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In honor of the seventy-three Atlanta Journal
men who have entered the service of their country.
The two white stars are in meme.;- of Captain
Meredith Gray ana Captain James S. Moore, Jr.,
Journal men, who rave their lives for our country
in France. •
How Germany Can Pay.
’•But how can Germany pay indemnities’”
some onlookers ask. thinking of the colossal debt
which the Huns themselves have incurred. The
answer is that they must pay civilization before they
pay themselves, must make restitution for the
wealth they have stolen and wantonly destroyed
before they collect their own claims as creditors of
the Potsdam Government.
Germany's war debt is held for the most part»
by the German people, who have gone on heaping
up the Kaiser's battle-chest and taking mort
gages on the future “Why worry,” they thought,
“over a bill which will be paid in full and
with overflowing interest by the vanquished
French and Britons and Americans —the Americans
particularly?” Counting upon huge incomes from
such sources as well as upon vast territorial gains,
the Germans have waged the war on a minimum
of taxation and a maximum of credit. Now that
their hopes of mulcting billions from the nations
they assailed are blasted, they are keenly concern
' ed over their Government's debt to them. But
that can wait, and. as a matter of simple justice,
must wait. It can be repudiated, deferred, whatnot.
But first of all, accounts between Germany and
those she has so brutally wronged must be
squared. •
With the domestic debt put aside, Germany
can proceed to the settlement of her accounts
with the Allies, as far as measureless wrongs can
be reckoned in economic terms. The New York
Journal of Commerce interestingly points out in
this connection that inasmuch as a long period of
rebuilding will be necessary to repair even a
small part of the destruction the Huns have
wrought, “an annual liquidation of the costs of the
operation might be as effective a means of paying
the debt as any that could be devised." Further:
“German industry can be set at work to
produce the materials, machinery and equip
ment that will be needed in the process of re
storing the district of northern France that
has been laid waste as well as the shipping
• to recreate the merchant marine that h.-~ been
sacrificed to the “ruthless" type of warfare.
Such an annual tax may be stated in terms
-of money, but the actual settlement of it
kmust come as a regular deduction from the
output of German mines, forests and factor
ies, from customs taxes or a tax upon trans
portation until the debt has been made good.”
The more concretely the payment of the tax
connected with the tasks of restoration is made, the
more effective and wholesome a lesson it will be for
the German* people. When they understand that
their labor and savings are going to repair the vast
ravages which their militarism inflicted, they will
come nearer grasping the significance of the war
from the world's point of view; they will learn
through practical expiation something of the cost
of the Hohenzollern adventure; they will acquire
a lively respect for the law of nations and a heart
deep resentment against the; autocracy that led
. them to defy the lightnings of the world's con
science.
Indications point to a real Thanksgiving in
Europe as well as the United States.
The President ’s Appeal.
The people of Georgia may be depended upon
to do their full part in support of the President's
appeal for the return of a Democratic Congress in
the November elections. Always loyal to the party
of Jefferson and Wilson, the rank and file of this
Commonwealth will be especially so at a time when
that party has so epochal a mission to perform for
the nation and for the world. Under Democratic
leadership the American people are prosecuting
their war against Prussianism with an efficiency
unexampled in all the history of their great na
tional undertakings. They cannot afford to alter
or weaken that leadership at this critical juncture.
It is “imperatively necessary." as the President
urges, that there be unity of counsel and of control
* in the tremendous tasks now before tha Govern
ment. The Republican leaders in the present Con
gress. while “unquestionably pro-war,” are never
theless “anti-Auministration.”
“At every turn since we entered the war,”
President Wilson declares, "they have sought
to take the choice of policy and the conduct of
the war out of my hands and put under con
trol of instrumentalities of their own choosing.
This is no time either for divided counsel or
for divided leadership. Unity of command is
aacassaxv now in civil actions as it is upon
rhe field of battle. If the control of the House
and Senate shpuld be taken away from the par-,
ty now in power, an opposing majority could
assume control of legislation and oblige all ac
tion to be tffken amid contest and obstruction."
Perceiving the wisdom of those earnest words
from the nation's Commander-in-Chief. the vot
ers of Georgia will see to it in the forthcoming
election that the Democratic nominees for the
and for the Senate shall receive not only the
safe majority, which is a matter of course, but an
overwhelming majority that will proclaim as never
before the State’s loyalty to Democracy and to the
American cause.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL 1 , ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918.
What Our First Army Is Doing.
IF the progress of the Americans seems slow as
compared with that of the Allies to the north,
it should be observed that our forces are at
tacking on a sector which is peculiarly important
to the enemy's entire system of defense and where
accordingly he is offering his maximum of resist
ance. On what may be called, for lack of a more
precise term, the Champagne and Meuse front, is
staked Hindenburg's central hope of keeping his
vital communications intact and escaping a deluge
of disaster. In this region lies the key-point to the
Luxemburg gateway and its appurtenant railroads.
If those lines and positions soon fall to Allied con
trol the Hun retreat will be in peril of becoming a
rout or a wholesale surrender. “The fate of the
Fatherland," reads a captured German order, ' may
hang on the fighting north of Verdun.”
Here, then, the enemy has massed his strong
est available forces against the French Fourth and
the American First armies.- Writing from the field
of action, Edwin L. James, a correspondent of the
New York Times, says:
“Since Pershing's men launched their first
attack in the mist of the morning of Septem
ber the twenty-sixth, they have fought and
put out some twenty German divisions, among
whom are some oi the best in the German
army, such as three of the five Guard divisions
and the Twenty-Eighth, known as the Kaiser’s
Own. ’Tn front of us now there are some
eighteen more divisions, and others are being
brought up day by day to confront us. I be
lieve that fully one-sixth of the rifle strength
of the whole German army has been thrown
against the American First Army in the last
week. We have met troops brought from
Flanders, from Cambrai, St. Quentin and in
fact from all parts of the German front. In
front of the American First Army the lines
are held in undiminished numbers, the Ger
man command taking chances elsewhere in
order to try to make sure that the Americans
shall not break through."
It appears, too, that there is an exceptionally
formidable concentration of artillery against our
forces, and machine guns well-nigh innumerable.
“One must bear in mind,” the Times correspond
ent remarks, “that the machine gun is the prime
weapon for defense. This means that a certain
number of men on defense with machine guns
well placed, as the -Germans know how to place
them, can hold back a much larger number of men
who are equally good fighters. When one realizes
that on some parts of our front these venomous lit
tle weapons are placed one to a yard, one realizes
what a severe task our soldiers have.” Frontal
attacks being, as a rule, far too costly in such cir
cumstances, our men are often under the necessity
of flanking and surrounding enemy positions—a
slow’ and tedious operation.
It is not to be wondered, therefore, that the
American advance has been less rapid and pro
nounced than that scored in tl?e shining victories
of the French, British and Belgians on the norther
ly sectors. But our army’s work has been none
the less important in its effect on the situation as a
whole. By relentless pressure it has compelled Hin
denburg to divert great masses of troops from other
parts of the front and thus has made vulnerable
points at which Foch could aim his masterly
strokes. It has succeeded, moreover, in inflicting
heavy damage on the enemy’s ranks, forcing him
to replace in less than a month some twenty divi
sions which were so severely reduced or fatigued
as to be incapable of withstanding further Ameri
can blows. This of itself is a weighty contribution
to the Allies’ campaign, a prime purpose of which
is to wear down and eventually destroy the Ger
man military machine. Nothing, indeed, that the
American forces in France yet have accomplished
compares in difficulty and in fundamental results
with what the First Army is now accomplishing
with iron tenacity north of Verdun.
Apostles of revenge need not worry. We’ll have
our hands on Germany’s throat while we are
making peace.
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Utilizing Industries For War
A striking and seasonable story is told by the
Manufacturers’ Record of two industrial concerns,
each in a southern city. Shortly after the out
break -of the European war both were offered con
tracts for some twelve million dollars’ worth of
munitions. Both were strongly financed, well
equipped and easily capable of such readjustment
as the new’ line of production required. One con
cern, how-ever, declined the offer with scant con
sideration, saying that it could see no wisdom in
disorganizing its business to take up even so re
markable an opportunity as that presented. The
other concern grasped the proffered contract
eagerly and, after necessary preparation, began
turning out the orders. Today it employs twenty
thousand persons at high w’ages, is steadily in
creasing its forces, steadily adding to the prosper
ity of its community as well as of itself, and is
playing a notable part in the winning of the war.
The other concern stands just about where it did
four years ago, when its payrolls and profits and
general importance were approximately the same
as its progressive contemporary’s.
The moral of the story is more than ever im
pressive now that our own nation is deep into the
war, straining every sinew to produce victory-win
ning materials and implements. It is not argued,
of course, that industrial plants promiscuously
should be diverted from their established uses to
war production without regard to public needs and
business security; nor does the government con
template such thoughtless procedure, though it
certainly will press into commission any plants it
may need. But as’ a matter both of enlightened
self-interest and of practical patriotism, southern
industrial concerns that are adapted or adaptable
to jvslr service should be prompt to volunteer. Ob
serving that the south has been rather slow in this
rar.tter, the Manufacturers’ Record says:
While eastern and western manufacturers
had sufficient vision to see what war orders
meant and received the hearty co-operation of
local financiers in carying out such contracts,
the south, with a few exceptions, held aloof,
and neither its manufacturers nor its finan
ciers grabbed at the opportunity. Thus, the
north and the west have been pushed s’head in
dustrially and financially at ai> enormous rate
almost beyond the comprehension of anyone
rot in constant touch with w’hat these sections
are doing. • •
This is illustrated in another case in Balti
more where a manufacturing plant two years
ago had on its payroll 1,100 men. and which
now has on its payroll 10,400 men. As one
tra els from Baltimore through Delaware and
Jersey on to New England, and from Phila
delphia or New York out to Chicago, he can
out be amazed at the tremendous expansion
of industrial interests during the last two or
ree years. Th< south is doing some great
things, but it was slow to see the limitless op
portunity, and its financiers and its manufac
turers were not as alert as they should have
been.
The War Industries Board, w’ith its twelve
regiona’ branches, for one of which Atlanta is
headquarters, is particularly interested just now
in mustering latent resources into the great tasks
with which it is concerned and in converting into
full-sinewed producers those plants which for any
reason have been curtailed in their output or which
are engaged upon non-essential lines. Herein lie
opportunities of the richest promise. The govern
ment, it should be borne in mind, is eager to utilize
every available industry. If it orders curtailment
in some fields of manufacturing, it stands ready
to use for urgent needs virtually every plant thus
involved. Whether peace be near or far, war work
must continue for a long time to come. There is
no occasion for anxiety for the future, nor any
excuse for slacking now.
The World-Cry Jor Food.
Despite the bounty of America s wheat crop,
there will be serious food problems this winter, and
indeed for years to come. Authorities say that even
in the best of seasons the world is not more than
sixty days ahead of famine between harvests, and
"in consequence of the drawing of men from the
usual occupations of food producing, large areas of
Europe today are facing starvation.” They declare,
moreover, that for at least a decade after peace is
restored "the productivity of the United States will
be called on to help rehabilitate the Allies and the
millions of persons being exploited by Germany.”
These conditions present to our country, partic
ularly to the South, a great opportunity and a great
obligation. They guarantee for long years to come
ample and enriching markets for all the food crops
and food animals the farmer will raise. He need
ha,ye no anxiety concerning overproduction. There
will be a demand, a pressing demand, for every
bushel of grain and every pound of meat that the
next ten harvestides can bring forth. Much depends,
of course, on distribution facilities; if the producer
cannot get his commodities to market, the world
wide demand will profit him nothing. But the
Government itself, as well as the best brains of pri
vate enterprise, will look after.this particular prob
lem; America’s transport service, both domestic and
foreign, will be incomparably improved byway of
response to- war needs. Southern farmers, there
fore, have every incentive to go confidently forward
in the development of their food producing re
sources. That is the plain way of prosperity and
progress.
It is the way also of duty. The immediate obli
gation, of course, is to supply the needs of our army
and fleet and the scarcely less important needs of
our Allies. Should these be neglected, the war
would be lost. But beyond this stressful war
period lies an indefinite future of grinr necessities.
It is conservatively reckoned that deaths from
starvation this winter will exceed those on the field
of battle. Such is Europe’s pitiable impoverish
ment. Such is the terrible gap between the Old
World’s food supply and demand, a gap which only
the slow, fruitful years can entirely fill. Does not
fortunate America owe it to humanity to apply her
utmost thrift to food-saving, and her utmost energy
and skill to food production?
As yet we have barely begun the scientific ex
ploitation of our resources. The progress which
Georgia has made in diversified and efficient farm
ing in recent years, wonderful though it is,, merely
points the way to what can be done; and the acre
age now under cultivation is a slim tithe of that
which can be made to blossom and bear. We can
not do better either for our own interests or for
humanity's than to hasten the development of the
goodly resources.
Germany is very willing to give up when there
isn’t much left to be given up.
The allies should also see to it that after the
kaiser goes none of his spoils go with him.
More Power for the Fleet.
Secretary Daniels’ request for some six hundred
million dollars with which to add one hundred and
fifty ships to the fleet will meet the earnest ap
proval both of Congress and of the country.
Sea power has proved as decisive in this
war as in 'any other, notwithstanding the fact
that the greatest battles thus far have been fought
on land. Those battles would have been quite
different in character and consequence if German
instead of Allied ships had ruled the waves. How
tragically different, indeed, would have been the
entire course of events and the common fortunes of
the world! The supremacy of the British fleet in
those fateful hours of the summer of . 1914 meant
that the-Allies would have time and protection to
gird themselves against the Hun's precipitate at
tack. It meant, moreover, that the commerce of
America and of other nations then neutral could
move in comparative freedom and security. It
meant that on the great ocean highways the globe
around law and civilization would reign, sharply
challeneged, it is true, by U-boat piracy, but never
yielding. Every British soldier landed in France,
every Allied soldier landed in the East, every
American soldier of the more than tw’o million now
across the Atlantic bears witness to the incalulable
importance of sea power.
From the day the United States entered the
war its navy has played a fundamentally effective
part in defeating the enemy’s submarine campaign,
in convoying the hundreds of transports and sup
ply ships, and in reinforcing the Allied fleets at
strategic points. To maintain and strengthen
this great arm of our defense, on which depends all
else that we undertake, should be our proud and
ever-vigilant concern.
The unseasonably warm weather at least has
this advantage. It keeps down a seasonable coal
bill.
FALSE GODS
By H. Addington Bruce.
MONEY, Place and Power are gods to which
innumerable people bow in adoration. Thby
are the falsest of false gods, and their fa
vors bring in the end only bitterness of heart to
those who most ardently strive for them.
Money, Place and Power are gods that have
ruined whole nations. They are the gods to which,
as the nineteenth century grew old, Germany gave
herself. How stands it with Germany today?
Nay, how has it stood with Germany ever since
she definitely separated from Truth, Honor and
Ideality and gave herself to . the false gods of
Money, Place and Power? Hark to the lament
of one clear-seeing German, as his epuntrymen ar
rogantly marched forth to win the mastery of the
world:
“Where, then, is the great idea, the broad pro
gram, the illumination of the future which Ger
many represents and which justifies her leader
ship?
“We work hard and methodically; we have
become prosperous and ambitious. But have our
advances and achievements in other fields kept
step therewith?
“Were we not, in the time of our greatest po
litical disunion and economic poverty, a more sig
nificant factor in the culture of the world and in
the development of human thought than we are
today?
"The outside world has found Germans brutal
when they pursued politics; hard-hearted, when
they were masters; awkward and unpolished wher
ever they appeared; cowardly, when it came to in
dividual convictions; not to be depended upon
when they should stand fast; servile, when they
wished to learn; unjust, when they passed judg
ments on anything foreign.
“They are considered pests, and the richest
and most high-placed among them excite the great
est aversion.”
Thus Wilhelm Muehlon. in his sensational
book, “The Vandal of Europe.” an indictment of
Germany and the Germans as scathing as any a
foreigner could pen.
When he poured out his sorrow and his fore
bodings, he stood a solitary figure in war-lusting
Germany. Today there are doubtless many other
Germans seeing eye to eye with Muehlon, and bit
terly regretting the moment when Germany let
Money, Place and Power become her guiding gods.
As Germany has fallen so will every nation
fall that puts its faith in these terrible divinities.
Desolation will likewise come to every man and
woman who individually worships them.
They chill the heart to all sublime aspirations.
They blind the eye to goodness, beauty and truth.
They dull the ear to'all noble promptings.
All who take as their gods Money, Place and
Power go gropingly through life, mere images of
humankind. The mind in them ossifies, the soul
shrivels.
There arc no gods so appallingly delusive as
these three gods. Pray that you be kept secure
from their blandishments. Pray no less earnestly
that your nation never give allegiance to them.
(Copyright, 1918, by The Associated Newspapers.)
GIRLS IN UNIFORM—By Frederic J. Haskin
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25. —This is the
first war in which women, other than nurs
es, have worn uniforms. So far, the effect
is anything but uniform. Fifty-seven varieties of
women's uniforms, representing every “service
able” shade and cut, can be counted by a careful
observer at any busy street corner. To explain the
exact points wherein each differs from the others
would overtax any masculine mind, but according
to the woman, the uniform she is wearing is en
tirely different from that of any other organiza
tion and decidedly the most stylish and suitable of
the collection.
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A month after the United States entered the
war, twenty official women’s uniforms were cata
logued, and the number has increased so rapidly
that even those who mastered the mysteries of
army and navy insignia long since have given up
the idea of identifying the women’s w’ar togs.
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Nearly every feminine war service organization
has adopted a uniform, not merely to promote
esprit de corps, but because practical dress was
a necessity. If women are to drive and repair au
tomobiles, make shells, manage canteens near the
front, and bale hay, they must be dressed prop
erly. The workers themselves at once realized this.
• * •
In factories, the accepted uniform for the wom
en workers —if it is a uniform—consists of a
blouse and overalls, with a cap and goggles, if
necessary. Fly away hair, fluttering ribbons and
frills are barred as a precaution against accidents.
On the farm, overalls and blue blouse are accom
panied by a big straw hat instead of the factory
cap. Stray curls and bows do not assume great im
portance here, and the farmerette can make her
self as attractive as she likes for the edification
of a chance hired man.
• * •
Women have always balked at the idea of
wearing unbecoming clothes, or the same type of
clothing on all occasions. In planning utility uni
forms for war service there has been lengthy ar
gument by blond war w’orkers, explaining why
khaki is an “awful shade.” It is an interesting fact
that young ladies given a chance to choose from
several uniform moflels invariably considered be
comingness an important factor and wearing qual
ities less vital. How’ever, the committees who have
evolved the majority of women’s uniforms have
unfeelingly insisted on colors that do not show
dirt, ankle length skirts, tailored waists, and other
businesslike items.
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Most of the dresses of canteen workers, motor
drivers and office workers are modeled after army
and navy designs. Good and bad points of army
and navy uniforms have become matters for seri
ous consideration by women on uniform-selecting
committees. The soldier who became embarrassed
because a young lady stared at him in the street
car was needlessly concerned, for th£ critic was
only studying the set of his collar and counting the
buttons on his coat.
• • *
Need for uniforms by war workers in the field
is apparent; but regarding standardized dress for
clerical forces engaged in war service, there are
varying opinions.
Girl yeomen in both navy and marines are con
sidered a part of the force and wear uniforms es
pecially designed for them. The dress of the
Discount is the amount taken off your bill for
prompt payment.
It is based on the fact that money works. When
you do not pay what you owe, you are getting inter
est on the money, and your creditor is losing it.
Hence he is willing to pay you something if you will
remit quickly.
Discount is in use all down the line of business
—almost. The manufacturer of a stove, for in
stance, pays discount to the jobber or wholesaler,
the jobber gives discount to the retail store, but
here the line breaks, for the retailer gives no dis
count to Mrs. O’Grady who buys the stove and
cooks with it.
An enterprising company has been formed to
stop this gap; in other words, to give the ultimate
consumer also a discount.
For this purpose the system aims to secure the
co-operation of four parties, the storekeeper, the
savings bank, the customer, and the company that
engineers the project.
The storekeeper goes to the bank and buys a
quantity of aluminum checks, of denomiations rang
ing from half a cent to a dollar.
When the customer buys a broom or a hat the
storekeeper says, “If you wish to pay cash for this
and take it along with you we give you a discount of
10 cents."
With a little extra inconvenience the customer
sees an easy way to make a dime. He pays cash and
carries away his parcel, putting in his pocket the
little metal check worth 10 cents.
When he gets a small collection of these checks
he takes them to the savings bank and opens an
account.
Thus the customer is helped to save, the store
keeper is advantaged by getting his money in cash
I MIGHT feel ashamed of myself if the red squir
rel were not such an arrant tease on his own
account. And he brought it on himself, for 1
meant nothing but kindness at ‘the start. It has
been such blustery weather, so cold at night, and
so generally depressing to the feelings of squirrels,
I planned a small feast for them. Incidentally I
hoped to discover just how many of this spring's
population still remain. I fear there have been
serious depredations by the owl.
So I husked and cracked a goodly number of
butternuts and left them at the lee side of chicka
ree's favorite willow tree. For a squirrel will eat
anything he cannot store away if he dies for it.
Four of them were busy within half an hour, not
very peaceably, however. I have seen just such
table manners in spoiled children. One tried to
hold the pile and the rest snatched from him and
from each other, and they all shouted and scolded
at a great rate.
Presently, above the gusts of temper, 1 heard a
shrill cry of pain. And the greediest rascal limped
out on a branch, giving heartrending wails at every
step. The othdt three forgot their differences and
began holding an excited council «f war; an enemy
was in their midst —an enemy none of them wanted
to grapple with, a large spotted flicker with brist
ling black mustache and an aggressive beak.
With a deft stroke he scattered the pile and fell
to picking out broken fragments of meats. Then,
feeling, perhaps, that the squirrels were growing
momentarily more desperate, he took a nut over to
the next tree, where he might give it his undivided
attention. Here he turned it over and over, inves
tigating my method of splitting a shell and evi
dently a bit contemptuous; it was not the way he
would havd done it himself —that much was clear
even to me. I revenged myself by shying stones at
him when he wished to return. He can forage well
enough for himself, and leave my sneered-at bounty
for those who appreciate it.
By now even the injured one was back, eating
away like mad. But his nerves were unstrung. He
was constantly raising his head and shouting that
irritable anger, even between mouthfuls. I listened
until my own nerves were fairly on edge and I had
each cadence by heart. Then I walked back in the
house and got a mandolin. It took very little prac
tice to do a fair imitaion with a nail file on the
wrong side of the bridge. I only loosened the string
a little to find the proper tone.
“Ching, churr-rr-rr, chuck, chuck!” he went.
And I drew the churring note tfith the file until he
danced with envy. No living squirrel ever held his
tfreath that long. Where was he? All four of them
DISCOUNT—By Dr. Frank Crane
TEASING —By John Breck
marinettes, as the girl clerks of the marines are I
sometimes called, is a feminized version of the |
marine uniform, with overseas cap and tailored 1
jacket. r When on duty the marinette wears the
uniform at all times as per orders from headquar- :
ters, but when off duty she is exempted from the
ruling that all fighting forces shall wear the uni- ■'
form at all times in time of war.
• • •
Clerks of the war department have only re- •'
cently become interested in uniforms. “Swivel
chair officers wear uniforms,” say the girls. “We ;
are told that w r e are really helping to win the wgj,
so why shouldn’t we have a uniform?” This
form proposition has been placed before the young
women employed in the war department branches '
and it is found that the majority are in favor of '
wearing a uniform. Several models were selected [
and displayed on pretty young clerks before the '
general staff and a committee of war department ■
girls. The girls quickly picked out a silver brown ;
suit with bronze buttons and a soft, helmet-shaped i
hat, but the general staff withheld opinion as to
the advisability of any uniform. It now rests with
the staff whether the war department girls will i
appear in the dress they have chosen. Even if the J
verdict is favorable, it is doubtful if an edict will
put the entire feminine staff of the war depart
ment into uniform. The tentative plan is to per
mit the wearing of uniform as a sort of merit '
badge by girls who have been in service for acer- !
tain length of time and whose work has been sat- ‘
isfactory.
• * •
From the girls’ point of view, a uniform is an
advantage to an office worker, because it identi
fies her as in war service. Then, too, it has a de
cided effect upon the wearer herself. As one girl'
in uniform puts it, “war work seems more im-:
portant when you wear a uniform?’
• ♦ ♦
Women are willing and eager to wear a uni
form for the same reason that a man wishes to
wear one. It is a badge of service—in this case, >
of service to the country. Women are wearing
uniforms in order to render the most efficient war
service, but this does not indicate that they will
continue to wear standardized dress when the I
pressing need for it is over.
* * •
In time of peace, uniforms are associated•
largely with’conductors, bell boys and maids. Now
and again a radical supporter of dress reform In
cites publicity and humorous comment by advo- ■;
eating that civilized woman wear a standardized
dress, usually a Greeklike creation of flowing;
drapery, or modified man’s apparel with skirt ;
substituted for trousers. Sometimes the new dress i
is adopted by some organization, which resolves (
to convert the rest of the feminine world to Greek •
house dresses or riding habits, as the case may |
be. But when time elapses and the feminine w’orld ,
remains unconverted, the uplift society goes back ■
to frills and style and tackles some other problem i
of humanity. ■*.
* • •
This has been the history of every suggested 1
standardized dress for women. A few’ hundred
world reformers are enthusiastic, but the 44,999,-'
000 or more other women of the country remain
sere,nely uninterested and continue to follow the
latest styles. Even in war time, the powers that
decree uniforms for women workers avoid trouble
by conceding that off duty the uniform may be■
replaced by civilian dress.
and in not having to make a delivery, and the bank
has another savings account.
It is a good scheme and I wish it well.
There is no reason why the ultimate consumer
should not get his profit frpm prompt pay, as well
as the jobber.
It would encourage saving. Banks would extend ’
their usefulness. Thrift would be promoted. The
discount would not be given in a form for spending,
but only for saving.
Many attempts have been made to remedy the
expense of credit accounts. There are stores that
sell for cash only, and others that require a deposit i
account. But human nature is human nature. Peo
ple will go on buying for credit, because it is easier
and just as cheap as paying cash. But if it be made
to one’s profit to pay down be will be inclined to
pay down.
Discount in the aggregate is an enormous factor.
A Chicago merchant told me he would rather have
the discounts on State street than to own any store
on that great retail thoroughfare. The president of
a railway and steamship line recently reported $68,-
000 a month savings in his purchases by being able
to pay promptly.
Any plan to reduce deliveries would also elimi
nate vast waste. According to a published state
ment Secretary of Commerce Redfield claimed that
“wasteful methods in store deliveries cost the -na
tion $2,000,000,000 a year.’’
It is the consumer who eventually pays all the
discounts of the men higher up. And the logical
remedy for the present leakage in profits is to give
the consumer a discount.
It is only through interesting the consumer that
the cash and carry idea can be made to work gen
erally.
(Copyright, 1918, by Frank Crane.)
dropped their nuts and faced about, twitching their
tails until their little hind feet were in a mad dance
against the willow bark. They answered back.
The more I played the madder they got, and the
madder tljey got the louder I played—we made'a
marvellous quintet, with string accompaniment.
And the flicker spread his yellow-lined wings above
us yelling “Kiyee!” like any wild Indian with his
warpaint on—which he certainly had, gay bird
that he is.
Os course the dogs came running. Old Charmer
lifted up her voice in her best “Hail to the Moon
light strain, while the pups said “Yip yow-w-w-w”
or merely “Er-r-r-r,” humming, as it were, to the
tune we played.
That was too much for my singers. They
bounced off along the nearest aerial route to wood
land peace and sanity. But with every leap they
jerked out a defiant “Ching! Chuck.’’
Which was undoubtedly the awfulest thing they
could think of to say.
*
• QUIPS AND ,QUIDDI»TIES
Pat Maloney had come to take a job at a little
junction railway. The official interviewing him
showed him two flags, a green one and a red one.
“Now,” said he, “when you want the train to
start, wave teh green flag, and whenever you want
a train to stop, wave the red one just like this.”
“Here, says Pat, “keep your job. 1 never could
wave another flag when I’d have a green one
handy.” „
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"Jones has an awful habit of pulling out his
watch when any one talks to him.
“When they lived at Sandville Mrs. Jones used
*to drive him mad with shopping instructions every
morning iust before the 6:43 accommodation
pulled out/’ —Puck.
Sammy Smart was learning to ride the bilse.-
After a few unsuccessful attempts (and a bruise
or two) he managed to wabble along fairly well.
•The other evening he went for a spin through the
town and got along all right till he came td a very
steep hill with a very sharp turn at the bottom.
Sammy lost control of his machine and away he
flew. At the foot of the hill he banged right into
a news agent’s shop and landed with a thump on
the counter.
“Give me the Shamrock, miss,” he gasped to the,
astonished girl. “I’m in a hurry.” J u
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