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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-04-18
tanned i'll the Western He1ni-
sphere If it fails The Eastern

tanned in the Western Heni-
sphere if It fas Eastern
Hemisphere. And WREN we look
candidly at American political
life, we see that the two old
parties are inadequate to the
task of reconstruction. There
is no inherent difference be-
tween the Democratic party and
the Republican party. Both are
bankrupt of constructive ideas.
Elections have not for a long
time been fought between them
on fundamental economic is
sues, but rather on personalities
and inconsequential details. And
what is true of the two old part
les is true of the political
thought of the country at large.
America has drifted forward in
to a new economic era, with the
basic issues that concern it's
daily life undiscussed, underlined,
and undetermined. But now
there is no escaping these is
sues. Labor will not permit it..
Deep and searching questions
must be answered. Wrongs must
be righted. Open sores must be
dressed and healed. There must
be clear thinking, candid ex-
preston, wise judgment, and
brave action. Americas true
genius for politics must find
vent in a movement dedicated to
sound and constructive radical
ism.
A New Alignment Is Inevitable
So the new political align
ment, based on fundamental
economic issues, is bound to ap-
pear. The Bourbon Democrats
and reactionary Republicans will
join forces for the protection of
their vested interests and eco
nomic privileges. The working
classes will meet on a radical
of economic reform.
The Independent fringe in the
two old parties will be absorbed
by one or the other of these
vital new movements. For al
most the first time in the history
of America, there will be a po-
Iitical division between con-
and radicals. For al
most the first time in the history
Of America, elections will be
fought on fundamental issues.
It will be a healthy thing for the
political, social, and economic
ife of the country.
This political realignment is
in progress of formation.
Led by the Chicago Federation
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raised a flaming sign, but it was
not needed. The war went on;
fand the economic structure Of
society has been ruined past any
redemption in terms Of the old
order. The bills are too stag
gering to be paid The whole
world is trembling on the brink
of revolution. America is not
! immune.
And what is happening in diff
ferent degree everywhere is
what should have happened
! slowly during the past fifty
years through the fundamental
| modification of the old political
forms. The invisible govern
ment is being made the visible
government. The Russian revo-
luton led the way with a COM
plete scrapping of the old poll
tical arrangements and the ele-
vation of the economic control
to the position of direct and res
ponsible government. But Rus
sia had a Unique set of econo-
mic and social fundamentals;
the revolution is not likely to
take the same outright course
elsewhere. 1t will be none the
less an economic revolution. In
England, guild socialism and the
shop stewards movement show
the trend. If the old political
forms resist too blindly, labor
becomes impatient and thinks Of
direct action; it knows now the
lesson that the war brought
home-that the old political
forms maintain their tenancy
only On sufferance, and that the
real political power rests in the
hands of those forces which
control the life processes of the
land. If Parliament were to at
tempt to stand against the triple
labor alliance in England, Par
lament would fall. Unless Par
lament can find way to open
it's doors to the forces repre-
sented in the great industrial
conference recently called by |
Lloyd George, those forces very
soon will take over the functions
of Parliament. The situation
everywhere is too pressing to
admit of delay or evasion. I'm
less the real economic rule can
be merged with the old political
forms, it will set up a new poll
tics of it's own.
The Old Order Must Go
What happens to the world
will happen to us in America;
the old order cannot be main
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-04-18
Start on Right Path.

With the almost numberless oppor-
tuni+:es for good and for evil that
city life presents, it is for each one,
and especially for every young per-
son, to choose at first which path he
will pursue, which current to carry
him along.-Philadelp Ledger.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-04-18
HEADLINE JINGLES
BY ROBERT H. WEIGH, JR.

nO0Gnf n. WEICH, JR.
No matter what we try to learn
'Tis easier in verse;
In rhyme we ay our baby prayers,
We learn what month has thirty days
And cen might know in time
Much more arithmetic if we
Could multiply in rhyme.
So we have made a simple psy-
Geological deduction
Don't try to find out what this means
It's just an Introductory
That folks who hate to read the news
Would count it in their pleasures
If they could have it sung to them
In seVen-footed measures
Therefore We'll tell each week the news
Of nation, state, and city,
And not because we like the work,
But mostly out of pity; "
The ignorance of some of us
Is surely most appalling,
We undertake to educate
Without excessive CALLING.
s%5ss.sIa
IL SOGI11S ludI anu Italy
Are much inclined to gorge;
We'd soon lose hope at their demands
If twon't for Lloyd George;
However large the storm may rise,
The ever-sure result is
He still declares that there remain
But minor difficulties.
IL
=, II11~@,1o hoV no TnT %
though
She wants a bit too much,
But Italy just waited to see
Which side was best to touch,
Then fought the war for conquest, and
Shed give the Germans Asia,
And sign herself to any cause
That offered her Dalmatia.
Each. week We're told that we'll have
Before the next is spent, '-@s
1t brings to mind the way we treat
The man who gets the rent.
They put US off, We'll grant it's hard
To settle all the scores.
But should we treat the landlord so,
He'd turn us out of doors.
The President is coming home
At least he says he might
If folks in France don't hustle up,
He'll do it just for|spite.
The way we change the subject We'll
Admits a bit surprising,
But we'd almost forget to tell
That gasoline was rising.
The Philippines, the papers say,
Are wanting Independence.
If they attempt to rule themselves,
We wouldn't offer ten cents
Insurance on the whole concern;
There'1l be bunch of wrecks to show |
To tell the truth we just don't want
Another neighbor Mexico. |
The way the spring has blossomed out |
Doth make US feel poetic;
With writer's of spring poetry
We feel quite sympathetic, |
And other silly nonsense,
And "eyes so true and skies so blue, |
We still are 10th to add unto |
The paper baskets contents. |
Inc 1OrIy udyS are almost SOIl0,
The time when all the piouS,
Refrain from moving picture shows
And other things that try u.s.;
We've grown quite tired by now of be-
Ing wiser and sadder men,
And those who are so good to-day
Will soon be bad again. !
And now we've got some drains to plow
Before the suns too high,
f anybody wants the job,
We wish that he'd apply,
SO we could write more verses, it's
A shame the way they work us,
But still the dough will help to buy
A ticket to the circus.
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pOAASASc1A PO"OA 10 "A1CICh LII q
tacit but binding surrender. The
real rule of the modern world
the power which makes or
breaks nation, which directs
the creative energies of a cul-
ture, which determines the de-
velOpment and destiny of a peo-
ple-is vested in forms econo-
mic rather than political. These
constitute the invisible govern
ment which lies behind the visi-
BILE government of the old poll
tical forms; they rule the world
for profit, without a social
sense; they rule the world for
the benefit of a special class of
investors and stockholders, rath-
er than in the interests of the
whole community. The old po-
litica1 forms remain fundament-
ally unchanged. From time to
time they have suffered mOdifi-
cation, under the pressure of
drastic events; but never have
they failed to resist the trend of
society, never have they dis
closed a spirit of cooperation
with human endeavor, never
have they kept pace with the
swift development of the new
business system.
Aggressiveness Of Labor The
Logical Sequence
Over against these new econ
onic forms, exercising the real
governmental functions Of mod
ern society, has grown in the in
dustrial field a system Of organ
lied check and protest, the in
visible opposition, as it were.
This is the political significance
Of the organization Of workers
everywhere during the rapid rise
of industrialism; they recog-
nized the necessity of an econ
omic opposition, the inadequacy
of the old political forms to fur
nish a proper check upon the
new governmental functions;
and the action was a healthy
sign of mans political sagacity.
If the, old political forms could
have been flexible enough to en-
compass the new economic Or
der, to ride the tidal wave of in
dustrialism, all would have been
well; the channels of political
activities would have run
smoothly, the workers would
have been satisfied with ade-
quate voice and representation
in the new industrial functions
of government, the community
instead of a special class would
have been profted, and the great
economic war would not have !
descended upon our civilization.
But those in control were too
selfish or too blind to render the
political machinery flexible, to
make the invisible government
the visible and responsible gov
or to conduct the eco
nomic system with any degree
Of social sense; and thus they
forced the workers to organize,
and brought about fatal divis-
ion between our political activi-
ties and the life processes Of our
society.
War And Failure To Read The
! Signs
Then came the great war in
Europe, as a direct result of this
fatal division-as a direct result
Of the inability Of a decadent
system to control the predatory
economic forces that actually
ruled the world. And then,
caught in the tolls of it's own
and irresponsibility,
was driven forward
% the point of economic exhaus-
,ion-was driven far beyond
hat point, in fact, under the
of war emotiona1ism
while the Governments that
had brought on the holocaust
we're equally incapable of stop
ping it. The Russian revolution II
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-04-18

Mr.. NYEGAARD is the new Farm,
Demonstration Agent for Camden
County. He is Holland Dutch, which
means that he is born asrieuiturist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31

WORK, by reliable colored couple in private
family boarding house neat cooks; stay
nights. CAN 78 Myrtle st. ne.
WORK by colored couple in private family;
stay night; willing TO leave city. 1911
11th st. NV. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31

SALESMAN Thoroughly ex-
|perieneed; for mems clothing
department, by large depart
ment store. One with executive
ability preferred; splendid OPP
Iportunity to one who qualities.
Address Box 226-C, Star Office.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

ADVERTISING does not count unless backed
up by real and successful business under ex-
this which accounts for the large number OF
business places sold through this once eacn
week. Inspect the following places. exclusively
'' Lnnchroom near Tth and G SITS. old estab-
lished rent. $o5: price. $1,000.
Ing north viii sacrifice at 81. 1000; rent. $50:
living rooms hot-water heat
sssss rent ra SIS ol al. rT e
Cigar and soft drinks. Pa ave-; rent, $3S;
opportunity for hustler price right
Light lunch. soda and eigan' owner leaving
LanehIoop; isth st spsn = e q "A nisAt'
'', Imchroom near 9th and sts price %. oco
Grocery, old-established corner living rooms
above; modern equipment: prios 10y:
business bargain at $4,000. .
Hotel. 90 rooms; owner states income 10
$1,000 per month; located do"nto~n' PRICE,
beautiful and exclusive rooming house near
18th and Mass. ave-: large Income; price,
Roominr house near 10th and Eye sts-; II
rooms price. $3.50; rent, $oS- Watch Tor our
A' MARSHALL business Brokers. e1s y. 7. ave-
ALL BUSINESS PLACES for sale OF wanted
can be closed through our ONCE. Can AZ oncs
business Brokers. III 18th.
BUsI&Ess PLACES our speeiaity. Befers
buying. selling or aoi7e : yTSl ~. biishsd
1896.
We now need for cash buyers rooming
houses hotels, lunchrooms. cigar. dehcaees-
sen, notion, dry goods. hardware. grocery.
new new YORK BUSINESS BROKERS. lxes 2.
FOR sALE-Generai country stere. % the
state road, L. miles from Balttmore. doing
profjtabie business; all modern convcniences.
sn ideal spot for the poultry business. win
running water: acres of land; terms y de-
o. Baltimore Co.. Nd. ..
FOR sALEESnaIl groceFy stnres nkee iocs-
t5on: eood businoas: other buginees b - roa-
500 e ceiling. A1Arsss Deg 2eS-G efnr -
fT0dK 6661x8 E4H61u16 60 .
IL 4sl6 - - - oS - y
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a, PRACTICAL truck me
-ciRnic; middle-age married man
preferred; to take charge of
s&age at night; steady posi-
ZION for right party; must be
stemperate and reliable; if not,
spsed not apply. Address Box
GOA. Star Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31
WANTED-HELP.
MGT,E-C0nfinue0.

MALE-COntinue4.
WANTED-For installation of
Two-Shift System; able-bodied
men for the
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Of the District of Columbia.
Bet. the ages of Fl and 81 years.
ADVANTAGES OF EMPLOYMENT:
Permanent Employment = 20
Days Annual Leave With Pay
Free Medical Attention-Sick
Leave With Pay-Free Street
r. r. Transportation - Pension
System.
For further information apply
at United States Employment
Service Bureau. 1910 Pa. ave.
NV, Washington. d. {.
WHITE BOY about IL years old for office and
errands. with bicycle preferred Apply Hugh H.
Hanger. POI G st. NV.
WHITE MAN to drive truck and deliver milk
Walker Gordon Laboratory. ZIG 18th ST NV .
YOUNG MAN TO drive laundry wagon. Apply
Frazee Potomac Laundry. 18th and D NV 81.
YOUNG MAN for Office work !;
must have knowledge OF stenog-
raphy and typewriting; good sal
airy, permanent position. P. J..
Nee Co. 9TH and H SITS. NV.
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FOUND.

COAT. lady's short, black. Apply 1880 sth st.
= nv l.
: -DoG-Female Airedaie, with tag. Apply
Animal Rescue League. $40 Md. ave. s.w
s STONE-Inquire
5 $50 l St. S.W. 31*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31
WANrED-HELP.
Observation-Disclosures.

YOUNG LADY For beauty
parlor; one who can do mani
curing, hairdressing, shampoo
ing, etc. Apply Beauty Parlor,
sd floor, Lansburgh & Bro,
9TH st.
Sic WEEKLY to begin with for
services of refined young lady to
assist cashier and answer tele-
phone. Apply 1880 L st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31

SALESMEN-To sell stock Of large manufac-
turing company recently Organized In this city
liberal commissions paid; leads" furnished;
sSxressive and Willing to work: e1perienee mot
absolutely necessary. Apply Room 4Ol, WASH
ington Loan and Trust bldg.
sALEsMAN for jewelry store; steady position.
Apply Adolph Kahn. 935 st. NV.
NV. Il
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES college wants capable
solicitor; good salary to hustler; experience
not necessary. Stewards Business College,
TAILORS wanted at the Washington barracks,
post exchange. Inquire post tailor. %
WATER, af Curb Lunch, 716 a Ct Ne, to
take ehaegs at night; VIII Pay 80 par week
WxNf1oloGSY1tl1s IT nh 8 u aoufS.
yanes cesuaxt q q. eee1s.etseA Aypay p.
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MALE.

kFOSTTION as radio aid at 81 o4 per diem
g1day, February 3rd we start two classes for
es1nners. one IN morning. the other at night.
: hid qualify you in about IA weeks for a gov
exnment license. FIRST grade commercial. No
Enlistment necessary; radio inspectors receive
81 zoo to $500: many operators needed: mer-
chant marine pays $l10 and up. with expenses;
Ne insure you very best instruction and prompt
1s4 1t you for positions. Largest radio school In
America; all practical government licensed in
1efectors. Service Radio School, 902 Pa. ave.
Phone Franklin 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-31

EXPERIENCED millinery maker; permanent
position: reasonable salary. Address Box ri
C., Star office. 2s
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MISSING YANK SOUGHT.

All available sources of information
are being employed to learn of the
whereabouts of Norman Nathaniel
Negley, twenty-one years old, vol
unteer in the Army. who was last
heard from by relatives in Pittsburgh
Pa, when they received an overseas
letter dated January IS, 1919. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Negley re-
side at 11S Shetland avenue, Pitts
burgh.
Young Negley left his home city
with Col. Jadwin's regiment of engi-
neers in July, 1917. He served vain
Company A of the 18th L. S. Engineers
until June 26. 1918. when he was sent tc
Base Hospital No. Is. at Chaumont
for treatment of broken down arches,
sustained by heavy lifting. During the
latter part of December, 1918. and the
early part of January, 1919. he went
on a furlough to Dillon, Lyon, Mar
seille, Nice and over into Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11
Substantial Gifts From, the
Furniture Department

Telephone Stand and Stool,
$1,000.
Smokers Stand, $3.50.
Solid Mahogany Fireside Chair,
$40.
Windsor Arm Rocker, wood
seat, $14.
Solid Mahogany Sewing Cabinet,
$40.
Royal Easy Morris Chair, re-
Ginning back and foot rest, $35.
Mahogany Tea Table, SIS.
Mahogany Fern Stand, $3.50.
Students Reading Table, SIS.
Mahogany Music or Record Cabi-
net, $31.
Mahogany Vanity Dresser, 1874.
Mahogany Armchair or Arm
Rocker, $22.5O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11
CHRISTMAS SEA[SSA[E
CONTINUED AT CENTERS
Public Demand Causes Extension of
Campaign in This
City.

continuance of the demand for
Christmas seals and for Health bonds"
of various denominations has led to the
determination of those in charge of
the local seal campaign to continue
during the rest of the week several
of the booths maintained as selling
centers, in spite of the fact that today
marks the official close of the nation
wide drive for funds.
Seals can also still be obtained in
any desired quantity from headquar-
ters of the Association for the Proven
ton of tuberculosis. 923 H street
northwest. while requests have come
from several of the schools to be per-
mitted to continue the sale longer
than today. Considerable COMPETE
ton, it is learned. has developed be-
tween various schools in their desire
to exceed their quotas. and the annual
report of the board of education, just
issued, contains two references to the
modern health crusades conducted I'M
der the leadership of Mrs. e. r. Grant
and under the joint auspices of the
tuberculosis association and the Ju-
Nor Red Cross.
Miss Imogene Charleston, captain of
the team Of Miner Norman students,
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GEN. RICHARDS AT HEAD.
D. c. Sons of Revolution Organiza
tion Elects Him Presidar+

Brig. Gen. George Richards, United
States Marine Corps, has blen re- \
president Of the organization of Sons
Of the Revolution of the
other officers chosen are: DR.. Marcus
Benjamin, vice president; Charles p
Light. secretary; Maj. Edward f,
land, registrar. and DR.. RandoInh n
McKim, chaplain.
Delegates to the triennial conyen-
ton of the order will be DR.. RandoInh
H. Mckim. Gaillard Hunt, Ernest VII
kinson and Ralph w: Lee. Reeves T.
Strickland, DR.. S. =. Muncaster Iieut
Col. Charles l.. Frailey and r. X
Bush-BroWn were named as al
ternateS.
Charles V. Wheeler, DR.. John Van
Rensselaer, and Armistead Peter were
elected members of the board of man
ayers for the coming year. '''
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FOR QUALIFIED IMM1GRANTS.
Rev. Montgomery Speaks at XII
wants Club Luncheon.

Three qualifications for immigrants
were appealed for by Rev. James
Shera Montgomery in his address be-
fore the Kiwanis Club at the regular
Wednesday luncheon of the organl-
cation on the Washington Hotel roof
The foreigner seeking admittance
to the United States should be eager
to renounce- all allegiance to his for
mer country; he should be willing to
learn to speak Eng ish, not only cor
rectly, but fiuently. and he should
show an interest in the civic activl-
ties of this community. DR.. Mont
gomery said.
Prof. T. Hiroi of Japan. a member
of the visiting harbor commission.
was a guest Of honor. There were
from the Nashville ana
St. Louis Kiawanians. John ). BOO
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Creates Historical Division.

a historical d'"ision. to handle al
matters perta 49, to the m edical an,
surgical history of the world war, hai
been created in the office of the sur
geon general. Col. Charles Lynch, NJ
c.. has been designated as its chief
with the following assistants: Coils
Louis G. Duncan and Raymond c
Turck. NJ. c.; Capt. Frank Steiner, s
c., and Contract Surgeons Casey A
Wood and 10y McAfee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11

who have sold more than $500 worth
of the seals at the Howard Theater,
has obtained permission from the
ministers of colored churches to sell
seals to the members of their congre-
cations next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11
81 %id Yard Bleached Muslin. Csc
i 1s95 UnbleaChed Muslin. 22c
Big Girls
Dresses.
SIPS

Sizes for girls 5
to IA years. Serv-
iceable mate r ial s
and popular cOlors.
Durable gingh u IN )
for school wear.
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CHILD LABOR BILL AS TOPIC.
U. S. officials to Address Monday
Evening Club on Subject.

At the regular meeting of the Mon
day Evening Club, which will take
place Monday night in the Assembly
Hall of the Cosmos Club. the pro-
posed child labor bill for the Dis
trict Will come up for discussion.
Among the speakers will be:
Pauline Goldmark, director of the
women's service section of the Rail-
road Administration, and T.. Natalie
Mathews, director of the child labor
division, children's bureau, Depart
ment of Labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11

Mahogany Windsor Chair, with
haircloth cushion, $22.5O.
Solid Mahogany Gate Leg Table,
$500.
Mahogany Four-poster Bed, sim
gle or full size, $50.
Special, Satin Brass Bed, single
and full size, SIS.
Cedar Chests, finished in natural
cedar, ivory and mahogany; prices
range from $14 to $45.
Brown Fumed Reed Arm Rocker,
broad arms and cushion seat, SIS.
Brown Fiber Tea Wagon, SIT.
Natural Willow Armchair, with
paper rack on side, $1O.50.
Willow Muffin Stand, $40.
Fireless Cooker, $3.50.
Special Kitchen Cabinet, $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11
OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN
TO AID NEEDY FAMILIES
Associated Charities Board Also
Asks Congress to Amend Loan
Shark Bill.

Benevolent Washingtonians will
again this year have a chance to pick
out and contribute to their fayorite
or favorites out of the we'll known
Fourteen Christmas Opportunities"
which, in the past, have offered such
special chances for well directed CIV
ing.
The decision to offer the chance to
help the usual fourteen family groups
or individuals was reached at the reg
ular meeting of the board of man
ayers Of the Associated Charities held
Yesterday afternoon, and the "oppor-
tunities' are to be presented through
The press of the District of Columbia
The board also adopted resolution
urging Congress to give prompt pass
age to Senate bill 21S3 and House bill
65O5, amending the loan shark law
and raising the rate from 1 per cent
to per cent a month, as urged by
the Associated Charities and others
EN- years ago. The resolution states
that six years experience has shown
that as the law stands it affords no
relief to needy borrowers, for not one
| loan has been made under it for more
than four years.