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TO-DAY
Review and Parade-WashinEton High
School Cadet Brigade. Ellipse p. IN.
Maj. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, L. s. A, execu-
tive assistant to chief OF stan, will be the
reviewing officer.
Springtime DRnce-AthIetic Association
Of the Shipping Board. Wardman Park
Inn, p. m.
observation-disclosures Home and
School Association, Tyler School, Eleventh
and G streets southeast, s p. m.
Address-SenAtor Walsh, of Massachu-
setts, at haE-raising exercises OF Holy
Gross Academy, $3.50 p. m.
meeting-Circle for Spanish Converse
tIon, home Of Anthony A. Barry. FaIkstone
Courts Fourteenth and Fairmont streets
northwest, p. m.
Memorial ServiceR-woodmen of the
World, Old Masonic Temple, Ninth and +
streets northwest. p. m. Address by
Congressman David H. Kincheoe.
Straw Ride-MRrine Club OF Navy Yard.
to Forestville, Nd, starts Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 1880 p.
m
Meeting-CathoIic women'a Service Club.
sol e street northwest, p. m.
Meeting-Washington State and Alaska
Society, Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets northwest, p. m. Address by
Senator Wesley L. Jones. Election OF Of
Address-clintou N. Howard, "a Joy
Ride to the Grave: a Funeral Grafton for
John BarIeycorn." First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets northwest. s
p. m.
Tomorrow.
Mass MeetinE-NeW Masonic Temple
Thirteenth street and New York avenue
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

creased the use of milk FIVE per
cent. And that 2,14S children
under six years of age were drink
ing tea and coffee instead of milk,
and in S29 families the mothers
said their children were losing
weight, and in others were not
gaining.
Women Should Concern Them.
selves With Food Situation.
If the women Of the country
would cooperate in regard to the
food situation. much good could be
accomplished. Where there are
young children, milk must be had,
whatever the price, if these chill
dren are to be kept in good health.
A quart a day for every child
under six years of age is the
amount agreed upon by competent
medical authority. But powdered
milk may be used in cooking and
much could be done by a general
spirit of get together"
The winter before last, when the
price of eggs-even storage eggs
scared beyond reason, various
women's clubs and housekeepers'
alliances throughout the country
pledged themselves not to use
eggs, except when there were in
valids in the family. So wide
spread and systematic was the
boycott that they succeeded in
bringing down the price of eggs.
Something of the same sort was
attempted in regard to bacon some
time ago. Now if the prosperous
people who buy through a third
party would insist upon tradesmen
furnishing sales slips and would
take the time to examine these.
keeping in mind the current price
of the commodity, and declining to
buy where prices are forced up,
they would do more to ward OF
Bolshevism than thew now accom-
plish by vague lamentation.
Let them boycott dealers who
charge a dollar a dozen for ba-
nanas and twenty-five cents a can
for soup that is sold elsewhere for
half that amount. Acquiescence
in such profiteering may be well
within the reach of their purses,
but it is unpatriotic and unfair to
ones neighbor to submit to such
exploitation.
l know what a stupid thing It
is to suggest to members Of the
great aristocracy' Of wealth to
bother with sales slips and the
comparison of prices, but If they
would consent to take such mat
tiers in hand we should have fewer
underfed school children with a
corresponding decrease in the
menace Of Bolshevism.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
WANTED-A CHANCE.
"a Boy Scout Thought)

Folks say we do q lot Of things
We hadn't ought-a had;
We never mean a bit Of harm
Nor do them to be bad,
But when q chance just comes along
With fun a-peekin' through,
We take It mostly just because
We've nothing else to do.
BOYS are an awful problem,
Ali the grown-up people say;
But, honest, all we really want
Is just a chance to play;
And all Us boys from country towns
And from the cities, too,
will quit what you call mischief
II you'll show Us what to DO.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
Beatrice Fairfax Writes Problems Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
sent my little boy to q store in
our neighborhood the other day for
some red bananas and the clerk
told him they were 10 cents a piece
or $1.00 a dozen. The same estab-
lishment asks % cents q can for
the soups that may be had any
where two cans for q quarter.
Other prices are in proportion.
Needless to say we do not trade at
this store, but when / demonstrated
with the proprietor for his prices
he sneeringIy remarked that he had
plenty of customers who could af-
ford to pay those prices, and did so
without question. Is there any re-
dress for this profiteering now that
the Food Administration has been
abolished?"
A HOUsEREEPER.
The only redress for profiteering
of this sort is not to patronize
shop that makes gross oVer-charg-
ing a part Of its system. And l
realize fully how helpless one con-
scientious housekeeper is, COM
pared with nine and ninety who
give these matters little intelligent
thought.
But these good women who shop
via the telephone, servants, or
make a practice of ordering with
out inquiring the price, have much
to answer for-the spread of Boil
shevism for one thing and the I'M
REIMBURSEMENT Of our children
for another.
The other day l was invited to a
"drawing-room meeting" to con-
slider the inroads of Bolshevism in
this country. And 1t would have
been amusing, if it had not been
pitifuI, the ignorance of the kind,
foolish, rich women who, without
knowing it, are working day and
night to bring about this eire.
They are like people on an iceberg
in a tropic sea; they protest the
shrinkage Of their social basis, but
they continue to drift toward the
land of tomorrow.
Knows Nothing of Economics.
The speaker of the drawing
room meeting is a woman of great
wealth, great sweetness and
knows less, perhaps, of the eco
nomic conditions in this country
than a working mans seven-year-
old child. The lady deplores Boil
shevism-and riGhtly-and she
says something ought to be done
to check its inroads-and again
she is right-but unknowingly
she devotes much of her wealth to
bringing about this scourge.
She 'lets out" all of her respon-
sibilities, her marketing is done
entirely bv her steward. chef, or
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
50 Saw We An

CARDS AMES speaks Of the pest
who reads the titles Of q moving pic
ture 0ut loud.
II don't know why an army o6icer
should take to moving picture show
a lady who can't read" he says. Z
should think he would take her %
night school,
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
TUB = STLnHrMi

F. A DONY thinks that JOSE
SIRVENT should have written sta
do as "stadia-" Well, Mr.. Dony -
right.
Webster" continues Mr.. Dony,
Says q stadium Is q race course.
What relation has q TUB to Q race
course? OF course I have heard Of
tub races, but / do not second the
motion that the TUBS be christened
STADIA."
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

JOSEPH P. MAHER thinks thsrs
is too much scattered glass in Flori-
da avenue.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
HEARD AND SEEN

Now that George Cooksey has
officially declined to be the custodian
OF the fund for the endowment Of
the nationally famous triplets-said
fund started by a three-doIlar check
from SUNSHINE MARY, the lady
who sells papers at 18th and G
streets n. WI have q communiea-
ton from ANXIOUS MOTHER,
$3.50 18th street n. ".
This lady seems to think that
triplets are nothing, and offers IN
evidence two mothers whose on
spring came In half-dozen lots. Also
she offers the record Of two women
in Europe who had sfxty-two chill
dren! One Of these, l presume, was
the Old Woman Who Lived In .
Shoe who had 50 many children she
didn't know what b do.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

Anxious Mother says she read
also Of q woman In St Paul who had
80 carbohydrates, trtplets galore.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

No aCondeT theH GDDropTiGte NIL
lions of dollars for the Census.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05
WILLIAM 8. WAupRY.

c. H. PEARSON sets up q GOD
case for Solomon's Island. He says
that at the moment his note Is writ
ten LIEUTENANT BROWN and hls
wife are Just getting back with forty
five hardheads, some eighteen inches
long, and expect $50 before the days
fishing Is done.
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

Having again been "prodtsered~
(sans notee) out Of q Home, win
you kindly ask some Of our rich
phtlanthropists who wish to make
Washington beautiful" to purchase
some Of the small houses and rent
them at q moderate sum to their
more unfortunate brothers who ars
absolutely unable to buy q home
as is suggested by the real estatO
men who are in control Of all Of TIE
hOmesteads IN Washington?
WILLIAM q WAUnRV
The Washington times., 1919-06-05

This from some furious, but an
onymous person who evidently has
been turned down by a yeoman 10:
Where do you get that stun
about the Yoemen ID learning 10
drill OUTSIDE OF THEIR OFFICE
HOURS? You had better ask
some Of them when they really did
learn"
Stand out in front Of Alexander
Shepherds statue and figure out how
the governor could have buttoned
that last button on his cutaway.
And no one yet has told where
that scarecrow is-the one that h
Gwo minutes walk from the willard
Hotel.
Who Sang Ta-ra.ra-ra BOOm.de-ay!
1 asked this bit Of information On
Sunday.
Now comes HARRY CHAND-
LEE, Of New York and Washing
ton, and the Jenifer Building, who,
having been sworn, deposeth:
'Lottie Collins hquidly warbled
the classic strains OF Ta-ra-ra-ra
boom-de-ay-and they used to say
as how she couldn't dance that
night seem that she'd fell and
boomt 'er arrum.
II read (present tense) Sundays
paner Monday"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
MRS. SHERMAN SINEX
is DEAD OF INFLUENZA

Mrs. Sherman Sinex, 1915 South
Santa Fe Avenue, died this morning
at her home after a weeks illness of
influenza.
Mrs. Sinex was born at Cedar
Point, Kansas, in 1886, and came to
Wichita when she was six years old.
She had lived in Wichita ever since,
attending the school and being married
here.
She is survived by her husband,
who is connected with the Martin
Metal Company; two daughters,
Clarice and Marjorie, and one son,
Earl; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W..
Gibbons of Optima, Oklahoma, one
brother, W. S. Gibbons, of Meade,
Kansas, and one sister, Mabel who is
at Meade at present.
Funeral services at o'clock Thurs
day at the chapel of the Wichita IN
dertaking Company. Burial will be
made sometime Thursday afternoon
in Highland cemetery.
w. S. Gibbons who is a member
of the Kansas legislature, came to
Wichita last night.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
MRS. LARRABEE ENTERTAINED
THE P. E. o. LAST THURSDAY

A most pleasant social event was
the P E. o. Kensington last Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
palatial home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Larrabee on North Lincoln Avenue.
Each member of the P. E. o. was
given the privilege of writing the
name of one friend on a slip of paper,
and a committee was appointed to
send out the invitations.
The guests were received in the re-
ception hall by the President of the
society, Mrs. John w. Baughman, and
Mrs. Larrabee. After all the men,
bers and their guests had assembled
the afternoon was pleasantly spent in
social conversation and fancy works.
The long, spacious living-room was
decorated with vases of yellow and
white cut flowers as was the dining
room where the guests were seated
at one large table and quartet tables,
and an excellent two-course lunch
was served, the color scheme turnout
being yellow and white.
The P. E. O.'s have always been
noted as successful entertainers, and
as there has been so little in a social
way since our country went to war
this Guest Day" was fully enjoyed
by all who were present.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
A SURPRISE SHOWER

A surprise miscellaneous shower
was given Monday evening at the L..
M, Gum home honoring Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Meek, who were married Sun
day afternoon. The affair was Civ
en- by their friends, Misses Cenith
Blevins and Barbara Strong and Sam
Lofand.
Mr.. Meek had been informed by a
friend that a crowd was planning to
visit them after the lyceum for a
charivari, so thinking to avoid the
crowd Mr.. and Mrs. Meek accepted
Mrs. Gums invitation to spend the
evening at her home, which was just
the place their friends wanted them
to be.
After the lyceum number a large
number of their friends did call on
them, but much to their surprise they
came to the Gum home, where a
jolly evening was spent and many
pretty and useful gifts were showered
upon them.
After quite a thorough inspection
of the beautiful array of gifts, light
refreshments were served.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
NEXT MOVE ALIENS

There were less than 1000 casual.
ties in the 25th division from the
time it landed in France until Nov
T. There are 35,24O men and officers
in division. The complete tabula-
ton is not available, but from the
figures given it is approximately cor
rect to say that the total casualties
were less than six per cent of the
numerical strength of the division
while the per cent of killed and dead
from wounds will be less than three.
If the missing list is included in the
dead the latter figure will be around
five per cent.
The charge made by Governor AL
len of Kansas that there was a need
less slaughter of the men of this
division because of lack of artillery
support makes a comparison of these
figures with the casualty data of the
civil war of interest. Of the two hun
bred Union regiments that went into
action not one lost less than 10 per
cent in killed and fatally wounded
and the average was from 10 to IA
per cent. While the nature of the
fighting was different, it has not
been considered more devastating if
as destructive of human life as the
European holocaust. Military au-
thorites assert that in the civil war
there were instances of battles,
where a single regiment lost more in
killed and fatally wounded in pro-
portion to its members in one en-
gagement than was the case with
the 35th division during its entire
service in France. The second Army
Corps at Gettysburg alone had a
heavier percentage of loss in fatali-
ties than the total reported for the
35th division.
These comparisons are offered to
show that somebody does not know
what they are talking about Either
the war department figures are wrong
or Governor Allen has started some
thing he cannot finish with any credit
to himself or the state which he rep
resents. 1t is hoped that the latter,
if he has the goods" on the war
will hasten to Washing
ton and offer evidence which will es-
tablish the truth unadorned by ora
tory, sentiment or war department
Observation-Disclosures Eagle.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
THE MILITARY HIGHWAY

The Military Highway is sensible
plan.
Building a Fort-to-Fort Road would
be one of the good things the nation
al government could do. 1t would
mean something for the future.
Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley,
Camp Funston and Fort Bliss are
permanent things. Connecting them
with railway lines is necessity, and
has been a necessity in the past. But
supplementing these connections with
a Hard Road, one upon which the
troops and supplies can be moved, is
a long step forward.
If a dozen regiments were formed
at Camp Funston, or at Leavenworth
or Riley and the need was great on
the Mexican border, the Hard Road
would supply the demands of the
army for the movement of these sol
diers. If a road was actually con-
structed along this line, automobiles
of the civilians, and their civilian
chauffeurs, by the thousands, could
be drawn into the service in days
time and the Hard Road would move
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
POPULAR LIBERAL YOUNG
FOLKS MARRIED SUNDAY
Glen L. Meek and Miss Prudence
Young Embark on Matri-
monial Sea.

A very pretty wedding and one
pleasing in the minds of their many
friends, occurred at the Presbyterian
Manse in Liberal, Sunday, February
2, at $3.50, when Glen L. Meek and
Miss Prudence Young took the vows
that linked their lives together. The
Rev. Barrier, pastor of the Presby-
terrain church performed the cere-
mony.
Mr.. Meek has been a resident of
Liberal something like two years, and
is at present employed in the shoe
department of the Economy. He is
an honorable young man of clean
habits and an ambition to succeed.
Miss Young is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. F. Young, formerly of
Liberal, but now of Tonganoxie,
Kansas. She is one of Liberals most
charming young ladies. Of lovely
character and charming disposition
she has wide circle of friends who
will join in wishing her a life of con-
tentment and happiness.
She is now finishing her second
term as a teacher in the Lincoln
school and no higher tribute could be
paid her than the love of the little
folks who have received instruction
from her.
Glen and Prudence, as they are
known by most people, start their life
walk with high hopes and excellent
for the future. That their
fondest dreams may become realities
IS the wish of all, in which the Demo-
,rat heartily joins.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
THE LAUGH ON MRS. GRINSTEAD

Topeka-Mrs. Minnie J. Grinstead,
the only women in the legislature, in
troduced a bill in the house Friday
which prohibits the use of smoking
tobacco in any form, cigars, cigarettes
or pipes, in any dining room, cafe, or
other place where meals are served.
The gentlemen who are in the habit
of lighting a cigar as they push back
from the dining table will find an Off
Ger at their elbow ready to take them
to the police station.
But the men smokers have the
laugh on Mrs. Grinstead. Her bill,
when introduced, was found to con-
tain no enacting clause, and a bill
an enacting clause carries no
more weight than a resolution at a
town meeting.-Kansas City Star.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

these troops to the Mexican border
quicker than the railroads could as
semble cars to make the start.
So if we are to have forts and
camps and military things, connect
ing Hard Road between the larger
places is a certain requirement of the
future.
Not only would this Military High
way be great thing for the war de-
partment but it would be means of
bringing a thousand miles of fine
farming and livestock territory into
close touch with the outside world
over highway that would add to the
profit of the nation.
The big line of road from Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas City, Topeka,
Fort Riley and Camp Funston thru
Hutchinson to Fort Bliss and Ell Paso
on the Mexican border is full of COM
mon sense. 1t should have the back
ing of the war department, the post
office department and congress, for
it means something for the future
of the use of soldiers in the South
west where they may be needed I'M
til the Mexican situation fully devel-
ops and is finally settled.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

Roy Lewis, of the Nabisco neigh
borhood, was taken suddenly ill yes
terday with an attack of acute ap-
pendicitis, and was brought up from
Tyrone on No. today and taken to
the Morrow hospital for an operation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
ADVERTISED LETTERS

If not called for on or before Feb
'uary Is, they will be disposed of ac-
,ording to the postal laws and regu-
atoms.
E. S. IRWIN, Postmaster.
Behiner, B. F.
Garroutte, j. W.
Bowers, Miss Roxana
Gopher, Miss Dolorene
Greenleaf, Pvt. Edward
Hernandez, Mrs. Rufina L.
Masterson, Miss Marjarie
Fawler, b. W.
Morrow, Pvt. Clyde
Pehde, Adam
Taylor, Edward
Wilson, ]. H.
Berger, Geo.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

Floyd Kyle, who not long ago re-
ceived his discharge from the army
at Camp Lewis, Washington, is now
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Kyle.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
Not That Kind of Freedom

Whatever freedom of the seas"
may mean, it will not include the
privilege of ordering noncombattants
into open boats one thousand miles
off shore.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
Took 1t Literally

"Our chauffeur wants to marry me,
papa" said the daughter of the rich
man.
"Marry you! Well, l like his
nerve" exclaimed the incensed par
ent.
ooh, Pm glad of that, papa. was
so afraid you wouldn't"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE-10 head mules; 1
team 4-year-olds, broke; teams
coming 3-year-olds. Will sell for
cash or bankable paper; miles south
of Liberal.-R. F. MATKIN. 36tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALES. C. Rhode Island
Red cockerels from $500 up. Good
pure-bred stock.-C. Thompson,
Route B, 36t3p
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

For Sale: Two young colts about
nine months old, also a splendid
young mare coming three years old.
May inquire at this office or Gil N
Lincoln avenue. 2tp.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Buick
Light six in good condition, cord
tires and extra.-John w. Baugh-
man. 38t1c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE-Choice S. f. Rhode
Island Red Cockerels, two miles north
of LIBERAL. o. Sparkling. 38tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

BRING IN YOUR HARNESS for
oil and repair. The price is right
Collier & Co.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

CITY PROPERTY trade as
part payment for quarter section of
land.-Farmer Brothers. 36t2c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE-Pure Bred Buff Rock
cockerels, 81 and $2.50.-Mrs. A. J.
Lancaster, Rt. B, Liberal, Kans. 31tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE: passenger Maxwell
touring car, good condition. Black
smith shop " block north of the
Postoffice. 37t2p
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

Take your poultry, eggs and hides
to Walt Heppler, at the Creamery
poultry house. 37t4c.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

1t should be built.-Hutchinson
News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06
Want Column

FOR SALE-Two residence prop
critics. They are good and cheap.
Terms.-A. B. Mitchell. 35tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR SALE OR LEASE-One gray
jack, three years old; registered.
S. Bangs, Liberal, Kan. 38t3p
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

FOR Windmill and pump
outfit.-Theo. B. Moore has it. 37t1c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

; FOR SALE OR TRADE: Simplex
straw spreader and rack combined.
Phone w 5. 37tf o. M. Nix.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-02-06

STEAM HEATED ROOMS for
rent, 502 N. Washington ave. 37tf
The spectator., 1919-03-14
Fraud! Fraud! FrauC

The latest type of Fraud that has been called to the attention of the Home Service Sections of the Southwest Division is the offer of some Eastern oryaniza- tion (name unknown) to bring back the bodies of the deceased members of the American Expe- ditionary Forces in France at the rate of 5000 per body. This company is evidently writing to the families direct and suggest ing that the money he enclosed by return mail. Home Service Sections are asked to warn sold iers' families 'against such. and advise them that this question can be taken up only with the Government, and we will be glad to give any information we have about it.
 Mrs. D. E. Anderson.