Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-07
WASHINGTON / As
II REALLY IS
Interestins Letter From Washington
Newspaper Correspondent on the
Attitude Toward Changed
Conditions.
McADoo HAS MAN SIZED JOB
People Accept High Prices Except
Those Of Telephone and Gas
Companies.
McADOO HAS MAN SIZED JOB
Washington Bureau Of
Freeman Journal.
IN. ]. III Jones. !.

washington bureau u
Freeman Journal.
BY ]. E. Jones.
There is nothing more interesting
in wartime than human beings. Their
attitude toward radically changed
conditions keeps the character stu
dents busy. Effervescent patriotism
and Stacker mullagrubs distinguish
individuals in every locality. But for
the most part humanity looks upon
war with Germany as . Job" q task
to perform, duty to et-and
humanity tackles the proposition.
Every German citizen was chased out
OF Washington during December, and
II in the chasing there were found many
! old residents who had accumulated
property and wealth in the capital
! city. The head waiter at one Of the
\ most prominent hotels was one who
had to 60. He had run away from
Germany twenty-five years ago In
order to escape military service: and
/. he came to Washington, and had as
many friends as any man in the city.
But he had never been taturalized
and 80 he had to 60. Similar cases in
great number. have come to light.
Washington Loyal.
The human beings Of Washington
evidence peculiar state OF mind.
Apparently there is a cheerful ac-
quiescence in everything that pertains
to the war program. Washington
goes over the top" in the sales Of
liberty bonds. war stamps, and out
ward displays Of loyalty to the Cow
eminent. In these things Washington
has scored way ahead OF any other
city In the country. But the other
part Of the story is told in the COM
plant oe the food administration that
the poorest response to signing the
food-card pledges Is from washington.
] The housewives are willing to knit,
and they say they actually save food
but they don't like the food-pledge.
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