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The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Coatless Men Urged.
,ditor of THE TIMES :

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Please permit this in reply to one
of your male critics: II men had cour-
age they woaldn't button up in swelt-
tering clothes, and they wouldn't
criticiss women who make themselves
comfortable. When women made up
their minds to wear nice cool waists
they did 1t regardless of criticism. 1t
makes US uncomfortable to SEQ men
wearing hot coats in summer.
why don't your II and S folks
start a COATLESS campaign. no mat
ter how many howls from prudes and
cranks? 1t would mean comfort and
keeping down the cost of living. what
is sauce for the goose is sauce for
the gander.
It's true that women may want to
vote, but we are still on the job cook
ing meals for men, darning their
socks, washing and ironing their nice
shirts to prevent wear and tear and
to save laundry bills. besides numer-
Gus other chores that help our hus-
bands. when we ride in street cars
we appreciate seats offered by gen.
tlemen. MRS. r. T. y.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The Sterling-Lehlbach act provides
for automatic retirement on annui-
ties Of civil service employees who
have served for a specified number
of years and attained to certain
age. These two qualifications are
definitely set forth in the law and
evidently the sole requirements con-
templated by the act. 1t was inspired
by a feeling Of justice and humanity.
and nowhere contains the suggestion
of peremptory dismissal Of any en-
ploye.
understand that regulations un-
der the civil service law specify that
applicants for examination must de-
clare under oath that they are not
over forty-hve years Of age. Under
such a provision it would hardly seem
possible for an employe regularly In
the civil service now to be seventy
years of age and yet have credit OF
less than fifteen years service. Al
any rate, I do not believe that the
retirement law Is applicable in any
way to such cases.
JOHN R. wEATHERs.
II Iowa circle.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Ny attention was recently called to
an article appearing in THE TIMES
written by an alleged officer. Now,
I have the greatest respect for an Of
fcer, hut quite often they are not in
a position to properly judge what ac-
tion should be taken in a question OF
this nature. 1t appears to me great
many OF the people are laboring un-
der q Misrepresentation. For every
officer there are scores of enlisted
men. For every officer receiving a
very good rate OF pay. and there are
hundreds who received more pay in
the army than they did in civilian
life, there are multitudes of enlisted
men who received a very inferior sum
and large percentage who received
such a small remuneration that it is
hardly comparable with that re-
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
A Good Healthy Smile Means
Success.

To the Editor of THE TINES:
1 was Just looking over your edi-
torial. 1.-THE Face With a Smile Is Not
a Thinking Face" and. although l
think that the vast majority OF your
editorials are diadems OF thought
and rood to follow, I yet think that
the smile editorial Is pernicious IN
its effect and rather aimless In its
construction.
A good. healthy smile means conn
dence. without which oualincation
there In no success. BY smile l, OF
course. do not mean smirkiness or.
the Lord preserve us, a continuous
giggle. o-
II is the man who has never
learned to smile, who takes every
thing too seriously, who thinks tna'
there Is virtue in frowns, and worry.
that goes to his grave unhonorea
and unsung. Lincoln smiled often ana
much, vet his task was heavy and his
success beyond computation. 1t IS
said that Napoleon never smiled. and
perhaps Waterloo and st. Helena are
not uniting seauels to the man VINO
took himself too seriously.
The doctor cures more with MS
.milo than with his pills. Smiling
heIps the entire physical economy.
To be in a good frame OF mind fs 10
he in good health. NJ MUSSMAN.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

that the proposition OF giving every
man who served in the late war,
either at the camps or on the battle
fields Of France. q bonus, is a great
injustice both to the country and to
the soldier himself. ! am positively
not in favor of a bonus for all ex-
soldiers. However. l am in favor Of
a very liberal bonus, say of 500.
81. 900, or even $4,000. for all soldiers
and sailors who were wounded or
permanently disabled. or who con-
tracted disease in the line OF duty in
the service Of the United States. 1t
seems to me that all true Americans
who are ex-soldiers are also not in
favor of a bonus. A bonus to every
soldier, etc, at this time only tends to
make the taxes higher, and certainly
the high cost Of living cannot come
down until the taxes are reduced.
EVERETTE e. NEAL, A. E. F.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
MORE YOU TELL EMS.

BY c. NJ. j.
You tell 'em. Ford. you make all the
You tell '.m. p.rdsnslis. I'm In Ny
Baby's Arma."
By EDMUND NJ SULLIVAN
You tell 'em. fisherman. you've got .
good line.
BY A. W.
You tell 'em. Iimbergsr. you've got the
strength.
You tell 'em, holsy socks. 1 don't give .
darn.
You tell 'cm. sand pile. you've got the grit.
You tell EN-. gixzard, you've got the sail
You tell 'er,, saks 4 Co. we know YOU
You tell 'em. dance hall. youv. got the
moor,
You tell EN-, conductor freight makes
You tell '.m, back door. Why you boltsA.
You tell 'em. wild duck. they know
You tell 'em. August. or April h.y
You tell 'cn, June, but don't you March.
BY IT, D. HAWKING
You tell 'em. baseball. you're under cover.
You tell 'em. tadpoic, I've . fros In my
BY JACK ,.1
You tell 'sm. pront..r. you know how 70
soak 'em. -.
py fgS nuonNr ,s,, i~ scTniLLRsno@ cYfsi nse,
You tell 'sna x-rsy. { ess't see throsss
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Congressman Poorly Paid---
Who's LOOney Now?
By BILL PRICE.

Washngton's wealthy and highly overpad Government
employesthose described by the Honorable Soda Fountain
BLANTON of Texas having "cnches" in hfe's strug
gescannot fail to be deeply interested in an interview in
the admirable hotel-corridor column Of the Post.
This interview is with "Coonel''-Tennesseeans
have subordinate titles-THOMAS c. LOONEY, of Mem
phs Colonel Looney sympathizes deeply with members OF
Congress and high officers of the Government in the small
salaries paid them. He feels that they hit hard by
the high cost of living saaried persons in all other
walks of life" Those the quoted words.
Probably the colonel, whose human sympathies do not
necessarily indicate he is "looney' now, will be,
know the facts about Washington salary workers.
The pay of Congressman is $500 year. The Tennes
frankly comedies that many of them not worth
that truly overpad The 100000 Federal and
District Government employees in Washington average little
above statutory salary of 81, year, difference in
pay of more than 5000 year:
Thousands of Government employees are paid less than
5000 year.
We grant that Congressman must put up ga front"
Most of them got into Congress that Many house
keepers Judge Of tomatoes by the pretty label thereon
The tomatoes thus get by" We grant that national
Legislator should dress somewhat better than the middle
class salary the mechanic not that he better
than any other but that other nations and peoples
would be badly impressed to able statesmen like Uncle
JOE CANNON wearing overals with his sleeves turned up
and face and arms black with CRIME.
We concede that the cost of putting up ga 'front.' is
considerable but the main cost of living is in food
supplies the absolute necessares of life And to that
the front should disappear Congressman's stomach
may be larger than that of ST 200 Government cerkand
usually is-but it is not entitled to any inside of it
to any better quality OF food Neither prestige nor
possession of money the fact that poor
oures as much sustain life his fortunate fellow
being And what the smalsalary buys in essentials
cost him Just as it costs Congressman. His under
worked digestive tract enjoys juicy steak much the
other man 8 overworked digestive engine. -:
Nobody will begrudge Congressman salary sufficient
to maintain himself in reasonable station but he should not
deny-as he has done-a living wage to the Government
worker wage that will enable that worker to have
able comforts.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Bread Prices in Europe.
Ia Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The raw material in a pound Of
bread costs s cents and the public Is
compelled to pay IL cents a pound
for bread. In Europe, bread made
from American flour is sold for III
cents per pound. and that allows a
reasonable profit. There Is a stand
ing custom in France and on the
continent that the price OF bread
shall be the same per pound as the
price OF flour. 1t takes two-thirds OF
a pound OF flour for pound of bread
and a pound OF wheat makes two
thirds Of pound of flour. In bsk-
ers' parlance. they mix 30 many
pounds of water with enough flour
to give Il the consistency OF dough.
Tho bread prices permitted In this
country arc not permitted In any
other nation on earth. -
j.. ROBINSON.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Bonus For the Boys.
itor of THE TINES

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Don't give England our money,
We need it to pay our own soldiers a
bonus. England has already paid her
soldiers bonus at our expense, or, at
least, out of this country's money.
Now there is talk of canceling her
debt that she owes the United States.
than sufficient to make a fair read
justment to our army salary of $685.
per year. The boys want a bonus,
and not only that, they NEED a
bonus. so don't let us hear any more
about calling England's debt off.
EDWIN c. GEORGE.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Give Service Man = Job.

70 the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Let me tell you what Ohio Is doing
for the service men. They are In the
near future going to give every serv-
ice man from Ohio a position without
a civil service examination.
The best thing Congress can do
for the service man is give him
Government position without ex-
animation.
Congress had better do something
soon. and do IT without delay. IL they
don't. both the Democrats and Re
pub,icans will look like sick mule
At the next Presidential election. In
November. 1920.-From the Legion OF
the State OF Ohio.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
THE cLoSED-EYE ,,,r
KISSING GAME.

Girl, shouldn't bear all tho blame
In this ciosed-eye kissing game. ,..
When youns man kis.s: s,s his pIs.'y pI,.. MIS-
!, mis- hi, i,s he.., ...s,,o%.tie.l,y onS scsi close
eeeause h's J. II. GRIMES.
A college professor once said:
"I Iove is an emotion foisted upon
the world by a sap-headed novel;
ist who needed copy" What would
he have written on your all-ab-
sorbinr topic, "Why does she
close her eyes when being KISS
.dS" PHILIP EBERT.
As TO this kissing bee: A Puritan
might say that she who kisses with
her ewes shut tight closes them to
all consequences. But the Puritan
might be wrong, as he often was
F. VETTER.
A GIRL closes her eyes when kissed
by her beau because she simply cant
keen them open. LITTLE GIRL.
what I'm worrying about is that
this discussion may cause the gir's
to stop kissing altogether. IL there
ia any danger in this let me die now
JOHN NJ.
Ki.. an old maid once, she loses her sight
Kiss her twice she'll enjoy u all night:
Kiss her again and she hollers for more,
To the old girl us the golden shore =,
"a girl once wrote " and s that
Milo II Is single. He at least seems
r>rtisl to old maids)
A siri lay by the sewer and there died,
Tn. coroner reported u case Of .evsrc,de
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Letters From the Public TO the Editor

.ceived previous to entrance into the
service.
Those already blessed with opulence
need not assume any responsibility;
they do not have to accept it. How
does a man with one limb gone. given
t, his country. exc out an existence on
the nineteen dollars per month he re-
ceives from the Government?
EX-TOP-SOAK
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

in very large of its identity the National City
GAS matter of fact large per cent of the residents
Of Washington retain their citizenship in the States whence
they and exercise the right of suffrage there This is
entirely proper and in my opinion is highly commendable
In view of its very limited it would certainly not
be entitled to Statehood with the representation in the
Senate and the House that is accorded to the States
This would, of course be preposterous However, It has
frequently occurred to during short service In Con-
qess that the District of Columbia is entitled to and should
have Delegate in the House. selected in the
and with the privileges that possessed by
Delegates from Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines This,
in my judgment will give the District all Of the representa-
tion that it needs ~
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
DAILY THE WASHINcToN TIMES JUME~2
What High Wages Mean
CHER Living Costs, but Also More Active Human Min

High wages is said do little good for meat potatoes
rent bread 60 up rapidly as wages. or more rapidly
The who gets dollars whore he used to got dvs
must spend ten dollars where he used to spend hve
There Is, however one benefit In higher wages moro
important than extra money to spend or the temporary
luxury comfort Of the individual.
When wages low and men are cheap 1t Ii hard to
get those power pay attention to the workers
There time when chmneys were cleaned by tying
string the leg of and dropping tho goose down
the chimney Struggling tapping her WINGS the goose
went down and took the SCOT with her.
In England and various other countries, In place Of
the goose small child was used Children underfed
puposey and thus kept thin that they might be able to
60 through the smallest chmneys.
At the same time other children being used in
factories Then day the British government discovered
that it lacked big enough to go into the army 1t cut
down the army regulation size still the were too small
- Then it discovered that chimney sweeping and
factory harmful and the made laws
to protect children. plenty Of big men had remained
after small children had been used in factories and CHM
nsys those laws would have been delayed.
Similarly in this and other countries, while men and
children are plentiful and cheap little attention paid to
improving machinery protecting children The mine
could hire small boys for few cents day to work
the breakers picking the sharp slate from the coal with
bleeding fingers So the problem seemed perfectly solved
by the breaker boys"
But when unions developed strength and even boys
became expensive their wages high was worth while to
invent machinery that would do the work that the boys
fingers had been doing When patriotism was at its
height made even more simple by selling the coal
with the slate in 1t.
farm hand getting seven dollars day will do great
deal to develop agricultural machinery.
Double wages for cotton pickers will probably bring
forth the much soughor machine to pick cotton 1t may
be possible to do it on the vacuum cleaner" basis
Ditch digging will be done by machinery when dggers'
wages to eight ten dollars day. or none are to be
found and with other lines of work.
The ignorant, of course, will say that all these new
machines will "cut down employment and "starve the
men"
But only the deeply ignorant will say it. few print
objected to the printing machine which employs more
printers than set type by hand.
Practically all the men engaged in cloth making in
England rebeled against the improved machinery that now
produces about thousand times much cloth, hires
hundred times many and pays much higher wages
When life is easy take things easily. When human
labor is cheap only human labor and content
When life becomes difficult and labor becomes expensive
men their brains, and that means progress.
The high wages of this day will mean better machinery
and consequently greater production and incidentally higher
wages in the future day.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
The CrOW's Nest

Whoever selected the slogan. Back
to the Farm" evidently did not con-
template the bareback he was serving
up to the country. All but 20 per
cent of our population now have their
coat tails facing the old orchard and
meadow and the returns are not all in.
In the League of Shoppers. Mrs.
Babe Ruth Is also polling out some
average. as the dispatches say she
bought twenty-five hats in a Water
bury, Conn, shop the other day and
in payment therefor gave a check
signed by the home run king for $40.
THE HORSE THE Burleson says
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
HEARD AN D SEEN
ruE CRECKLES GIRL.

Here's q little advice for the fair
flapper, who asked you how to cure
freckles:
A little bit Of powder,
A little bit Of paint
Make little freckles
Look just what they amt
C. r. LOVELACE.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

HE who dallies Is a bastard. He
who doubts Is damned" echo the
tones of Marse Henry Watterson Of
other days, as the Sage OF Mansfield
fingers by his Kentucky mint bed and
disdains to watch the new breeds nd
die at Frisco.
Newspaperdom may welcome Presi-
dent Wilson into its ranks after he
leaves the White House, says Admiral
Grayson. who adds that the Chief Ex-
ecutive Is considering becoming head
Of a college. In either sphere he. viii
be free to continue the din on Arti-
Gle X.
There's a vacant AND THEY CALL
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

Governor Roberts of Tennessee Is
told by President Wilson that first the
party needs the passage of the WON.
an suffrage amendment, and then the
country can benefit What's become
Of the Presidcnt of the Whole People /?
The allies have set aside Turkey
as the Zone OF straits" and ~ they
can keen those red-handed Ishmael-
ties straight for the rest OF time. they
will have the favor OF Allah and the
thanks of the rest Of the world.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
TWO RIDDLES A DAY.

1. What was the hrst bet ever made?
. What word Of eight letters Is
there from which you can subtraet
five letters and leave ten?
ANSWERS.
1. Tho alphabet.
2. Tendency.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
SHOULD "GREAT FALLS"
BEAR ANOTHER NAME9

6EAH ANOTHEk NAME|
This from DR.. WILLIAM TINDALx
will interest all Washingtonians, par
the local historians:
DEAR BILL PRICE:
II has often ocourred to me that
the name Great FAliA" a. applied
to the rapids Of the Potomac. should
Be- superseded BY . les pestentious
title. As most strangers who Wait
those rapids are disa ppointsd 70 fnd .
much less volume Of water there than
the name indicates. The falls are
not . great waterfall but are one Of
tho most picturesque. II not the most
ptctweeoue, com6ination Of forest,
rock and river that have scenes
pseially grand a. to the rocka
While the amount Of water there
does not begin to compare with that
at the Dailes Of the Columbia river.
the variety and arrangement Of the
composition are incomparably moro
attractive. and constitute = scenic
gem which should not b expoSed to
disparagsmsnt by . nams which leads
visitors to expect to view . rival to
Niagara or other majestic eatarAots.
have heard visitors express their
disappointment In terms which indi-
Gated that the antioipations excited
BY the name were far from having
Perhaps some Of the bright readers
or contFibutors to the II and 8 might
suggest . title for our waterfall that
would more appropriately describe
its inertia
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

"You can't turn a sow's ear into .
silk purse" but at the present p1ee
of hog meat it would be advan-
tapeous if we could turn . silk purse
into a sow's ear. ,,
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

a Delegate in the House,
elected in the same manner
and with the same privileges
that are now possessed by
Delegates from Alaska, Ha-
waii, and the Philippines.
"This, in my judgment, will
give the District all the rep
resentation it needs" he add
ed. "Washington is the great
est city in the world. It is
essentially the National City
of the greatest country on the
globe. It's chief Importance
and glory consists in that fact.
To grant it the right of suf-
frage, with all the prerog-
atives and responsibilities
thereunto appertaining, would,
in my opinion, cause the loss
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
SAYS THIS IS DIFFICULT.

A hard thing to do 70 to place eiSn.
checkers on an ordinary cneeke.
board so they will not be In sttais".
line horizontally. perpendicuIarS
diagonally. Either the biack or ''"
SQUARES may be used. Try 1t.
RAY A. GANTZ-
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

There's . spot in The Times
Full OF riddles and rhymes.
Nonsense and good reading, too.
It's called Heard and Seen
And II prints nothing mean:
Just good cheer for those who are elus
MRS B. H
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

Find. three consecutive numbers
such that IL they are divided by
2. 8. and I, respectively. the sum
II the Quotient will be the next
consecutive number.
u. s. MARINE.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

Trotzky. Soviet
war minister. has
confessed the cali
ber his enemies
h We a ] W a y $
claimed. He often
acts as his own
messenger.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Saw, Bonus Will Increase Taxes.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
I agree with the fellow who re-
oentiy said In The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

Mary had a little Thomas cat
which sang like Caruso:
Some one bit IL with . bat
And now 1t doesn't DO 80 n,~,r
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
Votes For Washington
wages in the future day.

Congressman J. Will Taylor of Tennessee says it has
frequently occurred him during his service in Congress
that the District of Columbia entitled to and should
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

seat on the old
bus. Will . o m g
one please page
Joseph l.. Bristow.
Of the Kansas
wheat fields?
The work OF
building up the
standard of the
Republican candi-
dates goes merrily
on in New Eng
land, as Wesleyan
University makes
Calvin Coolidge a
doctor of laws.
-
As they put on
the finish n g
touches of bawl-
ing out the Ball
rent law, Uncle
S a m drops his
towel as second to
the rent commits
sion. and hops IN
to the frscas him
self
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

BY the census returns we nnd that
vincennes, Ind, has felt the hand of
industrial advancement. but a lot OF
N. will dream Of IL as Maurice Thomp-
son pictured II In the days Of Alice.
Governor Bickett passes the suf-
frage buck to Tennessee and also
takes swipe at the call OF Presi-
dent Wilson by declaring that tho
Tar Heels have neither the time nor
the money for such q move.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

BID. MONKS, Washingtonian now
at Los Angeles, CAL, writes that an
earthquake out there recently mace
the concrete shimmie.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29
WILLIAM TINDALL.
EXPLAIN THIS IRISH COIN.

have an Irish coin with . harp
on 1t. The date is worn OFF and
I would like very much to know
how this coin came to be issued.
Z. N. s.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

His partner Ii cid
the final tru m p
when Il | W e IL,
: bri d ge expert,
looked into the
face of the arbiter
OF his hopes for
earthly existence.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

It's refreshing
to have the New
York district at
torney, as he ham
mers at the Elwell
mystery, coin the
phrase. "a man In
the case"
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

A slri lay by the sewer and there died,
tn. coroner reported II case Of .ewsrctde
~. n d.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

the White House
backs the Crown
Prince as the halo
hangs over Fris-
co.
The Washington times., 1920-06-29

AND THEY HORSE THE BurIeson
ia BURDEN. tho White !