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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-15
Zurhorst Says Undertakers
May Have to Be Graduates
President Of Local Association Believes Applicants for
Licenses in 1920 May Have to Show High School
Diplomas Before They Can Practice

By 1890 applicants for a license as an
have at least a high school education
and be of proved moral character be-
fore they will be permitted to practice.
according to a prediction made yester-
day by Charles s. Zurhorst. a prominent
Washington funeral director. who is
president of the Undertakers' Associa-
ton of the District and a member of
the committee on organization of the
National Association of Undertakers Of
the United States.
Mr.. Zurhorst is leading the fight now
being made by the undertakers of this
city to obtain the passage OF a bill for
the establishment and creation of board
OF embalming examiners and for a bill
to amend the District code which will
do awav with a number OF requirements
now in force. which the undertakers OF
Washington say are an unnecessary
nuisance and inconvenience. At the mass
meeting of underwriters at Washington
Hall Saturday night. at which he pre-
sided, thirty-six funeral directors of the
District signed a petition to the Com
missioners urging immediate action for
this legislation.
Would Prevent Spread of Disease.
i advocate a nigh degree or MANHOOD
and education in the undertakers' pro-
fession." said Mr.. Zurhorst. land pre-
dict that by 1890 a high school education
and a code of morals will be necessary
TO admit q man to practice in the art
OF caring for the dead in Washington.
What We are after is board OF
examiners Ike they have in every State
in the Union. to issue all embalmers
licenses in order to prevent the spread
of CONTAGIOUS diseases and to handle
the affairs OF the District in case of an
epidemic. At the present time there is
no objection raised to any one going into
the business II he has the necessary
s. That is the only requirement for e
man TO become a registered undertaken
here. Once he pays this money. he
obtains the stamp of approval of the
health department. guaranteeing that he
has performed his work properly on any
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-15
MEMS RETREAT At
ST. PATRICK'S ENDS
Reception Given to Members Of
League of Good
Shepherd.

With reception to 1856 new members
OF The League of the Good Shepherd, the
mems retreat which has been conducted
at st. Patrick's Church for the last week
by Rev. FIR. Robert, of the PassionIst
Order. came to a close last night. Pre-
ceding the reception. Father Robert
preached sermon. taking as his text
Heaven" Mgr. William T. Russell pre-
sided.
The League of the Good Shepherd Is
composed Of men OF ST. Patrfck's parish
and has for its objects mutual HELM to
each other. the living of good lives and
the fulhllment OF religious duties The
league was established several years ago
by Mgr. Russell when he came to Wash
ington as pastor OF the church. The
league members meet every Sunday night
at 7:3O O'Clock in the church for the reci-
tation of their Office. which is followed
by sermon and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
At the service last night the Blessed
Sacrament was celebrated by Father
Robert with the Rev. NJ. P Egan as dea-
con and the Rev. Thomas E. McGurgan
as subdeacon.
Beginning this evening there will be a
series of lectures at the church for nom
Catholics. explaining what the Catholic
Church teaches. The lectures will last
about one hour and will begin at 7:3O
o'clock. feature of the meetings will
be the use Of the question box in which
persons may deposit slips with questions
written thereon and have them answered
from the pulpit.
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themselves either in favor of or against
the plan. Many of those placed in the
''non-committar' class have always IA
Tored naval and military increases and
undoubtedly will support the proposals
OF Secretaries Daniels and Garrison.
Senators Clapp, of Minnesota. and Page,
of Vermont, who are carried IN the NON
committar' column. are friendly to in
creases in the naval and military estab-
lishments and have so voted in the past
The replies indicate that all sections of
the United States-East, West, North and
South-are for the Presidents plan.
The United States Senate stands on
preparedness" as indicated by the
Worlds poll as follows:
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DESCRIBES TRIP TO FRISCO.
Mrs. Hates Relates Details of Spir-
ituaIists' Congress There.

Mrs. z. b. Hates. joint pastor of the
First Spiritualist Church of Washington.
last night told of her trip to California.
where she was a delegate to the congress
of Spiritualists at the Panama-Pacific
Fair in September. at services of the
church at Pythian Temple.
Mrs. Hates told of the work of the
spiritualists at the fair. At the day
appointed as Spiritualists' day, she said,
the second largest crowd to attend the
fair in one day was present She de-
scribed the work of the National As
sociation of Spiritualists. under whose
auspices the congress was held
1t was announced that efforts will be
made to have a national congress Of
spiritualists here when the corner stone
for the proposed $3.50, 200 Spiritualist Tenn
pie is laid. within the next year.
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body and that corpse can be shipped
anywhere in the country.
We want TO obtain legislation to
amend the District CODE" continued Mr..
Zurhorst. so that the present delay in
obtaining the bodies OF dead persons can
be done away with. At the present time
there is no law. but only a regulation of
the health department regarding the re-
moval OF bodies.
1T is impossible for undertakers to re-
move bodies from the majority or hos
pitfalls and from private residences until
they have spent several hours chasing
the physician about town. Then they
have to go to the health Office to get the
removal permit. Meanwhile. the relatives
of the dead person are put to ali kinds
of inconvenience and the undertaken is
helpless
Police Can Issue Permits.
After II o'clock at night the health de-
partment is closed and the powers which
DIR. Woodward says he cannot extend to
physicians are extended to officers in
charge at police stations and when we go
to the police station We are able TO get a
removal permit. although few. II any. OF
the officers OF the law are familiar with
contagious. diseases and sometimes can
not spell correctly the names Of many
OF tnem.
we want DR.. Woodward to give the
physicians and the hospitals the power to
issue removal permits. II a physician is
good enough to treat a man when he is
sick. he is qualified to issue removal
permit when. that man has passed away.
The fact that DIR. Woodward has the
power to deputizc police captains to issue
removal permits proves conclusiveIy that
he has the power to deputize physicians
and those in charge Of hospitals to do the
same.
There is no law governing the subject
II is a regulation of the health office. At
one time the hospitals did issue removal
permits. but the health office stopped
that in all but several CASE At the pres
ent time removal permits are issued at
the Gallinger tuberculosis Hospital and
the Government Hospital for the Insane.
but are not issued at others"
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Special Correspondent q The Washington Herald.
New York, Nov. 1i-Song poets from
everywhere crowded the Federal Dis
triCt Court last week to accuse John T.
Hall of using the mails to defraud. The
trusting poets said they sent Hall their
priceless lyrics and s35 or more and he
failed to produce the royalties and glory
that his eloquent prose circulars prom
ised.
Miss Emma Roberts was present from
her poultry farm near Hartford. On in
spircd occasions she rips a Quill from
some unsuspecting bantam and proceeds
to while away the nonce in communion
with the muse. Her song was called 20.
You Moon, Moon, Moon
After announcing he was one of Kan
sas City's most efficient bootblacks.
Charles Smith candidly declared he had
committed Gal. You Certainly Is Some
Kid He sent Hall - aesthetic dollars
and then tumbled from Parnassue into
the Federal Court to tell his tale of woe.
Poetess Annie MCHennery also read her
inspiration. II was called swat the Fly"
and she wrote it at her home in Lum,
Mich. 1t began:
Baby. bye, swat the fly, you and I.
How he Crawls DER our walls, coming
from the horses stalls
And into our vittles Crawls,
Kill him dead. Strike his head, Doctor
said.
English as she Is spoken in the under
world was revealed this week during the
trial of Barney Corn. He is accused of
taking the life Of Charles Miller, a clerk
in a Tenderloin hotel.
Corn told of meeting his pal Murray.
He said: Murray said to me: 1 just
beat a sap for his souper and some
sugar" Translated. he meant that
Murray had just relieved an intoxicated
man of his watch and some money
without the knowledge or permission of
the victim.
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MAJORITY In CONGRESS
FOR WAR PREPAREDNESS
Worlds Canvass Shows Large Per-
centage of Both Parties Favor
President Wilson's Measures.
CAPITAL, $1,000, 900.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE World today
prints the result OF a canvass of the
members of the Senate and House Of
Representatives to ascertain the senti-
mcnI as to President wilson's prepared
ness plan. The replies indicate that the
Presidents MEASURES will receive 81 per
cent of the vote Of the Democratic Sena-
tors and - per cent OF the votes of the
Republicans. or g more than a majority.
On this basis the naval and army plans
should receive e Democratic votes. -
Republican and ! Progressive-a total of
- votes. This does not include Is per
cent OF the Democratic Senators and 3
per cent OF the Republican Senators who.
in their replies did not care to express
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K!
O.O.ns: .

the courtroom The sleuths of the I'M
derworld say that so many words are
coined by crooks that II is almost impOS-
sible to keep track OF them. and in many
instances crooks can talk to each other
in the presence of detectives without the
latter knowing what they are talking
about.
New York has decided. after three
years of hesitation. to give the buses a
real chance. general franchise will be
issued in n few days to one Of several
companies competing for the privilege
of operating motor buses of the London
type throughout the city.
This will mean that the visitor can
take a bus ride to any place in town
instead of merely up Fifth avenue or
Riverside Drive. The new bus lines
will constitute nothing more than a
well organized system OF jitneys eX-
cept the fare will h" 10 cents.
The buses will have to provide a
seat for every passenger and will also
have to eliminate all advertising signs
from its vehicles.
New York newspapers are trying to
straighten out a tangle in which their
readers suffer through the wrong mark
ing OF editions. The practice of pub
fishing a large number Of editions be-
gan during the Spanish war. when
the war was over many of these edi-
tiOns were dropped but many Of them
retained their edition names. One
paper publishes its first edition at S
o'clock and calls it the Eighth Edi-
tiou." Most OF the home editions are
published at 10 o'clock. and the
Night Specials" are issued shortly
after the lunch hour. 1t is being suG-
gested that the editions bear the hour
of issue which will simplify the mat
ter for the reader.
Brokers report that Wall Street war
babies are now showing symptoms of
cholera infantum.
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T. P.'s London Weekly, In answer to
correspondents demand for the repat-
ration of all German-born inhabitants
OF other countries says: This would
include the Duchess of Connaught,
Prince Christian, the Queen of Greece,
the Queen of Sweden, the Empress of
Russia, the King and Queen of Rou-
mania, the Queen Dowager Of Holland,
the Queen of Denmark, the Queen of
Belgium. and the King Of Bulgaria"
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well-tttinG corset or supporting waist be
ones figure and retain the trigness and
elasticity of youth II the tissues are al
lowed TO drOop and sag. Heavy wooden
clothing is most unhygieniC to work in:
II absorbS dust, germs and CRIME. be-
sides fatiguiHg the body by its weight.
All clothing worn in the house must be
light and washable. and made sufficient
ly loose to permit of ventilation and per
feet freedom of movement The one
piece frocks so much in vogue at present
are ideal for the housekecpcr.
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ceive, but such as It Is deemed likely
Congress will feel like adopting In
other words. the country will not Be
given what It needs, but what speciously
embodies those needs.
For many months" Col. Church con-
tinued. army experts labored over
plans for national defense which the War
Department requested. The very high
est military Judgment in the country
was directed toward the preparation OF
these plans. When completed they
voiced the sentiment OF keen minds.
backed by rich experience. and recon-
mended broad yet specific measures
What became of these plans?
Il understand that the Secretary Of
War states that the General Stan has
never made a report on the policy This
Is true, because he never called the Cen
eral Stan together or asked 1t for a re-
port.
Political, Not Military, Report.
Based upon the number of troops
which the different great powers can land
on our shores in the event we lose control
Of the sea. We should have a regular
army. or troops OF the first line, Of a GER
tain strength. This strength has been
determined by the War College. and this
is the program that the Secretary should
submit to Congress and let Congress take
the responsibility OF eitneT pToNlolnB Tor
II or refusing to do so. Instead OF this
he has formulated a policy which is IN
tended to cover UP the deficiencies OF
Congress. 1t is a political report and not
a military report.
Ignores Necessity for Training.
The true principles OF military instruc-
ton were not arrived at by inspiration or
overnight These principles are the
product Of ages OF deep study and wide
practice. They are proved to be utterly
sound. and their highest ONCE is TO
achieve Individual excellence and instant
cooperation. But individual excellence.
from a military point Of view. and the
cooperation which is so vital and with
out which no army is equipped to meet
a foe. depend upon rigorous training The
present plan for a continental army ap-
pears 20 ignore altogether this necessity
for military discipline
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3. and I was permitted. because Of my
youth. to have a maid. she Travelled with
me in that capacity. We were so little
we got half rates at the hotels. but We
were not too little to do our own laun-
dry work once We were safely inside our
room and the door locked.
On one occF-'ion. we had been kept too
busy to get money order. and our money
had accumulated in a fashion that made
We had reached our room in n hotel In
Baltimore one night when we decided to
count our wealth. Stuffing paper in the
keyhOle and in the cracks of the door.
We sat down on the floor and spread
out our pile Sixty-three dollars in one
dollar bills Was there ever before so
much money in the world?
The Burden of Wealth.
Then We sat and looked at each other
gravely Murder had been committed for
less money. II was not safe to carry II
with us a day longer. I am sure II It
had not been late at night we'd have
hunted up a postoffice at that hour. II
never occurred TO US that the hotel had a
safe for our convenience. and II II had /
am sure We would not have trusted IL
Rolling the bills into tight little wads.
We stuffed them In the toes Of our shoes
and then crept into bed. The next morn
ing bright and early found us on the way
to postoffiCe. where a money order was
bought and our wealth was sent to our
mother.
II never occurred to me to ask what
she did with It. 1t never occurred to me
at any time that might have a longer
feather or a prettier suit II / sent her
nothing more than my love. You see. |
was mothering my mother: making life
as easy for her as could. and thor
ouRhly enjoyed doing IT,
Try It. 1t is the one investment in love
that never fails TO pay big returns.
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Bud Johnson. the young colored man
working at Mort Colyer's, is laid up with
a pretty sore foot. Him and Mort were
out spearing carp in the creek and Bud
stuck his foot under a drift to scare out
the fish. Mort seen IL and thought II
was a black bass and went after II. He
speared Bud through the big toe and
nearly drowned him. Mort says he can't
afford 70 pay a hand that can't work.
SO he laid Bud OF and charged him 81
a week board. Hard luck, Bud.-Larned
(KansD Tiller and Toiler.
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OTTIE and Jack and I were born
within four years SO that We were
babies together. Perhaps this Is the
most convenient way At least II seemed
lovely to us to have each other TO play
with. and l know that our mother never
thought even in her saddest and most
hard pressed times. that she had baby
too many. Her arms were full. and so
was her heart: so full OF love and care
for US that there was never time for
worry or repining. We helped her in the
only way children may help-with our
love for her and for each other We three
three came so closely on one another's
came so closely on one another's
that there was never a baby in the family
after We had started to grow up. and as
my inccssant work on the stage left little
time for dolls my maternal instinct, de-
MED a doll. a baby brother. or a baby
sister on which to sprout and thrive
turned to motheTing my mother. Sounds
odd, doesn't Il but II is really very nice.
and | wonder how many OF my little girl
friends have tried il.
You see II Is just this way: Every hu-
man being on earth wants some one 10
turn to in time OF trouble We just natu-
rally have TO have some one in the world
who will poor dear US. Father turns
TO mother when things go wrong in that
mysterious downtown where he spends
his days: we children run TO mother with
every real and imaginary ache. but
mother? How about mother?
She IL so content with her husband and
children she doesn't realize she needs
sympathy. hut she enjoys appreciation
more than any one else on earth. and
perhaps II is because It is so rare.
Real Deprivation.
vas avay from, INV mother for 80
many years that couldn't enjoy the fun
Of making her select becoming bonnets;
Of demanding that she spend more On
herself and less on the family; OF do
ing her hair in the latest fashion. and
stcrnly foriIddinS the little tightly
twisted doorknob style OF couture into
which neglected mothers sometimes drop
couldn't have any Of this fun. and II Is
greater pleasure than dressing dolls ever
was believe me. Dolls don't get a little
pink glow in their checks at every little
attention. Dolls don't get a tender little
look in their eyes. and dolls don't give
nice little hugs and say, Il have the dear
est daughter in the world" Oh, no. none
OF this from any one on earth but ones
mother
couldn't be with her. as more for
tunate girls are, but did the next best
thing-I sent her every cent l earned
above my bare living expenses that she
might buy all the nice. pretty things she
wanted. but she never bought any. She
saved the money for us. Isn't that just
like a mother?
When l was getting 81 a week on the
road. out of which I had to pay for meals
sleeper. railroad fare and clothes. I sent
81 every week to my mother. At one
time. when was 10 and LOttie was
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Amy Plan Devoid Of Sense, >
In Opinion Of Colonel Church
Impossible to Train Real Soldiers In Two Months, Declares
Veteran Editor of Army and Navy Journal Believes
War Department Swayed by Politics.

Col w. C. Church. acknowledged
military expert and who for fifty years
/ has been editing the Army and Navy
Journal. criticises the continental army
feature Of President Wilson's national
defense policy and points out what
looks strangely like irregularity In the
Department of War. As publicly out
lined. the proposed scheme entails the
esta bIishment OF a continental army of
400 900 men, who will serve three
months each year for three years and
then be placed in a reserve and made
subject to call in case of war or
threatened attack.
What he believes TO be the made
quacy OF such a system as this is
pointed out by Col Church. What he
desires to see instituted in this coun-
try is compulsory military training.
and military training which will stand
the most rigid tests.
Regarded rs Impossible.
The argument is advanced" he de-
clares. that a so-called continental
army. composed of 100000 men. divided
into increments of $4,000 a year. who
serve two months for the first three
> .
ton for any possible demands of a mill
itary nature. Those who understand
army matters can hardly refrain from
smiling at the notion of comforting an
adequate military training upon men
in two months. this period being fol-
lowed by ten months OF entire suspen-
sion from service. Would such a sys-
TEN work anywhere else? Go into any
profession. Would il be possible for
man u become a lawyer by applying
himself to law two months a year?
Would he be esteemed competent?
Would clients put any confidence in
him? Quite the same thing applies in
the army. The plan is devoid of
sense"
Col Church was asked how il was that
such faulty system came to be advanc-
ed then. and why it was that President
| Wilson should so confidently court the
smiles Of those who understand army
| matters
says Department Knows Better.
The War Department" declared Col.
Church. knows very well what ought
to be done TO place the United States
| in a position to defend itself against
possible attack The War Department
knows very we'll what sort of recon-
mendation should be made to Congress
at this time. That is the worst OF things.
The department realizes. yet is unwill-
ing to assert. Congress is going to be
made the recipient OF a military recon-
mendation, not such as 1t should re-
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Shot Skaters Hunters Leo.

PhillipsburG, y. J.. Nov. l4-John
Sloan, .. of Newark, was brought to the
Easton Hospital with one of his legs
shattered by shot He was hunting with
friends. including his brother Charles,
near Jutland. twelve miles below Phil
lipsburg. when the accidental discharge
OF a shotgun injured him.
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WALKS HOME WITH BABY,
Mother, After Its Birth on Street
Car, Goes Her Way.

Brazil. Ind. Nov. H.-An Austrian
woman who lives at Seelyville gave birth
to a baby girl on the limited T. H, I.
and E. traction car several days ago.
The child was born while the car was
going over the viaduct at Glenn. which
is about thirty feet above the Vandalia
tracks.
The car was stopped at the home Of a
friend along the National road. A
blanket was provided for the baby. and
the mother was assisted or the car. She
walked home.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH TALKS
By LILLIAN WHITNEY, M. D.

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The poll of the House shows 50 Demo-
Gratis and 81 Republicans for and II
Democrats and Republicans against the
Presidents measures. with Is Democrats
and u Republicans non-Committal
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Answers to Queries.

Mildred-I am Sorry you have been I'M
able to lind anything that viii prevent
the chapping OF Your hands. The par
tcular work in which you are enga Eed
may have something to do with it, How
ever, try this. which is a preparation for
chapped hands given by a French ply
stefan in the Journal de Medicine: Tan
mic acid. grains: Glycerine. drains
rose water, ounces