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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 1928
HOME, SWEET HOME.

American tourists in Germany are OF the
opini oi that "be it ever 50 humble there is
no place like horne"
With the cost Of living increasing approNi-
matdy 5 per cent in January over that of
the preceding month and rents forty times
greater than the pre-war figure Commercial
Attache c. T., Herring, reports 10 the De-
partment OF Commerce thai conditions have
reached climax The commercial and in
dustrial outlook Tor Germany is SO clouded
by the Ruhr occupation, Herring reports,
that any prediction as to the immediate flu
trre is impossible. Even prior to the occu-
patton the conditions are described as hav-
ing been unfavorable with the effect OF money
tightness aadsiheg decrease in domestic spur-
chasing power }notceabe in Gerlnan indus
try &i$EE ~.
Mr. HariRgs report declares that there
have been Surprisingly few. strikes OF any
Kind.in Germany recently. Tins is attributed
by he employers association to the fact
that The trades unions are unable to finance
strikes Practically no wage agreements have
been concluded on account Of the fact thai
employers generally are. awaiting political
Developments before assuming new wage oh
legations. So after all, America is much
better place to live in than Germany accord
ing to agent Herring
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20
THE THINKING AMERICAN.

Observations in the Washington Post so
to prove that al is not 50 bad as it seems.
In this respect it says:
''Ehe superficial observer, taking note OF
displays of class disputes, religious preju-
dice. sectional djSseusou. race hatred, labor
struggles and evil PROPAGANDA dnight be-
come alarmed and conclude that the United
States was entering upon lis catastrophe.
The observer who sees little more deeply
does not reach such q conclusion. lie secs
the surface diSturbapces and wishes they
would disappear, but he secs also the depths
below. which are not aStated at all. lie
sees millions OF homes filled with law-abid-
ING and prosperous americans who are build
inc 4 greater country every day. lie takes
note OF the UNIVERSAL employment and the
need OF workers the inceSSaut process OF
Americanizing the alien clements; the dlSap-
pcarance OF various kinds OF frotty excite
mentS as the war fever CoolS down the IN
variable victory OF common sense over hyS-
terra whenever they come into q lar and
square grapple; lie spread OF education and
prosperity as good roads and better con1muni-
cations knit the people more firmly together
the unerring nature OF popular judgment in
keeping the United States free from foreign
entanglementS; and the survival OF the true
spirit OF American equality OF rights. OPP
portunities, and duties, AVIS
There are plenty Of faults. and plenty OF
evils: but the United States must not be
condemned because OF its faults OF sae evils
that are incident to these times The United
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

The flappers OF Brazil, not to be outdone
by the American girl. have proven themselves
10 be worthy opponents OF the use of the
lorgnette. These Brazilian representatives OF
the Mell-known species have started run on
these instruments which may make 1t high
lv profitable for American manufacturers
OF the lorgnette.
Broadway may soon witness the passing
OF the Harold Lloyd type of glasses which
llsuav adorn the features of the colleglateS
for The American girl is always ready and
prompt to take up the latest fad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20
a NEW LITERATURE

A discussion is taking place IN
England whether a new literature
has not arisen, or is not arising
in the United States. In one
sense everything that is great N
literature is new, and in an
other sense nothing that is great
in literature is new. Yet it Is
easy to understand what is meant
by new literature. 1t is a litera-
ture which May be darivative
from previous culture, but is
not initiative of the modes OF
expression used by TIE culture
to which it owes its origin.
A very Competent English critic
declares that such literature is
arising in America. He declares
that O. Henry is the father OF
it, possibly because o. Henry's
work was the first in which he
recognized this quality OF new
ness and to which he could not
forbid the title of literature.
This leads another critic TO
call o. Henry "a culgarized bla-
tant hiecupy echa Cf Bret Hartc,
Mark Twain and Artemius Ward.
This it may be observed is Just
the kind of language which Shak-
espeare narrowly escaped and
which could have been applied
and no doubt was, to his prede-
cessors whose rough roaring in
melo1dramatic vein are admitted
" n little difficult to any Guilt
waited taste.
Whether new literature is be-
ing born in America or not, 1t
will not do to beg the question
by declaring that any books pro
duced here must conform in or
der to be Observation-Disclosures
Tribune.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

States is a going concern, the most alive
and powerful human agency known III the
universe, and the direction OF its progress is
toward good, not toward evil. The con-
of this fact by every citizen, with
silent resolve to help the good work along,
is all that is needed to wipe away the re-
manning traces of the htful fever OF war.
This is to be commended to everytllought-
ful american citizen, and especially would
we advise the chronic pessimist to read, di-
gest and issimilate some of the ideas sug-
gested here. ''He sees millions OF homes filled
with 1@w-abiding and prosperous Americans,
who are building Il greater country every
day'
How true The millions OF home-abiding,
humble, prosperous citizens are the great
ba,af:ee wheel OF the national machinery, and
no matter what may come or what may go
they viii bring lis back to "normalcy Ill
due time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

some special occasion we find
they are missing. The Talladego
Home notes one of These passed
customs and llaments it. The
Home says ! ,8SS
I'VE missed the inonotonous,
but tine-keeping music Of the
banjos, which could be heard a
mile away IN Christmas times of
long ago, as the dancers at ne
gro frolics enthusiastically pound
ed the floor with their feet to the
time, Turning of tie banjo all
night long, till after broad day
light in the morning"
The sweetest music to southern
ears in the old days was the
singing Of the negroes in their
plantation quarters carried in the
evening air as the darkies gath
cred outside their humble homes
and sang as only negroes can
sing. Such melodies are not
heard except in the south.
These old southern melodies
still may be heard in some parts
of the south, but the custom is
not general as in the old days,
due doubtless to the cutting up
of the large plantations and the
scattering Of. the negroes to other
communities and often to other
states. The music of the planta-
ton quarters always needs the
banjo to make it complete, and a
banjo is the hands of a negro
who knows it, is a wonderfully
tuned Observation-Disclosures Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

In the dispute across the way over coal 1t
is try the operators Over here the only
thing we can FRY is, try 10 get it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20
THE PASSING DAY.

f. France rescnts heartily the invitation eN-
tended Jofre to train Rtssias Red army.
There is no reason in the world she should
noe take this as an insult to her intelligence
after The Russians have signed the treaty OF
Brest-Litovsk and Rapallo. 1t is the same
as one person asking another to whet the
knife to cut his own throat. .Joffre would
tram the Russian army and then in event OF
another war they would select some good
German officer to lead them and feed the
French their own medicine. The govern
ment of France is indignant and has right
to be-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

matters is to get where one is
going in a few minutes less than
it took ones neighbor few days
before. Is there q monument
soaked in folklore in the way.
Tear it down and put the road
through. Oh, yes, we do things
more efficiently these days, but
the burden of prosiness is fast
becoming insuppcrtable. What is
going to become of US when we
no longer have any imagination?
Waterbury Republican.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

The Capper Bill for the aid of farmers was
passed without trouble III the Senate yeSter-
day. This is good news for the farmers but
not for them alone for the entire country
sees in the passage of this bill signs OF bet
ter times. Better times will most assuredly
CONS when the farmers can get to running
again ia high, and putting stuff on the markets
at such price that when it is sold even by
the prohteers it will not sap the vitality OF
the nation. The farmers are the men that
feed the United States and for this reason
are Jar more important than any OF the
rest of the industries for nation as well
as an army travels forward on its stomach
Ii that stomach is empty it is like a flat
tire and the machine will not travel Jar COM
fortably. The farmers need help and 1t IS
for the benefit OF the nation that they are
helped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20
OLD NEGRO MELODIES

Some of the old southern Gus
toms are passing. and they are
being missed. In tire modern rush
for wealth or struggle for cXis-
tenee. we forget some Of the de-
lightful little customs and prac-
tees of other days and are re-
mindful Of them only when on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20
AUCTION SALE
5o7 NORTH COLUMBUS STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY, FEB. ;, AT Ii a. Va.

Rev. z. NJ Sandys is going to move to Cail1ornla;
Rather than move his oTice furniture housenola
goods, automobiles, electric fans, gas hAtureS'
silverWare, china ware, kitchen cabinets, and many
other wonderful articles too numerous to mention,
he has engaged j. T. Mountcastle licensed and
bonded auctioneer, to make quick sale OF all Oh
his household and office belongings.
You cannot afford to miss this sale II you want
wonderful values at auction sale prices.
partial list of articles to be disposed OF are listed
for your information
! roll top desk l extension table
2 typeWriters | waste basket
| high grade desk chalr l microscope lantern
l shaving sI1io l center table
, d al;4 e. 1870 piano
? COTS l 3-piece parlor set
9 high grade clocks l music rack
| SEWING machine | wooden bookcase
| willow rocker easy rocker
! leather rocker l kitchen cabinet
| lot of carpets porcelain refrigera-
l steel bookcase t0r
2 lot books aluminium SET
! electric heater set straight back
2 electric fans kitchen chairs
] sewing table l lot dining set china
l lot pictures flreleSs cooker
l lot pillows boys bicycle
mattresses l antique parlor table
l lot blankets and quilt | gas stove
9 dressers / Hudson 7-pass. auto
small table Ford Sedan
| lot window shades Ford Touring
] set rosewood ST. blk automobile chains
chairs exercising rowing
| mahogany lei Their machine
rocker small sleighs
l gas heater lot tentlng
l writing cabinet lot canned goods
l lot gas fixtures lot glass jars
l pair rubber coots japanese gong
/ water cooler 2 camp chairs
l lot cooking utensils l sewing desk
| lot silverWare l laundry basket
l fern plant lot lace curtains
J. T. MOUNTCASTLE
AUCTIONEER
3O5 KING STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

In the last twenty-six years only
six; ounces of radium have been
produced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-20

\ radical woman lawyer created scene
in Monumental Hall yesterday because the
Confederate flag was displayed. Some mar
row minded people are still unable to rea-
lie that the Coniederate's were right III
standing up and fighting for Constitutional
liberty Nh Of this scene goes to prove the
assertions OF Katherine Fullerton Gerouid
in an article published i'll HarPcrS Tor amt
airy are correct. In this article she lamentS
the growth OF Slavery to the mob III
America. Freedom. or to be more precise
this alleged freedom of america today IS
as far from the freedom OF the day OF
Washington as the day is from the night
No man or woman, whoever he or she may
be, dares to stand up and speak his or her
honest convictions
We still maintain as we shall always, the
Coniedracy was right.
In the dispute across the way over coal, 1t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

A ' :.:':5: friends should be
dozen groans.
All men are worthy of observa-
tlon-not all worthy Of imitation.
It is not good to be unfortu-
nate, but it is often good to have
been so.
A house begins with a brick,
a quarrel with a word.
If none took and none gave Of
Tense, goodwill would reign.
Peace is not helped by giving
others a piece of your mind.
Those who bear ill-will usually
get their load Increased.
The idle man kills the. Time
kills the idle man.
Pedantry Grams our heads with
learned lumber, and takes out
our brains to make room for it.
Nature has given us one tongue
and two ears that we may hear
more than we speak.
When a man tries to get some
thing for nothing, he succeeds in
acquiring experience.
A man who shows himself too
we'll satisfied with himself is sell
dom pleased with others, and
they, in turn, are little disposed
to like him.
Copyright, 1928, by Newspaper Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
Do You Buy EurOpe's Bonds?
You Are Buying Her Troubles.

You are told not to be afraid of buying European bonds
three or four bankers admit having purchased
bonds for their account recently Perhaps thew did
More likely NOT " ~
The kind of bankers purchased Russian bonds also
for their own account. Don't forget that '
They still have those bonds, and you get them at
bargain if interested o. ~ az I"
And by the of the banker gentlemen are
well loaded with foreign bonds underwrtten bv their
institutions Perhaps that why they speak well of them
There is talk OF conspiracy against foreign securities
France also magnes conspiracy force down the nrce
the franc Foreign bankers have got ten or fifteen TT0
SAND francs the newspapers and thew
are throwing them the market down the price
Anybody that knows banker foreign or domestic knows
tna one thing ne Will NOT do to knock anything Of
which ne owns ten fifteen billions Fregn bends NAV
good GAMBLE. They are NOT safe Investment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
BLUE HOUSE
IN LONDON
TO GO
COPYRIGHT. ls9s. hy star Company.
BY Universal Service.


r ONDON.-The news that Yer
rey's restaurant, at the cor
- ner of Regent street and
Hanover Square, is to be pulled
down in order that a large mod
ern hotel may be erected on the
site, removes a resort which oc-
war London for nearly a cen.
fury.
It was started in quite a small
way by a Franco-Swiss refugee
named Very. whose beautiful
ment.
The fame of her beauty spread
far and wide, and the bucks OF
the Regency gathered there to
drink coffee at the shrine.
It's old front, with the Georgian
low windows and small panes Of
glass, has always been painted
blue, and thus constituted a
prominent landmark near the up
per end of Nash's famous street.
In 1850 it passed out Of the
hands Of the Verreys to Herr
Wurtemberger, who transformed
it from a modest cafe" into a
restaurant, with a special eye to
ladies shopping in Regent street.
But as the Victorian age wore
on it acquired celebrity as a re-
sort Of Upper Bohemia. The
young men about town, the dan
dies" the "bloods," the CHAP
pies and the nuts" as they
were in turn nicknamed, found 1t
a convenient rendezvous for
luncheons and dinners. and beau
tiful women in the most recher.
che costumes might always be
seen there.
No man in those days would
think of dining in the restaurant
on the first floor unless he were
in evening dress.
It's clientele and it's prices were
alike fashionable.
Many famous chefs have, in
their day, presided over its kitch-
ems, and it's wines were of the
finest quality.
On the ground floor the only
"reminiscences of it's original vogue
as a cafe" were that coffee and
liqueurs were served the delicate
idlers with a spare half hour.
When the war broke our Yer
reys lost many of it's habitues,
for 1.-The lads of the village" were
modified and did not return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
Once-Overs


International Feature
If you cannot turn out lot of work without making
frequently is better do less work and do
perfectly.
Many persons ambitious anxious please
they work at feverish the predominant idea of
speed ruling them. The result they make
takes which offset the good impression their industry
speed may have made.
Often irritable driving boss foreman is responsible
for condition of this sort in his establishment.
If he would be calm-hold himself in better com
mand he would be able communicate the spirit
under him, with production and better production
the result.
The rusher punger is ambitious person.
He does not need proddnghe needs holding down the
point where he will be thoughtful and accurate
The wise executive recognizes this fact, and he also
recognizes that such person be held slower
speec Me turn out work and better work his
reduced speed than the easy-going, lazy person.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12

; my mind like burr on an old
horse in the pasture or a barna-
Gle on the bottom of a ship.
Later, / came into close touch
with people who wore diamonds
and pearls, and / was amazed at
the price of these things. / have
seen a woman with a million dol
lars worth of such trinketS hang
ing around her showcase mean
her neck, head, arms and fingers.
Still later / got an inside view
Of how many men made money
to spend on diamonds. When I
saw how it was done, the figure
of tears faded out and l saw
blood and muscles transmitted
into baubles and adornments.
It always seemed a little hazy
to me how the meek could in
herit the earth. I could under
stand how the slick could in
herit it.
The other day woman lost
half a millions worth of jewels.
The method Of divesting her was
crude and vulgar. The thief got
away. I was SO pleased at his
escape that / was alarmed about
my own moral welfare. 1 took
myself in hand. The psyche
analysis gave the following re-
suit: The pleasure / got out "
the ESCAPE of the thief had no
relation to him whaever. It was
the idea that having lost her
jewels the woman might find her
soul.
There are exceptions to all
rules, but the souls of bedecked
and bediamoned people usually
are of such size that a thousand
of them would have as much
room in a peanut as a humble
bee would have on Lake Michi-
gam
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
DIR. Irvine Tries to Analyze His Own
Sympathy for Gem Thieves
BY DIR. Alexander Irvine.

TT ERE is a problem for the
osychoanalyst or M. Coue.
- 1t is a complex. It's history
Is clouded. The symptoms would
indicate a cogless wheel in the
intricate machinery of my mind.
1t may be a leftover from the
days when our far-off ancestors
strapped for nuts and chased
each other through the trees.
1t may be a kink in my moral
nature, a sign Of depravityt or a
mood Of sheer cussedness. Any
way, there it is. Every time I
read an account Of a jewel rob-
berry, especially Of diamonds or
pearls, l find that whatever OF
an ethical nature 1 possess be-
gins to tumble like a house of
cards, my sympathies forthwith
fly to the thief!
II the thief is caught, am
sorry; If he goes to prison, get
nervous and sad to the edge of
tears. If he escapes 1 feel just
as the children do at the movies
when the hero comes along and
collars the burglar who has
stolen candy from a baby or
taken pennies from the eyes of
the dead. want to clap my
hands and shout!
The most serious part of this
malady is, the greater the value
Of the thing stolen the greater
my depression when the culprit
is caught, and II he escapes my
joy is boundless!
In psychoanalyzing the case I
find some interesting and signifi-
cant data. Some years ago l be-
longed to a group Of very serious
men, who had some fearfully
definite ideas about diamonds and
pearls. They called them the
tears Of the poor That sticks in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
Paper Furniture,
German Vogue
BY Interna tional News Service.

by International News Service.
~ ERLIN.-An addition to the
list Of substitutes for which
~ Germany has become ia
nous since the war has been
made by the development of a
process for making furniture out
Of paper
The inventor, Karl Abt, de-
clares that the finished product
is thoroughly substantial and
serviceable. Preparations are be-
ing made for large scale produc-
ton.
Paper, as a substitute for less
easily obtained materials, played
an important part during the
war, when raw materials could
not be imported. Paper clothing
was commonly worn, and the M
holstery in railroad cars was
made of paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
He Left His Gold Mine at Home.

sand years of kings.
He Left His Gold Nine at Home.
- OENTGEN, born year before Edison, died Satur-
X day. We haven't begun to estimate what human
ity owes him. Experimenting with Crookes
tube he discovered the x-ray and revealed still limit
less empire to research.
Crookes, incidentally, off in South Africa hunting
for gold at the time realizing that he had aban
doned property valuable to the than the
richest diggings of the Rand.
X-rays added a dimension to surgery. Operations
longer blind adventures Even is yielding
to their serzng We probably shan need radium,
after ALL to control this hitherto nvulnerable horror.
But farther reaching horrors still elude arrest.
Europe RusEes to the Abyss.
@ OCIAL diseases say and incapacitate several
y hundred millions of each generation; -,
A world protected from such blightS could fill
its treasures to overlooking with savaged productivity
of the afflicted.
The conditions that perpetuate consumption be
moved at half the cost of it's ravages.
Ninetenths of prevalent diseases are comfortable.
The 1918-1919 flu outbreak killed $4,000 persons
This slaughter could have been prevented with
of the victims combined earnings
If European countries don't abandon their suicidal
plans and plots and begin to check famine plague and
REORGANIZATION they will soon land in the abyss where
Rome and Tyre and Babylon lie Wondering.
The Ways of Wizardry.
X TINE years of and uncertainty, nine years of
N poisonous hates and racking gries, nine years OF
d. short rations and wrenchng poverty nave so
shattered universal and preyed upon faith and
hope that sanity and sefrespect begin to break bonds
Strange and devastating morals have succeeded pre-
restraint.
Justice and order struggle against drug and waves
of violence Men and women begin to take law IN tnel
own hands Reverence for the fundamental institutions
of society already dead letter Constituted aunorlty
is fouted all sides. This largely over there
mndng our own while put our house in order
and prepare the splendid ahead that shall be
ours but pursue traditional policies ana continue
in the ways of comm0a sense-and Wlzardrys
8 Features Syndicate f1n@1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
SAP AND SALT
BY, Bert Moses

When you have what you need.
you have enough.
If you go into a thing you
think will fail, it probably will.
Parents fix the first date on
your tombstone; you fix the last
date yourself.
Instead of Congress investigat-
ing crooked officials, it might
make an investigation to locate
the honest ones.
Hez Heck says: "Henpecked
husbands ginerally outlive their
tormentors."
Copyright. 1919. By Premier cOmpany.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
OregOn's "SOaD Lake {"

Soap Lake" is in the north
western part of Oregon. If the
water is stirred or beaten with a
stick it forms thick suds. When
rubbed between the hands it has
soapy feeling. Animals refuse
to drink the water.