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The Washington times., 1917-12-19
United Service Club
Win Kender Service to the Army and Starts Well

There are in and near Washington ten thousand
officers regular and reserve of the army navy and marine
corps.
These men viii be interested in information that the
United Service Club organised for their benefit Is
well under way, an actual reality
club house has been taken at 1900 Twenteth street.
telephone number North 1882 It Is magnificent house
worthy be the central branch Of the new service CLUB
will offer to its members the opportunity to meet each
other, to form friendships and exchange views. -
In practical way In overcrowded Washington, 1t VIII
be blessing for in the service viii supply TO the
limit of its capacity bedrooms and meals at reasonable prices
One very large room viii be made into dormtory 70 accom-
modate as many as possible.
This new club has the encouragement of those in COM
msnd of Mr. Baker Secretary Of War and Mr. Daniels Sec
its members who viii be charged nominal fees and for the
present initiation fee, although initiation fees VIII be
charged later.
other branches Of this United Service olnb viii be estab
ihed at principal points throughout the United States and
Europe Membership gives to each man the privileges OF all
these clubs everywhere
Two hundred members have already enrolled in this
club but the membership which must necessarily be limited
by space restrictions rapidly increasing The dues are
nominal
This is published in order that officers reading The
Times may know Of the organization and inform them
in need Of permanent headquarters at the Capital and
At meeting of this necessary club Rear Admiral Will
lam McGowan the speaker for the Others gave wede
served credit as follows: -,
''our rising vote expresses thanks to Lieutenant 1rion
Captain Ellison Captain Messer and those others who with
their efforts directly and indirectly, have aided 30 In this
work"
President-Gen. John NJ Biddle acting chief Of staff
Secretary-Thomas N. Messer, captain, engineers,
U.RR.
Treasurer-Benamin Namm, captain, engineers q. &.
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Acid Test of Supremacy Is
Money Return
Wood drow

how you define success?" 1 asked
in q small voice.
The man from New York gave
an impatient shrug. Success
which is not generally recognized
Is not success at ALL" he asserted.
Bernard Shaw, for instance, was
Just as brilliant when he was the
idol OF only a small coterie; but
speaking, until the world acclaimed
his wit.
TITS only when he rates as
box-office Observation-Disclosures that
is in his lifetime, or three hundred
years after his death-that any one
has a right to call himself q
success.
Money is the measure Of power.
he went on to eXpatiate. Since
the days Of the Stone Age the
strongest and the ablest man has
always seized and held whatever
he wanted. Military glory rested
largely on the size of the triumphal
procession that a general could get
up-the number OF captive slaves,
the wagons Of silk and gold and
loot that followed in his train. To
the victor, the spoils.
Way Of Men.
"And successful craftsmanship
claimed a similar reward, as shown
in the princely establishments Of
a Wolsey and a Richelieu. As for
the painters, we are told Of the
splendors and luxuries Of a Velas-
quez and a Reubens. And Shake
speare evidently must have gotten
what he wanted, since he had the
public with him and was sneered
at by the highbrows. He was able
to retire in his prime.
"Sir Walter Scott, Thackeray,
and Dickens all made great for
tunes. Catch the worlds interest,
speak to its heart, and it will give
you gold as the dust Of Ophir.
ain brief" he summed up,
wealth is the yardstick of power,
and power is success. Therefore,
wealth is the measure Of success.
Quod erat demontrandum."
Spoken like a true son of the
Empire STATED" 1t was my turn
now Julius Caesar or Domitan
might have voiced the same views.
In a world which has largely taken
Its pattern and its ideas from i'm
perial Rome no one will deny that
success is synonymous with power
and that wealth is the measure Of
both.
"But"-for a sudden ilIuminat-
Ing thought had struck me-"do
you realize that the old standards
are topping, the old order is in
process Of change? With the en-
trance Of women into public affairs
we may in time overtuYn this set
tied dictum."
"Humph" scoffed the man from
New York.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
Cowardice May Be Only
Wrecked Nerves
By Winifred Black.

Dear Miss Jordan:
l was born in Belgium. am
,twenty-one. married and the mother
ask your advice.
j am afraid l am a coward. When
/ came to America two years ago
was sick with fear all the way
across the ocean. II my house
caught fire or II a burglar entered
it. know should die with terror.
1 am always in a state OF shudder-
ing apprehension, and my husband
laughs at me. Is there any remedy
for my condition.
A BELGIAN REFUGEE
IN EAR Belgian Refugee, 1t Is
not cowardice that Is the
matter with you, but
nerves" No doubt the experience
you went through during the flrst
year OF the war has temporarily
undermined your nervous system.
No doubt you suffered both in mind
and body enough to undermine any
nervous system; for you not only
bore your own sufferings, but you
enforcedly shared in those of your
family, your friends and your
country.
No human being, however brave,
could pass through such an ordeal
without feeling the after effects Of
It in nervousness and "shuddering
apprehension" But l hope and be-
lieve that in you these effects will
pass. Slowly. perhaps, but surely,
you should regain your nervous
balance. When that has come you
will realize that you we're never a
coward. You were a temporary
victim of war.
Strength Of Souls.
But the question you ask is one
that interests many human beings
who are not sure Of the strength
OF their souls. Perhaps, in a crisis,
they have proved themselves cow
ards. Perhaps they abysmally
know themselves to be towards.
though no one else suspects It.
Literature and the drama and life
itself are full Of the problems of
the coward, worked out In one way
or another.
In a recent war story we are
told of an English officer who, by
cowardice, lost four of his men in
the South African campaign.
When the present war began he
saw his chance to redeem himself.
He risked his life hundred times.
He won the Distinguished Service
Order, and, finally, the greatest
decoration England can give her
heroes-the Victoria Cross. But
he remained a coward through Il
all, for he committed suicide st ths
end
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There is not much hope for cow
ords in such . tale, and. person
ally, / consider the authors con-
clusion all wrong. Once q coward
always q coward is his theory. but
life does not bear it out
A man who is able to be brave
while he is afraid Ito be paradox
. cal) is, in my opinion, a Drawer
man than the one who does not
know what fear is. The first one
has an imagination, which tor
lures and weakens him, but by
sheer will power he drives himself
on to his duty. The second, hav-
ing no imagination, plunges into
action without knowledge Of his
risks, without fear, and, therefore,
without real courage.
On Courage.
Personally, / have q great dis
taste for absolute darkness
blackness. Many years ago, in my
early newspaper days, I once al
lowed myself to be shut into the
'black-hole" Of a certain prison,
that l might get an idea Of what
prisoners went through when they
were condemned to this punish
ment.
One Of my newspaper compan-
ions, who was addicted to practical
jokes, persuaded the prison attend
ants to leave me IN the blLck cell
much longer than I had intended to
remain there. It was not long
only eight minutes. they assured
me afterward-but it seemed eight
centuries to me.
Those eight minutes in hole as
black, as silent, and almost as small
as a grave and seemingly as re-
mote from the world gave me an
yunforgettable experience. l have
never since lost an opportunity to
say that l consider solitary con-
finement in darkness punishment
unfit for any human being and a
disgrace to the state that per-
mits it.
The special point l am trying to
make, however, is that l never
wished to do anything less than !
wished to go into that "black hole"
And so / went, because it seemed
good discipline as well as valuable
experience. 1t was so much worse
than anything else I had previously
undergone that since then / have
been able to tram myself into
comparative indifference TO utter
darkness.
That, it seems to me, is what one
must do with ones bugaboos, what
ever form they take. 1t is only by
meeting them and overcoming
them that one can retain ones
self-respect. All Of which is easy
to say and, I admit, very hard to
d. But i en- b SOnSl
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
By Mrs.

ItVTTHEN wealth ceases to
" be the standard Of
success!" That was a
phrase 1 ran across in a recent ar
ticle by Arnold Bennett on the
subject Of "Frocks."
As / did not entirely agree with
all of Mr.. Benefits conclusions, l
hesitated over this. Man fashion,
he had made out a perfectly logi-
cal case to prove his contentious;
but how apply logic to so illogical
q theme?
Frocks defy logic. They are only
to be classed with the serpent on
the rock, and the ship in the midst
of the sea, and the rest of the four
things which King Solomon con-
fessed were beyond even his expla-
nation.
Whatever else may be said about
Arnold Bennett, though, he usually
gives you sometime to think about.
As l finished reading the line
which / have quoted, l raised my
head with rather startled mental
question:
When wealth ceases TO be the
standard Of success?
But how can that be? / asked
myself As the world measures
success, what other standard Is
there to apply? Give the world
what it is asking and seeking and
It will repay you with money
oodles Of it. That is all the world
has to rive.
That evening I rolled my query
as a fruitful apple of discord into
the general conversation Of a small
dinner party. Some one in the
group gave me an opportunity by
commenting on one Of my articles
and recalling the statement Of a
correspondent that if asked to
name the greatest living Ameri-
cans the vote Of practically the
entire population, if honestly re-
turned, would be for Rockefeller
and Carnegie.
Cashlng Success.
Its true" nodded the man from
New York. Those two, on ac-
count Of their great possessions,
stand as the ideal and aim toward
which we are all either con-
sciously or unconsciously striving.
We may blink at the fact; We may
deny It; we may rail at mere
money" all we choose; neverthe-
less, we are all after It. Wealth
is the standard Of success. It al
ways has been, and 1t always will
be-"
Doesn't it depend somewhat on
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

He is wise in heart, and mighty
in strengths who hath hardened
himself against him, and hath
prosperedf g-
which removeth the mountains,
and they know not; which over
turneth them IN his anger;
Which shaketh the earth out Of
her place, and the pillars thereof
trsmbie;
Which commandeth the sun, and
And the simple powerful
dsrs, Behemoth and the war
The Lord Is speaking Il
Hast thou entered into the
springs Of the ses? or hast thou
walked IN ths search ef the 6spthf
Have the EasSS- Of death besa
opened unto thesi or hast thou
ssen the dooFs Of the shadow Of
dsathf
Ea1 thsa perceived ths brsadth
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

CAPTAIN FLATHER. Of the First
precinct, one Of our most polite ar
rosters, has been busy this week ar
resting lady shoppers who park cars
longer than fifteen minutes on +
street. All right. Perfectly cor
rect But, listen, Carl, wouldn't Il
be even more polite to have the
fifteen-minute sections PROMI-
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

young ones, a. though tkev SUsTS
not hers; her labour b in Nh
without fears
Because God hath deprived ~
Of wisdom, neither hath hO I'M
parted to her understanding.
What time abe liftsth up her-
self on high, she scorneth The
horse and his rider.
Hast thou given the hores
strength hast thou clothed hiS
neck with thunderf
Canst thou make him afraid ~
. Rrasshopperf the glory of his
nostrils is terrible.
He saith among the trumpskA.
Ha, ha! and he smelleth the battle
afar off, the thunder Of the cap
tains, and the shouting.
Doth the hawk fly BY thy wis
dom, and stretch her wings toward
the south7
Doth the eagle mount MP at thy
command, and make her nest on
high?
She dwelleth and abideth on the
rock, upon the crag Of the rock,
and the strong place.
From thence she seeketh the
prey, and her eyes behold afar on,
Her young ones also suck up
blood: and where the slain are
there Is she.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

|NENTLI marked 30 th9t tho tolk1
viii know just where they cannot
exceed the quartsr-hour limit
Have you sen HENRY p.
BLAIR'S Red Gross Christmas
Membership ofhcs7 Step inside and
Soo Q BEE hive.
You remember in Marx TWain'I
version Of Adams Diary, whera
Adam and Eve were naming things
and they named Niagara Falls b.
cause they said at looked hks Ma
CARA Falls"
Well, use that illustration from
the classics to lead up 70 the ehser-
vation that Fate chose CHARLES
]. BELL TO be q banker because ha
LOOKS like Z banker.
"A stranger, who signs himself '-F, ),
o. B." and is probably . member Of
the well-known Detroit family, COM
plains that the merchants n this
city do not shovel the Ice from tha
sidewalks In front Of their places o4
business. Not only IN front of
stores, but also in front Of one theata
and in front of several covsrnmena
buildings. What's the matter With
the janitorsf
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

HARRY wARDMAN, the biggest
apartment house owner in the city,
has not only NOT raised his rents,
but has refused to permit his tenants
to sublet at q higher rental. I
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

Here's something to start an argu-
ment. LA BERT ST. CLAIR sAyl
the conductors on the Mt. Pleasant
line are all superbly courteous and
uniformly acceptable.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

In a drug store at thirteenth and
F streets. Swagger sticks for sale.
/ move they be placed under the ban
of the Harrison antelope lsW.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
Your Favorite Bible Text?
Billy Sunday and Christmas Coming, Think 1t Over.

As you read the earths history, going through deep
railroad cut studying the various geological strata, so
you read the history of the human mind and OF human
thought as you go through the Bible beginning at the begin
ming and reading to the teachings that rule 30 part
Of the world today.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

JAMES F. OYSTER believes that
the Commissioners have TOO much to
do as it is, and that the Public Utili-
ties body should be q separate COM
mission. I agree with him.
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

It riseth not; and sealsth up the
stars;
which alone spreadeth out the
heavens, and treadeth upon the
waves Of the sea;
Which makPth krcturus, Orion,
and Plsiades, and the chambers Of
the south;
which doeth great things past
finding out; yea, and wonders
without number.
Job ix:4 to 10.
description Of the earth's won
orse, the wind and the hail.
Job out Of the whirlwind:
Of the Sarthf declare If thou know
est It all
Hast thou entered into the
treasurss Of the snow? or hast
thou seen the treasures Of the hail.
Which / have reserved against
CONTINUED q Last column.l
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Your Favorite Bible Text?
(Continued from First Column.l


the time Of trouble, against the
day of battle and wari
Canst thou bind the sweet influ-
enee of Pleiades, or loose the hands
Of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mana
roth in his season7 or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons7
Knowest thou the ordinances Of
heaven? canst thou set the domfn-
ion thereof In the earth7
Canst thou lift up thy voice 10
the clouds, that abundance Of
waters may cover theeH
Canst thou send lightnings, that
they may 20, and say unto thea,
Here we are?
Gavsst thou the Eoodly wings
unto the peacocks7 or wings and
feathers unto the ostrieh7
Which leaveth her eggs In the
earth, and warmeth them in the
dust,
And torgetteth that the foot
may crush them, or that the Wild
beast may break them.
She is hardened against her
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

A gentleman of the Southern Railway Company Law
department, praisng the Bible asks:
Is there anything in literature English or other,
that is nobler than the expression Of loyalty on the
part of Ruth the Moabitess, when her mother-in-aw
besouRht her to 90 back to her own people and her
own gods after the death Of her husband?
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

"And Ruth said, Entreat me not to
leave thee, or to depart from follow
ing after thee; for whittier thou
goest, 1 will 90; and where thou
lodRest, will lodge; thy people shall
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
No wonder poor, bewildsred Job answered:

No wonder poor, bewildered Job answered:
shall spoken; but will
thee7 will twice; but viii
hand mouth proceed no further"
Then there is Isaiah the greatest book of ancient poetry
that the world possesses.
Which Is your favore text and how do you nterpres
these words->they puzzle u.s.
n the day shall the Lord shave with ra1or thAt
is hired namely by them beyond the river by the king o.
Assyra the head and the hair Of the feet and shall also
consume the beard. ."-ISaiahS WHO
The Washington times., 1917-12-19
HEARD AND SEEN

|NENTLY marked 70 that the folka
viii know just where they cannot
exceed the quartsr-hour hmit7
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

That is beautiful text, but not our favorite
Ruth was perfect we wish we had known her and look
forward to meeting her later But never could stand Boaz
The idea Of this ancient gentlemen permitting very pretty
poor voune girl merely to pick up stray grains Of wheat
cleaning in his field when he might Just as well have given
her bushe to take home always filled Us with an uncom
Portable feeling Ruth should never have married him.
much less kept his feet warm.
Other passages in the Bible prefer to the description
~ Rnts touchnp affection Old Job and the description
f the mighty planets and that rule above ushat
the Bible reading for u.s. Job wise and humbe describes
the Lords power:
The Washington times., 1917-12-19

be my people, and thy God my God
"Where thou diest, will die, and
there will l be buried: the Lord do
80 to me, and more also, if aught but
death part thee and me. ."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
Plot To Burn South
Dakota's Crops Found

Sioux Falls, Sd, July Reg
Mar army officers in South Dakota
claim to have reliable information
that Industrial Workers Of the
World leaders in the state have
mamps Of the agricultural districts
of the state and have men stationed
throughout the state who will make
simultaneous attempts to burn this
seasons crops, it was made known
here yesterday.
Federal officers have beer ap-
praised Of the plot and every effort
will be made to apprehend those
connected with it, it was said. The
revelations were made public as a
warning to the farmers of the state
to gurd against the activities Of the
plotters. At the office Of the Uni
ted States District Attorney here it
was stated that the parning could
not be made too strong.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13

GEORGIA, Lee County.
Win be sold on the first Tuesday in
August in front of Court House door
within the legal hours Of sale to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described property towit:
so acres of woodland in Smithville d.
$. Lee County Ca owned by r. P,
Goodman lot No. Unknown, Bound as
follows; On the west by land Of Earn.
est Simpson, on the East by land OF Ed
Griffin, on the North by land Of An
drews and Logan, on the South by land
of Joe Griffin. Property levied on as
the property OF r. P. Goodman by vir-
tue Of Tax fl. fla. issued by the Tax
Col. Lee County for for State and Coun-
ty Taxes for the Year 1915.
Tenant in possession notified in terms
Of the law.
This the 18th day Of June 1917.
P. G. COXWELL,
Sheriff.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13

Royse City, Tez.-Mrs. Mary Kill
man. of this place, says; after the
birth of my little girl. my side COM
menced tn hurt me. had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but I got No better. 1
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable:. Il was in bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that I was Just drawn up in knot. ;.
told my husband if he would get
me- bottle Of Cardui would try It..
commenced taking it, however. that
evening I called my family about
me-. for / knew could not last
uany days unless had change for
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
GEORGIA. LEE County !:

NEOhUIAJ LEE EQUITY
viii be sold on the first Tuesday in
August 1917, in front of Court House
door within the legal hours OF sale to
the highest bidder for cash the following
described property to witt:
so acres OF land off OF the North West
CORNER of lot No. 2l0 same being in the
End land D. S. of Lee County Ga. and
bound as follows: On the west by the
Central of Ga. Il. r. Company on the
east by land of 2 r. Petition the North
by lot No. 207, on the South by lot No.
2S9. Property levied on as Improperly
OF 2, r. Petit to satisfy Fl. ia. issued
by the Tax Col. Lee County for State
and County Taxes for the year 1916.
No Tenant in possession.
This the 18th day of June 1917.
P. G. COXWELL,
Sheriff.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
GEORGIA, Lee County:

GEORGIA, Lee County:
VIII be sold in front Of Court
House door On the first Tuesday in
August 1917, within the legal hours
of sale to the highest bidder for
cash the following described proper
ty towit:
One pool table: Property levied
on as the property of Mrs. Lucia
Forester by virtue Of a tax fl. ia.
issued by the tax Col. Lee County
Ga. for State and County Taxes foI
the year 1916.
This the 18th day June 1917.
P. C. COXWELL,
Sheriff Lee County.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
GEORGIA, Lee County.

Will be sold before the Court House
door in said county within the legal
hours ofsale OH the lst Tuesday in Aug.
1917, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following property, to-wit:
30 acres Of land off Of the North West
corner of Lot No. 208 same being in the
18th D. S. Lee County Ga. bound as
follows: On the North by land of CD.
Climmons on the East by land Of Geo.
Tiler, on the South by land Of Brewer
& Moreland, on the West by Jackson
and Lee Property levied on as the
property of Mrs. Josephine Johnson by
virtue Of "a Tax fl. ia. issued by the Tax
Col. Lee County for State and County
Taxes for the Year 1917. This the 18th
day Of June 1917.
No tenant in possession.
P. C. COXWELL,
Sheriff, Lee CO
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
GEORGIA, Lee County:

GEORGIA, Lee County:
viii be sold in front of Court
House door, on the first Tuesday
in Aug. 1917, within the legal hours
of sale to the highest bidder for
cash the following described proper
ty to wit
5 acres of land in the north west
corner of land owned by Mrs M w
Cole lot No. unknown as follows:
On the East by land of Mrs. NJ. w.
Cole, on the South by land Of Mrs.
Henry White, on the west by land
Of ia. Mcconnell. Property levied
on as the property Of Mrs. NJ. w.
Cole by virtue Of a fl. ia. issued by
the Tax Col Lee County Ga. for
State and County and County tax
for the year 1916.
Tenant in possession notified In
terms of the law.
This 18th day of June 1917.
P. &. COXWELL,
Sheriff Lee County.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-07-13
GEORGIA, Lee County.

GEORGIA, Lee County.
Will be sold before the Court House
door in said county within the legal
hours of sale OIL the LIST Tuesday in Aug.
1917, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property, to-wit:
One Tison and Jones top buggy in
good shape. Property levied on as the
property OF Mra. R. F. Pope by virtue
of Tax Fl. ia. issued by the Tax Col.
Lee County Ga. for State and County
Taxes for the year 1917.
Tenant in possession notified in terms
of the law.
This the 2lst day of June 1917.
P. G. COXWELL,
Sheriff, Lee Co., Ga.