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service law and rules. l am thank
full TO say that generally the Com
mission was supported by the heads
OF departments, but in some Of the
immense bureaus which were estab-
lished or many times multiplied al
most over night. men of unquestioned
ability who at great sacrifice OF their
private interests had been placed in
charge, brought the strongest kind
OF pressure to bear 20 have the posi-
tions under them exempted; their at
tltude. OF course, was simply because
OF the utter lack of knowledge OF the
benefits of the competitive system,
and right there is one of the places
where practical work is needed. There
waSa continual struggle day and
night to preserve the system and at
the same time to meet the unprece-
dented calls for employees OF all sorts
which literally poured into the Of
flee. II was a hard and constant
fight and the Commission won"
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ALIENS SAIL
DAILY FROM j. S.

NEW YORK. April 12.-Enriched
by war work. aliens are leaving this
country at the rate of more than 900
a day. Custom officials express fear
that if Congress limits immigration
for the next four year the United
States will face a serious labor short
age.
Since the signing OF the armistice
Italians. Greeks, Spaniards. and Por-
tugUese have been departing through
this port. Since November T6.221
passports have been yised al the
custom house and since December
$4,000 aliens have sailed Steerage
rates have jumped from $40 to $50.
Each alien, it is estimated, took
away from 81 900 to $1,000. Since
April =, when all outgoing passengers
were forced to pay income taxes be-
fore leaving. more than S6S,OOO has
been collected.
Byron r. Newton. collector OF the
port, said more than 90 per cent of
the aliens are Italians and that
something ought to be done to check
the outflow
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adoption and maintenance that its
success will be inevitable"
Commissioner Wales and President
Morrison, both attended the meeting
to represent the commission. In the
course OF his remarks. Mr.. Wales de-
plored the attacks on the commission
by the league.
He declared the commission hsd
done effective fighting to combat ef-
forts OF many high officials through
the war to have parts Of the service
removed from the operation OF ths
civil service law and rules Mr.. Wales
in this connection said:
The most vitality interesting part
OF the Commissions war history will
probably never be written. 1t re-
lates to the effectual fighting that
was done by the Commission in COM
batting the efforts of many officers
of high degree to have parts of the
service under their supervision re-
moved from the operation OF the civil
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'PASTERNAK'S' like
NOTED PARIS SHOPS

A ladies' wear shop modelled after
the famous Paris shops has been
opened in Washington.
Pasternak's Connecticut Avenue
shop. 1909 Connecticut avenue, has
been formally opened. with Miss A. A.
Hopkins. formerly with the Plaza
Gown Parlors. OF New York. in charge.
Everything from hats TO lingerie IL
displayed.
Every effort has been made by Mr..
Pasternak. who has been in business
in Washington for twenty years at
1882 Fourteenth street northwest. TO
make the new store different from
any in Washington.
A novel feature is the sun parlor
fitting room. Two balconies are con-
tanned in the arrangement the hrst
for tailor suits and sport goods and
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BUY VOTE STICKERS
AT RED-BLACK SIGN

wherever the red and black Votes
for Washington" poster is displayed
in the windows OF Washington busi-
ness houses stickers can be pur-
chased.
This fact was announced today by
Joseph Kaufman, father Of the votes
for Washington movement" who has
been distributing the posters this
morning.
The following firms have been add
ed to those already using the stickers
and letterhead imprint: Robert Ber-
berich Sons, the Fashion Shops, Allen
c. Clark, and Charles Schwartz Sons
Stickers are now on sale at EtZ's OPP
ticAI Store. 1908 G. street northwest: {:
Charles Schwartz & Son, jewellers. 76s
Seventh street northwest. as we'll as
B. F. Keith's Theater, the Crandau
string OF playhouses, and the D. J.
Kaufman stores.
Reports from the chain-letter cam
paign indicate that this feature is
booming in Baltimore. Boston, and
Nashville.
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SEEKS MORE
POWER FOR
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION

Demand that the whole question
Of employment and welfare Of en-
ployes of the Government be cen
tered in the Civil Service Commits
sion and that the powers of the COM
mission be greatly enlarged, with au-
thority to enforce its finds. was made
by Commissioner George R. Wales in
an address delivered at the joint
meeting In Philadelphia of the Ma
tiCnal Civil Service Reform League
and the Pennsylvania Civil Service
Reform Association.
In summing up his recommenda-
tons, Mr.. Wales, for many years
connected with the commission as
chief examiner. but now a member
OF the commission, advocated the fol-
lowing program:
10 sum up, let there be a pro-
Eram which will make the Civil Serv-
ice Commission a real employment
department Of the Government, Civ
ing &c proper facilities and clothing
IL with power to establish standards
ana thoroughly scientific and accu-
rate competitive tests for entrance.
promotion, demotion, change of as
stgnment, and dismissal-standards
and tests that will be applicable not
only TO Government employment but
70 private employment as we'll Let
the whole question OF employment
and welfare OF employees be centered
in the Civil Service Commission, with
full power and equipment. Let the
program include a similar orgsniza-
ton for each OF the States, having
jurisdiction over employment matters
in cities and counties. Based upon
this comprehensive program. let there
be a live, thoroughly representative,
country-wide organization to foster
the movement and to create so strong
a popular sentiment in favor OF its
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10 Be Successful learn to save.
stamps viii helD yOu.
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W. H. STARNELL TO DIRECT
DEPARTMENT STORE GLEE

W. H. Starnell, OF the upholstery
department. has been selected as di-
rector Of the Woodward & Lothrop's s
Glee Club. just organized by Prof.
Peter W. Dykema, OF the War Camp
Community Service.
The club is composed OF nifty en-
pIoyes of the store selected from the
200 TO 500 who attend the "commun-
ity sings" each Wednesday and Satur-
day morning for a half hour before
the store opens.
Mr. StarneI and Prof. Dykema al
ternate in leading the singing. The
Elee club will sing on patriotic and
special occasions.
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BOARD
BROADENS SCOPE

Reorganization OF the Highways
Transport Committee OF the Council
OF National Defense to include exeeu-
tive departments vitality interested
in highway transportation was an
nounced today,
The reorganized committee includes
representatives from the office Of
public roads and rural engineering OF
the Department OF Agriculture, the
Bureau OF Markets. the Postoffice
Department. and the Department OF
Commerce.
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ROMAN POLICE sUPPREss RIOT.

ROME. April PA riot resulting
from twenty-four-h hour general
strike was quickly suppressed by the
nolice.
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NEW YORK INVADED BY
ARMY OF FARMERETTES

NEW YORK, April 12.-Tractors
and hay wagons have the right Of
way on Fifth avenue today. New
York has been invaded by an army
OF 1000 farmerettcs. in smocks.
bloomers, pUttees and large straw
hats.
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New York Sensational
Waltz Song Hit

that sverybody's Waiting 70. me
music has a beautiful melody which
keeps ringing in your ears, and this
enchanting tune. once heard you cau-
not forget The following are few
lines OF the verse.
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Although the song is written with
out q high note, quite an effect % 90
tanned by the simplicity OF the ar
rangement. The slight advance over
popular music has not kept II from
being q tremendous hit. Various or
chegtraS are using the melody as q
waltz. This can be had for Talking
Machines or Piayer-Pianos
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WHO EHE ?

the second being fitted up as an eve
ming room. There Is also a lOunging,
room and q retiring room.
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TIE TyRANNOSAURUS

not make merely servile copies, but
gain from what they see there much
of the wild fancy and Unframed spirit
OF the American aborigines
The collection OF Navajo blankets.
purchased for the institution through
the generosity OF Mrs. Russell Sage
and others. is an assemblage Of tex
tiles equal to some Of the finest which
ever came from Oriental looms The
aboriginal art OF this country for the
last Nur or five years has been in
fiuencing the designs and patterns Of
dress goods and millinery. Expeditions
from Mexico and from Central Amer
lea have come back heavily laden
with decorative objects found In an
cient tomhs, which were eagerly
asked for by makers of silks and
satin long before they could be I'M
packed.
Yes this Museum is to America a
great fame Of science, but It also stands
at the right hand OF industry, and is
sought bY the artists and the artisan.
The potter goes to those collections
for motifs; the manufacturer OF but
tons seeks advice on what new mate
rails may he available to fashion into
his products. and there ne has learned
TO turn to his uses the shells OF ocean
and river and the vegetable ivory of
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Nv JOHN w. HARRINGTON.

A III, the world knows the Ameri-
"A can Museum OF Natural His
4 \ tory well with the exception OF
The CITY of New York, which 1t graces
and crowns. A great university OF
science. a repository Of the riches OF
the universe, q treasure trove OF
epochs past ana gone. compendium
of the life Of the human race, this
stately Romanesque pile has grown In
half n century into a preeminent place
Tho stranger within our gates has
Il as a point Of call upon his arrival
In this metropolis Of the Western
world The traveller from the antip-
odes can recite the catalogue Of its
treasures offhand, and yet there are
thousands and thousands of men and
women who pass It every day. and
many of whom dwell within the
shadow Of It's red turrets who do not
sense its mission to mankind, nor APP
preciate even the practical uses TO
which its contents are being put for
their improvement and benefit.
When the world was plunged into
war the nation called upon the stan of
this great institution to aid 1t with the
rich stores of their knowledge. From
II went experts in forestry to show
the people Of France what trees might
be used for the framing Of aeroplanes
and those from which the materials
could be taken for the construction Of
vast depots.
Its biologists told the structure Of
the terrain into which trenches were
dug and helped lay the foundations for
modern artillery. It's hunters relin-
pushed the quest for rare specimens
in tropic wilds and helped with the
cunning which they had gained next to
nature in perfecting the arts Of
camoufiage. II the ferret can protect
himself against his foe by assuming
autumnal unts, or by merging him
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dams OF the woodlands and the plains,
which shows the wonderful intelligence
and artistic impulses of the red men
who lived within the borders of the
United States. Even the traders with
their gaudy fiannels and their tawdry
trappings were not able to destroy
the Indians eye for color
Inspiration for Designers.
When the European war cut the
American designers off for a time
from the fashion centre OF Paris.
manufacturers of womens wear and
of textiles and wall hangings drew
new inspiration from the patterns OF
the North American Indians on ex-
hibit in these very halls. From time
immemorial glass beads were made in
the city of Venice and traded TO men,
civilized and uncivilized. throughout
the world. The artistry OF the North
American Indians made American
buckskin and Venetian beads into true
works of art. The fashionable bead
bags which women carry these DAYS
owe man. OF their designs to the
American Museum OF Natural History.
Hundreds OF art students and profess
sional designers in the course of
year, go to those Indian halls to seek
new ideas for their patterns They do
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the frozen north calls forth the glories
OF the aurora borealis.
1t Is not the fashion TO have show
cases any more, and the cabinets in
which the hundreds of carvings and
trinkets which represent the civiliza-
ton OF these Indians are so deftly ar
rayed that the observer does not get
the impression OF glass or shelves.
Panelled into the walls are the famous
paintings by VIII II. Taylor, which
represent the customs OF the various
Indian tribes whose skilful hands
formed the tokens and implements
here displayed. There Is not in the
city of New York an apartment or
gallery or studio more artistic in its
settings and adornments than is this
spot dedicated to the culture OF races
which we always have regarded as
savages.
Leaders among the Indians often
say that had the white man never
come to this Western world they
would have by their unaided efforts
reached a degree of civilization as high
as that ever attained by any other
race. When Columbus Jared hlther In
his caravels, the Indians OF this CONT
nent had progressed fully as far in
culture as had the archaic Greeks
They had in Strong Horse a philoso-
pher and a medicine man as worthy
as was Hippocrates. In the Western
wing appears the culture OF the In
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as large hay crops as the Mammoth
Yellow. and Is believed to be sIper.o!
In seed production to that variety
When the seeds are from thr,e-tourih'
to fun grown they make an excellent
green vegetable.
Dried Hahto beans cook u7 eader
than any other variety of "soys' ano
have a more pleasant flavor than mos
ot the other sorts. A growing ~easo1
OF approximately 100 days IL require
TO produce mature beans, while the
green beans are ready for harvest a.
least two weeks earlier. During the
current season a Michigan canning
company is 10 test out the Hah'o
bean for commercial canning purposes
The department will not be able 70
comply with requests for seed, as ar
rangements have been made for ms
distribution OF all the seed TAT
available among boys and girls gar
den clubs of the South, where the
variety Is best adapted.
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CRIME OF a steamship. little or no hard
ships due to exposure, for the passen-
gers at least. Sitting inside closed
cahins-and In the case OF the larger
planes and airships staterooms far
nished as luXuriously as those OF a
liner-the passenger Of tomorrow will
find all the conveniences TO which he
is accustomed, and few II any of the
discomforts.
But all this depends on the success
or failure of the navy's flight. The
navy admits 1t. So do manufacturers
and inventors throughout the world
Every country in the world is looking
to the navy TO redeem the promise OF
the centuries. The public is looking
on with tense interest-in this country
an interest not unmixed with patriotic
pride In the first officially prepared
venture OF any Government to under
take what even to-day is believed i'm
possible by many.
Iutil two = ago the question q.
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The .VssGnS Of NArUeAI Ms 1oeS

self unseen In the virgin snow. how
much more can man conceal himself
against the enemies which mine the
earth beneath and sail the skies above?
An ornithologist Of the American
Museum did gallant service as bird
man during the war, and it's explorers
were scouts in the forests OF Argonne.
known Everywhere but Here.
Such an institution as this needs no
Introduction as far as the wide wide
world Is concerned. Just as good wine
needs no bush, and It is not necessary
TO cart Goals to Newcastle. There are
few in the city OF New York who do
not know vaguely that there is an
American Museum OF Natural His
tory. and yet there are so few, COM
pa-atively, who really undertand the
great institution at Central Park West
and Seventy-seventh street that II
every man, woman and child in the
city went once a year to avail himself
OF its rare privileges the attendance
would be five times annually what It
is at present.
The collections of this thesaurus Of
the dinosaurs are so extensive that II
those in storage were displayed the
present building would be only half
adequate for the purpose. Massive as
is the structure which stands in Man
haitian Square, II is only fragment of
what the trustees Of the American
Museum would have It be- It is only
the fringe of their dreams. II the
State of New York and the imperial
city would awaken to their duty there
would rise from the centre of the
square a stately towe. capped with a
dome from which a telescope could
search the heavens. There would be
erected where now is an unsightly ex-
cavation a great hall in which would be
shown the wonders OF the sea and
leviathans which move themselves
Alright In It's depths. There are rusting
sheds, homely lean-tos in which are de-
posted the skeletons Of whales gath
cred at great expense in northern
zones.
There are still unmounted the skins
Of hundreds Of rare beasts In rich COL
1ections the like of which exists under
no other roof in the civilized world.
To display the treasures which they
nave the trustees OF this institution
VIII need many thousands Of dollars
Tor building in the years to come.
Through their efforts the bills for as
sembling the collections have long
since been paid. The generosity of
donors who have passed to their re-
ward has placed within the reach of
every citizen OF New York the means
OF making the grand tour, not only OF
she world as IL is to-day, but or the
world that was when darkness brooded
upon the face OF the deep and man
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much to he seen. and suppose that we
now make the grand tour.
The entrancefto the museum is un-
der a wide arch which reminds us of
the opening of one OF those mammoth
caves which we find in the southern
part of the United States. 1t opens
on the first floor into a foyer OF glis-
tening marble. in which are ranged
strange visitors from other worlds
than ours. The collection OF meteor
ties, popularity known as shooting
stars, consists OF specimens weighing
from a few pounds to thirty-six tons
each. They are composed largely of
nickel and iron. and their structure, az
is shown in several which have been
sawed in two and polished. is so pc
culiarly crystalline that il Is in itself
sign OF their celestial origin.
Here is seen the largest known me-
teorite which ever reached this world.
the mighty "Ahnighito." or The Tent"
which was brought from Cape York,
Greenland. by Rear Admiral Robert L.
Peary, discoverer OF the North Pole.
Opposite 1t at the right is the oddly
pitted Willamette meteorite from
Oregon. for the possession of which
men fought in the courts for MANY
years In the same great hall is a pol
ished boulder OF jade, the second
largest ever found.
statuesof Scientists.
At the end OF the Memorial Hall Is
the marble statue of Morris X. Jesup
a founder of the museum, its chief
benefactor and for twenty-seven years
its president. In inches in the wall
are the marble busts of pioneers Of
American science presented to the in
stitution by Mr.. Jesup. If one never
wandered beyond tho walls of this i'm
posing hall he would be able to sense
the splendid service which America
performed for the extension OF human
knowledge.
Tho Memorial Hall is the axis OF
long corridors filled with objects
which record the resources and the
culture Of the American continent.
At the north Is the North Pacific
Hall, where are displayed collections
which show the progress made by the
Indians Of the Northwest coast OF the
United States, and OF British Column
oia. In the centre OF It is a huge
dugout. made from single tree sixty
five feet in length and eight in width
and with a capacity for forty pas
sengers. This Haida Canoe Is filed
with a group Of grotesque manlkins
representing party OF Chilkat In
dams on their way to celebrate the
mystic rite by which they honor their
dead.
This part Of the building is the old
est. When the museum was first
built II had cast iron columns and
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materials in air craft construction han
6icapped manufacturers and discour-
aged inventors. Rivalry was not keen
except in the matter Of patents. When
one considers that more than fifty dlf-
ferent kinds of materials from virtu-
ally every country on earth and every
State in the Union are used in the
manufacture of aircraft. the impor-
lance of the industry to our everyday
lives is realized It Is only recently
that these essentials have been made
available. They were brought to hand
by the war preparations at an invest
ment of private fortunes totalling more
than s100,o0O,00o. aside from a billion
or more spent by the Government
And II has brought a Standardization
of materials and airplane parts, to-
sether. with a newly awakened public
interest which encourages the pioneers
OF flying to undertake the establish
meTft of a transocean passenger SER
vice.
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Navy's Ocean Flight and Its Mission

Any one who has made the Atlantic
voyage by steamship can appreciate
its disadvantages. its discomforts and
actual danger. With the question of
expense practically eliminated and in
future reduced even considerably below
that of the higher rates Of steamship
traffic, comfort and safety are salien,
features which make the air trip the
more desirable.
There is no danger from seasickness
in overseas flying unless a storm
should toss the machine beyond con-
troll. At the average height Of APP
proximately 1000 feet the ordinary
person would not be affected by alti-
tude. At any rate the journey Is not
"A long one from the standpoint of
time.
And there Is n peaceful contented
sensation of flying. A quiet satisfac-
ton and an exhilaratIon that Is not ac-
qulred 10y slower means of transporta-
ton. There is none OF the dirt and
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The Hahto Soy Bean
N American missionary In Japar

A N American missionary In Japan
~ interested in the introduction
n of good crops from the Lana
OF the Rising Sun into the domain of
Uncle Sam sent sample OF Hahto soy
beans, which he had purchased at an
agricultural fair. 10 the United States
Department OF Agriculture about three
years ago. This bean has since been
grown successfully at the depart
ment's experimental farm, and has
been tested in other parts OF the coun-
try. Although the bean. which pro-
duces excellent green vegetables SINH
lar to lima or butter beans, is prefer
ably adapted for culture in the South
ern States, the variety also produces
profitable yields OF green beans dur
ing favorable seasons in the corn belt.
The Hahto soy bean is a bush vari-
ETY. which grows high enough TO pro-
dncs abundant forage. yielding nearly