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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Reserve Boys at Work on Farms

Five thousand boys of the United
States boys working reserve, organized
by the Department of Labor. are at
work on farms in New York state I'M
der adult leaders. They are camping in
tents, schoolhouses and barns. Labor
serve members not only would be sup
piled to farms. but that those with
special training-in the manual arts,
for instance-would be assigned to
tries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

will find useful and practical
Lot of Kimonos OF secco silk, plain silk dot
or large floral designs; attractive models in reg
rose Copenhagen, pink. light blue, wistaria or
combinations Special, sos.
Sample lot of Handsome Negiiges of all-sk
crepe dc chine. beautifully made with Gcorgette
lace jackets. Some have silk foundations
Tiny rosebuds finish the collars and jackets i'll
cute, becoming ways. Values to slo9s $40.
Dotted Swiss and Wolfe kimonos, dainty
models, with fine lace trimmings; embroidered
waist, ribbon beading. Special Sis.
Sale-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Saturday Specials From Our
Notion Dept.

Dress Shields. guar nte d, in
sizes ?, 3. 4. Special for Saturday,
; pairs, Csc.
Safety Pins, Defender" made of
superior steel. Special, Saturday,
dozen for 1Oc.
Assorted Hair Pins. Special for
Saturday at 2 packages for sc.
Riddles Garterettes, assorted col
ors. Special for Saturday, &c pair.
On Snle-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Silk Handbags
Emphasize the
Beauty of Your
Costume.

a splendid assortment OF vari-
Gus colored Silk Handbags is
now shown in our Leather
Goods Section, Street Floor, at
attractive prices
Assorted Co!ored Silk Bags,
also black, with covered frame;
fitted with purse and mirror. Spe-
cial, Saturday at soc.
Sport Stripe Silk Handbags in
an assortment of colors, covered
frame; also with drawing string;
fitted with purse and mirror.
Saturday, Special, 500.
On Sale-Strcet Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Sport Skirts at $2.O8

waist line and gathered back Pockets an important
feature of the skirts Some loose effects and large patch
pockets Many of the skirts are trimmed with large
ocean nearl buttons. Included are
All White Skirts Sport Stripe Skirts Coin Dot Skirts
Materials include pque gabardine and linen finish
Sizes "a waist line
Lengths from 81 to ~ On ihiro fioor'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

ChiIdren's Dresses, made of
fine white India linen Vic
toria lawn and dotted Swiss,
also colored voiies in attrac-
tive stripes or floral designs:
new high waist models with
lace and embroidered trim
nings, others more tailored;
6 TO IA syears. Special, Sz.98.
Children's bingham, Cham
bray and PercaIe Dresses. in
a number. OF good looking
styles; pipings of contrasting
cclors: 8 to IA years. CSC.
Dresses for the little tots
, to years of attractive
candy stripes. checks, plain
colors and plaids; all new
high or natural waist models;
plain, practical styles, also
white madras. Special, 69c.
Children's Cambria Draw
ersbody, full front; double
row of buttons; garter pin;
4 to IA years, Csc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

Ladies' Onyx Hose, good
weight, with fare top,
practical feature for the
woman who requires elias
ITCHY over the knee. Sl.59.
Ladies' Onyx Hose, in
black, white and all the new
shades; all with garter top,
Sis.
Ladies' Onyx Hose, Isle
top. pure thread silk; black,
white and shades to match
shoes and costumes, S1.l0.
Ladies' Onyx Pure Silk
Boot Hose, black, white and
colors, 55c and soc.
Ladies' Onyx Fiber Silk
Hose, black, white, gray and
champagne, 39c, 55c and 59c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

72x99 Fine Round Thread
Bleached Hemstitched sheets,
$1.2J each.
72x1OS Extra Heavy Round
Thread Sheets, no dressing,
81 each.
Imported Union Huck Towels,
firm and closely woven; size
19x3o; 31c each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

New Sport Hose, Italian silk, in
stripes and checks, $3.50.
Novelty Silk Hose, embroidered
stripes and clocks; boot effects,
SI.10 to 81.
Ladies' Onyx Pointer Silk Hose,
with Paris clock; dainty and
stylish; black, white. champagne,
Palm Beach, bronze, navy and
flesh, S1.95.
Ladies' Onyx Pointer Hose, pure
silk, with silk top; black, white and
| a splendid assortment of colors,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

Baby Bonnets Of fine null,
Swiss or embroidery; tight
fitting; with soft face trim
ming Of lace and net. Some
with ribbon roS cite III
dainty colors. Special, 81.
MILDLY BIouses in all new
models; slip-over or button
front; collars OF navy, rose.
green. Copenhagen or all
white. Sizes o to II. Is TO Is,
81 to AZ. Special, 81.
Princess Slips OF superior
materials; trimmings OF lace
or embroidery; 3 to 10 years.
81.
ChiIdren's Night Drawers OF
barred nainsook: long or
short sleeves: high or low
neck: , 10 10 years, SOC.
ChiIdren's Drawers OF good
cambria. full cut, straight or
knickerbocker leg; embroi-
derry trimmed; , 10 L years,
25c.
New Lot of Baby Dresses
of fine nainsook: ainty
yokes Of lace. tucks or en-
broiderv: full skirts with
wide hem; ! months to ;
wears. SOC.
Infants Long or Short
Pique Coats, capcs neatly
scalloped and embroidered
Some pleated styles for baby
boy. Sizes up to ) years,
$3.9S.
On Sale-Thfrd Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Expenditures for Strikes.

The company put into the record
financial statements Of the Amalga-
mated showing that in six months
time. from August, 1916, to January,
1917, the Amalgamated had expended
S227 900 in aid of street railway strikes
in some sixteen cities.
Garth ". Calderhead, financial secre-
tary of the union, in answer to cues
tions by Mr.. Hoover. stated that the
larger percentage of labor organiza-
lions" In the District have declared a
boycott against the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. about Is
or so per cent, I should say" the wit
ness testified.
Mr.. Valley put into the record finan-
cial statement showing a comparison
between wages paid by street railway
companies In ninety cities, as compared
with wages paid by the Washington
Railway and Electric Company for
period OF eleven years. 1t was shown
that the men in other cities had been
paid more than by the company here.
Senator Johnson at this point read
into the record statistics Of the cost of
IlVlng OF trainmen on street railways
in the District of Columbia, gathered
by the department of Labor These
figures showed that Of thirty-three
families Of motormen. twelve came out
ahead in their finances at the end of
the year. eight were behind and thtr-
teen broke even. The average income
per family, from all sources, including
work done by wives and children, was
a little in excess of 81 900 The motor
men averaged themselves $7S4 40 earn
,ngs from the railways during the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
United States
Flags

and the Flags of Our Niles.
on sale i'll the Upholstery De
partment, Palais Royal, Second
Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
Utica" Name Synonymous With
the Best i'm Bed Sheets

Below quote few attractive values in famous
Utica" and other bed sheets for Saturday. also other
a1s int etc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
STRIKE HEARING Off
TILL MONDAY MORNING
Death of Father Of George ?
Hoover of Counsel Causes Post
ponement-Strikers Testify.

Owing to the death of the father OF
George =. Hoover of counsel for the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. the Senate special committee
Investigating the street railway strike
held no meeting this morning. me
committee will meet again MONDAY
morning at $50 o'clock.
Strikers Put on Witnesses.
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company exhausted its list of witnesses
yesterday afternoon. and the strikers
began putting on witnesses IN reouttai
When the committee adjourned, at . ~
o'clock. the strikers counsel said he
had only four more witnesses to call
Miss Goldmark took the stand again
when the committee met at O'Clock
She suggested that the salaries OF the
officers OF the company might be re-
duced and the dividends reduced so as
to pay the men more wages
Senator johnson asked Miss Goldmarh
what the committee could do to help
matters in the present situation.
She suggested that the committee
might be made an arbitration commit
tee. with full powers to arbitrate the
controversy.
Senator Jones pointed out that the
men now employed by the company
have individual contracts running for
three years. He asked what could be
done in regard to them if the old men
were put back to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

B0Hm HIeached tica Sheets,
free from dressing. S1.25 ench.
5Sx5S Fine BIeached Mercer
lied ScnIlOped Table Cloths,
Toe each.
ISA35 Fine Bleached Huck
Towels. henlmed end; colorcd
borders, I2iac each ..u
TaIuis Royal-Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
WOnen'S New
Summer Hosiery

ffere IN better-than-ever assoTtments because OF
cent shipments lust received
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Would Abrogate Contracts.

Miss Goldmark replied that the new
men knew the conditions that existed
when they took their jobs. and that IL
the arbitrator found that the old men
| should be given back their places the
three-year contracts would have to De
abrogated.
DO you think Congress has the pow
er to abrogate those contracts?" asked
Senator Jones.
Miss Goldmark answered she thought
so. and asked If Congress, in the pass
gate old contracts of the railroad men
| then existing.
Senator Jones said he was not ex
pressing any opinion regarding this
| matter. but seeking information.
Il didn't vote for the Adamson law"
said Senator Jones, because of my in
terest in labor" he added. THAT law
was the worst thing that ever hap
excuse for a compulsory arbitration law
| in the future"
Senator johnson gave notice to coun-
gel that he would ask them, when ii
came to argument, what they thought
| the committee could do to aid the men.
the company and the public in this
situation
II would like to be of some practical
benefit" he said. Il dislike to think of
sitting here all this time and then
merely expressing my opinion"
Feeling Between Men Fine.
John H. Goodman, an empIoye of the
Capital Traction Company, was put on
the stand. and told the committee that
conditions had been fine" since the or
Ganization of the union. He said the
feeling had been good on the road be-
tween the union and non union men.
He denied that any notice had been
sent him by local labor unions of boy
colts against the Washington Railway
and Electric Company.
man replied that there were more than
100 employees of tho Capital Traction
Company not members of the union to-
day. and that they got along very well
with the union men.
James H. Valley, counsel for the
strikers. was called to the stand by
the company He told the committee
that he had worked to bring about the
to a number of members of the Senate
and House in regard to it,
The witness testified his had told the
senator's and representatives that
President King had Intentionally de-
ceived the men ''in promising to deal
with them after the Inauguration" He
said that he had told senator's Mr..
away with it," Mr.. Vahey said Mr.. King
was attempting to make the men sign
a contract that took away their rights.
He also criticised Mr.. King because he
tried. through advertisements, to make
1t appear to the public that the fight
was merely one between the Amalga-
mated and the company.
MIR. King knew" said Mr.. yahey.
that the men would have yielded on
the closed shop and would have waived
recognition Of the union if they could
have had mediation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08

hOyhh hos
GrIli, bOils.
fries. toasts,
c o IN D ! e I g j.
X e & u ] a r ] Y
$3.50. Special.
$3.50.
II q y n I
IL o e b G = Z err
Electric Iron.
G V er Y one
K u a r a nfeed
for 10 years.
X e e u ! a + ~
$3.50. Special.
S3.75.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26

didn't like his heart. 1t seems that
Leighton's thirty to fifty cigarettes a day
had not affected his heart so you could
notice it. Ut turns out now that he didn't
inhale)
One was declared to be the finest
specimen the physician had ever seen,
until he smlingly admitted that he had
Just deserted his wife and three children
and, therefore. wanted to sign up quick"
So Leighton has his uniform and he
certainly looks fine in it. He hasn't
smoked q cigarette or touched a drop for
three days, which is perhaps the most
remarkable part Of the affair. Some
how, when he said good-by, the grip he
gave our hand felt very powerful. Had
he been exercising? Why, of course, his
hands and forearms, we suddenly remem-
bered, had been exercising for the last
thirty years at the piano-the best kind
Of exercise in the world If it's done right.
And he remarked that he had just walked
twenty-five miles without feeling it. He
never knew he could walk. But, Of
course, we all walk every day much
further than We realize. though we don't
call IT exercise.
He ought to make a tip-top military
man. II. S. w.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
MoLLYCoDDLEs? NOT MUCH

GENERAL APATHY -- that most dis
VI heartening commander -- seems TO
have folded his tent like the Arab and
silently stolen away. His departure Is
revealed in the War Departments an
nouncement that nearly half million
men have volunteered and been accepted
in the American army and navy in tn"
less than three months since the state OF
war was declared,
This is, indeed a thrilling achieve
ment, whose meaning is enriched by the
knowledge that we have altogether been
spared the spectacle Of a hysterical cam
pagn for enlistments. There have been
patriotic calls for volunteers but such
appeals were not frenzied. The assur'
ance Of great conscripton army very
properly alayed any fears Of our not
contributing our due share to the field
Of military action. On the other hand,
the certain prospects Of these dratt le'
gions raised some doubts as to the extent
Of personal patriotic initiative. But tha'
sentiment is now seen TO have been as
powerful as il was quiet almost unoy.
trusive. Since the war resolution was
National Guard, all by volunteering,
have increased in total strength from
300, 900 TO between 100000 and 100000
men. The most potent psychological
microscope fails to disclose the tiniest
element Of mollycoddling in this brilliant
performance our habit OF self-dctraction
is almost as chronic as that Of England.
The trait has It's good points, especially
as a check on overconhdence and spur
to further cndoayor. But surely once in
a while it must be permissible to sound
the cxultant note America has a right
to rejoice in the unprodded devotion
of her 500 900 new fighters. It must
he remembered, too, that probably five
times this number actually applied for
onlistments.
Seventy thousand more volunteers are
now wanted for the regular army. The
proud spirit Of American youth already
manifested emboldens us to prophesy
that they will be raised promptly. Gen
eral Activity is on the job now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
THE MYSTERIES
OF RECRUITING
How the Least Likely Candidate
Took Precedence Over
Five Others

GIT is not that there is anything spe-
officially wrong the matter with me-"
said the slightly stout chap Of thirty.
four summers; but am, generally speak
ing, not in the pink Of condition, not in
shape for the athletics which army life
virtually amounts to-"
And, therefore" he added, finishing
his highball, 81 shall not consider enlist
ing for the present"
1t was a typical argument, based upon
everything that is honest and thoughtful
and modest, based upon anything you
like except tho truth. Men talk of en-
listing as if it required a physique and
muscular development that would put
them on the Ar.AmeriCan football team.
It requires nothing of the kind. The re-
cruit does not have to be, generally
speaking, in the pink of condition" What
he needs is to have nothing specifically
wrong the matter with him" Be his
muscles ever so small and easily wearied,
the army will see to it that they are
properly hardened. Be his muscles ever
so large and powerful, the army will
have none of him if his teeth are poor,
if his arches are fallen, if his heart is
bad"
Here is true story of recruit right
here in Philadelphia, true in every re.
spect except the name:
Leighton Sears is a musician. The
public has not heard of him because he
is an amateur and proud of 1t. He is
| thirty-seven and has not tossed a base
ball since 1902. In fact, he has always
liked 10 brag about his utter contempt
for any form of athletics. He works only
few hours a day, so that at p. m. he
has always time to appear in some studio
| for tea. He always seemed very nervous,
| but we could thank his nerves, perhaps,
for the remarkable music which he could
| produce from the piano. He undoubt.
edly drank too much, and, in his waking
| hours between noon and a. M, he
seems to have discussed somewhere from
thirty to fifty cigarettes daily. Some
| times he could not Sleep and he would
then switch on the electric light beside
his luxurious hand-painted bedstead and
smoke three or four cigarettes while he
read from a book of poems. In the last
three years it was his custom to refuse
TO discuss any phase of the war. He
said it bored him. 1t was so inartistic
and modern.
Naturally it was a surprise when he
appeared yesterday in uniform. II was
surprise because we had looked upon
Leighton as generally unfit" and had
never considered whether or not he was
specifically unfit"
He had been examined in a group OF
a half dozen men, all younger than him.
self, most Of them robust-lookinE fel.
lows. But as 1t happened they were all
turned down-every one but himselfi He
the dilettante, the esthete, the man who
didn't care to talk war, who loathed
exercise, who preferred abslnthe 70 food
was accepted, while the real enthusiastic
4 were sent away.
One OF them could have thrown Leigh.
ton across the room with one brawnv
arm. But he had seventeen. good teeth
out OF a possible score OF thirty-two.
One had won medals for sprintins Nm,
had Epflntea hlt too much ana he,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26

If you can imagine anything funnicr or
more inCOnEruouS than an attempt at n
regular. hamboyanL western laud boom in
a sleepy back-COuntry Virginia town, go
ahead and put Irwin Cobb and Stephen Lea
cock into the discard. Anyhow. the alleged
land boom was on in SmithVille-OD-the-
Creek when the branch line from Richmond
dumped me there only four hours behind
time, and the Circling buz2ards were look
ing down on dry fields Staked out as town
lots and the long.legged hogs were medi.
tativey chewing on the prOspeCtuses Of
the realty company. They were fine, rich
prOspcCtuses, too. Perhaps they neglected
to dwell on tho advantages of Smithvtllc-
Forty.Milcs From.Salt.Water as a seaport
and acroplanc station, but I wouldn't swear
to it, However, there was a glowing para
graph glorifyng Smithville-Behind-the Hills
as a health resort and what especially in
tereSted or as the nOvelsts say, in
trigued," me was a eulOgium Of a miraculous
medicinal spring on the property OF Mrs.
Davis one Of our most popular young
matrons You see, was well acquainted
with the Daviscs and had frequently slaked
my thirst at the little open spring that
bubbled up beside their chronCalIy broken
picket fence never suspectng that / was
being cured of whatever allied me.
When I reached the Davis estate pretty
Mrs Davis had just finished hanging out
the ancestral family wash and after we
had passed the time O day as they do
in virginia I said, "Oh, Mrs. Davis, I'm
that real estate prospectus the land com
pany speaks about the wonderful medicinal
properties of your spring Now, you know,
I've been shooting over this country quite
a few seasons and I never heard Of any
body doing any doctoring with that water
How about it|
well I dunno" said Mrs Davis. you
remember that ole yallah dawg o Toms.
Well. he's been havin the mango awful bad
an he likes to roll aroun IN that spring
an he suttinly pears to think that it does
him powerful lot o good" a. G.
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when the fact is taken into account that
less than half mile Of the fifteen miles
OF the pike skirts their own suburb.
They undertook the task in broad
minded spirit for the good Of the many
and not of the few. single-handed did
the association start out, and single
handed has II carried this measure
through to success. While this enter
prising association has many good things
to its credit, none reflects more clearly
its far-sighted efficiency than this bring
ing Of the Lancaster pike to the status
Of a modern free public highway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
OLD-TIME SUFFRAGISTS

TTNHE woman suffrage movement Is no new
l. thing, although it Is often carelessly
classed with various modern" ideas Plato,
writing 1900 years ago, proposed in his
Republic that women should have the same
education as mon and do the same work,
being lesser men" The early Christians
ala not do much for the cause: st. Pauls
discourses condemned woman to silence
But IN the Middle Ages and after, equal
rights for women were now and then adyo-
Gated, as by Cornelius Agrippa Q509),
Ruscelli u552). Apthony Gibson U599) and
later by Paul Ribera and Count Segur The
eighteenth century was especially favorable
10 women writer's, and France developed
many gifted women. Political theorists
OF the time' however. did not advocate
power for women
Mary Wollstonecraft was not the first
real suffrage propagandist. In 1890 she
published her "Vindcation of the Rights OF
Women" But as early as 1647 Margaret
Brent, the executor and representative OF
Lord Baltimore, demanded seat in the
Assembly Of Maryland Abigail Adams. the
wife OF John Adams and Mary Otto War
rem asked that women should be recognized
In the Constitution, aud Hannah Lee Cor
bin protested against taxation without rep
resentation. Under the first Constitution
or New Jersey, by an inadvertence, women
could vote from lT76 10 1907. At an early
date an effort was made 10 modify property
laws. Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell in
huenoed legislation in Massachusetts, about
1875 and later. Anti-slavery associations
were disturbed by Athe woman question"
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phil
lips were always strong supporters Of the
cause"
The year ls4s Wa an important date in
the woman suffrage agitation. It was a
year Of revolutionary action and ideas all
over ;he world. The first woman suffrage
convention was called In Seneca Falls July
10, is4s, Elisabeth Cady Stanton. Luoretia
Mott Martha @. Wrieht and Mary A. Nc
Clintook were prime movers, other con-
ventions were held in 1850. and thereafter
one was held every year until the CiYll
War. In 1859 two national associations
were formed. They were finally united into
the National American Woman's Suffrage
Association IN 1880, The hrst victory was
Yon IN lses, when Wyoming gave full suf-
frage,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
COMING ALONG

Talk OF the country; it's coming along.
Help It bit with a smile and a song
Feel that you trust 1t and say 1t right out.
uncle sam knows what he's talking about
Talk Of the country,
You better be sure
It's going TO grow,
And it's bound 70 endure
TAX OF the eountryi don't feel the alarm
OF those that are seeking to do it some
Just you believe that it's right. and youn
There are lots Of your nsighbOrs exactly
your mind
Talk OF the country,
No use 10 fear
The taunt Of the cynle.
The seon and the sneer.
TAX Of the country It's fine as you'd wish
huhplng and hummlng, its old nag a-swish
It's heart in communion with right ana with
truth, Wv WIN
Strong in each muscle and sound in each
TAX Of the country;
It's coming along.
Help II bit
with q smile and 4 aopg.