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The Washington times., 1917-11-17
Telling All You KnOw

ttHoN'T tell all you know. First
of all. what you think and
feel to-day. you may not
think or feel tomorrow. Human
nature Is vacillatInE. changeable.
unreliable and there's no idealisIng
It away from facts. You cannot
guarantee that the thing which
makes you perfectly furious this
morning will not look rather funny
to you tomorrow morning. Then
why commit yourself by holding a
little Indignation meeting about It
to-day?
Most of Us have a passion for
talking about ourselves. Our feel
inEs, our emotions. our experiences,
our rights and wrongs, our ambI-
lions and dreams-we can hold
forth about them for hours.
Apart from the fact that the per-
son who talks about himself des-
perateIy and volumInously is like
to be rather a bore-since the other
fellow wants also to talk about
himselt-there Is this further dit
ncuIty: How be sure that you who
chatter so much to someone else
who chatters 80 much are picking
out a safe conndLnte? You don't
have to tell all shout your affairs
and you are mighty foolish II you
do. When you freely discuss your
private Anairs.-your husbands
stinginess. your daughters pert
ness, your mother-In-iaw's ten
deney to interfere In your Affairs.
your fSter-in-lAw's infatuatIon for
that handsome young lawyer, your
nsphew's tendency to drink-when
you discuss any or all of thss,
things. you are q foolish gossip or
even . vicious scandaImonEer, how.
ever much you may resent the title
Il Just have to talk to soma
one about II. ] can't keep It to N.Y.
self another minute. know YOU
won't tell. wouldn't say a word TO
you IL hadn't the most absolute
confidence In your discretion. But
ARyme Carter told Il to me Just he
tween us tive and feS, that J Savs
- tAIk AbSut it-......TAAes sns
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
Little BObbie's Pa

since them days. sed Pa. I wud do
much better now.
Well 1t doesn't matter. sed Ma,
thay have the entire cast all cast,
sed Ma. after casting about. Thay
expeck yon to he one of the audi
ems. sed IA. & buy sum tickets.
That will be yu-e part.
mite have knew It. sed Pa, the
man behind the man behind the
burnt cork. that Is me. sed Pa. the
producer & pro-vider. All me. sod
Pa, / suppoas the boys will all cum
10 my funeral gum day & sing For
He's Jolly Good Fellow.
You ought to be proud sed Ma
that every body in our set knows
how liberul you are with yurs,
mummy. Several Of the ladies was
saying thny wished thnre husbands
was as open hartnd as you are.
Did thay say that? sed Pa. WIch
ladies sed IT.
Newer mind wich ladies, sed Ma.
Thay sed 1t anyhow. tell Won
what you can do to help. sed Ma,
you ca tell me sum good ioaks FOR
me to say. Oh, sed Ma. do hope
] can have the best ioaks Of the
bunch SO the oths ladies VIII be
jellus.
Here is good cne. sed Pa, You
can say to the end man Why doant
thay reed the BibrI In lfInneapolis?
& the end man Will ask why 4 YOU
can say Beekaus the BIbel saws a
lot about st. Paul & dosent saw a
word about Minneapolis.
Is that a new one? sed Ma.
I Jest thot of It. sed IA.
What a funny co-incIdens, SD
Ma. my father used to ssy that
riddle & his father beefoar him.
suppoas thay Jet thot OF 1t too.
guess yura Minstrel show can
gel aIcng Q. K. wiJhcut me, ssd Pa
GeegnIta q Pa went 70 bed
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
Household Suggestions

ting two or three together and COW
erinE them with sateen TO make
quilts. To keep them in proper
shape they should be buttoned down
here and there like mattresses. A
frilI OF satesn makes a nice fnIsh.
The way TO keep steel CRATES
from rusting iS to clean the steel
nrst in the usual way and then to
rub. Il over with unsalted lard.
This should be left on for q few
minutes and then wiped of. and the
steel polished with q, soft dustsr.
Tiled Grates nlsy be cleaned with
q strong solution OF washing soda
thiekensd to make = paste with
fuIlsr's earth. The paste should be
left on for An hour or two and then
washed on with q nannsI dipped in
q hot lather.
To clean sine. dip . piece OF nan
mel in psrGffin. and with It we'll rub
the Eiuc. which should then bo
washed with hot water and soap 10
remove the smell Of the ELI H0IssA
VITA -1ry eloth ..-.------.-
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
She Is Wrong.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


A young lady engaged to be
married happens to go out to dine
with her employer and with some
other gentlemen acquainted
through business. when told that
she was not doing the proper
thing. she said she did not care
to tell her employer or any OF her
business friends that she was en-
ragged, as II would probably inter
fere with her position. She there
fore said she had to accept such
Invitations
Do you think that q nrn that
respects q girl would show any
prejudice because she Is frank
enough TO .ell her employer the
reason why she cannot accept
such invitations. or would she be
more respected and esteemed By
hrr employer and friends As one
who lives UP TO principles Of re-
spect for her swsstheart.
B. H. g.
THE girls attitude L. absurd.
First Of all. telling OF her en-
raGemsnt will not interfere with
her position II II is employment Of
the proper sort. She 10 paid for her
ability. not as a social en-
tsrtAinsr. She Ia putting herself IN
a ridiculous position. II Il Is neces-
sary for her to go. 10 these dinners
a. a matter OF business. the fact
that she Is engaged will not matter.
II she Is going for any other reason.
Il would be best for her not to con-
tiuus accepting these invitatieAs
TxAa q she vsss net saEAGsd -
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
By Fred Jackson.
Episode IS.

%
cOpyyisAi, islI. By FreS Jackson. al rseAs'
rsaesved.l
-HE Pr.ostess and her adherents
then advanced upon the liv-
iEg-room. where their appear
aacs startled both Pearl and Tom.
Tea Ieaped to the nearest Arab,
but . second one beat him into unS
eonseIoVsness. Then others seized
Pearl and swiftly bound her. she
and Tom were placed side by side
while the Pfisstess picked up the
diamond from the table with an air
Of triumph.
I'VE have the diamond again;
new for the ssttinEr' she cried.
At that instant Jasper rang the
bell. TIE Priestess hesitated an
instant then answered 1t herself
weir" she asked. astenIshed at
seeing a nsWsboy on the steps.
"a note for Afiss standish." said
Jasper.
Come In" EAld the Priestess.
He followed her. unsuspecting. In
to the living room, where her Arabs
swiftly seized and bound him. too.
The Pr4sstess opened the note and
read:
Il have. the setting for the violet
diamond. This boy win lead you to
me- SPIDER"
It seemed like direct answer to
her prAyerA
.EEhsrs IL this Spider to be
found." asked the Priestesa. turn
ing to Jasper. p.
II won't tell 'y6h. /" growled Jasper.
place = gun At his head ana If
hs5dots not tell me, hrsF said the
PriestessE
An Arab placed a gun at JasDers
head.
where. Il the Spider, to be
Coundr" asked the Priestess.
@In his secret .hidin' placer cried
Jasper. weakening. ''You can get
IN through an old subway near
Piteh street IT'S easy"
The Prisstess's eyes ElIttersd.
Gomez" she called, and followed
BY her Arabs left the house.
No sooner hac the door slammed
after them. than Jasper began to
crawl toward Pearl. working him
self along the noor like q worn
Arrived at her sids. he began to
tear ~ the bandages on her wrist
with his teeth He loosened the
knOt, and with her hands free Il was
q simple matter for Pearl to free
her feet. get 4 pair Of scissors from
the table and release the others.
Ter minutes after the Priestess
and her Arabs left the standish
house. Pearl. Tom and Jasper were
following. And Just behind them
came Carslake.
Mrs O'Rourke had srnelIed the
gas Ia time TO break in his door
and save him, and as soon As he was
able to move. he set on for the
crystal rnaEe-whieh he knew to be
the rspider's" web.
The -PrIestess and her men were
the firEt to enter. but they had not
Eone far before the others were in,
too. All saw one another's refec-
tions In the hundreds Of mirrored
panels. Aad all attempted to reach
enc another-onIy 10 run amuck
against the glass walls.
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

dangerous form the talking-too-
much tendency takes. II betrays
trust. It starts ugly stories in cir
culation. for the story which may
be told may in cohplete confidence.
and which she tells Isabel under
like promise OF secrecy, is Ike to
travel from Annie to Zuleeka-
Then there is another form which
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

the menace OF gossip takes. Per-
haps you quarrel with someone near
ard dear to you. You are hurt,
wounded. puzzled, indignant there
after. You shut Il Up inside your
self for a while and the injustice
and cruelty of It drives you almost
mad. So you tell someone about Il
Just fairly sputter It out. And
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

To mend marble ornaments, plss-
ter of Paris, finely powdered. is
soaked in as much saturated solu-
ton Of alum a. It will absorb. The
mixture b baked In = slow oven.
and when hard It Is ground to =
powder. This powder. mixed In
water and applied like plaster. sets
very hard. will take a very good
polish. and. Il properly cOlored.
makes E capital imitation of any
kind Of marble.
4 white satin blouse can be
cleaned at home II II 80 not too dirty.
Sprrad It right side up on . blanket;
have ready some stale brsadcrumbs
mixed with a little powdered mag
nesia and snenEh dry washing-blue
%. tint It. Sprinkle this over the
blouse ana rub it in with . piece Of
clean. soft white muslin Shake
wsiI. rub it with . clean cloth. and
an6Ily iron on the wrong side to re-
WhsA blankets hRvs bseoms too
efIn fer OFdinary use they can be
1esaae5 ~ ensGAss service ~ Dut-
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

The Arabs nrsd upon carslAks
and missed him, shHttsring glass.
but carslake's returning bullet hit
one Of the. Arabs In the hand.
CurEiake .and-the Arabs we're lost;
but Pearl and Tom. led by Jasper,
went swiftly to the ''spideFsT office.
''Can they reach Us here%' asked
Pearl. excitsdly. as she entered.
no. you need have no fear Of
that"
But the Priestsss has the dia-
mond"
Newer, mind. When they've fin
ished playing in my maze wen take
It away from her"
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
Advice to the LOvelOrn
(copyTIshted).
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

girl who does her work well and
who Is working for decent men IL
obliged to go about with, these mSa
socially in order to keep her posi-
tion.
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
DOCTOR INQUIREs ABOUT
TRIP TO TRANsYLYANLA.

And now he said. may ask yot
for some more help? have a grez
task to do. and at the beginning It il
to know. You can help me here. Car
you tell me what went before your 90
ing to TransylvaniaF- Later on I mas
ask more help. and Of dinereB. kind
but at first this will do
Look here. SIR I said. 'does wfH
yau have to do concern the Count?'
'It does" he xaid solemnly.
Then am uith-you heart and soul
As you 20 By the 1870 train you viii
not have time TO read them but I shall
get the bundle OF papers, You, can tals
them with you and read them in ths
train" sr1a
After breakfast 1 saw Rim 20 the sta
ton. When we were parting he said
Perhaps you win come to town IL
send to you, and take Madam Mins
too
I'VE shall both cors when you wi
I said;
/ had got him the morning papers ana
the London papers Of the previous night
and while We were talking at the car
rlage window, waiting for the train u
start, he was turning them over.
His eye suddenly seemed to catch
something in one Of them. The West
minister Gazette-I knew 1t by th,
color-and he grew quite waite. He read
something intently. groaning to himself
''AIeIn Gott! Aein Gott! So soon! -
soonr" I do not think he remembered
me at the moment
Just then the whistle blew. and th'
train moved on. This recalled him ta
~ - ,rfp
dow and waved his hand. calling out
Lave to Madam Nina shah write -
soon as ever can"
CTo he continued tsmo-row1
(copyishted).
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
4 Hard Fight.

It away from her"
4 Hard Fight.
The Spider spoke eheerfuliy. never
guessing that Pearl had dropped a
glove and had thus left q clue for
the Arabs to follow; but. this was
the case. and before the Spider had
finished speaking in they rushed.
In the light that ensued the Arabs
gave no quarter. The Spider was
brutaIiy feIlsd to earth with q sin-
gle blow. Jas54r was ruthlsssly
shot down, and Tom-stabbed In
the shouider-reeled ane fell. faint
ing. Pearl was rendered
hors de combat by a blow on the
top Of the head-and by the time
that carsIake found his way to the
spot-led by the drops Of blood
from the Arabs wounded hand-thS
Priestess and her crew were In pos
session.
A swift search revealed the set:
ting in the Spiders pocket.
Diamond and setting-teEsther
again at last" gasped the Priestess,
nttinE- fhesu- together. triumph
shons in her eyes, 'Now-for
Arabiar 60
At a word from her. the Arabs
lifted poor Jasper and forced him
Weak and bleeding a. he was-to
lead them out. They passed Cars,
lake without seeing him-for he
crouched down out OF sight as they
drew near. But he hastily helped
himself TO such money a. he need
ed, riding Toms pockets and Pearls
baE-And followed the others.
At the entrance to the maze.
Jasper dropped. exhausted. but the
Arabs sped on. unhsedlng. And
carslake-steppInE over him-mads
his escape.
It was lucky for him. too, that he
did. For a. the Priestess reached
her car. she suddenly ordered one
of her adherents back
GO watch the exit from the maze,
and II anyone ventures out within
the hour, shoot him! Take the next
boat for Arabia"
Yes. Highness." responded the
man.
Her car then sped on swiftly,
heading for the docks. Half an
hour later she and her adhersnts
were aboard ! boat that was cast
ing on. her nose pointed toward the
desert land OF romance.
And a. the water widened be-
tween the boat and the shore Pearl
and Tom were shakily leading the
Spider toward the exit Of the maze.
little guessing that q man guarded
the entrance with the instrument
Of death in his hAnda.
He heard their approaching foot
steps, smiled and drew back, with
his gun poised: and as Pearl
emerged into the open air. without
a twinge OF compunction he frsd.
To Ne ContInued Msndny.
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

frora the .rsOtO-pIay ''Th
Fatal RlnE")
The Washington times., 1917-11-17

The Hidden Hand" Monday.
Arthur REEVE whose thrilling stories appear in the
CsmopdEtun Is Of the best-knoWn of modern
N3ezz. Hs great motion picture serial The Hidden
Hand" wM begin this page Monday Be sure to read
h lere dhEn see Il on the finn the following week.
The Washington times., 1917-11-17
JONATHAN LISTENS TO
DOCTOR PRAISE MIND.

so! You are physiognomist. J
learn more here with. each hour.
am with so much pleasure coming e
you to breakfast: and. oh, sir, yot
win pardon praise from an old man
but you are blessed in your wife"
would listen to him go on praisIna
Nina for a day, SC l simply noodst
and stood silent.
"She is one Of Gods women. fash
ioned by His own hand to show u
men and other women that there 4
a heaven where we can enter, ant
that its light can be here on earth
So true. 50 sweet. so noble. so IittI,
an egoist-and that. ;et me tell you
is much In this age, so sceptieal AM
selfish.
And you. sir-I have an the latter,
to poor Miss Lucy. and some Of then
speak Of you. so ] know you since
some days from the knowing Of others
but have seen your true self sincs
last night You win give me your hand
win you not? And let US be friends foi
all our lives"
We shook hands. and he was so earn
est and 50 kind that It made me quit
choky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

bad cause are still in control of Ger many. So long as their power remains what it is, Germany cannot be trusted an inch farther than our pioneer fath- CTS could trust a Comanche
 The plain reason in this. that the rulers of Germany have come to be known. as the Comanches were known, as creatures persistently and incur ably treacherous.
 They were on their oath and their honor to protect the neutrality of Bel gium, and they themselves violated that neutrality, while their chancellor called a solemn oath "a scrap of paper" They have not been content to leave the be- trayal of Belgium as single exam pie; they have made their record. since the war began, an elaborate series of proven treacheries They violated the law of nations and sank the Lusitania, upon which were American citizens who trusted that law to protect them. The Germans murdered those citizens-nen. women and children, and babies-and continued to murder other American cit izens in the same manner, meanwhile engaging our government in a corres- popdence which was afterwards said by the German government to have been rIse intended to delay action on our part until the German navy had made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

such submarine preparations as would profit Germany to defy us.
 At the head of the German govern ment and controlling it. is a man of singular appearance and of a mind as singular. He has beliefs about himself which, were he citizen Of our coun- try. would case him to be cared for in a sanitarium. and he has theories about human conduct which, were he an American and did he eudeavor to put those theories into action, would cause him to be cared for in a peni- tentiary. Imagine an Ameriean-or any modern human being-who seriously be- lieves himself personally selected and appointed by the God of the universe to rule so absolutely over millions of his fellowmen that 1t would be their con scientious duty to shoot down their own parents and their own children at the word of command from hinll And imag- inc what would happen to an American who got a neighbor killed because the neighbours yard stood between him and the yard of the second neighbor whom he intended to kill And what sort of plea would be the murderers if he said in court, But I heard on good author ity-1 don't say whose-that the second neighbor thought of coming through the dead mans yard to fight me in mine2'' The German Kaiser has really thought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

he proposed to England that England Germany seize Mexico and destroy Monroe Doctrine. His agent. zimmerms asked Mexico to propose treachery
 Japan. that the two together might member andp lunder the United State His diplomatic agent. resident in Buenc' Aires by courtesy of the Argentine gov ernment. makes treacherous use Of tn Swedish legation to send word to Gc' mans how to destroy Argentine ships an leave no trace. This message wi which we are familiar mainly throul the impossible "villains' of the movie and of old-time dime novels and mele dramas-'1eave no trace" meaning 'sin the ship and murder every soul O. board"-this message is not that of
 stage or movie Villain Not at sili ! is a German government message re garding ships belonging to citizens of { friendly power and is sent by German nobleman in the German diplomatic serv ice to other officials Of the German gov. ernment. More, 1t is a characteristic work of the German governmental kind And it is an actual snapshot of the pc; sonality of the German government.
 The government of the United State and the governments of the world ar. literally unable to make peace with tn, CContinued on Page Six)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

persistentiy of all non-Teutonic coun- tries in terms of destruction, and when he has spoken his private thoughts. his speech has always been: "Let us find the best way to weaken and injure them Those real thoughts Of his came out characterisucally when. on his yacht ct Kiel he said that Europe had made a great mistake in not strongly favor ing the south during our civil war. for thus two weak countries might have been created to talk the place of the powerful union. Something might be hoped for even yet, he went on. if the east and west could be sufficiently stirred up against each other There Is the Kaiser's foreign policy and the order of his mind and of his heart. What he meant was that it would be a good and beneficial thing If the people of our eastern and western states could be brought to kill one another in great numbers and thus the union yet be di- vided. The Kaiser twice played wan tonly and without the slightest provoca- tion on the verge of war with the Uni- ted States-once on the coast of Vene- zuela and once in Manila bay.
 While Germany was in q state of friend ship with England, he proposed to Rus sia that Russia and Germany attack England; and while Germany was in a state of friendship with the United States
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
What Amounts to Accusation
of Juggling" Made in Let
ter to Education Board

What amounts to an accusation that
tie department OF public instruction
has "iuggled" the handling OF grade
school examinations and test figures
IN order to make showing OF efficien-
cy is contained in the latest develop
ment OF the College Clubs criticism
OF the department.
This criticism. brought to public
notice when the College Club proposed
the federal survey" IL now turned
directly on the departments regula-
tiOns for examinations. In a letter
dated March Z and directed to Super
intendent Kinney and commissioners
OF education. the College Club asks
for "a word OF explanation concerning
apparent contradictions" The letter
liz signed by Kate w. Forbes. presi-
dent, and Agnes c. Weaver, chairman
OF the committee on local interests.
The letter begins By referring to
Superintendent Kinney's recent re-
port to the governor covering the biz
ennial period ending December 81,
1915. I'VE are asking" says the club.
Z for an explanation Of certain discre-
pancies which, unexplained, tend to
yitiate the results announced"
The letter then goes on to question
the percentage Of graduation from the
eighth grade and the spelling test.
Superintendent Kinney's report show
ed SO per cent Of eighth grade child
rem passing as graduates in 1914; 90
per cent in 1915 and 81 per cent in
1916.
The letter proceeds: o
1.-The 1914 rule of the department
required for promotion or graduation
what is for many children the almost
impossible conditions of 70 per cent
In each of six or seven subjects. II
the department did not catch them
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
COLLEGE CLUB QUESTIONS kINNEY'sI
REPORT ON PROGRESS OF SCHOOLS

on technical arithmetic ID still had a
chance TO catch them on technical
grammar
The 1915 rule made promotions dis
cretionary IL the candidate had IS per
cent in all but two subjects, nor less
than so per cent In each of the two.
and an average in all OF not less than
70 per cent.
The present rule removes the s.
per cent minimum requirement, does
away with all discretion on the part
OF the teacher, and requires that every
pupil must be promoted IL he gets an
average of IS per cent, however du-
bious may have been the conditions
under which the mark may have been
obtained. 1t should be apparent and
will be apparent to anyone who in
spects a few sheets OF examination re
ports, that an entire class might be
failed" under the first rule in 1914.
whereas that same class under the
third rule OF 1916 might all have TO be
passed on these same papers.
Turning TO the second line of In
quiry, the club questions the smelling
tests as now conducted by the depart
ment
"The recent report claims the test
In spelling to have been conducted in
accordance with methods employed
by the Russell Sage Foundation with
an absolute mathematical accuracy
not to be obtained easily in any other
subject, the letter runs. IL then
proceeds to give some quoted figures,
the substance Of which is that appa-
rently Mr.. Kinney's report and the
Russell Sage chart are wide apart In
giving the records Of mainland spell
ing. The letter insinuates that the
mainland records have been "juggled'
to show that the average spelling In
the 10 largest schools in Hawaii is
much better than in As cities of the
mainland. The letter seems, by indi-
rection, to accuse the Kinney report Of
misquoting the Russell Sage chart.