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The Washington times., 1917-01-15
YOUR INCOME, AND THE "OUT
Go"

The Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor, is about to un-
dertake the task of investigating the
cost of living in Washington. The
success of this task depends largely
upon the cooperation of Washington
citizens.
The field agents who gather this
information cannot compel you to
answer their questions. If you
tersely state that it is none Of their
business, they will have to be salts
fed. But no one who realizes the
importance of this inquiry, and the
bearing it will have upon wage
scales, particularly those paid by the
Government. will hesitate to give the
Guestioners any information they
may desire.
The big difficulty probably will not
arise from discourtesy, but from ig-
norance of the things the bureau
must know. Amid all the discussions
Of the cost of living it is surprising
to find how little exact information
is to be had on the subject. The
MANAGER of any business house can
tell you to a penny how much the
cost of the things he buys has varied.
His books show just where he, stands.
But when the same business man
talks about the cost of operating his
home he is apt to be woefully ignor-
ant about it. His household man
ager, his wife, probably knows little
more than he does.
The public schools are beginning
to help by instructing some of their
girl pupils in household accounting
and in keeping household budget.
But it will be a generation before
such training begins to show results.
Meantime most families are apt to
go right on laundering in the dark in
a vague, and often futile, attempt to
make ends meet" failing to realize
that most of their troubles arise
from a lack Of ordinary business
sense,
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
WOMAN AND THE COMMAND
MENTS

In one of the most entertaining Of
his essays de omnibus rebrs, and es-
pecially de omnibus muelieribus,
George Harvey tried to prove that
the Ten Commandments were de-
signed only for the regulation of
masculine conduct and were not bind
ing upon the women except in so far
as they are affected by implication
in the duties directly imposed upon
men; the regularly ordained heads
of their respective families. This
eminently practical view was based
by the clever essayist upon the clear
and explicit language of the Fourth
Commandment directing that "thou"
(meaning the MANI "shalt not do
any work, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates;" and as "thy
wife" was excluded in the enumera-
tion that it was clearly intended that
the wife should do all the work for
the family on the Sabbath.
Some of the commentators claim
that the use of the pronoun "thou"
in this Commandment included the
wife with the husband; but this view
was rejected on the ground that in
the Tenth Commandment "thou"
means beyond question the head of
the house, or the man, who is en-
joined not to covet his neighbor's
house, wife, man servant, OK, ass, nor
anything that is his neighbor's.
Everybody in the domestic establish
ment-husband, children, servants,
oxen, and asses-everybody except
the wife who was to perform all the
necessary work of the day for the
whole tribe or family. That is ex-
actly what the wife generally does,
with or without any Commandment;
but if the view taken by the essay
ist could hold against the sentiment
of the world the wife would be ex-
SuoCu 1IOIH many VI Vic OIlCE III
functions laid upon men. She could
steal, kill, and bear false witness
without laying herself liable to any
of the penalties imposed by the law,
and, from what is known generally
of the masculine order of beings, she
would be wholly justified in doing So.
But Harvey was only writing to
be clever and he did not 20 into the
subject as fully as the Scriptures
would warrant, failing as he did to
interpret the initial declaration that
"God created man in His own image;
in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them"
"Him" and "them" mean the same
thing and "thou" is inclusive; for
after all she is only-a part Of "thou."
But so long as "thou" and the sons
and daughters and servants, can de-
pend upon the wife to do the work
on the Sabbath, it might be just as
well not to disturb the domestic har-
mony by splitting hairs on the ques-
tion of pronouns. Evidently the thing
to do is to have somebody do the
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
BILLINGS WILLSEEL
HIS VIRGINIA FARM
llorseman Offers to Dispose Of
Famous Virginia Estate at
100000 Loss.

NEW YORK, Jan. &c. X Bill.
.lings has no further use for Curls
Neck Farm, his 5.o00-acre stock farm
on the James River, near Richmond,
Va, which he bought four years ago
for 81 ,OO0, 900. He Is willing to part
with the historic property for $780,.
900, or even less.
Many improvements.
The James River estate Is in the
hands of Joseph p. Day, real estate
broker, for sale at 100000 below
what Mr.. Billings paid for the prop
erty four years ago. He has spent
money lavishly on the, estate since he
bought IL through Mr.. Day from the
estate OF Charles H. Semi. Since then
he has built a stable 500 feet long
and So feet wide for Lou Dillon, Har.
vester, Major Delmar and about 100
other famous horses which he owns.
Near the stable he laid out two race
courses over which the kings OF the
road and turf were kept At.
Property q Famous Estate.
Curls Meek Farm is one of the best
known properties in northern Vir-
ginia. It has been the home Of the
first families for many years. The
Randolphs lived there in 1895 and Ma
thaniel Bacon. of Bacon rebellion
fame, Is said to have occupied the es-
tate. The farm Is about fifteen miles
from Richmond and close to Shirley
and Malvern Hill, where engagements
were fought in the civil war.
Charles Senff. the previous owner.
bought the property years ago to try
scientific agriculture. More than halt
OF II at the time was highly culti-
waited.
The property Juts into tie James
river. On the highest point is a fine
dwelling three stories high. erected in
1886. Since Mr.. Billings took over the
estate about 1000 acres have been
turned into a game preserve Nine
cottageNhave been built for employees
and a $4,000 bridge erected connect
ing the estate with other property.
This bridge Mr.. Billings donated t.
Henrico county not long ago.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
STOMACH AND cALORY

One of the valiant diet-demolish-
ers now undergoing the New York
test to prove the suficiency of 70
cents day remarks that calories do
not sound much like things tor eat.
He lives no more basely on the un-
scientific plane of roast beef; pota-
toes, soup, and pie than do most OF
US.
In fact the calory is an upstart OF
diet. The naughty roast looks down
upon it from position a hundred
thousand years established. Even
the parvenu potato, after 200 years
on the plate, disdains such a new
conner. Whoever heard of calories a
hundred years ago?
Appetite has managed the normal
mans diet for uncounted ages. Ap-
petite is instinct, instinct is inher-
tied knowledge and preference. Sci
ence has generally had the wisdom to
keep out of the way Of instinct. Ac-
tivities ruled by instinct have gained
less from science than any others.
The hours of sleep, women's adorn-
ment, the table, are much what they
always were.
Instinct will probably prompt the
ordinary man to resent interference
with his instincts. Science really
knows very little compared to that
wise thing, an intelligent stomach.
Yet the stomach is not infallible and
a little aid from scientific diet study
is helpful. Some small knowledge of
the calories and what becomes Of
them would supply valuable check
ing system on even the wisest appe-
tite.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
KENTUCKY

Charles Lamb once wrote an essay
to prove that the man who gets ex-
cited and loses his temper and the
use of his logical faculties in an ar
gument is not necessarily in the
wrong, popular tradition to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. 1t may like
wise be shown that the high-fiown
style of old-fashioned oratory, which
has not been in favor with sensible"
men for some years past, may go
with sound principles and right ac-
ton.
The news furnishes an illustration,
in the story of Governor Stanley's
defiance to the mob of lynchers at
Murray, Ky. The trial of a negro
had been postponed in the due pro-
cess of law and the prisoner had
been removed to Paducah Jail So
the baffled crowd threatened to hang
the judge and the Commonwealth
attorney. Governor Stanley faced
them and said:
Before blackening my soul with
a base perjury and submitting to
the dictates of a disorderly mob
i would suffer you to hang me by
the neck until I was dead or in
your ferocious wrath to tear me
limb from limb and feed the dis
membered fragments to the vul-
lures or burn my body at the
stake and send back to my wife
and children the ashes of a brave
and honest man, rather than to
purchase a cycle of security at
the price of perfdy, cowardice,
and dishonor.
That may sound a bit strange to
modern ears, but the men that heard
it knew the difference between cava-
lier talk with a real cavalier behind
it and empty words They believed
the other sentence in the governor's
impassioned speech, referring back
to his taking the oath to enforce the
law: 81 am here today as the chief
magistrate of this Commonwealth to
tell you that / meant what / said"
It is a particular pleasure to read
such things of Kentucky. Some Of
the best treasures of our American
life and history have had their origin
there. Champ Clark at the annual
dinner of the. Kentuckians in New
York paid a well deserved tribute to
his native State. He said, incident
ally, that he had left there forty
three years ago. Then he went on to
declare that if he were rich he would
publish the biographies of "the great
men of the South and West who are
rarely mentioned in the literary es-
says that come from New England" ."
We seem to have read few Eastern
eulogies on at least one Kentucky
born President.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
.POST-MORTEM FOR
G.O.PNN NEW YORK
Expect New System for Repub-
Iican Machine for Use In
1920 Campaign.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-The Repub-
iican post-mortem was formally held
today. Members OF the Republican
national executive COMMITTEES met at
the cau OF National Chairman VII
liam r. Wilcox. specifically to clean
up loose ends of the campaign. which
closed In November. Actually the
@. o. p. leaders started the ball roll
ing for 1920.
Out Of the meeting was expected
to come a new system OF control Of
the Republican machinery. Back In
the days OF the Republican National
Convention. at Chicago last June.
there was much OF the antagonism
for the Progressives left over from
delegations chose regular Repub-
Iicans as. their national committee
men.
This gave the Republican National
Committee a very regular" aspect.
Then came Hughes nomination; the
harmonizing scheme for return Of
Progressfves to the fold. and, finally.
appointment OF an executive and
campaign committee, to handle the
campaign.
This committee naturally died auto
matically with the end OF the cam
paign, leaving the party control back
in the hands Of the supposedly "regu-
lar" national committee.
One Of the propositions which is to
be considered at today's conference Is
adoption Of the campaign COMMITTEES
as a permanent auxiliary. in order
that complete and permanent recog-
milton may be accorded the Progress
sives who have returned to the
G. o. p.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
APPEAL FOR A WORTHY CAUSE

Little can be added to the clear
cut statement of the Rev. DIR. John
Van Schaick, jr., president of the
Board of Education, in making an
appeal to this community for 81 900
to provide special schools for the
ifty-nine children now excluded
from regular classes because they
have tuberculosis.
As The Times has pointed out be-
fore, this city owes these children
an education; and this education, to
fit their special need, should not only
be one of the regular school course,
but should include the education of
body to help them Withstand the in
roads of the "white plague" DR..
Van Schaick points out the moral and
mental dangers of letting these chill
dren be idle while they are recover
ing from the disease.
In few years, next year perhaps,
Congress can be prevailed upon to
provide for the children excluded
from other schools. Like every other
effort of this sort in Washington a
demonstration of the treatment to
be given them will have to be made
before an appropriation can be OBJ
tanned on Capitol Hill. Although the
citizens of this city have responded
to many other appeals for subscrip-
tions in the past few months for
various worthy causes, it Is highly
probable that the $1,000 for this
home missionary endeavor will be
forthcoming.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Senator Rnnkhead,. Humor.

No one would think on looking at
him that Senator Bankhead OF Ala
bama' had the least sense of humo=.
and he did not know 1t himself until
he said a very funny thing at a CON
scryation congress in this town about
two wears ago. He was making a
great speech about the Warrior and
Tombigbee and Coosa rivers. all of
which could be made navigable for
battIeships. or something like that,
and mounting as an eagle in its flight
to his climax, he exclaimed with the
genius of the true orator: "Why, you
know, we have one OF the oldest riv-
ers in the country in Alabama" And
the congress simply howled with de-
light. The Senator had got thar with
both feet"
THE COMMENTATOR.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
SPEAKS ON BANKING.

Senator Henry F. Hollis, of New
Hampshire, spoke last night before
the Junior Temple Society of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation on
"Banking and Its Relation to Gov
ernment." An entertainment follow.
cd, with solos by Miss. Emma Cohen.
accompanied by Miss Blanche Smith.
There were recitations by Miss Dor
oehy Pasch and an interesting photo
play. Miss Marguerite kaufman, vice
president OF the society, presided.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
out OF the Pork Barrel

A point that might very we'll be
made against many of the Improve
ments" provided for in the proposed
river and harbor steal was the point
made by President Grant when he
was asked by a delegation from Fred
ericksburg, Virginia, to lend them his
aid in securing an appropriation for
the improvement of the Rappahan
mock river. The President was some
what familiar with the situation down
there when he was trying to reach
Richmond; but he was a very patien;
man, and had a sense OF humor. Ar
ter hearing arguments from the dele
cation he disposed of the matter very
effectively by saying in a dry way:
You know, I think the only way
you can improve the Rappahannock
is to pave it,"
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
What the soldier. Need.

Sir: The presence Of the troops on the
border was certainly meant for the ad-
vertising writers. Among other infor-
nation 1 have CLEANED from advertise
ments 1 am firm I'm my conviction that
the following are Indispensable to the
soldier on the march and in camp:
Chewing gum, tooth powder. milk
chocolate. shoe laces. shoe polish, cold
cream.
Not to speak OF Photographs. garters,
suspenders and collar buttons.
Linotype Larry.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

work and as the sons and daughters
and servants nowadays, especially
the servants, are not all that they
might be, the burden must fall on
the wife, which some of the females
will reason is against the argument
fos marriage.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Conservation" Suggests -Spugs"
Get Busy on Campaign Definitely
to Wipe Out Useless Christmas

Giving.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Now Is the time for the Spugs to
set busy and see IL they cannot do
something to recover a portion Of the
tremendous waste incident to the
modern American institution of Xmas
giving.
II there is any such Organization as
the Society for the Prevention of Use
less Gifts, they. might just as well
work to prevent the waste before il
iseeomplete as before IL starts
Many gifts are not supposed to last
beyond the novelty stage; others are
good, and are worth the effort It re-
Quires to keep from losing them: but
between the two Is the great mass Of
gifts that go to make up the tremen-
dous waste Of Xmas giving-useless
little old gimcracks snatched up of
the Xmas counters by shoppers who
have reached the point where they
don't give q rap whether IL Is q suit
able gift or not. just so it is a gift.
The recipient Is better on the
sooner he has lost them In fact
they hardly receive passing notice
when they are received-the recipien:
hurries on to get the next bundle
open to see what he win get out Of
that
Within the next month thesmost OF
these gifts will be ditched in one
W. y or another-toys broken never to
be mended. bric-a-brac put upon the
shelf, could-be-useful things stuck
somewhere out OF the way, only to
bob up again some time in the future
with the question, What are you 90
ing to do with me?
II these gifts were collected they
should be good for something-if for
nothing else than preventing the waste
of manufacturing an entire new sup
ply next year.
II somebody would only start the
thing, most of US have a number Of
gifts" and presents" we would be
heartily glad to cast into the collec-
tion-especially IL the proceeds from
the disposal of them were to be given
to the Belgians or other good and
popular cause. CONSERVATION.
Washington, December 20, 1915.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
rRITRI.AGAINoI.ET

Personal, II. Il. D.: We weren't
going to print it.'-Don Marquis Col
umn.
And, sir who cares a rap?
Were you going to print 1t?
A scrawl on a scrap!
And, sir, who cares rap.
Be il pepper. or pap?
I've lots more, but I'll stint il!
ANSWER: Who cares a rapD
fare you going to print 1t?
II. Z. D.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Asks Congress to Hurry Bill Giving
Pension to Veterans of Indian


Wars.
To the Editor OF THE TINES:
The veterans Of the Indian wars are
still living in hopes that this Congress
will recompense them, in part at least.
for the services they rendered.
These men who gave the best years Of
their lives to make the Great American
Desert the land Of fortunes and successes
are now too old and disabled to make
a living and are terminating their ex->
istences in poverty on account OF the
hardships and privation they endured.
There is no question OF where to get
the wherewithal. II requires only good
Judgment to do justice between man
and man, and 1t certainly would only
be Justice for those who have been
able to acquire its billions of dollars
worth Of riches to give up a few dollars
annually to these men who made It
possible for them to procure this great
wealth.
What should be done is to levy an in
come tax on the hundreds Of billions
of dollars worth Of property that was
made available for colonization by these
men who so bravely defended the early
settlers on the Western frontier and
made it possible To develop the un-
limited natural resources of the great
Western empire and for its millions OF
people to live there in peace and pros
perity.
A bill to reward these men has been
pending before Congress for the last
six years and in that time nearly one
half of them have passed beyond 10
the great unknown
NHak
delay this bill but show the gratitude OF
the people (whose representatives they
are) by giving to these veterans that
pension which Is so justly theirs.
BY ONE WHO KNOWS
January L
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

The White House suffrage pickets
have been ordered to observe strict
silence. Perhaps there is something
in this suffrage business, after all.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

A Philadelphia judge says a divorce
is as easy to get in the Quaker City
as at Reno. At last have these
PhiIadelphians started to boom their
city?
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
LETTERS FROM READERS
Comment on Current Topics In
Communication to the Editor.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The. Brfghtwood Park Parent
Teachers Association wishes to 60 or
record as indorsing the bill for the
retirement of public school teachers
Of the District OF Columbia, and urges
its passage at this session OF Con
gress. ME-. YOUSE,
Secretary-T Brightwood
Park Parent-Teaehers' Associa-
ton.
January 10.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

Headlines keep talking about a
"model murder mystery" Gaboriau,
Edgar Allan Poe, wrote before their
time, and must expect to get scooped
by modern crime connoisseurs.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

Captain Bartlett is going to make
another dash for the Pole" Maybe
Rear Admiral Peary just sneaked up
on 1t, and that is the reason he got
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Amusements.

NationaI-wiIliam Gillette, in IA Successful
Calamity" $40 p. m.
Belasco-Newman traveltalk. Japan" p.
m; Experience" S:15 p m
Keith's-Vaudeville, i2:l5 and S:l5 p. m
PolIs-"Little Women, s15 p. m
Gayety-BurIesque, els and s:l5 p. m.
Loew's Columbia-Motion picturess, 1850 A.
m to IL p. m
Strand-Photoplays, 10 a; m. to 1O:6O p. m.
Garden-Photoplays, 10 AZ m. to 1880 p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Our own Popular Songs.

Our Own Popular Songs.
/ have a sister Mary,
She dances like a fairy;
At present she-is serving as q cook.
She trips the light fantastic,
Her poses are elastic,
In dancing surely she does know her
book.
She's growing tired OF cooking.
And as she's quite good looking,
She longs to see her name In letters
bright.
No confidence Is lacking
II she can get the backing;
And she herself to me did say one
night:
CHORUS.
I am the best interpreter there ever
was:
II I could only get the chancet I'd
make the whole world buzzl
Some day I'll quit the family tree;
No more of pots and pans for me,
For / can do the dances Isadora Dun
can does!
The poetry of motion
Gets all Of her devotion.
She never walks, but fits from place
10 pidCc.
When washing unclean dishes
Devoutly then she wishes
That she could show the world
Diana's chase.
She's got it on Pavlower;
'Twould make that Russian sour
II she could see my sister Mary
dance.
She'd hide in some dark corner
Iethink I'll have to warn her
For Mary does to me speak of her
chance.
CHORUS 4.
She is the best interpreter there ever
ever was:
II she could only get the chancet shed
make the whole world buzz,
Some day she'll quit the family tree
And then she'll say good-by to me
For she can do the dances Isadora
Duncan does.
j. w. Ginrew.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Coughing In Church.

Coughing In Church.
Why should so mahy people cough
in church who would never think of
coughing in the theater or at the
movies? Why do women who are
regular attendants (the occasional
hearer who drops in about the time
the new styles are working Is eX-
pected to do so in order that she may
at least be noted) persist in wearing
headgear that shuts out the view of
the pulpit, altar, and preacher to
those who sit behind them heaping
maledictions upon them because of
their indifference to the wishes and
comfort of others? What's the use
of going to church if you can't hear
the sermon for the contest in cough
ing or see the preacher in total eclipse
by the big hats in the pews? In ope
of the churches in this town some of
the hats worn by women are so large
as to prevent persons seated behind
them from seeing a choir composed
of one hundred voices. 1t is hoped
that Gypsy Smith will make 4 few
pertinent observations on the subject
when he starts his religious reforma-
ton next week or month. st. Paul
had some very pronounced views on
how woman should conduct herself in
public assemblies. He said It was
shameful for her to speak in church,
that she should keep silent in church.
and that every woman who prayed
with uncovered head "dishonored her
head" but ST. Paul did not mean by
this that any woman should use a
feather bed to cover her head Out
at Madison, Wis, whence so many
modern things that have not profited
any but the bearers or inventors, II
is the custom in one of the largest
churches for the women to take OF
their hats during the services, just
as they do in all the theaters of the
country. Why not try this Wisconsin
idea in Washington?
The Washington times., 1917-01-15
Don Marquis
Column

An evening contemporary speaks OF
barber wire" We know what that Is.
We have been shaved with II.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

Paper money is being laundered; /;
now coins are to be washed. This
prejudice against tainted money"
can be carried too far.
The Washington times., 1917-01-15

dress and the large number of peo-
pie in this country who have neither
food nor drink