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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

"a
~ season. It is called 1.-THE Man Who Ate the
- - Popomac."
The pcpomac supposed to be kind Of strange fruit
from China with delicious However, it not
only had most powerfully offensive odor but anyone who
ate became infected with the disagreeable smell
The play Of parable the author declined
to indicate what it is intended teach And perhaps after
all the best sort Of parable that leaves you free to
draw your moralizing from it.
Being both fond Of morazng rather addicted to the
habit cannot resist saying that the message Of the
play is the tragedy Of disgust Perhaps lives are
blghted, feelings hurt more hearts broken more
hopes lost and smash played generally with happiness
by disgust than from any other cause.
The true opposite Of love hate is disgust in fact
hate not always very far from love- whereas and
disgust never merge.
Our sense Of smell is arstocratic faculty It
most subty draw toward repel us from another
It the most typical physical symbol Of the positive and
negative electricity Of the soul.
There what you might call soul doors
gentle and noble deed has delicate and delightful
cowardy and brutal repels us as mighty
stencil
One curious thing about disgust is that Is often and
indeed usually caused by deed Of self indulgence We
all want to gain become prominent to crafty our de-
sres and be comfortable One would naturally suppose
that for succeed in this direction would impress an
other favoraby On the contrary does is for this
that when lady wishes charm she is careful not
to feed grossly but to pick and daily with her food She
realizes the repent effect Of the appearance Of strong IN
diligence So also Daphns careful show to Chloe that
she is cold and indifferent how warm her afec
ton may be.
That the do not like very wealthy is not
wholly to be explained by envy and the nferorty COM
pick. The millionaire has INDUCED himself too much IN
There is bad odor.
The primitive instinct Of every human being ia for self
expression that is for the full outflow of our desires But
secondary instinct that in the story Of
evolution is the instinct for self control So that one who
lets himself go gets what he and satisfies his body
and spirit to the full suggests rather the beasty past Of
Mankind while who gives evidence of constant self
mastery who always above his pleasures who deny
himself with gives the impression Of true gentleman
Even in the matter of life ITSELF are toe greedy we
disgusting Patriots and martyrs who have flung away
their lives in act Of self suppression shed the
most delicate and rare odor in the pages of history.
do not know at all whether the author of Popomac
intended to put all this it, but is what GOT out Of f.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

lance Of little less than $4,000, 900
miles.
Then she disappears from the
evening sky, to reappear later in
the morning. BY August / abe
has left the earth well behind,
and takes the shape Of a new
moon again, but with its bow
turned in the opposite direction.
Her distance has now increased
again to about 8B.000.000 miles.
While, we are adniring Venus
in our evening sky, she 10 look
ing at us in her morning sky
But on July / the earth is in
opposition TO the sun as seen
from Venus, and must glow with
amazing brilliance In her mid
night sky, while she 10 invisible
70 IN -LuSlAon.,,H&ou urr~,eo'n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL

b u o M &C

~ CURIOUS and notable play has seen tie light this
~ season It is called 1.-THE Man Who Ate the
= - PonoYnac
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Sap and Salt
BY Bert Moses

No man is a failure who keeps
on trying.
The richer a man becomes. the
harder It 10 for him to be honest.
Nature supplies weeds TO pun.
ish the lazy and to reward the
industrious. tb
Both health and disease are re.
suits Of whether you behave your.
self or you don't.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14
HEROINES OF HISTORY
The Girl Who Became a Revolutionary Martyr.
BY MARK STUYVESANT.

AYO more romantic and at the
same time tragic tale OF the
AZ early revolutionary days
has come down to US than that
of Jane McCrea, the beautiful
daughter Of James McCrea. an
Episcopal clergyman Of New
Jersey.
James father was dead and the
lovely blue-eyed girl, with a mass
Of auburn hair, was visiting a
friend on the west bank of the
Hudson river, near Fort Edward.
This was a wild country at that
time with very few Inhabitants.
for people did not have the cour.
age to settle far away from the
towns. And 1t was here that Jane
then nineteen-fell in love with
a young man named David Jones,
and they soon became betrothed.
Then came the revolution.
David Jones remained loyal to
the British and FASTENED to Can.
ada, where he enlisted and &C
quired tho rank OF captain under
Burgoyne.
The young couple kept in close
touch with each other through
very uuCtAtISAdCtOKy COET0SpOIlQ-
ence. But David had promised
Jane that he would come back for
her and that they would be, mar
ried.
So the loyal girl waited for her
lover to return to her--although
the place where she was visit
ing was made dangerous for her,
not only through many Indian at
taclkS. but by the American scout
ing parties.
The days and hours were try.
ing for Jane-every one Of which
she was sure would bring her
fiance, who would rescue her
from her perilous position.
One day while Jane and her
friend were alone in the front OF
the house they were terror.
stricken to see band Of Indians
approach. Their first impulse
was to flee-for the Indians had
made many cruel attacks on the
women Of that country. But on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

Ike my teeth, IS all my own grow rirht at homo
Now to this age business How old am II I'm an old
woman, Nora very old woman Older than Methuseah
lfe and those early dreams order and harmony me-
knew the darkness Of the savage caves and all that
darkness and savagery still blinds my eyes am older even
than that, Nora; older than MAN I hunted and hid with
the great gray wolves. killed with the sabretoothed
tiger crawled through the slime Of the steaming swamps
with the Mesozoic lizards And before that lone hafo
that when life bit Of jelly squirming in the dark
was jelly, too 80
began with that jelly, I've lived ever since and all
that I've DONE by the way written clear on INV body and
soul and mind Nothing has been lost Nothing has passed
without leaving its mark I'm snake tiger and mole and
,aa.S-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

fish; I'm wife and wanton and nun. I'm
dreamer and fighter and mother and child ;
I'm hero and coward and saint and sneak.
/ m Flapper and Possible newest GEES
ture in life and the oldest record
AND so ARE YOU, MORAL You, too,
are as old as life-as old as hate and love and
fear. That's why you understand me and I
understand you. That's why this crude bridge
of words which we call Listen, World con-
meets the secrets Of your spirit with the
secrets Of mine. WE'VE COME DOWN THE
TRAIL TOGETHER. WE'RE PART OF
THE SAME GREAT TREK. 1t does not
need many words to wake our common mem
cries, if only the words be sincere.
It's strange and stirring thought, ism It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-14

thought All that load of ignorance and savagery to carry
on our backs Yes all that load to carry But think Of
the spendor and dignity Of heritage well the
terror Of it. Think Of the brave struggles made
the dreams no night could KILL the love pain could
bansh the courage that survives and grows despite
latent fear. Think Of all that Nora and then turn and
look at life with eyes. See how much more dra-
matte it is when played against that tremendous
background. See how much more meaning there is to
every simple act how much reason there for trying
to carry
And how it dgnes the years and widens the horizonl
You've hated old age haven't you, Palf You've cried in
secret those gray hairs and grown bitter because
tires you to dance But Look Nora-SEE HOW WONDER
Full 1T is TO BE OLD
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FORA ANDREWS wants to know how
N old am. Here her letter:
Y DEAR ELSIE ROBINSON.

Some OF us wish you would settled dis
pute for u.s. We were talking about your ar
ticles, and one of my friends said that you
must be young girl, because you use SO much
slang. But some Of the others said that no
young girl knows so much about life as you
do think that maybe you are an old won
an, but you get some young person to put
the slang in your work SO it will sell better.
Would you please tell us how old you really
areY MRS. NORA ANDREWS.
Yes, Nora, I'll tell you how old I really
am. But first let me disabuse your mind Of
one idea. No one puts anything into nv
work. I do my crimes unaided. NV slanr
Evening star., 1924-09-04
LAWYER SUES FOR FEE.
Conrad H. Syne Says w. w. Scott
Owes Him 1900.

Conrad II. Syme, lawyer. today
fled suit III the District Supreme
Court IT, recover S1,100 from William
NEs Scott. also a member of the bar.
The money represents d balarce al
legged to be due Syre for represent
ing Scott. who had been named in
the celebrated Morse conspiracy in
dict ment against the Shipping Board
Syme first secured Il separate trial
for his client. and when a jury ac-
quilted Morse and others charged
With him the case against Scott was
dropped by the II tied States attor-
ney. and he WAS never called for tria /.
Mr.. Syme tells the court he was
employed by Scott to defend him and
that Scott agreed to pay fee of
$4,000 if the case was dismissed with
out trial and pay Il per diem fee if
trial was held. Scott paid 81 900 on
account, the plaintiff states, but re-
fuses to pay the balance.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
WILLIAM c, DEAN DEAD;
WAS IN ENGRAVING PLANT
Former Assistant Foreman Among
2S Employees Ousted by
Harding's Order.

William c. Dean, formerly assistant
foreman of the surface division of
the United States Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. and one of the
2S employees ousted from the bureau
through executive order of the late
President Harding, died suddenly in
Chicago yesterday, according to word
received here today. No particulars
of his death were contained in the
message.
Mr.. Dean was an employe of the
bureau for more than 20 years, hav-
ing risen from a type pressman, in
which position he started, to the
position which he held at the time
of the issuance of the executive or
der. Later he was offered reinstate-
ment at the bureau but refused, on
account of having accepted a posi-
ton in the meantime with a COM
mercial concern in Chicago.
Mr.. Dean was a native of Missouri.
He was a member of the Rathbone-
Superior Lodge, No. 20, Knights Of
Pythias, and was also a past chan
cenor of that lodge. He also had
Masonic affiliations. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Effie Dean, and
a married daughter of Pittsburgh
Pa.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Cougolcmus rugs are easier
than apood floors to clean, and
are silent to the tread. They
are the ideal covering for all
floors.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
PRESIDENT HEARS
AIMS Of ENGINEERS
Officials of Association Call
at White House-Studies
il Farm Problems.

In the interest OF improved engi-
reking conditions in the United
s'taaes every facility of the American
Association of Engineers was placed
atlthe disnosal ofs President Coolidge
toby by Harold Almert of Chicago,
prfsident of that organization.
Mr.. Almert, accompanied by Past
Presidents A. n. Johnson and f. II.
NaS-all and First Vice PRECEDENT
Morris Rien. called at the White
House today to outline to the Presi-
dcht the aims of the association. He
explained that his organization diff
fered from other more purely techni-
caliy or restricted engineering So
cietics in that its first considerable
is 5not so much that of the mate
ria1S and force of construction as it
is ief what may be called the human
element.
"The base purpose of the aSsocia-
tioh," he said, lis to make the
engineer broader and more eff
cient man. arouses active interest
in public service, and educates him
tostecome d better citizen
i Has National Program.
The association. under the direction
off its national Washington office.
hesicd by y. =. Mcdaniel. is Initial
ingsa national program, which will
include the investigation Of several
national issues of special interest to
professional engineers, such as fuel
conservation, railroad valuation, a
Federal department of public works
antt the classification and compensa-
ton of engineers
Durlng his off hours Pre- eSident Cool
idge is giving considerable attention
to ziIiS program for agricultural relief
This program when completed will
provide chiefly the appointment of q
conlml SsiOn, of a fact-finding nature
which will institute n thorough in
NeStigation of the agricultural Situa-
tfon and then make a comprehensive
report to the President for his guild
ance in cons liberation of legislation in
the future.
To Outline Program.
When the President finally an
noEnccs the personnel of this COM
&sion, it is expected by those close
to shim that he viii then outline def
niEly his hopes for farmers and the
mature of a leg slative program he
Will. expect to he adopted as a result
off the investigation. 1t is known
tlAt he now considers sufficient emer-
Eep&y laws already enacted and will
expect future legislation to deal with
permanent agricultural program.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Bankruptcy Suit Filed.

The District Supreme Court was
asked today ty creditors OF Sam Pc
tow, dealer in ladies' clothing and
millinery at 18th and G. streets north
west, 70 adjudge him bankrupt 1t is
charged the merchant is insolvent
and has made payments to certain
creditors with intent to prefer them
in Eviolation of the bankruptcy laws
Attorneys Forbes & Daniels appear
for the complaining creditors.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

the most wonderful skin whitener, soft
ener and beautifier.
Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon
bleach into the face, neck, arms and
hands. 1t can not irrltate. Famous
stage beauties use it to bring that clear.
youthful skin and rosy-white complex
ion; also as frecklc, sunburn and tan
bleach lou must mix this remarkable
lotion yc1rself It cannot be bought
ready to use because it acts best imme-
diatcly after t is prepared
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Officers Are Retired.

Capts. Henry W. Lee and Charles
It. Davis, United States Infantry. and
Capt. Edgar f. Nickun, United States
Quartermaster Corps, have been
transferred to the retired list of the
Army on account of physical disabili-
ties incident to the service.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
TRY LEMON JUICE
! TO WHITEN SKIN

The only harmless
way to bleach the SKI,
white is to mix the
juice of two lemons
with three ounces OF
Orchard White, which
any druggist will sup
ply for a few cents.
Shake we'll in a bot
tie, and you have a
,-knln n.larfer-nirlt of
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Au~WOOl Double
Blankets. s6.s5

These blankets come in the big, bold
p1aids SO new and smart; pink, blue, gray or
black on white ground or black on red
ground. They are soft and light, but very
warm; and the ends are strongly finished
with overlook stitching. 66x9O inches. double
style.
tsecond Floor, St. Anne1o
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Japanese Developments

AS a result of the recent elections in Japan the
Seyukai party representing the most reactionary
wing of the imperialst feudal-capitalist combine,
were dislodged from their control of the govern
mental machinery.
Premier Kiyura, spokesman of the Seyuhunto
party, formerly section of the reactionary Seyu-
kai, has resigned. Viscount Kato, the leader of
the Kensikai party which elected lac members to
parliament, has become premier.
Kato was formerly ambassador to England His
ascendancy at this time is indicative of the deep
going dissatisfaction of the japanese masses with
the council of elder statesmen or Genro and their
reactionary policies. Under the present parlia-
mentary conditions in Japan, where only five per
cent of the population is entitled to vote, the rise
of Kato who, tho less black than his predecessor,
is, in fact as standpat as the Washington Monu-
ment must be accepted as the only possible indi-
Gator of the real feeling of the country. Beneath
the surface of japanese politics there is under
current of sweeping protest that will yet over
whelm the reaction.
The change in premiership assumes special sig
nifcance at this time when Japan is beset by so
many complications. We may expect conscious,
definite attempt on the part of the government
toward a rapprochement with the Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics in order to counterfeit the
effects of the new American exclusion policy. To
day. Japan can find no other country that will dare
openly oppose the American imperialist ventures
in the Pacific than Soviet Russia After all, the
Japanese-American controversy is only part of
the whole conflict of interests in the, Pacific be
tween the Nipponese Empire and the American
imperialist government.
A realignment of this character in the Pacific
is of unreasonable international significance. The
effect on the domestic and foreign policies of
Japan of such a re-grouping can not yet be est
mated clearly.
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Western Electric Typical

The Western Electric Company which the DAILY
WORKER is exposing in series of special
articles, is typical of the large-scale manufactur
ing industries of the United States. Thru its
|ffty-fve years strictly non-union life it has de
veloped the most careful and complete specialized
piecework speed-up system possible
The Western Electric Company offers its work
ers share whatsoever in the administration Of
its plants. 1t allows its workers only the chance
TO give each day the utmost of their energy to the
work laid out by the speedefficiency, experts.
The Western Electric Company knows its bust
ness 1t employs hundreds of engineers to keep the
efficiency of the plant at the highest pitch to figure
even to the finest detail the maximum amount OF
work each slave can do.
The Western Electric rakes in the profits. The
workers can suck their thumbs-after work. The
company and its relatives, American Telephone
and Telegraph, General Electric, and the House of
Morgan, direct not only national affairs to then
interest but even international politics.
Samuel Gcmpers and his American Federation
of Labor tremble before these industrial and fin
ancial lords and make no effort to assist the en-
shaved and unorganized workers
The Workers Party and the DAILY WORKER
are actively fighting for the organization of the
gagged workers of Western Electric and all
other scab shops We insist that the workers and
farmers come to realize who their exploiters are
and that they organize in class party to demand
the control of government and industry for them
selves
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Elected for life to positions bearing
salaries of as high as $4,000 per year,
il the comfortable situation of a
group Of trade union officials in Chi
cago.
The union involved is the Milk
Wagon Drivers Local No. 753, Chica-
90. of the International Brotherhood
Of Transfers, Chauffeurs, Stablemen
and Helpers. The officials are Robert
Fitche, president; William A. Neer,
secretary-treasurer; Steve Summers,
recording secretary; James Kennedy,
vice-president; Joe Patterson, Jack
Cook, Fred Damms, and Henry Ber-
ger. members of the executive board.
At the regular meeting of the union
in May, VIM. Neer reported the nego-
tiation of new agreement, carrying
an increase of 81 per week, and then
requested that all the officers should
be elected for life, and made per
petual delegates OF the unions to all
conventions. A motion was made to
grant the request, which was carried
This local union has no regular
elections. The last one was held about
1919, with the understanding that new
elections should not be held until
1925.
At the meeting where this motion
was put over, about $50 to 300 mem
bers, out OF total membership OF
5000, we're present. There had been
no notice given that elections or sal
airy increases were to be considered
at the meeting.
The increase was sprung without
notice, and also the motion to elect
the officers for life, and delegates to
every gathering they wished to go to-
After thus securing the same stand.
ing as judges Of the supreme court
the officials then proceeded to get
some OF the other perquisites Of Of
flee. The salary Of Neer was raised
from $4,000 per year to $4,000; and
the other officers proportionately. II
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The extreme reactionary section of the French
imperialist ruling class is making desperate
effort to delay the governmental housecleanlng
voted in the recent elections.
President Millerand is holding on to his job by
the skin of his teeth. In order to postpone his
being kicked out of office by the Herriot group
parading under the misleading name of Radical
Socialists, Millerand has set up dummy cabinet
which is not expected to last fully one day. Al
ready, this cabinet has been properly labeled the
Suicide cabinet"
This cabinet crisis in France is of special in
terest to the masses of the United States. 1t illus
trates a vital point of distinction between the
American and French government structures No
one will accuse the French governmental system
of being fully responsive to the will of the work
ing and poor farming masses of the country.
France, the cradle of bourgeois democracy is far
from being democratic even in the sense of CAPT
talist parliamentarism as often expounded by the
liberals.
Yet, France, when compared with the United
States, has a government far more responsive to
the expressed will of the masses. In France, as
well as in other European countries, the cabinet
is responsible body body responsible to the
elected deputies In the United States the cabinet
IL the private family Of the president and is re-
Epansible only to the chief executive The nearest
approach to popular control of cabinet officers in
socalled democratic America is the expression Of
opinion by the senate on the conduct of a cabinet
member. But the president has the only say on
the continuity of any cabinet officers political life
Likewise, in reactionary imperialst France, the
president is not so far removed from the electorate
az he is in the United States We cite these points
not because we have any illusions about the char
acter Of the French government. We know that
the French government is organically untitled to
serve the working class as a means of establishing
it's victory over the capitalist class. But the con
trast between even the French government and
the -uch-vaunted American democracy, in SO far
as responsiveness to the will of the is con
cerned is so striking that its caridcation on the
eve of national election, is timely and instructive