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The Washington times., 1917-11-30
BRISBANE AGAIN SETS PACE FOR
ORIGINALITY.

Edftor and owner Of WasA1nStoa
Times introduces New Pags one
Feature which CenDsls EVsa Cow
eTnnent Officials to Paass IN Ths1R
Work to Read Brilliant Colu1A.
There II an ancient nsWspAosr suo-
cess maxim. respected By many Of the
ahlsst editors In American Journalism,
which expresses the idea that the
daily presentation Of some spGrkling
feature which hreathSS originality
and Wit and relieves the tension Of
news. offers an appeal to . vast ma
jority Of readers and win build and
hold circulation
Many newspapers have been brought
from obseurity to great power by the
strikingly eharaeterful writing of
one man. though his identity may
have been concealed
Arthur Brisbans Is, Of course. Gn
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
From the Editor and Publisher
A Periodical Of Newspaper Nevn

advocate of striking and highly hdi-
vtdual Newspaper features ~ pre-
pristor OF The washingtoa Tines hS
has the AdvantSgO 0f being his 0va
genius. No announcement has been
made Of the eireulatton growth of
The Times under Brishana ecnercL buG
It IL known b be SFoat-1robAAey
more than doubled In Soms ~
months.
Every day, On pagS 0aA, ssa11n -
Of The Times there AODsass - u.
signed feature of sueA brilliAn~ anA
individuality a. to eansS even Cow
eminent officials to pause from tAs
momsntous tasks Of the war and Rad
his column which 20 clearly bsarS The
imprint OF Brisbane genius. Ths col
umn runs under the head To-day" set
In k2-point type, and the matter In
clearly the outpourlngN OF the soul %
thinldng man. without regard to sub
3set or Newspaper conventions.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

understand It." recklessly ad-
vised. And. above all, make =
vow, and keep 1t, that you will
never, never again cry on the
desks OF the men In the office
She rose and drew on hr
gloves
II am sorry ! confessed 10 you
that ] did that" she said, @for /
see now that you are like all the
rest. You don't understand me,
either. / shall not trouble you
with my affairs again. But ! will
say this: Whatever you or others
may think Of me, ! would rather
be myself, exactly as ! am, than
change in any way"
She departed, and that was the
end Of our friendship. She had
discovered that did not under
stand" her. In other words she
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

The new position was ideal. She
described It at length. Then. hav-
ing listened with deep interest,
made the mistake that killed our
friendship.
You know" Lillian" I said,
there's one thing for you to re-
member In taking up the new
work You must get on with your
new associates. You lost your
other position, not because you
couldn't do the work, but because
there was constant friction be-
tween you and your fellow-work-
ers."
She looked at me coldly.
"They did not understand me-"
she reiterated, with great dig
nifty.
Then show them q personality
20 frank and simple that they will
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

CHE was q young professional
=, woman, highly educated.
very Interesting, and very
pretty. But Just now her
charming face was distorted by
grief. For half an hour she had
been steadily weeping In my study,
sitting close to my desk, while she
told me all her troubles.
The troubles were serious. The
biggest Of them was that she had
Just lost her Job Il like that home
ly WORLDLY. 1t had been an excel
lent one, offering every prospect of
rapid development and success.
But-she had lost It And the
reason she had lost It, she reit-
Grated, was because her associ-
ates did not understand" her.
Az she had talked steadily for
half an hour, I now felt justified
In making Q remark myself.
~Are you sure, LILLIAN, that You
understand them?" / asked, gently.
She stared at me with wet, re-
sentful eyes.
"I don't know what you mean,"
she muttsred.
"Oh. yes. you do" I told her.
YOU'RE too clever not to know
exactly what ! mean. However, We
needn't 90 into that now. Let's
talk about your next job"
But here she wept again. There
was never to be another Job, she
explained. She could never hope
for a. good 6 one, and she could
never accept anything less good.
the only thing to do
And then the child actually
talked suicide, and worked herself
into Q condition approaching mel
ancholia.
I did my best for her, but It was
hard going. She did not want to
listen to me or to anyone. She
wanted 10 talk herself. And talk
she did, on and on, over and over,
until ] was almost as worn out as
she was.
One of the few things I MANAGED
to inject into the talk was q pre-
diction, based on my knowledge Of
hrr ability and the needs Of the
professional world.
Something to Remember When
the Next Chance Comes.
This experience may turn out
the best thing that has ever hap
pened to you," l prophesied. You
will certainly get another position.
for workers like you are badly
needed. I'll wager that you will
get It within a month. Then, hav-
ing learned something from this
episode, you will hold It and build
It up into a success as big or big
ger than the one you could have
achieved where you were"
Two weeks later she saluted me
tubilantly through the telephone.
I've got q splendid positionl"
she cried. IT'S almost too good
to be true, but II is true. May
come and tell you about 1T"
She came. She was radiant.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
Government In Washington Competing
With Business Men
Continued from First. Column.)

Continued from First Coumn)
thing say about the Government and be cassed az full
hedged citizens of the country in which early education
would be particularly important
The Times suggests to heads Of departments in Washing
ton systematic plan for finding classifying testing and
employing reasonable percentage Of necessary assistants
outside Of the District Of Columbia.
The Secretary Of War would not have attempted to raise
his whole army for fighting here in the District
There good why other heads Of departments
should try raise their entire working force In the District
Surely members of Congress have not lost all their ensnt
desire to place somebody They ought be abs to rec
ommend few deserving constituents willing to take place
lon the Washington payroll
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

4 SAN FRANCISCO judge
~ thinks there's something
the matter with the
law. "R a man deserts his wife
and family" says this Judge, "you
can put him in jail, but If a woman
deserts her husband and her chill
dren, you can't do a thing to her,
unless the husband wants to sue
for divorce. There ought to be q
change in this law"
i wonder II the Judge happens TO
be right this time. The man who
deserts his wife and children and
runs away somewhere to have q
good time, while his family goes
hungry, ought to be punished.
There's no doubt Of that How
ever, he is not punished very often
for this offense.
Then, when a husband Is ar
rested for desertion and put IN
jail, his wages stop and his wife
and family are no better off than
they were before. The wife-de-
serter is a peculiar person, any
way. OF course, the only idea in
Furnishing him at all is to teach
him to stop trying to make the
general public carry a burden he
ought to carry himself.
When a husband won't buy shoes
Tor his baby, some one else has to
do it and that ought not to be.
What Manner Of Womanl
A man who deserts his family
isn't much of a man anyway, or he
wouldn't run away from his decent
obligations and half Of a man is a
good deal worse trial in the family
than no man at all.
But the woman who deserts her
children and her husband, what
ought to be done with her? What
can you do with her, either, legally
or Illegally? Is she worth both
erlng with at all? Somehow, /
Ieel as II she isn't.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
Carry More Freight by Water,
How to Do It
VIII the Government and the Railroad Wis
slider This Suggestion.

On both sides of the Hudson river heavy freight trains
move slowly congested tracks The tracks cannot hold
the traffic, there are not enough engines or cars.
Between the railroads there is the best possible track
waterway that would carry freight unlimited at mimi
mum cost
Railroads privately owned stupidity and selhshly
aged have always fought against transportation by water
and have the result in the present railroad system that
gives coal to the citizens and confesses absolute ncom
potency though it were the most natural thing in the
world.
We suggest to the Government plan for carrying
Freight between all points on the Hudson including New
York city The plan should be accompanied by absolute
embargo railroad freghs at least between Albany and
New York.
Build fat barges of wood Load your freight on auto
mobile truck traers Let the automobile truck haul the
farm down to the waters edge and on to the big scow
At the point of unloading let another motor truck take
the trailer number Of tralers and deliver the goods
One steam tug could pull dozen barges down the river
utilizing the force of current using little COAL and few
workmen.
The tracks would be saved for through freight.
There is excuse for sending any freight BY rail when
such freight is within reach Of the Hudson river or any
other body Of water that is can be kept free Of ice
One motor truck could deliver to the barges trilss
ryng freight enough to I'LL twenty freight cars Other motor
trucks would unload those ers at the point Of destination
The thing simple enough to be understood even by
railroad manager
But Of course, the suggestion will not please the pr
As they fought the barge canal in New York State for
A. al1sA GardaI IIsxsa fie-
canals 80 they will fight against the suggestion that the
people save money sending freight by water
What will the Government say about it7
What will be said by the railroad that supposed
at present to have their eyes fixed the hg and to be
thinking not at all of profit but only Of serving the dear
people?
It takes time and money to build more freight cars One
Benator suggests that hundred million dollars worth of
them be built by the Government.
It takes little money and little time to build barge,
tbottomed cheap raft with broad surface upon which
dozens Of heavily laden trailers could be carried
VIII the Government consider this suggestion and stop
freight shipment by rail on both sides of the Hudson river
from New York to Albany, experiment?
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

has discovered that I did not ad-
mire her faults a. well as her
good qualities.
A year later she lost the new
position. She had been doing ex-
eellsnt work, but she had to leave,
and one Of her new associates told
me why.
The Girl Whose Tears Washed the
Furniture Out Of the Office.
"Shs kept the whole Office by
the ears" he said frankly. "Shs
was always having her feelings
hurt and then analyzing the In
jury. It wasn't enough to apollo
gize to her and explain that you
hadn't meant to offend when you
ventured to disagree with her.
She wanted to %taIk It over" and
cry about it-and she did. By
Jove, how she didI She cried
until she almsot washed the furni-
ture out Of the Office"
have never heard her side Of
the story, but / have no doubt she
would tell It in five words. ~They
did not understand me" And
then she would develop the themeI
She is, admit, an extreme type.
But we see variations Of the
type all around rs, every day.
We see the girl who is not under
STOOD" the boy who Is not under
stood;" the man or woman who il
not understood" And the chances
are that whenever we see any one
Of them we see Q person who Il
extremely hard to get on with
one who Is self-conscious, Self-esn-
tered, and selfish.
Il does not occur to these ssnsi-
tive souls that It Is as necessary
for them to understand others a.
it is for others to understand them.
Least Of all does it occur to them
that they do not understand them
selves-and that such knowledge il
the first they should acquire.
Few Of US are loved by every
one. The best Of rs have our
critics and our enemies; and It is
not at all certain that they are al
together wrong in their concep-
tons of US. They may see and
resent faults In Us to which our
friends loyalty shut their eyes.
Il would help Us all immensely
IN our self-dsvelopment If We
knew exactly what our enemies
think about US. Sometimes we do
Lnow-for they tell usl
Where we have a devoted family
and a band of loyal friends around
us, it behooves US to watch our
selves very carefully. Most of all
must we be watehful when W. be-
0in to fancy ourselves "misunder-
stood"
The chances are that then some
.ors ;s turning upon US the cold,
clear Ii0ht of criticism. And in
that LIGHT II we are brave enough
70 IooI we can often see ourselves
more m distinctly than ever before.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
Winifred Blacks Article on Wives
Who Are DeSerterS
By Winifred Bla c k.

have known one or two men
who were fairly decent. fairly
honest, fairly respectable creatures,
who were driven away from home
by a shrewish wife or interfering
relatives. OF course, such a man
ought to be compelled to support
his family, but he isn't after all an
actual criminal when he drifts
easily, as such weak creatures are
pretty sure to do, into forgetting
all about them.
But the woman, the mother WHO
can turn her back on her children
she has brought into the world
has abe, can she have, one single
decent quality left anywhere? I
don't believe II.
When a woman deserts her chill
dren, they may be lonely and ne
elected for a while, but the ccn-
munity Will take up the matter and
look after the little ones some
how. To my mind they are better
on In the coldest, most perfunctory
sort OF an orphan asylum than
they would be left to the cold
hearted selflshness and ignorant
neglect OF such a woman as that.
All women who have children
are not mothers at heart. l know
half q dozen old maids who care
more for children and understand
them better than nine out Of ten
mothers who are always talking
about the sacred inspiration Of
motherhood.
Is It All Loss?
Any woman who would rather
tango than stay at home with a
sick child, and woman who fnda
children q nuisance and who OPEN
ly admits that babies bore her to
death, ought not to have Children
at all, and II she does have them
/ shouldn't feel like going into
mourning when / heard that she
had run away and left them.
Think up a law that will cover
these cases. I'd like to see what
it would be.
Copyright. 1871, by Newupaper Fsatu-. a.-
vice. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
HEARD AND SEEN

shop viii furnish the paper for the
cards, and the city postoffics print
ing press VIII print them And II
any other scheme was ever advsr-
tised from door 10 door by the Unit
ed States postal service FREE. then
I'd ike to know t. It's worth mil
lions Of dollars, this scheme is, for
It's going TO be worked all over the
United States, III bet anyone.
There has not been q eembiaGtion
kke that bsts1seH the Tariff Idea
and the postoffics siAes cd Ben
FrdnktiH tUds postmaster ct Phfla.
dslpkia.
BILL HASSETT d leaving North
field, Vt, today, and viii arrive here
tomorrow.
WILLIAM STUART makes the
valuable suggestion that the postof-
nee would have less work to do II
Washin1tonians writing to soldiers
abroad would make sure they are
addressing them correctly. Thou
sands Of soldier lettsrS are misdf
rected. The War Department viii
turnish you with the correct ad-
dresa.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

DAN CALLAHAN, the man
FRANK VANDERBILT picked to
run the 1zar savfnFz campaign for
the District Of Columbia, has al
ready started the bankers Of the city
to work.
Moreover, Dan has put nearly
everyone else who has . telephone
and q desk to work, too. He has
lined up TOM SHIPP, the man who
invented publicity, to work as chair
man Of the committee to spread the
news.
And our own postmaster. MER-
RIFT CHANCE, who Is . member
Of the committee, has contributed an
idea which il worth millions. And
when ] say that, ] mean It Brother
Chance viii send out $4,000 post
eard-siZe advertisements telling the
people Of Washington what this war
thrift thing Is. Your postman win
hand you q card with the BIG
THRIFT IDEA printed on It. There
are about 10000 homes in this city.
Every home gets q card.
CORNELIUS FoRD's big print
The Washington times., 1917-11-30
Government in Washington
Competing With Business Men

Rather Unfair CompeHdon-Why Not Reach Outside
of Washington?
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

BILL HASSETT d leaving North
field, Vt, today, and viii arrive here
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

CORNELIUS FoRD's big print
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

Railroads privately owned, stupidity and sehshly man
aged have always fought against transportation by water
and have the result the present railroad system that
gives no coal to the citizens and confesses absolute ncom
world.
The Washington times., 1917-11-30

We suggest to the Government plan for carrying
Freight between all points the Hudson including New
York city The plan should be accompanied by absolute
embargo railroad feghts at least between Albany and
New York.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22

I'm giving you orders. This show 10
not sport, but the real red thing. and
/ want to count on you to fight like
trained man. not like a naturalborn
fool. ] want to know you're holding
Ali Masjid like Fabius held Rome, by
being slow and willy. just for the sake
of the comfortable feeling 1t will give
me when I'm alone among the Hills
Hit hard when you have to, but for
Gods sake. old man, ware traps!"
"All right" said his brother.
Then good-by, old mani"
"Good-by. Athelstan!"
They stood facing and shook hands.
Where had been man and his re.
Election in the mist. there now seem.
ed to be the same man and a native
,Athelstan King had changed his very
nature with his clothes. He stood
like a native-moved like one: even
his voice was changed. af if-like the
actor who dyed himself all over to
act Othello-he could do nothing by
halves.
''I'm going to try to get in without
my men seeing met said the young.
er IF they do see you. they'll shoot. -
"Yes,and miss! Trust a Khyber
jezailchi not to hit much in the dark!
tn do 'em good either way. I'll have
time to give 'em the password before
they fire second volley. They're not
really dangerous till the third one
Good-by!"
by, Charles!"
ITO be continued
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22
kINC-yMe KHYBER RIFLES
Romance g1aranttxre
BY TALBOT MUNDY
ce,,.,s~v 1916 r.. Tn. Bss,s1n,,sa -

ute he had his upper lip bare. Then
his brother bent over him and rubbed
in stain where the scrubby mustache
had been.
After that Athelstan unlocked the
leather bag that had caused Ismail SO
much concern and shook out from it
q pile Of odds and ends at which his
brother. nodded with perfect under
standing. The principal item was a
piece Of silk-forty or fifty yards Of
it-that he proceeded to bind into a
turban on his head, his brother lend
Ing him guiding, understanding I'm
ger at every other turn. When that
was done. the man who had said he
looked In the least like British ON.
Ger would have lied
One after another he drew on ma
tive garments. picking them from the
pile beside him. So. by rapid stages
he developed into native hakim-by
creed converted Hindu, like Rewa
Gunga.-one of the men who practise
yunani. or modern medicine, without
a license and with a very great deal
OF added superstition. trickery and
guesswork
II wouldn't trust you with happen
NY" announced his brother when he
had done
Really? AS good as all that"
The part to r."
''Well-take these into the fort for
me, will you? His brother caught the
bundle OF discarded European clothes
and tucked them under his arm.
Now. remember. old man! This is
the biggest show there has ever been.
We've got to hold the Khyber, and
we can't do 1t by riding pell-mell into
the first trap set for us! We must
smash when the fighting starts-but
We mayn't miss! We mayn't run past
the mark! Be coward. il that's the
name you care to give it. You need
not tell me you've got orders to hunt
skirmishers to standstill, because
Il know better. I know you've just
had your wig pulled for tanning two
horses!"
How dyou know that?"
Never mind! I've been seconded
to your crowd. I'm your senior, and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22

Il can't tell YOU" said Athelstan,
why we're not attacking brother
Turk before he's ready. imagine
Whitehall has It's hands full. But it's
likely enough that the Turk will
throw In his lot with the Prussians
the minute he's ready to begin. Mean
while my Job Is to help make the holy
war seem Improbable to the tribes,
SO that they'll let the Turk down hard
when he calls on EN- Every day that
Lean point to forts held sti ongly in
the khyber is = day in my favor.
There are sure to be raids. In fact,
the more the, merrier. provided they
are spasmodic We must keep 'em
separated-keep EN- from swarming
too fast--while I SOW other seeds
among en-
His brother nodded. Sowing seeds
was almost that family's hereditary
Job. Athelstan continued:
Hang on to All Masjid like leech.
old man! The day one raiding lash
kar gets command Of the khyber's
throat, the others'll all believe they've
won the game. Nothing'll stop EN-!
Look out for traps. Smash 'em on
sight. But don't follow up too far!"
Sure" said Charles.
Help me with the stain now, will
you?" H.
With his. 6ash-light burning as il
it's battery provided current by the
week instead of by the minute, Athel.
stan dragged open the mules pack
and produced host of things. He
proper {. mirror against the pack
and squatted in front Of It, Then he
passed little bottle to his brother,
and Charles attended to the chin
strap mark that would, have betrayed
him a British ohicer in any light
brighter than dusk. In a few min
utes his whole face was darkened to
one hue. and Charles stepped back to
look at it.
Wont need to wash yourself for
a MONTH" he said The dirt won't
show" He shifted at the bottle. But
that stain won't come off If you do
wash--never worry! You'll do finely"
Not yet. WON'T" said Athelstan,
clicking up little safety razor and
beginning on his mustache. In a min.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22
Collect these
RATS

The Chicago Sunday Herald has al
ready given away a portrait of Gener-
al Pershing and Rear Adrimal Gleaves.
With every copy of next Sundays Chi
cago Herald there will be a supple
ment insert portrait OF Vice Admiral
w. S. Sims in command of the Ameri-
can Navy in European waters. Every
one who possibly can is collecting
these portraits. Make sure you Sc
cure yours by instructing your news
cealer today to deliver the Chicago
Sunday Herald to you regularly while
these portraits are being given as a
SUPPLEMENTARY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22
Athlete Stays Wife
and Two Children,
Then Ends DUN Life

NEW YORK, June 22.-Following a
tiers. Richard Barrett, a we'll known
athlete of Brooklyn. early Thursday
shot and killed his wife. his son, Kill
ton. years old. baby boy, Donald,
one and one-half years old, and then
committed suicide by slashing his
throat with a razor and shooting him
self in the head
The woman and the two boys died
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22
RICHMOND

instantly. In an adjoining room were
sleeping two other children, Helen,
thirteen, and John, inc.
Barrett was Spanish war veteran.
He was a sergeant in the regular
srmy at Fort Barrancas, Fla, in 1898.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22

Exports Of Philippine Leaf tobacco IN
1916 scared over previous high records
by several million pounds, reaching
total of nearly 100000 pounds for
the year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-22
Pesky Bed Bugs

A MILLION Par BUGS. lust think. =
Csc package q the, new golden chem
Is enough - wake . quart and enough
to kill a million bed bugs. no matter
how large they may be. where they
at the same tine leaves a coating on
their eggs and prevents Matching. j..
CUT THIS OUT. This new chemical
can be had at any hrst-class drug
store. A CSC package makes a quart OF
p. u. c., and will 90 farther taan a