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The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
A. Valuable Suggestion.

THE poverty stricken condition OF the Dis
trict treasury and the consequent failure
properly to make provision for Fairgrounds
has started the. adults of the city thinking up
schemes by which the children can have a few
hours OF recreation without being exposed to the
danger Of street accidents. That the thinking has
been done some purpose is evidenced by
lutions adopted by the Thirteen Club, in which
the Commissioners petitioned to rope off GER
tain side streets in each neghborhood for stated
periods daily. when they will be made available
Fairgrounds Tor the children.
Here is a suggestion meriting consideration.
In every neighborhood there quiet streets
where there is a minimum of traffic. To rope off
these thoroughfares for block so, say for two
hours each evening, would work hardship on
the residents and would insure safe playground
for the youngsters. Roller-skating and games
could be played and tired mothers would not have
their edge perpetually for fear their off
spring are in imminent danger of being run over.
OF course there will be those who will object
on the score of the noise. We do not think, how
ever, they will be in the majority, for there are
few householders warped and grabbed to be-
grudge the youngsters a little innocent fun. Then
too, different streets might be selected each day
or so, to disarm the selfish persons who might
complain that the gathering of children in their
block constituted a perpetual nuisance.
The season of roller-skating is with US
and daily the number of youngsters moving swiftly
about the streets by this OF locomoton is
increasing. Skating is good, clean healthful exer-
else. But smooth surface is necessary to its
proper enjoyment and that is to be found only in
the streets. Where the sidewalks are used, there
is often inconvenience to pedestrians and where
the roadways pressed into service there is the
constant of automobiles and other traffic
There is little chance for avoidance Of an accident
when youngster dashes from behind a wagon or
automobile into the path OF another machine And
this holds good whether the youngster is skates
or merely playing tag" other game
Soon the top season will be with us and the young
sters will demand their inaenable right of place
to spin put in" Paved streets, we recoect
the best places in the world to make a top spin
in approved fashion. And every kiddie knows au-
tomobies have broken up many good top party
All these things being true, it sounds mighty
reasonable to rope off few quiet streets and turn
them over to the younger generation for few
hours each day. There may be some very good
why it should not be done, but we cannot
think OF them just now. Hence we warmly COM
mend the suggestion OF the Thirteen Club to the
favorable consideration OF the District Commits
sioners
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
Things Like This Help Make
The Days Toll Light.

To the Editor. ne wsshinEton Herad;
believe an expression OF ap-
probation and admiration Is due the
management and editorial stan OF
The Washington Herald for its
many sxceilencIes as a family news
paper. A comparison of IL with
those from all over the United
States sent TO the reading room OF
the Library OF Congress has per-
suaded me that in this respect. at
least. u IL equalled by but few and
eKeeIied by none.
Its news items are up 20 the
minute. and OF that moral excellence
which enables a man 20 unreserved-
iy commend IL to the careful reading
Of his children without any fear or
debauching their morals.
Its editorials are clean. non-par-
tisan. sane. and educational. Ms.y
Of them would add charm. dignity
and influence to the columns OF any
religious journal published. appeal
ing at all times to all that Is best
in and for humanity.
Its various home features. and the
department open TO the public 70.
a free expression Of their views on
the topics Of the day are especially
commendable.
May its tribe increase"
CHARLES 7. sHAFFER.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
STUDY In FUTILITY
IS "ONE OF OURS"
BY VILLA GATHER
Writer Fails to Add ANY
Laurels to Her Repu-
tatiOn.
-one Of our..- by villa Gather

.0ne Of Ourx.- by villa Gather.
Alfred A. knopf, New York;
A study in futility-this is VILLA
Gathers new book. Futile in the
two senses that IL adds nothing to
Miss Gathers record for excellent
work. and that IT is concerned with
one of the saGdest of all creatures
the Intellectual man of fine grain and
high impulse. is this new publica-
tion.
The end OF the book. judging
from the mass of war literature alb
sorbed by the reviewer. is silly. II
IS concerned with the experiences Of
the hero. Claude Wheeler. in the war
in France. The war. shown by this
feminine writer, Is the melancholy.
ennobling thing lady novelists like
to think 1t. The hero always man
ages to find nice. heroic things to
do. and charming people TO do il
with. OF course there are horrid
bloody spots. where people neces-
sarily are killed. including the hero.
But the disgusting part is the way
in which Claude absolutely enjoys
IL. and the equally disgusting way
in which Miss Gather evades the re-
turn of the Nebraska farm boy to
his inevitable mediocrity by killing
him on
The first of the volume is. of
course. excellent villa Gathers
excellent craftsmanship with its oc-
casional portion of real artistry are
carefully and effectively done. There
is the clear picture Of the country
boy with his ambitions smothered ny
a slightly overdrawn father. and
without the glimmering of an i'm
pulse toward active rebellion.
The calm beauty OF the prsirles is
there. and the fatality of the folk who
accept the soil as their mete. The
picture of the wheefer family is
accurate and living. The study Of
the boy, cropping for expression and
achievement ard ideals, his pathetic
failure to find them in marriage, are
done with exceeding care.
Claude's unexpected finding OF his
outlet in the war is rather maudlin.
The picture is overdrawn. And even
IL Miss Gather had not made a mess
Of her war section. she did the in
artistic thing in letting him die.
NJ. ID.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
The HerdIds
Open Court
Some Think One Way, Some
Another.

To the Editer. 1hs ws.hinrtsr Bersn,
Why all the noise. hurt feelings.
ct cetera. over the sketch which
appears in the Encyciopedia Britain
Mica after the name OF Newton y.
Baker7 / have read IL very care
fully and Ind a 20 be a fair estl-
mate Of the pacihst who was ap-
pointed Secretary OF War at the
most critical time in the history OF
our country when we should have
had none less then Roosevelt A
] understand IT. the EncycIopedia
Britanniea claims 20 deal with facts
and the truth and that IL surely
what they have done in the case OF
Neville Baker" TO quote George
Az AMERICAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
A Step Ahead.

W/HILE the hydra-headed opium traffic is de-
w bauching thousands and taking dread
toll of minds and lives, the estimable wise men
OF the world gravely discussing the evil and
agreeing for the steenth time that some action
must be taken.
The fifth commission Of the league of nations,
spurred by the urgency of the situation has
adopted a resolution which would provide for an
investigation of the technical difficulties blocking
an agreement to crush the traffic by forbidding
licensing.
This investigation will take time. And mean
while boys will be taught the uses of this drug,
and thousands will be ruined
The league resolution is. of course step in
the right direction though its results are too far
off to save many who are being seduced now
1t is shameful, however, to realize that in the
year 1922 it is Necessary to investigate technical
difficulties blocking suppression of an admitted
evil
And the pity of it all is that these Technical
difficulties" for the part vague phrase
for the greed of nations that fatten on the revenue
from opium.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
A QUESTION OF HEIGHT.
To the Friend of the People
New ps % Tps ds mo the F.s. e
E s' ss sss 8 mat '0S
would would iiks to know II you give me the exact
in ssssh' . Of s q; ws s. Face
MOUNT ST. JosEPH,s COLLEGE.
To the Friend Of the People:
saitimoref How many students are enrolled thers'
Z s &c
ARKANSAS BAPTIST SEMINARY.
To the Friend Of the People;
Will you please name some theological school
STUDENT OF THEOLOGY
The Arkansas Baptist Seminary located in
ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORLEANS.
To the Friend of The Peoples
hierarchy OF the United states In the year 1910?
In what city or town was his residence, .
Rt. Rev. John W. Shaw Of New Orleans was
archbishop in that year.
MORE THAN 100000 IN UNITED STATES.
To the Friend Of The People:
How many member. Of the original branch
there In the United States? PHIL s.
There are approximately 100000 members Of
that church in the United States.
DUTY ON LEATHER GOODS IN 1918
To the Friend Of The People
into ss United Ai s.s.,.
T w
law wa. 81 to af5 t|" per dozen Hs' pairs '' A' ~
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
Sees Churches as Hope of
Civilization.

To the Editor rbe waShinEton He-sN:
With Europe and Asia again T. 4
ferment and new world VI
threatened. and with continued fAi
ure OF all the organizations az
international conferences that hsv
tried to calm the storm. is ti'c
anything fancifui in the forecs
that as a last resort the church w
speak and will declare that th" onl
remedy for the evils that thrra-r
to engulf civilization Is 20 be fCuI
in religion? A league OF natloa
has been trying TO save the word:
the next thing. as ] view IT, viii b
league Of churches for the sam
purpose.
The role Of peacemaker naturally
belongs to the church. Speaking -
gathering OF Free Churchmcn IN
London on July 2S last. Preraie-
Lloyd George Of Great Britain saii
that II the churches OF Europe ami
America allowed another great Wa-
to come they had better close theIr
doors So we may safely assunl'
that the churches Of Europe ami
America do not intend 10 close their
doors. or let the world say that they
ought TO be closed. But they know
that Lloyd George was right-that
another war. to be fought with the
terrific weapons now being devised.
would be a war against civilizatiu1
itself and an unthinkable crime
against humanity. which il is up &
them to prevent
Religion affords a short cut to the
peace and security which the world
SO desperately needs: Theoretically 8,
at least. for no one will deny that
all this trouble springs primarily
from human selfishness. for which a
change OF heart is the only cure IT,
world is bankrupt in peace and good
will. II only by some means the re-
ligion OF the Golden Rule could be
put into the hearts Of men tho IT,
mendous problems with which state
men are vainly wrestling worI
quickly solve themselves. BY TIM
church. II anywhere. such a sclu.i-
must be found. The presen; wor'
outlook is a challenge TO the CN-r.
which ] believe the church mus, pr
will accept. II coming events ca -
their shadows before IL iS easy to So
in the near future a world pear
program emansting from the chu- p
and made binding on all classes %
citizens because IL Is the last hon
OF a crumbling civilization.
LEON A smith,
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

eign minister on the retirement of
Sir Arthur James Balfour, is the
son of clergyman peer. He was
born in 1859. went to Eton and
Balliol College, oxford and became
assistant private secretary to Lord
Salisbury when the latter was pre-
mier.
That was in 1855. The same
year he attempted to get into the
house of commons and failed, He
was more successful the following
year when he was returned as
Conservative member for the South
port division of Lancashire. He
resigned to go to India, where he
acted as viceroy from 1899 to 1905.
On his return from the far east
and after the death of his first
wife he dropped out of prominent
public life and travelled in central
Asia, Afghanistan, the Pamirs, ST.
am. Indo-China. and Korea, and
turned out a number of books.
But with the war, the grave of
so many mems regulations and the
cradle of still more others. ne n..
came lord president of the council
leader of the house of lords. and
president of the newly formed air
board. Already in 1911 he had
been created Earl Curzon of Ke-
dleston. He was raised to the
marquisate very recently. His eIeva-
tion to the Mgr. Marquisate. is quite
recent.
And when Arthur James Balfour
retired from the foreign office Cur
zon took over the reins.
From his Oxford days Curzon
was always brilliant at exams. He
won the Lothian essay prize In
1883. and the Arnold essay prize
the following year. In 1888 he was
elected, too. fellow of All Souls
College, Oxford. 1 He holds honor
ary degrees of oxford, Cambridge.
Manchester. Glasgow, and Durham.
In 1907 he was made chancellor of
the university as well. And. in
1908. he was elected lord rector of
Glasgow University.
He was also president of the
Royal Geographical Society for four
years, and is a trustee of the Ma
tional gallery.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
Who Runs Buoys Anyway

Like the bears scattered through
three government departments
which Secretary Hoover once told
about, the buoys seems to be in the
same quandary. Anyway, this nj
from the Cong. Rec. does not throw
any light on the subject:
Mr.. Stafford was wonder
ing whether the Bureau of Navi-
cation in the Department of
Commerce had Jurisdiction over
the special matter the gentle
man refers to.
Mr.. Chalmers-Absolute
Mr.. Stafford thought the
Corps of Engineers of the War
Department had Jurisdiction OF
the establishment of lights and
buoys. The Bureau of Naviga-
tion has jurisdiction as far as
the equipment is concerned, and
I was under the impression that
the Board of Engineers of the
War Department had charge OF
gaJ buoys.
Mr.. Chalmers-No: this ma,-
ter falls under the Jurisdiction
of the Department of Commerce.
Mr.. Byrnes, of South Caro-
lina-I want to say that the
gentleman from Wisconsin is
not Informed on that subject.
Mr.. Stafford prefaced my
remarks with the statement that
/ was not certain about that.
But the Cong. Rec. throws but lit
tie light on anything. However.
there is a good wheeze hidden away
somewhere In "gas buoys" and Con-
gress IL / can just figure IL out.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

RANK FAILURES.
To the Friend Of the People,
and @ sss ~ s ssr ssn..s .s:
%:mss1s d % Ss i:;s YORK Stock
name. e sh ne Sahsins Is sns Sroi.rsss house.
either Dun. q sr.d.sr.ss. ss srssl. p.sssssri..
those two directories consult the Librarian
one Of his assistants
THAT TRIP or COLUMBUS.
To the Friend Of The Peops.
s%ons our family e ..sesy long sost
body body, Of water he sailed after crossing ths
sailed into the Gulf Of Mexico. IL took him
exactly thirty-seven days 10 cross the Atlantic.
FARM LOAN INTEREST.
To the Friend Peopie
would IT amount TO let 5000 ssn Iosn run n'nr for
ten years oe''r' could cancel i fhHsER RI s'n''
;a,an., amour. . si..!s2s in ten years. tss. .: g %
THE PRICE or COAL.
To the Friend People:
to, What was ysl The Price Ss sntn,.sit. coal
isis Isis e and 'i isalf ''s during eosscMsn ss @ i
sGs 'fs Il @ ST ;' e. .:s s ss1 ss9 ton % Iss .as
THE STATUTE MILE.
To the Friend Of the People:
How many yards are there in a statute mIle'
There are I7so yards In a statute mile
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
BOOK REVIEWS
MYSTERY" STORY
FAILS TO MYSTIFY
The Fugitive MilIionaire,- by An
thony Carlyle. (Houg ghton-
dip rompauy New Yorkl

The Fugitive MilltoRaire,~ by An
thony Carlyle. (Houghton-Mif-
fiin Company. New York;
Anthony Carlyle weaves a be-
witching yarn and identifies him
self as a clever story-teller in The
Fugitive Millionaire" but goes a
little outside OF his realm when he
attempts to build an enchanting
mystery. The big fault is that the
secret" is out long before the last
page Is perused
Carlyle starts with a real foun-
dation. A step-daughter, left with
a step-mother. who has a marriage
able daughter of her own, partly
announces she will marry the first
man who asks her. A handsome,
mysterious stranger later rescues
her from death on a lonely island.
An elderly gentleman asks for her
hand. and true to her earlier prom
ise, she accepts. But here Car
lyle falters. and the mystery fails
to mystify.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
The Spotlight
In Washington
More Long Memories.
By the Stroller

norc Long memories.
FOOTBALL is not what il was in
the good old days long before
the "fying V" started of the csre-
monies That was considered so
rough that IL was abolished. Now,
let us go way back to "a. nearly
nifty years ago. DIR. r. W. Shufeldt,
who could string a lot of funuy
looking letters after his name il he
took the timeIcan tell some football
stories that make today's game lis
ten like a doubles at tennis.
Il remember one football game at
Cornell that was a corker." said Dr..
Shufeldt to me yesterday. Andy
White and Tom Hughes were in ~ /.
the same game. An English visitor
also got In the game. and there must
have been 200 on each side. In those
days you set the ball down in the
center of the field and went to IL.
AT the kick-off I happened to ar
rive first and plastered that ball
across the Englishman's face. II
caught him square, and you should
have seen the blood spurt. He had
on topper but only for a minute
After the first minute il was a pam
cake. 1t was a customary thing to
see the tanitors pick up two barrels
OF collars after one Of those real
football games.
Those were the good old DAYS.
Andy White afterward became pres
ident of the college and Ambassador
to Germany, while Tom Hughes
wrote Tom Browns School Days
No more football like that"
This makes DR.. Shufeldt a charter
member OF the Long Memory Club,
and he says he can get some more
members when the old class meets
at the semi-ctntennial in 1924. What
do you remember?
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

sendlng tho Brit
ish foreign min
lister to p Paris
after a lengthy
cabinet session tc
deal directly with
the French gov
ernment regard
ing the Turkish
crisis.
c uzo ms in
structions were to
point out to the
F r e n C h leaders
that bigger is
sues than Turkey
are at stake"
l. ord Curzon,
who accepted the
portfolio of for
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

wants to see seif-eovernment at its best WI re-
fuse to accept symbolism as substitute for abb
stract thought The psychological power Of the
symbol may be useful in mass action, as in medi-
cine, but it must also be watched
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

If Europe is slow about coming across with
the amount of her debt to us, maybe we can
send few lecturers over there and get if that
way
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

Americans are hurrying home from Europe
and steamships are booked full until October.
Be it ever thirstfui there's no place like
home
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
A Thought for the Day.

Locusts are an abomination to
some. II scarce we would cage
them in a museum. All folks are
strangely strange. Not you or I.
but all the othersI guess.-B. L.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
"W hos Who"
In Days News

Great Britain's confidence in Lord
Curzon is indicated again by the ac-
tion of Premier Lloyd George in
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

When they predict open winter we hope
they do not a winter that will be open
to criticism
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

1t may be time before the country
is in stable condition. but it has at least
reached a garage condition
The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

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The Washington times., 1922-03-30
Cmgham Trimmed Pongee
Sport Blouses

Exceedngly neat and trim blouses. They made viii
the pretty Buster Brown collar turned hack cuffs and
pleat down the front Of the Gnsham. The Bingham trim
ming in different sizes checks and solors that t
tractvely harmonixe contrast with the color Of tn
ponsss. These have short and long sleeves 60 90
Kann's-Main Aisle-Street Floor. ~. ~
The Washington times., 1922-03-30
ADvtRrEsEsaENr.
How to Make
Grape Jelly From
Bottled Grape Juice
lnsxpensive and Take,
Only Ten Minutes
By Ann rFecssr

You can make the finest grape
Jelly you ever tasted. in ten mtn-
utes, from bottled grape Juice at .
cost Of only or cents Tor q BIG
six ounce slasa This jelly u much
better favored than that made by
old methods requiring unrtps grapes.
because grape juice II preaaed hon
ripe full-flavored grapea This 10
the way to mako II: Measure out
cups n at. bottle) OF grape juice
and IN level cups az lbsl OF
sugar into large sauca pan. ottr
and bring to boil Add 1t once
bottle (scant cup) Of CERTO, stir
ring constantly and bring to har6
boil for one minute. Remove from
fire, skim and pour into glasses at
once.
This makes is six-ounce gfasses
OF the very finest grape Jelly for
only Z or 5 cents giass and it's
80 easy even q child can do It..
CERTO Is pure concentrated frutt
pectin (Mother Natures Jeil Maker)
the uaa Of which 10 20 highly en-
dorsed BY government authortttea
and cooking experts and 10 obtain
able from most any grocer or drug
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N. Y.
Impoytsnt: Be sure to ~sks ye4r
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looks and tastes better, and never
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The Washington times., 1922-03-30
GNby JEAN ELIOT
4 %western tour about the middle of4

Western tour about the MIDDLE OF
April. F&
A dispatch from Newport indi.
cates that the summer embassy OF
Great Britain win be established
there this summer. and that Ochre
Court. the home Of Mrs. Ogden
Goefet, 10 being considered
- (
Prince Antoine Bibesco. minister
Of Rumania, has gone to New
York, accompanying Princess BIZ
besco, who Is sailiAg for England
with her mother. Mrs. Herbert As
quith. Prince and Princess Bibesco
are at present At the AMBASSADOR
Hotel
Mrs. Moran Entertaiss.
Mrs. William Howard TAFT was
the guest of honor at . large
luncheon given today at the Chevy
Chase Club by Mrs. Francois Ber-
ger Moran. There were fifty guests
invited to meet Mrs. Taft.
Mrs. Moran was also hostess At
Ia dinner at the club last night,
entertaining for Senator and Mrs.
Carter Glass. The large company
Included the Minister Of Cuba and
Nine. de Cespedes. the Minister Of
Switzerland and Nine Peter. many
members of the Senate and the
House, with their wives. and others
prominent In official, diplomatic and
resident society.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm 3. Nc
Connie. son-in.law and daughter Of
Mrs. #. b. Moran. who gave a din
ner last evening for their guest,
Miss Katherine Dusr. Of New York,
were themselves among Mrs.
Moran's guests and consequently
Miss Carolyn Mash filled the role Of
hostess for them. Their party was
made up Of young people and In
-c,aded Miss Patricia Ainsa. Miss
Eleanor Davies. Miss Gladys Chap
man-Smith. Miss Frances Hampson,
Miss Elizabeth Hill. Princess Ber-
tina Cantacuzene. Miss Virginia
Douglas Peachy. Edmund Ellerson,
Joaquin de Sousa Leao. Of the
Brasilian embassy; Comdr. r. M.
Griffin. Lieut.. Comdr. G. w. Mel
son, Major wiifred Blount. Leonard
Bloch, Comdr. Johnston. John M.
Hudgins and Moran McConihe.
-
/ Prince and Princess Andrea Bon
compasni. who have been In Wash
ington for a short visit and have
been stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel have gone to New York. They
are staying at the Ritz-Cariton.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson are
entertaining at dinner this evening.
~
Col. and Mrs. Henry Roosevelt,
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.