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The Washington times., 1919-04-11

DLEASE do not regard the
young soldier who is Just
back from France, with sixty
dollars in his pocket, as an un-
worked gold mine in whah you
propose to sink a shaft ana haul
up all your pet caprices.
If you care anything about the
boy, you ought to help him against
his besetting sin of extravaganza.
And ii you don't care anything
about nim, it's shame to exploit
a lad who has been risking his
life fighting for you.
In any case, do not be a polite
harpy who takes, takes, takes, like
the daughter Of the horse leech
mentioned in Holy Writ. Or if
you do happen to have these ac-
quisitive talents, try them out on
your civilian friends who have
not been away from the glitter and
glare and music for such a long
time as the soldier, and who are
on the whole fairer game.
To a soldier boy just back from
France, the lure of luxury is
doubly strong after the hardships
Of the trenches and the rough
billeting to which he has been ac-
customed.
Don't let Him Spend Too Much.
And he is apt to blow in" the
last cent he has to hear the music,
see the lights and pal about with
a pretty girl once more. Only II
the pretty girl happens to be nice
as we'll, she won't let him spend
too much.
To fleece a returning soldier Is
a good deal like taking the candy
from a child, only worse, because
the child is likely to be better off
without his candy, and the soldier
isn't at all likely to be better off
without his money. And before
the young doughboy gets back his
old job, or gets shaken down into
a new one, he is likely to require
every nickel he can muster.
So if you feel that his safe re-
turn demands a celebration, please
don't let it take the form of
squandering that pitiful sixty dol
lars; if much spending is to be
done, contrive to do a share of it,
A great many of the girls who
tacitly encourage extravaganza on
the part of returning soldiers are
wage earners themselves, and they
know from the handling and
manipulation of a pay envelope,
the value of money. But perhaps
they have never unselfshly
thought of the matter in the terms
of cold cash before. and that is
why l am putting it into words for
them now.
But selfish and unselfsh alike,
they all seem to expect when they
60 out with returning soldier, to
The Washington times., 1919-04-11

make some sort of . Roman holi-
day out Of the expedition, with
Sammy paying all the bills. And
we know how far "out" it is pos
sible to 90, these days, without
spending jingling succession Of
dimes, quarters, or even dollars.
Share Expenses OF Entertaining.
Please do not understand me as
suggesting for q moment the re-
nouncing Of all social life; moth
ing is farther from my mind. But
don't you think It would be kinder,
more tactful, economical and
many more things besides, If five
or six Of you girls who have SOL
der sweethearts would get to-
gether "in bunch" and, boys and
girls alike, share the expense Of
the entertainment?
What could be more delightful
than a little outing, after business
hours, these early spring even
tngs? The boys might act as a
finance committee on transporta-
tion and pay for the trolley or
railroad fare, and the girls could
be responsible for the supper.
There are more than fifty-seven
varieties of sandwiches, not ex-
pensive, and also wholesome and
appetizing. And there is potato
and various other combinations of
vegetable salads-that may be Sc
curely packed in cartons-that are
good and also filling. And there
is the humble baked bean, excel
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
Beatrice Fairfax Problems and Pitfalls of the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

q bit heavy looking. No, she was
not the type that some one wittily
called "a cafe bag" to pun on the
famous breakfast drink, a year or
two ago. But she was the type
that slouches sullenly in her chair
till the food comes in.
The boys attempts at conversa-
ton were a failure after the meal
was ordered, and the girl did the
ordering. The soldier didn't seem
to know much about selecting a
dinner, but his companion had un-
abridged talents in this direction.
Finally, the iced little necks came
in, and the charmer wolfed them in
silence. Next. there was a great
thick steak, with hashed brown
potatoes, peas, and an asparagus
tip salad, a very fluffy dessert,
and black coffee.
AS the feast progressed, she
reused herself sufficiently to COM
ment on the band and the food. Of
which she approved, but she SEEM
ed dull, heavy, and uninspiring,
and doubtless she had read in some
copy book of childhood that
"silence is goldNn." Later they
danced, and sucA intelligence as
the girl boasted appeared to be in
her toes, for she danced very well
indeed.
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Soldiers.
But as l looked at the heroic
''near-child" with his honorable
chevron on his arm, and his por-
terhouse consuming dancing part
ner, I felt as If a society for the
prevention of cruelty to soldiers
ought to have been incorporated
on the spot, and some one should
have taken the necessary steps to
keep that boy from squandering
seven or eight dollars on what
appeared to be such a melancholy
evening.
He probably knew no one else
in town and suggested a little
blowout to some chance acquaint-
ance who took him to the most ex-
pensive restaurant she could think
OF, and appeared to be wholly un-
aware that she was doing anything
selfish or greedy.
l believe that a general revival
Of the Dutch treat" system would
result in better and more whole
some times all around among
young people. And if a dozen
girls would take a stand on this
subject, and let 1t be understood
that they do not expect or desire
young men-either soldiers or
civilisns-to drain the last penny
in their pockets on them, be-
lieVe the result would be eminent
ly satisfactory. And just think
what bellies such girls would be-
come.
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HELPING SOLDIERS TO SPEND.

lent either hot or cold. and there
is coffee or lemonade, according
to the thermometer, that may be
carried in thermos bottles.
And lastly, there is also the
spring time, the time Of fruit bios
SONS, and the lovely green Of
young grass and leaves, and there
is youth and the glorious times
that come only with youth. And
next day, after an outing like this,
there is the comfortable and hon
est feeling that you have not made
some nice soldier or sailor boy who
has got to take root again, spend
his last cent on you. And if it is
still too cool for spring picnics,
there is the fudge party. or Welsh
rabbit party, or some other kind
Of a chafng dish concoction to
be made at home. And there is
always the humble movie" and
the ice cream soda fountain.
The Cause of This HOmiIy.
Perhaps this homily on what l
am going to call, "Doughboy
Economies is inspired by a
scene happened to witness in a
fashionable restaurant the other
evening. At table adjoining the
one where 1 sat, was a youngster
who could not have been a day
over twenty, and as he crowded
his trench cap into his pocket, l
noticed that he had a red chew
ron on his sleeve. The girl with
him looked older, was pretty, and
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WELL! WELL! HERE'S A CHAP
THAT'S TRYING TO STEAL
GEORGE HARRIES AWAY
FROM HIS HOME TOWN.

Earl B. Gaddis, secretary to Sen
ator Hitchcock, has this to say;
Some alert Washington newspaper
man has already claimed for this
CITY the ownership of General George
Harries, the first American general
to enter Berlin, and Colonel ClsI-
ence Culver, the producer Of the
wonderful "ground-to-plane" tele-
phone talks. Nebraska, however, has
a claim here and we're hardly will
ing to make it even "hfty-hfty" with
you.
"Here are the ice-cold facts: Gen
eral Harries was appointed from
Nebraska-as commander Of the na-
tional guard brigade Nebraska sent
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
ONCF OVFpC TWO ROADS
O4NOG-ON IAOkO TO SUCCESS

There two methods Of arriving standpoint
Of time consumed
method involves
preparation, the other method is
There things TO avoid by either method
In the thorough
up by and formulas an overdose of
which produces deadly hsrg fatal
which must at times put accomplishment top"
IN the shorter intensive there is danger that the physical
condition OF and
bounds for the top and complete breakdown results.
But whichever chosen look out for essentials
Der that much depends the teacher, ..
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
HEARD AND SEEN

Wont you say a word in regard
to rushing along the work on the
new public golf course N Potomac
Park?
There is no healthier sport for the
hundreds Of working people, young
and old, who are compelled to remain
here during the long summer months.
The present links are q disgrace
to our National Capital. They are
i'll kept, too small to accommodate
the people who 20 there.
Other cities with half the popu-
lation Of the District boast Of large
and well kept links. 1t would be
appreciated very much by the large
majority Of people who play gon
and cannot afford club membership
If they would speed up this work and
get these links ready for use.
C. z. MURPHY.
TIT 10th St n. W.
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xsy ewes but eyes that see the surface nothing below
like the mysterious penetrating rays we could see
THROUGH the bones, the Crnky skull with Its inter-
eng seams and all the rest how gruesOme we should look
to each other.
Marriages would all be made in Heaven none of them
On earth. We should all look too ugly.
But wise Providence limits in million directions,
giving Us what we need make useful and efficient here
and nothing unnecessary.
We cannot see coos below the red or above the violet
Insects probably others We cannot detect sound except
within narrow range We the bloom the cheek,
not the bone inside Of it. We see the pretty graveyard
with the green grass and the flowers but do not know what
happened to the individual who went In there
We see the baby, just arrived chewing its fist in the
cradle but don't know whence it came what it doing
before It got here.
And it is ali for the best. :@'->'>'
This is written to answer reader who asks, 'What
part should yOu say that the editorial plays in
paper?"
This little picture answers the question
The editorial IN newspaper, it - "a editorial which
usually ISN'T plays In that Newspaper the part that the
sstOn and particularly the backbone plays in the anat
Omy and the activity Of the young lady n this picture.
She doesn't show It, her young man doesn't know it,
thSWorld at large doesn't know it. but the most important
thing about her. that which makes her stand up and go
through life well balanced on her two feet is the bonv
structure and particularly that BACKBONE.
The young who doesn't know it really sdmires her
8the backbone admres her because she is vertebrate
Ehat Is to say, one having spinal column.
Without it she would lie fat the ground could not
stand up, could not walk could not crawl along
Beautiful hair and eyes and color would all go for nothing
without the backbone
So inquhng reader it is with the newspaper and the
Pdsorid column. The editorial column is the spinal
column.
the newspaper has got it, it is vertebrate If it
hasn't got itand newspapers usually haven't-it is a
molusk The mousk is good to eat, leads prosperous
cheerful life quite often. But it is a moIusk
In the newspaper in the human being the backbone
OF editorial column makes the thing stand up and walk and
gives it its power
In this charming young person. as you can see at
glance the skeleton is by far the least attractive part It
cannot be compared with long curly hair pink cheeks red
lips sparkling eyes, But is necessary than those
The newspapers backbone, when it happens to be a
newspaper with backbone is perhaps the least attractive
part the least pleasing It does compare with the
womans page the continued story the fashion page the
comic page; but it is THE BACKBONE
While there many newspapers so few of them are
eebrates that you count them the fingers of vour
fWo hands in the United States.
Ask yourself or your friend "What newspaper do Won
know that you call vertebrate? What newspaper ed
tOal column have you heard anybody dscuss? See
how answers get.
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
This By Blair Spencer.

Shortly before the signing Of the
armistice, a dyspeptie looking in.
dlVldual, wearing unusually large
tortoise shell goggles, strolled into
q recruiting office.
II want to enlist in the navy and
fight the Germans" said the visitor.
Sergeant Kelly" the officer d.
rected, take this young man and
put him through the sight test."
Kelly carried the would-be re-
eruit into an adjoining room.
please read this" said Kelly
holding up a large cardboard with
different sized letters on IL The
applicant was at the other end Of
the room.
Cant see a thing" said the chap.
Advance ten PAGES. Now can you
read it," yelled Kelly.
"Not a line" replied the youth.
Kelly's patience was exhausted.
What do you expect to do to those
Germans, kiss them? ?" queried the
recruiting sergeant.
Flabbergasted. the youth picked
up his cane, adjusted his goggles,
and dashed out Of the recruiting
Office.
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
Dry Tonic.

Dry Tonic.
2 quarts cracked corn.
4 lbs. brown sugar.
2 lbs. dried peaches
2 yeast cakes.
2 lemons.
2 gallons water.
Cook three hours; put in ksR an
set from 6 to 8 days.
The Washington times., 1919-04-11

into this war in August, 1917. he
was then living at Omaha, where he
had established himself splendldly
with the business men end patriots.
So we claim him. But Ws recognise
that Washington miEht dispute this.
And Colonel Cuiver-Why, be vas
reared at MiIford, Nshrasla, where
his dear old dadAy. M friend Cen
eral Culver, still lives. He attended
our state university and considers
that state his home for AL time, no
matter how far away be may stray.
II this doesn't suffice III tell you
what III do-In leave it to the two
officers themselves. And / won't
fear q moment but what they'll both
come out strong for the old Corn
husker domain"
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
THE FTRST DAY OF THE WEEK.

THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
For the information Of F. c.:
The calendar is correct, as Sunday
Is the first day Of the week, not the
seventh. The literal Sabbath Of the
Fourth Commandment Is Saturday,
the seventh day, 1. E., from sundown
Friday to sundoWn Saturday, the
period kept by the ancient Hebrews.
In the restricted sense, Sunday can
hardly be called the Sabbath, but Is
more generally known as the lord s
day, from the term used In the Apo
caiyptic writing, and is observed
mainly to commemorate the Resur-
rection, as we'll as to fulfill the
spirit of the Fourth Commandment.
Sunday has been almost universally
kept in the Christian Church since
321 A. D., when Constantine the
Great gave It the weight Of his Of
fetal sanction over the seventh day.
However, several Christian denomi-
nations observe the seventh day, and
the jews still cling to their ancient
Sabbath. For further information
F. C. might consult the articles
SUNDAY" Sabbath" "Decalogue,
and "Epistle of Barnabas," in the
En- syclopaedia Britannica c. c.
Where are all the kind-hearted
people who use to stop for the poor
girls when the cars were too crowd
ed to stop. Are they all gone back
to their home towns and taken their
autos along with them? Or is it that
because Of the Almost-Peace-com-
ing that they think the poor tired
girls do not have to get to work
any more.
/ must say one thing when I see
all the empty rear seats in an auto,
with a fat well-fed man in the front
I feel like / would just love to yell
ont .'slacker!" Instead just drag
INV tired feet down the street to-
wards my destination, saying The
6rst hundred years is the hardest!
A WAR-WORKER.
The Washington times., 1919-04-11
MITCHELL,
FRIEDMAN,

MITCHELL ]. FRIEDMAN,
whose Office is in the Union Trust
building, can tell YOU the day of the
week for any day you mention. !
gave him January "a, 1881. and he
snapped out Monday" in about tive
seconds.
l guess he's right. Anyacx. he
was very serious.
The Washington times., 1919-04-11

GEORGE o'CoNNoR says thst
while he was visiting the Bishop Of
st. Augustine that one Of The
bishops servants mistook Mr..
O'Connor for John Mccormack.
When his mistake was explained
he passed it OF by saying:
'YaSsah, / knoWed It was one Of
them great singers"
Having business with Commander
Evangeline Booth Of the Salvation
Army in Baltimore Sunday, ! took
out my two gallon silk hat and WorO
1t over to the City Of Awful StreetA
While there had dinner at the
Emerson and leaving this precious
silk hat of mine with the hat check
girl at the main dining room door,
/ seemed to create q sensation:
Say Mister" she said in q loud
voice "Whereja come from thatch8
wear q hat like this?'
The diamond drill., 1919-03-29
HOW CAN YOU TELL YOUR
EAv0RITE TOBACCO?
As Plain as the Nose on Your
Face-JuSt Smell II

Smokers do not have to put tobacco
in their pipes TO find out if they like il.
They can just rub the tobacco between
the palms OF their hands and smell il.
The nose is an infallible guide to smok-
ing enjoyment.
All smoking tobaccos employ some
flavoring ito improve the favour and
burning qualities of the leaves, to
quote the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Naturally, there is considerable differ
ence in the kind of favorings used, and
the nose quickly detects this difference.
TUXEDO Tobacco uses the purest,
most wholesome, and delicious OF all
flavorings-chocolate And the almost
universal liking for chocolate in great
measure explains the widespread popu-
larity Of TUXEDO Tobacco.
Carefully aged, old Burley tobacco.
plus dash OF pure chocolate, gives
TUXEDO Tobacco a pure fragrance
your nose can quickly distinguish from
any other tobacco. Try it and see.
The diamond drill., 1919-03-29

hereof, the said plaintiff cause mo-
tice OF this order to be published in
The Diamond Drill, newspaper
printed, published and circulating In
said county OF Iron, and that such
publication be continued once in each
week for six successive weeks, or
that she cause copy OF this order to
be served personally on said non-res-
ident defendant, at least twenty days
before the time above prescribed for
his appearance: And II is Further Or
dered that the said plaintiff cause a
copy of this order TO be mailed to
said defendant at his last known post
Office address, by registered mail, and
return receipt demanded at least
thirty days before the time herein
prescribed for the appearance OF the
defendant.
A. FRANK DIXON,
Circuit Court Commissioner.
II. NJ. Pelham,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Business address: Mar22-6t
Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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ministration Of said estate be granted
to Tony b. Wall or to some other suit
able person.
II is Ordered. That the fourteenth
day of April, A. d., 1919, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon. at said probate ONCE.
be and is hereby appointed for hearing
said petition;
II Is Further Ordered. That public
notice thereof be given by publication
OF a copy OF this order. once each
week for three successive weeks prev
ious to said day OF hearing. in The
The diamond drill., 1919-03-29
LEGAL NOTICE.

State of Michigan. The Circuit
Court for the County OF Iron IN
.CHANCERy
At a session OF said court held at
the Court House. in the City OF Crys-
tai Falls, In said County. on the 18th
day OF March, A. d., 1919.
Present: The Hon. Richard G.
Flanagan, circuit judge.
Mildred May Leader,
Plaintiff,
vs.
william c. Leader.
Defendant
COUNTY OF IRON: S.
& In this cause, II appearing by affi-
davit on file, that the defendant. Will
liam G. Leader Is not resident OF
the State OF Michigan, but is resi-
dent OF the state OF Ohio; that Chan
Gerry Summons, to appear and answer
was duly issued in this cause, but
could not be served upon the said
William c. Leader, by reason that the
said William c. Leader, Is not resi-
dent OF this state.
On motion OF M. II. Moriarty, attor-
ney for the plaintiff, it is ordered that
the appearance of the said defendant,
William G. Leader, be entered in this
cause within three months from the
date OF this order; that in case OF
lis appearance, he cause his answer
to the Bill OF Complaint, to be filed
herein, and a copy thereof served up
on the attorney for the plaintiff with
in fifteen days after service upon him
or his attorney, or the Bill OF Com
plaint, and In default thereof, that said
bill be taken as confessed by the said
defendant, William C. Leader.
1t is further ordered, that the said
Plaintiff, cause this order to be pub
iished in the Diamond Drill, news
laper printed. published, and circulat-
ing in said County, and that such
publication be commenced within
twenty days from the date OF this or
der, and that such publication be
continued therein, once in each week
for six weeks in succession, or that
the said plaintiff. cause copy OF said
order to be personally served on the
said defendant, William c Leader, al
least twenty days before the time
above prescribed for his appearance
A. FRANK DIXON,
Circuit Court Commissioner
Examined, countersigned and enter
ed by me:
M. A. DAWSON, Dep. Clerk
M. II. MORIARTY,
Attorney for Plaintiff. Mchl5-6
Business address: Crystal Falls
Michigan.
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appointment Of Administrator.

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court
for the County OF Iron.
At session OF said court, held at
the Probate Office in the city of Crys-
tai Falls. in said county, on the 18th
day of March. A. d., 1919. Present.:
Fred +. Murphy, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Rosa
Lee, deceased.
Charles Lee having filed in said
court a petition praying that the ad-