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The Washington times., 1920-04-03
COAL-AnOther Item in the Cost
of Living About to Jump
By BILL PRICE.

Prudent Washingtonans who start each spring to put
their next winters supply of anthracite coal act both
farsi GIFTED and economicalfnd peculiar situation
when visiting their dealers to make arrangements fol
early delivery They are told that things unsettled
the mines have been flooded from the SHOWS and shu
down for days. the railroads unable to supply
the supply of coal in Washington is shorter than befo
in the early spring. the coal operators are shipping all
to retroactive dustmen OF price owing to demand
of the coal miners; the local dealer cannot give den
price because he does know what he will have
the mine owner Some of the dealers avow that hardl
enough coal is coming in to meet present demands witho
considering a surplus for next winter Those who wish
order for next winter must do and trust to the ho
esy of the dealer deliver when he and to fix the
in accordance with the demands made him by min
owners.
Briefly the mine owner will pass to the retail deae}
whatever increase wages be allowed the miners III
does not propose reduce his profits in the least He
find it advantageous to pick up still larger profit
from the helpless public which is every day encourage
by politicians to believe that the cost of living is going
down.
The retail dealer takes no chances. He will charge
enough to than keep the wolf from his door
Some retail dealers in Washington say that bumnou{
coal has already advanced So per ton here others
the question Of advance in price, if any, is still unset
awaiting adjustment of the wage additions. The btumi
nous barons have thought Of deprvng themselves Of
juicy profits.
So in this case, as in all others, the end man-thd
|public-shoulders the increasing burden.
Congress has not increased the salaries of Federal
District employees has refused to increase the
bonus of $240 and joins in the political bunco chorus that
the cost of living is going down. Here in the District coal
lis on its way up fares to be ncreased request
about be made for raise in telephone rates. gas will
up in three months; beef pork and mutton Using
daily hgher houses 100 per cent above
prices and still increasing in prce clothing is sky high
vegetables and fruits were never higher
Where's the endi
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
\ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Am a daily reader OF your
column and took particular
notice OF one, signed &c. H. H."
and must say that tho young man
in this letter has spoken rather too
freely when he makes the remark.
There seems TO be plenty of girls
In Washington, but they are not
tho kind that a man would care To
marry" wonder Just where he
has expected to find the girl OF his
taste and fancy. am Wash
ington girl, having been born and
raised here and lived in Washing
ton all my life, and l never found
the girls who would make any man
a good wife IN the dance halls,
theaters, movies, or on the streets.
1, myself, can dance, but am not
crazy over It. can pass the
evening at a dance If the occasion
requires 1t without being a wall
flower" but 1 must say | prefer
the quiet evening at home, reading.
sewing, crocheting, or playlnG the
parties and dances in the city. Nc,
don't Judge me as a plain. unat-
tractiys girl am only twenty
two years old and dress in the Sest
that there Is to be had, but am
only too proud to say that every
dress wear is the Workmanship
of my hands, which is something
few girls can say. or course
don't pretend to make a coat or
suit, but every dress l own Is one
l have made myself. j am con-
sidered good looking by folks who
know mo and yet | am really sorry
TO say that I have yet to ind the
young man who really wants n girl
who is pal, one who can take
hikes with him without being in.
suited, one who can converse on
sensible subjects without giggling,
or one who Is her natural self, has
youth and beauty (for youth needs
no make.up) See him where you
will, the young man OF today is
attracted to the girl who looks as
II she has half OF tho drug store"
on her face. And yet, Miss rair-
fax, these arc the men who are all
tho time writing you that OF all
the girls In this city which has
girls from every state In the Union
they can't md one who would
make them good wife. Really,
G.. II. H.. l think you should shake
yourself until you are fully awake.
for really ! think you are asleep
and have been so for the last two
years II you try and try real
hard I am sure you will find tho
right girl and then you will be
sorry that you accused every girl
In Washington OF being Incapable
of making the right man good
wife. Where have you been ov-
pccting TO Ind your Ideal? Sup
pose you visit the churches and
not other places ] have mentioned
above, II that has been your habit,
and I am sure you will ind tho
girl Am very sorry that you have
this opinion of the girls in the
District of Columbia, but 1. too.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

you will turn to the twenty fourth chapter Of the
Gospel of st. Luke to the twentieth and twenty hrst
chapters Of st. John you read OF the resurrection OF
Christ which all Chrisendom will celebrate In the Easter
services tomorrow
OF all the word pictures painted in the Bible has
greater appeal than the description of the walk to the little
village of Emmaus, when Jesus coming upon Ceopas and
his companion rudging along the dusty road talked with
them by the way"
How strange must have been the sensation of the
travellers when they found that He whom they thought
be stranger in Jerusalem proved to be Christ himself
about whose resurrection they were marveling.
They said to the other Ibid not our heart burn
within us they realized the wondrous thing which had
happened to them.
One Of the most appealing things of Jesus life His
love for the people, 70 the fishermen Of aalee for
the workers of the fields and for the humble and the meek
To them He talked in simple plain language. To them
He told His wonderful parallels For them He preached
the the mount and worked among them the most
wonderful of His miracles.
He might have chosen to sit at rich tables. He
might have gained from wealth and position
that less lowy would have sought But instead he said
BLESSED poor for yours the Kingdom Of God Blessed
shall be filed Blessed that
weep now for ye shall Laugh
Christ gave to the world the great blessing of Hope
He put light in the worlds darkness and set beacon
on the headlands of eternity.
His resurrection and its promise of life after death have
sotened many hardship and kept weary foot from
faltering.
In my Fathers many mansions if it not
wouh have told you go to prepare a place for you
And and prepare place for will come again and
1eeepe unto myself that where am there ye may be alo
What the world would have been but for Christianity
knows but it is certain that its consequence has
always been to make men and better in soul and
in body.
It is far cry perfection We have not yet learned
to obey either injunction of the "great commandment
which Jesus spoke the nqung lawyer We do not yet
Glove the Lord thy God with all thy heart love
neighbors as ourselves.
The spirit of Easter bids arise from lehargy Of
soul To ourselves from sefshness and greed
TO forth from the tomb of self and
ddng ourselves of the grave clothes Of avarce and envy
and convetousness walk with those whom meet and
"tak with them by the way of higher better things and
their accomplishment
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
What's Doing; Where; When

cal Clubs, New willard Hotel, Fourteenth
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest, s y.
IN.
. Meoting--Littlo Congress, caucus room,
House Office building, New Jersey avenue
and B streets southeast, Sp. m.
Lccturc-Dr Russell H. Conwell, under
direction Of Liberty Loan Club, Liberty
Hut, opposite Union station, p. m.
Mecting--Tufts College Club Of wash
iLgtOn, 1891 Eighteenth street northwest, s
y. M.
Lecture-Mrs Albert 6. Rurlcson, wo.
mems city Club, % jackson place north.
west, i:3O y. M
Mectnr--Flagg Council, No. 1855, United
Commercial Travellers. rythipn Temple,
b'jO y. N.
Tomorrow.
Address Congressman isaac r. gNc--
wood, of ohio, Music hai, Congress Hall
lIotgl New Jersey avcnu, southeast, y.
IA
Addrcss--pr Columbus Bradford, New
Thought Temple, 1914 y street northwest,
e.lb y.
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Today.
Psrty--Kansas Society Wilson Normal ]
School, Eleventh and Harvard streets
northwest, 8 p. IN.
Governors Night--Trinity Community
House, Third and e streets northwest, ad-
dress by Governor Carl u. Mllllkon, OF
Maine, y, m,
Party--Ohio Girls Club, Wilson Normal
school, Eleventh and Harvard streets
northwest, Sp. M.
Meeting -- Biological Society of wash.
ington, new assembly hall Cosmos club, y
~ m.
Informal Dance--Town and Country Club,
town house, Eighteenth and Columbia
road northwest y. m.
Dance --NciRhborhood House, 40 y street
southwest $3.50 y. IN.
Meeting Society for rhlosop"'~-' In.
quiry, Public Library, Ninth aud Ntw 1ork
avenue northwest. l;3O y. w
Meeting-lIlrsm Lodge, No, 10, f. A. a.
81 NJ M.
Concert-Yale University Gless and Musi-
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
Did You Lie Awake Last Night?

When Shakespeare conured out of his great intellect
he characters of Macbeth and his Lady he could think Of
greater punishment to inic upon them for their mis-
deeds than to rob them Of sleep:
Sleep, that knits up the ravel d sleave of care
The death of each days life, labour's BATH
Balm of hurt minds, great natures second course
Chief nourisher in life's feast
But many men and women who have done nothing
wrong fail occasionally to sleep soundly.
Some foolish enough under such circumstances, to
resort to drugs seeking to remove the effect rather than to
mend the
Insomnia is so common, and there is much needless
alarm it's temporary discomforts that the editors of
Good Housekeeping devote special article to it in the
April number, which every who does not
;leep soundly should read. =.
probable that anybody died from lack of
aleep unless happened to be complication of fatal
disease.
A great many people suffer from imaginary insomnia
when they really sleep sourdy. They practically dream
that they awake.
really IS that affects your health and your happiness
chat you think you do not sleep you just
Portable and the effects just painful you really
stay awake
H. Addington Bruce who writes the article in Good
housekeeping analyses the of sepessness and tells
of the simple and avoidabe for lying
awake.
He tells you, too of the simple ways 90 to sleep
Why to do this and why not to do that.
For instance, he says Don't try to go to sleep by
counting 1t requires concentration of thought and con
Centration kills sleep.
Kant, the great philosopher insomniac because
Of suerings from the gout His custom take some
word wholly unrelated to his thoughts like Cicero and
then allow his mind to rambe along the lines which the
chosen word suggested He found this effective and Mr.
Addngton Bruce presents other equally interesting and
efhcacious methods.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
CHANGING THAT 81.

The folks changed that 81 for ~R.
r Min n hurry. Some solve II two
ways: some one way. Although COM
plicated, most OF them declare 1t to
be easy and howl for something real
hard.
In one solution L. r. HILL rnds .
dimes, nickels; 40 pennies-nfty
pieces, making 81. In the other he
fnde / quarter, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, 4b
pennies, 81.
The Patent Office shark says Is
pennies, 2 nickels, . dimes, I quarter.
some Class. This,
Here is the big class that solved
the problem through one or the other
of the methods:
GEORGE w. SUIT. U. s. N: JACK
COOK. Il. RIGONE, v. L. PACE, P. A.
DONNELLY. Miss A. NJ. BRANNON.
H. A. SAUR. BENZ. BLANKEN c b.
STEWART. Miss CORA NJ. DEMENT,.
II. T. HoRNIG. S. X. BREEZE, C. D.
COOK, VIM. d. PAYNES, o. II. PEND
LEY, \. r. H.. sylvia" II. L. D.. J. J.
n. r. B.. Mrs c. p. X. J. r.. "A Cash
ier" IA Cob" @. E. D., II. l. c. oD.,
"Bits" and Zip"
These come in today with correct
% PHtTL A. JONES, silver Spring.
Md. CHARLES A. PETERSON, J.
A. cHRIsToPHERsoN. LESLIE L.
FREEMAN, JOHN c. HOPE. GER
TRUDE II. MCCLELLAN, GEORGE
FENwICK, w Il. MORE I'd,
HENRY II. FIELD, r. 8. RUSS. RAY
NOND F. ROOIS. Berwyn. Nd; p. L.
oRNDORFF, IRVING ". GOODMAN
EDw. NJ. FLATHERTY, RAY r.
ROSS, NJ. A. MAXWELL, r X.
JAMES.
How about those landlords and
tenants who refuse TO rent to
parents with chill rcn but have
children OF their own thnt romp
and race through halls, yell and
Whoop and do as they please
A MOTHER.
Is there such thing as white
sunfloworf c. o. N.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

The correct answer to the numeral
problem is: . times 8 equals 70. plu9l
10, plus 8, 8, 4, 8. R B.
TX" is like a pigs tail, because IT'S
the end Of pork. So say all. No diff
ference of opinion. Belated answers
also like pigs tail, because they are
at the end. come from A. o. S1MMS
Mrs. ROBERT S. RUSS, ALICE d.
GIBSON and Maryland"
Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Stone were
standing on a corner. A young lady
with a very short skirt passed them
Wood turned to Stone and both
turned to Rubber.
RUBBER-NECK.
Are not the packers preparing to
boost the cheaper cuts Of meat? They
do not care FIGG for the Depart
ment Of Justice. SARAH POOL
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty and am engaged to
a man who has a very good posi-
tion and OF whom ] think a great
deal, but he is inclined to be
arbitrary at times. want your
advice. Last fall I had my hair
bobbed. My hair is very thick and
curly and ali my friends tell me
that bobbed hair is very becoming
to mo. 1t has grown so that 1t is
quito long and ragged, and now
that the warm weather Of spring
has come. ] want to have 1t cut
nice and short, but my fiance says
that bobbed hair makes me look
conspicuous and that nice girls
don wear Il that way. DO you
think ! should give in to him? No
one who has not worn their hair
short knows what a comfort Il is
to have it cut of. and / can't bear
to think OF having long hair and
hairpins again. RORRrT'TE.
You are right in wearing your
hair the way il suits you. This
Is an age of individuality. II you
have indiv duality, cherish il as
you. would your front teeth or
perfect figure. 1t is one of the
easiest things to lose, especially
in marriage. One gets the habit
Of giving in," yielding one opin-
ion after another, until there is
nothing left of ones own entity
or ones own original thinking.
IL your fiancc has one of these
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Please let me sit beside Mamie
Jane, for misery likes company.
I. too, dear Mamie-Jane. had my
beau yamped by another girl or
perhaps she was just war work.
Hr even as ], but where you and I
liffer is that you berate your
rival and thereby you please the
man. ! speak in such glowing
terms Of the 'Namp" and her many
admirable traits that he thinks I
am anxious for him to go with her
and he feels a natural tendency,
quite common TO human nature, to
do anything that he thinks will
please me.
Way down in my heart, pity
any one so blind they are unable
to see at glance my sterling
qualities, and the Take me, I'm
different" label on my face. But,
anyway. must acknowledge that
the vampires always show good
judgment by choosing tho same
ones I want, so they must not be
such bad lot after all
And you and l, Mamie-Janc, are
golnE TO smile and say nice things
about the other girl, regardless OF
the fact that she was presumptuous
enough to want the same man we
did--end then In the privacy OF
our rooms we can weep our weep
and read this gem from a woman
who has suffered:
IL wonder who married the hus-
band.
God tho't he was making for me:
Did she have soft curls and long
lashea,
And n face beautiful TO seo7
God was careless with my lashes,
And left my hair straight as could
be.
Maybe he died Of tho measles,
or perhaps he was lost at sea.
But thu way ! think " happened.
And the way It's most likely to be.
Some other girl married tho hus-
band
God tho't nc was making for M.
XANTIPPE.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

I've never been able to under
stand why a rabbit is always
associated with Easter, on
cards. in candy, etc. What has
a rabbit got to do with Easter,
anyhow? E. A. F.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
Fairfax the Problems Pitfalls Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

new military moustaches, you
might make trade. Tell him
you will let your hair grow long
if he will amputate mis- moustache.
I'll wager you will hear no more
complaints about the bobbed hair.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
"If' you are going with a young
fellow and love him dearly and
he returns your love, and 'if' for
some reason he stops speaking to
you and ignores you entirely. what
would you do? Such is my case.
BROKEN HEARTED.
think / would take account Of
stock and see whether I had been
up to any mischief which would
explain his action. think !
might even be curious enough to
bump into him the next time ]
met him and ask him what the
row was all about. Not even so
illogical a person as a man does
what this lad is doing without
some cause.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

They tell me that chicken grower.
are losing money since prohioition went
corn ana wheat In whisky before feed
ing II to the chickens The food thus
treated intoxicated the chickens and
caused them to lay around most any
place. Iom.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

And to 60 back into Bible history,
how long did Cain hate his brother :!
AS long ss he was Abel, Of course.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
MARY PICKFORD'S SECRET.

II II costs 9S cents to get
married in the District,
how much did Adam give
for his wife, Eve?
T. w. HARTLEY.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

< Try this one: Man boarded Z
Z street car; handed conductor Z
K 81 bill; latter could not 4
K change IL. Man said he had Z
< IS bill. Conductor said he Z
X could change that What Z
K bills OF coins did the conduc- Z
X tor give in changer I
K B. BLANKEN. =
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

Don't stop the lizard chatter.
I'm a tailor making lots OF money
out Of chaps clar oring for some
OF this lizardous notoriety. Free
publicity IL multiplying the liz
ards sight along. G. X +.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
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NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY.

A""Nh
The Lonesome Tar Heel girl -
Informed that there Is a live and In
teresting North Carolina Society In
Washington. A. W. MCLEAN. W1
Finance Board. is president; Ed
WARD e. BRITToN, secretary to
secretary Daniels, Is vice presidents
f. F. HARTLEY. Census Bureau, SOC
retary. The society has big dancs
at Rauscher's April 13.
HAVE A WEEK FOR THIS
NOW LET
US HAVE
. A WEEK
SET .ArhRT
FOR THE
RAISE OF
THE CLERKS
SALARIES-SO
THAT THEY
CAN LIVE -
WILLIAM S. WAUDBYCS
"Ono smio Is worth = hundrcd
groans."--Almas Temples phitosophy'
also IA and SIS
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

with any other name, I guess
there is no way for you to attain
your wish unless Fate sends him
rambling in your direction. Even
if had his address, could
scarcely assume the responsibility
Of your meeting. Girls seem so
fussy about young men nowadays.
You, for instance, might not like
the ties he wears or the way he
parts his hair; he might make an
engagement with you and break it.
You. on the other hand. might not
measure up to his dreams Of
artistic sensibility. Then. your
hopes dashed, you'd. blame poor
Miss Fairfax.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
LEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

LEAR MISS FAlRFAX:
Having just read "a Rambler's'
letter, am writing to you In tho
hope Of rieeting this young fellow
as am very much interested in
him.
have been looking for a sensi-
BILE fellow. one that ! could go with
as "a steady"
have met many fellows, but l
want a nice fellow as Rambler
seems to ibe.
would love dreamer. but he
would have TO dream real dreams
for me.
love to dance and go TO theaters
and parties, but would sacrifice
this for one | could love.
am considered good looking and
very attractive, and would like to
know way TO meet ~ Rambler"
FLORRABELLA.
Since Rambler did not favor me
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
HE A RD MD SEEN

Dutch" HELD and Johnpy|
GOETZ, Of Business High, are at thd
top Of the list of high school ath{
letics. LEON GORDON.
MARY PICKFORD'S SECRET.
I want to let the fans in on the
secret Of why Mary Pickford divorced
her husband. "She did not like to
live with a man who was ,.lways In
debt. No matter how much he paid
he was still Owen Moore" A. H.
II Pennsylvania avenue should
overflow would Parker-Br'dget or
would Saks Kann it? W. J. NJ.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

This column answers so many
questions, please ask some one to
give me the Roman numeral for "a.
C. d. LESHER.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

The Spirit of Easter

It Teaches Us to Walk and Talk and Work With Our
Fellow Men for Better, Higher Ways Of Living.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

have been greatly disappointed in
the young men that have met,
but even this couldn't make me
say they were all alike, for
wouldn't like to think my brother.
the only one I have, is like some
Of the young men I have met.
feel that somewhere in the city OF
Washington there are some good
men and worthy OF making the
right husband for the best girl
alive.
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GIRL
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

A young lady. who gives her name
and address, makes the charge that
there Is bunch" Of young men
around North Capitol street and New
York avenue some Of whom make
sighting and insulting remarks to
women passing that corner.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03

Is there such thing as a white
sunfloworf c. o. N.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GIRL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08
ARMY OFFICERS ON EDGE
OVER OFFICIAL PROBE
Some Are to Be Dropped Under
Provisions Of Reorganiza-
ton Act.

Army officers generally are await
ing with conflicting emotions the re-
suits of the deliberations of the board
of Army officers. of which Maj. Gen.
r. L. Billiard is chairman, in session
at the War Department.
That board was appointed under the
provisions of the Army reorganization
act to divide the commissioned per-
sonnet of the Army into two classes
to be known as class A and class B..
Glass A includes the names of all Of
ficers to be retained in active service
and in line of promotion. while class
B includes the names of officers not
to be retained and who may be trans
ferred to the retired list or separated
altogether from the Army.
Officers placed in class are priv
ileged to have their cases reviewed
by courts of inquiry, and provision is
made that no officer shall be elimi-
mated from the Army without a full
and fair hearing. The action of the
Billiard board is treated as confiden-
tial and probably the names in class
will become known only through
individual orders for transfers to the
retired list, etc.