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The Washington times., 1919-10-21
Walk to Work and Beat That
Seven-Cent Fare
By EARL GOODWIN.
us hne weather begin prssdas Get little earlier ~
yosn live loaeer.

By EARL GOODWIN.
Seven cents too much pay for street fare and
IN protest many people will walk to work instead of ride
Why not start NOW Walk home this afternoon if the
weather is fine.
There is no month like October; no walk will do you 50
much good the walk to and walk back home again
in the crisp autumn atmosphere
You can walk about three miles an hour
If you live three miles from your work. start an houf
ahead of time and get the benefit of sixty minutes of res
air. You'll feel better all day long You'll have things
happen to your lungs and blood that will make Won LIVE
LONGER
For cents you will pay stand in crowded cara
jammed and packed to sufocation. If church theater
school permitted required such an nsantary situ
aton there would be howl to Heaven Won could hear
around the world Yet for the sake of few minutes saved
from bed breakfast hundreds of thousands of people
PAY to be transported their streets amid the most
nsufferable conditions.
Furthermore they about to be made to pay MORE
Washington is asked to ride jammed and packed to-
geher in nsanitary herding and to pay MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS MORE mere tax going work. all for the
benefit of two street car companies
There ways to get FIVE-CENT fare permanently
Walk back and forth to work and think of the way to
get that fve-cent fare. You'll get it eventually
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
The
Haskin Letter
7 INSANITY, even of violent
types, is often cured, and insan-
ity is not always hereditary.

7 INSANITY, even of violent
types, is often cured, and insan-
ity is not always hereditary.
These are two facts pointed out
by DR.. j. c. Hassall, of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, which are Of great
significance to many men and
women, who stand in constant fear
of insanity.
The work of leading foreign
and American psychiatrists has
recently shown that mental defect
is nearly always hereditary. Judge
Olsen's crime laboratory in Chi
cago is a good example. He has
proved that criminals are mental
detectives; that they often have
some specific mental disease in sd-
dition, and that they breed other
detectives, who, in turn, become
criminals, because they cannot
make a living any other way.
This important work has
strengthened a popular idea that
insanity of all sorts is hereditary,
and that it is generally incurable.
Nearly everyone knows some man
or woman who lives in constant
and often morbid fear of madness,
because of some taint of insanity
in his or her heredity.
As a matter of fact, most of us
could probably discover such a
taint in our ancestry if we could
trace it back far enough. And it
is true that any of US might in
herit some condition of the brain
which would make lus liable to in
sanity. But ones heredity is not
a thing to worry about. Life is
full of greater dangers. Nor, in
the opinion of DR.. Hassall, should
the individual who has a pscho.
pathic heredity, but is himself
normal, hesitate TO marry. Even
those who have been insane and
who have recovered, he thinks,
have a perfect right to marry.
a45 Were "Cured."
In support OF the fact that many
insane persons recover, DR.. Has
sail cites the fact that about 80
per cent OF those who enter st.
Elizabeth's Hospital are discharg-
ed as cured. Out Of S55 patients
admitted one year. 245 were dis
charged as cured. and 105, after
a short time, were discharged as
not having been really insane at
all.
These patients who were cured.
Il should be understood, we're not
mentally defective. Before they
became afflicted With mental dis
ease. they we're persons Of st least
average mental capacity " IN
very necessary IN distinguish be-
tween mental defect and insanity
4 mentally defective person may
be an IDIOT or an lmbccllc, or he
MAJ be ons vho, si the sse ~
t~en,y. has, for example. oniy the
iaseilissnes ~ . boy NJ fours.en
hssh ss Individual cannot he made
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
A Day At St. Elizabeth's
By Frederic J. Hnskin

domestic and social life and in his
profession.
While science is making good
progress in diagnosing insanity
in caring for insane patients, and
in sympathetic understanding of
them, it has made little progress
toward discovering the basic
causes of mental disease. Thus it
is a moot question whether most
forms of insanity are due to actual
physical arrangement of the brain
and nervous system, or other parts
of the body. or whether they are
purely psychical in their nature.
A case Of dementia praecox often
shows certain marked physical
symptoms, such as impaired cir
culation. But it is hard to tem
whether these physical conditions
are the cause or an effect. Some
psychiatrists believe that this dis
ease is due to an actual physical
lesion or weakness in the brain.
Others believe that the brain does
not undergo any physical change.
Thus science lacks a thorough
knowledge of the physiology of
psychopathetic conditions, and in
treating them it can proceed only
by trial and error until more thor
ough knowledge is obtained.
Provide Refugees.
Meantime, the important thing,
according to the scientists, is to
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

normal, and his children are al
most sure to be mentally defective.
Here is typical case of a man
who recovered from insanity. A
lawyer by profession, who had
served in the army, he came to the
hospital showing "all the classical
textbook symptoms of dementia
praecox," as one of the physicians
put 1t. He fought wildly at all
who tried to approach him, lay for
days at time with his eyes closed
and had to be fed through a tube.
Yet in few months he became
normal under careful treatment.
He was examined and discharged.
For four years now he has been
practicing law. Not long ago he
won the love Of a woman and
asked her to marry him. He did
not conceal his history He told
her that he had been committed
to an asylum as hopelessly insane
We're Married.
The woman, being q practical
person, came to Washington and
consulted the physician who had
cared for her lover. The physician
told her to go ahead and marry
him. He said there was no more
chance that this man would go
crazy than any other, and that he
had as good chance of begetting
sound and healthy children. This
man is now successful both in his
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
From The Public To The Editor

otrd that put seven months over st
Meade should not talk about the
bonus they are trying TO get. don't
think YOU were behind the door when
they were handing out the large
amount Of $50. Nor did you refuse IL
When came your turn 10 be paid
of. ' put nineteen long months over
IN france and came home BY way OF
walter Reed Hospital
Anf ssnt 90 say that don't
thint much 81 any man that ciaims
~ sas tn mans uutfit Well bou
dia Nuu Hst Ia dant THINK much 81
anf mar that vttt dIasrin,lnats
sssinsi anf eihsf nisn thai Ia tffias
- fnu sag 80 siii paf toe u paid
faf miHs aifssaf snd a. ths sstsot ~
mufs ihsH san
uAhhsTT a FfTNlUuAI.D
's~esss o. tea tHfsatfy,
ftfst Ditisias.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

working on this job since 1914. II
Is now estimated that the work Will
Dc completed by the end OF 1920.
Q'-Was the influenza, which ragged
last year, a new disease? O..
A.-The first recorded epidemic C..
Influenza, in what is now the United
States. occurred in 1641. 1t has ap.
peared many times since, notably IN
1880. The public health service has
just issued a publication on the dis
ease, giving the latest Information
about 1t. This publication can be
secured by sending q 2-cent stamp
for return postage to the Washins
ton Information Bureau OF this paper.
V.-Who In the eldest daughter OF
President Wilson, also the youngest?
v. A.
A-The President has three daugr-
ters who are ss follows: Miss Mar
saret Wilson, eldest: Mrs william
GIBBS McAdoo. and Mrs, France,
Ssyre, youngest
Tho Buveas caRmot gre adr,es on
lsgai, medical. aud emewesai matfsrs.
W docs mot sitsmpf "a settle domestic
trsnhiss, nor fo undertake sshssse-
ne resseveA 90 ssS ssktset
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
Cartoonist Missed An Opportunity

1-Referring to the cartoon entitled
Hitting a New Trail" published on
the back page OF The Washington
Times October o, 1918, your cArtoonist
missed an opportunity TO make this
cartoon historically csmplets and
possibly more impressive. l refer to
the nrst trsns-conssnental motor
convoy. numbering "a all seventy
nIn. standard s~~~ vehicles % al
types and weights. up To twelve tons
a-This expedition. you will recall.
Departed from Washington July Z.
1914, and arrived IN san frssciscc
a~ptembsr a. after slstyt~o days %
Journey. much of which wss over ga.
tremely difneuit territory, and made
under Very trytns conditions
white "a 10 true that . ruresf
~ passenger care ana q NsfN fs~
sA,so vehicles have wsas this ga.
allows ssrieus trails. "A ts ths afst tt-ss
~ hsstefY thet o motef ssstfls ssoss
hes cfesssd the A@eFisss ess,lssss.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

Q.-Why is PERSONS shadow longer
in winter than in summer? d. II.
A.-That the shadow is longer IN
winter than in summer is due to the
fact that in winter the sun is not
so nearly overhead and it's rays fail
more obliquely upon the earth.
Q.-When were beads frst made!
Il. NJ. b.
Alt IL not known exactly now
long ago the first beads were made.
They were among the earliest orna-
ments known, and are found in many
Egyptian tombs. Beads were use
by tho Phoenicians for trade and
were also widely used by the Ameri-
can Indians
Q-Is there n town IN the United
states with an exclusively colored
population NJ ".
\ Tho bureau of Census says that
all of the inhabitants of Taft, Mur-
koEe' county, OKLA, are blacks ur
muiatosr except ono. Who H. an IN
dian ~" population ~ this town
iE lh3
- Ilss the Go,ofnment physical
valuation of railroads been hnlshsd
A IN, Gs,sfnmsn, hes ssss
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
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"Gob." Who states hs hopes ths su~ss
bills tail 20 pass Ne n the ens cui
of svery theuss~d ~ho fssls thss
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The Washington times., 1919-10-21
II This Bridge In ~ Bed a. The

How About Csncrs4e Hsasss?
Relative to your article On disosa.
nected thoughts on homes and Id
of houses.
respectfully suggest this the ap-
propriate time to boost the idea ol
building coucrete houses By macA-
inery, for this has most certainly
got TO be done some time. Coocreta
ships and concrete freight cars aru
now being successfully built, Why
not everlasting housesi
II would seem that our Govern
ment through some Of their expert
mental stations or the Bureau Of
Standards, would make some efforts
along this line If it were forcibly
called to their attention. Our Gov
ernment spent considerable money
to demonstrate the prscticability Of
concrete ships, is it not equally a.
essential and really more feassble it
should do so with houses.
i understand the monolithic hol-
low wall type Of concrete house en-
trely overcomes the condensation
trouble. M. r. THoRP.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

provide proper refugees both for
, mental detectives, and for persons
suffering from mental disease.
The detectives should be perma-
nently isolated, so that they may
not commit crime and breed. The
insane must be given comfort
able homes where they can re-
cover if possible, and where other
wise they can live in comfort and
do no harm.
And the care Of these persons is
q matter of ever-increasinE i'm
portance because the strain of life
is always becoming greater. Life
IN a modern American city today
Is far more strenuous and difficult
than was life in the rural towns
which passed for cities in this
country before the civil war.
Competition is harder, there is
more noise, more speed, more
mental stimulants such as music.
the stage and social diversion.
Both the spurs and the resistance
OF life have been multiplied. The
human animal is driven harder
and he travels q more difficult
and dangerous road than ever be-
fore.
Makes Brushes.
In the workshop at the asylum
there is a short, rather good-look-
ing chap, with black beard and
mustache, who is an expert brush
maker. Here he spends all his
Ilme lndustriously making brushes.
IL is against the law to sell these
brushes, and only a few can be
used in the institution. Hence
TINS man is simply ACCOMPLISHING
brushes all about him. He has
halr brushes, hat brushes, clothes
brushes, scrubbing brushes, and
every other kind of brush, fancy
and plain, piled up about him in
eVer-growing mountains. He is
very skillful at his work and
seems to enjoy it. But he is peev-
ish, like a spoiled child. He seems
to believe that he is the victim of
q conspiracy on the part of the
government to get brushes for
nothing.
II this man went into the city
and set himself up in business,
say the experts, he could not get
along; He would be quarrelsome,
unstable and possibly dangerous,
But 1t Is conceivable that he might
get along in some little country
community, where his peculiarities
were understood and humored.
There are such men in most coun-
try communities.
Thus " all comes back TO the
fact that insanity is nothing more
than a failure TO make q success
ful adtusimen, to environment.
And our civilized environment n
becoming harder to adjust oneself
to every day. That 10 Why the ln.
sane present Q prvblsm sf gvev.
Ing imPovtaaee,
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

or completed a journey Of a.2se rniiesL
The Longest previous trip recorded
was that Of approximately one thou
sand miles made By the Americas
army. WILLIAM G. CREAMY.
Captain. Motor Transport Corrs
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

ihe attempt
Au mailed
ton to The Times Information Bureau Frederic Hnsln
Enclose 2-cent stamp. Do not telephones
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

Ts 80 Eansr - rHE TIMES
~ October rs editorial OF The Times
Major =. y. orsham thinks 10 strange
th.t ths poor O. Ne, buy army goods.
l.st us % SON. thinking
Perhaps the army retail store closes
tae sarif foe ths poor man 20 get
fhsfs The sritsf has been told this
III go cass. Nov " ths poor msa
sanfs o. haf thsss cheap Eooda Ne
Hftsi lnese time - 49, - ths stoves
80 hfina psia ~ ths haur hs loses
Hif ssass faf thr tinis iasf shirh iH
HFalsfsll as 49, ths rasf 20 his
naIfHssf rHual A. fhs saars iasi
tlfh pfstssif maksf li rssi as raufh
f. msft than "a frauiar stnFsf
TirnEkTE
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

Z. CARLTON says: "As your
paper is not controlled by any fnsn-
cial interest Of this city, i can sug-
gest to you a means whereby the
people of Washington may defeat
the increase in fares If the people
of Washington living in 3o-minute
walk to their work will WALK in
stead of riding on the carr the rates
viii voluntarily be reduced by the
companies. 1t worked in Philadel-
phia and will work here il the peo-
pie will cooperate and they will
also gain in health al wen as pocket
book"
Says Mr.. z. MASON:
"Now as it has been decided to in
crease car fares for q rather
mediocre service / want to protest
emphatically against the unpardon-
able negligence of the companies in
not making the conductors call out
the names of the streets, especially
at stops. This is a courtesy and
duty due the public, and it is In
vogue in every civilized community,
except in our beautiful National
Capital. Considering the thousands
Of strangers in this city at all times,
unfamiliar with the streets, think
it is high time to agitate this matter
until it is done.
"If it is done on all subway, ele-
waited, and surface lines in busy New
York, why can't it be done heref"
Mr.. Mason is right. Conductors
are negligent in this important mat
ter.
The organization of a post of the
American Legion to be composed en-
tirely of members of the National
Press Club who served in the army,
navy or marine corps during the war
with Germany will be perfected at
the Press Club tomorrow evening.
The organization committee is
JACK CONNOLLY, chairman;
NELSON SHEPPARD. WILLIAM
ATHERTON DU PUY, WILLIAM
w. SMITH, MERCER VERNON,
KEMPER F. COwING, CHARLES
A. JONES, FRANK A. CONNoL-
LY, THOMAS r. DARDEN and L.
h. PERKINS.
Ye ed received six gallons of cider
from WILL THOMAS Sunday. Five
gallons new and one gallon interest
ing. Friends came in and drank all
of the latter. Thanks, Will.
Ye ed and family and friends
spent Friday evening at one Of Tom
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
Congress Getting Tired

I Has Been Long, Hard Grind, and We Ought Not to
Ask Too Much of the Legislators.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

fs ruaf lssisf ~ iss iiih iusissi !
n.s ts~s q ssfis islsss ,kiass a.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

at Houdini get out of q straight
jacket.
JOHN LASKEY went autsme-
bling Sunday, getting as far away
from trouble as Baltimore.
travelling or Travelling? a
Mrs. Webster, from Briehtvood.
has something to say about the spell
ing on the Union Station. She SAYS:
Travelling and 'trsvelinx' are
both correct. Worcester Rives the
latter form; Webster gives BOTH.
The use of one 81" ia most common.
but the other form is entirely cor
rect
when I was a girl I had this
word in an examination. spelled
it with two Ts'; teacher marked Il
wrong, but with the aid Of the die
tionary ! showed her was rieAt,
and she marked it correct
MRS. WEBSTER, Brightwood, DC.
II This Bridge il ~ Bai a. The
VerDe -
am looking for that ''bridRU~
prize For I avow The Bridge Of
Sighs" is worse by far than this ed
bridge you mention
II you cannot perceive 1t -,
To "poxs ost~orem" go
Another bridge to rivet your at
tention. d. B. r.,
War RBk.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21
HEARD A N D SEEN

Moore's many fine theaters looAine
at Houdini get out of q straight
jacket.
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

JOHN LASKEY went autsmo-
billing Sunday, getting "a far away
from trouble as Baltimore
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

Ye ed and family and friends
spent Friday evening at one Of Tom
The Washington times., 1919-10-21

Ye ed received six gallons of cider
from WILL THOMAS Sunday. Five
gallons new and one gallon interest
ing. Friends came in and drank all
of the latter. Thanks, Will.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
Earns Education on An Acre

The Ohio State Journal calls attention to 9
boy in Boston who is earning money for an edu
cation by cultivating one acre of land. The Incl
dent is unusual, for the average boy seeks money
for this purpose by working in other spheres
Boys in Richmond who lack the funds for an edu
cation may be inspired to follow his example
There is enough idle land in and about the city
to offer opportunities for testing of the scheme
Says the Journal
A boy in Boston is earning education on
an acre of ground He paid his way last year
and he proposes to raise enough on that acre this
year to put him through the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College at Amherst. He said he entered
upon last years experience for patriotic reasons,
never expecting to make any money out of it, but
he did make money over and above his living and
school expenses.
Here is an opportunity that every boy pos
sesses. All the capital he needs is will power,
for everything else will come naturally. He will
earn his living and get an education and such an
education that will surpass anything he gets be-
tween school walls, for this boys gardening in
volved more than simply sowing and reaping.
He studied the best processes and methods and
got the best yields and products out of the
ground He and Nature formed partnership
and they loved each others company, and the
latter returned to the boy big profit for every
bit of toll and science he put into the ground The
boy is 16, but there is not grander business man
in all Boston than he.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08

Americans who lived in cities were
told last year that it was a patriotic
duty to secure the use of small piece
of unused land and devote all the spare
time necessary to raising vegetables
for home tables in order to make
available more food for overseas ship
ment. The results were so satisfac-
tory and the work so pleasant that
many have acquired the gardening
habit, and now nothing would tempt
these converts to give up their back
yard or vacant lot gardens. Many city
people have learned for the first time
the taste of really fresh garden vege-
tables, and many there are who no
longer will be satisfied to eat those
that have been hauled long distance
and handled many times before finally
reaching the kitchen.
There is something about the cult
walton of the soil, something touching
upon the creative impulse, that never
has been experienced by the man or
woman, boy or girl, who has spent all
his life in the city and has not had
a chance to tinker with piece of
workable ground. The cultivation of
a garden involves seeking an answer
to a thousand questions in natural
history, and demands an elemental
knowledge of the workings of nature.
Many city gardeners passed through
the first chapter in the book of nature
last season, and they are now eager
for the first signs of spring, so that
they may profit by what they have
learned and may delve deeper into the
buried treasures of their garden.
Thousands have acquired the gard
ening habit. 1t pays.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
When zvas First
National Bank
Started Here?

When the First National bank oil
Richmond was organized in the year
1863, the city had the honor of start
ing the first national bank in Indiana
and one of the first in the union
Through delay in getting the papers
to Washington, it missed being the
first and had to be satisfied with No
II.
James E. Reeves was the first pres
ident and served as president until
his death in 1904. Edward Warrington
was the first cashier, and after him.
his brother Thomas filled the place.
Clement w. Ferguson was the first
teller.
The predecessor of the First Nat
ional was the Peoples bank, organized
by Lewis Burk, which was bought out
when the First National bank was
started.
The original directors of the First
National were Marke E. Reeves, Jas.
E. Reeves, John Yaryan, Jesse s. Shi
dali, Thomas Woodruff, James Van
auxen, John w. Grubbs, Isaac r. How
ard, and William s. Reed, brother of
Daniel G. Reed of New York, c. C.
Beeler, George w. Vanneman and
Andrew Scott.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08

and in the valleys memory" said the poet. 1t is
as true today as it has ever been. Thank God
Tor hope; thank God for faith.
Indeed, if one will but calmly view the situa-
ton as it is he will rejoice exceedingly in his
heart He will see that the wild unrest that is
abroad is certain to subside and that the troubled
waters will soon be at rest again.
First an end must be put to wars. Then these
other problems will be reached in composure, in
wisdom, in justice and fair play to all. When the
big minds that strive to think out the worlds
happiness and prosperity have no longer to con-
tend with the scowling specter of wars, they will
work miracles in the realms of peace.