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The Washington times., 1918-12-16

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Cannot some way be found to pro-
vide better terminal facilities for the
WashinEton-virginia Railway Com
pany than those afforded by the Old
Curiosity Shop at Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue and the fresh-air
station among the coal and lumber
piles OF Rosslyn?
The Twelfth street station is q pic
turesque old landmark and a goo
frame on which to hang the COM
pany's advertising signs 1t is also
fine stand for the newspaper. fruit
and cigarette business, and in 1850 1t
would probably have been fair
street railway station, IL there had
been any street railways in Washing
ton then. But as a modern station
and waiting room for suburban line
doing the amount of business done by
the Washington-Virgin IL Is pa
thetic Joke. Nobody dreams of stay
ing inside any longer than necessary
TO buy a ticket, even in very BAD
weather. Even getting in and out OF
the door at the rear Is something OF
an athletic feat. Every afternoon
from 4:3O to $50 crowds OF tired
clerks and suburban shoppers mill
around on the uneven brick pavement.
often slippery with rain and banana
skins and flush with the tracks. On
the arrival OF a car, a struggle en-
sues which would make a Washing
ton-Virginia football game look like
a chiIdren's tea party. Sooner or later
a serious accident 10 bound to H~oa
The Washington times., 1918-12-16

Moreover, YOU ladies and gentle
men who will match me on this will
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
A Pathetic Street Rail way Station

place hsre notwithstanding the best
efforts ~ policemen and employees OF
the company II the cars happen TO
be delayed a few minutes, the crowd
Is greatly enlarged and the conse-
auent discomfort and danger are In
creased. How many cases of "fiu'
could be directly traced to exposure
to rain and cold at this place?
The conditions at Rosslyn are
worse in some ways. but OF less I'M
portance in proportion to the far
smaller number OF persons who travel
by this route.
We are told that this il to be the
most beautiful city in the world. Nil
lions are to be spent on magnificent
buildings, parks. bridges and monu-
ments- Why not apply a few thou
sands to the building OF street rail-
way stations and waiting roomsT Only
one electric line out of washingtoa
has even a decent accommodation Of
this kind. The situation Is not worse
with the Washington-Virginia COM
pany's terminals than. with others. but
It stands out somewhat more proui-
nently by comparison with this COM
pany's exceptionally good general ser.
vice. especially in the inteIIixenee
and courtesy OF its employees. There
are. of course, practical difficulties In
the way OF Improvement. Everybody
knows that. Rut II the people OF
Washington and its surrounding dls-
tricts were not patient to the verEs
of stupidity the difficulties would
have been overcome long since.
RICHARD c. u. WRN
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
Fairfax Writes Problems Workers
Especially for Washington Women

~ NE more tale has come to
me of a young married
~ pair who took the risk Of
starting life with parents-in-law.
And an unwise risk it proved to
be, in this, as in so many other un-
happy cases. For it is a sad lit
tie story that is told by a sympa-
thetic friend Of the young wife.
Over and over again one won
ders at the eager, kindly, stupid
and altogether masculine blind
ness that leads young bridegroom
whose mother is loath to part with
him, to insist that his bride shall
come to live under the same roof
with his parents.
Here's the supremely happy ar
rangement for everybody, he
cheerfully tells himself. A lonely
father cheered up, slightly jeal-
Gus mother pacified, and a bride
allowed to begin married life with
out a responsibility worth mention
ing. How could there possibly be
a more sensible and satisfactory
sort of cooperation?
And the bride, of course, keeps
her disappointments and misgiv-
ings to herself. They would hurt
somebody's feelings if she ex-
pressed them. Her wise young
husband is probably right after
all. And it won't matter if for a
time she can't have her own
things" about her, and her own
friends. 1t won't matter that she
can't have her husband to herself,
and that they can't pursue the de-
iiciously awkward experiments Of
their early married life without
the constant presence of critical
lookers-on. Or rather it tUilL mat
ter, but she'll pretend it doesn't.
She'll be, in short, the victim.
Faults Of a MOther-in-LaW.
And as to the working out of
such q project, the letter I've al
ready spoken of furnishes the de-
tails. In this household, the young
husband meets most of the eX-
pense and the young wife does
most OF the housework. The let
ter goes on:
"The mother-in-law seems to
keep the poor girl in hot water all
the time. Last spring the wife
lost her baby before it was time
for its birth, after one Of the ner-
vous attacks she has been having.
The mother-in-law. acts as if she
could hardly stand the wife
around, yet insists that the hus-
band stay and help support the
parents.
ITO be Just, the wife is rather
high-strung from being i'll, but
the mother-in-law is very con-
ceited and headstrong, and runs to
her son with all kinds Of tales she
imagines she has ground for. And
OF course the wife, out of love, and
not wanting TO make It any harder
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
PAVORITB CUSS WORDS.

Capt BOB CALLAHAN Is looking
Franceward.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16

dom they've dreamed Of. that
sweet intimate life together.
Somebody has died or somebody is
out of job, or somebody is lonely,
or somebody is poor. And in any
case, somebody wants to sap their
youth and hope and health and
happiness.
1t really isn't fair.
1t may be necessary, l know.
And in such a case, the newly
welded ought to make their sac
rifce gay-heartedly.
But usually it isn't necessary.
It's merely expedient or economi-
cal It's the plan Of somebody who
who is timid or prudent. I'm sure
it's scarcely ever prompted by
real wisdom.
And if the older generation
were as wise as they believe them
selves to be, they would protect
young lovers from risking their
married happiness in family CO.
operation.
Cooperation is an excellent
principle. believe in applying it
to almost every department Of
life. But it ought to be practiced
by people who are on the same
footing. And the trouble with
these family experiments is that
the older woman and the younger
are not on the same footing. The
older one dominates. And the
younger one suffers. And so
continual struggle goes on that
makes everybody miserable. and
that ruins forever, perhaps, the
marriage that has been so in
auspiciously begun.
Room for NeWly-WedS.
A newly married pair need room
to make their mistakes in. They
need privacy to be foolish in.
They need time and opportunity to
talk together about the multitude
of new problems that they've un-
dertaken, and that it's such happi-
ness to tackle, blunderingly, hand
in hand.
They have really to get ac-
quainted with each other. They
have to study each others tenn
peraments and habits. And they
can't manage ii with lookers-on.
II you're a mother with a mar
riageable son, make up your mind,
when he finds that perfect girl he's
looking for. to let him go away
from you. You can't share him be-
tween you. II won't work. Don't
be a short-range mother-in-law.
They're responsible for a vast
amount of unnecessary unhappi-
ness. Mothers-in-law who keep
at a tactful distance are the ones
who have the reward of being
loved.
Let the bride and bridegroom in
your family draw about themselves
a magic circle. And in the inter
ests of love. Of harmony, OF sue
cessful marriage, see that you re-
main outside.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
TODAY'S TOPIC
ONE ROOF, ONE FAMILY.
By T. E. Pow ers-

est husband in the world can't al
ways see his way out after he has
let himself become the blindfolded
center OF a domestic tangle Of love
and jealousy and unfairness.
But it's the kind of story that
I wish young people who aren't
married yet, the blissfully en-
gagged ones, who believe that per-
feet happiness is only a lap ahead
Of them, would consider carefully.
Perhaps marriage is going to be
sweet and serene and successful
for all of them. But none Of them
can be sure at any moment there
won't come some turn in family
affairs which will seem to sfg-
gest that they sacrifice that free
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
What's Doing; Where; What Time

women's Club. Mrs. W. e. Chamberlain
will receive.
Address-MIss Kate Waller Barrett, Y.
W. G. A, D. m.
Meeting-Welfare workers to discuss
methods for obtaining employment for re-
turned soldiers and sailors. board room of
District Building. p. IN.
TOMORROW.
Address-Dr. Leo woiman. before Wash
inEton Forum OF Young Mems Hebrew As
sociation, Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vRnia avenue northwest. s:I5 p. m.
Lecture-Dr. AIes HrdIick. before An
thropological Society OF Washington. on
"Anthropological Survey Of the Unex-
plored Southwestern Coast of Florida"
Smithsonian institution. 4:45 p. m.
Meeting-South Dakota girl war work
ers. fourth floor, Young Women's Chris
tian Association. Seventeenth and G streets
northwest. 5:30 y. m.
Meeting-Federal Employees Union No.
:. Of Washington. typographical Temple
425 @ street northwest. p m.
Meeting Association of the
District. 0ridiron room Of willard Hotel.
9 p, m.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
TODAY,

Rehearsal-Chorus that will sing Christ
mas carols Wilson Normal School. Elsv-
enth and Harvard streets northwest. even
ing.
Meeting-TakomA Park Citizens Asso-
citation. TakomR Park Library, p. m.
Clarence Wilson, District food admlnistra-
tor, will speak.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. women war workers.
33o0 Ross place, Cleveland Park, 8 p m.
Beneht-For Columbia Hospital, Belssco
TheAter, . p. m Guy Bates Post will Ap-
pear in The Masquerader."
AddresE-Dr. NJ. w. ID. Norman. Colored
ton. Epiphany Parish Hall, .. m.
Meeting-Central CitiEsns' Association.
North Capitol Savings Bank. p. m.
Mseting-GeorEetown Citizens Associa-
tioH. Potomac Savings Bank Hall. 8 p. m.
Address-Dr. JessicA r. PeiNotto. before
Monday Evening Club. Central Y. NJ. c. A,
D. m
Story telling-Aiss Alice Hutchins
Drake, z. W. c. A.. at y. m.
Meeting-The Arohdea conry Of Washing
ton, Epiphany Parish Hall, p. m
Tea-From to o'clock. at colleEs
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
All of Us Travel on Clutches
And All Should Act Cautiously The Drunkard on
Clutches Was No Exception

At the corner of the street the usual morbid crowd
gathered watching unfortunate creature upon the
ground.
It was not woman, fortunately that the crowd was
watching but he gray haired, past fifty. In
falling he had dropped his wooden crutches
Two men of kindly impulse lifted him to his feet
and tried to balance his unsteady body and brain upon the
crutches once more.
In the crowd cynical voice said
''Wouldn't you think man on crutches would have
ssnse enough not to drink?"
That is the text of this editorial
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
Once-Overs
Copyright, 1915 International Features Service
GET YOURSELF A JOB.

Features Service, Inc
YOURSELF A JOB.
So you think the firm does not pay all earn?
Getting bedrock actually what paid?
From the standpoint would much the
firm for what you do, if you in authority?
Be honest efappraisa won't benefit by this self
examination.
the other getting have
sidered laid
far from giving IN to
You have to be a clock watcher.
Don't wait for the year a leaf
valuable that the
is bound to notice it.
yourself and then yourself
You know right well have loafed on the job
Maybe the boss knows it, too.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
"a Record the Jewish Population
May Be Proud Of.

The annual report of the United Hebrew Charities OF
Washington contains one item of amazing interest
DURING THE ENTIRE YEAR THERE WAS NOT
ONE JEWISH PRISONER ADMITTED TO THE DIS
TRICT WoRKHoUSE
This is remarkable record It is q splendid evi
dence of the industry sobriety and awabding charac
teristics of the Capitals Jewish population.
It tells story perhaps unmatched in any similar
aggregation of any in any city in this country It
may well example to the Jews Of every other
community in America.
The rest of the report is interesting. 1t shows
marked decrease in the number of families needing assist
ance and healthy condition Of the finances of the or
gSnzaton but the outstanding fact is the record that
the Jewish people have made for themselves.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16

for her husband, says nothing but
gets thinner and more unstrung
all the time.
Some blame may be laid to
this girl for not standing up for
her rights. yet anything she said
or did would be twisted and turned
to make 1t appear against her"
l wish / felt sure that the young
husband in this case will come to
see the family situation as 1t is,
and insist that his wife have her
own home, and freedom.
But he's probably a nice, be-
vildered, altogether dense young
man who will keep on balancing
his wife's side Of the case against
his mothers and imagining it's his
duty to remain neutral. The kind
The Washington times., 1918-12-16

The Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee to boost the plan Of Col. ROB
ERT N. HARPER for a national tri-
umphal arch to commemorate ouI
great victory Is composed Of Colonel
Harper and the following members
Of the chamber:
JAMES T. LLOYD, vice chairman
JOHN BARRETT.
CHAPLIN BROWN.
WILLIAM F. GUIDE
HARRY KING.
HENRY B. F. MCFARLAND.
P. T. MORAN.
JAMES F. OYSTER
ALBERT SCHULTEIS.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
WE ARE ALL ON CRUTCHES, AND THE BEST
or DIS Is BALANCED NONE TOO WELL.

We have risen recently from barbarism and brutality
OF all human beings earth great majority are
still savages in every way. And those that CALL them
selves cvilized" far than half animal in their
nature Lynchng crowds prizefghts mockry for the
happy drunkard and thousand other daily sights prove
that we are only animals still
We are trying TO WALK as decent men
Our crutches are KINDNESS on one hand and JUS
TICE on the other.
These crutches have recently been manufactured BY
OUR BRAIN.
Whatever interferes with the brain knocks the
crutches from under it.
Folly made that poor, gray haired man drink when
he knew that he needed all of his mind to control those
wooden crutches. Nobody knew what drove him to drink
at the risk of physical disaster
How much more foolish other who know
they need all of their mind to balance their MORAL
cTutches.
Drink destroyed the balance of the man with wooden
crutches and threw him to the ground.
More surely will drink destroy the moral balance and
throw down the mental crutches that uphold US all.
Think this out for yourself in detail
Think of the who is remarkable for his devotion
to his family and to the public welfare.
Don't you KNOW that drink makes such irdif-
ferent to all duty?
It is POSSIBLE for a wooden crutches to
drink and still keep the crutches under him. You may
occasionally drunken keep his balance crutches
or wooden Leg
BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO BE
A DRUNKARD AND KEEP THE BALANCE THAT HIS
MORAL CRUTCHEs GIVE HIM
That remark, Wouldn't you think a man on crutches
would have enough drink? applies to every
man, AND, MOST OF ALL, TO THE MOST MORAL
MEN
We have crutches for the mind-MoRAL CRUTCHEs
las we have wooden crutches for the body.
Remember that the desperate thing about drunken
ness is that it knocks the MORAL crutches from under US
throwing back to the PROSTATE brutal animal condition
of the past.
Remember that with intelligence who deliber-
atey allows drunkenness deprive him of moral force
infinitely more to blame-BECAUSE HE Is MORE IN
TELLIGENT-than that poor old man who allowed drink
70 get the better Of his wooden supports.
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
TRY THIS WITH NE.


Every day from now on until 1
save one dollar I am going to walk
to work and back again, and in
tend to give the dollar Tin advance)
to the cashier Of The Times to buy
a Christmas present for one Of the
$500 wounded men at Walter Reed
Hospital.
Now, will not 2.499 Washington
ians match me with that dollar, walk
to work and back home again for
ten days, and send me the dollar
with their names, so that can turn
this Christmas gift money over to
the cashier, who, in turn, will give
it to the Red Cross to make those
boys out at Walter Reed feel the
glow of Christmas?
Honest, now, I'm going to walk
down and back EVERY DAY, rain or
shine; and in order to get down in
time I'm going to get up earlier.
Moreover, I'm going to be more COM
Portable walking than riding in one
of those crowded Fourteenth street
cars; and will arrive at The Times
office feeling much better than II I
had ridden.
Moreover, YOU ladies and GENTLE
men who will match me on this will
The Washington times., 1918-12-16
HEARD AND SEEN

also feel better at both ends Of the
day and will have helped solve the
trsffic problem; and viii have done
q f1ne thing for the wounded men IN
the hospital.
I started this walking stunt today
and have turned In my dollar. I
hope the soldier who gets my pres
ent will feel all the thanks and good
wishes ] would like to put into It
Come on now. you washington-
ians, walk with me.
FAVORITB CUSS WORDS.
POKER BILL sMITH-~Leaping
Crime"
IRv NoRwooD--crimes Of ths
Ancients."
ALICE DUGAN-"Drug It
HENRY KAUFMAN-~HeIles-
pont"
RAY PULLMAN-"Jumping Boot
leggers."
Capt BOB CALLAHAN is looking
Franceward-
JULIA BRADLEY makes the claim
that the bump in front Of Commits
sioner Gardeners house is not the
only one Of its kind. as there Is an
ancient billow In the concrete In
front Of 120 B street northeast that
seems to be fixed as a part Of the
city's street features
was talking to MISS ETHEL
SMITH, Of the Federal Employees
Union, the other day, and happened
to ask her II women conductors and
motor-women wouldn't improve the
existing railway service here:
well, don't know" she answer
ed. ut seems that two men can't
run q street car In this town without
q supplemental repair crew, 30 I
don't hold out much hope for women
doing the thing. either"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-14
SHORT LINE CHANGES
TICKET REGULATIONS

The Maryland Electric Railway
Company will shortly abandon the
plan of allowing it's conductors on
cars between this city and other
points on the line to sell round-trip
coupons. The Company is notifying
its patrons that after June 4, con-
ductors viii not be permitted to sell
round-trip tickets, but that all such
tickets must be purchased at termi-
nal stations or at other local agen-
cies.
According to Transportation Expert
Duer of the Public Service Commits
sion, the Company maintains only a
few agencies where tickets are sold
between Baltimore and Annapolis, and
the new order, if approved by the
Commission, viii amount on an in
crease of approximately 20 per cent
to those who have to buy tickets from
conductors.
The reason given for discontinuing
the sale of round-trip tickets by con-
ductors is unusual traffic conditions
and the subsequent additional labor
imposed ON train crews" This rea-
son apparently does not appeal very
strongly to patrons of the road and
the probabilities are that a stiff fight
will be made to prevent the company
from carrying out its plan.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-14
NURSES TO GRADUATE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Annual commencement Of The
Training School For Nurses
OF Emergency Hospital.

Exercises attendant upon the annual
commencement of the Nurses Train
ing School of the Emergency Hospital
will be held tomorrow evening at
the St Johns Gymnasium, King
George street.
There will be but two nurses to
complete the course, Miss Eleanor
Safer, of Manassas, Va, and Miss
Lillian May Simmons, of ChuTchton,
Anne Arundel county. Md.
The exercises will be simple and
brief. There will be music by an or
chestra of the Naval Academy Band,
under the direction of Prof Henry
Schreyer.
The invocation will be by the Rev.
Edward Darlington Johnson, Rector
of St Annes DR.. ]. j. Murphy, chief
of staff OF the Emergency Hospital,
will deliver the diplomas to the grad
uates, after which the address to the
graduates will he delivered by DR..
Raymond Spear, U. S. N, a member
of the Hospital Staff. The Rev. DR. H.
w Burgan will pronounce the bene-
dictiOn
Following the graduation eeremo-
nies there will be a dance.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-14

That The Capital Fund is receiving
the commendation and support of 'the
most public-spirited men and women
of Annapolis" was the statement of
the City Council in the resolution
adopted last night, which was offered
by Alderman John j. Levy, of the
Third Ward, in which the hospital is
located. In addition, Mayor Strange
pointed out the crying need of a ma
ternity ward at the institution and
the further need of room for such a
ward. I'm times like these, gentle
men, we must above all things look
out for the babies of the country. We
are only doing our full duty when
we throw every safeguard about
their health and see that they get a
healthy start in life" said the Mayor
The Levy resolution is as follows:
Whereas, There has been started
by The Evening Capital a fund for the
purchase of additional property adj
joining the present site of the Annap-
oils Emergency Hospital; and
Whereas, This fund has met with
the commendation of the most public
spirited men and women of Annapolis
and Anne Arundel County; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Mayor, Counsel
lor and Alderman of Annapolis do en-
dorse the said fund by The Evening
Capital, and DO commend it TO the peo-
pie of the town; and be il further
Resolved, That the City hereby ap-
propriate the sum of $3.50 toward said
fund"
The individual contributions TO The
fund today were led off in amount by
Miss Elizabeth Jessup with $4,000.
Mrs George A. MARVEL contributed
$40; Miss Mary Holiday, $5; Miss
Corinthia Talbot, Richard Kirby and
Archibald Coates, S100 each.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-14
PATRIOTIC PAGEANT
OF RED CROSS WORK.
Mrs. John Writ Wilmer To Give
interpretive Dance, THE
Beautiful Blue Danube"

Mrs. John Writ Wilmer, who is TO
take part in the historical pageant on
st. Johns campus on May %, was
born in London, England. At the age
Of IA her extraordinary talent was
recognized, and she became a mem
Der of the company of Adeline Genee,
with whom she came to America two
years later
She danced for three seasons with
Genee in bachelor Bellies and The
Silver Star Then she was with the
Quaker Girl Co, and for two sea-
sons previous toLer marriage she was
with Donald Brian.
Her appearance in the pageant will
be her first since she left the stage,
and she viii dance an interpretative
rendering of the Beautiful Blue
Danube This dance should prove a
treat TO all who appreciate beauty and
technique, and it's effectiveness viii be
greatly increased by the fact that a
chorus Of twenty girls of the Annapo-
lis Patriotic League, whom Mrs. Will
mer is now training for the occasion,
will take part The music, of course,
is peculiarly beautiful and sugges
tive, but the dance itself greatly adds
to its charm, and is a feature which
alone would justify attendance at the
pageant even if there were not many
other things of great historical inter
est and artistic appeal.