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Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
BRAVE lIEN IND TnHD DOLLARS

Never in thc history of the world have men been bluvcr than they are today Never ha, the Death of Battles stalked in more hdcous or terrifying form Men m thou sands have braycd the tcrrors of the sea tbc dread typbom-thc obscmmg fog-thc iceberg and the hidden reef They have fought battles. ship to ship. when gun bclch- ed into gun and shorpshootcrs fired from thc f4htmg tops but never before have they faced tbc unseen terror that SncakS rhrough the dark blue depths of the ocean and launches its deadly bolt with comporo- tiv, safety to its own hull ud crew.
 The very thought of falling from a height i, terrifying Go the average man, and rct our boys eagerly go up alott until they are mere spccks upon the sky. and there in cocklcshcIls of cloth and spruce they fight like eagles for the mastery of the air.
 Men have gone down in mines to rescue comrades from the poisoned damp, but never before has fhc air we must breathe NDIN |IH|~IIItil NNII HI'fl' ''''tii.'' '' when thc eyes smart with acid tears and rv- crv breath is am agony ending in hidcouS death
 Men in the past have faced spms. clubs and ,Iugs. arrows and swords. bullets and cannon balls. bat the machine gun and the high explosive shell are beyond aIl previous experience aud they shattcr nerves when they .uil Co break bones.
 Death hold, high carnival on the poppy field, of France. yet our boys go lover thcrc" with a smile and a jest. singing their battle hymns.
 There are many brave hearts who are condemned to stay at home, but since that must be. do mot hmuiIiutc your spirit by nursing tmid dollars. Do mot compel yom government to bomb your wealth out of thc dugour~ and cellar, in which you have hid- dcu 1t aud take 1t away at the point of thc bayouct. Marshal your money and put it ou thc firing lime with your boys-mvcst in Nirtory-Libcrtv is worth the price.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

longing for the open places and the free pure air of the great outdoors.
 Alaska is the last great frontier and the land of opportunities, and the place that will appeal to the soldiers when they get through with their job of cleaning up Eu- rope. Alaska has open places and the free, pure air. and what country it will be when it is pcoplcd with the thousands of the re- sourccful men who have fought on the bat tlcficlds of Europe for their country. There is room enough for everyone and opportu- mites for aIl, and both Alaska and the sol dicrs will be the winners by their migra- tion.
 Former residents of the Territory now in the States say that they perhaps cm stay there while the war is on and help Uncle Sam out in the shipyards, but after the wal-Aaska for theirs.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
LIBERTY LOAN

Douglas Island has accomplished every object it has ever undertaken and the cam paigu to double the quota of the Fourth Liberty Loan should be mo exception. With over fourteen thousand dollars already sub sclibcd. twcuty-siX thousand more will ace complish the object aimed for With bonds selling for as low as fifty dollars there are very few ou Douglas Island who can not afford to buy bond.
 Whether or mot this will be the last Lib- crty loan that will bc necessary, am idle dol- lar at this time is a stacker dollar that in- stead of lurking somewhere in a dark cor ucr should bc out working for Uncle Sam md world democracy.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
LIBERTY DAY

October l2th, the anniversary of the dis covcry of America, has been designated by President Wilson ass Liberty Day. On that day demonstrations will be held all over the country in honor of the discovery, and of the Liberty Loan that will be in full swing.
 It certainly is a most fitting day for a Liberty celebration, being the date on which America the home of liberty and the champion of world democracy, was sighted by Christopher Columbus.
 There should be am outpoming of dol. lars ou that day that will make the powers of autocracy realize that liberty will not be denied and that the irresistible wave of democracy, having its start in America, is destined to roll over the whole world.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
BACK TO ALASKA

From every source we hear that Alaska is to be the mecca. after the war, for sol diers and former residents who are now liv- ing in the States. The soldiers say that they will never again be content to live in the narrow confines of the big cities OF the cramcd areas of the States. They all say that since joining the army they have a
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

John Arvid Temple, a soldier stationed at Fort Liscum but for mcrly of Douglas, and Eva AXelia Anderson, also formerly Of Douglas. were married at Valdez recently by the Rev. p. S. Boningcr also for merly of Douglas
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

Remember! tho men in our army and navy do not expect luxurlcs. Should we at home expect them? Buy necessities and war-savlngs stamps.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

WickcrSham is still abusing everyone that doesn't agree with him. He is like the fond parent that was watching the soldiers march and said that they were all out of step but Jim.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

"sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modatlons. American or European plan. For terms apply to Dr. L. r. Goddard. sanitarium. Alaska.-Adv.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

The only drawback We can see to that holiday that is to be on October 12th is the fact that it comes on Saturday, School children can't see any sense in a holiday that falls ou Saturday.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

The sugar beet crop is much larger than was expected and we are promised plenty of sugar soon. We hope the lemon crop is not a failure. because many people like a squirt of lemon in it, too.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

The kaiser has asked his subjects to die for him in protecting the Fathcrland Fool ish question to ask-the allies will see to the dying part
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

Letters have been published that prove that Lenine and Trotsky were in German pay They were paid to put the Bull in Bol- Shcviki.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

Luxurlos as usual means vic- torlous Germany. Save and buy War Savings Stamps.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

For Che best and ncatcst job print ing. come Co the News office.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

We don't know for sure, but it seems Jo us that Bulgaria started to sue for peace at just the time the Alaska draft boys left Fort Seward cmoutc to Europe. It seems that there are spies everywhere and they got word home quick Lots of Bulgarians worked in the Alaskan mines with the AL oska boys and when they heard that they were ou the way they knew the jig was up
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

We hate to think what might have happened if the American aviators had not dropped those cigarettes to the men in the front trenches. When a Yankee soldier can't get little Bull" he gets awful ugly. They might have have hiked right along into Berlin and upset a lot of good plans
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04

By the way General Allenby is going it looks like the Allies will have Turkey just about Thanksgiving.
Douglas Island news., 1918-10-04
THINGS TO FORGET

If you see t5u fellow ahead ot a crowd. "A leader ol men. marching fearless and proud And you know or .lle whose mere telling aloud Would cause b.s proud head Co iu anguish be- bowed
 U's a pretty good plan Co forget it If you know ol a skeleton hidden away Iu a closet, and guarded. and kcpt from thc day. Iu tac dark and whose showius whose sudden display Would cause grief. and sorrow. and lifelong dsm'y
 Irs a pretty good plan Co forget it !, you know of a thing that win darkcu thc joy Cf t. man or a woman. E.rI or boy That .u.II e.p. ouI a smile or the least way annoy.
 u'- a pretty good plan tu forget it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
He Would Not Give Her a Lift
man has % pure reputation that he can't afford to soil
helping . war worker to the Office.
By EARL GOODWIN.

Here is most remarkable episode in the days events:
. woman asks man to give her a lift in his car and
be refuses have seen empty automobiles speeding down
town IN the morning while workers waited for
crowded street and have called the auto sackes all
the names could command at the moment. But never
have heard before of who refused to give
war worker lift to the office when she asked the favor
Here is the description of the event told to by the
woman herself:
'The other morning, after waiting fifty minutes
for trolley accosted of the empty
motor cars that my particular every morning
and dumfounded with the received-to the eff
feet that the felt highly nsuted at being approached
IN such manner and would think of driving up to
his office it with in his His reputation
he explained would be ruined not in the habit Of
stopping anyone the street unknown but under the
fnghul conditions that exist here not only in relation to
transportation but in every conceivable instance feel ust
fed in doing anything to make matters little easier for
myself and many others"
ALI l have to say to THAT man is this:
Any s'genteman' whose reputation will be injured BY
doing courtesy must have lost most of his reputation IL
ready, the remains Of it simply dangling by small and
feeble thread You know this city there used to be two
kinds of kind who could do their market
ing and carry their baskets home and the other kind who
couldn't afford to lose their regulations by carrying pack
ages It's poor reputation that Will suffer by carrying
basket and FIERCE reputation that will dsnteprate
under the influence of wartime kindness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
TODAY'S. TOPIC
Where Shall the Children Play?

ten set themselves to suppress ev-
cry natural impulse they can dis
cover.
Street Poor Playground.
On the other hand, the street
won't serve as playground.
Neither will most homes, both be-
cause they haven't proper play
facilities and because the atmos-
phere is too personal.
So, if you were five years old,
and your older brothers and sis
tiers had gone to school, and the
back yard looked undressing,
and it was a rainy day besides,
wouldn't you think II a very won-l
derful thing to go to a playhouse
in the next block and stay until
dinner time?
The idea is almost that OF an
infant clubhouse. Every child in
the neighborhood belongs to the
club. Everything in the club
house belongs to the children. Ev-
cry child associates on perfectly
free and equal terms with every
other child.
Very old-fashioned people who
believe that a child should be nag
ged and supervised practically all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26

the time that it is awake doubt
less will disapprove of this idea
Some theorist cooked that up"
they will object with a good deal
OF scorn. at would never work
out in practice, and even il it did
it would give children far too
much liberty"
But the interesting thing is
that it does work out. And though
it gives children liberty, it gives
them responsibility at the same
time. If play materials are de-
stroyed, the children themselves
have no way of replacing them.
So they learn to be careful.
Likewise if a child doesn't "play
fair" he pays the natural penalty.
That is, the other children won't
play with him. And it's very
much less fun to play at home by
oneself. So the spirit Of fairness
is bred.
Furthermore, in the playhouse
there is no audience for whines or
complaints. No child can "tell on"
another child for there is nobody
who would listen-as thoughtless
parents sometimes do. II there
are any injustices, they right
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
II the Government could arrange
its various departments in such
way that one-half of its helpers could
begin work one-half hour earlier and
the other half one-half hour later, II
would greatly help the present
crowded condition of street cars.
From $50 until the middle OF the
afternoon the street cars are making
trips with scarcely enough passengers
to pay the conductor.
II you have never made a trip from
the Treasury out TO Mt. Rainier be-
tween 4:3O and S p. m. then try 1t and
tell US II you don't agree with me
that riding on any of the cars isn't
real work.
II you are a labOrinE man and
chance to get seat. you are kept
on a nerve strain by some woman
looking daggers at you because you
don't let her sit down. and IL you do
reIent and give her a seat she tum-
bles into it with the air OF a person
who has had stolen property returned
to her. and then your tired bones
ache from your days work and being
ierked and damned while you hang
onto a strap until you wish the strap
was around some officials neck, IL
you could only find the one who is
responsible for the present conditions
Is there no wsy.to speedily remedy
this nuisance?
Arc not street car tracks ~ a
standard widthA Could cars not be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26

Mr.. Ryan tells me that among the
men who left because they could
not afford to stay were JAMES
KERR, JOSEPH GARNER, GEORGE
FISHER and CHARLES SCHU-
RERT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
A Street Car Rider Complains

obtained from some other city,
bought borrowed. or Communicated
until more cars could be manufac-
tured to meet the present needs OF
the Government?
IL the sightseeing cars that spin
around the city, burning valuable
gasolene to satisfy the curiosity of
people who would better he buying
thrift stamps. were pressed into serv-
ice as jitneys they would be. incTeas-
ing the efficiency OF our army by get
ting the war workers home to bed
and rest instead Of roasting or freez-
ing while waiting for car with
standing room in il to carry them to
their crowded, stuffy little room.
Owners OF stock in the street car
companies, some of them. claim they
are running at a loss, but a lot Of
the suffering public are from Mis-
souri," and Il they are running at a
loss they would surely be glad to
see Government take the lines over
and give us adequate service.
A RIDER.
Mt Rainier. Md
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Pitfalls of the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

themselves. Children are really
fairer judges of each other than
grown-ups can be.
But best of all is the fact, not
that such a playhouse is good for
the children Of a neighborhood,
but that the children themselves
like it 1t meets their need Of
companionship, it meets their
need Of play, it meets their need
of freedom. This being the case,
they are happy. And a thorough
ly happy child is recognizable at
sight. Indeed it seems almost a
different order of being from the
child who is depressed and nag
ged at home or bullied in the
street or waited upon by a nurse
or governess.
Healthy and Happy.
To be healthy. happy, occupied,
free to play, during those few
precious, impressionable years
what better thing can we do for
our children than to secure them
this? What better gift can we
offer them than entrance into an
infant Paradise of this order?
1t is, Of course, the children's
good that should be put first in
urging such a project as the
neighborhood playhouse. But open
minded mothers who might come
to talk the thing over and decide
to do their utmost to establish in
their own neighborhood a center
Of this sort would also find in the
end that it worked out to their
own advantage also.
A busy mother who loved her
young children very much, but
who found in herself no capacity
to ''amuse" them or overcome their
fretfulness, would doubtless be
deeply grateful if playhouse took
this job of her hands. Moreover,
this arrangement would give her
at least three or four extra hours
a day for work or rest or recrea-
ton, whatever she most needed.
Perhaps she would feel a certain
jealous sadness for a day or two
on realizing that the first separa-
ton was so easily accomplished,
that her babies were so much hap
pier away from home, and that an
impersonal house around the cor
ner could do more for them than
mother love could do.
But a wise mother soon dries
these sentimental tears and sets
herself to becoming the kind of
woman that her children will
eagerly and trustfully turn to
when the playhouse age is past.
We have been told that this is
1.-THE century of the child" More
recently we have been told that
this is "the children's year" |
hope both these statements are
true. | hone no parent in these
days will dream of denying his
children whatever freedom and
health and happiness may lie
within reach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
G. A. D.-NeW Armv
There Will Be New Grand Army in the United States
Soon the G. A D., or GRAND ARMY OF DEMOCRACY.

This army will be made up of the men that will return
victorious from the 1t will develop with the approval
and under the inspiration of the Grand Army of the Repub
c 1t will be power for democracy the real meaning of
the wordan army of citizens returning productive work
and devoted regardless of party to patriotic democracy
which means rule by the people
The leaders will be most distinguished in the sue
cessful battle for democracy's victory.
The members of the Grand Army of the Republic fewer
every year. will watch with pride the growth of this new
Army of Democracy exung in its growth like father in
the growth Of his son.
Here power and usefulness the great army that
shall free the world and then rebuild the world-THE
GRAND ARMY OF DEMOCRACY worthy successor to the
Grand Army Of the REPUBLIC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
HEARD AND SEEN
Bet Your Money on the U. S. A.

der1ng ovsr the most profitable routs
Tor an extension &c Potomac Park.
would 1t not help ths LResent situa-
ton by constructing q cross-oVer
switch at New York avenue and
Fourteenth street to connect with
the tracks Of the Capital Traction
Company?
1 believe II the ", 3. & A. cars
were eliminated from the city tracks
and cars substituted to run from FIf-
teenth and II streets northeast to
Potomac Park, issuing transfers to
the several cross-town lines, Il
would greatly relieve the ineon-
yenience and expense Of extra fares
for the war workers at Potomac
Park. Even il an act Of Congress
would be required, this plan would
be better than waiting all winter for
the proposed plan via B street to
be completed The long waiting, two
fares, and two transfers each way
Is an intolerabls nuisance, and this
Is cause enough fer many var work.
ers to give up their jobs and 60 back
home.
"a READER
/ was in Baltimore the other day
and ran across q well known and
prominent and easily found boot
logger. This Is what he
told me: I'm layin' up a little
stock of Ticker just now while it is
legal. After a while the Chief Ex-
ecutive Of the nation will sign his
name to a paper that will make it
illegal to buy Ticker. Just now it
amt illegal at adjust something
the Washington police have framed
up"
Food Administrator Scores.
Inasmuch as your column is the
one column most eagerly scanned by
all war workers in Washington, /
wish you would, through your col
umn permit me to thank the Food
Administrators inspection force
for the prompt action they took
yesterday in regard to a complaint
that was made in reference to over
charging in one Of the Fifteenth
street restaurants. An inspector was
Immediately sent to this restaurant
and the charges made against it
verified.
1t is most gratifying to a war
worker down here to know that such
interest is taken, sid that very soon,
proba bly, within a week or so, a
standard menu, with variety Of food,
just the sc-t We need most, and at
prices. will be seen in all
local lunch rooms. / am sure this
news will bring good cheer to the
hearts-and pocketbooks-of all war
workers in Washington. NJ. A. T.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
Do You Remember

who remembers" queries ". T.
BURDINE, the Pythian baseball
club that played on the grounds now
occupied by the old Department OF
Agriculture; with Billy williams,
pitcher; Berthrong, catcher; Bill
Pope, Billy Quicksall. Tarbell Dyer.
and others.
Answering A. ]. SCHWARTZ, 81
Rhode Island avenue northwest, as to
the steamer Sue, d. R. B. recalls q
trip to Baltimore aboard this steamer
over twenty years ago; also recalls
the Sue on account Of her bass sound
ing whistle.
But there are two essentials lack
ing-street car facilities and a clock.
WELLS, the manager. says the War
Department seems disinclined to sup
ply a clock for the water side Of
the pavilion.
When the original HARVEY was
in his glory there was a great con-
troversy as to whether it was he or
SCHWING & CLARK who first in
vented steamed oysters. Haven't
heard much about that controversy
for long time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-26
Hr| EEL a fellow knows now
7 where to find the
other fellows"

(G| EE! fellow knows now
T where to find the
other fellows"
A little boy of somewhere be-
tween three and six years old had
been introduced to a Neighbor-
hood Playhouse. He had fingered
and played there and gone again.
And this was his rapturous COM
ment, as quoted by Mrs. Eliza
beth Byrne FERN, who originated
the neighborhood playhouse idea
and who now tells US how it has
worked out
We are told that Play is the
great educator. 1t is supposed TO
be the duty of a child too young 70
go to school and too old TO sit in
its mothers lap to develop itself
by playing with all its might and
main. We adults have heard this
so much that we are disposed to
worry about a child who becomes
tired of play or who doesn't like
to play alone or who doesn't play
happily under supervision. We
are inclined to call the small Great
ure to rather strict account for its
unplayfulness.
But where is he to play? On
anything like the scale, that is,
that childhood games demand. On
a city sidewalk? In the extremely
narrow restrictions of a city back
yard? In a temporarily unused
corner of somebody's bedroom?
Like TO Play With Neighbors.
1t is just this interesting ques-
ton that Mrs. FERN has carefully
thought out, and, as she believes,
found the answer to. And this an
swer takes the form of an entirely
new institution, the neighborhood
playhouse.
To begin with, Mrs. FERN found
that children like 10 plav with
other children of their own neigh
borhood. They don't particularly
like to be taken TO distant spots to
play with children whom their
elders consider desirable" Do
parents know this?
Have you ever heard the tone
OF complaint in a child's voice and
seen the look OF dissatisfaction in
his eyes," asks Mrs. FERN How
often | have heard that tone, and
when | have sympathetically turn
ed TO look for the cause have in
variably found a child in charge
of an adult, distracted from his
real needs, pushing along some
expensive toy, which only served
to irritate the child and further
accentuate his distinctness from
other children"
Kindergarten conditions she re-
CARDS as no better. Here the
child is sweetly taken in charge
and appointed to a seat and place
which at once limits his power
OF expression. The child is then
pursued by a program" From
this time on the charming young
women who direct the kindergar-