The Washington times., 1917-11-11
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

to my Amusement / discover only
today through the explanation u Z
Washington lady that the navorinR
/ have most preferred and which 1
and my husband have thought WA
some tropical fruit Is actually Santa
Cruz rum.
~Is there not q reason here for
prosecuting that caterer for q viola
ton Of the new lawf Neither nv
husband or myself living until now N
temperance Kansas has ever known
the taste Of alcohol This inGidious
device for the cultivation of q tasts
for spirits was all new TO rs. We
were innocently made victims. Can
It be that even with the Federal law
in force no home Is safe from such
subtle intrusion Of the spiritRous
poison?
HYours most sincerely,
MARY J. GRAY"
It would be a strange war without
q COSTELLO in It. Capt. J. A.
DAPRAY, u. s. A., adjutant general
Of the District National Guard, picks
JERE COSTELLO to be q captain
IN the new national guard organiza-
tioon now being formed.
Jere is a Spanish war veteran.
So is WINFIELD JONES, also sp-
pointed captain
When they picked JOHN C.
LET'S to handle the business end Of
the Billy Sunday arrival and revival
they scored q hit.
In a letter to the Commissioners
THOMAS w. GILMER arrays his
strength against the proposed SO
dog license.
Mr.. Gilmer should remember that
Il requires an act Of Congress 10 in
crease the dog tax IN this queerly
city,. That is, the entire
United States Legislative machinery
must stand still while we monkey
with an extremely trivial police mat
ter.
The best food suggestion ] have
seen for month comes from ISAAC
CANS:
"Don't you think It would Be :
good idea to enlist the services Of tAs
iomestics Is long as they are the
Eery people who can aid In the big
irive to save 2"
! certainly do. While the house
wife Is signing the food pledge card
n the parfor, the cook can Be wasting
! dollars worth Of food at one fsn
Iwoop in the kitchen.
Some anonymous friend, who says
Y, too, used to ride on the back of
Mister JOHNNY FERRIS Ice WaR-
N, sends me . German haz with .
Ikuu and crossboneg ON the black
Itdpe aud the word HAggrandizs-
nent" underneath
Now that we're al 30 friendly, why
'e anonymous?
And RUBEN ROBINSON writes:
Speaking Of Capitol Hill eelehri-
les: how about JOHN MAR
HALL Z
That's %. Give % q linz On him,
ome one, please.
From Camp Meade ons q wash
ngton's best known soldiers writes:
There in q great dearth Of cloth
ound books IN the Districts ma
hine gun battalion, to meet which
Te are trying to start q library
trough contributions from WASH
1gton people"
This letter comes from JOSEPH
!. AMIN. ] am going 10 send him
ome books today. ! hope you win
end him some also.
Every Thursday at 1880 q. m. and
very Monday at 7:30 p. m. Mrs.
oUISE HARDING EARLE il ex-
laining the greatest Of all boolrs-
ie Bible-in a survey Of seven pe-
DDS. The Thursday meetings are
eld IN the Mt Vernon II. z. Church
I'D the Monday meetings In the Yer
ont Avenue Church.
The Bible Is q book Of faith"
i'd Daniel Webster, "a book Of doe
inc, and book Of morals and q
'ok Of religion, Of special reveia-
on from Cod"
And as q literary masterpieces,
homas Macaulay, writing Of John
ryden, said:
"The English Bible book whieA
everything else in our language
lould perish, would alone suffice 10
low the whole extent Of its beauty
power"
The first assignment as q nsws-
per reporter / ever had was
ven me by JOHN MILLER, Of the
altimore Sun Bureau, "to get the
'ws in the Department Of Agricul-
re-"
The first day / went down I found
It that C. B. HARTLEY was the
pert on corn. He knew everything
at anyone new about corn. That