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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-18

The odds are very much against a
girl who marries fellow to get even.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Raise washington's Quota ouickl,,

-1aise Washington's Quota Quickly.
Washington's quota of the third lib
ssz1v loan is $l2sOo 900. It is practically
= certainty that Washington will go
ssver the top with full quota of bond
akinss and win an honor flag. It is
sAsped that it will double its quota and
Iin blue star in addition.
Now, inasmuch as Washington is 60
3as to subscribe its total anyway-prob-
abay much more, and perhaps twice its
.Nuota-why should it not touch the top
Hixht away! Other cities have already
sswon flags. Detroit, larger than Wash.
,1A8ton, has gone over.
Why hang back until some one per
.4uaAes you to buy bond, speaker OF
- eanvasser for the local committee
Your patriotism assuredly does not need
:pfompting or stimulation. The fact that
ss&hs government needs money and is
Rsking you to lend it should suffice upon
.khs mere statement.
Do not let Washington lag along in
Ans trail Of flag winners, coming in tar
<11ly and after strenuous effort. Buy a
bond at once. The ffties and hundreds
make the big totals.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Green Vegetables as Spring Medicine

Green Vegetables as Spring Medicine
Green vegetables, and especially those
that are commonly called "spring
greens" or simply green's" are in active
demand. Women, principally colored
women Of mature age, are gathering
"dandelion greens" and many persons,
rich and poor, are eating the dentate
foliage of that bitter plant. It is one
Of the "blood purifiers" and has been
held in esteem for centuries. It also
has a place in medicine rs "taraxacum
officinalis,' ''and, in spite Of its vicious
and ruthless habit Of taking unlawful
possession of mems lawns and lands, is
said to have some virtues. These vir-
tues reside not in the yellow flowers,
for some oldfashioned people make from
these blossoms what they call dandelion
wine, but in the bitter milky juice which
is in the root and leaves and exudes
whenever the plant is broken. Tho
spring medicine habit Is an old one and
NO doubt ~ this 10 written some Wash
ingtonians Of the old school arc prepar-
ing or consuming sassafras tea, which
10 m infusion Of the bark stripped from
roots ef the saasafras tree. The In
dians Mo Mvsd = nh rssioa m II
Evening star., 1918-04-14
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Every liberty bond IL q bomb In the
house OF Hohenzollern
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
American valor. brains and lives mus,
be backed by money. Buy liberty bonds
and furnish the money.
From the Memphis Commercial-AppeaL
Boat yourself on liberty bonds.
From the Columbia State
Liberty bonds'' will mt an end IN
bonds and bondsmen.
From the IouisviIle Courier-Journal.
Fight or work and buy liberty bonds.
II you will do neither step on the earth
and make room for the defenders Of civiii-
xation.
From the Pittsbursh Chroaicle-T telegraph,
Forget q number Of other thinxs and re-
member the opportunity to invest in lib
erty loan bond.
From the Philadelphia Record
The liberty loan may BE- subscribed
befors some people get fully walked up.
Tron ths Rs,sigA News and 06sszvsr.
Buy. = hhsrfy bond Not bys and bye.
0tsA - sgsf
Evening star., 1918-04-14
THE LITTLE FLAG ON OUR
HOUSE.

The little dag on our house
Ii floating all the day
Beside the great big Stars and Stripes;
You can almost hear 1t say
To all the folks In our street.
A. the breezes make It dance:
look up and see my ono blue star
We've got boy in Francel"
The little dag on our house.
It floats sometimes at night,
And you can zee It way up there
when the street lamp shines Just right.
And sometimes, long toward morning.
When the cop comes By. psrchsnee.
It signals with its one blue star:
we've rot boy In Traneef
The little nag on our house
WIN wave. and wavs. and wsvs
Until our boy comes home again.
or AAds In Frsnes his ssavs.,
Nay-thes ats blns stax tsn - seld
Because ss wars grin shases.
II stiil sAall ways 10 says IAank oedi
VIEW - bay n yssnssiss
--.ygl1 80 = fsaais'1
Evening star., 1918-04-14
School and Home Gardens.

Foundation work for home gardening
in this District was done number Of
years ago by the institution of . system
of school gardens, with definite instruc-
tions, by means Of which thousands Of
children were trained in the cultivation
Of the soil and given an appreciation
Of the value Of even the smallest garden
plots. Washington is now deriving a
material benefit from this early school
garden work, and many Of those who
are now starting their war gardens owe
their skill in the handling Of them to
the instruction they received as children.
It is important to continue this course
Of instruction. Unfortunately appropria-
tions, made in curtailed amounts, for this
purpose have been exhausted, and if the
school garden work is to continue addi-
tional funds are necessary. for tools,
seeds and fertilizer. The District ap-
propriation bill should carry such an
item, with the fund made Immediately
available.
An effort is now being made by the
director Of the war garden movement
in the schools to link up the work Of the
citizens and the work Of the children
by securing pledges from the parents Of
the pupils in the grades from the fifth
to the eighth that gardens will be cul-
tivated at or near their homes. Already
about So per cent Of the white pupils
of these grades have returned such
pledges, and 36 per cent Of the colored
pupils. A hundred per cent response
should be made.
The services Of the school children in
war garden work can be utilized to a
point of high value. These young gar
deners are diigent, they take pride in
their plots, and they guard them jeal-
ously from interference. They are learn
ing something Of value to them and they
are contributing to the food supply of
the community. Every parent Of child
who attends school in the fifth, sixth
seventh or eighth grade should CO.
operate by assuring that gardens will be
maintained.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

From the Philadelphia Press.
There Ii both q spiritual and an econo-
mic reason for pressing for multitude
of the smaller subscriptions.
From the New York Sun.
Isn't it being almost too kind to alien
enemies to invest their American funds
In liberty bonds?
From the Topeka state Journal
The government il offering its people
the most gilt-edge and readily negotiable
investment In the world and 10 paying a
return fully commensurate with the secur-
/ lty behind It
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph.
"Every dollar subscribed to the liberty
loan 10 d dollar invested in American
manhood," !" says Gen PsrshinS. Yes, and it
is an Investment that pays mighty big
interest.
From The Indianapolis News.
II you have . baby, buy q bond for
baby. II you have no baby, buy . baby
bond.
Trsn tie AiessS Herald.
From the standpoint Of national and
ananoixl security tie liherty bond - the
|bsst security thAk could - o6sesd m
|An1eicna cdti1sn y;
Evening star., 1918-04-14

From the Philadelphia Press.
Lloyd Georges latest speech was char
acteristically frank and courageous. frank
in revealing the seriousness. Of the present
crisis on the front and behind it. coura-
9eous in proposing the only available
remedy, dangerous though 1t is.
From the New, York Sun.
France needs our help. but not to the
end that she may retire to bind hes
wounds. In the last quarter Of an hour
OF which Clemenceau spoke France viii
be the great figure.
From the Chicago Herald.
Hindenburs is said to have advised the
emperor that 1t .'takes time" to win .
,battie. It il going to take lot OF Ger
mans, too, and even then there's no guar
antee Of success.
From the Indianapolis News.
II Russia wasn't Russia 1t might be
sinking German battleships now instead
Of sinking its own. -
From, the Atlanta Uenstitatiee.
Ames4sass hrst year Of war has bsen 2
svsnds. Herlssr. and foing On noN 'seFeaa
.SttenexN ~ saEfa1gth. s.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

packed In it-arouses curiosity and In
cites to speculation. The theme Is
large. The speaker is = master Of ex-
precision, and IAN old parliamentary
hand.n He could not have been per-
suaded to 60 into particulars. He saw
the advantage and advisability Of lesv-
ing much to the imagination.
At the close Of the war, whenever it
comes and with whatever result, "in-
dustrial expansion" Will be the watch
word Of all the nations. All will be
saddled with debt. All viii strive to
free themselves as speedily as possible.
Economists will come prominently into
the picture, and have a wide field for
the exercise Of their talents. Those who
master the great problem presented, and
assist in restoring and increasing pros
perity, will earn and receive high praise
in their respective countries.
England has been q free trade coun-
try; and Mr.. Asquith predicts it will
hold to that policy. And yet for some
years prior to the war it had been
slipping under that policy, and to such
an extent that strong protection SEN
timcnt had grown up in the island. If
Joseph Chamberlain's health had not
failed he might in the end have forced
either straight protection, or q material
modification Of free trade, on Eng
land.
The United States and Germany have
been protection countries, and both have
developed and prospered wonderfully
under the policy. The future is but q
guess. but good guess is that in both
countries protection will survive the war,
and be applied again in both. To what
extent and under what changes made
necessary by the war time alone can
tell
This much alone Is certain at this
time: That industrial expansion1the
fight for new markets, and a stronger
hold on old markets-is going to call
into play the keenest Of the business
genius Of the world, and match against
one another In a colossal struggle the
men who possess it. And once the strug-
gle is inaugufated we shall see state
socialism enter the lists and contend
for recognition far beyond anything it
has hitherto received anywhere.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Party Activities.

The new chairman Of the republican
national committee is taking his office
-seriously and arranging for work sys-
.tematicaIly. Just now he is in the west
canvassinz for the third liberty bond
sale. At the close Of the mission he wi
,-offer his assistance to the chairman of
tho republican congressional commit
tee, and do his bit toward achieving
sparty success next November.
Mr.. Hays is trained politician, and
,-sees, as others Of like training see, that
The country is on the eve Of some brisk
politics. It is his duty to get into the
picture; and he is preparing to do his
duty.
The situation has been apparent 70
-Soms time. It appeared in the four spe-
sial congressional elections held in New
york, when four democrats were
-.slssted to the House. In his letter to
Lin party friends in New Jersey the
President held the tone Of . partisan,
and urged democratic union and activity.
In the senatorial race in Wisconsin he
Txavs his support to the democratic can
didats.
It II idle to say, as some men for one
reason or another are doing, that the
war has temporarily effaced party lines.
Except as to the question Of supporting
iths wAr, it has done nothing Of the kind.
There Is politics galore all over the
sUnited States, with the prospect Of in
sezsasins in ardor as this years cam
paigns progress.
The democrats, who are in, want to
Say in. The republicans, who are out,
want to get in. It is the old familiar
!. story, and will be told in the old IA
-miliar way.
: There Is, this year, q new reason why
,. the two old parties should exert them
: sslves. A new party has appeared. and
n fishing for advantage in very trou-
hled waters. It is calculating on the
breakup Of the present order Of things,
sazd on fashioning for itself life raft
ont Of the wreckage.
Socialism is thing not to be disre-
5srded at this time. It may turn out a
eeM4, Il may turn ont sermon. It is
~ appeal to tho diseontented; and
ssverywhere now tho number Of the dis
s6oatented is large A month before the
11gew York mayorslty election last ia
30 estimate, except pvt out for cameu-
AAge purposes, gave the socialist candi-
s1nts above fifty thousand votes. He
! poIled nearly three times that many.
: sTlctor Berger's strength in the VII
cousin senatorial race was placed at
-Ahout forty thousand votes. One hun
s.dred and ten thousand was the figure
recorded at the polls.
s. Chairman Hays is right. And pres
ently probably We shah see Chairman
!, 0eCormick getting busy.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
POLITICS AT HOME
Now York

The New York democrats e0ulds with
truth and propriety, advertise in some.
thing like these terms:
"Wanted-A strong man to run for gov.
ernor. Need not be q member Of. but
must be acceptable to. Tammany hall,
Need not have received any recognition
from the national administration, but
must be on friendly footing with those
who represent It in the state. Must be
able in overy way to make thorough,
II expensive, campaign. # at any time
wabbly in the past, should be able to
establish his democracy now according
to the standards Of today. A native Of
the state preferred"
A consolidation Of upstate leaders d
scheduled for Syracuse on the e4th In.
stant This is in response TO . sugsss-
ton, amounting almost to Q demand,
that the candidate be taken from out
side the metropolis. A supporting ar.
gument is that as Gov. Whitman, who
will lead the republicans again, u from
the big town, he should be opposed BY
q man from above the Harlem river,
Town against country.
The town democrats object to thiA On
the score that upstate 10 republican. The
democratic strength Is IN the metropolis
Tammany, ss always, holds the key "a
the situation.
As yet, Tammany has presented NO
name-has suggested nobody either from
within or without it, own ranks. But
it is understood to be very much con-
cerned, and as likely to say word when
it considers the time opportune.
Neither has anybody spoken FOR the
administration. There are three New
Yorkers in the cabinet, though Nh. Ian.
sing is not elassed ~ politician. But
Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Redheld are; and
should either make . suggestion on the
subject It would carry far. Not to the
extent, probably, Of deciding the matter
but certainly to the extent Of attracting
general attention.
Mr.. McAdoo's own name has appeared
in the gossip, but not, It IL understood
with his authority. The story that he
might try his fortune in New York this
year preparatory to trying It later for
the presidency found few believers. His
burden at present 10 quite ~ much al
he can bear; and he could not unload
to any sort Of personal advantage.
As the nomination is not due until the
latter part Of September, this early CON
ference at Syracuse shows how keen in
terest is, and how much Importance at.
taches to the subject.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON b c. APRIL 1 1es-pARr ].

spring medicine habit, and Tor unreck-
oned ages before the coming OF the
whites their spring medicine WAS nan
seous infusion of the leaves Of a par
ticular species Of holly.
While the use of "simples" has nearly
passed out, people in their greater lat
ter-day wisdom are eating more green
vegetables or garden sass" The farms
Of the far south and transportation Of
which our ancestors did not dream now
enable people in the earliest spring and
even throughout winter to supply them
selves with such well-known blood puri-
fera as lettuce, onions, radishes, string
beans, green peas, spinach, asparagus,
raw tomatoes, kale and caulihower.
These things are good rs preventives or
correctives Of spring fever, or that
"tired feeling" which 10 said to be due
to the failure Of the ductless glands to
act properly, thus allowing accumulated
products to poison the blood. It is
averred by some students Of the human
system and denied by others that a
highly nitrogenous diet, especially a
meat diet, puts heavier strain upon
the ductless gland function than car
bohydrate or vegetable diet. A diet
largely made up Of green vegetables
and fresh fruits is indicated especially
in spring and summer by all authori-
ties. It was probably a recognition Of
Mis fact which caused our ancestors to
60 afeld for dandelion leaves and the
young shoots of the poke bush, because
those things turned green before any
fresh vegetables could be raised in the
garden.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
FIFTY YEARS Ago IN THE STAR

tended the activities Of these -fegHles
tors" but It soon became evident thar
there was Q central torcs dirscttnf
them; ,,. In The ss.t star ,t Ss A9s pr .i
Memphis resulting In the capture O
twenty persons. mostly boys. on one Of
whom was found . document purports
pE Rn. .G xn 20 the sa so, e &: &: e
5ect OF the order to protect the peollA
Of the south from the bands e4 roos
bers and murderers who are now preyy
ing upon them. even to the last fesorS
is the following:
"Ths Richmond whir Of yesterday
has an article purnorting to BE- . his
tory Of the Ku Klux Klan. which order
which ssems simultaneously to have
found foothold In every state in the
south. The Whlg says tts outlandish
name 10 not Of American origin nor
the order. originated in China, among
the foreign merchants engaged in SNUG
Cling opium into that empire. and was
introduced into the United States BY
that country. when he became q mem-
Der. On his return he and some friends
met and organized the order in room
- Of Browns Hotel. not dream
ing Of its being afterwssd ehansed
the politics of tho south. IN adapt
ing the organisation there had to be
attached to It additional features not
Of the same secret character as It's
oe lep, seerss ~ a policy
may dictate. For instance. no Lang
they now call II Klan-can have over
$500 members. over which there as
sss ~as 30 i, x here e'Ru. .rs sr
oficer. for every 100 a captain. for
every 30 D lieutenant and for every
20 . sergeant. The chief receives his
orders from the organization and his
to be strictly obeyed. or the inffiction
of the severest punishment follows.
The Whig claims for the order in three
wards Of Richmond q membership OF
ogsr .Soo With 700. 700 ss:,
Only able-bodied white men are re.
ceived- into the order and candidates
are rejected II not Of = manly stature"
In the old times the Jury System was
not harnpered by the prsvalsnos Of
Newspaper reading for
Jurors and the reason that there
- were few papers and
VPlnaons. consequently crimes were
not the subject Of discussion generally
among the people. with the Develop
ment of the press OF this country the
free printing Of news caused fncreas~
ing difiiculty on the score Of the form
ing Of opinions. In The Star Of April
>, 1858. IL q reference to the passage
by the Senate OF q bill providing that
no person should be barred as Juror
tn the federal courts who might have
formed An opinion in any case from
reading the public journale. provided
he would afirm that he would try the
case impartially, according to the law
and the evidence. This 10 virtually the
law today. Jurors being accepted de-
spite tbs formation of opinions through
reading IL they do not hold those opin-
ions to be unshakable.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

Every government department das
its hands full in the prosecution OF the
war. -
But to be busy is nothing new IN
the life Of the federal government.
It has been busy always.
Think what 1t means when the local
post ONCE gets letter addressed as
follows:
washington. D. c." @8.5s u
Surprisingly simple, of course; an
uncomplicated address. to be sure. ana
one that the sender thought would be
easy of delivery, no doubt.
Well, the letter was delivered, al
right, to the Department OF Agricui-
ture, where It belonged. I had the
some other letters received during re-
cent years at the busy department on
the Mall between 10Th and 14th streets.
One letter was addressed as follows:
"National Capitol of Washington
Poultry Department.
That went to the department. too.
Another was addressed:
.Denartment Of Agriculture,
washington. D. G.
Here another:
"Black Leg Department"
1t may be explained that the writer
of the letter wanted to know some
thing about a cattle disease known As
black leg" Sow,
Then there was another letter, from
Palmyra, Ill. addressed:
"B. A. I. Agricultural Dept.
washington. D. c.
What the man was> after. I believe,
was a pamphlet. probably No. 137, on
an10fA goats,
< letter came. from Pennsylvania
addressed to "Polutry DEPARTMENT az
the White House" The Department Oh
Agriculture got that. too.
BAD spelling plays its part. There fs
a letter addressed "Chief beureer OF
anilems industry. washington: D.
The chief of the bureau OF animal IN
dustry was the recipient, natufauy-
wav man in Iowa thought 1t ought
to be spelled.
From Colorado came a letter ad-
dressed to:
culture"
Colorado also scored with:
sSro the stock Buer- Dep"
The writer Of that. after struggling
with ''buer" in vain. solved the prop
lem by making a mastery scrawi tnat
,eiaht ,nn he correct or incorrect. as far
as II is possible to tell.
Oklahoma, not to be outdone, sent
the following:
sStock & Agricultural. Beuro
Kansas varied the spelling with:
"chief of Burreou Of Animal Industry"
A Kansas City man varied things a
hit and gave the bureau a new loca-
tion when he addressed It as follows:
"Bureau of Animal Industra,
Capital Building.
. ''Washingto. D. G"
San Antonio. Tex. not to be outdone.
introduced q fancy variation OF bu-
rasn" with 'sU. S. Animal Bureaugh."
The Manager of the U. 8. Govern
ment Goat Farm" got a letter. Another
came addressed to The Hanex Bee A
Manuel of instruction. U. 8. Dep OF
A man living in topeka, kansas" has
finished of the collection with this:
Of agriculture
dear sir have you the stratrics on
the no of swine raised in the In
the year Of 1900 II SO pleas send 1t to
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Party Government and the War.

Henry Ford, the Michigan manufac.
turer, is being doomed for United States
senator on a proposition for "a nation.
wide abandonment Of political party
lines during the war" In an interview
Mr.. Ford says:
I am a republican and I didn't want
war. We have democrat for President
and we have war, and am for both
1t is the duty Of every American to
stand by President Wilson and his cabi.
net and lay plans to retain him in of.
fee until the elid Of the war. even if
that war should last ten years"
This is supplemental Of Col. George
Harvey's proposition for Congress by
"an arrangement of political leaders"
Col Harvey's proposition has met with
no Endorsement. We shall have another
Congress by the constitutional method
Both the leading parties are rormulae-
ing their plans. It is the only lawful
way; and the situation does not cali for
a suspension Of the law.
A like fate awaits Mr.. Ford's propo-
sition. If Mr.. Wilson is reelected
President it will be by the constitu.
tional method, and not by any ARRANGE
ment of political leaders" When the
time comes party nominations will, as
usual, be made, party platforms adopted
and party campaigns organized and con-
Quoted. If Mr. Wilson is reelected
for four years, Of course-he will have
the support of those who have just op-
posed him. If he is defeated, he will
give his support to his successful rival
Such is the American way Of doing busi-
ness.
The situation is now, and it may be
later very grave. Nobody is trying, OF
should try, to minimize it. Everybody
should look it squarely in the face, and
strive, according to his lights, to meet
the obligations imposed.
But neither should the situation be
maximized. Why contend that it calls
for changes in our governmental funda-
mentalsf Why cannot it be met by the
agencies Of constitutional prescription
Of course, it can be, and it will be.
Neither Congress nor the presidency will
be handed over to the manipulation Of
managing politicians. The people are
still in control; and both this year and
in 1920 they will express themselves at
the polls IN the usual way. And their
decision in both years will be accepted
and acted on.
Party government has not broken
down. nor should it be broken down. 1t
Is not in the slightest degree responsible
for what has come to pass; and there is
no reason to suppose that our difficult
ties have passed, or will pass, the bounds
Of remedy by party.