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The Alley Law.

A serious aspect of tho local hous.
ing problem is presented by the fact
that a law previously enacted goes into
effect on the 1st of July forbiddine the
maintenance of dwellings in alleys in
the District. If this law is enforced.
1900 persons now dwelling in the alleys
will be compelled to find accommoda-
tions elsewhere. No provision has been
made at present for their habitation. IF
none is made between now and the LIST
Of July the enforcement Of the law win
cause a very grievous condition here, es-
peciahy in view Of tho fact that there
are not enough housing accommodations
now to provide for the present and i'm
mediately prospective population.
Either the operation Of the law must
be postponed, or emergency construc-
tons must be rushed to completion in
the next six months. Considering the
state of the labor and building material
market it is rather doubtful whether
houses adequate for tho accommodation
Of the 10000 alley dwsllsrs affected BY
the statute can b. srsste4 Temporary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

the 4aborers and more than two-thirds
Of the janitors. Obviously this process
cannot continue without wrecking the
school system. While substitutes have
been found in most cases the service
has suffered seriously, and there is nc
assurance that the requirements can be
maintained throughout the school year
if the pay scale is not changed at once
The minimum pay Of $500 year for
a school teacher is entirely too small
Considering the responsibilities imposed
upon the teachers it is shamefully in
adequate. Some of the most important
work in the school system is done in
the lower grades, in laying the founda-
tons, and it is lamentable to hold faith
ful. skilled people to the exacting duties
of the schools for the wholly inadequate
compensation that prevails Had it not
been for the longevity pay granted a
few years ago it would have been i'm
possible to hold the teachers at all. The
outbreak of war has precipitated condi-
tions that demand immediate attention
and one of the first acts of Congress
after reassemb bling should be the pas
sage of this District deficiency budget
in which the most important item is that
relating to the school pay
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tenements or barracks have been pro-

tenements or barracks have been pro-
posed, to be constructed by private en-
terprise, but even this expedient IS at
tended with difficulties, as the demand
for labor is already so great that the
government is finding itself handicapped
in the direction Of temporary Office
structures, and may be compelled to
build large dormitories for its own de-
partment workers to exc out the exist
ing accommodations.
Postponement of the operation Of the
alley law should be viewed as the last
resort. This statute was enacted for the
purpose of relieving Washington Of q
bad condition, the result Of years Of
neglect 1t is desirable for the sake Of
the city at large and particularly for the
welfare of the people who are now
housed inadeguately and unwhoiesomely
in the alley buildings that permanent
sanitary homes be provided for them
without delay. But in all the months
that have elapsed since the enactment
of the alley law no practical steps have
been taken to this end. It is most I'M
fortunate that this question should come
to an issue at the very time Of most
urgent need of dwelling accommodation.
If postponement is rendered necessary,
by the extraordinary conditions now
prevailing. it should be coupled with
provision for the early construction of
permanent homes for these 1900 peo-
pie who are now confronted with evic-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01
In the Matter of Scapegoats.


This is taken from report of the
testimony given by Gen. Crozier yes
terday before the Senate committee on
military affairs:
"I'm not attempting to excuse the sit
uatlon that requires us to depend on
our friends for heavy artillery
said Gen. Crozier, but the respon-
sibility rests on the whole coun-
try How he had, during previous years,
often asked Congress for larger appro-
priations for artillery and that he and
other Army heads had many times called
the country's attention to the need for
more artillery, was related by the gen
eral. This is a plain statement of the
case, said Gen. Crozier, citing one in
stance before the war in which q mod
est program of artillery appropriations
calling for ST 100000 was cut in half by
direction of the Secretary of War and
then further reduced by Congress to
$4,000. No considerable appropriation,
he said, was made for heavy artillery
until 1916. Appropriations in preceding
years, he said, were absolutely made
quate.'"
This is the time to remember these
things. And they are easily recalled.
We all know how, for years, the bare
suggestion of an adequate military es-
tablishment was either airily poohpooh-
ed, or else ascribed to selfish profess
sional motives, or base money-making
purposes. Where was the dangeri Who
wanted a larger Army or a larger Navy
but officers seeking promotion and
larger fields of exercise, and the proprie-
tors of gun factories and powder mills
seeking more business and more profits |!
All possible changes on this charge
were rung by politicians striving for Of
fee or to retain Office, and by millen-
nialists insisting that there could never
be another war. Both classes alike as
sured the country that the world had
outgrown war; that the spirit of peace
and accommodation had at last obtained
the upper hand, and might be relied
upon to hold the advantage; that the
pacifsts had at Hast overcome the scrap
pers.
Trained soldiers and sailors knew bet
ter; and it was their duty to tell the
country and the Congress better. This
they did, in recommendation after rec
ommendation. But they could only rec
ommend. If they undertook to empha-
size their recommendation, they were
accused of lobbying.
The politicians and the miliennialists
won. The Army was kept at the size
of a police squad, and poorly equipped
Small additions to the Navy were
grudgingly voted. Ships were too few,
and those in being were undermanned.
War came, and caught US discreditably
unprepared. And then began, naturally
enough, great running about in an eff
fort to get ready in a minute. The
neglected work of years was to be
crowded into few months. 1t could
not be done; and present embarrass-
ments, hard as they are to bear, arc as
logical as things can be.
Let the blame be properly placed. It
does not lie at the doors Of the soldiers
and sailors but at those Of past Com
crosses acting under the influences Of
ranting spellbinders and dreaming mil.
lenniaiists.
Three cheers for the Red, White and
Blue, and for the men in uniform, afloat
and ashore, who represent the colors!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01
The School Pay Deficiency.

OF the most pressing immediacy is
she requisition just made on Congress
FOR . deficiency appropriation Of $780,
poo for an increase Of the minimum pay
Of teaching in the public schools, and
also an increase in the pay Of janitors
and laborers. If this appropriation is
not made promptly the District school
system will suffer severely through de-
pletion of the force. Teachers of the
lower grades and janitors and their as
sistants are leaving the school service
for other employment because of the
opportunities to obtain living wages else
WHARF, Since the LIST Of September no
- tAaa LIS teachers have thus gone
1ksn tAe- schools, ~ Asast- twe-thizds- ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Tt would be fine thing for the world
if a peace program could be put through
as rapidly as the new railway program.
However, the railway program did not
require any guarantee Of good faith
from the government now presided over
by the kaiser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

If the government can run the rail-
roads it can run the telegraph and tele-
phones and street railways. In fact,
there is no limit to the interesting in
ferenecs made possible by the present
situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

A great deal would have been saved
to the world if the Prussian intellect
had known better than to take Zep-
pelins and U-boats too seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Germany once thought this country
was blufing. With all her laborious
studies in psychology, Germany now
realizes that as mind reader she is a
poor performer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

There are two kinds of failure DOS
sible for an investigation; one is a de-
yelopment of fictitious sensational in
tercst and the other is a relapse into no
Interest at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

In the interest Of brevity it might
be as we'll to refer to Mr.. AIcAdoo as
Secretary of the Treasury, etc." with
emphasis on the "etc"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Some of the old railway officials speak
with the CHEEKY tone of man who looks
forward to little vacation after long
period of hard work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

certainly. # yod1i give L faithful use.
For every one Of these wofnaniy
troubles, this is the only remedy: In
periodical pains, hearing-down sensa-
lions, organic displacements and
kindred ailments and In all the
nervous disorders caused by func-
tional arrangements.
An easily procured vegetable pill
is made up of May-applc, the dried
juice of the leaves of aloes and the
root of jalap, made into tiny pellet
and coated with sugar. 1t was first
put into ready-to-use form by DR..
Pierce nearly 50 years ago. Almost
every drug store in this country sells
these vegetable pellets in Walls for. 25c
simply ask for DR.. Perce's Pleasant
Pellets. They hsvs the Dr.. r. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Among the sufferers in zero climate
is the coal administrator who happens
to hear what people are saying about
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Washington has grown so fast that
the progressive citizen can hardly wait
for the next census.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

: A number Of people made the ac-
Auaintance of a cabaret-less New Year
eve for the first time in years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

The weather no longer figures as a
enakeshift topic for polite conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

Getting warm clothes to soldiers is
another of those problems Of distribu-
ton.
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Averages.

Cheer up, chillun, though the weather's
mighty raw,
Every time dar comes a freeze, dar's
gotter come thaw.
1t takes little patience till de freezin'
time is done,
An if you lose yoh temper, why, it
doesn't help yoh none.
Cheer up, ehillun, cause de weather's on
de move,
When de luck appears de hardest, it is
certain to improve.
Cold wave an warm wave, dey Rotter
mind de law
Every time you gifts freeze, you gotter
have thaw.
Cheer up, chillun, an prepare to say
"Hurrah!"
De chilliest proposition by am by Is
boun' to thaw.
Yoh hopes dey keeps drcppin'-don't
you let it make you frown,
Thermometers was built fob movin' up,
de same as down.
So, cheer up, chillun, cause you sho'ly
might as well;
We all has our troubles, an dar's nothin'
new to tell.
Each bothera*ion seems about do worst
you ever ssw,
But every time you IN Q &npsze. yvuh
Gatf4 haEa 4thaA $3.50.
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Release of Energy.

Release of Energy.
$50 you approve of the government
action in taking over the railroads"
"Ycp," replied Mr.. Growcher. II ap.
prove Of that and prohibition for several
reasons, ono Of them being that now a
lot Of people can quit lecturing on the
subject and 60 to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01
WITH YOUR HANDS TIED by some

c h n onic female
complaint" or weak
ness, what can you
expe ct? There's
nothing you can
a c c o m pills h -
nothing you can en-
JOY. And no good
reason for it. Doc
tor Pierce's Favor
ito Prescription Will
euro you, safely and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

1918 Reformation.
aHave you made any resolutions or
turned over new leaf or anything like
that7"
no." replied the man with the serene
smile. sNo need of them. IF I have
any lingering vices feel that need
only wait for somebody to introduce
legislation that will make them impos-
sible" !
As poultry prices upward jog, there
are no eggs in this years nog.
Unbelievable.
"Does this little chap represent the
New Year," asked the fearfully bright
child.
eyes"
"And on January l, 1919, will he be
represented in the usual way as tho old
year sinking QUIT"
@Yesn
cit Isn't possible. Nobody could grow
so much whiskers and wear his clothes
out so completely in twelve months"
The "Sn In 1913.
When I merrily venture to skate,
keep cutting largo figure eight.
And don't mind at all
II I get hard fan,
For il helps me remember tho-date.
No Terror,
"Do You believe in FIRE and birthstone
as possibility after this earthly ife.n
II don't exactly believe it," replied the
shivering citizen, ebut Pm kind O. hope
full"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-01

This Space Contributed by
Hotel Shoreham
Hotel Powhatan
The sun., 1918-07-14
The Woodchuck

By Don c. Seitz.
Funny how the wild things
Live so close TO US;
FIR instance, Mister Woodchuck
Thrives without no fuss
Maxim his home in the hillside,
Right in all plain sight
GIFTS his Twin proper,
Doesn't have to fight.
Now and then the dogs break loose
An chase him to his burrow;
Seldom git him, for he's swift,
Dodgin' by turf an furrow
Till he's safe inside his fort
Not with diggin' out,
Feedin' on the clover roots,
Chirky, clean an stoutl
From Farm Voices. Harper d Brothers.
The sun., 1918-07-14
To Any Woman
BY Brian Hooker.

By Brian Hooker.
Never tell me what you are,
Lest l dare to make you less
Lest l hold the golden star
TO my bosom and confess
Fire and dross and earthliness;
For l know you cannot be
Wholly what you seem to me-
Shine beyond me, calm and high,
Fair to love and far from knowing,
So that, striving to descry
Heaven in you, and slowly growing
Through forgivins and foregoing,
Somehow l may come to be
Worthy your reality.
From The Touchstone.
The sun., 1918-07-14
Kaiser in Petto
BY Willis Steel.

oJ "iIiS otcch
The Kaiser sat in his baby chair,
And pOred DER the map of the world
To mark for himself the places where
His black flag flew unfurled.
He smiled as he picked out each tiny spot
Now fall'n beneath his rule,
When voice called out II can't keep it hot u
Twas his nurse outside with the Cruel
The Kaiser said THE time has come
For me to indulge in play;
i must beat my rattle and pound my drum
While Hindenburgs away"
So he dipped his finger in ink and drew
struggling, erratie line,
"Ungrateful cities of Europe, you,
All of you shall be MINER
"You must come now, William Nursey said,
In accents firm as fate,
IT'S ten and You ought to be in bed;
You mustn't sit up late.
Be good little Kaiser and drink your Cruel"
He raised a horrid din.
"Ill send you packing he said, cold fool,
In my latest Zeppelinw
The Kaiser bent to his map with glee;
Ocean he crossed in a trice.
"America looks good to me,
And Henry found 1t nice.
Through Washington on a charger white
1 shall ride as victors do,
While the Yankee beg me with all their might
To be their Kaiser, too.
"And should they threaten to send me home,
With their army close packed like snow,
/ will sneer as my ancestors did at Rome:
Thick grass is cnch to mowp
The Hun the imperial city sacked,
And ! guess :" Get off that STOOL
Hindy shall know how naughty you act;
Come at once and drink your gruelp
The sun., 1918-07-14
Buffaloes in France
By Seabury Lawrence.

BY Seabury Lawrence.
The Buffaloes are comm,
Break de news to Kaiser Bill;
When he sees dem husky niggahs
He is due to have chill.
All the way FIN dusty Upton
They are comm DER the sea,
An FIN tin hat down to brogan
Dey is fit as fit kin be.
"See 1t Through" is whut dey singin'-
Long, black legions- 1t Through
Thirty seben HUNDRED fighters,
Singin', Kaiser Boy, to you.
Maybe you amt hear de story,
Just word to Berlin Bill
If dem Fifteenth Boys doan git yuh,
desc yuh Buffaloes shuly will"
The sun., 1918-07-14
John Purroy Mitchell, Patriot
By Edward N. Teall.

By Edward N. Teall.
D gallant soul, that could not rest
Nor find content and ease of heart
In any service but the best,
In any but the nobler partl
That could not dwell in slothful ease,
Or find in words of tongue or pen
The measure of its energies
In service to the sons of men!
That could not see another pay
His part of freedoms price,
But must on freedoms altar lay
His life, in cheerful sacrificed
The sun., 1918-07-14
The Symphony
By Clinton Scotland.

By Clinton Scotland.
The poppy morn cast off the yoke
OF nights engirdling dark, and then
A drowsy wren awoke and broke
The dewy silence of the glen.
A meadow-lark took up the strain,
A cuckoo joined with rhythmic Groom;
A. bobolink flung its refrain
Down the warm pathways Of the noon.
Ere long a twittering grossbeak made
The maple leaves a quive-ing choir,
While in the elms an oriole played
Upon its fleeing lutte of fire.
So dropped the dusk, and with the hush
That wrapt the lily and the rose
That nocturne of the hermit thrush
Brought day with song unto its close.
The sun., 1918-07-14
Salute to the Flag
BY Nancy Ford.

Bravey the stars that tell a nations story
Shine on thy field to spread abroad her fame;
Proudly We hail thee, for is thy glory;
Ay, and if shame be thine, is that shame.
Flag of our fathers, borne from age to age,
Ours to uphold, our trust, our heritage
Now in the hour of our nations peril,
Now when know the little worth of gold,
Now when the gains of peace seem poor and sterile,
We turn and see thee thou vast of old
A living flame, shining for victory
Above the conquering hosts of Liberty
Looking on thee, how can We but remember
What stained thy crimson folds deeper red,
The blood of those whom yet cannot number,
The deathless army of the nameless dead
Who ded-who yet shall die All, not in vain
To keep at least thine honor free FROM STAIN
Who died and yet shall die!. Who live forever,
The answer comes, in this for which they die!
lag which art the price of their endeavor,
Once more Ger battling armies shalt thou fly,
And doubling men shall know their worth while
And diving men shall look on thee and smile.
o thou whose honor has been bought so dearly,
Be proud, thy sons proud to die for thee;
Be brave, fear not to the future clearly;
Be strong for truth, thou banner of the free;
Now is the hour of vengeance, saith the Word
Go forth and do the judgments of the Lordl
The sun., 1918-07-14
The Recruit
BY Berton Braley.

/ used to wake up with a sticky tongue
And an eye that was dull and red,
And the songs that the early brides sung
heard on my way to bed
But now jump with the reveille
And my eyes bright and clear
And thank my lucky stars each day
That the Government brought me here.
/ used to be as a hermit crab
Till I'd swallowed my morning drink,
But now that I'm wearing the Olive Drab
I'm blithe as bobolink;
For the fresh air thrills through my throat and chest
And just want to shout and roar,
And life has SAVIOUR, zip, a zest
That | never have known before.
Used to be labby and soft and white
When sat at desk in town,
But since I've been learning the way to fight
I'm husky and hard and brown.
1t took cocktail to make me eat
The choicest food, but now
You watch me march to a mess shack seat
And wade through the army chow
So smile sort of shame faced smile
When think how plead exempt,
And I'm glad that the board saw through my guile
With glance of cool contempt;
And though l may perish across the seas,
I'll be one of splendid clan,
For the army's taken piece Of cheese
And made it into Man!
From Il" Camp and Trench. George II. Doran Co.
The sun., 1918-07-14
The College, in Wartime
BY Edward N. Teall.

BY Edward N. Teall.
When her sons go to serve on sea or land,
Each to his post of duty,
Serene ly strong shall she, the Mother, stand,
In sacrifcial beauty.
The sun., 1918-07-14
What's the Use?
BY Lillian Leveridge.

What's the use, dear heart, of signing
Just because the skies are gray,
And the bright things that you dream of
Never seem TO come your wayi
Storms and shadows make the sunshine
Afterward more clear and bright.
Joy of dawn can only follow
After dreary glooms of night.
What's the use of idly wishing
For a soft and easy timef
They who gain the sunny submits
Are not carried there-they climb.
Man was made for strong endeavor.
Rich and rare the recompense
That's awaiting grit and daring,
Tempered well with common sense
What's the use of fuss and fretting
When the world seems going wrong?
Time will smooth out all the tangles
On the knotted skein ere long.
Ever in the keenest conflict
Worrys on the losing side
Follow faith, whose voice of quiet
Safe to victory will guide.
What's the use of fondly dreaming
OF the great things you would do,
Scorning little, lowly duties,
Day by day that call for youe
By the path of slight endeavor
Honor eometh not-but such
As are faithful in the little
May be trusted with the much.
What's the use of weakly yielding
To foolish fit of 'blues"f
Whistlings better far than weeping
You can whistle if you choose.
Wherefore magnify your troubes7
Wherefore minimize your hope,
Viewing virtues through the wrong end
Of Loves mighty telescope'
What's the use of pensive pining
For the Alpine edelweiss,
While about your feet are blowing
Flowers as fair at lesser pricef
When you've used up all the sweetness
That along your path is shed,
Angel hands will surely scatter
Brighter blessings on your head.
What's the use of dull despairing
When you've fought so hard and failedi
After countless disappointment
Heights of glory oft are scaled.
Obstacles, mistakes and failures
Stepping stones may prove to you.
Courage, then! Nor faint nor falter
Till you win your Waterloo.
NJ Ouer the Hills of Home aud Other Poem
McClelL0nd, GoOdehld & Stewart.
The sun., 1918-07-14
The Best Verse of the Week
If the Weather Hot Perhaps These Will Not Leave You Cold
The Song of the Mine
BY Harold Willard Gleason.

By Harold Willard Gleason.
bob upon the pillows blue;
l dance about with artless glce,
Now buried, now exposed to view,
Black as the hearts that planted" me.
l wander over oceans wide,
The lonely curlew is my friend.
The sport am I of wind and tide
Until my evil quest shall end;
End-in the crash Of rending steel;
In scalding steam; in cries of fright;
In things to gorge the shark and eel;
In screams of women through the night.
And so wallow through the seas
That e'er my glistening sides caress;
Battered by wave and spurned by breeze,
A minister of Frightfulness
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-02-09
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

The machinery by which the pur-
chase of Thrift Stamp or War Saw
ings Stamp is to be made as easy and
convenient as the purchase of a spool
of thread or a pound of nails, in every
community in the United States, is
rapidly being established Already
$4,000 War Savings Stamp Agencies
have been established and by the
close of February this number will
have been increased by 35O,OOO
In addition to these agencies there
will be 100000 "sales stations, !"
which do not receive direct authori-
zation to make the sales from the Sec
retary of the Treasury, but obtain
their stamps from authorized agents
and sell them over their counters at
their cashiers windows, and other
places.
Fifty thousand post offices now
have War Savings Stamps on sale and
$4,000 banks and 5000 individual firms
and corporations have been appointed
agents Nine thousand interstate cor.
porations having places Of business in
several states will constitute 115,000
additional agencies.
An intensive campaign is now OIL
for the establishing of War Savings
societies which can be organized by