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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15
Alexandria City and Suburbs

II is desired that al least S2,5O0
worth Of the War Savings Stamps
be sold in this city during the cam
paign now Oh The apportionment fer
Alexandria county is $i00.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

+ WbEtii VI Liit hdI Ildf-AEo SlAihpS
be sold in this city during the cam
paign now on. The apportionment fol
Alexandria county is $i00.
Workmen are still busy with the
work Of getting the Offices of tie
American Shipbuilding Corporation
in readiness FOR use in the Wagar
block on North Fairfax street. ard
laboling men are being engaged as
rapidly as possible to whom employ
mcnt will be given at the shipyard.
Pile driving is going on at the yard
and the preliminary work necessary
10 getting the business Of ship build
ing under way is progressing as fast
Us could be expected considering lie
adverse weather conditions.
The Baltimore American OF ycster-
day contains the following concern
ING a wedding which occurred in this
city: "Alr and Mrs. George II. DAVIS
of Street, Md. have announced the
marriage Of their daughter, Sadie
Ethel, to Lieut.. Adam William Reics,
Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A., on
January ), at Alexandria. Va. Mrs.
Reies is Il graduate of University Of
Maryland Training School for Nurses,
class 1914, and for the last two years
has been superintendent Of nurses.
New City Hospital. Lieutenant Rcics
is Il graduate Of the University Of
Maryland Medical School, class 1876.
Since graduation he has been an as
sistant to Major Arthur VI. Shipiey
ut New City and University hospi-i
tails. He has been IN Medical Reserve
Corps since Scptembcr 90. 1917. sta
toned at Base Hospital. Camp Meade,
Nd, and IS now ordered with Ma i0r
Shipley to Evacuation Hosnltal, No
S. Fort Oglcthorpc. Ca, Lieutenant
Rcies expects to be sent !abroad with
Major Shiplcy in the next two weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

Mr.. WI A. Merchant. president Of
Banco Nacional ds Cuba. with his
wife. spent Saturday with his sister
Mrs. VI. X. Norris in Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

IThe city council viii meet thi:
evening at s o'clock
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15
country.
OLD DO.

Norfolk Oysters. Hampton Bsrs
and Potomac River 7ysters 5. Eeni
No. King aEres
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

Mr.. Franl, G. Jones has returned
to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va, after
a five days furlough at his home,
1918 Princess street. this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

If ySa want to reach the
psopls in the homes in Alexan-
dria and its suburbs place
Som announcements in the
Gazette. Ii your goods and
prices are TighE y0a Will get
Sha eaBtoherse
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-15

Eminent Commander. s-7i
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Lecture on Decisive Year" by ID. Thomas
Curtin. war correspondent, before University
Extension Society, Wtherspoon Hall
May ball to aid loan, given by Philadelphia
Association of Teachers Of Dancing at Mer-
camille HILL Broad and Master streets.
Address to Teachers Club at the Widener
Branch Of the Free Library, Broad street
and Girard avenue, by Or. Francis II. Green,
State Normal School, West Chester
Patriotic mass-meeting at Academy Of
Music, to be addressed by James w. Gerard,
former Ambassador to Germany,
Indoor Horse Show, First Troop ATmOry,
Twenty-third street above Chestnut street
Admission charge.
Annual exhibition Philadelphia Ceramic
League 1923 Walnut street Free.
Liberty Loan rally. address by Ambss-
sador Gerard Academy Of Music, Sis p. m.
Free
Rose of Destiny" Philadelphia Operate
Society. Metropolitan Opera House, D. m.
Admission charge
Meeting, Teachers Club with election Of
officers Widener Branch Free Library, s
D. m. Members.
Liberty Loan dance. Philadelphia AssOeia-
tion Of Dancing Teachers, Mercantile Hall,
$3.50 p. m. Admission charge.
Closing meeting, Contemporary Club,
"Avation and the War" Bellevue -StratfOrd,
D. m Members.
Charles NJ. schwab. dinner for shipbuild-
ers, Belevue-Stratford, S;15 p. m.
Address, ID. Thomas Curtin. war CORE
spondent, Witherspoon Hall, s.l5 p m. Ad-
mission charge
National Association of United states cirn
Service nmplQges AZ Navy Yard sintiQns.
Grand tTalernifY Building. Members.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
Hunting a Husband
BY MARY DOUGLAS
iCOpyriGhD
The NeU Atmosphere

MY SCOTCH ncighbor and ! went to hear
Wl Moreu speak
"Moreui," said Mr. MacAlustair lis a
great man and "A genius
The little room In which his admirers gath
cred frightened me seemed out of H. Girls
i'm weird dresses looked more like cartoons
talked enthusiastically u" strengthening
men. But more sat IN bored Dreamy way
talking slowly. Wrcaths "i smoke 'lrrltd
' was stilI more frightened when Nj Mac
Alistair left me. He talked in corner with
a little group.
/ wished only for my own room and 4uiG'
down ! tried to feel at home in IN" new
atmosphere But I only fcn-nhappy and
Those girls were so different from me.
with their short hair and peculiar atsSSGs ,,,,
while ! was in a trim blue trock with my
hair smooth and shining.
Then Moreli came in. He was tail and
ugly, but his face was inteTesting. r,i.
The talk died down, Morelli spoke, HIS
was a strange, hOarse voice. ! listened waIt-
ing for the message, hut onIE Eaubu,
phrases that could understand. All the rest
Watched him with a strange fascination
Now and then he seemed to look al me WIN
" Il was over! The room was filed with
the noise Of talk i Mr i"r M3GA'S'ag bs
me Morelli-the Morell-stood before me.
II must know you he began, u feel iha'
S' fIshed with embarra ssment. pride For
the FIRST time "A man was seeknglme. man
was interested in me. And had done moth
ing . ,- as, ,,,
ewes For when looked up into Morellis
face he said 1T Is written; you are the one
Even to my daaed senses 1t could mean but
one thing / listened, fascinated. Morelli
poured words into my ears. 1t was not he,
so much but that some one should choose
lie talked amid the thickening smoke. He
smoke OF Morelli. of life, of love. At last
he said: u shall write a poem for you. I
shall put it in your box, soon we must must
taIk again We must dine together. shall
come for you Then ! can tell why you
are TO me frail white flower bending In
the wind ,
rose. lie bowed over my hand. As !
stepped away / saw him swallowed in a
crowd of admirers. Sara Lane-he had
chosen out of that whole throng TO talk with.
can IN be that he is the one? IL IL for him
that / have been searching?
As reached the cool night air ! realized
that l was alone, Hurrylng alone through
the dark streets TO my studio.
DECENTRALIZATION
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynnc Tells of Preliminary Plans for Vanity Fair,
Which Will Be Held on June ll-Other Matters
Interest Her

MEL they certainly are getting up an
w affair out along the Reading for June
II that will eclipse all out-of-doors parties
hitherto given out that way. It's to be for
the benefit of the Abingdon Memorial Hos
pital, and the moneys are to he used to
build an isolation ward.
It is to be called vanity Fair" and there
are to he more sidcshows than at any cir
CHS I've ever even heard Of, much less
seen. The women on the general com
mittee who are getting up the entertain
ment are Mrs George W. Elkins. Jr., Mrs.
John Gilbert. Mrs. Barclay II. Warburton
and Mrs George n. Lorimcr, who is chair
man. Mrs Laurance Butler is treasurer.
It is to he given on the grounds Of the
Huntington Valley Country club, and there
will be "a dinner-dance in the evening,
which Mrs George w. Ellins, Jr.. is taking
under her wing particularly. Mrs. John
Grbbcl is going to loan some Of her Won
derful treasures as an exhibit; for instance,
her butterflies. of which she has a most
unusual collection.
Then they are going to have funny loan
exhibt-cycsoro and who Of us has not
an eyesore or two in our homes? ] think
that will be great and hope those who
send the oyesorcs will have little cards
attached stating where the eyesoros have
been kept before the exhibit. For instance,
crayun drawing by Bobhie. which hangs ON
the wall Of the drawing room Of Mr.. and
Mrs. -. You know the awful things
little hand made them. T'remember the
Ia ft,f1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

necessity, The Emergency Aid aides will
be ushers at the luncheon.
Among those who will attend are Mrs r.
T. Stotesbury Mrs. George Dallas Dixon,
Mrs Edward Biddle. Mrs. George II. LOrimer,
Mrs. Ernest Law, Miss Anna Harris Snyder,
treasurer Of the Pennsylvania wartime pro-
hibtiOn committee: Mrs. Joseph GaZZam,
chairman Of the Pennsylvania committee
Dr Ida s. Cogl, Eflngham h Morris. Will
liam X. Nicholson, Edward Bonsall Francis
Fisher Kane Francis h. Reeves, Bishop and
Mrs Rhinelander. Colonel G. B. Hatch Gen
Cral Helm, the Rev. Floyd w. TOmlNns, the
Rev. G. II. Toop, DIR. Madison Toyle and
Albert Il. Turner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
NOTED WRITER TO BARE
SECRETS OF GREAT WAR


u Thomas curtin. special Investigator for
Lord Northrliur and one of the most daring
of war correspondents. viii lecture on the
"DcrisIy" Year bcfor" the University EN-
tension Society at Withcrspoou HAN tonight.
Nut"d for his revelations of German du-
pUcty. w,achcry and crime Mr. curtin is
known as the "mau who dragged the truth
backward and forward through Germany.
tie has been with the German. Austrian.
Serbian. Russian. Belgian. British French
and Italian armies and has been q close
student of social and economic conditions of
all countries now at war.
Mr. curtin has been brought iu America
to give the public the inside facts of the
titanic struggle In which America is playing
such ana important part pussibIy no other
man iu the world knows $50 much Of the con-
dttiuus iu Europe as they are today as this
man who has hrdyrd death hundreds Of times
IN order that the world may know the truth
concerning this war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Davlds have returned to their home after
spending the winter in Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs Walter warng Hopkiuson,
of 23IO pine street. will spend the month
Of June in Media at the ldlewld Hotel
Miss Marie Louise Starr, daughter or Dr
and Mrs II. Walter starr. Of III South
Seventeenth street. will spend the weekend
at Greenwich AS the guest Of Mr. and Mrs.
Karl YunEbluth Mr and Mrs NunEhluth's
nephew Lieutenant carl Bullitt Rautcrherg,
Fifty-cighth Infantry, T.. :. \. will also be
n Weekend guest. Miss STAIRS engagement
to Lieutenant Rautcrberg was announced
last autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. charles Merrill. Of Exeter,
y. H.. have been staying for a few days at
the Ritz-Carlton on their way home from
Santa Barbara. Cal Mrs. Merrill was Miss
Louise Miller Of this city, before her mar
riaEe.
Lieutenant Henry Tetlow ID. T.. :. r..
and Mrs retlow are spending several days
with Lieutenant fellows mother. Mrs Joseph
Tetlow. of Hartwell and Seminole avenues.
Chestnut Hin Lieutenant Tetlow Is on fur
lough
Mrs Charles STANLEY Harvey. Jr., Of
Wayne. is living i'm AcCotnk. Va. to be near
her husband who is stationed az Camp Hum
phrcyS. Mrs Harvey will hc remembered as
Miss Adele Atlcc.
MIR and Mrs. James j. sill and Miss Mar
Eucrite sill, who have been spending the
winter in the South, have returned to their
home i'm WyncOtc.
Tho Melody club Of South Philadelphia.
an organization of talented members. has
offered its services to entertain at the Big
Sisters Home on Sunday.
Doctor pollai, who is chairman Of the Big
Sisters. is assured of SPLENDID program,
including such well-kuown entertainers as
the Mossrs. Bell. buck and wing dancers :;
Mr. Billy n. Holt Mr. Nat Hoffman, Mr.
Barney II. Barron. in vocal solos, and Mr.
Harold H. Reiser. in a mouologue
The feature Of the program will bc fur
niShed by Mr. Frederick Duff. the melody
operate star. accompanied by Mr. Joseph
NCf at the piano.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Mrs Jacob Smith. Mrs William Fairhur-t
Mrs. James Fdirmrst Mrs Stewart Robin
son. Mrs Roy Green Mrs Rawlings. Mr..
Joseph kippaN, Mrs John Wooer and Mrs.
Thomas RiuruhulSr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
Social Activities

Mr. and Mrs. Henry +. Walton, If Sunny
side, Torresdale, announce the engagement
Of their daughter Miss Natalie Elaine
Walton, to Major Thomas Gustin Aller, of
Germantown.
The wedding which will be a quiet one,
will take place at Miss Walton's home on
Saturday, June ].
Among those who will entertain In boxes
At the operate Society tonight are Mrs.
Barclay II. Warburton, Mrs Norman Mcleod
and Mrs. }. Willis Martin
Miss Louise Gibbons Davis. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibbons Davis, OF S204
Seminole avenue, and Mr.. Joseph Benton
Mccall. Jr., son Of Mr. and Mrs Joseph b.
Mccall, will be married the first week in
June. Miss Eleanor p. Davis and Miss
Lenore Mccall will be bridesmaids and Miss
Caroline Davis will be the flower girl
MIR. and Mrs Wassili Leps. OF the Powell
ton Apartments, will entertain in their box
al the opera this evening, Their guests will
include Mrs. Julian Edwards, Of New York ;
MIR John Luther Long, Miss Olga Leps and
MIR and Mrs. Edward Sedel of New York.
Mr. Seidel is assistant director of the Metro
politan Opera Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willing, OF 2iS2 Pine
street. have leased cottage al Chelsea for
the summer months
nir ana hlrs. Hsrold Fieeman of 50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

IJAVE you ever heard anything like the
i way the measles have attacked the
Main Line? Pretty mean trick OF IL, |
think There's AliX Dolan, just come back
from the South and about to take up
special nursing course and down she went
on Tuesday with measles. Then Randolph
Justice, Jr., has it, and little Dorothea
Heckscher the daughter of Dick Heckscher,
IS sick, too.
Mrs. Perrin Cshe was Celeste Heckscher,
you know, came on from New York re-
Gently to stop with her brother. Well, she
did not want to risk measles, so she has
left Dicks house and gone over TO Mamie
Heckscher Newbolds, at Media.
Mrs. Heckscher's opera The Rose of
Destiny" will be given tonight by the
Operate Society at the Metropolitan Opera
House, you know, and naturally, all her
children intend to be present at the show
ing.
To return to the Main Line, Virginia
HecksCher, daughter of the Ledyard
Heckschers, has been taken down with
chickenpox and can't he in the Horse Show
pageant. And so it goes. It's a great life,
II you don't weaken.
NANCY WYNNE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

EVERYBODY in Chestnut Hin is follow.
IL ing the career Of MIR Franklin Spen-
Ger Edmonds over there with much in
terest for he and his wife are well known
and very popular here. Mrs. Edmonds has
been doing n lot of good work with the
Liberty Loan i'm this drive. The latest
news is that Mr. Edmonds, he is with the
Y. NJ. G. A, you know has the help Of Lois
Fuller, a very well-known Partisan doctor,
who has presented the workers with
Ia handsome antique gold cross, which is
used in the services held there. Margaret
Deland is also over there helping with
the work. She has written an article on
il in one Of the magazines for this month,
which gives a very clear idea of the work
that is to he done and how these brave
y. NJ. c. \. people are going about 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Davlds have returned to their home after
spending the winter in Augusta, Ga.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

THE death Of Mrs. Charles =. Penrose
L was "a great shock to those of us
who did not know that she had been i'll
for some days. Mrs. Penrose was the
eldest daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph DreXel. of this city. Her sisters are
Mrs. DrcXel Dahlgren, Mrs. Harry l.ehr
and Mrs Seton Henry. She married Doe
tor Penrose about twenty-five years ago
and has been identified with much
charitable work i'm this city
She and Mrs. Philippus Miller We're most
active in the canning campaign out on the
Main Line last year and the year before.
Her loss will be felt intensely by her nus.
band and children. Sarah Penrose, her
daughter. is one of the most popular girls
in the younger set, and has been spending
her time this winter doing splendid work
studying nursing and hrst-ad. our deepest
sympathy is extended to the bereaved
family.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Mrs, Charles STANLEY Harvey lr., Of
Wayne. is living i'm Accotink Va. TO be near
her husband. who is stationed at Camp Hum
phrcys. Mrs Harvey will hc remembered as
Miss Adele Atlcc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Waring Hopknson,
of 23IO pine street. win spend the month
Of Iunc in Media at the ldewild Hotel
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-28
STORES CLOSE;
HONOR SELECTS
Public Celebration Planned
When Boys Leave
WILL MARCH TO TRAIN
Merchants Inaugurate Plan
To Give Public Recogni-
i tion OF Boys Service

Retail stores in this city will be
closed Monday from 1890 to 12
o'clock in order to do honor to the
Knox county boys who will leave for
Camp Sherman. The contingent leav-
ing Monday will be composed of 124
men, the largest number yet called to
the colors under the selective service
law. and local merchants have ar
ranged to close their places of bust.
ness and accompany them to the
train.
Relatives of the men leaving will be
provided transportation from the pub
lie square to the railway station II
they notify Fred j. Lawler of their de-
sire, number of automobile owners
having volunteered their services for
this purpose.
The leaving of the selects Monday
will take on the form OF the first pub
lie celebration Mt Vernon has In.
dulged In In honor of the boys called
to the colors.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-28
FARMERS WOULD.
USE C0Nv|CTS IN
HARVEST FIELDS
Michigan Agriculturists Re-
quest State To Parole Pris-
oners To Raise Food.

IBy Associated Press to The Bannerl
LANSING, Mich, May 25--The sclu
tion of Mlchigan's problem of pro-
ducing greater crops with less avail
able man power may come through the
gates of the states penal institutions.
Hundreds of requests have already
been made to prison authorities by
farmers who ask that priOnars be par
oiled In their custody to help produce
the food to win the war.
The state pardon board is under
stood to be favorable to the plan. by
paroling prisoners to responsible
farmers who will pay them fair
wage 1t is felt that the labor situa-
lion may be In part at least improved
and that the prisoners may be bene.
titted.
The prisoners themselves look with
favor upon the plan. Many Of them 1t
is pointed out by officials, are In pris-
on because they forsook country life
for that of the city and made a fail.
ure of the change Then, too. high
farm wages and the accompanying
comforts of clean living quarters and
fresh farm produce to eat prove effec-
tive lures.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-28
WOMEN MAKING
81 ID IN PLACES
FILLED BY ME- n
Wisconsin Box Manufactur-
ers Find Girls Can Replace
Males In Many Lines OF
Work.

tBy Associated Press to The Bannerl
MARINETTE, Wis, May 25--The
shortage of men for work In the lum.
Der production Industries In the north,
has caused box manufacturing com
pany here to turn over large proper
tion of its work to women. Fifty girls
have heen employed to operate var
ious machines and from the reports
of the management the work is being
performed as quickly, accurately, and
efficiently as when. men did the work.
In several places the girls work at
the same machine with men, perform.
ing their duties without slowing up
the production in the least. In the as
sembly room men insert pieces Of
wood to be sawed and girls clear the
machine from the other side. In the
room where bottling cases for bever-
age companies are made, girls put the
partitions together and the men place
iron bands about the two ends of the
tuotb htuOuBu tue WOIitu are new
to this work. upwards of 1000 cases a
day are being turned out. In the
printing room, where the name OF the
company for which the boxes are be.
ing made Is stamped upon them, men
feed the press and girls clear 1t.
In several places In the factory the
work is such that 1t has been turned
over completely to the girls. In one
part OF the assembly room girls place
the hinges, locks and springs on the
boxes without the assistance OF men,
In other places the work IL such that
men still have a monopoly. The hand
ling of heavy logs az they come from
the woods and the cutting of the logs
In the saw mills h too heavy for other
than the strongest men.
In the work the girls have all been
protected from danger a.. much rs pos.
sible. In many cases the girls are sis
ters or daughters OF the men at the
factory and the morale is said to be
excellent The girls themselves are
enthusiastic about the new work.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-28
A|RPlANES AND
BOMBS TO BRING
WAR TO An END
English Officer Declares Ene-
my Can Only Be Conquer
ed By Using His Methods.

By Associated Press to The Bannerl
LIVERPOOL, May 25-"The way to
win the war IL to keep on bombing
Germany until she cries enough"
writes II Liverpool army officer from
the front In letter to HIS home news.
paper.
you AT home" he adds. "dO not re,
alize how great IL the air superiority
of the Allies on the West Front. The
means OF finishing of the campaign IL
to create such feeling In the German
towns that the population will rise
and demand the ending of the war. !
know Germany well. and the bullies
are real towards at home. believe
that most OF the German soldiers are
sick of fighting aud when they find
out how much more effectively we are
air-raiding than they; then will come
the finish
II notice that In a raid on London
recently, 10 bombs were dropped. DO
you realize that In our air report on
Tuesday night II was stated that we
had dropped over 700 bombs? Eng,
land has been slow IN startiRg. but she
is going to be terribly effective In the
air. and from what | hear, the Ameri.
cans are presently going TO give us all
wonderful demonstration Of how
airraiding should be done.
"Ruthlessness is the only thing a
German appreciates and fears. and
the Americans are planning to show
il TO him"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-28
LIBERTY GRANGE To
OBSERVE FLAG DAY
County Agent Anderson Sc
cured To Give The
Address

County Agent s. l., Anderson viii
give an address to the Liberty grange
members on June Z when, at o'clock
IN the evening, flag day meeting will
he held and program given. The
address will be given after the follow
ing program:
Roll call; subject: Conservation.
Recitation, Here Comes the Flag"
ieloyd Dalrymple.
Reading. sketch of Betsy Ross;
History of Our Flag" Burgess Coch.
ran.
citation-lndus McKmstry.
Recitation, ''rhe New Style Patriot"
Dana Harper.
Solo-llarry Blue.
Recitation Mary McElwee.
Recitation Milford Cochran.
Music VIII be furnished by the
grange choir and orchestra.