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The Washington times., 1918-06-15

spenders. In very ancient times
men were the chief offenders. II
was they who went robed in pur-
pie and fine linen and decked
themselves with gold and precious
stones. Solomon in all his glory"
was the synonym.
There were Cleopatras, too, and
TheOdoras wasting wealth like
water. OF course, but women iD
general went simply clad and kept
in the background. Then in the
Middle Ages and down through the
reigns of Louis XIV and Ky in
France the two sexes ran in this
respect about an even race, neck
and neck, so to speak.
The day Of women's general and
superior prodigality dawned when
Eugene came as Empress to Paris
with her beauty, her youth and
her love OF display and set the
vogue for clothes. With her ended
the era OF one black silk dress,
which served our grandmothers as
best" all the days OF their lives,
and with the black silk went, too.
the cameo or hair breast-pin,
which with a ring or two made up
her modest stock of jewelry.
Ever since there has been a mad
Whirling OF fashion with the styles
whiskinE in and out almost as Of
ten as the wind changed, and every
woman, rich or poor. young or old,
plain or beautiful. tall or short,
fat or lean, striving to outshine
every other in the costliness and
splendor Of her apparel.
To be out of style was esteemed
worse than a crime La Mode!
Upon that altar women have stood
ready to sacrifice their homes,
husbands. children, happiness, vir-
tue, love, comfort, even their
looks. And a host Of milliners,
dressmakers, jewellers, and makers
of cosmetics have fattened upon
her vanity. She has set the pace
and the whole world has danced
to the pipings of her extravaganza.
Enter the Excuse.
1t has been the cause of some
of the great political scandals OF
Paris, of such financial debacles
as Mrs. Langtry describes in her
life story, Myself and Others:" it
has made New York what a we'll
known humorist called it, "The
City of Dreadful Debt" and the
contagious influence of these great
capitals has spread out to infect
and poison the people Of smaller
communities.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15
Poverty Is the Father of Vice, Crime,
and Failure
CONTINUED from First Column.

times unWse and unreasonable great blessings to the
nation They compel the worker to get such pay will
feed himself and his children giving the nation wefed
brains The union is the enemy Of poverty and for that
especially it is an agent for good.
As poverty breeds ignorance ignorance breeds pow
ery The greatest enemy of poverty is the Public School
Work and VOTE therefore for public school beterment
Miserable walk the streets by thousands cold
winter nights-poverty has put them there
Hundreds of thousands of children born only to
struggle for few years through stunted fancypoverty
digs their graves.
For genius that has fought and conquered spite
poverty thousand have sunk out Of sight in the fight
against the worst of enemies
Don't time extoling the blessings of poVerty-use
your energies to diminish poVerys curse and to improve
humanity by giving the full efficiency which freedom from
worry alone can give.
The great task of humanity is the abolition Of poverty
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

Every American is proud of what his country doing
in the great
Proud of the soldiers training in home camps.
Proud of boys battling at the front
Proud of the sailors watching and fighting the
Proud of the women nursing back to health and
strength those who have temporarily fallen out of the ranks
wounded or III.
For the Congress has not hesitated to give all that
was asked.
From the women the one thing most earnestly sought
has been withheld.
The Senate by delaying the passage of the Federal
suffrage amendment has lined this country up not with
allies but with enemies for the only nations that have
refused the rights of the barbac supporters of
the Teuton cause.
Of the international Womans Suffrage Alliance has put
himself fully and squarely the side of suffrage His
cluding sentences voice supreme truth and sound
earnest hope. The President writes:
The services of women during this supreme crisis
Of the worlds history have been of the most signal
usefulness and distinction. The could not have
been fought without them, its sacrifices endured
It is high time that part of debt Of gratitude
to them should be acknowledged and paid, and the
only acknowledgment they ask is their admission to
the suffrage. Can we Justly refuse it? AS FOR
AMERICA, IT is MY EARNEST HOPE THAT THE
AN UHMISTAKABLE ANSWER TO THIS QUES-
TON BY PASSING THE SUFFRAGE AMEND
MENT TO OUR FEDERAL CONSTITUTION BE-
FORE THE END OF THIS SESSION.
Upon the Senate rests the responsibility of alOof
ness from friends.
Its duty is plain.
Gratitude and decency call for prompt affirmative &C
country privilege and right abundanty earned and
fully established.
The suffrage amendment should be passed without
further delay.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

day. There are still plenty Of
canary birds, Of course, just as
there have always been bustling,
sober-minded, thrifty sparrows;
but the age has taken on much
more Of the sparrow complexion.
"You know" she smiled, 1T is
said that sparrows we're intro
duced into this country through
the medium of a single pair
brought over for the purpose Of
combating the wAsteful ravages OF
the grubs and caterpillars that
were destroying crops and vegeta-
tiOn of all sorts, but the sparrows
increased and multiplied so mi
raculously and are so aggressive
that they have to a great extent
driven out all the other birds. We
have perhaps lost something in
the way of color and ornament by
the change, but we have saved
our food supply.
WOman's Rescuer.
And, to tell you the truth" she
reflected, Il doubt very much if
the canary bird role ever was
natural one to woman. 1t was
forced upon her to a great extent,
but it was only a masquerade in
borrowed plumage, as proven by
the celerity with which she has
DOTTED it as soon as her opportun-
ity came AS it says here" she
picked up the essay which had
started our discussion, and read
aloud:
"A definite allowance and a
checkbook will make of many a
woman an economist and a man
ager, who would otherwise be a
wasteful spendthrift-on a small
scale, doubtless, but ono quite as
extravagsnt in relation to her
means as are the titled DANES Of
high degree in London, who are
hopelessly in debt to their miIli-
ners and tailors-for there is
something in that eXactness Of fig
ures, those ineXorable figures
which traditionally will not lie,
that cducatcS woman.
/ wonder if there is not a good
deal in what my friend had to say.
We have always been called the
eXtravagant sex, / know. Never
a man went on the financial rocks
but he and the world promptly
blamed some woman for il, either
in conjunction with wine and song.
or else because OF a vain and in
considerate wife or daughters.
And am not denyIGg that
women have been the worlds great
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

we


HAPPENED to run across an
essay written about twenty
years ago by a woman who
was something of a celebrity in
her day. 1t was a plea 20 women,
urging them to set up bank ac-
counts for themselves wherever
possible, and telling of the salts
faction and serenity Of wind which
came from such a step. 1t sound
ed like a voice from the Dark
Ages.
''Yet at the time she was really
proposing a rather radical de-
parture,' smiled a contemporary
of the writer, who wss with me.
It was the exception then rather
than the rule for a woman to have
knowledge of even the simplest
principles Of business or finance.
Most of US could more easily have
drawn the Sistine Madonna than a
check. We were appallingly ig-
norant in everything relating to
money
Except probably in ways of
spending it," I observed signif-
cantly Ny friend always has
been and is today rather extrava-
CANT.
Those Happy Days.
"Ah!" she shook her head. Il
come Of an era, you must remem-
Der, when woman was just about
as much Of an economic factor in
the world as a canary scattering
its birdseed around its cage. She
was there merely for ornament
and TO air her pretty little accom-
plishments. As for the hirdseed,
it was always on hand, provided
for her entirely without toll or
thought on her part TO do with as
she chose, and apparently came
from an inexhaustible supply.
Why should she bother to hus-
band or take care OF it. when 10
throw II about furnished some
amusement in her otherwise idle
and monotonOus life? That was
the era and the atmosphere in
which | was brought up" she re-
peated, "and you cant teach an
old dog, or an old canary either,
new tricks
Indeed" she went on, when
/ think OF the ideals which obtain
ed and of what a sealed book all
business except that Of squander-
ing was TO MS little more than a
gcuratiou ago. stand IN amazed
wonder before the alert. COM
petent, business-like wOn,an Of To-
The Washington times., 1918-06-15
HEARD AND SEEN

He said that the water wasn't
right yet, and that he had asked
JOHN MARTIN about it, and that
John had reported going fishing
Thursday and that he had caught
only one catfish.
Well, one catfish is something, any
how, and ! hope Lieutenant EdgeT-
ton has a successful fishing trip and
that he catches q catfish, too. be-
cause 1t must be an awful dull life
spinning along in the air with moth
ing to talk to except the clouds.
Speaking Of catfish, a friend Of
mine went to the market to buy one.
He wanted to entertain a Chicago
friend who had expressed a hankeriAg
for catfish and spoonbread. The ish
man said he would sell all the cat
fish desired. but that he couldn't Ekin
EN- and clean 'em.
THE Food Administrator" said
the fish man, called US together and
asked US to reduce. prices and We
told him We couldn't unless we cut
down our overhead charges"
So to cut down the overhead
he wants everyone to skin their own
catfish. which Is something every
one without practice can't do.
Some Of thss Attempts 20 get
CHEAP food to the people are laugh
able.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

You know this fellow Edgerton
who flies to New York with the mail;
we'll, II all goes we'll. I'm going fish-
ing with him today at Great Falls.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15
Poverty Is the Father of Vice,
Crime, and Failure

The Government has just issued an official analysis of
the great fortunes OF this country indicated by the
income tax returns
It speaks in hundreds of thousands and in millions 1t
summarizes inconceivable wealth
No government summarizes its poverty but what
volume such a report would make
It is worth while to discuss and to realize what real
poverty means realize its meaning every of
Us must be more anxious to relieve far can the
poverty around and especially anxious work for the
social bettement that shall day wipe poverty for
ever.
Poverty means dirt.
The thoughtless and comfortable have way of saying
The poor might at least be clean But cleanliness is
LUXURY it demands leisure and peace of mind as well
as bahtub soap hot water and good plumbing The very
poor cannot be clean
Poverty ignorance, and it means ignorance
handed down from father to son.
Poverty means drunkenness The pennies of POOR
and POOR pay for than half the vile whs
key gin and other posons that buy help them forget
Poverty and its sister, Ignorance, fill the jas and the
insane asylums.
Poverty is the mother of disease and it fills the hospitals
Tens of thousands of consumpves alone murdered
every year by poverty They too poor to do that which
is required to save their lives
The great men of the world do not emerge from pow
erty, from squalor.
They come from very modest homes from the log cabin
and from the Owpah advertised They from those
whose fathers and mothers and gTandfathers and grand
mothers had at least enough to e and enough fresh air to
give them pure blood and proper nourshment for their
brains.
Poverty destroys ambition, inventive power and the
capacity to struggle.
starved body produces starved brain The greatest
genius that lived could not think better than child
Of ten if you deprived him of food for ten days
What you expect of the inferior minds that have
been half fed through lifetime, though several genera
tions?
Do you know what made the Revolution and changed
conditions In France? 1t not poverty. Not single
them was well fed had we1-nourished brain-Danton
Robespierre, Marat Desmouns Mirabeau-every one well
fed brain in a vigorous body.
The labor unions and the great strikes although
Continued in Last COumnD
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

is, and used to know him when he
was q kid.
Well, this is the story. / went
down to see CHARLIE COTTERILL
again yesterday and this time / hap
pened to get him. We talked over
aaffirs Of state for a few minutes,
interrupted only by an alarm Of
fire in the War Trade Board build
ing (where Charities office isl.
One OF the efficient young women
in Charles office on hearing the
gay FIRE bells grabbed a box Of
candy and said:
''Is It time to run yet?"
Later, we heard the drone Of the
mail aeroplane and looked up into
the sky:
There goes Edgerton." said
Charlie. Were going fishing tomor-
row. want to go 1ong?"
And l said yes, aul IL nothing
stops me I'm going.
Just previous to that I had gone
over to see WADE COoMBS at the
District Building. He has been
going on about going fishing for ever
so long.
The Washington times., 1918-06-15

LIEUT.. JAMES c. EDGERToN he
is, and l used to know him when he
was a kid.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Feather Pillows-An Prices Special
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

Owing to having such an enormous line in Men.
Boys, Ladies', Misses and Childrens it will be
impossible to quote prices but every Shoe in the
house will have special priced tag If you need
Shoes we have them.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Boys Knickerbocker Pants

60c values in Boys Pants ----------------50c
75c values in Boys Pants -----------------59c
$1.00 values in Boys Pants ----------S5c
S1.25 values in Boys Pants ----------sSc
$1.35 values in Boys Pants -----------$1.1O
$3.50 values in Boys Pants -------------S1.15
$1.75 values in Boys Pants -------------31.4S
$1.s5 values in Boys Pants ----------s1.5s
$500 values in Boys Pants --$1.70
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04
Overshoes

Mems 1-buckle sl50 values, anniv. sale S1.2s
Mems 2-buckle $2.40 values, anniv. price ---S1.ss
Mems 4-buckle S2.65 values, sale price -$2.25
Mems 1-buckle Jersey $1.65 values, price -$1.45
Mems 1-buckle low cut $1.35 values ---$1.15
Bey's 4-buckle $235 values, now -----$1.ss
Boys 1-buckle S1.25 values anniv sale - CSC
Ladies' Jersey low $11O values now s5c
Misses 1-bucke Toe values, now ---------6sc
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-04

Mems Caps
One lot of Mems Wool Caps at -----------19c
One lot of Mems Wool Caps at -25c
One lot of Mems Wool Caps at ------39c
One lot of Mems Wool Caps at -63c
Oil Cloth, all colors Observation-Disclosures
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

ing il on Jan. IA will 5e the English
melodrama, Seven Days Leave"
which Walter Jordan is grooming
for production. In the enterprise he
will have the cooperation of Hugh
Ward. the Australian manager, who
will stage the piece.
Plays That Keep Their Places Along
northumberland.
Theater and Attraction.
Bijou, odds and Ends of 1917"
Casino, "Oh Boy"
Century. Miss 1917"
Cort, Flo Flo"
Forty-fourth Street Roof. over
the Top"
Fulton, Words and Music"
Globe, Jack O. Lantern"
Hippodrome, Cheer Up"
Knickerbocker. Her Regiment"
Longacre, Leave 1t to Jane"
Manhattan opera house. "Chu
Chin Chow"
Park, The Land OF JOY"
Shubert, "Maytime"
Winter Garden, Doing Our Bit"
Midnight Entertainments.
C0kDeAAAN AANNNf ~ ANAHnN Al
Spain"
New Amsterdam Roof. 'ziegfeld
Midnight Frolic."
Comedy and Drama.
Belasco, Polly With a Past"
Booth. The Masquerader."
Broadhurst, Lord and Lady
Algy"
Cohan's. The King"
Cohan & Harris, "A Ialor-made
Man"
Comedy, Washington Square play
ers.
Criterion. Madame Sand"
Eltinge, Business Before Pleas
ure"
Forty Eighth STREET, Yes Or No"
Greenwich Village. short plays.
Harris. The Naughty Wife"
Hudson. The Pipes of Pan"
Lyceum, Tiger Rose"
Maxine Elliott's Eyes of Youth.
Morosco, 'LOmbardi Ltd"
Plymouth. The Gypsy Trail"
Thirty ninth Street, Blind
Youth"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

eral weeks before the war began she
was asked ~ German managers to
present 'L'Aiglon" in Berlin and
wired: No; but I will present AL
SAGE" if you desire.
And that thrill came up there on
the stage they sang La Marseil-
laise." the French national anthem,
behind locked doors and closed shut
ters in a home in Alsace. 1t is true.
That is the love of Alsatians for
France. They will dare German pri-
sons even to sing the song pro-
sCribed.
well. an old Alsatian mother. i'm
personated by Nine. Rejane, has
been exiled from her beloved Alsace
for singing the prescribed song. and
she returns and gets her friends 10
sing it while Prussian policemen and
guards are outside.
Now. that is a play that fulfils a
mission. 1t is not light fare yet it
is fine for people, because ii brings
home something of the spirit in an
oppressed people that the war will,
yes. must, set free"
1t is such things as "Alsace, >"
which take up the fire and romance
and the hearts blood of this war
and make a great picture of them
that the stage should present, de-
clared Mr.. BlumenthaI.
Lou Tellegen, with Marie Cham
bers in Blind Youth" at the Thirty
ninth Street theater, seems to have
IA special fascination for the woman
theater-goer. as one notes the pre-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

EHTcRY
z CALVERT

There has been much talk i'm the
foyers Of New York theaters as to
whether certain shows should sus-
pend for the period Of the war. At
least one manager openly Cand 9TH
ers quietly advocates the closing Of
"A certain percentage OF the play
houses. The ones continuing would
pay better and "A great saving in coal
and light would result, it is argued.
But the great majority of the
stage magnates are able 10 present
many and convincing reasons why
the stage should be maintained. We
have listened 20 the opinions Of fl
uancially Interested parties who ad-
vance syllogisms galore 20 support
their houses. but here is one argu-
menL from a person who speaks
from experience.
"Theaters should not be closed in
war time, but, on the contrary, by
all means should be kept open. for
they serve 10 strengthen the vilI of
the people, said Daniel Blumenthal
formerly AIsatian deputy ia the
reichstag and mayer Of COlmar, who
now is ia America as president of
the World League for the Restitu
ton Of Alsace-Lorraine. At Colmar
he personally directed the Municipal
theater.
Il am a strong believer in theatri-
cal performances in war time" he
declared. Look at France Look
at Paris. Even when the Germans
were only forty miles away the the
aters Of Paris were open. Last win
ter there was a coal scarcity in Paris
and theaters could not be heated.
But they did not close when the
Germans were near the gates
ION each occasion the spirits of
the people needed strengthening and
the theaters did their part nobly
They stayed open and the people
were better for It."
During the coal e-arcity, he said
wraps were worn throughout the
performance. What did a little mat
ter like lack of heat count? Fash
ionable women in furs. soldiers, sea-
men and civilians in overcoats, sat
throughout the show.
Moreover. Mr. BIumenthal de-
clared il a mistake TO imagine in
habitants of country at war want
only light fare" Great dramas and
tragedies are being fought out along
the battle lines and in the countries
NJ war. And these the stage can
visualize for the stay-at-homes.
II remember the thrill that ran
through the entire audience one
night at the Theater Rejane in
l. .ris. he said. TT was when the
G ttain fell on the first act Of AL
SAGE. "a play by CASTOR Leroux and
camille Dreyfus. IL was 10 this play
Mime Bernhard referred when sew
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
AUDITORIUM

Lovers of motion pictures which
interest and enthran will welcome
the news that Theda Bara will ap-
pear at the Auditorium on Monday
and Tuesday in her newest produc-
ton, The Rose of Blood" Miss
Bara portrays a Russian heroine.
Lisa Tapenka, who allies herself
with a band of revOlutionists seek
ing the freedom of the empire. She
is successful in assassinating several
persons whose acts of oppression
have made the lot of the people
more miserable. She signifies the
completion of her deeds by drop
ping a blood-colored rose on the
body of each victim. Finally her
band demands the death of her hus-
band. He is the prime minister.
and his hand bears more heavily
than that of any other. She had
married him in his younger days,
before he rose to so prominent a
place. Fighting between her love
for him and her desire TO free the
dOwntrodden people, Lisa finally
succumbs TO the right and blows up
building which houses the pre-
mier and all of his cabinet. She
has struck the first real blow for
freedom, but she has left herself
alone in the world
The story of this gripping pic
ture was written by Richard Ordyn-
ski who acts the role of the lead
ing revolutionist in the film, was
born in Poland and lived there for
many years. He personally super
vised the details of the production
and insured the accuracy Of every
setting and incident
Wednesday that very attractive
leading woman, Jewel Carmen,
comes - a star in a new produc-
ton called THE Kingdom Of Love"
Miss Carmen was for a number of
years playing leads opposite William
Farnum and is remembered for her
work with the famous star. The
Pathe News and a single reel com
edy will also he on Wednesdays
bill
Francis S. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne. two most popular players in
pictures, will be seen on Thursday
in Red, White and Blue" said 10
be the best picture these co-stars
have ever been seen in, and the
last episode of THE Fatal Ring
with Pearl White, will also be
shown. This serial Will be follow
ed on Jan. i by a new one entitled
The Mystery Ship" a patriotic
story. The Ford Weekly will also
be on Thursdays bill as usual
Friday brings a return of that
great patriotic piece. Draft 25S,"
which made such a big hit here that
it was deemed advisable to bring
it back. as many missed the OppOr-
tunity of seeing it the first time.
Saturday Taylor Holmes, who is
fast becoming popular on the
screen. Will be seen in an five-act
comedy drama called Fools for
Luck" Mr.. Holmes will be remem-
bered as appearing at the oliver a
few seasons ago in Bunker Bean"
in which he was exceptionally
clever. THE Getaway" a two-reel
drama. and the Pathe News will
complete the bill. Sunday that big
fat Fatty" Arbuckle Will cause
everybody to laugh when he is seen
in Fatty at Coney Island" his fun
niest two-reel comedy. other pic
lures on for Sunday are "AIary's
Triumphs," a twO-reel drama, the
resular release of The Red Ace"
and the Pathe Weekly of current
events.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

Women ought TO have part-time
Jobs. according 10 a college profess
sor: devoting the rest OF their time
10 raising families a good. practi-
cal suggestion. Caring for a family
occupies not more than. say IS
hours of a woman's day. She could
get a part-time job for some of the
hours she now devotes foolishly TO
sleep.-Puck.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

Theda Bara, a screen
actress without an equal,
and when you see this, her
greatest achievement, you
will agree with us, that there
is only one Thetia Bara and
it is doubtful if picture pat
rons here have ever seen a
photodrama that viii cause
the sensation and create as
much talk as "The Rose of
Blood" We have seen this
wonderful production and
can safely recommend II
Take our advice and come
to the matinee or Monday
night as hundreds Will
doubtless be turned away on
Tuesday as it Is only here
for two days, so don't miss
it. Our organist, MIR.
Shamp, has arranged special
music suitable TO gring out
every detail of the produc-
ton.