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The Washington times., 1919-01-14
By T. E. Powers

oue. correspondents OF the b. 5.
H. type find me too straight laced
and reactionary, while the lady
signing herself Determination"
thinks on the whole I am too lax.
And this because 1 begged a young
woman in love with a married man
to listen to the voice of her con-
science and not elope with him.
Determination" thinks she
should have been denounced, in
which l thoroughly disagree. Bit
terness and reputation never yet
deferred anyone from folly. Look
at the hangings in England during
the last century for sex offenses,
statistics show that such drastic
punishment caused no diminution
OF misdeeds.
Let him that is without sin cast
the first stone" Is good enough mo-
rallty for anyone. AS for elimi-
mating what my correspondent calls
the cause of wrong" she might as
well talk of eliminating human ma
ture. They tried that in the Mid
die Ages with disastrous results.
DETERMINATIONS" letter follows:
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
If you and everyone else who is
working for the uplift OF humanity
would exert your influence to re-
move the pits" as much as YOU
do to keep folks from falling into
them, you will find that method
much more effective Reason from
cause to effect. Remove the cause.
This Will never be accomplished
any other way than the method en-
ployed in killing the snake You
bet your life l don't beg a snake
not TO bite me.
Take for instance the girl who
signed herself "Despondent." You
talked to her too easy. You want
her to use her conscience instead
of telling her that such an act is
against the law of God, Of nature.
and Of our country. That she and
the man should both be arrested and
punished for violating fundamental
principles Of society, instead Of,
you beg her not to take such a
step.
have lived in Washington the
greater part OF twenty years. It's
as good as any city, but 1t lacks a
deal of being good enough. The
only way to maintain the standards
of right is to eliminate the cause OF
wrong. There is no organized move
ment TO stamp out the cause of
wrong here or anywhere else. We
ienend on the consciences of men
an1 women, the church and repent
ance and none of these things ever
will accomplish it.
When you make the least degree
OF allowance for these things you
are winking at evil. Put your foot
on 1t with an oath.
DIFFERENTIATION.
We hope this lady will really
excuse US from the oath. We don't
enjoy swearing.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

This Tells How the Rockville
Line Treats Its Passengers
Ana now the HAM ROAD Rising Superior An Lsw and Lsv
Courts, Takes II Into Its Regulate
Law and Swell It's Treasury Thereby.
By EARL GOODWIN.


Here is the story of the way the people who ride the
Rockville line are robbed The Ham road takes their money
il advance for tickets and refuses to redeem the tickets
unless presented In the calendar month"; that YOUR
SICKNESS or YOUR HOLIDAY means GAIN to the HAM
|! rather long story for this column, but read it
carefully and see how the high nancier works when il
comes to taking other folks money:
the result of laws of the Maryland legislature the
Rockville line was divided into four with cent
cash fare In each Also the law required the railroad
company to sell communication tickets for daily passengers
for year. The law was repealed or tested in
court and the Rockville line operated under for seven
years. - --.
Then suddenly the HAM ROAD repudiated the law. 1t
said This isn't good Law at ALL and simply gncrcd it.
Truth to say the HAM ROAD aided and abetted by
some kind of an opinion from W. CABELL BRUCE chief
counsel of the Maryland public service commission Mr.
Bruce said the law wasn't constitutional and that was
enough for the HAM ROAD didn't wait for any court
say So SIMPLY took the conclusion of the complacent
- And having repealed the Maryland law, the HAM
HONOR FAMILY fIs 1Soa Nseas KET M n
JUST SOLD elected passengers from when they dare
offer the tickets bought the month before and raised com
Trying to get still MORE money the HAM ROAD asked
the Interstate Commerce Commission for raise of rates
measured by minimum of % per cent and got raise of
10 per cent on interstate rates.
Now see how they applied that 10 per cent raise.
In the first zone between the District line and Alta
of fftytwo single trip tickets for s11O.
But after this 10 per cent raise machinaon the Rock
vile line sells very cutey planned Communication ticket
book Each sheet is two tickets good in Maryland
one good In the District of Columbia. There y-two
of these sheets of double tickets and the nav
for them in advance -
But if he does not all of the tickets in the calendar
month he cannot get back cent from the HAM ROAD.
That's the robbery He invests $3.50 for District of Cou
ba fares at cents ride and he is sick the HAM ROAD
makes a profit on it. "
The use Of this ticket also deprves the passenger
the privilege of buying the four for quarter white ticket
good for transfer to the Capital Traction line
There something queer about the attitude of the
Maryland Public Service Commission on this rotten deal
1t has been appealed to by delegation after delegation and
refuses to take up the complaints in The thing
to do is to 60 straight to the of MARYLAND
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

FOUR cooks applied for a lob: and
she got q jewel that had worked for
fourteen years in one place.
For the edifcation and informa-
ton Of Young Timer" who 50
tersely writes in your Heard and
Seen" column, and at the same time
using the "come on" In his effort to
know about the first moving picture
house in Washington. While The
Pickwlck" was probably the first
pretentious movie" house. IL was
not the first in Washington by quite
a number of years.
The frst "nickelodeon" or amoyfe"
house in Washington, in fact, suy-
where in the United States, SO far
as yours truly has been able 10 as
certain, was located on Seventh
street one block this side of the o
Street Market, around 1896 or 1897.
possibly earlier.
Those were the days Of the end
less MIN Of from so TO rs feet in
length, which could be run a mile or
foot, a day or a week. but alvsvs
repeating every so or 75 feet: AZ
that time the film favorites WEIR TIE
Black Diamond Express, Goinp 10
the Fire, Watermelon Contest, Skirs
Dance, etc.
BILL SHACKELFoRD. of the ola
Burnt Cork Club, was the orieinstor
OF the idea and ran the show at that
location for several months with
more or less success.
In those days the police reeuls-
tons were not so strict and ycn
were allowed to have a sbarker" AZ
the entrance and q lobby attrsctio--
to rope the crowd in. As I re-olle-f
MEIG PARHAM was the hovIire
dervish at the front door and tae
"Deltinos," battle axe and knife
throwers. worked in the lobby frse
show under beaming electric liehts.
This was even before TOM
MOORE'S time, and Tom was about
the next man to enter the business
here and make fortune out of Il.
Can you beat that "Youne
Timer?" I'll say not.
BooFuL.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Workers
Especially for Washington Women

r VERY week I hope we may
r have finished with kissing
- as a topic. Then some one
writes ostensibly about kissing.
but unconsciously opening up some
thing much more important that
hinges on this much-discussed SUBJ
ject.
Take the following letter, for in
stance. from a girl who, finding no
sympathy from her mother, decides
that life is more tolerable If she
allows an occasional young man
to kiss her and this, with no pre-
tense of being in love with them.
This letter should make every
mother stop and consider the
amount Of sympathy and under
standing her daughter is getting at
home.
Then there Is another letter from
B. s. H., whose comments on the
gentle art of kissing evoked such
a storm Of protest a week or so
ago. B. S. H. writes very we'll on
the modern feministic point of
view in regard to the new rela-
tions between the sexes. | am
sorry there isn't space to give his
letter today, it will be published
soon. The warning to mothers is
as follows:
nEAp MISS EATpEaE.
am very much interested in your
articles that appear on the last page
of The Times-especially the argu-
ments regarding kissing.
l am a young girl war worker,
and live with my mother, who is'a
business woman and has little time
to devote to me. White ] love my
mother dearly. she is OF sort Of
cold type. and doesn't make much
over anyone-while I am OF a very
affectionate disposition and yearn
for companionship. I see no harm,
then. OF the right kind Of kissing,
once in a while, from the right sort
OF fellow, and since have been per-
mitting this, l can say II has done
much in making things seem worth
while.
am considered a very sensible
girl, so please do not misunderstood
me. and think me OF the type that
kisses every Tom. Dick. and Harry.
Won't you please give me some
Of your valuable advice on these
views. I assure you l will appreci-
ate II very much to see 1t in print,
as l have some friends who take
the same view and 1t may help them
also. l.. G.. NJ.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
TODAY'S TOPIC
BACK TO KISSING AGAIN.
kiss and no one wants to marry.
The Hardfaced Siren.

kiss and no one wants to marry.
The Hardfaced Siren.
Haven't you seen them at dances,
restaurants, or summer resorts,
this febrile type of siren that some
man or other has been successfully
rushing" for the past ten years?
Her eyes have acquired the hard
rowing look of one who must be
ever on the alert, for the "rushes"
occupy a shorter period as time
goes on. When Tom shows symp-
toms of slipping, Dick must be
pressed into his place, with Harry
kept under observation as a DOS
sible successor. This sort Of thing
becomes an endless chain of tenn
porary fates.
The destiny of such a girl is
sealed in the town where she has
exercised her hectic spell. All the
elig1bles have rushed" but none
had the courage to domesticate.
Sometimes she visits another CITY
and returns engaged or the wife of
some quiet, steady chap, who can't
understand why SO brilliant and
cosmopolitan type has been will
ing to marry him.
And everyone is so glad, glad
that "poor Gladys is settled at
last" that they shower wedding
presents and forget and forgive,
for we all love happy endings even
if we do 20 to see Ibsen.
Can't Please Everybody.
1t is very hard to please every
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
ROB NICHOLS.

A lady got on a car at Center
Market yesterday. The car was
crowded. she counted the passen-
gers, which she finally decided was
impossible, but she did see eighty
eight The register told her that
the conductor had taken in twenty
fares. And this was before sny
transfer point was reached. 80 aiI
on board were cash fares. Wouldn't
this tickle the stockholders to
death.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
Attention, Mothers, Please!

Will mothers engrossed in busi-
ness or leisure please give this
letter q little thought? Of her
own mother the girl writes: "She
has little time to devote to me.
While l love her dearly, she is
Of q cold type"
1t is this type Of woman who
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Hip, Hip, Hurray, In a last-min-
ute rush Dark Horse ROBERT n
HARPER rushes to the front as a
BIG possibility in the Chamber Of
Commerce presidential race. VOTE
tonight. Annual meeting. Rausch-
ers.
BOGIE MILLER, the genial boss
of the Miscellaneous Shop Of the
Navy Yard, writes that he is egqed
on by my constant reference in
this column to the Ham line to ask
if / mean anything by it or is it
merely an allusion to the end-seat
hogs who infest the open cars in
the summer.
MR.. and MRS. LEVIN HANDY, of
the Seminole Apartments, have a
wonderful new baby girl.
DELT EDWARDS, who is sending
out all that good European news, is
an old Eleventh street southeast boy;
la JOHNNY FERRIS ICE WAGON
BOY; ran with the Lincoln Park
gang; and went to the WALLACH
SCHOOL when our dear friend, A. T.
STUART, was principal.
FRANK CUNNINGHAM, of the Of
fee Of the Supreme Court OF the
District of Columbia, has been on
the sick list.
MAJOR ED B. CLARK. our old
friend who was right in the fight
when the armistice was signed, has
been resting up at Atlantic City.
NJ. o. CHANCE, our popular p.
NJ, is working hard these days. His
pvt. Sec, WILL SHERWOOD, is TAX
ing little vacation. Have a good
time, Bill.
DIR. and MRS. GEORGE SHARP
had card party out to their pretty
home in Cleveland Park the other
night. Cards were played and a
good time was had by all.
MAJOR TOM EVANS. Of the Medi-
cal Museum, was in Philly yester-
day.
LIEUT.. ]. o. DONALDSON, avia-
tor. Washington boy, is here again,
having been captured by Germans
He got away, though, and has q big
string of stories.
BILL BACHELOR has a card from
his old friend, EDDIE RICKEN-
BACKER, the American ace.
Here's real news. One Southeast
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Tomorrow.
Meeting-BoArd OF Education, in Frank
lin School, at 4:3o p. m.
Lecture-By Rev. William ]. Duanne.
S. j.. on II. G. Wells, the welI-known
English novelist" at Gonzaga College, ii
D.
Meeting District of Columbia Society
Of the Sons Of the American Revolution
at Rauscher's, at 8 p. m.
Address-By Louis Post, Assistant Sec
retary of Labor, on ''Kolumbis Esperanto
Kiuba," at Public Library. at p. m
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

LIEUT.. ]. o. DONALDSON, avia.
tor. Washington boy, is here again
having 'been captured by Germans
He got away, though, and has a biz
string of stories.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

BILL BACHELOR has a card from
his old friend, EDDIE RICKEN-
BACKER, the American ace.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Here's real news. One Southeast
housekeeper reports that in one day
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
What's Doing; Where; When

Meeting-Council OF Jewish Women in
vestry Of Eighth Street Temple, NJ a.ao
p. m. "
Celebration-Citizens of Brightwood, at
No. 20 Are engine house, Georgia avenue
near Shepherd road InstaIIs tion ~
FIRE motor apparatus, s D. m. u
Supper-Fellowship supper to all mann.
bers OF NJ. c. A. at s p m, in as
sembly hall Y. NJ. c. A.
Meftng-Nationsl Federation Of EN-.
ployes Local No II, at 7os o street north
west. p. IN.
Commemoration-First Anniversary Of
foundation Of italian Catholic Society al
719 Sixth street northwest
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

MAJOR TOM EVANS. Of the Medi-
cal Museum, was in Philly yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14
HEARD AND SEEN

Hip, Hip, Hurray! In a last-min-
ute rush Dark Horse ROBERT n.
HARPER rushes to the front as a
BIG possibility in the Chamber OF
Commerce presidential race. VOTE
tonight. Annual meeting. Rausch-
ers.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

DIR. and MRS. GEORGE SHARP
had a card party out to their pretty
home in Cleveland Park the other
night. Cards were played and a
good time was had by all.
The Washington times., 1919-01-14

FOUR cooks applied for job: and
she got o jewel that had worked for
fourteen years in one place.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-25
A Survey of Business.
by w. 81. WILSON,
Secretary OF Labor.

S Of aoor er 1 ,ss
ing gs hs nati9R in public private con;
Hs ss, will Tia en.s heT and
ani 6acN 10 make the transition from
to lack Of data on which susness juSEn ene
NAH Be vsg to naTnnS hey LABOR and capt4
canvussed for future outputs
search M for pi the ass oi the
soilsessd YIN Ss that the "a ,lo oa
w Sl Is y h Es1sea Any c0 nne
is unde IL pubE Sr
99uang present. Wien eireun stances esl' Sne
a,tgppi be made correct nhem f bur there
given the wides, publicity. ecu WIZ &c
dismissed nG qom war soldiers snd
ment the building trade and It's allied faetofy
sien q actv;y WI lessen the cons s''p
public health and CONVEX, inactive properly Into
S"ppori the tuneson sAo Of
iss ns oh Ase Of
ss The 10 produce se
n nc, quota t Of goods for future eonsump,
ss and ehsy
i ihe sE s Of LYING Chief among such goods are
including public works. as roads bridges etc
The scarcity OF buildings. for example, creates
high rents.
The inquiry will be under the direction of
business men OF wide practical experience who
cation viii be conducted by . group OF eco
nomists and special agents supplied by the De-
par,msn, Of Labor and other govsrnment de-
include the and supply OF building ma
,eriais the amount OF labor available and it's
cost the values OF land. prevailing rents. the
supply , Of capital , the amount OF CONSTRUCTION
Ing in all parts OF the country
Under n the n, supervsion OF the economies
ton for publication by the means Of the press
pubiic speaker posters and the medium OF or
Sanized labor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-25
British Labor Tension Rcla.cs

TENSION between organized British labor
ana the government apparently has lcs-
sened as a result OF the announcement that
the government has decided 10 adopt tho re-
port OF Chairman Justice Sankey OF the coal
commission, pledging it TO naturalization OF
the mines, with assurance to the miners of =
substantial wage increase and reduction OF
hours. In the meantime the poye-nrrnn,'s
negotiation with the railway mon in which
large concessions TO their demands arc N
sight, has improved the outlook 10 such an
extent that Lloyd George has taken heart
and announces determination 10 remain il,
Paris until a preliminary peace is fixed m
less unexpected disturbance should intcrrupt
the promise of growing accord in the do
nestle situation.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that this con
hdcncc Of the British government, in i,e
ability to take care of tho labor situation and
prevent a threatened strike Of the dimensions
winch seemed impending will prove not 10
nave been lnsubstantially founded since such
strike at this time or shortly being In
the nature of political strike. would pr.cip-
itatc condition OF affairs tina, might Sc
riouSly interfere with the deliberations Of Tie
peace conference, il not. indeed 80 di.air-
range the whole program of settlement For
the fact must not be overlooked That Inc
strike which has been Impending would be
agaln3t the government II would hn ~,
effort TO compel the existing l.lovd Gcorpc
ministry to put through the House Of Com
mons bills for the NATURALIZATION OF not ONLY
the coal mines. but the railroads as wei
II that should be accomplished il would he
the signal for going still further More
strikes would likely follow demanding that
inc management OF the mines and railroads
DC given INTO the control OF the empIoyccs
and other Industries undoubtedly would soon
DC put IN The same category
success IN England would cmbOlden the
supporters OF the principle OF naturalization
oI Industries in other countries and it would
only be question OF short time until many
countries would be secthing with the same
hina OF troubles. Boshevism would find the
hcid iallow for tho sowing OF It's propagandl
ana all kinds Of confusion would be raised
AT time when the energies Of the whole
world should be directed 20 re-establishing
conditions OF peace.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-25

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-25

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