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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
HOW LONG DOES TT
: TAKE TO CHARGE
A WILLARD BATTERY

The battery man who really knows
his bushes " saws Mr., Boha0nan, the
local Willard service man. VII never
net a definite time for returning q
battery he has take 10 charge.
st in impossible = tell how Long
recharging Job will take 4 hat
terry that has been neglected and
starved may take from three TO seven
days of steady charging before II is
HACK in working condition again. II
smay need long period Of Slow-rate
y charging to hrlnc the plates back
agair to a condition where even a
+ normal rate Of charge can be applied
'.On the other hand a. battery that
Il Just run down. That perhaps has
been slowly drained by dash light
& for instance. and brought in for
charging as soon as it showed signs
IA ~ weakn ese-such a ha t1ery can ne
I drought up again TO full strength by
m Overnight charge.
IAN old battery takes longer to re
4 charge than a new one very frequent
~. A starved battery takes longer
- recharge than one that has the
same specific gravity that has merely
A0come run down through being stor-
I'D and forgotten.
I'm short so many different Gle
nents enter into the charging Of a
battery, that 1t is impossible to tell
sNv1at that length OF time will be I'M
IN the reading--113o Is actually Sc
SuroA-
The conscientious workman then.
\ amnAlres no definite promise OF delivery
4 10 the man who brings the battery
Tor charging He can't because he
00ent know how long It will take.
~ the car owner liz wise he will not
Dt upon having his battery back
@1AA oertxfn-time- Satfsfact or-y charg-
S0nA cannot be done on that basis -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
WOMEN RELEASE
MEN FOR SERVICE
Cars to shipping Dock--They Like
the job Exceedingly Well

To release skilled mechanics for
other work and thus give some help
in the war. there are seven girls al
the Saxon Motor Car corporation
whose daily tasks consist in driving
newly finished cars from the factory
10 the shipping dock.
And the girls won't trade jobs now
for any Of the purely feminine pur-
suits They get greasy and dirty
they have had to throw away cham ole
and powder puffs because they are
futile--but still they like the dob
and they all say they would not trade
II for a place at the kitchen sink
Of on the firing end OF sewing ma
chime.
Its a much better Job than being
4 department store detective says
Mrs Lolita Dupuis. who formerly
tripped shop filters and sneak thieves
in A downtown store. "Of course 1t
isn't so dressy. but it's healthier and
like II better. Also / can make more
money Tor the support of my three
kiddies"
Mrs Wanda fudeman backs up
Mrs. Dupuis She formerly was GOV
eminent operative in rounding up
violstors Of The Harrison anti-narcotic
law.
II took the 1Oh he "a use ! wanted TO
help the government, and every
women who does a mans work re-
leases a man for the firing Tine" said
Mrs. Ludeman.
The other cir! motor drivers are
Miss Asa Avis Miss Adde Murphy.
Misc Regina Anikowskt, Miss Nerna
otto and Miss Florence Hill.
The Saxon Motor Cor corporation
has provided the women workers with
rest room in the factory, equipped
with easy chairs and lounge where
tho drivers can eat their lunches and
also put in spare minutes
They knit when they arc not drtv-
ing, and this room is used for that.
How do the men employees take TO
the women competition?
Tho drjgeTs"sreport that Inc zen
treat them with every respect and
help them in every possible wav
And the girls in The office II the
plant"
They are envious Several Of them
want 10 quit their jobs and get into
the driving positions
The factory foremen in charge OF
the drivers says thy do just as we'll
as men or course their only Job
is driving thing every up-to date
woman Of today can do we'll. The
ears are completely finished before
The women see them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
Fuel ECONOMY A
NATIONAL OBLIGATION

.rcr the most part. the motor1ng
public In apt to think OF fuel economy
fmerely ~ q saving OF money. saws
sI4 r. shaw, manager of the Atlantic
Motor Co. local distributors Of the
Franklin car. yet the question IS so
much broader that real conservation
lcf the supply of gasoline and OIL be
comes a national obligation OF equal
4 i'm rortance TO coal conservation II
IN, not 50 much question nowadays
a. to whether an automobile owner
&xAn afford TO use gasoline and oil e1-
trayagantly and TO he careless about
costs in automobile operation genera
ally. for IL must be remembered that
while the money expended for fuel
can be used again and again IN nor
NAL circula ton. the fuel once con
sumed is actually an economic loss
rs far as the supply is concerned And
with the nation at war. such s. loss,
III permitted to go on unchecked,
means n serious drain on the ire
mendous quantity Of fuel demanded
for the operation Of gevernm ent meteor
ira nspo~t trains and hEhting agencies
or one kind and another,
In addition. Mfr Shaw points TO the
great saving in tonnage on our trans
portAtfon system II the fuu possibility
OF reducing the national gasoline cot
sun ptiou were taken advantage Of r
ali automobiles would register twenty
miles TO the gallon Of gasoline. me
total amount Of fuel required For
motor car purposes would. IL - eStl-
mated. be red uced fully 25 peT cent
This saving would effect 4 correspond
ing reduction Of tank car movement
on the railroads and make room Tor
cther classes Of freight
s'Furthernsore. the necessity 70
ma intafn unirn paired the great mile
A8e required of motor cars these DAYS
for utility purposes strictly, means
xhat cars in sTtch service should not
hAvN their surGly Of fuel endangered
nv UNNECESSARY consun ption among
motor cars IN general This country
TRANSPORTATION syrter1 IS more a prob
lem of the motor car than ever. and
IL In M TO everyone To do his share
70 k~ep this great means Of railroad
reiicf IN constant and unrestricted
operation
For these reasons II for TO others
Mr., Shaw urges that alt motorists
nook closely TO gasoline oonGurn ptfon
per mile II is more and moro he
comin~ the rule to regard The gaso
ifne rnffeage Of tho lighter and more
ancient cars as tn" standard ~ cor
sumption In fact, how much mileage
Il car renders for tIa gasoline con
sumo is now heinE raUged greatly
fx what the car we ig his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
TO COMBINE CHILDREN
|. NOT WEARING INSIGNIA
DIR. FYannagan States That Those
Afflicted With whooping Cough
Must Wear ARM Bands.

Parents of children suffering from
whooping cough, in some instances,
according to information received by
Dr. Roy h. Flanagan. chief health
officer, object to the patients wear
inS the gaeen arm-Eands recently
authorized by the health department
as a. warning to others with a view
of preventing the spread of the dis
ease. DR.. Flanagan said yesterday
that unless the children wear these
bands their homes will be placed I'm
der quarantine.
''Forty-f four babies died from
whoopfng cough" DR.. Flanagan
said during the past year and in
1915 there were forty-six deaths from
this cause. An average OF about four
Richmond babies will die each month
this year unless mothers whose chill
dren have the disease will cooperate
with the city health department in
carrying out the rules of the state
board OF health.
THE state board OF health has
passed regulation stating that cases
OF whooping cough shall not come
or be brought closer than within
thirty feet of any person who has not
had the disease. They shall wear
on the left arm band OF green
der 10 permit children with the dis
case to get fresh air instead Of being
closely guaranteed.
'ln order, therefore 70 comply
with state law designed to prevent
the spread OF a deadly disease, the
health department has recently had
some attractive green arm ribbons
prepared for distribution to whoop-
ing cough cases Some parents re
sent the regulation and have refused
10 put them on their children's arms.
From this action the health depart
ment is forced TO conclude that these
parents do not wish people to know
that their children have the disease
The health department has never pla-
carded houses for whooping cough.
In cases nj refusal to use the green
ribbons. however rigid quarantine
must he instituted. for, II posi- bic
the death toll from whooping cough
must he reduced during the coming
year"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
BIG SIX STUDEbAkER
ESTABLISHES NEW VALUE
IN MOTOR CARS

The pubic has probably never be-
fore known motor car. selling for
I less than So Gee. so beautiful in de-
sirn. $40 thoroughly modern and so
mechan lcallv right as the new series
10, Big six Studebaker, which has
been announced to the public at
$ITa5 e. O. b. Detroit sand II. }.
RAYMOND manager CoNurn Motor
Sales corporation the local Studebaker
representative. After having looked
the new big six over carefully. you
are compelled 10 revise your standards
OF motor values.
You rest so comfortably in It's seats
the spring action is in such long even
ocean-like 4ewells there Is such feel
ing of eohdty such an extra amount
OF silent power Mt even high speeds,
You feel as though you might be
reclining in a modern Pullman on the
sraootheSt Of road beds and not In an
automobile on an average American
road Every little detail has been
worked out for the comfort and con
venience Of both owner and passenE-
ers The big SIX Is truly a finished
product
1t IS not necessary 10 20 into the
engineering prIncI pies Of design to
understand why this car IS IN a class
with cars costing twice as much, i0~
appearance IN general and It's body
lines In detail I'M press you immedl-
ateir Ia Is a mastery ece from Hs
disttnotiyejy nodded high narrow
radiator back to It's double tire car
rlef. Most noticeable ana most pleas
ing ~ all IS tho unbrokeu. horizontal
bowel cdge which extends from tl1
to tip, This design as first used on
American made cars in 1915, was +he
well known Eourronette body which
Sltudebsker began constructing that
wear in It's custom body dcpartm ept
Probably no feature Of body design
has been more extensively copied
sihee the crown fender which was
also introduced by Studobakcr for tho
tfrEt time IN 1919
"0thcr distinctive features NJ the
modern coach builders art which
rredomiuate in the big six are the
JET black aud silver white outside door
handles the graceful double crown
tenders. thc closely spaced narrow
hood ycutjators and the head and tail
lsnra nodded and fashioned nv a
blending ~ straight lines and curves,
rect 9Al,s and circles
Tire hood over the motor is held in
place ny three clasps on caG side.
the novel door catches automatically
hold the front doors open a small dis
'afas. for HennatinE purposes in hot
weather the VIDE deep and com
Portable front seat is low and tilted
upholstered in the same gen
uire hand ~hu4cd leather nut on p
parallel French pleats used on the
interior or the whole car II hae q
mahogany finished inst rum cuf board
on which is mounted an Bmmetag o4i
ra ure. Warner sUcedometrr. 'n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
COOKING CLASSES
FOR COLORED WOMEN

Cooking classes FOR eolorcd women
viii he inauguraled ~ the John Arm
strong High school corner First and
Leigh streets The classes will be
once each week and SIX Lessons VIII
be given The class viii consist of
twenty-five members
The public school officials will pro
vide the teachers and give the use
Of the kitchen laboratory This labo-
ratory is a model In the matter of
equipment
The applicant win be required TO
sign a card pledginE thom to be pres
ent at each class session The EN-
ployer must also sign tho card to
signify employers intention to permit
employe to he present within she
working hours or tho day.
The class session win be from $50
to p. Nj. Applicants will be taken in
order Of registration by employer APP
plicants will be notified OF acceptance
and OF day and hour Of meeting of
classes. work to begin AZ soon as
Quota OF twenty FIVE is reached
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
LITTLE GIANT TRUCK
WILL HELP FREIGHT

The Little Giant motor truck viii
solve the freight problem, as it Will
carry anything anywhere" declared
william G.. Owens OF the Owens Motor
company, yesterday. 1923 West Broad
street, the latest addition TO the auto
mobile colony OF this city. The new
company will be sole distributors for
Little Giant motor trucks for Rich
mond and twenty adjoining counties.
r. G. Boswell, OF Chase City, sales
man Of wide experience will be in
active charge of the ONCE.
William G.. Jones. of the Owens
Motor company is one OF the best
known newspaper men in the city.
The company will also arrange to sell
a full line OF pleasure cars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12

Chico cal, Nav 1.-THE sting OF a
bee cost Mrs Gladys r. Ailineer, nine
teen -yeara-old bride of this city. her
life Mrs. AninSer. who was the wife
Of A beekceper, was tending the hives
when stung on the head. She was
rushed to hospital but died in con-
vulslons seven minutes later,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO
USED CARS Is POPULAR

/ An idea which seems to be taking
hold with unusual speed is the Lin 4
inger-Alsop idea of specializing a sep
arate organization for the preparation
and marketing of used cars.
In the face of lowered production
and the need of utilizing all the auto
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12

mobiles to the limit of their life, this
new feature takes hold with wonder
full rapidity.
The attractive showrooms at eel
fWest Broad street are being turned
over to this new department under
the direction of Mr.. Lucas. The slogan
of the new department Is ASK Mr..
Lucas" and 1t Is destined to become
famous all over the state.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
An easy WAY To
BAf|SH P|nPLES

II you are troubled With pimplss
blackheads. acne, BARRIERS itch; blotches
freckles or other skin disease or blem-
ish now. is the time To get rid Of II
with Hokara.
This pure and simple skin healer ia
being introduced in Wilmington by N:
B. Danforth at the low price OF $50 for
q liberal sized jar and they have sold
hundreds Of treatments.
It contains no grease or aolds, "a
cleanly to use and is true nourishs
ment for the skini cleaning and clesrs
Ing It in. every. pore, making II soft
white and beautiful.
II Hokara does not,do even mora than
Is claimed for 81 and give perfect salts.
faction, return the empty Jar 10 N. r.
Danforth Drug Store and they will re-
hihd your money, II YOU have any skin
trouble, you cannot spend $50 TO bettet
advantages than Tor a jar OF tails skin
food,
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
IF Women Follow Opera Stars Idea
Belgian Babies Will Wear SILK

lbaby's shirt. Any woman can see that
when the stockings are slit and sewed
together their curves will be perfectly
adapted to the lines Of an infants body
And lust as there are all sizes Of babies
and all kinds OF weather. so stockings
of all sizes and colors and textures
make suitable material for an infants
first and most important garment
Here is a charity which need not be
confined to war orphans. IL may very
well begin st home. With the short
age OF fine woven stuffs, the cost of
baby clothes is exorbitant. Geraldine
Farrars suggestion is absolutely prac-
ticable in every home blessed with a
baby. It.ls so sensible and economical
that II may prove a worthy rival o.
woman's popular employment, knitting
socks for soldiers.
Certainly this quaint economy is the
product OF a genuine humanity. Per-
haps IL brings its inventor closer to the
public heart than ever she was as the
charming Goose Girl" or the tempest.
uous Carmen"
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
BY wINoNA WILCOX

Any woman who ever owned lovely
stockings has lamented when they had
TO be discarded. Miles and miles Of
the long tops of fine silk stockings are
converted into dust cloths annually or
are tossed reluctantly into the ragbag
Just because nobody can find a use for
the delicate mesh.
And now Geraldine Farrar once more
achieves the impossible and adds an
other leaf 10 her laurel crown. This
lovely lady has hit upon the plan OF
converting the tops OF silk stockings
into shirts for Belgian babies
Certainly nobody ever before asso-
ciated the idea OF economy with the
splendid Farrar. But II is in the ma
ture OF genius to do extraordinarily
well whatever It may undertake, and
80. II Fsrrar once set her restless mind
to conserve her hosiery, she would Just
naturally invent the most glorifed Of
ali possible economies.
II takes a pair OF hose 10 make a
Evening journal., 1918-07-31

Germany, TO enter the League Of Ma
tions, must be freed from the Hohen-
zollerns and Prussic acid.-Malor Put
nam, U. S. A., London.
The war cannot end while Russia lies
under the heel Of the new tyrant.-
Arthur Henderson, British labor leader
/ have not forgotten a word Of the
Welsh language l learned at my fam
lily hearth.-Premier Lloyd George.
On the anniversary Of the Bottle Of
-Jutland, Il is opportune again to real
ize how seriously Great Britain is to
be taken as an enemy. She has never
lost wars-Capt. Perslus, German naval
critic.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
LORDS PRAYER COULD
NOT PASS THIS CENSOR

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. July 3i-A well known
Senator annoys his colleagues, some
times, because in his desire TO make
legislation thoroughly good, he insists
on many amendments. During discus
sion in committee recently. this Sen
ator, whose name is not Brown, in
sisted on amending and amending, prac-
tlcally without end.
Finally, somewhat exasperated, a col
league said TO him, Brown, ! believe
If the Lords Prayer were being dis
cussed here, you would want TO amend
10.
Brown replied:
"Yes, ! would / would change the
clause Lead us not into temptation TO
read Give us strength to resist temp
tatlon'"
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
RED CROSS NURSES
AIDS FOR FRANCE

Washington has just wired the Penn
Observation-Disclosures Division headquar-
ters 70 recruit at once sixty women 10
80 abroad 10 serve as nurses aids In
France. Those speaking French are
especially desired. The need for thelI
service Is so great the first group will
be expected to sail in August and more
in September.
Washington asks only for those
women who have completed the Rec
Cross course In elementary hygiene ano
home care Of the sick
Are there any women In Delaware
over % YEATS Of age who have taken the
Red Cross course In elementary hygiene
and home care Of the sick who want to
go to France at once and serve as
nurses aids2 If so they should get an
application blank from Miss Mary A.
Moran, director, Red Cross teaching
center, No. 9i3 Delaware avenue. Phone
2679-J. MI II out and forward direct TO
Miss Susan c. Francis, director OF the
Bureau Of Nursing. Pennsylvania-Dela
ware Division OF the American Red
Gross, Sixteenth and Walnut streets.
Philadelphia. Those accepted will be
assigned TO duty in France as nurses
aids, or in canteen service. at rest sta
tons, hospital hut stations and other
places where a little knowledge Of
nursing will-be helpful.
While II is TO be hoped that these
women will enroll as volunteers for the
above service. the Red Cross will, in ex-
oeptional cases meet all necessary ex-
penses and In additional pay a small
salary not TO exceed $50 a month. Ap-
picants must be at least 25 years Of
age and without a husband. father,
brother OF son in the service, as the
State Department will not issue pass
ports TO those having near relatives in
the service.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
fFrom the Deutsche Tageszeltung.) }

From the Deutsche Tageszeitungl
Middie-class families ind 1t impos-
sible to secure any sort Of female as
sistanoe in their households.
All the girls who have relations in
the rural districts are gobbled up at
exhorbltant wages by the wealthy, and
in return for obtaining for their ms
tresses butter, bacon, ham and so forth,
they receive valuable presents over
and above their pay, and in many Other
ways they are richly bribed to keep
silent.
The result is that a condition of
things has been brought about that
causes intense irritation all round. on
the one hand, we have households
served by a personnel which aggra-
Yates its demands daily on the mis-
fresses. and on the other the we'll
trained, Woodworking housewife with
numerous children, who, despite all
sacrifices, can find no servant and Is
Obliged to work herself into consump-
lion
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
u. s. WILL CHEAPEN
MESSAGES BY WIRE

(By Newspaper Enterprise Association
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 3i.-Tele-
phones and telegraphing will be much
cheaper when the government gets
through organizing these industries. A
telegraph wire can be used TO send
a telephone message at the same mo-
ment it is being used to send tele-
graph message. In the past different
systems have been maintained for these
PURPOSES. BY doubling them up and
doing away with rented Offices by put
ting every telegraph and teelephone Of
fee into the postofflce, the public will
be served at a great saving Of money.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
Eternal Vigilance
is the Price
Of Health

brea king the laws Of health and set away
with II. You can't live carelessiy and al your
stomach with all kinds OF food without pnyins
the price sooner or later your digestive orgsns
will weaken and all the CONSEQUENT disorders
Of indigsstien will pat you back" Distress
tongue, bad tasts, offensive brssth, water
brssh. shooting pains tn stomach, eonsupa-
Of breath axd ether symptcnns warn you that
'0sT s!S9;Ss Issfs IpssssrsRpgiA REMEDY h.. been
prepared TO meet these conditions. IL acts
almost I'm n ediatsly on tho Gastric juices. and
sives the stomach tone and viaor to digest
almost anything. IL makes good. rich blood
revitnllEss the whole system and restores the
bodily functions 10 normal once more At Al
drusgists sts.--Advertissnsnt.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
WAR PRISONERS COST
HOLLAND $1O,OOO,OOO

(By Newspaper Enterprise Association)
AMSTERDAM, July 3i.-The Dutch
Chamber has appropriated si0,OOO,OOO
for the accommodation and food Of
prisoners OF war interned in Holland,
pending reimbursement OF these costs
by the British and German govern
ments.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
"MITROPA" CAUSES
GERMAN SQUABBLE

(By Newspaper Enterprise Association
BERNE, July 3i.-A typical German
squabble Is before the courts over the
right to the word "Mitropa," an alb
breviation OF "Mbttel Europa" The
German sleeping car company, which
operates the Balkan Express, adopted
the word as trade mark. and seeks
an injunction against a cutlery con-
cern. which is using it for trade pur-
poses.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
HUNS SEEK TO LURE
DUTCH W0RKINGMEN

(By Newspaper Enterprise Association)
THE HAGUE, July 3i.-Krupp's ap-
parently having difficulty in getting
Dutch workmen, owing to reports OF
an epidemic at Essen, are sending emf
saries to Holland, who exhibit bags
full OF food provided at the Krupp plant
and to tell tales of the delightful life
there.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
ENGLISH CAN SEND
TROOPS MORE GIFTS

lBy Newspaper Enterprise Association
LONDON, July 3i.-The weight limit
OF parcels which can be sent TO the
front has been advanced from seven 10
eleven pounds, and parcels Of that
weight can now be sent TO France or
Italy for 36 cents.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
MEAT AND BUTTER
SCARCE In SWEDEN

(By Newspaper Enterprise Association
LONDON, July 3i.-The food situation
in Sweden is worse than most peo-
pie realize. Milk is rationed to four
ffths of a pint a week; there are no
eggs and little butter; meat is scarce
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
KAISER WINS ENGLISH
MEDAL FOR BRAVERY!

tBy Newspaper Enterprise Association
LONDON, July 9is-Sergesnt l..
Kaiser Of the Australian field artillery
has been awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal for bravery In extricat-
ing three men from demolished dug
out under fire.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31

II would be well 10 advertise lost
articles in the Want Ad column this
week. Teamsters. chauffeurs. carriers
and engineers are all under a bene-
fcent ruling.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
GERMANY BEGS FOR
GOLD AND JEWELRY

lBy Newspaper Enterprise Association
AMSTERDAM, July 3i.-The Imperial
Bank OF Germany is advertising in the
newspapers to beseech the public to
hand in gold and jewels for replenish-
ment OF the banks gold reserve. II is
declared the sacrifice is urgently re-
quired.