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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-31
Greater Fairmont and Its Manufacturing
commercial and Industrial Enterprises
The Out-ot-T Town Shopper stabs
His Home Town in the Back


The other day in certain Chicago hospital Young
man volunteered to have his arm strapped to a lttje
cnds and to let the healthy blood from his veins flow
INTO hers. The operation saved the childs life.
Such act is heroic, in its place.
But need we of Fairmont be FOoLISHLY heroic?
>. Are New York and Chicago and our large neighbor
cues Ike trail infants hospital COTS pershnp for
want OF blood? Need open veins to them as free
y as the Chicago youth did to the little child in the hos
ptal? way ''
Just think that query over before you mail off vour
next money order, or before you make an outoftoWn
shopping trip
need aof its are st o4 6e
Have time you shop by mail each
@ You Orer goods out Of town. time
town the ''D'i '' you are SeA0O'nS your
your home? H ~ ' '1'' u '00 ' '-
Tho When you buy out helping
human ve Justify Ssr
misery sRd death result
ueuy all by itself
Farmons prosperity depends the continued
tstndurial its realty values
happiness your are
to The s In
It is alike your civic duty and your personal interest
to Boost Fairmont, and buy in Fairnont"
Let us have no futile blood TRANSMISSION. Let
us not impair the strength of our towns circu-
latOry system for the benefit of some other and
larger community which really doesn't need
your help, after all, and wouldn't even appre-
ciate needless sacrifice, if we made it.
Let us keep money at home for the benefit Of
our own merchants, our own town, our own salves.
Irving Fisher, the great Yale economist, predicts
that pre-war prices be restored. Don't wait
for an impossible Utopia Of cheap prices.
Buy what yop need when you need it
And buy it in Eairmont! 1.u-&
B THE NEV NsFsoN HOTEL
s European. Fine tSew Cafe il Connection 5
S Rates: SLIGO, LIS, slsNes20O 5
5 Transfer. Hauling and DeAseriaE aans promptly !
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Navy Yard News
New York-WASHINGTON-Paris

Miss Anna Lombard. Of the sup
ply department. is spending an ex-
tended vacation at her home in Chi
cago.
II. c. Compiler returns to work
today after an extended stay with
friends in Philadelphia.
J. Hawkins. OF the miscellaneous
shop. has returned from a trip in
Eastern Maryland.
Quirk Kibler, Of the seaman gun
ner shop. has resigned.
+. ID. Harrington. of the torpedo
shop is spending a fourteen day va
cation with relatives in Southern
Pennsylvania.
$. Mcdonald. OF the west gun car
riage shop. is entertaining friends
from Wilmington this week
Ton Sever. Of the broadside mount
shop. is enjoying a few days in
Philadelphia.
Miss Leila b. Rugleberger. OF the
supply department.. returns to work
Monday from short vacation at
her home in Maryland.
Walter Simpson is spending a few
days in Baltimore with friends.
George Humboldt. Of the torpedo
tube shop. is on an extended visit
to his home in Tennessee.
W. \. Leech. Of the coppersmith
shop Will return TO work Monday
from few days leave.
L. r. Stephens. of the miscella-
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RETIREMENT OF AGED
TEACHERS MAY SOLVE
PROBLEMS OF SCHOOLS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


take part in the meeting are Roy c.
Clafiin. chairman of the school com
mittee of the Board OF Trade:
Charles /. COrby, chairman of Group
l of the Washington Rotary Club;
Jesse c. Suter, chairman of the
school committee of the Federation
of Citizens Associations: DIR. Arthur
Ramsay. vice chairman of the school
committe of the Chamber of Com
merce: Capt. James F. Oyster. presi-
dent Of the Board of Trade; Col.
Robert y. Harper. president OF the
Chamber OF Comerce: Roland Rob-
bins and James B. Westlake. presi-
dent of the Federation of Citizens
Associations.
Congregational Action Sought.
While Congress is in recess the
needs of the local school system are
being urged on the members of Con-
gress. 1t is expected that the COM
mitteemen will call in a body on some
of them.
Others. it is expected. will be ap-
preached individually il they are now
in the city. or will be visited shortly
after their return to the Capital fol-
lowing the Christmas holidays.
All those familiar with the local sit
uation and who are closely following
its every move realize the Importance
of getting to work before Congress
"a quickly az possible in order to
save the schools from getting any
deeper in the mire.
The school committees tonight will
direct their attention to the matter of
retirement law which will permit
of relieving the schools Of a number
Of teachers who have been long in
the service and who are eligible for
and should have retirement
They're stiII Teaching.
These people have given their en-
tire lives to the teaching of local
children. and many of them were
teaching in the local schools. when
some of the men now prominent in
business and civic life were stu
dents. They have spent the long
years at low salaries, and IL has
been almost impossible for them to
lay anything aside to take care of
themselves in later life.
School officials. too, point out that
there is a period in the life of the
teacher when she has reached her
maximum efficiency and begins to
take the down grade. But without
a retirement law, no one can be
found who wants to say when that
period is.
Nevertheless. it is not denied that
a number of teachers are not Civ
ing the children the attention they
should have. This is a direct loss
to the children. which amounts to q
loss of so many valuable years in
the school service. 1t is pointed out
that il a teacher who has reached
the point where she should be re-
tired has forty pupils to teach. she
deprives them of the teachings OF
a younger and more efficient teach
or who has been trained in a mod
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
HOROSCOPE.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER ~. 1911,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER u, 1919.
(Copyrisht, 1919. BY the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicatel
According to astrology the Sun this
day gives aid to humanity. In the
evening Mars is in evil place.
The sway is believed to be most
favorable to all who would push politi-
cal claims or would solicit support
in any personal ambition.
1t should be a lucky day for seek
ing employment or for asking for pro-
motion.
Again there is a propitious sign for
the giving Of presents and the meet
ing of friends.
Association with the rich and pow
erful is supposed to be Of peculiar
import during this planetary govern
ment, making for favors and aid that
are unsolicited.
Mars is unfriendly to the affairs
Of humanity after shutdown today and
the aspect is likely to be most I'M
lucky for all who are connected with
military matters.
The rule is not promising for do
nestle happiness and Is read to fore
shadow agitation over marriage GUS
toms and even a movement to change
the laws governing moral questions.
Bitter personal controversies will be
endangered in the coming months
when human judsment Is likely to De
often clouded and misdirected.
Owing to the aspects of Mars the
seers declare that military achieve
ments will have little effect in pro-
noting the success of soldiers who
aspire to political honors.
1t is again prognosticated that from
April to July Of next year the stsIs
will forefend critical situations in the
United States.
Trouble in Spain and Portugal may
reach this continent and even involve
Mexico, the seers prophesy.
Soldiers will be called out in the
United States more than once in the
new year. the stars seem to indicate.
Peril to a famous public man is
forecast and the threatening influences
seem to presage his death at a critl-
cal time.
The President of the United States
is once more subject to kindly planets
that give him back physical as well
as political powers.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of success in the coming
year, but they should guard against
legal complications.
Children born on this day will be
fortunate, but these subjects of Cap-
ricorn are likely to be rather cratic.
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ern school. 1t means a loss of one
wear for each child in the class, or
a total loss of forty years to the
pupils.
Five Per Cent Eligible.
1t is a big problem which has pre-
scented itself to the school ofhcials
and they are looking to Congress to
help them relieve the conditions by
the passage OF a retirement law.
There are now 2,GS5 teachers en-
ployed in the District schools. 1t was
estimated last night that approx
mately per cent OF them are eligible
for retirement. and would be so con-
sidered if Congress would give the
necessary authority.
A good retirement law would en-
able those charged with conducting
the local system on an efficient bass
opportunity to keep the service con-
tinualIy filled with efficient ne"
blood Gradual retirement OF the
superannuated would permit of more
frequent promotions and would be
further attraction to those inciIneo
to enter the teaching profession 10
take il up as life's work. 1t would
solve many Of the difficulties pre-
scented today in obtaining suHiCi'h'
and efficient teachers.
School officials consider it essential
that much stress he placed on this
phase Of the District school needs.
and the business men ad citizens are
taking the same view.
Thurston Endorses Move.
There can be no doubt of the
right OF teachers to have such pro-
lection" said Superintendent Thurs
ton Of the District school system.
The teacher Of long years of
service for the public. much of it
at slight financial recompensc. who
feels the weight of years and of
work pressing heavily upon her.
ought to be able to step aside with
recognition on the part of the pub
lie Of the value of the work she
has done toward shaping and in
huencinG the lives of the children
who are to be the citizens of to-
morrow. Certainly it is to the ad-
vantage of the schools from every
anglo that protection should he
furnished"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
NEAR EAST SCENE
OF STARVATION
Seek Funds and Clothing
For Inhabitants Who
Face Slow Death.

Thousands of inhabitants Of Ar
menia and Azerbaidjan. who face a
slow death, will be saved from star
walton and exposure IL food and
clothing can be sent quickly by the
Near East Relief. This message
was received yesterday by the Near
East headquarters in New York
from Col. William N. Haskell, high
commissioner for all the allied pow
ers~in the Caucasus.
Temporary cessation OF hostilitics
between these two famine stricken
countries has opened for relief
work territory in which thousands
had seemed doomed to death.
Col Haskell's message tells Of
direful conditions in Armenia, Aver
baidjan and other Near East coun-
tries. He says. in part:
Hitherto these countries have
been jealousy holding rolling stock
and refusing to permit cars to go
into each others territory. This has
greatly handicapped us in transport
ing relief. One immediate effect of
the armisticc arrangement will he
to enable the Near East Relief to
carry on its work more effectively.
anu VIC nv" pan " int
whole problem on a scale which
hitherto has been impossible.
Many sections which have been
inaccessible are filled with starving
refugees. The opening of this ter
fitory will make possible the saw
ing of thousands of people who un-
doubtedly would have died this win
ter unless aided by us.
1.-THE suffering is mot confined IN
homeless, shelterless refugees. The
entire population of the Caucasus,
consisting of $500. 900. is in desperate
straits on account of the shortage of
food. business paralysis and political
agitation. America is the only couu-
try endeavoring to help. Disaster
and anarchy will undoubtedly fol-
low"
Washington is readily responding
TO the appeal OF the Near East Relief
committee for funds. The local
headquarters are in the Woodward
Building.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

Women's Club. will be hostesses at
the tea Monday afternoon. December
%. from to 6. Mrs. Basil Manly
and Mrs. George B. Roth will pour,
and members of the alumni Of wis
consin. Michigan and Minnesota uni
versites will assist. Mr.. William F.
Casey, of the London Times. will
speak informally.
Miss Irene Cecilia Lowd. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Percy l. Lowd. of
this city, and p. w. Budworth. of
New York. were married on Novem-
Der % in Clarendon. Va. The young
couple left Washington yesterday
for New York. They will return to
Washington on January and will
reside at 1899 First street northwest.
Mr.. Budworth returned recently from
France. where he served with the
Third Field Artillery.
Charles {. Scott. student at George
Washington University. is spending
the holidays with his parents az
Princeton, Ill.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
Society
By &C. DRUM-HUNT

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Lansing. who spent Christmas
At their home in WATERFOWL. N. Y.
will return to- Washington this even
ing.
The Belgian Ambassador and the
Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne,
who went to New York yesterday, will
entertain at a dinner tonight at the
Ritz Hotel in compliment to Maurice
Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet and his
wife, taking their guests later to the
premier performance of the Blue
Bird"
The three sons and the granddaugh-
ter of the Minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. Cremer, who have
bean here for several weeks, will sail
q BY for Holland.
r Don Carlos Tribe. minister of Colom-
bia to Chile, and his son. Don Carlos
Tribe. jr.. who has been staying at
the New Willard Hotel, are guests for
a few days OF the Minister Of Colom-
bla and Nine. Urets.
Secretary Daniels. Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt, of the Navy Depart
ment. together with heads Of Various
naval bureaus and members of the
General Naval Board. called upon Mrs.
George Dewey at her home yesterday
upon the occasion of the anniversary
OF the birth OF Admiral Dewey.
The call was made in Difference to
an annual custom begun during Ad-
miral Dewey's lifetime. Mrs. Dewey
served a light luncheon.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
How to Test Eggs.
To test the freshness Of an

To test the freshness of an egg:
l. Candle. In darkened room hold
the egg between the eye and a lighted
candle. Fresh eggs appear clear and
translucent II it looks dark or spot
ted il is stale.
;. Salt water test-Dissolve two
ounces of salt in one pint of water.
Immense the egg in the solution. A
fresh egg will sink. One several days
old will float, mostly immersed II
old it will float on the surface
,. Shake am egg. holding it near the
ear. A fresh egg will not move in
the shell. a slight movement indi-
Gates staleness, a bad egg will rattle
4. Appearance. Open the egg and
observe odor and taste. II white and
yolk incline to run together the egg
is not fresh.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
Virginia Lees Personal Answers
10 Herald Readers Questions

Each year the passing OF the Christmas
tree casts damper upon the holiday pleasure
OF the kddics.
For several days after the festivities the
dilapdatcd old relic OF a brighter day flops
.dcjectedly in the corner OF the yard until even
little Willies tears can no longer hold it.
The trash man arrives and the Christmas tree
is hauled away.
However there is really very pleasant
way to manage the removal Of the Christmas
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
Studying mt Home.

Dear Miss Lee: | am a high school girl com
PEELED to quit for a few months On account Of
i'll health. I will go to summer school this sum
mer TO catch up with my class but thought
might do something while resting that would
help me TO keep up Can you suggest some
thing ?-ANXIOUS.
1 would suggest that you keep in
touch with the different text books
used by your friends and go along
slowly through one or two subjects
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

greens. Everyone enjoys ceremony and only right
the jolly old should be away
On Twelfth Night, the 9th OF January burn the and
wreaths of holly and Not only this DID, old
CUSTOM but know supposed good luck Tor the
coming year.
In and England cake baked with bean in
for the occasion The who received the slice OF cake
containing the bean considered the king for the evening
No will enjoy such passing OF the than
kddies.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27
Death Of Man IN Open Field
Puzzles Police of Memphis

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. S-The find
ing Of the partially nude body OF a
4o-year-old man in a field 1e4# Her.
nando. Miss. last night, is puzzling
the police.
Memphis police were asked to assist
the Mississippi County authorities.
The body was clothed in a top shirt.
undershirt, one sock. anu one shoe.
No other clothing has been found.
Except for a very small cut on the
knee. there are no marks OF violence.
Fifty feet TO the right OF the body
was a splotch OF blood. Fifty feet TO
the left OF the body was another blood
spot.
New York city has one lawyer for
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

The last act in the life OF the fe-
male cochinesl insect is to lay LARGE
number of eggs. upon which her dead
body rests. protecting them from the
burning rays of the sun until the
little ones emerge.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

neous shop. is entertaining his
faher, from Bridgeport. Conn.
Maynard Reed. OF the supply de-
partment, returned yesterday from
Philadelphia.
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covered by them. 1t would really
be interesting to pursue the English
course and you would find it easy
sailing when you take up those studies
in summer school.
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lum. Miss Evelyn wadsworth, Miss
Antoinette Graves, Miss Anne Du-
lany. Miss Mary Custis Lee. Miss
Elizabeth Kemp. Miss Marguerite
Simonds. Miss Marjorie Wright, Miss
Margaret Harding, Miss Virginia
Mckinney. Miss Ruth Donaldson.
Miss Mona Blodgett, Warwick Mont
gomery. Worth Daniels, Jonathan
Daniels, Ned Ellerson, william Stur-
tevant, Mahlon Pitney. Ralph Jen-
kins. Franklin Houston. Henri de
Sibour. Walter Boyd. Archir Coul-
ter. Jack Winslow, Jack Dwight Mr.,
King. Mr.. Benoit and a number of
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion John
ston gave a dinner for Miss Eleanor
Johnston. their guests including the
young people who assisted at their
tea dance earlier in the afternoon.
The Misses Denys, daughters of the
Rev. DIR. and Mrs. F. Ward Denys.
had an informal company dining
with them. Miss Sophy Sweet.
daughter of the Assistant Secretary
OF Commerce and Mrs. Edwin +.
Sweet. entertained at dinner at
Rauscher's. Covers were laid for ten
Miss Caroline Nash, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. F. s. Nash. enter
tanned about twenty-five guests at
dinner at the Army and Navy Club.
taking the guests later to the Junior
League dance.
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gressional Club. when her guests
are asked to meet Miss Carmen
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
TO GIVE RECEPTION
Invitations have been sent out
for a New Years reception, to be
given by the Southern Society of
Washington, at the New Willard
Hotel. Friday evening, January ..
1920, s o'clock. There will be dane
ing. Clarence J. Owens is president
and w. dec. Ravenel, secretary of
the Southern Society.
Arthur l. Gebhart. OF George Wash
ington University. is In st. Louis on
government business.
Edward J. Hanson. OF George
Washington University. is spending
the Christmas holidays at his home
in Wilmington. n. c.
Mrs. D. A. Quincy, together with
members of section OF the College
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

New York city has one lawyer for
every 20 of its inhabitants.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-27

ern school. 1t means a loss of one
year for each child in the class, OF
a total loss of forty years to the
pupilS
Middletown transcript., 1919-12-27
NO ATTRACTION in WEAKNESS
Writer Denies Statement That Pale,
Fragile Women Appeal to chival.
rousj Instinct In Men.

There seems to be no end to the dis
cussion of marrying and giving in mar
riage, and the viewpoints Of the dispu-
tants are as various as their previous
condition of servitude. The latest to
add fuel to the ever-lambent flames OF
the controversy is speaker who told
the international conference Of women
physicians that what every woman
knows" today is that pale, weak wom-
en- are most appealing to men" because
of the chivalrous instinct of fragility
and pitiable dependence. To this lind
ing many will enter their respectful
demurrer, says q writer in the Phila:
delphia Ledger. There is nothing par;
ticularly attractive to a man in the
prospect of having life partner whose
health is precarious and who is unable
to look to the ways Of her household Or
to be the participant in the husbands
interests in his business or in his recre-
alive hours. There are all about US
the most beautiful and touching exam
ples Of devotion and interdependence
between husband and wife, when the
one or the other is enfeebled by an IN
herited or an accidental ailment. but
such an ailment is a liability and not
an asset in the partnership; and while
in the mid-Victorian days, Of which we
hear so much, it may have been fash
ionable to look as though one were
passing into q decline. and It may
have been considered soulful and spir-
itful to be unhealthy, today it is held
to be morbid and even immoral to
make anything less than the most and
the best of the bodily tenement that Is
the home of the immortal spirit.
Middletown transcript., 1919-12-27
PUTTING Pest Damage to Profit.

Every one who has garden detests
a mole-every one, perhaps, but GER
tain woman gardener out in Bryan
county, Okla. This Ingenious person.
who reported her experience to the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, puts them to work. A number
of these pests undermined her garden.
digging diminutive tunnels here, there.
and everywhere. It would have dis
couraged the average woman; it didn't
disturb this one. She started little
irrigation plant Of her own, using its
tunnels as irrigation bitches. She fill
ed the tunnels with water repeatedly,
until the garden was well watered,
and finally drove the moles of the
preWises.
Middletown transcript., 1919-12-27
HONOR MEMORY Of WOMEN
Manv Places Of Prominence Named for
Distinguished Members OF the
Weaker Sex.

Many geographical names have been
given places to honor the memory Of
women. Thus it is that Elizabeth, N.
J., was named to honor one of Eng
lands queens, while Virginia was
named to honor the virgin monarch.
Maryland preserves the name of the
queen of Charles l. The Naval acad-
emy at Annapolis does honor to
Queen Anne.
The English were particularly gen.
erous in comforting names of women
on places. In Australia the late Queen
Victoria is honored in two provinces.
Queensland and Victoria. while the
most beautiful city in that common
wealth, Adelaide, was named In men,
ory of the queen of William Nv of
England. The province Of Alberta, In
Canada, was named for Princess
Louise Alberta, daughter of Queen
Victoria, and wife Of the marquis Of
Lorne, who was encouragement OF
Canada in 1882. The largest lake In
Africa is Victoria Nyanza. and Vic
toria falls were named for Queen Vic
toria, as was also the capital of the
province Of British Columbia, Canada.
The island of st. Helena was named
after the mother Of Constantine the
Great, who also gave name to her
birthplace, Helenopolis. The French
were especially prone to honor the
holy women of their race, and Sault
Ste. Marie and other points in Canada,
first pierced by French priests, b.sze
their trail across the continent.
Middletown transcript., 1919-12-27
FLUCTUATIONS

THE Transcript congratulates George
! Carter, ESQ.,, editor Of The E1en1
ine Journal, upon the fresh laurels that
have crowned his son, F. Bayard Car
ter, young Delaware Coll sge GRADUATE,
who has been. chosen by the judges Of
the competion as one of the 81 ,Aherl-
cans to receive Rhodes scholarship at
the Oxford University, England
This is signal honor, richly Fnerited
by that young collegian. and we doubt
not that he will do high credit to bis
Alma Mater, his friends and his native
land. We also believe he will return,
though never SO loaded with British
Varsity fame, an unspoiled Blue Hens
Chick still 100 percent. American.
Mr.. Carter knows full: we'll that the
pretty amity fable. SO much in vogue
these days. of the English lion and the
American lamb lying down together
divested of its -Briton eamouflage. in.
tends that the aforesaid American lamt
shall lie down inside the Bhttannie
Lion