davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

A YOUNG girl war worker
n has written letter mildly
rebuking me for what she
is pleased to term my sixteenth
century" point of view, in regard
to picking up street acquaintance
In spite of an inherent hardi-
hood which permits her to make
friends in this hap-hazard fash
ion, she, believe, has moments of
doubt as to the advisability Of
these adventures. Misgivings lead
her to state her case with the
vehemence of youth and inexperI-
ence. Incidentally she gives the
National Capital a hard, if unin-
territorial knock, by stating: u
am twenty-one years old, of ire
proachable character, although l
have been in Washington for ten
months" The italics are mine,
not the war workers.
Why Blame Washington
But why blame Washington for
anything that may happen here, if
one regards the curbstone as suf-
fcient passport to acquaintance,
or an automobile as an adequate
chaperone?
NV young friend says, among
other things: circumstances
alter cases, and it would seem in
Washington, crowded as it is with
war workers, ways of meeting that
would be considered proper in the
sixteenth century are now made
uuate. And such standards should
be laid aside for standards little
more modern.
'In all cases let awell-intentioned
girl use her own good judgment
in picking up acquaintances.' A
sensible girl will never 60 auto
riding with men whom she does not
know we'll, whether she has been
introduced to them or not. She
will never go in lonesome places
and will repulse any remark that
hints of taking her too lightly. To
sum up, she will simply use. the
common sense she was born with
and be safe"
Recklessly Eating Mushrooms.
The young war workers plat
form sounds to me a good deal
like advising one unacquainted
with mushrooms to go ahead and
eat them anyhow-take the risk
Of getting poisoned with toad
stools-as the fun is worth the
chance.
To girls Of q certain venture
some type, the risk may prove
well worth while. Indeed they
may relish the risk, more than
they do their "picked up" ac-
quaintances. And l am not going
to be 30 rigid as to say these ao-
quaintances never prove harmless.
I know they do, IN numbers Of
cases. Also, people fall out Of
third story windows sometimes
and hit the eiotheslino instead Of
the bricks. But these are the ex-
ceptlons, not the rule.
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

The young war worker has un-
consciously condemned the street
corner method Of making friends
when she most valiantly seeks to
defend it. "She will never 60 into
lonesome places and repulse any
remark which hints Of taking her
too lightly"
And pray, how much enjoyment
do you think a refined, we'll
reared girl, lacking the adven-
turesome temperament, is going
to get out Of an acquaintance If
she must be constantly on the
alert to protect herself against
possible indignities
No, affairs of this kind are for
girls who enjoy adventures for
adventures sake. And the fas-
tidious girl will be happier sit
ting in the boarding-hous parlor
contemplating the engraving of
Washington Crossing the Della
ware" rather than glance around
the streets in search of a tenn
porary fate.
Plenty Of Opportunity.
But really the fastidious war
worker in Washington is con-
demned to no such dismal alterna-
tives. The town blossoms with
opportunities, il one will only take
the time and trouble to seek them
out. There is the Ingram Memo
rial Church, Tenth street and
Massachusetts avenue northeast,
where excellent clubhouse facili-
ties are open to all. There the war
worker may go in for athletics to
her hearts content, learn to swim
in a fine big pool, work in the
gymnasium or divert herself with
some Of the amusements open to
young people.
And there is the work of the
Park View Community Center, al
ready discussed In this column last
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Pitfalls of Workers
Especially for Washington Women

the case so well that am going to
resign my pulpit in his favor for
a few minutes.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
live in q community OF high
ly prosperous residences. II is
typically middle class. but the
feminine element Is by no means
mid-Victorian. Recently one pros
porous neighbor's boy passed me
on the street as l started to work.
He had a paper Of lunch and in
formed me that his mother had
gone downtown for the day and
left him thus provided for. About
1880 that evening l heard some
one sobbing and found him trying
to climb up the pillars OF the rear
porch in order to get in a window
OF his home. His mother had not
returned and he was locked out.
Other children have come to
our house in mid-afternoon beg
ging for something to eat. Their
mothers were ranging the streets
downtown.
The boys Of the neighborhood
go in a great gang. Their Ian
guage Is not only ungrammatical
and slangy, but very profane.
they are invariably impudent to
adults. They seem lacking in a
sense of fair play. attacking any
one not in their gang with
anything at their disposal.
We have children. and / have
erected a fence around our place
in order to protect their morals
and their manners THE gang"
seems to resent this greatly. They
stone the garage, and they enter
the yard to attack our children,
and when my wife is forced to
protest, she is almost always an
swered with oaths.
Now and then one sees an old
fashioned mother who keeps her
children under her own care and
who limits the time OF n cir visits
TO other children and forces
them to be courteous to adults
and respect the rights OF others.
But they are becoming exceed
ingly rare: the mothers have alb
dicated. AN OLD-TIMER-
/ have had occasion to notice al
most the same state of affairs that
"Old-Timer" refers to in his letter.
On a certain fashionable block in
the northwest, where the mothers
spent the afternoon playing golf
to conserve their figures, the chill
dren became veritable Apaches
and roamed the street a positive
menace to youngsters reared at
home. Finally, one of those infan-
tile outbreaks Of depravity that
sometimes disturb the peace of
neighborhoods occurred. And the
two women, whose children were
not involved, proved to be mstrons
of 8 comfortable aspect, who had
conserved their children rather
than their waist lines and chins.
The slender ones wept and
walled and "never thought little
Jack and Jill could have dreamed
of such things"
But why did they not think, why
did they feel that slenderness OF
outline was more precious than
looking after the children God had
eonfded TO their care?
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
Could Soldiers Keep UnifOrmsi

A;,+oI,;,a,. -oadar of th;. name,
.,hn,;t. az s,oasSt;on that the Gov.
a~t ~ ,.;aht sI1o-S snId;.re to -.
en- ~ 80 % ,,siforr,s ~ so- nrsrt;esI ns.
20 ' the % eIo.s of ths vsr.
GT ii bsI;evs Il uopId he a mod plau
fo- a. covs-rment 70 nerrnit ZACH
aDt;ztad 80 ghan d;schsroed To re-
to;n he nniforms The sfora0e Of
severaI million uniforms under con-
d;t;onS 70 nrevent deterioratiop
n.,,1d ba a Sar;ous nrobIsm The
80 .houlJ he nerm;tted to wear
tber, for AZ least a wear after the
war This would rive them an on
pn;ons etc And II thev desire 70
wear them at work the sight of a
uniform in a factory or on a farm
will he an inspiration.
The suo0estion. II nractical. would
relieve tbe great demands for cloth
ard MIGHT keen nrices down.
WILLIAM J. LATIMER. presi-
dent of the Anacostia Citizens As
So.;at;on e - saws that Congress- and
a. Con1r,;ssioners now that the
cIo.a ~ tbe war NAV nermit the
oNnerJ;trra 80 of more money and
soa,,-o tLa sarz,;ca of moro man
sSouIS osnboit EIsvsntb street.
tLt Ho 20 pannsS,Ira,;a .ve-
n Il Sna.o.t;. 80 80
ni".;I nLe 70 ' eha;n nf. Iii n.vad
.. e., a. .;t, 80 tha+ nart
90 I'm D;n.;a. ..I,, sarthaasts
u - LL. ,ootio,,, -
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

Institutions Prison wall By andwi Philanthropy
The human race has had, and has, strange, varying
ways of dealing with poor and surplus children.
The ancients before the Christian era legazed the
exposing of children in the public square Roaming dogs
might eat them anybody who chose could take them
and bring them up in slavery.
Barbarous nations threw the superfuous babies into
the wste-they doing that in China very recently
If they are not doing it in some places now.
Our own North American Indians killed girl babies
when they thought there too many of them and killed
crippled children.
Christianity made the destruction of child lfe even
before birth, mortal sin. That saved children from
pore to the wild beasts the dogs in the market place
or to slavery.
But beautiful philanthropy still exposes the child
to fate not to be enved-when the poor little creature ab
solue dependent for spiritual development upon indivd
ua affection and care, is taken away BECAUSE 1T HAP
PENS TO BE POOR the mother left unprovded
for and locked in what call institution but what
with few exceptions is really prison for the killing and
leveling of human souls.
~ These two pictures show two modern ways of taking
of the child with father supply the money feed
and cothe it.
Such child can be put in an institution as shown in
picture separated from its mother by bars and by
walls She may it occasionally Its life the less
prison life.
The other picture shows what state the city and
the nation should do for poor children.
They should be kept with the mother with the wom
that should naturally take the mothers place in the
event of the mothers death
It is not much that the mother is better
than the best institution that devised.
The worst mother has in her heart feeling for her
child that high salaries institutional benevoence
could possibly replace.
Tens of thousands of children kept with their
mothers the public purse giving the mother money sufic
ent to feed the children and care for them
Where there is mother the children are put with
good families where they will be brought up individuals
not little cogs in institutional machine
They brought up with other children they are visit
ed by those in authority to make that they are pro-
tected.
This method of bringing up children with their mothers
in good families first devised and put in practice in
this country by the Jewish Charities honor to them for
q common sense idea
The idea has since spread and many big cities now and
many institutions instead of putting the children away be-
hind institutional prison walls where there is no indepen
dent thought chance for development deep ndivid
nal affection keep the children with their mothers if the
mother lives providing money enough for an-which in
reality costs less than the institution. +
And the mother is gone the children are placed with
families that viii for them and bring them up as hu
beings not institution units That Is step toward
civilization.
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
Once-Overs
TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF YOURSELF.
CopyriEht. 1915 International Features Service Inc

hoae like q Of bobbng and down
the water drifting anywhere the tide takes you?
thought you life conditions
changed and ike do
know what to do with yourself.
sit null this fact and and make
definite effort to and do something worth while?
Why thoughts whenever
think Of how should time instead Of taking the first
opportunity at hone7
much Of what might do if things
thus and and keep drifting
Do tn folk home need
Would be better FOR them get along without you?
Would
and made for new pastures?
Then face this uaon don't wonder about longer
Take the first step toward doing something useful for country
yourself.
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
How About This BraddOcA', ROeki

HERMoN W. CRAVEN, Civil SerV-
Ice Commissioner. raises the inter-
esting question Of the authenticity
OF Braddock's Rock, which stands in
hole, surrounded by a fence. a few
blocks from the Potomac, In George
town, near the Naval Hospital
What about this roek?' Commis-
sioner CRAVEN inquired. 81 have
been told that Braddock landed there
in 1855 on his way to attack the
French; that 1t once was in the river
proper, but that the stream narrow
cd and dirt from dredging was
thrown around 1t. Why not have
some proof Of this, something that
can be considered authentic? Do
the historians Of these parts know
any facts? Which way did Brad
dock 90 from here, IL he really came
this way and stopped on the roek?-
/ put the question to local histo-
rians for facts or traditions. or both
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

]. c. WEIGH has this to say about
the W. B. and A. railroad: "Ycu
compelled this corporation which
uses Washington's streets free for
terminals to open their trains to
their patrons wkiie laying over at
Fifteenth street and New York ave-
.nue. Why not use your great In
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
HEARD AND SEEN

nuence to have this road put mors
pep in its schedules, and to heat
their trains when II is cold. The
road advertises mid-city terminals
in Washington and Baltimore. and
quick schedules between the two
cities. Its trains do not run on
schedule"
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

Rev wM. TAYLoE SNYDER and
STERLING KERR we're hurrying to
catch q street car. but stopped long
enough to promise that they VII
contribute to this column.
The Washington times., 1918-11-18

That young sheriff and his depu-
ties, THOMAS GARRISON and
WILLIAM TOBIN, have sure STIR
red up some trouble out Bladensbur1
and Hyattsyille way and filed Mary
land courts with legal questions.
They have for four months been
holding up automobiles returning
from Baltimore and taking charge Of
the occupants where whiskey was
found: They are supposed to have
stored away somewhere between
$4,000 to $4,000 of seized vhiskeys.
Much of it was collected from boot
leggers," but attorneys charge that a
large number of respectable citizens
Of Washington have been dealt with
IN high-handed manner-fined by the
Bladensburg magistrate and scolded
around like sure enough criminals.
Anyway, it's all about to be fought
out In the Maryland courts.
The Washington times., 1918-11-18
Seen at the Bowie Races

Seen at the Bowie Races
Congressman DICK AUSTIN Of
Tennessee studying political mst-
ters;
ED FULLER, treasurer of Prince
Georges county, collecting taxes;
"CY" CUMMINGS, contributing
to Salvation Army funds;
w. WESLEY BEALL, sheriff,
keeping an eye on everything.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-08

drop into the hut and ask the sec
retary.
"Well what's on touirht7
And the secretary replies with en-
thuuBHm:
Elsie Janis will hc hero tonight" "
II not Miss Janis perhaps tho
HcarOns sisters. Walter Daunosch
me Misses Hpyt. h. n Sothrru.
Madame Camille Sevrnrd ~ the
Metropolitan Opera company ur any
~ the other well known artists
booked by the Trench Circuit GO
casloually, due TO hrrakdovns or uu-
usually bad roads. be may have TO
suy Sorry, boys, nothing doing to-
night"
TlIis Mig Nccd.
Before Uncle Sam began sending
over troops In such largo numbers.
each soldier averaged seeing one
show "A week I'm the month of May
sll night performances were given.
70 keep pace with The increasing
number ~ soldiers, the s VI g. A
ls sending more entertainers across
and is also teachlng the men self
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-08
nv ELEANoR DRoDNAW

All work and no play dulls the
Yanks fighting spirit That's why
the y. NJ. G A. is taking care ot the
YanRs plnytime In IT, "Ovor There"
Thcatcr league
You can't take man from his
home soil. transplant him 20 a camp
in a strange country, give him inten-
Giye military training and nothing
else and make u good soldier out OF
him lie must have relaxation
The hut and the famous trench
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-08


This league ig arranged like huge
wheel The basr, from which the
acts are sent out. IS the hub and the
spokes are known as divisional areas
a company goes out on spoke or
divisional area, which may include
81 hu's when thoy have played In
these 81 huts they return 20 tho hub
and Rrc sent out on another spoke.
often I'm the midst of an act q Ger
tain regiment IS called and they slln
out quietly and 20 20 tho front But
the players have the satisfaction of
knowing that they made the men for
get FOR n time the thought OF going
into No Mans Land
Tho men like TO kld each other
during a show. that's why the most
~ them Ike 10 hear songs with which
they are familiar
ON one occasion a woman enter
Bincr was singing "Be My Ilv"
Apparently there was lilly" pres
Crt because one very good LOOKING
younE fellow with golden hair and
blue eyes was made 90 stand mp dur
ing the entire song while his com.
rades had the time ~ their lives m
another song there was reference
20 % "curly black musiaehc" and an
other poor fellow came iu FOR his
share of good -ratured teasing
n ISN'T AN smooth sailing for the
entertainer hy any means He must
learn 90 take care m himself under
the most diffIcuU conditions and 70
do 10 rheerfully and hnvely IIe ia
ofton called upon 20 nm inches that
he didn't dream OF before hg left
home
Hut iys an pare Of tho hfr show
being staged ON tho bstUerrliB Of.
France and o. puts toy I'm the hearts
and smiles on tho lips 0f the fighting
men. Isn't that worthwhUe2
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-08
Liver SC per pound
Cream Cheese 3Oc per pOunl
Good Creamery Butter soc
Good cured OLeO SIC
AND MARKET

We shipment
which
If
the
columns
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-08
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER

for certain results-light, tasty, whole
some pies, cakes, biscuits, etc, 1t con-
tains only such ingredients as have been
approved under the Acts of Congress
con cerningthe wholeSomenesS offoods.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-27

DOntProcrasnae Sign Pledge War SversToday SLWV to the Wa asadngN ! TAEMS
 UNI D. M Read Company of Bridgeport co
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
GERMANS MAKING
BIG AIRSnIPS FOR
OVER SEA TRIPS;
GIGANTIC zEPP
Transportation Otherwise
, { Lost To Be Regained
Through Air Vessels
By Asaociated Press }

London. Dev. 6.--The Germans are
building an airplane with which they
intend trying a trip across the At
lantic and have a Zeppelin under
construction with the same idea in
view, according to the correspondent
at Berlin Of the Daily Express. The
correspondent says he learned this
when being shown over an aircraft
factory at, Staken, a. suburb of Ber-
lin, by Managing Director Haasch,
former naval officer.
Monster Flyer
The Staken forks, built during
the war, coverS hundreds Of acres
and employs 5000 workers. The ma
chimes employed in the later raids on
London and Paris were built there.
The machine being constructed there
for the transatlantic flight, says
of 1913 feet and engines of 5000
horsepower.
Making Commercial Machines
Almost Immediately after the ar
mistice was signed the Staaken plant
began converting the fighting planes
on hand into commercial machines
intending to link all the European
capitals with Berlin, and dozens of
planes built entirely of aluminium
are being transformed for postal
service.
The correspondent says that the
Zeppelin factory. at Frederic
is building an airship for a trans
Atlantic voyage capable Of carrying
100 passengers. 1t has nine engines
and eight propellors.
Cross Atlantic in 40 Hours
It's first flight will be in July next,
liz the international situation clears
up by that time. The trip is expect
ed to be made in 40 hours. The cor
respondent was told of the remark
able flight of Zeppelin in Novem-
ber, 1917. The airship started from
Bulgaria. for East Africa with %
tons of munitions and medicines and
a crew of %. 1t had arrived over
Khartoum in the Sudan, the CORES
pondent's informant declared, when
it was ordered by wireless to return
because it was learned that the bulk
OF the forces of General Won LettoW-
Vorbeck, the German commander in
East Africa, had surrendered. 1t re-
turned to its starting point four
days after it had left.
Director Haasch claimed that this
airship could have gone from Berlin
to New York and back without stop
ping.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
Sin1OndS on the
Peace Congress

Frank simonds will discuss, in a
special article in The Forum on Sat
urday, vital issues and problems that
confront the Versailles peace con-
gress. 4 @...
An analysis Of the conflicting in
iEsVests Of the several nations still
associated against Germany by Mr..
simonds comes at a most opportune
nonents when the attention of the
whole world rs eentersd q upon the
peace congress. -
You cannot afford TO miss simonds
in the Saturday Forum ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
p M. General
Wants Trucks

Washington, Dec. s.-Plans for as
sault on the high cost Of living by
the extension OF rural parcel post
through the use of army motor
trucks, were explained yesterday by
Assistant Postmaster General BIaks-
lee to the house postoffice committee,
which is framing the 1920 postal ap-
preparations BILL
Mr.. BIakslee, in asking for $4,000,
600 for the rural service for the year
beginning July J., next, said trucks
for the proposed service would be
turned over by the war department
without charge Truck trains Of one
tractor and six or more trailers, he
added, could make postal rates COM
pete with freight rates.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
TERRIBLE STORY
TOLD OF HORROR
and STARVATION
In PETROGRAD
Food Refused Middle
. Glasses Who Die BY
Hundreds Daily

Stockholm. Thursday. Dec. 5.-By
The Associated Press.)-Fngitfves
from Russia VINO have reached here
say that living conditions in Petro-
grad are terrible. The famine there.
they say, defies the. imagination.
Flour is selling for so rubles and but
ter and sugar for $50 rlIbles per kilo-
gram (2.2 pounds). Herrings are the
only food obtainable and sell for five
rubles each.
Middle Class Starving
All middle class elements are ex-
cluded from public eating houses and
are dying OF starvation by thousands.
Hundreds are buried each day be-
tween and O'Clock in the morning.
no funerals being permitted later in
the day.
Only Quarter Population Is Left.
OF a normal population of two mil
lions, only half million persons are
left in Petrograd. The city looks de-
serted.
by red guards and their families.
Hotels, restaurants, cafes and offices
are closed. The houses of the middle
classes are deserted, their furniture
has been stolen and the windows
have been smashed.
BoIshevik Hatred Of Allies.
Many widely known persons have
been shot OF have starved to death
recently. Rumors Of approaching en-
tente intervention have increased
Bolshevistic hatred and resulted in
frenzied persecution Of the middle
class elements.
There is great nervousness in the
neutral legations. The Polish lega-
ton has been looted, while the Swiss
legation has been entered forcibly.
The personnel Of this legation has left
Pctrograd.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
Fred Is Quite
a Democrat

Amsterdam, Dec. 6.-The former
German crown prince, trudging over
muddy country lanes in Dutch sa.bots,
is a familiar sight on the Island of
Weiringen, says a. correspondent of
The Telegraf. Frederick William
declares that what he misses most is
a riding horse.
He plays billiards with the vilIag-
ers and treats them to drinks and
smokes ana buys candy for the chill
dren. The younger Hohenzollern has
his breakfast at $3.50 and his dinner
at z p. m He eats oysters and
drinks champagne regularly, unlike
his father, who dimes plainly. New
ertheless, he is reported Ito suffer
from fits of depression.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-06
1000 Deaths of
Fht in Montana
(BY Asgociated Press. }

Helena, Mont. Dec. Git has been
unoficiaIlv estimated by state Off
cials. that ten times as many per-
sons have died of influenza in Mofl-
tana since the epidemic became
statewide, than We're killed in battle
during the same period. The total
influenza and pneumonia death toll
may reach 1000, 1t was estimated to-
day.