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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-11
Prohibition and the Theatre

their morals if they see the right sort
of productions.
81 am not a prohibitionist, but I
believe that prohibition will help the
theatre. Of course, it may injure the
cabaret performances, but the theatre
proper will be helped. When a large
part of the tide of dollars ceases to
flow into alcoholic channels it win 20
into some other form of amusement
rather than into, the savings banks, al.
though they also must profit; but the
habit Of a nation for enjoyment is too
strong to suppose the bulk of this vast
sum will be set aside for necessities.
The theatre, being the most appealing
and interesting form of entertainment,
will in all probability reap a greater
benefit as the result of prohibition than
any other form of amusement.
SIN the pioneer days of the drama
the drunken and dissolute actor was Z
common, a recognized type. Such .
condition is today unheard of in any
legitimate theatre. I will ever 20 30
far as to say that prohibition win un-
doubtedly bring out a greater number
Of good plays.
$50 it seems to me that from every
standpoint the theatre will be directly
and vitality benefited by prohibition"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-11
A perspective between two wings of residence hall.

One of the most thoughtful things
Uncle Sam did when he erected these
dormitories was to provide a washroom
in the basement of each building, where
the girls can do their own laundering
and pressing when they desire. These
rooms are fitted with wash basins
having hot and cold running water, the
latest patented ironing boards and cleo
trio irons. One wonders what more
the feminine heart can desire.
Recreation and Entertainment
An p-to- date laundry, however, is
maintained and run by the government
where the laundry is done at cost for
the girls.
Each building has a trunk room in
the basement to avoid the necessity of
keeping trunks in bedrooms,
In administration building No. 2 there
ia what is known as a recreation hall.
Here Uncle Sam, knowing that all
work apd no play is not good for n
one, especially young and attractive
girls away from home, frequently gives
dances and entertainments for his
wards. Here the war worker is given
the chance to meet and mingle with
the outside world and perhaps meet a
few people other than those she en-
counters daily in the department where
she is employed. The girls also have
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single rooms is furnished with a bed,
dresser, writing table, cedar chest,
which fits under the bed; closet with
separate compartments above for hats,
rug and lavatory with hot and cold
running water. A few Of the rooms
are double, in case two girls wish to
live together. These are provided with
two dressers, two closets, two rocking
chairs, two cedar chests; in fact. W
of everything. Uncle Sam in this in
stance, demonstrated that he knew
something of the nature of the fair sex
and did his best to remove at least a few
of the difficulties which USUALLY confront
two women trying to live together in
peace and harmony.
All the bed linen and towels are fur
nished by the government, and a reason
able amount of maid service.
In each corridor a telephone has been
placed, and in every room there is a
call bell. A signal system has been
arranged and posted, and each room can
be communicated with in this manner.
Some of the signals are:
/ bell-rise.
2 bells-come to office.
8 bells-caller waiting.
4 bells-answer phone in hall.
A bathroom is located on every cor,
ridor containing one large tub and four
shower baths.
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Miss Olive Davis, who for seventeen
years was resident manager of halls at
Wellesley College. Miss Mary Limbs
ley is director of the dining rooms. Miss
Lindsey recently returned from France,
where she served with the British expe-
dictionary forces. Miss Mary E. Rust is
superintendent of halls and is a grad
nate Of the Boston School of Domestic
Science. Miss Doris Burchard is in
charge of the infirmary.
President Wilson when he went to
select the sites for the war workers
homes was accompanied, / understand,
by Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral
Grayson, his personal physician. They
looked all over the available open spaces
in and about the park system of the
capital, and after due deliberation the
President, relying in this instance
probably upon the advice of Mrs. Will
son, decided to place the dormitories
for the war workers on the plazas
which connect the Capitol and the
Union Station. And there they stand
today, two groups of buildings contain
ing twelve dormitories in each group.
In the center Of each group is an ad-
ministration building where the general
manager has her Office. Here all bust
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ness in conducted, here is the regis
tration desk and the general postofice.
1t Lust be said in all fairness that
the homes of the war workers are not
things of beauty by any means, and the
permanent committee for the beautifi-
cation of Washington will not be sorry
when these temporary structures are
torn down as no longer necessary under
a reign of peace N earth and good will
toward all men-and women. As a matter
of fact it has been said of these 81.
called hotel buildings that they seem
to be patterned after the best examines
OF early New England Jail architecture
They rise up straight from the ground
to a height of three stories, with moth
ing to break the plainness of tho s;do
walls except rows of windows all the
same size. The walls are gray n,aster
over hollow the construction the n,o;n
slanting roofs are of black slate. Tbo
administration buildings are a ,;ttlo
more ornate, suggesting a New England
courthouse possibly, thus lend;n,
further effect to the Jail communitv
style OF architecture governing the gen.
eral aspect of the dormitories.
Homelike Furnishings Of Rooms
Despite the %uninviting appearance Of
the buildings on the outside. the in
terlors are very comfortable and home
like. Each hotel has its own reception
rooms and writing rooms for the use
OF the girls. These rooms are spacious
and airy, and on entering one is i'm
pressed with the general atmosphere
of refinement and comfort that pre-
walls. The furniture is wicker and
mahogany. A monograph has been fur
nished each building by the govern
ment and the girls supply the records
for dancing, or for whatsoever they de-
sire. Some of the dormitories have
pianos. These were purchased by the
girls themselves, a collection having
been taken up among them to raise the
money.
There are two dining rooms, one in
each group of dormitories, located in the
administration buildings. These dining
halls are large and attractive, having
something Of the air of a summer re-
sort with a seating capacity of 600.
There are 100 tables in each room, with
six seats. at every table. The guests
are served by mattresses, and a sufi-
cient number has been provided in order
that every waitress has only two tables
to wait upon.
The bedrooms are comfortable and
sanitary in every respect. Each Of the
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any longer? However, the demand for
war workers, SO called, seems to show
no diminution. They come and 20 Just
as in the days of the war, and each
week the statistics show an increase.
For every 1000 war. workers that leave,
1900 seem to come to take their places
and to further augment the government
payroll. The great influx of both men
AND, 4women$ when the war fairly got
under way was such as to tax the normal
housing facilities of Washington far
beyond their capacity, even with three
or four people often occupying one
room. 60
Something had to be done. The ever
increasing war worker had to be cared
for. and the government undertook the
job. A housing committee was ap-
pointed. and when Uncle Sam an
nounced that he had courage enough to
undertake the construction of a vast
dormitory system to be inhabited wholly
by women it was agreed that the ex-
pertinent was an epoch making one.
President Wilson himself paused in
the midst of his war making to tour.
Washington and personally select the
site upon which this new '.manless
town. was to rise. At first, as 1 have
said, it wasn't wholly a manless town,
because the. initial general manager was
a man. Further than this, there were
two additional men in the Office force
and quite a battery of men cooks and
bakers. The girls did not object to the
men in the kitchen n do not now.
They rather enjoy this reversal of the
usual order of things domestic. They
did think. however, that the general
manager should be a woman, although
j il would be difficult to imagine how
any woman could have been more tact
full, more sympathetic, more accommo-
dating than the brave male soul who at
first exercised supervision over the war
workers for the modest recompense of
$4,000 a year. l wonder how many men
in the world would have undertaken
such a job at such a price. However,
that problem is settled for all time. The
wal workers insisted their manager
must be a woman, and their insistence
has prevailed. .
Miss Harlean James is the new man
ager. She has been the executive sec.
rotary Of the housing. corporation since
its organization. She is a graduate Of
Leland Stanford University and was
c.cseu executive secretary of the Civil
League o; Baltimore when, it was or
ganized in 1911 and continued in that
capacity until 1915.
Miss James will have as her assistant
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Interior Of n Of the single rooms

of every month, except in cases where
the different departments have different
peydays. In such cases credit will be
extended to accommodate the girls. 1t
one has a guest it will be necessary to
purchase an extra meal ticket and the
charge of forty cents is made for break
fast and sixty cents for dinner.
When the war worker applies for ac-
c~ommodations in these dormitories she
is required to furnish references and
her record is investigated. she must
also name some one when she registers
to be notified in case of accident or sick
ness. .
The infrmary was equipped and is
maintained in order that proper care
may be taken Of the girls when they are
ill. If a girl is not ill enough to be
sent to the infirmary, but IS feeling too
bad to leave her room, her meals are
sent to her and no additional charge
is made.
Sunday Morning Cleaning
In fact, there is about the place an
atmosphere of motherliness and com.
plete feminine domesticity. So domi-
nant is the feminine note, passersby on
Sunday morning claim they behold 1900
heads of hair dangling from the upper
story windows. Imagine 1900 heads Of
hair in all the varying tints of the
modern mode! In addition to the Sun
day morning evidence of shampooing,
it is said one may behold 1900 pairs
of white shoes reposing immaculate on
the window stills waiting for the sun
In olden days a high wall with spiked
top probably would have hidden all these
intimacies from the public view, but
Uncle Sam is a modern with all the rest
of us and he believes the less restraint
placed upon his young wards the more
self reliant and better citizens they will
become in this full day of woman's rise
to civic power. 4.
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Sam, having conquered other seemingly
insurmountable problems during the
war, has had the nerve to set himself
up as housekeeper for 1900 young and
unattached women. Even more thar
housekeeper-he has assumed the bur-
den of chaperon-a very lenient one,
allowing the young ladies to have com
pany in the, parlor'' until II p. m. He
even allows his wards to be out until
that more or less witching hour without
explanation or excuse. But if Mary OF
the navy, Imogen of the army or Mar
garet of the wal risk bureau expects
to be out later than II o'clock, she must
give a reason for her absence, and If
this reason is accepted her name is put
on the night list and given to the
watcliman on duty, to whom she reports
when she returns.
The Odor of Cigarette Smoke!
The experiment has been in progress
several months, and there is no ques-
ton that it has in it the elements
of real success. 1t must not be sup
posed, however, that the tranquil do
nestle air which hovers over Uncle
SANS gray walled dormitories has not
been disturbed from time to time by
storms and tempests, by miniature up
risings bordering on the Bolshevistic
and by the raising Of a series of ques.
rims which have been very difficult to
answer.
The first storm came when the pun
gent odor of the baleful cigarette was
first scented through a keyhole or an
omen transom in the brand new spick-
md d buildings Uncle Sam had con-
structed at m cost to house a
few hundred, ut least, of the thousands
Of girls who left their family fresides
and come to Washington for the pa
triotic purpose Of serving the govern
ment. and at the same time having a
little bit of a fling at life away from
the old home town. A committee OF
nons,nokers was Immediately formed to
smoke out the smokers, and the anti
tobacco crusade has been raging for
several weeks. Smoking has not ceased,
,.,wever, and some Of the girls declare
that 70. snattcr what rules may be made
mud pos:cd on the subject some women
y:Ii cunt;auc. TO smoke .Ss long rs to-
iacco is e-owE. Anyway. most Of the
girls have ROOMS to the.asclScs, and il
a mans house is his castle, why
shouldn't the nm :aie Apply to the
tiny ii:tlc. oaadoirs IT u girl wal
workers?
The near Bolshcyist uprising raine
when several senators. and consres.-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-11

the privilege Of using the hall for their
WI dances and entertainments in case
they wish to have them.
All of the above accommodations and
advantages are rendered the war worker,
together with a single room and two
meals per day, except on Sundays, when
three are served, for $45 a month.
Bills are payable on the LIST and 18th
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The Nlan@s Toun in Washingtony on a Site Selected By President wilson 7
Himself Where the Onu Men Are in the Kitchen and the Women Run the Place @
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
Poor Church Fund.

A fund OF $3.50 was raised by
the Mt. Olive Baptist Association
at Duquoin. lat week through the
efforts add advice OF Moderator
McCrary This fund will be sed
to aid weak churches when the
Fund reaches the amount TO justi-
~. The money viii be loaned Tor
a shof, time At = small insrfess.
We have a standing committee
10 look after. this part OF the work
and We urge every church TO es-
,ablish a Penny fund BY lifting a
penoy collection every Sunday
This is amovc that ~asin hearty
accord with the association and
was readily approved.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
NOTICE.

Springfield. III. Io-2-io
Dear Co-Workef:
As your representative OF Illi-
nois, on The Home Mission Board
OF the National Baptist Convention
1 am reminding you OF the sailing
OF Revsresd Robert Thorbourne.
for the Panama Zone =
!, The Board. at It's meeting IN
Norfolks decided to hold. a, piss
jenasy meeting at New Orleans.
Ottober 10th. and thar every chuf-
Oh, .:soslet,s on sandisidual be asked
10 Send Trough their Board nieni-
her,. an offering for she Home.
work lam asking ,ha, you send
your church society or personal
draft. money order or cheokto me.
made QUITO Reverend 81 Dix
on. Field Secretary Of the Home
MISSION Board that ! may send all
Of the Illinois "Homc, Mission :
money in together, under the head
OF Illinois. giving name 81 city
church. pastor and amount sent
II you do not care 10 send mon
ey TO ole. please scnd me a stats
ment OF the amount OF money you
sent that ! may ger IN the lis
when tcpo,, Illinois to the To-
on Revlew Phase join US in
this effort to 60 more Home Miss
ron work hi, year.
For The sake Of cur work on the
Panama Zone, Tor the sake OF the
cribs rat arc coming from those
aho NEED rne Gosp,l a, home: for
the sake Of our blessed Lord and
Mas-er who ha- p,aoed this work
in ourhapds. give this matter your
attention NOW for The Mss,er's
business requires ha-,e. !"
7 ! An yours ia Hi- Name.
n. 4. Porter.
Home Nj sion board Aembef foi
Illinois.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
CartarrkaI Deafness cssust ;,
Cured

by local applications. az they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There 10 emily one way To cure cartsrr-
hsr deafness. and that " b. a eonstitu-
ionsl remedy. Catarrhal Deafness Il
caused by 81 inflAmed condition OF the
mucous lining Of the Epstaehian Tube
When this tube inflamsd you have >
rumbiing sound or imperfect bearing.
and when it is entirely closed. Deafness
is the result. Unless the inflammation
can be reduced and this tube 70 its nor
NAL condition. hearing will be destroyed
forever. Many cases Of deafness are
caused BY cstarrh. which is an infianed
condition Of the mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrah Peafness that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medi
cine. Circulars free. All Druggists,
Toe.
+. j. Cheney 4 Co. Toledo, o.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
Neheniah's Band.


The above named church Band
was entertained at the home oil
Mrs Ellen Buchsnaa. Tuesday
night. by her granddaughter. Miss
Avery Woods. and Mr.. William
Waters. Much interest ~as mani
tested. Alloi the officers were re-
elected for the next quarter and the
same were Installed BY Rev. j. B.
McCrsry.
Peaches and i,e cream were SER
we'd TO the members ard visitors
The ladies arc preparing for =
Xmas Museom There was cer-
taia comsly w;dox. who displayed
her stiiI IN knitting using / needles
and ] think she was kaitIiqg gIos-
es. Bro. ]. b was al smiles and
Attracted much attention Irom tbe
ladies.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
Proposed Constitution OF
The Baptist Minister S
Alliance.


We. the Minister'S OF the Mt,
Olive and East Mt. Olive Baptist
District Associations of Southern
Illinois DESTROYS OF more one
ness in perpetuating the principles
and Doctrines Legislated by Je-
sus Christ. and practiced by His
Apostles. Seeking by the word ci
God TO bring ourselves. and the
churches as we'll, more into the
unity oil the Faith OF Jesus Christ,
DO uow adopt the following Con-
stitution.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
Article / Name.

Sec. /. This organization shall
be called the Missionary Baptist
Minister Alliance OF Southern
Illinois.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21
You Must Pay Your
Subscription In Al
vance If You Want
The News.
New Order just issued BY
The War Industries Board.

The paper mills 81 the lnttea
States have been placed on the
essential list and all newspapers
must comply with seperaldehned
regulations just issued blythe War
Industries Board, 10 order 10 con-
finue the publications. One OF
the most important refers to sub
criptions. Allsubscriptions must
or paid in advance and no papers
are to be sent TO persons who fail
to comply with the rule The
Gazette is sold in several business
places and churches at hve cents
a copy. Any one who desires
may have the paper mailed to
their address one year .or PI, 50
This offer is made on condition
that the subs -riptlon IS PAID IN
ADVANCE. II you have not
paid your subscription you must
do so at once. Be. ready. when
our collector calls. Editor.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21

Sec. / This organization shall
be called the Missionary Baptist
Minister Alliance OF Southern
Illinois.
Sec , Officers. Its Officers
shall consist OF a President, Two
Vice Presidents, Recoroirg Sec
rotary, Corresponding Secretary.
Treasurer and such committees
as may conserve the bes, interest
OF the body. all OF which shall be
elected annually BY a majority
vote OF the body.
Article Membership
Sec. /. This org anizstio n
shall be composed of Missionary
.Baptis, Ministers furnishing hen-
it'd membership in any regular
Missionary Baptist Chu Oh. to-
gerhef Wit. bis good standing
where he now pastors. or where
he lasf pastored or the church
where ne worship's with whether
he, ever psaoted os not
Article ] Authority
. Seer This Org ani.zatiion
shall have the power 10 receive
TO. or drop from It's fellowship
any Minister or Ministers whom
il deems worthy OF unworthy of
fellowship.
Sec : Thi, Constitution by
laws. or regulations. shall BY no
means Golfer With the rules and
regulations OF the two Associa-
tons namely NJ Olive and East
Mt. Olive.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21

y Asye . Aue shs fsss, 1ass1 t.
fashionable shotosy spkss. - - sosksl
svsr acme ssssnf pictures ter cAsrs
are ssns vscy rxTy fsssursf - ~
Apsineaa."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-21

Results All That Count.
Who a,lks whether the enemy were
defeated by strategy or BY yAior7--
Virgil :
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-17
BIG FEATURE ATTRACTIONS
AT THE DITMAS TODAY

'Pay Day. the f1ve-reel Metro spe-
cial screen novelty, which comes to
the Ditmas Theatre to-day gives ample
proof hat MIR. and Mrs. Sidney Drew,
the stars of the production. are cap
able of acting tragis daramtic roles as
well as those possessing comedy ele-
ments.
Since the great success of the one
reel fun-feats, which are shown as
Metro-Drew comedies, the Drews have
become identified entirely as come
dians. The combination of Mr.. and
Mrs. Drew in comedies has become
a household topic. The Drew comedies
appeal to people who live a normal,
wholesome home life. their policy be-
ing to present nothing so e-xtravagant
that it might not happen in a normal
family. Consequently, the one-act
comedies of domestic life have struck
a responsive chord.
One day while debating over seem
arios, the Drews discussed the fact
that the public had grown to believe
that they were only capable of playing
in comedies. There and then they de-
cided to prove to all their audiences
that they could play dramatic parts
and present a story of feature length
five reels-as we'll as they could pro-
duce their thousand-foot comedies. In
the picture the Metro co-stars are
shown discussing the problem in their
own Office and then owe the telephone
with President Rowland of Metro.
Then they prove their dramatic abil-
ity with great success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-17
HELLO AMERICA" COMING
TO MAJESTIC THEATRE

Hello America which comes to the
Majectic next Monday is a brand new
show in burlesque and beyond any
question of doubt, the greatest n
most elaborate ever staged by my
burlesque manager, in factit is a cred
it to any $500 Broadway Show. Every
word, every line of the book is abso-
lutely new; all music and every num-
Der is new. Every piece of scenery
is new; all wardrobe is new and the
production from beginning to end
sparkles with newness and beauty.
The comedy which is away from the
old lines and strictly up to date fur
nishes 60 laughs TO the minute The
music is OF the kin that you whistle
for months after and the musical
numbers far beyond what ever you
could picture. In short 1t is a patriotic
musical review that will go down on
record as the greatest in burlasque
up to the present time and no doubt
for some time to come. The two Sans,
Lewis and Dody who have been head
liners on the big time vaudeville are
the principal comedians. Margaret
White known as the dancing diamond
is the clever little soubrette together
with Billie Fill, Sam Bennett, Eliza
beth Barringer, Shaw and Lee form a
body which a truthfully be termed
an All Star Cast. Last but not least
that wonderful chorus the targets of
any show in burlesque, 80 pretty and
shapely girls that can sing and dance
and make you forget your troubles. A
word to the wise.