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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

Mr. Phillips colleges
ton decades 1850 The colleges
substantially similar Yale making fe better showing
prove conclusvely the
Harvard Yale left behind
number their numberhat to
therefore, this college which
achievement certainly the thoroy good
country they
tendency slightly with
the during the 80 the graduate who married
college eight About 7s
married roughly But 20 cent of the
chdess This only threefths of the
marriages. therefore,
make the
of their fellows
number Of children capita married gradu
hrank decade decade Takps the entire
the number OF children surviving
whom of the half
roughly that in these 80 classes Har
reprenng high Of
cultivation reasonably high
age four fathers left behind them
three
this ratio continues will that 1o years hence-a
which divides from the Declaration of
college graduates today will
only theetenhs of their
number.
The most ptiabe showing by the of
the older classes of the older
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
EQNffXIC1NSoEaWl66
NOTHING COMPARES WITH LOVE


could visualize myself Margie. that little GIRL
Paula as she n,d told me about the play
the audience for the heroine and would also make friends
writer has make as his first paragraph
act Of the play The Story of Hanna Frankie. wa.
exactly what would expect
little the element of surprise the
The the first prologue
1t is to that the inevitable occurred
Treadway and they have talk Hanna saws she
has been offered splendid professional pianist
g5s s,vs e. asks o her she going
by this time that her life dedicated him and him
Every shows to her rreadway is all in ALL
nave ony mad S myself what am for you dear she says
for myself. sweetheart he answers with great feeling 90"
=, Hanna woman, dear are one of
technique of the piano and added
not only beautiful but
have been selfish with you dear heart
would develop have come to be-
DOssOmed quickly taking You for
my Own Snd mot think na Of yoa Hanna GSy of myself
think could have made myself what
only effort toward that
az you might have married. Hanna many OF
hY s~e na ou me
And when they did Evan dear interrupted Hanna. leaving
ders. do proud give you
That they Wiling make a %
mother of their children did make
But Hanna. do not feel worthy love- dear.
How oft when pressed e, b, marriage said
Love- free as air. at sight of human ties
Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies
Let wealth wealth; let honor await the welded dame.
Fame. wealth. honor what you to lover"
ITO Connued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt Pens Article On Birth Contr

married should additional
$500 income each his first two children add
every subsequent hidfor wish
the vital need of having the third
the fourth the fifth children The and with
small reasonable incomes the who should be
children; class which will
be thrlesness
exemption what
the chdess married COUPLE let
exemptions be for married couples of moderate
children.
There no defying herosm than
that Of the true heroic type walking
into life the babies they
love- and there punishment too heavy for the man who does
he and serves moth
that human And be his highest duty II the
danger is to that she does not face It,
girl for the second time eagerly
bring baby join her first
splendid which land speak
raey her beside the who in their ragged
their gaping shoes followed Washington,
gaunt Confederate who charged with Pickett or any of the
held sinking launch steady while Gushing
topeded the Abemarea which her beside her
brothers the face the German
and Turkish armies
1t would be wicked without thought. expose
yonng the possible stroke OF fate but
them all alike because they face the stroke
of fate. high-hearted. II the need warrants It,
Only those who afraid O fit to live!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

among represented in the next
generation by only 0S6 OF child This that for every
five possible Do these colleges
teach domestic SCIENCE and what 1t that they teach?
The figures the and Yale graduates show
that taking number of children that die before
growing adults that the
Der of marriages where for physical and natural reasonstha Is
implying 10 blame in the parensthere
children only two children is that
the physically children shall
three or the race will slowly decrease in numbers
The remedyG There many remedies all of them partial
The something the state doing In France
the good There
senmentaliy
entitled
mother The regards all obligations to the state
family having third fourth children
public offices grc-e the lowest salaries should
bed to the with no children or only one or two
marked discrimination made favor Of the
woman.wih family of three children In taxation the
immensely heavier the chldess and the
families children while equally heavy dscrm
the family with three children
the inheritance and
possible other speak, usual of the average
not exception
father and mother of three children have done
should emphasize
No reduction should be made in mans taxes merely be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

(Editors Notch October Metropolitan stands
to1y writes customary
"nrth Control Positive Negative, side"
vo1lowing article which copyrigted)
Reforms excellent but there nobody their
somewhat problematcal
1no better citizen must first have the order that
there shall fuller and better life the
that must be actual existence And the
first necessity in bringing the child Alright isto the
child
There recently published STUDY Birth
by Phillips
circulated foolish OF
baked educated
foundy immoral attitude toward life reform
thru birth control"
These people see Submerged tenth" society,"
all the excessive child bearing
evil which brushes the turning into broken
spirited oveworked slatterny drudge and which, therefore
family making difficult the children the
to rise above very low level They do not see that
against which
above the class of the Of those whose v
that brink of the gulf
above this lowest class the real
families whether Of rail-
railroad presidents fishermen bankers,
Yet 1t precisely these people who
really influenced by the birth control" propaganda
this nation vitality negative preaching of
birth control to the submerged tenth and the tenth
adjoining but the positive preaching of birth the
who make the capable American
stock which we wish to see perpetuate ITSELF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
Why a DuStpan?

A broom and a dustpan are generally the first
things purchased by newly married man. Ne
body remembers to make wedding presents OF
these sanitary appliances.
The other day groom returned from his first
trip to market carrying only the broom "No
dustpans," he reported.
So the bride, trained in good housekeeping
after the strictest New England traditions, went
forth in search of dustpan. The nearest gro
ceries were in a cosmopolitan community at the
end Of her street. No dustpans on sale anywhere.
Evidently no demand.
And remembering the 81 assorted varieties Of
dirt in the streets of the neighborhood she unused,
"Why dustpan when door?''
But more serious comment could be made by
the health officer
In the dustpanless section infants die off
faster than elsewhere When an epidemic of in
fantile paralysis or scarlet fever hits the city,
the black-headed pins on the health office map
are always thickest in the section where there
are no dustpans for sale
Evidently door isn't always the best dust
pan.
Then there is the dirty street aspect of it. Take
Pacific avenue or Broadway today, for instance.
How much improved they would be if the store
keepers only would use dustpans and garbage
cans instead of letting their clerks brush the
store refuse out onto the pavement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
E. p. k.
Know Him?

Some we're take off to write editorial
piece P we're moved to make
few informal
Kemmer secretary Of the Tacoma Commercial club He
the publicity publicity for Tacoma not for
differs somewhat from his brethren
works like a mortar a ongshoman exmp
board member Of
president editor That he works hard and almost all the time
the might it,
Kemer isn't advertising Kemmer He is just plugging
the town Any post officer knows him and knows what he is
hpyard prospective spyard locator
tourist this part of the world knows too
whole multitude Of others all other
Of the known world for when Kemmer isn't doing something else he
Is firing letters like machine gum
mrace maesD, he apparently Commercial
secretary himself the employee
WHOLE club Of the WHOLE
there special interest ques with sharpen they hunt
somebody else to turn the grindstone these days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
Cynthia
Grey's
Answers

Dear Miss Grey: Please adj
wise me II cartooning Is good
trade. like it very much and
am planning to make 1t my busi-
ness But would first like to
find out IL it is overcrowded.
w. R.
A.-Because this business re-
quires artistic talent, 1t Is never
overcrowded. Those who have this
talent succeed.
Dear Miss Grey: I was at a
social gathering and was intro
duced to a certain young man.
When we were introduced he
said: II have heard lots about
YOU" What do you think he
really meant, for know he
never heard any harm of me
unless 1t was false. (2) Do you
think 1t is right for some one
always to be suggesting to me
whom / should go with, so long
as l go with nice people?
BUNCH OF DAISIES.
A.-Of course he didn't mean
anythin wrong. He probably in
tended IL as a compliment. Don't
be sensitive. IL brings so much
unhappiness. (2) No.
Dear Miss Grey: My husband
has been good to me all the time
we have been married, but re-
Gently he has become interest
ed In another woman who lives
near us. He works at the same
factory she does and walks
home with her at night. l am
not of a Jealous nature, but
this is too much for me.
WORRIED WIFE.
Airy your lest TO see II you
can't be more attractive to your
husband than this girl is trying 10
be and win back his love.
Dear Miss Gregg My hus-
band wants to 60 away on a
vacation by himself and sug-
geSts that l follow. out the same
plan. He always has been de-
voted to me and has been a good
husband and | am hurt at his
suggestion. Do you suppose he
has stopped caringf WIFE.
A.--W course not. IL IN the
sensible thing for both Of you to
do. 1 think you both will appre-
ciate each other much more for
the separation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
NV Word! What a Noise!

Here is the Londoner's conception of America
as set forth in one Of the newspapers. 1t is sub
mitted without comment
Everybody who has ever been to America
knows that delectable land to be the noisest, most
uproarious and clamorous spot in the whole uni
verse 1t is country Of hustle and hustle and
confusion, asland of sickening thuds, of banging,
street cars and ear-splitting over head railways,
of changing bells and brokers shrieking thru
their noses. If the lynch pin dropped out Of the
cosmic system and the stars came tumbling
about us, they wouldn't hear it In New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

The regular monthly meeting
OF the Tacoma Dahlia society will
be held in the Commercial club
rooms at s p. m. Sunday. All
mem bers are asked to attend, as
plans will be completed, for the
Dahlia show.
Women OF Mooseheart lodge
will meet next Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock at the Moose Temple.
The army post ladies and other
newcomers will find stylish. millin-
cry at Mrs. o. B. Bailey's, 1929
Tacoma ave-, for half the price
others charge. adv.
Tacoma tent No. 2, Maccabees,
will give an entertainment and
dance, also refreshments, in their
hall Tuesday, Sept. IL, to visiting
members, members of No. 2 and
friends.
About so soldiers will be en-.
tertained Sunday afternoon at the
home of Niels Christensen, 4047
East G street, by the Mckinley
Parent-Teacher association and
the Danish Young Peoples society,
which will furnish a program.
Mrs. o. Il. Bailey, 1920 Tacoma
ave., has for many years been max
ing stylish Millinery for Tacoma g
best dressed women at half the
price charged elsewhere. adv.
Lieut.. Melville w. #. Wallace
soL of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wal
lace of Tacoma, who is stationed
with the seth infantry at Chicka-
manga, will be married early in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08
TACOMA THEATER

4 Nights, Starting Sunday, Sept. o
Popular Matinee Wednesday
Americas Oldest and Best Play
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
Complete New Production
All the Great Features
Accumulated
Evenings, S:15--25c to LOO.
"Wednesday matinee, 2:8O--25c,
Soc, 75c.
SEA rs NOW
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

Tho Officers council Of the
Parent-Teacher association met
Friday afternoon with an attend
ance Of so women, Mrs. A. C. Mer-
rill, president, in the chair. Mrs.
Ellis OF Olympia spoke on the new
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

We who must serve in routine ways at home
Are somehow envious of you who go
To fit yourselves for against the foe
Who challenge the world across the foam;
For yours is high adventure you will face
Great moments; you will dare the rumbing guns.
Amid the tumultuous that stuns,
While men lock arms in murderous embrace
You will know wars tremendous heights of glory
You will know wars stupendous depths of pain
You will take part In all the rack and strain
or earth's remaking-y0u will LIVE the story
That we shall only READ. And while we fret
At humdrum tasks that have no thrill at all.
You who have answered to the nations call
VIII do great deeds that shall not forget
You will fight nobly all your hearts afire
With battles exatation flaming high,
And II grim fate DEGREES that you must die
You will have known the death brave men desire.
So we who serve in mine and farm and mart
Wish you god speed" and envy you your part
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

November to Miss Ruth Patterson,
daughter of Mrs. Raymond Pat
terson, at Washington, d. G.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

Edwin Eells of Tacoma and
Miss Eleanor Patrick of Omaha,
Neby were married Wednesday at
the home Of the bride. They will
live at Union Settlement, SIS
East 105th street, New York city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-08

Liberty loan. and plans for worn
for the coming year were dis
cussed.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-07

tell them that 1t was his fault and that
his son had protested in vain against
his design"
"Why didn't you do it7" asked one
Of the reporters.
II couldn't, sir" faltered the old
man. 1T wasn't true. The son there
was to blame"
He sank down in his seat and COW
cred his face with his hands and broke
into dry, horrible sobs. 1t was not easy
for him either, this shifting of response
bility.
"You see," said young Meade. II
guess that settles the matter. Now you
have nothing more to do here"
Nothing" said Rodney at last, mot
In this Office at least. We must wait
for the doctor, but we can do that out
SIDE"
One by one the men filed out, leav-
ing the dead engineer with his son, the
secretary, and the woman in the room.
Bert" said the woman, laying her
hand on his shoulder, "why or how I
feel 1t I cannot tell, but know in my
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-07

the TRUTH" she said. Lying for a
great cause, lying in splendid self-sac-
rifce. You are running yourself for
your fathers name and he is abetting.
Why? 1t can't make any difference to
him now. But it makes great differ
ence to me. Have you thought of that? ?
I'm going to marry you anyway. Only
tell me the truth, Bert. By our love !
ask You. If you want me to keep your
secret I'll do it. But If you won't tell
me I'll get that evidence, I will find
out the truth. and then shall publish
1t to the whole world and then"
"And you would marry me then?''
asked Meade, swept away by this pro-
found pleading.
II will marry you now, instantly, at
any time," answered the girl. "Indeed
you need me. Guilty or innocent, am
yours and you are mine."
':Listen," protested the engineer,
nothing will ever relieve me of the
blame, of the shame, of the disgrace of
this. But am man. have youth
still, and strength and inspiration. I'm
til can hold up my head among men
I am nothing to you and you are free"
There was a finality in his tone
which the woman recognized. She
could as well break It down as batter
stone wall with her naked fist. She
looked at him a long time.
"very WELL" she said at last, "unless
I shall be your wife shall be the wife
of no man. I shall wait confident in
the hope that there is just God, and
that he will point out some way"
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-07
CHAPTER vII.-contInued.

II haven't lost any confidence, sir.
We all make mistakes. made one,
you know, and you took me up"
"It's too late for anybody to take
me up. Men can't make mistakes at
my age. No more of that. We have
still one thing to do, set the boy right
before the world"
''But If I were your son, sir, said
the secretary, rather than see you
ruined / would take the blame on my
self. He can live it down."
"But he is not to blame. On the
contrary, he was right, and was
wrong. Here, Shurtliff, is his own let
ter. You know it; you saw him give
1t to me. You heard the conversation,
and have written out little account
explaining it. stating that made light
of his protests, acknowledging that he
was right and was wrong. taking the
whole blame upon myself. He will be
back here tonight, am sure. intend
ed to give it to him."
"Oh, don't do that, Mr.. Meade"
The telephone bell rang.
"The bridge !" clamored the insistent
bell.
Staggering Almost like a drunken
man, Shurtliff left his place by the
door, reached his thin hand out and
lifted up the tel tphone, its bell vibrat-
ing, 1t seemed, with angry, venomous
persistence thro Ugh the quiet room.
TITS a telea RAM" he whispered.
Eyes, this is Nj. Meade's private Sec
retary. Go on" he answered into the
mouthpiece Of tile telephone.
There was an,ther moment Of ghast-
ly silence while he took the message.
It was typical sf Shurtliffs character
that in spite of the horrible agitation
that filled him. he put the instrument
down carefully on the desk, method
ically hanging up the receiver before
he turned to face the other man. He
spoke deprecatia.gly. No woman could
exceed the tenderness he managed to
infuse into his ordinarily dry, emotion
less voice.
"The bridge Is, in the river, SIR"
"Of course: any more"
"Abbott-and bne hundred and fifty
men with it."
"Oh, my God {" said the old man.
He staggef N forward. Shurtliff
caught him AZ d helped him down into
the big chail before the desk. The
news had beal discounted in his mind,
still some ki Id of hope had fingered
there. Nc:- It was over.
1--WE must ire Martlet." he gasped
out.
'ThS telesl aRh office said the mes
sage wa. adj reused to you and Mart
let, SO tLey lave got the news. SIR
ut wun'S b too late for the last edi.
lions Of thu e"ening papers, either, u
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-07

heart that you are doing this for your
fathers sake, that what you said was
not true. Things you have said to
me"
"Did I ever say anything to you,"
began Meade in fierce alarm, while
Shurtliff started to speak but checked
himself, "to lead you to think that !
suspected any weakness in the bridge?'
The woman was watching him keen
ly and listening to him with every
sense on the alert. Nothing was es-
Gaping her and she detected in his
voice a note of sharp alarm and anx-
iety as If he might have said some
thing which could be used to discredit
his assertion now.
perhaps not in words but in little
things, suggestions" she answered
quietly. Il can't put my hand on any
Of them, can hardly recall anything.
but the impression is there"
Meade smiled miserably at her and
again her searching eyes detected re-
lief in his.
1T Is your affection that makes you
say that" he said, "and as you admit
there is really nothing. What said
just now is true"
1t was much harder to speak the
lie to this clear-eyed woman, who loved
him. than to the reporters. He could
scarcely complete his sentence, and in
the end sought to look away.
"Bertram Meade" said the woman,
putting both her hands upon his shoul-
der, 'look me in the face and tell me
that you have spoken the truth and
that the blame is yours"
Meade tried his best to return her
glance, but those blue eyes plunged
through him like steel blades. He did
not dream in their softness could be
developed such fire. He was speech
less. After a moment he looked away.
He shut his lips firmly. He could not
sustain her glance, but nothing could
make him retract or unsay his words.
II hpve said it." he managed to get
out hoarsely.
Its brave Of you. It's splendid of
you," she said. II won't betray you. ]
don't have to-"
"what do you mean3" asked the
man.
But the woman had now turned to
Shurtliff. In his turn she also seized
him in her emotion and she shook him
almost eagerly.
"You, you know that It is not true.
Speaklr
But she had not the power over the
older man that she had over the young
er. The secretary forced himself to look
at her. He cared nothing for Miss n
lingworth, but he had a passion for
the older Meade that matched hers for
the younger.
"He has told the truth" he cried al
most like q baited animal. mo one Is
going to ruin the reputation Of the
man have served and to whom have
given my life without protest from me.
It's his fanlt, his, his, hist" he cried,
his voice rising with every repetition
Of the pronoun N he pointed at Meade.
Helen nlingworth turned to her Lover
again. She was quieter now.
Fl know that neither Of you Ii tellinG
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-07

I want this letter Of his with mine to
go side by side with the news. There
must not be a moment Of uncertainty
about it."
"Mr. Meade. for Gods sake"
'Don't stop to argue with me now.
Take taxi and get there as quickly as
you can. You are carrying my honor.
and my sons reputation. Co."