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The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

world at large. President Wilson is
said to sympathize with the general
movement. although it is not known
that he has at any time approved any
specific plan.
Members of the Senate and House
banking committees would have taken
up bills along this line long ago IL
they had been fully convinced that
such legislation could properly be
shaped at this time. The majority be-
lief is that the question can well wait
for settlement, and that while it has
potential possibilities there are sides
yet to be developed which Congress
must inform itself on. il it wants to
deal with the question comprehensively
and with the end in view of preserving
the soundness and solidarity Of our
financial system.
Hearings may start soon after the
December session begins. but they will
be only for preliminary discussion of
the subject There is a strong prob
ability that nothing will be done until
President Wilson has himself had
time to go into the matter and to sug-
gest such legislation as he believes
will most efficiently meet the nations
needs
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
A Message of Democracy.

Wilkes-Barre Pa, Oct s.-Bankers and busi-
nessmen engaged in getting, liberty loan head
quarters in readiness for the formal opening
given a surprise yesterday when Mrs Mary
Berger, who was engaged in scrubbing the floors
stopped work long enough to declare that she
wanted the first bond sold
To show that she in earnest she produced
ten $40 bills from an old wallet and handed
them to a member of the committee She was
assured that the first bond would go to her.
In itself the above dispatch is an editorial 1t i:
tangible evidence of the wide-sweeping democratic
appeal of the liberty loan Buried beneath glarngly
headned story telling of the purchase of millions o
dollars worth of bonds it stands out no less significant
because it shows the other extreme
1t is human argument put to us all
BUY A LIBERTY BOND.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
The First Baby and the Young Mother.

This combinaton-the first baby and the young
mother-6ls more tiny caskets and keeps more white
hearses busy than any other That more than any
thing else makes being baby the riskiest job on
earth.
The first baby born has the poorest chance of v-
ing. II is several times risky than being the
second, third or fourth These facts were disclosed
by recent study of infant welfare in Manchester,
N H
The death rate of first babies was somewhere be-
tween 100 and ia thousand The mothers having
learned how to care for baby by actual experience
with the first able to achieve lower death rate
for the second, third, fourth and fifth
Then the Improvement came to a halt and the
curve began to ascend The death rate among babies
ninth and later in the order of birth was zso This
proves th-t in very lsFs imies mothers cannot find
the time necessary to give the babies the needed care
also proves that most wives wait until baby comes,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
The Wall Of the D. e. Man.

| live in Washington, D. c.
I'm proud of it-who wouldn't be?
I'm law-abiding-staunch and true,
l do whatever they ask me to.
| have a son who's only boy;
A National Guard-a pride and JOY
And then his older brother, Lurm,
Is working for muntion firm.
My daughter Ruth is Red Cross wild,
And sells tags for some Belgian child.
And mother dear at night does sit
In the old armchair and knit, and knit
I've done little in the money way,
And I'm going to buy more Bonds today.
We save on food-we eat much less;
In every way we do our best.
And then they play trick ON me-
All things are not as they should be.
Now doesn't it also get your goat,
When D. c. man can't get vote,
HAROLD B. NORWOOD.
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A Job for the Red Cross.

DR.. Albert Parker Fitch, Red Cross inspector just
back from France, made special appeal in Washing
tn the other day for the boys who to make up
Fc-siirg's armies.
lie pointed out that when the French soldier gets
lc-c Of absence from the trenches he goes straight
hg.1c 10 his dear ones. The English Tommy is sent
across the channel But the American boy can't travel
500 mics. lie will be bound to spend his little ho-
IL. somewhere in France.
Naturally most of the Americans will turn toward
Paris the great romantic city of dreams And that is
where the Red Cross should in. according to DR.
Fitch Here is his vision:
\ great building right on the Place de POpera in
tic ycT heart OF the lvcest section of Paris In this
building ample quarters where many men could get
ciean bed and enjoy smoking and Iounging
But. best Of ALL there should be big clean restau-
rant, something like the popular chain restaurants IA
miIiar in many American cities. In this place spe
cialty should be made of American dshes-coned beef
hash Boston baked beans. wheat and corn cakes with
maple syrup, corn bread hot biscuit-al the things
especially dear to the American palate
And right door there should be an American
candy where the boys could purchase the kind of
sweets they are used and where they could mbibe
endless ice sodas.
To finish off, DR.. Fitch would have the Lambs Club
of New York cooperate with the Red Cross some
of the cleverest actors and comedy singers in the
country could take turns entertaining the boys.
very good program. 1t is ambitious. 1t will cost
some money But the American Red Cross is ambitious
and it has the money.
The soldiers in the trenches will not have much
time to become homesicl But when they are on leave
the longing for home will hit them right straight in
their hungry hearts.
The Fitch plan would give them bit of America,
bit of home in the very center of Paris They would
enjoy every minute of it. They would go back to the
business at the front refreshed both in body and
in spirit
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
The Man Who Could Play.

As reckless an roarin gang Of rats
AS ever broke jams or laws
That brought the drive to the Cedar Creek fat.
That Spring of the year it was.
An, when it snug in the sortn' boom
An the company paid us off,
We lined the bar for to booze consume
Like pigs at feedin trough
/ needn't say just where we wound il Up,
That beautiful jamboree,
But we'd drunk our fill of the brimmin cup,
AS meler as could be-
They had pie-anna against the wall
The ladies had brought to town,
An blue-eyed boozer whose name was Paul
When he seen the box, set down.
His name was Paul That was all we knew,
Exceptin' his brand of dope;
For he drank enough for loggin' crew
An he pulled at paper rope.
Paul run his fingers over the keys
An tested her with chord
Then he bowed his head an he bent his knees
An begun to play-an', Lordi go
The thunder roared like a Summer storm.
Wind whistled among the boughs;
Then the sky blue an the sun was warm
In medders we heard the cows,
In medders we heard the tinkn' bells,
An far an away heard
The drippn water of cooln' wells
An then the trill of bird
As soft the stir of an evenn' breeze.
As loud as the roar of falls,
He fingered over the ivory keys,
That boy in the overalls
AT last he stopped an he raised hi. head
An he give his hair a fling
An we clapped our hans but he only said
used to could play the thing"
Douglas Malloch, in the American Lumbernan
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befor. attempting to max. Of themselves expert moth

before attempting to make Of themselves expert moth
ers
It also was learned in this survey that bsbies OF
very young mothers had high death rate. Babies
born to mothers between the ages OF 20 and 70 had
the best chance Of living. Babies bonn to mothers un-
der 20 had a death rate Of a4I. ~ against death
rate of I6o when the mother was 70 or older
The obvious thing for baby to DO. II this survey 10
indicative of results and conditions elsewhere is to
be the fourth or fifth baby and to choose mother
neither too young nor too old >
But, seriously speaking, the thing for mothers to
do is to begin preparing for efficient motherhood long
before the FIRST baby arrives to be "practeed' upon
Let us make the world safe for babies"-all
babies
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
Human. Treatment for Fihemen.

II your employees came to you on matters vital to
their physical and financial well-being and based their
plea on the cardinal principles of Equality Justice and
Humanity you would be, as an honorable employer,
bound to listen and pay heed to their grievances.
The Herald believes in the two platoon system as
advocated by the Fremens Association of the District
of Columbia and believing in it, hereby dedieates what
ever influence it may have acquire to the carrying
out of this nrch-to-be-desred municipal necessity.
Firemen are and have been the orphans of progress
We have cared for the delnquents for the aged the
blind, the wayward, the child, and have safeguarded
practically every other set of perous-all for the
protection of society-yet the hremen are kept In
durance in an antequated plan, given few liberties and
practically no home life.
Yet these are the men who take their lives into q
hazard almost as great as those who 60 into the
trenches in Flanders and do it day in and day out that
your lives and your property may be protected from
disaster
Surely men performing these functions, displaying
such devotion to duty virtually offering their lives
entitled to more than the ntolerabe delays of official
dom.
We believe in the two platoon system, and urge its
adoption as soon as possible because is the only fair
solution of a complex problem. 1t will work an i'm
provemen in discipline in service and certainly it will
be treating the iremen as human beings entitled to
some of the comforts of life.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
By John Kendrick Bangs.
THE Use.

THE USE.
20 what's the use," said he,
As gloomy as could be.
There's lots OF use." said ],
For meath the heavens high,
Under the stars and sun.
Gods work hath to be done.
And in these days of war
1t waxeth more and more.
And there is use somewhere
II It be far or near
For every human soul
To ease the weight of dole
That presseth on the mind
And heart OF all mankind"
Copyright, lsE.)
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Isn't Hoover right then?
OIghtn't imitation food alone be
used on the stage in these days when
food should be conserved
Isn't the food used practically
wasted?
A little OF II Is wasted.
Most of II, as soon as the curtain
falls. Is appropriated by the stage
hands, who either feast on Il them
selves or take 1t home TO their fami-
lies.
But how about the drink that is
used on the stage? Is il true that
real champagne is used?
II has been known TO be used
where the caste has included great
performers and the management has
been liberal 10 the point Of indul-
gence.
But. as a rule. ginger ale serves in
its place.
There are practical objections to the
use of champagne. apart from its
costliness. II might upset one or
more Of the performers. engaged in
work that requires coolness OF head.
And It might also upset the stage
hands, some of whom are on the
watch for such perduisites.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
APPOINTMENT APPROVED.

President Wilson today approved
the appointment of Frederick B.
Mumford. Of Columbia, Mo-, dean of
the Missouri College of Agriculture
as Federal Food Administrator for
Missouri;
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

just be kind enough to remember that John
McGraw is away from home and being the victim of
his own folly in repudiating an interview he has
mighty few friends in the press corner. He will have
his nerve back when he lands in New York.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Some OF these days.
I'm going TO ask
John d. Rockefeller.
Or Henry l. Doherty.
Or A. c. Bedford.
Or any of those guys.
Who sell gasoline.
To send around.
One Of their.
Most learned engineers.
To see what can be done.
About my poor.
Anaemic little fiivver.
I gave two marbles.
And a skipping rope for II.
In a trade.
And the darn thing.
Does nothing but cough.
And it shakes.
More hell out OF folks.
l take riding.
Than Billy Sunday could.
The other day.
filled my eye-dropper.
Full Of gasoline.
And dropped it all.
In the gasoline tank.
Then I hoped.
Into the front seat.
AND kicked It.
Where it was sensitive.
And it sneezed.
And jumped up in the air
And came down.
On a mans foot.
And spoiled his shine.
Then it started sldewise.
Across the street.
Ran up onto a grass plot.
Where a pretty girl.
Was walking her dog.
Then whizzed around.
And back-fred.
Right smack.
In the lady's face.
And the little dog barked.
To see such sport.
And the flivver.
Jumped over a hedge.
And laid right down.
And wouldn't bulge.
And it's-been there now.
For two days.
And does not show.
Any sign of life.
Or anything.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
PLAIN TALKS BID. .As.r:

But artists drink during perform
ances, don't they?
They DO not IL they have any sense.
During the past few years ths
practice has declined. In fact, Il has
disappeared almost entirely.
IL Is considered not only foolish In
itself. but bad omen for the future.
One popular singer Ia said 10 have
the habit OF relying on champagne
during the performances. He thinks
IL improves the Quality Of his voice
and steadies his nerves. But Il s.
Of course, weakening his self-reliance
and his self-control and it is not
doing his voice any good.
His friends are considerably wor-
ried about him.
As matter of fact. food and drink
are seldom INDUCED in during a per-
formance by the performers. on the
stage or of.
And IL Is in exceptional companies
that real food Is used.
OF course, there is no good reason for
using Il. except for the amusement
OF the audience.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

1t looks as though Eddie Cicotte's shine BALI viii
have to take the place Of the w. K highba in mascu-
line affections
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Just as the roastn' time passes us by, chest
nuts await the FIRE; but you can roast the Kaiser at
all seasons
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

When you loan money to Uncle Sam you never
need be afraid he'll move without leaving his new
address
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Food you can and put away will return another
day, but foods that now overfeed hungry mouthed
folkll need.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

sa,onal stuff has been foisted the public with the
mistaken idea that it good advertising
But NOT in The Washington HERALD.
The HERALD is HOME PAPER.
1t carries the largest percentage Of home circulation
ol any paper in this city
Its readers are among the most desirable and dis
eliminating.
They want the TRUTH. and respond quickly to it.
Good live information published. if it is persistently
presented. attract attention and bring results
Remember the old saying of the tiny drop Of water
that the stone awsya The principle applies
to advertising RIGHTLY DIRECTED.
Follow in the path of so many Of the well-known
firms in this city who have and obtaining splendid
results from the advertising columns of The Washington
HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Perhaps the reason candy goes up as sugar come,
down is that there never much sugar in some
candy anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

A Philadelphia sues his wife for divorce be-
cause she won't speak to him, proving according to
some married men, that he doesn't know when he is
we'll off.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Elagabalus Is said TO have yokei
tigers to his car In imitation Of Bac-
clus, who Il represented in art rid
'ns In . chariot drawn by tigers.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Many struggles most of his life for Il
things he gets when too old to enjoy them.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Joan Sawyer, New York dancer, has paid he
partners alimony. Another type of modern Joan.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

It's about time for the goose-bone prophets to tel
US what kind of winter in for.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY isW SCHOOL

Beginning SD Year September 2sth.
Member of the Association Of
American Law Schools.
Strict standards for entrance and
course. a select student body, and
maximum credit from other law
schools.
Instruction by most widely ap-
proved methods by professional
teachers trained in the best mod
ern law schools and by lawyers in
active practice.
Three-year course for LIB: one
year Postgraduate for LIN. or
NJ p. L
Afternoon course available TO en-
ployed students to $40.
Optional morning classes 7:R-S.l0.
Secretary. Masonic Temple NJ lb4O.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

AZ rule. actors who have impor-
tant work 10 do during a PERFORM
ance eat lightly beforehand. All
opera singers follow this plan. Some
Of them don't eat at all.
The meal that virtually all per-
formers enjoy best is the midnight
supper when work is over. Then they
can relax.
But as for eating a meal during a
performance. when they are all keyed
up watching themselves and watch
ing one another and keeping in SYM
pathy with the audience. Il would be
out Of the question for them. a physi-
cal as well as a psychological impos-
sibility.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

What happens to the real food
ssed on the stage7
Do the actors eat IT.
AZ a rule. they do not They only
pretend to eat 1t. They toy with IL
on their plates and they eat a mouth
ful or two and then they pass IL by.
as persons who habitusIly go to great
dinner parties often DO TO keep their
health from being destroyed by food.
They are like the elderly woman Of
society who. before she goes to q
dinner. eats a chop at home and. at
the party. devotes herself 10 talking
with her neighbors.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10

Was Herbert Hoover joking when
he advised that there be an economy
In the use Of food on the staee7
Or was he opposing, as unnecessar-
lily wasteful, the realism In art that
made real food imperative instead Of
the Imitation food that used 10 be In
vogue7
Or lid his real lead him into q field
that his intensely practical expert
ence in life had kept him unfamiliar
with?
The Washington herald., 1917-10-10
Advertising Is Store News

In running a business,
Just as in running a news
paper. the most accurate
and interesting news gets .
the most desirable follow
ers and patrons.
Advertising is NOT
boom talk or exaggers-
ton, although much SEN
Evening star., 1917-01-07

But cant stay; I'm through; I've re-
signed as Miss Lelands trainer"
"Shucks!' said the Colonel. "If yoh
ask her to let yoh stay Misteh Ker-
nan, she's in the hands of thieves, and
can't help her. don't dare help her.
But yoh can; at least, yoh can try. It's
yOah duty to stay and
A church clock struck the hour of nine.
AS its bell ceased tollng rose to my feet.
well, Colonel" l said, "I'll ask Miss
Leland to let me stay | can't do more
than that"
"Nor less, he replied
Then | left him. AS | closed his door
behind me, man at the end of the corri-
dor turned toward me. recognized key
Blatz, and he recognized me. He waved
a hand, but | turned away from him and
took the elevator at the other end of the
hall. Yet, as | waited for it, key came
slowly down the corridor, and / could see
him scrutinizing the number on the door
of the room | had just left. hoped that
my visit wouldn't get the old Colonel in
trouble. But, selfshly. thought of that
for only moment. What | did think of
was that Jerry and Colonel Buckmaster
both thought that Roberta Leland-well
didn't dislike me, perhaps.
SHE was at the far end of the first of the
chain of drawng-rooms. Grouped
about piano was the party with which
she had dined. Simpering Miss Clarke
was playing, and one of Danes friends
was turning the music for her. Mathews,
the other of Danes two chums, seemed
to be enjoying a conversation with Mrs
Clarke, while Dane was seated close to
Miss Leland. She seemed animated, gay,
and evidently appreciative of something
funny that Dane was telling her. The
glow of eation left me- On the way down
stairs Id been forecasting the future.
planning the scene when Dane should be
exposed and | should reap my reward.
That reward seemed a long way off now
She saw me almost at once. | saw her
excuse herself to Dane before she rose to
come toward me. The smile that had
crinkled her lips and the corners of her
mouth disappeared. She was cold and
distant as she spoke to me.
"Tll go upstairs and get your check,
Mr.. Kernan,' she said.
She made as if to pass me. but stopped
leT WllH d toucll OH Hef arm.
"You-you needn't bother about it.
Miss Leland, told her. ~I-I'm going
to stay-if you want me to-"
Il thought you never took back any
thing, Mr.. Herman.
Il don't--if I'm right, said |. "But
when think I'm wrong-thats differ
ent.
She looked inquiringy at me-
"Then I'm to take it that you were
wrong in your charges this afternoon ="
"Not at all, | said.
"Then why
"Wrong in leaving-the stable"
blurted, growing red. "Nivandiere was
given up as hopeless. I've made race
horse of her. Some one else might make
IA goat of her in no time The horse is
entitled to her chance. Without con-
ceit, think I'm the only person who can
give her that chance. I'll stay-if you
want me-
"And your charges
"They rest-a while, told her grmly
you're a very stubborn man. Mr.
| Herman. You cut short successful
career up North and now you promise
| to do the same thing down bara
Evening star., 1917-01-07

81 don't know-yet, | answered.
"And-and, Miss Leland, | wish you
wouldn't ask me any more-now. Later
on"
She looked long at me, as if reading my
heart. Then she laughed lightly.
Detectives never wish to give away
their clues, do they"
Call it that" | said.
She seemed about to press me further;
then, as if the subject were not vitally
interesting passed over it without ques-
ton. She glanced over her shoulder
Dane had apparently joined in the con-
versation of Mrs. Clarke and Mathews.
Yet |, facing him, had noticed that his
eyes, forever wandering, returned again
and again to us. AS the girl glanced back
she saw Dane laughing at something just
said and seemingly paying no attention
to us. She looked at me-
"Then | won't get your check, Mr..
Herman. And-I thank you for box of
gloves
"Gloves"" echoed wonderingIy
"1-didn't think you were the kind to
run away" she said "And backed
my judgment"
with Mr.. Daneo"
She nodded, blushing bit.
81 wagered that you d not leave Gran
tham-and me-"
At least. that's what | thought she
said-"ond me. 1t made my pulses leap
"You wagered box of gloves that I'd
not leave youo" | asked hoarsely.
"The stable" she said
Her eyebrows lifted trife, and the
blush was gone. AS if her eyebrows were
one end of seesaw and my heart the
other, my end went down with thump.
OF course. even if she'd said "and me,
she meant the stable. Funny how
woman, by just lift of her brows or an
intonation of her voice, can summon into
the surrounding atmosphere, even in
balmy Florida, an unmistakable chill.
Her voice became businesslike:
"When do you plan to start VIVIAN
diere again? We're going to Stephanie
on Sunday to stay several weeks.
"She's entered for next Saturday." |
answered, sin the Hotel Stakes If the
beating she got to-day isn't on her
nerves-well, she'll prove all I've said
about her then.
nANE had been moving uneasily in his
seat | guess he thought we'd been
long enough talking over such simple
matter as trainers good-by to his owner
He rose and walked toward us.
You promised to play for us, Bobbie
you know" he said, ignoring me.
$50 | did, she answered. "but it took
a trife longer than I'd expected to win
my box of gloves
And by that answer she won my graft
tude, which is something entirely differ
ent from love. She saved my pride by
making it appear that I'd not asked to
have my position back, but had been
urged to retain it. A good sportswoman!
you're not leaving Grantham. them"
he asked.
Not for while. | answered coolly
Evening star., 1917-01-07
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