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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-24
To Those Who Appreciate Real
 New Orleans Nolasses!

HERE'S cheering news! It's no longer necessary to send to the South to get original Brer Rabbit Molasses -@
 Arrangements have been made so that all first 5 class grocers s-y0uT OWn-can supply you. Just say "Brer Rabbit to your grocer.
 If you prefer good molasses, and want to be cer- tain you're getting Brer Rabbit just remember this: Don't take molasses drawn from barrels thinking it might be Brer Rabbit. It's never packed in barrels under any circumstances I6t
 While all Brer Rabbit Molasses is canned mo- i 1asses-an canned molasses is not Brer Rabbit. Be certain that the you buy plainly marked "Ber Rabbit' with the rabbits on the label. .t
 Brer Rabbit is packed in clean, tight cans small, medium and large sizes The size needed for your family is at your grocer.
 e-Y@ Do You Know the Food Value
 & of Brer Rabbit Molasses?
 Not all present day housewives and mothers know this-but, undoubtedly al grandnothers do:
 The fuel uae fmoa sho0s te U S. Department of Aqrf- culture in Farmers Bulletin Mo- I4 greater, per pound than fish, stedk solb, chicken bread or mik
 To many that surprising Everybody likes Brer obb
 whether it's served with pancakes hot biscuits mufns waes made into Boston brown bread, ginger bread olasses candy But to learn of its food value suggests means of cutting the high cost of living
 Get of Brer Rabbit-Serve itl See the folks like it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-24
Had Bad Fall.

The Willing Workers will meet Wed. nesday afternoon at the parsonage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-24
sIeishine in Georgia.

Danielson soldiers who are at Camp Gordon, Ga. write of good sleighins in the sunny south"
 Mrs. George Kent who has been se- riously ill for the past five weeks, was taken to Worcester hospital We'd nesday for treatment.
 Industries in town that have been closed since last. Thursday night re- stunned operations Wednesday morn
The evening world., 1918-07-25
SHE SPOKE TO SAM.

Sam bernard, co-star with Louis
Mann in Friendly Enemies" saw n
pretty little faxen-haired girl in an
elevator the other day and. being OF
a sweet and gentle nature. except, Of
COURSE, when he and Mr.. Mann meet,
patted her on tho head.
How r YOU, my little miss?" he
asked.
Say" came from the patted m
'where do you get that stun2 Hang
OF me. will your"
She turned out to be the prima
donna OF a Liliputian opera company.
a position sho has held for more than
twenty years.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
sHUcKS, ADELiNEI

Adeline Leitzbach. playwright, has
sent US ten commandments for those
who would write plays. Here's hs
very ten:
l. Don't have too much conndance
In yourself.
!. Don't believe what your friends
tell you.
3. Take yourself and your work
seriously. but not Importantly.
T. Don't think you know II all III
you really do. commit suicide.
s. Don't steal some other fellows
work-it's the same as murder.
6. Admit ONE n else can write
good stun and profit by II.
7. Know what you are writing
about, yourself. before you try TO
make some one else know what IT'S
all about
Don't collaborhte with any n
unless they know more than you do.
3. Know what you're doing. then 10
and do Il.
10. Don't think you are the only one
In the world. There arc othera
The evening world., 1918-07-25
ANENT WOODS SHOWS.

A. II. Woods la changed the nams
OF his play MY Boy to Under
Orders" II will open in Schenectady
Aug. IL. Margcry Rambean. in where
Poppies Bloom" will open at the
Belasco, Washington, Aug. :, ana
some TO the Republic here bou u
10. 'Why Worry" will play the Har-
ris. opening during the week OF huK.
IA dolly OF the Folies' wiz DO ssstI
In New York about Aug "a
The evening world., 1918-07-25
.hunpu Borkif not Satisfied

Cymatic satisfies the rheumatic or
money back.
Cymatic Tablets act on stomach.
blood. liver and bowels, tend TO restore
normal strength and acti witty to q
weakened system, and thoroughly re-
move the rheumatic faint.
Cymatic Balm quickly relieves hAense
pain, swellings and stiffness. Doesn't
stain or blister, smells good, better than
plasters, poultices, liniments.
Best for Sciatica, Lumbago. Neuralgia.
sore muscles or aches.
Cymatic Tablets. S1.00; Cymaiio
Balm. Csc; at druggists or by mall
Surpass Drug Corporation. Is K aeth
ST., New York. C-z~AAyE
The evening world., 1918-07-25
HADN'T CALLED HIMSELF.

IT was nearly noon when the irate
travelling man found the night
clerk Of the little hotel in a North
Carolina town.
81 told you to call me for the 7
o'clock train, Now I have to lose
twenty-four hours time. why didn't
you call me?"
II couldn't very WELL" explained the
clerk, cheerfully, IL just got up my
self."-Everybody's.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
GENTLEMEN ALL

n TRS. OEIAER, n large, powerful
lvl woman, entered an over
crowded train. and as abe was
TOO tired TO stand she went into tho
smoking car and took,a seat near tho
door. She attracted no particular
attention. as each man seemed 10 be
absorbed in his tobacco and news
paper. The man seated next to her
was perhaps unconscious Of the vast
quantities OF smoke he was emitting,
intent was ne in reading.
Him" she said, glowerinp nj him
II was foolish enough TO sunrose
THAT some OF the men in here at least
gentlemen"
The offender Strengthened from his
lounginB posture. Pardon me mad
am he answered, politely Offering
her a cigar.-Harpers Magazine.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
WOULD IT cor WELL, sAYl

MAJ Dreyfus. music publisher, has
been pestered for n year by n Brook
Ign youth who THINKS he can write
songs. Yesterday Max received one
Of the young mans ditties in the
mail. During the morning the song
writer called him on the telephone.
what about my song?' he asked.
Don't you think 1t will go2"
Sure" replied Max. IT'S going
now. | just dropped 1t IN tho mail.
addressed TO YOU"
The evening world., 1918-07-25
N o r

The Sea Gate Auxiliary OF the
American Red Cross held a bazaar at
Whittier Inn Tuesday night. One OF
the ladies. who had charge OF the
sale OF cigars got rid Of many smokes,
but they nll went one ut a time. The
reason was this-sho was going
around the inn calling:
Fine ci~gars-fifteen cents each.
three for a half dollar"
The evening world., 1918-07-25
GOSSIP.

Doris Kenyon is visiting In Halifax.
Joe LEBLANC is summcring at Long
Branch.
Billie Burke. Mark A. Luescher's
pet Fox Terrier, il the OF
eight little dog children.
Herbert LeYene, theatrical auditor,
is taking a vacation. He's having u
fne time In "A dentists chair.
Carolyn Thomson, formerly OF
"Maytime," has been engaged for a
role in the new Shubert musical play,
miss 1 Don't Know"
Helen Ely. the girl in the clock"
at the Century Grove Revue, has in
herited an estate In Altoona, but she
won't quit the clock.
Orme Caldara has been engaged
by Selwyn a. Co. for n part In
Jane Cowls new play. Information,
Pleasel'
All. I. wilton is preparing to pre-
sent In vaudeville Tom Lewis and
assisted by John Kearney, In a COM
edy, The Sport Of Kings"
Charles Judels Is TO play the role
of Signor Bambinetti with Mitzi in
Henry Sayage's production, Head
over Heels"
Henry Regal and Sim Moore will
appear shortly in a new vaudeville
Offering, now being prepared.
S. j, Kaufman is staging the melo-
drama Mothers Liberty Bond"
which Will open at the Park Aug. s.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
About Plays
and Players
By BIDE DUDLEY

PENINGS at Shubert theatres in
New York are scheduled as fol-
lows; on or about Aug. 5. Mr..
The evening world., 1918-07-25

- New York are scheduled as fol-
lows. On or about Aug. s. Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Drew in Keep Her
Smiling" Aston; on or about Aug. j.
Allegiance" Maxine Elliotts: Aug
.. "Ths Blue Pearl" Jongacre: on or
about Aug. II, Al Jolson in "Sinbad''
Lyric: Sept .. San Carlo Grand Opera
ComHsny, Shubert. and "one Of Us"
a Morosco production. Booth: Aug 2s'
Double Exposure" Bijou; Hearts
OF the World" will remain at the Htn
street Theatre, and the opening at
fractions for the Comedy and the new
theatre at 47th Street and Broadway
viii be announced later.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
n

There va a young somAn named GAY
Who went with a musical play.
No blond vas she. yet
She NAs no brunette.
] guus you'd have called her a hay.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
E T MAKE 1T TWO

Despite all the work DR.. Davis has
done on the kaisor's teeth Bill has
bitten Off more than he can chew.
The evening world., 1918-07-25
A THOUGHT FOR TO. DAY.

Ned Wayburn has lost thirty seven
pounds in the past two months. The
old timers In the theatrical business
are beginning 20 thin out.
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only 49, steel building ways few
months ago and IS wooden ship-buiid-
ing ways-a total OF 23J-an increase is
shown of 495 wooden and steel berths
on which we can build ships.
with our total of $50 wood and
steel ways. we will have 521 more
berths than Sir Eric Geddes in his
recent speech stated England has at
the present time
The situation giving US the most
concern is the completion of turbines
and engines. The very rapid expansion
of the shipbuilding program caught the
turbine and engine manufacturers TO-
tally unprepared.
THE proposal to build ships of con =
crete was al first regarded as a fasci-
mating absurdity. On March IA there
was launched from the yards of the
San Francisco Company the first con-
crete steamship. vessel which the
builders christened Faith. We hope she
will exemplify the name.
Now as to labor-our strong right
arm. In 1916 there were less than As
600 men employed in all the shipyards
of the country and on March ?, 1918,
we had increased this number to 236,-
900. of which 170,5s9 were working on
actual ship construction and the re-
mainder in yard construction. and other
branches of the industry. Thousands
of others are employed in taking out
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SUNDAY TO BE BUSY DAY
RESETTNG CLOCKS OF CITY
Thousands Of Big Tiimepieces in Government
Buildings Will Be Put an Hour
Ahead.

about daylight in order that II may
conform to the new daylight-saving
law. The workman will give it its in
structions for the summer; how long
they will be obeyed remains to be seen.
There is no point in changing this
| timepiece at the specified time be-
cause 1t does not strike; because Few
people will be abroad at that hour Sun
| day morning anyhow, and because 1t
would be difficult for the electrician to
| do the work under the circumstances
But with the first tightening in the
/ east the clock will be made to conform
\ in so far as it's habits permit, to the
new law
| The office of the superintendent of
the State, War and Navy building holds
| a contract with a man to set. wind and
regulate all the clocks In the main
building. the Henry Park buildings. and
the Navy Department annex. He Will
probably be temporarily unenthusiastIc
over his contract by Sunday evening.
Other big departments have their time
pieces attended to in a manner similar
to the State, War and Navy and POST
Office departments. In certain places
| like the Government Printing ONCE.
where night work is feature. the
night force, fortunately, VIII not De
| interfered with because it is SATURDAY
night. II it should be. the change VIII
mot be made until the shift goes off
duty Sunday morning.
| Here's another angle There are in
| the District between four and f1ye nun
dred clocks that are regulated from the
: office of the Western Union Telegraph
| Company. Such a thing as changing all
/ these by whole hour simultaneously
! is obviously impossible. Further-some
of these clocks are located in places
where employees cannot reach them on
| Sunday
Setting Western Union Clocks.
Plans are being laid in the office of
| the plant superintendent, however, to
| turn as many employees as possible
| loose on this job at or about the time
the law goes into effect. The city is
being laid out specially in districts for
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Steals Violin, Plays in
Court, IL Set Free.

CHICAGO, March N-A fraii
bsy In knee pants played . violin
20 effectively in the 3avenile court
MsaAay tAst - gained his free
dom. DaviA Pollichess fourteen
years old, accused Of stealing q
violin valued ut S1.0oo. told the
Judge that he loved 9violins 30
much that he could not resist the
Then he played the Instrument.
and when he had Anished Judge
Arnold appointed n court omcer
his guardian with Instructions to
see that his musacal training was
continued and that he be given
outdoor recre: lion. 1t developed
that the lad spent all his time
prncticing ON q violin, and had
never played ball and had only
tried to skate once.
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Us. SHIP PROGRAM
ERcENT 0NWAY.
Chairman Hurley Tells Marine
League Of Progress on Stu
s Il
t permous Undertaking.
8 YARDS EXCEED BRITAIN's

NEW YORK. March 27.-America's
whose full menace has just besn re-
veaied in British admiralty figures on
,sinkings of ships. was outlined here
last night by Charles Hurley of the
shipping board. in a frank statement
setting forth the shipbuilding situa-
ton In tho United States
Before the National Marine League,
Mr.. Hurley disclosed that despite de-
lays the country soon will have $50
steel and wooden ways turning out
ships and that the governments MAN.
moth steel shipbuilding program Of 5000.
600 tons on March 1 was IS per cent on
its way to completion. This does not
mean that Is per cent are in the water.
but that construction as a whole had
advanced that far. Eight per cent of
the vessels actually have been put into
aervice, Mr.. Hurley said.
PraiSing Mr.. Hurley for having &C
complished a "superhuman task" J. II.
W. Ross, president, OF the league. said
that the United States government Will
soon have spent more than $4,000. 600.
600 to develop the country's maritime
facilities, and urged that the work OF
building up the American merchant
marine be continued after the war.
John Barrett director general of the
Pan-American Union at Washington
asserted that both during and after
the war ships were needed to develop
pan-American unity and commerce.
He added that If Mr.. Hurley was able
to produce the necessary ships The will
some day be hailed as a greater pan
American than Blaine, Root or Henry
Clay
Mai August Belmont. who presided
said that ship construction which he
had believed would require at least
two generations now was being put
through in two or three hurried years
He said that when peace is declared
the United States must enter the COM
mercial lists equipped with both prop
er maritime laws and rational labor
regulations, if our venture is to sur
yiye the worlds economic struggle
Three Yards Near Philadelphia.
The three government fabricating
yards near Philadelphia when in full
operation, will be able to produce. Mr.
Hurley said, more ships in a year than
all the yards of England. heretofore
the greatest shipbuilding country il
the world.
There were thirty-seven steel ship
yards in America at the time of oul
entrance into the war" he said. I'VE
have located eighty-one additional stee
: and wood yards. while eighteen other
yards have been expanded. We are
building in the new and expanded steel
yards 235 new steel shipways. or TWEEN
ty-six more than at present exist in
all the shipyards of England.
1T took Germany forty years to build
up her mighty military machine. Ir
less than eight months we have bull,
mp a shipbuilding machine which. wher
1t gets into full swing. will defeat the
military machine of Germany.
1T took Henry Ford with all his
genius for organization and standard
fxation, sixteen years in which to de-
velop his enormous production. 1t has
required twenty years for the United
States Steel Corporation to develop it:
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this one occasion. SO that the places to
be visited by each man viii be COM
paratively near together. Undoubtedly.
also. some special means of transports
ton will be arranged to get the men
around quickly. In Philadelphia IL has
already been decided to use motor
cycles. and something of the sort will
be done here.
/ There is another class of men who
will have to do a lot Of clock setting.
These are clock repairers and jewellers
who keep many new timepieces running
to try them out, and also have at their
places of business many clocks and
watches to be regulated. Fortunately,
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activities to the point where they rep
resent an organization one-half as
large as has been undertaken by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
ut has been an uphill struggle.
am willing to confess there have been
times when we have been discoura ged,
not at the magnitude of the task. but
through a doubt of human ability to
accomplish the stupendous work in the
short time allowed.
There are two methods for comput-
ing the construction OF tonnage to S.loS
what is accomplished. One is by show
is by showing the tonnage under con-
straction. But when a great many
ships are put under construction at the
same time the question that should be
how near to completion is the vast pro-
gram? Here is the answer:
Progress as to March l..
THE total amount of our steel con-
struction program on March / was
S,205,70S lightweight tons. This is made
uY of 5.16o.3Oo lightweight tons under
contract with the Emergency Fleet
Corporation and 3,O45,40S lightweight
tons of reQuisitioned vessels.
of this total steel construction. q
12I .:J6S lightweight tons. or approXi-
mately 2s per cent. has been completed.
building of our big new yards we have
also been building ships. That is. the
program for steel ships has advanced
IS per cent toward completion. OF the
amount of steel ships under contract
and under requisition. 655.456 dead
weight tons, or approximately per
cent. were actually completed and in
service on March l of this year. nearly
tonnage exceeds our total output In
ing vesso :. hut appEoy.- pee
cent.
Thirty new steel ship yards are
thus being erected, with a total Of .o.'
shipbuilding ways. Thus we now have
in the aggregate 81 steel ship yards
either wholly or partly engaged in
will have a total of 39S steel building
ways. OF these. 30 yards, with 25S
ways. are on the Atlantic and gulf
coasts. Nineteen yards. with Ga ways.
are on the Pacific. while IL yards. with
"A ways, are on the great lakes.
Wooden Ship Program.
Our program for building wooden
ships has been beset with many diff
ficulties and handicaps which could
not well be foreseen. 4 year ago
wooden shipbuilding in the United
States was almost q lost art. We found
"a old wooden ship yards. with q:
shipways. The capacity for wooden
shipbuiiding has been increased. until
we now have 81 wooden shipbuilding
yards. with $50 ways, completed or
nearing completion.
Assuming that these ways will each
produce two standard ships per year.
re should turn out about 2.3oo. 900
lightweight tons of wooden shipping
annually. These 332 wooden shipbuild-
ing ways. now nearing completion.
added to our 39S steel building ways,
will give us total of 730 berths upon
which to build steel and wooden yes
sells. When you consider that We had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27

Those who wind and set the many
clocks in Uncle Sans various federal
departmental and bureau buildings are
in for a busy time Of it next Sunday
for there are actually thousands Of
big timepieces in the different rooms
therein, most of them hung high on
the wall. For instance. in the Post
once Department building and its an
nexes there are no fewer than 11o
clocks, not counting the watchmen's
clocks, which. are, by law, to be set
forward one hour early in the morning
Of March 81.
Luckily for these department en-
ployes who look after the timepieces
March 81 is not a regular working day.
1t stands to reason that SO many clocks
could not be changed all at once. 1t
will be accomplished either by begin
ming the job before 2 am. or continu-
ing It until we'll after that hour. or
by both. But by the hour Tor report
ing for work Monday all will be serene.
In the Post Office Department there
Is one man who takes entire charge
Of the clocks. and he will undoubtedly
put in a busy night and day Of it. as
SO many there, as elsewhere. must be
reached by a ladder. The force of
mems clocks hung on leather sings
and operated with a special key for
registering perambulations of tho
wearers. These clocks. explains the
captain Of the watch. arc so arranged
that they cannot be altered until
o'clock in the morning.
Resetting the Tower Clock.
And how about the tower clock? Our
old friend high up in the gray stone
pinnacle, whose hands do everything
from standing stock still to revolving
like the arms of windmill and which.
sometimes. even tell exactly the right
time, will receive a visit from one OF
the department's electricians along
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5000 Officers Licensed.

o'0oo o111eSf' 11feeIfoSU'
More than 5000 deck and engineer
officers have been licensed for the new
American merchant marine out of the
5000 which the recruiting service of
the United States Shipping Board set
out to obtain in the first year, Henry
Howard of Boston. in charge of the
recruiting work, told the league
He contrasted the six-week course
given in the government training
schools TO the two-year course given
by nautical training schools in New
York and Massachusetts, and said that
the new method cost only SIS to SOS a
man. as against $1,000 a man in the
older training schools, which turned
out only 100 to $50 graduates a year.
The attendance at the new government
schools, he said, was 500 to 500.
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Jewish soldiers and sailors At Ameri-
can military cantonments and naval
stations were given leave of absence
today for the Observance Of the Pass
over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27

COUGHS, COLDS AND SORE TnoATS
quickly relieved by Browns Bronchial Troches.
4 true cough remedy, not confection.-Adver-
tisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27

the timbers for our wooden construc-
ton and at the scores of inland steel
plants which are fabricating the parts
for steel vessels"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27

/ASHLNGTOS housing Be increased! This
w ey-ike other called upon find
homes for thousands Of Covenment employees and aides
whose have been requstioned for essential War work
COMMERCIAL ..d REAL ESTATE Associations
cd PROPERTY OWNERS viso-suly 10 cop. With
tie benefit byth Of industrial eoor.tns
Tss epo-.sas-e.fo.tsd With the need Of sssd economy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27
Solves Housing Problems

extensive building of homes and
problems BY using Uf.o Board throughout for wan and ceiling
hnins and other industrial purpo.ss
HOUSEHOLDERS do their PATRIOTS BIT pro-;ds hens.
for Go-...=nt EMPLOYEE Thy improve parts The
house. and the useless b
rooms-by UPSON1ZING.
It comparatively Little and pay. for tsef many