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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-10-29
United War Work
Campaign Program

The campaign begins on Monday
morning, November IL, and ends at
midnight on Monday, November Is.
AS approved by representatives
Of the Government at Washington
the $17O, 100000 will be divided as
follows:
Y. NC. A.. 800, 0OO, 900
Y. w. O. A..... 100000
National Catho-
lie War Coun-
ell Cincluding
knights of
Columbus) -. 3O,OOO,OOO
War Camp Com
munity Serv-
Ice. 100000
Jewish Welfare
Board. 1893. 100000
Ame rican IL
brary AsSoci-
alton. ....... 3,500,oOO
Salvation Army 100000
Any surplus will be divided pro
rata.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

MAJOR DAN DONOVAN, the
present authority on matters mill
tary and everything else. tells me
that the word Stacker" is now Of
ficiGl and is used in army orders.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
AGOvernment Clerks Living Cost
By EARL GOODWIN.
If His Family Requires $500 What VIII He 10
With a Of Merely $40?

The man with the rigid income is the who suffers
more than anyone else in this rising tide of living costs
That means that the Government employe sufeS worst
of ALL for his salary not only rigid and fixed by Federal
statute, but is fixed on too low a scale.
Congress which fixes the wages of the servants of the
Government has daily evidence that salaries in all lines Of
activity being raised Boards of Investigators both
private and public deving into of data which
show that the increase in the cost of living is DAILY
affair, not monthly yearly matter.
To offset the rising tide wages have been raised to meet
increases In all inesespecialy where organized labor
dominates
But In the of Government employees salaries fixed
half century ago unchanged except for meager $120
year bonus which in many instances here does NOT
the increase in rent Sange there should be increase
In rent in the face of the Salisbury law.)
One of the recent investigations into living costs
made by the National Industrial Conference Board of Bos
ton It reports increases in the cost of food SXTYTWO
PER CENT; rent FIFTEEN PER CENT; clothing, SEW
ENTYSEVEN PER CENT; fuel and light FORTY-FTVE
PER CENT; and sundries, FIFTY PER CENT. Averaging
these increases the board finds that the cost of living up
from FIFTY PER CENT to FIFTY-FIVE PER CENT.
A Government employe who used all his s., 200 or
800 to support his family before the war; finds that
it costs from 5000 to 5000 year MORE merely to live
The Government offers him $120 to meet this increase
How will he do iti
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
The Times Belongs to A. Brisbane

Mr.. c. T. Brainard manages Harper Bros for j. Pier
pont Morgan, the owner.
he manages and edits the Washington Herald with
bancy and punctuated during the past year and
half by unsuccessful efforts to sell the paper to me.
Mr. Brainards Washington Herald expresses interest
in the ownership of The Washington Times and wants to
know If it is owned by the brewers.
Mr. Brainard viii not resent the statement that ques
ton coming from him would ordinarily deserve little atten
ton But his questions may interest others Here are the
facts
The Washington Times is one hundred per cent my
property.
It was purchased from Frank A. Munsey for $500000
Of which has been previously stated in this column
$25000O is still due Mr. Munsey. And he holds in his
possession the entire stock of The Washington Times as
security for the payment of the balance of purchase money
due him.
To buy The Times and put losing property pay
ing basis required approximately half million dollars
Mr. c. W. Feigenspan, president of the Federal Trust
Company of Newark New jersey is friend Of mine and
brewer As newspaper editor In the country knows
have for than twenty years advocated as temper
the suppression of the whskey traffic and the
encouragement Of light wine and light beer.
At my request Mr. Feigenspan agreed that he would
arrange for loan of S500000 1t turned out that
quired less $375 900 sufficient for the
pense involved in putting The Washington Times on pay
ing basis.
This amount borrowed from Mr.. Feigenspan between
June 1917 and November, 1917. And the money in due
course will be repaid with interest.
have any further reply to make to Mr. Brainard,
VIII make it to Mr. Morgan, who Mr.. Brainard to
MIR. a. P. Dawson who manages Mr.. Morgan.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
TODAY'S TOPIC
Study Conditions Before Leaving Home

about Why girls leave Washing
ton.' AS a girl war worker l could
explain several bitter experiences
l have had since my arrival last
June, such as having the owner of
the apartment where / live ask:
What do YOU want?' every tie I
cross the Threshold of any room
but my own.
81 may remark that this lady
rents two rooms for $50 a month,
while her receipt for the entire
apartment-which lay loose in the
mail box-showed that she paid
$50 a month for it.
My family has sent its men into
the service, and l, the only daugh-
ter, came to Washington Just as
our men went to war. We thought
it was the thing to do. My par
ents were not anxious that |
should come, and it is not neces-
sary that l earn my living; at
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

Within few days some of the most interesting adver-
sements ever printed will appear in newspapers all over
the country
The campaign of publicity for the Fourth Liberty Loan
VIII be headed by full page announcement written by
President Wilson and this will be followed by the publicity
work of other well known public men.
The writing of advertisements is becoming and
more. really scientific and LITERARY profession.
The gentleman who writes little stories for magazines
or little poems that do not get printed has looked down
upon the writer of advertisements He has been Mortified
at the suggestion that who writes advertisements could
be called literary
But as matter of fact the literary quality of good
advertisement writer ought to be first class Such writer
must combine in himself those characteristics which do most
to make real literary success.
First of all, he MUST BE CONVINCING, and there
Is nothing more important in good literary work.
kind Of imagination that distorts facts but the kind of
IMAGINATION that makes common everyday facts INTER
EsTNG
Third, HE MUST BE BRIEF WITHOUT BEING CN
INTERESTING, for each word he writes is more highly
paid for than word of the greatest literary man-ony the
writer, instead of the publisher, pays for it.
The campaign of Liberty loan advertising going to
prove this fundamental truth:
GOOD ADVERTISING MUST BE MORALLY USE
Full TO THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONALLY USE
FUL TO THE PUBLIC, AS WE'LL AS MATERIALLY
The other day. for instance certain very intelligent
writer OF advertisements wanted to impress upon peoples
minds the fact that they often pay too much for hat
cause Of the name that is in it. He quoted briefly and eec
lively an old professor whose opinion of himself was so
high that he lifted his hat reverently WHENEVER HIS
OWN NAME WAS MENTIONED
The writer of the advertisement then went on to draw
conclusions favorable to his hat and unfavorabe to
those that charge for That is the sort of adveis
ing that fingers in the memoryhat makes one writer of
advertising better than another.
II the advertisement appeals to a mans INTELLECT,
his mental appreciation if it interests him seriously 1T
WILL LNGER IN HIS MEMORY, AND THE ADVER
TISER WILL LINGER WITH 1T.
It is evident that the years go by, constantly in
creasng amount of advertising will be spread before the
public great deal of good be done if the writers
and promoters of advertising take real pride N the moral
and educational features of their advertisements
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

Wants to Cut Down Politics.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Let's try to make the next Presi-
Dental campaign a short one.
Under normal conditions and cir
cums'ances the procedure would be
about as follows:
The successor to President Wilson
would be inaugurated on the 4th OF
March, 1921: he would be elected in
November. 1920; the Republican and
Democratic national conventions
would meet to name Presidential
nominees about June. 1920: State con-
ventions to select delegates to the
national conventions would probably
be held in April, 1920. and county
meetings would likely be held in
March. 1920. to select delegates to the
State conventions: so that, the ma
tional political machinery would be
started one full year before the in
auguration OF our next President
the actual campaign would last
from the first OF March to the first
OF November-some eight months or
more
How shall we reduce this to about
three months--possibIy less?
Something like this:
County conventions in August:
State conventions in September; ma
tional conventions in October-three
months OF a calm and conservative
campaign.
Could not this be guaranteed by
mutual agreement between "the pow
ers that be-" II such an arrange
ment. or a somewhat similar one. were
made far in advance OF the coming
campaign II would not be to the ad-
vantage Or disadvantage of either
political party, but would be for The
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
Problems Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

1 did not want to sell my stamps
If l could borrow a certain per
cent and leave them as security
till the first of the month, or, when
my check arrived from home.
Received CoOlIy.
This gentleman refused to look
me in the eyes, and said he did
not keep a regular postofice. and
besides. certain formalities would
have to be gone through with be-
fore anything could be done. /
was near to crying then, and didn't
hear all he said.
But what can ] do" / asked.
i am sure | don't know
But / am almost penniless.'
I don't know what you can
do-you might try a downtown
postofice.'
Not one word Of advice or sym
pathy. | was afraid to try down
town. I had been trading at this
place, and had rented books from
his circulating library and re-
turned them. II he would not
trust me. or give me credit, what
could | expect from an utter
stranger? So | tried a bank. and
finally. found a gentleman and a
Christian who gave me money on
his personal account and took my
stamps as security. | shall not
state where this bank is: for u
man of this type would hate pub
licity.
"But | ask public spirited citi-
zens, and the other kind. too,
what are you doing about the war
worker? Do you resent their
presence as the lady in the street
car, who said before one of us:
These horrid war workers swarm
over everything
"Do you treat them Ike human
beings when you take them into
your homes? Remember, in many
instances, they have left COM
Portable homes and an easy life TO
come here at the Governments
urgent call for war workers.
"This druggist represents 4 hu-
name profession, and his conduct
was a surprise to one who ex-
pected different treatment But
there was a Levite who passed
on the other side
as it any wonder that when the
checks do arrive from home, the
girls use them to buy return
tickets?"
A WAR WORKER.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

90 many girls come to Wash
ington with such a fine, high
hearted spirit to do war
work, that when things turn out
differently from what they expect
ed back home" it is little short
Of a tragedy.
Every prospective war worker
ought to be presented with an il
Illuminated text that reads: Don't
put all your eggs in. one basket
even if it is a patriotic basket. -
There are so many more sides to
a war job, than the job itself, and
these are the things that wear
down the fine spirit already men
toned.
Tremendous Cost Of Everything.
In the first place. there is the
enormous cost of everything, for
despite the excellent work done by
the Food and various other com
missions, prices continue to trill,
and also thrill, around high c.
The thousand or twelve hundred
dollars that looked so big where
there was no surplus population
to care for, melts like a cake OF
ice in August where there is many,
many thousands surplus people
Then there is the landlady, who
is only human, and can see no
merit in sleeping on the couch in
the parlor, IL it is not going to
bring her in something extra. And
there is the loneliness and the
sense Of being lost among all
these bustling, hustling people, un-
less one comes armed with some
sort Of credentials.
Forget your macintosh. forget
your overshoes, your diary, your
best hat, your party slippers, but
don't forget your letters that in
sure an invitation to dinner, or
other social favors; but at least
have something in your possession
that will insure you the opportun-
ity Of talking things over in case
OF an emergency.
Know where you are going to
s+o,, hafore vou leave home and
lose no time in joining a church or
war workers club that will put
you in touch with young women
doing the same sort Of work as
yourself. The following letter
from a young girl war worker is a
fair sample of some of the things
they have to contend with.
Lost Her Money.
There is considerable talk
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

home / was in the habit of buying
thrift stamps and war savings GER
tifcates. brought a card of these
with me.
This week some of my money
disappeared mysteriously, and all
of the girls in the house happened
to be short of money at the same
time. was expecting a check from
home, so l had let my money get
down to "a cents, and as we take
our meals out, my situation was
pretty bad.
81 took my war savings stamps
down to a certain drug store near
where l live, where there is also
branch postoffice.
Il explained my predicament
and gave the druggist my card as
Identification, showing that
worked at the Bureau of War
. had on my service flag
with its three stars. and told him
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
HEARD AND SEEN

An army officer who owns .
gasolene car said to me:
'T wonder if my fellow officers
who rush down town in their cars
on, gasless Sunday really believe
they are justified? / wonder If the
navy officers whom ! saw Sunday
riding in gas cars really conscien-
tiously believed they were doing
the right thing!"
wonder what these gentlemen
would do if, while they were rush
ing around In gas cars, they should
come face to face with the COM
mander-in-chief of all the military
and naval forces. The President
walks or rides in a horse-draWn car
riage, and ! imagine the rest Of
the army can afford to follow his
example.
Saw LIEUTENANT HEADLEY
in the hall Of the District building
and saluted him by saying:
Hello, handsome!"
At that about eight men turned
around at oncel
Old Stuff.
If you care to escape the draft,
answer yes" to this: Who remem-
bers the old Creighton Baseball
Club" of 1869, afterward the
Junior Nationals" q number Of
whom later were active members Of
the old Nationals? Here they are:
Johny Greason, pitcher; Edward
Townsend, catcher; Johny Lamb,
first base; John Hollingshead. sec
ond base; Bun Renner. third base:
Erny Foster. shortstop: Charlie
Lusk, shortstop and third base:
Omy Foster, left field; Hugh Ernst,
center field; Harry Towers, right
field.
Greason, Lamb, Renner. Erny Fos-
ter and Harry Towers died In recent
years; Townsend has been lost track
of, but Hollingshead. Lusk, Omy
Foster and Ernst are alive and we'll.
The Creightons, as above outlined,
held the enyiable reputation OF hsy-
ing never lost a game!
HUGH A. ERNST, Mt. Rsiner, Nd.
A reader says:
MAY l suggest that what seems
to be needed is not merely inter
changeable transfers as tickets, but
a unifcation of the system, giving
a transfer on a transfer, as in San
always in the same gen
eral direction of course; first and
second class at cents and 4 cents,
as in Manila; and the zone system
once there-three blocks for cent,
7 for 2 cents, eleven for cents,
for 4 cents"
The zone system has already been
suggested in this column, but repe-
tition will not hurt.
Called a number from pay station
at Columbia 1912 and having drop
ped a nickel the operator refused to
operate until l had dropped another.
Grand servicel
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
From The Public To The Editor

good OF our whole country.
Come to think OF 1t. we have never
had a President who has not been a
good President, and no man has ever
been nominated by either OF our great
political parties who would not have
made us a good President, and surely
neither of our present prominent
political parties will nominate in
1920 a man who would not be a good
President.
other powerful publications start
some movement that will eventuate
in a short, sane. sensible campaign for
the selection OF a suitable successor
to our present President? Yours very
truly. G. p. TALBOT.
Augusta, ca
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
Wants Railroad Rates for Govern
ment Workera-

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
1t would please me greatly II you
will publish this in your estimable
paper, so that it may be called to
the attention OF the Railroad Admin
istration.
There are a great many Government
employees here who are expecting to
be called into the army soon. A great
number of these have come many
miles and would like to visit their
folks before entering the army and
will be unable to do so at the regular
fare.
Could il not be arranged to allow
these men the "I-cent a mile" rate
the same as soldiers on furloughs.
PETER A. DEKKEE.
Room l23. Winder Bldg, Washington,
ID. e.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

" oCO 4nASNAN OA1AAAkA
KING, who is aide to GENERAL
CROWDER, and while there he in
troduced me to the man whom I
have always designated "the father OF
the QUESTIONABLE" COL. CHARLES
B. WARREN. However, Colonel
Warren tells me he is not RESPONSE
BILE for all Of those questions, but
for rules and regulations concerning
the draft-or a part Of 1t.
However, to be father of all those
rules and regulations is considerable
Of a responsibility.
In the next room was COL.
JAMES S. EASBY-SMITH, who
leaped from the law office to khaki
with spritely facility, was having
a confab with ED SNYDER and
FRANK S. HIGHT and some one
else, whom 1 didn't see.
LOUIS LUDLOW came in while l
was there-seems to be a most pop
ular corner.
Having failed to sound on Mon
day the siren blew twice yesterday.
Yesterday being LIEUT.. LESLIE
FORTS birthday, his father. JUDGE
FORT, of the Federal Trade Com
mission had him to lunch.
After dessert Leslie handed his
father a case of smokes.
will you have some OF these
cigars, father? They are yours"
"Mine?" said Judge Fort Thanks,
I'll take them all"
SUNSHINE MARY says she has
copied OF that song, when the
Rep-Tyle Serpent Bit My Heel" and
will bring it in some day. I hold her
to it, and have FRANK WOOD
FIELD as a witness.
You know on Sunday | chased
DOUG SIMMS half a mile, only to
find II was some one else-well, yes
terday / saw him going up Fifteenth
street with GEORGE HAMILTON.
Both gentlemen wore green felt
hats.
C. W. RAY says that the Fed
eral Government should take hand
in our own street railway service
problems, wipe the slate clean and
begin all over again with a consoli-
dated system, so the public would
have the benefit of the existing
trackage.
WALTER S. GARD introduced
me to H. o. BISHOP, late of Texas,
now of Washington.
This is what Mr.. Bishop has to
say about the National Capital:
II have been in many hick towns,
but this one out-hicks all of them
in lack of proper regulation. In all
the Southern towns where | have
been the military authorities inspect
the soda fountains and restaurants
at least three times a day, and if
they are not up to the standard a
policeman is placed in
front of each one to keep soldiers
away. That in turn scares off the
civilians, and the offending res
taurant keeper soon comes to book.
81 have yet to see anything like
that here"
MAJOR DAN DONOVAN, the
present authority on matters mill
tary and everything else. tells me
that the word "slacker" is now Of
fciGl and is used in army orders.
Went over to see CHIEF WAC
NER at fire headquarters the other
day. He's looking younger each day.
And on my way out caught sight
Of GEORGE WALLACE, water
registrar. and it came over me that
he is probably the most thoughtful
looking man in Washington
The Washington times., 1918-09-18
To Those Who Write Advertise
. mentS
mentS

You Have Chance to Help Your Employers and the
Public at Large at the Same Time.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

A well-dressed man about
thirty-fiVe years old on 4 Chevy
Chase car. going north Sunday
night about 1880. He was sit
ting. At the loop" an elderly
woman with two children board
ed the car and walked down
front where the man" was sit
ting. He did not arise. Finally
a girl next him arose:
Il am sorry" she said to the
elderly woman, that the man
next to me is not a gentleman.
However, I am younger than you
and have no children. Take my
seat"
The man turned green. purple,
and pink, BUT KEPT HIS
SEAT.
He got off at Livingston
street.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

Went over to see CHIEF WAC
NER at fire headquarters the other
day. He's looking younger each day.
The Washington times., 1918-09-18

And on my way out | caught sight
Of GEORGE WALLACE, water
registrar. and it came over me that
he is probably the most thoughtful
looking man in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
'FnUsUp; Let UsGoBack,'
Wounded Americans Plead
Never Whimper in Advanced Dressing Stations and
Every Doughboy Graves Another Chance to Hit
Boches-Prsoners All Downhearted

tanned. while it is likely to be little
short of being disastrous to the Boohe
and the complete upheaval of his cam
paign plans.
The Boche, in fact, has been placed
in position from which he can ex-
tricate himself if at all only by lavish
expenditure of the reserves he has
been counting upon to hammer out
this summer decisions he seeks and
fancied ne could secure.
Enemy Is Well Fed
Not the least in the Allied gain in
the 1lzzle Of the Boche push to the east
aud retreat from the Soissons-Chateau
Thierry line is the influence in the
morale Of the German soldiers. which,
judging from prisoner just taken,
seems none too good. The many
groups | saw appeared dazed and spir-
itless, showing relief at being safe, and
were eager to carry strctchers or do
other work in token of their complete
and willing surrender.
AS rule their voices were weary and
dishcartened, and some expressed as
much in words. Yet without exception
they were in good physical condition,
looking we'll fed and clothed, and espe-
clally we'll shod were all the Boches
alive and dead saw.
Evidently tales of Starving" army
arc features of the Boche peace Of
fensive, of which we shall soon hear
much. Meanwhile there will be bitter.
costly fighting during the process Of
pinning the Boche where the Allies can
smash him next spring.