Show THE THE LEAGUE AND I NARCOTICS By George B. B Lockwood Lock Those Those who who insist that the failure o of f the United States to belong to the League of Nations Nations Nations Na Na- handicaps this country in inthe inthe inthe the work of international cooperation cooperation cooperation coop coop- for the good of the world may find some food for thought thought in the rec recently published published pub pub- statement of Dr Kurt Kurtin BerH noted international in in- Poh isch o of licu Bei-licu drug expert ePert who declares that the League of Nations' Nations narcotic organization has gas fallen down on the Job despite de do- spite the attempted cooperation cooperation tion bon of the American government government govern govern- ment and that the only effective tire five work has been done by the World Narcotic Defense Organ Organization Organization with headquarters in Geneva New York and Los Angeles and its support derived ed entirely from Americans by this organization Dr Poh- Poh lisch says startling results have ha ve been obtained For or 10 years the league has been dealing with the drug problem one of the most serious confronting hu hu- inanitY manity American merican delegates to Geneva conferences have discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered that the representatives tives of certain powerful nations nations na na- nations na- na attend these conferences with loud professions of a desire desire desire de de- de- de sire to curb the dope business business business bus bus- iness but always ready to put up a fight for their own share of the international narcotic trade The only tangible result result result re re- sult of all this babble has been the erection of new drug factories factories factories fac fac- tories in Switzerland and France Narcotics constitute an inter international international national problem because the traffic is carried on by international international international inter inter- national drug rings which eng en- en eng g ya ge in in illicit production and The traditional attitude attitude attitude at at- of European governments governments govern govern- ments meats toward this traffic may be Le better understood when it itis itis is remembered that Great Brit Britain Bri Bri- tain aiu t 1 ill once ought j-ought a war to force th the commerce in narcotics on China In the deliberations of f the various conferences on narcotics under the auspices of the th League of Nations it has been discovered that the money to be made out of the nefarious narcotic habit has be ho n TO rm u M u. u eL u. u a 4 more powerful influence than idealism Of course this record does not lint exactly y fit in with the theories 01 or our eyed dreamy-eyed who vho always ys proceed on the premise that the United States Mates is the one grasping co commercialized nm zed and selfish nation atlon of tile the world anu that all the other other other oth oth- er nations are panting for peace good will and idealism in world affairs But the facts do not fit in i with any of the theories of the international international- When Uncle Sam sits down at the council table of the League of Nations if a persistent minority ever slips program over on the American people he will not be be as is claimed by our gathered in an assembly of saints but of shrewd experienced exper exper- diplomatic poker players play play- ers who know the game a good deal better than America does This is practically illustrated i in In this matter of in internal 1 nar- nar coic control a field in which reform r form could long ago have havet been accomplished if there had t been any real desire to do it on fon 1 r the he part of anybody present but the American delegates co ed cd astonishing passion for rain rainbow rainbow bow hues rich fabrics laces gold and silver embroideries exaggerated headdresses addresses he I fea leathers feathers rosettes rosettes all all manner of fanciful To be bewell bewell well dressed meant to be expensively expensively ex ex- expensively pensively dressed and everyman every everyman everyman man deemed it almost a point of honor to go as brilliantly attired attired attired at at- tired as his fellows Anyone who dared defy custom to the extent of wearing quiet conservative conservative conservative con con- styles and drab colors colors colors col col- col- col ors would have ha ve been regarded as an eccentric Europe Europa and England during the seventeenth and eighteenth eighteen eighteen- th centuries laid great stress on oil elaborate costumes In America America Am Am- erica rica however our sober forefathers forefathers fore forefathers fathers so far outdid the Old World that foreign visitors wrote home in amazement of what they sawAn saw sav sawAn An HAn Englishman who visited visited visit visit- ed Boston in 1740 declared that in the city both ladies and gentlemen dress and appear as gay in common as do English courtiers on a or royal birthday A leA Hessian officer wrote at length concerning the vanity of New York girls and the indulgence indulgence indulgence in in- of their male relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives They are great admirers ers of cleanliness and keep themselves well shod They friz their hair every day and gather it up on the back of the head at the same time puffing it up in front Should they go out even though they be bein living hiving in a hut they thov a silk wrap about themselves and put Ion on gloves In the English Eng Eng- lish colonies the beauties have fallen in love with red silk or woolen wraps The wives vives and Daughters spend more than their incomes allow allow- The man must fish up the last penny he helias has lias in his pocket The funnie i part of it is ig that the women do dr donot donot not pot seem to steal it from them neither do they the obtain it b by 3 cajoling fighting or falling in iii ini I la a i faint How they do obtain it ib is i a mystery but that the nen imen are heavily taxed for theil extra extravagance is certain The daughters laughters keep up their stylish dressing because their mothers desire it Nearly all articles necessary for the adornment or orthe of the female sex are very scare and ind dear For this reason during the Revolution th they are wearing their Sunday finery Should they begin to tosh show sh w signs of wear veal I am afraid that the husbands and faters will vill be compelled to tomake tomake tomake make peace with vi th the Crown if jf they would keep their women womenfolk womenfolk folk supplied with gewgaws Although the German corn corn- mentor failed to mention it its the thelong thelong thelong long suffering husbands and fathers lathers were themselves addicted addicted ad ad- to the wearing of gew gew- gaws Tod's Toils History of New NewYork Nework York tork ork describes the Sunday costume s of the town notables in the year 1695 A former mayor is described as wearing a colored cinnamon-colored coat reach reaching reaching reaching ing to his knees embroidered four lour or five inches deep with silver lace and lined with sky- sky blue silk Under this he wore vore a ared ared red satin woven with gold a ruffled and laced shirt and cinnamon colored breeches trimmed with silver at pocket and knees He wore yore gray silk stockings silver buckles on his shoes and a gold band on his his' broad brimmed black felt hat His wig was powdered and scented and he carried a gold headed cane Another gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man of the day wore a salmon colored silk coat and silver brocade waistcoat and breeches Peter Stuyvesant is said to have worn bands of silver I about his wooden leg Could I such gentlemen have grudged their granddaughters their red redI silk cloaks oaks cl 1 I |