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Evening star., 1919-02-22
Not Like Other Cities.

washington is unlike other large
cities, as the annual expansion of all
government departments demands ad-
ditionai housing accommodations,
otherwise the nations business will
be retarded Private capital must re-
spond to meet this situation so that
the government may be relieved of en-
tering the real estate business.
Tn addition to present conditions
affecting the entire country, Wash
ington is handicapped by the existing
law known as the salisbury resolu-
ton This legislation operates as a
wo- ed eed sword. helping temporarily
the tenant in possession, but restrict
ing rental space and new quarters for
the war workers and newcomers to
the city. This law should be re-
pealed Immediately to relieye Wash
ington builders of an unreasonable
financial risk.
Builders would then see a fair
market for real estate to justify the
erection of houses and apartments.
If tenants can remain at a low rental
builders fear they may show but 1it-
tie anxiety to buy. Tenants buying
new homes for occupancy would make
available for government employees the
premises they would then vacate. The
increased supply of rental quarters
would regulate the charge"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-09

E5D E7GTE ESOTG OF
- UTTERFLIEs of the night wear such wraps
- az are shown this page. The evening
cloeks have the outline OF the brilliant
Hitting insect OF the sunshine. In colors too tho
resemblance liz apparent.
The large, upper right hand figure Is q mag.
nficent. enYelopng cont OF velvet brocade 1t is
hned With turquoise blue sili,. The ch.n-reaching
collar liz trimmed with four narrow rows of Rus
sian sable. The fur is continued along the
shoulder and eide opening. The sleeves are also
outlined ny fcuF rows OF the fur. The gplendor
OF the violet background OF the brocade is en-
phaa!zed by the delicate silver Of the brocaded
ngures. The long points OF the cloak reacl, the
hem or the si1ea % the gown. The cloak reveals
a, the from: and back draped evening gown
al apricot satin. The Ticsh-coored satin pumps
and hoze worn are foils for the vivid coloring of
robe and CLOAK TO this particularly coquettish
wrap do mutt ! have gwen tho name--The
Excuse
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-09

The lower left.hand figure
Is an exhibit Of the stateliest
Of tho Winter evening wraps.
OF mirror velvet it Is q rich
expanse OF all green velvet.
The lining Is OF black and
whito silk in an odd
tmDressionIstic pattern, which
one. who saw it described
as n dizzyirg ripple. The
lining shows at the edge Of
the broad, full back and at
the wide, s]ashed cuffs and
rolling collar. The inner
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-09

sides OF the cuffs. the collar ard the seams with
which the sleeves and back Join the yoke are
outlined by violet soutache braid. The cuffs and
collar have border Of black fox / call this
the Islhoodah.
The small righthand figure shows the back Of
the o1ve green coat The photograph gives the
detail of the deeply slashed sleeves The AMETHYST
buttons. reaching nearly to the elbows may be
fastened by loops of the violet soutache.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-09

7 ADY DUFF-CORDON, the
famous Lucille" Of London,
- and foremost creator Of fashions
in the world. writes each week th,
fashion article for this newspaper. pre-
sentins all that is newest and bes. in
styles for weu-dressed women.
Lady Duff Gordon's PaT;, e.tab-
lishment brings her into close touch
with that centre Of fashion.
Lady Duff Gordoni's American e.-
adjustments are at Nos. 81 and 80
West FEb-seycnth street. New York.
and No. 400 Lake Shore Drive,
Chicago.
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
The Suits

Styles full of
charm, lovely be-
yond expression.
Velours, silver
tones, tricotines,
novelty checks,
serges, poplins.
Guaranteed priced
lower than any
where else, $14.5O
to $65.
Evening journal., 1919-09-16

which Is not affected by various State
laws now In force against auto thieves.
Whoever shall transport or cause
to be transported IN Interstate or for
eign commerce a motor vehicle know
ing the same TO be stolen property,
or who shall receive. conceal. store,
barter. sell or dispose OF any motor
vehicle, knowing the same TO have
been stolen and transported in inter
state or foreign commerce, shall be
punished by a fine OF not more than
5000 or by Imprisonment OF not moro
than five years, or both.
ANY person violating this act may
be punished IN any district I'm or
through which such motor vehicle has
been transported or removed by such
offender"
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
ARMY TO SELL
TEXTILE SUPPLIES
Department Expert Has
Proposition for Disposal
Direct to Public
FORM SALES SYSTEM
WITH RED CROSS

WASHINGTON. Sept f6.-There is on
foot a proposition for the government
10 so into the mail order business 20
distribute rs tremendous stock Of sur
plus supplies. r. J. ONeill. expert Tex
.ile adviser TO the War Claims Board,
,old the House Subcommittee ON ord
lsnce his plans TO have the government
establish. with the aid Of The Red
Cross. a system TO sell direct 10 the
consumers the hundreds OF millions Of
dollars worth of textiles aud other
mrechandise in The army surplus.
Mr.. O'Neill, who Is in the Ordnance
Department, said he had the cordial ap-
proval OF his chief, General Marshall,
and of other officers. as well as OF tho
Director of Sales. Red Cross officials,
while asserting that merchandising was
outside the natural work OF the organi-
zation. were willing to cooperate in
order 10 relieve the suffering occasioned
by the high cost Of living. II they could
be assured they would not aniagOnize
great numbers of wholesalers and re-
tailcrs who may be contributors 10
their institution, and Mr.. O'Neill Is now
engaged IN trying TO induce the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of The United States
on behalf OF the merchants Of the coun-
try TO ask The Red Cross to render this
aid.
Mr.. ONeill testified ihat there are in
The Ordnance Department about s2000O,-
600 worth Of textiles, chiefly silks,
which The Manufacturers and jobbers
have endeay ored TO procure for 40 cents
on the dollar and less. Where manu-
facturers whose contracts were can
cancelled refused 90 accept a reasonable
salvage value, the Claims Board. on the
advice OF Mr.. O'Ncill, told them 20 carry
out their contracts aud the government
would dispose OF the goods. In most
cases The manufacturers came TO terms.
In few cases the government accepted
the goods.
Mr.. ONelll stated that the Ordnance
Department had on hand 100000 yards
Of pure silk cartridge cloth. which can
be treated, dyed and printed at slight
cost. and so made into dress goods, or
which can be used for suits similar 10
pongee or Palm Beach by merely boil
ing at a cost Of 10 cents a yard. The
average cost Of this silk TO the govern
ment was 80 cents a square yard
The Ordnance Department advertised
for bids The lowest received was 4
cents and the highest 26 cents a yard.
III seemed 10 me they had formed a
combination against us. said the wit
ness. Il was told that some manu-
faciurers had advised others TO hammer
the price, but we rejected all their
bids The very next day we had an
Offer OF 40 cents from Samuel Eisman
q Company but laughed at them. We
now have an offer OF y cents a square
yard for the entire lot from Mr. Bloom,
general sales manager Of the Bush Sales
Company. II he puts up the required
bond OF $4,000 he will probably get
The lot"
III The Ordnance Department had not
had the benefit OF expert advice / sup
pose they would have let that silk go |
for 26 cents 2" inquired Representative |
jefferics, who was examining the wit /
ness.
"They would have let II go for 70 i-2 |
cents" was The reply. "That was the
est bid they got The first time they adj
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
SKIRTS
So, $3.50, $5.96, $3.50
SAVE 81 TO So ON EACH
DURING THIS SALE.
ALTERATIONS FREE

Serges, poplins, velours, mohairs
piaids, stripes, silks, etc. Piested or newes
plain models. Narrow or wide, in fact
skirt to suit every size, taste and pocket
book. Come and pick out yoursl
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
UNITED STATES
AUTO LAW Severe
Provides $4,000 Fine or
Five Year, in Jail fer
Shipping Stolen Motors
BILL PROMISED PROMPT
PASSAGE IN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Sept i6--Auto thieves
viii soon face fine Of 5000 or five
years In Jail under the terms Of a bill
introduced in the House by Represen-
iative lgoe, Of Missouri TO protect the
6.5000O0 automobiles In the United
States, now valued at S7SOO,0DO.OOO
owing TO the Importance Of this legis-
lalion the bill Will be reported TO the
House today with the promise that II
will pass promptly.
According TO figures furnished by the
American Automobile Association, 22,-
273 cars were stolen in 1918 in 10 West
ern cities. Detroit led with 1868 thefls,
followed by Chicago with 26ii, 81.
Louis with 2,2ii and Cleveland with
2,O76 Cincinnati suffered least with
3iS Kansas City led in the percentage
OF 81 per cent. OF stolen cars rcgained.
Another surprising fact revealed by
the statistics was that Ohio leads all
States in the Union with i6i,S20 cars.
New York Is second with 3i6, 932 Penn
sylyania third with i07,923 and llli-
nois fourth with i0i ,37i Nevada has
the fcwest. with s,i53.
The National Automobile Dealers
Association Is asking manufacturers,
Representative Dyer said, for the bet
ter Identification Of cars by more COM
plete numbering Of the component
parts Usually the engine alone is num-
bered, but the thief promptly chisels
the number on
Several States have passed stringent
antithefi laws, notably Pennsylvania,
where The penalty for stealing Is a flne
not 30 exceed 5000 and Imprisonment
OF separate or solitary confinement at
labor, not exceeding 10 years
The Dyer bill, which is a substitute
for a former bin on the same subject
win be known as the National Motor
Vehicle Theft act, and defines a motor
vehicle" 10 include any automobile,
truck, automobile wagon. motorcycle or
any other self-propeled vehicle not de-
signed for running on rails.
The teeth OF the bill are IN the fol-
lowing reference TO the knowing sale.
transportation or use Of any stolen We
hicle IN interstate or foreign commerce
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
IT'S DOLLARS TO DIMES YOU'LL PAY
LESS AND GET BETTER SHOES AT

FORMANs. How about Lhildrens
ShoesY You'll get the best at Fornan's
and pay less. Mems and Women's Dress
Shoes, 81 to 81 less for the finest makes.
Our mems working shoes are tho talk
OF the town for quality and price. Chill
drens stockings. Pay less for extra
quality. Black, brown, white, colors
I'm stock. PERFUME SOUVENIRS THIS
WEEK. Eormans, Fourth street, be
tween Market and King. open this
evening.-Ady.
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
"sIaMEsE TWINS" IN
HOLY0KE. MASS

HOtYOKE. Mass, Sept. i6.-Mary and
Margaret Gibbs, daughters OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gibbs. were born bound TO
gether like the slamese twins with a
strip OF flesh. They are now seven
years old. and are wheeled about IN a
large twin carriage. They never have
been exhibited, nor have they been
photographed.
Evening journal., 1919-09-16

A heap OF sausages on a steamer
coming into San Francisco harbOr
looked so toothsome that customs
inspector lifted one 10 admire II. Alto
gelher they contained $4,000 worth OF
opium.
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
| Don't Have
10 Worry Nowl

THERE was time when worried
Il over my baby, because he was so
thin and pale. Wewere trying to feed
him raw milk with water, because |
couldn't nurse him-but it was too hard
Evening journal., 1919-09-16

vertised It, so II we sell II for y cents
the saving to the government will be
slightly more than s6,50O,0OO"
Evening journal., 1919-09-16
New Arrivals
Fall Coats, Suits and Dire
The Coats

Every desirable
material of the
season, large fur
collars or plain
beautifully lined.
Shades too numer-
Gus to mention;
excellent tailoring.
Priced SIS 70 SS5.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
ST. LOUIS, HOME OF GOOD BEER, SPURNS
"KCKLESS" INVITATIONS WITH CONTEMPT

brass footrail and the "companionship
and good fellowship" supposed to 60
with it are not sufficient to keep trade
alive when alcoholic drinks are not
sold.
They have also learned that manv
former whisky drinkers have been
able to get along on beer containing
only "a per cent. alcohol and most
startling of all. they have found that
large majority of the supposed
! steady drinkers" have conscientious
scruples against trying to induce
them to serve hard drinks in violation
of the law.
In few saloons whisky and wines
of more than 20 alcoholic content
may be obtained in devious ways. but
the demand for this sort of service is
said to be surprisingly small.
Several saloon keepers who were
questioned on this point said they had
not attempted the surreptitious sale
of hard drinks because they be-
Leve public sentiment would not
favor infraction of the wartime reg
ulation, and certainly would not sane
ton violation Of the law after the
constitutional amendment goes into
effect.
Business in the saloons has fallen
on, and hotel managers say they have
not made enough at their bars to pay
expenses since July l.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
SKIRTS GOING Up,
S0x COMING DOWN.;
WHAT IS COMING?

Ladies who fight the good fight of
fashion in approved Marquis of
Queensberry style-atten-shun!
The fall dictates are out Chicago
dress buyers have returned from the
east carrying with them the first mes.
sengers Of the new season. scant Of
plumage, short of-er-measupe, but
however slight, nevertheless, quite de-
cisive. OF the new dresses it might
be said in approved ringside fashion
they're little. but. oh, my,
yes, they are bit short" said q
woman buyer in State street depart.
ment store who had just returned
from the east. But that is because
materials will have to be conserved.
Silks, serges, even cotton materials.
are scarce and expensive"
She held up to view a satin gown
whose "shortness" did not err on the
side of indecision.
Everything in Paris is the same"
she declared.
On Michigan avenue. the same story
was told. Payers sang rhapsodies of
narrow and abbreviated silhouettes
They'll get even shorter bfore the
season is over" Miss Mollie Living
ston, of an importers shop, said.
Socks Are Sold.
But here's the rub: While Roberts
rules of order demand the shortened
skirt the Hoyles of hosiery announce
the advent of the feminine sock.
! Dancers have always bought
them" a young woman in the hosiery
| department of a department store de
clared But now sales of socks have
increased greatly"
I've seen them wearing socks al
ready" Miss Livingston said. NO
doubt more women will adopt the
fad"
| AS yet no fashion Edison has come
forward with a saving invention to
bridge the gap.
Hose are silken. Many dresses are
silken. Fabric manufacturers, meet
ing in New York, according to dis
patch from the east, have agreed that
there is not enough silk to go around
Or of other material, for that matter
And there will not be enough material
for FIVE years to come.
But here's consolation. One dress
buyer declared that still one fabric
may be made up in the lines that a
slender maiden loves. The fabric Is
lace-but then, of course. it takes less
thread than closer fabric. it was eX-
planned.
On the whole, the minus signs
seemed to have it. both on State street
and Michigan avenue this morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Aug, 9. - Hogs Re-
ceipts 1000; market higher than yes
terday's average; top s2265; heavy
weight s22.35 Q226O; medium weight,
O,60@22.65; light weight $20.5O q
$3.50; light lights s19.0O@2l 80;
heavy packing sows, smooth $3.50 O
$20.25; packing sows, rough, $3.50 q
$19.25; pigs $17@19.
Cattle - Receipts 1000. compared
with week ago, killing steers mostly
soc to 81 higher; better grades of she
stock rs cents to 81 higher; others and
Gamers and bulls % cents to SO cents
higher; handy weight calves mostly
$3.50 higher, medium heavy 81 to s.
higher; stockers and feeders % cents
to so cents higher
Sheep - Receipts 1000, compared
with a week ago, native lambs mostly
25 cents higher: westerns 25 to so
cents higher; ewes. steady to % cents
higher; yearlings and weathers most
ly IS cents higher; feeders mostly 25
cents higher; breeding ewes, % cents
higher.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09

National Crop Improvement Servlce.l
S6TT will not do any good to adj
wise farmers not to retire and
not to move to town, nor will
It do any good to preach that boys
must be kept on the farm. The only
way to solve these two problems is to
make country life as attractive and
as convenient as town life and the au-
tomobile is rapidly doing It," says
Mr.. Frank Baackes, vice-president,
American Steel & Wire company.
II was reading the other day Of a
man in New York state who had
worked his way up from boyhood and
now owns a 130-acre farm improved
lined and fenced, with a beautiful
house, big barns and modern improve
ments, we'll stocked. including so pure
bred ewes. Now he says he is going
to move to town because his wife
wants to go; because he lives eight
miles from town over the most abom-
Unable road in the world.
He claims he and his wife have
been prisoners at hard labor without
even the commences Of pleasures. He
says that most of his friends have for
saken their farms and have gone to
this town and he wants to go there
and enjoy their society.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Esgemeyers)
SELLING PRICES

Beets. SC per bunch; leaf lettuce,
per pound, 5 cents; head lettuce.
trimmed. per lb., 53c; tomatoes, 3
lbs, csc; dry onions, per h., 10 cents;
parsley, per bunch, 15c; mangoes, 15c
dozen; turnips, cents per pound:
garlic. 81 per ID; summer squash,
SC lb: new potatoes, 4 lbs, csc, soc
PIX; new corn. home grown, 40c doz.:
Michigan celery, per bunch, sc; green
beans, 10c ID; sweet potatoes, lbs.
CSC
Eggs, dozen, soc; creamery butter
per ID. 64c; country butter, per Id,
55c; spring chickens. zoe.
Produce (Buying)
Country butter, per ID. 4Oc: eggs,
~ per dozen; old chickens. per lib.
CSC; frying chickens, per lb.. 33c.
Bananas, per pound, 12c; lemons,
per dozen. 40c; lines, per dozen, SOC;
oranges, per dozen, Coo; watermelons
SC per pound; cantaloupes. loo; Cal
ifornia plums, CSC per pound; peach
es 13c, or lbs. for csc; new apples,
loo and 15c pound; Malaga grapes 40c
pound.
BacEneyers Tip Top melons. per
ID. &c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09

when a farmer retires from his
active out-of- door life and hangs
around the house, his years are num-
bered and he becomes a nuisance to
himself-and an especial nuisance TO
his wife.
"Now the crux Of the whole matter
Is this: IF that eight miles of road
had been improved by this bunch of
retired farmers, the town facilities
could be theirs and they could enjoy
the country as we'll. There is no ex-
cuse for eight miles of abominable
roads in New York state or in any
other state. 1t would take only a
half an hour Of very conservative
driving for him to so to town over n
good road and his boy Is informed
that if he goes to a big city to work
he is likely to stand up in sweating
crowd in a street car for the better
part of an hour before he can get to
his lodgings.
Therefore when we all realize that
every man owes public service in road
making, this moving-to-tOWn bugaboo
will not be so prevalent. Fix the road
and you have fixed almost everything
that counts"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09
(St. Louis Post.Dispatch.)

ST. LOUIS, Nc, Aug. s-st. Louis
spurns the synthetic spree" which Is
vainly trying to find place in the dry
scheme Of things. says the Post-Dis-
patch. Substitutes for practically all
the old intoxicating drinks, except
straight whisky. are displayed on the
back bars of many ST. Louis saloons,
but thus far their only Office has been
to fill up the space left vacant when
the real stuff disappeared when the
wartime prohibition went into effect.
The bottles containing these substi-
tute drinks are the choicest product
of the glassblowers art and have
fancy labels closely resembling those
formerly used on the drinks which
they. are designed to simulate. 1t is
claimed for all of them that they have
the taste, but not the kick
Bars in the hotels and a number of
the larger downtown and west end sa-
looms have an array Of these bottles
and an assortment of signs on the mir
ror that would startle the prohibition
ist if he should drop in for a sarsa-
parilla. The signs proclaim that
there are on sale gin rickeys, Martini
cocktails, Bronx cocktails, ale, port,
vermouth and, most startling of all,
mint juleps.
The "drinking public" has been
slow to respond to the appeal OF
these non-alcoholic con coctions
There was some trade in them when
they were first put on sale. This was
purely speculative and based on the
chance that they were not really lml
tations, but the genuine mixtures IN
disguise. 1t did not take long for the
knowing to establish that this faint
CLEAN of hope was a will-o'-the-wisp
The only kick was that which came
from those who failed to And one.
Investigator Went Home Sober.
A man who went out with the de
| liberate intention of "tanking up" or
these imitation drinks found that he
became progressively more sober, ar
rived home before supper was ready
and put in the Intervening time push
ing a lawn mower over the back yaro
in perfectly straight lines.
At downtown saloon, formerly ia
nous for the superior quality of its
mixed drinks, Martini cocktail was
ordered The skilled mixer of Other
days put it together in his usua
painstaking way.
cracked ice, then he reached to TN
back bar and got bottle conspicu
ously labeled "vermouth." He poured
jigger of this on the ice in the glass
From another bottle he put in dasf
of gin syrup" After giving the mix
ture time to chill he strained it into
a cocktail glass and dropped an olive
on it.
The drink looked like a Martini. 81
far as the flavor went it also tastec
like one, except that the ardenc,
which goes with every genuine hard
drink was not there. This is true o
all the non-alcoholic substitutes.
No Good Fellowship.
Saloon keepers who have tried t.
push" these new drinks say the.
have made several startling discov
cries since July ! which upset thei
preconceived notions as to the funt
ton of the saloon. They have learne'
for one thing that the lure of tn