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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
roll CALL FOR RED
CROSS MEMBERSHIP
TO be NOV. z TO Il
Method Similar To That Used
Last Year VIII Be Employed
To Enlist Interest
WORK TO BE CONTINUED

Announcement has been received by
the Annapolis headquarters OF the
Red Cross. home service division, that
the extension of the home service as
peace time activity has been author
lied, and plans are being made for the
drive, which is to be begun on Novem-
Der 2, to enroll a million members in
the third annual roll call
The drive will be continued for nine
days. during which time workers will
be stationed at the postofiice, in stores.
and other public places to enroll men,
bers for the coming year. The drive
will be conducted in very much the
same manner as has been used in the
past two years for raising the funds
for this service.
Books at the local Red Cross head
quarters show that Annapolis and
Anne Arundel county raised s5.2Sf for
the work during the past year. This
amount includes all receipts from
dances at Carvel Hall. entertainments,
and other benefits that have been
given. and II cannot be exactly stated
what amount was raised by the roll
call.
with the end of the war, and at all
times since then there has been
great deal OF speculation as to just
what would be done with the many
hundreds OF home service chapters In
all parts or the country. and the an
nouncement from the National Head
quarters seems to give suggestion
that. for the present at least, they viii
be continued, doing practically the
same work that they have done since
the armistice was signed.
Indeed, the amount of work which
has been done by the Red Cross in its
wide territories can hardly be esti-
mated It has been a constant source
of benefit for both the soldiers and the
government. For the discharged men
Il has attended to affairs of business
with the government, which could not
have been handled in nearly so efiici-
ent a manner by the individual sol
dIers themselves. In particular II has
paid attention to their claims of
money from the government and has
been the agency for distributing liter
allure pertaining to soldiers insur-
nnce( Communication, and other matters.
1t has been especially helpful to those
men who were untitled by actual edu-
cation to take up their own claims and
ask for adjustments. The number of
claimants OF this illiterate class was
surprisingly large, most Of them being
found with the colored discharged
men.
In acting as an agent for the gov
eminent the Red Cross has received
inquiries concerning the condition,
both physical and financial, OF many
men. and 1t has been the duty of the
local secretary to make immediate in
vestigations and report to the govern
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
VAR SLOOp RICHMOND
SOON D|SMANnED
Aboard This Craft Farragut Made
Famous Remark, Damn
the Torpedoes"
SPECIAL EXERCISES HELD

Sunday afternoon marked the final
military action on board the old
United States sloop of war Richmond.
which is about 20 be dismantlei q. the
foot of Kirkbridge street. Brldesburg,
when special taps and an impress
sive program were held on the quar-
terdeck of the old war Graf. at phiia-
delphia.
The exercises were attended by ofti-
Gals of the League Island Navy Yard
and the United States Naval Home and
members of Naval Post, No. 400. Grand
Army of the Republic; delegation or
yeowomen from Post No. so of the
American Legion. and a large audi
ence of invited guests.
Artemus C. Barclay, post command
err. conducted the services and intro
duced many civil war navy veterans,
among them Charles III. B. Sheppard,
OF New York, and Thomas ]. Hynes,
from the Naval Hospital, both of
whom served on the Richmond in her
fighting days.
The exercises opened with the boat
SWANS call for all hands to muster on
deck. The last inspection was con-
Quoted by Commander Barclay. Chap
lain ID. H. Tribou, of the United States
Naval Home, Philadelphia, offered the
invocation. following which alk joined
In singing America. An address
was delivered by p. R. Dillon, who
saw service in the West Gulf block
aiding squadron, under Farraguet, and
who outlived the history of the old
war vessel Other addresses followed
intermingled with songs rendered by
the Camp Community Service sing
ers.
3Auld Lang Syne' Before Taps
AS the firing squad from the Navy
Yard was preparing for the final fea-
ture all joined in singing "Auld Lang
Syne." Then with guard of yeowom-
en- and Naval Post members drawn up
at attention, three shots were fired
over the boat and the last glorious
taps" sounded.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Harris COM
manded the firing squad of 16 "gobs,
and Miss M. G. Thomas, chairman OF
Post No. so, American Legion, was in
charge of the 30 uniformed yeowomen
Among the many veterans present
were John Driscoll only living sur
vivor of the monitor, and James C.
McCurdy and James McGoldrick, of
the body guard of General Grant, on
his trip around the yorld in 187S-79
The Richmond was launched in Oc-
tober, 1860, at Norfolk and attached
to the squadron of the Gulf of Mexico,
under Admiral Farragut.
In her first engagement she was
rammed by the Manassas, an ironclad
similar to the monitor. During the
war the Richmond cruised considerab-
1y on the Mississippi River, demolish-
ing forts and aided in the capture OF
the New Orleans and Vicksburg.
She will be dismantled by Joseph
Hyman & Sons, who will soon tow her
to Boston, where she will be burned
and her scraps welded into peaceful
instruments, making another Sword
turned into a plowshare"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton Of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years II
was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly failing to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Cafarrh
Medicine. manufactured BY r. J. Che
ney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, Is constitu-
tional remedy, il taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucuous
Surfaces Of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward Is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Medicine fails I'd
cure. Send for circulars and testi-,
moniaIs.
r. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constitution
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
Misqulto Bites

Just as soon as you feel the effect of
the Malarial Germs after being bitten
by Malarial Mosquitoes. 1t is advisable
to take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC to destroy the Germs and re-
move the Impurities. Pleasant to take.
Coo per bottle.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
NOTICEi

There will be Community Singing and
Spelling Match in the school house NJ
Gainesville Ola Thursday, September 18th, at
Is l.. NJ.
Ice cream, carameis, and cake for sale.
Proceeds TO be used for volley bail and net
for the school ground. Sis
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

A man has some excuse for feeling
high and mighty II he lives mp to his
ideals.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
For Rent

A store in Annapolis doing a
large business. Very desirable for
grocery store or lunch room, To-
Gated on West street. Apply No.
ZIG, P. o. Box 597. Annapolis,
Md. s1S-tf
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

Some people think the best way to
grasp an opportunity is to sprinkle a
little salt on Its tail.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

The great trouble with easy-eofnx
people + that Il Is always 81 diflcuit
to set them started.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

Many man wastes all his time
thinking about what he ought to do.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17

A fellow may complain thaI ,i p
done up and all in, but that d
than being down and out.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-17
BILLS PASSED BY
CO. COMMISSIONERS

The following bills were passed for
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
MANY PUPILS ON
NOV. HONOR ROLL
Lists For City Grammar
Schools Are Made
Public

Following are the honor roll pupils
of the Furlow, Prospect Heights and
East Americas Grammar schools for
November:
Furlow School.
First Grade, Section Addison
Deavours, G. c. Robertson, Jr., Ed
ward Smith, H. w Smith, Jr., Joe
Witt, Zadie Anglin, Gladys Gatewood,
Kate Harris; Section 2.-Herbert
Banks, Oscar Bell, William Kirk
patrick, Elizabeth English, Leila
Hooks, Frances Passmore, Sarah
Shipp.
Second Grade, Section Hazel
Council, Kathryn Clark, Willie Par
ker, Catherine Perkins, Sarah Saliba,
Gladys Yeats, Jane Williams, John
sey Duncan, James Dupree, William
Gardner; Section 2.-Charles Bost-
wick, Hollis Fort, Lucius McCleskey,
Derry Kirk Oliver, Christine Baker,
Elizabeth Broadhurst, Susie Belle
Guy, Nancy Hooks, Ann Johnson, vi
vien Jones, Edith MacCary, Eva Claire
Shiver, Mary Charlotte Tyson
Third Grade, Section 1.-Florrie
Warren, Edward Heys, Lilfoy Wallis,
Dorothy Witt, Mary Eva Cameron,
Elizabeth Mayes, Thelma Guy, Alb
ner Belcher, Clarence Ames, Emory
Witt, Louise Mabry, Yona Bell, Sue
Hightower, Allene Smith; Section g.
--Eudora Burton, Mildred Cowart,
Florence Dixon, Agnes Gammage,
Harriet Moore, Carr Sullivan, Rob-
ert English.
Fourth Grade, Section Charles
Council, Darby Dudley, Louisa Cole,
Ruth Hightower, Eugenia Johnson,
Annie Turpin Louisa English; Sec
tion Barclay Allison, Caroline
Mathis, Virginia Moreland, Luellen,
Grow, Norma Dunnaway; Section g.
Furlow Guerry, Charles Laney, Nam
ME Claire Speer.
Fifth Grade, Section MARY Har-
ris; Section 2.-Elizabeth Andrews,
Bertha Sawyer, Helen Witt.
Sixth Grade, Section 1.-Joh Ca
ruthers, Robert Culpepper.
Seventh Grade, Section Cath
crime Goodman, Villa Sanborn; Sec
tion martha Johnson; Florence
Stevens.
Prospect Heights School.
First Grade-Maud Holiday, Foy
Thacker, Julian Tye.
Second Grade.-Gladys Marlowe.
East Americus School.
First Grade, Miriam Player, Sarah
Maddox, Amelia Wilkes, Beatrice
Heidi, Crawford Powell.
Second Grade-Emma Brooks, Ma
ry Graham, Virginia Purvis, Dorothy
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
HOOKS OPENS UP
BATTERY STATION
Hudson Transfer Build
ing Remodeled For
New Department

The Hooks Motor Company has
completed the remodelng and equip
ping of the old Hudson Transfer Com
pany building on Lamar street, and
has installed its battery and vulcaniz-
ing departments in this new building.
Glenn Hooks has been placed in
charge of both these departments of
the Hooks Motor Company, and Sat
urday announced that his departments
would open Monday, December Is.
for business.
The Company has secured the agen-
cy for the "Exide" battery, which
it claims is one of the very best bat
terles on the American market.
For several weeks remodeling has
been under way and today there is
a modern drive-in battery and vulcan.
lzing station, thoroughly equipped tc
meet the calls of the hundreds Of
clients of the company.
In announcing the opening of tht
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
SrnithviHe Wins 2
Games From L.esI;a

,SMITHVILLE, Dec. 1s.-sr,;.,
vile defeated Leslie Friday in o-,,'n, bo,
fought basket ball game at T.aD3iS nSto
The issue was for a time donLta, Iaile'
but was clinched in the last o,artl, uDSlul,
by field goal. It was a verv v''. tost .st
game, and both teams PLAYED cooS s
ball. This victory makes an evou oUos.
slate with Leslie for this year TSa 6n
score was II to 8. '
The smithville High girls team
defeated Leslie the same dav, 1,. tba
score being % to 5. Both teams did
well, but the game was a cincb for
Smithville within three minutes aftor
the playing started. As this was
Smithville's first year at basket hall
for girls, the girls were jubilant over
the outcome Of their first game.
The only stock of real Christina
Gift Linens, at Ansley's-14-tf.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

in love with his beautiful and inno-
cent little helper. How this sacri-
flee proves, in the end, 4 blessing
when she finds that she really loves
the man she has married is delight
fully shown.
A splendid cast was selected to play
the various supporting roles. Harri-
son Ford, Robert Ellis, Kathleen Kirk
ham, Thomas D. Persse, Edna Mae
Cooper, Jane Kleckley and other
well known players are among Miss
Martins co-workers.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

Following are the honor roll pupils
OF the Furlow, Prospect Heights and
East Americas Grammar schools for
November:
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
EPISCOPALIANS
RAISE $9,662,l6
Pass Quota In National
Drive For Sixty
Millions

A full report of the campaign
which was recently made in the Amer
icus Episcopal church has been for.
warded to Bishop Reese, in Savan-
nah. The rector of the church is
very proud of the success of the cam.
paign, the Americas church having
oversubscribed its quota Sixty mil
lion dollars was the amount asked
from the American Episcopal church
and nearly every congregation gave
more than was asked. Following are
the figures from the financial drive in
the Americus church
Total amount subscribed $9,662.16.
For Parish Work, $7153.68.
For Missions, 2,508.48.
Financial cords distributed, SO.
Cards signed, rs.
To be reported, IL.
Service cards distributed, 80.
Service cards signed, %.
Service cards to be presented, S9.
Prices reduced on all trimmed hats.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
IN THE MOVIES.
MARTIN, A FACTORY
GIRL, IN "THE THIRD KISS

Vivian Martin is the star in a
new Paramount-Artcraft picture,
''The Third Kiss" which comes to the
Alcazar Theater Monday. In this
production she plays the role of a
girl of the slums, who is in reality an
heiress, but who to atone for a
wrong done by her deceased uncle,
lives among the working folk and aids
in their relief, keeping her identity a
secret from them and also from her
co-workers.
She makes a great sacrifice when
she marries man she does not love
to shield young married man who
has been devoting his life to settle
ment work, but who has fallen madly
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

pining for a pine tree or two, a
bunch of pretty holly and red her
ries and even a Doin9ettia. We
would write letter to Santa Claus
but we want what we want before
Christmas in order that we may make
the Tea Room as Christmas.y as pos
sible.
?
The Tea Room played a double
bill Thursday when the Rotary club
and the jury dined at the same
hour. Some one suggested that the
Rotary spelled comedy and the jury
tragedy. &C. B. S.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
TEA ROOM
NOTES

The sandwich lady has turned into
a fruit cake lady, for she has baked
no less than thirty of these Dlunlmy,
spicy, fruity confections within the
past week. 1t is not treason to say
that the bouquet that fingers about
the Tea Room these days Is quite
heady for the steaming of so much
fruit and richness is almost intoXi-
eating and be it known that the afore-
said lady has a new steamer with
upper and lower decks and a whistle
that blows when the water supply is
low. The Tea Room family is al
lowed to gaze their fill at least al
the beautiful cakes. that are daily
sent out to gladden. some Christmas
freside, carrying with them some of
the spicy personality Of the maker
and baker.
1t is far from our intention to hint
in fact, the Tea Room would
scorn to do such a thing, but we are
Morris, Hildreth Castleberry.
Third Grade.-Lorraine Weed,
Frank Suggs.
Fourth Grade-Rachel Carruthers,
Clara Belle Silver, James Wheeler,
Teresa Daniel, Bernice Oliver.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14
Bond Election alked
Now At SnithviIIe

SMITHVILLE, Dec. 13.-Smith-
vile has recently had very spirited
race for Alderman. There seems to
be a wave of prosperity lowering over
this little city and Smithville now
has wide awake bunch of city faith
ers. 1t is understood that bond
election will be ordered soon in or
der to decide as to electric lights, and
water and sewerage system. Mayor
J. H. Randall, Jr, and Messrs. G. c..
Ansley, Jr., E. A. Clark, J. H. Ran
dali, W. H. Turner, B. F. Christie, A.
L. Scroggins as aldermen promise
all the. good things that are in store
for Us.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

aoohs PH1ldlng, Sia they say that Manager cI.r-
abiiit Mlii wi devote his entire time e'ena ea
most mostly sr"ott 10 these two departments s Tbd TRd
ln0se n9 st, expert mechanics have S' ben ,,i Inc
ed under Mr.. Hooks, and evos y oen piac-
ern erd convenience eoeI installed for mod moo,
ana careful installing and -Ur rano; rapid
of batteries and tires u repairing
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

Oak or Mahogany Chifforobes
make nice gifts for husband or son.
Gyles Andrews Furniture Co.-12-tf
Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-14

Prices reduced on all trimmed hats.
Miss Ellinor Tillman.-10-3t
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

lily, where he can be proper4S Jared
for, for he will never be able to
earn his living or look after himself
in any way.
The second is the Glow grade i'm
beetle" whose mentality is equal
to that of q child of four or five
years of age. This class is not so
utterly hopeless. They may be
taught simple menial work which
requires no thinking. The third is
the 'medum imbecile," with the
mind of child of from six to eight,
who can be taught simple manual
labor. The fourth is known as the
"high-grade imbecile," whose brain
averages that of a child of from
eight to tend, and who is able to
grasp the principles of manual
labor of more complex type. The
fifth and last is what is known as
! a "moron," whose brain is that of
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Real Age and Mental
Age and Conceit

"For some purposes the thing
that counts is a child's real age"
says Miss Elizabeth Irwin, the psy-
chologist who does all the mental
testing" at Public School 81. "For
other purposes it is his mental age
that counts - his ability, at the
given moment, to do things with his
mind. But when we are deciding
which children to choose as material
for special opportunity classes the
thing we go by is the ratio of men
tai age to real age. This ratio is
pretty sure to be constant straight
through childhood.
"If child is clever enough to be
in the class, but isn't a good COM
panion for the other children, we
don't let him stay" Miss Irwin went
on. "We had one remarkably clever
boy who turned out to be SO con-
ceited that the sensible little Ter
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Public School Of to Organise
Special Glasses for Gifted Children
of the East

nine that he pass all the tests Of the
nine-year group. 1t is sufficient If
his mental age "adds up" to nine
that is, if he passes all the eight
year tests, five-sixths Of the nine
year tests and one sixth of the ten
year tests.
Of course one wouldn't have
known without experiment that any
such system would be workable at
all. 1t might have happened that
intelligence was so subtle and
variegated a thing that such tiny
samples would furnish no clew to its
general character. But the fact is
that some of the tests which seem
on their face to be most open to
the objection of being tests of
schooling are in reality among the
most reliable of all as tests Of pure
intelligence.
For instance, one test is that of
counting backward from twenty to
one within 40 seconds) this is
for eight-year-olds. Children can
count up to twenty long before they
are eight, while counting backward
is never specifically taught. So what
the test really gauges is the feeling
for numbers and the capacity for
unrelaxed attention.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
vous exhaustion such as she had
never known before.
When Terrors
Turn Into Play

The patient enters the dreaded
purlieus behind the oaken door
with fear and trembling. He may
have been waiting for an hour or
more, all the while conjuring up
the terrors awaiting him on the
other side Of the portal. Often he
is pushed in forcibly by his mother
or guardian. At first he is dazed
and then look of abject terror
comes into his face and he peers
into the corners and under the fur
niturc for the dangers which he
feels sure are there.
A quiet, we'll poised little woman,
dressed in soft brown, is sitting
at table on which are scattered
all sorts of blocks and wooden
puzzles. She looks up at his en-
trance and smiles ingratiatingly.
"Good-morning, DEAR" she says
in a quiet tone. "Come and help
me build house with these blocks"
Nothing very terrifying thus far,
and the patient relaXes his tense
muscles and, so far as he can,
thinks it over. Usually he ends by
taking the other chair beside the
table and his tests begin. There
are hundreds of these, which are
used for patients in the various
stages of mental detection. They
consist in tests of the three RS, in
the patients ability to follow d.
rections in the sequence in which
they are given, as, for instance, "go
to the door, open it, shut it. and
then place both hands on the table"
You wouldn't believe that any child
would not be able to do this, but
there are many who can't grasp the
sequence. Then there are all sorts
of tests with bits of wood, one of
the simplest being the fitting of
three pegs, a round one, a square
one and triangular one, into the
holes cut out to fit them in a
wooden plank. If the patient does
this correctly he is encouraged to
go on to the more difficult, some of
I which are as intricate as the most
elaborate picture puzzle. Then he
is told story like the following
IA boy named Willie Brown was
given bicycle and he went out for
his first ride. He went down. down,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Haste, Fright and Fatigue Mean Unnec-
essnry Suffering and Poor Results

the clinic) the whole atmosphere
takes on a brighter hue.
The clinic was established in 1912
under the supervision of DR.. Max
A. Schlapp, a specialist in this
branch of medicine. Its patients
come from the public schools, the
welfare organizations and other
public institutions, as we'll as from
the Children's Court. The work of
the clinic consists in submitting the
patients to the Binet tests. Each
subject is expected to come up to
the standard for his age, which is
the minimum arrived at through
thousands Of examinations Of nor
NAL children. AS a matter of fact,
many of the cases sent to the clinic
labelled "depravity" have been
found to be merely retardation due
to physical defects and complete
absence of responsibility. Such
cases can be cured physically, and
the mental cure follows the physi-
cal as surely as night follows day.
The children are first received
by the psychological department,
which is under the charge of Miss
Emily Burr, a most efficient and ex.
pert exponent of the Binet system
as we'll as a most sympathetic and
tactful being in the handling OF
these difficult patients. For there
is no gainsaying the fact that they
are difficult. A morning spent al
mere onlooker in Miss Burrs con
sulting room left one perfectly
healthy female in state of ner
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
the YOUNG Geniuses!-By Margaret Ladd Franklin

cipal, is hoping to find them-.
would be glad to make protegss \
little geniuses. Some might he .1
to college and one or two will ,s.1
help if they are to go even tn h;sl
school. Miss Irwin's work is ho;s1
financed by the Public Educat;s1
Association. She has had the be.,.J
cooperation both of Mr.. Grady VII
was principal of the school when y
classes were started, and Of v.]
Louis Marks, the present prlncm,]
City Superintendent Ettinger 1
also in sympathy with the plan b.
more money is needed.
Mr.. Marks is anxious to be .s,.
to offer the teachers Of the superb,
children as high d salary as u,
teachers of the feebleminded ob
tain--a reasonable ambition. surev
Even as it is, however, some yous,
college graduates who are int,
ested in educational experiment
and in social progress might We
seize the chance of teaching thea
Intellectually select scholars. A
Professor Terman says in his book
"The Measurement Of Intelligence,
"the social consequences of sui,
able educational advantages 70
children of superior ability woul
no doubt greatly exceed anythin
that could possibly result from tn
special instruction Of billiards an
border-line cases -