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Evening star., 1919-04-14

As a result Of publicity given to the
misfortune Of an overseas patient at
Walter Reed Hospital. who lost both
legs on the French front-the story
having been printed widely all over
the country-there came to the hos
pital packed in forty-six large size
mail bags, letters. presents. money
and Everything" for the young SOL
dier.
The contents of the hundreds OIL
packages consisted of money amount
ing to something like $500, presents
of a varied nature. wearing apparel,
manicure sets, toilet sets. shaving
sets. fruits, candies, smokes and prac-
ticaIly everything the donors couid
think Of The packages came from all
sections OF the country
The story that brought this ava
lanche of presents, for which the ben
eficiary nor no one else at the nos
pital was responsible. was to the e1-
feet that the legless boy was with
out friends or means and was IN neeo
of money and practically everything
a man would need.
Capt. Mccall Lanh"m, assoclateo
field director of the Red Cross work
a t the hospital, called attention to the
incident and resented for his organi-
zation and the soldiers generally the
imputation made in the story that
this particular legless soldier, or any
other soldier. was in need of money
or anything. in the way of comforts
or necessities. Capt. Lanham says thai
the government-and the Red Cross
is taking the best of care of the
wounded soldiers at the hospital. look.
ing after their comfort, pleasure ano
their necessities, and that it is
slander to make it appear that any
soldier of the United States service
should be made the object of char
itx as this man was. The government
Evening star., 1919-04-14
uI1TILE@0RIEs u1I
%rBEDTlnE
BIZ THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1919. By T. W. Buryess.)
Farmer Browns Boy Finds
His Old Sweater,

Farmer Browns Boy. with Bowser
the Hound at his heels. was tramp
ing through the Green Forest on his
way to the little sugar house among
the maple trees. Farmer Browns
Boy was happy. 1t always makes
him happy to be in the Green Forest,
and it makes him especially happy
to be sugaring. That was what he
was on his way to the little sugar
before him. He had to tap all the
sugar naples and hang ali the sap
pals. The sap was running in the
trees. and there was no time to lose.
1t meant hard work. but Farmer
Browns Boy likes hard work, es-
pecially this kind of hard work
AS he approached the little sugar
house he saw right away that the
door was open. Must be I was care
less and didn't latch that door," said
he. Il guess the wind must have
blown 1T OPEN"
looked inside the little sugar house
he gave long whistle of surprise.
MY goodness!" he exclaimed. ut
looks as if there had been a tor
nado in here. 1t must be that Bus
ter Bear has been hero again."
nado had been in there. Sap pals
had been knocked down; they were
scattered all over the floor. Things
were upset generally.
Farmer Browns Boys first thought
was that Buster Bear might still be
in there. But he soon decided that
he wasn't. Then Farmer Browns
Boy went in and began to pick up
things. Presently he happened to
think of his old sweater which he
had left there. He would take his
coat off and put that old sweater
on. In this he could work more COM
fortably.
But the old sweater was not lying
on the bench where he had left it.
1t had disappeared. He couldn't see
it anywhere. That's mighty funny"
muttered Farmer Browns Boy as he
went around picking up sap pals.
TT is mighty funny what has be-
come of that old sweater. I wonder
II a two-legged bear instead of a
four-legged bear has been in here
and has done all this mischief just
to make trouble for me-"
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Women
BLACK SILK BRAID FOR SPRING.
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, April Zone OF the
gowns that came from Paris this
spring and interested Americans be-
cause of it's popularity. was OF c'o'h
of gold. a glittering metallic 1aoric'
lavishly trimmed with wide black
silk braid.
Here, indeed, was a curious comoi-
nation of fabrics. Undoubtedly the
use of anything so commonplace as
braid on a fabric SO regaliy sumptu-
Gus as cloth of gold was done for the
purpose of drawing attention TO the
fashion of braid.
Throughout the world one has to be
eccentric in order to become tne
focus of attention. and often an ap-
parently mad gown. or wrap. or nat
is intended. by its designer, merely
as fantastic herald of a fashion
that Is to come.
Conventional Blue Serge.
The world is quite familiar with the
combination of black braid and plue
serge, and one thinks of 1t as the frst
of autumn or spring fashions. That
Jenny puts silk braid on all OF the
blue serge gowns she sends over Is
expected and is welcome. The average
woman usually IuTHS u III d'u eio
moment she buys piece of blue
serge, but today she finds that it is
not easy to manipulate cookbook
ing frock out of the two.
Something has happened to our
clothes since the war started. or.
rather. since the war ended. They
have become intricate, complex, puz-
zling. They refuse to be reduced to
rule of three. 1t is probable that the
designers exploited puZzling gowns
because they did not have any genuine
novelties to spring upon the public
in February; so we have collars and
cuffs. skirt hens and sashes, side
drapery and ornamentations that are
peculiar and not easy to follow.
When we use black braid we do not
put it on in the regulation way. 1t is
not in straight rows at the hem of the
skirt, above the belt, or as a binding
at the edges of the coat. It is used in
more or less unconventional ways.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Col. Grant Sent to Augusta,

Lieut.. Col. Charles n. Grant, ord
nance department, has been relieved
from duty in this city and ordered
to Augusta, Ga, for duty at the ar
senal at that place.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Has Tendency to Be Heavy.

The argument against the lavish
use of braid on cloth gowns and suits
for this spring is that the combina-
ton would be quite too heavy for our
sultry June days and hot July. There
is 40 cloth upon which braid can be
used that can keep it's fragile ap-
pearance. The weight of the braid
alone gives it wintry appearance.
1t is only by putting it on in an in
genious fashion and making it ca
PRECIOUS that a dressmaker can make
it appeal to a woman as an appro
pirate summer garnish for a frock.
The sketch shows gown which
Jenny of Paris sent to this country
and which has been widely copied
and modified for the average Amer
lean purchaser. You notice that the
braid is not used in long lines, but in
broken ones that detract from its
heaviness.
This frock is full of subtleties. In
that it is like all the rest that gov
ern the season. The straight fiat bod
ice has most of it's capriciousness
settled in the neckline. There is a
round. direetoire collar of black
braid with straight white knitted
Evening star., 1919-04-14
F FASHIONS

or blouse make up a very popular
type of frock for the girl, of ten or
twelve years, and this season some
especially attractive models have
been developed. Many plaid skirts of
silk or wool materials are seen, worn
with blouses of crepe de chine or of
washable fabrics. such as cottons and
linens. But plaids are not really SO
smart as the plain dark colors either
for separate skirts or dresses for
members of the younger generation.
The sketch shows an unusually
smart skirt and shirt waist outfit that
would be suitable for a girl of eight
to twelve years. The blouse is Of
white linen. 1t may be shocked or
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Ban on Radio Stations Modified,

All restrictions upon the use of ra-
dio receiving stations. other than
those used for commercial traffic. will
be removed on and after April Is,
Acting Secretary Roosevelt an
nounced yesterday. The order applies
to amateur, technical. experimental
and other stations. The restrictions
on transmitting stations of all types
will remain in effect
Evening star., 1919-04-14
HIGHER SCHOOL AGE
FOR D. c. FAVORED
Supt. Thurston Believes
Compulsory Law Limit
Should Be Is Years.
WORK PERMIT DISCUSSED

r Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent
of schools. is in favor of increasing
the compulsory school age in the Dis
trict from fourteen to sixteen years.
The superintendent said he believed
the sixteen-year limit prevails in
most large cities and that he was in
ciined to approve the suggestion that
it be put into effect here.
This is one of the changes which the
children's year committee of the Dis
trict proposes to ask Congress to
enact The committee also will ask
congress to abolish the so-called
poverty permit" which the Juvenile
Court is now empowered to issue to
child to work at the age of twelve
IL it is shown that the family needs
the child's earnings.
Legislation Proposed.
Mrs. Louis Brownlow. chairman of
the subcommittee on child labor of
the children's year committee, said
last night a bill probably will be in
troduced at the special session of
Congress in reference to the COM
pulsory school age and the poverty
permit"
of course. there is no exploitation
of child labor in the District" said
Mrs. Brownlow. THE question here
Is more one of keeping the children
IN school for reasonable period. The
details of our proposed legislation
have not been decided on. because we
want to draw a bill that will meet
the approval of the business men,"
Child welfare workers called atten-
tion to the peculiar situation which
now exists in Washington in regard
to the compulsory school age. They
pointed out that although a child may
leave school at the age of fourteen. he
or she cannot go to work until six
teen without permit setting forth
that the applicant did not miss any
time from school in the previous year
and Is physically able to perform the
work proposed.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

THIS MODEL. FROM JENNY OF
PARIS, IS OF BLUE SERGE Law
ISHLY TRIMMED WITH BLACK
SILK BRAID. THE NECKLINE
is UNUSUAL. THE STRAIGHT
COLLAR is A KNITTED WHITE
BAND WITH RED EMBROIDERY.
BELT is FASTENED AT BACK
WITH A BUCKLE THAT SHOWS
THE COCK OF FRANCE.
band going across the front with
scarlet designs and tassels at each
end Surely. this is a curious touch.
The short sleeves are finished with
olack braid.
The tunic gives the appearance OF
an apron. and it shows the black braid
only in slender lines across the front.
There is a narrow belt fastened at the
side of the back. and it's buckle is an
other capricious touch. 1t is of old
ivory, on which is designed in colors
the Cock of France, the national SYM
boil of victory and triumph.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Regarded as Inconsistent.

Child welfare workers regard it as
inconsistent to place the compulsory
school age at fourteen, leaving
lapse of two years before the boy or
girl can go to work without a per-
NIT. The provision in the permit that
the child must have attended school
without interruption during the last
year, it was pointed out, cannot be
met by many children. For this rea-
son, members Of the children's year
committee say, the child might as we'll
remain in school until sixteen.
Another attempt also may be made
by the children's year committee at
the next regular session of Congress
to revive the mothers pension law for
the District. This law would make
poverty permits" unnecessary. Under
it's provisions a parent in need could
secure an allowance from the board
OF children's guardians instead of TAX
ing her child from school to work.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

For Soiods use lime
fruit Jify-Jell. It makss
Q tart, green salad jelL
Serve with the salad or
mix the salad in before
cooling.
For Moot Loaf mix
meat scraps into Lime
Jidy-Jell.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
New 5O-Cent Gifts
To the Users of Jiffy-Jel
.Jeu
We Pay 1Oc Each
Real-Fruit Desserts
l2lzc Per Dinner ~

Note that Ehy-Jeii brings NR
you q real-fruit dessert. All UH
the fruit Havors are fruit-juiee GuA
essences condensed. They ~
come sealed in glass "A
bottle In each package
they keep their fruit dime &SN
freshness.
Mark how Jiify- Jeli differs IRX|
from old-style gelatine des- s%Sa
serts. Here you have true. -
fruit dainties, rich in COM -.
densed fruit juices. You get
all the delights. all the 49,
healthfulness of fruit.
You simply add boiling II Viais
water--no sugar, no acidity,
no color. Then add the fruit-juice havo'
from the vial. One package of Udy-Je
serves six people in mold form, or twelve
if you whip the jeil-aIl for I2H cents
Evening star., 1919-04-14
SOLDIER WHO LOST BOTH LEGS
NOT NEEDING CHARITY GIFTS

will, asserts Capt Lanham. provide
for all such cases. The soldiers resent
any suggestion that they be made OBJ
jectS of charity.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Salad Mold-Style D

urv aluminium. stxpsron vegetsbl
losf Enade With peekage q Lime !9y-Je1 PIN
Tho nd0tAti00s
= Value Sead Ave u trademarks it,
Evening star., 1919-04-14

embroidered in color. The little tall
ored skirt made of dark colored linen
is attached to the blouse with self
fabric loops that slip over buttons on
the blouse.
These loops are moro unusual and
decidedly smarter than ordinary but
tonholes.
The skirt may be of navy. brown or
dark green linen. with color touch on
the blouse matching it.
1t is always a mistake to expect a
young girl to keep her blouse and
separate skirt in proper shape and
correctly adjusted unless they are at
tached by some means. A figure
must have developed hips in order to
hold skirts properly in place. and of
course the little girls figure. no mat
ter whether she is fat or thin. is
straight as far as hip curves are con-
cerned.
Fluffy ruffies frocks are smart and
desirable for dress-up occasions and
for graduation or confirmation wear,
but the plainly tailored garment is
always the best selection for real
service wear.
Younger girls are dressed in quaint
little slipover smock dresses of plain
crepes, linenss etc. The girl who IL
old enough to wear the separate skirt
and shirt waist will undoubtedly be
outhtted with many such garments
GsT spring and summer.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
This Week Only

Each JiAy-Jell package has ~
trademark in circle on the front. We
will pay you 10 cents in aluminium
mold values for each circle you send
US this week.
:, Note our mold offers at the side.
Some of these molds are new. Pick
out the mold or the molds you want,
and send us these Cd trademarks.
counting as loe each, to cover the
value az stated. Send no money. We
pay postage on the molds.
Note that Jiffy-Jell costs you lzH
cents per package. And the trade
mark alone is worth 10 cents on these
molds, if sent this week.
Send as many trademarks As you
wish this week. Or, if you prefer.
send groeer's sales slip, showing
amount Of purchase. K
This offer IS made to start new users
to show them what JiHy- Jell means
to them. But present users are well
come to accept it. Get Jiffy- Jell now,
while this offer is open. Get what you
need for some weeks. This is the
time when fruity desserts are most
needed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
FOllED PLAN FOR ALLIANCE
How Bismarck Frustrated Negotia-
lions Which Had Been Opened Be-
tween France and Austria.

An incident from Mr.. G. G. Robert.
sons life of Bismarck throws inter.
esting light on the mcthodical way In
which Bismarck worked out his state
policies. 1t concerns the negotiations
opened between France and Austria
after 1896 for an alliance against
Prussia Emperor Francis Joseph had
emerged from the Seven Weeks war
DESTROYS of revenge and with substan-
tia forces still intact. Napoleon met
Francis Joseph at Salzburg, and few
weeks later the Austrian emperor tray
eled to France with his military suite
and give orders that the imperial
train should stop nowhere on German
soil, and. in particular, that It should
pass the South German courts at night
in order to avoid embarrassing inter
views.
Nothing marred the monnrch's peace
Of mind until. I'm the dead of night, the
train approached the German frontier
near Baden-Baden there It suddenly
came to standstill. The aide-de-
camp, on inquiring for the reason, was
shown lonely figure wrapped In a
dark military cloak standing In a
pouring rain. The stranger wanted to
speak to the Emperor Francis Joseph.
Who was he? 1t was King William OF
Prussia
Thus, on dark September night In
1867, did the emperor of Austria and
the king Of Prussia meet for the first
time since Koniggratz. The interview
lasted several hours and took place IN
the renr carriage Of the imperial train
What PASSED Is not known hut the
writer Is satisfied that william OF
Prussia asked Francis Joseph not Ia
betray the German cause, and warned
him Of the forthcoming Franco German
war. On reaching Paris Emperor Fran
els Joseph proved adamant to the
most tempting offers Of alliance. The
incident remained secret n few local
papers referred to 1t ms merely slight
mishap to the imperial train youths
Companion.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass Of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out polsons.

Life Ia not merely to live, but to
live well. eat well. digest well. work
well, sleep we'll. look well. What a
glorious condition to attain. and yet
how very easy II Is II one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise. split
ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath. acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as u daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out tho
whole Of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone. whether ailing. sick or
we'll. should. each morning. before
breakfast. drink a glass Of real hot
water with tcaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t to wash from tho
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels tho
previous days indigestlble waste.
sour bile and poisonous toxins thus
cleansing, swcetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before
nutting more food into the stomach.
The action OF hot water and limestone
phosphate on an empty stomach Is
wonderfully invigorating. II cleans
out all the sour lamentations. gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast, While
you are enjoying your breakfast the
water and phosphate is quietly ex-
tracing a large volume OF water from
the blood and getting ready for a
thorough flushing of all the inside
organs.
The millions Of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble rheumatism;
others who have salIow skins. blood
disorders and sickly compilations are
urged to get a quarter pound of limo.
stone phosphate from the drug store
which will cost very little, but is
sufflcic'' to make anyone pro.
nounced crank on tho subject OF
Internal sanitation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
The Gypsy's Revenge.

W. II. Campbell had his fortune told
last week by one Of the gypses who
have been In this neighborhood lately.
While ne was getting some gasoline ut
the Hnlsey garage, preparatory to a
trip to Albany, he was approached by
one Of the fortune tellers. who asked
for money. on his refusal to come
across" she told him he would have
bad luck all the rest of the day. And
sure enough. he had gone only short
distance when the rear axle Of his car
broke !--OregOnian.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01

Professor r.. Strauss. NJ. D., Of the
ROYAL Charity Hospital, says, "ihe
cause for an attack Of govt, rheumatism,
lumbago, is supplied by the Increase OF
uric acid in the blood serum, tho result
of various causes, the most frequent OF
which is renal. Before an attack, one
suffers sometimes from headache, neural
ria, twnges of pain here and there"
When your kidneys feel like Jumps OF
lead. when the back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, or YOU. arc
Obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night; when you suffer with
sick headache, or dizzy, nervous spells
acid stomach; or you have rheumatic
pains or lumbago, govt, sclatlca when
the weather is bad, do not neglect the
warning, but try simple means, lake
six or eight glasses OF water during inc
day, then obtain at your nearest drug
store 'An-,lric' (anti-uric acld).
This is the discovery Of DR.. Pierce. OF
the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, \. Y. An;
uric" is an antidote for this uric acid
poisoning and dissolves uric acid in the
BODY much as hot coffee dissolvcs sugar
"Anuric" will penetrate into the joints
and muscles, and dissolve the poisonous
acc,lmulations 1t will stamp out toxins
Send 10 cents to Dr. Picrcc's Invalid,
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial package
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01

Martin G. Osberg Of Harmony. Me-,
who has just enlisted in the army, Is
the most perfect physical specimen
out of 10000 persons who have pre-
scented themselves for army service
during the past few years ut the Bos-
ton recruiting station. Osberg is a
Swede, but came to this country early
in life and lived on a farm, which he
claims Is the secret of his physical
perfection. He is twenty years old,
weighs 49, pounds. stands 66A inches
and has a chest measure of "a to 80
inches.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01

The first book in English printed In
raised or embossed letters for the use
of the blind was issued at Edinburgh
81 years ago by James Gait. The first
attempt to provide literature for the
sightless was made IN 1856 by Hauy.
at Paris. who invented system of
printing raised letters. Hauy used the
1lyrian Or Slovenian alphabet in the
few brief works he published, and his
project ended in failure.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
65 HEAD OF HOGS
BRING OWNER $4,875

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. lis there
money in hogs? Ask j. -. Waters Of
Dawson, near here. He recently sold
sixty-fve head in Chicago for 1880.
This is record price of $75 head.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
kind.Hearted Farmers,

One day n little city girl came to
the farm, and when she saw a wind
mill she said: "Oh. see how good the
farmers ore to the pigs; they have
electric fans tn keep them cool"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
CHICAGO CAR MEN.
WILL ACCEPT NEW
SCALE, SAYS Chief
REFERENDUM SHOWS SENTI.
MENT STRONGLY IN FAVOR or
sETTLlNG STRikE--MAY RE.
TURN TO WORK SATURDAY.

Chicago, Aug Street cars and
~" trains will be running on old time
schedule by midnight Friday.
This was the prediction of officials
of the car mems union yesterday as
preparations for the referendum vot"
today were being completed
While the balloting VIII not be con.
cluded until O'Clock this afternoon
William d. Mahon, International presi.
dent OF the union, claimed the count
would be finished within a few hours.
And he was confident that the verdic;
OF the majority of the men would be
to accept the compromise offer made
by the surface and elevated com.
panies.
Quick Action Promised.
at will require hut a brief time. -
he added, 'for the men to get out their
cars and trains, once their decision is
made known"
The ballots were distributed yestcr-
day to the polling places at all the
car barns. along with copies of Mr.
Mahon's letter. explaining the pur.
pose of the vote and the reasons for
approving the compromise wage scale
offered by the companies of 65 cents
an hour for street car men and CT
cents an hour for elevated men.
All afternoon meetings. of strikers
were held in the vicinity of all o. he
car barns, where the situation Wa ex-
planned to the men BY the officials
All OF the officers of the union made
a plea for the acceptance of the com
promise offer. which will end the
strike.
Quinlan Is Confident
William Quinlan president of the
local street car mems union. visited
nearly all of the meetings and eX-
pressed himself as well satisfied by
the attendance and attitude Of the
men
II feel certain" he said, that the
men VIII emu tne Sirlke, MANY H'P0
raised pertinent questions, but th"rc
was no apparent opposition to the
compromise
w +. McCenathan. secretary Of the
81" mems union, was even more on
timistc than Quinlan.
Il believe the l. men will vote al
most unanimously for ending the
strike" he said.
II was stated by the company Of
ficials that in case the referendum
vote turns down the compromise offer,
the entire matter will have to be taken
up anew by an arbitration board
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
Talented Younu Graduate.

"Yes," said Farmer Virgins. my
dartcr's goin' to granuate and get a
deplunket. Then when she has it we're
n .goin TO send her to a musical mesog-
itory to be Finished