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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
BACK TO TIE BRIGHT LIGHTS
London Getting Gay Again. While
Churches Make Protest.

London.-London clearly is getting
back to the bright night life of before
the war. for there is an enormous
rush Just now to secure licenses Tor
night cafes, music and dance halls ana
other resorts he the light hearted
were won't to foregather in the old
days.
But the churches and the welfare
organizations are protesting They
years without such esta bIishments AMI
that it is not necessary for them to be
reopened now.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19

of a tropical hurricane moving north
ward out of its usual field.
To aid this great preventive of storm
destruction the weather bureau has
urged every shipmaster on the North
Atlantic to send storm information to
Washington. Hundreds of vessels are
participat.n, the smaller ones sending
their observations by relay to shore
Perfection of the system has now
reached such a point that vessels can
be warned of a storm movement from
two to three days in advance.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
VILLA DECLINES TO WRITE.
Turns Down Offer OF $4,000 for a
Story of His Adventures

Mexico City.-Pancho Villa. erst-
while bandit and now a gentleman
farmer in the state of Durango. has
declined L write his memoirs. altho
an American publishing company IS
said 10 have offered him $4,000 for
the manuscript.
villa is reported to have told the
publishers that he has no desire to
perpetuate the story of his adventure :.
but rather prefers that his children,
now small, hear of their fathers eX-
pIoits as a rancher and benefactor-
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
RoxaItx Discards the Horse.

London-The famous royal stables
at buckingham palace, known as The
News, are to be demolished In their
stead will be built a modern garage
large enough to care for the numerous
automobiles of the royal family.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
MUssoLINI \ GOOD swoRDsMAN
italian Premier Never Too Busy to
| Spend an Hour at Fencing Daily.

Rome-Premier Mussolini. despite
the great amount of work before him,
and the long hours he spends each
day at his desk. finds time every
morning to indulge in his favorite
pastime of fencing. For one hour
after breakfast he crosses swords with
a famous professor, and only a few
days ago when his companion, tired
from his exertions showed signs of
faltering, Mussolini took on two of the
professors assistants for the re-
mainder of the hour.
He is one of the best amateur
swordsmen of Italy, and has fought
innumerable due1s in which there is
no record of his ever coming out sec
host
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
WARNS BED WITH LIGHT
Then Professor Awoke to Find Sheet
ON Fire.

Loomis, professor of mathematics at
Defiance college, is nursing burns
and his landlady is saving up to pay
for new bedclothes as a result of a
fire which grew out of the professors
recent bed-warming idea.
Professor Loomis tried to warm the
bed by taking the electric light bulb
under the covers with him. He awoke
to find the sheet on fire.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
Grandson to Late Carnegie.

New York, Dec. 19.-The birth of a
grandson of the late Andrew Carnegie,
was announced today. The mother is
Mrs. Roswell Miller, only child of the
Iron master.
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las DONE FOR MILLIONS OF STARVING IN EUROPE

Commission. At the end Of the first
year after the signing OF the peace a
total of $s2.203. .6s1.55 had been made
available for childrens relief in Eu-
rope. To this should be added some
thing like $4,000, 900 spent by the Near
East Relief in Armenia.
The midsummer OF 1920 saw Euro
pean relief enter new phase. Al
Government subventions and surplus
had been exhausted. Little funds were
coming in from the American nationals
Of the various peoples Of Europe. Dur
ing this year. closing June 80, 1891,
only $t,a00.000 was provided by the
Governments themselves for the pur-
poses of their own relief. Under these
circumstances q general appeal was
necessary. The European Relief Coun-
Gil was organized and nationwide
campaign was started. In this manner
there was brought in for the purposes
of food relief exclusive OF medical and
other relief) something under $4,000
900.
Recapitulating tie expenditures for
food rSlief under American manage
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ment from the end OF the war to June
80, 1891, we find that the figures came
to about 100000 To this should be
added the food draft sales, amounting
to $8,2S9,000.
With the summer Of 1921 American
RELIEF entered its Russian phase. Re-
lief was continued on q reduced scale
in the needy countries of Central
Europe from funds already at hand.
It II as yet too early to attempt 10
give figures on expenditures in Russia.
For this purpose funds have como
from various sources. including funds
in the treasury Of the American RELIEF
Administration and the Red Cross,
Congressional and Russian appropria-
tiops. sales OF food drafts and dona-
tions. The expenditures OF one year
In Russia will not be less than $780,
600, 900, and may be much more.
In a period OF eight years America
has contributed to Europe by charity
or credit with certain small cash sales
between $4,000. 100000 and $4,000. .o00.-
600 worth Of foodstuffs.
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The relief Of former enemy terri
tories provided special problems. The
relief of Austria was accomplished by
means of a credit of $4s,000, 900 ex-
tended by the United States to Eng
land. France and Italy to cover credits
to Austria from these countries, the
proceeds to be spent in purchase Of re-
lief supplies in America. The relief Of
Bulgaria and Germany was done on
gold provided by these Governments.
A large portion of the $i00,o00,00
fund is covered by the promfssory notes
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tries amounted to about $3.50 900 900.
practically the whole. Of which was
financed by the United States Treas
ury. sr
While the United States Food Ad-
ministration continued TO operate
after the armistice and until July. 1919,
there came with the armistice sig
'nificapt change in It's duties and opera
tions. With the signing OF the armis-
tice there appeared in the horizon OF
Europe an entirely new group of ma
tions requiring relief. To this date
help had been given only to Belgium
and to the Allies. This new group in
cluded the nations which had been
liberated from the enemy. Serbia and
Rumania among others; 1t included as
well the new nations which had been
made out OF the former enemy terri
tory OF central Europe. These nations
were in great need. Their relief pre-
sented a pressing and complex prob
lem, In addition to these there re-
mained also the question as to what
should be done with the enemy states
which maintained their sovereignty but
were nevertheless in great need.
For the handling of these problems
there was organized the American Re-
Lief Administration as an European
adjunct OF the Food Administration.
The contributions by America to the
liberated territories of Europe were ex-
tended through this administration
between the months of November, 1918,
and July. 1919. that is. during the
armistice months. In considering
these contributions and credits it
should be remembered that their totals
are included in the totals given above
covering the operations Of the United
States Food Administration during the
entire period Of it's existence.
Americas contributions under this
head were made in several ways. Ger
tain contributions were made in the
form of Treasury grants OF credit to
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Frisco's Climate May Be Bad.
But 1t Produces Compilations

Folk from the far East and Los
Angeles will tell you that San Fran
cisco has the worst climate In the
world, but II does one thing. 1t pro-
duces compilations. The girls out there
may indulge in lipstick for any NUM-
ber OF reasons, chiefly because It's
being done. but they don't have to
smear it higher. whenever a San
Francisco girl wants to register the
bloom OF youth all she has to do Is to
walk down Powell street and let the
wind and fog produce a permanent
blush. Even the Chinese fiappers have
given up the paint brush. There IS
nothing figurative in this statement.
When belle of Chinatown formerly
touched up her checks she did It in
tho ancient and approved manner;
mere rouge applied with rabbits foot
was too pale a performance for her.
think that the evolution OF the
young Chinese girl Is perhaps the most
interesting OF all the feminine pheno-
mena which the West is producing.
She is still in tho process Of change.
and for the most part she hasn't yet
abandoned her trousers for the incon-
venence OF skirts. But she is wear
ing these trousers higher. They have
followed her white sisters skirts just
above the boot tops. Yes they wear
boots now, very chic French boots,
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Max Reinhardt
to Study Stage
Methods in U. S.
German Producer and Brother
Coming Over to Get Amer
lean Ideas.

Special Cable 10 THE New YoRK HnaALp.
Copyright, 1899. by THE NEW yoRK IiBaALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
BcriIn, April 20.
Max Reinhardt, prominent German
theatrical producer is going to America
with his brother next month TO study
American stage methods and the Ameri-
can public. Herr Reinhardt told THE
NEW YORK HERALD correspondent he has
intended for many years to go 60 Amer
lea. but that the war prevented him from
carrying out his plans. Since then no
has been approached several times 10 go
but has postponed the trip because he
feared rislting the production OF a play
In America before being thoroughly
acquainted with American tastes.
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undertaking while America was neutral, ,Ameri-
can participation broadened after our entrance
into the war. and took upon itself an ofhcial
character Thenceforward and until the sign
ing of the peace. food relief for the Allies in
Europe provided one of the main avenues of
American helpfuness in the war After the
war ended American relief again became a
private undertaking and has been so supported
by individual charity, supplemented by certain
governmental grants, to this day. American
food relief in Europe thus falls into three
periods.
First-The period of our neutrality from
August, 1914. to April, 1917. During this
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dIlu t0ey walk Win d ocil-CouiiAciis
swagger. You see them in all the
cafes and tea shops. serving after din
ner mints or hot biscuit. and you have
to concede that they are very charm
ing. And If you gossip with them you
will find them earnest, amusing and
eager.
Evolution of a Chinese Girl
Into a Chic Example
/ remember my last encounter with
one in the Temple Bar Tea Room,
which in happier day lived up to the
first half of its name gloriously. / had
dropped in with a friend from book
shop around the corner. The little
girl who waited on us was of the chic
variety and she had just made her.
self new lace collar for her pale blue
silk jacket. We remarked upon its
beauty quite as IL t-were our own dis
covery instead of a matter of caves
dropping, and in the nefarious way OF
males thereby gained her confidence.
1t ended in her asking my literary
friend what he could recommend. in
the way of fiction. Being an author, I
promptly took the issue into my own
hands and recommended one of my
latest crimes.
"Oh, that!" she cried, with a twit-
tering little laugh. II started that
story, but it was too slow for me.
!. The family liked it, though
She had leaning toward adventure.
it seemed She had read Java Head"
and gave II high mark; also Treas
ure Island" and some of the Lime
house Nights" But she had also
gone through THE Age of Innocence"
with interest, and main Street" with
a grim determination worthy OF her
wEite contemporaries. She abashed
US completely.
We left before she had a chance to
quizz us as to our literary diet. We
were afraid she might take us over
our heads. What IL she demanded our
views on the Outline of History or
Remy de Gourmont's "Decadence"?
After "The Age of Innocence" and
Main Street" anything was possible,
especially when one remembered that
thirty years ago Chinese women Of
this class viewed the world from be-
hind a wicket and hobbled about upon
their lily feet supported by broad
footed duennas.
These emancipatcd ladies are get
ting the habit OF organized protest
also from their white sisters. I did
a short story some threc years ago
using one of their cafe girls as a
heroine. In the end my character re-
verted to type and showed her young
lover or balcony to avenge a family
fcud. To be sure, she had provocation
beyond the mere urge OF family 10y
atty. But the outstanding fact re-
mained that she swung back to the old
tradition. s,
After its publication I received a
protest from the Y. w. c. a. secretary
saying tLat "her girls" we're very
much incensed at the story and asking
me to brave what she called pleas
ant hour" over the teacups TO hear
their grievance. Being not only a
cowardly male but very shy one. l
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period tne commission for Relief in Belgium
OF relief
SecondThe period April 1917
July 1919 During
was the official agency
ThirdThe period the
american Relief Administration agency of relief
WIN particular reference the feeding
from the beginning OF the
all relief operations with the chief allied
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Whatever Their Garb
Western Girls Are Feminine

There has been great deal Of pro-
test directed against this particular
female OF the species by the dear old
doddering ladies OF San Francisco. I'll
grant she isn't refined. but then.
neither was her shrtwsisted, sailor
hated sister Of the nineties who went
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ing two years must be divided into two
periods. the first OF which closes June
so, 1890.
During this period relief was limited
to the feeding OF under-nourished chill
dren in Czecho-S -Slovakia, Esthonia,
Finland. Austria. Hungary. Latvia,
Lithuania. Poland. Rumania. Serbia,
Germany and Armenia.
The support OF this relief came from,
various sources. The most substantial
contributions to this relief came from
the funds left over after the liquida-
tion OF operations under the Supreme
Economic Council. These funds. which
were made up of the safety margins
maintained during operations Of war;
time food commerce. belonged morally
to the countries making the purchase.
an the United States Grain Corporation
was not permitted to make . profit,
From these funds there was turned
over after the war for the purposes of
relief S24, ,60s,sss.
Certain OF the European Govern
ments themselves provided some funds
for the support Of child feeding. The
total local Government contributions
during the first year after the war was
something under 100000.
Private Funds Given BY
Persons and Organizations
About the same amount ($4,0oo, ,oo0)
was obtained from organizations and
individuals in the United States for the
support of children's relief In the
various countries in which operations
were carried on.
During the first year after the sign
Ing of peace the American Relief Ad-
ministration. which had now become a
private organization. worked in CO.
operation with the American Friends
Service Committee in relation to child
feeding in Germany. 1t also worked
through the Allied High Commissioner
to Armenia with the Near East Relief
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With Private Relief to Bel
gium at Outbreak Of War, American
Charity HasExtended Across Europe
Y Into Russia-In Eight Years Be-
tween $4,OOO0O0,OOO and $5.OOO.-
1. 100000 in Foodstuffs Have Been
I Sent into Famine Stricken and War
Barren Countries.
This the of Americas contribution
to the food relief of Europe thar has been made
BY THOMAS H. DICKINSON,
Historian of the Hoover Relief Committee.

yy ITH the American food into the fall Of 1921
AN American raversed the continent of
1t American food
supplies delivered such
suggestion
of the
American relief Belgium Immediately after
outbreak
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Draperies of West Coast Maid
ems Haven't Yet Reached
Vanishing Point.
EVEN SMOKING CAME LATE
Where Refinement Is Lacking,
the Girls Are Still Feminine,
Says Charles C. Dobie.
BY CHARLES CALDWELL DoBIE,
Author Of Broken to the Plough"

/
TF the short skirt and bobbed hair
are symbols OF complete feminine
emancipation the Western girl is
still somewhat shackled: so far her
draperies haven't quite reached the
vanishing point; OF course I under
stand that here in New York the West
is an arbitrary and. shifting frontier;
Des Moines serves as a symbol to
some. while others may concede
Omaha or even Salt Lake City. But to
establish my premises 1 had better
state at the outset that when ! say
West" I mean West. I'm thinking
Of the Pacific coast in general and San
francisco in particular.
There are two things which make
the San Francisco girl stand out
sharply against her New York sisters
-one is her complexion and the other.
is her height. The pouter pigeon
variety Of female that one sees hurry
ing up Broadway at the matinee hour
is, to a San Franciscan, a new and
rare species. The funny little fat
legged. squash hated. hand painted
fiapper scomes pretty near being a
caricature: indeed, it would be hard
to exaggerate her sufficiency.
In my benighted days, when I
claimed the West as my home, the
sketches / used to see In the New
York papers of this species, with hat
tip and nose emerging from a pony
coat Of intense abbreviation, and very
warped legs resting uncertainty on
heels at once towering and run down,
gave me, in mid-Victorian language,
much pause. ! refused to believe that
such things existed. l fancied that
the artists had been suffering from
overdoses of jackass brandy--the Gre
ations seemed too wonderful even for
art. But after a six months sojourn
in Manhattan I am ready to concede
that truth is several jumps ahead OF
fiction, OF course I've seen too many
other types to insist that this par
ticular one is typical, and for all
know perhaps she isn't from New
York at all. She may be visiting from
Terre Haute or Pocatello or Elmira.
All / can state authoritatively Is that
she didn't come from San Francisco.
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Nevinson' S "Good-Bye'
Portrays His Impressions
Gained in Recent>U. S. Visit

As soon as he got back Downde Crescent Henpsfead
this famous leader writer author OF nuer
published the following paean OF farewell 0u MS
American admirers hope he meant AZ revoir instead.
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with convenient balconies from whicfy
to hurl lovers who had proved disap-
pointing. But my fair protestants re-
fused to be persuaded, and IL I do an
other such tale I am determined to
let none save the most approved
American, methods prevail. II my
heroine must dispatch her lover it
skall be done in the ACKNOWLEDGED
national manner with a t:psly 49,
and hotel lobby for bae - ) and.
Chinese Girls See Skirts as
Symbol of Emancipation
An American can appreciate the al
most pathetic desire OF these Chinese
nlaidens for conformity. but to one
viewing -he procession OF life from
without as colorful pageant it is q
matter OF some regret. With them
skirts Is always the ultimate sign OF
emancipation-which On the face Of II
seems something OF paradox. I met
one Of the completely unfettered types
at a woman's club one day. The COM
mittee in charge of the afternoons
entertainment had asked me to read a
story, and. as luck would have it, /
chose Chinese tale. Halfway through
l noticed a striking figure in a very
smart pongee frock and Paris hat eye
ing me impassively. My heart sank,
for / knew at glance that the lady
was Chinese, and wondered how
many kinds Of a fool she was think
ing me for attempting an analysis OF
her race.
This time my tale concerned an old
fashioned slave girl type, untouched
by modernity. Curiously the young
woman liked my story. perhaps, as she
admitted, because 1t pictured condi-
ton OF life which had become too re-
mote to be personal. She was a grad
uate of an exclusive woman's college
and she was ambitious to write short
stories. Strangely enough. she had no
urge to spread her own people on her
canvas. She wanted to white stories
of American life, and it was impossible
for ma 20 persuade her to the con-
trary.
The American born Chinese girl
looks well in skirts. much better than
her Japanese cousin; she has more
height and greater suppleness now
that binding the feet is a thing OF the
past. And her skin is a marvellous
copper color touched with fine bloom
and her thick black hair an imposing
glory since it has been freed from the
Imprisonment OF oils and hair orna-
ments. During the war in the white
uniform and flowing headdress OF the
Red Cross worker they made very
striking figures. And their gayety and
vivacity were something to be re-
marked by people who fancy that the
Chinese character Is one of unqualified
passivity. They have their inscrutable
moments. but so have Spaniards or
Scandinavians or Russians. Which
brings us to the point:
DO clothes make the man, or. in this
case, the woman? How much race
prejudice is bound up In the mere mat
ter OF costume? Which brings me
back to my starting point--the matter
of how far dress indicates differences
In feminine viewpoint. Is the Western
girls conservatism to be measured by
the length and breadth OF her skirt?
Then what shall we say to the
hiking hordes who have abandoned
skirts, hats and even lipstick and who
descend on fine week ends upon the
defenseless suburbs with packs
strapped to their backs and a crap
shooting outfit to while away the half
t.ar~ -. Sh- forrxthrot1
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Of the nations to which relief supplies
were sent. From this fund there came
something like $1l 100000, which was
expended in the first iabors Of Chill
dren's Relief inaugurated in Poland
Czecho- -Slovakia, Serbia. Rumania
Finland. Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania
and Northwest Russia. The money Sc
expended was an outright gift. In ad-
dition there was drawn from the
Presidents National Security and De-
fense Fund about $3.000.0O0, which
was used for the support Of children's
relief In the Austrian republic.
The total relief supplies delivered by
the United States between December
/, 1918. and August 81. 1919. amounted
to 2,853,434 metric tons OF an approxi-
mate value OF s720.5sa.32s OF this
total s19S,s74, $50. or 27.6 per cent. was
delivered for cash; $500. .83s,s23, or sos
per cent. was financed on credit. and
$40. 0.S25.374. or 2.s per cent. was given
as charity.
With Armistice Signed
U. S. Entered Third Period
When we come to the signing OF the
peace we enter the third period of
Americas relief efforts. Official ex-
penditure is now out Of the question.
What was done would have to be con-
tinued by private activity. There had
been begun during the armistice the
relief Of under-nourished children.
There had also been begun under the
Near Eas. Relief Commission the re-
lief Of the desperate conditions In the
Near East. Both of these undertake
ings were to continue.
Any adequate report on expenditures
for European food relief since the sign
ing OF the peace must close with the
date June so. 1921. for this is the latest
date at which reports have been formu-
lated. Between March and August.
1919. there had been expended in chill
drens relief 313.5s5.932.42. The follow
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Credits to New States Given
Under Congressional Sanction

Americas chief contribution OF cred
its TO the newer nations of Europe
was derived from the s100.000,000 ap-
preparation for European relief voted
by Congress early In 1919. The ex-
penditures under this grant was
roughly as follows:
In each case promissory notes were
taken from the nation accepting the
supplies.
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small nations which had been allied in
the war. The grants TO Belgium have
already been mentioned. In addition to
these. grants of credits were made to
Czecho-Sloyalxia in the sum OF $780,
100000, to Rumania in the sum Of
S25,000,0D0 and to Serbia in the sum OF
$16.00O,000. These grants were not all
drawn in this form, but these served
as the basis OF relief In the countries
concerned
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Herbert Hoover Invented"
Relief on Modern Lines

Americas charitable contributions
hogan in 1914 and continued to 1920.
These were both in cash and in kind.
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7 N mist and driving snow the
towers Of New York fade from