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The Washington times., 1918-10-08
Sunday Is the First Day OF
The Week

From Paterson N j. Mr.. ]. Brinde of 35 Main street.
sends this:
Paterson N j. Sept. go 1918.
"'Mr Brisbane:
I would be very glad to know whether Sunday is the
last day or the first day taught in religious school
that Sunday the last day of the week. and accord
ing the Bible also gives Sunday the last day But so
many have met always speak of Sunday the first day
Of the week, which makes confusion in business
The Bible SAYS that in creating the world the Lord
worked for six days and rested on the seventh
And day his work which he
he rested the seventh day from all his
made" Genesis; 2:2
If the work of creation begun Monday continued
Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. would though Sunday ought to be the last
day of the week.
gins Sunday and Saturday is the last day of the week
and that is all there is about it
This perhaps from the teaching of the Jews, by
whom through whom the Old Testament describing the
creation of the world written The Old Testament
you know is Jewish book There were no Christians when
it was written.
Sabbath the day on which Jehovah rested from MS
labors and that consequently he began his work the
preceding Sunday which would have been the first day Of
the week and also day of work
It is of course puzzng for the Christians to under
stand why the day of rest should be the first day Of the
week.
week do We borrow our days from very recent
Sunday is the day of the Sun-the sun wOrshiped
god.
Monday is the day of the moon, another god in the
estimation of certain savages.
Tuesday is Tyrs day-Tyr was the god of martial
honor.
Wednesday is Woden's day-Woden Northern
god.
Thursday is Thors day-he another fighting god
of the North.
Friday is Freija's day-she a fine goddess.
And Saturday is Saturn's day-named for planet
So altogether week is pretty well mixed up and
not what you would call either Christian Kosher.
Hoping that this explanation won't, but suspecting
that it will add to the confusion of Mr. Brndles mind
submit it to him, diffdently.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08

7 WISH that some of the young
girl war workers among my
correspondents would form a
club to discourage the unneces-
sary spending of money by their
young meA friends. Spending,
l mean, for the almost daily en-
tertainment of these young girls
themselves.
AS everybody knows, it's very
much easier to take a sensible, but
unpopular stand if you can do so as
a member of a club or movement.
It's not at all hard, but on the con-
trary, distinctly pleasurable to do
something that forty-nine other
girls are doing at the came time
and in the same way.
You will readily agree with me
if you will recall the success of
the "Spugs." One person alone
couldn't do very much in opposi-
tion to the slavery and insincerity
of the system of Christmas pres
ent exchange, but a society for the
prevention of useless giving can do
a good deal. The mere knowledge
that such a society as this existed
has helped many people to shake
themselves partially free from
bondage TO custom and to feel
guilty in making any gift that
might not be a sincere expression
of good will.
Discourage "Useless Giving"
But the multiplication of pres
ents once a year to distant rela-
tives whom one barely knows and
to acquaintance whom one may
.tuallv dislike isn't the only form
of useless giving" What / have
in mind at present is the endless
trickle of expenditures for frivol-
Gus objects which young wage
earning men and boys cannot
reasonably afford and which it
seems TO me that girls ought there
fore not to allow.
B6 l am afraid that they 90 be-
yond the point of allowing it, that
they tacitly demand it.
Most of these girls are wage
earners themselves. They know
that pay envelope is given in
exchange for the greater part OF
ones life and energy and that
money so gained should not be
thrown away foolishly. AS a mat
ter Of daily habit, that is For, OF
course, the most wise and prudent
OF us have to be foolish, now and
then.
But there are girls who COM
pare their men friends with refer
ence solely to the amount of money
.hese men are willing to spend for
their pleasure. A girl will boast
of the young man whose constant
attention she is accepting. not be-
cause he is amusing or compan-
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
Idle Women Should Be Made
To Work
By Winifred Black

T INCLE SAM is after the
bartenders and the gam
~ blers and the fortune
tellers and the walters
and the pool players and idlers
and the club servants. He's going
to conscript every one of the gen
tlemen of these professions and
make them either work in the mu-
milton factories or go to the front
and fight.
Hooray for Uncle Sam! What
a great scurrying to and fro there
will be in clubdom when that or
der begins to be carried out. |
wonder if some of the clubmeI
won't be astonished when they find
that thev are not so highly i'm
portant to the world after all, and
that the best thing they can do is
to get out and make a few cannon
balls or run some kind of a ma
chine in some kind of factory?
Pa Put Is All at Work.
Their numerous stories will not
be nearly so amusing III the factory,
| am afraid. And, after all, there
is a good deal in the fact that
story is told in club window,
isn't there? or at 4 dinner table.
1t does seem to make such differ
ence.
| am awfully interested in this
plan of Uncle Sam to conscript all
the absolutely unnecessary pro
fessions." | wish he'd get inter
ested on our side of the fence just
a little, and conscript some OF us,
and make US do something that is
worth while just for once.
| wonder if he couldn't put US
into munition factories or into hos
pitals and make us scrub floors or
wash windows? ] believe it would
do all of us a whole lot of good.
All these women who sit on the
porches CT the summer resorts aud
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
TODAY'S TOPIC
SPENDING TOO FREELY.

whom the girls most admire and
applaud and display their smiles
for, keeps out of the treacherous
slough OF debt | am greatly sur
prised.
Youths Who Cannot Spend.
Meanwhile, what of the young
men who have really serious obli-
cations, who are helping to sup
port an infirm parent or young
brothers and sisters, and whose in
! come so evenly matches their out
go that there is practically moth
ing left over for theaters and ice
cream? Are they to suffer social
ostracism because of their very
decency and responsibility and to
be despised by thoughtless greedy
girls because they cannot enter the
silly spending game?
1t is quite likely that many girls
will seriously ask me what alterna-
tive | propose. They will ask me
if | advocate the giving up of their
men friends altogether. Walking
up and down the street together
isn't possible, they will remind me,
and there is no refuge, from the
suburban drugstore to the Broad
way theater, that doesn't involve
expense.
No, do not suggest the re
nouncing of all social life. And |
should not expect Eighteen and
Nineteen to listen to me for a mo-
ment if l urged that it is possible
to have distraction without going
"out" for it. | will confess that it
does seem to me more wise and
reasonable for girls and boys to
meet in groups at each others
houses for fudge parties or Welsh
rabbit parties, or whatever they
like, than always to 90 out in pairs
to places of public amusement.
There is no question but that this
The Washington times., 1918-10-08

whisper among themselves when
ever a particularly pretty girl or
an unusually lonely woman comes
up the steps and tries to get nv
without attracting too much at
tention. All the idle, whispering.
empty-headed, empty-hearted wo-
men who have nothing to do but
dress and play cards and tell how
good John is to them, or how bad
he is-they don't care very much
which it is so long as they can
talk about John and me-"
TWOuld Help Us.
do wish Uncle Sam would
reach out his good, strong arm
and conscript a whole lot of the
poor, little, foolish, idle girls that
i see running up and down the
streets, painted and fiounced ami
feathered and looking a good deal
more like some little tropical birds
from some tropical jungle than
they do like human beings with
human hearts and souls.
They try to have a good time.
these poor, little souls-I suppose
they do think they are having a
good time for a while, but on, how
they have to pay for it, what tears
they shed of agony and humilia-
tion, and all the time they might
be mending somebody's torn l.t:le
dress, or taking care of some.
body's lonesome little girl or tying
up some little fellows hurt little
thumb.
wonder if he won't do it one Of
these days-old Uncle Sam?
He's such wise, kindly old fel-
low-you can tell by the twinkle iu
his eyes. | wonder if he isn't be
ginning to worry Just a little bit
about the Idle women who ought 10
be conscripted as well as the idle
men?
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served)
The Washington times., 1918-10-08

ionableoor because she admires
his solid qualities, but because he
spends more money in entertain
ing her than other young men
spend.
Competitive Spending.
As no secret is made of this by
anybody, and as the boys thor
oughly understand and ACCEPT the
standards that the girls set I'D.
they naturally compete with each
other as spenders. They know
that to spend freely-to act on a
fifteen-dollar salary as though one
had a bottomless purse-makes
one more desirable than any per-
sOnal quality can. And naturally
the most-admired young man Sc
cures the favor of the prettiest
and most desirable girl.
There are many sweet, unselfsb
young girls who have never
stopped to think what a sordid.
greedy thing they are doing. That
is why | am putting it into words
for them now. But selfish and IN
selfish alike, they all expect, when
the days work in the home or the
office is over, and the refreshing
spectacle of a young man apiece
appears on the horizon, to be taken
"Out" for the evening. And we all
know how far "out" ii is possible
to go without spending a jingling
succession of dimes and quarters
or even dollars.
The most conservative spend
er" knows that the least he can
do is to take the girl TO the moving
pictures and that she will expect
ice cream sodaS both before and
after. Even this modest outlay,
repeated at least five nights a
week, will consume at least half
his salary. And II the really riot
GUS and snowy "spender," the one
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
MIR. GOODWIN, Whose Articles Are Regularly Featured
in These Columns, Is on His Vacation.
The Public Ownership
League of America
NonPartiSan Organization for the Public Ownership
Efficient Management, and Democratic Control
Of Public Utilities and Natural Resources.
By Carl D. Thompson.
THE people of this country
want the public ownership
of public utilities.

THE people of this country
want the public ownership
of public utilities.
The people want the Govern
ment to keep the railroads and the
wire systems, now that it has
taken them over. And espe-
eially since hundreds of millions
Of dollars of the peoples money
IS being put into the roads to re-
pair and equip them and bring
them up to standard.
The people do not propose to
haYe their millions of money in
vested in these utilities, have the
earnings of the owners guaran-
teed, and then keep on paying ex-
cess profits to the profteers for
ever.
The people want the actual and
permanent public ownership of
these utilities.
The people also want the cities
to own their public utilities.
Everywhere the private light, gas
and traction companies are fight
ing in desperation for higher rates
and for long-term franchises.
Municipal ownership is the only
solution.
But the trouble is the big inter-
ests that wiring their prodigious
profits out of private ownership
are organized, while the people
are not. The big interests have
their press agents everywhere,
their utility experts, their lobby
lists in Congress, State legislature,
and city council, their high-priced
attorneys and millions of money
to carry on their campaigns and
fight their battles.
To meet that sort of combina-
tion the public ownership forces
must be organized.
To this end the Public Owner
ship League of America has been
formed. Its general object is to
advance the public ownership, eff
ticient management, and demo
cratic control of public utilities
and natural resources. Its immedi-
ate purpose is to bring together
upon a broad non-partisan basis
all the various elements that be-
lieve in public ownership; to fed
crate and coordinate these forces
in order that their efforts may be
made more effective and cumu-
lative.
There is need. first Of all, Of a
reliable source Of information both
popular and technical with refer
ence to public ownership. Bulle-
tins. leaflets, books and a press
service are required. These are
being developed. A bulletin of 14S
pages on Municipal Electric
Light and Power Plants in the
United States and Canada" has al
ready been published. One on 'Mu-
nicipal Gas Plants" and a third on
the Proceedings of the Public
The Washington times., 1918-10-08

Ownership Conference Held Last
Year" are on the press. Others
are to follow. Each phase of pub
lie ownership is to be thoroughly
investigated by competent and re-
liable authorities and their find
ings published. There are also the
technical and engineering as well
as the legislative and legal phases
OF the problem that have to be
worked out.
Inc Public Ownership League is
undertaking to supply these sery-
ices and to help the public along
these lines. All forward looking
people are invited and urged to
join.
Inere are several forms of men,
oership: Regular members nav Is
per year; contributing members
pay $40; library MEMBERSHIPS ar.
30; associate members pay 50 per
year.
II Is now proposed to establish
municipal, or utility, member
snip, at $25 per year and upwards
TO $500 and $1,000 per year. ac-
cordlng to the population Of the
city The purpose OF this form os
membership is to create a eom-
mon fund out Of which the munich
palities that own and operate any
OF their utilities may secure ex-
pert and reliable engineering. legal
and accounting and other neces-
sary service when required.
Men and women Of national note
are back Of the movement.
Hon. Albert NJ. Todd, of Kala-
mazoo. Mich, is the president. and
Carl D. Thompson, Of Chicago, is
secretary.
Mr.. Thompson is in charge Of
the national Office of the league.
which is in the Unity Building. in
Chicago.
The treasurer is Mr.. Charles II.
Ingersoll, Of the famous IngersoII
Watch Company.
Among the officers and commit
teemen are such well-known men
and women as Frank P. Walsh.
joint chairman Of the War Labor
Board; Amos Pinchot. of New
York; Prof. Charles Zueblin, Of
Boston; Miss Jane Adams, Hull
House, Chicago; Hon. Edward F.
Dunno, former governor of IIli-
nois; Delos F. Wilcox, public util-
ity expert; Louis F. Post, of the
Department of Labor: Hon. Rob-
ert L. Owen. United States Sena-
tor of Oklahoma; Frank Hayes,
president United Mine Workers OF
America; Frederic E. Howe, COM
missioner Of immigration; David
]. Lewis, Of the Federal telegraph
and telephone systems, and many
others.
Full information may be received
from the national Office Of the
Public Ownership League OF Amer
lea, 1439 Unity Building, I27
North Dearborn street, Chicago.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
Once-Overs
Copyright, 1918. by International Feature Ser
USING CARELESS SPEECH.

USING CARELESS SPEECH.
DO realize how important for to
when making before children
pressonable and women?
naturally that
heart onehaf that
the sake good rather than chkren
What would be the result thn Tom Edna should
ouandh expressed and houghtess ideas as principles?
might that ntuay they would be ostraczed by real
they would friends
And all this they absorbed unconsciousy wild
less talk.
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
A Lady on Whipping Children
A lady sends the following letter:
1t Seems Hard to Kill Old Superstitions

"By no means should a child be
beaten by a mother, father or
other person who is angry, for
they do not know how hard they
are inflicting punishment and it
would be beating, instead of
whipping.
BY no means should a child be
struck on the head. as so many
are. believe God made a place
where child should be spanked,
and also intended US to use our
hands instead of shoes, straps,
etc. Reason with a child first,
and If it W not listen to reason,
do not buy, for every time a
child is bought it will take more
to buy it with next time. Whip
II little, but do not get angry,
for if u mother is not angry she
cannot hurt her child very much,
Mrs. F. S. H.I
The Washington times., 1918-10-08
To this letter we reply:

Dear Madam Yes, the sometimes does strike the
kitten. But that is because the CAN'T TALK The
day began to talk should have ceased to strike
fight If the cat could say Kitty am off to catch
rat and it would not be safe for you with me
wait here for mamado you suppose that would hit
her child? She hits but very gently and then because
is her only way of teaching
"The mother father that strikes blow brutalzes
herself or himself and the child just so much
"As for spanking of children there is in Washington
able doctor who spanked child without temper
and moderately But the punishment caused rupture and
the child injured for life.
H you want to be in the class with cats and other ami
mails that must HIT because they cannot TALK all right
But think that there should be separate talking
class for the human mother with no beatng-onIy argu
ment example kindness"
The Washington times., 1918-10-08

Editor. The Washington Times:
"a short time ago an editorial
was printed in The Washington
Times on whipping children. I
beg to differ as to some Of the
statements in that editorial, it be
ing the first one l ever found in
which every word was not true
and good to practice.
81 have seen cats whip their kit
tens may times; have seen the
little kittens crawl after the
mother when she wanted to leave
them, and she turn around and
strike them with her paw, and the
kittens cried and crawled back.
81 have not studied many ami
mails, but know cats, dogs, cows
and horses do chastise their
young by striking, biting or kick
ing them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
MUST MAKE SPEED
ON REVENUE BILL.

Washington. Dec. i2.--Noticc ia
the Senate that better progress must
be made on the consideration Of the
So. 000. 900. 900 revenue bill was given
today by Senator Simmons. chairman
OF the finance committee. who has
the bill in charge.
Senator Simmons said discussion OF
international questions and other sub
jects not related to the bill must be
put aside in order that the revenue
measure may be considered.
AZ a move In this direction Senator
Simmons succeeded in getting the
Senate to take q recess instead OF an
adjournment. 10 that when it meets
tomorrow the revenue bill as the I'M
finished business will come imme-
diately before the senate without the
usual two-hours Of morning busi-
ness"
Senator penEose- Pennsylvania.
ranking republican member OF the
committee. is 10 address tho Senate
tomorrow on the bill. He will contine
himself chiefly to the objections here
tofore expressed BY the republicans
TO the plan of fixing the 1890 tax rates
In the pending bill.
There was no debate on the hill to-
day. the entire time Of the afternoon
session being given up to the reading
OF amendments made by the commit
tee. Scarcely more than half dozen
senators were In attendance while the
bill was being considered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
SAY WILSON GOES JUST
10 SEE THE mGTS

London, Dec. 11.-sume 3out4nIlD
Tia voices are making the<n9tNN1
hNard here to the efkecA el1Mk "A e6GE~
dent Wilson will not tahA i
the peace conference. but ths.t
coming. ID Europe ffiefeiystC SiSitys 1aSt@
rope. In an apparently inspired e03s
toria1 the Daily Telegraph says:
President Wilson ID coming 10 En-
rope, not. of course. as memb&r az
the peace conference, but ~ pfoet.
dent of the United States rapublie-
1T IL, however. none the le11 ntg.
nif1cant OF the new status of the
United States that its president sh0lIl4
be visiting Europe ut q moment Wh4fi
the peace conference il about q ~
held.
"Mr. Wilson, as author Of the four.
teen points. no doubt anticipates opss
portunities Of further expIAtminlt
what was in his mind whAn ne hid
down that group OF principles VI
I'm the clause on the freed0nn az
the seas the president did not 49,
tempt to reduce to formula the d.
trtne which the United states -
hitherto pressed at successive 1at68
national conferences. sa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
MOST MOMENTOus
MOMENT IN H1sfoRxI

London. Dec f3----.-The coming noAeA
conference will he the most momeutnua
in the worlds history said Chsncel-s
Tor of the Exchequer BonAr Law today
at Glasgow. in addressing crowded
meeting Of women in opening his Alec-
tioh campaign.
THE worlds destintea FOR 9enAf4-'
tons will be shaped by the conferences
Mr.. Law declared. adding thAt perhaps
even more important than thu peares
terms to be imposed IL the AhIaGattoAs
to deal fairly with RritAtn'o o1lieH.i
Rritain's and Americas ideAlA ~ eAtd.
are the same 1T bottom M. a Il,
III would be tho greAtea< n11etnMel
in the world" he declared ~ wosoeui4
not work together with Ameftea nj
support peace"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
WASHERWOnAh IS
MINISTER Of EDUCATION


London. Dec. IA hume h b : k
dwarf. four feet In size. Merries by
name. formerly . tailor. IL now presi-
dent. and 9 washerwoman is minister
OF education Of the republic OF Bruns-
wick. the Daily Chronicle learns from
i,s Amsterdam correspondent The
Guchy OF Brunswick was one OF the
first German states to be turned into
republic. and its monarch led all
other princes IN Indicating the former
duchy IL now completely In the hands
Of the German reds. s.F
The nunchback president gets 3f7,-
500 4 year. which he insists on having
paid him IN daily instaiments. Hts nrst
act was to order search Of all houses
and arrest all enemies of Red rule.
ThereupCn. Ne appointed a. minister Of
education washcrwoman. the Eoings-
on In whose house used to call for
eerious attention fr6m the police under
the old regina Rrunswtck's president
Of police 10 q Fld-uecked former factory
hand wives Of Red guard soldiers
are living In the former ducal palace.
The Red gusrdA are organizing rohber
expsdittcns 70 Salxgittsr and other
nearby tOWnA III
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-13
u. Ambassador
to Russia on Hand
May Prove Only Representative Of That
Country at Pence Conference.


London, Dec. l2--David n. Francis
United States ambassador to Russia.
who as Dave Francis. Of st Louis. was
one of the biggest grain operators and
brokers In the world seems likely to
be Russia's principal, perhaps, sole
representative at the peace conference
at Versailles and Paris. Ambassador
Francis arrived tonight and will re-
main here until Saturday when he
will leave for Paris to meet President
Wilson.
When the correspondent Of Universal
Service saw him at the Hyde Park
hotel tonight and suggested he must
. have wonderful story to tell the
president. he pursed up his ambassa-
dorial mouth. but q twinkle In his eyes
made his silence almost eloquent.
He refused to make definite state
ment about his present mission. hut
In diplomatic circles It In inferred that
MIR. Francis will have a highly tmpcr-
tant and extremely lengthy report to
make which will give the president
first-hand advice about Russia that may
have far-reaching influence upon the
future status OF that country.
Tire ambassador sa7t present condi- 1
ttons In Russia were indesc r1haeie. hut
EXPRESSED the hope that sofneshinE
sound would sdon be evolved out OF
the chaos. Mr.. Francis has been In
many extremely unpleasant and dan
serous situations during the last few
months. sometimes almost desperately
so.
He }aughingIy admitted that there
had been many moment when the
xeranda of the ST. Louis Country club
would have looked mighty good and
comfortable. watching Sam and John
Davis. BERTHE Simonds. Otto Morsman
and other St Louis cracks playing
polo.
Ambassador Francis declined to say
whether he would try to return to RUS
STA or go home to the United States
after his visit in PsRis.