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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
Information and Advice For the
Police Force
The Latter Based On the Assumption That the PUBLIC Is More
Interested In the Police Than Anyone Else
By EARL GOODWIN

Every policeman should understand that two distinct
motions necessary before he viii get increase in pay
One motion is the passage of the bill before the
House District Committee That will authorize the in,
creases, but does not paw them.
The second motion is the inclusion of the raises in
appropriation bill.
Members of the House District Committee feel that the
enactment of law authorizing increased police pay
would Obhgate the Appropriations Committee to act i'm
mediaely. By that the Appropriations Committee
would probably include the police increases in the first
deficiency appropriation bill Otherwise the police viii
have to wait until the fiscal year. months from
now, to get the raises they need imperavely at this
moment.
The appointment of subcommittee to draft police
pay bill indicates there will be opportunity for show
down in the police row.
Commissioner Brownlow is entirely correct when he
says there is ring trying to get Pullman and everyone
knows it.
Whether or not the ''ring'' is composed of crooks
is what the District subcommittee find out if it
wants to. And until this is cleared up there win be less
efficiency than there should be on the force.
Without delaying the matter Of the increased pay
which the need personally and which the force needs
to attract and desirable men, trust land not
alone In that hOpe) that full frank and free discussion
of the case can be had.
There is plenty of underground opposition to Major
Pullman Let's what it looks like when it ont
in the light.
Also, let the taxpayng community get chance to say
what it thinks about some of the police methods
Let's find out if the petty persecution which Of
subjected is the result of orders from headquarters
the police tell everyone is it part of the general
plan to bring the administration into disrepute.
IF there's fault to be found anywhere, let's all get dow
to business and discuss it. and discuss it frankly.
You will notice that In all of this middle there no
mention of police graft You're lucky to live in big city
where that ugly serpent has not found nest
In parting let get this thought abroad: The police
force belongs to the people of Washington not to any
official any of officials The people Of Washington
are suffering in this strained situation because the police
force is not doing its full duty long there is dis
sension anywhere The thing the public wants is to clear
up the muddle and get back to normal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

To glance through the papers
one would think that every State
LEGISLATOR, not to mention Con-
gress and the Senate, were Sc
verally engaged in probing the
high cost of living.
Yet in spite of these investiga-
tons prices continue to soar, and
the smiling salesman, as he takes
your last nickel, tells you they
will go higher yet"
There is a simple remedy, with
in the grasp of every woman, in
regard to the high cost OF living
menace. She may read the adver-
tisement in the daily paper and
make her selections accordingly.
For no dealer will spend money in
calling attention to his top-notch
prices. He advertises his bargains
or what passes for bargains these
nerve-wracking days. And the
thoughtful patriotic woman will
decline to pay spectacular prices
even when she can attord TO pay
them-for that way confusion, /. e.
Bolshevism, lies.
We American women have. got
to take this question OF the high
cost of living into our own hands,
lust as the women or France dld.
They secured the publication Of a
government price list, and the price
list of the profiteers shriveled &C
cordingly. Even if we can anord
to pay the fabulous prices now
asked for certain things, we must
decline to avail ourselves Of that
luxury, out of consideration for
the less fortunate who cannot az
ford to be exploited.
The Pinching Shoe Question.
Let us take, for instance, the
question of shoes, which is pinch
ing us all today. Mr.. Wendell
Endicott, of the Endicott-Johnson
Corporation, the largest manu-
facturer of shoes in the world,
said in an interview, that serv-
iceable dress shoes of high-grade
leather could be had from IS to
So a pair. And that mems work
ing shoes of heavy leather could
be bought from from 81 to Sc
a pair.
He went on to state, that to do
this, shoppers would have to look
about and find shops where prices
are within ones means. 1.-THE
case of Shoes" he said, lis very
much like the price of breakfast
at fashionable hotels. A man
may pay a dollar for coffee, rolls,
and his tip at certain hotels. An
Identical meal of the same quail
ity, but minus the style and the
hotel prestige, could be bought
at any number Of places for one
third of the price. The buyer
of shoes has to make a similar
choice"
The tremendous cost Of many
similar articles of wearing ap-
parel at present is very largely
a question of atmosphere" If
YOU must have beautiful sur
roundings, you can pay beautiful
prices and vice versa.
Two or three Of the large de-
partment stores in New York;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
A Letter About Ice

that every frozen article. or rather
every section OF the same substance,
water for instance, is OF the same
GOODNESS after being frozen. As q
matter Of simple fact, there may be-
a difference OF as much as 100 degrees
in the temperature Of two pieces of
commercial ''ice." It takes no seten-
tific mind to see that manufacturers
Of ice have much TO gain by keeping
their product at as high temperature
that Is, as WARNS practicabla
just so IL IL cold enough to hold to
gether while being handled and Dc
livered That is why, in some few
progressive cities which count NJ
service too small, provided II benefit
the public, have established a stand
ard OF ice temperature. A block o
ice Of very low temperature-tha
is to say so degrees colder thar
another block OF the same size-wil|
resist melting nearly twice as long
While on the subject of ice. this pOin
appears to me to be particularly ID
order.
A. T. RACTED,
Ehret Foundation OF Chemical Re
search.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
TODAY'S TOPIC
How Women May Help Curb the "H. c. of L.

recognize this and sell goods
with and without atmosphere"
In the softly shaded Louis
Suites" upstairs you can pay the
traditional kings ransom for
anything your imagination de-
mands.
But downstairs in the basement
where atmosphere" is eonspicu-
lousy lacking, the intelligent
shopper is still rewarded by
many bargains. There is. no
cunning arrangement of mirrors
to soften ones defects and bring
out ones good points. 1t is the
prose of buying, there is no ca
joling Of the senses-but there
are bargains.
If you are willing to do your
shopping without pampering, you
may still be able to clothe your
self, but heaven help you if you
must have the Establishments of
the Louis Suites"
Fortified by a little inside
knowledge, and some "horse
sense" a business woman bought
a pair of plain black pumps the
other day, for which she was
asked $16, plus the war tax.
Thank You, No"
The enterprising young clerk,
with an air of subdued sorrow,
then invited the customer to buy
several more pairs Of bargain
shoes" at similar prices, saying
if she waited till autumn she
would have to pay $R5 pair for
similar shoes.
Thank you, no." the lady an
swered; 81 do not intend to pay
that price aagin, either now, or
in the autumn"
"But how shall you manager"
the clerk fluttered. "Shoes are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

President IRVING SHAPIRO and
Financial Secretary SIGMUND
DANZANSKY of the Junior Jewish
Welfare Board came into the office
yesterday and left this piece, which
i give to you without a single
change:
"Junior Jewish Welfare Board, who
has been helping the wounded SOL
diers, have become scouts. Any Jew
ish boy twelve years or over may
Join upon his own application. A
meeting will be held Sunday, Aug
ust 8, 1919, at o'clock at Y. NJ. H.
A. at Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue. Refreshments will be
served.
President, Irving Shapiro; vice
president, Jacob Halam; financial
secretary, Sigmund Danzansky; re-
cording secretary, Max Goldstein;
treasurer, Emil Flax; sergeant-at-
arms. Harry Amhronitz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

going steadily up-by October
we shall be asking $25 for these
pumps that you are now pay ing
only SIC for"
81 shall manage" said the lady
gently, but firmly, "by going to
another shop. Not. every dealer
is asking $40 for these pumps to-
day, and not every dealer will be
asking $25 by October. l in
tend to go to another shop"
"But," said the clerk, more in
sorrow than in anger, 1--WE make
a feature Of those long, narrow
lasts; you won't be able to get
them elsewhere"
81 know you have made q
feature, also a fortune, out Of
these long, narrow lasts" the
lady continued, "but other deal
ers have discovered your Klon-
dyke; they are carrying them,
too, and at about half price.
This little clipping may in
terest you"-and she thrust a
scrap Of paper into the young
mans hand.
The clipping was the interview
with Mr.. Wendell Endicott, before
referred to, saying that anyone
who wanted to pay $50 and $25 a
pair for shoes could do so, but
that it was not necessary.
The clerk then had a bright
idea, he happened to remember
they were CLOSING out" certain
pairs Of shoes that happened to be
the customers size, at greatly re-
duced prices. These were genuine
bargains, and the lady bought
them.
Much of the high cost Of every
thing depends upon the extent to
which the public is willing to be
bled. II we pay $25 for shoes this
coming October, doubtless some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
Answers to Correspondents.
POVerty's Problem

MY DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a young girl nineteen years
Of age and have been going about
with a young man about a year.
and have received an engagement
ring from him. do not love him.
but as / have no father and a poor
mother, who can hardly support her
self, l would like to ask your kind
advice as to what you would do. Ny
mother would like me to marry him.
She says for a poor girl like me IL
is luck to strike a young man So
fine in character as he is. But 10
not love him and feel that II 1 do
marry him I will not be happy.
A GIRL IN DOUBT.
l can understand your mothers
wish to have you married to an sd-
mirable and well-to-do young man,
but YOU should not do this until
YOU are in love with him. At
your age, you can of course be a
help to your mother financially,
rather than a burden to her, and
you are quite right in hesitating
TO commit yourself to a marriage
not based on love. Besides, life
is hardly begun at nineteen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
Beatrice Problems Workers
Especially for Washington Women

eloquent young clerk with tears
in his eyes and voice husky with
emotion will be telling US that we
shall have to pay $35 by January
/, and by January l there will be
found q Mrs. Gullible ready to pay
anything she is asked.
The emotion OF the profiteer,
taking our last nickel and telling
US that, in a month or two, he will
be obliged to take more, recalls
the sorrows Of the walrus and the
carpenter in Lewis Carroll's
Through the Looking Glass" You
will remember that the walrus
and the carpenter were about to
eat the little oysters who had gone
walking with them.
Il weep for yoc," the waIrus said.
II deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those Of the largest size,
Holding his pocket handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
And then they ate all the gull
lible little oysters. Doubtless
there will always be the shearer
and the sheep, it is the law of life,
apparently. But curiously enough
the sheep are never those who
have any genuine claims to pros
perity.
They belong to the class which
is hypnotized by figures. If an
unbecoming hat costs $4,000 it
must be more desirable. than a DC
coming one at a third the price.
High prices exercise a curiously
subtle effect on certain weak
characters. They have a feeling
that the top notch figure must
conceal something precious, some
thing desirable. Such people are
the easy mark of the prohteer-
the darling of the exploiter.
A bargain is beneath their
dignity-they belong to the great
family of little oysters" which
has branches all over the United
States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
What's Doing; Where; When

T0dAg.
Oid-tiuns Box Supper-Honor Miss Mar
garat Wilson. Centrai High School, Flew
cath and Clifton streets northwest.
Pteuie-Maine Association, Sixteenth
street reservoir picnic grove, at .. IA.
Danes-Camp Humphreys At p. m.
Dauce-Central High School Community
Center, Thirteenth ana Florida avenue
northwest At $3.50 .. m.
Dance Thomson Community Center.
Twelfth and L streets northwest at $3.50
p. m
Dance-MarEaret Wilson Community
Center. Eighth and streets northwest, at
8 ,. m.
DAnce-Red Cross Club. coFoorsn Court,
New York avsnue northwest, between Sew
sntsenth and Eighteenth streets. at p. m
coneeFt-U. g. Marine Band, the EIlipse,
~ 3. m .--.-------
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

Field Day-Girl Scouts Of America, n
Autrey Park Nd, today and tomorrow
afternoon.
heetlng-Rappa Alpha Association, Dis
trict Of Columbia, 1911 Fourteenth street
northwest, at $50 D. m
Baseball-CleYeland VS. wasbin1tcp
American League Baseball Park, at $40
p. m.
Baseball-Cleyeland va Washington.
American League Baseball Park, al $3.50
p. IN.
Observation-Disclosures. from Four-miIe
Run TO Luna Park, 20 Forts Scott ana
Richardson, TO Nauck and Green Valley,
at p. m.
Open-sir Serviees-Auspices Of Young
Mems Christian Association and Inter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

A soldier Who came oVer or the
LeUidthGR, last trip, tells ne that
for the last three days of the Uoll-
age, he had NOTHING TO eat and
doesn't kHotU of anyone else tOhO
did. WHAT'S the big idea?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
HEART AND SEEN

Old Pike in the Flivver. Given
under the auspices Of 0riole
Lodge, No. AZ, !. D. o. F.
SIS for 1917 Pennies
L. P. A. says he has some 1909
pennies he win sell me at a pre-
MUM. But my offer still stands
SIG for 1917 pennies.
BILL PALMER writes that he
is down at Atlantic City tapping
up a few two seventy fives which
be says have a decided Gersten-
bergian tast concealed meath the
cuff.
The other day you said some
thing about a storekeeper near
the Soldiers Home who charged 2
cents for a glass Of water. That's
nothing. Listen. There's q "deli-
catessen grocery lunch room" q
half a block from the Knickefboek-
er Theater that charges cents
for the use Of the glass from
which you drink the milk bought
at the same place.
RUDOLPH DE ZAPP.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02
Once-Overs
Copyright 1919 International Feature Service, inc
By J. J. MUNDY.
MOODS ARE LARGELY BUNK.

By j.. J. MUNDY.
MOODS" ARE LARGELY BUNK.
that must certain surroundings
and in a mood to do certain thing
little jobs and pretty goodSiZed
should do, but OF and keep putting
them off because you feel in the mood?
the this spirit the harder becomes TO
in the mood.
You have promised yourself that will take line
would greatly beneht but put
ting it off until "fee just like it,
That happy day never come
mysterious something" which
imagine going to do certain things had better
wake
possibly
Shakespeare wrote from necessity
from comfortable chairs
which will tell when the golden moment
for the results which have in mind
rather than the Of doing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

Why investigate the lexington
wreck any further? The Wreco
has already blamed the accident
on the crew.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

The kellogg Bldg. clock must
have joined the no beer no work
movement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-02

ROBERT SMITH, who lives in Vir-
ginia, brings a cucumber to town
every day. Sometimes two.
Great doings at Hyattsvllle, l
CLEAN from ROBERT L. BOSHEK
and EUGENE BURGESS. Carnl-
val and high jinks from now on
till September. Music, dancing,
and ice cream. Get of the car at
the drug store or drive down the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-22
No Tendency to Give Up,

The president did nothing to ad-
vance the situation today, nor did the
opposition senators make any important
move, Mr., Wilson was too Ill to con-
tinue his conferences with senator's, and
q canvas OF sentiment on Capitol Hill
reveals no marked tendency to capit-
ulate TO the president Of his oral ef-
forts of last week.
Senator Lodge Is AZ confident as he
ever was that reservations considered
cause prolonged negotiations with the
European powers, He Is going ahead
on that assumption and he has a suf-
ficient following to give concern to the
presidents supporters. The Republi-
ran policy Just now Is to follow out the
Root program. This would put a five
year limitation on article 10 or ellmi-
nate 1t altogether,
The president SAYS that Europe would,
In effect, call America q gutter II,
after entering into an agreement to
guarantee the boundaries OF the treaty,
the United States served notice at
the same time that. after five years,
tends that Europe might well ask
why did o get aboard the ship y
the first place."
Also Mr.. Wilson is picturing the whole
European situation as dangerously neai
chaos and complete disorder, He tells
senators the world has no idea Of the
true condition OF affairs in Europe an
that America must hasten TO the res,
che. He told one senator that he wor
ried every night lest he wake up tn,
next day and find all Europe had gon'
into a crash again.
\, Only the support OF powerful and dis
interested nations like America bringing
. material and moral factors to Europe
r aid will substitute reConstructin 70
destruction and assure the people o
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-22
WRITING TO BE \
CHANGED TO PRINT FORM

LONDON, July %. Correspondence
of the Associated Press.)-To abolish
script writing and replace it by print
writing is the purpose Of an influen-
TALLY supported movement begun in this
tend that the present system fails to
stand the test of commercial life in
England and causes a great loss OF
time and labor.
The characters used in, the proposed
system are the ordinary printed let
tiers. known as Roman block letters,
with the exception OF the "a" and "E'
which are simplified into their script
forms. The print characters were en-
ployed by monks long before script
writing came into fashion n can still
be seen in ancient manuscripts from
which. in fact, they were first copied
by the printer.
Advocates Of print writing claim II
possesses many advantages over ordi-
harry handwriting. especially to the
teacher that, the same characters be-
ing employed both for writing and
reading, the child learns much more
quickly. and it is further asserted that
his spelling and his education as
| whole are correspondingly benefited.
Many British educational authorize:
| favor print writing and 1t Is taught
in numerous British schools. No tint
is wasted in the new system on In,
Vulnerable Jennings. Superfluous loop!
and flourishes are abolished.
One big London firm has adopted
the system and other concerns are saiC
to be considering its use.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-22
CLOSED SHOP BLOCKS
MARINE STRIKE PEACE

NEW YORK, July 22.-The closed
shop demand Of the striking seamen
continues 10 be the stumbling block in
the way Of a settlement Of the dead
lock hat has tied UP coastwise trade
for more than two weeks at Atlantic
ports.
No prospect Of overturcs from the
steamship owners was possible, accord
ing to officers Of the American steam
ship association, who reiterated provi-
Gus statements that questions OF wages
and hours Of work could be adjusted,
but that the owners would not agree to
the closed shop.
The union committees In charge Of
the strike declared today that the mon
were prepared to remain out Indefinite
ly. with both sides firm In their stand
and no compromises, 1t appeared prob
able that the dispute might be referred
to the department OF lahor's division on
mediation and Cancellation.
The marine engineers, who have been
actively aiding the strikers by refus-
ing to ship on boats where nonunion
men have taken the place OF strikers,
virtually Joined the strike yesterday
when the organization sent out circu-
lars directing It's members not to sign
for voyages except with shipping COM
panies which met their demands, Crews
Of towboats Of several railroad compa-
nies engaged in hauling coal barges
from New York to New England have
struck, demanding SIS more a month,
The strikers on towboats are not con
nected with the striking ocean sea
mon
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-22
PEASANTS OF KAVADAR
ARE FACING STARVATION

KAVADAR, Macedonia, July o.
Without food, without clothing, without
medical attention, with hardly any
growing crops promising relief when
the harvest comes, $4,000 refugees Of
this district have returned and are
desperately ~clinging to the little noun
tain farms which are their patrimony.
Rather than abandon them they will
die in the ruins and caves which today
only half shield them from the ele-
ments.
To this field the Balkan commission
of the American Red Cross has sent
Capt. R. NJ. Brakely, U. S. A. med
ical corps, of New Orleans, La, with
five nurses and several carloads of sup
plies. Villages within a radius of 80
kilometers are now being served by the
"Amerikanska." Medicines are given at
the dispensary, which never charges a
dinar for its services, or for flour,
clothing and other supplies from the
canteen. What that means to a people
who have come back from exile, after
three years of deprivation OF the neces-
stiles of life, to find their homes in
ruins can best be appreciated here on
the spot,
The station here at Kavadar is but
one of hundreds of similar stations In
Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Rumania,
Herzegovina and Greece which the
Balkan commission of the American
Red Cross has established.
The town hall Is used for an In
Urinary. an empty house for a food
and clothing warehouse and an old mill
has been made into a bakery. The dis
pensary is crowded from morning to
night. Some days $50 patients are
treated. The manned and stricken come
from. a radius of 80 miles. One patient
was brought in on an oxcart after an
unbroken journey Of four days. Tuber-
culosis in every form, anemia and
other ills that follow in the wake Of
undertaking and poor housing have
affected a third of the population.
The task facing the Red Cross relief
agencies is a heroic one.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-22
Become Slender
A Simple, Guaranteed Method

II YOU would like to lose, weekly, from
one to five pounds of burdensome fat
while eating and drinking all you need,
also enjoy life far better than at pres
ent, just follow this advice:
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Men and who were waddling
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have, in many cases, reported a grad
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