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The Washington times., 1919-01-15
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Here's One Way Congress Can
Help Improve the Ash Collections
BY EARL GOODWIN.
Appropriate the $4,000 which the District Cemnissiones Have
ASKED As Deficiency Tide the Ash Contractor Over
the Present Abnormsl Conditions.

There request for $4,000 before the House Com
mlttee on Appropriations which life death for
the present system of collecting ashes
Many months ago, before the present abnormal cond
tons arose the contractor estimated that S3O0 would be
sufficient to remove all of Washngtons ashes for the
present fiscal year.
Now comes tight squeeze in the labor market and
big rise in all prices and the contractor finds himself Just
$4,000 behind in his estimates
If he fails in his contract the District of Columbia
must take the work. and the 600 viii be just
necessary then it is But If he gets this $4,000
from Congress it will be used in going by
skilled in the ashcoection business and possessing fac
ties which make it easier matter for the contractor to
continue this work than for the District to jump In and
build up system.
The books of the contractor have been examined
fully by District officials whose opinion is that the best
interests of the people of Washington demand that this ap
preparation of $4,000 be made.
That there is breakdown In the ash collections s of
course, matter of knowledge but the contrac
tor retires from the field will be better off fnan
ciay because the District would have to the
sponsibty and the $7500 item would have to be appro
prated just the And said before the District
of Columbia would have to start In business In the
middle of year without proper preparations and without
the necessary facilities.
So it seems matter of common sense that the ash
collection service would be greatly benefited if Congress
would rush through that $4,000 en that the conac
tor have his mind his work. instead of wondering
where he is going to land in financial if that $4,000
hole is not filed.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15

may be playfully snatched from
time to time to sweeten and ex-
hilarate an otherwise rather drab
existence?
Does it seem reasonable to ask
that they give up entirely their
prerogative of receiving some af-
fection from favored members OF
the opposite sex? Furthermore, is
not marriage a serious affair and
presumably lifelong part
nership, sufficiently serious to war
rant the girl in trying out" sew
eral men and gaining a knowledge
OF their temperaments. When you
hold a man at a distance you put
him on guard and are only able to
observe him while on parade.
Let me respectfully remind your
correspondent NJ. G. D. that the
music of the great Wagner was re-
ceived with about the same COM
ments as hers on my letter, and as
for Richard Strauss. the music of
this genius still receives them.
Now l have every respect for this
correspondent and her "Mid-Vic-
.orian" ideals when they are sin
core; let these ideals prevail when
ever the temperament and training
Is such as to make them right and
proper. Try to impose them on the
multitude. however! I do not need
to answer this, it simply cannot be
done.
The chances are that regardless
of how beautiful. sweet and fine
a woman this correspondent may
pe, had we met we would have
found little in common and have
taken no interest in each others
company. And she would by ma
ture be safe from any attempt on
my part to kiss her under any
circumstances, likewise her Hap
PLY Married" contemporary.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
What's Doing; Where; When

strong school building. s p. m.
Song recital First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets northwest, s
p. m.
Meeting ashington Safety First As
sociation. Public Library. s p. m.
Meeting Archaeological section of
Twentieth Century Club, 1922 woodley
place. p. m.
Drll-New National Guard units, arm
ory. Fifth and l. streets northwest, s p. m.
Tomorrow.
Meeting-Colorado Society, Thomson
School building, Twelfth and L streets
northwest. p. m.
Dance-For men in uniform, by Progr ,s
sive Council No. .. Daughters Of America
Naval Lodge Hall, Pennsylvania avenuS
and Fourth street southeast, 8 .. m
Meeting-Coiored Druggists Association.
3l3 y street northwest, s p. m.
Dsnce-Kallipolis Grotto, No Is, New
willard Hotel. p. m.
Lecture-'The French Law" by Fred
eric Allan, adviser OF French high com.
mission. National University Law School,
s1s Thirteenth street northwest, 1880 D. m
Dinner-In honor Of Sir Arthur Pearson.
Willard Hotel, 7:ao p. m, given by Coz.
James Boarley, NJ. c.. U. s. A., director
of Red Cross Institute for Blind
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LAST NIGHT

HENRY CLASSIC is some orator.
is he not?
But A. WADE WELLES is the
premier at the speaking game, be-
lieve it or not.
Did you notice DIR. HARRY
KAUFMAN'S double pink carna-
ton?
Among those present were MARK
DOBRIN and GEORGE DE NEALE.
And, by the VA. the name which
drew more applausc han all the
rest combined. incluoin- orr hero
Black Jack Pershing, was the name
of TOM GRANT.
saw MELVIN SHARPE there,
by the way. He saws he has lust
received cand fnm MAJOR J. C.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
Marriage a Serious Affair.

Today.
Aeeting-Board of Education. in Prank
lin School. at $3.50 p. m.
Lecture-By Rev. william ]. Duanne
8. j., on III. G. Wells. the weliknowr
English novelist" at GOnZaga College. al
p m.
Meeting-District OF Columbia Society
OF the Sons Of the American Revolution
at Rauscher's, at p. m.
Address-By Louis Post, Assistant Sec
retary OF Labor, on "Kolumbia Esperanto
kluba," at Pphlic Library. at p. m.
Aeeting-Takoma Community Associa-
tion, Takoma Library, p. m.
Lecture-"Pan-A America nism." by John
Barrett; director general of PanAmerican n
Union. 7: W. c. A, Gle Fourteenth street
northwest, 1880 p nj.
Meeting-Kentucky State Society. New
Masonic Temple. p. Congressman
Kincheloe will speak
Meeting-Anthony League, 2oO7 Colum
nia road northwest, p. m. Songs and
RehearsaI-washingto Community Or
chestra, Wilson Normal School. 1880 p. m.
Meeting-Alumni Association OF Arm
's@ong Aanaal TsaAAinO High School. AEpn-
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems and the War
Especially for Washington Women

But what does this type Of wom-
an know Of life outside Of the sane
tuary OF her home? Very little in
deed; 1t Is my experience that even
the close woman friends OF such
a sainted person feel obliged to act
up to her ideals when under her
observance. To discuss really deep
sociological subjects with her would
be useless.
Also who said anything about
paint and powder? NJ r. G.'s view
point Is apparently so narrow that
she Immediately connects kissing
other than in wedlock with painted
ladies. 1 have known very fine
rigid ideals and equally fine ones
who used rouge and smoked ciga
rettes.
Our Ideas Of Department.
Customs are changing with the
times, and it is wrong to condemn
those who do not conform to our
particular ideas of department, a
fact which some people cannot seem
to learn.
In the good old long ago of our
grandparents I am told. il were
truly shocking for a girl to display
any Of her physical beauty below
her neck and above her ankles, and
it would have meant a Jail sentence
for the entire company Of the thea
trical shows which our daughters
see today. but we are improving
not degrading by casting aside
these old ideas. By taking sensu-
BUSINESS away from female beauty
through a more general exposure
(witness the girls OF today we are
more nearly approaching the Greek
ideal. I took upon all these changes
as leading to a higher mental state.
am glad to know that my wife
entertains and is entertained by
other men and finds some pleasure
in their company, 1t has never made
her less capable as a mother and
mistress of my home or less attrac-
tive as a companion to me but has
rather tended to keep me on the
alert so as to compare favorably
with other men.
II I had any real doubts as to
my wife's constancy or il feared
to trust myself with other girls, l
would feel satisfied that ! was at
fault in having made a mistake in
the choosing of my wife. When the
marriage state will not successful
ly stand such companionship. 1t is
held together by a rather narrow
margin Of safety.
consider my knowledge OF woe
an and her ways quite superior to
that OF M. G. D., and having penc-
trated we'll below the superficial
manifestations know many of the
girls whom she would condemn to
be really fine in character, quite
adorable creatures.
In fact the only real disappoint-
ment in recent years was a most
attractive girl. charmingly pretty
face and dainty figure but with a
mind that somewhat resembled a
garbage can, and she was the
daughter of one with NJ. r. G.'s
ideals. Evidently temperament had
skipped a generation or two as It
sometimes doeA B. s. H
The Washington times., 1919-01-15

HIS column is an exchange
for ideas relating to love
and domestic affairs.
Anyone is welcome to write
letter and give his or her views
on love, marriage, the rearing of
children, and kindred topics.
Very often / do not agree with
the sentiments of correspondents,
but they get a hearing-as ! be-
ieve in an exchange Of pulpits.
But please do not hold me re-
sponsible, and abuse me into the
bargain, for the sentiments Of
lady living in Chevy Chase or
gentleman from Tacoma Park.
Ana.ostia may harbor a CORE
spondent whose views, to my
mind, represent the widest sort
of domestic nihilsrn. cleveland
Park may furnish sentiments that
appear medieval or "mid Vic
torian," which is a more biting
way of expressing it. If all
thought alike, this column would
be dull; some one might almost
feel justified in referring to it as
a Forum" whereas there are
times when the clashing Of opin-
ions might lead one to mention it
as the "Ring."
Today / am going to turn it
over to "B. S. H." who, it will
be remembered, is the gentleman
of liberal views, especially where
kissing is concerned. Two ladies,
under the signatures Of IN. F.
G." and Happily Married" an
swered his letter and rebuked
him for his opinions. One of
these ladies stated that she had
never been kissed by her fiance
till after the marriage ceremony
had been performed, and the
other not until she had been en-
gagged several months.
"B. S. H." now replies to these
ladies. whose views he regards as
mid Victorian" Doubtless he
puts mine in the same category,
and, let me say, l am not at all
Inundated by the classification. A
greater promiscuity in love af-
fairs may be more modern; it is
also less fastidious.
Are Women BegInninE to Think
for ThemseIvess
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Women have been kept in semi
Ignorance Innocence some call it) +:
today they are learning of the
world and beginning to think for
themselves at an early age. They
break many conventions that i'm
pose irksome restrictions on their
rightful freedom of action and
thought that usually shocks very
proper people. but I fail to see that
they are morally inferior. and they
usually develop into mentally supe-
rior beings. when compared with
their progenitors of a generation
ago. at maturity.
All comments seam 10 be based
The Washington times., 1919-01-15

HEMPHILL. now in Lexington, Va
i wish the major was here.
FORD YOUNG said that he went
to church last Sunday night for the
first time IN twelve years, and that
is the reason why the meteor fen
ISAAC CANS got the only unani-
nous vote.
PATRICK J. HALTIGAN'S voice
Is still silvery, isn't it?
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
TODAY'S TOPIC
ARE CUSTOMS CHANGING?

on the idea that the proper and only
really desirable place for woman is
in the home as wife and mother and
that all friendship of young girls
with men is with the marriage
state in view. Your readers seem
to lose sight of the fact that many
girls have planned a career and
others have no desire for marriage,
and the responsibilities of mother
hood until later in life.
Even with those desiring early
marriage, the role Of housewife,
which is often synonymous with
household drudge where modest
means and a family OF several chill
dren are combined as factors, has
no great allure to the girl who is
financially independent through her
own effort.
Owing to the high cost of living
and the almost impossible condi-
tions of obtaining help in any form,
the average young man of today Is
unable adequately and properly to
provide for the old-fashioned fam
lily and often with great difficulty
provides for the small family;
therefore, the girls who are un-
willing to lower their standards
must wait: and often realizing that
they are unable to obtain a man
that will meet their requirements
and ideals, give up the idea of mar
riage, unless the right man hap
pens to meet and become interested
In them.
Marriage q Serious Affair.
Now comes the question on which
all this discussion is based Are
these girls to deny themselves tie
little intimate fellowships Of men
who they like well enough to as
sociate with, or whose company
they enjoy and the romance that
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
HEARD AND SEEN
GEN. e. W. WHITAKER, our

GEN. e. W. WHITAKER. our
veteran smoke inspector, was knock
ed down by a motor truck Saturday
night near his home on Rock Greek
road, and though considerably bruis-
ed, no bones were broken. and he 10
recovering very nicely. He says he
hopes the driver does not feel that
he owes him anything for damage to
the car. The general was chief Of
staff to General Custer in the civil
war, and has been in Washington
ever since. He remembers when
army trucks stuck in the mud on
Pennsylvania avenue, and he helped
President Grant and Mayor Shep-
herd try to make a city out Of
Washington in those oid days.
ROBERT BERBERIcH makes the
good suggestion that we all should
remember there are still hundreds Of
siek, wounded, and convslescent
soldiers and officers at Walter Reed
Hospital and that there are .
thousand soldiers recoverine from
shell shock at st. Elizsbeth's. To
give any of these men hospitsble at
tention will be to express q tiny bit
of the gratitude we feel toward them
for their sacrifice
Larry Reuth, linotype operator de
lucks, IN the G.. p. o., submits the
following, and says that he notc feels
better:
A lot Of bootleggers and other
such beggars have put this old town
on the bum. Though it surely ID
risky they peddle bad whiskey and
poisonous mixtures called rum.
While the community hollers they
triple their dollars, and some even
buy motor cars. But this makes me
sore; if you leave Baltimore, no
matter what may be your mission /;
if you motor for leisure, for business
or pleasure, right away YOU are
under suspicion. The man who most
suffers through the work Of these
buffers is the geezer who drives In
a Ford, for the cops are kept busy
stopping every Tin Lizzie to see If
there's liquor aboard. So if you
60 over be sure to keep sober, as the
day of the jag is quite done. And
uneeda biscuit when you come to the
District; you can not come home
with a @bun."
After that he ought to feel better.
CHARLIE RAY says the W. r.
E. Co. told him they intended to i'm
prove the car service. That settles
that.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
Jail for Speeders.

/ note you say "Do not blame the
policemen" l agree with you on
this-no doubt they do their duty rs
they see it and as they are instruct
ed. but how about the great major
itv Of offenders who are arrested
and taken to court and let on with
a nominal fine or q warning? Isn't
IL discouraging to the policemen 20
make arrests when Trey know the
offenders are not going to be ade-
quately punished? And has there
ever been q time in the history Of
automobiles In Washington when the
judges here were not entirely too
leniently inclined to let on these Of
tenders and not give them six
months or q year in Jail to mediate
upon their criminally reckless and
careless driving? That is the only
way II ever will be stopped, here
or in any other city.
PEDESTRIAN
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
HOW OLD Is ANN!

In answer 70 your request Of CO.
nundrums for how old is Ann? here
Is one that thought might satisfy
you. Ann 10 three times as old as
Mary was when Mary was twice as
old as Ann will be. How.old is Ann.
Very sincerely yours,
MISS DOROTHY THOMPSON.
Box liz East Falls Church, Va.
DIRECTOR JAS. z. wILMETR
he, = SIGN petition for transfers
at 12tL A the Ave. fe was one
OF the 1900.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15
To Be Sung To the Tune Of
"Smilex."

There are cars that start for George
town.
There are cars fun 10 the door;
There are cars that run by all the
corners
When they think they can't hold any
more.
There are cars that have a jerky
motion
Just to mix the human freight inside.
But the cars that DIE at Dupont
Ci--ss,
Are a. cars that I like 10 ride.
AMATEUR.
The Washington times., 1919-01-15

You haven't heard the car men
holler for an increase. have youf
A barber tells me, Them fellers
come in here and says they 10
maxim fifteen-twenty dollars a day.
An awful mistake happened on
the Georgia avenue line Sunday. One
Of the new cars made a trip out that
way. Whether the crew thoueht
there would be better pickins out
that way and gave it up after one
trip, nobody knows Anyway, the
car did not reappear. The Georgia
avenue line is a sort Of hell box -
Here you can see the junkiest Of the
junk-cars which have been in serv-
j." since George Washington cut
down the cherry tree. Most of them
have hand brakes. and fiat wheels
are the rule rsthsr than the excep-
ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
IOWA NOW THIRD
DA|RYING STATE
Inquiries for Pure-bred and Grade
Dairy Cattle are Now Pouring
Into the State
EASY TO MAKE
IOWA FIRST DAIRY STATE
Promotion Work Expanding and Ex-
tending Iowa's Market for Pure
Bred Dairy Cattle

Davenport, Ia.-Inquiries for APP
proximately 600 head of purebred
and grade dairy cattle, valued at
$4,000, have been received during
the last thirty days by the agricul-
tural industries bureau of the Great
er Iowa ssociation, as a result of
the collective advertising campaign
being conducted by the bureau on
Iowa's dairy herds. These inquiries
have come from almost every state
in the union.
Before this advertising campaign
was started, detailed information
was secured on practically all of the
dairy herds in the state. When these
inquiries are received. the files of
the bureau are consulted and the in
quiries are then passed on to those
breeders who are best able to fill
the order, This promotion work is
expanding and extending in Iowa's
market for ipurebred dairy cattle,
and will encourage the small breeder
in his operations, because in con-
Quoting this campaign in a collect
i've way, the bureau renders him a
service which it is almost impossible
for him to render for himself by rea-
son of the big cost of advertising.
Iowa is the third dairy state in the
union. This will, no doubt, be news
to a great many people who do not
think of Iowa as darying state. 1t
will be an easy matter to make Iowa
the first dairy. state in the union in
the next few years by cooperative
methods of this kind, according to
dairy experts.
The big problem confronting the
small breeder of purebred stock is
that of marketing his surplus; and
lii by promotion work of this kind,
his business can be increased, his
example furnishes an incentive for
other men to engage in the breeding
Of purebred livestock,
The agricultural industries bureau
Of the Greater Iowa association ex-
poets to do the same kind of pro-
motion work for every branch of the
purebred livestock industry Of the
state as fast as the Information can
be secured and compiled.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
CALMAR.

Miss Agnes Greteman of st. Lucas
is visiting at the Frank krysan
home.
Mrs. Terry of Austin spent Sunday
here with her husband.
Mrs. Walter Rees and daughter
Ruth of Waterloo are visiting at the
Glenn Frerik home.
Mrs. A. Holmes is visiting relatives
in Wisconsin.
Mrs. Jos. Huber and sons of FIT.
Atkinson spent Friday at the Frank
Uher home.
Philip Book of Waucoma spent
Sunday at the Frank Krysan home.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Severson
today, June 16, 1919 son. Con-
gratulations.
T. H. Goheen and family spent
Sunday in Lawler.
F. M. Washburn Of Austin Is visit
ing at the Jesse Washburn home.
Rev. M. l.. Kerper went to Du-
buuue today to attend retreat.
ALI Schneberger arrived from
Camp Dodge today being honoraply
discharged.
Chautauqua will begin here June
oath.
Mrs. Julius Linde and daughters
of Rapid City, S. ID. are guests at
the j. H. Meyer home.
Mrs. Jacob Becvar and children
left yesterday for Dorchester to
spend three weeks with her mother.
Mrs. Charles McCullow and chill
dren are visiting relatives in Cresco.
Mrs 7 Aker of ST. Paul visited
friends here the past week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
SMALL QUARTERS.
The Three Apartment House Type
Building That Has Become Very
Common

The cost of building and renting
houses has become large. Many
young folks, and older ones too, have
to consider occupying quarters they
would once have regarded as very
cramped. Many families that would
never have been contented with any,
thing less than roomy single house,
now live in double houses, or apart
ments.
The three apartment house is a
type of building that has become
very common. 1t seems to meet the
need in furnishing quarters at a
fairly low rental considering the
times. But the way large numbers of
these houses have been erected in
congested manner has constituted a
serious fire hazard in many places
These houses are frequently very
ugly. Their occupants do not develop
much attachment to the soil and the
locality. They may not have room
for a garden, and do not commonly
feel much interest in identifying
their places.
There is a great need for the ere
ction Of type of house in which
quarters can be provided at low or
reasonable rental, but which shall
have elements of attractiveness and
artistic quality. This would help the
occupants to become attached to
their place of residence, and regard
1t as a real home. 1t is not an insol-
uble problem. A good architect
should be able to make a three or
four apartment house so that 1t
would have all the elements OF
simple attractiveness and seem
homelike.
1t looks as if great many people
On present building costs, would have
To put up with small quarters for
wears to come. The house with two,
three, and four apartments has
come to stay. People erecting this
TYNE of dwelling should make it just
as attractive as they can. Designed in
this way, it will rent for more
money. Tenants will feel more in
terested to maintain it in an attract
i've way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Gu
CENTENNIAL.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Moen
Monday, June 9 baby girl. Con-
9ratulations.
Henry Ginapp and wife and Edwin
Ginapp spent Sunday at the Charley
Ginapp home in Ossian.
Miss Agnes Moen of Ossian is
spending this week with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Jones and Mrs.
Anna Daniels of Ossian were guests
at the A. M. Jones home Sunday.
Theodore Rosa went to Ossian on
Sunday for visit at the Dave Rosa
home. :
James Runkle visited Rae Jones
Sunday.
Miss Amy Moen of Ossian spent
last week with home folks.
Emmett Stevens was a guest at
the Mrs. Stevens home Sunday.
Grayce Carlin was a Sunday visit
or at r. j. McKernans.
Rae Runkle, wife and daughter
Eleanor and nellie Daniels were
guests at the George Kipp home in
Festina Sunday.
Rae Runkle was caller in Ravena
Sunday a. m.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
CONOVER

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Swehla were
in Spillville on Monday.
Mrs. James Janechek was shop
per in Calmar on Tuesday.
Mrs. Joe Klemish and children
were visiting in Protivin with her
folks last week.
Mike Phillips and wife and baby
were in Spiliyile on Wednesday.
Mrs. G. Hadtwesdt Of near Conoyer
was a shopper in DEBORAH Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Florence Swehla called on
Mrs Geo Cummings on Thursday
Geo. Cummings and family autoed
TO SpillviIle Sunday evening and
took in the show
Some farmers are hauling coal for
Joe A. Klemish to Spillyille this
week.