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The Washington times., 1919-01-04

An official of the Postoffice De-
partment sold his house in Wash
ington Heights and moved to Land
over, only about ten minutes ride
from Washington on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad.
A day or two ago the p. o. d. Of
fetal purchased turkey and started
to catch the 1 o'clock train for Land
over. Instead of taking the o'clock
train, however, he got on an express
train which landed him in Baltimore
in an hour. He then took what he
thought was an accommodation
train. but in an hours time he again
found himself in Washington. He
decided to take another chance and
boarded another train for Landover,
This train was a little better than
the first one and landed him at Ian
ham, two stations beyond Landover.
At Lanham the commuter decided
not to trust himself to any more
schedules, so started with his turkey
over his shoulder, afoot back to
Landover. which he reached between
z and s o'clock in the evening.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

acknowledgements.
She isn't as formidable as she
is painted. And a very simple de-
vice for engaging her attention
during your courtship would be to
bring a man friend with you.
This is in fact so very simple that
it would occur to any youth who
wasn't SO jealous that he was un-
willing to introduce any unfamil-
lar man within the range of his
own loved one.
For youths so enslaved by in
fatuation and jealousy and sus-
picion / am afraid no simple prac-
tical counsels are available. And
/ hope very much that the author
of the letter l have quoted doesn't
find himself in this extremity.
If he is still sane enough to
listen to reasonable arguments,
there are certain points Of which
/ should like to remind him.
The Girl With Ideas.
One is that he is much to be
congratulated in having pro-
gressed from the stay-at-home
young girl who is still charming
child, to the self-supporting young
woman who has ideas and abilities
and character. This is the sort of
girl who can be friend, comrade,
sweetheart, and wife to a man.
She's the kind who makes mar
riage a sweet and varied and usu-
ally successful adventure. She's
the kind of girl whom you ought
to be glad you're in love with
And what if you don't always
find her sitting alone in the par
lor, waiting, as the old-fashioned
girl used always to be found?
What if she has her own interests
and her own congenial compan-
ion? Have you really anything to
complain of so long as you are
free to call on her whenever you
like?
It's quite true that the presence
of another girl prevents your max
ing love to the girl who so great
ly attracts you. But you know
quite we'll that after all you have
as yet no right to make love to
her. So is that legitimate griev-
ance?
After all. l suspect that in his
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
To a Correspondent.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 read your column daily. and
have at last decided to ask your
advice on a subject OF much dis
cussion among my friends.
l met young man about a
month ago who seemed to like
me very much. Since that time
he has called upon me about six
times. Each time, however. all
he wants to do is to go to a
lo-cent movie and then come
home to burn about IS cents
worth of gas and annoy the neigh.
bors by playing the victrola half
the night.
Now. Miss Fairfax. all my
friends laugh at me for seeing
him again, but as I really like
the young man and would like to
keep his friendship, / don't know
what to do.
Please give me your advice on
the matter. 1 am away from home
and mother. NJ. X.
Do not let your former and bet
ter ideas of what constitute a
worthwhile friendship be dimmed
or discounted by the alleged sense
of humor of friends. 1t is the cas-
lest thing in the world to find
something to laugh at in another s
admirer. and nothing, / realize, is
so detrimental to the growth of
liking and appreciation of a caller
as the memory OF some laughing
comment made by one of that privi-
legged and really kind-hearted
army about his shortcomings, or
short-spending in this case. But
just how great a drawback would
you yourself consider the smallness
of his expenditure 6r your enter
tainment If your friends had not
chosen to see it in an amusing
light and made you feel it a blow
to your vanity that he shall put so
small a price on your society? II
would seem to me a shame to give
up without further test a friend
ship that even under the handicap
Of his apparent financial embar-
rassment is interesting and en-
toyable.
A. to his lack of consideration
for the neighobrs' hours Of rest
that Is the result Of thoughtlessness
and not done with the express pur-
pose of being annoying. and I have
no doubt he will prove entirely
susceptible to a suggestion from
you that he choose a more timely
opportunity to indulge his musical
taste
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
Beatrice Fairfax Writes Problems and Pitfalls of Workers
Especially for Washington Women

n SPIRITED letter has just
~ reached me from a young
Washington man who is
desperately in love, but who feels
that he hasn't a fair field.
Inasmuch as he Is far from
being the only youth in the posi-
ton he describes, 1 am going to
quote his letter.
81 am twenty-five years DID,"
he writes me, "and have known
rather a long series of semi-at-
tractive, more or less pretty young
girls who lived at home, were
obedient to their parents, did their
best to amuse me when l made my
fortnightly call, and were hysteri-
cally enthusiastic over a box of
candy.
81 am tired of them.
But am l any better OF because
OF my present absorbing interest
in a girl Of another type, mas
much as this girl is chaperoned
and closed in by an arrangement
such as no parent ever dreamed
Of?
For the first time in my life l
am thoroughly in love-and tn,
object of my tormenting affection
keeps house with another girl!
Have you ever tried to break
into an enclosure of this sort?
MY friend is twenty-five and
clerk in a lawyers office. Her
people live in Connecticut. She
therefore shares a fat with girl
somewhat older than herself, who
is in a business office. This may
sound like a sensible arrangement.
Tive Girls In q Flat.
But 1t happens that both these
girls have what are called domestic
tastes and they have set up house
keeping together as If it were to
be life arrangement. Their place
has a complete equipment, which
seems almost ridiculous to me;
and (Which seems even more ridicu-
lous) they are reluctant to leave
1t, even for a meal in q lively
restaurant.
"But that isn't the worst Of it.
What maddens me is that it is i'm
possible to see one of them without
seeing the otaer. / 20 to spend
an evening Sith this girl that l
long TO know intimately, to breathe
my deepest heart secrets to-and
the other girl il on the spot every
minute.
81 invite her to 90 to tn etheater
with me, and she says, in her sweet
way, that she supposes l mean to
ask them both, because she doesn't
like to leave Clara alone.
rs there any way Of eliminating
the highly unnecessary Clara? Or
shall have TO propose to both Of
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
TODAY'S TOPIC
THREE is A CROWD"

them, in order to marry the girl
must have and cannot live with
out?"
i have encountered a great many
cases of resentment on the part of
young men who considered them
selves thwarted by these partner
ship arrangements that girls out
of town find it so convenient to
make.
The resentment amuses rather
than disturbs me, because l think,
in every case, / understand it bet
ter than the young man himself.
A man who hopes to marry a
girl, naturally wishes to offer her
as much as possible. Above all
things, he regards it as his tradi-
tional right to offer her "a home
of her own." A home that is
literally her own and not her par
ents', and where she can exercise
her own taste and freely arrange
her own manner of life.
Girls Who've Achieved Homes.
So that naturally it's disconcert-
ing to find the girl of your choice
already supplied with her own
home and thoroughly contented
in it. 1t leaves the youthful lover
with nothing to offer her but him
self. 1t really does put him at a
disadvantage. And that is often.
| think, at the bottom of his re-
sentiment.
There's no question but that the
girl who is unhappy at home or
uncomfortable in a hall bedroom
is likely to make better terms
with her suitor, is likely to marry
him earlier and more willingly
than the girl who lives in domes-
tic freedom and contentment.
A youth whose heart inclines
toward girl Of this sort has got
to win on his own merits-and
we're all reluctant to do that.
As to the continual, the SEEM
ingly ineradicable presence of the
second girl. the mere partner who
doesn't understand that it isn't she
who is being called on and who
simply won't take a nap or creep
into the closet-we can easily un-
dexstand how infatuated swans
make bogey of her and of her
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

heart my correspondent admires
his friend for her capacity to lead
the very kind Of life that he pro-
iesses to find fault with. And 1
have no doubt that, in spite of her
chaperoned state, when the time
arrives for him to tell her that he
hopes to marry her. he'll need no
counsel whatever as to the direct
and persuasive way to do il.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
THAT FIRST MOVIE SHOW.

When ] wrote to Mr.. Bill Pri,
some time ago. saying who renei
bers when the Cosmos Q believe
was called Crescent before II becan
the Cosmos) was the only noyin,
picture thester In Washington, led
not mean that the first moving q
ture ever shown in Washington I'd
shown there; nor was speaking
hole in the wall" movies. mea
that the first moving-plcture thest.
in Washington that amounted 10 an.
thing was the Cosmos.
JOHN ANSCHUTZ,
III Newton street northpssf
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
Perhaps!

Congratulations for the new ye;
May your columns continue to be
breezy and reminiscent this year
last; and. please. Mr.. Editor, ke
reminding" the Washington Ra
way and Electric Company of the
duties to the poor. ordinary morts
who daily suffer on their cars. Ma
be some day the reminder" m
bear fruit. Who knows? Strane
things have happened.
A SUBSCRIBER
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
These Are the Books YOU Gave
Red Cross House,
Walter Reed Hospital.

Takoma Park, D. c., Dec. 30 1913
The Washington Times, Washington D. c.
Ny Dear Sirs: The American Library Association accents
with gratitude your gift of books for the of the Walter
Reed Hospital The books will be put shelves where
they accessible the men, also be circulated through
the wards that they may be enjoyed by all the patients
With apprecatye thanks, very sincerely,
FLORENCE P. HlCOX
Acting Librarian
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
What's Doing; Where; When

To-day.
Address, A. wragg at meeting of
Society for Philosophical Inuuiry. Public
Library, 4:3e.
Meeting-Howsfd University Alumni
1850 Third street northwest, 8 p. m.
Aeeting-Maine State Association, Col
lsEs Women's Club. . .. N.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
FLAT.wHEEL CARS.

1t would certainly be a wonderful
thing IL you would call the w. r. &
z. Co.'S attention to the fact ian
;honest-to-good fsct) that two
objects which We have to ride on and
which they contend" are cars, said
cars being numbered 35S and 366,
have VERY FLAT wheels. i have
been confined to the house since the
first part of December, and the
aforementioned cars have been op-
Grated in said condition since said
date. A. AT
| 2717 North Capitol street.
IF GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN
thinks conditions are bad at Brest,
opines CHARLES d. BOYER, of the
Federal National Bank, 81 wonder
what he would say to a trip on a
Petworth car"
! WADE COOMBS is showing new
styles in District automobile licenses
| in the southwest corner of the Dis
trict Building. Among the promi-
nent purchasers is MAX KAUFF-
MANN.
WALTER GARD calls my atten-
ton to two new wor1s in the Eng
l:sh language brought to pJblic at
tention through tire erterp-iSa # 4
new eating institution in Washing
ton.
These words are
Restaurette.
Luncheonette.
TIL ~xx<G~ Na${~ x,l> - z. =.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

Nineteen hundred and nine
teen" has twenty-six letters In It,
twice thirteen. 1t also has O
Hun" in 1t, and two mines. mine,
nine!" said Bill when he was ask
ed IL he wanted any more Of
Sans game.
JOHN ANSCHUTZ.
717'Newton st. n. W.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

Meeting-columbia Heights group of
Bahais. S124 Eleventh street northwest, s
p. IN.
Tomorrow.
Meeting-New Thought Association,
hauscher's. Connecticut avenue ana
street northwest. I:3o D. m
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
Men Should Wear Wedding Rings
as Women Do

The Ring Symbolizes OWNERSHIP Husband AND
Wife Should Wear 1t or NEITHER Should Wear It.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04
HEARD AND SEEN

deed in keeping with any idea
modern restaurant keeper desires
put over In connection with food.
can see that IL the idea perseve
we win be saying:
ette my lunch.
In pursuance of this thouva,
FRANKLIN p. MORGAN. 49,
Washington's Fayorite Som -
master Of English, offers a lixf
words having to do with eating,
which the thought of assimfls
Is expressed beautifully IN
"ette" suffx:
Croquette,
Vinaigrette,
Oysterette,
W.. Bartlette,
1.-THE W. K. pearl
Serviette,
Cabsrette,
cite cetera
Getting into the spirit of efficien
the w. r. & E &c. cars that used
break down halfway on their
now break down in front Of ths
barns and thus save time.
DOC NEWT WEBB stiIl holds Il
Ice cream eating champio1sbI
against al comers at DOC VA
EMoN'S drug store.
e. l. THURsToN, superintende
OF public schools. also is an ards|
supporter Of the idea that the CeI
tol dome should be lighted eve
night He says:
Just a word in appreciation
your editorial, Keep the capitd
Dome LIGHTED I have been deepI
impressed during the past week b
the beauty Of the dome, as seen 4
vista from so many angles. Its con
tinued lighting will add remarkabi
to the beauty Of the city. But. fs
more than that. il could not fail I
have a high inspirational value"
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

The suffix "ette." / take it. 10 m
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

DOC NEWT WEBB stil holds d
Ice cream eating championsh
AGAINST al comers at DOC VA
EMoN'S drug store.
The Washington times., 1919-01-04

Getting into the spirit Of efficie,
the w. r. q E &c. cars that use.
break down halfway on their
now break down in front Of ths
barns and thus save time.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-26
PROFIT BY TRAILERIZING.

"The present trend of transporta-
tion is trailerward. Trailers lie in
the path of evolution. Just as the
truck followed the advent of the
passenger car, so will the trailer be-
come the indispensable unit of the
truck. Rising costs Of transportation
and labor have spurred the leading
trailer manufacturers on to the pro-
duction of better products" declares
p. Willis, Of Willis, Echols & Co.,
distributors Of Utility trailers.
THE farmer, the tradesman, the
merchant and the manager of the
corportion using transportation facil-
tiles, need only to study the records
of trailerized transportation to be
convinced of the vast savings avail
able. Taking as an example the
transportation of ten-ton load, the
comparison of hauling with and with
out a trailer shows a net saving of
80 per cent in favor of the trailer.
This saving is not based on merely
an office-made record but by actual
road records, which can be perified.
The average cost of five-ton
truck is $4750. Its cost of operation,
figuring SO miles per day and 800
This includes fuel, driver, deprecia-
alton, etc. 1t can therefore be seen
that to handle ten tons under like
conditins would involve an invest
ment of $95G0 and $36.5O per <lavI
expenses. But with a Utility Trail
er only the one truck is necessary,
the extra driver is eliminated, and
the ten-ton load is hauled SO miles
for $21.53, which includes the total
expense and depreciation on both the
truck and trailer
"This is but one example and it is
based on a conservative record. U.s.
ers Of smaller trailers can earn pro-
portionate savings. Utility Trailers
are manufactured in twenty-eight
standard models-a size to meet
every particular requirement
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-26
HOLD TESTS FOR
SOLDIERS WHO
SEEK POSITIONS
(By Associated Press

New York, April Disability tests
for discharged soldiers seeking eXecu-
tive or clerical positions have been
authorized by the War Department
for the twenty-five large demobiliza-
ton camps, Sherwin Cody, manag-
ing director of the National Associ-
ated Schools of Scientific Business,
announced here today.
The tests, to be given only to men
requesting them, will be instituted
by Mr.. Cody, with the cooperation
of the educational department of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
and classifications of candidates will
he filed with employers through the
United States Employment Service,
the Y. NJ. c. A. and local chambers
Of commerce. In addition, the men
themselves will receive certified cop
les OF their records.
The Cody tests, applied by the nom
profit-making Association schools to
several thousand office workers and
high and grammar school pupils in
New York and other large cities, were
adapted to army conditions by the
committee on classification of per-
sonnel Of the War Department. Their
use in connection with the demobili-
iation of the military forces, it was
declared, would give employers defi-
mite information regarding the capa-
bilities of men applying for business
positions, as against the general ap-
peal of the war work and employ
ment agencies for places for former
soldiers on the ground of patriot
ISM.
The army tests, Mr.. Cody said,
would require only thirty minutes
time and would be given to appli-
cants for positions as clerks, book
keepers, office managers, correspon-
lents and statesmen. Authority to
introduce the plan generally into the
cantcnments, he stated, had followed
a favorable report by army officers
on an application of the scheme to
group of forty-siX men at Camp Up
ton, N. Y.
Mr.. Cody gave the opinion that
US of the test records would aid ma
terially in solving the problem of the
unemployed soldier in the clerical
field, asserting that few employers
would hesitate over an opportunity
to select, according to their needs,
men scientifically measured" in gen.
aral and technical ability.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-26
BRITISH DRIVE
TO PREVENT NEW
HUN FOOTHOLD
lBv Associated Pressl

London, April (By maiD-London
business men and british manutac-
turers whose plants are located out
side OF London are alarmed lest the
German should again obtain q profit
able toothold IN the country, and vide
publicity is beng given all informa-
tions which tends to show that Ger
many again expects to do business
here. The latest is the publication
Of labels which Germans have pre-
pared for tie expected trade and which
have been sent to Lonuon by soldiers
with the Army of Occupation at Cob
LEM.
superior scissors made ef the best
double lefined cast steel. Made in
Germany reads On label, and Gin
est hCllow-ground razor5 5, set ready for 4
use, warranted; made in Gerntany,"y
is another.
Still others carry tho guarantee of
the German manufacturing firm, and
all Of them bear the place Of origin.
According to an announcement by
the Board of Trade, the regulations
against the importation Of German
goods in GlGeat Britain are still in
fore, and there is ne danger of a
GeGrman trade invasion until these
have been removed. TIE British are
jealously guarding their home trade
from the German.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-26
INDIAN FLU LOSS
lBY Associated Pressl

London, April 2G-Almost five mill
lion persons have diede in British In
dia from Spanish influenza and fully
a million others are believed to have
died in native states from the same
cause, according to a report Of the
Indian government In a few months
the influenza has claimed half AS
many victims as the dread plague 20
years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-26

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02
o o o O o o O O O 0
o SCHOOL NEWS
o o o O o o O 0 o O {

The Manning Graded School open
ed on September Sth with large at
tendance in both the Primary and
High School departments
The Eleventh Grade was added last
year but did not come into actual cxis-
tcnce until this year or account Of
;he lack Of pupils. We now have
twelve pupils in the Eleventh Grade,
and all seem determined to win their
"dips."
We have a larger membership this
wear than we have ever had in the
history of the school The six grade
was divided into two sections on ac-
count of SO large a number of pupils.
we are crowded in every respect
for room, even having to utilize an
old music room for a class room.
The Parcnt-Teacher's Association
meets every fourth Wednesday, as
usual in the auditorium Mr.. Helms
offers every fourth week; a half holi-
day TO the grade that has the largest
rur:'rr of pare : present. This week
ne offered tcn-percent increase on
the percentage of any grade that was
signed. The Eleventh Grade led in
the percentage Of parents present,
but lost on study cards. The eighth
made hundred percent on study
cards, and this put them in the lead.
think that we could not judge them
this victory rs they worked faithfully
for it.
At the beginning of the term Mr..
Helms asked for a campaign to solicit
funAs to purchase an up-to-date lab
oratory for the school. Therefore
committee was appointed and canvass
ed the town. They succeeded in secur-
ing three hundred dollars which will
give US very nice start. The labora-
tory has been ordered and we expect
to install it about Christmas. On ac-
count of the crowded building it will
be necessary to put it in one of the
small stage dressing rooms in the au-
ditorium.
The soliciting committee is compos-
ed of: Mrs. J. D. Gerald, Chairman;
Mrs. c. N. Sprott, Mrs. j. A. Vein
berg, Mrs. Joseph Rigby, Mrs. j. Fl.
Orvin and Mrs. w. P. Legg.
Two Literary Societies were organ
lied in the High School this year in
stead of one. The Eighth and Trnsh
Grades compose one, and the Ninth
and Eleventh Grades the cthc". In
thus forming them we have a Junior
and senior grade in each society. Miss
Mary Rigby from the tenth grade and
Browne Bagnal from the eleventh
were elected presidents of the two
societies. The presidents are chosen
from the senior grades, and the secre-
taries from the juniors. Mr. Helms
plans that these two societies will
unite in giving one big meeting at the
end of school at which will be held
the orat0rical contest. These societ-
les have been debating on such sub
iects as: Resolved That the United
States Government should control the
railroads. The School House should
be opened at all times as a Social
centre etc. These societies bold their
Continued on page 81
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02

argc cities scrub women receiving So and 81 a
sge professors receive nearly as much.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02

r c. l.. is in quandary. He has climed to the top
low casting around for the means of adding. another T.,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02

Continued on page 81
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-09
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Bottles
Articles of Partisan Ivory
Fitted Travelling Bags
Wardrobe Trunks
Plain Umbrellas
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-09
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