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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-23
Financial Quarrels Are
Easily Avoided
By 'Winifred BIa c k

and then I'd hope, and I'd keep on
hoping, and some day, the hrst
thing he knew, that husband OF
mine would be taking those two
little boys out for a walk and
bringing them home in brand-new
suits from the shoes to the hat.
Id never know a thing about It,
and I'd laugh and I'd cry and I'd
make a great time over 1t, and Id
say he was foolish, and too unset
fish, and too knd-and the first
thing that man realized he would
be setting himself up as the model
husband and the model father OF
the neighborhood. And after he
had set himself up so for a little
while / wouldn't have to pretend
any longer, for what had hoped
would come true, and there I'd be,
without a thing to worry about but
how to manage my home and bring
up my children and love my hus-
band enough to pay him for all his
devotion to me.
A Course in Human Nature.
Quarrel over money? I'd quarrel
over the temperature OF the room
and how many windows to open at
night and who ought to poke the
fire first, and which had the best
right to the first look at the new
story In the magazine. I'd quarrel
over everything or anything before
would bring the misery and the
hatred and the bitterness Of q fight
over money under the roof where
mi light-hearted, loving little chill
dren live.
Besides, II never does any good
to quarrel about money.
/ wish avery woman and every
man In the world had to take
course In human nature before
they could either Of them get a
marriage license.
believe the world would be
whole lot better of. and, anyhow,
the poor, little. helpless children.
who are so often the innocent VIC
tins OF such quarrels. would have
something like an even chance
for the honest, simple. natural hap
plness OF an honest. simple. natural
home life.
copyright, 1919, ~ Newspaper Feature
Service, Inc. Great Britain Rights Rs-
sarssAA
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CHE'S twenty-four years old.
She married, and her hus-
~ band earns forty dollars a
week and receives a bonus Of fifty
dollars every three months. The
husband gives her thirty dollars
week for herself and her two chill
dren and the family expenses,
keeps ten dollars a week for him
self. and never gives her a cent of
the bonus.
He spends the money in all sorts
OF foolish ways, and the wife Is
very cross about II.
Why on earth she should think I
know. l cannot even hope to i'm
agine. But dear me! I do wish
che wouldn't quarrel with her hus-
band about that ten dollars a week.
It's such a waste OF time, and after
all 1t is his money when you come
right down TO ii, and she really
hasn't much right to make much Of
a fuss about 1t. has she?
Why Not Try This Way3
He gives her thirty dollars out
OF his forty, and lets her do with
It as she pleases. OF course. she
has to buy food and pay the rent
and get the children's clothes and
keep herself looking neat and
smart. and Of course all this isn't
easy to do on thirty dollars for Il
budget.
But what OF the women whc
make fifteen dollars q week do It,
and are glad to get that much?
Do you know what I'd do II
were IN that woman's placer No.
/ don't mean that. / mean, do you
know what / hope I'd do7 Maybe
l wouldn't really do 1t at all.
l hope I'd get my husband to
take me and the children some
where some Sunday.
Somewhere there are other chill
dren not quite 50 bright or SO
pretty or 80 perfectly darling as
mine, and I'd make my husband
sproud of mine, and I'd get people
to praise them TO him, and would
praise him to the children and to
my friends. and tell how generous
he was. and how devoted he was TO
the children. and how anxious he
waa to give than every ADVANTAGE
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To Business Men, Manufacturers.

Continued from First Column -
next year and the year after unless something is done
improve condtionsand you the manufacturers that need
skilled have the machinery the shops the foremen and
the knowledge, and can do the work if you will
One New England neighborhood needs five thousand
machnsts that need is duplicated all the country
worker cannot become machnist unless you give
him access to machine with Information to its USE
The Government needs fighters. It takes men and
teaches them HOW to fight.
Energetic manufacturers that need have the work
and the wages for them should take the unsked workers
and teach them HOW to work.
Nothing could be Of greater benefit to the country than
full encouragement by manufacturers and the
Of this particular work. which in the hands of the Indus
trial Training Department Of the Council Of National De-
Tense.
Manufacturers do not leave to accident or voluntary
action their supplies of coal steel rubber other
materials
to supplies Of labor2
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By Mrs

n ELoW I am giving the
r. stories Of two women,
who, with the best inten-
tions in the world, nevertheless
deliberately widened the little
rift within the Lutte" until they
successfully rendered the music
Of their own lives mute.
Are you doing the same thing?
These are true stories. This is
the first:
His love for her was deep and
sincere. She returned it. They
were to have been married within
a few months. All the little
weather vanes in their lives
pointed toward happiness. Their
tastes and interests and likes and
dislikes were the same. But they
were Of different temperaments.
He was quiet and self-contained,
giving to musing a good deal on
his work and its various prob
lens. She was demonstrative and
enioyed talking everything over.
One day, half in jest, she said:
az don't believe you really love
me" He hastened to assure her
of his undying devotion. How
could she doubt anything so rock
like? Soon aftsrward she again
accused him Of not caring for her.
This time he was perplexed and
panied. What was lacking in him,
that he failed to make her COM
pletely happy? Why did she hold
such an idea?
His Awakening.
But she had found a way to
rouse him from his absorbed mus
in9s, and she used it. On the
smallest occasions, and far moro
often than she realized, she would
say:
have never really loved me-"
He became restless, dissatisfied
and uneasy. He stopped trying TO
prove to her the Rbsurdity of her
doubts. Finally he began to won
der II he did care 30 much for her
altar all shs seemed % sure that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-23

This is the birthday Of JUDGE
EDWARD @. KIMBALL. Of the
Municipal Court; and although
everybody knows 1t would Ike
to repeat that he is a full-hedged
Washingtonian, born here Just
. years ago today.
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And then to John Poole's bank,
where I found RALPH LEE and H.
z. RICHARDSON In deep CONVEX
sation regarding the best way to re-
member names and faces.
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Mr.. FALK, by the way, is q
Johnny Ferris Alumnus.
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Looks like the United States SEN
ate cares more for the working man
than does the House Of Representa-
tives. Then again It may be that
the House passed the Borland amend
ment adding an extra hour to the
clerks work-without extra pay-in
the same manner that some people
pass the buck.
The southernmost pole on Conne&
tcut avenue. Just northwest of SEN
ATOR SHOOTS home-the Capital
Traction Company should put . red
light on II. 1t would cost little. but
a red light Is cheaper than human
lives and that Is q dangerous pole for
people riding up the street at night
A R. PINCI. the eminent local
magazinist, contemplates giving .
spaghetti dinner next week.
Who remembers when Maurice
Joyce was in the electro and sterso-
tipping department Of the G. P. o.?
A. L. FALK,. 1910 Livingston
street northwest, says the housing
problem could be partly settled II the
Government would give positions to
10000 Washington young men and
women already living here.
Mr.. FALK, by the way, is =
Johnny Ferris Alumnus.
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Back to the hotel. where in a
crowd OF diners whom do see but
capt JITI,IIJS PEYSER:
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How to Raise Government Funds
Interesting Suggestion by P S. Hill.

In the first Liberty loan this Government got billions,
enthusiastically offered
In the second it got more billions
Soon will the third loan and the need of still more
billions
There is no probability of any early change in the pro-
gram Of constant calls for billions to be raised for Govern
It not desirable use up the energy of in office
and in business several times each year with enthusiastic
almost historical pleas and drives for bond issues.
II the country needs the money it must have it.
the money is there-and it is-the country has a
right to it.
What is needed is plan that will automatically provide
for the floating of these loans they become necessary
just plan working plan and that will unnecessary
labor and struggling.
Such plan has been suggested by Mr. Percival Hill
head Of Of the biggest industrial concerns in the United
States His idea will interest the country the President and
Mr. McAdoo, Secretary Of the Treasury.
Briefly, Mr.: Hills suggestion is this:
LET YOUR INCOME TAX RETURNS TELL YOU
T %T Is WHO can RD IT TO sT
THEN COMPEL SUBSCRIPTION TO BONDS BASED
ON THE LEGITIMATE BUYING POWER OF NDIVID-
UALs AND CORPORATIONS
ION April l." says Mr. Hill, call income rec
ords viii have been completed and the Treasury
Department viii have on file the income account
Of individuals and corporations throughout the
United States.
"An equitable and an acceptable method Of
raising these loans would be to have Congress pass
a bill making compulsory subscription to these
loans on the part Of individuals and corporations,
based upon their income tax report.
"In this way, if you wanted to raise six billion
dollars 1t would be easy to ascertain what per cent
Of mans company's income either should be
compelled to use in the purchase of Liberty loan
bonds.
81 cannot conceive of this working hardship
anybody.
CAT the present time many of us do more and
are glad to do more, than either our proportion
sometimes ability warrants Many however,
fail to do their duty By the above plan it seems to
that would make easy the entire situation and
troubles in connection with future loans would be
entirely eliminated"
Is not that sensible suggestion that would save
time and solve the greatest home problem of the wharf.-the
raising Of money?
The nation wants the money It must get it from those
that HAVE it, and that afford to buy the bonds
The vast machinery of Income Tax collection tells Just
exactly where the money is who has it. what each man or
corporation could and should spend for the bonds.
Take your information it, say each man or cor
poraon In proportion to his wealth. Here is your share
Of this new loan, HAND US THE MONEY"
Simple, easy, fair for all, common sense.
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HEARD AND SEEN

In a days work, one sees lot OF
Interesting people; especially in
Warrington. One learns something
every day, and It would behoove rs all
to refnsmber the most interesting bit
Of knowledge picked up by rubbing
elbows.
DIR instance, while having lunch
with Rene lie Prestre, I learned from
that interesting International char
acter that the best thing In the world
10 cure q cold Il ffeen grains Of
aspirin, half a teaspoonful Of bicar-
Donate Of soda, in hot water.
RAY BAKER, radiant Director Of
the Mint. walked by like q spring
breeze.
And then to John Poole's bank.
where I found RALPH LEE and H.
z. RICHARDSON In deep CONVEX
sation regarding the best way to re-
member names and faces.
Out again on the street where
ORvILLE ECKER told me he IL q
special agent fer something-or-other
l-something BIG. and / can't re-
member Il. Oh, for one moment Of
Ralph Lees memory.
Back to the hotel, where In a
crowd Of diners whom do see but
CAPT. JULIUS PEYSER:
who'll kill the Kaiser7"
az" said Cap Peyssr,
"I'H do or de, sir,
ri Kill the Kaiser"
Saw SAM KALBFUS striding by at
q fast clip. Must be awful busy these
days.
ALL RIGHT!
As a name for the phenomenon on
Fifteenth street / suggest Heads
Up" Yours truly,
TACK SPRATT.
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Saw SAM KALBFUS striding by at
q fast clip. Must be awful busy these
days.
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RAY BAKER, radiant Director d
the Mint. walked by like q spring
breeze.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
Make Them 60 10 Work /.

The Sussex Republican of Georgetown
saws that while tho Compulsory Labor
law ma, bc enforced ii New Castle
county. this Is not the case ~ NusScN
"Everv town in SUSSEX. Il say has
the same old crowd who have received
deferred classification lccausc ot dc
pcndcnts. and yct these Samc worthless
husbands are loatjnR M back alleys and
living of the wash money Of thcir wives.
and in some instances of the earnings Of
their dependent children Here i work
for the society that was put into exist
cncc bN force of an act oj tho last cgisIa-
turc. to see that certain persons between
the ages Of Is and 80 years aIc employed
And besides, people vouid 20 wcll IN
this county to give the names ot these
loafcrs ia the local board ~ excellent
one
This is good advice ara should hc
followed The local boards may not hc
~ahlc Al alI iulc> H. secure the names q
ioalcrS throughout thc.r districts. and
uo doubt would wricomc aesi~':nc" In
Wilmington the police have fc'rtd ~ the
work. and ihclr ad va> valuable
80 loafcis should Ia tolerated II th'1"
.Imcs. There Is rccd of the labor 4
men who are physically ahlc 'o W.
Tie people hcstiI themselves
operate cordially and effectively val Ie
}ocal boards We believe the lattcr VIII
~ thcsr IN alItA
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
WAR TAXATION.

IN tho opinion cf many Senators eight
billions il too much 10 try To- raIsc ut thus
Time 1--we billions iR mentioned as a
more reasonable figure Even incomes and
var rlroiItS arr not Inr>haustihlc fountains
az snpply Il il burning the candle NJ
both ends ~ cut down income an q IN
crease outvo III SINGLE stroke Of the pon.
\o matter how tho income tax may hc
graduated. II Is tic person ot hNed and
moderate income who viii bear the hcavl-
at burden when the purchasing power of
ms money i reduced Thus taxes on the
scale proposed IN tho Treasury plan would
make future subscriptions 70 loans from
such persons impossible Taxes on war
profits too mnst hc carefully levicd II
Industries, 81 the first valuc III war tune
are not 10 10 uudull disturbed IN m
crease from thc prCscut rate oi ~ t'or cent
- eighty pcr cent would hc lnadYlsahle
4 Il impaired the maximum capacity ct the
factories IN W:lr Industries or ntcricred
with further expansion Of thrir business
On the other hand, there arc taxes which
Congress has always bccn loath to I'M
posc winch could to easily collected and
which undouhtodI, bring IN large rcvc
me such are the breakfast table tax
C> ou coffee, tea, etc and the stamp
taxes on cheques
There arc other possible sources II
taxation which have 50 far been untonch-
"a Tho president Of a large corporation
operating cham stores after pointing out
that IAN should Weld the amount desired,
bc falr III its application and DC easily col
lcc'lhl.. advncatcs the imposition OF tax
of one pcr cent upon the gross sales OF
"corporations partnerships and indlvid-
nails actively engaged ~ the sale Of tangi-
hlc merchandise, He estimates that such
Il tax would >lcld two millions There
would hc none of the inequalities inherent
n the determination of capitalization, eN-
cess profits ovcr prc-War ltrlods or other
indefinite elements Tins = the kind oi tax
whIch cannot he handed on 70 the con
sumner. SINCE an increased price would
sirnplv mean an increased tax - the sci
her The real estate broker has been s'Ig-
gested a~ another legitimate object OF m
creased taxation He might pay special
government license tax 81 ten dollars year
IN. and 4 graduated tax on sales begin
uing at two per cent ON amounts OF 5000
Objections % any form OF tax may be
offered of course But the whole question
IS plainly none v Inch might hc considered
by Congress ON somewhat broader hnes
than heretofore Philadelphia Ledger
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
Good Advice for All.

While Mr.. Roosevelt was addressing n
partisan audience, On n partisan occ' SCR
when he talked before the New i"ih
Republican State Convention, last "'th'
and while he delivered h mself oi f1tat
deal of his customary gush and piatl-
tudos. h, said some things that Were
practical and good Especially WISE
wore his admonitions in rcsrcct of clCctnE
members of Congress although hc was
really making partisan appeal
"Thcsc arc the tasks set us as regalds
winning the war and ending the war
snid Mr.. Roosevelt Therefore. the
men elected this fall should not only hc
absolutely loyal, but possessed OF broad
vision sound common sense high char
actcr and unyicldmg resolution, for they
must prapplc with tremendous intcrna-
tional questions tmid man, hall
hearted pacitst. or n foolish VISIONARY
may do MS incalculahlc harm as the
dcmagoguc or consclcncclcss political
trlckstcr. And. of course, no dIsloyal
man. and no man of merely lukowarm
LOYALTY. should be chosen, no matter
what the ticket on which he runs
Every good citIzcn can heartily suit
scribe to this doctiInc u IS not. ot ~
self. PARTISAN IN any sense, notwIihstand-
me AIr Roosevelt, IN the spccch Of vh'ch
tho above was part. recommended the
election of Republican tonucss Y
applies 10 the duty ot tic N"t"ls. ~ th"
coming campaign. ~ respect II all candi-
dates for mtcd States Senator ~ l{cprc-
sentative III Congress With the next
Congress composed 81 mon who can FULLY
meet these tests. it would not make much
difference what ITS pohncal complexion
happened e. TO- although ~ The ordinary
course Of events. il viii lc much better e.
have 4 Congress IN full political accord
with the national administrator
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
THE INTELLECTUALS.

A magazine writer places national sue
cess upon intellectual leadership. But the
intellect is no more to be trusted than the
tricks Of a card The ntcllectuals are al-
WAYS tumbling INTO ditch on Sunday or
any other day Justice, temperance,
purity, honesty are not thought out. If
there was nothing to direct them but the
so-calIed mind they would lose their
identity
There is a time in the psychological
process where the intellect must turn TO
the heart for guidance If it doesn't, dis
cord. disaster and doom are sure to fol
low in its train When you see some
pompous person occupying the cold and
lev SUBMITS Of thought and attempting
10 declare the truth from them-look out,
he is in for a fall.
1t is impossible for the truth 10 come
from anywhere except from the spirit. All
Judges, governors, professors, preachers,
politicians teachers, newspapers should
recognize that fact, and because they don't
is why the old world is rceling absut in the
most disorderly way, not knowing where
it is going next or how it will fare when 1t
gets there.-Ohio State Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22

w. inndc maxi ng m open season on th@s'
birds beginning September I and aottina
forth ~ this petit IN the following veil Z,
bnnvn fAct ihnt the reed bird Ds b.
kn ,wn here md ricc bird ne BE- g know
iufl her touth b. a Bed and gT8in caiing
bird, and in tho face ~ tho upsn scaFOn
wluch has existed % the past thr DuInlrrs
~ this et@cins hnyr not vslbly dfcreaqrd
10 thr contrary hig numlers have -
inercamd IN Bofue districts that no has
heroine r"rlpiis mrnnfr 20 lhe rice
Rrowrr- ~ ihc south and under tbe
cnIoymrut ~ o. continually clOfed spasou
hc would N ali probability become =
pest Has toon tbe ca7e With black
birds % this and other localities.
All letter ~ petitions concerning tlh,
subject should to addressed ~ tho Blp-
logical survey, Department u A9ri-
culture. Washington. -. e.. and should
not, b.f flr, request thHt Ibis mote re
taken up lr'afr Ariloi" ~ thc treaty
Hhioh Inatre epcrl8l provision for no
lopilng of Ur,.e that meY uP'0rne r-
risi. lpriDus ~ i}o pgTie1'fgrn. ~
I'll her ihtcr,efa II tbf country
IF facts .hDu'd ~ he brpYga'
thc atf,5tiou n the yHriyIs ,utt.-s
a,iI Hr.,r. aeuiati.oe II 'he States e.-I
Ja ta, raef have onjoyrd rcod bird shoot
tra. th4t Uc, ir torn might u-~ her
inHacrc 81 Wellington 70 have ms
m.t1er properly cDHeiderrd bY th- lD--
pnrtu,uf ~ agriculture
IS h.ir that tho7c 'r'ore-''
gftt hia tie'r immediate a'f"7'"
.r ia tuo 20 set
W W rrrJI. a,rr,taTy-Trorzrr,r
Wilmington July ~. 1919
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
PRICES AND FARM OUTPUT.

One of the most frequently employed
arguments in support Of higher basic
prIccs for farm commodities IS that pro
dhlction would thus be stimulated lhls
rests entirely on the assumption Of Gu
pidltv as the encrgizng element OF farm
,rs activity. In the monthly crop report
for June. issued by the Department of
Agriculture, is series Of charts which
Las some interest in tins connection,
These charts show graphically the lines
Of production. yield per acre and acreage
for tie lO-year period l901-l9l7 OF the
principal crops. although prices are avail
able only for the war period.
A study Of the curves suggests that the
relation between prices and production IS
far from being as intimate as the pro
ponents Of the theory would have US
believe For example. cotton shows an
acreage for 1916 and 1917 far below that
Of 1918 and 1914, with a steady decline
in Weld. although the price has scared far
above a reasonable point Wheat acreage
droppcd from 140 per cent Of the lO-year
average in 1915 to Sc per cent IN 1916, and
only recovered 10 IS per cent III 1917, al
though the price on June / had advanced
from Sl.3Ii2 in 1915 to S2I8l2 IN 1917.
Corn and oats record somewhat similar
curves. showing that under the whole
question is something more potent than
prices fixed by law Omaha Bee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
PROUD PEOPLE.

We are bowling To his mother
And we're smiling Mt his dad,
And we treat his little brother
To the JOYS he's never had
We arc pointing out his sister
As she walks along the street,
And III tell II In YOU mister,
We We got reason for conccit.
That's his room, the second story
And that service stars for him,
All, this block hns claimed glory
That in future DAYS was dim,
Just year ago he walked here,
Went To work the way we do,
Just n year apo he talked here
As I'm talking nov to YOU
Never dreamed I'd brag 40 loudly,
Never thought I'd he SO elad
To tell every stranger proudly
I'm acquainted with his dad
Now / m shouting that ! know him
And knew Il i'm aa kid.
On his wagon used tn tow him,
YES, Won bet your life, ! did
Now our heads are high with glory
And the street hns come To fame,
And the papers print the story
OF the boy of humble name.
Now we cotne and % 10 labor
Just like soldiers over there.
Since the boy who was our neiehhor
Has received the croix dc g,1erre