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Evening star., 1918-02-28
Anniversary Values in
Mems Shoes.

MEMS MAHOGANY RUSSIA cALFskN SHOES sos5 PAIRMade
an o
models This shoe-excellent
TAN LACE SHOES-Two-ton Shoes, with dark cali
al light colored
Medium round and low heel
Anniversary Price, $5.85 Pair.
PUTTEES-Genune cowhide,
chaufeur
Anniversary Price, $425 Pair.
Evening star., 1918-02-28

Plain and Georgette Printed
Noi1es, in all-over patterns and
striped effects black on
grounds OF green, rose, laven-
der and blue. The shades are
especially neat and dainty and
the quality OF the fabric is most
exceptional at this time for the
low price of 17c the yard.
Second floor, G street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
The xArnericans Army: Motor Truck in France

of travel was more than cents;
During last July new routes were puS
in order, covering more than 1900
miles s, Of roa sao and Isia involving daily
t Is the plan Of the Postmaster
General to gridiron the country with
these rural motor-truck routes ana
open up territory not now easily ac-
cessible to the railroads. A survey mus
been made of the possible throuEm a, OF
sippi river. and this indicates that we
should have 1900 miles OF postal aa
highways, of which at least o,OVV
miles will be essential to this serv-
ice. A similar mileage Will prooapiy
be necessary west OF the M's ssr~ipps
of the postal truck service WouIo
more than pay tho cost OF MAKING
and maintaining these highways, anu
that without reducing tho presen.
postal income derived by osl Hs o esti-
mates that 10000 such routes Wouio
each earn $4O.o 900 per year, producing
S4OO, 600, 900 per annum. or nofo tMI
the annual postal revenue 81 'n'S
time. Wa
already have something like 00.oVO
rural and star routes IN worklnks
order. and 1OO, 900 motor trucks mignt
be easily employed. At the tinls 'r 20.
the war closes we shall nave 20
ana they can BE- brought home and
put to work In the mail service ~
great profit. To the earnings i e. IRON IRON
carrying Of n arSstlst 10 for flrstciass
man matter. Witch makes the total tsl
than can possibly be earned by any
private organisation attempting 20
Compete. Already We have pSes POSI-.
Portland, Me-. to New Orleans, ana
from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh ana
coiumbus, Cincinnati and Memphis:
New routes are being formed e"esy
week, and SO tar the increase !" Ing
trafAc II enormous. >,rn
FRANK q. CARPENTER,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Bible Students.

DR. HARRIsoN ALLAN. treasurer
Of the Bible Society of America,
said in an address in Pittsburgh:
eve find deplorable ignorance OF
the Bible even among the higher
classes. When. now and then. we
meet some one who possesses a lit :,
tie biblical knowledge, he or she IS.
apt to be ridiculously proud about II;
"A young millionaire and his wife.
were once talking to me about ~
visit they had made to the famous !
picture gallery of the Prado In
Spain. -
What did you like best in the
ga Correggio,' said the husband
"a Correggio Of Adam and Eve in
the garden, with the apple and the
serpent
"Thcn the young wife looked at
me with q superior air and added:
"'Yec, that interested us especially
because. you see. we knew the anec-
dote.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17
Around the City.

ish. nor young. But they "ere fsef e
s1 AZ no man made q. motion to do ths
Chesteraeldian thing. the two women
who were neither pretty. stylish nor
young, but only very, very genteel'
caught hold Of adjoining straps:
When the car turned curves sney
lurched against each other. The one
in widowy black clamped her lips to-
gether in a way that brought out q
fresh batch of wrinkles. but the other
with a pathetic remnant OF girlish-
ness in her thin face, topped with g
hopes" made an effort to appear as II
dangling to a strap was real cute.
It was an effort that failed.
A young girl seated ahead CHANGED
to look back, caught a glimpse of the
two women and got up and offered the
nearest her place. And when the
widowy one had settled herself she
proceeded to voice knowledge thusly:
when you get to where the men
on a car wait for girl to get up
s anaw give I'VE, you srs a,d seat then you may
Don't talk so loud. Sis Betty. I see
lots Of men give up their seats to
women older that what we are"
I'm not talking bit louder than
y nrm of n they do II ta e
shade was to totter aboard this car
every man in 1t would tumble over
himself to give her a seat. That's all
right. I'm not complaining. Tn just
telling you what's what Men are po-
lite to pretty girls and ancients, but
women like US who are too plain to
appeal to their romantic vanity, and
too healthy to touch their pity, may
sand till the cows come home" sq.
Indeed, Sis Betty, you oughter be.
ashamed OF yourself-oh. thank you.
SIR"
A man had pushed button, got up,
and in passing the woman who hap
her attention to the vacancy The
woman thanked him and he touched
his hat.
See that9 He gave me his seat"
He couldn't very well take It along
with him, could he? There he goes
now into that drug store"
And on Sis Betty's face was the as
book.
A N old man hobbled along in the
twilight. His body was bent for
ward until his face looked down on,
the bricks, and his cane was but little
longer than a drumstick. }!
AS he hobbled he talked to himself
as lonely folks will. and his head
nodded Endorsement to the words. And,
as a woman slipped by him. this Isl
what he was Quavering out: 81.
Let not your heart be troubled. In
my fathers house there are many"
He was not seeing the bricks. His
eyes were visioning a mansion in the
sky. MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

It would take columns OF newspaper
space to print the names of the many
nlotor-truck companies now doing an
express business from city to city In
and about the great cities Of tho
United States. Most Of the chain
stores have their own trucks and
carry goods from the main supply
plants to their various stations. A
Brooklyn company with 200 stores iS
delivering goods for q radius OF 145
miles on Long Island. It has ten
trucks and six trailers. A chain OF
It has a fleet OF flve-ton motor
trucks which run regularly. 1t has
already paid for itself There is
a motor-truck service between San
Francisco and Palo Alto, Cal. with q
buses run 200 miles q day. and the
service altogether handles about 1000
passengers daily. The cost OF opera
ton per bus is about 15 cents per
mile, and less than three-fourths Of
1 cent per mile per passenger
An Arizona copper company carries
it's ore down the mountains In cater
pillar tractors over q. route formerly
thought impossible for everything
but oxen. The trucks cross a height
more than mile above the sea and
carry the ore ninety-seven miles. The
motor truck is used also in the slum-
Der industry. 1t hauls sawlogs, 1900
feet of timber being taken at q single
load.
The goods deliveries of nearly every
city are now done by truck, and In
some cities the department stores
have combined and are cooperating
In parcel delivery. Not long ago the
merchants Of Ottawa, Kan, were op-
Grating thirty-four delivery trucks.
They combined. and the business Is
now done by nine trucks, with saw
inc of from rs to 70 per cent.
More important than any city, COM
pany or individual truck enterprise Is
that being carried on by the parcel
post branch Of the United States
mails. This service is under the
charge Of Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Blakeslee, a man with a
vision. who sees in the motor truck
the bringing together of the producer
the middleman. who feeds on the
OF the railways. the improvement Of
our highways and the creation of a
new business for the backwoods
farmer and out-of-the-way manu-
facturer, which will bring such re-
suits as could almost pay the interest
on our national debt. Up to six
months ago there had been established
BY the Post Office Department eight
motor truck star routes. and these
during the six months preceding had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

"a
n and turned red roses into
n money. He didn't look like
a magician. at that. being
merely a youngster in khaki with q
limp In his leg. but
There was the bunch Of roses in his
hand and pretty soon after there
were the flowers glowing red in spots
all over the big hut-and q certain
war work fund was richer by thou
sands of dollars. When the roses were
gone the magician went among the
men and women who packed the big
place and gathered waste baskets
pressed down with more dollars. And
finding 1t impossible, because OF the
limp. to gather the money leaves wav-
Ing green from many uplifted hands.
he told everybody with dollar to
give to hit the trail a la Billy Sun
Gay. And the men. women and chill
oren came ana came until the table
on the platform was piled high with
g e! and the magician.s work
given his strength at the hut, as he
field.
And when the war work Of this
country country - summed up BY the Great
II any record Wall exceed that Of the
young magician who changed a
punch OF roses into six thousand dol
lars for fellow. soldiers VINO were
Wounded-like himself.
Hls name? You ought to know, since
az washington was At the hut that
But II you don't-guessI
-.
A Army Officer who used to be a
government clerk before he in
herited q partnership In a rich law
firm passed through Washington the
other day on his way to camp. While
here he asked an old friend to dine
with him at a certain cafe. And as
they walked home In the dusk this
is what he told her:
1T was mighty lonely for me when
/! came here, a stranger, to clerk in
the Treasury while l studied law, I
don't care for what most fellows call
good time. so before knew It
was In love with the girl who waited
on me-that's why I went back to
that cafe. I wanted to size her up
from my present viewpoint-sorry she
wasn't there.
she was pretty and lively and self
respecting, so far as her dealings
with man customers went, and,
though she didn't belong to the class
OF girls / knew at home, I decided
that II she would care for me would
ask her to be my wife.
4 have always reverenced woman
hood, and, because she was exposed
to the good-natured coarseness of
men who chaffed or tipped her. I
was shy even about giving her flow
ers or. occasionally. candy or a maya
zine.
"one day a fellow asked her If she
had seen certain play that was here.
She said she had not, but would love
to- He went Off without inviting her
and l took courage to ask her If she
would go with me. Well, got or
chestra chairs and afterward we had
ice cream and stutf like that at a
place which she herself selected.
When the girl waiter had served
us my friend gave her a quarter with
ostentatious generosity--and with the
tip went this explanations:
You'd never get cent If you wait
ed for him. He's regular old tight
wad.' ID!
After that I always left a quarter
at my plate, but"
Don't for one minute think the
Army officer went to that cafe hoping
to renew his friendship with the
waitress-for whyfore:
He ID married to girl from his
home town.
TWO women boarded q car, They
were not pretty women, nor styl-
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and one drives while the other sleeps.
kilograms are sent from time to time
AZ to whore the trucks are on The
road.
This service started with four
trucks carrying tires to the east and
bringing back cotton fabrics and
other materials. Later on the trucks
we're Increased IN number and
Philadelphia and elsewhere were
Boston and back was 1919 miles and
this was covered within less than
seven days. In DecembeY, 1915. the
first train Of Army trucks left Detroit
for the Atlantic seaboard. 1t consist
cd of thirty trucks. and it made its
later $4,000 Liberty trucks made the
the ocean. II delivered by railroad
those trucks would have required
$4,000 freight cars.
There is motor express from r, Phil :
number Of hve-ton trucks. one Of
which has a refrigerator system that
enables 1t to take perishable goods In
the hottest Of weather. The distance
Travelled Is about 100 miles. and It is
made in ten hours. The trucks start
New York early next morning. They
carry all kinds Of goods. A record
shipment comprised fifty tons Of am
munition that had to meet the sailing
date of one of the steamers, and an
other was 100000 pounds Of sugar sent
from Philadelphia to New York when
the latter city was short. At the
time the headquarters Of the Erner--
gency Fleet Corporation were moved
from Washington to Philadelphia the
clerks and their office equipment and
their families and household goods
were carried from one place to the
other on trucks. The change was
made within forty-eight hours, and
that without any perceptible halt IN
the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

made total net profits OF more than
t166.00e. Every route haA earned
over 100000. equal to double that
amount per Annum. and the ever
age profit Of svssy passenger mile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

TWO women boarded q car. They
were not pretty women, nor styl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

SosgvrisAt iols By Frank @. calpsntsr.)
DESPAIR Of giving you the
: latest news Of the motor truck
industry. Il u moving 90 fast
thAt the doings Of today are
ancient history tomorrow. and
NJ seven League Boots" Of the
hisy tale are snails In comparison.
W tracks already gridirou the world.
ena tn mighty loads have part In
<ssy war industry. This 10 % not
only In the making Of munitions and
Army supplies here at home. but also
- the battlefield whore the motor
~ forums . part Of every engage.
1nsat ana trucks are the chief means
- transportation for soldiers and
1Dsn and supplies.
Shortly after the war bro1cs out
NJ Germans had $4,000 trucks In the
&eld, and the armies Of the allies had
HIA,e0o motor vehicles OF various
1aads. A. soon az war w;. declared
ylne engine that could DO found IN
Sreaes. belgium and. England wa9
eoblise6 Tor military operation. Sna
r WAA that quick mobilization thAs
hsld back the onslaught Of the Ger.
tavSA verdun ana Paris. At vecdun
1000 trucks moved back ana forth
Sftaglng supplies, making an endless
yseoseeyon thirty miles long coming
4AA going. The trucks now In 1Taace
$ssg % the truck, would make g
&FalA - long ~ from New York 70
Ceyeannd, and that train wousd n
Sen1o portable search1iGhts, trevea-
eae. tsssyhone ana teisgraph Sssscss.
09teWobilo repair SHOPS. electro
6oiaE piants Tor making hsaA Uaps,
IN Kitchens. Geld hospltaaaI e9loerI
6N0DeogeF. cars ana TRUCKING vehicass
u OVoFy Inscription.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
VARIETY IN TRADING.

WEST HOUSTON STREET.. Tanen-
baum, Strauss & Co. have sold for the
United States Trust Company to clients
of Harry Swanson the modern six
story fireproof loft building at 25 and
27 West Houston street, on plot COX
100, The sellers acquired 1t through
foreclosure proceedings in 1915.
EAST TWENTY STRDET-
Norman S. Rissenfeld has bought 143
East Twenty-seventh street. a three
story and basement dwelling, on lot
20x9S.9. 1t was a cash transaction.
The parcel {, assessed at $4,000.
The new owner proposes to alter the
house for trade purposes.
WEST 136TH STREET-B. w. Smith
has sold to William H. Gardner for
Helen s. Duncan for occupancy the
three story and basement dwelling at
229 West 136th street, on lot 1Sx99.11.
HAVEN AvENUE-The Charles Hensle
Construction Company has sold to "A.
Joachim ais, $50 and 322 Haven ave-
nue.. Ave story apartment house,
known as the Rembrandt, on plot 75x
119. The property was held at $780,
900 and is bought for investment.
WEEKS AVENUE-The Ulster Court
Corporation, Joseph C. Abramson
president. has bought from the Ada
vine Construction Company the new
five story apartment house at the
southwest corner of Weeks avenue and
1881 street, on plot S5xs5. The
property was held at 100000. In part
payment the builders took the five
story American basement dwelling at
West 120th street, near Mount Nor
Yis Park.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
furnishinss). Broadway

and women's furnishinss,. Broadway
cof eE!Mss sa'e GA.-colun,tu, Dry Good,
co. Miss T. NJ. Callfnan motions. art
goods, stationery and books). 1850 Broad
co way; Hotel Hot bseslln' w ,sebv.,,,.r, De.
par partment store. ). ". schuessier tdTy
goods, mems furnishing goods. shoes;
notions. general merchandise), Hotel
COLUMBUS. oHIo--J. schaefer general
merchandise). Hotel Waliick. =,
F. Dodson general srehandise). broad
way Central Hotel.
pETRoIT-A. Levine tmen's and women's
N 1ary good. and and general @erchandi:sj.
ERIE, PA.-Trask, Prescott & Richardson
Co. A. NJ. Tolemie general merchan-
disc), 1899 Broadway.
GARLAND; ARKmA ha cSn,r ss To,ei
GoUvERNEUR. N. Y.--C. r. Rodgers tdry
goods. mems and women's garments and
fuInishing goods; carpets; rugs crock
KiNGsToN. N. VI. B. ~wasenen Co.
Miss Hasbrouck motions and lsces)'
LOUISVILLE, KY.-TSaufman, Straus Co.
f. e.. straus trepresenting). 22o Fifth
av.. Hotel Ansonia.
son (dry goods and general nerchan-
dise), Hotel Cumberland,
PETERSBURG, NA.--Lav enstein Corpora
ton. NJ. Lavenstein general depart
mont store merchandise), Herald Square
Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA wanamaker. w.
Campbell (women's neckwear, ribbons,
wells. ruchings,, Broadway and Tenth
street Hotel Breslin. -.
P1TTSBGRG-Boggs & Bull. II. ID. Will
Jams (boys', mems. women's and chill
dren's shoes); 1140 Broadway, Hotel Abb
erdeen.
PITTsBTRG-steinB Bros, 8. Stein tdry
goods and general merchandise). Broad
way Central Hotel.
READING. PA. Miller general mer-
RICHMOND, VA.--The Cohen Co. p. H.
Davis (domestics, boys clothing and
bedding. bargain basement merchandise
and basement white goods), 1850 Broad
way, Hotel Marlborough.
SAN ANTONIO--A. = b. Frank Co. Mr..
Carlthers motions, &c.). 43 Leonard st.
SAN FRANCISCAN. Weingarten tgen-
eral merchandise), Hotel Claridge.
SAN FRANCISCO-J.-B B. Crowley. j. b.
Crowley trepresenting), care of George
Seil, West 22d st.
SAVANNAH-A. l.. Thompson general
merchandise). Hotel Marlborough.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA--Lew's Depart
ment store. J. A. Lew tready to wear
and dry goods, New Strand Hotel.
SYRACCSE-Syracuse D. q. Co. j. w.
Gerebacher (notions), $50 Broadway.
Herald Square Hotel.
TROY-Diach Bros. q. Diach (monufac.
turers brushes. Hotel Marlborough.
TROY-Wiliasa II. Frear Co. A. Herbert
(trunks. bags). Herald Square Hotel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

BEEvEs-Receipts, 1850 head; 81 co-'
on sale. Prime and choice steers With
weight were IN fair demand and steal;
lower; bulls and cows about steady az
compared with Mondays late sales, yard,
nSt su .d e st ' ssr,
and oxen at sio75al3; bulls at s75Oq &:
cows at s4.56a 1925; heiters At s9Ml!I5
Dressed beef firm at 2oa 2Shc, H. for
native sides.
CALvEs-Receipts. 1856 head; 1850 on
sale. Market active and strong for a
sorts and grades. Veals sold At t7T?l
skinned milk calves. SO als; yearlinss
sS.25 a 10: Western calves, SisalS city
dressed veals higher at yea 3@i2c.. coun-
try dressed at 24a sac.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Recoipts, $500
head; 10 cars on sale. sheep steady
lam bs unchanged with no choice or strictly
prime offered. Common to prime sheen
tewes) sold at s9al3 per 100 lbs; culis a.
10. Dressed mutton steady at 1885;
dressed lambs easier at 2Sa goo.
HOGS-Receipts. a,osO head; onc-hat
car on sale. Market steady.
Live stock Markets in Other Cities.
S SHrcAG sssr ssHos.RSssg
S Sssssfs' LIGHT Taaxn '' ,i
l7.75; bulk. s1sglsS5; pigs, &lSdlSio,
Cattle-Receipts. 1000. Western steers
higher; native steers strong; top 1850,
putchers SLOW ana STEADY caves tTgHE
~ Iei cboice and Wine "' si7missG. sf,rser,
ana fcedsrs yonG nboica ana ,ancy ,IIr
IA ;n,or,nr commoyn ava ,nedim,n ~.
Western range heaf steers sI4 o5GiIS 'on.
and heifers. e.s0aIt
Sheen-Rsceints % 600. lower Tarrb,
STARTS cuiis ,IoG "a gni fasdaTs
as sn6ig An. saas ,ond 49, go
10 oS. medium and Food so "',ta
v.xs.s D,Tw
hANsAS CITY, Aug. ~ --t' ES HA-
tISs6a,Icso. hoaWw t,qg,a -,
80 I,h, sc saa'.aa -.
G @,o 81. ries' ,tfS;1gy i'''V' "h"' 't''0'
Scatt,aSecoints ,SCon Including am
sonaherns S,esdy. I'D ,oars
% S!eauS' pr'."e ieu slc"''
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
Buyers in the City.



BosTON-Conrad q co. Miss X. Desmond
COATS, suits skirts. low priced dresses
and children's wear. 10 East 2sth St.
room 1919.
(children's and misses coats). Al West
sam st, room S2l.
CHICAGO-M. Livingston Co. NJ. Liv-
ingsten ready to wear, Hotel Bristol:
coats, suits and furs). care of Miss 5.
Silver. 3O3 Fifth av.
CHICAGO-Sears, Roebuck & Go. II. c.
wrappers. SCI. Grand Hotel.
LOUISVILLE. KY.--N. Rossnblum & Sons.
y. Rosenblum (womens suits, better
NEW HAvEN-The Goidmal Co. NJ. E.
Goldman tready to wear, Hotel wsllick.
PHILADELPHIA-N. Snellenburg g. co.
Miss c. Lowenstein (misses' and chill
drsns ready TO wear, 1881 Broadway,
PHILADELPHIA--Mey Cravis Sons.
]. Cravis manufacturers cloaks and
suitsl, So West 3ith st., Hotel Colling-
HILApELPHIA-roiin 6 Maxwell w. j,
Maxwell manufacturers waists and
dressesl. Broadway Central Hotel.
PlTTSBCRG-keys Cloak and Suit Co.
NJ. Levenson tcoaks and suits). ll6l
PITTSBURG-Ma NJ Singer (jobs
In dresses. coats, suits, Hotel Herald
ITTsBuRG-Broadway Cloak and Sui,
Co. NJ. II. Rosenson (Women's dresse.
and waists. Hotel Herald Square.
PITTSBuRG-J. W. Singer & co. ]. w
Singer ,twomen's wear &c., Herald
RAVEENA, oHIo-R Nichols twomen'.
ready to WEAR. Hotel Broztcll.
RICHMoND-Dreyfus Co. Miss Jones
Roc la ~ Lindsay aSSo" Surr Co
5. p. Caldwell (cloaks). 4S2 Fourth av.
room 1tOI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
REALTY MARKET
NEWS AND COMMENT
Small Properties in Many Sec
lions Of City Change
- Owners.
CIRCLE CORNER, LEASED
Walter Salmon Takes Pabst
Property for Long
Term.

. Trading in real estate yesterday
showed improvement. Many more trans
actions were reported than on other
days this week. The buying was In small
properties. in almost every section Of the
city. The leasing of the Pabst property
on Eighth avenue and Columbus Circle
was the big deal Of the day. Walter
Salmon has taken the property for a
long term and will alter 1t to produce
greater income. This deal may have a
decided influence on tho future OF Co
lumbus Circle The scarcity OF storage
space has produced a market for the
car barns used by the East Side horse
car lines and which have been on the
market for many years.