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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX,

Il would be absurd for a sus-
ceptible little butterfly, always in
terested in the last man she meets,
to marry 4 soldier. She would
probably cry her eyes out at part
ing, then feel sorry for herself
when she saw other girls going TO
dances and picnics and realized, as
q married woman, she was not get
ting as much attention as formerly.
She1magines She Had a Tragedy.
Then probably some one else
would come along, and she would
imagine she had q regular three
act tragedy on her hands. There
fore, to the pretty, susceptible
butterfly let me say, and say a.
emphatically as / am capable Of
the lot Of "war bride" Is not for
you.
It takes sterner stuff than but
terfies are made Of to stand the
strain and suspense and the steel
ing Of heart and hand every time
one picks up a newspaper with its
dread casualty list.
1t takes something Of the he
roic spirit that sent our Pilgrim
women across an unknown sea
into an unknown land and stead
led them to face the waiting hard
ships because they loved the men
who loved freedom. They would
not consent to wait for them in
comfort by an English fireside till
the wilderness had been subdued.
The Pioneer Women Of the West.
Or the chances Of being q he
roic "war bride" are good, If any
Of my girl correspondents who
have written on this subject, has
in her veins the blood Of some
pioneer woman who helped to set
tie our great West.
Have you ever thought Of the.
part played by these women in the
coloniZing Of our Western States?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

too seriously-there win be other
soldier boys, and other civilians,
too, for that matter.
The other day In a department
store, ] noticed q girl IN the act
Of measuring something, throw
back her head and pass her hand
over her face. I saw that her tears
had been too quick. and that she
was careful to save the delicate
fabric she was handling.
She told me her husband had left
for France about two weeks ago;
as he left her he called back: so
long. girl-I1l see you again Il
know now" she said, he meant
we'd meet Rgain-somewhere-
even II he didn't come back"
He Couldn't Say @GOOd-by."
She went on to say, after he had
gone q couple Of hours, q mes
senger had brought her a letter
saying he was sailing next day
and that the one thing he could not
do. was to say "good-by."
She had married him three
months before, with her parents
consent, and they had promised to
stand by her through everything.
In the meantime, she had kept on
with her work in the department
store, 30 that she wouldn't have
too much time to think-and
throwing back her head, suppose,
when the tears proved trouble
some.
l had no doubt as to that girl,
she was fine and true and loyal;
every line Of her face proclaimed
that-she was the type Of poor old
Mrs. Wolgamott who would wait
fifty years. and keep her love light
burning In the window.
But 1t seemed to me sacrilegieus
that her tears should fall on a silly
lowered muslin she was measur-
ing for a woman she had never
seen before in her life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

Basr the Congressman from North Dakota made this
picture brought it in and wrote under it:
Liberty says to the farmer We fighting to carry
to the world the democracy the farmers have fought for
fighting for now and win continue to fight for The farmer
says Wen stickF
Of al patriots this country most to the American
farmer.
The son Of the farmer has gone to war.
His e too long on the average, is made shorter
By effort TO do work for himself and the across the ocean
It is not necessary to have any daylight saving plan
for the farmer necessary push the clock ahead
IN the Of hard work the is the farmers clock
Il rises and finds him orkng-prodQcng food for the
army and for the nation.
1t sets and leaves him working
The moon, when it comes up finds the farmer with his
lantern busy in the barnyard putting away the stock-a
tending to chores that be done after daylight goes
Those that study farming from the window Of Pull
man during two weeks at country hotel exclam In
rapture "HoW wish were farmer" They know little
about farming or the farmers ffe
The farmers life is hard and that Of his wife Is harder
There Is no ''easiy earned money for them. They
must pillow and harrow and plant and cultivate, and har
and store and with few exceptions the reward Is barely
enough TO keep them until the next Of hard work
with hours longer than the daylight
10 feel sympathetic is easy If you want to do some
thing for the farmer write your Congressman say that
You think the Government should make it easy for the
farmer borrow money to buy his seed pay his help and
raise his copust other manufacturers borrow money
from the Government
And you can help the farmer also BY EATING Po-
TAToEs NOW at the same time helping your country by
eating less Of the wheat that the army needs
Last year the Government the newspapers, and the
whole country urged the farmer to plant potatoes
He did what he asked to do Now the potatoes
stored millions Of barrels they will be rottng and lost
the loss falling upon the farmer.
You can't pillow, weed or harrow or kill potato bugs
for the farmer but you eat potatoes instead Of eating
somsthing else-Do IT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

Day after day they Travelled IN the
big covered wagons. cooking,
washing, keeping. house as they
made their way across the track
less wilderness. The sun rose be-
hind them In the morning, over
took them. dropped below the hori-
zon at night-month after month,
year after year, sometimes-as
they plodded along in the lumber
ing, creahng wagon
Sometimes children were born
on these journeys, and again chill
dren died, and the mother would
put up q cross IN the wilderness
and pray she would come back 10
the little grave some day.
The Something Of Which Empires
Are Made.
And again they would push on,
not knowing what the next day
would bring forth-an Indian mas
sacre perhaps, an attack by wild
beasts, or the loss Of all their pos
sessions in crossing some swollen
stream. But, logged, resolute,
they kept on, building up, day by
day, that something Of which en-
pires are made.
And giving to their descendants,
even to the third and fourth gen.
Grafton, that grit, fiber. backbone
call it what you will-that has
been the saving grace Of the
American people.
Sometimes we seem to lose this
quality, and grow soft, when lux
ury overtakes us, but in the long
run, it may be depended on when
the clinch comes, to land us-"oyer
the top"
To girls that have some Of the
stoicism Of the pioneer women in
their makeup, I would say, by all
means, marry your soldier boy,
Rnd-God bless you. But to the
butterfly, don't take your feelings
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

clipped the following from yes
terday's paper:
"DANVILLE, Ill.-Mrs. z.
Wolgamott. eighty years old.
whose husband was among
those reported missing" during
the civil war. and who had kept
a lighted lamp in the window
OF her cottage for more than
nifty years, hoping that some
day he would return, and the
light might guide him home, Is
dead at the hospital at Kanka-
kee.
Her husband was a member
of the 125th Illinois infantry,
which was organized in Dan
Vile"
am old-fashioned enough to
believe these two found each other
at last, and the war-bride Of fifty
years ago, feels repaid for lighting
the lamp in her window all those
years.
I've had 30 many letters from
girls who want to know whether It
would be advisable to marry their
soldier sweethearts before the boys
sail for "over there" that | am
going to attempt something In the
way Of a collective answer.
Question Cannot Be Answered by
Yes or No.
In the first place, the wisdom OF
q war marriage depends on the
type OF girl about TO become a "war-
bride" The question cannot be
answered by yes" or no." cir
cumstsnces and the individual
must decide the case.
The girls position will be hard
enough, in any event, and unelss
she has the love many waters can
not quench" and the grim ability to
live from day to day, in suspense,
and to face anything the future
brings-she would better defer her
wedding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

Over on the Eastern Shore Of MaFIand q one O no
most fertile spots in the world
More vegetables and better vegetables produced
there than anywhere else, so Maryland claims
The Eastern Shore has two great markets Baltimore
and Washington.
At present. transportation between this garden spot
and Washington is slower than is necessary
What is the matter with utilizing the Chesapeake Beach
railroadf
Also, why not develop the motor truck to its fullest
usef
Ny idea is that motor trucks fitted with fange wheels
could be shot all through the Eastern Shore loaded with
foodstus shipped the bay ferries and then could
be run down the Chesapeake Beach tracks to Washington
railroad time.
One look the map shows that the food would pour
into Washington like a funnel By this the same
truck that picked up the crops in Maryland would deliver
tito the markets here There would be lost mo0n
handling and transferring. To my mind it is ideal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

IN eivl Efs the private e s1orts
at least ss0, 900 a year AID = oAs 81
the best-ksOtcn yOttAq men 81
Aassried, bat sVsR IF Z Susrs dif-
fereHt sgkg should tie Red Cross
sHObbeFy srteNd to official aetsf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25
THE slush Fund Could Do No Wrong
Continued from First COlumn.)

CONTINUED from First Column)
The innocent Post explains it this way "Ths Mitchell
managers had much money that they failed TO make
accurate return Of its expenditure to the secretary Of stats
required by law In this sense the indictment s tech
meal No fraud or political corruption Is charged
You are quite mistaken, innocent Post Political cor
rupton and fraud ARE charged and justly charged and
you would know 1t you knew anything.
What would you have said Hylan had bean backed by
fund Of 100000 paid out in bills receipts takn2
Would you have thought all innocent? Why do you
innocence In the Of enormously rich who
TESS to the raising Of millions in order 70 have thar way in
city politics and their way with city property
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

How about that cord wood thai
Ben dragged In to saw up last win
ter? Was that q bluR9
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

LIE ROY MARKS is wearing q
wrist watch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

Politics Is boiling. BASCOh
SLEMP and ED C0LLADAY had
lunch together at the Bellevue yes
terdaY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25
HEARD AND SEEN

where the WRECO traGIrB 70 enc
way and the Capital Traction linz
goes another . WRECO motofman
stopped the car and asked the pas
sengers which way be should 50.
Another thing that makes me
sore Il q certain captain "a the med
zeal corps. A prfvate, very siek,
having been shot fun q anti typhoid
dope, met this specimen buzzing
with insect authority and failed 20
salute. WhereupOn the insect
made the soldier stand e attention
against a wall and salute and salute
and salute. Someday I'm going TO
ten that insect captain something
that win Do him good.
Also-this Is crouch day-a
member Of the Red Cross motor
corps got q call to take her eat to
4 station and help carry some army
paraphernalia- She talked to the
army man on the phone, and not
knowing him asked for identified
ton:
@What is your rank, pisasefs
eooed the uniformed Red Cross Eo-
man
Private came the Response.
The Red Cross woman thereupon
hung up the phone, and went about
her ordinary affairs Of life.
I'm going TO think Of that when
they solicit me for funds next time.
IN eiVa Rfs the private e vort6
at least $50 900 q year o1d = one Of
the best-kRO1cn Eotaq msH =
AHsried, bat eveR II e S1srs dr.
fereHt sVhg should tie Red Cross
sHooberg extend to official aetsg
A Waterman at the War Depart
ment gave me the envelope In which
he receives his semi-monthly pay Of
$50. On the envelope is stamped q
Liberty loan appeal, and within tho
envelope II an agreement, of which
the following Is q copy:
7 hereby agree to pay b Jacob
Reeds Sons. Philadelphia, through J.
FRANK DREW, at the Admlnistra-
ton building, Washington, d. C., the
sum Of -Four (S4.O0) Dollars, semi
monthly, on uniform purchased.
in case leave the service prior
to paying IN full for said uniform.
hereby agree to pay Jacob Reeds
Sons the balance owe than within
thirty days from date Of leaving the
service
R- = LSherfv Bond TODAY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25

BEN ALLEN OF M8COno sLeoN
has been working In his garden late
", And Is proudly showing his hands
which are all calloused.
LOU STRAYER, when interviewed
On the subject Of Mr.. Aliens cal
louses, spoke e. follows:
IT do not believe Mr.. Allen cal
loused his hands IN gardening. You
can set exactly the same kind Of cal
lOuses from grasping an automobile
wheel"
How about that cord wood thai
Ben dragged In to saw up last win
teri Was that q bluf3
On ConAscticut aVsEass bridge last
Sunday, lOks1 the "taS1|' sOos about
to perform, I had the AGrdihOOd to
try to get place Rsar the bridge
railing. A policeman informed me
that "the space toas reserved for the
familiss of CoH0rsssme5L" of course,
that sort Of thing doesn't 90 IOith
people SObo realize streets are free,
but SINGS Sunday I have heard Of
three peoplS IVhO actually %mOVSd
on" Tkiags Of the kid do more to
irritdte people and 70 make them re-
seRtful thGR really serious matters.
WADE COOPER says that people
should all realize the importance Of
getting on street cars at one end and
leaving them at the other.
"More time than you can count.
he says, sis lost by indiseriminate
rushing toward the wrong end of
street cars. Much confusion would
be eliminated II every one got on the
front end"
OF course, no enc can do this IN q
center door car, which, / trust, viii
soon be a memory.
Politics is boiling. BASCOM
SLEMP and ED COLLADAY had
lunch together at the Bellevue yes
terday.
LIE ROY MARKS is wearing q
wrist watch.
Saw a WRECO motorman driv-
ing a WREC0 car marked Lin
coin Park" onto tracks leading to
the Thirteenth and D street route.
And he never realized he was off
the route until passengers called
attention to it.
And near the old B. & o. station,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-25
One Real Patriot-the Farmer

His Son Is Fighting And he Is Working for the
Country, Feeding the Nation and the Army
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
TO BUILD TELEPHONE LINE
CORDOVA TO COAL FIELDS

David H. White, manager of the IA
talla-Cordova long distance telephone
line, who is in town on business
states that he has arranged to greatly
improve the service between these
two towns by stringing new wire and
erecting new poles where necessary.
To-day Mr. White was also awarded
the contract by the Boring River Coal
Company to build a telephon, line
from Katalla to its mining camp on
Shepard creek, a distance Of about
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Colonel j. A. Mcclure. editor and
proprietor of Outdoor Life, sports
mems magazine published at Denver,
couple of days, en- route to the White
river section in quest of big game.
He is accompanied by ID. d. Rogers,
taxidermist of the Colorado Museum
of Natural History; Harry C. James
and son, William James, OF Denver.
They will be accompanied on their ex-
petition by Captain J. p. Hubrich Of
Mccarthy. the famous guide.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

NJ. +. Torrell, who with his wife ar
rived here from Seattle about three
months ago to accept a position in
the mechanical department of the
Daily Times. has been drafted and
will leave for Camp Lewis on the
steamship Northwestern. During his
spare moments in Cordoya Torrell
built a thirty-foot launch, the June.
linger for $500. The latter will use
1t in connection with fishing trap
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

On the south-bound trips of the
steamships Northwestern and Admiral
Farragut they have completely sold
out their reservations. Agent Hedges
reports that for the next four sailings
of Alaska Steamship Company ships
from here to the States all passenger
accommodations are now reserved,
while Agent Kline of the Pacific
Steamship Company says that all the
Cordova reservations on the next two
Admiral boats leaving here are sold
out. The crowded condition OF the
steamers at this time is due to the
fact that so many volunteers and
draft men are going Outside to join
the army. while a large number Of
Interior people are going to the lStates
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
BASEBALL FANS MAY
SEE NO WORLDS SERIES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 3-Un-
less someone backs down there will
be no worlds series baseball this sea
son, Judging from the sentiments OF
the national baseball commission, now
in session here
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
FIVE DANISH STEAMSHIPS
IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE

A PACIFIC PORT, Aug. give
big Danish steamships which have
been lying in this harbor for several
months have been chartered to the
United States government to bring
sugar from the Hawaiian islands.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

w. f. Brainerd and wife, foreman
and linotype operator at the Daily
Herald office, will leave on the Far
ragut for Juneau, to accept positions
on the Daily Dispatch.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
IN BOARDING TRANSPORT

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug 8
Frederick Roucher was arrested today
while boarding a troop transport. for
merly German liner. The police be
lieve Roucher intended blowing up
the vessel.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

J. B. Kelley, superintendent for the
Cordova Mill and Lumber Company,
and his wife will be outgoing passen-
gers on the next steamship sailing
south, to make their future home in
the States.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
SHIPPING BOARD OFFICIAL
MIXED IN CRAFT SCANDAL

WASHINGTON, Aug Evidence
connecting at least one minor official
OF the shipping board with an alleged
4, attempt to obtain contracts from the
board at extraordinarily high prices
has been gathered by government
agents.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

James Watson, William Ray and
Lenardas Grannopolas, who were re
Gently indicted into the service OF
Uncle Sam, left last night for Fort
Liscum to join the Fourteenth in
fantry.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Captain Davis of the Hoonah Pack.
ing Company left today on the launch
Rolfe on cruise to the westward
Allen Bateman, geologist. and W, r.
Van Campen. superintendent of the
Boring River Coal Company, accom-
panied him as far as Latouche.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
.BR|CAD|ER GENERAL DAVIS
DIES At ADVANCED ACE

HONOLULU, Aug. 3-Brigadier
General Edward Davis, United States
army, retired at his own request in
1895 after forty years service, died
here yesterday. He was veteran of
the Civil war.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
EvERYBOD's DOING IT.
BUYING THRIFT STAMPS

WASHINGTON, Aug, 3.-In July
the sale of war savings and thrift
stamps netted S2l1.4l7.OO0. This rep
resents 81 for every man, woman and
child in the country.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

The second floor of the city hall has
been thoroughly renovated and will
be ready next week for the use of the
local chapter, American Red Cross,
as workroom and general headquar.
tiers.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Mrs. Frank Wright wife of the pres.
ident OF the Carlisle Packing Com
pany, and her mother, Mrs. Graham,
who have been visiting in Cordova,
will tomorrow return to their homes
in the States.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
ENEMY SUBMARINE Off
THE COAST OF MAINE

WASHINGTON. Aug. ga subma-
rine of the coast of Maine yesterday
removed a quantity of provisions from
an American lumber schooner and set
landed in safety.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
ARCHANCEL IS IN HANDS
Of BOLSHEWKrs ENEMIES
Tonight at 8 Sharp

ANDALASKA, Russian Lapland,
Aug. "a revolution against the Boil
sheviki and in favor OF the allies has
occurred at Archangel The Soviet
troops have fled from the city.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
CUBA TO SEND TROOPS
To FIGHT WITH ALLIES

HAVANA. Aug 3.-The house of
representatives has approved an
amendment to the obligatory military
service bin. empowering the Cuban
president to send troops to France
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

twenty miles, in order that through
communication may be established
from the Boring coal fields to Cor
dOva.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Father OMalley and Father
Fletcher will arrive from the west
ward tomorrow, and services will be
held in the Catholic church Sunday.
time permitting.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Mrs. c. w. Porter and daughter,
Miss Alta, entertained a number of
friends at dinner at the Senate cafe
at O'Clock this afternoon. Covers
were laid for ten.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Mr. and Mrs. A. Perry will leave
tomorrow for the States on six
weeks vacation.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

The water will be shut of tomorrow
between the hours of 7 a m. and 4
p m, providing the weather is favor
able and permits OF the making of
some repairs to the mains.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
>~~>~~>~>~~>>>>><
DRAFT AGE TO BE
FROM 10 TO As YEARS

. WASHINGTON, Aug. Sec
. rotary of War Baker will rec
. ommend to congress that the
= draft age be extended to include
. all citizens within the ages of
= Is and 40 years. The bill prob
. ably will be introduced on Mon
. day next.
. Senator Chamberlain, chair
. man of the senate military af-
. fairs cOmmitte, explained that
= under the provisions of the bill
. men between Is and u will be
. divided into three classes, sub
. ject to call in such sequence of
= years as shall be prescribed He
. 81 and IS will be made by a
= similar plan, He stated that
. he believed the younger men
= would be called first. and il
. night not be necessary to call
= those between 81 and 40.
= Secretary Baker. discussing
= the proposed measure. said the
. department had no intention
= in recommending its passage.
= OF calling youths between is
. and - until other classes had
. been thoroughly exhausted, He
= said this had been decided
. upon in order to give the
Z youths a chance to mature be-
= fore they joined the army.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

greatly improved, and he and his wife
will go Outside tomorrow. where he
will consult specialist
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Mrs. \. Van Nechten and four chill.
dren. and her mother Mrs. J. S.
Scurry, will leave for Seattle tomor-
row.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

Howell Lewis. wife and little son
Dick are booked to leave tomorrow
for Seattle, where they will locate per.
manently.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

George Dooley and family will leave
tomorrow on an extended vacation to
the States.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
AND PERSONAL INTEREST

John Gamble and wife have booked
passage on the next south. bound boat.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

A new stock Of 256 and 30-caiiber
Newton rifles for your inspection =:
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-03

J. A Webb, wife and two children,
of Fairbanks, who have been here for
the past ten days, will leave for the
States tomorrow.