Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1922, Page 20

20 y THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 4, 1922_PART 1. D my ‘distortion’ of England’s attitude | in devotion to American tradition and | appointment as ensigns in the line . in the two wars we waged with her | jdeals— rgt. Jasper and Mol- | the Navy a8 1y place England | e not mentfoned in my in a favorable * (page 10). They | rext. And perfectly willing to ™ < the minds * (page 10). | answer the report of the Piney : s 3 und speak ag ) 3's Bastard | Branch Citizens' Association.” machinists, unners ar Histod ¢ critics think fhach s Declares Citizens Assoclat\lon Goes Far'y;:g;»‘r’:; T, they b ,' "a"werrici| NAVY EXAMINATIONS. s b} . nd ..'.‘Wm-mn Officers for Appointment |'TTEUT. HANCOCK ASSIGNED. as Ensigns Listed. | . . . ferent matter to char w Beyond Propriety and Decency™ in |, Bih drimsnd, cowed, ke «nder Lewis Hane nb hefore tached from comn Criticizing School Textbook. e e (e ey e g : ield to tomber 1 next, of warr: Department Charging the Piney Branch Citizens'fhigh school? I do not tell over again Assoclation with going “far beyond |the stories of Israel Putnam, Mad golng 4 Anthony Wayne, Mollie Pitcher and o ® Hl [the bounds of propriety and common | S'Naia"Y, (W 4 ne; Mollie Pitcher and urnl ure a erl s a decency” in its campaign to have | (he suppression of undoubtedly historic “Muzzey's American History” with- | facte. drawn from use in the Washington “Meant to Be Invidious.” high schools, Dr. David S. Muzzey,| “The word ‘suppression’ is meant to [ be invidious: to imply dishonesty, | . on his critics. has to ‘suppress’ ten facts to one that | In an exclusive statement to The h:. nrliink ot 18 simply a question of y Al e 4y selecting e best fa (in the uu- # T Star Dr. Muzzey refuted the charges | p opinion) to relate Do the| ¢ made against his book by the Piney |citizens of Piney Hranch y t S e . car-old sons a . g Prices—the Lowestby Every Comparison | =ittt et ni ] | Bty iy ey senting, garbling and slandering him | have hundreds of lette teachets, .l..mr ng | i {l |without conscience. Some of the|dents, as well o . . . c . B charges of th ciat] the his-|to the enthus! o meric: D ks s 5 A visit to this new store with its new stocks of good furniture will [ |toriun describea as -deliberate false- | democracy which the book ee o | VL with each purt hase o 2100[%%?(’.( #l | hood spired in cl My histor: ¥s prove most profitable. You'll find the quality of our merchandise high | "Until the present time Dr. Muzzey !the report, ‘obsciires the great prin Ty s N ire Y o RN A 3 < E IS . . has made no attempt ver his | ciples c 3 s republic i 188 7 EEK ONL and the prices correspondingly low. Comparison will show that it will pay Critics, polnting out that heihas beer | foundeds . Yor the scoriohioHc s DURING JL ) m‘Lv w = e . A 4 ;0 busy writing a college history. {deal at all with principles, but only 2 3 to buy vour furniture at the Wright Co. The renewal of Lhe. movement of the | DICKs out. Jaboriousis man oy - . Piney Branch Association, however, | errors as hav. n refe: d to. it aroused his ire to such an extent that accuses me of ‘belittling’ British error he deemed it necessary to reply to|and wrongs of 150 y 170, when, | the ehutgan as a matter of Ldwell on those Asnsociation’ Resolution: errors in detail and never palliate thei o do try to )l . The resolutions of the Piney Branch | This i okl do 0y to explain them . fault. 1might retort upo y a Assoclation condemning the book are | 1y epitient yy © KR ! unont 2 ° oo iU s A ocording oy then Magnitying. B crrcs o | dow durln ' ‘s he book is e o would be any more J | 1. “Inaccurate to a degree mot tolaple” than " b he any more justin ‘n be toleratcd in a school history. understating ith -» week, June5°to June10* 2. “Almost wholly lacking in inci- | without exa :h nts calculated to Inspire patriotism | the other. - n DA attempt to spread class | ;e Hatred Charge. atre i p “I am accused o etbing td o 5 . ‘l‘hle ed by arraying the poor agalnst 'xprcuu":»lv",, \],:m.L ufl‘_ ul;|..l;\l‘::_ e 7S is Tintex Week. Indeed, every week is a “A vehicle for making partisan | boor akainst ‘the rich TR i Tintex week so far as its use is concerned, but uments on political topics that are | five counts against me here s : unsound, unpatriotic and wholly unfit [ & Eeneral charge Uit [ weave i from June 5th through June 10th there is the ad- for school children to learn.” iy Lext labor's claim (hat it is or- ditional inducement of receiving one package free Dr. Muzzey's Reply. and coftrol labor for it o with each two packages you purchase. answer to these charges Prof.|greedy and selfish cmis. ey said: no page reference give The charge of gross Inaccuracy 18] tations ami ) honShven ! You know Tintex, of course. It is the original tinting powder, I have not yet d f: for the b d clearness of its 15 colors—and for its one that can be answered by appeal|in the e 3 ¢ amous for the beauty and clearness s ot ! to facts. Five examples of inaccuraey | Gompers :i(.lx.n'f eree o i utter simplicity. Tintex Tints As You Rinse!—glorifying your Summer silks and woolens in a minute or two. Stopguherev the Tintex Special Offer sign and receive 45c. worth e Tor 30" B auiify sour entire uardrobe during Tinex Week mentioned in the report. Soramtinlly ; I am accused of error. in saying | foe Dyslly Aoat labor I8 oreanized that a volley of musket shots ‘ap-lto say i@ (he lar o tE what 1 have parently without the Mafor's (Pit-,puges 433, 436 sn wnd yie Menl on} cairn's) orders’ opemed the battle of [ nt D o % s can Aadjy Lexington. I am a native of Lexing-)the rich. he mur | ton, born within ‘a few rods of the|for misinternrers battle green. I have studied numerous | “Socond. 1 peter to ] special histories of the battle, and | ine supreme iy i” [he decisions o1 : i | monographs of local scholars’ Hked conviction wad o, Lpholding 1 Hudson, Porter, Staples. 1 have found | fax " ng Ghgi"d, declaring the inco no scrap of evidence that Piteairn | cruasing. the et titutional gave any orders before the firinz ex- | calsAvith the wdminietr g cept -his” summons to the ‘rebel’ Min- | Can anvbody wim mopation’ (. i “The report quotes agalnst my |h® 1 propaganda.o 3 « 9-Pc. Cromwellian Oak Dining Room Suite | |7, s el o 1 popular history, who seized on any [p1] 18 It ar 18 poor picturesque event, without very care- | 10, fention _ The wood is dark and rich in color, in a deep antique brown 00 | |B - i | g shade. We are sure this Suite will meet the requirements of those . ting. No scholar would accept alilS cOntext on page 443 who ily b serviceable furniture, but demand vle as well. —_— | sta nent of Ridpath in refutation .»r“'“;"" me a supporte It co i 60-inch Butfet, 8-it. Extension Table, 42-inch Serving aa statement by a specfal student of | Fadical agitators. ] t snbhldin s | unpardonable device Sile aiBenchia e e Y try mohelvtcred: | an history. My statement docs 1 i Table, a Bench and five chairs, seats and backs tapestry upholstered not teach children that the British[that paragraph 1 a attack at Lexington w ccident, | Discontent of the |nor has it any remot :aring on (BIVIDg their point o nericans forgetting fresh | Of their call te Tea Cart P ves mude on that Buage my critic An ideal gift idea TINTS AS YOU RINSE Beg.U.S.Pat. Off. oA Park & Tilford Produc 1,000 Pieces of Fresh ‘ Crisp, Dainty Muslin RY KAUF | -. UNDERWEAR Ty is that Pitcairn's obj |ing my point of view ores at Concord. He fiund the context as the group of Minute Men confront- | View. This is for the Junc bride. T e a drean 2l arraving Sie ; Style with drop sides. | | wanted them to stand aside et 1 condemn that point Choice of mahogany him p; As an inferior officer ne| My critics omit INCORPORATED G0 aalanb fnieb.. Re | { had orders not to precipitate an |lon because they wish to attr » movable glass tray | |2hmed conttes Fadical opinion o n 1316 101324 7™ ST.N.W. 4 gass, oy i Meets Another Accusation. preclate my book. b Ml “I am accused of error in saying [ “Free Sliver Campalgn” Issue. C-B and R & G |$1 Bungalow Dress|$3 Crepe de Chine CORSETS APRONS TEDDIES that ‘the cause of the revolution was “Fourth. I refer to the free Iver a difference of opinion as to the na- | campaign of 1596 as a ‘bit i ture of the British empire’ This| onP € 1596 as a ‘bitter battle statement is absolutely correct and is [ Petween the western plowho. supported by the men who made the the eastern bondhoider.’ [ two opinion America, as even mediocre student of American history know. Will the {party (the Bryan Piney Branch Association deny the |Party.’ This is a d presénce here of a majority of toriesThe text on pa in many parts of the colonles? 1 do|cited by my critic not anywhere say or hint that T think | ¢f & ‘true people’s party’ the British opinfon right: in fact, I|have solidified to comt y plainly that I think it was|evils and contrast wrong, and I quite English histo- | party’ of my critics 5 rians like Trevelyan, Lecky, May and |free silverites) aringly condern- | Green to the effect that Britain was |ing the latter CH in the wrong. I challenge the Piney land page 449). is one of the| Branch Association to find a single lmost glaring m entatior i sentence in my book which would imy critics. An Shostpie ”M“'l { revolution. ~ Pamphlets like Jeffer- | Student of American history $ m's ‘Summary View' or Otis' ‘Vin-|Is not exactly what it was cation,’ to name but two out of{ “Fifth, and m, ° scores, amply prove this. There w one party in both England the busines : neat chieck] T st welect f fiu An Exceptional Purchase and Extraordinary Sale of 100 CANTON CREPE & CREPE KNIT | ? R Sy Worth .95 ]\ to $29.50 Special purchase of Women's and Misses’ Canton i Crepe and Krepe Knit Dresses. “olo! 3 rown, v jade, Ametic: y iid: made with | { and et fery es to im-Line Sto 'omen’s A Bargain! Lace Trimmed .95 %HO‘;LES;);I?SSES 5395 VOILE DRESSES 51 Queen Anne Bedroom Suite Mahogany. old ivory or American wal- nut finish suite of four pieces, consisting $ 00 of large dresser, bow-end bed, semi-van- . ity and large chifforette. Separately—Bed, $28; Vanity, $48; Dresser, $44; Chifforette, $28 give a fair-minded person the im-|ment on the part of my critles is pression that I favor the British side. | their comment on my In this connection 1 suggest that the | British impressment of critics read such passagesy as page 3. !men (page 151) tion 101; page 98, section 109:| “After quoting my remark that page 99, section 112; page 100, sec- | ‘British frigates criuised ai tion 114: page 103, section 116; page ishores from New England to Georg 108, section 123. I am constantly ac- | stopping our ships at will 1sed of ‘suppressing’ facts for fear |them and taking off i offending England (or Lord North- fon the ground that they were British | clifte), t;‘u[ It foems 1o, me ;t‘m!mrl\:s' deserters,” my critics a few 1 critics advocate suppressing any @ = rlow ot @ sing ‘s ene 1 o on he revoldtion that offfered|ooons Not & scingle statement i from Patrick Henry's or Samuel Ad- ot Qeitist 08 of th 3 - piece Reed Suite yzrer/ L e " Upholstered Fiber = ite, with Fiber Reed enporc: $79.00 G Piber (G & ams', for fear of destroying the pa-|fafded course in boar Fernery R b triotism. of high-school senfors, 1128 aaniation it abo . 1 A gronp of Women's and Misses’ Voile Dresses: « Brown fin- seat have not so poor an opinion of MY |jas¢ startling clause my B i or o e, copen. wistarla, light d tan: ribbon and voung fellow citizens. on the ground of an ‘if' in my eap al, at $165 Takes Up “Separate Peace” Charge. [nation of why the British hoarding “I am accused of error in stating |lieutenant acted in the high-handed | that we made a separate peace with |course which I describe. This ‘if' my England and that our commissioners | critics transfer to the fact and not zes 1o 42 Spe ish — metal $ 98 Uphiolstered Fi- = b Bl 8] container ine 9498 | veriocker sorine g7 75 Round Fi « Tables Women’s White Canvas R gl | violated the treaty of alliance with |the explanation of the impre: A \ OXFORDS AND PUMPS ‘ France and concluded the peace with |and represent me as not even £ | England alone, thereby securing the |ting England impressed the men ;l % whole territory from the Atlantic to| Called “Despicable Sophistr: | (&l 4 | the Mississippi.’ . “Could there be a more de able Cedar Chest “This is a very complicated ques- | sopnistry’ And when 1 e ae s ition to discuss in a short space. The This is worth owning. Tt Piney Branch Association devotes Feason for the is 40 inches long; plai two pages to prove that every clause 2 e ong;;.plai ot Bl |of my statement is wrong. The whole copper trimmed; tight-fitting Question turns on the view one takes top. Special— . of the importance of the provisional articles of peace which we arranged 1Bl [with England alone in 1782. Techni- cally speaking, peace was not ‘con- cluded’ until France had accepted T British licutenani's impressing many real Americans among the suspected deserters the fact that “Englishmen and Ameri- | cans were not so easy to tell apart: (as, for example. Frenchmen and] Amerfcans) I am accused of “excus- | ing” England. Evidently any at- tempt to get at the mind of an Eng- i) 1 95 ne und 1wo strap Ppisin models i~ -y i is lot of gonds consists of Strap Pu tek, Oxfords mnd_other pleasing styies. There o white and black spo Two Pairs Pants CHILDREN'S AND | WOMEN'S BED- MISSES’ BARE- | ROOM SLIPPERS 5 n - lishman, or to state his point of view own, 1 d dark gray these articles and both countries had I P g concluded an armistice with England. { propaganda. go0d ¥ in weil made| FOOT SANDALS [, 2ot feit. varows siades. ooise and I will acknowledge that the word sed of making my book | ¢ are made with two fconcluded’ had better not have been | & ‘vehicle for partisan arguments used in describing the separate terms |that are unsound, unpatriotic and | e made with England. But this is a | Wholly unfit for school children to learn.’ minor point. The treaty in all its im- [ If I mention arguments that are ‘un- portant provisions (acknowledgment | sound,’ I do go to condemn them. It of independence, boundaries, Missis- | IS not unpatriotic to discuss any ar- sippl, fisheries, loyalists, debts): was | Eument, whatever. Nor are any kind | agreed upon by representatives of |Of political arguments uniit for high Fngland and the Unlted States in |School seniors to learn. As to my ! 1782, without any participation of |partisanship, I could show my critics | ! France, and much to the vexation of | Scores of letters from students ask- | Vergennes, whom Franklin had to|ing me please to settle a dispute in | pacify and mildly to apologize to. I|the class as to whether i am a re- ! pair and are gu 81x90 Bleached| Double-Bed Size Bleached SHEETS SHEETS 68c 58¢c 66c T4c vy quality, round AT 0 L TR - Simmons Gate Leg Table Matt With 26-inch mahogany ve- 1 atiress ” neered top—drawers on ends. New process—covered in An ideal gift for the June two-toned art ticking. Roll bride. edge, plain sides with rounded corners. All sizes. New White Gabardine SKIRTS T SHEETS 98¢ e grades. pure white bleached i $5-95 El [append quotations from careful Amer- | publican or a democrat and other welded AL misweaves, ol mpote oif A Beaks quslity jcan historians iIn support of the |scores of letters from critic colding | bemmed woles, which will net affect the H':f o P};:H’:: e ‘are wonderful bargains. andfl _to use, s limited. Buy ear truth of my statement that we made [me for my Sympathy with high tariff | wear. Full size £l a separate peace with England, in[or low tariff, east or west. socialism il spite of the instructions of Congress |or conservatism, etc. The number LT = to_our negotiators. of letters on both sides are approxi- emstiiened " 42x36 and 45x36 Bleached | ®{ Ssun-tinish SPREADS $2.38 A heavs weight cot- pread. with “The ‘thereby’ in my sentence refers | mately equal. A few weeks ago 1 § to the noun ‘peace’ as its antecedent, | received a_twenty-page letter from White Gabardine Skirts, made with SHEETS PILLOWCASES 78c 86¢ 15¢ 18¢ 20c A wonderful bargain. | game grades a as any falr person would assume, and |a teacher 'in a New England town not_to the adjective ‘alone.’ The fact|saying that he liked the book but was ia that these critics are not fair. They | sorry that I was so anti-British. 1f misrepresent me and garble me and|only I could be just to England! But Bl | slander me without conscience. T seized every occasion (in the civil 2 in ¥ « Maraeill, Other Points Discussed. war, in the Manila incident, etc.) to |} side pockets, shirred gulution iz and 8 big. wize. put her in an unfavorable iight! Sunt lacrymae rerum! Summing Up of Charges. i “I am censured for saying that Eu- rope was ‘amazed at England's gen- erosity’ in the articles of peace. T backs, wide belt, generous hems: | | ! i 400 Double-Bed Size Crochet 12 Bleached state only a fact. Vergennes said, “Finally, my eritics go far beyvond | s to 32 wa 81x90 Seamless . buy the peace, they do | the bounds of propriety and conmimon S : BOLSTERS e Ipelm o S e Y 40| ecency in. attributing {0 me motives| ure. Special at SHEETS. BEDSPREADS “I am accused of inaccuracy for not | that they have not the slightest jus-i inserting in the brief statement of | tification to assume. Again and again | how bills become laws the point that | they accuse me of submitting to de- B |if the President fails to sigh a bill | grading influences. They call me 36¢ Of good quality bieached muskin, iwm- $108 | . 9c, 5128 Girls’ $2.95 A good grade” of [ aresting ! reh, "o e e s = within ten days after ‘ns pfi"‘bglfi “Muzzey, 'lrl;‘e British nrnnfm;znd‘ist'i 0 d heavy bleached musyn, o it doubie beds. mde botn ends .l“xa of . Congress being in session, the (page 4). They accuse me of fearing; rgan With wide hemstitehed | and come in assorted Marseilies designs e POI’C"I R ker Console Table becomes a law without his signature. | that the facts (Ridpath’s legend of | gandy liems Warth $1 can sav o £1.00 on eacl one. * quality at 36o. It is true that in this summary pas- | Pitcairn’s discharging his pistol at{ . El 1 I o) S it — A & = = 1 e on the powers of Congress I|Lexington and in loud voice crying| L LE 0 < 7 White Enamel and Mirror saee o e abwms of Cospess ]| Toxapion au i oud vols g » |SENSATIONAL SA F YARD . ; My Piney Branch critics may have |ish nerves of today’ and there-: Tt Basinet 513.75 Sueh comfort as they wish from this | fore ‘suppressing’ them ~(page .1 \ $1. ] 1 double-woven e e o e ™imacouracy 1o o Ge. | taitod ace eription of batties Is really N e et b e o 7 rge, double-wovi d—includi whole case for ‘Inaccur: o - | tailed des cription of battles is really | Organds dresses | Muslin, unbleached, 39 inches wide. X A farge, Ker of | aomahiaged top: white enamei] Mahogany finish; shaped e ot to be tolerated in & school | due to my conviction that such ma- Nl o] ks, sl s he o i rush seat arm rocker o e e Ao 2 history’ 18 reduced. talled descriptions of battles is really { % e s d 1 ith high braced finish; rubber- top; mirror frame with plate “Definite charges of inaccuracy |experts' or ‘is just a part of British are pink, rose, | Voiles, fancy patterns, 40 inches wide. . maple, w1 g 5 tired ‘";f',l"“fi 0 mirror. Dainty table. The can be answered, but how can general | propaganda to revive American tex | tangerive, orchid | Toweling, crash, red border...... ol back. Very substantially | very special o combination is similar to pi detraction be met? The second point | books' (page 4). They say that I tell and copen; Tufte | Scrim, yard-wide, openwork border. - d s ture. of my critics is that my book is lack- | their children that ‘the United States 2 1 €1 | Margaisefte, cars, 36 ickes wide : made & ing in incidents calculated to inspire | regarded her treaty of alliance with trimmed with|Marg ) , 38 Sche ‘patriotism’ in studen The in- | France as a scrap of paper.’ because sasy and | Longcloth, chamois finis! WE WELCOME COMPARISONS & CHARGE ACCOUNTS T L Pl St S e e 5 | deeds of heroes, which are read by|of the peace treaty with England “peat - at| Birdeye, 18 and 23 inches wide, red ¥ children in the primary grades. Do |alone—the evident deduction being P i olirs At forapions’ ! : critics realize that the book is!that I class Franklin with Bethman. 3:’-1.“.!1 for the senior class of the Hollweg (page 8). They declare that.