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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
FOR COLDS AND GRIPPE
DOCTORS ADVISE )
The Improved Calomel Tab8e'
That Is Entirely Purified -
II
ALI Nauseating and DangR.
49,. So
Gus Qualities. i

Physicians are warning the pueSos
against trifling with colds. inhuSee
and grippe. They say that 6sok
calomel purgative, preferably CAlot1ye.
the new and improved calomel taDe4.
should be invariably taken at -
time and repeated the second or tNS4
night, IL necessary. In tho earIuue
stages, one Calotab is usually suniesoAt
unless the case is particularly severe ~
Physicians say that it is Waste %
time and Is dangerous to experiment.
with other laxatives, as calomel II 80
solutely necessary sooner or later. Oao
Calotab on the tongue at bed time WITH
a swallow of water-thats all. Ne
salts, no nausea. nor the slightest N.
reference with diet, work or pisasusen,
Next morning your cold has vantoAeA
and your whole system Is purified 81,
refreshed. Calotabs are sold only n
original sealed packages Price thiTfS-.
Ave cents. Recommended and guar.
anteed by druggists every where. Price
refunded IL you are not delighted
adv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
M'G|LL UNION OPENS
DOORS TO SOLDIERS
No Charge For Privileges of the Club
to Men in Uniform.

That the establishment Of free lodg-
ing for the many soldiers and sailors
who visit Richmond each Saturday
night, so filing an urgent need Is at
tested by the large crowd Of soldiers
and sailors. that enjoy the hospitality
provided at the Metfill Catholic union.
Normal accomm oda lions are pro-
vided fer about 80 men, but last Sat
urday night over zoo In uniform were
provided for IA the spacious club
rooms.
In adopting the policy Of not cl.arg-
ing anything for this service, the COM
mtttee. of which Benjamin A. Leigers
IS chairman. fs following the policy
adopted by the knights of Columbus
in their war work among the soldiers
and sailors
This work was inaugurated locally
when the great number of men, aug
mented ny rehabilitation conditions,
crowded the streets of Richmond on
Saturday night, the FIRST night the
building was thrown open as an ener-
gency measure and about $50 silent
on the @oers~ af the building
/ TIE hss'e ass- sss4s. ss,sst tAssa
additional aceernn citations on Satur-
day night prevents a strain on over
eurdened lodging conditions. II was
at nrst decided to charge a nominal
sum, tn cover expenses. but this might
prevent some soldier or sailor who
might unfortunately go broke during
his visit. and the committee decided
that the pride OF some men might pre-
vent them from asking for free accom-
mediation In their individual case where
/ they would be glad to avail themselves
OF this when extended to all
And this cue feature has justified
itself. as il evidenced by the words
OF thanks and the letters that have
been pouring in
ties of the home In the way of cots and
bathing facilities were extended to
two detachments OF motor transport
trains of over 100 men each These
trains are being made up in Newport
| News and are on their way to Wash
ington.
| Another evidence of the benefit Of
the policy of everything free is the
| increasingly large number of the
wounded soldiers. who have found in
the rooms OF the. McGili. an ideal rest :
ing place while they are down town,
As the fun club privileges Of a MEM
Der is extended to all in uniform. the
men appreciate highly the homelike
! feeling this produces AS one soldier.
who was a veteran OF Chattesu-Thierry
and Scissors, said:
! Gee. | have all tho privileges of a
member. but paying my dues"
The committee are working on a
| plan to have this a meeting place of
the wounded soldiers. who are at
| Westhampton and hope to have mem
beers OF the society. who have automo-
biles drop by on their way from work
and give these boys a lift.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16

ASSOCIATION HELPS
VIII Aid Red Cross In It's Roll Call
Drive All This
Week.

Miss Blanche Webb. acting execu-
tive secretary of the Richmond Anti
tuberculosis association, stated last
night that members Of the association
will take full advantage of the splendid
opportunity for patriotic service at
forded by the Red Cross membership
campaign.
NO Red Cross seals will be sold
this year by the association, as has
been the practice in the past" said
Miss Webb, but our efforts will be
directed toward making the Red Cross
campaign huge success out of APP
probation for the financial assistance
rendered the association by the Red
Cross. This year the National Tuber-
culosis association has received q
direct appropriation Of $4,000, 900
from the Red Cross, which is 40 per
cent, more than was realized in the
most successful seal sale,
The appropriation will be used in
defrayfng the cost of the health cam
paign waged by the various tubcr-
culosis association during 1919. Six
hundred million seals have been dis
tributed among the Red Cross chap
ters of the country. and each per-
sons who joins the Red Cross will be
given ten seals 1t seemed best to
both the tuberculosis association and
the Red Cross war council to abandon
the Christmas seal sale this year and
for tuberculosis workers to unite In
the Red Cross drive.
Such a combination of effort lie
intended in no way to interfere with
the vital work Of the tuberculosis as
ISOLATION, but merely to reduce the
number of national appeals for con-
tributions.
Miss Webb stated that the Anti
tuberculosis associations. national
state and local have played their
united part in war preparedness to
prevent the inroads on the United
States that tuberculosis has made in
European countries.
The hospitals. dispensaries, and
visiting nurses which they have Sc
cured and the health education which
they have carried to all parts of the
country must be multiplied and in
| tensifled," said the executive secre-
tary. While lighting tuberculosis
the associations have established a
broad work for the control and pre-
vention of many diseases a national
service in war and in reconstruction :"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
OLD-T|MERS TO PLAY
T MATCH GAME TEN PINS

Ye old-timers. aided and abetted
by few of the Younger bowlers.
will hold a match Tuesday night on
the Palace alleys. Teams captained
by r. n. tJake) Rowscy and Whit
Whitman. two of the Oldest bowlers
in the city. will roll five games OF ten
pins. total pins to count in the vim
ming OF the match.
This is the first match for Whit
man. who is the oldest ten-pin artist
in the city. but the veteran of the
alleys Is confident that he will be
able to come back and roll up to
his old form. Rowsey is in fine form
ana has been practicing for this pir-
ticular occasion and hopes to hook
one On his old friend Whitman.
On Whitman's team will be: Swan,
Clyde Inge, Raymond and Charles
Whitman and the veteran. All OF
them are employed at the Nolde
Bros. Baking company and will roll
under the colors OF the bakery in the
match Tuesday night
Rowsey will have himself. Virk,
Jordan, Cosby and JohnS,n.
The match promises to be one OF
the closest staged here for some time
and large crowd is expected to be
present to welcome their various
teams.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
KAISER CHOP WOOD,
BUT WON'T TALK war

Amerongen. Holland {via London)
Dec. 14.-Despite his handicap OF be-
ing limited In the use OF his left hand,
the former kaiser every day is busily
engaged chopping trees in the forest
surrounding the Bentinck castle.
while the police chase of curious per-
sons trying to catch a glimpse OF the
mperial refugee. Count Hohen1ol-
.lern also goes hunting. but seldom has
much luck.
Occasionally he and the ex-kaiser in
walk in the woods. but these ped
estrian exercises are not very joyous
affairs. enlivened by sallies Of laugh
ter and wit. but, on the contrary, they
resemble doleful pilgrimages.
The former emperor avoids talking
about war and his responsibility for
1t, but guarrulously discusses for
hours art and engineering and for
eign nations politics. He INDUCES 80
much in these soltloquies. the whole
Bentinck household has become bored
and everyone says they will be glad
when he moves on. His nights are
restless.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
santa CLAUS To VISIT
SOLDIERS IN CITY
War Camp Community Service Prom
is~a Merry Yui~tidc For the
Troopers.

Not for minute does the local
War Camp Community Service pro-
|pose TO neglect the soldiers and sail
lars who happen to be in Richmond
|auring the Christmas holidays.
st3n the contrary, this organization.
strigss. &, sdnHiic 81 e. ,tas
BONE environment OF men In unisorm,
IL planning an elaborate program of
|yuletide festivities The theater of the
|fun win be the Army and Navy club
land the merrymakfng will begin
|Christmas eve and continue through
lieut. the week following.
Just for the sentiment OF the thing,
there will be an immense. gorgeously
decorated tree which will be set up
December ~. In time TO nod its ap-
|proval Of the big bail to be given that
evening. And then. in the small hours
|after the tsTpsichoreans have departed.
Ian amazingly obese Santa Claus will
come growing in with $40 socks full
LOT seasonable gifts.
Somehow or other he will manage
Ito reach the third noor. where martial
visitors sleep. and then he will pro-
|eeed. In HIS noiseless way, to hang a
|huiging sock on every cot
All during the week goodies of every
sort will be served with n lavish hand
Ito every conner, provided he be in the
service Ok GHcie sam. anu committees
viii be constantly present to welcome
Visitors Nobody will be allowed 10
|get homesick or to feel the slightest
fwinges Of melancholy.
But In order to make all these
schemes go with whoop" il will be
necessary for the public to lend "A
helping hand In the way OF gifts. Par
|ttcularly wfll eatables OF every sort
specially cakes. candies nuts. fruits
and the like--be needed. for although
the uniformed huskies are bitter
awainst the kaiser, they nevertheless
have . sweet tooth. and 1t takes some
|0hing more than birdseed to fill them.
intending givers may send in their
contributions at any time from now
until December ~.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
HARMONY. LODGE HOLDS
| INTERESTING MEETING
rhe First Harmony lodge

The First Harmony lodge, No. 29s.
~ 0. w. f.. of Richmond. branch of
the Patriotic order OF the West. held
.st night at S13 East Marshall street,
one OF the most successful meetings
aimee the organization. A fun menu
|bership was present.
part of the business before the house
vas the hanging OF the charter. and
snecial services were held in the menu
ory Of MAX Sturman. former mem
Aer who passed away recently. follow
ing which = $500 check was handed his
~tdow. due her as death benefits from
the lodge.
Following the business session re-
". Ashments were served. which were
arena red by Mrs. s. Diamondstein and
Mrs. H. Marcus.
Nine new members were initiated at
the meeting. The officers. OF the or
ranisation are as fellows: S. Dia-
|srnndste in. president; NJ. Ablahson.
Vtc4- president; George Newell. treas
rrer. and Sam Green. recorder and
1nancial sccretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
OmCrFs Elected.

Maple Camp No. 1859, Woodmen of
the World. one of the largest
branches of the order in Virginia. has
elected the following officers: j. Fl
Reynolds. past consul com mander
J. w Blunt, consul commander; j. c,
Blake, adviser lieutenant: 8. K. Phil
lips. banker; J. J Maury, escort
j NJ Mabrey, Waterman. Charles
Burkert and O. n. Rrinser. auditors
r. G, Smoak clerk, J, W. Jewett. as
sistant clerk At the time of the
election twelve candidates were given
the degree of initiation and twenty
four applications for membership re-
ceived The camp has over four hun
dred members now.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
Southside Items
Negro Jumps Bail.

Josephine Allen (coloredl has
Jumped" her bail by failing to ap-
pear In police court Saturday and
face Justice Maurice on a charge OF
stealing $40 from her father, Alfred
Allen. The warrant for her arrest
was issued several months ago. but
the negro was not apprehended until
recently by Patrolman ]. H. Lee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
Fraternity Meeting.

An important meeting of Indfanola
Tribe of Red Men will be held to-
night. The degree team. in charge OF
Captain Frye. will give a drill Great
Sachem Burkett will preside and de-
liver an address, Refreshments Will
be served by the stewards committee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
Iheaters
BREEZY VAUDEVILLE SHOW
COMES TO THE LYRIC TO-DAY.

Lowell Drew and Vesta Wallace,
who will be among the features Of
the new show at the Lyric the first
half of the week commencing with
the matinee performance -today.-are
FORMER musical comedy stars who
nave scored a big hit in vaudeville
this season. They are appearing in
an eifervescent farcical skit entitled
AT the Soda Fountain" written ex-
pressly for them. 1t brings out the
versatility of the two clever artists.
The act is described as great laugh
ing number.
Lawton. the English Juggling come
dlan, is another interesting feature. IL
LaWton were not phenomenal Jug
gler he would be among the most
poputar funny mon of the variety
stage. In his new act he com bines
ms talent as a comedian with his skill
as a jugsler most effectively, keepinr
mis- audience chuckling continually
while he performs his difficult tricks
with apparently no effort at all
A classy feature of the new bill
will be the Edah Delbridge Trio. who
have an artistic musical act. They
sing classy songs in their own classy
way Hilaritv unbounded will be
supplied by the Lively Trio. jazz trick
musicians. They are instrumentalists
or the most advanced school The
JAZZ music invariably stirs up riot OF
mfrth.
With the new vaudeville bill there
Will he the usual high grade m otion
picture displays including the latest
after-the-war films of the Pathc
service.
Manager Rex has abandoned the
sale of reserved seats because Of the
diffieulty in accommodating the rapid :
~ Increasing night patronage and an
nounces that three performances in :
stead of two, will be given each Satur-
night henceforward instead of two.
RMS arrangement will enable pa
irons of the Lyric to- get good seats by
coming in time without paying the
reserved seat premium. The Satur-
day night shows will he given at $50,
and $50 O'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
Margaret Anelin.

Margaret Anglin" in "Biileted" a
merry, military comedy, is the an
nouncement which the Academy il
making for Wednesday night In this
comedy Miss Anglin has the part of a
deserted wife, whose home is the
haven OF . English army officers. One
of these. known to no one in the
house save the mistress. happens to
be the errant husband, The wife has
pretended the husband is dead to stop
the tongue of Village gossip, and
this situation forms the background
Of all the comedy. which il a delight
from curtain to curtain throughout
II three acts Miss Anglin plays the
deserted wife in which she has scored
the greatest comedy success Of her
career. The play was the comedy hit
of last season in New York and Chi
cage Seats now selling.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16

avmuathy for Conductor McGehee.
svmpathy is expressed for Chesa-
100 h Ohio Passenger Conductor
n. McCehee in his bereavement.
month ago his wife died and Sat-
|Sr6Ay afternoon his daughter. Bessie,
xrenty -thvee years old, passed away
~ { local hospital after brief illness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
RUMORED SALE or Bl1OA
n ST. STATION UNCONH11u

II was rumorcd Saturday thAh
Richmond & Chesapeake Bay RAM
way company has sold the station
West Broad street, to he c0nve9S
into business establishment ~
company is said to be negotiating
the sale Of all of its real estate 49,
right Of way in the city. Remova ~
the yaduct across Marshall street -
across the ravine is said to be ce1s
templated shortly. "
Ohicials OF the Virginia Ratiwey
Power company last night disclainS1
any knowledge Of the reported -
and refuse e, he quoted as 70 wh4enSe
or not such a sale has been mada
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-16
Entire Family Was q

w. M. Bickers, Jr.. OF the WSes
Virginia Coal company. his wife So
all four of their children have beo3f
confined to bed with the flu tor ovNS
week. Mr.. Bickers. his VIE aS0
one of the children were able to ~
up yesterday and the others are gss>
ting on nicely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
The Speaker and the Speakership.

That was very pleasant occasion in
the House Yesterday when former
Speaker Cannon, representing both sides
of the chamber, felieitated Speaker
e Clark on reaching his sixty eighth year.
The compliments exchanged were well
deserved, and, of course, altogether sim
eere. Mr.. Clark is highly appreciated
? by all.
- In his remarks Mr. Clark said he re.
garded the duty of his position in much
the same way as a judge on the bench,
and that he would lose all self-respect if
he ever made 4 partisan ruling"
II is of common knowledge and com
mon acknowledgement that Mr.. Clark in
the Speakers chair has held the scales
1e~el Partisanship has not appeared in
any of his rulings. It is easy of be-
lief, too, that the same would have been
Z true il he had been permitted to exer-
else the powers that attached to the Of
> fee before his incumbency. But the
J fenocracy upon resuming control of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
ships for transport. Thus far our trans

ships for transport. Thus far our trans
port service has been most efficient. We
have lost two ships, one returning from
France, and one, laden with troops, 60
| ing eastward. A third ship, westward
| bound, was torpedoed, but not sunk.
| Our percentage of safe movement
| through the submarine zone has been
| remarkably high. Whether we are put
| ting our troops into France fast enough
IS another question.
Nobody outside of a limited official
circle knows just how many fighting
men have been landed in France. That
there are enough there now to organize
on a war basis and to hold consider
able and constantly enlarging sector
of the front" is announced. Forma-
ton of specific field units is now IN
progress. A steady stream of reinforce
ments is flowing across the seas, as regi-
ments, battaIions and special sections
pass over the gangways of the trans
ports ard silently pass out beyond vision
to French and British ports.
1t is not disclosed at this time
whether the supply Of ships is now
equal TO the demand for troop trans
port, whether, in short, We can send the
men as rapidly as they are trained IN
camps here at home and put in condi-
=. 6. {ra
abroad Doubtless more vessels could
be used if available for this purpose.
For it is recognized that the best train
ing the men get is IN France. Still, there
is limit 10 the number who can be
accommodated in the camps of prepare
ton over there. But in any case ships
are needed for supplies for the army
and food for the civilian population of
France, Italy and Great Britain.
Ships, ships, ships! We must speed
our construction works, losing no days,
no hours in controversy over wages or
working conditions or recognition of
unions. The armies are not quibbling
over points of pay or prestige or hours
of labor. Our success in this war de-
ponds upon the men back home, those
who are to demonstrate whether the
American transport facilities are ade
quate Ii they fall down, through jeal-
ousies or greed or an imperfect realiza-
ton of the fact that they are fighting
Germany just as much rs are the men
in uniform, the measure of cur inter
vention in the war will be small indeed,
and victory will be doubtful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
Eight Hours and Paw.

The advisory committee of the Fed
eral Employees Union issues a state
ment that if Congress enacts law re.
curing an eight-hour day as a mini
mum of government service provision
should be made to increase the pay in
proportion. and also to pay for work
in excess of eight hours at the rate of
'time and a half" There should be no
confusion on the point of government
pay and government hours. The pay is
now inadequate regardless of the work
ing schedule There should be q basic,
general. permanent increase in the scale,
whatever is done in respect to the length
of the working day As for the over
time pay proposition, that is wholly an
other matter. Government clerks now
undoubtedly work overtime without pay
or extra privileges or compensation of
any sort, and this is one of the factors
making the eight proposition ap-
pear so ineoultable. 1t is gratifying TO
see substantial opposition to it develop
ing in the Senate, where it is about to
be considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
Civil Retirement.

Senator Mcclellan, it is announced, is
preparing bill for retirement of civil
employees of the government the fea-
lures of which have been agreed upon
between him and rcprese natives of
various organizations of federal work
erS. He intends to press this matter for
consideration at the present Congress.
Certainly it is to be hoped that action
will soon be had This matter has been
hanging fire in Congress for wears. 1t
is now being studied by a commission
with reference to the cost of various
schemes of retirement. During the time
that has been spent on these actuarial
researches the approximation problem
has grown more acute than ever. A dis
position prevails in some quarters to
postpone action until after the war.
But this viii be only to make the case
still more complicated and difficult of
settlement. Retirement is right in prin-
ciple. 1t is 70 the interest of the gov
eminent that some method be provided
quickly to relieve it of the incubus of
approximation in the civil service. Pub
lie sentiment is distinctly adverse to
the cruelty of dismissal without other
cause than age and the impairment of
faculties after years of faithful and eff
Gent service. Those who oppose civil
retirement on principle are pleased to
encourage differences of opinion rela-
tive to the particular means to be adopt
ed &c the end of pensioning veteran de-
pa-tment workers. Delay is equivalent
to defeat for the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
Northern Lights.

4 display of the aurora borealis is
rare in this latitude, and especially at
this season of the year. Last nights
phenomenon is therefore likely to
cause much speculation. What did it
signify? Is nature. aroused by the
strife of men, bent upon some convul-
sive manifestation? Are we to have an
early spring and a hot summer? Are
storms to sweep the earth2 Or is this a
presage of peace, a harbinger of sud
den changer There can surely be no
evil greater than that which has be-
fallen mankind during the past three
and half years. Nature in her wild
est moods has never equaled the devas-
tation caused by humanity in these
months of organized murder. Those
who seek for portents in the sky may
find consolation in the reflection that
the northern lights are beautiful and
that they are harmless, and if they ac-
cept phenomena as significant they may
be treasured that a happier time is
dawning.