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The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
Swivel Chair Slackers.

There is angle in this war few people
come in contact with. yet it has its disturbing ef-
iect on the whole people. A crisis like this pro-
duces two kinds of men-the fighter and the
Stacker.
The fighter, be he old or young, meets the oc-
casion sturdily. He faces the issue and arranges
his affairs to meet unusual conditions. II the Sc
lective draft is his good fortune he accepts it with
magnificent spirit, dons the khaki and is made
ready for the fray at the earliest possible moment
He does not shirk or evade the emergency. He is
an American citizen, and when his country calls,
he is ready.
But we cannot dodge the fact that influence
has exempted many from the draft who are men
tally and physically fit for the trenches We can
scarcely credit this sort of Stacker with pa
triotism when he occupies swivel chair in a well
heated office for few hours day, while his
neighbor's son is in France ready to die.
To put the case more definitely. Two BOYS
grow to manhood in small community. War
comes and one enlists-the other lodges The
former promptly and decisively; the other
begins pull the wires escape the privilege the
first readily grasped. One goes to sodden
trench; the other, because Of his influence, to
mahogany desk The one i wiling "a die Tor his
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
X. OF c. To UNFURL
Big SERVICE flag
Impressive Service at St. Patncks
Church Will Mark Tribute.

With spIendor of religious and pstri-
otic ceremonial the District knights
OF Columbus will assist this morning
at a solemn memorial mass IN st.
Patrick's Church. and later will for
mslly unfuri X. OF C. service flag at
the organizations hall at Sixth and z
streets northwest.
The mass will be celebrated by the
Rev. Peter Gildsy. chaplain OF WASH
ington Chapter, at 10 O'Clock. A ser
mon on patriotism will be delivered
by the Right Rev. Mgr. c. F. Thomas.
rector Of st. Patrick's Through the
heads OF the respective councils as
mittees in charge that nearly every
member Of the organization in the
District will take part in the exer-
cises
The ceremony OF unfurling the serv-
ice flag will be conducted after the
mass. and will be impressive. The
flag will be blessed by Mgr. Thomas.
and an address will be delivered by
Leo A. Rover. State deputy Of the
knights of Columbus.
Final preparations for the elaborate
ceremonies Of the mass and of the
flag unfurling were completed last
night by the two official committees
Of knights OF Columbus under the d.
rection of Michael D. Schserer,
chairman OF Washington Chapter.
At the conclusion of the exercises at
the hall the members Of the Fourth
Degree knights of Columbus will
leave for Camp Meade, where there
is to be a patriotic demonstration. in
which the soldiers will participate.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
Poland's Two Great Rulers.

or all Polapd's rulers. two only left
even a temporary impress on the
map of Europe-the one Queen Jad-
wiga, or Hedwig. whose shrewd mar
rage with Jawello, Prince OF Lith-
uania, made Poland the greatest
state in Eastern Europe; the other
John sobiesid. whose sword delivered
Vienna, and perhaps all OF Christen-
dom, from the Turk. or no other
Polish monarch has history any glor-
ious deed to commemorate, and II
was perhaps fitting that the last
king should have been Stanislas
Poniatowski. once favored lover OF
whom Catherine of Russia had
wearied, tossing him the throne OF
Poland as a sort alimony.-Munsey'
Maeaxiua. 7sfss
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
Il Was All Right.

Senator James w. Wadsworth of New York,
remarked at dinner that could depend on
the butcher these days not to make any mistake
that would mar the beauty of his bookkeeping,
and told the following story illustration:
Some time since woman went to butcher
shop to buy piece of beef, but the meat manipu-
off before the customer called halt
Whats the matter ?" asked the butcher, rest
ing on his saw and cleaver, isn't that the cut
you want"
"Yes that is the cut I want, all right" respond
ed the customer, with keen show of interest,
"but you giving me too much bone"
"Oh no, Pm not lady," was the positive re-
ioinder of the butcher. you're paying for it,
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
CAPITAL Death rate
REACHES High MARK
Statistics Show General Health of
West Better Than East.

Washington. with I54 deaths report
ed during the past week. shows q
death rate Of 2L5 exactly 4 deaths
above the average for the United
States. according to a report Of vital
statistics Of large cities Of the United
States issued by the Bureau Of Census
yesterday.
Baltimore's death rate Is 3.7 for
the week. compared with 20 for the
corresponding period Of the previous
year. The West and Pacific Coast
show a particularly low death rate.
San Francisco has a rate of 1Sl, Los
Angeles 12.S. and Portland, Ore, los
Cleveland. Chicago and Milwaukee
are all under 16 Boston has a rate
OF 22.5 and New York Ib.S
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
~ John kendrick Bangs
wASHINGTON

WASHINGTON.
He loved his gardens, and he pined for
ways
Passed in the golden glow Of peaceful
days.
Than WAR no thing in life lay more
apart
From his great heart.
Yet HONOR called him into realms of
strife.
And all the things he held most dear
in life
Upon her shrine he laid that he might
do
The duties arduous she called him to
Shall we than this great spirit glorious
Do less when HONOR calls aloud
to us,
And render vain the sacrifices he
Endured to win for US our Liberty!
II shall not be that all thy splendid
gain
Achieved through hours Of sacrifice
and pain
Shall be undone.
o Washington.
But rather shall we strive TO spread
the light
We owe to thy devotion and thy
might.
That all men throughout all the world
may be
From Tyrants and their chains for
ever free.
fCopv,;gbt io1RA
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York. Feb. 2l.-The follow
ing Washingtonians are registered
at local hotels:
l. NJ. Bell Hermitage; II. c. Burke,
G. de Brodes, Grand: X. Furruya,
Continental; J. E Howard, Park
Avenue.
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES,.
Parker. Bridget a. Co: NJ N.
Browne, mems furnishing good F:
Imperial. Woodward a Lothrop:
@. B. White, shoes: J. Z. Fronani.
china; Miss Dell, millinery; J. o.
Moque. carpets, rugs. beds and fur
niture; 334 Fourth avenue. S Kann,
Sons e. Co.: Miss A NJ. Hagsn. wom-
ems and misses coats. suits. skirts.
waists, dresses, house dresses.
misses and children's ccsts: 437
Fourth avenue. 18th floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

higher estimate that 1t represents
the most careful estimates" of
shipping experts.
Someone please call Mr.. Daniels
to the stand now-was it not he
who verified Secretary Bakers
former figures?
A very determined number of
people seem bent on making clerks
in the Agricultural Department
work eight hours a day. Truly.
while the matter is being discussed,
we know of twelve hours a day we
work-and at times We work long
er than that. But we feel we are
compensated for it. The clerks of
the department would be glad to
work eight hours a day II they
were compensated for it, we know,
There is the rub-a-dub. No one
cares to increase his labor. already
paid for on a low scale, and gain
nothing by the increase in work.
Good pay for what one does will
help immensely. 1t is the balm in
Gilead for all workers. And Con-
gress may have to say as much
soon.
Nicholas Murray Butler is trying
to convince Congress that one of
the inexplicable defects of demo-
cracy Is that it fails to produce
visions. AutocracY looks ahead,
the doctor says, while democracy
seems to fail to do so.
Evidently this is more support for
the statement of Governor Milli-
ken, of Maine, that while we are
making the world safe for demo-
cracy we must also make democ-
racy safe for the world. To do this
democracy must be alert enough
to prepare for the future to the
same extent autocracy does.
This might very easily be used
as an argument for universal mill
tary training-and we suspect that
some discreet member will read 1t
into the record when that legisla-
tion comes UP.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
One IS a patriot; the

country; the other is not One is patriot; the
other a poltroon.
Only stupid person would construe this
thought as antagonistic TO the many capable men
who are serving the country in either civilian or
military life. The great majority essential to
the conduct of the war-but let US not blind our
eyes to the fact that there too many notorious
exceptions.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

German officer taken in Flanders cursed his
captors and said: "It's all the fault of your
cursed country. II you had only had an army like
this in 1914 there would have been war;"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Who would have thought that Mr. McAdoo
would have corrallcd that big office the
old Arlington site after Josephus Daniels had his
eve on it all these months?
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22
Special Correspondent of The Washington Herald

SPECIAL Correspondent OF The washington Herald
New York, Feb. H-A thoughtful
soul is laughing. buxom Marie Dress
ler. She is getting ready to aid the
suffering slackers at home. With NO
aid-saye that Of her press agent
she has started a comfort kit fund
for slackers.
: Everybody is doing so much for the
boys overseas that Miss Dressler be-
lieves that people are forgetting the
sufferers at home. Here is the list
of items for the slackers' comfort
kit:
One pair Of eiderdown blankets, one
camels hair toothbrush, one pair felt
insoles. one feather pillow, one tin
matted milk cubes, one kiddie kar
(rubber tired, one orange stick, one
ounce cotton batting and one pound
cyanide potassium.
The cotton. Miss Dressler explains,
Is to be used for ear plugs to keep the
slackers from having to hear the
mean things people say about them,
and the cyanide is for the purpose Of
suicide when the cotton runs out.
Incidentally one of the many admir-
Cio VI AAiSS DEcSSlOT Stage COIDGON
was the late John L. Sullivan, and his
passing on recalls an incident many
years ago in the Broadway Theater
The big fighter was in a box watch
ing Miss Dressler. He was accom-
panied by Willie Cohan, then his
dresser. and now a well-known bur-
lesque comedian. No sooner had Sui
livan taken his seat than he lighted a
hiry nfcror
usher was dispatched to order him to
throw the cigar away.
Sullivan continued to pun away and
finally the manager came to the box.
You've already sent two ushers to
don't get out I'll throw this Jew at
you"
The vampire has 4 new name. In
current attraction featuring the
most deadly of the species the leading
part is taken by a vampire. In the
advertising matter she is billed as
"The ParlOr Cobra" And throughout
the play she stings her victims with
reckless abandon and makes them all
silly.
A rubberneck wagon, filled with
gaping tourists, was ambling or rath-
er humping its way up Center street
The loquacious spieler was pointing
out all of the sights of interest-let-
ting the split infinitives fall where
they might. At Worth street the
megaphone yawped: "On the right
ruins of the Mitchell administration. /"
Theodore Shonts is amusing the
subway victims with his daily pla'
cards on how to be squeezed yet hap
py. He tells them to keep their feet
out Of the aisle. not to unfold their
newspapers and other amusing things
Just as II anyone could unfold their
newspaper on the subway.
The blond conductor with the
French heels was about to say
fares" when the brunette conductor
with the plaid coat, who had Just
boarded the car. produced something
from a paper bag and deftly disposed
Of It so that it prevented the blond
conductor from saying fares" fol-
several minutes.
Then some wag printed sign on
large envelope and hung It up neal
the blond conductor. It read: PLEASE
do not feed or annoy the conductors.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Somebody suggests that some OF the naval
vessels be named after women. Why not? And
it the idea is adopted suggest that the first
one be called the Carrie Nation.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Isn't it time to try out the liberty motor over
Washington, and thus show that there actually
are American military aviaors, as we'll as British
and Italian
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Some one said to the British, 60 to Jericho
and they're on their way.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

\ moonshincrs still. with a capacity OF sixty
gallons day, has been destroyed by revenue
agents. Another victory the Hun.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

The Kaiser has thanked Carranza for his BIRTH
day greetngs-but he thanks best who thanks
last.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

First in war, first in peace and first in the
hearts OF his countrymen."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

Lenroot will be a welcome addition to the
United States Senate Wisconsin has done well
in naming him.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

The Herald is for sale-at cent copy.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-22

A rubberneck wagon. filled wit
gaping tourists, was ambling or rath
er humping its way up Center street
The loQuacious spieler was pointin
out all of the sights of interest-let
ting the split infinitives fall wher
they might At Worth street tn
megaphone yawped: "On the right
ruins of the Mitchell administration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26

cancellation of work amounting to than billion
three hundred million dollars And labor is the great item
in that expense.
There will be enough GOING OUT from ammunition
factories and other war activities without deliberately
ganzing walkouts taking men from jobs that may not
call them back for many month
There near-sighted employers, and selfish employ
ers as well as misguided and arbitrary workers.
Many man with big factory has made money dur
ing the His work ends He feels obliga-
ton to continue employing his men, if possible The com
muny expects Of him he will strive to do seeking
other work. running his factory necessary without profit
at loss sometimes from of duty sometimes be-
cause he fears public opinion.
But let his walk out in sympathetic strike let
them go to him in New England, in the middle West,
and say 1--WE won't work for you because think that
something unjust was done in California
Many employer will say: Every well my friends.
You have smpifed problem for was worried about
the possibility of keeping you The work for which
built factories bought machinery is suddenly
taken away by the Government Your decision to quit
makes the problem simpler. Goodday and good luck to
you It is a relief to me to close down.
Thoughtful labor leaders and individual workngmen
will encourage the suggested strike deliberately plan
to cripple American industry All should be most earnest
y competing in the work of production for the sake Of
foreign nations that need goods and food for the sake
of workmen here well for the sake of employers.
Wormen and their leaders realize that when they take
the responsibility of dropping work they also the
responsibility of getting themselves and their associates
back at work again
And that may not be easy.
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rageous unjust stupid that justice could not be protected
or civilization carried along basis of that kind?
Would not each worker arbitrarily locked ont have
said 81 did not murder Prick had nothing to do with
it. It's outrage to punish for that which did not
do?"
Has not the employer whose workmen have threatened
to quit in sympathetic strike the right to say: II am
not executing Mooney. did not try him convict him.
had nothing to do with it. You cannot carry cviliz
ton promote your prosperity you punish the whole
country check industry ruin business because you do not
like something that done by jury the Pacific
coast?"
What would become of this country, how would its
problems be solved? How would the children reach
turity strong, well fed able to carry the work Of i'm
proving government if any injury to employer
punished by locking out all the wormen of the nation and
every injury to worker leader punished by sym
pathetic strike tying up business.
The workers of the country majority; they have
the BALLOT They can, if they will work together have
any laws that suit them They not living in Russia
under Gar They have not got to substitute violence for
law They have the vote for which have struggled
and fought through centuries They the MAJORITY
and can do ANYTHING.
And by violence organized hatred workers and others
can do NOTHING. Men that a7e too Indifferent to
their consistently will not solve their problems with
arbitrary strikes.
Thoughtful labor leaders, interested in the welfare of
those they represent will realize that this is particularly
bad time for workmen to leave work
Government is about to cancel thousands of millions of
dollars worth of contracts.
The Secretary of War announced the other day the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-26
Dispense With Parsimony In
District Appropriations
By BILL PRICE.

Ia preparing their annual estimates Congress for the
fiscal year 1920 ending June 30 of that year. the District
Commissioners carefully considered henexisting
d0ns and cut to the bone the appropriations to operate
the District government.
The estimates had to be in the hands of the Secretary
of the Treasury by October Is and in print ready
to submit TO Congress along with the estimates of all de-
parments of the Federal Government 1t is therefore inn
possible to alter them in the light of developments since
they prepared
The point however is that these estimates were for
maLy submitted under conditions that presaged the
tnuance Of the increased scarcity Of labor to go
with municipal activities except those of the most vitality
essential character and inability to get material and sup
plies if labor and skilled workmen could be had
If the Commissioners had the estimates to prepare at
this time they would deal with them In much more hb
eral manner.
No doubt heCommissioners will submit increased est
mates when they before the appropriations committees
of Congress The District appropriations to be provided
the next bill wkbe available during the last six months
of 1919 and the first months of 1920 BY then it viii be
possible to obtain both power and materials to carry
forward of the improvements the postponemen Of
which threatened if the continued to seriously cripple
all branches of the District government and put the city in
plight from which it would not recover for years
Even with the most liberal appropriations by Congress
the next few years win be difficult to from the
drawbacks of the last eighteen months There remain
expended many dollars appropriated In the last two Dis
trct bills wholly because labor and materials could not
be had.
The schools of the District are fair sample The ca
pacites of school buildings taxed beyond their limits
and thousands of children unable to remain in classes
for the full days work they entitled to- Many
buildings are indispensable ana congress should provide
permanent structures if that be DONE eliminating the
temporary buildings it has had in mind.
Roads and streets have been neglected and win require
months of work to get in repair.
Hospital accommodations lamentably meager for
city of this size. .
shortage of water next is everywhere re-
garded seriously.
modern garbage disposal plant is imperative at the
earliest possible moment
dozen other important municipal improvements
ought to be DELAYED no longer
There be better policy for caring for the ex-
pected problem of unemployed than by extending the APP
preparations for the future that improvements long
urged may be made and the work of restoration and repair
carried on in proper manner
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HEARD AND SEEN

MAJOR TRACY, U. 8. A., who
knows what he will talk about, be-
cause he has been "over there" will
lecture tonight on "Camouhage,"
with illustrations, before the United
Service Club, Dupont Circle.
JOHN NJ. KIRBY says 1t will be
worth anybody's time to hear and
see.
Although the production Of an
thracite has been seriously shortened
by various causes, am informed by
BEN WOODRUFF, Of the local fuel
office, that Washington is in pretty
fair shape for the winter. Some
sizes OF anthracite are running short
here, and those who have put on
buying supplies might be wise to get
them now. The majority OF Wash
ington housekeepers, though. are
fairly well stocked up with fuel.
Tobacco coupons have been re-
ceived from R. S. DAY.
A. L. CHEVY, chief clerk OF the
board of personal tax appraisers OF
the District. a very efficient and
courteous official, too. was for many
years editor of the Oyster Bay Pilot,
the weekly paper In the Long Island
home Of Colonel Roosevelt. CHENY
was in newspaper work In Brooklyn
long time before going to Oyster
Bay. He edited several Brookland
papers devoted to local subjects.
Sent over to Oyster Bay by New
York paper to cover" Colonel
Roosevelt when the Colonel began to
break heavily into politics after the
Spanish-American wer CHENY re-
manned there, becoming chairman OF
the board of education and general
BIG WHITE CHIEF to the town. He
tired OF it, though, and came to
Washington
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whose business standing Is known
everywhere.
Congress should appropriate
money for such a memorial. but
II II will not. then let US raise
the money BY subscription and
build IL here, the logical place for
it."
Mr.. Moses suggests that the
Fine Arts Commission should To-
cate the arch, but takes II for
granted that IL would span some
favorite portion OF Pennsylvania
avenue, the most beautiful street
in the world.
The historical arch OF triumph
in Paris IL one Of the sights Of
that city.
New York is agitating the sub
ject OF building . great arch.
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GREAT TRIUMPFIAL ARCH PROPOSED
FOR WASHINGTON

ARTHUR C. MOSES. of the A. c.
Moses Construction Company. Of
Washington and New York.
makes, through the editor OF
these columns. a proposition that
will interest all Washington
Construction Of a great TRI-
UMPHAL ARCH in the National
Capital
81 will contribute 1900 in cash
to start a fund for a triumphal
arch that will grace the streets
Of Washington for all time, and
win agree to construct the arch
without cent of proft or COM
mission" declares Mr.. Noses.
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RENE BACHE has found a bar
gain place for peanuts. strolling on
Louisiana avenue and lite B street
he saw a peanut store where these
toothsome nuts may be bought in
one-Quarter and one-half pecks at
what he considers very reasonable
prices. They are roasted, too.
What the use paying cents for &
dosen peanuts when you can get
them so much cheaper in larger
quantities." he asked.
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ELMER PAYNE, an old news
paper companion at the White
House, recalled some hot news
stories there in Teddy's time. T. R.
once got awfully sore on me for
writing q certain article and called
in BILL LOEB to give instructions
to have me sent away. LOEB, about
the most courageous man ever hold
ing the job Of private secretary,
and Elmer Payne, who happened to
be present, both chopped. on" the
Colonel in. my behalf, and he
changed his mind. although sending
me . diplomats. word Of warning.
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INVITE LONESOME GIRLS.

TOO.
Your Thanksgiving dinner would
be much happier should you in
wife a lonesome girl to share it
with you. There are thousands
of girls here who will miss the
the celebration with beloved ones;
fail to share in the softening in
fiuence OF the day. You surely
know many such girls.