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The Washington times., 1918-05-16

continues to spoil her nieces and
nephews as thoroughly as she
spoiled her brothers and sisters
1t is a pity when this type Of wo-
man does not marry, and so often
she does not, because she would
make the best and tenderest
mother in the world.
She is by no means Indifferent
to the joys Of a home, love. and
the blessed responsibility Of chill
dren-but somehow or other, she
never lifts a finger to secure these
things-she is always too busy
helping along some one else.
II It's Not Family, 1t Is Uplift.
II fate, by chance, makes her
an orphan, she puts her heart and
soul into something like books.
music, or uplift work She is too
busy being earnest to realize that
she is letting the most wonderful
thing in the world-yOuth-slip
through her fingers.
Sometimes the "elderly-young
girl" realizes when il Is too late
that she has made a mistake, and
she is accordingly unhappy, but as
a rule she keeps on sacrificing her
self to someone or something u
the end OF the chapter.
The other day ! saw an "elosrly-
young girl" in a delightful old
book shop, looking at some sub
stantia books that everyone ought
to read, but few of us do. We are
more apt to read popular essays
about them.
Books Versus n Spring Hat.
She was the kind Of girl you
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
By Beatrice Fairfax.

begin by thinking rather plain,
then ind so many good points
about her that you conclude she is
pretty-quite pretty. She was bent
on buying the substantial books,
and the friend with her was equal
ly bent on making her get a new
hat, instead.
That thing you have on looks
as If it came from a fire sale"
"or a meeting with a German
submarine" The "elderly-young
girl" added.
Then why don't you get a new
one?" the friend demanded. "No
self-respecting chimpanzee would
wear hat like that"
No One Ever Looked at Her Hats.
Because I want those books. No
one ever looks at my hats-I don't
expect a new one to secure me a
fairy prince, a limousine, and that
last paragraph Of all fairy tales:
They were happy ever after"
didn't know the girls name,
though l recognized her type, and,
like her friend, was sorry she
didn't get the spring hat in place
Of that armful Of dingy books that
everyone ought to read, but few
actually do.
A new hat, a new dress, her hair
becomingly arranged and-I don't
believe she could have kept the
fairy prince away. But she had
put on her clothes as II she had a
spite against herself, she had work
ed overtime to hide all her good
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

Scientists at the Cosmos Club would disagree if you
asked them the age of Potomac Falls Some of them after
examining the rocks would tell you that they mil
lion years old Others would tell you they times
that age Neither would probably be right But however
old they are since water began running them
tremendous power has been going to waste.
When Indians inhabited this region that waste did not
make much difference. Even when George Washington
built his canal there and put up his mill for making wrought
iron the wasted energy of the rushing waters of
great importance But when the city of Washington
to be established every additional nhabant made that
waste more important and the of that power
sary.
Now after many years. three departments of the Gov
ernment uniting in thorough investigation of the river
its power and the best way to make that power available
you by Transforming into heat and light and the
for accomplishing work
Already the learned engineers have evolved two plans
for putting that rush of waters in harness If the pre-
ferred one is adopted by building canal and bringing
the water in channel from the present water supply
dam to the Chain Bridge, they will have at that point
fau higher than Niagara Falls down which will tumble
$4,000 cubic feet of water minute and that transformed
into horsepower will equal 1675O0 horses pulling for all
they worth all the time kind of horses that never
eat or sleep nor get sick nor die and never tire.
That will mean that all the electric cars all the eIec
tic motors, all the lights you will be by this
great cheap power. will end to the ten cents
you charged for electricity. 1t will mean not
more than half that price to the small user it will
not oneenh that price to the large who
rent in the daytime when there other demands
With cheaper electricity you will heat your house as
well light and laugh at the coal shortage. You will
washing machine for almost nothing The smallest house
viii have little refrgeratng plant by electricity and
you Will smile at the ice man when he boosts the price
There is no accounting what Will be cheapy done when you
have the Potomac river working for you twenour hours
a day.
As the project progresses toward reality there are those
who will get worried to what will happen to the electric
company which has for years been charging prices much too
high Let shed any tears about that If other
PRIVATE along with proposition you
half the money now pay for current the company
would have the competition go business and
the incoming company would NOT buy the old plant at any
thing more than it was worth
Why should the situation be any different because the
GOVERNMENT chooses go into business and make use
Continued in Last Column)
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points-and now the armful of
dusty, dingy books.
Gather Your Roses While You
May.
wanted to take them away from
her and quote the line beginning:
Gather your roses while you may"
That girl was wasting her capital
Of youth, possible prettines, and
the chance of being normally
happy, to buy some dingy old
classics. l remember the title on
one Of them was: "Burton's An
atomy Of Melancholy" an excellent
book, no one would dispute it, but
It could wait till she was forty,
and the hat and the new gown and
the becoming arrangement Of hair
could not.
A very wise old woman once
called Clothes" the sinews Of
war" The best introduction a girl
can have is an attractive appear
ance; in time, all her other virtues
may become evident, but the effect
she first produces, counts.
AS l said in the beginning Of
this letter, most girls think too
much of clothes and appearance,
but the "elderly-young girl" does
not think of them enough, and
very often she is the best type
the type the world needs in its
home making. Will the elderly
young girl" please take notice,
furbish up her wardrobe and ar
range her hair becomingly?
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
THE "YOUNG-ELDERLY" GIRL

IT HIS letter is written, not for
the average girl who Is apt
i to think more Of her per-
sonaI appearance and spend more
time and money on her clothes
than she can afford, but for the e1-
ceptional girl who does not con-
slider her appearance sufficiently.
A good name for her would be
the "elderly-yOung girl" and she
is a very different person, indeed,
from the "young-elderly girl"
The "elderly-young girl is
usually a charming friend because
the failing, to which she owes her
name, springs from unselfshness.
She does not realize her power, or
think we'll OF herself, or see "that
by taking thought" she could
double her attractions, perhaps
achieve positive beauty.
She is the Cinderella of the Family.
She is frequently the Cinderella
of a family which turns over all
the advantages to some less at
tractive sister. rich in the worldly
wisdom poor Cinderella lacks, and
who proceeds to take what is Of
fered and make the best of it
The "elderly-young girP is
strong on giving up" she will
sacrifice her summer vacation, or
her winter coat, to help out for
some other member of the house
hold. The entire family connection,
down to the cousins, turn to her
and she never refuses a favor
that can be procured by a per-
sonal sacrifice on her part.
She Winds Up as the Maiden Aunt
She usually winds up as the
maiden aunt Of the family, and
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
ByS T@SIS Gossip

TO THE Boss BARRIERS.
EVERYWHERE IN America.
DEAR BARRIERS.
FOR YEARS and years.
I'VE BEEN getting shaved.
IN BARBER shops.
ALL OVER the country.
AND I can remember.
WHEN I'D tell the barber.
IJUsT wanted a shave
AND HE'D smile,
AND GIVE me the shave.
AND IT would be a good one.
AND I'D pay him;
AND SAY it looked like rain
OR WHATEVER it was.
AND GOODBYE,
AND I'D 60.
AND ONCE in a while.
I'D NEED a haircut.
AND A shampoo.
AND I'D get them.
AND NOW.
IT'S ALL changed:
AND IF 1 tell the barber.
1 JUST want . shave
AND NOTHING else.
HE GETS sore,
AND HURRIES me through
WITH A poor shave.
AND THE only way.
i CAN get a good shave.
is TO tell the barber.
HE CAN cut my hair.
AND WASH my head
AND GIVE me a massage.
AND PLEASE shave me close.
AND l want to ask you.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
When the Potomac Begins Working
For YOu

CONTINUED from First Column.)
of power which the electric company might have used
long ago it had not chosen rather to let the money it has
invested in Falls property lie idle while you paid the inter
est on the investment?
The Government has begun undertaking full Of great
possibilities Washington Secretaries Daniels and Baker
and Lane should that 100 per cent made Of this
great natural resource.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

IF YOU think it's right
TO EXPECT man.
TO HAVE his hair cut
AND GET a massage.
AND HAVE hi. head washed.
EVERY TIME he gets shaved
WHICH. WITH me
IS EVERY day;
AND JUST :uPPO:ins.
THAT WHEN you went out.
TO GET your lunch.
AND ALL you ordered.
WAS DOUGHNUTs and eORsA
AND THE waiter looked at yOu
AND YOU knew right away.
THAT HE wanted to say.
YOU CHEAP stiff.
as THAT all you wantF"
AND JUST suppOsing.
YOU WERE taking a trip.
OVER TO Baltimore.
AND YOU asked for your ticket
AND THE agent got sore.
AND WOULDN'T speak to you
BECAUSE YOU wouldn't buy {
ticket.
AROUND THE world.
1 ASK you
HOW WOULD you feel
IF THAT happened to yUuH
AND I'M writing You nov.
TO LET you know;
THAT I'M going right ont
TO BUY a razor.
AND CUT myself up.
AND YOU'LL be sorry.
FOR HAVING ruined.
A PERFECTLY good faeA
1 THANK you.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

Signs prominently placed ask
= motorists NOT to park cars be-
tween the new safety platforms
and the curb. It blocks traffic
to do so. Yet for three days /
have noticed that in front Of
WADE COOPER'S bank the
cars are parked JUST where
the police have asked folks NOT
to do it
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

II he had asked q New York con-
ductor he would have been hit in
the head with q brake handle, /
bet you.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
HEARD And SEEN

Il took q ride out on the Wiseon-
sin avenue line" said JUDGE
STANTON, "and / saw q bird in a
tree. Both were strange to me. So
/ asked the conductor, who told me,
with a graceful smile, that it was
q catbird in q locust tree"
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

JUDGE ROBERT L. STANTON
says the first difference he notices
between here and New York Il
that the conductors here are polite.
Believe me they have some tough
conductors in New York. get let
ters here criticising our local brand
of car conductor, but let me assure
you all that a tough Washington
conductor is as gentle as = little
baby compared to some Of those iron
jawed men in Manhattan
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
N o T b I N G.

Doesn't that strike you as appro-
pirate for the avergae number Of
the Congressional Record?
The Washington times., 1918-05-16

I wonder il JERE MASSEY has
q sense Of humor. Mr.. Massey is
in the library Of the U. s. Shipping
Board, and one Of his tasks is to
read the Congressional Record. II
it contains. no pearls Of wisdom re-
lating to the Shipping Board, he
marks the copy, In large blue let
ters:
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

Hay and wheat suffered the great
est damage Sugar beets just COM
ing up. OF course, were completely
destroyed and will have to be re
planted in many places Wiley
Journal
Z. A. Wines. formerly banker of
Granada and Holly. now located in
Texas. has been in Lamar several
days this week in consultation with
the local oil magnates-Lamar Re
gister.
G. Y. Newman, who has been con-
nected with the D. A. NJ. e. P. Co.
Tor some time, left this week for
Holly, where he will take charge
OF the eompany's interests in that
section Mr.. Newman is a very
competent man and his many La
mar friends will be pleased to learn
OF his promotion.-Lamar Sparks.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07
HAL AT WILEY

This section Of the lowtr Arkansas
valley WAS visited Wednesday at
ternoon by a disastrous hail storm
which well nigh devastated the
wheat and hay crops of the far
uaers in the Big Bend section north
west Of Wiley
The stricken area is approximate
iy four miles long by two miles wide
The hail was of great size, many
OF the stones being two inches or
more in diameter. The storm was
accompanied by some wind and a
heavy rainfall The fall OF hail was
terrific and after the storm had
passed. hail stones were four in
ehes deep, and in many places were
wased up by the rain into banks
more than q foot deep.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07
HORSE CREEK RAMPANT.

Horse Greek began making DeNg
as so0n h the Cbdeftain has been
Issalesd trola tie press lEs1 week
and on 1Burdar evening and
ttrough0ur Thursday might kept
the iorn in suspense Lest rise isa
the flood waters Or break in the
dykes would convert the townsite
into . lake.
During Thursday afternoon the
water in the creek began to rise
10 threatening proportions, due TO
heaTy hail and rains in this vieini-
sy and the region north, and by
evening the banks were running
Level full with the report eurreIlt
that thirty inch raise Mas on its
way down
The LneIg OF tie town who had
battlei with Horse Creek before and
who knew its moods best seized
spades and began b0ltering the dy-
kes and otherwise keeping their
eyes open for contingencies. At
the big bend north Dt town water
oyeriioaed the dykes on both sides
flooding the west side OF town to d
shallow depth and Also the lower
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

grotnd NORTH AND the east pEIr OF
f0Wn The low railway bridge
where il CROSSES Horse creek below
SANTA Fe ayenue caused the erssk
10 overflow its banks, flooding the
entire south side OF the city reach
ing up on Fourth street ag far ~
the Iosfoffiee George Fredriekson.
who acquired web feet during his
b0vhood swimming days and who
has every ear mark Of q mariner. re
ported water almost knae deep in
his front yard but hardly deep en-
ough for yachting. purposes
The thirty inch rxsse did Mt ms
teria8ize and by dusk the waters
began to reeede. BY morning the
danger wlaS past and most Of the
flooded sections of the city had
only the water marks to tell the
story OF the night before. 1t WIS
q narrow escape from serious food
conditions and one uh5ef, the resi-
dents of the town viii not soon
forget.
But the heavy rains which made
the foods possible came at an op-
potune time and will put new life
into farming operations in the up
lands rs well as in the valley.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

fW1MfYFoUR ROOM HOTEL
in good Colorado town, only hotel
in town, located on Coast to Coast
Automobile Highway. A money
maker for good hotel man, priced
at excursion rates Win trade for
other property
!. 3. Me1kURfRY,
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

Use Texaeo Oils and Greasee TO,
your ear-Holly Auto Co. R-sf
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

Wise people use Texaeo oils
Holly Auto Co. kS-tf.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-06-07

SEE NE BEFORE placing your
application for loans. J. p. Lin
vile. Holly. n
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U1o,o . OIL uNEo~,.;oo A Serial of
WHICH, Jill Mol I1C0 Early Welded Life
Anne Has Mental Tussel With Neal and an Exciting
Scene With Her Husband.

must be asleep. I was stiI and
chill. but l didn't dare stir lest l
wake him. At last Jim spoke:
You wonderful girl! Don't lie
there In the cold-rm all right
now"
His voice was steady-natural.
Then l knew how terrified / had
been. and a sob broke from my
heart before ! could stifle II.
You're never going back to that
dreadful job-that inspectorship-
walking, walking all. day long,
miles and milesT' / cried. oh, dar-
ling, forgive me for letting you take
it. Wen write your resignation
Actually Jim laughed, but there
was little irritation in his laugh.
Write nothing! You're SO cold
your teeth are chattering. Under
the covers with you. you little brick
and no nonsense about mel I'm
no invalid"
/ dared not protest. So switch
ing on the lights I crept into bed
and lay staring into the darkness,
and waiting for the even breathing
that would tell me Jim was asleep.
But fear kept my eyes open-star-
ing into the darkness.
To he Continued.
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A Young Widows Problem
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am q widow, twenty years
old. and have q baby OF eight
months. I am very much in love
with a widower Of thirty, now
in camp. As soon as he lis dis
charged he wants me to marry
him. My mother is trying in
every way to keep US apart. A
friend OF hers told her that this
man is a very heavy drinkcr.
also that he was very mean to
his first wife. and that once or
twice he even beat her. But
have been told that all this Is
not true. Miss Fairfax. love this
man dearly and cannot DcAr 10
give him up, and yet ] have my
baby to think of. Please toll me
the best thing to do. r. J..
In so serious a matter as tbs.
you must not depend on gossip and
hearsay The charges thai you
speak OF should be investigated by
going to the friends and r"lativ -
of the wife who diCi. II the Wild
over Is not a heIvv d-iuker and
wife-beateT. he viii doubtless be
glad to co-operA'a In tracing thes"
{ baTreS TO their sourc.. AMI nisp"F-
ibA - them. At all vents. don't
marry until thn whole iusSiCn is
cleared up. however deeply you uIe
in love with hi n.
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About-all in,p muttered Jim. Then
he stirred uneaslly. and nestled his
head closer to me like a tired child
hiding all the world in its mothers
bosom.
Jim Receivers.
FFantically / began to loosen His
clothing. He did not resist. When
I held q little glass of brandy to his
lips he took one or two sips and
then pushed 1t away.
Poor little tired boy" 1 crooned
to him holding him close again.
I'll put you right to bed. You will
be. all right in a minute. Jim dar-
ling You're so tired Poor boy.
just q minute and Anne will have
him all warm and comfy"
And then, as IL he were my tired
little son. undressed him and
helped him into bed. Dazed, shak-
ing as IL with cold, blue of lip,
and yet muttering feverishly, my
boy. let me have my way with him.
He was too weak. too i'll to resist.
= When at last he was resting
comfortably 1 lowered the lights
and flung myself on top OF the COW
ers, holding him against the
warmth OF my body. For q time
he lay staring nervously. Then he
grew still-so still thought he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
Advice to the LOvelOrn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

year my Junior who was at .
boarding school all her life, but
has now come to my home. Now
that she Is here, have intro
duced her to every boy that
came to take me out and many
times l took her along. They
seemed to fall in love with her
leach and every one) as soon
as they were introduced to her
and now they take her out in
stead OF me. She IL very pretty
and has a way about her that
drives them crazy, and II is
breaking my heart. Do you
think il will be right OF me to
have the boys meet me down
stairs instead of coming up
stairs? I am ashamed to tell
my sisters and brothers that
am Jealous.
GUS.
II seems to me that you are a
very honest girl. G. J. s.. both with
yourself and with others. And I
don't think II would be in keeping
with your character to meet your
boy friends outside the house.
would not try that. Try your best
10 treat the boys just as you did
formerly. This infatuation over a
very pretty girl is quite natural,
but / doubt II it lasts long. and 1t
is quite possible that your friends
are perfectly loyal to you in their
hearts. Be patient and see whether
this isn't true.
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Caring For
the Eyes
By Brice Belden, n. D.

TT EADACHES due to eye strain
- occur much more commonly
when strains are being
forced on the eyes in near
work than when strains are due to
distance vision
A very slight defect will some
times cause eye strain and headache,
seems to mean that much depends
upon what kind of = nervous sys-
TEN Is behind the eyes. Those who
are not we'll balanced nervously are
especially apt to feel the effects OF
even slight eye strain, 80 IL would
appear that in such cases the defec-
tive vision acts only as an exciting
cause which might be without ef-
feet If the subjects were not nerv-
GUS
But even 4 naturally well-bal-
anced person II liable to suffer from
eye-strain headaches IL he or she
happens to. become anemic for some
reason, or happens to become q
victim OF intestinal toxemia-that
form of self-poisoning (auto-intoxi-
cationl due to the absorption OF
certain chemical prducts resulting
from faulty digestiys processes and
dietetic errors. Sometimes there lie
q combination of these causes.
So. also, when q person is run
down." as we say, as after some
acute illness. like influenza Such
an individual may suffer from eye
strain although presenting no de-
feet OF vision.
The explanation is that the
muscle which regulates the size of
the pupil so as to govern the
amount of light admitted to the eye
during the efforts that one makes
in shifting the view from far to
near objects is fatigued along with
all the rest OF the muscles, so that
this shifting or accommodation"
as it is called, means great strain
in such circumstances. Such VIC
Tins OF eye-strain frequently at
tempt to induce oculists and op-
ticians to prescribe glasses for them
when what they really need is COM
plete rest.
During eonvalescence from any
Illness people are very apt to abuse
this faithful little muscle of ac-
commodation. which il known tech
nically as the ciliary muscle. They
read q lot, perhaps, which puts an
enormous strain upon q complica-
ted mechanism which has shared in
the general weakening of the pa
tients. These very few people would
not think OF straining their leg or
back muscles at such . time, but
they have no mercy on their eyes.
Headache and difficulty in read
ing due. not to eye-strain. but to
high blood pressure. will not be re-
lieVed simply by changing glasses.
Measures must be taken TO lower
the pressure safely, as by rest in
bed, hot baths, the giving up o:
coffee and tobacco. and similar
steps, when the trouble may be eX-
pected to lessen or disappear.