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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
AID FOR JOBLESS
Editor The Times:

sultOi h0 llllcS.
l have noticed quite a few let
ters from your readers so 1
thought 4 would take hand at
writing one. l hope you don't
throw 1t into the waste basket be-
fore you read it. So here goes.
notice In the last four months
the newspapers. have printed ar
ticles about that wave of pros
perity that Is supposed to be
sweeping this country. If pros
perity is sweeping this country
why are there SO many men out
of employment? l notice by the
papers that the bread lines back
east are as long this winter as
any other winter.
Why, even here in Tacoma, the
Associated Charities and other in
situations have been feeding hun
dreds Of hungry men and boys.
Now the church started hotel
for the Misunderstanding them
free lodging and enough food to
keep body and soul together. And
what does the city do? Why it
goes right after these poor men
and threatens to arrest them If
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Not the Soft Answer

related that pious Welsh lady watching officer drill
Ing bunch recruits reprmanded him cutting
TO men.
Removing his
Madam Mind business"
Sunday picnic in might
well confined
must and will, rub elbows with
should
ands OF dying day the front the drill masters the
recruits and themselves
few well intended
cheney which might
heard breaking a
England
than engaged i'm reprmandng them res a
Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Observation-Disclosures
IA Ms WERS:
BY CYNTHIA GREY |:
Observation-Disclosures |I||IIil

young the last SIX
boldness of and whites Miss
compelled to take the
Readers what do you nconscousy
getting corner on the matrimonial mat 1%e market:
Dict for all of the American she putting it to
FOLLOWING % sn. ssr Sound
months have taken pleasure in reading contributions
recent article however, N a sore spot Perhaps
am My ss 9ass have the past six
have home in the grand U s. A. '
people are white have some money position that pays
people of the right stamp The of this set arranged
party shortly after my arrival for the purpose of showing me
% informed that the girl would be gay and good spend
The discovered, respectable
but her little sr Suffered the ridleue her
because she ,, was. was not properly clothed ned.
the distinction of being live member"
the nnny an 40
on How to Win Huand9 Why is the same idea carried
m Are going at premium cheap that
So one s had better buy Japanese Geisha girl Thers
returned at discount If not as represented
the Of for Started sign
would infer . al su s mot Ss%
selves at my head They are not;
Nor ! critcise you. Grey You may be writing to
satisfy popular demand At rate. answers
In a Lucille call up young man
"A Reader bules mother she may keep
folks awake until daylight while she enertains prospective
These people do not opinion. their attitude
the theory
win husband" be popular slogan, but is
voting If the wife the winning
for the husband;
will be, Goodmornng! Have little husband
Yes, l am going to be married; that is think am.
Was / congratulated? Emphatically
My friends declare be fool a sucker" I
too decent to married" fancy;
to marryl =.
Isn't itrch? : =
My fiancee remarked that girl chum was lucky
enough get a but doubted IL
What e coming to?
Miss Grey, to live for all s and
my idea OF entertaining wife is not sitting at evenings
reading the market reports to her.
would srychnne in the bays milk needed pair
of shoes that cost 3d.
1t grand thing in but to know
that they trust absolutely than
who might doubt sincerity
joy of being responsible for the happiness person
How inspire that wi please
me how may become accustomed things?
"BUNGALOW"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02

they don't move.
Ii all these people that are try
ing to chase these men out of the
only home they've got, would get
together and donate food and
other necessary articles that
would help these men, then they
would be doing something that
they could be proud of. Why is
1t that society, when a man is
down and out, push him down
deeper into the mire, instead of
trying to uplift him? I notice lots
of people say its easy to get a Job,
but I'm not convinced of the fact
yet.
So, II this Is what you call
prosperity, why I'd rather We
didn't have prosperity at all.
Respectfully yours,
A. q. MACKENZIE,
Gig Harbor, Wn.
P. 81 bet l don't see this in
print,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Jones and Poindexter

For a study in contrasts observe senators,
Poindexter and JONES'
On the Shields bill, vicious measure designed to
help the power trust grab the remaining available
water power Sites Poindexter is leader in the OPP
position.
Jones not only favors the passage of the bill, but
makes lobbyists for Stone Webster and other spe-
cial power interests very welcome in his office.
On the great international issue which clouds
whole national life at this time Jones is running
about demanding Unanimous consent and all the
other technicalities his petty mind conceive to
embarrass the president his only motive apparently
being some fancied partisan advantage.
Poindexter in the meantime is standing staunchly
for preservation of the national honor regardless of
party personalities
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
MY PRETTY NURSES STORY

MI IISLl NURSE . SIoh1
Last night l was wakeful ard
although engrossed in my own
thoughts / became aware that my
little nurse was tossing about.
She is so small | hardly see
how she has the strength to care
SO efficiently for me. / have
grown to love her. She has a fine
mind as well as sympathy and
understanding.
For the last few days I have
noticed she has seemed downcast
and tonight / could not help see-
ing she had been crying.
What is the matter, my
dear?" l asked.
Nothing"
"You mean nothing that you
can tell me-
why, are you ill?"
She burst into tears. ooh, Mrs.
Waverly, I am so unhappy"
THAT seems to be the condition
of most of us within these wallis
was my comment as reached
out and drew her down beside me
on the bed.
Nov tell me all about It,"
But you must sleep. The doc
tor will scold me roundly."
THE doctor need never know
But I have to put your wake
fulness on the chart"
Eyes, but you do not have to
say you took my mind off my
troubles by telling of your own"
Her hand trembled--At last
she said. "Oh l must ask some
ones advice must. You see
Mrs. Waverly, l am all alone in
the world. My father died before
/ was born and my mother just
as entered training. / have no
brothers or sisters and my cousins
think l have disgraced them be-
yond hope OF redemption"
Suddenly she seemed to take a
resolve. She Strengthened up:
beat up my pillows and made me
comfortable, then seated
herself in chair.
1T was just after I had finish
ed training that for my first ex-
perience as really truly nurse
| had a case very much like yours
except it was young man whose
leg was splintered and broken on
the footballfield. l was extreme
ly proud for the patient was the
son of one of the richest men in
the eastern city where was
"Harvey's leg was broken
above the knee, and IT was set.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
TIMES EDITORIALS
Let the TRUTH PreVailg

a number of noted men who have done great work
on few hours of sleep daily, notably Edison who
thinks four hours night enough for anybody. But
many man who has tried to play Edison's game Of
'much work with little sleep" has ended in SAM
tarium.
energy and repairing waste tissue, but nothing has
yet been discovered to take the place of sleep.
Try robbing yourself of sleep and nature will get
even with you sooner or later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Going Without Sleep

No one wants to be called seepyhead!
But just why some people, especially some young
men, think it smart to do without sleep is not ex-
plainable.
Of course -they run on flat tire for while
and not feel the jars of realize any injury to the
body machine, but at the time they are not at
their best, mentally physically, and the break
down is only little way ahead of them
Some who advocate little sleep go so far as to cite
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
FoUowing the Lead

Many of the Independent oil producers say they
going to follow the Standard Oil Co. lead in footing
prices skyhigh, and they frankly admit that they'll
do it because there's the business opportunity" to
do it.
One gouger upon anothers heels doth tread, so
fast they follow, Mr.. Shakespeare would have put
it had he owned an automobile.
Of course it makes little difference to you wheth-
er octopus Independent takes your pocket
book, as business opportunity but it must be
said in sympathy for him, that the independent has
to lower prices when the Standard does, no matter
how miserable business opportunity" it may be
for him.
As an example of business morality the Standard
certainly does give the world corking fine object
lesson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
TODAY's BEAUTY TALK

You can make delightful
shampoo with very little effort
and for a very trffling cost IL you
get from your druggist a pack
age OF canthrox aud dissolve q
teaspoonful In . cup OF hot wa
ter. Your shampoo IL now ready.
Just pour a little at a time on
the scalp and rub briskly. This
creates an abundance OF thick,
white lather that thoroughly dis
solves and removes all dandruff,
excess oil and dirt. After rims
ing. the hair dries quickly. Yith a
fluffiness that makes It sseem
heavier than II Is, and takes on
q rich luster and softness that
makes arranging II q pleasure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Confessions ofaW1fe

reset and plated just as yours has
been only that the cast was put
on from above the hip down.
Poor fellow, he suffered the
agonies that one such as you Mrs.
Waverly can know and sympa-
thize with. He was a handsome
youth and at times through pure
pity l wanted to stoop and kiss
the forehead which was damp
ened with the sweat of agony.
Il don't know when | first
grew to love him but | remember
one night of waking stark and
cold with the knowledge that |
had given my heart to him.
Il succeeded, however. In, Keen
ing 1t from him until one day a
boy friend of his made some
sighting remark about the fun a
man might have with pretty
nurse.
Tom. said Harvey, although
! am In a pretty bad condition to
fight, another remark of that
kind and I'll get up and punch
your blooming head down into
your shoulder blades.
Il burst into tears and left the
room. Soon after Tom came out
and apologized to me and said
Harvey wanted to see me.
Il went in and Haryey's first
words were, Don't mind that cad
dearest, he don't know what real
love means
II must have looked very sur
prised for he said, Why darling
you must have known that I have
loved you ever since | saw you
bending over me as came out of
the anesthesia< | thought you
were an angel then. l know you
are now
II stood and looked at him
and he must have seen my love
In my face for he laughed that
dear happy laugh | have never
heard from anyone else and said:
Come over here, sweetheart.
where l can get hold of you. II
you only knew how have clinch-
ed my fingers to keep from pull
ing you down to me and kissing
you when you have been making
my poor aching body more COM
Portable
Il did not go then hut fewf
minutes afterward he said nurse
will you please fix my pillows q
"Of course | started forward
but when | put my arms abourl
him to hold him up. his came up
about my neck and his lips found
mine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
Happy On Farms

Twenty thousand
purchased prominent option
equal adjoining establishing
colony
Kansas already has colony founded thirty
colony of ALL who their
have really fine homes and automobiles said that they
I'm adjoining communities
bottor
are In tiuing
the soil they add the nations
bear their
should bear. They should be happy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
COURTEOUS? YES,
ALSO THOUGHTFUL

A man and his wife were leav-
ing a Portland av. car last night.
1t was raining.
The man took out his hand
kerchief and wrapped It, around.
his wife's hat.
II have $25 interest in It," he
explained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
WHAT WAS IN THE CELLAR?

Olathe has an Englishman who
reads the London papers faith
fully. When it began to thunder
last Thursday afternoon he
ducked into a Zeppelin-proof Gel
lar and stayed there for "a hours.
-Olathe' Register.
Lawyer-You say you told the
cook to get out of the house the
minute you found it was on fire,
and she refused to go?"
I, Mrs. Burns-Yes; she said she
must have months notice be-
fore she LETT"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02

= In the cases of certain con-
gressmen a little free garden seed
covers a multitude of sins!
WHO SAYS THE idle RICH
DON'T WORK?
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
has given a commission to Rob-
ert Henri to paint her portrait.
She is also sitting for a portrait
by Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy. A
smaller one of her is being paint
ed by Troy Kinney. Prince Paul
Troubetzkoy, sculptor, has just
completed a statuette of Mrs.
Whitney.-News Item.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
THE EDITORS MAIL
| n


prnted because they long Keep
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
WANT sTREET LIGHTS

Twenty-seven property owners
In the vicinity of 18th and X.
south, have petitioned for street
lights to prevent burglaries and
holdups which have occurred re-
Gently in their community.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02

She-Willard, ever since we've
been married you've never SEEM
ed the same. What did l ever do
to your"
He-You married me.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
h=RelazU=N
M,iz8N2tlS2N~H

Sir Herbert Won Herkomer, the
we'll known artist who died re-
Gently, used to tell an amusing
story of London art dealer.
This man had two beautiful re-
productions of the painting, THE
Approaching Storm.
One of the pictures he placed
in the show window; but it did
not sell. At length, in order to
draw attention to the picture, he
put card on it, on which he
printed the words, ]" The APP
preaching Storm especially suit
able for a wedding present."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
ASK FRANCHISE EXTENSION

ASK FRANCHISE EXTENSION
A petition signed by 921 per-
sons living in the North End was
sent to the city council today, re-
questing that the city grant Is
year extension of the Tacoma
Water Supply Co.'S franchise to
operate a private water system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
LURISG'mM ON

There is a good looking old
widower southeast OF here about
20 miles who's awful anxious to
come to see one of our beautiful
widows. Come on, old duck, from
what / can hear she won't sic
the dogs on you. Yes, come clean.
The Benton (Ark.) Democrat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-02
HOPE TT WAS CLEAR

If it rains this evening the so-
cial will be held on next Thurs
day evening.-The Battle Creek
(Mich.) Inquirer.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
GREAT WORDS OF ARKANSAS.
Boston Journal Says No State Shows
 Greater Power of Education.

Little Rock, Oct. 90-The Journal of Education, published in Boston. devotes it's leading editorial in the issue of october to The New Ar kansas It declares that Nowhere else in the United States is there a better demonstration of the marvel ous power of education upon all the
 eople than in the case of Arkansas. '
 It then refers to the nomination of J. L. Bond for State Superintendent and of Dr. C. R. Brough for Gov ernor the progressive administra- tion of John c. Futrall as president of the University. and adds;
 All this is not accidental. The State University has been won derful factor in the transformation of Arkansas, and the Department of Education has been one of the chief forces in this transformation
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE.
Mena People Should Learn to Detect the Approach of Kidney
 Disease.

The symptoms of kidney trouble are many. Disordered kidneys of ten exerete thick. cloudy. offen- sive urine. full of sediment, irregu- lar of passage or attended by a sen sation of scalding. The back may ache, headaches and dizzy spells may occur and the victim is often weighted down by feeling of lan- guor and fatigue. Neglect these warnings and there is danger. De- lay often proves fatal
 You can use no better endorsed kidney remedy than Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's Mena proof of their merit:
 Mrs. ]. w. Cunningham, iii9 Jans- sen avenue, Mena, says: q was suf- fering from soreness across my kid- neys. was stiff and lame in the morning and l could neither stoop or lift Another of my family was using Doan's Kidney Pills and de- cided to try them. They helped me right away and the soreness in my back soon left me. Once in awhile now the pain comes back, but Doan's Kidney Pills never fail to give me relief"
 Price 30. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney pills--the same that Mrs. Cunningham had. Foster Miiburn Co, Props- Buffalo, N. T.. (Adv.)
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
'RUMAN|ANS AGAIN
 APPEAL FOR HELP
Call on Allies to Stop the Tenton Invaders and Save Their Coun- try-Their Greatest Sea
 port Has Fallen.

London. Oct 23.-The Rumanian armies. with lines still intact, have been pushed back on a 40-mile front by superior German Bulgarian Turkish forces.
 \ petrograd dispatch today said the situation is regarded as serious at Bucharest. Mackensen's advance guard already has approached with m 10 miles of the -Cerna- supplies into Rumania and over winch the Russian troops were brought into Humania, is the object of the Teuton's latest efforts.
 I0praiser, the remaining support ing position of the Rumanian flank of the seabOard. has fallen, but the Rumanian right wing, containing the important Danube bridge at Frenoyoda, is resisting attack. An appeal for help has come from Ru- mania for the second time since the Germans began their campaign to crush that country. The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News, returning from Bucharest, tele- graphed that he had been asked to emphasize the seriousness of tbe situation. King Ferdinand himself made similar plea following the Rumanian defeat in Pennsylvania.
 The reason for the severe defeat of the Rumanians in Dobrndia was revealed today for the first time. Premier Bratiano believed that, when Rumania entered the war Bulgaria would either sue for peace or would not fight against Rumania or Russia. Only weak forces were left to guard the Bulgarian border, while the main Rumanian army poured into Pennsylvania.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
CLEAN UP AND LOG ROADS.
Arkansas Association of Motor Clubs
 Promises Good Results.

FrOiniScS UoOu heSuitS.
 Little Rock, Oct. i9-The recently formed Arkansas Association of Motor Clubs is already bearing fruit. for a general cleanup of city streets all over the state has been ordered and an Arkansas road, one of the principal of the state, will be logged and appear in the 1918 Blue Book for automobile owners.
 The Fort Smith Motor Club is en- titled to the initiative in both cases, but the state organization has be- come sponsor for them and will see that they are carried out. The Fort Smith organization has an arrange ment hv which wagons are sent over the streets weekly, picking up all glass, nails and horseshoes. An ae- cessory house is also employed to send out and pick up glass reported anywhere on country road. When the Fort Smith Club told of it's ac- tlNitles at a recent meeting in this city, the Little Rock, Hot Springs and other clubs decided to immedi- ately profit by the Fort Smith ex- ample and save tires.
 H. k. Alhers. of the Fort Smith Club, has announced that | NJ. Ma lang the pioneer road builder of Joplin, Mo. had consented Co log the highway from Fayetteville to Fort smith, thence to Little Rock and Hot springs. The road from Kansas City to Fayetteville has already been logged and appears in the automo- bile Blue Book, but no route is shown between Fort Smith and Hot Springs.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
TEST OF SELF GOVERNMENT.

The Star this week is printing a synopsis of Act No and Amend ments Nos. i2 and i3. Last week it gave it's readers Act No |. Amend meni No. ii is the other measure the voters are to pass upon at the elec- tion November 7. and 1t will. fl adopted, enable many counties to build all-the- year-round good roads without a cent of added tax.
 Study all these proposed laws. The ahilitv of the voters to choose be- tween the good ones and bad ones is the final test of the principle Of seif-government
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
pHAROA TURNED 'EM LOOSE;
 so DID PRESIDENT WILSON

The following is an extract from a speech made to a bunch of Paris negroes by local colored Demo- erat at the depot Saturday night. He was sitting on truck beneath the stars and delivered himself in this fashion:
 The Lawd said, "pharo. turn my people loose and when he didn't do it and the Lawd said again. Pha- ITO. turn my people loose, and when he didn't do it the Lawd tux pharo down to the Red Sea and chucked him in. That Mistah Wilson. he say. karanzy. set my niggers free. and when he didn't do it that Mir. Wilson, he say again. karanzy, turn my niggers loose or l'ze coming aft CT emr still he didn't dc it and that Mistah Wilson he say, karanzy. turn my niggers loose-bring 'em right right home y0self or thar's goin to be hell to pay.1'n next day fo million white men with the big dogs on flat ca's started for Mexico. You know what happened? Afore they got there old karanzy done turned them niggers loose, give 'em q palm beach suit of clothes an a bottle of mule apiece. put 'em on a Pullman ca and sent em home. An on the way they met Mir. Will son, an he says, Boys, I was just comin to git you if it took every white man in the Newnited States to do 1t. No man can lock my nig- gers up CT pose on 'em an not hear from me. Come on an get some watermelon Ever hear of a Re- publican doin' anything like dat? Nav, you didn't. That Mistah Will son is shonuff white folks. Repub- licans ain't got no use for a niger ,cept on lection day From the Paris tMo9 Mercury Dem.)
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
British to Arm Ships.

Berlin, Oct. i9.--The Kreigs Zei- tung, the evening edition of the Lo- kal Anzieger, publishes a report that the British have ordered the arm ing of all merchantmen. and says that as result Germany may be forced to take up a sharper subma- rine campaign with consequent en- dangering of German-American re- lations. It concludes:
 ''If it is true that England actu- ally intends to arm all it's merchant men with heavy and far-carrying guns. and thus label them plainly as warships intended for attack, it cannot be avoided that whether we wish to or not, we must give a sharper tendency to our submarine campaign
The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-26
FARMERS BEING WARNED.
Overproduction of Cotton in 1917
 Will Prove Disastrous

Austin, Tex. Oct i9,-Farmers of Texas are being warned by Fred w. Davis, state commissioner of agri- culture, against overproduction of cotton in 1917. Commissioner Davis has pointed out that it would be far better for the farmers to raise 3 million bales and get 20 cents than to raise 6 million and get only flo cents per pound.
 In a statement, Commissioner Davis said he feared the high price of cotton this year might result in farmers raising a much greater crop next season. He declared there were other farm products besides cotton, consequently the farmers should diversity.