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HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

wANTED-Settled woman or girl for general
housework; wages $40 per month 5SS 18th ST.
ne. II
WANTED - Coed girl for general houseworN;
small family; good wages; stay nights. l2GS
Lydecker ave-, Columbia Heights
wANTED-A neat colored girl for general house
work; reference Call after p. m, Apartment
81, 1870 s.. 1t
WANTED Colored woman for general house
work. 1903 Que st. NV. IT
WANTED olored girl TO do general house
work in large family Apply 1923 22d st. nv. Il
WANTED-At once, cooks and chambermaids;
no charges FOR places 1929 St NV. ial-2t
WANTED Experienced head saleslades for all
departments; good pay; permanent positions and
short Hours Apply between y and ] O'Clock
only at MAYER BROS. & CO., 9S7 st. nv.
ial-T-
WANTED-At ia Massachusetts, ave. ne. q
woman for general housework; stay nights, u
WANTED-TNxo girls, one to cook and one to
assist in Homework I25 Pennsylvania ave NV
jal-S-
WANTED-To know the address OF Clara Web
ster. formerly Of Catletts, Va, who was EN-
ployed az The Farragut Apartment House. this
city. last winter. Address Mrs. H. /. TURNER,
P. 9. BON 29l, Washington. D, G jal-St
wANTED-Ten good plain cooks, three chamber
maids; We have good places Of all kinds; eah
at once Inquire 1882 nth 81. NV. II
" \
bath business; good salary. sos 10th 81. NV,
second hoo-- deSl-3r
WANTED experienced shirt ironers; also learn
ers WEST END LAUNDRY, 1888 Pennsylvania
ave. de31-2t
wANTED--A thoroughly experienced chamber
maid; references. 1890 Harvard st. de3l-St
WANTED-White woman. IS TO 80. as house
keeper; one with experience with children pre-
ferred; good home. Call q. m. 70 ] p. M,
654 II ST. ne de3i-3S
WANTED-An experienced waitress. references
required. Address BOX 444, this Office. de3l-3t
WANTED-A strong white woman TO do general
Homework; also a white girl 20 act nurse.
Apply 2g21 q ST., Georgetown. de3O-3t
WANTED-A woman TO cook and do general
homework 937 ! 81. NV. de3O-3s
WANTED-Girl for general housework; stay
nights 1928 9Th 81 NV de3O-5r
wAETED-Neat white girl for general house
work; family Of two. l4l4 ST. Sc. de3O-3i
wANTED-A good woman to do general house
work Apply 70 1923 O ST. NV. de3O-3t
WANTED-Bright girls to work in laundry.
Apply to FOREMAN, Tolman Laundry. de30-it
wANTED-First-class skirt hand. KEEN. 1872
s.. NV. dem 2t
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FOR RENT-SUBURBAN.

FOR RENTAL North Langdon station. D. e.,
20 acres Of land with 5-room house and neces-
sary outbuildings; sos per month Inquire OF
j. J.. SHERWOOD Riggs Market ja1-7t
FOR RENT-A six-room house, barn and three
acres 81 good land, near Reform School Lang
don, y. q o. Il. r.: SIS per month Apply 10
NM. Il. SEAMAN, 1924 1lth 81. NV ja1-3t
FOR RENT-At Fairmount Heights six-room
house, garden, fruit, fine water and shade; rent
SO apply zoo II st. ne de3O-St
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\
WANTED Coachman, footman, for private fam
lily. livery boy, drug store janitOr; butler, SO.
1895 Nth St NV. il
WANrED-A white boy to learn drug business.
X. r. FITCH. 10th and II SIS. NV. jal-z,
wANTED-Six bridge carpenters. Apply FIJI
TRAIION PLANT. 253J lst st. nv. IaI-5t
WANTED Young colored man TO clean lp and
work IN Poolroom; must be clean and quick
THOs WALSH. f07 10th st. NV. It
WANTED Restaurant check writer and a COT
fee maker, today. DICKS HOTEL AGENCY
18th and Pennsylvania ave ial-2t
wANTED-Boy with good education to Learn,
typewriter business. THE HAMMOND TYPE
WRITER CO. 52l 9-h s.. my. It
NAMED Butler. at 1910 Connecticut ave. I;
personal references Apply after 10 a. NJ, Jsnu-
airy 2 Il
WANTED-White country youth; $50 month.
Call Saturday PEOPLES EXCHANGE, 1905 =
81 NV, room 2 II
WANTED-Two frst-class coatIuakers. 70 work
inside. Apply BEN SCHWARTZ 92s F 81. II
WANTED-Hamess cleaner; must have refer
ence. 1905 T. ST. nw. de3l-3J
WANTED-A young man TO assist at tending
bar and waiting; must have reference; German
preferred. Address BON $50, this Office. de3l-2r
wANTED-Boys for messenger service. Apply
WESTERN UNION OFFICE. 18th and = SIS.
de8l-1cs
WANTED-Young man 20 deliver orders and
take care Of one horse Call SOC + 81. ne. de3l-3t
WANTED-Hotel engineer; must have knowl-
edge a electric plant. Address BOX 443. tins
Office. de3I-3t
WANTED-Neat colored boys for dining room
work and 20 wait on table. THE SrRATFORD,
18th s.. and sheridan ave. NV. de3l-8t
CUTTING SCHOOL for gentlemea's garments.
ST RELLI. C5I Il st. ne de25-I4t
ARE YOU SATISFIED with your position? We
need technical, executive. and clerical men;
write for booklet. HAPGOOD'S, 7Os Colorado
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MULTIPLICATION by stenographer and type
writer. siv years experience: s1illful in all
lines Of work. Add-ess BOX ASP, this office
deSI-3t
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Ilighest cash prices paid for worn
garments, ladies or gentlemen's Address postal
and I will cali any hour. b. TARSHES. 1905
9Th So. nv de25-3Dt
WANTED Microscope; must be cheap Address
with particulars, BOX -, Hagerstown, Md.
dc31-2t
WANTED-MandOlin. must be cheap: state make
and price. Address BOX 48s. this Office de3O-3t
wANTED-Reynolds Florodora tags and cou-
pons, etc. highest price paid. JUSTH's OLD
STAND. gl9 ID ST. deI4-3Ot
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MANTED-Place rs janitor porter or driver
please answer by nail o. L. c.. 423 LIST 81.
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WANTED-RooMS.
FOR RENr--FURN1sEED ROOMS.

FOR RENT-Furnished. large front ROOM second
hoor 10 quiet married couple. 932 ST. NV.
jal-3t
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WAREHOUSES.

RENTS COLLECTED AT 4 PEP CENT
-Satsfacf.o Jon guaranteed, or no charge. DUN
LOP. Real Estate Broker ITO ST. NV. Tele-
phone Main-7A4 deIB-3
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WANTED-Traveiing position by gentleman q
years old. with best Of references. Address Bon
ISL -his Office de3I-2t
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HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

wANTED-Experienced waitress; also young lady
10 make herself useful in dining room. 030 Penn
svlvania ave. NV Jal-2t
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FOR RENT-HOUSES
FOR RENT Fiye-room brick house for 81. so I;
rooms from SO in different part Of city; drop
card. 024 Whitney ave, Mount Pleasant de3l- 81
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WANTED-By barkeeper, position; thorough,
competent Address BON 449. this Office. deSl-3
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-By yOunS man, situation as book
keeper and cashier: can furnish reference. Ad
dress APPLICATION. 4s7 Z St sw jaI-2t
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lwANTED-Settled woman or girl for general
homework; wages $40 per month 5SS 18th ST.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-01

FOR RENI-Stable, In rear Of 800 Pennsylvania
ave. NV; accommodate two to seven horses
rent reasonable. For particulars inquire 200 / St
NV de30-4t
FOR RENT Stable, in rear of gl2 10Th NJ NV =.
rent IS per month. EDWARDS & REEVES. Inc,
Ga l3-h - NV. desO- 81
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

IF you can't sell your business, try US; good
Co, 900 g. jal-3t
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FOR ADMINISTRATIONS

FOR sALE-Letter- cab, cheap. Call
1871 Sth 81. NV. 1T
FOR sALE-A new Harvard dental chair, cheap
llO2 r st. Sc jal-St
FOR sALE-An upright steinway. in complete
order. 1851 3lst 81. jaI-5t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

of the alleys with a sense of self i'm
portance and personal dignity. They go
through the manual of tactics. with their
bro9mstick guns. with all the pomp and
pride of a major general in the regular
army.
Mothers Are Instructed.
There is also a mothers club. devoted TO
the instruction of mothers in the ordinary
duties of housekeeping, child caring and
the general functions of motherhood Meet
ings are arranged from time to time for
lectures, talks and conferences bearing
upon preventive and remedial measures for
dealing with the backward and neglected
classes. The teachers and advanced pu-
pills in the public schools have shown an
active interest in this movement. The pu-
pills of the colored normal school have been
particularly active. Here they find field
for acquiring laboratory experience in a
line of work which Will count as an impor-
tart factor in their future success as teach
most important feature of the settle
ment work is to incuIcate the habit of
thrift and economy through the stamp saw
ing system. The value of this phase of the
work cannot be emphasized it is be-
lieVed.
Taught to Save Stamps.
The stamp-saving agency has to contend
with and overcome the traditional habits
and ingrained prejudices of the people as
well as the greed and rapacity of those
who prey upon them. But encouraging
progress has been made. Weekly colleo-
lions are made from about one hundred
families. Many of these make their small
savings in summer for food, fuel and cloth
ing for the coming winter. In some cases
the woman is compelled to hide her books
from her better half. For in Darkest
Washington they fully appreciate the sem
timent of the popular song: Let the Wo-
men ID othe Work, While the Men Take 1t
Easy"
The local branch OF the national flower
guild placed at the disposal OF the settle
ment number of packets of flowers and
Vegetable seeds. to he distributed among
the neighborng families for the improve
ment of their back yards. The result has
been little less than magical Yards which
as far back as memory runne;h had been
the repository for ashes, tin cans broken
bottles. soap boxes and miscellaneous as
sortment OF plumber, whose inextTicable
confusion defed even photog aph!c repro
duction, have been laid out in walks, with
tasty mounds of flowers and rows OF vege-
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tables. Where the night shade and jmson
weed once struggled together for existence
now may be seen the attractive glow OF the
nasturtium, the petunia and the verbena
The striking contrast revealed by the be-
fore and after aspect of one of these
yards would cause the patent medicine man
to grow green with envy.
Prizes for Flower Gardens
prize was offered to the gardener whose
yard showed the greatest Improvement On
Saturday, July 30, the judges, consisting
of Mr.. Glascoff and Miss Curry. agents OF
the Associated Charities, and Prof. Kelly
Miller of Howard University. inspected the
yards and awarded the prize, which consist
ed of photograph of La France roses in
terspersed with maidenhair ferns The
winner was as proud of the distinction az
the holder of a gold medal from a county
FAR or as Greek athlete over his ivy
chaplet. Many believe that through the
ministry of flowers may be found the Sc
cret to arouse the domestic and civic pride
OF these people as nothing else can do.
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and plastic period, and that, too. in a sec
ton where other wholesome influences are
least likely to obtain. This work is con-
Quoted under the direction of a trained and
competent kndergartener, who volunteers
her services.
Fairgrounds for Children.
Mrs. Fernandis is also in charge of the
Fairgrounds for colored children in the
southwest section of the city. The little
gamins from the hooks and crannies of
many a darksome alley, whose time is
mainly spent lodging the shadow of the
policeman, find outlet for their boyish
spirits the playground. 1t is regarded as
encouraging to note that the municipal au-
thorities and public school officials are
keenly alive to this feature of civic awaken
ing.
There is a boys class composed of little
fellows, who on the night set apart for
their entertainment gather about the place
and watch eagerly for lamp lighting time
which is the signal that their hour has ar
rived. They eagerly rush in pell NELL, and
gather about the conductor. who is an adept
at telling pleasant and entertaining stories
The Holy Scriptures, Aesop's Fables, Uncle
Remus, Mother Goose books and Ernest
Thompson Seton's writings are ransacked
in quest of stories to amuse and delight the
little folks The club for larger boys takes
up where this leaves Off and is devoted
mainly 10 reading Juvenile literature and
indulging in wholesome games. The mill
tary club is under the instruction of on
officer of the public school cadets. Even
mimic military maneuvers fill the denizens
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Is "Exradio" an ElementP
From Harper's Weekly.

FROM Harper's Weekly.
Radium emits radiation of two forms,
known as alpha and beta rays and, in adj
dition, an emanation which possesses many
curious properties. 1t is gas, apparently,
which is radioactive itself, and is capable
of communicating radioactvity to such
bodies as 1t comes In contact with. This
emanation has recently been the subject Of
careful investigation by Sir William Ram
say and Frederick w. Soddy who have
reached the conclusion that 1t is gas pos
sessing independent, though destructible.
properties which entitle it to be considered
an element. Accordingly, they have sug-
gested for 1T the name of "exradio." The
emanation used in their experiments was
obtained by dissolving radium bromide In
water, with the result that the latter was
decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen,
This mixture. which is explosive, was then
detonated, and the remaining hydrogen and
radium emanation was cooled by liquid air
that the hydrogen 'could be removed
from the condensed radium emanatfon. The
latter was found to behave like an ordinary
gas when the pressure was reduced, ex-
banding very nearly according to Boyle'e
law, which states that the space occupied
by a gas is inversely as the pressure. Tho
emanation emits sufficient light to see the
hands and figures on a~watch, but its lum-
mostly gradually disappears. Originally the
gas has a spectrum of its own, but after
being kept awhile and by reducing the
pressure and slightly heating, a gas with
a volume four times as great was obtained
which gave the spectrum of helium.
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just the same. Cant do thing for you,"
he answered, you're in it, that's all. What
dye think? You amt got any story any,
ways. It's only bluff You can't get any
thing out O. me-
"All right, then, chief" said No. 400 war;
ly, then send us back. That's all we've
got to say
The chief and the plain clothes man put
their heads together and talked for long
while. Finally the chief again faced the
two
Let's seee,"' he inquired. did you fellows
! swipe anything the other night?"
Nary thing" they answered everything
we had was took off'n US. We didn't get a
thing" The chief waved his hand.
"Its all right them" he said, go on and
tell your story Still they shook their
heads.
Not yet" they . answered ed. The 70 chief chic
II tell you It's all right. IN see that you
we can put our hands on this man Smith,
and through you. Is that enough?"
The chief was famed for being q man Of
word. He was too apt to appear to PROM
Use, but to fail actually in binding himself
He had bound himself now to the entire
isfed. No 400, who was the spokesman,
began his tale.
Constitutional Smith was here in town
| he came here some months ago and he's
| here yet. We saw him when he first came
| here. We've seen him a good many times
since. L ii tell you now II was we was III
Coleman's alley one night, waitin, for q
| fellow, when we see this Constitutional
| Smith come down the street and hide in an
| old shed. He hadn't been there more than
| ten minutes before another fellow came
| along Smith was layin' for this fellow,
and knocked him out, and dragged him in
| the little shed"
| "well?' said the chief.
| "Well, 1t wasn't more than fifteen min
utes more that the door to the shed came
open. and man came out. And right here
| was the funny part. The man that came
out was the man that had been knocked
out that's ats what t,a He tn was has as right as
| "Well?" said the chief impatiently.
| "Well" went on the other I'VE amt the
kind to mix in anything that We amt up to
ourselves But after this fellow had walked
| away we went over and peeked into that
| there shed. And what dye think? Say,
there was Constitutional Smith lynn on the
floor and breathin' heavy-Constitutional
smith. mind, An the other man had
The plain clothes man was taking short
| hand notes The chief again opened his
mouth "Well?" he remarked again.
That's almost all there is to II. We
skipped We hadn't no business there. an
naturally. we didn't want to get in mix
up over it, and that's all. except just one
And that thing? asked the plain clothes
s'The man that had been knocked out. we
| found out later. was the man who lay on
| the floor of the she'd Smith had changed
clothes with him. We thought he was
Smith. Smith walked away in that man
| clothes And he did 1t because he looked
like him, or pretty much like him at any
| out
THAT'S the point" said the plain clothes
| man.
! THAT man." went on No. 400. that man
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she goes about her varied ministries is to
get new meaning of the motto, Going
about doing good"
The MatTon's Tact.
Mrs. Fernandis has the knack of putting
the humblest as well the most despicable
a perfect ease in her presence. The neigh
borhood and the region round about, under
the tactful handling Of the resident worker,
have been brought into full sympathy and
cheerful cooperation with the project AMI
indeed many of them express great pride
in having such an institution located in
their midst The object is to establish in
close proximity to the alleys a home the
order and neatness of which will be
object lesson and an inspiration. Mrs. Fer
nandis lives in the little house on NJ street,
keeps open house." visits frequently IN
the ne:ghboring homes and alleys and is
on hand at any time for emergency calls.
The girls invited in to assist and oh
serve the orderly industries of well-reg
ulated home on a moderate and frugal
plan.
The social settlement conducts several
lines of activity. Mrs FernandiS started
day nursery" when she found the pitiabe
condition IN which working mothers left
their little babies all day while they We're
enga ged domestic servants. A nominal
tax of 5 cents a day is charged for each
child. The children are given a start in
cleanliness, wholesome diet and sanitary
and carry forward as far their cramped
circumstances will allow. The infant NOR
tally among colored infants in this city is
frightful to contemplate. This alarming
death rate is due to lack of proper care and
iet. The day nursery is calculated in large
degree to overcome this evil and give bet
ter chance of life to the least of these lit
tie ones.
A Kindergarten Glass.
The kindergarten class takes up the work
where the day nursery leaves off, the at
tendants ranging from three to six years
of age There is wide dispute in the edu-
cational world as to the exact value of the
kindergarten as an educational asset But
nearly all agree that 1t is of the largest ad-
vantage to children of the humble and neg
lected classes. 1t is generally believed that
the present state of the colored child is
most readily reached and remedied by such
instruction which reaches as far down as
possible into his life. The day nursery and
the kindergarten work of the social settle
ment reach the child a the most tender
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INDIAN BABIES CRADLES.
Modes of Wrapping Up the Little Red
skins So That They Thrive.
From the Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Fancy a tiny copper-colored pappoose
buckled up snugly in queer buckskin bag
that resembles nothing In nature so much
as the cozy cocoon cradle of a baby but
terfiy, and then draw upon your imagina-
ton still further, picturing this odd recep-
tacle swinging from the leafy canopy of an
Indian wickiup or brush arbor, and you
have before you an Indian baby and his
wonderful cradle.
Gorgeous yellow butterflies and brown
Kiowa babies are seldom linked together in
song or story, yet In real life their wrap
pings, while in the chrysalis state, bear a
remarkable resemblance to each other.
The cocoon cradle proper and It's various
notifications as found among the different
tribes Of North American Indians are con-
structed from the skins Of animals And
right here we may pause and trace the
origin Of another famous nursery rhyme to
the Indian cocoon cradle. For did not the
father of Baby Bunting go a-hunting to get
baby in? All full blood Kiowa babies are
born into the Pho-li-yo-ye, or Rabbit
Circle, and are taught to dance in the mys-
FERROUS Circle Of Rabbits as soon as they
learn to toddle, belonging to the Rabbit
Order of the Ktowa soldiery.
Hence a rabbit skin would be a very ap-
propriate wrapping for Kiowa Baby
Bunting, though neither large enough nor
strong enough for his cradle. The red deer
of the forest, quarry Of the redskinned
hunter gives Of his beautiful covering to
make the cradle that is to swing from the
treetop, literally treetops. cut from the cot
tonwoodS and elms that fringe the clear
little streams ripping through the Kiowa
reservation, and piled high on a frame
work Of poles, to serve as Summer par
lor'' in front Of his fathers tepee
The crude deer hide is carefully dressed
by tedious and secret process known only
to these Indians, and when finished is as
soft and plant as the most expensive
channels skim Then loving fingers skill
fully embroider with quilts beautiful bead
work designs upon the delicately tinted
deerskin Kiowa cradles are more orna-
mental than those of other tribes, and
Kiowa squaws excel In that marvellous In
dian beadwork now the popular fad OF
their paleface sisters. Some of this bead
work embroidery is not only very beautiful
but very elaborate. The Sioux suuaws. who
alone rival their Kiowa sisters, ornament
the cradles of their little ones with bands
of deerskin, upon which are wrought, In
colored beads, gorgeous patterns Of men
horses birds fish and flowers Instead OF
a wooden framework they substitute q
basketwork frame of reeds and sometimes
they use seed and grasses instead of beads
The Cheyenne, Apache and Comanche In
dams all use cocoon cradles patterned
| after the Kiowa cradles, but theirs are moi
ornamented as deliberately as those Of the
| Comanche Of the plains wastes very little
| time in decorating the receptacle. Of his of
spring. A stout piece Of deerskin, fastened
to an equally stout wooden frame an6
laced up securely with rawhide thongs sui
! Aces his simple need.
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FOR CHlR|TYS SAKE
Social Settlement Established
by Colored Workers.
PLAN Is A SUCCESS
CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THRIFT
THROUGH STAMP SAVING.
Mothers Meetings Are Largely At
tended-Little Ones Are Interested
in Flower Gardens.
PLAN Is A SUCCESS

The application of the social settlement
idea to the peculiar circumstances and
conditions of the colored race is something
comparatively new under the sociological
sun Such a settlement has been estab-
lished at 11S NJ street southwest. IN the
midst of what is known as Blood Field a
term whose significance is at once accurate
and onlinous. This is the most congested
portion of the colored population of the
national capital and has all of the special.
pressing problems that grow out of the
congestion of rude and crude elements. 1t
is believed to be entirely fitting that this
work should have been inaugurated in the
very heart of Darkest Washing ton"
Hardworking people and the idle and vi
cious are found in the closest neighborhood.