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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

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The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
A MANS DUTY.

The woman who sta nds beside he
man TO urge him on TO victory owe
self and over the enemy Is heroic n
his eyes. and the memory Of her eeur
age. OF her understanding and sym
pathy. will 30 with him even unit
death.
A woman can make or break rhi
man who loves her. and women an
doing 1t all the time. sin
The men they make are the mE5
who are encouraged and helped tod
their duty as they see Il. zoe
The men they break are the mrs
whose right 10 fulfill their duty is o.
MED them or interfered with.
Just as the greatest pleasure IN lIfs
is the satisfaction in duty well dow
so there il no greater soy possttas
to a woman than the knowledge TIA,
she has helped the man she loves. ~
the supreme test. not TO falter but "a
do what he knows TO be his duty. a.
And the reason why no pUnishmep
il named in the category OF crimes foi
the modern Jezebel who effects tbf
distortion OF a mans sense OF duty, N
because the penalty always fits Tbs
crime. ~
That there are not many thousandf
more suicides among women n &C
counted for by the fact that few vii
ever admit that they are responsible
for any other than q helpful influepIs
George r. Cook In the MotherG
Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
DIMENSIoNAL THOUGHT BASIS
Our Viewpoint Depends on Num-
Der of Sides We Look At.


To the Editor OF The Washington
Herald:
Pictures to illustrate geometric ideas
are used 10 stimulate thought. we
know that as an actual reality they
do not occur. but the purpose is served
just as faithfully as if they were real.
We assume a two dImensional world
and the people of that class. We pic
ture their impression OF cube in their
world The pictures / have seen OF
that idea invariably had the cube
therein neatly placed at right angles
TO the plane OF the two dimensional
assumed world. Consequently. the two
dimensional being always saw a or b.
or c.. Now it can be assumed that
the two dimensionaI being in his plane
can have his aI and b.. also c. which
is Alb. the hypothenuse This can
all happen in his plane and be rec
ognized as an ordinary occurrence
and material matter 10 him. the
plane being his finished thought OF
existing material
Suppose we illustrate the before
mentioned cube at an angle in the two
dimensionsl plane. The inhabitant
thereof will become bothered. He will
recognize an al that is the result OF
b:+c'. but the combination not being
in his plane he cannot account for II.
He has the result. but no definition
to his mind that defines. He knows
nothing about the possibility Of three
dimensions existing.
The picture OF his predicament
amuses us because We can see what
he cannot Then We take two three
dimensional objects that can be meas
ured in their length. breadth and
thickness or can be reduced by cold
or pressure or both and put them in
! one space. producing a unit that can
/ not be measured in length. breath and
thickness. and cannot be reduced TO
a unit that can by any known means
Then We try 10 give a definition for
solution" The poor chemist is try
ing to meet something that he is told
| belongs to him to define. The geo
metrician who can draw the most in
genious pictures and TO whom the
problem truly belongs, has frozen feet
on the subject.
The carpenter and builder inherits
l a piece of ground. measures his 10
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
ONE BLAMES TUMULTY.
This Reader Says Presidents Sec
retary Arranges Commissions.

Washington, April 21, 1918.
To The Editor The Washington
Herald:
There are thousands OF men with
in the draft age holding commits
sions in the army and in the navy
because they have yellow streaks"
running down their backs. Not all
those within draft age holding COM
missions should be classed as
"slackers." for there are many tech
nical and valuable men among
them. These "slackers" secured
commissions in various ways. Many
through Congressional pull: 9TH
ers through the powerful influence
OF the secretary to the President of
the United States-for whatever he
says goes, and others got in through
the influence of army and navy Of
fiCers. To illustrate the influence
of the Secretary to the President:
Not long since a fellow with a yell
low streak running down his back.
who had been in the theatrical
business appeared in the office OF
one of the navy bureaus clad in the
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
WISCONSIN "ACID TEST"
Reader Discusses Value of Its Ap-
plication or Otherwise.

To the Editor of the Washing
ton Herald: l do not think that it
is your policy to print letters from
the public in your very worthy
paper. l shall have to make this
too long anyhow, but perhaps you
will do me- the honor to comment
briefly upon this communication.
1t refers to what you said on the
McLemore resolution and the White
House so-called acid test. A person
upon reading your account of the acid
test as applied to the Wisconsin fight
would get the opinion, IL he had read
nothing else concerning it, that a re-
suit of this test was the defeat of the
candidate to whom it was applied. or
course the reverse Of this was true.
In Wisconsin. where 1t is normally
Republican. this test would not have
so favorable an opportunity to mani
fest itself. Still, Senator Husting was
a Democrat. And IL you remember,
Senator La Follette, at his last cleo
ton, neither indorsed Mr.. Hughes nor
Mr.. Wilson. 1t might be gathered from
this that Wisconsin will favor the
right man, no matter what his party.
II this is true, what has Democrat
or Republican got to fear. his later
record being clear, IL he did vote to
favor the-McLemore plan?
I heard one Southern Democrat say,
he himself having beena a member OF
the House for many terms. ''My only
fear Is tha III get White House
Endorsement" This was said some
what IN fup. but NOT altogsthsr, From
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

Until I informed Mrs. Trent that
/ was going away as soon as ] was
we'll l had no intention of doing
so. But all at once, little book. L
found that l was beating against
a cage. / must get away from 1t
all, with just my baby. so that
might adjust myself to the life that
must be mine in the future.
Remember. little book, that when
1 came to this conclusion had re-
solved never again to confide in
you. 1t seemed to me that you
were the friend of my married life
and that was over. But a month
or two ago 1 found among Dicks
papers a book which he had dedi-
Gated to me. 1t was. a book in which
he had written his side of the story
which / have told to you. 1t seemed
to me then that in all fairness to
him / must write down what he
had written so that you could coun-
sci with me as you have always
counselled.
Dicks ideas were very surprising
and yet they are just what a man
would think of the episodes and ex-
periences of married life. You see,
little book, / am not yet able to
conceive that Dick is not.
1 wonder IL the great enigma Of
life affects all people in this way,
Honestly, ! am not vet grieving
much, for my mind refuses to real
ize that Dick is dead. 1 find-my-
self saying, II must tell Dick this y
or 81 wonder what Dick will think
Of that?"
I am so glad that was saved
the horror of the days that passed
between Dicks death and the time
when his body was consigned to
earth. / do not think that could
have stood the kind of thing we
had at the funeral of Mr.. Trent an6
1 am inexpressibly glad that 1 never
looked upon Dicks dead face. The
last look I had from him was q
glance or love from his loving. though
fast falling eyes. Z
All The while am writing this iittls
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
D. S. Fletcher Believes Beeler Adds
to Ii on. Ninth Street.

To the Editor of The Washington
Herald: Expert Beeler may be. and
doubtless is, street railway expert.
Yet IL he had laid awake nights try
ing to find a way to discommode the
people who have to 6use the street
cars he could not have succeeded bet
ter than he has in the changes that
he has caused TO be made at Ninth, +
and G streets northwest.
1t Is a worldwide law that no car
shall cross the tracks of another line
without stopping. Yet the cars now,
under the new rule, cross the tracks
at both Ninth, F and G streets with
out stopping, carrying passengers TO
the middle of the next block, where
many of them are compelled to cross
one and many of them two tracks to
get to the place where they have to
go. Thus making n much more dan
Eerous for passengers in all direc-
tions. On cars going north and south.
people waiting for cars are many
times compelled to wait from ten TO
twenty minutes for the car they
want, must now go TO the middle, OF
the block between F and G streets,
where there is no shelter of any kind,
where formerly they. could get shell
ter in the various buildings. at Ninth,
+ and G streets. In addition to the
above. it now brings together at one
point i'm the middle of the block all
the people from two main transfer
stations, viz. F and G streets, making
IL all the harder for the people to
board the cars.
In fact, the conditions as they now
exist are intolerable Many more ac-
cidents are liable to happen, people
are put to great inconvenience and
danger. And all for what? 1t is
claimed that it will save the car COM
pany few tons of coal. That is all
that II amounts to. The cars are Just
as crowded, no time is saved, the cars
do not make any better time between
the ends of the line nor make any
more trips.
II only tends to make bad situa-
uon much worse that IL was before
the change and should not be allowed
to continue. II our overworked Pub
lie Utilities Commission would only
look into this matter We believe they
would be quick to see that an error
had been made and see that 1t was
rectified without delay.
ID & EIETCuER
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

war on disease-and so on indefi-
nitely.
1t is the gigantic proportions this
war has assumed that make it so
overwhelming. so appalling, and not
the individual elements that enter
into II. Each of its acts of herOism,
its tragedies and horrors are. differ
ing only by comparison. a part of
the everyday life of large cities.
Someone is shot and killed. or in
jured in an accident, women and
girls are wronged. homes and busi-
ness establishments are entered and
robbed. Fire destroys the savings
and belongings that have, perhaps.
been associated with a lifetime. and
here the policeman or fireman risks
his life to save that of another. All
OF this. in a more or less degree. an
everyday occurrence.
War up to the present time Is a
seeming necessity for the advance
ment OF civilization and political
freedom. and all wars. where man
Is a participant. mean opposition OPP
means sacrifice of one sort or an
anu yum uh
selfish self-denial. which cannot but
result in ultimate good.
We are apt to think OF war as
being carried on almost entirely by
physical means. We forget what
a dominant part thought plays, not
only as a directing force, but also
in the destructive and constructive
elements. The machine gun, the air
plane, the submarine. the modern
rifle are all the result OF the in
genuity and cleverness of men with
wonderful minds. Minds just as mas
terful are at work to produce alter
natives. to meet. combat and over
come, every obstacle, each new diff
Guilty.
Though 1t Is not yet possible and
cannot be until our allies have crush
ed the armed forces of Germany. still.
perhaps sometime in the future. when
disputes arise among the various
countries, as they always have and
always will, the heads of the different
nations or their representative may
gather together (each willing to make
concessions il necessary. discuss their
affairs, and settle their disputes with
out the employment of physical
means. This may never be possible
or practical, and though it would OBJ
viate all the immediate hardships as
sociated with war. 1t is more than
likely it would not result in lasting
good.
In a limited sense war causes de-
struction, in a broader sense IT does
not. 1t results in moral, physical and
chemical change. Nothing is really
destroyed. nothing eliminated. Every
thing that was on this earth when the
first war started ages ago, will be
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
O%dWffG-
MARGIE SEEKS TO REALIZE HER LOSS.

book nv brain SAWS il is not true-he
is not gone away forever. Perhaps
some time will come the realization Of
this great and inevIta bic fact out now
my mind says He will come back-he
will come back"
Even Mollie seems to think I should
wear black, but I think ii would lie
cowardly to do the very thing / have
son often condemned in others. when I
fin6 the same conditions surrounding
me. No. little book. as long as i've.
no matter how much may grieve, no
matter how lonely l feel, yet tell
YOU will not force my grief and lone
liness on others. / still am Margie
Waverly and still hate a moral cow
ard.
Who am l. that I should be exempt
from the sriefs and sorrows Of the
common lot? l have looked life
straight in the face, as you know,
little book. and accepted it. Perhaps,
in a little while ! shall realize what
death looks like. when he comes steal
ing in and takes away the one who
means most to you.
1 wonder what makes me so numb.
Why can I not realize it now? Even
when Jim Edie came over TO consult
with me about the business ! said un-
thinking. Let US wait until we can
consult Dick
Jim looked at me for a momert as
though he thought ! had suddenly
gone mad especially when l smiled
and said, "If you love me, Jim, let
me talk of Dick as though he were
not dead, We won't whitewash his
faults or unduly magnify his virtues
Wen Just keep expecting him TO come
! In and jolly us little"
1 don't want TO canonize him.
could never have loved a saint, and a
1 saint would never have loved me.
Just want the great human personality
| that was his to wrap me abont.
\ want TO feel the sting of II sometimes
as well as its comforts. oh. little
book. ] just want Dick. my Dick. witt
! all his faults. his foibles. Geat Coo
Of the universe. give me back my man
90 be eontinue0 ..
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
THE OPEN FORUM

be served-the sale persons as well
as the consumers And II part OF
the educational propaganda directed
towards educating the housewife
to see the necessity OF "shoppins
carly" was spread to make the sales
people realize the impossibility Of
shopping on large scale under
present conditions. we Nigh reach
some sort OF a shopping eQuilib-
rum.
In q city where so large a per-
centage of the spending capacity
rests with the government clerks,
they must be given an opportunity
to spend It. The morning" for
them means nothing. II can hardly
mean more Tor the housewife ESQ
far as shopping Is concerned) since.
in the absence of domestic assist
ance, she Is forced to oremain in
doors many hours after she has
taken care of the
needs of her family. by which time
the morning is gone. q.
Are we going to have, chance
to spend our money without SO
great a cost in nerve energy? That
is our question. And it's up to the
department stores to adequately
answer ii. SIC
ANNA LIEBERT.s
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
GARDEN LESSON NO. a..
BY PROF. THOMAS SHAW.
NaIcd AErIcuIfurIsf.

Beans are, Of two classification field
leans and garden beans. The most
important among field beans in pro-
yiding food for man is the navy and
kindred varieties. These may also be
grown in the larger gardens. but they
are grown TO be used only in the ma
tuTe form.
Garden beans embrace many vaTi-
cites. They are used in the immature
form. and their use includes the whole
POD. II would net be possible 10 name
a variety that is the most suitable for
all parts Of this country, owing TO the
varied conditions for growth.
They are known a. dwarf wax.
dwarf green pod. bush lima and the
pole varieties. In the small garden.
growth is usually confined to tie
dwarf wax and the dwarf wax green
pod snap varieties. Among those thai
stand high in favor are the Improved
Golden Wax and the Stringless Green
cd.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
CLOSES Term EARE
Plans to Open Technical School e
300 Soldiers.

Howard University win close fc
the summer on May s.. carrier tina
the scheduled time. in otder 20 AZ
low the government the use Of u.
plant for war purposes IL was=an
nOunced last night A contract ma
been signed by the officialsf of,Hh
War Department and the universit
by which the latter is 70 be prepar
ed by May Is 10 feed and give lodg
ing to 800 soldiers who are 20 b
designated and sent by the War De
partment for scientific instructions
Authorities Of Howard state tha
although they regret the curtAn
ing OF the school year they AR
enthusiastic in the fact that the
can assist the government and tha
the University can be OF service Y
making men more Mt 70 win the wa
for the promotion OF world de
mocracy.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

garb of q chief yeoman. The Off
Ger in charge assigned him to, q
desk on which was a typewriter
and gave him certain Instructions;
but to his amazement. this newly
made officer said: why. i know
nothing about a typewriter or or
flee work" ''Well, how did you
manage to be commissioned an. en-
signY' why, a friend Of mine ar
ranged that through Mr.. Tumulty.
And so he was kept from the draft.
There are hundreds of similar
cases. A son OF a Senator for a
long time occupied the importans
position OF a lieutenant. sitting at
the entranoe to the office of one OF
the bureaus of the War Depart
ment, announcing the arrival OF Wis
itors. God only knows how many
more were doing the same kind OF
work. When men over the draft
age who have military and business
experience endeayor to secure po-
sitions or commissions. they are told.
"AII places are filled" etc. Yes,
they are filled by men who should
be doing something else. There
were hundreds of men who took
training at the first and second Of
ficers' training camps who were not
assigned to duty because 80 many
mothers boys with political or
some other kind of pull had to be
cared for. There are hundreds o.
men who graduated from the sec
ond training camps now awaiting
to be assigned to duty, but these
slackers are In the way. Why not
put these ''yellows" to work for
a whIle and fill their places with
men from civil life who are over
the draft age. Nothing will break
down the patriotic feeling quicker
than for the public to realize that
certain rich and Influential men
have, through political and other
influences. landed their sons in soft
places where they will not smell the
smoke of. battle. while the poor mans
son must go into the trenches and do
the fghting. / know of many men
who have come to Washington and
offered their services to the War and
Navy Departments and who were
turned down because there was no
place for them. These men did not
want commissions, they simply want
ed to work in places being filled by
slaekers. No. these favored ones
must be cared for. do hope the agi-
tation started by you will result In
a genuine house cleaning. And then
you should start In and have about
one-half of the useless employees OF
some Of the departments fired out.
Just take a stroll around through the
various buildings and you will be sur
prised TO note the large number OF in
efficient and lazy clerks who are on
the payroll. There are so many In
some of the departments that they
get in each others way: and yet the
cry is for more. OF course ! realize
that the business men OF Washington
want to see more clerks in Washing
ton. for that means more money to
them-even II 1t is an unnecessary ex-
pense TO the government. II the war
lasts such agitation as you have
started will result in great good. Keep
II up. Yours truly.
CHAS. JOHNSON.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21

The teachings OF the Church OF Je-
sus Christ Of Iatter-day Saints con-
cerning the duty of its members. and
OF all men. in relation TO the secular
law, are set forth in Section lSi OF
the Doctrine and Covenants. which
is one OF the standard works OF the
Church This is part Of the law OF
the Church. and has been adopted as
a guide in faith and practice by the
members in general conference as
Sembled.
OF GOVERNMENTS AND LAWS IN
GENERAL.
]. We believe that governments were
instituted of God for the benefit OF
man. and that He holds men account
able for their acts in relation to them.
either in making laws or administer
ing them, for the good and safety OF
society.
.. We believe that no government
can exist in peace. except such laws
are framed and held inviolate as will
secure TO each individual the free eN-
ercise of conscience, the right and
control OF property, and the protec-
ton of life.
;. We believe that all governments
necessari rily require civil officers and
magistrates TO enforce the laws Of
the same. and that such as will sd-
minister the law I'm equity and jus
tice should be sought for and upheld
by the voice of the people df a repub-
liCD, or the will OF the sovereign.
I. We believe that religion is insti-
tuted of God. and that men are
amenable to Him. and to Him only
for the exercise Of il, unless their
religious opinions prompt them
to infringe upon the rights and lib
critics Of others: hut we do not be-
Iieye that human law has a right to
interfere in prescribing rules of wor-
ship to bind the consciences OF men,
nor dictate forms for public or private
devotion; that the civil magistrate
should restrain crime, but never con-
troll conscience; should punish guilt,
but never suppress the freedom OF
the soul.
s. We believe that all men are bound
to sustain and uphold the respective
governments in which they reside.
while protected in their inherent ano
| inalienable rights by the laws OF such
governments; and that sedition and
rebellion are unbecoming every citi-
zen thus protected. and should be
punished accordingly; and that all
governments have q right TO enact
such laws as in their own judgment
4 are best calculated to secure the pub
lie interest, at the same time. how
ever, holding sacred the freedom o.
conscience.
6. We believe that every man should
be honored in his station: rulers and
magistrates as such. being placed fol
the protection of the innocent anS
the punishment Of the guilty; an'
that to the laws. all men owe respec
and Difference, as without them peac'
and harmony would be supplantet
by anarchy and terror; human law
being instituted for the express pur
pose of regulating our interests a
individuals and nations. between maj
and man. and Divine laws given o
heaven. prescribing rules on spiritus
concerns. for faith and worship. bot
to be answered by man to his Maker
Z. We believe that rulers, states. an
governments have right. and Ar
bound 10 enact laws for the protee
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
War Savings Society
At Hamilton School

The first school war savings society
to be formed in the District Of Co.
lumbia is that OF Hamilton school
The Hamilton School is the white
school for tubercuIar children.
The society was formed April II and
will become affiliated with the Ma
tional War Savings Committee. Gerald
Weinberg was elected president, and
+. b. Sampsell. secretary. Regular
meetings OF the society will be held
at the Hamilton School on the FIRST
and third Mondays OF each month.
The Federal Reserve Bank. Of Rich
mond. reports that during the week
ending April le, stamps to the value
OF 1850 were sold TO the National
Capital Bank, Of this city.