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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
RULES FOR THE STARS CLEANUP
PAINT-UP PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST

Essays must only typewriter possible
but In they perfectly legible
things being equal the b will be awarded the prize
Subject matter papthe
sanitary beneficial results cleaning
the individual and the family
Prizes will be awarded solely No
with be to
in the District of Columbia
will be eligible to
received until
April p All prize competition be the
hands of the Clean Editor and
received considered
plainly UpPn Up Prize
and the
of the manuscript
submitted will divided
follows First prize 25 in cash; second and third prizes $40 eaeh
IS
EACH will announced
and
heal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Cleanup Squads Busy.

All over the city c-ran-up squa DIS
were to be seen busly at work Own
ers of trash wagons, express wagons
all manner of vehicles designed for
light hauling-were busy throughout
the afternoon carting off the debris re-
sulting from the first days battling of
the campaign. Waste paper, tin cans,
empty bottles, broken crockery, ashes,
dead leaves-all the various kinds of
rubbish that cucumber a city at the
close of winter-made up the loads car
ried by these wagons to the public
dumps around the city for proper dis
posal.
1--WE got more hauling to do in the
next few weeks than I've had all win
ter" said an old colored man who was
perched on the seat of a ramshackle
wagon drawn by horse that looked
as if it had had plenty of actual ex-
perience with the high cost of living.
White folks doing a heap of cleaning
up nowadays. Praise be, someb body has
to haul the trash away, and that gives
the old expressman chance to earn a
Jew honest dollars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Asks Modification of Rule.

Following the example of the Ger
man government. Austria Hungary has
adopted a rule requiring all holders of
passports to produce their birth certiti-
Gates where they are native citizens or
their naturalization papers in other
cases, as a requisite to the recognition
of passport.
This rule will affect a large number
of Americans now in central Europe.
and the State Department will ask
Austria to modify it by permitting
travellers to make affidavits before re-
sponsible officials as to their birth or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

Frederic J. Haskin. well known as
an authority on the workings of the
federal government. has been engaged
to conduct this bureau. Mr. Ha skin s
widely circulated book. The American
Government is a standard volume
The remarkable motion picture film
"J-ncle Sam at Work" which is based
on this book, has been seen by many
thousands of Washingtonians. Readers
of The Evening Star are familiar with
Mr. Haskin's ability as a writer. his
articles on topics of current interest
having long been a feature of this
newspaper. Mr.. Haskin has Travelled
widely and as a trained observer. es-
pecially skilled in the accurate gather
ing and concise reporting of facts. His
exceptionally intimate knowledge of
the processes of government fits him
peculiarly for the work which the bu-
reau has been organized to perform.
The keynote of the times is efficient
service. In supplying it's readers with
this bureau for their free use The
Evening Star is living up to the prin-
ciple of applied efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

clerk OF state court as to the identity
of an applicant will not be accepted if
federal court is within easy access.
Second-That only such state courts
as under existing law are privileged
to grant applications for a naturaliza-
ton will be recognized as qualified to
certify to the identity of passport ap-
plicants.
Third-That commercial travellers and
other persons whose business involves
frequent trips to Europe hereafter may
have their passports renewed upon the
basis of their original application in
stead of being required to obtain new
passports for every trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Gardening Operations Begun.

In many parts of the city gardening
operations are going on hand in hand
with the cleanup work. Vacant lots
that last year produced bountiful crops
of weeds and furnished myriads of
mosquitoes with ideal lurking places
are being cleaned up thoroughly, then
spaded or plowed up and made ready
for planting in vegetable flower gar
dens Many block in Washington is
going to be cleaner, heater and a grea'
deal more beautiful this summer as a
result of this springs cleanup work
Paint-up is following cleanup as
natural consequence. While painters
report that the big rush of work has
not begun yet, they say that orders
already booked. and contracts on which
they have submitted figures indicate
that more painting is to be done;
throughout the city this spring than
ever before in a similar period. Prop
erty owners by the hundreds. accord
ing to these reports, have planned to
join in the clean up-paint-up work
with the determination to do all they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
To Secure Benefits.

How are you to secure the benefits
of the bureaus work?
Send a two-cent stamp in letter ad-
dressed to The Evening Star Informa-
ton Bureau. Washington, d. c., asking
for information on any subject that
interests you. 1t will be furnished to
you as quickly as is reasonably pos
sible. Make your inquiry as clear as
you can. This service is available to
you now at any time.
In beginning its new service, The
Evening Star information bureau Of
fers to its readers Helps to House
wives" a pamphlet of special interest
in the home. In this pamphlet are pre-
scented the valuable results of more
than score of government investiga-
lions, made at great pains and ex-
pense, for the benefit of American
households These Investigations deal
with simple, practical things that
every housewife would be glad to
know-facts that when known prevent
illness, promote convenience or in.
crease comfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Essay Writing Continues.

And residents of the District con-
tinue to write essays for The Stars
great educational clean-up-paint-up
prize essay contest. The 800 in cash
that is to be distributed among the
writers of the best essays submitted in
the contest is a lure that cannot be
resisted.
The contest is to close rext Saturday
night. This means that no essays that
may be received later than II o'clock
midnight Saturday, April 90. will be
eligible for one of the substantial cash
prizes. Including today, only five days
remain in which to submit essays in
the competition. with chance of win
ming SIS in cash, or one Of the two $40
prizes. or if not that, then one of the
four prizes of SIS each. The thirty-hve
essays that are adjudged to rank next
in merit to the seven that capture the
principal prizes will be worth 81 each
to their writer's. In addition to the dol
lar prizes-thirty-five of 'em-offered
by The Star, Pennington & Taylor will
give a substantial, practical. useful
household stepladder to the thirty-6ve
winners of these prizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
ARMY Of CLEANERS
At WORK IN CITY
Renovation and Sanitation the
Slogan of Washington's
Entire Population.
REMOVAL OF RUBBISH
KEEPS THE CARTS BUSY
Paint-Up Follows Cleanup, and
Contracts Are Made for Beau
tifying Homes.

All Washington is cleaning up and
painting up.
The 1916 clean up-paintu cam
paisn opened yesterday with a VEN
geance. Never before were so many
rakes and brooms at work at the same
time. The showery weather of the
forenoon merely postponed sure-enough
work a few hours and made it possible
to start cleaning up little later in the
day without the inconvenience of dust.
Boys and girls, men and women, all
Joined in the warfare against dirt and
untidness, and by nightfall last night
the cleanup army had made great in
roads on the advanced trenches of the
enemy. with further determined at
tackS deNelopIng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

naturalization, leaving the new rule to
apply only to persons who are not now
in Europe and consequently are able to
provide themselves with the necessary
papers before sailing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Offers More Than Pride.

Merely to know the details of gov
eminent activities, to see and under
stand the great machinery behind
them. is to experience a new pride in
the United States and in American cit
iZenship. But the government has more
than pride to offer. 1t performs its
multltudinouS tasks to give concrete,
practical help to its citizens in their
homes and in their business.
How are citizens to secure the ad-
vantages that come with this fund of
useful knowledge
RealiZing that it can bestow upon
its readers a service of great value
by acquaintiag them with the results
of government research in almost end
less fields of inquiry, The Evening Star
purposes to act as clearing house
between the government and the pub
lie. 1t purposes to assemble, analyZe
and distribute the facts and conclu-
sions brought to the surface by the
palnStaking efforts of federal experts.
1t plans to make this information
readily available to every one of it's
readers With this object in view it
has opened a special information bu-
reau in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
|U.S. HASSTR|CTER
PASSPORT RULES
New Regulations Intended to
Make Frauds Still More
Difficult.

Regulations governing the issuance
of passports are made more stringent
by an executive order issued by Presi-
dent Wilson. Although there has been
a decided abatement of complaints of
the misuse of American passports,
State Department officials say their
issuance will be still further guarded
without applicants being submitted to
undue inconvenience.
Three important changes are made
by the order. 1t provides:
Important Changes Made.
First-That the certificate of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

First-That the certificate of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Ideas Are Solicited.

Get busy, essayists, and put on paper
your ideas of what a an-up-paint-
up campaign should be. and what it
means to the community and to the
individual. Read the rules that govern
the contest. Everything is made as
plain as possible in the printed rules,
and all contributions to the contest
must conform to the rules.
Cleanup, paint-up and write-up
These are all features of this springs
contest, and they're all worth while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
BUREAU T00FFER
VA[UAbLESERV|CE
Inquirers May Learn Results
of Investigations by Many
Experts at Capital.
PROBLEMS OF VARIOUS
KINDS FIND SOLUTION
Evening Star to Act as Clearing
House Between Government
and the Public.

Of all organizations the greatest de-
voted to a single purpose that the
world has ever known is the govern
ment of the United States. Minds of
extraordinary keenneSs. the broadcast
learning and technical skill of the
highest quality are turned continual
ly upon the problems that confront
the American people. Yet the people,
as rule. know little or nothing of the
wealth of information thus made avail
able for their use
Problems of the household. problems
of the factory, problems of the city,
questions of health and hygiene, ques-
tons of opportunity, questions of self
holp and help for others-an these and
Eery many more are studied in gov
eminent laboratories and in the best
fields at home and abroad by men who
are masters of their respective profess
sions. with the resources behind them
of the richest nation on earth.
This important work is being done
for you. 1t is your government that is
doing it, with the desire to benefit you
You are entitled to profit individually
by this extraordinary service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

the cleanest, neatest, most healthful
and most beautiful capital in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Solves Various Problems.

For example, the federal bureau OF
immi grafton is putting into operation a
nation wide scheme by which any
woman can obtain domestic help and
any person fitted for service in an
American household can secure po-
sition. The Evening Star bureau tells
how this admirable result can be read
lily accomplished.
The supervising tea examiner of the
United States has made series OF
more than 500 tests to find out just
how tea should be made. The Even
ing Star bureau furnishes you will
| these rules.
| The bureau of chemistry has worked
out recipe for new kind of bread
The Evening Star tells you how tc
| make it.
| The pamphlet tells the rules laid
down by Uncle Sans experts in the
| children's bureau for the care OF
| babies.
| Do you know how to tell fresh fish
or a fresh chicken at a glance?
| Do you know theYe are some kinds
of electric bulbs that you cannot at
ford to use even if you were paid foI
| doing so?
| Do you know how to fight moths
without camphor?
Do YOU know how to treat MOSQUITO
| bites with a bit of soap?
These are only a rev OF the subjects
that are dealt with in The Evening
| Star pamphlet.
What Government Has Learned.
| The national government has spent
the peoples money to teach the people
howl to do things The Evening Star
information bureau is ready to tell you
what the government has found GU,
that it is to your advantage to know.
This service is absolutely free to
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your name and address plainly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02
RAsFRAII PLAYERS STILL DRAW
BIC SUMS WHEN SOLD, Il SEEMS
Period of High Finance Believed Ended When Federal
League Passed Out Of Existence Appears to Have Been
Revived in Mathewson- Herzog Trade With Big
Money Clause Attached; Must Be Paying Well

then proceeded to purchase in other
quarters and in a short time had &C
cumulated Workman. Kelly, MoliWltz
and Carter at an expense reported TO
be in excess of $500 These amounts
SAVIOR Of the days when the feds were
busy bidding against organized base
ball and. after making reasonable al
lowance for exaggeration. lead 10 the
belief that somebody must be making
money in baseball. Notwithstanding
the copious rainy spells, wars. MOVIES
and other factors which were supposed
to be curtailing gate receipts
Money In College Baseball. Too
According to an authority who keeps
close tabs upon the receipts ana eN-
Denses of major college athletics there
is also some money in college baseball
and football The net profits OF the
Harvard. Yale. Princeton and Penn
sylvania elevens last season is set at
trifle over s24O.00O.' while the mines
showed a profit Of something over
$50 600 The fact that the football
teams. playing less than a third as
many games as the baseball mines.
were able to pile up about eight times
the profits of the diamond combination.
shows that the gridirOn game still
holds first place as a money-maker
in college sports
The executive committee OF the Ma
tional Baseball federation has arranged
the following schedule for the inter-
city series for the amateur baseball
championship of the country: Sept $40,
first round: Akron at Canton; Dayton
at Cincinnati: Chicago at Des MOines:
Toledo at Detroit: Columbus at Cleve-
land: JohnstOwn at Pittsburgh. Sec
ond round. Des Chicago winner
vs. Toledo-Detroit winner; Akron-Can
ton winner vs.. PittsburEh-JO hnstown
winner: Dayton Cincinnati winner vs.
Cleveland Columbus winner; Third
round Akron-Canton and Pittsburgh
Johnstown winner vs. Des Moines-Chi-
cago and ToledO-Detroit winner: Day
on-Cincinnati and Cleveland Columbus
winner vs. Southern champions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02

- RESIDENT WOODROW WILSON :
- abb for his greatest golfing fault
L lack Of full concentration on
the drive-is unique.
The chief executive candidly de-
clares he learned the link game dur
ing his early days as a university pro
fessor-"when I was not so suffi-
GENTLY equipped with funds as TO al
WAYS afford the luxury OF a caddie-"
Upon the caddieless golfer DEVELOPS
the task of watching where his drive
lands To do this the golfer must look
rD and out Immediately after he m
ished his swing. This practice usual
" results in a driver keeping track OF
his ball-but II ruins his game
Nowadays the president flnds MN
self sufficiently wealthy to hire fleet
of caddies to look out for his drives,
hut despite this he still persists in as
sisting the lookout He hasn't beee
able to rid himself Of the habit &C
ouired in his less prosperous days
And golfing experts declare that the
little trick OF the presidents has hurt
his game TO a great extent that Il mas
made him only an ordinary driver
whereas. under normal circumstances
he should be a long. straight shooter
John Sanford recently refused an Of
fer of s5O.O0O-real mOney-for his
great horse Nassorian. which finished
third in the 1915 English derby and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02
'BECK'S" AMEN CORNER
BY "BxCK"

4 RMY automobiles and trucks are
figuring in altogether too many
accidents in Ell Paso. And some
people are beginning to wonder why
cars bearing the numbers Of the quar-
termaster corps are racing around
town at all hours of the night. Per-
haPs it is necessary to get some
milk OUT to the fort before daylight.
That's why they have the milkmaids
al &.
PJRITYS stack up against the
Feldmans next Sunday and one
Of the best games Of the season
should be the result The Feldmans
have not yet been defeated with
Gr4ham pitching while the bakers are
out in front in the league standing.
Fans who want a close pennant race
will be pulling for the photographers
but no matter which team wins,
there should be a great battle.
Purit-s and Feldmans rank as the
two strongest clubs in the league
right now.
A MOTHER game which is sure to
= attract attention will be played
soon when the Feldmans meet the
Seventh infantry. Though the SOL
diers released Graham to the Field
mans on the understanding that he
should not be used against the army
team as a pitcher, in view of the fact
that the soldiers have two wonderful
pitchers in Duncan and York, they
should be real sportsmen and release
the Feldmans from the agreement re-
garding Graham By so doing they
will show their sportsmanshIp and
make many friends among the fans
Of e. Paso for the fans are looking
forward to the Seventh-Feldmans
game with Graham and York as the
opposing pitchers. What about it,
Lieut.. Bertram?
WHITE SOX are getting mighty
" dangerous for the Red Sox On
Tuesday, the Chicago team took both
ends of a double bill from the Ath-
letics while the Red Sox could win
only one game, having only the
single contest scheduled with the
Tigers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02

OFFICIAL announcement has been
~ made that the Walz-Seventh
game. in which the soldiers used a
plugged bat, has been thrown out"
and will be replayed, probably on
Labor day. This decision deprives
the soldier team of a few points in
the league standing and CORE
spond-lgly helps out the Mexicans-
ND Gallagher 60 to first base
- when he was walked in the ninth
inning of Sundays sensational game
between the Everybodys and Sew
enth? If he did not touch first base,
the winning" run did not win for it
would not count This, however,
raises another question: Did the
Everybodys concede the base when
they left the field? It's a fine prob
lem of baseball and will be the sub
iect of discussion for a long time.
MO official announcement has yet
been made by the Commercial
league about putting down rowdyism
on the field. The writer can cite at
least four instances where the play
ers pulled off raw" stunts on the
field and got away" with it. It's
getting 50 that no fan wants to take
his wife or wife-to-be to the games.
Some time ago the league officers
announced that a police officer would
be in attendance at all games.
Where has he been? Hunting that
cop would be as tough a job as 10
eating Villa. The fans simply ask
that the Commercial league keep its
word
FASTEST baseball seen in FL Paso
in a long time is being played by
the Commercial leaguers this season.
The games are all interesting and
the only kick any one can have is the
lack of control over the players by
the league officers. There's too much
politics among the managers.
lON W NAhAN - dNNAiS P-SS-
dent of the Commercial league
during the absence of W. H. PelPhrey
on holidays. He promises that there
will be a policeman at the games,
Sunday, and that players guilty Of
using foul language on the field will
20 out for three games. The weeds
in the outfield are to be cut and the
scoreboard fixed up. "The fans are
entitled to clean ball and they shall
have it." said Dr.. McCamant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02

BROWNS continue serenely on their
winning way They won again
on Tuesday from the Yankees,
though it took them Il innings to
turn TIE trick, to 2.
"CURLY" SMITH says that he has
quit as manager of the Krack-
ajacks and that Ed Hands will look
after the team 1t is likely that
Hands will ger about half a dozen
new men from the various national
guard regiments now camped here.
There has been altogether too much
Grabbing" among the old Kracka-
jack bunch and if Hands is wise he'll
tie the can to the majority Of them
and get new players. Hunting up
good men is a tough job but it pays
in the long run
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02

envy at all. What fortune and whSS
fame have achieved I have earned L
have worked hard for it and success
came as a matter OF course for felt
I deserved it
Far too many young fellows carouse
around. keep late hours. drink booze.
and smoke cigarettes. and then ex
claim Look at that fellow. will youZ
No older than I am Yet he won the
championship. gets a lot Of easy money
and everyone knows about him Pretty
sCftt'
Started In at IS.
Soft. eh2 I started in the bowling
game when 7 was l S years old at my
home in Desplaines. Ill I started as a
pin boy. that is setting up the pins IN
the bowling alley got chances .
most OF these opportunities. Gradually
I improved I averaged 10 to Is games
a day for years
I concluded to make bowling my pro-
fession and I concluded that to sue
coed I would have to observe rules OF
health Consequently I do not drink.
smoke or chew and I keep in good
uhvsical condition all the time I take
eight hours of sleep every night Sleep
IS the greatest thing in the world FOR
those who would retain steady nerves
Patience Is Factor. 4
In the game OF bowling patience -
q prime factor It will take anyone
three or four years to become a Sood
and the arms. fosters deep breathing
and causes one TO become quick and
sure with the feet
I exercise every day during the sum
mer for ny winter bowling tourna-
ment To become a champion ar the
game one must be physically strong,
must be young in years. must be ac-
tive A Turkish bath and rub down are
good for those who would bowl well
No Regrets In Bowling.
Bowling is a most beneficial sport
and II is a fact that those who follow
the game closely will never be strick a
with appendicitis. The exercise OF GER
tain muscles seems to vanquish any
entertainments OF the disease.
In a match game with Mort Lindsey.
Of New York. I defeated this champion
four straight games out Of seven with
an average score Of 225 fiat I have
scored 279 very often. IN 81 games I
averaged score Of 1876.
II YOU want a clean sport and good
exercise take up the game OF bowling
You will not regret It
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