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EDITORIAL PAGE
OF THE
Washington times
WASHINGTON
MARCH 13. 1919
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Employers, Make Good Your Pledge
THUKSDAT. MARCH 13. 181S.
Employers, "Do Your Bit"
Give Our Soldiers and Sailors
Their Old Jobs
The soldiers and sailors and marines who have been
Iwnorably discharged from oar army anci navy have "done
their hit." They have served their country with all they
hsd to give. They have stood ready to relinquish their
most precious possession life itself.
An overwhelming majority of the men who answered
the H to battle were wage earners. They were young
mm who had just ended their schooling and entered busi-
! Of the employer class, comparatively few were taken
because of the age limit.
In the enthusiasm of the stirring period of recruitment
the employers, almost to a man, urged their workers to go
to war, and promised to re-employ them when they re
turned from "over there."
"Your job will be here, waiting for you when you
come home," was the comforting assurance which the
young men, suddenly transformed into soldiers, treasured
a. they toiled through exhausting drills, or as they endured
the agony of combat, or tne fatigue of seemingly endless
marches.
Now, the soldiers and sailors are coming home and
the oroortunitv of the emnlover to do his own "bit," to
nuke good his own pledge, to prove he is not a slacker and
worse is at hand.
The "job" he so.glibly promised to the departing
youngster must indeed be given back to that same young
nan, now a hero, tried in battle.
The time to make. d has come. x t -
There must be noevasion, and there will be none on
the part of employers who are true Americans.
Genuine patriots will welcome the chance to reward
their former employes who have served the nation.
They will strain a point to find work for the ma in
olive drab. And if their payroll is thus made somewhat
httvier than is absolutely necessary, they will bear that
harden gladly to the limit of their capacity, proud in the
knowledge of discharging a patriotic duty and of making
partial payment on a debt of gratitude that never can be
fully paicL
Listen to Mr. Ford
His Page In His Newspaper Is Well Worth Heading.
If you are a subscriber to Mr. Ford's paper, the Dear
born Independent, you have read some of the wise para
graphs he is writing for his own page.
If you have not seen it, then you will enjoy and profit
by the extracts which we print below fromrecent issues.
You will note that Mr. Ford writes extremelv welL
That he uses simple, short, direct words.
He has no long sentences.
He says what he has to say and stops.
We commend Mr. Ford's habit to all reporters and
editors.
He has made all the world ride in his automobiles.
Perhaps he will be able to make the world read his news
paper. There are some better ones, but there are many
worse.
Here is what he says to his readers:
Paying good -wages is not charity
at all it is the best kind of business.
A business whose benefits come to
a Tialt in the company's office is not
a healthy business. The benefit has
got to circulate so that every man
who had a part in creating and run
ning it has also a part in enjoying
it. It is simple fairness.
If it is right for th'e manager of
& business to try to make it pay
larger dividends, it is just as right
that he should try to make it pay
higher wages. For wages are the
chief dividend on the money side at
least and more people are depen
dent on them.
t "
To hear some men talk you would
think that the returning soldier
would double our dependent popula
tion. He is bringing up the reservo
force that will put the country over
the top.
The very best charity we know
Anything about is to help a man to
foe place 'where he will never
Steed it
It is the people thinking torether,
gad planning together, and acting to
gether, that make the great advances
possible.
It is not the men who are doing
the talking who are solving our
problems, but the men who are at
-troric When they talk, they know
irfytfc it Is aboBt
more productive work today than he
did yesterday is a social reformer
oi tne highest type. He is doing
something genuine. He is squaring
his own account with the world, and
helping others to square theirs.
And after work, the next duty is
to think. Nobody can think straight
who does not work. Idleness warps
the mind. It is a wonder we do not
hear more about that fact that the
practiced hand gives balance to the
brain.
The genius walks into his success.
The rest of us must work for ours.
The most dangerous notion a
young man can acquire is that there
is no tmore room for originality,
inere is no large room for anything
Money for money's sake Is a per
fectly Btupld motto. Money would be
as useless as a heap of brass checks
o It.wer8 not nBed for development
So that it is true that money itself
is not the whole of Sueeess.
Tb day is coming when good-will
shall be the most valuable asset a
man can have."
Tfe
f.tloes better and
Men are not divided by the kind
of work they do, but by the kind of
men they are.
Half the disharmony in human re
lations today is founded on assump
tion, guesses, misinformation.
i
You Can't Pay U. S. Taxes
With U. S. Money
Straagc, Bat Tree. & Taka Year Check Book WJwh Yoa Pay
Year Taeoae Tax.
The boys are coining back every day. You made them a promise when they went away. It is your duty to
fulfill that promise promptly. See editorial.
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems and Pitfalls of the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women
A week or ten days ago a girl
wrote to this column saying she
was too shy to make friends with
men, that she shut up like a clam
when any were about, and that she
was very unhappy over her fate
the letter was signed "Lonesome
Twenty-Three."
Up to date I have received for
this girl eleven proposals of mar
riage, fourteen letters from men
saying they should like to make
her acquaintance, and seventeen
from women stating they would be
glad to befriend her, and try and
see that she has a better time.
Forty-two in all, letters for a girl
whose chief claim to distinction is
she "shuts up like a clam when a
man is about"
Are these letters so many straws
showing that the wind has begun
to blow from a different direction,
and -men after a surfeit of the
other kind are looking about for
girls of a quieter type?
Personal Introductions Taboo.
I am sorry It will be impossible
for me to forward any of this mall
to "Lonesome Twenty-Three," as
personal Introductions are taboo
in this column. Bat no doubt when
she realizes for the first time how
men really regard a sweet modest
girl she will be less 111 at ease and
readier with the give-and-take of
small talk.
I hope so, at any rate; because
this "modest violet" type of girl
Is more than refreshing after the
flaunting, sunflower type that has
wearied our eyes at every turn for
the last few years; and which Is
about as restful for war-jangled
nervea as a good screaming circus
poster.
I am going to quote part of one
of the letters that came to me
from a young officer in regard to
the shy little girl who "shuts up
like a clam" when a man is about:
"What has become of the old-time
girl that a fellow used to be able
to visit in her own home, instead
of meeting on the street corner as
they do nowadays, and when the
man arrives, insist on taking him
to some dancing place where she
can "shimmie," to her heart's con
tent then "home, James," in a
taxi?"
He goes on to say that what he
is looking for is a real pal who
will have some interest in the sane,
wholesome things- of life, and who
does not spend her entire time
skating on thin ice without stop-
Is the Quiet Girl Coming Back
ping to think of the consequences
until it is too late. ,
flew Fashions in. Girls.
Spring fashions in girls seem to
be changing, for styles in girls
change as much as they do in
skirts, boots, or (breakfast foods.
And perhaps the challenging young
person who has occupied the pub
lic eye so long, is getting to be
something of a back number. Her
vivid complexion, her extreme and
scanty attire,her impossible shoes,
her bravado "went with" the
clamor and confusion of war. But
now that we are getting back to
the paths of peace, our taste will
favor a more restful type then
Bellona of the hobble-skirt and the
impressionistic complexion.
Intimations of the change are
already apparent in the advanced
fashions, skirts are longer than
they have been in several years,
the too revealing blouses are drift
ing to the limbo of the bargain
counter where their scant flimsi
ness may be bought for about half
of their former price. Better and
more expensive models conform
more and more to an ideal of de
ency. Hats are less bizarre than they
have been for the past season or
two, and finally, faces are less
reminiscent of a basket of dyed
Easter eggs.
"Yes, their make-up is a heap
more neutral than when we left
'em," a Western doughboy was
heard to remark before he was an
hour on American soil, "they
From The Public To The Editor
Mrs. Henderson Asks "Why Not
An International Congress?"
Editor The Timea:
If tho present plan for a league of
natlonn, along with modifications. Is
to bo doomed to a pnrpetiml discus
sion, would It not be easier and mora
practical to organize a ccngresn of
nations baaed on the general plan of
the American Congrens of States?
Also an international high court with
a very easily understundablo code of
laws? The International president
might be appointed for a fixed terra of
office only.
The congress would naturally con
sider all subjects of mutual Interest,
probably Including the policy of 'com
mercial boycotts for certain offenses,
practically policing the wortd by com
mercialism. With committees to
study and report on all qutstiona at
annual meetings, the congress would
at least know what all tho world Is
about; also could have ample time to
consider grievances.
All nations of the world are nearer
and nearer together, and mare and
more of mutual benefit. An Interna
tional congress, meeting annually,
would practically convert (hem Into
one family, where brain to brain and
heart to heart talks, aloni? with mu
tual Interests, might accomplish more
for bringing about international or
der and poace than arbitrary methods.
America could never Lr.vo bean
forced by any conceivable outside au
thority to give of herself what she
has of late so gladly conferred for
the general welfare of mankind.
Could republics generally bt trusted
to obey outside demands for what
they have little part, knowledge, or
heart In?
After peace is declared, could not
this congress be planned and started
by the allies now at Paris? A good
project la half accomp1lnhj when be
gun. The original members' would ad
mit other countries at will, advan
tage In joining tho union being mu
tual understanding, sympath, promo
tion and protection.
If representatives for the congress
could bo choson from former mem
bers of home congresses it might tend
to bring all legislative bodies more
closely together.
The expense of this International
congress would bo less on the pnrt
of each country than for the
maintenance of any considerable
military equipment. Education would
go far to take the place of bayonets.
Education could at least demonstrate
that from every point of view war
and anarchy do not pay. that It is
wiser and cheaper and moro lasting
to negotiate than to steal and kill.
There Is now little fear of war for
some time to conys. In the meantime,
whrn a more generous prosperity
comes about, largely aided by the
congress, and it Is found desirable
to establish an International pollen
fc-rco, It would bo an easier proposi
tion than now In that tho burden
would be more evenly distributed.
Today all nations are less far apart
In intercourse than were our colonies
when, with Infinite wisdom, our fath
ers sent their best men to Philadel
phia to form a more porfeot union.
and to frame and adopt a constitu
tion whlqh now demonstrates its ef
fcctlveaess for national prosperity
and something In the way of civilisa
tion. It would seem as If a true
grandeur of nations could be brought
nbout by methods now no longer un
tried. - General Miles sonde mo a speeoh
of Charles Sumner, made at Boston
July 4, 1846, on this same subject
a speech Mr. Sumner declared to be
the best one of his life also speeches
of Ellhu Burrlt. on a world congress,
made at peace conferences held at
Brussels 'in 1848, in Paris 1849, and
Frankfort In 1850.
MHS. JOHN B. HENDERSON.
Washington. March 12.
handle their camouflage a whole
lot better less trowel work."
Effect of War on Fashions.
It would be interesting, if one
had the necessary time,, to trace a
cause and effect relationship be
tween war and the bizarre in
dress, Look over old prints of the
Napoleonic period, and the women
wore, if possible, even less than
they have during the last three
or four years. The skirts of the
Empire fashions were shorter
than any worn of late years, and
there was, without exception, the
same uncorseted effect of silhou
ette. Chroniclers of court gossip, rich
in back-stairs detail, speak of the
. amount of cosmetics used by Jose
phine, Marie Louise, the Bona
parte sisters and their ladies. The
length and comprehensive detail,
with which these embellishments
are treated, suggest a modern tax
return in their sub-heads and
complications.
One particularly nauseating
mess that seems to have been held
greatly in esteem, consisted pf
crushed strained strawberry juice
mingled with various oils and
greases into an emulsion. It was
smeared on at night and was sup
posed to be a sovereign remedy
for freckles.
As long as Napoleon persisted
in making a jig-saw puzzle of the
map of Europe, fashions kept up
their hectic tempo. Color styles
and facia make-up were tuned in
key with the blare of trumpets and
tho rattle and crash of artillery.
"The ladles bless 'em," kept up a
sympathetic accompaniment at
home in the matter of styles and
finory with the desperate drama
proceeding at tho front And who
so demuro Jn appearance as these
same ladles when It was all over?
Not many years later, w.hen
Queen Victoria came to the throne,
a vision of girlish sweetness, in
ringlets, wlrfce muslin, blue sash,
and heelless supers, we perpetu
ated that typo through the fash
ion prints of several generations.
No heroine of ti best sellers of
the forties, fifties, and sixties ever
accomplished much in the way of
romance without her book muslin
frock and blue sash, emfekms of
girlish innocence.
Aro we to have a return of
these charming stage properties?
The eleven proposals and fourteen
letters from men wearied by the
blare of the modern type sug
gest that such a revival likaly.
f
By'EJEO, GODWIN;. .,
"Whfen you go f o- 5gay your income tax take your
cheok. book or a posfalmdnfey order, because the internal
revenue collector will-not accept regular United States
money. t
This interesting fac'comes to light through & letter
from J. HANSON BGYDBN", 700 Tenth street northwest,
who has this to say;
"I have discovered that gold certificates, Trestsary
notes, coin of the realm, and such other forms of money
as have been declared by the Congress to be legal tender
for the payment of debts, have no value as a medium for
paying the income tax;
"As illegal and incredible as this may seem, it is,
nevertheless, a faot. If anyone doubts it, let him go to
the internal revenue office, at Eighth and G- streets north
west. Let him stand in line for half-an hour or so, tax
return in one hand and cash in the other; let him, when
he finally reaches the cashier's window, tender his hard-
earned cash in payment of the tax assessed against him,;
and he will be told he will be told plainly and forcibly--3
that there are ONLY TWO forms of exchange acceptable for
the purpose in question, namely, a check or a postal money;
order! j,
"By what authority this all:important official, knownL
as the deputy collector of revenue, undertakes to enforce!?
rniloa ttnrtirurv ta lnxtr dnaa Yinf. arroar "Rrif a Anact .Ms 5
complacently and apparently with no uncertainty. Thel.
only thing to be regretted is, that 'this remarkable regaM
lation is kept a profound secret, to be suddenly -sprung"
upon the unsuspecting public, only after the collector's
window has been reached. O
"WHY not put it in the instructions!" ' r .
After reading this letter I called up Commissioner Bee
per's office and learned that Mr. Boy den is entirely cor
rect. - The internal revenue officer for Washington, D. C,
is carrying out the instructions of the Treasury.
"There are hundreds of revenue offices that are many
miles from a bank or any other safe place for keeping
moneyj" I was told at the Treasury, "ana" for that reason
the department has ruled against' taking in negotiable
cash."
But I repeat Mr. Boy den's suggestion: It would be
a good idea to let the world know all about this oddity of
government.
H EARD AND SEEN
Begular meeting of the California ably happened:
State Association will be held to
night at the Thomson School
Twelfth and L streets northwest
CONGRESSMAN JOHN I. NO
LAN will preside. Dancing will fol
low a literary ana musical program.
GEORGE MINNIGERODE looked
like a kid with a new toy at the
Cafe St Harks last night
And as for CLABKE WAGGAMAN.
he seemed overcome with the beauty
of his own decorations. Good luck,
boys.
A Bright Red Robin.
Benvyn, Md., March 10, 1919.
Sir,r-i report the first robin red
breast this day at my farm. He was
bright red, and seemed lost on the
top of a high tree, where he sur
veyed the country. This is a sure
sign of spring.
JOS. E. GOODKEY.
Pat dug 66.67 feet at per tt.S6 67
Fat paid Mike 25c ft on 66.67,
ft lf.67
S. O. S. to Ed Clark: Was this a
robin or a redbird, or what?
Answers to the Sticker.
E. W. KEYSER, of 1763 Q street
says it was no sticker at all. Here's
how solved it to me on the phone. I
Pat received 50.00-
Mlke dug 33.33 ft at $lper,ft..$33.3a
Mike received from Pat (as
above). ..................... 15.67
Mike received ,
.... 50.69
C.T.G.
WHY NOT?
Have a traffic policeman at 9th
and Mass. ave. n. w.; or make t
a car stop or fire ston or somethmsr?
Thaf a a bad and UNPROTECTED
crossing.
Try the following?
3 lbs. Seedless Raisins,
1 lb. Granulated Sugar,
cake of Yeast
Cold Water.
Chop UP raisins in food ehomier-
Stir suear in cold water (1 ffallnnl.
add yeast Let stand in cloth-covered
pot 3 days, then strain through
cloth Into jars and keep covered with,
cloth for 3 weeks.
Dorsey Foultz Again.
FRANK LORD, who is now secre-
hope I got it right but I may have taryto ED HURLEY, the shipping
missed out, as the Dramatic EiiitorlJ8 I way off on
was reclttag during the message: l" BoTseY Foultz matter.
Mi,d,g8t ? ??n ,Frank sayg tt disappearing
Pat digs 40 ft at .75 3Dnn.ff df . ,j toZlsZTSZT
Pat finishes 20 ft remaining at ?1.. 20 not Robert.- that it t 4 TT
ment over a "can of sudV (Ohl
Boy!) and nota game of craps, and
that it took place on Q st n. w., near
2d street
Total of 100 ft for.
.100
Yet here Is an entirely different
solution:
It would be impossible for Pat and Frank was Dolice reDorter fnr- Th
.!- a- i- !. m. . TC m At
XU.1KB id eceivo pajr tti. uuo iwj ui .luiinnes in uiose aays ana was out on
and J1.25 respectively per foot and the story within fifteen minutes of
make it prove, but this is what prob- the shooting.
What's Doing; Where; When
Today.
Vesttnc Chemical Society of WaaMni
ton. Comoa Club, assembly hall. 8 p. m.
MoUnB Federal Employers Union No.
J. 100S B street northwest. I p. m.
Meetlnr Junior T. M. II. A.. EleTenth
street and Pennsylvania avenua northwest,
t p. m.
Meetlnr Art Section of the Twentieth
Century Club, home of Mrs. Dayton Ward,
1789 Columbia road northwest,. 3 p. m.
Social meetlne Alumni and former
students of Wlnthrop College of South
Carolina, home of Miss Estelle Hyiaan,
1307 R street northwest. 1p.m.
Address Robert Bridges, president of
the Port of Seattle Commission. Cushman'a
Cafe, 807 Fourteenth street northwest. 1
p. m., auspices of National Popular Gov
ernment Lea true.
Lecture "Simple Meal riannln, by
Miss Chlnn, Arts and Industries bulldlns.
National Museum, Ninth and B streets
northwest, 3:30 p. m. Also Ieeture at 4:48
p. m. By Ulis Chlnn on "Tea for War
Worker Classes.
Meeting Study Club ef the Washington
Center of the Drama League. Star build
in r, 8 p. m.
Play "My New Curate," an Irish drama,
by Gonsarra College Players, College The
ater, North Capitol and I streets north
west, 8:15 p. m. Direction of the Rev. J.
Charles Davey, 8. J., vice president of
Gonzaga College.
Lecture "Opportunities In South Amer
ica." John Barrett, director of, the Pan
American Union, assembly hall of Centra!
Y. M. C. A.. 8 p. m.
Memorial service In honor of Henry
Cochran. Franklin B. Fletcher. Claren:
M. Hard. David H. Mlddleton. deorae
Vnnchan Selbold, and Ralph Stambaugn,
who died la tho service. Calvary Baptist
Church, 8 p. m. v
Addreej Earl Duddlng. president of tM
Prisoners Relief Society. First Congrega
tional Church, 8 p. in.
Meeting The California State Associa
tion. Thomson School. Twelfth and 1
streets northwest, 8 p. rn.
Meeting Catholic Women's War Rella
Service 3408K street northwest. 8 p. m.
MeetingThe French Section of Um
Twentieth Century Club, All Soul'a Parish
rl&II, 4 p. m.
Meeting Committee on Publicity of tne
Board of Trade. Star building;. 4 p. ra.
Address Mtsa Eva, Leon, befoVo jolnl
meeting of Y. W. H. A. and T. M. H. A.
In auditorium of Jewish Welfare omrA.
? "V?1 and " arenas
0 Xora arrow
Free address By Mis Mabel T. Board
man of the Red Croat t George Washing
ton University chapel exercises. 3033O
street northwest, 13:18. Public Invited.
MeetingEntertainment commute of
the Massachusetts State Society, homo of
Miss Rogers Clifton. 1318 Massachusetts
avenue northwest. 8 p. m.
lecture Miss Sohuter. of National
Woman's Party, before members of Cal
vert Club. 17 Dupont Circle. 1p.m.
Dance Marine Barraoka at Quantlee.
Special train for dance leaves Union Sta
tion 8 p. m., returning front Quaatlca at
Meeting WVst Virginia Society. Thom
son's School. Twelfth and L streets north,
west, 8 p. m.
Address Dr. George Newlova on "In
come Tax." assembly room. Y. M. C. A,
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Concert United State aSeldlers Uen
Band. Stanlev Hall. -18 p xn.
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