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The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
METROPOLITAN LIFE'S
W. S. S. MARK 100000
Assistance by Insurance Company
Force Notable Feature Of Campaign

one OF the most important fac
tors in the sales Of War Savings
Stamps here. according TO the Dis
trict W. s. s. committee. has been
the assistance extended bv the n
tire organization OF the Nrtr0p0lf
tan Life Insurance Company here.
Nearly 100000 in sales. aprroNi-
mately l. per cent OF this city s. en-
tire quota. has been disposed Of
through this source In addition.
the services Of more than 100 or
the company employees have been
loaned TO the committee throu-r-
out the year. and they rendered
noteworthy assistance IN the house
toulouse canvass. held last June I0r
the purpose 0f securing pledges.
The three branch offices OF the
company here are in cha-r OF ST.
perintcndcuts John a. polph. r. A..
l.. and GTatz T. Dunkum. and tho
total sales tor the wear credited
TO each office. respectively. are
y-7IUUu. Sa52.4>g and S-GI.seG.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
A Lutte of Jade.

Several years ago f. =. Dutton &
Co. published, in their Wisdom Of the
East Series. a little book of selections
from classic Chinese poems, entitled
"A Lutte of Jade" compiled and ed
tied by l.. A. Cranmer-B -Byng, who was
the general editor of the series. 1t
soon made its way into the affection
of people who like distinctive and un-
usual books and for nearly ten years
1t has had steady sales and an in
creasing demand. Heretofore the Dut-
tons have imported the necessary
copies from England, but this fall, in
order to meet the call for the book,
they are printing it in an American
edition and will have 1t ready for
publication about the end of this
month. The editor, Mr. Cranmer-
Byng. Is an English man of letters
who has devoted much attention to
Oriental literature and especially to
Chinese poetry. The selections he
made for "A Lutte of jade are the re-
suit of long and wide ranging among
the Chinese poets of many centuries
and unerring for whatever was best
and finest and most significant
The Red Triangle in the Far East.
Though the apex of the Red Tri-
angle is surely In France, there il
circumstantial evidence to the effect
that there is one angle of 1t in India.
Sir Arthur X. Yapp, X. b. E., author
of "The Romance of the Red Tri-
angle" tDoran). tells OF the Y. M. C.
A. facilities in the East. TN Burma
a large bafrack room. made of wood
and bamboo with a grass matched
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
XMAS PARTY FOR CHILDREN.
Teachers and Pupils Of Armstrong
Schoo! Give Christmas Party.

Fifteen Colored children OF the
neighbbrhoOd Of the Armstrong
Manual Training School were guests
Of teachers and pupils of the school
at a Christmas party Friday after
noon.
Miss L. y. Slowo announced that
the entertainment is the beginning
Of a movement to interest a., pupils
Of the school in the less fortunate
children in the ne EnbOrLOod
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

hate grows. how she is forced to take
in boarder, Ronnie. a fine, unaf-
fected young engineer how her father
wants her to marry Gonsalves. a bru-
tai Spaniard living on the next farm,
how things rise naturally to an excit-
ing climax. Miss Percival tells with
an intriguing casualness Once you
get her perspective she is able to in
vest the commonest trifie with liv-
ing interest. This is a rare faculty
and 1t gives to Footsteps" very
real charm.
The book is by Dorothy Percival
and is published by the John Lane
Company of New York and sells for
81. so net.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR
MOTHER EARTH.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.

So thrilled one day was I with love.
So filled with ecstasy and mirth,
Twas hard to climb from realms
above
Back to the boundaries of earth.
Yet when l did descend al last
From out that sunny region fair
And round about my glanees cast
found my Joys all rooted there.
We sneer at Mother Earth. ana vet
No human blessings ever were
To ease our days of toll and fret
Eut that they came to us through
her!
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
The Glory of the Coming.

Irwin S. Cobb, who made Paducah.
KY, famous by being born there, has
been on the rampage again and wris-
ten another very interesting book in
the style that has made him famous.
The Glory of the Coming" George
II. Doran Company, n. Y, sl,75 net.
In this book Cobb writes the story
of the final act in the worlds red
drama especially the story Of the
American army THE Battle Hymn
of the Republic" read. Mine eyes
have seen the glory of the coming of
the Lord" Cobb changes 1t for his
purposes to What Mine Eyes Have
Seen of the Glory of the Coming of
the American Army"
He writes of the psychology OF the
American soldier, his curious silence
as he debarked on French soil, his
breakneck enthusiasm as he struck
his first trench. the spirit of the negro
soldier. He writes again of the war
time face and aspect OF London and
Paris, the spirit of our allies, their
final sufferings and their final tri-
umph. the unforgotten. unforgiven
work of the Hun in Northern France.
and the growth of a new wit and
humor, wartime laughter that is as
touching as it Is brave and funny.
Mr.. Cobb is not a new hand at any
line of reporting: give him a great
scene and a great audience and his
pen never falters. his tone. for all its
suave, tireless Jocularity, is never any
thing but firm with patriotic convic-
ton and human sympathy.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Firecraeker Jane.

"Firecracker Jane by Alice Calhoun,
(Henry Holt e. Co, n. Y, sl.50 neO,
is a spirited American army romance
and a vivid and colorful depletion of
the conflict between the American
civilization and its ideals with the
Mexican Republic which is slowly
and painfully emerging from its me-
diaeval traditions, in which women
must win by intrigue the influence and
Independence that society in our
northern world accords them as their
birthright. The motherless, head
strong daughter of a United States
cavalry, officer has in her veins an
exotic mixture of Spanish-Irish blood
which, under the stress of an es-
arrangement between herself and her
father. impels the girl into an i'm
petuous marriage with her Mexican
cousin. This places her on the ha-
cienda she has inherited Just at the
time of the warfare, three years ago.
on the Mexican border. when Villa
was ravaging the richest estates of
Spanish landed aristocrats and driv-
ing the terrorized owners over the
Texan frontier as refugees. From the
setting springs tense drama through
the German intrigues in which young
Ricardo de Cadena is involved. the
love of the American aviation ofri-
Ger, IS. o. s." for the fiery little
Jane, and the clash of the troops of
the American Punitive Expedition
with the guerilla fighters of "Valdez's S
army of outlaws. James escape from
her brutal captor. and her rescue
just as the American army is ordered
to France. provide adventurous ex-
citement and happy ending in spite
OF the unfortunate international mar
riage whereby the heroine's fate was
entangled in an alien social order.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Heaven help France! Most of reforms-no
ton public utility expotersare going
the
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
BIG JOB FOR SANTA.
Must FIJI Stocking $4,000 Feet
Deep. 5000 Wide

Chicago Dec "a real Job con-
fronted ST. Nicholas tonight Il Is.
Fill a stocking 1902 feet deep and
S.ooO feet wide
It's the collective stocking OF I2.0a
back Of the yards" kids. who will
he J. ogden A-mour's guests here
Christmas Eve.
The Velvet Kind"
because b. EIrpassrs % plsascs all clss--s--
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Tons of dates be furnished u S sailors The girls
thousands of dates for when they get
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

The Swiss less German
of their confederation than Holland welcome
Bill.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
Acrobatics.

Not one person in a million who
has witnessed an aviator loop the
loop or do other hair-raising stunts
in the air understands in the slight
est degree the why and wherefore
of the performances. Horatio Bar
Der. A. F. Ae. s., captain in the
Royal English air force, is probably
the first aviator-writer to give US
an insight into the mysteries of
aerial acrobatics or "aerobatics," as
he calls them His book is pub
lished by Robert NJ. Mcbride. of New
York. and sells for 50 net.
This book by Capt. Barber. whose
earlier work, THE Aeroplane Speaks"
is recognized as the standard text
book on ground work and the theory
OF fight. is an explanation in sim
pie form, and for the benefit of the
student, of the general rules govern
ing elementary and advanced flying.
Part ], which is headed "ElemDn-
tary Flying" is an explanation of
the essential elements of flight in
struction from the moment the stu
dent enters the machine until he
becomes a finished pilot. The me-
COulIOl VI Nht
straight flying. turns of all kinds.
stalling, diving. gliding. slide-slips.
and various ways of landing, flying
through clouds, ''taxying' and the
first solo flight are described and
analyzed fully and in non-technical
language, each subject being taken
up in progressive order.
Part II explains the more advanced
eyolutions such as looping. spinning.
the half roll, the complete roll. the
Immelman turn, the falling leaf, the
cart wheel. etc.
The book contains a progressive
syllabus of instruction. a glossary
OF technical terms and numerous ad-
visory hints.
Capt. Barber's ten years expert
ence as a practical flyer and his
work as officer in charge of instruc-
tion at the Central Flying School
of the Royal Air Force, England
make him especially fitted to ex-
plain authoritatively anG accurately
all points which the beginning flyer
must know. and his book will prove
of exceptional value to the student
of flight and to the instructor as well.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Somebody's published book called "The High Living in
the New York Legislature Must be nsprint lobbying"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

The @velyet Kind"
Little hddies love tho Ice cream abov,
It. ."-Adx.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
DIR. ADRIAN.

'Dr. Adrian" by Louis Couperus
(Dodd. Mead and Company. $3.50 net),
is the fourth and last volumne of tn.
series called The Brooks of the Small
Souls which begins with Small
Souls" and includes THE Later LIFE
and THE Twilight of the Souls" ''Dr.
Adrian" takes up the history OF the
van Lowe family. not at the point
where it was left at the end of The
Twilight of the Souls" but some
eleven years later. Adrian van der
Welcke, son of Constance and Henri,
is now a grown man of 2s. married,
and the father of two children. buI
still living with his parents, who have
moved to the old house at Drieber-
gen, which was the home of the van
der Welckes. Gerrit's widow Adeline
and her nine children are there, too.
being taken care of by the van der
Welckes, and especially by Adrian,
or Addie, as he is always called.
Emily van Raven is there, still a
young woman, but only the shadow
of her former self. haunted by the
tragedy which wrecked her life. that
dreadful secret which every year in
springtime she finds herself impelled
to repeat to Addie. the one person
who knows the full truth. And Man,
ma van Lowe. now a feeble. half
dead old woman. is also living with
Constance. and presently Ernst and
PauI-the one with that hypersensi-
tiveness which, had things been diff
ferent, might "have developed into
the profoundest qualities of human
feeling" instead of into the mental
disease which made Of him sick
soul" the other with that scrupulous
regard for cleanliness which had be.
come an obsession. until now only
music seems to him clean and pure
establish themselves near by.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22
The Square Deal Is Double-Edged.

The should be Of fes experiences
Most OF us always try OF however have
received that whoehearedy trust the next in
faith established by our with the last
deal intended call for gratitude
recipient of deal he strength
his determination unfaiingy it to
others
So good areaching than those who
tend the square ordinarily realize
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Delegates the Peace Conference will number odd" Some
of them decidedly odd
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

One job for the police trying
lost sirms pilots.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

Baron Byng is certainly some name!
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

News that there Is "RaffIes" at
work in Forest Park, Baltimore,
reaches us through Frank Evans,
brother of George Evans, in the
printing division. All the residents
sleep with their guns handy and
are wondering who will collect tho
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

THE stars incline, but DO not compel"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

The wetting division reports Mrs.
Honor Matthews, Miss Bessie Allen
and Miss Maria M. Stog on leave
for the Christmas holidays.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-22

An Initial Deposit Would Make Glad the Whole Year
For Your Friend Relative to Whom You'd
Hand a Deposit Book on Christros Morning
THEODORE MICHAEL President
Evening star., 1918-06-10
GERMAN ALIEN WOMEN
ENJOINED TO REGISTER

The Department of Justice has reit-
Grated regulations concerning regis
tration from June II to rs Of German
alien women in this country.
Registration in the District of Co.
lumbia. it is expected, will not be
heavy. Women of alien enemy citi-
zenship have been banished for the
most part under penalty of intern
ment until the end of the war.
The general order, first issued some
time ago, provides:
"All natives. citizens, denizens OF
subjects of the German empire of the
imperial government being females OF
the age Of fourteen years and upward
who are within the United States. and
not actually naturalized as American
citizens" must register or be liable
to internment under the provisions OF
the order. Austro-Hungarian females
are not required to register.
Any woman. widow or divorce, who
was an American citizen before mar
riage to an alien, resumes her Amer
ican citizenship after his death or an
absolute divorce by continuing to re-
main in the United States. The mar
riage of a German female alien to an
American citizen. prior to April. 1917,
naturalizes the woman, even though
her husband is dead or she has an
absolute divorce from him.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
SIX H|CH-PR|CE GROCERS
CALLED BEFORE WILSON
Ignored Fair" List and Their Sup
plies May Be Cut Off by
Administrator.

Six grocers have been notified by Dis
trict Food Administrator Wilson to ap-
pear before him tomorrow to answer
charges of profiteering,
They have been warned, Mr.. Wilson
said. about charging more for food
stuffs than the prices quoted on the
weekly fair price list. AS they have
continued to ignore these fair prices, he
says. he sees no reason why their sup
plies should not be cut off, thus putting
them out of business, temporarily at
least.
The food administration Office is re-
ceiving complaints about the practice OF
retail merchants. who are following the
quotations on the fair price list, but
who are determined to boost their profits
by greatly increasing the prices on
other articles which are not included on
the list
One complaint of this nature was to
the effect that the weeping grocer"
Of Columbia road, who pleaded a sick
wife and children last week when he
was called before Mr.. Wilson for not
observing the fair price list, is charg-
ing IA cents for a cake of chocolate
for which other stores in that vicinity
are charging IL cents.
Numerous complaints have been
made about the increased price in GER
tain biscuits. fruits, berries and other
articles which the housewife is anxious
for at this season, but which are al
most made prohibitive.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Report of live stock and meat trade
conditions here today by the United
states bureau of markets.:
Beef-Fresh. few cars reported in
not unloaded yet. carry over from last
week too light to make a market;
very few early sales. Steers. no Of
ferings except a few local slaughtered
which are selling at strong prices; de-
mand exceeds supply. Cows. only To-
cal dressed offered. market very
strong: demand exceeds supply. Bulls,
none on the market.
Veal-No western dressed, local
Slaughtered; supply moderate: mar
ket firm at Fridays close; demand
good.
Pork-Receipts light: market un-
changed since Friday; demand fair
Lamb-No early unloads: supply ex-
tremely light: market little strong
er: very few sales.
Mutton-Supply extremely light;
market quiet; demand poor.
CHICAGO, June 10.-Hogs - Re-
ceipts. $4,000 head: steady to strong,
compared with Saturdays close: bulk
of sales. 16.50a16.S5: top, 1895; heavy
butchers, i6.55a16.65; medium and
light butchers. 1s.7oa16.s5: heavy
packing. 1s;15a1s;45: medium and
mixed packing, 16.45a16.60; rough,
15.5oa15.s5: light. 16.75a16.s5; pigs,
16.50a16.90. )
Cattle-Receipts. 1900 head active
and steady to strong: butcher stock
steady: beef cattle prime, l6.7Sal7,76:
common and mixed l2.25al6.25.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
AMERICAN SHIP MAUBAN
SUNK OFF ITALIAN COAST

NEW YORK, June 10.-News of the
sinking of the American steamer
Mauban of the coast of Italy late in
May was brought here today by
twenty-six members of her crew,
who arrived on a freight steamship.
The Mauban, of 1888 tons gross
register. was built in 1909, and prior
to the war was engaged in Philippine
trade She was last reported leaving
Manila for European waters.
The steamship that brought the
crew Of the Mauban had on board also
twelve members of the crew of the
auxiliary schooner City of Pensacola
sunk by a submarine in May near
Genoa, and thirty members of the
crew of the steamship City Of Will
mington, which was destroyed by fire
at sea after leaving an American
port with a cargo Of cotton. The City
Of Wilmington's crew was picked up
by an outward-bounds ship. landed in
Italy and sent home by American
consular Representatives.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
F|REMEN'S COMMITTEE
URGES PAY RISE CLAIMS
Calls on Senator Smith and Com
missioner Brownlow-Tells Facts
of Department.

Confident Of favorable action on the
bill providing for a two-platoon sys-
tenn for the fire department., a dele
cation of f1remen today called upon
Senator John Walter Smith, chairman
of the Senate District committee,
and Commissioner Brownlow, who has
supervision OF the fire department,
and urged upon them the necessity
for increasing the pay of firemen.
Capt. Edward O'Connor was chair
man of the delegation. Other men,
bers were Sergt. J. A. Smith, En-
gineer ]. d. Sullivan and Assistant
Engineers R. E. oden. J. T. Nesline
and E. H. Carrick.
Senator Smith and Commissioner
Brownlow were told of the number of
nremen who have left the department
because of insufficient pay, and that
unless increased pay is provided the
ranks probably will be further de-
pleted.
Men who heretofore were willing to
give up other work to join the ranks
stated. now are receiving considera-
bly, more money than the firemen.
Heretofore. he stated, street railway
employees have willingly left such
employment to join the ranks Of fire.
men. They now are receiving more
than captains in the fire department.
1t was pointed out that only a sub
stantial increase in pay will attract
new men to the department. Even
II the two-platoon bill is passed,
Chairman o'Connor stated. trouble
will be experienced getting the 100
men needed to make the measure
operative.
Capt. O'Connor assured Senator
Smith and Commissioner Brownlow
that every member Of the fire de-
partment will constitute himself a re-
cruiting sergeant as soon as the two
platoon bill becomes a law.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
WOULD INCREASE FARES
TO 3 CENTS A MILE
Application Made to I. c. C. bv
Washington, Baltimore and An
napolis Railroad Company.

Application has been made by the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
railroad to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to increase
fares to 8 cents a mile, in conformity
with rates on steam roads. In addi-
tion the traction company requests
the privilege Of canceling all special
and excursnon train service.
Should the commission grant the
application there will result deeper
digging into the pockets on the part
of the riding public on that line.
Round-trip tickets from Washington
to Baltimore, and vice versa, which
come under the heading of special
rates. will be given a decided jump.
Special rate tickets now sold by the
company for $1.62 would be increased
to about 1854.
Among those affected would be the
large number who commute to Wash
ing and to Baltimore from different
points along the line. and those who
patronize the road on making trips
for pleasure or business between the
three points.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Grain, Produce, !.
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO. June 10.--Sharp advances
took place in the corn market today as
~ result Of unfavoraGle weather. II
was sail the prevailing low tempera-
lures were adverse to crop progress
and that moisture was excessive
Forecasts of generally fair ard warm
er conditions. however, LED TO 4 SET
hack in which the gains disappe ared.
Opening prices which varied. from the
same as Saturdays finish to Il lower.
were followed by slight down turn
and then the temporary advance a
mounting to 1c or more a bushei.
oats reflected the changes in corn:
Trade was small After opening on
to a like advance with July 66A to 66b.
the market scored moderate upturns
and then underwent a sag.
Big exports of lard and meats gave
strength to the provision list. Busi-
ness was chiefly in lard and ribs.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
THREE FALL WITH SCAFFoLD

Three men were injured this morn
ing as a result Of the falling Of a
scaffold at 3400 Lowell street, where
they were working. John S. Day,
thirty-five years old, $50 U street, re-
ceived severe internal injuries; Stew
art Abell. thirty-eight years old. a
painter. Ashton, Va. was injured
about the body, and Walter Case,
forty-flve years old, Alexandria
county. Va, also a painter. received
injuries to his arms and head
The men were attended by a physi-
clan, who took Day. home. Case was
able to go home after he had receiv-
ed hrst aid, while Abel remained at
work. The men fell a distance Of fully
thirty feet, according to the police.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, June 10.-The cotton
market opened steady today at de-
cline of 2 points to an advance OF 20
points. generally to 10 to 20 points
higher on firm cables and complaints
of grassy fields from the eastern belt.
There was Liverpool buying and some
demand from domestic trade sources.
but as soon as the early orders had
been supplied the market turned cas-
Ter under realizing. with July selling
off from 1920 to $3.50. and October.
from 24.11 to 1880 before the end of
the first hour.
Futures opened steady: July. 1920;
October, 241O: December, 1850; Janu-
ary, 23.47; March, 23.42.
The statement issued by the war
industries board regarding agree
ments with the war service commit
tee of American cotton manufacturers
with reference to goods prices was not
a factor in the market, which was
very irregular during the middle
morning. The early advance met
good deal of realizing and there was
rather sharp reactions. particularly in
the case of July, but there seemed to
be a good deal of nervousness over
eastern belt crop conditions and the
market was firm later in the morning
on covering and trade buying of Oc-
tober. That delivery sold up to 24.4S
or IS points net higher. while July
held around 26.03. or at practically
Saturdays closing figures.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
COTTON MARKET.
pREsBYTERIANs GET REPORTS
Committee From General Assembly
Heard at Local Presbytery.

Reports from the committeeman
from the Washington City Presbytery
to the recent meeting Of the general
assembly at Columbus. Ohio. were
read at the weekly meeting of the
Washington City Presbytery today at
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
]. l.. Hodge Of the Presbyterian
Church at Manassas. Va. was given
the privilege OF local evangelistic
preaching until the semi-annual meet
ing of the presbytery next fall Mod
orator Samuel A. Bower of North
minister Presbyterian Church. presided.
sided.