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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
Feed HIM RAW MEATS.

Dear Bill: / see that food
scientist advises wives to scrap
frying pans and feed their hus-
bands on raw meat. The easiest
way to save labor and trouble
would be to throw 'em a few
bones to gnaw on and then
stand around and hear ''em
growl, which they'll do anyhow.
Ny hubby never kicks about his grub,
His stomach dfgests any dish,
Most every day I make him happy
With lettuce and canned fish.
use every kind known from salmon
ALI down the line TO tuna.
But he never kicks Or complains,
believe he could live ON Peruna.
For desert / give him Ice cream
Or milk filled with fruit juice,
The good old soul has spaeaIna OF Joy
When I pass him % Charlotte Russo.
When he happens 20 eat away from
home
And this he win seldom do,
II give him Twenty-Five cents
To buy himself nm Irish stew.
=. AEUssOLHN1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
SUSPECTS 4-YEAR-OLD SON
IN THEFT OF JEWEL RY

George H. Sisemore. 1925 Six
teenth street northwest, last night
asked the police to help find a pair
of lady's ear rings, valued at S125
and a lady's bow knot breast pin,
with a diamond in the center,
valued at $35.
Mr.. Sisemore told the police he
did not know whether the 1ewelry
had been stolen or had been carried
away by his four-year- old son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
7aySchedulesReady torU. 5. FiedSeuices
alHlEARD!!teS!!!E!!!EElg7
Na1HEI7'79 % BY BILL PRICE r.
FAMOUS PHRASES.

"NOw don't misunderstood me.
I think Mrs. Blank Is an excellent
woman, but her taste is simply awful.
Take, for instance. that new hat
she has. Why, wouldn't think Of
wearing anything like that
seWelI. AZ this Isn't the limit. After
spending the whole day in cleaning
this house that man has Uttered the
floor with HIS cigarette ashes. just
wait It'll he comes hOmei
Jaw, what's tho use Of trying TO
keep anything around this hOuse3
Last night bought q brand new pipe.
and now It's missing. It does seem
that q man should be able to keep
something LIN his OWN house."
yeah, we lost, three 70 two, but
who can be expected 60 win when
the umpire sides with the opposing
team2 It's wonder that We made
the showing that We did"
'sSOrTy. old man. hut / can't attend
the party tonight, ae promised the
wife that I would take her to- the
movies. Yeah, I'm sorry, too, but
I'm afraid that nothing can be dOne."
JOE III. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
Do Ties CRASH
INSTRUT TERS
BALL RAID
Police Arrive in Time to Break
Up Celebration just
Getting Warm.

DarktoWn was strutting it's stuff
hectically behind closed doors at
O'Clock this morning to the tune
of The Patrol Wagon Blues"
wheezed out on an asthmatic phono.
graph, heavy raiding party from
the Sixth precinct crashed through
the doors at AL New Jersey avenue
northwest, and converted the music
into grim reality.
More than 100 dusky bucks and
bellies were treading the labarythine
mazes or busily engaged in sitting
it out, to the accompaniment OF
ecstatic gargles, when there was a
crashing of doors followed by a
crashing of bottles as every door
and window rained policemen.
The police were quicker than
the amazed celebrators and nearly
four gallons of real liquor and a
quantity of genuine old fashioned
beer were confiscated.
John Henry Smith, colored, said
to be the proprietor of the house,
was arrested and was subsequently,
released in 81 500 bonds on a charge
of Illegal possession of liquor and
$500 on. charges of keeping a dis.
orderly house. Three couples were
listed on statutory charges and the
names of nearly 100 witnesses were
taken.
The raid was led by Sergt. T.
L. McLucas, of the Sixth precinct,
and Revenue Agent Fowler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18

IN THE RAPIDS.

am whirllng down 4 the rapids, /
am plunRing down the height,
But ERE / TO. I wish to say, ssDeaF
fellow man, good night"
long to grasp you by the hand and
take you to my heart,
And pledge eternal fellow shin once
more before we part.
with bloody hands / clutch the rocks
that mark the torrents course,
But human power may not Withstand
Its swift relentless force.
with giant strokes battle AZ near
the precipice.
But human strength may not avail
In such an hour az this.
I do not grOvel I'm despair, or shudder
ON the brink,
Because know that Christ will save
me ERE j sink.
I hear the hollow thunder Of the whirI-
pool far below
Good night and God be with you all,
once more before 20.
WILL r. WHELAN.
~
A column philosopher observes
: that if y0M see q girl weGr-
ing horn-rinsned spectGcIes uou
can bet your life she prefers q
"cGTeeT to mGtTin1Opy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
FIsTNOTEs.


As the petite nlGnicw1-ist sOotttd
sag: "JGcE slapped him dOVe and
he didn't mean, maybe"
seTHE CHARGE OF THE FIGHT
BRIGADE"
(By Luis Angeles Firpo.)
Dempseys 20 right Of mes Dempseys
to left Of me,
Dempseys in front Of me- over, under"
meath, on top, all around me-
VOlfeyed and Numbered,
Straight I'm the jaws Of q Knockout
hurled my two hundred.
There sUGs some doubt as to
whether or not Jack could "tGke
it." Ask the Shelby banker; they
kmOsU, they kssOaVl
REQUIEM.
Under the wide and starry sky
That ON the canvas let me Lee
Gladly did rock and clOut
Until one j.. Dempsey knocked me out;
And laid me down with q WILL
We'll at that Luis Is certainly
hard on camVGs. Luis first 1Uords
after coming to mere: $50 this IS
Tokyo"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
HOW ABOUT THISe

Lots of 1Comaem are brGg-
cling because a scientist says
aconter haze better memories
than msn, get there's not
one in 1875 10ho can remte11I-
Der aohether she put salt in
the boiling soup or filled the
salt cellar.
UNCLE HPH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
Bank Conditions Sought.

The Comptroller of the Currency
today issued call for the condition
OF national banks az of Septem.
Der IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18

Commissioners Have Record
DayTwo Hearings in
Progress.

In one Of the biggest days bust
ness in the history Of the District
Rent Commission that body today
handed down determinations fix
ing rents in It's Washington apart
ments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
UPP AND ATEM

BID HER GOOD-BY.
JANOULA CHACONAS draws
a picture of little lady who has
had her fling and will not be
seen often, in these regions, for
another year:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18

The governor of Kansas has
been asked to pardon a convict
in the State penitentiary who
writes that he finds, from talk
ing to all the other convicts,
that he is the only guilty man
there and that he ought to be
freed to prevent his corrupting
the other inmates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18
Every lasaie has her laddie,
The truth without doubt;
Every village has It's cut mp
And each lizzie o cut out.
HANK HAWKINS.
~ 49,
HER COMPLEXION.

Here's the price list Of the COM
plexion a girl friend of mine
took along with her on q recent
trip, and ! call attention to the
cost of the last item, as compared
with the others.
One Powder 81 90
Cleansing cream. LOO
Perfume ............ 100
One liDstfck ...,.,... rs
Rouge 100
Soap Observation-Disclosures. 10
UPP AND ATEM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-18

The whole question Of what re-
classif' cation will mean to the Gov
eminent employees in the way of
pay is now literally up in the air."
II lis the general verdict that the
tentative ALLEGATIONS for the Dis
trict workers sent to the Budget
Bureau by the departments mean
slight increases for virtually all
the workers.
In the more important work Of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
France S Debt.

American government officials infer from
Premier Poncare's reference to Frances pay
ment of her debt to the United States as be-
ing dependent upon collection of German
rcparations that an effort to repudiate the
obligation is being made. Consequently, the
premiers address has made most unfavor-
able impression here. The money advanced
tc France during the war was free loan,
payment of which was contingent on nothing
save the integrity of the French government
The United States treasury did not hold
the billions France requested OF this country.
The American people had those billions need
ed and the United States borrowed from
them. So after all, France owes the people
Of the United States, the individuals who
raised the money and made it possible for
the republic to carry on against the German
invaders. Unless the French debt is collect
cd the United States cannot retire the paper
held by the millions who subscribed to the
various bond issues, which would mean pri-
vate loss to individuals unless plan of~ap-
portioning the losses by an extraordinary tax
levy should be adopted. Even that would re-
lieve the situation only in a small degree
since every bond holder would pay heavily
il taxes in order that he, in turn, might be
paid by the government.
Premier Poincare is riskng much in indl-
eating policy of that kind might be fol-
lowed. He is endangering the integrity OF
France, without which the republic could not
hope to continue indefinitely a world pow
er. AS with an individual SO it is with ma
t;on-integrity is everything No nation that
rcpudiates its honest debts can hope to main
tain unimpaired the international relations SC
necessary to its progress.
The American people never will be willing
tc pay for the defense Of another nation Il
France repudiates her debt to the United
| States that is what it will amount to. 1t Is
not question of sharing equally the costs
of the conflict but one of every nation bear
ing its true part of the expense. France owes
what she owes, and it would be better, ever
If she never paid, for her to recognize tina
the obligation stands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Children Who Are MiIIiOnaires.
From the Jacksonville Times-Union.

Children of the United States. taken col
eCtively, are in the millionaire class That IS,
those who have saved their pennies are thus
to be classed 1t is estimated that members
OF the Christmas clubs, composed almost eN-
clusively OF children, young people, at least,
have almost 100000 900 on deposit in various
banks throughout the country. OF this i'm
mense sum OF money, accumulated and saved,
mostly penny or nickel or dime at
time, those exclusively designated as children
are said to have $20,000,000. That puts these
little savers in the millionaire class.
About twelve years ago a gentleman, see
ing the spendthrift habits of children, seeing
them at Christmas time without the where
with to purchase gifts, for themselves or for
their friends, as they saw others doing, those
more fortunately situated-seeing this Her
bert F. Rawl business man, OF Harrisburg
Pennsylvania, conceived the idea OF what has
developed into the Christmas savings clubs,
While he may have had in mind the matter
OF providing money for Christmas gifts, Mr.
RdWlIS purpose was even more practical He
desired to inculcate the habit OF saving money,
and to make his idea practical and at the
same time give proper incentive he proposed
definite object for which money should be
saved for, use in the days and weeks lmme-
diately preceding the Christmas season. time
Of good will generosity and cheer. all helped
along nightly through having something
tangible to share with others.
Within a few weeks members of Christmas
clubs will begin making Withdrawals to pro-
vide themselves with money for the Christ
mas season for the buying of gifts and for
providing themselves with the things they
desire at this particular season of the year.
That is, some of the members, very many
perhaps, will make such Withdrawals 9th
crs will have acquired such fixed habit of
thrift that they will look at their accumulat-
cd deposits, or at least the figures represent
ing them and decide not to disturb the fund,
which, by the natural law of increase, is add
ing to itself through interest the weekly or
monthly deposits continuing, as in other
months of the year.
The idea of Christmas clubs is not to make
children stingy, which is a habit as bad, if
not worse than that of extravaganza. A spend
thrift never is to be commended for it i'm
plies being foolish with money. Wise saving
ought to make for wise spending.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
RediscOvering the Man.
From the New York Herald

"Only 100000 of the 105,000,000 people
in the United States" declares William Starr
Myers, professor of history and politics at
Princeton, could be classified as intellectual"
This leaves 85,000000, of whom, said DR..
Myers, in his speech to the Canadian club at
Hamilton, Ontario 100000 have reached
the mental age of IA years, 100000. had
reached a mental age of not more than years
and 250000OO could at best be classified on
ly as mediocre"
But what do these solemn announcements
mean? OF the total population of the United
States at the last census 16,259,384 were act
ually under years OF age, and therefore
could hardly have been expected to have a
mental age of more than years; and 35-
473887 were Is years or under, and therefore
could not be expected to have passed much
beyond mental age of IA years.
There were in 1920 60886,520 adults. What
if it be true that 25,000000 of these could
at best be classified as mediocre" The word
mediocre" as defined in Websters dicton-
airy, signifies "of a middle quality, of but a
ferent, ordinary" 1t is derived from the Latin
word for middle Most of US, by the very
definition of the word, are mediocre" and
no matter what progress is made in educa-
ton or intelligence the common man will al
ways be what the term implies And there
will always be an average height, all average
weight, most common color OF hair, an
average expectancy of life.
DR.. Myers statistics literally mean moth
ing. because he has not taken the trouble to
classify his population and because he speaks
in comparative terms, which are without
scientific value. His pompous generalizations
are a glaring example of the sort of reason
ing which tends to disgust even the chosen
20,0000OO intelectuals with modern psychol-
cgy and its intellectual tests" At best such
assertions are a restatement of what has al
ways been obvious; at worst they are a silly
perversion of the facts.
In every one hundred people twenty will
/ be more intelligent than the other eighty Ter
will be relatively stupid, ten will be relative
| ly clever and one will be more clever thar
the other ninety-nne. It doesn't matter wheth
Ell the hundred are chosen at random, Oh
from farm laborers, or from professors of his
tory and politics This, which is the gist O.
! Professor Myers statements. is about as new
and mysterious as the multiplication table
Why bring it forward as a portentious dis
covery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Was Once A "NeMsie. .

1t will be of interest to readers OF The
News to know that Aaron Sapiro, the worlds
foremost authority on cooperative market
ing and who visited southwest Georgia some
months ago in the interest OF the cotton and
the peanut marketing associations, was once
4 newsboy on the streets of San Francisco
Cal. According to an article contributed to
the Washington Star by Frederick William
Vile it was during Mr.. Sapiro's career as
"newsie" that he conceived and carried out
his first practical experiment in cooperative
marketing. He and his gang who were
little fellows, were regularly bullied by big
ger "newsies," so they decided, under Sapl-
ro's leadership, to cooperate for orderly pro-
lection. Thereafter when bully came along
the "gang" jumped on him comparatively
Sapiro began his cooperative marketing
career in 1915 as counsel for the California
State Marketing Commission The Pacific
coast citrus fruit growers cooperative asso-
cation. one Of the most successful in the
country. is his creation. Sapiro is still a young
man and is the son OF Russian Jewish imml-
ufS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Quitting the Soil

Georgia like other agricultural states, has
suffered a strong movement OF young men
away from the farms. In all sections OF the
country they are quitting the soil Tor the
more lucrative positions OF the small towns
ard the cities In Missouri a survey recently
completed showed that in one year HOOO
had deserted the farms for other work. Dur
ing that period OF desertion only Z4OOO men
were found to have taken the places lett va
can't
The reason for this desertion OF Missouri
farms-which occurrence may be noted III
anv agricultural region in larger or lesser de-
gree-has been given, and while it IS an in
teresting ANALYSIS OF this one serious economic
deve1opment it is not so important as the
result it has produced. 1t was explained that
the $4,000 who left the farms were young
men. most OF them single but great many
OF them married They had gone because IN
dustrv called And that was a natural thing,
too Higher wages, shorter hours and, in
some instances according to the survey, bet
ter working conditions conspired to take the
country Youths into the urban communities.
To this was added the desire OF the young
men to become a part OF the activites-so-
cial as we'll as industrial-of the larger towns
and cities. The young men might express
themselves as doing better than they were
doing. Most of them might be depended up
on to agree that "a fellow never gets any
where sticking around on the farm"
Some of the $4,000 will succeed in their
changed environment Others will fail and
still others will drift back to the farm in
time Growing families and the greater de-
mands these will make, stiff competition high
Ct living costs and the wearing OF the new
will influence many to wend their
way countryward glad OF the fact that the ru-
raj regions still exist. Notwithstanding that,
this will not prevent other youths, as they
grow up, from having the same desires. They,
too, will feel the urge "to get somewhere" and
they will go. It is an endless chain of human
activity because it is an endless chain of hui
man desire and thought.
But what to do on the farm is the question
to be answered now as it will be the ques-
ton of the future Farmers everywhere are
trying to adjust themselves to the new con-
ditions. Here in Georgia some are shifting
cotton fields to peanuts, grain hay, tobacco
and other crops that require less labor, or at
least less man power Others are employing
more farm machinery More attention is be-
ing given to fruit, nuts. dairying and stock
and poultry raising all of which means great
or independence and increased prosperity on
the farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Taxes and Reforms.
From the Winder News.

One OF the unfaling results of these radical
reformers when they get into power is higher
taxes They weep over the dear people"
and want to bring about state Of socialism
that will make everybody rich and enable
everybody to quit work, but when they get
into power the taxes go mounting sbyward.
The government ownership OF public utili
ties would bankrupt this country in few
years. Not long ago North Dakota plunged
into state socialism and soon the state was
grooming under tremendous taxes. Last year
a governor was elected in Oklahoma on the
promise OF doing great things for the poor
people" And now that state has the highest
tax rate in its history.
The United States attempted to go into
the coal mining business up in Canada not
long since. That work has been abandoned
after the government has lost around mil
hon dollars trying to operate the mines.
And so it goes everywhere. These social
lists who are so much interested in the peo-
pie are always visionary, impractical and II
put into power will make the people pay
2 heavy toll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Work One Day a Week for Taxes.
From the Gainesville Eagle.

Ex-Governor Harding, of Iowa, a man of
wide official experience and student of safe
government has brought to the attention Of
the people of the nation that we now work
one day each week to pay taxes"
He says, and gives figures to sustain his
contention: 1--WE have borrowed from tomor-
row to pay debts of yesterday. In 1921 the
national debt was $250OOO0O,O0O, state, coun-
ty and city and school debts added $4,000
100000
"With the annual income of the citizen
ship about $6OOOO,O00,000 and taxes about
$4,000, 100000, we work one day in each
week in the year to pay taxes"
Tax railroads and the cost is added to the
freight Tax store houses and the cost is add
ed to retail price of tine goods thus taxed.
Tax whatever you will and the people pay
the freightA pay the cost of taxation. Hence,
1--WE" Gall OF us) work one day i'll each week
in the year to pay taxes"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
RUDE RURAL RHY MES
UNION HOURS.

This bards simple sway-backed man,
wishful to learn whene'er he can. The world
is filled on every hand with things he does
rot understand He sees the land in need OF
labor yet each man leaves it to his neighbor
Why does the painter seem to tire: why does
that potent pigment plyer restrain, his art
which all admire? Why does the builder drop
his hammer and cease to junction as a slam
mer? It's getting SO I dare not stop within
the BARRIERS fragrant shop lest, when the
union hours are gone, I'll still have hall my
whiskers on. Why should the mason stay his
ticks when he has laid so many bricks? Why
rot work on till night is black and maybe
finish up the shack? Then when his energy
he's shown us, he should receive goodly
bonus. We've LETT behind the simple way,
that so much work earned so much pay The
farmer is the only goof from regulated hours
aloof, except that l still rise at night these
Rural Rhymes to indte. To bring my weekly
stint to pass | burn expensive midnight gas.
When my pen hand is feeling writey, when
eer the Muse is moving mighty, | verslty
cen in my mighty BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Strange and Pitiful.

A case of moral perversion which is as
tragic as it is unexplainable is that of young
woman who is in Jail at Atlanta awaiting trial
for the theft of something like $1,000 from
business firm in whose employ she had been
several months Her picture as published IN
the newspapers is that Of gentle and rehned
girl. She has a high school education, was
surrounded by loving relatives and friends,
and had advantages and opportunity that
make for a happy and useful life Is not the
downfall of such young woman pit1tul! she
has not only wrecked her own life, but has
brought crushing sorrow upon her family.
How is such weakness to be explained? What
could tempt such a woman to sacrifice all
that is dearest IN life for the sake OF few
miserable dollars? The errors that people
nIake-who can account for them? What
Jolly it is for anyone to think it is possible
to be dishonest and escape the consequences
of dishonesty Every day and generation had
its fools of that kind, but inevitably they
have been required to pay the bitter price OF
their folly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-04
Enough Law Already.

The Dalton Citizen believes the present
tax law could be made to meet all require
ments 1t says:
There is nothing wrong with the tax
equalization law except its enforcement;
Strengthened where it is weakest, and
properly applied, it would give Georgia
all needed revenue"
That is the view Of many conservative
and substantial citizens of the state. 1t was
the position taken by Representative W. b.
Parks. OF Terrell county, when he addressed
the house on the bill to repeal the equallza-
ton law. Mr. Parks was given close atten-
ton by his fellow members, and his speech
Is said by many to have been one Of the best
and most forceful that has been delivered
during the session.
New tangled tax schemes will mean in
creased taxes and more political jobs. both
Ct which, belief is prevalent. the state al
ready has a sufhciency.