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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18

Trimmed nurses are urged by the Red
Grass to enroll for service in European
hospitals. Nurses who can leave this
country at any time, for foreign serv-
,ce are needed or will be, and it is very
necessary that they should enroll at
once.
The woman's bureau of the Red
Gross has published leaf1et which
may be- had by applying at any chap
Ter describing layettes for French or
Belgian mothers who may need them.
With regard to these simple outfits OF
warm baby clothes the Red Cross has
issued the following:
vile articles and garments in the
)ayette have been chosen upon the adj
vice of the woman's bureau representa-
tiyes who have returned from two
months investigation of allied needs in
France. The Red Cross is anxious
that these baby clothes be made by
women working at home instead of ir
the chapter workrOOmS.
"The garments are very simple
Great emphasis is laid on the purchase
of extremely durable materials, sine
owing to the coal shortage in France
hot water is available in most village
only twice a week, while the create
part of the laundry work is done in ic
streams. The method Of cleansing is
pounding with stones. Warm bah
clothes will save many child VIII
otherwise might perish this year.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18

from large metal ring handles.
The bag at the lower left of the pic
ture is made of black satin ribbon set
at each side of handsome brocaded
ribbon, with black ground and flowers
in many rich cOlOrs. 1t is suspended
from two narrow metallic rings. one OF
them set with a few mock jewels in
cOlors. A handsome black silk tassel
finishes each end of this dignified bag.
Wide black velvet ribbon at each
side of richly embroidered satin rib
bon serves to make the handsome bag
at the right. The trumpet flowers em
broidered in red silk in black ground
are enriched with silver threads en-
twining their stems and foliage ane
frightening the blossoms. This ba;
is lined with soft green satin and il
suspended from large satin-c"vere'
| rings.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18

There is no prospect now of respite
from the necessity to knit and if such
respite were in sight there are many
women who would not take advantage
OF it. This knitting for the soldiers
turns out to he a fascinating Occupa-
ton that quiets the nerves and salts
Hes the hearts desire to do something
worth while.
There is no end to the demand for
warm sox, for scarfs and sweaters and
helmets, and there is no limitation to
The willingness of women to make
them; so we are destined to go on
Knitting. Even the end of the war will
hardly see the end of our devotion to
me good. od-fashiOned art. BY that
tiIne we shall have become addicted to
l--und also to the necessity Of being
useful.
The knitting bag is the outward and
visible sign of our patriotic industry
anu every day brings out new ones
lhe last arrivals are somewhat smaller
'nah The sweater bags that were sc
lowed by knitting bags patterned aftel
meil'. Satin and ribbon are used fO
hlaRing many Of these new bags, II
pam and printed weaves and in bro
'"ue1 ana embroidered patterns. The
are designed so that they can be eas
IVY AIRED on the arm and to max
uhe knitting so accessible that every
Wne'e their wearers sit down for
q"atter Of an hour, or even less time
ue knitting goes faithfully on. Thre
ipD IN bags are shown in the grOu
Illustrated The largest bag is mad
VI fnSe-colored ribbon in five strip
l"r'lhghonc-stitched together. The en-
suipS are trimmed in a curve and IL
euseS are finished with a narrow plat
.ae Oh inch-wide satin ribbon matchiI
ne Dag. Small rings with cover
N0cheted silk floss suspend the b'
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18
Fur.ouuh Means Mule?

The reading class was in session
and the word "furlOugh" occurred
Miss Jones, the teacher, asked ii any
little girl or boy knew the meaning
of the word.
One small hand was raised.
"Furlough means a mule" said the
child.
ooh. no. it doesn't" said the teach
er.
Eyes, ma'am," insisted the little
girl. Il have the book at home tha'
says So"
Miss Jones told the child to bring
the book to school. The next morning
the child came armed with book ant
showed a picture of soldier riding
mule, under which was the caption
"Going home on his furlough.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18
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II Il
Feather Hats.

The feather hat for afternoon de-
serves a place all by itself. All the
best French milliners have sponsored
if and, what is more to the point. have
sent over such mo0els that they ere
SIRE to be taken up and worn.
After all, in hew mode the primer
n,l thing to make it a success is that
if shall be so new and attractive ina
woman Just cannot ignore IT.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18

to worship on the
occasion OF the
last Passover in
Jesus earthly life
They had made
the request of
Philip, one Of the
twelve, who in
turn carried it to
Andrew and they
two together went
and told Jesus.
The information
caused unusual
agitation in his
breast drawing
forth from him
so1.le of the pro-
fOundeSt and most
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18
Embroidery on Velour.

Women are used to wool embroidery
on street suits. And now they ma
floral designs, worked in silk, on suits
of velour-floral designs such as once
could have been considered suitable
only for centerpieces
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18
} Seeing Jesus
y BY REV. JAMES Nj. GRAY, D. D.
Dean Of Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago

TEXT-We would see Jesus.-John II:
a.
This was the request of certain
Greeks who had come up to Jerusalem
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Please Find An AristOCrat For
Senator PenrOSe
He Cannot Bear to Send Plain Colonel House Representing
Our Country Among English Gentlemen

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania good, simple demo-
cratic American citizen that he is fears that when the
time comes to discuss peace representatives of the United
States will not be sufficiently arisocratic for the job
He says that Colonel House does measure UP with
these glorious chosen by England David Lloyd George
Arthur James Bafour Sir Francis BERTHE Sir Eric Camp
bell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty and others Such
glorious creatures he thinks would hardly condescend to
talk with such plain Americans Colonel House and Crosby
We quote Senator Penrose in the Congressional Record
"They would hardly have sat down to confer with men
who were not officially their peers
1t may shock Mr. Penrose to know that if he to
London and met all the grand persons he Names they would
very little difference between Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania and Colonel House of Texas good looking
street conductor of Washington D. G.
What Europe will in the that Wilson sends to
The peace table will be not grand aristocrat for
such things do not exist in the United SateWhateVer the
Pennsylvania Senator may imagine.
They will that speak for the President of the
United States for hundred million CITIZENS of the
United States and particularly for the nation whose
and money will have done good deal to prevent the vic
tory of Germany.
It may comfort Senator Penrose to know that be-
hind the sounding words Sr Eric Campbell Geddes
First Lord of the Admiralty there stands gentleman
named Geddes who not long ago day aborer the
Pennsylvania railroad in the United States He and his
CONTINUED in Last Column
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Nature Fighting Against Garfield
And the Railroads
The Public Must Consider Weather Conditions In
Judging Public Officials.

big owner of railroads, worth hundred million of
dollars said to this writer few days since:
This weather makes believe in an actual individual
Providence was held up for hours in train bound
but reoced every moment realizing that nature and the
weather working against Government control of the
railroads.
There could not possibly have been chosen diff
cult time for beginning railroad management and taking
over control of the distribution of coal
And there could not possibly have been Internal
combination of all the elements of bad weather against eec
tive railroad management and coal distribution.
The prosperous gentleman mentioned believes that
Providence has stepped in with snowstoms and billiards
twice week to make the work of Government failure
The average citizen will prefer to believe-and Billy
Sunday will back him up-that the devil himself, from the
frozen pit in the deepest part of the Internal regions has sent
up here the cold that from the tapping of his icy
wings.
Whatever the agency back of the unprecedented desruc
tive weather this is certain
Management of railroads distribution of coal the grave
problems of the the chief problem of transportation
could not possibly have had difficult conditions to
overcome.
The public must realize and take into account the fact
that all this country locomotives trains of cars hun
dreds of thousands of of coal freight of all kinds are
held up by the snow.
Switches frozen, rails are slippery locomotives
poWeress Drifts fill the cuts in the railroads making prog
ress impossible.
wen may those that hate Government control and fear
Government ownership rub their hands and congratulate
themselves They believe that sighted impatient
pstuan public will be persuaded turn against Govern
ment control and management instead of holding the
weather accountable.
Fortunately the people quite foolish as pri-
Fae ownership and selfish interests would like have them
As they pillow through the their feet walk the
almost impossible Streets struggle through the compare
lively short distances that separate them from work. they
realize with sympathy the gigantic task that confrons the
railroad director in the railroad management of the country
and the difficulty that faces Dr. Garfield in his efforts to
bring about just and rapid distribution of the coal supply
It is difficult for to travel in such weather-how
much for the heavy necessarily sowmoving trains
that carry the coal
Remember conditions be patient do nothing and say
nothing to add to the burden of those that have the response
bihty for the nations difficult problems.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Uneducated Girls Reap AS
They Sow
By Winifred Black
ffTHE worlds unjust" said
the Girl.

ffTHE worlds unjust" said
the e. Girl. H.,
mistake bad mistake. But |
want to forget it, and nobody Will
let me.
81 want to work honestly, to
earn my living, and they won't let
me-"
The Girl who had been bad is
rather pretty and rather young,
and rather clever in a simple kind
of way.
"Who won't let you work hon.
estS to earn your living" l in
quired.
"Why, nobody" said the Girl.
81 mean-everybody."
sand what did everybody-no, /
mean nobody do to prevent
you?"
"They wouldn't give me the
work." said the Girl.
Tell me about it," said /.
WELL" said the Girl" "they
asked me for references, and, of
course, / couldn't give any. And
then they asked me for my expe-
rience, and when l said | had
none, that settled it.
81 tried for bookkeeping, and
for stenography, and for a clerk
ship in a store, and once"-the
Girls eyes filled with emotional
tears-'1 even tried to get house
work or the care Of children. But
/ might as we'll have been a wild
hyena! And so, here ! am-going
back-and nobody will help me,
and nobody wants me, and it isn't
fair!" And the Girl cried, and I
was very sorry.
The Girls Own Fault.
And yet when l tried to get
work for the Girl, somehow /
could see the other side, too.
She didn't know how to keep
books, and no one had time to
stop work and teach her.
She was a very bad stenog-
rapher, and no one wanted to
bother to be patient with her.
She wouldn't be on time in
the morning, and that lost her the
only chance l could get for her as
a clerk.
And she couldn't guarantee to
have dinner ready at a given
hour, and she didn't know how to
cook potatoes or what to do when
the soup threatened to be watery.
and she couldn't make any kind Of
bread, and she never had roasted
meat.
As for the children, somehow I
couldn't recommend her for that.
suppose ! am preiudiced and
narrow-minded, but / kept think
ing-"how would like to have a
girl like this trying to look after
my Own ehidysD3 u ShS couldn't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

No Government clerk pass this mountainous food
price barrier The salaries paid to clerks in this city today
do not meet the bills for food and clothing and heating to
say nothing of education and recreation When the Govern
ment employs clerks at the present wages it virtually says
to Them
''You can tie yourself to desk in of my offices,
but you need not expect to get enough to eat enough TO
wear"
The vivid illustration in the Governments chart
will be higher when the statisticans mark in the al
udes which food prices reached in 1917 and will reach in
1913 Food prices have risen each since 1907 except
1911 and 1915 Milk has increased than Is per cent
and beef has jumped the moon" with increase Of
more than 81 per cent.
The best argument for better salaries for Government
clerks the advanced of living and the Government it
self has furnished the most graphic illustration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
By T. E. Pow ers

be really good herself, how could
she teach my little girl?"
Now the Girl is in a hotel, max
ing beds and Strengthening up
rooms, and the housekeeper tele-
phoned me yesterday that the
Girl seemed to be well-meaning
and honest, but she wasted her
time gossiping with the other
maids and keeping them from
their work, and she thought per-
haps she would do better in a pri-
vate family.
AND so now we're going to hunt
FOR work again-the Girl and L
and I'm afraid I'm a little bit dis
couraged.
1t isn't the people who won't let
the Girl earn her living. It's the
Girl herself.
wonder how often It is so?
was quite indignant about it
all, at first. But now
It's so entirely a mater OF busi-
ness-this affair OF earning a liy-
ing.
/ wonder how il Is that so many
women seem to think there ought
TO be some sentiment about It,
somewhere.
The world isn't so terribly I'M
just, when You look at the Girls
AFFAIR from the worlds point OF
view.
Not Just-Just Practical.
The world is looking for work,
hard work, earnest work, honest
work, competent work.
II you can do that, the world
wants you.
IL you can't, why be Indignant
over what is. after all, not only a
perfectly natural state OF affairs,
but an absolutely just one?
Sometimes | wish it wasn't. But
wishing somehow never seems to
do quite what we wish 1t would.
1873. by Newspaper Feature Ser
vice, Inc. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Symbols of Success Are
Four In Number
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

kinds Of vistas opened before me.
The person of unshakable poise is
not only the most enviable but the
most formidable of beings. The
arrows which are aimed at him
splinter against the chain srmor
of perfect equanimity, and fall
harmlessly to the ground.
1t was the almost superhuman
poise of Joffre that won the Battle
of the Marine. The Germans ad-
vanced and advanced. The French
fell back. Still no rash, impetu-
GUS action. The clamor of criticism
was unheeded, until just the mo-
ment to strike. And the enemy
was outfanked. 1t was his poise
that controlled the situation. 1t
is the poise we can muster that
controls all of the situations which
cOnfronts US. 1t will turn defeat
to victory. In a quandary or even
a cataclysm, it is the essential
thing.
If we get frightened or nervous
we are lost. Our faculties scat
ter. 1t is not necessarily the peo-
pie who possess great ability who
win under conditions Of stress; it
is the people who keep their wits
about them.
Physical poise alone is a very
beautiful and wonderful thing; it
is always a pleasure to watch the
work of a trained athlete or
acrobat. And mental poise is its
corollary. Both are certainly ac-
durable. The people who have to
have poise get it. Those who can
not accomplish their work with
out it manage to secure it. Sur
geons, for instance, and nurses
on duty.
A Perfect Day.
! once had an injury to my hand
and arm. To have the full use Of
them afterward required some
very painful surgical treatment.
/ instinctively chose the surgeon
who l felt would be interested
solely in the work to be done, and
would not be moved in the least
by any torture l might be suffer
ing. In all of the things that
make for our personal safety and
welfare we prefer cool heads to
kind hearts.
After all these cogitations, the
next step was inevitable. / de-
termined to acquire complete
poise for myself. Since it was the
most desirable thing in the world,
why be without it? When l made
this resolution the day was al
ready half gone; so / decided to
postpone the experiment until the
following morning and begin
right. A perfect day Of perfect
poisel No matter what came up,
/ should be: "Undisbranched by
the storms that uproot US, by the
lures that enthrall unenticed!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Raise Clerks Salaries NOW!

I have been much pleased to see
such extended reports in The Times
the great need OF an in
crease in Government employee sala-
ries. Now will you please show the
great need OF putting into immediate
operation an increase bill which may
be passed by Congress? II is long
way to July next, and much cold
weather and high prices in between.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

a FRIEND Of mine who is
~ by way Of being some
l. - thing of a mystic and
psychologist of the modern school
sent me a card on which she had
written a wish for the new year.
This wish embodied the highest
good she could think Of, and she
had expressed it in four words:
rPeace, Poise, Power, Prosper
ity!"
The longer / looked at the card,
the more the value of these words
impressed me. i began to analyze
each one, and then the wish as a
whole.
Sought By All.
Peace! The most desirable thing
in the world, for the world and
the individual, if it's the right kind
of peace.
Poise! According to the diction-
airy, a state of equilibrium, NAL (
ing for equanimity. Well, an ad-
mirable thing is equanimity, and
peace is impossible without it.
Power! The only kind that
sane people desire, the power over
ones self, the sort of power that
enables one to say:
"Henceforth / ask not good for
tune-I myself am good fortune.
Henceforth j whimper no more,
postpone no more, need nothing.
Strong and content, l travel the
open road"
But that is state of mind in
comprehensive unless behind it,
reinforcing it, is poise.
Prosperity! That is easy to
imagine. A delightful condition if
you have the poise necessary to
enjoy it. And thus / made the
discovery that in this wish EN-
bracing all good things, poise is
really the keystone of the arch.
This led me to the further con-
sideration of it as a definite factor
in our lives; and Immediately all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

If the King of England give to Pennsylvania rail-
road day aborer the arstocac flavor by hitting that day
laborer the back with sword and saying: arise Sir
Knight doesn't Senator Penrose think that the President Of
the United States give sufficient dignity to well edu
Gated like Colonel House. by appointing him represen
tave of the United States at the peace conference?
The trouble with distinguished representatives Of pure
American democracy especially the Republican side Of
the Senate-is this:
They stay in the Senate so long that they imagine
THEMSELVES to be aristocrats which is humorous, to
put it mildly.
They revert to the ancient condition of society, which
Graves social inequality.
Does it occur to Senator Penrose that it is better to
have imitation aristocracy the surface and real democracy
on the inside of the political machine England than
to have imitation democracy the surface and imitation
aristocracy on the inside. as IN the United StsteA2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

Whether there Is urgent need for such
immediate action In the cases OF
much higher salaried employees. those
who look into IL at all will see that
the lowest salaried need Immediate
attention. This good Government
for which all true men and women are
very thankfuI-is 4 Government -foR
the people" as well a. one "by the
people"
GOVERNMENT CLERK
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
0-o1 nyo~o Putting Your Pals
OlICC"OVClS On the Pan.

Copyright. 1917 international News Service.
You believe not a despicabe backhter?
You friends and acquaintance by their defcen
ces not by their good qualities.
Actually, search for something derogatory.
Do good?
Not bit of it.
Life any happier?
No. You bitter and cynical every day.
Poisoning yoursef-slow poison, but
Robbng yourself of the of living and gaining nothing
Poor miserable fool that wake up to true nature be-
it s
Try thinking pleasing and see you
a real thrill of pleasure of il.
looking beautiful will be surprised
difference world and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

J. A. LOUNSBURY, who knows
more about coal and hydrangeas
than any other man in the world,
was hitting high spots with a snow
shovel before a. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

Somebody was shoveling for dear
life in front Of GEORGE SHARP'S
house, but the appearance Of the
palatial mansion of ]. NJ. BAKER,
secretary of the Senate, was that
of an Eskimo igloo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
An Impossible Barrier
By EARL GOODWIN.
Living Mounting Higher and Higher WhiIs
ment Cierks' Salary Remains Stationary.

Inc chart shown here appears to be range Of high
mountains In reality it is the outline Of the cost of food
for I'VE years published this week by the United States
Department OF Labor. 1t is most indictment Of
the failure to increase the salaries of Government clerks to
meet the ever upward trend Of cost-o living
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

So also was the home Of FRANK
HOGAN. Frank, however, doesn't
need a snow shovel. He just makes
warm speeches at the snow. and
away she melts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

Seven Washington boys from
Camp Meade made a big hit SINGING
at the Sunday tabernacle yesterday.
They we're LIEUT.. TIM JORDAN.
SERGT. JOE DOWD. SERGT. F.
POUTZMAN, CORP. n. BREEDEN.
CORPORAL WISENBERG, COR
PORAL HANNUN. and CANDIDATE
W. TAYLOR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
Please Find An AristOcrat for Senator
PenrOSe
PenrOSe
Continued from First Colun


brother beside him. earned dollar and half day, as Per
sylvania railroad laborers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

How about this? There Is a big
Navy Department automobile bearing
in large letters the assurance that
the machine is always In the official
service Of the Navy Department
One night last week It unloaded for
the Raymond Hitchcock show, q
large party Of nice looking people.
Official navy business? / wonder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28
HEARD AND ZEN

Went round to see REV. DR..
WILLIAM LEVERING DE VRIES
last night, and he gave me so good
a book to read that l dreamed about
bluebirds and spring all night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

BATES WARREN will tell you
what he thinks Of 0UIJA II you care
to ask him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

YOUNG GwYNN GARDINER. the
bright little son Of the Commits
sioner. was throwing snow like .
snow pillow as I numbered past short
ly after sun-up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-28

Picked up four people en- routs.
two civilians. a marine. and q soldier
from the ordnance department. Let's
always remember to give the boys q
lift on stormy mornings.