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The Washington times., 1918-09-24
By EARL GOODWIN.

1t does not possible that any member of Con-
the progress of the Nolan three-dollara-day bill.
No Congressman who has the chance to vote for mini
mum Government Of three dollars can be proud Of
himself unless he actually does vote for such wage
When 1T Is explained that thousands of Government
employees are actually working for much less than three dol
lars day, no American citizen will want In Congress
representative who persists In putting the Government in
the light OF profteerng employer paying less than sara
ton wages
Every member of Congress has before him today let
ter from the National Federation of Federal Employees
tanning considerable startling information.
One item that there than 65 900 Government
employees receiving less than three dollars day. another
that the average cost of maintaining American family
Figures from twentyfour cities is 81 $50 year. VITA per
cent added for Washington.
In Chicago it is figured that the bare cost of existence
for stockyards family is $1178 which is than s.
day. and yet annually the spectacle Of two
men who make political capital by blocking any in
Congress for the betterhent of Government employees
The federation letter contains these facts also:
'I is sometimes claimed that the lower salaries are
paid to employees without dependentsN OF the employees
listed In the latest available reports receiving $500
less go per cent married OF the 1000 women
employed in bureau alone Engraving and Prntng-70
per cent have dependents.
'The National War Labor Board acting under the an
thorty of the President is requiring private employers
throughout the United States to pay their employees an
amount at least sufficient to maintain the worker and his
family in health and reasonable comfort This amount has
usually been fixed at than three dollars day for I'M
skilled labor"
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
Public Markets for Low Prices
Suggestion for Cities and Farmers and Consumers.

This and every other big city should have conveniently
located public markets.
These markets should be open only to those that sell
hfe's necessty-Fo0D.
And only those should be allowed to sell that would sell
at or below certain fixed prices
fair price for eggs fresh, pure milk potatoes meat
and all other kinds of food and should be established
from week week by public authorities in control of the
public markets.
In the public markets every day should be posted up for
the information of buyers the maximum prices of staple
necessities for that And charging more should
be permitted to sell in the public market Any man. of
course might sell much cheaper he chose-but no
cn2ld charge
These markets would be for those that need cheap
prices those willing to pay cash and carry away what they
bought Such markets would not interfere with legitimate
business but would help legitimate merchants BY making
life easier for the big crowd
The farmer coming from the suburbs with his wagon
CONTINUED in Last Column.l
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Pitfalls of the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

q vet blanket on the youthful
spirits Father has been known
to fill the role quite handsomely.
The great thing is to get some one
who will not interfere with all the
gtggling. 6ubbling, thrilling en-
thusiasm of Sweet Sixteen.
4 mother Of my acquaintance
was terribly anxious over the mys-
FERROUS errand that took her
young daughter out every evening
In company with three other girls.
They usually sailed forth in such
high spirits and returned with
such chuckles and giggles that
the good lady felt something high
~ exciting must have taken
place Whenever any grown-up
member of the family suggested
going along. the faces Of the quar-
tet fell, and they would give up
their mysterious expedition with
out a word.
Finally, the anxious parent
could stand it no longer, she con-
suited with the other mothers, and
found them to be equally per-
turbed. No one had the vaguest
idea Of what befell the quartet aft
ter they started out so hilariously.
Then one of the fathers undertook
to do the sleuthing. He followed
them down one street and up an
other with the stealth of con-
spirator, and saw the four vanish
into a well lighted drug store and
fall upon-the city directory!
The anxious father, watching
through the plate glass, saw one
of them bounce on a name, all four
heads came together in a second,
and then there was more chuckling
and bubbling. After some time
spent over the pages of the direc-
tory, two dimes were mustered,
two ice cream sodas bought and
shared by the four girls.
This went on evening after
evening, until the father enlisted
the services of the druggist in the
capacity of Sherlock Holmes. The
excitement, it seemed, consisted in
nothing more hectic than looking
up the names of different boys
they knew or had heard of and to
see which of them had achieved
the eminence of having his name
inscribed in the city directory. And
when one suggested a name that
proved to be a winner, there would
be more rejoicing than over the
traditional sinner doing penance.
These parents were wise, they
did not interfere but left the girls
to their mad quest Of pursuing
names through the city directory
and afterward refreshing them
selves with half or quarter rations
Of ice cream soda, according to
their prosperity. Oh, it was a
mad, wild life, this directory game,
and q wonderful safety valve, for
it kept the boilers from exploding.
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

IF a girl is sixteen years old
and works, earning enough to
pay her board and keep, how
much Liberty is she entitled to?
This is the text Of 50 many let
tiers that come to me-usually
from the girls themselves-that a
few generalities on the subject
may be opportune. A girl Of six
teen is really q child, even though
the industrial conditions Of the
country, due to a world war, en-
able her to make woman's wages
for q little while.
1t is the big wages that make
her see everything through a
magnifying glass-her age, her
prospects, and the tragic condition
Of her breaking heart.
Duties Of q Wise Mother.
Her mother, if she is wise in
her day and generation, sees to it
that her daughter does not go
strolling off with every Tom,
Dick, and Harry that comes along.
For Sweet Sixteen is too young to
have any real knowledge Of hu-
man nature.
She is too young to have any
perspective on life, a year to her
seems an eternity and she argues:
"Next year ! shall be a woman, Ct
seventeen, and not have the inter-
est in life that I have now; by that
time shall be almost middle
aged. Therefore, why should 1
not make hay while the Sun
shines? l am earning my own liv-
ing and what right has every one
to treat me like a baby?"
And the mother, if she is clever
woman, will humor these old age
decisions, keeping a watehful eye,
however, on her daughter, and
seeing that her amusements are
safe and sane. This will necessi.
tate her keeping very much on her.
job as caretaker, while she dozes
with one eye open and pretends
not to see.
For Sweet Sixteen must have its
good times, they are as necessary
to the machinery Of a young life
as is the escape valve to a boiler,
and II this useful vent is neglect
ed, we are likely to have an ex-
plosion. Nothing could be a more
difficult and delicate job for a
parent than this business Of let
ting Sweet Sixteen imagine It is
having its own head, while all the
time a wise kindly hand remains
on the bride.
Sixteen the Age Of Thrills and
Enthusiasm
Sixteen is an age Of thrills and
enthusiasm, nothing Is to be taken
at its face value, the world Is a
place Of roses, rainbows. and star
dust. Everything Is either sun
shine or shadow, comedy or
tragedy, there are no half tones,
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Do you ever notice during the rush
hours, when the street cars are
crowded and the rear doors will
hardly close on account of the damned
humanity in the rear OF the car? or
course you have II you are a Wash
ington street-cAr rider. Upon such
occasions always look for the KEY
STONE" causing this crowd. You can
always ind him" or her, as the case
may be, along toward the center Of
the car, hanging to the seat handles,
looking sleepy, indoient, of no ambi-
ton The front of the car is not
crowded. only q few are standing up,
yet the KEYSTONE" does not move
forward. Some one comes up behind
him or her, stops, grabs q seat handle,
and soon the crush IL built up; where
as II the KEYSTONE" should move
forward, others would follow rather
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
HEARD AND SEEN

Saturday last 1885 q. m, Con-
neeticut avenue bridge, q pOstoffes
truck, No. 2112, with D. G. license
4SS. was tearing northward on the
wrong side Of the roadway-at .
speed greater than twelve miles an
hour, the authorized rate.
Had that truck injured Anyone,
even with the facts against the
postofice, the injured person would
probably have had to 20 to Congress
to get q claim settled.
Please, MR.. POSTMASTER
CHANCE, tell your drivers to ~
spect the right: Of others.
HARRY HINE tells me that n
policeman stopped STEAM driven
automobile ON gasless Sunday and
asked about the drivers patriotism.
Fsyors Washington Merger.
John A. Beeler, traffic adviser b
the Public Utilities Commission Of
the District Of Columbia, long favor
ing a consolidation Of the two cleo
tric railway systems Of Washingtcn,
has taken the position that such Q
consolidation Is now looming up -
imperative, from, practically every
point OF view. The rapidly dimfn-
ishing man-power IN the industrial
world, due to army needs; financial
considerations Of first moment; the
serving Of the public by careful
utilization Of available man-power,
thereby getting q maximum Of eff
cheney from q minimum Of men and
track equipment-all demand, Mr..
Beeler holds, the utmost effort for
consolidation. Some time ago the
movement toward the unifcation Of
the railway systems Of the District
was accelerated by the appointment
Of committees from both the WASH
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany and the Capital Traction Com
pany to confer with q view Of devils
ing plan of closer cooperation or
unified or single management to Be
submitted to the Public U6lities
Commission Of the District and to
the boards Of directors Of the com
panies.
Electric RGtlSoav JoHrnGL
SONGS OF A DAY LONG DEAD.
Cost yo1 remsmber Pete D0ilsv, -
10 song:
U1deTReotA yoSr t0tados1,
SESie, ON So0SftR0.
Dotca the vine
Climb, my SSe;
sco1t look, i saoedr 20 yoG.
Come ri0At doDa and kiss Ne
Quick, or else SoH'u 1SiSs ne;
Lots OBJ o0Is, men ore NO;
Soy YoB IooS me, SuS.
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
Move Up Front, Please!

than become "KEYSTONES" in them
selves. In this way the occupants will
be evenly divided throughout the car.
Cars will move faster, all will be
more comfortable and q large amount
Of danger avoided
Let US all get together. and don't
be Q "REYSTONE"-watc yourself;
watch the other fellow; IL he does,
tell him about 1t; maybe he is igno-
rant and can't either read or realize
how much delay and Inconvenience he
is causing.
II there Is no KEYSTONE" in your
car, you will have q comfortable ride
to and from work. It Is your duty to
avoid this.
We are at war with Germany for
humanity's sake, and why 10 there not
an "open season" on Washington
street-car "KEYsToNES" for the
same reasonf H. NJ. GOODEN,
1908 New Hampshire ava.
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
"A Little Boosting for the District
of Columbia

Next Saturday will begin the campaign not only for
the subscription, but for the oVERSUBSCRIPT1oN-of
the FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has just IS
sued very complete report of the subscriptions Of the
Fifth Federal Reserve District of which the District OF
Columbia is part the three Liberty Loan issues which
have already been made.
Like Abou Ben Adhem, the name Of the District OF Co
Ibia leads all the rest only in percentage OF popua
ton subscribing, but in the per capita subscription
While no record of the percentage of population sub
sibng was kept for the first loan the per capita sub
scrption in Washington for that loan was and the
nearest approach to these figures was made by the State
Of Maryland where the per capita subscription was only
little more than half this figure
For the second loan one in about four people IN the
District subscribed for $574 EACH and oVersubscbed the
total apportionment of $20O00000 nearly 100000
On the third loan in three persons in the District
was subscriber and each averaged to subscribe 500
This was almost twice much as the per capita sub
scrpon in the State most nearly approaching the District
in its average.
On the third loan the District almost doubled its
apportionment with total Of almost $26,000,0OO.
The complete tabulated figures for the whole Federal
Reserve District are as follows
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
TODAY'S TOPIC
Bubbling Sweet Sixteen

no hallway values; this state Of
mind Is reflected in the vocabulary
Of Sweet Sixteen.
It is "just crazy" about choco-
late sundaeS, it would rather die"
than eat oatmeal, It "adores"
white uniforms, and all these ex-
aggerated expressions are quite
true; it feels that way about
everything, life is at top speed.
Alas, what a tanning influence
mere living exercises on these
young hearts, in a few years. But
it is in their wild, untamed state
that we are dealing with them
In the days when 1t is q breath
less adventure to walk down town
and look in shop windows, when
a movie ticket is admission to FL
Dorado, when the tenor in a light
opera Is a prince to dream about
for weeks afterward.
Curiously enough, all these
thingA the trip downtown, the
movies, the fairy prince Of the
light opera, become stale. fat and
improbable when they are shared
by mother, Aunt Emma, or faith
er's cousin Jane. The beautiful
soap bubble is punctured, the
iridescent world of romance
evaporates II some solemn grown
up invades It
And now appears the problem
for mothers ingenuity. She has
got to make Sweet Sixteen feel
that she is not a solemn grown
up. That she is Just as young, in
her heart, as any one Of the girls,
and is not looking at the world
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

with the cold, weary eye Of exper-
fence, but with the Joyous enthu-
siasm Of youth.
This is a task that will require
some histrionic ability on the part
of mother, who would undoubtedly
prefer remaining at home, resting
in the Morris chair, and enjoying
a book. But to keep volcanic Six
teen happy and contented is worth
q little extra strain and fatigue,
80 the clever mother goes along.
not In the capacity of a wet
blanket or q rain crow, but as an
Observation-Disclosures spectator.
And as long as mother has given
up her comfortable evening at
home, she makes Of the occasion
Q real party, she sees that several
young people go along and she
does not allow her presence to act
as q damper on their youthful high
spirits When they giggle and
whisper over the silliest Glove
scene she controls her disapproval
or her worldly superiority. She
knows these young things have
Just 80 much superfiuous enthu-
siasm to get rid of. and she
doesn't propose to tamper with
the safety valve, no matter how
bored she may be.
Father VIII Do Sometimes.
Sometimes there is a married
daughter to whom this delicate
mission Of shepherdess may be
entrusted. ANY one will do who
Is responsible and viii not act as
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

I was down in the new War De
partment buildings near\ Seventh
and B streets northwest, looking for
the handsome Capt. v. L. BoHNSON
(unsuccessfully). day or two ago;
and on one Of the bulletins was q
notice coldly announcing that
someone had stolen an umbrella and
would please bring 1t back to MH.
So-AND-S0.
Now, when you lose a hat or an
umbrella, why, weep? Leave weep
ing to Jane CowL As an illustra-
ton Of HOW to write a lost" bulle-
tin, let me quote this one, from the
bulletin board Of Q prominent club:
II the bird who took my gray
felt hat Monday noon will In
form me which Is his, I'll be glad
to help him get his back again.
W: HPLINGER
I was In the office Of ]. W. RTE
DELL, office manager Of the Ship
ping Board, when / read CON-
GRESHAM MADDEN's attack upon
the Government clerks Of Washing
ton, In which he claimed there are
thousands Of idlers here.
Mr.. Riedell's office, and every
other Government office In the Gov
eminent service in Washington, Is
q living denial Of Mr. Madden's state
ment.
But, as the office boy whispers,
Mr.. Madden may consider himself
an authority upon idling.
In TOM Ships office Is this
sign:
Think Victory.
Speak Victory,
Work Victory,
Pray Victory.
FRED HASKIN, who used to be
city editor of the ShelIbark, No.,
Weekly Struggle, has heard from
home that MO LUKES vaccinated
six fine hogs last week
WHO REMEMBERS.
AT the old Canterbury on Louisi-
ana avenue in the early SOS the
Song of All Songs" sung by the
Tony Pastor, as follows:
There was "Old Bob Ridley" So
ing Out on a Spree" with "Old
Uncle Snow" an the Cottage By
the Sea-" "If Your Foot Is Pretty,
Show It" AT Lanigan's Ball." ooh,
Why Did She Leave Me?" AT the
Raging Canal" There was Bonnie
Annie Laurie" with Jockey Hat
and Feather" Il Don't Think Much
Of YOU" We Were Boys and Girls
Together"
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

Compared with the States of the country the District OF
Columbia on the third loan shows greater proportion OF its
population as subscribers than any other State in the union
With "a per cent of its people purchasers the nearest
approach the State of Iowa. where the percentage was Z
per cent and South Dakota where the percentage was the
same Rhode Island per cent less, and Wyoming Min
nesota California and Illinois per cent less And the
rest of the country trailing.
This wonderful record It is record of which every
citizen of Washington should be proud and even boasfu
On every the loans Washington increased its per-
cenage of population subscribing and its per capita sub
scTipton.
On the fourth loan about to be started the city should
make up its mind and every individual should participate
IN the decision to beat all past records and to maintain the
standing of the nations Capital the head center of DEM
ONSTRATED PATRIOTISM.
The Washington times., 1918-09-24
WHO REMEMBERS.
Public Markets for Low Prices
Continued from First Column

Continued First Column
should find room in such market to sell at the prices eb
shed He would gladly knowing that ne would have
fair treatment Commission merchants satisfied with re-
spectacle profit would avail themselves Of the opportunity
and the great problem reducing the added charge between
producer and consumer be cut down.
Honest men could easily establish fair prices for hfe's
absolute necessities-and only the absolute necessities
should be sold in such public markets.
The French government years ago. and ever since has
established price for bread based the cost Of -four The
bakers accordingly and do not complain OF hardship
The city could fix prices establish maximum prices and
simplify the life problem for millions upon whom weighs
most heavily
The Washington times., 1918-09-24

Three Dollars a Day

little enough for Govnmsnt empoye Pa tie Nslsn Bin
and insure this . mnman Nsgs for Government workesh
The Monticellonian., 1918-12-13
GOOD NEWS A Lady in Texas Tells How She Regained and Keeps
 Her Health.

Every household should have at hand all the time a dependable rem edy with which to fight catarrh and catarrhal conditions.
 The experience of Mrs. NJ. E. Berk- ley. No. 1922 2Tth St.. Galveston, Tex, is not unique, but her letter does car " a vigorous safety first" suggestion to every American home: T wish to tell you of the good Peruna has been to me. I have used 1t five years and have never found it other than satis- factory as a remedy for colds, catarrh, indigestion and many other ailments. I am never without Peruna."
 Coughs, colds, catarrh. grip and in- fluenza cannot safely be neglected. Any disease due to catarrhal inflam- nation of the mucous lining, whether of the nasal passages. throat, lungs, stomach. bowels, kidneys bladder or other organs, is to be feared. Catarrh is always q menace to the general health and on account of it's preva- fence must be fought and fought hard all the time.
 Thousands place their entire depen- dence upon the well known time-trie remedy, Peruna. Dr. Hartman began selling Peruna for catarrh forty-five years ago. Try Peruna first and avoid possible disappointment and expense.
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