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The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
COMB sage TEA
INTO GRAY HAIR
Ladies. Try this: Darkcns bcauti-
fuIIy aud nohody can IclI-BEin@s
back its gloss and Housbfulnoss.

Common garden sage brewed into
a heavy tea, with sulphur and al
cohol added. will turn gray. streaked
and faded hair beautifully dark and
luxuriant. Mixing the SAGE Tea and
sulphur recipe at home, though, Is
troublesome. An easier way Is to
get the ready-to-use preparation i'm
proved by the addition OF other in
gradients a large bottle nj little cost
at drug stores. known as "Wycth's
sage and sulphur Compound" thus
avoiding a lot of muss.
While gray. faded hair is not sin
full. We ali desire to retain our Youth
full appearance and attractiyeness.
BY daTGening your hair with Wyoth s
Sage and sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it does il SO nat
urally. so evenly. You just dampcu
sponge or soft brush with II and
draw this through hair. taking one
small strand at time: by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared.
After another application or two
your hair becomes beautifully dark.
glossy. soft and luXuriant and you
appear years younger. Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur COMPOUND is a delight
ful toilet requisite il is not in
tended for the cure. mitigation or
prevention Of disease.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
Welcome 10 Our Guests.
the season

There are now several score French, British and
Italian ocers-expers in infantry and artillery train
ing as well as in aviation-in Washington. We feel
that they are comrades-at-arms and yet, OF course
tEcv are strangers much as would like to give them
visible proof of camaradere and friendship II IS
pity better arrangements not made to have them
come in contact with Americans.
They meet of course,.a limited group of American
oticcrs those with whom they have business, and in
the stress OF work their social opportunities linz
ed but nevertheless, formality and stiffness should
be thrust aside in making these visitors feel entirely
at home. Their brilliant uniforms the
Streets and they form distinct part of the cosmopoi
tan show in Washington in time; it is rarely that
they fraernizing with their American broth
ers-at-armS.
These military visitors here to assist the United
States in pluneing into the The majority of them
will be advisors in the training of national
army at the cantonments. They are here on a grim
errand, but they to perform very real service in
the great work which have embarked and
which, despite the optimsts, is only beginning. There
is need to be elusive, but they ought TO become
part of our life while they here.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
Improving the Face.

Here is little story that Senator William IT.
Thompson of Kansas told at a. dinner party to sub
santiate the statement that there tricks in all
trades:
One day farmer went to city photograph gallery
to have his picture taken Placing the subject in chair
the operator peeped through the black hood and then
suddenly Withdrew his head
"By the way" he remarked TO the subject, how
would you like to have drink"
Don't care if do" was the quick response of the
farmer. IF ye don't mind I'll take"
Just then however, the photographer inserted a
plate and took the picture and apparently the drink
invitation was forgotten.
"FIaint We fergot something remarked the farmer,
he picked up his hat preparatory to leaving. How
about that little drink
I'm very sorry" was the disappointing reoinder of
the photographer but that is just little of mine
to give an interested and pleased expression to the face
Of the sub Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
The Red Cross of Akra.

If there are any Red Cross medals awarded we hope
one will go to the women of Akra, n Oak.
In this little country town. way up near the Cana
dian border, all the women and girls enlisted in Red
Cross work. And the first thing they knew they had
knitted into Sammy socks all the yarn. They sent
delegate to Grand Forks and then to Fargo for yarn
and could get none.
Did they throw up their hands and quit?
Not those women of Akra!
They sent this message along the roads of Penn
bina County:
Shear a sheep for Red Cross"
Hundreds of farmers did that
They brought the wool in to the women of Akra
who carded wove and spun black and white wool into
just the right shade of "army gray yarn.
1t was no small job but the women of Akra have
yarn for all winter.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
Lloyd George at Rome.

. The British premier, with Painleve OF France, IS
now making hurried trip to Rome, devsing ways and
means of staying the the Tagliamento 1t is
beated mission, but perhaps it is not too late AT
least, we hope so.
Italy in victory did not seem nearly vital to the
allied cause as Italy in defeat Italy the Cnde-
rela the neglected sister, OF the entente, she fought
her way over the upper and lower lSonzo. Perhaps
they calculated on a self-reiance, -sutticency
which Italy did not possess They may have doubted
and with some reason-whether the Cadona thrust on
the Austrian flank would prove grave menace to Ger
many They knew Italian limitations and therefore
were not willing sacrifice any of their supplies or re-
serves intended for the French and Flanders front for
service the Carso.
There was a fatal error their calculations, and
for this allied strategiss-rather than allied statesmen
are responsible. They apparently did not foresee
that concentrated Teuton attack the Italian
armies would find defense of little more tenacity
than tissue paper and would threaten disaster OF al
most fatal proportions Italy. Indeed, this error
seems to have been made nitiaIy by Cadorna, who
left his and flank exposed practically without re-
source surprise attack II the Italians them
selves could have prepared for this danger if they
overexended their lines if they did not have munitions
to meet the kind of assault which struck he we insist
then that the fault primarily rests upon Cadorna and
upon one else
We hope that Iloyd-George and Painleve, and the
American representative at the conference-f there
to be one-will make this clear to the Italians. Aid
will be forthcoming to the armies without delay, but it
is3to the common allied interest to it that the
Italians are he again the victims OF their leaders
scif-confdcnce and incompetence. 1t not the first
time that the Italian armies caught unawares In
the summer of 1910 only the Brusioff offensive in
Galicia and Bukoyina saved Italy from serious dis
a,;er 1t is quote possible that the only way to save
IraIv row is to start drive OF redoubed intensity
along the entire line, despite the lateness OF
the season.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

the air was clear. How DO you SUP
pose Il can be explained1"
Your, mind may nave formed the
habit Of being serene and refreshed
at that time. You must have begun
years ago TO secure complete dctach-
ment."
Il guess it's due TO my feeling that
this rs my half hour for having a
rest and a good time. I'm jealous Of
it. ] never let anything intrude IN
the way of a distraction"
rs your subconscious mind working
on them while you are ueading?"
Maybe. don't know. The sub
conscious mind may help. But lin
inclined to think it's the rested and re-
freshed mind that tackles and gels
away with the problems so quickly
I'm hardly aware Of the processes.
I've theory that most ofsour difficult
ties In dealing with problems don't
come from the problems so much as
from our own mental condition. Most
OF us are in a musty state Of con-
sciousness large part Of the time.
Were uncieaE."
so your half hour Of reading is
like mental bath"
IT'S even better. IL washes my
feelings. too. II washes away a good
many os my resenments- / suppose
many persons get at the same result
in some other way. But my way is
rretty satisfactory. II ] were to miss
that half hour for one night i should
feel much worse than IL i didn't wash
my face or brush my teeth in the
morning. In fact. / doubt II should
be able to sleep"
But doesn't the intellectual exer-
else ever keep you awakeg'
Never. On the contrary, Il stands
as a buffer between me and the things
that might keep me awake, the things
that are iH my mind during the day.
II sends me into Greenland with the
realization that my little personal af-
fairs are of very little consequence
anyway and that what is really i'm
portant for me. and. ! suppose. for
every one else. is to get into harmony
with the big imDersonal forces Of life.
That's the trouble with most OF us:
We get all tangled up in the personal
and We lose our sense Of proportion.
That half hour. ! assure you. is a life
saver"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
These Doctors Are Not Progressive!

Some physicians banded together in the American
Association of Progressive Medicine have decided
seek legislation in various States legazing killing
aged persons and incurables
Evidently they overlook the fact that many persons
have done much good and been of great worth AFTER
they had passed the old age line They forget the mil
lions of instances where sick persons recovered health
after they were given up by doctors.
We cannot subscribe to the doctrine of legalized
murder advanced by these doctors, nor do agree
with them that they progressive truly progress
siye doctor is one who makes incurable disease
easier to bear and makes possible for afflicted
to live as LONG AS POSSIBLE.
Further, progressive doctor is one who makes old
age healthier and pushes it farther into the distance
of ones Ife-who does his utmost to bring his pa
tients to what we are pleased to call ripe old aga
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
No Longer a Mystery.

The mystery of the battle of the Masurian Lakes,
which has given Hindenburg deathless fame in Prus
sian military annals, is solved.
Observers from the United States, and corre-
spondents from other neutral lands have long remark
ed upon their inability to obtain data material for
an adequate description of this great conflict, which
shattered the armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas in
August 1914 and forced him to retreat from Prussian
soil The Germans permitted certain amount of light
but beyond that they would not go. The story of
the Masurian Lakes has been written, and per-
haps never WILL except in fragmentary way.
German soldiers themselves furnish the answer.
They tell how thousands of Russians slaughtered
in the most cruel the cold-booded tale of Ger
man military methods that has yet to the United
States Hardly any prisoners were taken The orders
went out to slay with machine guns the thousands
upon thousands who trapped in the swamps.
The moral revulsion of certain German troops,
lated in the correspondence of former Ambassador
Gerard is a remarkable story
What is America to do? Fight the devil with fire
or with civilized methods? Can we defeat Germany
by treating her in way she refuses to treat us?
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
The Kaiser at Stamboul.

1t was fitting that the German emperor should visit
Constantnope There he in his element Among
the Turks the hosts of lslam the assassnators of the
Armenians, the despoers of the Holy Land the op-
pressors of the Balkans, he found true frame and
setting for his character-s character as the Prussan
War Lord the Devils Disciple the standardbearer OF
the Deaths Head.
He ought to be at home under the Cres-
cent than under the Black Eagle Modern German poty
has derived much of its inspiration from the Orient
Ethnologists tell that the Prussans are not true
Teutons or true Europeans at ALL but belong later
Mongolian invasion, antedating the engulfng of
Europe by the Huns and Goths by several centuries
That strange Oriental cast that faint of cruelty which
is native to the steppes of Tartary-how convncingly
it breaks out in the Prussian bloodi How satisfying
10 the Kaiser. therefore must be trip to his friends
the Turks, who know how TO apply Kultur even more
expertly than do his own legionsl
But-there is trouble at Stamboul The Central con-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
PLAIN TALKS By John D. Barry

One Of the busiest men that I know
il one Of the mellowest and the best
read. When asked him how he found
time 10 read so much he said:
II really don't read very much. In
fact, / don't have much time for read
ing and I'm a slow reader. But
/ suppose / remember what I read.
II I read more ] mightn't remember
SO much. I've noticed that great
readers sometimes have poor memor-
les. Their minds are like sieves."
But there are certain authors" ("
/ said, that you seem TO know in
side out"
"Oh yes. II like an author I'm
pretty certain to get well acquainted
with him. l enjoy following the pro-
cesses Of his mind. l feel toward him
as / do toward a friend even enjoy
his little weaknesses. hnd myself
welcoming them as characteristic"
"Dou you make a point OF follow
ing an author that strikes your fancy
straight through his work."
Not always. But ] have done that
occasionally. And very interesting IL
was TO see the fellow growing. In
some instances / could see where he
was gaining in confidence and dis
cover new veins OF talent in himself.
/ can't say that l have any regular
method in reading except this: ]
always read a half hour or SO be-
fore going to bed
Now felt that / was getting at the
secret
How did you happen to form that
habit?" / asked.
"Oh, / began when ] was young,
Just getting into business. i saw that
work was going to absorb most Of my
time and that intellectually and i'm
aginatively ] might run dry IL ] stay
ed In my rut. So ! resolved to do a
little reading before l went TO bed,
the only time j could be sure OF. Now
I look forward to that interval NO
matter how irritating or perpleNing
day may be there's always the oasis
ahead. It's a funny thing. by the way
what that half hour can do for me.
Often when I'm tangled up with prob
lens and cares. as soon as j set down
for my reaGing, / find myself feeling
better, even before begin, mind You.
It's as IL ] went into another world
where the conditions were serene ana
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in the City

French and English soldiers. who
have seen service at the front, and
who are now in the United States in
struciiug our soldiers in modern trench
warfare. are TO be clothed in khaki,
but will be allowed TO wear thc.r own
caps. according TO an announcement
at Fort Mycr. There are now seventy
three Frenchmen and more than 100
EnglishmeY at Fort Mysrs They are
to be clothed in the United states
uniform for their instruction work.
as the hard work INDUCED IN during
the training here, it vas stated, would
ruin their clothing.
The Secretary Of War has advised
each division comma nder as follows:
You are authorized TO discharge any
enlisted man who receives commits
sion in an organization in Federal
service, provided the commission auto
maticauy places him on duty as an
officer. The discharge should he as OF
date prior to the date Of acceptance
Of commission. In case an enlisted
man is commissioned IN the bihc'is
Ee serve Corps, the soldier Is autnof-
lZod TO accept the cbIl-la4SSl'L-. hI- WI.
not be discharged Until ordered 10
active duty. when SO ordered. h. Will
lie DISCHARGED rs Of Jha Gate preceding
the day he starts to obey the order.
Your command Will be advised ac-
ccrdinglv and no applications Tor au-
thority to discharge enlisted men for
the purpose Indicated above VIII be
sent to the War Department.
Under the direction OF the commit
toe on classification Of personnel IN
the army. headed by Prof Walter b.n
Scott. the War Department is taking
n census OF the selected men as they
arrive at the training camps. This
army directory writes practically j. =
history Of every man selected iur
service. 1t shows his education, bust
ness experience, the amount of salary
received in civil life. proficiency IN any
trade. aptitude for special work IN the
amy. and ability to .pJak tcgeirn
languages. The census embraces even
a statement Of the solGi"-'. ah'ug u
fit into diversions and entertainment
one OF the directions being:
"DcscriI" any experience You haN"
had in furnishing public Cnt'gia H.
mcnt."
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
NUTSHELL NEWS.

Mrs. p. Whalen, Of Bethesda. Nd.
told the police last night that while
in GcOI getown yesterday she lost an
amethyst breast pin, valued at 81
That a gold watch. valued at $50.
had been stolen from ITO Eighth
street southeast. was reported to the
police last night by Henry Ackers. OF,
SIS South Caro,iua avenue southeast.
Thomas Dixon, an employe OF the
Chemical Produce Company. OF An
acos;ia. reported to the police last
night that several articles. valued at
ST.. had been stolen from the COM
psny store.
A lar-e. gray and white. Persian cat
strsyed Monday from l2lS New Hamp-
shire avc-Jc northwest, according to
4 report made 10 the police last night
by Mrs. Thompson, OF that address.
Char=ing non-sup7ort and deseTtion-
Mrs. Nellie Carter ;.lcd suit for main
tenauCe yesterday in the District su-
prcnc Court against W. Roland Car
ter. The couple were married in De-
cCmbc- ls... and have one child. IN
october. tao years ago. the vile
AYERS. she MAS deserted and left with
CGt means Of support
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
FACE S2,GGO,G5O LOSS
IS SALOONS CLOSE
Chicago Loses Heavily. 1t Is Said.
Owing 70 The Draft.

Chicago. No.. f-lnroafs on Thor
clientele made by the selective draft
more than war taxes and the hiEn
price OF VIII. Ky are what is playing
hsvoc with saloonkeepers. accord
ing TO City Collector Charles Fors-
berg
I3a lbcTs also are said TO have suf-
fer'1 HuarCially through the draft
inr Of their customers.
IN an effort TO relieve the city >
financial embarrassment. brought
OF Iy between 500 and zoo saloon
r'u --'.UuuiShinE their licenses. th-
city council adopted resolution to-
DAY asking GOV. Iowdon 60 call m
DNtr.ordiuaTy session OF the leg. -
,atUro. Il is estimated the city
r-osS Ss.cOo. .00N dcacit.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
THE PRESENT HOUR.

THE PRESENT HOUR.
Let's prize Today with all its wealth
Of crispy air and golden light.
Let's prize the precious gift OF health,
And all the joyous things in sight.
Let's seize the present chance. nor
wait
Adventures Of the coming day.
And snap our thumbs at grinning
Fate,
And reap what Farnerings We may.
Copyright. I9i7)
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

federation is cracking The Turk has no heart for
losing fight Neither has the Bulgarian The Kaiser
will need to make even more frequent trips through
the Balkans to the Bosphorus in the near future.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

other word than yes" from Mr.. Da-
vies. 1t will be interesting TO see II
they are successful in persu2ding him
to enter the fray.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

Some wildeyed patriot suggests that all girls should
scornfully refuse all ice and candy offerings
from young He has mixed up the end of the
war with the end of the world.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

No German peace proposal which does not begin
with We will repay give up and make good is worth
the paper it is written upon
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

The unusually early and heavy fall OF snow i'll so
many places convinces that Santa Claus plans do
his Rendering early.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

80" ~ ~ WV "
He's a nice editor.
or a monthly magazine.
And has the sweetest way.
OF telling me.
Ny stuff Is rotten.
And when we.
Go out to lunch.
He is so careful
About little things.
Such as seeing.
That I get the check.
And he knew Rex Beach.
When he was only.
Jusl pibDlt.
And there are very f,w.
Real live writers.
He hasn't discovered.
For he told me so.
And an editor.
Would not lie.
That would be unjust.
But l like him.
lie looks so pale.
And eats nothing.
But cigarettes.
And tea and toast.
And his idea.
OF roushinS il.
Is to have manicu-,
So next week.
I'm going to take him.
Hunting up in Maine.
l know a guide.
On Penobscot Bay.
That he'll amuse.
The last editor.
I took up there.
Is still there.
His time won't he VI.
Until after Christmas.
He shot two guides.
And had a bead on the Ihia..
When they nabbed him.
And I'm hoping.
This magazine bird.
VIII have to stay awhilr.
The Maine air.
VIII put red blood.
Into his veins.
So he will know virile stun.
When he comes back.
And then perhaps.
He will discover me.
Somebody's got to do it.
And it might as well.
Be him.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

Since Sherman's time Atantans have known that
war is hell And now Billy Sunday is in Atlanta to
define hell for them.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07

Bullets and bread will win this war-the bullets we
shoot and the bread we
The Washington herald., 1917-11-07
A Fight Ahead.

With n multitude of affairs likely to
come up spontaneously and persist
entity during the coming regular ses-
sion OF Congress members are looking
ahead to an insistent waging and rag
ing of the prohibition battle-the ma
tional prohibitory amendment. bone
dry prohibition for the District. and
last, but not least. a probable attempt
to take the beer and wine provisions
out OF the food control bill.
II this program is carried through it
will mean either of two things-that
the lawmakers in disgust will pass the
Legislation, or that the prohibition
workers will keep steadfastly at it
until the legislation IS passed. The
prospect. to some Of the lawmakers.
is anything but pleasing and they do
not like to see so much of it come at
a time when other matters Of i'm
portance must be attended to.
The program with respect to pro-
hibiting the use OF foodstuffs for the
manufacture OF wine and beer is not
completed by the prohibition workers.
There are some Of them who favor
getting into this fight with both fcer'
and to go into it in a way that will
insure the passage OF every bit of
prohibitCry legislation that the Anti
Saloon League and related bodies have
indorsed from time to time. There are
others of the leaders who believe that
it would be well to let the latter
proposition wait for a time. Whisky
was killed in this direction, and they
feel that was quite enough of a vic
tory to allow them to drop that phase
of the battle until after the war. But
these leaders intend to devote them
selves to the first two propositions
with all ardor-and BILLY" Sunday
will be here to help convert the Con
gress of the United States to its COM
plete dry diet Oh. the session will
he interesting, all right!