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The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
THE EXEMPTION
 FOR DEPENDENTS

In order to clear away misunder- standings as to what constitutes de- pendency, in connection with the addi- tional exemption granted income tax payers, Collector of Internal Revenue Alfred Franklin today gave out the following statement:
 "For 1919 taxpayer may be all lowed a credit of $200 for each person for whom he is the chief support. But it must be remembered that he can claim this additional exemption only with respect to children 17 years of age or younger and persons mentally defective, cripples and persons old enough to be without question physi- cally incapacitated for self support.
 If the taxpayer contributes to the support of some relative or other per son who is over Is years of age, in fair health and still active, he cannot be allowed the additional $200 even if he is furnishing the chief support.
 "The very different requirements of the two exemptions-'head of fam ily,' additional $1,000; dependent ad- ditional $200-must not be confused. To be the head of a family the person whom he supports must be close relative, must live with him, and he must be such relatives sole support. To be entitled to exemption for de pendent the person whom he supports does not have to be relative, but can be any child or any cripple or defect i've. The child or incapacitated adult may live anywhere, and it is necessary that he furnish only more than half of the support.
 "The chief difference is that for head of a family the restriction is to close relatives, the evident object of which is to promote the home; for dependent the restriction is to chill dren under IS years of age or persons mentally or physically defective, the object of which is to recognize mate rial assistance given to those who can not help themselves.
 "A son who has left home but who still sends to his mother more than half of her support with enough regu- larity that she may depend upon it, can be allowed the additional $200, provided, however, that the mother has become sufficiently aged to be without doubt physically incapacitated for self support. Otherwise, the amount contributed must be consid- cred as gift, not deductible as an expense and not entitling him to the additional exemption, regardless of amount.
 "A father may claim the exemption for every child under IS years of age But if one of his children receives from some estate or otherwise, suffi cient distributed income to provide fol the expense of his support in the sta tion of life in which he is placed, thu father cannot claim the exemption with respect to that child, for al though the child is legally dependen upon him, he is in fact financially in denendent
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
BILL WOULD GIVE
 SOLDIERS MONEY NOW

A bill introduced by Congressman Sweet, of Kansas, which has been passed by the house and is pending in the senate, provides that in the contract for converted insurance the insured may have the choice of having government insurance (converted in surance) payable in one lump sum or in installments of thirty-six months or more, instead of in monthly pay ments extending over twenty years. The proposed legislation would also enlarge the class of permitted benefi- ciaries to include an uncle, aunt, neph- ew, niece, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, and person who has stood in the relation of parent to the insured dur ing a period of not less than one year. The present law restricts the class of beneficiaries to spouse, child, grand child, parent, brother and sister. The proposed legislation would permit the bureau of war risk insurance to carry out the wishes of many deceased sol- diers who had named as their insur- ance benefciaries those not permitted by the original law.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
HOW CIVIL SERVICE WORKS ACCORDING
 TO EXPERTS

In recent congressional investiga- tion of department affairs of the gov ernment, the following questions were answered:
 But when assistant Secretary Roose- welt was testifying before the budget committee he said, "If we can get a reorganization of our department the navy through thi., budget system and more efficient personnel based on better pay, and ridding us of certain ridiculous re- strictions, l would come pretty close to guaranteeing twenty per cent de- crease of present cost"
 Congressman Taylor asked: "What is one of the restrictions in law that tends to make you less economical ?"
 Mir. Roosevelt answered, Civil service-as conducted" He explained that it did not permit them to pay enough to attract good men, that pro- motion was too much by mere senior ity instead of by ability, and that get ting rid of inefficient men was diff ficult. "Out of the thousands of em- ployees we have here in Washington" {" he said, "take boy who goes in at IiiC eSC Ol ihhCSCCh oi -oHc dS clerk or stenographer or messenger. If he lives to be old enough and has enough luck he will finally have open to him six or eight positions that pay twenty-four hundred dollars a year and one position that pays three thousand dollars year. That is all he can ever look forward to, no mat ter how efficient he is. The positions that pay over twenty-two hundred dollars year you can count on your fingers. That is the top."
 Congressman Temple asked: "Do you lose many capable men by outside corporations, business corporations overlooking the government? ?"
 MT. Roosevelt replied, q would say off hand that we lose nine out of ter of the efficient men,"
 That is a picture of much-acclaimeC civil service reform-not on paper but in actual practice. Those outside business corporations have got to have efficient men. In the competition fol efficiency they don't hamstring them selves with elaborate laws and regula tions. MT. Roosevelt mentioned { twenty per cent reduction in the cost of operating his department. Twent, per cent on the cost of the fed eral government in the future prob ably means about billion dollars ; year.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
THE FALLING OFF
 IS ALL ABSORBED

Do prices seem to be coming down at all ?" the observer inquired as the butcher was cutting off his pork loin the other evening-revolving in his mind the market quotations of a series of drops running up to about $2 on the hundred of live hogs in the last month.
 "It is not apparent in the state ments the wholesale meat dealers make us," replied the butcher as he edged his thumb over on the scales and weighed it with the loin. q mo- ticed in my statements received last night that l am being charged just exactly, now, as much as I was when hogs on the hoof reached the tip top price six weeks ago. There should be an easing up on prices all along the line and the consumer should get lit- tie of it, but it is all consumed before it gets down to us retailers, that's sure."
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
SILK SHIRTS TO MILL HANDS

A New York silk buyer contracted for silk shirts at $40 dozen by the thousand dozen. When ready for de. livery the manufacturer offered the buyer $50 dozen to sell them back to him. Satisfied with the profit he made, the buyer was surprised when the manufacturer telephoned dry goods seller in Lawrence, Mass, and sold the lot to him at S7O dozen, by the thousand dozen.
 When the transaction was com pleted the mill owner informed the New York buyer that the man in Law renee could sell the product at $90 dozen, so great was the demand for luxuries in the factory and mill dis, tricts, where frugality is being looked upon as an oddity instead of virtue.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
"GET UP AND GIT,
 DON'T SET UP AND SIT''

Saying the wrong thing is misfor- tune; but trying to explain it is dis aster.
 The corporal had been instructing the squad in musketry. He had ex- plained and demonstrated the use and meaning of half-sight and fine sight until the men were tired out.
 "Now, Pat" said the corporal, "tell us what is fine-sight?"
 Faith, and it would be a boatload of corporals sinking"
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
ENVY

A man from Osawatomie met an &C., quaintance from Tonganoxie. The lat ter was shedding tears.
 What is the matter, Emory" he inquired.
 q have just learned that there is in Manitoba a place called 'Athapuppus- kow,'" was the answer. "Aw-boo! {! hoo! hoo"
 Thereupon his friend clasped hands with him, and they both wept bitterly
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
CIGAR STORE INDIAN

The sign of an Indian used by some tobacco dealers is believed to have first been used to typify the connec- ton of the Indian with the introduc- ton of tobacco for the use of the white man. Before the discovery of America the habit of smoking tobacco was unknown in other parts of the world.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
MEANING OF SABOTAGE

The word sabotage is derived from the French sabot, shoe, hence mean ing to kick violently. Acts of sabot- age indicate willful destruction of property by strikes or rebels, such as the smashing of windows, pulling down sheds, buildings, etc, to compel by fear surrender to their demands.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
THE COMING DROUTH

An anxious mortal went into an in- surance office and asked the examiners there to tell him how long he was likely to live. When the answer was given and the inquirer was asked whether he wanted to take out insur- ance, he replied, "Oh, no, thank you! I only wanted to know how much liquid I should lay in."
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
ALTITUDINOUS

"We have never known time when the cost of living was so high"
 "No,' replied the man who refuses to be cheerless; "nor time when wages were so high that most people could keep up with the cost"
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
SPEEDING UP LUNA

Bill" Moons wife presented him with new daughter Tuesday," says the Warfield Item. "He celebrated by getting drunk and the judge fined him five dollars, but Bill had only twenty five cents left" Here's a case where a new Moon was followed by a full Moon and Moon in the last quarter in quick rotation.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30

department of vocational education, Phoenix, will assist any community to establish department of vocational agriculture, home making, or trade and industrial education in their schools.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
STILL WINDING

A government department has been discovered which is still winding up the affairs of the Great Exhibition of 1851. One of the junior officials ad- mits that he may have heard the Great War whizz by.
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
CHECKMATE

Tommy brought over his big broth CT to trim Jimmy. But Jimmy was slick"
 "What did Jimmy do?"
 Brought out his big sister,"
The Coconino sun., 1920-01-30
SAVED ON CIGARS

"You see that fine house? A man built that with the money he saved on cigars"
 THe must have been terrific smok- CT before he quit"
 "He didn't quit-he's a cigar manu- facturer."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
HE RID A N D Sc EN-

GEORGE e. HUDSON finds that
many solutions are to be obtained
from the cocoanut problem, but as
all are barred excepting the smallest,
the correct answer is 1921.
("Zeke" who originally PROFOUND
ed this problem, says that 1921 is cor
rect. Also says that 1906 satisfies
the hematics of the problem)
Written by Conductor No. 1925.
w. r. and E.: 81 carry all the peo-
pie my car will hold to Congress
Heights and have no trouble with
them. They are good-natured and
polite"
F. S. McCALEB, of the old 29th
Division, thinks that if some of the
posts of the American Legion are
not going to ask for a bonus it
must be because they are composed
of wealthy men. He thinks these
posts should at least boost for the,
men who had to stretch $50 per
month long ways.
Now Congress ia juggling some bonus plan.
The boys will get something before they
die.
But II II is land II will be full Of alkaiL
ELMER E. RAPEE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
Where Are Married People With
: Children Going to Live Here?
By BILL PRICE.

Two letters concerning Washington landlords are Just
bit out of the ordinary Read this one:
light % Have IN sa % %s ss ' ss .ss
put til. practice now 50 pTsS:sn. Washington
And then this
: s:s =; e.: s:s ~
noises until ra r into he morning fSA' '' MAKING mucous
The first inquiry phase of city life that is
harassng of the counts best thinkers The second
another phase Of life which the tenants below might be
able to correct by having other tenants join them in laying
the facts before landlords adopting other Bad
eggs will occasionally get into basket of good ones and
the only thing to do is to throw the bad out.
But prohibition against children being allowed in
apartments and clearly encourages suicide lays
the foundation for the destruction of American home life
and changes the viewpoint were brought as children
Building contractors in Chicago have appeared before
the city council committee investigating rents and pro-
tested against the fat with ktchenete and
ceaed tending to race suicide and as factor bear
ing on high rents.
There has been increase in apartment and
flat life in Washington in the last twelve years. and
the tendency all directions to exclude married couples
with children In respects Washington
sderae of children than other cities Just the other day
in West Virginia town attracted wide attention by
advertising to exchange his three children for dog Inquiry
developed that he had done to bring forby to public
thought the fact that landlords would not allow him and
his family in apartments and houses they owned but made
objection to dogs and cats galore He reserved his right
to fix the terms for such an exchange.
This problem is therefore, becoming national in scope
and effect upon American ideals Some day it may be-
tackled by Congress, far Washington concerned
and legislation attempted that will encourage construction
of dwellings Until that time the only hope lies in the
plentiful in this city may realize the Importance of the ques
ton and undertake to construct apartments and homes
where children will be welcome to be sold without exorb
tant profit rented basis of reasonable return.
philanthropst who loves and seeks to benefit
kind He need not necessarily give his money in
undertaking of this sort The plans could be undertaken
that there would be proper return financial investment
and on the generous investment in humanity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
QUICK WITH THE ANSWER.

Before IRA N. STEELE had
chance to prove that a sheet OF ruled
writing paper is lazy dog, three H.
and s. folks proved IT also:
JAMES r. HoGG-A sheet of paper
Is n sIope-up. A lazy dog Ia slow
pup. In geometry. things equal TO
the same thing are equal to each
other.
II. A. S.-Ruled paper Is an ink
lined plane, which Ia slope-up. A
slow pup must be lazy one,
The other reader makes the same
answer.
ROBERT TIMBERLAKE. Lang
don, contributes a poem declaring
that on the Mt. Rainier cars you're
not safe without nurse"
"A Sailor" says he has put in eight
years in the navy. is about to get
out: IA going to dress In the height
of style, even bob his hair. IL that ts
stylish: will walk r street with his
stylishly dressed wife, and dares any
body to say anything.
Getting Worse On II Street.
II street northeast is ten times
worse than r street It's full OF
he-vamps and sissies. H. A. q.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

Trying hard to get us to break that
rule about leaving out the Handsome
stuff, o. o. comes along with a boost
for JIM PRESTON, Col. r. A. HAL
SEY, and c. A. LOEFFLER. high of-
ficials in the Senate.
The pictures of NICK ALTROCR
and BEN PRINCE, our town tar
collector, look much alike. Nick Is
collecting new jokes for baseball fans
and BEN will soon collect all the
money you have left -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

MISTER LOOK AND SAW:
Ikcy vas right. De boys tell me dat de
rirls nit der seal.vool installment coat
have der big appetites when dey go to de
chop suey jointA lLZf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
AMONG THE NUTS,

II Mississippi gave Missouri .
New Jersey. what would Delaware!
c. w. D.,
Riverdale, Md.
Also from J. V. p. Did Tennessee
Delaware Miss-Ouri's New Jersey?
From another: Wen Colorado and
Alaska. Uncle Sam says Ohio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

Heard and Seen is q wonder.
EVERYBODY reads it. 1t Is our own
special space and we love it.
MARGUERITE B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

ON LITTLE BROADWAY"
I'm coming to the conclusion
that this gossip about F street
boy. ia "sour grapes" The
Knockers wouldn't know all
they do IL they do not parade
Little Broadway" themselves.
PEGGY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

LEON GORDON, Business High
School, observed this sign on Sew
enth street:
Umbrellas born here and raised everywhere
MISTER LOOK AND SAW:
1kcy vas right De boys tel me aat oe.
nave der big appetites when dey 60 70 ger
chop suey joints iA1i'
General BARNETT, commander
of the Marine Corps, and Mrs. BAR
NETT, writes an enlisted man. at
tended a dance of the enlisted men
of the corps at the Hotel Lafayette,
and danced with those present.
HE CAN RHYME ANY WORD.
I know a hair-lip chap who can
rhyme any word in the English Ian
suase. About rhyming the word
month" he would try to say jump
and 10, 1t would be junth. 1t may
sound dippy, but as this Is a dippy
column you may consider the Offering.
r. A. WARREN.
II YOU Lisp. you can do the stunth---
JOSEPH P. WOODS.
w. E. WARD fnds that tongue
tied folks would rhyme Mister
Gunth" and month" with this line:
Oh. mamma, that man it'll . dunth.
The grocer, in that weight
problem your reader presented,
used 1. 3, O. and 27-pound
weights. This is another problem
in the fayorite field OF number
theory. PATENT VI NE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

The man who is always wor-
ried for fear there are bags in
the knees Of his trousers never
seems to care whether there are
any convolutions in his brain.
C. A. DANFORTH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

Answering c. REAGAN: The Ave
Washington high schools would not
stand for Gonzaga competing on the
drill field for the pennant, so why
with basketball? E.B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
De Valera, in Greeting, Urges
Irish to Unite
President of the Irish Republic Presents, Through The
Times Message to the Irish of America

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

Little George Mac IN
And a bottle OF extract - 6in I
Went up street for 4 stroll ,lplM
After emptying the bottle UIAy
George began TO toddle, hW
As II began to grow cold w
Now this extract spree II
Landed him in No. 3,
And then six months in the bowl.
RAZZO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Having read with growing inter-
est your wonderful advice to young
ladies in The Times, I am now turn
ing to you for help also.
About two years ago, while at
tending one of the local high
schools. / was offered a position in
one Of the department stores for
the summer vacation months, and.
being OF an independent disposition,
l was glad Of the opportunity.
While employed in this capacity, I
became acquainted with a young
man whom learned to care for
quite a bit. and I believe I can hon.
estly say those few months were
the happiest / have known. but due
to some little misunderstanding on
my part we drifted apart. ! do
not think this young man really
has any hard feelings toward me.
for 1 have seen him since on the
street and he spoke to me, however
making no attempt to renew our
friendship. Please advise me just
what to do. as ] find It impossible
to forget this young man, and find
myself comparing and judging
other young men by their likeness
to him. l am in hopes he reads
your columns and will perhaps rec
ognixe the writer of this and an
swer. BROWN EYES.
If he sees this and answers, that
will be one solution. II he doesn't
why not write a note, asking him
to call? II he comes. you will
know where you are at. If he
doesn't, you will know you are
cherishing hopes which cannot be
fulfilled. Anything is better. than
suspense and uncertainty.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Iwould like to secure your advice
on securing an Introduction to a
certain young man l meet every
evening. He Is tall and dark and
has brown eyes. He usually wears
greenish mixture overcoat and
gray hat. think he attends a Ger.
tain night school, as he always has
books along. He has a typical Irish
face and Is good-looking and has q
winning smile. / have bet on
with some girl friends that / can
meet and be introduced to him
within a month. I've tried every
way to meet him, but he wont fiirt
or even smile, and that makes me
all the more determined that !
would like to be introduced to him.
Do you think IL would be advisable
for me to speak to him without be-
ing introduced, as see him every
day. Some girls asked him to go
for a ride In machine, but he only
said, I'm busy" and walked away.
1 think that he is a real man. and
ia give almost anything to meet
him. DO you think he would write
to you and. leave his address and
telephone number NAE.
Yes, he does seem to be "a real
man" and obviously has no use for
such tactics as you are foolishly
pursuing. He has shown in as
gentlemanly a way as possible that
he does not care to make your
acquaintance and is undoubtedly
despising you for your holiness
and lack of pride. The sort of
thing you are doing is what makes
men cynical about women. They
see one girl acting without dignity
or self-respect and they are in
clined to think all women are
alike. II you haven't any stan
dards Of your own to uphold, at
least realize that there is some
responsibility in being a woman
and in maintaining the decency
and honor Of the sex.
don't think there's a chance of
his sending his address to me, and
I'm sure l wouldn't pass 1t on to
,,o,, - hn did
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-17

II street northeast Is ten times
worse than r street. It's full OF
he-vamps and sissics. H. A. O.