Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1922, Page 6

6 T N T e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, BATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1922 THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Editlon. -WABHINGTON. D. C SATURDAY.......June 24, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor the taxpayers of the next five years, and relleves the menace of tha new law of some of its terrors. o St e Harding and McKinley. In the matter of disposition end personal address Mr. Harding has been likened to Mr. McKinley. The man from Canton was of the The Evening Star Newspaper COMDANY | . perring, peace-loving sort. This Tuafness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. N 30 N New Y ce Nassan St. Cbleago Otfice: Firat National Bank Building. European Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. Star, with the Sunday morning by fers rn:g..c‘:'r::. tty aily only, 45 : 20 cents per month. Or- s may be seat by mail, or telephone Maln 5000. " Collection 1s” made by carriers at the «nd of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $5.4 v .13yT.,, $6. L1yr Our New Organic Act. The new fiscal relations law of the District has, as The Star has already indicated, both its good and its bad points. Its merit and IDProvi ntal it permanent legislation, as a o for the organic act of 1878, the principle of definite proportionate contribution by nation and local com- munity in capital ughuilding. conspicuous and con- fund: is that This vit.ul characteristic of the law of 1875, from which the wonderful de- veloprent of the capital has sprung, tas been threatened repeatedly in the House and very recently in the Sen- ate. The capital communily owes a debt of gratitude to the framers of the fc erving this definite relation between unrepresented Wash- ingt tax contribution upbuilding and that o wihich through Cons the capi- n and exclusive legislature. effective a merican and s the nation o is not allen taxing body 50-50 ratio. But it will serve. Some uneasiness has been felt at the sweeping authority reserved by ke appropriations in excep 1 cases on some other ratio than 60-10. But tiie custom is well established of appropriating on the full cost bas's i whenever Con- ss pleases, without any authority do so in the substantive law; and puiting authority to ES o by on rec make exceptions the way is opened for the i Di t to urga that purely na- expenditures though made in e District shall continue to be paid from the Treasury, and that the half- and-half obligations shail be fully met that are contractual, as in the case of sinking fund payments on the 3.65 bonds, or that will otherwise make a change of ratio Inequitably retroac- tive, as in the case of final expendi- ture of the District’s five millions of tax surpius accumulated under the half-and-half law. In discussion of the new law while in the making its bad points in sub- stance and in method of enactment have been thoroughly exposed and criticised. Broadly its main demerit was in its apparent proposal realty taxes should be increased a pos- sible 50 per cent and that the intangi- bles tax should be increased certainly 66 2-3 per cent in order that the tax- payers of 1923-7 might, after paying €0 per cent of current expenditures, accumulate @ surplus by the begin- ning of the fiscal year 1927-8, which would erable the District to pay in mdvance ten months' expenditures of ! 1927-8 until the taxes for that year, collected near the end of the year, be- gan to flow in. Elaborate planning for building up this new surplus fmaplied denial of the existence of our present five-miliion accumulated tax surplus. As no ange in the date of tax payment ally suggested in the pro- posed law it was implied that the taxes of 1927-8 would L paid in a lump near the end of the fiscal year. If these two were accurate the burden d upon the taxpavers of years of accumulating was imp the next five enough annual surplus so that at the end of fiscal year 1926-7 the District would have in hand its share of ex- penditures for nearly the whole of the estimates of unt of requircd the taxpayers of the next five vears, ving current expenses, to plan to raise altruistically for all- powerful 'ncle Sam's fiscal protection between & 0.000 and $3,000,000 in each year. It was, however. quickly ex- plained that the only compulsory and unescapable requirement by Con- gress in this connection is that at the beginning of the fiscal vear 1927-§ the District shall be 4ble to adopt the s-vou-go” system, and put up of current expenditures as the occaslon for making them arises without compeiling Uncle Sam to make ad ees from the Treasury to enable the District to meet {ts share of the bills until tax-payment day is reached. The amount of the necessary 1927-8 surplus could obviously be reduced by changing the date or dates of tax pay- ment to earlier in the fiscal year, and the necessity of any new advance in 1927-8 could be removed by govern- mental recognition of the existing ac- cumulated tax surplus and the utiliza- tion of a part of this fund to put the District in 1927-8 on the pay-as-you-go ba: The framers of the new law in Con- gress have therefore assented to an amendment which changes in the manner suggested the District’s tax- ‘paying days; and instead of definitely repudiating any national obligation in connection with the District’s existing surplus they have by another amend- ment created a joint committee to as- certain exactly the amount of this ac- cumulated tax surplus, when any counter claims of the TUnited States have been considered. This legislation concerning old sur- plus and date of District tax pay- ments probably renders nnngceu?ry the exaction of any new surplus for capital { ve taxation of the unrepresent. | that | compulsory surplus | misled some people. They associated the spirit with instability, incertitude. They could not concelve him as firm in an emergency. But he was, eand 'y | while President gave, to the astonish- ment and confusion of those people, exhibitions of the latent spirit he pos- sessed. He had to fight within his own party for taking over the Philippines, and in his speech at Buffalo, which proved to be his last, he challenged in his advocacy of the re-adjustment of the policy of protection the views of men who long had been and then were strong in republican councils. The man from Marion is of the con- ferring, peaceloving sort. This has misled some people. They have found it difficult to conceive him as of the fighting variety. So there is surprise here and there at the stand he has taken in the matter of the merchant marine. But the President means business. He has looked into the question, end knows what value attaches to the sea- power it is at last sought to establish. He wants what he wants when he wants it, and he wants an American therchant marine now. Moreover, he means to have it If it can be secured by holding Congress to the job. If ad- journment is taken without the pass- ing of a merchant marine measure, Congress will be called back immedi- jately to resume consideration of the { subject. | This is business from a man who evidently means business, and who is to be praised for making his meaning entirely plain. i Mr. McAdoo Overlocking No Bets. Mr. McAdoo out of politics? Not tmuch. Mrs. Olesen is advised that he will visit Minnesota during the cam- palgn and make some speeches for her. Doubtless she welcomes the in- formation. And note one of the advantages of {Mr. McAdoo's change of base. If he were etill a resident of New York his reception on the stump In the north- west might not be of an enthusiastic kind. In that neck of woods New | York in politics spells ‘Wall street, and Wall street is not popular there. But Mr. McAdoo is now & western man, and the west is popular in the northwest. His messages to the demo- crats of the Gopher state are certain to be well received and to benefit the candldate in whose behalf they are delivered. Moreover, while serving in the Wilson cabinet he became a ready {and entertaining speaker and will be at home on the stump. It is assumed generally that Mrs. Olesen will not be elected; that able as she has shown herself to be in poli- { tics she cannot overcome the opposi- tion in one of its principal strong- holds. But suppose she is elected. Suppose this proves to be such a year for the democrats as 1920 proved to be for the republicans, and as a result the first woman member answers to her name !in the Senate. May we not safely as- | sume that Senator Olesen will be one 8t the Big Four—and the biggest of the four—from Minnesota to the next democratic national convention and a most interesting figure in that body? Then, if Mr. McAdoo is a candidate for President, she can return his com- pliment. § The Herrin Horror. . ‘What 1s to be done about the Herrin massacre? Is anybody to be punished? ‘Will the hideous brutality of the on- set, the pursuit, the betrayal of honor and the cold-blooded slaughter of de- fenseless men be condoned? Will there be an *“investigation,” followed by the conclusion that it is impossible to fix the blame on any person or per- sons? These questions are now’ being {asked by people all over this country in apprehension that another savage crime is to go unpunished. There have been many ‘cases like this in the past where men engaged in peaceful pursuit of occupations have been shot down by others whose places they have taken when the latter have refused to work. And many of these cases have resulted in nothing what- ever, no prosecutions, no convictions, nc punishments. There is warrant, therefore, for the fear that the Her- rin horror will merely pass into his- jtory as another shameful reproach upon American civilization. i The guarantors of the expenses of | Music week should think of the ex- | pense of the Chicago grand opera en- terprise and feel that they have en- {Joved artistic satisfaction without un- due pecuniary burden. ————— One of the few men who appear to be looked to for effective referee work eral Judge Anderson. TRe-election of Samuel Gompers is now regarded as one of the customary { formalities of an A. F. of L. meeting. —_—— More Wild-West Drama. The other day Washington had a bit of old-time frontler banditry, when a man hela up a picture theater cashier and ran off with plunder and made his escape (by forcing a citizen to transport him in @ motor car, at the point of a pistol. That was a “thriller” that would have made a stirring film story. But the sequel is even more dramatic. The scene shifts into south- ern Maryland. Ti'e bandit, evidently feeling quite securs in Washington, lingered around here for five days and then went to Indian Head in search of money. His proce‘ure was char- acteristic. He walked 'nto a country store and demanded of the woman in charge that she yleld “ip the cash. But just here the story cifferentiates. The woman did not yleld. 'Instead she knocked the pistol out of the man's hand, and grabbing & shotzun chased him down the road and fired at him. A pursuing posse quickly fcrmed, and the thief was chased for a considera- ble distance. Finally he saw @ dredge 7 e l | | in @ mining misunderstanding is Fed- | it tried to find a small boat in which he could make his escape. His pur- suers were close at hand, wading from the shore, and realizing that the game ‘was up he shouted deflance and took his own life. For Mrs. Shannon, who was plucky and quick enough to counter on the hold-up man, there is no praise too strong. She took a big chance. Per- haps she did not think at all, but act- ed Instinctively. Doubtless she took the thief off his guard by her swift resistance. o had probably been en- couraged by his easy job in Washing- ton, and being a bad psychologist, as most thieves are, he thought that all people would quall at the sight of a leveled gun. Perhaps he had never read Kipling’s poem about “The Fe- male of the Specles.” An Accomplished Oriental. ‘Wu Tingfang was a man of ob- servation, analysis, wit, speculation. He was not a strong man In the sense of leadership or decision. He had no gift for solving such problems as con- front China today. In @ word, he was not a man of actlon. ‘We probably saw Dr. Wu at his best in this country. The billet suited him to @ t. Tt gave him ecope for ‘the exercise of the social side of his nature, which was marked end well developed. He became popular, en- Joyed his prestige and was at pains always to increase it. Toward the closs of his stay he was recognized as a “privileged character,” both as in- dividual and as official. A sort of myth grew up around him. He neither said nor did half of the amusing things attributed to him. 3ut he was at all times entertaining, and he himself found entertainment in many occldental customs and points of view. Indeed, he liked the western world so well and studled it with such zest and understanding, there was wonder when he left if he would feel at home in the old home again. As the word is commonly used, Dr. ‘Wu was a philosopher, taking things as they came, and sorting them out with a keen intelligence and a cheer- ful spirit. How this spirit held up and out In the long siege of his country’s confusion and misfortune since his re- turn is not known to his western friends, all of whom will be pained by the news of his death. f ‘Will Hays could discourage the growing demand for motion picture censorship by personally reviewing all films and ellowing none to go into circulation without his guarantee that it is proper. It Is charged that war-time profits are still being collected in the meat business. The machine gun may be Iaid aside, but the cash register is in- clined to keep busy. i A man {s something of a philosopher who can forget the many other per- plexities of the world and concentrate on an attack on the theory of evolu- tion. i Government work ought to be made as easy as possible considering the mental wear and tear frequently in- volved In securing & job and holding on to it. l One of the elements of expense at- tached to the automoblile falls on the taxpayer, owing to the necessity that has arisen for additional police super- vision. * Every summer has become a com- bination of epprehensions concerning impending hot waves and & shortage in next winter's coal supply. ! Every strike opens with declara- tions that it will be an orderly affair, but good resolutions seldom survive a thirty-day test. f The New York Stock Exchange is becoming suspicious that old Mex Pete is a worse outlaw than old Panch Villa himself. ) Rhetoricians agree that a too free use of personal interjections is pre- venting a return to the lofty old-time standards of congressional oratory. ! Many a person is graduall; acquir- ing the impression that the chief merit of daylight-saving lles in the fact that it is something to talk about. f Filipino independence is a noble ideal. Every great ideal has encoun- tered some problems in working it out on practical terms. { It takes all kinds of people to make a world. Many people prefer their game “high’” and their plays salacious. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. % Joys and Terrors. The landlord fllled the flowing bowl In reckless days gone by. But now, like some sad, wandering soul, ‘The bellhop winks his eye. And as he answers your demand For liquor that is hard, He slyly slips into your hand An underiaker’s card. Not So Fortunate. “You are a servant of the people, are you not?"” “I used to think so,” replied Sena- tor Sorghum. “But I don’t belleve the folks out home would put up with any such nonsense from me as they stand from their regular household help.” Jud Tunkins says the actors in a tough play aren’t as bad as the audi- ence. They didn’t pay to get in. ‘Where the Line Is Drawn. Now wealth permits a life that's gay, "Mongst modern institutions, Unless you give the stuff away In campaign contributions. KElement of Chance. “How did you attain your great reputation as a student of finance?"” “Mostly,” said Mr. Dustin Stax in a confidential tone, “by being a lucky !usuur." “Some folks,” sald Uncle Eben, “seems to" think de way to git to heaven is to ack like dig world ain’ PERSER Efficiency of the Policewoman And Factors Which Influence It b IEUT. MINA VAN WINKLE, head of the woman’s bureau, police department, has been at- tending the convention of the chiefs of polics, meeting in San Francisco, and a report she delivered there is one of the outstanding fea- tures of the deliberations of that body. Mrs. Van Winkle, in addition to being the head of the first wom- an's bureau in Washington and one of the first in the United States, is becoming recognized an authority in a branch of police work which Is rapldly developing all over the United States. A few years ago the fdea of a woman “cop” wes scoffed at. “In the near future,” Mrs. Van Winkle says, “it will be just as inconsistent to think of a police department without its woman's bureau as It s today to think of the department without & detective bureau or a traffic bureau.” LR ] v The importance of the woman's po- lice work as an asset to community welfare and protection i one of its own. “We belleve we can make clear tho meaning of policewomen to the community and to pollce administra- tors by keeplng as close to their methods of operating as is possible with two distinctly different lines of activity,” Mrs. Van Winkle says. “There i3 a real difference, and there always will be. Not only 18 legal case work praotised by the police- women, in which evidence is secured to build up case for the prosecution, but soclal case work also, in which evidence {s securcd to throw light on the individual problem and to build up character through facts ob- tained regarding all the human re- lationships in family, home, neigh- borhood, friends, employvment, school, church, mental and physical health and everything that enters Into the life of the individual, with the pur- poso of assisting her to adjust her- self to society by re-establishing all the relationships which have been broken and establishing new contacts whera there have been none. “The work of policewomen Is as logical and as necnssary as that of the traffic bureau or the detective bu- reau. The woman's duties differ just as radically from these two bureaus and from other work of the police department as the trafic bureau Aif- fers from the detective bureau. Not- withstanding the fact that a differ- ent program {s necessary for wom- an's work, the same disciplinary measures iald down by the police manuals for policemen apply equally well to the polcewomen.” *x xR Mrs. Van Winkle declares the pri- mary functign of the policewoman 1s to.deal with all cases In which wom- en and children are involved, elther as offenders or victims of offense. Crimes by or agalnst any females, frrespective of age, and boys up to & certain age should be the special re- sponsibllity of the policewoman. She believes the woman police should dis- cover, nvestigate and correct anti- Boclal circumstances and conditions in Individual cases and in the commun- ity, deal socially and legally with all delinquent women and children, give or secure social treatment calculated to resuit in reform, supplement the work of the policemen in securing evidence and convictions in special cases that will aid in correcting evil conditions. From her experience in Washing- ton, Mrs. Van Winkle asserts the best result's in woman's bureaus are obtained when a woman Is at the head of the organization, with no EDITORIAL DIGEST There Hardly Can Be One Law for the Land and Another for Sea. The controversy between Adolphus Busch, 3d, and Albert Lasker, chair- man of the Shipping Board, over the serving of liquors on board the ves- sels outside of the three-mile limit has been the subject of editorial dis- cussion in nearly every newspaper in the country. The majority of the editors seem to lean to the view that if the Volstead act applies on land 1t should equally be made to apply at sea if a priviliged class is not to be created. However, there are many papers which sympathize with the Lasker position that if the merchant marine is to be maintained so that it will be useful in time of war as fleat auxiliarles and the llka, zn ex- ception must be made. The papers agree that the whole matter is *“up to Congress” and that actlon must be expected from that quarter. “Amerfca cannot.” the Boston Trav- eler declares, “in falrness to its citl- zens or to ite own good name, con- tinue ‘dry’ on land and ‘wet’ on ship- jboard,” because, the Cleveland Plain Dealer continues, “the Shipping Board is off on the wrong tscfl on this matter. It s hardly conceivable that the sale of liquor aboard is es- sential to the success of the mer- chant marine. But if that should prove to be true the merchant ma- rine rather than prohibition should be sacrificed” No matter how the case is studied, the Springfield Re- publican suggests, “the moral aspect of the case is the worst imaginable, for no government can seek financial excuses for violating its own laws without pillorying itself as the rank- est of hypocrites whenever it throws its citizens Into jail for the same offense.” But, after all, the Brook- 1yn Eagle points out, this question was started fn Congress and it is Congress which must act, because “Congress made millions of American hypocrites and has remained indif- ferent to the result of Its handi- work. With the willlng aid of the expedlent Mr. Lasker, Congress has made the government a flagrant bootlegzer. But will the nation con- tinue indefinitely to relish the shame- ful joke?” The fact that the finitlal protest came from the “pro-German” An- heuser element must be disrezarded in considering the argument, the Sa- vannah Press quietly points out. as “if there is going to be prohibition we should play the game according to the rules. If peonle are prohibited from seiling liauor in American shops they should also bé&-prohihited from doing this on_ Amerlcan ships. We have not much sympathy with the Anheusers. but we helleve there is merit in their protest” There is also much to be commended in Chrirman Lasker's reply, the Pittshurgh Leader belleves, suggesting that he does not “fail to omit mention of excellent reasons why M¥ Busch may be more concerned in the success of rebuild- ing the German marine than in Amer- jcan vessels. If the sale of llquor aboard our shipping vessels is lawful Mr. Busch may find tronble to explain his hostility to an imitation of what is common practice on all forelgn lines, except on the basis of desire to Injure American interest: com- petitors.” Stripped of all other mat- ters, the Newark News points out that “the practical question Is whether, if prohibtion be enforced aboard ships at sea, there wlill be any considerable support for the class of ships_that are most neces- sary to a well balanced marine in peace time and indispensable as naval auxiliaries and secondary combat flects in time of war.” Which leads the Philadelphla Bulletin to suggest that “the paradoxes of politics never made stronger teammates than Adol- sch, 34, and Wavne Wheeler.” P it xlx’umexntmwm meciien the l, the ndianapolis lews e “what 1aw- points out, because tizens this mi i o(‘l.h osae will doubtiess soon | R R authority standing between her and the chief of police or police commi sioner. She ascribes faflures in wom- an’s bureaus partly to bad judgment on the part of men who select the policewomen, due, in many instances, to political Influence and to the pres- sure brought to bear on the appoint- ing power by women’s clubs.” Pro- fessional and sex jealousy also have done much to discredit the work of the women, Mrs. Van Winkle believes, and she brings out the fact that policewomen should always have the services of policemen in making ar- rests of men. L Dealing at length with some of the requisites of the policewoman and emphasizing the importance of men- tal tests and examinations under the civil service or competent judges. Mrs. Van Winkle states her belief that physical requirements for height and weight really have little to do with the ablility of a first-class, so- clally tralned policewoman. “Some of the best women in the service are shorter than would be eligible in the woman's average bureau under pres- ent conditions,” Mrs. Van Winkle says. “One may need physical strength to handle a case, but even in an emergency I have seen the short woman, full of tenacity and nervous energy, hang on to her girl harder than the heavy, tall one who ‘Wwas very much afrald of rumpling} her summer frock.”. The recent controversy between Mra. Van Winkle and members of the police force, which ended in a repri- mand for the former, arose over the Jurisdiction of women in the house of detention. Mrs. Van Winkle belleves that proper detention for all women and children taken into custody by the police is becoming more and more recognized as a responsibilityt to- ward the oXender. 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Ferguson, s Painting Dept. 114 $th B¢, Phones Matn 2490.2491. A (Continental ™ .. Mator Parts ployes to supervise the prisoners. For, she states, “this contact may mean the turring point in the life of the individual.” * k% % “There is nothing to recommend the uniformed policewoman as an agent for general welfare,” Mrs. Van ‘Winkle ates in discussing the equipment of the personnel. “There should be no uniform for the staff as a whole. A woman dressed In un- obtrusive, plain clothes is of far more service In this work than the uni- formed policewoman could be, al- though it is admitted that the uni- formed policewoman could be of ad- vantage in a railway station or in crowded neighborhoods frequented by young persons, where citizens would have easy access to her and would nat tion.” In closing, Mrs. Van Winkle states one of the most important aspects of the work. “It is important to have a thorough understanding in the community of the adequate and eficlient service that is possible on the part of the police department and its permanent social and economic value to society. The organized women of the country know this already, and they are con- vinced that policewomen must take part in & comprehensive program that will result in the abolition of the traffic in women and girls and the actual prevention of delinquency. All of them realize that this is a contri- bution that can be made to soclety through the recently enfranchised woman, and is, therefore, an expres- | slon of the common interests of wom- en of the world over.” ally go to her to give informa- 1 a precinct station, she beliove: be made clear. The general impres- slon was that an American ship was American territory where American | laws prevailed, regardless of the! three-mile limit, which presumably has served as a restriction on the bar activities of forelgn ships. The | same view {s entertained by the so- cialistic New York Call, which rather | sarcastically asks “Is the julce of distilled corn and rye to supplant: the holy Constitution? Was tne blood of our fathers shed to insure that the flag would float in all waters, only to have it lowered by John Bar- leycorn? Weep, ye patriots, weep!" And after all of the arguments are considered, the St. Paul Pioneer Press argues that “if the survival of our| merchant marine is, as Mr. Lasker| suggests, dependent upon the viola- tion of the liquor law, then the coun- try must tgke cognizance of further evidence that prohibition is not only failing to bring about temperance, but is doing the country a grave in- jury.” And "to admit that the gov- ernment would be unable to do any business if all the ships were dry,” the Akron Beacon-Journal is vinced, “Is to admit that the law can- not be impartially and adequately en- forced,” while the Fort Wayne Jour- nal-Gazette wants to know how the government secures the “American moonshine whisky” it lists and asks whether the “representatives of the government assured the moonshiner that he could sell with fmpunity and enjoy immunity so long as he sold his moonshine to the representatives of the American government.” The Buffalo Times is satisfied that the Volstead act enforced would ruin the American merchant marine, and it declares that “the bill on taxpayvers, trade, the shipping and the public is growing bigger every day.” Terrible Roller Skates. Nobody thinks of the safe and sane roller skate as an evil comparable with jazs. Yet the principal of a high school in a big city pointed out recently that when roller skates were a novelty and had first been taken up by the fad-loving public they were considered a distinct menace. “Whenever I am tempted to think the young people of today are going to the dogs I get a vision of a pair of roller skates. That craze came when I was a very young principal. I thought it was a terrible thing. Boys were stealing money from their par- ents or from cash registers to buy skates. But that fad passed, and so will the jazz of today.” It is difficult for the anxious parent not to regard Jjazz as vastly less innocuous than roller skating. Ten or fifteen or twenty years from now, however, it may have ceased to hold the center of the stage s a menace to clviliza- tion. What particularly obnoxious pastime tha rising generation of that | period will have discovered remains to be seen. Certain it is that 1t will be looked upon with keen anxiety by conservative parents who are now among the wildly radical younger set. | | ‘And certain it i3, also, that even then oivilization won't be wholly wrecked, noundness of character will persist, ideals will maintain thelr foothold in the world and the race will blunder along somehow in self-improvement, | —Long Beach Telegram. One way to keep s daughter at home is to feed her on onions.—Har- risburg Patriot. People who look on the dark alde of thlnf never shine—Watertown Standar . All the animals went into the ark but the dog. He didn't have to. He had & bark of his own.—Grand Is- land Independent. Brides wonder what they will have for supper. Grooms wonder what they had.—El Paso Times. In some homes. as soon as a June bride vacates, inger sister in- Deivilegess—| | SENT DAY ORDER RECEIVED) Quaker City Matar Parts 2108 Fourteenth St. N.W. Service,” too. Remembrance Shop (Mr, Foster's Shop) W. A. H. 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Close the faucet and the gas is cut off. Gas burns only while you actually draw hot water. A SMALL INITIAL PAYMENT after the Hoffman is installed, balance in small monthly payments. PRICED LOWER than any standard water heater, as no ROYALTY is paid. ENTIRE SATISFACTION GUARAN- TEED. Investigate it. Get all the in- teresting facts. Convenient terms. Recommended and for sale by your plumber and the Washington Gas Light Company The Hoffman Heater Co. is an independent organization, not affiliated with any other heater company, paying no royalties. | HOFFMAN HEATER COMPANY I 65._]“ 725 l'a;;.ll:mt N.W. SO . e~