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The Washington times., 1918-08-23
All Government Employees
Should Have the Increase
By EARL GOODWIN.
nus Is Little Enough; There Should Not Be So Much Fu
and Feathers and Red Tape About It

NOW you have it and you we lost il" seems to
be the phrase to apply in description of the elusive $2o
annual bonus allowed by generous Congress to Govern
ment employees in Washington of the highestpriced
cities in the country at the height of the rising tide of y
ing costs
1t will take much hard study to find out Just what
Congress intended to do in the queery worded section of
law providing these meager bonuses and predict heart
aches and injustice galore IN the ranks of the clerks who
SHOULD be given much larger bonus without so much
legal fnppery.
What should have been enacted is law allowing
bonus to all Clerks but what DID happen law which
looks if it made by dealer in Chinese puzzles
One of the stpulatons is that Office heads must certify
as to the qualifications of employees. )
So in department have heard of there is an Office
head who REFUSES to certify certain clerks simply be-
they happened to put their on petition being
circulated
That Office head is evidently martinez He thinks
he take away JUST increase from those who shake
in their shoes when he punches the bell
Under this puzzng law for instance Of the ce1
and this fact viii do much to disrupt valuable orgzs
ton when it permeates through the ranks
In offices the heads have certified their furcs m
toto; which is the right and proper thing to do but there
suspicion In certain quarters that the Comptroller Of s
Treasury Will not allow these blanket certifcations
understand the Indian Office has blanketed cert7a-
tons; know of at least Office IN the Treasury vha
such thing has been done; the Department of Cercs
has done it. and has the Postoce. The Printing Os
employees, told, have BEEN certified individuaIfz
Now ALL employees of the Government should gst d
bonus Is little enough to meet the wartime cost f
living. One hundred and twenty dollars is almost
NOTHING Therefore trust that the Comptroller VIII be
actuated by generous thoughts In his studies and appeal
to all department heads to to it that if there an easy
way of certifying their employees for this poor little in
crease they viii do it
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
If You Get Mad, Chew a Tooth
pick or a Piece of Straw
1t Is Easy To Calm Your Temper-f You Don't Forget
About 1t.

One of readers woman, confesses that she is
cursed with violent temper and wants to know what she
can do to cure it.
High temper is usually temperamental- is to say
it is part Of the individuals makeup And there is
nothing harder in this world than to change ones TEN
PERA6IENT
Of all temperamental qualities bad temper is per-
hapS the most difficult to get rid Of since the attacks of
temper shut out Judgment at the start and make reform
almost impossible.
This woman however, is on the right road SINCE SHE
RECOGNIZES THAT HER TEMPER is BAD.
Most Of us imagine that we have not bad tempers We
think that subjected to irritation than Others
and that we are justified in getting mad
There certain ways of mechanically calming vio
lent temper Our reader has, perhaps heard of them.
One plan highly recommended is for the angry person
to repeat the Lords Prayer in his mind up
twenty before saying anything
That recommendation if it could be acted upon would
have good result But very few women in a
temper feel like going the Lords PRAYER their minds
or counting up to twenty
A practical suggestion, and one with a physio
logical reason behind it, is this
If you in a rage and fear that you will say some
thing foolish put IN your mouth something that you
chew piece of straw, button ball of paper
There is actual material explanation for the good
results to be derived in this Temper is accompanied
almost always by sudden rush of blood to the brain
Sometimes this rush of blood is great almost
temporary insanity
If you put something in your mouth and chew it. you
will find it very quetng The process of chewing causes
activity Of the savary glands and this in draws the
blood to the stomach and away from the brain.
Another very valuable plan is always to- apologize to
everybody concerned after display of temper. This is
very to bore those who receive the apology but makes
the hottempered feel foolish and if he will realize
as his temper that he soon be apoopzng
his mind takes different turn and he learn gradually
to control himself.
very sad fact is this that many men and women
are distinctly PROUD of having hot temper They feel
that there something very creditabe something almost
lConinued in Last Colunn) .. - i
The Washington times., 1918-08-23

take the war job. But not one
OF them had taken the precaution
to do the least investigating in ad-
vance as to sisters boarding place.
Back home" everyone knew
everyone else, and a spirit OF
kindliness and neighborliness pre-
vailed, which, apparently, the fam
lily regarded as worldwide.
This acknowledgements point OF
view in regard to her daughters
welfare is by no means unusual.
There are mothers who never seem
TO regard the possibility OF light
ming striking their own household.
They take the most blood curdling
chances in regard to their daugh-
ter's associates, amusements, and
environment, and when something
does go wrong they have feeling
that fate has been unnecessarily
cruel in singing out so careful a
parent.
Ask any member of the Travel
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
Fairfax Writes of the Problems and Pitfalls the War Worker
Especially for Washington Women

est pitch and any undertaking as
sumes the halo of a beautiful ad-
venture. If there ever was a time
in the worlds history when the de-
spised chaperon was required, 1t
is these days when nothing ap-
pears in its true proportions
AS far as the soldier boys are
concerned, it is only too often a
case of: THE female Of the
species being more deadly than the
male" Sammy is content to go
his way, if the girl did not so
often block it with her smiling at
tentions.
The other day in a cafe where
the unusually crowded conditions
resulted in group, chiefly
strangers, sitting at the same ia
BILE, i noticed two girls trying TO
attract the attention of a good
looking boy in uniform. Complete
ly absorbed in his newspaper he
was unaware Of them, hey stated,
giggled and talked loudly OF
things they imagined would inter
est him-but he kept on reading.
Finally when be paused long
enough to turn the page, one Of the
girls said: Soldier boy, don't you
think 1t rude to read a paper when
ladies are present."
He smiled rather gravely, put
the paper aside, and the girls open
ed up a barrage of small talk. He
was polite, but he did not appear
to be especially interested. Per-
haps he had just said goodbye to
some one In whom he was deeply
interested. The girls continued
their talk, they asked II he knew
anyone in town, he said he did
not, and they finally asked him to
take them to dance that evening.
The address they gave was in an
excellent neighborhood, and later,
through a curious combination OF
circumstances, l discovered that
both girls we're highly respectable
and belonged to good families. l
don't know whether the soldier
boy took them to the dance or not,
his attitude, while courteous, was
distinctly barricaded. and l won
dered at their hardihood OF tenn
permanent which could run the risk
of such treatment
Ignorance and innocence are no
longer synonymous terms, girls
ought to be Instructed by their
mothers as to the dangers that
lie in wait for those who take
chances with the conventions
which have been arranged entirely
for the protection of women. Every
girl has a feeling that she can take
care Of herself, the millions that
have come to grief have had II,
the old derelict sitting on the park
bench had It once, too. Let the
careful mother reflect on some OF
the dangers that she escaped in her
youth, and if there have been none,
she might with profit read the daily
papers. then turn them over to her
daughters
The Washington times., 1918-08-23


This little picture and the line under taken from
an energetic English publication called John Bull.
1t interests Americans because Of the truth in the pic
e and also because of the fact that John Bull the
paper and John Bull the nation realize how the sky looks
to the Kaiser with Stars and Stripes to the left Uncle Sam
in the moon on the right.
To know how the Kaiser feels Just now imagine your
self an emperor at war trying to conquer the earth
And then imagine money, food, and fighting men for
your enemies coming in steady stream from the planet
Mars to spoil your plans and give your enemies daily
couragement
This country of OURS sending its money food and
to Europe against the Kaiser is to him like another planet
he and his people here well they may-inex-
hausble supplies Of money and of lined up against
them and ready to keep going long be
It is good quotation that the English newspaperman
puts under his little picture For with the whole wide sky
reminding him of the flag of his most dangerous enemy it
may be well said of him, in Tom Moores line, that he is
"Beholding Heaven and Feeling He'll
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
other day pretty girl
Of eighteen stepped off a
train at Washington. She

train at Washington. She
carried a suitcase, and she beamed
a delightful smile of importance
to which she had every right
For was she not at last in the
National Capital, about to embark
on a coveted war job.
Before the train drew into the
station she had been talking to an
elderly woman and she started
up and hurriedly secured her Fuit,
case, a knitting bag, book, and
what appeared to be, from its NIB
bon trappings, a box OF candy. A
moment later she and her belong
ings were deposited on the plat
form in rather a scrambled fash
ion and the train steamed off.
Asks About Boarding House.
The girl looked rather blank,
she had not realized how close she
was to her destination when she
began to talk to that elderly lady,
she had it in mind to ask her
something about boarding places
in Washington.
But the girl was not in a mood to
be long dismayed by anything, so
with equal confidence she went up
to middle-aged man and asked if
he knew of a good boarding house
not too expensive.
The man looked her over, she
was pretty as a picture, inexperi-
enced, evidently from the country
or some small town. She also sup
piled the information that she had
come to Washington to do war
work.
He said he knew OF such a
boarding house, automatically he
reached for her suitcase which she
handed over to him with the con-
fidcnce she might have shown
to any of her neighbors at home.
Now, perhaps, the man was lust
as trustworthy and respectable as
one OF these home town friends,
but the incident had been observed
by one who was taking no chances.
A moment later, a woman con-
nected with the Travellers Aid
Society had darted up to the
girl, taken the girl and the suitcase
under her charge and the man who
may. or may not have been, trust
worthy, disappeared. The girl
then made the startling announce
ment that she had come to Wash
ington without any idea OF where
she was going TO stop, that she
knew no one, and had no letters OF
introduction.
No, She Was Not an Orphan.
No, she was not an orphan, nor
a founding, nor a despised STEP
child, nor anything like that.
There was a mother and father
back home," and a couple of
younger brothers and they were
all devoted and so interested in
sisters coming to Washington to
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
TODAY'S TOPIC.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO STAY?

ers' Aid Society her opinion of the
wisdom of sending young girls
into a strange city when no ar
rangements have been made for
their accommodation. Out of the
fullness OF her experience she will
tell you some stories that will
make you think twice before per-
mitting your daughter to take
such risks.
Everyone Keyed TO Highest Pitch
Girls of the giggling age in
wade the movies, in troops, with
never a sigh of an older person to
exercise the least restraint on
their innocent-but challenging
merriment Before realizing 1t
they are swept away on some cur
rent of artificial stimulation that
is everywhere these days. Stimu-
lation that results in tenser emo
tions.
Everyone is keyed to the high
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
HEARD AND SEEN

flower men, garden experts, hot.
house men, landscape artists, and
merchants, has been doing the thing
that comes natural to them Il q
sending committee to Walter Reed
weekly with the best flowers the sea-
son can supply. Not secondhand
ready-to-toss-out punches of stale
hydrangeas, or anything like that.
but fresh, fine, splendid, wonderful
flowers just cut
The committee in charge Of this
work is composed Of CLARENCE L
LINZ, OTTO BAUER, E. P. ROD
MAN, GEORGE ANDERSON, and II.
J. McCABE
Clarence Linz tells me that the
appreciation which the wounded men
show toward the flowers is remark
able:
"I'd like to bury my face in those
roses for five minutes at a time
said one boy, as he lay abed.
We'll, here's your chance" said
Clarence, go the limit"
Eighteen Hundred and FOrty-fOur.
Here is something way back: Who
remembers when the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad station was on the
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Second street northwest, the north
west corner, and when the wooden
bridge crossed the Tiber creek at
the same locality. and the Avenue
was paved with copble stones?
RUSS EDWARDS speaking Of 10
cents a glass for milk. reminds me
that restaurants now charge 10 cents
a cut for pie. eight cuts to the
pie, which is so cents for the entire
pie Of concrete.
And any number of folks ask Why
10 cents for iced tea?"
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
Come On In FeIIers, Waters

f1nos
Big Swimming Events To-
MORROW! Tidal Basin SWIM
ming Beach! II you can dive or
swim, go on down and try for a
prize. Entries for events to be
made at Government Recreation
League, 719 Fifteenth street or
telephone Main 2570 Franch
1904, or War Camp Community
Service, Nineteenth and G
streets, telephone Main 1926,
Branch 25.
Every one that has a Sstur-
day afternoon of ought to go
down and see it, anyhow.
Events in charge of Col. C.
S. RIDLEY, chairman; ISAAC
CANS, committee on awards; j.
A. HAAS, and COL. GEORGE p.
AHERN, secretary Of the War
College.
Not forgetting good advance
work done by HENRY T. ASHE,
representing the War Camp
Community SERVICE.
Scores Of people, perhaps hun
dreds, are doing something ever
day to make life a little happier 70
those brave chaps at Walter Rec
Hospital. They are men who hav
been wounded in this war. and con
stitute our first contact with tn,
actual matter Of facing a German
rifle or machine gun.
And so when l single out tw'
Washington organizations to writ
about the things they are doing 70
Walter Reed Hospital 1t Is not be
cause l am unaware Of the man.
activities going on in that direction
but merely because have but {
single barreled rifle and can max
but one crack at time.
The Florist Club, composed OF tn,
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
IF YOU GET MAD, CHEW A TOOTHPICK
ORAPIECE OF STRAW.
Continued from First Column.l


arstocratic and noble, in getting angry slight provo
cation.
They are encouraged in this belief by better natured
people around them who give in to their whms out Of
dread of their temper and fatter their vanity.
As matter of fact, the person who habtualy shows
temper apt to be good deal of bully. you watch
him carefully you will find that his high temper is usually
aimed at those UNDER him. who cannot resent his rude
ness.
The hot-tempered floor walker or manager, even the
MOST hotempered is apt to be as mild milk when his
employer comes around.
The woman who is hot-tempered with those whom she
considers beneath her is extremely apt be very
in her with those to whom she looks for fvors
social preferment.
This class of hottempered humanity consists largely OF
born bullies, and they are not easily cured
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
Every Woman Worker in
Washington
Should Read the Articles Written E.
pecially for Her
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

This space on this page will be de-
voted each day to her writings, in which
she will discuss the very many problems
that are daily presenting themselves to you
woman workers in the Government de-
partments. There will be no aspect of
your lives which she will not consider and
write about intelligently, and, above all,
with sympathy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15
DANDRUFF GOES!
HAIR GETS THICK.
WAVY, BEAUTIFUL
SAVE YOUR HAIR. DOUBLE ITS
BEAUTY IN A FEW MOMENTS.
TRY THIS!
HAIR STOPS COMING OUT AND
EVERY PARTICLE OF DAN
DEUFF DISAPPEARS.

Try as you will, after an application
trace Of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch: but what will
please you most vii! be after a few
weeks use, when you see new hair.
fine and doway at first-yes-but really
new hatr-Growing all over the sep.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beatty OF your hair. No diff
ference how dull. faded. brittle and
scraggy, Just moisten cloth with Dan
dertne and carefully draw It through
your hair. taking one small strand at
a time. The effect Is immediate and
amazing-your hair will be light,
fluffy and wavy. and have an appear
ance OF abundance. an incompatible
lustre, softness and luxuriance, the
beauty and simmer Of true hair
health.
Get a small Lottle Of knowlton's Dan
derine from any drug store or toilet
counter for a few cents. and prove that
your hair is as pretty and soft as any;
that 1t has been neglected or injured by
careless treatnent-that's all.
Danderine IS TO the hair what fresh
showers Of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. It goes right TO the roots,
tnvigorates and strengthens them. It's
exhiIarating, stimulating and life-pr
ducing properties cause the hair to
grow long. strong and beautiful.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15

was being sung. as reported. Miss Car
ter replied Most certainly not" She
said the song had been sung once or
twice, when the school was singing
the national airs Of all the countries,
at the request of one Of the pupils.
Miss Carter. who is teaching her first
term, is the daughter of MIR. and Mrs
j. G. Carter, South Fourth street, and
is not suspected of pro- German senti-
mcnts.
When the report was called to the
attention of County Superintendent
Shut he said that he had not issued
any general instructions regarding not
singing the song, but that in a few
cases where teach rs had asked what
they should do regtrding it, he had told
them he said, not to use the song in
the music lessons.
Watch on the Rhine" is found in
practically al standard music text
books used in schools, and the common
practice has been, up to war times, to
sing this song with others. 1t is on
page los OF the Song Reader used in
the graded and rural schools, and also
in the supplementary volume, Songs
For Common School that is also used
in teaching music.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15
YOU'RE BILIOUS!
CLEAN LIVER AND
BOWELS TONIGHT
DON'T STAY EADACHY, SICK OR
HAVE BAD BREATH AND
SOUR STOMACH.
WAKE UP FEELING FINE! BEST
LAXATIVE FOR MEN. WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.

Enjoy life! Remove the liver and
bowel poison which Is keeping your
head dizzy. your tongue coated, breath
offensive and stomach sour. Don't
stay bilious. sick. headachy, constipat-
ed and full Of cold. Why don't you
get box OF Cascarets from the drug
store and eat one or two tonight and
enjoy the incest. gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced?
You will wake up feeling fit and fine.
Cascarets never grippe or sicken like
gently that you hardly realize you have
taken cathartic. Mothers should give
cross, sick, bilious or feverish children
a whole Cascaret any time. They act
thoroughly and are harmless.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15
"HAVE A HEART"
Henry w. Savage's New Musical Dc.
ljoht Odeon FRIDAY Eveninq.

''Have a Heart" n musical comedy
which aroused New York to a .lutter
of enthusiasm last winter. and Chicago
this season, Is coming to the Odeon
theater Friday evening.
II is the offering Of Henry w. Saw
age. and that Is a guarantee of the
highest quality. for whatever he stages
whether musical or dramatic, is with
artistic understanding and lavish lib
erality. Have a Heart" is by those i'm
mcnsely popular producers of musical
comedy, Guy Bolton. p. G.. Wodehoust
and Jerome Kern. They have not yet
failed to turn out coherent stories,
snappy quips. lightning lyrics and fas-
cinating melodies. One scene shows
the lingerie section OF a department
store and suggests filmy. fluffy dis
closurse that are not hard on the eyes
and have certain educational value.
Another depicts a fashionable summer
hotel at Blueport. r. l. Odeon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15
GERMAN NATIONAL SONG NOT TO
BE SUNG, SUPERINTENDENT
SHUT ORDERS.
SUNG IN WILLOW HILL
SCHOOL CAUSE OF ORDER
Complaint Brought to Council Of De-
tense That "Watch on the Rhine
Sunq at Willow Hill Each Morning
This the Teacher Denies, But Ad-
mits It Was Sung.

The watch on the Rhine" the Ger
man national soag. is barred from be-
ing sung in the schools OF the county.
Complaint that the song was being
sung in a Countr ysChool caused Sup
crintendent c. T.. Shut today to mail
10 all teachers of the county instruc-
tons dir citing them to omit the sing
ing of this song in teaching music.
Tho attention of principals OF graded
schools also was called TO the super
intend, nts instructions.
The cause o. the instruction was a
complaint that was brought 10 the
county council of defense that the song
was being sung each morning in Will
low Hill school, Taylor township,
taught by Miss Marie Garter, OF this
city.
When asked by the T.-R. If the song
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15
Rotary Club Meets.

With their wives as guests, men,
bers of the Rotary Club Monday night
enjoyed their regular meeting at
Cronkleton hall where covers were laid
for $50 at the dinner served. Between
courses and old fashioned square
dance" was enjoyed, the soldiers home
orchestra furnishing the music.
r. W. McCreery gave the address OF
welcome 10 its guests on behalf OF the
club, 10 which Mrs. NJ. L. Chesire re-
sponded Rev. o. G.. Fox spoke on
What People VIII Say" admonishing
his hearers to do right. regardless OF
what was said or thought OF them.
In a spelling match, held under the
direction OF A. Palmer. the women out
spelled the men. Proper names were