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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
LET US HELP TO BRING JONES
AND SMITH TOGETHER

This is a very good time for the
man on the land to make an inven-
tory of his farm machinery and tools.
In the course of time every farmer
accumulates a lot of stuff of one kind
and another machinery, tools, ETC..
which experience has convinced Inn
he does not need and can dispense
with. At the same time he also
knows from the experience of the past
season that there is machinery that
he does need, and could use with ad-
vantage in the prosecution of his
work. If the two could get together
and make an exchange both would be
benefited. Jones has what he does
not need and want. Farmer Smith
has what Jones needs, and himself
needs the very things Jones wants to
get rid of. This condition occurs quite
frequently. If Jones and Smith would
make their wants known to each other
thru the means of little inexpen-
sive want advertisement in the Echo
both would be benefited.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
NO CONTROVERSY

In answer to Gompers assertion
that labor would resist any reduction
in wages, William H. Barr, of the
National Founders Association, says:
"If any man or set of men assume
to think the manufacturers intend at
this time to enter into any wage con-
troversy they are quite mistaken. On
the contrary, the present time is one
when all possible constructive energy
should be utilized for cooperation and
not for strife. Perhaps the country
can maintain its industries and secure
its share of the world trade on the
present basis. If so, well and good.
"The manufacturer is unquestion-
ably more deeply concerned in working
out the great common industrial
problems than those individuals and
organizations whose principal efforts
are confined to vituperation and re-
duction of output"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
PUBLIC UTILITY DEFICITS

To supply cheap lights and power
the city of Seattle has deficit in its
electric lighting department of $685.
900.
Money is to be transferred from
the general funds to the depleted light
account, and as usual public owner
ship falls back on the taxpayer.
The shortage is to be made up tenn
porarily by using funds from the
sale of the Skagit river power bonds,
sold to build another city plant.
On top of this Seattle politicians
will again ask home rule powers to
take their utilities out of the control
of the public service commission.
This means that utilities will be
thrown back into city politics, out of
which they have been taken for the
past six or eight years.
There will be restored the old era
when utilities had to own city coun-
ellis or get out of business-a vicious
system.
Under home rule big cities will get
low rates and Seattle deficits and the
utilities under state control in smaller
towns will have higher rates and help
pay the city deficits.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
SOCIALISM AND AUToCRACY

The European war has made it very
clear that there is a very close affil-
iation between the working out of So
cialism and autocratic government.
Of course, government ownership
and paternalism require centralized
and autocratic power because they
work from the government down to
the people.
A republican form of government
under the democratic theory of repre-
sentatives chosen by the people works
from the people up through delegated
power.
The great argument for rejecting
the California plan of social and
health insurance that carried weight
with the people was that it was too
autocratic.
1t was compulsory on the free citi-
zen whether he wanted to accept it OF
not, and the popular form of German
socialism is highly autocratic.
The most highly developed form OF
socialism in our country, the Non-Par-
tisan League, is willing to take the
farmers money, but not willing to let
him vote.
The delegates to its national con-
vention in st. Paul just held were the
executive committee and delegates
named by the national executives, not
chosen by the farmers.
They are nearly all prominent in
socialistic circles and advocate state
and federal socialistic schemes, but all
practice centralized power.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
AMBITIOUS

James A. Duncan, secretary OF the
Seattle Central Labor Council, voices
the councils disappointment that the
proposed Mooney strike was not car
ried thru on December 9th.
confident that if the strike had
been called in Seattle on Dec. 3 1t
would have tied things up as tight as
ever a city was tied in history, and
in spite of disappointment at not go
ing thru with it at the time . ~ he
says regretfully.
Labor leaders are getting ambitious
to "show their power" Caesar was
afflicted in the same way. So was
Kaiser Wilhelm.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
LOYAL SUPPORT

The enterprises by which the work
ingmen have profited should receive
their loyal support during these days
of transition from war work to peace
industries. 1t is at best a delicate
operation with all conditions favor
able. Employers must risk great
deal as they have previous rules or eX-
perience for guidance. If the workers
who have enjoyed such prosperity in
war times will stand Loyalty by the
enterprise through which they gained
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
INCONSISTENT

Organized labor's reconstruction
program demands the maintenance of
law and order thru the suppression of
mob rule and terrorism, which is all
right enough if rightly construed.
But how does organized labor recon
Gle its stand for the maintenance of
law, while on the other hand it is. de-
batting on whether or not to strike for
MONEYS freedom regardless of the
laws ruling?
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
Orientalism and the Winter
Couture
Eastern Influence Also Felt In Frocks
and Wraps

The opening night of the opera al
ways marks the opening of the formal
season in town. And this year the
audience was just as brilliantly clad
as ever and there seemed to be no re-
Taxation in the pomp and ceremony
that one invariably connects with the
first night at the opera. AS the cur
tain rang down on the first act and the
lights blazed glaringly, many gorgeous
costumes came to light, and it may be
said that the many precious stones
we're worthy of rivaling the intensity
of the electric blaze.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

such prosperity, we will weather the
reconstruction period and an era Of
even greater opportunity will oe
opened up.
Upon the stability of labor depends
this new prosperity. 1t is to labors
interests naturally to help along this
program rather than to hinder it.
Co-operation will do it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

Ny attention was however attract
ed by the many new and startling
headdresses that most of the women
wore. Although the contours were
all different, the one similar point
was in the orientaism that influenced
them all. One that bespoke all the
mystery of Egypt was of violet chif-
fon with a band of pearls laid lightly
around the head over the chiffon. A
tall defiant plume of the palest of tur-
quoise coloring, rested with abundant
assurance on the forehead and sprout-
ed up to a rather unheard of altitude.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
NO CITIZENSHIP

The judge who denied citizenship to
foreigners because they had offered
to surrender their claims to citizen
ship rather than serve the country as
soldiers, is to be commended in his
action in thus barring these men from
many of the privileges of a free coun-
try. Such men should not only be de
MED the privilege of becoming citi-
zens, but they should be sent back to
the country from which they came.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

Druggists are now prohibited from
selling alcohol to anyone excepting
physicians and dentists for use in
their professions, under a bond of
$1,000. A violation hazards their Ii
cense and forfeiture of the bond. I'm
der the new law the bootlegger COM
mits felony when he sells intoxicat-
ing liquor, and on conviction is sent
to the penitentiary Washington is
now really "bone dry" as far as law
can make it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
Type to be considered

Of course the type of woman to
wear this must be over average height
and be bit arrogant in manner. How
absurd to see a petite, pouty little
thing in this regalia! The little person
however, is not to be refused the priv
ilege of an oriental headdress, so for
her is the low cap shape arrangement
Of pearls. A wee bit of chiffon
peeps beneath, falling over the eyes,
and the entire effect is delightfully."-
and distinctively Persian.
To have ones coiffure truly oriental
and to wear a gown of the Rennais-
sance would, of course, in its incongru-
ity, be a tragedy unworthy of men
ton. SO dame fashion very thought
fully created some gowns for our
smart women that fairly brought the
Far East within the stately portals of
the Metropolitan. The beautiful
straight line of the Eastern mode
makes the costume entirely dependent
on the material and workmanship.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

high neck and long tight sleeves re-
mind one of the days when the old
Monks went about on their elevating
missions. The heavy cord about the
waist adds to the monastic appear
ance of the frock, but one may indeed
look quite modern when this girdle is
developed in many colors and many
brilliant beads.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

A remarkable bird found in Mexico
is the bee-martin, which has trick of
ruffling up the feathers on top of its
head into the exact semblance of
beautiful flower. When bee comes
along to sip honey from the supposed
flower it is snapped up by the bird.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
Materials Gorgeous

Some of the materials that I saw far
surpassed any dreams that one could
have of harmonious colors and fantas-
tic designs, For the most part the
fabrics were heavy brocades and vel
vets, with luXurant satins holding
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

Peace will be followed by years of
the greatest prosperity the United
States has ever known, is the opinion
of Chicago bankers, tho all agree that
readjustments will necessitate short
period of stagnation.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
RUBBER STAMPS

The Echo takes orders for anything
in the Rubber Stamp line. Careful
attention and prompt delivery. ma1tf*
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

A Japanese recently received SILL
COO from the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.
for beets grown on Sc acre tract near
Yakima.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27
The Basque

What seems to be one of the most
welcome blouses is the basque. This
style appears on many of the smart
frocks that are forecasting the spring
modes. The attractive one here
shown is developed in velvet and fin
ished neatly at the edges with Hercu-
les braid
How austere and solemn is this
charming thing in black velvet. The
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

Remington, Underwood and L. c.
Smith typewriter ribbons for sale at
The Echo office. july 26tf
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-12-27

their own. One gown that was the
center of the line of vision of many
was developed in dark blue silk Geor-
gette and blue green velvet. The
Chinese atmosphere that envelopd
this creation was perhaps the cause of
the tremendous sensation that it occa-
stoned. Let me mention that the per-
son that wore the dream of the East
was a lovely blonde with the skin of
lily.
Another frock which | must tell you
of was of black velvet. Absolutely
without trimming and worn by a ma
trcn whose white hair in its direct con-
trast with the blackness of the gown
reminded one almost instantly of the
first snowfall so beautifully described
by Whittier. Around her perfect
neck peacefully lay a diamond neck
lace. She made an ideal picture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
A FUTURE ROLE FOR MR.. TAFT

THE qualities Of mind that Mr.. Taft sup.
l. piled to the Federal labor planning
board TO inspire what is believed to be the
most adequate working arrangement yet
devised for employers and their employees
were neither new nor strange, nor mystical.
Mr.. Taft's common sense, his perceptions
of justice and the humane philosophy that
characterizes his more familiar reactions
are reflected in the terms Of the agreement
devised to prevent strikes and lockouts
during the war
The most amiable Of our former Prcsi-
dents appears to have carried into the
sessions of the labor planning board moth.
ing but a larger conception Of the labor
issue as IL affects the country as a whole.
He applied to the problem a little of con-
structive imagination and the unselfsh and
disinterested view of the third party--the
nation itself.
With such an attitude of mind there is no
place for the harsh prejudices and mis-.
understandings that usually make labor
contests so painful and expensive. The
commission in which Mr.. Taft was a mem
Der was able to perceive that the essential
need in every case of serious labor trouble
is sympathetic and intelligent interpreta-
ton of aims for both sides.
1t is easy to believe that Mr.. Taft was
the inspiration of the recent agreement
And it is to be hoped that he may not be
too busy in the future to carry this work
little further and to apply himself TO
the larger problems which are certain TO
spring up in the future, when after the
war, the country will demand a basis of
permanent protection against the losses
and dscomforts Of strikes and walkouts,
on the one hand, and lockouts on the other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02

To the Editor Of the EVening Public Ledger
Sir--I read Mr.. Percy Shadows Social
Prattle for Men" with considerable pleasure,
even at the expense of some personal humili-
alton because Mr.. Shallow reveals the fact,
hitherto unknown, that / am doing the dish
washing myself in the evenings and that the
Whistler Miniature in Yellow" for which
paid several thousand dollars, turned out 10
be twenty dollar bill. I am shortslghted,
1t is true, and often make grotesque mis-
takes as, for instance, when tried to wash
Mrs. Albacore's pet alligator thinking it was
a cheese fork.
But I can forgive Mr.. Shallow for making
public some of the secrets of my menage,
because the Social Prattle for Men seems
to me such jolly idea, and l have always
thought 1t grossly unfair that the ladies
should be so entertained by newspaper
small-talk while we men are comparatively
neglected, II you will send your Mr. Shall
low out TO call on me in Caraway Park
will lin the vulgar phrase) put him wise to
a great many curious and quaint little Incl
dents that occur in this suburb. There
a number of anecdotes about our mutual
friend Gerald Thimbletrot that would amuse
your readers, I feel sure.
/ hope that Social Prattle for Men" will
be continued as feature in your valuable
paper, for ! am sure that It will give rise to.
great many amusing embarrassments and
prevent many of us from taking ourselves
too seriously. ALBEMARLE ALBACORE
Caraway Park, April l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
THERE ISN'T ANY SECRET

1T is beirg said Of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
= late Commissioner OF Health in Penn
eyivania, that the secret OF combating in
fantile paralysis, scourge to which he
devoted much study. died with him. No
tnasfnable statement could be more mis-.
leading. Doctor Dixon had unusual op-
portunities 10 study infantile paralysis
during the epidemics in this city and he
made no secret OF the means for its elimi-
nation. He urged consistent and almost
religious attention to cleanliness In streets
and alleys. Such simple precautions. an.
piled throughout the State wherever the
authority Of the Department of Health was
adequate, did much to cut the death rate
IN Pennsylvania in the course OF Doctor
psxons able administration of his office.
Were Doctor Dixon alive now he would
doubtless have something to add to the
comment already made in relation to the
condition of Philadelphia's streets and
alleys. A man with his knowledge and
experience could be pecaliarly eloquent
n view Of the dirt that has been permitted
20 ile and decay and form breeding. nests
Tor al sorts OF contagious in the crowded
sections OF the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
The True Voice of Russia

Everybody is saying now that you cannot
make the Russians out, that they are a ma
tion of riddles. The reactions at Odessa. the
whimsical warfare of the Bolshevild helm
to make all Russian definitions obscure and
all Russian principles elusive at the moment
II is peculiar coincidence which has
suddenly forced opera and concert goers 10
better acquaintance with Russian music in
time like this, when no one seems 10 know
what Russia is trying TO say with all her
other voices. The prejudice against German
music may have one benehcent reactiop
under the circumstances, since the work ~
Russians, heretofore but little known. Is often
substituted by the Philadelphia Orchestra
and similar organizations And the music ~
modern Russia has its own message for
sensitive ear. 1t is, in its origin a little lilo
the recent literature of the country. Tides
of aspiration common to all the people were
In the books of the last decade because e,,a,
though the mass of the Russians cannot
read or write, they had the good fortune ~
have sympathetic and sincere and taIented
Interpreters among them. II would not he toa
much to say of the later Russian music thst
1t is the one true expression of the nationaI
spirit And It is the music of a people ~
glowing faiths, of righteousness OF bsart
of vision and imagination and Tenderness snS
an inherent love of beautiful ana tenssr
things. ''"Ner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
My Soul Is Across the Sea

my beloved, I cannot sleep;
The roses whisper and l awake.
The still small voices that pulse and roll
Make awful thunder within my soul.
While the roses bow and the lilies nod,
see great pillows that pound and shake
The very walls of the world and break
In crimson foam at the feet of God.
o my beloved, cannot sleep.
The ravens are crying in yonder pine,
The robins call from the linden tree;
Their voices drown in the roaring flood
OF that great river of fire and blood
Where the hope OF tyrants shall fail and
die.
Ten thousand cannon across the sea
Are calling my soul; fly TO thee.
There till the shadow of Death pass BY,
l clasp, o beloved, thy hand in mine.
1 watch the war eagles wheel and soar
over the rivers of Picardy;
Where tyrants have sown, stand and
weep
In that red whirlwind the nations reap.
The wide world shrinks to a lurid line;
In the dread shadow, the souls TO be
And the vanished ages are set 10 see
Whether the monster beyond the Rhine,
Or freedom. shall perish forevermore.
Asleep while the world is crucihed?
Think not, beloved, think not OF me
Wrapped in the bliss OF peaceful dream.
Mid bursting shells, In the lightning's
CLEAN,
l walk in the horror Of No Mans Land
For send my soul across the sea;
There In the shadow of Death with thee.
See, o beloved. / touch thy hand
weep while the world Is cruclhed.
AL.oNzo BROWN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
GERMANS TALKING DUTCH

PEFORE deciding what to think of the
- Dutch protest against the seizure of
the Dutch ships by the United States one
should look at the war map of Europe.
One win find Holland is little spot on
the map, bordered by the North Sea on
one side and surrounded on all other sides
BY territory I'm the control of the German
armies. Holland has about as much lib.
erty Of action as mouse between the
front paws of a hungry cat.
So when the Netherlands Government, in
Its oficial Gazette. describes the seizure
Of the ships as IAN act of violence, which
II will oppose with all the energy of its
conviction and its wounded national feel
ing" we know that the Government is
speaking for the ears of Berlin, even II the
voice is not the voice of the German
Chancellor Yet the form I'm which the
nenunciation Of the American policy is
couched suggests that the German am.
bassador at The Hague has been using
The Netherlands Foreign Office as his
mouthplece and is launching propaganda
through the official channels of a nomi.
naily neutral Government.
The protest will be put on file in wash
tngton and receive due consideration at the
proper time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
JAPAN KEEPING FAITH

nELAYED accounts Of the. address Of
~ Foreign Minister Motono to the Japa.
nese Parliament on the eve Of its adjourn
nnent last Tuesday, which have just reached
this country, Justify the conclusion reached
last week that the Siberian complications
were unraveling themselves. The Foreign
Minister said;
II Is desired to make Il clear that the
Imperial Government does not regard Rus
Ella as an enemy Japan win not adopt an
aggressive policy toward Russia and does
not hesitate to declare unreservedly and
sincerely the. deep and warm sympathy OF
the nation for the Russian people
This declaration is made in the same
spirit as that which moved President VIII.
son to send message of sympathy to the
Moscow Congress of Soviets Now it re-
mains for the Russians to demonstrate that
they are not enemies of Japan, France,
England and the United States. They can
do this by organizing TO prevent the Ger.
manization of Russia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-02
As READERS VIEW 1T

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger
Sir-The proposal that war saving stamps
should be used as tips suggests to me plan
that would help our Government TO sell mora
thrift stamps.
Not every one can afford TO pay out twenty
five-cent tips, and would like to make as a
suggestion to the right parties the following:
TO make up books containing twenty FIVE
cent stamps
To make up books containing twenty ten.
cent stamps.
These to be used as tip money and these
stamps to be exchanged for $5 stamps when
enough of the five and ten cent stamps are
saved up
Instead of giving tips in COIN would sug-
gest that we give tips in stamps. In this
way believe that we can secure more money
for our Government.
LOUIS B. HOwITZ
Philadelphia, March 80.