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The Washington times., 1917-04-21
LETTERS TO THE TIMES FROM IT'S READERS
Thinks Major Generals Commission
Il High Price for Roosevelt's Ser

Thinks Major Generals Commission
Il High Price for Roosevelt's Ser
vices.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Every now and then the country
is treated with something sensar
tional and the unreasonable and un-
expected thing happens. These are
grave times. No one should criticise
any man just for the sake of criti-
cism. But the efforts ex-President
Roosevelt Is now making TO secure
the position of major general are un-
precedented in the worlds history OF
military affairs.
At first 1 was not inclined to take
the ex-President seriously, but his re-
cent visit to Washington, and. his in
terview with the President evidently
establishes the fact that Mr.. Roose-
welt is asking considerable for the
benefit of his patriotism. There are
perhaps some instances in. the his
tory of this country where great gem
erals have made good Presidents, but
I do not recall an Instance where q
general.
There are not less than q Thousand
men in the United States army In
fnitely better equipped to lead a d.
vision OF the army than the impetu-
Gus and intrepid Colonel. Take, for
instance, the Spanish-American war
and the doughty Colonel at San Juan
Hill and his Rough Rider regiment.
They would have been swallowed up
bodily by the Spanish but for q col
ored regiment OF cavalry.
In this connection I cannot help
but contrast the conduct of Mr..
Roosevelt with that of Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan says in substance to Pres
ident Wilson: 1 tender you my ser
vices, without strings or stipulations.
Use me as q private anywhere your
judgment suggests. Ny services are
yours whenever you want them. The
tireless Colonel says, OF course, 81
will be under whoever n put in
charge OF the expedition" Who ever
heard tell OF the indefatigable Col
onel being under" anybody
How interesting the vanity Of q
man who in the midst Of such stormy
has the dazzling audacity to ask this
to place its fortunes In q
great world war upon his limited mil
itary experience? But Teddy" Is q
rebus, what he Is doing now, no
American citizen Of the past ever
did, and none OF the present but him
will ever try, or will the future ever
produce one who will attempt to emu
late his example.
w. N. HAIRsToN.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
PLANS RED CROSS BENEFIT.

The Washington Chapter OF the
American Red Cross will receive all
proceeds from. a card party to be
given by the Gaimont Branch OF the
Sunshine Society at the home Of Mrs.
Harold Ellsworth Warner, 1927 Long
fellow street, Monday afternoon at
o'clock.
efforts to Red Cross work, meeting
every Tuesday afternoon, at SIG Sew
enteenth street, to make hospital gar
ments.
The newly elected officers are: Pres
ident, Miss Ruth Curtiss; secretary,
Mrs. Joseph u. Dellinger. and treas
trer, Mrs. Harold Ellsworth Warner.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Tomorrow.

Lecture, .-Ths Work Of the American Red
Cross" by Ernest p. Bicknell. before
Liberal Religious Union of All Souls
Church. Fourteenth and L streets north
west. p. m.
Free lecture on "Swedenborg as a Liber-
ating Power" by Edwin Markham, new
Masonic Temple, s:35 p. m.
Patriotic meeting Shiloh Baptist Church,
l. street, between sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets northwest, p. m.
Address by Mrs Bessie u. Anderson before
the Woman Wage Earners Association,
7O4 T street northwest. p. m.
Sunday afternoon tea on National Amer
ican Woman Suffrage Association. 1898
Rhode Island avenue, as O'Clock.
Debate by teams representing Young
Mems Hebrew Associations Of Washing
ton and Richmond, old Masonic Temple,
Ninth and F streets northwest. $3.50
p. m.
Address by the Rev. Howard Colby Ives
on THE Kingdom Of God on Earth, E"
before BahaI Assembly Of Washington,
Studio Hall, 1919 Connecticut avenue,
's:lS p. m
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Given in Answer to Mr.. CaIIahan's
AntI-Compulsory Training Letter.


To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
noted with interest, in The Times.
the somewhat sketchy letter from
Vincent Callahan, who seems to be
opposed to the idea OF universal or
compulsory" training.
Now, Mr.. Callahan, may I ask you
a question: Suppose your house
caught fire in the middle of the night.
Would you, while the flames were
destroying your home, rush from
door to door, a la Paul Revere, awak-
ening the sleepy neighbors, untrain-
ed in fighting fire, to form a bucket
brigade, or would you fly to the
nearest fiTebox, sound the alarm, and
call out clear-headed, efficient, train
ed firemen to extinguish the flames,
quickly, and with a minimum of loss?
This nation. in fundamental prin-
clples, would be in exactly the same
position II the devouring confiagra-
tion of an invading army should ever
break out upon our shores, with the
single exception that at present we
have no fire department or large
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Our flag at the Front.


How proud we shall be to know It Il
there.
Waking new courage that hope viii In
spire;
Fearless. for righteousness' sake IT viii
dare
The terrible frenzy and fury Of nre
Our Flag at the Front for LIbertys
sakel
The Stars and the Stripes with the
allies unfufied,
The Freedom we cherish. alas. Is at
stake
Our Flag at the Front is the hope Of
the Woridi
An up-risen Nation Is sending its soul
To help conquer wrong and set the
World free;
A Nation united, whatever the toll,
To fight for its God-given rights on the
seal
Our Flag at the Front! o cheer tin
they hear
The echoes above the cannon and gun
The might OF our spirit Is sharper than
spear
That ever was flashed in the Light of the
sun!
A tower Of strength Of right over might
Our Flag at the Front an emblem shall
be:
To help clear away the barbaric night
OF Nations outraged by the wrongs on
the seal
STELLA v. KELLERLAN.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
She Raises Her Feeble Soprano
In Praise of r. z. Jones.

In Praise OF r. e. Jones.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Please allow me to raise my feeble
soprano in praise OF the letter in your
Monday evenings edition signed R z.
Jones. I DO hope. by the way. that the
poor fellow Is not already in irons In q
padded cell as a punishment for his ex-
treme coldness in expressing his views.
1t Is really most refreshing in these
perilous times to know that there Is at
least one man who has spine enough to
stand right up and say what he hon.
estly thinks. especially when II is in
direct opposition to a frenzied, emo
tional. unthinking majority. 1t requires
sublime courage to speak the truth no
doubt that Is one reason why IL II 30
unpopular. but any old cad or coward
can run and shout with the mob.
After reading the daily columns Of
billingsgate directed at some Of our
finest statesmen merely because they
dare to be in the right. with two or
three" and observing how the hapless
wretch is abused who presumes to do
his own thinking and has the effrontery
to voice his sentiments on vital topics.
I'm led to wonder II this 10 really ''the
land of the free and the home Of the
brave" or II the right OF free speech Is
actually being squelched-and under
Democratic, administration, II you
of course. the '.jingo"
press. which is very. very free indeed
quite too much 40. in fact. for persons
Of refined taste and breeding.
Mr.. Chamberlain. in The Founda-
tons Of the Nineteenth Century" says:
I'VE have heard SO much fine talk about
the freedom OF speech, the freedom Of
science. etc: in reality. however. we
have been worse enslaved than in the
eighteenth century. for in addition to
the tyrants who have really never been
dLsarmed. new and worse ones have
arisen. The former tyranny could, with
all its bitter injustice. strengthen the
character: the new. which is a tyranny
proceeding from and aiming at money,
degrades to the lowest depths Of bond
age"
II 1t has really come to pass In this
land OF the Free" and under a Demo-
cratic administration. that We must all
arrange our mental processes to con-
form to some ones dictation and dare
not voice an honest opinion for fear OF
being put behind bars. We might as well
demand passports for Germany Even
the terrible Kaiser could treat us no
worse! ELEANOR WARNER
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
rhe rhouEht. Of Hermione.

We're giving an Economy Dinner
my little group, you know, TO help IN
the war situation.
There will be nothing to eat but
vegetables. They're so full Of calories
md vitamines and all that sort OF
thing.
There will be peas and beans and
potatoes, you know, and every one
will wear a costume representing his
or her favorite vegetable.
The people. II you get what mean.
will be in Psychic accord with the
vegetables.
And this should help in their as
simiIation. Or, at least, that Is what
the Swami says.
For thousands of years, the Swami
says, the Enlightened Ones of India
have chosen their diet to nourish
their souls as well as their bodies.
And now that war is here we must
do the same.
1t will mean q sacrifice at first
but II the Advanced Thinkers
are not to set-the example Of Sacri-
flee, who Is?
And before the Economy Dinner
which will be more or less OF pub
lie affair for the sake OF encouraging
the great majorities, II you get what
/ mean-I am going to have a little
Snack at home for my own little
group.
One can't give ones best thought
and spiritually to q cause II one is
faint from hunger, can one?
And there may be a little supper
afterward like a supper after
the theater. you know.
For, of course, the chief value of
the Economy Dinner will be its Sym
bolic Value.
symbolisml SymbolismI Isn't SYM
bolism perfectly wonderful?
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

National Soldiers Home, Tenn.
Volunteer Who HwhInes' When En-
DIoyer Gets Some One for His Job
Il Rebuked by PacInst.

ID Hebuked by Paclnst.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
I am a member of the American
Union Against Militarism and have
this to say to E H P:
The man who opposes war from
first to last and stands by his prin-
ciples without hinching in the face
OF personal abuse has got more iron
in him than the man who volunteers
for service and then comes whining
around because his former employer
has to get another man to take his
place.
Please let me remind E. Fl. p. that
you can't eat your cake end have 1t,
too. In other words, you can't point
with pride to the picture OF yourself
as a volunteer and at the same time
refuse to accept the fact that volun-
teering means sacrifice.
All honor to those who do their
duty as they see It without a whim-
per. P. X. A.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

II you want to borrow money of a
man don't congratulate him on how
we'll he is looking.
Find out what his pet diseases are
and sympathize with him concerning
them.
We used to know a fellow who ap-
piled this principle so artfully that he
could get quarters away from the
street beggars who tried TO touch him.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Urges Increased Pensl'a for Army

To the Editor Of THE TINES
I see in Wednesdays paper a plea
for widowed mothers pensions. D
would like to know II there is any
one more deserving than the army
nurse whom Uncle Sam placed as a
veteran? Still the veteran had en-
increase while the army nurse only
gets her $12 a month.
Many OF them are old and helpless
with no other income. /, for one,
nursed and fed the soldiers and have
no other income except my $12 pen
sion with which TO buy food, clothes,
and pay room rent.
Is there any one who will take in
terest in the nurses and help them
get their increase to 500, that they
may live more comfortably in their
old age? AN ARMY NURSE.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

many is not the slow giving up Of
territory before occupied, but the
spirit of rebellion and revolution in
the rear of the army.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

MondelI of Wyoming does not be-
Iieve that "an army made up of
sIackers who have to be conscripted
will make the best army for U.S."
But Congressional slackers are ex-
empt, anyhow.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
An Old Soldier Explains why He
Thinks Conscription Would Not BE

Thinks Conscription Would Not BE
Effective.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
1t Is an easy matter to force q mil
lion slackers into the army. but ten
million men could not make them
tight It Is an easy matter to make
them obey orders. but II is impossible
to make them kill the enemy, and It
Is impossible to keep them from sur
rendering every chance they get. I
know this because I have seen It In
the American army.
One thousand volunteers are worth
more than twice that number OF con-
scripts.
II you don't let the best men in
this country volunteer. but make
conscripts of them, they will think
they are imposed upon. and instead
of having men that can be relied
upon. we will have an army that is
not reliable.
CHARLES W. PRATT.
National SoldIers' Home Tenn
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

II conflagrations among coast re-
sorts are not controlled the Kaiser's
raiders, should they get loose, will be
robbed of their favorite targets,
where they can be sure OF bagging
the maximum number OF women and
children .
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

]. Keenedge, A. W., tells us, makes
q specially OF sharpening razors at
Jamaica Plains. Mass.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

I never. never shall forgive
My nephew, Jimmy Pye,
He followed in my footsteps and
Now earns much more than !.
j Z. s
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Amusementa.

Belasco-David warneld. in THE Music
Master. 2:15 and $50 p. m.
New Nationnl-"Have a Heart" AIS and
$50 p. m.
Poif's-New Poll Players. iL "Hit the Trail
Holiday" 2:l5 and s:l5 p m.
3. +. Observation-Disclosures. 2:I5 and Sis D. m.
GRyety-Burlesque, 2:lj and Sis p. m.
Loew's Columbia-PRPtoplays. 1880 a. m. to
IL p. m.
Strand-Photoplays. II a. m. to II p. m.
Garden-Photoplays IL q m. to II D. m.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Wilson TO learn entente secrets"-
but we trust that he will not trans
NIT them to Bill Stone.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
veteran Of Border Expedition Ressrts
to Verse In Answering AsDenisns
Aseribed to Mr.. Callahan

Aseribed to Mr.. Callahan
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Almost one year ago the call came f1r
the national guard to protect our riGhfB
on the Mexican border. The regulars
were not sufficient. and therefore vs
Gas I was one Of them). had to leave
our positions. schools. and relatives and
60 away from the ones We loved When
We reached the border We found cut
that we knew less than the cadet corps
Of the different cities, but after IN
months Of rigid training we came back
men and soldiers. At to be wearing Un-
Gle Sans Uniform.
Now only one-nfth Of / per cent e
the population Of the United States are
In the army. The United States u not
stretching out It's hands for more. but
Iit wants It's rights and the only way
to get them Is to be prepared and have
a trained body Of men ready at a min
ute's notice.
Mr.. Callahan:
Did you ever eat your dinner. whsn
the rain was pouring down,
Sitting on the dobie, that was vet
and sticky brownf
Did you ever have q .non-coui-, win
two stripes upon his arm.
Giving orders to the rockies, nks Q
silly young school marmf
One who ought to be sworking on Ii
uncle's dairy farm
Far away from greaser bullets tha1
would cause him any harmf
Did you ever try to slumber on q
strawless cotton tick,
On q damp and dirty dobie floor that
almost made you sick,
Where the bloody, bloomin,. pesky
ants were crawling very thick.
And the only decoration was rsgu-
lation pick7
Did you ever have to dig q ditch, -
hold the surplus rainf
Make the water run up hill, and ths1
run down again?
Dig until your aching back was yetj-
ing loud with pain,
And the typhoid In your puncture4
arm was swelling up veinf
Did you ever live within q cam1
where everything's upset,
Where the wind II always windy, a11
the rain IL always wet,
Where everything is tangled tn . -
official net,
Where we always win remembsr-fks
things we can't forget?
Nor But I did, and 20, Mr. Cziia.
han, please remember that there afo
two SIDES to your argument You took
the visionary side, while I took tho
"real" side.
OFFICER
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Who They Are,

Sir: I am the bowIegged girl who
wears tall white spats with a 33incd
skirt. ALICE.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

BY interning the Scorpion the ter
rible Turk may find that he has been
stung. -
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

New York is to raise a Scotch regi
ment. Let Harry Lauder do II.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21
Don Marquis
Column
Hoe that garden-be Z potatrio.l
snrinr ON the Avenue.

Spring on the Avenue.
over the myriad rush Of the street
And roar of traffic that never dies
The thin gold sunlight Is April-sweet
High in 1t, warbling, the bluebird
flies,
For the suns halfway on his
northward track,
And spring and the wild earth
gods come back
with haunting echoes OF faint
heard cries
And magic rhythms Of flying feet.
Threading the needless crowd they
go,
Light as the dewfall and feet as
fire;
Rurgher and scholar, unseeing, know
Only a stirring of vague desire.
Hoofbeat-heartbea with
bound!
What, dull age? not a glimpse nor
sound?
Think you Pan, were he ten times
shyer,
Could hide from youth when the
springs aglow?
Charles Buxton Going.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Some of them may try to beat the
game by marrying twice-and staying
behind as bigamists.
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Billions for defense. but not a cent
for grating contracts.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Brazil is hereby assured that the
water is fine.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

, and in that way we have q race Of
pacifists among US who are afraid
TO fight.
This is the time to stand By TIE
President and see that we make eur
Congress give him its support.
The thing that military training
VIII do for US IL that IL will show u
how to use our heads to think and
act and incidentally put US in q posi-.
ton to see what our dear friend w.
J. Bryan and his million volunteers
are. Here is what could be done
with military training. Every coul-
munity could haYe Its small camps.
From there they could draw voIun-
teers to be sent to concentration
camps. We could have six such
camps, one each In Washington State,
California, Texas, Iowa, Massachu-
setts, and Georgia, or places which
our army staff know better. Ny
idea Is 50 that q boy could go to .
camp, not too far from home. Now
the boy would not have to leave Q
local camp II he had responsibilities.
But IL he was free he could be sent
to a place where he could do the
most good and learn the most. u
would make our youths know more
about our wonderful country, and %
would tend to make them bettsF,
more fearless and manly.
When we would need harvesters as
different points our army could -
available. The owner could pay the
Government and the soldiers could
get q bonus. This would mean bet
ter crops and less loss. A J. d.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Whenever journalist wants to
slam book written by a fellow Jour
nalist the epithet he pulls is journal
Istic."
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

"a new comet has been found"
says a dispatch from Australia.
Any one having lost a comet can
have II by calling at Australia and
paying expenses of advertising.
The Washington times., 1917-04-21

Newspaper men are just as bad.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-02-22


If you want a light running
Sewing Machine and one that
will last a life time get the
Singer. Sold by =.
J. B. Dowdle,
Okolona, Miss
For Sale or Will Exchange for
Cattle
2 choice city lots adjoining, ITO
by $50 feet each. $500 for both.
White neighborhood. Call at
this Office. If
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-02-22
Local News.

When in need of coal call the
Ice Factory.
DR.. Byron Mitchell was in the
city Monday.
Mrs. Ida Trice is visiting
relatives in Shannon.
Mr.. w. E. Rice left Wednes-
day night for Mobile.
Mr.. Retty, of Shannon, was in
the city first of the week.
Mr.. T. L. Bramlitt, of Hous-
ton, was in the city Monday.
Mr.. j. H. Dawson spent first
of the week in New Orleans.
Black Minorca eggs for sale,
rs cents for Is. w. P. Tindall.
Miss Aline McCondy attended
Mardi Gras at Mobile this week.
Mr.. George Bean is spending
some time with his father in this
city.
Mr.. Grady Hilton, of Memphis,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. K. F.
Gibson.
Mr.. w. E. Savage made a
business trip to Aberdeen last
Friday.
For RENT The Mrs. w. G.
Stovall home. Apply to
If G. w. LaGrone.
Jim Garrison, of Jackson,
Tenn, was visitor in our city
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Redwood spent
first of the week with relatives
in Mobile.
Mrs. Gum is very i'll at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. j.
H. Baskin.
Mrs. Frank Foster spent part
of last week with her mother i'll
Van Vleet.
EGGS-Buff Orpington and
White Wyandottes, $1.00 for Is.
j. M. Haley.
Rev. S. A. Brown, of Koscius-
ko, was a visitor in the city first
of the week.
Miss Omera McBeath spent
the weekend in Columbus the
guest of her parents.
Rev. Thos. Lipscomb, Presid-
ing Elder Aberdeen Distrist, was
in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. w. E. Ward, of Stark
vile, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Henson.
Mrs. Oliver Shell spent part of
last week in Woodland the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Bays.
WOOD FOR SALE on contract
or orders. I have both stove
wood and cord, wood.
w. F. Buchanan.
A negro house near the depot
was destroyed by fire Sunday
night about eight o'clock.
Mrs. Morgan and daughter, of
Memphis, are guests of her
daughter, Mrs. j. S. Price.
Mrs. M. C. PUNK and.little
son, from near Jackson, Tenn,
spent part of last week here.
Miss Lille Lussey, of Column
bus. is the attractive guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. DIS. Cunningham.
The best Oil for Sewing
Machines. Typewriters. Locks
and anything that needs a fine
ell. Try a bottle. The Singer
Oil sold by ], B. Dowdle. Okolo-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-02-22
That Grim White Spectre,

Pneumonia, follows on the heels
of a neglected cough or cold.
Delay no longer. Take Mans
fields Cough Balsam. Price SOC
and $1.00. adv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-02-22
Mill-Capp Theatre

Program for week beginnir e
Monday night, February rs ard
Saturday night, March
3rd:
MONDAY NIGHT
''The DEVILS Needle"
Triangle in 5 acts
Featuring Norma Talmadge
TUESDAY NIGHT
Poor Little Pippina"
Paramount in 5 acts
Featuring Mary Pickford
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THE Thoroughbred
Triangle in 5 acts
Featuring Frank keenan,
THURSDAY NIGHT
Public Opinion"
Paramount in 5 acts
Featuring Blanch Sweet y
FRIDAY NIGHT
Vampires"
Mutual, 9Th episode, 3 acts
Triangle Comedy in 2 acts
SATURDAY NIGHT
"The Girl From Frisco"
3rd inStallment 2 acts
Triangle Comedy in 2 acts