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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-19

The Charge d'ATaires OF Russia and
Nine. onou will close their residence
in n street next week and move to
Tranquility Villa, the charming resi-
deBce of 7. Cushing Daniel. in Cathe-
dral Heights, which they have leased
for the summer months. The house
IL near Friendship, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward B. AcLean's beautiful estate.
and Westover, the country home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Glover.
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wyoming VIII speak at tie woman 8
Suffrage headquarters, 1926 Rhode Is
land avenue. Wednesday afternoon Mt
5 o'clock. The Anthony League will
be hostess on this occasion. There
will be music from 4 to o'clock, and
tea will be served.
Mrs. willard X Brownson. wife of
Rear Admiral Browpson, was hostess
at a bridge party yesterday afternoon,
Shorenam Hotel Cards were fol-
lowed by tea.
A quiet wedding will take place
this afternoon at o'clock when Miss
Mildred c. KoIb, daughter Of Mrs.
Anna V. Kolb and the late Joseph A.
kolb, will become the bride of Her
man F. B. Schulze, Of Bridgeport,
Conn.
The marriage will be solemnlzed by
the Rev. Paul A. Mcneil at Concordia
Church. Miss Elsie c. Rupprecht, Of
this city, will be the maid of honor,
and Harvey A W. Klock, Of Pitts
burgh, will act as best man.
Miss Kolb is well known in musical
circles here, having appeared many
times before Washington audiences.
Mr.. Schulze is a graduate Of Yale
University, class of 1915, and Is now
engaged In the manufacturing busi-
ness in Bridgeport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schulze will be at
home after June /, 500 Wood avenue,
Bridgeport, Conn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-19
Spnitualism
The First SuirituaIist Church

LIES CLIMBERS"
Lecture By the pastor, Alfred H. Tern.
Sunday At .. m, followed BY spirit nee
saKes, At Pythian Temple. fol2 sth 81 n W.
Iacond noor. Al Melcoma.
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List Of Box Holders.

The box holders for the recital to be
given by Miss Mabel Garrison. assisted
by Percy Granger. next Friday after
noon, at 4:3O o'clock. for the beneft of
the George Washington memorial. in
clude Mrs. Breckenridge Long. who
has taken two boxes: Mrs. Samuel Z.
winslow. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt. and Col. and
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson. The pa
tronesses for the beneht are Mrs.
Thomas Riley Marshall. Mrs. Robert
Lansing. Mrs. Newton d. Baker. Mrs.
Thomas Watt Gregory. Mrs. Albert
Sidney Burleson, Mrs. David Franklin
Houston. Mrs. william c. RedneId.
Mrs. Champ Clark. Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson. Mrs. Peter GoeIet Gerry, Mrs
Samuel E. Winslow. Mrs. c. c. Nc
Chord. Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs
Breckinridge Long, Mrs. Henry F. Di-
mock. Mrs. Robert N. Thompson, and
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
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legation. will entertain twenty ladies
at supper this evening. The meal
will be served in Persian style and a
number OF Persian dishes will be in
cluded in the menu. Mime. Ali Kuli
was hostess at luncheon yesterday,
entertaining a number OF distinguish
ed guests.
=
William Phelps Emo is entertain
ing house party and has among his
guests Mrs. Joseph Heatwole, OF Min
neapolis. and her daughter. Miss
Elise Archibald. Mrs. Heatwole is the
sister of Mrs. Richard s. Ely. Mr..
Emo will entertain informally at q
tea tomorrow afternoon.
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FRIENDS GIVE FETES
FOR MISS DOUGLAS
Bride-tO-Be Honor Guest at Lunch
con by Bridesmaid.

Miss Edith Lester, who will be
bridesmaid at the marriage OF Miss
Margaret Douglas and Herbert AdRir
next Wednesday evening. entertained
at luncheon today at the Purple Iris
Tea Room, in compliment to Miss
Douglas and the members OF her
bridal party. The guests were Miss
Elizabeth Kingsbury, Miss Maxwell
Church, Miss Grace Overman, Mrs.
Robert Nelson. Miss Abby Orme. and
Mrs. John Buchanan, sister OF the
hostess.
This afternoon Miss Jessie McDon-
aid and Miss Webster, principals OF
the Cathedral School for Girls, will
entertain Informally at tea for Miss
Douglas and her bridesmaids, all of
whom are former pupils at the school.
Mrs. Nelson, who will be matron
OF honor at the wedding, reached
town this morning from her home in
Philadelphia, and IL visiting Miss
Douglas. Miss Overman. daughter of
Senator Lee S. Overman, is staying
with Miss Lester, and Miss Orme,
whose home is in New Orleans. Is the
guest OF Miss Church. Miss Dorothea
Owen, who will also be a member OF
the wedding party. will return TO
town tomorrow or Monday from
Pittsburgh, where she went to be
bridesmaid at the marriage OF Miss
Eleanor Scott, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Scott, and Hepburn
Walker. which took place today.
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Nine. All Kuli, wife Of Mira Ali
Kuli Khan, counselor Of the Persian
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Reformed

CRAHE 18th AND o Sis. n. W.
SANhAO6 HENRY II. RANCK. Pastor.
Sunday school. SEQ. II q. m, 'Prussian-
Ism" D. m, Right Paths -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
BY Elizabeth Jordan.

operations. Her ambition was to
be q Red Cross nurse and 20 to
the front.
Her friends exclaimed over the
strenuousness Of her efforts
"Susan is killing herseif!" they
cried admiringly. "She doesn't
stop her work long enough to eat
or sleep"
At last Susan was subjected to
an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
verbal. She was one Of q large
class. When her turn came the
examiner asked her this question:
What would you do to q pa
tent who was wounded In the alb
domen, II the contents Of the
abdomen were protrudingi"
This Is what Susan said-yes,
these are her very words:
81 would battle the wound In
hot water, and roll the patient on
the iOorl"
Susan will not be q Red Cross
nurse. Her name was stricken
from the records. The explanA-
ton seems to be that 30 per cent
Of Susan's brain was unable to
work.
The next instance would be
amusing II It were not so idiotic.
MAMA" Takes q Stand Against
the State.
A popular young society girl
volunteered for a scientific course
in automobile driving. We Will
call her Miss Blank. She hi 1
car and drove It skillfully, but she
knew nothing about Its engine.
She would have been useless II
her car broke down.
In applying for the scientific
training she, Of course, bound her
self to active service. She was to
respond to the call Of duty at any
time the State needed her.
She finished the course quite
brilliantly. She was & clever girl.
Then, one morning, she received
an Official order to report for duty
with her car. She called up the
head Of her department.
what do / have to do?" she
asked.
"Why, report" was the answer.
"You will get your instructions
when you have done So"
"But l am not sure / can CO."
said Miss Blank. 81 must ask
Mama"
She left the department head
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
One Way to Reduce the
Cost of Living
What the Citizens Of Boston DID to Lower the Price
Done In WAshingtoA.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Experience is valuable teacher but the United States
hasn't had to battle before against the cost Of living the
people bindy feeling their way in all phases Of the
problem The city of Washington however might well take
leaf out of the book of experience which Boston boasts
in handling the milk question
Milk went up In Boston and then milk came down How
did it happeni Here the story Until week ago. the peo
pie of Boston knew kind Of milk and prcetwelve
cents Now the public knows two varieties whole milk at
is in the butter fat and the purchases Of skim milk
which recorded In Boston show how 1t Is to dis
pense with the butter fat
The Boston chamber Of commerce did the trick. One
day when the weather very hot milk wagon with $50
quarts of skim milk stopped In crowded section Of the city
The milk sold at cents quart The wagon stopped
eight corners and sold the entire quantity Before the
day over 700 quarts has been sold section alone
This plan inaugurated by milk dealer of prominence
the suggestion Of the Boston chamber of
operating with the Boston Womens City Club and the BOs
ton committee public safety. experiment that
promptly reduced the cost of living for the price OF whole
milk came tumbling down The Boston board of healths
decree that the milk must be sold in bottles instead of by
pouring into jars and containers later increased the selling
cost so the Boston dealers finally able to sell skim milk
at quartz reasonable price considering the
thirteen and fourteen cent averages that were being at
tanned.
Although skim milk is not the right food for babies
aged folks because lacks fat it nevertheless wholesome
for its protein and and the fat for which the
public pays high price in whole milk be obtained by
other foods Boston has found the plan successful Milk
dealers have put skim milk their supply wagons The
poor are using substitute and at the time the
cost of whole milk is being gradually reduced through the
decreased demand Washingon milk dealers ought to give
the plan try.
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THE SOLDIER,
By JAMES L. FIl1DALE.

See the soldier There he goes swinging along
ahead Of u.s. Not much to look at say you; face and
hands tanned to the shade Of his brown khaki hat string
hanging behind head and carefree insolent kind Of
aunt as he numbers his way through the street crowds
But see something in the fellow that makes me
want to take off my hat to him.
In the first place he has passed examination BY
Uncle Sam This Is something In his favor, to begin
with for our Uncle Is easy man TO please In these
DAYS. The rejects are numerous
man must be q good animal sound In limb In
heart lungs, hearing, eyedght, and general makeup
The degenerate or one with principles very far awTy
Is sure to meet with tell tale failure in these
smnations and the Government acceptance Of man Is
pretty good certificate Of character But It is not for
this that like the soldier ahead Of Us.
He Is well set-up sort Of chap, and seems to have
training This Is shown In his rhythmic swing he
walks. Also he stand up straight When he stops
he Is able to stand still like rock lounging, no
fumbng with hands and no ndgeting from foot to
another He has poise. BE has himself under control
But It Is not this that makes want to take OF my hat
to this soldier lad It Is bigger thng-amost the big
gest thing there Is.
See that solder7 he stands for his country for you
and me- he knows discipline he stands ready at quick
notice to come to stay to goto the end Of the earth
his country calls. Is It to guard bridge? Hes there
Dig trenches7 All the to him. Is It to man ths
trenches or TO 60 the firing line? Ready. he goes
where and when he Is needed.
Ills not to reason why
He Is soldier. Doing his bit" has become .
classic Danger means nothing to him; It's all In the
davis work he Is the worlds true optmist some Of the
Others might not come back but III be sure to come
back See the soldier? Perhaps he, too has mother
wife or sweetheart "even as you and l." What mat
ters Hes q soldier
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09

TODAY, in the mechanical
world, 20 per cent Of en-
ergy is wasted.
That is, Of one hundred pounds
Of coal put into an engine only
sixty pounds are effective in run
ming that engine. The rest Of the
coal-almost half Of it-repre-
sents pure waste.
Great minds are trying to find
ways to prevent this waste. It is
one Of the big problems Of the
working world. When they have
solved it they should turn their
attention to the equal percentage
Of waste in human energy.
To q degree, they have done this
with trained workers. They should
now try to get more and better
results from the energy Of volun-
teer workers. They should also
try to supply balance wheels
where these are necessary.
The Willing But Often Bewil-
dered Amateur.
Looking around US, we see hu-
man beings scurrying about like
ants on an ant hill. They are
amateur workers. They are rush
ing In all directions. Their hearts
are burning with zeal. They wear
expressions Of grim determination.
They pant from the violence Of
their exertions.
More than half Of them are ac-
complaining something. Many are
accomplishing much. What the
rest are doing, beyond wearing
themselves out, we do not know.
The chances are that they do
not know, either. Their work IL
wholly inefficient. They don't
know how to do II. They have no
Eystem, no balance wheel.
In the past week three instances
Of driving inefficiency have come
To my attention. As 1t happened,
they were supplied by women
but that means nothing. Equally
startling examples Of ineffciency
are daily supplied by men, and we
are reading about them in the
newspapers.
The Nurse Who Would Q Red
Cross" Be.
The first Of these women went
in for Red Cross work. She took
a severe course of training. At
night she read ana studied. She
haunted the ,.osDitals and watched
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gurgling at the other end Of the
telephone, and consulted her
mother.
what do they want you fOr!"
demanded that lady.
81 don't know. They win tell
me later" A memory shot
through the girls mind. ats
duty" size said. ats service"
81 never heard anything 80 alb
surd In my lifel" exclaimed her
mother. "The idea Of sending you
Of on q wild goose chase! And
they may want you to do that sort
Of thing often. Just call them up
and say 1t isn't convenient for you
10 60. That's the best way out Of
It'll"
And that Is precisely what Miss
Blank did. Tho State had given
her 100 per cent Of efficiency. But
it was all wasted, for she was
promptly dropped from the list.
The point Is, Of course, that the
mother and daughter should have
foreseen the possibilities In the
States demand for service. II
they could not render this service
the daughter should not have
taken the States special training.
The Strange Story Of the Lady
and the PastebOard Box.
The last, and best, Of the three
instances II this:
A very well known and wealthy
woman II at the head of one Of our
new war charities.
One day last week she went to a
friends house to play bridge, at
q party for the benefit Of q sister
charity.
Under her arm she carried q
shabby pastebOard box. 1t looked
like shoe box. She dropped it on
the settle in her friends hall, and
joined the other guests in the
living room.
During thu afternoon the hos
tess, who was no. playing bridge
with her guests, passed through
the hall. She saw the shabby box
on the settle and frowned. She
thought one Of her servants had
left It there.
She raised the lid and looked
into the box. 1t was full of torn
envelopes. She seized it and
started toward the kitchen.
Her purpose was to throw the
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Elizabeth Jordan Writes on Balance Wheels for Amateurs

box into the chute which carried
rubbish down to the incinerator
in the big apartment building in
which she lived.
On the way her telephone bell
rang. She answered it, dropping
the box on the settle as she hur-
ried back to the instrument. The
telephone conversation diverted
her mind. She forgot the box, and
it remained on the settle.
Then Came an Appalling RevelA-
toni
When the guests had said their
"good-bys," and were out In the
hall. waiting for the elevator, the
woman who had brought the PASTE
board box hurried back TO the door
and rang the bell, looking red and
excited.
HAS anyone seen anything Of .
pastsboard boxi" she asked the
hostess, when that lady appeared.
~ think l brought It In when I
came. Or maybe l left 1t in my
car. / can't remember"
The hostess picked up the box
from the settle.
as this it," she asked.
The guest uttered a sigh Of re-
lief.
"Oh, yesl" she said. Thank
goodnessI was frightsned for a
moment" she added a. she took
the box. "You see, came right
from my Office, and l brought the
days mail with me. It holds all
our donations. That box" she
ended proudly, contains more
than five thousand dollars!"
A Problem the Hostess POnders
Over.
Since then that hostess has lain
awake nights, wondering how she
would have replaced that five thou
sand dollars If she had thrown the
pasteboard box into the chute.
The woman who left the box is
one of the most indefatigable
workers in the city. One wonders
if a good deal of her energy isn't
wasted. And she certainly lacks a
balance wheel!
However, these and other ANA
teurs are getting a fairly stiff
training every day. And the great
majority of them are willing and
able to develop
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-09
Elephants Can't Climb Trees
And Farmers Can't Market Their Stuff Easily Under Private
Ownership of Railroads

We have all kinds Of food organizations Government
agencies wemeanng people Of fifty varieties asking
Us to help the food problem.
They write US, 1.-The Virginia farmer give away
his stuff and the man in the city can't get it. Won't you do
something's"
Yes we shall do something.
We shall tell the people that distribution should be
matter Of PUBLIC ownership and public SERVICE not mat
ter Of private ownership and private profit
OF fruit and vegetables rot the ground and
children In the city lack green vegetables and fruit man
produces and can't SELL another has money and can
buy within his means-and the Is that we have
solved the problem of PRODUCTION and God knows the
CONTINUED a Bottom Last Column
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Let the Government own the railroads which are the
veins and arteries of the nation private individual
his veins and arteries and the food will be supplied the
nation by those that provide in abundance strength
supplied to the body through the blood
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See the Soldier
He Is a MAN and That Covers the Ground. Good
Description.
Description.

Our friend, Mr. Hayes N the War Department, inter.
ssed everything that rejects honor upon the soldier and
makes the people understand the country defender sends
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Elephants Can't Climb Trees
Continued from First Column.)

very rich have solved the problem Of ACCUMULATION
But has troubled to solve the problem Of DISTRBU
TON.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-29
PRICES JUMP
 IN PAST YEAR
"A SSOCiatel prfSSN

tASSOClated IGtSSj
 WASHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 24.- The government bureau of labor and statistics today issued bulletin showing that the general advances of food prices during the past year have avera ged more than thirty per cent over the prices of 1914, and this, combined with the advance of 1916 of sixteen per cent, makes a total advance of over forty-seVen per cent during the last two years. In 1915 there was drop of six per cent, but this drop is included in the total advances noted.
 Reasons given for the abnormal advances are the great increases in demands of local markets from for eign sources and to certain extent the manipulatiOns of food specula- tors. Most of the increase is said to be from legitimate causes.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-29
FEW YORK PUTS
 SUGAR ON BASE
 OF WAR RATION
lAsSociated presSD

t.ASSptluIcil l LtSS)
 NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The great est American city today was forced to go on war rations in sugar, The local retailers, acting in concert. put into effect ruling limiting the sale of sugar to small amounts, running from two to five pounds for each customer. The prices range from ten to eleven cents, but hundreds of hore patriotic dealers are charging only a nominal profit over their to- tal cost
 No person may purchase over five pounds, and only heads of large families may secure this amount. Other amounts range down to two pounds, depending upon the number Of people to be supplied from the purchase An accurate check is be ing kept on the sales and no repeat orders are being taken, Restaur- ants have almost universally adopted he allowance system, and only one limited portion is allowed with each order.
 There seems to be no indication of any relief from the famine from any source The entire country is feeling to a great extent the short age, and it is believed that many of the larger cities will be forced to go on war sugar rations in a short time. Up to the present time there have been no reports of sugar spec ulation.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-29
LIBERTY DAY CLOSES WITH
 BIG PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION

.o- wears concealed in d -arh D. ma.
 ..uls.c ,mr.,aag which when .-t .-u. disclosed a monster Q. such
 ~.sa.u des.-u ina. millions ha'. given their ula blood 10 stay ifs .oar-.. and n It's wake there les
 a ute. destruction al Una, was l..r .o a~ and architecture.
 I mood no, recount 10 you in. horrors ns tha r.-. a..a years. bu- to-day ,ou anl ! ar. called upon to do what duty demands of Us. If
 d high calling. this. We did no. expect u. bu, even SD We must none hc l,ss respond.
 Patriotism aaI Liberty" wa- the .ubt,s, assigned Leroy Tozjor, and m h.s eloquent. Ia.mtabIc mann"@ he made -pl.udli and tmpas-.onod plea that everyone do his "bt1 in the purchase Of Liberty Bonds H. -pofly right from the shoulder in his condemnation Of anyone who at thts date had rhc t.mrrty 10 say th-t |~Amoroa had no right in the wa That inc United states did not go 1 into the war until she wa forced. '4.r .ow that Sl. Was in. it Was the auty Of every man woman and child 10 de his bes. 10 bring Americas narf m r ra slccassful termin&- ,soa. The speaker mentioned an incl den, which had been related to him of the part even school children were taking in the purchase of Ltb- erty bonds. At the opening of school yesterday Mis- Keenan called the school children together and asked how many had bought Bonds I'm mediateIy eleven hands went up 1 The principal asked how many more intended buying and one more hand went up. Miss Keenan asked fit Was no, possible to make a bakers doz en. and then fl was found that thu number had sweUed to twenty. Twen- ty Liberty Bonds purchased b. schooI children, Mr Tozier reused the audience asain and again to the greatest enthusiasm. and finish. ed his speech amid thunderoos ap- I o1ause.
 The band did splendid work, bring line the audience up standing, shout ing and waving during their medley |or American airs.
 Al the conclusion of the program 1 Chairman CIegg announced that a collection for the benefit of the Red ] Cross would be taken at the door as he audience passed out. The money was collected by Mrs. John A. Davis and Miss Helen Crisweu, who looked charming in the attire Of Red Cross Nurses. This collection netted the Red Cross fund $1S2
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-29

cer who brought the British liner Appam into Hampton Roads after she had been captured by the famous German raider Moewe off the Azores, was one of the prisoners who es- caped last night from the stockade at that point. IL is almost two years ago that the Appam was brought into Hampton Roads almost under the very guns of the allied fleets patrolling the Atlantic, by Lieutenant Berg, whose exploit made him ia nous over two continents.
 Early this morning bloodhound were put on the trail of the escaped prisoners and followed it for sey- eral hours, but finally were baffled when the refugees took to a creek and waded it. No trace of the trail could be located on either side of the stream for miles