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The Washington times., 1918-03-17

written an open letter to Musical
America suggesting a patriotic service
that the music clubs OF the country
may perform for the good OF the boys
in khaki.
He asks the "folks back home" to
buy "smIIage. books" for the boys in
camp, referring to the "smilage" cam
paign that Is now being conducted by
.he military entertainment council of
the War Department. He asks:
rs 1t necessary to explain what a
smilage book is? Well, the War De-
partment issues IS and 81 books of D.
cent tickets, which, when presented
at the box office entitle the holder to
admission TO any Liberty Theater or
auditorium in the camps.
Again he asks: "Why cannot the
soldiers pay for their own entertain
ment? Because their pay is but $50
a month, and after the Government
has deducted the allotment to depend
ents, and the payments on Liberty
bonds and insurance, the boys have
little money left for any purpose. In
other words, through the kindness OF
people at home the soldiers are en-
abled to enjoy jolly entertainment
such as makes them fit to tackle the
next days drilling with renewed zest.
Persons in the musical world
ought to be especially sympathetic to
a pIea for entertainment for the sol
dIers, and the music clubs have the
machinery for selling large blocks OF
smilage books, just as do the Rotary
clubs, the chambers OF commerce, and
other bodies.
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
GALL-CURCI SETS
ANEW STANDARD
FOR COLORATURA

The musical rneteors who have flashed
across the high heavens OF the present
prolific season of music in the United
States are quite numerous, and specula-
ton Is rife as TO their chances for en-
during fame
Sceptical New York looked askance at
the advent of a colortura soprano. dis
covered" IN Chicago. but Mime. Ameiita
Galli-Curci came. was heard, and con-
quered without question. And now the
critics are vying with each other in
prophesyinS that her vogue is not a
thing of the moment. but that this new
song bird possesses not alone her '1ittle
bag Of tricks" as w. J. Henderson in
the New York Sun says OF the coloraturA
who comes and goes. but that hers is
the voice with that indehnable quality
q voice with-a universal appeal"
Mime. Galli-Curci has established a
standard for the colorAtura-a standard
Of rich musical beauty, that she sus-
tains throughout all her vocal gymnas-
tics and elaborate runs and trills and
top notes which. as a separate achieve
ment in the realm of singing. have been
passing from favor In the last decade.
GaIli-Curci brings to these virtuoso ex-
cellencies a spontaneous naturalness as
free and unhampered as the song Of a
bird. But she has besides the human
thing that touches the heart. And where
does 1t come from7 Where does person
Atty come from7
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
NO SILK HATS NOR
DANCING SLIPPERS
NEEDED IN BELGIUM

Destitute Belgians and French peo-
pie living inside the German lines
must have 5000 tons of clothing dur
ing the next few months, says the
American Red Cross in a new appeal
for aid.
All sorts OF mems. women's, and
children's clothing are wanted, but
request is made that no stiff hats. no
fancy slippers. and no goods con-
tanning rubber be sent for shipping
reasons.
The Red Cross will collect the
clothes during the coming week and
will send them in cargo ships and
grain boats OF the Commission for
the Relief OF Belgium, OF which Her
bert Hoover Is chairman.
Even wealthy Belgians are suffer-
ing from the stringency. Highway
men frequently rob civilians Of their
footwear
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
SUFFRAGE FORCES ARE
ANSWERED BY TILMAN

Senator Tillman Of South Carolina
has replied to the college women OF
his State who have been bombarding
him with suffrage petitions. The
Senator says in a statement:
'''Of course, they did not expect me
to comply with their request. know
ing my attitude on this question. I
think the women will get the vote
in time, but II. is not a question for
the National Government to decide,
and any interference in Washington
in regard to the ballot Is contrary to
my ideas of eonstitutionality."
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
Do Not Neglect a Cold,
However Slight

That Is just plain common sense. The
man or woman, as well as the child. who
regards cold as slight thing, and per
mits II TO go on. IL apt TO pay heavy toll,
In spell OF La Grippe perhaps indeed
pneumonia Go to your nearest drug store
and get q tube OF Cu-Mor-a catarrhal Jelly
that Is Lot only pleasant TO use, but IS the
essence OF effectiveness. il comes in a tube
that terninates In a long. slender point
that slides easily into the nostril so that
the catarrh Jelly gets straight TO the source
OF the catarrhal condition, bringing speedy
relief.
Watch how swiftly Mr.. Cold speeds.
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
Cops to Cover Beats
High Above Broadway
In Nifty New Planes

NEW YORK, March 17.-Aerial
police will soon be added to New
York's police reserve.
Commissioner Enright has
worked out a plan to add a corps
Of fiieEs to his force. One hum
dred men will form the nucleus
of this new air defense unit.
The duty Of the aerial police
will be to protect New York in
case of air raids or to act as
messengers should communications
be interrupted in a great catss-
trophe.
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
Platinum AT Premium
May Force Poor Girlies
To Wear Plain Gold

The war went home to mi-lady
today.
The woman's National League
for the Conservation of Platinum
issued a warning to all American
women to prepare for a Federal
order communicating rings. brace
lets, mesh bags and other jew
elry containing platinum
The statement carried no off,
cial weight. 1t set forth the be-
lief, however, that such a COM
Wandering order may come.
Statement was made that the
normal consumption of platinum
is 165, 900 ounces OF refined metal
per year There are now avail
able but $1,000 ounces Of crude
metal
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
MAYO, NOTED SURGEON,
ON ACTIVE ARMY LIST

DR.. Charles II. Mayo. the noted sur
reon. of Rochester, Mimi. has been
placed on active duty in the medical
corps OF the army. in which he holds
a commission as major. After a trip
Of inspection to Southern camps,
Major Mayo will be on duty here. He
has been aiding the medical depart
ment in an advisory capacity for
some time.
The Washington times., 1918-03-17

One tiny episode in that delightful
drama Of several years ago. the quaint
play Of Romance" as played by Doris
Rean. seems 10 express to the writer
some Of the charm Of Galn-Curci.
Do you remember when the little
italian, who had been trying 20 hard to
nt herself to the conventions Of the
social life in which she is placed. sud-
denly reverts to the native thing that is
essentially herself? In the midst Of one
Of her. trying social experiences she
hears a street organ grinder, and going
to the open window she sees that he has
a monkey. In an outburst Of sheer Joy
at the relief of finding something that
belongs to her own native world. she
almost shouts out a volley OF Italian,
talking to man and to monkey as though
they had brought her again the sun
shine and the happiness Of which she is
being robbed.
That is the quality Nine. CALI
Curci has in her singing. Her glori-
GUS song is a natural outburst that
has no mark of artifice. no mark of
the technique that has made ii pos
sible II we now applaud the natu-
ralistic school of acting, then Nine.
Galii-Curci has come and has placed
before US the naturalistic standard OF
vocal gymnastics" IL you will
warmed with the glow OF her sunny
Italy-and for all time she has ban
ned the meaningless singer of runs
and roulades and has said, in hel
song. that beauty is its own excuse
for being"
The Washington times., 1918-03-17
CAN
CODE MESSAGES
AND FOOL SPIES

Hinder the Hun-that il the idea OF
a Washington genius, who has just In
vented a typewriter ION which state
and war messages can be written out
In a secret code impossible for an
enemy to decipher.
This genius is Mr.. B. ". Des Jardins.
Of 1900 y street northwest
His work consists of combining two
typewriters by a mechanism in which
his intricate machinery Is concealed.
This mechanism enables the machine
to write out different cipher for
each letter copied, so that there can
be millions of different combinations,
a new one for each letter. hence II is
impossible for any enemy to discover
the key-by the time he found how to
read one letter, that key would be
useless for the second missive.
One Machine Codes.
In using, paper is put in both ma
chimes. The writer uses the one at
the left hand, writing out the letter
just n plain common language. This
is reproduced In the paper In the ma
chine on the right, but in cipher, and
the letters are all placed in rows OF
five. Punctuation points count as let
ters in the cipher. One word, written
out, might be ten letters long. anoth-
er only three, yet the machine on the
right hand will print the lines off al
ways with exactly five letters in a
word.
Now, the person receiving. having a
duplicate set OF these twin machines
has only to put the cipher-bearing
letter before his eye and copy off the
letters on the left-hand machine ex-,
actly as they look to fim-the result
will be that on the machine at the
right hand the letter will appear on
the paper in ordinary English. cor
rectly spelled.
in other words, while the first ma
chimes put the note in cipher code, the
second set will turn this cipher code
back into ordinary United States
talk. And the tiny mechanism which
does this also automatically changes
after each note and takes on a new
combination, so that a general might
send out a hundred cipher-code let
ters day. yet each would be In an
entirely different style and require
a new key to be discovered before it
could be read by an enemy.
Trying Them Out.
This invention is now before the
War College. and is likely to be
adopted by the State Department as
well. The person receiving the let
ters has to know the key TO which %
set the machines going. And they are
ooliged, also. TO be equipped with
the twin typewriters united by the
Des Jardlns invention to be able to
get results. A Times reporter wrote
out the following:
Somewhere in France.
american engineers have blown up
stone bridge. JONES"
II appeared as follows in cipher
code on the right-hand machine:
"Cws-, vu.ma f-.lxJm.
rIduna jhuih f.-m; e. Ian isauy
an.uw amdfj. im,.s >; wSD-K.T
Mr.. Des Jardins has devoted n life
time to the study OF machines of the
tabulating order. and made wonderful
successes In some of his inventions.
The Washington times., 1918-03-17

10000 New People
$500 by July first"
washington Times, March
IS, t9tS.)
These people must be
housed.
There are 1s4 houses
supporting ''For Rent or
Sale" signs, Mr.. Goodwin
says.
Renting Rooms
is Profitable
Patriotic.
Let US set you up in the
business. You find the
house.
Hecht & Co. will finance
you. We will put in furni-
ture, rugs, carpet, linoleum,
towels, bed linen, mat
treSses, pillows, spreads,
comforts, blankets, kitchen
furnishings.
You may pay us as you
are paid. We desire to as
siSt in solving the Housing
Problem.
We believe that this is
real social and patriotic
service. Come in and let
us talk it over with. you.
Ask for Mr.. Stokes. He will
explain the whole plan.
If all loyal Washing
tonians will set about it, Mr..
Goodwin thinks the Central
Renting Bureau may be able
TO dig up places for 10000
people-and there are four
times that number coming.
HECHT & CO..
9TH Street, Between E & F
The Washington times., 1918-03-17

That same vital element in music
has been successfully expressed in a
recent production, or rather adapta-
tion, made at the Metropolitan Opera
in New York. The dramatic quality
that is always present in the oratorio
works of greatest value has received
a most interesting test in THE Leg
end of st. Elizabeth" the oratorio of
Liszt, that has been put into operate
form by Conductor Bodansky OF the
Metropolitan Opera, and that was
given a superb presentation there.
This metamorphosis of a work of
sacred Journalism into a thing of
picture and action shows what a
change has come to the traditional
and acknowledged form of opera, and
also how the dignity Of the music
drama of Richard Wagner has made
this change acceptable For Richard
Wagner wrote what may truly be
called a holy" opera in his "Parsi-
fal" And to his glory be it remem-
bered that he guarded it from being
produced with ''profane" hands by
keeping It safely cloistered in the
consecrated opera realm of Bayreuth
until the world had learned that 1t
was n thing apart, thing to ap-
proach with reverent hearts and
hands, even though il held the form
of secular art work.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
FRENCH ARE TO USE
ALCOHOL IN CARS
Makes Satisfactory Fuel When
Mixed With BenzoI and
Gasoline.

Immediately after the war it is the
intention Of the French government to
put on the market, for the use Of
motor cars only, a quantity of not less
than 100000 gallons of alcohol. This
cannot be used alone in the present
type of internal combustion engine,
and as there is no desire to change the
engine to absorb the new fuel suitable
mixtures will have to be made with
the alcohol. 1t is estimated that after
the war there will be available total
quantity of 100000 gallons of benzol
The dyeing industries and perfumery
makers will require 3,500,O00 of this.
leaving 11.500,0O0 available for motor
car use.
A mixture of so per cent alcohol and
50 per cent benzol is suitable for en-
Evening star., 1918-04-28

sists of state monopoly of alcohol.
steady prices will be assured and impor-
tant users of motor cars will be induced
to adopt this fuel As compensation
and as a steadying influence against vari-
ations in the supply of alcohol produced
from beets. synthetic alcohol now Is be-
ing produced by the calcium factories in
the Alps and other mountainous districts
Of France. BY reason Of the war these
factories have been obliged to enlarge to
an enormous degree. and. although not
able at the present time to produce syn
thctic alcohol in any great quantities.
they would be in a position to produce
it under very economical conditions on
the return Of peace.
Before the war France produced COM
paratively little benzol. and although this
fuel was used exclusively by Paris taxi
Evening star., 1918-04-28

rich in alcohol to be suitable for the
carburetor.
The Paris Compagnie Generate des
Voitures. which controls most Of the
taxicabs of Paris, has discovered. how
ever, that a very suitable mixture can
be obtained by so per cent alcohol. 20
per cent benzol and Is per cent gasoline.
The benzol will dissolve both the alco-
hol and gasoline. making . homogeneous
mixture. On this basis the whole Of the
22.0O0.000 gallons of alcohol. which
could not be absorbed completely owing
to the limited supply Of benzol. can be
made use Of in present type engines.
Before the war France imported S.
100000, gallons Of gasoline. most Of this
coming from America. 1t 10 estimated
that the quantity required during the
first year of peace will be 132,000,000
Evening star., 1918-04-28
them easy. except during a short period
in the spring.
Years Expenditures.

During 1916 $272.6s4.424 was spent
on the roads Of the country. plus
statute and convict labor worth about
5000 900, and about $15,OOO.0OO paid
out in interest on road bonds.
The labor and interest items cannot
be estimated accurately. but 1t Is GER
tain that the total expenditures on
roads last year were moro than $500.
100000.
The cash expenditures in 1915 amount
ed to s266.979. .339. and in 1914. $240,
some slowing down Of the road pro-
gram in 1916. largely due to labor and
material conditions.
The cash expenditures in 1916 were
less than those in 1915 in Connecticut,
Florida. Idaho. Louisiana. Maine. Mary
land, Massachusetts. Michigan, Mis-
souri,. Montana, New Hampshire, New
Jersey. New York, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania and Virginia,
Evening star., 1918-04-28

cabs. most of IL was imported from Ger
many and from England. Since 1914 the
gas companies have been obliged to ex-
tract the benxol from the coal treated by
them. This extraction reduces the caloric
quality Of the gas. but not. however. to a
very serious degree. 1t Is not thought that
the government will allow the benzol TO
be left In the gas Immediately peace con-
dttions return. Supposing only twenty
grams OF benzol per cubic meter are
withdrawn. there will be total supply
In France Of Is. 900 900 gallons.
Evening star., 1918-04-28

acid to ten parts water and dip in 1t
the parts from which it in desired to re-
move rust. Next dip them in q bath of
bet lime water and keep them in it un-
dry immediately on being taken out.
Then rub the parts with dry bran or
sawdust and they will be found to be
perfectly clean and may be painted
with fireproof paint. blued or nickeled.
Evening star., 1918-04-28

Binding of the bushings that sur
round the push rods frequently causes
trouble. This may be caused by the oil
becoming gummy or by valve grinding
grit that has gotten down into the in
terror. II the aperture is closed with a
cloth before the valves are ground this
latter trouble will be obviated.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
Gather Facts Slowly.

ANYBODY who has attempted TO gather
such information knows that the dim-
Guilty in obtaining road data from some
states within year is great owing 10
the necessity OF obtaining 1t with the
help Of slow-moving and loosely or
ganized county boards. which must de-
pend in turn on township officials in
some cases.
1915 there were 2.445.761 miles of rural
roads in the country. of which Si,041
miles were surfaced in some way. In
other words. only IL y per cent of the
roads were other than dirt. which
would Indicate that the great road
problem in the country for many years
to come will be to secure the most
economical and efficient improvement
of dirt roads.
1t is on these roads that the greatest
place. and it is these roads which pre-
sent the greatest obstacle to rural de-
velopment and unimpeded travel
through their mud and dust and steep
grades.
Bay State in First Place.
The office of public roads reports
that of all the states Massachusetts has
the greatest percentage. 47.6 of her
roads surfaced. Then come Indiana,
with 42.5 per cent: New Jersey. with
40.5: Ohio. with 365; Rhode Island.
with 34.5; kentucky. with %; New
York. with 22.1; Connecticut, with 23,
and California, with 20.2.
Indiana and Kentucky hold their po-
sitions on account of extensive use of
gravel. and ii is somewhat misleading
to class gravel roads suitable for light
travel with the expensive types of
construction used for surfacing in Con-
necticut. for instance. 1t should be un-
derstood that the figures refer to all
kinds of surfacing and are not re-
frfc al tn -hof 1ar1
pavements' by some authorities.
The smallest percentage of surfacing
has been done in Oklahoma. where
99.3 per cent of the roads are dirt
Other states with low percentages Of
surfacing are South Dakota. with 8
per cent; Iowa. with per cent: Kansas,
with 1.3 per cent: North Dakota. with
Is per cent. and Nebraska, with II
per cent.
Here again ia a possibility of mis-
understanding, for the excellent mainte-
nance Of many of the dirt roads of
Iowa makes riding and hauling over
Evening star., 1918-04-28

other changes than slight modification
to the carburetor.
Used Mixture Successfully.
The General Omnibus Company of
Paris made use of this mixture for
two years with very satisfactory re-
suits. only abandoning it owing to the
fluctuations in the price of alcohol. On
a so per cent mixture the supply of
benzol will not be sufficient to absorb
all the alcohol available. and it is i'm
possible to mix the alcohol with gaso-
line, owing to the fact that alcohol is
not soluble in gasoline. If the two
were used together the gasoline would
be used up first. leaving a fluid too
Evening star., 1918-04-28

. The Emergency Fleet Corporation
will not commander any moro dwell
ing houses for its workmen in Phila-
delphia. the 500 houses taken Tuesday
being sufficient for present pressing
needs.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
Alcohol Supply Is Large.

There Is practically an unlimited sup
ply Of alcohol available from France
and the French colonies. hut, as Is well
Known. this fuel cannot be used alone
without important notifications in the
present type of engine. and ii cannot
be mixed with gasoline. This reduces
the French to mixture of alcohol and
benzol, which is already we'll known
and was used to a considerable extent
before the war
Under the government plan. which con-
Evening star., 1918-04-28
ROADSOF COUNTRY
! HARD TO ESTIMATE:
Government Also Has Trouble
Getting Figures Regarding
\ Annual Expenditures.
INTERESTING DATA SHOWN

Government officials have found it a
difficult undertaking to ascertain the
extent of the roads of this country and
the amount Of money and its equivalent
in labor which are spent on them an
nually.
The more important roads are under
the care of state officials. from whom
information of this character is OBJ
tanned, or county officials where strong
county organizations are in charge OF
the main highways. but there is large
mileaeg Of local roads, often little more
than lanes or lines of ruts across the
prairie or desert. of which there is no
record, although they are public prop
erty.
Consequently, statistics of road mile
age and construction in some of the
states are accurate only with respect
to the highways. and the lanes and
other roads of local interest are neces-
sariiy estimated.
The best data Of this kind are those
prepared by the United States office OF
public roads and rural engineering in its
detailed summary of conditions at the
close OF 1916.
Evening star., 1918-04-28

kAx1OW I1lC xC1 111S
1000 Mile Test?
You have read that stock Maxwell a. and
an AND s tss p t Of d I % Ig p 1eu test the Maxwell miles "
But have realized the full significance
phsd THAT ps%n 1sss car IN the world has 'F or even
In word did take this seriously when heard t7
Or did down "sng stunt the publicity something
study
A that @ s e s essy sssss % s:. saa eeas: the
do
That's why there AA.A.
This o. ooonle Maxwell official
it's value to you
proves absolutely the quality of the Maxwell buy
For verify tais a "stock" Maxwell. Listen
o besn "sed 's
Evfy Every tz @ unit was as critically inspected Then the car was a''snbd
A. sc We had much % & at stake and the test was made winter % to
Sounds reasonable doesnta?
they permission to do any thing .s. s:
For would not permit rubber the magnetot
the szs We 50 500 course ~asn not '''S' on
sz s:; @ s ss:'
es %st the sss ps: @ 1s 2s;s @ sa s % qp made
% s@ :9s 7 S sns
special permit to tire.
1T isn't stockr
That
any buy any anywhere
We glad now-mighty glad-hat gidy
enforced
supervison-and comply with the
And it will have 60
For Maxwell set the standard when wonderful
complied hthoseru and madego good.
Every drop gasoline and oil and and by
the inspectors themselves They would let nl
checking
And it had to be there
And minute beside driver
the
night for a. days and nights!
There technical
Tits interesting know the circumstances
road ahead
the observers thought stopped
did
had indeed staled) when the clutch let
to
wonderfully well
under those conditions ~ dys-22 o22 miles without
The gasoline
troubles distance
attestd under oath and guaranteed by the A. AA.
Evening star., 1918-04-28

gallons. and as the great increase in the
further supply from the United States
somewhat doubtful the authorities are
seeking as far as possible to assure
Evening star., 1918-04-28

Cup Tires. Bar Circle Tires. Auto
Tubes Ton Tested" and other
Pennsylvania highest quality prod
ucts. is constantly maintained. Free
air service to all car owners is avail
able, and local or distant orders are
filed and shipped promptly.