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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
THE ONLY KIND WE GAN AFFORD
 ANYWAY
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31.- A New Years plea for wartime economy was issued by the Federal Reserve Board today in the form of a suggestion that banks promote thrift campaigns. Ii is more respect able to be seen in old clothes than in new ones, says the statement
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
ARRESTS FOLLOW RAID

PETROGRAD, Dec. 3l.-The com mission to prevent counter revolution today raided the premises of the un- ion for defense of the constituent as sembly A dozen arrests were made
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

Welsh ridge Attacking over a from of 200 yards, the enemy entered one of the British trenches. Their tenure was of short duration, as Haig's men in a brilliant attack completely re- gained the lost ground. Aside from this there is little fighting in progress On any fronts, although artillery duels are in progress in France and Italy. an especially heavy duel on Monte Tomba in northern Italy. In this rector the French are lending aid to the Italians.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
ALASKA BONE DRY

JUNEAU. Dec. 31-Alaska will go on the list of bone-dry States and ter ritories at midnight
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

the crawling worm, the CO.
coon, or butterfly stage? We
don't know.
Some religions teach that
the ultimate end of man will
be a sort of imitation of a
butterfly with wings, flying
around in eternal sunlight
without eating, marrying or
giving in marriage, but sing
ing a great deal and very
happy.
Millions of Asiatics, eager
for the blessed peace that
Buddha promises in Mir
vana," think that they will
find happiness in unconscious,
ness, in complete rest, a sort
of a perpetual cocoon exist
ence-a calm or sinless state,
reached by a dying out or ex-
tinction of sin.
As for US, in the language
Of cynical old Voltaire, let US
not deny anything, but keep
our minds open and observe.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
DAYLIGHT SAVING.

I have a young friend now in the
service who did not like to get up
early any more than some of the
rest of US, before enlisting. Now
he arises at a. m, and is kept on
the go at harder work on longer
hours than ever before in his life.
He has gained in weight, his
strength and vitality have improved
tremendously, and he feels better
and filter than ever before in his
life. The plain, wholesome food
that he eats tastes better than any
he ever ate. This shows that it is
not so much a question OF the hours
we work as it is how we employ the
hours.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

I heartily approve Of the one
hour for luncheon. | have al
ways had one hour, and | find
1t very difficult to get my lunch
con in one-half hour. Some
times 1t takes twenty minutes to
get waited on.
have talked to a good many
Government employees on this
subject. and they seem to agree
with NE. People are here from
all over the United States, and
they do not seem to have ever
heard of one-half hour for
luncheon.
READER.
p. S.-If we keep on We will
get EVERYTHING we want.
with OUR paper-(your paper
and my paper)
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL WIN.

r. f. L. NICHOLSON says that
/ am away on on the subject OF seed
potatoes. He writes:
Considerably more careful stor-
age and handling seed potatoes is re-
quired than the table ones, while II
you think the 20 and 80 cent kind,
even when well cared for, are worth
that price as seed potatoes, you are
badly mistaken.
Suppose you try some OF them,
the cheaper kind, for seed potatoes;
also go to a grocery store and pur-
chase table peas and beans to use for
your garden. The initial saving in
both cases will be considerable; on
a large scale, the results would land
you in the poorhouse."
What I iCds trying to do iUds to
interest someone in selling seeds for
HCdr gardens at cost. That's all.
Il work at Fifteenth and G Streets"
says w. L. II live near Fourteenth
and Newton streets. Service. Four
teenth street line of Capital Traction.
Company. Today | started home at
4:45, and arrived home at $50. after
paying two fares ana walking more
than half the distance. Nodu5 oper-
andi:
Fought my way onto car at Fiji
tfenth and G. Cars stalled at Four
teenth and n. Walked ID Fourteenth
and T. Took car again. paid another
fare and rode to Fourteenth and
Girard. Cars stalled again, walled
the remainder Of the distance home.
the entire five acts, dur
ing which l was at tiTles inclined TO
become heated, a heavy, cold rain
kept me quite cool"
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
Pictures That Talk
They Say to You More Than Many Printed Pages.

L
The moment you look at this drawing you know what
means Your mind the barefooted Arab painfully
handling with his fingers the delicate silk.
You see also the improved method of using the silk
worms product You see gigantic machinery doing in
hour more than the Arab could do in whole lifetime.
No words are needed you study these pictures
mans scientific genius.
As you admire mans ingenuity in making strong cloth
of the delicate silk FIBER do not forget the skworms mar
velous work
It lives its life as wormy caterpillar, devourng great
quantities of leaves of the mulberry tree 1t gets fat and
big. Then something in the tiny brain says: "a great
change is coming get ready"
1t knows nothing about what the change is to be-as
little as we know about the change that brought into this
world little know about the change that is waiting
for when go out again.
But the silkworm knows that SOMETHING Is going
to happen and gets anxious like Mary Wilkins old maid
preparing nice silk dress in which to be buried
The silkworm begins spinning the cocoon sort Of
coffin which the retres to wait and what will
happen next
Man having watched the whole process-as mys-
terous power perhaps watches usgahers the cocoons
having previously provided green food for the They
had no idea of the orgn and destiny of worms They
would have laughed heartily like any twoegged atheist if
anyone had suggested that superior being providing
the them and would boil them their later
to get the silk.
The put in hot water, the living thing in
side is killed-neYer to be butterfly angel
Under the influence of the heat the wonderful silk fiber
that the skwom created resting place for itself is
wound the big machine that you in this picture and
by ingenuity made into silk CLOTH the cloth into short
dresses that hang down above silk stockings also made Of
the poor skworms produc-and the band p1.ys and the
lady Dances shining from head to foot clothed in the strip
pings of the slkworm's temporary coffin.
Consider the silkworms ignorance 1t lies first in
tiny egg laid by the skworm mother fastened leaf
If could think in that egg would say: Ths is perfect
always was egg, am always going to be egg.''
The egg matches, and your silkworm is a crawling,
wriggling with many legs and big appetite If
could think it would say The only important business
eating green leaves and getting fat
And again, locked up in comatose condition in the
cocoon it would say Perpetual peace is the real thing
This is ideal No crawling around eating dgestng
no spinning silk, trouble. Just rest
How surprised the egg crawling worm and sleeping in
habitant of the would be if one said Ths
isn't real life at all By and by you will burst out butter
fly with wings fly through the air. enjoy the sunlight fall
in love with another butterfly and really live for the first
time,
Since many surprises follow each other in the life of
simple silkworm egg may there not be interesting sur
prises coming to human beings? Are the egg
ha r1fnO
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

This Is picture OF 1OMM1 DAR-
DEN, who is now a lieutenant in
France in command Of four tanks.
Before he went into the army he
was a newspaper reporter in Wash
ington. and worked on the Post and
Herald and his last job was in the
Washington bureau Of the St Louis
GlobeDemocrat, as assistant to
CHARLIE KEYSER.
Do not stop reading this story at
this point just because It has a be-
ginning like an ordinary story. /
rant you TO kneV rhGt Tommy OAR
den has done for the army.
After he had completed three
months rigorous training a. Fort
Myer he was sent to Camp Meade.
At that time IL was fashionable In the
army to grumble and kick because
of the law which allowed an officer
money to hire quarters and pay
board while in Washington, but
which took it away from him when
he went abroad. In other words,
you got Communication of quarters in
the United States, and had your in
come reduced when you went to
France.
Well, everybody was up in the air
about it. Congressman ran around
in circles, paving the ground and
snorting like a flock of war horses.
Correspondents of army magazines
looked wise and wrote deeply, and
the War Department went on its way
rejoicing, while army officers suf-
fered this injustice. For it WAS a
real Injustice, without sense-just a
fool piece Of neglect
One day Tommy Darden, listening
to the grumbling Of officers on this
matter, spoke up and said:
"Why don't you go and see Baker
about it,"
Regular army officers, / am told.
They never in all their
lives had such a bold proposition put
up to them without warning. It
would have been against ALL prece
dents, and they promptly said so.
But Lieut.. Tommy Darden, who
had been a newspaper reporter
around Washington for half dozen
years, hoped a car to Washington,
called on Secretary Baker, put the
matter straight up to the Secretary
of War, who had NEVER been in
formed of the injustice before. At
least, he had never seen it so plainly
as this newspaper guy put it, and he
said so very plainly.
That afternoon the telephone bell
at Camp Meade rang.
"This is Darden," said voies TO
one of the officers. "Pm tn Bakers
office. Pre- got that communication OF
quarters all fred"
And he had. because the Secretary
of War got Congress to change the
law and wipe out the injustice; and
l hope that this little incident will
inspire some one else to cut little
red tape when there is a real job to
be done.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

animal fashion. Then his brain taught him
to make tools to be used by his hands. Now
the brain makes machine slaves of steel, run
by steam or electric power that set men free.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
BETTER WAGES.

The United States Steel Cor
poration since 1915 has increas-
ed the wages Of its employees 55
per cent in all up to date, and
on the 18th Of this month they
give them another 15 per cent
increase, which. will bring the
total increase somewhere near
IS per cent.
Now, where does the Govern
ment employe have any cause 10
be happy with a measly little
Sl2O raise, which is very little
better than the 8 and 10 per
cent increase?
The cost Of living in Wash
ington," says a G. P. o. man.
has increased at least 80 per
cent in the last two or three
years, and We are expected to be
satisfied. to be happy, when we
have less money than we had in
1914"
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

The WRECO is still fond of those
old mandrake cars on the H street
line.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

These two scenes tell more about prog
ress than many printed pages could tell.
First man used his hands and teeth in
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
All Year School.

As to keeping the schools
open all the year round, can
state that II such a plan had
been in vogue when | went to
school my brothers and sisters
and | would have finished school
instead of leaving to go to work.
1T seems TO me that the school
term consists mainly of Vaca-
tions, anyway. Why. every rainy
day the kids are sent home And
taking out Easter and other holi-
das reduces the total school
hours considerably. G.. P. O."
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

take pleasure in announcing that
IDA ?. ROBINSON. a charwOman
living at 1884 Florida avenue has
bought a $50 Liberty bond. She earns
$50 q month and has sick family.
Who has done more than this
wOmanl
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

II the army quartermaster can sell
coal at S725 a ton in'the cellar,
what would be the price Ii the city
sold us our coal?
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

II seems to me there should be .
police regulation anent the making
of egg sandwiches. II should be a
criminal offense to use half-cooked
egg for this purpose.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

F. ". HILL. JR., writing from the
offices of JAMES S. EASBY-SMITH
and RALPH B. FLAHERTY, says he
is a friend Of my friend JIM WICK.
and therefore takes the liberty Of
sending me the following:
Heatless, nreatless, Uhedtless
For days or years tGe'H be
Till Kaiser Bill is sedtless
And all the trorld IS free.
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

The moment you look at this drawing you know what
means Your mind the bareooted Arab painfully
handling with his fingers the delicate silk
The Washington times., 1918-04-14
". F. MARVEL says:

W. F. MARVEL says:
In recognition OF the. good work
toward raising the third Liberty loan
and the general good he has done for
Washington I propose the name of
Keith Circle" for the cop tub at
Fifteenth street and New York ave-
nue..
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

=AVINe By MAcHINeR Y, DEVELOPED BY MANS GENIUS
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

One day Tommy Darden, listening
to the grumbling Of officers on this
matter, spoke up and said:
"Why don't you go and see Baker
about it?
The Washington times., 1918-04-14

And he had. because the Secretary
of War got Congress to change the
law and wipe out the injustice; and
l hope that this little incident will
inspire some one else to cut little
red tape when there is a real job to
be done.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14

To FIND q dress suitable for general
that can be easily soiled. sometimes
requires the efforts OF a shopping
Pinkerton- This gown OF blue jersey
answers 70 that description imme-
diately- A waistcoat OF gray Jersey,
with an interesting collar. is bound
with blue jersey. There is a smaller
inner vest, which is supplied with Tiny
blue buttons. Cuffs OF gray jersey
match the waistcoaE A broad girdls
which folds softly around the hips IS
embroidered in gray wool The skirt
is slightly gathered and hangs
straight Blue velvet. bound and
banded with moiesizln, makes an at
tractive hat for wear with this ex-
tremely serviceabIe dress.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14
Child Foster Mothers Deserve Pity
In Having To Care For Little Ones
They Have No Chance to Be Children Themselves
and Weak, Anaemic Women Are the Result;
There Should Be Public Nurseries

A GOOD many cynical things have
n been said about the liking that
most OF rs have FOR seeing other peo-
pie work.
wonder II some Of these aren't
true. For If we are not a little lazy,
and little heartless. and a little ids
inclined 10 help along the worlds az
fairs, how IS it that we can so content
edly watch little mothers overwork
themselves?
We find them picturesque, these
thin-faced. serious girls Of IL and II,
who devotedly play a mothers part
to sprawling. noisy families Of young
er brothers and sisters.
We praise their unselfishness and
I efficiency. and we seem TO find In
them a satisfactory solution Of that
problem that exists everywhere there
are young children and a mother
obliged to work outside the home.
And II is true that they are won
/ drful little creatures. these young
girls, who are themselves still
children, and who carry more than an
adult burden. In the lower part Of the
city you viii find them IN any park
or square The youngest baby they
carry in their arms always with a
most lovely tenderness.
The others they guard with a vigil
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14
TRAVELETTE
By NTKsAH.


death valley. Calf. is said to be
y the lowest dry land IN the United
States: it is 27s feet below sea level
The name Death Valley is gruesome
enough in itself. but to enhance this
effect the mountains thereabouts are
called the Funeral Range"
While Death Valley is the lowest
dry land in the country. Mt. whitney,
which is less than so miles from the
point Of lowest depression, is one OF
the highest points OF land in the
United Staetes, its summit being a.
sol feet above sea level.
Death Valley was formerly the bed
Of q salt lake and is $50 miles in
length. A small salt marsh still occu-
pies part OF It There are few places
in Death Valley where fresh water Is
Obtainable. The best known are Ben
nett Wells and Saratoga Springs.
For the greater part OF the time
Death Valley Is a gigantic furnace of
burning hot shifting sand dunes. At
times this strange desert is filled with
wonderful colors. The air is very dry.
and al dawn the light Is very white
and minus the mist usually associated
with that time OF day Gradually, a
faint azure tint appears and deepens
above the gray-tan dunes. AS the
sun rises over the desert the pastel
tints OF sky and sands burn into
brighter shades until, at noon, the
very atmosphere vibrates into hot
vividness. Toward twilight, the reds
OF sky and desert shade into deep
puppies and black.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14

school early in life TO make their liv-
ing or help make the living for the
family. These vocational courses
shall not be confined TO boys and girls
who have reached the high school. but
be open 10 any boy or girl who has
reached the age OF Il years whether
he be in the high school OF IN the
grades OF the elementary schools
Come Back on Part Time
Another aim OF the government IN
the enactment OF this law is 10 in
terest the young man or young wOm-
an who has left school at an early
age and gone out TO make a living,
in coming back 70 the high school on
a part-time plan This plan requires
the cooperation OF the industries and
commercial concerns Of the commu-
nifty. in that they must be willing 10
give the men or women in their en-
plOy a chance 10 attend school a part
OF the time. Several schemes have
been worked out whereby this can be
accomplished as attending school ev-
enings and Saturday afternoons, at
tending school a part Of the day, and
alternating with one week al school
and the following week at work The
latter plan has proved the most sue
cessful, where the workers are en-
ployed in pairs one working a week
while the other is attending school
BY this plan the classes at school are
kept full all OF the time while the
employer has his work carried on
without any break
Only Night School Plan Tried.
As yet none Of these part time plans
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14
Boys Out of School, As
Well As Students, Should
Receive Training.
By W. A. BURk,
Supervisor OF Industrial Education
FL PaEo High school.


FL Paso High school.
DATRONS OF the public schools gen
1 orally may not know that an at
tempt is being made this year to place
in the high school some courses that
are designed 10 train its students for
specific occupations when they leave
the high school These courses. at
the present time. are confined entirely
to the Industrial department OF the
school. the courses being architectural
drafting, machine shop practice and
mill and cabinet work
Application has been made TO the
federal government for financial aid
In these three courses Federal aid
is granted for vocational courses in
high schools under a law passed by
congress about two years ago. known
as the Smith-Hughes law. This law
was enacted for the purpose Of en-
couraging communities 10 establish
vocational classes. The plan OF the
government is to match dollar for dol
lar with the local boards in paying
the salaries OF these vocational
courses.
The ain OF the government IN this
law is to try to reach. with the proper
kind OF training, the boys and girls
who are not able to go through a high
school or college, but must leave
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14

have been tried in the FL Paso high
school. except the night school plan.
which is not as satisfactory as a day
school plan for the reason that the
student is usually too tired TO do good
work after having worked al day.
and. with some the studying By arti-
fetal light may be Injurious 70 the
eyes In many cities the part-time
day school has been carried on with
great success. and think that there
is a place in e PasO for such q plan
Il might necessitats the employment
OF some additional teachers IN the
high school who are competent 20
give instruction that bears directly
on the practical things OF the com
merciaI and Industrial world. but this
is where the government comes IN and
offers financial help
New idea OF EdueatiOn.
firmly believe that the stimulus
that is TO be given TO the vocational
idea in education through this gov
eminent legislation. Is going to bring
about 2 new idea Of public school and
high school education that viii event
ually bring about more definite aims
in all OF the courses given In the
high school Heretofore the voca-
tional activities, meaning Industrial
shop courses, have been held out too
distinctly as something entirely for
eign to the traditional idea Of educz-
ti0n set forth in the public school
plan I see no particular reason why
Industrial courses should Be the only
courses in the high school that are
termed vocational II the others are
not vocational why are they not, I
results for vocational education that
we ought TO until the whole scheme OF
education is worked out On a basis
that can be considered as vocational
Why should we. IN order TO meet the
requirements OF the government for
Industrial courses, have to get teach
ers 70 teach the mathematics. science.
etc, that relate directly to the indus
trial vocatious2 Why have we not
been teaching mathematics and
science that IS regarded as practicaI7
I believe that high school education
can be made both cultural and Focz-
tional the latter having been sacri-
feed too much in the past. which was
forcefully demonstrated TO Us in the
deplorable inefficiency found IN this
country. when We were called upon
70 produce in short period OF time
an army capable OF taking its place
in the world war with those Of our al
lied nations
Universal Vocational Training.
The attention OF the whole world
Is turned now to the task Of reor-
ganization and reconstruction Uni
versaI military training is one OF the
big questions before our nation. I
fully believe that the real idea OF its
[ strongest advocates is. not to build
I up a powerful army or military ma
chine. but rather so TO build Up the
manhood Of the nation, both physical
I " and vocationally. that should ever
another emergency arise. we viii be
100 percent prepared from the ply
steal and Industrial standpoint at
least Our public schools and high
7 schools then must furnish the prin-
cipal avenue through which this de-
Z gree Of efficiency is to be attained.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14

None OF these farms has been granted
without investigating the would be pur-
chasers- Ths land settlement board in
sists that each man must have a good
reputation and have at least $500 OF
his own with which to start work The
average cash capital OF those approved
has been about $4,000. The farms have
been sold on such terms as will reimburse
the state for its outlay. and at the same
time materially add 70 the taxable value
OF the property.
Interesting Features
One OF the most interesting features
OF this farm settlement Is its arrange
ments for farm laborera- Il g impos-
sible to run any kind OF a farm without
more CT less outside help. and the labor
question IS one OF the chief troubles OF
the farmer Of today. On this settlement
ct Durham. Calf, the board set aside
p homes for such labor, and as soon as
It announced that they were ready for
occupancy Il received 123 applications for
them Each home has two acres OF land.
and the houses are grouped together on
one OF the most slightly parts Of the set
Element There IS Z uniform water sup
ply system planned for these homes,
and they are OF such nature that each
iaborer's family can grow its own fruit
and vegetables and have its own COW and
poultry. The average capital OF the farm
laborer has ranged from SIS to $47oO. II
Is found that many OF the men have
money in outside investments They pre-
fer to work FOR others 20 taking mp farms
OF their own. and they Will form stable
source Of farm help for the settlement.