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The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
CURB STOCKS.

New York. Dec. 2-Apother problem was pie
seuted to the curb for solution In the action, Of
the Midwest Refining Company, increasing its
capital stock from s2j.oo.oo to $1,000. 90,
Midwest stockholders are expected to lave a
rlsht to subscribed to new stock to the extent
Of 30 per cent Of their holdings and at the
current price
OH stocks we're quiet.
War order stocks continued to iuctuste
Quotations furnished BY W. b. Hibbs 4 Co
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
Chorus Rehearses "Penzance ~

The Pirates of Penzance" chorus
rehearsed last evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Keyes. 1922 Q
street northwest. The various parts
were studied i'm detail.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
Teachers Club Meets.

Business meeting OF the Teachers
Club was held yesterday afternoon
al the clubrooms.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
Warrington Stock Exchange.
Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.

SALES
Washington Rwy. IA. 500 at IN. 81 900 at M
q co. at 7lts.
Washington Rwy GensfaI g. $500 at &c
S.eOD at GG, 81. go at Sc. N.0O al -. 81 CO.. at
50
Chesapeake and Potomac TeleT hone Co, S.
N.GlO at D.
GAS BONDS
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
SLIGHT BOOM
IN RAILST0CK
Gross Change, Due to Will
SON. Message, Is Small,
However.
BY BRoADAN WALL.

New York, Nov. 2.-President Will
sons announcement to Congress that
1t might become his duty to return
the railroads to their private own
ers in the near future and before
the expiration of the 21-month limit
fixed by law o1used something of a
boom in railroad shares today in
Wall Street.
This boom was preceded by de-
preston so that the gross move
ment of the rails. although large.
resulted in but small net changes.
In the industrial department. there
was little interest shown but nearly
all stocks. except steels, were strong.
Railway equipment shares were ir-
regular because of the uncertainty
regarding completion of contracts
for rolling stocks entered into by
the government
Liberty bonds fell still lower on
rather free liquidation for the ac-
count of individuals who are pre-
vented by the money committee rul-
ing from buying stocks on margin.
but who. II determined to have what
they consider bargains. are selling
their liberty bonds in order TO buy
for cash.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
Material Recovery Soon.

In view of the better feeling
caused by President Wilson's state
ment regarding the railroads. the
best market judges look for a ma
terial recovery of the entire list
during the next two weeks.
Both those who favor and those
who oppose public ownership of the
rails believe that there could be no
better thing than an exhaustive in
quiry by Congress. Such an inquiry
Will develop the strong and weak
points of both sides of the propo-
sition and put the country in pos
session OF information that will
make possible intelligent handling
Of the problem.
The big thing now is the certainty
OF a square deal for the railroad
stockholders. for shippers and the
public. Railroad stocks therefore are
selling far too low on the market.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
BANK STATEMENTS,
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Equity Savings Bank,
AZ WashiAGte.. In the District q
oeisDeia. nj the ebsse Of bsss.ess
November ]. Ists.


s"seaser ]. Isis.
RESOURCES.
J. Loans and discounts in
eludins r>discouuts ter
cept those shown IN
snd el.-,....-....... Sses.k
iotal toAts .-----ss4 4.--.-4.---.s-s. - 81
Z Liberty loan boBds unpl-dsrd =. zss
B. Furniture and trtun-s zsss
70. a Due fruu natiousl b4nks s1se
Due frou al other
hdnts --.------------.-. ssE
Il. cbecks and other cash items ..... sss
- Cash in Fsnlt. LG1g
Is. War savings csrihcztes and thrr
stamps actually owned .......... I7ss
B other assets: Aorued interest,". s1eE
Total ................................ Nszs
LIABILITIES.
Y. Carstsl stock Tuid in.............. 10 sz@0
IL surplus fund .-....-...-.....-........ 5~o
Demand deposits deposits psyahls
within 30 days.
2 individual DEPOSITS subject 70 ehscf 500
70 otbeT demand deposits -. Ezs
T0tSl demand dtposts
Itstns 2 p. 2. o. 2
=. and 5o.....-.-. Nam
Tine dspusts tpSysbie HfsT y
days. or subject 70 - GAYS O.
more notice.:
q. Certihcstes of deposit tothez than
for money borrowed ........-...... ANS
a OtheT time deposits .............. HqsS
Total of time deposits
iteins 81. p. g and y s6GaS
Total .''-.-.......-..-.....-..-.-.-. 81 sEk
District Of Columbia. City q WashinFtou 80.
I. / :. u. SAULs. Treasurer of Ii. abo-.-
named bsnk, do solsmnIT swear that the shov.
statement y true 10 the best q my kDowi-dsr
and belief
/ S D. EAULlS
TFelsurrr
suose71oeo hnd sHo-n 10 before me TINS q
day of Decembsr. 1875.
L G. ANGEL.
tsealN Moan Pubfc
Correct-Atteft: Ill
J. ROZIER BIGGs.
ARTHUR L. EVANs
ARTHUR C. SMITH.
Directorx-
Evening star., 1918-05-26
X Adventures Of War Gardener In Washington X
told that they had eaten up some hap
less war gardeners bean poles.

told that they had eaten up some hap
less war gardeners bean poles.
!: X
got my wheel-hoe the other day.
and / have been fairly prancing up
and down the rows with it. Tom is SO
fascinated with the contrivance that
he wants to use it all the time. but I
novelty wears on. Maybe when the
novelty wears OF I'll not be so keen,
either. and I may give Tom all the
wheel-hoeing he wants before the
summer is over.
didn't say anything to Turner
about paying half the cost of the
wheel-hoe. I simply bought 1t. took
1t to the garden. and after had used
1t awhile. invited him to try it. He
was very disdainful. but he couldn't
well be boorish enough to refuse to
1t along row or two I saw he was
interested and supposed as a matter
Of course he would offer to pay his
half. But he didn't. Instead. he an
nounced the next evening that he had
bought one for himself.
It struck me as a peculiar thing to
do. in view of the fact that we had
shared all other costs. suppose he
reasoned that while we could divide
up the stuff we grew we couldn't very
well divide wheel-hoe. I am just as
well satisfied, however. Next year I
and the wheel-hoe will be mine, all
paid for, and the cost forgotten.
THE WAR GARDENER.
ITO he Continuedl
Evening star., 1918-05-26

after cutting the corn they'd be too
delicate for so great a change"
I, too, have to confess that have
had no experience in planting beans
between rows of corn, but veteran
gardeners tell me 1t is q thor
oughly practical plan. The beans are
to be planted the latter part of June.
at the last cultivation of the corn, and
the corn stalks will be ready to cut
within a couple of weeks after the
beans are through the ground. Denial
of sunshine for the first two weeks,
am assured. will not seriously retard
the beans.
The lady also said she had been told
sweet corn could not be grown sue
cessfully In the vicinity of Washing
ton. because of q worm of some kind
is mistaken about this, of course. As
fine sweet corn is grown around
Washington as grows anywhere on
earth. There always is more or less
trouble with worms, but that Is true
OF sweet corn everywhere.
The lady was interested in what I
said about potato bugs. but did not
encourage my hope that they would
not find me in town. They scout
around everywhere. she said. and one
year they arrived in her garden be-
fore the potatoes were through the
ground. While awaiting the appear
ance Of their favorite diet they at up
all her tomato plants. I never heard
of potato bugs eating tomato plants,
but they are ferocious beasts of prey
and, ! would not be surprised to be
Evening star., 1918-05-26
The Observer Investigates Chautauquans Accusations

you know. It's only temporary with
them and they all intend to abandon
it in few days. just as soon as the
particular tonic they are taking
er all. it isn't a steady habit with
many. The majority just paint from
day to day"
Still the situation was all very mys-
terious to the Observer. Much to his
disappointment. he had found that the
here were true in measure. Yet he
had found no explanation for 1t that
sounded reasonable to him. Hence, he
went to his old confidante. young
lady of sterling character and Won
derful complexion who might surrep-
titiously dab her nose with a little
powder while screened by q pantry
door. but never on earth would paint
in the generally accepted sense OF the
term, and asked her frankly why the
womanfolks did 1t.
Her look made the Observer feel as
II he had dropped fiat iron-the
blue china meat platter that his
great-grandmother handed down. Just
before he shraIik completely to the
level of tho floor he heard the young
lady say. acidly:
ITS you and others like you that
make women paint. You know mighty
well that II you're going to buy girl
a dinner you get one that dikes her
self out in f1ashy clothes and puts
some color in her cheeks and lips.
You nor none Of your kind ever spend
a cent on a drab old bird who look
ed as IL she's been smoking too many
cornsilk cigarettes. Paint suggests
pep, and you want pep, demand 1t.
and get 1t. Now get along out Of here
and don't ask me any more fool ques-
tions. And don't stop at the florists
on the way out and send me some yell
low lilies in an effort to square your.
self. They don't 60 with my natural
complexion. II you want to send me
anything. make 1t q small box OF
rouge. I'm all out Of the particular
kind that causes you to refer to my
peach blossom checks"
It takes q woman to catch a wom-
an. THE OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

a SENATOR apropos Of the farm
~ ers' attempt to raise the price of
wheat, said the other day:
The farmers are actuated by sell
fish motives in this business. It's like
the story Of the duel.
1.-TWO gentlemen with their seconds
retired to a farmers meadow to tight
a duel. The various preliminaries
were arranged. and the duel was just
about to begin. when the gaunt figure
of the farmer was seen racing across
the grass toward the scene Of con-
fiict.
THE farmer seemed in great dis
tress Of mind. "A humane chap the
principals and seconds thought. He
wants to prevent bloodshed, and they
welcomed him kindly.
Excuse me, gents the farmer said
gulping with emotion, but is this
here goin' to be sword or a pistol
duel?.
".Sword duel said a second. Why"
"'Well, you see,' said the farmer. IT
it was q pistol duel I'd want to take
my cows in first"
Evening star., 1918-05-26

Do the ducks on Long Island swim?
OF course they do. Not only in WASH
ington, but also every place else in
the world where paint Is to be had"
The Observer shivered. 1t appeared
not been blurred.
"You don't mean it's AZ widespread
as that" he calculated.
Certainly" she replied. "All wom-
en-. you might say. paint"
Gasping, the Observer inquired why
in the world they did 1t.
"Why, foolish. 1t makes them look
better, of course" he said.
Then why don't you paintr' he
asked.
The nrst nine -tenths of her reply
was a cutting stare.
Because" she said. very firmly.
''I'll have you know that I do not
have to improve my looks. I am quite
satisfied with my appearance"
The Observer changed the subject
right there and then changed cars. at
the next stop. II 1t hadn't been for
the skip-stop system he would have
changed at the next block.
It was a fresh thing to do. but
the Observer was not satisfied with
his inquiry along unpainted lines, SO
to speak, SO he went down on r
street Just as the afternoon parade
was going good and began to look
for girl who was painted. With
some difnculty he found one. She
really had "orke1 9"ite hard at
Evening star., 1918-05-26

tonight. Engage rooms" = which
means that "a patrol of Company
is going into no mans land in front
of Company Y's wire. Notify your
men to look out for them" OF course,
these examples are fictitious. but they
illustrate the style of our UNDER
ground front codes.
The captain acts on each message
in turn:
Orderly. notify sergts. Timmins
and Hoffman to look out for Com
pany 2 patrol. Tell the sergeants to
notify all the men and then go to
the machine gun emplacements and
notify them"
A runner comes in and reports
verbally.
Another comes in and brings a
note. The password for tonight is
Denver"
Orderly" the captain calls. notify
Sergts. Timmins and Hoffman the
password for tonight is Denver. Re
member. don't speak too loud. and
tell the sergeant to warn the SEN
tries to hold their voices down."
The telephone rings again. Com
Evening star., 1918-05-26

uine wolf hide fur about her shoul-
ders and left the Observer nat.
whereupon the Observer. who al
ways has been opposed to women
painting their faces. scratched out
that part of Mrs. Strauss article re-
ferring to dead fox hides. and went
forward to interrogate some users Of
chalk and rouge.
Picking out a nice. quiet girl. who.
insofar as the Observer knows. never
has laid a bit Of paint to her face.
either by brush. chamois skin or rab-
bits foot, he asked her why in the
world women painted. II they do. In
Washington.
We'll, for the land sakes" she said.
DO the women in Washington paint?
Evening star., 1918-05-26

the beans planted all hollow when
it came to growing.
Drat Capt. Thompson, anyhow! He
had gotten me into hole, out of
which there was no use trying to
squirm. I didn't feel half the hearth
ness I tried to put into my voice
when I congratulated Mary and Com
plimented her on being a wise little
gardener in not listening to the ad-
vice Of a man merely because he had
been gardening all his life. II in
tended to be just q little sarcastic 1t
was lost on Mary. It was her hour of
triumph, and she made the most Of 1t.
AS matter Of fact, am getting to
be just little skeptical myself as to
the value of garden advice. certain
ly have had lot Of 1t. and I can't
help but wonder what sort of a gar
den q man would have II he followed
all the advice that he had handed out
to him. There may be two garden
Evening star., 1918-05-26

guarded. unintelligible to those who
do not know the code. 1t relates to
the raid we are preparing to make.
When the talk is over. returned or
derly is dispatched on another mis-
sion.
There is no rest. And all the while,
in the viscera of the earth, the bonn
bardment of many miles away Is
pounding in our ears. Early that
evening, at o'clock, we had made a
night trip through the trenches. the
captain inspecting his front. We had
put on our helmets, swung our gas
masks into the alert" position, strap
ped on revolver belts and stepped
into the dark.
Night is kind to the American bat
tleheld. She had covered all the days
stark ugliness. all the days wounds
and tragedy. with her quiet and pa
tient hands. For minutes she gave
us the semblance> of peace in the
Evening star., 1918-05-26

ing down upon his trenches. The
line across no mans land was creep
ing slowly but as sure as death, mar
rowing the rectangle of fire.
Hail and rain and hurricane and ty-
phoon, all the phenomena and excre-
sciences of nature were outdone by
the fury and storm of our steel and
lead. Were concentrating the wrath
of Sodom and Gomorrah on the enc
my.
others of our guns were picking
out and deluging the German bat
Company x reports battery on Ger
man left has ceased firing"
This was the first message over
the wire, a few minutes after our
outburst.
=, "cSempany 9 reports guns silenced
Company 2 reports one German
gun still active on German right.
One by one the reports were Eelayed
to the artillery.
ing. We shook with the eruptions
and heard.
Company x reports all guns si-
lenced on its front"
Company 2 reports one German
gun still firing"
Wen get that gun in a minute. or
-. The captain could not finish
guns were now firing that sounds
were indistinguishable. All was one
vast rolling roar, as IL million
men were being strangled to death
and each was trying to cry out
through a smothered throat.
Lets go to an o. P.". the captain
suggested.
It was 4 o'clock. We stepped out
II was light. Neither of sun or stars
or moon. but a quivering, unearthly
light of shells passing, great bursts
of. flame springing up on all parts of
the line before US. flame bursts in the
air and rockets rising. The ground.
ing and vibrating as the barrage
kept on.
In the front line the raiding party
Evening star., 1918-05-26

the. job. the coating showing very
thickly 1t seemed only reasonable
that she would realize that she had
a dash of paint here and there. SO
the Observer made bold to intrude
himself and explain how he was maxi
ing a study of the subject of women
painting. because he wanted to de-
fend them against an unjust charge.
She gave him a look that would
have frozen Peary and put truth in
the mouth Of DIR. Cook.
well. don't know why you should
be telling me about it," she snapped.
Il certainly never have used any
paint. If you are SO interested in
the subject, however. I'll refer you
to some one who can give you some
expert advice"
"Oh. thank you" the Observer re-
piled: who is it?"
TITS my brother; he's a house
painter, and what he'd tell you II he
even knew you intimated that pow
Evening star., 1918-05-26

way just because am doing 1t that
way. If you are in doubt. go to some
one with experience and in whose
judgment you have confidence. Let's
just make our war gardens together.
Well grin over our failures and crow
over our successes. but we'll not try
to pass the buck" when something
goes wrong. If you'll agree not to
Capt. Thompson.
But to get back to the lady and her
letters she was worried over my pro-
posal to plant navy beans between the
rows of sweet corn. TT sounds well"
she wrote, land I've no practical ex-
perience to refute 1t, but it looks to
me as though the cornstalks and
leaves. II thrifty, which they should
be to produce good ears. would shade
the ground SO much the plants would
be SO delicate they would not have the
required strength and vitality to pro-
duce, and when exposed to the hot sun
Evening star., 1918-05-26
The Efficiency Crank.

ssc cIENTIFIc management. or efh-
y cheney" said Victor Berger In
political address in Milwaukee. "can
be carried too far. Some employers
carry it beyond the bounds Of de-
cency.
"In fact. they 60 crazy over it.. I
heard of an employer recently who
lost his wife. The man was a scien-
tific management crank, and at his
poor wife's. funeral. when the six
palibearers stepped forward to take
up the comm. he held UP his hand and
yelled in q loud voice that rolled like
thunder through the church:
Hold on there! Two Of " step
back! Eour's enough for that joby
Evening star., 1918-05-26
The Reckless Girl.

MFRS. MAMIE coLvIN. New York's
4VA recent prohibition candidate for
Congress. said in a stump speech:
but there's another side to this
question. II liquor on the mans part
causes divorce. recklessness on the
woman's part causes It also.
II once knew . girl-she's divorced
today, of course-who was warned by
a friend:
"If you marry that man. warn
you. my dear. that he'll lead a double
life
"'Well,' said the girl. recklessly. II
! don't marry him I'll lead q single
one, and that's WORSE"
Evening star., 1918-05-26

authorities" who will agree on any
given subject; but I'll bet you'd have
to hunt a while to find third one.
What started me thinking along this
line was a letter l received few days
ago from lady who said she was In
Washington for visit only. 1t was a
friendly letter which I was pleased to
receive. but I couldn't help but be a lit
tie amused. After telling Of her own
garden experience. covering a period OF
ten years or more. she said: One OF
tho first things I learned was that not
all advice. even from an apparently ef-
ficient source. is reliable" Then she
added naively: "And that was the
first thing that Influenced me to
write you."
The lady didn't approve of q num-
ber Of things I had told about doing
in my garden and she was fearful
that other war gardeners would fol-
low my lead and be disappointed In
the results.
That was a thought to give one
pause. I never had doubted that I
would make. mistakes. but 1t hadn't
occurred to me that in telling about
them in advance of discovery that
they were mistakes some other gar
dener might be led to follow the same
erroneous methods. That forces me
into giving advice, and my advice 10
don't" Don't do thing . certain
Evening star., 1918-05-26

steady feet. Twice we came to
trenches across which we had to
jump. In the darkness there were
blacker ribbons on black earth and
them with the war paraphernalia
strapped around me. was no simple
matter. I landed either in deep mud
on the other side after a superenort.
or missed and fell part way into the
ditch. to be helped out by Capt. x.
who assured me that IL 1 remained a
week I would be able to do as well
as he.
Those trenches which had duck
boards across were even more decep-
tive. for the ladders seemed to noat
in the air, and getting across them
with boots oozing as with soft glue.
was like walking tight rope over
ravine. Suddenly"
A big rocket came from the enemy
lines, leaving a comet tall OF nre IN
its journey toward US.
Freeze" said the captain.
We "froze."
The rocket burst overhead. fell a
few feet, when its inclosed parachute
opened and kept the flying search
light aloft. moving with the breeze:
A million little shadows spranE
about us. Our own shadows leaped
from our feet like disembodied black
spirits possessed of a power Of life.
and roamed about. long. grotesque
giants. growing longer and longer,
travelling faster and faster as the
fare came nearer.
+
We stood exposed like actors in
spotlight, before the German lines.
Let US hope we'll pass for q couple
of blasted trees" the captain whis-
pered
had never had ambitions that way
but for those long terrifying minutes
I envied every broken trunk and even
the little blades Of grass. The light
fell to the ground. threw about few
dying waves, and darkness again in
closed us.
Lets CO." said the captain. but
don't make too much noise. Perhaps
they did not spot u.s."
We walked fast toward the rear en-
trance Of the front line trenches.
"Rip-rip-rip-rip" a machine gun
spat in the darkness.
p-zip-zip-zip," the bullets stab
bed the soft earth near US.
"Whizz-whizz- z-whizz-boom." NOR
pig" because of its squeals, passed
over our heads.
Safety lay in the trenches. Many of
our men have learned this truth now.
We walked faster. our boots sticking
in the earth as II some evil imp in
the mud was trying to unshoe us at
every step. At last we reached our
haven.
Halt"
A sentry at the entrance ditch had
showed his bayonet before the captains
eyes. The command was low, but de-
cidedly menacing. We stopped.
who goes there?"
Friend"
whats the password?''
The sentry asked this question in a
hoarse whisper implying by his tone
that he expected 4 whispered answer.
for the boche listeners might overhear.
Boston" whispered the captain.
Pass" said the sentry. but he was
not at all enthusiastic about letting
strangers into the trenches. At night
an off1cer's silver or gold insignia are
hidden by clothing. The Sam Browne
belt is not worn.
As we passed. the sentry put his face
almost into that Of the captain, recog-
rized him, and saluted.
That's right. Keep your voice low
in getting the password"
At night all our men we're alert. The
trenches were full Of mufied fat
shadows, some standing, others kneel-