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two meals, as they had been paying
for the three meals.
The different buildings had petit
tions signed and sent to Miss James.
the manager, making protest
against this new arrangement. No
tices are sent to the war workers
quite frequently of new arrangements
being made by the managers which.
in many cases, add just a little more
to the expenses of the war workers
III matters are not adjusted in the
interest of the many women who
make these hotels their homes. a
change OF management is going to be
asked for by them as well as some OF
the desk clerks, OF which there are
so many
The services given the war workers
for the amount they pay are very in
adequate, the telephone services are
extremely poor and the meals that
are being served are as poor as the
telephone service. vegetables being
almost an unknown dish to them
IL Is hoped by tho war workers that
matters will soon be adjusted. or the
matter will be taken up with Con-
gress. AWAR WORKER.
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The Government Hotel

To the Editor Of THE TINES;
IL has been noted In the paper of
October 10. 1919. that Attorney Cen
ersl Palmer expects to make a swing
around the country In the interest of
the high cost OF living. Why does he
net start here In Washington? The
GoYernment hotels. in which 500
war workers nsake their home. would
be a good place to begin. since prices
are going up there instead OF down.
These Government hotels were built
FOR the interest OF the war workers.
but are being conducted on entirely
different pians.
Hopes are entertained that the
prscss might be reduced TO s35 per
month. instead OF &45. which they are
now paying, not including the many
extras.
The war workers OF these buildings
were notified the first OF October
that on and after. that time. their
Sunday meals would only consist OF
syo meals. instead OF ti,see.. as had
peen the custom. and the understa Id :
ng when they take rooms there, but
0s price 70 remain the same for the
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The
Haskin Letter

A BOOK that describes init
~ mately the official and per-
sonal life of a United
States Senator, throughout tie
war and me six or sever wears
preceding it cannot fail 10 be y
work of great interest now and
of constantly increasing value as
time goes on.
Such q book, unknown to the
public and even to many members
of the Senate, has been written
and is still being written--by Sen
ator Henry Fountain Ashurst of
Arizona, one Of the younger men,
bers' of the upper house of Con-
cress. And this Senatorial diary,
which already fills two enormous
bound volumes, is not the dry and
tedious affair that anyone might
imagine who was familiar with
the general run of Senatorial ut
terance. This diary is written in
a bouncing, humping, rhetorical
style, full of color, energy, and
sentiment, often humorous, and
always human. 1t is a book which
will probably be read in the fu-
ture, not only because it contains
historical data, but also because,
like the deathless diary Of Samuel
Pepys, it is the picture of man.
Boyhood In Arizonn.
Senator Ashurst spent his boy
hood and youth in Arizona IL the
pioneering days. He knew what
il was to hide in the brush from
wild Indians before he wore long
trousers, but he didn't know what
a railroad train looked like. When
the Ashurst family became affluent
enough TO buy cook stove, t
took six months to get this luxury,
and cost more than 5000.
Senator ashurst lives. to a most
unusual extent, in the memory of
those early days. His diary is full
OF references to them. And his
diary-keeping habit, derives from
them, for in those days nearly
everyone kept diary. The Sena-
tors father lost his life while pros
pecting in the Grand Canyon and
the Senator, then very young man,
was a member Of the party that
found the body. When they reach
cd the camp Of the missing man
and found no entry had been made
in his diary for three days. the
son knew at once that hi5 father
must be lost, for he had never be-
fore known him to miss making
his daily entry. A little later they
found the body Of the elder AS
hurst.
The Senator began his own
diary-keeping at the age Of nine,
and has been at 1t more or less
regularly ever since. He has not
missed day IN the last ten years.
The Senator has admitted that he
always had an ambition to be q
writer. and in this diary his itch
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
By EARL GOODWIN.

Commissioner Gardiner is all right when he demands
iare for both roads, nasmnch the best thought
IN civic development expresses itself to the effect that the
higher the fare the slower the development of the
munity at large
But the suggestion made by Commissioners Gardiner
tha the dehct IN the w r. and f. Go. operating five
cent rare should be made up by increasing electric light
rates power furnished by the Potomac Electric Power
Company is worth scrutnizing
Without going back the question of morals in
VOWED IN the Question of the PEPCO paying the w. r.
ana H. dividends ever since the days when the community
was first choroormed into buying stock of the latter nst
tutlon let me point out that if YOUR electric light bills are
increased so as to make up deficit in the and f. Co.
treasury you will be paying about MILLION DOLLARS
"A YEAR more in electric light merely to give re-
turn to the w T. and b. Co. which it is NOT earning
fine form of charity for the W. R. and e. but mighty poor
proposition from public standpoint
Now bear this In mind: Mr. Gardiner fled dsaeut;nv,
opinion to the rest of the Public Utilities Commission il
which he held that all watered stock and all the bonds Of
the w. R. and E Co. should be allowed full par value
Now suppose In the course of time court allows
the w. X. and E. to maintain its watered valuation
That would but one thing: If ii is proper ID
charge electric light for deficits under the
lower valuation then would be proper charge electric
hight users for deficits under the highly watered valuation
There is ten million dollars difference between the solid and
the watered valuations and under the Gardner scheme of
soaking the electric light it is possible INCREASE
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT RATE to point somewhere be-
tween sixteen cents and twenty cents
Of course the w. R. and E system and its attorneys
have their eyes the fund which the PEPC0 putting
into the bank every month This fund as you will recall is
the difference between the eght-cent electric light rate as
ordered by the Public Utilities Commission and the ten
cent rate which has been in effect for years If the court
sustans the eightcent rate all will refund
of two cents per klowa hour but if the court throws
down the Public Utilities Commission the PEPCO will get
that fund which is 100000 and which will soon be
million dollars The fund will then quickly disappear intoa
the NAV of the w. r. and K.
Just why street railway company should be allowed
to rob the customers of ANOTHER corporation plain
1t the time honored custom for passengers to
be dealt with any old way but when il allowing
turning the other cheek and do little fighting ourselves
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school graduate to enter a hospital
training school? A. G.
A.--Some hospitals admit girls who
ave had two Nc of high school
raining although th,y prefer grad
Iatcs.
Q.-Which States were stu wet
when wartime prohibition went into
effect July !? X. ID.
A.-They were: California, Connec-
ticut. Delaware, Illinois. Kentucky,
Louisiana. Maryland. Massachusetts
Minnesota. Missouri. New Jersey. New
York. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island
vermont, and Wisconsin.
\ Q.-What is meant by red tane?"
A. II.
A.--This expression originated IN
the fact that tape dyed crimson ~
commonly and largely used in public
and private business in tying up
papers, hence IL has come to refer
to excessive formality and routine IN
business transactions.
The bureau cannot gire ddUice o,
legal, medical, and financial matters
Vt does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake. exhaust.
tue research on any subject.
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A Senatorial DiariSt
By Frederic j. Haskin

He goes on to say that he would
like to be superstitious, but that
none of the superstitions would
. ever work for him.
"1n my first campaign for the
Senate" he records, Il wore an
opal, black opal, and a large
number of friends besought me to
leave it off, as no victory could
come to anyone wearing an opal!"
The Senator won, opal and all.
He adds to this passage few re-
marks that should be very valua-
bic to any young man entering pol
itics.
"Too Flashy."
Il would not have worn a dia-
mond," he says. 1T might have
looked too flashy and too comfort
able for a tribune of the people to
wear. BY the same token a 'tri-
bune of the people should not be
fat or funny. His countenance
should be 'sicklied DER with the
pale cast of thought, and his
words should drop like red-hot
potash on the fostering sores of
the body polite. Imagine Wen-
dell Phillips, Abraham Lincoln.
Garrison or Lovejoy bedecked in
diamonds"
Hughes in 1916 and Blaine in
1884 were secure while within
their own fortifications." he COM
ments. "All they had to do was
to wait for election day, think
. little, remain silent, and each
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would have been elected. To
think but little and say nothing
is the best advice / could give q
Presidential candidate"
Presidential Reflections.
On the day that Wilson was in
augurated for the first time he
INDUCES in some more Presiden-
tial reflections. He says that
Taft failed to hold his job because
he allowed things to become dull,
and that Roosevelt was a sue
cess as a President because he
kept things lively. "Of all de-
fects that hamper a President" he
concludes, "to be prosaic is the
most deadly. Witness old John
Adams, Tyler, Fillmore, Buchan-
an, Hayes, and Harrison"
There certainly appears to be
something in the Senator'S sug-
gestion that prosaic men are sell
dom reelected to office, no matter
how worthy. Hero is a brand-new
slant on national politics. What
ever else the public gets, it must
have entertainment!
A characteristic entry is that
of the day when Arizona was ad-
mltted to Statehood. He begins
by comparing the present-day
Arizona with that Of pioneer days,
showing what progress the State
has made; but he soon runs off
INTO a description of the desert.
Describes Desert.
The desert has the regal and SEN
suous poppy, the scarlet glory OF
poisoning cactus, the pungent
odor of wild sage" he writes, try
ing to describe the fascination
which the desert has for his mind.
But the desert is cruel-her heat
ed sands and scorching winds, her
blazing and pitiless furnace of sun,
her merciless fail of heat, her poi
sonous reptiles, her scarce and al
kaline waters, her bitter dust, her
receptions and her everlasting
sameness Of topography being awful
thirst, confusion, exhaustion, delir-
lum and death when the canteen
leaks, the trail is lost, or the horse
plays out
The Senator has in an unusual
degree the devotion to the soil that
produced him which is character
istic Of so many Westerners. He
writes wittily Of personages and
trenchantly of events, but when he
hits the subject of Arizona and the
early days, he is all eloquence and
sentiment.
This is not a fair account of the
Senator's diary, for it Is too short
TO include any Of his analyses of
great questions. his lucid accounts
OF events, his pictures of social and
political life in Washington, and
his characterizatons OF his con-
temporarles. But doubtless the
public will have the whole book in
due course, and meantime, more
power to the Senator's elbow.
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for the pen has found expression.
History of War,

for the pen has found expression.
History Of War.
During the war, the Senator
wrote about little except the war.
His diary becomes history of the
war in Washington, with some very
good character sketches OF nota-
bles. and vivid descriptions of ex-
citing days. But the most interest
Ing parts Of the journal are the
personal touches, which reveal the
man.
For example, on Friday, Sep
tember 13, 1918, the Senator cele-
brates his forty-fourth birthday
at dinner party. Not only is it an
unlucky day, as the Senator glee-
fully points out to his guests, but
the ill-omen is intensified by the
fact that he has thirteen letters
in his name. When, in addition,
it is discovered that there are
thirteen people at the table, no
less than elk of those present show
signs of being disturbed, two of
them very seriously. And these
two, the Senator records, are $50
phisticated, cultivated, successful
people"
There is, indeed, a wide penum-
bra between the bright light of
sanity and the shadows of distrac-
tion,' he comments, "in which
zone or penumbra there walk
many if not most people,"
BY this the Senator means that
most of US arc a little mutt.
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Q.-Is there n direct STEAMSHIP
route from New York to Belgium?
L.. c. ID.
A.-No. there is not. At the pres
ent time the most direct route IL b.
boat from New York to Rotterdam
Holland, and by rail 10 Belgium. Tho
Cunard Line says that in a few week.
boats will be operated between New
York and Belgium direct.
Where is the largest oil booT
In the United States at the prcs"n;
time? j.. a. G..
A.-The Geological Survey says that
the largest oil boom is in northerr
Texas. in Ranger, Bur5c, and Burnett
districts.
Q.-What is good way to keep
loose pickles in a stone jar from
molding? c. '.
A.-If the pickles are kept below
the surface of the brine they Will not
mold. If pieces protrude. the so-called
potato bacillus will grow upon the
exposed surface and cause spoilage
Even after the mold has got start
1t will disappear IL the pickle Is sub
merged.
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EARD ND SEEN

MISS FRANCES S. FARLEY,
Identified with public schools for
years, has been installed as commu-
nifty secretary at the Parkview
School. The Board of Education
will relieve Miss Farley of as much
classroom work as possible to enable
her to look after the community ac-
tivities. She has been principal of
the school since its opening, and pre-
viosulv she was in the Grover Cleve-
land School. As community secre-
tary she will have an assistant to
promote recreational work and an
lother to manage the community
store. Miss Farley was unanimous
ly elected to her new office, and The
residents of Parkview are sure they
have selected the premier community
secretary of Washington.
SUPT. ERNEST L. THURSTON,
whom GEORGE H. RUSSELL,
president of the Parkview Citizens
Association, tried to foist upon an
unsuspecting audience as "superin-
tendent of the Board of Education"
says he always thinks of the Park
view Community Center as a
"WHAT-NEXT" organization. He
says they always have something
r---- to try out. And, what's more, it
* always something good and is al
ways carried to completion. He says,
first they wanted an eight-room
school, they got sixteen-room
building, and now they really need
about eight more rooms. And, he
says, judging from past perform
ances, they will probably get it.
WILLIAM R. LOVE. the Brook
land community storekeeper,. sold
l0S bushels of apples in the Govern
ment Printing Office, which came
from an orchard on the Eastern
Shore and were delivered by mail.
The buyers have each received
whole bushel of nice, big, red, JUICY
apples for S1.s0, and are urging Mr..
Love to repeat his good work. There
is to be meeting in the big PRINT
shop soon to consider ways ano
means of establishing a branch OF
the Citizens Buying and Distriou-
llflR League dS d itlSohS
dent in the high cost OF living.
Disguised.
I see from the papers that some
of our Guardians Of the Nation"
have discovered and proclaimed to
the people the cause of the high
cost of living" and how to reduce
same by "working and saving" etc.
How wonderful! Is it not, strange
that some of the millions of wage
earners have not thought of this
simple remedy before and practiced
it? These eminent gentlemen speak
with the wisdom of a maiden lady
who seeks to advise a mother how to
rear her children. Please permit one
who has tried everything else to sug-
gest that if the above remedy
should prove futile or unsatisfac-
tory that "the dear people" might
eat hay and adopt the costume r
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Mother Eve for a chsnee," aasur-
ing them that X win Be- "all the
same to our friends, including
those "on the hin.s
]. s. ". ASTo4BILT.
kiwanis Jumps Int Trininy Drive.
KIWANIS CLUB is to Washing
ton what self-stsrter is to q motor
car.
That's why TRINITY COMMU-
NIFTY HOUSE is all swelied up with
pride today as it contemplates the
team of business men representing
Kiwsnis which will canvass the
downtown district next week for
subscriptions to that fine Washing
ton-American institution.
Here's the team:
FRANK L. WAGNER.
FRANCIS c. WALLACE. (,
p. B. FLETCHER.
JAMES C. DULIN.
BAKER WEAVER.
HARRY c. RAND.
CHARLES PIMPER.
MARK LANSBURGH.
FRANK SHERRY.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

of
reader AH replies mailed direct the inquirer Write
to
Enclose DO tecphonc
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Clsrendou Vs. Pet~orth.

Petworth Community and your
humble servant. IA director Of the
PETWORTH COMMUNITY OR
CHESTRA very much sppreciats
the mention of our little orchestra
and the Friday night dances.
BUT, why compare us with Clar-
endon-everybodv knows where Pet
worth is; but Clarendon!
r. NJ. HOLLAND.
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Right in this connection let ne
whisper that CHARLIE ROBERTS
has been made choir leader for Ki-
wants Club and they are getting up
a songfest contest against Rotary.
III bet that battle of vocal chords
will resurrect more barber shop har-
monv than Bach. Verdi and Irving
Berlin could write together in ten
wears.
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Every one has had their little
opinion published as to the Hand
some Drug Clerks, but ] am sorry
they have made mistake.
Visit Herbst Drug Store, 2sA
& Pa. ave. N. W.. and just get
glimpse CT Doc. Messina.
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Amt 1t Crowded!

Have You Ever Tried Moving For That Crowded Feel
ing' Look at Hal Coffman's Fish.
The Washington times., 1919-10-23

Somebody tried to break down the
Calvert Street Bridge the other day,
Wonder how long it will be before
the railing is fixed!
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Village Items

JAMES BOST and HENRY BA'
KER called on We ed the other day
Bet you can't guess what the.
wanted.
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BOB ARMSTRONG calls stten-
ton to the fact that navy beans have
been reduced in price by about 80
Der cent. Which shows that MITCH,
PALMER is some little reducer.
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o-h 1T necessary to be high
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day morning on the freight.
Mrs. Dick Haggberg left for Minneapolis
on Tuesday, where she will spend the win
ter with her daughter.
Mrs. John Haggberg of Redtop spent a few
days this week at the c. J. Matteson home.
Jay Keeville has resigned his position at
the hardware store here and plans on travel
ing for the Marshall-Wells Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hesketh are staying at S.
WANTS while Mr.. Hesketh is working on
the ice
Harry Fallas of Detroit. Mich. is guest Of
the P. S. Parrish home.
Mrs. w. c. Gorst of Hillnan is at the A.
J.. Boynton home for Christmas. :.
Frank Morneau and son, Leon, were in
Wahkon Monday and Tuesday.
There was meeting at the auditorium on
Tuesday evening to consider the electric light
question.
Mrs. NJ. Medsen is on the sick list.
A. Wehlast has arrived home after a years
absence
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try which is their benefactor, and by
their actions and violations of these
laws lmperil the lives Of loyal Ameri-
cans and shatter the standards of our
country, must not be confined temper
arily and permanently left out on bail.
Other means than that of confinement
even, should be used in the case of
those. born in this country, whose dis
eased minds are spreading mad vi
clousness and governmental discord
among the weaker classes-the toler-
ators of agitators.
:, There is but one way of Kidding the
country of alien agitators-that Of
dcporting them forthwith to the land
of their birth.
A Christmas Tribute-The Christ
mas following the armistice was one
OF the best in the homes of those who
had relatives overseas. Now that the
majority of the boys of this communi-
ty are home this Christmas, back in
civics and installed in their old jobs,
as a tribute of remembrance F. Ere
mont Woodcock post wishes to go on
record as honoring the memory Of
their comrades who lie under the
snowy fields of France, honorcd as the
resting place of American heroes who
sacrificed all for their country.
The next meeting of the post will
be held on Monday night and all men,
bers are requested to be there
Ray Knolle,
Publicity Agent.
F. Fremont Woodcock Post.
H.
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F. Fremont Wo0dcock Post.

The following letters have been re-
ceived by Max Cordiner, secretary of
F. Fremont Woodcock post, No. PIG,
Of the American legion, Princeton:
Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 8, 1919.
Mr.. Max Cordiner, Secy.,
Princeton, MINI.
Dear Sir: I am just in receipt Of
the resolution passed by the F. Ere
mont Woodcock Post No. PIG Of the
American Legion Of Princeton, Mimi,
in reference to the c.. S. Neumann
case.
Explanations are perhaps not neces-
sary, but the reason why this man has
not been sent to prison is that he has
moved, as was his right, for new
tri;l and that motion up to tie pres
ent time l have been unable to hear.
The delay has been caused by the delay
in getting out transcript of the tcs-
timony taken in the case and by my
other pressing engagements. The
raattcr will be disposed of in due time.
Yours truly,
Page Morris,
District Judge.
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PEASE

The marriage of Ed Ruis and Gertie Roe
lofs occurred at the Carrot Rotlof's home last
Wednesday. Rev. HAN officiating. Relatives
and nearest neighbors were guests during the
day, and all the young people were invited
to the reception during the evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ruis have gone to housekeeping on the
groom's farm just south of town. May Mr..
and Mrs. Ruis prosper and have a happy we'd
ded life.
Guy Schultz came home on Tuesday evening
to spend the holidays.
The pupils of the Christian school gave a
Christmas program in the church Tues
day afternoon. There will be two weeks
vacation Miss Sandal left for her home in
Baldwin on Wednesday.
Martin Kingman went to Chicago last
Tuesday. He will spend few weeks there
and will return with bride.
The DeVries home has been saddened by the
loss of their baby. The child had been a
sufferer all its life Cause of death was
spinal trouble The funeral was held last
Thursday.
Clarence Norman was home for a few days
last week.
M Wander Lugt ended his life by hanging
himself early Saturday morning. He had been
very down-hearted for long time and par
TALLY insane. He bought the John Talberg
farm last summer and moved there this fall.
He became possessed of the idea that he never
could finish paying for it, and this led to the
hanging. He leaves wife and five children.
The funeral was held on Wednesday.
Rev. Ham has had call from Kalamazoo
and we understand he has accepted it.
Fred Nyenhuis and E. and Ray Ham came
home from Grundy Center. Iowa, last Friday
for the holidays.
The patrons of the Pease creamery received
83 cents per pound for November butterfat
80 tubs of butter were shipped this week.
J. A. Jetsinga was passenger to Mime:
apolis on Tuesday.
Mrs. T. Groenveld and Mrs. John Drinks are
enjoying a visit with their sister, Josie, who
is here from Prinsburg. A party given
at the John Brink home on Friday night and
at the F. Groenveld home on Saturday night
in her honor.
very happy and prosperous New Year to
all Union readers and the Union force