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Evening star., 1919-10-15
CHRISTIAN CONVENTION ENDS
Rev. DR.. G.. r. Stuart of Alabama
Speaks to Young PeonIe.

The good things of the world come
only to those who use them to bene-
mt others" Rev. DR.. George r. Stuart
of Birmingham, Ala, said last night
in an address at the final meeting of
the convention Of Christian Young
People of Washington. at Liberty Hut
Pront and happiness come only to
those who SOW" he said. Dr. Stuart
took as his subject Who is a Servant
OF God and What is Service?" He said
that true service to God comes only
in doing things in q manner to bring
praise. and said that minor duties
conscientiously done bring their own
reward
Exercises at last nights meeting
were under the direction of the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion and closed the two-day confer
ence in which six Christian organixa-
lions of Washington took part
The menediction was pronounced by
the Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, chap
lain of the Senate. Musical numbers
were given by Miss Gladys Price.
Evening star., 1919-10-15
DEMOCRATS HOLD MEETING.
State and County Candidates
Heard at Takoma Park, Md.

A largely attended mass meeting
was held last night in the parish hall,
Takoma Park, in the interest of the
democratic party. State and county
candidates at the coming election
were present and took part in the
program.
Albert c. Ritchie, attorney general
for the state Of Maryland, who is a
candidate for governor, was the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening. Maj. f.
Brooks Lee, candidate for controller
of Maryland; "Cy' Cummings of
Chevy Chase, Md, candidate for state
senator, and John A. Garrett of Rock
vile. Md. candidate for states attor-
ney, followed.
Blair Lee of Silver Spring, Nd, ia
ther of Maj. Brooke Lee, and former
United States senator from Maryland,
introduced the various speakers and
presided at the meeting. Ben c.
Davis. town clerk and treasurer of
the town Of Takoma Park, Md. called
the meeting to order. A musical pro-
gram was furnished by the Takoma
Park Orchestra.
Evening star., 1919-10-15
REPUBLICANS MEET TONIGHT.
League of State Clubs to Discuss
Important Subjects.

The first of a series of monthly
meetings to be held during the fall,
winter and spring by the League of
Republican State Clubs of the Dis
trict of Columbia, affiliated with the
National Republican State League of
Clubs, will be held tonight at the
Commercial Club, 1854 l street, at s
O'Clock.
Questions of major Importance will
be brought UP for discussion. Reso-
lutionS will he passed in memory of
the late John G. Capers of South
Carolina, who was a member of the
league and prominently identified
with the national committee of the
republican party. Mr.. Capers died
early in September. He was a former
president of the league.
Evening star., 1919-10-15
RECOMMENDSC|TY
OWN Fairgrounds
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes
Wants Recreation Places
Made Permanent.
SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT

Recommendations that all the play
grounds in the District be made per-
manent are made by Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, supervisor of the playground
department. in the annual report sub
mitted to the District Commissioners
today. The report for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1919, shows a decided
increase in playground attendance
and playground activity.
requests come frequently from the
different sections of the city," says
Mrs. Rhodes In the report, asking
that additional Fairgrounds be OPEN
ed. The time has come when the es-
tablishment of permanent play
grounds must be advocated.
For more than three years I have
made careful study of all available
play space in the District. 1t is now
time to plan for a public playground
in walking distance OF every home in
the city. AS We have in the past. plan
ned The public schools. Public recrea-
lion is recognized as proper runc-
lion for public support and as neces-
sary for the we'll being of the chill
dren- They should, therefore. be either
owned or controlled by the city
Evening star., 1919-10-15
Other Recommendations.

Other reconme ndations in the re-
port include the lighting of play
grounds at night, establishment of a
playground in Meridian Park and con-
struction of shelter houses and
dance halls to be built on grounds
Mrs. Rhodes asks that the following
Fairgrounds be Immediately purchas-
ed: Mount Pleasant, Park road near
I4th street; Park View. Warder street
and Otis place; Gallinger, street be-
tween 21st and ED streets; Logan, Sd
and G streets, and Wilcox, Columbia
road near 18th street. Mrs. Rhodes
also asks that the titles be given the
department and workers here, which
prevails in a large number of cities.
and that the supervisor of play
grounds be changed to supervisor of
recreation.
Two new Fairgrounds were opened
during the year. Mitchell Park play
ground, located on S street betw cen
I'D and Bancroft streets. It was given
to the city of Washington by the will
Of the late Elizabeth Patterson Mitch
ell and opened on April IL, 1919
Shott's alley playground. 1st street
between and c streets northeast
was opened on June Z. There is nc
apparatus in the court, but a director
has been on duty mornings and after
Moons.
Evening star., 1919-10-15
Many Fairgrounds Loaned.

According TO Mrs. Rhodes. some of
the Fairgrounds in the District are now
owned by the playground department,
but II Is a small percentage. Others are
loaned for recreation work with the
privilege of asking the department to
vacate whenever the land is sold. In
this way, it is pointed out, playground
may be established, and soon after the
owner may sell the land, causing the
playground to be constantly on the
move from one location to another. In
one case, she states, the department
has been compelled to vacate three
times in a short period of time.
There are three classes of property
used for Fairgrounds. and supervised
by the playground department, ground
that is owned by the District, grounds
that is owned by the federal govern
ment, and ground that is loaned by
private parties. All grounds are con-
Quoted under similar rules and regula-
tons Although the community needs
vary in the several sections, the general
plan and equipment is the same.
Mrs. Rhodes recommends that as far
as possible all recreation work of
the District be under one admins
rration, and that a wider use of the
school plant, in connection with rec
reation activities, be encouraged by
all workers. She also urges that
more federal reservations be available
for supervised play. and that since the
streets have been cleared of all play,
additional Fairgrounds be installed in
every part of the city, so that there
will not be child in the District who
does not have somewhere to play.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
HERE'S PERSONAL STUDY OF PEACE DELEGAT
Bx EDWARD M. TEzERRx
(Written from Paris. }


While long, dry speeches are be-
ing made at the peace congress-yes,
there are long, dry speeches-corre'
spondents while the time away In
study of physiognomy and personal
characteristics of delegates.
No common council or legislature
ever furnished a more interesting
collection Of individuals.
Lloyd George owns the heaviest
It's a toSs-up whether Clemenceau
or General Tasker II. Bliss is the
Bonar Law of Great Britain has
the biggest mustache.
Henry White. L. S. A, is the tall
est delegate. The five Japs are the
shortest. tied for honors
The thinnest delegate appears to
p pr Sir s. ?. sinha Of India
With hi tremendous turban, drawn
over one ear, his black muStache
sworthy skin and homogeneous Brit
ish uniform, he is also the most
picturesque.
Nest solemn and dignified of the
the King of HediaZ. He is slim and
straight: he walks like ramrod,
eyes front always. His lips arc
sterniy. set between a small black
mustache and a small, square-cor-
nered black beard, barely covering
and a fiat Arabic turban with cur.
tain like "back-drop," the end of
which is tucked under the collar OF
his CutawaY coat.
The United States and Great
Britain have a monopoly on the head
of the peace table, except for Con-
ference President Clemenceau, who
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
MADNESS GROWS
WHILE ASYLUMS
ARE CROWDED
Over-CroWding in New York
Cause of Alarming IN
creaseS in Insanity Says
Report

The alarming increase in insanity
has crowded the insane asylums of
New York State as never before. 1t
is claimed by those who have advo-
Gated nationwide prohibition that
alcoholic beverages have been large
Iy responsible for insanity. After
bone-dry period of few years, sta
tistics should show if this conten-
ton is founded in fact.
The story of overcrowdipg in state
hospitals for the insane in New York
is told in the annual report of the
States Charities Aid association to
the state hospital commission.
The frightfuI results of the over
crowding-its tendency to breed dis
ease, it's invitation of wholesale
death by fire or plague, its tenden-
cy to turn loose on the community
under the parole system uncured
maniacs to propagate their kind and
commit crimes of violence, its retar--
dition of recovery and its general
result in inhuman conditionS-are all
pretty well understood.
On June 1, 1915, the population
in the then IA state institutions was
1896. Their capacity was 2i,321.
The excess was $3.50.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
IRISH FIRST TO
PROVE VALUEOF
HUMBLE POTATO
Interesting History of the
Vegetable Grown in Great
Abundance All Over the
World

Thomas Carlyle once declared that
"the biggest gold nugget ever found
was never half so useful to the world
as one good mealy potato" Yet the
potato had a hard fight for recogni-
ton 1t is probable that the potato
was originally an American plant,
but it's use became universal through
it's adoption as all article of food in
Europe.
There are many claimants for the
honor Of it's introduction. Some say
that it was the naturalist, CluSiuS,
who planted the tuber in the botani-
cal gardent at Vienna in 1888, but
the Spanish say that the plant was
brought from South America about
1880. They assert it was taken from
Spain into Italy and Belgium, and
that it was from Belgian that Clu
sius obtained his roots.
Vans Discovered
There are other stories, however.
Sir John Hawkins OH returning from
Santa Fe in 1868 had with him some
potatoes, but it is more than probable
that they were yams or sweet poIa-
toes" the same that Columbus de-
scribed as mot unlike chestnuts In
flavor" Sir Walter Raleigh is said
to have got the real potato from V1r-
ginia in 1886, but his claim is disput-
ed and it is asserted that the genu-
inc Irish" potato is a native Of
Chile.
Tradition has it that Sir Francis
Drake made a present of potato roots
to Raleigh, who planted them in his
Garden in County Cork in 1894, but 1t
is not until 1910 that we have any au-
thentic record of potatoes in Ireland.
III 1897 a book on herbal medicine
was written by Gerard, the frontts-
piece to (which was a portrait OF the
author holding a potato in his hand.
When Discovered
When potatoes were first used for
fooC it was the "seed" or apple" that
was used, and it was some time be
fore the tuber was found to be the
most delicious food. Up to the end of
the seventeenth century the potato
was out of the reach of people OF
moderate incomes. 1t is recorded that
IL 1862 potatoes were sold at one
shilling (25 cents) a pound in Lon
don markets, but the sale was small
because so many people believed that
the potato caused leprosy and fever.
Others declared they were endanger-
ing their souls if they at the potato,
since the tuber was not mentioned in
the Bible.
1t appears that nothing or little
was known of the potato in Scotland
until long past the middle of the
eighteenth century. The Duchess Of
Buccleuch in her Household Book for
tho year 1901, speaks of the potato as
car esculent of great rarity"
There is no doubt that the Irish
were the first people to recognize the
value of the potato as a staple article
cf
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11

Mrs. Aimee Scmple Mcpherson, the
only woman evangelist in the Unit
ed States, has now ridden west II
her gospel car" determined to as
sault the castle of sin by the meth
DDS of female Billy Sunday.
Her great success in organizing
and conducting revival campaigns
on the largest scale, is a unique dem
onstration of Womal'S fitness for
this most difficult of professions.
woman brought sin into the
world, according to the Bible says
Mrs. Mcpherson. 1T was Eve who
fed Adam the forbidden fruit. So
it's up to the daughters of Eve 70
undo that evil and help remove the
curse of wickedness from the world.
II have crossed the continent with
a burning call to make my work
nationwide. Why should /, be-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
16O Her1s-15OO Eggs

Mrs. II. N. Patton, Waverly, Mo-, writes
81 fed boxes of More Eggs to my hens
and broke the egg record. l got 1900 eggs
from 100 hens in exactly 81 days" You
can do as we'll. Any poultry raiser can
easily double his profits by doubling the egg
production of his hens. A scientific tonic
mas been discovered that revitalizes the
flock and makes hens work all the time.
The tonic is called ''Gfore Eggs" Give
your hens few cents worth of More
Eggs" and you will be amazed and de-
lighted with results. More Eggs" will
double this years production of eggs. 50 if
you wish to try this great profit maker
write E. J. Refer, poultry expert, 517?
Refer Bldg, Kansas City, Mo, for 81
package of More Eggs" Tonic. Or send
50 % today and get three regular 81 pack.
ages on special discount for q seasons sup
ply. million dollar bank guarantees ii
you are net absolutely satisfied, your money
will be returned On request and the More
Eggs costs you nothing. You take no risk.
Write today. Pin dollar bill to your let
ter or send $2.25 special discount for pack
ages. Or 2sk Mr.. Refer to send you free
his poultry book that tells the experience
of man who has made fortune out of
poultry.-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
GIRLS! THICKENANI)
BEAUT|FY YOUR HAIR
AND STOP: DANDRIJFF
Try this! Your hair Gets
Wavy, glossy and abun-
dant at once

To be possessed of a head of
heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous,
fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff
is merely a matter Of using lit
tie Danderine.
1t is easy and inexpensive to
have nice, soft hair and lots Of it.
Just get a small bottle of Knowl-
tons Danderine now for few
CentS-all drug stores recommend it
apply d little as directed and with
in ten minutes there will be an APP
Learance of abundance, freshness,
tlutfiness md an incompatible gloss
end lustre, and try as you viii you
cannot find a trace of dandruff or
falling hair, but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when you will see new hair-flne
nd dOWnY at first-yeS-but really
lew hair-sprouting out all over
your scalp-Danderine is, we believe,
the only sure hair grower, destroy
er of dandruff and cure for itchy
scalp, and it never fails to stop fall
ing hair at once.
If you want to prove how pretty
and soft your hair really is, moisCen
cloth with little Danderine and
carefully draw it through your hair
taking one small strand at a time.
Your hair will be soft, glossy and
beautiful in just a few moments
a delightful surprise awaits every
one who tries jthiS.-(A dVt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
Woman Despondent
Over Finances Ends
Life by Taking Poison

Because she could not earn money
enough to keep her two little boys
with her, Mrs. M. C. Bostwick, tele-
phone operator for the l.. & N. rail-
road, ended her life last week, taking
bichloride of mercury tablets in her
apartment in Atlanta.
She was separated, but not divorce
ed, from her husband. In spite OF
every effort she found it impossible
to support her two little sons, one
six years and the other eight, and
they were sent to live with relatives.
Because of her longing for them
and partly because of i'll health, she
became respondent.
Mrs. Bostwick left the following
note on the dresser in her room. 1t
was intended for her sister, who
lives in Atlanta:
81 have tried to bear my troubles,
but I've come to the point where L
can't any longer. I am so miserable
1 have stayed away from you for
that reason. L would be glad for you
to have Robert. Don't let them know
about me. Forgive me. M"
Robert is one of her two little
boys.
Mrs. Bostwick was twenty-siX
wears old. Her home was in SaVan-
nah before she came to Atlanta.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
CONFERENCE IN PARIS

are the Czecho-Slovaks and the Serbs.
Delegates of other nations fill the
Other places down the two sides OF
the horseshoe.
The peace table, true to metaphor,
is a green table. The delegates sit
on red-covered chairs. Tapestries
and kangings of the room are red.
The carpet is red. In front of each
paper Wilson and Clemenceau sit
in high backed, gold-mounted chairs;
the others have small ones like fam
lily iining-room chairs. Somebody
overlooked Lloyd George in handing
out the ornate seats.
A well-known American magazine
writer roaming around the edge OF
the crowd of newspaper men in the
ante chamber, sitting in the various
ornate chairs not used to stand on
by understood correspondents, said :
"I wonder what famous parsonage
maybe king, queen, emperor or
prime minister-frst sat in this
thing?"
Gosh! But this is an historic
place." he meditated, gazing about
revently, III bet the guy who built
it never thought crowd like TINS
would be kicking around it! Gosh.
What difference few years
makei"
Clemenceau wears gray gloves to
the conference.
More than 500 tiny electric bulbs
light the peace conference room
They are fixed on candle ends, clus-
tered in four huge gold and crystal
chandeliers suspended from the cell
ing and half a dozen wall candelapra
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
I4IDEOUSTORTURES
IN ORPHANS HOME
TOLD BY CHILDREN
Continued from Page y

y story almost as terrible--an
eyewitness account of how Mary
Clayton, two years old, was miners
ed in icy water, was told by Paul
Bateman, age ten years.
He seemed. more than the other
children, to realize the tragedy Of
Wha the was telling. His eyes would
open and shut and a pitiable, yearn-
ing expression would come across
his face.
Mary" he said, did like Mar
jorie. She was too little to know.
water and pat it into a, tub. Then
she took all Mary's clothes off and
washed her mouth with nasty stuff
soap and quinine."
she poured sn+ water n6 on ke6 Mar 5eT
6efe ne eng Tfh 1e on WHEN M aTy a
out She couldn't stand up. Her lips
were all puffed out and she couldn't
talk. She's in the Grady hospital
now"
FOURTEEN years, was sitting on the
side of the bed as Paul talked. TG
get some order out OF the confusion
of stories, the children were coming
into the room a few at time to tell
in their brief, boys Or girls way,
sit down on the side of the bed to
be near you. Others, the older ones,
would stand further out toward the
middle Of the room.
when 1 first came here said X.
F.. "she wanted to whip me, and
told her sh. couldn't. She tied my
hands and my feet, and Mr.. Camp
bell put his knee on my neck. Ihen
thay left me tied up and lying on
the floor in the closet, while she went
to dinner. When she came back She
kissed me.
"A 1i++1o lo+ar on mo and Albert
Rankin ran away, but we came back
that night. They took our clothes
off and tied us and laid us down
on the floor. l was tied just like q
tongue was almost out of my mouth
and [ couldn't talk"
I'm twelve, going on thirteen he
| said. Because L couldn't say
Smyrna right, she pushed my head
against the wall and mashed my
: when the blood got on the floor"
Warrants sworn Out
Warrants were sworn out for Mrs
! EumDOell'S arrest on Friday after Ii
| d. Webb and j. H. Webb, residents OF
! the Greenwood station nCigkborhooc
on the Atlanta Marietta car line, hat
! been called into the orphans home
| bv a little girl who asked them tt
! prevent Mrs. Campbell from "beating
my little sister to death. The two
| men were passengers on an inter
urban car and the little giri ran III
to the tracks as the car stopped neal
| the home.
The two Webbs and several otheI
passengers got off the car and en-
tered the institution. They testified
az the hearing that after having beer
kept waiting for several minutes Mrs
Campbell appeared and Smliingly in
| sisted that none of the children were
being mistreated. but that one o,
them had merely been chastised- fol
| misconduct.
The "Undencminational Orphans
! Home" was established by Mrs
Campbell at Collins switch in Octo
Der, 1917.
c. c. Campbell husband of tht
woman who is held in the Cobb coun.
ty Jail is said to be absent. on {
business trip to Raleigh, N. c.. haV
ing left several days ago.
The Cobb county grand jury vii
Investigate the case at it's first ses
sion on March 10.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11

phia. After that series, feeling her
self called west, although she had
backing she bundled herself and her
two children into the gospel car"
and set out.
Her spiritual summons to become
an evangelist, she says, followed q
protracted illness in which doctors
despaired of her life after severe
operations.
Then one day came the message,
will you go out and preach now" |
promised would go, and was mirac-
ulously healed. l have never been
i'll since that day"
Mrs. Mcpherson married the evan
gelist who was responsible for her
conversion, and together they did
missionary work in China, preaching
in England and Ireland on the way
thither.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
Valuable Information Free

The valuable information which
Mrs. Pullen read in a newspaper
many years ago and gave to her son,
together with further important
facts, will be sent free to any read
er of this who writes to Eugene M.
Manasquan, n. J., enclosing a stamp
for reply. Mention the kind OF
rupture you have, whether on right
or left side and what you have all
ready done in your effort to cure IT,
A legion of cases of all kinds of rup-
turC in men and women, including in
guinal (groin), femoral, navel, scro-.
tai, etc, have been reported COM.
pletely healed. Age seems TO make no.
difference=(AdVt q.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
Plan to Restore Famous Canal;
LOCO Miles Lone: J. 50O.Years Old

lie oldest canal in the world,
dating back nearly $500 years, and
also the longest canal, measuring IN
the main section nearly 1000 miles,
is that extending from Hanchow,
south of Shanghai, China, to Pekin:
Most of this canal has been filled
with mud by overflOWs of the Y ell
low river, but the southern portion
of it still constitutes a very busy
waterway
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11
RATS MULTIPLIED

A great increase in the rat pop
ulation of England is thought to be
due largely to the decrease in the
number of dogs, which have been
gradually starved out by the eXigen-
ciess of war, the feeding of dogs haV-
ing become a serious matter when
food WAS scarce,