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The Washington times., 1919-10-07
How About a Little Music?
Seems . Be TIE Fashion Public institutions New
+ to Joia the Community Chorus Tie More You Sing
tie Better Yea Work
By EARL GOODWIN


One OF the greatest civic achievements Of this city
the formation Of the chorus which for four hours sang to the
marching heroes of the First Division The choral stand
being hung with the motto, eve Sing to Serve"
That chorus Of seven hundred and women was
drawn from ten units FIVE department stores and FIVE
Government offices They made Of the successes Of
great day and no big event in the National Capital here
after viii be complete without a great community chorus
Bands have their place in parades and in gatherings Of
other kinds; they do not and cannot compete IN interest
with great chorus Of peope-sngers whom you
and know personally, and who are there in the stand
because they LIKE to sing.
In the Pershing Parade the chorus not only kept up
interest before and during the march, but at the end Of The
parade the members and sang the National Anthem
showing they organized disciplined and well fitted %
take front rank among the events Of the day
Now there is possibility Of swelling that chorus Of
hundred to Of thousand and after that the
possibilities seem almost without limit There Is "a long
list Of people waiting to join the units already organized
and a long list Of units awaiting to be organized
The fact that Offices and department stores have aWa-
ened to the fact that SINGING employees start day
going better than anything yet discovered
knowledge In offices the day starts with young
noses. Some Offices open the day slowly, the employees
loath to give up their morning papers and get down 20
work with snap and bang But in those big organize
tions where the day opens with lively song, the atmos
phere is optimistic and the decks cleared for action
on THE MINUTE.
Singing is good exercise for soul, mind, and body You
know the old poetic advice about the who sings at his
work We've gone better than that and demand the
man and woman who sings BEFORE going to work They
make good citizens
The Community Chorus is fOsered and fahered BY the
War Camp Community Service. In the first paragraph b
the Heard and Seen section you win read the 0t
The various leaders Of the organized chOruses.
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10 the Editor Of THE TINES:
I have watched with interest the et-
forts Of The Times to get the six
months bonus for the eX-solaierB.
Does our Government stop to think
what the other nations are doing for
their men who left their homes and
positions to protect their flag and the
rights Of THEIR country? The Amer
ican men sacrificed and did the same
as the other nations. and crossed the
water to do ii. Take Canada for an
example. She served four years, yet
she e. financed enough to receive her
hghtInE men and ht them for civilian
life "as a civilian" not as a burden
on his country, without a position or
ample means TO meet the high cost OF
living.
notice Il has been suggested to
erect an arch" in honor Of the men
who helped q win the war.
Let me say il is not honor nor char
ity the eI-soldier is looking for. And
HE would rather have his share Of
that arch money in his pocket than
in one certain town 90 per cent will
never see. D. c. EX-SOLDIER.
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O.-why does the Gulf Stream exert a
greater influence on the climate Of Europe
than on that OF America? o. p. =.
A.-The winds that most AFFECT the
climate OF both the United States and
Europe are from the West. Thus would
they blow on shore in the United States
and fail to bring the warmth Of the Gulf
Stream, while in Europe they would blow
toward the shore and warm it.
Q.-Who was responsible for the pur-
chase OF supplies for the navy?
T. W. s.
A.-Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan,
chief OF the Bureau Of Supplies and Ac-
counts, was purchasing agent for the navy
during the war He had been in the pay
master cOFpa for twenty years. having ad-
vanced through all the grades Before
that he was a newspaper reporter in South
Carolina
The Bureau cannot give GdVice OF
legal, medical, and financial matters.
It does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaust
iUe research on any subject.
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CREMATION CHEATS THE GRAVE
By FREDERIC J. HAsKN

ing left but the supposed mound
Of earth.
A Creepy Ceremony.
There is something creepy about
it." whispered one Of the women
mOurners to her neighbor.
Where did It go?" a little girl
wanted to know, addressing her
inquiry in a louder tone.
"Shsh!" odmonished her mother.
After this, there was silence for
about five minutes, when all the
company rose and filed out in the
hall to accompany the superintend-
ent downstairs.
Meantime, the catafalque had
arrived safely on the floor below,
and the casket had been removed
and placed in the crematory. The
crematory is the only cheerful
room left in the castle. 1t looks
like a large, sunny, airy cellar,
with three huge furnaces-OF re-
torts, as the superintendent pre-
fers to call them-made of steel.
After the deep gloom above, one
is apt TO get the impression that
cremation is a bright and cheerful
thing.
Perhaps this accounted for the
fact that as soon as the funeral
party entered this room, the wO-
men quickly dried their tears and
looked about with interest. The
door to the retort which contained
the easket was standing open, and
everybody peered in, some Of the
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Q.-Is there anything Objectionable in
addressing . business letter Dear Mrs.
SMITH" E. T. II.
A.-This il correct under any circum-
stances. Dear Madam" Is more formal
MY dear Mrs. smith," indicates a better
acquaintance In no case, however, 10
there anything personal in the use Of the
term dear" II tB mere form OF
salutation.
Q.-Is Il true that when an automobile
Is travelling at the rate OF forty miles an
hour there is a portion OF 1t which does
not move at all? =. @. b.
A-No matter how fast an automobile
iH travelling, that part nf the tire which
is In contact with the ground is for the
instant stationary At the same time the
part % the wheel that % highest %
travelling at an accelerated speed. II is
moving twice as fast as the machine
Itself
or a white woman marFies a mem
Der OF an Indian tribe. does she legally
become a member OF the tribe and en-
titled 10 tribal rights? r. W. c.
A.-She becomes a member Of the tribe,
and ig entitled 10 share a. though she
we're Indian born.
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Pay For ex-SoIdiers

ing like a Junior officers hyperboIe
to excite the risibilities Of a buck
private. It's good stun.
"In the .drst place the Junior Of
hcers Of the American army were not
schoolbOys." Perhaps not all: but a
big bunch were. Some Of them were
not even finished school boys. Fresh
ly broken loose from the apron
strings Of their alma mater, and filled
with the cOnceit Of shallow learning
acquired in the most part through the
mere circumstance OF wealth or
papa's pOcketboOk, they presented
themselves in hosts at the officers
training camps and conceitedIy de-
clared, or might as well have de-
clared, Il am a leader OF men: I am
officer stun; why should I enlist as
a buck?"
This "holieF-than-thou" and more
capable-than-thOu" attitude seems to
be quite prevalent among them. Now.
have no brief against the genus Of
hcer. ] have known some who were
all there; but IL was not the officer
we admired, II was the man.
And he says "such articles as re-
ferred TO give the impression that
the private soldier won the war de-
spite his officers" Pretty much de-
spite them, I should say. No doubt
quite a few OF the Junior Officers were
efficient. Especially in liaison. Night
and day they were able to reach the
p. C.'s Ia some manner or other and
keep the command informed that the
men were still advancing and could
be depended upon 20 reach their OBJ
jective.
But why continue this marathon Of
unpleasant remarks The war surely
accomplishing a lot Of good-the least
Of which, let us hope. will be the les
son OF the junior officer 70 enter IN
the enlisted forces when our next
war breaks out. which God forbid.
7 thank you.
a BUCKING BUCK.
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THE HASKIN LETTER

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Across
N the Hudson river from New
' York there is a drab little
community, consisting Of street
after street Of small, hard-Worn
houses and stores, known as North
Bergen. It is the kind Of a place
where the women sally forth un-
hated to do their marketing and
wheel their baby carriages; where
creative art is confined to the
kitchen, and where life revoIves
plaCidly around the evening meal.
So much is said Of North Ber-
gen, because in such a setting only
could you reasonably expect to
find an old, stone, medieval castle
converted into a crematOry. In
fact it is not altogether reasonable
even here. For there is nothing
more picturesque than a turret-
rooted castle, and nothing more
sOrdidly practical than the process
Of cremation. However, here it
is, standing majesticslly and a
little dilapidatedly at the end Of a
wide, green lawn, dotted with
shrubbery and tall trees, and with
a sign on its gate, reading "NeW
York and New Jersey Creama-
tory"
On an average Of three times a
day a hearse drives up to its door;
a casket is removed and taken in
side; the wall Of a pipe organ is
heard in the distance, and then,
after an interval Of silence, a thin
veil Of smoke appears from a long
pipe at the rear of the castle. An
other hundred pounds or so Of
clay have been reduced to two
pounds of ashes. To the visitor
who watches this proceeding from
the street, there is something sin
lister about it, recalling ancient
tales Of weird tortures and deaths
meted out to prisoners in medieval
strongholds, but once inside this
impression is sternly checked by
the cold reality of twentieth CEN
tury burial devices.
Cremation Lacks Dignity.
Cremation may be the sanitary
way but one is likely to conclude
that 1t lacks dignity. There is
nothing poetic about being showed
into q furnace while the super
intendent stands by and explains
to your relatives the way the thing
is done. Yet the method is becom-
ing so popular that this institution
sometimes has as many as nine
cremations a day, the bodies COM
ing from all parts Of the country
as we'll as FROM New York and
New Jersey. Some are shipped In,
unaccompanied by relatives; others
arrive at the head Of q long string
Of carriages and are given the
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usual burial ceremony in a chapel
provided for the purpose.
One such arrived the other day,
just as the visitor was viewing
the chapel. His escape was cut off
by the crowd Of relatives who i'm
mediately filled the door, and he
was compelled to stay and witness
the cremation of some unknown in
dividual who had evidently been
an important character in his own
little circle. The chapel is a long,
dark room decorated in bleak
shades Of green, with stained glass
windows, a pipe organ and a few
church benches. In the center is
a catafalque, draped with black
curtains, with a black bear skin
on the floor and some sort Of
brown stun on the roof, which is
supposed to represent a mound Of
earth. To this igenioUs contri-
vance the pallbeareFs carried the
casket, placing it carefully on q
rack in the middle, and drapping
numerous Wreaths Of white and
purple asters about It. The organ
began its thin vail Of that mourn
ful tune, Nearer, Ny God, to
Thee" WhereupOn all the relatives
and friends, clad appropriately in
black, entered and seated them
selves on the stiff, hard benches.
When all was quiet, except for the
organ and the sound of feminine
weeping, the catafalque began
slowly to disappear through the
tlool until finally there was moth
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Louis ROssano, six years old, bitten by mongTel
dog The Pasteur treatment not given but he seemed
to recover Six weeks later according to his relations he
saw two dogs fighting recognized the dog that had bitten
him, and was seized with convulsions
BE died two days ago of rabies.
First: The sight Of the dog had nothing to do with
his Convusons they were caused by poison put into his
: system weeks before.
Second Mad dogs do not hate water the Of their
disease hydrophobia, meaning fear Of water, is false
name The animal Graves water but when Convulsions
close his throat he can't swallow it.
Third Stories such as The sight Of the animal that
bit you viii bring hydrOphOba,' when the mur
derer brought to the corpse the wounds viii bleed areh
are foolish and breed superstition
Fourth: People calling themselves civilized who allow
few to keep at large dangerous animals not taking
the trouble to stamp out hydrOphObia England has
stamped it out deserve occasional hydrOphobia victims to
remind them that they savages.
They are running in New York city fight about a
udgeshp this platform: Emancipation Of the Judi
Oiary from Political Domination.
nice motto it might be enlarged to read: "EmanCi-
patton Of the judiciary from political domination, and
emancipation Of the people from the domination Of the
Judiciary"
letter from the publicity bureau Of the United States
army expresses hope that young Germans coming to this
country will enter the army.
This agitates the New York Times but it need not
Men Of German name and blood fought admirably In
civil Men Of the kind among the first
ia every branch Of the service in the that has ended
we must have an army Of 100000 men, which is pre-
pOgterous and mdsmOatiC and if must keep 10000
men, the War Department suggests always ready to be
shipped to Europe at moments notice. we could not do
better than include young Germans in that army
We were fighting with England, but we have got
that anmOsy thoroughly that the English can
have anything they see and if they don't it they only
need ask for it.
We have now had our fight with Germany. It is ended
and there is why this Government which rises
above personal anmosty should keep alive vicious hatred
WHY, BY the way, should it be necessary to keep
10000 American soldiers, ready at moments notice
60 to Europe in Senegambia Armenia Czecho-
SloVakia call for them?
The Prince of Hesse used keep ready be sent
at moments notice wherever they wanted and he
charged much head for them England hired them to
fight this country That was business.
For this Republic to keep under arms, ready to be
sent away butcher and be butchered would not be
business It would be idiOcy
No American soldier should be kept under except
70 defend his own country.
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members marVeling at the length
and size Of II. Then the superin-
tendent closed the door with a
bang, turned a wheel on the out
side Of 1t, and the air was suddenly
filled with a queer Whirring sound,
while smoke escaped from the
door Of the oven and then ceased
abruptly. The deed had begun
Have A Look, Madame"
I've manufacture our own gas,
the superintendent explained calm
ly to the interested mourners. The
oven is heated to $500 degrees
Fahrenheit. Would you like to
look in here, Madame?"
He mOtiOned to an elderly lady
in the front rank, who stepped for
ward and peered in a hole In the
side of the retOTt.
"Oh, it's a roaring flame" she
exclaimed in surprise, which
aroused the curiosity Of the COM
pany, so that everybody went and
peeTed in.
''The whole thing is over in
forty-five minutes" continued the
superintendent He threw open
the door Of one Of the other ovens,
in which there was nothing left
but a pile Of charred embers and
one little patch of flame. Two
pounds Of ashes" he said.
The funeral party then disband-
ed, one Of the old ladies remark
ing that this was certainly the
was she wished to be buried, and
the members Of the family hurry
ing upstairs to select the type Of
urn in which they wished to have
the ashes stored.
MiIllOnaire's Room.
One room, a little more gorgeous
in its Trainings and artificial flow
ers than the rest, is known as
the 'Millionaire's room, because
it contains the ashes Of so many
prominent and wealthy men. AS
the men are prominent, without
being famous, it would only be
tiresOme to give their names, but
a surprisingly large number Of
doctors were noted. The supeFln-
tendent tells with some pride Of
the cremation Of a doctor here,
who was eIectFocuted for murder
ing a couple Of his in-laWs and
then starting in on his wife, but
this is the only really interesting
case he can remember.
"All this floor" he said, as he
led the visitor through the various
upstairs rooms, used to be the
bedrooms Of the family that lived
in this castle II was built in
1863 by a wealthy florist in New
Bergen, and it wasn't until he died
in 1907 that his heirs sold It and
it was turned into a Crematory."
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Al Answer 10 Junior Officer.

IN answer % JUNIOR Omcef.
TO the Editor o. THE TINES:
VIII you permit me a round with
cur friend, "A Junior Officer" who
takes exception TO your editorial and
constitutes himself champion OF his
oppressed caste.
The junior officer" he says,
earned his position by intense appli-
cation 20 duty and hard. work" I
believe this is q pretty intense state
ment and results from or is perhaps
q shang over from a protracted Pc
riod Of intense application 81 the
army. The gentleman, no doubt. ia
given 20 hypeFbole, and there is nOth-
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prices Are Being Lowered"
Nsigspapsr hsadlins.

q paid two cents a pint more for
milk this morning than paid for
the same kind Of milk yesterday
also paid three cents q
pound more for butter this morning
than would have had to pay for
the same kind Of butter yesterday
Letter From q Reader.
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The Utilities Commission might
order all street ear passengers to
carry their own straps. Do this and
exempt the companies from al
taxes and keep the roadbed in order,
then perhaps they could pay dfVi-
dends.
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WHATEVER YOU WANT TOKNOW

The Times u attempt questions fact for
reader All replies mailed direct the inquirer Write
The Times Information Bureau Frederic j. H0sk director
Enclose 2-esHt stamp. Do not telephone.
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That First Game.

Here is a copy Of a telegram somo
Of US in the Railroad Administrators
sent to Tom MacRae, Editor-il-
chief Of the Railroad Bulletin, an
ardent Chicago fan;
"It was nine one all right, but TIE
Cincinnati nine won.
ISAAC GREGG.
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Lieut. Hollis Edison Davsnny,
musical director and chairman Of
advisory committee, War Camp
Community Service
Board Of COntrol-Miss Laura
Rowe. Woodward & LOthrop's; ".
|R. Schmucker, Lansburgh,s Depart
ment Store; Miss Mary Sigman, 5.
Kann Sons & Co; Miss Josephine
Howe, Hecht 6 Co.; Mrs. Shekell'
Goldenberg's Department store;
Miss Jessie Dell, War Department;
Robert G. Starr, Department Of La
Tor. Mrs. Gertruds Rucker, Treas
urv Department; W. =. BralthWalte,
'Department of Commerce; J. M.
Long, Civil Service Commission ;
BENJAMIN A. Linebaek, Government
Printing Office; Miss Marion Boyd,
Federal Trade Commission; Miss
Nancy StillweIl, Business Women's
Council. Ralph Winchester Hills,
War Camp Community Service;
Miss Myrtle V. Kesheimer, War
Camp Community Service.
Advisory Committee-Lieut. H0l-
lis Edison Davenny, chairman; W.
II. Sehmucksr, Miss Jessie Dell, Rob
ert 8. Starr, Miss Myrtle ". Ke-
sheimer, Ralph Winchester Hills.
TOM GRANT is wearing a black
felt hat these days which makes Us
believe he is going into politics.
Unusual Men.
The fellow who always manages
to get to a ticket, stamp or paying
teller's window without having q
line of talkative wind-jammers take
up time ahead Of him.
HandsOmest Drug Clerks.
Miss I. nominates CHARLIE" B.
CHAMBERLIN, Day & Co., 18th and
P streets.
Friend and Reader" nominatss
DR.. MITCHELL, 1921 FOur-and-a-
Half street
As a candidate in the handsOmest
drug clerk contest, I name HOMER
K. BUTLER, proprietor OF the drug
store at 11th street and Park Road.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Dear Ed nominate as the hand
somest drug clerk dec" L. R.
GRUBBS. The doc" hands out the
dope at F. P. Weller's, 36th and NJ
streets.
AN ARDENT ADMIRER
At last you have entered DR.
BERNARD JUDD in the handsome
druggist race-shOuld have been
named long ago. I remember when
he was born be was pronounced the
handsomest baby boy ever, and peO-
pIe came even from way down In
virginia to have a look at him. He
is al his best when he smiles.
"SCABBIE" SCHOLL.
I D. O'CONNOR sends me some
coupons to be turned into smokes
for sailors and marines at the Naval
HOSPITAL and asks me to remember
that the Devildogs should have their
due. Bless your heart-no one needs
to stir up publicity for the Marines.
Their deeds and their fame have sunk
so far into the hearts Of the AmeFi-
can people that they will never be
forgotten.
GOULD LINCOLN says he'd just
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GOULD LINCOLN says he'd just
as soon wear ear muffs as a felt
hat in a warm spell in September.
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SID BIEBER stopped me on tho
street 70 ask me what was The name
Of q certain eating place 81 New
York I had mentioned;
Jack Bardusch's place, the Castle
Cave" was my reply. Jack runs a.
open hearth steak foundry Oh Ita
avenue and really welcomes you.
Sidney says that eVeFyWhsr6 ha
goes in New York he finds the pub-
lie is insulted before being allowed
to buv food.
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HEARD AND SEEN

An Official Of the General Eloo-
tric Co. tells me that there ere tss
many "Outs" on the street pa
-Four lights out On one block; one
light out three nights iu suce ion.
Presumably The PEPC0 IS fued 1oF
these "outs but We want LIGHT
not fines.
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In answer to your request for
peculiar date like the one Just pa5e
9-19-1919, is the combination 2-22-
2222 too far away TO be quoted?
Geo. p. Herring.
1905 Florida avenue northeast
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Rrlnor. . -. -

I wonder If I can give you some
thing new in figuring car fare for
PetWOrth people who work at 18th
St and Virginia ave. n. W. espsci-
ally if Mr. Ham gets what he asks
fovs n, last vfDhf5a Time
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AS a candidate in the handsomest
drug clerk contest, I name HOMER
K. BUTLER, proprietor OF the drug
store at 11th street and Park Road.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
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Forty cents a day for poorly paid
employees having families to support
MRS. M. B. RUDOLPH,
sos Quincy st. N. ".
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HandsOmest Drug CLERKS.

Miss I. nominates CHARLIE" B.
CHAldBERLIN, Day & Co., 18th and
P streets.
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Any time you want 70 shoot .
little craps Just pick out a nice sun
day and 90 over to Pencoce Wooa9
in Congress Heights. There you can
join EN- at poker or dice, and tne
police maintain you can't be dla-
turbed as long as you behave YOUR
self"
Our own Secret Service
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Friend and Reader" nominates
DR.. MITCHELL, 1921 Four-and-a-
Half street.
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Dear Ed nominate as the hand
somest drug clerk "DCc" L. r.
GRUBBS. The doc" hands out the
dope at F. P. Weller's, 36th and M
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Unusual Men.
The fellow who always manages
10 get to a ticket, stamp or paying
teller's window without having q
line of talkative wind-jammers take
10 time ahead Of him.
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TOM GRANT is wearing a black
felt hat these days which makes Us
believe he is going into politics.
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Dead of HydrOphObia, But
It Was Not the Sight of the Dog That Did It. Foolish
Superstitions and Some Other Things.

Louis Rossano six years old, bitten by mongTel
dog The Pasteur treatment not given but he seemed
to recover Six weeks later according to his relations he
two dogs fighting recognized the dog that had bitten
him, and was seized with Convulsions
BE died two days ago of rabies.