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A FOR RENT AID WILL
 RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

Peonle looking for rooms turn to +he classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the Sentinel4Record is almost sure to bring you a customer.
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SO weakened that it is unable to raise taP|
machine more than dozen feet or u
from the ground, and in this ne m "
go hopping and humping over y
ground until he masters the controls i,
well that he avoids all the Tor :
bumps.
The students there and in the Anne
lean schools, as soon as they have
quired confidence and control, go .
alone and practice turns, figure eigh :
and other movements. They, as a rul l
e-perience but little unpleasant feelil
when the earth drops from under then
They are, like the man driving an l.
tomobile. SO busy about other things
that tkey do not notice the rapid dfsap-
pearance of terra firnla. They must
learn to disregard altitude for. since
anything below $4,000 feet. the machines
at times have to fly far above that
distance.
Only when the students become vely
expert may they try any flying stunt
and then only for the purpose OF TO
mastering the machine that they may
bring out its utmost and unexDecte
turn when in battle they meet men OF
their own metal to kill or be killed
Training managers have made So
many improvements in their ways and
manufacturers have designed the ma
chimes so much better than formerly
that there has not been a fatal acct
dent in this country for two years.
The student, when he completes his
course. receives his commission, whicl
is good for FIVE years, and may then be
extended. In event of not passing sat
isfactorily. he is permitted TO resign,
He may, when war is on, be retained In
the service in some work for which he
is qualified. such as photography, as
long as the country needs him in thar
position. He must. while in training.
study how to navigate the airplane-
that is. how to find his way from place
to place when above the clouds: how to
observe or know what he sees and to
make sketches that will be a part of
his report.
The army has several traininL;
schools operated under direction of its
own aviators. One of tie best known
is at San Diego. another is at Chicago
and one of the latest. opened in Fen
ruary last. is at Memphis. Teua.
The aviator trainers are men of grea
ability and become popular with tha
students.
The training squadron of twelve air
planes, on the death from pneumonia Of
T. G MillmaT. paid a unique tribute
by flying in formation and droppin.
win The skill that he had taught them.
flowers upon the place where he lay.
The aviator. to all the things which
the nation gives him, when war comes.
adds himself a possible sacrifice tn
complete this. the most marvellous OF
lighting machines
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7RHE furniture that adorned Monti-
cello, the home of Thomas Jeffer-
son, during the illustrious Virgin
ian's residence there, cannot easily be
reassernbled for furnishing in case the
government purchases the estate as a
national memorial In fact, few pieces
of this original furniture remain. and
those that are accessible would not,
even If brought together, restore the
complete spirit of the bygone day.
They do. however, throw a sidelight on
a phase of Jefferson's character that
may have escaped his biographers.
Ingenuity as a designer of useful fur
niture--not ornamental or even aiming
to possess any beauty is hardly a
characteristic to associate with the
great statesman. yet he possessed 1T, as
a few pieces of his furniture which re-
main for observation will attest.
The National Museum. in it's case of
Jefferson relics, exhibits a queer old
chair. which was presented to the col
lection by Miss Anne Douglass of St.
Louis. Mo. The chair. so the records
of the museum state, was made Oh JEFF
ferson's plantation from a design which
he executed.
While Jefferson cannot be said to
rank with Sheraton. Chippendale or
any of the other famous cabinet makers
of the world. he proved himself to be
an adept at contriving a design for a
chair which would give a man of his
habits the greatest possible comfort.
The chair. ostensfbly a reading chair. is
brown and worn. 1t was. undoubted-
ly. much used. It's most interesting
feature is one broad arm on the right
side. built large enough to hold a
quarto volume, which forms a sort of
reading table. 1t resembles most close
ly the chairs used in modern dairy
lunchrooms, one arm widened to accom-
modate the lunch of the hurrying
American. The back of the chair is
high and the seat low. The upholstery
is dark brown leather. Not by any
means ornamental. it is chair which
would appeal to every mans heart, and
especially to the reader.
The American Philosophical Society
owns another chair. which demon
strates furthss that Jefferson pos
sessed singular ability in designing
comfortable pieces of furniture. This
chair Is an interesting specimen of the
Windsor type. 1t was said to have been
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F21rmiture From the Home of Thomas Jefferson.

used by Jefferson when he was writ
ing the Declaration of Independence.
Its seat is double, and the top piece
being attached TO the lower one ny
screw. revolves somewhat after tne
fashion of modern office chair II
is unusually low. set down Tor the con-
venience of the owner.
1t is interesting to speculate whe'her
the Virginia statesman VINO gave 10
the United States its charter OF lnoe,
pendence also contributed the original
revolving chair, which has grown TO
be the indispensable adjunct of the
modern American office.
Following this idea a little further.
one is inclined to wonder If his roll
top desk may not have been the fore
runner of the modern office desk. This
piece of furniture is now the property
of Mrs Susanne Oldberg of this city.
But credit cannot be given to Jefferson
for designing the first roll-top desk
simply because this antique specimen
was in his possession, for it is not
known if he designed 1t. Mrs. Oldbers
came into pos session of it through her
paternal grandfather, John Bryant
Johnstone of Bryant, Fairfax county,
Va. For many years the desk remained
unused IN the cellar OF the JonHStolle
home. One day. When Mrs. Oldberg
came upon it, sic realized>its artistic
value When told by the members of
her family that it was Jefferson piece
she had it removed to her home, where
1t serves as her personal writing ta-
Bile. 1t has low back, and the rolling
piece, its most interesting feature, fits
nicely over the entire top when 1t is
pulled down to shut the contents from
view. The fiat top is adjustable and
may be raised to form a support for
heavy books The desk, as a whole,
presents the appearance of true
antique piece. The wood is dark,
mellowed mahogany.
Another desk belonging to Jefferson
is in the possession of Miss Eva Mar
shall Thomers of Richmond, Va. 1t
was purchased at the sale of the Monti-
cello effects. 1t is mahogany, but a
smaller and less distinctive piece than
that belonging to Mrs. Oldberg.
A small table with a marble top is
also a part of the National Museum
collection. Its actual value, aside from
it's historical association, is small.
1t Is interesting, in looking over the
correspondence of Jefferson, to find
that his keen intellect recognized that
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The Observer Says He Is Off This "G@mtl@ Spring. Stuff

The doctor grunted, as the match
went out. and lighted another.
Because if this is an experiment.
continued the Observer. Il want to
state now that I propose to smoke to-
morrow and, furthermore. propose TO
use some of those matches when 1
light up"
The doctor looked up with the tri-
difficult problem
DO you know" he exclaimed. my
stove!"
server, coldly. What do we do next
burn the shack DOWN?
III get some oil from Joe, said the
doctor, confidently. He departed into
heard him bawling for Joe. The doctor
had taken the oil stove with him. He
also left the door open and the room
became preceptibly warmer.
voice could be heard outside. answering
the doctor.
"Wot YOU want?" the voice demanded.
This is me, joe" announced the die
tor, Importantly.
Joe evinced no overwhelming JOY.
.Wot YOU want?" he asked.
"J want some oil for this stove" re-
nlied the doctor. The Observer could
hear them knocking things about out
side as they searched for the oil can.
After a time the doctor returned.
bearing the oil stove, and. again get
ting the Observers matches before the
observer could slip them in his pocket,
he began to tinker with the wick.
Four matches and much hocus-pocus
evolved in that heater a fame such as
might have been made by a candle
NOT full-blooded candle, but a candle
suffering from aenemia. Then the doc
tor and the Observer prepared for bed
There was one cot in the room. The
Observer chose the mattress before
the doctor could claim it. and the doc
tor prepared for slumber on the cot
springs The bundle which the doctors
wife had lovingly prepared was opened
and disclosed pillows, pillows. pillows!
Fancy pillows, cozy corner pillows, pill
lows with beads and pillows with en-
broidery-oceans and oceans of pillows.
Besides these there was a thin blanket
(the kind you throw over you on a
summer night). bath robe and a rain
coat.
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and said; In consequence pf the vn-
rlety and tndcsCribs bleneSs Of tho arti-
cies of property within the hp33s. "
Monticello, and the difficulty 81 in
ventoring and appraisiuG them seoa-
rately and specifically. ! dispense with
having them inventoried and ap-
praised"
In 1873. however. he drew up q list OF
taxable property in Alhemarle county.
and the furniture consisted OF folr
clocks, one bureau, two bookcases. four
chests of drawers, one sideboard. dim
ing table. thirteen tea ard card IA uIes,
six sofas and thirty-siN chairs
He possessed also piano. or AT least
a musical instrument of this general
description. Jefferson was 81 lover az
music, and in one OF his letters writ
ten while he was in Philadelphia h
says: a modest. ingenious young man
here has invented one of the prcttiest
improvements on the pianoforte that |
have seen, and it has tempted roe to
engage one for Monticello" II is sup
posed that this Improvement .on the
piauoforte" was similar to a keyed
harp.
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Many persons have been grumbling
at the airplane policy of the United
States. They may be right. for in the
present emergency there is no great
force of men or machines Immediately
available. But it happens that thu
War Department has had a policy, and
that it may be right. This policy has
been to train as many aviators as the
law and the money would allow, trust
ing to American manufacturers, who
have been developing at a wonderful
rate since the war in Europe began,
TO provide a sufficient number of ma
chimes whenever the need for them
might arise.
Hence the training of aviators is one
of the first things to be considered in
our present time of need.
Up to July, 1916. it was the practice
in the army to train officers of grade
not higher than captain to do the flying,
and those men had to be taken from the
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~ NPRING--balmy, gentle, light-footed,
~ sweet-scented spring-had come.
The Office window was open and
from the open vista, wherein foated
the faint odor of violets. one saw the
opening buds of trees on the Avenue.
warm breeze, like a benediction-.
Just then the doctor blew in through
the door, which had inadvertently been
left open. He stopped in front of the
Observer.
"Oh, come, come to the wildwood"
be caroled in what his imagination
tells him is a baritone voice.
The Observer. for once in his life
was busy.
go away and leave me alone" he
urged. That view of the Avenue is
good enough for me-"
Call that view?' inquired the doc
tor. causticaHy why, that is no view
at all. You should come with me to
my little cabin near Great Falls. There
you can hear the wild birds calling to
one another. There you can smell the
sweet smell of growing things. There
you can behold the tender budlets and
shootlets as they shrinkiugly open their
tiny petals to the benign sun"
When the doctor gets warmed up on
the wonders of nature he is good for
three hOUrS any time. ana the ONLY
way to halt him is to agree with him
agree loudly and emphatically.
That is ho.y the Observer got started
that and the fact that it was a warm
day. Remember, this was several days
before Easter Sunday.
Easter Monday was the day set for
the study of the fuller and more abun-
dant life. the appreciation of nature and
all that sort of thing.
on Saturday night the temperature
dropped. On Sunday night it showed.
Monday afternoon the Observer tried to
sneak out of his engagement. but the
doctor assured him over the telephone
that he was going out to greet the
gentle rural springtime. equipped with
an oil stove and unlimited blankets.
HIS wife, the doctor said, had already
boiled the blankets UP and sent them
y6ut to Joe's place.
Without examining weather bureau re-
Evening star., 1917-04-15
gnificance Of Brazils Alignment Against German

mented by ambitious political leaders
it is to be remarked that these i'P
have been native Brazilians, and II N
has been demonstrated that they had
influence over the German speaking
ulation. Berlin intrigue most hkeA
be directed now toward starting a |
aratist movement and getting the
man-sp speaking inhabitants TO join m Il
-
Against the prospect of such a I'd
ment succeeding is the undoubted n 4
of the larger part of this German-spo u
population. and also the fact that 4
two generations of ignorance Of the 20
uguese language there is now Ger n
element which speaks Portuguese as '
as German There is also the pc O
influence of DR.. Lauro Mueller, "
the son of German pioneer colonists.
pride in his achievements for Braz
been accepted almost as their
achievement by the German-spe
population.
The effect of BraziIs action on
South American countries is Ike!
be developed within a short time
may IDt uiItNllS -As NNAANAi-..
even Chile. which is Brazils Pacific
ally in South America. Both those ''
tries have navies and merchant mari
but neither of them has had one o.
vessels torpedoed by a German 81
rine.
While Argentina and Chile. for re7
of their own, may not be ready to a..
Brazirs leadership, other South Ame.
countries are likely to follow if. o.
continent Bolivia is one of these.
Bolivia took the lead in lining up
the United States. This was folio"
President Wilson's peace address to
gress Later. when the German sub
rina policy was announced. Bolivia, v
having no merchant marine or nav
its own. proposed a diplomatic for
for all the South American count'
This assumed that all of them woulo
in line with the policy of the u
States.
Peru. which has some serious polii
troubles at present. is divided in sc
ment. according to the cable dispatc
The Germans subsidized what was
tine the leading newspaper organ of
co Intry, and its columns were turned
an anti-American propaganda. But
great mass of the Peruvians are
American and they are certain to app
the action of Brazil in lining up with
United States G. NJ.
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things being equal, the regular military
course is the best preliminary training
young man can take for this difficult
work. but as there were not enough Off
the number of f1:ers in a war army
worthy of the United States, some other
source of supply for aviators in time Of
war had to be found or created.
So Congress authorized the formation
of an aviation personnel consisting Of
civilians to be employed, reserve officers,
enlisted men of the enlisted reserve corps
and National Guard organizations that
may be mustered into the United States
service. These sources will supplement
the regular army flying personnel in the
present time of need and will train mech
anicians and chauffeurs as we'll as the
men who seek the coveted seats in the
flying machines
The general conditions for a chance to
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Brazil has been stringent in seeking
to enforce international usage which only
allows the war vessels of belligerents
twenty-four hours in neutral ports, but
the German commanders ignored this
requirement wherever they could do so
without danger of the allied fleets get
ting at them If they waited too long to
come out
Between twenty and twenty-five Ger
man vessels are interned in Brazilian
ports. The Brazilian government at
various times has been reported as
having under consideration the ac-
qurement of these vessels by purchase
from Germany for use in the Brazilian
trade but there never has been an indi-
cation that the allies would consent to
such an arrangement. It remains to
be seen whether the German vessels
interned in Brazil have been crippled
by the German crews, as was done
with the vessels interned in the United
States.
ton of long series of strained rela-
tions between Brazil and Germany.
There never has been much cordiality
in their diplomatic intercourse. Their
the volume of commerce between them.
have been strained; and Germany in
the past has applied her prohibitive
tariff to Brazilian products.
Ihe shipments nave Deen OF cOnee,
cocoa and various other products of
tropical agriculture. along with hard
woods by Brazil and manufactured
commodities by Germany Germany al
ways has had large share in the coffee
trade, taking not only what her people
have needed for consumption but large
quantities for distribution through the
free port of Hamburg. The Hamburg
coffee fleet moored at the wharves in
Santos used to be one of the spectacular
sights in world ShiDping
The Brazilian hardwoods Of the north
also have been controlled through Ham
burg, and purchasers went there for their
supplies.
German investments in Brazil are not
extensive outside of the banks. The
banking capital, however, has been one
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train for this exciting work are that the
candidate shall be over twenty-one and
under twenty seven years of age: he must
pass a high physical test: show that he
has the equivalent of a college education,
and be of reliable character and good
habits. If he is accepted the officer in
charge of the section will then designate
the candidate as an aviation student. If
the student desires to enlist in the avia-
ton section Of the enlisted reserve corps,
he will be made a non commissioned Off
Ger, and placed on active duty until he
finishes his course, when he will be dis
charged to accept a commission in the
signal officers reserve corps. If he does
not desire to enlsr he may take the
course as a civilian at his own expense
and it win be at considerable expense
The proper officer will then assign the
aviation student to a school for his in
struction, either in United States avia-
ton school or in a civilian school of
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The Haymaker.

THoMAS A. EDISON said at his re-
u cent birthday dinner:
What nonsense to declare that the
trusts have gobbled UP all the oppor-
tunities! Why, there are more oppor-
tunities than ever there were. Look at
automobiling. Look at flying.
But most of us are stupid and lazy,
and we don't grasp our opportunities.
THE successful man not only makes
hay while the sun shines-he makes il
from the grass that other people let
grow under their feet"
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Value of Support.

ssDRESIDENT WILSON had to go
slow. He had to be sure of tho
peoples support before he could act
against the unspeakable crimes of Ger
many"
The speaker was a French corre-
spondent in Washington. He con-
tinued:
without support you can do nothing.
Why Is the serpent regarded as the In
carnate symbol of evil? Solely because
the poor thing hasn't got . leg to
stand on"
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objects associated with the genesis OF
the United States We're likely to be-
come intensely valuabl His own let
ter on the subject of his writing box
pendence was written and composed
reveals further light on the subject OF
Jefferson's aptitude for designing fur
niture.
He says. a connection with the
great charter of our independence may
have value through what is associated
with it. Now, l happen to possess the
writing box on which it was written.
1t was made after a drawing of my
own by Ben Randall. n cabinet maker
of Philadelphia. in whose house
lodged in l7T7 I have used ii ever
since. 1t claims no merit to partlcula!'
beauty; plain, neat, convenient and
taking no more room on the writing
yet displays itself sufficiently for any
writing" This desk was presented to
the United States on April %, 1880.
These pieces, and perhaps few more
who have not exploited them. are all
that remain of the furnishing of the
beautiful Virginia estate
To restore the Monticello with true
jefferson pieces, as the mansion on the
Potomac is furnished with true Wash
ington pieces in the main. is almost out
of the question. Its original contents
might however. be duplicated. There
is description of the home, in the
height of its elegance. from the pen of
LeVasseur who accompanied Lafayette
on his second trip to this country, and
who, with the distinguished French
general made a trip to the beautiful
residence in Albemarle county. He
writes of it: THE interior of the house
is ornamented in different orders of
architecture. except the composite. The
vestibuie is Doric: the dining room.
Doric: the drawing room. Corinthian,
and the chambers are ornamented in
different forms of these orders in true
proportion. Throughout the delight
full dwelling are to be found proofs of
the good taste of the proprietor and of
his enlightened love of arts. The par
lor is ornamented with a beautiful
collection of painting. and there are
also some fine pieces of sculpture. The
library. without being extensive, is
we'll selected"
There is, on the other hand. no means
of forming an exact idea of the Con-
tents of the rooms. In his will Jefer-
son departed from the usual custom
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hands, for the devices are so arranged
that he is really managing the car. but
with a super control in the hands OF the
trainer to prevent accident.
On the first trip the student is taken
up or goes up only a little over 500 feet,
which is the lowest distance for safety,
that distance being required TO regain
control in case the car takes an uneX-
pected glide. AS soon as pupil is
familiar with the motion, most OF his
practicing is at 1000 feet or more. He
must learn thoroughly how to start the
car from the ground, and, most dlmcult
OF all. how to bring it to the ground at
a designated place without jar or dam
age to the machine.
In the French and English training
camps the method is somewhat DIFFER
ent. There the student, instead OF the be-
ing put in a car with dual control, enters
sort OF denatured car, one with an engine