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Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

eyes and sagsing Of flesh will disappear,
your skin will become vigorous and
plump. You'll not fall II you try It.
It's simple. and remarkably economical.
To half pint of water add a table.
spoonful Of glyeerine and two ounces Of
eptoL Use It literally every day.
ONE BRow-Two eyebrows grown In
one certainly looks fierce" Whatever
you do. don't use any Of the BURNING
hair removers sold. Use a commons
sense method, and that is to dissolve
away those superhuous hairs, on the
face. arms, in fact anywhere on the B
body. 1t never falls and never leaves
smooth and soft. You dissolve away
the hairs by molstening them with suifc
solution In a few moments. This re- .
moves every hair, no matter how thick,
or how sensitive the skin. ...
MRS F. T. CT Is very seldom q
druggist hasn't sulfo solution for disolv-
ing away superfiuous hair quickly and
surely, but should you still find difficulty
in obtaining 1t, just send the price, one
dollar, to Secretary to Valeska Suratt,
Thompson Bldg, Chicago" and my sec
rotary will see that you are supplied
HOME LIKE--so you heard about
them, too. Yes, the new movie pill
low tops in orange and purple. with my
photograph and signature In the center.
are certainly elegant. I have made ar.
rangements to supply a certain number
Of them at the special price of fifty
cents each. Just send the price to my
secretary as indicated in the address in
the preceding paragraph.
CHALK-CHALK - That's the big
trouble, all too chalky. So have now
my own face powder, II you please. finer,
in texture than anything ever before
produced. II stays on beautifully, gives
an extraordinary bloom to the skin. II
Is sold BY druggists at so cents, in white,
fesh and brunette, and called "valeska
suratt Face Powder"
MRS. LosT-The only safe way to try
for bust development is to dissolve two
ounces OF ruetone and half a cup Of
sugar in half pint Of water, and Of
this mixture take two teaspoonfuls after
meals and at bedtime Nobody can
promise you success absolutely, but this
Is the surest way.
MRS. @. H. L.--For arm pit perspira-
ton. get from your druggist some by
drolized tale and apply to the arm pits
You'll get relief at once, and the odor
also will Immediately disappear This
is safe and sure-Advsrtisement
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

call to the colors by Mr.. Roosevelt
who is a member of the officers re.
serve corps at Harvard university.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15
Lincoln Party al Church Tea.

The party Of Lincoln women who
came up Friday for the Unitarian
luncheon and tea atsthe Blackstone
Friday were as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

MARQUETTE - wasted several
years of my life using up hair tones"
that did about as much good as water.
Finally l devised my own formula,
which has produced remarkable results.
I'll say here that l am known as the
only woman on the American stage who
needs to make no use of hair switches
or other makeshifts. So you can get an
idea now of what this formula has
brought me. My friends are a unit in
saying 1t is magic in Its power. making
hair long, silky and beautiful. without
fail and stopping falling Of hair. Just
mix one ounce Of beta-quinol with
half pint each Of water and alcohol, or
one pint of bay rum instead Of the water
and alcohol. II Is then ready to use.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

MAGNETIC-Brittle hair, you know.
10 caused by alkali In soaps and soap
shampoos. think too much Of my hair
to use any Of these things. II you want
a head-wash that is positively glorious,
that dissolves away every bit OF greasy
film from the hair and scalp as no soap
shampoo can ever do. Just dissolve a
teaspoonful Of eggol In half a cup OF
water and use. In this way from 10 to
is head washes can be obtained from
twenty-five cents worth Of eggol.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

!, Persistent Advertising Is the Road
To Success.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

Persistent Advertising IS the Road
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

MRS. p. L. Cheer up. you can go
to that dance, without blackheads. Get
from your druggist some powdered me-
roxin. Sprinkle some on q wet sponge.
with this rub the blackheads rather
briskly for few moments. Now pre-
pare yourself for a surprise Look in
the mirror and the blackheads will
be gone. This Is the only thing that will
DO this.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

MRS. O. II. For arm pit perspira-
ton. get from your druggist some by
drolized tale and apply to the arm pits
You'll get relief at once, and the odor
also will Immediately disappear. This
Is safe and sure-Advertisement,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
FRENCHD|SPLACES
GERMAN STUDIES
AT old P9RAA0U
Changes Made AT Oahu College In
the Teaching Of Foreign
Languages
PRACTICAL REASONS FOR
GIVING FRENCH PRE[IEER&NcE
Dealings With Huns Likely To Be
Very Much Less From Now
On, Says Griffiths

French rather than German should Be
emphasized in the tesehing OF modern
languages. IL tho decision OF the trua.
tees Of Oahu College. German win still
be offered and students will be able
70 fuihll their college entrance require
ments In that language, but Il will not
receive first emphasis in the modern
language department as in the past
Timers arc two reasons for the
change said President a. +. Grif
fths. HThe first IL the general feeling
Of unfriendlipess toward Germany and
German ideas and growing friendii.
ness for the French, The second a n
Practical business reason; from this
time forth our ,dealinss with the Ger
man people are likely TO become less
and less. while those with the French
will tend to grow more and more. ~
French Displaees German
The first step in accordance with the
new policy has been the substitution
OF French for German in the seventh
grade of, the Preparatory School. Here.
tofore, German has been offered in tie
French has been offered only IN the
four years of the academy course, while
French has been offered only in the
academy. In this way the principal
emphasis has been5 given TO the study
of German. This year French viii be
offered in the seventh grade, but Ger
man will be, continued in the eighth for
those who began II last year. 50.
The course in the academy will con.
tinue as before, pending later deeis-
ion. : M: , ~ ,-.M.ys ss... ~
The entire subject of modern Ian.
gnages in the Punahou schools has been
placed in the hands Of the, educational
committee for Investigation and report.
IT Is expected that the result Of the
investigation win be an enlargement
Of the modern language work. Among
other questions the committee will con-
slider such points as; the proper age at
which to begin teaching the child
foreign language, the best methods Of
obstruction, sAds = the. I'D Visibility Of
adding Spanish TO the course OF study.
win Investigate Methods
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Schmutzler.
the heads Of the modern language de.
partment Of Punahou, who are absent
this year on sabbatical leave, have been
asked to make an investigation Of
methods of teaching modern languages
~ the primary and secondary schools
of the Coast. -. IA
/ Miss Helen A. Storms, who win be in
charge of the French classes of the
academy and the beginning class in the
seventh grade of tho preparatory, ar
rived in Honolulu Monday morning 10
the sierra, Miss Storms is "a graduate
Of, the University Of Colorado and has
also studied in Paris, She comes 10
Punahou with splendid record, hav.
ing taught French for eight years in
the North Side High School Of Denver,
Colorado. ,s.s.s
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
more H|L0MEN 10
JOIN british FORCE

Hilo POST. X. Crabb, for the last
few years team luna for the, Ookala
Plantation, and A.. 9. Hutton, store.
keeper for the same plantation for n
number of years have decided to leave
for the front and win get away from
HilO on the tenth, going direct to Homo.
lulu from whence they win sail for
the old country on the Niagara leaving
Honolulu about the, fourteenth. They
will go direct TO Scotland and there 20
into training camps.
George Fraser, bookkeeper at the
local telephone Office, il another young
man who will leave for the front short.
ly. Mr.. Fraser will not 20 TO Honolulu
u once but will remain here until the
Niagara is due in Honolulu, when he
viii connect up without waiting In
Honolulu. The fact that the three will
make the journey together will greatly
cheer them along, as the long trip alone
would have tendency to cause time
to drag on their hands.
1t is reported that there are nun.
Der of young men from the other side
If the island who are also contemplat-
ing getting away on the Niagara, and
L is pretty safe to predict that the Is
lands will be pretty largely represented
in island patriotism when the Niagara
weighs anchor ON her continuation for
the coast. ..-. d.. = So.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
SOCIETY GIRL ON
WAY TO FRANCE
Miss WiIheImina Tenney Sails In
Few Days From New York
To Work In Hospital r.. r.

Going straight from Honolulu to
Paris, Miss Wilhelmina Tenney will
soon be doing. her bit as one of the
workers in the greatest struggle, the
world has ever known. Miss Tenney
will 90 to one of the convalescent hos
pitfalls near Paris where the patients
are the blind men who are learning
how to manage themselves in a world
absolutely new. To these jewellers
in world of darkness the Honolulu
girl will bring the aid of willing hands
and feet directed by an earnest desire
of helpfulness.
Miss Tenney left on last week g
steamer for New York, where she will
spend several days Quitting for her
journey abroad. Her mother, Mrs. +.
d. Tenney, will leave on the Maui to-
day with her son, Vernon Tenney.
They will arrive in New York in time
to see the daughter and sister for a
few hours before she sails for France.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
GIRL TRIES THIRD
TIME TO KILL SELF
Helen BuriIoff, Thirteen Years
Old, Takes Iodine

For the third time within few
months, Helen Buriloff, thirteen. year.
old Russian girl, tried to kill herself
yesterday by drinking iodine. The
girl WAS taken to the Emergency Hos.
pital in the ambulance and last night
had almost entirely recovered from
the effects of her rash act. o.. D.. ..... 49,.
The girl resides with her parents
near the corner of King and Punchbowl
Streets, and has been in the habit of
taking care of her small brothers aud
sisters during the absence of the par
ents. Her mother is employed as jani-
tor at a church. 49,. Z.
No reason is known why the girl
should be so determined to end her
life, though it was stated after the
previous attempt that she took the
poison during a fit of pique because
her parents would not permit her to
attend moving.pieture show.
Miss Agnes Maynard, girls proba-
ton officer, visited the girl at the
police station yesterday afternoon and
stated that it was probable that she
would be sent to the girls industrial
school for lengthy term, where she
will find her pet poison extremely hard
to obtain. 49,. .. 49,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
JAPANESE SHIP !.
MAGNAIE FIGHTS ITS !
. EMBARGO .ONSIEEL

H NJ :. Z y . 4 = .
Ryozo AsaNRo, managing director Of
the Togo ,Kisen Kaisha Steamship
Company, upon arrival In San Francis.
co from the Orient, ON the Siberia
Maru, August %, said that he was in
the United States "a. arrange, if posi-.
BILE, for lifting the embargo ON steel to
Japan. rt,a,a !. ~, .sJ
T., Asanao, who five years ago was grad
uated from Harvard, said that his com.
pany has entered seriously into the con.
struction Of cargo steamers on a one.
design plan. 1t Is waiting for a settle.
ment of the steel plate situation be;
fore constructing three large trans.
pacific passenger steamers. In an in.
teryiew in san Francisco, Mr.. Asanao
said: go
In one year, we have built eighteen
cargo, vessels for Pacific trade, We
think II j. q good Teeofd fof i6uYp yards.
As for. the San Francisco Maru aud
two other large passenger vessels we
figure on building, we can do nothing
until we are sure of getting steel.
We feel in Japan that we are doing
more than our part OF the commercial
side of the Allies part If we keep ear
go moving between Japan and the Paei.
fc Coast OF the United States. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
BIG SH|PBU|LD|NG
DEAL IS CLOSED
Deeds Filed For Large Tract In
South San Francisco As f..
Site For Plant

The Schaw hatcher Company s ship
building deal in South San Francisco
has been closed. The deeds have been
filed AZ Redwood City for one hundred
and seventy-two acres of land to be
converted into a shipyard.
Eight steel steamers, each of $500
tons, to be completed in November,
1918, viii! be the initial contract un-
dertaken by the company, according
to J. Fl. hatcher.
The plant will be equipped for all
kinds of steel ship construction and
repairing.
Between 1000 and 5000 men will be
employed, when the machinery now on
the way from the East and already
there, is installed. 49,.
The Swift interests at South San
Francisco are dredging canal 60O0
feet long, with n main basin 500 by
5000 feet, and the shipyard, as well
as other industries of South City, will
have full access to This facility.
Before. locating at South City, the
Schaw,Batcher .Company's directors in
vcstigated sites in Oakland and Rich
mOnd. 49, o..
The Schaw hatcher Pipe Works will
be included in the new and greater
plant. ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
AONOLULANS LEAVE
FOR THE Front
viii Be assigned To Ambulance
Corps Of National Lawn
Tennis Association n

Three more of Honolulu boys left
on the Ventura yesterday for service
in France. They were Francis Ii Brown.
William Wells and William Noble, who
have gone to enlist in the medical corps
4 the United States army to be sent
to France as ambulance drivers. +-
These boys win he assigned TO one
Of the HmhulanC" cutrR Of the National
Lawn Trnnis ASsorlat;on 10 ioin which
Ernest pC dmorc and Fred Biven left
last week. The others were awaiting A
cable from the association stating how
many men could he taken from Hawaii
to fill The ranks Ct the corps.
As enlisted men fOr the duration Of
the war they win receive the usual sol.
der 's-pay ard be mG m bers Of the repu-
lar army The national association is
financing nHd manning three ambul.
ance sections calling for thirty.seven
men and twenty-five pieces Of equip,
ment each. Hawaii's quota of man
power is the five youths who have lust
left. some Of tber applications were
sent Ly cable to the Headquarters Of
the association, and a letter from
GeorSsf1 Adie, president Of the associ.
atipp, TO the, tennis players of the Uni
ted States. comments admiringly on this
fact. i-a.,-'
Money for the purchase of am.
balances and other needed equipment
IL being raised on the mainland by ex-
hibition matches and direct contrIbu-
tions. Each club donating $1,000 ean
have one ambulance marked with the
clubs name to represent in this work.
Sixty ambnlanees will be purchased.
Two or more clubs may combine in the
purchase Of one to be marked with
their names. The Country Club of
Westchester, the Field Club Of Green
wich and the West Side Tennis Club,
all Of New York, have each pledged
one or more ambulances. ar..,.-s.8st7
Francis Ii Brown, who left yester.
day, is the son of Mrs. Irene Ii Hollo-
way, and one of the heirs of the John
IL, Estate. He has been employed by
Castle and Cooke for the past year.
William Wells is the son of George
Wells of the Royal Hawaiian Garage.
William Noble is also well known local.
". He has been employed at the en-.
pertinent station of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association. N .aE ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
CAR WHICH BURNED
BELONGED TO mann
Lieutenant Says Lights Of An
other Auto Blinded Him

A seven. passenger Overland car, the
property of Lieutenant Mann, of Scho-
fold Barracks, ran into taro patch
near the lIulciwa Hotel last Saturday
night and then burned up. The Adj
yertiser on Monday told Of an uniden,
tilted ear being burned. a.... ..
Another ear was approaching the
Overla and the driver of the latter
says that the glare Of the headlights
blinded him so that he went too far
to the right Of the road. The car
turned over and dropped into taro
patch, and then caught fire, becoming
a total wreck
Seven soldiers who were in the car
erawled out Of then mud from under.
all of them uninjured, except one
whose head was slightly burned.
This is the fourth car which has
gone into the taro patch at this par.
ticular spot. There is a drop of three
orr four feet from the road and no re,
tanning wall or fence whatever.
The matter has been brought TO the
attention of Supervisor Arnold, chair.
man of the road committee, and he
has promised to take steps to avoid
similar pilikia in the future, Which
might prove fatal. lttv.a., ....
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
PRIVATE DOMtRASA WAs
NOT BOOZE VICTIM

First Lieut., Frank p. Tuohy, Of, the
Thirty second Infantry, a member /, OF
the board Of inquiry into the death, of
Private Domaraski, who was kileL
Last week in an accident, states thai
the result of the inyesti CATION estab.
fishes the fact that the soldier had not
been drinking prior to the accident and
that the death did not come as the re
suit Of booze, as was reported generally
the afternoon of the accident.
The Advertiser appreciates, the, CD.
portunity afforded by Lieutena nj
Tuohy's courteous letter to make What
amends are possible to the memory OF
this soldier and TO correct the origi nal
~ published statement that his deStf
came through the use of iutoxicants.
rriv"t" nomaraski had fine record
as a soldier and was not drinking
man, according TO the report of his ON
GERS and according 10 the TESTIMONY
given before the board Of inquiry.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
HONOLULU TO GET
NO new POST0FHCE
FORFNE YEARS
Present Building Must Be Made
To Serve For That
l,s Length Of Time
SHIPPING SHORTAGE
so WILL DELAY BUILDING
Transportation Of Large QUAINT
ties Of Material Needed win
Be Hard To Find

\ No new postofice for Honolulu for
FIVE years, SAYS the postOfiicc depart.
ment IN Washington. This is the news
received in a letter to Postmaster d.
H. Mac Adam in reply to one from him
requesting the department to give him
an approximate date for the compile
tion Of the new postofice building on
the Irwin site.
The present building, which is total.
ly inadequate to the needs of a city of
the size Of Honolulu, must be made 10
serve for at least that length Of time.
An estimate from the treasury depart.
ment, to which MacAdnm also wrote
FOR the same Information, placed the
date q little nearer, but there is no
certainty that IL will come within the
next five years.
cit would not surprise me-" said
Postmaster MacAdam yesterday. "if
IL should be more than FIVE years be.
fore the new postoffice is completed.
Owing to the shortage of shipping,
which win without doubt continue for
some time, transportation of the large
quantities of material needed will be
hard to find. II may prove almost i'm
possible to secure the structural steel
for the frame Of the building. Prices
win undoubtedly 60 up, and when bids
are called for the sum authorized by
congress viii probably fall far below
the estimated figures.
"With all these things in mind I
have sought for and obtained permits
sion to remodel the old building TO
make il as nearly as possible equal to
the work It must do
The new postoffice for Honolulu
seems to reeede further and further in.
to the future with each passing month.
The ramshackle old relic Of former
years which now houses the local force
must be remodelled and made to do
for some time longer.
| Authorization was received from
Washington yesterday to advertise for
bids for the alteration of the old build
ing. The cost will be several thousa nd
dollars.
1t is the intention of the postoffice
authorities to move the private boxes
six feet further makai, making the por
ticO that much narrower. The raihngI
will be taken from between the pillar,
and steps put in to give easy access
to the boxes. This will give place
for two new sections of boxes on the
sides, which will be given to those who
are on the waiting list for private
boxes.
Other alterations will be made in the
interior of the building to afford more
room for the working force, The ad
vertisements for bids will be publish
cd during this week.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
PEGGY CENTERsHAS
ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT
Decides At Last Minute Not To
Return This Summer

The latest ndvices received from
Madame Mrlba state thar Miss Peggy
Center made last minute change of
mind and will not accompany her on
this trip, and that consequently she
viii not be- heard in recital here as an
nonnccd. Madame Melba will arrive in
Honolulu on the Niagara about the
middle Of the month and will remain
here for four days, during which time
she will be heard in concert. Madame
Melba did not sing on her last visit to
the Islands although she acted as nc,
companist at Miss Center's concert.
The Cherniavski trio locally so well
known and liked, are also returning on
the Niagara from tour OF the Antip.
Odes. but whether they plan to remain
in the Islands for any length of time
Is not known. .&...
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
BOARD
COMMISSIONS DUE

Commissions for the exemption board
are expected to arrive from Washing
ton during the week, after which a
meeting of the board will be called by
Francis j. Green, the chairman, and or
gari@ution effected. The members of
the board are appointed, by the govern
ment and are, specially commissioned
to pass on the validity of claims of
exemption from the draft.
As soon as the organization plan is
complete the board will begin work.
A number of applicants are already
waiting to be examined. Most of them
are men who have arrived here from
the mainland since the time of being
drawn in the draft after registration
The local board is authorized to pass
ON all such cases. 'lAEs4 = -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
TOWER BRIDGE man
WLLlONERL[ONDO|N
LANDMARK NO more

= For twcpty-three years, Captain r.
w. Roberts, sturdily built little, ma n
Of sixty-one, with kindly face and hair
turning grey, has been giving the or.
der for the raising and lowering of
Tower Bridge--that landmark, Of Lon.
don, which opens in the middle to per,
nit the passage of large vessels, on
Saturday, June 90, towards midnight,
he, gave the instructions for the last
time. Owing to. failing eyesight he has
retired. my aim throughout y he told
a reporter, - was not to keep the traf-
ac waiting for more than FIVE minutes.
I used to raise the bridge about fifty
times day before. the war. At the
start the Tower Bridge was the most
popular show in town. American yisi.
tors still say It 10 the finest thing of
Its kind in the. wosld2, Il j.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
Hawaii SOIDIERSAI
FRONT HEARD FROM

. Letters recently TO hand from the Eu,
roPean war front furnish particulars in
regard to some Of the boys hailing from
Hawaii, who. are now serving in the
British armies. William Pollock, mill,
tary medallist, Royal Engineers, has
been promoted to be company sergeant.
Maj. X. .B. Kay, formerly Of Pahala.
and who until lately was in the NJ. T.
Army Service Corps, has received
commission and Is attached 10 ma,
chine gun company Cpl Alex. Hun
ter, who was in the London Scottish, Is
now luna with Chinese labor bat,
TALON in Frnnee. " WoOdburn- Heron,
whose wife resiAesin Honolulu, was by
last accounts laid M in hospital in
SalOnika |ts. II
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
YACHT HAWAII TO BE SOLD

The Yacht Hawaii, tackle and equip.
ment complete, will shortly be sold at
auction. This decision was arrived at
1t meeting of the TRANSATLANTIC yacht
race committee, consisting Of Henry L.
Cooper Charles T. Wilder and W. H.
Mclnerny. Charles Wilder was author
ICED to represent the committee in the
matter \ y - I. ~.