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The swan has been famous ever since it came out
of the Ark as the most graceful of living creatures
when on the water. But not until today has dam
cling girl in search of new feature turned to the
swan for her inspiration. Which simply shows how
humans always skip the obvious.
Lovely maidens have copied the swayins of pine
trees in their dance steps. They have interpreted
moonlight on rose gardens and the Breath of spring
and breaking waves dashing high. Some have trav-
eled from San Diego to Honolulu. or from Paris to
Cairo. or from Erie to New York to get simple ar
rangements of wells or seaweed skirts and jerky
tunes. Some have invaded midas coral strand to be
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30
S BILLIONS THROUGH SENATE

Carrying appropriations totaling
s5.43s.210,S12, chiefly for ordnance
for the army, the fortifications bill
was passed by the Senate late yes
terday afternoon.
For ammunition for guns of large
ealiber the outright appropriation is
$4,000. O0o. 900. while there are ad-
ditional authorizations for the same
purpose amounting to s1.793,73A000.
No important changes were made
In the bill as II came from the
House. One OF the amendments
added provides for the establishment
of an aviation station in the canal
zone and increases the appropria-
ton for the canal zone armament
and Notifications from s1,527, 900 to
s3,372.4s8.
The bill was before the Senate
only an hour.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30
Yanks and Girl Guests
Entertained in Church

Three hundred men in khaki and
many girls from Washington were
The guests last evening of the First
Church. Tenth and
& streets northwest.
Herbert Aldridge. the tenor So
loist of the church. Miss Sybil Peck.
pianist. and Miss Georgia Redway.
reader, also entertained. The pop
ular affair is of semi-weekly occur
renee.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30

tutored by the sinuous cobra-when all the time
they could have taken lessons in grace right at
homel If their papas didn't keep swans, they had
only to go out to the pond in the nearest public park
Only who would ever think of swan as dancing
master?
Well, one day Hazel Swan Johnson. beautiful and
youthful society girl of Atlanta. got the new idea all
Of sudden she looked upon the dainty evolutons
of pet swan on the lake of magnificent Georgia
estate. Now Miss Johnson no longer uses music to
dance by. She just watches the rhythm of the swan
and is inspired to harmonious and sympathetic
notion
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30
CANNING AND DRYING
CLASSES FOR MONDAY

Food conservation demonstrations to
housewives will be continued this
week in various schools and public
meeting places in the District by the
Home Demonstration office Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Mondays
demonstrations will be as follows:
Congress Heights Baptist Church. !
p. m, canning Of soft fruits and pod
vegetables; Mrs. Lucy Holloway, dem.
onstrator.
Georgetown Diet Kitchen, Thirty
fifth and N streets. p. m. drying O.
vegetables; Miss Aubyn Chinn, DEM
onstrator,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30
Congress Gives Marines
No Lieutenant General

The proposal to create the rank
OF Lieutenant general for Maj. Gen.
George Barnett, commandant of the
Marine Corps. il dead so far as this
session Of Congress is concerned.
The Senate yesterday voted to re-
cede from its amendment provid-
ing the promotion. and the House
adopted the conference report to
that effect.
The House also forced the SEN
ate to recede from its advocacy of
the plan Of paying bonuses for. spe-
oially skilled workmen In the ship
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30

Eighty-five more American casu-
alties were announced yesterday.
Gen. Pershing reported AZ casu-
alties, divided thus: Killed in ac-
tion, 5; died of wounds, IL; died of
disease. 2; died of accidents and
other causes. 2; wounded severely,
IA: missing in action, :.
Forty-three marine corps casu-
alties reported were divided thus ::
Killed in action, "a; died of wounds,
IL; wounded in action, s.
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talists," declared Senator Reed. he
has regulated them up. and yet h re-
fuses to allow the farmers q fair
price" He said that under Hooters
administration the ''fve-cent loG OF
bread had vanished into the lsua OF
nebulous dreams"
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ARMY.
Killed in Action.

hEtIOhs
Eugene NJ. Connor. private,
WinChendon, Mass: Charles Dubu-
que. private, Nashua. n. H: Charles
Roy. private. Lowell. Mass; Ear
L. Severance, private. Topsfield, Me-;
Fred Sherman. private. Calais, Me.
Died of Wounds
Chester Mongs. sergeant, San
Navarro. Italy; John R. Tippet,
sergeant, Sesser, Ill: Robert F.
Goodykoontz. corporal, Columbus
Ohio; Daw White, corporal, Tanks
ley, KY; William Frank Bell, pri-
vate, Cortland. N. Y: Carroll C.
Gates, private, Hillsboro, Ore;
Louie c. Green, private. Middletown
N. Y: Henry ]. Hessen, private
Brookfield, Wis; Adam v. Mix
tacki. private, Pulaski. Wis; will
lam H Osborn. private, Troy, N
Y; Oakley o. Traynor, private
Flint. Mich; Michael T. wilman
private, Ashland, Wis.
Died of Disease.
Harold Martin. corporal, Win
nemucca, New: Harry A. Strand
corporal, Princeton, Ill.
Other Causes.
William ]. Hushlaw, cook, Co
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BURGLAR GETS VALUABLES.

H n. Hirst. $50 Louisiana sreuos
northwest. last night reported D 20
lice headquarters the theft Of q
pocketbook containing ga in hills. n
diamond ring and valuable ptperA
from his residence.
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$3.50 WHEAT SCHEME
UP In SENATE AGAIN
Martin. of Virginia. Urges Col.
leagues to Recede from Stand.

Another debate over fixing the price
on wheat was precipitated in the Sen
ate yesterday when Senator Martin. Of
Virginia, Democratic floor leader.
moved that the Senate recede from its
position on the amendment to the agri-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1918-06-30
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MARINE CORPS.

The Marine Corps list. together with
the addresses of the next of kin, fol-
lows:
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Have BeautifulHair

GIRLS! Do you realize
that beautiful hair gives
more charm than anything
else?
Do you realize that to
have lustrous, beautiful
hair is but to use
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-19

Building Inspector Preston has ISSUED
the following building permits
United States Government 10 build
q large barracks at the corner oi Water
and French streets 10 cost s. POO J s.
Badcr and Company will he the builders.
John Govatas 10 make alterations to
store at the corner Of Eighth and Market
streets TO cost 81 900 \ Schultz, Inc,
i the present lessee and Blat and Baust
are to be the builders
Nicholas tidance to make alterations
to factory at 5l5-1S-20-22 Union street
into garage TO cost 81 600 MIR
Fidancc is the architect and Agostlno
Fortunate will I've the builder
Elmer Brothers to make an addition
10 bottling house AT Fourth and Union
streets to cost $500 Fred X krapf
IS 10 be the builder
George l.. Dorsey to make an addition
10 dwelling at 523 West Sixth street to
cost S141 MIR Dorsey viii he the builder
Victor kozloWsAi to make an addition
TO shop st 1907 Sycamore street to cost
$3.50 Frank : Saskowski Is 10 he the
builder
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nitions, stores. and a most fatal thing,
the Black Sea fleet. The Monarchists and
the Kcrcnsky Republicans of Russia
might Join with the Allies and fight
against the bandits but the Bclsheviki
will unite with no one except with Ger
many, by force. II they go with Germany
they are enemies and subject to attack by
all the Allies
We must now sec that the one para
mount issue, s,ibmerging all others, is
to beat Germany nj all hazard and save
the world II IL almost frivolous To hair
split over Russia, for she is in helpless dis
solution and must be saved against her
self We interviewed in both Cuba and
Mexico. Germany to CRAFTY her lust OF
conquest forced her way into Belgium not
to aid, but To DESTROY All nations against
Germany can intervene and help The ma
joritv in Russia drive out the invader A
reliable party there are inviting our aid;
they are our friends The Bolshcviki have
vet to prove their friendship Con
gress is at last acting on the Russian qucs-
ton, and France and England are vastly
Interested in IL.
France. England and italy are exposed
TO disaster If Germany brings the Black
Sen fleet into the Mediterranean: and
must the Allies be further placed IN
jeopardy, by the moving of troops from
east To west, and take no action in Rus
star II the Allies need force and more
force. why not secure them wherever pos
sibie? This would be good business Why
not also good military tactics2
Geo 4 Tallcy
Wilmington, June iS 1918
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RED CROSS NURSING
REQUIR EMENTS

A communication from the manager of
the New York Division of the Red Cross,
printed in The Times Yesterday, cor
rccted some rcgrettablc miSstatcmentS
that had been made with regard to the
qualifications which women must have
to he accepted as nurses by that organi-
cation and with regard To the payment II
makes for their services MIR. Allen was
quite right III saying that only competent
nurses are good enough To care for our
wounded soldiers and il may well be that
the Red Cross has gone far enough IN
facilitating admission tn its corps at
nurses when, instead of insisting that they
shall have passed the examination which
gives the right to write ''R. \. after their
names, II only demands that they shall
have been graduated from registered
training school mt a gwen date.
The concession does not seem to he "A
very great one. and there are those who
will SAY that. in spite of IT, women suii-
ciently taught and experienced TO bc OF
great utility in military hospital,
especially at this time, will he excluded,
That however, is a question for decision
by such medical experts as those whose
advice the Red Cross commands, and any
action taken by 1T or them is sure To he
based on knowledge as well ms intentions
individually of the best.
The present arrangements AS to the
payment of nurses seem to be entirely
reasonable, and they will hc satisfactory
wherever there is due appreciation of the
fact that service in the war which the
work of Red Cross nurse certainly is
must no more he viewed rs q method of
making money than Is the work done by
our soldiers and their officers in the field
In both eases il is the performance of
duty-onc made obligatory, for the loyal
and patriotic woman as for tho man with
equal claim TO honor, by the possession
Of competence to do it.
The public at home, too, has its duty
in this matter That duty is for every
civilian patient before employing a
trained nurse, to apply the admirable test
Of the American Federation OF Labor
can il be justified to the men on the firing
line in France? lie or she IS a Stacker
Of the worst sort who. without real ncccs-
SItv. now has nurse who could he used
in tho army hospitals New York Times
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900 Men Start at Once on Darby Double
Tracking.

Philadelphia, Juno 70 \ contract
to doublc-track the trolley line between
Darby and Eddystone, distance o.
SIN miles. was let Yesterday by the Elmer
gcncv Fleet Corporation to Macarthur
Brothers. Of New York They promised
To put | 900 men 10 work this morning and
have the contract completed two months
from today. THIS Improvement will
increase the present capacity of 500
passengers an hour to 1900 an hour and.
II the road Is put TO its fullest capacity
when the doubie-track is laid, an addition
al power house built. and new cars dc
hvered. it can carry $4,000 passengers
an hour.
To get the right Of way. the Fleet
Corporation. by virtue of the right Of
eminent domain vested IN the govern
ment OF the United States. requisitioncd
ten feet of the roadway yesterday after
noon and posted notices to that effect
along the route. There are upwards
of 10000 person c:-2oloved in the ship
yards and munition plants south Of
PhIladelphia, including Chester. and it
Is TO provide for their transportation
the contract was let
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Try 10 Reduce Railroad Waste.

The assistance and cooperation Of All
employees IN reducing the amount Of
freight lost. damaged or gong as;ray are
urged in a general notice issued hy J Fl
Deasy. newly appointed superintendent
of stations and transfers Of he Penrsvl-
wanna railroad mines east Tho waste
on the Pennsylvania railroad through los
and damage 10 freight amounts -
approximately S3OnO.0OO annually and
has been rapidly growing 4 feature 81
Mr. Deasy notice Is request TO All
employees 10 forward practical suggcstiun~
Tor checking tho$c losses
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WAR HASN'T HURT
AUTO BUSINESS
1t Has Been Stimulated, Accord
ing to Guy Ford, Well-Informed
Local Dealer.

One OF the worst things that business
oi today has To contend with saws GUY II
Ford Of the Overland Wilmington Co.
Is the man who saws business Is bad that
there ism gong tn tie any business, that
no one should buy anything, and that
they should save all of their money, which
OF course would paralizc commerce and
perhaps help tie German cause more
than any other things that can be done.
There are a good mary people with such
views, but Mr.. Ford is thanking Dame
Fortune for being gifted with different
kinds of though IS
Three months ago today, Continued
MIR. Ford. Il opened the Overland store
at Eleventh and West streets. III the face
of many diScouragIng arguments from
peSsimestic people. In this ninety days
OF business we have sold and delivered
thirty odd Overland cars. which. accord
irg to the Overland factory records, Is
more business than any previous dealer
has done IN Wilmington
1T Is true automobiles arr getting very
hard to secure. but upou my trip to the
factory in Toledo. Ohio, last week | was
successful in having SIX car loads of auto
mobiles loaded for me and headed for
West Chester Pa. aS Wilmington =
emhargocd This shipment will gladden.
the hearts OF many purchasers who placed
their order two or three weeks ago, |
also learned while at the factory that we
can expect an increase Of price on all
Overland and Willvs-knlght models about
July /.
As reduced production must always
mean m increase IN price, and moro than
one-half of the Overland factory at the
present time Is working on war material.
Mr. Ford states. however that he Is not
= least nit alarmed, regarding the future
Of the automobile business; that there
will be enough automobiles manufact ured
during the war to keep any live dealer
in business. and also let him a least get
ready for the tremendous prosperity
" hich il bound To come after the var
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field; Malvolio, Alvan Allen; Clown,
Samuel r. Maroney; First Officer, Henry
Ford; Second Officer, Alexander Rubin;
Antonio Shelley Meyers; Sir Toby,
Charles Gooding; Sebastian, A. Clifford
Greennan, Fnbrsn, John DeIuca; Dukes
servants, Richard Almond, Charles Wood
row.
In the absence Of Mrs Lacy NJ Car
Wn, head Of the department Of public
speaking, who IL in Colorado Spnngs
the play will be given under the direc-
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Geneva, June 70 The Tribune says
II learns from Il reliable source that Field
Marshal Won IIindcnburg Is suffering
from an acute nervous disease that his
mental capacity is much affected. and
that he is confined in private sanitarium.
The newspaper adds that Hndenburg
took no responsible part IN the recent
offensive on the western battle front. the
work being chiefly done by Cen Lu-
dcndOrfT
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-19
Amuements at the Parks.

Shellpot and Brandyw1ne Springs Parks
arc doing well. to amuse immense crowds
IN this warm weather. Shellpot offers
vaudeville and band concerts
Both parks are large and arc supplied
with all the new and up-to-date amuse-
mcnt devices. 50 there IS no lack Of amuse-
mont
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-19
TO GIVE TWELFTH NIGHT"
High School Students in One of Shakes
peare's Masterpieces.

In the High School auditorium tonight
the Glass of 1918 will produce an adapta-
ton of Shakespeare Twelfth Night,
formally opening Commencement Week
The cnst will be Viola, Helen Groves
Marin, Mary Todd Mccall Olivia, Lola
Vrpinia Anderson; Duke Orsino, George
Gray Carter; Sir Andrew, Gilbert Christ
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,on 81 Mrs C,raoe l.. Wcntz. There
viii BE- war tax upon the tickets Of ad.
mission
The proceeds Of the play vii BE- DE-
voted IN the cyapen ses Of the senior
Prom" 10 be- given on Friday night in
The New Century Club building
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Thought and Comment of Every
Evening Readers.

rrhe full name and address or tho writer
must accompany each letter. not Decca
sarily for publication. but rs evidence OF
good faith. Anonymous communchtops
will lie ignored. Publication of letters does
60, carry with Il Endorsement by Every
ENening of the oninions therein cKpresscd.l
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Entertain ment at First NJ. =. Church.

\ play entitled Betty Dilemma will
he gwen under the direction Of Mr.
Annie Allen by corps Of Young people Of
st. Pauls VI T. Church, numbering p. IN
the lcCturcroom Of the first Methodist
Protestant Church tomorrow evening at
s Is clock for the benefit Of the Central
Union " &. r This play Is a pleasing
comedy and has been gwen in u number
of churches under Mrs Allcns direction
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Every Evenings ciassihed advertise
rnents bring results. Proved N the sans
faction 81 many and will be TO you ADV
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

to Rczin. One Of the properties of the
cup is to detect misconduct He Of
fers it to Babekan. On raising it to
his lips the wine turns to flame and
thus proves him Il villain. He at
tempts to assassinate Huon, but is put
to flight.
"The knight then learns from an old
woman that the princess Is to be mar
ricd next day, but that Rezia has been
Influenced, like her lover. by vision,
and Is resolved to be alone She be-
lieves that fate will protect her from
her nuptals with Babekan, which are
to be solemnized on the next day.
Huon enters, fights with and an
quishes Babekan, and having spell
bound the rest by a blast OF the
magic horn he and Sherasmin carry
off Rczia and Fatima.
"They are soon shipwrecked. Rezia
is captured by pirates on desert ISL
and and brought to Tunis, where she is
sold to the Emir and exposed to every
temptation, but remains constant Sir
Huon, by the order Of Obcron, is also
conveyed thithcr. He undergoes sim
liar trials from Roshana, the jealous
wife of the Emir. but proving invul-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

Puck. however, hears the sentence
passed on Sir Huon OF Bordeaux, n
young knight, who, having been in
quilted by the son Of Charlemagno, kills
him in single combat and is for this
condemned by the monarch to travel
to Bagdad to slay him who sits Mt the
caliph's left hand and to claim his
daughter as hYs bride.
"Oberon instantly resolves to make
this pair the instruments Of his re-
union with his queen. and for this
purpose he brings up Huon and Sher
asmin asleep before him, enamours the
knight by showing him Rezia, daugh-
ter of the Caliph, in n vision, trans
ports him at his waking to Bagdad and
having given him magic horn, by
the blasts of which he is always to
summon the assistance of Oberon, and
a cup that fills at pleasure, disappears.
Here Oberon rescues Sir ITuon
from lion, who proves afterward to
be Prince Babekan, who is betrothed
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

German conception of what an opera
should be finds expression in the sec
ond of the three letters after receiv-
ing the second act of the book, where
he says:
"These two acts arc also filed with
the greatest beauties. | embrace the
whole in lr and will endeavor not
to remain behind you. To this
acknowledgment of your work you can
give credit, the more, as | must re-
peat, that the cut Of the whole is
very foreign to all my ideas and
maxims. The intermixing of so many
principal actors who do not sing-the
omission of the music in the most inn
portant moments-all these things de-
prive our 'Oberon' of the title of an
opera, and will make him unfit for all
other theatres in Europe which is
very lad thing for me, but-passons
la dessous."
1t was because of the difficulties
thus pointed out, but especially that
growing out of the spoken dialogue,
which led to attempts to make an
opera of more pronounced type out
of "Oberon." Weber had expressed an
intention to make a German version,
but we do not know whether or not
he would have changed the form Of
the dialogue, though it seems likely
that he would have done so. When the
opera was prepared for an Italian per-
formance in London, in 1860, Sir julius
Benedict, who had been a pupil of
Weber, introduced recitativc in place
of the spoken speeches, and his ex-
ample has been followed since then in
Germany by Wullncr, Josef Schlaar
(Wiesbaden, 1900) and (says Mr.. Bo-
danzky) Mailer for performance in
Cologne
The example of these men in respect
of the dialogue and also in revising
the dramatic material to reduce the
number of scenes has been followed by
Mr.. Bodanzky, who will conduct the
production next Saturday. The new
version was made, says Mr.. Bodanzky,
expressly for production at the Metro
politan Opera House. If so, he must
have had German representation in
view, for instead Of using the original
English dialogue he has copied the
German, as can BE- seen from the vocal
score published by Schirnier, and had
it translated back into English. thus
putting the work through a second
German sieve.
The oldest known form of the story
on which the opera is based is found
In an old French romance, entitled
"Huon of Bordeaux" Incidents from
this story were woven into an epic
poem called "Oberon" by the German
poet Wieland A translation of the
epic by Sotheby was the base upon
which Planche built his fairy opera,
the action of which he describes as
follows
"Oberon, the elhn king, having quar-
relied with his fairy partner, vows
never to be rcconciled to her till he
shall find two lovers constant through
peril and temptation. To seek such a
pair his 'tricksy spirit Puck, has
ranged in vain through the world.