The Washington times., 1918-02-10

THIS is PHIL NICHOLSON,
reached midway Of the block bstw..a
Fourth and Fifth streets, whsR
the lights went out and all Wa oVuE
walked from there to Ninth and q
streets, attended 10 some businaua
and returned, but No. AS was san
there with about fifteen cars behind
her. It required exactly hfty -eiKh1
minutes to make the trip SaturdaE
which should have taken about fou1s
teen or fifteen minutes."
HARRY RANDOLPH YOUNG
clerk to the House COMMITTEES o1
Pensions, speaking on calling cut
streets by conductors, has this -
say:
There are $4,000 persona.
strange to the city Of Washington.
employed at the various Govern
ment departments and who have
great difficulty in finding their way
TO their rooming places, especially
at night, for the reason that theY
are not familiar with the streets
and are not able to read the street
signs. Why do not the street rail.
way conductors call the name az
each street approached, as il dono
IN other cities? 1t would prove 4
great boon to those persons men
toned and would tend to expedite
the traffic"
L. S. BRAUER suggests that car
service from the Bureau Of Engray-
ing and Printing at 4 o'clock IN tha
afternoon could be improved b
running more Riverdale and Dis.
trict Line cars and fewer %Couvsn.
ton Hall Only" cars.
And in passing let me quote from
a news story describing the efforts
or the acting Coal Administrators q
get full cooperation on Sunday de-
liveries:
-Mr. Colladay said only one larxo
wholesaler had refused to HELM. This
dealer. he added, could have aided
the situation materially by allowing
smaller retail dealers to haul coal
from his dump"
Proper measures would have bssa
to FORCE the big man into line.
In answer to a suggestion made IN
this column several days aga.
CRANDALL tells me II a
perfectly practicable to run motion
picture theaters on schedule tina
and that he has schedules printed Tor
his own houses.
MARIE REYNOLDS, comes 70
this office, and, presume, to every
other office in the city, to sell fudge.
She has been selling fudge from
a wicker basket for several years
now, and is one of Washington's best
Of concentrating and spe-
She has it in mind to be the best
fudge saleswoman in the United
States, and / believe she is getting
there. She doesn't try to sell fudge
and orange cake and real estate and
fur-lined trousers. She SpecialiZeS
IN fudge, and puts all her business
energy into that one business
II she tried to sell everything else
IN the world she might BE- q failurA
Az it is she Is doing one thing well
VERY welll And. furthermore, =
r,ooJ v,o1axy az II
Some day, II can overcome the
objection Of her family, / am going
10 publish her picture in this column.
Miss Reynolds is one Of the best
in Washington ! wish
here were more of her kind. Also,
/ trust that CLARENCE WILSON,
food administrator, will not prevent
Miss REYNOLDS from getting the su-
gar she needs in her business, BE-
,ause she supports considerable CT
family by her intelligent and syS-
,ematic efforts.
RALPH Fl. CASE, attorney-at-
aw. has set his legal mind to work
md has arrived at the conclusion
hat "Do your bit" is no kind Of a
logan for the U. S. A. Mr.. Case
suggests: ''Uncle Sam, go the
init"
Speaking of old days at Emerson
institute, the boys used to speak
,ieces" or "read compositions on
friday afternoons. BARRY BULK
ley, then newly graduated from
amherst, was strong for elocutton
md would coach some of US to com
,ete with great desperation for
rosted cake offered by Mr.. Young
IS a prize at Christmas.
Every boy had a tattered copy OF
100 Choice Selections" and about
nee a month PAUL PECK would
ecite Leigh Hunts poem, "Ab0u
Ben Adhem."
And 10! Ben Adhsm's name LED
III the rest
Which leads me gracefully to the
act thHt in this past December,
CHARLES P. LIGHT. o. Washing
on, was the AbOu Ben Adhem of in
urance field agents in the big con-
ern of which he is vital factor. He