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The Washington times., 1919-10-10
CHAETER LXIIII

TN spite Of Desiree's outburst
Mrs. Dufheld felt quite compla-
\ cent after her nlece's depar-
ture.
matters right with Helen, but she
had a self-cOngratulatOry sensation
when she appreciated that she had
not let slip to Desiree the fact that
Smith was going under an assumed
name.
Really, the widow reflected, com
fortably settling down in her arm
chair, Smith could not be quite
trustworthy II he were ashamed to
use his own name. After all, per-
haps, it was Just as we'll that Jef-
ferson was going to make inquiries
as to his identity. She did hope
that she would be informed OF the
outcome Of his Investigations.
Meanwhile Desiree Leighton
walked slowly home, her mind oc-
cupied with something her aunt
had said. 1t was Mrs. Dufheld's
reminder that, after all, Smith was
just a chauffeur"
The girl had been so penttent Tor
her outburst Of anger to her elderly
relative that she held in cheek the
protest she lOnged to utter. 4et'
il she had spoken, she could not
have denied the matrOn's assertion.
Smith was "iust a chauffeur"
Desiree's sense Of justice reeelled
at the suggestion OF snobbishness
in that statement, A chauneur
could be an educated gentleman
Just as well as his employer could.
Something told her that David
Smiths character. ideals, principles
were as high as-if not higher
than-those OF any man she knew.
She compared him mentally win
Walter Jefferson, and her lip
curled sCOrnfully.
He Is not to be mentioned IN the
same class with that busyOOdy! she
muttered.
A Self Analysis.
But when she analysed her feel
ings she had to admit that IT was
smith hImself-nOt his breeding,
manners or Iooks-that held her
loyalty. Here she stopped. afraid
to let hegseIf think further. She
reflected with a thrill Of antiGipa-
tion that tomorrow she would see
the object Of her recent discussion
with Mrs. ,Duffield.
IL was after dinner that her
father disabused her % this belief.
He had been unusually tactiturn
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

protested that such a person should
be placed IN q respectable church
yard.
Later these citizens who had pro
tested took up the ashes Of the man
and buried them IN land owned by
Colonel Nourse, outside the ceme-
terry proper. Friends Of the brick
layer, learning Of this, again dis
inferred the body, replacing IL in
the original grave Great excite
ment prevailed, but IL was ended by
the grave being robbed again and
the contents placed in a quagmiFe
and water turned over the spot
The Washington times., 1919-10-10
Beatrice Fairfax Writes
Of Problems Ii Life and
Love for Times Readers

the company o. A1eftlnE1, be- WnuII
Be class8d as o poor sport BAD
loser and, most hated epithet of all
cheap skate" IN return for
poor little automobile ride he asks
only that 8 glrl surrender every
thing. Rather an expensive chaug-
feur. 81 he not?
il doesn't even occur 60 him that
there are slill girls 80 vounr and
inuoc6ntyin this city that they %
not know the price of these rides.
he doesn't realize that some of them
have seen 50 littlG Of the world
and of men--that they are Hlu
trusting and Btill believe others are
aa coed and decent a. they them
selves. F'ull of life and fun. many
of them accept these pronered rides
thlnkihg the young man is Just ~
happy and high-gpirlted a. they.
Only after bistefly unpleasant
experience do they realize the
blaclZnesg OF heart. the contamnHffa
spirit that actuates these men.
Then faith Do humanity shafterrf
their illusions about lifs ana men
sally bruised, they very often turn
% the opposite extreme ana be-
ileFe All young boys and men are
actually deteatable.
The fact "a that any vounr
woman in the Capital Of the coun-
try, which is supposed to Be the
freegt in the world, ought 20 Sc atIa
% come and 90. free as the ar
she nrealhes. without fear 81 moles-
tatiop. 81 what is equally a. bad,
fear 81 criticism.
WY Nofs
Why shouldn't a girl walk down
street it she wants 20 wltnouG
being nnr ea1antly ingulteF bv
these men and boys with unelean
mind End thoughtsg
It IL nay belief that the younr
American Boman, ~ All women Is
the world. oasht % Be able b IS
about their anairs-WoFE o. play
without the slightest hindrance 81
criticism - long as she conducts
herself properly.
~ ig Indeed a pity if a girl care
not 60 along the streets. looking
in the shop windows iR she nletes.
dropping into o movie or tle1leF
without these men assuuiinr lfrt
because she does 80. shsg are free
20 oner her ingult and unpleasant
attention.
OF course the well-dressed young
man ins en- automobile 81 & templa-
tlou % young unthinkiug lneE-
pefienced girls OF course tho
thought of getting out On the clean,
cool country after day Orb
hot office and on an evening when
no spot in town seems cool, fs anuf-
ing.
"A lot of girls seem % have been
born sensible. They know that az
most no stranger is Offering any
such pleasant excursion without
some dlterior motive. But, unfor-
tunately. Tor every sirl that IS born
with q good Level head, there are
hundreds who only acquire good
common sense after years 81 bat
ting their heads against the stone
walls of unpleasant experiences. So
its these last named girls. these
girls who are not discreet not from
any Inherent badness. but just be-
cause they don't think, don't rea-
son. don't weigh things little BE
before they acE who can take profit
from the revelations IN 'DiBiuteF-
ed'ss letter
It's a pity we cant keep them
ag most of them are-iunocsnt and
gay-Hka 90 many friendly little
puppies who think the world ig
friendly and kind and has only ten
der little pats FOR them when. a.
matter Of fact there are hard
boots that kick and cruel hands
that deal out blows instead of pats.
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

= TEVER have I had a better op-
IN portunity 70 impress on
those thoughtlegs girls who
accent automohile rides from
strangers just what kind Of men
these individuals. usually are. One
OF these men has Wrltten me q
letter. it's q long letter yet I an
going TO print it Oh fan because IN
every line and every paragraph the
writer paints himself just as
have always wanted my readers 70
see him.
hiurton is notorious foF is
so-caiied acurb lizards Cleaner fn
most respects man other large
cities. thi8 city presents % all new
comers an unhappy spectacle On re-
gard % what i call "automobilg
nlrtations."
It's hard TO convince most young
girls Just what accepting these
rides means. This writer byf uncon-,
soiougly revealing himself 80 curb
lizards" really are, has uniutenton-
ally given me q helping hand.
Even s young and. inexperienced
glrl has but % read his communea-
ton % see just how vile these
creatures are and how base their
a ~ r~a
say;
Don't you want to take utus
ride down the Speedway
nessn't Associate via H5norabls
Girls.
DEAR Mss FAIRFA1c
read your article and recently
: read q letter about 3 rirl who walla
the downtown gtreerl gst Claims % Be-
lu view 81 tha feet that i ~ Vsr7, ven
acquainted with the girls and faufwn
arqqnd downtown.
Let me say this: Those girls dcn't
command aa much respect from me a.
glrl you Wpuld md % the Trllrr
for the simple reaguu that they el
foHow think they ar good senlri
for the sake q en- autcrio6Ile ride and
then when they have % WAX home.
WeHueF WY have gene 1rcEnI
Lon Wlth gQooi PAD end indiLereut
honorable" girl than Ter nnVthlnn -
the lace uf the earth. II dent 70 With
them t9r the simple rcaacH- that they
have made Firls Walk home ana
win continue % make theln walk a.
long ~ they alloW me % believe they
auto ride Ihat SRI Or any other 81
her war worker frieudl o. any girl VINO
Walks the 9lfeetl Waut 20 tell they
may think they are Eegnectabls ladies P
hat fhsrr rn~rf ~ - - 49, - -
meaning oi the words o. = dictionary.
nope you print this letter and any
other asking where ali the nice fellows
are iu WaghingtOn and J win tell them
why nice fellows are not 90 easy 70
md. DISINTERESTED.
TheEe, Mr.. Disinterested, your let
ter is in print aud although you
had no good intention in writing Dc,
i believe you have unWittingly done
some good As I see it you ere
spsce an honorable girl, but let
her walk hone"
Can't you see him, my deaFs, a8
he trails his car along the curb
after niEhtfall, smiling and smirk-
ing at every goOd-looilrug young
girl who Is on he1 way 70 or from
the movies or the theatsr3
He aims 70 be 90 chlrmingl But
ter wouldn't melt ia his mouth!
What a different face he wears-
what different picture he presents,
when out on some lonely road,
thWaFted Of his evil purpose, he
takes q petty revenge on the girl
. who craVed q ride ont On the cool
country air after being Ga the hot
city AL day, By Eneediug up hts car
and leaving her % walk an the way
home, a sadder and q wiser young
woman.
AFooF sBoFt.
What q beautiful specimen he
must be! What q commentary on
the men Of this generation! Even IN
The Washington times., 1919-10-10
FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD

To clean white enameled fuFni-
ture. use a solution made by dis
solving one tablespoonful OF bak-
ing soda in a pint OF warm water.
SatUrate a soft cloth and wash the
furniture.
To keep silk blouses white, al
ways wash them in cold water.
Make a good latheF with soap and
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

Stale breadcrumbs mixed with
very small quantity Of washing
blue can be used for cleaning en-
bosged velvet A piece OF white
flannel should be used for applying
the breadcrumbs. which will final
~ require brushing off with .
clean, soft whisk.
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

And here is a real heroine who
manages" on $50 per.
"A tip" from a busy housewife
with hve children, and our income
is only so per week. Ny milk
bill alone is SIS per month. which
does not leave much for food and
clothing. bake my own bread, and
make IL with milk and rafEinB. No
butter required.
Il do not let the children eat
outside Of meals and for breakfast
they get all the milk they want.
For supper the youngsters get
baked apples, cereals, bread and
butter and get put to bed at 6 D. MI
"Instead Of lard to fry IN I use
bacon rinds, or ham fat that our
butcher trims or choice meats.
Il make doughnUts twice a week
instead Of pies. 7 substitute mac
arOni and noodles and dumplings
for potatoes at times. use wear
ing apparel until absolutely warn
out. When a dress g.. too small for
myself I cut &c down for the oldest
girl
"Out Of dads coat. I made two
suits for my tWo-year-old boy. I
bought a dress form and e makes
homo sewing easy"
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

warm water, and allow this TO get
quite cold before putting the
blouses into IL; then 20 the FinGing
water add just a little methylated
spirit Iron the garments while
BtilI wet.
The Washington times., 1919-10-10

Even men are sending in their
economy helps and this letter IN
particular ought TO make other men
sit up and take notice:
"Thfs high cost Of living all de
pends. Itis good object lesson;
1t causes me TO pull a few stunts
that please my wife and myself
sI give up my 1O-cent cigar
daily and take home a 1O-cent loaf
OF bread. Ny 81 hat Of, last year
has been found and I have had il
brushed and pre6sed-and it, fits
my head and will last another year.
Also my last years shoes were
stored ia the attic. ] had them re-
soled and they will last another
year. Ny beer money is spent for
butter and other eatsbles. If
million men did what ] have done
IL would materially decrease the
II. c. l.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
BIDS FOR HIGHWAYS
RECEIVED IN DOVER
THREE STRETCHES OF ROAD
WITH TOTAL OF EIGHT MILES
Variance of the Offers.-Differenc
Between the Highest and Lowest
Figures Given is S86,8O5

The State Highway Commission met
in Dover on last Thursday and opened
bids for road work in New Castle and
Kent counties, as follows:
Contract No. Is = Wilmington
Causeway, .O42 miles, penetration
macadam; Frank L. Cohen, Smyrna,
$43,O77. James F. Brogance, Com
mercial Trust Building, Philadelphia,
$SO,S1O.5O; Paul F. Rossell, Whining
ton, $4,000. Fisher & Carozza, Bal
timore, Md, $55,448.16.
No. 16-4.91 miles, plain cement
concrete, from Dover to Magnolia;
Fisher & Carozza Bros, Baltimore,
S25S,S89. Piel Construction Com
pany, Baltimore, $232,318. Hirons
& Hartnett, Dover, $235,851.4O. Hugh
Navin, Philadelphia, $268,977. War
rem Moore Company, Philadelphia,
$255, ,39S.24.
No. 1924 miles, plain cement
concrete, Observation-Disclosures; Piel
Construction Company, Baltimore,
$126,623. Hugh Navin, Philadelphia,
$114,21O.5O. Warren Moore Com
pany, Philadelphia, $119,7S6.48.
A delegation from Smyrna, headed
by State Senator Price, waited on
the commission relative to route of
road through Smyrna. Letters were
also received from Wilmington par
ties relative to construction of Will
mington streets continuous of the
State highway.
August contracts will be opened
for part of the Concord turnpike and
also the remaining part of the Dover
and Milford road from Frederica to
Milford. The Delmar-Laurel road
will be completed within three weeks.
There is some talk of the Highway
Department taking away the contract
from the contractors on the Laurel
Seaford road unless better progress
is made. Seaford and Bridgeville
road is progressing satisfactorily.
The road between Bridgeville and
Harrington has been completed as to
cleaning up and the concrete con-
struction will begin shortly.
The road from Glendale to Lincoln
City will be completed this week.
The road between Cheswold and
Smyrna will be completed by the lat
ter part of July, as there is one mile
yet to be laid.
Taking the lowest bids for the three
contracts the total offered is $780,
6O5.5O; taking the three highest bids
the total is $476,41O.5O, or a differ
ence of $86,9O5. The difference be-
tween the highest and the lowest bids
for contract Is is $37733; between
the highest and lowest for contract
16 the difference is $36,659; and be-
tween the highest and lowest bids fol
contract II the difference is $12,-
412.5O.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
Use Of Metals in the War.

A German expert has been compil-
ing some statistics of the use of metals
in the war. He says that If the iron
and steel used by Germany alone in
45 months of war were forged into q
ring which went round the equator,
each meter would weigh 80 hundred
weight. If the mass of metal were
made into a wall along the battle
fronts-or $500 miles-a yard high
and a yard thick. each yard would
weigh 200 hundredweight. Germany
sent to the front every week more
guns than were used in the whole of
the FrancO-Prussian war. Twenty-four
hours consumed more than did the
whole of the earlier war. The moral
he draws is that such things were only
possible because Germany had been
wise enough before the war to con-
quer the worlds markets and oust her
enemies.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
WORK OF MONKS IN EXILE
CONGREGATION of Armenian Christians
Has Diffused knowledge of coun-
try's Language and Literature.

The Mechitarist monks are a small
congregation of Armenian Christians
who were exiled from their native land
at the beginning Of the eighteenth CEN
fury. The church in Armenia had long
been divided into bitterly hostile camps
over the question of the nature OF
Christ, and when the Mechitarists en-
tered into communion with the Church
of Rome in 1712 the Armenian patri-
arch succeeded in driving them from
the country. They took up their resi-
dence in the MOrea, but they had again
to flee before the advance Of the con-
quering Turk, and in 1715 they estab-
lished themselves in Venice, on the
Island of San Lazzaro. Here they set
up a printing press and gathered to-
gether a large and valuable library OF
oriental works Their name is de-
rived from Mechtar da Petro, who
founded a religious society at Constan-
tinople about the year 100, and who
aimed at uplifting the intellectual and
spiritual conditions of his countrymen,
and at diffusing a knowledge Of the
old Armenian language and literature.
The colony of exiles during their so
journ In Venice has printed most OF
the classic writings in Armenian lit
erature and translated the works Of
EusebiuS, PhilO and other writer's.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-16
LAKE. CoMo's PLACID WATERS.


Lake Como's placid waters glide.
There neer flows the restless tide,
There the sylvan fairies hide,
All good genii there abide.
In vision. fancy sees
Verdant banks and leafy trees,
cosy nook in the sylvan shade.
A rural swain, and an urban maid.
Pre-arranged they met in the usual way,
On that delightful July day;
Informal greetings. obtained again.
By the urban maid and rural swain.
There they sat. side by side,
One prospective. blushing bride,
Both sighed, side by side,
Inside and outside
"Ho, hoH' a waiting boatman cried.
"One-fourth of dollar for jolly boat ride. "
Not today" the lover sighed,
Eve just two quarters for a jitney ride"
plague take the luck" the lover said,
With eyes downcast, and cheeks rose red;
"A merry boat-rde,' aquatically roam,
But l left my roll Of yellow backs home"
The maiden hove another sigh,
And slyly winked her starboard eye.
She poked her "Huddie" under the rib.
Thereby, she punctured his yellow-back fl.
They fingered awhile, where the breezes play
Then hiked for jitney and sped away;
The maiden silent. the swain austere,
And Cupids machine seemed all out of gear
Young man, tbs a particular thing to go,
Exactly right, with sweetheart in tow.
Be always prepared never start wrong,
If you've yellow back roll, just take it along
TOWN RHYMER.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
OLD COLORADO MINER
STAKES SILVER CLAIM
FOUND IS YEARS AGO

TONOPAH, Nev.-After visiting
nearly every mining camp in the
world, c. H. Gam, of Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, has returned to Nevada and
staked a silver claim he discovered
IS years ago near Belmont,
In 1873, Mr.. Gam, then miner
at Belmont, discovered what he be-
lieved to be promising ledge. He
made mental note of the spot and
returned to Belmont, intending to
stake the claim soon afterward.
Instead, he left Belmont and visited
practically all the mining camps in
the world, intending to return some
day to his discovery.
Mr.. Gam, despite his long ab-
sence, went at once to the ledge
upon arriving in Nevada.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commissio,
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be-
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot Of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur-
days at 8 p. m.
On and after july 18th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp AIS dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at I a. m, until further
notice.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
MORE VESSELS
AVAILABLE NOW
FOR THE NORTH

Word has been received at the
local Office of the American Yukon
Navigation company that ample
shipping facilities are available now
for the handling of all freight Of
fered at Seattle and other coast
points for Northern delivery. In
other words, Alaskan shippers may
order goods now with the assurance
that there will be no difficulty in
getting cargo space to points on
the Alaska coast.
It was not known here officially
that any shortage of ocean boats
existed, but it is assumed from the
message received that a congestion
of freight was threatened, possibly
owing to late shipments of railroad
material and supplies, which only
recently have started coming North
in quantities.
1t would appear that the coast
steamship companies have secured
additional vessels for the Northern
run and are now preparing to take
care of any business that may de-
velop.
There has been considerable COM
plant along the coast regarding
passenger accommodations, since the
of the season. Ev-
cry boat leaving Seattle has been
sold out, some of the earlier boats
for months in advance of the sailing
date, with the result that travellers
have been put to much inconven-
fence and extra expense to reach
The infrequency of sail
ings also has interfered consider
ably with the despatch of mails to
and from Alaska.
Coast papers attribute the IN
creased activity of the steamship
companies to the fact that the ter
ritory has threatened to invade the
field, and to the fur
Their fact that Alaska transportation
lines have been placed under the
jurisdiction of the Interstate Com
merce commission. 1t is significant,
at any rate, that the announcement
of improved service follows closely
on the heels of an order from
summoning the heads
Of Northern steamship companies TO
a conference at the national CAPT
tai.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
STILL FIGHTING.

It is estimated that there are
four million destitute persons in
Poland, including two million moth
ers and children. For five years the
struggling armies of Russia and
the Central Powers swept back and
forth over the country. Thousands
OF houses and other buildings were
destroyed.
Now that peace has settled upon
the rest of the world, Poland is still
engaged in frontier warfare. From
the Baltic to the Carpathians, on a
front three times the length of the
former Western one, the Poles are
modified. Even women and girls
are performing military service, not
as their French and American sis
tiers cid in hospitals and ambulances,
but on the firing line with rifles in
their hands
Despite these conditions, the new
Polish government is making a de-
termined effort to care for its civ
ilians, with the assistance of Allied
relief agencies. The American Red
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
Neighborly.

Mrs. Wilson wanted to get Mrs.
Johnson's cook away from her so
badly that she actually went to
Mrs. Johnson's house when she was
away and offered the cook more
money. The next time they met at
big dinner Mrs. johnson didn't
notice her.
Mrs. johnson, you know Mrs.
Wilson, do you mott" said the lady
who sat between them.
mo. l believe not" said Mrs.
Johnson, but | understand that she
calls on my cook. New York Am
erican.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
Want ADS

WANTED-Pair of S-power field
glasses. Inquire Pete Jensen, at
Johnson's Store.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-08-19
A MODERN NAVY.

Advancement of naval armament
from Spanish-American war days TO
the present is shown in the weight
of a broadside fired from the old
battleship Oregon, the largest at
the time of the Spanish-American
war, and from vessels of the Penn
sylvania type of the new Pacific
fleet
The Oregon could fire a broadside
of steel projectiles weighing $3.50
pounds. a broadside from the Penn
sylvania type with its 14-inch guns
would weigh 1850 pounds.
Future American dreadnaughts
and battle cruisers are to mount
16-inch guns. Each projectile will
weight 2,100 pounds, compared with
the 14-inch shells of the Pennsyl-
vania The broadside from the fu-
ture batteships will weigh a total
of 25,200 pounds-more than four
times the size Of an Oregon broad
side.
The new ships will be the heavi-
est-armed ships in the world. The
16-inch guns were developing dur
ing 1918 and proved satisfactory in
every respect.
The largest guns on the Atlantic
feet in its cruise of 1907-1907
around the world were 12-inch. The
greatest number of these on any
single ship was four, against the
batteries Of twelve 14-inch guns OF
the more powerful dreadnaughts of
Admiral Hugh Rodman's new Pa
cifc feet. The 12-inch gun had a
maximum effective range Of 10000
yards, against the 22,000-yard Rod
man guns. The feet of ten years
ago, naval officers say, would be
helpless against even small part
OF the Pacific feet. The Atlantic
feet, when il made its famous trip,
was considered the greatest feet
ever brought together.
Admiral Robley D. Evans com
manded the Atlantic feet until il
reached San Francisco. All his yes
sells burned coal, as did the Oregon
OF Spanish-American war days. Ad-
miral Rodman's flagship, the New
Mexico, is electrically propelled, and
most of his vessels are oil-burners,
thus materially increasing their
cruising radius over any previous
American feet.