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VIERICANS' DUTY
_*ver else may be said of the efforts of Germany and
to bring about a peace conference, It is perfectly
hat one of the motives Is to attempt to fasten upon
itain and her allies the responsibility for everything
pens as a result of the continuation of the war, if the
f-ise to take part In the proposed conference.
3 diplomatic Ranin develops it looks more and more
vas Germany's chief motive and that she had never
»ope or expectation that her plea for peace "for the
• nity," couched in the language of a victor, would
. by her enemies as having been made In good faith.
.amy's answer to President Wilson's note, In which she
a Immediate conference of delegates from all the war
lons to he held on neutral territory, waß made after tbe
ministers of Great Britain, France and Russia had an
d to the world that they would not take part In a peace
ence until Germany and her allies had admitted defeat,
TTKD THAT THEY BEGAN THE WAR AND PROMISED
ITUTION. REPARATION, AND GUARANTEES FOR
will tj-ei noted In this connection that Germany's fulsome
hswer to President Wilson's note was in no sense
is lip. answer st all in f_,ci.
t Wilson's sugg-stlon was that the belligerent na
statement to the world telling what they are tight
ly evades this suggestion and renews her plea for a
on a basis which her enemies have already said they
in _. asider.
So far as 'neririany Is concerned her evasion of President
Wilson's suggestion leaves her In precisely the same position
.hat she was when she asked the neutrals to hand her original
peace proposal to her enemies.
Assuming that the neutral world accepts the Brltlsh-
French-Ilusslan conception that Germany willed the war to en
rce **er autocracy, militarism and kultur upon the rest of the
that she prepared for the war tn cold blood and struck
I blow at the lime when the disparity between her mlli
rength and that of the entente was the greatest; that her
tfulness," treachery and disregard of International and
le laws have been unprecedented In history; that she has
•rately violated her treaties and by so doing put herself
c of the pale of civilized nations; that the only secure
j will he one based upon her crushing defeat and adequate
-11 mi -tit for her crimes; that her plea for peace at this time
imply her attempt to Bave herself from the defeat and pun
.nent which she knows are Inevitable—if, we say, the neutral
rid has accepted this conception of the war. It ls difficult to
tgine that any diplomatic move which Germany has made up
c neutral sympathy from Great Britain
ause they are not willing to patch up
when It pleases the latter to suggest It.
. the neutral world, Including the United
*ermany and her allies started the war,
c with Great Britain and her allies that
-o say when and how the war shall end, If
...K...0 ...-ugh to enforce that right,
course If the neutral world accepts the German concep
the war was forced upon her and her allies by greedy
blood-thirsty France, unscrupulous Russia and mill-
Belgium and Serbia, the enemies of Germany will prob
, lie held responsible for the continuation of the war If thsy
refuse to quit fighting when Germany asks them to.
J-'ioii the standpoint of selfish national interest as well as
from the standpoint of world Justice and Interest, we think that
It ls tremendously important that the people of the United
ids consider ALL of the facts in connection with the war,
iroui the inn- the war began, before they attempt to fix the
responsibility for the war's continuation.
it wjiihl certainly be unjust to consider that Germany has
aided Am* a peace conference and that her enemies have ra-
A freak of nature in the lost river In Kentucky. It Is known
■<• Hidden river, because no one knows its origin, and it Vanishes
a rave leading no one knows where.
LIVE HONESTLY!
Most of us expect 1917 ls going to he the best year we have
er known. Facing the future tn an optimistic frame of mind
undoubtedly the right attitude toward life. But people differ
ldely as to what they Lave a right to expect. To some life
means nothing but getting. The method of acquisition, the way
In which they make their great expectations come true, bothers
them but little.
A simple code of ethics by Prof. Franklin H. Giddlngs of
Columbus university, printed In "School and Society," contains
"Honest living means putting hack Into the world as
much as you take out of it. You don't live honestly if,
being Hlilc-btMlit-tl, la good health, and of sound mind, you
lei somebody else pay jour way.
*-"M>u don't live honeatly If, when you become a business
nan, you get some-thing for nothing: from tlie legislature
-. Hie city, or from -four customers, or from your wage-
Traerm.
"Put back In some way, In some service, or improve
nt, or benefaction, above all in a fair price and a just
«K«\a mm nch an you take out of the resources of the earth,
»iii of th* revenues and common possessions of the commu
nity, and out of the toll of nwm."
my persons rscognized the worth of this preachment—'
n, but only those who make It-a working basis for their
<■ will discover all of the possible blessings in the new
n-naWafs ~ ilia* have anyUatitntlon hi which nurse* re
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Portraits of the
Women of 1917!
THE "FLAPPER"
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THEi"TLAPPI7RV
"A YOUNG BIRD UNABLE TO lUSE IN
FLIGHT."
BY WINONA WILCOX.
"Flappor" will doubtless prove the most abused
word in the list of 1917 names of feniinie types.
We Americans do remarkable stunts with other
peoples' languages; wo change the final "o" in kimo
no to an "a" and congratulate ourselves on improv-
ing the ancient Japanese; we pronounce the first
syllable of lingerie as if it were spelled "long" and
fed that no Parisian could do better; and we have
already misconstrued the English flapper before we
have become acquainted with the true type.
The "flapper" originated In English society a dozen years ago.
She Is Just becoming known in this country, mainly as having given
a smart name to certain fashions for girls.
In her native land, the flapper ls an honest, talkative, critical
and very active girl; 15 or 16 years old. She has no respect what
ever for her brother's opinions and she makes fun of his friends or
quarrels with them.
And she is not the least bit sentimental, outwardly. Probably
the flapper does dream of herself as a Sleeping Beauty, and of a
Prince Charming who has already started to search the world for
her; and perhaps it is because she cannot reconcile her prince with
the kind of young man she knows that she ls so unnecessarylly sar
castic.
Hor Indifference to the opposite sex makes her most Irritating
to all young gentlemen. She ls a good sportswoman, she goes In for
the game and not for the clothes and often she can beat a male op
ponent. She takes honors In school, too.
She is more nearly the equal of the male than at any other age,
and she is very apt to let him know it. This little trait does not add
to her popularity with the boys, but It does give them a good excuse
for ridiculing tho flapper.
Because she never flatters any man, she Is practically at war
with all of the other sex, except her father and her uncles who adore
her.
Kuril Is the real flapper.
Persons who apply the word to the rouged, rolffurcd,
fantastically dressed and precociously nenliiiieiital Uttle
girls who vulgarize modern ideals of maidenhood are mal
treating a very good bit of slang. Its derivation doubles Its
significance; in tho English sportsman's vocabulary a flap
per Is a young bird unable to rise in flight, especially a
young wild duck.
Tlie term is almost exactly descriptive of the delight
fully Innocent little girl who Is, properly, a flapper. It Is
a pity tliat tho genus is so rare in America. When a young
girl begins to rouge, she ceases to be a flapper—she has
learned how to fly!
And Isn't It the misfortune of American girls that they learn
this —at least, too early?
The Outbursts of
Everett True* w cm*
THE TAOOMA TIMEg.
Society j
and
I Pergonal
Tacoma Circle IB*, Women of
Woodcraft, villi install officers
Thursday eve ling at Eagles' hall.
All friends ate Invited.
The White Rose Embroidery
club will be entertained Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Carl Craig,
2310 South O street. Mrs. Craig
will be assisted by Mrs. Clara
Blment.
Tlie National Council of Women
Voters meets Tuesday at the city
hall to hear an explanation of the
rray post bond issue by B. W.
Coiner.
Fern chapter, O. I. S., will In
stall officers at Masonic temple
Tuesday evening.
CYNTHIA
GREY'S
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Q. —A young man has ask
ed me to go to tlie theater
with him. As this is my first
experience, I wish your ad
vice on what to do. Sliould I
take off my hat and coat when
I am seated? MADGE.
A.—Remove your coat as soon
as you are seated. Remove your
hat when the llghta arc turned
down. This is a signal that the
tin tnin Is ai»i:it to go up. There
Is no object inn to taking off ihe
hat earlier, but most MMI retain
them for a time.
Dear Miss Grey: I wish to
say a few words to Ruth.
Somehow, I do not believe It
Is poverty alone that makes
her feel as she says she does
toward her husband.
My case Is somewhat simi
lar. I married a poor man
and we have one child.
When I married my hus
band I thought I loved him,
but I soon realized that our
tastes were so different we
had very little In common. I
was reared In a home of cul
ture and refinement and
when I found that my hus
band did not possess those
finer sensibilities, that meant
so much to me, I became
very discontented, and many
times it seemed as though I
could not endure It.
However, I knew that my
husband possessed some good
EHESQEEEn
ENVIRONMENT 111 I-ES OUR LIVES
"It is strange, Margie," said Paula, "how quickly we adjust our
selves in different ways of living.
"It had been less than a year since I had been jerked up by the
roots from my beautiful home in the midst of loving friends, and yet
here I was settled down into the life of an actress. And the queer
part of It all, Margie, was that my other care-free existence seemed
but a dream.
"No one could have loved her parents more than I did and yet I
could hardly realize that I had ever had parents. There is something
about the absolute finality of death which makes itself felt in the
consciousness of even the tenderest and most sympathetic mind.
"I believe, Margie, only those who have lost by death some one
who ls very dear to them can understand what I mean. The old say
ing, 'While there is life there Is hope,' Is very true; and its anti
thesis, when there is no life there ls no hope, ls quite as true.
"Your mind refuses to think about It any more. Yes, you have
the loneliness, a loneliness that sometimes seems to smother your
very lungs so that you cannot breathe—a feeling of the utter futility
of living and struggling and fighting for something which is mean
ingless in the end.
"What I want to convey to you, Margie, ls the fact of quick ad
justment which the mind makes.
"At this time it almost seemed as though I had never been that
care-free, happy girl whose whole Interest was centered on whether
she wouid make the 'daisy chain,' and so be proclaimed one of the
prettiest girls of the year at Vassar.
"Here I was opening my eyes in my little suite In the boarding
house in a strange city at about 11 o'clock each morning as though I
had been doing It all my life, and, strange to say, my little old brain
accepted the changed conditions as a matter of course.
"This sounds rather vague, does it not, Margie? What lam en
deavoring to bring out is the peculiar way in which nature copes with
the irrevocableness of death and the way we poor mortals accept
snythlng that comes, Margie, when we have to.
"Do you think lam preachy, dear? I don't mean to be. I only
wish all those girls who are working away and trying to do their
best would only understand that the mind can only stand about so
much Joy or grief, pleasure .or pain. These can only be experienced
by one's capacity and even before we will own it to ourselves our
understand that the decree admits of no repeal.
"Until I left my father's house I had always risen before 8
o'clock, taken a cold shower and my athletic exercises, breakfasted
simply but rather bountifully and then started In on the affairs of
the day.
"Now my day never begins before 11 and I usually have my
coffee In bed. Usually the moment my eyes popped open I began to
think of my dancing lesson, my fencing lesson or my French lesson.
I always tried to get In a five-mile walk, and although the play was
j exceptionally successful we averaged a rehearsal a week to keep us
up to key.
"I seldom ate much until after theater at night when Earnest
and I usually ate together at some restaurant. If I might be allowed
the paradox, I was living rather Irregularly In a most regular way.
"My whole experience at this time was bound up in that of
Earnest Lawton. It never entered my mind that he was not as com
pletely interested in me as I in him. I do think, Margie, that at that
time Earnest Lawton was as deeply In love with me as he was capa
ble of being in love with anyone.
"But I soon learned, alas, that there was hut one being on earth
1 Earnest Lawton really loved and that was himself."
(To Be Continued. 1
It's a Cold, Cruel World!
qualities—he is a man of
good morals, Industrious, and
very honorable, and I thought
perhaps if I did my best to
make our home attractive
and did all In my power to
exert the right kind of influ
ence over him we might yet
he more companionable in
time.
My husband has often chld
ed me and said that my In
difference was due to pov
erty, and while that hurts
me, I know It is not so. To
be sure, if we had more
means so that I would be
able to enjoy things that I
crave—such as musical enter
tainments, etc., these other
things would not be so hard
to hear.
I do have one great conso
lation, however, and that is
my church. And now, Ruth,
I want to say to you that if
you will earnestly seek help
from the right source you
will not fail to receive en
couragement. A WIFE.
Q. —I have been married
eight years. 1 am now 23.
My two children are dead;
and I have turned my time to
writing stories, necause of
my early marriage I have
never had the opportunity to
meet and know young people,
to be really one of them.
Last fall I made a trip to
Florida, where at the homo of
a respectable woman, who
kept my secret, I posed as a
single girl. During the two
months I lived there, I was
showered with attentions by
young people, such as a young
girl usually receives.
My husband knew why I
was making this visit, and he
trusted me, knowing my only
object was to gain experience
for my work. But, upon my
return, my relatives made
my life miserable. My broth
er-ln-laws look upon me as a
bad woman, untrue to my
husband, because 1 mingled
with young men and women,
posing as unmarried.
I shall never sco these peo
ple again, and the experience
has only sufficed to make me
more satisfied with my hus
band and marriage. Because
youth really never came to
me, I had a secret yearning
for It. Hut now I know that
It is only froth compared to
the real meaning that mar
riage has. My husband still
thinks I did nothing wrong
antl is glad to give me the op
portunity to see all sides of
life, knowing that I shnll he
happier for it. But my rela
tives cannot forget. Do you
think it was wrong for me to
do this?
MRS. E. V. A.
A.—lt Is not for me to Judge.
The Almighty Maker placed within
your keeping a soul, and gave you
a conscience with which to guard
it. So you see, yon are not rospons
lble to your relatives, to me, or to
3HRISTMAS MAIL IS STILL UNDELIVERED!
Christmas mail piled high In one receiving station In Chicago.
the central distributing point of the nation between the east —9
west, is fhown in tlila picture. Other stations In same •aonditloii k
Tuesday, Jan. 1. 1917.
anyone else for your at Is, bat
alone to your Creator. If you
i'ununited no .tin against your con
science, who can say that you did
wrong? The longer I live tlie more
I realize that people consider a
thing right or wrong according to
the broadness of their minds. I
will say, however, tliat only a wo
man who was very sure of herself
could accomplish such an experi
ence and not harm herwelf or <>i h
ers. If your husband does not
condemn you, surely your relatives
have not the right to.
Q. —I am 21 years old and
married to a fine man who
loves me and whom I love de
votedly. But now a former
sweetheart threatens to reveal
some things which took place
in the past. He wants me to
get a divorce and marry him,
I think it will nparly drive me
crazy if I don't find some way
out of this. I know It will
just about kill my husband if
the man tells him. Please
advise me what to do?
DISTRACTED WIFE.
A.—Your greatest error was In
permitting this man to approach
you with his suggestions of divorce.
Cut off all cominunicatiouN with
liiin at once. Tell your husband all
there Is to tell. He will not die.
He will take the burden from yon
and deal with the other man as he
deserves.
With an enrollment of sev
enty-four women and one man,
the first suffrage school in the
country has opened in Baltimore.