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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

JEAN r Alnr
Will you be SO good as to give
me your advice? I am a stranger.
employed here and am to be mar
ried to a man who is also a stranger
in Washington. We are both so
far from home that a home we'd
ding is out of the question. Neither
Of us have friends for whom we
care enough to have them accom-
pany us, and yet just to go out
among strangers to be married
seems very business like" to me.
SO I am hoping you can suggest
something to make the ceremony
something to which / can look back
with pleasant memories.
Can you also help me in the mat
ter OF few small details which
are bothering me. 1 feel that a suit
Is the proper thing. Should i carry
a hand bag? Please suggest what
1 should get as / must buy one:
should l wear a small face veil or
not, and should both gloves be re-
moved during the ceremony or only
the left one? These seem like
trivial matters, but their being an
swered would put my mind at ease.
POLLY
I'm always so glad when one of
my girl readers has safely brought
her little ship into the harbor of
matrimony that I'm glad to offer
whatever suggestions l can. In
your case I'm quite sure there are
some friends on either or both
sides who would be only too glad
to help you make your wedding
ceremony memorable, if you will
only give them a chance to help.
l, too, think it's pretty bald to
Just 90 out and get married, but
I've known many couples who pre-
fer it that way and seem to think
there's something holier and more
sacred and more beautiful about
a ceremony that is "just by our
selves" affair than a regulation
wedding with a lot of fuss and
feathers. l used to know a group
of girls, three of whom were mar
ried the same spring. One had a
brilliant church wedding, one
home affair, and the other didn't
tell any of us anything about it
until afterward when we found
that she and "the only man" had
sailed forth one afternoon and
gone hand in hand to their pas
tor and were married simply and
beautifully "all by themselves"
Speaking of it afterward this girl
said: ruth had a church we'd
ding, which l thought was glor-
ious; Florence had a home we'd
ding, which seemed too beautiful
for words-but-I think my we'd
ding was the most beautiful of
all" And I'm not so sure but she
was right. To go hand in hand
with ones beloved, away from
everything and everybody and
have the marriage ceremony per-
formed seems really very lovely TO
me. In your case, however, there
seems to be a craving for the
sanction and congratulations of
others, and il that is so, | would
see IL l couldn't call upon some
one with a house or an apartment
where the ceremony could be held.
Then, a few flowers, a little music
and "the one man." i think you
ought to be quite satisfied
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
WHY CHILDREN ARE NOT
WANTED.

am q widow trying to keep my
homo Through sympathy rented
Some OF my rooms to 4 couple with a
small child. After three months
had to ask them to leave The child
tore tho paper from the walls, ruined
q new mattress and pillows. tore win
dow shades from the rollers. ate reGu-
larry on the stairways and In the front
hall spoiled carpets: cried every
night: parents bounced q ball over our
heads and played q mouth organ to
amuse It at all hours OF the night.
I again had compassion and tried
another couple with . baby. While I
WAS quite Ill with the hu this child
rolled milk bottles and tin pans down
tho stairway, wrecked everything con-
csivable, and kept everybody in tur-
MOL.
The mothers never tried to stop
MRS. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am young girl twenty-four
years old. and am very lonesome.
1 have never been in love. and that,
/ think. is the cause OF my loneli-
ness. dress we'll and am rather
good looking, and am fond OF music,
art, dancing, swimming and bowling
and everything that goes to make
life pleasant have a number Of
girl friends with whom / go about
and have met a number of men,
but none OF them ever ask me to
go out with them or seem the least
bit interested in me in any way.
can't understand this, for IL seems
that the girls who paint, powder
and flirt with the men have plenty
of invitations to go out and a lot of
them who aren't worth their salt
marry and have happy homes and
dear little children, while me,
sensible home-loving woman. has
to suffer such heart aches.
Do you think there is a chance for
me to have the happiness that Is
intended for every woman. or am
I to go through life alone7
I am in hopes that the right man
will come along some day, but
sometimes II seems as though there
aren't any for some women. for they
are usually found before they reach
my age.
LONESOME AS CAN BE.
A bitter spirit, such as you are
carrying, isn't a very good recipe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
the Editor Of THE TIMES;

30 the Editor Of THE TIMES;
In Chairman Fordney's speech of
The House Ways and Means Commit
zee, he comes out with the real goods
when he states the officers are not
Gliding the privates in securing what
IL due them.
Previous to my leaving Paris for
The place assigned, j received pay. and
when next pay day came around also
received another pay. While moving
around In France as the A. 70. r. aid.
ny service record went sstrsy OF was
lost In action. That was the last
menay evar received In France for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
WILL THESE HOLD YOU7

My friend who IL so economical
with the scent cigar appreciates the
suggestion that he cleans his teeth
with the ashes, but he has only two
teeth. Here are some questions that
may hold the folks:
Will the world lose ono of Its won
ders with worldwide prohibition
mean the leaning tower of Pisa7
why do BARRIERS always need a
haircut and bootblaoks never have
a sinner
How far is a walk and how big Is a
bundle7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

Being a bride, think your little
accessories ought to be as dainty
as possible. If you can afford a
beaded bag, that would be suffi-
GENTLY "bridey" or one of the new
brocaded ones would be cheaper
and quite as attractive. There
are also good looking ones in ooze
leather to match suit colors. I
wouldn't wear a face veil during
the ceremony. I can't tell you
why-but it doesn't seem the thing
even if you are to be married in a
travelling suit. Neither would /
wear gloves on either hand, but I
would wear a pretty corsage Of
flowers, because even in a travel
ing suit you will achieve a
'1bridey" look, which, after all, one
wants to have at least once in a
lifetime
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
Beatrice Problems and Pitfalls of Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

say different things about her as
to. kissing and hugging the boys
when they come to see her. I did
not believe these things at FIRST
but fnd out 1t is true. love her,
but do not wish to have my good
reputation ruined by running about
with such a girl. I know boys love
to hug and kiss girls my age, but
they don't think much about them
afterward. When / say anything
about II to her she seems to think
that I don't have any boy friends.
but / do, and they think of me not
as a mushy thing, but as a refined
person. Shall 1 discontinue my go
ing with her and break my heart,
or go with her and be talked about?
I am in my glory when 1 am with
her, but just this little matter
makes me feel that people will
think I am a mushy sort.
LOUISE B.
A very good thing to learn early
in life is that you are not your
brothers or your sisters keeper.
If every last person in the world
would look after their own little
potato pile, they'd find they had
plenty to do without worrying
about the actions or conduct OF
others. You claim to love this
girl, but you don't seem to love her
as she is but rather some creature
of your own imagination into
which you would like to transform
her. It's the same way with both
men and woman. A woman Will
declare she adorcs a man but
wouldn't have him as he is for the
world. Presto-she wants to
make him into some model which
would remove every bit OF his
originality and individuality.
Learn to take your friends as they
are and don't attempt to make
over the world nor the people In
it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
SHE SEEMS TO MEAN BUSINESS.

1t may interest the burglar who
stole the key to my front door out
Of my mail box to learn that ! have
purchased the cutest little revolver
and l can shoot to beat the band
X. K. T.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
PRAISE FOR CONDUCTORS.

I, too. want to praise the motor
man and conductor OF a North Capitol
street car. The motorman opened
window so he could spit tobacco juice
At the motormen coming In the OPP
posite directions. Some OF IL now
back In my face. The conductor SANG
and whistled as the car became
empty RICHARD K JAMES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

l hear that a local dentist re-
fused to administer gas to an
r street he-vamp because he
would never know when the
vamp became unconscious.
HAROLD PHILLIPS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
ROBERT B. EDISON.

The great popularity OF II and
s induces me to write you this
big story, vouched for by a
farmer: A small pig will eat
full pail OF swill and then II you
put the pig in the same pail he
will not hll out J. H 0RIMES-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
Keeping Diaries, Are Theys

Keeping Diaries. Are Theyf
Can IL be possible that Wash
ington girls are now keeping
diaries of their love affairs and
their married lives? The only
way to learn the facts is to in
quire through H. and S, the
inimitable column where you
get everything? BERTHA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
ISN'T THIS GIRL RIGHT

can't see why women with moth
ing in their laps do not hold a few
heavy books for school girls hang
ing on the straps of crowded street
cars STUDENT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
HE ARD A n D S E E n

This daylight saving stuff is bosh.
If people want to work in their gar
dens let them get up early. Let
Washington have the same time as
all other cities. j. KINDS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
About nominating Hoover for
President Let's make the ticket
HOOVER & DENHAM. r. II. A.
GRATEFUL TO CAPITAL TRACTION

I'm grateful to the Capital Trac-
ton. We live on Florida avenue
We had an old grandfather clock
that had not licked for five years
One of the company's cars, with
wheels squarer than the deal you
get from your landlord, rushed bx
in an awful hurry. The old clock
shook a shimmy that massaged the
rheumatism out Of the main spring,
and has been keeping good time ever
since. THOMAS L. PAYNE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

am informed by Fl. r. McC.
that the ed. Pinaud Lilac Club"
is a regular Saturday night insti-
tuition. Two bottles are suffi-
cient to cause several members
to be put to bed by friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

So many people complain of in
ability to get The Times from news
boys this advice is offered: Order II
regularly. Then you are sure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

If Sergeant CHARLES STEVENS
should be made chief of police of
Washington, Anacostia would be-
come the center of Washington. ED.
SCMID says Charlie is the chap for
the place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a young girl in one of the
high schools. and am very popular
with the girls. My chums are als
girls, as l do not care to turn my
attentions to boys so soon in life.
Everyone speaks of my grand char
acter. and 1 have never had any
thing said against me. / do go with
boys for the sake OF company and
good time at parties, dances and
going to the theater. Now, have
wonderful girl chum. I think the
world of her. 1 have known her
for about a year and half. About
the past month / hear other girls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

for winning friends of either sex.
Analyze the word attract" and
you will realize that your present
attitude toward people and things
is not the way to accomplish what
you long for so much. Those girls
don't get invitations just because
they powder and paint and flirt.
They get them because there's
something about them that draws
men to them while you must be
doing something which repels their
attentions. The first thing TO do
is to get rid of your present men
tai attitude. Don't continue to
think in terms of failure and lugu-
briousness. In the second place try
to make friends with girls who do
have the mems attentions. Tho
worst thing in the world is to
flock with other girls who are be-
ginning to sour on life and who
have lost hope Of being anything
but the wall flowers of their gen
Grafton.
Don't think I'm advising you to
become Polyanna overnight.
Actually l haven't much use for
this Polyanna wave that has
struck the country, but it is fact
that thoughts are things" and
you can draw to you just about
whatever you want, but not while
entertaining the sense of failure
you now have. Concentrate on the
belief that you are going to attract
and win the next eligible man you
meet and don't be discouraged if
doesn't work on the first one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

Captain HEADLEY, of the traffic
squad, police, would make an excel
lent successor to Major Pullman.
w. E. TAYLOR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

Speaking OF economists, know
two birds who bring their lunch
con from home, yet every day
they grab two seats in a busy
, lunch room: buy one pint Of milk.
which they split $3.50. and then
complain Of the service
GREASY SPOON
The boys who gather at Twenty
second street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest are regular fellows
LILY H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20
HARRY H. WILLARD, A. E. f.,

HARRY II. WILLARD, A. Z. f.,
has a souvenir plate taken from a
box car belonging to the Germans:
The plate contains the great seal
of the former imperial German
government, and under the seal are
The initials "K. p. E. "" He would
like to be advised what the letters
represent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

J.E. HALTIGAN is going 70 have
the Alumni Association Of Mt. St
Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md,
with him next Wednesday evening
at his home, 1913 Kalorama road.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-20

On a neat sheet Of hlac-colored
paper NORMAN" writes that he
may be a so-called lizard. but he
served in the army, and would give
a 'bully' a swift kick in a minute.
Answering Mr.. Shinnick's question.
'why is a beehive like a bad po-
tato!" the answer: A beehive Is a
beholder (bee holder); a beholder is
q spectator (specked tater). and the
latter is q bad potato.
DICK LEIBERT.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07

Permit us to present the De Veyra
family.
The Hon. Jaime G. de Veyra Is the
Resident Commissioner from the Phil
ippine Islands to the United States and
has just been elected to a second term
of three years. AS Resident Cemmis-
sioner he has a seat on the floor of
the American Congress, the privilege
of taking part in debates, although no
vote.
Commissioner de Veyra has an inter
esting wife and four bright Filipino
kiddies. The De Veyra family, indiyid-
ually and collectively, constitute the
best argument as to the tact and capa-
bilities of Filipinos that the Philippine
Islands have in Washington.
The commissioner is 100 per cent
Filipino, a Visayan, and is one of the
foremost leaders of the party in power
I'm the islands. During American occu-
patton he has been successfully gov
ernor of his province, member of the
Philippine legislature cabinet mem
per tllU tAGt IllNS oNNlClGlIJ VI bAiI
islands.
Like many statesmen of the Philip
pines, he was originally newspaper
man. He was one of the founders of
Ell Nuevo Dia of Cebu, the first Fill
pino paper published advocating Phil
ippne independence. The paper came
under the censorship of General Nc
Intyre, and on the appearance of the
first number the editors were left in
the singular position of seeing every
prominent article blue pencied.
Mrs. de Veyra, like her husband, is
live wire" in the Philippines c;use,
Size is the best known FiIiu:na in
America. She is an interesting r.jblic
speaker and is constantly giving Illus
ire :ed lectures at wOmens clubs and
other gatherings. Mrs. de Veyra is a
publicity bureau all in herself ard has
put the Philippines on the map, 50 far
as the women folk of Washington con-
gressional circles are concerned.
81 find that the Filipino people have
been much misrepresented in the Unit
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07

ed States" says Mrs. de Veyra. Il do
not mean to infer we are perfect, for
we are not. My people have most of
the defects, l suppose, that other hui
mans have, but at the same time we
are far from the people that many
Americans have been made to believe.
Not only are we a Christian people,
but our race has history that we are
not ashamed of. Throughout the Phil
ippine Islands the people are now
working earnestly to improve them
selves and their conditions so they will
be prepared to take over their own af-
fairs. We all love America for giving
having promised us our independence,
which is one of the dearest desires of
the entire citizenship of the islands,"
To American women whose ideas of
Filipinos have been founded on Sun
day supplement descriptions of wild
tribes, Mrs. de Veyra's gentle manner
and evident culture have been reve-
lation. She Is sought by womens clubs
because of her charming manner as an
impromptu speaker On the subject
nearest her heart-the women of her
country.
At a recent Washington gathering
she gave in perfect English a concise
account of the work of a woman's club
in Manila which supplies milk to the
babies of the poor and trains mothers
to care for their young children. She
told of another woman's club which
has branches all over the Philippine
Islands and which maintains day
nurseries for the children of the work
ing women, provides Christmas cheer
for the lepers, the insane and the con-
victs, and gathers data to influence leg
islation for the benefit of Filipino wo-
men and children.
The four little De Veyras, shown in
the picture, having attended the pub
lie schools in Manila, slipped right into
the same grades in the schools of
Washington. Even little Mary, the
baby of the family, speaks three Ian.
guages-her native tongue, Spanish
and English.
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To the Citizens Of Lambertville:
Continued from page 1.

of the money we are spending on our
streets at the present time by way
of temporary repair and improvement
is a question for the voters to decide.
The costs of labor and material is be-
yond our control and beyond the con-
troll of any man now a candidate for
commissioner. Those items will cost
just as much no matter who is elected.
The only possible chance for a saving,
therefore, lies in the efficiency and
skill with which labor and material
once procured may be applied to the
street. And in this respect experience
is very important.
This then is our case and as we
stated at the outset, we feel it is the
best we were capable of during the
times through which we have been
passing. That we have made mis-
takes we will admit but let US assure
you they have been mistakes of the
head and not of the heart. Every pen
nv that has come into our hands has
been accounted for. The books are
open for examination at any time.
On May 10 coming, when our present
term expires, every debt we have
contracted will be adequately provided
for. We have always given you an
honest tax rate and have not resorted
to the device of borrowing for the
purpose of keeping the rate low. We
have tried to be as careful with the
city's money as if it were our own
and we have often been compelled to
make dollar do what dollar was
never intended to do. There are many
things we would like to have had
that we simply had to get along with
out. Our town is poor-there is still
an Indebtedness of $4,000 resting
upon it-and we felt it was our duty
to proceed with caution. Whether our
conduct has met with the approval of
our fellow citizens or not is to be
decided May II, but whatever the YER
dict on that day may be we shall al
ways have the satisfaction of knowing
that we did our job honestly, without
selfish purpose, and with the best in
terest of the whole community at
heart.
Theodore Balderston,
S. w. Cochran,
Andrew Foltz.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FORTUNES MADE DAILY
Look-$25 in This Kind Of Proposition
Has Brought Returns as High as
100000

Small amount of money can be
spared by almost everybody when they
know what the possibilities really are.
Small amount of money will make you
partner in the straightest, fairest
and squarest Swell proposition in
the latest tremendous oil fields in
in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania crude oil is $6.1O
barrel today, and positively going up
to $40 barrel, the highest in the his
tory of the petroleum market. That
means everything to the wise investor.
We are 100 yards from oil producing
wells. Our derricks are going up
shortly. We are about to drill five
wells. Write today if you want to
share in the best and squarest ire
mendous oil boom in Pennsylvania
and we will show facts and truth only.
Address Symes, Pittsburg Life
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07

1.-THE soldiers of peace and minister
ing angels of war"
The Salvation Army Iasstesl
Among those selected to represent
them in this unique pictorial pres
entation are four girls of the New Jer
sey Division--Cadets Mary Heift and
Eva Kastrup of Paterson, Mildred
Margetts of Arlington and Hilda Ne
vala of Jersey City. The division in
cludes Rockland County, N. Y, as well
as the New Jersey territory.
When the Salvation Army made its
appeal to the American public last
spring for $13,O00,00O to carry on and
expand its work throughout the coun-
try the response was so generous that
the total of contributions exceeded the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07

people have been Ameri
Manila Baseball
branches athletic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07

At the Annual Congregational
meeting of the Thompson Memorial
Church last Friday evening, Mr..
Robert Tease of Pinevllle and Mr..
Richard Naylor of New Hope, Pa,
were elected as the two new Elders.
The treasure, Jesse r. Slack, report
ed Eighteen Hundred dollars raised
for all purposes.
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