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The Washington times., 1919-12-02
clIINIrTnNI
Cut Off Limitations in District
Appropriations
By EARL GOODWIN.


The Commissioners show good and vision n
asking Congress to revise the law providing that the esd
mates for District expenses shall exceed twice the es
mated revenues for that year.
This town is too big and its needs too great to
remain tied up with red tape.
There is why the taxpayers should not ind
cate just how their money should be spent The fact that
the United States Government is in partnership with the
District OF Columbia In maintaining National Capital
here is sufficient why advanced methods should Be
used to develop the city The partnership between the
Federal and the city governments should not be used TO
limit progress 1t should be the of the greatest
civic development earth We have been held back by
petty laws and nightschool bookkeeping and by official
unwilngness to do anything and the time to get
clear of all of these hamperng elements and to step forth
as the greatest city earth.
have often pointed out that method of appropr-
ating preventing Washington school children from OBJ
tanning proper schooling Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been set aside for school buildings but because of
limitations the Commissioners these schools cannot be
erected because the money appropriated by Congress
not sufficient to build by the time the contract could be
made There is why Washington school children
should be penazed and the standard of citizenship lowered
simply because prevented by red tape from using
money. The Commissioners have not touched upon
this particular point in their report to Congress- but this
matter right along the line of the general request that
broader scope be allowed District government in han
ding their financial affairs and in prosecuting the necessary
civic developments.
Congress does not want to tie its own hands by lot
of small strings reaching to and from the District building
and if the gentlemen in charge of legislation and appropr
ations for the District of Columbia will look this matter
in broad way they will turn to the District of Coum-
ba all the power necessary for to handle affairs
and the time retain the partnership with the Fed
eral Government which is still In effect.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
The ExeCutiOner===HideOus.
But Useful
In the Brutal Past He Has Been Gardener, Pruning
the Human Hedge

Mans nhumanity to undoubtedly has made count
less thousands but has also improved the human
race Men, spending much of their energy killing each
other off, wiped out in the weakest least intelligent
and in public executions the worst types the criminal and
insane.
In the news OF modern crime you how much the
public execuoner has done for the human race hdeous
he is, and vile capital punishment is
from Long Island come details of the killing of a
wetched woman by another woman, friend" living
with her. The woman killed exhibited roll of money The
other woman according to her confession downstairs
got hatchet crept steahily up and killed the woman to
her money Later when locked up deprived of tobacco
which she accustomed she confessed the crime in
return for tobacco given by the detectives.
OF course the is insane you could guess that Il
you had been told that her father died in the insane
asylum.
The sight Of money caused her to commit the atrocous
crime and the smell Of tobacco caused her confess it.
Insanity badly formed brains have revealed themselves
in crime other reckless eccentrcty through the centuries
And the public killing through the executoner has cut
Of the bad specimens prevented the breeding of more
The world is far enough advanced give up CAPT.
tai punishment government longer needs to set the
example in killing But it is surely fortunate for humanity
that It, brutality has caused many of it, worst
samples to b promptly disposed Of.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Advocates Cremation.

Public cemeteries occupy thousands
Of acres of useful ground, cause the
wasteful spending Of millions OF hard
earned dollars for tombstones. vaults,
coffins, and other things. and remind
us of the dead. when we should be
thinking Of the living.
How much more sensible II would
be to cremate the dead and scatter
their ashes over the fields to minGle
with the elements whence they
sprans. Nor is there anything heart
less in doing this. II is only the
lifeless and useless body, the clothes
OF the soul, so to speak, that would
he thus destroyed: and the thought
of this is lees revolving than is the
thought of the slow decomposition OF
the body in the ground. / believe
cremation to be the more sensible
disposition of the physical body when
II has performed it's last useful pur-
nose on earth-as medium and a
vehicle for the mind.
FRED ]. SCwAB
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Five Hundred Miles Nav Make
Her Heart Grow Ponder.
GAR MISS FAIRFAN:

bEAH MISS FAlh AN:
l am young man OF twenty-five
years Of age and residing I'm Wash
ington, but my own home is in
Massachusetts,.
have been in the Marine Corps
for three years. On my arrival in
Washington | fell in love with a
young girl who resides in Virginia.
/ have dearly loved her ever since
We met, and now being out Of the
Marine Corps my people keep writ
ing me letters to come home.
l know she dearly loves me also
and 1 have asked her two or three
times to marry me, but | have been
refused each time. / wonder if /
should pack my clothes and leave
for home or stay here while long
er until she makes UP her mind?
FRED.
Possibly II you do pack up and
leave, she will discover in your alb
sence that she needs you more than
she realizes. Why not make the
test and win or lose on the result?
Suspense is very wearing and it
never pays either man or woman
to wear the heart on the sleeve
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems
Especially For Washington Women

think they are such because they
only seek my company when they
have no one else; that is, when they
need something or other. or when
they get in trouble and want me to
help to get them out of IL. or when
they give some affair and want me
to help arrange, but they never ask
me to join them after l help them.
These so-called friends come and
tell me OF the good times they have
and the places they go to. / love to
help them. but ! am only human
and want to be asked to join such
affairs. I am never asked 20 go
anywhere by either of my friends
(girls or boys.)
1 do a great deal Of Red Cross
work.
VERY. VERY LONESOME.
Everyone at some time or other
has the feeling of being used by
their friends. AS q matter OF fact
there are people, and you are prob
ably one Of them, who seem to be
an easy resting place for all the
"leaners" and "yearners" in the
world. Personally / don't believe
in letting others throw their cares
and burdens on one. Ones real
friend don't do this sort OF thing
and | wouldn't let others. passing
in the guise of friendship, sue
ceed In using me to the extent your
acauaintances have. When people
only come to you when they want
something, they are pretty good
people to let alone. IL you weed
this sort out Of your life, there
Will be space for the other kind
OF people to come in and they un-
doubtedly will. AS it is, the lean
ers' are littering up your life and
preventing you from making newer
and better friendships. Just calm
ly and firmly refuse to be Of sery-
Ice to them and when you are not
spending all your time and energy
doing things for them you may
lind that you have time and energy
to attract other people for other
reasons.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Answers to Correspondents

ana again In spite Of my better
judgment. My mother letcuIed me
on my rudeness to my friends, say
ing she did not know what had hap
pened to me as / was always so
courteous and loving before. When
l tried to tell her about his sinister
influence over me. she laughed, told
me j was foolish and il / kept on
she would think I was losing my
mind. After that I never could
confide In any one again as / was
afraid OF the same ridicule. The
other night, my dearest girl friend
called on me. w. was jealous of my
attentions to her and l insulted her
and she left our house Immediately.
AS soon as she had gone, I seemed
to regain my own personality and
my first impulse was to rush after
her, apologize and bring her back.
When / started w. caught me by
the wrist and would not let me go,
and I, chatting under Mis- influence,
told him ! hated him. He Just put
his arms around me, laughed and
laughed, told me he loved me and
that it didn't matter what I said. he
would still love me. DIANA.
II you really believe what you
have written. you should at once
eliminate this very unwholesome
friendship. In the first place the
entire Obsession Is absurd and the
young man has no hold over you
which you do not want him to have
and which you could not over
throw If you seriously and sincere
ly wanted to- The case Of Svengali
and Trilby made very interesting
story, but has no foundation in re-
ality or science. You're making
something OF fool Of yourself and
only when you find yourself de-
serted by all your friends and prob
ably by this young man, too, will
you realize how silly you have
been. Get down to earth and for
get all this nonsense.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02

man of the same age as l am, whom
l love very dearly. for two years.
About year ago / met young
man with whom / was very much
impressed, after seeing him a few
times, but upon learning that he
was a gambler and a drinker, / de-
ctded to give him up.
The first young man has often
told me that he loves me, but cam
not ask me to marry him, because
he does not make enough to sup
port US, and he is now only making
a few dollars more a week than
when / met him. The other young
man who asked me to marry him
has told me that he will stop drink
ing and gambling If will keep
company with him. / will say that
l do not think I could ever love
this boy as well as love the other
one and / do not think he would
make as good husband
Shall I give UP the boy I love and
try to learn to love the other one.
or continue waiting for the one
love to make more money, which
seems will never come? c. J.
II the young gambler can quit
his vices, why not suggest that he
do SO regardless OF whether you
accept his attentions or not? When
he has done 30 over a sufficiently
long and definite period will be
time enough for you to consider
him as a friend. If you wait until
he does, Pm Of the opinion that
1t will be even longer than it will
take the other boy to make enough
money to marry one. Money ac-
cumulates much faster than bad
habits disappear.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
This Young Girl Is Making
Her Own Difficulties.
!, MISS FAIRFAX:

bEAR Miss Allkr IA.
Six months ago / met brilliant
young scientist at dinner given
in his honor. Since that time / have
had scarcely any peace of mind.
He seemed to be interested in me
and asked IL he might call and 1
gave him permission. That very
first evening he seemed to exercise
an influence over me, an influence
that seems to grow stronger and
stronger with each meeting and /
am very much frightened.
Perhaps. before I go any further
]. might better give you an idea as
to the real character of the writer.
I have always been noted for be-
ing courteous. obliginR and have
always had a host Of friendA l am
twenty-four, have fair education
and am, as rule, not ahected by
the decisions OF others.
Now, this young man calls on me
almost every evening and lots Of
time. / want to say mo- when he
asks me to make an engagement.
but / cannot ] have practically
lost all my friends through him. He
doesn't like them and when he
gees me with them makes me say
things to them that 7 had never
dreamed OF saying. 1t Is just as
though his very personality enters
into my own and II is really he who
is speaking to them, not I. try
to shake or that feeling and cannot.
] have heard older men than he say
that young Ws'' surely gives one
an uncanny feeling when he looks
at one. l really hate him. hate him
when I am away from him, but
there is always that compelling
force that makes me see him again
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Can You Guess Right Once In
Thirty-seven Times?

You would hardly think that philosopher whose
studies of death have been the profound any mod
ern thinker would find bulldog the appealing object
for his affections.
You would think it strange if man known for the
beauty and imagery of his poetry would find nothing in
music either to interest entertain.
You would not expect symbolst who had written
rotousy of love and of the human passions to turn his
pen to the graphic story that been written
Of an insect
You would scarcely expect who had reduced the
whole population of the world into little group of blind
people and vsuazed the worlds great of disbelief by
scene in play to find compelling interest in the posi-
bilities of winning money at Monte Carlo
But these strange contradictions these nexpcable op
postes Of taste and performance the characteristics of
one Of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of century
When Mirbeau called Maurice Maeterlinck "The Bel
gian Shakespeare he did not do in frenzy of admira
ton but after close study of the greatest writing genius
now contributing to the worlds literature.
Maeterlnck has written something for everybody In
his Le Of the Bee he has told with wealth of beau
fu and imaginative expression of twenty years expert
ence with of the most interesting forms of animal
istence In The Intruder he has sybozed death with
vivdness attained by other writer. He has written
tribute to the science of boxing that classic and penned
in Mans Friend the Dog of the greatest eulogies
ever paid to dumb beast.
he has written of the soul is in the and as he
thinks viii be in the hereafter he has written of war and
OF peace OF love and OF hate and every subject he has
graced with felicity of expression and charm of word
association that fails to add beauty his thoughts
It is strange perverseness which turns the mind and
pen Of this great writer to the ntcaces of the gambling
table Monte Carlo and leads him to discuss the question
OF whether you can be sure Of guessing right in thirty
seven times.
Yet his discussion in the November number of Hearsts
OF the laws of chance of the systems of gamblers
Of the possibilities Of winning and the certainty of losing
= written with the exquisite choice of words with
which he would decorate a spiritual subject.
Whether read to discover whether there any way of
cheating chance by the discovery of its laws studied as
example of writing by who has mastered language
md originated style this latest output of the Belgian
author is q characteristic endeavor
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

say that / was one OF those destroyer
soos tten years ssrvice). The boys
on the Tin Boats" did not have Q
clneh. / hsve yet to zee . destroyss
mat is dry at sea. not counting the
Irish sea or any OF that class.
L am in favor Of a bonus and 90 are
the real service men. "The Veterans
OF Foreign wars," who assemble at
Pythtsn Temple the second and
fourth Mondays Of the month Ten
Mr.. Gobbie to come down and look us
over. II he has seen foreign service
we would be only TOGO glad to well
come him into our bunch
JAMES +. BALLOON. u. S. ~
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Urges Labor Board.

After much reflection upon the
economic and Industrial conditions In
our country, past present. ana prOS-
pective. I am convinced we will Rev.
er have social rest and industrial
pesce until there 10 devised soms
practicable plan for the compulsory
arbitration snd settlement OF differ
ences between labor and ~spital. and
the enforcement Of the finding anS
decree OF the arbitrstory upon ths
nsrties to the dispute. In fact ra-
less something is done 10 this end 70
IL within the realm OF prohsblu,y
that the day is not far distant vh -
our Institutions may be wrecked, anA
our lard drenched with the blood q
internecine strife
ALEXANDER SIDNEY IANfn
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Di~<Nie &uAoo <tlLeE M
1 am a widow of thirty-six, and
have as one of my friends q young
man of twenty-five, who il very
fond of me and never ceases to beg
me to marry him. 1 don't look my
age, at least, no one ever thinks I
am that old. and he could be taken
for older than he is very easily.
but 1 don't feel that it would be
the proper thing to do. But don't
seem to be able to make him see 1t
that way. He has been perfectly
lovely to me and there is not one
other fault / can find in him.
Do you think 1t would be doing
the right thing to him by accepting
him, or should I Just continue to be
his friend. ] do not say that I am
in love with him, but I do like and
respect him more than any other
man. BEWILDERED.
The very fact that you are not
in love with the young man ought
to answer the question for you in
the negative. In addition, fourteen
years difference in ages when 1t
is to the disadvantage OF the woni-
an Is usually fatal. In less than
ten years you will look your age
while the young man will look very
little older than he does today. Most
young men fall in love with an
older woman. If she rejects him
she does him kindness for which
he will be grateful to his dying
day. II she accepts she makes her
own funeral pyre and usually
wrecks his life. Be his good friend
and tell him to wait until the girl
of his own generation arrives.
Five years from now he will rise
up aad call you blessed.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Once-OVers
Copyright. 1919. International Feature Service, 1,
MAYBE THERE is A TIDY HUSBAND SOMEWH

Servic
MAYBE THERE is A TIDY HUSBAND SOMEWHERE
J. j. MUNDY.
Say, old what lot of work you your wife, way
throw your things and clothing about.
Why put everything belongs you take
it off! ~ ~ ~ wv ~
Every good has place different
her husbands wearing and
belong 80
Why not be a help, a hndrance
Don't know that while she taking straighen
table crooked
important she cannot do anything improve
mind she do other work?
companion7 " -
Have heart, old man. have a heart
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Surprise Your Friends
by Refusing To De
An Easy Mark.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am eighteen years OF age. rather
good looking. dress well, fair edu-
cation, good home. Having all
these advantages you will probably
say that l ought to be happy. But
that is not the case with me. The
fact is j have no friends. real
friends, ] mean. Although a great
many people call themselves my
friends, l on the other hand do not
The Washington times., 1919-12-02

Drive! Drive! Drive! There is .
drive for everything under the sun
except taking wounded, sick. con-
valescent soldiers and sailors out for
a ride. Time was when the whole
city was crazy on doing something
for Walter Reed and Naval Hospital
and st. Elizabeth's patients. But
that's gone; and we're back at the
old job of trying to do our neighbors
out Of all we can get.
After reading the dramatic criti-
cism of abraham Lincoln" / am
tempted to wonder whether anyone
except FRANK MORSE realized
that John Drinkwater has inserted a
perfectly fictitious character into
the cabinet of 1851.
Reminds me of the movie of
Romeo and Juliet" containing a
character that Shakespeare had over
looked.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Not DRY on Destroyers.

do not look at the bonus question
in the same light as Ex-Gob, al
though ! think that Dough Boy has
lust a few criticisms coming on his
article. He says that Cob no doubt
was on a destroyer where everything
was nice and dry. etc. Just let me
The Washington times., 1919-12-02

Another was Will Cressy, beyond
the fighting age, but full Of the
spirit of adventure and imbued with
that genius which makes men work
"a hours day. He led a unit which
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Better to Marry on
Little Money Than on
Ga milling and Driuh;r1,>

MY DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
am twenty years old and have
been keeping company with a young
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
French Wives! LA6k!

I request you 10 kindly publiA
his letter at the bottom of the ~
page Of your paper, where fo1Ia1r
soldiers have become accustoansd -
look for items Of interest 10 them.
] have in view the bringint to.
gether of the French wives of for
mer A. E. F. members. Il would Be-
joy to these girls to have 4 little
circle all af their own, 10 speak in
their mother tongue, to talk Of the
land Of the birth, and etc.
] was married in France, q yeAf
ago, and have made my home with
my wife in Washington.
] would like to hear from former
A. E. F. men, who live with their
French wives in Washington, and
learn their views along this lire and
to make arrangement for this circle.
A. Z. FORCE,
General Delivery,
WASHINGTON n n
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
HE ARD A ND SEEN

went up and down the lines n
France giving shows rndsr misefa-
bic conditions: bot never IoainG the
smile and the pep which was t}sns-
mitted to the Ameriean boys. who
fought better, shot straightsr, han
died the baypnet better because thoir
morale was quickened by such frisndb
as the actors.
These stage friends sold hpoAs,
stamps and recruited men 10 ea1
forces. The whole stage went % var
against the Kaiser.
Now comes q big committse ~
business men TO commemorate ~
services Of the stAGx people.
On Friday you will posefbly her
something about il in the the6tefs-
also possibly in the newspapers. In
other cities big memorial perforsu-
ances are being given under hni-
ness mems auspices-as substantial
contributions to the memorial fund
which is the charity eonducsDd ~
actors under the executive directioo
of Daniel Frohman. Here in WASH
inRton performances ars bang plan
ned for a day in January BY busiAsD
men headed by COL R0BT. N.
HARPER.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02

Hundreds of actors left the stage
to serve under arms. One we all
know and honor here in Washing
ton was Everett Butterfeld, wound
ed. decorated for gallantry in ac-
ton: and honored for splendid serv-
ice behind the lines after the Ger
mans had knocked him out of fight
ing trim.
The Washington times., 1919-12-02
Actors Memorial Day.

Thousands of men and women all
over the United States will do a
friendly turn next Friday to pro-
fession which has big share in the
honor of keeping up Americas mo-
rale during the war and afterwards.
Next Friday is q day set apart by
big committee of business men
and will be known as Actors Memo
rial Day. 1t will simply be a date
on the calendar on which we can
remember the service rendered bv
our friends across the footlights.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-11
INCOME TAN OFFICIALS
WILL PROTECT SECRETS
OF BOOTLEGGER INCOME

Washington, March TO- - Business
losses Of gamblers, moonshiners, boot
loggers and other participants in lille
sal practices are deductable from gross
Incomes in determining net income
subject to tax. The internal revenue
Iecidcd the question today in passing
upon inquiries from professional gam
blers in New York, Chicago, Boston and
other cities and a lone query of n
southern eNmoonshiner.
The bureaus attitude is that from
AN Illegal business is taxable and losses
i'm connection with this business are
deductable, but not to an extent eX-
ceedng earnings from the business
Tax collectors, according TO this atti-
ude, are concerned with collecting rev
cnue, and not prosecuting Illegal bust
ness. Consequently they will regard
as confidential any disclosures Of H.
legal source of income.