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VENUS IN HER GLORY.
A Bright and Beautiful Spectacle II
the Western Firmament.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sir: In
the west Venus, shining so splendidly
after sunset, 10 a ornamental spectacle
that no citizen OF New York or else
where should neglect to observe and
admire. Indeed, II shines SO brightly
that even tho most inexperienced star
gazer will find II at once. or course we
should not look for Venus until a while
after sunset, that Is, at about a quarter
Of nine or a little later. Then, amid
the darkened western armament, still
some distance above the horizon, we
shall behold and admire bright and
lar minute moon.
Now. what lie this bright and beautiful
body. shining SO noticeably amid the
darkened western ornament? or course
ii is a planet, one OF those satellites
which revolve around our sun. We
know Of seven other planets besides
Venus that revolve around our sun
Mercury, the earth. Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn. Uranus and Neptune. OF these
Jupiter. Mars and Saturn and our own
earth are popularity better known to us
than Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.
Venus is also a popular planet
often called the twin planet OF our
world-and Venus approaches nearer
TO US than any other OF the seven
planets. as near. indeed. as $4,000, 900
miles or approximately 100 times as
far as it Is to our moon at her average
distance. At the time Of its minimum
distance. however. Venus Is not visible,
being between the sun and tho earth. SO
that the sunlight Eliminates only that
part of Venus which Is turned away
from US. But al the time OF It's maxi
mum distance Venus Is visible to us,
although not particularly bright, be-
cause It is then distant about 160,-
000.o 900 miles.
There are other interesting and in
structive facts respecting Venus. II
possesses no moon, as does our earth.
and its mean distance from the sun is
about 100000 miles. whereas our
earth's is about 100000 miles. It's
year is not quite two-thirds that OF our
year-3S5. days-but II is revolving
faster around the sun than our world
rerolves around him.
Venus possesses about rine-tenths as
much volume as our earth's and Is al
most 1--WE times as dense as water.
Were we able to dwell upon Venus We
should be able 10 jump higher and II
would not hurt US quite so much 10
fall down. The surface gravity upon
that bright and beautiful planet Is about
eighty seven hundredths that Of the ter
restrlal gravity, so that 1t is very evident
that were ono OF us to weigh 200 pounds
here he would weigh only about ia
pounds were he TO be weighed upon the
surface OF Venus.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON. Mass, April so.
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A HAPPY SIX MINUTES.
Encounter OF an Erie FerrybOat With
Tr00pshlp.

To TIE EurroR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
other day while crossing on an Erie
ferrybost I was privileged TO observe
the following little incident, which
caused me great pleasure for about six
minutes. It was between . 40 and 5
O'Clock in the afternoon. The day was
one OF the duh gray kind. AS we were
crossing transport with troops was
heading up the river. She crossed the
bows OF tho forryboat and was going
slowly.
This movement brought the troopship
in such n position that we had a broad
side view, and We saw n large sign on
the side which told us that the men
were of the Engineers Corps. Both
decks we're packed with the boys.
Everything was very still on board.
man on the ferryboat's upper deck
made n notion with his hat TO salute
and waved his handkerchief. Immedl-
ately there was an uproar of cheers
from about 1000 threats. then the band
struck up waltz, and there was a
jolly six minutes. H. c. W.
NEW YORK, April 80
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Of Finance, War Department, 3S14
MunISion Building. Nineteenth and Il
streets. Washington, u. G.. We printed
this letter Monday morning, convinced
that ut last we Ind got the matter
Strengthened out.
hut scarcely was tho ink dry on
The SrN OF Monday when Lleuten-
ant LASIGAN's letter turned up by
way Of Mr. BURLrsoN'S justly celc-
hrated post office service. Lieutenant
LANtGAN, it will be observed. Is in
agreement with Colonel BEcKHAM as
TO the uselessness of soldiers apply
Ing to the Bureau of War Risk In
surance for Liberty bonds for which
they have paid, but does not agree
with him as to the official to whom
application for them should be made.
Lieutenant LANIoAN recommends the
Zone Finance officer, Washington.
We have been glad to get the nd
vice Of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment Office, Of Colonel BECKHAM and
Of Lieutenant LANIoAN for the guild
ance Of Mr.. SCHULZ. We shall keep
at the matter Of his bond until we put
him ON the right track. Meanwhile
we urge him and Colonel BEcKHAM
and Lieutenant LANIoAN to invest in
the Victory Loan to the limit Of their
abilities, and we promise to help them
get their bonds when they are paid
for, no matter how much time may
be consumed in the process.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN.

MANHATTAN.
Attractive Argentina. UneQualled Crurusv
and Provincial Paraguay" by DR.. George r
vsndewater. Washington Irving High School.
Russia and the Russians" by Georrs
street. west OF Eighth avenue.
"lndian Songs" by Mise B-rnsdette p
Carey, assisted by pisnist. p. 8. q. Forty
second street east Of Third avenue.
my Cruise In the Pacific" by Ann.t'o
Ewart. p S. IS, l3sth street and ST. Siehoa'
avenue.
Home Gardening in New York" by var
Evr!e fitzpatrick. p. 3. %. Broadway an
Academy street. Inwood
bernard shaw" hy William J. Dura"'
Phi d p. 8. 20 e2s East Fifty seventh stree
"Chpkhov." by Louis s, Friedland, Phi n
p. s. 60. Hester and Essex streets.
Italy and tn. World War" by Harry
o.trander. r g lt5, 2cs West inS'h street
Common Erupiive Diseases Of School chi
drcn." by d., william L. Somerset. ohlr'
diaEnostican. bureau OF preventab'e diseases
Department OF Health. Hunter College. Lex
inEton arenn" ard sixty sighth street.
Britain and Ireland in Ballad and Foli
Templr. Fourteenth street and second avOnV"
The Art OF Rembrandt and HAS " nv IoH,
/, Weinberg OF the College Of the City OF New
York the first Of course OF 1--WE le'rur'
on Art Y. W. \ ~ West 10th ..rc'.
BRONX
OLIVER Crom we'll" by Louis L. williamson
Lit. D. Morris High School. i6sth stu.
and Boston road.
Palestine OF To.dav' nv Charles VI
ring Pm, D.. p. s. sc, l6sh street, Fnlsv
and Teller avenues
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lies IN turning them back to private
management. Tho poor roads are
now poorer than ever they were. The
rich roads have had their surplus
funds taken away from them. They
must have back their confiscated cash
to maintain themselves successfully.
They must have the means not only
to get on their feet ADMINISTRATION
Of the money carried away from their
treasuries--but reparation for the
ruin wrought.
The need Of the railways, the need
of the Government, the need of the
American people to-day Is to give
back the roads to their owners.
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NEW COURT HOUSE OPENED,
City omcials Attend Essex Market
Dedication.

The new Essex Market court was i'"-
mallN- opened Yesterday with ar invo a-
ton by the Rev. William H. Walsh
the Church OF the Nativity and ai-
Oh esses by Frank Bowling, Presid'L; =
the Borough o: Manhattan; Albert =
Weber. foreman OF NE Jury which con-
demned the old court house chief {.
Magistrate McAdoo End others NJ
Bowling called attention 10 the sty''-
effected in the original reCommeuda'Na
for a 500, 900 court house. The cost ~
the present building was slS3,0oo,
said, and tho ste Sl9l.C0o. Of "N's.
only one-haif was used for the ,'u
house.
Max Levine an attorney, SSH '''
the territory covered ny the cour; Is '.'
smaller, In size hut the most popu'H"s
ir the city, With 100000 persons ro''-
dent there. Crime Ia at the low,
mark recorded by any court IN the clt'
he said. Some alterations arr 80 b.
made In the new building. it was sta'ea.
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the protection Of the nation, has been
abandoned by WOODROW. WILSON. 1t
means, in truth. that he has under
taken to bind the United States to II
principle of International action sub
ordlnatlng the judgment and aspira-
lions Of the nation to the chances and
dangers Of decisions rendered by a
mixed court In which our representa-,
tives would be in hopeless minority.
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4 south Carolina Mystery.


While Professor NJ. A. Smith and family
of n. T. d. No. 4 had the influenza, not
withstanding they had a good old colored
woman TO cook and nurse for them, the
nelghbors. must say. complied with
Thou shalt love thy neiEhoor as thyselr
so completely that the good coiored cook
had no business In tho kitchen. The
delicious steAming provisions came through
every door OF the building. and was even
passed through the windows. Everything
imaginable was rushed TO the bedside.
The doctor said. "Beware that ye eat
not of all the fruit of tho room. Ye may
eat of all the fruit OF the room. except
the krsuEht, which Is in the midst of the
room. Thou shalt not eat of II. for In the
day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely d.e" Yours with many thanks.
Nh. and Mss. n. A. sMirH.
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iGive Back the Railroads Lake the
u Wires, With Reparation.

At midnight tomorrow Postmaster
General BURLEsoy will turn back the
cables to their owners. He will do
.. the same thing with the telegraph and
telephone services just as soon as
: congress can make proper financial
proyision to repair and protect the
damaged interests of the owners of
Etlkse wire systems.
AN throwing up his hands Mr.. BUR-
Lesson does not deny that the charges
upon the public have Como up instead
of down as he promised. He does not
maintain that the service has been
improved or has even held its own
; ms he promised 1t would. He will not
confess that the financial wreck, with
The colossal breakdown Of the service,
Is the fault Of the Government oper-
hilton. But no man shall gainsay that
1t all happened in the last half year
, or SO since the Government took over
The wires.
This country had been in the war
more than year before the Govern
ment's hand with its touch Of death
fell upon the wires, and during that
! time they were operating satlsfactor-
| lily. In truth, the war was almost
| oyer before the Governments hand
with that touch fell upon any of the
ware systems. The war was actually
'eSer before the cables fell victims to
Government seizure and mlsmanage-
Tie wire service before the Govern
t,anent had 1t; there was nothing but
wreck after 1t had 1t.
So ends in political misfortune and
Financial calamity the boast OF the
Postmaster General, made only few
months ago, that under the control
bald operation of the Government the
public would get not only cheaper
but better wire service.
II. Next, with the national wire SER
,yce saved, as now 1t can be saved,
ttliere remains to be achieved in the
same way the still greater salvation
81, the American railways. They
Should go back to their private own
ers and managers at the first possible
Emoment after Congress has made
lproper provision to rescue them from
the all but fatal consequences of Gov
iernment operation.
The Government operation which
/ has loaded higher freight charges and
Higher passenger fares upon the Amer.
ttcan people by about a billion dollars
Ia year!
l. The Government operation which
with freight rates up 90 per cent, 80
lper cent. and 40 per cent, and with
passenger rates up 80 per cent, swal-
flowed all that gigantic additional rev,
enue and hundreds of millions of dol.
liars besides!
/ The Government operation which
;the more stupendous the costs It puts
upon the backs of the public, scores
ithe more CHASTITY operating defcitsl
The Government operation which
is handling smaller tonnage to-day
than it was handling a year ago, yei
stakes lens Of thousands more men to
handle 1t.
The Government operation which
;is causing the American people ar
.annual transportation loss, everything
scounted in, of not less than two bill
lions OF dollars and yet has piled the
fYorld's greatest railroad system In
Financial wreck
III 1t is not too late even yet to save
Me railroads rs the wire systems will
ne saved: But in the one case as II
ffls other the only hops of salvation
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Gov. Smith will speak on Saturday
evening at a review OF 800 members OF
tho Junior Naval and Marine Scouts In
the Ninth Coast Artillery Arnory, Four
tecnth street and Sixth avenue. Ma jor.
Cen. George Barnett, commandant OF
the Marine Corps. will review the corps
Exhibitions OF various activities will be
given. Many naval and military Officers
will attend
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To those who do not know the sig
nificance OF the golden V shaped
decoration on soldiers and sailors
sleeves II may now be explained that
it means: I'VE have paid for Vic
tory bonds; now you pay"
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Jersey Embcyyler Sentenced.

Richard Smith. former taN COLE.
Of North Arlington borough, Hackeasa
y. j., WIS yesterday sentenced 20 tr0'
two and a halE years 10 seven ,ra
imprisonment In States prison by iuGE
Zabriskie IN the Rersen Coun.y Court
lie Was charged with embczzlInE st3,a7i
Of the borough's funds.
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The telephone girls OF Linton
whose strike activities were brought
within reasonable bounds only by the
efforts OF two companies of Terre
Haute militia possess qualities which
will have practical appeal to the mill
tant branch Of sufrragists when next
they set forth to worry washington's
police.
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The Modest Title Of Naval Heroes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SI: WIN
you please tell me the origin OF the
word COB as applied to the United
States sailors?
GRANT HUGH BROWNE. Jr.
NEW York. April 80.
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Many a man who knows nothing
else Of pugilists or pugilism will
calm his Sabbath day conscience as
he drives down the road toward the
golf club and away from the meeting
house by recalling that Mr.. BENNY
LEONARD got himself into condition to
discomfort Mr.. WILLIE RrrcHE by
playing golf. Nothing like eighteen
holes, sir, to keep 1T for any tussle in
the ring or in the ONCE, sir"
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Soldier Schull's Elusive Bond.

THE SuS thanks Lieutenant LAM
GAN for the letter we print below.
which undoubtedly will assist many
worried soldiers in obtaining their
property from the custody of the
United States Government:
To THE Editor OF THE SuN-Sir:
Your editorial article IN this morn
ing's paper. The Soldiers Bond ad-
v!ses the writer OF the letter quoted
IN your editorial article to apply to
the Bureau OF War Risk Insurance
for the Liberty bond which he states
he has not received.
1T stated for your information
that all inquiries concerning deliv-
cries OF Liberty bonds purchased by
allotments from army pay should be
addressed to the Zone FHance Officer
Washington, d. c.
The Bureau OF War Risk Insur-
ance does not handle Liberty Loan
bond aNotments. The bureau takes
care OF war risk insurance and war
risk allotments that carry an al
lowance from the Government AID
compensation.
JOSEPH A. LANIaAS.
.'Tirst Lieutenant. Adjutant-Gen-
erals Department.
'HoBoKES, April s6."
In order that the numerous and re
spectacle body of citizens who have
Joined THE SUNS family since Sat
urday, April 20, may understand Lieu
tenant LANIGAN's letter we shall take
the space TO explain the incident
which caused it to be written.
On Friday, April -. ]. G.. Schulz
of Brooklyn, a former soldier Of the
United States, wrote to us saying HI
had bought and paid for out of hi,
army pay bond of the Second Lib
erty Loan, the final payment fol
which he made In August 1917, while
in France. Subsequently he wrote :
number of letters to various Govern
ment bureaus and functionaries ask
Ing them to deliver his bond to him
None of the recipients Of these letter:
had custody of the bond; conse
quently none could deliver it to it.
owner, and noRe of them wrote L
Mr.. SCHULZ to tell him what to d.
to obtain II.
The Sun, anxious to assist Mr.
Schulz and others similarly situated
telephoned to the Quartermaster'
office in the Army Building and by {
polite and obliging member Of tina
officers organization was prompt,
assured that If Mr.. Schulz would ap
peal to the Bureau of War Risk In
surance his bond would he forthcom
Ing. THE Sun printed this for Mr.
ScHULz's information on Saturda,
and promised to give further assist
nnce to him IL II was necessary. W
supposed then we had heard the las
of the matter.
But on Sunday morning we re
ceivcd a letter from that accomplishe,
gentleman. Colonel ID. Y. BEcKHAs
Of the acknowledgements Depart
ment, assuring us that we had mis-
understood our friend Of the Quar-
termnster's Department in the Arm,
Building; that the Bureau of Wa
Risk Insurance had nothing to d
with bonds owned by soldiers, an
that inquiries with regard to sue
bonds should be made Of the Directo
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After all, U-boats do cruise about
New York harbor. but their partici-
patton in an American Victory Loan
drive was not included in the picture
Of frightfulness that the German Ad-
miralty painted.
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER
IMMATURE ALMANAc.

IMMATURE hMANAC.
STANDARD 1ir,-
SIN rises. s. :56 \ NJ sun set, .....,1rei .,
Moon s,ts......p 81 = VI
The foregoing table has bccn corrected TO L >
new artificial time
For eastern New York, showers to-
day In south and tonight in north por'
ton; tomorrow showers modcrata
winds. mostly south.
For New Jersey, showers to-day ard
probably tomorrow; little change In TEN
perature; moderate south winds.
For northern New England. cloudy to
day: pfobab bly, showers tomorrow; moo
crate shifting winds.
For southern New England cloudy To-
day: showers tonight and probably To-
morrow: moderate south winds.
Tor western New York. showers to-da'
cloudy. probably showers in east portion
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, April ,s.-Unsettied
except in New York and New Englard.
with a moderate disturbance over Illinois
ana more pronounced one over cay
Breton Island There were general SHOW
ers in the central valleys, the Gulf states
the south upper lake and west lower Isk
Ginia and North Carolina. From the plains
States westward fair weather prevailed
except In North Dakota
II is considerably warmer in the South
west ana In the lower lake region An1
cooler In the south Atlantis States ana
the extreme Northwest
observations at United States Weather Bu.
resu stations taken al p. NJ. YESTERDAY
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Highest tenperstUre, Ct, at T, IT,
Lowest temperature. ~. at 6 A. NJ.
Average temperature, 81.
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" London once. <0-48 Fleet street
= Paris once, Rue de la Michodiere, on
Rye du Quatre Septembre.
&, ashington once, Munsey Building.
Brooklyn office, ZOE Eagle Building. sos
Washington street
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THE SuS thanks Lieutenant LAM
GAN for the letter we print below.
which undoubtedly will assist many
worried soldiers in obtaining their
property from the custody of the
United States Government:
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published daily, including Sunday, by the
san Printing and Publishing Association,
$50 Nassau st, Borough of Manhattan. N. Y.
President, Frank A. Munsey, $50 Nassau st. !:
Vice President, Erwin Wardman: Secretary,
r. H. Titherington; Treas, VIM. T. Dewart.
all of $50 Nassau street.
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A ~ our friends toho C0ror Us toHh fndNr
scripts and Illustrations for qualifications totsh
A 10 hare rejected articles returned they mast
IN al cases send stdmps for that purposc
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
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The EVENING SUN, Per Month. $3.50
THE EVENING sUN (Foreisn), Per mo. i.sO
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HQoRs AND THE BOOK WORLD
weekly, one year. .hI.yV
~ Canada. 1.10 Other Countries. t.oe
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srn rises. :56 \ NJ sun set, .....7T6i = =
Moon s,ts.....a07 PM
The foregoing table has bccn corrected TO /
new artificial time
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I, All checks. money orders, Ac., to be
made payable to THE Sun.
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Hunts for His Wound.

At closer range infantrymen in the
trenches stuck srenades in their rifles
and fired them at enemy infantry sup
posed to be advancing behind the tanks,
1t was a scrap of one OF these grenades
that hit the pilot of the tank Rear Cat,
Lieut.. Joseph Brown. in the back Of the
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

- recorded by the omclal thermonne'er'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-14
The Best Cough Syrup
10 Homemade
lReAO - eAay w 70 ssve y, and
yee have the bsst cough remedy
ysa ever 6Ae6

You've probably heard of this we'll
known plan Of making cough syrup at
home. But have You ever used it! When
you do. you will under stand why thou:
sands Of families, the world over, feel
that they could hardly keep house with
out il It's simple and cheap, but the
way it takes hold of a cough viii quickly
earn it . permanent place in your home.
Into . pint bottle, pour 2l1 ounces OF
Pinsx; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to fill up the pint. Or, if
desired, use clarified molasses, honey,
or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup.
Either way, it tastes good, never
spoils, and gives you q full pint of
better cough remedy than you could buy
readv-made for three times its cost.
1t Is really wonderful how quickly this
homemade remedy conquers a cough
usually in "a hours or less. It seems to
penetrate through every air passage,
looseas . dry, hoarse or tight cough,
lifts the phlegm, heals the membranes,
and gives almost immediate relief. Splen-
did for throat tickle, boarseness, Group,
bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
Pinex 10 q highly concentrated com
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
and has been used for generations for
throat and chest ailments.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for "21s ounces OF Pinex with
full directions. and don't accept any
thing elsa Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly refunded.
The Pinex Co., Fl Wayne, Ind.
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.plNDRUFF GOES!
HAIR GETS THICK,
!. WAW, BEAUTIFUL
oAvG YOUR HAIR! oouelE ITS
BEAUTY IN A FEW MOMENTS.
TRY THIS!
NAN STOPS COMING OUT AND
livery PARTICLE OF DANp-
RUFF DISAPPEARS.

Try as you win. after an application
OF Danderine, you can not find single
trace OF dandruff' or falling hair and
your scalp Eill not itch, but what VIII
please you most will be after few
weeks use. when you see new hair, nne
and downy at first-yes-but really
new hair-growing all over the scalp.
A little -Danderine Immediately dou-
.bies the beauty Of your hair. No dn-
ference how dull, faded. brittle and
scraggy,i Just rnois,en cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw 1t thru
your hair. taking one small strand at
q time. The effect is immediate and
arrazing-your hair viii be light, fluffy
and wavy, and have an appearance Of
abundance. an Incompatible lustre,
softness and luxuriance, the Luty
and simmer of true hair health.
Get small bottle of knowlton $
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter for few cents and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft as
any--that it has been neglected or In
jured by careless trsatment-thats all.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers OF rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. II goes right TO the roots,
incigprates and strengthens them. Its
eXhilarating, stimulating and life pro
ducing properties cause the hair TO
grow long, strong and beautiful.