Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15

as much pleasant social intercourse in
the National Press club today as there
was prior to the time that this CAPT.
tai city of the nation went dry.
Now officers have just been chosen
for this newspaper mans organization
of Washington. The president is Gus
j. Karger of the Cincinnati Times
Star; the vice president is Earl God
win of the Washington Times; the Sec
rotary is Jesse S. Cottrell; the treas
urer is j. III. Small, city editor of the
Washington Star. and the financial sec
rotary is ]. G. Haywood. The board
of governors consists of Norbourne
Robinson, Labert st. Clair, Raymond
b. Morgan. c. R. Michael and George
L. Edmunds.
Leads in Food Conservation.
One of the first things which the
new board of governors did was TO act
in the matter of food conservation In
the restaurant of the club. Long ago
certain restrictions were placed on the
serving Of food, but now the organi-
zation intends to, go much farther and
to take the lead among the clubs in
Washington in following the rules for
eating laid down by Herbert Hoover,
food administrator.
The first raid was made on sugar.
No matter how sweet may be the tooth
of any patron of the restaurant, he will
be given only two Jumps of sugar for
his pot of tea or coffee. one lump for
each cup. The paper container for the
sugar carries the following inscrip-
ton:
Lets practice what we preach-No
meat Tuesdays-No wheat Wednes-
days-Less sugar every day"
The National Press club through its
membership of correspondents, repre-
sents reading clientele of many mil
lions OF Americans, residing In all
parts of the United States. The club
wishes its action in the matter of the
rigid conservation of food to be known.
hoping, perhaps not immOdestly, that
it may set an example for such other
clubs as have not already voted to
themselves some of the luxurieS and
necessities of the table.
The club has sent many men into
the service since war began. Some of
them have commissions; some of them
are Sergeants or corporals and others
are privates in the ranks. 1t has
huge service flag on the wall of its
great assembly room. Day after day
new stars are added to the bunting and
before long it is believed that the hun
dred mark will have been passed. The
club RENTS the dues of the members
who are called to the colors and they
are allowed to retain the full privileges
of membership while serving Uncle
Sam.
Early Winter In Washington.
Washington is white. Winter set in
this year earlier than for years be-
fore. The snow is deep in the low-ly-
ing fields and in the hill country of
Virginia and Maryland.
The thousands upon thousands of
persons who have come to the national
capital recently to take service with
the government are what one might
call flabbergasted at the weather. The
incomers from the North expected TO
find this a southern climate, while
those from the South expected to find
it at least a midcOuntry climate, but
Washington for some time has been as
land of the North Countree."
Scores of men of great business af-
fnsr t., H.
ment at salaries of 81 a year, the
amount which they are forced to ac-
cept although they are wholly volun-
teers. The government will not allow
any man to work for it for nothing.
Nearly every one of these civilian off,
Gals of government is accustomed to
take his exercise at the game of golf.
All of them expected to be able to play
at the ancient and royal pastime while
in Washington for they thought this
region was an open one in the winter
time. There is no golf at present for
any of them unless they choose to play
with red balls, to tramp through
inches of snow and to meet the dozen
additional bunkers in the shape Of
snow banks on every hole of the links.
Take Their Exercise Walking.
Winter weather, however, does not
keep the officials who are bent on ex-
ercise from getting all they want of II.
Tramping is the order of the day in
Washington, at least for such leisure
time as man may manage to secure
for himself. Voluntarily many of the
automobiles have been put away ex-
cept for use on errands Of necessary
business. Joy riding largely has gone
and gasoline conservation is the re-
suit.
So 1t is that instead of getting into
limousines to whirl away to the coun-
try clubs in their leisure hours, the
workers. of Washington tramp out into
the fields to bend their courses over
the Virginia and the Maryland hills
along the course of Rock creek or up
one of the main banks of the Potomac
toward the Great Falls.
One of the pleasant occupations Of
the leisure time, useful and humane
one. is the feeding of the birds which
in cold weather suffer from lack of
food. The snow has covered the seed
pods of the weeks and the seed-eating
birds, of which there are thousands in
this section of the country in winter,
are put to it to keep up the fuel supply
necessary to keep the fires of life
burning.