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The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
LIFE AND DEATH
NEWS AT ONCE
Letter from J. W. Dorsey
Reaches Parents Here
with Killed" Notice.

simultaneously with the receipt Of a
letter from Private James w. Dorsey.
jr., OF 80 d street northeast, his fam
lily was notified last evening OF his
death by the War Department No
details could be learned yesterday
from the War Department records
other than that Private Dorsey had
been killed in action October 26.
Private Dorsey was a member OF
the kid" regiment which has been
praised many times by other units
for the bravery Of its members.
our company has been acknow-
ledged the Youngest company in the
army. but Il has won many praises. %
Private Dorsey wrote on October p.
four days before he was killed.
Private Dorsey had been at the
front three weeks. a member OF his
family said last night. He had gone
overseas June ]. after thirteen months
OF training with the Signal Corps. at
tavhcd TO the l04lh Field Signal Bat
talon. Company B. at Camp McCIeI-
Ian. Anniston. Ala. Private Dorsey
was native Of Washington and was
. years old on October l. last.
His father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs
James W. Dorsey: one brother. Joseph,
of the Naval Reserve force. and two
sisters. who live at the family home
here, survive him.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
SAVE YOUR HAIR
and BEAUTIF IT
With "DANDERINE"
Spend a few cents! Dandruff dis
appears and hair stops
coming out.
Try this! Hair gets beautiful,
wsvy and thick in
few moments.

II you care for heavy hair. thai
ClistCns with beauty and is radiant
with life; has an Incompatible soft
ness and is fluffy and lusirous. Try
DanderIuc.
Just one application doubles the
beauty OF your hair. brsidrS 10 I'M
mediately dISsolvcs every particle
of dandruT: you cannot have rfc-,
heavy. healthy hair y you have
dandruT. This drsjruCtly" scurf rObs
the hair OF Its luslr'. It's strength
and its very life. and n not over
come 1t produces q frvrr.shucss and
itching Of the scalp the hair roots
fsmish. loosen and die, then the
hair falls out fast
IL your hair has been neglected
and is thin. faded. dry. srraEry or
too oily. Eei small bottle Of
knowlton.S Usndrrtre Ar any drug
store or toilet counter Cur few
cents; apply a little as directed and
ten minutes after Eou VIII say this
was the best investment you ever
made
We sincerely bs'.evr. roEardIcss OF
everything else advertised. that n
you desire soft. lusrrous beautiful
hair and lots OF it-uo daudruT-
no itching scalp and no moro falling
hsir-you must use Enowltou's
Danderine. II eventually not
now? Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Harrington Tops All.

Not long ago nurse asked
wounded American soldier if he would
like to be read to.
He replied:
Yes, if you've got something by
Booth Harrington. | don't feel we'll
enough for an ordinary novel"
II is a pity that this nurse could
not have had at hand TarkinGton's
latest novel, The Magnificent Am
bersons," just published by Double
day. Page &; Co. 1t is the story of
a young snob; how he came by his
snobbishness and how he got his
come-upance. 1t Is the story of just
such a pleasure-loving. money spend
ing. conceited young aristoCrat as
those who have gone by the thou
sands into this war and come out
heroes-dead or alive as the case
might be. But there being no bap-
tism OF fire to purge the dross from
the soul of young George ANDERSON
Minafer, whose grandfather. Mai.
ANDERSON, had made a fortune in
1873 when other people were losing
fortunes" he had to get his come
upance through the hard knocks of
everyday life and the gentle but firm
guidance of a girl who was able to
see the gold in George" in spite OF
the dross which overlay it.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Sunday. November "a. I0I

Sunday. November "a. 1918.
Astrologers read this as a doubtful
day. While Mercury rules strongly
for good. Uranus is adverse.
The power OF Uranus in evil place
is believed to increase the suggesti-
bility of the human mind to all that
is sinister. and for that reason warn
ing is given against the harboring of
suspicious or unkind criticisms in re-
gard to pubic men.
During the sway that makes for
slender, gossip and angry discussions,
there may be riots.
While the planetary direction may
be conducive to much that adds to
the worlds problems unnecessarily,
the powers Of good will triumph, the
scerS declare.
Warning is given that vigilance
concerning speech and act will be
imperative in the United States after
the war. as secret forces may be at
work to arouse local dlssensions in
cities and towns.
This day should be fortunate one
for writing. Letters are subject to
the best influences. unless they are
love letters, and they are under
sinister star.
There is a forecast of a great book
Nndl VIII Dt "illNtli ny an EA'iiNh - ~
This will mark the beginning of a
new era in literary achievement, 1t
Is prophesied.
The establishment of a national
center of art, which will include
| theater. is foreshadowed by the stars.
Astrologers read a warning 10
Americans who may he inclined to
boast too much. Humility after su-
perb achievements will win more
than battles, the seers declare.
Women are now subject to plane
tary government making for prog
ress and liberation from all old re-
straints that prevented them from Oh
| tanning their full share of achieve
ment in the worlds best work
Henceforth girls will be trained TO
trades and professions just as boys
are trained, the stars presage.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
should not travel or make changes
in the coming year. Success In pusl-
ness is indicated.
Children born on this day are hkelE
/ to be talented and industrious, but
rather erratic and high strung
These subjects of Sagittarius often
have many difficulties to surmount.
Copyright. l9ls)
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
FLU HOSPITAL
CLOSED BY U.s..
Emergency Center Had
Cared for 5l8 Patients
In E Weeks.

The Emergency Influenza Hosp-r-~
at Eighteenth and Virginia avenue.
opened October Is by the United
States Public Health Service. was
closed yesterday. The personnel OF
the emergency center has been dis
banded. Only two patients were at
the hospital yesterday and these were
well enough 20 be taken 20 their
homes in the afternoon.
The hospital directed by DR.. ]. q.
Wilson. has cared for SIS cases In the
six weeks Of its existence. OF this
number sixty-two died. 80 were dLs-
charged as cured and twsuty-sir wer,
transferred TO other hospitals FOR furr-
ther treatment
Fifteen per cent Of the deaths oc-
CURED within twenty-fOur hours OF
the entrance OF the patients IS Der
cent within forty-eight hours and -
per cent within three days.
Fifty-four patients were at the hos
pital eight days. one patient remained
there thiTty-one days. the longest
period for any one patient The aver
age time for each patient was ten
days
On October .. forty-one new cases
We're received, the largest number re-
corded for one day. On several DAYS
the number OF new cases were slightly
below forty.
The nursing stan vas composed OF
800 aids and assistants supplied by
the Red Cross and by the Army
Nurse Reserve CORPS
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
IEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York. Nov 3.-The following
WashinEtonians are registered at 10.
cal hotels:
Miss f. T. Berry. Miss J. T. Kerry,
Ronta-Narragansett; Capt 6. $.
Chadderton. Herald Square; Capt. J.
f. Falvey. Gregorian; 5. /. Freeman.
Great Northern; G. A. Hubbel. Bres-
lin: Miss II. Kaye. Martha Washing
ton: F. II. NeEclker. Algonquin. y =.
Pfahler. Herald Square: L. r. Rca.
Mrs. l.. X. Rea. MarseilIes r. F.
Roberts. Aberdeen; T. NJ. Robinson.
Marlborough: r +. I'nd"rhill. Her
II. Walker. Netherland; A. 4.
Williams. Ansonia; Miss r /. Rreck-
wig. Martha Washington. 9 T.
CrumIt. Navarro; Q. T. Durkn. Her
mitaEe; Miss c. Fleming. Holland
House: J. J Garland, jr.. Hermitage:
!. Hoace. II RieE. Herald Square;
II. B. Riley. Grand; w. c. Sims. Gre
gorian: Miss T.. Tidweu. Martha
Washington; DIR. 5. Baynana. Aber-
deem: 3. Comstock. BroztcI: ]. Con-
nor. WalliCk; W. II. Krausc Aber-
deem: T. W. LuCkett. Breslin. R J.
Stratton. Union Square; W. l..
Thompson. Park Avenue.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
THANKSGIVING
FOOD SCARCE
Vegetable Prices High
While Cost of Turkey
Takes Drop.

Fruits and vegetables usually
found on the Thanksgiving dinner
table were scarce on the Washing
ton produce market yesterday. Tur-
key alone of the traditional Thanks
giving feast was in abundance.
with hardly a carload of celery
on the. whole market Washington
races the situation of a celeryless
Thanksgiving dinner unless a larger
supply than is expected Is received
early this week.
The commission merchants are not
expecting a large supply of the ac-
customed Thanksgiving dinner ac-
cessories. Cranberries are scarce.
There is a plentiful supply of turnip
and home grown Burbank potatoes
with yellow squash and pumpkins for
the Thanksgiving pie in abundance.
The wholesale fruit stands are OVER
stocked with Ben Davis apples. Bar.
reIs and barrels of holiday apples are
daily coming in from Maryland and
Virginia. Those not sold at Thanks
giving will be held for the Christmas
trade So the market yesterday re-
manned steady
Turkeys. however. are still proving
dii uncertain BaInDllnR proposition lot
the dealer in live and dressed poul-
try. The market curing the past
week has been a falling one.
Last Monday turkeys were quot
cd at 3S cents a pound. while yes
terday the standard selling price
was 81 cents. with an occasional
drop to 81. This, one dealer said.
was four cents a pound lower than
the country buyers for his firm
were able to purchase the birds at
the farms. Tomorrow. however.
the turkey sellers expect that there
will be a slight increase in the SELL
ing price.
Dressed turkeys were holding
their own yesterday. Poultry pick
ers are asking and receiving a dol
lar an hour and many of them are
working twelve hours a day. This,
the merchants said. partly accounts
for the high cost of the dressed
fowl
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
NEWS LETTER ISSUED
BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Weekly Publication Emphasizes
-Four Special Aims Of Federation.

a live little news letter published
by the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees, is circulating week
ly among Department workers. Lat
est news OF particular interest to
employees is taken up. and emphasis
is laid on the program of the en-
ployos for the coming year.
Stress il given in the publication
to four big things that the n F. F.
f. is fighting for. These are: An
emergency salary increase Of 81 per
day for the fiscal year Of 1920: the
Johnson-NOlan $3a-day minimum
wage bill: the. McKellar-Keating re-
tirement bill. and the standardiza-
tion Of salaries and duties OF civil
service employees
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
FRANKLIN SCHOOL STEP
BOTTLES LAST REST
Pedagogues Shocked Each Morning
by Merry Makers Prank.

Bibulous Washingtonians will
kindly throw their whisky bottles
on their own dooTsteps instead of
that of Franklin School. Thirteenth
and X streets northwest, If they
desire to please Public School EN-
plOyes there. Executive offices for
the entire system are located in this
school and each morning the hor-
rified pedaEogues have to remove
from one to dozen of these OBJ
jeCts before they enter the school.
Those malsinr merry in the park
opposite evidently consider the de-
posting OF bottles a last rite before
they go home and little dream OF
the effect it has on the morale of
the sCandalized instructors OF the
city's youth. Franklin Park bios
SONS daily with a fresh array of
bottles, according to the officials.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24

foi MISS I,ihColn mas proDa bly, pick
ed up more literary laurels for wash
ing by writing nationally read detec-
i've stories than any other woman.
Three Strings" Miss Lincoln's lat
est book, was written in six weeks.
a record time.
Choose your speciality and stick to
IT, is her formula for success given
10 any aspirants to a telling
career.
"All my books. nine of them. have
oeen written In the last six years"
said MISS Lincoln. During this time
was society editor of the Wash
ington Herald for two years and later
editor OF the Daughters of the Amer
lcau Revolution magazine.
MY first book was The Trevoe
Case My very first literary effort,
however. was an article on Ghosts.
contributed to the magazine OF Miss
tllnts school, which we called
Sparks. "
Putting punch into the dignified ID.
A. r. magazine has been Miss Lin
CONS war work. During the year and
halt that she has been in charge OF
the magazine, the subscription has
douoled, scholarly and accurate ar
ucies from Miss Lincoln's pen have
achieved this result along with up-to-
date business methods.
history Is filled with the names OF
Miss LincOln's ancestors. while
Who's Who" bristles with her pres
ent-day distinguished relatives.
Dr. Nathan Smith Lincoln. her
father. who died in 1910, was physician
IN charge of the hospitals in the Dis
trlct during the civil war. his COM
mission in the Army, signed by Abra-
ham Lincoln. hangs in the Lincoln
drawing room among hosts OF family
portraits.
Miss Lincoln's mother Is also
writer and daughter of long line of
judges in New York State
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Capt. Winfield Jones
Promoted to Colonel

Captain Winfield Jones. merrrer or
the Congressional press gallery and
former Washington manager for the
international News Service. has been
commissioned "a colonel OF infantry in
the Texas NatCual Guard and de-
tailed for duty in Washington.
Colonel Jones has long been pronsL
nent IN the activities Of the Chambyr
or Commerce and in other civic and
patriotic work in Washington
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
"The Divine Aflatus. ="
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

me landlord comes down "life wolf on the fold
And his cry is for banknotes and silver and gold
lie cares
How find him the rent
As long he gets it ito have and to hold"
And that is the (qute patent I'm sure)
Why I'm writing these lines, and not literature
Ny friend comes to town and go to the club:
he eats like a furnace and drinks like tub
And he cares not jot
As | settle the shot
Whether good or bad poetry pays for his grub
The cause may simple Cts likely shame)
But that may be why I'm not working for fame
When my bank accounts red then it gives me the bIs
To know that the family is needing new shoes "'
q. SO what-what care |
Tho the sweet bye-and-bye
Might call me genius and pledge me in boozer
Nix NIX 1t the babies show papa's prosperity
y hoot Tor the library shelves of poserityl
Copyright 1aIs. ~
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
$4,000 Dentists to Aid
Soldiers Dependents

4 new work has been found for the
corps of lS0o' civilian dentists who
during this countTy's participation IN
the war. as members OF the Prepared o
ness League OF American Dentists.
performed ,-hNa free dental opera
tions upon drafted men Now these
dentists an, planning TO offer their
services and materials TO the dcpen-
dent families or men in the service
or in training. who are recommended
to the league by the Home Service
section OF the American Red Cross.
The organization Of the Prepared
ness League extends through every
State in tho country and has been
built up in the course Of little more
than a year. Practically every sec
ton OF the country is included.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
In STORAGE.

When days are bright and fair
And life is free from care.
l store up stocks of cheer
To last me through the year.
And when dark times arrive
l do not have to strive
To smile my tears away
And brighten up the day.
Because I've saved my joy
'Gainst trials that annoy,
And ward off all my stress
With garnered happiness.
(Cop,right, lg5l
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
SCHOOLS WILL HONOR
BRITAIN'S WAR WORK
Dec. ] Will Be Observed Through
out Country bY Patriotic Societies

The National Britain's Day Com
mittee has received definite advice
from go cities that they will pay trib-
ute to Great Britain's achievements
in the war on Saturday. December Z.
Judge Alton b. Parker. chairman ot
this committee. announces that with
this great group Of cities already
heard from the day will doubtless be
more generally observed than any
similar occasion in this country has
been.
Mr Lloyd W Mcdowell has been
appointed manager OF the celebra-
tion and will direct the observance
OF the day throughout the country
On Friday, December G. the treaty OF
Ghent will be read in the schools OF
the United States and on Sunday. De-
Cembcr =. churches will properly rec
ognizc the day. Many OF the patriotic
ORGANIZATIONS represented I'm the Ma
tional Committee Of Patriotic Societies
will actively participate in the various
celebrations.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
ConInEsby DaMson.

Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, c. F.
A. author of Garry On, and 'Out
10 Win" etc. who is convalescinG
from a wound in the head received
recently at the Western front, has
arrived In New York. He has been
asked to speak on his war expert
ehees, throughout this country, dur
ing MS recuperation. for the British
war Mission. Lieut.. Dawson has
agreed to do this solely on the un-
derstanding that he is to return to
fit.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Special Rail Privileges
Urged for Girl Workers

Girl workers should be treated as
are boys in the service in the matter
of railroad fare. according to John
$. Beach. executive secretary of the
National Federation of Federal En-
plOyes.
They should be given one cent a
mile rate home. and should be looked
after carefully" said Mr. Beach
while they have made larger salaries
than they could have made in other
cities perhaps. the expenses have been
out of proportion to these salaries,
and many of them doubtless have not
money to pay their fare home.
This matter will be taken up at
the next meeting of the Federation"
The stars incline, but do not compel." "
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
SEVENTH STREET FIRE
DELAYS WAR WORKERS
Thousands Late to Offices when
Blaze Halts Cars.

Thousands of war workers were
late 70 their offices yesterday be-
cause of fire in the hardware store
OF Louis Hartig, 10II Seventh street
northwest. In the midst of the
heaviest traffic OF the day the cars
10 the buildings between Seventh
ana Four-and-a-half streets north
west were entirely stopped.
The hre was discovered by Z. T.
walker in the cellar. Before the
hre department responded the entire
hrst moor had burned out. Hose laid
across the street stopped trafic. The
loss was estimated at $4,000.
a loss OF $1,000 was caused by FIRE
IN w. 5. Hoge and Bros. 425 Ninth
street southwest, yesterday after
noon.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Some Praise!

William McFee. author of ''Casuals
of the Sea" aud Aliens" published
by Doubleday, Page & Company. in a
letter to a friend in this country thus
comments on the o. Henry stories
which he has been reading in the
leisure moments of an engineer sub
lieutenant of the Royal Naval Re-
serve of Great Britain:
''1 am very much impressed with the
wonderful ease with which he weaVes
his stories. He must have worked
many of them over and over to get
them 10 read like a ripple of laughter
on the surface OF Life"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Authors Choose Fnyoritcs.

Mrs. Gertrude Atherton has been
oncially slated as the American
Authors Author after a voting con-
test OF some little duration. She
was closely pushed for this honor
by Booth Harrington.
other authors for whom the auth
ors showed a preference are Edith
wharton, Henry Van Dyke. Irwin S.
Goob. Cyrus Townsend Brady and
Ernest Poole.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
"Doctor DANNY

Doctor Dany" is the title of a new
book by Ruth Sawyer TO be published
this week by Harper & Brothers.
The chief character for whom the
book is named. is said to have al
ready won for himself an enthusiast
tic public since hi appearance in
Herself, Himself and Myself
The kindly Doctor Dany in this new
book is surrounded by the loving,
Whimsical. fantastical people OF the
little Irish community he practically
dominated I'm Donegal
From the first page to the end
where he fultills his love promise. the
book is filled with the dramatic mo-
ments that occur in the life of Doc
tor Danny" and in the lives Of his
people.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24

surroundings and the problems life
brings TO them.
The aspirations of department
store clerk on just enough wages to
keep her alive are nearly the same as
those of the girl who lives in the TX
pensive hotel-each will live the life
her heart directs.
Through all the different kinds OF
enamels she shows the same grain OF
wood, ringed in beautiful and in fan
tastic patterns by love, sacrifice, or
sel6shness
Another Detective Thriller.
How did the famous Presidential
message leak" which enabled so
many to get rich overnight at the
stock exchanges occur? This question
has puzzled many. George Barton
gives an explanation in his new book,
The Strange Adventures of Bromley
Barnes" (the Page Company, Boston,
anc describes vividly the methods
used by the great detective, head OF
the government Secret Service, in un-
raveling mysteries and bringing gov
ernment Offenders to book. Bromley
Barnes" made his first bow to the
reading public in the Page Companys s
earlier success, The Mystery of the
Red Flame"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
NAV Renounee Temporal Power

London, Nov From a high cIo~-
iCal authority the Universal Ssry ice
learns the Vatican Is Willing 10 re-
nOunce it, ancient claims To temporal
power with a view 20 esfa hIishinE
closer cordiality with the Italian Gov
cruuput
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Long Live Length.

There are many OF us who would
shy away from the 6oO-page novel and
the 'double-decker." But the Dial
views with alarm the short novel The
novelists have been terrorized into an
absurd anxiety to avoid boring us, and
when one of them does run over oVv
pages we all mechanically shrug our
shoulders and behave as though he
had set us a perfectly impossible task.
But these protests are all really pure
ly mechanical. No one disiikes length
in a good novel, and well the best
sellers know it. Sir Hall Caine. ...ss
Marie Corelli, Richard Dehan." and
the rest throw enormous wads OF Ian
guage at their public: and the public
accepts it all and Graves for more.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-24
Fannie Hurst.

The seven stories In Fannie Hurst's
new book "Gaslight Sonatas," are all
studies of women-women in differ ent
spheres of life. but so essentially
feminine that student of psychology
might profitably pause and study
their instructive reactions to their