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Evening star., 1918-08-27
$14 Solid Oak Chifoniers, $II.2O

SO Gray Enamel Day Beds.
About rs 3-foot Gray Enamel
Day Beds, made of all metal
frame with guaranteed link
springs; have continuous post
and can be folded easily sS8
and put away.
81 All Fiber Reed Rocker,
made with full roll $3.50
high back.
$3.50 Brown Fiber Reed
Arm Chairs and Rockers, COW
cred in tapestry: seat and
back has loose cush- S13.20
ion; spring seat.
Evening star., 1918-08-27

Handsomely made of
the best grade Tennessee
red cedar. Highly pol
ished. Our regular $s.95
chests at only $6.75.
Evening star., 1918-08-27

SzI8.50 Adam Period 10
piece Dining Room Suite.
of quartered oak. S174.S0
dull finish.
Evening star., 1918-08-27
Bullets Reduced 2O%

$66 Buffet. of dull mahog-
any, Colonial style with bevel
glass: large and roomy: good
cabinet SS2. 20
work.
SOS Buffet, of dull mahog-
any. with drop metal handle
pulls; in William and $50
Mary design.
$50 Buffet of quartered
oak, in Colonial style; S6A
massive design.
S63.50 Buffet, of quartered
oak in Colonial style: two
large and two small S5O.SO
drawers.
Evening star., 1918-08-27

Handsomely Striped Silk and
Satin Skirts in dark colors. APP
propriate to wear way into the
fall season. Specially priced at
$500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14

for the appointment Of . committee
OF eleven. one from each Government
department. to inquire into forms OF
suffrage; a committee OF nine MEM
bers to cooperate with the COM
munity centers. and adopted q third
resolution favoring universal trans
fers, especially at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Fourteenth street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO
STUDY D. C. PROBLEMS

The question Of suffrage for the
District. universal transfers. and the
price of food in Washington formed
a basis for action during the meet
ing of Local No. 2, Federal Employees
night.
A resolution was passed providing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
RFPARATIoN FOR UNIVERSITY.

~ A n r Largest Private School
HA In City
Men and Women
ACC0ONIAhCH toldest school In eityl.
PREPARATORY (accredited basesl.
COMMERCIAL (GreSg shOFt midi.
DRAFTING (mechanical. aFeIIitectursn.
GRADE (dny or EVENING".
LnnEaazes Wireless Statistics
LIZ q IL n " El,llafln Ernn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
FOR SALE

4-room apartment. furnished
in mahogany, including player-piano. for
sale very reasonable: a bargain fo- cash
Call Main 3s55. LII
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
Firms BACK RUSS JuNKERs.

STOCKHOLM. Dec. 1.-THE FInnis,
government Is financing the Russia,
monarchists, according to a dispatcl
published IN the Social DenBkraten.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14

DEPENBROCK-On Thursday, December
II, 1918, at AIS a m, BENJAMIN H..
beloved husband of Josie NJ. Depenbrock
(nee Spellman), aged thirty-two years.
Funeral from his late residence. 2523
Han place northwest, Saturday, Deem
per ~. at p. m. Friends and relatives
invited. LA
PAYNE, Catherine B., beloved wife Of T.
E. Payne, died Friday. Dec. -. 1919 2eth
81. N w; high mass from Holy Trinity
Church Dec. Is, 9:15 a. m. Friends may
view the body at Wises' Chapel, goth & NJ
N. w. New York papers please copy.
l-I5s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14

Don't stop buying War Savings
Stamps until you have purchased all
you ear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
SPECIAL NOTICES

Why Not Save Money on
Window Shades by eSSm . gs,t direct to
THE SHADE SHOP, Pa la' r. sf'h So 81
TO ExTEkAIINATE BED BOtses reaches.
ants and water bugs. use goth Century
lnsecueide. Sold By druggists or A. II. c
Co. Sn New York ave. oc1T-tf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
SUBURBAN PROPERTY
FOR SALE.

MD.-BunEaIow; parIor, Iiv-
ing room. two bed rooms and bath on
one floor; large dry basement with din
trees: strawberry patch and grapes: pOul-
try houses and yards. Immediate posses
sion. $4,000; $1,000 for my equity: $3.50
LIST trust runs years, and renewable.
OWNER. $50 Riggs Bldg. Phone Main 233.
liz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
CABIN JOHN PARK

ATTRACTIVE SUBURBAN HOMES
eiK new houses and bungalows ready foS
]. .. ToNLINsON. 32t South. Bldg. NJ, 7itL
. d-0
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS

zADO4I IT'D ADV En- IOGfsO
A POORLY worded, consumptIve
looking advertisement has very
little pulling power.
II your ad is not pulling the maxi.
mum amount of results there - q
reason We have employed trained
men whose business Il Is 10 make
classified ads pay. They have made
a thorough study OF classified adver-
in other large cities. 1t will not
oongate you In any way to have our
representative call on you. We viii
not try TO sell you anything. We
simply want to show you how an
your business.
PHONE THE TIMES
Msin $3.50 Classified Advt- Dept.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
FLORAL DESIGNS

FLOWERS for all occasions. CaI Frankie
1906: residence. Franklin I1Ss. GEO. 4
COOKE. llO1 Conn sva. my1S-itot
J. H. SMALL & SONS, Florists
wsIdorf a.,o,. "a ~ 49, q, 49,. - ~.
lork Flowers for funerals specially.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-14
DEATHS

PHONE THE TIMES
Msin $3.50. CLASSIFIED Advt- Dept.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING
FOR SOLDIERS in FRANCE
Fight In the Ranks of the Red Cross Against
Pain Disease and Death.

Through three takings Of Belgrade,
first when the city was taken by the
Austrians, again when it was retaken
by the Serbians, and still again when
1t was taken back by the Germans and
Austrians together, an American Red
Cross nurse, Mary Gladwin, worked
in the operating room. In that first
capture, when nine thousand wounded
crowded the wards and halls and yard
of the thousand bed hospital and doctor
and nurse worked together for day
and night without stopping, giving to
each operation an average Of six min
utes, and employing emergencies in-
spired by the desperate need of the
moment, they did not know that the
city had been taken until all the
stretchers brought Austrian wounded,
and Austrian doctors came to their
relief.
Several hundred women are work.
ing over there in the American Red
Gross canteens. There are ahAxt two
hundred of these canteens along the
French and American lines Of COM
munication, and the women are work
Ing under great pressure, feeding
thousands of soldiers. The Red Cross
IL also establishing canteens by mill
tary request at number Of Aviation
Camps American women conduct
these stations, comprising canteen and
club and reading room. Everyone OF
these canteens has something Of the
genius of home about 1t; and 1t Is
because of this, no less than the IA
cilities for cleanliness and rest and
refreshment, that the French govern
ment has given the responsibility for
maintaining cahteens for both armies
to the hands Of the American Red Cross.
In large numbers women are going
abroad as hospital hut workers, also,
and as social workers for trained
service among the refugees and the
repatriated. At each base hospital the
Red Cross Is equipping, as fast as they
can be built, recreation huts for con-
valescent soldiers.
Clerical workers have steadily in
creased in number for the admins
trative offices From that original
group OF eighteen, which as the first
American Red Cross Commission TO
France sailed about June LIST, 1917,
the organization has grown to work
ing force Of more than 5000 men and
women.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
TRIBUTES FROM
SECRETARY BAKER

Following a tour Of South England,
Secretary of War Baker made this
comment on the work done by the
American Red Cross for our boys:
."These are the things which count.
The American Red Cross is to be con-
graduated on the way in which it is
looking after our boys. 1t is doing
fine work"
Following his return from France
Secretary Baker wrote this note TO
the American Red Cross in London:
81 left London so shortly after my
drive to Winchester that I had no
early opportunity to thank you for
the courtesy of the touring car when
YOU placed at my disposal for the trip.
On this trip to Europe I have received
fresh and noteworthy evidence OF the
astonishing efficiency of the American
Red Cross operations in France ana
England. have been delighted to see
how much the American Red cross
has done to weld hearts OF the a1ned
people together"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
POTASH PRODUCTION IN
CREASING

The situation in respect to potash
is improving, the rate of production
during the first six months of 1918
having been equal to nearly 25 per
cent of the normal consumption. BY
force of circumstances the country
is now essentially independent of
foreign importations, though at an
undetermined cost in the fertility of
the soil. Searles Lake, in California,
the alkali lakes in western Nebraska,
and the alunite deposits of Utah, all
of which were examined, with favor
able recommendations, in earlier re-
ports by the Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior, are now
our principal sources of supply.
From these, as well as from various
by-product recoveries, larger and in
creasing supplies are expected in the
latter half of 1918 and in 1919,
From Annual Report of Director
United States Geological Survey.)
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
AMERICANS FIGHT
GERMS IN ITALY
tuberculosis Experts Sent by
Red Cross viii Use Lat
est Methods.

Included in the unit of medical and
lay workers which the American Red
Cross has sent to Italy are a number
of the leading anti-tuberculosls work
ers of the country, sponsored by the
National tuberculosis Association.
DR.. William Charles White, who heads
the unit, is medical director of the
tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh,
and DR.. Robert H. Bishop, the assist
ant director, is secretary of the Anti
tuberculosis League of Cleveland as
well as health commissioner Of that
city. DR.. John H. Lowman of Cleve-
land, a former president Of the Ma
tional Association, is another promi-
nent member of the unit. Others are
DR.. Robert G. Patterson, secretary of
the Ohio tuberculosis Association
Seymour n Stone, until recently sec
retary of the Massachusetts Anti-Tu-
berculosis League; DR.. Gertrude Stur-
gis, secretary Of the New York City
Association of tuberculosis Clinics,
and n. A. Nelson, superintendent Of the
Cincinnati Antl-Tuberculosis League.
These men and women, at the re-
quest of the Italian government will
cooperate with that country in apply
ing the latest approved American
methods for combating the spread of
tuberculosis. Some of them will be
charged with the establishment of
clinics where people Of all ages may
be examined and treated others will
devote their attention particularly to
preventing tuberculosis among chill
dren, and a third group will develop
health publicity and education.
It is to the credit Of the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign in America that 1t
has produced specialists of such inter
national standing that Italy wishes to
call them into her service temporarily.
But the campaign will be continued
unremittingly here at home. Its sup
port during the ensuing year will be
derived not as heretofore from the
sale Of Red Cross Christmas Seals, but
by a special appropriation made by the
Red Cross to the National TuberculO-
sis Association. tuberculosis workers
ON their side will line up with the Red
Cross in its Christmas Roll Call for
universal membership.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
EASING THE CARES
OF SOLDIERS FAMILIES

The ten thousand Home Service Sec
tons of the American Red Cross, in
their work of looking after the fami-
lies of the enlisted men, are doing Won
ders for the morale of the army. Our
fighters are not men who are going to
worry about themselves, but If they Go
no, get cheerful letters from home, or
if anything goes wrong there, they are
going to worry, and that delicate thing
the army men call morale is going to
be disturbed. 1t is to safeguard
against this and also to prevent need
less suffering and to promote that splr-
it of neighbOrliness and kindly aid that
binds each community into an organic
whole that the Home Service was or
ganized.
Over $4,000 workers are serving on
these ten thousand committees, which
reach into every corner Of the country,
however remote. Not a town or VIII
Iage or crossroads that is not within
reach of the Red Cross; not wife o1
child or mother of a man in service
who cannot claim the ready aid OF the
Red Cross workers.
More than 100000 Families of Amerit
can soldiers and sailors have been ref
lieved of money troubles, legal dit1cuiss
ties and worries of all sorts by the
protecting arm Of the Red Cross. II
the allowances of allotments under the
War Risk Insurance law do not come
the matter is at once referred to Red
Cross Headquarters, taken up with the
nroper government bureau and prompt
" Strengthened out. If, through the
delay, the family finds itself In need
of money sums are advanced to tide 1t
over until the allotment arrives. Dur
ing July over sixty thousand inquiries
of this kind were received, and more
than a third of these were taken clear
through to headquarters before they
could be Strengthened out.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20

They have known very well the risks
they were taking-the two thousand
and moro women who have gone to
France for varied services under the
American Red Cross, and the more
than nine thousand nurses whom the
American Red Cross has assigned to
foreign duty under the United States
Army and Navy Nurse Corps
They went under orders as soldiers
do; prepared for any emegencies, as
soldiers do; they assumed many
strange and unforeseen tasks, as SOL
diers do. Literally, they went as
fighters, against pain, disease and
death.
A mobile surgical unit" of nurses
those words don't mean very much,
perhaps, the first time we hear them.
But see such an unit follow an army
up to an advanced post; see how the
nurses work with steady hands beside
the surgeons as the stretchers with the
newly wounded are brought in. See
thousands Of them In evacuation hos
pitfalls, base hospitals, convalescent
hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals; some
of them in French military hospitals
where sometimes our men are sent {;
see them with their specialized skin
In head surgery, or fracture work, or
psychiatry all these women who
keep head and hand cool and steady,
when the ambulances unload great
harvests Of wounded. Then we say
the words sour Nurses" as we say
sour Soldiers" "Our Sailors" "OuH
Marines"
On the night of March 25th, when
the Germans were fast advancing, and
already within six kilometers Of
Annel, an outpost of Compiegne, two
American doctors remained, who un-
der order Of the French government,
had sent the patients and personnel
of their hospital farther back the
night before. The artillery was deaf
ening but the American Ambulance
sections kept bringing their wounded
to Annel. These doctors said that as
long as the American boys brought
them wounded they would operate.
Two nurses volunteered from Com
piegne, and so in the deserted chateau
the two surgeons, the two nurses and
the ten drivers worked calmly on,
while the buzz of aeroplanes shook
the air, and the blasting guns shook
the earth.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
FOR lTALY'S BABIES.

Motherhood in Italy just now Is NOT
the joy that it might be, for the poor
women are at their wits ends to clothe
the children already in the family, not
70 mention the preparation for the lit
tle newcomers. Perhaps the most ap-
nreciated gifts of the American Red
Cross at this time are the layettes
which are being given to the mothers
of Italy. Each layette consists OF
twenty-four pieces and includes four
bright colored swathing bands, so dear
RI the heart of the Italian woman.
Twenty layettes a week are needed at
Chioggia alone.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
CARGO OK SUPPLIES
GOES TO ARCHANGH
Red Cross Sends Relief Ships for
Allied Soldiers and Civilians
In Starving Russia.

A relief ship was recently sent from
this country to Archangei by the
American Red Cross with 1900 tons
of drugs, food, soap and other sup
plies for the use of the Allied soldiers
and needy civilians in that part OF
Russia. The vessels cargo was wax
ued at $1,511,2S
Later, another ship was dispatched
carrying 200 tons of similar supplies
furnished by the American Red Cross,
the total expenditure for the two ship
ments amounting to over 100000.
Major O. T. Williams of Baltimore
was in charge Of the party of thirteen
which accompanied the shipment from
this country. He was formerly men,
Der Of the Red Cross Commission for
Roumania. Major kirkpatrick, at one
time member Of the latter commits
sion, but recently attached to the
Army Medical Corps, heads the medI-
cal end of the Archangel expenditton.
Drugs and general hospital supplies
constituted the greater part Of the
cargo sent from America.
While the chief concern of the ex-
petition was providing comforts for
American and Allied fighting men In
that part of the world, all efforts were
bent to get relief to the Russian SOL
diers who were returned from Ger
man prison camps at the rate Of about
$4,000 a week. The condition Of these
men was pitiable. 1t has been est.
mated that 90 per cent. Of them were
tubercular.
In addition to drugs and food, al
most every imaginable article on the
list OF supplies sent over was for the
the Allied soldiers. Just few Of
these articles were playing cards,
razor blades, jewsharps, mandolins,
accordeons, ukaleles, monographs,
cameras, skates, wigs, whiskers,
grease paints, footballs, snowshoes,
slippers, hockey outfits, indoor base
balls, moving picture outfits, Bibles,
prayer books, boxing gloves, games,
music, books, cigarettes, candy and
dried fruits.
The need of prompt relief for the
inhabitants Of towns along the coast
of the White Sea and on the Kola
peninsula, many Of whom were facing
starvation, was found to be impera-
tive Scurvy had broken out among
the people at these places, adding to
the general distress.
The towns to which the relief ex-
pendition was sent are virtually fso-
lated from the outside world because
of the treacherous coast line, shifting
sand bars and uncharted waters. An
exceptionally early frost, even for that
part of the world, ruined the harvests,
which were expected to improve con-
ditions. Statements, printed in Rus
sian, explaining the work Of the RED
Cross, were distributed among the In
habitantS.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
D. AND w. CHATS

Our idea of the strongest man in
the world is the one who can over
come his smallest weakness.
If you want to ascertain how
many real friends you have, try to
borrow money from each one.
Every editor thinks his ideas are
gems of thought-but many of them
are nothing but paste.
The wise man knows that he is
right but doesn't claim that every
body else is wrong.
If the whining pessimist would
stop talking about how cruelty the
world is serving him, and direct his
energies towars serving the world,
what a difference it would make.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
CONTEST FOR THE JUNIORS.

A special feature during the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call will be a
Junior Red Cross Four Minute Men
Contest on "Why You Should Join the
Red Cross" The contest will be sim
liar to those previously conducted by
the Division Of Four Minute Men Cf
the Committee on Public Information.
It will be held on Friday, December
goth. in all of the School AuxiliarIes,
and friends and parents Of the pupils
VII be urged to attend.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
AN HONEST ANSWER

She went down to the power house
And interviewed an oiler;
what is that thing" why, he
replied,
"That is the engine boiler"
"And why do they boil engines?"
asked
The maiden, sweet and slender ;
"They do it," said the honest man,
"To make the engine tender"
Southern Telephone News.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1918-12-20
RepIacIno the Orchards.

The American Red Cross has given
$4,000 to assist In the replanting OF
trees in the orchards laid bare by the
Germans. With this sum 10000 fruit
trees will be replaced in the devas-
tated orchards of Belgium and north
ern France.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
NEW WAR BOOKLET
ISSUED BY COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC INFORMATION

A War Encyclopedia" providing
the public with information on the
great war in the form of a handbook
is the latest publication issued by the
Committee on Public Information.
The salient facts of the war are
briefly stated in alphabetical form
in 800 pages. The cyclopedia also
contains a chronology Of outstanding
events ranging from the murder at
Serajevo of the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, June 2S, 1914, to the
British national labor conference s
approval of President Wilson's war
aims, December 20, 1917.
The volume may be obtained by
addressing the Committee on Public
Information, 10 Jackson Place,
Washington, d. c., and inclosing %
cents to cover cost of printing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
NINE TESTS ARE USED
TO PROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS
OF MEN IN CAMP

The director of athletics at one
army camp has arranged a program
as a means of determining the rela-
tive athletic caliber of the companies
in the division. Each man is re-
CURED to pass in eight of the follow
ing tests to obtain a positive mark
for his unit:
Jump eight feet from a standing
position; chin 10 times; clear a ba1
at four feet two inches; throw a 70
pound shot 33 feet; climb a 20-foot
rope in ID seconds; dash so yards il
seven seconds; run a mile in SIX
minutes: lift 60-pound weight over
the head with one hand; sit up from
a supine position with a 50-pound
weight suspended from the back OF
the head.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
NEW COMMITTEE WILL
MOBILIZE COLLEGES FOR
TRAINING OF TROOPS

1t is estimated that within the next
six months $4,000 to 100000 men
will be given intensive military train
ing in schools and colleges. They
will be drawn from the armed forces
of the nation, men now in training
camps or about to be called, and
registrants under the selective serv-
ice law.
With a view to mobilizing the ed
ucational institutions of the country
for this special training there has
been created in the War Department
a committee on education and spe-
cial training" 1t will encourage and
arrange for the technical education
of men needed by the several
branches of the army.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
CAMP THEATRE PRICES
FAR LOWER THAN AT
METROPOLITAN HOUSES

While figures are not yet available
on the proportionate number of 81
and So smileage books being pur-
chased for use by men at the camps
and environments, the Commission on
Training Camp Activities, in charge
of the sale, states that there has been
unexpected demand for the larger
books. Smileage books selling for
81 contain 20 coupons good for ad-
mission to camp entertainments;
books selling for IS contain 100
coupons.
From two to five coupons are re-
quired for admission to Liberty the
aires at the camps, although many
Of the productions are of the class
which command 50 prices in metro
politan houses