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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

Are You Intoxis
Gated? The question is
not as impertinent as it
sounds. You may be a real
teetotaler and yet be "irsoxi-
cated"-that is, poisoned by
the gases that come from
imperfect digestion. The
products of food putrefaction
are taken up by the blood
and often poison the entire
system. Cut out meats and
starchy foods for a while.
Eat Shredded Wheat with
milk or cream for breakfast;
eat it with steWed fruits and
green vegetables for dinner
or supper. It will cure auto
intoxicadon and make a new
man Of you. All the meat
of the whole wheat in a
digestible form. A perfect
meal at lowest cost. Made
at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

The chesterfield Chapter. United
i'aue htcrs Of the confcdcr.,cs. will
hold It's regular meeting on Friday
afternoon at o'clock in ;hc Baptist
church at Chester.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

lSrs; aid 10 the injured. ouc OF the
american ked Cross courses. viii he
taught at the Young Women's Chris
tan Association. g North Fifth Street.
every other Thursday ut 30 and s
o'clock. Both classes begin to-day.
ibr Bauer of til. Virginia Industr rial
lfom" for Girls. is the instructor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

Tho Matthew Fontainc Maury Asso-
citation viii meet tomorrow morning
at ~ o'clock at tho jefferson Hotel.
MI Interested arc cordially invited TO
attend
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

Gently greatly Increased its member
ship and IS hoping to do much good
work in the future.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

The Womans Missionary Society Of
tho First Baptist Church viii meet in
the church pariur this afternoon at
o'clock. Members viii note tho
change of day from the first wedncs-
day TO frs, Thursday
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

Tho board Of managers of the Rich
mond Exchange for Woman's Work;
VIII hold their regular monthly meet
ing tomorrow At /. O'clock in the
rooms az tho exchange
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04

The annual meeting OF the Associa-
zion for the Preservation Of Nifyiuia
Antiquities Will be held this afternoon
At I O'Clock in thc john Marshall
liuuse. Rev Thomas Cary Johnson
-. H.. "A member OF the advisory board
viii open the meeting with prayer. and
Airs. william ituiiin Cox viii conduct
the opening exercises. After the read
iilS 81 the presidents annu:.i report.
Mrs. E.llyson will take the chair and
further conduct the meeting. officers
VIII be elected for the cnS,,in. year
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Expenditures for Clothes.

ut appears that the average expendi-
lures for clothing in 1916 by the white
families with incomes of less than 5000
a year were. for husbands, only $26Ol,
and for wives, only $3.50. For colored
families the expenditures were slightly
less-for husbands, s2O.72. and for
wives, s16.29.
Even for the families with incomes
between $500 and $1,000 the average
clothing expenditures were only s35. 36
for the husbands and S2694 for the
wives in white families and SeS92 for
husbands and S25.23 for wives in COL
ored families. These averages are far
below the cost standards described
above as absolutely necessary minimum
expenditures for healthy and decent
clothing. For the sake of brevity this
analysis has been limited to husbands
and wives. The expenditures for chill
dren were correspondingly low"
The report shows an extremely low
expenditure for clothing in most In
come groups. 1t is only among the
families receiving incomes of $1,000 per
year or over that the minimum stand
ards referred to (s50 for a man and
s3S.50 for woman) were reached by
the majority of families. Many of the
families fell far below these standards.
Thus, among all white families one
third of the male heads (335 per cent?
spent less than $40 per year on cloth
ing and one-third OF the female heads
f32.4 per cent? spent less than SEQ per
wear,
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Housing Conditions Good.

Housing conditions were found to be
good, and in many cases very good,
among the great majority of the fam
lilies covered by this investigation. Con-
gested districts in Washington are con-
fined to the back alleys. and tenements
such as exist in the larger Industrial
cities are unknown. The bad conditions
that were found to exist were largely
individual: that is to say. were depend
ent upon the individual house landlord
or family.
Among the total of 2.110 families
scheduled, 1851. or IS per cent, had an
average Of one person or less per room,
and were thus free from overcrowding e
Sickness. requiring expenditure for
medical attention. occurred in the grea
majority. almost 90 per cent of the
families scheduled. Its distribution was
almost uniform among the different in
come groups, both white and colored
Evening star., 1917-10-26

to warrant classification a. necessities In
almost all the families one or more MEM
bers were insured against some one or
more Of Mfe's hazards, although the
amount carried was usually very small.
The average expenditure for all forms of
personal Insurance made by 1859 families
In all income groups was $51.65 per an
mum. In the income group under $500 the
white families spent in 1916 an average
Of $2e.05 and the colored families 331.9s
Almost every family purchased a daily
Newspaper. This was usually the only
form Of literature upon which money was
spent" concludes the report
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Marriage Disguised at Dinner.

Several prominent men of the Dis
trtct of Columbia last night debated
tho question Of marriage and finally
came to the conclusion that although
the conventional thing. it was not a
wearisoms undertaking after all. The
place of the argument was the Thurs
day night dinner of the Arts Club, al
2O17 I street northwest, and among
the speakers were w. Gwynn Gardiner
District Commissioner; Victor Muir
dock. member of the Federal Trade
Commission; Theodore Van Der Lynn
of the Swiss legation. Rev. George w
Van Fossen. Miss Jessie Mcbride and
Rudolph De Zapp. The hosts of the
evening were Miss Maude Morris and
Mrs. Franklin Swift.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Chance for Position of watchman

Men who have been honorably dis
charged or retired from the Army,
Navy or Marine Corps are wanted for
service as watchmen in public build
ings in this city. Applications should
be made to the superintendent of the
State. War and Navy building.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
The colored families showed worse con-
ditions than the white families. but the
moro favorable position Of the latter
was not very marked.
Not Enough for Nourishment.

NOT enough LOT Nour1shment.
'1t.is evident that the members of
manv Of the families reporting could
not have had sufficient food for proper
nnuri hment Some families, owing to
exceptional circumstances, were able
to feed themselves on less than the
minimum here used as a rough guide
Other families lived as parasites, MAIN
tained willingly or unwillingly by
others in more favorable circum-
stances. but cases Of this kind were
exceptional"
The report is no less plain spoken
concerning the clothing needs of Wash
ington families.
IF the workingman is to participate
community he cannot be Clothed as a
mere hewer of wood, nor his wife as
a mere domestic housekeeping animal" :"
the report says. ITO fall below the
level of. decency in dress, fixed not by
the Individual, but by the community,
constitutes a practical bar to almost all
healthy forms of social life and devel-
opment."
Evening star., 1917-10-26

barely clothe himself on $50 year.
and that a woman's wardrobe, made
possible by the expenditure of $38, is
all too scant.' The estimates, as will
be noted on examination. presuppose
the purchase of the cheapest grades of
clothing and the most rigid economy in
their use. They make almost no allow
ance for anything more than the most
primitive needs.
These estimates may, therefore, be
taken as conservative standards Of nee
essary clothing costs. They were made
originally for New York city, but may
be fairly applied to Washington. as re-
tail clothing prices were certainly no
lower in Washington in 1916 than in
New York in 1915.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Don't Buy Enough Food.

"The schedules show clearly that
very considerable proportion of the
low-income families of Washington do
not buy enough food to maintain the
family members in health and
strength. 1t was impracticable in this
study to go into the physiological and
hygienic aspects of food consumption.
That matter was made the object of
special dietary study of some thirty
families. the results of which will be
given later. It needs no statistical
demonstration to prove that a family
which buys insufficient food is either
underfed. or. what is perhaps as bad.
or worse. is fed on refuse or at the
expense. voluntary or. involuntary. of
some other family
Authorities do not agree entirely upon
what are the necessary food require
ments of persons in various employ
ments and of different ages. Certain
minimum standards, however. cannot
well be questioned on the ground of
undue liberality, such, for instance. as
the minimum food cost standards
derhill of the Sheffield Laboratory Of
Physiological Chemistry. using as
basis the earlier dietary Investigations
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
These studies showed that in New
York city in the year 1907 an adult
male could not be maintained in health
at less expenditure for food than
- cents per day- Inc retail INDEX
numbers for food issued by the bureau
OF labor statistics show a rise in food
prices Of approximately 40 per cent
between 1907 and 1916. Adding 40 per
cent to % cents gives 81 cents as the
minimum per day in 1916. An aver
age of 81 cents per day is equivalent
to s2.17 per week. or sl13 per year. The
unit here Is the adult male. It is
commonly agreed that women and
children require less food than do
men.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Not Too Liberal Standards.

Such minimum standards of food re-
quirements as these do not seem too
LIBERAL" continues the report. Most
practical housewives would no doubt
consider them as entirely too low More
over such scientifically prepared stand
ards assume correspondingly scientific
knowledge Of food values and of food
buying. and assume also an entire abb
sence of waste-factors which cannot
be expected of the average housewife.
Nevertheless, even when such low
standards are taken. and no allowance
is made for waste and ignorance, a
very large number of the families COW
cred by this investigation fell below the
minimum of subsistence line and many
fell far below. Thus, of the 245 fa1ni-
lies with incomes of less than $500 Der
year. over two-t1irds t12 per cent? were
unable to spend for food as much as
s112.50 per year.. G., 81 cents a day
per equivalent adult male. OF the 5G2
families with income between $500 and
$500 per year, more than one-half fsl
per cent? spent less than the minimum
amount upon food. Even in the case
of the 4S8 families with incomes be-
tween $500 and $1,000 per year, more
than one-third GA per cent? fell below
the above standard of food expenditure
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Amusement and Recreation.

Among almost all of the families of
low incomes amusements which cost
money are rarely indulged in. Out of
SO families with incomes of less than
$500 per year only IS incurred any di-
rect expenditure for amusement, the
average being $2.79 per year for all
members Of the family, and only Is
reported any expenditure for vacations,
the average being $500. With in
creased income the expenditures for
these purposes, of course. become larger
in amount But even among the
families with incomes of 5000 to
$1,000 only 1913 out OF e46 had any ex-
ing 1927 per year for all members of
the family. and only 67 reported any
expense for vacations. the average for
this item being s25.40.
Food, clothing. shelter, including fire
and light, medical care when sick and
some amusement when well. constitute
perhaps tho primary needs of human
existence. But without practicing a
thrift that is in the end harmful. no
family can avoid a number of minor
household expenses for other purposes.
Housefurnishfngs must be renewed
from time to time: some car riding Is
usually unavoidable: soap, towels and
similar items must be bought Church
aff1liation and membership in trade
unions. beneficial lodges and other So
cial or religious organizations almost
always make some demand upon the
purse.
ain this day life, health and accident
insurance for the breadwinner of the fam
Ily are so important, both from the stand
point of society and OF the individual, as
Evening star., 1917-10-26

Millions of dollars are still needeA "a
complete the second liberty loan. Don'i
be a Stacker. Buy a bond today.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Schedules Representative.

The report says: Schedules were
secured in n fair proportion from
every district of the city, SO as to OBJ
tain representative cross-sectiou of
the workers families in the District.
Only those families were included in
which the principal breadwinner work
ed for wages or. If paid salary, re-
ceived not more than $500 a year, No
families were taken which had not re-
sided in the District of Columbia for
all of the year 1916.
I'm the study published last month 1t
was intmated that a large proportion
of families. both white and coiored. in
Washington received incomes made
quate to maintain normal family. life
in comfort, or even decency. If the in
come is insufficient, it needs no elab-
crate statistical computation to prove
that expenditure is also insufficient.
The different devices adopted by diff
ferent families in their efforts to pur-
chase a dollars worth Of necessities
with IS or 90 cents is most interesting.
Our interest in and sympathy with the
families struggling to bear up and
roll away the crushing load of poverty
should not make US forget that many
families are far above the poverty line
and are. therefore, able to buy all the
comforts and many of the discomforts
of modern life in a city.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
MANY D. c. HOMES
PLACES OF WANT
Pictures Of Underfeeding and
insufficient Clothing Drawn
in Official Report.
INCOMES NOT SUFFICIENT

A picture Of a large proportion of
families. both white and colored, in the
National Capital during 1916 without
sufficient food, clothing or amusements
is presented by the report on the cost
of living in the District, contained in
the November issue of the monthly re-
view of tho bureau of labor statistics
Of the Department of Labor.
This study of the expenditures of
2.110 families covered by the bureaus s
investigation. made under authoriza-
ton of Congress. Is the second monthly
installment of the formal report which
later will be made to Congress. In
the installment for October living con-
ditions in Washington were branded
by the bureau as revealing a shocking g
state of economic indecency' here.
The conclusions reached in the second
article show that in a large proportion
of local families receiving inadequate
incomes expenditures for the primary
needs of life are insufficient to main
tain reasonably healthy family life
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Difficult to Determine.

The report states:
what constitutes adequate clothing
Is even more difficult to determine than
adequate food requirements. 1t may
be said without hesitation, however,
that large proportion OF the families
included in this investigation were not
supplied with necessary and respectable
clothing and were financially unable
to keep themselves so clothed. AS in
the case of food. the precise number
of families and individuals in this sit
nation cannot be determined as no sat
isfactory wardrobe standards have ever
been worked out. But from the present
and previous studies on this subject it
is quite possible to arrive at some ap-
proximately correct conclusions.
Most If not all, of the clothing
standards so far offered have placed the
minimum clothing costs too low. If
clothes are to be regarded with rig
orcus utilitariaaism as q convenient
camoufage to conceal nakednesS and a.
a mere cocoon for conserving the ami
NAL warmth of the body. perhaps the
amounts allowed for clothing expendi-
lures in previous cost -of-living reports
may be accepted as adequate.
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Estimate Most Liberal.

"Of the estimates of minimum cloth
ing necessities made by previous studies
the most liberal is that of the New
York state factory investigating com
mission submitted in 1915. These
placed the necessary cost of clothing
of a workingman's family in New York
city as follows: For the man at work,
$50 per year; woman in the home.
$3.50; boy thirteen years of age, sac.
and girl thirteen years OF age, s2475,
with correspondingly lower costs for
younger children.
"As regards these estimates the com
mission states that man at work can
Evening star., 1917-10-26

The Allegheny county branch of the
Gsrman-American Alliance at Pitts
b'Irgh has authorized the appropriation
of $1,000 for the purchase of liberty
bonds and sent out a letter to all So
cieties in the branch urging them to
make similar appropriations.
Evening star., 1917-10-26

The actual amounts expended for this
purpose, however. varied greatly. In
general the average expenditure per
case Of sickness increased rapidly with
the income Of the family group Thus.
among the families with incomes OF
less than $500 tho average expenditure
for sickness by the families In which
sickness occurred was $12: in the 5000
to 81. 200 income group the correspond
Il ing average was $40, while among
those families with incomes of over
81, 500 per year this average increased
to $5S.
This rapid increase in medical ex-
penditure with increased income indicates
that among the poorer families sickness
is endured without calling in doctor.
with results that are undoubtedly detri-
mental to the health of the individual
sufferers and the welfare Of the COM
munity," the report states.
Closely related to tho item of sick
ness is that of funeral expense. In
thirty-six Of the 1859 families for which
information on this subject was OBJ
tained death had occurred during the
year. The average outlay for funeral
expenses by these thirty-six families
was $12S.51.
"One family, with total income OF
] less than 5000 per year. spent $135 on
| one funeral. But such cases of display
are exceptional. and, at best. the cost
| of death is a serious time to all fami-
lies of small income" says the report.
| Regarding amusement and recreation
| the report states:
Evening star., 1917-10-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THn ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holdefs Of the Mutual Serial Building Associa-
tion VIII bo held at st. Dcminic's Han, 0tn
and q streets southwest. Monday evening. NO.
vsmber 8, 1917, at 9 O'Clock. for purpose OF
eiscting oflcers and the transaction Of otner
business. Shares may b subscribed to the
fwsnty-slxth Series Stock and payment OF cues
made to r. Harrison johnson. TREASURER. az
the once, 006 7th street southwest.
JULIUS SONDHEIAER, Presideot.
r. n. JOHNSON. Treasurer.
OFFICE OF CHAPIN-SACkS MANUFACTuh-
ING COMPANY.
At q regular meeting OF the board OF
directors of the Chapin-Sacks Mfg. Company;
held on October a. 1917. the regular annual
dividend Of 10 per cent was declared. payable
November 1, 1917, to shareholders OF RECORD as
Of October %. The stock transfer books Will pe
csssed from October 20, to November ., 1871
SAMUEL c. REDMAN. Secretary.
r. CESTONE, HAVING SOLD HIS TAILORING
shop. 612 5th st. NV, to II. Sherman. creditors
NEW YORK BUSINESS BROKERS. 1873 2.
CONSOLIDATED CAR FOR HOUSEHOLD
goods, for California, at reduced rates, Octobsf
"a, and for automobiles, November 3. SECUh-
ITy STORAGE CO.. 1140 18th st.
TIE OLD RELIABLE CARD PRINTERS.
1215 Pennsylvania ave. NV.
100 calling cards. sec; 900 business CARDS, 81
1000 business cards. S2.25. Gard case Tree.
Correct Army and Navy officers cards q
Evening star., 1917-10-26

Prof. Postel-Palmist-Astrol
worid-rencwned PSYCHIC MEDIUM and SEER.
Special Eeading, soc and siOo
-ZASCIG STUDIOS
904 14th st. NV. fabove Eye)
Evening star., 1917-10-26
Large, Airy Rooms

Deep lots to alley. The
largest Groom we have ever
built to sell for less than
5000.
Price, S4,450
On Easy Payment Plan
Evening star., 1917-10-26

NINE. CARLETTA.
INPREssIoNAL PALM AND CARD READER.
SEES EVERY ONE. FEES. sl.oo AND Sc 90
SIe II St. NV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-31
L.eisurely Romance

o.. LITTLE WORLD APART. By George ol.'en'
son i2ro Do. 400. The John Lane company
Applethwaite must surely have some
relation TO the land of the Lotus Eaters,
where IL seemed always afternoon. IL
is or these chronicles of II make It APP
near, a place of infinite leisure. Never
aid A romantic narrative run on more
deliberately, with moro hating oy tne
waysids TO mediate and TO dwell win
meticulous precision upon every tiny
detail. II is pleasant reading, when !.
does not become tedious, but we cannot
help frequently wishing that there
were less musing and more speech, ana
again less speech and more action.
Also, we must wish that the poor sd-
verbs and adverbisl phrases we're not SO
overworked--fsr beyond labor union
rules! Thus, on single page:
NJ. Adolphe truly said; 800,
Miss Place responded, little
awed;
Miss Kate replied with austerity;
Miss Place said quite humbly;
and
Miss Kate concluded primly.
And on another:
Said Miss Lydia, argumenta-
Said Miss Blackburn coaSingly:
Said Miss Lydia petulantly; and
Said Miss Blackburn with uneX-
pected frmness.
Kept up too long, that sort Of thing
is trying to the readers nerves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-31

Author OF "Dsareli" Joseph and His Broth
req" Pom nder Walk" etc. i2mo. pp. ioi
John Lane Company.
Since Macmillan Robespierre once
turned aside from letters in order that
he might bring about political realiz-
alton of Rousseau's dream, it should
be gratifying to the names Of that pale
litterateur TO consider how big boon
he has been to literature. and the end
not yet. In Mr.. Parker's latest play
the scenes are drawn from the days OF
the Great Terror which eliminated in
the fall Of Robespierre. The second
act takes place in the prison of the.
Rue de Sevres, a piercing spectacle OF
the amenities prevailing under the
brief and butcherly rule of the Com
mittee of Public Safety.
OF the prime characters, one is the
Citizen Chepy, an unquiyering admin
istrator Of Justice" at season when
the guillotines are being worked up
10 their full scope. The aristocrat is
the Duke Of Chsstelfranc, in whose
house a number of c-devants gather on
New Years Eve when the Bishop is TO
say mass. The midnight worship costs
the lives of several guests, but the
dukes life is spared through the
timely death of the dictator. The old
aristocrat lives TO deplore the absence
of the ancient wit and courteous Gus
toms, yet he manifests a gentlemsn,s
magnanimity amid new and not wei
coined democratic conditions. There is
a splendidly unmansgeable old duchess
whose ability to use the mild acids IN
polite conversation is a JOY to the
carnal man. When the gorgeous an
tiauc is placed before judge and jury
in the prison she assures the Commis-
sioner that her tongue has put to flight
far other assailants than the judge and
his evil-smelling myrmidons. Entirely
crediblel my good fellow, | nave
never consciously obeyed living soul.
Do you think Pm going to begin with
YOU ?"