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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
DIVERSIFIED CROPS

Judging from reports gathered
from all sections of the South, Dixie
will not revert to It's old pre-war
status. Never before in the history
of this section of our country has
there been such buzz of commercial
industrial and agricultural activity
as now
New industries are springing into
existence daily; old ones are enlarg-
ing their facilities: merchants are in
creasing ..neir stocks; banks have
more money THAI. ever before, and the
Southern farmer. having learned his
lesson in diversified crop-raiSing TO
help win the war, will never again
revert to the one-product crop-cot-
ton-prominent planters declare.
diversified crops" hcnceforth will
be the slogan of the Southern farmer.
Modern agricultural implements, con-
sidered only few years ago as ex-
periments. are being used to relieve
the lalo- shortage.
With tens of thousands of acres of
land heycto lore idle, the South has
started crncerted drive to have the
Federal Government parcel this land
for soldier and sailor settlements,
thus absorbing to some extent the
labor surplus when the boys return
ing from overseas are mustered out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
THE CHRIST CANDLE

t'Llttle taper, set tonight,
Throw affair thy tiny light;
Up and down the darksome street
Guide the tender wandering feet
Of the lowly Christ-child sweet.
"He is coming in the snow,
IA He came so long ago,
When the stars set DER the hill
When the town is dark and still,
Comes to do the Father'swill.
Little taper, spread thy ray,
Make His pathway light as day,
Let each door be opened wide
For this guest of Christmas tide,
Bearer than all else beside.
"Litsle Christ child co2le to me,
Let MY heart thy shelter be;
Such a home thou wilt not scorn;
So the bells of Christmas morn
Glad shall ring, "A Christ is born"
A dear old tradition tells US that
"a lighted candle set in the window
on Christmas Eve will guide the
Babe of Bethlehem to your home. that
He may bring you happiness.
Every enc of us can light q candle
on Christmas eve and place it in the
window tomorrow night.
The Irish tell you that the Christ
candle was always lighted in their
homes in the Emerald Isle as it has
been for years and years in Norway
and Sweden.
General Examinations are but sell
dom cpracticed in Alexandria. The
custom was observed April, Ii, 1865,
at the close Of the war between the
states, by the many northern people
in this city at the time. as well as by
others native and to the manner born
whose Sympathies were with them
On another occasion, in November,
1883, when the readjuster party was
showed under there was general
illumination. The last time the GUS
tom was observed was after it be-
came positively known that Grover
Cleveland had been elected Presiden.
in, 1854.
The world has cause to engage III
il general illumination this Christmas:
and the suggestions anove taken from
a leaflet which is now being circula-
ted shouid appeal to all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
AERIAL PASSENGER SHIPS

With the project of traDsat!ant',
airplane flights between England and
America rapidly Undertaking. plans
are now complete for regulG, aerial
passenger service between London
and Paris and other European c::pi-
tails. These will be put into effect
IS soon as armistice conditions per-
nit.
Soon Mr.. Jones in Lordon can pacl,
his grip any day and hurry am c.,tch
the 1880 a. m. aerial bus. which will
land him in Paris at P. NJ
Already Holt Thomas has estab-
lished in London the European AERIAL
Passenger Company Som: proposals
with regard to this service. as vel,
as considered plans for much more
anbitious scheme for establishing a
nail service with France, italy. Nor
way, India and South America, with
a chain Of aerial stations extending
at intervals of every ten miles all
over the world, have been disclosed
by Mr.. Thomas.
One day this week one of The larg-
est aeroplanes in the world carried
forty passengers, flying over London.
It was a new super-Handley-Page
The total weight carried was nearly
three tons, and the pilot had 4 six
hours supply Of petrol.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
CHRISTMAS on r9E RHINE

The Germans four years ago boast,
ed that IL ey would eat their Christ
mas dinner in Paris. The Americans
will eat dinner next Wednesday in
the city Of Coblenz and other places
in the Farherland. The watch of the
Rhine is now being performed by
soldiers CT the United States.
In the lee of some ruined castles
along the other side of the Rhine,
American soldiers were forming their
mess lines for supper one night last
week, and while the great old moon
played up and dow, the river they
messed for miles beyond the stream.
Patches of military policemen are
already commencing to show in the
queer little towns nesting in the
deep valleys between the hills where
one looks instinctively for gnomes to
appea" suddenly.
Mile after mile orr armies are
spreading over the sector which they
will occupy beyond the river for
who Knows how long?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

them in the ocean! Give US picks
and shovels!"
That was the cry of sailors ana
wcrkmen in Kiel when the ships were
leaving TO surrender.
The allied leaders at the beginning
of the recent conflict said they would
give Germany enough of war, so much
that the great bulk of the nation
would never want to hear of carnage
again. 1t looks as though they have
produced such conditions. The Huns
have had enough of war. and they
now demand tools OF peace instead
Of bayonets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
MASONIC NOTICE

There will be called communica-
ton Of Andrew Jackson Lodge, No.
l20, A. F. and A. NJ, Monday even
ing. at 7.30 O'Clock to confer the
Master Mason Degree. All master
Masons invited. By order Of the wor-
shiDful master.
]. Z. Alexander, Secretary.
.tnD-1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
NOTICE
Alexandra National Bank.
Alexandria, Va.
3.4L 1910

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders Of this bank will be held
at the banking house on Tuesday.
January II, 1919 at Ii O'Clock a. m.
for the election Of directors and such
other business as may properly cone
before the meeting.
29G-td J. L. Perry, Cashier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-One ladder, between AieEan
Gria and .Arcturys, on Saturday,
December DIST. Finder please ncti-
fy ]. T. Carlin at Arcturus. r. +.
D. No. /. Alexandra, Va. 3O3-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
THE MARK OF THE BEAST

1t is not surprising to read that
the German citizens at Coblenx have
begun to adopt an inso'ent attitude
toward the American troops There
and elsewhere in the invaded portions
of Germany occupied 81 American
soldiers, the Lestial H@r has mis-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

WANTED-Iu Posemoht By physician
and wife. table board, or board and
room. Address [. W. Alexandria
Gazette. 1V5-2t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

HELP Observation-Disclosures. Large
manufacturing Company can furn-
ish steady and permanent employ
mcnt to from so to rs first-class
machinists capable Of operating
lathes, milling machines, planners,
or grinders, on small and accurate
micTometcr work. Ideal shop con-
ditions. attractive wages, no labor,
troubles. Living expenses very real
sonable. Drawer 5, Lynchburg, Va.
29S-7t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

LOsT-On King street, two overseas
letters addressed &c Mrs. Louis n.
Dufev. Finder vii please return
to 1l5 South Washington street
and receivc reward. 303-lt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

Wanted-Logmcn, watermen and men
TO handle wood piles for pile Griv-
ers. so, So and 60 IL cents per
hour. Raymond Concrete Pile Co.,
Torpedo Plant, foot of Cameron
Street, Alexandria, Va.
2S5-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

WANTED-Laborers, white and COL
ored. Highest wages. Either day
u sight work. Apply 10 Virginia
Shiybuilding Corporations Repre-
sentative. L. S, Employment Sery-
ice, Post Office Building, Alsxan-
dria Virginia. 214-kf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

Wanted-Woman to run Furnished
room hose for men. Address, XYI
Care Gazette. 30i-4t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
WANT sHoyELs AND PICKS

Take our submarines and battle
ships anI cruisers and guns and s:nl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

Wanted-Kitchen Man, good pay. Ap-
ply Monticello Cafe, S07 King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

MANAGER wanted for lunchroom;
good wages paid to right party. Ap-
Ply New Southland Hotel, Alexan-
dria. Va. COST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23

COOK wanted male or female; good
wages. Apply New Southland
Hotel, Alexandria, Va. 205-ss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-23
HELP WANTED

Help Wanted Female-Waitresses
Wanted at Monticello Cafe. SOd
King Street. 303-6tl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12
TELEPHONE OPERATORS
EAT 1000 POUNDS OF CANDY

At the Milk street lunch room of the
Boston telephone system 1000 pounds
Iof candy were sold each month In
penny purchases, made by girl tele-
tphene operators after lunch, and this
is only one of twelve such lunch rooms
throughout the Boston telephone sys-
ITEM. When the United States food ad-
ministration asked for conservation In
sugar the lunchroom manager of the
company, r.. II. Ansell. called unon
operators TO save sugar by satisfying
1.-THE sweet tooth with the following
commercial confections, made largely
from honey. maple syrup, molasses
honey nougatines. molasses chips
molasses candy, molasses gems, rasp-
berry jelly coffee jelly. peanut butter
marshmallow walnuts. toasted marsh
malows, cocoanut cakes and corn
cakes.
On two days a week no white bread
is served to the 500 operators who
eat in these telephone lunch rooms.
substitutes being golden -four bread.
rvs bread, rye mullins, oatmeal muf-
fms. bran mullins and bran doughnuts,
with mashed potatoes or rice as a sub
stitute for toast in the service of
creamed fish and fried chicken.
Mr. Ansell liz a member OF the staff
of Frank c. Hall, who has charge Of
food conservation in hotels in New
England under the United States food
al DIM inistratio
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12
WOODEN LEG NAN
DRILLS WITH OTHERS

Chicago. Ill. Sept Ii.-That .
wooden leg need not preclude 4 man
from army service has been proved 1t
Camp Stevens. Wis. where a man with
that defect went through all the hard
work of army life. faIterins only
briefly because the wooden leg had
worn blister on his thigh. The. camp
ended recently for 500 business men.
who received their certificates from
Captain F. L. Beals.
None of them will start home with
a greater feeling OF satisfaction In
work well done than this one legged
man from Springfield. ILL.,, who offers
an object lesson TO every wounded SOL
der who will return from the battle
fields of France.
He has gone through every drill.
every bit of hard work, every move
that any other man in the camp has
gone through.
Last Monday this man called on DR..
Heman spalding. the camp surgeon.
i've a blister on my leg. I'd like
you to look at IT," he said.
The surgeon looked. 1t was a Bills
ter worn by the friction of the wooden
DO you mean to tell me" the doc
tor asked. that you have gone
through all OF these drills on a wooden
leg?"
Certainly" said the patient. and
I'm going through the rest of them"
He rested, on the surgeons orders,
half a day. then got back into his
place Not one In a hundred of hin
comrades knew of his handicap.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12

ana harley auIr and corn -four each
n q wheat Sour lbs. and nv
dour Z H.. Or whsas, wheat. entire
wheat, o. Ctaham 40ur q meal. contain
Ing ct lsast IS PER cent q the whole
wheat hsrxy. ness Victory Aours-
my b soaA withozt-svhsAitztss
Manufacturers end Aeelere ere 1EosA
to snoosraSs ths sale s1d use Of these
rsady m4xsd asuzs. I'D the Food Id
ministra&ton relies upon houssholdsrs
70 aid IN this conservation program By
purchasing meal for eornbread In adr
dition to mtxing At least 70 per cent
Of tho substitute cereals with tho stand
ard wheat nour at homo for all uses.
The $3.50 rule has been supsrseded
by che &bove regulations, under which
the retail merchant is required tn keep
barley -four, corn -four and corn meal
in bulk and sell them in tho proper.
ton Of one pound to four with stand
ard wheat hour: provided that he may
keep in stock and upon request Of
consumers sell In the same proportion,
In lieu OF the barley -four and corn
flour and corn meal, any OF the fol-
lowing: Feterita -four and m calls. rice
-four, oat -four, kafir -four. milo -four,
peanut -four. bean -four. potato -four.
sweet potato -four and buckwhsat -four.
And pure rye -four may be sold as q
substitute. but only In the proportion
of at least two pounds of rye with
thres mounds NJ what nour
II will be noted that the permitted
substitutes are limited to those which
can be used In preparing mixed nours
at home--the other cereals in the old
list Of substitutes being omxted
All limits on quantity sales Of wheat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12

-four to consumers are now removed,
but moderation in purchasing and
economy in using are urged upon the
housewives, on whose voluntary &C
ton reliance II largely placed 10 en-
force the necessary conservation.
Meat and fats ought to be a little
more plentiful in this coming year.
II the big corn crop does not disap-
point in the harvesting. for corn means
hogs Bacon and pork ought to be rea-
sonably plentiful and ke beef situa.
ton Is looking UP. But II the Food
Administration asks conservation Of
meat, 1t will mean that a necessity
for conservation has arisen.
SUGAR.
Sugar will have 10 be used very spar
ingly for all purposes a. least until
the nrst OF January. There will not
be really enough sugar for everyone
again until peace comes. and even
after peace. we shall all have to GO
easy for a time.
Bur sugar shortage must not stop
canning. II you cannot get enough
sugar for home canning. put up your
fruit without it. II you do not know
how to put up your fruit without sugar
ask your Home Economics Director or
your Local Food Administrator for
some of the Food Administration lit
eraturs on the subject All fruits and
vegetables must be saved.
Full steam ahead" On canning
SLOW" on Sugar.
Sugar is fual for the body provid
Ink II with heat and energy The
eghtirg man at the front. summer or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12

winter. needs fuel and energy, because
he Is expending all his strength all
tho time-plus-for us. Sugar II coal
for his body furnace We don't need
II a. he does Let's lot him have II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12

Tue Food Administrators Of the
United States. Frtacs. England and
Italy. warn VI, In the light OF their
recent survey Of the food resources OF
the 10000. 900 people fighting Ger.
many. that to insure enough supplies
and necessary reserves against disas-
ter, there must be maintained In all
countries q conservation OF wheat nour
during the coming year.
II has been agreed that the wheat
bread Of the Allies shall contain 20 per
cent. OF other grains than wheat Sure
~ We can do no leas-we who suher
10 much less from the ravages OF wari
II 10 desired to get this country on
: mixed -four basis, As measure OF
nrecaution against any future short
Re OF wheat hour. The mixed hours
entitled TO be labeled Victory F1ours"
a.ntaiu wheat -four lbs and barley
acur b.. or wheat Hour lbs and
eOru four H.. Or wheAs aoas : lbA
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
+" When a Girl MarrieS"
BY
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
BY ANN Isle

, Then, as If actually afraid of what
he might be going to say next, Neal
fed. AS the closing door punctu-
ated his words turned to my hus-
band with a happy laugh:
You two!" I cried-'regular men!
There's Neal just dying to tell you
again that your example has made a
man of him and that he'll never be
able to thank you enough-and in
stead he shoots a few gruff sem
tences at you. I'd say it for him.
but my hearts so full 1 can't fish
out the right words"
"Oh, that's all right" broke in
Jim uneasily, 81 just helped the kid
find himself. 1t didn't do to let him
think of himself as Stacker. l
only slung a few words at him.
That's nothing Anne. But, honey,
what tickles me is that I'm going
to be able to do something for
Terry
Jim rose to test his ankle gin
gerly. He WINGED with pain, but
managed to grin and say that the
old ribs weren't cracking under the
strain at all-so, one james Hunter
Harrison would assuredly report for
work Monday.
So with a kiss on my boys fore
head, l left him to his work and
went about mine. l wanted to fling
myself into Jim's arms and engulf
him in a torrent of love and graft
tude because of what he had done
for Neal-but Jim wasn't in a mood
for heroics, so my emotions had to
be stified.
During the morning Phoebe
phoned, but there was no word from
Virginia. The doctors farewell visit
and lunch punctuated our day. In
the early afternoon ENVY came
breezing, in with the announcement
that Meals remarks about sickness
in the family had haunted her ever
since the night before and so she
had just been compelled to come
and see what she could do for us.
She greeted me with nonchalant
Indifference. She seemed to have
forgotten our quarrel and the oc-
casions when she had phoned and
ignored me. I couldn't tell whether
it meant serene enmity-or friend
ship too we'll established to be
broken lightly by mere misunder-
standing. Toward my Jim she was
all sunshine-as bracing as an Octo-
Der day There was no question Oh
her attitude toward him.
You poor lonesome boy!" she
cried. Being sick is such a bore
if you'd only sent for me, Anne l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
CHAPTER LXvII

I'm handing in my resignation
this morning. and I'll chase along
to Washington Sunday. Say, you
won't forget that letter, will you,
Jim?" asked Neal jerkily next morn
ing just as he was leaving the house.
BLESS your heart, lad. I'll give
you more than one letter. 1 know
a bunch of the big fellows over in
Washington" t,-
That's great. Jim. But don't for
get the heavy artillery. If can
get induction papers in that it's all
1 care for"
III do my best for you, lad.
But the first thing for you to do is
chase down to the loal draft board
and tell them where they can get
you if they want you"
"All right, Jim. I'll do whatever
you say. You-you couldn't tell me
anything l wouldn't do
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

would have been delighted to come
over and amuse Jim. Was he cross
as two sticks? Would he like tc
play checkers now
I'd love a game of checkers, re-
turned Jim. Quarter a corner
eh?"
GIVE us the checker-board, will
you, Anne?" said Envy with an air
of cameradie. "Oh. Jim, Anne's
shocked because I'm going to play
for money!"
Nonsense, Envy. Anne knows
how games bore a fellow unless
there's a little stake"
1T isn't that" l. said, trying to
persuade myself that Evvy's fond
ness for Jim was merely an express
sion of old and loyal friendship;
but 1 haven't an idea where there
is a checker-board."
"Over in the carved chest" Envy
cried. You don't mean to say Tom
never showed you the secret COM
partment of that chest?"
Whereupon Envy ran across to
the chest and lifted the lid.
why, you never got your blue
robe back from Tom! Aren't you
lTleHuS
more? How mean! He was so fond
of you Anne!"
felt a barb in each word and
suddenly it seemed to me strange
almost insulting-that Jim wasn't
showing a shadow of jealousy. Yet
so absorbed was l in my thoughts,
that l didn't see what secret spring
her fingers manipulated-but sud
denly the seeming bottom of the
chest lifted up and a narrow COM
partmerit was revealed. There
lying in a mass of papers and sealed
packages was the game of checkers.
have feeling that some day
will be sorry that 1 didn't notice the
spring that opened that secret com
partment. And even now 1 wish !
had made a point of asking Envy
to show it to me.
With an air of being completely
at home, Envy established herself
and the checker game across from
Jim, and. then they settled down to
moving those little red and black
disks about the board with COM
plete forgetfulness of my existence
Jim lost from the very beginning
and the little pile of coins in front
at Envy was soon absurdly large.
Now I'll play you double OF
quits" she cried eagerly.
Jim agreed. 1t didn't seem to oc-
cur to them that for almost two
hours 1 had been fussing about on
the edge of things, trying to busy
myself with sewing and prepara-
tions for tea. Then inst as they
were settling down to their cham
pionship game. in came Sheldon to
take Envy home.
She looked up with a pout which
changed to an amused twinkle as
she made a suggestion that Sheldon
take me out for a breath of air.
THAT will give Anne a bit of an
outing-and I'll wager it will. be
the very first she's had since our
Jimmie took up home-life."
"Fine-like nothing better than to
lure the beautiful bride away from
the groom for an hour or So" said
Sheldon amiably.
All too readily for my happiness
Jim seconded the idea. And so
had to go off and leave my hus-
band and Envy costly established in
our little home-together. And per-
fectly contented about it.
L began to wish that Jim might
sometime be Jealous-as l SO otter
was. l wondered if it was exactly
in my power to make him Jealous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
LOWERS PRICE OF PokKERs

Chicago - Extensive changes In
average prices on hogs at various
livestock centers have been under
taken by the United tates Food Ad-
ministration's stabillzation and con-
troll committee. At a meeting of the
committee held to-day 1t was an
nounced that the average price set at
Pittsburgh. for example, will here
after be $17.65 as against $3.50.
which recently has prevailed. ,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

motion to insert in city contracts a
clause barring the use of any prod
uct of German origin. For infrac-
ton of the new law the holder of the
contract may be fined one quarter
of the total amount involved.
The aldermen also recommended
that the city services should not ask
estimates for work from citizens OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
Brussels Put Ban on
Products Made by Hun;
Fine For Its Violation

BY Associated Press,
Brussels, Dec. 1.-THE Board of
Aldermen yesterday approved
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
GENEVA WANTS WILSON

Geneva, Dec. 12.-The State Coun-
Gil of the Canton of Geneva has de-
c.ded to invite President Wilson TO
visit this city during his stay in
Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

enemy countries or. from persons
who have worked. for or dealt with
the enemy.