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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Mr.. Laurny Brighton and Miss
Lillian Rcdman, OF Pulaski and
Newport News. Va. respectively,
were united in marriage at the home
Of Mrs. Cornelia Dickerson, Tenth
avenue, N. e., friend of the groom,
in Roanoke, on Monday last. Tho
marriage took place at $50 p. NJ.
with the Rev. Taylor officiating.
Those present wore: Rev. Taylor
DR.. and Mrs. Boiling, Mrs. Octavia
Guthrie, Mrs. Dora Holland, Misses
Helena Traynham, Georgia Hairston
Sonhrona Pittman, Queen Williams,
Lera Jones. Hattie Stockton, Ethel
Stockton and Mrs. Bette Stockton.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
A Good Skin Bleach

Black and White Ointmcnt-ForR Re-
moving Frccklcs, Tan, Blackhcads,
Skin Observation-Disclosures Tn Darl,
or Sallow Skin-Uscd by White and
Colorcd Folks.
Give Black and White Ointment a
trial. Just apply the ointment freely
as directed on label, to your frecklcs.
tans. dark or sallow skin. 1t blcachcs
ilghtens your skin and removes blem
ishcs and heals all eruptions. pim-
pies or blackhcads, giving your skin
That healthy. pearl light, smooth
complexion so much desired. Black
ana White causes the skin to grow
brighter. Just think how much better
you would look with bright. smooth,
healthy skin and clear, clean COM
plcXion. Costs only IS cents a large
bon, or five boxes for 81. Agents:
This black and white sells fast.
Write quick for territory and special
IDEAL. Plough Chemical Co., Dept. s,
Memphis. Tenn. Sold in Richmond
by all drug stores.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
THE CAPTAINS REPLY

In reply to Mr.. Darden's letter the
Sccty. Of War said:
War Department, Washington, ID. G.
Aug. II, 1917.
From: Office OF Chief Signal Officer.
To: Mr.. Chas. S. Darden,
407 German Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal.
Subject: Colored Units:
Your letter Of Au~. 10th. with refer
cnce to colored men who have appli-
cd for enlistment in the Aviation
Section Of the Signal Corps. At the
present time no colored aero squa-
drons are being formc and applica-
lions from colored men for this
branch Of the service cannot be con-
sidercd for that reason. II 1t Is dccid
ed later on to form colored aero squa-
drons, recruiting officers will be no.
tilted to that effect and colored men
may then apply for that particular
service.
BY direction of the Chief Signal
Officer.
THOMAS u. .McCOMNEIt
Captains Signal Corps, T. S. r.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
SEPTEMBER STATE FARMERS
BULLETIN READY. ..s

Commissioner Koiner Is mailing
out the Departments September Bul.
letin to all farmers whose names are
on the Departments mailing list.
Every farmer should read these help
full bulletins.
There is much valuable information
in the September bulletin which will
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
ATTORNEY DARDEN IIOPES,

do sincerely hope that your De.
partment will relieve the hundreds
OF young men who are daily making
application for enlistment in that
Department, by making. or causing
to be made through your department
an authorized statement settling
for the present at least the
question OF Negro enlistment in the
Aviation Department.
Your earliest convenience in the
matter OF statement will greatly
oDlige,
Respectfully,
CHAS. S. DARDEN.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
RICHMOND
virginia

l. let the people know that he is here
l. "
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15

metropolitan members arc begin
ming to open their eyes.
The revival meeting at Mctropoli-
tan Church will begin tho first week
lin October.
Rev. Adams will attend tho Grand
Lodge of True Rcformers. which will
convene in Richmond, Va. this week.
Rev. +. c. Campbell Is still on the
sick list.
DR.. j. NJ. Armstcau is the beacon
light In this section
DR.. c. G. Somcrvillo Is holding
his own.
Rev. o. c. Jones does not fail to
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
sThe Flowers"

(James Whitcomb Rileyo. Take a feller ats sick ana laio up
 on the shelf All shaky and ga'nted and pore Jes' all so knocked out he can
 handle hisself With a stiff upper lip any more' Set up all alone in the gloom of
 room
 As dark as the tomb. and as grlm' And then take and send him some
 roses in bloom And YOU can have fun out O him. You've ketched him fore now
 when his liver was sound And his appetite notched like
 saw, A-mocking you, maybe, TOT TO-
 mancin' round With a big posey bunch in yer paw; But you ketch him say, when his health is away, And he's flat on his back in dis tress, And then you kin trot out yer little
 bokay And not be insulted, I guess. You see, it's like this, what his
 weaknesses is Them flowers makes him think Of
 the days Of his innocent youth, and that
 mother Of his, And the roses that she used to
 raise So here, all alone with the roses you
 send
 Bein' sick and all trimbly and
 faint My eyes-my eyes is-my eyes is
 old friend Is a-leakln'-Im blamed ef they
 ain't!
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SATURDAY AUGUST 1el7NA

her hair up with that. and thank the gods. If she has a peck they all go into her hair just the same and she thanks nobody.
 have seen my wife stand a moment before her glass then sigh as though she had committed murder because she had no room in her hair for the one hairpin she was compelled to leave on the dressing table, bureau or wash stand.
 Some of the uses to which tho hair pin may be put, are carefully ap- pended. Tho list is in no way complete. Any woman who has discovered a new use for the hairpin will confer a favor by acquainting writer with it.
 Sometimes I have though I would like to see the last letter of a chain that might have made it's rounds among the sisters in which each had added a new use for the hairpin.
 Here is the 1tst:-Nut pick. lock nick cork puller, see if a cake is done. try potatoes, button, glove and stove hook. prod a, tramp, tinker a sewing mach inc, repair lawn mower. fish worms out of. a chickens neck with the 'gapes', fish hook, clean a watch re. move silver, turn liver Gin the frv- Ing pan) make a fork, clean a lamp chimney, 1asten window or door, fix harness repair a toy, make a sus- bender or clothes hook, make an egg oeater' DICK out the gas burner, re- move mote rom the gas mans eye, cut a pattern, squash a. fv. and nend the pump.
 In snort she'll do any thing she wants to do with hairpin I've often thought if Robinson Cruso had been Mrs. Robinson Cruso with hair pins enough she would have made @ suspension bridge from-but whats the use l say God bless woman and may she continue to find use for the hairpin thus keeping herself busy. HENRY WILLIS MITCHELL.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
COMMUNICATED
LOVE IS A FUNNY THING.
Every Woman Is Not Like Lorna Doone, But the Garden Can-
 not Grow All Peaches.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 That was a beautiful description of the Valley of the Lyme you ran on Thursdays editorial page, wonderful pen picture of the environment that knew Lorna Doone and her stalwart admirer, John Ridd.
 If there is one masterpiece in fic- ton I believe it to be Blackmore's
 great novel Lorna Doone." I have
 read it and re-read 1t until my copy
 is almost ready to fall to pieces. Of
 all the wonderful characters Lorne
 Doone is by far, to my way of think
 ing, the sweetest, the fairest, the lovi
 est. Which brings me to unfold my
 secret. I was in love but once; and
 that time my love was the reinAar-
 nation of Lorna Doone; that is, if
 Lorna ever lived outside the mind of
 Blacknnore. An, how well do I re-
 member those charming boyhood
 days I spent in courting my Lorna. Of course, that was not her name. For reasons best known to myself I
 must forever keep that secret. You understand!
 It must have been in my very early childhood that I read the novel Lorna Doone." And I was i'm pressed as you know l mad to De, though I will say that it takes quite a mind for a little shaver to wade through all the maZes of description :, offered by John Ridd in his narration of himself, Lorna and the Doone-land country. l stuck fast, however, and finished the book. It was better than any dime novel the eye of an Amer jean boy ever scanned. For were there not fights in that volume? Just so. And 1 went into every battle right by the side of honest John Ridd. I helped him to get away from the
 wiles and wickedness of Carver Doone, and ! was there at the death-
 scene when John pushed that wicked old scoundrers head deep in the
 mud. Yes, and I went to London with John Ridd and met the King And I was in the city on the Thames when Mistress Lorna, as good John delighted in calling her. was a guest at the home of her uncle, or some such kinfolk. For days and night, thought of nothing else but Lorna Doone. In my waking moments I compared every girl I knew with the image my brain held of Lorna. And
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
CONSCIENTIOUS oBJEoroR.

Why should members of tho Advent church be exempted from war any more than those of any other church There is nothing in their creed that says they cannot go to war. The only thing they take their stand on IS Thou Shall Not KILL" but suppose they think we ought to let our enemies come over here and kill us and we stand like fools and let them do it. Those people that claim ex- emptton because they belong to a denomination that does not believe in war are nothing but towards and are not fit to have their names on any church book when they would be so disloyal to their flag. I think 1t time we wake up and stand for the Red, White and Blue. What would our churches be if 1t were not for the flag.
 MRS. SHENAR.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
SUCH "I.ANGWIDGE."
Street Talk of Some Young Girls and
 Boys Far From Edifying.


 To the Editor of the Herald:
 When will our young boys and girls learn the value of employing carefully selected words in their conversation :? am reminded to ask this question bv communicated article which I read lin the New York Sun a few days ago. The writer therein called attention to the language used by the average girl in New York. There Is a striking re- emb1an ce to some of these sentences in the language which one hears every now and then In this city. The case in point was young girl talking to her fellow. She said: Well, I wish you luck fur Gawd knows you. ain't been bothered with none so far, not so's y'could notice 1t, you ain't." And this from another one to her young man: My Gawd, do look like a drick?" Later on another horrible example, was added with this, Fur Gawd's sake femme alone. Amt it hot enough without you mauhn me around like you ara?" Aside from the sacriligiousness of 1t all, the English is terrible. Our schools are falling far short of the mark if this the f1n- ished product, and the offenders are generally stenographers, which would evidence the fact that they have had some education; but what kind? In the interest of pure thought and words to express these thoughts why do not the newspapers start a campaign | for better spoken interest? It's about time some sweeping reform of this nature were instituted in this coun- try. Otherwise our girls and boys will bring Us before we know 1t into a new "langwidge."
 PRO BONO PUBLICO.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
NOT TIIiL THEN.

kAFollette having introduced a reso- ten in the Senate providing for a xomentsby America of it's objects in afdnuing the war, and a re-state- nt by the Entente Allies of their iects, might be interested, with ny others, to re-read the official re- rt of the State department on the k1ng of the steamship Belgian tnoe. Therein will be found ample 1ee for war, if no other cause ex- ed. We take this sample of bar rity from the midst of the report:- ho officers of the submarine asked Eether there were any gunners left bard and ordered the crew of the 1xfan Prince on the submarine. The kn of the submarine searched them weapons, threw away the oars of klifeboats and ordered the crew to move their life-preservers. The bmarine proceeded for fourteen hes and then submerged, drowning ! crew except William Shell, colored, Jacksonville, Fla, the chief en- beer, and Russian
 Until such atrocities as that are laced from the world there can be 7 peace with Germany. Any nation an at war, which orders it's soldiers sailors to commit such cold-blood
 murder cannot be classed as civil "a. When these deeds come to ar n. when Germany is made realize It 1t cannot wilfully murder in cent men, women, and children, ther h not till then shall there be dis
 ngion of terms of peace. LaFollett' kht also re-read with profit Presi kt Wilson's message to the Ameri
 congress, part of which is printed kNvn
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
SPEED ARTISTS.

Traffic Cop on Lafayette Street Would
 Put Brakes on Demon Drivers. To the Editor of the Herald:
 Unless steps of some kind are taken soon to prevent 1t, accidents of se- rious nature are liable to occur most any time on Lafayette street, es- pecially between the hours of twelve and one. and six and seven p. m. when the street Is thronged with pedes- trians going to and from their re- spective places of employment There are two drivers in particular of motor cycles, that need a watchful eye on them. as they seem to have no re- spect for God, man or the d-l. but persist in speeding their machines, beyond the law limit, until they come to Main street where they then reduce the speed in order to avoid the blue coat that is generally there on duty. That a traffic officer on this street Is much needed, that Is at cor tain hours of the day. goes without saying, and if Chief of Police w. J Rawlings would detail one there. he would be doing the people a great favor.
 There are number of others thai insist on breaking the law, that vii, be severely dealt with, unless they conform to the law.
 G. H. G.,
 865 Stanley St.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
GO, MARK HIM WELL!
Breathes There the Man With Soul So Dead, Who Never to Himself Hath Said, Think Gan
 Run a Newspaper?

To the Editor of the Herald:
 am very much pleased to see that It IS the honor of the New Brit am Herald to discover such brilliant new writers as Messers Mitchell and Boggs. These two are old at the game, according to their own state- ments, and are just beginning to reap the fruits of their labor, which proves the old saying that sticking to 1t long enough one is bound to win. Or, in other words, keep it up for twenty. or thirty years and perhaps you may re- ceive an invitation to dinner,-like our friend Boggs. I was much in- terested in MT. Boggs' statement pub l1shed in last Saturdays issue of the Herald to the effect that a newspaper man led a pretty easy life. This has always been my opinion. Surely there is nothing hard about an Editors lob: {: merely looking over the proof sheets to see that the customers ads are correct, writing 8 few words oc- casiona1ly for the editorials, if the stenographer is very busy, or being on hand in case there should be any one come in to pay for their subscription in cash. Pretty soft, I call 1t. It was my Fathers great desire that I enter the newspaper field. Fate was against me however. I have always had to work for living. There are three things that I have always felt that I could do: Run a news- paper, raise a mustaohe, and srow potatoes. I still think I can run a. newspaper.
 BEN DAVIS.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
GOLDEN HARVESTS.

If the wheat belt has failed to furnish the desired quota to the country, the corn belt has not failed. The government crop report Is en- couraging in this respect. Let wheat do what it will, corn will not be a stacker.
 The record harvest for corn came in 1912. Since then there has been no crop that could compare with the one of seven years ago. Yet on the first day of this month the government experts predicted that the old record would go by the boards and that this years crop would exceed the one of 1912 by some 67,000,oO0 bushels Rain having gotten in its good work all over the corn belt the experts now claim that the crop will be S80,0O0,O0O bushes over and above the first estimate, or 3,571, 1000 bushels.
 While corn may hold the honor of being the greatest single crop of the season, records are looked for in other fields. White and sweet potatoes are coming along at a brisk rate. Oats barley, rye and hay are doing famous ly. In fact. the entire food situation looms up large and magnificent upor the nations war horizon. Conserva' ton is getting in it's good work , Economy is being rewarded.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
sOLDIERS' INSURANCE.

What pensions for soldiers amount 5 may be realized when it Is con- |hered that the United States is not 3t finished paying for disabilities 1Rered in. the Civil War. More than Ity years, and an army of clerks
 Washington make out the pension
 each quarterly period. This drain tho public purse has. been aug aented, by the Spanish war list. t1at would happen to it if the pen lbns for the present war were loaded h no one can tell. The Federal Eovernment, however, is considering new plan. Instead of pensions the bldiers may be insured by the Gov knment.
 K In both branches of Congress there
 as Introduced yesterday the Soldiers
 isurance Bill which may cause an
 pheaval in the nations plan for talk
 Ig care of it's patriots. Government
 ce and casualty insurance for sol
 1ers has been talked of for some
 me, hut this is the first step toward
 to new system. In principle 1t
 mounts to the same thing as pen
 aing. with the saving grace of eff |Sck1ng a more equitable adjustment |s claims. The Government will not |Ay this insurance from private com (anies; 1t will insure the fighting men |1elf and collect the premiums from Glblic taxes.
 The American soldier will be we'll kken care of in this war. AS things pw stand he is the best paid fighting han in the world Under the recent kise in pay our boys get thirty dol krs Q month in the lowest rank of ke army which, considering food, sRing and shelter. amounts to a t-N sum. In fact, the pay is what
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11

has commonly come to be known as "velvet." Then there Is added rec ompense for those who see service abroad. In the new insurance bill there is a proviso which, should the bill pass, will allow each man with dependents to effect a monthly sav- ing of as much as he cares, the gov ernment to stand a. sponsor for his funds. Further. it provides allow ances from the United States treasury to be added to these savings for de- pendents.
 In the event of death, the depend- ents of soldiers will be paid in a lump sum sufficient money to take care of them for the rest of their days Tn case of disability to the soldier he will be compensated in proportion to the extent of his injury. Under such a plan as this there will be no fraud perpetrated upon the government. there will be little chance for an in- justice being worked on any of tn ) fighting men. Had the same system been in effect in the Civil War the nation would have been saved many millions of dollars, for this plan car ries with it a complete checking sys- tenn which will prevent drum ed up'' cases for pensioning.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
THE HAIR PIN.
What a Woman Can Do With This Tiny Article, As Set Down By
 Conscientious Qhseruar

To the Editor of the Herald:-
 That which burgular of plum cannot accomplish with kit of tools, a woman can with hairpin.
 Whether the art of manipulating the hairpin has been handed down by mother Eve know not and care less. But, this I maintain a woman can with a mouthfull of hair pins enter tain a man more compleatly and satis- fyingly than can the best five reels that ever gimmered the f1ickered And more. A woman on desert island, if she would, could establish and suc- cessfuly run a sausage factory with no assets but a paper of hairpins.
 Foolish man will tell you that women are not inventive, that the patent sheets at Washington will prove it. This Is a fallacy.
 With a hairpin-one solitary hair pin-a woman can not only hook to- gether more hair-false and otherwise on her head in one gob, tangle or lump than a farmer can rake and cock hay.
 At one time, it was thought that the hatpin was pre- eminent not only as a weapon but as a com binations tool Not SO now, for western woman has come forward with the news that a common ha1rpin as a tramp prodder' is far more effective. We can see why this may be so, in this day of efficiency, when every little move counts for so much. She says it takes no more strength to shove a hairpin into 'bo' than 1t does hatpin and the effect is two fold. I think this is so.
 As I have said, do not know of a more enthusiastic sight than woman standing before the dresser engaged in 'coffiuiring' her coiffeur with half a peck of hairp1ns in her mouth, un- less it be the same woman trying to talk to a neighbor waiting to accomp- any her to the moving pictures. These comprehensive merits merely mention feeling that I may do so having enjoyed matrimonial bliss in company with four wives who do not use hair pins. Most of their time now being given to setting the crown at just the right angle. I do not think hairpins are used in Heaven They are not in all probability used in the other place for hot hairpins would be uncomfortable.
 I also think I may judge the virtues of the hairpin having worked in the dry good store eight years. Nine times out of ten according to my observation a woman after pricing every thing in the store will waltz up to the door where she will suddenly clap her hand to her head, then in wild eyed wonder rush to the hairpln counter.
 You never in your life heard of a woman sending little Willie or Magic over to her neighbor to borrow hair pins. Why? Simply because she knows the neighbor has but one. Every woman has but one hairpin-or two at most-the second is the old man who she generally addresses as you old hairpin.'
 To a woman one hairpin is useful that is unless she has a peck. If she possesses but one she will smilingly do
New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
1.-THE KID HAS GONE TO THE
 COTORS"

1 One New Britain mother writes
 of her son who has gone to do his
 bit: He was not subject to the draft.
 Being under weight he was rejected from the officers reserve corps. 1 Otherwoe physically fit, he made an-
 other attempt to get in' the army. He 1 said: T shall get in some place. De- 1 termined he succeeded in joining the Ambulance corps and sailed for France July 23."
 That is the spirit of America. That is the spirit of the patriot. Refused admittance on account of being un- derweight, this American boy, not even subject to the draft, waived aside
 the barriers interposed by Uncle long as there are brave men and
 true like this the nation need never
 worry. So long as American mothers rear boys who know what it means to make sacrifice there is no danger of Old Glory ever being trailed in the dust
 Just such cases as the one afore- nentionel are noted every day in the return blanks to the Herald In the campaign for a complete list of the boys who have gone away with the colors deeds of valor and patriotism are being discovered. When the his tory is written there will be many an
 Interesting story told It is we'll then
 that every effort be made to gather
 solid list of names. The books
 should not be closed until their pages
 contain the name of each and every New Britain man who offered his services to the country in this hour of need. Hence the request that all readers help in this work. Fill out
 blank for some boy. Do not leave it for the other fellow who might l forget.