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The Washington times., 1918-10-27

ROBLEMS more momsntous
than any the United States
l has yet faced will follow tho
end of the war. One of the most
important Of these will be what to
do with the great industrial organ
ization which we have built up pri-
marily for the purpose OF defeating
Germany. This organization, the
most wonderful thing Of its kind
the world has ever seen, is headed
by the leaders OF every business
and profession, including many
men who from patriotic motives
are giving the Government their
experience and ability for the nomi-
nal salary of one dollar a year.
In the November number Of
HEARST's MAGAZINE soon to be
found on all newBstands, William
Almon Wolff discusses this orgsni-
zation and its future in a most in
teresting and instructive way. He
says, in part
The two great problems Of ships
and military power stood out gaunt
and stark the. minute we went to
war. Every one could see them.
And out of them nave grown, one
after another, all our other prob
lens. But these other problems
have involved conditions wholly
without precedent; new methods
and new techniques that have had
to be evolved under the stress Of
war. They have compelled our
government to call to Washington
the famous S1-a-year man-to build
up for your use the most magnifi-
cent organization of executive abil-
ity that has ever served or ever will
serve any nation.
Now, naturally, all this new ma
chinery could not be created and
set to functioning smoothly over
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

La-may powder (French Poudre
LAme) Is now used by over q milllon
American women. The large sias ls
only nifty cents and the trial size Il
twenty-five cents. Remember, Ia.
may is guaranteed absolutely pure.
Five thousand dollars reward Is Of
fered any chemist who finds Il con-
tains any white lead or rice powder.
REFUSE substitutes. Your common
sense VIII tell you that when you are
offered substitute Il IL sure TO be q
demonstration trying 20 sell an inferior
When you use this absolutely pure
La-may and see how splendldly Il
beautifies your complexion you will
understand why Il so quickly became
the most popular beauty powder sold
in New York. Save this notice.
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

had doubts. They were not sure
that a free people would respond
to the demands of modern war.
They dreaded Germany because
they felt that the German Govern
ment owed It's efficiency to its au-
tocracy. They wanted to fight IRE
with fire, Germany with 0ermany's
weapons. They clamored for the
passage Of laws that should give
the Government in Washington q
power as great as that OF the Gov.
ernment In Berlin. They didn't
know, they couldn't see, that the
Government In Washington pos
sessed all the time q power as much
greater than that Of the Govern
ment In Berlin as the truth is
greater than q liel
"And now comes the Great Ex-
perimentI
THE Great Experiment Is not
simply the work Of confoundlng the
skeptics whose faith in, democracy
Wavered. Il is not the task, % CON-
pletely accomplished, Of proving
that public control Of transporta-
tion, public control OF industry,
could make for the better and more
successful prosecution Of the war.
It is not the work Of proving that
public utilities can be as ably run
by and for the nation as By and for
the corporation. That was q fore
gone conclusion.
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

working man in London. Have you
much more to do?"
II shall be through in a couple
Of hours"
81 shall tell them 10 put a cup of
milk in your room. You really
ought to take something before you
go to sleep. Goodnight, dear"
She bent down, kissed him, and
was gone.
Very family In the distance be
heard her door close.
And then he laughed.
The Washington times., 1918-10-27
By Barry Pain

Edmund Vigne permitted himself tc
rest. That is to say, he lit a cigar
ette, sat in an easy chair and went
over his appointments for the NOR
row in his diary. He found that II
would be better to change the time
for one of his pupils. 1t could
easily be done. He pulled the ex.
tension telephone over to him and
put the receiver to his ear.
Through the receiver he heard
his wife speaking on the floor above
him. She had forgotten about the
extension, or had not realized that
it gavea possibility of being over.
heard.
For upward Of ten minutes he lis,
tened, his face fixed in one express
sion like a lead statue. Then he re-
placed the receiver.
So that was It!
From the conversation which he
had overheard it was impossible to
deduce wrongly. His wife loved an
other man-an elder brother Of that
promising pupil-and had given
herself to him. The infidelity had
lasted for some time. It was still
to continue.
And he had imagined her to be a
woman with very little tempera-
ment. He had been convinced Of
that. He could see now, Of course,
where he had been wrong. The
temperament was there, but he had
never been able to awaken it. She
had never loved him. She had only
liked him well enough to put up
with him. That had lasted until
this man came along. This man.
Could he be sure that this man was
the first?
Well, there was only one course
to pursue. He would tell his wife
what an accident had permitted him
to know. On the morrow he would
find the lover and thrash him
Vigne might be getting old, but he
was still a powerful man. Then
there would be divorce case.
And then?,
He imagined his two sons at the
reading in the papers
the report of that divorce, and
knowing that their friends would
also read It, What right had he
got to put that on them?
Lacerated, humiliated. tortured. It
still seemed to him that he pos
sessed a mathematical power TO
think clearly. He had done with
out love all his life. He had not
known it, but II had been so. Could
he not continue to do without II for
the few remaining years? Did the
knowledge make all the difference?
He had their sons 10 think about. !
He even had his wife to think !
about. What must it have been like |
for her-that continuous associa-
tion with a man whom she did not |
love? II must surely have taken |
some suffering to force her into |
sordid intrigue and deceit, and the
risk Of her good name. What good |
could the publication Of his failure
do?
What then was he to do?
Nothing special. To 90 on with
his work. to keep on putting up
with his life, to get occasional !
vicarious CLEANS of happiness from
his sons. He put aside the diary
and took up the long slips of proofs
he had to correct. He was still
working on them at 10 o'clock,
when his wife came in to say good
night. She smiled sweetly on him.
"Still at it," she asked.
"Still at it," he replied. what
have you been doing?"
Writing one or two letters, play
ing the piano-nothing very ardu-
Gus. 1t makes me almost ashamed.
do believe you are the hardest |
Copyright 1918.
The Washington times., 1918-10-27
The Telephone Extension

cementing the alliance. There
we're moments when the mathe-
matician wished that romance were
not dead, or that, by some miracle,
it might possibly return to him. He
admitted it would have to be a
miracle. He was fifty-three and
nearly bald. His teeth were abb
sUrdly false. His heart was, un-
fortunately, young.
Such thoughts did not often oc-
cur. to him, because he was too
busy. As a bachelor, he had made
more than enough with ease. At
the present moment he could only
just get through, working far harder
than he had ever done before.
When he was not taking a pupil,
he was writing articles for one of
the education papers or reviewing
erudite books. He never took q
holiday. When, in q At of good
temper, his. wife wished to say
something complimentary to him,
she was accustomed to say that
he was the hardest working man
In London.
She was pretty and rather popu-
lar. She was fond Of society and
took to the outside world many
charming qualities which she did
not generally exhibit for use in her
home in Bayswater. Her husbands
engagements generally prevented
him from accompanying her on
these occasions. Hence the tra-
cition had sprung up that Edmund
hated society. II was quite true
that he did not like It in the lump.
He had a selective mind. For the
rest, she managed her house well.
She was, perhaps, a littl extrava-
CANT in dress, but made up for II
by economies in other directions.
She was, as he sometimes admitted
to himself, a little selfish. In this
judgment of her he was perfectly
correct.
In another opinion which he had
formed about her, he was to find
himself in the wrong.
He did not remain long at the
luncheon table. His first pupil that
afternoon came at two, and tkere
was work to correct before he came.
In his own room he sat down at
his desk, pushing aside the ex-
tension telephone and the new d.
rectory which had been generously
provided with it. He proceeded
to let the light OF pure reason
illuminate the dark and unsatis-
factory workings Of various math-
ematIcaI problems by undeyeloped
intelligence. The first undeveloped
intelligence arrived for an hours
lesson at two, the second at three,
the third at four.
When the third pupil had gone he
took down the receiver, got the
number he required, and was told
the result of an examination. II
was satisfactory to be able to do
this without going to the upstairs
telephone. The maid brought him
a cup Of tea and some bread and
butter. His wife was out at a
bridge party. He finished the tea
and bread and butter rapidly and
smoked a cigarette.
At half-past four precisely he laid
the cigarette aside, and yet another
pupil entered. This was a promis-
ising pupil, one who would do him
credit. And the promising pupil; as
often happens, got extra time given
him. But the time that was given
to the pupil had to be taken
from something else. Edmund fin
shed his review before dinner, and
had not time to dress. His wife
was slightly annoyed by the omis-
sion; It seemed so disrespectful.
That evening there was only one
more pupil, and, when he had gone,
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

A S Edmund vigne hung up his
n hat, his wife came out into
the hall She was a pretty
woman whose dress was keyed q
little above the appointments of
the house.
She looked at her husband dis
approvingly:
Well" she said, they've been
and fixed the extension In your
study. II means more expense, and
seems to me to be absolutely use
less"
"The expense is not very much" :"
said Edmund, slowly.
Whatever it is, it's useless ex-
pense. You are not a cripple. II
you want to use the telephone, you
can quite well go up the one flight
of stairs to the drawing-room floor"
YES" he said. But it is more
convenient to have it in the study.
II am rung up, or if I wish to
ring somebody else up, while have
a pupil in the study, it makes less
interruption in the work"
"Oh, come on in to lunch"
snapped his wife.
As a young man, Edmund Vigne
had taken a high mathematical de-
gree at Cambridge. Afterwards,
while trying to make up his mind
as to a profession, he had filed in
the time by doing a little private
coaching. In this he was success
full. He taught well'and with imag-
nation. He could realize the p1-
pills difficulties, though they were
difficulties which he had never felt
himself, and he could hit upon a
method of explanation which his
pupil would readily understand.
He acquired some reputation.
His connection widened. From
morning till night, and sometimes
late on into the night, he found
himself taking pupils. 1t seemed
to be settled for him. Thirty years
had elapsed since he first began to.
teach. and he was still teaching.
For the first ten Of these thirty
years, he had been a bachelor. He
had never consciously practised
economies, but he had saved money
in spite of himself. For it hap
pened that he earned more than
he wished to spend.
At the age of thirty-two he could
and did think about matrimOny.
He married a girl Of eighteen whom
he had met in a Swiss hotel.
And, now, he was fifty-three, and
his wife was still in the decade be-
sNixt thirty and forty. That is the
dangerous decade for women. The
decade for men is be-
.ween fofty aud fifty-and almost
every 9th ler decade.
So far As the girl was concerned,
It is dou btful if romance had ever
much ed dtered into the question.
She honestly believed at the time
IF her md Rrriage that she loved Ed
nund. She was certainly pleased
With her lconquest Of him: vanity
las a tendency to simulate love.
She was pleased to get her inde-
)endence land to have a little more
money to fpend.
Two sons were born Of the mar
iags With n the first three years.
)ne OF Those was now at Cam
ridge, the other was just leaving
chooL Bot b promised to do admir-
bly,, and VI Vere winning such aca-
emical function as came in their
7ay.
Edmund al pd Alice vigne were
9th devoted to their sons. Their
larried life or a score or so of
ears had not been, on the surface,
nhappy. Theb sons had been the
ond Of union( between the parents.
Ise and EYnt had their force in
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

occupation is to operate the ran
roads at maximum efficiency for
the winning Of the war. He is do
ing that.
when we went TO war there
were, it was true, Americans whose
faith in the republic waVered. They
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

Freight Congestion Like This
in the Railway Terminals
Was One of the First
Problems Successfully
Attacked by Ameri- 1
cas- Win-the-War
Organization.
roads, for the financing Of the
war and for the administration Of
one of the greatest of the ordinary
Government departments. McAdoo,
for one, brushes aside, impatiently,
any question as to the continuance
Of Government control Of the rail-
roads. He says he has neither
time nor inclination to think of or
discuss that problem. His one pre-.
The Washington times., 1918-10-27

by Star Company.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
Euery Cent of Euery Dollar Receiued for the
 Red Cross War Fund Goes for War Relief

The American Red Cross is the largest and most efficient organization for the re- lief of suffering that the World has ever seen.
 It is made up almost entirely of volun- teer workers, the higher executives being without exception men accustomed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases giving their services without pay.
 It is supported entirely by its member ship fees and by voluntary contributions.
 It is today bringing relief to suffering humanity, both military and civil, in every war-torn Allied country.
 It plans tomorrow to help in the work of restoration throughout the world
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21

It feeds and clothes entire populations in times of great calamity.
 It is there to help your soldier boy in Iris time of need.
 With it's thousands of workers, it's tre- mendous stores and smooth running transportation facilities it is serving as America s advance guard-and thus help ing to win the war.
 Congress authorizes it.
 President Wilson heads 1t.
 The War Department audits it's ac- counts.
 Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusiastically endorse it.
 Twenty-two million Americans have joined it.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-21
You Are Not There
 But the RedCross Is 7

F YOU should see French child Ax 1X "a tiny girl-sitting by the road .x.a- N side, sobbing quietly because she
 ' is too weak from hunger to cry very loud, you would sell your watch to buy her breakfast.
 If you should hear somewhere in the restless wards the low moan of an Amer ican soldier, you would gladly sit by him all night, if that would save his life You are not there, but here, where these sights and sounds are not brought home to you! But the Red Cross is there and you can make 1t your represen- tative!
 Over there the Prussians are crucifying the incarnate Liberty of Man, and they are making the world black for little children
 The money you give to the Red Cross now will give you the right, when the Beast is beaten down, to think: There are happy children, clear eyed women and strong men alive today, because my money went across"
 What Are You Going to Do About It
 +
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-10
National Capital News and Views.
BY Eagles Special Correspondent.

and making children orphans. Men
who are forced to serve the govern
ment against their viii are not guar
anteed against loss of their life or
limb; why should owners of railroads
be guaranteed a safe and sure divi-
dend for the use by the government
OF their property during the war"
These are some of the criticisms
that are being made against the
Presidents railroad proclamation.
They are answered in the main way.
TO have done otherwise would have
created a money panic, and the de-
tails are all subject to change" And
they may be nightly changed. The
lighting is goint to be over these pro-
posed changes, and the musketry has
already begun.
Capitalization of Power.
Harking back to the old days of
Hamilton and Jefferson. One the
Nationalist. the Federzlist, the other
the Democrat One holding to the
idea that the people need control
ing" the other to the contrary theo-
~ Of government, that the people
should rule. One that all power
should be centralized and lodged in
the hands Of few. The other that
all government belonged TO the
people and should be exercised by
them Under the exigencies Of war.
and yet under q Democratic admins
trstion, the country has come to tins
Hamilton basis:
One man. Mr.. William c. MaAdoo,
is the Director General Of al the
railroads Of the country He IN the
Secretary Of the Treasury; chairman
Of the Federal Reserve Bank system;
chairman Of the Federzl Farm Loan
Board, and chairman Of the lnternn-
tional High Commission In addition
he Is recognized as the CHEZ political
advisor of the President and the head
dispenser Of patronage
Would Mr.. Hamilton, IN ms noss
ambition dream. have asked for
greater Capitalization Of the power
than that. And what would Thorn-
as jefferson think Of ms govern
ment Of the people. for the people.
by the people,"
Incidentally, Nr- kcAdoO ~ the
son-in-lsw Of President Wilson. and
is being groOrned rs hear apparent 70
the throne
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-10
WHAT VICTORY MEANS

Contributed. by AGNES REPPLIER
TO the National Security Leagues
campaign Of Patriotism Through I'd
ucation.)
would dispossess his mind Of two pop
ular and pleasing fallAcies First. that
the United States took up arms - q
knight errant TO right the wrongs a
France and Belgium Second. that ous
impressive entrance into the war must
inevitably. and Of itself. decide the 10
sus We are fighting ~ . free people
for our own safety. and We must fight
hard and well. or suf1er q shameful
defeat Germany denied us the sea1
because she thought we would accept
our tate from her hands- She permits
herself now q profound contempt for
our army Unframed men with dsfec-
tive ammunition are about N terrfbls
IN her eyes M prairie dogs would b
in ours She boasts happily that We
viii pay her the indemnity which n
essential for her reconstruction
Meanwhile, TO make sure Of our
downfall. she plots reasonably IN
every state OF the Union Perhaps, II
she wins the day. she win recompeAss
such men az Senators Stone and Ia
Toilette. and Mayor Thompson OF Chi
cago. More likely she win ding them
on the scrap-heap. But loyal Amsri-
cans may well understand that unless
this nation puts forth al its strength.
without reserve. without fatigue, with
out sef-pity; unless we crush the trsi-
tors AZ home. and defeat the enemy
abroad. q bitter future awaits m. At
best. We shall be humiliated. lmpoyer-
ished. and crippled IN our foreign
trade for many years TO come Al
worst we shall see in our land the
blazing homes, the ravished women,
the butchered children, the unutterahls
shame and horror which ma II the
wAks ef . German array ef invA@anM
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-10

Mrs. Philip North Moore Tsiis the
Duty Of Her sIsters In the crlsis.
sy MRS. PHILIP NORTH MOORE.

Mrs. Moore, who
10 president Of the
National Council Of
Women, 10 now de-
voting her entire
time to the work Of
the Woman's Com
mittee Of the ccun-
Gil Of National De-
Aise. She 10 slse
q member Of the
n stlonal Security
Leagues Commit
tee Of Patriotism
Through EouestIon
and has written the
following article for
circuintiop In fhs
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-10

win LOCAL AFFGlCAIlOSs- - they
cannot reach 1he EeA1 Of the disease
Naar&rrh "a a aocal disease greatly m
7uence0 ~ c0nstis isafionnl conditions. an
IN oroer 10 cure n you mnEs take Gn
internal remedy halls CEfnrrh Mod
cine 10 taken internally and Acts thru
the blood On the mucous surfaces Of the
system. Halls CafArrh Medicine Was
prcscrfoeo by one Of the best physiczans
IN tins country for yeArs- IL ~ com
posed Of some Of the best fonics known.
combined with some ~ the best blood
purtners- The perfect combination Of
the tngredieuts In Halls Catarrh Nod
cine 10 what produces guch wonderful
results In catarrhal conditions. Send for
tegtimonisls free
y j. CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo. o.
An Druggists. Ec
HAn's Family Piiis for constipation.
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-10

MIRA Philip MOORE great campaign OF
patriotic education which the seeur-
ky League 10 conducting throupheut
the country under the direction es
sthls committee:
a tremendous responsibility In
placed upon the women Of the United
States. The thing we need today is
inspiration Our obligation is Just ~
great a. n the war were on our own
borders or On the shores OF the Mis-
sissfppi. When this inspiration and
poffgstion are brought home. women
can do more than men 70 bring conci-
tions TO the people.
The resources OF the country are
more definitely needed In war than IN
peace. and women can DO more than
any other force 10 conserve these 70
sources. The American people have
much 20 learn. and this lesson 10 need
ed TO teach them TO be less vasteful
and more alive TO industrial conci
ions. The lsissezfaire sor- OF living
10 not good patriotism. and the hour
has come upon which We may iook
back with appreciation. the hour
which made ns more fhouxhtrul Of
mankind. less self cenfered
whst Enrlsne Did.
In England II Ia estimated TIA; 400
900 women have gone out 70 worn
who did not do % before the war
The number Of women vho have been
substituted for men IN industries. ex
clnding ali government estsblish
ments. are $4,000 There are lts
600 women employed IN governnen,
works. including srsenala. dockyxrcr
and national shell .llsng and pro5ee
tie factories. q 900 are enrassc In
agricultural pursuifs. and $4,000 IN
transportation.
II is IN the Industrial and economic
felc that the world war VIII mArk the
most far reaching Transformation In
the condition Of women
From The women OF the country we
Rsk utmost loyalty TO the declaration
that We are not IN this struggle fer
conquest. but thai we follow the Has
20 Il assured victory ~ the principles
pf democracy and humanity.
Those who are determined that thi.
shall be the last great war must learn
how 20 live and work together. svsc
as we desire all nations TO Do.
Preventive Duty.
Today women are rising 10 q con
ception more than personal, are zee
ing through world eyes. realizing thai
their duty is not remedial only. ou,
also preventive. In the kind Of effori
which has been called -prepsrsdnsas
against the rebarbartsation OF ths
world"
No true woman can bs content te
live on the surface In these fatsful
days. days that are to decide perhaps
for generations whether war or lav
hall govern the world
She will throw all her influences 10
ward the realization OF world unity
a league OF nations that shaIl insure
the peace Of the world