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Evening star., 1916-05-11
FORGOTTEN INDUSTRY
REVIVED WITH HASTE
Stopping of Germany's Commerce in
Aniline Dyes Is Re-
sponsible.

"A virtually forgotten industry is
being revived with frantic haste as a
result of the discontinuance of Ger
many's world commerce in aniline or
coal tar dyes according to g bulletin
issued today by the National Geo
graphic Society.
The United States, like many other
countries. is loking longingly once
more to Avignens madder root for its
turkey red, to India's indigo for its
blues, to Mexico's cochineal for its
scarlets, to Central Americas logwood
for its blacks and browns, to our own
oak forests for their quercitron yellow,
and-no. not to the peculiar Mediter-
ranean seashell for its purple, for the
manufacture of the Tyrian shade be-
loved by emperors is one of the so
called lost arts.
But these ancient vegetable dyes,
some of which were in use when the
mummy cloths were being made for
the pyramid builders of Egypt, can
never replace the coal tar dyes, which
during the sixty years since they were
accidentally discovered, have revolu-
tionized the art of adding color to our
clothes. our houses, our inks. our shoes,
our wall paper. our hats and our book
bindings. In fact, aniline dyes furnish
almost all of the modern tints for
which man is responsible.
Evening star., 1916-05-11
CLEAN UP'---PA|NT Up!
Written by Frank de 8. Andrews, 1904
18th street northwest, winner Of one of
the Fl prizes in The Stars clean-up-
pafnt-up essay contest.

In the spring the housekeeper's fancy
thoughtfully turns to cleaning and
painting. thus we change the wellworn
couplet of the great poet to a prosaic
verse of practical value.
Why, we are asked, is the springtime
selected. for this much needed refur-
oishing, and we answer. because the
spring is the opening up of natures
work, and we, her children. follow in
her bent. After the long winter, when
everything is frozen and CONCEALED, the
first warmth of spring melts. thaws and
opens. as it were, the windows of ma
ture.
The gentle rains and often the heavy
showers of April cleanse the earth In
the fields and parks and the streets in
the city.
After this cleansing. nature puts on
the first coat of paint. and we see the
fields soft green and the blossoms
and flowers, with their lovely white, soft
pink and pale yellow tints, and the
trees and shrubbery with their sugges-
tion of green tinged with yellow:
AS the warmth advances you VIII see
the second coat of paint, the grass will
be a richer, darker green, the shrub
berry and trees also Will have deeper,
more velvety tone; the flowers VIII be
whittier, pinker and a more pronounced
yellow-pale reds and the richer reds
will follow.
After all. nature is the best painter
and decorator, and shows us how TO
clean, paint and decorate completely
and in the most artistic and effective
style.
The housekeeper feels the effect Of
Nature in some subtle way unknown
to US. and. with the coming or spring,
up go the windows and. with the
broom, the dustDan or. in these mod
ern days, the vacuum cleaner, she gets
busy. Closets are cleaned and aired.
windows washed. paint washed and
secured. walls wiped down and floors
scrubbed from attic to cellar.
And then from cellar to yard the
cleaning goes on, removing any accu-
mutation of ashes and trash of all
kinds, until all is spick and span.
then take stock, and in following the
bent of Nature already described they
find. no matter how thoroughly the
place is cleaned, scrub and scour as
paint and painter to make it complete.
The paint is off the woodwork: the
bedroom needs fresh paper the kitchen
walls, while clean. are shabby; the
floors throughout. although clean. are
still dingy and want oiling. waxing or
vanishing.
The result of this cleaning stands out
so clearly to the careful housekeeper
or householder that he begins to won
der if the outside of the house is also
in such poor shape. upon examination
often he will find the tin roof rusty,
the windows and blinds all dingy and
worn, the porch columns cracking and
the porch floors in bad shape; and if
all this is not taken in hand at once
the house in which he takes so much
pride will become not only an eyesore,
but it will soon be in a dilapidated
condition. The roof will develop holes
and leak; the blinds will rot and fall
apart or fall off. the porch and porch
floor will do likewise and become dan
gerous.
Thus we are shown that the spring
Evening star., 1916-05-11
DIED.

BOYD. On Wednesday. May 10. 1916. at
2:30 pm, MARGARET BOYD. aged
nineteen. beloved daughter of John
and the late Katherine Boyd (nee
Boyle).
Funeral Friday. May II. from John
r. Wright Company's undertaking g
parlors. 10th and o streets north
west. at pm. 1nterment at Holy
Rood cemetery.
CLARK. Departed this life on Wednes-
day. May 10. 1916. at 500 am. at his
residence. 1892 Swami street north
west. DAVID. the beloved husband of
Matte d. Clark and devoted father
of Meriel f. Clark.
Funeral Friday. May II. at pm, from
the Metropolitan A. NJ. +. Church. on
NJ street between 18th and 10th
streets northwest Relatives and
friends invited to attend. IL
CLARK The members of the Crispus
Attucks Relief Association are re
quested to attend the funeral of lpA-
NID CLARK. who died Wednesday
May 10. 1916, from the metropolitan
A NJ. f. Church, NJ street betw cen
18th and 10th streets northwest, Fri
day, May IL. 1916. at pm.
L. NJ HERSHAW, President
J. c. BURLLS, Secretary.
COWIE. On Wednesday, May 10, 1915
FLORENCE V. widow of the late
Capt. John G. Cowie.
Funeral services from the residence Of
her granddaughter. 1921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. on Friday, May 2
at = pm. Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment private. IL
FLOURNOY. Suddenly. on Thursday
May II, 1915. ADELAIDE Q. FLOUR
NOY, at the residence of her son, Johr
T. Flournoy, Hyattsville. Nd.
Notice of funeral hereafter. IL
CARTON. On Wednesday. May 10. 1916
at 3 am. MARY A. mother of DR.
Harrison Crook and Mrs. +. W
Clements. aged ninety-six years.
Funeral Friday. May II. at pm, from
her late residence, 1860 Irving stree
northwest. Interment private. H.
HUNNICUTT. On Wednesday, May 10
1916, at the residence of her son
Clarence Hunnicutt. 203l 1st street
northwest. HANNAH. the beloved wifi.
of George Hunnicutt. Remains a
Hindle's chapel, 5th and II street:
northwest.
Funeral services at st. Agnes Chapei
as 9 street northwest. Saturday, Ma,
IS. at 10 am. 1nterment at Con
| eressional cemetery.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

starts the housekeeper cleaning. the
cleaning forcibly reminds her of the
painting necessary to Keep the home in
proper shape and condition.
The cleanup and paint-up doctrine is
most essential for the well being of the
| home the house, the office building and
the workshop; there are in this doc
trine, three most important considera-
tions to be thoughtfully dealt with.
First, sanitation. Undoubtedly clean
Ing is the first requisite for sanitation.
as it first of all removes the dirt, and
| necessarily some of the germs, and
paves the way for a thorough painting.
which Will be certain to give per-
fectly sanitary condition, as paint is
one of the best known germicides A
noted chemist in making a careful study
and some experiments in his labora-
tory found that linseed oil paint was
most powerful germ killer.
Second. preservation. Cleaning and
painting preserve everything connected
with the house or building. where We
live or work: cleaning is mentioned. as
painting is always better if cleaned
first: paint preserves. because it keeps
out the air, which at times contains
certain gases. the dirt and moisture
which do SO much to cause disintegra-
ton: therefore if surface is kept well
painted. nothing will penetrate it. that
will affect the wearing quality of such a
surface.
Third. Identification. It goes without
saying that cleaning and painting beau
titles, because cleaning alone, helps to
| beautify. and paint properly applied,
with a tasteful selection of color. suit
able to the surroundings. under the
skillful direction of a good painter or
decorator. will transform almost any
object room. house or building, no rat
ter how ugly or unsishtly. into A
thing of beauty and JOY forever.
1t would seem. therefore. = that the
cleanup and paint-up campaign in which
the Master Painters and Decorators
Association, The Evening Star and the
citizens. have taken so great an in
terest. will be of inestimable value to
the home lover, householder and prop
erty owner and, it naturally follows, to
the community and the city generally.
FRANK De S. ANDREWS.
Evening star., 1916-05-11
Convention Date Named.

THE national progressive party will
hold a convention at Chicago beginning
June I for the nomination of candi-
dates for the presidency and vice pres
idency and the adoption of a platform
which will breathe the spirit of your
convictions. The District of Columbia
is entitled to one delegate and one al
ternate in that convention.
LAS national committeeman of the ma
tional progressive party for the Dis
trict of Columbia. i call for referen-
dunn vote for the election of your repre-
sentatives in that convention. The
progressive central committee of the
District of Columbia has nominated for
your consideration Roy c. Clafin and
DR.. James r. Wilder as dele
gate and alternate, respectively
All persons in the District of Colum bia
holding membership certificates in the
progressive party will, on or before the
ED day of May, 1916. by writing ad-
dressed to the undersigned. indicate
their vote for these nominees or such
other persons as they may choose"
Evening star., 1916-05-11
TO HAVE ITS OWN BUILDING.
Department of Labor Signs Contract
for Nine-Story Edifice.

The Department of Labor is to have
building put up expressly for its
needs. according to an announcement
made at the department today. The
building is to be put up under five
year lease contract on the south side of
G street between 18th and 18th streets.
The buiuling will be nine stories high,
will be built on much the same design
as the Commerce building at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, and
will have $4,000 feet of floor space and
the annual rental will be S24 5000 The
department probably will move in July
/, 1917.
The building is to be put up by the
D. F. Gormley Construction Company,
with whom the Labor Department Off
cials signed a contract today
Evening star., 1916-05-11
Once Despised By-Product.

..Up to the time of Perkins epoch
making discovery coal tar was the de-
spised by-product when coal was burn
ed to produce coke and Illuminating
gas Today the once rejected third
product has become, it were, the
keystones in the manufacture not only
of dyestuffs and high explosives, but
of many perfumes, photograph devel-
opers and innumer ra BILE medicinal COM
pounds known as coal-tar prepara-
tions.
AT the outbreak of the world war
the United States was importing an
nually from Germany about S15,000.00
worth of aniline dyes. The discontin
uance of these dye shipments has had
an effect upon our industries out of all
proportion to the actual value of the
imports for the manufacturing estab-
llishments in this country which used
these dyes employ more than 100000
workers and many of the factories
have been forced to run on half time
or even less.
THE increase in the prices of some
of the dyes can only be compared with
the astonishing increase in the prices
of shares in some of the war bride
stocks. For instance, patent blues have
registered the astonishing advance
from so cents to $24 a pound. Other
dyes which formerly sold for 25 cents
a gallon now bring S12.
.Since 1898 the United States has pro-
duced only about 20 per cent of the
dyes needed in domestic manufac-
lures"
Evening star., 1916-05-11

fered for the best baby in New York.
The cup was presented to John Ryan,
the winning baby. on the City Hall
steps lust before the parade. Ten ba
received gold medals and 100 received
silver medals.
Evening star., 1916-05-11
ECZEMA HEALS:
SKIN CLEARS
Poslam and Poslam Soap Work
Wonderful Improvement.

Because the inherent merits of Poslam
have been proven over and over again in
scores of remarkable instances. and because
Posiam is safe 10 use under all conditions
it is the remedy which should be the first re-
course Of all who afflicted with skin DIFF
hcuities. II should well repay you to first
SEE what Poslam Will do TO control and Grad
icaie eczema. rash, pimples or any such dis
order a few applications will tell the story
for Improvement is quickly evident.
Poslam Soap. medicated with Poslam
greatly aids when the skin is sensitive and
easily irritated.
For sample, send 40 stamps TO Emergency
Laboratories, 81 West 18th St, New York
City. Sold by all Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1916-05-11
5000 Babies in Parade.

NEW YORK, May IA parade of
5000 babies was today's feature of the
baby week" celebration. Most of them
were contestants for the gold cup Of
Evening star., 1916-05-11
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals

Schooner Maud Thomas, lumber from
the Great Wicomico. at 9Th street
wharf for local dealers: steamer North
land from Norfolk and Old Point to
the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company; steamer Wakefield. from
Mattox creek, Colonial Beach and riv-
er points to the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Steamboat Company; schooner
Sonora. lumber. from a bay point to
order of Baltimore dealers; power boat
Neddie, at Alexandria to load mer-
chandise for river point schooner
Ella, at Alexandria with salt fish from
bay point: steam yacht Tech of Will
mington, Del, T. c. du Pont, owner,
from a cruise.
Departures.
Schooner Mary Ann Shea. light. for
Aqua creek to load lumber or cord
wood back to this city; fatties David
Golstrom and Maud Talmadge, light,
for the eastern shore of Chesapeake
bay to load; fattie Rev Bros. light,
for the lower river after unloading
foundry iron; schooner II. J. Marsh,
light for a Potomac point to load back
to this city: steamer Southland, for
Old Point and Norfolk; steamer Majes-
tic. for river landings as far as Nomi-
IL
er Three Rivers, for river landings
and Baltimore; steamer Wakefield, for
river landings as far as MattoX creek
and Colonial Beach; power boat Neddie,
from Alexandria with merchandise for
Potomac landing.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Capt. Toby left for Occoquan
and returned with lumber-laden light
er: tug Walter F. Meade arrived at
Georgetown with lighters in tow from
river sand and gravel beds; tug Cen
eral Warren arrived from Occoquan
the district; tug John Miller left the
Eastern branch with lighters for Swan
creek and Riverside after clay and
bricks
Memoranda.
Schooner Richard Tall has arriv-
chandise from Alexandria; schooner
Charles L. Rohde is due to sail from
Norfolk for Newbern. n. c., to load
lumber for the dealers here; schooner
s. Sawyer will return to the Potomac
from Baltimore to load for this city;
schooner Oscar is in Nomini creek to
load pulp wood for Alexandria,; schoon-
er Grape Shot is due at Alexandria with
lumber or wood from Stuarts wharf,
Va; schooner William Layton. from
the York river at Baltimore with 1um-
Der; schooner /. A. Moore is due here
from Maryland point with cord wood
for the dealers.
Evening star., 1916-05-11
BILL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED
COLONY INDORSED HERE
Problem Of Treatment Discussed at
Joint Meeting Of Charities Man
ayers and Chairmen.

A bill for the erection Of colony Tor
the feeble minded and providing the
method of commitment thereto was in
dorsed at joint meeting of the board Of
managers of the Associated Charities and
the chairmen of the eight district confer
ences of the society held yesterday after
noon.
| Attention was called to the fact that
this problem of feeble mindedness is one
with which the society has constantly to
! deal. Fifty-eight of the families under
care during the past six months have had
feeble minded members. The general sub
| ject discussed at the meeting was the
work of the district conferences during
the past season The chairmen of these
conferences who were invited to be pres
ent We're the following: Georgetown, Rev
| George w. Atkinson: west end confer
ence. Louis A. Simon: central conference
Wallace Streater; southwest conference
/ Frank A. Woodward northeast confer
| ence, Rev. H. f. Huddleston; southeast
| and eastern conferences. Rev. Charles
Shreve. northern conference, Arthur D.
| Call.
Winters Work Displayed.
| An analysis of the work of family re-
| habilitation for the six months ending
| March 81 last was presented based upon
a uniform statistical blank prepared by
a special committee on statistics of the
| American Association of Societies for Or
ganizing Charity. Statistics of the work
and service of the society will be pre-
sented at the national conference of char-
ties and correction now being held at In
dianapolis.
The figures for Washington show that
in the six months under consideration
1896 resident families cane under care
and treatment. In addition to this num-
Der 109 homeless persons families were
dealt with.
Evening star., 1916-05-11
CALL FOR SELECTION
Of DELEGATE ISSUED
Progressive National Committeeman
Asks Referendum Vote for
Chicago Convention.

John Calian O'Laughlin. national
commifeeman of the national pregres-
sive party for. the District of Co
tion of one delegate and one alternate
from the District to the national con-
vention of the party, which meets at
Chicago simultaneously with the re-
publican national convention.
The progressive central committee of
the District has selected Roy c. Claf1in
and DIR. James r. Wilder as delegate
and alternate, respectively. Progress
sives in the District are requested by
Mr. O'Laughlin to indicate in writing
to him their vote for these nominees. or
such other persons s they may choose.
on or before May %.
Mr.. OLaughlin's statements follows:
Statement to Progressives.
"Progressives of the District of Column
bia:
THE nation is on the eve of a presi-
Dental campaign of vital Importance
curity and prosperity. You translated
your convictions into action in 1872,
when you deliberately broke away
from past party Affiliations and. inspir-
ed by a patriotic purpose to better the
living conditions of the people and to
provide them with an effective means
to realize the ideals of the Constitution,
you aided in rolling up vote for your
presidential candidate greater proper
tionately than any new party ever at
tanned.
You, in common with other citizens
of the District of Columbia and in com
mon with other citizens of the nation
are directly, personally concerned ir
seeing that the dignity and honor ot
the flag be upheld; that the lives an6
property of American citizens wherever
they may be receive protection. anC
that provision be made for the security
of our country. 1t behooves you, there
fore. to manifest as deep an interest ir
the coming campaign as you manifest
ed four wears ago
Evening star., 1916-05-11
First of Aniline Dyes.

TT was in 1856 that a young English
chemist, while trying to produce arti-
fetal quinine, distilled from coal tar a
substance which had a beautiful mauve
tint. This was the first of the aniline
dyes, dyes which have now been pro-
duced in nearly thousand commercial
shades, 400 of which are widely used
This Young chemist, William Henry
Perkin, secured capital from his father
and began the manufacture of dyes, IS
a result of which he was knlghted and
anna assed a fortune. His discovery i'm
mediately attracted the attention of
German manufa facturers, who, aided by
farsighted bankers, employed univer-
sity chemists, and established dye
plants on the Rhine and Main rivers,
inaugurating an industry which has
enjoyed phenomenal success. At the
outbreak of the present great war
twenty-one manufa curing establish
ments, most of them within an area of
1870 square miles, had a practical world
monopoly of the aniline dye trade.
"It is not a coincidence that twelve
of Germanys biggest dye factories are
located at Essen, adjacent to the lead
ing munition plants of the Teutonic
empire The same coal tar which pro-
duces dyestuffs also furnishes the es
sential ingredients of the high eXplo-
sives used in the shells of the sixteen
inch guns which battered down the
forts of Liege and which fill the head
of the deadly submarine torpedo.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

SHINING. on Thursday, May II. 1919
at T:30 pm. at her residence. S22
1lth street northeast. Mrs. MARY NJ.
widow of Frederick Stinzing, Sr.. ant
beloved mother of Margaret anf
Clemnlie Stinzing, in her eighty ninth
year.
Funeral notice later.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

MILLER. \ special communication Of
Anacostia Lodge. No 81. F. y \. NJ.
will be held in Masonic Temple, Ana
costa. y. G.. on Friday. MAY II. 1915,
at / 80 o'clock pm, for the purpose
OF attending the funeral Of our late
brother, JOSEPH MILLER. The
brethren are urged TO attend.
Attest: SIMON BtBE.
MILTON ]. FTLLIUS. Master.
Secretary.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

RIEFF. In New York city. on Tuesday
MAY Q. 1915. JOSEPH A. RUEFF, In
his seventy fifth year.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

Ill NTER. on Thursday, May II. 1915,
at o'clock am. at her apartment
in the Ontario. Mrs. HARRIET MILL
HOLLAND HUNTER, widow of the
late Henry A. Hunter of Reading, Pa.
Announcement OF the funeral will be
made later.
Evening star., 1916-05-11

MILLER. Departed this life on Wed
nesday. May 10. 1915, at 4pm.. at hi
residence, 1881 V street southeast
JOSEPH. the beloved husband of Mar
Louise Miller (nee Reisinger).
Funeral Friday, May IL. at $50 pm
Relatives and friends invited Inter
ment private. Baltimore paper
please copy)
Evening star., 1916-05-11

TOLSON. Entered into rest. on Wed
nesday, May 10. 1915, ALICE BOWIE
widow of the late Francis Tolson an
daughter of the late Allen T. an
Melvina II. Bowie of Prince George
county. Md.
Funeral services at her late residenc,
1917 Swami street northwest. on Sat
urday, May 13. at II m. 1ntermer
private. IL
Evening star., 1916-05-11

MATTERN. On Wednesday, May 10
1916. CHARLES. beloved husband o.
Anna Mattern. aged siXty-three years
Funeral from his late residence. 2el;
Railroad avenue southeast. on Satur
day Nav IL. at Sis am. Requiem
mass at st. Mary's Church at
o'clock. 1nterment at st. Macy
cemetery.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-09
A Short, Plain Plea for Rural
Credits.

Under the Republican Money-trust bill.
begotten by Senator Aldrich and adopt
ed by Professor Woodpile Wilson, a farmer
may 90 to a national banker, and apply for q
loan of, say, one thousand dollars
If the banker thinks we'll of the applica-
tion he will take the farmers note for the
81 900, secured by such collateral as the farmer
can furnish
This note passes on up, through the Re-
gional SYSTEM until it reaches Washington,
where the Government issues one thousand
dollars on that farmers note, and LENDS
IT TO THE BANKER, at 3 per cent
interest, holding the farmers note as security
Does the banker furnish any security of
his own, excepting the note he has taken from
the farmer?
Not particle.
That's the present system of Emergency
Currency, the 'fexble' feature they talked
about so much, before Professor Wilson
adopted the Republican scheme.
Here IS my question:
If the farmers note, or the merchants note,
is good enough security for the Government
to issue new money on, and lend it to the
banker at per cent, why isn't the same note
good enough for the Government to issue
money on, directly to the farmer, under a
system of Rural Credits?
Why should the notes of the farmers and
merchants get 3 per cent. money for the
bankers instead of for the men who sign the
notes!
If the Bank owned Mr.. Glass, of West Vir-
ginia, can answer the question, I'll give him
a page of The Jeffersonian to do it in.
- !.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-09
THOMSON, GA, MARCH 8, 1916.
Here's Hoping Bush WIFI Get 10

I N the Seventh Arkansas District, the Hon.
J. 0. A. Bush is running for Congress.
I know him of old, and he is man to
count on.
He is just such Jefersonian Democrat as
Cyclone Davis of Texas, and it would rejoice
tens of thousands of outsiders, to see Arkan>
sas do for Bush what Texas did for Davis
send him to Congress.