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GORDONSVILLE

Especial to The Times Dispatch
GORDONSNILLE, VA, March Sd.
w. Atkins has returned to his home at
Admission, Ala, having spent the past
several months at the home of his
father-!n-,aw, !. w. Harlow. in South
Gordonsvlllc
Miss B:rdie Tate left few days
stree for Slab Fork w. Va, to spend
scmc time with Mrs. i. l.. Banks.
Miss Mae KIRBY spent several days
this week with friends in Charlottcs-
vile.
Mrs Waiter Hall was the guest sew
cral days this week OF friends in
Washington.
Mrs j. H. Gill has returned from
Disputanta, where she was called by
the illness of her daughter. Miss Katie
Gill. the latter having just recovered
from an attack of influenza
Vernon Strickler, who has just re-
turned from France and who is now
at Camp Lee, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison Stricken here this
week
B. l.. Leaiic and family have returned
10 their home ~ Newport News after
spending some days with his mother.
Mrs; Lena Lcakc and other relatives
in South Gordonsvillc.
Miss Agnes l.. Bccliman left 4 few
days since to spend some time with
relatives in Greensboro, y. G.
Mrs. G. II. Smithers has returned
from visit 10 friends in Washing.
ton.
Joe Brandstettcr, who has been
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spending the past several months in
Washing ton, has returned TO his home
near town.
~. NJ Sindlinger and L. G. Leake left
this week for Newport News.
Ira b. Brooks. of Buckner. was the
guest this week or his wife at Noun
tain View
c. S. Warren. OF Penniman. has been
spending the week with his family in
the city.
NIolen Perkins, of Washington. was
a guest several days this week of his
father, II. w. Perkins, at Hotel st,
John.
Mrs. N. A. Linney has been spending
the week with her sister, Mrs. Susie
Jacobs, in Washington.
Mrs. John O'Neil. of Waynesboro, was
Ashby r. Downer was in Washing
ton Wednesday, on business.
G. r. LccllcY has returned TO Nat
ural Bridge; having spent several days
with his wife in the city,
Mr. and Mrs. +. e. Hankins and
little daughter, Vera, have returned
from visit to friends in Washington.
oscar Faber. Of Richmond. was q
grandfather. l.. J. Fabcr. in the city.
Albert Altman has returned to Wash
inrton. after a pleasant visit with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. G.. w. Altman
Mrs y. II. Martin has returned from
a visit 10 her daughter. Mrs. c. T..
Morris, at Orange.
John Lcakc. Of Richmond. was a
Fannie LealSc. near town. ' " .
! Mrs. Hattie Slaughter. OF Goshen.
! WISHED her mother. Mrs James T.
/ Bailey, in the city this week
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Garments That
Are Ready-Made
Some Exceptionally Good
Values Are Being Of
Tered IN Stores.
by R1f,A sTuyyI.sr. mr.

Tho shops this season arc offering
some some exceptionally good values in
, rrahy, 10. wear garments. especially
garments. Very often
d woman will go shopping for IA suit
ana VIII be disappointed because it has
lhfartlstlc buttons or tho wrong kind
er or perhaps it is blue Gcorgcttc
irock that is good bargain, but
tiai to mat n,r dash and charm so essen
Woman VIII purchase her ready-to-
'ef For & touch 20 approved by fashion
new spring dress in all tho desired
shades of velour. II was a boN-coat
m i,,n with set-in vest finished on
girl. whom ! know, purchased this
dress IN French blue with Il tan vest
; an removed the coat" from the dress
at the waist.
The coat was then lined with n
| light figured silk. and for a few dol
suit. ' 80 IN
a navy blue Georgette frock tina,
for sl5., was made gay by hundreds
or brilliant rcd, beige and green
beads: 1t was simple modql with
we'll weighted by deep tucks Win
conventional design OF tulips was
StaiHpcu oIi the piOuSc anu clever
little border outlined the neck and
cuffs.
bewitching beautiful evening
gown was made from a simple flesh
colored satin frocll that was merely
q bodice and narrow two piece
skirt 1t was girdled with silver cIotn
and had silver shoulder straps. The
flesh -colored satin was used as
foundation for a bright fame chiffon
overdress with a rather full skirt The
chiffon was further enhanced by bands
of dull silver thread lace and there
was an adorable little bodice built OF
chiffon and lace and tiny sleeves
The original girdle of silver was used
to finish this captivating dance dress
n skirt .of maroon -colorcd gabar-
dine was on sale recently for 50 be-
cause 1t was last years model, the bot
tom OF the skirt measuring about
two yards and half. 1t would take
very little time or trouble to rcnodel
II and bring II up to the minute
Since fashion favors the slim sill
houette this season the skirt could
be taken in to measure about yaru
and half At the bottom. The ma
terial cut or could be utilized sfor
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HARRlSONBURG NORMAL

~ Special 10 The Times Dispatch
t.HARRISONBURG. VA, March s.
Three lectures OF unusual interest
Were delivered at this school on Tues
daysand Wednesday, Of this week by
Tr. William L. Dodd. professor OF
Afnerican history in the University OF
Chicago.
Ennis. l.. d, Darst, a returned mis-
Hlonnry from Japan, was 4 guest OF
the school during the week, and spoke
10 the students several times on be-
Ialf,nof the need for additional mis-
Hlonarie5 in tho East.
- DrstM E. Brydon. of the State Board
~ Health. is giving 10 the seniors. in
s4ccSfdance with the law enacted by
The >, last State Legislature, two
weeks course in school hygiene, en-
PhaSizins especially the detection OF
diseases and deficiencies in sight and
nearing. DR.. Erydon's magnetic per-
spnality and rrotc ssional skill make
Ter .lccturcs a pleasing, as well as a
source OF profit, to the students.
- Fesdent Burruss attended the
TpeeI4nG Of the Yirs inia school trustees,
CALLED by tho Governor in Richmond
lasteweek, and assisted in the proceed :
IS. by explaining the lantern slides
shown the trustees. These slides de
picted condi. !oh.. and needs in the
SYMBOLS OF tho State, and were made
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Mrs; Stephen French at Great Falls,
y. j.
Nh and Mrs. j. o. Watts. Miss Mary
Watts and Miss Lucy Garrett are at
Seabright, Fla, for several weeks.
Mrs. Frank r. Ogden is visiting in
Roanoke.
Mrs. J, P. Arthur has returned to
Mrs. r. e. Slaughter has returned
to Roanoke after visit here.
Mrs. r. r. Craighill and Miss Nor
vie Craighin arc back from Syracuse,
y. Y.
Miss calno Johnson has returned
20 Baltimore after visit with her
sister, Mrs. oscar Burnett.
Miss julia Wherry. Of Bon AIR, is
visiting Miss Rosalie Morton.
Dr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Paxton arc back
after a two-week stay in Florida
Mrs. ID Goodman is in Baltimore TO
visit her parents, MIR. and Mrs L.
Lazarus.
Mrs. I. f. Adams and two sons have
gone TO Detroit co join Mr.. Adams.
Mrs. l. T. Williams, OF Petersburg.
has been visiting her mother. Mrs.
L. S. Moon. here
Mr., and Mrs. Hays Adams, of West
Virginia. are visiting relatives in
LvnchburE.
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ny DRAwILL,AM 4. McKEEvEn.

y
There il n class of subnormalitcs at
work among US, special investigators
and clinic researchers. who are giving
undue publicity TO what they find in
the laboratory. | do not place any
blame upon these specialists. They
merely aim 10 do thci" work thor
oughly and well and to announce their
But since the subnormal child which
they study is receiving so much pub
Lefty and the normal child pract ica II V
none, there is u constant tendency to
lead public opinion astray and into
unwarrantcd pessimiSm as regards the
young generation.
Stop TO think.
school children arc naturally feeble:
minded or inherently weak
Only Il few of tho great mass of
so-cnlled normal children but would
become retarded in some line OF study
If their health and general care were
neglected for Il year or two.
Only very few OF the numerically
superior normal class of children but
that they require some time during
or surgical treatment to keep them
in tho common class.
Only a very few Of all the school
children but arc complex embodi-
ment of strength and possible weak
ness, health and possible disease, sue
cess and possible failure
Roughly speaking, all the common
children are made UP mentally, physi-
cally and morally OF a sort Of fifty
good and possibilities of bad. SO.
forget your encouragement and so to
work in behalf of your. child and keep
working. Dig the good out of his
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The mon OF blood and iron who's. indo,,i-
table force and trclcss energy helpcd win
nc war owe much To the strength obtained
by eating coarse foods aud Icadin.: a rigor-
Gus outdoor ne" is tho opinion OF Dr George
". Baker formerly Physician and Surgeon
Monmouth Memorial Hospital OF New
Jersey
Or Baker believes that these same con.
ditions on lcsscr scale have been Of irc-
this. he says: Just "a lack Of proper foods
Tor IT'S soldiers snps the strength OF = ma ,iou.
+" u"cS want cf sufficient iron IN the blood
al men ami women reduce their power au,i
maze lhcm an easy prey 10 tho thousands OF
disease germs constantly around us ana
always ready TO attack m: constitutions 81
th" weak and rundown. it is not tho uuan-
Wy OF food YOU cat which makes YOU
strong, but i, IS the amount which IL As
Eliminated aud taken up 10y The blood
iron is absolutely necessary 70 cbsn,.
ZOO INTO living Tissue. muscle and brain.
hshh"d fooda and modern methods OF cook
which Nature intended VIC should receive ana
mere Is no DOUBT III my mind that the
,ora 50 igoas 81 wartime, with their greater
p'rCeh'aSe OF strength giving iron, hav,
materially aided IN building Up n stronger
rae OF people. But unicss this iron Is OBJ
tanned from our food IL must he gupuIiod i'm
Son'e FORM that IL easily assimiIatcd " wc
want 10 possess pOwur energy ana ondur.
Hhrc FOR supplying this deficiency and in
creasinE tho red blood corpuscIo, | know Of
nn"'hihs more effective than organic IRON
NuNated Iron. From careful examination
oi ne Formula and my own tests of NIX
+NH IRON feel convinced that il is a
PREPARATION which any physician can tate
hlinseit or prescribe for his patients with
she utmost confidence ot obtaining highly
ush.'e,ai ana satisfactory rcsUlts. The fac
( mat NuKatcd Iron is today being used nv
oter thrcc million people annually as "a tonic
| srchsth and blood builder, is in itself an
',.sH'c OF Tremendous public confidence
and ! am convinced that IL others would
| lahc NuSatcd Iron when they feel weak and
uh,u"wh IL would help mako q nation OF
''''"str' heafhier men and women"
=, IN commenting upon these conditions and
| INC probability Of building up a stronger
| f""e OF reopic 10y increasing the supply OF
| "'h ia lh''r blood, Dr Ferdinand King
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Hlh ELABORATE Finals
At VIRGINIA TECH
lt0nlmittces Named for Commence.
81 mont Exercises, Which will
VS." 30 Largely Attended.
MUArNI REUNION BIG FEATURE
Especially Significant This Year,
Owing to Large Number Of Teach
ers and Studcnts Who Answered
Call of Country for Fighters.
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81 s5BLACKSBURG. VA, March S.-A
Z meeting of the local alumni associa-
: ton of the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute was held Thursday night 10
4 appoint committees and make plans for
q commencement.
DR.. w. G. Chrisman was appointed
chairman of the committee on recep-
+ tion and entertainment. s. X. NIinter
heads the committee on decorations.
s Colonel ]. 6, A Johnson will nave
charge Of the alumni dinner and c. a.
Bcrnier will direct the alumni parade
q and field exercises.
Because of war conditions finals at
+ Virginia Tech for the past TWO years
have been simpie. but an elaborate
year. The exercises will begin Fri
Z day. June %, and continue through
I Wednesday July :. and former stu
dents by the hundreds are expected
to attend.
A special feature Of commencement
week will he the reunion of the alumni.
cause since the last reunion 50. many
9of the men have seen service in this
country and abroad.
HENRY II. HILL NAMED on
- WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
s Governor Westtmoreland Davis has
just appointed Henry II. Hill. executive
secretary of the alumni association, Il
member of the Virginia War History
Commission.
Recent statistics compiled by the
secretary OF the alumni association
show that 3I.4 OF the teaching staff of
the college saw service in the world
war.
BriEadier C eneral G. H Jamerson.
class Of 1892, Virginia Tech, and COM
manding officer of tho One Hundred
and Fifty-ninth Brigade of the Eigh-
tieth Division, was recently made di-
rector of sales for war equipment and
& confiscated war material. General
Jamerson was commandant of cadets
at the college for several years.
s. T. p Campbell registrar OF the col
H1ege, is sending out inquiry blanks TO
all: alumni, asking for cooperation in
securing employment for students OF
the college who are now returning
from service in the war.
Jesse NJ. Jones, director of the e1-
tension division; Dr.. w. =. Elicit. chief
chemist of the eNpcrimen station, and
r. Is. Wolfe, associate in the depart
Ment of agronomy, attended the meet
ing of the Southern agricultural
Workers III Birmingham last week
director Jones was made chairman OF
thc extension division OF the associa-
Non
Il s. President j. D. Eggleston was In
( EjSnchburg this week one of the
Speakers at the stewards conference
df the Synod of Virginia.
EST. Cary Johnson. Of Richmond, has
Yeceivcd his discharge from tho coast
Artillery service, and resumed his du'
OF rhetoric
E.Trank Chapman. of Newport News
has bee nelected president of the tina
ball, Joe Bcale, Of Pamplin. secretary
;, and treasurer, and G. j.. Whitmore, O.
{. .EichmOnl, leader.
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Now York physician and medical author,
says, 81 fully agree with Dr. Bakcr. IN
tho most common foods of America the
siarchcs, sugars, table syrups. candies pol
tShed rice White bread soda crackers, bis
CUTS Iuhcaronl, spaghetti, tapiuCa, suEo
farina, Disseminated corumeai. no longer is
iron To be found. Refining processes havc
removed III" iron Of Mother Earth from
thcs" Impoverished foods. and silly methods
OF homo cookery. by throwing down the
w&sto pipe the water In which our NcEcta-
tles are cooked. are responsible Cor another
grc"t iron loss.
Therefore. YOU should supply tho iron
deficiency in your food by using some form
or organic iron just as you would use salt
when your food has not enough salt. have
used Nuratcd Iron widely In my own prac-
ute IN inoat severe aggravated condti0HE.
with unfaiiug results
Or James Francis sullivan formerly ply
stefan OF bellevue Hospital tOutdOor Dent. v.
New YORK, and the Wcstchcstcr County
hospital, vas asked for an opinion Or.
sullivan said: MODERN methods Of cooking
ana the rapid pace at which people Of this
country live haa INSIDE such alarming in
crease IN IRON deficiency In the blood OF
american mon and women that ! have oft on
Inarvcled at tho large number Of people who
lack iron IN tho bluod-anJ who never sns.
poet the chus" or their weak nervous run!
down a'atc But IN my opinion you ca Mt
MAKE str"ng sturdy men Of blood and iron
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SOUTH BOSTON

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SOUTH BOSTON. VA. March s.
Mrs. John Il. llarriss delightfully."- en-
tertaincd last week in honor OF her
sister. Mrs. l., il. billiard. of Partlow,
Va.
The Halifax Chapter or The Red Cross
is charging tho work aud increasing
the efficiency of the home service de-
Dartnent. Miss Ailcync Conn, OF
Pcnniinan, Va, will arrive next week
10 devote her whole time to this cause.
Rev. }. II. Doan is chairman of this
division,
Mrs. Tom Clarke is visiting relatives
in Durham, n. G.
Tho Cleaners OF the Presbyterian
church held their monthly meeting on
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the Kind that helped win tho war-by
feeding them on metallic iron. The old
forms of metallic iron must 20 through A
digestive procosJ TO transform them into
organic Uon--NiiNated 1ron--bof fore they arc
ready To be- taken up and Hssirnilated by tho
human Hystrm. notwithstanding all that
has been said and written on this subject
by wei known physicians. thousands OF peo-
pIs still insis, in dosing themselves with mo
tallic iron simply. ] suppose. because IL
costs few cents less I strongly ADVICE
readers in all cases 10 got n physfca NJ
prescription for organic iron-Nuxated Iron
or il you don't want TO 20 to this trouble
then purchase only NuSatod Iron in its
original packages and zee that this mar
tcuar maine (Nuxat.d Iron) appears on the
packages. If you have taken preparations
such as NuX and Iron and other similar iron
products and failed to gel results remen-
Der that such products entirely dir
fcrcnt thing from Nuxatcd Iron.
Manufacturers Note: Nuxatcd Iron which
is prescribed and recommended above nv
physicians. Is not "a sccrch remedy. but one
which 'is well known 80 druggists cverv-
where. Unlike the older inorga mic iron prod
ucts. IL Is easily assmtlated nd docs not In
iure the teeth! make them black nor unset
the stomach. The manufacturers guarant ne
Succession and entirely satisfactory results
10 every purchaser they will refund vouS
money II is dispcnsed in this city by
ch:ldrcy DRUG 60. and all other druEgists@
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EXTREMISTS AND CHILD
FROM MEDICAL POINT
One Of the Nations Best-Known Sociological Writer
Discusses Work Discovered by Clinic
Researchers.

nature. find native ability and put that
to use. Repress the bad and weak
tendencies in him early and constantly
No two children are alike. If your
boy il two years behind his grade.
resent the suggestion that he is prob
your retarded child in school as long
as YOU can. then direct him patiently
into some useful line of work.
Less than 20 per cent OF the COM
mon men and women of this city could
successfully pass all the book tests
now given in the fifth grade of the
public school. And yet practically all
lions are engaged in useful occupa-
tons
Look around you. There arc a thou
sand kinds of simple yet valuable work
which may be undertaken as q sue
cessful means of self-support and as
a basis of adequate citizenship. And
none of these necessarily call for any
schooling above the ability to speak
simple English. to read the daily
paper and TO do a little rudimentary
counting
Now. ! believe in the child research
specialist. | believe in the public
school specialist, but l challenge the
right OF these TO throw the retarded
child out with few adverse and
and leave him stranded there. Such
action is proof positive to me OF the
rctardcdneSS, the unfitnesS Of these
specialists themselves,
Parent. study your backward child,
work with him constantly. pray for
divine guidance and finally lead him
on TO place OF adequate employment
respecting the case, and God will bless
YOU in the performance Of it.
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Remove Those Hairs
Roots and AL!
absolutely Now Method.

Tho new way to remove disnguring
Erowths of supcrfluous hair. roots and
all, VIII astonish and delight you. You
never saw or heard of anything like it
before. 1T Is not depilatory and not
electrical. You simply get a stick of
pholactinc from your druggist and fol-
low the easy directions at home. In q
fcw SECONDS you have removed the Of
fcndinS hairs. roots and all. With your
own eyes YOU see tho roots come right
out. Phclactine is absolutely harmless
non-poisonous and perfectly odorless--
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LYNCHBURG

LYNCHBURG, VA, March S.-B G.
Spcncer has returned from a visit in
baltimore.
Mrs Elias Richards has gone for
an extended visit with her daughter
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smart pockets and n narrow belt
Buttons ~. trim tho bolt and pockets
leave nothing to be desired Tor style.
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Iron Is Absolutely Essen.
tial to Greatest Develop
ment of Physical and
Mental Power.

why huvIfcd Iron by ItcipirE TO sup
ply fhc Iron De6cicnr! In the Blood
ofrn increases tho Strength and En-
durance OF Weak. Nervous, Rundown
Folks in Two Weeks Time.
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AND ENDUK ANCE
LIKE ATHLETES OF OLD

By Putting More Iron Into the Blood
OF Modern Men and Women on Account
OF Their Eating Coarse Foods and
Lending a Rigorous Outdoor Lfcl
Physician Says
The Republican., 1919-07-24

Rock heaps that were cities, ruins
and more ruins, stranded tanks in
frayed fields, isolated graves, singly
and in groups, bursted, abandoned guns,
scattered equipment and scrap heaps
of war, rotted sand-bags and rusted,
tanglged wire that mark the outlines
of deserted realms where Death was
king, bones and bodies that tell of
the noblest animals part in a conflict
not of his making, field Notifications,
artillery posts, pill-boxes, tank traps;
shell-shorn forests, dugouts, decay,
devastation, destruction, desolation!
We have left the fairyland untouched
by war and are again in the late en-
pire of Mars. What a comparisonl
We weary of desolation, but after
hours through the havoc wrought by
ruthless ambition, the splendid me-
teor," the heart and soul of France
flashes again into view and we are
home again in her historic capital.
And who can write, or remember, or
think of war in wonderful. princely,
picturesque Paris? Always she seems
to me like some great goddess sitting
in the center of the world with fairy
book of inimitable wonders whose
pages are turned at every step to
tell the tale of Notre Dame, of the
Pantheon, of the Grand Monarch and
Richelieu, of the Bastile, of the Great
Emperor, of ST. BarthoIomew's Day,
of the Revolution and the Reign of
Terror, of the Place De La Concorde
and all its tragic story Sermons
in Stone"-in every stone-and what
not in this wonderful world within a
world. And so no one can write here
not in Paris-and | wonder how
Montaigne. Descartes, Pascal. Vol
taire, Rousseau, Hugo, Dumas, Zola
and others found the time to trace
line because here it seems a hope
less task. For Paris is calling-al-
ways calling-and one must answer.