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The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
IF KIDNEYS And
BLADDER BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Out
Your Kidneys and Neutrshze
Irritating Acids.

Kidney and Bladder weakness result
from uric acid, says a nOted authority.
The kidneys filter this acid from the
blood and pass it on to the bladder,
where il often remains to irritste and
intiame, causing a burning, scslding SEN
hsation, or setting up an irritation at TIE
neck of the bladder, obligins you to seek
relief two or three times during the
night. The sufferer is in constant dread
the water passes sometimes with a scaid-
ing sensation and is very profuse; again,
there is difficulty in avoiding It,
Bladder weakness. most folks call t.
because they can't control urinstion.
While II k extremely annoying and
sometimes very painful, this is really
one OF the most simple ailments TO
overcome. Get about four ounces OF
Jad Salts from your pharmacist and
take a tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast, continue this for
two or three days. This will neutrslize
the acids In the urine so it no longer IL a
source OF Irritation to the bladder and
urinary organs, which then act normally
again.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless. and
is made from the acid of grapes. and is
used by thousands OF folks who are sub
ject to urinary disorders caused by uric
acid irritation. Jad Salts is splendid
for kidneys and causes no bad effects
whatever.
Here you have a pleasant, efrervcscent
Whitewater drink, which quickly relieves
bladder rouble--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Army and Navy News
0est Sssvsss cesuos Do cssy.

II David Farragut and John Paul Jones.
naval heroes emeritus. were to come back
to life and step up TO the naval recruiting
station on Arch street. the likelihood 10
that they would be rejected as unit for
service.
History records that both the first ad-
mirsl of the United states navy and Its
most daring commander wore countenan-
ces that were unpreposeessing in q
marked degree. When prizes for pulchri-
tude were handed out. these two didn't
bulge from the back row.
An unsightly face keeps you out of the
navy: likewise. corns. bunions. hsrelip.
souint and score of other more serious
afflictions.
More than one-half OF the applicants are
rejected because of physical defects and
not enough are applying.
Yesterday out OF the twenty-three men
who applied for admission to the navy
only eleven could meet the physical test
Twenty-three applicants Is q shameful
number In these stirring times.
The American man, judsed from these
statistics. is no Adonis. According to the
recruiting officer, the standard Of physical
requirements is low rather than high. In
Gle Sam does not demand a perfect male
for Jackie" He just mustn't be too
imperfect Is the way the recruiting officer
phrases it,
"A man must have at least twenty good
teeth, he said. "and no false ones. He
cannot have an unsightly face. with q
blemish on 1t. This might lay him open
to unkind remarks on the part Of his
companions. and that would make for
strife and unhsppiness
"A great many persons are color-blinc
and don't know it, Three out OF the
twenty-three men who came In yesterday
picked out bright red and browns or blues
from the worsted when they were told &c
select green.
Some applicants stutter when they
state their business. Suffering is moi
tolerated in the navy. These are unfit
and rejected
In 1915. out OF the 10000 men who sp.
piled for admission TO the United States
navy 1900 were weighed In the balancs
and found wanting; 1900 for defective
eyes. 5000 for hat-footedness, and more
than 1900 for poor teeth.
Always large number of reflections are
because the men are too thin or too fat
for their height The minimum height
Tor an adult applicant Is sixty-four
inches. Such a man must weigh IL,
pounds and have a chest measurement OF
thirty-three inches. The maximum height
Is seventy-three inches with a weight OF
lb pounds and a chest inca asurement OF
thirty-six and three-quarter inches. Boys
of II are admitted with the consent OF
their parents. They can weigh as nttl,
as 1l0 pounds.
We're not looking for Herculeses or
Adonises. the offcer said emphatically
but we DO want men"
Calling trained men TO the colors by
wire is the novel method adopted.by tn,
/ United States Marines, who are sendins
hundreds of kilograms to former soldier,
of the sea" whose services are especially
desired in the face OF a national crisis.
Telegrams sent from headquarters tC
individual former marines read as fol.
lows: Marine Corps needs her trained
soldiers. Please communicate with near.
| est recruiting station. II you cannot re.
turn to colors yourself please secure one
recruit for Marine Cornsn
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Today's Events.

Meeting Of local branch Of Socialist Party. ell y
street northwest, ,. m.
Maine memorial exercises, under auspices ut
SpsnIsh War Veterans riding hall. Fo't Myer. 40
y. m.
Lecture by Miss Mabel Dill. before Community
Center WorSers, Wispn Normal School, 30 2 N.
Valentine party ard dance Columbia Chapter,
No. I. Royal Arch Mssons. New willard $50 q. m.
Presentation uf American flag b. committee from
Willism b, Gushing Camp. No 80 Sons OF Vet
Grams. Central High School, .. m.
Lecture, "Pyshsgorax Success Vibrstious' by
Miss Louise Cults Powell. tho Portland. p. N.
Dsnce By westoreT Athletic Club, Carroll In.
stitute Hall p. m.
/, characterization OF Boy Scout Taprr conservation
contest. Fourteenth and U streets northwest D. m
Classical entertainment. District Federation Of
Nomeus Clubs. the Cairo, p. m.
Entertainment and dance. Holy Name Society OF
the Holy Rosary Section. Old Masonic Temple, .
D. m.
Dedication OF Central High School, D. m.
Convention Of National Association Of Insurance
Asents the shotehsm
Maine Memofial Services Business High School,
.. m.
Fourth dance by Commerce Club Of Department
Of Commerce, Arcade D. M
Mass meeting IN interest Of Booker T. Washington
memorial, p m.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Another example of the dilatory,
dallying tactics OF the United States
in international affairs, is contained
in the terms of the new constitution
adopted by Mexico at the Oueretaro
conference. While the United States
was "wstchfully waiting" the thor
ough-going Kaiser was spiking Amer
lean and allied guns and placing in
Carrauza's hands powerful weapons
to turn against the United States and
the allies. The FIRST chief" and his
German friends will bear closer
watching than ever heneeforth.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

friends. He spoke last night before the
California Society at the Ebbitt.
Finley Johnston a Philippine scout of
the United States army. is registered at
the Ebbitt with Mrs. Johnston.
William G. Wilcox. chairman of
the Republican National Committee,
lis in Washington, and is stopping at
the Willard.
II haven't had a days vacation
since last June" he told a Herald
man last night. 81 hoped would
get a week or two off Srter the
election but there has just been one
thing after another to attend to. We
had deficit of $4,000 after the cleo
tion but that has been made up"
Mr.. Wilcox said the best supporter
the President would have in the
present crisis would be the Republican
party.
Fred B. Lynch. the Democratic
State Committeeman from Minnesota,
arrived at the Willard last night
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

the District recorded their opinion
on the issuance of bonds.
Such record furnishes irrcfutable
evidence that the proponents of .
referendum have foundation for their
arguments in precedent.
The question Of prohibition for the
District is involved largely because
members of Congress must express
the wishes of their constituencies re-
gardless of how the inhabitants of the
city of Washington feel 1t will be
simplified for these same members
and settled to the satisfaction. of the
majority of the people of the District
if the referendum clause is added to
the Sheppard-Barkley bill.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Dragging Along.

NttfePo >@@~ 1isfNffst ~ tsft A~y ife%f
M. Law, an American lumber
schooner. may force the issue. We
do not pretend to know. 1t may be
"soft-pedaled" by the administration.
There is ample precedent for such
action in the administration record
1t may be played up" on the other
hand, in a shriil crescendo should
the President decide to make il the
determining factor in his policy.
Whatever happens, there is no es-
Gaping one fact: The spirit and tenn
per OF the nation are radically
changed from what they were week
ago. We regret that it should be so.
Apathy prevails now; skepticism that
the President will ever decide to en-
force American rights until his enc
mics have made him appear to the
world as a hesitating, reluctant, un-
convinced sort of person, weakly
submitting to the inevitable. When
the break with Germany came, hope
arose that the President had at last
arrived at policy Now no such hope
exists. No one knows what his pol
icy is. The only discernible shadow
of policy is the fixed idea of post
poning the evils of the day until to-
morrow; of letting things drag and
dawdle along until the very pith OF
the principle involved in them be-
comes thin and attenuated.
1t is not that war should have been
declared on Germany shortly after
the rupture came. That is beside the
question. But some guarantee should
have been given American shipping
that it can invade the war zone with
the full protection of this govern
ment American citizens should know
where they stand. Germany should
be made to know that the United
States has thrown the full strength
of its resources to the cause repre-
sented by her enemies. Germany
does not know that now. All she
knows is that we have sent Count
Bernstorff home because she has vio-
ated her pledges to this nation and
the plain mandates of civilized war
fare. She has no reason to think
we will go further. E.
The threat against American ships
stands. Berlin has assured us re-
Gently she has no thought of receding
from her new ruthlessness. The Ger
man foreign office, peevishly denying
it made any eleventh-hour peace
overture, proclaims its determination
to follow its sinister course to the
end. The sinking of the Lyman M.
Law merely emphasizes the reiterated
fact; if the submarine proves to be
Austrian, that does not alter the fact
that all the U-boats of the central
powers are acting under the guild
ance of the German admiralty.
There is a general appreciation Of
the fact that America should un-
sheathc the sword only after she has
made the greatest effort to preserve
peace with the world. But the rup-
ture with Germany was predicated on
the basis that this effort, which as
suredly was the strongest display of
character in the first Wilson admin
istration now fast drawing to close,
had failed. The President himself
told the Senate he would ask for au-
thority to use the armed forces or
the nation as soon as the first covert
act" came Since that time the ad-
ministration mas been applying mar
cotic to the crisis. The logic of the
situation calls for action, forward or
backward, right or left; but action
does not come
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Germany may be fooling herself
with her specious prattle about the
U-boat blockade being a retaliatory
measure against the allies, but she
will have hard time convincing the
rest of the world that her submarine
campaign is anything short of cold
blooded murder, and the indications
are that the United States shortly will
tear the veil away from the blinded
Teuton eyes.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Philadelphia telegraph,

How many Americans recall the fact
that their ships of war once fought
battles with French cruisers, to uphold
the rights OF our ocean commerce, with
out any declaration or formal state of
war resulting between the two countries ?
That occurred in 17e9 when the French
government insisted arbitrarily on detain-
ing and searching American vessels. The
United States resisted then, as now, an
unlawful aggression, and made rapid
preparations to defend its privileges at
sea. 1t is significant to know that
President Wilson promises TO ask Con-
gress merely for authority to use force
in such ways as he may deem necessary
for the protection of the nations rights
and honor. His familiarity with Amen-
can history is second to no other mans.
Is it possible he has taken John Adams
for model?
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

The man in England who was SO
careful to explain to the British cen
sor that Philadelphia scrapple was moi
shrapnel wouldn't be so certain about
it if he had eaten some of the stufI
we have consumed that mssqueraded
under that title.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Clear, Peachy Skin
Awaits Anyone Who
Drinks Hot Water
Says an inside bath, before break
fast helps US look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Sparkling and vivseious-merry, bright
alert-s good. clear skin and a natural
rosy, healthy complexion are assured
only by pure blood II only every man
and woman could be induced to adopt the
morning inside bath. what a gratifying
change would take place. Instead OF the
thousands OF sickly, snaemic-loOkinc
men. women and girls. with pasty or
muddy compleNions: instead OF the multi
tudes OF nerve wrecks" ''rundowns "
brain fsgs'' and psSsimists we should
see a virile. optimistic throng Of rosy
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking each
morning. before breakfast, a glass OF
real hot water with a teaspoonfuI OF
limestone phosphate in Il TO wash from
the stomach, liver. kidneys. and ten
yards OF bowels the previous days in
digestible waste. sour fermentations and
poisons, thus cleansing, sweetening and
freshening the entire slinentary canal
before putting more food into the stom-
sch.
Those subject 10 sick headache. bil-
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism
colds: and particularly those who have
3 pallid, sallow complexion and who are
constipated very often. are urged 70 OBJ
tain a quarter pound of limestone phos-
phste at the drug store which will cost
but a trihe. but is sufficient TO demon
strste the quick and ~e.narkable change
in both health and appearance awaiting
those who practice internal sanitation
We must remember that inside cleanli-
ness is more important than outside, be
cause the skin does not absorb impurities
10 contaminate the blood while the pores
in the thirty feet Of bowels 6o.-AdV.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
New York sun.

From the obscure, contradictory and
confusing dispatches seceived here from
various parts of Europe we gather that
certain Americans now in Germany are
being detained by the imperial authori-
ties in the belief that German citizens at
present In the United States are held by
us In defiance Of their wish to depart
from this country.
II this Is the case we see no reason why
the difficulty should not be promptly
solved.
Let our government at once urge all
Germans who desire TO quit the United
states TO embark on the German mer-
chant ships laid up in American harbors,
viseing their passports in whatever form
the law may prescribe: let the ships clear
for whatever ports their commanders may
choose, and let them sail when they
please.
Then no question can be raised about
the detention OF any German here or
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Announcement has been made by
the British admiralty that the Ger
man U-boats for the most part are
very frail and cannot withstand severe
shocks. So are some women we have
heard tell of, but they caused heap
of damage and turmoil.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

John Phillips, a msnufa cturer of Pitts
Durgh. was at the Ebbitt yesterday and
told a Herald man some interesting things
about that town.
Most people in Pittsburgh don't even
know" said Mr.. Phillips. that Pitts
burgh is legally spelled two ways. 1t
originally had an n on the end. and the
Postoffice Department and half of the
newspapers still use the h but the
city government, and the other half of
the newspapers drop it, The newspapers
fight among themselves occasionally about
which, is right. but the ma tier has never
been settled.
I'VE have had an unusually number OF
fires in the community lately Several
weeks ago one OF the principal blocks
downtown was entirely wiped out: a large
theater, fve-and-ten cent store and
big woman's cloak store being destroyed
Only few days ago the big machine shop
Of the Union Switch and Signal Company
was destroyed. with a loss OF 5000 coo or
more. The cause of the fire is unknown
The company did get a $50 200 contra ct
for shells from the allies some months
oeo' pul tnt toHtIdCl was COI1Ditttu
November, and II is not seriously believed
that the plant was destroyed by German
sympathizers.
Pittsburgh has one of the largest Ger
man communities in the country. or
rather a community OF German descent
great part of Allegheny Is known as
'Dutchtown, and thousand of old folks
still read the German newspapers. But
there rs no question of the ioyaity of these
people in case OF war
Mayor William Hale Thompson was In
Washington yesterday to brace UP tn.
Illinois Senators and Congress on severa.
Chicago projects One was to make sure
the s6eeo.ooo appropriation for a site for
a new Chicago postoffice, and the other
was In regard to the fake level.
The City of Chicago, as a factor in its
sewage disposal, is turning Lake MichI-
gan down the Illinois River, and resi-
dents of Wisconsin are claiming the
level of the lake is dropping. and want
something done about IT. The Chicago
people say the project does not lower
the lake level
Daniel Willard, head of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad, was at the Willard
Hotel yesterday.
Dr.. Richard c. Cabot. of Boston. the
author and health expert, is at the viii
lard
Frank b. kellogg. former Attorney Gem
eral ana trust -b1ster. was at the Willard
yesterday.
Francis J. Heney. the trust-buster of
San Francisco. is at the Farragut with
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Cuba simply couldn't resist the
temptation to get into the general
turmoil, and not having any bones to
pick with the Kaiser, Just naturally
had to start a little ruction all her
own. But it probably will not go
more than ten rounds.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Without entering into a discussion
OF the religious principles involved,
the announced creed of Rev. DR.. Nc
Kim, in answering Representative
Moore, contains the same spirit that
animated our forefathers in '76 and
will receive the hearty Endorsement
OF every red-blooded American loyal
10 his flag.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

THE sELF-MADE MAN
He said he was Self-Made Man.
And yet I fear he stole the plan.
For truly. far as could see,
He differed not from you and me
who've come to be
As Much as he
The things we are. for veal or woe,
For good or I'll. or high or low,
By keeping ever in our view
The things the ages point US to.
And getting help from every one.
In every blessed thing we've done,
And not afraid a little bit
To gratefully acknowledge 1t.
Copyright lsf7l
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

YOU seemed much affected BY Spen-
sons hard-luck STORY
II don't deny it, Sponsor saw me get
Il SO bill changed and ] was racking my
brain &c think up q good excuse for not
lending MIN Observation-Disclosures
a Age.Herad
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Gables from Berlin announce that
chicken is selling for SI.6o pound in
the German capital. Nothing to boast
of; they cost more than that right
here in the old u. S.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Whatever DR.. Kirchwey's reasons
for quitting the Emergency Peace
Federation, it looks from here like
a case of getting out from under"
It's a wise man knows when to stop.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Boston journal.

BY his categorical refusal TO receive
any futher communication from Germany
until that government renounces its pres
eDt submarine policy, President Wilson
yesterday assumed the moral leadership
of the country.
Before severance, Wilson had Jagged
behind moral sentiment-carried along in
the rear of outraged public opinion.
Breaking with Germany only put him
level with his countrymen Now he leads
in a way they want to be led.
In refusing further parley the President
has for the first time maintained more
than the minimal requirements consistent
with national dignity. He has not this
time shattered the country's partially
aroused fervor. He stands his high, patri-
otto ground firmly, manfully, consistently.
1t is the best, the cleanest cut. the most
traditionally American move Woodrow
Wilson has made in the entire long
drawn-out controversy.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Il don't think the truth OF that Gin
derella story ever came out"
MOI
Il think she took off her slipper De-
cause Il hurt her. I've seen ladies do that
In restaurants many a time. kansas
city Journal.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
AMUsEMENTs, A

Belssco-''seren Chances" 2:IS and s:l5 p m
National" Ecren p. NJ" sl5 and Sis ?. m.
Poli's-"sis HOPKINS" sl5 p. IN.
Keith's-Vsudevilie. 215 and s:ls D. m
Gsyety-Buriesque, a;lS spd sl5 D m
Cosmos Vaudeville. II - 10 llt,o D. m.
Columbia-Photoplsys 80 a. m to II p. m
strsnd-Photoplays. II a. m. to II .. m.
Gsrden-Photoplays. II q. m. to ii D. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

The inventor of an efficient anti
war serum is the man the world is
waiting to crown with immortality.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

EVERY ONE visiting uashinEtss
wishes to take away scmethfRs ss q
remembrance Of the visit TO the Ns-
lions Capital, or ss Gift for frfesds
at home.
IL ts the aim of the National R~m~--
brssce shop 10 supply suek things In
souvenirs that shall hsve some artistic
merit.
NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE SHOP,
(Mr. Posters shepD
18th street. orp. WiiisrS Hotel
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.

stR printing a IN original poem, written hiu
for rAs Washington Herah-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Did you get a valentine
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
THE sELF-MADE MAN.

By John Kepdrfek Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Dr.. Richard c. Cabot, of Boston. the
author and health expert, is at the VIII
lard.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Frank b. kellogg. former Attorney Cen
eral ana trust-bnster. was at the Willard
yesterday
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15
Cleveland Leader.

President Wilson writes admira bly, but
there are times when his eloquent and
graceful English is less effective than si-
lence, and he has Just shown how well
he realizes that the present situation.
with respect to Germany. has brought
such an occasion for saying little or
nothing. through diplomatic channels, to
the kaiser and his government. II is
gratifying TO many Americans TO find that
the indirect advance made by the Ger
man foreign office. with a view TO further
discussion of possible ways to avoid ac-
tusl war, have not led the administration
into the mazes of A further exchange Of
elaborate notes
Germany is simply told that the position
OF the United States has not changed.
and that II will not be altered.
The President rightly offers no other
way out. He suggests no easier road TO
safety. as far as the relations OF the
United States with the German empire
are concerned. He could make none with
out weakening the position OF this coun-
try and conceding more than could be
granted with due regard to the rights of
neutrals and the welfare of man.
kind. .
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Francis J Heney. the trust-bustcr Of
San Francisco. is at the Farragut with
The Washington herald., 1917-02-15

Daniel Willard, head of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad was at the Willard
Hotel yesterday.