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The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Writes Problems Pitfalls of
Especially for Washington Women

happiness nor peace In the home
Tor them
She has attained wealth. for =
woman bred to wealth and posi-
tion would not write as she has
done. Education OF heart has
been neglected with her. Il is
true many Of the war workers
are young and perhaps come to
the city TO have . good time, but
the majority are earnest, cul-
tured patriotic men and women
The Secretary OF War wrote the
war workers q letter thanking
them for carrying on" during
the intense heat OF the summer
I can't understand her bitterness
except that most war workers
are young and good looking,
though uncultured. AS for my
self have met only courtesy and
kindness In Washington.
A WAR WORKER
Nothing sueeeeds Like Success.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
lam one Of those uncultured war
workers, and, coming from the
middle West, doubtless say
"fourrest fres." but I am not 60
ing to say II any more, because
the moment my eye lit on that
particular accusation in that old
dowager's letter I realized that
the most cultivated people I have
net since coming to Washington
did not talk like that. And am
going to regard the National
Capital as my own particular cow
ard milk 1t OF any advantages 1t
may have-educational, social or
otherwise. Having no family, no
BACKGROUND, no money, I've got
to ke my own fairy godmother
and turn the pumpkin (my war
job) into q modest Ford, IL not a
limousine.
This does not mean that I am
trying to marry for money.
haven't a shadow OF q beau. Bu.
II does mean that look upon the
Hsr Job as a stepping-stone to
better things. I'd love to be on
the stan OF a newspaper. I'd
love to go on the stage, prefer
ably In vaudeville or light COM
edy. I do good impersonations,
among them one entitled THE
War-worker Does Her Bit" As
my audience is exclusively made
up OF war workers and they ap-
piaud, perhaps I don't do II badly.
At any rate I'm not going to sit
around my lodging house brag-
EinE to other girls about having
seen "better days" I've seen
days so much worse-even ad-
mitting the depravity of Mrs.
Shylock, with whom I lodge-that
the "beans and" at the cold.
brutal restaurant where I eat
nightly seems like a banquet.
Life having deposited me, like
4 founding, on Uncle Sans door
step. I propose TO grasp the in
stitutional feeding bottle and
thrive. Others may pine away and
perish-not I. Like Roman
Matron," who boiled eggs over the
gas Jet. I represent the survival
of the httest.
MISS IowA-coME-T -To-sUccEED.
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Shooting the Wife-Beater
A Dangerous Suggestion for Judge to Make

Out in Chicago the judge tells the wife whose hus.
band has beaten her.
'The next time he does that, you shoot him"
This is temporary disposal Of tough problem. But
it doesn't solve the problem.
Suppose, for instance the continues to beat his
wife And suppose that she decides to carry out the judges
shooting order.
Husband strikes her in moment Of anger. She walks
to the cupboard takes little ladylke revolver from the
company tea pot and shoots him through the head
What then7 Let Us suppose the lady is charged with
homicide and tried before the Judge who issued the shoot
ing order would make interesting reading the record
of that trial
The judge would either have to back down on his own
order and admit he counseled uwSey and send the lady
-------a-. Confined in Last Coumnl hzvAaIi-
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
EEn RICKBATS and bouquets"
X continue to pour into
- this column for the lady

EEn RICKBATS and bouquets"
X continue to pour into
- this column for the lady
who wrote an uncomplimentary
letter in regard to war workers
and signed II Roman Matron."
Some are bitter In their denuncia-
ton Of what they term her mar
roW-minded snobbishness," TACK
Of Christian charity, and sympathy
with humanity"
A good many commend the stand
Of Roman Matron" and insist
that she IL merely writing q letter
Of advice In the terms Of success.
That soft cushions, coddling, and
an eye for crumpled rose leaves
never landed anyone anywhere but
''ln the outskirts Of Seedy Street"
These stoics point out that no
one works As hard as the wife OF
q successful public man, that,
apart from war times, they must
make and return hundreds Of calls,
exercise tact on all occasions,
smile and make things pleasant
for constituents and even friends
of constituents, subscribe 10 chart
ties, and, in short, be the slave OF
everything but ones own inclina-
tons.
Some one else points out that
the real slave" is the popular ac-
tress, and that life is not easy for
anyone but THE FAILURE who
puts present comfort before fu-
ture success. "Roman Matron,"
after her first bombshell, remains
conspicuously silent As they say
In the auctions, 'is there anyone
else TO be heard from?"
Women are said to pitch badly,
but in this case, many Of them
have landed both their "brickbats
and bouquets" very neatly on the
head Of "Roman Matron."
EEOtism and COmPlaceney.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 feel must put in a word re-
Earding q letter you published In
The Times recently, signed "Ro-
man Matron." 1 saw q number OF
girls reading It when going home
on the car, and wondered IL they
felt, as did. that II smAcked very
largely of eEotism and the COM
placency OF q selfish, self-satis-
fled woman, who having once been
in the position OF having to work
for q living, through q successful
marriage, is elevated socially. and
thsrsupon attains q feeling Of su-
periority for those OF her sex who
have been less fortunate.
do not believe the majority Of
girls coming here TO do war work
make a very strong point OF talk
ing about doing their bit," how
ever popular that phrase may be
with all classes Of people.
AZ for acquiring polish" when
II IL not inbred. that IL largely
acquired through the mingling OF
people Of well bred class. But by
a mere wave Of the hand, az II
were, the Roman Matron has rele-
gated that responsibility to the
The Washington times., 1918-10-30

study Of French or Spanish. As II
that were of any use unless you
can meet people who use those
languages. With respect to the
pronunciation of the letter "R,"
1t is = matter OF locality and opin-
ion as to whether II should be pro-
nounced according to the die
tionary or as II IL ended In "ah."
But the point / wish to bring
out Is that war work has brought
to washington many thousands of
girls who have come from COM
Portable homes, have received
only an incomplete business train
ing due to the urgent necessities
OF the situation here, and have
left happy family faces, lifelong
friendships, books, and gardens,
and come here to eat solitary
meals in the mediocre restaurants,
and are forced to, share in a great
many cases, their poorly furnish
ed rooms with two and three
strangers, and while we will grant
they are well paid for their work,
Washington people very carefully
see to II that they part with It for
food, lodging. and laundry.
Most OF US have sent a man, and
in many cases, two and three, to
war. There Is not q single place
downtown where one can meet
even a girl friend, or rest, except
the small overcrowded Y. W. c.
A. pRrlor, or the street corner.
Stoicism may be the watchword
OF the day. but l speak from ex-
perience when I say that in spite
of success 1t is much better and
makes more happiness all around,
to be just human.
A WESTERN BUSINESS
WOMAN.
what DO They ExDectF
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
As q Washington woman,
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Shooting the Wife-Beater
Continued From First Column-)

Continued Column.)
to prison or uphold his order and let the lady go wh0
punishment for shooting her husband
Solomon would have heavy task acting judgs IN
this But Solomon probably would have gotten
In'O I45;. 1 Ia 4+ - ~ + 1885, I S ohn @ Sootin,
is none good for them. But organized society mean
ing the law provides for Furnishing such men Legal meth
less complications than personal methods Of Furnishing Of
tenders.
The best way of Furnishing person Of the Chicago gen.
tlemans type would be to put him ROCK PILE and
let him beat for few years Then if he went back to
his WIFE he probably wouldn't to beat HER any mora
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
HEARD AND SEEN

A worried mother whose boy Is
serving his country writes The
Times from Silver Spring, Nd. She
fears that the regulations adopted
by the military and postal authori-
ties may. prevent Christmas pack
ages being mailed on time. She re-
fers to the requirements that the
soldier must forward to whoever he
desires g Christmas remembrance
from q label given him by the mill
tary authorities. This limits the SOL
der to one package from mother,
sweetheart, or sister.
How many Of these labels or cou-
pons will get here on timer" she
anxiously inquiries. How many
viii never get here at all? 1 fear
there viii be many disappointed boys
as well as home folks?"
Postal employees today tell me
that these labels are fast arriving
from soldiers abroad. They hope no
mother or sweetheart will fail to re-
ceive the hoped-for label.
The regulations are by General
Pershing's advisers, they say, and
cannot be changed by them.
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Once-Overs
Copyright 1915 by International Feature Service Inc
ARE YOU 100 PER CENT AMERICAN?

You pride yourself being patriot but would not at
Community sing" had foot out Of
caused you the slightest inconvenience.
You acknowledge there is inspiration in music produced by big
chorue but too lazy be inspired that happens
other recreation at
There plenty of persons without
the time when the
Begin difference represented?
Perhaps halfhearted about that
afterward
particularly inspired" And whose fault is it?
II does not make difference who awhether
old professional singer amateur minister the
hodcarers wife-you American proGerman
There middle ground.
attending patriotic meetings Of any kind
The Washington times., 1918-10-30

boys at Walter Reed hospital. Thsy
have been forwarded.
E. J. DUFFY Is GOOD enough %
enclose a number OF tobaeeo cou-
Pons to obtain smokes for these SCI
der boys Additions to the number
win be welcome.
Street Car Tickets Are Contracts.
FREDERICK L. PTTTMAN sends
an exceedingly Intelligent letter -
the Public Utilities Commission a.
serting that it is mauifestly Illegal
for that body to rule that outstand-
ing car tickets viii not be good for
fares after December next. He
maintains that these tickets are OBJ
legations Of contracts and that the
Constitution expressly forbids any
law impairing such obligations. II
Congress, he holds, has no such
power, where does the Utilities Com
mission get authority?
Neither has the Capital Traction
or W. R and E. railway authority,
Mr.. PITTMAN holds, to attempt 70
redeem tickets after December I for
less than the amounts paid for them.
Five tickets, for instance, cost the
purchaser 20 SO cents. What VII
he get when redeemed?
MR. PITTMAN'S position Is Of
vital interest to far-siRhted per
sons who stacked up car tickets in
advance of the decision.
The question raised may not get
to the courts, but it is q mighty in
teresting one.
J. THILMAN HENDRIX, who
says he has been "influenzaring,S
was among the golfers Sunday, re-
joiced at his recovery.
Smiling DAN CALLAHAN, who
directs the interests Of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Com
pany, boosts Knights Of Columbus
war activities, does a hundred other
things, and has the herculean task
Of selling the Districts quota Of
War Savings Stamps to q total Of
$500, 900, confidently predicts that
the figures on January 1 next VIII
show that the District has Agon0
over the top" with Just as big . mar
gin as shown in the Fourth Liberty
bonds.
"A Reader" wants everybody -
gather dead leaves and make bon
fires. Thinks this would check m
fuenza and purify the air"
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Protect the Children.

The Juvenile Protective Associa-
ton of the District, WILLIAM ].
LATIMER, president, wants $4,000
and volunteers to act as big broth
ers, big sisters, and helpers in CIV
ing a lift to juvenile delinquents.
JOHN DOLPH, chairman Of the
finance committee, points out that
with men at the front and women
filing their places, children are left
unsupervised. Funds are needed to
help save the children.
A great and splendid -orkl Head
quarters, 203 / street northwest.
GUY E. MITCHELL finds that
convalescent soldiers in the bar
racks at Walter Reed Hospital are
receiving liberal doses Of road dust
because the barracks were built
too close to the road and officials
give no thought to oiling or tarring
the road. Convelscents, who hap
pen to be sitting on the porches, are
treated to large quantities Of dust
with the passage Of every automo-
bile and street car. II the District
Commissioners cannot do this why
not the War Department? Mr..
Mitchell asks.
The "Zips," a fraternal organiza-
tion of George Washington Univer-
sity, send in a big box Of fine cigar
cites for the convalescent soldier
The Washington times., 1918-10-30

"A Reader" wants everybody -
gather dead leaves and make bon
fires. Thinks this would check N
fuenza and purify the air"
The Washington times., 1918-10-30
Teach Foreign Languages to
a Your Boys and Girls

Another Language Is to the Brain What Another Tool
Is to the Hand.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
AVIATION RECRUITS
ARRIVE RAPIDLY
MEN OF ALL TRADES BEING RE
CElVED AT CAMP KELLEY FOR
AVIATION INSTRUCTIONS

SAN ANTONIO, Mar14.-Aviation
recruits have been arriving at the
Camp Kelley aviation field lately at
the rate of 1000 day to fill the places
of the men who already have quail
fled for the flying and mechanical
needs of the aviation service and
been advanced further towards the
front AS fast the men arrive they
are organized into squadrons and
their preparation for overseas ser
vice is pushed rapidly
The recruits come from widely sep
arated places, but mos. of them are
from Columbus barracks, Columbus,
Ohio; Jefferson barracks, st. Louis,
Mo; Fort Slocum. New York; Jack
son barracks New Orleans; and Fort
Logan near Denver. Colorado
Men of all trades are received at
this camp and fitting the right man
into the right place is one of he big
problems officials have to face. In
this section of the signal corps, men
Of many trades are used in training
activities and in keeping the flying
machines in tip-top condition. Among
One man who arrived here recently
gave his trade as "butter-cutter He
said he was not much on Trombone,
but he could make 'em sit up and
take motto on ham bone" A cham
boner," it proved was graduate at
packing house who was expert in The
use of clever.
Another recruit said his business
was that of a cocoanut cracker. His
business had been TO drive a sharp
instrument into the eye of a cocoanul
and pour cut the milk, after which he
would crack The nut and remove the
meat. Still another gave his occupa-
ton as a whistle blower He came
from the lumber district of the north
west where he gave the signals for
releasing logs in the stream.
Camp Kelley is facing a shortage of
tent material and as a result many
men are not being sent direct to the
camp upon their arrival but are housed
here until room is made for them. TO
take care of all recruits, il would be
necessary to house nine men in 4 tent
The surgeon general, would not
permit more than five men to be as.
signed to one tent
Aviation instruction is probably,
.he most important instruction given
to recruits in any branch of service
thaining in Texas. Now mechanics
arrive at the various camps almost
weekly. 1t is said coed supply Of
Liberty motors is being sent to Texas
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
MAKES THIRD TRY
TO ENTER NAVY
CARLOS HUDSON, OF AsHBURN,
FINALLY. is ACCEPTED

ASI1BURN, Mar 14.-Wesley Davis
and Carlos c. Hudson, of Ashburn,
were in Macon yesterday for the pur
pose of enlisting in the navy. This
makes the third attempt that Mr. Hud-
son has madee to join thenavy. After
being turned down on the first eX-
ter putting himself to better con1i-
ton. again tried to pass the eXamina-
ton, but failed this time also. He
again returned home and after stay
ing there a while, determined once
more to try for the navy.
Yesterday he successfully passed the
examination and will leave next Thurs-
day for Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Davis, on being turned down by
the navy and determined to enlist in
some branch Of the service, went to
the army recruiting station and en-.
listed in the coast Artilltry.
Both young men are prominent in
Ashburn, Mr.. Davis holding res
ponsibe position with a large auto
mobile agency there Mr.. Hudson is
a newspaper man, having been with
the Waycross Journal-Herald up un-
til year ago. Since this time he has
been doing newspaper work in Cuba
and the Isle of Pines.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
CARGOES OF COTTON
TO START FOR SPAIN

Washington, Mar. 13.-Ratilication
Of new Spanish-American commercial
agreement has been followed by action
of the war trade board authorizing
the immediate shipment Of cotton and
phosphate rock urgently desired BY
Spanish consumers.
The cotton cargoes will count rs
part of the monthly quota guaranteed
20 Spain under the agreement. Export
licenses for certain railroad supplies
specified in the agreement were also
authorized and steps were taken to
restore the general movement of trade
under the new arrangement as speed
ly as possible.
A general renewal of applications for
licenses for most commodities will
probably be necessary.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
HERE is THE LATEST LAW
ON MAKING HORST TRADES

Atlanta, Mar IA Caa a man who
is dissatisfied with horse trade "rue
,tlck?" II all depends, according TO
the supreme court Of Georgia. which
has just handed down lesision on
the question.
If the terms Of the trade specif
cally provide for resembling the trade
in the event of dissatisfaction by
either party, then the dissatisfied
party can rue back. Or if the dis
satisfied party's dissatisfaction is caus
ed by fraudulent misrepresentation
On the part of The satisfied party, then
the dissatisfied party has a right TO
the return of his horse, and to bring
action in court if the satisfied party
refuses to rue back.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
BOUI. DERS WRECK TRAIN
AND KILL TWO WOMEN

HARRISBURG, Pa, Mar ia
Cincinnati, indianapolis and Chicago
express on the Pennsylvania Railroad
was struck by boulders while passing
through a cut early this morning, the
rocks wreckingtwo sleeping cars, and
killing two women and injuring Gf-
teen others. 1t is estimated that one
of the rocks weighs twenty tons and
will have 70 be dynamited to remove
it,
Officials said the steel cars prevent
ed heavy loss OF life.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
FRONT line TRENCH
FOR EVERYTROOPER
LIFE TOO DOCiLE ON THE OUT
SIDE OF THE TRENCHES

With the American Army in France.
Feb. 10. Correspondence of the
Associatd Press) Here's an incident
that happened in little shell spat-
tered town in The rear of our lines
which shows how the average Amer
lean soldier feels about life in the
trenches 1t was just at dusk. A
lone sentry was walking up and down
in front of The abandoned church, up
on the door of which was a little
printed sign conveying the information
that in the event of gas alarm
the church bell should be rung for
a minute. 1t was the seItry's duty
to pull at the bell rope, should occa-
sion arise.
He was plastered with mud from
head to foot substance not unlike
red mortar was ground into his put
lies. There was a dent in the can
teen swung at his waist, the top of
his shrapnel helmet bore red, mud
dy stains; his face was covered with
a growth of about three days of hair.
Failing to see a passing captain
of artillery, he did not salute. The
captain ask him a few pointed ques-
items, gave him a few pointed in
structions about saluting and passed
on.
Good Lord" remarked the sentry
81 have been out of the trenches. =.
days now and | am going back 10
night perfectly happy. There used
to be a time when thought a trench
was about the last place on earth to
spend week or so. But | have
changed my mind. There is that Off
GER for instance. ran into him up
on the line not long ago and he was
nice as could be. Now because did
not see him | catch h
Eyes sir, give me the trenches
every time. like'em. | would be in
q front line trench than any other
place | know of in France. There is
something there all the time and
man is a man and knows it.
Next time we are relieved | think
| shall ask if ! can't stay with the
relief. don't want to come back here
again and guard over the end of a
hell rope where Their is nothing going
on. Nearly every other man I know
feels the same way about it. They
would pick the line evry time"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
TWENTY THOUSAND KILLED
IN A FIERCE BATTLE

LONDON, Mar 15.-Fierce battles
between soviet adherents and the ma
tives in Tukestand according to a Pc
trograd dispatch 1t is reported that
there were more than twenty thousand
casualties.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-17
Lewis e. Thompson
Cordclc, Georgia
AUSTRIA STRIKERS
GAINED FOOTING

BERLIN Mar ia strong French
detachment gained a footing yesterday
west of Naur0y road on the German
Crown Princes front in the Champaign
district, says todays army headquarler
statement.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-07-05
NJ CONVENTION RATES,

The railroad administration II max
ing no exceptions WIN regard Ia re-
dured rates for conveniionN hnd the
like. The rule Is simply that there
ar. none The Information II con-
viewed In letter from g. a. ProuY'
Interstate commerce commissioner. To
Alfred y. Holcomb Of New York
treasurer 1T the National Tax assooia-
ton. A copy of the letter has been
received hy william Bailey, secretary
of th, state board Of equalization ana
a director OF the association, II n
feared that the ruling may have an
adverse effect on the coming conven-
lion of tho association az 81 Louis
hut il is hoped. on tho other hand
that the central location chosen may
IA measure ,r0unteract this, The
poliry OF the railroad administration
was one OF the big arguments against
bolding the convention In Salt Lake
city this year
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-07-05
HOARD ~ NOT ~ FAVOR
DF PROPOSAL 90 BANK

The stat. land board at an extend
rd session last Tuesday looked with
disfiVor upon the application Of Utah
SAVING and Trust company I" share
equally with the state IN IA" assets 90
the Price River Irrigation company.
which h practically In the hands "l
W W. Ray, representing the state.
The did state land board loaned this
company eighty thousand dollars ana
the bank loaned IL thirty thousand,
About . year aga ti.r company dam
was carried away. and IN" vnlu. ~
the stock was greatly reduced. tn"
bank proposed that IL should be-
placed on an equal footing with the
state In the matter 1T the payment 81
the company's obligation,
TO this the land board has register
I'd objection. first. becaus. the debt
TO the state IL two and one-half times
greater than that O. the bank, and
secondly. b,rnuse IN" stat" had iirHt
mortgage on the water of the com
pany,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-07-05
NARvEn POUND GUILTY.

a. =. Narvcr. eNtradited from Colo
RADIO several weeks ago to face a for
gerry charge here. was found guilty
last Tuesday az Salt Lake city by a
jury IN Judge ". ". porter's division
of the Third District court on charges
" forging check FOR twenty-five
hundred dollars. cashcd with the Con-
tincntal National bank. Narvcr, also
known a. ". g. Miller. came Co Salt
Lake city from California, deposited
n check with the Continental National
bank. to which the signature Of the
iiaurcr Packing company of los An
geics was affixed and Tor few days
was very much about town" Then
he departed. with the shcrifrs office
In pursuit Located In Colorado. he
was brought back. tried and convict
ed. lie will be- sentenced tomorrow.
Narvcr H. wanted in Emery county
tor some alleged crooked deals III con-
ucciion with land trades and sales
around Rochester.