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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Christmas Glee

Well King the Christmas bells
this year without a sob or sigh
we'll sing the carols, loud and
clear. beneath the winter sky
for we have dropped the weary
weight that we endured through
years of fate, the years of war
and Prussian hate, and we are
stacking high. God rest you,
merry gentlemen, let nothing
YOU dis1nay, for we may sing
our hymns again, as on an older
day; the future seems no longer
dour, and, like an evil dream, the
|hour that saw mailman drunk
with power is past and done
away. Again the rafters ring
with glee. as in the peaceful
days, and on the spangled
Christmas tree the tapers shed
their rays; the children raise
their joyful shouts, their par
ents, old and wintry scouts.
forget their ringbones and their
gouts and dance in forty ways.
God rest you, merry gentlemen,
and merry ladies, too; the old
gray world is young again and
seems as good as new; the night
OF misery departs, the shadows
1:fAl &C.,, ~,1~ 1,a,rtc op6
peace's kind and useful arts once
more arise in view. The woods,
the hillsides and the dells are
white with Christmas rhine, so
let us ring the Christmas bells
as in the olden time; and let us
go on bouyant feet from door to
door, along the street, and sing
the carols old and sweet that
breathe love sublime.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
ZIONISM DISCUSSED.
Officers Of Herzl Club Speak at
Meeting of Organization.

John B. Neviaser, secretary, ana AL
fred L. Bennett, treasurer Of the Herzl
Club Of Washington, a Zionist organi-
cation, both spoke on "Zionism. at
meeting Of the club held Sunday In
the Y. NJ H. A. rooms, at which plans
were also made for cooperation by
the society with the local branch OF
the Jewish Welfare Board.
officers for the ensuing six months
will be elected by the club at the y
NJ. H. A. next Sunday at o'clock: The
program will include several speakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
CONVOY Plans for Casua1s.

In making up casual companies for
convoy home. Army commanders or
ganized them on the basis of this new
districting, including. so far as pos
sible, only men from one district in
each company, and assigning that
company to- the port feeding its dis
trict.
Illustrating the operation of the
plan, Casual Company No. Ill, which
is returning to the United States on
the transport Ryndam, is assigned to
district No. 2, indicating that all the
men in that company, numbering two
officers and 129 enlisted men. are resi-
dents of either the District of Column
bia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia or North Carolina
The Ryndam sailed from France De-
cember 10, and is bound for Newport
News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24

The Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety Office will not be open evenings
hereafter. but calls for visiting nurses
will be received from $50 am. until 5
pm. daily. Telephone Franklin 63S7.
OsceOla W. Taylor has filed suit for
an absolute divorce from Maybelle Lee
Taylor. They were married in New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Others in Passenger List.

In addition to Casual Company No.
Ill, she has on board Casual Com
pany 401, comprising residents OF
New England and New York: 32d
Brigade Headquarters, 100 per cent. to
Kew West, Fla; 18th anti-aircraft Sec
ton, 65 per cent to Fort Totten. N. Y:
35 per cent to Jefferson barracks. Mo-:
9Th Antf-aircraft Section, 81 per cent
to Portland, Me-; 80 per cent to Fort
Caswell, Southport, N. c.: Hath Am
munition Train, 81 per cent to Camp
Beauregard, &c per cent to Camp
Zachary Taylor and Z per cent to
Camp Pike; also 1000 sick and
wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Sues Railway for SIS, 900.

Josephine Hayes has sued the City
and Suburban Railway to recover
$4,000 damages for alleged personal
injury. She alleges that as she was
;.lighting from q car at North Capitol
and I streets June Z, 1915, tho vehi-
Gle was started suddenly and she was
thrown to the ground. Her right arm
was broken in three places, she as
Serta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Salaries Not Commensurate.

A. A. $. r., Albert Pike Consistory
will hold its annual meeting for the
election of officers and Robert de
Bruce Council will meet regularly
Tuesday. Dec. "a, at 1880 pm. at Scot
fish Rite Cathedral, Sd and e SITS NV.
advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
2Lb.. 7ec Gunpowder Tea

2 Lbs. 7ec Gunpovder Tea. $1.S,
6 No 1 Fish Roe. 75c; Quaker Match
buckets Apple Jelly. 1915; large
cans Tomatoes, s9c; 8 cans Gold Seal
Baking Powder, CSC: 9 lbs. Spaghetti.
s9c; Large Prunes, tic: Hominy. &c;
Navy Beans, 127zc; Lima Beans, 15c:
/ lb. Pepper, 33c. 926 Par ave. and all
the ]. T. D. Pyles Stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
STAG HOTEL.
0O4.O6.0S 9th Street

Best ROOMS in city. Parquet
floor; steel ceilings; shower
bath, toilet and lavat0ry; tele-
phones; French windows,
writing tables, metal lockers;
shoes shined while you sleep,
etc. Everything sanitary, S1.OC
to $3.50 per day. Special
weekly rates. Look 'em oven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24

greetings. Reasonable prices. 900 18th.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Committees Announced.

President a. J. Driscoll. recently
elected, announced the following
standing comnittees'
Law and legislation-Charles S.
Shreve. chairman; James a. Toomey.
vice chairman; Somerset waters
Dante. j. Philip Hermann. Wade II
cooper, David T.. Barry, George Tr-
colo, John Il. Geier. James Murray.
Howard Moran and Louis Gic1as.
Streets. alleys and parks-M FRANK
I;uppert chairman; William l. Burk-
hart, vice chairman; John Shughrue.
William J. Thorn. Henry j. Auth.
Joseph Berberich. A. H. Plugge. NJ. p.
Sullivan, Joseph ZeEovitz. Arnold
Hirasch. Jacob Rosenberg, Thomas
l. Toomey. Louis Giclas and John R.
Galloway.
Characterization b Zeiler. chair
man; William H. Richardson. vice
chairman: NJ. ". Henderson. John D.
foot. s, G. Taylor. E. B. Myers, A B.
Gsorss {. Rush. II. r Ashton. H. j.
,iompers and Samuel Hirsch.
Public hsalth-Dr, j. D. Mccue.
hartman: DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith. DIR.
- II Forster Dr. D. W. Prentiss, Dr.
Fred Repetti. DIR. George H. Rush,
=. J. Quinn. Jesse Mann. NJ. Abram-
son. J. j. Mclnerny, Charles r. Pitt,
j,r. j. r. Simpson and d.. Bronaugh.
Nembership-Willi J. Thorn,
chairman; Louis Giclas. vice chair
Ilan: Joseph ZegowitZ, Max T. Pines,
~. p. Sullivan, William j. Burkhart,
Henry J. Auth. James y. Toomey, J. f.
Saker ;. F.. Adler, d. f. Barry, z. l.
Hoffman. George W. Huguely, Max
Cohen, NJ. II. Hopwood and E. b.
Myers.
Entertainment-Tho S Sergeon,
chairman: William ]. Burkhart, vice
chairman: Henry J. Auth, C. T. But
Ter, George a. Amrein and W. ].
Fruend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Send Guides Flowers

the most expressive last-minute
~srtisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
ASKS INCREASED SALARIES
AT BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Additional Land Also Urged In
Secretary Redfield's Report to
Congress.

Increased safsries for administration
and operating staff at the bureau OF
standards and the acquiring OF ad-
ditional lands are urged by the board
of visitors in a report transmitted TO
Congress by Secretary Redfield. This
report Is signed by Eli1au Thomson,
chairman, and Joseph F. Ames, secre-
tary.
The report says that the salaries of
the chief physicist, the chief chemist
and the chief ceramic expert are
$4,000 per annum, and each should be
, increased to $500 or $4,000. Several
of the division chiefs receive $500,
+: and many of the most important
chiefs receive $4,000 or less The
board of visitors say that the govern
ment cannot expect to maintain
scientific staff at the bureau in keep
ing with tho work to be done by such
an institution under these conditions
Salaries Not Commensurate.
The salaries Of tho leading scientific
and technical members Of the staff are
not commensurate with those paid by
of men.
Regarding additional land, the re-
port says that this should b. acquired
before the neighborhood surrounding
the bureau is built up. This is es-
pecially true to the land adjacent to
the bureau on the south as far as
Tilden street, on the north as far as
Van Ness street and on the east up to
Connecticut avenue. An appropriation
for a portion Of this land was made
two years ago. but is insufficient. This
matter should not be postponed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
CITY ITEMS

Brass Beds Relncquered, Satin or Bright
John A. Gottsmann & Co.
l60 Pierce st. NV.
Franklin 5431.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24

Safe Deposit BOX. s2.bo q Year.
Wash Safe Deposit. 916-918 Pa ave
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PLAN OF DISCHARGE.
FOR OVERSEAS MEN
D. C. Soldiers Placed in No. 2
of Rehabilitation Dis
tricts Established.

Eight major Rehabilitation dis
trfcts, to which soldiers returned from
overseas will be sent as units for dis
charge, have been established by the
War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24

Emmanuel Baptist, 18th and Columbia
I'd. Christmas services at am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
Districts Enumerated.

The distr1cts are as 1oiEUWs:
No. New England states and
New York; No. 2-Ristrict of Column
bia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina;
No. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon-
son, Michigan and Kentucky; No. 4
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Ala
bama, Tennessee and MISSISSIPPI; NO.
minnesota. Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska
and Missouri; No. 6-Oklahoma, Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Texas; No: 7
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington
and Oregon, and No. S-Californla.
Nevada. Utah, Arizona, Colorado and
Nayr Moyicn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
WANT $3.50 PLAN
| IN D. c. CONTINUED
Mid-City Citizens See 0pposi'
j ton in Congress to City's
! Betterment.
WILL ASSIST SOLDIERS

Demand was made for the con-
tinuance of the half-and-half prin-
ciple of government for the District
as provided under the organic act
and the plan Of local government as
advocated by Theodore W. Noyes was
strongly Endorsed last night at the
December meeting of. the Mid-City
Citizens Association.
Attorney Charles S. Shreve. retiring
president of the association and chair
man of the Legislative committee. in
an address following presentation OF
his report pointed out that certain
elements in Congress opposed to
everything for the betterment OF
Washington as a municipality were
working a well fixed plan to increase
the taxation of the city to such
uoint that the income from that
source would eliminate the need OF
amy support or contribution from the
federal government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24

IJRERTY N. Capitol and p sts.,
! WILLIAM RUSSELL. in,
"HOBBS IN A HURRY" Extra-Mack
Sennett Comedy. ''SLEUTHs," reels,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-24
By POP

AMERICAN LIST st. & r.. 1. Ave.
Rex Beach's Great
Drama Of Redemption, ..LACCHING
BILL HYDE" with WILL ROGERS.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
HARTFORD. KY. wEDN EsDAY, DECEMBER a. 1918
MEEKLY READ AND MURMUR NOT.

For forty-four years The Hartford Herald has come
welcome visitor to the homes of its readers and never
as its files show has it missed many issues and especially
two issues in succession But this week it is confronted
with conditions perhaps faced before With no
printer and foreman the regular linotype operator sick in
bed the local editor recovering from attack of the IN
namabe Influenza with depleted force and everything il
confusion, The Herald attempts to come out with regular
edition. Behold u.s. dear reader on Tuesday morning
without line Of type set machinery out of TRIM no helD
except those we press into service and the paper due
Wednesday morning; behold say, and sylnpathize.
Our apology is abect, but are doing our best The
paper is poor excuse and will in no manner measure with
its former excellence but il get out at all it will be little
short of miracle Without the neighbory assistance of
the Hartford Republican could not attempt paper
Their kindness will be long remembered With this apol
Iogy and explanation submit this weeks issue to our
readers with the promise that in future issues shall at
tempt to atone for this weeks shortcomings.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
UNITED THOUGH FAR APART
Ceremony Known as "lIardsehoerh
Recognized Under the Dutch Law
as Legal Form Of Marriage.

Not so very long ago B0er in Pre-
toriH was married 10 girl in Ams.er-
dam, Holland, sac Ceremony CONSTITUTE
Inc waat he =" 3 call handsch0cn,
or glove marriage.
In spite Of the fact That n distance
y G0O0 miles lay between The bride
% The Netherlands and the bridegroom
IL The Transvaal they were just as eff
fectiyely married under the Dutch law
as if both had been present in the
same church.
The bridegroom sent to his friend,
or best man, in Amsterdam Il power
of attorney TO represent him rs his
proxy ut the ceremony, and at the
same time forwarded his glove, which
ut the proper moment, when the two
were made one, was held by both the
bride and the proxy. The wedding
was duly registered at Amsterdam
and at Pretoria, where the bridegroom
filed an affidavit with the proper mag
istrate.
This curious form of marriage is a
purely Dutch institution, the custom
having originated, 1t is said, in the
old times of Dutch-Batavian rule. 1t
is, however, a dead letter in the Trans
vaal since the English took over that
colony.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
ALWAYS LAND or TROUBLE
Barbaric Invasion and czarier Have
Nodded Russian History, to Poo
pies Sorrow.

The backwardness of the Russians
CAR re pretty adequately accounted for
by three historical factors. There is,
first. the Mongol yoke which rested
upon them for nearly two and a half
centuries. During the wonderful thir-
tcenth and fourteenth centuries, willie
England was establishing her pdrila-
ment and democratic models were be-
ing worked out in the free sejI-gGvern-
ing city states of italy and the low
countries, the Russians lay fi0ttenad
under an alien Asiatic despotiSm. BY
the time they had rid themselves Of
the Mongols all legal rights Of inGivid-
uals, local communities and social
classes had disappeared, leaving tie
power Of the ears unlimited.
In the second place, for a long time
sitter the MuscOyitcs had freed them
selves from the MoagolS, their settle
T.ents in the rich reeless step9os to
tn snpth Of them--the famous "b!Hc,
soil ~ med TO. hec0ne, the &r.,DGcy
Of Russia and, indeed, of Europe
NtIe - LHHtu ~ tN4slN ~ IL. iN-ts..
Tnrtars hemminc them on The a2&'
ana south. Until the days of Peter
tho Great the Russians were for the
most part confined to tho less fertile
forested region of the North, where
ihey were safe from the incIrsiOns OF
Inc nOmads. Let one imagine how our
economic development would have sui
ferCd had our ancestors been confined
TO the wooded region Of the upper
Ohio and the Great Lakes because the
fertile prairies from Indiana 70 the
Rocky mountains lay open n the raids
of barbarian horscmen yelling up
from the great populated urea IN the
Southwest!
Then there was the Romanoff autoc.
racy, which in Shakespeare's day
crushed the bulk Of the people down
into serfdom-which later became sla-
very-and kept them there for two
and Il half centuriCS.-Edward AIS
worth Ross in Asia Magazine.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
KnowIedae unto klmecIt

A group Of business men met on a
street corner In q certain city and
were discussing the progress tina. has
been made by the allied forces on the
western front During the conversa-
ton fcllow-Cit2en, who is fond Of
expressing his opinion, hut whose field
of information is so limited that he
doesn't appreciate bow small 1t is.
Joined the crowd and listened TO the
various expressions.
Unable to hold his silence, he de-
clared:
"Thprc amt no doubt but that our
boys has thrown new life into the
alleys, but in my opinion the Huns
can't fight like the Germans did"
And then before anyone could get
in a word he added:
"And then we've done lots better
work since our merchant marines has
got into the front line action"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
MORE AND BETTER CORN

The average acre yield of corn in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, three of the
leading corn-belt states, has been
about 35 bushels per acre-and this on
land which has been farmed for scarce
ly more than two generations, and
which is naturally of the best. On the
other hand, in New England, on land
cultivated for well on TO two centuries,
on soil not of the best, and in climate
rather bleak and harsh, the average
has been ~ bushels per acre. 1t is
the consistent and intelligent use OF
fertilizers which has made the differ
ence possible. In all corn sections
yields Of from 20 to 100, or even more,
bushels per acre are easily possible.
Fertilizers not only make possible the
| production of more corn per acre, but
by so doing free land for other uses
for more wheat, Or moro of any other
crop.
Nearly all of the experiment stations
have experimental with fertilizer on
corn. In Ohio 800 pounds per acre of
complete fertilizer increased the
yield II bushels per acre-this where
no manure was used. At the same
station eight tons o. manure, contain
ing considerably more ammonia and
potash, but no more phosphOric acid
than the above fertilizer, produced an
increase of 20 bushels Of corn per
acre. When this manure was supple
mented with 800 pounds pei acre Of
acid phosphate, however, the increase
in the corn crop has been an addition
al 12 bushels. This means a total in
crease Of 50 bushels per acre, produced
by manure and fertilizer.
The West Virginia experiment sta
ton secured an increase of A BUSH
els per acre from the use OF complete
fertilizer alone. AT the PENNSYLVANIA
experiment station, CSC pounds per
acre of complete fertilizer increased
the corn crop by IS bushels.
Lack of available plant food is the
greatest single factor causing low acre
yields OF corn. 1t is The function Of
fertilizer to supply this available food.
Fertilizer, in connection with good
farming practices, viii double the acre
yield of corn, and thus set free land
more than sufficient to grow wheat
enough for ourselves and for our allies
in Europe. 70 grow more corn or
more wheat we need send to the block
not a single head of breeding stock.
Owing to the labor and car shortage
fertilizers for next spring should be
ordered shipped now.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
APPEALED TO GIRLS VA:lITY
Department Store Clerk Proved That
tie Had Some Little Knowledge
OF Human Nature.

Among nOnessential citizens, a place
must be given to the summer girl who
doe all her swimming on the beach.
n s,lSaB toys which never could stand
me cruel ocean waves. Whether this
type is still in existence or not Is a
question, but at any rate n converse
Ion overheard recently in Il depart.
ment store gives ground For suspicion.
The ambitious clerk was selling q
hlgh-priced bathing suit and was man
aging the operation In masterful way.
She finally pinned her victim, n fluffy
girl, down to a choice between two ;
one was blue with green trimmings,
The other purple with white.
"Do you ever have photos taken IL
your bathing sult?" asked the clerk.
"Why, sometimes" said the girl,
mystified.
I"Well," said the inspired clerk, "tho
reason ! ask is because often girls
have said that they want suits with
contrasting colOrs because they show
up so much better in the pictures.
That's why you might like this pur-
pie with the white border better than
the other, which wouldn't show up
nearly so well. / didn't know whether
you had thought about it or not, but
often girls do have their pictures taken
osl the beach, you knOw."-Indianap0lis
News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
DAZED BY HUN ATROCITIES
en- otional Faculties Of Afflicted Bel.
gians Probably Paralyzed by the
Horrors They Had Witnessed.

Mr.. Brand Whitlock, former Amer.
can minister to Belgium, has bee.
talking about the horror Of Louvain H.
the London Daily Telegraph:
II was struck by the lack of pas
sion displayed by all those who had
so terribly suffered. / seldom heard
any Of them express hatred of the
Germans or any desire for revenge.
"NOne of them, rs far as l could
learn or observe, even acted in the
tragic manner. There were no he
roles and no histriOnics: they did
not even Gemean themselves as do peo7
pie in the cinema or the romantic now
els. ..
an moments of great danger or
great strain and tragedy, people are
simple and natural they do not act
in the theatrical sense Of the word"
To say that play could be acted
without gesture or other expression
what we feel is absurd. Nor
would, ! think, history support Mr..
Brand Whtl0ck's inference, whatever
may have bcen ,he story Of unhappy
Belgium.
When Nine. dU Barry Giol upon
thC EC,if0ld En- Paris. her shricl-s Dc.
lighted the knitting women. The Due
de Guisa ran wildly from his Gssas-
sins 80 t,"aW nGsalr at the feet o..
Henry OF France. PIT wcpt FOR ill.,
cJuutry'e mistorJUr s-tha family g..
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11
POTASH HUNGER OF POTATOES

Throughout all of the principal po-
tato-growing sections Of the East there
is growing evidence of the effect OF
lack Of potash on potatoes. First this
hunger for potash was made apparent
by decreased yields. Virginia, Maine,
New Jersey and New York have found
that they cannot grow potatoes as well
as they could five or six years ago.
Potatoes don't set as well, tubers
don't fill out, and disease is more COM
mon.
Potato specialists, who have been
studying the matter, say that most Of
the trouble is due TO the lack of pot
ash In the potato fertilizer. They also
say that the new diseases of potatoes
which have been so common for the
past two years are nothing more than
potash Hunger"
The Phoma stem blight, which was
so common in 1918 along the Eastern
seaboard, has been definitely traced
down to malnutrition due to lack Of
'>potash. The disease is made apparent
by brOnzing of the foliage followed
by a premature collapse of the entire
plant.
Specialists in Washington say that
using potash fertilizer will remove the
cause Of the trouble, and advise farm
ers to buy fertilizer containing 2 to 3
per cent of potash for use next year.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-12-11

President Wilson will not sit at
the peace table, but will be represent
ed there by delegates while remain
ing in close contact with the heads of
the other nations and prepare to de-
eide questions rfrrd him.
Premier Clemenceau, it is believed,
will be president of the peace con-
forenc. This is considered fitting
because the conference will be held in
France. President Wilson's dispOs-
tion is in favor of entirely public
proceedings, such as are carried on
in the Senate chamber at Washing
ton, with the press representatives
given every facility to report certain
business. Naturally there VII be
noed of secrecy, as there is in the
Foreign Relations Committee, but the
Presidents idea is that the proceed
ure could be much the same as at
Washington, a committee considering
the confidential and delicate features
Of various questions and then report
ing back to he peace congress for
action.