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The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Mr. McCays picture is useful because the artist sug
gests, it makes US think.
Would it be possible to make these gigantic hands Of
steel move? Yes we could utilize the power Of the sun it
would keep them moving.
Or could few pounds of radium and utilize
all its force at the spot where the hands join the power in that
radum would keep these hands moving through centuries
You hold piece of paper IN your hand Gould part
that paper be made to rapidly than the other
without tearing it?
Yes the point Of the minute hand this great clock
travels through space at the rate OF two and half miles
second whereas right at the center that piece Of metal
moves as slowly as the minute hand on your watch.
The spot which you stand is moving at the rate Of
1000 miles hour the earth turns its axis The earth
its journey around the at the rate OF than
6,840 miles hour.
And the that lights journey is travelling at in
ntey greater speed toward vegths great blue star above
your head on clear ngh-draggng this little planet with
it in long spiral journey.
We never come back the place in this journey
sun in spiral course shaped like potato peeng falling
from the knife
We struggle build little flying machines and the
earth live has thousand miles hour for its sowest
speed We build tiny engines this EARTH which great
driving wheel According to scientists all stars suns,
planets comets nebulae visible in what call the universe
are only in moecule in the whole cosmc fabric
There is no "big" and Small fast and no slow.
Fortunately for u.s. law rules everywhere Our thought
cannot travel far fast enough escape eternal power and
Justice.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
An Old Love, Perhaps,
But Never Forgotten
By Winifred Black

and in the great stable he kept a
saddle horse.
No one ever went to the old
farmhouse but the man who had
bought the farm. He used to come
tramping up the road-so the old
man who did the gardening says
now-almost any time of day.
about every once in so often. and
he would walk in the orchard and
stay in the garden a while and 90
through the barn and watch the
hens scratching in the sand and
earth, and he would pet the great
dog he kept there to watch the
house and barn, and then he
would go and sit in the grape ar
Dor, very still, for an hour or two
and watch the shadow Of the leaves
dancing in the sunshine. And they
would have a simple supper Of
eggs and bread and milk and some
sort of fruit. perhaps, and then the
man who bought the farm would
take little ride on his horse-and
go away again, back to the city.
He had done this for years, and
no one knew his name or where
he came from. They only knew
that he owned the farm and that he
was always pleasant and good
natured and very ready to do his
part in any neighborhood work or
improvements by means Of money.
There's a little graveyard in one
Of the fields Of the old farm, or at
least there started to be one there
once, aud there's a low grave with
simple cross on it. Nothing is
written on the cross but the name
Mary
Below the name are carved the
words, with a hand pointing up
ward:
Thou knowest."
Some Of the neighbOrs who have
lived in this part Of the country
for along time say that the young
daughter OF the old owners Of the
farm was buried there many, many
years ago, before the family sold
out and went West.
The well-tO-dO man had quite an
impressive funeral in town. His
widow wore a beautiful and very
expensive dress OF the heaviest
crepe, and his children were in
black, too, and some Of the most
important men in the city were
pallbeaTers.
They buried the well-to-do man
in a magnificent cemetery. and no
doubt there will be a fine monu-
ment at the head Of his grave.
wonder II he wouldn't rather
have been buried in the brown
earth beside the little grave in the
meadow that is part OF the old
farm he bought and never told
anyone anything about K.
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The Washington times., 1918-05-05
Camouflage of Our War
Workers 20. K"
By Eli a b eth Jordan

about the spurs and the revolver.
Caroline and Mildred are not the
Only girls who wear them. They
make one sick. What will people
think OF u.s."
For u moment she sat IL froWn-
ing thought Then her face
cleared.
Here Is the answer" she said,
b.iSkly. Both Mildred ard Caro-
line are doing beautiful wcTk for
US. They're working their heads
of. We could hardly get. along
without them. So-weG, il they
and the others VINO do i get any
satisfaction out Of their Tevoiys-s
and spurs. why, Jet :hen have re-
voivers and spurs. That's a! tleTe
is to it,"
That is enough. The chairman
is quite right. Knowing the line
work that goes with them, We cast
forgiving eyes on the reyo!yers
ard spurs. But. deep In our hearts
We continue to wish the girls
would not wear them.
Also, we forgive the striking
uniform of the would-be nurse VINO
has never yet been near a sick
bed; and We smile tendcrsv over
the numerous buttons and bars
worn by committee members VINO
have done little or nothing on their
war committees.
But we must draw the line some
where, ard surely a good place to
draw It is against the present agi-
tation In favor OF a general uni
orm for American women.
The advocates OF this Uniform
start from a safe basis. In wear
ing a uniform q woman would
economic; she would be properly
clad for any kind of weather; she
would show her patriotism.
All that is true.
What must not be forgotten IS
that a uniform for women who are
not doing war work is sheer cam
outage. They do not need a uni
form. They are not justified in
assuming one. And a widespread
adoption of uniforms by them
would create widespread chaos in
the business world.
It would throw thousands Of
men and women out Of work.
And all for what?
Economy? Women can econo-
mize in better ways.
Utility? Women's ordinary gar
ments can be made as simple and
as serviceable as they choose to
have them. There is nothing more
practical than the tailormade suit
Patriotism? The patriotism OF
American women does MOI depend
on what they wear. and is not ex-
pressed by what they wear.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

TIVE wel-to-dO man is dead,
and he left a much larger
fortune than any one
thought he had. Money and stocks,
and bonds, and real estate-a farm
in the country and a town house,
and some lots in the-dOwntOwn dis
trict.
His wife knew about the stocks
and bonds and the downtown
property. but she was perfectly
amazed when she heard about the
farm.
He bought the farm four or five
years ago, it seems, and planted
fruit trees and made an orchard
apples and peaches and pears, old
fashioned varieties, many Of them,
such as there were in his grand
fathers orchard on the farm
where he was born and raised.
Currant bushes, too, he set out,
black and white and red, and rasp-
berries and blackberries. and these
new berries from California
loganberries. And he had an as
paragus bed and rhubarb set out
in rows, and beginning TO poke its
pink nose above the earth on the
very day he died.
There was a house on the farm
he bought, and the man who bought
the farm must have loved the
house for some reason or other,
for he kept II standing almost eX-
actly as II had been for years, only
he built a sleeping porch on II,
and a wide kind Of paved place
with a pergola. And he planted
grapes TO grow up over the per-
COLA, so that they made a harbur
and there was a seat in the end
Of the arbor, and in the summer
that seat must have been flecked
with sunshine and with the little
dancing shadows of the dancing
leaves, and the white and purple
grapes hung there in the season,
they say.
The man who bought the farm
planted flowers up the path from
the gate, phlox and bachelors but
tons and Canterbury bells, and at
the corner of the house he set a
great hydrangea with its strange
blue flowers that look like faded
paper.
In front Of the house he planted,
on one side Of the door stone. a
lilac and on the other side a snow
ball. And there were peonies, pink
and white, in the corner of the
fence, and along the borders Of the
walks there. were grass pinks,
striped and very sweet. And he
kept a man there all the time to
work in the garden and prune the
trees and look after the flowers.
md he kept some chickens in the
bern-and there was a COW there
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

r y front Of the first line trenches
stands a tree. It is a mourn
full looking tree. It's bark is
SCARED, its branches have been
shot away. Looking at it. an Off
Ger has an inspiration.
He has an artificial tree made
which is an exact outward copy OF
the real one. But the artificial
tree, with an expert observer il IL,
is set up in its place. For days,
until the trick is discovered, the
observer has a superb view OF the
enemy's lines.
That is "camouaage."
We hear a great deal abou: il N
this war. We see great dea! Of
it in civil life. For "camoufage"
is not confined to the war zone.
In the sense in which the word
is now widely used it accurately
describes the human tendency to
"fourhush" and to bluff"
On the street We see q girl il 4
new and extremely becoming uni
form. She is honorably entitled to
that uniform and to the dignity it
confers upon her. She is in mill
tary service. She is doing good
work. But
Bullying from her slender hip
one sometimes sees a revolver!
She has no more use for a revolver
than she has for a cannon. But
bless her young patriotic heart
she simply can't resist its spectac-
ular effect. That's camouflage-
and she knows it.
Another girl, wearing an equally
stunning and well-deserved uni
form. is sometimes seen in spurs.
She does not need these spurs. In
fact, they are excessively incon-
venlent. They get in her way~and
tear her clothes.
But they are picturesque. They
suggest hard riding. wild races for
life, cavalry going into action. She
cannot resist them, though she is
never within three thousand miles
of the war zone.
That, too, is camoufage.
A few or these harmless habits
were discussed the other evening
by little band Of women promi-
nent In the country's war work.
Did you know" asked one
woman Of the chairman Of her
State committee, that Mildred was
seen in the club the other day
wearing spurs?"
The chairman sighed.
And did you know" added an
other woman, that Caroline. is
never seen anywhere without a
bullying revolver on her hip? be-
lieve," she added, sadly, that she
wears 1t TO dinners"
The chairman groaned
YES" she admitted. I've heard
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

that's known a. the AnaeoStia recla-
nation project, and it was just get
ting a legislative start.
Theatergoers were having . treah
Richard Mansfield at the Columbia
for q week and Reginald De KOven'S
opera. 'The Highwayman," with .
wonderful cast, at the Lafayette,
now the BelaSeo.
The Dorsey Foultz joke was stiIl
young.
Potomac Boat Club had elected Of
GERS for the year. Look over the
list:
JOHN HADLEY DOYLE, presi-
dent.
RICHARD D. sIMMs, vice presi-
dent.
W. E. H. MERRITT, secretary.
CHARLES G. WARDEN, treas
urer.
s. RICHARD GAscH, assistant
secretary.
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, captain.
The 1898 styles in bicycles seemed
to favor full nickel.
Every Sunday hundreds Of young
fellows went bicycling in club for
nation.
Remember the ARLINGTON
WHEELMEN?
Georgetown University had a
crack bike team: LEO B. DAME
MILLER, A. C. MORAN, and FRED
SCHADE.
Commissioners ROSS, WIGHT
and BLACK and Fire Chief PARIS
opened up the Anacostia fire engine
house with joyful noise.
A little affair known as the Span
ish-American War had been de-
elared, and Washington was en-
gagged in raising the First District
Of Columbia Volunteers.
District Democrats were even in
those days addicted to Jefferson Day
banquets. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
had become the idol Of the Democ-
racy and was the guest Of honor at
the banquet held IN the National
Rifles Armory, Of sanctifed mem
DRY.
The list Of guests was long. I
choose but q few Of the names, IN
teresting to me, and, / believe, in
teresting to every real Washing
tonian who viii recognize that some
people have always been Democrats.
Here is my list:
ROBERT n. HARPER,
ALFRED J. sToFER.
WILLIAM Mex. CLAYTON.
J. FRED KELLY,
JOHN BOYLE,
CLIFFORD X. BERGMAN,
COTTER 7. BRIDE.
EDWIN A NEWMAN,
ARTHUR BRISBANE.
JosEPHUS DANIELS,
WILLIAM r. HEARST,
JAMES I. LLOYD,
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS,
CHARLES A. DOUGLAS.
WILLIAM II. cLAGGETT,
JAMES L. NORRIS.
ROBERT Z. AATTISGL.Y.
GEORGE kElIsEEN,
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

BILL GIBBS sends me a real e.
tate advertisement Of a house for
sale, and then says:
"This house was purchased by
present owner not over two weeks
ago for $6,400; the hedge and lawn
were trimmed and Immediately Il
became enhanced in value to the
extent Of 81, 450. Aladdin's lamp had
nothing on this Jolly prohteer.'
Can't we curb the operations Of
such parasites, who thrive on the
necessities Of the patriots who sac-
rifice to come here and serve the
Government?
up. S. / don't live in the house
it's vacant"
A landlady on Belmont road who
is charging all the traffic will bear.
and q, little more, too, for her rooms,
has a four-dollar q month unlimited
phone. She locks it up and charges
her paying guests a nickel apiece
for the use Of it. And it strikes me
that the term PAYING guests" is
a pretty good one.
The local food administrator says
that food prices in the northwest sec
ton are high because Of the extra
service demanded by the consumers.
Now, does he realize that the chain
stores in the northwest have no ssrV-
Ice Of any kind.
Owing to my being one of the
helpless supporters Of the WREC0
Company, take the liberty to sug-
gest the following proYerb to the
place in the past history Of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company.
Its present state reminds me Of
sailing ship at sea without q
rudder, as it moves by the will Of
God.
Very truly, yours,
P. G. BALLMAN,
1857 Willard St.
Zone SWeetly Solemn Thought"
Here's q good word for the
WREC0:. have been riding on
the Mt Pleasant line for more
than three years. take car at
the Mt. Pleasant street terminal
every morning about s o'clock
and get downtown in 10 or 20 min
utes. also get home in the after
noon without difficulty. In the
more than three years that l
have been using that line l have
failed to ride through TO my dss-
tination but once. Sometimes the
car starts Just As reach 1t, but
l take the next car. have no
complaint to make against the
conductors. They have always
treated me all right, and I have
never seen any uncivil actions BY
any Of them. Last year made .
suggestion to the company which
was objected 10 at first, but when
the matter was explained the
suggestion was adopted. am
not a stakeholder and am not &C
quainted with any Of the officers
Of the company. So many peo-
pie are complaining that desire
to show that there 10 one person
no kick" JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
This Tine Twenty Years Ago

C. c. LANCASTER even then vas
president OF the Northwest WASH
snSton Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
How Small We Are.
Continued from First Column

Continues from First Column.)
sions IN 7 Or those many mansions tie millions Of
suns and planets Of them actually by uz NIL
linn million times as big as this little earth?
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
How Small We Are

Great As We Seem to Ourselves We Are In Reality As
Nothing-Study the Pictures the Right,
and Think About Them.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05
QUEEN LII was here.

Notice chat digging going OF over
by the Eastern branch? Well,
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Every Sunday hundreds Of young
fellows went bicycling in club for
nation.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

A little affair known as the Span
ish-American War had been de-
elared, and Washington was en-
gagged in raising the First District
Of Columbia Volunteers.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

The 1898 styles in bicycles seemed
to favor full nickel.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Commissioners ROSS, WIGHT
and BLACK and Fire Chief PARIS
opened up the AnaeOstia fire engine
house with joyful noise.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Georgetown University had q
crack bike team: LEO B. DAME
MILLER, A. C. MORAN, and FRED
SCHADE.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Remember the ARLINGTON
WHEELMEN?
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

Theatergoers were having . treah
Richard Mansfield at the Colombia
for q week and Reginald De K0ven'S
opera. "The Highwayman," with .
wonderful cast, at the Lafayette,
now the BelaSeo.
The Washington times., 1918-05-05

The Dorsey Foultz joke was still
'oung.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
Topics of the Times

Every flag that flies on the lines
withstanding the kaiser is an Ameri-
can flag whatever it's colors and its
heraldry, for it is fighting Americas
battle. That brave British army hold
ing the masses of German shock troops
is our army and every person not a
traitor to America will stand by it.
French, British and American are one
in this great struggle. Stay by them
as one.
Weather reports from Des Moines
are for Fairweather. Which means
that Jimpierce is unsettled again.
The letters Of the boys from the
Flanders front ask for candy, tobacco,
tooth brushes and dental floss and let
tiers. Send them all.
When we stop to think Of it Az per
cent liberty bonds are a pleasing way
Of getting the money that the govern
ment has a perfect right to take with
out asking.
Every offensive inaugurated by every
army, British, French or German, has
been halted. The chances are that this
latest offensive will find the same OBJ
stacles and that the battle will not be
a decision. This is the greatest drive
but it is opposed by the greatest de-
Tense. IF reports are correct of the
slaughter the German drive must soon
weaken from mere loss of blood.
If gardening were only as enjoyable
and as easy as picking out a list of
seeds from that beautiful catalog what
bright world this would be after all
From the way the new bond drive Is
hard for the wealthy Stacker to get by
this time. We have finally come to
the place where he will come across Or
be dragged over.
Charley McNider, chosen to oppose
Haugen for congress in the Fourth dis
trict, refuses to run. He is too busy
WI Ill Iteu SIOSS, lIOclt Sillu w
activities to take the time. And there
by he loses a chance to satisfy an am
bition long held by him. But McNider
it appears has a higher ambition than
to go to congress. He is anxious to
give service where service will count
most.
Barley -four is scarce and hard to
procure but if the bars were down the
incoming trains to Iowa would show
no lack of beer. Why spoil good food
in order that guzzler shall not be dis
conmoded and breweries profits lose
shade?
OF course you don't have to quit
with the sun several hours high just
because the clock goes back an hour
There's no law against keeping right
on until shutdown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

Cross people sent out q sympathetic
young man to find out what his bust
ness was. Can youse keep a secret?"
was his first question, drawing the
young man to the corner Of the room
where no one could overhear.
On being assured that anything he
might have on his chest would never
be revealed. he said:
II got SO cents, and heerd the Red
Cross was sending them white cloths
that they might tie up sores and
wounds with, and I want to git in on
It. I broke my leg once and got my
face cut bad, and i know somethin'
about what the sojers is goin' to git.
I earn't this coin extra today, and II
take it home, or the OIL man gifts wise
that I've got it, it'll git spent. Tho
sign says its costs dollar to Join the
Red Crosst. II you'll keep the s.
cents for me I'll bring the rest mkt
Sat'day, and git badge" He
walked in again an Sat day"
as ragged and thin as ever.
but all Of his misery and squaIor were
dmmed, as he went out, by the two
shining eyes and the proud bearing as
he looked down occasionally at the
new button with its cross Of red on his
coat. He had suffered. and he knew
what clean bandages and good care
and what they would mean to
our boys lover there"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
Rx David Cory.l

You remember in the last story that
Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky were
sitting under the old willow three that
stood close beside Mr. Moth Millers
mill and they were eating popcorn and
having lovely time. when all Of a
sudden Old Man Weasel saw them
and tiptoed across the grass.
Well, If Billy Bunny hadn't done two
things and done them so quickly that
Old Man Weasel was taken by sur
prise, I guess this would have been
the end of the two little rabbits and,
maybe the rusty, dusty Moth Miller,
too. But. you see, little Billy Bunny
just happened to look up as he was
eating the popcorn and saw Old Man
Weasel on his tippy-toes creeping to-
ward them. So what do you suppose
that cute little rabbit did. Why, he
opened his knapsack and took out his
popgun and filled it with popcorn, and
just as Old Man Weasel was going to
grab him, he fired off his gun and that
wicked old weasel's face was Just
covered with popcorn from tip of his
ears to the end Of his nose, and before
he could get 1t off, so that he could see.
the -hotH Mlller ana inc TWO uttle
rabbits were safely inside the old mill
and the door was bolted as tight as
You please.
Now, Mr.. weasel" said Uncle
Lucky, IF you want any more pop
corn, you just come up / ''e closer"
But Old Man Weasel didn't No Stree
nam and no sireebus. He didn't like
to have popcorn peppered all over his
face, so he skunk away thru the trees
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
Masonic Meetings
Visitor. Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE No. 1903. A. F.
and A. M-Special communication on
Friday evening, March 20, p. m W OK
in third degree Supper at 6; 10. WORK
resumed at 7:15. B. e. English, W. NJ
John w. Wells, secretary.
slGNET cHAPER, No. 80, r. A. NJ
Special convocation, Monday evening
March 25, at 1880 o'clock. Mark Mas
ter's degree. Ira A. Davenport H. e.
John w. Wells, secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. g. S. NJ, Mon
day, April %, 1918, 7:3o p. m. Regular
business. I. T. Forbes. recorder; George
Gregory. I. M.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE. st. Alderman
Conmandery. Tuesday. March 26, 1915
7:3o .. m. For work Order OF Temple
I. T. Forbes, recorder; John E. Fred
erick, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, o. &.
Especial meeting for initiation We'd
nesday evening. April 5. at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Archer Walton secretary; Mrs.
Cora Wiley, W. NJ.