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The Washington times., 1919-09-17
How to Do the Reproduction
Cost Trick
By EARL GOODWIN.
One Of the Little Devices Experts General
Puble.

One OF the big arguments held up to the public as to
why we should pay HIGHER rate of fare is that It would
cost much to build street railroad TODAY than
1T did cost twenty-five years ago.
This is what the experts call reproduction cost.
In finding out what the property of the road is WORTH
so that the Public Utilities Commission can fix rate On
which the companies fair return great stress has
been laid the fact that prices for rails cars and other
equipment have advanced and that the properties wor
MORE today than they few years ago.
This argument carries small comfort to the general
public who will be asked to pay than million dollars
year EXTRA as an added tax merely for going and
ing from work. if the companies had their way
If a car company had ONE car only, running up and
down of YOUR Streets charging FIVE cents and making
profit and that had cost ten thousand dollars wouldn't
it be aughable the conductor should announce some
morning:
Gentlemen, read that the price of street cars has
advanced to $4,000 Fares are ten cents today
Also imagine that had panic price slump, and
the price of cars and rails went down.
Can you dream of these companies offering you
ride for LESS than five centsi
Can you imagine these companies offering to pay higher
taxes because they claim their property worth so much
more they impose extra mon-dollar tax youi
Can you imagine them doing ANYTHING that viii
cheaper fares in Washington?
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
Beatrice Fairfax Writes Oe Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially y for Washington Women

CGN ny face is my fortune, sir,
M she said, and immedi-
ateIy the gallant gentle
man lost interest in the pretty
milkmaid.
We make rather a point Of sneer-
ing at the long-headed gentleman
Of the old ballad as an unworthy
for, seeker. But was he real
iy? A girl who can boast nothing
more permanent than good looks
in the way of dowery these days
is more Of a liability than an
asset.
You may insist that rich men
can AFFORD human bric-a-brac and
are quite willing to pay for it,
too. Very well, let the Face is
my fortune" girl remember that
bric-a-brac is marked fragile"
and in the language Of insurance
companies is unsafe risk"
And she had better make simple
provision for reinforcing this
most perishabIe of gifts with other
assets if she expects to hold her
own in the great game Of How
to be happy though married.
the quotation is not mine.
A very beautiful girl is handi-
capped in the race from the start.
In the first place, that universal
but untiring law of averages is
apt to get in it's work and even
things up by Withholding full
quota Of intelligence. A very
beautiful girl often lacks the brains
tn make the most Of her beauty
to keep it. And those universal
modern histories-the daily papers
prove that beauties frequently
lack the intelligence to keep out
of the scrapes their loveliness gets
them into.
Read the papers and be con-
soled. all you girls who are not
beautiful enough to get into the
head lines. 1t is far better to be
pretty, attractive, graceful, styl-
ish-plus intelligence-than to be
one of the raving, tearing beau
ties whose histories appear to be
lived in the daily prints.
Spending Their Capital.
Another handicap to being one
of those "Face-Is-My-FoTtune"
girls is, that unless she has brains
intelligence, talents, every day she
The beauty is spending her capital
Little lines are creeping in, mus
cles begin to sag, eyes to lose their
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Heaven knows she had enough
adulation and grand opera going
on about her all the time.
But she always kept her head
except on that famous occasion,
when to show her power, she slip
ped a bit of ice down the late King
Edwards neck. He was Prince of
Wales then, and it cost her his
friendship.
In spite of this little mistake
she had plenty of "horse sense" I"
And while she went in for the
maddest extravagancies like keep
ing her own yacht and her own
racing stables-she never went
"broke" and she never permitted
her good times" to spoil her
complexion. Temperate, abstemi-
Gus and constantly exercising
the Jersey Lily" of the eighties
is still a mighty gOod-looking
woman and would pass for a third
of her age. Another instance of
beauty plus intelligence.
Never Wore Her Heart on Her
Sleeve.
/ saw Lily Langtry in vaude-
vile, about two or three years
ago. She was slender and very
well worth seeing. She never let
her heart run away with her head.
A cool, calculating woman, she
never depended on her emotions
for her amusement. And while
she gave her heart almost every
conceivable kind of exercise, there
was one thing to which she never
submitted it-she never wore it
on her sleeve.
If anyone sat down to write a
history of the "great beauties Of
the world" it would undoubtedly
be a "best seller" Because every
homely woman would Immediately
buy enc, just to read what han
dicap great beauty really is. From
Cleopatra, who buttoned up a
poisoned asp inside her shirt
waist-Or whatever the Egyptian
equivalent OF a shirt waist was
down to poor Billy Carleton, mys-
teriously dying from an overdose
of drugs, they have had a hard
time. "The law Of averages"
seems to work against them-and
there is only one escape from the
consequences of "the fatal gift, "
and that seems to be the very an
tithesis of great beauty mean
"hOrse sense" .-.I.slA
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Today.
Grand Parade-First Division. led by
Gen J. J. Pershing. leaves Peace Monu-
ment at p. m.
Naudeville-TOunE Mems Christian As
sociatton Hut, East Potomac Park. p. m.
Meeting-Texas Society. recreation hall.
Government Hotel, North Capitol street
between the Capitol and Union Station
7:3O y. IT..
Hike-Red Triangle Club, start from
Chain Bridge Station a. p. m.
Baseball-WashinEtOn vs. ST. Louis,
American League Baseball Park, $3.50 p.
m.
Dahce-Under direction Of knights Of
Columbus Camp Humphreys. Va, p. m
Dance-Under direction OF Government
Recreation League, National Guard Arm
ory' Fifth and l. streets northwest, p. N.
Entertainment-War Camp Community
Service Club, 1908 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Picnic-Meu from Walter Reed Hospital,
AT Red Cross Comfort House, Speedway
near Lincoln memorial, D. m
Moonlight Trip-DoWn Potomac river,
ander direction OF Government Recreation
League.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
WHAT'S Doing; Where; When

Tomorrow.
Msetlng-Illlnois state Society, Wilson
Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest D. m
Meeting-COlOred Druggists Association,
1859 J. street northwest, p. m.
Dance-EpiphRny Club House, G street,
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
northwest.
Vaudsyine-Y. NJ. c. A Hut. East Poto-
mac Park.
VaudevlIle-Y. II. c. a. Hut. Camp
Meigs.
VSudevIlls-T. n. c. A. Hut. Camp
Leach.
Reception-LaWn Club OF Allowance and
Allotment Section OF the Bureau OF War
Risk Insurance, 400 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northwest. p. m.
Reception and Dance-HOme Club. 1885
II street northwest. $50 .. m.
Dance-War Camp Community Service.
Trinity Parish Hall. Third and streets
northwest, p. m.
Dance-Central High School Twelfth
nd Clifton streets northwest, s p. IN.
Dauce-URder the direction OF the
Knights Of Columbus, sos street north
vest; p. m.
Dance-Thomson School, Twelfth and l.
streets northwest, S:i5 until IL y. m.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
TODAY'S TOPIC
"MY FACE IS MY FORTUNE"

brightness, and there is nothing
more i'll the grab-bag of fate with
which to replace these things.
The beauty is spending her capital
with every breath she draws.
If "The Beauty has sufficient
intelligence to conserve these
things, all and good, but If her
face is literally her fortune, soon
she'll be bankrupt
But speaking of brains plus
intelligence, take the case of Lii
lian Russell I've no idea what
her age is. Suffice to say, she was
the toast of our grandfathers and
she is a mighty gOod-loOking
woman today.
The Case Of Mrs, AthertOn.
On the other hand take the case
Of Mrs. AthertOn, ''the most beau
tiful woman in England" who
wound up her highly spectacular
career by blowing out her brains
a few weeks ago. She had in
telligence, of a kind, but she was
completely lacking in that gift of
the gods known as horse sense"
She lived on her emotions, she
swept through life like a tornado,
uprOoting and destroying every
man with whom she came in con-
tact She lived her little span
in a series of melodramas; II was
always the third act with her and
the climax at that. She was bored
to death il she wasn't pulling all
the strings and making all the poor
titled and untitled gentlemanly
marionettes, about her, dance.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Then along came the cold gray
morning when the most beautiful
woman in England" was forty-five.
Her chin sagged a little, her eyes
had lost their brightness, people
no longer turned to look after her
on the streets. The last of her
collection Of husbands declined to
answer her letters, declined to go
to see her, declined to receive her
messages. There was no longer
any audience for the beautiful Mrs.
Atherton's melodramas-every one
was a little tired of, a little bored
with her everlasting beauty and
the notoriety it created.
She had scattered several for
tunes to the four winds of heaven
and, at the end, she was living in
very modest lodgings off of Pic
cadilly. She bolted her door, aim
ed her pistol and destroyed what
was left of the face that had been
her misfortune.
The Case Of Langtry.
Lily Langtry is a good many
years older than Mrs. Atherton
and she is still playing success
fully in vaudeville. 1t was in the
early eighties that the famous
Jersey Lily" first burst on an as
tonished world. She was start
lingly lovely-and without a penny.
But the latter condition did not
last long. She Immediately be-
came the fashion in London and
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

sERGT. ALEXANDER L. ARCH WHO FIRED THE FIRST ANERI
CAN SHOT IN THE GREAT WAR
When the boys go marching by today there will be
man whom you will have no trouble in identifying That
viii be General Pershing
But back behind him, somewhere in the ranks will be
another soldier whom you will want to identify, admire
and cheer.
So that you may know him as he comes along print
above good picture of Sergeant Alexander L. Arch the
young who fired the first authorized shot from Amer
iCan gun pointed toward German territory.
Look at his face for minute and see why the Amer
forces the decisive factor in winning the
High cheek bones deepset eyes, sharp nose narrow at
the base head high from the up with plenty Of room
Cor brains firm mouth square determined jaw straight
shoulders.
No coward no poltroon ever had face like that It
belongs the kind of who may be slow to fight but
equally slow to stop until victory is won
Sergeant Archs own story shows that he is before
breakfast fighter Here is what he says of that first shot,
''The French major to where
and told Captain B. McLendon to begin firing. Then
the captain gave the order and fired the first shot
at five minutes and ten seconds after o'clock the
morning of October 3d. 1917. We hit bridge at Srass
burg in AlsaceLorrane, German territory, and blew
up the German working party there regular bull s.
eye. After that we fred seventeen more Shots which
took about two hours. Then went to breakfast
There are good many victories before breakfast
But they are not with the eyes shut or the head on
pillow.
You have to be up and doing EARLY to be first in
almost anything
Hundreds Of great Vctores-mental and physical COM
merca scientific, victories of every knd-are in that
first splendid hour after good nights sleep. Don't waste
that hour.
You viii note too that this young first shot was
bull seye-that it hit bridge and destroyed Ger
mans and their work
Sharing in that first shot was Corporal BraIey of Chi
csgo who marches with Sergeant Arch It was he who
aimed the gun and right aim has great deal to do with
successful results.
There are many lessons to learn from the young men
and their 75-millimeter gun.
They entitled to your admiration. They ideal
young Americans.
As General Pershing stands for the officers who
planned and directed the American campaign these young
typy the boys who carried out the orders who saw
that the work done and without whose efforts all the
planning would have been but vain attempt
They and the other boys Of the First Division stand
the type Of who win all kinds Of victories and who by
strong endeavOr have made this the greatest and the best
country m the world. :!
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
A Model in Letter Mrliinr.

Speaking of good-looking drug
clerks, until you have seen the be-
low mentioned pill and powder
pushers your contest is a total fail
ure. DIR. BENZ. o. TAYLOE and DIR.
LITTLE LESIE WHITE run first
and second in the prize list, while
DIR. PETER PERKINS PENCE and
DIR. B. FRIEND deserve honorable
mention. They now perform their
laborious labor at 703 18th street,
The Thompson Pharmacy
AS EVER.
Please publish this letter IN
TACT.
Speaking of handsome drug
clerks, just take a peep into Henry
Evans Drug Co.. 14th and Columbia
road, at DIR. ALOYSIUS JACHIM.
C.
/ hereby nominate for handsom-
est drug clerk in Washington
CLYDE CARVER, of People's Drug
Store No. 2, Seventh and E sts. a.
W. He is not only good looking,
but is courteous and polite, which
are the greatest essentials in any,
business.
If you think / am joshing about
this go and see for yourself, and be
convinced. A READER.
While nominations are in order
for the handsOmest drug clerk
kindly allow me to submit the name
of LINWOOD BROOKINGS, at the
Southern Pharmacy, 1927 H street
n. W. While he has been there he
has gained an exceedingly large
number Of friends who will confirm
my nomination. W. J. D.
Talk about good looking drug
clerks, how about LEM LITTLE,
formerly with Peoples Drug Store,
7th and K streets n. w, but now
with the A. d. S.
Mr. Little comes from the wild
and woody corn fields Of Virginia.
and having been a corn fed boy from
the country, has turned out to be the
most handsome Of all drug clerks.
W. L. 0'BRIEN
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
Where Is 10Th and PennA. Ave.
Where Is Hyattsyille?

Hyattsville is on the B. & OR,
r., W. R. & E. Co., and BALTIC. P ke,
Short and sweet that, but that is
where Hyattsville is.
HyattSville elected HERB MA
CHEM in the Dem. primaries for
sheriff. "POP" BURGESS (Rep.)
for county treasurer. GEO. HlCk-
Ely (Dem.) for Reg. of Wills, which
speaks good for "native sons.
Here's hoping they finish it in No
vember and elect them in general
election.
MAYOR HALLORAN and CoUN,
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
Hotel Clerk Rings In.

Speaking Of handsome hotel
clerks, / wish to nominate the gen
ial, handsome night clerk 1T the
Washington, ALFRED G. PATRICK,
for the honor.
HOTEL GUEST.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
HEAR "A ND SEEN

Leslie Malcolm saw this IN q
Philadelphia street car. Over there
thew increase wages on five-cent
fares ana are proud Of it:
H5a Hjsh Fs1ss sass' MAKE Esif:r. Elsi5. Tiis RIDE
More Fares Low Fafes
The Washington times., 1919-09-17


San Francisco have recently granted
its employees the fourth voluntary
raise OF wages since August 1918.
Canada has recently taken over
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
system embracing q total OF z'zZS
miles. This gives Canada a TOTAL
of 1900 miles of publicly owned
RAILWAYS. This is A per cent OF the
total railway mileage Of the country
The Government owned merchant
marine made over SsO,OOo,OOO pFont
last year
The town of sharon. Massachu-
sets. will soon begin the operaIloh
of a municipal street car line ne
old company line failed.
". A. KIBBEY, chief clerk Of the
Lime Association, sends a six dollar
check from his organization TO oe
spent for smokes for soldiers, ahG
have sent it along to Walter Keed
Hospital.
PERCY FOSTER, who has been
representing the Salvation Army
Committee in collecting the pledges
Subscribed during the drive last
snring. has sent out 5000 letters To
Subscribers to the fund asking them
to helm him close up the accounts.
He asks that if anyone has not paid
nm tn "cone across" soon, as the ac-
counts are being closed. Manv peo-
Die paid up and asked for no re-
ceipts, VIpA, Of course, compllcates
matters.
have an interesting letter from
JEANETTE ". BROWN who
writes from Chancein farms at Be
tbesda that she tried to get some
Jamaica ginger or paregorlc, or
Souibbs' Mixture to cure a bad case
of cramp collie from which some one
ont on the farm was suffering. The
druggist told her he was not allowed
to sell even one dose. Now what on
earth is a person going to do under
circumstances like that? Home
remedies have been taken away and
NOTHING left in their place.
Which reminds me of the rich ap-
ple orchard man who told me the
other day he was member Of the
Anti-Saloon League and that his
main work is now boosting the price
of cider.
Where Is 18th and Penna. Ave.
Fifteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue is in two places; the Avenue
runs to Fifteenth street, then two
blocks further up Fifteenth street it
il continued The American Sc
curitv and Trust Company is on
the corner Of Fifteenth and Pennsyl-
yania avenue and the Washington
Hotel is also, although they are so
far apart. The reason is that when
PENNSYLVANIA avenue was extended
they could not move the Treasury
Department and its grounds and so
went round it. just as F street Is
bent out of shape by the Interior
DeDartment. OLD RESIDENT.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

GILMAN HARRISON requested the
Odd Fellows to reopen. their car
nival grounds and give HyattsYille
lift toward getting a truck to use
on the streets. CHAIRMAN BUR-
CESS has promised to help and from
present indications it viii reopen
on the 10th. Come out and help
with the trucking. Only lasts ten
days.
As for drug clerks, VIC have one
in captivity that is the best ever
caught, that is "HAM" HICKEY.
Tell these specialists to come out
and see what a drug clerk is.
Don't forget to come out to that
carnival, Hyattsville has got to have
that truck-nuf sed. r. L. b.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

She Now Gets SI659 a Week.
Your prompt reply e nv earnest
appeal.
has certainly made me better feel.
The next time I in, trouble am.
III write to vou again. old man.
LENA GENSTERs
The Washington times., 1919-09-17
In Re -HERdsOnest Drug Clerk

Let me nominate DOC. FREDDIE
WALKER, the proprietor Of the
new Wardman Park Pharmacy. IN
the Wardman Park Hotel. AS Doc.
Walker has not yet opened his drug
store at Wardman Park Hotel he
has not had fair chance to get
IN the contest yet, but as soon as
the bellies on 9th street and vicinity
get a glimpse, you will be 6eluged
with seconds to this nomination.
G. L.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Publicly Owned Lines.
The municipal street car INES o.
San Francisco have recently granteo
its employees the fourth voluntary
raise OF wages since August 1918.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

VA. KIBBEY, chief clerk Of the
Lime Association, sends SIX dollar
check from his organization to Of
spent for smokes for soldiers, and
I have sent it along to Walter keeo
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

The Government owned merchan.
marine made over $4,000, 900 proht
last year.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

The town Of Sharon, Massacnu-
setts viii soon begin the operation
.of a municipal street car line. Inc
old company line failed.
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Canada has recently taken over
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
system embracing q total Of 2,2Z9
miles. This gives Canada a total
of 1900 miles OF publicly oEheo
railways. This is A per cent OF tne
total railway mileage Of the country
The Washington times., 1919-09-17

Speaking of handsome Ding
clerks, just take a peep into Henry
Evans Drug Co.. 14th and Columbia
road, at DIR. ALOYSIUS JACHIM.
R.G.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
MEDICAL RESERVE PLANNED.
All Who Served During War to Be Part
of Service

WASHINGTON,~ March 2T.-Plans to
build up large medical reserve corps,
including all members of the profession
who have served creditahly during the
war, were disclosed yesterday by the
war department. Commissions in the
reserve are being offered to officers of
the medical department who are being
discharged from the service
Under the law these officers cannot
be retired to the inactive list of the
reserve, but must be discharged and re-
appointed to continue their connection
with the medical department. Officers
discharged are being requested to apply
for appointments, as thy will be con
tributing support to the formation of q
reserve corps that will put the medical
profession of the country on an organ
lied basis in preparation for any future
contingency which may arise. 1t is pro
posed to give these officers in so far as
possible rank in the reserve at least
equal to that held at the time of dis
charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
SIX GET U. S. MEDAL.
Gen. Pershing Awards Honor to Gov
eminent Officials.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Gen.
Pershing has awarded the distinguished
service medal to six officials of the
American government. They arc: Ed
ward \. Hurley. chairman of shipping
board; Paul d. Cravath, representative
of the treasury department; George Me
Fadden, representative in France of the
war trade board; Dwight l.. Morrow
member of the American shipping COM
mission; l.. H. Sherman, member of the
American interallied maritime council
and Edward r. Stettinius, special as
sistant secretary of war. Gen. Henry
Hughes Wilson of the British army and
Italian and French officers were also
decorated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The J. f. Hall class of the Baptist
Bible school will hold a silver social in
the home of Mrs. A. R. Stehbins, 8
Maple street, Saturday afternoon. Sew
ing viii be provided.
c. l.. Tubbs of West Dummerston has
been engaged by the village commits
sioners to take care of garbage, Wilson
|. Brown having resigned. Mr.. Tubbs s
telephone call is 90, for complaints.
Miss Beuah Bates, county home serv-
ice worker of the Red Cross, will be III the
Red Cross office at the board of trade
rooms in the town hall building each
day from to - and from to o'clock
A public reception viii be given this
evening in the West Brattleboro Bap-
fist church at O'Clock for Rev. and
Mrs. l. NJ Compton, to which all are
cordially invited Rev. Mr.. Compton
will go to Brandon to begin his work
there as pastor of the Brandon Baptist
church, April 20, Easter Sunday.
A business meeting of Western Union
employees, with banquet, was held in
the Brooks House last night for the
egraph services of the company, proper
ilIlullH0
new reduced night message rates, and
all business of the company in general
Similar meetings are being held month
" throughout the country. and one each
month will be held hereafter The
meeting was conducted by District
Commercial Manager L. ]. Jennett OF
Manchester, n H. The following en-
ployes were present; Mr.. and Mrs A. J
Damien and Miss Gladys NJ Whitman
Of Bellows Falls, l. w Hill of Keene
n H., Mrs. NJ. T. Henry of Claremont
n. H., Miss B. Walker of Newport, n
H., j. II. Dickson and Miss F. NJ. Bi
anchi Of Hanover, n. H., Miss Madelin,
Donahue and James F. Maher of Whit,
River Junction and c. F. Stevens and s
f. Mccarthy of BrattleEoro.
The following item from the Morris
Vile Messenger is of local interest, a
Mrs. Maurice and children are expected
to come here as soon as road condition
will permit to occupy the home whcl
Attorney Maurice bought recently 0
Glenn G. Gould on Oak street: Mrs. NJ
p Maurice. whose intended departur
from town is SO sincerely regretted b
her many friends, was given another sur
prise party at her home by the member
of the Morrisville Episcopal mission. Tn
party met upstairs in the home of Mis-
Nan Wombell and then descended in
bunch upon the unsuspecting victim, VIII
quickly rallied and proved herself to b.
as usual, very charming hostess. TIL
evening was spent in sewing and CONVEX
sation light refreshments being serve
bv Miss Wombell and Mrs. Crane. Mr.
Maurice was presented with a handsom
! cut glass flower vase by her self-invite
guests, the gift being accompanied b
some original poetry in which was e.
pressed the loss the mission would SUI
tain by the departure of one of its mo.
4 earnest supporters