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The Washington times., 1917-07-30
Prices UP In AmeriCa-D
In England
DOWN

We have good food commissions and very HIGH FOOD
PRICES.
How much you paying for meat? Do you get any
really GOOD meat for eighteen cents pound?
Has anybody promised to let you have good meat soon
for FIFTEEN cents pound? We guess not
Did you read the little cable dispatch sent by the Asso
ciated Press from London? Over there certain Lord
Rhondda is the Food Controller"
The cable announced that he had reduced the price OF
bread quarter Beginning in September the price OF
meat will be eighteen dollars and fifty cents hundred
weignt-eghteen cents and half pound, and further
reduced each month January when the maximum Is to
be fifteen dollars hundred fifteen cents pound.
you eat mutton you pay thirty cents for it, more
If you eat beef you pay still more.
We are unable to advise you that you will soon be pay
ing less Checked by horror of gambling we cannot
offer better suggestion, but THINK that in January
you will be paying more
It may comfort you to know that the English will be
paying fifteen cents pound for meat soon, and may in
terest you to ask yourself in the language of comic
artist Chow Do They Do It?"
When you consider that building ships as fast as
we carry food and bullets to England and when you
read in the papers constantly that should not complain
because duty to feed aesand then when you
read that England our biggest ally-under very GOOD
managemens getting meat for something less than half
you pay for here you intensely delighted to know
how good conditions are over there, and puzzled.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30

That day she lives on tea and
toast. Her reward is great. The
next morning the new scale shows
that she has lost two pounds. She
becomes arrogant.
ANY one can reduce weight"
she tells her friends. "lt's merely
a question of will-power.
She is very hungry the second
day, SO she INDUCES in light des-
sert, a very light one. The next
morning she has regained a pound
and a half! She gets off the scale
with a gasp of horror. She will
live on milk and vichy-nothing
else. That, she has been told, is
the sole treatment of doctor who
is very successful in reducing the
weight of his patients.
On the milk and vichy diet she
loses a pound and a half the first
day, and half a pound the second
day. She gains a pound and half
the third day. That was because
she was hungry and ate a real
meal.
She continues the diet. At the
end of week, after days of alter
nate hope and despair, she has lost
one pound. She is not feeling well.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30

She steps on the scale alertly.
Now she will see how much there
is in all this nonsense! She puts
the weights at hundred and fifty
but nothing happens.
She moves the recorder, slowly
and grudgingly. She used to
weigh a hundred and forty-two.
Probably she's just a little over
one hundred and fifty now. She
pushes the iron tongue along
along-along-
She has been smiling, but the
smile is wiped off her face. She
turns little pale. There's a queer
feeling of oppression on her chest.
One-fifty-four; one-sixty; one
sixty-two; one-sixty-five-
The scales must be wrong. OF
course the scale is wrong! The
men probably got it out of order
when they were bringing it up
stairs!
She gets off the scale and ex-
amines it. Its balance is perfect.
In her heart she has known that it
was not out Of order.
All right then. Her jaw sets.
She gets back on the scale. She'll
let it go as far as it likes and
stop when it likes!
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
Would You Like to
Change Husbands
Once-OUers

COpynEh hsrnHuoua News
married becoming dissatisfied with
wish husband earning money and could give
thoughts drifting
In lie onE
thinking might you
another one
husband doinE all
he make there change in
strained dissatishedAnd married
Is robbed Of Is 10y
wife think what might
You made choice promise.
How do but the OF whom envou
wishing with because Of the real
worth which they husband?
The disgrace unwisely
and will husband
tbs bGSt II thu truth
The Washington times., 1917-07-30

interrupts at this
point.
"She's getting
positively gross"
this friend tells
Mary. "She's be-
coming an OBJ.
structor of traf-
fcl If she could
see herself as
others see
her.
Mary buys a
scale. 1t is a pref
ty, white scale,
and it fits nicely
into the corner
of her bathroom.
There is nothing
about it to sug-
gest that it is to
be the permanent
d e troyer of
Mary's peace of
mind; but that is
what it becomes.
The next morn
ing Mary weighs
herself - after
her bath and be-
fore breakfast.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
Insulting Americans With Ger
man Blood


The American who happens have German blood in his
veinsRoosevet has of it's asked in some myster
way to ''prove that he is good American"
He must sign statement that he loves his country. Or
with others having German blood gather in meetings
sing 1.-THE StarSpangled Banner and declare that they
do intend beray the country in which they born
There will be German Spies of course, betrayng
secrets fOr love of Germany They will be shot they
caught.
There will also be pure blooded American spies with
German blood in their veins berayng American secrets
FOR LOVE OF MONEY. A number of these have recently
from Sweden. They also will be shot they
caught
cuted English and French spies quite often as German
spies. Here in America we need to watch for American
spies without any German blood well for spies with
German bloodahough the latter MAY be more numerous
The stupidity of asking millions of webehaved loyal
American citizens of German blood to PROVE their patriot
ism, is not easy to describe.
We call to the attention of professional patriots certain
facts suggested by our reader Mr. Walter Lngenfeder
Mr. Lngenfeder born in this country represents several
generations of Amercans-hs people here two hun
dred years ago. No wonder it annoys him to prove his
loyalty
First important if rue-Mr. Roosevelt distributes this
information:
az am partly of German descent, although I
have much more Scotch and Dutch blood in me than
have German or English or French
Would you refuse to let Roosevelt enter the army,
ask the President to bring his back from France be-
they have this German blood in their veins?
The who controls the troops the water is
General Pershing Next in command to him is General 81
bert General Sbert German American in command of
the American camp and all the American soldiers train
ing back of the trenches in France Do you think he ought
say: 81 good American and will take my oath to it?
Do you think there is danger of his berayng his
try because he has German blood in his veins?
You read of him in Sundays cable dispatch sitting in
tree top watching the fighting bombs exploding within 200
yards of him
General Kuhn head of the United States War College,
is removed from Germany by only generation Does
anybody suspect him. Admiral Winerhalter who is of
German descent and second in command in the United States
Navy?
Common sense in America will answer "yes'' to this
question in letter that received from Mr. Lngenfelder
In all fairness is it not about time, in the face
of the world crisis that this cosmopolitan nation is
facing, for public and the press to little 9
common sense in laying down tests of Americanism,
and to cease their efforts to engender and inhame
divisions and race hatred in this country where
nothing of the kind has any right to exist and where
the solid cooperation of all elements of American
citizenship is imperatvely needed to win this war
against Prussian autocracy2
The Washington times., 1917-07-30

It stops at one
hund Dire d and
seventy &c j g h t
pou-.ds!
Back in her
bedroom, think
ing over the cpl
sode, Mary has
a bad quarter Of
an hour. The
revelation is a
shock. 1t is a big
shock. But after
the first force of
it has worn off,
Mary begins to
think.
As she thinks
she cheers up.
The remedy is
sim pie. She'll
take off h a t
surplus flesh!
That's what she
will do! She will
take il of. She
will diet. She
knows all about
dieting. All that
is needed is will
nntrrnr
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
From Your Point of View,
Mr.. Reader

The Sunday Evening Times is your Sum
day paper.
You CAN read it all through and you
WILL read it all through
The Sunday Evening Times is not pre-
pared early Saturday evening to get out a
mass of reading matter that you haven't
time or inclination to digest on Sunday morn
ing.
The Sunday Times is written, printed, and
published with the latest news.
1t is the paper that you read in the even
ing on Sunday, after you have been to
church, driven your automobile, taken your
exercise, and enjoyed the ounlight.
For you, Mr. Reader, there is in The Sum
day Evening Times all the news that you
want, and features for an entire evenings
reading.
For you Mrs Reader there is the news
writing by the most intelligent women of the
country and the very latest bargains of the
stores
The merchants on Sunday morning can
see the bargains that each of their competi-
tors has offered, and on Sunday evening in
THE TIMES they can DO A LITTLE BET
TER.
When you read the advertisements in The
Sunday Evening Times, you get the Uery
latest and best bargains.
For the children, there are the amusing pic
lures, the best of comics And very often
the father takes his child to the comic page
as he used to take him to the circus because
father wanted to see the circus himself
The Sunday Evening Times at two cents,
is THE Sunday newspaper of Washington.
IF growth Interests you, WATCH 1T
GROW, and recall this prediction. The Sum
day Evening Times circulation will equal
that of ALL the Washington Sunday morn
ing newspapers combined.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
Elizabeth Jordan Writes on Dieting

The members Of her family have
learned to let her severely alone.
The milk and vichy treatment
being too slow in results, she
changes to hot water and certain
bread that contains all the essen
tials of nourishment." 1t contains
nothing palatable, however. Her
dreams are haunt-d by banquet
scenes.
By this time she Is so irritable
that her family tervently advises
against further dieting. Mary, fat,
Is sad to look upon; but Mary in her
new role Of the household crouch
is unpleasant to have around.
The cook tempts her with straw
berry short-cake made exactly as
Mary likes it. Mary eats two
pieces, and regains the two pounds
she had lost on the bread and hot
water diet of the past week.
In rapid succession she tries all
the methods. She lives on butter
milk-and gains. She lives on
spinach, loses two pounds and falls
i'll. She drinks lemon juice-too
much of it-and is i'll again. All
the time she Is verv cross. She
talks of NOTHING but flesh reduc-
ton. Her friends are bored.
"I'm losing a great deal" she
assures them. Haven't you no
ticed it,"
They never have noticed it. But
they have noticed how changed
her disposition is, and they tell
her so.
At the end of a month she has
lost eight pounds. But she is so
run down" that the doctor pre-
scribes nourishing food as the first
essential Of upbuilding.
On this, in a fortnight, she re-
gains five pounds.
The Secret of Reduction In
q Nutshell.
Then, in desperation, she seeks
the sanest woman she knows-a
woman who has been stout and is
now thin.
"What can I do?" she asks.
"Skip all the agonies. I've gone
through them. Just give me the
whole reduction problem in a nut
she'll"
"Then here it is" said the sane
woman. "You are the type who
was born to be stout. There's
only one way to escape your fate.
Go without everything you like
not for q few DAYS or a few weeks,
but for six months. Make up your
mind to it-then do it.
"Never eat enough to satisfy
your appetite. Never rest long
enough to satisfy your fatigue.
Never sleep long enough to salts
fy your desire-that is, never over
sleep.
Eat a variety of food, but eat
just as little as you can live on
and keep well on.
"No desserts; no bread and but
ter; no potatoes; no water with
meals. Exercise all you can.
Never sleep in the daytime. Never
lounge 1t takes tremendous
self-control, but it gets results"
1t does. On that SIS EN-, Mary
is losing eight pounds a month.
But she wears the look Of one who
Is missing something in life.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30

IT HE stout woman rarely re-
allies that she is getting
stout. If she did, much
would be spared her. AS it is, it
takes a rude shock to open her
mind to the truth.
The shock usually comes through
the careless words of friend.
"Why, Mary, how stout you're
getting!" she cries. "You must
have gained twenty pounds"
Mary looks and feels extremely
annoyed. In her heart she is not
wholly surprised. That is her
tacit admission of the truth of her
friends words. She realizes now
that she is too stout. She knows
that she has been inwardly worry
ing about this for months. She
has seen her weight increase, and
has foolishly hoped no one else saw
it. But she hastens to deny the
accusation.
ooh, no, I'm not" she says posi-
tivelv. Then under the look of
shocked disapproval in the others
eyes, she qualities. "Well, perhaps
I've gained little" she grudg-
inply admits.
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
A Scale in the Bathroom Is the
First Essential.

She is so very serious that Mary
is impressed. Perhaps she would
better buy a scale, she reflects.
Then she will know if she really
is
The chances are that she for
gets the scale. She wishes to for
get it, and her memory is accom-
modating.
There begins what she can onl-
describe to herself as "a conspir-
acy" among her friends. Wherever
she goes, whomever she meets,
sooner or later the conversation
turns on flesh reduction.
The subject seems to fascinate
her friends. And the burden of
their talk is the sad case Of some
one, formerly attractive, who grew
too stout.
"My dear, she's a mountain"
they tell Mary. "She's getting SO
she can't walk. It's a pity, for she
was so pretty. How an attractive
woman can let herself"-
Some friend with a larger vo-
cabuIarv khRP the last speaker
The Washington times., 1917-07-30
It's Usually a Loving Friend
Who Puts One Wise.

What happens next depends on
the friend. If she is a tactful per-
son she will let the subject drop.
II she is an earnest soul who be-
lieves that she has a duty to per-
form, she will proceed to perform
that duty. In the latter case,
"Have you weighed yourself
lately?" she will sternly demand.
Moo" admits her victim. 81
that is-well, you know, clothes
make such a difference from one
time to another. It's impossible
to tell"-
But now the friend has her cue.
She shakes her head sadly.
my dear" she says seriously,
"if you're wise you'll go right out
and buy a good scale. Then put it
in your bathroom and weigh your
self every morning of your life.
That's the only wav you can intel
igently reduce"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CONFERENCE OPENED.

LONG BEACH, L. +. May 2s.--
Representative men Of all shades
o. opinion assembled here today TO
discuss the foreign affairs Of the
United States Tie convention was
called for the purpose OF developing
unrestricted debate on all phases OF
cur international problems, and In
teresting ali Americans in them.
Some OF the scheduled speakers
are Charles Z. Hughes, Henry w.
Morgenthau, former ambassador
10 Turkey. William H. Taft, Nicho-
las Murray Butler. president OF
Columbia university. Samuel Com
pers. cambridge Colhg. the prU-
gressive leader, Walter Fisher.
former secretary OF the interior,
John Bassett Moore, former state
department counsellor and Albert
Shaw, magazine editor.
Open diplomacy, American prob
lens in the Caribbean, labor. the
far east and the United States fu-
ture relations with Latin America
are among the topics under dis
CT ssion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
EVEN ARMY DOESN'T
LOVE A FAT MA.

DALLAS. Texas, MAY 2s Even
the army doesn't love Tat man,
r D, Dohbe -. of Corsscaua.
weighs Just 2s5 pounds. He applied
Cor enlistment in The army IN Wa
60 and was rejected because he
weighed 10e pounds too much Not
satisfied with this rejection. Dobbs
obtained recommendations from
prominent officials and residents Of
his home community and forwarded
them TO Representative Hardy at
Washington.
IT can't be done, declared the
captain at the recruiting station af-
ter he Had heard from the war de-
partment. A man as heavy as be
would lind much difficulty in fol-
lowing the marching regulations OF
the army.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
Obligation Iron Eyer, ono

" aiie there s much for IN" yoBng.
er man to do. let 1t not be forgotten
that there is much for others to 90.
The prayers Of mothers and the ad :
vice of fathers have been an import
ant part Ia the battles Of history. If
We are TOO old or 500 young 70 10 SO
the war. Iet as not forget that there
lis an inereaeed obligation resting up
on as to perform tie services phIeh
our aaialer boys would perform had
they not been called to foreign laade
aud foreign claims Tor our common
good
II x9u have rot 3 hey to send 10
the war. then bus a Liberty bond #
your nelghbor sends Two boys 20 The
war, then you ought TO buy tao LIB
eFsy bonds. If you can not buy q
bond. then render some free service
to your Heighbor whose boya via
shoulder sbe musket In defense Of the
country, it is net SO much a qaes-
ton OF bow noeh yeu sife OF what
yoa DO bur IL Is MOTE o question Of
whether sou have done youg best,
Not until yoUF conscience tells you
that geA have made egefy sseritlos
which you can iiprd to make e ypns
duty 70 your country performed
] trust that the people OF Texa.
aill observe the 5th OF Jape with all
the reverence and respect which tic
Soiemnlty Of the day siEnifieg. Let
the heart Of our state Oh this day
thsub ss II has never tnIoboed, let us
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
TARRANT COUNTY WOMEN
STIDY FoOD CONSERVATION

FORT WORTH, Texas. Nay es ~
Women OF Tarrant county starting
TODAY ars To receive q saTies Oh in
struetfcns along tire lines OF food
conservation ard preservation, which
they never before have lad the op-
nortu1ity OF receiving. IN the belief
OF tlloae who have worked with and
heard Mrs. Cora Melton Cross, WHO
Will be in charge Of the e1asss.
The instruction is TO be given free
OF charge. the Chamber Of Commerce
here paving all expenses incident TO
the course. Housewives attending,
therefore. will do SO Of their own
interest in the matter ana with q
desire to really learn something use
full.
Before long II III belieFed here.
communities and towns throughout
the county will be completely or
ganized in the united effort Of food
conservation. School eenters have
been visited and organized By work
ers for the movement.
II Is planned TO first organize the
school centers, then to organize the
school districts. and for the districts
to then lit themselves to take the
work into the home OF the housewife.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
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lay aside the cares Of the dag. and as
one people under one flag ard orr
God turn out and thus express our
loyalty as we haye never expressed IL
before.
/ appeal 10 the citizenship ef Texss
to observe this dag. in deed and IN
spirit, and with the memory Of our
gallant forefathees reminding us. and
with the love Of our aothQrs insnig-
3Hg us, and with the emblem q oar
Tag leading Ill, ard with tire rieht
Of cur eapse eonsoaifsg Us. we will
take our stand u9eon The watehteweEs
If freedom ard welcome tho contest
Done a the city Of Austin this 9th
day of Max. A. p. 1871.
JAMES f. FERGUSON.
Governor OF Texas.
81 the Goyeraor
6 j BARTLETT.
Secretary Of State
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
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TRENCH TALES.

. LONDON, May Is. --Liemtal1-
. ant Rudimir Rrodiseh. d Ser
. hlan. who suffered six pune
= lures from enc burst of shrap-
= rel Iii the Canadian attack on
. Nimy ridge. tells the story Of :
= Tommy Hays. his heroic bat
. man or servant,
. Eve were in the second
= wave, Broaiseh. former mem !
= Der OF the Royal Northwest
= mounted police. said We
= reached the first objective and
= vent right through our first
. wave which WAS collecting pTls-
. oners. / saw Hays Just behind
= me, where he believed a good
q bat-man should be. A minute
. later | looked back and saw his
= face break out With red a bull
q let had shattered his lower jaw I
. told him to 20 back but he
= wagged his head and stuck. I
= shrapnel shattered my steel
= helmet and drove bits Of It in
= TO nae. Just then Hays began
= TO droop. Blood poured from
= his jaw. His blood streansd Z
= down my tunie as | carried him I
= back to the dressing station on
= my shoulder. Hes brave sol !
= der I
8 I