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The Washington times., 1919-03-20
"FIRES-OF-SPRING" MADNESS.

enough to be her son; when you
hear her quoting that youths
haf-baked deductions on life and
letters with reverence-it's only
a symptom, which means the
lady is weary of her treadmill.
She had done her duty long
and faithfully, she has saved,
bought Liberty bonds, read so
many books that were good for
her, heard so many improving
talks, engaged in so much up
lift work and rolled so many
bandages-that young Mr.. Yer
dant Green represents natures
protest, she is just weary of well
doing for the moment, and the
fiedgling represents all sorts Of
madness that she has been re-
pressing for years.
Il is the same thing when staid
pater familias takes up with
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
To An Anxious Correspondent

which her understanding love
should have answered in the mega
tive even before her fiance OBJ
iected. OF course, the man who
has asked for the privilege Of sup
porting you as his wife would
object to being put in the light Of
not being able to provide enter
tainment for you without your aid
during the highly romantic period
of your engagement. In regard
to the wife sharing the economic
burden by working after marriage,
that is a matter for young people
to work out as a problem of their
life together, and to be regulated
by the circumstances in each case.
But do not ask your fiance to forego
the exquisite pleasure Of spending
the money he has earned on the
sweetheart he loves. He is prob
ably very proud of your ability to
be a fellow wa {, H~rner, but he
does not want that a 20 obscure
the glamour with which after hours
he sees you surrounded aS Ills
Princess. A mans pride Is a won
derfully sensitive part Of his char
acter, interviewer through all the
ineness Of IL. and you surely would
not want to pursue any course that
would dull this luster Of chivalrous
devotion u is all a part Of that
great love you have for him. and
there will be other ways In which
you can find an outlet for that
mothering instinct that makes YOU
want tn help even In this material
way to remove care from his path.
And remember, tha, YOU Yourself
have confessed that YOU cannot
any way IN the world be 'inde-
pendent ~ hia lovo
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have had the misfortune to
quarrel with my fiance. 1t was not
about the usual question OF whether
a girl who is engaged to one man
should 20 about with other young
men, because, regarding engage
ments. / consider one to be a prom
Use OF the girl to remain true TO
her lover and the same with the
man, so il a girl who is engaged
goes out with other men and al
lows them to show her some at
tentions, why. what good is an en-
gagement? Might as we'll get mar
ried without one.
But our quarrel was about
whether ! should not pay my own
way when we go about to places So
often together. ] am working IN
an office and am paid almost as
much as my sweetheart is making
and ] cannot see why nc should OBJ
ject to my being independent and
by going fifty-hfty on the price OF
tickets 10 the shows and other
treats, help him to save something
toward a home. He is very stub
oorn. however. and 7 am afraid TO
give in because n ] bacN water on
this point I may be starting out on
a false basis for our married life
when IL may perhaps be better Tor
me TO continue 10 work during the
early years. But ! am terribly un-
happy because 0f this dispute be-
tween ~. end the tTuest thing IN
my lifc is that n oHT love should
dc I would. too. : could not bear
90 lose him
what shall 7 do
You're, IN distress.
"INDETENDEST
., is remarkable that = girl Who
can take such q EsneFous and
sensible view ~ the conduit ~
hoF hstFaihsd state should eomr
90 ueaf thipsfoCt nn e qussiion
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTEf

There is a strong movement on now
by many energetic business men here
to get a vote for the citizens OF Wash
ington.
If it is pushed hard enough We will
have representation in Congress. We
think it WILL be pushed hard enough
The men behind il are made OF that
kind of stuff.
Think what il will mean for WASH
ington to have the vote! We will have
q say. When We pay our taxes we
wIu at least be given run for our
money.
And besides-best OF ALT is
BOUND to make Washington grow.
bigger Washington will mean BIZ
GER BUSINESS for every body.
Whenever the opportunity presents
itself. put in a good word" for the
cause. You viii be helping yourseIr.
This is the kind of Votes-For-
Washington stuff JOHN WILKINS
of SIG Rhode Island Avenue n. e. is
sending out with his weekly price
list. THAT'S the stuff that wins.
What Is It!
What is that work OF art behind
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Today.

Today.
Drama-''My New Curate," by Gonzaga
College Players. under direction OF the
Rev. J. Charles Davey. 3. J., College Thea
ter, North Capitol and I streets north
west. S:lS p. m.
Letture-Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett be-
fore Calvert Club. u Dupont Circle
D.
Address Congressman clyde Kelly nf
PennsyIvania, before Presidents Own Gar
rIson, Army and Navy Cnion. q. A n.
panrs,Ry Progressive Council. No 9.
Daughters % America, 10 men ~ uni.
form Naval Lodge Nall Fourth and
PennaytvanIa avenue southeast. SIS r o.
CancsFt-W ashtnEton COLLEGE ~ Music
Auditorium % NeW NaHaniC Temple. Thir
tssnth street ard New Nork avenue norih
vest. asiA
Address Mss IVA leon - Neu Nnfk
- Tinutaftr emanf before " nfnen
AuHiiiaFv - alath street HFnaGnaur
Nlrth so 7 streets nnFthuaaf ~
Maafina WaahiuEtnn aeffInn ~ -
rIsfF - AmsLiran FuFeafefa Niia7n ~
Nssuaa aCaisfaaa aasislr Thsmsss
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

all better than their picturesque
vagrancy equivalents.
This fellow Omar is better
company on a cold night, over
the open fire, than he is on a day
when the crocuses are peeping
through the grass. Then he's a
positive danger, a menace, a dis
turber of public morals-so back
you put Omar, in his limp cover,
and the Vedder illustrations on
the book shelf.
Repressing Madness For Years.
1t is this eternal WEAKNESS
with life's daily bill of fare that
explains why so many estimable
men-and women too-succumb
to strange sex fancies that no
one can explain. When you see
a delightful lady investing in
violent ties for a youth young
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
This is the time Of year when
the cherished parlor portieres

This is the time of year when
the cherished parlor portieres
appear to be dust-collecting
denominations, and velvet hats
strike US as magnificent burnt
offerings" for the furnace. The
fur coat we could not resist last
autumn has taken L place in our
affections second only to the visit
ing cat who declines to take hint
that her presence is unwelcome.
The cat confronts US at every
turn, so does the coat, the por-
there's, the velvet hat. But if we
are past eighteen we do not take
these antipathies too seriously.
We realize we have felt that way
before about these same posses
sions, and the fur coat and the vel
vet hat have been welcomed back
the first cool day in autumn. So
we invest in moth balls and tar
paper sack and we put them away
in the full triumph of an ac-
quired philosophy.
We realize our general boredom
with things that have to do with
winter and the prosaic is Just a
bit of spring sorcery-that the
witchery of it is tempting, delight
ful-but not wholly to be trusted.
Omar, the tentmaker, put it very
we'll, a couple Of thousand years
ago, when he sang:
"Come, and in the fire Of Spring
Your Winter garment OF Repent
ance fling:
The Bird Of Time has but a little
way
To hutter-and the Bird is on the
Wing"
Everything a WEAKNESS to the
Flesh.
Let US suppose the "t'Ted bust
ness man" or the "tired business
woman" reads this delightfully."- ir-
responsible creed in one of these
weu-gotten-up editions Of Omar
Khayyam-the kind with the limp
back and the Vedder illustrations.
The "T. B. NJ" or "T. B. W." is all
for abandoning the typewriter. the
Office desk, the stool in the dairy
lunchroom where the midday pic
is eaten-it all becomes an abomi-
nation and a WEAKNESS to the
flesh! But-common sense urges,
il you do this thing, what is going
to become of you?
The respectable background Of
Office and fat where the NOV
ing picture Of your daily life
turns out its FIVE reels Of respect
able dullness, may not be inspir-
ing. And the picturesque va
Eraney that this fellow Omar
sings about sounds mighty vel.
but. on the whole, Il will prob
ahly lead 10 q park bench. ninety
dayn, and . nasty write-up IN the
daily papers. The hat is q hoFe.
che eIlee 10 q soulleas, brain. pirk
lee marhlne, ths Typewriter B. =
eiailaFihH hofFoT yst they are
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Writes the Problems Pitfalls of the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

"vamp,' it is natures protest at
the daily grind. To everyone else
the "vamp'i seems a sorry enough
proposition - distinctly made up,
cheap, a bit vulgar-bVt to poor,
dear father she is just an escape
from all the estimable things ne
has been doing for years.
We are all, more or less, suuir-
rels running around and around
the wheels of our cages and any
thing-or anybody-that means
stopping for a moment, is welcome.
1t isn't that you fall in love with
this stimulating and for-the-time-
being fearfully interesting person.
But you want to be near him or
her as much as possible because he
or she helps you forget the wheel
that is waiting there for you to
tread. You want to escape your
drudgery and the gray "dailiness"
OF your life.
There is nothing especial to wor-
ry about in this state Of affairs,
and the wise husband or wife does
not lay too much stress upon it.
After a while plodding pater famil-
las wakes up t0 a realization that
the lady with tLc long earrings is
rather tiresome, and Mary has
been a dear not to have noticed his
nonsense. So he invites Mary to
the theater, as a sort of act Of rep
aration, and he notices how quiet
and peaceful home is, after all,
and that really the children are
quite the most promising on the
block.
The Only Answer, Brains.
And the lady approaching the
dangerous age begins to find out
that while young Mr.. Verdant
Green's point of view has a certain
amount of freshness, it is distinct
ly raw. His immaturity is begin
ming to get on her nerves, an even
ing without his insiStent egoism
begins to appear in the light of an
asset. She gets back to her con-
scientious round no worse for her
little fling.
That's all very we'll, you will say.
but how are you going to keep this
"Fires-of-Spring" business from
becoming a confagration and de-
stroying the domestic machinery:
how can it be stopped at the psy-
Geological moment and prevent the
little domestic comedy from be-
coming a tragedy?
And the only answer is brains"
th = hand on the domestic throttle
has got to have intelligence De-
hind Il. II il is a feminine hand
IL has got TO know when not 70 nag,
when 10 be blind and when TO see
and " II j. q masculine hand Il
will ba q more difficult matter he.
cause II hasn't that God given Rift
~ intuition. bat patishce aBbm-
nlishss wondeFA
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

When the new buildings are no
longer needed for war workers. why
not convert them into apartments
or dwellings for those Washington
citizens who are living in stores,
Easements, and lofts, and absolutely
unable to secure proper habitations.
Even in these insecure abodes they
are liable to eviction at any time,
according to the whim Of the land
lord. The housing conditions in
beautiful Washington" are de-
plorable.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Answer to the Stieker.

Answer to the St1cker.
/ do not think it is fair to let Mike
dig 20 feet in hard and rocky
ground, even if he gets S1-25 q foot
At the same time it gives Pat more
work, since he has to dig so feet;
40 feet at 75c and 20 feet at 81.
Let Mike dig only 4 feet in hard
ground and be satisfied with a fiver.
having 45 feet soft job ahead Of
him, thus giving him 30 dollars for
40 feet, and Pat has only 81 feet to
dig to match the hundred, KiHlng
him 1 dollar a foot for AZ feet and
75c for the remaining four. IL Is
evident that Pat has to work for 75c
a foot, the same amount Of feet for
which Mike gets LIS.
/ hope further that Mr. Anonymous
didn't Exhaust himself by giving rs
the magic formula that 2x2 equals'5.
37.5x1 % equals 1857, and so does
62.5x75c. Give US something easy.
How old is Ann? E.R.
Lumberehecker-
"a. G. Miller makes the same mis-
take. z of 1 #. equals 9 inches,
but q of 1.25 equals 3S.7 cents, not
1 dollar. He has to dig $50 inches,
or 40 #, at 1.25 to earn so dollars.)
/ trust you will not publish all Of
the infinite number of erroneous
solutions before you hand out the
correct dope. So many belong in
this class my suspicious are aroused
as to the location Of their origin.
When it becomes possible for one
person to ride two horses going in
opposite directions, then will It be
possible for Pat and Nike to receive
S.75 and $1.25 per foot respectively
and at the same time split the hun
1red fifty-ffty. MISSOURI.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
INQUISITIVE.

/ wonder what the U. S. District
Attorney intends to do about the
coroner's jury verdict in the case of
E. E. Moore, killed by a street car
eight weeks ago. The jury held the
W. r. and E. Co. culpable. I'll bet
if some one steals a pound of copper
wire from the company there
wouldn't be any such delay about
prosecution.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Tomorrow

TomorroW.
Free address-By Mrs Albert : BurIe-
son, wife of Postmaster General a Oeorna
Washington University chapel sNsrciasa
rOl8 q street northwest. igsi6 q m. naa
relief % Postmaster Generrt Rurleann,
u1od~led ~ M John u WendeFann. % -
unvetled Public invited
Meeting Indiana uuiVsFaity Alumni anf
FORMER Students. howe ~ Ne u g. uun
can. % Ftrai street mort haanf { % 3 III
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uiu b. pFesaated at CaFFan Nall - Tnirh
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meat
MaatinH ufads $50 Htah arhanI Tsafh
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Affrsss prsf wUam n uaft hsfsrs
fIfHHH hHfnH ~ aHTHFfHHnH Ir nrrHalH'T
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The Washington times., 1919-03-20
What's Doing; Where; When

school. Twelfth and L streets northwest
D.
Address-By Lieut.. Col John r. MurIin.
OF surgeon Generals Office. before meet
Ing OF Washington Academy % Sciencea
Cosmos Club. S:lS D. m
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
HEARD AND SEEN.

the new building Of the Department
OF the Interior" asks q Temporary
war worker. There, open - the
gaze Of thousands Of workers b the
Potomac Park buildings, stands TIM
plaster paris model. dented in places
and broken in others Eotfible
mess to be in q park Of our CliY.
Beautiful. WHAT is IT?
JAMES H. WILSON, son Of tie
Secretary Of Labor, has Joined TIE
Shipping Boards School for Seper-
cargoes. Previous to his enrOHment
in the school, young Wilson lad
been a private in the army and had
served eight months with his com
mand in France.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
WILLIAM S. wAUDBY.
Let's Hear From an Expert.

Let's Hear From an Expert.
Will you kindly inform me as to
the true history of the st. Gaudens
masterpiece in Rock Greek Gene
terry. What it really originated
from and just what It really stands
INQUISITIVE.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Is This & Country That Can't
Take Care of Its Soldiers?

We Had Plenty of Money and Energy for Conscrpton,
Plenty of Billions for War, and NOT ALL the Work
of the Country Is Finished. Why Not Go On?
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

Millions of men in this country taken away from
their homes their work. like so many trees uprOOted.
They were sent the to France sent to
all the country preferably far possible from their
dwelling.
They were put in uniforms, drilled worked, and while
others making great fortunes, making greatly in
creased salaries out of war; these in the army
csved half the pay Of competent messenger boy.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
ELECTRICS WILL LINK LOFTS.
VILE AND BLUEGRASS

Lexington and all Central Ken.
lucky will be connected with Louis
vile Dy interurban by Janu41y 1, il
was stated by F. w. Hinkle. of Lou.
lsvllle, who, as secretary of the
fort-Shelbyville Electric Rail
way Company, declared plans have
oeen perfected for building the link
OF twenty-one miles from Frankfort
to Shelbyville.
PRESIDENT ]. R. Downing will urge
the directors of the Lexington Board
OF commerce to give the project their
nearly cooperation and that this will
De done. is certain. Hinkle stated
tnat mass meeting will be held at
SnelDyv1lle to arrange for Shelby
county's subscription to the fund nee
essary to build the link. A similar
meeting will also be held at Frank
tort this week. Hinkle said the right
OF way has been secured and options
taken on the steel rails, ties and troll
ley wires.
Three steel bridges are to span the
streams to be crossed by the line
from Frankfort to Shelbyville. Ar
rangements have also been made
with the Kentucky Traction and
Terminal Company for supplying the
rolling stock for the connecting link.
The new line will mean as much to
Louisville as it will to Central Ken
lucky. The people have long favor
ed such a project.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03

The first of number of treaties
between the United States and Great
Britain in regard to the boundary
between the States and Canada was
signed ninety-eight years ago. 1t
was provided that the international
line: should be along forty-ninth par
[allel from the Lake of the Woods to
the Rocky Mountains, and that the
territory west of the Rockies should
be free and open to the people of both
nations for ten years. Both nations
claimed the country now comprising
the States of Washington and Ore
gon, but in 1916 neither considered
the ownership of any Importance.
Another boundary treaty was signed
in 1927, but the most important were
those of 1912 and 1916. The Maine
boundary question, a bone of conten-
tion since 1888, had at times reach
ed the point of armed clashes. The
treaty finally settling the matter
gave 1000 square miles of disputed
territory to Maine and 5000 miles to
New Brunswick. The Oregon bound
airy dispute also reached an acute
stage prior to 1846, when by treaty
the larger and, richer portion went to
the United States. In all of these
dispates the United States was ag-
gressive, while Britain adopted con-
ciliatory policy.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
JAP PAPER FEARS POWER OF
UNITED STATE IN EAST.

IF Russia is unable to manage the
Siberian railways, Japan and China
Should attend to the task, because Of
geographical, diplomatic and strate-
gical reasons says the japanese
Hochi. "If the United States is to CO.
operate for the management of the
railways, owing to China's inability
to do so, Japan is entitled to take the
principal part, but just the reverse is
the case. Japan mobilized tens Of
thousands of troops for Siberia, and
made heavy sacrifices to restore or
der, over 10000 troops being still de-
tanned there. The number Of Ameri-
can troops is only 1000, and even
then they are stationed in the rear,
rendering no particular service.
What reason is there, therefore, why
Japan should be subordinate to the
United States? The United States
has been economic interests, even
going the devotion herself to the cul-
tivation of Bolsheviks. If this state
of affairs continues, Japan's so-called
special position in China and Siberia
will be trampled under foot by the
United States, and the whole of the
Orient may be placed under the eco-
lnomic control Of that country"
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
WETTZEL HEIRS PLAN REOPEN.
ING CAPITAL HOTEL.

Rebuilding of the Capital Hotel,
at Frankfort, destroyed by fire, be
fore the next session of the General
Assembly, in January, is probable.
Lieut.. Col. George T. ,Weitzel, rep
resenting the Weitzel heirs, owners
of the property, has been comforting
with committee of the Chamber ef
Commerce in regard to the matter,
and presented a definite proposition
for the organization of a company
with sufficient capital to finance the
enterprise.
The plans agreed on will restore
the exterior in the style of the IA
nous old building, but the interior
will be entirely modern.
An enlarged lobby, mezzanine,
dining room along the east side and
legislative committee rooms upstairs,
are planned.
The dining room would be design
ed for use as a ball room as before.
1t will cost approximately $780,
900.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
HAWKER'S FUNERAL HELD UP

If Harry Hawker should attend
the moving pictures in London this
week he might feel as if he had been
resurrected from the dead. Like
Huckleberry Finn, he will witness
the imposing and cheering spectacle
of his own tragic end and funeral.
An ambitious and imaginative car
toonist on the staff of one Of the film
companies drew a picture of the last
rites Of Harry Hawker, the picture
being shown in all the large moving
picture houses. The cartoon showed
Hawker's machine plunging at a
desperate rush into turbulent sea
and then pictured Uncle Sam tossing
a wreath on the hungry waves that
had swallowed the English daredevil.
The picture was running at the very
moment that the newsboys were
shouting the cheerful news that
Hawker had been saved.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
THE FISHING CURE.

What the whole world needs now
lis the fishing cure. There is no
other balm so effectual for strained
nerves and wearied souls. Fishing
is said to encourage falsehood. but
we believe that is slander invented
by would-be humorists who never
sfsh except for stale jokes. On the
contrary, it encourages nearly all Of
the virtues. It's difficult to conceive
of q true fisherman who is not a
philosopher and a good citizen. Let's
halt the worlds business and go a
fishing. 1t is sure cure for that
tired, worried feeling.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
KENTUCKY TO GET 15A ROAD
TRUCKS,

One hundred and fifty-four army
trucks that have been turned over
to the Department of Agriculture by
the War Department soon will be
used for road building in Kentucky.
This fact was announced by Assist
ant Attorney General D. o. Myatt, of
Clinton, following a conference with
Department Of Agriculture officials.
The trucks, valued at s500,0OO, will
be shipped to Kentucky in a few
weeks.
1t has not been determined. ac-
cording to Myatt, in what counties
these trucks will be employed in
highway construction work.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03
KENTUCKY TREE SEEDS TO BE
SENT TO EUROPE.

The American Forestry Association
will erdeavor to provide France,
Great Britain and Belgium with
American forest tree seed to replace
the devastated forest regions of war
stricken countries.
Various States Of the Union have
been asked to furnish seed and Ken
tucky has agreed to furnish fifty
pounds of pin oak, one hundred
pounds Of red oak, twenty-five
pounds of sugar maple, and twenty
five pounds of silver maple.
The seeds for Kentucky's pro rata
will be gathered this fall under the
supervision Of ]. E. Barton, commits
sioner Of forestry and geology.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03

The fastest trip around the world
was made by John Henry Mears in
1912-thirty-five days, twenty y-One
hours and thirty-six minutes.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03

One of New York's largest trust
companies has 1000 employees and
thirty-eight departments.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03

The worlds annual cotton crop
averages two and half million
tons.
The Bourbon news., 1919-06-03

Large fields or iron ore similar to
those Of Cuba and the Philippines
have been discovered in the Dutch
East Indies.