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Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28
STATE Cooperation

The conference of governors, which President Cool
dge has called to in Washington in October Will
consider other matters than the enforcement of the pro-
bibon law immigration law violations and infractions
of the narcotic will also be subjects for discussion
Only through cooperation with state officials can crm
nails be made to the full force of those statutes IN
soliciting suggestions and aid from the governors Pres
dent Coolidge followed precedent established by the late
President Roosevelt and other Republican executives
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28

IF YOU WE'RE TO BELIEVE our radical politicians,
the farmers troubles would be forever solved his freight
rates were reduced of these voices of the People
ever raises without alluding to this stumbling
block in the road to prosperity of the farmer.
Looking up the old files of the market reports showed
that on June 80 1922 cash wheat in Chicago brought
$115 and the date this year sold for $lO0 Ihe
freight rate had not been changed during that period and
the uctuaon during year greater than even the
widest eyed demagogue proposes to cut freight rates. IN
other words freight rates been cut in two this sum-
er the farmer of Illinois having wheat to sell would still
get less for this product than would have year ago.
Then there is corn. What would you say the erect
Of freight rates was that product? On June TO- 1922
cash corn sold in Chicago at cents year later the
quotation was 81 During the year, with freight
charges remaining the same wheat declined to 10 cents
busbel in price and corn improved 1 cents the decline
in wheat price is the freight rate why not also
grant that gain in is chargeable to the same IN
fuence? How can freight rate work in opposite dlrec
tions at the same time?
Yet the politicians riding into office on Wnoop
and hurrah campaign which the farmer is to get reet
from the oppression of the railroads The railroads may
he guilty of all the things said about them but the
real Niger in the woodpie something entirely different
Crucifyng the railroads shooting them at SUNRISE or
turning them to the government for operauon WI"
not alter the fact that went down 10 to Is cents
bushel in year and went up approximately ~ 10
25 cents in the same time and under precisely the same
transportation conditions
It is timidy suggested that the law of supply ana
demand may have hand the price of farm products OF
any other commodity.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28
Nero ron Much Blamed.

Nero has received, it seems to uA
more than his share of blame for
fiddling while Rome burned1 cOnsid-
ering how many volunteer fire de
partments have frantically done the
same thing on countless occasions
since.-Kansak City Star.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28
HAIRDRES

HAIRDRESSERS declare that ears will be worn next
year. Sure They will be much in evidence on the
heads of Democratic voters but not sufficiently so to com
Del the Republican administration in Washington to pack
its trunk in 1926
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28

THE SMALLEST VOTING PRECINCT in the United
States has been located in St. Louis county Mssourour
qualified voters And it is said that even that small unit
is going solidly Republican in 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28

THIS IS A TIME in which it is the duty OF all good
Republicans in State to work 70 harmony among K
pubcans in the next election. The slogan should be- I'VE
are going into the fight to win!"
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28

THE CALL FOR ALL to uphold the Highway Police
and curb the reckless people who travel our highways
which was made by the Evening Journal of Wilmington
last week. should acted by citizens everywhere in
Delaware The Journal said:
If our State Highway Police Department is to amount
to anything worth while must have the hearty support
of public opinion in enforcement Of the law against
drunken and dsorderly persons who operate motor
ON the roads over which that department has jurisdiction
By the same token, when the members of the high
way force go out to get offender they must get him.
REGARDLESS of consequences to him or to themselves
Hundreds of who are disposed to be roughnecKs
and who have little regard for the law over our roads,
Tt is that element that menaces public safety and
gives trouble to the conserators of the law It matters
not whether such be from Delaware or from other
States they must be taught that the law the law and that
must be obeyed And when the officers are mpresslng
that upon offenders they should be upheld by all goou
citizens
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
New Federal Buildings for
Washington
By BILL PRICE.

The recommendations Of President COOLIDGE for
nung annual appropriation of at least $5OOOOO for public
buildings in the District indicate that the President init
atey acquainted with the urgent need for build
ngs in this city the work and personnel of the Govern
ent to be properly coordnated and the employees
Uncle Sam housed in buildings adapted to their duties and
befitting the dignity of the Government.
The public buildings and grounds committees of Senate
and House thoroughly sympathy with the recommends
Eons Of the President and will endeavor to promote build
ing program covering period of years. that will meet the
needs Of the Federal Government Senator FERNALD Of
Maine chairman Of the Senate committee and Representative
LANGLEY of Kentucky chairman of the House committee
have been urging construction of Federal buildings
this city for time Their hearty cooperation ought to
produce good results during the present session Of Congress
The crowding Of Government workers into inadequate
and the scattering divisions all
1ent would not be tolerated by large business establishment
The results bad for the public which entitled to the
Government department which has its divisions scattered
throughout the city expect the good results
housed building at least buildings close to
each other and constructed for the convenience of its business
Along Sixth street. for example, those unSighty
time buildings which the Government put almost
night to meet the egences of those days They
intended to be anything but temporary They verable
fire unfit for workers. unfit Govern
ent business The heating and ventilation what they
should be- The workers them kept swelterng
peatures at times and freezing temperatures others They
cannot give their best to the under these Cir
cumstances.
8 large archives building built to modern needs
has been for twenty by Secretaries of
the Treasury and other heads of departments Thousands
precious historical other valuable documents
N all sorts Of places by the various departments Fire
destroy them the elements affect them The subject has
been before Congress many times but nothing has of it.
Good business demand that the Government
20 the erection of buildings that will properly for
its work and bring about the destruction of the ramshacke
war structures that detract from the beauties of this city
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Tho prnnOr TOnnfh fnT ny, Eoony,
Bv DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Proper Length for an

vTlHE time is coming when the only long things
published will be novels. Even now they are about
= the only long books read.
The cause is psychological In didactc argumentatve
descriptive books other literary work addressed
to the to the TASTE there certain inherent
stuff that makes brain-fag. Few people read news
paper editorial column long, and we all glance at the
size of the dose before swallow sort OF poemic
writing.
The essays Of the type of Matthew Arnold's, De
genre Of old Backwoods of the present Contemporary
belong to that is past They grace libraries to-
leaves cut The trouble with them is not that they
uninterestng it is that they are too long, Any one
of them, of forty pages could be boiled down into half
dozen readable memorable striking quotable and usabe
paragraphs.
The slow numbering wordy effusion of the standard
British essay, and the involved, unedited, diffuse
reatises of the German variety doomed. Life is
too Short and in these days too full and complex, for
twohour for two-coumn newspaper articles
or magazine essays of four thousand words
~, This is about the length The reader is done now
And having finished this subject satisfactorily,
will proceed to talk about the weather The rest of this
article has nothing to do with the first part of it.
Cheer up.
There have been good many nasty things said
against weather conversation, think unjustIy It is
supposed to be stupid patitudinous and bromide to say
it's fine day it looks like rain do not share this
speak of the and sky and air? why you are going
back to the Unversaites, you beginning your ta
where all talk ought to begin-with Nature the one
common ground where all men must agree. You are
laying the foundation for rational divergence later in
your conversation, for disagree ntelgently
unless they commence by agreeing.
Suppose you came at acquaintance on the street
or sitting at table, with M think your theology is sily
your views of art crude and your politics rot" There
would be no conversation He would naturally his
No; peculiar views all right to end talk with:
but you must begin out where all men are forced to
think alike, that is, the weather
When you discuss rain and cold and crops vou arc
laying off the ground were getting your bearings
ana arranging the proper handcaps for the game and
contest OF wits to follow To your individual views
at man without few preliminary meteorological OBJ
servations is hardly decent -
Copyright 1923 syndin
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

at the Olympic Music Hall ana
every night. after midnight. at
Rector's Club, exclusive NIGHT
cabaret, managed by Harry Pilcer.
the American dancer.
We have a heavy day tOnor.
row." Paul explained to Interna-
tlonal News Service, while detail
ing the life story, aims and am
bltions OF his troupe. I'VE appear
seven times-our regular five
turns and. in addition, at q bene-
fit for police orphans and at the
Folies Bergere benefit OF poor
artists. That's work, call IT,"
Paul. who is forty-six and busi-
ness manager Of the outfit, was
born in Italy. His wife is Eng
Ish. mother Of his five children
Victor, Regina, Tosca. Violet and
Emmanuel.
Francois. now forty-four was
born in Paris, His children, four
sturdy boys-Andy, Albert. Paulo
and Francesco-were born. re-
pectively, in Moscow, Paris Lon.
don and Berlin. Francois wife
is French, former circus bare
back rider.
Albert, younger than Francois
by two years. has only two chill
dren-Louisa and Robert. His
wife is of Italian nationality and
was formerly singer and dapcer
in London.
At least three of the boy9 are
following in their fathers foot
steps, both literally and flRura.
lively. Made up in the same
style as their illustrious fathers.
every afternoon and evening. In
the Medrano Circus. these mem
bers Of the fourth generation Of
clowns draw almost as many
laughs as the wearers of the pur-
pie ribbons. They are envied by
all the children Of Montmartre.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

a large part in the Senate in.
Vestigation Of the Veterans Ru.
reau.
Two and one-half billion dol.
lars has come out Of American
taxpayers pockets" he saws
Since 1917 our Congress has
passed one bill after another for
the aid of the veteran. The
present annual budget has grown
to the unbelievable figure of $3.50
100000. That's plenty of monev
The trouble is that in the mast
there has been scandalous waste
Whatever sum we sDend u,n
want it spent honestly. And the
service it buys should be efficient
and inspired. Too often fbo
Government has been indifferent
and unnecessarily severe. i've
talked to men in hospitals who
have deliberately left the care of
United States physicians for nri.
vate institutions because thew an.
horred the life in Government.run
sanitariums. That's n renrooch
to our officials.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

Please say a word, too, about
the men who are out of hospitals,
but still under the guidance of
the Veterans Bureau. They
should be aided to become self
reliant and seIf-supportinT citi.
zens. These men YOU can aid to
better understanding Of thar
opportunities. They need to be-
set right. Many Of the agents
paid to counsel and direct them
have betrayed them. It would
take too long for me to cite indi.
vidual cases. But hundreds have
been advised to undertake Stnd;es
for which they have no sdeouate
background. FrauduIant adver.
tisements have lured them On to
prepare for intricate technical
and professional tasks which % thew
could not in reason hone to mas.
ter. The simplest admonition
from an understanding friend
would save these veterans from
the waste Of time and effort ana
the ultimate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
More Short Things
So Easy to Skip.

The National Republican the Southern
representation in the coming convention This victory
President Coolidge the Southern delegate being backbird
which is caught with piece patronage This gives States
with Republican party equal voting power with Northern
States
The Southern delegate gunpowder convention
Of 1872 and Committeeman He New York who repre-
sented Taft in that fight and finally finished with him
Utah and Vermont made the motion yesterday increase the
Southern representation
w. A. Pnkerton famous detective is dead His father
Allen Pnkerton who founded valuable work
during the Civil War; of his important achievements
being the discovery of plot asasnate President Lincoln
IN Baltimore his way Washington inaugurated
Lincoln left the Presidential train through Baltimore
on the regular train which preceded it.
Germany reduces the salaries her officials and should
reduce the number of To say nothing of economy
would be kindness future thousands
get into the Capitol Washington full went
there to hold office temporarily but the prisoners
Of a sure thing.
Eugene Fields library of thousand volumes to be
sold in New York within few days The collection very
human thing Fields impressions being scrbled all the
pages Inasmuch Field Chicagos leading literary trad-
on it would that she might be interested securing
these books
SHINES and Sinclair made big oil deal bv which
Sinclair who has oil properties America Mexico and Rus
supplies SHINES all the oil he for his oburning
merchant fleet and for his factories SHINES also large
refneries Germany interest in oil being oucened bv
the reduced coal output of the Ruhr
expedition about to set out to hunt for the
site Of Sodom and Goorrah destroyed according to Biblical
version about 1892 B. c. of of their
Inhabitants. We think of things we need
Lot more than to pile Sodom and Gomorrah we
have already
The Passion Players headed by Anton Lang three
times played Christ here for in which they will
exhibit their pottery and wood carving They hope to raise
enough to relieve the destution their Bavaran
village Under conditions will they present the Passion
Play in America.
would very easy for them to raise all the money
necessary to put their village easy street. is
sacred observance not an entertainment Not long ago they
refused motion picture offer Of 100000 to make film
Of their play
was back in 1888 that their forefahers pledge
after the pestence left their village give Passion Play
ten for three hundred years This the first time
that any Of the players besides Lang have village of
0berammergau
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
Once Overs
Copyright Service 1no)
PEOPLE WHO MAKE CARELESS STATEMENTS IN
LETTERS LIVE TO REGRET THEM.

'Do not put in letter anything which anyone would like
to steal and publish
wise old Anan gave this bit of advice.
And it is mighty good advice too.
He might have added do put anything you
would be unwilling for the world to know
Are you of the careless, thoughtess who
write and write and consider what have said in writing
afterwards
Suppose should be lost and should be found
by person who would make their contents Known what
effect would this your peace of mndperEaps
your standing in society.
The confidential statements you make to friend,
paper, today may be shown in few in the most
damaging way for you.
You cannot careful what you say in any letter
1t is far better for you if your letters few and far
between you not guarded about what you put down
with your pen.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
AMERICAN LEGION HEAD OUTLINES EXTENSIVE PROGRAM

<<" RY to bring about a
closer and more human
u contact between the ex-
service men and governmental
agencies which are directing hos
pitalization and rehabilitation.
These are the words Of Command
ed Quinn, new chief of the
American Legion, to Robert M.
Field, who has been commits
stoned to write for "Our World"
a series of articles dealing with
the problem of veteran aid. In
an interview with Mr.. Field, with
which the series opens In the
January issue, Commander Quinn
outlines the legion program of
Americanization, an immigration
holiday, legislation for physical
education In schools, adequate
national defense, and square
deal for the ex-service man.
Quinn was state commander of
the California department of the
legion in 1922 and exposed the
shameless waste of money in his
own community. His reports and
the data he collected then played
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

When facts are scarce, argu.
ments are apt to be plentiful.
What we need ia a religion that
has no hate In 1t for other re-
ligion6.
Eti0uette makes a man keep his
coat on. Progress makes him
take It off.
A fellow you like to play poker
with is either a wit or a 0On-
sistent loser,
Kind words to man while no
Ia alive count for more than
flowers at his funeral,
fCopyyiwht. 1O2a, PromioP 0yAdioatA. Ino.
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
FAMOUS CIRCUS CLOWNS
HONORED BY FRANCE
~ DARIS-Laugh producing is a
legitimate occupation in
. these dark days in Franco

nARIS-Laugh producing is a
legitimate occupation in
Il these dark days in France
and worthy OF high reward.
So ruled the French minister
of Beaux Arts recently in award
ing the purple ribbon of the
Palms of the Academy" to the
FTatellini Brothers-Paul, Fran
co.'s and Albert-circus clowns of
international reputation, who for
years have been chasing the blues
away from every European capi-
tai from Moscow to Madrid.
The honor is one of only
slightly less importance than an
appointment to the Legion of
Honor.
Although Of Italian nationality
the brothers are truly interna-
tional, the third generation Of a
famous family of clowns and
acrobats. The fourth F'ratelini
generation also has entered the
sawdust ring. the eleven children
Of the three brothers taking part
regularly in the sure-fire laugh
producers of their fathers.
Masters of half a dozen Ian
guages, the senior clowns make
use of most Of them in their act.
with a plentiful sprinking of
English. They have never been
in America. but they still have
hopes of reaching the land of
dollars.
Part of their present clown act
is built around the American song
still fairly popular in Paris
Yes. We Have No Bananas To-
day." Albert adds reality by tos-
sing fresh vegetables to the crowd.
joining in the chorus by playing
a jazz flute concleaded in a leek.
In addition to their act at the
Medrano Circus. in the Mont
martre district of Paris, the three
brothers also appear twice daily
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

American Man who would have amounted to anv
thing without his wife? Of course, they hadn't And
didn't they know in their hearts that their husbands
would amount to more, much more if they would follow
their wives advice cosely9 For while the man
might perform it left to the womans keen intuition
to find the tra to the womans finer spirit to provide
the Inspiration.
Was there dissenting voice? There wasn't You
could almost hear them purr. Even Mrs. Bert Blumn
who looks about inspratonal a mound of mashed
potatoes, wheezed her approval It's dead cinch that
Bert is getting his inspiration handed to him in large
gobs even while l write this So that was over and
they all came away bearing that carnivorous look
woman always wears when she's about to tell her hus
band something for his good
Yes, an enthusiastic time had by al-all except
me- didn't agree with word of it. Naturally not
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

that job. And right there is where the wfes duty be-
gins and ends-to make that home 1t isn't her job to
make that husband. Nine times out of ten he'll make
much better of himself if she'll keep her hands off
But he does need the home and he does need the CHEEKY
understanding, comrade wife in the home.
The young American wife regards housekeeping a
Limited sphere" because she is viewing it from the
wrong slant. She has been taught from infancy that
husbands need managing and that woman, to be
really successful must mix in the world of affairs
must be sort of legitinatized Madame Pompadour in
the domestic scheme of things Naturally, she shifts at
the home beesteak and the fried onion But you sniff
wrongly Sister, Fried onion and beefsteak pack more
OF Walop in the world of affairs than all the inspra
tlon That went meddlng around where it didn't
belong.
lCopyright. 1929 Features syndicate Inel
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
Copyright. 1923. BY Star Company.

yearning for any martyrs fate, I didn't
humble to myself on paper. And if you
wish to listen in, why that's your affair.
Do believe that Wives were created to
be an Inspiration to Husbands? 1 do
NOT Moreover, 1 don't think that Hus-
bands want inspiration or feel any in
spiration even when Friend Wife thinks
she is inspirating with all eight cylinders.
The average husband knows how to go
about his job whole lot better than his
wife can possibly tell him. He knows
when thing should be done, and why it
should be done, what to say to Jones
and what not to say to Smith. Moreover,
given a happy domestic backing, he has
plenty of ambition and pep to apply to
The Washington times., 1923-12-29
LISTEN, WORLD! : By ELSIE ROBINSON

II HAVE just attended a club lecture
for ladies'. It was very we'll bred,
expensive and enlightened meeting,
and we were supposed to depart all
ignited with Uplift The subject was
"The American Wife" The American
Wife, according to the lecturer, was civil
ization's choicest flower. She played a
part in her husbands life never before
played by wife. She was his Inspira-
tion. Inspiring was Wife's First Duty.
Without the inspiration of True Amer
lean Wife, the American Business Man
was as ship without it's rudder blind
man in a fog, a-well, in short, he just
wasn't anything Therein lay the Amer
lean Wife's great privilege and power.
Had any lady in the audience ever known
The Washington times., 1923-12-29

which inevitably follows. But
you'll bring that out in your
articles" he concluded.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-09

These are the elements from which
an Englishman prospecting in the
Fossil Greek country is attempting to
reconstruct tragedy of the past, ac-
cording to the Verde Copper News.
The English prospector was work
ing the country across Fossil Creek
in ella county last week and in the
course of his wanderings, entered a
small canyon near Pine. He declines
to give any more exact information
until he and his associates have To-
Gated the ground. At the upper end
of the canyon, to which his attention
had been. attracted by an almost OBJ
liberated trail, he found the ruins of
an arrastra, the two dead men, the
dead mules and the pile of ore.
The Coconino sun., 1923-02-09

pleased and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Miss StoIofsky's work on the violin Is
exceptional She not only has fine
technic, but she plays with great en-
thusiasm and quality. The other num-
bers were also very good"
Following is the program for next
Wednesday night, though some of the
numbers may be changed:
Sonata, d Major, Larghetto, ale
gretto, (Nardini) Irene Stolofsky and
Magdalen Mae Mann.
Requiem (Homer). Hear Ne, Ye
Winds and Waves, (HandeD George
Imbrie.
Song); Scenes de lie Csarda, (Hubay).
Irene Stolofsky.
Aria, (Faust), even Bravest
Hearts" (Gounod), George Irnbrie.
The Chase, (Paganini-Liszt); The
Dream of Love, (Liszt); Rhapsodie
No. 8, (Liszt); Magdalen Massmann
Where Ny Dear Lady Sleeps
(Smith); Gypsy Love Song, (Her
bert) Little Irish Girl, (Lohr) George
Ave Marie, (schubet- -Wilhelmj)
Waltz A Major, (Brahms); Minneira
(Sarasate). Irene Stolofsky.