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The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
WEATHER. CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia and Maitland: Fair To-
day and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow: gentle,
shifting winds becoming southeriy.
Virginia: Fair today; tomorrow fair; warmer
in the interior; moderate northerly winds be.
coming variable.
Pressure j. generally. high throughout the
United States, although with somewhat irregu.
lar distribution over the Eastern and Southern
PORTIONS that resulted in quite general though
mostly light rain over q narrow belt Of country.
extending from Texas northeastward through
New England. Temperatures are high and well
above the seasonal average, as rule. except
over the districts where rains fell.
will be somewhat colder today in the South
Atlantic and the East Gulf States. ~
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
TO DISCUSS FREE SPEECH.

Freedom of Speech and Press in
Time of War" is the title of an sd-
dress to be made by r. Cotton Lewis,
an attorney in the Bureau of Investi-
CATION, Department OF Justice, at the
meeting Of the Washington Secular
League at Pythian Temple Sunday at
3 p. m. The usual discussion OF the
subject by members OF the league and
the audience will follow. Preceding
the address President Bradley will
make a brief reply to Billy Sundays
attacks upon "infidels."
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
FILES DIVORCE LIBEL.

Naming q correspondent and charg-
ing misconduct, Charles H. FOLSOM,
filed suit yesterday in the District Su-
preme Court for absolute divorce
against Mary Z. Folsom. The couple
were married in April. 1916. There are
no children. Attorney Edward l..
Gies represents the husband.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
LOCAL TEMpERATuRrs.

Midnight. Is; 2 a. m. 4s: 4 a. m, q; 6.a. m.
q; a. M. Al: 10 a, m, q; IL noon, IS; p. M.
n; p. m, ~; 6 p m, %; 8 p. m. a; 10 p m,
%. Highest. 80; lowest, "a Relative humidity
g. m, IS; Q p. m, n; p m. s.. Rainfall
Is D. m. to p. m-l. O. Hours Of sunshine. IL
Per cent Of possible sunshine, 10
Observation-Disclosures deficiency Of TEN
perature since January l.. 1913, -2D; excess Of
temperature since February l. 1918, +e5; de-
fciency Of precipitation since January j, 1913
-l.T; deficiency Of precipitation since February
l., 1918, -259. -. :.
Temperature same date last year-Hishest, q;
lowest, - ,@r.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02

Eleven hundred pennies, all brand
new, were repOsing quietly in a bag
under the seat Of an auto belong
ing to a man named Coleman.
Herbert Ford has been working
for Mr.. Coleman for a little while
and decided all Of a sudden to quit.
And SO he got his snoot full of
booze to celebrate it
1t happens that Herbert saw the
pennies when they were put in the
auto.
And the first thing he thought Of
when the booze got in its work
was of course these pennies.
When Mr.. Coleman started up
town he looked under the seat as
a precautionary measure. The pen
nies were spurIos versenkt
He knew right away who to look
to for the loss.
Herbert was found nve blocks
away. When the cop searched him
he found the pennies in his over
coat.
Il wouldn't have done it II i
hadn't been half drunk" Herbert
told the court.
What would you have done II
gOu hdu GIL ltlt way
the court asked as it fined him $50.
A Fisk Tale.
Somewhere in Washington is a
pushcart loaded with fish looking
for it's owner.
1t happened this way.
Bill Barnes is the owner Of this
fish peddling outfit.
The other day Bill got sick. And
so his brother John presented him
him around to help Bill cut be-
cause he was sick.
Anyhow. John got possession OF
the cart and the flsh.
A couple of days later he was ar
rested. Bill charged him with the
larceny of the outfit-as IL was not
returned.
John told the court that while he
was in a house trying TO sell some
fish the cart disappeared.
He had forethoug1t enough to re-
port the matter to the police. II
turned out.
This feature is all that saved him
from going to jail.
1t showed that he was at least
honest enough To enlist the aid OF
the police to try and fnd Bilrs
property.
The whole story sounded fairly
reasonable and the court gave him
the benefit Of the doubt and let him
so.
WIfey-She Up and Omit.
Last Saturday night Sam Di Bella
and his wife had q disagreement.
wfew packed up her duds and
those of her two babies and went
back to her father. Joe Cifols-
Sam was very much put out when
he came home that night and found
note from his wife on the table.
The next morning he went 70 see
her. And the babies.
His mother-in-law came to the door
in answer to his knock. As soon as
she saw who il was she slammed
the door shut.
Then Joe Cifola, his father-in-alw,
got on the job. He and Sam had a
few words and a little scrimmage,
The result was that Joe had Sam
arrested for making threats.
There were really no threats made
simply this-Sam brandished his
arms in such a manner that Joe
took the motions to be threats.
Maybe they vere-dn italian.
In court Sam said he only came
to see his babies. He had no in
tention, he said, of hurting his faith
er-in-law.
And so the court took his persona.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
LOCAL MENTION.
Complete Stock of Mazda Lamp,
Electric Webster, 719 9Th st. n. v

Gunpowder tea, Soc, Blue Label
coffee, Csc; 80 lbs. white potatoes.
75c: onions. Sc; Karo syrup. lac, sec
and 75c; black-eyed peas. lie: mac
ring. sc; red kidney beans, I5c: 21
ozs. Van Camp beans, lie; lima
beans, tic; seeded raisins, sic:
Argo starch. &c; cocoanuts, &c and
Sc; white meal. SIC; can pineapple,
-sardines, 10c: tapioca, Sc: va. Sweet
uancake flour. 12hc; Star cocoa
25c. 412 Fourth st. s. e. and ali the
J. T. D. Pyles stores. -'
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
OTHER TEMPERATURES.
TIDE TABLES.

TIDE TABLES.
tCompiled by the United states Coass md
Geodetic Survey.l
Today-Lou tide, SIS g. m. and s.is -. m. ;
high tide. los. =. m. and li:ls .. m.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02

bonds to stay away from the houss
until he and his wife can have their
! differences patched up.
The Gambling FeveR
Jeanette Rivers plansrfcE a new
home have all been kn| |.||@. -
cooked hat.
Jeanette works in q ~ ..
dry. She is very busy 4. - |'.. -
She didn't have the . r." ~
and hunt q house herself. -
sent Fred Brown
She gave Fred $50 with which to
pay a month's rent in advance.
Fred took the ts-5o ana started out
He met q friend.
Ten minutes later he had lost hfty
cents Of Jeanette's money in q crap
game.
And to get back that nfty cents
/ he had to do something drastic. He
it,
| So he decided to. risk the remaining
1 IS. And. by gosh. he lost that
Just as bold as ever Fred went
back to Jeanette and told her that
he had sinned.
She had him arrested And she
/ felt very bad about 1t because 10
her $3.50 was a pile OF money.
Fred told a very funny story in
court He actually made Uhings
worse by telling fibs.
Go to jail for three months" said
the court.
| John Was Toe TaIkatIye.
One afternoon Al Garnett stopped
at a fruit stand and bought some
apples.
Look out. mister. dat man will
skin yo." said John Burns. walking
up to where Al was standing and
laughing in his face.
''Ah am jes' as honest as yo.is"
retorted Al. zen wots more, All hab
neber been ter jail 70 steAlin' LAX
yo have"
This comeback made John sore.
He called Al some very bad names.
In two minutes there was a fight
| Al poked John in the snoot He
bIacked both his eyes.
| Thinking that he was injured un-
I justifiably. John got q warrant
/ While il was easy for the court
to see who was at fault, still some
thing had to be done because Al
struck the first blow
4 However, the court was very easy
on Al. He was fined only IS. John
( has had his medicine and things
are about evened up.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
ooNprrIoN on THE wATER.

Temperature and condition Of water yesterday:
muddy. Dzlecariis rssrvoif -Temperatsue.. ";
condition at north connection, muddy ;-coudition
at south. connection. misty GeorEetoeu distribA
utips ,resersoir -Tempsratnre, 30; condition at
innuent sstehcuse. clear.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02

aaioussils laaps mast b lighted y 81
The Washington herald., 1918-03-02

bonds to stay away from the houss
until he and his wife can have their
differences patched up.
Evening star., 1918-07-07

O70 7AY back yonder in my
$NhM school days used to read
wy in aeasay. Or some
gatiou: !,
"Who makes the fashions. I'd like to
known "
And SO. the other day, while wan
dering around the town just fairly
reveling in the Joy of being back
home again. Il struck me that I
should like to know who makes the
fashions in war posters. found out
And now am going to let you In on
the secret.
Before I get into the subject so
deeply that I shall be unable to pull
out and make any observations aside.
however, want to remark that no
enc person In the world knows all
about what war posters should be-. If
Tou doubt this, get half a dozen per-
sons together and ask them which are
the best posters they have seen. You
will get variety Of answers that will
astound you. particularly because you
will disagree with about fve of the
SIX persons In your. group.
/, It will be very plain to you that no
two persons ever have the Same view
In regard to the value of q poster. and
the reason isNextremely simple. They
look at them from different stand
points.
My own opinion is that by and large
the food administration posters have
sized up among the best because they
have been simple and clear, and the
Y. NJ c. A. posters have been among
the worst because they have been
little short OF & scramble Of words on
messy backgrounds. s,,@-.-72.
The chances are that you don't agree
with that sentiment. II you do, It
will be surprising. Most Of my friends
have favorites in other sets Of pos
Anyhow. I shall tell you what 1
learned about the terrific job that 1t
Is to get up q set OF posters and the
even greater job Of getting them dis
played properly and then maybe you
will not be SO ready to criticise the
men who make them and the men who
choose them. g all
When the government desires post
ers 1t sends out word to the artists
Of the country through various chan
nels. stating that designs for posters
Of certain type are desired. Imme-
diately posters begin to rain into
Washington. Right here let me say
that artists are not slackers BY any
means. Only In rare instances do they
receive \ cent for their work. and
yet every time a campaign Of any
Evening star., 1918-07-07

every design submitted to this de-
partment Is judged absolutely on, its.
merits without regard to the name of
the artist or to what society, II any.
he may belong.
ber Of different sources from which
designs come to the various bureaus.
! learn that policemen. school chill
dren. grocers. preachers. doctors,
lawyers and men in every line shoot
their ideas into Washington when
they learn that q new set of posters
are about to be made. And a surpris-
ingly large number of good ideas are
obtained from amateurs. OF course
the big artists drawing usually goes
across, but the little fellow frequent
Evening star., 1918-07-07

ly gets in. In the last. liberty loan
campaign. for instance. one Of the
posters was designed by q night
school student.
Once the posters are assembled. the
real troubles Of the men who are to
make the Anal selections begin.
The artists and their committees are
very much on the job. They are there
to see that art is not kicked in the
face and then trampled in the dust in
favor of two-color poster that the
government printing office can do, or
the offering of q photographer that. in
the eyes Of the artist, is only can
label stun. So the artists are very
likely to look only to the artistic side
of the designs and forget their pull
Evening star., 1918-07-07

working on Sunday would increase
the stock Of foodstuffs would not
say q word in protest." Mary finally
asserted. ,t :
It looked as IL was gaining ground.
mo sensible man would want to work
Sundays.". retorted, unless his work
was unquestionably contribution to
the Gauge"
i''If you. really. mean that" Mary
came back at me. you can crafty
your desire for Sunday garden work
the the san same si time S 90 "a = sas good Ts turn for
one OF your sneighbors.%
"HOw~ I asked. 1.Ssy t,+o,s,i,
by cultivating the Masons' garden
for them next Sunday. You know
Evening star., 1918-07-07

the glass Jars and do full share Of
the work. and they arc to divide the
canned vegetables on nifty fifty
basis, Mary's half of the glass Jars
remaining her property.
1t sounds to me like fairNenough
arrangement. especially AZ the sister
is to buy vegetables from us for cash
at market prices for summer use, but
I haven't been able to. refrain from
doing a little growing. You don't
blame me, do you? .3s.- ~. -},
/ asked Mary II she and her sister
intended doing any canning on Sum
days. They would IL 1t became neoes-
sary, to keep vegetables from going
to waste. she said. but she felt quite
Evening star., 1918-07-07

I have a right to feel little proud
that my garden is in such shape that
my wife contends could not increase
the yield by doing extra work. Not
bad for . fat man who 10 making his
first garden and who has been re-
peatedly assured by cheerful friends
could chew"
You want to remember. too. that my
garden program has been q con-
stantly expanding one. started out
to cultivate the little patch in my
back yard. and the prosesct of keep
Ing. 1t up all summer made me feel
like old Atlas with the world on his
shoulders. Then Fred Turner. my
Evening star., 1918-07-07

TIFTY-FIvE years ago. on July +.
Postmaster General Montgomery
Blair ordered the appointment
of the first letter carriers in the city
Of Washington. This was on July !.
of Congress- Of March 3, 1853. estab-
fishing what is known in the postal
service as the free delivery system to
follow the old penny-post system.
which had existed from colonial
times. The salary of the letter carrier
under that lay was flxed at $500 per
annum.
Ten carriers were appointed and
their names were Thomas F. Hark-
ness. John H. johnson, John e. Nc
Clure. Alfred G. Shaw. p. L. Trees.
c. H. Wright. d. e. Brewer. Thomas
e. Parker. George B. CLARK and
Charles l. Wright.
The city was divided into ten dis
tricts and hve station letter boxes"
were located in each district. except
the fourth. which only had four, into
which the citizen was invited to drop
"all letters. either for transmission
or for local delivery" to be called for
by the letter carriers. '.It should be
borne in mind, however. that all let
ters so deposited must be. properly
stamped at the lawful rates. viz:
Three cents on each single thalf-
ounce) letter which is to be sent by
mail. and. for each letter to be deliv-
cred in the city, two cents" ..
The boxes were ordered to be To-
Gated at, the following places: -,
First district-R Cottman's gro
cory, 18th and l. street north; ]. H.
Knott, grocery. 18th street near K;
D.. @. Ridgeley. druggist. 124 Penn
sylvania avenue: j. Green, grocery,
N and goth streets north. and r.
Redfern. grocery, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 18th street.
Second 'district--J. b. Moore. drug
gist, ia Pennsylvania avenue: Mrs.
Dillon. green grocery, 130 G. street,
between 18th and 18th streets; Pres
son & Co, tobacconists, lit Pennsyl-
vania avenue: James West. hotel, SD
and F streets. and j. Guttenscu, con-
fectioner, 63 Pennsylvania avenue. *
Third district--P. White. grocery.
Evening star., 1918-07-07

ing or the selling power. or lack Of
both.
on the other hand, the advertising
man sees not SO much art. but the
pulling faxce. In the case of naval re-
cruiting, for instance. he 10 very likely
to apply the scales that he would use
in Weighing q poster to sell a new
brand of sweet corn, thinking only of
the ultimate object of getting results.
In the case Of the liberty loan he ts
very likely to think only of how many
bonds design would be likely to sell
and thereby clip art sQuarely on the
jaw.
There is third consideration of
even greater importance to remember.
which both the artist and the adver-
Evening star., 1918-07-07
The Observer Dees Into the Problem Posers and How They Are Made

tising man sometimes overlook That
is, getting posters which Will please
the men and women on whose proper
ty they are to be displayed Ana, as al
poster space used in the government
campaigns Is eontr.pIseG nrsGsrine s''s There is
the case Of the millinery establish
ment owner, for instance. DO you
think that he or she wouid wanI
huge poster showing the state, War
and Navy building hanging IN n's or
on the other hand, do you think that
the transfer man wants delicate nme
drawing such as would fit In q NM
linery parlor? Hardly.
* II
Care must be taken also not TO OF
fend any certain class OF PERSONS
Tor this reason 1t Is very diihcuIt
to obtain good farmer posters IL
would seem from examination OF most
posters showing rural character thar
the artists of the United States never
were out In the country In their iVes.
Honestly, II Is not unusua! Ior wIuelyf
known artists to send In drawings pi
farmers dressed IN linen uus.e,s ahu
How many liberty bonds, for instance.
would one sell with a poster ike this
to the modern farmer who owns
seven passenger car. or at least
jitney. -
learn, In selecting the wording Tor
posters. A really good poster, many
advertising men believe, snouiu noti
contain more than five or SIX wor9s
in the catch line. The rule generally
applied in the selection Of posters ~
to get message that Will be graspea
by the man or woman who runs. Ihat
"he who runs may read" Is mighty
good test to apply to q poster to tel
whether 1t is good or bad.
I might say right here that think
some of the posters which the gov.
ernment has gotten out have not lived
up to this test. 1 have seen posters
containing as many as three or iour
hundred words of reading matter.
Have you ever seen any one stopping
to read a poster that contains that
much stuff? I have nOt.~ 1850
After looking over the posters that
have gone before and some that are
coming, am convinced that 1t Is no
cinch to pick posters that will do
the Job and please everybody. Il
Also am firmly convinced that bet
ter posters are coming. saw some
this week that will be out In the fall
and they certainly are different. They
are more like the French posters than
others which have gone before have
been. They are simpler. more arttStlc
anu ~ THE OBSERVER. I,
Evening star., 1918-07-07

next door; neighbor. and I rented q
quarter OF an acree Of vacant land
and undertook to garden 1t in part :
nership. We were just getting things
fairly under way when Turner de-
cided he wouldn't need so many yege-
tables and turned over to me his
rights in good big alice of the
ground. With the help Of Tom, my
boy, spaded and mattocked that
ground all over again and planted 1t,
80 that all, told I've got pretty siz-
able garden on my hands.
And I've got. In 1t such shape that
Mary contends I couldn't better 1t by
working Sundays. -. q,
Now let's see, how Mary has come
through with her part Of the program.
She urged me on to this garden ex-
pansion, insisting that she would can
and dry for next winter all the vege-
tables we didn't need for summer use.
The canning was to be her special and
particular Job.
Well. / am growing 80 many vege-
tables that she has thrown. up her
hands. She admits she couldn't can
them all, and that there would be q
lot more than we could eat even IL
she could can them. So she has made
an arrangement. with her sister, who
lives in a fat and can't have a garden,
to help her The sister is to buy ali
Evening star., 1918-07-07
THE FIRST LETTER CARRIERS
tTe be ee.ttaaed.D

18th and p streets: Ktdwell & lay
renee. druggists, T. between 18th and
14th streets; w. /. Thompson. drug
gist, New York avenue and 18th
street: DR.. Ford, druggist, 11th street
toms bakery. 45s lith street, between
G and III. .5u,G155r ~. n
Fourth district--J. stone. druggist,
9TH and l. streets north: G. A. Dough-
erty, grocery, and 14th streets: g. ].
Musser, druggist, 10th and / streets:
streets, and D. Nailor, grocery. 10th
and N streets. ~
Fifth district-D. B. Clark, druggist,
4 u street and Pennsylvania avenue:
Mr.. Berry. woodward, e and Sd streets:
=. Brown. druggist. Sd street and
Pennsylyania ds,1ns,a, ,.sS asvenue: Dr. Waite: Ute
street, and Mr.. Berth. grocery. Indt-
ana avenue and Sd street.
Sixth district-J. p. Sullivan. drug
gist. Massachusetts, avenue. 4th and H
streets: J. Koebel. grocery. 9Th and N
streets; c. 8. OHare. grocery. 252 7th
Fitzgerald, 635 g street., between 1se
and "a streets; Mr.. Mcmahon, grocery,
4S6 F street, between I'd and I'd
streets. ~. s.7.l,s
Seventh district-J. H. semmes. gro-
Gerry, Louisiana avenue and 9th street;
- MNSDSvhSst 6EVSVEys AVtu btTSoS Auu
Pennsylvania avenue: l.. Leproux.
grocery, 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue; J.. T. Powell, grocery. Ohio
avenue and 18th street. f =, ..,st
Eighth district-J. Pettibone. gro-
gerry, 18th and G streets south; C. AL
len, druggist. .11th street and Maryland
avenue; r. B. Clark. grocery, AZ and
N streets south; r. A. Bacon, drug
gist. ~ and F streets south; Otho
Boswell. druggist. 9TH street and vir-
ginia avenue. an u
Ninth district-Dr. Bates, druggist,
7th and L streets east: Dr.. McPher-l
son, druggist, LIST street east and
Louisiana avenue; c. Boyle, hotel,
near railroad depot; c. Boher, sta.
tioner, sos Pennsylvania avenue, near
LIST street. and q. r. Gulick, grocery,
B street south and New Jersey avenue.
Tenth .district-E. b. Busy. druggist.
Sd street east and L street south Mr..
Phelan. dry goods. Sd street east and
East Capitol street; f. A. Walsh,
druggist, sos 9th street east; T. A..
Gaddis. grocery. 11th and M streets
east. and l.. A. Woods. grocery, 9th
and i streets east. ~, 0t.E
Lewis Clephane was thea postmaster
at Washington. ",
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certain that six days 4 week would
be quite sufficient to care for my CROP
still have card up my sleeve.
however. After ] have cleared up the
Masons' garden and gotten everything
shipshape am going to keep an eye
on those vegetables. When they get
a lot of them ready to be taken care
OF am going TO suggest to Mary that
she 80 over and help Mrs. Mason DO It.
And am going to walt until Satur-
day afternoon to make the suggestion
and then insist that the canning ought
to be done Sunday.
THE WAR GARDENER.
Ito be cOnttnued.)
Evening star., 1918-07-07
HER HANDS.

Mr.. Mason has been sick. was over
there today and Mrs. Mason said the
weeds had such start they were
afraid they wouldn't get anything at
all from their garden, and you know
how hard Mr.. Mason worked spad-
ing 1t UP and planting 1t. My con-
science will approve Of your doing
that, for no one then could say that
your labor wasn't useful" .@s l-'ts ii
So that's how we compromised and
averted an open rupture. Mary con-
cedes that Sunday garden work 10
not necessarily evil, sustaining my
question. The question as to whether
I would have helped win the war by
working in my own garden remains a
hypothetical one.
H- II q
I'll admit that the urge Of patriot-
ism had not filled me with any burn
ing desire to work In some one else's
garden. but the Masons are pretty
good people and they live just back
Of us on the next street. I'll take
my wheel hoe around there this morn
ing and see what can do. I reckon
It won't hurt me.
And, when, you come to think Of It,
Evening star., 1918-07-07

kind starts there are possibly two
different poster designs submitted to
the authorities here in Washington.
Many also are rejected by local rep
resentatives Of Washington bureaus.
Possibly the largest number of post
ers received by any one bureau come
to the publicity bureau of the Treas.
ury Department. Artists know that