davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

phosphoric food elements. hltro- phosphate
should produce "a welcome transformation
In the appearance the increase In weight
frequently being astonishing.
clinical tests made in ST.. Catherines
Hospital y. r.. G.. showed that two
patients gained in weight - and - pounds.
respectively. through the administration or
] organic phosphate, both patients claim
/ they have not felt as strong aud well for
I tho past twelve years
Increase On weight also carries with n
general Improvement IN the health. Nerv-
BUSINESS. sieeplessuess and lack or energy,
which nearly always accompany excessive
thiuness. should soon disappear, duh eyes
ought 10 brighten and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom Of perfect health.
Physicians and hospitals everywhere are
now recognizing It's merits by its use in
ever increasing quantities. Frederick
kolle' NJ d., editor or New YORK Phy-
Phosphate should be prescribed by every
doctor and used In every hospital % in
crease strength and nerve force and 70 en-
rich the blood
Joseph ~ Harrigan. Former visiting
Specialist 20 North Eastern Dispensatory.
says: Let those who are weak, thin, ncr-
vous, anaemtc. or rundown, take natu-
ral unadulternted substance such as hitro-
phosphate and YOU will soon see som- as
tonishing results In the Increase Of nerve
energy. strength of body and mind ana
power Of egdurance."
Bitro- Phosphate is made entirely ~ tbs
organic phosphate compound referred 70 In,
the National Standard Disnensatorv as
being an excellent tonic and nervine.
and a preparation which has recently ac-
quircd considerable reputation In tho
.-.ffrrnrt nf raUr1 effcnin The standard
of excellence strength and purity OF It's
substance IFS beyond question. for every
Bitro- Phosphate tablet Is manufactured in
strict accordance with the U. s Pharma-
conoeia test requirements. Rltro- o-PhOs-
phate Is therefore not patent medicine
aud should not be confused with any Of tho
secret nostrims, 50 called tonics or widely
advertised "cure-alls."
CAUTION While Bitro- Phosphate IL
unsurpassed for the relief Of nervousness.
general debility. etc, those taking u who
do not desire TO put on flesh should pss
extra care in avoiding fat-producing foods
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

hew 70 gel lhe children Of The State
back into the schools VIII he tho prob
lem OF discussion ct the iwo-day con
ference which VIII bo hold two weeks
hence. Arrangements FOR the meeting
oro being made by Dr. NJ Bates
stephens and Dr. George II, Reayls,
state superintendent and assistant su-
porntondcnt, respectively Of tho De
parlmonl OF Education,
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

The sllsr= ef al .l-s Catholic churches
last sunday
but In accordance with the oondi-
tlons Of Tho decree Of Tho laio Pope Plus
y The faithful were required TO abstain
from Tho use Of nesh meat yesterday.
tho vigil Of tho Feast Of tho Assump-
tlon OF the blessed Virgin,
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
CrrnK nrADs WRONG MINUTTs.

Homer G.. simmons, clerk Of City
Council, knows when q mistake has
been made, although the Councllmen do
not. or at least that was the Impression
gained by spectators In Council cham
bers last night. At the opening OF The
session Mr. Simmons began reading the
minutes OF the previous meeting Of
Council and after reading about 1--WE
minutes, halted With a broad smile.
he said "Alr. President. ! have been
reading the minutes OF the wrong meet
ing" The Councllmen. however, did
not notice the mistake.
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
Today's Health Hints

CONSTIPATION II people troubled,
with constipation would spend three 10
FIVE minutes each day in taking body,
bending exercise that employs the mus i
cles of the abdomen and AZ night before
manenf and highly satisfactory results will
soon follow. Drink plenty OF fresh water,
avoid strong purgatives and FOODS thar
have a constipating tendency aud this Sim
inexnensire and can be obtained Of psn-
:er;h ~ Wilmington snd scy scca e=.e=
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

York will be shipped 10 Philadelphia or
Pittsburgh Goods stolen al Pittsburgh
will he shipped TO Cleveland or Gin
cinnati."
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Government Employees Want to
Buy at Army COmmiSSarieS
Bv EARL GOODWIN.
"" This Ever Be AecOmpished?-WOud Many Of Them Take
Advantage of Scheme?-HOw Women Like To Buy.

The organized employees of the United States Govern
men-the Federation of Federal Employes-want to buy
food from army commssares and get the benefit of low
price maintained because of simple machinery and
overhead costs and losses from credit customers.
This is an interesting request, and part of the gen
era demand the part of the public for relief from the
outrageous price OF existence Army people have been
able to buy cheapy from commssaries while the rest Of
the world suffered 1t is not at all strange hatthe great
organization of underpad Government employees should
have looked longngy at the GOvenmentowned army gro
Gerry store.
Frankly believe it is unlikely that any such privilege
will be granted but the request before the President is
significant one and will best be used to stir up thinking in
many quarters where thinking is lost accomplishment
In the first place. the great cry from the UNORGAN-
IZED general public will be: Where do WE ini''
The poor little salaried family which has been the goat
of predatory wealth, predatory poverty, and every
other form of powerful influence will to get in on
the privilege and SHOULD-f it is to be granted
to anyone The caroonists old favorite character Mr.
Ultimate Consumer who is eernaly asking where he gets
off, and finds until too late should be considered
and not merely he belongs to this that orgn
cation
But at the same time the Government employee profit
eered upon by his employer well by those conscience
less dealers in necessaes who fail to the moral obg
tons upon Them is entitled to FIRST recognition if organ
lied labor going to have the center of the meght He
gets salary to speak Of Heaven knows he ought to get
little reduction In foods if the Government going
into the food business to anyone.
national scale enters into the thoughts any such
proposition.
Dealers in food who think they their stores be-
ing closed by the process need not worry.
What the experience during the when
had food administrator part of whose time devoted to
teaching to buy economically 1t discovered
that most women land do the food buyng) viii NOT
take the trouble to to the chain store the community
store where honest effort made to reduce costs They
rather telephone to the expensive store and have it
charged Chain stores in this city do than anything
else to keep down food coss-and still would
rather loaf around the house and telephone to priced
groceryman who will deliver the stuff in expensive de-
livery truck and charge the bill to the customer All that
costs money and who pays for It'll Answer The General
Public.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Fairfax Writes Problems Pitfalls
Especially for Washington Women

4 DISPATCH from Manches-
"A ter, N. H., announces that:
. Governor Bartlett has
personally Investigated complaints
that boys have been flogged with
rubber whips at the State Indus
trial School. That he found the
reports to be true and had ordered
the practice stopped.
The governor said he had been
shown the room at the school
where the floggings took place, the
instruments used. These he said
consisted of pieces of solid rub
Der a foot long with wooden
handles.
/ wonder how many boys have
been brutalized beyond the point of
retaining by those "solid rubber
whips a foot long, with wooden
handles ?"
And it is safe to conclude that
the taxpayers of the State will be
paying for this error in discipline
till the law takes its final toll of
these unfortunates.
That children are not made bet
ter by brutality, is the experience
of reform school" keepers all
over the country. They explain
their failure by saying the children
are incorrigible. Then why allow
these paid thugs to brutalize them
selves by flogging a child that is
irrecIaimable?
For that is the meaning of "in-
corrigible" according to the die
tionary-"depraved beyond the
possibility of reform, irreclaim-
able"
Humane, intelligent people have
taken these so-called incorrigibles
and turned them into useful, law
abiding citizens. But they did not
do it by flogging, whipping, and
other forms of murderous assault.
Whatever has been done in the
way of improvement has been done
by an appeal to reason, by trying
to awaken sensibilities that have
been deadened by cruelty and in
humanity.
Advantages of the Binet System.
The Binet system has completely
routed old methods of dealing with
children First know your child,
is the principle on which the sys-
tenn is founded. Is he normal or
abnormal? Are certain of his fac
uItieS defective, what are his ten
denotes, what are his faults, in
what does he fail?
The whole question of the child,
his possibilities of development,
his relatively weak or wholly
lacking D0Ee1 are worked cut By
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

escape such punishment. The child
is merely obeying a law as old
as life itself-the law of self
preservation.
Children seldom forget such
exhibitions on the part of their
parents, and are never deceived
by any such Pharisaical nonsense.
as at hurts me worse than it
does you"
When a child is beaten cruelty
either in a reform school" or at
home, something of courage,
power, fineness goes out Of that
child, Something that all the
kings horses and all the kings
men" can never give back. You
have hurt the child's self-respect,
he knows himself to be the victim
of another's anger against which
he has no redress-it marks the
first dawn of recklessness in his
character.
A generation ago people spoke
unblushingly of breaking
child's WILL not realizing they
were killing the little spark of
divinity that God gave him with
which to go through life.
But we know better than that
now, and it is a pretty benighted
sort of a parent who talks of
breaking children's wills and
spirits.
Another generation will prob
ably see the abolition of child
beating by law, even as this gen.
Grafton has seen almost every
State revoke the privilege of wife
beating. Perhaps we may live to
see the abolition OF that sorry
commentary on modern life, the
reform school" that never reforms.
The only way to reform" chill
dren is to appeal to their reason
and sense of responsibility. This
may be done before the sensibili-
ties have been blunted by beatings
and brutal treatment. but not sue
cessfuIly afterward. II the re-
sponsive quality in the child has
deteriorated from wrong punish
ment or has been defective from
the beginning, then he will require
a specialized course of training,
and one that takes into account
these deficiencies.
But the whipping post and cat
O. nine tails play no part IN these
reforms. Have the Binet test ap-
piled and then consult some one
who has made q specially Of child
welfare.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
TODAY'S TOPIC
Why reform Schools" Fail to Reform

the Binet tests with the simplicity
and exactness of a problem in
arithmetic. The child is put be-
fore you as a workable problem to
which you apply intelligence and
patience You have no more need
Of whips, cat-o'-nine tails and in
struments of torture, in bringing
up girls and boys, than you would
require them to do an example in
arithmetic.
The popularity of whips, clubs.
switches, and other instruments of
chastiseme1t is to be found. not
in the good done the child, but in
the relief afforded the angry adult.
And reform schools" unfortu-
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

The writer Acknowledges his in
debtedness for information as to the
variable temperature of ice to COM
munication to Saturdays Times en-
titled "A Letter On Ice" He had
had the impression all along that ice is
ice much after the fashion OF the
Irish station master who concluded
that pigs Is pigs" He remembers
reading in chemistry or physics or
somewhere that the range in temper
allure for water is 2l2 above and SO
degrees below zero Fahrenheit. and
that il cannot rise or fall beyond
these two extremes.
The theory of refrigeration Is
based on the principle that bodies OF
different temperature placed in close
proximity tend TO assume an equal
or average temperature (The same
principle is involved 4nversny in
the manufacture of ioe) The re-
6rigerator. the air, and articles with
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

nately are not the only examples
of this first aid to the angry.
Parents, even kind, affectionate
parents, often fall into this mis-
take Of the dark ages in attempt
ing to bring up their children.
The Law of Self-Preservation.
In beating a child a parent
wholly forgets that self-preserva-
ton is the strongest law of nature.
And they wonder, these mothers
and fathers of cruelty whipped
children, why their boys and girls
will lie, run away from home,
and do other violent deeds to
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Another Letter on Ice

in il radiate heat which is absorbed
by the ice. causing 1t to melt and re-
turn to it's liquid state. The Acfi-
cheney of cooling is in direct proper
tion to rapidity of melting, due al
lowance being given for the keeping
quality of the ice box, which Is an
argument in favor of the more porous
ice cake. However. from the stand
point of economy and convenience 10
is important that the box be replen-
ished as infrequently as possible and
the more compact ice Is to be pre-,
ferred.
The purity of ice depends upon the
quality of the water from which 10
is made There can be little differ
ence. IL any, in ice made from di&
titled water which is chemically pure
Its cleanliness depends upon the
process Of handling.
c. F. HERITAGE
1901 E. Capitol St
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
What's Doing; Where; When

Tomorrow.
Meeting-Spanish War Veterans Lieut.
Richard }. Harden Camp. Pythian Temple.
Lawn Fete-St AIMS Infant Asylum.
Washington Circle.
Conterence-Departmen OF Junior Mem
bership. American Red Cross. 1901 Eve
street northwest, $50 P. M. and > and 50
p. m.
Dance-IllinoiS State Girls Club. Dor
mtory Recreation Hall. North Capitol and
c streets, $50 y. IN.
Camp Meeting - Washington Grove,
Bishop John w. Hamilton, preaching.
Picnic-Forest Lodge Of odd Fellows of
FOrestvtlle, Md. annual excursion to Ches-
apeake Beach.
Dinner Party--Columbus Country Club,
entertainment and dancing, $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

People living east Of 18th and
ii street n. E., all the way to the
District line, are supposed to get
to the Treasury Building for q
five-eent fare-one continuous
trip. If for any reason their car
does not make a continuous trip
they are supposed to get q FREE
transfer. But the constant ex-
perience Of people living beyond
18th and II street is they are
continually being film TANNED
into paying MORE than q nickel
Twelve passengers on a sup
pOsedly through car Monday
morning asked the conductor if
he would go through to the
Treasury, and if not would he
give transfers? He said he didn't
know whether he was going
through or not. At 18th and 81
streets n. e. the car was taken
into the barn, and the conductor
disappeared. Sixty cents extra
for the WRECO.
On applying to Walter Allen,
Secretary Of the Public Utilities
Commission, one of the passen-
gers got no satisfaction and
headed for the Capitol. Officials
of the Commission who are
anxious to let the public know
they are giving the public a fair
deal could study this Columbia
Line matter and make IA few
friends in that neighbOrSbOd.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

Today.
MeetinE-Citizens Buying and Distribut-
ing League Committee District Building.
Carnival-Bethany Baptist Church, Sec
ond and Rhode Island-HVenue northwest.
Meeting-Spanish War Veterans, General
b. Emmett NJ. Urell Camp, Pythian Temple.
Lawn Fete-St. AIMS Infant Asylum
Washington Circle, evening.
ConceTt-C. s. Soldiers Home Band.
Bandstand, p. m.
Concert-U. S. Marine Band. Capitol
steps, p. m, led by William II. Santel-
mann.
Observation-Disclosures Of Junior Mem
bership, American Red Cross. 1901 Eye
street northwest, and 80 p. IN.
Northumberland State Society, Thorn
son School, 18th and l. streets northwest, s
p. m.
Meeting-Board Of Directors, Chamber Of
CQnRaTCa. chamber ToomG p. m
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Once-Overs
Copyright, 1919 International Feature Service, Inc
AS A MAN THINKS.
R,, 7 7 MITNDY

Often the bitter feeling toward
those who have only slightly offended you?
Diaboical flash through mind.
Only regulations of the hold from these ugly
wishes.
If you may finally
hardened enough certainly sensbes will be
duled.
you your your
Think the
Can either of them thinking the which
through mind at times?
1t would be terrible realize that these
could be guilty of anything low lived let alone
How do but the ideal of
Would crush that ideal?
Perhaps ideals have been crushed.
you finding another unworthy
thoughts
driving the yourself
before it is too late.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

Entries in the Mt. Rainier
Liars Contest ought to include
the conductor who shouts Plenty
of Room Up Front"
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
HEARD AND SEEN

TOM PAGE, who had a govt job
at Rome, has come back and called
up at the T. W. Wilson place, 1900
Penna. ave. yesterday.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

Mt. Rainier's Liars Contest.
ED TAYLOR, who says he comes
from Givadam Gulch, Arizona, ex-U.
S. doughboy, ex-British army cap
tain, and world citizen, tells me he
has been in a Western Liars Contest
and would like a chance to get into
Mt. Rainier's ie-as-ie-can whenever
it opens up.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

Appeal is made to include the KeL-
logg bldg. clock IN the list of things
90 be corrected.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

G. A. AHALT came in yesterday
and left a couple of nice memoran-
dunn pads. Thanks.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06

JOE WASNEY, of the U. s. Ship
ping Board, has his new Oakland
touring car stolen last Wednesday
afternoon and his wife found it on
18th st. two hours later. He bought
a new lock for it and left it in the
same place it was stolen from to
see If the new lock is more secure
than the old one.
Speaking about the lexington
Wreck" There will be one in front
of the Government Printing Office il
the roller coaster effect in the tracks
isn't fixed.
A DAILY PASSERBY.
And the Glen Echo line could stand
little bolstering.
The Washington times., 1919-08-06
Blaming It on the People

1t Is Easy to Attack the Public; 1t Never Counter
Attacks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-18
Few Claims of
 Soldiers Settled

Washington, Dec. 17.-On!y compensation for disability filed with the war risk bureau up to December 5, have been settled definitely, Director Cholmley- Jones told representatives of the American Legion in conference here today. Approximately 97,O0o claims, he said, have been dis allowed because the injruies prov ed only temporarily.
 Lack of cooperation by former service men was given by MT. Cholmley-Jones as one of the req sons for delays, which, he said, have given rise to innumerable complaints against the bureau. Literally thousands" of claims lie dormant at the bureau, he add ed, because the applicant for com- pensation failed to furnish requic- ed information.
 Eagerness of men to obtain their discharge from service was assign ed as another reason for the bur eau's troubles. MT. Cholmley- Jones said that in an amazing number of cases," the former ser vice men had camouflaged their ailments in order to be released. The bureau now must seek out these men and examine and rate them according to their disability.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-18
Texans Don't Seem
 to Stand We'll
 in Mexican Minds

Laredo, Tex. Dec. 17.-Com.
 menting on alleged reports from
 Fl Paso that Texans of Mexican
 descent were offering their ser
 wees to the United States govern
 mlent in event of trouble with Mex ico, Excelsior, a Mexico City daily
 m its issue of Sunday, makes a
 bitter attack on Texans" charac-
 terlzlng them a hybrid human product without a country" In Mexico a Texan" is known as a
 native of Texas, but of Mexican blood, while persons of Anglo Saxon blood are called north Americans"
 Excelsior says more than five hundred Yaqui Indians from Sono- la nave invaded western Chihua-
 nua and are attacking small towns. residents of invaded region, it adds, have asked the federal gov ernment for arms and ammunition wltn which to resist attacks. The .nolans appeared in the Rayon dis
 erlct eSr:lct and also were crossing the olerra Madres, the paper says.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-18
ARMY FORCE: OF .57c,OOO WILL.
 BE: RE|:: !yE:CTE:D
Senate Committee Probably Will Fix Peace-Time
 Army at 2S0,OOO

Washington, Dec. 1T.-Rejectior by house and senate military com mittees of war department propos- als for regular army of 576,- 900 officers and men appeared practically certain tonight when Chairman Wadsworth predicted that the senate committee would fix the strength of the force at about 280,000! The committee has already agreed tentatively on approximately similar programs:
 "Therc is no question:" said Senator Wadsworth, "but that the senate committee in it's present frame of mind will not fix the number at more than 280,000 and may possibly cut the number more than that"
 Senate subcommittee hearings on the bill were concluded today while the house committee took up the questions as to the future of the national guard. The senate committee hoped to have propos- als in shape for the full commit tee after the holidays.
 The military policy committee of the American legion, compos- ed of Allan A. Tukey, Omaha Neb., chairman; Col. Milton J. Foreman, Chicago, and Thomas w. Miller of Delaware explained to the subcommittee today rec of the organization as formulated at it's recent con- vention in Minneapolis. Other witnesses were Col. Abel Davis, Chicago; Illinois national guard and Major General F. O'Ryan of the New York national guard, while the house committee heard Col. R. H. Gillette, Troy, N. Y., of the national guard association.
 Under the legion's recommenda- tions only a sufficient standing army for police and overseas gar rison purposes should be provid- ed. Universal military training for boys from 16 to 20 years old and general staff "liberalized by an admixture of citizen officers" was recommended. Continuance of the present officers training camps and a separate department of aeronautics also were favored.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-18
vULTURE ATTACKS PLANE AND FORCES
 IT TO THE EARTH
Aviator Rested in Battle Over Mountains in
 Siam

Moulmain, Burma, Dec. IT, Lieut.. Etienne Poulet, the French man who recently yielded the Par. is-Australia air race to Captain Ross Smith, is safe here today aft. CT a battle in the air with a huge vulture which broke propeller of his machine and forced him to land on small plateau in the mountains.
 Lieut.. Poulet left Bangkok, Siam, December 6, two hours aft CT Captain Smith, and direct word of his fate had been lacking until last night, when he landed here in his machine.
 The French aviator, in relating his experiences today, said he mo- ticed his feathered attacker while flying at an altitude of 1000 feet above mountain peaks in Siam, about 100 miles east of Moulmain. The vulture, he said, circled a while over the aircraft, which was mak- ing little speed because of weath- CT conditions, then dived straight downward, striking and shatter- ing the right propeller.
 Discovering it would be impos- sible to continue the journey Lieut.. Poulet searched the moun- tain tops for half an hour before a suitable landing place could be found. He made his own repairs and continued to this city.