Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06

There was disturbance. slight but ais
tanct. at the Benning School-only the
disturbances was caused by two young
mon vying to be first to register
Edward Joseph zimmerman, chauHeur,
twenty-seven years old. white. and mar
ried. Of 1908 Quarles street, In the matter
OF fact phraseology OF the Registration cHa
card. was the first to register but
did specimen Of a young colored man;
was much put out that he was deprived
Of that honor. Josephus argued that ne
had been first in line.
be first to register. he grinned, and SAID
"Jest SO / can get there first, to meet
up with some Of them Germans
Over at the Benning School women Of
the Benning and Kenilworth citizens
bodies help make young men feel tne
honor Of registering. Under the directlon
Of Mrs. C. H. Hancock the LADIES' were
stationed throughout the building and as
each man registered they pinned a hover
on his coat and wished him good luck.
At the Toner School. one young colored
husky came forth from , ths w5ip
Use a man." he shouted.
go long away" replied a woman stand,
ing nearby. You look out or youse deao
man"
d. A. Wheeler. who registered at the
Grant School, spent some time trying to
convince the registrar that he had no
other name than Wheeler. He explained
he never had a Christian name, and that
he employed only pair OF initials
Many Quandaries arise out of the
necessity of answering questions on the
registration blanks. and sometimes
these disclose annals of past genera
One anxious mother" writes to the
Information bureau of The Star as fol-
lows: ,o .
South Carolina slave, and my grand
father was her owner. a prosperous
.My branch of their descendants has
always been classed as white, while
another branch has always associated
with colored.
'If my boy registers as colored we
lose both business and social position,
yet have reason to believe that II me
registers as white he will be exposed.
what shall we do?"
At the Greenleaf School two one
legged men registered.
care you native born" replied, No, ]
was born in North Carolina"
At Western High School 1t cost one
eolored man an hour Of his time to
others in the llao objected and the po-
lice took him ct. They would not
give him his first place. but sent him
to the end. about 900 men from the
head Of the line.
An incident that showed that aliens
who claim the country Of one of the
allies Of the United States as their
birthplace do not intend to evade ser
vice II called upon was enacted at the
Force School this morning.
An ITALIAN shoemaker. who gave his
age rs twenty-f five. was seated on
chair beside a woman registrar. she
went through the usual formula OF
asking questions, which the shoemaker
answered with difficulty owing to his
slight acquaintance with the English
When she asked the final question,
do you claim exemptiQn? the shoe
sled expression.
"wad means this exemshun." he
asked.
this country in case you were called
uponr the registrar asked.
In . voice that could be heard all over
the classroom, and to the embarrass-
ment of the registrar. he answered
Hell. yes"
Some of the registrars at the Grant
School were young women. A little
slow at first, the registrars increased
the speed Of registration work as they
went along.
One attractive young woman was
taking the registration Of a husky
The rapid nre of questions proceeded
without interruption, then halted
The youth shifted nervously from one
foot to the other.
eff you tell me just what you wan
to know" he said. I'll try to answer
you"
IF you really want to know" sale
the young woman, II am looking a
your eyes"
The youth shifted his feet again. 'r
know that" he said. "Just to see wha
color they are" said the young woman
hurriedly.
They are gray" suggested tn,
youth.
One Of the questions on the regis