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The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Crosses In Middle Of Block.

70 the Editor of THE TINES:
I have found from long experience
"A crossing streets that the middle Of
The block is the best place TO cross
any street in Washington because il
Is usually freer of traffic, and traffic
IS only running two ways and not 10, r
ways. as at crossings; also every day
IA Washington II is common sight
20 see trucks and automobiles clutter
ing up the whole crossing, with not a
space between them. so that il is alb
solutely impossible TO get across a
crossing. Not one machine out of a
hundred will stop far enough away
from the crossing to let a pedestrian
get across safely. In order to cross
ne has to >odgc back and forth at the
risk of -. tfe.
A rocH .ell thrown is going to be
the punishment of some reckless au-
Jomobtle driver, in the not far distant
future. L. W. y.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Ways of Minimizing Traffic
Dangers in Washington
By BILL PRICE

The reduction In the number of traffic accidents in
Washngton is encouraging There should be letup in
the cooperation being shown by citizens and the police de
partment
The Automotve Trade Association of this CITY and
owners and drivers of automobiles TO be commended for
determination to join in making this city as safe for
human life as any other of its size in the world-saer
possible Not all the responsibility for this desired end
rests automobile owners as pedestrians are in
duty bound to lend helping hand.
Additional traffic legislation proposed in Congress
will aid In the eventual betterment of things great
deal is required there is mutual understanding on the
part of drivers and pedestrians in recognition of the rght
of each other.
The first and greatest need is for traffic court with
judge and prosecuting officials devotng all their time to
traffic cases. that persistent deliberate voator of the
law be of getting Jail rather than having
fines imposed Such court with the legislation that would
create it, would do away with the present system of police
stations accepting collateral for appearance of those
arrested for traffic oenses Under this wort
sort of offenders simply deposit collateral and never appear
to have the truth out They may taken to
the station twice. and they are the officers
may not be desk duty to remember previous oenses
Too often unntenona volators required 10 put up
heavy collateral Deliberate volators of traffic laws in
variably sacrifice collateral and go to court.
Then the law should throw greater restrictions around
the issuance of drivers licenses Men of defective
vision and hearing obtain licenses without difficulty
properly vouched for. deaf driving machine re
Gently collded with pedestrian. BY putting
competent physician in the license Office at the District
building and sahonlng police officer there with traffic
court records at his command incompetent and reckless
drivers would be eliminated and drivers license would
something
Several things may be done under present traffic regu-
atons that will improve things Here's Special traffic
officers often assigned in the congesed hours of the
evening handle traffic at points usually covered at
other times of the day. These special have uniform
signals Each has his system Some spread out
with both hands pointing north south, west;
others hand and gently beckon. Drivers be-
wdered In cities the officer thus stationed
large white glove hand and at night has electric
light his hat The traffic squad the police school
ought to be able to correct this.
The Commissioners should insist that Congress supply
funds for the powered motorcycles to be had About
sixty policemen equipped with bicycles only This
is ridiculous. How is policeman a bicycle to run
down a speed fend a murderer thief escaping in
fast automobilei
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Can't Help Thinking
About Boys.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

- 49, nlINI "A
/ am a constant reader OF your
column. l would like very much
II you could help me. am a young
siri or seventeen. considered good
looking, a good dancer. have
"onoerful home, a good singer,
ana. well, almost everything to
make girl happy, but am not.
Almost every day / meet different
young men at dances, parties, etc.
After / go out with one fellow a
couple of times 1 have the fellow
In mind all the time and it worries
me to death, and l am getting TO
look very bad. I'm not explaining
myself as clearly as ! could when
I'm talking to you, but what
l mean is this-Tell me what to
do to keep these fellows of nv
mind and yet go on with my good
tmes. DISGUSTED.
Unfortunately in this enlighten-
ed day and age, there is no magic
powder or secret formula by
which I can cure your infatuation
for each new boy you meet Only
you yourself can change your
habits of thinking by sincere ef-
fort. Get up each morning and
determine to concentrate on the
work in hand. 1t requires effort
and spunk, but if you can't do 1t
for yourself. no one can do it for
you. 1t may help you to know
that the very boys you cannot get
your mind away from, are busily
at work or at their studies, think
ing Of you only as an incident,
until the days work is done and
they don their thoughts of you
with their dinner clothes, or as
they take their hats down from
the hooks at the office. preparatory
for leaving their work for the day.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

"a the post OF assistant secretary Of
Parkview.
Kentucky Switching IDdsstrie.
From whiskey to oil is the news
brought back from Kentucky by
JOHN MARTIN.
John made an ordinary living IN
this town as . reporter at the Dis
trict Building and then began getting
up syndicates Of WashinSton friends
to develop oil fields In his former
State.
There was once q time when John
visited Kentucky to get q drink and
look over the horses. blue grass and
other famed institutions Of his State
He finds that there are fewer head
aches and regrets In the oil e1me
than there was under the old regime
cHARLIs oRME 10 VET snothe,
Washingtonian who has been iurel
BY oil prospects in the Blue oraes
State. Orme now neglecs golf a.
most entirely for the latest fasctns-
ton
But another Westinghouse has
pulled out Of the oil game to return
to the newspaper field. He is c. N.
ODELL. who left The Times TO try
his luck among the OIL fields OF Texas.
He found the game exciting enough
but was tempted to return here BY
the offer OF the position OF managing
editor Of The Herald. He has al
ready entered upon his new duties,
which will keep him buster than dig
ging oil wells.
CHARLIE FOSTER, who left
Kentucky TO become superintendent
Of Washington prisons and reforma-
tories, has been entertaining as .
Christmas guest, unofficially, Il
should be added, his old friend, SAN
Mickey, Of the New York Teio-
graph.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

you will turn to the tenth chapter of st. Luke you
may read what Jesus said the seventy preachers whom
he sent out to teach the gospel and heal the sick
The perus of this section of the New Testament will
Be good preparation for your consideration of the prob
lens OF how much shall be paid modern preachers and what
to become of the churches the present scale
don salaries is not revised upward
The average salary of the small preacher in the
United States less than hundred dollars when he
Is able to collect it a and there many where
1t falls to less than dollar day
New York clergyman who is devoting himself to
campaign for increase of ministerial salaries said in Bos
ton the other day "A minister have three things-a
college education, library, and Prince Albert coat
wife decided and children desirable How can
he get and keep these necessities the salary which he
receives?"
The Boston American, which has actively interested
itself in helping to solve the problems of starving ministers
IN New England has gathered examples of how near to
being without purse scrip shoes the preachers
in its territory have
You will be interested in reading the following SAM
Piles of ministerial existence:
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

50 the Editor OF THE TINES:
Our public schools have gone to
chasing "fads and fancies" A great
many parents and guardians. people
Of good. sound sense and practical
education. have been seeing for years
hat theory was being substituted for
practice, and that children were fin
ishing the common school without
everyday, working education They
have seen children going to and from
schoo! with great loads Of books from
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
To-day.

Dance-C s. s. Jacob Jones Post No. .
clubhouse. 1919 X street northwest, s .. n.
Dance-Community Service Club No. s.,
slS Tenth street northwest, 7:l5 D. m.
Dance-War Department Community
Service Club No. s. sls Tenth street north
west, D.
Entertainme Under direction OF the
Drama Department. Community Service
Community Theater. 9ls Tenth street
northwest. AIS p. IN.
Dance-Tradees Union College Pythiaa
Temple, $50 p.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CASE Ill.

Age: IL
Years in ministry: 80.
Family: Wife (several children
had died in infancy.
Salary: $500.
Remark
The aged clergyman died sud
denly and his invalid wife became
the charge of the shioner.. For
months they cared for her by
turn. A shock rendered the old lady
= helpless paralytic. Neig bors
sAfrked their responsibility to her
and had her committed to the Door
house, where she died . pauper.
With her husband she had served
the church for Atty years Her
services were unpaid, and her work
n faithfully rendered as his
CASE ~.
Age: IS.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CASE III.

Age: "a.
Years in ministry: S.
Family: Wife and three children.
Salary: $500.
Remarks
The minister went out farming
Eve DAYS a week. cut wood for his
deaconx and did odd chores for
many of his parfshionerS. His sti-
pend was eked out with vegetables
and fruits from the families of his
Seek.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
A Street Car Riders Notes.

The street car corporation makes
YOU stand up and don't even play
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
In childhood We used TO fear the
strap. Now we cling to II.
AS long as ii is impossible to see
out of tie windows, the conductor
should call out the stops-or wash
the windows.
Fire escapes should be provided
so that a person in the center OF
the car could get out.
TEXAS.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CASE vi.

What is the solution of the problem of the underpad
and starving ministers? How they to be rescued
from their unhappy state and if they not what will
be the result in communities which will eventually be
churchless?
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Named for Two Presidents.

FRED S. WALKER contributes
this interesting paragraph:
Out in Parkview CLINTON d.
MILLER, the postmaster and COM
munity storekeeper, has been ap-
pointed a notary public, being the
first community employe in the coun-
try to be so honored. Funny name
he has; he was born between the
birthdays Of Lincoln and Washing
ton, and was christened with the
last three letters in each name when
the bottle of matted milk was bustei !
or his brow. He enlisted in 1917,
served with the M. T. C. in France,
and came home last July and sccept-
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
We learn that JAMES SINS, Of

BTO0kCon0, DeUt OVoT w "a
tia for q Christmas dinner, and
MORRIS DAVIS bounced a. a1s
several times on his hsdd. Ososag
to high prices, razors are no
LONGER fashionable for sctnte-
sports Of this vortety. Sinus
condition Is not serious.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
What's Doing; Where; When

Enterta ainment-Tra Yelling Theater of
$50 p. m
Tomorrow,
Fesper Services-YounS Women's Chris
tlau Association, 1898 F street northwest
4:3o p. m
Lecture-Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, Ora ce
Baptst Church, Ninth street and SoUt h
carolina avenue sUut beast. 1:4S p. n.
Hike-"and from Fourteenth
street and Colorado avenue northwest, 2:l5
p
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CASE I.

Age: 2a
Years in ministry; 2
Family: Wife
Salary: $500.
Rcmarks-
The $500 salary did not Include d
parsonage, m meager ecclesiastieaI
wages often do. House rent cost
the minister $500, leaving 800 for
al other living expenses. His wife
teok In sewing and tutored, sup
porting her husband. that he might
support his church.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Ny Dear. You Should Have
Seen Him.

After the church serFices
q bounteous dinner was
served at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. n. l.. Pierron. which
was attended by about fifty
relatives and friends. The
groom was prettily decor
ated with pink and white
white chrysanthemums and
: roses.-Delavan, Ill, B-
publican.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

Family: Wife and three small
children.
Salary: s7oo. of which he was able
70 collect each year approximately
$500.
Remark
PhysicalIy unable to exc .lers.r
Income through outside work. We
took in sewing. but was un.bIe m
Keep the family out Of debt. Hor.e
and buggy attached. and sick min
nter Obliged to make parish visit.
ON foot. Eventually sued for Aorse.
FINALLY gave mp ministry.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
The Ravens Fed Elijah, But What
About the Modern Preachers?
What Will HapDen IF the Small Town Churches Have

What VIII Happen If the Small Town Churches Have
to Close Their Doors?
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CASE V.

Age: 75.
Years in ministry: Over half a
Family: Wife and grown-up chill
dren (the latter unable to con-
tribute to the support of their aged
parents).
Salary: 1864 (s7 a week..
Remark
Obligations and debts of the old
couple forced the minister's wife,
an old lady, to take in washing,
Inc preacher became stricken with
bifhdness Finally q pension was
secured. The minimum annuity ex-
ceeoed his salary, and the aged
couple have been accorded . littIe
comfort for their declining years.
CASE vi.
Age: 81.
Years in ministry: s.
Family: Wife and five small chill
dren.
SALARY: s4oo (if he collected it
he Usually did not). A 5000 allow
ance from the conference raised his
income TO 5000.
Remark
Frequent illness and the size Of
MS family made the minister nc
tually dependent on the charity OF
MS partshfoners. He declares that
MS babies would have starved lad
II not been for garden truck, milk.
butter and eggs given him by his
farmer nefEhbors. He Is now en-
gagged in cyanHeIigticnI WINK
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
HEARD ND SEEN

ed the post Of assistant secretary Of
Parkview.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

Age 80.
Years in ministry: s.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
Hair Made Beautifully
Wavy While You Sleep

1ak isins- gaFt. yca spafy q lsttis
hcsid s.isneriEe a. bed d.AFna snd IN ghs
nc yosr halr he's -rttser w9ws
and css-i man prebahly h hss eweg had
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and fhe hair - eiees and gsoesy iiss
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ssrs rdx or ffySn- ends
LasgsS siimvrtne " Of vcu~s~ enslrrss
ssr-lc4 y iesve~ NO sglrky. -rraxs
or ssressv trace u ase she s-oruigSr
quality OF drysnr 9n bsusifai saves
c-easss snd S-fsss 4 is slpo an -
e~ilsnf drrssisr fer he hair. kssgMne
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ws~sS. u y srss srpsts1 w8ih . rlear
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
WOMEN
EVERYWHERE
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound ~ the
Greatest Remedy for
Woman's Ills.

Nev Haven, Conf. -" For two years
! suffered with female weakness.
pains IN my back and painful periods.
and wss - weak and tired that l vss
not able 20 do my work. A friend told
me TO use Lydia &. Pinkham' q vegetabls
Compound and II gave me great relief.
Ny pains left me and am nov able 10
Do my work and feel fine. You can pub
iish my testimonial and II your Vegetable
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Mrs CHARLES T. MORGAN. 81 See
Street. New Haver Conn
The reason Iydis z. Pinkhasn's Veg
etsbie Compound is 20 spccessful Il
because II contains The curative.
strengthening properties ~ good o@d
fsshioned roots ard herbs, which sct
directly On the female organism
1kere are women everywhere wtuo
iore fog children IN their homes yet ere
denied this happiness on account a
some functional disorder which IN most
eases would readily yieh 70 Lydia z.
PSnkbsn's . Vegetable Compound
sseh women sbouH not give up hops
until they hsve RfveD this vo6derful
medicine . trial. end for special adyice
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Lynn. Nass- The result Of - year
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02

TuckS always make The prctllcst
possible trimming for thin materials
Just now when applied trimmings are
scarce they are especially in demand
'This little frock sbows them used
~ith exceptional success and effect.
II IL made of pretty COTTON wolfe In
a shade Of blue thar H. etccpsionslly
attractive for summer wear and ths.e
Is little fancy stiichcfy used as
finish The tucker that complete
;ho meek edge niakrs a feature thss
demands mention You will find the
model IL good one Tor all summer
materials or il just a. pretty for tho
thin calld lias silks ~ II IL for cot
ton fabrics For the 3 year size wlsl
ne needed ~ yards material ~
inches wide The pattern may ~
obtained In sizes from 10 10 II years
and will bc sent 70 any address hy
the Fashion Department OF this paper
on reeeips ~ toe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
NO LICENSES REQUIRED
TO SHIP GRAIN
Chairman Barnes Answers Some
Pertinent Questions Pro-
pounded BY State Board
Of Agriculture

The ststs ho~ra q agriculture asAc'
J "A barnes Chairman Grain CospoF
stion. No~ York. list ~ quest icns
Hors srv tse answers aived
J 4 waReArrss. STATE Ro~rd ot "A
ricaisars osiNlsomS City. Okla Des
SIR Rctruns 10 soGr lestos to N
Barnes. Jcne e.ss
l. d = EocassaxS for every whe&
sayeF o. dealer or elevator gc have ,
kcense and application may be mad
Tor iieense o< n y Pisrsck. Grain Cor
porssion. Elm Harst BUILDING. kAnsai
Ciiy
A farmer shpi4n< h.s ca
sr1sn DO nog have 80 have license
; TheTs is ns NOV m~ns direct o
lrdlrrcs On psrx q r1,;n csvTsosaainl
70 Prercrt farmers from having car
and Aoaaing and shS sns th.ir owr
products
A scooa shovsl dealer ~-Ao own
10 elevator. bat huvS ard sells @
srRck mus have lscsnSe 10 buy gratE
> Federal grain supervision obtain
ss terminal soirss bn. coansry haycr
arr expected - snr on basis scders
sssndxrds
Grain rarF~-1sAon sasvs swa Ter
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
GENERAL P{nsH|MC SAYS
k|MO WORDS FOR S. A,
0rcs, American General Gables
Appreciation Of Wonderful
Work To Commander
Evangcline Booth

The Home keni,e nnse ~ The sal
.siion Army io hs pat on aoon fe'
tioooo GOO ,anno, tall ~ 10 su,sess
iul ~hen General rershlne himself
tells ~ the vonacrfui sofk sc,omp
lished IN France Every membef OF
'he Amsllean FspodlliWnsr, fogcs'
heels The same sistliude that Ueastsl
Petrhlng expresses IN the follo~ mi :
cahieEram which has Just been 30
'e'ed a. the SALVATION Arns head
quarters ln New fori
The message reads a. follo~s
Commander Miss noolh.
The salvation Army.
Nr~ York Citt
Nish Ia express sincere Appr.cia
tlon and that of member, ~ Amori
can Espcdlllensfy fot,es fof the
splendid services rendered ~ SALIVA
ton Arm, To- American Army N
France Outstanding features 81 sort
~ salvation Army have been i,s dls
noeltion Ia put Ne activities a. faf as
possible to the front aud experienced
character OF IL wurkers Il has on
desred Your organization and it- ln
di'ldusi men aud eumen workers "a
all divisions and other units "a which
they have been attached q has
spread ,hclf good nanir to uvatY part
of the American ExpodlsIonars
Forces
Please accept this as personal
message 10 each of your workers.
isignedl rFRaHtNG.T
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
SOLDIERS NGlp IN paivr
FoR FUNDS.

fi,duorisl IN Los Angeles rsper)
one ~ tho mast tributes 20 the
service performed BY Tho salvation
Army fof tho American eoldlctu
abroad IN the fact thar hundreds ~
discharged soldiers have volunteered
To help In IN, drive for funds witch
tho organization ~ going t0 make
There IN no question that The Sal.
vetlon Army camc out % the war
wi,h fyipg colnra The institution
which 10 many folks had only super
ciilous smiles fof in The DAYS before
tho war, has proved ~ worth and
haa given conclusive proof of The
One spirit ~hieh actuatcs hs person
mel the simple spirit OF Chrissian
service
IT. workers in the nad abroad, both
men and women piD things for The
men They gave them what lhes most
needed and wanted rnt uplifting
them, hui feeding them coffee and
doughnuts shon they needed these
most of sil not saving brands from
the burning" hu, saving cold au.t
wear, bodies from discomfort
In the language of The street. The
salvation Army stands aces high
With the boys of the A I v
But those of - ~ho may NOT haxS
known u before. nov learn that rhe
Salvation Army did abroad merely
what II had been doing for years ba
fore Ia the places 81 want aud need In
our great communities Thay had
been helping those who need help
and helping them with the things
they most needed food. clothing con
crete assistance
1hey made converts Of their yards
mol by docirinal argument but BY ex
ample They showed these men and
women who were on the verge ~ the
economic ABYSS just whAt sort of men
and women Christian belief can pro
duee u WAS thus they brought man
10 christ" IS their own phrase has
a. because they proved IN their uwn
works shat the Christ spirit really
means.
And nov they vlll ask ua all fur
help in brosd.nins oui the great wolk
which they hsse been dolns under such
great difficulties al ihsss years "a
fore the waf. which has brought them
this new popularity
Mlss Fssnsrilne Beosh. American
commas nder Of The salvation Army.
translates this ne~ popularity into
pew Responsibility
we are soing back again 10 our
work In the siums Of the great cities"
she says
Yes, they are going back 10 that
wora. with the blessing Of millions of
folks Who never thought Of The Saliva.
ton Arnny' before They are soiug
back not only ~iih the BLESSING Of
thess miliions bat sith their dollars.
eobcrets evidence of the good viii
that has grown up toward the orsanl
zation In return for the service reB
dsred "a. our boys" abroad
We have not the slightest sazxes
ton Of doubt that they ~sIl get es
cry pcnsy they az. And vhs. We
have said above should sho~ that seI
have not the slightest suggestion Of
doubt fhsf1fhsy deserve u and tina,
having eosif, they ~ilI uss u sisel,
snd well 10 their o~n spirit Of truly
Christian seryIce.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02

prcmium cvvr guaranteed Nss,s fo'
dsrk TURKEY 'mos,
Portable clevslors NAV hAVv .
lic,nse to deal n grain
\ shipments fron stations where
thcre arr no elevators viii have "
BE- made IN the usual way ~ govern
mcni MAKES No provision for bayinT
eevond terminal
a man NAV prceurr y hcsns'
asder one name bat hay =, a namheI
cl designated pl~oc~ hut mus bc rre
rNred % give his license ct ali placos
whers ~ doc baslncss
fo Country dealers and elevator
are allowed REASONABLE. margin
A producer NAV complain 80 srasE
>Drs.orssion. vice president At ksnsa'
cs,y. FOR yoar lonc. q tn produc"g
iadgmcn, an unfair margin of profll
ass a~ea sNacted and Il the SECOND
vice presidents decision T. nn~s,tsfac
-ory. appeal may BE- made "a whral
iircctor. ~ Bsrncs gsixneai Wat
.on 5 Moore scorSary grain von~ra
an.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02

Line Party co. reh JiNs Club
Ml.s Saminie i.ca ilnshe- entertain
od he member, of 'hc lli llns eiuh
aud number " si-s-@l suo~as With
lac parry and r~ncshmcnls down
tosn last evening Those ercsont
~crc Miss Hcleu p~rrough Of vinna.
Miss Gladys craig Of Lbcr.l Kan.
Mrs C-~crgc RNshNapl, Misses cath
crime Dean noro,h, hopkins. Mary
Nral Ruth Rlnchau. Nina bronson.
Mary liumihrrl Ions Wallace.
Gcorela w-st and Dosss ceffncy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-02
SENATE AND HOUSE fight
OVER MONEY cit

washngson. July Inability " 'hs
senate and house confercc~ 80 agree
Va lcgisissise sss.es erecting s,s-
rnsary Glass 20 take over the cAacaSs
secdwsy hospital casstd fiEal ,asior
"a the SCI 100. .eo general deficiency
ssll 90 ~ delayed uniil next weeA