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The Washington times., 1918-09-11
FOUR ARE BITTEN
BY RABID DOG

Four persons were bitten by rabid
dog Sunday afternoon, the Health De-
partment announced today.
They are Richard D. Lynch, of
Canal road, near the District line: viii
liam J. Seanlon, a soldier; Morris
Ager, 3o0S r street northwest. and an
unknown white woman. whom Health
Department officials have been unable
to locate. The three men have been
advised to take the Pasteur treatment
at the HYGIENE laboratory.
The dog was killed by Policeman c.
c Sanders, OF substatioh T precinct
Sunday afternoon, near Camp Column
bia, at the District line, and turned
over to the Bureau of Animal Indus
try. After an examination the bureau
announced today that the dog was suf-
fering from rabies.
The woman was standing near the
entrance OF the camp when the dog
bit her. She boarded a car for the
city. and all efforts TO locate her have
proved futile.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
$4,000 FOR CARDINAL

BALTIMORE, Sept. lion the &C.
easion of the celebration of his gold
en- jubilee as bishop on October 20
next, Cardinal Gibbons will be pre-
scented a $4,000 Liberty Bond by the
Catholic clergy and laity OF the arch
diocese OF Baltimore.
An invitation to subscribe to the
fund with which to buy the bond will
be issued to Catholics throughout the
State and the District OF Columbia
within the next few days by the com
mittee having the presentation in
charge.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
Motoring TO Capital

ADMIRAL William S. Benson, chief OF
operations. L. 5. N, is motoring back
10 Washington from Saranac Lake, -.
Y, where he has been the guest of
Colonel Pruyn at the Harding cot
tage, for a week. This Is the first va
cation Admiral Benson has had in
more than three years. lie is accom-
panied by Commander Carter, his aide
and Commander Belknap.
Mrs. Benson is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. G. II. Bull, at Erie, Pa, and her
son, DR.. Wyse, in Baltimore county,
Nd.
Lieut.. John Mason Remey, L. 6. N,
and Mrs. Remey have arrived in Wash
nSton and are staying at HOlton Arms
School. Lieutenant Remey. who is in
the aviation service, has recently COM
pleted a special course at the Mas
sachusetts Institute OF Technology,
and Is now on leave waiting orders.
Mrs. Remey was formerly Miss Marga-
ret Howard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Beale T. Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs Malcolm Douglas
Sloane have come to Washington from
New York for the winter.
Senator and Mrs. HOke Smith. who
have given up the home in California
street which they have occupied for
many years, will make their home at
the Brighton until they locate perma-
nently.
Miss Anita Kite, daughter Of Or.
and Mrs. /. W. Kite. L. S. ~. has re-
;Irned to Washington after a visit in
New York.
Stationed Mt Qunntico
Or. Henry L. Jenkins. U. S. N, has
been detailed to duty with the ma
rine corps and will he stationed at
QuanticO. Va. Mrs. Jenkins. who was
Miss Halle Gatewood. Of Washington.
daughter of Medical Director and Mrs.
James Duncan Gatewood, u. S. N, will
make her home in Fredericksburg.
Va. in order to be near her husband.
Mrs. Newbold Leroy Edgar will re- |
turn from East Gloucester, Mass, on |
October Is.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, who |
have been in New York for a few |
days. have returned to Oak Ridge, |
their country place in Virginia.
Mrs. Daniels. wife Of the SECRETARY /
Of the Navy, spent yesterday at the |
marine corps training camp. Guam
tico, Va.
The Minister of Greece, Georges |
Roussos, returned TO the legation yes.
terday from New York, where he went
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
Pacific Coast Woman
RiVets Ships; Also
Wins AimOny Suit

Women are at work as riveters
in the shipyards.
A newspaper clipping that
reached the Shipping Board Off
cials today told OF the awarding
of alimony to a woman who is
manipulating a rivet gun in one
OF the shipyards on the Pacific
coast.
It Is understood here that the
line forms at the right for for
tune hunters, now that the wages
OF a riveter plus aiImony checks
is a possibility.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
ENGLISH PREACHERS IN U. S.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. IL
Bishop Charles Gore, OF Oxford. Eng
land, and the Rev. Arthur T. Cutlery,
Of Liverpool, of the Primitive Meth
odist Church OF England, arrived here
today. They crossed the Atlantic to
participate in the fall speaking cam
paign of the national committee on
churches and moral aims. Both ex-
pect to deliver addresses in the prin-
cipal cities of the East
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
HaMkinse. Have Son.

Assistant Paymaster James Came =
ron Hawkins. L. S. N, and Mrs. Haw-
kins are receiving congratulations on
the birth OF a son, September Z. He
will be named owen Hutchinson
Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins was former
ly Miss Dorothea Owen, daughter OF
Senator and Mrs. Robert l. owen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Z. West are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a son, William, last week. Mrs.
West was formerly Miss Nina X. Van
Arsdale.
Capt and Mrs. Stephen Kellogg
Plume are receiving congratulations
on the birth OF a son on September
I at Waterbury, Conn. Captain
Plume, who is in the ordnance de-
partment, was formerly stationed in
Washington. and is now stationed at
Cleveland Ohio.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11

Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson has received
word OF the safe arrival of Brigadier
General Donaldson in France. Mrs
McEllenny. OF New York. who has
been visiting Mrs. Donaldson, has
gone to California for an extended
stay.
Mrs. Nathaniel T. Mcclure. wife Of
Brigadier General Mcclure, L. S. a.
has returned to Washington, and is a
the Shoreham until her apartment at
the Cairo. which has been sublet for
the summer. is vacated. General Nc
Clure is in France.
The Arion Club Of the signal corps
and air service, will have between 15J
and 200 conyalescent soldiers from the
Walter Reed Hospital as guests at the
motion picture show and entertain
ment at Central High School this
evening. Members of the club, who
will be hostesses, are inviting their
girl friends to assist them in making
the soldier boys welcome ard seeing
that they have a good time.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11

this afternoon for a short wedding
trip after which they will make their
home in Midland, Mich, where the
bridegroom is now stationed She will
wear a travelling gown Of taupe anil
brown with a taupe colored hat trim
med in numade feathers.
The bride, who has been making
her home with her twin sister. Mrs.
Fryer, was formerly OF Greencastle,
Pa.
To Visit In Youngstown.
Mrs. Thomas I. Magill, of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. who with her infant
son have been the guests OF DR..
and Mrs. Everett NJ. Ellison in NJ
street for the past fortnight, left the
city today for Youngstown, Ohio.
where they will visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph d. Hopkins.
accompanied by their daughter, Miss
Helen Hopkins, and Miss Virginia
Braxton. have just returned to Wash
ington from a series OF visits at Old
Point, Comfort, Va, and vicinity.
While In Norfolk they were the
house guests OF DR.. f. Hunter Ten
nant, U. S. NJ, director of dental sur
gerry at the naval base, and Mrs.
Tenant
DR.. TApnant is being congratulated
upon his promotion to the rank of
lieutenant commander. He has made
his home in Virginia and in Wash
ington and Mrs. Tenant has many
friends here.
Mrs. Donald Dutton, wife OF Cap
tain Dutton, Coast Artillery Corps,
L. S. A, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
f. r. Harvey. at the Alwyn. Captain
Dutton, formerly stationed at Fort
Hamilton. New York, recently grad
uated from the coast artillery school
at Fortress Monroe, and has been
assigned to Camp Eustis, where he
reported for duty on Saturday.
Afneck-Johnson Wedding.
The wedding of Miss Francelia NJ.
Johnson, who was one OF three "cum
taude" graduates of Wells College in
June, and Lieut.. James Gelston AZ
heck, jr., U. S. A, stationed at Camp
Upton, Long Island, will take place
today. It's to be a simple family
under the oaks OF Boscobel
Island, New York, the summen home
OF the families of the bride and BRIDE
groom. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the brides father, the Rev.
Cove Griffith johnson, pastor of I'm |
manuel Baptist Church, Washington. !
The bride will be gowned in white 1
satin, and will use the veil worn by I
the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Affieck, |
and by the brides mother, Mrs. May |
Russell johnson. The best man will /
be the bridegroom's brother, Gran
Vile Burns Affieck, OF Yonkers. n. |
7. The brides attendants will be her
sister, Miss Grace Russell Johnson, a
student of Wells College. and her
cousin, Miss May Russell Carpenter,
II East Orange, n. ]. They will be
yowned in white, and win carry yell
ow flowers. The bridal couple expect
% spend part Of their honeymoon at a
cottage on the river St Lawrence
near the summer homes Of their
parents.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11

There are different kinds of
"slnekerS." What do YOU think of
the kind that make written pledges
to buy War Savings Stamps and then
Tail to make good on their promIsess
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

'TT SEIZED THE NEAREST WARRIOR IN ITS JAWS AND
SWUNG HIM, SCREAMING, HIGH AIR, AS A HERON
MIGHT SNATCH UP A SPRAWL FROG"
When the world young, and man was fighting for q
foohod and ga place in the where he might be safe
wandering up and down the surface Of the earth.
Some of them more than hundred feet long
And they could stand up their full dreadful height tow
ering above high trees.
Men and women ancestors lived in constant terror
crashing sound in the jungle might mean monster
powerful enough to destroy them in his onward rush. with
out even being aware of their existence.
In these days of war and horror there is comfort
i looking back the day when human being on earth
could know an hour of real safety comfort.
Think of meeting, with nothing but club, a sharp
ened stone or your bare hands, monster such this
Life is not pleasant now with wholesale murder organ
izs by an autocrac Kaiser savage But has been worse
We reproduce this picture by permission from the June
number of COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE in which it illus
tFates an intensely interesting account of ancient days. In
story entitled ''The Lake of Long Sleep"
We quote below part of MIR. Roberts description OF
that early life and its dangers, when mans only defense
against the wild beasts the fire that he lighted and
when many of the most terrible creatures were tCo Zero
cious or stupid even to dread the fire.
This quotation will interest you. Read it to the chill
ren explain it to them let them know conditions as they
used to be on the earth when all that man owned was
the skin wrapped around his waist taken from the dead
animal he had killed.
In those days mans only weapon was the rough branch
Of tree with sharp flint at the endand when probably
not one in thousand lived to be forty years OF age
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
IF the Plan Works We Will
Have Coal
By EARL GOODWIN.
Warrington Has Ben Allotted Mere Coal Than Ever, and
Being FTlsd Gradually.

From the tone of letters reaching me sure Wash
ingon is becoming apprehensve of danger in the coal stu
alton In with the rest of the country the National
Capital does not want to face another winter unprepard
Almost year has gone by since distinguished Government
official made ofcal declaration that there would be
NO coal shortage in Washington and this time whether or
not shortage sares us in the face all anxious "a
know Just where stand
In the first place. if the plans all work right Washington
should not face very serious shortage Remember what
said: 'IF THE PLANS WORK"
Here is the coal situation in brief;
When John L. Weaver coal administrator urged Us "a
order coal now, he acting part of naon-wids
plan.
An over the United States people should order their coal
they have not done already These advance orders
which may not be delivered until September viii give the
Fuel Administration and the mine operators information az
to how much coal to produce and administer
Already onethird Of the househoders of Washington
have put their orders Twenyone thousand five hundred
and eghtyour Washngtonians have ordered in April and
May 235, ,769 tons of anthracite coal
That is above the normal ordering for that period.
During that time go 46 tons have been received which
Is I believe subnormal quantity.
At the time the normal consumption for Washing.
ton HOUSEHOLDERS is 760 tons year. but the Fuel
Administration In aotng coal to the portions Of
the country has allowed 800 TONS nearly 90 per cent
increase over the normal consumption.
It is to be expected that the shipments of coal will In
this summer that orders will decrease and the state
ment of the fuel administrator John L. Weaver is that the
LIST of September win probably see all orders filed
eff the plan works. will be In a happy condition.
Some hand may upset the plan somehow but let ua
hope not
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

ing is inevitably going to stunt
your intellect and your initiative,
your heart and your soul. You will
gradually lose the power to think
and act for yourself.
Are you content to be q woman
on q leash? els this happiness? ?"
NeTerI II is degradation. "Is this
lover" Never! 1t Is the desecra-
don Of love.
Il am not complaining" Ny
dear girl, do not take that humble,
submissive attitude. Complain at
the top of your voice. What IL
the neIghbors do hear your hus-
band cursing? Il Is he who should
be humiliated, not you.
You are not . toy dog. You are
q woman with your inalienable
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
Loud Curses Surely Not Proof of Love

rights to life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness. A home and
good clothes are very nice things
indeed; but there are some things
better - self-respect the knowl-
edge that one can stand on ones
own feet and has the equipment to
earn ones own living and choose
ones own friends and Is cour-
ageous enough to refuse to be the
victim Of another's tyranFical
whims and impulses.
The Bold Wins
If you keep on in the same rut
YOU are in now, YOU will become
more and more afraid Of life. That
is a calamitous state Of mind.
People are constantly repressing
their real desires and hopes, be-
cause they are afraid Of taking the
next step. But the victor's crown
is never awarded to the timid and
overcautious. II goes to the bold
and positive natures, to the people
who know what they want and go
out determined to get It fairly and
honestly, no matter what the OBJ
stacles in the way may be-
Why do you not say something
Of this kind to your husband?
IL don't care how you curse and
rave, nor whether the neighbors
hear you or not That is nothing
to me. I have something to say
to you, and you might as well
listen like a reasonable being and
not like a madman, for am going
to say it.
Like any other normal woman,
/ want love and a home. But l
refuse to continue to accept them
on the only terms you offer.
Therefore, until you are willing
to grant these blessings on decent,
reasonable, sane conditions, will
not occupy this home, nor viii /
accept your love"
And, as he knows, the courts
would uphold you in your stand.
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
A Monster of Long Ago

seized the nearest warrior in its
jaws and swung him, screaming,
high into the air, as a heron might
snatch up a sprawling frog. At
the same instant, A-ya, who was
the one unerring archer IN the
tribe, let fly an arrow, which
pierced full half its length into the
center Of one Of those horrifying
enameled eyes; while Grom. who
alone Of all the warriors had not
recoiled in terror, succeeded IN
driving a spear deep into the un-
armored inner side Of the mon
ster's thigh. But both these
wounds, dreadful though they
were, failed to make the colossus
drop its prey. With mighty bray
ing noises through its nostrils, i
brushed the spear-shaft from its
hold like a straw, Topped about.
and, with the arrow still sticking
in its eye, went leaping OF again
into the darkness tO devOur il
victim
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rcontinued from Column IL

Continued from Column IL
its eyes, huge and round and lid
less, were like two disks Of shining
enameled metal where they caught
the fash of the camp fires
This appalling shape had ap-
parently no dread whatever Of the
flames. When it was within some
thirty or forty yards Of the line
of fire, Grom yelled an order, and
a swarm of arrows darted from
their bows to meet it. But they
fell futile from its armored hide,
which cleaned like dull bronze in
the freight. Grom SHOUTED
again, and this time the warriors
hurled their spears-and they,
too, fell harmless from the mon
ster's armor. Its next crashing
bound brought the monster to the
edge Of the eneampment, where
one of its ponderous feet obliter-
ated a fire. With n lightning
swoop Of its gigantic head, It
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

statement Of the case Is correct
your husband has no thought or
care for you or your own best in
terestS.
Is She COntentl
Suppose after fiTe or ten years
Of the kind Of life he forces you
TO live, he should die! What
would happen to you?
You would be about a. wen
fitted to cope with life Of the world
as an ancient Chinese lady WITH
her tiny, useless, crippled feet.
Among the capable, self-reliant
women Of today you would be
like a plant that has been kept in
a dark cellar and suddenly set out
in a bed Of hardy garden flowers
The sort Of life you are now HV-
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

warriors were knocked over and
half a dozen of the fires were scat
tered.
The feasters had hardly more
than settled down after this start
ling visitation when, from the
darkness inland, came a hoarse,
hooting cry, followed by a success
sion of crashing thuds, as if a
pair Of mammoths were playing
leapfrog in the jungle. All the
men sprang again to their weap-
ons,, and stood waiting in a sudden
hush, straining their eyes into
the perilous dark. Some Of the
women herded the children into
the very center of the island, while
others fed the fires with feverish
haste. The hooting call and the
heavy, leaping thuds came nearer
and nearer at a terrifying speed,
and suddenly amid the far-off,
vaguely lighted tangle of the tree
trunks appeared a giant form,
seven or eight times the height Of
Grom himself. Leaping upon its
mighty hind legs, and holding its
mailed fore paws before its chest,
it came bounding like a colossal
kangaroo through the jungle,
smashing down the branches and
smaller trees as it came, and bal
ancing itself at each spring with
its massive reptilian tail. Its vast
head, something like a cross be-
tween that Of a monstrous horse
and that of an alligator, was up
borne upon a long, snaky neck, and
fContinued Ia Column -
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HEARD AND SEEN

I was away for two days and I
missed you q lot Did you miss me?
First, was In q cool and green
little farm country between Hacken-
sack and Paterson, n J., and every
one was all worked up over the
question Of whether or not they
should extend the road lights . mile
or 50 north.
So they held an election and
VOTED. left before the result
was known, but believe me It did
make me feel sorry for this VOTE
LESS town Gosh! II We want any
thing, do We VOTE for IL? Not on
your tintype. We stew and fret ana
pass resolutions and HOPE. and
that's all
And then I went to New York city.
where there are four million people,
and began to telephone to various
people and got every call right on
the bat Also ! saw q lot Of women
conductors who seemed to Be On 70
their jobs. all right
Reaching home l tried 70 telephone
here in this city Of only 400, 900 and
In one hour Of telephoning l got
NOTHING.
five could VOTE here, don't you
suppose we could get that Govern
ment owned automatic telephone GyB-
tenn in q hurry?
Went up to see BEN WOODRUFF.
deputy fuel administrator. He Of
fered me a cigar, and then said.
obviously: Il don't knoW-it came
from q coal dealer.
". B. C. suggests that war work
ers should be granted the privilege
of travelling at the present rate and
should be allowed 70 escape the IN
crease about to be put in force He
makes this suggestion on the ground
that many war workers came here
from all parts Of the U. S. A. and
look forward to occasional visits to
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
GiUtRg YOLT NeighbOF
GPLeGSG11t Word.
Once OUers
o,,r4rs. fviS rus.-sausasi Esvs B-vssa

osvyarat rstHsau~h ESus sSvhN
Psrbsp. family from has moved into apartments
building into the house next o0O o n OaSnt aS come
you 10 Try . bit neghbody - -. - -, - -, -,
lived m the edp - long H 1Ou Ln 70 nouoe uOSS
around
ourself ionEod copnonShiD when 6S to the
larger place a. ,,,,-
called home opportunity to give the
follow
-.
in reyssb loneliness
unnnoVed At possible eonodon OF nome
which nsighbor may have developed
had experience 70 teaeS
Won how 10 act when else In the pighH
Edoesn teach everything worth moving
The Washington times., 1918-06-06
AN ANGELUS FOR THE WAR.

Following suggestion made in this column PUBLIC
meeting to establish the custom of DAILY PUBLIC PRAY
and ANGEUS for the will be held in the board room
of the District Building, Monday June TO- at p m Com
missioner Brownlow will preside Remember It will be
PUBLIC meeting and every church and every church organ
zation should be represented Every and woman and
child should pay reverent attention to the thought OF con-
certed daily prayer to God to help win this awful
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

While the rest Of the tribe gave
itself up to the feasting, Grom
and Loob and half a dozen Of the
other warriors kept vigilant watch
while they ate, distrusting the
black depths of jungle and the
deep, reed-fringed pools beyond
the circle of light Suddenly, all
along one side Of the island, there
arose q sound of heavy splashing,
and out of the darkness came a
row of small, malignant eyes, all
fixed upon the feasters. Then into
the circle of light swan the masks
Of giant alligators and strange
tusked caymans. Quite unawed
By the fires, they came ashore
with a clumsy rush, open-mouthed.
While the clamoring women
snatched the children. away to
the other side Of the encamp-
nnent, Grom and the other war
riors hurled themselves upon the
hideous invaders as they came
waddling with amazing nimble'
ness in between the fires. But
these were no assailants to be met
with bow and spear. At GrOm's
sharp orders, each warrior
snatched a blazing brand from the
fire and drove It into the gaping
throat of his nearest assailant. In
their stupid ferocity, the monsters
invariably bit upon the brand be-
fore they realized its nature. Then,
believing with pain, they wheeled
about and scrambled back toward
the water, lashing out with their
gigantic tails so that three Of the
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

Dear ArA woodrow: am =
young girl married a short tina
Ny husbands business keeps him
from early in the morning until
late In the evening. During his
absence he does not allow me to
go anywhere, not even with my
own family. / have tried having
several heart-to-heArt talks with
him on the subject. But when 1
try this he gets into such a rage
and curses so that am ashamed
to face the neighbors the next
day. Ny health Is affected hE the
lack OF fresh air and / am be-
coming very delicate. Ny hus-
band is q good provider, and
have fashionable clothes
He stays out when he wants
to. having a good time; but I can
do nothing, not even the least lit
tie things, without consulting
him Still he says he loves me
and would not lose me for any
thing.
"Is this happiness1 No friendS
no change, no fresh air. no money.
Only q home, nice clothes and .
Jealous man Do you think this
Is love? or does any one? am
not complaining. only / would
like some one else's point Of
view.
CONSTANT READER
q NCE you have asked me for
- my opinion, hasten to
- give 1t to you Your hus-
bands views are quite out Of date.
They do not belong to this day and
age. He apparently wants a slave
and not a wife who is companion
and comrade. You may take it for
granted that a person who is not
willing to permit another the free
dom he takes for himself, is him
self enslaved. That is quite OBJ
v.ous in your husbands case. He
is the slave of his own benighted
jealousy.
My dear girl, you are young,
and considering the circumstances
under which you live, it is no won
der that you are unhappy. II your
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

the home folks, and that the IN
creased railroad fares VIII make 4
hard for come Of them.
The Washington times., 1918-06-06

I was away for two days and
missed you q lot Did you miss me?