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The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
CHILD'S Tongue
BECOMES coated
IF CONSTIPATED
When Cross. Feverish and Sick
Give California Syrup
of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxativ e. :"
and nothing e'-e cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result
is. they become tightly clogged with
waste. l!veI gets sluggish. stomach
sours, lhen your little one becomes
cross, half-sick. feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally. breath is bad,
system full Of cold. has sore throat.
stomachache or diarrhoea. Listen.
Mother! See IL tongue is coated then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours
all the constipated waste. sour bile,
and undigcsted food passes out cf
the system anI you have a well, play
ful child again
Millions OF mothers give california
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t, and It
never fails to act on the stomach.
liver and bowels.
Ask your druggist for bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. chill
dren of all ages and for grown
ups plainly E.Intcd on the bottle. Be-
ware OF couDterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine. made by California Fig
Syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind with contempt-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
KNOTTY QUESTIONS
SOLVED BY divine
Rev. Dr.. Gordon Answers Queries
on World Topics.

Rev. James L. Gordon, pastor OF
the First Congregational Church. last
night made reply to numerous In
quiries in his question drawer many
of which were of local interest.
In response to the question, Should
a Christian apply his mind to the in
vention of death dealing instruments
of war;" DIR. Gordon said:
He should just as long as evil
minded men are applying their in
ventiye genius to instruments OF war.
When a Christian lives in an abnor-
NAL age. he has got to apply doctrines
in an abnormal way"
rs there anything in mental
science of Christian Science which
will successfully postpone old age?''
one questioner asked. DR.. Gordon re-
piled in this fashion:
mo. Old age can be postponed by
hygiene, exercise and common sense
and the suppression OF worry. Mental
anxiety kills more persons than all
the wars put together"
Responding to the question. VIII
not the destruction of millions of
able-bodied men retard civilization
Rev. Gordon said he thought II would
to a certain extent, but the children
born during a war period are apt to
develop into a very strong type of
manhood and womanhood. Prenatal
influences always create a profound
impression during war times, he
thought.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Douglas Fairbanks Plays
Part in Old Drama, While
Wife Waits and Watches

New York. April 11.-Expressing
her willingness to stand aside until
her husband and the young film
star who has lately been the recip-
lent Of his attentions have decided
whether the force that has drawn
them together is deep and lasting
love or a mere temporary infatua-
tion, Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks to-
day gave further details of the rea-
sons that led to the separation from
her husband.
Mr.. Fairbanks and 1 talked il
over" she said. He told me that
he and (here Mrs. Fairbanks men,
toned the name Of the screen IA
vorite) loved one another and that
they felt that it was the one great
love of their lives, so that in com
parison with it nothing else mat
tered.
Il have decided to stand aside
until they find out If it is really
that kind of love"
Asked if she would agree to a
divorce If Mr.. Fairbanks and the
young woman should find that their
anection was real, she made the
cryptic reply:
We'll. time heals all things"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
"A Dollar in Savings
Stamps Is a Soldier y

Within q short time every
housewife in the District will
/ receive a placard from the War
Savings office. bearing the head
line, ITO the Woman in q
Hurry" This card gives six
reasons why thrift is a neces-
sity during war times and how
the busy modern woman can
make use of every minute to
best help win the war. The six
reasons, which are printed on
the card in large letters fol-
low:
81. Haste makes waste. Ask
yourself these questions: Is It
necessary? Can something / al
ready have be made to answer
the purpose? Can /, by waiting
or planning. accomplish my end
more economically?
"2. Care saves repair. We
must conserve what we already
have to avoid drawing on the
reservoirs of the country's re-
sources.
"3. Cooperation counts. We
are fighting a common enemy.
Pass on what you can spare.
Remember, by lending. you can
save your neighbor's spending.
"A. "A dollar unnecessarily
spent is a traitor A dollar in
the pocket is a Stacker A dol
lar in saving stamps 10 a SOL
dier.
rs. Don't start saving and
: then quit. Keep 1t up.
&c. Thrift is twofold. II IS
wise spending and intelligent
saving"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
IN WAR
NOT JUSTIFIED
SENATE FINDS
Clause in Sabotage Report
Permitting Walk-out
Is Defeated.

Organized labor has no right to
strike while the war is on, the Senate
fatty declared today.
The decision was made when the
vote came on a question Of including
the right to strike clause in The
conference report on the bill to pre-
vent sabotage in war factories.
81 AyesI n Noes.
There was no debate, as full discus
sion had taken place. As soon as the
conference report was called up again.
the vote was taken and resulted in re-
moving the clause by thirty-four ayes
to twenty-five noes.
The clause referred to read:
Nothing herein shall be construed
as making 1t unlawful for employees
to agree together to stop work or not
to enter thereon with the sole and
bona fide purpose OF securing better
wages or conditions of employment"
While the Senate has knocked this
clause out OF the bill. it is by no means
certain it will remain out. The House,
after a fight. inserted the clause two
or three months ago, and its advo-
Gates won a decisive victory. As the
conference report must now go back
to the House for ratification. there IS
likely to be a deadlock. until a COM
promise is effected
GOmpers Protests.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation OF Labor. yester-
day afternoon denounced the action OF
the senate in passing the antistrike
act. as applied to war workers.
Il warned Congress-" he said, mot
TO commit the deviltry and the folly
OF enacting such a law.
The stoppage of work may be made
unlawful. but II cannot thus be pre-
vented; instead it will only make men
lawbreakers as well as strikers.
There have been no serious inter-
ruptions to wartime labor in spite of
widespread publicity and unsparing
criticism for such few small and brief
strikes as have occurred. Once you
take away the voluntary aspect or
labor's service you remove every in
centive for a continuation of service
where. under justifiable circum-
stances. work might otherwise stop
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
u. S. TAKES OVER
4 STEAMER LINES;
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rection of Director General McAdoo
! will make possible complete co-ordi-
/ nation between these ships and the
railroads. TO the end that little or no
time will be lost from the time tie
troops entrain at Cantonments and
camps until they slip out to sea for
the great adventure.
L. $. to Stop Hun Drive.
The President is convinced. if re-
ports in administration quarters are
| to be believed, that American troops
have got to be relied on to stop
the German drive. the extreme mem
ace Of which no one seriously uues-
tions.
The President has taken personal
charge OF the business Of expediting
the troop movements, and things are
humming. Rcd tape is being slashed
right and left.
The aircraft program, apparently,
will next be handled by the Presi-
dent That one-man control is going
to be established at the head of this
vital part of the American prepara-
lions. and director installed who
will be directly responsible to the
President, is the confident predic-
ton of men who have been STUDYING
the weaknesses of the present svs-
tenn for the President.
Aero Engine Stimulated.
Already stimulation from some
quarter has started. Last night it
was learned that the Signal Corps is
no longer contenting itself with de-
Veloping the Liberty motor but has
been speeding up production Of other
makes of motors in this country. in
cluding the Hizpano-Suiza lJO-horse-
power engine and the OK Five.
Ship production is also feeling the
prod from the White House. The
President realizes the limitations of
the present on the ship program. but,
say his advisers he has gauged the
capacities of the future and demands
that they be met.
Steel Supply Inadequate.
Secret testimony before the Senate
Commerce Committee. made public
last night, shows how vitalIy the
building of vessels has been affected
by inadequate supply of steel plates.
and 1t was principally because Of this
hindrance, already known to the
President. that the War Industries
Board was given its recent shaking up
and reorganization.
stop talking: stop promising: give
results" is the order which, hgura-
lively speaking at least, has gone forth
from the White House.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
latest D. c. union
ELECTS OFFICERS
Municipal Employees Choose Execu-
tives for Coming Year.

Thomas F. Duling was elected pres
ident of the Municipal Federal EN-
ployes' Union Local 50. of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, at a meeting last night in
the District Building.
Other officers elected were:
William +. Franklin, recording Sec
retary; Guy \. Ourand, financial
secretary; Edward NJ. Dawson. treas
urer; A. s Nicholson, guardian:
George Swink, guide; and Corbin
Birch. w. R. Chappeli and John
7. Watson. trustees.
The meeting adopted a constitution
last night. but deferred the elec-
ton of the delegate. to the A. f. of
l. convention at st. Paul, Mimi,
until the next regular meeting. to
be held the last Thursday in April.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
HURLEY To HEAR
PLEAS FOR south
Southern Commercial Congress Asks
Greater Use of Seaports.

Edward b. Hurley. chairman OF the
United States Shipping Board. will re-
ceive in conference at the headquar-
ters of the Shipping Board at 10 O'Clock
the committee on shipping OF the
Southern Commercial Congress created
at the conference held in Baltimore
on March Is
President Robert W. Bingham, OF
the Southern Commercial Congress,
stated last night that the conference
with Chairman Hurley will be the first
of series with the view OF bringing
the waterfronts of the South Atlantic
and the dulf of Mexico into maximum
participation in the program OF the
Federal goverIIIan with respect to
shipping and allied interests in win
ming the war and for a permanent
status in commercial extension after
the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Bone Dry Capital
Threatened for D. c.
By Senate Action

Lucky diplomats will be the only
people in the District Of Columbia
who can order whisky, beer and
other dainties by mail, IL the Senate
Postoffice Committee has its way.
The committee, through a sub-cOm-
mittee of Senators Vardaman. Of
Mississippi, Townsend, of Michigan,
and Beckham. Of Kentucky, yester-
day voted to recommend the inclu-
sion of the District in the Reed
"bone-dry' law.
The bill was sent to the calendar,
Mrs Raymond Robins, national
lege is denied in ordering liquors
but there is no prohibition against
bringing it in" in person.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Selfridge Field Airman
Missing After Flight

Mount Clemens. Mich. April IL
Considerable anxiety was felt today
for the safety of Lieutenant Roilett,
aviator at Selfridge Field. who was
to have piloted his a!rplane yester-
day to Detroit to participate in a
Liberty Loan demonstration. He
started for Detroit about noon, buc
did not reach there.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT.

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
ton of the scalp. the hair roots
shrink. loosen and then the hair
comes out fast. To stop falling hair
at once and rid the scalp Of every
particle of dandruff. get a small
bottle of Danderine at any drug
store for a few cents, pour a little
In your hand and rub well into the
scalp. After several applications all
iandruff disappears and the hair
stOps coming Omt-AdY
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
WINTER STORM
MARKS WORST
APRILFOR D. C.
Northeaster Causes Those
Wearing Summer Ones
to Feel Blasts.

A rafting northeaster comprised OF
driving rain, sleet and snow. brought
on the wings of a gale that attained
at times q velocity of over fifty miles
an hour. brought to a climax last night
the most severe April storm that
Washington and vicinity has seen FOR
years.
Big Rainfall.
Beginning with Tuesday morning
when the first stages OF the storm
reached this city. until s o'clock last
night. the accumulated rainfall for The
three days amounted to 3.j6 inches.
By midnight. after the binding sleet
and intermittent snow had left the
thoroughfares of the District in a
condition resembling mid-winter. the
storm had spent itself and was moy-
ing in a northeasterly direction out 10
sea. Though the skies are to remain
cloudy for the next twenty-four hours.
fair weather is expected soon.
slight Damage.
The storm. which did but little
damage in Washington, is reported
elsewhere. in western parts of
Maryland and Virginia. as having
worked considerable havoc in the
orchards.
From Richmond. Va. came word
that the James River was up ten
feet last night and was still rising
following a day Of rain. sleet and
snow.
Norfolk. also reports herself In
the grip of the northeaster. which
brought high tides along the coast.
Temperature at almost freezing
point accompanied the storm. vary
ing here from IS degrees at s
o'clock yesterday morning. to 36 at
noon and down TO - degrees at s
o'clock last night.
Potomac Rises.
As a result OF the storm. the
Potomac River rose rapidly yester-
day, last night being over three
feet above normal. Snowfall to
the depth of several inches about
the headwaters of the river is eX-
pected to cause a continuance Of
the rise for a few days.
Norfolk. Va. April IA severe
northeast storm accompanied by
high tides is sweeping along the
coast. The streets OF Norfolk and
Portsmouth are flooded tonight
Great damage has been suffered by
the fishing Industry, many small
craft being driven ashore and docks
and sheds being wrecked.
Richmond. Va. April 1.-THE
James River Is up 10 feet tonight
and still rising, following a day of
ram. hail and snow. Farm work
VIII be delayed at least a week,
Il was declared.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
$3.50 Value Carpet Rugs,

Rugs made from carpet. nicely
bound. good quality. Special for
today at $1.19.
second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Table Napkins, Dozen at S1.39.

Highly mercerized Table Nap
kins. 1SxlS inches. in pretty pat
terms and hemmed ready for use.
Special for today at S139.
Bargain DasemeRt.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Csc Value Administer Mats
at 39c.

1SH27-inch Administer Mats,
regular CSC value, special for to-
day at 39c. second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
s0e Printed Linoleum, Squar.
Yard. 59c.

These Printed Linoleums are
shown in short rolls up to 16
yards. Special for today at,
square yard. 59c.
Second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Csc Value Feltoleum, Square
Yard. Acc.

Shown In an attractive assort-
ment OF neat patterns: fine
wearing quality. Special for to-
day, square yard. 4Sc.
Second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
29c and 35c Filet Weave
Curtain Nets, Yard, 23c

S6 inches wide, with beautiful
center designs. All new and
more desirable for spring and
summer draperies. Today at 23c
yard. Second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12
Art Rag Rugs, $1.9S, Sl.2s,
QSr TO- and co.

y6c, Iyc and SIC.
36x72 inches, $3.50 value, at
S1.sS; 30N60 inches, 81 value, at
Sl29: 27X54 inches, $3.50 value,
at CSC; 25x50 inches, CSC value,
at 79c; 25x36 inches, 75c value,
at 59c. Second Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12

Fully bleaChed. with S-Inrh
hem, and seamless. BUY = sun
ply now. as this price is for on,
day only. Each. SlS9
bargain Easement.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-12

Foliage and Flower Trimmings
at 19c.
A big assortment Of foliage
and flower trimmings, roses,
dahliaS, etc. Special for today
at 19c. BargnIn Basement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

becoming to youth The low crown
fits over the top of the head and the
brim DROPS softly all around, shading
the eyes in front and fitting up a little
at the back above a cluster of Law
ender tulle and purple velvet vioIets.
corded white Georgette; the crown is
covered with folded loops of pale
lavender ribbon. In Paris this hat is
called the trench helmet because it
has something the outline of the fat
crowned helmets worn by soldiers at
the front; but trench helmet seems an
oddly stern title to describe such a
dainty and feminine little midsummer
hat, does it not?
Violets are alluring1y yelled in Paris
this season. Sometimes the deep pur-
pie French violets are used, swathed
in self-colored tulle; sometimes it is
the paler blue and white" English
violets, shrouded in white or lavender
tinted tuIIe. The airy layer of tulle
adds an illusiveness and fascination
to the violets-or so Paris AYERS just
now. Mysterious effects are particu-
larly chic this season and several of
the French hats, just arrived, are
yelled in a half-concealing, half-dis-
closing manner. One of these hats,
from Lewis was displayed in New
York shop this week. The low, con-
ical crown was of deep blue silk, the
up-rolled brim of beige mouff1on
straw, and a, white azalea was caught
against the right side of the brim-
the hat being worn by the mannequin
who displayed it tilted far down over
the right eye. Draped over the brim
in an indescribable manner with in
tricate folds crossing folds, was a vel
of black dotted Chantilly lace. This
veil crossed the chin and mouth and
then wound itself around the throat
and fell forward over the right should
er in flowing ends. It covered one
ear but left the other ear and wave
of hair visible, and long jet ear
ring added to the smartness and
Oriental effect.
Flower Trimmed Pokes For Summer
Days.
Another hat that promises to be
very popular this summer is the poke
shape. These shapes are becoming tc
almost all women and they may be
quite conventional or extremely exag
gerated as suits personal fancy-and
the type of the wearer. That is, g
poke may be demure or dashing as
one pleases and the model in the pic
ture leans rather to the demure than
to the dashing style. The hat is made
of black lace straw braid, the brin1
lifted at the back and partly hiding
wide black velvet ribbon around the
crown. Another ribbon, also of velvet
| in Natter blue shade is passed over
front of brim and crown and drawn
underneath at the sides, and bows OF
both blue and black velvet mingle on
the bandeau which lifts the brim from
the hair, at back. Sprays of roses in
the lovely American Beauty shade are
trailed over the hat from the back, the
roses nodding naturally from crown
and brim at front and sides. Simple
as it appears, there is much art in
the construction of this hat for it is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Interest Now In Picture Models for Wear With
Summary Frocks Flower Trimmed Hats Sug-
gest Midsummer Garden Parties Sport
Hats Quilted Like Bedspreads.

and aIluring about the midsummer
millinery; partly by reason of the flow
ers used in trimming and partly be-
cause of the hat shapes themselves
The poke, SO enchanting with a pretty
face and fluffy hair, is shown in a
variety of types, and the saucy niniche.
tipped down over the eyes and up at
the back to show the coiled hair, is
high in favor again. Never was a hat
more essentially feminine than this
coquettish niniche which by no
stretch of the Imagination can be lik-
ened to any type of headgear ever
worn on masculine head.
One of the summer hats illustrated
is niniche, dainty affair from
Leontine trimmed, not with ordinary
flowers in conventional shapes. but
with an applique wreath of blossoms
and leaves in shaded rose tints and
silvery greens. This Watteau-like hat
is made of circular PLAGUE of leg
horn straw, one edge bent down to
shade the face, the opposite edge tilt
ed up high above a bandeau which
rests on the hair. At the front, this
bandeau shapes downward into a sort
of mushroom underbrim and as you
may guess the bandeau-underbrim in
its skillful shaping and fit on the head
gives the whole character to the hat.
The bandeau is covered with shirred
Natter blue silk and the under side
of the straw PLAGUE is faced with the
same silk. A Natter blue ribbon is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
HE COUNTRY WOMAN answers
4 the call of spring by putting on
her garden gloves and faring out

HE COUNTRY WOMAN answers
n the call of spring by putting on
her garden gloves and faring out
- into the sunshine with spade
and trowel to coax summer flowers
from beds and borders The town
woman takes it out in looking at new
midsummer hats, all abloom and fas-
ctnating with mid-summery sugges-
ton, up and down the avenue now
Both garden and fiower-trimmed
chapeaux appeal to something in the
feminine heart; both suggest, in prom
Use, the delights of days to come when
green grass shall spread softly under
root and green branches sway over
head, and summertime delights shall
be available again.
Looking at the lovely flower
trimmed hats, and the hats swathed
airily in tulle or trimmed with big.
b picturesque ribbon bows, one vizual-
ICES enchanting, lacy frocks, or
frocks of crepe de chine and chif-
fon or stunning sport costumes of
s1lken stuff for wear on days when
the smart tailored toys, so much in
the foreground just now, will be ban
ished to hangers in the clothes closet;
and though one is very particular
about the correctness of ones spring
get-up these days, it is delightful to
dream of the summer so close at hand.
Flower Hats Never SO Fashionable.
There is something very feminine
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

described will leave the mind of the
knitter more free to enjoy music or
sermcSA This broad-minded divine, it
may be mentioned stipulated that
"only plain knitting and not purling''
was to be brought in the Sunday morn
ing knitting reticules.
Another help for the knitter is the
tape line that winds itself up when
the end is released. One has to be
measuring constantly when making
socks and a ruler or even an ordinary
tape measure is a cumbersome thing
to manage, especially if one is knitting
at the theatre, or at a concert where
it is desirable to attract as little atten-
ton as possible by ones movements,
in order that others may not be dis
turbed in their enjoyment of the en-
tertainment. The narrow tape lines
which spring back around the spool
the moment one releases the end are
very useful little affairs and these tape
measures make acceptable presents to
women not already provided with
them.
The single curved knitting needle
that makes you think of a boomerang
more than anything else is being tried
out by many women and reports have
not yet come in as to its excellence
or its improvement over the old two
or three needle way of knitting. For
the beginner, not accustomed to ma
nipulating four needles, the single
boomerang needle will certainly be
easier to manage, but this needle has
one disadvantage, the stitches are all
crowded together with no divisions
as they are when three or four needles
are used and one would have to be
constantly counting.
A very pretty gift for girl just
learning to knit is a wristlet holder
for ball Of wool, a pair of needle tips
and long knitting pin for holding
stitches not being worked upon at the
moment. Protectors for the ends OF
knitting needles are made of brown
suede leather in the shape of soldiers
boots, an elastic joining the boots tc
hold them snugly over the needle ends
| Knitting records are valuable affairs