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The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Who Should Be the Family
Banker?
he certainly can trot!

s Has the husband any right to his
wages? This is not the usual quesJ
tion asked in discussions Of wbmen's
rights. One is commonly told that
the wife ought to have an allowance.
or that she ought to be economically
independent. and some theorists
have gone 50 far as TO declare that
tho husband should pay q weekly
wage to his wife, which she should
have t6 spend ms she pleases without
question by any one.
In view Of the common practice
among working people, and among
some OF those who please to look
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upon , themselves rs making up q
different social stratum. tho right Of
a husband to any part OF what he
earns lis a moro acute issue. The
man goes homo on Saturday night
and turns his pay envelope over 70
the missus.." as he says, or. II It 4
salary that he receives. he de-
posits his check In the bank In his
wifes name. Then no gets what the
banker Of the family. the woman
who runs the house. thinks he ought
to have for his modest needs. He
must save out OF the 50 cents q week
allowed to him enough to buy his
evening clothes. and his day clothes
as well. and enough to pay for the.
taxicab in which he rides to and
from the factory.
There are men now and then who
chafe under the financial restrictions
OF this system. But what can they
do about It? The humanitarian who
can decide who shall be the family
banker In way to satisfy every ono
win deserve a monument at least six
inches higher than, the city hall tow.
er--From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
NOTICE.!

DR.. Hirshberg's answers to
queries made by Times
readers vii: apear in the
issue of Sunday, March IA
Look for your answer on
that date.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
PETERS LONESOME MORNING

PETERS LONESOME MORNING.
~ ROM the hotel window 1 ,lazily
watched Mary depart upon her
y shopping trip with Joan Arbeck.
Joan herself was driving. She
locked distractingly pretty in a scarlet
coat and a pert hat. designed. I'm sure.
for the simple purpose Of setting off
her profile. A chauffeur sat beside her.
remembered with a slight feeling Of
discomfort the suggestion of the night
before that Joan liked him rather too
wen, and. therefore, I studied his in
ecrutable young face with curiosity. He
was clean-cut and good looking beyond
the average. slightly insolent and self
assured about the eyes and mouth.
which Is a male attribute. character
istically Manhattan. and plainly head
over heels in love with his employers
daughter.
Joan and Her. Chauffeur.
And again watching Joan lean toward
him with that pretty way she had for
all men, I marveled afresh at the
chanQs mothers take. Especially New
York mothers. for In my town doubt If
any man would have his daughter driv-
en- around day after day by young
chap who was a shade too good looking
for safety.
Joan laughed up into his face in much
The Washington times., 1915-03-11

condiments. such as pepper mustard,
salt. catsup, tabasco sauce. and the Hike
also originate the EFFORT to motsten or
ivories. .''.'
=, A pleasant preventive OF bisspg the
lips u to keep the cherry pathways
sawed and creased with some delight
ful and conservative cosmetic, which in
ornamental. curative and aritiseptic all
in one. -,
Habit Breaking Remedy.
Such a combination should be SELF
assertive. so that the victim OF lip.biting
10 kept continuously conscious OF tho
fact that there Is something on the lips
which must not be disturbed by tho
teeth. An effective ointNlent TO serve
all these ends ID made in this fashion:
Almond oil .......................1 dram
/ 0peTInuCotI .............'.......'1 OfAm
he00ened W0X...............-.. 1 dram
0IyCeFlne ...s................... l Ofam
BaiSAm OF peru. dram
Cochineal to make scarlet.
He'd wool tat. drAmS
This 5y no means unpleasant coating
for the lips Will save them from many
disease-bearing germ. as we'll as to
regain their own beautiful texture.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
SEEN IN THE SHOPS
By the Shopper
7OANS Of despair have been
heard from the feminine
confinRent ever since IL WAS

- ROANS of despair have been
heard from the feminine
" contingent ever since it was
Z seen that the prices OF
footwear. were. steadily ascending.
Four dollars and g. half and S. is
asked for 'colonials at the majority
Of shops. while Sc and even 81 is the
price Of, some special makes. 1t Is
= comfort to know. then. that a few
dealers have not raised their prices
and blamed It on the very useful
war" At several shops In Seventh
street colonials In the newest shapes
may be had for g. Most Of these
are made with the backs Of suede or
4 material in tan or gray. Don't
rush right OF and buy a pair until
you know what color your suit Is to
be, and remember the shades Of tan
and gray are almost unlimited. Be
sure to have something that either
matches the tone of your outfit, or
at least harmonizes with it. Nothing
10 more unsightly than footwear that
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
BY LEONA DALRYMPLE,

the way she had laughed at me the
night before. and the driver went back
to the tonneau. Mary climbed in be-
side Joan and the party drove off. I
could not help an Involuntary flash of
admiration at the cool, skillful way
Joan turned her car and swept away.
laughing. chatting and driving well In
perfect unison.
More women are driving motor cars,
and to my mind it Is an excellent thing.
1t stimulates a nerve courage to which
women are not naturally born.
Joan Is certainly awfully clever"
thought, and then with that hated apti-
tude of mine for introspection l Won
dered. after ALL whether I was really
admiring the girls cleverness or her
beauty, and l faced the fact with a
shrug at my own masculine weakness
that had admired the grace of her
driving more than its deftness, that
liked the glorious picture she made in
her scarlet coat. Men are all like that
beauty first and efficiency second-deny
it as they will.
Peter Thinks Mary "Different."
"Peter." l assured myself with some
heat. 'you are. after all. a very great
fool. Last night you felt flattcred by
Joan's charming air Of intimacy. You
, felt that you had beep especially Sc
lected for her pretty advances. and this
morning you learn with something OF q
shock, that she Is as prettily deferential
to her fathers driver as she was to
' you."
The Washington times., 1915-03-11

A. hardware store in F. street is
selling a device that is designed to
tighten the work of the laundress. vet
Is not as expensive as the washing
machine. 1t looks like large fun
mel. and works on the Suction"
principle. Just souse this up and
down in the suds as If, you were
churn!ng butter. and the water is
forced through the clothes, bringing
the dirt with it. The price Is 81.
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does not suit the costume with
which 1t Is worn. ...

"Thc best ever saw for the price,"
is what more than one woman has
said Of the petticoats that are sold
for 81 alta G street department store.
In fact. tie material is much heavier
than that in the average 50 petticoat.
Am: extra dust4,rlffle Is added, to
take up some OF the wear. The
changcable effects In blue-and-yellow
and blue-and-green are particularly
attractive,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14

of its time The dreadnought relegated all
existing battleships to the second line.
The dreadnought was so much superior in
size. in speed. in gun-fire and in all defensive
and offensive qualities. that it took its place at
once as the indispensable tirst-line battleship.
England, Germany. France. Japan. each recog
nizing the tremendous superiority of the dread
nought, enlarged their naval appropriations
and built dreadnoughts.
The American Congress, however. failed to
recognize the serious character of the crisis.
1t failed to appreciate the fact that the dread
nought meant a revolution in battleship con-
struction. Instead of naval appropriations
being increased according to our needs. they
we're decreased. AS result, there are now
two nations at least that could whip US off the
seas, while the navies both of France and
japan are likely very soon to rank above US.
All our illusions about splendid isolation
would vanish with the destruction of our fleet
A European Power could. in less than two
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14

the tates to Have

weeks, land upon our shores an army OF ITO"
100000 to 100000 men. Here. the question
naturally arises: How would they be able 10
get past our coast fcrtihcations? We have
spent about s1So0ooOoO on coast fort-
fcations but they never intended for
the protection of our entire coast line. They
were intended only to defend our important
cities and harbors and naval bases They
actually protect but very small fraction OF
our many thousand miles OF shore.
AS the Scientific American has justly stated.
our coast Notifications should not be SO named:
instead, they should be designated as city-and.
harbor Notifications.
1t would be quite impracticable adequately to
defend our long stretch of seaboard by means
of coast Notifications. The only coast forti-
hcations that can efectually serve US are
battleships. 1t is absolutely indispensable to
our integrity nation that we have . fleet
sufficiently powerful to defend our whole coast
against invasion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
Only Powerful Navy Can Safeguard Us Against Invasion

There is no middle for the United
States. We must play the game as a World
Power. and as other nations are playing the
game. To get fair play must provide
selves with the weapons with which they are
providing themselves. If do not, we shall
be brushed aside with ruthless hand, and
shall find our commerce circumscribed on every
side by inimical spheres OF inhuence-dead
lines over which We shall not dare to pass
1t is necessary for US not only to fortify the
Panama Canal, but also to maintain a navy OF
sufficient prowess to enable us to reach that
Canal at all times. and under all conditions
for it is Indispensable that maintain com
munication with defenses there.
Should we become involved in war with
England or Germany, the navy of either being
more powerful than ours, we should be imme.
diately isolated from the Panama Canal zone.
Similarly Japan could successfully blockade
the Pacific approaches to the Canal
We have, at enormous expense, cut great
waterway through the Isthmus, and established
short route between the Atlantic and the
Pacific. The Canal is our property. Other
nations of the world may use it. We generous.
ly built it for the worlds welfare. 1t will.
however. be valuable in time of war for the
passage of warships in fact it will be a
vital necessity to u.s. But our ability to it
for that purpose will be entirely dependent
upon the ability of our Navy to keep the
clear of an enemys ships at either end
The war with Spain was very useful, because
it brought the truth home to US that the com.
mand of the American seas is absolutely vital
to us. Immediately following the Spanish War.
rapidly built UP our Navy, until it became
, second only to that of England But we have.
of late years, been slipping back. until now our
Navy occupies third place, with likelihood of
soon dropping down to fifth place.
In 1905, England evolved the great modern
dreadnought, which much of a revolu-
ton over existing types of fighting ships
was Ericsson's Monitor over the fighting ships
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
By Hudson Maxim
look. sDefenseless America" Which Has ],

Has Just Been Published By Hearst's
Company.
rority a possible enemy.
When two men run for municipal office all
the votes cast for the loser are-of no value to
the loser. and all campaign funds spent in
getting them have been wasted the only votes
that are of value to the winner are those that
constitute his majority Similarly, in naval
battle, it is the majority OF votes cast by the
Winning guns that secures the victory, for all OF
he other votes cast by the guns balanced
by an equal number Of votes cast by the guns
of the enemy.
The total value Of a navy may be summed up
in the value OF one battleship, which gives a
conquerng preponderance in gun-fre.
Admiral knight recently said:
1.-THE War College considers that every effort
Of the feet and every effort Of the Depart
ment in connection with the feet, should have
for its sole aim the efficiency Of the fleet
Every effort which does not directly contribute
to this end is in itself a wasteful expenditure
of energy, and so far as it is diversion from
this end, is distinctly harmful"
Among all those who have occupied positions
of trust and power. and whose business it has
been to recognize and provide for our naval and
military needs, it is remarkable how few have
had the necessary breadth of view to grasp
the strategic situation, and perceive its
qurements without making silly and costly
mistakes like that of the construction Of
first three battleships. the Oregon. the Massar
chusetts and the Indiana, merely for coast
defense purposes. None Of these ships
qualified for service in distant waters. Then.
when the war with Spain came held our
breath while the Oregon rounded the Horn.
Think Of the United States of America being
in such straits for fighting ships as actually to
hang national hope on the old Oregon. single
shell from one of the huge guns of up-to-date
British super-deadnought has a striking force
equal to the energy required to lift the old
battleship oregon bodily to height of more
than six feet
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14

In AIo new BOOK, -DSISH0VI0oo S<"o''SoD
International L
~ HEN a nation, like the United States.
NJ has become World Power. with out
w lying possessions in distant seas and
within the spheres OF influence OF other power
full nations. it assumes obligations Just In pro-
portion to the hazards involved in the main
tenance Of title. Also, when nation like the
United States. has a worldcompassing com.
merce its obligations just as large as its
commerce, and its need Of navy adequate to
defend its commerce is, for that purpose alone
exactly as great as It's need Of the commerce.
But in addition to this great need. there is the
still greater need Of a navy OF such magnitude
and potentially as erectually to safeguard the
country against invasion.
Although we should have an army OF
sufficient size and possessed OF efficient
equipment ultimately to repel invasion, still
the cost in life and treasure for repulsion and
expulsion would exceed many times the cost OF
the warships and naval equipment necessary to
prevent invasion.
A fighting ship is built. equipped with arma.
ment, manned and coaed for one sole purpose
that Of adequacy in a fight Its success or
faure-in short, its usefulness uselessness
depends entirely upon its fighting adequacy
against possible opponent. An liner is
built. manned and coaled to fight tempestuous
seas. and safely make the voyage; but unless
the ship is built sufficiently staunch has SUI.
fciently powerful engines. is we'll manned, and
has coal enough for the trip. it is in no sense a
success, useful; the contrary. it is an utter
failure and worse than useless.
The same thing holds true of navy: Unless
It can defeat the feet of an enemy. and return
from the voyage, it is failure, and worse than
useless.
A naval disaster in present condition
would be likely to be an irreparable calamity.
while naval victory might likely win the war.
It is for this big difference that we need a
navy. Consequently. the entire use OF navy
may be summed up in the one word. supe-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
and E1les Of Pogrs and Pcas
Cruel Coscks Driving Chained Bankrupt
Finances Bankrupt DISAPPEARED by Wave Of the Gpomtc Wand

that is necessary. It Is a partnership. not
marriage bond. and when finances are pooled,
too, what more can partner ask? Why. most
Englishmen have never seen q Russian. al.
ways excepting those that saw him pass in his
myriads through England on that famous jour-
ney from Archangel to Flanders
Moreover, with our knowledge Of the transi'
tory and mutable character of alliances. we
should be foolish to contract them with emo.
tions attached, emotions which we may soon
have to unlearn or even to exchange. Possibly
the real design OF these exhortation, to love
Russia" is upon our pockets. But trft needs
no press conspiracy no special suppler. uts.
1t is surely sufficient to show that taougn Rus
sian is practically bankrupt, it is o1.y for lex
of ready money, and that her potential ass. t.
in the hands of the British receiver-ars cal.
culable. Twill globe and see how this Colos.
sus bestrides Europe and Asia, the greatest
continuous empire In the world and one of the
least exploited. One may safely lend money to
such Power or sink it In such a continent.
and the more steadily Russia pays interest and
the dividends, the more will she be loved@
and we have this unholy alliance with
Russia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
How Misleading
Were Our Schoolmasters.

A plague on my schoomasters! They taught
me the six hundred and thirteen precepts OF
the Old Testament, but love Russia" was not
among them, and even the New Testament
only tells me to love my enemies and my
enemies" settled for by military
law. My parlor maid said to my wife the day
Armageddon broke out: The Germans are on
side. aren't they, num-" On being cor
rected, she duly proceeded-despite the New
Testament-to hate the Germans and love the
Russians.
Those Of us whose emotions not so facile
are being bulled, badgered beguiled to 60
and do likewise But 'love light as air" re.
fuses to be bound to logical chain whose first
link is Serbia. Nor do see why love is re.
CURED Alliances, springing from common in.
terests, but not from common blood. faith or
political constitution, must remain merely mil
itary. To be faithful to our obligations is all
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
All Russians
Well Behaved Now.

Hardy Scotch explorers have penetrated on
foot to the deepest Businesses and remotest
tundras OF the Real Russia. They have scaled
its frowning peaks and found them honey
combed with shrines These professions.
marching footsore over the great white spaces
they are not convicts. but pilgrims following
the CLEAN. These moujiks rolling in the mud.
they are not drunk they never were drunk.
even when vodka was the staff Of life: they
are mystics mcditatng the brotherhood Of m'n
and the fatherhood Of the Tsar.
One sinister element, indeed. does exist in
this sacrosanct realm. one subtle and serpen-
tine race in this nliterate and ingenious
Paradise-that blasphemous tribe which.
through nigh twenty centuries OF whips and
scorpions keeps procaiming with logged ma
.erialism that God is merely One. And even
This vigorous brood is warmed and sucked at
The Christian breast it bites. And these care
full scientific observations are corroborated by
Russian statesmen returning from financial
week-ends in London, and by British novelists
who after a whole fortnight In Russia have not
come across a single pogrom.
To one like myself brought up in the lingo
faith, all this is profoundly disooncerting 1t
was in my schooldays that the great Mac
dermott" elegant crush hat in hand, his shirt
front shining and bullying like great white
flower of patriotism. beloved the historic
song from which Jingoism took its name:
I'VE don't want TO fight. but, by lingo. II we
do--. With what grim gusto we proclaimed
IN chorus to the clash of beer tankards, our
,onorous de. imitation that SO long as Britons
. thcmse:>e3 keep true,
Ia l.,,ssans shall not have Con-
st-ntinoo-o-ple!'
'. It was not Constantinople that was Rus
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
One Real
Object of Russia.

To what end then these labored rhapsodies
on Russias religious genius? And, above all.
why glorify Russia's freedom from industrial.
ism, when the effect, If not the object, of these
very paeans is to open her up to British com.
pany promoters? The moujik is admirable
indeed when sober-and though you cannot
make men sober by act of Parliament, 1t ap-
pears that you by imperial ukase-but the
days of the Socialistic Mir are over and it is
not the alliance with Britain that is going to
keep Russia a land of ancient piety, fraternity
and pastoral simplicity. Nor is it likely that
these are the qualities which Britain will now
import from Russia, together with those delec.
table ballets, novels and symphonies and still
more delectable debentures. A natural op-
timism inclines ME to believe that the Russians,
who-whatever the real color of Russia-are
assuredly great and charming people, will
not altogether escape the contagion of our
democratic principles. l should be afraid that
we, in turn, might not escape the infection of
their bureaucracy did not our new geographers
certify that Russian autocracy is only a more
efficient and concentrated form of freedom It
is so comforting to know on unimpeachable au.
thorty that Darkest Russia, not Rosy Russia,
is the mirage in the literary heaven and that
the rubescence which enchants us now is the
herald of new day and not, as we foolisnly
feared. the rosiness OF blood.
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sia's supreme objective in those days. That
was India, and all through my schoodays
was obsessed by vision OF Russia on the
pounce for it; was warned by my teachers to
be on my guard against Russian wrigglings.
meandering steadfastly for the Himalayas
How grately schoolboys felt toward
Afghanistan-so obviously erected by Prov.
dence as a "buffer State" No wonder we saw
Russia in Indian ink.
And now all my boyish apprehensions and
patriotic choruses have proved puerile indeed.
a sheer waste Of nerves and larynx. Russia
covets no British territory; her mission is to
spread Cossack Christendom through the East
and to throw the protection of her bureaucracy
over the Slav peoples that have drifted too
far westward from her great mother-wings.
But though she covets no British territory.
spiritual and political orbit. Have not British
writer's spontaneously testified that Russ1a's
novelists open up for us new horizons Of hu.
man fraternity sound new notes of pity, reveal
new perspectives OF social freedom?
And yet it is so difficult to shake of early
teachings. Schoolmasters should really be
careful to traffic only in truth absolute and
eternal. Here am l still remembering the
legends Of the imprisonings and censorings Of
those very noveists, still singing that Britons
never. never, never Shall be Slavs An I'm.
worthy suggestion even comes up in my mind
that the freedom of Russia may appeal go
strongly to the British novelist because he
poor Pharisee-ridden wretch-cannot be i'm.
proper even in his books, whereas Deputy OF
the Duma may walk about Petrograd with no.
torious women
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-14
By Israel Zangwill.
Copyright By Great Britain Rights
Reserved.

Copy1gbt By Great Britain Rights
Reserved.
- RADuALLY the great land which
I r gloomsd like an Erebus on the political
~ horizon has been glimmering under
the coming OF dawn. and now it lies before us
with the beautiful mystic rose glow OF snow
mountains. or some port OF Arabia Felix at
sunrise. Darkest Russia-the Russia of knouts
and exiles, OF pogroms and agents provoca'
tours, OF cruel Cossacks driving chained gangs
OF poetic dreamers; the Russia OF bankrupt
finances and bankrupt hopes has disappeared
as by a wave OF the diplomatic wand. 1t was
never more. we are told. than literary night
mare, Russia OF the novelsts. unreal as the
tabular islands on the medieval map.
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