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The Washington times., 1918-10-22

wish the lady who wrote mo
the following letter had signed
her name instead Of Roman Ma
tron." It would be interesting to
know more about her and the life
which she has evidently made sue
cessful.
Perhaps this has made her q
little hard, at least she does not
seem to have much superfuous
sympathy to hand out to girls
plodding along the same trail Of
hard work and loneliness that she
once trod. As Etoicism, however,
Is the WatchWord Of the day, and
as she points out, those who ar
rive" waste no energy In repining
or coddling themselves. / give
her letter not because l indorse
or approve her viewpoint, but be-
cause Il shows something Of the
type Of woman who succeed.
Little Sympathy Here.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ have been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with amusement sometimes with
genuine pity-the letters OF the va
rious war workers who write to
you.
they have 30 much to learn. poor
things, that their fate seems we'll
nigh hopeless. Why don't they real
ize, II they fan to get on here In
Washington, Il Is because they are
dull, embarrassing and often pro-
vincial
But no, they write Of the lack Of
appreciation awaiting them, they
write of their loneliness, OF the
profiteering landlady, OF their in
ability to get into society, and they
ask what 10 TO be done about his
cruel injustice; in fact they see
everything but their own ,limlta-
tions.
And they are all strong on their
nobility in doing their bit" May
1 ask these youthful grumblers II
they are not paid for doing their
bit and paid we'll? And may ! ask
also II they went to another city to
establish themselves would they ex-
pect to md social recognition
awaiting them?
Suppose, for instance, that instead
of going to Washington they had
gone TO New York. San Francisco.
ary. would they expect to be invited
to the best houses and. II so. what
would justify such an IlusIonH
E1peet the President 70 Meet Then.
But to hear them talk, and to
read OF their woes, one can well
imagine they left homo expecting to
read some such item Of themselves
In the Washington. society columns
as: The President. accompanied by
the members of his Cabinet and
their wives, arrived at Union Sta
ton at 7:3o this morning to meet
Miss Jonquil Hotchklnson, Of Po-
dunk, who is coming to Washington
TO do war work. At II the ladies
OF the Supreme Court circle called
on Miss Hotchkinson and were glad
to learn that she left the folks In
Podunk in excellent health.
And when the young lady from
Tsp6pn.- anis Washington inRrossed
iH 80 90 s-f", ETi unaware
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required Of perhaps another six
billions! Then, in this engulfng,
one after the other, Of funds which
stagger the imagination, funds
equal, every one Of them, to the
total wealth of whole nations be-
yond our boundaries, think Of
KITCHIN, Of Scotland Neck,
North Carolina"
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Written for Surgical Wards
Of Camp Hospital 27
By Ella Wheeler wilcox.

(These written the request Of eorpaeEg SOL
der the large American hospitals France where the wound
ed brought after receiving first aid emergency bases
the 'front.' There 500 at this hospital that time and
them had been confined to their cots for months vaag for sIow
wounds to heal and p11 fractures mend To v these hospitals
ges object lesson courage and optimism "RTe
surgical Uad here" said these "YoH
seen enough of the last two months give Sa
n IGHTS in the open and fights in the air,
Battles on billows and battles below;
The whole world hears of them-an men know
The story of heroes who do and dare,
But few know the battles that have to be won
After the strife at the Front is done.
1 weave my laurel, and give my praise
To the soldier who lies on his hospital cot,
And batters away with the bullets of Thought
At his fierce foe Pain through the nights and the days.
Through the weeks and the months; and who viii not
yield
But drives his enemy out of the field.
For hold it is harder to lie in your bed
And stare at a ceiling and four dull walls,
Than to fight in the open where sunlight falls
And with Gods big universe over your head.
And the soldier in bed must keep In drill
With the great machine gun, of the human will
He must fire away till answer is given
And forces Invisible come to his aid;
For these Gods camps where earth heroes are ade
And hard is the training of Camp Twenty-seven.
Three cheers for the fighters whose courage and faith
Has overcome anguish and driven off Death.
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TODAY'S TOPIC
Little Sympathy With Lonely"

their hearts and grumbiing put
into my work
Have I been sueeessfulf I am
married happily to . man who
wouldn't have looked Gt me II I
had talked Of "fourrest hres." The
world calls Us successful, he has
arrived" and I uphold his posi-
tion-And best Of an our oldest boy
has won his Croix de Guerre.
ROMAN MATRoN.
He Insists On Calling.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have known . man for
shout three years, since which
time have learned to love
him dearly. I am separated from
my husband and have q little
boy three and . half years old
have been going with this man
since left my husband, and AZ
times he Is sweet-natured and
kind. but at other times he II %
mean he nearly drives me frantic
he called me up . couple Of days
ago and told me he was sick and
tired Of me, and that IL was no
use to see each other again. told
him to go his way, that until / got
my decree OF divorce, which l ex-
pect in . few weeks, IL was not
right for me to 20 about with him
Then he met me after WORK and
told me he was only foollng. Now
Miss Fairfax. do you think / am
justified In going with him? When
I an free wouldn't marry him
anyway, and he knows II, even
though I DO love him. But he
1A
on coming to see till he has gotten
my nerves In. such Q state can
hardly do my work II refuse to
see him he stands outside the house
and waits until all hours of the
night Please tell me how I can
make him understand that i no
longer wish to 90 about with him.
PEGGY G.
Having made one disastrous
marriage, Why do you daily with
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of her, she sulks accordingly. II
she has II in her to make some
thing OF herself, she will accept the
smart Of indifference on every side,
as nothing worse than healthful
growing pains
The world Is indifferent to fail
ure and mediocrity-never to
achievement Therefore let her lose
no time in taking herself and her
shortcomings in hand. II she would
be wen received.
She will reform her pronunciA-
tion, which to Judge by specimens I
have heard, needs reforming. Let
her learn to pronounce the vowel 20
round, and not talk OF ~fourrest
fires" and let her learn to negoti-
ate that most difficult letter ''r," and
not burr 1t as II she were pressing
an electric button
And above all, let her learn that
personalities are the deadiiest form
Of conversation. What the chief
said to her is not interesting out
side OF the office, and what she said
to the chief Il even less so.
To live In Washington is q liberal
education in itself. Let her take ad-
vantage OF this, and acquire q little
polish" as hr. TurVeydrOp useo 70
say. Instead Of repining that Mrs.
Senator Sorghum" has not Invited
her to dinner, why doesn't she study
Spanish or French, or for matter
learn to speak English?
Why doesn't she join an evening
class at the George Washington
University She would certainly
meet more Interesting people there
than grumblinE around her board
ing house lamenting over that un-
appreciated "bit"
To resort to personalities myself,
often when 1 was a hard worked
music student. have boiled two
eggs over a gas Jet, after . long
days work as bookkeeper in q COM
merciAl house. Eaten them ana
Jared forth to work over my music
till midnight. The energy these
young ladies waste In breaking
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By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

tertainment Of any kind. Oh
men were attracted toward hsR.
but she found only boredom in
their society. Her unhAppiness
and yearnjng amounted to actual
suffering.
Enter the Family.
And then, after two years, there
recently came 4 letter from ~over
there" He Is now a captain IN
the American expeditionary forces
and Is still single. Moreover, he
writes that their alienation WIS
all q ghastly mistake. She Is thl
only gsrl he loves, the only girl hO
ever did love. When. he broke
with her, he simply yielded to the
eounsels Of some Well-meaning
friends who regarded the other
woman IS . more suitable match
for him, and he has suffered for
his defection-suffered as deeply
as she. Can she not forgive him,
he asks-forRive him and take him
back when he returns7
The members Of her family
her parents and brothers and sis
ters-all say no. They argue
rather eogently that the man who
was persuaded 10 jilt her ones
might easily be prevailed upon 70
do 50 again, and insist there Is no
dependence to be placed in him
The presence Of another suitor
IN the offing whom they evidently
consider a more advantageous
prospect, lends force to their pro
tests. Nevertheless, in spite Of
their disapproval, the girl has de-
eided to forgive her soldier and
give him another chance. She
wants to know Il I think she has
made q mistake
In her specific case, and II noth-
ing can be shown to the mans dis
credit other than the facts pre-
sented in her letter, j should say
she has done the only wise and
prudent thing; and, generally
speaking, / would far rather trust
q girls happiness 10 her individ-
ual ehoiee-What We call the
process Of natural seleetion-than
to that Of her friends and relatives,
That is, If love were all. The
willie Baxters" of sevesS,en and
the romantic schoolgirls with their
hair down their backs cannot be
permitted to wed at their own
sweet win. Neither may the
shielded, unsophisticated daughter
entirely dependent On her parents.
Marriage entails questions Of
finance and Of grave responsible
ity.
But q young woman ike thil
one who is beyond the aga Of matt
nee heroes, who Is earning her
own living, and who through her
contact with the world should be
capable Of judging between .
hawk and a handssW, ought . be
far more competent to decide for
herself than any one for her.
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Discourage Fear
Continued From First Column.

Continued From First COlumn.)
it unless that person coughs in your You
can avoid that
Fear depresses the heart and doing lays you open
to the very thing that you fear You know the story Of
the man who always afraid Of getting malaria He
kept away from crowds waited outside the store until
somebody had finished buying While he was waiting
afraid Of
Go about your work in the usual way, keep cheerful,
keep your brain normal remember that the icrobe of fear
is considerably than the Spanish influenza microbe
The world has business to do every has work that
needs attention Let him attend to that and the influenza
in the hands of physicians and the competent health board
will attend to itself
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Discourage Fear

The world has its troubles that cannot be avoided But
fear is not Danish it. Fight and solve your problems
WITHOUT FEAR.
Fight Influenza which is half as serious as our fears
make it out to be- Follow the advice of the Health De-
parmen keep your hands clean take precautions and
keep FREE FROM FEAR
Go about your business, live normally Avoid shak
ing hands with people you don't know well but remember
that mcrobe cannot jump six feet two feet nor one
foot.
person may have the influenza and you cannot get
CONTINUED in Last CoIumn.)
The Washington times., 1918-10-22
''Put KitChin Out, and the Next
Ole Will Be Easy"
That Is the New York Suns Advice. What
Think of Iti

The New York SUM- demanding the expulsion OF Claude
Ktchin of North Carolina from the United States Congress
and from national affairs speaks with simple sincerity
that cannot be doubted.
The Suns long double loaded editorial says this:
N YOU MAKE RICH PEOPLE PAY HEAVY
TAXES. IT ISN'T so EASY FOR THEM TO BUY
BONDS F YOU PUT NTCHIN OUT AND REL1EVE
THE PROSPEROUS FROM HEAVY TAXES, THEY
Will, BUY BONDS EAGERLY AND YOU WON'T
HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH LIBERTY LOANS
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laid years onrce 81 al t,P
Leg, Brussels Antwerp all Ioan support of human
Le-wh chairman Wreakng needs and desreswa thrOed"
We presume that this wonderful of "aI taxes
all support of human needs and DESIRES" is accumulated
well-organized capital
If Mr.. Ktchin had arranged to put the financial bur-
dens of the the little cotton growers of the South
the farmers in the North and West the small business
unable to obtain materials labor and the little
incomes, of course Mr. Kitchn WOULD HAVE LEFT UN-
DISTUBED IN WALL STREET BIG OCEAN OF
PRoFITEER MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN
CARE OF THE BOND ISSUES.
But Mr. Ktchn and the President of the United States
thought of different plan and the people like this plan
We assure the Sun that they will manage to get the
money needed fer bond issues The nation that not afraid
to conscate human life in the of democracy will not
hesitate should become necessary to conscae gold dol
lars In the same cause.
The Sun will advise its gold-dollar friends wisely by
telling them to act like the famous coon and say to MI
Kitchn and to President Wilson as the said to Davy
Crockett, Don't shoot; we'll come down.
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" for taxes colectable biions Then this engulfng
bill after the other of funds which
Liberty still stagger tne
paying Think, while those tai " Ss nations hs
bending double
eight billions KTCHN, Scotland Neck
Of a fifth Liberty loan Immediately North Carolina"
We take the Suns advice, and think, with CoNsD-
ERABLE SATISFACTION of ''Kitchin of Scotland Neck
North Carolina Thanks largely to the man sent to
Washington by North Carolina taxation has been planned
In way that has made possible the carrying on Of the
Just financial basis.
The Government that protects wealth has been at least
partially, supported by wealth.
The Government that has not hestated to take young
men from their mothers and send them to be killed
necessary has thanks Kitchin of Scotland Neck North
Carolina not hesitated to take dollars from their pros
porous and the dollars to buy equipment for the
young fighting men.
The New York Sun says further:
there would have been need
Ways Of the struggle through which
able Of comprhndng the have just to finish the
elementary principles fourth Liberty loan"
Very true If Mr. Kitchn understood taxes the Sun
does and freed the very prosperous class from taxation OF
If he made the taxes wealth nominal In accordance with
tie usual custom and put the load Of the the little
pockebook the big pocketbook would be glad indeed to
buy bonds.
Give back to the prosperous eight ten billions In
taxes and they will undoubtedly condescend to invest the
money in Government bonds paying four and onequsrer
per cent-who wouldn't?
But that has not been Claude Kitcn's idea it hasn't
been the idea of President Woodrow Wilson And can
the New York Sun that at least per cent
of the population Republicans and Democrats favor the
Claude Ktchin way-even if it is little difficult to per-
suade the very prosperous to buy the bonds of his
country after he has paid reasonable taxation
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"A chairman sworn to lay on.
the territory north Of the Mason
and Dixon line the cost of the
war as a crushing fine, like fines
laid by the Prussians four years
ago on Liege, Brussels, Antwerp,
Lille-with a chairman wreaking
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Hear what the Sun says:

Think Of eight billions Of dol
lars for taxes collectable while
the subscribers for the six bill
lions Of a Liberty loan are still
paying upI Think, while those
taxpayers are bending double un-
der that tax load Of eight billions,
Of a fifth Liberty loan Immediately
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The Sun refers to MIR. Kitchin as:

his sectional vengeance IN such
ways, the greatest lending power
in the world was dynamited, the
greatest taxpaying capacity was
sacked, the greatest agency Of pro-
duction-the source Of all taxes,
all loans, all support Of human
needs and desires-was throttled."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
EVERY LITTLE HELPS.

thrift stamp
You help our boys" on their long
long tramp.
Your stamp will spread far and wide
IT Will help our boys on the other side
- viii bring our boys to victory.
Not telling what'l happen TO Germany
your stamp that You bought in the
Will help you-just watch one day.
one OF these days when our boys walk
The Kaiser vii! TO longer DC seated
on throne.
He'll be put in his coal mines 10 dig
for life.
His war will be over, but o my his
strife.
Instead of Il throne hell be chewing a
bone.
Worthless old Bill he sure needs a nil
And after this war he'll need one worse
He won't have much inclosed in his
purse.
When he finishes raying the I. S A.
He'll lie ready to die before his day
Just watch what J say
HELEN l.. GOLDEN.
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he was only a boy when the call
came came. but everybody could depend on
Billy. He had grown up on the old
antatlon with everything that a boy
could desire. Moses in the -Bulrushes
me small negro who was Biiiy's pri-
w Mnrs, proper r;s as we'll as companion.
gree that was almost idolatry. But
although Nanny Christmas loved him
probably better than any. her fondness
never grew to spelling him. Whe n
Billy was only nine his father was
thrown from a horse and became r de-
r ri, noe III invalid; This did not stop
cause two sturdy young sons took his
place
cali to arms. and Billy had to see his
older brothers rally round the flag.
while he took their places at home.
these Southern people. even in it's first
year. In SO MIR. Rutherford was al
lowed to hohbie around with a crutch
he first found it possible TO enlist at
the age of fifteen. He came back from
the courthouse proudly donned in, his
him-his little family of three. who
watched him parade up and down the
porch that night: on to the camp the
And the blood OF his fresh young
heart was shed
On his country's hallowed altar
"on the trampled breast OF the battle
plain.
Where the foremost rank had wrestled.
On his pale, pure face not mark of
Oils mother dreams they will meet
The fa dFas"1 form amid all the slain.
Like child asleep lie nestled"
One morning in '64 n man in gray
He was carrying important papers"
explained the soldier when he had told
his sad errand. The colonel thought
II too dangerous, but he was ever a
brave lad. In returning he came upon
the body OF wounded comrade. and
Northcrncr on patrol shot him"
The bitterest part of the war had
been tasted. So they buried him Their
near the battle plain--his body drapcd
in the flag he died for.
In the solemn shades OF the wood that
The field where his comrades found
him.
They buried him. there-and the big
tears crept
Into strong mems eyes that had seldom
Oils mother--cod pity her-smiled and
slept,
Dreaming her arms were around him
"A grave in the woods with the grass
4 grave in the heart Of his mother
His clay in the one lies lifeiess and
lone.
There is not name. there is not 4
stone,
And only the voice Of the winds maketh
Ger the grave where never a flower is
Strewn.
But-h!s memory lives in the other"
Ely POCAHONTAS WRIGHT.
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y.
- protect our land.
BI.UI, DEVILS.

One day a teacher at our school took
some children out TO see the Blue
Devils tBiue Devils are French sol
diers). We went TO see them and had
a fine time. As we wsre going home I
saw an auto full of Red Cross nurses.
They were eating candy and they saw
an American soldier standing on the
corner. so they threw some candy
kisses at him. He d:I not see them So
therefore did not pick them up They
did not mean 20 throw them on thu
ground. They meant for him 20 catch
them. but he did not see the auto or
the nurses. May be he saw them but
he did not notice them. for he had
no idea they were throwing candy at
him.
saw all OF this and I went and
picked the candy up ut was wrapped
in paper and therefore did not get
dirty and gave it TO the soldier. and
| told him the nurses had thrown ii
to him. He said he was sorry he did
not see them. He thanked me and ate
the c..ndy. ! had 81 very fine time that
day.
SARAH MAYER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
BILL MANDY: HOW HE BECAME /!
SCOUT AND HELPED Tlit: L. =.
TO WIN THE WAR.
BingNeld, May 6. lol

blnBNeiC, May u. 1919
60 Dear 81, Fill am coming TO see you,
ROAD station, as do not know the
way Bill, am going TO bring my fish
ing Tackle ana We can go fishing: you
nave two bathing suits. and We can go
n swimming too. Well ! am coming,
90 be sure to meet me. Your friend
..This is the letter that Bill Mandy
spacious room.
Mother" called Bill, do you know
You put this letter here"
Yes, my dear. | pu. it there. The
Il must ans yer Jack right away"
thought Bill: So he wrote:
Denver. Col. May S. 1918.
Dear Jack-I am coming to meet
YOU at the station Saturday. BE sure
90 come. as ! don't want to 20 to that
place FOR nothing. Yours sincerely.
20 Erandfather's ranch today and am
going TO the post-ofHce on the way
over DO you wish me to take any
letters for YOU"
No. my son." answered the kind
Mrs. Mandy.
Bill went out OF the house and start
on L" the post office. ON arriving at
mail and then caught the stage and
made II TO his grandfather's ranch
When he arrived at the ranch Joe
itiil. one of tho ranchnan's oldest en-
p!oyees. told Bill that there was going
% be great drive by the Boy Scouts
70 sell thrift stamps and Liberty bonds
'fe asked Bill why he didn't enlist with
the Scouts and help them along.
Go BE Continued)
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COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF TIL.
OCEAN.

Ger ne earth again and drive e'o out 1 thia
soldiers and Red Cross nurses"
War--"You cannot drive me out. I
am here TO stay. All. Peace. you shall
Peacc-"Eut Columbia will help me
to reign; she can do most anything"
W2r--ColuHbia has no power over
like" -
Colnmn,ia-"Why. Peace. what are
Pcace-"Oh. Columbia. I shall never
reign Ger the world. War has trampled
me under foot. and while ! watch the
horrible. sights on the battle field can
10 nothing"
Warx.No. you, can do nothing; I am
Column bia-"What do YOU need Peace
to reign DER the earth and to put
down Wars terrible rule"
feace-''The allies must win the war
iGr me to reign supreme. and TO do
that we must have nurses and soldiers"
umbia--"That is easily done.
Cone, my brave soldiers and nurses"
Enter soldiers and nurses singing to
tune Of first verse of Tramp. Tramp
Nurses and soldiers all are we,
Md We're going across the sea:
70 hight for democracy and Peace.
But We're coming back once more
To our warm and friendly shore
When this terrible war does cease.
Columbia hat else do you need"
Peace-"G need food"
Come. my good farmer boys"
Farmer boys come in carrying hoes
singing to tune of Tramp, Tramp
Tramp" chorus:
Sail. sail sail along so gaily.
Sail, sail. sail the ocean blue.
While America. the fair.
Is waiting you to share
The blessings OF our country great
and true.
Fcace-".Oh, Columbia, how did you
do it: you're a GEM"
Columbia-"Of the ocean"
All go out singing Columbia. the
Gem of the Ocean"
MARGARET BELKNAP.
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