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The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
IS YOUR HEALTH
OF IMPORTANCE?
Look After 1t Carefully and
Heed the Warnings OF
Nature.
VITAL ORGANS NEED
PROMPT ATTENTION

II is surprising when you think how
many people are suffering from different
malsdies and let such conditions go on
without ever making an attempt TO hnd
nut what is the matter. II Is this neglect
that causes all the needless suffering and
pain. often resulting in loss OF time from
business and finally. financial destruction
This should not be. and since the advent
Of such a really wonderful medicine as
Dreco II Is nothing short OF criminal
neglect Each day We hear of some man
or woman who suffered for long time
and BY taking only one or two bottles of
the Peerless Prepara ton have fully re-
covered and are once more able to en-
ioy life and live IN health and happi-
ness
One of the cases coming to the atten-
ton Of our representative In Nashville,
Tenn. was that of Mrs r. L. Jordan.
soI2 West End avenue. who was sick with
Indigestion. bad liver. poor appetite. and
q general breakdown. In speaking OF her
case she said Il had gas on the stomach.
weak and inactive liver. pain In my side.
and no appetite I heard of the benefits
others had received through DRECO and
decided TO give II a trial. 7 have taken
only two bottles and the indigestion is
much better. my liver acts much better.
the pain in my side has disappeared, and
! am feeling greatly improved generally.
I think II a great medicine and can rec
on1mend II to everyone
Just another case where the person in
question had neglected to look after her
self as she should have. But she was
Indeed fortunate TO hear of DRECO. This
fortune awaits you. too. II you are trou-
bed with any of the maladies common
In everyday life such as stomach. liver.
kidney, bladder troubles. constipation.
indigestion or catarrhal affections. all of
which more or less. come from faulty
elimination. Just drop into any of the
pDonnell Drug Stores and take home
bottle of this wonderful medicine that
has proven itself to be of such great value
10 the unwell. Price 81 per bottle Phone
and mail orders given prompt attention.
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14

One who is well-balanced becomes .
good dancer and this very essential hu-
man sttribute-balance. or mental poise
can be acquired and developed in the
dance, but it must not be supposed that
the execution of graceful evolutions can
be performed without a good deal OF
preliminary practice. and It is therefore
a capital plan to devote a short period
each day to such simple exercises as
will timber the joints and i.npart pliancy
to the muscles.
These exercises are so simple that they
sc-rcely require an explanation. for in
stance, stand firmly upon the floor and
slowly raise and lower the body upon
the toes: then raise upon the toes bal
ance and rock the body gently from side
to side by means OF the ankles only:
next lower the body to the floor from
the hips by unhinGing the knee joints.
as II were; next sway the body from
side to side with hip action alone. After
this il is well to study the essential po-
sitions Of the feet: Unless this is cor
rectly understood much Of the value OF
dancing is lost.
In all these positions the body should
be held erect. the shoulders thrown back
and the knees kept perfectly straight
and turned outward. In the construction
OF dances, these positions combined form
steps. steps united make movements: and
aside from the fact that these move
ments when arranged together form
dances, II is by means OF these move
ments that advanced physical culturists
are overcoming many physical weak
nesses. deficiencies and actual diseases
such as rheumatic joints and muscular
rheumatism. obesity. indigestion. enlars sed
liver. feeble circulatory systems and SO
on.
The correct positions of the body in
dancing are five. The first position is
formed By placing the heels together and
throwing the toes back 81 that the feet
form a straight line In the first at
tcInpts at this position the toes should
not be turned out more than will admit
of the h0dy maintaining its proper bal
ance: they must be brought to the prop
er position only by degrees. until the
feet can he placed. heel to heel. in a
straight line without affecting the stead
iness of the body or arms.
The second position is formed BY
moving the right or left foot sideways
from the first position to about the
distance of Its own length from the
heel OF the standing foot: of the foot
thus placed the heel must be raised
SO that the toes alone rest on the
ground. the instep being bent as
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
G. W. BAZAAR TODAY.
Hospital Board of Lady Managers
Will Entertain.

The board of lady managers of the
George Washington University Hospital
will hold its annual bazaar, luncheon,
tea and dance this afternoon and evening
at Hotel Raleigh.
The bazaar will commence at II o'clock
and continue until midnight. The lunch
con will be from II a. m. to p. m. Tea
will be served throughout the afternoon.
The principal attraction will be the dance
which commences tonight at $50 O'Clock
and continues until past midnight Music
will be furnished by the Fort Myer Band.
Several hundred students. together with
faculty members and society patrons, will
attend.
The chairmen of the various committees
are: Mrs. Charles W. Richardson. bazaar;
Mrs. William Cline Borden, luncheon;
Mrs. A. Lisner. tea table: Mrs. William
Prentis. fancy work: Mrs Charles Her
bert Stockton. wife of Rear Admiral
Stockton, u. S. N, retired, president Of
the university. apron table, and Mrs. Al
bert Mills. dance committee.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
BARROWS SAYS POLICE
FREQUENTED BARROOM
Former Tenant Testifies He Saw Uni
formed Men in Saloon Of Cairo
Apartment.

That he saw policemen in uniform fire.
quently in the bar OF the Cairo apart
ment house, in Q street northwest. was
the testimony of John V. Barrows. a
former tenant of the place. at the hear
ing before the Excise Board yesterday on
the application of the Cairo Apartment
House Company for a liquor license The
Cairo's license was rejected at the be-
ginning of the license year.
Mr.. Barrows testified that he saw the
policemen while having his hair cut in
the Cairo barber shop. Umberto Gam
marino. barber. employed in the shop.
testified that while it might have been
possible for his customers to have seen
into the bar. he was usually busy with
his work and did not pay much attention
to what went on in the bar.
The case was continued until next
Monday morning to enable both sides to
introduce further testimony.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
RANKS
MAY Be UNITED
Union Would Work in Con-
gress and Nationals With
draw from District.
HOLDMANY CONFERENCES
Older Organization Will Not Counte-
nance Anti Party Policy" Which
II Terms Militancy. r.

That the National Woman Suffrage AZ
sociatiou and the Congressional Union fol
Woman Suffrage. the two biggest or
ganizations In the United States working
for the enfranchisement Of ths fair sex
will either unite or divide the field geo.
graphically when they are both in m.
tional convention here today was thu
New willard. Negotiations have been In
progress between the two rival organiza.
tions for the past twenty-four hours,
IL consolidation cannot be effected al
this time. then the withdrawal Of the Ma.
tional Association from the District oi
Columbia will be asked. The Congress
sional Unions efforts are devoted solely
to working with Congress: the National
to both working upon Congress and
working with the people Of the individ.
ual States.
Will Consider Plan Tuesday.
All day yesterday and practically all
night, deputations of delegates from
one organization have been con-
ferring with the other. Bedroom eau
cuses in the New Willard have been fire.
Quent. Envoys, on a more important
mission probably. than the recently ar
rived 'envoys from the West" have al
ready arranged that some thirty &C. u"
members will be seated and given a
hearing on the floor of the National con-
vention, Immediately after 1t 10 called
to order Tuesday.
DIR. Anna Howard Shaw. accom-
panied by Miss Lucy Anthony, yester-
day registered at the Willard. This
Is the thirtieth annual convention she
has attended. She still insists that
she will not again accept the presi-
dency of the association. But the
presidency question has paled into un-
notice beside the newer negotiations
between the two great rival suffrage
camps.
Until now. the person who suggested
in National Suffrage councils anything
sympathetic to Congressional Union
near-militancy has been regarded as
little better than a traitor. Suddenly
the situation changed. Mrs. Winston
Churchill. 1t Is understood. has been
secured by the Congressional Union to
present their case before the conven-
tion OF National. 1t has been ar
gressional Union dove of peace dele
cation into the National American
Woman Suffrage meeting.
Must Abandon Party Policy.
That the Nationals abandon their Wash
inston activities. that they evacuate and
leave the matter vf forcing the Susan B.
Anthony amendment through Congress
to tie Congressional Union. will be asked
by the latter organization. Actual con-
solidation Il still nebulous. though dick
ering On that point IS a feature OF all
conference. What the Congressional
Union will concede In return for the Ma
tionais leaving Washington is q matter
of dispute.
Unless they consent - abandon their
"anti-party policy" II Is probable that
they will he hooted OF the floor This
10 'cy is the one Of opposing the party In
power at elections when it fsils to pass
the amendment This is the device that
the elder CiEsn'-s tioE insists ~ militant
and damaging to the entire equal suffrage
cause.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14

HERE was no character / ever
played so whimsical or as full
of spirit as Tess of the Storm
Country. Whenever l am asked
what play, either of the spoken or
silent drama, l like best, I answer
without having to ponder upon it
Tess.
l think my friends all over the
world have liked Tess the best, for /
have had hundreds of letters, even
i:om the little children whom l
thought would be better pleased with
Cinderella. Some of them vote for
Hearts Adrift," but Tess is the one
who stands out most vividly.
Rags is another harum-scarum, and
many have written that Rags comes
second.
To me Tess was such dear be-
cause she has so many sides to her
character. That is what made her so
human, and still there was nothing of
the namby-pamby about her. There
were some keen moments of tragedy
in her life, of melting pathos, and yet
the most delicious of comedy situa-
tions.
She was deeply religious even in
her profanity. But Tess had no idea
she was profane; she just hadn't the
chance to be "teached," as Tess
would say, and, like all little tikes
brought up without a mother, she
was hungry for divine knowledge
When she felt the need of a Bible
and couldn't afford one, she stole her
Bible out of the church. Nor could
she understand them when they told
her she had done something wrong,
that even such a theft was a sin.
When | read the book l loved her
and when l played her my whole
heart and soul were in my work She
always seemed like real girl to me,
not a girl in a story book.
/ have begun to realize how quick
the public is to appreciate the sin
Gritty of the actor or actress. The
dramas in which we give the best
that is in US are always the ones they
enjoy the most. They are quick to
detect any falseness, and unnatural
are ruled off the boards
these days. 1t really requires greater
effort ard skill to develop character
than a plot.
In Hearts Adrift" l felt all the
abandon of little wild thing; it was
almost as if l belonged to another
planet. We actresses enter SO into
the characters VIC arc playing it is
hard to shake off the spell of them
and resume our normal, work-a-day
lives. During the harum-scarum part
of Tess, long after my scenes were
taken, would l strut around, saucy
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
Will Raise Conventions Fund.

The financial subcommittee of the
joint committee on conventions repre-
senting the Board of Trade. Retail
Merchants Association, and Chamber
Of Commerce, yesterday discussed
plans for the raising of funds to bring
conventions to Washington, John
Dolph, d. j. Callahan and Thomas
Grant were chosen to appear before
the Washington Hotel Mems Associa-
tion and request support. The plans
will be discussed at the meeting to-
night Of directors Of the chamber.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
MOTOR GOSSIP
By Isl" GR0GAN

Auto enthusiasts who plan to own a
car next year should get in touch with
their dealers now. Their orders should
be placed as soon AS possible il they
wish to insure themselves of delivery
when Miss Sunshine comes.
Automobile selling is no longer a spring
and summer proposition. Winter is not
what it used to be. or at least this
present winter will not be like its prede-
cessors to the auto dealer.
No previous year was like 1915. Many
were inclined to believe the spread OF
the motor cars popularity was some
thing abnormal and In the nature OF
boom. to be followed by reactions.
The tremendous sales OF automobiles
thi; year resulted from the logical
spread of the autos popularity and utility.
because of a couple OF years of large
crops. and because business has been
good. Judging by conditions. II will be
better next year.
Consequently the growth. which sim
ply has deluged most all makers has
none of the aspects of boom. There
will be no after-efects or adverse re-
actions. There will be no letup In the
everspreading popularity of the auto.
All makers have made provisions for
Increased capacity for the coming year.
VIII uc
next year than were made this year.
Likewise. there will b. more people want
ing the output. and clamoring at dealers
to get 1t, next year.
Manufacturers know all about the real
underlying reasons which caused this
years tidal wave Of demand to spring
into existence. II there was anything
not substantial. not real. not lasting
about that demand. they would be the
first to know 1t. The manufacturer has
the most to risk on the stability of the
demand. The wholesale expansions
throughout the industry constitute the
manufacturers answer to next year.
The lesson from the situation as n
whole reveals the obvious logic of buy
ing new for next spring delivery. II is
better to book the order now and do
the waiting through the cold winter
months than wait until spring and be-
come one part of a triangle Of vexation
and disappointment involving yourself
the dealer. and the manufacturer.
The old rule OF rush In the spring
is in the discard: preparedness now Is
the byword of next years motorist and
II It is not. 1t should be.
Fred Harveycutter. Of the firm Of
Chesley and Harveycutter, Is patting
himself on the back for what he believes
is a clever idea. He has had erected at
the corner Of Seventh street and Penn
sylvania avenue an electric sign, forty
ore feet high and thirty-five feet wide.
containing 2,0ss electric lights which pro-
claim to those who pass up and down
this famous thoroughfare that his firm
Ii the agent for the elly-Springfleld
tire. The sign Is the largest electric
sign in the city.
For the coming week, United States
tires will have to sell themselves. as ED"
Johansen and Bob" willett, who devote
their energies 70 exploiting this product,
have gone to Detroit to attend the an.
nual conference Of their Company.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
COCKRELL FUNERAL TODAY.
Services for Former senator at Con-
federatc Veteran HuII,

Funeral services for former Senator
Francis NJ. Cockrell, of Missouri. who
died at his residence here yesterday. will
be held this afternoon at Confederate
Veterans Hall Following the services
his body will be taken to Warraaburg,
Mo.
The former Senator had long been in
public life. He served as Interstate Com
merce Commissioner after leaving Con-
gress. He was a Confederate veteran
and held a iigh office in the Confederate
army throughout the civil war. He had
a remarkable legal as well as political
record. He was admitted to the bar in
1855 and began the practice Of law in
Missouri, his native State He served five
terms in the Senate, his service ranging
from 1876 to 1906.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Change OPPOSED
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Decides to Fight
Recommendation.
BIG CRUSADE EXPECTED
Resolution Declares Present Arrange
ment Gives Good Representation
and Is Free from Politics.

The public schools committee OF inc
Chamber of Commerce yesterday ADOPT
ed a resolution opposing the DISTRICT
Commissioners in their Recommendation
to Congress that they begin supervision
of the District public schools. The COM
nittee's resolution will be presented 10
the directors of the chamber tonight. II
was predicted that not only will the Or
rsnization adopt the resolution but that
tbe action will initiate District-wide OPP
position to the Commissioners recon-
mendation.
The resolution was presented to the
public schools committee by a. Leftwich
Sinclair and was adopted with but one
dissenting vote. 1t declares the present
school law of the District is an efficient
and satisfactory one and should not be
changed and further says:
That the best interests of the school
children, of the teachers. and OF the
public, require that permanent preserva-
tion Of the feature of local representa-
tion In the administration of school gov
ernment in the District of Columbia, and
that we particularly commend the pro-
visions of the present law, vesting pow
or Of appointment of the members or our
Board Of Education in the judges of the
Supreme Court of the Distoct, as being
we'll calculated to result in the creation
OF a thoroughly representative board. free
from politics"
Points of Difference.
The principal points of difference be-
tween the present system of school gov
ernment and the proposed change of the
Commissioners, as pointed ont by Mr..
Sinclair are that three women must
serve on the present board. which is not
required in the Commissioner plan; that
the appointment of the directors by JUS
tees of the District Supreme Court pre-
cludes the entrance of politics into the
appointments since the justices serve for
life: that Congress prescribes the duties
and makes the laws of the school sys-
tenn while such laws would be abolished
and replaced by those of the Commits
sioners' own making, and that a larger
representation is to be had with nine d.
rectors than with the five proposed by
the Commissioners, especially since three
women now serve as directors. He also
declared a better purpose is served by
the appointment of teachers by the d.
rectors than would obtain with their ap-
pointment by the Commissioners
The Chamber of Commerce some years
ago was instrumental in defeating a bill
introduced by Senator Dolliver which
placed the Districts school system under
the direction of the United States Com
missioner Of Education and gave SINH
lar power now asked by the District
Commissioners.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
Answers to Correspondents.

Miriam C., Stamford, Conn. writes
Pardon my criticism, Miss Pickford,
but we did not like you as we'll in
Such Little Queen because you
wore modern clothes. Can't you al
ways play raggedy parts?'
Instead of poor little rich girl,
must | forever play a rich little poor
girl? l must confess the most ap-
pealing characters to me arc raggedy
girls as you call them. But l do en-
joy dressing up once in a while.
Won't the public let me?
Mr.. Dalton L. D., Atlanta, Ca:
low grateful am for your beauti-
ful praise and to know l bring hap
piness into your life through my pic
tures. enjoyed your paragraph
about adopting a grandfather. You
are right Why shouldn't we adopt
lonely old people as we'll as children?
Your own grandchildren must be
very proud of you. To me it is won
derful to be SO years old and still
able to take them to the picture
shows several times : week.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
Lives After Fighting Mad Bull.

Hudson. s.. D.. Dec I3.-John Deliver
was discharged from the hospital here
recently, partially recovered from inju-
ries received when he was attacked by q
vicious bull on a Lincoln County farm.
Deliver had been nearly killed by the en-
ragged animal when q neighbor charged
the beast with an automobile, and. after
repeated assaults, drove Il away.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
Answers to Queries.

MiIlicent: The liver is a much
abused and little understood organ
Phosphate of sodium is perhaps your
best remedy If you are quite sure your
trouble is "biliousness." The dose IL
teaspoonful in a tumbler of fairly
hot water a half hour before break
fast 1t might be we'll for you to alb
stain from eggs and all liquids ex-
cept pure water.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14

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The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
OBITUARY.

Funeral services for Mra. irene B.
Brewer. who died Sunday at the resi-.
dence Of her daughter. Nrs. Allan Walk
er. WIN be held this morning 1t 81.
Thomas chapel Woodiey road. At .
o'clock. Interment viii be private.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah 8.
Dean. widow Of Charles r. Dean, who
died sunday. viii be held 1t her home.
so Massachusetts, avenue northwest. this
morning at $50 O'Clock. and At st.
Aloystus Church. where requiem mass
Will be celebrated. Intermsut viii be pri-
vats.
Funeral services for Mrs.. Matthew
Hesly. who died Saturday. win be held
this morning at $50. at the residence
Of her niece. Mrs. Katie Hedderson. +s5
N street southwest, and At st. DOM
inic's Church. where requiem mass will
be celebrated.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary c.
Moore. who died Sunday. will be held
at the residence Of her daughter. Mrs.
Carrie N. Steward, n27 First street north
west, this afternoon at 4:3o o'clock. In
terment will be made In Battle Creek,
Mich.
Funeral services for Mrs Eleanor C.
Scott. vice president Of the Daughters
Of Veterans and prominent in patriotic
and musical circles of Washington, who
died Saturday at her residence ES
Eleventh street northwest, will be held
this morning at st. Joseph's Catholic
Church. Special services for her were
helc last night by the Daughters OF the
Veterans and the auxiliary Of Gushing
Camp. Sons OF Veterans. Mrs. Scott was
native Of Washington. She Is sur
vived by her husband and a small son.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-14
NEw-oRK-DH1-R-DAX.
O.O.ns:lNTYRe,.

The other day a friend OF DR.. .Planck's
was there and the lady showed him the
visitors book. Il cant understand
what he meant" she said. People al
ways smile when they read IT.
The doctor had written only the words:
"ouoth the raven
The hot dogs that didn't spend last
summer at Coney Island are now dis
played at the six-day bike race. Hot dogs
are the chief article of food for the
few stragglers who are courageous
enough to stay at the race day and night.
One man paid 5000 for the privilege of
dispensing the trained hounds at 10 cent,
q copy.
Riverside Drive residents ase trying to
make the glue factories Of New Jersey
adhere to the Hague rules and to cease
the empioymnt of poisonous gasea Un-
less the factories acouiesce the victims
will h5ve to don masks such as are worn
In the French trenches or acknowledge
defeat and move away.
Many tenants in the expensive apart
ments have already moved to escape TIE
odors. Even automobiles are stunning
the drive. one Of the most popular motor
thoroughfares Among the prominent
pcoilc hNlhs ia hiost "a eiic BeS Sone
are Charles II. Schwab. Mayor Mitohsl
William r. Hearst, Irwin Cobb and
Amelia Bingham.
The crusade has resulted IN . suSEes-
tiop for an "anti-odor'' dinner. Tho
smells OF Edgewater will be a delight
ful subject for after-dinner oratory. The
battle song should be out of the stenches
by Christmas.
Frank NJ. O'Brien has a feminine friend
who read President Wilson's message 10
Congress. After finishing she pushed the
paper away In disgust. There" she
snapped I've read all these five columns
about preparedness and ships and bond
tsriffs-and he doesn't say a single word
about the wedding"