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The Washington times., 1919-02-10
A Service Button For Soldiers
Certainly THAT Would Not Be Too Much for the
Government to Give.

Everybody knows that the soldier discharged from the
army should get his salary for six months while ne looks
around for job This would enable him to readjust him
self to civil life without seeking to crowd some other man
out OF his job.
Six months pay during the readustment period, and
very small pay at that for willing to give his life
his country would to be such fenzled gener
osity on the part of the Government.
Thus far however the Government has taken no action
The kept cUoped up in camps which breeds bitter
feeng that the is And when they are set
free many of them arrive home without dollar
Perhaps later it will occur to somebody that few
dollars might be given the soldiers sailors and marines
Meanwhile is it too much to suggest that generous
Government richest in the world should give to each
soldier at least BUTTON showing that he has been In the
service something that he when he puts on civilian
clothes something that will let the world know that he was
among the navy and ready to fight for the
country?
Allowing even TOR reasonable profteerng the max
ing of the buttons Government contract wouldn't
cost nOr tna ten per soldier the Government gave
those butJUhs away.
Couldn't the Government afford ten cents for each
soldier? It might we should think
Therefore while insisting that In common decency the
soldier should have his six months pay when he leaves
the army, we suggest something that generous Gov
ernment might afford NOW official button that
viii be reminder and proof U military service when the
uniform is laid aside.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
Let's Advertise Our VOteIesSD.C C.
By EARL GOODWIN .

Before soldiers left the city of Washington for the
war we used to say:
Wouldn't it be shame to have these from
the great for world democracy to home where they
will not be allowed to vote?"
Now they coming home and we are giving them
welcoming parade; and to be nearer to self
determination of local affairs than when the bows
went into training camps
One of the reasons for this lies within ourselves.
We have not been aggressive in pleading be-
fore the people of the United States
We have formed committees and adopted slogans and
passed resolutions, but of these my judgment has
had the slightest effect upon the country large What
effect all this committee activity has had on Congress is
plObemacal Personally do not believe Congress is in
ness call Senator Sherman of Illinois, who said
didn't deserve vote land then wiped that infamous state
ment out Of the record).
What we must do is to organize for a continuous
nationwide campaign of education. BY continuous mean
continuous don't mean story in newspaper once
year What must do is to get story in concise form
all over the United States all the time Every mail that
goes from Washington should carry with the statement
that Washington is VOTELESS To get that across-to
use the term of the daymay require considerable time
but shoot enough of that kind of ammunition and it will
get across.
You know George Creel now claims to have won the
through propaganda and if he can do that we GER
tan back the Ad Club of Washington and put on our
letter paper the forcefu inch and quarter of type that
will tell the world our story every day.
suggest that every organization in Washington ioip
with the Ad Club that within few days evey letter
going from here will be shot in the right direction
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

FRANK HUGHES says the lime
kiln HARRY KING is talking about
used to be over whn-e Pennsylvania
avenue crosses Rock Greek.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

To-day.
&aegng-- Teachers ..ub %; Washington
CluDranwH. ".4J D.. m
&u' tinG Empire state club. wilson
E0rinrl S,ru".. Eic,ruth aud harvard
street, uHTtH~c~'. p. w.
Couc"rt---O. ) Marin" Band, Marine
Barracks. 80 3 m.. under direction ot
William II. ~-U''lsuanu
toE"rrt--t. =. Soldiers Home BaHd
SiIhi''y Han t.I1 o..
Dture Pow % Community Center.
Me.rilg CrIr"rInu club. Thomson
,,.uuUunI-v G. It'r. IA Thomson school
Twelfth aI.I = st's,Is Northwest. =. H.
Meeting The Lite Players. Wilson
Merting-,. ."ntaI Er-,h Society of
%asH'rs On. west study Of Public Library
~ l,.n5"~s Or stan Of Surg"on
Gersrat al thr Arrfv. willard II"ir-. .
seated
Meeting Washington Zionist Crrclv. Y.
n. 4. building. eleventh street ana
PeunsylNRula avenue northwest. 2 =. NJ
Roth. before Alliance Fraucaisn - wash
ington Club. 4:3O o. r.
Address Billy sunday. in Liberty Hut
Oh Union Station Plaza. 80 = ~.
facturcrs' Association. Rausrh"r'S. 3 g.. nt
Meeting -pincy Erdnrh citizens A~s9-
citation, Iowa ANeUu" Methodist church.
?. NJ
zgHs Association, Northeast Temple
Twelfth and II streets northeast. p. M.
l.2rtuTeuMn H. l.alnan Tripr ola!
Dutch F"'k tales. y. ". e g. uarI"rF.
FouTte"uth and q streets northwest. r
Meeting Tho B-y7 Mavr club or Wash
inEtDn. Room T@". " N!ard Hotel. 8 p. n.
H""iing -'"ha H".. 80 Par. "f',z~n-' A.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
Fairfax Problems
Especially for Washington Women
wv HY do women wish TO
w wear pretty clothes?

wv HY do women wish TO
w wear pretty clothes?
Is it to saS Ssfy their
own sense of beauty, or to look
like other women, or TO conform
with convention?
There are cynics who will tell
you that none of these reasons is
the true one, since women's only
motives in trying to dress them
selves attractiyely is to please
men.
DO you believe this is true?
To my mind this is half-truth,
merely.
l know it Is not true that all
women plan their appearance with
the sole purpose OF attracting the
admiration of men. At the same
time l do not agree with those
captious and Unamiable critics
VINO say, or who usually insinuate.
rather, that it IS trivial and un
worthy in a woman to dress her
self so as to please the rest OF the
world-or to please men, ii you
prefer TO pat it that way. Or per-
haps even to please one particular
man.
For the present, won't attempt
to analyze the motives OF women
in general in buying eXtravagant
hats (Which many very sensible
women do, at times, and with
ecstasy)or in choosing delicate and
perishable fabrics, or in ardently
desiring something new whenever
the season changes. I'll postpone
telling what l think women actu-
ally do. It's a long story, and then,
it will serve the purposes of my
correspondents better if | tell
what | think women ought to do.
Briefly, a woman ought to dress
as we'll as she can. That means,
as well as she can afford withou'
being extravagant 1t also means
as well as her knowledge of what
is suitable and her sense of what
is beautiful, permit her.
As lar as the fundamental prin-
ciples of clothes are concerned, wo-
men ought to understand these and
apply them, whether the rest of
the world is pleased or not /
mean, such principles as that
clothes should be loose fitting, that
they should be Of materials that
one can respect, and that they
should be OF sort that it is pos
sible to keep clean. But of course
most women are very far from un-
derstanding these principles yet,
or from following them.
Yet ! hope it may not be long
before even young girls can come
to see that it is possible to dress
both beautifully and reasonably
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
DRESSING TO PLEASE MEN

And that it isn't reasonable to
adopt eccentricities of fashion
Thy're almost never beautiful,
these eXtravagances, they are
wasteful Of money, and they stamp
a woman as not having the right
kind of intelligence.
If you who read this are very
young, you may protest that ad-
mOnitiOns 10 be sensible take all
the pleasure out OF dress, so far
as you are concerned. Very we'll.
Well hurry Oh.
The next step is 10 Try TO have
ones clothes appropriate to one
self. There's 4 peculiar thrill
have you ever felt it?-in wearing
a costume that seems 10 belong to
one, in color and design and char
acter-that seems to represent
oneself. Some girls feel this most
keenly when they put on a skat-
ing costume for the first time. or
some other athletic outfit. Others
feel il when they slip inside their
first ~himmery ball dress. Some
girls are most themselves in
MILDLY blouse and some are miser-
able Unless they arc wearing
plain tailor made suit with
linen collar and boyi.n III.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
What's Doing; Where; When

Soeiau"n. Church Of our Eedcemcr, D.
Meeting The Vermont club or Wash
inSi"n- Grover Cleveland School, Eight n
am! / streets mort Invest. T. NJ
M'eiuE- IN" Legion OF Loyal Women
i"ICE"rS tluo. Eleventh and r street >
nor VEST. = D. m, Admiral George "
h",rd. recently returned from Europe.
VIII speak
Meeting The Cnng-osq Heights Public
lWys"'"us"ni Association. Portable Baptist
building. p. IN
Dancr-oId Masonic Temple. Ninth and
+ streets northwest. p. IN.
Tomorrow.
M"cting The Park View Citizens Asso-
CidtiUn. Park View school. u. m
Lecture Tho Electric ship" by II
H"ru"r. meeting Of Washington Society 0f
American institute ~ Electrical Engineers
Meeting E-Camp No. eos. sons Of Con
Home. =. rl
M~c,ins Nebraska state Association
Wilson Normal school. y. IN
Meeting Columbian Women, College
p m Mrs Charles Il. Stockton will re
Meeting Mitaras Lodge Of Perfection.
Evang"iis' Chapter, Rose CroiX Robert
d" ISru"" Council knights Harush and
Albert Pike CousistUry. Sixth and Z
streets northeast. ~" .. IN.
Meeting Louisiana Society Of Washing
tom. hall over BeIusrU Theatcr $40 .
m, t"ngrcssman Sanders VIII speak.
Dance Auspices % United States EN-
ploy m"nt Service club. EHuschrrs. 6 y. IN
Meeting Bethel Literary Socicty. Of
howard University. Metropolitan \. NJ p
church. T.. IA
Dramatic presentation Ply tho Dram
at, Association Of G0uZtSa College.
Twelfth Night in the COLLEGE theater.
- street nor'hwcs: ~ ~
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

All this is preliminary to dress
ing to please men,. After a woman
has thought out for herself what
is reasonable aud suitable and
beautiful sc far as she under
stands il, then surely she is not
only justified in choosing her
clothes so that both they and she
will seem as attractive as pos
sible, but it is really an obligation
TO do this. IL is even stupid not to.
Every normal woman, indeed
every normal human being, should
wish to be healthy, intelligent,
charming. Charming in nature;
charming in manner. charming
even to the trivial accessories of
ones dress. 1t really isn't be-
meath ones destiny at all, the de-
sire 10 please.
III admit that it's not always an
easy rob. Perhaps your most
carefully thought out effects won't
prove to please anybody at all. so
far as YOU can discover. And per-
haps some totally haphazard cos
tune will euchant you: friends un-
accountably.
And enormously do your difficult
ties increase ii it Is one human
being in particular whom you wish
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

KEIPER CoWING, the latest ad-
dition TO the Indiana author list
wears a wishing ring.
He was out to my house yesterday
afternoon eating doughnuts and
writing his name in my copy Of his
new book, Dear Folks at Home"
and when we went out he said Gee.
l wish could see the suhragetts
riot down by the White House."
And 50 We said we'd 60 down; ana
he said Gee, I wish someone would
come along in a nice big automobile
and pick Us up"
Well, right away there appeared
RAY BAKER, who Is the Director Of
the Mint in a purple car with JO-
SEPH P. TUMULTY, who Is out
again after a bad case Of the "hu."
And they picked Us up and rode
down TO the White House.
And there tCe sdt0 tChGt consider
t1Gs foolish and disgusting psr-
forHsGRee of S1oBSeR trying to bum
the President IN effg1, and I mar
UeLed to see ho10 eoRsiderGts the
policemen iOeTs of these misguided
rioters.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

to please-some fantastic minded
lover, some cheerfuIly cocksure
husband.
Have you ever tried it? And
did your experience at all re-
semble that of the young girl who
appealed to me in despair the
other day?
Il am engaged to a young man, T"
she wrote, "and of course / am
deeply in love with him. How
ever, there is one question upon
which we disagree, and that is the
subject of clothes. He claims that
do not buy clothes often enough,
and when I do buy them more
often to please him, he criticises
them most heartlessly.
Il am considered a girl of good
taste, and think that 1 spend a
sufficient amount of money on
clothes. Now his critisicms make
me unhappy, for I feel hat 1 do
not come up to his expectations in
appearance. What would you ad-
wise me to do?"
What can the trouble be? Buy
ing clothes frequently, or even
buying expensive clothes, doesn't
make a girl more attractive. And
in this case, neither the girl who
so legitimately wishes TO please
her fiance, or the fiance who so
naturally wishes his sweetheart
always to look her best, knows
what the root of the difficulty is.
| suspect that l have already
given the answer. ! think if this
young girl thoroughly thought out
the subject of dress, and discov-
cred what best suited her in gen
eral, she would find it an easier
matter to please that critical lover
of hers.
That is why / urged at the be-
ginning that it is almost useless to
try to please men," or an indi-
vidual man, or the world in gen
eral, unless woman has first
learned how to please herself in
the matter of dress, unless she has
really learned something about a
subject that is after all of very
real Importance.
If a woman is supremely beau
tiful, perhaps dressing to please
men can be satisfactorily accom-
plished by throwing a crimson
scarf over her shoulders, or
thrusting a bright flower in her
hair.
But with most of us it's a diff
ferent matter. Most of us have to
think hard and experiment end
lessly before we learn how to look
our best. But it's worth doing.
It's the contribution that each of
us can make to the beauty Of the
world.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
"THE PROUD MAN WITH THE CHARGE
ACCOUNT"
(Continued From First ColumnD

count is good I am able to pay-the merchant knows
it-he can wait till I get ready-how perfectly log
ical and busnesslike-when it's on the other fellow
like the boil
Let's go to of these merchants nightmare citi-
zens and ask him for $3.50 for sixty days-sure--
give me your note at 'steen per cent-how long do
you want it-that's all right-youre welcome-but
if that note isn't paid Johnny on the spot-inter-
est and ala stuck pig would be musical compared
to his yelp Of course, that's different Well, is it
different?
Now to which of these do you belong? Get on
the square with yourself and the merchant and treat
him as you would want him to treat you-he is apt
to be your best friend-dont abuse him. IT ISN'T
FAIR
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
Hho Remembers!

JOSHUA EVANS has received
from a friend a copy Of the Wash
ington Semi Weekly News, for
Saturday, April %, 1854. 1t IS a
well-printed, four-page paper, with
MANY interesting Washington adver-
tisements, but little news. The Riggs
Bank ad (which makes the paper
valuable to JOSH, reads as follows:
"CORCORAN & RIGGS, exchange
office cor. of 18th st. and Pa. Av. op-
posite teh State Dept"
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
HEARD AND SEEN

Our estimable contem poraPy,
i''THE COMEBACK" Walter Reed
Hospitals newspaper, will support
the Betty Lehman Service Banner
Fund. FRANK CONNELLY, ser
geant, first class, who left the New
York World bureau here to get into
the scrap, and who's now managing
"edV Of the Comeback, thinks it's q
grand idea to have the big gold star
in the Victory Parade in memory OF
Washington men who died fighting
He says watch for the Wednesday
edition Of the C.-B.
FRANE.'S also offered to help put
Us IN touch with the eight Wash
inRton distinguished medal boys
whom We VEent to carry the big ban
neP.
HARRY N RICKEY, Of the c. o.
P. l., subscrihss s. to the banner.
Today also A'e hear from more Of
those formidable attorneys up at the
Federal Trade Commission: WILL
IAN T. KELLEY, who subscribes in
memory of Private "Toss" Cleary, Of
PORTAGE, Wis; WILLIAM KRAUSE,
ED McCRARY and CHARLES T.
ROUGEON, one Of the sleuths in the
packers inquiry, Who subscriOes In
memory of Lieutenant Menard' Of
France.
MRS. BURLESoNS chapter of
"Camou1aged," got me so excited
came down town with odd shoes.
Honest, that's FACT.
Everyone I see asks me tohere thGt
iv4y-coUered house on CONNECTICUT
aveRue IS. It's been edusOufGged.
FRANK HUGHES says the lime
kiln HARRY KING is talking about
used to be over whn<e Pennsylvania
avenue crosses Rock Greek.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

A few days ago I mentioned cas-
ually that the 1905 train to Balti-
more and the $50 p. m. to the same
hallowed spot do NOT take pas
sengers from Washington. After
considerable correspondence and
diplomatic negotiations with several
gentlemen in high official position
am now able to inform for that these
trains DO take passengers from
Washington to Baltimore.
Ye Ed received a fine pair Of bed
room slippers from HECTOR FULL
Err this past week. Thanks, Hec.
The siren on the Evans Bldg, put
there by the "angelus committee" Is
being sold.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

Everyone ! see asks me i0here thGt
ivp-eoUered house on COnRHeetteut
oUeRle IS. It's been cG1I0UfG9ed.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
Do More Than Cheer. Give the
Soldiers Work.

There are $1,000 soldiers to
provide for. This is not merely
a community problem. It is a
problem for every man and
woman in the city. Get busy.
Give the soldier his old job.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10

MRS. BURLEsoNS chapter of
"Camoufaged," got me so excited 1
came down town with odd shoes.
Honest, that's a FACT.
The Washington times., 1919-02-10
"The Proud Man With the
Charge Account"
And Some of His Illusions and Conclusions.

Merchants do business in two ways, for cash and
for credit The way most profitable most convenient for
them of course would be ALL cash They obliged to
pay promptly every bill They lose interest money in
vested goods and kept in their stores waiting to be
sold With them everything must be regUar-especaly
payments.
They arrange what is called credit system, the
''charge account as convenience for their customers
convenience for themselves It entails extra book
keeping The details and abuse of the return privilege
When person pays cash for thing bought, there is
much less returning.
This is written to tell the woman with charge
account not to imagine that the charge customer is
doing favor the merchant On the contrary, the
chant doing favor for you and expects you to demon
strate the fact that you appreciate it.
On this subject here and energetic editorial
from business that should appeal to the conscience
of the ''charge account gentleman.
What the country needs from especially is
promptneSs energy The who does his share with
out any of the Stacker element helps to build.
CASH OR CHARGE.
A little psychology brings forth strange phe
nomena There is for instance the good citizen and
his wife who buys his needs and pays cash Records
show that SO per cent OF such cash purchases
the transaction is final and closed having proved
satisfactory to this vast maturity of consumers
Statistics Ill respect to charge accounts show an
entirely different result It appears that many men
and women also good citizens 1--we under the peculiar
impression that the charge account entities them to
special privileges, not to be enjoyed by the person
who planks his money the Gable. They appear to
assume that the merchant them something.
whereas actually, of course they indebted to the
merchantmen only for the respective amount of
money, but also for the accommodation and COIL
venience afforded. Some charge customers have no
hesitancy to step all sound ahh logical regula-
tions with the utmost GOODNESS They say-it's
charged, but I don't l-cal for tim not
going to pay for ithow you going to collect it
and so forth Thus is their spirit and gratefulness
demonstrated to the merchant who trusted them not
only with his merchandise, equivalent to just so
much money but trusted their spirit of fairness
There charge customers every merchants
books who habitually delay payments with forti
tude that would be admirable in the front line
trenches Sixty, ninety, and more days-wel, my &C
In IastC Column
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-20
Progress In ItaIy
II RESS DISPATCHES from Rome announce that 0
Sept 4 the Italian Chamber of Deputies adopted th

nRESS DISPATCHES from Rome announce that on
Sept the Italian Chamber of Deputies adopted the
bill giving Italian women the right Of suffrage The
world does move in the shadow Of the pope palace
and in spite Of popery in its native hills
It is not many years ago that delegation of progress
sve Italian women called upon Plus x, the pope then
regnng to his endorsement Of their demands for
equal suffrage and equal treatment human beings It
is needless to say that he rejected their petition.
He not only refused to endorse their demands. but
added insult injury by means Of lecture in which he re-
minded them that God created first and woman sec
ond man to be the lord Of earth and woman to be man
companion hepmate and consolation" And that was the
consolation those Italian women got from their religious
potentate.
He told them it is grievous and sinful mistake ITO
maintain that woman's rights the same as mans
Woman was created for the sole purpose Of being man.
companion and must remain under his power Such
rebke from the supreme "nfable authority on what is
right and what is wrong doubt more crushing than
convincing to the most of whom had been trained
from infancy to regard him as the vicar Of divinity and ad
ministering plenpotentary of human affairs on earth
They were humiated but not altogether hushed, and
are the way to realize their long desired recognition
as human beings which popery has been just as reluctant
to grant men women. Women like the world in which
they dwell are moving and leaving popery with its out
grown nonsense behind.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-20

rT1N IT'S WILDERNESS Of mendacity and
.IIlI deception pOpery fools most of the people
I,ESI all the time. It cOnceals from the public,
IsS-A the fundamental issue between the papal
hierarchy and modern civilization. That issue
is not religious at all. It is purely and distinct
lively political.
The millions Of Roman Catholic laymen do
not know this. They are not permitted to know
1t. The vatican autocrat and his vast oligarchy
of enthroned prelates hoodwink and deceive
their laity as completely and as brutally as they
deceive the general public. Deception and impo-
sition are the quintescence of popery.
The world is little concerned about the papal
dOgmas and superstitiOns as such. The only
feeling of modern civilization towards those who
accept the d0gmas Of transubstantiatiOn, cell.
bacy, MaryOlatry, apostolic succession and papal
infallibility is that of pity and compassion.
Though glance at either history or geography
shows the degrading effect Of those and the
other superstitions Of Rome upon the people,
they neither effect nor concern the free and In
telligent citizens of this or any country.
Militant and determined resistance to the pa
pal system Is directed against that system not
las church, but as an empire. Opposition of
the twentieth century to the pope is identical in
spirit with opposition to the kaisers and the
sultan. No form Of political despotism can longer
oppress the world. Superior skill in deception
and secret intrigue has enabled the papal empire
TO outlive the Others but the cup Of its iniquity
is equally full. Its days are numbered.