Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 28

By Nannie Lancaste; HE was as plain as a bar of soap, but the fair, fat and fortiness of her was harnes into what- ever it is that. women use to T —compress their too solid, et cetera, into the shape they call svelt, 1 Over“a tan skirt that showed silk ¥atockings and suede slippers to match £Fhe wore a fancy Ygweater a dozen dyears to young “for her—to be en WYjrely just, ;I an even 10—and Fanybody could tell &by the way she talked and breath- <ed that she was Fearning for the “¥ime to come to ;{;'i:k off her high els and get into sémething .loose. .. © Walking. .with -L: “her was. another . Woman, and .the lwo were. talking like this=allowing “for the drawbacks {gt one who hdd . lsten-in from be- ¢ o, indeedy, L Wouldr’t think of #Paving such’ prices as cooks are ask- ing, so we broke up and went to eat- ng in cafes—saves a lot of work.” The other woman epded her expla- nation with the ‘complacency of one Who has solved a country-wide prob- “lem. But the bar of soap companion proved she wasn't as foolish as her _elothes implied. “That's all right, if the two of you 4lke it; but Jim couldnt’ live any- where except in his own home. And dthe way I look at it I ought to keep house in turn for all he is doing for me—especial as he thought enough of @me to put the house in my name—I o every stiteh of my own work and t's got so now I wouldn’t want help it I could afford it—I'd hate to see my pretty new kitchen messed up by hired girl.” “And vou do all the work of that big_house?”’ *.“Uh huh, but it isn't so big—only six rooms and all the conveniences. * The minute Jim gets out after break- sfast I start from top to ‘bottom, and DY going over things every day there is never any heavy.clean-ups to tire fne out. I just-slip on a dust cap and Nwrapper——" .. The wrapper called up an obvious yearning that caught the notice of “¥the woman who boarded: ; “Then what aré you doing all fid- led up this time of day? I should think you'd be home cooking Jim's dinner.” & “Thursday is my day out, same as Hther cooks—and ‘we make it into a “party. I meet Jim at the plant and hen we go to a cafe for dinner and “the movies afterward. And I have .to doll up, because Jim likes to let e fellers he works with see. how lish he can dress me— And then we finish up with a cup of tea “at home—— And I honest belleve he Jlikes that best of all.” “'And if you had.been listening in, <you would have felt cheap for mis: jndging so clean and wholesome a “thing as a bar of soap, just because ecials i Your it reminded you of loud-smelling per- fume. It is so easy to find fault, which you may have noticed, seeing that so many of us do it.- *x % X A RICKETY CART drawn by a horse—four-footed animal—shed a wheel and spilled out half a load of Junky furniture on the asphalt, in- cluding a mattress of low degree. The accident being a mere matter of play- ed-out gear, the passing crowds took no’ notice, until a.dof_trotted into the incident. i |, He was.a sober-looking old dog with-a bushy tail and a collar. And he was keeping company with a sober, oldish man along a pavement that helps to bound Franklin Square. .But, at sight of the spilled ttress, his sense of humor got so ahead of his dignity that he left his man to scamper out-and fling himself on its striped ticking with all the abandon of a tired puppy ready for_a map. Having created the impression, he bounded up and back to base. - He knew as well as the next that a mat- tress belongs in a house instead of on the street. And having recog- ized the ridiculousness of the trans- er in the only way allowed him by nature went about his business the same as any other fellow after en- Joying his 'little joke. And at this very minute some wise man is writing a book—wise men are always weiting books—to prove that dogs havé no intelligence, but merely “‘the habit of instinct * x % x MSTERDAM—Rotterdam — m1i11- dam—and this one: A good and charitable minister opened his door to & Washington man who was in deep grief. He wanted the minister to come at once to his wife, who was dying. The minister put on his hat and followed. On the way he asked the man his name, The man answered—"Dam"—— ‘The minister raised a shocked hand for silence. And his good face flushed up at sound of the world's most pop- ular cuss word. But it made no dif- ference in his tender ministration to the_ poor woman, who died a little later, and for whom he said the last service, After the funeral, the man ‘called again at the minister's house. The minister having, by this time, learned the man’s name, gave him kindly greeting. And the man said: “You preached such beutiful words about my dear, good wife that I have come to thank you and pay——" Again, the minister raised a hand for silence—this time in appreciative refusal; he asked no money. It was a part of his work—but the man in. sisted: “They were such kind, beautiful words that I cried because my wife could not hear them. I know.she would have said, ‘Dam™—"" The minister could not quite down the shock of a word that was far, far better than it sounded, but he made no other sign, and the man went on: “‘Dam, I want you to go and give that good minister $5. Make him take g And the minister, respecting the man’s feeling in the matter, accepted S A u':)“\\u <2 (A THE : SUNDAY STAR, the tribute, and that was was to ft—unless—— - Unless, perhaps, he may have felt a call to do missionary work among the Pennsylvania Dutch that were so unmindful of Scripture as to name their towns and families after such a sinful word—being a habit, as it were —Amsterdam—Rotterdam—®nd plain Dam. **x THERE 13 a pleasant street out Southeast where many children pley. - The othér morning “two boys had the bricks to themselves—one of them such a tiny tad that he wore a kilted skirt under his sweater and ‘was sucking at a rubber pacifier. In contrast to this baby silencer, he had a pair of wicked fists that were lam- basting a glant, who was all of fiye years, and had attained the manhood of pink gingham knickers. R Pink gingham had taken the count and was crying when a passing wo; an paused for investigation. The bix boy flashed up“from the ground ard 8 ied into explanatio: “I was jus’ makin’ b'lieve—causg he's too little to hurt a big boy like me—but he licks all kids all the time, an’ then goes home an’' tells his pop—his pop is twainin’ him to be a pwizefighter- The seeker after details made mod- est inquiry as to why the boys didn't fight back—just little licks that wouldn't hurt too much, but pink gingham had his own idea of ethic: “Whyer we's big-boys an’ he's jus’ a baby, most—if he was big llke me I'd show himi Why, I could thow him down an’ sit on him in no time. Jes' wait till he Rets as big as me, once—he’s a nice little kid, if his pop didn’ make him fight all the time to keep him in twainin”—but he can't keep him from suckin’ that nippl cause his mom pets him up lik that—a ar baby, suckin’ a nipple like he was 6 monfs old.” The fighting kid, most genially 1 terested in the talk, took the pacifier from his mouth and held it in a hand, appareritly having no pocket—and the woman, an all-alony soul, who feels like opening her arms to scoop in the universe, wondered aj the inscrutable- ness of life that déprives so many splendid women of motherhood, to en- dow the. treasure of a pretty boy on a father whose idea of rearing a child is to make him a bully, and of a mother who lets her 2-year-old son g0 around with a pacifier in his mouth. How much better this world would be if only we-had the making of it! Did you.ever enterfain that pleasant little idea? LONDON HOPING TO WIN FAVOR OF OCEAN LINERS Correspondence of the Associated Press. 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A suite to use and enjoy the year round. Five-foot settée, armchair cushions, backs to match. and rocker. Cretonne Have It Charged—Pay Later! 6% - i T hls Four-Piece Auto Cus A charming grou YOU AND UNCLE SAM | Series of Educational Articles Te ment Is Organized and How How Fadcul Govern- unctions—W ritten . Expressly-for 5chool Children. '’ v 54—Uncle Sam’s Pensioners. Uncle Sam s the worldichampion 1 of thetr -o-u'.r.im:;na-, all of whom age, pension payeér. “His pénsion payments are one of the biggest items in cost of Government. He pays: these pen. sions in quite a_variety of ways. Through the Pension Office in the Department of. the Interior. he makes regular allowances .to soldiers and sallors who served prior to the World -| War, to nurses and widows of these soldiers. “Through . the . retirement division of the Pensfon Office annui- tles are paid to civil employes who | have grown old in the Federal service. Through the Veterans' Bureau He pays allotments, allowances, insurance and adjusted compensation to those who served in the - militaiy _forces during the World War and to ‘their beneficiaries. ~Through the District Commissioners- he pays annuities to retired police “and firemen of the National Capital. . Through the Com misaioners also he pays a stipend, based on years of service, to retired school teachers and” ‘Admifilsters a self-insurance fund for them.' Through the State Department he provides for veteran workers in the foreign service; through the War and Navy: Depart ments for retired pay to officers and enlisted men, and through the De- partment of ‘Corpmerce he pensions those who have wn old in light- house and lightship service. Through the United States Employes’.Compen- sation Commission he compensates eivil émployes for personal’ injuries sustained while in the performarce of their duties. ¥ The - task of -administering ' these several systems of pension is extremely complicated and requlrés & conhsider- able working force. - The: pensioners on the roster of earlier wars is rapidly decreasing—as for example, the num- ber of those who fought in the War with Mexico has now been reduced during the last year from 31 to 19, while the number of widws of the War of 1812 decreased from 33 to 22. Incidentally, the recent death of James Q. Thomas, Mansfleld, Ili., re- moved from the pension rolls & man who held" the record for.longevity, as a r. . He. fought. in the Mexican War, had drawn. a. pension for 756 years, 6 months and 16 days, recelving in all $22,046.23. - His. pen. | sion started at $8 a month and was increased to. $72 a month. He died ut-the age of 96. 3 3% - The grand ‘total of .pensioners for military service 'in wars preévious to the ‘World War-is 517,628. The num- ber of those receiving, money from Uncle 8am on account of services in the World War is dafly increasing. During the last fiscal year 6,577,171 checks in payment.of .pensions. were malled by the Pepsion’ Bureau. alone, representing” a total disbirsement of $239,004,814. " ‘Although the“110¢h’ an- niversary ‘of the ending of ‘the War of 1813 occurred list February there are still 22 widows wing. 330 a month on_ account of. the services are over 89 years 3 On--July ‘4 of this year occurs the 77th anniversary of the: proclamsation by President: Polk' of the treaty of peace of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, officially h Mexico, on the pension rolls and 1,308 widows, a total of 1,327 pensioners. 132,072 soldiers of ‘the 61, nurses and - 245,187 céiving " pensions. Of ‘the ' War with Spain there are 97,718 sol- diers, 158 nurses and 17,807 widows— a total of 115,738 pensioners. Of ‘the Regular -Army establishments there are 12,323 soldier and 3,769 {oanlamr The Indlan ‘Wars have eft us 6,968 pensioners—3,948 soldlers and 3,020 widow: pe World War Benéficlaries. The " total number of World “War veterans who have received -“rehabili- tation*—vacatjonal - training—up - to April ¥ of this year was 177,328, and on that date there were stili 27,277 in training. The total amount distributed in traininig allowances was. $495,693,- 000 At the end of training period the -trainee is re-axamined for assignment to a different. disability rating. - The Veterans’ Bureau also admin- isters what is called military and naval compensation for disability, run- ning frem 10 per cent disability to double total disability, as in the case of a man blinded and then. suffering amputation as a result of injuries sustained while in service or the.re- sult of service origin. The .totdl num- ber of cases allowed in which ment has been made to dependents is 74,981 Disabllity. compensation, where a man 18 alive and payment is made to him, has reached a total of 407,267 cases. The number of active cases on which payments are now being made is 62,385 for.death disabilities and 202,- 894 to the soldiers themselves. The total disbursaments for such disabil- ities has reached $694,640,000. “Term insurance for World War veterans is pald partially from pre- mium _rece{pts and partly from ap- propriations by the Government., The actual disbursements from the Federal funds has been $176,844,766." : Back in the early days of the World ‘War our soldiers were allowed to make allotmeénts from their pay to wives, mothers or other dependents, t6 which the Government added an ‘“allow- ance,” and on this score the Govern- ment has disbursed $282,198,661 in ad- «dition to the man’s own allowance. ‘adjus! compensation,” or ‘soldiers’ bonus” account, has not been com] as all claims have not yet ‘come -in, ‘but to date it amounts-to -$2,500,000,000.. There: are approxi- mately 4,500,800 men who.come under these. provisions, but the full number will- probably never apply for their nus, hion Sprin Table Included p of Fiber Reed Livipg: Room Furnityre, including flare-arm 5-foot As you know, the affairs of the N tional Capital gre run by District Com. — Seventh and D Streets N.W. e ime Reed and Fiber Furnitu WASHINGTON, .D. C, MAY 10, 1925 PART 1 fifksloniers, 'WIth Congreéss havi clusive jurisdiction. - Congress has’au- thorised retirément systems. far the police and firemen and school teach- ers of the District.of Columbla, which are administered by the District Com- missioners. There are about 1,200 po- licemen and about 800 firemen, with some 650 now on the pension rolls. ‘The police and firemen formerly paid 1145 per cent of their salaries toward their pension fund, but last year that was increased to 23 per cent. - This goes into a lump sum accpunt from ‘which ‘here are no refunds if the po- liceman er fireman is separated. from the service before he meets retirement h the 2,500 school teachers th is an entirely different pension =y tem. They buy. their annuity.on a method similar to life insurance rates, This money they pay is held in indi- vidual accounts in the name of each teacher and is returnable with 4 per cent . interest in case of separation ‘froth the service before death' or re- tirement, and in the event of death.is returnable to the estate of the déceas. ed. ‘To this self-insurance the Goverh: ment adds $10 a year for the numbar of years of service. Thereé are some 500 janitors or laboress subject to :s nuity on the same terms as other Fed: eral employes. Uncle S8am has provided for retire- ment of his veteran employes on ac- count of age and long years of faith- ul service. There are 450,000 em- ployes thus provided for, including those in the postal service. The em- ployes pay into the retirement fund a percentage of their ries. There are now 11,600 annuitants on the re: tirement roll, and for the last four | fiscal years these annuities have i taled $17,500,000. Last year $5,800,- 000 ‘wag pald in annuities, Thus far the United States has not been calléd upon to spend any money on this ac- count from the Federal Treasury be- cause it was able to borrow enough from the fund created by deductions from the pay of employes. In the Department of Commerce fp- propriations there is an ftem for 'Te. tired pay for the lighthouse servic This year it amounts to about $125, 000. This goes to persons who have actually served in lighthousés and on lightships for 30 years and have reach- ed the age of 65. The retirement pay is 1ot to exceed three-fourths of active pay, and retirement is compulsory at 70 years. The average retirement pay is $50 a month, and there are-about 200 on. the roils. r seaslon’ of Congress provision -was also made that those who become dis abled through no fault of their ewn may also be retired. ° The - Employes’ Compensation * Com- miission handles 1,800 claims a mionth and the larger portion-of them is al lowed. ‘An employe of the Govern- ‘ment injuréd while in the performance of his duties is entitled not only to reasonable medical, surgical and hos- pital attention, but is also eatitled to two-thirds of his pay, not to exceed $66.67 a month. The widow and ehil- dren of a civil employe killed while in the performance of his duties are en-|’ titled, in the case of the widow, to 35 per cent of his pay, not to-exceed $35 a. month, during widowhood, anit in the case of children, 10 per cent of the pay -of the deceased until they reach the age of 18, and thereafter if it is proved they are incapable of seif-sup- port. The roll at the present time With Metal Container During the ‘last | ;4 No_ very . favorable canditions pre- vail tomorrow, and the planetary as- pects are distinctly adversé... Any ne- Botiations of importance, any act that may vitdlly affect your career or your [1ife, ghould, i poskible,, not be con- simmated, and only upatvolddblé réu- tine duties should rébeive.your at- téntion. The signs Adenote an. absence of. clearngsd of vislor, a lacki—albeit temporary—of keenness .of judgmerit, and ‘any decision made undet such ¢onditions’ 18 not usually pro- ductive .of the_best resujts. * Specula- tion -and alf hazardous. risk must be avolded, and It would. be wise, to defer until some more opportune moment the . exeqution-of any- agreements or contracts - that: involvs - financial: obli- sations. R Not much-.of an assuring nature cAn be - prognosticated about:- the - heaith during infancy -of the:chiid: born to- morrow. - It will suffer, more than is usual, from the ailments of chiidhood, and . will demand conatant vigiance and unremitting care, if it is to secure a Yair start on the road te'normal ma- turity. - Its disposition will be patient and unselfish, while its character will be, at once; engaging and. reliable. It wiil not reveal much aptitude or liking for wports and 'pastimes, but will be v rymn!llkh\g in’ all‘fts’ studies, a though at no time do@eé it promise to be brifliant.~Its success will lie inore in “a “subordinate capacity than in one ot command or leadership. It is difficult to analyze: the- charac. ters, or dissect the temperaments, of those who “tomorroW: celebrate thelr natal anniversaries. They can, When they 8o will it, be s0 eharming, 8o af: fectionate and so unselfish, ‘that it difficulf to realize that the same pe son can be' consumed. with envy, jeal- ousy and malice, They are yery often irresponsible, acting without thiaking, and speaking without deliberation 1 They, by their demonstrativeness, often raive the objects of their affec: tion to the dizzy heights of happiness, only, almoat at the same momeént, to bring them to the abyss of despair by an unexpected burst of - unjustified témper and malevolent anger. One can never be sure of them for many hours together, and no matter what happens, they, in thefr opinion, are always right, ‘so, according to thelr igment, hfallibility is a monopolis- tic privilege vonceded to them alone. Their love and friendship are of ufcertain value, as the first fs fAitly expressed by a sense of ssion and the latter {8 chiefly avatlable for those who can be patronized, or to whom favors can be shown. ‘Well known persons born ‘on that date are: John Lowell, philanthropist; Matthew Vassar, philanthropist; Sep- timus Winner, composer; Theodore D. ‘Wilson, naval constructor; Charles W. Fairbanks, Senator; Irving’ Berlin, musical composer. (Copyright. 1925) shows that payments'are now :being ‘made to 1,734 persons: - (Copyright; 1925, by Will P. Kennedy. H Ko 5 ¥t will be printed in this paper next ‘Wednesday.’ AS TROOP TRANSPORTS British Official Believes Future Will Develop System Into Long- Distance Cprr{m: Correspondenes. of the Awsociated Pres LONDON. April 14.—Alrplanes to transport .troops long - distancés in m; numbers are foreshadowdd in a ok;“*“The Roval Air Fores as & Ca- r?il f:!,:ucd recently by the Briti: alc: ministry . ¢ Develcpmient of * air- cra¥t, it id set folrllh. points to the eom- ing<of machines much larger than those:now in: use, to be driven by two or more high-powered engines, and which will be capable of -performing very long flights. In these machines, it is stated, it will be feasible to traneport soldiers, fighting equipment o6r bombs great dis. tances at Speeds considerably great 2100 mles per. Tour: Large fly- poats, designed to remain at sea several days at a time, and other ma- chines_ for use in co-operation with the navy are among the interesting dévelopments predicted. Other eraft ‘mentioned are gun-spot- ting: planes for the wireless direction of fleet:gunfire, torpedo carriers and new fighting scouts, all of which are planned-to be able to fly off and alight upon decks of ships of which they units. g - ol r ‘What Ounce of Gold Buys. One ounce of pure gold pays wage: r 20 hours of work in the Unite tates; 50 hours of work in Great Brit- ain; 90 hours of work in Japan; 100 hours of work in France or 200 hours of work in Germany. on 1923 standards of wages for average labor. ECZEMA IN RASH ON HANDS Could Not Put Them In Water. Blisters Formed, Cuticura Healed. * Eczema broke out on my hands in a rash. Later my hands became, rough and scaly and then blisters formed. I could not put my hands in water, and I had to wear rubber| gloves to do my work. “1 begen using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and after a few ap-| plications my hands were better. 1 continued the treatment and now I| am completely healed.” (Signed) Miss Eileen McDonald, 3 Louisiana. 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