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AVIsOS DE OCCASION
EMPLEos4

NECESITO una sehora o seiorita que que
ra encargarse del cuidado de dos nlhos
V del trabaio general de casa. Preferlria
que ruese de San Antonio, Austin o san
Marcos, Texas. Sc lie proporcionaran nos
gastos de pasaje. Para mayores iniorfneS
dirijanse a J.. Il. Martinez, 40o W. GFanu
Ave, Frederick, Oklahoma. u-3Vl
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JOVEN ESPANOL desea correspondence
con senorita me4icana bien educada y no
nesta de 81 q SO .afos.-DireCci0n: A. S. Il.
Box 795. Red Lodge, Montana.
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pelar pollos.-.Trabaio permGnGnie.-Jacob
Prandt, 1850 Roosevelt Ave, CT. AT.
I-3i-2-2).
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Sc NECESITAN tres buenos zapateros para
reparacIones a mano. Sc pagara huen Sa-
Iario 81 son buenoS Y COMPLETENESS artesa-
nos. Ocurran perSonalmente a Ia Boston
Shoe Repair.-ii0 W. Houston Street.
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GRATIFiChRE con scis mcses de Suscrip-
ci0n. al Giarto GA Pi.ENSA", q Ia persona
Que ne lnfOrnc eXaciamcDie de mis- pa
hrcS Juan HcruirdeZ Y EstaniSlaGa Her
n:ndeZ, como de - V r. alos, rcspectiva-
mcnte Y de mis- herInanOS Ealentin Y Salo-
En- Ociubr" de 1915 Sc cncOntraban
en- FL Paso. Texas. Dirfjansc a Jose Her
nandez. South Side Hotel, 1857 s. State
ST, Chicago, III. u-29).
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LESA DE Mountaineering lena de cua-
tro pies. cerca de Ia ciudad. 4 $3.50 IN
cuerda en- el campo.-DirijaSe 4 1916 W.
Commerce s. u-3O)-
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Sc NECESITAN senoritas para elaborar
puros.-Flnck Cigar Factory, tST Wess
Commerce ST. lz-tl
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MATRiMONIALES

JOVEN ESpANOL de % anos deSea rela-
ctonarse con sehorlta menor de Is 8los que
liable espafol. 0bjeto matrimonlo. Para
inTormes dirijanse q: Reymundo Granda--
Harper, oregon.
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.TRASPASOS-

.TRASPASO Ia fienda de abaTrOtes situada
en- cl n'linero 40S y. Frio 81. ALI mismo
Sc informa. (2-6)
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NECESITANSE SefiOritaS con eNperiencia
para hacer cdmiSas C inicialcS en- CamiSlS
rinas JuhnsOn.-2i0 Navarro 81. f-21
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;OJOI iOJOi
Sc NECESiTAN Scfores, Sehoras y scno-
ritas. Trabaio scncillo por comision- To-
da persona inteTeSada, sirvase pasar a
nuestra Oricina. ffi5E w. Commerce ST.,
O escriba para inrormeS a NJ. Ar!zpe Y ia,
Box H.. Station i, san Antonio, Texas.
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ATENCION,

;oJO, iATENCl0N!
Sc NECESITAN tres o cuatro personals pa
ra agentes, bajo comision Y sueldo. NO
Sc reuuiere experienced, nOsotros 10 eilse-
jaremos.-Su sueldo 10 recibira tOdos los
Sabados.-Dirfiase a Mr.. Gottardy, ai6
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POR VIAJE traspaso en- s3.500.00 negocio
acredi;afo, buenOS rcndimientOS, lugar
cGntrico.-Inrorman J07 w. Commerce ST.
u-20-2-i9l.
TEASPASO la TIENDA DE ABARROTES
SITUADA EN- Ell NUMERO 1903 w. CON-
merCe St.-!Alli miSmo Sc informa. (2-T
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FIDEL C.. SMITI!.-La persona que me de
la direction de este SclOr, rccibira en-
Gambia una doceRa dc srtfSticds posta-
les. Hace IN aIO Sc enconiraba en- STAN
dart, Texas. DirijanSe a Joe V. Es2riu,
Box i5.-Fruitvale. Texas. $3.50.
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Sc VENDE I'm aparadOr de cristalas, tres
metros largo. muy birato. Ocurran 4 $50
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PESOWSAS-

G%RATIFIcARE con $500 a quIen me infor-
me de- parddcro exac;o de mis- HERNIA
nos Antonio Y Jose Arvizu respective
mente. Ell primeTo de Il amos y eI Sc
gundo dc 80, or ginar!os de Rayon, Sonora,
Mexico. Dirijirse a Francisco r. Arvi.
zu, Cowell, California, Via Bay Point.
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GLASSES de espahol Y lecciones de Instruc-
ci0n Primaria, a domictlio. hirlJiFse a
f2l 81. Francis Avenue. u.2l
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SIENnO I'd. comerclante tiene derecho q
reCfbir nucstra Ltsia dc Precios Ell articu-
los de primera neceSIdad. slryaSe OAR
nos 81 direccidn. J. NJ. and G.. Marroqufn,
4G6 DOlOrOSa 81.
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ARTICULOS DE PRIMERA NECESIDAD,
siempre Sc consiguen q mejor precio en- Ia
casa de J. NJ. and G. Marroquln, 406 Do
lOrOSa ST.
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ANTEOJOS en- aboDO. La Compahla era
mcr, $40 Hicks Bldg, EsGuina de HoUs'o'
= ayanila =.
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
It Makes Talk
Bismarck Won by Having PrepOnderance of Informa-
- ton. It's Different Now.

There is much peace talk now, official and otherwise.
Germany and Austria beaten and cognizant Of it, are
eager to quit fighting and begin talking They realize the
more talk they promote the less fighting they will have
to do
The small boy calling his lady love, met in the
parlor by her mother who decided to entertain him until
the young lady finished her dressing.
~ Flows your husband?" he asked.
"He's doin' well, she replied.
Five minutes interval, very embarrassing.
;ia "How's your son Harry?" he inquired.
55 "He's doin' fairly, thank you
half hour passed. with inquiries each five minutes
70 the health of member of the family Finally he
unable to recall more relatives and asked concerning the
neighbors, adding in apology:
Not that care whoop you know, but it makes talk "
The Teutonic allies interested in making talk
But they will have to talk military matters to the military
boss, Marshal Foch
They will not be able to talk armed peace with some
one who will be confused to the military situation.
When Bismarck arranged armistice with France
after the Franco PrusSan he warrior statesman
knew the military situation. The French dipomatists hav-
ing been Gagged in Paris eating horse meat unaware
Of the position Of their armies in the field Bismarck gained
diplomatic victory through knowledge of the military
status This time Germany will have to talk armistce to
who has his fngerps the greatest military forces
the world has ever known.
Telling It to FoCh win be different
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
From The Public To The Editor
HARNESS THE FALLS.

million and a half, as now seems
necessary.
Our plar is to raise the Govern
ment dam above Great Falls as much
as Is necessary to store water. Tap
the river above the dam on the Vir-
ginia side and carry the water down
on the high bank OF the river through
q canal or tunnel, where a fall OF
100 to lao feet would be obtained. A
closed tunnel would save twenty to
forty feet fall This would produce
200, 900 horsepower without using all
the water of the river. The estima-
ted cost of a canal for conducting the
water from the dam is $500, 900. A
tunnel would cost more but would
be much better. The plant required
for generating the electricity will
cost S1,000.0oO. The writer advises
surplus of 81 10000 that could be
used II necessary to make the plant
efficient. The money Is ready, and
1t will cost the Government or Dis
trict nothing except for raising the
dam and buying the land required
All that Is asked is a franchise from
the proper authorities that will pro-
tect equally the people, the parties
who make the investment, and the ex-
listing electric company. The price
of electricity can be fixed and terms
OF sale OF the plant to the city at
the end OF ten or twenty years, II de-
sired. The company would also ask
reasonable projection against compe-
tition.
with having consulted any of the
authorities of the Potomac Electric
Power Company we take 1t for grant
ed that an acceptable arrangement
could be made with them, and no one
doubts the will of the people. The
nation cannot afford to have one of
the best water powers In the country
idle.
WIN. H. II. PHILLIP.
The Washington times., 1918-10-29

Of the children for whom she win
some day be responsible7
Sound Health q Duty.
A weak, depleted young woman
who has already spent herself can
not hope to haYe sound children.
And that is q most serious thing.
Nor can she properly play any
other useful part in life, whether
as wife, or housekeeper, or wage
Garner.
This, of course, is the reason
why we ought to weep over the
spectacle Of little mothers" in
stead of complaeently commenting
that it is sweet of them to help out
at home, but that perhaps respon-
sibility is good for them.
They oughtn't to be brought
into the case at all. Suppose this
twenty-four hours a day job of
child-tending does develop in them
the virtues Of unselfishness? The
danger is that they won't have any
self" left at all, that they will be
drained Of all natural youthful
impulses and reduced, at eighteen,
to a mere exhausted anemic shred
Of near-womanhood.
All the helpless little brothers
and sisters whom It is true that
somebody is bound to care for are
first Of all the parents charge.
But when illness or overwork or
poverty incapacitates the parents
Tor, better still, before this hap
pens), then the community should
step in, offering its day-nurseries
and nursery-schools and visiting
nurses, and al the devices It can
think Of for keeping little children
sound and safe and happy.
Communities Not Adequate.
There aren't enough such in
stitutions now to accommodate all
the little children OF large cities
and towns. Bat those Of us who
have been too thoughtlessly pleas
ed with the little mother" ar
rangement and who perhaps
haven't already more than we can
do, might devote ourselves to the
starting Of new nurseries.
A mother whose husband is dead
or out Of work, or who has more
children than can be fed by the
fathers wage unless she works
also, oughtnt to have to cripple
her oldest daughter in order to
keep the youngest ones alive. One
child should have as good a chance
as another, and some day, when
there are plenty Of child welfare
stations, and day nurseries, and
infant schools and Fairgrounds,
perhaps every child can have q
chance.
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
Display Real Liberality in.
Annual and Sick Leaves
BY BILL PRICE.

This is no time for executive officials of Goyernmant
departments and bureaus high ow to display parrow OF
rspitng methods in constituting regulations for annual
and sick leaves of absence.
No broadminded official is going to do it, and little
chaps temporarily clothed with authority should be pre-
vented from doing it.
The United States Government is receiving magnificent
support from its civil service employees under Circumstances
that will exist again when this war and this irving
epidemic With patriotism and loyalty not second
to in the trenches they devotedy attending to
their work arriving at and sticking to their desks although
half ILL., tired out otherwise unified for duty. Working
in the day and nursing the sick at night they are drawing
heavily that valuable to their health and e
hciency In the future.
Heroines and heroes there are by thousands in thu
city since this deathdealing epidemic made its appear
ance Forgetfu of SELF of dangers and pecunary conad
eaons they have taken up the burdens of the sick room
the hospital Many girl war worker has dropped ever
thing else to give her whole time comrade or stranger
having relatives close friends here frequently sun
ned and neglected by money grabbing renters
Uncomplaningly, the vast army of Government work
accepted early In the year new regulations greatly
limiting annual and sick leaves heretofore granted In
establishments the annual leaves reduced to
fifteen days for the year. In still others many employees
have had leave at all voluntarily refranin from asking
this privilege, granted by the law.
Secretary McAdoo executive head of the Treasury
Department under which the War Risk Bureau and
its 1000 employees, leads the way in directions for the
greatest hberaty in constituting the law and regulations
controlling leave.
he now orders that all permanent employees be accord
ed two and half days each month of annual and sck
leave, where circumstances warrant
Temporary and probationary employees heretofore de-
MED leave until they had been in the service three months
are obe accorded the monthly leave permanent
employees from the date of taking OATH This Is to be e
fectve until the epidemic terminates It's right
Contract workers, those employed by the hour an
not provided for but Mr.. McAdoo and the humane Of
fcals under him will doubtless find means to treat them
fairly. There should be distinction
If there other departments and bureaus splitting
hairs the subject of leave they might quickly initiate
the Treasury The law specifically allows thirty days each
of annual and sick leave to Government employees within
the discretion of officials
Old, experienced employees Of the Government have
been badly treated in salaries They faithfully do heavy
daily gnds and deny themselves deserved leave Whether
they ask for leave not look out for their best ntee
Uncle Sam, as they every day do for yours
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

A GOOD many cynical things
~ have been said about the
= liking that most Of US
have for seeing other people work.
I wonder il some Of these aren't
true. For II we are not a little
lazy, and a little heartless, and Q
little disinclined to help along the
worlds affairs, how is it that we
can so contentedly watch little
mothers" overwork themselves?
We find them picturesque, these
thin-faced, serious girls Of twelve
and fourteen, who devotedly play
a mothers part to sprawling, noisy
families Of younger brothers and
sisters
We praise their unselishness
and efficiency, and we seem to find
In them a satisfactory solution Of
that problem that exists wherever
there are young children and q
mother obliged to work outside the
home.
ChIldhood's Burden.
And 1t is true that they are won
derful little creatures, these young
girls, who are themselves still chill
dren, but who carry more than an
adult burden. In the poorer quar-
ters Of Washington you will fnd
them everywhere. The youngest
baby they carry In their arms, al
ways with a most lovely tender
ness. The others they guard with
a vigilance that no nurse ever
equals, perhaps no mother, either.
Scarcely five minutes can pass
without soothing some little ones
tears, or bringing peace to two
others who have quarreled, or
comforting another who has been
left out of a game.
It isn't an easy job, this multi
pie child-tending, as most Of US
know. How have these little girls
learned to do it so well? Where
have they developed that super
human patience that they so un-
failingly display? The grown-up
mothers from the same environ
ment, loving as they may be at
bottom, aren't in the least patient.
They shake and shove and slap
their little children with the most
appalling regularity, and we try
to excuse them because they are
are tired and overworked.
But there's . an even greater
fatigue in the pale, unsmiling
faces of the 'little mothers" Yet
they are not on that account a bit
less kind or atfectionate or re-
sourceful. One wonders sometimes
if it is the pure spirit Of mother
hood that blossoms out in these In
nocent girl-children, uneorrupted
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
How the Lions Roar
It's Near Feeding Time.

1850" -'
win hear those lions roaring and see them lashng their
tails
The political lions fed the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November We are nearing the nour
and you are not surprised roarngs and tail ashngs by
the Republican lions They getting little nervous
about their share of the lunch
Theodore Roosevelt the chief of the od-fashioned
lions in the Republican cage is doing wonders for an old
lion With ginger and vim that others Lack ne even roars
You remember his roaring about soldiers and Pres
dent wilson's terrible neffciency. The soldiers had
only wooden guns said he they would on DS S9% Sssy
done get them there all was lost tor lack OF ne
publican control
BE seems to have gone wrong with that roaring. Two
million soldiers ARE there and the reports indicate that
they take guns with them when they go Cover the top and
use the guns
But Won can't discourage hrscass roarer, particu
larly when in the Of B., he is hungry and has
to wait four years between meals.
al outrage Woodrow Wilson to ask people to send to
Congress men that will support the President and the war
elect Republicans and let them busy themselves interfering
with the President making his work difficult, checking
him in the greatest program Of efficiency ever displayed by
8 nation In war.
We predict that the people Of this country voting
vii saw to Mr.. Roosevelt chief Republican roarer: 1--WE
are sending men Europe to support Persh1ng, hight
WITH him. obey his orders, do as BE says until the war
is over.
eve are not sending critics there to tell Pershng
how badly he is doing or to interfere with him
'1Similariy we as voters shall send to Washington
men to SUPPORT the President, who is Commander In
Chief Of Pershing and all the army and navy. We shall
not send to Washington Republican critics however bril-
liant to ctcise the President interfere with him, refuse
cooperation"
The President has the right it is his duty to tell the
people of this country that he must have free hand to
the work that the people have given him to do.
The American man woman who would not have
voted for Senator Representative hostile to Abraham
Lincoln in Lncons day will not at this election, vote for
Representative Senator hostile to Woodrow Wilson,
who represents the Executive power and will Of the United
States.
To suggest such political action to the father mother
Of an American soldier fighting under the orders OF Wood
row Wilson is foolish and impertinent
One thing at time is good motto The one thing
now is the war with full support Of the President who is
responsible for the war.
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
HEARD AND SEEN

A %girl war worker" In the
Treasury wrote me that she had
been home with her sister, seriously
Ill with influenza, and that she had
used all of her sick leave and her
money. Would The Times help her?
When you return 10 work see
PAUL MYERS, chief clerk Of the
Treasury, and / have a huneh that
you will be treated fairly.
An employe of the Food Admins
tration writes to BEN s. ALLEN,
director of the educational bureau,
Of a dangerous woman, probably de-
mented, who is visiting homes in
Washington inquiring as to the
number of sick. If cases Of inhu-
enza are reported she declares
'If they really had influenza they
would die IN one day. All patients
die right off,"
Report promptly to the District
health office or nearest police officer
q description Of this woman or any
body else talking this way.
That hour you gained today has
brought me sharp criticism from q
veteran reader of Heard and Seen.
It was all caused in the attempt to
quote a line Of Backward, turn
backward, oh, time, in thy flight /"
JOHN B. MCCARTHY welcomes
me. He is one Of the fathers Of Earl
Godwin's club, but he warns that /
must be careful. "Don't make any
more breaks like the one about
Turn backward These lines, read,
Backwards, turn backwards etc.
You put the turn before the first
backwards"
l confess that am not a poet, a
prima donna, or a Caruso. Ny voice
was never cultivated except for
shouting at election time and calling
for more meat and bread at meal
time. / am going to appoint COM
mittee consisting Of OTTO DE
MOLL, ED DROOP and GEORGE
O'CONNOR to guide me u. my liter
ary efforts about music and song.
But will other members Of the
Heard and Seen family. tell me if
Friend Mccarthy is right in writing
Backwards, turn backwards ?"
Ought the IS" be there?"
The reference to the song took
COL. JOHN G. CAPERs, eminent
Washington attorney, back to his
boyhood days. In writing his con-
gratulations to The Times he speaks
Of Turn backward, oh time in
YOUR flight"
Now is II your" or "thy" fight?
Sunday is a good day for this to be
definitely settled. Please furnish
the results.
The Washington times., 1918-10-29

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The District of Columbia and sub
urbs uses moro than 400 tons Of coal
per day to produce the electricity re-
Quired for lights, troneys, and ma
chinery.
II the falls Of the Potomac river
were properly harnessed the power
produced would not only save this
coal and greatly reduce the price Of
electricity to the people, but there
would be . large surplus which could
be used for the benefit OF the city by
increasing the lighting, transpOrta-
tion, and manufactures One man
estimated that the power which could
be cheaply obtained would at once
be worth $4,000 per day. This power
Is now going to waste and we are
using the fuel that should be saved
for our grandchildren.
The cost OF q plant has been con-
sidered almost prohibitive. Some
years ago q very careful survey and
estimate OF all expenses were made
for the use OF the Lower Falls only.
The estimate was about S16,0OO,0 900.
This included cost OF q dam near the
District line above Chain Bridge,
about 12o feet high and 800 feet long.
This would form a lake and the land
ovsrhowed by II would have to be
bought at q very high price.
Many extensive changes for water
and power were proposed in the city
that would use up millions and re-
quire five years time to complete.
We consider these unnecessary. All
that IL needed Is to have water power
furnish the electric company with cleo
tricity which 1t now obtains from coal
At 4 very much greater expense. The
company could then bank its furnace
fires and dispose of its electric ma
ehinsry Instead Of Investing another
The Washington times., 1918-10-29
TODAY'S TOPIC
LITTLE MOTHERS

by the possessive element that is
part of an actual mothers mater
nal feeling.
More Than Mothers.
They are not playing the mother
part so perfectly from a sense Of
duty alone. You can see that they
care for the younger children quite
as q mother careE, and that they
guard them with even more than a
mothers partisanship and zeal.
And nothing could be more touch
ing than the pride they display if
one of the little brothers or sisters
happens by some miracle to be
healthy, or beautiful, or preeo-
cious.
Is a woman really a better
The Washington times., 1918-10-29

mother, in these practical ways,
at fourteen than she is at twenty
four?
Must one be very young oneself
in order really to understand the
needs Of those still younger and
tenderer?
However this may be, it is un-
doubtedly true that one cannot be
a good mother at both ages. And
if a girl forfeits her youth and
even part of her childhood, and
never learns to play, and over
taxes her strength, and misses the
chance to become strong and
healthy, all in the interests Of
children for whom she isn't respon-
sible, what is going to become Of
her own life and motherhood and