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Evening star., 1918-06-16
CALLS UPON FOOD OFFICE
FOR DATA ABOUT ALCOHOL

The food administration is called
upon to report to the House the guam
tity of food material used In the pro-
duction of alcohol for explosives and
munitions and other governmental
war uses during the six months end
ing May 81. in resolution introduced
yesterday by Representative Randall OF
California. prohibitionist.
:. Mr.. Randall explained that the pur-
pose of this resolution is to show that
vast quantities of food material are
used for this purpose. all of which
might be avoided by exercising the
power granted In the food control act
Of last year to commander and re-
distill spirits in bond.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
MANY NATIONS TO CONTRIBUTE
TO CAPITALS JULY 4 PAGEANT
Democracy Triumphant" Promises to Be
the Most Notable Spectacle Ever
Presented Here.

sented on horseback at the head OF
his country's delegation In the pa
rade. The parade will symbolic the
forces of democracy united against
The demonstration on the Capitol
steps will surpass any of the others,
and will depict the United States.
with its vast resources and man
the demonstration draws to close
some prominent woman. possibly Miss
Margaret Wilson, the Presidents
daughter. will appear as Democracy
Triumphant"
1t is hoped to have a chorus of at
least 10000 to bring the entire pro-
gram to an end at the Capitol Those
who are to take part in the United
States demonstration are being
trained at the Central High School
M. Forrest an experitnced pageant
director.
Many Girls Enroll.
Washington school girls and scores
of young woman war workers in the
government departments are enroll
ing to take part in the pageant.
The idea of having a Fourth of
July pageant in Washington was
born in the minds of C. H. Clifford,
secretary of the Drama League Of
/
head of community center activities
in the local public schools. With the
assistance of Mrs. Forrest. Mrs. VIII
liam P. Borland and other women,
they began to lay plans which have
already developed beyond their
dreams of what the pageant would be.
Aside from giving the city real
independence day program, 1t is ex-
pected the pageant will be effective
in arousing American ideals in the
f,1o 49,
born people In the United States who
are expected to take part,
Struggles Of Bohemia.
The struggles of the ancient land of
Bohemia for freedom will be depicted
by the Czecho -Slavs as their part in
the pageant Zizka. the blind leader
of the Bohemians after John Huss
was burned at the stake, will be the
national hero featured. 1t was Zizka,
who. with a small army successfully
defended the Bohemians against Ave
crusades by the Romans. Following
performance by 200 persons brought
here by the Czecho-Slovak Society
from other cities to take part in the
kols. who are members Of the Slavic
gymnastic society of Bohemia. In
1910 this society had 100000 mem-
bers. but was dissolved by the Aus
trian government and Its funds con-
nscated. Thirty thousand sokols are
now serving on the western front and
many others are in European Russia.
The action. which will be staged on
the Agricultural grounds north of the
old building. will open with dances.
followed by the singing of the ma
tional anthem, "Kde Demov Mug"
Children from New York will dance
and the Czecho-Slovak band will fur
nish the music.
{a 60 IL
chorus sound around the worId' is
the appeal Gilbert Wilson, song
leader. is sending out to get recruits
for the chorus which Is to sing at the
demonstration on the Capitol steps.
All who desire to take part in the
chorus should attend rehearsals in
the Central High School at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoons.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
GERMANY CASTS SLUR
ON U. S. HOSPITAL SHIP

The frst indication of Germany's
possible attitude toward the proposed
dispatch OF the hospital ship Comfort
to Europe unarmed has reached tho
State Department in a dispatch quot
ing the Lokal Anzeiger as suggesting
that the vessel will carry aIrplanes
and aviators.
The German government has been
notified that the Comfort will GO
across unarmed and without convoy
She will be the first American hospital
ship to enter the war zone.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
SKILLED LABOR IDLE.
Restriction Of Building Operations
Throws Many Out Of EMPLOYMENT.

year has caused many men skilled in
the building trades to be idle, an em-
ployment survey made public yesterday
by the Federal Employment Service
shows;
Carpenters. plasterers and others
were found to be without work in
thirty-one cities. Carpenters are in
demand in few southern cities where
government building operations are in
progress.
An acute shortage OF common labor
Is reported, while the demand for
skilled labor still exceeds the supply
Evening star., 1918-06-16
MAD DOG At White HOUSE
MAKES DASH AT SHEEP

White House policemen and secret
service mon were thrown into q near
panic yesterday when mad dog slipped
through the gates to the White House
grounds and was making a wild dash
for President Wilson's flock Of sheen
when stopped by a policeman from an
other part OF the grounds.
The dog was said to have a well de-
ve1oped case Of rabies. but was caught
before any damage had been done.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
NATURAL|zED, SEES
HARDSHIP IN RULES
Correspondent Of The Star
Criticises Application of
"Work or Fight"

To the Editor Of The Star:
/ am a naturalized citizen Of Greek
birth. u resident of Washington for
the past twelve years. married. and
maintain my residence here. Being
the sole support of my family I was
put in CIas I under the selective
service draft. 1 am a hotel waiter
and my income amounts to about $3.50
a month, but owing to the high cost
of living l have been barely able to
save enough in the last year to pur-
chase two liberty bonds. Within two
months / expect an increase in my
family with it's attending additional
expenses.
The work or fight" order of Gen.
Crowder will compel me to leave my
present employment by July !. AS
have no other trade and am physical
Iy unable to perform hard manual
labor. l applied at the United States
Employment Bureau for relief. stat
Ing that would like to work for the
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany. ] was informed that as a
naturalized citizen i could not be en-
ployed there or in similar places. ns
none but nativa Americans were
eligible.
Surprised at Discrimination.
This was surprising information to
me, When / swore off allegiance to
my native country. assuming the
duties and obligations of citizen
toward this government. did think
that had also acquired the rights of
an American citizen; that II. besides
being amcnable TO military service l
was likewise entitled to no discrtmi-
nation and the pursuit Of happiness.
An alien of class 5 is permitted to
| remain in his position. whereas !, as
q citizen. am compelled to undergo
hardships for my family by being ex-
cluded from finding q remunerative
occupation.
The United States employment bu-
reau did offer me place as laborer
digging GiSt at 40 cents per hour. but
besides bstSg unable to perform labor
Of this. chAVecter, ! would not be able
to keep nas family in their aecus-
| toned standard Of living.
I am perfSstly willing to do my bit
when my sjss 10 called or to servs
my country I'm q moro useful manner
than at prA ient, II this can be done
without dep.iving my dependents OF
their living.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
A PROCLAMATION

70 he People Of e Distrc Columbias
WHEREAS Friday. June 1sis. ~
has assiEned
e7So00o0 maturity vaae OF War
10 Comm
The
securities
hereby proclaim Savings
Of not
ufhority OF he
Snrnsa n md every
Aneri In
JOHN G. D.. KNIGHT,
W. GWYNN GARDINER.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Medical Aid for Drafted Men.

First Lieut. William 3. Peters Of the
Medical Reserve Corps, at the Army
Medical School, has been sent to the
Bliss Electrical School, Takoma Park.
for the purpose OF making physical ex-
aminattops and giving medical attsn.
tfon TO the drafted men enrolled at that
institution.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

University of Georgia, has received a
cableRram announcing that his SON
in-law, Capt. Henry Lee Jewett Will
lisms.. was killed in action in France
June IL.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

With groups representing twenty
one nationalities planning to take
part. Indications are that the pageant
Democracy Triumphant" to be
staged in Washington on July 4,
probably will be the biggest demon
stration of it's kind ever undertaken
in the District.
One of the features of the pageant
will be the participation of Jugo-
Slavs, Czecho -Slavs and other groups
of Austrian subjects, who will indf-
cate by being present their opposition
to the war aims of the central powers.
Cuban officials have informed the
managers of the pageant that they
will send the Municipal Band OF
Havana to take part. There also will
be a band of JugoSlavs, organized In
this country. A chorus of 500 Lith-
uanians will come from Pittston.
Pa, and there will be a delegation of
Armenians from New York.
The Chinese minister has promised
to bring either a Boy Scout organlza-
tion or Chinese glee club to Wash
ington for the pageant. and the Brit
ish government will ship its tank Brf-
tannia back to the National Capital
for the day. There will be delegations
of Bohemians, Transylvanians ana
Poles from various American cities.
Plan for Each Nation.
Each nation represented will be as
signed to some building within
| short radius of the Washington Mon
ument, in front of which it will rem
der a program peculiar to Its native
| land Many of the groups that Will
participate are spending large sums
| Of money to make their part OF the
demonstration attractive.
Beginning at about 8 o'clock In the
afternoon Of the Fourth. the first
part Of the demonstration. that OF
Liberia, will be staged in front OF the
new National Museum. From there
the crowd will move along the NAL
and across the Monument grounds 10
| a score of other buildings. at each OF
which a different national group will
be performing. Although there Will
| be Intervals between the several dem
onstrations, it will be almost impos-
the entire pageant. Sufficient public
ity will be given the detailed program
| to enable every one to seek the groups
| in which he is most Interested. Each
group will give its program three
times to accommodate the moving
crowds. $500
When all the nationalities have
completed their separate demonstra- :
tions the performers will form In line
somewhere near the Monument and
march through the Mall to the Capt.
tol, where the group representing the
United States will bring the pageant
to a spectacular close.
In March to Capitol.
Tn ~. march to the Capitol soldiers,
States. as well as delegations of
workers from the Red Cross, the Y.
NJ. C. A., the Y. w. c. A. the Knights
of Columbus and the Hebrew war or
ganizations. will take prominent
part.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Named to Supervise Contracts.

Max Thelen Of San Francisco has been
appointed an assistant to Assistant Sec
retary Stettinius Of the War Depart
ment to supervise contracts made bv
the quartermaster general for war sup
plies.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

Machinist Mate William d. Jones OF
Uniondaie, Pa, was instantly killed
at the Naval Air School at Key West
Friday when his body was caught in
the propeller OF a hydro-airpiane.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Evolution Of the lamn.

DR.. Walter Clark of Philadelphia
has recently made some interesting in
designations to find out how the old
time lighting conditions in his city
compare with those Of today, says the
Popular Science Monthly. He has dis.
covered that until as late as 1885, only
Pickering sperm oil and candles were
in use. Not until the following decade
did the highly improved" kerosene
lamp appear. Gas did not come out
until the period between 1868 and 1875
And then only the wealthy could use
1t. 1t sold at $3.50 per thousand cubic
feet! The efficient Welsbach mantle
came out ten years later, revolutioniz-
ing artificial Illumination. The pres
ent era began in 1898, when gas and
electricity came into general use-gas
selling at 81 per thousand cubic feet
and electricity at 10 cents per kilo-
watt hour. Since that time the gas
mantle and the electric flament have
seen vast improvements, so that today
the average family is obtaining about
eighteen times as much light a. the
people Of half century ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Temperament Of CameIa

Bearing an innate grudge against all
restraint and all who restrain him, the
camel will use the great strength Of
his long legs to kick his keepers or the
dogs which guard him in the waste
places, but in the presence Of enc
mics, among wolves or other beasts
of prey, he is a coward, forgsts the
very use Of his legs and proves his
erratic temper by screaming and spit
ting in terror. No camel wants to be
loved, and no one familiar with camels
ever entertains the least affection for
them. They make savages Of what
ever people breeds them. The man who
owns and uses camels cannot live In
a city, he cannot travel the highways
through cultivated country, he cannot
have a permanent abiding place. He
Is doomed to live In deserts and arid
grasslands, to follow the paths that
are lined with evergreen thorns, tama-
risks and bitter weeds, to drink the
saline water that his evil tempered
beasts prefer and to avoid the haunts
of men and horses as the horseman
circles the deserts, says Rodney Gil
bert in Asia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
FIRST THOUGHT is ISOLATION
Aviator Longs for Sound Of Human
Voices When He Is Soaring Far
Above the Earth.

became conscious of a feeling of
loneliness, writes James N. Hall, in the
Atlantic. I remembered what ]. B.
had said that morning. There was
something unpleasant in that isolation,
something to make one look longingly
down to earth; to make one wonder
whether we shall ever feel really at
home in the air. I, too, longed for the
sound Of human voices, and all that l
heard was the roar of the motor and
the swish of the wind through wires
and struts-sounds which have no hui
man quality In them, and are no more
companionable than the tapping of the
waves would be to man adrift on
raft In midocean. Underlying this feel
ing, and, no doubt, in part responsible
for 1t, was the knowledge Of the fall
Ibility Of that seemingly perfect
mechanism which rode so steadily
through the air; Of the quick response
which that ingenious arrangement Of
inanimate matter would make to an
eternal and memorable law, II a few
frail wires should part; Of the equally
quick, but less phlegmatic response Of
another fallible mechanism, capable Of
registering horror, capable, 1t Is said,
Of passing its past life In review In the
space of q few seconds, and then
capable of becoming equally inanimate
| matter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
YOUNG MAN TWICE MISTAKEN
Addressed az Salesman In Hat Store
and Given a Dollar Bill as
Tip at Restaurant.

r forgot to have my initials put In
Z new hat that bought last week"
said Mr.. Burlington, "and so passing
that way today, I stopped in at the
store.
"A little back from the door saw
q tall, straight, trinity attired young
man standing there, hatless, looking
toward the front, and to him ! said.
at the same time holding out my hat;
".Will you please put my initials
IN this hat?
swell, I'd be glad to do that for
you,' the tall young man said, but
I am waiting here to have the initials
puf in my own hat And he said this
smiling, and with absolute good
humor.
'sThen I found a salesman who took
my hat; and when I ventured to en-
press to the tall young man my regret
over having made such a mistake II
first addressing him he said it was an
right. and told little story Of some
what similar experience that had once
befallen him.
zone night last winter while he was
waiting In a restaurant for a friend
who was to join him there, being IN
dress clothes at the time and standing
at the moment near the door, q guest
In passing out thrust something into
his hand. He didn't look at this, but
tucked it In his pocket. A little lates
when 1t occurred to him that some
body had handed him something hs
6shed 1t out Of his pocket to see what
u was. It was q dollar bill"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Determining Aoe Of Planets.

A novel idea in estimating the physi.
cal condition Of planets was put forth
by NJ. Veronnet before the Academic
DIES Sciences at recent meeting In
Paris. He based it upon calculation
Of the quantity of water that rocks
such as granite and porphyry absorb
before becoming perfectly dry.
He said that on the moon all water
has been completely absorbed by slow
diffusion as the rocks gradually cooled.
Venus is still surrounded by thick
layer of vapor, while no water has yet
been condensed ON the surface of Mer-
curry, this planet being still In con-
dition in which its geological life has
not begun, and consequently no clouds
have yet formed on its surface.
NJ. Veronnet calculates that the
rocks of our earth now contain abb
sorbed water which would cover the
earth to an average depth Of about
400 metres.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
The Emblem Of France.

The fieur de lis Is the emblem of
France, and is believed to be the
white-nowered Florentine Iris, the
flower de luce "What sayest thou,
my fair flower de luceT says the Eng
nsh king to the French princess in
Shakespeare's play. The French have
a pretty legend Of their lily which tells
that at the baptism Of King Clovis,
Of the long and perfumed hair. blue
banner came fluttering down from
heaven over which were sprfnkled
golden fieur de lis. From that time
they appear on the arms Of the country.
They have verb, "fleurdeliser," mean
ing to embroider scattered flowers over
a fabric, or, as embroiderers say, to
pepper with flowers" Edward III
borrowed the lilies of France after his
war with that country and they were
borne by England until the beginning
Of the nineteenth century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
BraziIlans Are Courteous.

Braziuans are among the most
Suavely courteous and considerata
people in the world. Etiquette is
matter of great formality. AcQuaint.
ances raise their hats to one another
In passing, no matter how often they
itnay meet in the course Of day. A
crowded street car is full Of murmured
apologies from those getting on AND
off. The Brazilians pride themselves
on having inherited the finest radi
lions Of manners and artistic feelir &
from the Latin nations Of southern
Europe. Courteous, temperamental
and courageous, the typical Brazilian
II quick to resent any encroachment
on his rights and slow to abandon The
06ht 70 maintain them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Don't Have a Double Chin.

An investigator declares that the
double chin can be controlled and very
largely mitigated. 1t depends largely
upon the carriage and pose of the head.
The person who has a repeated chin,
or is threatened with one, should re-
call and practice DR.. Edward Everett
Hale's famous advice: Look up, not
down." The person who sits, or
stands, or walks, with an erect body
and keeps the chin up-tilted, can defy
the crease and the fatty ridges.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
,rr1euceu mucn cnange IN mis respect.

per1euceu mucn cnange IN mis respect.
Yet, something over hundred years
ago, shoemaking was one of the SEM
pigments of high society," in London.
Lady Sarah Spencer, in letter to her
brother, written about the year 1903,
says: "In the evening we divide our
which is now the staple trade Of the
family. l am today in state Of great
vanity, for have made pair of shoes
there is news for you. So If all
other trades fail shall certainly es-
tablish myself, cross-legged, at the cor
ner of an alley to earn a livelihood in
the midst Of leather, avis and ham,
mers."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
LIFE PRIMITIVE AND RUGGED
Scenes on Bosom of Russia's Mighty
River Cannot Be Duplicated
Anywhere on Earth.

The days on the Volga are as alike
as the white towns strung on the Volga
chain, and all laden with a sense Of
life, sluggish and primal and poten-
tial. The scent of pines, Of new-mown
hay, Of drying nets, and the fragrance
If lilies; brawny ree-shirted sailors
shouting and splashing each other with.
water as they scrub the decks; the
whistling of grain steamers; the sound
of hammers from barges building along
the shore; anchor chains rafting as
we drop into the wharf where fisher
men are unloading their shining catch.
It is robust river life, not familiar,
but transposed into strange keys and
staged largely.
The RATS seemed the most essen
TALLY Russian part of the Volga. We
had seen them before. Gargantuan
yellow logs, as delicious looking as
taffy, dragged from a forest in Tver
and bound together with saplings, each
raft bearing a tiny hut for the fam
lilies who make the journey with the
RATS to the sea. Now we met them
on the river, peopled with rollicking
figures, who balanced themselves with
long poles and laughed and shouted
unintelligible cries to us as the surge
of the steamer threatened their foot
hold.
The crackers, borilaki, we never say;
debased men of herculean strength
muscles knotting in their hairy threats,
thews straining like horses against the
dead weight Of the barges as Riepin
had painted them. They have passed
with the sails. But the other figures
on the RATS, in the fishing boats-are
their brothers. And never have l felt
life emerging so freshly from the black
mold.-Olive Gilbreath in the Yale Re
view.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
TIE AGRA In,.iffsrsnos.


II Is probable that the height of In.
Inference is reached in the veteran ac-
tor. / saw one at the Press club re-
Gently who confirms this suspicion
thoroughly.
He is in good show, bat has a
small part, appearing only In the first
act
How is the shown" l asked him.
pretty fair, I'm told" he answered
whats it about?"
"Can't say"
"How does 1t end?"
Don't know"
For goodness sake asked,
haven't you ever seen the play? You
are In it yourself?"
NO" he answered, with look of
being bored. Several times have
thought of going around front to see
what it was all about; but, my dear
old chap, have never seemed to get
around to it. w shington Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22

Cock fighting Is still the national
sport Of the Dominicans, although II Is
declining in popularity. Under the ma
tional gambling laws cock fighting may
be prohibited. It may, however, be L.
censed by the various municipalities,
and 1t usually IL, as It yields them a
good revenue. While bull fighting is
permitted In the Dominican republic.
It has never been popular in this island.
At long intervals toreador comes here
en- route from Spain to Peru or Mex
leo, and few bull fights are held in
the various towns. but they do not at
tract a large attendance. There are
no professional bull fighters among the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Reports.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-22
Vol. 100
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 800
p. M. Rev. ]. r. JACOBS.
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock-Every Sunday II A
M. and 1880 P NJ. except End Sunda,
Mt. Jackson-Second Sunday liza
NJ. and 500 P. NJ.
REV. J. + MCMURRAY.
Paste
LUTHERAN.
Every Sunday IL A. M and 1916
r. M. Rev. s. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, IL A. M. and 7.3C
P M. Rev. J. D. HAMAKER
BECKFORD PARISH
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
Emmanuel Church, Woodstock
First, Third and Fifth Sundays al / ]
q. m. Sunday school every Sunda!
at 8. 80 q. m.
st. Andrews Church, Mt. jackson
Second and Fourth Sundays al
1915 q. m.
MALCOLM S. TAYLOR, Rector
REFORMED
St Paul's Woodstock-2nd and at
Sundays A. M. Every Sunday nigh:
Calvary-1st AMI 3rd Sundays A N
Rev. W. h. CAUSEY, Pastor.
Services will beheld at the follwins
places:
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every list. Sunday: 1890
q. IN. 3rd Sunday 7:45 p. m.
Sunday school, every Sunday $50
q. m. Epworth League, every Wee,
nesday 7:45 p. m.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 a. M.
4th Sunday 1870 p. m. Sunday schoo :
every Sunday $50 q. m.
SLATE HILL
Preaching 3rd Sunday 1920 a. m.
ELMER P. SLOANE, P. q: