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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-16
TRAVELLING MEN TO
BANQUET APRIL 10
Post c. T. P. A., to Hold Annual Ban
quet at Mecklenburg Hotel
on April 10.

Charlotte. n. C.. March 15-April 10 Is
the date that has been selected by Post
c. T. p. A. for the annual BANQUET. at
which time there will be a general re-
union Of members of the order in Char
lotte.
The affair will be held at the Neck
!enburg and will he attended not only
by all the members of the local post.
but by many visitors as well. Quite a
number of state officers will be invited
including such well-known T. p As as
Mr. Burrell II. Marsh. OF Winston-Salem,
and others.
There will be speeches, toasts and a
general good time
These annual banquets of Post e are
always looked forward to by the MEM
bers of the order in this section of the
State. Charlotte is somewhat of a meet
ing point with the travelling men, as they
make this territory. and the local hotel.
are usually thronged during the active
season with travelling men, many OF
whom are T. p As.
The order is growing very rapidly in
Charlotte and elsewhere throughout the
State. Within the past three years the
local membership has more than doubled
and recruits are being added at almost
every meeting.
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BY FRANCES MARSHALL.

John. with its feminine forms Jane
and Joan. and it's near relatives Ham
! nah and Ann. is the greatest prOfanc
name of the Christian religion. 1t has
come down to US through the ages
! from early Biblical times borne by a
mighty army OF men and women. God
| fearing and deVout. all striving for
what they thought was right. And the
| fact that their zeal and enthusiasts SIN
has led them to almost fanatiCal eN-
tremes and has pitl"d them sometimes
against each other. only adds to the
strength of the name
The first John and the greatest John
in history are both Biblical characters.
The first is the Old Testament Joha-
nan, a Hebrew warrior at the time of
the Babylonian captivity. The great
est is John the Baptist. whose name is
oftener coupled with that of Christ
than any other. And you remember
that that name was revealed to this
Johns father in a vision from heaven:
Thou shalt call his name John" said
the angel to Zachariah. The other
Biblical John, the beloved disciple to
whom Christ bequeathed the guardian
ship of his mother. might be called the
most popular John. for his close
friendship for Christ gave him a pre-
eminent place in the early church,.
John is the most often used name
among the Popes; and il is likewise
the greatest name of the Protestant
reformation.
There have been twenty-five Pope
Johns; and the first eleven of them
We're really named John. The twelfth
of the name esta blished the custom of
adopting a different name on ascend
ing the papal throne-and took the
apostolic name of John. The first
Pope John was canonized. He lived
in the early part of the sixth century.
and tried to bring about harmony be-
tween different factions in the church.
But Theodoric. king of the Goths. sus-
pected him of insincerity and threw
him into prison, where he died.
The Ave great Protestant leaders
who were named John were Wycliffe
known as The Morning Star of the
Reformation" Knox. the Scotchman,
who organized the Presbyterian
Church, Huss, the Bohemian; Calvin.
the Frenchman. and Wesley, the
founder OF Methodism. Bunyon and
Milton. the two greatest writer's of the
reformation. were also named John;
and IL II hadn't been for another man
of this same name-Johann Gutenberg
the new doctrines of the reforma-
tion could not possibly have spread so
rapidly as they did. For in 143s this
German invented pri2tjnE nd there.
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YOUR FIRST NAME
Its Origin and the Famous Folk Who Have Borne 1t

by made possible the rapid reproduce
| ton and circulation of the literature
of the new movement. Another John
| who had an influence of a religious ma
ture was Giovanni Cimabue. the
! father of modern painting" who was
tn" first of long line of religious
painters in Italy.
I Among women the devout mother of
Samuel was named Hannah: tradition
gave the name Anna to the mother of
the Virgin Mary; the prophecies Anna
was present when the Christ child was
FIRST taken to the temple; Joan of Arc.
whose task was imposed upon her in a
vision. died as well for her religion as
3 for her country: and in our own land
there was poor Anne Hutchinson. who,
1 although she worked for a lost cause,
/ spent her life in the interests of re-
liGious freedom.
The very derivation of John is from
Jehovah. The Old Testament form,
Johanan. is made up of job. from Je-
hovah. and anan from chaanach. mean
ing mercy or grace. Thus the name
means literally the grace of God
Hannah and Ann are derived directly
from chaanach. and therefore signify
merely mercy or grace; but because
, these names were borne by the three
/ devout women mentioned above. their
meaning has come to be practically
that of John.
After the fourth century, when
Christians began to take the names of
their own saints at baptism. instead
of those of the Roman gods and god
desses. the name John spread rapidly;
the more so because the Baptist and
the Disciple had each two feast days,
and IL was customary to name children
for the saint near whose feast day
they were born.
In Italy the name became Giovanni:
in Germany. Johann and Hans; in
Russia. Ivan; in Scotland. Ian; in
France. Jean. and in England, John.
The feminine forms of the name fol-
lowed the masculine - Giovanni in
Italy. Johanna and Hanne in Germany.
Jeanne in France. Juanita in Spain.
and Joan. Jane. Joanna. Jennie, Jessie,
Jeanette and Janet in England. Anne.
Anna, Annette, Nancy. Nanny are all
from the older form Hannah. and the
form Anne. Anna or Ana appears in
all European languages.
As we'll as being the greatest name
in religion. John is also the most usual
name among kings. There were long
lines of royal Johns in Castillo, Ara
gon. Bohemia. Portugal. Sweden.
Poland. and Saxony. Six Ivans were
rulers OF Russia, and Ivan ", sur
named The Terrible" in 1547. was the
first to adopt the title of Car.
The one King John in England was
very important king. For il was he
who really made England the first
monarchy in the world with a written
charter. when he granted the Magma
Charta to the discontinued barons
Among the writers there have been
many great Johns-Goethe and Schil-
Ter. the two men at the head of Ger
man writers: Milton and Bunyan, al
ready mentioned. and their country
men, Swift, whose "Gulliver's Travels"
have put him toward the head of the
list of English satirists: the poets
Dryden and Keats and the essayist
Ruskin: the French philosopher Rous-
seau and the dramatist Racine; the
Danish {siEX-tala teller. Hans Andsy,
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4 Season of COLOrS Is
Launched at PhilipSborn's
Opening Yesterday Shows Display That Makes
a Woman Long for the Wealth of a Hetty Green.

II has one Of those delightful it'll.
Htted basque coats and STANDING
military collar with a plaid lining that
gives the Frenchiest possible finish
One OF the new navy blue suits shows
the high military collar and a lavish
use or silver bullion braid with silver
buttons.
or the woman who has set her heart
on separate coat instead of a suit this
spring Philipsborn's has the right answer
70 the question. And II 1t w~~ "a.
.ne brilliant display Qt SIT an NOT ..'
te.aaS'Sas YRUl mink that tbis M. se =
's season characterized by separat,
coats In place of suits. Some one said
that separate coats were all to be of
sahu color and black and white checks
this year. but. though these are strong
there are others Of more brilliant hue
Belgian blue. brilliant rich rose and
greens besides the coats of white that
are in such high favor in New York
Among the new fabrics in separate coats
are chinchilla-one sees many wbits
coats of this fabric-chudder cloth sils
nrocade and heur de lain. Besides, colfine
continues to be in the best of STYLE. A,
new note in these coats Is the Tipperarv
collar that stands up at the back to
meet the brim of the hat. and the Tommy
Atkins collar is also favorite One or
made of gold and white-striped golfine.
And what of hats? They are delightful
You couldn't help but think that IL you
were at the opening yesterday And, of
course, you were delighted at the fact
that we are to so back to leghorn. for
II ever there was sort OF hat that
breathes charm and true femininity in
every detail it is the leghorn hat. 1t was
made for summer skies and garden par
ties. One Of the most charming model.
seen yesterday was large-larger than we
expected for this season-and II was faced
with Alice blue and was trimmed with a
fold of Belgian blue velvet ribbon and a
single luxurious rose in q profusion Of
foliage. Then the hair hats are charm
ing this season. One Of these trimmed
with lilies OF the valley dropping at the
brim- with pink roses and georsette crepe
defies description. II Is surely a season
when fashion favors every woman II
is a season. more than ever before. when
a woman would wish to be a Hetty Green
that she might spend to her hearts
content on the bewitching products of
the ingenuity OF the milliner and the
costumer.
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The Shopping Man.

Talk about women invading man
sphere of activity! What about men who
invade the sphere of wCmen's activity
and that most essentially feminine occu-
patton of shopping? Yet these shopping
men are out in full force in these days.
They take a half day off from their
office and patiently spend hours of the
day sitting in the milline-s, in the show
room of the fashionable outfitter. the
silent partners in the task of buying
mlady's spring wardrobe.
A nod. or glance. lifting of the
eyebrow. perhaps srunt- of approval or
a mutter of scorn are all that are needed
to indicate the way the wind blows. And
the deft little women in black who is
showing the hats or the suits or the
gowns watches these indications as close
ly as milady hcrself-rerhaps even with
a keener appreciation of the taste OF the
man who is to bc pleased. 1t is a differ
ent proposition. say these clever sales
women. 10 suit milady when she comes
accompanied by her husband and when
she does not. \ different sort of ware
must be SHOWN 10 ma dl'pTONdl III Ine
masculine eye.
But il must lie a great trouble. YOU
say to have these masculine arbiters Of
fashion AT the:I wives elbows as they
make their sprin- purchases But on the
contrary. the saicswoman assures you.
1t is better for them to comc-even
though they arc bored with the proceed
IRE and mUtter di<aprroval at nine hats
I'm ten and all but one gown that is
shown. For alter iii it is the man who
foots the bill wno must &c Pleased. And
If the gown is sent home ard then finds
disfavor. back t. tic store it must come.
1t is better to know til" fate of tn" bon
net or the gown i,cfurc it leaves the
s:"T". a.. hrs DDS. TN" SalcswOman who
unGeiSi ,nGs hufl'r nature assures YOU
these nasruline critics al" not 50 hored
as thrv look. They sSsun.,. the Sose TO
save tnr;r faces. Min" 81 them out or
ten secretly ENJOY ;h"sa excursions into
the rcsl Inns 81 ternirinirV
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Copyright, le5)
HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compel
Tuesday, March ID, 1918.

1 ht stdiS ihSliHc, Jul w uol So"pcL
Tuesday, March Id, 1915.
Astrologers read this as a fortunat,
day, since Neptune. the Sun and Mar.
are all in benefic aspect. AS none o.
the planets rules strongly, however
! the Influences are not so positive as ir
| other configurations over which these
| stars dominate.
| 1t is a fairly good rule for com
| merce and whatever concerns shipping
Sea voyages are subject to an aus
picious leading. =
There is a sign that indicates "a.
| markab!e success for brewer, ,nd
manufacturers of matted d.. -,
| waters. also. will beneX fron, M.
| conditions of trade.
The good aspects of uaro,
| lieved to incline to. succsss ,h,orn,
| dealings in choice HSood sturYs canred
| fruits and delicaci IS that nIe,sa m.
palate. immense sales will he made
II Is ioretoiu' W Southern merchants
ana manuiactcrers Florida, the Caro-
! mas ana Eeorgia are under a sway
particularly favorable.
Sonu''ioFs continue to be favorable
10 the Investigation of psychic phe-
noiiieia and growth Of interest is pre-
dictea- period of widespread belief
IN shosts and other spiritistic mani
iesta! ions is foretold.
Inis should be fairly lucky day
ior those who seek positions and So
l,cit financial support
Under this sway ancient lore held
that things that are lost are likely to
be found. 1t Is favorable time to
advertise.
Uranus gives warning of a wave of
religious excitement in which not
only orthodox faiths will gain con-
verts but new cults will attract fol-
lowers.
The increase a the birthdate fore
ciable in the United States as well as
in foreign countries. but Americans
will gain greatly in race type. the
seers foretelL
The death of an editor of national
fame is prophesied- 1t will occur be-
fore the next full Moon.
Among the new vocations for wom-
en- aerial navigation will furnish work
peculiarly fitted to the peculiar tai
ents of girls. astrologers declare This
work will not be dangerous. il is said.
but IL will be as distinctive as that
of telephone operator.
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the augury of quiet year in which
financial affairs will be reasonably
fortunate.
Children born on this day are like
ly to have careers that are devoid Of
many extreme changes Their lives
should be fairly happy and prosper
Gus.
tCopyrisht Islsl
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A season Of grays. battleship. and
other shades. of tans. call it sand or
khaki as you choose. was predicted.
But 1t was only a prediction. Your ex-
cursion to the opening of Philips
born's which began yesterday showed
you-didn't it?-that this season is
after all to be q season of colors. rose
color and blues. brilliant touches in
the Innings and the trimmings. and OF
a profusion of bright. colorful flowers
on the hats.
OF course there are to be tans and
grays, but the colors are to be char
acteristic note OF the season. They
is an interesting new Sra~ the
way. shown at PhiSrpsborn's called
mouse gray that is ,nfiniteIv more be-
coming than TIE battleship gray
iaunchea eSfIier In the season. This
Is seen some of Philipsborn's smart
est 9Sw suits. And another interest
Suit shown yesterday was a combs
Ia ton Of navy blue and Scotch plaid
that combined blue and green Black
and white checks are figuring strongly
in the new suits and the ever smart
navy blues are to the front.
There is an 1880 suit of Belgian blue
eros de Londres-one OF the smartest
of the new fabrics-with a skirt that
measures five yards around the bottom.
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! SUI, anu our o" n pclOVcu w MT
tier.
! Perhaps It Is just because John is so
usual name among English-speaking
! people that the two greatest Anglo
Saxon countries OF the world should be
designed John Bull and Brother
Jonathan. The former name was the
result of a satire written a couple of
| hundred years ago. Just how the lat
ter name originated no one knows for
a certainty: but II was well given. for
Johns and JOnathans have played an
| important part in American history.
| Among them there have been three
Presidents. John Adams his son, John
| Quincy Adams. and John Tyler.
Cabot the elder. who discovered the
shore of North America, was probably
| the first man of his name on this con-
tinent. although one of Columbus
companions was named Juan de Aqua
do. and Juan Ponce de Leon. who dis
covered Florida In his search for the
fountain of eternal youth. folio - ed
| close on his heels. In early Virginia
Capt. John Smith gained fame. and in
New England little later there was
John Alden. Among the men who later
On were prominent in the country's
history were Maj. John Andre, John
Brown. John c. Calhoun. Jonathan Ed
| wards, the elder. easily the most cele-
Jonathan Edwards. the younger. whose
fame as a theologian is only a degree
, or two less than his sire's. And COM
ing right down to the present time
| there's Nhn D." of course.
Among women bearing the feminine
forms of the name Joan of Arc some
times called the most famous woman
of any age, easily takes first place.
But she is not the only Jane or Joan
of fame. The one woman Pope I'M
doubleday mythical but nevertheless
interesting, was Pope Joan. There
were good many queens of the name:
Joan of the Tower in Scotland;
Joanna 1 and II of Naples: Lady Jane
Gray. and Jane Seymour. one of
Henry Wis wives. Among the other
famous women who have borne the
name in some form or other are Jane
Austen. Jean InEelow. Jane Porter.
and Jessie Fothergill-all authors
and the singer Jennie Lind. Two of
King Henry Wits beheaded wives
were named Anne-Anne of Cleves and
Anne Boleyn. and there was James
lis daughter. Queen Anne in England.
and an Empress. Anna Ivanovna, in
Russia There were other Queen Annes
in England and in France too. Anne
Hathaway and Annie Laurie are prob
ably the best known of the other
women of this name.
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KYNOZN
EWWN
. AER
! A12HA2AY
AND NU2S
March 16-Lillian Blauvelt, Caroline
Herschel.

That early training has an impor-
tant place in the education of the mu-
sician is shown from the childhood Of
Lillian Blauvelt. who was born in
Brooklyn March 16. 1873. At the age
of she could play the solfeggio and
at Z she had begun violin lessons. At
she made her first public appearance
as n musician. When she was Is she
had already given such marked signs
of her vocal talents that she went
abroad to Italy to study the languages
1t was while she was studying there
that her first opportunity to shine in
opera occurred. The soprano who was
to take the leading Iole in one Of
Verdfs operas was taken i'll and Lii
liam Blauvelt volunteered her services.
1t was necessary r her to learn the
part. which was entirely in Latin. in
four days and this she did. So great
was her success that Queen Margher-
ita commanded her to sing at the
Ouirinal
This was the first great triumph of
the young singer and she was always
a great favorite among the Italian
royal family. The greatest musical
honor she ever gained was member
ship in the Italian order of ST. Cecilia
She was only the eighth person grant
ed this honor in the whole 3l5 years
of its existence. She was the only
English-speaking member and the only
woman. Miss Blauvelt married when
she was % an American whom sh, met
in Rome.
The ether famous woman whose
name stands at the head of the birth
day calendar for March 16 also pos
sessed marked musical abilities. But
II is fortunate for the science OF as
tronomy that she reluctantly gave up
music for the study of the heavens.
She was the eighth and youngest
child of the musician Herschel. Her
childhood was most unhappy because
she was a continual bone of contention
between her mother. who wished her
to devote herself to kitchen drudgery.
and her father. who wanted to teach
her music. Surreptitiously the father
gave her the violin lessons while she
had to work far into the night to sat
isfy her mothers executions. In those
days, she says. her only accomplish
ment was knitting. Finally in order
to get away from her endless drudgery
she studied dressmaking SO as to be-
come self-supporting.
Eventually she fitted herself to sing
in concerts and she would have stuck
to this had II not been that she found
that she could be useful to her brother,
the famous astronomer. Herschel. as
sisting him in the observatory. II was
in this way thai she took up the study
of the stars herself and became the
most celebrated woman astronomer of
all times.
(Ccpyrght, lel5)
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Most Old People
Are Constipated

The wear of years impairs the
action of the bowels. With al
vancing age people are disp osei to
restricted activity and exercise.
which is responsible for the con-
stipated condition Of most old
folks. The digestive organs are
more sensitive to the demands
made upon them and rebel more
quickly.
a mild, effective remedy for con-
stipation. and one that Is especial
ly suited to the needs of elderly
people. women and children. is the
combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin that is sold in
drug stores under the name Of DR..
Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. A free
trial bottle can be obtained by
writing to DR.. w. B. Caldwell ASP
Washington St, Monticello. Ill.
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HOUSE,
WINES
DAILY,
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
The CIMFORTING BATH.

Physical uncleanliness Is no longer
a synonym for sainthood; we must
take our baths and change our linen
to prove our spiritual purity. And
were the whole world to eschew SOAP
and water entirely We should soon
go back to the savage state, for the
first progress toward civilization was
probably made by the wild man when
he went to the mountain brook to
wash his face.
In its limpid waters woman first
found her looking glass. that magic
reflector of our good looks and bad
looks. and without which none of US
could manage to exist at all now
adays.
Plain warm or hot water and a
good bland soap are the proper med
| iums for the daily bath, but where
means are equal to the little extra
expenditure woman may have
beauty baths. tonic baths and per
fumed baths. A delicious and refresh
ing tub is made by emptying two
tabespoonfuls of violet ammonia in
a tubful of warm water Baths treat
ed to oatmeal and orris powder are
softening and whitening to the skin,
sea salt baths will be found strength
ening, and soda ones very cleansing
The oatmeal and orris-three parts
of the first to one OF the last-are
sewed up loosely in a cheesecloth bag,
which is then agitated in the bath
water until il is milky.
An oatmeal bath mixture of espe-
cial value includes soap and almond
meal, and. besides imparting the
usual delicate fragrance to the skin,
this is very cleansing. Make the bags
about four inches square ana fill them
very loosely, using one or two each
time as is liked. The proportions for
the mixture are as follows: Oatmeal.
5 pounds: powdered orris root,
pound: almond meal, l pound; old
CASTLE soap (scraped to a powder),
In pound.
tCoJ,yright 1878,
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q. S. ISSUES BIG CHECKS
Total of s8s,s47 Paid Owner. fer
Park Space

-Four checks. aggregatins sss.slY.
were paid yesterday by the Treasury
Department to owners of property In
square 1913. lying In the tract between
Union Station and the Capitol. which
is being purchased for park purposes
The checks were signed by the dis
bursting officer of the White House, who
has charge of payments under the law
which created the commission Of
awards.
The larger checks. one for S3s.443
and the other for $17.s5s, went to the
Title Insurance Company for payment
70 +. 8. Carmody, owner OF some of the
most valuable property In the plaza
tract. A check for s6.IA went to
Joseph Auerbach for lot &c, and Isa-
belle II. Viewer will receive $500 for
lot u.
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ANTHONY ANTOINETTE.

The hrst name. Anthony, has been
made famous by men Of the profess
sions. Art, letters, the church and
music have all boosted their famous
Anthenys-st. Anthony the Great,
the most popular saint in the west
ern church-The Anthonys who have
worked their own way up 4. the
wsrid-A name meaning inestina ble.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL.
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ALLEN SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL.
Husband IL Exonerated by Cor
oneF's Jury.

Claude d. Allen was exonerated for the
fatal shooting of his wife. Mrs. Carrie
Allen. at their home. 1923 Pleasant street
southeast. March T. by coroner's jury
yesterday morning. The verdict declared
the shooting was accidental
Allen had been in the care Of physicians
at Casualty Hospital. where his wife
died Sunday. Following her death, a
police guard was placed over him. He
was released yesterday. but Is still under
the care of physicians.