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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
POSITIONS FOR AS MEN.
Reported as October Results Of Fed.
Grated Council on Employment.

OF SIS men sent out during October
by the Mems Federated Council on En-
ployment ATS were placed in positions.
according to report presented at the
meeting Of the council in the District
building last night Tho report was
presented by E. NJ. Kline. manager of
the councils employment bureau.
At the meeting ]. H. Yeabower. who
has been acting secretary Of the coun-
Gil. was chosen permanent secretary.
The organization accepted an invita-
ton to be present tomorrow night at a
meeting of the Women's Council on
Employment.
A letter from the Northeast Citi-
xens' Association urging that the
District be included in the bill for vo-
cational education. passed at the last
session Of Congress, was read at the
meeting. Also letter from the Dis
trict Commissioners saying that they
would give the matter their serious
confederation was read. This bill when
passed by Congress did not include the
district and the employment council
has since advocated its amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
FOOD TO NEUTRALS
UNDER new PLAN
Ships With Supplies Here to
Be Released, Concessions
to Both Sides.

Under the new agreements between
the United States and the north Euro
pean neutrals by which the American
export bars are lowered and neutral
merchant ships now idle in port re-
turn to active service. the neutrals will
be supplied with the necsssariss Of life
according to their needs. 1t win be a
give-and-taks proposition and conces-
sions will be made by both sides.
Holland and the Scandinavian coun-
tries have undertaken an far al pos
sihle to curtail their exports to Ger
many Of iron ore. meat, nah. dairy
products and fats. and have agreed that
nothing sent by the United States will
be re-exported in kind or used In the
place Of material sent into Germany
Foodstuns. as we'll al other COM
modities in this country owned by the
neutrals. will be sold to tho United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15

food and equipment" said one Of tho
stan omeers. "A moro rigid sxamina.
ton by the physicians at the local
boards would alleviate much of this"
Gen. Kuhn has ordered that all REQ
back to the local boards, in order that
medical examiners may learn the causes
Tor which the mon were rejected and
prevent repetition Of such errors.
A number Of glaring cases of mon
totally unfit for the Army have come
before the medical ofioers at the can
Torment. One man with a badly with
cred arm arrived at Disney. the de-
training station. as part Of quota
from \ local board in Pennsylvania.
Another selected man was found to
have one leg four inches shorter than
the other: Many mon have been dis
qualified for bad teeth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15

Travel the short, southern, mild-weather,
low,altitude, Golden State Route. via
Rock Island Ell Paso Southwestern.
Southern Pacific,
over a well-ballasted, smooth.running
roadbed,
swiftly, surely, safely, promptly, in less
than three days to Los Angeles,
in luxurious comfort and inexpensive
ease.
The Golden State limited Is the acknowl.
edged model Of train service.
It's dining car service Is al that the best
hotels could offer.
It's equipment is the last word in Pulnana
It IS the one train, which, in comfort, con-
venience and luxury, has won the supreme
reward of preference by the travelling public
yet it costs you no more.
The Californian is another famous fast
train to Southern California.
Our Travel Bureaus will be glad to plan
your trip for YOU
H. M. Brown, Rock Island Lines, 4i3 Colorado Bldg.
A. J. Poston, Southern Pacific Lines eli 6 St. N. w.
WASHINGTON, o. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15

consumer cents . quart and saves
time for the dealer. Community buying
in other food commodities will shortly
be put in effect. A canvass Of the ter
on next week. at which time II is ex-
p3cted to secure a number OF people to
take part in the buying plan who have
not heretofore been interested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
To Build Fighting Machine.

The mission further emphasizes the
firm purposes OF the War Department
according to the o Ulcers, to develop the
new National Army into one of the
ablest fighting bodies ever organized in
military history.
Cen kuhn's familiarity with the
modern methods of warfare. which he
acquired while a member of Ambas-
sador Gerard's staff in Germany and as
an observer with the allied armies,
specially fits him for the task which
he has been called upon to perform by
the War Department
When the National Army warriors
from the District are ordered "over the
top" to defeat Hohenzollernism they
will be led by the man who furnished
their Army with the latest tricks and
should be more than adequately
equipped to meet the Huns at every
turn of the game.
The Army officers here feel that Gen.
Kuhns trip is one of the many adj
vance steps taken by the military di-
rectors of Uncle Sans Army, and that
nothing will be left undone to keep the
training course up to the highest mill
tary standards.
Military deserters will be severely
dealt with in the future. according to a
report from division headquarters. Gen.
Kuhn is said to have called halt to
the former policy of leniency formerly
extended to the men who took French
leave from the camp or who purposely
overstayed their leave of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
For Cooperative MIX Buying.

The cooperative buying Of milk will
be the drst step taken by members Of
the community buying plan at the
with the plan proposed last night at q
meeting at the school. Cooperative
buying of milk reduces the price to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
Examination Of Careoes.

Another situation that has been cleared
up Is the question Of examination Of car
goes. Under the new arrangement the
ships will obtain clearance papers at
American ports which win give them an
unbroken voyage to eheir destination.
Under an arrangement with the British
government the examination At the port
of sailing will be accepted without call
at Halifax. thus saving many days time
and making that much more tonnage
available
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER +, 1911

states ana the requirements Of these
countries will Be met BY apportion.
mont a. they show the need. Com.
moditjes sent abroad viii Be carried
In the ships Of the countries supplied.
together With food for the DslSiaus
and In some cases foodstu6 and other
materials for allied countries.
The Dutch ships now In hAFher on
this side Of the Atlantic viii discharge
their cargoes, much Of which 10 grain
which has dsterioPatsd almost to the
point Of decay.
Details Yet to Be Worked Out.
Details Of the task Of allotting and
shipping supplies to the neutrals arc yet
to be worked out. A regular schedule
Of sailings win have TO b made up. the
question Of priority bsing arranged with
due consideration given the most urgent
needs.
1t Is understood that the first shipments
to Holland will be in the ratio Of one
third for the Dutch and two-thirds for
Belgian relief. This will be carried in
Dutch bottoms. which will bring back to
this country some Of the German COM
modittes now held in Rotterdam and
Amsterdam for the account Of American
owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
18TH DIVISION NOT
TOL0SE GEN. KUHN
Ordered to France for 0bser-
walton Purposes, But Is to
Return to Camp Meade.
MEN ARE SENT HOME

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CAMP MEADE. Admiral Nd, Novem-
Der 15-The rumor that Maj. Gen. Jo-
seph E. Kuhn will relinquish his COM
mand of the 18th Division whom he
starts for France in the near future
was set aside when It was learned that
his mission to the front-line trenches
will be largely for observation pur-
poses.
The officers at the cantonment are
confident that the division will not lose
its present skipper" Although Gen.
Kuhn and his staff officers have been
very reticent about discussing the voy-
age to the other side of the Atlantic, 1t
is generally understood now that the
National Army men here will be minus
their official leader for a period OF not
more than two months.
The motive behind the plan of the
War Department in ordering Gen. Kuhn
to take a chance with the German u
boats and the Hun guns Is reported as
being a means to compare the methods
of trench warfare used on the battle
lines with those now being taught to
the selected soldiers here During the
absence Of Gen. Kuhn the senior officer.
Brig. Gen. William ]. Nicholson will be
acting commander of the camp.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
WHALER's GLORY HAS GONE
Industry Which Was Once the Great
est In America Has Been DeeIin-
Inc for Fifty Years.

At the outbreak of the American
Revolution and for period OF 70
years following, whaling was the most
important branch of American fisher
les. From 500 to 700 vessels sought
whales In all the oceans and seas OF
the world, and In one year New Bed
ford alone sent out 300 vessels whose
cargoeA OF bone and oil were the
basis OF he Industrial life Of the city.
The pursuit of sperm whales reached
Its climax In 1887, when oil valued at
nearly 100000 was brought In
mostlytsfom the south Pacific, says the
National Geographic Magazine. The
height of the industry was In 1St0
when 10000 persons derived their sup
port from whales, and 72O vessels,
valued at $21 100000. were engaged. 4
For more than 80 years the fishery
has been declining, and In numerous
ports tAat once derived most OF their
wealth, from the industry there have
FOR ng fime existed only memories
of former greatness. The present I'M
portance Of the whale fishery amounts
to less than 2 per cent of the American
fisheries.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
rha Eudnet sxatsm.

The budget system Is not system OF
form of government. but mode OF pro
cedure In certain matters. Primarily
a budget is bag or sack with Its con-
tents, which may be anything from gar
den truck or cooked food to official
documents. In England, where the
word acquired its political or govern
ment term, 1t means the annual fnan'
ciai statement or the facts and figures
which the chancellor Of the exchequer
makes in the house of commons, sitting
as q committee of ways and means
The term has never been much used /;
this country, but 1t is sometimes ap-
piled to the estimate of government
receipts and expenditures submitted
in the annual report Of the secretary
of the treasury as basis for appropri-
ations to be made by the congress.
Briefly. the budget system or a ma
tional budget may be defined as the
financial statement of the government
for the next fiscal year, showing In
detail the services and expected
amount of revenue, and an itemized
estimate Of expenditures In the differ
ent departments Of government to be
covered by appropriations not to be
overrun.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
Luminous Paints.

Luminous paints for varied uses
have. been brought into increased de-
mand by the war, and the best results
have been obtained from those con-
sisting essentially Of prepared Zinc
sulphide with small percentage of
radioactive material. To determine
the brightness and life Of different
mixtures, elaborate tests have been
made at the British National Physical
Laboratory. II is found that increas-
ing the radIum adds to the brightness,
but also increases the cost and the rate
of decay, the differences In brightness
and decay becoming much less after
n few months. Keeping cost In mind,
1t is concluded that the most salts
factory paint has one pGft Of rndium
to about 5000 Of zinc sulphide.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
MANS WAY or DOING THINGS
hr. Pickles Gives Demonstrated Of
Superiority Of His Methods over
These Used BY Women

Men who can turn their hands TO
any sort OF job that needs doing are
very useful as husbands. Mr.. Pickles
was ono OF these useful gentlemen
His aullable wife once asked him TO
hang a picture she had purchased for
the parlOr, and he said that he would
do fl in a Jlffy."
"Yuu just get me the cord and a
picture hook" he said to his wife. "and
tell the servant girl TO run down into
the cellar and bring up the stepladder
and carry II into the parlor, and
where's those two little screw thing
ummys that go into the back Of the
fra.ae ut the sides TO put the cord
through Look them up for me; and
/ shall require the gimlet to bore q
little hole for the screws. Somebody
get the gimlet, or maybe can drive
them In with hammer. Johnny, you
run down into the cellar and get the
hammer. Perhaps q chair would be
better than the stepladder. Some
body go out into the kitchen and get
me a chair. 1 don't want to stand on
one of the parior chairs. Got that
cord? Just measure of about the right
length, and fasten 1t to those little
things Mt the side. There, now: there's
your picture hung up, and no fuss
about 1t. The difference between US
men and You women is that when we
have anything to do we do II, and don't
talk all day about It,"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
AIR UP 10000 FEET COLD
Even In Hottest Weather Aviator May
20 In Arctic Regions After Flight
OF Ten Minutes.

AVIators experience many different
degrees Of temperature In their flights.
On the hottest day In summer q flying
man may be In the arctic regions in
ten minutes by mounting to q height
Of 10000 feet, 1ust as the climber may
pass through all the shades Of temper
atnre by climbing Kilima-Njaro, that
giant peak which rises above the snow
line from the equator. He commences
with the tropical jungle and ends
amid eternal snow.
The fact is that the temperature Is
invariably low at 10000 feet and over,
whether at the tropics or the poles,
and 1t Is quite likely to be lowered at
the equator. Airmen we'll know the In
tense cold Of those upper regions, and
they need the rlg-out Of Shackleton
II they would mount to 10000 feet
above the earth's surface. In fact
there Is little variation Of temperature
in these upper reaches of the at
mosphere. 1t is much the same in sum-
mer as winter, except for the differ
ence which q high wind makes.
Even in the depth Of hot summer
the airmen will encounter 40 degrees
OF frost at 10000 feet, and at twice
that altitude 100 degrees of frost--the
temperature Of the South pole-is not
unusual.
First Pension Fund.
In this country the first pension
fund was established by the city of
New York for policemen. Since then
many states and cities have enacted
retirement legislation. the number OF
retirement funds has increased to
over 400, and many thousands Of pub
lie employees have been covered by
retirement provisions. Although the
expansion Of the movement has been
rapid, It has by no means reached Its
limit. AS yet number Of states and
cities have not adopted any retirement
legislation the 800 pension funds for
police and flremen do not include all
employees Of these two groups; the
100 teachers pension funds cover only
about half of the teachers, and the re-
mainIng funds, approximately 40,
cover only a small fraction of all other
classes Of federal, state and municipal
employees.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
TROPICAL Rains.

Tropical rains are of relatively short
duration, the reason Of the small num-
Der OF cyclonic storms In the tropics
and this duration Is fairly uniform
throughout the year.
The heaviest general rainfalls In
Porto Rico nre associated with West
Indian hurricanes. The historic hur-
ricane Of August 8, 1899, precipitated
rnlnfall equivalent to 1,11S tons per
acre.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04

HAS M

HAS MI LAFAYETTE
sookans ssessss Pitcher
Made \ hry Ago When
French This Country.
A meme he second visit OF
Lafayette lea after the close
Of the Res ~ war Is the pos
session OF hired T. Anderson.
wife OF Cd udltOr Anderson Of
Spokane, a descendant OF a CO.
lonIal famil Whose home General
Washington a guest many times
during the " according to the SpO-
kane Chronic
II is a blud land white water pitch
er, bearing a picture Of Lafayette and
decorated with American eagles and
other patriotic emblems.
During the revolution, General
Washington and his staff were enter
tnined ut the home Of Mrs. Anderson's
Rreat-grandfather near Trenton, n. j.,
several tim4" said Mr.. Anderson.
ION one Of hese occasions 1t is relat-
cd that the general was presented with
two pigs, which hesplaced In one OF
his wagons and took to camp.
THE visit of Lafayette to America,
OF which the pitcher Is relic, was
made In 1924, on invitation OF Prcsi-
dent Monroe, when the French mar
shall laid the cornerstone Of the Bun
ker Hill monument. He had paid an
earlier visit to America In 1884.
"Between his two visits he had par
ticlpated In the French revolution, had
been made commander of the National
Guard and had been made prisoner
by Austria when he fed the country.
Napoleon had secured his release In
1898 and wanted to make him a peer
of France, but this he refused and ac-
copied instead o seat in the chamber
of deputies.
at was as hero of two continents
that he was hailed upon his second
visit to America, and Mrs. Anderson
prizes very highly the quaint blue
pitcher which has come down to her
from that time"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease. greatly In
1uenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure 1t you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine Is taken Internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years. 1t Is COM
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination Of
the ingredients In Halls Catarrh Medi.
cine Is what produces such wonderful
results IN catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials. free.
y. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-04

A memeH
Lafayette
OF the Re-
session oil
wife OF Cd
Spokane. a
lOnIal familI
Washington !
during the y
kane ChrOnf
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Recently the designers have blended the
American Indian silhouette with that Of old
Egypt, the Egypt Of That's, with straight,
translucent draperies and pleated skirts that
sweep the feet. In connection with the Ameri-
can Indian silhouette, as follower of it, there
came the attempt to make it more graceful for
the average woman by imposing upon it
bit of the Greek movement in fabric, but the
woman who looks best in the Indian silhouette
cannot touch the Greek one, which calls for
breadth and thickness.
It is strange that the Orientals the bias
movement ip drapery to display their curves,
while the modern American is going in for the
same thing, in order to hide whatever flesh
she may not have been able to eliminate from
her frame.
Every one knows that the so-called gypsy
SASH which has been taken from the Ru
manian vagabonds, is apt to increase the size
appearance Of the hips, and yet it has come
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

into fashion as quickly as thunder shower
comes up in August.
There is a strong belief among the designers
that this Rumanian hip girdle, which is as old
as Nineveh and Tyre, will not prove popular,
but all the designers believe that the bias
movement, which is creeping into all the
fashions and which expresses itself In long,
oblique lines, will soon take the place of the
straight, Indian and Alexandrian silhouette.
The dressmakers, who are trying to achieve
something new in evening gowns, in order TO
keen women interested in this form Of apparel,
have used this oblique movement to accom-
plish something quite out of the commonplace
On black velvet frock this new silhouette
was given by using a broad piece OF cloth Oh
let studded with rows of rhinestones, wh,ch
wrapped the upper part of the figure IN long
lines that dropped from shoulder to hips, and'
crossing in front to tie in back, ended IN
narrow train, which gave dignity to slim
skirt.
1t is a long jump from an evening gown Oh
velvet and cloth Of jet to a sweater, but among
the artistic set this oblique movement has
been worked out in knitted scarf, which Is
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Incoming Oriental
Hats and Turbans

The sinuous movement of drapery going
from left to right, or right to left, of the
figure is not the only Decentralization of fashion
to-day. The millners are dipping with both
hands into the history of Oriental head cover
ings, and few of the new hats are reminis-
cent of the scenes from Bagdad, as well as
those coffee places which the French soldiers
frequent in the Eastern possessions Of France.
1t is possible that from this exact chapter
of military life the French designers are get
ting good deal Of Oriental inspiration. There
are thousands Of square miles Of Frances
possessions in the Orient and her standing
army has now and then given to the designers
in Paris ideas for women's clothes. 1t is pos
sible that the fighting in much of this land to-
day has started the modification of the harem
veil and the de luxe edition of an Eastern tur-
ban made Of coored velvet or satin.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

trailing over the horizon, and which we fire.
quently call bias.
The world has always accredited the Orient
with the lines that go across and around the
figure. The primitive peoples are supposed to
have wrapped their clothes about them for
centuries, and the sensuousness of the East is
supposed to be the origin of this bias move
ment of fabrics on the female figure. 1t is
supposed to be more alluring than the straight
line. 1t is said to give more subtle movement
TO the curves of the natural figure than any
other kind of fabric movement.
The straight line conceals, the bias line
partly reveals. The American Indian is prob
ably the only great primitive who kept to the
straight line in costumery, as if it were done
in accordance with the Indian physical frame
work.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
PICTURESQUE oNE.PIECE FROCK

There is a new kind of restaurant hat that
looks as though it might have been lifted from
a corner Of Eastern life. 1t is a turban of
tulle which is wound about the head some
what in the manner that Nine. Poiret winds
her famous headdress, and one end of it passes
down over the lower part of the face, is
wrapped about the chin and ears and floats
away to pointed end that is weighted with
bouquet Of rosebuds.
-Four years ago it became the fashion to
wear bit of tule draped about the head and
the lower part of the face, somewhat after the
manner of the famous portrait Of that Louise
of Prussia who humiliated herself before Ma
poleon for naught; but there was no spice of
the Oriental about that veil, whereas this tur-
ban might belong TO woman Of the East or a
shek of the desert.
The French women have substituted it for
q hat wittsa veil, for they draw the filmy
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

TIND out where the bulge is and you find
where the fashion is. This was the
II opinion Of an artist who studied move
ment and color and knew nothing Of the prac-
tical side Of apparel. Throughout the centu-
ries of dress" he continued, 'the student who
deals only with the history of fashions will
find that the entire difference rests in the
bulge. It's presence, its absence and Its place
ment"
One could write chapters dealing with the
bulge that has gone through centuries OF
fashion. A skirt goes out at the hips and IN at
the ankle, out at the ankle and in at the hips;
sleeves fare at the elbow, the shoulder or the
wrist; collars rise outward from the neck, flare
over the shoulders, roll downward to the collar
bone. And so on through all the details Of cos
tumery.