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capital city named in his honor.
The government printing office is
the biggest printing plant in the world
but since Americas entrance into the
war the capacity of that plant has
been hugely overtaxed. The govern
ment has been required to let many
printing contracts to private firms, in
spite of the fact that the law pro-
hibits such practice except in case Of
absolute emergency. But the emer-
nnncu hos hnnn ahSnl11tn hnca1ISn Of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

tinctive style. The skirt is as narrow
as It can be, conveniently; the coat
hangs as straight as plumb-line, but
tempers its severe simplicity with
rounded points at the bottom. The
sleeves are allowed a little fullness at
the top and finished at the hand with
strap and button trimming. A mar
row belt of the cloth suggests the
waistline, and very large buttons fas-
ten the coat and are lined up on the
skirt in way to emphasize the long,
straight line that will commend this
model to many women.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
The Drape Skirt.

The drape skirt is still seen in the
new dresses. This may be one way
back to the tight skirt. Other dresses
have series Of plaits in their skirts. so
they seem narrow without being So
another route to the tighter models
Sill others have slight draperies made
Of released skirt plaits. Tunic tops.
despite their slight curves, often pre-.
sent as a whole a long, slender dress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Gloomy Authorization.

"After all, it requires the votes OF
men to make woman suffrage posi-
ble."
"That's the only thing about 1t that
worries me- confided Mr.. Meekton
"If 1t doesn't work out comfortably
and satisfactorily, Henrietta Is almost
sure to say we men ought to have had
better sense than to vote for 1t In the
first place."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Really Wonderful.

'Isn't 1t wonderful how these har-
vesting machines cut the wheat and tie
it into bundles?' ooh, don't know.
1 hear they have a machine now that
cuts the wheat, threshes it, grinds II
into flour and raises the price, all In
one operation" Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
An Execution,

CanniDaI Chef-How was that one,
your excellency?
Cannibal Chief (smacking his lips)-
Oh liked him.
THAT'S strange. At home he was
baseball umpire. No one ever liked
him before
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

modest little woman, low voiced and
rather timid, was sitting among 400
congressman on the main floor of the
house of representative watching
them do exactly what she wanted
them to.
That woman was Jeanette RAN
kin of Montana, the only woman ever
elected to congress. 1t was cher day.
Several thousand men and women
who filled the galleries of the house
looked down on her, and all realized
thot hnrS had hepn no small mart in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Watch Your Skin Improve.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off Ointment in five minutes with Gu
ticura Soap and hot water. For free
sample address "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston," At druggists and by mail,
Soap 25, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

publishing which
has felt called New York Boston have regarded
being
jeopardized In add-
being mailed from Washington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

in home gardening have been formed,
among the leaders being the Capital
Garden club, the first in the city to
take UP the question of increasing the
food supply by local cultivation.
The Capital Garden club started a
campaign recently to raise $4,000 to
defray the expenses of campaign of
intensive education, and today the sum
is almost in hand. Cash prizes will be
awarded those having the best gar
dens and experts will be engaged to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

agriculture taking interest the
OF cooperation of the departments experts
Of elsewhere
the saving of Good He believes
accomplished all country all other
administrators of their duties.
show the this important phase
war
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
stranoe Conduct of Tethered Horses.

Punch reports an order that 1t de-
clares was recently issued at the front:
Great care must always be exercised
by soldiers in lettering horses to
trees, as they are likely to bark, and
thereby destroy the trees.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

measures, known as the Heating bill,
STIMULATES temporary salary increases
for employees making $1,000 or less.
The increases graduate from to 30
per cent.
Another measure, known as the
Nolan bill, provides that no person
who has been in the employ of the
government for three years and who
is twenty years old shall receive less
than So per day, 800 per month, or
| 81 $50 per year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Government Clerks Likely to Get More Pay Soor

government clerk is to come into his
small But there
this financial situation One OF these
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

Some persons boast that they pay as
they go, but it seems mighty hard to
get them started.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

work IS a pleasure. Tell al my lIIenus
who have any trouble of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. "-NELLIB B.
BIRMINGHAM, 900 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Md.
It is only natural for any woman TO
dread the thought Of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that it
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying it be-
fore submitting to such trying ordeal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Miss Jeanette Rankin Has Her Day in the House

WHILE whom reached the capitol before
fighting with door attempt
their into the house galleries the the suffrage
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Capital Rapidly Becoming an Educational Center

which will
be influential
putl will fulfill
George Washn gonsd of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

Colds Cause Headache and Grip
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININB Tablets remove the
cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine." n. w
GROVES signature on box. Doc,
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NOuSLlcSS ALlu uCh4~
aches and every
month would have 70
stay in bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h q ms Vegetable
Compound b e f ore
consenting to an
1 took
FIVE bottles of it and
It has completely
cured me and my
~ n 81.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21
Planning for Next Seasons Home Garden Crops

capital city should
garden Numerous
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21


likely
The Washing
along.
Of the regarded Heating
Nolan bill
though they
need
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quired Mrs. Washington.
"'Deed Ise got t. lcave-goo'-by-
goo'-by," returned Miranda. Use
gwine t. wo'k in one OBJ dem mu-
sicians factries-gwine t. git three dol
las uh day an gifts nah nights often
all de time an NAH holidays an kin
go see de parades on dem natural holi-
days. An All doan hat t wo'k on Sun
days-no-more-gO by"
"But look at the risk you are tax
-. LII don nOrS Of XUOrkinp
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DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md.-"Nearly four years
( suffered from organic troubles, ner-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

imitation and substitute for silk at a
much cheaper price.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-21

entreatng the COOK to
Wantn gifts boWed up onc IN
kitchen scaded IS put
musicians acres es gifts exploded all pieces an war Is your ALI
SWELL will send sister, Blanches?'
ItoseT'
Nah She's runnn de elevator in dat big dept
doas
upstairs push uh III nan
like datan downstairs
no more
that conon the housekeepes
this city ind The cal
depleted their ranks
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&, WASHINGTON. 81
- a SIDELIGHTS q
Servants Hardest Things to Find in Washington


who
family satisfaction
"You're not us?' in
The Washington times., 1918-04-04
A Flag Birthday
One Hundred Years Ago Today Congress Legalized
Stripes In Their Present System.
By EARL GOODWIN.

hundred years ago today that Congress enacted
the law sandardzng the Stars and Stripes That is Con-
gress decided that the in the field of blue should in
the union of States increased and that
the red and white stripes should remain thirteen in number
remind of the original colonies, aferward the original
States.
1t is because of this anniversary that want to ask
every in Washington the Capital of the Nation to study
the fag to learn its history and to learn what treatment is
respectful to the flag After having spent time in learning
the successive chapters the story of the American flag and
its predecessors among the regiments of the Continental
army under Washington fail to have the most
reverent feeling toward the wonderful banner which should
to Washington than to any other city Every
step the story of the American flag fascinating thrilling
and deeply inspiring From the separate banners Of the
thirteen colonies the pine tree flags the thread
flags and the Liberty DEATH embems down to the flag
which Peshng army battle today our flags have
carried forward the message Of the progressing truth
Therefore Washington the center Of the nation should
learn the American flag "by hear There is law laid
down for the flags by the ordinary resident but the
army and navy observances be taken guide And
one of the most important of these is that WORKOUT dirty
and ragged flag should be displayed There many dish
rags floating the breeze from fagsa that stops to
wonder whether the tattered emblem is flag bit Of
hurlap.
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Heard A nd SEEN

However, HOWARD BROOKS and
I are going to get q hve-eent bunch
Of worms and try our luck. too.
The Washington times., 1918-04-04

IT HE nearer a planet is to the
sun the faster it travels in
= its orbit, and the farther
away it is the slower it travels
But If the orbital speed Of a
planet were increased it would fly
farther from the sun, and yet at
the same time lose velocity until
it travelled slower than it did to
begin with.
A reader, puzzled by this para
dox, asks how it can be explained.
He says, taking the earth's veloc-
ity in its orbit at eighteen miles
per second. and its distance from
the sun at ninety-two million
miles, an increase to twenty miles
per second would send the earth
farther away and thus enlarge its
orbit, but in that new orbit it
would travel slower than in the
old one. $50, when and how" he
asks, would its accelerated veloc-
ity be reduced, and what would be
its final speed and size Of or
bit?"
A simple rule for determining
the velocity of a planet in its orbit
is contained in a little equation
which, in mathematical symbols,
can be packed into a space a quar-
ter of an inch square, but which
takes above a dozen words for its
expression in everyday language:
"The velocity is inversely proper
tional to the square root Of the
distance from the sum-" This en-
ables US 10 ascertain, with a few
strokes of a pencil, the orbital
speed Of any planet when once
we know its distance.
For instance, suppose that
new planet should be discovered a
hundred times as far away as the
earth; then, since the square root
Of 100 is 10, we would know that
the stranger was travelling a. a
mean, or average, speed equal to
one-tenth that of the earth. This
should not be confused with the
rIore familiar third law Of KEEP
ler," to be found in most school
looks OF astronomy, and which
reads: "The squares of the peri
odic times of the planets are pro-
portional to the cubes of their
mean distances from the sum-"
The two rules both originate from
the same general law of gravita-
ton. but they are not the same
thing.
Now, the reason why the vari-
Gus planets travel with velocities
inverseIy proportional to their
distances is this: The force Of
the sun, which constrians them to
move in orbits, most Of which are
not far from circles, increases
with their approach to him, the
increase being as the inverse
square Of the distance, which SIM
ply means that If one planet is
twice as far, or twice as near, as
another, the pull Of the sun upon
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Enunciate Thoughts as
Real Poetry
Ry Eliza eth Jor a n

use it. And this Notwithstanding
the fact that the whole nation ap-
preciates and glories in the per-
feet diction of the man at its
head.
/ have often wondered over this
detached, impeTsonal admiration OF
our people for the matter and the
delivery of their Presidents won
derful speeches. 1t never seems
to occur to them that We have a
national model and example In the
perfect use Of words which should
inspire every citizen to study and
emulation.
Our dropping of letters is as
bad in its way as our dropping Of
syllables. We're "gettin," "goin,"
"doin," "bein." We're "sein" and
"havin." We're maxim" and
"'takin," and "leavin" or "stayin"-
but We are rarely putting our neg
lected little g" in the place where
it belongs.
We have an equally airy way OF
combining two words or more into
one-with the same fatuous and
foolish notion of saving time. cry
up" we yelp. when some one lags
behind on"
"Mussentouch," we tell the help
less baby, who is doing it's pathet-
ic little best to learn English from
our lips. We dunno" or we
"guessyes" or we "takeachance."
Occasionally we go out Of our
way to destroy a perfectly good
word or pair of words for no rea-
son in the world, apparently, ex-
cept our ingrained objection to the
right thing.
Nope" we say. "Yep." al
rightly" This is sheer murder.
Over half the telephone wires in
the land pours the incessant lis
SUM-" The telephone, indeed, is an
excellent place to study the latest
methods of word-slaughter. Over
it the talk of many men and wo-
men flows into our ears.
They represent different types,
but most of them are equally de-
structive. Let US take a fair ex-
ample:
"Thatchew, Miss Smith? Lis
sun. We can't oliver that SCOT
till t'mora. Un'stand? Gby."
1t is in our slang, however, that
we excel our own tragic record.
Here's a literal telephone mes
sage received the other day from
a college boy of good family, ad-
dressing a girl of equally good
family:
"H'lo, Maud! This's Dick. Yep,
sure thing. Just blew in. Beat it
up to Shurrey's and les give the
crowd the once-over. Are you on?"
In such words does the Romeo Of
today invite his Juliet to tea!
A society should be formed, and
formed quickly, for the preserva-
ton of the English language in
America!
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The Farmer or the Profiteer-
(Continued from First Column.l

CONTINUED from First CoumnD
can happen to him. The the Government pays the
HE gets the labor and materials 60 up the more
he earns for the THE COST the bigger his profit
percentage.
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ONE ONE with a taste for
y figures has lightly esti-
mated that we Americans
habitually mispronounce eighteen
thousand words.
Personally. / considered this es-
innate too conservative until / re-
membered that most well edu-
Gated human beings have only
few thousand words in their vo-
cabulary. 1t is undoubtedly true
that they mispronounce the ma
jority Of these words. One cheer
fully admits, therefore, that eight
cen thousand words, if used would
also undoubtedly be mispro-
ncunced.
We cannot defend any national
murder Of our language by cheer
fully explaining that there are so
many foreigners among us. As a
matter Of fact, the educated for
eigners often speak our language
much better than we do. They
take it more seriously. They give
words their full value. They do
not chop them up and mutilate
them as the average American
does, every day of his life.
He cannot be defended on the
ground of ignorance. He knows
Usually, how to pronounce the
words. His faults are threefold.
First, he is careless. He skips
syllables and drops the final let
tiers Of the words he uses.
Second, he is usually in a hurry.
He has a foolish idea of saving
time by his slipshod speech.
Third - and most curious ex-
PLANTATION OF all-he actually has
an absurd conviction that correct
speech is stilted and artificial. IL
he has not acquired It in early
life he makes no effort 10 acquire
1t later. Instead, he ratacr glories
in his slovenly English.
He forgets, or perhaps he has
never known and will never learn,
that words are the most precious
tools in the workshop of lie. aid
that 1t Is the duty Of every worker
to see that his tools are the best
made.
To try to give examples of our
frequent blunders il as difficult as
to select pebbles from a long
stretch Of pebble-covered beach.
We have instances Of carelessness
IN avary aide NJ ne
But take, as one among thou
sands, the word government"
Most Americans use that word
many times every day. One in ten
uses 1t correctly. The other nine
say government" forgetting alto
gether the nice sounding and serv-
iceable little n" Also they pro-
nounce the last syllable al IL it
were spelled "munt."
The word president is equally
ill-treated. It's president" to the
majority Of men and wome,l who
The Washington times., 1918-04-04
How Mr.. Sun Controls
Planets Circles
By Garrett P.
y e r v ! 8 8.

it will be four times less in the
first case and four times greater
in the second, 4 being the square
Of 2. But in order that a planet
shall have its path through space
bent from a straight line into .
circle or an ellipse around the
sun, there must be a certain pro-
portion between what we may
call its independent motion, or
projectile motion, and the motion
impressed upon it by the suns
pull.
At each instant the planet seeks
TO fly straight ahead, but the solar
gravitation reins it in and forces
it to circle like a stone swung
around in sling. If the planets
energy of motion is too great it
will get away from the sun (break
the gravitational string), but in
moving away it uses up portion
of its energy, because the suns
pull, although growing less with,
increase of distance, never ceases,
and at length the planet reaches
the point where its velocity has
been in this manner reduced so far
that a balance is re-established
between the two forces. At that
point, then, it is caught, as it
were, in the sling and once more
travels round the sun.
Take the case supposed of an
increase of the earth's velocity
from eighteen up to twenty miles
per second The earth would i'm
mediately sway away from the
sun, but in doing so it would, in
forcing itself away against the
solar attraction, use up the extra
energy that had been given to it.
It would be like a stone thrown
upward, the pull of gravity con-
tinually reducing its motion.
When it had arrived at distance
from the sun of about liz, 500, 900
miles calculated by the inverse
square root rule) a balance would
be struck again between its en-
ergy and that of the sun, and it
would Lurn into new, InOTc
elongated orbit, in which it would
continue to travel with a velocity
of about 16 is miles per second.
The lost velocity would have dis
appeared in the expenditure Of
energy required to enlarge the
orbit.
But this could not 20 on indefi-
nitely. There is very clear limit
to the suns power to curb a
planet and swing it into a closed
orbit, and this limit is also fixed
by the law of gravitation. When
the planets tangential velocity
(or cross motionl is Just suffi-
Gent to counterbalance the effect
of the suns pull in unit of time.
the planet will travel in circle.
II the tangential velocity is a
little greater or a little less than
that precise amount the planets
orbit will be an ellipse.
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Then Howard Will put me in his
Sunday fishing column Hurrahi
The Washington times., 1918-04-04

ing has gone up in proportion. The
millers are still making excess profit
of over $500 on, barrel of -four
above what the Food Administration
has set. Bran and shorts are out Of
sight.
"Totesquare" with the farmer.
He is loyal and ready to 60 out and
work to raise a product which has
been cut in price just 80 per cent
compared with everything else. The
profiteer who sits in his easy chair
is raising the cost of living 100 per
cent. Reduce the prices Of all the
products and you will hear no COM
plant from the farmer and no re-
quests to raise the price OF wheat.
He objects to a halfway price-fx-
ing program. N. BAER.
The Washington times., 1918-04-04

can happen him. The the Government pays, the
HE gets the labor and materials the more
he earns for the THE COST, the bigger his profit
percentage.
The farmer is far away. The express company viii not
deliver parts for his agricultural implements The railroads
keep him waiting sometimes months for his feed and his
fertilizer
All of those concerned are doing their best possibly
That does make it any easier for the farmer whose life
is of worry uncertainty and encouragement comph
Gated by lack labor When he spends all his money in
labor harvest it in the FALL and absolutely uncertain to
the prices that will be paid him and transportation facilities
Consider these figures as they affect the farmer Bear
in mind that agricultural machinery wears out rapidly
than any other tool
harvester that S160 before the costs $780,
gang pillow now costs $140 that used to cost SIS.
seeder formerly cost $125, now S240.
The farmer must buy his harness It is made chiefly Of
leather For the leather sold by the farmer he gets 10 cents
pound Eight dollars worth Of hide is in harness
weighing eighty pounds allowing nothing for the weight
of metal.
The metal costs certainly no than the leather.
Industry gives the farmer So for the animals hide and
charges him ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for an eighty
pound harness Eight dollars for material 500 for labor
and profit, and the labor is all machine labor.
Corn and barley easier to raise than wheat producing
more to the acre, sell for as much as wheat.
How you urge the farmer to raise the wheat that the
army needs you hold him down to the minimum and fail
to regulate the prices that he must pay?
The farmer willing, MIR. Baer says to be treated
as others are; he asks no special fayors.
The odds against him, his work is infinitely
uncertain and risky than that OF Others Just as 1t is Infinitely
more important.
The profteer crowds the farmer into the background
The problem more serious than that of any German Of
fensive food problem Il is to be hoped that Congress
public officials generally, and especially the jewellers In
cities will realize what the country owes to farmers l. is
important them with justice and generosity # only
for selfish national since the real war problem rests
squarey on the farmers shoulders.
The Washington times., 1918-04-04

Baer, of North Dakota represents the farmers. You
also represent them for every ounce in your body weight
the product of farmers work You built up on that
which the farmer grows from the soil
There is anxious to encourage the farmer
than Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States
The trouble that real farmers FARMING far from
the White House. whereas proteers proteerng
to the United States Treasury possible few Of them
inside of the Treasury machinery ingeniousy camou
tagged patriots of one kind or another
The proteer is always there, to whisper to the Con-
gresham hatter and otherwise persuade the official let
ting out contracts.
The profteer the spot What he wants he gets the
railroads carry it. And HIS PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
Cost plus generous profit percentage is the worst that
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