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And now and then: That's the
Robinson place They havs seven
children those are the boys on
the court"
IS m EVER A HOMER
But even then, wonder, II 4
! house with more than ten rooms
in It u ever q home?
The very spaciousness, the
number Of servants that is abso.
lutely imperative, the fornality
that one must observe, wonder
II these don't initiate against
real home feeling2
! don't suppose very rich WON.
en- love their children less. but q
hundred things work automati-
cally to separate them and make
them Independent Of each other.
There are so many things for the
parents to do, 80 much entertain
ing, SO many distractions. And
the children dress, and recite les
sons, and invitations to the wrong
parties are declined for them, and
those to the right ones accepted,
and beautiful portraits Of the SON
and the daughter are beautifully
framed
But ono never hears phrases
like my best dress, Mother" or
''Mary's day out" or Jacks very
favorite puddingT'
know a household where they
have five dinners. but It isn't q
home.
First, the three-year-old and his
nurse dine, at five.
Then the daughter by another
marriage, aged fourteen. and her
governess have their dinner, at
Six
Then comes the white servants'
dinner. for about q score OF per
sons, at six, and somewhere elise
in the same mansion the colored
chauffeur and two colored maids
dine.
Then Monsieur and Madame and
their guests dine in state. at eight.
DIFFERENT DINNER TIME.
Also IEl1now six brothers and
sisters, getting UP into the thir.
ties ana even the forti6S now,
who can remember every differ
ont sort Of dinner. tinaas
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Conference had done was far
from what had been claimed I'm
willing at this time to 70 actively
into competitive navy building
Tor ships under ten thousand tons,
they incorporated into their bill
= provision requesting the Presi-
dent to reconvene the Conference
which met last winter or to call
q new international conference
to agree on limitation OF all
CLASSES Of ships. The reason for
the new Conference Ii thus stated
by the House committees
In other words, competition IL
on again In the single direction
to which the unratified agree
ment (the Washington naval
treaty) does not extend. ana II 1t
be allowed to 90 on unchecked.
the purse-strihgB again must be
relaxed and this government,
like al others viii be constrained
to launch q new program to the
extent necessary to keep ms at
least abreast Of any OF the other.
powers"
JAPAN BUILDING.
What Is the building program
Of Japan and Great Britain that
has given Congress the might
nlare?" Inasmuch a. the wash.
ington treaty did not affect any
naval construction except capital
ships. Japan at once proceeded
to build greater navy OF ehips
under 10000 tons. It announced
that Il had discontinued the con-
struction OF certain battle cruisers
with . total Of $500 tons, but
did you know Japan had suhati.
tuted for them eight cruisers
with $4,000 tonnage? likewise
she has discontinued work on sub.
marines and destroyers Of small
radius and Is building types Of
long radius. She shows & reduc-
ton Of 10000 tons, but has
changed from ships adapted 10
home waters and specialized upon
ships Of larger sea-gojng power.
Strictly within the terms OF the
disappointing Washington treaty.
she is going ahead with ships OF
smaller tonnage but Of greater
radius. But competition prevails
while she builds cruisers OF
10000 tonnage ana sight.inch
guns. the maximum allowed.
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- They remember q house Get In
woods and D garden. and q moth.
sr's voice saying something IKE
this. three hundred ana stxty-tiys
times . year, at about half-past
five o'clock:
Better stop reading, girls. and
ret your table started. And put
DtclEy's chair there. because Liz
4i4 wants TO get away at about
seven. and wen have to put him
to bed ourselves. Someone tell
Kate that Grandma's here, and
not to forget her ten.
well. youu have to wash them
again. dear. you certainly didn't
set them cleRn-and do your face.
too. No. you can't help your sis
terra. because they say you Just
mllss things-but you can run out
and set some daisies for mothers
bowl.
'tGiv0 him q clean napkin. dar-
lnG. that's frtghtfil. And broth.
Ell when you meet Daddy don't
mention that the green lamp
shade WAS brOlSen-not until he's
had his good soup. anyway.
You've harnessed already Its
nearly sixl
'sYou Gtt here. Ma, and hold my
baby. and III make the butter
ballRn
WHERE HOME Is.
Crowded, confused ana shabby
All Il was worse even than that.
Sometimes there was WEAKNESS
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He II the ohnoxioue student
who. though ne has % much To-
spend - anyone, plays the part
Of social sponge while his own
capital remains untouched
= Another example 81 false thrift
II that cf the student who In
vents : hundred pathetic ways
of living within IN adequate III
come instead Of planning one e.
fectivs way Of obtaining the
necessary income.
''such q student q not 70 Is
admired FOR thrift. because ho
shows stupidity ana lttIe IN
itiatiye
Continuing his remarks q
thrift Professor silbsrIing anid:
students are not - 30 blahaed
for careless spending, becaune iii
young people are guilty. 81 Thrift
lessneas to . certain extent. There
fl no Incentive for them to b
otherwise"
The professor urged parents 70
allow their sons and daughters
ct College - little IeeWay in
money matters those who can
possibly AFFORD 70 stating that
there are 90 many act1yitiog &C
college 81 which w1da.ayRaIEo
young people must taks part and
that all cost moAsy.
Izs depiorsd ths .aysts Int
claimed that It could net -
changed.
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ANOTHER CONFERENCE

drawn Americans away ernn
home. from friends, from nation
atty itself.
"OH, GEORGE. LOOKw
80 much for those whose purses
make It possible for them 20 i've
Just whore their fancies dictate.
We others drive about the country
on spring and autumn Sunday
afternoons and admire. ana after.
ward do our best with a touch
OF imitation here and there.
Ohr' cry the women's voices.
from the halted motor cars, 'toh.
George, lookl They've rot those
adorable lattice windows-they'vo,
copied that Duxbury doorway
look, We could have q sleeping
porch over the garage like thatI
On. that's my house-lool, Mollia.
that's my fAvorite isn't Il ador.
ableg'
Linen closets, wan paper, teak.
wood chairs and colonial mirrors.
the vista Of blazing Garden from
the dining room French windows.
the roses reflected In shining sur
faces, the Chinese skirt, In prune
ana gold and black, spread over
the piano-wO are all noting, ad-
nir1ng. copying ~ fast al we can,
And Tor . woman who ON really
build . Tudor palace and furnish
Il appropriately and establish Il in
woods and gardens In one Of the
climatic paradises Of the world,
We feel IN honest and undisEuised
envy.
A SEQUEL.
But wait-there's q sequel.
The owner Of all this glory, has
recently done Q rather extrAor.
binary thing.
She says that American wealth
ID being wasted upon American
homes, and that homo life 10 al
most unknown in such q mansion
a. hers, and she consequently a.
having this magnificent place.
which cost half q million, torn
down.
Leveled I'd. the ground are the
towers. the carefully matched
panelins, the shining stairways
and the deep-set windows. She
likes the site. and she IL going to
try now to erect q real home upon
It, where she will entertain less,
SEQ more OF her real friends. and
live the simple life"
II We all were a. wise a. this
woman Of wealth, there would be
fewer domestic tragedies In
America.
Over and over and over again
humanity makes the same mis-
take; the young couple are mar.
And then whatf Wen, then,
Il they have love. and children,
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! United States 10 In cruisers.
and the Washington c0nferencs
scrapped tfs great cruisers under
construction, leaving ~ none to
Great Britain's four and Japan's
four. That was q blunder equal
TO crime. Great Britain either
has or Is building forty-eight
cruisers Of over 1000 tonnage, with
aggregate tonnage Of 252.90o tons,
while the United States has ten
with aggregate tonnage Of 1900
tons. Great Britain Ii also build
Ing two new, powerful twenty
three1knct capital ships. thus IN
oreasing her lead IN naval. hips.
not g speak Of the lead she has In
merchant ships upon which guns
can be quickly placid.
COMPETITION CHANGED.
At the time 81 the cabalistic
camouflage Of the equality Of SIS
Of this country ana England IN
capital ships it wnn pointed out
that Il would leave our navy
really second instead Or equal III
dreadnaughts and q poor third Ii
the kind Of craft not forbidden
BY the Conferences. The facts
were ignored by those who SEEM
ed to think that the dreadnaught
was the only measurement rOf
naval strength. The House Com
mites required year TO find
out whatxa farce the aereetnent
Wag ana how it, chief effect ssgns
to prevent thS completion ofathe
capital ships authorized. which,
would have given our navy
primacy IN big ships. It was
honest enough to admit that the
only result Of the washington
Conference % to Limitation OF
naval construction was 40 Ia, biz
ships, and that It had not at an
isssen6d competitive naval btfiId-
Ing hut transferred the cofnpe.
tition from capital ships to those
under 10000 tons.
While II + too soon TO say that
the dreadnaught IL 4 back nrrn-
Der. the war taught that under
certain conditions 1t was : liahil-
ity rather than an asset. I would
- 49, - Z II Z
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STUDENTS DEMAND
THRILLS, NOT BOOKS

-
RnRKEIlHY. Cal, Jan. ..
!" lid Average coIlest person
thinks only II pleasure.
He = shortsighted ii finan.
cial matters.
This opinion. based upon !
survey 81 the manner ii which
stndants uss their pocketbooks.
was given to the University Of
California student body recsntiy
IN an address ~ Prof. N. j. Sinh
srling. Of the department of
economics.
IN part he said:
The average coIIegs student
lacks thrift.
Students Of today are spending
tpolnuch Tor thrills. The pleasure
OF the moment seems 10 Be the
only consideration.
There Il not enough money
spent BY the students Tor books
and such things . add to the
accumulation Of knowledge.
Referring TO the student who Il
forced to work his way through
college. Prof. silberIing said:
I'm his case thrift IL i forced
habit. and IN case of persistence
Il Ii to be admired =
1. n contrast with si1ch ! student,
Prof. siIberling discussed an
other type. stating:
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there, sometimes Whist thOss chill
dren thought real poverty ana
privation when II cans - new
tennis raclxsts ana white shoes.
scmetimes youthful rsbellions ana
tears.
But how the setting sun allcno
over 4. and how pleasant 1t was,
with grand mother ana the baby
In the doorway. and girls IN eing-
hams and long braids blinking
plates and spoons. and d surrey
rafting out Of the yard when
the train whfstIed. and everybody
trying 70 put his own particular
napkin ring next to Mother'sl
You may not ind wealth. ritual,
Formally. even CORRECTNESS, IN
such . scene But whore you
fnd that sort Of tnterdependence.
that Joyous. eager. noiay ming
ling Of old and young. that sort
Of service and love. ypu always
find . Holnss
CCsug1agAk. 1saa. ~ ehs RanuAliss N
dicaka.l
This & ons Of . sR1as 81
Woman - Woman TaICs IN pres.
ems Day family and social Prob
lens that Mrs. NeErls, AnneEicaS
boat lOvea and mss pspuIar No
man WRITER. b writing especially
for TAo WaShi1gton Times Herald.
Another talk win % Printed nsz1
Sunday.
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Bull Run Spawned
by New Bridge

AsHBURN. Va. Jan. Bull
Run. enc Of Americas most cello
Oratsd streauAA p apanned Nv Q
new bridge. just eOmpssted. con-
necttng Prince WiIlana county.
tn which the Bun Run battle was
fought. with LoNAoun.
The structure IL Of steel. and
its completion win be welcomed
toyfully by tourists and other
travellers by automobile. The two
counties divided the cost equally.
The Washington times., 1923-01-07

CERTAIN PnIiadelphia
woman. who had moved to
~ fashionable resort In the
MsashborhOod Of Colorado Springs.
determined 70 make her residence
tAsre permanently ana Therefore
aid exactiy what you or would
10 under the circumstauceO-shO
built herself q home.
Having almost unlimited means.
: ahe also did what yeu or would
aO-slae planned It upon royal
Hines. Il became . castle.
Her particular choice was Tor
me Tudor architecture, and the
huttressed arches. the mullioned
windows, the massive and simple
: towers that yOu and I have per.
hsps admired tn the setting Of
TIE old world duly rose In this
newer ana not less exquisite en-
SironmsnE
Below ana about tlis palace
stretched emerald lawns and thick
woods. lofty iron gateways guard
ID It. deer moved through the
ieafy covers, and the limpid,
crystalline air Of the mountain
State held Il a. e In the heart
of IN opal.
Colorado 81 emily the word
poolore6" ia another tongue, and
even those q IN VINO never aaw
q may imagine Just what that
nansioa came 70 Be.
EVERY WOMAN'S DREAM.
For haven't ws-every woman
among us-a1 dreamed that IA
Verits dream Of building Q house
with an the money We wanted 70
spend upoa 1T
Those dream hCusesl AarTs 70
= colonial brick, with white two
story pfIlarD- In front, with Dol.
4shed floors ana narrow mahog-
any stair rails, with white wood
work artfully turned creamy a.
Il With age. with pineapple four
poster beds, and swallow pat
tern quilts. with George III silver
DoFTingers, and chint2oS In the
sun flooded breakfast room.
Anne prefers . tfmbered Eliza
bethan home, spreading ana hos.
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WYE WIN have 20 ~ again
" Our WashinSton disa<m
ament conference. q
called. has turned 70 ashes On
the lips. ''The proposed construc
ton q ether ships not forbidden
~ the treaty % sufficient to give
"a ordinary citizen tho night
mare" declared ChairmAn Kelly
6 the Naval ApprOpriations Com
uaiktse. Q few months ago. Tbs
eikuation 10 % serious that Presi-
Dent Harding has been Tor four
o. I've months trying 20 secure
o new agreement 60 remove the
cause for the nightmare"
Il q 3ust . year since there
went cut ce Washington . chorus
0e paeAus Of THANKSGIVING that
3rssidene Harding's conference
. had become truly . disarmament
conferences. Mr.. Hughes and NJ.
Balfcur and the other leading
spirits talked ce it - Il . new
heaven and . new earth had
: come out Of e. and the people.
accepting the official statements
and the writings of the hypnO-
Ged writer's. were ready 70 %.
olAtA Il ~ the day Of deliverancs.
Shortly thereafter the captains
and the kings Tor their repre-
asntafivesl departed with assur.
aanes that no gathering Of world
leaders had wrought 20 well
MAGNIFICENT GESTURE.
e 1872 came IN with the feeling
That the washington conference
had really achieved limitation Of
navy1building and reduction Of
laval expenses. TIE year 1919
comes In with the revelation that
he Magnificent Gesture was little
more than q gesture. Indeed. %
great % the disappointmenE over
the agreements, not yet ratified.
THAI "a the docr Of the House .
fsw days ago Congressman Line
bsrgsr Of California disclosed what
Sntil then had been . profound Of
GciAl secret, towit. that President
Harding ''has been engaged for
several months's with the question
of negotiating with the big powers
abroad relative 70 limiting the con-
Btruction Of yarships under 10000
tons.
How ala this public adnisaion Of
ne nature Of the Washington con-
ference come 70 Be given to the
pubic after . whole year OF
pointing with PRIDE to the agree
menfs reached q year agoP The
ndm1ssion came with the force OF
= blow TO those who had accepted
he propaganda - . solution OF
the growing cost Of armament.
me BIN appfopriating money for
ne navy was under consideration.
o. to fa6s the bin for the navy
m4ied ssso.eoo. 900. but the real
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"And here, this II my favorite,
It's shut up now--that's the
Davis place. They're such nice
people-they travel . lot. they
have no children. She has three
Gainsboroughs in there. and they
say the finest Liuns XIV dining
room set In America ~,t&.
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only because not enough to that film
star beside herself with professional ealouses money
worries quite in proportion to yours and NINE and the
gnawng that the work to not going to be
received with the old enthusiasm
Poor persons who suddenly become rich do not turn into
beneacent angels They do not and you would not You
money, Of help, of pleasure that you do now
We need the old unity, need the old patriotism we
need the old ideals in America Columbia in the words
Of the song, is to ride safe through the storm"
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amount IL s32B, 900, 900, e. against
s141.eoo. 900 under Wilson In 1915
almost three times as much-and
we talk Of ''how the Washington
conference reduced naval expen-
ditufes."
EXPERT OPINION.
The people. who had listened 70 the
claims Of great reduction In tax.
alton by the SIS puzzle were as
founded when told by Chairman
Kelly that the total saving by IiIni-
tation OF dreadnaughts would Be
$12S.0O0. 900. But this In . SEEM
ing instead Of actual saving unless
the United States 10 willing for
Great Britain and Japan to lead It
IN real naval power. Mr.. Kelly
explained this situation when he
disclosed that our Navy Depart.
, ment had recommended the con-
Struction OF sixteen 1O.000-ton ships
at cost Of over 10000. 900 apiece,
making . total Of $1sS, 100000. It
also asks an appropriation of $9O,.
100000 TO remodel the battleships
We retain. It wants So. 900 900 for
mine-laying submarines, 81, OOOr
900 foF scout submarines, $22, 00O.-
900 for an airplane carrier. s,000,-
900 for new gunboats ana SIC ,OO0,-
600 Tor now aircraft. Here Il Mr..
Kolly's calculation:
New construction $685., 900. 900
Saving by conference. l2s, Ooo, 900
EXCESS over savings. sos. OOo. 900
Hare We have the best expert
on what the Washington Confer
ence does Tor our pocketbooks
and our naval program. Unless
we accept permanent second place
to Great Britain a. TO ali naval
tonnage and permanent second
place to Japan as 10 battle
cruisers. ships OF less than 10000
tonnage and aircraft, ws must
begin to build every type Of shin
except dreadnaught, ana even
then when the two new dread
naughts Great Britain laid down
last month are completed the
United States win have eighteen
capital ships with q total Of
100000 tons while Great Britain
win have twenty-five capital ships
with . tonnage OF $50, $50 tons.
Out Of ten dreadnaughts and six
battle cruisers authorized by the
1916 program. the United states
sacrificed all but three. It rave
up the supremacy which their
completion would have secured
us. and got competition we
thought we were ending.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
What IL the remedy for this
more than two hundred million
dollar tncrease7 The House com.
mittee met It by q frahk admfs-
sion that what the washington
The Washington times., 1923-01-07
PENNSYLVANIA goods may
be able to eat on 30 cents

~ PENNSYLVANIA goods may
be able to eat on 30 cents
- a day, but NOT 30 those OF
Chicago University.
The girls In Greenwood Hall
were enthusiastic about the plan
when they heard abo6t Il. They
Needed to try Il Out-and did
for two days. Than they re-
ported mot for a."
'HThe girls in our 0Ormitory Pay
81 q day for board" Miss char
lotte Aelrar. one Of the Green.
wood girls, sald. ''aAd that 10
not any too luxurious.
'we've tried the BO-cent . day
eating plan, but now are willing
70 let tho Penn State girls be
martyrs"
Here's the 60-cent Q day diet.
an Anita Mite. outlined It:
Breakfast~ao s cents; coffee.
d ,Oon60A ~ Sea
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everyone Has Dream Home, Says the Famous Auth
Dress. But When Dreams Come True We Wish They
F7ae1nt--Wealtt1, Ritual and Formally Cannot Make
Home; Mteriependence, Service and Love,
Nllnglng of Old and Yol1ng. A Better Formula

and common sense, ana prayer.
and books, and q few real friends,
they are safe.
Not safer than they would bO
In Q dve-room bungalow IN the
rawest little real estate develop
ment that ever put up 1fs ent1c-
Ing signs and had its first ir.
resistible auction Of lots--nO.
But still safe.
Ana II they haven't3 Then It's
one more crash.
The walls, with their tapestry
papers and their loaded windows,
are q prison. The prisoners move
down the wide, polished stair
ways. ana sit in the exquisitely
lighted and appointed dining
room. and eye themselves In the
dressing rooms dozen great mir
rors with lifeless and pathetic
hearts.
What woman's house ana rugs
ana silver ever saved her happi-
ness II It was not safe on other
counts already.
What wealthy persons Of your
acquaintance are enthusiastic
about their expensive home five,
ten. fifteen years after building
It?
Why, these are only material
things, they grow stale. they lose
their charm.
HOUSES WE LAUGH AT.
Study for q moment the man.
stons Of the last. century-thO
houses millionaires were building,
for instance, In 1898. We look at
their bay windows, their stupid
narrow doorways. their hideous
cement scrolls and coIored
plasters, and We laugh. We laugh
just az 1910 will laugh at us.
That's the Smith place. It
cost four hundred thousand dol.
lars. and nobody has ever lived
in It," we tell the visitor, a. We
drive here about.
THAT'S the famous Jones place
---ish't IL gorgeous3 The Jones
girl ran away with the chauffeur,
you remember the case?
That's the Robinson place, It's
an exact copy Of the Duke Of
Rnritania'S caStIe-the old lady'g
insane they say. She has seven.
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teen different kinds Of locks on
her door. 49,
Look. isn't that q perfectly
beautiful colonial Dutch-they
say it's like q museum inside, he's
got everything exactly in the
period. His son killed himself.
don't you rememher7
The Washington times., 1923-01-07
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS

After all. Il Il an In
crease Of happiness for
which every one Of US Is
striving. Cafeterias, NOV
les, silk stockings, radio,
schools, clinics, laws and
newspapers, books and gas
stoves, aren't they, every
Ons Of them designed only
to increase the prosperity,
tho safety, the happiness
Of the race?
Almost all happiness 10
In memory, or anticipa-
tionS which is only an
other way Of saying that
1t Is all Of the soul, the
brain, the spirit.
The reason that the
little film stars glory
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The reason that the
little film stars glory
New Britain herald., 1923-08-13
MY HUSBANDS LOVE
 Garrison New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE

dition which scorns to show emotion over anything. ...
 What do you know Mis- Gah- ram ?" Jerry yelled excitedly as soon as he entered. That there bootleg ger got clean away Yes, ma'am; no, ma'am, nobody aint seen hide no. hair Of him. And Jim here says he had hold of him, and the fellow broke away. Gee ! Jerry, out of breath, shook his head as if overwhelmed at this last piece of news, and I averted my face I knew that he recognized the un- conscious intonation in Jerry's voice which held blame for his not being able to hold the escaping criminal, and I threw Katherine's plan for sup per into the breach, hoping it would divert attention from Jim.
 You must be starved, Mir. Ticer," I said hospitaby. Just get ready for dinner. you and Jerry right away, and I'll call Mrs. Ticer down so she can cat with you"
 That's a very good idea, Mar garrett"
 My mother-in-law's pleased intona- tions sounded behind me, and I real- ized that she was placated by this plan for serving dinner. But her next words were sharply peremptory.
 Jim, what is that bundle under your arm 2"
 My spirits sank as rapidly as they had risen,, for I knew well that the bulky bundle contained Harry Under woods overcoat
New Britain herald., 1923-08-13
OUTING FOR CHILDREN

Mrs. H. Alex presided at special meeting of the New Britain Auxiliary of the Hebrew Women's Home for Children, held Saturday at the home of Mrs. 1. Swarsky. An outing for the children to be held tomorrow at Rockwell Park, was planned, Auto mobiles belonging to G. Berson, G. Gordon. I. Swarsky, s. Rudman, M. c. Levitt, A. Bessoff and Harry Alex will convey the children from their home at 142 Fairfield avenue to the park. Members are urged to be pres ent at the park and help make the outing a success.