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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
THE FESTIVAL
OF SUccOTH
Meaning of the Jewish Holiday Just
Celebrated Throughout Hebrew
Congregations

The festival OF Succoth follows five
days after the Day OF Atonement,
namely, on the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, Tishri, according TO
the old Hebrew Calendar, and con-
tinues eight days In ancient times
lit was one OF the three festival occa-
sions in the year when the Israelites
made pilgrimages to Jerusalem the
central sanctuary, to offer sacrifices
central sacntuary, to offer sacrifices
of thanksgiving for the harvest
fruits. From the numerous referen-
ces in Scripture to this observance
as .The Festival" it was doubtlessly
considered as the festival occasion of
prime importance in the year.
Succoth is primarily an agricultu-
booths" refers to the desert period
in Israel's history. AS enjoined in
Lev. xxiii-34-this double character
is clearly shown.
when We have gathered in the fruits
of the land We shall keep the feast Of
the Lord seven days" "Ye shall
dwell in booths-that your genera
tions may know that / made the chill
dren of Israel to dwell in booths when
l brought them out of the land of
Egypt" Concentrating therefore as
it does the historic beginning of Is
raers life and grounded in the agri-
cultural life of the people at the great
harvest of the year, we can readily
understand why it was known as
"The Feast" Other names applied
two ideas are THE Feast of Taber-
nacles'' and "The Feast/of Ingather-
ing" Like the other festival days in
Israel's calendar it was a joyous oc-
casion. "Ye shall rejoice before the
Lord" Uev. xxiii-40) "And thou shalt
be altogether joyful" (Deut, xvi-15).
In biblical times the festival
was observed with many ceremonies
of joyous character, but today, as
in the beginning, the distinctive sym
boil is the booth in which Israel was
enjoined to dwell for seven days to
commemorate the first seven days of
its normal and religious freedom.
The booth is a highly constructed
temporary abode with a thatched
roof, or constructed from boughs of
trees in such manner as to protect
from the heat of the sun and light,
yet permit free ingress of air and
light. Rich and poor, high and low,
were commanded to live in this same
kind of home. The Succoth Festival
in Isreaps life is symbolic therefore
of thoroughgoing democracy, an ideal
indeed which inheres in its age-long
struggle, from Egypt on, for liberty
and freedom. The Booth symbolizes
the House of Humanity, which, though
built and rebuilt from age to age,
must be protected from destructive
elements, but in such fashion as to
permit the free ingress of the light
of liberty and the pure atmosphere of
human freedom.
In its modern observance, the booth
is often built in the temple or syna-
cog, and pulpits are adorned with the
autumn fruits. Children's Harvest
Festivals are being held in which the
children bring their offerings of
fruits. vegetables. grains, and flowers,
to the temple, which later are dis
tributed among the poor and the sick.
The Succoth Festival begins this
year on Friday evening. September 20.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
SUBSTITUTING LOWER
PRICED COAL

In accordance with its policy of
substituting lower-priced coal where
ever possible at camps and canton
ments throughout the country, the
fuel and forage division of the Quar-
termaster Corps has been successful
in substituting n-of-the-mine btu
minous coal for lump bituminous coal
in many of the western camps and
cantonments. The saving resulting
from this substitution and from the
substitution of bituminous coal for
anthracite in many of the southern
and eastern camps last spring will
aggregate more than half a million
dollars.
The fuel and forage division has
been requested by the construction di-
vision of the Army to purchase $685.
900 gallons of road oil for use at
Is camps and cantonments in this
country. This road oil is to be used
to obviate the dust around camp hos
pitals and upon drill grounds, De-
livery of this amount of oil will re-
quire approximately 10000 tank cars.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
RED CROSS TO
SUPPORT NURSES

If any American Army or Navy
nurses are captured by the Germans,
the American Red Cross will support
them during captivity, according to an
announcement made from American
Red Cross headquarters. This decis-
ion follows closely upon the announce
ment that under the law the pay of
Army nurses. if captured. can not be
paid because they are technically not
on duty.
The Red Cross will undertake to
supply to captured American nurses
not only food and clothing, but ne
cessary money to pay their board, if
the German prison camps treat them
as of officers rank and require them
to pay for board and lodging, or go to
work as is expected of captured Army
officers. The Red Cross will assume
this responsibility until such time as
the Government changes this regula-
ton
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
PIG CLUB WINS A VICTORY

Ten thousand dollars to the Red
Cross and 100000 pounds of pork for
our soldiers overseas is what the Red
Cross Pig Club in Carroll County,
Miss, has contributed to the nation,
according to a report received by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture from o. F. Turner. county agent.
The club has 5000 members. and will
ship 80 cars of hogs 10 market. 'No
county in Mississippi" says the re-
port. has ever before seen such an
array of porkers as we now have in
Carroll The whole county is spotted
with hogs of the finest type. Red
Cross pigs are on every hill and in
every hollow. People who never had
any confidence in such things before
are studying feeds and using tankage
and self-feeders. We have pigs that
weigh 400 pounds, with litter mates
that won't weigh 100. Some of our
hogs have gained lis pounds in one
month"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
BOOK LORE
What September @Goodhousekeeping
Contains OF Interest to Readers
Annapolis. Md.
Sept. 1s. 1918.

In the September issue of Good
Housekeeping" Arthur Somers Roche
starts very remarkable mystery spy
story. THE Web Of the Spider" It's
development is so extraordinary that
it bafIled entirely the editors who
passed upon 1t.
Mary Heaton Worse contributes an
especially amusing love story THE
Strayed House" and Susan Glaspell is
represented by "Good Luck" a bril-
liant story with an intriguing psyche
logical background Madeline z. Do
~ on her way around the world.
writes about The Women of France" I"
Truly remarkable features are the
personal messages in this issue sent
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation, the United States Post Office
Department, and the Military Censor
ship. Mothers who are at a loss to
understand Why they do not hear
from their boys "Oyer There" will
find this article especially illmuinat-
ing. That there is no sex patriotism
is shown conclusiyely by Eleanor X.
Mcdonnell in her article Holding the
Real First Line" This she wrote
after she spent several weeks in a
munitions factory, playing with death
at thirty-two cents an hour. The In
stitute" deals with such important
subjects as the Efficient Household,
new methods of conserving meat and
sugar and number of tested recipes.
The same issue contains also sixteen
pages of the newest fashions.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS

Much is said about the value of
cheerful letters from the people at
home to their soldier relatives and
friends. Less is heard of the value of
cheerful letters from soldiers, and
there seems to be quite as much need
of such comment
The civilian morale needs sustain
ing just as much as the military NOR
ale. 1t is the backbone of the whole
organism, and it must be kept erect if
the whole body is to wage successful
warfare.
When soldier writes home that "he
is just from the battlefield and never
expects TO see home again" the effect
upon the mother, sister, wife or sweet
heart who gets that letter isn't ex-
actly encouraging. Depression oozes
out from such letters into the general
home atmosphere in clouds which can
hardly be dissipated
AS matter of fact. il dosen't seem
to be soldiers who have seen much
actual lighting. who write these blue
letters. 1t is the lads who have been
out in training fields for short space
and who wish to be thought heroes
and are making bids for sympathy and
glory
The boy in training camps who
writes bitterly of the terrible hard
ships" he has to undergo is also culp-
able. He had to walk twelve miles
carrying pack of sixty pounds. and
sleep in wet clothes, and it's just aw-
ful the way they make us work"
What did he expect? Is he net in
camp to learn to undergo hardship
without being hurt by it? On camp
ing expedition he would do as much or
more, and brag for years of the fun
he had doing it,
These boys do not mean TO frighten
or make miserable their people at
home. Half the letters of this kind are
written proudly or humorously. But
the written word does not carry with
1t the Joking tone. the twinkle of the
eye. The written words are fiat and
capable of differing interpretations.
The boys, therefore, should be careful
of their letters.
1t is up to each boy to remember
that his people are anxious enough
about his welfare and his real dan
gers. He should not add to the Gun
one drop of artificial worry. If he
wants TO kid the folks" with tales of
heroic exploits. of warding of shrap-
mel from defenceless generals with his
bolo knife, of taking sixty-five Huns
and four machine-guns single-handed
let him. But let him not leave in the
letter taste of bitterness and suf.
fering to be drained at home.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
CT Up p IN G S 0 F.
= CAPITAL COUPONS =

The apple of the eye is rather Wis
ionary fruit
AT the seashore there is a lot more
to bee seen than the shore.
Some people would not want to be
happy if every one else was.
Speaking of the weather, have you
ordered your supply of fuel for next
winter yet?
Now that another hospital ship has
been torpedoed the Kaiser might send
that long delayed telegram of exulta-
ton to the Kaiserin.
Banker Otto Kahn speaks of seeing
American soldiers in Paris with a girl
on each arm. What does he mean?
Twins?
A retreat to the Meuse is limited at
in Berlin. If Berlin is in doubt as to
whether the report is well founded
she can have it confirmed by commu-
nicating with General Foch.
If that heavy surtax on incomes in
excess of 100000 goes through we
suppose some of our munition makers
will have to struggle through the war
with only four or five automobiles
Holland has applied to the United
States Government for shipment of
fat No trouble at all in arranging
that Just pare down few head
walters.
Ensign P. ]. Barnes makes worlds
record for continuous fight by re-
naming in the air thirty hours and
thirty minutes. Berlin is something
less than four hours by air from the
western front. Berlin papers please
copy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
GERMAN HAVOC

we may be thankful" Won Hinden-
burg tells his Germans, .that the war
in the form II has assumed has, on the
whole. been spared in our home terri
tory
II is hardly necessary TO elucidate
the meaning of that phrase. ~the form
the war has assumed" It is. as the
world knows. the form that the war
has been given by the Germans, whom
civilization now agrees in calling
Huns, and who might more properly
be described as Vandals.
The great retreat of recent weeks
has only added to the sad tale of Ger
man wrought destruction. Hitherto
there has been nothing in modern his
tory comparable to the havoc wrought
by the German army last year when ii
fell back to the Hindenburg line and,
in so doing, made desert of Picardy.
That devastation has been repeated
now wherever they were not driven
mack too quickly to give them a
chance TO loot. burn, raze, lombard
and blast as they desired.
1t has been a revelation to the
American army. Our troops have gazed
in amazement at the long stretches
of once beautiful countryside laid
waste, farmhouses burnt. woods and
orchards leveled, bridges destroyed,
roads blown up. wells and springs
polluted and every habitable place or
everything once useful for human pur-
pose ruined and defiled.
The destruction, as usual, has not
been at all confined to military meas
ures. The city of Ham, situated on an
island and without military value
when once it's bridges had been blown
up, as systematically burned to the
ground by incendiary bombs discharg-
ed by great system of electric wires.
Montidder was razed, Noyon, though
many buildings still stand, is almost a
church after church, farmhouse after
farmhouse, has been swept from the
face of the earth, furniture has been
piled in the streets and burned, works
of art have been stolen or destroyed,
everything beautiful or serviceable
has been obliterated. They intend to
repeat this, apparently, wherever
they are forced to relinquish foreign
soil
And ii never seems to dawn on the
perpetrators of these outrages that a
day of reckoning is coming. There will
be an inevitable day when the war is
carried into Germany. 1t will be hard,
then. TO restrain the allied armies
from indulging in reprisals, against
their own instincts. If they are re-
strained, Germany will pay, in blood
and money and property, and in the
sweat and groans of her people for a
generation, fol all this senseless and
bestial destruction
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
CONTRACTS FOR TOMATOES

AS reported to the Bureau of Crop
Estimates. 1899 canning factories
contracted for the 1918 production of
213,S90 acres of tomatoes. In 1917
the same factories contracted for the
production of 2O7. .674 acres. One hun
dred and eighteen factories that did
not report in 1917 have contracted
this year for the production of 1912
acres. Eighty-nine factories were re-
ported as idle in 1918.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF 1918

The undersigned, Collector and
Treasurer of the City of Annapolis,
Maryland. hereby gives notice that the
1918 city taxes will be payable on and
after August 81, 1918, at his Office. Mu-
nicipal Building, Gloucester street
All taxes paid before the 18th day of
September, 1918, no interest will be
charged. On and after September IS,
1918, however, interest will be charged
at the rate Of six per cent. per an
mum. beginning from the said 18th day
of September.
Office hourse 8 A. NJ. to p. NJ.
JNo. B. WELLS,
t. d. Collector and Treasurer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
objects to Noises en- Gloucester S

To the Editor Of The EUenin0 Capital;
For some time past the citizens of
Gloucester street, in the neighborhood
of Hotel Maryland. have been greatly
disturbed by loud and most unseen
ly noises. often during the day and un-
til late at night. These noises con-
sist of the grossest profanity and vul-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it was
supposed to be incurable Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable- Ca
tarrh is local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Medicine,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. Ohio, is constitutional rem
edy, is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur.
faces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to
cure Send for circulars and testimon-
ials.
F. ]. CHENEY G CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

The finest thing about that first big
American drive was not the actual
gain of ground or prisoners, but the
fact, as officially reported at Wash
ington. that "all detectives were gain
ed, and in every instance the time
schedule laid down by Gen. Pershing
and his advisers was exceeded" We
can trust that army to keep right on
beating schedules, all the way to Ber-
lin.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
Important Notice as
to Draft

The Legal Advisory Board gives notice
TO Registrants for the draft I'm Anne Arun.
del County. who registered on Thursday
September II. or thereafter. that they
will be ready and willing TO assist all reg
istrants in filing out their questionnaires
on and after Tuesday. September p. al
3 a. IN.
The Attorneys who assisted in the last
draft viii assist in this draft at their OH.
ces. and the Court House nc Annapolis
will be open from 2 80 a. m until ? &c
p. m. on all week days except Saturday
when it win close at u m. The Court
House viii also be open from 30 D. m
until 10 o'clock at night on all week nights
except Saturday. for the purposes of reg
tstration- Registranfs residing in AMMAN.
oils Eastport and Germantown Precincts
of the Second District viii only be as,
sisted in their registrations mt night un-
less they are registrants who work al
night and not in the day time.
All persons writing legible hands who
desire to assist in the work Of registra-
ton will report TO the Chairman at the
Court House during the hours Of regis
tration-
BY order.
ROBERT MOSS. Chairman.
JAMES NJ. MUNROE.
RIDGELY p MELVIN.
s21-u Legal Advisory Board
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

gar language. with unearthly screams
Whether its a case of insanity or will
full disturbance of the public peace,
should be investigated by the authori-
ties. as the guests at the hotel, as well
as the citizens, are being much an
noyed by these actions OF some one.
A CITIZEN.
Annapolis. Md.
Sept. 19. 1918.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

Now we're going to help Greece to
get on her feet. The more the mer-
rier. In spite of the trouble it makes
we rather fancy this job of being a
big brother to all the world.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

1t was fine idea to launch the first
big all-American offensive on the day
we registered our full man-power.
That double blow must have nearly
killed the Kaiser.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

Somehow, sugar tastes very much
sweeter when you have to get certi-
ficate to buy it. BY the same token, if
we're put on tobacco rations. lot of
men win start learning to smoke
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


the the
addres
TO
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
NOTICE

In conformity with the requirements of
the Act of Congress, approved June 20.
1876 prohibiting any increase of the force
days next before any election to take
place for President Of the United States
or Member of Congress. except when the
Secretary OF the Navy shall certify that
the needs of the public service make sneh
increase necessary at that time which
certificate shall be Immediately published
when made, and in view Of the elections
Of Congress, hereby certify that due to
the urgency of work necessary to the con-
duct Of the war, the needs Of the public
service make increases in the forces at all
navy yards and naval stations necessary
at this time.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
Secretary Of the Navy.
Sept 1s. 1918. 2toew
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21

September 10th. TO Mrs.
William Coleman Rogers. a son. Samuel
Bryan. s21-1t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
NOTICE!

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Shoe Artist os the world. Shoes Dyed.
Market Space.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
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States from the Fifth Congressional
District.
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-09-21
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-16
British Prisoners
Cheer Their Airmen
In Raid on Germans

British prisoners In n prison camp
at Mannheim. chcored the British
oirplanes which bombed Mannheim
on December -. was told this week
by Corporal Edward Martin. an OK
changed prisoner who has Just
reached England
"lt wns nearly dinner time" said
Martin when We heard lively
dronlnR In the air. and one OF the
wounded prisoners shouted, Here
comes tn" British airmon TO strafe
the Huns"
lie had guessed N-the nationality
OF the machines from the sounds OF
their propellers, which Is quite dis
tinctlve to one who knows them
well All was excitement IN the
camp. A lot ~ the guards took 70
the cellars. but the, prisoners all
rushed out into the open 60 see their
countrymen overhead.
"In few minutes n large group
OF airplancs. flying darinEly low
passed directly over tho cnmp Their
dlstlnguishinr marks were plainly
visible to everybody. and every
prisoner cheered wildly ns the
British alrmon swept by amid a
terrific noise Of bursting shrRpnel
from the Mannheim defensea The
nirplanes soon began 20 dror bonn hs
the noise of which We could plainly
distinguish from the noise or the
guns, II was a splendid strafe. and
vet ~ oil cheering with delight
The bombardment was on a tire
mendous scale Several bombs
dropped near the camp. but not
actually on II. as the alr,mcn seemed
To know of our pres0nceA The camp
Is sFrtfully situated nsga large
muhltion works the idea being 10
protect the camp from attack. but
on TINS occasion, at any rate. the
German precautions were Of no
avail for several bombs fell IN the
factory area. although or course We
couldn't learn how large the dam,
aRe was
Tho Germans spitefuly marched
a gang OF French prisoners right
into the center " the. dnewar area
and ore poor fellow was hH on the
shoHder by n splinter. The bomb
which wounded him fell close TO
group OF tramchrs full Of Germun
munition workers who were leaving
INC factory for dinner Three cars
were overturned and Beveral per-
sons killed and injured We learnoh
enough about the raid To- know thntl
the entire city Was pnnic-atricken.
not only during the raid. but Cor
severnl days Afterwnrd
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-16

through the recruiting service. That
would extend the replacement Hys-
tenn back 60 the civilian population
Ia orderly, workable fashion. II II
argued
The task of feeding into a stpte
unit only men from that state. offi-
GERS declare II Impossible They la
sist that loohlizatlon has already In
terfered with the efficiency and
added enormously To- tho transportA-
ton and other problems n " n TO
be carried on and applied 20 the ex-
peditlOnary forces forty eight sepa
rate recruit depots. one for each
state. would have to bc set up on this
side and forty-eiEht more In France
with no possibility 81 accomplishing
any considerable degree Of locallzn-
tion even then