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The Washington times., 1917-04-05
CATHOLIC MEN TAKE
UP CHURCH VIGIL
Watch Sacrament as Good Fri
days Solemn Hours
Approach.

Men Of every Catholic church in the
city will keep watch tonight before
the Blessed Sacrament, which was ex-
posed on the affairs following the
masses this morning, to remain until
the celebration of mass tomorrow.
Throughout the day all Catholic
churches are open for the annual Holy
Thursday pilgrimage. The faithful
will visit at least three churches in
the pilgrimage.
As midnight approaches and the
pilgrimage ends, men OF each church
will take up the watch, in tricks OF
one and two hours.
In most of the churches the men OF
the Holy Name Society will do watch
duty. At st. Aloysius' Church the
men of the Third Sunday Brigade will
keep the watch, and at st. Patrick's
the men OF the League OF the Good
Shepherd.
At Holy Trinity.
The Holy Thursday exercises at
Holy Trinity Church, in Georgetown,
which commenced at the o'clock
mass this morning. will be continued
uninterrupted until o'clock tomor-
row morning.
The young ladies' sodality had
eight of its members on guard. and
at intervals they recited prayers and
the litanies of the church, being as
sisted by the junior Holy Name So
ciety. They will continue prayers un-
til o'clock this evening. At 7:30 fhe
Tenebrae will be sung by the faculty
vii 49,. -,
octette from the church choir, consist
ing OF Messrs. Curtin, Sherlin. King.
Behr, and Chamberlain. The sermon
will be preached by the Rev. Augustus
J. Duarte. s. J., OF Gonzaga College.
At 3 o'clock the work OF guarding the
sacred repository will be taken up by
the Senior Holy Name Society.
The readers during the long hours
will be John Hadley Doyle. Charles
A. Anderson, William Minck. Martin
Cook. John Donovan. Joseph Kuhn,
and Michael Donohue. The Rev. Eu-
gene Del. Mcdonnell, s. J., will be
in charge, assisted by William Mink,
Joseph Freeman, Harry Goodchild,
Frank Potter. and Col. George Long.
At 81. Patrick's.
The low masses at ST. Patrick's
Church Easter Sunday will be at Z. s. O..
and 10 o'clock. Solemn high mass
will be sung at IL o'clock. The SER
mon will be delivered by the Rev.
Thomas f. McGuigan. His subject
will be "The Resurrection"
The League of the Good Shepherd
will meet at 7:30 Sunday evening,
when the Rev. J. NJ. Mcnamara will
preach the sermon.
The music at the solemn high mass
on Easter Sunday will be rendered by
the two choirs, the sanctuary choir.
under the direction of r. NJ. Silby. and
the mixed choir, under the direction
of Miss Jennie Glennan.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
Amazing Power of Bon Opto
To Make Weak Eyes Strong
Doctor Says 1t Strengthens
Eyesight so per cent In One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

more will be able to strengthen their
eyes 50 as to be spared the trouble
and expense Of ever getting glasses.
Eye troubles Of many descriptions
use of this prescription at home. Go
to any active drug store and get q
bottle Of Bon-Opto tablets: Drop one
Bon-Opto tablet in q fourth OF Q glass
of water and let It dissolve. With
this liquid bathe the eyes two to four
times daily. You should notice your
eyes clear up perceptibly right from
ness will quickly disappear; II your
eyes bother you even q little II 10
your duty to take steps to save them
now before IL Is too late Many hope
lessly blind might have saved their
sight IL they had cared for their eyes
in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician. -
whom the above article was submitted. add
Yea. the Bon-Opto prescription Is truly .
wonderful eye remedy. Its constituent IN
gradients are well known to eminent eye
specialists and widely prescribed BY them.
practice on patients whose syes were strained
through overwork or mint glasses- cAn
highly recommend II In case Of weak. wateryt
aching. smarting. itching, burning eyes, red
lids, blurred vision or for eyes innamed rom
exposure to smoke. sun, dust or wind. II is
one Of the very few preparations feel should
be kept on hand for regular use In almost
every family" Bon-Opto, referred TO above,
Il is an ethical preparation, the formula
being printed on the package. The manufac-
turers guarantee II to strengthen eyesight -
per cent In one weeks ttne IN many In
stances or refund the money. II can be OBJ
tanned from any good druggist and e sold IN
this city by o'Donnell's Stores. LIggett's-
Riker-Hezeman Peoples Drug Stores, ana
other druggists-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
A Free Prescription You Can
Have Filled and Use ut Home.

Victims OF eye strain and other eye
weaknesses and those who wear
glasses, will be glad to know that ac-
cording to Dr.. Lewis there Is real
hope and help for them. Many whose
eyes were falling say they have had
their eyes restored by this remark
able prescription and many who once
wore glasses say they have thrown
them away. One man says, after us
ing 1t: 81 was almost blind. Could
not see to read at all. Now can read
everything without my glasses, and
my eyes do not hurt any more. At
night they would pain dreadfully.
Now they feel fine all the time. It
was like a miracle to me-" A lady
who used IL says: The atmosphere
seemed hazy with or without glasses,
but after using this prescription for
fifteen days everything seems clear.
1 can read even fine print without
glasses" Another who used 1t says:
"I was bothered with EYE strain
which induced fierce headaches. 1
have worn glasses for several years,
both for distance and work, and with
out them / could not read my own
name on an envelope or the typewrit-
ing on the machine before me. / can
do both now and have discarded> my
long-distance glasses altogether. I
can count the fiuttering leaves on the
trees across the street now, which for
several years have looked like a dim
green blur to me. i cannot express
my Joy at what IL has done for me-"
1t is believed that thousands who
wear glasses can now discard them in
reasonable time and multitudes
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
CHILDREN sign FOR
HOMEACHIEVEMENT
More Than One Hundred Are
Enrolled for Service at Com
munity Meeting.

More than hundred children were
enrolled. as members OF the Home
Achievement Club, OF SauFs addition.
Piney Branch and Fifteenth Street
Highlands communities, at a meeting
held in the Iowa Avenue Methodist
Church last night. The meeting was
held for the purpose OF interesting
the children in home garden work.
Every Boy Scout feed a soldier"
was the slogan given the boys who
attended the meeting by o. H. Ben
son, chairman of the committee in
charge OF the meeting: For the girls
he gave a slogan. Every Girl Scout
feed a nurse"
"The boy who runs a garden will
be to the big engine of war what the
fireman is 70 the steam engine" said
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
ENDOW WAR HOSPITAL BED
District Daughters of Revolution
Vote to Maintain Haven.

Maintenance of a bed in a base
hospital at Washington, at a cost of
5000 annually, has been offered to
the Government in case OF war by
the District of Columbia Daughters
of the Revolution. The action was
taken yesterday afternoon just be-
fore the close of the annual confer
ence of the Daughters, which opened
Tuesday morning.
Ten dollars each will be contribut-
ed by ffty-eight of the fifty-nine
chapters in the District, and the
other chapter will contribute 500. The
resolution was introduced by Mrs.
Champe c. McCulloch.
Mrs Frederick w. Matteson was
elected recording secretary; Mrs.
Harry c. Oberholser. corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Fred l.. Volland,
treasurer: Mrs. Alexander German,
historian; Mrs. NJ st. Clair Black
burn, chaplain, and Mrs. e. A st.
Clair. chatham OF the constitution
caucus. =
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
POPULAR MEDICINE
BY DR.. HIRSHBERG
Intelligent Observations of Rules
of Hygiene Will De-
crease Illness.
BY DR.. l.. X. HIRsHBERG.

While a little sore spot or a harm
less tumor on the retina or in other
portions of the eye may make you
think wrongly and mistudge people
and things by what you enormously
think you see, there are more things
before your very eyes which you do
not see than there. are non-existent
things which some people sometimes
feel convinced that they do see.
DIR. Johnston. a graduate from the
department of experimental psychol-
ogy OF the Johns Hopkins University,
was very much surprised to learn
from an elaborate problem in research
work which he undertook that blind
dogs and other blind animals were
soon able to get along almost as wei
without eyes as with them.
Yet his experiment should not have
astonished him at all. Man seldom
uses his eyes after childhood and
youth. By this statement of fact, /
mean that those who fall into habits,
ruts, and routine, who do not travel
or acquire new and fresh experiences,
commonly use the mower OF vision
only so per cent.
Eyesight lives by being kept'fresh
with new impulses. 1t grows by what
IeeQS on. 1t a"
stale. IL not constantly tuned-up, re-
scenes.
Try This Out.
The proof OF this is to be found in
a myriad OF daily experiences. Ask
yourself and then examine your &C
tions about the location of your tooth
brush, broom, pencil, or your neck
wear You will be amazed to find
that you seldom look for the hook or
slot in which your toothbrush hangs.
All. you are accustomed to do Is to
reach out, take the brush, use 1t, and
then replace il in its correct position
with scarcely a glance. Indeed. you
are able to do this IN the dark. Sim
ilarly you use the typewriter. play
the piano or any other instrument
without the eyes seeing the fingers or
key positions.
What does all this mean? Does II
indicate that the eyes are NOT needed,
that man would be 'just as well on
or "get along just as well% without
eyes?
Routine DuIIs Sight.
Not a bit of 1t. Vision or the
power to distinguish light and shade
hastens your knowledge OF many
things. When you first see new
things they are really perceived by
you. Constant repetition and famili'
arity with the same sights makes you
become unaware OF them. You may
not notice the dirt and dust, the worn
carpets and dilapidated furniture in
your own home, but your visit TO
some one else may make you sniff in
disgust over the same unnoticed con-
ditions in your own house.
Correct vision, like correct percep'
tion of anything, is best favored by
frequent changes OF scene with its
rearrousal OF dormant, dulled, glut'
ted, and cloyed sense OF sight.
II you do the same things every
day, II you limit your life and habits,
your work and activities to the com
monplace routine, day in and day out,
your whole anatomy will become as
blind as when in the dark you tie
your cravat. brush your hair, reach
for your toothbrush, type your man.
uscript, or play the piano. You are,
to all intents and purposes, blinder
than a mole and more a slave to your
muscles than any eyeless amoeba TO
its pseudopods.
(copy't 1917, by Newspaper Feature service).
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
NOTHING BUT BUTTS
FOR PROVOST CHIEF
Capt. Charles G. Harvey Ap'
pointed Military Marshal of
District of Columbia.

Army field regulations describe a
provost marshal as a military officer
who acts as chief of police, has
charge of prisoners, etc. but
Major Raymond w. Pullman, Super
intendent of Police, is in no immedi
ate danger of'losing his job and epau
lets, as a result OF the naming OF
Capt. Charles G. Harvey, L. $. A, as
provost marshall of the District OF
Columbia, but
Should martial law be declared
Captain Harvey virtually will be the
supreme power of this town so far as
policing il is concerned, as he then
would outrank in authority even the
District Commissioners, but
Secretary of State Lansing says
that such an eventuality will not
come to pass unless there develops a
situation filled with public peril
but
Federal authorities are confident
that they have absolute control of the
German menace as represented by
spies and other alien agencies, and
that the possibility of a dangerous
uprising of German sympathizers Is
remote. but
Meanwhile. the War Department
DlTeCllOn OF 4"
Is taking no chances, and has desig
mated Captain Harvey as provost mar
shal. but
The captain. who is assigned to the
crack Second Cavalry. stationed at Fort
Myer, until further developments. will
act as sort Of buffer between the
Euardsmen ard police and be sort Of
roundsmen OF the soldier force, but
His duties, so far as the prisoners
are concerned. will not weigh heavily
upon him, the guardsmen having nc
authority to make arrests for any
cause, but
The guardsmen are expected to call a
policeman. il one is handy when trouble
threatens, or use the rifles they are
toting, and report the results to their
superior officers, who will in turn in
form the provost marshal, but
Altogether Captain Harvey. who is
forty-oIe years old, West Point grad
uate. good looking. and a good fellow
will have nothing very much to do under
existing conditions. but
II the enemy gets any sort OF grip or
the National Capital through. spies and
sympathizers, the provost marshal
ship will be some job.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

HOME AND LABOR SAVING DEVICES
BY Rhes Clark Scott. Profusely illustrat-
ed. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott. Price,
81.
To clear away the drudgery of the
kitchen. the laundry, and the dining
room-to make less fatiguing the
scrubbing, chicken raising. and but
ter making, are the purposes of this
volume. A smooth mechanism for
household work unfortunately hSs not
been insisted upon by the farmer who
equips his farm with the latest and
best agricultural tools, by the office
worker who uses in the office the
most recently patented filing system
the efficient dictagraph. This book
will fill up the gap. will bring the
same easy efficiency into the work
ings OF the household as that of the
farm and of the office.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
EASTER FLOWER
PRICES NORMAL
Early Coming of Spring Has
Good Effect on
Market.

When next Sunday smiles on WASH
ington, as a good Easter Sunday should
smile, and the gaily bedecked crowds
wend their various ways to the numer-
Gus churches the handiwork Of Mother
Nature will be in as much evidence as
that of the proprietors Of Washington
many clothing establishments. For
Flowers are cheap this year.
Last year." a local florist said today.
as he stroked his chin. spring came
later and the flowers were not quite
ready to expose their blushing and deli
cate blooms to a dusty world, and conse-
quently the florists had TO sell flowers
from outside Washington or else from
the hothouses. This year. however, the
season has come earlier, and for that
reason flowers. as an average, will not
cost the public quite so much.
At Easter time, lilies are most in de-
mand. Sweet smelling. fresh. delicate
lilies will sell this year at from 81 to s.
a dozen. which is slightly cheaper than
the flowers were last year.
American Beauty roses will sell at the
average price Of SO a dozen. Carnations
will be 81 a dozen. sweet peas 81 bunch
violets 2 a hundred. and tulips 81 q
dozen.
Easter time is the Christmas Of for
lists. On and before Easter Eve the
florists begin receiving orders and are
worked over hours.
One report had 1t that tulips and other
plants raised from bulbs would be higher
this year because OF the embargo in
Holland. where the tulip time is famed.
But while the hindrance to bulb ship
ping from Holland may last for some
time. IT probably will have no effect upon
the tulip prices in the United States.
There are florists in New York who
make a business OF raising bulbs. and
these men can supply the need. It is
thought, should the time ever come
when all shipments are prevented from
Holland.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

This tiny bottle holds the wonder
OF wonders. 1t contains an almost
magical drug called freezone. 1t is
a compound made from ether.
Apply a few drops of this freezone
upon a tender, aching corn or a hard
ened callus. Instantly the soreness dis
appears and shortly you will find the
corn or calIus SO shriveled and loose
that you just lift it off with the
fingers. 1t doesn't hurt one particle.
You feel no pain or soreness when
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
TO ADOPT BELGIAN BABIES.

George Washington University has
raised $104.46 in its campaign for the
adoption of two Belgian babies, to
be known as the George Washington
babies" The campaign was launched
by the Hatchet, weekly student pub
lication, at the suggestion of Prof.
George n. Benning, head OF the de
partment of romance languages. Con
tributions are being received daily at
0O03 G. street northwest
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
PRAYED IN SENATE.

What is said to be the first prayer
ever delivered in the Senate by a
Senator on the floor was offered by
Senator Smoot OF Utah, who rose in
his place just as the vote was being
taken on the war resolution last eve
ming and uttered these words:
"God bless and approve the action
to be taken by the Senate this day.
O Father, preserve our Government
and hasten the day when liberty will
be enjoyed by all the people of the
earth"
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

applying freezone or afterwards. 1t
doesn't even irritate the skin.
Just ask in any drug store for a
small bottle OF freezone. This will cost
but a few cents but will positively rid
your poor, suffering feet of every
hard corn, soft corn, or corn between
the toes, or the tough calluses on
bottom OF feet. Genuine freezone is
only sold in these tiny bottles and
each packed in a round, wood case.
Don't accept 1t unless it is in a round,
wood case.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
BOOKS ON WAR AND PEACE
Publications Recently Written on
the War and All It's Aspects.

GETTING TOGETHER-By Ian Hay. Bos
ton, Houghton Mifhin. Garden City. n.
Y, Doubleday, Page & Co. Price, % cents.
This small volume is a frank an
swer to the questions with which
Capt. Ian Hay Beth, of the English
army, who has been lecturing in thi:
country, was bombarded.
He tells in a chatty way OF the
blockade. the opening of the mails
and other aspects of the war with q
direct reference 10 the relations be-
tween England and America.
Capt. Hay Beth is the author also
of The First Hundred Thousand" q
war book, straight from the trenches
which is having tremendous popu-
larity in England.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
WHERE IS THE MOTHER

with a child who IS rundown, has pale
cheeks OF thin blood, who will not
give that child the very thing it needs
to start it growing and keep it going'
For over forty years the concentrated
liquid-food in SCOTS Emulsion has
been changing thinness to plumpness
changing poor blood to rich blood.
There is nothing better for growing
children-Whether they are weak or
well-than SCOTS Emulsion, but see
that You get the genuine Scott's.
0Ss BoUss. Bloonasid. MI. ~
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
FREIGHT CONGESTION LESS
Car Service Commission Receives
Encouraging Reports.

encouraging hePofts.
Decided Improvement in the freight
congestion situation as affected. by
embargoes is indicated in reports re-
ceived today by the car service COM
mission OF the American Railway As
sociation, showing the number of
loaded freight cars held at points
throughout the country because of
embargoes.
In the week ended March "a only
4,947 cars were being held. as com
pared with 1883 a week before. a
reduction of more than 20 per cent.
Continued Improvement will elimi-
nate the congestion in a few weeks,
IL was announced.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

cago. McClurg g. Co. Price. 90 cent?.
How terms Of peace can be pre-
pared while the war is still going ia
the argument of this book. 1t was
written in 1915. privately printed in
1916, and now put forward for public
consideration. The author identifies
himself only as being IAN American"
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

A story interviewer with a message
which is OF particular interest to
Camp Fire Girls. Special suggestions,
for special Camp Fire meetings each
month are made.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

AGAMENTICUs. THE PURPLE HILL-By
Ethel Morse and Leon Morse. Boston.
Sherman, French & Company. Price, 81.
The Washington times., 1917-04-05

THE DANCE OF YoUTH-By Julia Cooley.
Boston. Sherman, French & Company.
Price, SIS.
A book OF poems by the author of
"Poems of a Child"
The Washington times., 1917-04-05
8 Lift Coms Out With Fingers
II Don't Hurt a Bit-No Danger!
HSt Few drops stop soreness then the corn or
IIFTN caIus shrivels and lifts off. Try it
w. and see! No humbugl

applying freezone or afterwards.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-04-27
REVENUE NEEDED
FOR The WAR CHEST
No Nation Wide Prohibition Leg
iSIatiOn at This Session.

Washington, April 25.--Tn making
their plans for raising nearly $4,000
100000 for war expenses from taxa
tion, house leaders are proceeding
upon confident belief that there will!
be no nationwide prohibition legisla-
tion at this session of congress. Even
many of the most optimistic prohibit
tion champions now are hoping for no
more than law forbidding the sale
of liquor to soldiers or sailors.
The case against any attempt at
general prohibition legislation has
been based upon the arguments that
constitutional amendment could
not be adopted and rut into effect In
less than year or more and that tle
government needs the revenue from
. liquor taxes for the war chest.
The ways and means subcommittee,
, which Is drafting a preliminary rev.
enue bin, is being urged to increase
the levies on whisky and beer to the
highest possible figure. The proposal
is being seriously considered, 1t is
learned, and big advances in the pres.
ent tax of S210 gallon on whisky
and $l.50 Earrel on beer are certain
to be recommended to the full COM
mittee,
The income from distilled spirits
last year was approximately $159.-
100000, and II would not be surpris-
ing II the tax were raised to such u
point as to yield between $4O0, 600, 600
and $500, 900 900 this year. Beer taxes
last year amounted to $4,000, 900. bur
under present plans the income from
this source will be increased more
than 800 0,000, 900.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-04-27
Grow Vegetables In Home
Yards and Vacant Lots

Gardens will be factor in ovorcom-
ing the present food shortage. Recog-
nizing the economic value of producing
vegetables in home yards and vacant
lots. the board of administration has
approved the appointment of local lead
ers as temporary assistants in the
boys and girls club work of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
These leaders will work under the
direction of the division Of extension
and in cooperation with county super
tendents, schoo,teachers and farm bu.
reaus. They will not only promote
garden clubs among boys and girls,
but will interest women who would
find real pleasure in growing vege.a.
bles for table use and some of the old
people likewise who cannot stand the
heavier work of the farm, but who
prefer to be active.
The assistants will urge the canning
Of surplus products for home use.