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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

WANTED-Young couple desires
two or three rooms, must be mod
ern and located in Alexandria.
Address Box B, Care of Gazette
Oaico 22S-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR RENT-After the 18th of Oc-
tober, d house at 40S Wilkes
Street. Call 476J-1. 23S-3p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR SALE-Nine house.
furnished, SOB Prince Street. can
be seen any time. Address J. W.
Monroe, Box 1874, Alexandria, Va.
233-10p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

WANTED-A capable man as ware
houscman and assistant clerk.
One who can use typewriter pre-
ferred, but not necessary. Only
those who will work steady and
wants a permanent position need
apply. The Texas Company.
;238-Sc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR SAL.E-Six room frame house
in fine condition, all modern inl-
prcvements. located in Del Ray.
three minutes walk to electric
cars. Immediate possession. price
$500, also nice four room ,bung-
allow, just across the street, also
in fine condition. Lot IS feet
front, all modern improvements.
Price $500. Apply Fountain
Beattie, ,305 King street. 239-3p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

WANTED-Modern apartment. Will
pay good price for same. Address
Box r, Care of Gazette Office.
22S-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

WANTED-Young lady to clerk in
local jewelry store. Apply by let
ter only. Address "Clerk" Care
of Gazette. 23e-3c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR ~SAIE-Mahcgary living room
suite. American walnut dining
suite, 10 pieces, also other arti-
Giles. II Walnut Street, North
Rosemont 1922.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR SALE-Wall paper, cheap,
Rawlett's lis South Fairfax St.
240-4p. 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-08

FOR SAI.E-A oak dining room
table. claw feet, moderate price.
Amply 212 South Pitt Street.
240-1p.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
Navy Yard Employs Have Money
To Build New Homes
And tie Government Has ihs Land 70 Sen Let's ce. r
By EARL GOODWIN

Ohe Of the most progressive eIvle moves We have
messed IN Washington is the proposal Of the NAVY Ya
employees to build two hundred homes for themselves -
land now belonging to the Government
If Congress has the housing situation in mind srr.
this proposal Of the Navy Yard machnists win not FAN m
deaf
There is nothing Washington needs 50 badly as MORE
homes.
There is nothing that viii cripple the Governments
functoning so quickly a lack Of homes.
We had almost taste of a Walkout at the Navy yard
in the earlier days when the number of employees was o
bled and the rush for rented houses put up the rents 70
figure which made the Salisbury law necessity for tie
Government. There would have been large wakout q
machnists and others at the Navy Yard simply becaus
there possibility Of only half enough homes to IS
rented at a reasonable figure
Now that the rent situation IS stabilized to some extent
through the operations of the Salisbury the prob
lem is not definitely settled.
There MUST be houses, and unless some aid Is given
by the Government there win not be enough
The aid the Navy Yard asks is NOT charity
It is simply this:
''We have money to build our homes. Sell Us some 81
your USELESS land"
hope Congress viii rush this request to enaclment
Speaking Of houses, why would it not be proper and
and wise for the Government to make loans people who
want to build in the city,
In the country a farmer get farm loan TO start
himself in business as an agricuturist
There is why the worker in the city should
not have the aid.
Builders not erecting homes because they can
induce banks and trust companies to give them sufficient
financial aid
And yet this city and this country MUST HAVE
MORE HOMES.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
T III. E

NEW YORK, Oct. Nl1.-There is
IN no excuse for not feeling fit
Colds and headaches are a
positive disgrace. Anybody can
achieve a maximum Of health, and
keep it, If he really puts his mind
to il. The trouble with most Of
US Is that we are too lazy.
This Is not an advertisement for
a patent medicine. II is part Of
the novel doctrine now being
preached and demonstrated at New
YOr' new health center for
women-the latest thing in pre-
ventive medicine.
From fifteen TO twenty women
and girls are examined here every
day, and placed on the right road
to health. If necessary, they are
directed to clinics or hospitals for
medical or surgical treatment, but
in the majority Of cases the pre-
scription consists Of nothing more
painful than exercise, fresh air,
proper clothing and diet. This
sounds too simple to be effica-
cious, but you should hear these
doctors at the health center talk Of
the simple causes that are often
responsible for low vitality and
poor health.
For example, a young girl who
came up for examination the other
night was sure that she was vic
tim of kidney, trouble, because
within the past two weeks her
ankles had been swelling mysteri-
ously every night. She appeared
wearing a scared but resigned eX-
pfession, walking slowly up the
steps to the examination room as
IL every step would be her last.
When she departed she looked like
a different girl, and the steps meant
nothing in her young life at all.
For the doctors discovered that
originally there was nothing the
matter with her; that the trouble
with her ankles was due to the fact
that she had recently moved to the
country where she was compelled
TO walk two miles from the station
every night after sitting all day at
an office desk, and this walk was
performed in ill-fitting, high
heeled shoes. "It's a wonder that
her ankles didn't rebel entirely"
said the doctor who examined her.
Teaches Good Habits.
The object Of the health center
is to point out these small but i'm
portant dangers to the health of
women, and to teach them good
living habits. The majority Of
men acquire such habits by a sort
of blind instinct as well as by their
early boyhOod training in outdoor
exercises, but women, handicapped
by long centuries Of skirts and a
fear Of being unladylike, must be
taught, step by step. If a man has
too many headaches or q pain in
his Sack he usually rushes TO see
Q doctor, but q woman viii endure
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
/ am wondering whether you nave
had called to your attention an IN
cident which occurred in the rear OF
the drug store, at Ninth and + streets
and II so, IL a little publicity wonlo
not be good for the soul or tne
burIy policeman who walks this
beat"
Ny son, a boy in his teens, noticed
a crowd in the alley between Nlnth
and Tenth streets, and stopping TO
see. discovered that two little new
sizes. apparently about seven years Of
age, were engaged in settling dis
mute in the time-hOnored manner
with their fists, apparently TO the
enfovment and edihcatiOn OF the
crowd, and encouraged by the ma
jority.
In the midst OF the excitement a
fat. burly policeman passed along
Ninth street and one OF the young
men who had been enjoying the
spectacle called to him to arrest the
two youngsters. One OF them was
turned free. but the other, just a tiny
mite, but perhaps more obstreperous
in his demonstrations, was dragged
BY the shoulder some distance to a
police call box and a call was sent
IN for the patrol wagon.
Meanwhile the poor little kid was
crying and the crowd was divided
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
HASKIN LETTER
TEACHING HEALTH TO Girls
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

III, health for years without finding
out the cause.
This is the worst habit Of all, !"
says DR.. Florence Meredith, direc-
tor Of the center, "for so often the
trouble is so easily corrected"
For instance, most pain is
caused by poor posture" continued
the doctor, thrusting her own
straight shoulders forward to in
dicate what she meant. ''Fhis
throws the organs out of place, re-
stricts circulation and Weakens the
abdominal muscles. IF ] could
correct only one thing out of hun
dreds that are wrong with women
/ would correct this weakness of
the abdominal muscles, which i'm
pairs the entire circulation"
Radiates Health.
When DR.. Meredith speaks, you
feel she knows what she is talk
ing about In the first place she
herself radiates health and ener-
gy, and in the second place her
experience has been such as TO
make her an authority on the
health of working women. AS
plant physician for a large rubber
company employing thousands of
women, and later as a lecturer on
health topics to war workers, she
acquired a large understanding Of,
and sympathy with, their problems.
This experience has led her to be-
lieve that heredity and environ
ment play relatively a small part
in the health Of the average indi-
vidual.
"SOme Of the diseases we be-
lieve to be hereditary" she de-
clared, "but this feature of
heredity has been greatly exag-
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
Such a Brave Policeman

some grossly indignant, but afraid.
70 interfere. some seeming TO find iE
tunny and further tOrturing a nerv-
Gus, frightened child by hooting and
laughing at him.
second policeman. a young man
belonging to the bicycle SQUAD. came
up and made inquiry and asked m
the wagon had been sent for. and on
the hero replying that it had. the
younger man replied, You damned
FOOL" He then telephoned and at
tempted TO stop the wagon, but too
late. and the child was taken On the
patrol wagon in front OF a large
crowd, just as a murderer or a pick
pocket would be. to the station house.
This Is enlightened Washington
Now, what Is the probable result
to the child's nervous system, his
sense OF fair play and justice, his re-
spect for the law as Dc is admin
istered? This thing could not have
occurred in any Western or Middle
Western city where juvenile courts
have flouFi8hed for years and Attla
children are not arrested and taken
to the station house along with haraI
ened criminals.
Doesn't this policeman deaeFfe
something n nothing more thAA
some unpleasant publicitye
A MOTHER OF TWO BOZ =.
Nt Rainier. Ma
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

o.-What is the origin Of the collar de-
vice Of the Medical Corps? A. L. N. L.
A.-This device * called a caduceus and
is Of NEUROLOGICAL origin. having to do with
the Greek God Hermes and the Roman God
Mercury.
o.-where did tea drinking hrst origin
ate? e V.
A.-The hrst record OF tea drinking
available shows the custom existing in
Korea in the fourth century before Christ
thousand years later IL is known to have
become popular In Japan. The frst men
tion Of It In Europe is IN the sixteenth cen
tury by the Portuguese who put Il down as
a product OF Japan and China.
Q.-HoW should ] address a letter to
member OF the Pacific deet? NJ K
A.-Give the mans name and rating, his
ship, and send the letter Care Of the Post
master, San Francisco, California"
The Bureau cannot give GdViee on
legal, medical, and financial matters.
II does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaust
iUe research on any subject.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
Nurse Thanks The Times

20 the EditoF Of TIE TINES:
I am q nurse returned several
months from France after seeing
twenty-one months service there.
would like you 70 know that the
nurses appreciate your editorial call
ed the "War Nurse" and that we as
well as the soldiers thank you for
the efforts you are making through
your paper 20 get the six months
pay for returned soldiers, which viii
also include the nurses.
We 90 not see any reason why the
Government workers were not en-
titled 70 the $40 bonus which they
received. but we thought Il unfair to
make the difference. when In most
instances the soldiers and nurses re-
ceived less pay than the average
Government worker.
Nothing could be 50 valuable TO me
6 my eEperience in France, and
nothiug could repay the services 90
much e. the appreciation Of the pa
tients, which certainly was evident
and gratifying. but it Is nice 20 fee!
that others realize the adjustment
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

Q.-what animal possesses the gTeatest
number OF teeth? r. WV
A-The National Museum says that the
porpolse has more teeth than any other
animal The porpoise is not FISH but a
warm bIooded animal which lives In the
sea.
o-wers there any drafted men in the
Marine Corps? X. D. Z.
A.-Men in the last draft we're allowed
to signify the branch OF the service they
preferred and some Of them went into the
Marine Corps. Previous 20 this draft all
men in the Marine Corps we're volunteers
o.-Was Julia Rive King. the composer,
an American r l.. n.
A-Yes; she was born IN Cincinnati IN
1908. was taught the piano by her mother
and gave a performance a. the age or SIX.
She studied under LiBEt and played In con-
cert and under famous conductors in the
United States and Europe.
Cor what blood ris a creole? n. B.
A creole g. a native OF Louisiana, or
other regions about the Gulf Of Mexico,
who is Of European blood, more particular
~ French and spanish.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

suffering from some specific all
ment does not mean that she is
well. She may have several minor
defects which will eventually lead
to a breakdown. In the past, some
doctors have made physical ex-
aminations and based their rene
dies on what they found. If they
didn't find heart trouble or lung
trouble or kidney trouble or some
other trouble, they sent the patient
away, with a tactful hint or two
about the futility Of wasting a busy
mans time. Then a few months,
perhaps a year, later, the girl
came back, showing one of the
alarming symptoms the doctor had
been searching fora symptom
which might we'll have been pre-
vented had the physician taken
the trouble to investigate the pa
tents daily habits and to show
her how to correct them.
No Easy Task.
Keeping well, as taught by the
Health Center, is by no means
easy. AS one of the girls upon
hearing it exclaimed, Gee, that's
hard work" It consists in main
tanning unrestricted circulation
through proper carrilge, bathing
and exercise; eating substantial
food (nOt necessarily expensive
food at regular intervals; drink
ing at least eight glasses of water
a day; getting lots of fresh air
and at least eight hours of sleep
out of each twenty-four; keeping
the mind interested, and, above all,
in cultivating the will to be
healthy.
Each applicant for examination
at the center is advised to take
advantage of the city's gymnasium
facilities. There is a gymnasium
at the center itself where spe .ial
attention is given to corrective
exercises for each Individual, and
where games of basketball and
volley ball take place every after
noon. In addition to this early
AAgAA AAAll6 cAGIClSES are pIGSCEsUfQ
for every girl whose health is not
uD to par, with explicit instruc-
tons as to all the details.
Proves Success.
The center, which was estab-
lished just a couple of months ago,
is already proving a great success.
Some Of the girls have gained in
weight, and all Of them who are
following instructions are showing
increased vitality. In fact, the
center has been one Of the great
sensations of the conference of
women doctors here. Many Of
them attending the conference
from all parts Of the country have
gone through the routing Of ex-
animation and investigation at the
center in order to take the details
back home and start a center just
like IL.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

gerated. We have 50 many girls
coming here, blaming their
mothers and fathers for various
inherited disabilities, really due en-
tirely to their own bad living
habits. Maybe their mothers and
fathers had the same bad habits,
but there is such a thing as
progress.
"Bad housing conditions and
cheap food unquestiOnably make it
harder for a person to keep well,
but he can at least make the best
of his environment. It doesn't do
any good to sit around blanir~
things. Get what you can out Of
them. Every one has his maN.-
mum health within his grasp, and
many are putting up with a mini
mum"
Family History.
AS each girl arrives at the
Health Center she is taken up
stairs and turned over to a charm
ing elderly woman called the
Mother of the Center" who takes
down her family history. This
consists of brief histories Of her
mother ; father; a list Of dis
eases of which she has been a vic
tim, especially those occurring in
her childhood; facts concerning her
living conditions-how she sleeps,
what she eats, and how much eX-
ercise she gets, if any-and de-
scriptions of any Affections from
which she is at present suffering.
With this date in hand, the doc
tors put her through a physical
examination. She is weighed,
measured, her strength and respi-
ration tested, and defects, if any,
noted. Just because a girl is not
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

which each soldier and nurse makes
Is BY no means q simple thing.
Il is very hard TO settle down 10
normal life: most Of US find our
former positions filled permanently
BY others, and certainly six months
pay would be a great help on the
road 70 finding a cOngenial position.
Again thanking you for myself and
others for your interest and efforts,
and wishing your paper every sue
cess. S. NJ J.
Alexandria, Va.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

Our Money On Belgium,
The Belgian King HeEe.
noticed an article in your paper
by Mr.. Glass, Of the Treasury De-
partment where be speaks OF the
Bonus. He comes forward to say
that another loan would have to Be-
hOated 70 do this and he does not
think the Boys" would care % ac-
cept q bonus u they knew that their
fathers and mothers were in back
Of It.
Now there have been a number Of
loans fOated for the boys and the
people did il; what was the result9
The boys over there did not benefit
BY it as they claimed we would
wa7 in position to get the worst
and the best they had over there for
twenty-One months and am only a
taX-paying. nOn-VOting volunteer OF
the District Of Columbia Every
other city and State voted so much
per man that went over. What diGt
the District Of Columbia Yote2 a
medal which is worn by anyone Who
could push a pen. I'd Father scs
another bonus in the form Of a Lii
erty Loan and know where the casl
is going than to have Il sent % othec
countries for Kings to tour the world
on while their felloWmen are report
ed to be starving. Let charity begin
at home.
"21 Months Overseas.
P. S.-HOW about the good Ameri-
can dollars our fathers and mothers
scraped and gave to have go up il
smoke" on the other side, not gun
powder Smoke" at that?
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
IRELAND

To the Editor Of The Times:
Viscount Grey says our whole na-
tion was lighting for an ideal" Yes;
then why doesn't his country give
freedom 70 Ireland, India and Egypt. {"
He viii not answer that question.
JOHN W. PERKINS,
Hollow Place.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
WHATEVER YOU WANT TOKNOW

to questions for
reader replies mailed direct the inquirer your
The Times IntorGon Bureau Frederic j. HGsk director
Enclose 2-cent stamp. Do not telephone
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

TiVO more collisions at Ninth street
and Mt. Vernon place MoHddy. THIS
IS one Of the death spots Of the cify
lrithOUt 0deqUats protection.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

/ see by the papers that CHAR
LIE FOSTER says that prohibition
decreases the number of husbands
who will not support their wives;
and in the same report asks for an
amusement hall for the workhouse
guests. Trying to drum up custom
ers, I suppose,
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
CLIFFORD MORRISON.

May I not suggest that you ask
all those who believe in the thera-
peutic power Of thought, to stop for
minute each day at noon, as we
did for our boys in France during
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

LENINE JAILED IN REVOLT;
From Times" Of October 8.
Our kid brother wants to know II
this is another one Of those Russian
towns.
MIFFORD MORRISON.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
The Minimum Wage

Item Of Constant Labor Turnover Of Minors Should
Receive Full Consideration of Board.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
HEARD AND 80

the War-and think Health for d1
PRESIDENT
] send the President health
thoughts the last thing at night, Eas
drst thing IN the morning, and when
ever I have a spare moment during
the day. H 81 81
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

Speaking Of handsome drug clerks.
surely you must know that MERWTN
BROWN, at New York avenue and
North Capitol street northwest Is the
bes tlOOking one behind the bar
A GIRL
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

The POllyanna Club gave a supper
and dance to the returned soldiers
Of Anacostia at Masonic Hall. Ana
costa, Wednesday evening.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11

=
and dance to the returned soldiers
OF Anacostia at Masonic Hall. Ana
costa. Wednesday evening.
The Board Of Commerce in
Toronto procured an injunc-
ton to restrain dealers from
increasing the price Of milk
until AFTER an investiga-
ton. Different from the way
we do it.
When the Ledroit Park car
arrived at Georgia Avenue
the conductor calmly an
nounCed, "The end Of a per
feet ride. Some end. III
say it is.
IF yoH are looking for funny
figures other than some ne see
on F street, hon about LII for
January first, HiHeteeH-OHe? or
12-12-l2 for December twelfth,
nineteen tVelve2 And there WaS
ll-11-l1 for, November eleventh,
nineteen eleven. Il nil be some
time before ne use these repi-
titioHS again. Still, there WH Be
2-2-22 for February second, nine
teen tIVeHty-tWO.
The Yale expositor., 1919-05-08
LODGE BACKS ITALTS DEMANDS
Republican Senator Thinks Claims
For FIume Are Just.

shington.-Demands of Italy for
the port OF Fiume, denial OF which led
to the withdrawal OF the italian pleni-
potentiaries from the peace confer
ence, were upheld by Senator Lodge,
Massachusetts,, Republican floor lead.
CT, In a telegram sent to Italian socis-
ties Of Boston.
Senator Lodge declared Italy's de-
mands rested on the ground Of her
national safety and protection. where
rs reasons which had been advanced
for turning the port over to the Jugo-
Slavs were purely commercial and
economic"
He asserted that, inasmuch as Italy
had sacrificed 100000 of her people
and burdened herself with heavy
debts In aiding France, England and
the United States to repel the German
onset, he could not see how her re-
quest properly could be refused.
The Yale expositor., 1919-05-08
DINNER GIVEN FOR DICKENS
Farewell Honors That Were Paid tho
Great English Novelist in
New York.

The story of a dinner 10 Chtrles
Dickens given at DelmOnico's, I'm New
York. in April, 1868, by leading repre-
sentatives Of the press Of America as
farewell tribute TO the English nov
elst, then ending his second tour OF
the United States as reader Of his
own works. Is told in the Bookman by
Kate Dickinson Sweetser, who cleaned
the facts from a scrapbOok recently
discovered in an old trunk bel&p ging
TO one of the guests at the banquet.
Considering the comparative prices
of those times, the meal must have
been sumptuOus, for the scrapbook
contains receipted bill for $3,015 In
payment for POI dinners. The COM
pany included most of the journalist
ic notables Of the time and many
whose fame had not yet been fully rec
ogniZed Horace Greeley was toast
master. Among the other guests at
the dinner were Robert Bonner editor
OF the New York Ledger; Thomas
Mast, the famous cartoonist of later
days, then with Harper's Weekly;
James Parton, the historian; Morton
McMichaels. mayor of Philadelphia,
editor Of the Saturday Evening Post,
and later owner of the North Ameri-
can; William II. Hurlburt of the New
York World; George William Curtis,
editor of Harper's Weekly; James A.
Fields and ]. +. Lippincott, publish
ers Edmund Clarence Stedman. edi-
tor of the Galaxy, New York; Henry
J. Raymond of the New York Times,
and George Boxer, author and diplo-
mat, former minister to Turkey and
Russia.