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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-08
Your S2,575,9O9.51
Much Less That Amount Twenty States of the Union Have Had
Good Deal to Say About Many Things.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

This is an age of figures We are dealing in billions
numerical height difficult for magnations to ascend
But there figures about to be presented in this
column the meaning of which it is not difficult for any
imagination to grasp but which, on the contrary tell most
convincing story of how the people of the District of Co.
lumbia are being Disseminated against today.
Figures do not lie Keep in mind then just ST.
575 0951 That is what the total of the District
of Columbia amounted to for 1917 1t includes taxation
tobacco liquids corporations incomes etc. Think of it,
repeat $3.50 90951 The emphasis is given not because
the is extraordinary but merely to fix it the mind
of everybody who reads the column that follows it, for
here you shall what twenty States of the Union yielded
internal for the period and the total number
of Senators and Representatives from those States who
legslang the question of and taxes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-08
49,. O,,o~.o Be Sure Be-
OECE-OOEIS fore You Act


Circuantal evidence usually, fan foundation which
to Of fact - =
YOU friend been unfathu TO you
way No direct evidence but little things seems N SUD
staniate this
What have you fathom the matter?.
suspicious schooed yourself 70 LOOK
Indications that first surnise correct!
This is not only unfair your friend but to yourself
suspicion for possibly grain Of solid fact
nationally humane formation OF your op
ions and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-08
M abel Dodge Writes
Three Kinds of People
Supernormal, Genius-Normal, Adaptable Sub
normal, Misft-Which One Is You?
By M a b Ell bod g e.

no YOU know what It is to be
normal? It means con-
- formable, falling into Gus
toms, do at Rome as the Romans
do" be in the order Of the day"
To be subnormal is to be anon
alous, out Of order and place, wan
dering, out Of the pale. denatursl-
lied, aberrant
And to be supernormal or to have
genius is to create, regenerate,
redeem and glorify.
For instance, to be normal is not
to notice or mind the deafening
noises OF the city.
complained to a doctor last
winter about the noise in the
streets morning and night.
You are not normal, or you
wouldn't mind It," he said.
Matter of Adjustability.
So to be normal means not to
notice the heavy, gasolene-soaked
air or mind It; to be normal means
to be unaffected by our environ
ment-that is what the doctors
would argue.
| know a man who was con-
sidered abnormal. He lived in a
fantasy world. not seeing reality.
Life passed over him, but didn't
touch him. He was below the sur
face Of human experience, so to
speak. Nothing bothered him but
the doctors, who considered him
subnormal.
So they took him in hand and
they worked over him-and ana
lyzed him and prodded him to
make him react to physical and
mental stimuli, and finally they got
him going, so that he came to the
surface and looked around and
felt real life. In fact, he was nor
NAL.
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EkTT's a dainty little cup" said
the woman, and she held It
to the light. l took mine

EkTT'S a dainty little cup" said
the woman, and she held It
to the light. / took mine
and held 1t, too, to the light. 1t
was a delicate bit of china, as
fragile as an eggshell. and 1t was
wreathed about with tiny pink
roses and gold leaves. The amber
tea showed through It almost as
distinctly as II the cup had been
made Of glass.
Tastes better out Of these cups,
doesn't it," asked the woman, but
/ never drink out of one OF them
without thinking Of the time l
visited the place where they make
them-in the old country.
Such a beautiful place II is; an
old castle turned into a factory.
every wing and tower OF which
is wreathed with poetry and ro-
nance, song and story, as the
ruins on the old river are wreathed
in ivy.
You know what happened to
the man who invented the process
Of making this china, don't you?
What? Why, / thought everybody
well. you see twas this way:
He worked and worked over his
idea. One day he perfected It and
made a beautiful piece Of china.
He bathed and combed his hair,
put on his best cIothes, perfumed
himself and went to the master Of
the castle to tell him Of his sue
cess.
He took the piece Of china
along as a gift. The master OF the
castle took the gift, showered the
inventor with thanks, and then i'm
prisoned the inventor, his wife,
sons and daughters in dungeons
under the castle and forced them
to make china Of that particular
pattern year In and year out. They
were never allowed to step outside
OF their dungeons or to speak to
a human soul. for fear some one
would learn the secret Of the pro-
cess.
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knew of this plan in advance.
The L W. W.-Guy Fawkes crowd planned to blow
ND this Government with reasonable plotting but this
Government also knew in advance and the principal
W. W. men are in Jail. May they stay there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-08

You know the old English song Remember, Re
member the fifth of November, the Gunpowder treason
and Plot
Guy Fawkes and his planned to blow up the
House of Commons but, fortunately, the government
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-08

But the real thing seemed 50
utterly painful and hideous to him.
so crude and difficult and poignant.
that he Immediately ducked under
again
IF that's being normal" he ex-
claimed. Il don't want to be IT,"
And now he's back in his unreal
fantasy world. useless, unliving
but comfortable.
The doctors preach adaptation to
things as they are. II you can ad-
Just yourself to your surroundings
so that you aren't bothered by them
you can be today's normal man.
II you don't adapt and adjust
yourself and merely avoid, you are
subnormal, below the surface,
egligible-ignored.
But II you refuse to accept the
noises and the odors and the thou
sand imperfections around you,
and II you refuse to run away from
them, and instead take issue with
them-determined to change them
you may be the supernormal
man.
Genius Means Struggle.
Merely to fight against bad con-
ditions is sacred and raises you
above the average-but ito take
arms against a sea OF troubles ant
by opposing end Them" to actually
change bad conditions by helping
to create a good environment, takes
genius.
The truest opposition to "a sea
OF troubles" is to put new good
things In the place Of old bad ones.
Here, then. you have three
classes Of people:
The normal, who adapt them
selves to what exists.
The subnormal, who avoid life
and responsibility and reality.
And the beyond-man-the super
normal, Who makes his environ
ment according to his own will.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
Little Brothers, Little Despots.

NNeW ] pIk tb.i
Tho little Bolshcvik brothers Of the
poor temporarily in peNer nj Pctrograd
are taking lesson, from the little faith.
crs of Russia, long known rs the Ro-
manotIs.
A constituent assembly has been
elected hut its membership IS not in
keeping with the ideas of fraternity,
pcrtdv and pillagC recently set forth
hv the extremists as the hope OF our
newest Utopia When the delegates
coming up from the back districts ny
pearcd to be too strongly inclined TO
ward law and order, they were throw u
into prison. When these summary pro
ccsscs proved Disappointing, mysterious
negot iatione with the representatives
Of the old regime were entered upon
and when such plots were found TO bc
not immediately practicable, the su-
prcmc authority III the Red Guards wa,
invoked 10 prohibit n representative
meeting which Lcuiue and Trotskv bad
hailed rs the eyangcl OF new heaven
and new earth.
Net these are the men in German
( pay or under German influence who
, have been assuming 20 instruct th,
world in democracy and Justice. They
7 have told the United States, Great Brit
. ain and Franco wherein they fell short
Of BROTHERHOOD They have promise,
! everybody bit OF band and no work
Thcr have faithfully repeated every
! German lie aS 10 the origin of the va
| aud the sub iects OF Gcrmanv's eueni"
/ in continuing il.
Everywhere else Gcrrau diplomac,
! has failed. In Russia. working in th'
guisc Of Narxism, it has triumphcd 70
y season by reducing brave peoPI
to lunacy and nupotency aud spreading
in the name Of liberty the poison o
absolUtiSm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

Cong gresham Avian T. Fuller OF
Massachusetts win have the approval
OF people generally, but he may not
have enhanced his popularity in WssA
ingtou bv Introducing bin in the
house OF representatives providing that
mcmbcra' salaries shall bc subject to
the war tax exactly the same as the
incomes Of other individuals. Mr.. Fui-
Ter states thar his bill relates TO what
* called the excess profits tax, watch
levied eight per cent upon the salaries
of individuals in excess OF $4,000. A
congressman or senator. therefore, get
ting - 800 annually, ii an exception
had not been made Of his case, would
have had to pay eight per cent upon
81 500, on $40 a year Mr.. Fuller says:
"'No Congressman who votes war take:
upon the people and then takes ante
himself immunity thcrefrom is Il t.
sit in hog caucus ut the stock yards
and he ought to Toe driven from publi'
| life at once Mr.. Fuller is the on
member of congress who does not &C
| eept any salary from the government
for his services.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
KINDLY KEEP ON KNITTING.
Statement by IL D. Gibson, General
Manager of American Red Cross.

Harvey p. Gibson, general manager
of The American Rcd Cross, authorizes
the following statement;
a great number OF inquiries are be
ing received by the Red Cross from
women kuitters throughout the United
States as 10 whether they should dis
continue knitting.
The Red Cross, therefore desires to
place before the women of this country
its conception Of the knitting situation.
~ * Well known i is the policy OF
the Red Cross 10 supplement, so far as
il has the power, the efforts of the
army and navy in conserving the health
and comfort of our soldiers and sailors,
either III this country or abroad.
Sweaters and other knitted articles
are designed primarily for warmth.
| They certainly are not ornamental.
! Therefore il must follow that when
! there is an almost universal demand on
! the part OF our soldiers ana sailors for
| sweaters aud other knitted articles the
/ demand Is q real one. Such articles,
! Therefore, can only be classed il equip
/ ncnt, supplementary though they may
! be-, 10 that furnished by the army and
navy. Mud they undoubtedly consti
( tutr equipment" that will add greatly
/ 80 the health and comfort of our men
| under conditions generally met witA.
1.-The Red Cross know that the sol
I dies ard sailors want sweaters and 9th
~ Knitted articles. These goods can
! be obtained from the Red Cross in
Jingle garments only upon individual
request; or il in bulk, then upon the re
quest of a commanding officer. How
great tie need l.. i best evidenced lN
;he fact that in addition TO the hun
drcds OF thousands OF knitted articles
produced bv our Red Gross chaptcG
! III the last few monthS We have beer
compelled to purchase 100000 eXtr;
/ sweaters alone to meet the insisten'
demand made upon Us by our men fo'
them. We are SORRY that we had to d,
any purchasing at all because we know
how much the soldiers aud sailors Vi
this country prefer the sweaters IN,
other article, knitted by the women Q,
this country.
1t may be understood further tina
in addition TO the demands Of our arm,
and navy we have urgent demands from
commissions abroad for like article
for destitute civilian populations; men
women and children-who. if not actual
| ~ homeless, are very scantily clad AM
usually without fuel. in this cold wealth
er, 10 warm their houses
1t is hoped that this general state
mcnt will satisfy the women of thi
country who have been devnting al
their possible time to knitting for on
men. We cannot too Stronplv urn
al women who are knitting to llcc1
{ on knitting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
SnoWfIakes Were in the Sky.

VOL that it was very natural for the
the earth,
I'VE want to cover the ground with
snow and We want to go especially at
this season of the year"
'What do you know about seasons?"
asked old King Snow, as he laughed.
"And why do You want to go especial
~ ut this one?"
''You were dreaming the other eve
ming and you talked in your Sleep
said the snoWfiaE"S.
Il did that" asked old King Snow.
Goodness. but that was very careless
And you said" continued the snow
fakes ''that You would certainly have
To have a good sleep for YOU were go
ing Ia give the children and grown-urS
a white Christmas this year"
Did ! explain what white Christ
mas was?' asked old King Snow.
Yes" said the snowflakes. You
| said that Christmas was the happicst
| time of the year and that o very Jolly
! kind old man named Santa Claus went
| around and filed stockings which chill
| drcn hung mp on mantlepeces ard al
| the ends Of beds. You said he carried q
| great pack on his back down all tho
chimneyS and fire escapes. to every
home where there were children.
And Won said that Santa Claus
| grown-ups and children all said i,
| looked more like Christmas when there
| was Snow-and by u white Christmas
| they meant plenty Of US around thu
| ground. So can't we 90 down and Sc,
The excitement? For we are new thi:
| year to the snow world
'lf you're very good-you may 60
said old King Snow and do be good
! for | want to make the ground white
| 5ut if you're naughty I'll have to pun
ish You and not let you fall to tn
| earth"
So the snOWfialleS were very. yer.
good and they all began to fall dow
| and land on The earth. the trees, tE
houses. the window silIs-every plac
imaginable. And they began their tri
on the night before Christmas.
They met Santa Claus and some o
them danced on his great red coat an
sat for a few minutes on his whit
beard and his white eyebrows.
: Hello, snowfiakes. glad to see you,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

said Santa Claus. go you've been
very good, Ell? And King Snow has al
lowed you to be the honored ones TO
give US the white Christmas"
The snowfiakes danced about and
some of them peeped in the windows
and saw great. tall trees being trimmed
by the jolly old man they had met.
They saw stockings being filled SO
full they thought they would burst
How crammed and damned they were
with wonderful things. And they saw
the sleeping children, as they fell down
on the Sills Of the bedroom windows.
When the next morning came and
amidst all the excitement the children
shouted, sob, it's showed during the
night Then how happy the snowfakes
were that they had been good and sc
rewarded by old King Snow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

yoIu parents, relatives, friends. wives
end children. if YOU hate any, aud FOR
the liberty our fathcls won Ia ID"
Revolution. You arc fighting for that
&aa1a freedom. This is a war Of prn-
riplc, not Of conquest. We are acting
only in self-defense and must fight
with all the means and men necessary
for carrying the struggle to a success
ful conclusion. | take it that every
man here would rather die than be
dominated by German autocracy. Aud
when vou 90 over, men, take damn few
prisoners,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
TRY THIS TO DANISH
ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS

People who have been tormented FOR
years-yes- even 50 crippled that they
were unable to help thcmselves-bave
been brought back to robust health
Through the mighty power Of Rheuma.
Rhcuma acts with speed; il brings IN
a few days the relief YOU have prayc ]
for. II antagonizGs the poisohs that
cause agony and pain IN the Joints and
muscles and quickly the torturing sore
Incss completely disappears.
1t is harmless mad inexpensive reni-
cry, but sure and certain, because it is
one discovery that has forced rheuna-
tism and sciatica to yield and disaF'
pear.
Begin the Rheuma treatment today
! and if Won do not get the joyful relief
! you expect, your money will be &c
turned
| Wilfred F. Root always has supply
and guarantees it to you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
FL MDCN'5Gy[N|NQ
I'LL FAIRY TALE
k s. MACY @AuAN BONNER
A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Its pretty chilly" said one of the
snowfakes.
Just the hest kind of weather eh?"
asl.ed old King Snow. III makes my
cold heart feel snug and warm
How can your heart feel snug and
warm when you say Yourself ii is
coll?' asked the snowliakes.
"Ah, that is what you do not under
stand. little snowtlakcS.' said old King
Snow You are very young. You do
not know all things But l viii tell
yen. 70 he sure my heart is cOld-niCc
and cold---iuSt like the winter should
he and my heart is Il winter heart. [
sleep and rest all summcr-exccpt
some of my family who go far, far
north beyond whore people live.
"But my heart can feel snug and
warm because The snow can feel snug
aud warm. Haven't you ever seen chit
,lrcn bury themselves with snow: And
haven't they been warm? That was
because of the corners uf my heart
which are snug and warm. The snow
is not so terribly cold-Oh, nor
The snoWtlakcS were in the sky and
they wanted 10 join a few of their
| friends who had gone down to the
| earth.
I'VE love chilly weather" said the
first little snowflake. Cant we e
! down to the earthf'
| "Now pray tell me what do you want
TO 90 down to the earth for:" asked old
! King Snow. though he know perfect!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

! bawt my krSsmas presents ycstid-
day, being glass thing to put asnes IN
for pop wich hes got allreddy ony
they're not glass, and 6 handkerchins
with all diiTrent initials on for ma. and
Il box Of mullasses candy for my sister
Gladdis, being my faNolitc kind. And
took them home under my oNercoat
and started TO hunt for a good place
t. hide them thinking, On top Of the
medicine chest awt to b. Il good place
And | went mp III the bathroom and
started 10 climb " on the hathtub to
rcctch the top Of tho medicine chest,
wich Jest then ma came running IN.
saving, BeunE, wat on cIth are YOU do
ing up thcre2
Nuthing, jest Standing here, I sed.
| newer herd Of sutth n thing, sed
ma. And she quick rcctchcd up and
took packidgcs off the top Of the
medicine chest ana went out with them.
| me thinking, Gosh CESS il noodcnt
Of bin q good place after all.
| And | went down stairs 70 put them
underneath lot Of things under the
| sect OF the hallrack, Wich jest as | was
! going TO who came III but pop, saving,
I Watts the deer of all this munkeving
| erround? And he rectched III and took
cut ) packages frum under lot Of
| books and things and went up stairs
with them, me thinking. o WE'LL | gnss;
! Ill put them way back under the setting
room softer, And | went up and Glad
dis was setting there recding, and l
kcpp my presents under my coat and
started 10 wait till She went out, and
after vile she Sod, You're serteny ach-
ting siSpiciouSly GROUND here, Benny
Potts. And wat did she do but get W
and rectch under the softer and pnll
a long paclidg" out and walk ont OF
the room with it.
Heck, ! thawt And went DOWN the
seller and put them III corner of tlt
coal bin AMI dumped : shuvvclfulls ot
coal ON top Of them, and now every
time pop goes down to fix the furnace
| folio him to see wich side OF the Goa
bin he takes the coal frun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

ing or its dormitories, or its kitchen
ranges shall Be cold while the institu-
tion owns $4,000 acres Of forest land,
and has at its service brawnv arms 10
cut enough timber to keep the fires
burning. The faculty members and
students, il is right to say, Will be paid
regular wages, by the day or by the
cord, as they may elect. This emer
gcncv force will be housed i'll one OF
the summer hotels on Bread Loaf Noun
tain, and there are hopes that tin
president will permit his workers to
invite the neighbors in of IN evening
Mr.. McAdoo, Nj Hoover. or Mr. Van
derlip could hardly ask Tor anything
better than this i'll the way Of conserve
ton, economy, and thrift
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

Any man or woman og any age in
the active military or naval service al
tiu Emitted State, can obtain govern
mrut insurance. II ha, been ruled that
members ef officers training camps are
under the act and can obtain insurance.
The cost for each Thousand dollars OF
insurance is from sjxty-fve cents Il
month 10 persons at the age Of twenty
one to one dollar aud twenty cents q
month to those of the age Of tiftv.onc.
The bcueicaricS are limited to wire.
husband, child, graudchild, brother on
sister, stcpbrothcr or 9tcpsistcr, adopted
brother or adopted sister OF the insured
as well is parent, grandparcnt, or step
parent either of the insured OF OF his
or her consort. The insurance is not
compulsory. but the cost is low and the
protection great.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb j. a
plain, mattcrof-fact kind Ola man whom
everybody loves. Up at Camp Devens
the other day he told the Connecticut
soldiers: 1t il no picnic you are on;
it is "a mau 5 job. We are fighting for
our lives. And as YOU did your duty
in peace time, 50 l m sure YOU will
perform thi, job thoroughly. Remem-
Der that you are fighting for the safety
Of the United states. for the lives Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

There is one branch OF the nation :
service which doe, a noble work with
out much publicity. Our coast guards
ian 1917 have saved 2l5& lives, ana
kept from destruction ships with ear
.oe, to the value OF many millions of
dollars, but the men who performed
this duty arc.uot hajled Us heroes o,
spotted with decorations. It is expect
cd that an aviation branch viii be add
cd E" the coast guard service after the
war is over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
Poor Evidence,

1.-THE poor little children in Belgium
haven't got any clothes to wear said
Harry, "and we are going TO sell lem
onade to buy them some"
They have. too. got some clothes"
said Mabel, because my Aunt Mary
has picture of tho;u, and they've I'll
got clothes on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18

After positively learning from some
ru" whe has "a cousin in the navy de-
raumyut It Washington that 4 million
American troops are now in France W.
hear positively from another ueighboJ
who has brotlcl in.lnw in the trans
port service that the number is cnlr
2uu.Uup.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
Conservation, Economy and Thrift.
Christian Science Monitor.

tChrIstlan Science Mouitor.1
President John N. Thomas of Middle
bury college, Vermont, has served no
tice upon his faculty and students that
he will be ready, ny on shoulder, te
lead them, during the Christmas vaea
ton, ON wood-chorpinG expedition
There is 4 shortage Of coal in tie bins
Of the college, and President Thoma,
does not propose that its halls Of learn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-18
70 TAE SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim Of the management 20
secure efficient service in the delivery of
tire paper each night. and IL solic!ts the
cooperation uf subscribers to that end
proup; reports should be given Of each
failure 20 receive the paper on the NOM
iuz fplIuWiu. the omission. in person.
bv telephone or postal card thus enabling
tile cause Of the error 10 bc promptly and
accurately discovered and THE proper
remedy immediately applied. II is only
hv this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.