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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

FOR RENT-Apartments Alb Wilkes
street, 5 rooms and bath; ground
floor, Very large yard, $40. Also s
rooms and bath, ID floor, use of
ward $3.50. Also 7 rooms, large
airy, Cd floor. $40, per month.
These apartments are i'll first class
condition newly painted, papered,
etc, and rent includes water. Apply
cor Queen street. 1875
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18
SCOTT FLEET PUT TO FLIGHT
German Vessels Were Sweeping 'o'
Mines in North Sea.

Mines in North Sea.
London, Aug. 1S.--An engagement
between British and German scout
inc ships in which ore German de-
strovcd and several rhine s"eepers
were damaged, was reported by the
admiralty today.
The biggest type of vesses en-
gagged in scout work took part IN the
fight, when the came upon the en-
envy. The British opened fire on the
German destroyer, damaging her.
but she escaped as did the NINE
sweepers which the destroyer was
conveying. Several of the LATER
were damaged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

MARRY II LONELY-Tor results,
try me; best and most successful
"tione Maker" hundreds rich
wish marriage soon: strictly con-
fidential; most reliable, years ex-
perience: descriptions free. The
Successful Club" Mrs. Purdie, Box
$50, Oakland, California.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

FOR REST-Six room house, in fine
condition, with large yard-4l9
Wilkes street, Rental $3.50 per
month. Apply at COZ Queen street.
l9T-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

FOR SALE-Onc Ford Touring Car,
1915 model, demountable rims,
Sterling tires, in good condition.
Inquire Of D. W. Schofeld. with
Charles King K Son, Inc, north
Lee street. 1866.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

IN intelligent person may earn S1D
monthly corresponding for news
papers; $40 TO $50 monthly in spare
time; experience unnecessary; no
canvassing; subjects suggested.
Send for particulars. National Press
Bureau, Room 1884, Buffalo, n. Y.
1871.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

FOR RENT-One large room, nice
~ furnished; well lighted, South
ern exposure; convenient to bath.
Apply Apartment T.. The Wagar.
197-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

WANTED-Two high-grade sales
men for local territory to sell
paints, ya1nishes and oils 10 the
consuming trade. Farming trade
preferred. Experience unnecessary.
Statesmen can work on either salary
or commission. Address Sales
manager, Great Lakes Refining Co.
Cleveland, Ohio. l9i-lt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

81 ANTED-Competent, reliable wo-
man to cook ard do general house
work in Washington. .. c. To stay
nights. Small family, Wages SIG
per month. References required.
Address Mrs. A. 7. Pillow, 2I24
Pennsylvania Ave, N. ". Wash
irgton, ID. c. 1875.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

= Twenty-Five girls to
learn winding, doubling and spin
ming, wages $500 per week while
learning, advanced IN a few weeks.
Steady work guaranteed. Apply at
Klots Silk Mill, Pitt and Wilkes
street, Alexandria i67-30t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

y ANTED-Ccmpctent stenographer;
permanent position, good salary.
Phone West 1900 1855
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18

FOR SALE-A good horse, years
cd; also delivery wagon. Inquire
at Goa King Street.
1861.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-18
separate quarters. The mutiny occur
red at moment when families were
allowed to visit the pail.
Classified Advertising

FOR SALE-A new house; 6 rooms;
attic, bath and pantry; large yard
and porches; electric lights, gas,
hot water heat; will sell cheap, if
sold at once. Also SHOP and 3
lots combined, on north Fairfax
street, suitable for repair shop or
garage. Apply to 2i5 south Lee
street, Alexandria, Va. 1876.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.
IL Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, January 23.-Any num-
Der of women wondered what would be
substituted for the smart topcoats of
winter when the rush to the south be-
gan and the first warm days of spring
arrived In cold climates.
The answer is in the coat of silk
Jersey that is glorified substitute for
a sweater. Rest assured that it's nov
city does not decrease its price and
that one cannot pick up a good-look-
ing garment of this kind without pay
ing as much for it as for tailored
suit. None of the weaveS of jersey
cloth bears tag on which is written
economy. but they are fashionable and
and serviceable and have enough merit
TO warrant the firm place which they
have found in the list of stock fabrics
1t is wonder that they were not
used as topcoats before this midwinter.
Probably the enormous demand put
upon the material for sweaters left the
topcoat field untitled. Now there is no
doubt in the minds of either the de-
signers or the fashionable women as to
have the foremost place in top cover
ings this summer. The topcoat of
Jersey has been thrown out as feeler,
and if women like it on their trips to
Palm Beach, Aiken and White sulphur
this r'idwinter the designers Will keep
on making them and will offer them
for motoring, travelling and q variety
of sports that come into action at the
end OF May.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

Browns house and watch until the
light winks OUT
4 So they trotted to point where they
could see Farmer Browns house and
there they sat down to watch. 1t SEEM
ed to Reddy that those lights never
would wink out. but at last they did.
Come on. Granny he cried. jump
ing to his feet.
Not yet. Reddy, not yet" replied
Granny. We've got to give folks time
to get sound asleep. If we should get
into that henhouse those hens might
make racket. and if anything like
that is going to happen we want to be
sure that Farmer Brown ard Farmer
Browns Boy are fast asleep.
This was sound advice and Reddy
knew it. So. with groan, he once
more threw himself down on the snow
to wait. At last Granny arose, stretch
stars. Come on, Reddy," said she, and
led the way.
Up back of the barn and around 1t
they stole like two shadows. and quite
as noiselessly as shadows. They heard
Bowser the Hound signing in his sleep
in his snug, little house, and grinned at
each other. Silently they stole over to
the hen yard. The gate was open. Just
as Granny had told Reddy it would be.
Across the hen yard they trotted swift
ly, straight to where more than once
in the daytime they had seen the hens
come out of the house through little
hole. 1t was closed. Reddy had ex-
pected it would be: still, he was dread
fully disappointed. He gave it merely
glance.
Il knew it wouldn't be any use" said
he, with a half whine.
But Granny paid no attention to him.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
Have Color in Your Cheeks
Be Better Lcoking-Take
Olive Tablets

If your skin is yellow-cornplexion
palIid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
"a lazy, no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets SUBJ
stitute for caiomeI-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years Of study
with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable corrpot,nd mixed
with olive oil. You will know them
by their olive color.
To have a clear, pink skin, bright
eyes, no pinpIcs, feeling of buoy
ancy like childhood days you must
get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like caionei-
yet have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile ard overcome
constipation. That's why millions of
boxes are sold annually at
lOc and Csc per box
All druggists
Take one or two nightly and note
the pleasing results.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
DAINTY NEcXWEAR.

Must women lament the passing Of
lawn or lace or embroidery that has
come to be such cherished part of
our wardrobe has taken wings. accord
ing to fashions latest advices
The persistence of the moyen age
type of frock is doubtless responsible
for the disappearance of the touch of
white at the throat. Nobody can imag-
Inc Joan Of Arc in crisp white ker-
chief or Saint Margaret of Scotland
that effiey-like royal lady-with a soft
ening touch Of lace or chiffon at the
collar Of her regal gowns.
1t wasn't until long after the ashes of
Joan of Arc had been lost for years in
the ocean and the sweet Margaret had
long laid buried in her tomb that the
white collars were a possibility. For
although we perhaps seldom realize it
today, the dainty neckwear of modern
times would hardly be possible without
starch-or gasoline. And neither of
these commodities was used in the
middle ages. In fact. dainty sheer
white fabrics were hardly known at all.
And ii was not until rufrs of lace or
lawn became popular. in Queen Eliza
beth's reign. that the white collar came
into its own. Even then it was only
for the wellto-do. For white starch
ing was an ART at which one could make
a fortune in those days. and expert
starchers had to be imported from
Flanders into England to keep the
ruffs Of the nobility in their snowy per-
fection.
Within the last few years women
have come to depend on the bit of
white around the neck. Its fashion is
one of the most becoming White
softens the frock and almost always
renders 1t becoming.
Women have become so used to white
neckwear that few realize nowadays
it's attractive qualities. 1t is taken for
granted. But let woman look at her
self in mirror when she dons one of
the new frocks OF dark cloth or velvet
with waist guiltless of folds and a
neck line guiltless of white. and she is
ready to give the white collar its due.
The very fact that the unadorned
dark line at the neck is unbecomtng z
may prove strong enough to keep the
moyen age gown from gaining in pop
ularity. 1t seems almost certain that
women will rebel against ban upon
white neckwear OF course, there is
an alternative. One may wear white
collars with moyen age frocks. Such
| things are done. Perhaps the meth
DDS in combining the becoming sar-
torial details OF different ages is as bad
as the method of mixing Tudor and
colonial furniture. mission and Gothic
But sometimes good effects are OBJ
| tanned.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
The Long, Straight Lines.

The rev coat of jersey, as it is
sketched today, is cut on the straight
silhouette ot the medieval frocks
which we have worn since September.
IT has none of the flare of the ordinary
topcoat made OF velour or peItry, the
raglan sleeve is not a part of its bodice
and the long sleeve f.s from the shoul-
der blade TO the wrist. The woman
who wears one over an exceedingly
thin gown will find herself looking as
slim as = reed in the wind, and this is
something devoutly wished by every
WI of every age north of Constan-
tinople.
There is something essentially di-
recJoIre in the straight lines of this
coat, with it's high collar, ornate, far
ing cuffs and the broad belt passed
around the waist and fastened in front
with one of the buttons that mark the
straight line from coilarbone to knee.
In order to keep the coat from being
Evening star., 1917-01-24
OF Interest TO Women
SMART TopooATs OF JERSEY CLOTH.

which we adopted in a wholesale man
ner when it first came into this con-
tinent. and of which we grew very
tired. especially after the twenty five
dollar suits employed it.
smart women were puzzled as to 9
method of using peltry that would be
entirely different from that used by
the ready-to-wear shops. and suddenly
some designer thought of putting q
very small piece just across the middle
of the front. and the fashion was in
stantly taken up by hundreds of well
dressed women.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

what are you wasting your time
there for?" demanded Reddy. Grossly
I'VE better be of hunting. if we would
have anything to eat this night"
Granny said nothing, but kept on
working She had discovered that that
was a sliding door. Presently the crack
was wide enough for her to get her
nose in Then she pushed and twisted
her head this way and that The little
door slowly slid back, and, when Reddy
turned to speak to her again. for he
had had his back to her, she was no.
where to be seen. Reddy just gaped
and gaped foolishly. There was no
Granny Fox, but there was a black
hole where she had been working, and
from it came the most delicious smell
Evening star., 1917-01-24

She went close to the hole and pushed
gently against the little door that closed
it. 1t didn't move. Then she noticed
at one edge there was a little crack.
She tried to push her nose through,
: but the crack was too narrow Then
she tried paw. A claw caught on the
! edge of the little door ard it moved
ever so little. Then Granny knew that
the little door wasn't fastened. Granny
stretched herself fat on the ground
and went to work first with one paw
and then with the other. BY and by
she caught her claws in it just right
again and it moved wee bit more. No.
most certainly that little door wasn't
fastened and that crack was little
wider.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
Fashions and Fads.

Gray and tan will be fashionable
colors.
Parasols are gay and in very wide
stripes
Heavy materials are best for the
slip-on blouse.
Summer dresses will be trimmed
with flet lace.
Pastel shades are favored for after
noon wear.
separate coats.
MILDLY styles continue very popular
for young girls.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
LI1TLLESIoR!Es L1L
6rBEDTIME
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1917. by T. W. Burgess.)
A Midnight Visit.

1t seemed to Reddy Fox as if time
never had dragged SO slowly as it did
this particular night while he and
Granny Fox waited until Granny
thought it safe to visit Farmer Browns
henhouse and see if BY any chance
there was a way of getting into it
Reddy tried not to hope too much
Granny had found a way to get the gate
Evening star., 1917-01-24

the smell of fat hens. II seemed to
Reddy that his stomach fairly Topped
over with longing. He rubbed his eyes
to be sure that he was awake. Then,
in a twinkAng, he was inside that hole
himself.
Granny Fox.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

to the hen yard left open, but this
would do them no good unless there was
some way of getting into the house,
and this he very much doubted But if
there was way he wanted to know it
and he was dreadfully impatient to
start.
But Granny was in no hurry. Not
that she wasn't just as hungry for a
fat hen as was Reddy, but she was too
wise and clever and altogether sly to
run any risks.
There is nothing gained by being in
too much of hurry, Reddy," said she,
'and often great deal is lost in that
way. a fat hen will taste just as good
little later as it would now. and it
will be foolish to go up to Farmer
Browns until we are sure that every
body there is asleep. But just to ease
your mind I tell you what we will do
We'll go where we can see Farmer
Evening star., 1917-01-24

When pleats appear in the peplum OF
coat they are pressed down hat TO
maintain the straight line.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

1t is even hinted that some of the
new skirts will show Hindu inspira-
tion-that is. they viii be wide at the
top and narrow at the foot.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
IENOLEUMS
The Most Sanitary of Floor
Coverings.

The new stock of Linoleums in new 1917 pat
terms has Just been placed on display and should be
seen
With every assortment the patterns seem
to be better-cearer, more definite and the colors
better Both Printed and 1nlaid Iinoleums are
shown in imported and domestic makes.
Parquetrv floor designs in two-toned browns
rich inaid effects; tile patterns in two and three
toned blues, greens, grays and tans; beautiful
granite and MORE coors; plain browns in all
grades.
THESE LINOLEUMs ARE OFFERED AT PRAC-
TICALLY THE. OLD PRICES though present
wholesale quotations are about one third higher.
Let us advise with you as to the suitability OF
Iinoleums for certain portions OF your home, Office
or public building.
Printed Linoleszms, Csc and 75c square yard.
lnlaid Linoleums 85c, $l.00, $l.1O, $l.25 to $1S5
square yard.
Men sent to measure and estimate upon de-
|mand and without obligation.
r street.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

Sport hats are simply trimmed with
a ribbon tied around the base of the
crown and ending in bow in the front
Evening star., 1917-01-24
January Special Sale of
FINE AUSTRIAN DINNERWARE
Fully One Third Below Regular Prices.

Two handsome patterns rich and the colors beautifully
copies Mnton China. Pieces
part OF be made up
choose.
Plates Breakfast Plates Soup
Plates Saucer Uncovered Dishes Platte
all Gravy Boats A. D. Coffee Cups and Sauers Teacups and
Saucers Sugar Trays Individual
Buffers,
Dinner Plates Soc each; $500 dozen.
Uncovered Dishes, $1.00 each.
Patters, 85c to $1.85.
Teacups and Saucers, 35c each; $4.o0 dozen.
Other Pieces a proportionate prices
floor street.
Evening star., 1917-01-24

and parasol. employing big coin-dotted
pongee in natural color ard blue. e
skirt is one of the popular pleated m2d-
els. the pleats arranged to hang in panels,
the skirt topped by a modish sash girdle.
The hat is a simple little sailor. faced
underneath the brim with plain color silk,
which may be in the natural shade O. il
color matching the dots The latter ar
rangement would be effective A band o:
black velvet ribbon circles the crown
Ine bag is very simple TO make and
patience rather than great skill is re-
Qulred To make the parasol. The frame
can be purchased any SHAPE or size de-
sired. and an old parasol cover can be
used as a guide in shaping the new Or
the fabric may be taken to an umbrella
dealer. who will fit the cover at a com
paratively small cost The hat tells its
own story. Crown and upper brim may
be covered with the polka dotted fabric,
or the crown alone may be of this ma
terial. the entire brim being in plain color.
and that may be stitched or corded if de-
sired.
A tremendous vogue for the separate
skirt is predicted for spring. with snort
models leading
Some talk OF the barrel skirt is heard
from Paris. but American fashion design
ers dld not think very well Of this rather
odd and. to most figures, unbecoming and
ungraceful skirt when it was introduced
year ago. 1t may be safe to predict
that the barrel skirt will net be seen in
great numbers. A generally straight
hanging skirt is preferred whether the
model be p,eated. gathered or entirely
pain
Evening star., 1917-01-24

THE COAT OF GREEN JERSEY
CLOTH. WITH LARGE BUTTONS.
THERE is A BAND OF FUR
ACROSS THE FRONT WIDTH.
too severe, and therefore unbecoming,
II is cleverly arranged at the sides
with separate piece attached by
stitching in a manner that breaks the
fall OF the coat from shoulder to hem.
Bits of Fur at Intervals.
Don't pass by the coat in the sketch
without observing that small band Of
fur that is placed directly across the
front of the hem. The reason for its
significance Is that the fashion for
using a small bit of peltry is not only
holding its own but growing In
strength.
When coats and skirts first showed
q piece of fur from six to eight inches
long, plastered across the front or
back. the casual observer thought that
economy or stinginess was the reason
for using a fragmentary morsel in
stead of the regulation deep band: but
IL was fashion, and not thrift. that
prompted this action. 1t is no longer
correct to put wide band of fur
straight around the coat or the hem Of
the skirt; this is the Russian method.
Evening star., 1917-01-24
TRAVELOGUES.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
at $50
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
at 2::2O

at $50
FRIDAY tF!EI>>ooN Indians of the Painted Desert
These raveogues will be delivered by speaker of well estab
ed reputation familiarity with his subjects enables him h
them interesting and attractive manner eN
supeby Illustrated by and steeopcon views OF cooret
photos taken by the Padgctt
You Are Cordially Invised-No Admission Fee
NOTE-Tresc Travclog.es held in Auditor Eight
Floor New Building May ask that please use th
elevators which direct its entrance
Given under the auspices of Roccser House Party Tours
New Britain herald., 1917-02-23
GOTHAM RIVALS LIVERPOOL,
Becoming Labor Center for Sailors on Merchantmen.

New York, Feb. 23-New York city is rapidly replacing Liverpool as the labor center for sailors shipping on merchant vessels between this country and Great Britain, according to pr. George Sidney Webster, secre- tary Of The American Seamen's Friend society.
 The shifting of the labor center for seamen is due" he says, Ito the fact that many ships Of both Ameri- can and British connections have adopted the policy of signing their men on for the forward and return voyages at this port. Under presen, conditions, men are more available on this side. and there are almost nc instances O. desertion on the British side in comparison with consider able number of the part of sailors shipping to this country from bellig erent nations.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-23
JOFFRE A MARSHALL
 WITHOUT COMMAND
French Fighter Has No One to
 Fight Under Him

Farls, Feb. 23.-The elevation of 1eneral Joffre to the rank of Mar
 shai or France appears to have elim- mated nm entirely from any effec- tl'e connection with the army. The general public is slow to conprehend the situation but discreet references
 m the press leave little doubt as to the fact. Prior to the decree that named Joffre technical councillor to
 the war council he was the com
 mander-in- chief of all the French
 armies. The two decrees that were
 issued simultaneously with that
 which raised him to the rank of marshal annulled the decree that made him councillor to the war council. In the meantime other de- crees named General Nivelle com 1nander-in- chief of the French armies operating in France and General Sar- rail commander-i chief of the Sa- ionlkl expedition. Another decree l made Generals Nivelle and Sarrail responsible directly to the minister Of war. Consequently, Joffre is mar shal without a command and with | out any other function excepting that Of member of the superior war coun- cil that has not met as such since the beginning of the war.
 It is held also that Joffre ceased to be a member of the superior war |, council the moment he was placed il, command of the French armies in the field in face of the enemy.
 The new marshal. the first to have been named under the third republic l according to some papers, already en- l toying a rest in his native town of l RiVcSalte in the BaSses PyreneeS l Others insist that he is still at his 1 home in Paris The Petit Parisjen l says that he has already in rcadi- I ness the barge With which, according to his declaration to the American 1 newspaper correspondents, he longet
 to make d voyage by river and cana | through France.
 "Jcffre's barge." says the Petit Pa. | risien, ''is moored on the left bank ol
 the Seine in solitary spot near Bou
 gival where it has remained since the
 first days of the war. Nothing dis { tinguishes it in outward appearanct
 from other river barges.
 "The, interior, however, is mos 1 comfortably fitted up with study, re
New Britain herald., 1917-02-23
GOLD FOR SPORTS
 BUT NONE FOR WAR
Racing Element in Germany Produces Yellow Coins for Which Elm
 |E. pirc Appealed in Vain.

Berlin, Feb. 23.-With the close of thc racing season nearly everywhere in Germany it has been found that the gold pieces which were turned in at the gates during the summer, in return for reduced prices of admis- sion, total about half a million marks.
 Whereas the majority of the press at first greeted this news as "alto- gcther satisfactory" portion of the papers, after thinking it over. have decided that it is altogether disgrace ful'' to discover that so large num- Der of people obviously had unpa- triotically abstained from turning in their gold until induced to do so in order to buy amusement little more cbeaply.
 Part of the press Is thoroughly in- dignant that in these days of appeals in these days of collecting bureaus for old gold and ornaments, there should still be so many persons in the empire "who will not be moved by any lessons to help bring our financial system into consonance with the enormous demands made upon it." This\portion of the press ques- tion whether the Reichsbank is right in it's policy of trying to collect all , the gold in the empire by voluntary , surrender.