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The Washington times., 1917-11-23
This Reader Misses the Point
Entirely
Here is part Of letter from thoughtless Democrat:
She Wants the Rich to Do Without Extra Footmen

Here is part Of letter from thoughtess Democrat:
Wont you please write editorial for the people Of
wealth to try and economize by not having servants
than is really necessary at this time when beloved
America is IN such strife and Don't Waste is the slogan
Of the day?
'What attracted my attention most was an open car
age drawn by two fine horses The driver in expen
ve livery. Seated beside the driver footman whose
livery matched that of the driver T. In the back
lone passenger Far be from to begrudge the rich
their comforts for believe that every ought to live
e. well as he can possibly afford ="
The lady who writes has missed the point. One man
would perhaps be enough to drive the horse But the lady
IN her carriage goes calling And when she goes calling one
drives the horses while other gets down open the
door and take in the cards. ask the person visited is at
home.
Even in war time you would hardly ask prosperous
lady to open the door Of her carriage her auto
mobile walk all the way from the curb to the front door
to ask Is your Mistress in?"
You viii say, perhaps, that with horse and carriage
you need to hold the horses while the other opens
the carriage door, but with automobile should be
enough the motor would not away while the driver
got down to open the door.
Another serious mistake On really fashionable auto
mobile beneath the dignity Of the driver to get of his
seat and open the door, And in addition the has
formed THE HABIT Of having sit in front Of her
one with his arms folded looking foolish and the other guild
ing the car.
And HABIT, you know, is powerful.
We know no more interesting sight than one visible on
Fifth avenue in New York city, hundred times
small lady sitting inside of big automobile with two husky
young front Of her. she using dollars worth of
wages and ten dollars worth Of gasolene while knitting two
cents worth Of socks.
She reminds us that after all the rich are willing to
edo their bit" and that is some comfort
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
By EARL GOODWIN,

Any man who now lags behind the procession to the
capitol to ask for vote for the District Of Columbia is
reactionary,
We want Washington to manage its own affairs.
Any man who openly declares he is NOT in favor Of
vote for the National Capital has lost his APP
probation of Americanism
Amy man who believes in policy Of ''let well enough
alone" is blind
We haven't been ''welI enough for a long time
One OF the best examples of the awakening which has
Just taken place IN the District of Columbia is the list of
names OF men who committees organized to get
the vote here
Some of these men win frankly tell you that six years
they would have opposed any such movement the
one now stirring in this city.
In Of the citizens associations there is an in-
ence at work to put obstacle in the of united Wash
That influence If it win come to the light and show IL
SELF viii prove to be about important Halloween
pumpkin.
The men who are working to bring about the best
Every see them They have nothing to conceal.
They asking the entire District Of Columbia to go
to Congress to petition that body to adopt resolution
amending tho Constitutions to give the residents Of the
District of Columbia the status of the CITIZENS of State
Do you get that diferencei
We areN0T citizens. We merely residents
The Revolution fought to obtain for the right to
citizens Of the United States There Tories and weak
sisters then who placed stumbling blocks IN the way OF
Any man who win oppose this present movement to
Amercanize the Nations Capital is spiritual descendant
of the Tories of 1776.
would not agree with Washington might try living In Mexico
They have very few privileges there.
As have pointed out this movement is not the move
of select few. 1t is movement for resident OF
Washington The who have given the most attention TO
the matter have invited every one to get into the
That is the only way viii get vote here. Team work
and endeayor win win, and cannot have one
without the other.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
Mrs. Wilson WoodroWs Article On Woman's Place

ing. Those seeking positions
were Just the sort of women he
would have rejected if the sturdy
women Of the farms had applied.
Those who did apply" she
says, "were girls or young married
women who had spent all the
working years of their lives stoop-
ing over sewing machines; sunken-
chested workers in artificial flow
ers: eonfectioners, mattresses,
clerks. One and all looked on the
verge of a decline, with not an
ounce of reserve vitality for work
that taxed the endurance of men;
but he made up his mind to en-
ploy them and fill up their places
as rapidly as they collapsed.
"He took me over his great es-
tablishment," she goes on. "and
showed me the result. 1t was one
Of the astonishing examples not
only Of the grim courage Of women
under pressure but of that nine
lived endowment Of the female in
which the male can never bring
himself to believe save only when
confronted by a practical demon
stration.
"Ths women had high chests
and brawny arms. They tossed
thirty and forty pound shells from
one to another as lightly as they
may have once tossed n cluster Of
artificial flowers. Their skins were
clear and often ruddy. They
showed no signs whatever Of over
work and they were, almost with
out exception, the original appI-
cants."
All, women are not nearly such
fragile flowers as many of the
drones among them and the SEN
time1talists Of either sex like to
think.
Woman Steps Out to Save Situa-
ton.
No fact Of current acceptance is
more rapidly becoming a myth
than the claim that women are
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

hutter in the dove-cote, and the
timorous ladies and gentlemen be-
gin p prophesy all the horrible
things that will happen to the
world If woman can roam around
at her own sweet will. This sort
Of prophesying is one Of the great
est mental adventures, because It
is such a gamble. And all these
predictions now form one OF the
most picturesque exhibits Of the
dustheaps Of the world.
Such prophecies are and always
have been dire. When women frst
began to go to college, doctors and
laymen wrote grave treatises to
show that the female constitution
could not stand the strain Of the
college curriculum. Either her
brain or her nerves, probably both.
would give way under the weight
Of knowledge she would imbibe,
and the next generation, would
have to bear the collegiate sins Of
the mothers. They would have
neither brains nor nerves, and
would be fortunate II they pos
sessed legs and arms.
The laymen and doctors put up
a handsome argument, but as usual
woman was mean enough to de-
molish It Before my mental vision
rises one particular woman who
before her marriage fitted from
college to college gathering de-
grees and Postgraduate courses as
lightly as a boy collects postage
stamps, and is now the mother Of
five sturdy children.
Just now the dove-cote minority
are shaking their heads and
worrying a good deal about the
effects on the future generation
Of woman's present work In the
munition factories.
Gertrude Atherton, in writing
OF her visit to one of these es-
tahlishments in France, says the
manager told her that he made
the experiment Of employing
women with the deepest misgiv-
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

untitled for any sort Of work
which they choose to undertake.
The fiction Of the weaker sex"
has been pretty well exploded by
the Russian women's Battalion Of
Death. They stood such rigorous
preparatory training as few men
could endure, and the world knows
the manner in which they conduct
ed themselves in actual warfare.
1t is said that during the COM
ing year women viii be in great
demand to take the place Of men
in orchards and running tractors
or threshing machines. The men
are either being drafted or lured
away from the duties Of the farm
by the fancy prices they can get
for a days work digging bitches
or doing carpenter work.
The woman's committee Of the
Council of National Defense has
published a letter from a promi-
nent horticulturist, who says:
81 want women to fill the places
Of men liable to draft or enlist
ment, and know the greatest re-
spect is shown to women who
work in the orchards or on the
farm"
And there you are! We have
all heard the pIaintive voice from
the dovecote crying that woman's
place is in the home, though
worlds fall. And a very agree
able arrangement it was until eco
nomic conditions decreed that she
was a necessary factor in the
worlds work and that she must
either step out Of the home and
hustle for a job or else starve In
genteel privacy.
And now the great movements
of the world have called upon
their woman power to come for
ward and fill the shoes
who are needed in other eapaci-
ties, and fill them effectively.
The dovecots people should
worry. Woman need not
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
Here is the little MS:
REALIZATION.

l realize q great Rock Of Truth
looms up In the Silent Sea Of
Thought. The tide has swept far
out, and on this Rock Of Realization
1 am q growth Of this substance: the
Substance Of Mind. Like the sea
sponge, every cell Of my being Is
made. nourished, sustained in the
actual Sea Of Being.
Far away is the murmuring mu-
sic of the incoming Tide: nearer,
nearer, my God. In Theel
I am eager with desire that Thou
hast given me, o Father. that the
inflowing Tide shall hood me with
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

the Conscious Billows of thy Love
Substance. This is Light. Heat, Fire,
Motion, Energy, AIR, Water; verify
Christ power.
Thy Divine Spirit broods over the
non-resistant still substance. and the
Golden Tide sweeps In me: and over
me: and through me. l am n new
creature in Light. Love. Life. am
Eternal Life.
/ thank Thee.
Issued by Golden Glow Bible
Club, Tampa, Florida, by Mary
Lawton Metealfe, 1910 watrous
Avenue, Tampa. Florida.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
"ReaI-I-Zation'' and the Cosmos
We Never Saw Realization Spelled THAT Way Before,
Hence This Editorial

All the way from number 1910 Watrous avenue, Tampa
Florida Mrs Mary Lawton Metcalfe writes letter and
sends pamphlet.
She calls us Dear Thinker tells us we are called Ito
commune in the ether with the cosmos and adds I know
you In the sun vibration but particularly the man
who said once the worlds greatest need Is the distribution
Of knoWiedge.'"
Al the lady asks In return is that publish little
manuscript for those ve to the demands Of humanity for
the tReal1 zaton Of Truth We print the Ms. and so
would you-n you had had such nice compliments sent
with It.
Euch words as RealI Eation, and "Atone Mem" the
latter much enjoyed by our Christian Science friends give
Confined at Bottom q Last cOlurnn)
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
W IoMAN is certainly an ag-
" grsyating creature. She
is always breaking pas

~
" grsyating creature. She
w is always breaking pas
ture. She simply will
not stay within the nice, little
fence Of limitations that has been
built up around her.
1t must be awfully annoying to
the serious-minded ladies and gen.
tlemen, who write ponderous gen.
eralities about her to have her al
ways jumping up like, a jack-in-
the-box and disproving them.
But the reactionary ladies and
gentlemen are patient and per-
severing. They never allow them
selves to become discouraged.
They see woman placidly knit
ting in the sun, so they erect a
neat cage for her and then they
stand back and say:
There! That's where she be-
longs. Now let's hope she will
stay put for good!
And presently woman looks
around and yawns, and says, Il
don't like this old cage. It's damp
and unsanitary and the decorations
are all out of date" So she
promptly demoIishes the structure
and walks out.
Again the busy ladies and gen.
tlemen are Mortified. The con-
trary beast! they wall. She's
spoiled another chapter OF our
great work. We had Just proved
logically, positively and irretutahly
that the last cage defined the ut
most limits Of woman's capability.
And now she's toppled the whole
thing over. All that's left to do Is
to hobble her and tie her 70 the
tree Of tradition" So they imme-
diately perform that task.
Ny! The Worry Woman Causes Us.
Woman bears 1t meekfy for lit
tie while. Then she kicks herself
loose, pulls the tree down and goes
On her way dragging it after her,
Then there's another terrible
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

CHARLES W. RAY, merchant,
member of the hrm Of Barber q
Ross: Il have always been In favor
Of a vote for Washington. and waS
secretary Of q movement started
eight years ago to bring this very
thing to Congress"
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Retaliation" and the Cosmos

Continued from First Column.)
much pleasure and do no harm They help pass away
time while we wait for real scientific truth The efforts of
achemss make gold Of base metals helped to pass the
tme while waiting for the cyanide process that can profit
ably extract the twentieth part Of of gold from two
thousand pounds Of ore.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

". W. EVERETT, vice president
Of Woodward q Lothrop: ITO give
the District Of Columbia the status
Of q State Il the ONLY thing to do. /"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

LOUIS GUTENBERG. attorney:
The best way to get the vote for
Washington is to determine upon
sensible program. and then ali
hands get behind II"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

A. LEFTwICH SINCLAIR, attor-
ney: National representation for
the District Of Columbia Now and
Forever"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

This is Friday afternoon.
Do the school boys and girls still
speak pieces" and read COM
positions" on Fridays?
And II not, whyY
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

]. HARRY CUNNINGHAM. busi-
ness man and secretary Of the Board
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

JOSEPH sTRASBURGER, mer-
chant-In my opinion the greatest
need in Washington at the present
time Is suffrage for the people, and
In addition to this Is the great need
Of places to house the increased pop
ulation Of the city.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

Who remembers Miss Nellie Boy
den's kindergarten?
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

VI AtaAcs GeC DeuluQ Luo ro8o4US
tion- Don't argue about details. Get
behind the resolution"
z C. BRANDENBERG. attorney:
@0ne thing must be remembered: We
cannot AFFORD to delay. Congress
convenes In q few days"
SIDNEY BIEBER, business man:
The District Of Columbia can get
anything It wants from Congress II 4
VIII formulate Its request and pre-
sent 1t In q manner TO show Congress
the people Of the District are organ
lied for It."
Several days ago I pxbLshsd a.
editorial based on the plea Of
WdskinetOa boy vko irds draftsd.
He said he JVos proud TO BE- selected
but back IN his mind he had feel
fn0 that If he tUGs good enough to
fight he tCds good enough to Vote.
am reminded of this again on recall
ing eohat the chairman of the vote
getting committee, THEODORE
MOVES said TO the Board Of Trods
q while ago: "WGskiagton sent nsor0
soldiers to the Me<icGR border then
twenty-five of the StGtss."
Anything to start an argument
II il fairly widely rumored that
the War Department, speaking Of Il
as an organization Of individuals.
condemns the further knitting Of
sweaters for soldiers on the ground
that there are enough already.
And yet here Is GENERAL KUHN
at Camp Meade saying that there Is
9 real need for sweaters for some OF
the men at Camp Meade"
MILTON AILES Is one Of our lead
ing citizens, but I'll bet q hat be
would like to be as good looking as
his younger brother, GENE ALLIES
This is Friday afternoon.
Do the school boys and girls still
speak pieces" and read com
positions" on Fridays?
And II not, whyY
Who remembers Miss Nellie Boy
den's kindergarten?
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

W. T. GALLIHER, president Board
Of Trade and president American
National Bank:
T am strong for the vote"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

Never before has there been 30
much. talk about the vote on the
street, IN stores, in clubs, hotel lob
bies, or wherever men gather. l
have followed this matter for years,
and never before has it been 50 earn
estly agitated. Here are some Of the
things which the leaders Of the pres
emit movement are saying:
I CUNo q. RUDOLPH, president
Second National Bank:
II am thoroughly In earnest when
I say am in favor Of . vote here.
There was . time when would have
hesitated. Your campaign has con-
WINGED me. I hesitate no longer"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

MILTON AILES is one of our lead
ing citizens, but I'll bet q hat be
would like to be as good looking as
his younger brother, GENE ALLIES
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
Washington Must Vote

The Man Who Does Not For waahgton Baek
Number.
The Washington times., 1917-11-23

2. C. BRANDENBERG. attorney:
@0ne thing must be remembered: We
cannot afford to delay. Congress
conyenes In q few days"
The Washington times., 1917-11-23
HEARD AND SEEN

Of Trade: ~Get behind the rssoIu-
ton. Don't argue about details. Get
behind the resolution
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
APPEAL To
STATE ID.

At committee meeting held last
evening at the office OF Mayor Callahan
East Chicago. and attended by repre-
sentatives of the city and the Chamber
of Commerce. papers were made out
that will take all of the corporate in
dustries of East Chicago before the
state tax commission at Indianapolis at
a time set by the state board between
the dates of July 10th and July 30h.
This action was taken after a long
the justice and advisability of includ-
ing in the appeal those industries that
are already paying fair proportion of
the taxes raised in the city.
The fact was brought out, however.
that the object of the forces interested
in this matter is not only to secure
added revenue. but also to secure an
equalization of assessments. 1t would
be impossible for the state board to
equalize the situation without having
all of the industries under considera-
ton.
In justice to the large majority of in
dustrial men of the city it may safely
be said that under this plan there will
be very little objection to the action
taken. They seem to be willing to pay
their share of the taxes providing all
come in on the same basis.
Between thirty and forty individual
appeals were made out last night and
were signed by representatives, of the
chamber of commerce and the city this
morning. This afternoon the papers
were taken to Crown Point and filed in
the office of the county auditor. They
viii be certified and sent to the state tax
commission at once and this commits
sion. which Will set during the last two
weeks of July on matters of this kind
weeks of July on matters of this kind.
East Chicago shall appear.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
SOLDIERS WIFE
DOES MANS JOB
CONTINUED From Page one,

to establish the visitors identity-the
reporter found the tower-room more
comfortable than one would imagine.
With open windows on all sides it
Matches every bit of breeze of a sum-
mer evening.
Mrs Short was kept busy for a few
minutes raising and lowering the gates
for a fidgety switch engine. Her baby
Clinton, lay on a comforter spread on
the floor and attempted TO show the
company how easy il is to put ones
toe in one mouth. The little fellow
appeared az happy and contented as
a Belgian hare in a field OF sweet Glow
er.
Mrs Short explained to the reporter
that she had taken the job of night
towerwoman for the Nickel Plate be-
cause she must support herself while
her husband fought for his country.
Railroading is fascinating to her, pos
sibly because her father is a railroad
man as well as a farmer. And she
gIories in the fact that she is not only
taking care of herself and child. but
doing her bit for her country.
1T is a womans duty to be a pro-
Queer now" said Mrs. Short. The
Nickel Plate railroad will hire all the
women it can get. They had diff
Guilty in getting this job properly filed
before 1 came here the 18th of last
month This is work woman can
do Every woman should be pro-
Queer and take the place where a man
can be spared
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
SMALLPOX
IS FOUND

Last night at the corner of Chica go
and Melville avenues in East Chicago.
Thomas Smith. colored, i'll with small
pox and doubtless spreading germs on
every hand stepped into the drug store
and expressed a desire to be place under
charge of the local authorities.
He had just arrived from Denver.
Colo, and discovered that he was break
ing out with some dread malady. He
was thoughtful enough to remain dis
tant from people on the street and the
board of health was telephoned and had
him taken at once to the pest-house
The attitude of Mr.. Smith and his ac-
ton has probably prevented another
epidemic in this city. Under the cir
cumstances it is not thought that any
one has been exposed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
HE TAKES EXCEPTION.

EDITOR ZINES.
In his address Saturday evening as
reported by THE TIMES DR.. Landrith
undertakes to poke fun at agnostics.
He is quoted as saying that an agnostic
is fellow that does not know anything,
and admits it. To some extent that is
true. Asked whether there is a SUI
preme being, or a future life, or any
other question of like character and the
agnostic will say: 1 do not know.
II is only the inspired" that pretend
to know anything. There is one thing
that the agnostic knows. and so does
the clergy including DR.. Landrith, and
that is this: The clergy knows that
agnostic knows. that they know, that
they don't know.
On some questions they are as dumb
as the agnostic. but they won't admit it.
NJ. A. DALEY (Agnostic),
Hammond, Ind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06

local board will have the right to ap-
peal their case to one of the district
boards of review, that is the board in
the district which includes his home
county The decision of the district
board Of review will be final. except that
it could be set aside by the president
of the United States.
The privilege of appealing TO dis
trict board of review is granted to men
dissatisfied with the decision of the To-
cal board and it is presumed that the
government aleo would have the right
Of appeal where 1t considered that a To-
cal board had made a mistake IN per
hitting an exemption.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
BAND CONCERTS
FOR WHITING

The East Chicago Grotto band has
sprung suddenly into the limelight by
securing the contract from the city
of Whiting to give ban dconcerts one
evening every week at the Whiting
Lake Front park.
Al-Hassan is indeed proud of the dis
tinction that thus comes to its musical
organization. Under the able manage
ment of its leader, George Hay. it has
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
AT DELUXE

Would you. young man. marry an
American girl because you loved her
instead of gratifying your dad who
wanted you to marry a title for money:
The hero in "American--That's All
playing at De Luxe theatre Saturday
does the right thing. and that's for you
TO find out. Jack Devereaux is the lead
and Miss Winifred Allen is his part
ner. Teddy at the Throttle" featur-
ing the greatest dog actor in the world
is an added attraction.
Enid Bennett starting in The Girl
Glory" which shows at De Luxe Sunday
cleans out the saloons and she does it
in way that will make you smile.
chuckle. then laugh outright.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-06
AT DELUXE FRIDAY

Mary Miles Minters in The limo
cence of Lizette" is the attraction at
Deluxe theater for Friday Mary Min
ter is as great a favorite as the other
-Mary-Miss Pickford. This latest of
Mary's pictures was made under the di-
rection of James Kirkwood at the Amer
lean Film Co.'S studios. In connection
THE Neglected Wife" with Ruth Ro-
land is sown at Deluxe Friday.