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The Washington times., 1919-01-29
A Government Official Estimate
Of Government Clerks
BY EARL GOODWIN

One of the finest things ever said about Government
service and about the kind Of hard work that Government
employees do at subsarvaon wages came from the bps
of r. C. LEFFINGWELL when he appeared before the
subcommittee Of the House in charge of the legislative,
executive and Judicial appropriation bill.
think that congressman should read what the As
sstant Secretary of the Treasury had say at that time
because many members of Congress really believe that
Government job is sinecure and that VOTELESS Gov
ernment clerks objects of attack rather than and
women who should be paid decent and living wage
Mr.. Lef6ngwel said:
Having come from private hfe arrived here with
prejudice which too many people have that Government
departments the refuge Of oafers who came to Wash
ngton from all parts of the country to live in ideness
cept for period between 10 and during which time they
ran reluctant pen piece of embossed stationery
'The first thing discovered was that did not know
anything about what happened in Government departments
If the Treasury specimen Of Government departments
Instead Of that situation here who were working
for the meres pance according to any standards of v
ing with which familiar and they working hard
am hoping to follow my great chief into private
e and cannot do less than tell You gentlemen that to my
mind the public servant if he is to be judged by those
have found in the Treasury is the finest sort Of ~ doing
the finest work the merest pttance and broadly speak
ng can do greater act Of justice than to recognize
some of these here whom name who could step
out into private life and get salaries Of $4,000 year
you they are staying here in the face of the
knowledge that they could get that $4,000 year Just
because they too fine and patriotic to nure the Gov
ernment and it would be greatly injured without their
services These know the technique they know the
infinitely difficult laws which govern things"
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What's Doing; Where; When

sixteenth and Corcoran streets Northwest,
8 p m.
boys department., Y. n. c. A., auspices OF
D. A. p, p. m.
Dance-Community Social Club Of Park
View Cehter, Park View school, p. m
Minstrel show-Young Mems class OF
Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and =:
streets northwest, 8 p. m.
TomOFFOW.
Smoker-Unlted Service Club, Dupont
Circle, .. m, with exhibition OF Govern
ment- hlm, Fit 10 Fight" and address BY
Col. W. c. Owens.
PlAy-TO be presented in parish hall 0f
Church Of the Advent, by boys Of parish
for bsnent OF Armenian and Syrian relief
fund, p. III,
Observation-Disclosures 0rotto at Chamber
OF Commerce Hall. with annual election OF
officers, p. IN.
Luncheon and confeFence--Calvary NJ D.
Church, auspices Of District vs.. {. 7. L.
with address BY Miss Anna A. Gordon,
president OF National Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
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shall They Marry'


am a girl Of twenty-five and
have been receiving attention from
a young man about my own age for
the past year. he is a war worker
and has only been in the business
world for two years.
Do you think It would be advis-
able for me to marry him now and
help him gain success, even though
he hasn't decided upon any special
vocation? or would IL be better TO
watch and wait, as IL were? l am
also a war worker. and as he hasn't
saved anything, I should have to
keep my position for quite a while,
which / would willingly do.
UNDECIDED.
Haven't you unconsciously an
swered your own question in your
signature II you were so deeply
in love with your fellow war work
er that waiting would have seemed
a cruel hardship, l think you
would take the chance and marry
him. But as you see all the difh-
cuities that stand in your way so
clearly, II argues q degree Of un-
certainty on your part that might
be a dangerous element in this
type Of marriage.
When two young people decide
70 marry and the girl continues
TO keep her position they must be
tremendously IN love to make the
experiment 90. Tbsy 1'st be so
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Today.

AOaAgs
AddreEs-By Congressman Charles G
CaTlin OF Virginia at quarterly meeting al
the Wilson Normal Community Center
Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest
p. m.
MestinE-Rhode Island Avenue Suburban
Citizens Association In Sherwood Church.
TWenty-second street and Rhode island
avenue. p. m.
Dancs-Old Masonic Hail. Ninth and ?
streets northwest, for beneht of wouhd4d
soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital, o'clock.
Lecture-By Rev John ]. Lunny, s., J.,
on Forbidden Reading" in 0onzaEa Hail,
Is street northwest, 8 p. IN.
TTyOuts-GeOFRs washington University
players. arts and sciences department.
s0ss O street northWest, 8 p. m.
Address-Mrs. Jamea {. CantrlI, wife "
Congressman CantrllI before Anthony
League at 2007 Columbia road Northwest.
4 p. m.
celebratlon-the 23ist anniversary OF the
birth OF Emanuel SwodenborG Swedish
philosopher Church Of the New JsruSaleIn,
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for entertaining a young man, when
he calls to take you out. In fact,
II you have another engagement
there would be very little time for
much more than good evening
and such light and agreeable chat
ter as the occasion may suggest.
And IL you have spent the evening
with him it would very probably
be too late to invite him in when
he saw you home. Don't try too
hard to entertain. Nothing scares
a man as much as this.
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Can This Be Tue9

How to catch the maniac: II
Major Pullman win induce the ma
mac to 90 to Baltimore and return
with liquor in his suitcase, either By
motor or train, Baltimore and Ohio
preferred, the Washington police
viii capture him. \ The said wash
ington police force is very daring
and ehicient when il comes to arrest
ing q person who averages 100 per
cent good citizen 364 days in the
year. CONSTANT READER.
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Met Him at the Zoo.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

4
Last April 7 met a young man at
the Zoo. l didn't exactly fltrt with
him, but the man he was with fltrt-
ed with tho girl was with, and we
all became acquainted. He wrote
me severai letters which l answer
ed, and in June ] started keeping
steady company with him, but in
September he broke q date with me
and for three months went around
with different young men, but mono
Of them could come up to him. 80
q week before Christmas he called
UP and asked for another chance,
which was given him, and have
been going with him ever since.
But lately he hAs not called me
up TO let me know anything about
him. Now, Miss Fairfax, as l love
this fellow very much. and would
hate to give him up. as my mother
thinks best, would you advise me?
S. A. q.
Your letter seems to answer a
very interesting discussion that
has been taken up from time to
time in this column-that Of max
ing chance acquaintance. In
your case, as in the majority of
such haphazard affairs, the man
seems to regard the ease and in
formality with which he made
your acquaintance as a sufficient
excuse for breaking engagements,
dropping you and taking you up
again when it suited him. If you
continue this acquaintance / should
certainly demand more considera-
ton and respect from the young
man
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A Soldier Tutor Wanted.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

People seem to ask you every
question under the sun. 80 perhaps
you can help me, although l an by
no means "loYelorn."
see by the papers that a number
Of our crippled soldiers arc walk
ing about looking for work.
Is this so?
am trying to find a man who is
capable of and willing to teach
my two small boys a few hours a
week.
Neither one is above sixth grade
work. One boy has been quite deli
cate. crippled in infancy. and, al
though now practically cured and
strong and active, fear has been
"babied" to much. consequently l
am particularly anxious for him TO
have some contact with a real red
bloodsd man.
It occurred to me that some such
occupation might be desired by
some one OF our crippled soldiers
who has not yet found his new
place in the world.
Can you tell me how to get in
touch with such a one? Do you
think II would be wise to try? l
live near Brookland, and cannot
pay more than about IS cents or
dollar an hour.
With thanks, If you can help me
I am, sincerely,
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Once-OVers
Copyright 1919. by international Feature Service
OH WELL, IT ISN'T MINE.

Copyright, International Feature Inc.
Oh, WELL, IT ISN'T NINE.
isn'tm mine, what do / care?"
would like have tenant enploye who
thus7
How you like who spilled on your
mahogany dresser and burned holes
bedding by earelessne and acted louder than
do care; il isn't miner"
you like lend your choicest book and
soled and ear-marked3
Hike extend office
Of fsvoEs enconeed indefinitely desk
day.
But what do they care isn't theirs?
little different in the house. the business the article injured
yours, isn't It?
Vel, &c should not BE different
difference irresponsible
Is disgusting whichever look 1t It,
isn't yours the should have
enough do best in care and show appreciate the golden
rule 70 Hdo would be done BY"
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InsuIted ut the Idea of Work.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am a young married woman
with q small child. and ] have been
separated from my husband for two
years. But we are living together
again now, and for the past month
1 have been paying all expenses.
including the Doctors bills. AS 1
have TO work hard to support all
three OF US, / sometimes suggest
that my husband go to work. when
he begins to rage and threatens me
for Insulting him. What shall do,
as l am nearly crazy?
PEARL.
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l should make it very plain to
this type Of man that he would
have to get q Job or leave. II he
is strong and able-bodied there is
no reason for you to be in the
predicament you describe.
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Two soldiers and a Girl.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been going with a young
man for two years, and I felt didn't
care enough about him to marry
him, though he asked me to. short
ly afterward I met another young
man who attracted me from the first.
l did not like to give up my friend
ship with the hrst young man, he
being satisfied that would care for
him in time.
Both OF these young men are now
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

devotedly in love that all the
sordid money difficulties are for
gotten, and your letter does not
convey to me this degree OF affec-
ton.
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Who Remembers?

COL. L. ADAMS, the handsome
acting commander at Camp Humph-
reys (acting com. when GEN. NOR
ROW is away, says that the old
Fairfax mansion ruins are on the
camp grounds, and that the house
was destroyed by British gunhre
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

N~N@N = AASEN NAAAsAA o1Al-4 kElG EUIO@
mac and mistook the old Fairfax
house for Mt. Vernon.
Down with Run.
A bill has been introduced in the
Wisconsin legislature prohibiting the
drinking Of intoxicating liquors in
aeroplanes. The bill viii be amended
to include diving bells and subma-
rlnes. A Justice Of the peace In Vir-
sinis has decided that the selling OF
malsed milk for infants violated the
pfohiniton statute. There are but
two loopholes left for the users of
ardent spirits, which intend % elose
BY getting Representative cariin 10
introduce q bill prohibiting the
drinking Of intoxicating LIQUORS
while asleep or while dying. Down
with the rum demon.
CRANDAL MACKEY.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

In addition BEo. Culverwell sends
me his answer to that problem about
the ladders and the alley:
The answer to your ladder
and alley problem is thirty
three and q half feet" seq he.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29
Writes of the Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

In France, where they have been for
a year. They are acquainted, and
each knows the other had been f.
the habit OF visiting me. sm
afraid ! like the second young man
best, but ] DO not know how much
he cares for me. The first young
man would make the best husband.
because he can never do enough for
me, while the second Is selfish ard
thinks OF himself first, and I am
sure don't know why I like him
best.
The first young man Is expected
back shortly, and I know he will
want me to marry him. Every one
Of my friends thinks this young man
is the better Of the two: Can you
advise me? PUZZLED.
When you see the first young
man you may find that you have
learned to care for him more deep
ly in mis- absence than you have
imagined. If this is not the case,
why not await the return Of the
second young man and give your
self every opportunity of seeing
both before you make a final deci-
sion. It is a great mistake to
marry a man one does not love,
and almost an equally great one
to marry a man whose faults you
see as clearly before marriage a.
you do those Of the second.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29
HOt TaIk on q cod Snblect

To North and South Poles:
Everybody thought DR.. Cook was
the champion kidder when he kidded
the old King Of Denmark into belieV-
ing that he (Dr. Cook had discoy-
cred the North Pole. But, according
to you, he must take a back seat
now to Peary and Amundsen. Only
one little thing you forgot, and that
is to prove your convictions OF
course, If you can't prove your state"
ment, then you are not what you
call it, sure" but what some people
call stubborn, and other people even
worse. While / am still writing, let
me give you some good advice.
''Never talk about anything you dom I
know about, then people MAY think
you know something"
OLAF TALLAKSEN.
CAPTAIN BILL and MRS. CON-
RAD took a car ride into Va. Sun
day.
COL. BOB HARPER and l. CANS
were among those present at the
Jewish Welfare Boards Hut party
Sunday aft.
JIM BRYAN, who has been On
the sick list, is out again.
But the Kellogg bldg. clock is still
in the hospital.
WALTER A. BROWN has dis
carded his green felt for a black
derby. Becoming.
Anykot0, a0hateUer you do, don't
90 hatIsss.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

MAYO DUDLEY has been working
on that problem; I'd Ike to hear
from him.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29
HEARD AND EEN

WILLIAM C. PARRY, sos Park
road, suggests the following to the
w. R. & z. Co.:
No. 1. Change the location Of the
bell cord on the cars 50 that when
the conductors give the necessary
bells and lets 90 Of the cord that
neat little knot at the end Of the
cord will not fly around banging
passengers in the face as 50 often
happens.
No. 2. Make such change in the
working Of the rods that connect
with the fares registers, as viii en-
able the conductor to ring up the
fares without climbing on top OF
the passengers as one young man
was doing this evening. The con-
ductor here referred to certainly had
a hard time working that rod and
for a moment thought it an assault
on myself, but decided it was undue
anxiety on his part in the interest OF
the company. So many Of US are
compelled to ride as best we can
and nv best efforts as q rule result
in placing me in the vestibule along
with fifteen or twenty others.
Who remembers when Congress
men used to blow out the gas and
all hotels hung signs on gas burn
PLEASE DO NOT BLOW OUT
THE GAS-TURN 1T OFF,
Reminiscence from Old Willard
Hotel, 1885. 0LD-TIMER.
Doesn't OLdtimer remember that
the hotel IUds named "WiLdrfs?"
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Birthday Lefto1ers.

Accept my belated congratula-
tons on the occasion Of your recent
birthday" says ]. F. CULVERWELL,
who hasn't been heard from for q
long time.
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A Girl War Workers Experience.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

.,ay ], too, have the privilege OF
expressing myself through the
columns OF The Times? And then,
too. I don't wish to prove an eX-
ceptiOn, being a war worker"
Not. boasting. but just as an ad-
mission. l have had a great many
beRuX since l became old enough
to "go out" And with the excep-
tion OF two or three, whom ] con-
sidered were not worthy, every one
OF these men acted like a gentle
man in every respect, and while the
ma ajority OF these would have m
dulged in kissing had / permitted
it, yet when they found out my
opinion on the subject never
alluded TO II again. and have lost
their friendship by Il? Not for one
minute. They have come to call Tn
me again and again, and I suppose
they will continue doing so.
I've always regarded a kiss as
sacred and not to be indUlgad in
promiscuously, and I think that
the reason a man takes advantage
OF girl in this respect in ninety
nine cases out Of a hundred, the
fault lies with the girl.
By her conduct and actions a man
can usually tell whether she values
her self-respect or not. Don't allow
II, girls. You may think II harm
less, but IL you consider the respect
OF a fellow at all, IL he Is really
worth while" you will never be
sorry for being distant" In thas
respect.
Enough said on that subject. bet
before closing wish to say that
enjoy these little articles I'm your
paper, and while / shouldn't be sur
prised II this letter were never To
receive any publicity at all, yst
there is the consolation that l hGYa
expressed my opinions to some one.
4 READER.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

And before We leave the birthday
business, let me acknowledge pub
hcly ine chocolate cake from Bea-
trice Fairfax (the lady just to the
left.
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How shall she Entertain HImG

How shall she Entertain HimG
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Kindly advise me as TO what is
the proper manner in which to en-
tertaln a young man when he calls
to take a young lady out, both be-
fore leaving the house and upon re-
turning. 5. 5. :.
There are no cut and dried rules
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

But as Sae as that cOadsrful cake
yGS, al full Of spices and sweets, I
think eren she WU Ggres that the
follotVtRg letter VGs as good as a
cake:
Being housed up, and under the
doctors care, felt so bad that even
the stirring events of the day had no
interest for me and so overlooked an
event in YOUR life, which it would
have done my soul good TO have ap-
proprlately remembered. You are
such a character in the busy life Of
Washington that a birthday should
have been made much Of by your
friends, but il tokens of appreciation
were not plentifully in evidence by
your multitude Of well-wishers, you
may be sure the earnest hope for
many more years Of usefulness in
your chosen profession was upper
most in every heart.
Accept this belated eommunies-
ton In the friendly spirit in which
it is written and believe me.
LOUIS MELIUS
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

Her birthday was January %, same
as Lord Bacon and a lot of other
highbrows. Nine trailed along two
days later.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

CAPTAIN BILL and MRS. CON-
RAD took a car ride into Va. Sun
day,
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

COL. BOB HARPER and l. CANS
were among those present at the
Jewish Welfare Boards Hut party
SUNDAY aft.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

JIM BRYAN, who has been on
the sick list, is out again.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

WALTER A. BROWN has dis
carded his green felt for a black
Je,.hv RacorninU.
The Washington times., 1919-01-29

But the Kellogg bldg. clock is still
in the hospital.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18

which are important cold resistant
trees.
@. What is the average size of
the adult American male?--H. d. A.
A. The average on. $4,000 draf-
tees, taking them as they came. was
a height of FIVE feet seven and a
half inches, with a weight of 142
pounds.
Q. Who has the greatest collec-
ton of stamps In the world7--N.
B. C.
A. King George. of England, is
said to possess the greatest stamp
collection in the world. 1t is said to
be valued at two million dollars.
ANY reader can get the answer to
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Q. How old is Gen. Pershing7--
w. r. T.
A. He was ffty-eight on septem-
Der Is last. the day Of the San Mihiel
drive. 4
Q. What is the purpose of pas
teurization" Of milk?--E r.
A. The purpose of pasteurization
as to kill the harmful bacteria which
milk contains. 1t has been found
that when milk is heated to a tenn
perature of las degrees Fahrenheit,
and kept at that point for thirty
minutes, the disease causing organ
isms are killed. II the milk Is then
Immediately chilled, further contain
nation is prevented, and it can no
longer be considered dangerous to
health. Milk which has been ade-
quately pasteurized is therefore to
be regarded as the safest milk which
can be used.
&. :. J. What ,. is the ''-'allsd c'tAll0'
A. The Catallo is an animal 1 per
cent. of which is the buffalo and the
other the COW. The hybrids have
been raised In considerable numbers
on cattle ranch in the panhandle of
Texas.
Q. What trees grow farthest
north ?--H. B. N.
A. In Alaska a willow tree of a
species only few inches high grows
further north than the hemlock,
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STUDY COLONIAL RIGHTS
French Committee Discusses Report on
German Possessions.

French Committee Discusses Report on
German Possessions.
Paris, July 1.-THE committee OF
chamber OF deputies which is considering
the treaty of peace today took up q
report on German colonies. This re-
port says that the return of Togoland
and the kamerun to France only re-
wives the prior rights of France from
political viewpoint. 1t adds, how
ever, that "a recent accord between
France and Great Britain fixes the lin
itations and rights Of each In those
colonies"
Premier Clemenceau. In appearing
before the committee, declared that the
security of France was guaranteed by
the treaty of peace and the treaties
between France and the United States
and France and Great Britain. NJ
Ciemenceau reviewed the proceedings
in the peace conference regarding the
left bank of the Rhine. fling with the
committee a series OF documents on
the subject. He recalled that, in the
opinion of Marshal Foch, the bridge
heads of the Rhine should be estab-
lished and occupied permanently and
said that he had been obliged to choose
between the protection which France
alone would have been obliged to as
sure and the protection afforded by the
American and British treaties.
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