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Photos by Royal Studio.

\. C. Wyeth has Just completed the
finest thing he has vet achieved IL is his
nainting for the Missouri State Capitol
M Jefferson CITY the Battle Of Wilson
Creek fought August l6 1861. The pic
ture Is a lunettc OF large dimensions, and
Is one Of two. the other 10 be the battle
Of Westport fought October 23. 1868. The
two decorations picture the beginning and
The close Of the great conflict, and IN them
Wveth has successfully combined realism
and pictorial effect Wilson 5 Greek was
almost a hand to hand fight the other
h1nette depicts a cavalry charge. The con
trast IS marked In the first the gray was
victorious and in the last the blue. In
both battles there was the bravery Of
Missouri men. that Missouri Of today
honors and pcrpetuates through tins
medium. The two unettes will be eX-
amples of the best in American mural
decoration One is almost completed. the
other Is vet to be painted from the study.
In his combination Of battle scene and
mural decoration Wyeth has eliminated the
commonplace and brought out everything
with which the eye and mind can sym
pathize The Wilson's Creek conflict was
the bloodiest In history up TO that time,
there were 10000 men engaged on a side,
and the casualties reached the highest
per cent that had then been known. The
southerners had shOtguns, they fought
close. just the marrow stream between
the gray and blue, and the intensity was
terrible. Men are breathing hard and look
ing hatred at each other as they load and
fire and fall, up on the hill are batteries
sending out screaming shells, there are
din and death and agony of wounded
and with all this, one secs the brook flow
ing smoothly between contending forces;
there is a wonderfully fine poplar tree IN
the foreground, and up on the hills Is the
everlasting beauty of the country III sum
meT
The battle of Westport was in the fall
of the year; it marked the fall of an un-
successful issue Just such DAYS as we are
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IEWES ZwANENDAEL CLUB.

At the second meeting of the Zwanen-
dacl Club Of Lewcs Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Louise Williams was chairman Of
the day. and il being Columbus Day. the
program was appropriate to the occasion
Mrs Purdue Of Wilmington. ;. G.,
who is here visiting hersister, Mrs Vii
hams, spoke Of the historical stone mark
crs whleh prevail in her home city, and
how she was reminded Of them when she
saw the monument on the site Of old
Fort presented BY the Daughters of 1872
Mrs Carl Frcttyman, new member
was heartily welcomed Next Tuesday
will be III charge Of Mrs Addie Tunnel,
chairman Of Conservation
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Y. ". &. 4. CALENDAR

MoNnAY
SIS D ~ Friendship Clgb Talk On
Soelal service. club rooms
$40 p IA Blue Triangle Boosters,
club rooms.
TUESDAY.
1902. In West Ea1 Girl Reserve
Corps. West Eud Reading Room
; Is p. III WavatasI Girl Reserve
Corps club rooms
3f5 p N Girl Reserve Corps from
No. p school club rooms.
345 p. In Laudlth Girl Reserve
Ne'lsi 80 ? e'g5 II ',.I'..1 / { Club of Girl Re
serves. club rooms.
500 p. M Wapanachki CamphTe.clu
rooms
WEp<ESpAY-
Io30a m Statf Meeting club rooms.
/ y "a D N Luncheon for Leaders
Round Table, club rooms.
; T. IN Pccahontas GIrl Reserve
Corps Hanover Churel.
) = IN Tue Blue GlrI Reserve
Cerps. club rooms.
- p. ns Tea for Volunteer Workers
i given by Glrs Work COMMITTEE
4o0 T. m-Talk bv DR.. {. / Hubbard,
Parable Of Growth Wolia~ton Hall
/ rs .. m Mandolin Class for Begin
ners, club rooms.
S.l5p m Mandolin Club Organiza
ton Meeting. club rooms.
TuUK~DAY
SO D m Coed FAIRY Girl Reserve
j Corps. club rooms
) Is =. m 0rioic Girl Reserve Corps,
s club rooms
345 p. m Eastlake Girl Reserve
/ Corps club rooms
FRIDAY.
SIS p. m Hiawatha Girls Reserve
i Corps club rooms
100 p. m Rally Ter Glrls, Brandywne
i Park
SATU RID AN.
300 lu Narshallton Girl Reserve
/ Corps. Marshallton.
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DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copy right. 1918. ~ the Mcclure News.
Daper Syndicate. Ncw York Citv
THE LUNCH THAT'S TAKEN.

Now that tho practice If taking lunch
N work with you IS M longer looked
down upon. and now that the prosperous
business or professional man s rather
proud ~ start out n the morning carrying
2 little box that g quite palpahlv a lunch
box vol, It simply means hat a good
many housewives have added n their
tasks one more duty that ~ putting ~
lunch for the man If the family, and for
other members ~ The family Who teing
away from homo a. lunch time have de-
cd"d on this means ~ protesting against
high restaurant prices
And IF course yoll. mistress housewife
aren I going n PITT darnper On the move
Tnent bv protesting that vou SIMPLY wont
even help IN putting lip lunches that yoil
have al Won ran 10 already and that T.
would be thel7st straw on the camei's back
for yon ~ have - put up lunches.
One thing that IS immensely important
IS ~ ser the lunch box IS opened and set
- alrng as soon rs the owner of i brings
Il home. Ii there Is a vacuum bottle for
not or cold drinks see that this n uneorked,
well washed and left TO air.
Although Il IS always better r. leave the
actual making IT the sandwiches and put
ting up If the lunch until me morning
you should always think out exactly what
is 70 be done the night before. Il IL s
quite impossible for YOU - 10 il n the
morning vou may make the sandwiches
dong each up securely Ia on paper and
leave them in the refrigerator until needed.
Eerv often i little good coffee from
breakfast, mixed with milk OF cream and
brought 10 ne boil and then poured n she
vacuum bottle, vii be a good siectIon.
Hot chocolate or cocoa is usually liked and
good nourishIng milk soup might some
times be- used.
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Conflicts of the Sixties
Painted by Wyeth

having now. clear and cool and the foliage
al colorful and brilliant in the surShine.
Here again is glory and beauty Of the
country ,unhecded by men with minds mad
dencd and heated IN the fury of conflict.
riding frcnzicd horses, both sides headed
for the enemy.
Before starting on these picture Air
Wytth went 10 Jefferson City and met
the commission, who took hm Ia Inc site
Of both battles and in every way gave him
the information Necessary for his pictures
To say they are the best achievement OF
Nyeth's career is saylrg great deal more
than can be realized Wvcth is gong for
ward with tremendous strides, he has
passed beyond the field OF illustration and
IS now devoting himself to landscap and
murals There are tremendous posslhll-
lties IN his art and they are developi 9
continually. He stands among the fore
most III America. and We have reason TO
expect many msIc and greater things 10
his brush September was the banner mont
for visitors at the Washington tItadquar-
ters at { hadd 5 Ford There were I209. visl-
tors, making n total Of 5SSS for the Year.
Evidently the taste for the historic Is
developing and the motor car Is largely
responsible. Last months list of visitors
at Nashington's Headquarters, where
Mr.. Christian Sanderson and his mother
dispense so delightful Il hospitality, IN
cludes persons from % states and two
foreign countries, those beirg Canada and
England The list follows
Pennsylvania, 759; Delaware, lbs,
New York. 33, Virginia 33; Illinois.
5; Idaho, ); Kentucky, ?: Tennessee, /.
West Virginia, 10; Michigan, II, Mary-
land, 80; Missouri, g. Georgia, >, Colorado,
] Nsw Jersey Is; Florida, | Indiana, +,
Connecticut 8, Nevada, Massachusetts,,
?; Ohio 80; Iowa, |; North Carolina
2; Washington, 8 Oregon, ,; California,
2; Alabama, ,; District OF Columbia, "a
Canada, / England, 3
Delaware fell down last month, there
We're 462 from the Diamond State in
August, and not quite POO last month.
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CITIZENSHIP SCHOOL TO
BE HELD AT SEAFORD

The Delaware League Of Women Vot-
ers will conduct a series Of six lessons in
citizenship in the Acorn Club room at
Seaford on October Is, 10 and 20
The afternoon sessions win begin at
2.3O o'clock and the evening sessions at
8 O'Clock. The classes will be under the
direction of Mrs. Oliver johnson of st.
Louis, Mo.
The speakers who will address tn
classes are Mrs. Henry Ridgely, Mrs. A.
d. Warner, Frank NJ. Jones, Robert O..
Houston, Judge Ccnraz, Joseph NJ. Cox
and Monroe Adams.
During the lessond the following sub
jects Will be explained. The election laws,
purposes and organization of political
parties; federal, State and county gov
ernments; legislative powers, registration
and voting.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
COUNTRY CLUB

The Current Events Glass OF the Wash
ington Heights Century Club will give
an interesting program on Monday after
noon at the club house, 300 Boulevard
Mrs l. l. Howett will be chairman Of the
afternoon
Mrs Jesse Martin will give current
events Mrs L. Y r. Phillips and Mrs.
eRamoth Mitchell Will bein charge of the
muscai program. Mrs j l.. Fuller, Mrs.
Wilbur Sasse, Miss Jess PIeasanton will
give sketches from the lives Of poets and
recitatlon5
The pound party given by the Wash
ington Heights Thursday was great
success and to Mrs. + N Hanaway, chair
man OF hospitality, is due a great deaf OF
praise for her efforts
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WEEK -ENn CANDIES

Marian alrnnnra - r~rliafa -rIvrrrt
double dipped Tarkef ir nne-rrnnl HAF'
500 the uoiInd
I.uria Escorted rlnrrla'f~ H
pound box
page Y shaw chocolates lnd -1n-
fprtIons
Danfnrthz E Dependable lT7lE2 Nara
and Se~nnd streets - adv
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WONfEN's AUXILIARY
The Annual Meeting to be Held in In
manuel Church Next Thur Sday.

Thursday. October u, at Immanuel
Church. 200 or 500 delegates Will gather
10 attend the annual meeting Of the
Womans Auxiliary Of the Dlocense Of
Delaware.
The meeting viii open with corpo rate
communion at 1045 a. m Bishop Cooh,
the new bishop Of the diocese, VIII Re the
celebrant, and VIII made an address.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of Emmanuel
parish viii serve luncheon from 1870 "a
D. m and all who attend the sessions
are invited 10 partake Of the luncheon.
The afternoon session viii begin Al ;
o clock. It viii be devoted to business
AZ 4 reports, and an election Of o.tcers
There viii be an executive meeting o,
tae home Of the president, MrS. Frederlck
Bringhurst, the evening before the con
vention.
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The Penalty.

He My dear, We warned You before
aud now | must insist that we try to live
within our income.
She Oh, very well, ii you want to be
considered eccentric by everybody in our
set Boston Transcript
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John Dinar, who has Just been graduated
from the BeIvidere IN ] 9TIiKh school
travelled 30 miles "A day every school day
between his home and the school Mathe-
maticians of his glass have calculated that
in four years he travelled % 100 miles or
once around the world 10 get his prcpara-
tory eduea ton.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-16

It tg -ruorfad ratliffrAin ~
from Meihnurnr l .1e ..lul.l
Newx that David I.lnf .at
discovered larEf t-lrfs rN tF
ana pastoral and ff
tory ~ Australia previously HArr'ri
naps a. 4 desert t AiEr .r tH
0btainaLle AZ r0uIara tri.
depths
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Miss Helen Norris of Hot Springs, Va.
has been the guest Of Miss Madeleine
Owens. Miss Norris will spend the winter
ID Europe travelling. :,
The announcement Of the series OF Small
and Earlies' 10 be gwen by the Junior
League Girls Is causing every society pri
in Wilmington TO hope she Is to be one
of the lucky sutr,critsrs, for let 1t be known
once and for all, that not even Washing
toms Junior League which Is composed of
the most exclusive OF the exclusive inner
cabinet circses, will excel the Wilmington
League IN point of desirablity, The
Junior League met yesterday with Miss
Madeleine Owens and elected her chair
man for the series, which true TO their
name will begin promptly at 9 o clock.
The first one will be given November /,
and on the same day Of each month. The
eountryclub will be the stage for the
gatherings and the Original Six, always
The music choice Of the Junior League girls,
will furnish the music. The dances will be a
very important feature Of the social sea-
son.
J. Chrlsty Conner, who was operated on
recently for a serious case cf appendicitis
Is now recuperating at Rehoboth Beach as
the guest Of bis mother, Mrs. Joshua Con
ner, at the Conner Cottage on Maryland
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry p Scott have re-
turned from Hot Springs, Va.
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Naaman's on Delaware.

Until November 1st, the Tea House
serves hot luncheons, afternoon teas
and chicken dinners Tel ephone Holly
Oak 227-W.-Adv.
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Elizabethan Boston style baked beans,
30 cents a pound. Good things ready 10
serve in our delicattessen department,
Turner d Stelle. Eighth and Tatnall
streets ADV.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND.
Reports Still Being Received at Campaign
HeadauarfeIs

Community Service headquarters are
still receiving delayed reports from the
workers in the recent big drive Any Of the
leaders or teams with subscriptions are
urged to send or bring them in at once.
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Sell the trash in the cellar and the furni-
ture in the attic.
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Many delightful affairs are being tend
dered Mrs. John Hamilton Ruckman, who
with Mrs RuckInan has been living in
Boston, Mass, since their marriage. Mrs.
Ruckman, was Miss Mary Armstrong,
the daughter Of Mrs. A. w Armstrong.
Among the peasant pa ties III her honor
was Miss Alice Richey's beautiful after
noon affair at The new st. Jonn's
rectory with many mutuaI friends Of the
hostess ana honoree present.
Miss jeanette Wylie of New Castle
arso entertained in Mrs. Ruckman's,
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Mrs. Maurice du Pont Lee entertained
with a beautiful tea on Thursday after
noon at the country club. Miss Shaw, Mrs.
Lees attractive sister, was the honorce
of the occasion.
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Mrs. Norman Huxley has had as her
quest Mrs. II. B. Hall Of Riverton, n. j.
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Mr.. and Mrs A. Felix du Pont enter
tanned small coterie of frrends Thursday
evening. Dancing was feature OF thus
informal gathering.
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Mrs. ". NJ. Wood of St. Louis has been
the guest Of Mrs. Lambert d. Foulk
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Miss Helen L. Kurtg of 1881 West
Eighth street has had as her guest, Mrs.
Mver OF West Virginia.
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Mn. Robert W. Tornlinson of 1927
Park Place, was III Baltimore for short
while this week.
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Mrs Monterth jackson has returned
from Delaware Water Gap.
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Mrs. r. R NJ. Carpenter Is sponsoring
a dancing class fu small group OF chill
dren 70 be beld at the carpenter home at
Montchanin from November 10 February
These will he Friday night affairs, and the
instructor win be Miss Grace Weidin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-20
BRAND WOMAN
ASJAIL SPY
Enters Cell to Get Evidence
Against Another

SPOKANE, Jan. 2o.--That ''Bianch
Miller" wife OF prominent Spo-
kane physician. is a Burns detective.
that she was confined In the city
Jail for Is days ITO get evidence. '
and that she considers II "aIl right
to lie TO prisoners to get them TO
make admissions. was forced from
Miss Miller" in superior court this
noon.
Tho woman was the states star
witness In the trial of Mrs. Emily
Hoyle. charged with kidnapping her
stepdauEhter's iilegitimats child.
Mrs. Hoyle. claims that she gave
the baby 20 Mrs. Lowe last De
cenber and does not know It's pres.
enf whereabouts.
Under REORGANIZATION Miss Nil
ler'' admitted that she was placed In
the city Jail on fake charge OF con
spiracy In an attempt to get evidence
to convict Mrs. Hoyle.
She said the county authorities
paid her expenses and a salary OF $40
week during her stay In jail. but
denied that she either was a stool
pigeon" or spy" both OF which ep-
ithets were applied with gusto by the
defense attorneys"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-20

"If you haven't seen Gen. John J..
Pershing talking and joking with the
children. then you don't know
Pershing."
When n member Of the generals
personal staff made this remark. the
reporter didn't understand what he
meant. Along with the rest OF the
world he had visualized the hero OF
st. Mihiel and the Argonne as the
kcen-eyed. smartly-uniformed. firm
jawed leader of the American expe-
dictionary forces In France-a great
soldier, a ssilfui tactician, stern
discipllnarian. the apothesis Of the
military type.
II was not until after the review OF
the Coast Artillery troops Mt Fort
Worden Monday. when Gen. Pershing
turned 20 tho flock OF timid. wide
eyed youngsters and gathered them
In his arms. that the force Of the re-
mark struck homo
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MOVEMENT
STARTS IN
SPOKANE!
Papers Are to Be Circulated
Thruout State to Aid
lSom White

SPOKANE. Wash. Jan. 20 --Pcti.
ticns 10 Governor Hart. which their
author says win bn circulated all
over the state OF Washington. were
being prepared here today condemn.
inE the sentences OF Isom White and
Roy Morton at Everett.
White. 10. Is sentenced 10 hang for
tho murder OF leo Linton. Everett
taxi driver. Morton. rs. faces life
term In prison for his share In the
crime
The petitions are being prepared
by Arthur Prague. a Spokane aitor-
ney. They will ask the governor 60
commute Whites sentence 90 i'm.
prlsonment. on tho ground that the
hoy Is insane. They will also ask
that young Morton be sent to some
corrective institution.
Prague announced today that he
had already dispatched message 10
Governor Hart protesting against
the sentences.
The petition. he says. will be cir.
culated here thru tho Y. NJ. C. a.
the Good Government league and
womsn's clubs. and thru similar or.
ganlxations In Seattle. Tacoma. Bel
lingham. Everett and other cities Of
the state.
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the straits OF Juan de Fuca-
Disdaining the use OF waiting auto
mobiles. Pershing set out at brisi
pace. swinging up the long hill at
speed that left the less.perfectly con
ditioned members of the party pant
ing in the rear.
For more than an hour Pershins
went over the heavy artillery and the
gun emplacements of the fort. Hh
keen. alert eye took In every one OF
the big 12.inch guns. the lo-incf
mortars, and scrutinized the heavy
concrete gun pits. In fact there was
hardly a thing about the fort. from
the strategic position of the coast ar
tillery "heavies" commanding the en-
trance to Puget sound. to the blue
denlmed gun crews In the pits. tina,
escaped the attention OF the Co.
mander.in
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From the moment that the kitsap
backed out OF the Cosnan dock Mt
e15, with Pershing on the hurricane
deck saluting the humanity -darkened
wharves. TO the time when the three
inch field piece on the parade
grounds at Fort Worden doomed IL
guns. pershing. with the members of
his staff. was studying artillery maps
and plans OF Qualifications OF the
Northwest coast artillery district.
On the return trip down the sound.
Pershlng was much by himself. The
officers OF the staff did not intrude
on the generate solitude, when he
Indicated desire 10 be alone, sit
ting In one OF the little seats In the
cabin, Pershing gazed silently out
across the sparkling waters of the
sound 10 where tnc Olympics reared
snowy heads.
lie spent a considerable part OF the
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eral FASTENED to add. II just kind OF
dub around course. But it's good
sport"
General Pershing reviewed the
900 odd mon drawn up In battalion
formation on the Fort Worden
parade ground with the snap and
energy he puts into everything he
does. The band played "Over There"
as Pershing walked between the lines
of the coast artillery troops, inspect.
ed men and equipment keeniy,
stopped here and there to exchange
a word with an overseas veteran, and
returned 60 his place at the western
end OF the parade ground, while the
companies passed in review,
Pershing believes In keeping in con.
ditlon. Immediately following the
typicaily Puget sound luncheon OF
clam chowdcr and crabs, the general
set out to inspect tho big guns at
the top OF the lofty hill overlooking
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-20

"Hello. kids" the commander-in-
chief OF the American army said.
STOPPING down To pick UP one fat
little cherub. playing hooky from
school todny7" How many NJ you
are Boy Scouts? Fine! Know the
drill regulations? Too bad you girls
cant be Boy Scouts. Ill bet you
beat the boys In your school work.
tho"
And 80 he chatted and joked and
smiled until tho little crowd OF chill.
dren had forgotten their bashfulness
and crowded around the tall. kindly
man. who smiled and spoke In such
a soft, pleasant. laughing voice.
Steaming up sound on the Kitsap
II. Monday, II was quite another
Pershing. Here IL was the great
military leader, one of tho foremost
generals OF his time, surrounded by
,is staff OF high army officers.
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OF the supreme command. spent a
week along the sunny shores OF the
French Riviera, taking n much.need.
cd vaaction.
Wasn't II about this time last
year that you were at Nice. gen
eral7" he questioned.
yes. indeed" returned Pershing.
with one OF his truly charming
smiles. Were you there? Did you
get n chance to play golf over the
golf course on the plateau on the
mountain behind Nice? Wonderful
course. A very sporty links"
He glanced out at the blue outlines
OF the olympics. "rhe Puget Sound
country" he said. pointing 10 the
west. reminds me OF the Mediter.
ranean. The same beautiful noun.
tains. | wish | could have time to
play over the links here In Seat
tic.i
I'm not a crack golfer" the ger
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time pacing the deck. drinking In the
crisp salt air OF the sea.
General. lot OF your friends here
in the Northwest are boosting you
for president" hinted the inter
viewer. on the return trip to Seattle.
General Pershing smiled and par
ricd the question.
well. everyone must know where
I stand by now on that question" he
returned emphatically.
Efforts 10 cause the leader OF the
American forces 10 go beyond that
statement met with as much success
ms the Germans in the Argonne.
But tho Pershing refused stead.
fastly Ia commit himself on politics
or policies. he talked willingly
enough on the subject OF golf.
The interviewer was to blame for
II. lie remembered the days after
the armisticc when General Perish.
Ing. dropping the cares and worries
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WILL REVISE
W0MEN'S PAY
State Commission Issues
Call for Olympia Meeting

OLYMPIA. wash. Jan. .os-cail
for n conference 20 fix new
minimum wage for women employ
ed In hotels. restaurants and iann-
dries OF Washington was issued by
the Industrial welfare commission
today. The conference will meet In
Olympia March J and Z.
Three confcrcea representing the
employers. three from the workers
and there TO sit for the public. will
be appointed by the commission
soon. The names VIII be announc-
ed In about two weeks.
Following this conference. others
will be called In tho other divisionn
Of Industry until all In which
women are employed In Washing
ton have been taken up and the
minimum wage revised.