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Reason for Vote.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
In your report Saturday Of the
meeting of the Commissioners
Housing Committee on Friday the
impression is given that those who
voted against the motion to .refer
the report to the chairmen of
subcommittees thereby expressed
themselves In favor OF the report
as presented This may be true Of
some who voted, but not Of all.
This motion was an amendment to
previous motion which would
have led the way to securing def
mite expressions from all the mem
bers of the committee instead Of
from the subchsirmen only.
AZ the draft had been presented
to the whole committee. and, so far
as ! know. none of us had seen q
copy until a few moments before
the committee assembled. I wished
all to have opportunity to study IL
and to express themselves DEFINITE
ly. ! therefore voted against the
amendment in the hope that IL
would be defeated and the original
motion put. I believe the report as
presented should be revised.
JOHN IHLDER.
Chairman Subcommittee on Housing
Survey.
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force it from them II this is found impossible,
detectives should be set to work.
The determination OF the Congress of Mothers
to investigate every such home is commendable.
Every law-abidng citizen of the District should
operate with them in securing information. 1t is
unfortunate that they could undertake this work
without first warning the proprietors of these
homes who will make preparations for their
coming. Entirely different conditions may be found
than obtained before the scandal started.
There is of course, legal aspect to taking
children from their parents and placing them in the
of strangers But it is to be hoped that no
necessity will arise for calling upon the law to assist
in the proposed Investigations.
Many of the homes in which the Board of Chill
drens Guardians have placed children are, without
doubt. excellent. Many people willing to pro-
vide for little ones with idea of compensation
beyond what is obtained from the ptatte of boys
and girls at play. But the chances against
such a condition.
When man or woman accepts money for the
support of children who personal relatives
the probability is that it is considered business
proposition The children reared pigs would
be reared-for the profit to be obtained from them.
The public of Washington does not desire any chill
dren. black or white reared as pigs.
OF all scandals in the District of Columbia for
time that uncovered in respect to farming
OUT children is the worst. 1t is hard to understand
why any objection would be offered to inspec-
ton of the homes if there is nothing unpleasant to
conceal.
Members Of the Congress of Mothers real
lists Their ideals have been shattered, for the most
part long ago They do not expect to find the chill.
dren in earthly paradises. clad in silk and satins
and fed upon milk and honey AS practical rearers
of families they probably would be far from salts
fed if they did find such condition. But they
have right to expect neat clothes and noursh-
ing food three times a day for the EARNED out"
boys and girls If they found these they would be
satisfied
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Hating England.
70 the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In your excellent editorial about
Horatio Bottomley. of London. Eng
land, you note that his continual,
unreasonable attacks on America
and Americans are wrong. and that
they are a vicious influence in the
world. That is true: and IL Is like
wise true that the similar unrea-
sonable and causeless- attacks on
England made in this country are
vicious influence and unjustifable.
So far as the Irish foreigners
amongst us are concerned, they
commit a breach of hospitality when
they bring their foreign quarrels
here among Americans. This coun-
try is not Ireland. nor Is II any
more friendly to Ireland than 1t is
to England.
As for native Americans. 1t is
foolish to be always thinking about
the revolutionary war In connection
with our friends. the modern Eng
lish. II thoughtful Englishmen. or
any other friendly foreigners, tell
us our faults in temperate language
they are doing us a favor. True
patriotism lies in recognizing and
tTNinR 10 tHoSt
stead of resenting criticism merely
because 1t comes from people whose
great-grandfathers had a fight with
our great-grandfathers $50 years
ago. Why do we not likewise hate
the French and the Canadians, since
our ancestors used to fight them
We have had more wars with
French Canada than we have had
with England. twice over. 1t is un-
manly to hold old grudges like that.
Besides, it was not the English
people that mistreated the Ameri-
cans in 1870. 1t was the German
King they had in England then, to-
gether with the dukes, earls and
landlords who ran the aristocratic
government which the English peo-
pie have since then abolished.
Though some individual English
men are dissgreeable. like a number
of Irishmen I have known. yet the
English as a nation are very. very
good people. They are devoted to
freedom and justice. See how the
democratic English of the present
time have set ireland free, which
their former aristocratic rulers
held in bondage. In the German
war the English q 20 not mean the
empire. but the people of ENGLAND
itselD did more than we did
though We did our duty. and did it
we'll
"One more parting shot" as Mr..
Ramford says in discussing Lady
Astor. II we admire Lady Astor, or
il we find fault with the land of
our birth when faults are present.
there Is no reason at all why we
should pick UP and leave it. This
does not belong to those who wish
to continue the bad things. 1t be-
longs to us right-minded people as
well. We have a right to stay here
and we prefer to do so. We can
show our patriotism in better ways
than by hating England and pratt
ing about 100 per cent American
ism. The things we have in
America are not 100 per cent good.
There is at least 10 per cent OF rub
bish and wickedness mixed in with
our goodness.
WILLIAM c. LEE.
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Who Capitalize Patriotism?

To the Editor. The Washington Heraii:
To deplore as does your cores
pondent in The Herald of June 9
the commercially of patriotism
under the headlines. "Optimist
Extraordinary" is about as laugh
able a thing as can well be
imagined when one remembers our
wartime day patriots. our profiteer-
ing patrioteers and all and sundry
who remained safely at home coin
ing dollars out of the blood and
tears of suffering. and at the same
time patting "the boys" on the back
and tearfully wishing that they
might be allowed to go. How beau
tiful and soul-dissolving was the
patriotic fervor of him whose cof-
fers were being filled with the gol-
den darlings The deprecating wall
Of your correspondent is akin to
that which goes up from the 100
per ent-on-the dollar patriots OF
Wall Street and their dummies" In
Congress. all of whom are post-grad-
uates in the finesse of real. unadul-
terated commercialized patriotism.
They alone self the genuine article
and We should not take any coun-
terfeit. such as the soldiers are try
ing to sell us. Get this: The very
ones who did and do put an exorbi-
tant money value on patriotism are
the very ones who cry out most vo-
ciferously that some one else Is do
ing 1t. These patriots would corner
all the patr' otism in sight and get
a monopoly on II. II
DID the men who volunteered fer
the supreme sacrifice do 1t for a
price? Did these holy patriots and
their parrots cry aloud when the
best manhood Of the nation was
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Censorship or Open Court.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
What, no. Fellow wielders of the
cynical machete. the bludgeon. and
the sledgehammer. cease your deadly
work for the moment and give ear TO
words OF reproof and wisdom An
oracle has arisen among us: verify.
a new Brisbane has assumed the role
Of soothsayer. nay, mentor. to the
frolicksome contributors of the Open
Court. Like the ghost OF Hamlets
father. he appears out Of naught.
stuns all beholders by his message.
and departs. no man knoweth whence.
And who. you ask is this latter-dsy
P,ato? Who is this dispenser OF love
taps from Parnassus? Paul W.
Holmes. And what does this worthy
gentleman say? Il refer. Of course.
10 his letter OF June l0.) Simply
this: That the character of contribu-
tions to the Open Court section of
The Washington Herald is by no man.
ner OF means up to the intellectual
standard worthy of consideration by
a Paul w. Holmes. He makes no
exceptions: he plays no favorites. All
are in the same box. Amid awe
stricken silence he expands his chest.
strikes a DR.. Munyon attitude. and
delivers himself Of the following: Il
condense) The thoughts Of your
column the Open CourD are puerile,
driveling, rot; no constructive
thought; misinformation: loose think
ing: and so on. and so on.
Prof. Holmes then proceeds. in an
airy. correspondence school manner.
to the main theme of his lecture. to
wit. Constructive criticism; Howe to
wit: Constructive criticism; How to
of the childish squswkers who send
In their tawdry contributions to the
editor of The Herald. Devote" says
the professor, "one hour Of thinking
to minute of writing"
The following is a sample OF his
sentences. achieved. presumably. after
an hours laborious thinking: 81 doubt
not but what there are in the minds
Of your contributors good sound
thoughts" Heigh-hot Methinks Prof.
Holmes appears to be somewhat
tanglefooted in his use OF the English
language. HAL.
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WHAT THE HUSBAND GETS.
Te the Friend the People:
i understand that In case a n.rr,.d ,w.r.,
sis O. MsIy,snd dies Ints9tsse fessns IN sas ss.
gets life estate in his VIE. re., nso1s,s
well az in her personal property. Assuming that
the wife leaves stocks and bonds what interest in
upon the death Of his wife. J.. c-R
The life estate law which gave the husband q
life estate 10 longer law In the State Of
6usSand resolves onsthird of BOTH the rest sohs
to the children mentoncd.
CUBA SIZE or PENNsYLvANIA.
To the Friend Of the People:
What is the area Of Cuba! z. d.
The island OF Cuba 10 7so miles long and its
width varies from about rs miles to 100 miles. It's
area comprises 1851 square miles. about that
of Pennsylvania.
EVERY THIRD FARMER HAS AUTO.
To the Friend Of the People:
Are automobiles supplantng horses among the
residents OF the rural sections? J. @.
Nearly every third farmer has an automobile
l.s7s5s4 out Of 644s3ss. according to the National
Automobile Chamber Of Commerce
PRINTERS NOT TO BE CLASSIFIED.
70 s'e Friend Peoples
Are the printers of the Government Printing
Office to be included In the Reclassincstion Bill?
A PRINTER
The Reclassincation Bill does cover the
trades
FIRST wooLwoRrH STORE.
o Friend of Peoples
Kindly tell me where the first woolworth nve
and ten cent store started and In what year?
D. wv.
In 1879 F. W. woolworth opened his nrst sue
cessful store in Lancaster. Pa.
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taken away from remuneratfve
places and put TO dollar day serv-
ice. part of which went often to the
support OF dependent relatives and
TO buying Liberty bonds. a thing
made necessary because these same
holy patriots demanded from the
government big dividends on their
patriotism? And later these same
holy ones leaped valorously into the
breach to save the day by buying
these bonds. less 10 per cent. less
-. Did our knight, your correspon-
dent, then break a lance for the
honor of 100 per cent-on-the-dollar
patriotism!
Perhaps your correspondent doesn't
know that the soldiers bonus Is
only an adjustment of the indus
trial setback suffered by soldiers
and not compensation for patriot
ism. for all the compensation for
patriotism has already gone to
those who now oppose the bonus.
II. c. OLMSTEAD.
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service today. for the distribution OF
the product than it does for its pro-
duction.
Instead of collecting facts and
putting them together in a scientific
manner. the business man lie still
cropping blindly and depending on the
university of hard knocks for his edu-
cation.
Facts on distribution should be
gathered. organized and made avail
able to the business man VINO wants
to really run his business profitably.
Today the business man gets his facts
from experience and observation.
Why should the fscrs OF distribution
be less organized than the facts OF
engineering law or medicine? When
a new bug appears, scientists study
his life habits from the cradle TO the
grave Isn't IL about time we apply
some OF this scientific stun 70 dis
trfbution
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MARYLAND S0LDlEnS BONUS.
To Friend of the Peoples
bonus? II so. does living in the state less than
six months and then enlistine In the state entitie
me to the bonus? D. A. BROWN.
The Maryland bonus bill has been passed by
people Of Maryland in the fall elections for
referendum vote. According to the best authority
In washington you will be entitled I'll to the bona. n
erai, Annapolis, Nd
TERMINATING A LEASE.
ditionsf L. G. c.
A lease can be terminated upon mutual agree
ment by one Of the parties violating the terms
Of one on. eae'ss or soss q y the ssIe parties. " ~
BASEBALL GAMES.
To the Friend People:
home plate with a man. who is attempting score.
is the runner declared out by the umpire?
The runner is out. The rule states that when a
the base line with player, the latter shall be de-
cared out for the coach's interference.
ONE ROBERT e. LEE IN WAR.
Tr rlr rrlend o People:
Will you kindly inform how many grand
sons Of Robert E. Lee served in the world war and
their names. E. H.
One grandson served in the war. named Rob-
DISTANCES ON RIVER.
To the Friend Of People:
l. What is the distance, by way OF the river,
from Key Bridge to Chain Bridge?' Where In
relation to Chain Bridge. Is the western District
line?
$1,000 feet. according to the District Survey
ors Office. 2. One half mile west of Chain Bridge
the same authority reports.
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cCAcN Nc,uAz;
Scientific
cN7c1S
p2dCon7mc9

THURSDAY. JUNE lS Iszz-
DISCOVER INvIsIBLE
SPOTS ON sun.
Invisible sun-spots have been ais
covered. DR.. George Eiisry Hale.
director Of the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory. has announced that
through their magnetic effects he
and his associates have detected
solar storms that cannot be photo
graphed or seen through the teie-
scope.
Ten Of these invisible spots have
been found in the last few months
by Drs. Hale. Ellerman and Nlchoi-
son. working with the i5o-foot
spectroscope.
1T is expected that ths further
study Of these objects win help ex-
plain the origin and nature Of sun
spots" DR.. Hale declares.
In 1908 DR.. Hale discovered that
storm. similar to a terrestrial tor
nado. but on a gigantic scale. often
vastly larger than the earth The
expansion of the hot solar gases.
caused by the centrifugal action OF
the whirl. cools them sufhciently 10
produce the appearance of q dark
( cloud. which we call a sun-spot. II
this cooling is not great enough TO
produce a visible dsrkening Of the
surface. the whirling storm may
still be present. though invisible to
the eye. Such invisible whirls have
now been detected by their mag
netic effect on the light emitted by
the luminous vapors within them.
Magnetic fields in visible sun-spojs
was first found by DR.. Hale in 1905.
They are due to the whirl OF cleo
| trified particles in the spot vortex
just as the magnetic feld OF an
electro-magnet is produced by the
whirl of electrons through it's wire
coils. The magnetic field in a sun
spot is recognized by the effect IL
produces on the lines OF the. spec
| trum. A line due to iron vspor. for
example. is split into three parts by
the powerful magnetic field in a
large spot. In a very small spot.
/ where the magnetic field is much
weaker. the line is not split up but
merely widened. Invisible spots
were discovered by exploring prom
ising regions OF the sun. where
signs Of disturbance. such as fscu-
lac or clouds OF calcium vspor. are
present. A special polarizing ap-
parstus moves back and forth
across the slit while the iron lire
is watched through a very powerful
lspectroscope. The presence Of a
weak magnetic field. showing the
existence of an invisible spot. is
betrayed by a slight oscillation of
the corresponding part Of the line.
caused by its widening successfully
10 right and left as the polarizing
apparatus oscillates over the slit.
Some invisible spots foreshadow
the birth Of visible spot. which
finally appears TO the eve several
days after the hrst Indications Of
the whirl have been found. Others
correspond 10 the period OF decay.
and permit a spot 20 be traced for
some time after IL ceases TO be
visible. In other cases the invisible
spot never reaches maturity. which
means that the cooling produced
by expansion never becomes great
enough to produce perceptible
darkening OF the suns disk
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Seven hundred thousand dollars
to Columbia University in January
of this year for the acquisition Of
the Dyckman tract for an athletic
stadium.
Regnault's painting. 'Salome," to
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art IN
1915. The painting was purchased
Tor slo5.ooo In 1912 by Roland
knoedier from the collection OF
,Marquise Landolfo-Carcano in Paris.
Baker Is Sc. and a native of Troy.
". Y, He has been chairman of
the board OF the First National
Bank OF New York since 1903.
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CHEMICALLY PURE ICE
SOON TO BE DEMANDED,

Ice closely approaching chemical
purity will soon be necessary TO
supply the commercial demand, says
z. n. Hemphill. who has been con-
Quoting experiments to this end in
his plant here for years.
I found that nature freezes out
the impurities" he says. There is
TO question in the world but that
the crystals of pure ice will freeze
out OF a solution unless IL is tre-
mendously embarrassed. Certain
portions OF the Hudson River. for
instance. which have sewage and
all sorts Of contamination in IL
will produce chemically pure ice
Il have made chemically pure ice
IN cans ! have produced IL out ot
sewage. have produced q out OF
sea water. I have mixed up twentv-
i've or thirty packages Of purpl =
dyes and poured into the can. FORM
ing as perfect a solution as p0ssi-
BILE with colorinE matter. and have
frozen IL out until have produced
what our chefists say is chemically
pure ice. but the process has not
yet been reduced TO practice on
commercial scale"
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Summer Time Approved.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
l have read with great amuse-
ment articles advocating a return
to the winter hours of employment
for the government clerks. 1t is
very evident that many people do
not take kindly to a forced change
in their habits. Early closing is
like prohibition in the minds of
many people. They know that pro-
hibition is best. and they also know
that early closing is best, but many
people are stubborn.
From standpoint of efficiency
and service to the government no
reasonable person can doubt a
statement that one hours work in
the cool morning will produce far
better results than the same time
in the sticky afternoon at the end
Of what always appears to be a long
day. From the standpoint of
health almost everyone will agree
that 1t is healthier to arise early
than late.
A baby cry that Is heard that it
Is not possible to have enough
sleep is amusing. II q human being
has not self-control enough to GO
to bed at the time he should.
whether 1t Is IL o'clock or IL o'clock
by the clock, he surely lacks bal
ance and should 20 under the doc
tors care.
The people In the rest Of the
United states must grin with
amusement when they read the OBJ
jections raised In some washington
papers to the enforced early start.
In all seriousness. 1t is a lament
able condition Of affairs II American
citizens are unwilling TO start their
days labor at s o'clock. II is only
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"He was the victim of his boyish rashness,"
commented an English at inquest
on an eight-year-old boy. After gathering
flowers with a companion the boy down
a steep bank, and, unable to stop, fell under
the wheels of an automobile passing down the
lane. The owner of the motor-car told the
coroner that the accident had so upset him that
he was thinking of giving up motoring.
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the public. Among
lis other more
notable gifts that
iave b e e n an
nourced are:
Two million dol
lars to the Amer
lean Red Cross in
1917 and 1918.
Three hundred
and fifty thousand
dollars to Cornell
for the building
of three dormito-
ries.
One million five
hundred thousand
dollars to Cornell
for a chemical
lahoratory.
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DISTRIBUTION COST
EXCESSIVE, HE SAYS

Failure Of industries producing the
necessaries OF life to take more rapid
strides along the road toward nor
malcy is laid directly at the door OF
manufacturers. wholesalers. and re-
tailers handling food. clothing.
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very few years ago that the ma
jority of people reported to their
office, store or factory at o clock.
President Harding did exactly the
right thing in suggesting early
closing Of the departments and the
majority of the government clerks
heartily approve of the change for
the summer months.
FAIR PLAY.
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WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

George F. Baker. who gave ST.
100000 to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. New York. has conducted
most of his philanthropies anony-
mously. and doubtless many Of his
gifts never have become known to
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Invited TO Harding Dinner

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June i4.-Psui
sleman. Mrs. Small and Charles p.
Kirk are the MONTGOMERY County Re-
pubiicsns who have been invited TO
attend the dinner soon to be given
to President and Mrs. Harding in
Baltimore by Senator Joseph i.
France All are members Of the state
Central Committee foesthe county
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and like articles
by Representative
Sydney Anderson.
chairman OF the
joint commission
Of agricultural in
ouiry.
Recently at the
sixteenth annual
convention OF the
National Whole
sale Grocers' As
|sociation. Ander-
son said:
"One of the big
TROUBLES with in
|dustries dealing In
lnecessaries is that
they know nothing
about distribution.
1t costs more for
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Inspection of Homes.

THE public OF Washington, from President
i Harding to John Jones' is entitled to know
the identity and location OF every home in which
child has been placed by the Board OF Childrens
II members OF the board refuse to di-
-yuige ahis information, MEANS should be found to
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OPEN (omtAe1zezs 4 rs 4 1eMeNeraM "a! :. :1!5l.9
PEOPLES OF CURRENT INTEREST ~

communiea lions Will not b re
turned unless specific request fer such
return Ia made and stamps inclossd.
Lsttsrs tAould be typewitten when
ever possible. Communioat tions sx.
trensly difficult to read will sst Be-
considered. No communications tignsd
With fctttiols names viii Be uass-
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Age does not impair time wither the
proposition that rich man has better chance
to escape the electric chair than poor one.
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1t is about time to cable the league of
nations to find out whether we will be allowed
to have Fourth of July celebration this year.
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The Truth About Germany.

N1scouNT NoRTHcLIFF's adventures as
" a tourist incognito among villages OF fat
beer Jr;pLers