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The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
SENSIBLE XMAS GIFTS
By DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

friends needs and supply them ac-
| cOrdingly.
| If you perceive that Cousin Fannv's
rug is in rags and tatters you can
send her rug instead Of an ornate
/ gift book that nobody ever looks at
| but once, and whose only purpose is
| 10 cumber the library table. Instead
or oestowing her twentieth manicure
! set on pretty girl, you will send her
pair or new shoes. In place of in
| nlcunS near -cloisonne vase op q
poor young mother, you will mako
her happy with a go-Cart for the
baby.
ked hannel underwear and alumni
mum kitchen wear and substantial
dress patterns will take the place for
merry occupied by hand-painted ceIIu-
Ioid jimcracks and plush monstrosI-
ties as appropriate holiday souvenirs
and instead of bestowing mysterions
crocheted and embroidered what-von
! may -call-ems that are good for moth
ing IN the world but dust catchers
women VIII make for each other
oaihty lingerie as Christmas gifts
ana thlnk of the joy that will reign
oh stnnas morning when people
open their packages and find thai
they've got something that they can
really use something that will add to
the comfort or every day living. in
STEAD OIL lot of tiummery that no
intelligent human being could evor
2 possibly desire, which can he M, -
no practical use, and for which tbe,,
have no house room.
And to those who are helninv 70
{ push along the sensible Christmas Off,
idea, | would esDecialIv raoo,,....I- =
money as present that invariably
goes to the right place and meets a
I lonGfet need There are those who
/ hesitate about giving money because
they think it isn't sentimental. but
believe me- a lot more sentiment cIus
tiers around a dollar bill that you. can
/ spend for what You want than an
pertains TO a dollar gift or the thing
that you don't want Moreover. IL is
always possible to put a number of
monetary Sifts into some one thing
. that will be happy composite re-
membrance of several people whereas
+ their individual gifts would be so
paltry they would go in the ash can
And especially do those who give
money TO children give twice, because
the pleasure that children have in
going shopping and spending their
own money far exceeds the joy they
would have in any gift a grown-up
might bestow upon them.
know of nothing that will SO pro-
mote the Christmas spirit of peace on
earth and good will towards men as
the useful Christmas gift. Heaven
send that 1t has come to stay.
Copyright. ISIS. BY the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.I
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Monday. November H. 1918

hohoay- November II, 1918.
The stars incline. but do not compel"
According to astrology this is an
unlucky day, a day in which caution
should rule. Neptune, Saturn. Mars,
Venus and the Sun are all in malefc
aspect.
Neptune gives warning Of danger on
the sea. 1t is most unfavorable for
shipping.
Fraud is believed TO be encouraged
by the posting of the stars this day.
Embezzlement and robbery Of public
funds are indicated
There may be unfortunate influences
at work in mining regions. where mis-
representation may cause labor trJu-
bles. Physical difficulties also may
impede production during this sway
Cf the stars.
While Mars in not strongly adverse
the power of the planet is not helD<uI
to the army. which may encounter
bad weather conditions. Treachary
also is TO be expected.
Women today should pursue rourine
affairs. There is a forbiddiny sign
where their public interests ale cor
cerned.
Love affairs, especially where SOL
diers are concerned. are not subic,
10 the best direction while this CCn-
fguratiOn prevails.
Women are subject TO a planetary
rule making for serious service in war
work. and there is an 4spe I making
for wholesale enlistment TO. impor-
t4nt duty.
During this configuration the mind
should not he permitted 10 dwell on
somber subjects. A posI,iv attitude
is necessary to proven: illness and
encouragement.
There may be a few weeks in whic,,
many depressing condit ons prevail,
but they are merely the precursors OF
a wonderful national awakening.
Discomfort among gova,nmen: eu-
ployes, especially those Of the railway
and postal service, may Be prevalent
but this will he superseded by a bet
ter attitude of mind. The scers de-
clare.
Persons whose oirthd lie i: is have
rather a threatening omen. They
should guard against de option.
Children born on this day may be
proud. domiueerinC sro difficult to
manage. These subiec CT Scorpio
should have fine Gifts.
Copyright. 1881
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
HOLD MEETING TO CUT
TRANSPORTATION COST
Community Buying Center to Es-
tablish Truck Service. =

"Cut-cut-cut cutakut!' says the
hen. and within twenty-four hours
the egg lands on the breakfast table
of the Washington citizen. if the said
citizen is fortunate enough to live
within the neighborhood of the Park
View postoffice and Community Buy
ing Center established in the Park
View school.
Perhaps the hen means "Cut-cut-cut
the cost of transportation" At any
rate that is the plan that has been
formulated by Fourth Assistant Post
master General James Blakesley in
cooperation with the people of the
Park View community represented by
their Community Secretary John @.
McGrath. Yesterday Mr.. Blakesley.
Representative VI. Clyde Kelly and
f. ]. Ward, government specialist in
community organization. met at the
Park View center to confer with Mr..
McGrath and his assistant. Mrs.
Helen Bardwell, with regard to in
augurating the next great step in di-
rect farm-to- table trading. a daily
postal truck service TO bring food and
other commodities from the producer
in the country to the consumer.
The plan will be set forth in detail
at the meeting of the Park View Citi-
zen's Association at O'Clock Tuesday
evening. Representative Kelly. who
is vitally interested in the school,
house -postOffiCe combination through
out the whole country. will be the
principal speaker. Assistant Post
master General Blakesley will present
the plan Of cooperation for Commu-
nifty buying which the PostofiCe De-
partment will offer through its truck
service, and Food Administrator
Clarence Wilson will discuss the
Washington aspects of the subject.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
AIR LANES NOW
BEING CHARTED
Courses Being Laid Out by War
Department..

Charting the air lanes over the
United States has actually been be-
gun by the air service of the army.
it was announced yesterday by the
War Department
These charts are not like those used
naVigators at sea. but mosaics
made by stereopticon cameras show
ing all land marks, such as water
ways, railroads. cities and mountains.
for pilots to follow in their cross
country flights These courses are
laid out according to the season of
the year and depend much on the
atmospheric conditions reported by
the government Weather Bureau.
Besides being invaluable for the de-
velopment of the air service of the
future. this work, it is believed. will
afford excellent practice for the pro-
tographiC section of the training
schools in turning out mapmakers
for use on the Western front.
At Kelly Field the instructors and
the members of their classes work
with the aid of the planes carrying
the cameras; Photographic Iorries and
motor trucks carrying the photo
graphic material and supplies and
also a portable darkroom for devel-
oping and printing the plates and
films exposed. Such an outfit is usu-
ally set up in the district to be pho
tographed in some town which has a
landing field adjacent to it, The men
employed in the work are rationed
from this camp and the developing
and printing of the films and plates
delivered by the planes are all done
here. AS fast as one district or zone
is finished the outfit moves on to the
next
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

In every part OF the land there
are women who tell how. through
the application Of Mothers Friend
they entirely avoided the suffering
usually incident TO motherhood.
They relate in no uncertain terms
how from its use the days were
made bright and cheerful and the
nights calm and restful how the
crisis was passed without the usual
suffering experienced when nature
IS unsided. and how they preserved
their health and strength to devote
I to the rearing Of their children
md to the things life holds for
hem
Mothers Friend is a most pens-
tratinE remedy, prepared especially
Cor eNpectant mothers from a for
mula Of a noted physician. Strain
upon the llgaments is avoided. and
instead OF a period OF discomfort
and constant dread IL is a season Of
calm repose. The hours at the
crisis are less. and Mothers Friend
enables the mother 20 retain her
natural grace, and her skin IA not
cracked and does not become hard
sr disfgureo.
Write TO the Bradfield Regulator
Company. Dept. l. Lamar Building.
Atlanta. Georgia. for their Mother
aood Book. and obtain a bottle Of
Mothers Friend from the druGTSSt
loday.-Adv,
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
NEW BUSINESS COURSE
FOR WAR WORK BEGINS
instruction in High School for
Adults Starts TODAY.

The new business course at Busi-
ness High School. established at the
cau OF the Civil Service Commission
Tor workers. will start this afternoon
with a session from 3 to 4 O'Clock
Ihls course. established by Supt
Ernest L. ThUTston because Of the
great need for trained workers. will
enable adults a. well as bows and
girls to master typewriting and
shorthand in the shortest possible
time
Inc opening OF these classes is in
line with the general policy Of the
superintendent in the present crisis
TO oner instruction in any subject
coming properly within the field OF
the public schools at any hour of the
DAY OF evening when classes desire
such instruction.
The demand for such training. ac-
ccrding 10 Mr. Thurston. Is very
great, as shown by the calls Of the
civil Service Commission and private
concerns
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Certeis Takes Chrys Out
to Dinner, and 1t Sets Me
Thinking.

Chrys is a girl OF startling original
! ity. She has a lot of unconventional
views which she calls progressive.
but which Daddy calls ''high-falu-
! tin ." Mother says she would worry
a good deal about Chrys. only women
never practice all the Ellen Key stun
, they preach. Chrys holds especially
queer theories about women and mar
riage. Not long since she said 10 a
group of us girls:
/ Il would like awfully TO have a
/ child-every woman has a right TO her
child-but l wouldn't want a hus-
band bothering around forever"
Then Martha Palmer. who goes
straight 10 an idea, answered her:
of course, since your father has
! millions. you would not have to con-
slider a fathers economical response
! bility for his child. Most mothers
, would. But, even for yourself, your
theory is worthless. Why? Because
child needs its fathers care and
companionship as much as its moth
er's. Men need their children, too;
even more, perhaps. than mothers do.
Just class fathers only as biological
incidents in the child's existence and
men will arrive at-the kultur Of the
HunI"
Martha certainly has a wonderful
gift of language" as her mother-In-
law says.
I mention this incident to show
Chrys' tendency Ito go as you
please" I was reminded OF it be-
cause she has a way of going on
"on her own" and coming home
when she gets ready, just as one Of
her brothers would-withOut explain
ing her absence to anyone. She would
even like to live in chambers" as
some English intellectuals do. only
there isn't anything in this town
quite so luxurious as her own suite
in her fathers house.
In spite of her extraordinary in
dependence. Chrys looks awfully
worried lately. Maybe it's the bust
ness
Certeis came home yesterday and
phoned her an invitation to an in
formal dinner down town. She ac-
cepted. and coming home very late
she slipped into my room. saying
that she was much too excited to
sleep.
no. I haven't had a dropyof cham
pagne." she said. but / might as
well have had. We went TO Bar
nabys-we had a private dining
room. And l chartered too much. I
hate to make a fool Of myself Why
do l let a man excite me so? Jane,
did you ever talk when you were
awake as II you were talking in
your sleep?"
"Delirium, you mean7"
4 NO, ! mean. did you ever dream
when you were awake? And say
things that you couldn't remember
afterwardsT'
"As if I were hypnotized? / Ger
tainly never did. ! defy anybody
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Ito BE Continued.)
College Boys Work to Win War.

Work. not 'rah-rah." is the keynote
OF college life this fall in practically
every institution in the land
Practically all the college students
OF the country are entering military
organizations, and those who are not
are dcvotinE themselves to their
studies and TO civilian forms Of war
work with a seriousness seldom wit
messed before.
The usual college-boy demeanor hss
been superseded by the necessities of
the war. and in uniform or out OF 70
the college men OF the nation are
rendering effective service.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

| Have you bought your Christmas
gifts early? If not get busy and do
so at once. Remember that there
are only about half as many girls
behind the counters as usual in the
shops, and that they will have to
work twice as hard if you are a
Stacker who waits till the last min
ute to do your shopping.
And when you buy your Christmas
presents bear in mind the plea OF
the National Council of Defense to
make this sane and sensible Christ
mas, and buy nothing but useful gifts
Let us hope that one of the great
social improvements that this war
is going to work will be the perma-
nent reformation of Christmas, and
that it will abolish the fool Christ
mas gift along with the Kaiser. and
other forms of frightfulness. never
more to return to vex us.
One of the annual horrors. to which
we have all looked forward with
dread. has been our Christmas shop
ping, and its terror consisted in the
fact that we had to supply some
imaginary desire in our relatives and
friends. Somebody originated the
idiotic theory that a Christmas gift
must be romantic and poetic and
in no way connected with the re-
cipient's daily life and vocation. and
trying to live up to this false stand
ard has run us crazy,
For the 25th of December we as
sumed that everybody we knew were
millionaireS, and could go forth and
buy everything they needed, hence
the more useless our Offering to them
on the happy occasion, the more ap-
proDriate 1t was esteemed That was
why We presented Aunt Maria with
marble statue of Psyche when she
was cooking on a broken gas range.
and why we gave Uncle George, who
hadn't a decent coat to his back.
$50 set of golf clubs that by no pos
sibility could ne ever use
OF course, we have all known that
those to whom We gave Christmas
presents were short about 81. 10000 of
being millionaires, and that they
needed everything under the sun. But
we didn't dare to give them the
things they lacked. and that is why
we ran around in circles in the shops
at Christmas time, wildly demanding
what inappropriate gift we should
buy for our husbands. wives, children
and friends, as well as for our in-laws
and enemies-or those who would be
our enemies on Christmas morning
But this year we face no such a
fearful ordeal 1t is decreed that on
a war Christmas 1t is good form to
take cognizance Of your family and
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

Vegetable Compound. ! tried it and
now l am strong and well again
and do my own work and l give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the credit. Mrs. JOSEPHINE
KINdBLE, 935 West Race St., Port
land, Ind
Thousands OF American women
give this famous root and herb
remedy the credit for health re-
stored as did Mrs. Kimble.
For helpful suggestions in regard
to such ailments women are asked
to write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.. Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience is at your
s~-vicr
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
WOMAN PREFERS WELDING
TO SELLING RIBBON IN STORE,
Miss Sarah A. Erwin First of Her Sex to
Perform Masculine Duties at
Hog Island

A queerly garbed figure bent
over a huge steel plate in the cor
lection shop at Hog Island, Phil,
adelphia, Pa. The gloved hands
were busy with an instrument
which spurted a dazzling violet
flame against the surface of steel,
he head enclosed in a mask which
resem bled the gas masks worn on
the fighting front in France. She
was garbed in a brown bloomer
suit and as she laid down the in
strument and drew down the mask
there was revealed the smiling
countenance of Miss Sarah A. Er-
win, electric welder, and the first
woman in the United States to be
engaged in actual ship construc-
ton work.
Men no Hindrance.
Miss Erwin's working surroundings
might disconcert most women. But
Miss Erwin likes the work and enjoys
the distinction of being the first wom-
an to actually have a hand in build
ing the ships which will carry Uncle
Sans troops and supplies to the fight
ing front in France.
She Is the only woman in the toll
ing army at work in the great boom
ing correction and angle-plate shop
of the worlds biggest ,shipyard. Gil
gantic cranes swing back and forth
under the great glass roof. lifting
tons OF steel, derricks creak, donkey
engines throb, and. above all, sounds
the piercing rat-tat-tat-tat of rivet-
ing hammers.
Miss Erwin is product of the cleo
trio welding class of the Yard train
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

ing school. established under the di-
rection of IL. A. Horner, head of the
welding branch. industrial relations
Group. United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation. Miss
Edwin spent two weeks in the school.
Miss Alma Kannisto took the same
course and is also employed on con-
struction work. coming to the cor
rectlon shop few days after the ar
rival of Miss Erwin.
Likes the Work.
II like the work" Miss Erwin said
1T Is not hard. and it pays well.
feel no embarrassment whatever in
working among so many men. They
have been very kind to me. and they
are all gentlemen, every one of
them"
1T would be impossible to do elec-
trio welding without using this mask
or shield. This mask. with its red.
green and white lens, protects the
eye from the ultra violet and infra-
red lights of the welder. The naked
eye can not stand these lights. es-
pecially the terrific glare of the ultra
violet ray.
1T Is inspiring to be doing some
thing really worth while in this war.
l would far rather do electric welding
than sell ribbons behind a counter or
work in an office. The pay is better
and you have more independence.
This war is going to drive out OF
the heads of many women the mis-
taken idea that they are only fit to
look pretty, and fiatter their hus-
bands. Thank heaven, l have grad
uated from the look pretty class
and have learned a trade that any
ablebodied man would be glad TO
know. When the boys come back
from the firing line they are going
to appreciate more than ever women
who have common sense and know
how tO work 4"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

jOkingly.
Don't be a goose. Jane" SAID
Chrys unamiably. He and ! had =
delightful talk. Hes awfully clever
only. somehow, / do not clearly
remember all ] ssid-snd II mai
me so cross with myself"
With that she went 10 her room.
while I meditated: Chrys is DADDY
LorImer's private secretary: she
knows his secret code for his most
important business messages. II
she chatters. as she said she did to-
night-well. it's a good thing Dr..
Hamilton Certeis is government
secret service msn-snd not a Ger
man spy.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Gloves Good for Either
Hand Issued to Soldiers

Interchangeable gloves which NAV
De worn on either hand will be issued
10 american soldiers hereafter This
VIII make it possible TO shift the
gloves from one hand to the other and
10 equalize the wear on both sides
ana also obviate the necessity OF fur
hlshlng a fun pair of gloves to re-
place the loss OF one.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

tnaL at tunes
| could not be
on my feet at
all. / was all
run down and
so weak | could
not do m y
h ou S e W ork,
was ervo S
and could not
lie wn at
night l took
I T e a I m e u I 5
from a physi-
clan but they
did not help
me. My Aunt
T q c o m
mended Lydia
E. Pinkham's.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

Paderewski insures his hands,
Anna Held insured hey eyes. and
Miss Louise Hamilton. a student in
the University of California and
dancer. has insured her ankles for
$1,000.
Miss Hamilton supplements her
college work with daily labor at
one OF the Oakland Fairgrounds
where she instructs the children in
the art Of terpsichore. While in
structing the youngsters in a Rus
sian dance last summer. Miss HAM
ilton turned her ankle. This led her
to an insurance agency.
She was former star member Of
Miss Morgan's troupe Of dancers.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11

The President and Mrs. Wilson at
tended services yesterday morning at
the Central Presbyterian Church. In
the afternoon they went for a short
drive.
The President will receive Nine.
Avril de Sainte Croix. the dis
tinguished French woman who is here
cooperating with the Y. W. c. A..
at 2:3o this afternoon.
Nine. de Sainte Croix spent the week
end in Philadelphia, where on Satur-
day she was the honor guest at
brilliant luncheon in the ballroom Of
the Ritz-Carlton, arranged for her by
a group OF prominent Philadelphia
women as an acknowledgment OF her
devotion to the war-work cause OF
the Y. W. c. A. She, on her part,
II here as the representative OF the
National Council OF French Women
bearing a message Of gratitude Tor
Americas aid in the present war, both
in the field and in its vast RELIEF ac-
tivities. and is full Of admiration FOR
America and the work Of American
women. She is a leader Of the fem
mist movement in France. progress
sive, public-spirited woman, and per-
haps best known for her rescue work,
to which the war has brought new
and peculiarly pitiful phases. In her
own person she has experienced the
atrocity Of Germanys methods of
conducting the war. having been
wounded by the explosion Of shell
from one Of the lOng-range guns while
walking in the garden Of the Tuiller-
les.
Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall has so
far recovered from the influenza. from
which both she and little Morrison
MARSHALL have been suffering, that
she has been able for several days
TO take a short afternoon drive with
the Vice President.
The Secretary of War went out to
Cleveland to spend the weekend with
Mrs. Baker. who is recuperating from
her recent Illness at the home OF her
cousin, Miss Katherine Lowe. He Will
probably return today or tomorrow.
Miss Isabelle T. Redfeld. Miss Mary
W. RedheId and Mrs. Abby r. Neill,
sisters Of the Secretary Of Commerce,
Mr. william c. Redfeld. are motoring
from their home at Pittsield, Mass,
to this city, where they will spend
the winter at the FarnsbOro apart
ment
The Secretary and Mrs. Redfield ex-
pect visit from their daughter, Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Yank Boots and Shoes in Italy.

Paris-Because of profteering by
Italian shoe dealers. American boots
and shoes are to be sold direct by the
manufacturers to the public in Italy.
Shoes originally sold Mt s. a pair have
dealers.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
Underwear Scarce in ENGLAND.

London-knglish people are being
warned TO hang onto last years un-
derwear as the entire machinery for
manufacture of medium and heavy
weight underwear has been taken
over by the government for the mill
tary use
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM.

Concert by the L. s Soldier Home Band
Orchesus, Stanley Hall, this evening at 6:l5
O'Clock. John : VI zimmerman, director
March-"Carry Ol'. l'.......................La Lake
Overture, Grown Diamonds .Auber
EntrActP. (al "A vineyard Idyi' - Didier
(bl Russian sIuliber Song. ..Grctchauinow
Gems from The kis B6rslaFN ... Hubbel
Fox Trc&. I'm Always Chasing Rain
bows ..-.---.-..-... C srroil
VaIsa Pathctique. Hawaiian Moon
light. b Hickman
Finale. "oui. Oui, Msne" Fisher.
The Star sp<nsled Banner
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
The Joy Of
Motherhood Told

Women Tell How They Made
Event One of Great Happiness.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-11
SHE COULD NOT
STAND OR WORK
But Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Health and
Stopped Her Pains.

Portland. Ind.-"I had a displace-
ment and suffered so badly from it