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The Washington times., 1921-01-01

But the women have cast an as
sorted series OF monkey wrencheS !nto
all the machinery in sight. They say
II is foolish to think of tho new year
always as a male infant. They insist
ii is girl.
The old timers are equally sure the
little thing is developing bass
voice and rudimcntary whiskcTs.
"Did you ever see picture OF the
old year without whiskers" they
ask And il IL remarkable fact
that Few women wear whiskers'
That's proof for you
WOMEN SPURN "PROOF."
But the women refuse to accept
this as proof. They say it may have
been male child in past times.
But they point out women arc now
runninEs things. Pretty soon they'll
give Old Father Time a clean shave
and put him in skirts.
At any rate. the argument as to the
sex Of the Baby 1921 began many
months ago. Some weakly sidestep
ped the issue by faCetlOusly remark
ing lit might be twins
To settle the dispute the astron-
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
SEEKCUREFOR
PEPCO BREAKS
Business Men Want Outside
Cities Aid in Revealing
Shutdown Causes.

Expert advice from electric light
and power men from other cities
will be sought by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association in an Ell
fort to eliminate shutdowns of cleo
trio light and power in the District
OF Columbia, according to a letter
sent today TO William +, Ham, presi-
dent OF the Potomac Electric Light
Power Company, by Charles j.
Columbus, secretary OF the associ-
alton. -
NAME SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Secretary Columbus declared that
a special committee has been auth
orized TO secure expert advice, not
only here but in other cities to the
end that a means may be found where
by shut-downs will be an unknown
quantity in the electric light and
power system OF the District.
1.-The problem OF doing the city's
business Is a mutual one. so that the
board of governors requests you 10
indicate TO the association what meas
ure of support your company deems
desirable to the end that 1OO'per cent
OF efficiency might be attained by
your company he wrote.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
FUNDS TR|CKLE IN ,
FOR OPPORTUNITIES
Xmas Left Deficit Which Is
Gradually Being Made Up
By Late GiverS.

Contributions are still coming in for
the Christmas Opportunities. The
amount received to date is reported
as s9.G16. Although the appeal OF
ficially closed on Christmas morning
with sS,452 in hand. There have beeh
S1.264 since received. OF the total
sums asked for $12.94S. all but 1885,
is now assured. Six Of the Opportu-
mites have been fully subscribed.
These are numbers l, 8. q, .. 10 and
IL. Number is practically closed
with S54 yet needed.
1t has been the experience OF the
Opportunity Fund during the IL years
since it was first started that con-
tributions continue to filter in during
the winter months from those VINO
have not felt in a position to CIV"
during the Christmas season, but 90
not forget the continuing needs OF
these families and are anxious 20 see
that their budgets are fully met.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
CITY CLUB GIVES NEW
YEAR JAZzY WELCOME

Baby 1921 was given a jazzy wei
come by members of the City Club
and their guests at an "opcn house"
party last midnight at the clubhouse.
Farragut Square. From Q o'clock until
midnight the club members held
rip-roaring wake" TO mark the
passing of Old Man 1920, and from
midnight until almost = o'clock the
mcrry-makers enjoyed rocking the
cradle for the new infant year.
Arrangements for the party. re-
gardod as the largest. most brilliant
and most successful ever given at the
club. were in the hands OF the house
committee, Of which Henry f. String
err is chairman. assisted by a special
auxiliary committee.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
VACATION lust.
BY THOUSANDS
u. S. Employees Complain to Civil
Service Commission Leave
Has Been Withheld.

Government employees have again
Is usual, lost thousands Of days OF
their annual leave to which they
we're entitled during the year just
closed, according to complaints made
20 the Civil Service Commission and
heard on every side in the depart
,lents, and the beginning of the new
year again finds the fight on to make
annual leave accumulative or to
make some other binding regulation
whereby employees can enjoy their
'ull vacation.
GOVERNMENT GENEROUS.
No one will deny that the Govern
,aent is most generous with it's vaca.
lion. establishments are far AMI few
between I'm private employment where
thirty working days rest are allowed
in addition to a similar period OF sick
leave not counting the holidays. In
TACT these privileges are regarded as
havipg been the means OF attracting
'nany persons into the civil service
However, to many employees this
means nothing because they don't
get thirty days vacation.
Annual leave now is wholly re-
Harded in the light OF a privilege"
ubject to the individual whims or
demands of a chief clerk or official.
The leave generally is to be taken
OF when the employee wants a vaca-
ION most. but when his office can
est spare him. This means that If
= certain office Is carrying peak
Dad throughout the entire year, the
.'hances for even two or three days
are slim.
LIMITATIONS Of LAW.
The law ar'horizing vacations
,trongiy recognizes that business
ONES before pleasure" and that if
very day Is required for business.
mere will be no vacation. In other
Nords the Governments business
must be done in the intent Of the
Nacation law.
The joint Congressional commission
nn reclamation of salaries strongly
arged a revamping of the annual
ave custom so as to make 1t more
rertain. 1t favored making annual
cave accumulative If for very good
casons an employe could not take
ais thirty days annually.
EMPLOYEES TO FIGHT.
The New Year is here. and unless
ome other provisions be made it will
gain be a scramble to see who can
ret his full thirty days annual leave
II and the year will close with hum
eds far short of having enjoyed the
rnefit of their entire leave.
The National Federation Of Federal
Employees always has favored MAX
ng 1t compulsory" that all leave be
,ranted, and the organization is again
ypected to champion this issue
thich has been creating consider
,ble dissatisfaction among Govern
nent employees.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
LOST
Soup Strainer Gone, He
Was Sure II Couldn't
Be Himself.
DISGUISE is PIERCED
Young Doctor Made His
Rounds in Crepe de
Chine Gown.

n a certain hospital. named after

In a certain hospital. named after
a famous nonsectarian university y.
there is a young resident physician
who Is thanking his stars New Year
doesn't come but once every $3.50
days.
Just like grape nuts, there's a
He celebrated. Muchly.
Then he went back TO the hos.
pital.. He wasn't bothering a soul.
When he went to bed. he was
pretty. He had a lovely girlish
blush. Also. he had a real cute
little mustache.
This morning. at the hour the
resident physician is supposed to
make his rounds. there blossomed
before a startled lady patient a
vision in a crepe de chine nightie.
all powdered, rouged. and every
thing. Soft eyes. And skin like
a poppy-or something.
The patient shrieked.
A lot OF nurses came on the dead
run.
Then they sent for the police.
The cop recognized the hybrid.
What dye mean running around
like this at your time OF life?' he
demanded.
The physician was not to be
bully-ragged. Not on New Year
Day and him in his own baliwick.
and with a hang. over to boot.
"Offisher," hc SAL. You're paid
to look after the Bile interest
Go on. do it,
The police man was a Kin to Diog-
mes. who. in addition = looking for
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
new SONG WAS WRITTEN
In MEMORY OF CHILD
NEED MORE MONEY.

When the song written by Phyllis
and Morris w. Askins, 1.-THE Song
Without a Refrain" is sung in the
Playhouse this evening, at o'clock.
1t will introduce a new song to the
public and will serve as a very tender
memory of Phyllis Asllin, a child of
ten, who is commemorated in tie
words The land of the crystal-white
soul"
The musicale will be given by one
of the city's leading singers, and It is
designed to send a New Year 'uplift"
message to the guests. Everyone is
welcome.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
DC. SCHOOLS HOLD
u. s. BACWORM
RECORD

The school children OF Washing
ton issued the hrst challenge of
the New Year today with the figures
announced by the American Forestry
Association on the bagworm drive
Just closed. The sixth grade pupils
collected 1880 bagworms, the as
ISOLATION announces, and It invites
any sixth grade schools in the
country to beat this record.
The association will award blue
ribbons to the bird house builders
In the schools here the last week
In January and to hundreds Of
schools throughout the country dur
ing the next two months.
Has your school made ready to
receive the birds in the spring" the
association asks
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
j. S. SAVES $500
K|DD|ES IN EUROPE
Woman Captain Of Arab Cavalry
Tells of Conditions in Oevas-
tated Countries.

Life has been assured to $500 chill
dren in central and eastern Europe
through the generosity of the Wash
ington people. There are still $4,000
to be saved as part of this city's
quota and every means VIII be
adopted to secure the necessary
money. next week.
At Keith's last night, Capt Anna
l.. Fisher, the only American woman
TO receive a commission in foreign
army. being a captain Of Arabia n
cavalry. told OF actual conditions in
the devastated countries where 800
900 children will starve to death I'M
less aid is given them by America.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
PENSION BILL
192QFEATURE
Past Year Not a Record.
Breaker for Legislation
For Capital.

Beyond upsetting the time nom
ored fiscal relations between the Fed
eral and District governments, the
year 1920 proved no record smasner
SO far as the enactment OF lgisia-
ton for the District Of Columbia Is
concerned.
TWO IMPORTANT BILLS.
Passage Of the civil service retire'
ment act, under which thousands Oh
aged Government employees have oesn
pensioned, was the most conspicuous
act OF Congress affecting affairs In
Washington during the year JUST
ended. That measure and the subst'-
tuition OF the 8O-40 for the oo-oo p'an
Of appropriating for District naeds
were practically the only legislative
steps OF prime importance.
Taxation was boosted ~ the APP
propriation Dill for the nscdl year
ending June 80. 1921. and the same
rates kept Intact In the last bill that
passed the Rouse only a week or so
| ago.
District school teachers in 4 halfway
measure by enActing school teach
ers retirement law. since they do not
lcome under he tcivil service reguia-
lions. EIcep in SertaIn bureaus that
were cared ~ in SPECIFIC logiSl on
nothing "a tche to Increase salaries
OF Governnh employees. although
leaders in { asresS beliSye III" time
has come when this ques.fon no long.
er can be lodged succes3fu'lS.
POLICE ALSO BE ~ITED.
The policemen ane firemen re-
ceived a well-dsseI ed increase in
pay during the last yetr, additional
members of the force als9 b,in- add
ed. An effort will be MAJ ~ ''rhe
KIT few weeks to have tr-'n cnt.y
equally with Federal employs a.,
$40 bonus which Uncle ;Sari .iVdn
annually. Outside of these measure
practically nothing of any Importance
was enacted in the way Of Legislation
for the District.
This years appropriation bill. the
biggest ever presented to Congress
! for local needs. cut to the bone. new
ertheless. every estimate submitted
Despite this fact, the total appropria-
lions for the District for the fiscal
year ending 1922 will exceed $4,000.
900 Taking other years into consid.
Grafton Congress has been exceeding
/ y generous in Appropriation for the
District schools, both In the way OF
providing additional teachers and in
creased salaries.
LEGISLATION PENDING.
The most important legislation pro.
posed for the District is still pend.
ing, action having been sought in
vain. This includes the merger OF
| Washington's two street car systems
and the creation OF new public
utilities commission. Neither OF these
measures has been reported from COM
mittee.
Other legislation pending affects
the milk regulations of the city. pro-
posed changes in traffic regulation
model child labor law, changes in
| the loan shark law, amendments "a
| the Ball rent act and various changes
in the conduct of the public schools
growing out of the recent Senate in
vcstigation of conditions.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
.lDVENTISTS SENT
333M|SS|ONAR|ES
Seventh Day Cult Cites Active
Year of Foreign Field
Religious Work.

The Foreign Mission Board of the
.venth- day Adventist denomination,
TIL it's headquarters in Takoma
ark. sent 1913 missionaries to fields
ross the seas during 1920, according
.. the report of Secretary w. A..
nicer, made public yesterday.
TO China and India were sent
rout one-third of the number. the
.crruits going to strengthen the
rations already established and to
art new stations. Other fields in
ia to which missionaries were sent
rcIude the Philippines, where the
nomination has made remarkable
, ogrcss since the United States
.uvcrnment established religious lib
,ty there; Japan, Korea, Manchuria
nd Siberia.
About Ave million dollars was
wen to missions last year by the
,tombers of the denomination in
: ueriCa.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01

beings than at any time in the ma
tons history.
VENTILATION NECESSARY.
There is ono thing I want to warn
the people OF Washington about
said Dr. Fowler, land that is the ten
dency to sleep in stuffy, poorly-ven-
tilatcd bedrooms these cold nights.
Ventilation is absolutely necessary
in any bed chamber.
"The public must be educated TO n
greater degree along this Tine. DO
not sleep in dIaughts. But have
plenty of fresh air circulating through
the bed room. No matter how cold
the air Is, have the room ventilated,
avoiding direct draughts.
In summing up his advice 10 all
who would live to see 1922, Dir. Fowl
er urged the observance of tho simple
rules of health--good substantial
food, plenty of fresh air, exercise and
sleep.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
.POWERPLANI
PLAN BLOCKED
Contractors Demand More
Money to Finish Government
Building Project.

There is little probability Of cen
trial power plant for government
buildings being erected in Washing
ton for several years. This opinion
of officials of the supervising ar
chitect's office in the Treasury De
partment is based on advices re-
ceived from the w. G. Cornell Com
pany, the contractors who have ask
ed for an adjustment on their con-
tract.
NEED MORE MONEY.
1t would be impossible for the con-
tractors TO finish the project at the
price which Congress has fixed and
for which they undertook the work
several years ago. Unless Congress
agrees TO grant more money the plan
will remain as IL is. The foundation
was just about TO be laid and the
tunnel 10 the Government building
from the site is almost completed.
The proposed plant was first start
ed with the idea OF supplying heat
and power TO all the Government
buildings in the vicinity of the White
House, and was TO include the Presi-
ueHi y noHlt also. After plans nat
been made the Fine Arts Commits
sion began decided fight against the
erection OF the plant, claiming tho
tall smokestacks would mar tda
beauty of the section adjacent to Pc.
tomac Park.
The fight waxed vigorous for sew
eral months, and finally William q.
McAdoo, then Secretary of the Trcla-
ury, decided to air the controversy
and the erection OF the building was
temporarily stopped.
WAR STOPS WORK.
Before this the world war began.
and the Government officials. know
ing how near the United States was
to getting into the conflict. postpone "A
the erection. When this country
| finally did enter the war, the com
pletion of the plant was out of the
question.
After the war the project was again
revived, and the Cornell compa ny
asked to confer with officials OF the
supervising architects office with a
view to completing the plant. The
builders said they could not complete
the work at the same price, and the
Treasury Department asked them TO
submit a proposition.
Their proposition, presented yester-
day. precludes further work at This
time. it was said at the office of tn c
| supervising architect today.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01

This statement, however, must not
be construed to mean that all per-
sons in this city who have topped
to be cut down by the Grim Reaper.
The death rate in this city--in the
entire country, in fact-has de-
creased appreciably during the last
ten years. officials of the Census
Bureau pointed out today.
More persons are living to ripe old
ages than ever before in tho ma
TONS history. 1t is a common thing
to learn of centenarians and super
centenarians taking an active part in
the affairs of the country.
II YEARS AVERAGE HERE.
But the age of approximately
forty-one years has been reached by
health officials of the District as the
average length of life in this city.
DR.. w. G. Fowler, District Health
Officer, said today he believes the
Grim Reaper will have lean year,
barring serious epldemics. Influenza
will probably not be as virulent as
In past years and can be perma-
nently stamped out II the general
public observes the simple rules laid
down by the Health Department.
In recent years the infant mortali-
ty rate. which had been high, has
been cut down. Pastcurized milk, and
sanitary conditions In the homes have
helped materially in decreasing the
baby q Ndth rate.
Tho nationwide war .on tubercu-
losis also Is having great results, DIR.
Fowler said. In general people arc
taking better care of their physical
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
Rear Admiral Peoples
Declines Promotion
AS Unfair to Others

Exemplifying what he smngly terms ''the Navy
tpirit" and displaying a generosity that will remain
otable in naval circles for years to come Rear Admiral
hrstian j. Peoples has declined the appointment as pay
MASTER general to succeed Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan
whose resignation became effective today, because he
would be promoted ahead of fifty of his former seniors"
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
8-Year-Old Girl Scalded
To Death by Kettle
Of Hot Water

Eight.year.old Thelma simpson,
colored. 2207 Eighth street north.
west. was fatally scaldcn last night
when she attempted to remove a
kettle Of boiling water from the
stove at her home.
She was taken to Freedman's Hos.
pital. where she died soon aftcs she
was admitted.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
Celebration for Orphans,

\ Christmas celebration for the
children at the German Orphan
Asylum, Anacostia, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock
There are about forty children at the
asylum
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
AIabamanS to Meet.

The regular meeting of the Alabama
State Society will be held at the Will
son Normal School at 8 o'clock
Thursday night. The society will
hold a reception and ball at the New
Willard Hotel January "a.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
BABY 1927 Is a Girl,
Women Say; Male Nelu
Years Out of Fashion,
Well, it is here.

Well, It is here.
We mean the infant year
And you will note that ''it'' is the word used.
The infant has long been expected 1t was the normal
thing.
1t was also the normal thing to speak of New Year
The Washington times., 1921-01-01

CAPT. ANNA L. FISHER, the only American woman
y who has been commissioned in foreign army. The
Arabs made her captain Of cavalry She appeared at
Keith last night and spoke for the Hoover campaign
This the first photograph taken of her in her Arabian
uniform.
The Washington times., 1921-01-01
If You're III or More,
Be.vare, Says Deaths
Grim Message to DC.

The average Washingtonian under fortyon years OF
stands pretty good chance of welcoming the 1922
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-20

man. but, might continue tn be his
superior. sRs
The legislation the women demand
is regarded rs simple on it's face. But
it might work q revolution in it's op-
GRAFTON. 1t gencralizcs rather than
specifies. and strong and persistent ef-
fort will be necessary if it is ever to
get through congress-. At any rate,
that, seems to 'be the judgment OF con-
servative members OF the legislative
department of the government.
One of the ablest and most aggres-
sive feminists in Washington has TO
a limited extent, specified Miss Ger
trudc Van Hoesen, in addressing q
large gathering of working girls at
the local Y. w. G. ~, characterized
the needle as the invention of the
devil. When that remark came pat
from her lips, newspaper men sought
, to observe whether or not she had
sacrificed judgment for pungent rhc-
toric. But. no. She meant it.
/ 'Therc is no inspiration in darn
ing socks" she continued: ''or in
washing and ironing ones own shirt.
waists-at least, not for the American
business woman. When Sister Sue
/ comeS home from office she must
take a hand at doing up The dishes
or darning Brother Bob's socks
NO. indeed! When she pays her
mother her board she has discharged
her domestic obligation. She must not
eNpend valuable energy in such efIi-
! cheney destroying tasks as crumbing
the linen or drying tea cups. For
father and brother never do house
work after a hard day at the Office
Did you ever see father making
| over last seasons pants? Then why
should a woman use up her energy
| in such work?"
1t is this idea of feminine indepen-
dence that the feminists, are deter
mined to write into organic law. And
| there IS much OF divorce and illegiti-
macy of children. division Of profits
! and Inheritance.
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the Baby" campaign have been made
in thirty counties OF South Carolina.
according to DR.. D. Lesesne Smith.
chairman OF the campaign which is
being put on by the South carolina
Sunday school association for Chill
dren's Week, April 2s-May 1st.
The aim OF the campaign, was to
reach 10000 babies, but prospects are
that more than $1,000 babies Will be
reached. The campaign is said to
have two-fold purpose. ENROLLING the
babies on the Cradle Rolls of the
Sunday schools and giving inforna-
ition about their early training, and
second to give their mothers scien-
tific information about their physical
care. This campaign is said to be
very timely because Of these facts
issued by the State Bureau of Child
Hygiene:
4.456. babies under one year of age
died last year in South Carolina.
25 per cent Of all deaths in South
Carolina are of children under five
years of age.
About one-fifth of deaths occur
during the single month of July and
the great percentage of them from
cholera infantum, which is a prevent
able disease,
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the South Carolina Sunday school as
:sociation to- give the opening address
at the forty-fourth annual state Con-
Sention of that organization to be
held ut winthrop College Rock Hill.
juno S-9-1O.
: His theme VIII be ..Buiidina Chris
tian Citizenship In South Carolina" :"
iand it Is expected he will discuss the
development of the moral and reIig-
ious interests OF the State, especially
through the agency OF the Sunday
school in which work he is deeply
interested. In recent statement re-
garding the Sunday school, Cover
nor Cooper said: at gives me pleas
ure to commend the South Carolina
Sunday school association and it's
work to the citizenship OF our State.
This, organization, with it's strong
Christian leadership, its educational
program. and it's practical and etfi-
cient methods, isNrendering a distinct
service to moral and religious inter-
ests. 1t deserves the support of all
'public-spirited citizens"
Information regarding the Conven-
ton can be obtained from the head
quarters Of the State Sunday School
Association, Spartanburg, S. c.