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The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
VISITING nurses
WORK PRAISED
Miss Boardman Tells How
They Aid Red Cross IN
tuberculosis.
NEED BETTER WORKERS
Speakers at Annual Meeting Explain
Value Of Stsndsrdizins Health
Standards of Family Life.

Miss Mabel Boardman. Of the Amer1-
can Red Gross: Miss julia Lsthrop. Of
the Federal Children. Bureau, aud Prof.
c. z. A. Winsiow, OF the Yale Medical
School and New York State Board of
Health, were the principal speaker, last
night at the annual meeting Of tn. In
structive Visiting Nurse Society at
Rsuschers Mrs. william Corcorsn Eus-
tis, president Of the society. presided.
The speakers declared that the work
Of the visiting nurse vax a great and
growing element In civilization and that
the crying need of the hour WAS for more
and better visiting nurses.
Miss Lsthrop said that the great need
Of the present time vss the standsroizs-
ton Of family life.
Something Of the work done by the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society In CO.
opera ton with the American Red Cross
in the hght against tuberculosis was told
by Miss Boardmsn- She explained and
praised the system of sick insurance In
vogue in Germany.
Mrs. Eustis. in her annual report. told
Of the years work OF the society. She
showed that in 1915 fifteen nurses Of the
society, in charge OF Miss Eiisse seeth Fox,
B. A R N, made 1895 visits TO as
patients
Oricers are Mrs. william C. Eustis.
president: Mrs. william NJ. Grinnell- SEC
Rotary, and Mrs. A p. Gardner. treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
LADIES! DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Youngerl Use Grand
mothers Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur and Nobody Will Know.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for re-
storing faded. gray hair to Its natural
color dates back to grandmothers time
She used it to keep her hair beautifully
dark, glossy, and abundant. Whenever
her hair fell out or took on that gull
faded, or streaked appearance, this sim
pie mixture was applied with wonder
full effect.
But brewing at home is mussy and
QUITO date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for 50-cent bottle OF
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound"
you will get this famous old recipe.
which can be depended upon to restore
natural color and beauty to the hair
and is splendid for dandruff. dry. fever
ish, itchy scalp. and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says II darkcns the hair SO naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell 1t has
been applied. You simply dampen a
sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw
this through your hair, taking one
strand at q time. BY morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two II becomes beautifully
dark. glossy, and abundant,--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04

Lithia in expelling poisons from body
For those easily recognized symptoms
of iuflammation-as backache, scalding
urine and frequent urination, as well
as sediment in the urine, or if uric acid
in the blood has caused rheumatism. Il
is simply wonderful how surely "An-
uric acts. The best of results are al
ways obtained in cases of acute rheu-
matisn in the joints, in gravel and
gout, and invariably the pains and stiff
ness which so frequently and persist
emily accompany the disease rapidly
disappear. Send Ioc for large trial
package or go to your nearest drug
store and simply ask for a 5o-cent
package of "An-uric" manufactured by
Dr.. Pierce. II you suspect kidney or
bladder trouble, send him a sample OF
your water and describe symptoms. DR..
Pierce,s chemist will examine il, then
DR.. Pierce will report to you without
fee or any charge whatever.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
BACKACHE, PAIN in SIDE, RHEUMATISM.

Dear Mr.. Editor:
For long time suffered from back
ache, pain in left side, frequent urina-
tions (bothering me at all times during
the day and night, and the uric acid
in my blood caused me to suffer from
rheumatism along with a constant tired.
worn-out feeling. | heard of the new
discovery of DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
N. Y, called "An-uric," and obtaining
these tablets at once began their use.
After giving "An-uric" a good trial
believe it to be the best kidney remedy
on the market today. | have tried other
kidney medicines but these "An-uric
Tablets" of DR.. Pierce's are the only
ones, in my opinion, that will cure
kidney and bladder troubles.
lSignedJ HENRY A. LOVE.
NOTE:-Experiments at DR.. Pierce's
Hospital for several years proved that
An-urie' is 81 imes more active than
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
Mrs. Jean H. F. St. Cyr Defends
Young + husband Against Enemies
Alleged Former Newsboy and Chorus Man. Accused Of Pre-
tending to Be Rich Frenchman, Has Advocate in His
Second Wealthy Wife STORY Romantic One

Philadelphia, Feb. 3-Mrs Jean Harold
Edward st. Cyr. who as the widow OF
Silent Smith inherited his $50, ,000, 900
broke silence today at the Bellevue-strat-
ford for the first time since she and her
young husband hurriedly left their ex-
pensive suite at THE Breakers" Palm
Beach. Fla, where they were stopping
when The New York World declared II
had discovered that st. Cyr was rot a
descendant of an old French family. but
no other than Jack" Thompson. of
Waco, Tex, former newsboy, hsberdash-
cry salesman and impecunious chorus
man.
This is only an attack upon my hus-
band by his enemies" she said today
10 a friend, who was the only person
she has consented to see in her apart
ments at the hotel since she and st. Cyr
arrived there last night from Washing
ton on their way to New York.
That Mrs. St. Cyr has aligned herself
on the side of her husband was received
ont only as news. but as cheering item
Of gossip at the hotel, which had been
astir ever since their arrival over the
out come of the affair. Rumors had ac-
comparied the st. Cyrs on their trip
North that Mrs. st. Cyr had left Palm
Beach against the wishes OF st. Cyr. he
being disposed to ignore the allegations
made In New York about his Identity.
The story Of st. Cyr is as dramatic and
romantic a one as can be found within
the bounds Of all fiction. From newsboy,
hotel clerk, haberdasher's salesman, and
chorus man to society beau, aristocrat,
and millionaire was the remarkable trans
formation that this young man accom-
plished within the span Of but a few
years.
Eight years ago st. Cyr lived in a hall
bedroom Of a New York tenement. He
was a slender, blond youth Of only %
years, but looking no older than q He
was a haberdasher's salesman and his
salary was meager. yet all OF that salary
was invested In wearing apparel st.
Cyr had n passion for clothes, even in
those days. and he was looked upon as
an extremist In matters OF style.
Late In 1906. II 10 said, he was dis
charged from two department stores
where he was employed as a salesman.
Once was for fighting with a fellow en-
ploye: the other time was for incom-
potency. Then he tried his hand as a
chorus man. but the stage did not suit
him.
Times looked hard for st, Cyr, when
suddenly he found that there was a rich
widow stopping at the Waldorf-Astoris.
She was Mrs. Caroline Redheld. st. Cyr
made up his mind that he would be her
secretary and he got the job-no one
knows exactly how. Then he went to
her home at Hartford. Conn.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04

,FAVORS Power
FORD {. HEADS
Vinson Subcommittee Would
Have Commissioners APP
point Recorder of Deeds.
In LINE WITH POLICY
Favorable Report Also Made on Bill
Regarding Payment of Dis
trict Contractors.
in LINE WITH POLICY

The Vinson subcommittee Of the
House District Committee yesterday
ordered a tavorable report on the Com
missioners' bill transferring the ap-
pointing power from the President to
the District Commissioners In the case
of the District recorder OF deeds.
A favorable report also was ordered
on the bill permitting full payment to
contractors on District work at the
completion of the Job. but with a con-
tinuation Of the bond for one year as
guarantee that the work will be kept
in repair by the contractor during that
period.
The report on the recorder appoint
ment bin is in line with the policy out
lined by President Wilson to legisla-
tors concerned in District affairs, OF
vesting the appointive power in the
seat of responsibility. In line with this
policy the power of APPOINTING the reg
istrar of Wills probably will be taken
from the White House and placed in
the District Supreme Court.
A favorable report on the Page bill.
Increasing the legal usury rate from
/ to 2 per cent a month, was trans
mitted to Congress yesterday by the
District Commissioners. The Commits
sioners took the ground that the
present interest rata is too low to per-
init OF legitimate prohts and that the
withdrawal OF pawn brokers which re-
suits works hardship on many poor
people in the District.
Adverse reports were transmitted IN
four bills ordering a reduction in the
gas rate and one requiring universal
transfers on the ground that the Public
Utilities Commission has authority TO
handle the questions involved without
additional legislation, An unfsvorabls
report also was made on the Kahn bill
TO place certain veterans OF the old City
of Washington Fire Department on the
pension rolls The Commissioners con-
tended that no records were extAnt TO
show that the men involved really de-
served pensions.
On the Qsiesby bill to authorize the
removal OF a cemetery from Thirty-seY-
enth street, west, a favorable report was
made.
Representative Tinkham, OF Massachu-
setts, member OF the District Commit
tee, has introduced a bill restraining the
Commissioners from levying Im5rOven ent
benefits on property prior to the COM
mencement Of work on the street opening
involved.
A joint resolution was introduced by
Senator Nswlands directing the Fine Arts
Commission to investigate and report to
Congress on the advisablity Of removing
the Botanic Gardens from their present
. location at the foot Of the Mall. The
ommission is Instructed to advise Con-
gress as to the most suitable new loca-
tiOn for the gardens.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
LIQUOR Stand
DRIVES OUT TWO
Benning Delegates to Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associa-
tions Resign Posts.

The Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions again felt the effects Of its vote
on the liquor question last night, When
Michael A. Keane. delegate to the fedora
ton from the Benning Association, and
Charles y. Farr, his alternate. both re-
signed at a meeting Of their association
az the residence OF James W. Brown,
Mr.. Keane and Mr.. Farr, it is under
stood, resigned because the federation
upheld the right Of the Bennlng-Kenil-
worth Association 10 send delegates to
the federation. At the next meeting of
the Bennlng Association the question of
Withdrawing from the federation will be
considered. No delegate or alternate was
.naned to succeed Mr.. Ksans and Mr..
sFarr.
The association adopted a resolution
introduced by A. o. Ollie, requesting
! Congress to submit the Sheppard prohi-
hition bill to a referendum vote OF the
people Of the District. Several members
declared that IL would be snap judg
ment'' on the part OF Congress TO force
prohibition on the District.
A resolution was adopted opposing the
recommendation Of the Commissioners
fer an Increase In their own sala ries and
the salaries OF several other District Of
ficials- The association took the stand
that the Commissioners should first seek
20 raise the pay of the laborers in the
District service 20 s. a day.
! A resolution fsvoTing an amendment
! TO the present District loan shark al
flowing q charge OF three per cent on all
sloans under 80 and tive per cent for
;ioans over $50 was adopted. II was
pointed out that pawn brokers could
mot be In duced to go back into business
for less than three per cent rate OF in
: tGrest- The present rate is one per
cent
On motion Of James W. Brown. Il was
voted TO ask Congress to provide free
text books in the public graded and high
schools OF the District. At present. IL
was explained, the books are merely
loaned. not given, to the graded school
/ ichildren. In the high schools the books
now must be purchased.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
MINERALS ONCE WERE
ANIMALS, SHE STATES
Miss Isabel Holbrooke Tells Theoso-
Phists Crystals Formerly Were
One-Celled Creatures

The minerals OF our earth were at
one time the bodies of minute one
eeiied animal life" declared the ma
ttensl lecturer OF the Theosophical So
etety, Miss Isabel Holbrooke. at a ques-
ton meeting at the Thsosophical Hall,
lzls II street northwest, last evening.
This astonishing announcement Is
osSAd upon the work Of certain Ger
man professors who havs experiment.
ed with solutions from which mineral
crystals were formed 1t appears that
By keeping the solution at the proper
temperature the microscopist can see
that ons-cslled jslly-like animals null
tiply by assure. the single cell enlarg-
ing and then divfdiug into two cells.
As death takes place the solid matter
is formed.
This evening at 8 o'clock Miss Hol-
brook win lecture on The Book Of
Revelations" Sunday evening at the
same hour her subject will be "a Mas
ter Key 20 the Scriptures" The lso-
turss are free
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04

To bis friends he boasted that, sooner
or later, he would marry the widow. And
he did. II took him Just about year
and half to make good his boast 1t
took the servants four years to learn
that the rich widow had remarked.
Wife Die.y weds Another.
A year ago last January st. cyr's
wealthy wife, woman more than
twice his age, died. eHe1 srieved her loss
and swore to friends he would never
marry again. But February and March
passed. and In April society circles the
world over were startled to learn that
st. Cyr had remarked. this time to An :
ME Armstrong Stewart Smith, wealthy
widow of James Henry ("Silent")
Smith. woman nearly twice his age
st. Cyr no longer slept In a hall bed
room In tenement. He had his meals
served in his suite at the Ritz-Carlton.
He no longer mingled with his asso-
ciates of the olden days. He was sought
by the most elite of society everywhere.
He was dined and entertained by such
persons as Judge and Mrs. Ebert II.
Gary. the Brazilian Ambassador and
Nine. da CANA and other personages
Of distinction.
story Told by Minor Heir.
st. Cyr has been known for his So
ciety graces. for his devotion to style,
for his immense wealth. and for his
distin guished ancestry. He has In
sisted that he was born in France forty
years ago. that his father was French
and his mother Dutch. and that he was
Independently rich before he met Mrs.
Redheld. And society has believed his
accounts Of his past and welcomed him
as a rare hnd.
The expose was made only a few
days ago when a petition was fled in
the Surrogate's Court at White Plains,
N. Y, by the guardian of a minor heir.
urging that the court conduct an in
vestigation to determine whether pub
lie policy does not demand that the
probate of the will of Caroline Red
held St. Cyr be reopened. II the court
grants the request. the guardian will
fIe objections to the codicil whereby
the inheritance of q grandson. Henry
Alexandria Redfeld, jr., was cut from
100000 to $4,000.
The fling OF the petition opened up
the mystery OF the life of st. Cyr. He
and his wife were at Palm Beach when
the expose was made. He stoutly de-
MED that he was a Texan and branded
the stories as false. After q few days
the notoriety became too great for him
to bear, however. so he and his wife
started North. passing through Wash
ington on Wednesday. and stopping for
few hours.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
Gown Grier

-Ben Hurr will be the subject of an
illustrated lecture tonight at o'clock
in Foundry NJ. E. Church by Gideon
J. Pillow. under auspices of the Ep-
worth League OF the church. Vocal
numbers will be interspersed in the
program.
The Enosinian Literary society of
George Washington University viii
meet tonight at o'clock in the Arts
and Sciences Building. 2oa3 C street
northwest The question of establish
ing an international police force to
enforce international treaties and pre-
serve International peace will be de-
bated.
The Park View Citizens Association
will organize a community center at a
meeting tonight at 1880 o'clock in the
hall of Whitney Avenue Christian
Church, Park road near Georgia ave-
nue.. Miss Margaret Wilson, Commits
sioner oliver P. Newman, Henry P.
Blair. president of the Board of Edu-
cation. and others will speak.
The West Virginia Society Of the
District will meet tonight at Pythian
Temple. Final arrangements will be
made for the annual banquet of the
society, to be held at the New Ebbitt
on the night OF February %.
.ReIigion and Business will be the
subject Of an address at Eighth
Street Temple tonight by Rev. DR..
Abrem Simon at services to be held in
celebration OF the twelfth anniversary
OF his connection with the congrega-
tion.
The North Dakota Society of the
District will hold its annual banquet
at the New Ebbitt on the night or
February %.
A lecture on the cleaning mp of the
Panama Canal Zone prior to the dig
ging of the big waterway will be
given by Surgeon General w. C..
Gorgas tonight in the assembly hall
Of the Church OF the Epiphany.
The Display Mems section of the
Retail Merchants Association will
meet Wednesday night, February 1S,
to complete plans for the annual BAN
quet of the organization.
"Art I'm Modern LIFE will be the
subject OF a lecture this afternoon at
o'clock at the Miner Normal School
by Frank Alvah Parsons, director OF
the New York School of Fine Arts.
under auspices of the Household Arts
Club.
A supper and dance will be held at
Rauscher's tonight for the benefit of
lhc VII oCOdNH OA dsIli NOti. hS
patronesses will include Mrs. Robert
Lansing, Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson,
Mrs. Franklin X. Lane, Mrs, David r.
Houston. Mrs. Thomas w. Gregory,
Mrs. William C. Redfeld, Mrs. Jo-
sephus Daniels, and Mrs. George Bar
nett. wife OF the commandant of the
navy yard.
The Washington College of Law will
hold its annual banquet tomorrow
night at Rauscher's. The junior class
has general charge OF arrangements.
Members of the Rotary Club of
Washington will inspect the plant of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company at 1890 o'clock this
afternoon, as the guests OF D. s. Por-
ter, Luncheon will be served.
Members of the Young women's
Christian Association will be received
this afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock at
the Congressional Club, Sixteenth
street and New Hampshire avenue
northwest The reception Is a part
Of the golden Jubilee celebration be-
ing conducted by the association.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
LIQUOR DEALERS
DENOUNCE DRYS'
Coercion and Prescription Of
Legislators Is Going On,
Say Retailers.
"BOOTLEGGING" RAPED
Resolution Commends Views of DR..
WI - Al n-l.. MI D~-.x.z Il
"BOOTLEGGING" RAPED
Resolution Commends Views of DR..
White that Only Wee Proportion of
Americans Drink Too Much.

Advocates of prohibition were denounced
In seething terms In resolutions adopted
by the National Association of Retail
Liquor Dealers at the closing session of
the organizations annual convention at
the National Hotel.
The prohibition agitation" read the
resolutions. lis fostered by the Anti
saloon League and allied organizations
which misuse the functions OF govern
ment, attempt to ally the church and
the state and pursue a policy of intimi-
dation, coercion and prescription of leg
islstors and public officers In furtherance
Of its prohibition propaganda, and both
in its means and its objects act con-
trary to the spirit of American institu-
tions of freedom and government"
The resolutions continue:
THE prohibition organizations are still
waging their war to fasten upon the
United States a constitutional prohibition
amendment which would operate through
out the United States as a curtailment of
the inherent rights and privileges Of the
people, TO say nothing of its destructive
and revolutionary effects upon our sys-
tenn of government.
THE prohibition organizations are
seeking to force prohibition upon the Dis
trict of Columbia, including Washington,
the capital of the United States, and are
endeaYoring to force the same vicious
system of laws which have already fail
ed in the smaller States of the Union
into the public policy OF the great COM
munities of this country. which number
more than half the people Of the United
states"
Approve DR.. whites Contention.
"Bootlegging" in dry States was
denounced by the association, and
brewers who have brought the liquor
business into Ill repute by this prac-
tice were censored.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the stand of DR.. William A. White.
superintendent of the Government
Hospital for the Insane. that abuse of
liquors is found only in a minute
proportion OF the American people,
The entire board OF officers was re-
elected. They are: Neil Bonner,
president, Philadelphia; Thomas ].
Burke. first vice president. Spring
field. Mass: william Seckel, second
vice president, Cleveland; Thomas C.
Hayes. treasurer. Newark, N. j.; r.
]. Halle, secretary, Chicago, and Hugh
F. Harvey, chairman Congressional
committee. Washington.
Executive committee - Frank =.
Quinn. New Haven. Conn; Hugh F.
Harvey, Washington; z. J. Kaindl,
Chicago; H. B. Mayne. Sioux City,
Iowa; c. c. Murphy, jr., Fall River,
Mass; James Kavanaugh, Jackson.
Miss; Hy Stuhlman, St. Louis; John
Weickert. Hackensack. n. j.; Hugh
Dolan, New York; Richard Mccormick,
Pittsburgh; George NJ. Miller. Sayles-
willie, r. l.; A. A. RRisler. Appleton,
Wis, and L. Rinkenberger, Cincin-
natl.
Congressional committee-Hugh r,
Harvey. Washington: William D. Bar
ry. Washington: D. J. O'Connell.
Washington; Leo F. Geuthlein, Hart
ford, Conn; E, Bick, Brooklyn; George
p. Rabe. Dayton, Ohio. and Fred
ROhde, Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
DRAMA CLUB HEARS OF
NEW TYPES OF PLAYS
New Free Folk Stage of Berlin and
Grove Shows Of Bohemian Club
Discussed at Meetins.

Two phases Of modern dramatic de-
yeiopment, the new free FOLK stage OF
Berlin and the grove plays of the Bo-
hernisn Club OF San Francisco, were dis
cussed last night by members Of the
Study Club of the Washington Center
OF the Drama League at Public Library.
Miss Maude Burwell described the red
wood grove where the plays CT the San
Francisco Bohemian Club are presented
and told Of some OF the playa. DR.. Ibram
Simon discussed the work Of the new
free folk stage in Berlin.
synopsis of the play. THE Fall Of
Ug," was given by Frederick w. Albert
This play and that of The Green
Knight are the only two plays OF the
Bohemian Club which have been publish
ed or circulated outside OF the member
ship Of the club. althoush fifteen or
twenty plays have been written and per
formed in the redwood grove.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-04
TODAY'S WEATHER FAIR;
STORM REACHES CANADA
Mercury Will Hover Around Is De-
srees Todsy-Much Colder
Wave Over South.

The storm which swept over the city
on Wednesday. bringing TO the Capital
rain, sleet, snow, and cold, was far
away-over the Canadian maritime prov
inces-last night
The weather will Be fair today and
there will be but little change In tenn
perature. The mercury is expected TO
hover around 8 degrees.
much colder wave has struck the
country south of Washington and read
tngs are below the seasonal average
throughout the United states. The line
Of freezing temperatures has extended
southwark 20 the Gulf coast and North
ern Florida