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The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
The Press at the Hague.

IT HE attitude adopted toward the press at The
i Hague have only one result. The pub
lie will have reason to believe anything COM
ing from the conference rooms
1t is to be presumed official commuuiqu2s
VIII be issued every day These, is the
case with official communques everywhere, will
tell nothing that people wish to know. When
the 1aconic statement that progress has been
made appears in the newspapers, readers will be
justified in their suspicious that as a matter of
1act. no progress was made whatsoever. All
sorts Of lively will be published.
By barring newspaper representatives Dutch
Foreign Minister Van Karnebeek, who should
know better, has taken the most effective step
possible to make the conference failure.
Th- Netherlands minister and whoever in
srired his action. it is plain do not know Ameri-
can newspapermen. European journalists may be
willing to accept the censorship of states
men who know nothing about the profession of
news gathering. But some of the Yankees gath
cred at The Hague, venture to predict, have
some shocks up their sleeves for the dignihed
gentlemen in frock coats.
Perhaps as we write some American CORE
spondent is hiding in the closet and taking copious
notes on the queerly human conduct of these
ENJOYS in conference assembled
European representatives of American news
papers not only are good detectives but are good
writers in the U. S. language. Some of them,
do less. already know just how Mr.. Van Karne-
beck scratches his head and can tell about it in a
picturesquely amusing fashion.
The gentlemen at The Hague have 60. some
queer ideas indeed into their poor little brains if
they think the dignity of their position, makes
them more fearful objects to u S. correspondents
than so many bricklayers. They fail tc understand
that type OF man to whom nothing is sacred except
reasonable decency in detailing daily history and
to whom a silk stovepipe is no more awesome
than the tattered breeches of street laborer Mr..
Van harnebeek has much to learn if he under
estimates these men. What will his insignificant
,hunkies with their pretty uniforms whom he has
set to guard the doors amount to in conflict of
wits with the representatives OF half dozen
American newspapers.
He has according to accounts from The Hague
locked the correspondents in the cellar More
OF the future fate OF Europe will be decided in
that cellar than in the conference hall itself be-
cause more men of intellect will be assembled
there.
Poor Van Karnebeek. The world has moved
on without him for number of years 1t is time
to wake up the Rip Van Winkle of The Hague.
And what'a surprised old gentleman he will be
when he does open his eyes to the sunlight once
more.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
When Philosophers Fall Out.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1t has been said. and wisely. that
little knowledge is a dangerous
thing.
The case of our good friend who
signs himself "Nietzsche" affords an
excellent example of the proof Of
the foregoing statement Starting
out into the great. wide world with
no ideas. and therefore no capital
in the commonsense line. he in
herits an empty pushcart. Observ-
ing that this pushcart appears
somewhat nude. he loads ii down at
one end with vari-colored gumdrops
of philosophy. mostly stale, which
he has stolen from someone else. and
at the other end with peanuts OF
persifage. With this outfit he parks
on the public highway of opinion
and proceeds to business. Comes a
wind OF criticism and upsets his
shaky contraption. No matter. He
la lsboriously picks up his ware. dusts
the gumdrops and peanuts OF and
proceeds nonchalantly to business
as before.
The passing of various brass
bands playing tunes out of har-
mony with the whistle on his pea
nut roaster does not disturb yhiya.
In fact. he has become so enthused
over his peanut business, notwith-
standing the fact that nobody will
accept his wares, that he imssines
the whistle on the roaster plays the
music of the spheres. Similarly, the
fact that thousands from the be-
ginning have held. and still hold.
while discounting the idea Of a hell,
to the notion that there may be a
place OF rest after the toll and
troubles of this mundane sphere.
silly and egotistical 1t may seem. to
such a worthy gumdrop and peanut
merchant as .sNietzsche. but, never
theless. a most glorious ideal. does
not trouble him in the least. He
makes the Fat statement that there
Is no next world. His ideal of a
heaven is getting up in the morn
ing and hearing the brides singing
as he puts on his pants. HAL
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
Pleads for Babe Ruth.
To the Editor. The wasn,ngron Herald:


am still noticing that several
newspapers are criticizing the ina
bility of Babe Ruth TO hit the ball
and get into his stride. OF course
one cannot expect him to he knock
ing home runs every game, bu: II is
expected Of him to hit the bali at
least once every game. Seemingly
he is doing his best. and will always
give his all to the man he works
for. The enforced layoff at the be-
ginning of the season has been the
cause of his poor work. coupled with
being passed by the pitchers. ard !
doubt II he will come up to expecta-
tions The most Objectionable thing
In baseball Is the passing of batters
just because they are hitting the
ball. and that is continuously being
done to Babe Ruth. Now why don't
they do the same to all the stars.
1t is very seldom that you notice
that the pitcher passes such players
as Sisler. Williams, Bing Miller,
Cobb, and several others. No. all a
pitcher is told TO do is to pass the
Babe. think that the passing busi-
ness Is very unfair to both the play
ers and the fan. more especially the
fan. for the fan is the person who
Is the mainstay of a ball club. II 1t
was not for him there would be
hardly any ball clubs in existence
You can hear the fans every night
coming home from business or work
saying. 'T wonder II Babe has done
anything today. Next morning they
read again that he had been passed
at least once in the game.
II is no wonder that the attend
snce at ball parks is falling OF,
and IL they don't change their meth
DDS there will be no one going to see
ball games. Some people are still
thinking OF the Black (white) Sox.
and probably ask themselves the
question, "I wonder what is going
to happen next?
contend that every player that
goes to bat should have the same
chance to hit the ball be he a star
or otherwise.
JOS H WEBB.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
For Open Court.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
"Oh see the little lambkins play"
(Friar Tuck's song from Robin
Hood. The frolicksome contributors
to the Open Court are unconsciously
reaching par with those facetious
individuals who send articles to a
Nut" column in another we'll known
Washington newspaper. Careful
Hal" and Sam Simple"-Au the
squirrels are not confined to Capitol
lawn.
l am gratified that such a prolific
writer as Sam Simple" (who by the
way seems to have a definite opinion
on almost every subject) should take
his valuable time to chide me for my
humble effort. If my contribution
lacked merit, II it did not strike a
tender spot and IL 1t did not voice a
need--why bother to answer it? But
why bicker and quarrel?
AS for my writing a constructive
article-maybe I will make the effort
in the near future. There is much to
be said, the weather Is not conducive
to clear thinking and who reads to
be instructed these days? Maybe I do
not have the ability-I do not know.
My challenge was to those of you
who must write to polish up the
Court with something worth while
re we still friends?
PAUL w. HOLMES.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20

iected some more OF less secluded
spot along the driveway among
beautiful scenery where the air is
refreshing and healthy that they
might enjoy the privileges and
comforts guaranteed by our Con-
stitution to all free-born American
citizen.
Some old crank, who hates every
body including himself. will say:
There is too much spooning going
on in these places and they cannot
tolerate so much loving in our
community. To these people !
would like TO ask IL anyone ever
complained TO them of having had
too much loving? Isn't love more
preferable than hate and isn't Il
perfectly natural for any normal
human being TO love the opposite
sex? why not let love grow and
govern our community instead Of
creating hate. distrust and con-
Tempt
There are much more important
duties for the police to do than
those of sneaking into autos for
the purpose of catching Harmless.
lovers perhaps sitting close toReth-
er and possibly kissing. There's
no harm in that. Nobody hurt ex-
cept the crank who has neither love
nor FEELINGS who might be Jealous
owing to his inability 70 do the
same
Why not use our police for the
better purpose Of stamping ont
crimes such as occurred about three
weeks ago somewhere near Rhode
Island avenue and 81 street north
west. where a man N his automn-
bile was held up, forced 10 the curb
by two colored bandits ana relieved
of his Nsluables?
Where were the police at that
time. pray tell me? Were thev
sneaking to catch harmless lovers
in our driveways? Very likely they
were and couldn't prevent anvona
from being held up and robbed, OF
course We know that robbers are
not as pleasant and are more dan
gerous to catch than lovers but
believe II as much vigilance and
snesking was used for catching
thieves and other criminals as thar
Of catching lovers everybody could
feel more secure in their homes
and on the streets against persons
with criminal intents
l would suggest tha, our police
direct their forces and efforts 10
that of making people secure from
criminals and stop such useless
rules as that of annoying peace
able citizens in their autos.
AIM
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
Cause and Result.
z LLOYD GIBBONS, in his pictur,

Z LLOYD GIBBONS in his pictures of EVERYDAY
i Belfast life which appear in The Washington
Herald is presenting object lesson to Ameri-
cans.
Religious and racial intolerance can be started
with ease anywhere in the world. To suit the con-
Venlence OF any master mind peoples and churches
can be set at each others hroats and their attention
diverted from issues more essential to their own
welfare. But when these passions once are stirred
they soon pass beyond control. They are like for
est hres, Int by carelessy dropped cigarette and
tanned by spring winds into conflagrations which
sweep towns cities and humanity in their path.
There is no more natural occasion for religious
hatred in Belfast than in Washington or Alexan-
dria The majority both of the Catholic and Prot
estant population, are poor people employed at star
vatlon wages, housed in filthy novels and knowing
no recreations except those afforded at the
whisky dispensaries. They have common interest
IN obtaining better living conditions by cooperative
action But this issue of the right way to worship
Cod has been thrown between them to nrevent ,ny
united movement to improve their own status in life
In cities Of southern Ireland with mixed poou--
Iauons practically religious intolerance exists
Political feeling runs high, it is true but the par
ties do not hold elections in churchyards with rifles
loaded to shoot members OF the church around the
corner.
Doubtless those responsible for the sectarian
fury in Belfast. men Who care nothing for any
church or religious creed, would give much today
TO recall their acts But they can not be recalled.
The moving finger writes and having writ
Moves on"
Those who opened the. gates of the whirlwind
are in fair way to be destroyed by the whiriwind
= Yet at present the seeds OF religious hatred as
bitter are sown in some American cities
Those who seek to set one church against an
other in the United States should read Mr. Gibbons
articles on Belfast. They then appreciate the
logical result of their endeavors and determine
whether or not they are justified. What the Ulster
capital is number Of Southern cities in the United
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20

great big smile? Why. Afr. Edi-
tor, down in Kentucky (the State
where / was bred and born IND. we
have one man who is 1877 years old
and he is still going strong. am
not as old as the man / just re-
ferred TO, but ! hope to be.
For the love OF Mike" how much
time do these poor. unhappy. Joy
less night providers (who kick like
Day steers on going to work at 8
a. ND want to find pleasure. happi-
ness and educate themselves? They
perform their nice easy work for
seven hours-then they have seven
teen hours left in which they can
follow the goddess of sin and self
Indulgence and yet we can't hear
our ears for their senseless caclSle,
c. G. DEGMAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
JEWISH CARNIVAL
WELL ATTENDED

Washington's first Jewish carnival
opened last night and was attended
by more than 5000 merrymerkers
who thronged the grounds. at Thir.
teenth and Spring road from 6:3o
o'clock until midnight.
Several thousand dollars in booths,
trimmings and hundreds of electrical
decorations have been spent.
Hundreds of couples enjoyed the
open air dancing. pavilion. Eight side
shows were in operation.
The fun1s received will go toward
the new Hebrew, Home and Hospital
which will later be erected on the
carnival site. @t
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
BLIND WONDER CAN NOT
SMELL coLoRs IN DARK.

willeta Hueeins. the I7-year-old
blind and deaf girl who recently
astonished doctors with a demon
strstion OF apparent ability 70 name
colors by the sense Of smell and 10
hear by the sense OF touch, really
has a remnant Of sight and her
deafness is probably hystericsi. de-
clares DR.. Joseph Jastrow, professor
of psychology. Of the University Of
Wisconsin. who has examined he
and believes that she Ia deceiving
herself and others in her pretense
TO remarkable powers He made
the investigation for the American
Medical Association
In every practical sense he
says, the girl is blind and has no
central vision Whatsoever. The pos
sibility OF a siit-vise vision is.
however, by no means excluded. In
bringing objects to her nose TO smell
them she has them near enough 10
her eyes to see them through this
slit Of vision when Miss Hussins
was tested in a darkroom while
an ordinary light was on, she sorted
colors correctly but much more
slowly than In the fully lighted
room. With the light extinguished.
she was unable TO DO anything at
all. The claim put forward" he
continues. that she is able 10 un-
derstand spoken language provided
there Is a connection between her
fingers and the head or the larynx
of the speaker either directly or
through a wooden roo is also be-
yond belief.
Those acquainted with the
phenomena Of hystericsl deafness
will realize how dinicult IL is 70
determine the actual status OF this
sense. 1t would take far more care
full experiments than have vet been
made to decide whether this is a
case Of hysterieal deafness. hut the
psychologist laboratory possesses a
technic sufficient to determine
whether the girl deceives herself in
the belief that the vibations con-
veyed through her finger tips made
her hear the sounds which really
reach her through auditory channels
When, unknown 20 Miss Hugzfns.
the rod that is regarded as essential
to carry the vibrations was actually
not in contact with the speakers
head. she replied to questions ouita
as well as though the contact had
been established
The reason Miss Huggins is
credited with these unusual
is thrCu=E Be-. .on that her
sight and hC7rius a'e useless. M
examination does not hear out
a conclusion"
Timber lands in Canada are he
ing mapped with the help Of aero
planes at less cost than ground
work Of similar accuracy.
The first farm tractor ever 8
IN central ,...sa tSuently arrived
at Hanko', 10 be used with other
American machinery In the cultiva
tion of peanuts
W. y.
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ana O. eo cass f s.
owing 70 poyerty ana lack 81 ae.s ss SsTr
saw the inside OF a schoolhouse for educsfionsi
father and mother He was elected to the sisssa
asa soies wsii. ss peoerstie oep1sest aseens
eeiyed 2a4o5. and his Socialist opponent received
MOUNT VERNON CLOSED SUNDAY.
To the Friend Of the People:
Is Mount Vernon open on Sunday? BY what
INTERESTED
Mount Vernon is not open on Sunday Il
Seventh ssTest %harSes 1879 m sso m
Electric to Mount Vernon leave Twelfth
walls To be reached by auto. follow Aiexandria
pike to Alexandria and then follow Kings high
BURN RUBBISH IN YARD.
To the Friend of the People:
Can rubbish be burned in ones back yard?
Yes. between sunrise and sunset the Fire
Marshalls office says.
COBB TOPS 400 MARK.
To the Friend People:
Did Ty Cobb ever bat 400 or above?
GEORGIA AVENUE.
Yes: His batting averages for 1911 and 1919
were 42o and .410 respectively.
sTARBoARD TO RIGHT.
To the Friend Of People:
To settle argument please give us this
Information d What side of ship is the .tarhosrd
The right hand side of the ship looking to-
PIGEON ENGLISH DEFINED.
To Friend o People:
Please tell me this-what is pigeon English?
jarson Of English used in commercial deal
ings with the Chinese.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
A Barnyard Lesson.
To the Editor of The Washington Heral,

10 the Editor Of The Washington Herald:
Mr.. Editor. when was a boy
down on the farm. my mother used
to raise a large flock Of suineas
every year. She claimed that the
guinea was a very profitable fowl
to raise because 1t was a very
prolific layers of eggs and the flesh
was more paiatable than the flesh
of other fowls and also the bird
required very little attention after
1t was week old. But there was
one serious fault with the guinea
and that was the everlasting clatter
and noise which 1t always kept up.
/ can remember that when ] wanted
TO start something just for the fun
of having some excitement, all I
had to do was to. go out into the
barnyard and throw something AZ
the guineas. Instantly there would
he such hallabaloo and comma
tion that sometimes the near neigh :
bors and people passing along the
highway would come in to see what
all the excitement was about
A very peculiar thing abou, the
bird was that he never seemed 70
learn anything. either by precent or
example. I would like to cali the
attention of the nuts" who SO loud :
ly bewail the new regulation. of
our working hours OF this peculiar
trait of the guinea.
When l wrote my letter 20 the
Omen Court on June z, criticisinr
these nuts" for their foolish harp
ing about this Improvement OF our
working hours. I was only reverting
to my boyhood habits Of starting
up the guineas," and, say Mr.. Eds !.
tor, ! sure did start 'em. B. Elvard
Sager. Miss Helen Davis, A. @. Lieb-
Ter and X, A. NJ. responded in exact
tone with the farmyard recital I
used to enjoy in ''old Lang Syne. T"
Talk about the wonderful music re-
citals we had during music week:
IL was jazz compared TO the har-
monious cackle of the aforemen-
toned writers.
The gist of all their music-the
high note OF all their cackie-is
that I am too old TO dance. Now
wouldn't that make you smile q
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20


GEORGIA DOES NOT GIVE AeBoNUs
Does the state Of Georgia give bonus TO
Former service menf A. b. G.
The state Of Georgia does not give bonus
to former service men
MRS wINTERs REsIDENCE.
To the Friend Of the People:
ws.ss esss Mr. Tssgs: win.sr gSsss
Mrs. winter resides in Minneapolis. Minn.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE SOCIETY.
To the Friend Of People:
Tell me when and where the Ipsxt meeting Of
the Pennsylvania State Society will be held
The next meeting, Of the Pennsylysnia state
Society will be held at the willard Hotel in oc-
CAN HIRE CANOES
To the Friend Of the People:
=. Can one hire canoe for days outing
this query NEW YORKER.
Yes. There are at least three boat houses
near the Aaueduct Bridge where canoes are hired
REP. MANUEL HERRIcK.
To the Friend Of People:
Will you kindly give me sketch of the life
Of Manuel Herrick. Representative from oklshoma
Here is one written by Herrick himself for
the Congressional Directory: Manuel Herrick,
sspsSlssn ooTP in Tusc,s.was County Ohio
to Greenwood County; Kansas in 1877, where he
Ohio: in the fall of the same year they went to
Oklahoma to await the opening Of the Cherokee
Perry the s Mr. 'nsy has spGR aT% .T9
since His occupation is that of farmer and
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
BELIEVES SLUMP
PRODUCES GOOD

That individuals and society In
general will derive permanent ben
efits from the recent business de-
preston is the cheering word of
DR.. Edwin r. Gay, editor Of the
New York Evening Post. Discuss
ing these benefits in a recent talk
on What Must Be Done to Revive
Business and Maintain Business
Prosperity" he said:
First IL is 10 be hoped that
the Federal Reserve system. hav-
ing had an exceptional testing out
both under the strain OF war
finance and the subsequent depres-
sion, will have gained not only the
praise IL merits but the stability
and freedom from political infu-
ence which is essential II IL is 10
safeguard our economic structure.
Second. IL Is becoming appar-
ent that definite gains in social op-
Grafton are already coming. There
is a slight revival OF the old prac-
tice Of mergers of great corpora
lions. More Important than this
vs. the great impetus given TO trade
associations and their healthy ac-
tivities. The work of the War
Finance Corporation in developing
AGRICULTURAL cooperation on
large scale " another indication OF
the same general type.
FINALLY. IL Is likely that one OF
the most important results Of the
present period will be the steadily
developing use and reliance Of busi-
ness men upon statistics and q sta
tisticsl forecast The statistician
has come into his own. both In In
dividusi businesses and In his study
OF business conditions as q whole.
The lead taken by Secretary Hoover
in the extension OF the work OF the
census is one OF the greatest gov-
ernmeptsl contributions 20 this
new movement which. In my belief.
ought 10 and win spread with tn
calcuiable dement's 70 the business
community asa ~hole.r
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way. Democrat. of Jonesboro." That
is his autobiography, the shortest
in the Congressional Directory, for
he's now Arkansas Junior Senator
As United States Senator he is
now welding a. sturdy pick on the
policies and actions of Attorney
General Daugherty. He's Daugh-
erty's chief critic.
Among his colleagues in the Sen.
ate caraway has a reputation of
saying little. but when he does talk
he usually has something to say.
Before coming to the Senate Car
away had served as district attor-
ney in his home county, and then
representative.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
The Police and Motorist.
To the Editor. Th. wasninEtOn H.rald:

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
/ have read with much interest
Letters In this column in reshr"s
to the police in Rock Creek Park
who 1t seems are making a practice
Of annoying peaceable citizens and
taking the JOY out of motoring IN
our popular driveways. 1 wish to
say that am in sympathy with
fully in accord with his.
IT appears to me that the services
OF our police could be used for
much more commendable purposes
than that Of annoying and in many
cases insulting peaceable men and
women who are doing harm to no
ore and perhaps just for the SIM
Pile reason that they hnay have se-
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
Lasker to ALLoD Liquor
On Fleet Until Forbid

Government vessels will be allowed
to continue selling liquor outside the
three-nnf1e limit until Congress or the
courts make it specifically Illegal.
Chairman Lasker. Of the United
States Shipping Board. told the Ohio
Confessional delegation yesterday.
shipping Board vessels were SELL
ing liquor when 4 became chairman
and allowed the, practice to con-
tinue. because was convinced 1t was
legal" he said.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-20
On the Flag.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
I wish to thank your good paper
for publishing "A Lesson" by
Briggs. Wonder what the flag
thinks about 1t is a good thing to
remind our people sometimes how
precious our flag is, and what ii
stands for.
Let us only treat our flag when
ever we see 1t with a prayer to God.
Now that the Fourth of July is
SO near, let us each one as good
Americans. be thankful for what It
has stood for. and teach each boy
and girl the Constitution of the
United States and the national an
them.
MA RIETTA."