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Evening journal., 1918-10-26
women PREPARED
that LIBERTY BOND
Engraving and Printing
Handled Almost Entirely
by Women
PRINTING METHOD
is EXPLAINED

That women have become an import
ant factor in the industrial world !:
amply demonstrated every day by thu
large number employed in almost ever!
branch OF trade. While this has beer
brought about largely by the war thi
experiment OF utilizing women TO III
the vacancies created by the taking Of
thousands OF men for military service
has proven so satisfactory that ever
after the war much OF the work for
merly done by men will continue TO bt
done by the women OF the United
States.
A large part Of the work Of prepar-
ing the millions Of bonds for the
Fourth Liberty Loan was done by w0-
men. All OF the counting and eXamin-
ing OF the bonds and much assistance
In printing, requiring great accuracy
and skill, deyolyed upon the 1900 wo-
men employees OF the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing OF the federal
government. according TO Jane Hill, OF
the Information Division Of the United
States Employment Service.
Women in the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing do not wear uniforms
white blouses and dark skirts. They
are Of all ages, some having come into
the plant as girl ushers and risen 10
positions OF responsibility. Several OF
the departments are in charge Of wo-
men, among them being the Examining
Stamp Perforating and Numbering Di-
visions.
All the paper used in the Bureau OF
Printing and Engraving IS especially
prepared for the purpose. AS soon as
lt is received at the bureau, IL Is exam
ined and the sheets counted by girls.
In fact, the bonds were counted after
practically every process, for in the
printing Of money and bonds every
scrap Of paper has TO be accounted for.
six bonds were printed on a sheet. To
prepare for the printing the paper was
wetted down by placing 20 sheets be-
tween two wet cloths under weight
10 force the moisture into the paper.
After resting four days II was then
ready for the first impression. After
this It was again wetted down and
placed under weight for another four
days. when 1t was ready for the second
printing
Backs OF bonds are printed flrst then
the face. The design Of all the bonds
Is practically the same. the difference
In denomination being told by color
Fifty dollar bonds are brown. 500
bonds are golden In color. $500 bonds
are dark blue, $1,000 bonds are green,
5000 bonds are red. $4,000 bonds
purple, $4,000 bonds maroon, 100000
bonds light blue. The design Of the
bond Is printed from an engraved plate
on power presses, and It Is only pos
sible al this time TO print 800 or 400
bonds an hour by this means.
The fourth issue Of Liberty Bonds
represents the finest protraiture known
in steel engraving. No finer portraits
have ever been put on steel plates.
Inasmuch as the backs and faces Of
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go to the surface division. Here they
are again checked and counted. when
they are ready 70 be printed with the
numbers. and interest, the title Fourth
Liberty Loan. the seal, and the num-
bers on the coupons. Again u Is
girl who feeds the bond sheets TO the
press. and another girl who watches TO
see that they come out perfectly This
is extremely important. Each bond Is
numbered In rotation. II the girl dis
covers an error the press Is instantly
stopped, and the bonds guarded until
the error Is traced and corrected.
The story Of the bond, as the fine
printed reading matter on the face OF
the bond Is called, Is the final stage In
the printing OF the bond.
Girls do all the work in putting the
bonds in shape 10 be pressed and
plated. Two bonds are placed, back TO
back, between heavy card board. One
girl puts in sheets, another the card
board. Placing 5000 sheets a day Is
the rate Of the average girl. They are
then "ironed" by a hydraulic press,
5000 pounds to the square inch. The
sheets are again examined, the i'm
perfect or mutilated ones. or TO use
the yernacular OF the bureau. the
"muts" are cast aside. Incidentally,
the many new processes involved have
almost caused the extinction Of nuts"
They are then ready for the last stages,
counting. packing and delivery to the
Loan and Currency Division OF the
United States Treasury.
Aside from the two press divisions,
practically all the work incident 10 the
issue Of six million dollars worth OF
bonds for the Fourth Liberty Loan is
the work OF women.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26
American Clocks
For american People

In the matter Of bookcases il has been discovered
that the wood from grown here in America gives
longest service under climatic conditions The wood
in the of foregnade clocks when brought this
country is liable TO crack warp deteriorate
It's long been known that several Of the standard
American for clocks (each of which is repre-
sented in this stock). at least equal superior
any imported ones
large majority of the clocks sell like the
folks sell them toloo per cent American inside and
out Where the works not of American production
the made of the woods grown American soil
American clocks are good enough TO set the worlds
time by.
American ideals arc high enough 20 pull up the
whole worlds standards by, IL htched 70 them.
Any time by any clock IS good time 10 hurrah for
good country But IL might we'll be good clock too.
Csfnin Floor, Chestnut srd Junip.rD
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Clocks ought TO be bought
for their insides and not
their outsides.
Stores serve their GUS
toners not through what's
in their show windows,
however showy, nor
through what's in their ad-
vertisements, however
promiseful, but through the
mainsprings of commercial
Justice that run their
works.
Everything h at head
could think of, has b cen
done, to make that series
of handsome show-rooms
for clocks, located at Chest
nut and Juniper Streets on
the Main Floor. (that place,
you know, n here you
always linger to admire the
row of tall clocks ranged
outside) the safest place in
Evening journal., 1918-10-26
WhyNot q Ships
Clock?

The growing popu-
larity of the ships clock
is testified by the fact
that the Clock Store
contains an entire room
devoted TO the display
and safe Of these unique
and interesting time
pieces, in a wide variety
of styles, sizes and
prices.
One framed in bronze, Is
a reproduction OF a mari
ner's compass. Another is
set In a quaint Chinese pa
CODA of black lacquer with
the characteristic Chinese
decorations in gilt. Others,
in mahogany, look demure-
ly like any other handsome
conventional mantel clock,
until the ear is surprised
and charmed with the mel
low chimes which instead
of announcing the hour or
half-hour in the same fash
ion as every other clock IN
the house, sounds "one
bell" "two bells, eight
bells" and so forth, in a
way that to the lover of the
sea in especial brings fss-
cinating reeolleetions OF
ocean voyages, jolly yacht
ing trips, or at least, OF the
sea stories in which he
revelled as a boy.
These clocks are, OF
course, famous time-keep-
ers, the movement being
the same as that used by
the u. S. Government on
its naval and other vessels.
In sizes suitable for the
mantelpiece, they come in
statuary bronze, $50 to Sl14;
in mahogany, SIS to 500.
The nice little pagoda is
ST., and while its musical
bells are sounding you can
half close your eyes and
imagine yourself in the bay
of Mandalay, with the old
ship riding at anchor, the
tropic breakers playing, and
the temple bells a calm.
Lots of romance in a
ships clock. and lots of
solid usefulness too. If
looking for a gift for a
wedding or for Christmas
that's likely to be out of
the class of duplicates,
here's your inspiration.
Main Floor, Chestnut a
Juniper)
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bonds are printed at different times.
II Is necessary to make them both Mt.
This requires the highest degree Of
efficiency and skill on ths part of the
girl assistant feeding the paper TO the
presses, which are. Of course, in mo-
tion.
All this work is done by competent
girls. The bonds are also examined
by girls as they come from the press.
II the bonds are not coming out just
right, the girl who is doing the exam
lining presses a button, the press stops
lnstantaneously, and the pressman
makes an Investigation. Great pro-
gress on fine steel engraving has been
made in printing on power presses in
this bureau In the last eight months.
Not only Is the work better done and
more speedily accomplished but the
amount Of spoilage has been very con-
slder,bly leSsened.
After the face Of the bond is finished
the sheets are placed on trays and put
in a large dry box. Each tray on
which work is spread in the dry box
is devoted TO an individual printer
whose name is attached 10 the tray.
There are no Slips IN the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. Every indl-
vidual is responsible for the task at
hand The work is systematized that
the error can be Immediately traced
TO the one responsible. At 7 p. m. the
dry box is locked and heat applied until
Z in the morning, when the bonds are
removed from the trays, counted and
examined. The sheets OF bonds are then
taken to the trimming room, where the
edges are cut by a group og girls, each
one Of whom trims on an average OF g.
500 sheets a day.
From the trimming room the bonds
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

~OOD old Clocks; that
VI furnishes us with all
the time we have, in
cluding that extra golden
hour for longer sleeping
well have next Sunday
morning!
We repeat, who ever ex-
pected you to go back on
us, and TO do it by special
request, and that we should
all be ready to shout and
throw up our nightcaps in
the air in celebration of the
event.
You occupy a place all
your own in our activities
and a big corner to yourself
in the great Wanamaker
Store, and you deserve both
of them.
What is it we call 1.-THE
friend of man?" Oh, yes
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

the dog. Well, he too de-
serves all the tribute he
gets, but just the same
Nobody ever walked up
in the middle of the night
Just because the dog wasn't
barking, and finally had TO
get out of bed to start him
tichng-that is TO say,
using his voice, because of
the queer, lonesome silence
without it.
If the dog is mans four
footed friend, you, Old
Clock, are his three-handed
friend. One of the highest
compliments, indeed. that
we pay to a human friend is
to say that he is as STEADY
as a clock"
Not one of us makes a
plan without you.
You never run any
danger, like other friends
of being forgotten, or side
tracked for a future look
up. The. busiest person is
the one who gives you
greatest attention.
To your serene, truthful
face we turn oftenest for
encouragement, consulta-
tion, warning or reproach,
and you give us just exactly
what's coming to US. Neith-
sr love nor money could
bribe you to give fifty-nine
minutes to the hourl
No mistake about it,
things would happen, and
happen most distractingly,
if you were not to be de-
pended upon; or else they
would not happen at all,
which would be worse, be-
cause it would be duller.
THE meanest thing any
l. body can do is to make
an unreliable clock, and the
foolishest thing anybody
can do is to buy an unreli-
able one. The family never
let the thing die, either.
The clock itself keeps
touching the sore spot with
its perjured hands, until
the goaded owner gives it
away to the man who tends
the furnace.
Next morning he comes
late, and is pressed to pass
on the tardy timepiece to
the bill collector.
The protection against
unreliability in clocks is re-
liability in stores.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

Philadelphia to buy a clock.
Only clocks with those
movements W hich long
patient testing has shown
to be the most accurate are
permitted entrance. A 8
elaborated in column two,
they're mostly American
movements-the Waltham,
Hershedes, and others on
wh ic h reliance can be
staked.
u UT to be good, a clock
- doesn't need to be
homely. So, besides what
we know to be the best
clocks, and what we believe
to be the largest and most
interesting assortment of
clocks, to be seen in Phila-
delphia, we have what visit
ors tell us is the most
beautiful collection.
Tall clocks, hall clocks,
wall clocks, all clocks-this
is the place to find them.
Automobile clocks, ships
clocks, dainty boudoir
clocks-there's a wide va
riety.
One-day clocks, eight-day
clocks, thirty-day clocks
take your choice.
Clocks for the mantel and
clocks for the wall, crystal
clocks, brass clocks, mahog-
any clocks, even simple
nickel clocks.
For since none of the
people are made alike" the
same clock would never
suit them all.
TN the tall Grand
Il father" clocks that
stand in a row in the aisle
outside, like a splendid
grenadier guard for the
treasures inside, and fill
more than one room in the
Clock Store itself, no less
than ten different styles
are represented.
Maybe you thought all
tall clocks were alike?
No, they're not even the
same height.
We can show you short
models especially designed
for low ceilings. One that's
extremely attractive comes
in a Colonial mahogany
case, with a beautiful dial
of hand-pierced brass in the
center, and outer circle sill
ver-plated. 1t is fitted with
Evening journal., 1918-10-26
THE TIME is COMING
To Turn Back the Hands of the Clock One Hour
And The Clocks Are Here
AT WANAMAKER'S

the Westminster chimes
five tubes). $420..
Another short model at
$475 is fitted with nine
tubes for the playing of
three different chimes
Wilmington, st. Michaels
and Westminster.
In the taller hall clocks,
a fine mahogany Chippen-
dale model, fitted with
Westminster chimes, may
be had for S270. From
this, prices rise to a superb
model at $555.
What a lot of comfort,
dignity and beauty goes
into a home with every hall
clock which leaves this
Storel
OF course, the tiniest,
most inexpensive ickel
clock that ticks correct
time can dispense peace and
order in the house; but il
is only simple truth to say
that without one of these
stately clocks standing
somewhere - whether in
hall, landing, living-room,
library or dining-room-no
home is furnished hand
somely to the completest
detail.
Something is lacking.
the some thing that IL
shown in the plainest home
possessing the pre- cious
heirloom of "the old clock
on the stairs"
A MOTHER clock that's
Ia in high favor with
those fancying G olonisl
furnishings is the famous
Willard wall clock, with its
quaint, graceful shape, it's
mahogany case with the
characteristic decorations
the glass panels, painted
with gay flowers or sylvan
landscapes, the ornamental
side-pieces of cast metal,
gold plated, and the silver
finish dial.
We have a good assort-
ment here Of accurate cop
les of these clock designs,
which, originating with Ed
ward X. Willard more than
a century ago, have contin-
ued to appeal to the artistic
eve and to be appreciated
by practical persons for
their value as time-keepers
and their sdaptability to
any room. Prices $31 to
500.
Banjo clocks come for SO
in size 1874 inches high,
suitable for bedrooms or
small dens, and in larger
sizes up to S31.
Prices of crystal clocks
in framework of gold or
plated brass are SO to $40.
A big line of mahogany
mantel clocks, striking
both hour and half-hour,
$40 to S78.
Automobile clocks are IS
to S25. =.
Folding clocks for travel
ing, and when at home
suitable for desk or mantel,
come in leather cases, in
colors to match almost any
fancy, S12 to $40. Clocks
in sterling silver cases
plain and engine-turned en-
graved cases, $50 TO $50.
A CURIOSIT Y that
IA draws nearly every
eye is a large ships bell
clock which is useful on
yachts, house-boats, motor
boats, or even on large
country or seashore estates,
as a novel way of announc-
ing the time, including that
most interesting of arriv-
ais, the dinner hour.
II comes in two parts;
the master clock, which Is
a large wall clock framed in
bronze, to be hung in office,
cabin, hall = anywhere =
and a great bronze bell to
be hung outside on the
grounds or deck. They are
connected by an electric
cord, so that when the mas
ter clock strikes the hours
the big bell rings them.
Complete, $178.
Be sure to bring your vis-
iting friends or relatives to
the Clock Store, when you
show them the sights of
Wanamaker's.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

IND J. thought to myself, Hot0
n nice IL is
For me TO live in a ioorld like
this, =,
Where things can happen, ana
clocks can strike,
And none Of the people are
made alike.
w. X. RANDS'
"LILLIPUT LEVEE."
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

IVES, thin 6 S can
v happen and do
happen - very
rapidly, indeed, in these
days.
But who, in past
times, would have ex-
pected this to happen
that at bedtime on a
certain Saturday night
in October, 1918, the
whole nation would be
climbing up on the chair
as one man (but, thank
goodness, not on one
chair!) winding up the
clock, and pushing back
the hands so that for
the first time since we
started in business as a
nation, we get in an
extra hour on Father
Timel
Wonder what old
Tempus thinks of it?
Perhaps for one hour
he'll be fidgeting in
stead of fugitting; and
then most likely he will
never give a thought to
it again, after starting
afresh on his methods
cal rounds.
One thing is sure
not a clock will strike
against it, unless it's a
clock fhatHs not keeping
good time; and that's
a thing no sensible per-
son keeps in the house.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07

of 100000 alimony, sufficient to
compensate the plaintiff for her mar
tail woes, and the privilege to re-
sumo her maiden name.
Seldom has a venture in matri-
mony occasioned more recourse to
the courts than the one which began
when the young couple stole quietly
to Hoboken on September 1, 1911,
concealing from their parents their
intention to wed.
Within five days after their mar
riage, according to Mrs. Ream, her
husband returned to his father, who
sternly disapproyed of the match.
Threats to disown the son became a
potential cause in estranging the
couple, according to the actress
bride. Nor was the elder Mr. Ream' 5
wrath appeased when his son con-
scented to live apart from her. For
years appeal followed appeal to the
courts, but in each instance Mrs.
Ream emerged victor.
When announcement was made of
the marriage Mrs. Ream said she
was the daughter fJoseph E. DaV-
idson, of Richmond, Va. Her father
was a page in the White House be-
fore the Civil War and served as a
lieutenant in the Union Army. She
met her husband, who had graduated
from Princeton University in the
class of 1908, while at the Chateau
BeauX Arts in Huntington, L. l., in
1911. She was known as Eleanor
Pendleton," member of the slim
Princess" company, and had appear
ed in minor roles in other musical
OlaNS
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07
EVERY OTHER FIELD KILLED
So Phoenix Pioneer Could Ro Moth
ing Less Than Set Up as
Painter and Decorator

Phil SnOdgraSS. Il former resident, Is
visiting Phoenix and refreshing the
memories of the few Old-timSrs who
remain, the Arizona Republican, states.
Most of them had forgotten the names
and even the existence of manly of the
residents of more than a geheration
ago. Mr.. SnodgraSS recalls them all
and has asked about them He re-
members landmarks that long since
have disappeared and We're forgotten
by those who had become familiar
with the buildings that had TAX fen their
places
The coming of Mr. Snodgrhss has
revived many incidents connected with
the lives of the od-timerS H. r. Pat
rick. of course, was here then, having
completed the excavation of tho Grand
canyon. Having nothing else to do.
he was awaiting on the site of Phoenix
for civilization IL come AMID pre-
cmpt it.
Mr. Patrick was then as now, a
civil engineer. His Ieveling rod had
seen rough times and needed paint
ing. About that time p. C.. IPicknell
appeared on the scene and advertised
himself as decorative painter. He
undertook to paint the rod. When Mr..
Patrick received it back he had a lev
cling rod unlike any other In exist
ence. He felt sure that that was the
first one Bicknel had ever seen.
Though Mr.. Patrick had paid So for
the decoration, he made no complaint.
but reprinted it himself after n fash
ion, so 1t would do
Years afterward Patrick and Bick-
nell met in Il saloon in Wickenburg
and in talking over old times both be-
came quite frank and outspoken.
You remember" asked Patrick,
that leveling rod YOU painted for me?"
Bicknell remembered it very well.
We'll" said Patrick, what In the
devil induced you to hold YOURSELF out
to the public as a painter? Why didn't
you advertise as miniSte: of the
gospel or the car of Russian"
III tell YOU" replied Bicknell, 81
was broke. l had just landed in town
vi tlIe TAN VI Il IltlSlll wagon, Nltuoul
a penny. | had to do something. |
went up and down the street and saw
the signs of blaCksmiths. carpenters,
doctors. lawyers and about everything
else. All professions and trades
seemed to be represented except that
of painting and decorating and l
claimed that vacant field by right Of
discovery. So | stuck out a shingle,
though had never before held paint
brush in my hand. The ornamental
ton of that Ieveling rod was the first
tob l got"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07
Catching Monkeys.

The well-known habit of monkeys to
initiate the actions of man is cleverly
utilized by wild-animal catchers in TAX
ing the agile, climbing creatures cap
tive, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The hunters method is to walk
about for some time within sight of
the wild monkeys, wearing short boots.
Then the boots are taken off and gum
is placed in their bottoms, after which
the men withdraw from the scene. Be
fore long the curiosity of the initiative
watchers in the trees gets the better of
their caution and they descend and
start to try on the boots, whereupOn
they discover that the footwear cannot
be removed and. being unable to climb,
are easily captured.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07
leperS of Panama.

When the United States government
began to construct the Panama canal il
found seven pitiful lepers in the re
public in an isolated and fOrlOrn build.
ing In 1905 it was voted to spend So
600 for suitable building for these
outcasts In April, 1907, hospital was
opened at Palo Seco and each patient
was given n plot of land on which he
might raise fruits and vegetables, and
so be partly self-supporting. The
Episcopal church. In establishing here
the Mission of the Holy Comforter has
offered these leperS practically the only
society they ever see except each other.
Now a chapel, school for the chill
dren. an infirmary for the shut-ins and
laundry and gardens for the active
make these lepers feel that they are
being given their chance.-TEe World
Outlook.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07
WALDORF-ASTORIA
CHANGES OWNERS
7. Coleman dupont Purchases Fa-
nous New York Hotel Known The
World Over.

New York, Feb. THE Waldorf
Astoria Hotel, among the most ia
nous of Americas hostelries, has
been sold to T. Coleman dupont,
widely known powder manufacturer,
who a few years ago bought the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Announcement of the sale was
made Tuesday night by George c..
Boldt, who on the death of his faith
er a year ago inherited the controll-
ing interest in the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel Company, lessons of the hotel
property, which was owned by the
Aston family.
The Waldorf, as it is known the
world over, was the pioneer of the
modern American hotel. In 1898
the Waldorf Hotel was finished on
the corner of Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street and four years
later the Astoria was completed and
the two became the Waldorf-Astoria.
TIL ehotel has 1885 bedrooms, with
500 bathrooms It's value has been
placed at 100000, including the
site.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-07
Snake Stops Water Supply.

Chenille, a hamlet three miles back
Of Tarrytown, was without water Tues
day. It's only supply is obtained from
the Gypsy spring on Gen. Howard Car
rolls estate. The pipe that led from
the spring appeared to be frozen, so
William Van Wrinkle pulled the pipe
out of the spring and took it home to
thaw it out. There was CONSERVATION
in the house when a garter snake start
ed to crawl out of the pipe.
The snake had crawled into the pipe
during the cold snap of Monday night
and had frozen in there, shutting off
the water supply. When the pipe was
thawed the snake was released and
tried to escape from its storage prison.
Van Wrinkle caught il and Is proudly
exhibiting it in q jar. While this story
has Winsted flavor it is vouched for
by Van Wrinkles neighbOr.