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The Washington times., 1917-07-29

in camp. All that time win be
utilized to polish up and polish
off the new officers, but he
knows today that he has them.
said I had evidence that your
son, brother or friend would have
good officers. The best evidence
is that $4,000 men responded to
the original request, and that 40,-
900 actually went into camp. The
reason this Is the best evidence
Is that, at the time they went
into camp. the War Department
had no money with which to pay
them. Congress had not said that
they would be paid anything.
Their orders specifically recited
that they might not receive any
compensation for their time and
effort 1t was clearly understood
that only 10000 OF the 10000
would be commissioned, yet the
10000 appeared and went to work
like Belgians.
1,500 To Be Commissioned.
Since then Uncle Sam has been
taking tea with British and
French, and italian missions
men with the cold facts Of what
were up against-and he now
says he'll take 10000 out Of the
lot but that still leaves half to be
turned down. The other half, the
first 10000. will be the men who,
first, had the nerve and patriot
ism to quit office. store. factory,
and farm to take their chances in
the most strenuous job Of milk
tary training ever undertaken in
this country, and who, second,
have survived the terrific compe-
tition. At Fort Myer we started
with 1850. 1 understand that
about 1900 will be commissioned.
know these men. have
watched them. I have toiIed and
worried with them have seen
them at their work: have seen
them at their play (Which has
been mighty little.) I have seen
them grow from fat to lean and
from thin to sturdy. have
watched the pale. office cheek
turn to copper. and have seen the
indecisIve jaw creep forward
week by week until It showed
confidence and purpose have
sweat with them on the drin field,
plodded with them on the hike
across country. and strained mus
cles with them grooming horses
and cleaning harness in the hot
artillery stables.
The Washington times., 1917-07-29
Mrs. Wilson WOodrow'S Article on Radicals

VIZ HEN somebody said,
wv "The only way to do
ANYTHING ia tn do II
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

years Of his life, created some
thing Of a sensation by abandon
ing the conventional black" as
the country newspapers call it,
and appearing in white. The in
novation aroused a deal of COM
ment. Some people saw in it only
a bit Of playful eccentricity, to be
expected of a professional humor-
list; some regarded it as a bid for
publicity. Hardly anybody accept
ed the change seriously.
Yet Mark Twain was, of course,
perfectly sincere in the matter,
and, moreover, he had the very
best of arguments to support him.
The Washington times., 1917-07-29
Only Way to Avoid Crit
icism Is to Be
Imnured.

The biographies of the great
deal chiefly with the successes and
achievements Of tt men they are
supposed to depict, touching but
lightly upon slips and errors. But
every human being, no matter
what his or her accomplishment or
gifts of nature and circumstance,
has memories of certain poignant
moments, the mere recollection of
which causes acute modification.
We've all been uniuTtifiable idiots
at times, every Adams son and
daughter of US.
The long and short of It is that
no matter what you do or leave
undone, some people are bound to
call you silly; and the only way
you can avoid doing foolish things
in the worlds eve IN being call
ed fool is to shut yourself up in
a walled chamber, and then you'd
be called a nut" So it's purely
a choice of epithets.
But isn't it better to do some
thing, even though 1t proves a
oliver" than to sit with folded
hands and do nothing at all? You
will at least have the satisfaction
of knowing that you have tried,
that you have not surrendered
your chances because some old
crouch in a rocking chair sneered
at your ambitions and prophesied
their failure.
Anything out of the ordinary
groove seems silly to the world,
for the world is very old, and age
holds to its settled standards like
the venerable Deacon in Clyde
Fitch's play, who said to the
younu minister of more modern
tendencies:
"Ain't the hell of your fathers
good enough for you?"
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

picturesque. He should worry
whether they said he did it for ad-
vertising purposes or as a joke, or,
in fact, what they said. He was
Mark Twain, and could get away
with it.
Propose a similar course to any
man of your acquaintance and see
what he says about it. He will
probably assent to every criticism
you make on this archaic style of
raiment. He will admit that it is
ridiculous in cut, ugly, a breeder
of pneuomnia in winter and of en-
barrassing mistakes at all times
with its lack of distinguishing in
The Washington times., 1917-07-29
LAST WORD TO BUYERS

To shoppers and all buyers in Wash
ington, The Sunday Times says THE
LAST WORD.
The last thing read on Sunday even
ing, the first thing remembered Monday
morning by the careful housewife, the
thoughtful buyer, is WASHINGTON
SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISEMENTS.
Merchants and other advertisers find
the LAST chance and the BEST chance to
impress the public buying mind on Sun
day, in The Sunday Evening Times-the
home paper.
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

ways be found
coupled with
that peculiar
constituencies to
the criticism and
mockery Of less
er minds.
Yet what can
be sillier than
this slavish fear
of being thought
silly? No man
worth his salt
ever lived who
hasn't be en-
"silly" dozens Of
times, or who
hasn't a lon g
score of mis-
takes and blum
ders to his credit.
TIL e smallest
deviation from
I h e accepted
line is noticed
and commented
on. Take the
mere matter Of
clothes, for in
stance.
Mark Twain,
in the lattnr
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

There can be
no reaonable
apology for the
somber and de-
pressing attire
which men put
on for evening.
Every one agrees
to that. But so
strong is the
force OF custom
that no revolt
against it has
ever been efec-
tive. Not even
NJ a rk T W a in,
either by pre-
cept or example,
could shake the
supremacy of
" onv e ntional
black" Prob
ably he never
expected to. He
was too wise
and sane a read
or of human ma
ture for that.
But in the mean
tim e he was
,ou,forfahIa onJ
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

VI HEN somebody said,
wv "The only way to do
w anything is to do it."
it needed the addendum, "If you
try to avoid doing something silly,
you'll probably never do anything
at all"
1t is that tyranny of custom,
that fear of being thought absurd,
which may account for so many
mute, inglorious Millions" and
Cromwells guiltless of their coun-
try's blood" For no human being
ever struck out on a novel or
original line that he was not freely
called a fool by most of his ac-
quaintances. Ideas? In a yorld
that would far rather not be both
cred with them, suppress him at
once!
Columbus stands as the type and
symbol of all who dare adventure
into the uncharted realms of
thought.
"Chains for the Admiral of the
Ocean!
Chains for him who pushed his
prows into the setting sun
And amde west east and sailed the
Dragons Mouth,
And came upon the mountains Of
the world
And saw the rivers roll from Para
disew
Years Between 20 and 80
the Time to 70 Ad-
venturing.
The conservatives of society are
always in the majority, for Of the
five decades which Solomon allots
to adult man and woman only one
is pre-eimnently radical. With
most of US the years when we do
and dare and adventure, if at all,
are between twenty and thirty.
After that we are largely from
Missouri; we want to be shown.
And until we are shown we are
very apt to deride the tentative
efforts Of the fiedgling. He may
be an eaglet trying his wings for
a fight toward the sun, but we are
more inclined to believe him mere
ly an awkward, lumpish loon.
II is the young men who see
visions; the old can only dream
dreams.
And youth, with all its aspira-
ton and ardor, is supremacy self
conscious, supremacy susceptible
to sarcasm and ridicule. 1t almost
seems as if thi attribute had been
implanted to prevent adventurous
Twenty from going too far and
stealing the divine fire from the
affairs of the gods,
Unless he be the eaglet, indeed,
he will in difference to the cynical
mockery of his elders-rather
than be thought "silly"-restrain
his fights to those lower attitudes
and prescribed limits which are ad-
mittedly safe and sane.
Bravery to Take Risk of
Being "SiIly" Gets
Somewhere.
Even if the spirit and glow of
youth persists in middle life, as it
sometimes does, it will almost al
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

Has your son been draftedr
Has your brother been drafted?
Has anybody you are interested
in been draftedI
II 50, give ear. for have . bit
of welcome news for you
He II going to serve under an
officer whom he will respect be-
cause that officer knows his Job,
whom he will love because that
officer puts his men nrst In his
heart and mind. and whom he will
follow to Berlin or the grave be-
cause that officer II courageous
and Just.
It Is well known that an army
10 good or poor In exact ratio 20
the ability and character or lack
Of ability and character Of its Of
fIcera It IL well fed. eontented.
and happy, and It will fight eff
fectiveIy a. long as 1t lives, II II
has good Officers 1t IL hungry
disconnected and sullen. and IL
will fight half-heartedly, 10 II has
poor officers
Ireali1e that have used three
paragraphs to announce that your
son. brother or friend will have
good officers, but this il the lit
eraI truth, which can back up
with evidence. II you live In
washington and have been watch
ing men In the officers training
camp at Fort Myer for the past
eleven weeks, and II you viii
come out here now and think back
TO what the candidates were at
the start, you will agree with
me.
What the Major Said
II you have any doubt after
merely looking at them Tiny. but
some were slouchy and slow when
they reportsd) just walk up to the
nrst regular army officer you
meet and ask him. did that the
other day. 1t happened that way
other day. It happened that. way
when / was on the Job at the Dis
trict building, I had . friend, who
was a major 10 the army.
wasn't particularly impressed by
the altitude OF his rank in those
days, but 1 found him amazingly
high ranking at Fort Myer, where
II doesn't make a scrap OF differ
ence what anybody Is on the other
side OF the Potomac. OF course,
I did not presume to approach
him, or even look In his direction,
but he remembered me when We
passed in the road, stopped and
shook hands
HAS the theoretical purpose OF
the officers training camp been
accomplished" I asked him.
He looked surprised. Then his
eyes frightened with delight-the
intense delight OF q man intensely
interested in his work
'UnQuestionAbly." he declared,
with emphasis. The most opti-
mistic hopes OF the army men
who have had charge OF the work
have been exceeded. We will get
OFFICERS out of this camp"
Turning Out Officers.
have no doubt that the same
results are being achieved In the
other camps. You know, on May
IA, Uncle Sam began the modest
Job OF turning out officers in
three months. He was busy with
one hand getting his draft pro-
gram ready. an the meantime"
he said, "I'll take my other hand
and do in ninety days what II
usually takes four years to do at
West Point" So he called for
volunteers to go into training
camps and try to learn to be Of
fcers. He got $4,000 volunteers,
culled out 10000 for training. and
announced that one-fourth OF
them would be commissioned
afterwards. That was where he
expected to get the ''first ten thou
sand"-the men who would be the
officers Of the FIRST national army
Of half a million.
He has them. There's three
weeks more training, and then
there probably will be a short
The Washington times., 1917-07-29
Getting Disciplined.

When we first went into camp I
saw a company of IT'S Of them
break up in q rout and run helter-
SHELTER like . crowd OF school,
boys when a sudden thunder
storm struck them as they were
marching back from retreat In
the late afternoon They paid no
more attention to their officers
than a wild baseball crowd to an
umpire. Recently I saw the same
men stand at their posts and 60
through their duties rapidly and
calmly while a six-horss artillery
team hitchsd to a three-inch gun
and timber. ran away under their
very noses.
In q word, the students are dis
cipIined- They have learned to
obey orders. correctly and prompt
ly, and they have learned to carry
responsibility.
oh, how I yearn for Language
strong enough to make you. Mr..
Reader, and you, Mr.. Draft Re-
cruit, appreciate those two things;
Correct and prompt obedience
and a sense OF responsibility.
Those two things are the most
important and the hardest to
learn. Those are the things that
drive the instructors to tears, al
most to encouragement at times,
and to the verge OF nervous pros
tratlon.
The Washington times., 1917-07-29
What Comes After the
Service Draft
By COMMISSIONERS NEWMAN

The first of a
series Of articles by
Com mis- sioner
Oliver P. Newman
on what may be ex-
pected by the man
who is drafted in
Uncle Sans mill
tary service. They
are written especial
ly for the men of
the District who
nav becom e
soldiers.
The Washington times., 1917-07-29

CommISSIOneF Newman'H Second
Article Next Sunday.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29

them. and beaten them back and
down!
6. Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as a prey to
their teeth.
The teeth of our foes have been on
edge to devour us; and our great ad-
versary has been like roaring lion,
seeking to devour us. But as God sent
His angel to the den for the protec-
ton Of Daniel, so He has shut the
mouths that have been ravening for
US; and we have not been delivered
over to the will of our enemies Blessed
be God!
Z. Our soul Is escaped as bird out
of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare Is broken. and we are es.
capped.
Happy bird! You ares free, Now
you may soar heavenward and sing the
praise of the great Deliverer!
8. Our help Is in the name of the
Lord
Who made heaven and earth.
God is our help. 1t Is He who has
accepted us In the Beloved. 1t is He
who has delivered us from all our foes
1t Is He who has delivered from
all our fears. 1t is He who has
kept us from falling. His name-His
holy and gracious and loving heart and
almighty right arm-has been our de-
fence. and our triumph thus far; md
He'll conduct us home.
Had not the Lord, my soul may cry,
Had not the Lord been on my side;
Had He not brought deliverance nigh
Then must my helpless soul have died
Had not the Lord been on my side,
My soul had been by Satan slain;
And Tophet. opening large and wide
Would not have gaped for me in vain
Lo. floods of wrath, and floods of hell
In fierce, impetuous torrents roll;
Had not the Lord defended we'll,
The waters had Overwhelmed my soul
AS when the fowler's snare Is broke
The bird escapes on cheerful wings
My soul, set free from Satans yoke,
With Joy bursts forth, and mounts, ant
sings.
She sings the Lord her Savior's praise
Sings forth His praise with Joy ant
mirth;
To Him her song In heaven she'll raise
To Him that made both heaven ant
earth.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
PRAISE FOR FORCE.

Mrs. Edith r. Turner has been with
us since my induction into office on
June 20, 1915, and is entitled to every
consideration for her excellent work
in this department.
Miss Ruth Bowman, stenographer,
who has been with US only short time
has so endeared herself to us that we
feel her services are indispensable.
Both of these young ladies are being
remunerated from the state funds at
that each of them earns every dollar
of her salary.
The adjutant generals department
enjoys a continuing appropriation of
$50, 900 for the biennium. Fortunately
for us the troops were called into fed
eral service and this renders the ap-
preparation adequate for our needs.
which would not have been the case
had they remained within the con-
fines of the state. There has been SC
far expended from the appropriation
the sum of $13,365.39 which has been
apportioned as follows:
Salary adjutant general. $16232s:
salary assistant adjutant general
s161s.15; armory rent, $22ss.2s; camp
pay, $45S.s7; cleaning equipment
| $41.90; clerical service, $119S.10:
freight and drayage. $2ss.s7; labor
s417.35: medical service. s2S; miscel-
laneous, $666.4s; ONCE supplies
$344.36; printing. $334.3s; stamps
s67.1s; telegraph. 5000; telephone
$133.S0; travel expense. $1s59.s9; re-
eruiting, $1076.24; supplies, s23s.S7;
war secretary salary and expense
$623.57. 1t will be seen from the fore
going that Notwithstanding the intense
activity In this department during the
past year we have lived within our APP
preparation and have still $11,634.61 te
the good.
Yours sincerely,
| CHARLES 8. MOODY,
Adjutant General Of Idaho.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
MOTHERS, Do THIS
When the Children Cough, Ruiz
Musterole on Threats
and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms may
develop into Group. or worse. And then.
when you're glad you have jar of Mus
terole at hand to give prompt sure re
lief. II does not blister.
As first aid and q certain remedy
Musterole il excellent. Thousands o
mothers know it. You should keep +,
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
1t is the remedy for adults. too. Re
lieves sore throat bronchitis, tonsilitis
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head
ache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism
lumbago, pains and aches of back o
joints, sprains. sore muscles, chilblains
frosted feet and colds of the chest Il
often prevents pneumonia).
3Oc and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
9oodi!!Iq|'t!
T. &oiia&
~bu oA-4k4>SAv.I
HAPPY GiG0LEs TELLS NANNY
AND BILLY A FEW THINGS.
"a. 0A..lke>SAv.4/

HAPPY GiGGlEs TELLS NANNY
AND BILLY A FEW THINGS.
I'll not live here and De mistreated."
bleated Nanny Goat. looking at her
short coat of fur one day late last
spring.
What can we do?" asked Billy Goat.
run away!" replied his sister.
That night the two goats sneaked out
through the gate that Fido had left
open for them. Fido hated to see his
friends start out alone, and begged
them to take him along. SO the three
friends trotted down the road together
They ran until they came to a nice
green meadow. and Billy Goat decided
it would be lovely place to spend the
night. The three lay down to sleep. and
when morning came Billy and Nanny
enjoyed the sweet grass. Ffdo was
hungry. too. but he couldn't make up
his mind to eat grass.
This is all right for nice weather,
but what shall we do when 1t rains p
growled Fido. He was almost sorry he
had left his masters house.
That's been bothering me, too"
bleated Nanny Goat, and she began to
cry.
Just then Happy Giggles turned the
bend Of the road, and seeing the three
friends he stopped to chat.
Billy Goat told him how mean they
had bcentreated and how they had
run away.
Yesterday the master brought two
strange men into the barn. They held
Nanny while the master cut off every
bit Of fur she had. Then they caught
me and did the same thing!" cried
Billy.
And we never did thing to de-
serve such treatment" exclaimed
Nanny Goat "Why, Fido told me the
baby was i'll and that he heard the doc
tor say to give her goats milk, 80
gave the master every drop I had
why should he mistreat us so?"
cut off your coats?" exclaimed
Happy Giggles. "Ha! ha! hal" he
laughed. And you thought you were
being punished"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
Cough Nearly Gone
In "a Hours
Tha4's the usual experience with
tAlG homemade remedy. Costs
lt&ls-try It.
OOOOOOcs0OO0

Anyone who tries this pleasant tast.
ing homemade cough syrup, will
quickly understand why II is used in
more homes in the United States and
canada than any other cough remedy.
The way it takes hold of an obstinate
cough, giving immediate relief. will mako
fore. 1t is a, truly dependable coug.,
every home, to use at the first sicn OF q
cough during the night or day time.
ANY druggist can supply you with
Pour this into 2 pint bottle and gil the
syrup. The total cost is about 65 cents
and you have, q full pint Of the most
elective remedy you ever used.
The quick, lasting relief you get from
this excellent cough syrup will really
surprise you.. 1t promptly heals the
infiamcd membranes that line the throat
and air passages, stops the annoying
throat tickle, loosens the .phlegm, and
soon your cough stops entirely. Splen-
did for bronchitis, Group, whooping cough
and bronchial asthma.
Pinex 10 . highly concentrated CONS
pound Of Norway pine extract, and il
famous the world over for Its healing
eject on the membranes.
To avoid disappointment AK for "21S
ounces Of Pinex" with full directions
and don't accent anything else. A guar.
antee Of absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded goes with this prep.
eretions ThA Pinex Co, # Wayne.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
SUPPOSED EXILES
GERMAN AGENTS

San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Nearly 1000
German agents have gone to Russia
through San Francisco since the rev.
olution. playing big part In the dis
ruption Of the Russian armies. ac-
cording to charges made to federal
authorities today by George Rosen,
Russian attorney. He alleges three
were from San Francisco. seven from
Los Angeles. 200 from Chicago and 700
from New York.
The Kerensky government paid their
expenses believing them political ex-
lies.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29

Many q man feels that he II down
and out when ~ q matter Of fact he
still has In him many years of good
service that can be brought out by
proper treatment. Stomach trouble
often makes one Respondent It hits
him where he lives. saos his strength.
and energy and makes him feel like
giving UP. Give him few doses Of
Chamberlain's Tablets to improve his
digestion and invigorats his liver and
bowels, and In most cases recovery u
prompt and sffeStuals--Adv. 7. IN. q.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
OLD SOLDIER GIVES REcoMMEN
OATION,

Gustav Wangelin, commander of G.
A. r. post, Pinckneyville, ILL.,, writes:
II highly recommend Foley Kidney
Pills, which l prefer to sall others l
have used and consider them Johnny
on the spot" Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from backache. rheuma-
tic pains, stiff. swollen Joints. Ian
guidness. pains in groin and muscles,
all other symptoms Of kidney trouble
and sleep disturbing bladder ailments.
They assist nature In restoring
strength and vitality. Whitehead
Drug Store. Adv. T. Tn. y.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
Happy Gisslss Stops to Chat.

Happy Gig9les stops to Chat.
You'd have thought 30 IL you'd seen
the amount of fur they took" barked
Fido, who didn't like to see his friends
laughed at.
And you thought you were being
punished" repeated Happy Gisgles.
I'VE had done nothing to be pun
ished for, that's Just it," cried Billy
Goat. What did he cut our fur off
for? 1t isn't good for anything but to
keep us warm"
There's where you're wrong re-
piled Happy Giggles, when he could
stop laughing. It'll soon be summer
and your master cut it off so you'll be
cool. And. besides every scrap of your
fur was sent to the mill to make n
warm dress OF shawl for that baby
What" exclaimed the three friends
"Sure!" continued Happy Giggles
They make dress goods and even
scarfs and mufflers from the fur they
cut from goats and sheep. You folks
have made q dreadful mistake in run
ming away from there. Your master is
kind and feeds and houses you well
You'd better go back. That little baby
needs your milk, and I'm sure If tho
r,aster hadn't needed the fur nc
wouldn't have clipped 1t off,
Yes, l guess you're right" replied
Billy Goat WED better go home,
and the three friends turned around
and went back.
Nanny gave more milk that night
than ever before, for she was ashamed
to think how silly she had been.
1--WE should have known better!" she
told Billy.
now that we know our fur is good fol
something" bleated Billy, and the three
friends agreed they had been silly ant
were glad they had listened to Happ!
Giggles and had returned home.