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The Washington times., 1922-08-28
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Copyright. 1879. By Star Col
BY K. G.. B.

DEAR X. c. B.-I am wondering II you have
- ever been sick in a hospital. have been
and am now have been here seven days and
cannot sit up yet. And the thing that disturbs
me most is the noise from the street Will
you tell me- X. c. B.. why auto drivers permit
their cars to make so much noise when they
pass a hospital? There is a mother here, a
mother OF four boys, and she will never 20
back to them, and every time an auto roars
past it makes her going just little nearer.
What of II, X. c. B.7 MARY WAMMOCK.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Life at High
Attitudes

7 IFE at high attitudes is
- problem which has only re-
Gently come in for study. DR.. +.
C. Schneider, in the Physiological
Review, points out that the fac.
tors to be considered are lowered
atmospheric pressure, partial
pressure of oxygen. temperature
and humidity and increased in
tensity of sunshine and electrical
conditions.
While in the past the effects
of altitude have been attributed
to one or more of these varia.
bles," comments the Journal of
the American Medical Associa
ton. 1T Is today recognized that
the controlling element in the
physiologic reactions is the di-
minished partial pressure of oxy-
gen, and the consequent imper-
feet aeration of the arterial blood.
According to the best evidence
now available, between $4,000 and
$4,000 feet appears to be the
altitude limit for conscious
ness for unacclimatized men.
Even much lower attitudes pro-
woke marked discomfort, as even
an unfatigued traveller reaching
Pixies Peak, at height of 14,1O0
feet, may observe. Yet there are
permanent residential camps at
attitudes as great as this ip
which persons reside for long pc
riods. Some of these are found
in the Andes, in Peru, where. aC-
cording to Bancroft, the native
population has lived for many
generations.
THE mining centers there like
wise contain Americans who have
migrated in more recent times.
The Investigations there by the
latest expedition of English and
American psychologists early in
this year showed that, despite the
low oxygen tension of the atmos-
phere at $4,000 feet, those accli-
mated could engage in a fair
amount of sustained mental work
for long periods; but with regard
to muscular work, which calls
for oxidative metabolism, there
were evident limitations to the eff
fort of even the most acclimated.
THE natives can perform re.
markable feats of work, but only
when there are frequent pauses
to enable them to square the
oxygen account The arterial
blood was usually only about IS
per cent saturated with oxygen.
The shape Of the chest, as indi.
Gated by the roentgenograms,
showed that the sternum was
carried in an elevated position.
and the ribs were more nearly
horizontal than in the normal"
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
WAYSIDE WISDOM
LIES LITTLE IRONIES.
Copyright. ls22.)
BY S. E. Kiser

THE baby that is patient lies
l. Unnoticed on its little back,
Assailed by unrelenting flies
In many a mad and mean attack;
The baby that is fretful gets
Attention always, night and day;
The honest man, who never bets,
Works mighty hard for little pay.
THE girl who would devote her life
i To making home lovely place
Has little chance to be a wife,
And sadness overspreads her face;
The girl who cannot sew or cook
And only cares to CAD and dance
Has never very far to look
Before she gets her lucky chance.
THE man who ought to have rest
i And change of scene must stay and
Disease may lurk within his breast,
But he must toll and be resigned:
The man whose days are days Of ease.'
Who does not need change Of air.
May travel over distant seas
And rid himself of every care.
THE things that people like to do
Il Are always things they ought to shun;
The porcupines are mighty few
When one is out with loaded gun;
Advice that's good we soon FORGET.
The largest fish tears off the line,
And no one ever seems to let
A melon ripen on the vine.
uNHE wife who has to wash and scrub
L And mend and darn and darn and mend
Thinks there is no man like her hub,
And serves him fondv to the end;
The lady who has sparkling rings
Mistrusts the husband she has drawn,
And summers, winters, falls and springs,
Is being operated on.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Life and Lillian Russell

n ECAUSE it carries it's owl
X helpful message, we reprin
II here, without comment, Mrs
Lillian Russell Moore's philosoph,
Of life. This was written by her
. month before her death, for tn,
Cosmopolitan Magazine, and il
presented in the September mum
ber as a preface to the last install
nent of her "Reminiscences"
What Has Life Meant to
Me?
Just a waiting game-for
something better. Doing as
much good as possible, finding
as much pleasure as possible,
being as just and generous in
thought and deed as possible.
What Has Life Giuen to
Me?
A keen understanding of hu-
manity and knowledge of true
worth. Some beauty-some
pleasure - much work much
duty-much sympathy and ap-
probation. A keen sense of hu-
NOR and much faith in God.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Japan in
Mnnchuria
YAPAN'S imperialistic ambition

YAPAN'S imperialistic ambition
in Asia, baked at one point,
" appears in full force at an
other. 1t is a momentum that the
struggling democracies of China
and the Russian Far Eastern Re-
public are strong enough to divert,
but not to halt.
The Japanese negotiators, after
comforting with Mr.. Wilson at
Paris, came away with Shantung
and its thirty million people in
their pocket-almost. The Senate
refused to sanction Wilson's gift
to Japan Of the richest province of
China, our ally in the war. The
Nine Power Treaty regarding
China, and the succeeding nsgotia-
tions of a Jap-Chinese Commission
promise-eventually-to rid Shan
tung of the Japanese. But for five
to fifteen years they retain con-
troll of the Shantung railroad,
time to consolidate the economic
advantages they have obtained
there.
In the meantime, Japan played
for bigger stakes, control Of the
central government at Peking. This
was attained when the Japanese
controlled Anfu Club (the Chinese
Tammany Hall, came to dominate
the Peking Cabinet.
General WI Pei Flu, a real soldier
and a patriot, drove out the Anfu
Club Cabinet in 1920. Chang Tso
Lin, a former bandit and now Gov
ernor of Manchuria, appeared after
the victory and claimed credit.
He appointed the new ministry.
1t soon developed that Chang was
in Japan's pay. WI has just de-
feated Chang, driven him back to
Manchuria and set up real
Chinese Cabinet in Peking.
Does Japan give up. She does
not. Chang declares Manchuria
and Mongolia independent. Sup
ported by Japan, Chang is too
strong to be ousted from his north
ern strongholds. However, he will
carry out no orders of the Peking
government.
At this moment disorders, as if
"planted, occur in Manchuria.
Bandits kill two Japanese. Japan
is preparing to send troops 20 oc-
cupy the region, to protect her
nationals. She explains China
cannot protect them. Of course
not; Chang sees to that.
The procedure is precisely on
par with that in the independent
eastern end of Siberia, now called
the Russian Far Eastern Republic.
There Japan has financed bandits
to keep the country in such turmoil
as to Justify" maintaining
hundred thousand Japanese soldiers
on the Republics soil.
A, power with the pre-war
strength of Germany, with the
morals of Ghengis Khan and the
diplomacy of Machiavelli, a power
whose every effort is directed to
slay the eastern democracies in
their cradle-with this power
America is allied under the terms
of the Four-Power Treaty.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

To The Editor: e.
T JUST addressed a letter to
l. the George Washington Post,
commending them for the stand
they have taken in regard to
women holding Government po'
sitions, while in the majority Of
cases their husbands are also
holding Government positions.
I took an examination for the
Fire Department a few weeks
ago and was two pounds too
light (failed to pass) so ! got
an introduction to Fire Chief
Watson this morning. He ad.
vised me to go to the Civil Serv.
ice Commission. They advise
me to eat plenty Of corn meal.
offered me regular hours to go
to sleep in order that may
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

THIRTY-NINE years later, to
l. a. day, Frederick Birge
walked again!
When stricken, the boys legs
contracted into the position Of
one sitting. All efforts to cure
him were vain. The case was
hopeless.
His wheel chair became his
home and his moving throne.
You remember the line: MY
mind to me a kingdom is"
That was the case with Birge.
His mind and his spirit-and,
later, the consecrated scientists
saved him.
The boys arms, with constant
propelling of his chair and pull.
ing himself up by anything he
could grasp, developed almost
the strength Of a gorilla.
This soul was evidently
stronger still.
MYTH his sister, he owns a
w sixty-acre farm in Yer
mont. producing poultry. dairy
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Women in Government

gain the necessary two pounds.
I did not need all this advice
when the war came. Why arc
we treated so rough?
Right next door to me there Is
a man and his wife, both hold.
ing big Government jobs; never
took an examination; was a
Stacker: just bought a brand
new $1,000 car, and are going to
spend a few weeks vacation on
a trip through the South.
Mr.. Editor, I do not think this
Is justice to US. I enlisted tn
the United States army and
served faithfully In the Engi-
neers and Motor Transport and
here I am In dire need Of . job.
LOUIS A. BURKE,
so5 M street northwes'.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

A FTER thirty-nine years, new
"A birthday! 49,
Wait, patient reader, the end
Is not yet. to the newspaper
story reciting this romance Of
science.
The best !, of it, bringing its
word of encouragement even to
you. is in this excerpt of con-
gratulatory letter sent to the
heroic Birge by the general sec.
retary Of the United States Hos
pital Fund:
" Your case is unique
In the annals of modern surgi-
cal science. Even more won
derful than the restoration of
the use Of your limbs, however,
is the manner in which you
have preserved your mental
poise, your cheerful disposition
and your unshaken confidence
in your ultimate recovery"
Surely you do not want the
writer to draw any deductions
from this tale. Do 1t yourself.
Copyright, 1922, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

The Scots Greys is the. oldest
dragoon regiment in the British
army. II dates from 1888 and
under normal conditions is
mounted on gray horses. II has
been one of the most distin.
guished regiments in the army,
and rendered n good account
OF itself in the world war.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

ON A quiet street.
AND TOLD their
plans.
AND RIGHT away.
A PROTEST came.
FROM ALL who lived.
UPON THE street.
GOOD CITIZENS.
WHO WENT to
church.
ANU OIHEH 1olk.
OF EMINENcE.
AND THEY went to
court.
AND THE hospital.
WAS DRIVEN away.
TO A noisy street.
WHERE CARS go by.
AMI; MAYBE. Mary.
soMe TIRED mother.
Will GO from there,
TO HER final rest.
.
JUST A little sooner.
THAN SHE might
have gone.
FROM THE quiet
street.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
SAP and SALT
-By Bert Moses

tcopyright 1922. by Premier Syndicate, Incl
High ideals" sort O. backfire when applied
to skirts.
The average mans idea of truth is largely
theoretical.
About all you can say in favor Of poverty
is that 1t is not a disgrace.
No one knows how big a liar he can be
until he squirms out OF making a contribu-
ton to the missionaries.
Hez Heck says. The kiss Is the root Of
much evil"
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

MY DEAR Mary.
IT'S 1Houe4TLEss.
WHICH ANALYzEo.
is seLfls4NEss.
AND EVERY day.
1T SEEMS; to me.
THERE'S MORE of it.
DEsplfE THE fact.
THAT those who
speak.
IN pLArl1uoEs.
DECLARE THE
world.
IS GROWING better.
ALL TIE time. =,
AND THAT'S not all
IT'S WORSE than
that.
FoR | do know.
WHERE THERE'S a
town.
THAT pRioEs itself.
THERE IS no better.
IN THE land.
AND IN that town.
FUNDS HAD been
raised.
a 4 a
FOR A hospital
AND THEY chose q
site.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

NcioO VII dhS topN tudt 10
mentioned"
have often observed that
the less education a man has,
the more subjects he tackles
boldly in conversation. Il
really able lawyer, physician.
scientist, soldier or sailor will
talk with more or less conf
dence about his speciality and
with modesty upon other sub
jects. An ignorant person does
not hesitate to talk confidently
upon every subject.
A s far as l can figure 1t out,
"A after making certain al
lowance for good looks. soul.
full eyes, a curling mustache,
etc, the wonder man" stands
upon a foundation of hot air.
He talks boldly and with con.
vincing effect, upon everything
under the sun. into loving.
credulous ears.
And then-well. it's the old
song about the tattooed man
who made love to the snake
charmer.
zone fine day
With her seasons pay
And the fat lady off he ran.
1t is perfectly true
You can beat q tattoo,
But you can't beat a tattooed
man."
You can't beat Q wonder
man."
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

T ISTEN. girls! There is
- nothing wonderful about
US poor men. We're made Of
clay, we're human. we're chock
full Of weaknesses and. some
times vices The best that we
can claim for ourselves is that
some aren't as bad as others.
But we're millions Of. miles
from perfection and when We
see one Of you on your knees,
gazing upward, adoringIy. at
one Of US as 4 wonder man."
we feel like weeping. Because
we know the kind of a gink he
Is.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

A YOUNG man bobs up in
"A the turmoil of metropoli-
tan life under the name of
Prince Henri de Bussigny de
Bourbon and has his little
fling. Then 1t turns out that
his real name is Harold
Schwarm, that he is a cook and
that he has several wives.
Despite his limited educa-
tion," said one Of his wives,
"he can converse on any topic
that is mentioned"
The name Harold Schwarm
is every bit as good as the
name Prince Henri de Bus
signy de Bourbon or Rye or
Scotch. The name Emmanuel
Kant is much better than that
of Charles II, King Of France.
whom they nicknamed Charles
the Fat. Separate a name
from it's associations and you
find that II does not amount
to much. Kant would have
revolutionized the worlds
thinking IL his name had been
Onion. And Charles the Fat
would not have amounted to
anything IL his name had been
Alphonse de We're.
DUT in the eyes Of his sew
- eral wives the fake Prince
de Bussigny was a wonder
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Something to Think About
BY Bruno Lessing-
WONDERS NEVER CEASE.

4 YOUNG woman on trial
"A for wholesale bootlegging
explained to the court that the
reason she had abandoned her
husband and gone off with a
Iaw.breaker with whom she
was infatuated was because
she considered her new lover
a wonder man." y
In a way she was right. Any
man Of ordinary intelligence
who undertakes to make money
regularly in unlawful ways is
certainly a wonder.
He must have an uncanny
amount of self-confidence to
undertake what the experience
of ages has proven to be an
impossibility.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
IN THE DRUG STORE.

"Gve me an immediate headache relief
My heads splitting"
Here you are sir-twenty.hve cents. Can
get you anything else?"
"No thanks. Er-Ive only the headache
Just now."
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
Stars and Stripes,
YOU CAN BET ON THIS.

PA, what is a hypocrite?"
"A man who says he hopes they will
not put II in the papers when he saves
pretty woman from drowning"
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
TWO OR THREE WOULD.

The restaurant owners propose to have
a dictator. They'd get more results from
a price cutter.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
A Romance of Science
BY DR.. Charles F'.>cher-

>oducts, fruits and berries.
Birge learned to pull himself
up, hand over hand. into Re
seat of a wagon. s.., +. ..
From this new wheeled throne
he sold his produce.
Eight years ago there was an
epidemic Of infantile paralysis
In Vermont. as elsewhere In our
States. Vermont established an
aftercare department.
A visiting nurse from Boston
heard of Birge's case. She went
to see him. A year ago he was
examined by a Boston physician.
who asserted that Birge could
be cured II he had the services
Of expert specialists.
Last December he was admit.
led to the Hospitapfor Ruptured
and Crippled. Or. Armitage
Whitman performed the opera
ton and superIntended the care
which literally put Birge upon
his feet again.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
A TENTATIVE DIAGNOSIS.

One Of the chief troubles in this coun.
try Is that too many people are taking
liberties with our liberty.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

HoW many birthdays have
IL you?
That Frenchman love< his
, land well who said that each
of US has two countries, his own
and France.
In similar sense you may have
two birthdays--or more, cele-
brating your first arrival and
another rebirth, or a number.
Be sue that August Is, 1922,
will always be a second birth
day for Frederick w. Birge, of
Middlebury, VT. On that day, at
the ripe age OF fifty-three, he
arrived" once more at the New
York Hospital for Ruptured and
Crippled.
On that very date. when he
was fourteen, Birge was strick-
en- with infantile paralysis, the
earliest case recorded in Yer.
mont. And now he holds the
record, his case being the long.
est period Of paralysis, ending in
recovery, in the annals Of sur.
gerry.
The Washington times., 1922-08-28
TT SHOULD BE HINT ENOUGH.

When people begin to ask us how much
we weigh, there comes over us sad
and solemn feeling that it's about time
to cut down on the s.archy stuff
The Washington times., 1922-08-28

DUT in the eyes of his sew
- eral wives the fake Prince
de Bussigny was a wonder
man." because he can con-
The New York herald., 1922-08-24
MISS ISABEL PELL, PROMINENT
IN SOCIETY, GOES ON THE STAGE
Surprises Many Friends by
Making Her Debut in
Fools Errant.'

Miss Isabel Townsend Pell. prominent
in society as a member of the Pell and
Townsend families of this city. made
her debut on the stage last Monday
night in a small part in Fools Err
rant" the new play by Louis Evan Ship
man, at Maxine Elliott's Theater. The
news of her venture. which became
known yesterday. was a surprise to
many OF her friends. although she had
taken several of her relatives into her
confidence.
Miss Pen, who is the daughter OF
Mrs John Cotton Smith and the late
Osgood Pell. who was killed some years
ago in an automobile accident was edu-
Gated at the Spence School and in Wash
.ngton. She made her debut in society
two years ago under the auspices of her
aunt Mrs :. Osgood Pel of this city
and Westbury, l.. l. Since then she has
gained wide prominence as horse
woman both on Long Island and in
Virginia.
Miss Pelrs mother was Miss Isabel
Townsend. Following the death of her
husband Mrs. Pell was married to Peter
r, Labouisee and devoted most of her
social activities to Westbury, L. J..
After the death of her second husband
Mrs. Labouisee became the wife of John
Cotton Smith.
Miss Pell, who is niece of stephen
H. p. Pen and Theodore Roosevelt
Pell, one of the leading tennis players
of this country. is a close friend Of Mrs
L.ydig Hayt, who. under the name OF
Julia Hoyt, is known professionally in
motion pictures and on the legitimate
stage, having appeared last season with
William Faversham in THE Squaw
Man."
II want to do something, 70 %
actively engaged in an important and
artistic field of endeavor." she said
between the acts last night at Maxine
Elliott's Theater, "and as | have always
loved the stage I decided that | would
take up a theatrical career. play
maid in Fools Errant.' but I'm wiling
to play maids for the next ten years
The New York herald., 1922-08-24
URGES PULLMANS
FOR MIXED JURIES
Mrs. II. 0. Havemeyer Says
Sex Objections Wouldn't
Obtain in Sleepers.

Eighty women oppressed by the legal
and civil INEQUALITIES OF sex, met yes
terday afternoon in the country home
OF Mrs. II. 0. Havemeyer at Stamford,
Conn. and talked about ways of right
ing their wrongs. The meeting was
chester county chairman OF the Ma
.ional Woman's Party. and 1t brought
out several members of the New York
City Committee.
Mrs. Havemeyer. the first speaker. be-
gan with list of twenty-eisnt disabili-
ties which New York State records
against women but she emphasized only
the most important including jury ser
vice. Mrs. Havemeyer has hit upon a
solution of the problem of housing
Jurors when a case goes over for a
night or longer. She said;
Just run Pullman car up to where
the detained jurors are ani let them
occupy that for the night. That's per-
fectly proper and comfortable, You go
to ticket office to get a berth on a
train and you don't inquire whether a
man or woman has the other berth In
Your section. You don't worry whether
Its a Supreme Court judge or a Chero-
kee Indian
Mrs. Havemeyer said that the legal
and civil Discrimination against women
formed the greatest question before the
people to-day, that their existence in
every State but Wisconsin, which a year
ago passed the equal rights blanket bill.
was a hobble placed upon all women
The other speakers were Mrs. John
Winters Brannan, who presiIcd; Miss
Rebecca Hourwich. national organizer of
New York. and Miss Adelaide Stedman,
organizer for Louisiana and Missouri.
Among those present We're Mrs. Gutzon
s.crglum. Mrs. julius Kruttschnitt. Mrs.
L. c. Hoyt. Mrs. Archibald Smith, Miss
Elizabeth Winston and Miss Lydia
The New York herald., 1922-08-24
Rum Hunters After
The Old Soak Now

~ EFORF Izzy Einstein and Moe
~ Smith. the famous booze
cruisers, left for Saratoga
last night they declared that one of
their first activities, upon their re-
turn, would be to call at the Ply
mouth Theatre and investigate the
rumor that anti-prohibition propa-
ganda is issuing from that estab-
lishment.
I'VE are informed" said Izzy,
that The Old Soak, which charac-
ter is played by man known as
Don Marquis according to the dope
we have. Is trying to make the pub
lie feel kindly toward men who
drink liquor. We hear. too, that
bottle hidden in a fireplace is one
of the chief items of interest in this
exhibition. We shall look into that
fireplace and investigate the bottle.
We don't know this man, Mr.. Mar
quis, but that makes no difference.
We're going to investigate him
just as IL he was our friend