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The Washington times., 1918-09-19
BY EARL GOODWIN.

Nearly who kicks about the street service
could have breakfast half hour earlier and walk work
Perhaps it would be hot and uncomfortable Walking in
the summer time but the fine fall days nearly here
and it will be of the greatest pleasures to walk brky
downtown In the crisp morning air
The trouble with most of is that wait until the
last minute and then rush out breakfast hastily eaten
catch overcrowded that will get MS to the Office
barely on time-provided no accident occurs.
Probably hundred thousand people all try to get
down to the office at O'Clock and all Of them try to get
there the same car
THAT feature of Washngton's traffic problem was
what staggered John Beeer until he hit upon staggered
hours Now that he has recommended them they have gone
into effect in of the departments but not In all
And the morning crowds grow worse and worse. Per-
haps many hundred new people day come to
Washington to help along the work and add to the
congestion.
At the best the street service is to be improved
only by seventy cars and that doesn't to to
be enough for the constantly growing population Espe
caly view of the fact that it viii be extremely difficult
to get seventy out Of the present shortage
of labor
So why not walk to work, Thousands of people are
doing it every day and getting to their desks in much
shunted down In packed and jammed street car.
"But haven't time to walk, % hear some say.
The truth is that have all the time there Is; but We
dom always dispose of in the proper way Country boys
who have had to walk three miles to school every morning
know that it is entirely possible to find time to walk "a
work
We have interesting streets and parks here In WASH
ington. 1t would do lot of lot of good to hike t.
work tomorrow morning, car ticket and Eli our
selves with energy than we've had for many day
Try it. III do it if you viii.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

During my hebdomadsl clearing out
OF my pockets this evening l eXca-
waited therefrom a clipping from your
Heard and Seen" column containing
a criticism by a Member Audubon
Society of D. c." of my plea that the
sparrow be permitted to nest in the
cannons in Lafayette Square. as for
merly.
With respect TO my critics asser-
ton that the sparrow drives away
other more useful birds. I can only
adduce that whenever 1 pass through
that park / see sparrows there in har-
monious association with robins.
blackbirds, fiickers. and almost every
sort OF winged thing whose habitat
is there, except bugs. Near Annapo-
lis. where my daughter resides, the
sparrow has so many song-bird ASSOC
cIates that the chorus Is often too
exuberant
Before the English sparrow was ex-
patriated to the National Capital by
Cen o. r. Babcock, OF blessed MEM
DRY. every elm tree in this city that
! saw was denuded of its leaves by
measuring worms before the end of
July. That such trees escape that
depreciation since the sparrows' ap-
pearance ! an constrained to accept
as an instance of effect and cause.
Prof. c. V. Riley and DIR. Elliot Cones
fought that subject threadbare fifty
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
DR.. Tindal On Sparows

years ago, and in my judgment the
sparrow had by far the better side OF
the argument The havoc which the
year locusts when those insects last
appeared here signaIiy refuted the
imputation that the birds are strict
vegetarians. The immunity Of our
shade trees from worm ravages is, in
my opinion, largely duo to their vigil
liant activities.
IL is true, as my critic ascribes 10
Frank Chapman, that the vocal ennis
sions of the English sparrow are net,
as the late President Cleveland said
OF his early married experience, zone
fully be said of the notes Of the robin,
the blackbird, the wren. the jazz band,
and the mule. Nevertheless. such me-
lodious deficiency does not materially
impair the practical usefulness OF
either of them. ! therefore submit
that II is not fair to subject the spar
row to a musical test as a criterion
of its right to exist.
On the whole. fail to discern that
my critic has made out his case. and
] still appeal to Colonel Ridley to re-
move those unsightly tar tampions
from the muzzles OF the guns around
the Jackson statue in Lafayette
Square in order that the sparrows
may multiply. and that the predatory
bugs and worms may consequently get
their coup de vice versa.
WILLIAM TINDAL.L.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
TODAY'S TOPIC
What's the Difference Between an Old Maid
and Bachelor Girl?

aries are a valuable spur to all
forward movements.
They are the pebbles that give
greater momentum to the stream
of progress. But we think Of
them and lament their presence
in Tennyson's apt phrase: "a
yet-warm corpse, and yet unbur-
liable" Not long ago one of these
ran for the Presidency, he also
undertook an unsuccessful pleas
ure excursion, at the Govern
ment's expense, for which a Ger
tain club awarded him a medal for
valor. ] do not know the inscrip-
ton on this gift horse, but bear
ing his record on women suffrage
in mind, it might have read: HE
has not changed his mind in fifty
years"
Sometimes the old maid is
young, as years are counted, but
as set as a hard boiled egg in the
matter of convictions. The crown
prince of Germany, for instance,
sees a perishing world waiting
for him to set it straight.
The Bachelor Girl.
The bachelor girl differs from
the old maid in that she is in
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

had my front tooth filed with
porcelain.
Invest in "Prunes and Prismss
Preferred.
This self-centered product has
flashes Of patriotism, and would
honestly enjoy buying thrift
stamps, war saving certificates, or
even a Liberty bond or two. but
it has contracted the habit of in
vesting in "Prunes and Prisms"
preferred, and can't bear the
thought OF risking a change.
For very much the same rea-
son, your typical o. NJ. is always
an anti-suffragist, for the COM
polling motive that his or her
grandmother was one. Why they
do not wear caps and hoop skirts
for the same reason, it is difficult
to follow.
We have old maids Of this type
in the Senate, House, and State
legislature. We have always had
them, and, like the Biblical poor,
we shall have them perpetually.
The impatient reformer does not
always see it, but these reaction
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

GUS BUCHHoLZ was down to
Atlantic City for q spell. See any
U-boats, Gus?
Wen, Went Here's WILL CHAND-
LEE.
within q few squares this morn
ing" says WILL CHANDLER, the
artist. Il picked mp enough peach
stones 10 NIL q small paper bag,
working only one side Of the street.
Here Is q chance for real service.
Any citizen who would not stop to
pick up a peach stone deserves to
be shot in the wrist watch. Aside
from the value Of fruit pits for sup
plying carbon for gas masks, the act
Of bending forward at the hips Is a
highly beneficial exercise for the
abdominal muscles, and tends 10 re-
duction Of the flesh In the region Of
the waist-band-"
No Comment Needed.
Sorry to note that In Tuesdays
Times that cigar dealer refused to
let a soldier see a paper; you know
Just the happenings Another man
present told you the cigar clerk
made him pay. If / had been that
man I should have refused to let the
soldier pay, but paid myself, and
given the clerk a piece Of my mind.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

variably feminine. We have no
bachelor girls in trousers, and
wearing moustaches, and boards,
as we have old maids-and all too
many Of them
The bachelor girl is a spinster
and as progressive as the old maid
is reactionary. The bachelor girl
almost always marries, and
II she does not, It is for
every reason but lack Of
opportunity. She dresses wen
because she realizes that a good
appearance is the best introduc-
ton, and while a doEdy Jacket
may cover a noble heart, she re-
Allies 1t will obtain slower recog-
milton than II its nobility was
masked by one that Is up-to-dats.
The bachelor girl is humane,
genuine, and refreshingiy free
from cant. She is never a Polly
anna-glad because an automobile
ran over her, and thereby secured
her a ride TO the hospital-or some
such nonsense.
The bachelor girls were the
first to avail themselves Of the
higher education offered to
women, and to fill the colleges
and prepare for the professions.
They were the first to organize
units in France and Belgium to
feed the refugees. care for the
lost children, and nurse the
sick, and they went prepared for
these duties.
They did not invade stricken
countries full of futile sympathy
and inability to speak a word of
the langaree. They had less of:
"Oh, you poor dears," and more
of "Je parle franchise"
They did the first thing that
came to hand and they did it
mighty well. A famous war cor
respondent tells of a group of
them from Smith College whom he
met in the north of France help
ing to repatriate the peasantry in
their wrecked and desolate homes.
They stayed by the work till the
Huns were upon them, and then
applied the torch to the model viii
lage that it had taken thousands
of dollars and months of labor to
build, rather than let it fall into
the enemy's hands.
And when they did leave, each
one of them came driving her own
motor truck and bearing in it a
load of helpless natives. One girl
actually brought to shelter troop
of terrified dwarfs, dropped from
a stranded caravan. Now she was
a bachelor girl, modern. resource
full, humane. An old maid would
have said, in reference to the
dwarfs: Haven't you something
more pleasant for me to drive?"
To be an old maid indicates =
state OF mind, to be bachelor girl
denotes q state Of grace A.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
Writes Problems Pitfalls the War
Especially for Washington Women

COME one-a man, Of COURSE
-. has written a letter asking
~ me to define the difference
, between an old maid and bache-
lor girl. -.-.-...
l don't know what the die
tionaries have to say on the sub
ject, or if they discourse to any
extent on the space that sepa-
rates these two states, but to the
world at large the dissimilarity
is as the poles.
To be an cold maid" denotes a
state of mind rather than a state
Of single blessedness; and is by
no means confined to the female
sex. Old maids in trousers and
derby hats and taking pride in
mustaches and pointed boards in
fest our street cars, professions,
and public offices. The old maid
may be determined by a tendency
to ossify, or turn to bone, usually
beginning at the head.
They are opposed to change of
any sort, they like things to keep
on in the same old rut, because
they have always been that way
from their earliest recollections.
SIS My Hat on RIghtr
The genuine article OF either sex
is more concerned with things
than principles. A world war may
be raging, nations perishing OF
starvation or by the sword, but
the real issue Of life to the gen.
tlemanly old maid will be: Are
my suspenders where l leave them
every night" And to the lady
like old maid, "Is my hat on
straight
Their world is bounded on the
north by Me. on the south by My
Things, on the east by What I
Think. and on the west by What /
Feel About Other People. Some
times a genuine old maid marries,
but not often, the responsibility
Of seeing some ones else
shoes arranged at what may be an
offending angle is too great a re-
sponsibility.
Better go through life unloved,
unwed. unmourned. than take
such chances. To the simon pure
o. NJ. there are rarely no such
things as days of the week: in
stead there is: The day I go to
church, ride in n Ford, ferry, or
trolley according to my circum-
stances. Monday is not Monday,
but the day | have my clothes
washed. Tuesday the day ! eat
the last of the cold roast. We'd
nesday the day my sweeping is
done. Thursday the day / go to the
movies or indulge myself in some
such recreation, etc.
In like manner 1914 Is not the
year OF the world war, but the year
| set out my scarlet runners. or
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
Harrison Joins the Federation

II the governor general Of the
Philippines finds it dignihed and
proper to join the National Fedora
ton Of Federal Employees, / imagine
that Government workers in Wash
ington could follow his example
without embarrassment. In fact,
membership in the federation, be
lieve, is an honorable and valuable
thing It will not only help the
Government employee personally, but
will indirectly aid the Government
itself. The federation is doing
much toward uplifting conditions
for the entire body Of clerks and
will probably be a great factor IN
the effort to obtain a review Of
Government clerk conditions by Con-
gress.
THOMAS H. QUINN, Of the fed
GRAFTON, sends me a letter from
FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON,
governor general of the Philippines.
and the second highest paid official
of the Government Governor Har-
rison addressed his letter to II. n.
McLarin, former president Of the
federation. It is as follows:
Manila, Aug. 2, 1918.
Dear Mr.. McLarin:
/ am IN receipt Of your letter Of
May %, 1918, with reference to the
National Federation Of Federal En-
ployes. and assure you that am in
heaItiest sympathy with the aims;
and objects Of the federation anil
viii Be glad to become . nemhaE /.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
HEARD AND SEEN

All. however. are far from Ifke thia
Tuesday morning I saw con-
GRESHAM LUNN Of Schenectady,
N. Y, going down northwest Eight
zenith street Offering al war work
ers and soldiers, sailors, and marines
q ride to work. He had q FULL
CAR after stepping at only two o.
three car stops.
HARRIS CONRAD,
1ss2 BIltmore St N. ".
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

As this is written It II my firm IN
tention to visit the House Of Repre-
sentatiNes today to hear the fare
well speech Of my good old friend
ALBERT JOHNSON, Congressman
from Washington he 10 IN the uni
form Of an army captain and pre-
dict big things for him.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19

JOHN @. CAPERs appoints
me q speaker for the Fourth
Liberty Loan, but all I can say
e this: Z
Bet Your Money on the o. s. A"
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
Let's Walk to Work

And Thereby Make Ourselves Healthier By Richer casrs
Saved.
The Washington times., 1918-09-19
You Will Never Get More Unless You Are Worth 1t.

Among the young men who are fond of making sar-
castle references to Fate because they have not been more
successful this expression is very common:
"I'm earning all the money I'm getting. don't in
tend to do any more work than I'm paid for
This rule great many men follow very carefully.
They estimate what they think they ought to do to
their salaries and they do that and They feel
that they absolutely just to their employers because
they conscientious in their effort to exactly what
is paid for.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24

The Boards of Deacons and Assessors
of the First Baptist Church, at Joint
meeting last Sunday noon, decided to hold
all the services of the church and Bible
school in the vestry of the church in or
der to save coal. This takes effect at
once and will be continued until further
notice.
Owing to the scarcity of coal at the
pumping station, users of city water
should be careful that their faucets are
closed at night and all times when not in
use. If allowed to run the water in the
standpipe is soon lowered and the city
exposed to great danger in case Of fire.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of The Republican Journal Pub. Co.
was held at their office last Thursday
morning and officers elected as follows:
Clarence O. Poor, president; c. O. Poor,
C. E. Knowlton and c. H. Twombly, di-
rectors; G. H. Twombly, secretary and
treasurer.
The Public Safety Committee has been
notified from Augusta that the Collector
of Internal Revenue for this district will
have a representative here for the pur-
pose of giving information in reference
to the collection of the income tax, at the
following places in Waldo county on the
dates specified. Belfast, Feb. 18th to the
10th; Searsport, Feb. 18th; Stockton,
Feb. 10Th; Frankfort, Feb. Goth; Winter
port, Feb. 21st.
Sidney w. York, the 17-year- old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur S. York, was
given trial last Saturday evening in the
Municipal Court room before Judge
Maurice w. Lord. The specific charge
was the larceny of pipe from the Perry
Market. He was found guilty and COM
mitted to the county Jail for ten days.
The youth had been on probation for
some time and had been obliged to re-
port often to Judge Lord who with 9TH
ers was using all clemency possible to
reform him for serious offences of which
he acknowledged guilt. While this last
offence seems minor it is but the climax
and called for serious punishment.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24

George X. Wiley, proprietor of the
City Restaurant, at 66 High street, is Sc
riously ill with pneumonia.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Help win
the war by trading at Fred D. Jones'
store next Saturday, Is cent Thrift
Stamp will be given with every dollars
worth of goods purchased. Read what
Mr.. Jones says about the sound reproduce
ton on The New Edison. Try an Elec-
trio Heating Pad to drive pain away Its
comforting warmth is obtained merely
by touch of the switch. Price $3.50 at
the Penobscot Bay Electric Co.."..See
statement of the Searsport National
Bank. Elijah Gay and family publish
a card of thanks. Wanted by Math-
ews Bros. ten car loads cord wood, also
birch, maple and oak logs. Spot cash
paid at market prices. Mrs Elizabeth
Phillips and Miss Ada Harvey publish
card of thanks. Harry Mahoney and
Mrs. Mark Mendall publish a card of
thanks .. See list of articles advertised
for sale by P. D. H. Carter, Miller
street
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24

The PIERCE school will give commun-
ity sing in Odd Fellows Hall, Feb. 22nd,
Washington's birthday. The proceeds
will be applied to their playground ex-
nenses on which there is small balance
due.
Postmaster Austin w. Heating has re-
ceiyed orders that all aliens of German
origin in Waldo county must register at
the Belfast post office between Feb. 4th
and the 9Th from a. m. to p. m. The
order says: each person of German ORR
gin not naturalized must report, furnish
four photographs of himself, have his
thumb and finger prints taken and write
his signature. Within Is days after they
report, they are to return and receive
registration card, bearing their photo and
signature"
The North Church Guild had delight
full meeting Monday evening at the home
OF MISS ALICE T.. Olilllll OIlS WIN was dS-
sisted by Mrs. John T. Davis and Miss
Bertha A. Wiley as hostesses. There
were twenty-three present with eighteen
masked and in costume. They were
numbered on their arrival and their iden-
tity was guessed by these numbers. There
were several attractive red, white and
blue costumes and number of real
Topsy's. Mrs Frank A. Bramhall wore
an antique brown silk and poke bonnet.
Miss Amy E. Stoddard, fancy yellow
gown; Miss Isabel NJ Smalley a Boy
Scouts rig and Mrs. Basil Allen, boys
suit. The Gold Dust Twins, Mrs. Carrie
N. Hamilton and Mrs. Clara H. Seekins
caused much merriment. Mrs. Clarence
E. Read as an old man and Mrs. Clyde b.
Holmes as German spy were not guess
ed during the allotted time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24

The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will
give public dance in Red Mems hall
Ian. Goth with music by Carriers Or
chestra.
The Woman's Alliance of the First
Parish, Unitarian, church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Albert C. Burgess, Church
street, this, Thursday, afternoon at 5
o'clock. A paper will be read by Mrs.
George R. williamson, Gin the Days OF
the Irish Kings"
COLONIAL THEATER. Douglas Fair
banks, one of the foremost and high
salaried stars in screendom is offered to-
day in his triumph 1.-THE Lamb" 1.-THE
Lamb" is a play filled with thrills, dra-
matte action, tense moments and with
a heart appeal all its own. Its been
a long time since Douglas has come to
town with his sunny smile. We know
it's the kind of a play you like, so be
sure to come Thursday. On Friday,
matinee and evening, Americas sweet
heart Mary Pickford in ''The Little Prin-
cess said to be better than even IKE
becca'' will be the attraction. Come
early for choice of seats Saturday,
matinee and evening, William Desmond
returns to Belfast theatergoers in five
part Triangle play "Flying Colors. :"
Plenty of action will make this most in
teresting while also included on the pro-
gram will be Bobby Connolly and Tri-
angle Comedy. Monday, popular Wal
lace Reid and Anna Little in real West
ern play, "Nan of Music Mountain" and
the ninth stirring episode of that exciting
and mystifying serial ''Who Is Number
One'?" will be shown. Wednesday, the
wonder child star, Madge Evans in a
thoroughly delightful, unusual lam,
''The Adventures of Caro-" be ;lvl.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24
The News OF Belfast.

The new changes in the Maine Central
e. time table do not affect the Belfast
mail or passenger service.
Ile W. c. 7. u will hold an important
Meeting tomorrow, Friday, afternoon with
Miss Eda Woodbury., High street, when
safe plans will be discussed.
claude Norton Buyers of Winterport
.o4 Harold Bibber Robinson of Belfast in
-., drafted men recently sent to Fort
Williams, Portland, failed in their second
,rysical examination and have been dis
l-arged,
MIR. f. S. Pitcher has begun the re-
r=5rsals of the chorus of the Opera Mar
.0l during the special music days at the
Belfast High school. He hopes to present
early in February, with the same prln-
..r3Is used in its presentation last fall in
Bangor.
Cnot William B. Woodbury. left JAN
NTH to assume his new duties in the
r7-niugton- Wilton school district. In
correlation of his services and IN token
their friendship the teachers presented
..-, with a purse of gold coin to be ex-
.-eaded for any souvenir he might wish
f1f
The rehearsals of Miss Gladys Ruth
B-daham's play, The Hurdy-Gurdy Girl,
with Miss Alice Roswell and Theodore
B-snhall B. H. S. IS, as the principals,
r-e being held Tuesday evenings and
Thursday afternoons under the direction
-f Mrs. s. A. Parker. 1t bids fair to be a
very entertaining performance.
one time Belfast boy, Albert w.
thompson, of Denver, Col, will raise
Tins season, as his share of the problem
# faaline the world, 700 acres of agri-
cultural products, 300 acres of wheat, $50
If broom corn, $50 of beans in the Greel-
s--Poudre Valley, Colorado, and 100 acres
1faaize on his Okla homa ranch.
The class in English under the direction
# Miss Helen brown of the B. H. S, gave
debate last Friday morning with few
friends present, The question was, RE
solved, That Napoleon was greater
man than Alexander. The affirmative
vas taken by Hope Dorman and Charles
Robbins; the negative by Bartlett Whit
Ina and Rudolph Cassens. The judges
>ub-master, Harry L. Horne and assistant
Miss Alice E. Lawry with the students
Kenneth Merriam, F. Evan Wilson and
Everett Morse decided in favor of the
negative.
Stanley Roscoe Knowlton of this city
Who was married JAN 7th to Miss Hettie
Drysdale of Winnipeg, Canada, wrote
recently to his uncle, City Marshal Mar
cellus R. Knowlton, asking for an affi-
davIt stating that he knew that said
Stanley Roscoe Knowlton served in the
l0lst Battalion from the Province of
Manitoba, Canada, as William Stanley
No. 70l, 300 L-Cpl. Mr. Knowlton wrote
that on account of his marriage he wish
ed to assume his real name. He also said
that he had deferred the operation on his
wounded knee and that he was taking
radio and massage treatment.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24
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