and from the threat of war,
the notions may well be ready Ia
say: We have got on well and
ncaccfully with these obsolete ships
Why build new onesr
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

ment of acquiring the title of
grandma. Three years before she
made her operate debut in 1888 she
married Sidney Homer, noted as o
composer. The match was a pure
love AFFAIR of the first order. and.
while she came TO fame later-she
never let IL interfere with tae BUSH
ness OF being the presiding genius
of a home.
Mime. Homer is a native OF Pitts
bursh and the daughter Of a real
America family. As Miss Louise
Dilworthy Beatty she went to Paris
TO study, and there met her hus-
band. After beginning in opera at
Paris, singing in London and Brus-
sells. she came to her own country,
where she disproved the ancient
fallacy that an American hasn't an
even chance by taking the lead
ing contrslto roles at the Metro
politan in 1901. Since that time
she has been a fixture there.
It's the prettiest baby you ever
saw sR.ys Grandma, land / can
tell from its little cry that IL Is
going to have a contralto voice"
So therei
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
These Transfers.
To the EdiPr, The wsshin,

To the EditPr, The Washington He,aM:
All of ds who ride the street cars
are mixed up in a controversy.
We pitch into it coming down town
in the morning and we renew IL In
the afternoon when we begin our
tempestuous journey home. Quite a
few Of us. who are not efficiet y
experts. would like TO Know what 8:
is all about. For instance. IL one
is going out Fourteenth street ahi
wishes to transfer at Y street the
car invariably STOPS at v street in
stead and one has to walk fully a
block back. But thcn there Is CO.
ether difficulty. SIT one wishes 70
ride a car for Rock, Creek Br.ore
one has to board 1t on one side OF
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
led, 4 reached ,hrIoaugh de guidance q

views quoted, il reached through the guidance Of
Christianity?
Many may say, Of course. Europe Is ship
wrecked, but it is ridiculous suggest that we arc
in the same boatw Perhaps; but 1t is no longer
matter of dispute that we are affected by Eu-
ropes condition And. for our own sake is the
civilization and culture-thc art, the science, the
policies. the literature, the social development
of Europe worth savingl But is it always neces-
say to ask, in matters of this sort: "What do We
get out OF it," II we look at it from Christian
standpoint, what difference does it make whether
or not we get anything out of it, whether or not
we affected by the shipwreek?
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

well SatlSneu Win
the result of the
arms conference.
So declared Ad-
miral Baron To-
mosaburo Kato,
the senior Japa =
nese delegate to
the conference, at
a recent dinner of
the Japan society
in New York City,
I'm a few short
weeks" he said,
1--WE have dissi-
pated the clouds
that marred the
naturally clear
and happy skies
of the Pacific.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

1t isn't every woman of stage note
who would be so proud Of being a
grandmother that she wants all the
world to know 1t.
But Nine. Louise Homer, con-
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

tralto star OF the
Metropolitan. is so
happy over the
new dignity that
c o n ST d ers IL a
browning honor.
A little daughter
has come to the
home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest NJ.
Stire IS, jr-, and
Mrs. Stires is
Nine. II o m e RS
daughter
The great sing
er was a wife and
home body before
she was a stage
star. and that may
account for her
radiant announce
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
IMPURE SPECIES COMMON,
NEW IDEA IN BIOLOGY.

+ The 'copception that impure spe-
cies Of pknts are common was ~
planned ~ Prot Bradley NJ. DaV.-'
of the University OF Michigan, 90
his presidential address before the
American Society OF Haturalists al
their Toronto meeting. This idea
Is relatively new to biology, and
was not known 20 Darwin and the
older naturalists.
There is evidesce, he declared.
that impure species. or those that
do not breed true TO their charsC-
tiers. are not uncommon in nature,
and that certain groups Of plants
may be largely made up of them
The ability to- reproduce plants or
animals Of the same characteristics
is considered by the biologist TO
be the test OF a pure species
Many of the common fruits which
are hybrids, can be successfully
propagated only by gratis and cut
ting. and this method maintains an
impure line indefinitely without
sexual reproduction.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views on Current Events

Communications win not b rsturas1
unless specific request fer such return
is made and stamps enclosed
letter. should Be tyoevrittsn whsDr
ever possible. Communications sxtremsly
difficult to read Win not b oeusidsrsl
No communications signed with tctafisas
nam % will Be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

The powers have not been able to de-
eide who is going to pay former Emperor
Charess living expenses while he is in exile.
A lot of us blokes who never tried to upset
a government have to work for ours. Charlie
ought TO have enough brains to make S. or
$40 week at some trade, if he is the average
sort of emp.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

We will leave it to some wheeler to re-
mark that the Senate has needed Pepper for
some time, or, if you prefer, pep. Also that
the new Senator probably will be a hot
member.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

Mrs. Sallie Hamm, of Dasvile, Ky, is
dead, aged los years. She had just cut her
third set of teeth. 1t probably would not be
fair to say that IL she had not smoked pipe
all her NE she might have lived two or three
years longer
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

1T seems to me-" said the critic, "that the
story OF this play is somewhat ephemeral.'
well. maybe" agreed the producer, but
we have got to put in something to please the
women
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

Movement is on foot to start all theatrical
performances at o'clock in the evening. But
even now some of them don't start until about
10 o'clock, along in the second act.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

January. was named in honor of Janus,
a two-faced chap. and his--month certainly
lives up to his reputation.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

delegation from the Piramur govern
ment has arrived at Washington unlimited.
Probably this government was not invited be-
cause nobody had ever heard Of it before
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
JAPAN AND U. S.
DRAW NIGH.-KATO

Japan is Americas real friend.
Japan does not want to dominate
the Pacific Ocean. Japan is very
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

After an absence of four years, the nickel
loaf of bread has appeared in grocery stores.
People have evidently given up the practice of
using all the yeast for other purposes
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

They have never discovered perpetual
motion. but a lot Of people have discovered
perpetual rest.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
Meritorious Newspaper Verse.

I literary editors Of newspapers know that
l. some of the best verse brought out in America
first sees the light of day in the columns of the
press Morocco binding and land-drawn initials
don't insure excellence, have the higher class
magazines any monopoly truly good poetry
As matter of fact, corroborates the Atlanta
Constitution, some of the best poetry written in
this country today appears first in the columns OF
have had monopoly of it-and they never
will
"a case in point is furnished by the New
York Tribune. whose daily column The Tower,
made famous by Franklin p Adams, now
with the New York World.
"The modest initials of F. F. w. are now
signed to that column, and recently it carried this
sonnet from his pen, entitled, The Last Tourney
az shall go forth one day to joust with Death
The brittle little chains that hold me tied
To rusted hopes, to visions cracked and dried,
Go clamorng across the barren heath
And for flaming moment l shall ride
The lists brief course to meet the INDEBTED
And take the blow that l shall fall beneath.
zach day make this single fervent prayer:
Nay then the blood OF Bayard be my own;
May ride hard and straight and sme him square,
And in a clash of arms be overthrown;
And fall hear through the evening air
The distant horn of Roland, family blown
"Verse like that, some appreciative reader will
say, Should have been in magazine, but like
it best just where it spoke the strong, true, poetic
word to us-in its newspaper setting, from its first
to its last haunting line
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19

One OF the latest pieces OF oval
mining machinery is a device which
cuts the coal without blasting. and
loads IL into the mine cars
The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
" The distant horn of Roland family blown

among the best volumes of modern verse
those made up from con ributons OF the
newspaper column conductors contributors to
their special departments. One nay weed out a
world OF true poetry from. those apparently
'hppant columns!
'The magazines frequently discover in the
daily newspapers the poets they finally win their
more pretentous pages"
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PFSNSEIHG. "a.
READING, PA,
WAYNE, Pa.

C,,,,throra Preparatory for Boys. send
oW1I'''1'oi~ for catHiOg. W. +. TomlInson.
Eendmnster. Box 90. Swnrrhmore. Pa.
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Aleck the Barber -s,Ar msEvoy

strike until everything was arbitrated
and then when 1t was settled they'd have
to go to work or get arrested
"And then says you'd have a hot
time arresting a million railroad work.
ers and another million miners. Where
would you put 'cm and what good would
they be II they we're arrested? and he
said. well, we'd make them work, and
l says ha, ha, yes you would. Sup
pose l was on strike. Could YOU
make me shave you? and he says you
bet I could, and I says how would you
like me to be shaving you IL didn' t
want to? l night let the razor slip.
l never thought of that. he said. And
I says. we'll I wouldn't want to be rid
ing behind no engineer who WASH {
stuck on his job. He could always
jump, you know, but where would I
be? Not so good. And that sorter
stopped him.
ITS a wonder somebody doesn't
make you President, you know too
much" said the wife of Alcck the
Barber.
Aleck the Barber said nothing.
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READING. PA.

schuylkiIi SEM. Readings Jr. Col. READING
pn prep. & Jr. College courses Three yrs
or college work given. New athletic field
| aiming hau and administration building
Wear siaO Year opens Sept. II.
WARREN F. TEEi. A. NJ. ID. H.. Pres
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The Stevens School, Germantown

lS minutes from Broad street station;
Fif,y-6fth year, a progressive day school
nnd college preparatory courses. Boys
received In primary department.
Kath. .rine NJ Drnworth. II. A.. Principal
eel West Chrltcn Avenue
Telephone. Germantown O!85
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LEXINGTON, VA,

castle IlilI Academy. Lexington. Va. IDEAL
IcCatiu,n and climate. Prepares for colleges.
'Inil lpl stiles. government academies and busi.
mesa strong faculty. Military training. Mag
ninrcnt buildings. large gymnasium. Dept.
70" brvS Lntrr 13 Fnr "Nt nhl 'ha Sunt.
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Plans and specifications have been
drawn up and bids will be invited for
five contracts in connection with the
new plant. 1t will be located ut the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton Railroad. Penrose Ferry road and
Tinicum Island road at Eightieth
street. The erection Of the plant was
authorized by ordinance of Council
July 10, 1919, and April 81, 1921.
There Is now available for its devel-
opment about S300,O00.