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Why Not Adopt Ideas?
For tbe third time since he has been in office,
Controller Shoemaker is urging the city council to
adopt two money-saving ideas, and tlie council is
ignoring him.
Shoemaker has repeatedly suggested that a cen
tralized city purchasing department would be a
great economy, and has backed his idea with proof.
He lias also suggested a municipal garage.
But the city council, in its usual school-boy policy
of refusing to listen to the suggestions of other city
officials, is not even going to experiment with the
plan. Had one of the council conceived either idea,
we venture to say there would have been no delay
in his voting to adopt it.
In his annual report for 1916, just off the press,
Shoemaker once more urges the installation of
these two money-savers.
During 1916, the city spent $10.3,292.5.5 for sup
plies of every character. The money went in small
dribbles from Catch department, .and the city, of
course, paid tlie going retail prices.
A few departments grouped together to buy of
fice supplies at wholesale, and found that a saving
of 25 per cent was effected. Shoemaker estimates
that 10 per cent could have been saved had all the
supplies been purchased thru a central agency.
That would have been a saving of $10,300 in one
year.
In 1916 the city spent $20,469.86 for auto sup
plies and repairs. In 1917 the amount was nearly
twice this much, altho the figures are not .vet avail
able. Of this total, $12,743 was spent for auto re
pairs, altho only $5,746 worth was done by machin
ists at the small machine shop in the fire depart
ment.
Why shouldn't the city do its own repair work
in the automobile division just as it docs in the
light, water, sewer, fire and other departments 1
'Another great saving could easily be effected.
Shoemaker is to be congratulated for his stub
born attempt to show the city council how to save
money—because he's on the right track and tho
public knows it.
A tablecloth sold for gI.OOO la a New York art gallery tho
other day. This war is oertalnljr showing the poor people how to
economize.
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For Shame, Mabel
We would not care to live .in Mabel, Or. That
lumbering town with a sweet name is in dutch with
us.
The deacons of the Methodist church there have
closed the house of God to the Red Cross society
which used it as a meeting place and workroom for
making garments and bandages for the soldiers.
The society gave a dance and raised $113. Tha
dea/ons said dancing was wicked. Would the soci
ety promise never again to sanction dancing as a
means of raising funds? The society would not I
Bo the deacons closed the church to the society.
A happier sequel to this tale is the information
that a lumber company now is erecting a hall for
the use of the organization.
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Anyhow, tliut I'eorla bank president and cashier, by shoot
ing up each other, have put a novelty Into bank sensation*.
Put the Farmer In It
In an address before the state convention of the
Pennsylvania Grange at Williamsport, Pa., Gif
ford Pinchot expressed his belief that the time has
come to give the fanner a larger voice in the coun
cils of . the nation. On the American farmer, he
•aid, would rest the big task of winning the war.
"But today," said Pinchot, "the farmer has no
Toice and is not consulted. There is, so far as I
know, not a single genuine farmer in any place of
authority in Washington—in the vast organization
of the Council of National Defense, the Food Ad
ministration or the numerous special bodies that are
running the war."
There ought to be a farmer on the Hoover staff
to voice the point of view of the farmer to Hoover,
and to interprcrthe Hoover policies to the fanner.
The kaiser's Christmas i <-,• «■ proposal Is one sort of tojr that's
■till being mode iv Hee_t_a_ey tor foreign rooi-anters.
What's Needed
The railroads in the Northwest say they don't
need government control, right now, nearly so much
as weather control. All weather bureaus please
take note.
•1-core oae for the knitting bag ," postcard* H. B. "My mite
brought a live dock home in Iters tiatorday night."
Outbursts of Everett True
BY OONDO.
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
THK HRMI STORY
My party, little hook, was a
great success. Mollie and Chad
did not come, but, of course, I
rather expected that. All the rest
came, and if you had eyes, dear
little confidant, you would have
smiled to yourself If you had seen
Dick as one after another of our
guests came in.
Everybody was talking about a
suicide which had happened ln
the afternoon. A very well
known man who had been miss
ing a number of days was found
out in a suburban woods, a buLlot
hole thru his temple.
"I never thought that John
Sterling would do such a thing
as that. He has always been
something of a wonder, but be is
immensely rich and had host* of
friends. Have the police any idea
as to the cause, commissioner?"
said Harry, turning to Tim.
"Just before I left the central
olfice, the report was brought to
me," answered Tim, "and I read
lt over very carefully. Tlie body
was found at the foot of a tree ln
Piney Woods and la tho breast
pocket of the coat was found a
letter saying that no one was to
be blamed for his death as he had
taken his own life."
"I can throw some light on that
{matter," said Pat suddenly, "but
it must go no further. This
morning Mrs. Sterling sent for
Miss Elsie. Our society editor
found Mrs. Sterling nearly crazy.
She handed her the following let
ter which had, come thru ths mall
this morning.
"The letter begins without any
salutation," said Pat. 'When you
get this, my dear wife,' it reads,
'I will be somewhere In the land
of nowhere. I might tak« the
trouble to dissertate on my be
lief or unbelief in anything after
death, but the time for conjecture
on the state is past. In a very
short while I will have solved the
riddle.
"'I do not want you ln any
way to blame yourself for what
I am going to do. Nothing you
could have done would have
made any difference In my deter
mination to end lt all. Strange
as it may seem, I am not at all
desperate Anyone not knowing
me would say that I have no rea
son to take this step, and even
you will probably say the same
after you have read this letter.
" 'You have never loved me,
my dear Mabel, and after the first
few weeks of our misnamed honey
moon, when I realized that it
would be Impossible to warm, your
Indifference into love, I found
that I did not love yon.
" 'We have been good friends,
Mabel. You have been more care
ful of my name and honor than I
have myself. You have presided
Tacoma Agency for
THK NL'-BONE OORBKT
—Made to order; comfort and
durability—cheapiest In the long
rnn. laet as prove it to yon.
410 Fidelity Bldg. Main 2107.
A limited number of «ornf
tierea wanta-d.
BIPPDDRONE
■" "A Night With
the Poets"
S—Other Big I eatur*
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rridair, Jan.4,1918.-THE TAOOMA TIMEB-Pago Four.
over my home with dignity and
charm. You are beautiful and I
have been proud of you as I have
of my old world paintings and my
collection of Tanagra marbles.
" 'Perhaps if we had had chil
dren I would have felt more re
sponsibility—more desire to see
the gamo thru, but 1 am tired,
Mabel—tired of the whole thing.
You will be much better off with
out mo —you, beautiful, self-con
tained, self-centered woman. You
will look lovelier Uiimi ever in the
trappings of woe. I am content
in the thought that I shall not
cause you any great grief.
" 'You married me, Mabel, for
my money and my name. You
have kept your part of the bar
gain, and it is no more than fair
that I should keep mine. I am
leaving to you everything that I
now possess.
" 'Somehow I cannot think of
you marrying anyone else, but If
you should care to do so, let no
mistaken feeling of loyalty to my
memory keep you from doing what
your heart dictates. Forget mo aa
soon as you can. That Is the best
thing I can wish yon when for
the last time I sign myself, yonr
husband— JOHN.'"
(To Be Continued.)
WHITE HOUSE BABY
TO BE WAR BRIDE
Qumotewt g-O/meenyam a
MI9S BBTIIBR CLEVKLA.ND
Miss Esther Cleveland, the
"White House Baby," is to be
come the war bride of Captain Al
fred Bosanquet of the Brtltish
army.
Miss Cleveland Is 24. The ro
mance began three years ago In
Switzerland. The tiwo met again
after Miss Cleveland had gone to
London, 18 months sgo, to do war
nursing. A few weeks ago the
capta'n was Invalided home from
the front and sent to St. Dustan's
Home for Blinded Soldiers to havo
bis eyesight remedied. Mies Cleve
land was doing volunteer work
there. Announcement of the en
gagement followed. Caiitaln Bo
sanuet has been decorated with
the Distinguished Service Order
for gallant*"
ANSWERS
BY CYNTHIA O REV
Dear Miss Qrey: I am a
girl 21 years old. About two
years ago, I met a man 1 fell
very much In love with. I kept
company with him for two
years, and he said he loved me.
Then, Miss Orey, 1 found out,
after all that time, that he was
a married man. I feel terribly
about lt and I just can't get liim
out of my mind. What shall I
do?
FANNIE.
What is there to do but forget
him. Don't be silly about it.
Jerk up your nelf-retvpect and
call upon your sense of honor to
cwne to your rcMcno. Kaoe the
tact that this man Is dishonorable
and «'ulili-Ji, and even tho you
should throw convention aside
and go away with him, he would
undoubtedly treat you aa lie In
now treating his wife. He Is m
terly unworthy and you owe lt to
yourself to put lilui abaolutely
mill forover out of your life. |
Dear Miss Grey: I would
like thru your column to cor
rect If possible the erroneous
Idea some glrla have of "slack
ers."
For instance: lam a young
mechanic in one of the ship
yards. A number of my girl
friends think that becamse I
am not in uniform I am not do
ing my duty by my country. It
seems useless to try to explain
as they only laugh and seem to
dislike to be seen at dances or
on the streets with me because
of the missing unifonmi, and
some of themi have even gone
bo far as to say lhat I am a
coward.
I applied for enlistment and
was told to stay where I was,
as the need for ships was great
er at present, thain for enlisted
men. Also I have been inform
ed by our family physician that
I could not pass an army exam
ination owing to injuries receiv
ed when a child.
Miss Grey, why can-not the
government issue badges of *
"war service" or some kind of
a uniform, ul" necessary, for
men ln my position?
AN AMERICAN YOITNO MAM
WHO IS FOR DEMOCRACY.
A.—Only foolish girls, or ex
ceedingly narrow-minded persons
would dare to Insinuate tliat you
are a sluckcr. Your friends evi
dently do not read tl»e daily news
|>apcrs or the current literature
tw they would reall/.e tho ureal
need of our government for .ships,
and i-i-iiaaon out the fact that to
luivo .ships, we must have skillexl
labor to build them.
Dear Miss Grey: I am a
girl 20 years old and am en
gaged to a young man two
years my senior. He Is good
and kind to me and would
make a first class husband I am
sure.
I have many young men
friends who do not know I am
engaged and when they have
asked to take me different
places to dine, and to theaters,
etc., I have been accepting their
invitations without letting my
fiance know about lt. My
friends ar« clean young fellows
and are perfect gentlemen, and
I like their company very
much, hut ln a different way.
I told my fiance about this
the other day, as I felt guilty,
and asked to break the engage
ment, aa I don't want to pre
tend I am being true when I
am not.
Now he wants me to give
these friends up and marry
lil'iii right away, but do you
think I would make a good
wife for the man that has
been true to me? or will he
think after we are married that ,
I will still accept Invitations
from other men, and throw
this up to me, which I could
not stand.
At times T think I love him
and am sorry I accepted tbe
Invitations from others, and
again I don't care. I am old
enough to know my own mind,
but do I, or do I truly love?
MARGO.
It would be folly for me to
even guess whether or not you
are in love, when you cannot
make up your mind as to the true
state <>f your feelings. If you
really do love, yours, I should say,
is the safe and sane kind. This
mad, emotional, unreasonable love
often a-nds disastrously after mar
riage. 1 think you are doing your
fiance an injustice to insinuate
tluii he would mistrust you after
marriage. He displayed char
acter and br«rwd-mlnd<mln«?-ss when
he forgave >nu and still wished
to make you his wife after your
niufi "asiini of guilt. That he dls
missed tlie matter from his mind
tlten nnd tliere Is quite plausible
lo suppose.
Dear Miss Grey: Kindly in
form me If I am still a Red
Cross member. I joined last
June. Did my membership run
out Jan. 1, 1918? Thanking
you ,1 am
Yours respectfully,
MARY DOE.
Klma. Wash.
Technically, If you wnnt to In
ulst on it, I preeume yonr menilxrr
siup runs a year from the date you
took it out. To save needlamA
bookkeeping, most of the chapters
nre trying to make all memlier
shlps expire together on Dec. tl
and are hoping liutt people will
voluntarily waive the dlffer-cnce.
ln case you do not wi.*Ji to give up
these months I |>r<"t»uiiix" the chap
ter either will mark you m- i
ahlp paid to Da<- 31, IMIH. or else
will make an exception in your
case and extend lt to June, 1918.
Dear Miss Grey: Will you
please tell me If anything could'
be done to a little couple who
just for fun, started a Joke that
they were married und quite un
ex].*.ctedly everyone took it seri
ously and believed it so now
they play the part. They both
work in a large department
store, and must do this, or lose
their jobs for fibbing. Of course
they do not live together by
any means at all; only play tlie
part at work and on the street.
It H.is become quite a serious
proposition of fibbing and of
being tied up when they are not
tied up. Please tell me can the
authorities do anything to them
if they find it out?
DIIaL D.
This case is a mighty fine exam
ple of how uii| I- H Hi nl a practical
joke may turn out to he. Tlie cou
ple are In no danger of the law so
long rh they do not violate it; but
the affair lias gone more than far
enough for their own good. If
tliey have no Intention of ov«?ry
marrying, they should declare the
truth nt once, even at rh«? expense
of their position-..
Dear Miss Orey: Yes, It Is
true what M. 1.. says about
men. I have found out the
same thing myself. Sometimes
I have had a hard time to get
away. No, my dear girl, lt does
not pay to do their wish.
Don't do It, i cannot under
stand what makes men act aa
they do. If they run across a
bad girl they have not a mind
and a willpower of their own,
but they must disgrace them
selves In the sight of man and
God. It seems that when they
then meet an Innocent girl
they want to make her as bad
as the rest. That Is all they
caro as long as. lt Is not their
sister. Hoping to see this in
your paper, and that we fan
make some of the men feel
ashamed of themselves.
A. B.
Dear Miss Grey: In answer
to M. 1.., I would like to say
tills. Take the way girls act
and dress and you will find a
part of your answer. You
can't mix sheep and lions and
have them agree any more than
you can mix Rood and bad and
have them agree.
You hit it on the head all
right, M. 1.., but don't judge
everybody by what you have
heard, for there are some de
cent people ln Tacoma.
I can show you case after
case of married women going
out nights with soldiers and
civilians. Do you wonder that
a young person would rather
remain single? Let tho mar
ried people set the example for
good.
One who would rather go to
war than get married (you get
lt in both places). R.
HERE IS HOW TO
KNIT WRISTLETS
There are two ways of knitting
wristlets.
One method makes a 12-lnch
flat strip of knitting, folds lt to-
Igether aud sews up one seam,
leaving two inches open spaoe for
the thumb, two Inches from the
edge.
The better way Is to allow an
open space at each end so there
will be no trouhle by getting them
on up side down. The other
method uses three needles, mak
ing the round wristlets ln one
piece like tubing.
Here are directions for the first
method: Each requires one-half
yank of yarn. No. 2 needles are
used for the flat wristlets and
two .pairs of No. 1 needles for the
wristlets made like a tube.
Completed articles should be
sent If possible to the Red Cross
"SMALL POTATOES AND FEW IN A ROW"
ISN'T A SONG FOR A WOMAN WITH HOB
Mra. John P. Adams of Seattle j
won the potato growing champion
ship of the city by producing 156
pounds of marketable spuds in
five hills, an average of 51 1-5
pounds to a hill. Any rivals in
Tacoma?
I-ast spring Mrs. Adams saved
the seed ends from, "two-bits"
worth of spudt, and planted them
ln her rose garden. Every time
I^ocietto
Kappa Alpha Theta nluninno
will meet Saturday at the home of
Miss Enola Mclntyre for a 1
o'clock luncheon. Mrs. Wallace
MePherwß will be tlie assisting
hostess. All visiting Tlietas are
invited.
The announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Helen Could Jeans
to Sergt. Stanley J. Khinn of San
ta Rosa, Cal., at Jacksonville, Kla.,
is of much Interest to Tacoma
friends of the bride, who is a
very charming sirl and a member
of the senior class of the Stadium
high. Sergt. Sliinn received or
ders to France sooner that he ex
pected so he sen: for his bride-to
be who hastened tot Jacksonville.
Mrs. 1., 11, I.n Ponte will lie the
hostess at a dancing party at the
Cnion club Friday evening honor
ing her daughters. Helen and Ber
nlce. Invitations have been Is
sued to abotu 50 of the junior
girls and boys.
Company I) .Ml Ith infantry, will
entertain 150 young Tacoma wom
en at a dancing party at the Elks'
club Saturday evening. The parly
is under the auspices of the recre
ation committee and was planned
at the request of Capt. K. E. Bur-
chapter.
If you make your wristlets in a]
flat piece, cast on 4S stitches, knit
two and purl two for 12 Inches,!
leaving the two inch open space |
fer thumb two inches from tlie'
edge at both ends.
If you want to knit your wrist
lets like a tube cast 52 stitches on
three needles 16-16-20. Knit two
purl two for eight inches. To
make opening for thurrub, knit i
two, purl two, to end of third
needle. Turn. Knit and purl
back to end of first needle, always
slipping first stitch. Turn. Con
tinue knitting back and forth for
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the rosea got a soaking the poti
toes drank their fnll share aa
finally sprang Into stalks fW
feet high. The croakers told h«
the potatoes were all going t
vines. When harvest time cam
the ground along the five hill
was a solid mass of potatoes.
Mrs. Adame picked the prU
beauties by hand, the large,
weighing two pounds and ta
ounces.
ton.
Mrs. Hugh R. Hood of fleattli
was- the hostess at an elahorai
luncheon at the Rainier club ho«
oring Mrs. H. A. Greene of Tt
coma.
Phi Beta Phi alumnae will met
for luncheon Saturday. Reservs
tions may be made by phonim
Mrs. K. P. Norton, Proctor 525.
An exceedingly large attend
ance Is expected Saturday at th
military ball to be given at th
armory by the officers and me
of the .161 st infantry. Music wll
be furnished by the regiment*
band of 45 pieces. State, mil
i ;n" and municipal officers wM
be there with their families.
('apt. Olaf Manning of Austral]
has been the guest of Mr. and Mtt
Charles Cider for the holidays.
Marrlaije licenses were Issue!
Thursday to John S. Baxter ani
Margaret Et, Graham of Taeomal
to Hartley Dodge Smith and Bell
McNiel of Seattle; to John Will
Hams of Baker, Ore., and Astell
Phillips of Tacoma; to Colin M
Fr?ser of Tacoma and Carrie H
Hittchlus of South Bend.
two inches. From this point coa
tlnue as as first for 4 inches fol
the hand. Bind off loosely an!
button-hole thumb opening.
IT'S TOUGH ON
BOARDING HOUSI
SMaEM, Or., Jan. 4.--Two po©
ular sl7.es of dried prunes an
mighty scarce ln the NorthweS
today, as a result of the govern
ment placing an order for 1,700^
004 pounds of fruit with the 9a
lent Fruit union. The order take*
over half of the Northwests
I«runeß of all sizes.
