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The Washington times., 1919-04-26
TODAY'S TOPIC
The Passing of '"The Home Body"

peaceful farm houses Of a rural
community, how seldom we realize
the horrors that have been en-
balmed beneath those picturesque
caves. What slow consuming trag-
edies have had their beginnings in
brooding minds that never came
in contact with outside influences.
For nothing takes the heart out of
a man or woman like living in a
rut, it is not the degradation of Jail
that breaks a mans spirit as often
as the consuming monotony.
The best minds become dull if
withdrawn from contact with
other minds, they demand constant
mental friction to retain any de-
gree of luster. And not only do
they lose their luster, but also their
poise and seSse of values and be-
gin to develop queer streaks.
And so it was with the poor lit
tie "Home-Body" of the past gen.
Grafton. She was faithful even
unto death, but she never really
learned to administer the affairs
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
BE NATURAL-BE BEAUTIFUL.
Continued from First Column

Continued from First COEumn0
some one say: "Shes not good looking but she's mighty
attractive" The speaker is wrong. She Is GOOD LOOK
ING That's what makes her attractive.
Her features irregular perhaps, carry the expression Of
one who is good who thinks good thoughts and has clean
emotions.
Beauty is only another for attractveness There
is no standard for beauteous lines of face figure The
Hottentot would turn up his nose at the Washington
debutaute The Turk some has said beauty
by the pound Among other nobody loves fat
or a fat woman.
Being beautiful merely being pleasing to the eye
of some else.
If parents will take the advice Of Miss Heitmulsr and
their daughters the things that make for beauty they
can develop character and attractiveness together
Throw away the cosmetics and make some belated New
Year resolutions today entertain clean thoughts and
clean emotions Then watch for additional aractVenes
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

she WIS a "Home-Body," which
meant that her life was bounded
by the four walls OF her home and
all her interests centered therein.
Rocking Chair Wore Grooves.
And sometimes she was suff-
GENTLY strong-souled and stout
hearted to bring up a creditable
family of children, survive the
narrowing inRrowing life and die:
"In the full triumph Of a Chris
tian faith" as a good many Of the
old tombstones had it. But very
often she did not survive normally,
the continual round of cooking,
washing, ironing, sewing, sweep
ing, dusting, ETC., was too much.
1t made her queer and sometimes
they had to take her out of the
rocking chair where she had worn
grooves in the floor, after her
days work was done, rocking and
broOding over her life and take
her to an insane asylum.
AS we motor past the outwardly
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Fairfax Writes Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

to which Providence had called her.
She did not really know how to
save her babies lives, to judge by
the number of little graves we
see beside her in the old eeme-
teries.
She often bore ten or a dozen
children, but it was seldom that
more than half survived. She
knew little about feeding them, or
the value Of fresh air, and l am
afraid great many OF them were
sewed into their clothes during the
winter.
A Concealed Snare OF Satan.
And if anyone had suggested in
those days the benefits Of a Moth
er's Conference or a food exhibit
or a domestic science class, no one
would have resented these sugges-
tions more than the "Home-Body"
who would have seen in them a
reflection on her own housekeep-
ing and a snare of Satan to boot.
The "Home-Body" did not live
long, to again consult our source
Of information, the old church
yard. One is apt to find something
like this: Sacred to the memory
of Mehitable, first wife of Abel
Smith" And six inches away:
Sacred to the memory of Jerusha,
second wife Of Abel Smith," and
still a little farther along:
Sacred to the memory Of Charity,
third wife of Abel Smith" And
Charity usually completed the
chain.
The "Home-Body" was not
progressive, and there is no use
denying it, she was shamelessly
exploited by Abel and his tribe.
Her granddaughter. who manages
by taking thought prayer and
fasting-to preserve something Of
girlishness even at fifty, is a great
improvement over the Home
Body"
First of all, she is good to look
at and intelligent enough to realize
that it is useless martyrdom to
bear ten children and rear only
five. So she goes into the question
of pure milk. balanced rations, air,
and exercise, and her children live,
as a rule.
Infant mortality has decreased
tremendously with the growth of
womans suffrage, and the re-
sultant better laws. For instance,
in New Zealand, where women are
on an exact political equality with
men, the infant death is only
fifty per thousand, while in Ger
many in the very zenith of her
power, 1912, it was 140 per thou
sand. In the land of the three
"K's"-much as children were
needed for soldiers and to produce
them-they failed to survive be-
cause women had no voice in the
laws that governed their closest
concerns-milk, food, schools, fac
tories, etc.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

in
Idicton
o.
in in
District be
q hse
recall such
murdersl HAYES ELLIS
This letter writer makes intmaon which believe to
be unfounded But the fact remains that District of Cou
bia justice is TOO SLOW Compare it with the famous
Virginia and New Jersey brand and it unbelievable
that charged with wholesale murder should remain
in Jail year-AND THEN ESCAPE.
Our courts are jammed with cases. The civil and
equity clogged that calendars three years
behind There mountain of work before the two judges
assigned to criminal The district attorneys office has
more work in it than its force can handle That much
sefevident.
Congress MUST give more judges more help at the
district attorneys office, and PAY BETTER SALARIES
If there is any friction between various elements of the
machinery of justice let's be big fellows and get that
with Then let's get together and show the Congress of the
United States that essays to take of this V0TSS
National Capital that trying to gallon Of
justice with nothing but pint cup. That's too much Of
a job.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

THE other day a woman went
to an eminent consulting
physician to get a diagnosis
of her case that had been puzzling
her family doctor and a couple of
specialists for the past year or
two.
They had talked of malignant
trouble and discussed a possible
operation. The patient was in the
prime of life, had everything to
live for, money, a beautiful home,
a couple of children, and many
other causes for thankfulness.
Nevertheless she had steadily
faded before their eyes; she was
thin, did not sleep, her appetite
was poor, and she could not stand
the sound of a closing door.
Her husband in despair sug-
gested the eminent diagnosti-
clan and, it was agreed that he
should look the lady over and dis
cover the cause Of her impending
death by inches. Now the great
doctor was a wonderful man and
the best of his gifts was common
sense, the next a sense Of humor,
and the third a conscience. He
tapped the lady with various lit
tie hammers to get reactions, he
took her blood pressure, he an
alyZed a sample of her blood, and
he listened to her heart and lungs
with a curious hose-like arrange
ment, and all the time he looked
as grave as possible as he gave the
results of his investigations to the
nurse in attendance, who jotted
them down.
His Prescription.
And the poor lady looked dis
tressed as she waited 10 get her
death sentence. And finally after
the long examination was over he
wrote a prescription and handed
it to her. Her husband who knew
enough Latin to read prescrip-
tions, looked at it to try and
fathom the remedies intended to
COulUdl IllC NY OICll lOuo uloCooC- Dul
the prescription was not Latin, it
was in English and as follows:
Have an object in life. Have at
least two interests outside your
home. Go to the theater at least
once a week. Do not discuss your
case-your haven't any case"
At first the devoted pair we're
inclined to be indignant, then they
realized that instead of being given
six weeks or a year OF life, as they
had expected, she had fair chance
for the Psalmist's "threescore and
ten" So they nobly forgave the
doctor for not prescribing medi-
cine and set to work to carry out
his prescription. And at last ac-
counts the lady was doing mag
nificently.
That's all to that story, but it
shows how times and doctors and
women have changed. Not long
ago, the greatest compliment you
could pay a woman was to say that
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

A carrier pigeon with a hurt
wing landed on the roof OF the
Munsey Building the other day.
Ny office boy, JIMMY RICK
ETTS, took care Of the bird.
which had q message tied to one
leg. Here's the message:
W.. R. =. .L....Y....
B....E....E. s. -.
I'll give a prize Of two tickets
to any theater in Washington to
the person who sends the cleV-
crest message based on those
letters.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Trying to Put a Gallon Into
a Pint Cup
By EARL GOODWIN.
That's the Way Being Why We
Get Fun Measure Time

Our Jail is crowded with awaiting trial We have
a large group of charged with murder and large
group of men and charged with other crimes of less
degree-bu practically all Of them have served long SEN
tences already merely awaiting the day when they shall
appear In court.
have been unwilling to open up this matter because
frankly there is lack of teamwork somewhere in the
chnery of Justice including the Police Department the courts
position to lay the blame the other feow-but the gen
era taxpang public not going to let the buck be passed
much longer and this letter is but criticism of many
which reach me:
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Once-Overs
Copyright 1919, international Feature Service, Inc.
THE OTHER FELLOW MAY KNOW SOMETIME

Copyright, international Feature
THE OTHER FELLOW MAY KNOW SOMETHING.
If the of who won't take advice from
going many opportunities for help
you greatly.
When big head feels he along without
the assistance of and will not listen suggestions he has
ceased advance and others note decline in his effective
and
The really big mantle really successful the who
the get little bit of knowledge
biggest country hold purpose
getting men, they meetings
employees for the purpose.
You have inflated idea of ability if think
know than the great world renowned inanciers.
1t is only the little fellow who has nothing
That big head of is costing a of
How much will to lose before wake
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

MARIE L. DALLAS, Of the Olympia
Apis, sends two suggestions:
Here's one:
will Republican Leaders Yield
Better Elicit Explanatory State
ment."
Here's the other:
We're Rushing Loan. Yes, Bet
ter Engage Experts Services.
The message on the paper brought
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Be Natural-Be Beautiful
If You Foster Crouch You Will Find It on Your Face

Here's and refreshing recipe for being beautiful
given by Miss Elizabeth Roeder Heitmuller who judged
the most beautiful young lady among hundreds Of beautiful
young ladies at the Shriners' ball:
JUST BE NATURAL
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Twenty Years Ago.

Twenty Tears Ago.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody wore white shoes.
Most young men had livery
bills"
You never heard Of q 'Tin Lizzie
Advertisers did not tell the truth
Farmers came to town for their
mail.
The hired girl drew one-ffty .
week.
The butcher 'threw in" . chunk
of liver.
Nobody 'listened in" on a tele-
phone.
There were no sane FouPths nor
electric meters.
Press Eldredge came TO Albaugh's
Grand Opera House.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

CONGRESSMAN HEATING viii
speak on "The Union Labor's Univer-
sity" at the Navy Yard workers open
forum, Washington Hall, Third
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, tomorrow afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
HEARD AND SEEN

"OTT" DE MOLL has been
AGAIN selected as foreman Of the
Grand Jury. Hehad this hard job lit
tie over q year ago and made q hit
with the authorities. He showed
good Judgment, and handled matters
with decision. This is not the ordi-
nary "bull" handed out right and
left by everyday citizens. This is
notice that Otto De MoIl is there
with the goods,
The Washington times., 1919-04-26

By q pigeon and picked mp BY Jimmy
Ricketts,, I think. is the following
name Of q gentleman, WILLIAM 8.
BORELE. MAX ZARIN,
129 Thomas St N. W., City.
More solutions to be printed
Monday.
That Navy Yard bunch is q won
der. l get every day from Com
mander E. J. MARQUART, chair
man Of the Liberty loan committee,
samples Of the posters he uses 70
boost the loan. They are too big
to reprint here-but they deserve q
first prize.
Ell. THURSToN is q Newspaper
editor now. He gets out q little
four-page paper for the teachers
every now and then that has the
current school administration news
in it, well presented and well edited.
RUDY LYON-seems to me ] saw
him with g new spring suit on thO
other day. Am / right, Rudy?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02
SEBORRHEA A
HAIR SCOURCE

Seborrhea is the scourge that
kills the hair.
1t propagates the dandruff bacilli
and eventually causes badness.
If your hair is falling out, it is
fighting for its life.
Nature fights to supply new hair.
but with seborrhea in the seba-
ceous glands each succeeding hair
is weaker.
Badness keeps coming closer
and closer-unless FAMO is used.
FAMO destroys the dandrutf ba-
cilli. 1t ends all itching.
FAMO causes the growth of new
healthy hair.
1t retards grayness-it contains
no alcohol.
FAMO intensifes the natural
color of the hair and adds q new
luster and sheen.
Every member of the family
should use FAMO regularly.
Even where the scalp is healthy,
FAMO should be used as it will
keep seborrhea away.
Also, it will make the hair soft
and fluffy. Its use is a daily habit
you will enjoy.
FAMO comes in two sizes-a
small size at IS cents and 4 big
bottle at 81. Your money will be
returned If you are not satisfied.
SsboYThfo fs the msdieaI ae1s for
S.orbidiy ineysassd fotv from shs ssbsesoHs
glands Of the seaIt. The seberrhsa. sEeTs-
fioA forms iS Srdlss or fakes aad is sem
~e~Iy kE0wa 81 dsndrEf.
MID. by The Famo Co., Detroit, Mich.
Croll Keller
C. M. Forney
SpseiaI Fa1lo AGENTS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02
Six Crossings to
Go Within a Year

Orders abolishing six more grade
crossings, complained of by the State
Highway Department as dangerous
places on main highways have been
made by the Public Service Com
mission. cost of elimination being
.apportioned in each case. These
complaints are included in a series
filed by the State authorities as the
result of a study of conditions ex-
tending over many months and the
locations are on roads which are
much travelled and which it is in
tended to improve.
The Pennsylvania railroad is or
dered to bridge a crossing near
Girard. Erie county. costing s70.-
600, the State to pay $12,5O0; Erie
county $1,000; Girard township $2,-
| 900 and the railroad $4,000, the
Highway Department bearing the
balance.
The Lackawanna will build a
bridge near Martins Creek junction
in Northampton county; the State to
pay $500. This work also involves
relocation of a highway.
The Philadelphia and Reading will
bridge tracks near Port Clinton,
Schuylkill county, at a cost of $780,
| 0S1.39. the State paying $12,500;
Schuylkill county $780, West
Brunswick township 5000 and the
Highway Department the balance,
the share of the railroad being SEA-
| 925.10.
The Pennsylvania and New York
Central systems will bridge the road
near Youngsville, Warren county,
at a cost of s67.07S.77, the State
paying SIS, 900: Warren county s2,-
500; Broken Straw township $3.50,
the Pennsylvania and New York
Central each 81 II per cent. and the
State Highway Department 25 per
cent. of the balance and also the
| cost of paving.
The Wilkes Barre, Dallas and
| Harvey's Lake street railway will
abolish two grade crossings near
Dallas, the State Highway Depart
ment relocating a State highway.
The apportionment of the cost is
State Highway Department $40, 900; (;
State of Pennsylvania $1,000; Dali
las township, 500 and the rest by
Luzerne county and the railway, the
county paying four-sevenths.
The Pennsylvania railroad will
bridge tracks near Youngsville, War
rem county, the apportionment of
cost being State of PENNSYLVANIA
SIS, Warren county $4,000:
Brokenstraw township. $3.50; Penn
sylvania railroad rs per cent. and
the State Highway Department re-
mainder Of balance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02

way hundreds at a time were sepa-
rated and massacred often in the
most diabolical way.
Taken From Families
Hundreds of girls were torn from
the other members of their family
and taken none knows where by the
Turks, Kurds or Circa ssians. Scores
were compelled to live in captivity
naked for months ard suffering from
sunblisters and beatings. Armenian
girls who escaped death were barter
ed like cattle. After their fathers or
relatives had vainly paid ransom for
them. Some saw their fathers or
friends murdered. In the tents of
the Arabs in the Syrian desert many
were bouE.i and forcibly tatooed on
the forehead. lips and chin to mark
them as Moslem women.
Generally, the stories indicate that
the captives were moved sometimes
in large groups from Armenia south
ward toward the desert of Syria.
The stories told by at least three
Armenian Christian girls deal with
the movement of one of these great
groups consisting of 1000 families
or 5 900 persons. Ora story of this
awful journey into the desert was
told by Takouhi GueZekuchuk'an,
girl of eighteen who with her Iatner'
mother. four sisters and brother
was deported from Hadjin. in Adana
province. in May, 1915. They were
moved southwark to Aleppo and
thence further on toward the Syrian
desert until the party numbered
about 1000 families. At Sivaria, she
said, they were told that on payment
of 5000 Turkish liras they would be
allowed to return.
THE refugees said they could not
give this amount" the Arm enian told
DR.. Kennedy. Then the Circass'ans
of the tribe of ChecheEs who had
control of them separated out 1,100
of the poorer families and took them
away. The same evening some of
these people returned and said they
had escaped and that four hours
after they left, the Chechens had
begun to kill them with reconstructed
clubs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02

Galvanizing Company, Pittsburgh,
$4,000 to $4,000.
The following certificates of noti-
fication have been filed with the
Public Service Commission: Lehigh
Valley Light and Power Company.
Allentown, common stock $15,600;
Metropolitan Edison Company,
Reading, bonds. $4,000: SaXre Elec-
trio Company. Sayre. bonds, $4,000;
] Latrobe Water Company, Latrobe,
bonds, $650,000: Harrisburg Light
and Power Company, Harrisburg,
bonds, $4,000: Philadelphia Electric
Company, Philadelphia, common
stock, s1,S0S,205: Beaver County
Light Company, Pittsburgh, bonds,
$4,000
Colors Herc-The colors of the
107th machine gun battalion, one of
the units of the Keystone division
in France, have been sent to Adju-
tant General Frank d. Beary for
deposit in the State Capitol. Colors
of several infantry regiments will
be sent here late in the summer.
Judge to Spcak-Superior Court
Judge F. NJ. Trexler viii be the
speaker at the anniversary of Bar
ger Lodge of Masons, at Allentown.
To Name Committces-More COM
mittees on standard baskets for
fruits and vegetables will be named
by Secretary of Agriculture Rasmus-
sen this week. They will meet
during June.
LocustS Heard From-Half a
dozen reports from Cumberland
county regarding appearance of To-
Gusts in large numbers have been
received by Zoologist Sanders. The
predictions regarding the brood are
being borne out.
Mr.. Ainey Returns-Chairman W.
d. B. Ainey, of the Public Service
Commission, is home from Nash
vile, where he attended the national
gathering of commissioners.
May Act This Week-It is pos
sible that action may be take,i this
week on some of the defer >ed
awards for State Highway contracts.
Information is being assembled by
the department experts for Commits
sioner Sadler.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02

thought I would try it. Now 1 am
healthier than I ever was in nv life,
and can recommend it to any woman
who suffers as 1 id."-Mrs. ELIZA
BETH MAY, r. F. d. No. /, Columbia,
Pa.
The reason Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is so successful
in overcoming woman's ills is because
it contains the tonic, strengthening
properties of good old fashioned roots
and herbs, which act on the female
organism. Women from all parts of
tine country are continually testifying
to its strengthening, curative infiu-
ence, and the letters which we are
constantly publishing from women in
every section of this country prove be-
yond question the merit of this IA
nous root and herb medicine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-02

proplems attending complaints against
some of the places where railroads
ana highways meet. One of the rea-
sons advanced is that complaints
whose disposition was laid aside be-
cause OF the war are now being
taken up, while another is that the
State Highway Department has list
ed dangerous places on highways
which are the most travelled and is
proceeding Systematically.
In the last month orders for abol-
ltlon of nearly a dozen crossings
have been issued. everyone of them
on main highways. orders being is
sued apportioning the cost between
the railroads, the State. the inter-
ested counties and townships. A
number of additional orders will
probably be issued before the end of
summer as inquiries are under way.
The Legislature has been asked for
a considerable sum TO meet the
States share of abolishing crossings
as there will be an increased de-
mand the next two years. In the
case of the railroads arrangements
have been made with federal au-
thorities to have the cost charged
TO capital account so that there will
be no delay in starting work.
To Take Up Claims-The State
Compensation Board is arranging to
take up with federal authorities
numerous claims for workmen's S
compensation as soon as the treaty
OF peace with Austria Hungary is
announced. These claims have been
accumulating and cover a Oxen or
more lines of industry with several
points in question. Owing to the
war the interests of the claimants
has been in the hands of the alien
property custodian.
Investigation On-Inspectors and
engineers of the State Department
of Health are investigating water
and smallpox conditions in Allie
gheny county. Half a dozen are
now at work.
Increases FiIcd-Among notices
of increase of capital stock filed at
the State Capitol have been Will
Transport Radiator Company, Will
Transport, 100000 to $35O.O00:
Mahoning River Coal Company, st.
Mary's, $4,000 to SIS, 900; Fuel Cor
poration of America, PHILADELPHIA,
$4,000 to 100000; Hamlon-Gregory