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The Washington times., 1919-09-18
Is Uncertain As to Feelings.
EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS EAlRtAA.
am eighteen years Of age, soci-
able, and am considered fairly good
looking. When I first came to
Washington as a War Worker over
a year ago 1 became acquainted
with a young man Of twenty-One.
/ have teen corresponding with
this young man since his disparture
from Washington. The question is,
1 do not know my own heart and do
not know whether / like him, or
merely think OF him as a pal.
know he will make a good business
man, judging from his start My
parents having met him Ike him
very much and urge that ! corre-
spOnd with him. Sometimes / feel
anxious about him and then other
times / don't seem to care whether
/ hear from him or not. But as
nice. gentIemanly, industrious boys
are quite hard to fnd' do you ad-
wise me to listen to my parents or
TO discontinue writing TO him, or to
leave the entire case to my youth
ful fancy? A X.
At eighteen think it would be
a great mistake to force yourself
to think about this young man Sc
riously. Why not accept him as a
friend, pal, companion, and then,
if the friendship develops into
something deeper, all well and
good. It is never wise for a girl
to think of a man as something to
be taken; the process is too rem
iniscent Of medicine and has spoil
ed many a likely romance.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18
which shouId E1pIainP

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Ihave been going with a very nice
girl for about eight months and
have been close friends. both OF
us being in our teens. Now I am
puzzled about two things.
Number one, is that 1 made an
engagement with her and her
mother called me up by telephone
and told me she would not be home
that evening. Why didn't she call
herself, instead of her mother?
Number two, Is that she might have
broken the engagement with me to
go out with another person, which
has never happened before. Now
Miss Fairfax, is it my place to call
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

Residents of the Trinidad sec
ton are forming q citizens as
sociation. They are doing the
Job thoroughly and well, can
vassing every house and getting
a list of names of every resident.
There is much to be accom-
plished in that section. The
Hamilton tract, one Of the finest
vacant plots in the city, should
be made into a public park, and
the residents should sooner or
later have a showdown on their
complaint against the refuse dis
posal plant, placed next to Mt.
Olivet Cemetery against the
wishes of the neighborhood.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

He Writes Her GBIush' Letters.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Recently I met a gentleman who
writes me the most Of anybody
ever met-letters full of ''mush"-
every day. In future will answer
them or return them unopened? I
have not had very much experience,
and. therefore, need your advice
so much. He also puts a row OF
ks" at the lower corner. What
does he mean? The following is
sample Of his letters:
Write me a DEAR letter. little
sweetheart, will you? WANT one.
Your letter today starts on Dear"
and hoped for just a word or two
of sweetness-and I'd give anything
for 1t. And l WANT a X!
PERPLEXED.
If these effusions bore you, why
think Of answering them, as doubt
less that will lead the gentleman
- bOOm the ink SUBt GQ further.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18
Happy OnIy when He sDeaEU

Happy OnIy when He Speaks.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a constant reader Of your
columns in The Washington Times
paper and really I enjoy your good
advice to young people. am q
young girl Of seventeen and work
all day, and am hardly allowed to
go any place at night unless I go
with my Daddy. Ihave no mother. I
am in love with a boy six years my
senior. don't know whether he
loves me or not. but he likes me be
cause he has told his sister so. Can
you advise me how could win this
man, as love him dearly and can
not love anyone else. am only
happy when he is speaking to me.
. LONESOME.
Try not to think about 'win-
ming" the young man six years
your senior; all creatures become
restive with a moose in sight. If
he told his sister he liked you,
you've that much to comfort you.
Let the situation develop natur-
ally. Seventeen is pretty young
to be thinking of forever and
ever" affairs.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18
Beatrice Fairfax Writes he Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

OF ought she to make the first ad-
vance and explain the situation.
would very much like to have
your views on the subject.
PUZZLED.
As the young lady's mother
broke the engagement and the girl
has given no explanation, it is
certainly not up to you to make
the first move. Doubtless, as you
are "both in your teens" her
mother has decided that you are
too young to engage in "the close"
friendship Of which you speak.
Have patience; time settles all
these early upheavals. Her mother
will, no doubt, be offering you the
most comfortable chair in the
house in a year or two.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

TONY" from Simms Drug Store
leaves me a packet of tea and box
Of Rock Candy to have and to hold
from this time forth fOrevermore
IL | will award the first prize in the
handsome Drug Clerks League to
The Washington times., 1919-09-18
HEARD AND SEEN

DR. BERNARD =. HARPER, mah-
ager Of SimmS.
The rock candy box has On it Ehs
tantAlizing news that Il Dissolved
in rye Whiskey e WI make gooa
rock and re. IAinH hintiag. o. aAy-
thing, but II RnyOne wants Tie art
prize he's got 70 Do more thaa eoa-
tribute the ROCK end q ths eOR-
bination.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

a little bit Of bad in every good
little girl too.
1t makes me furious to hear or
read OF young men saying this or
that girl is a bird" or something
else of the sort. These fault-finders
are the ones who deliberately look
for the "dressers" and "vamps" who
walk + street. II they do happen
to meet a girl OF old-fashIoned ways
and ideals they ridicule her and call
her SLOW" and say that "they
wouldn't make a date with her II
she was the last one on earth.
There's nothing to her"
The fact that Happy" doesn't
mind confessing his sins, and is so
frank about seeking girls on F
street wins my approval. Although
he may not want one of these girls
he picks up in his machine for a
sister or wife or relation in any
way, for which very few can blame
him. at least he makes no complaint
about them. L. G.
am sure this girl, apart from
the intelligence and frankness ap-
parent in her letter, has other fine
qualities. And only hope she
won't carry the vampire" tend
ency, of which she speaks, too far.
1t would be a pity if some nice
man, like Happy" for instance,
misunderstood these peccadillos to
the extent of not wanting her for
a sister or something dearer.
Books Are True and Tried Friends.
Several correspondents have an
swered letters written over the
signatures of Lonesome" "Dis-
couraged," etc, with the sound ad-
vice that they forget their lone
someness in books. 1t sa pleas
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

GEORGE COOK gave a party m
his office in the Munsey Building
yesterday, inviting thirty-fve or
forty guests to watch the parade, and
serving them fine lunch. That's
the stuff, George.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

B. s. EVERETT AominatSs DR..
JAMES BEGGINs, S2d Z u ShS.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

Mr.. A READER nomiRatNl DR.
BOYD, Of tie Hggetts DFaR stsEa,
at 18th SC. and PenAsytEanis svenua,
in the handsome drug clerk race.
MRS. s. nOmfnatss @ED" nnA
GEE" at AUGUST @. TAYLoR'S
store at I'd and C Sts. N. Z.
C. D. PENNEBAKER and JOHN
RAUM q few days ago sent ne I've
interesting bills for feed purchased
By an army officer for aTny use
during the evil war. Some q e.
prices win interest hOusekeapeFs %
today: Eggs, 144S cents 9 dossn;
ham, 12h cents . pound; ehiekanI,
IL cents apiece; butter, IL cents !
pound.
Among the strikes We havsaF
heard Of is the Arctic sxplorsrI'
strike.
Nov that the Atlantic City wreck
has been laid to the engineer, e
course, we can 60 ahead and have
some more excursions with defee-
tive locomotives and fran cars.
We are rapidly approaching the
date which will be written
9-19-1919
When will q combination like the
appear again?
The Washington times., 1919-09-18
The German Marks

Read This and Maybe You Will Not Be So Enthusiastic
About Them
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

From frst to last, the parade Ot
the First Division yesterday vas the
greatest event Of its kind. FrOm
the tiniest Boy Scout, who did duty
along the Avenue up 70 the officials
Of the national and city government,
every man and woman connected
with the pageant should Be proud
Of a fine Job. Not a hitch, not . mis-
take. EVERYONE was pleased
Washington has again proved that
of all the cities, shs is the most
capable of handling . big parade.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

MRS. s. nOmfnatss SED" RnA
GEE" at AUGUST @. TAYLOR'S
store at I'd and C Sts. N. Z.
The Washington times., 1919-09-18

Among the strikes We hsvmF
heard Of is the Arctic sxploFsrI'
strike.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-23
May %, 1919.

training of rabbis, an institution that
has been in existence for some years
in New York. AS if the decline of
orthodoxy were due to the lack Of
such rabbis. There are orthodox
rabbis aplenty, both old-fashioned
and modern. Yet, are they accom-
plishing anything toward the saw
ing of losing cause. At best they
are only ministering to the old gen.
Grafton. The young is beyond their
reach, and must remain so. To win
back the young, we must stress, not
old-fashioned orthodoxy, but few
fundamental Jewish religious, ethical
ideals, precisely as liberal Judaism is
doing and above all the ideal of re-
nationalized Jewry in the old home
of the fathers, which liberal Juda-
ism, to it's great detriment, is in
most instances neglecting to do.
Even then the work is very often
uphill. What must be the result
of the Sisyphus labors of oldfash-
Toned orthodoxy?
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-23
EDl TORlAL
OLD-FASHIONED ORTHO-
DOXY'S NEW EN-
DEAVORS.

The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
America held convention the other
day at which the rabbis present
pledged themselves to new activity
and new zeal on behalf of orthodox
Judaism. Naturally the cause of ed
ucation received the largest mea-
sure of attention, especially the ed
ucation of the spiritual leaders, the
teachers and rabbis. We hope and
pray that these good men, so earn
est and sincere in their solicitude
about the cause so dear to them,
Jewish orthodoxy, Or traditional
Judaism, as some call it, may find
their efforts crowned with abundant
success; that they may meet with
the most generous response on the
part of the communities they serve
Every effort on behalf of Judaism,
every endeavor to keep Jews true,
loyal and devoted to their faith,
their people and their ideals, is
meritorious and worthy of generous
support. We need Jewish loyalty,
regardless of Jewish labels.
| And yet, we must confess, we
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-23
A NEW CROP OF CONFIRM
ANTS.

On Shavuoth, or on the Sunday
preceding or following it, the an
nual crop of confrmants will be
gathered into the fold of American
Israel. This annual event is &C
companied by one of the most i'm
pressive ceremonies in the modern
synagog. There can be no question
as to the temporary, wholesome ben
efcial effect of confirmation on our
young people. They go thru a per-
iod of special instruction, are lee
tured and preached to on their du-
ties as Jews and Jewesses, are made
to utter the most solemn pledges,
and to offer up the most fervent
prayers. The young, as well as the
old, who are present at the service,
are deeply moved and stirred by the
sacred ceremony. 1t is the old Jew
ish rite of Bar Mitzwah, modern
lied and made more impressive and
effective.
Yet with all its lmpress1veness
and effectiveness, the young people
do not seem to be much influenced
by it as far as permanent Jewish
utilization and Jewish interest are
concerned. Year after year we see
classes of young people confirmed,
most of whose members soon drift
away from the synagog, and for
long period, if not for all time, re-
main Indifferent to specifically Jew
ish interests and activities.
Where lies the fault? In the
homes, and the conduct and ex-
ample of the parents. The indif-
ference and very often cynical at
titude of the parents to the syna-
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD


sions as to the result of all such eff
forts in the orthodox camp. We
somehow feel that these good men
are pulling their craft against the
tide, so that their best endeavors
must remain futile. To speak plain
ly, the spirit of the time and the
country is against them, or, since
the same conditions prevail in all
modern lands, just the spirit of the
times. There is no room in the mod
ern world for any kind of orthodoxy,
including Jewish orthodoxy. What
Judaism was in Russia, Poland,
Hungary and Galicia where these
orthodox rabbis received their train
ing and their ideals and standards,
it cannot and will not be in this
country. They may raise their
voices like trumpet on it's behalf,
bnt they are like voices of men cry
ing in the wilderness. They may
display the utmost zeal in their &C
tivities in support of their cause,
burt it is like the zeal of men trying
to sweep the tide back with brooms.
The Jew here cannot live his re-
ligious life, even should he so de-
sire, as he lived it when in complete
isolation from his neighbors. In
his own ghetto, in his own exclu
sively Jewish community, he could
do so. Jewish. life and Jewish law
absorbed all his intellectual and
spiritual interests. There were no
distractions, no let or hindrance.
But it is different now. He now
lives in a non-Jewish atmosphere,
a non Jewish milieu; he is carried
along by all the currents of the
non-J Jewish modern life, affected
by all its influences. He can
not make his own environment
the environment, which is non-Jew-
ish, makes him. Neither in his
home, nor even in his synagog can
his Judaism be OF the old-fashioned
brand. Much less in the market
place, in the outside world. Such
social-religious institutions as Sab
baths and festivals can they
be observed in the old way in mod
ern Jewish communities. 1t is we'll
enough to insist on the necessity of
sacrificing for ones religion, of max
ing financial sacrifices. But the will
ingness to sacrifice springs from
deep conviction, from unquestion-
ing faith. But faith in the old ORTIZ
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-05-23

Entered as second-class matter at the
post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, un-
der the act of March 3. 1879.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30

In England, where the scarcity Of
food during the war was a much more
serious matter than in this country.
they have been giving more attention
to measures to prevent depredations
of rats. and a concrete corncib IL
coming into general use thruout great
Britain, which will keep the grain in
good condition and at the same time
keep the rats out. The interior Of q
corn crib built of concrete docks nave
holes in them for ventilation OF the
building. The floor is of solid concrete
and on the,sides where the blocks have
openings the inside Of the structure
is covered with wire mesh. The trench
in the center Of the floor is built 50
that the extension feeder OF the corn
shelter can be placed in it when she'll
ing out the crib. Short pieces OF
board are laid over this trench, and
are removed as fast as the corn can
be shelled. This trench is labor saw
ing feature Of this corn crib. 1t has
been found by the modern farmer that
concrete is the only effective way Of
fighting rats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30
Dillon Items.

Arthur Wolken is home from over
seas. having been discharged at Camp
Dodge. He was in France six months.
Mrs. Hunter. of Mason City. is
spending a few days with her hus-
bands sister. Mrs. Carl Adkins.
Mrs. Solomon. of Des Moines. spent
Sunday with her father. ]. A. Walkup
d. G. Wolken went to Chicago with
stock Tuesday.
Roland Cronk was here over Sum
day. having come down from Written
to attend a party at Irving Ruben
bauers for the returned soldiers from
here.
Sherman Goodman is spending a
few days at home this week. He is
employed at the NJ. & ST. L. storeroom
at Marshalltown.
There was shipped from Dillon
twenty-four cars of corn and four cars
Of oats in the past ten days.
H. c. Holmes spent Sunday at his
home in Sioux City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rhode. of Mar
shalltown. spent Sunday with Mrs.
Rhodes parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Rubenbauer and family.
Mrs. Fred Nuess was in MARSHALL
town Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30

There are rs stiles in the world with
more than 100000 population. They
are: Canton, Poitin, Osaka. Toxic. Ber-
lin. Buesnos Aires. Calcutta, Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30
Mother Swan Nesting
at observation-disclosures
of the Old Daddy Swan

81; ,:thc- Swan-fhe lady of the
pair Of white Russian swans-is nest
ing at Riverside cemetery and there
are going to be little swans about
June /. Mother Swan chose for her
nesting place a group OF shrubbery on
the north bank of the lake and among
it she gathered together a pile OF
leaves and on the ground made her
nest. She has kept so closely to the
nest that even Superintendent Rubee
does not know how many eggs there
are in it, but thinks the clutch will be
about four.
Both as a protection for the nesting
bird and the public Superintendent
Rubee has caused to be erected around
the shrubbery where the nest is d
fence of woven wire and has set up a
sign warning the public not to go near
the nest He does not want the old
mother to be molested and he does not
want anyone to be injured. For no
sooner had Mother Swan started
nesting than the male bird became
belligerent and began showing symp-
| toms of desire to do battle whenever
anyone approaches the nest. At such
times he patrols back and forth along
the lake in front OF the, nest ready to
| fight any intruder that dares disturb
his mate.
This is the first time the female of
the pair has nested since they were
brought to the cemetery lake. Sam
Rubee says the female bird does not
nest until she is FIVE years old and
that during the nesting period the
mails becomes q regular bolsheyik.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30
sAvs soassrs. cav lvMssaMsN
World Demand Fer Wed Nay Strip
v. O., State prsesrs Are Tsld.

Chicago, April ..--faiiure or the
bolshevists 10 keep the sawmills OF
Russia running, lowered efficiency OF
labor in the lumber fields OF the south.
a lumber famine in England, and the
rapid depletion of our own forests. led
the legislative investigating commit
tee yesterday to conclude that not only
is there little hope of lower prices for
lumber In this district, but that the
state should take some action at once
To protect It's forests.
Rogers T.. simmons. a government
forester. who spent eighteen months In
Russia, Siberia and Scandinavia in
vcstigating lumber conditions, and who
was imprisoned by the bolsheyists and
condemned TO be shot, made this re-
port:
Before the war Russia exported 81
per cent of the lumber of the world.
The war used up the lumber on ll.ooo,-
600 acres. The industry in east Prus-
STA. which depended on this Russian
forest. has been practically destroyed.
The Russian revolution has put the
lumber industry there out OF commits
sion.
'In their effort to nationalize all
industry the workmen of Russia UNI
dertook 10 operate the lumber mills. as
we'll as all industry. There are few
factories running. except the munition
factories. The bolshevists failed in
lumber because of lack of co-ordina-
ton. little managerial ability, and no
recognition of authority. They did not
understand operation
Russia was not equipped to enter
naturalization. The industries them
selves were not instructed or organized
The workmen, needing food, plundered
| ing and sold the things to the Ger
| mans.
Out Of 1900 eawmills in Russia.
practically all but forty-two on the
White sea have been put out OF COM
mission. The railroads have been re-
duced in efficiency 50 per cent. Whole
salers and retailers have been put out
Of business or killed.
"This demoralized condition Is so
harmful to the lumber industry that
II the revolution was settled toda!
! Russia could not ship stick of lum-
Der for four years. The devastated
regions of France. Belgium and Italy,
! must be rebuilt.
England has called for the build
ing of 100000 houses and has guar
anteed - per cent of the differential
| If any. between the cost of building
now and the cost five years from now.
Austria can not get on its feet for
long time This leaves Canada and
America and the Scandinavian coun-
tries 10 supply all the lumber for Eu-
rope"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30
LAY SELLS HOME
Valuable North Fifth Street Property
Purchased by Jasper II. Fisher
Possession to Be Given About July
Lot Traded in on Deal

Contract for the purchase of the T..
f. Lay home, 4oi North Fifth street.
one Of the fine residences of the Eigh-
view neighborhood. has been closed by
Jasper II. Fisher, who buys the prop
erty for a home and will get possession
about July /. The consideration was
not made public but as part considera.
ton Fisher traded TO Lay lot in
Denpead Bros addition, at the corner
of States and Denmead Boulevard.
The Lay property is an L shaped
lot. having a frontage on ootn Fifth
and Jerome streets. II extends along
Fifth street ninety feet. has max
imum depth east and west of 1870 feet
and has Jerome street frontage of
forty-six feet The house, which was
built a few years ago. rs a two story
brick of eight rooms. Fisher expects to
sell his home at oil West Church
street. Lay sold because he wants
smaller house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-30

have been in excess OF $500 because
the difference between the appraised
value and the actual value OF the land
did not cover the actual damage IN
CURED thru the necessity OF movins
fences.
Some Of the land owners contend
that the cost OF moving the fences VIII
greatly exceed the amount OF the ap-
pra isement in excess Of actual values
The appraisers. however, held that the
ypnraisament not only covers the
actual valuation but is fully adequate
10 care for all damages,
Agreement With Cemetery Society.
IN obstacle to tho condemnation or
the land MAS removed when an agree
ment was reached between the board
and tho Stsvanger Monthly Meeting OF
Friends sor the use of a portion OF the
property OF the society used az bury
ing srourd for road purposes. Con-
iemnation was possible only thru per-
mission Of the cemetery association.
No objections have been filed 10 the
proposed Northwestern cutoff by
property owners affected, This strip
affects but two persons while thirteen
are involved i'm the project TO widen
the LeGrand- Gilman road.
II is expected that work on the
Northwestern cut off may he begun
within a week after the contracts are
let