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The Washington times., 1920-01-30
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Make Compulsory Car Merger
Unquesti0nabIy Legal
By BILL PRICE.

The cold fact is dawning Congress, that compul
sorry merger OF street car companies IN Washington is the
only kind that be had and that body apparently get
ting ready to apply the screws!
In putting through legislation of this kind, however
the greatest danger in the passage OF law that will
give both OF the companies here legal opening to
the courts where they can stave of relief to the public Tor
two three years while the old conditions prevail
1t has not escaped attention that existing laws fully
protect the interests of corporations and invested capital
but offer mighty little satisfaction to the masses OF the
people when they happen to be getting the worst OF stu
alton, as they are in this city.
The efforts of the Utilities Commission to control Ger
tain utilities in this city have for been met with ap
peas to the courts and prolonged litigation corporation
has the right to the safeguarding OF its interests but the
public has still greater right to protection There is no
law in the District of Columbia up to this time which
directly recognizes that THE PUBLIC is the chief factor
in the affairs of public utilities
In trying to compel the street railways here to do
thing for the good of all, Congress will have to
guard against inevitable appeal from its action Citizens
of Washington entitled to relief speedily possible
Under the right Of eminent domain, Congress could
authorize the condemnation of these properties and
their operation by the municipality, proceeding that would
require less time for settlement in the courts than ord
appeal from decision. Then it would all be
and the general public would know where it stands.
San Francisco most of the street car property
there and operates it under direct municipal authority The
city borrowed $520OO0 to start its ownership plans On
SCENTS FARE the gross profits with large wages have
been Interest bonded debts has been paid off
promptly and $5OOO of the original bonds have been
retired! The city has also invested of its profits
Government and other bonds and in few years has made
ST. ,3O7 1886 of extensions
Cleveland, Ohio, 5-cents fare-ess than that when
tickets purchasedhas done spendidy in spite of wage
increases and heavy costs.
Cleveland does not its systems, but has CON-
TROL of service and expenditures we'll power to
limit the profits of the company does limit these profits
to per cent legitimate valuation per lmita-
ton in this city would bring the fare here down mighty
close to cents if this city controlled service and expend
lures Present figures show that the w. R. and f. is
ing only about per cent it's valuation but the Capital
Traction is picking up around 1a per cent The total is 6
cent where should not exceed II per cent per
for EACH That unnecessary per cent close
100000 taken out of District pocketbooks without lust
or fair
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
Today.

Today.
Dsnce-For patients and post officers. Y.
N. G A hut, Walter Reed Hospital, s;Se
to 1880 =. m.
Meeting-Troop A Association. New Bb-
bit House, Fourteenth and Il streets north
west. $3.50 y. m. I
Victory Dance--State and Subordinate
Councils, Daughters OF America, District OF
Columbia, Masonic Temple, Eighth and
streets northeast, p. m.
Lecture-By willard Howe. confercn &C
OF Professional Women. Y. w. G A., 1881
# street northwest, p. m.
Recreation Party and pance-Blue Tri,
angle Recreation Center, Twentisth and B
streets northwest, 8 p. m
Meetins-spaidins Council Knights OF
Columbus.
Mostinr--syr.eusi.ns Lodge. No. 10,
knights OF Pythias.
Neutrality-suspicious. Temple. No. 9. Pyth-
ian Sisters
Moetins--Fri.nd.hip Temple. No. .,
Pythlan Sisters
Dsnce--war Risk puresu, ssd Infantry
barracks, East Potomac Park. sp. m.
Mceting-writers League Of Washing.
ton, Public Library, m.
Danoe-oibbons Club sol street north
wsHt. y
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
Watching For Errors!

You've got to walk a chalk line
to escape criticism from the folks
who read this column.
Here comes a letter initiated by
twenty employees of the claims group
Of the paymaster's office OF the Ma.
rine Corps. They carefully and
gleefully underscore IN an item from
The Times concerning the transfer
Of passengers from the Powhatan
that they were transferred by
searchiight."
"Bow was this done7' these crit
les ask? "Did they side down the
beam?"
A Times copy reader, who halls
from Boston, stoutly maintains thai
IN. Marine Corps folks are wrong
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
A Real Riddle at Last!

Who really was in command of
the American fleet during the
world war-SIMS, MAYO, or
BENSON? This seems to me
the greatest riddle of the mo-
ment. Z. u. COOK.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

Mrs. II. NJ. S. asserts that it is
not true that Washington is the only
town where men keep up the "fool-
ish practice of removing their hats
in elevators"
81 am from the South" she writes,
"and have lived in many Southern
cities. have yet to ride in an ele-
vator in which gentlemen did not
remove their hats"
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
Cobleskill Suffrage!

II that chap who voted on Dr..
VAN SCHAICK'S name in
Cobleskill, N. Y, in 1917, wants
to learn a trick or two Let him
show up in Washington about
the time they hold the Soap
box" primaries here for dele
gates to the political convcn-
tions.
Nobody ever suspected Coble-
skill would be guilty Of these
tricks.
SADDER BUT WISER.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
1t Comes from a Big Heart.

VINCENT DE FALCO, general
organizer of the International Hod
Carriers Union, saw in The Times
that a baby is to be auctioned in
New York because its mother. tho
widow of a brave soldier, is too poor
to support it He believes that the
mother ought to be allowed to keep
her baby, which she could do IL
funds were subscribed for its main
tenance.
DE FALCO has placed 81 in the
Peoples Savings Bank as a nucleus
for such a fund.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

age, sensible young fellow OF to-
day.
Men will ever turn to gaze after
the tight. high-skirtcd. highly be-
Secked, painted girl; but don't
they do the same thing when cir
Gus clown OF fool or some other
unnatural object passes them.
The average boy who in a few
years will be the average man will
not look among the "flocks OF
freaks" for a good wife, but among
the girls who are represented by
"Easternite."
"Easternite" Is not the only girl
that attends Eastern High that
looks upon this problem in the
same light: there are many OF
them and to them all. take off
my hat, as l know that II they
continue upon the paths on which
they have started, they Will not
only be ascredit to their school. but
also to their city and their country.
WASHINGTON PREP SCHOOL
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MlSS FAlHfA-
I am a young man twcnty-three
years OF age. sewed some pret-
ty Wild oats when was around
eighteen or nineteen, and have not
yet rstir'-d fully from the prac-
tice. am very well KIN nown among
Washington's dancing set, and
very we'll liked. My discase Is
happiness. So many Of my young
men acquaintances are usually
moping about some love affair, or
the way Mary or Jane broke
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
The Bread Mans Troubles.

"You will have to be here by B
a. m. or l will have to- eat stale
bread" is what we often hear after
going through hail, rain and snow
with our faithful horses. We must
keep smiling, whether we fall down
many times on the ice. Then when
we 20 around to collect we are told,
MAMA shid she is not at home
Give us b chance to make our sal
aries. IL you can eat bread, why
can't you pay for it?
A BREAD MAN.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
HEARD AN D SEEN

Why throw the financial burdens
OF street railway systems upon poor
unfortunates who are forced through
necessity to use the cars?
c. K KRIECHBAUM.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

Who says the Washington
Railway and Electric Com
pany isn't improving it's
service? Car 1876, on the
East Capitol street line,
has new straps in it. hung
on one this morning.
JIBE.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

have had many arguments with
my girl friends concerning the fell
lows ! go with. I refuse to go
with fellows who are not good look
ing. My friends say that I am con-
ceited, and IL every one took that
attitude, men who are not good
looking would be unable to marry.
They are right, of course. In that
respect. but II I am to marry I
would rather marry a good-looking
man. Since there are good-looking
men in the world, haven't I the
right to go only with them, IL
have the. good fortune to do so7
Will you please give me your
opinion Of the matter
MILDRED.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
NEIGHBORHOoD NEWS NOTES

JOHN POTTS says that HENRY
MEEGIN'S pipe ought to be consid-
cred by the health officer as a. viola
tion OF the smoke law.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

Can you pupply the facts about
CHARLIE SEMMES' wondorrdl
dos? ID. INQUIRER
Charlie has given than out cop-
fidcutlnllw. We cornot b.csk
yJusidcnccs
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

What's the value of a half dollar
OF 1872? l.. L. THOMAS.
Clarendon.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
Referred To Rent Commission.

am told of a case Of ten young
women in one room in this city who
pay $3.50 per month for the room.
This is just one Of many cases of
plain robbery. JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

An anonymous contributor asks il
any reader has found 4 pocketbook
containing an order of the police
court for the return of 10 cases OF
Four Roses?
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
Memory the Minds Most
Necessary Function

Facts of No Value Unless You Can Recall Theni-Ex-
perence Lives Wholly in the Power of Recollection.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

! am soon to receive an engage
ment ring from my fiance and wish
to ask you about the choice of
pearl instead of a diamond setting.
Would a pearl engagement ring be
in good taste, or is diamond con-
sidered necessary? Also, is there
any significance which might be at
tached to the giving Of a pearl in
stead Of a diamond? / should GER
tainly appreciate very much your
help in this matter.
"DIFFERENT."
Nothing but latter-day custom
DEGREES that the diamond solitaire,
preferably a Tiffany setting,
should be the engagement ring
par excellence. Personally, / have
often wondered why drove after
drove of young men and women so
slavishly follow tie cut and dried
method of symbolizing their be-
trothal. A good pearl is certain
ly better than a poor diamond, and
with gem diamonds at such a high
figure per karat (and any other
kind of diamond very poor af-
fair, I think it would be very
beautiful, especially if set in
platinum with little ornamental
ton of small diamonds at either
side of the setting. A sapphire
makes a beautiful engagement
ring, but actually the most beau
tiful and gorgeous symbol to ex.
press a great and deep love would
be, in my opinion, a lovely ruby.
1t is more expensive than a dia.
mond, and therefore it is out OF
the reach of most young men. A
pearl is the symbol of purity, and
as such is surely appropriate.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
sincerely hope that it is not
bad form for a PREP School Stu
dent" to break into High
School" discussion. The clothes
situation of the high schools has
never caused me any worry what
ever, but when the debate was
started in your column, was
merely one OF the many who fol-
lowed IL up with much interest.
Centralite started the ball
rolling, which strange TO say has
rolled in the opposite direction from
which she started IL. Centralitc ii
seemed to have a slightly different
view. Then, our friend, the East
ernite" stepped into the limelight
and so thoroughly expressed her
self that she has won the hearts Of
most all her readers.
am sure that "Centralite'sr
I outfit is wonderful when worn
to the proper place; and l am sure
that this place is not the school,
I. O., not during school hours
"Easternite" need never worry
about the girl who is neatly and
plainly dressed. No young man
with any sense will think any less
OF her: on the contrary. he will
think more of her. She Is entirely
right regarding the painted face
and clothes as IL is not tho clothes
but the person and personality OF
tho girl that counts with the aver.
The Washington times., 1920-01-30

The danger OF a Potomac river
overflow brings to mind when Wash
ington people went marketing In
rowboats. How many readers re-
member those days?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
The Best Cough Syrup
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
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FRIGHTENED HER
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
TREATMENT
SAVESL|FE0 OF Child.
Success in Combating Danger.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
Peel off The Old Skin;
Bring Out the Me,o

You know that beneath that muddy.
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Repeat tbs daily until all the worn
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Sclf.-Ndv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
/ to invoke Divine guidance when tho
! AFFAIRS OF tho nation were In a crit

to invoke Divine guidance when tho
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Wants His Money Back

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
Why Women
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II you arc nervous. pale, ener-
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