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no suspension of mercantile work. There are still to be found on the Clyde several yards devoted in the main to the construction of small steamers of the cOasting grade which are not "controlled establishments and for some months these yards were able to proceed without any difficulty with the contracts they had on hand.
 It was only after the government decided upon a scheme for drawing all available labor to the "controlled yards" for war work, that, that these firms experienced any difficulty.
 Largest Vessel Launched.
 The largest vessel launched on the Clyde last year was the steamer "Aotearoa," a liner of 15,000 tons built by the Fairfield company, for the Union Steamship company of New Zealand. This vessel, which is the only merchant ship turned out by the firm last year, is a twin screw geared turbine steamer, and has the distinc- tion of being the largest vessel launched in 1915 in the world.
 In 1914 the Germans held the rec ord by the launching of the liner Bis marck a vessel of 56,000 tons, built for the Hamburg erika line at Hamburg, and the second largest yes sel was the White Star liner Britannia of 5O,OOO tons, launched at Belfast.
 The only other geared turbine ves- sells of note, launched by the Clyde side last year was the Federal liner Cumberland, of S,9OO tons, at Port Glasgow in March, and the Australian steamer Mariana of 2,97O tons, at Dumbarton in June.
 Two Ocean Vessels.
 Only two ocean going motor driven vessels were launched on the Clyde, both from the yards of Harland and Wolff the Bostonian at Swan and the Montezuma at Irvine. The former is a vessel of 5,200 tons built for F. Ley land and company, Ltd, and the lat ter is of $500 tons, built for the Elder Dempster & Go.
 In tonnage Russell & Go. take the leading place, having launched nine vessels representing 4S,380 tons, which is the worlds record output during 1915.
 Two Oil Tankers.
 Only two oil tankers were launched in 1915 on the Clyde, both for the yard of Greenock and Grangemouth Dock company. One is the Venna- char, built for a Glasgow firm, and the other the Barendrecht, for the owners in Rotterdam. The former was a vessel of 3,662 tons and the latter of 4.70O tons.
 Every effort was made during the carly part of the year to get into the water vessels which were well ad- vanced on the stocks, and so set at liberty building berths for other work. Tn their efforts the ship builders received encouragement from the admiralty, but during the latter months of 1915 there was marked decline in the number of launches from the Clyde.
 Among shipbuilders on the north east and west coasts of England, several of the most famous names are absent in the returns of firms having launched merchant vessels. For in- l
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
WHAT TO DO FOR
 ITCHING SKINS

Eczema, ringworm and other itching, burning skin eruptions are so easily made worse by improper treatment that one has to be very careful. There is one method, however, that you need not he's itate to use, even on baby's tender skin-that is, the resinol treatment. Resinol Is the prescription of Balti- more doctor, put up in the form of res- incl ointment and resinol soap. This proved so remarkably successful that thousands of other physicians have been prescribing it constantly for 20 years.
 Resinol stops itching instantly, and almost always heals the eruption quick ly and at little cost. Resinol ointment and resinol soap can be bought at any druggists.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
3,Ib5 5, 484, l No WarShiD Figures.


 In the statistics relating to work turned out by British yards no figures are given of warship building. Were these figures included, it is proba ble that the output might have been lar ger than in any previous year, but the totals serve to demonstrate the amount of work which nas been ac- complished in British yards. During the whole year ship owners have been deploring the difficulties which have lain in the way of their obtaining de- livery of vessels ordered before the war broke out and in many yards de- voted to war work, new mercantile tonnage remains on the stocks and in the condition it was left months ago.
 During the year 1913 the total mer- cantile production of the United Kingdom was 1,424 vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 1,977,573, so
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
CLEARS BLOTCHY SKIN

Try resinol soap for a week You will be surprised to see how it clears and freshens your complexion, even in that short time. Used for the sham poo, it removes dandruff and keeps the hair live, rich and lustrous. This is because it contains the soothing, heal ing resinol medication.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26

Lydia E. P1nkham s Vege ta ble Con- pound. When I was 45 and h ad tn @ Oh ange of Life, 8 friend d recom- mended it and it gave me such relief from my bad feel ings that 1 took several bottles. I nm now we'll and boo1tb1y and rocoy,,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26

On the Humber, the firms whi have been devoted to the construct of trawlers have been exceptional active and they have succeeded completing a large number of vess| for private owners, but upon col pletion many have been requisition for admiralty service.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
SHIPBUILDING WORK
 AFFECTED BY WAR
Statistics of British Firms Show
 Big Decreases
Gcorrespondence of the Associated Press.1

Gcorrespondence of ths Associated Press.I London, Jan. 25.-How seriously the war has affected the shipbuilding in- dustry of the world is shown in the official statistics which have been sup piled by leading British shipbuildng firms. During the past year only 1855 merchant vessels, representing total of 1870, 610 tons, have been added to the mercantile marine of the world, as compared with 3,165 vessels of S. 4S4,171 tons during 1914.
 While all the combatant nations have obviously suffered in the great est degree, the United Kingdom has been the most seriously affected, for the figures relating to British ship building show that only 517 merchant vessels were built, representing a to- tai tonnage of 649, ,336 tons, as against 1,294 vessels of 1,722,154 tons, during the previous year.
 : Total Output of the World. The following table which has been compiled from statistics furnished by the leading shipbuilders shows the to- tai output of the world during 1915 and 1914:
 1915.
 Vessels Tonnage United Kingdom .....517 649,336 British Dominions ...183 32,937 Foreign combatant --. and noncombatant .955 9s9,337
 1855 1,671,61O
 1914
 United Kingdom - 1,294 1,722,154 British Dominions .. 271 67994 Foreign combatant
 and non-combatant 1 ,609 1694,O23
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
ELDERLY WOMEN
 SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were Carried Safely Through
 Change of Life.

Durand, Wis.-"I am the mother of fourteen children and I owe my life to
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26

stance Hawthorn, Leslie &S Co.,, of Newcastle on Tyne, and the Parson s Marine Steam Turbine Co. of Walls end, did not launch a single merchant vessel, while on the west coast among the well known firms who did not put any mercantile tonnage into the water were Vickers of Barrew and Cammeli, Laird & Co.,, of Birkenhead.
 All over the northeast coast the total output during 1915 was 1855 vessels of about 330,000 tons.
 Decrease of 191, 1000 Tons.
 On the Tyne alone merchant work during the year shows a decrease of over 1000 tons as compared with the statistics relating to 1914.
 The total output of English yards, as distinct from Scottish and Irish yards is shown in the following table, and the comparison for 1914 is given:
 1914 1915
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26
Women Know

that they cannot afford to be ill. They must keep themselves in the best of health at all times. Most of all, the digest i've system must be kept in good working order. Knowing the importance of this, many women have derived help from
New Britain herald., 1916-01-26

Mersey .. 52 6,357 165 45,O76 Thames .. 34 2,807 179 11,768 Bristol
 Channel 2 1,150 20 3,367 English
 Channel 125 688 72 5,983
 29s 3S4,417 S17 966,S39
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
w Interesting New Fur Fashions Of the Season

for there is nothing artistic about tho
head. CLASSY eyes and feet of dead
animal hanging below womans live
face. Why look like the hunter home
from the field?
! The small neckpiece is in the shape
of a half muller or a whole one IL you
like. provided that the two ends are
fastened in front. Unless single end
thrown over the shoulder Is excessive
ly weighted it is nuisance to tho
wesrer.
The extra high coachman's collar OF
fur remains in fashion for those who
do not like to spoil the shapeliness OF
their shoulders and back by hanging
drapery- The fashionable neckpiece is
really a shoulder piece. for In many
of the best models it extends to the
waist line. There is a snugneSs about
the shoulders that is reminiscent Of
Victorianism. :
The prevailing fur coats have less
flare than last winter. unless they are
ones hang in a straight. medieval line.
with sometimes a deep band Of another
fur al the hem. Their rivals. the velour
and velvet coats. have the hem free OF
by lavishness at the waist, the neck
and the wrists.
Immense Slavic belts of fur orna-
mented with harbaric designs of Jewels
coats Wristlets of fur that reach AL
most to the elbow are also in demand.
The mum is a small anair. barrel
shaped and usually made of two kinds
of fur. Its distinguishing feature is
simplicity. 1t has no cordings nor frills
nor ornamentation.
Evening gowns are trimmed with
fur. and evening coats are heaped with
II. Black and white tails of ermine are
used to fringe the edges of velvet even-
ing gowns, and on one distinguished
black velvet dinner frock there are
shoulder straps OF ermine and a diplo-
mats ribbon of the same peltry that In
spread across the chest and finished
at the waist with rosette.
Among the furs that are offered as
first choice this season are ermine.
kolinski. flying squirrel. sealskin, Bel
gian rabbit, sable. skunk. moleskin and
beaver. The smooth peltries are pre-
ferred to the g-haired ones. Even
such furs as kolinski and skunk have
razor passed down them by the fur
rier to bring them to the softness OF
sealskin. This is the first time that It
has been possible to make that coarse
fur called skunk becoming to the face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

have been lost even in the orient. Be
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries, the same exhibit
contains authentic material illustrating
the three largest books in the world.
They are: q, The great Ming En-
cyclopedia, Yung 10 ia ten, begun in
1903 and finished in 1909. which orig
inally embraced 22,937 large folio vol
umes about one-half inch thick and
which took the equivalent of 5000
years work in compilation; CO the I'm
perial Encyclopedia, Tu shu chi ch'end,
the largest printed book in China, en-
bracing 5.O44 volumes. and go the
Ssu ku ch'uan shu manuscript, a mon
umental collection made by the order
of the Manchu emperor, CHEN Lung,
from 1878 to 1882, and including all
of the principal works in the Chinese
language. 1t embraces 3,511 works in
about 10000 volumes. OF the Imperial
Encyclopedia, which alone of the three
was printed. the library has volumes
on exhibition from all three printed
editions and has complete set of the
second large-print edition. The other
two works exist only in manuscript
form, but two volumes of the Yung 10
ia tien are exhibited. one the prop
erty of the library and one deposited
as loan. OF the Ssu ku CHI uan shu
manuscript one complete work in nine
volumes is shown, which bears the
seal of the Emperor CHEN Lung and
probably belonged to his private Ii
brary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

have a vast variety from which to
choose.
The furriers say there is no one ami
NAL that reigns supreme. and that the
peltry of any animal is worth while il
it passes through the right hands. The
art of the furrier has become signifi-
cant. His is the magic quality to make
squirrel look like sable to make rae
coon and possum reach important
heights and to put ponyskin on a
the common fox and lift the wolf into
greatness. He has made beaver almost
precious and has made Belgian hare do
some service to the world.
1t is no wonder. therefore. that a
woman pays well for peltry. no matter
from what animal it was skinned. Her
dollars go to the furrier, and that is
where she is far behind the stone-age
woman, who employed no middleman
between the beast and the garment.
If you or some one who loves you is
hunting for Christmas gift in furs or.
barring sentiment. one wants merely to
know what is the correct fashion in
furs, the best thought to put away in
the mind is that all the fur that money
can buy is wearable today. 1t is not
out of place on any garment, on any
occasion.
There are two or three things that
one might say are out of fashion: First.
the band of fur on the hem of a cloth
or velvet coat; second. the small ami
NAL with head and tails worn snugly
around the neck. No one who dresses
well is partial to the usage Of the en-
tire animal this season. which is well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

most unique was the huge house fly,
modelled for use in a fly-killing cam
paign from a fly with his legs weighted
down with typhoid germs. The en-
larged model was over four feet long
and about the size of pair of sheep.
Indeed. after it was made, the problem
was getting it out Of the house with
out having to lop off either head or
legs.
Long before she began modelling
bugs she thoroughly understood ento-
mology, accompanying her husband.
Otto Heidemann, an entomologist and
expert of note. on many of his collect
ing tours in various parts of the coun-
try, and aiding him in collecting and
classifying his specimens.
Aside from the commercial value Of
these splendid models. Mrs. Heidemann
finds the work most alluring.
Referring to this phase Of it. she said
With the bugs you never have to wait
for the inspiration; you have your
knowledge. and you really work by
rule and measure. But with the beauti-
full picture. the statue, the portrait or
the bust. the inspiration is everything;
without it you cannot progress to its
completion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
The Christmas BAD.

So popular is the handbag of velvet
or silk. the sort that can be made by
any one with clever fingers. that it is
always timely this winter. So although
much has already been written about
it. it is coming in for more words.
AS a possible Christmas gift it is es-
pecially favored by the woman who
likes to make the gifts she gives And
here are some possible ways of max
ing it:
To begin with. there are now paper
patterns for bags; patterns not only
for the beaded designs which decorate
them. but for the cutting of the bags
themselves. These patterns show sew
them pretty and all in very good style.
The beaded designs come in conven-
tfonal patterns and in floral patterns.
and the material OF the bags and the
beads can be chosen in any interesting
color scheme. Nothing is more effec-
tive than cut steel beads on black plush
or velour or velvet. with cut-steel or
silver cord tassel and with black rib
bons or silver cords for the draw
string.
For the young girl or for afternoon
use. a bag can be made in one of the
brocaded silks. with the, beads in the
design of the colors OF the brocade. In
this way very interesting color designs
can be obtained.
about a tassel. For instance. there are
little japanese crepe tassels. They
are not really tassels, in one sense. for
they are tiny pendants made of crepe
in the shape of rabbits. flowers. cats
and other designs. These little PEN
dants, which are sold at the tassel
counter, suggest charming bag or
cotton crepe for child. The bag
should be made of rather dark colors.
lined with a brighter or lighter shade:
The drawstrings can be of ribbon ana
the little pendants can be fastened
along the bottom or at the sides.
Then there are the Chinese tassels
in blue and gold, made of twisted silk
threads hanging from yellow am
ber-colored bead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

primitive in our clothes. We may
change the symptoms. but the deep
seated disease is there. What woman
is there who doesn't want to wear pei
try? Those companions of the palace
lithic men in Europe probably received
massive peltry as marriage gifts, al
though to link palaeolithic times with
the ceremonial vows of marriage is to
make jest of all that Prof. Osborn
has tried to instil into our brains con-
corning the origin of our kind.
Men have always been hunters of
game. and women have always been
wearers of skins. Therefore. how can
We expect to change primitive instinct
merely because we have changed our
behavior? And then, there is nothing
else that keeps one SO warm as peltry,
one may argue. This reasoning, how
ever, has little to do with the fact.
There are women as far south as the
boundary line of Florida who are buy
ing fur coats that reach to their heels.
and there are women in India who still
grid their lofns with the skins of
beasts. Logic and reasoning are not
behind the wearing of peltry: it is the
absolute expression of primordial in
stinct.
The skins of the animals are not the
same; they differ as the worlds epochs
differ. 1t was quite easy for woman
of the stone age to invest herself in
the skin of a stone age animal, but to-
day 1t takes many skins from the
squirrel, ermine. sable, rabbit or rat to
| make one garment for one woman.
| 1t was necessary to introduce semi
precious furs. because it was not pos
sible for the masses to pay the price of
the precious ones; so this winter we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

yorable idea of the natural advantages
of the new country.
Where did the idea and the custom
of Santa Claus orr inate?-T. F.
Answer. santa Claus is the Dutch
form of ST. Nicholas. st. Nicholas was
fourth century bishop. His feast in
Germany became a time of presents
and of feasting; later he became the
symbol of the Christmas spirit as it ap-
pears in these forms.
What is the origin of the political
phrase, ITO wa the bloody shirt? -
f. H.
Answer This Sc has come to
designate the pra. Of keeping old
fractional antagonisms alive in politics
for party purposes. 1t had its origin
in an old custom of Corsica. the land
Of the vendetta. At the wake OF q
man slain in a Corsican feud it was
the custom to hang his bloody shirt
over the bier. The corpse was sur
rounded by wailing women. and one of
these would seize the bloody shirt. wave
it aloft and call on the men of the fam
lily to swear vengeance. The phrase
was first applied in American politics
to those who attempted to keep civil
war enmfties alive 1t is supposed to
have been first used in this connection
by Oliver P. Morton, United States
senator.
Proportion of Coal Exported.
What proportion of American coal
production goes into the export trade?
JIG.
Answer-The produ ion of coal for
1915 was 45S,500.000 It's. The domes-
tic consumption amounted to 441,S36,OO0
tons. The exact percentage of coal
exported was $50 per cent.
, understand that the United States
uses more sugar per capita than any
other nation. Is this true? A. L.
Answer.-Not quite. Great Britain
leads with an annual consumption of
91.6 pounds of sugar per capita. Tho
United States is second. with a con-
sumption of 1904 pounds. Both there
figures are comparatively very higl
In Italy. Spain and the Balkan states
the annual consumption of sugar per
capita is less than ten pounds.
Is there any stage of the oysters de-
velopment at which it is able to swim
and move about? d. II. NJ
Answer-Yes. The embryo oyster,
which is SO small as to be almost in
visible. becomes covered with micro
scopic fieshy bristles, which give ii Q
considerable power Of locomoticn. and
it may wander to considerable dis
tances. AS soon as the shell begins to
form the oyster has to be content to
settle down for life. Only a few of
the tiny oysters out of each million
survive.
Do the national guardsmen on the
border need books? A. L.
Answer.-Yes. II books are intended
for a special company. the name of the,
company and of the chaplain should be
attached. This matter is in charge Of
the depot Quartermaster's office, War
Department, Washington. D. c.
Inquiries sent to the Information
Bureau should be addressed to The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash.
ington, d. C. A two-cent stamp should
be inclosed for return postage with
each inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

icluded in this is so much of definite
practical value to the affairs of the occi-
dent today.
And you will all feel. as l have long
felt how fortunate a circumstance II
is that in that bureau there was-and
is-an expert whose own wide range of
knowledge and sweep of intelligence
could appreciate it's significance. and
whose remarkable initiative, energy,
industry and method could be applied
to the development of the collection
and the systematization of it, as well
as to the utilization of it in the practi-
cal work of the bureau. For its origin
the library is indebted to several
friendly sources, but as it stands and
will eventually stand it's most signal
debt will be to DR.. Swingle."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
DR.. SW|NGLE TALKS
ON CHINESE BOOKS
Addresses D. c. Library Asso-
citation on the Large COL
lection Here.
ADDITIONS I'M PAST YEAR
ADDITIONS IN PAST YEAR

The Chinese collection of the Library
of Congress was the subject of a talk
by DR.. Walter T. Swingle before the
District of Columbia Library Associa-
ton Wednesday night. The Library of
Congress has added largely to its Chinese
collection during the past few years
and as a result now stands first in this
field among libraries of the new world
and probably third among the Chinese
libraries in the western countries, the
speaker said. 1t has about 10000 VOL
umes of Chinese printed books and
manuscripts bound in book form, occu-
plying 1894 feet of shelf space Besides
these there are large japanese and con-
siderable Korean. Manchu. Mongol and
Tibetan collections. which in many
cases supplement the Chinese collec-
ton proper. large proportion of these
books being verbatim reprints or else
exact TRANSACTIONS Of Chinese works.
There are some 10000 volumes in these
collections. making over $4,000 volumes
in all in the east Asiatic collections of
the Library of Congress.
Not only does the Library of Congress
stand first in the new world in the num-
Der of it's Chinese books, but il also
takes the first place among all Chinese
Libraries in western countries in hay-
ing a classified card catalogue which
covers not only all independent works.
but also all works included in the
Ts'ung shu, or collections of reprints
that constitute so vital part of any
working Chinese library.
Classification Has Been Difficult.
The proper classification of this ma
terial has been difficult. it was stated,
but finally the catalogue division OF
the Library of Congress, with the col
laboration of DR.. Hing Kwai Fung and
Prof. S. C. Kiang and through the per-
sistent energy of NJ. J. Hagerty, has
fcation. This systematic carrying out
of the classification of the Chinese
books in the Library of Congress and
of the reprints of the Ts'ung shu has
made the Library Of Congress collec-
lection without question the most
easily accessible to scholars of any
Chinese library in western countries.
The Library of Congress. however.
not only has one Of the largest and
probably the best arranged collection
in western countries. but Is also for
very valuable works which would be
highly priced even in China. An exhi-
bition recently prepared in the Library
of Congress shows nine Sung, Kin and
Yuan dynasty imprints. and two early
Ming imprfnts, printed before 1880 A.
D. Some of these works are of great
tnteres6 being editions supposed TO