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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
Embroidered Banding,
Friday, 75c and $I.5O

Silk Embroidered Banding for street and
afternoon dresses, of combination colors
. 10 ) inch widths. Regularly 81 10 81
ward: Friday 75c and Sl.JO.-Trlmmins
Department. Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
To SITS Wells, $1.60
85c Dress XoiIes. 55f

Fine white. block and stripe patterns.
value Soc yard. Friday, 55c.-Second
Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
Children's Boomers, 90

Made Of black or white sateen. full cut
models with elastic at waist and knee.
Sizes to IA years. Friday only at 6Sc.
Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12

39c Isle Hose, 2 Prs. 69c
Extra Fine Quality Lisle Hose. in black
only; reinforced at heel and toe. with deep
garter hem. Sizes . and 9H. Soc value.
Friday only, 2 pairs. 69c.-Bargain Base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
Furniture
For Friday Only

Anishes. Friday. Sl7.S6.
Old Hickory Rockers with arms and
double woven seat, $3.50.
Andrew Jackson Hickory Rockers. $6.2S.
E. hS1S Khaki Couch Hammocks. each with
mattress, spring and chains. $3.50.
$3.50 Oak Rockers with leather spring
, seat, $l2.0o.
$40 Mahogany Fifeside Armchairs and
Rockers samples only. 5000.
s4s Mahogany Library Table. sample. one
only. 5000.
Dining Chairs, with real leather slip
seats. $3.50.
Bed Springs. double link all sizes, 8.46.
Feather Bed Pillows. $1.16.
4olb. Au-layer Felt Mattresses. $3.50.
-l-f Fourth Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12

Women's Isle Vests, soc
75c value Low Neck Ribbed Vests; some
with tailored tops; shoulder straps and
bodice style, also with crochet yoke
Regular and extra sizes in white and
pink. Friday only at SEC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12

Child's Socks, 4 Prs. SOC
Cotton Socks with cuff tops. in solid
colOrs. such as blue, pink. black or
brown. Sizes to sls. 19c values. Fri.
day only, 4 pairs. 5oc.-Dssgsin Base.
mont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
Remnants of Bingham

About 500 useful lengths-also white
goods and domestic remnants greatly re-
duced for Friday.-Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-12
$1.25 Handbags at ST
S3.05 Party Boxes, $3.50

Several styles: silk lined; fitted with
purse and mirror; engraved metal frames.
Friday only S1-Street Floor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
GERMANY WITHOUT A FRIEND
Seemingly With No One to Mourn
for Her.

One cannot help wondering what
could have been the emotions OF the
German agents in Spain when they
read the dispatch sent by King Alton
so TO President Poincare. Those
agents have worked hard through all
these years or the war and spent money
layiSllly TO make aud keep Spain the
friend of Germany. They can claim
with some show of truth to have kept
her neutral, but now, in the day Of
Gcrmany's, humiliation, she gets no
sympathy from the Spanish king. In
stead he telegraphs to the French
president enthusiastic CALCULATIONS
on the victory of the allies, and calls
the result achieved the reaching Of
"the end of this glorious epic Of the
French army and nation, which have
shown us all, he adds. what bravery
and patriotism mean"
Alfonso says "us all" and no Span
lard protests, so they must Join not
only in the kings felicitation of Ger.
many's enemy but also in the implied
denial that Germany has shown any
body what bravery and patriotism
mean.
Another failure, therefore, must be
| scored against German diplomacy and
! propaganda. Is it the hundredth OF
| the thousandth?-NewY York Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Hindu Snake Superstition.

The pous Hindu believes the snake
TO be the reincarnation Of some human
being, possibly great philosopher.
and he has the assurance that the del
ties he wbrslfps will protect him from
these venomous reptiles. Sometimes
one sees Hindu before an altar in a
temple. with serpent in the folds OF
his cloak. Suddenly he permits the
snake to sting him. showing the blood
flowing from an undisputed wound. He
then takes black stone from his peck
ct. rubs 1t over the bleeding spot, then
mutterlng many incantations be makes
passes over his body. A few moments
later he assures his audience that the
bite, which would have been poison
Gus otherwise. was made harmless by
his prayers and lncantations offered ia
the deity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
impress Left by Romans.

The old Romans and still older
Celts have left their traces thickly
strewn in the place-names' of the coun-
try through which the, victorious all
lied armies advanced during the latter
part OF the war Valenciennes was
named after the Roman emperor VAL
entinian. Just as Orleans was named
after Emperor Aurelian. The mark OF
the Celt is seen in the dun, or fortress,
OF the everfamous Verdun, and,
though now contracted out of exist
cnce, In the towering old city of .Laon,
The stronghold OF the sMeroyingians.
The River Meuse, perhaps the river
most connected with war, has the most
peaceful Of names. Meuse being Gel
tie. for the River OF Meadows.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Keep Moving Up.

To be worth moving UP Won must
keep up. There are thousands OF things
In which YOU must Keep up. It's not
enough to think well in terms of busi-
ness. The average business man must
watch his habits, dress, speech, aud
companlonship. They are all sign
boards OF his standing. The man
above the average takes care of every
thing that advertises him and his bust
ness. He can afford TO let others ex-
plot the freakfslT and the Startling He
takes care that whatever he does or
wears tells of the man OF judgment
and good taste. Call 1t waste time
IL you want to- A few years of OBJ
servation will show the wisdom OF
his position. So the thing is to men.
tally and efficiently move up. The
visible transfer win come with the
bigger pay as soon as you are prepared
to handle the job.-Grit..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
MOTHERS!~ YOUR CHILD
is CROSS, FEVERISH,
FROM CONSTIPATION
If tongue is coated, breath bad, stomach
sour, clean liver and
bowels.

Give California Syrup of Figs at
onee-a teaspoonfnl today often saves.
sick child tomorrow.
If your little one is out of sorts, half.
sick, isn't resting, eating and acting
Motherl see if tongue
is coated. This is sure sign that its
little stomach, liver and bowels are
clogged with waste. When cross, irri-
table, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad
or has stomach ache, diarrhoea, sore
throat, full of cold, give a teaspoons
full of California Syrup of Figs and
in few hours all the sonstipated poi
son. undigested food and sour bile gent.
" moves out of its little bowels without
gripping, and you have a well, playful
Iehild again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
never fails to cleanse the little one 4
iyer and bowels and sweeten the stom
ach and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
lren of all ages and for grown-ups print
| ed on each bottle.
| Beware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask your druggist for a bottle O
California Syrup of Figs then Sc.
that. it is made. by the California Fl,
Syrup Company. ''-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
ODD BELIEF ABOUT GEESE
Long Ago It Was Universally Thought
That They Originated From
the 5arnacie

The popular sixteenth century be
lief that geese originated from the
barnacle was not confined to the I'M
educated, but was shared even by nat
uralists. John Gerard. in his Her
ball Cor General Historic Of Plantes"
(prlnted in London in 1j9T). In giving
description Of this marvel, says he
only tells what our eieS have scene
and hands have touched" ION the
Pile of Foulders," be goes on to say.
are founde certaine shells, wherein
Is conteined a thing in forme like q
lace finely woven; one end whereof is
fastned unto the incide OF the shell f;
the other end Is made fast unto rude
mass, which in time commeth to the
shape OF bird. In short space after
1t commeth to maturitie. and faileth
into the sea. where II gathereth feath-
ers and gPoweth to a foule which the
people of Lancashire call by no other
name then tree goose
He goes on to testify to their album
dance by saying that the best of then
could be bought for three-pence. ant
challenges the incredulous to 'repair'
unto me and | shall satisfe them h.
the testlmonle of good Witnesses"
The Pile Of Foulders is the small
Island now known as Piel Island, nea
Barrow-in-Furness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
PEST SPREAD BY MOSQUITO
Scientists Have Traced Cause Of Dis
ease That Has Long Been Prev.
alent in the Tropics.

One Of the most peculiar OF all dis
eases is tilariasis. common in the trop.
les In the blood of persons suffer
ing from it there are found innumer-
able little worms that can be seen only
by the aid Of microscope. These
are present only at night in the blood
that is circulating. At about five
O'Clock in the afternoon they begin to
appear in the blood, having been hid
den away in the body until this time,
and then they remain in the clrcuia-
lion until about midnight, when they
begin to diminish By eight or nine
o'clock in the morning they have all
disappeared, and n search of the blood
under the microscope after this fails
10 reveal any. They are now collected
in certain large blood vessels deep in
the body. especially in the lungs,
go out on their next nocturnal exeur-
sion
The parasite is conveyed to human
beings by the bite of certain kinds of
mosquitoes. The mosquito bites and
takes from a man, or from some ami.
NAL, as the case may be. blood which
contains these small worms. In the
stomach of the mosquito (the iuterme
diate hOsD the parasite goes through
certain definite changes or metamor
phoses, which are inst as necessary t.
its complete life as are the different
phases ia the lives of butterflies
moths and a great many insects. FRS
it escapes from skin or she'll il
which it has existed Then it bore,
its way through the wall Of the mos
quito's stomach and travels FORWARD
through the body until it arrives a
the base Of the bin or prnboscis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
SOME TRIP FOR A YEAST CAKE
Aviator to Get Some Home Made Bread
Went 100 Miles for Raiser.

The home OF Capt Robert Strong,
.lcGe trotter and adventurer, is on Cat
Cay, small island in the Bahama Banks,
Just 80 miles across the gulf stream from
Miami, Fla During the submarine &c.
tivities of the Germans along the Allan
tic coast aviation patrols from Miami
formed the habit of alighting at the island
for a brief respite. and frequently were
invited to lunch by the captain and his
wife.
On one of these occasions the CONVEX
sation drifted to the subject OF homemade
bread 4 tail, broad-shouldered lad vas
heard to remark that he had hard NJ
bread OF the genuine home made variety
since entering the service, and taat he
would do almost anything TO get some
At once Mrs Strong volunteered 10 make
supply only to discover. at the last
moment, that She was out Of yeast.
The aviator was not to be cheated ont
of his prize so easily. however Climb
ing aboard his plane. he started for Nj
ami. and in an hour and half returned
with thrce-cent cake OF yeast. This i
probably tic most expensive as wei al
rapidly transported cake Of yeast on rec
ord .-Indiauapolis News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
FIRST CLEAN UP THE MESS
British Majors Attitude on the War
Typical Of Most of the Soldiers
cover There"

GeneraIship, heard chief of staff
at the front, once say, is three-quarters
knowledge of the mood, the condi.
ton and the character of your men.
For a week ! travelled the British
front with a grizzled major of High
land regiment. who had been in the
game since 1914. We lunched one day
with a mingled group OF field and in
telligence officers, a Belgian on liaison
work, and a visiting French captain.
The talk, which was chiefly upon spe-
cialties beyond the range of war, made
one fact eVident--the world of civilian
life was more interesting than ever
before TO these men. They were pas.
sionately DESTROYS to get back, to
".clean up the mess" there, to go on
with their broken careers.
How do you stay so keen on your
fob here" l asked the major, after
ward, when you are more weary OF
war than they are at homer"
He flushed little, British fashion.
Have to clean up this mess, first" he
answered.
A week later one of the most Iowa
BILE boys / have ever known The was
killed a week later) stood by his Nieu
port on the American front, talking
to me before a fight.
Il don't think much of the danger
he said, though don't forget it. Its
| all part of the game. Harper Mag
| aZine. 80
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
For a Real Peace.

Since Germany has sunk 40 per cent
of the shipping of the world and
spread devastation in her wake for
four years, she may well deserve TO
starve; but riots. in Austria, in Swift
zerland, and in Holland, as well as in
Germany itself, will only react on the
allies. Even Germany must be allowed
at least means to get food and the
neutrals and Austria, countries that
have never produced their own food
supplies, must have credits and ships
and food itself if there is to be any
real peace. Germany will probably
need only the opportunity to buy; but
if she is to pay her indemnities and
play the part she should in wiping out
the evil she has done, she must be al
| lowed to live 1t would be a mediaeval
policy of great short -sightedness to go
back to the plan of the debtors pris.
on and to force economic starvation on
the nation that is so in debt to the
world" Feeding the World in 1919, >
from the February Red Cross Maya.
/ zine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Americas Tin Industry,

While the United States has at
tained commanding position in the
tin plate export trade, 1t by no means
equals that which England had before
the war. Data show that while our
exports of tin plate have grown from
$500 tons I'm 1913 to more than 1885,
600 tons in 1917, they even now are
less than so per cent OF England's be-
fore the war. and only 50 per cent
more than that country's present ex-
ports.
viii this country ever have a tin in
tlustry OF its own? asks the Philadel-
phia Inquirer The American tin-meit-
ing industry is still in the childhood
stage. Ore supplies In Bolivia. in
South America, are believed to be
large, but Bolivian producers are find,
ing conditions here unsatisfactory for
doing business. Only the future can
tell whether any relief is possible from
this source.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Mere Conservation.

The bans between two practitioners
had been published for the first time in
a country church, After the service the
prospective groom came to the vicar
- Mr.. Parson, ] want to speek to ZEE
About those bans-can ! have 'em
changede'f ''Of course. if you wish, =
was the surprised reply. "You are not
married yet, or legally bound in any
way i" All, with a sigh of relief
80 that 5 what | want to know. You
see, I've been thinking it over, and
seems to me, I'd rather have her sis
ter. - q You can please YOURSELF" re-
Piled the vicar. % But, of course, fresh
bans must be published. - Andl IA
pause Mr.. Parson, | paid ZEE half a
crown for putting up those bans. Shall
II have TO pay another half CROWN
:" Naturally. If You change your mind
so late in the day you must expect to
pay for it, "Aht'--a longer pause
Then with sudden resolution: law,
well--leave EN- as t is!''-Glens Falls
Post Star.
F.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Rain in France.
Hartford Courant.

As it has been asserted that the
American soldiers now in Brest are
fioundering about in mud more than
knee deep and that rain falls there at
least five times day, the secretary of
war has cabled for the facts regarding
the situation. This is altogether pro-
per, yet the secretary might get some
information in Washington by apply
ing to the weather bureau which has
volumes of data as to annual precipita
| ton, and further, has men of its own in
France.
Every person who has received let
tiers from the soldiers abroad has heard
much as to the rain, mud and fog, part
Ily because this matter of the weather
was a subject which might be discussed
without interference on the part of the
censor and partly because men from
this section where severe storms are
Igenerally followed by periods of fair
| weather, found conditions novel. The
soldiers from the fog -enshrouded Sec
ltions of the maritime provinces to the
northeast of us would accept French
conditions as n matter of course.
] The meteorological records run in di
Irect opposition to this theory of ex-
cessive rains, for the annual rainfall at
i Bordeaux is 80 inches while that in
Hartford for the year just ended was
probably not far from SO inches, being
a matter Of nine inches below the nor,
NAL The normal precipitation at Bor-
deaux is far under that of Hartford
while the annual normal at Paris is on
~ half that in This city. In London the
normal annual precipitation is % inch
es, against rs inches here, figures that
are in conflict with the cherished be
lief of every Connecticut man who Is
or who has been serving his country il
France.
The soldiers and the records neet
: harmonizing in some manner and thu
explanation of the apparent confiic
may lie in the nature of the French
soil BY what the soldiers say the sol
may be as thrifty as the people VIII
live upon it. The ground may utiliz
every drop of rain that falls upon il
holding it as long as possible wherea
r lin New England the rainfall nigh
s leach and disappear. Again If iron
!. $4,000 to 100000 soldiers were en-
/ camped on Connecticut. soil at this tim
j their camp ground would become mud
! DIV and the things they would say an
. write about the state and the soil an
E the climate would correspond closet
with what they are saying and hav
4 written about France.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
BIRCH TwIes AS CANDLES.
Peasants in North Russia Forced to
Resort TO Primitive Devices.

The shortage in kerosene and candies
in Northern Russia has brought into
use once more primitive lighting ar
rangement known as ssvetila. an ar
rangemcnt to bum birch twigs.
The svetilas' = have been resurrec-
ted from some ancient storing place in
the log houses Of the villages, and
are now lighting many of them. The
arrangement consists of a wooden
trough, about two feet long, with an
iron pan to catch the ashes from the
burning birch twigs, which are placed
in a fork like arrangement, so that they
slant downward and burn easily.
Each twig. or, lutchinka, burns
about five minutes, with about as much
light as a-candle and much more smoke
The members of the family take turns
feeding it,
The .'svetila is but one sample OF
the resort to old-time customs occasion
ed by the general shortage of almost
every imported commodity in the vii
lagos along the Dvina river. The peas
ant women are again generally employ
ing the ''preelk;, primitive wood
en- loom. on which they card and weave
flax for their garments. The result i
cloth, both of coarse and fine varieties
and not at all bad looking.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
"CAN | BE .'''"'
CURED?' SAYS
THE SUFFERER

How often have you heard that sad
CRY from the victims of disease. Per-
haps the disorder has gone too far for
help, but oftener it is just in its first
stages and the pains and aches are only
natures FIRST cries for help. Do not
despair. Find out the cause and give
nature all the help you can and she
win repay you with health. Look after
the kidneys. The kidneys are the most
overworked organs Of the human body,
and when. they fail in their work Of
fltering and throwing of the poison
that constantly accumulates in the sys-
tenn. everything goes wrong. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules will
give almost immediate relief from kid
ney and bladder troubles and their kin
drec ailments. They win free your
body from pain in short order. But be
sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Look for
the uame on every boz. In three sizes.
sealed packages. Money. refunded il
they d. not help yQa .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
REIMBURSEMENT OF
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
That is Chief Topic of Annual Conven
tion of Livestock Raisers in SEES
sion i'll Denver.

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 2l.-PoSt-war
readiustment of the livestock industry
furnishes the principal topic to be con-
sidered at the twentysecond annual
convention of the American National
Livestock association, which began a
three DAYS convention here today at
tended by stockmen from all parts of
the west.
The question of whether steps should
be taken to increase production of live.
stock is expected TO occupy much Of the
tim" Of the convention together with
consideration of legislation recommend.
ed by the federal trade commission for
supervision OF the packing industry
Livestock men say they anticipate
rs heavy a demand from Europe for
American meats in 1919 as last year but
whether this demand will continue
through 1920 is problematical. Upon
| the prospective demand for 1920, they
say, depends the decision as to the ne
/ cessity for increased production on the
American range.
/ The question of increased grazing fees
on national forests, which are opposed
| by many stoekmen. and the continuance
of the york of the food administration
as it affects heat food products and
prices for livestock are also expected
to receive much attention.
Other topics which win come up fol
discussion during the convention ara
federal control of railroads. regulation
or disposition of the public lands, APP
preparations for control or eradication
Of animal diseases, determination Of
predatory animals, and financing Of
livestock loans.
1 Among prominent speakers expected
20 address the convention are David =
Houston. secretary of agriculture; II
G. Stuart. former governor of Virgin;
and chairman of the National Agricul
.ural Advisory committee; William B
Colver, chairman of the federal trad
commission; Clay Tanman, commits
sioner of the general land Office; Sena
tor John b. Kendrick of Wyoming; Mar
ton Swanson. manager of the Dalla
Federal Reserve hank; Charles 7
Brand, chief of the federal bureau 0
markets; f. W. Nelson. chief of til
biological survey and John R. Mohlei
; chief of the bureau of animal industry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Planting Bulbs

The easiest way to plant bulbs is TO
use a dibble or Il bulb-planter. A dib-
hle is. in Its simplest form, only a
round stick slightly larger than the
bulbs. with one end pointed. Those
purchased at the stores usually have
II curved handle. A very good dihble
can be made from an old garden fork
or spade handle by cutting 1t of about
a foot from the end The handle will
be found convenient. You can be sure
Of planting the bulbs at a uniform
depth. IL you measure the distance on
the dibble and drive a. nail into the
wood or make a chalk mark at the
right place Some gardeners paint
bands an inch apart on their .lihhiss
for convenience.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-21
Fish. to Combat Mosquitoes.

An agent of the bureau OF fisheries,
s +. TiIdebrand, who has been con-
Quoting experiments in the. vicinity OF
Camp Hancock. near Augusta. Ga, has
met will noteworthy success in con-
ralllng the breeding of mosquitoes by
The use Of fish. Public health service
officials have given strong indorse-
-Mcnt "a The services thus rendered for
he protection of the health OF soldiers
and civilians.