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Evening star., 1917-12-06

ton which may be brought to tho at
tention Of the public utilities commis-
sion II the coal shortage situation be-
comes much more serious. This Is in
volved in the requirement of the COM
mission that the temperature in cars
shall not fall below 40 degrees. While
1t Is not proposed to advocate at this
time the entire elimination OF heat in
cars, there may be suggestions looking
toward a reduction in the amount of
heat required, which. If approved, also
would lead to the saving Of many tons
of coal daily, 1t is stated.
Evening star., 1917-12-06
FOR GUARANTEED SOLDIERS.
Public Library Will Receive Read
: ing Matter for Company C.

Books and magazines to be sent to
the men of. Company C, .23d Engineer
Regiment, which was duzfAntined at
Camp Meigs. 9Th and Florida avenue
northeast, Tuesday night. on account of
a case OF measles, will reach them
through the Public Library, II was an
nounced today. The library will take
care of tho shipment of all magazines
to the men In quarantine.
Evening star., 1917-12-06
Stops at Alternate Corners.

Public utilities officials today said
that careful investigation will be made
Of the proposal to have cars stop at al
ternate corners and for the rerouting
of cars to better meet service demands.
The former plan is regarded as likely
to produce far-reaching results in
speeding up and improving car service
generally.
The utilities commission already Is
Investigating the advisability Of allow
ing cars, when closely spaced during
rush hours. to discharge and take on
passengers simultaneously and proceed
over the crossings in tandem formation.
This, it is believed, would greatly re-
duce congestion at intersections.
While the general inquiry planned
Evening star., 1917-12-06

$249
Foster Upright

Beautiful mahogany case. Shop
worn. Fine condition. See this
one.
Evening star., 1917-12-06
$29S
Knabe Upright

This Instrument, although used,
has not been hurt In any way.
Mahogany case. Standard size.
Evening star., 1917-12-06

James L wilmeth. chief clerk of the
Treasury Department. has been ap-
pointed director Of tho bureau Of en-
craving, succeeding Joseph q. Ralph.
resigned The compensation il $4,000
. year, tho highest salary for any po-
sition in the civil service.
Paul F. Myers. now executive attor-
ney and formerly chief clerk of tho
internal revenue bureau. succeeds Mr..
wilmeth as chief clerk Of the Treas
ury Department Another appointment
announced is that of John F. Sum-
mers. deputy disbursing clerk. as dis
bursting clerk in succession to Sydney
r. Jacobs. who was appointed recently
deputy commissioner in charge of ac-
counts of the war risk bureau.
Frank E. Ferguson. assistant direc-
tor. has been operating the bureau
since October 15, when retiring direc-
tor Ralph took leave prior to going
out permanently, November 1. The
dual duties of acting and assistant
director have been performed by Mr..
Ferguson, who has been working night
ana day.
Native Of Tennessee.
Mr.. wilmeth. the new director. is
native Of Tennessee, but when a young
man removed to Prescott. Ark. from
whence he was appointed to govern
Inent service and which he still re-
CARDS as his home and maintains as
his legal residence.
Passing the civil service examination
in 1895. Mr.. Wilmeth was appointed to
a clerkship in the Treasury Depart
nhent. He was rapidly promoted
through the various grades. becoming
an expert accountant In the office Of
the controller of the Treasury. and.
finally. was made a law clerk In that
ONCE.
In 1910. seven years ago. he was made
chief clerk of the Treasury Depart
ment. By presidential order he was
given authority. as acting Secretary
of the Treasury in the absence of the
Secretary and acting Secretary, to sign
all mail and official orders.
He is married and has three chill
dren.- They are James L. Wilmeth. jr.,
nineteen years old. Clyde F. Wilmeth,
fourteen years old, and Janice Louise
Wilmeth. eleven years old. All are
with him in Washington.
Myers a Princeton Man.
Paul F. Myers. the new chief clerk
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EXPERT WILL PROBE
TRACTION SITUATION
Plans for John A. BeeIer, Con-
suIting Engineer Of New York,
to Make Survey.
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION

with the expected appointment today
or tomorrow Of John A. Beeler. consult
ing engineer of New York. to make
survey of conditions on local street
railway lines. the public utilities COM
mission. traction companies and citi-
zens are preparing to submit q large
number of suggestions for improve
| ment which will come within the scope
Of the inquiry.
Staggered or varying hours for the
opening and closing Of government de-
partments: staggered or alternate stops
for cars: non-uniform hours for the
opening Of public schools: rerouting Of
cars and double -berthing or tandem
among the more important recommend
atoms slated for immediate inyestiga-
tion by the New York expert.
Looking toward the carrying out Of
the first of these proposals. which
street railway officials believe will be
more effective than any in affording
immediate relief from congestion, the
public utilities commission will ask the
several government departments to
furnish 1t with the addresses of their
employees.
To Divide City Into Districts.
The plan is to divide the city into
districts. ascertain the number Of per-
sons residing in each section who work
in particular department and. in this
way, locate the lines Of hesviest travel
during the rush-hour periods This
information necessarily will be the
basis of any action that may be taken
to have the government offices open at
different hours in order to relieve con-
gestion.
Mr.. Beeler. in tho event he is sum-
moned to Washington to do tho work
asked to report on tho feasibility of
this plan as soon as possible. 1t Is the
opinion of many who have looked into
the matter that, IL the staggered ar
rangement is to be genuinely effective
Evening star., 1917-12-06

TING THIS GREAT SALE

be credited in full against the second.
4. We give you Bench and II rolls Of Music
FREE with each Player-Piano Stool with every
Piano.
S We will allow railroad fare to any purchaser
of an instrument ranging in price from 500 upward
and free delivery within 100 miles of Washington
Evening star., 1917-12-06

approved credtand you given the longest posi-
BILE time to meet the payments.
3. Within years time you may exchange the
Piano or Player-Piano you purchase for any other
Piano PlayerPiano of equal or greater value
floors and all payments made first instrument will
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Lemons Beautib!
Make Quarter Pint
Of Lotion, Cheap

Here is told how to prepare an mex,
pensive lemon lotion which can be used
to bring back to any skin the sweet
freshness, softness, whteness and
beauty.
The Juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white makes whole quar-
ter pint of the most remarkable lemon
skin beautlfier at about the cost one
must pay for small jar of the ordi-
nary cold creams. Care should be TAX
en- to strain the lemon Juice through Il
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that lem.
on Juice is used to bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles, sallowness
and tan, and is the ideal skin softener,
smoothener and beautlfier.
Just try 1t! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up n quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage II
daily into the face, neck. arms and
hands, and see for yourself. Adv.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
TWO VARIETIES OF HEROES
One Who Admits He Is Of Make. Be.
lieve Class, Tells Of Life in
the Trenches.

There are real heroes and make-be
He'e heroes; and they are not Away,
easily dlstinguishable. do not hid,
from myself that belong to the make
believes. And yet, II is remarkable
that | did not find the second week
at the front as terrible as the first. II
is not as bad there as 1t seems, says
writer In the Atlantic.
when once you get accustomed to
the Idea that you may be dead In a
day, or In an hour, or in II minute. and
when you are clear as TO your future,
YOUR mood Is relieved from constant
depression. Involuntarily you become
Kind and helpful to those about you.
you do not get veXcd over triiles, you
ARE ready to make all sorts OF sacri-
fees.
OF course. If. In the midst of such
a condition, II grenade suddenly drops
into your trench. If you see three or
four Of your comrades getting killed,
your misery returns, no matter how
good an outward appearance you may
keep up. At least for while.
But then again the thought comes
that getting wounded means rest and
safety. aud good care And death?
that Is still less terrible. One boast
OF reaching ones destination along the !
shortest road Is not death every
ones final Observation-Disclosures.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

llaring cuffs with overlap In white
satin.
Making joke Of deprlvntlons is one
phase Of French fortitude In these
times of trial. The Parlslenne makes
light of the scarcity Of coal and saws
she will rely upon furs and exercise
In the open air to keep herself warm
this winter. This prediction seems to
have influenced the mode, and furs
are everywhere ON suits and frocks
they appear in bands. sometimes con.
tinuous and more often in sections. on
the bottom Of skirts and coats. Collars
and cuffs, Uncovered buttons, and
marrow fur bands and fringes of fur
find n placc on all outer garments.
Deep cuffs, both close-fittng and
tiaring, and narrow collars that widen
into broad revers are among the new
est phases of fur trimmings. But with
the broadcast collars and the most gen
erous cuffs are coupled very narrow
landings in pockets and about the bot
tom of coats. Collnrs are as luxurious
and enveloping as those introduced last
winter, those on suits of the convert
ible variety that may be brought up
about the throat at will.
One Of the new fall suits, trimmed
with gray squirrel, is made of wool
velour. Squirrel looks well on the
wine, blue and green shades of the
present season and combines beauti-
fully with the. soft glove finish" of
wool fabrics. The suit pictured Is II
conservative model with straight
hanging coat, belted in at the waist.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
An Irish Comeback.

An freshman employed in n large
factory had taken n day of without
permission and seemed likely to lose
his job In consequence. When asked
by his foreman the next day why he
had not turned mp the day before he
replied:
Il was SO III, sir that | could not
come TO work to save me life."
How was II, then, Pat that saw
you pass the factory on your bicycle
during the morning?" asked the fore
man.
Pat was slightly taken aback. then
regaining his presence of mind he re.
piled:
Sure sir, that must have been when
was going for the doctor."-Pltts.
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
When God Probes.

God loves us too much 10 let what
would hurt us stay with us. So. he.
cause Of this love, he himself is will.
Ing to hurt us In order TO save us from
the greater hurt. Probing Is done in
order TO get rid OF something that
would injure. And so. as Prebendarv
Webster has said. DO not be afrnid
OF Gods probing. He never wounds
except TO heal. He never humbles OK.
cept TO exalt. Do let God deal with
you; do not be afraid of his probing"
Most Of us have been afraid of It we
may be dreading It just now. We shall
not fear If we remember what kind Of
love Is back of It, that all.sacrifcinr
love that died for us on the cross. SO
we can safely, gladly let ourselves GO
utterly into his hands and ask those
nail-pierced hands to do with us what
they will. Then he can begin to show
us his love as we may never vet have
known the meaning OF love.-Sunday
School Times.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
CAL0MEL IS MERCURY, IT S|CKENS!
STOP UsITC siu|MT|NG DRUG
Don't Lose DYs WORK. Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels
Constlpatsd Take "Dodsons Liver Tone."-lrs Fine!

You're bilious Your liver Is slug
sish! You feel lazy. dizzy and al
knocked out. Your head Is dull, your
tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick, you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking 1t up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp.
Ing.
II you want to enjoy the incest gen
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced Just take a spoonful
OF harmless Dodsons Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you a 5o.cent
bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal money.back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Our Little 10 Needed.

II only one Of the million flowers
that bloom in the summer days, In the
fields and gardens, refused to bloom,
hiding Its gift Of beauty, the world
would be a little less lovely. II but
one Of the myriad stars In the heavens
should refuse to shine some night.
keeping Its beam locked up In its own
breast, the night would be a little dark.
er. 1t makes vsst difference
In the world whether the humblest of
us b. true or false In our life. whether
we sing our one little note right or
wrong, whether we speak our one IN.
tie word, or keep silent. The smallest
bar Of song, breathed into the world
adds Its fragment to the worlds music.
The right thing You did yesterday
made the world little better, made II
easier, too, for other people to do right.
James r. Miller.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

There Is wonderful diversity In
onc-plece dresses, and there must he
I'VE must have new things all the time
or women will not buy" says one OF
those who sells frOcks nearly all the
days Of the year. II is business that
makes the world move forward, and SO
designers call upon the four quarters
OF the globe for ideas and inspirations.
This fall there are Chinese and Rus
sian and American Indian ideas inter
pre6d In new suits and dresses, or dis.
cernible In their trimmings, along with
clever inventions that are home grown
and very modern.
But with all this casting about for
new Inspirations there are almost no
freakish dresses. Everything must bow
TO the DEGREES Of the mode and manage
to arrive Mt simplicity In effect. no mat
ter how much elaborated in details of
trimming or. finish. The result Is the
prettiest and most wearable frocks
that can be imagined, with the straight
line models In great favor and the
smart Russian blouse winning Its way
to the front.
But the straight line dress has no
monopoly, as may be gathered from
the clever model in one-piece frock
shown here. II follows the lines of
the tonneau skirt, at safe and sane
distance, with the small side drapery
that holds its place In the seasons
styles. Just how Its wearer gets in or
out Of II is a secret that lies between
her and the dressmaker, but the belt
is discovered fastening at the side and
probably the bodice does the same
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
BALLET GIRLS AIDED BY WAR
New Russian Government Makes Il
Possible for Dancers to Enter
Learned Profe ms.

Russian ballet girls are being per.
mltted to enter the learned profess
sions. A special commission to pre-
pare reforms in the former "imperinl,"
now state, theaters, has pronounced
for abolition Of the system under
which a ballet pupil could never be
anything but ballet dancer.
AT the age of nine years many girls
entered the ballet school of the Marin
sky theater and spent their childhood
learning to dance, receiving scarcely
any general education, and were or
dered to 90 on the ballet stage. II
they refused they were excluded from
all except the lowest occupations.
In the future, girls who have passed
through the ballet school will be con-
sidered as having received complete
SiX-class secondary schooling, and will
thus be qualified TO matriculate In a
woman's university and become doc
tors, lawyers, engineers and techni-
clans.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Why He Left,

The large, florid gentleman at the
movie threw down his program in very
evident disgust, and as he ground our
toes on his way out, we heard him
mutter something. The seat he had
left was better than ours, so we moved
over into 1t, wondering what could
have set the old man OFF so. In about
n minute we found out. In the how
just behind sat young man and Il
young woman, both grown. As the
hero flashed across the screen, the man
said:
"Oh dere he is. Bwess his heart.
On TeIleden, Geraldine Farrars hub
by, 90 know. Idn't he dist the tweet.
est sing?"
"Muh-huh But he idn't half. so
tweet as 90 Is, is he?"
That's as long as we stayed.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

sluggish liver better than dose Of
nasty calomel and that 1t won't make
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know II next morn.
Ing because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working, your
headache and dizziness gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful; full OF vigcr and
ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can.
not salivate. Give II to your children!
Millions of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone insteek Of dangerous cal.
omel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale OF calomel Ia almost
stopped entirely here.-Adv.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
THIS DRUGGIST KNOWS
BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE

Sixteen years ago | began to sell DR..
hllmers Swamp-Root and today believe
II Is one OF the best medicines on the
market; and my patrons are very much
pleased, with the results obtained from its
use and speak very favorably regarding it.
Swamp'koot has been very successful in
the treatment Of kidney, liver and bladder
troubles according to the reports received
and | have no hesitancy in recommending
1t for l have great faith in its merits.
Very truly yours,
OWL DRUG STORE,
BY R. F. Boies,
Oct. 3, 1915. Sedalia, Missouri.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

thing, with fastenings along the under
arm and shoulder. At the front and
back Of the belt embroidery finds a
place In the sun of approval. and row
of misleading buttons down the front
Of the bodice have no duty other than
to make pretty finish for II.
1t Is the collar In this frock that be.
speaks much thought on the part of
Its maker. 1t Is Of colored satin over
laid with white satin with little satin.
covered buttons set In a row at each
side, and Is altogether Independent of
the high neck which finishes the
bodice. The plain sleeves have small
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

glngham Mt the windows--not curtains
you see, but just narrow little box.
plated strips of Bingham, wide enough
TO relieve the baroness of the window
frames, Well, we can go step far
Their and embelllsh those same drapes
with our little needles. All one has to
do is to cross-stitch the white squares
of the gingham In blue thread or the
blue squares In white thread just like
mother and grandmother used TO do
with their aprons. I've experimental
with a set. and they're the quaIntes.,
dearest little things imaginable.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
For the Kitchen Window.

Do you remember how, when you
and were little girls, our mothers and
our grandmothers used to wear en-
broidered glngham aprons? asks a
writer in the Philadelphia Record.
They cross-stltched then, you know,
using the little block pattern of the
gingham for guide, and many Won
derful designs did they put upon them.
Well, interior decorators have been
saying a lot about identifying the
kitchen these days, and one Of their
ideas Is to put little half drapes Of
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
The Cause of the commotion.

"Whafs the trouble up there in
frontf' asked the cook of rapid
restaurant addressing one of the wait
resses.
Jaw, Ilelsoise said that Claudine
wasn't any better than she ought to
be- was the reply. "And Claudine
says she Is, too, and If anybody thinks
different she'll make 'em prove II.
That's how the customer got hit with
the ketchup bottle. "-Kansas City
Star
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Didn't Med IL

The young bride had clearly formed
Ideas on Industrial questions.
u will give YOU something to eat
she Informed the tramp, IF you will
get the ak"
"oh, ! shan't need that the tramp
interrupted in reassuring tone. "My
teeth are quite all right"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
As MiteY Wise Understood Il.
They were talking about aviation

They were talking about aviation.
AS understand it," said Mr.. Mitey
Wise, 1.-THE monoplanc is flying ma
chine from which one falls, the BIZ
plane is one from which two fall
and"
81 get YOU" chirped the qulck-think-
er. "The hy-drop-plane Is one from
which they all fall ut.'-Indanapolis
News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Slluhted.

80 you're leaving us, Mary. What's
.he trouble; don't you like the place
here?"
u did, but I amt going to stay here
no longer, You don't treat me like one
of the family"
why Mary how can you say that?"
"its plain as day. You were away
Tor ten days and you didn't even send
me a picture postal card"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
The Real Pleasures

God will not let us be without pleas.
ures of our own. The fields are full of
such: flowers, verdure, beautiful plants
at every step; birds everywhere; and
then an air all perfumed. Eugene Do
0nerln.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

Several OF the French designers are
turning to Japan for much of their
Inspiration this autumn. This proba-
bly, means that we shall see Japanese
motifs In embroidery, as much as we
saw them last year, on the new frocks
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
What is Castoria

ASlokiA harmless substitute for Castor OIL p.reoor.
~ drops and Soothing Syups It pleasant contain, n.;h
opu Morphine nor other Narcotic substance Its ace h; s
1e aor more than thirty has been constant use for the relief
fuency Wind Collie and Darrhaa aayng Fevesh
ness arising therefom and by regulating the Stomach a DISH
aids the assimilation Of Food; giving healthy and patur. sseD
The Chlldrens Panacea-The Mothers Friend 'p'
The Kind You Have Always Bought and which b. , - .
Sears has borne the II Fche use i over
his personal supervision its infancy Allow undr
Az Counterfeit limitations ustasoo are hui ms
Ie with and endanger the health of Infants and tha
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. against Experiment m <<c1-.-
Genuine Castoria always ~ oLZZZ
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALvE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tariff II you haven't get It at once.
1t will cure you.--Adv.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Pleasures OF an Enthusiast.

Does the price OF gasoline bother
your"
Not much" replied Mr.. Chuggins.
Il only run the motor few miles.
Then ] get out and spend the rest Of
the day tinkering her up."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28
Woke the Next Man.

did you wake up No. 442"
NO sir. Couldn't wake him. But
! did the nearest could"
what was that2"
~ walked up No. As, sir !"-.Comic
Cuts.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-28

line and trimmed 10 long points IT
each side. 1t Is plain except for big
patch pockets, also trimmed In points
to correspond with the coat.