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The Washington times., 1919-01-24
Newest Style in
Misses Spring Suits
S35 to S1OO

Tailored models are as usual predomi-
nant; really stunning and cleverly fashioned
on the new box coat semi-ftted lines, with
narrow belts and braid-binding on the tailor
ed models Others show the newest novelty
vests of silk in becoming effects. Materials
of these suits are Mems Wear Serge, Poret
Twill and Tricotine in the favored navy
blue.
On Sale PaIais RoyaI-Third Floor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11
Making
MerryWith
Others
By ELEDA LEDMAN

(Copyright, 1919, Mcclure Newspaper syn
dicate.)
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11

go up to strangers just like that?" with
wave Of the hand.
Hardly. One must be moved by
the Christmas spirit. Look at that
man over there, staring at that doll
In the window"
The man turned at the sound OF
her voice and asked: "Pardon me, do
you know any little girl who would
Just love to have q doll? There must
be hundreds Of little girls just aching
for one. That doll Is the counterpart
Of a picture my partner has on his Of
fee desk-dark curls, blue eyes and
all. That picture has been mascot
to me, and I would love to buy the
doll. But I missed my train, and 1
am not acquainted in the city. Talk
about q bachelor being lonely at
Christmas! Why, Christmas in a big
city alone-never, never again for me-"
Miss HOLSTERS face beamed with
pleasure. "You are just the person we
want. We will form triple alliance
Of 'has-been' lonelies. You just come
along to my place, it's only around the
corner, and share my Christmas din
ner. Christmas is really the children's
day, so let's just pretend we are chill
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let you pick a scrap from his waste
pile, or will sell you a piece for few
cents. Wood three-eighths-inch thick
is Just right. Both sides must be
cut alike, and the surest way to
get them 80 is to draw center
line, first, then lay of the measure
ments each side of this. The notches
in the bottom edge receive the base
blocks (Fig. 81. Bore small hole in
the beveled portion Of one end OF each
base block, glue peg in it to form the
front of the pen-rack, and fasten the
blocks in the notches cut for them.
Sandpaper all surfaces, then apply
some wood stain and wax. A small
calendar-pad tackled to the center OF
the board, and felt glued to the under
side Of the base blocks, will complete
the gift.
Postcard Rack.
The same pattern that was used Tor
the calendar-board Gig. p is re-
uuired for the ends Of the postcard
rack in Fig. 4, and Fig. 5 shows a pat
tern for the base strips, which fasten
in the notches in the bottom OF the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11

"Come! Let's all 60 in to dinnes
and talk it over"
eyes," said Mr.. Merton, II was just
telling Miss Aiken that when we know
each other better, maybe I will give
Johns sister something better than a
doll"
"Take it from me, Miss Aiken" said
Mr.. Merton, "the best is yet to be, and
Christmas bells as we'll as wedding
bells, may ring out the same merry
tune for all Of u.s."
ITO be able to sing or write may be
all right, Miss Aiken, but think to
write the words wife or mother after
ones name is more important than
writing the best sellers ever written"
added Miss Hollister.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11
BUYING UNSUITABLE TIES
TRAGEDY Enough In Such Christmas
. Presents Purchased by Woman, but
They Might Do Worse.

"Look at the trouble that is being
stored up there" sneered the morbid
'pessimist as he pointed to a group
of women around the necktie counter
; ut would be funny" he continued,
"if It were not 80 tragic. Why 1t Is
/ that lovely woman with all her eye
for the beautiful and with all her
accomplishments cannot select a neck
tie for a man Is one Of the things
that rank with the unfathomable mys-
teries of life. I would sooner send a
blind man to buy me a warranted
sound" horse than I would enlist the
services Of a woman to select neck
tie.
"Think Of the fat men that will wake
up on Christmas morning to find In
their stockings a delicate emaciated
baby pink necktie that will look like
q consumptive shoestring when it re-
poses on their bountlful expanse OF
white shirt bosom. Then on the other
hand, Bones, the human skeleton Will
probably get delirium tremens when
he is made the recipient Of a spotted
necktie big enough to make a shawl
for grandmom. OF course nothing
will do for the nice, dignifed old gen.
tleman who never wears anything but
q little black bow, but flowing sash
Of passionate hue. Willie, the gay
sport, on the other hand, will get some
thing that would look nice on grandpa,
and so it will go on down the line.
ooh, the Christmas necktie! What
tragedies are written in thy name"
The pessimist paused.
Then he added thoughtfully: Il
would, though, rather have my wife
buy me necktie than pick out my
cigars."- s."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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II don't understand why you are
here, Miss Aiken, but you are going to
take the next train with me to your
mothers home. You have lost that
'baby-doll' expression. How strange
that the little picture girl and you
should be the same. Why, one Of the
inducements that Jack offered me was
that his sister would be home for
Christmas. I'll run in and buy that
doll, and then we will proceed to Miss
HOLSTERS"
As they entered Miss HOLSTERS
apartment, they uttered a cry of sur
prise, for standing in the middle OF
the room was child.
"Why, here's just the one we are
looking for. Here's beautiful doll Tor
you! Look, little one" said Miss Hol-
lister.
"Boys don't want dolls" cried the
tot "they want soldiers and guns, and
steam cars, and"-
"But why are you dressed like lit
tie girl?"
Because my father don't know any
better. He left me home all alone on
Christmas, so just came in here-the
turkey smelled 50 good"
Suddenly a voice was heard, full OF
anxiety, asking: "Is my boy here?"
EYES," said Miss Hollister; "come
right in.'
"John!" she added in great aston
ishment.
eyes, Mary" said the man; ito think
I have found you after all these years.
My wife died last year, and this is all
I have" he said, pointing to the boy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11

First, prepare the base board by the
pattern of Fig. 2, then the pair Of ends
by the pattern of Fig. 3, then two
pairs of brackets like the one in Fig.
4. These seven pieces are all that
the rack requires. Be careful to get
the sides of the end pieces symmet-
rical. Bevel the edges of the base
board.
Use round-headed blued screws for
assembling the parts, and place these
in the positions indicated in Fig. l. A
coat of stain, then one Of wax, and
button of felt glued to the under
side of the base at each corner, Will
complete the bookrack.
Waste Basket.
An 8 by 8 inch board, for base
Gig. p, four strips out OF which to
make frame of the same size as the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11

Dashboard ttig. -, eight laths to cut
in half for side strips, few finish
ing nails, and 80 round-head blued
screws, are all that you need for the
pretty waste-basket shown in Fig. 1.
Plane the laths smooth, trim OF
their ends and bore holes trifle
larger than the screws, near the ends.
Screw the side strips to the base
edges, four to a side, then prepare the
top frame of the form shown in Fig. 3,
and screw the upper ends Of the strips
to it.
Wsoc stain and wax, or two coats OF
paint or white enamel may be appns@
% finish the woodwork.
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TO see If I can't find someone equally
lonely"
Suiting the action to the words, Miss
Hollister donned her coat and left the
house, calling to ttv maid, "Probably
I'll bring home some guests for din
ner."
Looking along the street for some
one to share her loneliness she spied
q young girl walking listlessly along,
apparently without any destination, as
II she had missed altogether the Joy
Gus meaning Of the holiday.
merry Christmas" she said putting
her hand forward. The girl paused a
second, and then repeated, Merry
Christmas" adding, ut may be merry
for you but not for me-"
"Why are you so lonely on such
glorious day?" said Miss Hollister,
''the air Just seems to tingle with
radiant light"
ut seems strange to tell ones
troubles to q stranger, but I left
home because I thought I could sing,
and I have been unsuccessful In my
attempt, and I am too proud to let
the folks know. When I think Of the
tree at home-the turkey dinner, and
only myself missing, I just can't bear
It." Her big blue eyes filled with
tears.
"Cheer up, grille! No one can en-
10y a Christmas day alone. You can
only have a merry Christmas If others
share it with you. Let's celebrate to-
gether. I have dinner already pre-
pared, but no guests.
Lets find one or two others equal
" lonely, and maybe we can all get
together and have good time. May
be we have something in common. I
left home years ago because I thought
I could write something worth while.
But the only real human interest Is
not in books and magazines, but all
around u.s."
'But." questioned tho Girl "oon Won
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11
Useful Christmas
Gifts That Any Boy
Can Make
By A. NEELY HALL
copyright, by A. Neely Hall.)

It requires no more time to MAKE
z useful gift than one which will be
of no practical value, so why not de-
eide, before beginning this seasons
gifts, what will be appropriate for
those whom you wish to remember?
caIendar-Board and Pen-Rack.
Of the smaller gifts, nothing would
be better appreciated than this arti-
Gle for ones desk. Fig. 2 shows
pattern for the board. If you haven't
hardwood. 60 to a carpenter. He will
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dren again and don't need any intro
duction, just 'come-on over"
MY name is Merton, and I think you
must be Mrs. Santa Claus"
"No, I'm not; I'm Miss Hollister, and
this Is Miss"
"Aiken," interrupted the girl.
"Why, my partners name is Aiken,
and I was on my way to join him at
bis mothers house."
"You mean, Thomas Aiken?
"Sure enough"
"Oh, he is my brother"
"Well, I declare! Then surely /
must buy that doll for your sister.
doesn't it look like herr"
81 haven't any little sister. That
must have been my picture when / was
0 it$le girl"
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[SS HOLLI S T E R
glanced up from her
paper. "That's pretty
good advice" she MUIR
INJURED as she read the
words once again.
THE custom of for
getting ones elf and
making merry with 9TH
ers and for others is q
wise and wholesome
one" II believe I'll
,&ro11 a11r~ tho cfronfS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11

MARY, is it too late for you to take
both Of US for a Christmas present"
"How wonderful This Christmas
was so lonely, and now it is so full OF
happiness. had always hoped for
chance to explain everything, but when
1 heard you were married, I thought
there was no chance"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-11
Surnrise in Store for Santa.

Jack-We've put the chest Of draw
ers in front of the fireplace.
HarOld-YeS.
Jack-You tied the string to the
handle of the door?
Harold-Yes; and tied the other
end of tte string to the water-jug.
Jack-Then we ought to find out the
raal facts about Santa Claus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

Smith-HugheS act; medical supervision of children of school age; investigation
 by county health officers and school
 physicians of conditions relating 70 light ing, heating, ventilation. sanitation and
 water supply of both urban and rural
 schools; conversion of the nine agricul- tural schools into federal-aided schools fo rteaching vocational agriculture and possibly home economies; provision by teaching backward defective and delin-
 quent children, whose condition is not serious enough to warrant sending them to state institution; support of teach
 ing agencies; encoura cement of negro education, with the same standards of sanitation and health observed as in the schools for white children.
 In her article on rural school attend-
 ance Eva Joffe, statistician, national child labor committee, states that a sur vey made of the state about a year after the passage of the compulsory education law in 1915, shows that in the counties of Barbour, Chambers, Chiffon, Conecuh,
 Escambia, Etowah, Hale, Lauderdale, Madison, Mobile, Pickens and Washing ton, the only counties included in the survey, the attendance record of children of farm owners was greater than those or nonfarm owners, the respective per cent of absenteeism being S3 and 4o The So days compulsory attendance under the act of 1915, Miss Joffe points out, IS en- tirely inadequate, and prevents the chiio from getting along, in view Of the Iact that the usual course of study is made out for an eight months term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
COMPLIES LIST
 UNIVERSITY MEN
 WHO DIED IN WAR

University. January 1s.-(Special)-O Of the many university men who were among the first to volunteer in the de- Tense of deyhocracy, Alumni Secretary Tom Garper has just compiled list of those ysho gave up their lives during the War. These sons of Alabama and forzher members of prominent families c%er the state are as follows:
 Col. Bertram B. Clayton, 'SS, New York, uuartermaster department, killed by shell May 30, 1918; Capt. Julian M. Strass- burger, '12, Montgomery, machine gun company, Rainbow division, killed Au- gust 21, 1918; Capt Mortimer H. Jordan,
 oa. Birmingham, Company K, 167th in- fantry, Rainbow division, killed July Sl ; Lieut.. Ethridge W. Maynor, r, Cross vile, 1o1st field artillery, killed in action: John Smith Henry, '16. Bristol. Va, 1Ssd ambulance corps, killed May 8; First 1ieut- Ray P. Saffold, '93, San Francisco tformerly of Selma), infantry, killed July ISIS; Lieut.. Julian W. Hohenpurg IS, sWetumpka, infantry, killed July 1S 1918; First Lieut.. Charles A. Lewis, '16, Fay ette, Company B, Thirty-eighth infantry,
 killed July Is; Lieut.. W. Vance Weir, IS, Gadsden, killed in airplane acident at Carothers field, Fort Worth, Tex
 Lieut. J. ". Freeman, IS, Wetumpka, uuartermaster department, lost on Ticon- deroga, September 10; Corp Gordon Mer- cer, IS, Demopols, Eighty-third company Sixth marine corps, killed June &; First Lieut.. Orville Cotson, IT, Birmingham, Company A, 320th infantry, killed Oc- tober. 1918; Lester J. Snow, 'O9, aviation, Boston Tech, died of influenza. Septem-
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of education, University of Alabama,
 reviews the state school system and insti-
 tutions conducted under it, with statistics of attendance at the different class of
 schools and colleges, length of term,
 buildings and equipment, funds for main- taining them, medical inspection, voca- tional training, and concludes with the following recommendat tions: Closer arti- culation of the various parts of the entire educational system and the creation of a state board of education to take the place of the many independent boards now ex- isting, constitutional change to permit of the selection of the state superinten- dent of education by the state board of education, and providing him with d sufficient number of assistants to enable him to keep in close touch with educa-
 tional conditions in the state; better methods of financing the three higher Stitutions-University of Alabama, Ala bama Polytechnic institute and Alaba- ma Girls Technical institute, prescribing subjects required for teaching certift- cates, with the adoption of the hori- zontal plan of certificates; strengthen ing the present compulsory education law by eliminating the points of conflict be- tween this law and the child labor law; lengthening the period of compulsory at- tendance at school; better methods of providing for salaries of truancy officers; make fewer the excuses for non attend ance at school; support of kindergartens from public school funds; adeouate ap- propriation to secure in full Ala bama s part of the federal money for vocational education given under the terms of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

the state appropriates s2e,2Oo a year, of
 which $l9,7O0 goes for salaries, while for
 the control and prevention of disease among animals, the legislature appropri- ated $5S,0o0 distributed as follows: For prevention of hog cholera, s2s, 900; for tick eradication. S25Oo0; for expense of live stock sanitary board, s5O00
 Dr. Mccormick closes his article with
 recommendations for increased appro- priations, the employment of several en- gineers and inspectors, amendment of the state prison inspection laws, giving administrative authority over office of prison inspector, establishment of Pasteur institute branches al Birmingham and Mobile, abolition of anti tuberculosis commission and trustees of tuberculosis sanitorium, and their functions trans ferred to the state health board author izing state health officer and state su- perntendent of education to jointly for mulate and issue a series of regulations for the guidance of county health offi- cers and school teachers, including the naming of communicable diseases defin- ing isolation and quarantine, requiring all-time health unit obligatory in every county, review by state board of health of proceedings and findings of trial of county health officers, provisions for a public health nurse in each unit in every county, that steps be taken by the legis- lature to place Alabama in the federal registration of vital statistics area under what is known as the model law em- county medical societies to de- clare and abate nuisances, with right of appeal.
 James J. Doster, dean of the school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

mittees; more prosecutions for viola : tions; extension of inspection to small CT cities; municipal ordinances regu- lating street selling; cooperation of school teachers and principals in in- forcing street trades law
 HEALTH OF SOLDIERS
 The records of the war department, pr. J. H. Mccormick of the school of medicine. University of Alabama, says. show that SO per cent of the national guardsmen from Alabama sent to the Mexican border suffered from hook worm, and in. consequence of a low cred vitality large numbers of them were stricken with pneumonia, with a high death rate. In the Spanish Amer ican war 20 per cent of the entire army had typhoid fever and 80 per cent of all deaths in the army result ed from typhoid fever, whereas under compulsory inoculation practically no cases developed among the soldiers .n- ducted into the army under the se- lective draft act of 1917
 Of the men between 21 and 31 ir- cluded in this draft 2911 per cent were rejected by local boards because of physical disqualifcations and scr per cent were rejected at the camps, making a tctnl of 3417 per cent The percentage of rejections among Ala bama draftsmen was lower than any other southern state, but there were 11,49S rejections out of 47,S67 exam nations. with additional rejections at the camps
 Following a statement as to the or ganization, personnel and workings of the state health system Dr. Mccormick says for carrying on this important work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

Der 30, 1918; Lieut.. J. Brown Gaston, '12, Montgomery, infantry, Fort Bliss, Tex, died of influenza, october H. Lieut.. Fum- ley B. Durrett, '17, Northport. Battery A. S20th field artillery. killed by shell, October 19; First Lieut.. Lamar Y. Me Cord, s, Mobile, Third infantry, killed October II; Lieut.. Farley w. Moody, IF, Tuscaloosa, 325th infantry. killed October Il; Herbert A. Higgins. 19. Montgomery, O. T. S., Camp Taylor, influenza, Octo- Der 13; First Lieut. William T. Spratt, TO. Livingston. 325th infantry, killed Oc- tcber IA.
 J. Paul (Booze) Jones, 'OS, Birmingham, influenza, October 23; Lieut.. c. Warner Houston, IS, Selma, Company K, 325th infantry, killed October 16 in Argonne forest Recommended for D. s. e; Chas. H. Searcy, 20, Boaz, member of s. A. T. C., university, died November Il; Louis B. Brazwell, Demopolis, 19, U. S. marine corps, died in November of wounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 19 1919

meets; installation of gymnasiums and playground equipment; continuation of recreation work under trained super
 visors during summer months; wider use of schools as community centers; development of municipal parks; city ordinances controlling public dance halls; supervision of semi-public halls by voluntary committee or paid off cials; esta blishment of municipal dance halls sanitary and fire inspection Of motion picture theatres; educational campaign through churches, Y. M. c. A, schools, women's clubs and similar organizations for suitable children's pictures prohibition of the exhibition of pictures containing questionable characters and attendance of children under 16 years of age at night. unac- companied by parent or guardian; agri- cultural clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts; state aid for motion pictures in rural diStriotS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
ADMINISTRATION OF LAW

ADul4NAo RA llO4N UT L<1 W
 The child labor law and it's admin istration is treated very fully by Miss Florence l. Taylor of the national child labor committee. The law ap- plies to the 14-year limit and is ln- elusive in it's provisions. she says, ap- plying to all occupations except do- nestle service and agriculture. with the same standards of the federal law except that it has an 11-hour day and 60-hour week, against the eight-hour day and 4S-hour week stipulated by the federal act It provides for in- spection by the state prison expector who, for this purpose is designated as state factory inspector. Of the con- flict in the compulsory education law and the child labor law, Miss Taylor says:
 'In addition to the vagueness and in adequacy of the school requirement. it is in conflict with the compulsory education law, which requires a child between and IS years to attend school so days during the scholastic year. Issuing officers are at a loss to know whether to issus permits On the 50 days attendance during the previous 12 months, as the child labor law requires, or whether to require SO days attendance during the scholastic year in accordance with the educa
  ment of so days is far from sufficient, the difficulties connected with this provision could be eliminated by rais- ing the educational requirement for a work permit to the completion of the fourth grade"
 Among Miss Tay1or's recommenda- tions for changes in the child labor law are: Prohibiting the employment in any occupation of children under Is during school hours and make are limit correspond with age limit of education law; eight-hour day, 4s- hour week, in any occupation under 16 years; authorizing investigation as to age; omission of clause requiring children between IA and 6 working in mills to attend school eight weeks each year: raising of educational re- quirements for work permits from 60 days during previous year to comple- tion of fourth grade; requiring of va cation permits to children between 12 and IA years for employment in of fices and stores in towns of fewer than 25,00G inhabitants during summer va cationa permits in duplicate, one for employer and one for state inspector; extension of authority to revoke news boy badges to school superintendents or other issuing officer organization of department of labor to administer proposed workman's compensation act and child labor law, or creation of state board of social welfare with a division of child welfare which would administer child labor law two additional inspectors and sufficient help; raising maximum school attend ance age from 15 to 16; preventing employment of child under IA; closer cooperation with issuing officers; or- ganization of local child labor com