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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

the jobless, by means of a program of
school building but also q campaign
was started by school children to find
the millions of small jobs their par
ents might have-chores about the
farm, buildings to be cleaned or paint
ed, fences built, clothes made over,
and scores of similar tasks occur
ring to the active minds of young
Sters.
Commenting upon these figures, Col
onel Arthur Woods, Chairman of the
Committee on Civic and Emergency
Measures, said: Hundreds Of new
school buildings are needed in every
state in the Union. Hundreds of
thousands of school children in the,
leading cities are in school only half
time for want of seating space. Other
hundreds of thousands are seated in
buildings whose light and sanitation
is menace toahealth. Millions are in
buildings i'll suited to the purpose
and requirements of education as it
is now conceived. Many such buildings
added to the larger building programs
of the cities can be made to create
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
It LIVED UP To
q ITS REPUTATION
Philadelphia Man Gains Is
Pounds Taking Tanlac
And Hasn't A Sign
Of Troubles Left

"Tanlac has certainly backed up its
reputation in my case and don't
hesitate to recommend it." said Hugh
J. O'Neill, of 2514 Hope St., Philadel-
phia, Penn.
"For over three years l was in
badly rundown condition, suffering
from stomach trouble, nervousness
and most every other ailment that
goes along with them. After every
meal l felt like I had heavy weight
in the pit of my stomach and | bloat-
ed with gas until my heart palpitated
SO terribly it seemed like l would
smother. Nothing tasted right to me,
and at times even the sight of food
nauseated me. Constipation caused me
no end of trouble, and I had awful
binding headaches and dizzy spells.
My nerves were so shattered ! would
tremble like leaf, and l was so rest
less l couldn't half sleep at night. |
felt tired and sluggish, ached all over
my body, and It was just about all |
could do to keep going.
Although | paid out all sorts OF
money couldn't find anything to help
me until began taking Tanla;. 1t
only took a few bottles of this nedi-
cine to get me right again and | have
gained fifteen pounds in weight, too.
The stomach trouble and nervousness
have entirely disappeared, eat what
ever I want now, and never have an
ache or pain Of any kind. sleep
sound at night and feel fine in every
way. Tanlac is responsible for my
good health. and I can certainly say
for the medicine that it has come up
to every good word I ever read or
heard about it."
Tanlac is sold in Alexandria by Ed
gar Warfeld, jr., and leading drug
gists everywhere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, THURSDAY DECEMBER o. 1921

be right. Our standards in art and
letters are fundamentally the same
as those of ancient Greece. 1t is
among foods-things we really taste
that we find notions changing with
every age and generation.
We admire the sculpture that was
popular in Rome and design our mon
umental buildings in classic styles.
Yet no one would eat the nightin-
gales tongues that were considered
such delicacy by Lucullus. We con-
cede that Chaucer knew how to tell 4
story, but we would never put a fork
to the roast boar's head Of his time
Even today we copy French fashions,
but not to the extremity Of dining on
snails.
When the famous Doctor Samuel
Johnson wrote his dictionary of the
English language he dismissed the
cereal "oats" with the explanation
that in "civilizd" countries it was a
food for animals, but that in Scotland
it was also an article of human con-
sumption. Aside from the gratuitous
insult by which the choleric lexicog-
rapher vented his spleen on the
Scotch, his definition was accurate.
Yet in the century and half that
have elapsed since Johnson was liter
airy dictator, oatmeal has become
known to mankind everywhere.
Now that our scientists have shown
how white flour loses much Of its
vital health giving quality in the
milling of the wheat, we must re-
wise our estimate Of bran. Although
it contains the very virtues lacking in
white flour, there was little market
for it generation ago except as feed
for horses and cattle. With the
discovery of ways for processing it
into a delicious food of exceptional
nutritive value, and with doctors rec
ommending it for chronic ailments
of the alimentary tract, it appears
that we are to appropriate another
article from the animal dietary and
after thousands of years give it the
full recognition. Nature intended
for it a place among the foods Of
man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
JUNIOR RED CROSS IN PORTO
RICO

For ten years the school children
Of Porto Rico have been members OF
the Junior American Red Cross. In
telling Of the work Of the Juniors,
Paul G. Miller, Commissioner of Ed
ucation in Porto Rico, said in re-
cent number of the Review Of Re-
views:
Zone of the most effective supple
mentary agencies Of the school work
in Porto Rico and one that has rend-
cred a real educational and social
service is the Junior Red Cross. 1t
has q membership Of 134,17S and is
on a good financial basis. The total
receipts this year were S2S .S04.99.
The activities of this organization
are manifold. The Junior Red Cross
has been instrumental in securing
the cooperation of parents in all
school and community work. This
organization is circulating and ex-
hibiting educational films for the
instruction of school children at
large. The Juniors have done much
toward the promotion of good at
tendance and efficiency in the
schools by providing shoes and
clothing and contributing substantial
sums toward the maintenance of
free lunchrooms for poor school
children. They have distributed med
icines and have helped to provide ru-
raj schools with medicine chests.
They have established and are sup
porting five DENIAL clinics. Immed:-
ately following the earthquake of
1918 and the epidemic of influenza
this organization did effective relief
work. Liberal sums have been con-
tributed for relief work in the Near
East. In addition to the many cases
of local relief, the Junior Red Cross
maintains scholarship in the Nor
NAL Department of the University of
Porto Rico and is also supporting
Edmond Gruher, a French orphan
boy, while pursuing his studies in
Paris. The Junior Red Cross of Porto
Rico is doing more than its share in
carrying on the Peace Program out
lined by the national authorities"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

the federal council makes six sug-
gestions to the Christmas Of Amcri-
ca, as follows:
First, that at some time during the
hours of public worship on Christmas
Sunday, December p, prayer be made
to God and entreaty to the souls Of
men, for an enlarged compassion in
our own hearts, and for peace and
justice and goodwill among men.
Second, that in the Sunday school
on that day there be Christmas
service in behalf of which the children
of stricken Russia shall he remeln-
bered.
Third, that at these services Of
ferngs from young and old be re-
ceived, which shall not be mere in
terchange Of gifts between ourselves,
but great expression of ChriSt-lilc
unselfishness.
Fourth, that to every Christmas
tree gathering such gifts be brought.
Fifth, that at the family altar Of
every Christian home on Christmas
day gifts be made equal in value TO
those given in the family circIe--;t
home for home
Sixth, that for every Christmas
dinner Il gift Of equal valrc be made
for the starving children Q! Russia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

was thrown open to the children last
September. Charleroi is hemmed in
by Stag haps and covered perpetually
by dust and smoke, but no happier
children are to be found in all Bel
GUM than those who are finding
daily happiness in the new play
ground.
Garenne park had been closed
since the beginning Of the war and
seemed to be forgotten by the peo-
pie of Charleroi. It was surrounded
by decrepit wooden fence on which
was nailed a great notice, "No Adj
mittance." The place for years must
have been 4 mystery to the children.
The transition from "No Admit
ance to Gree to All Children" mark
ed great deal of work on one side
of the fence and an enormous amount
Of curiosity on the other. The day
the swings arrived inquiring little
noses were pressed hard against the
new wire fence. Imagine what it
meant to those children! The great
es game up to that time has been to
slide down a Stag heap on a piece of
wood, and here before their eyes a
magic city had been built. When
the old fence disappeared, the park
was in full view. The brambles and
weeds had all been cleared away. The
great shell hole in the center had
been filled and the ground covered
with fine white gravel on which were
base ball, tennis and volley ball
courts. Steel frames for the swings
and travelling rings were painted red
and hung over large sand box with
a red border. On the left was the
babies quarter with chair swings
and huge sand box. Two pretty
grey buildings with red tile roofs had
been erected. The first one contained
the playroom with brightly colored
furniture, the office of the monitrice,
depot for games and two tiny
rooms for the caretaker, The other
building half hidden in the trees,
had been arranged with all modern
sanitary equipment including hot and
cold shower baths.
On the day for the formal opening
of the playground American and Bel
gian flags floated from the great
white mast at the entrance, and the
children came crowding through the,
gates an hour before the time for the
ceremonies. It was their day. A
charming little orphan girl wearing
"stars and stripes" dress and rep
resenting the Juniors Of America,
brought in the keys of the playground
on q silken cushion and presented
them to the Burgomaster. He bent
down and kissed the child and then
after telling of the relief work done
in Belgium by the American Red
Cross and the Hoover Relief Com
mittee, asked the children gathered
around him: "You children here, do
you know that the American child
rem of the American Red
Cross had fed 5000 Belgian children
daily during the terrible winter of
1919 and expressed the hope that
every town in Belgium would have a
playground patterned after the one
given to the children of Charleroi
by the American Juniors
The ceremony was over and amidst
cries of "Vivent les estats- Unis
d'Amerique" the children commenced
to play.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
School Construction

Figures made public today by the
Presidents Conference on Unemploy
ment show that an enormous amount
of school construction is under way
and that larger additional amount
has been authorized as one of the
means to give immediate relief to
the National Education Association,
new school buildings are going up, or
contracts about to be let, to the
amount of s20,553, $50, which will pro-
vide much needed seating capacity for
1921 pupils. Reports from nearly
every state indicate. that building is
being now speeded UP and that new
school enterprises are fast assuming
workable shape.
Secretary Hoover of the Depart
ment of Commerce called upon the
educational leaders Of the nation
among the first to do their share iE
the. movement to relieve unemploy-
ment. Not only was aid asked for
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

in this issue of the Gazette showing
the death rate per one hundred
thousand from pulmonary tuberculo-
sis in the State Of Virginia from the
year 1913 to 1920 inclusive The
purchase of the penny seals added to
the proceeds from the bonds will
help the State work and strengthen
the Alexandria branch, making pos
sible. the continuance and extension
of it's efforts to alleviate the suffer-
ing of the present sick and to restrict
and to prevent the spread of tuber-
culosis in the future.
Buy the Seals and the Bonds, now
and exceed the sale allotted to Alex
andria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
SAYS BEGGARS DO WE'LL

New York, Dec. GA good beg
gar can clear from SO to $50 Il day
in New York, Como de Gambia, a
former City white wing told Mag
istrate FrothinGham today, when he
was arraigned on Il charge of dis
orderly conduct.
Detectives said De Gambia, who
lost a leg in an accident, had more
than $50 in his pocket when he was
arrested in q subway entrance. He
declared hc had to beg because the
city pension allowed him was insult
ficicnt TO support his wife and three
children.
The magistrate refused to sym
pathi2e, and gave him an indeter-
inmate term on Blackwell's Island.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

great tide Of employment which
certainly mean better times for the
Nation and its people.
Some of the states report extern
sive school building programs as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania, $10,3OO,OOO; New
York, S50,0O0,0O0; South Carolina,
So, 1000, 900; Maine, S1,000,000; Ken
lucky, 81, 100000; South Dakota, 3d.
100000; Utah, SS00,O00; Arizona, ST.
321 900; Connecticut, S3,798 900; Della
ware, 100000; Florida, 100000.
These amounts are not included in
figures already giveH but indicate
future work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

Christmas S:4:ls and Health Bonds
are being sid by the committees of
the Alexandria tuberculosis Society
and at the banks, and at the follow
ing: J. z. w. Timberman, Glib
sons Drug Store, Rexall Drug Store
and Bendheim & Sons. The United
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers, Local Union No. 1855, was the
first organization to take a Health
Bond. The Health Bonds are in
denominations of $500, $1,000,
s25. 90, $4,000 and 500 900, and are
offered to organizations and individ
uals as an opportunity for them to
substantially aid in the work to re-
duce the number of deaths from
consumption. A chart is published
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
RUssIA's STARVING CHILDREN

RUSSIA'S STARVING CHILDREN
New York, Dec. 22.-"For every
Christmas dinner gift Of equal value
for the starving children Of Russia"
is the Christmas and New Year plea
made by the Federal Council Of the
Churches of Christ in America.
This appeal is going to 1875, 900 con-
gregations throughout the country.
The famine is said to be the worst in
the world. Herbert Hoover, chair
man Of the American Relief Admins
tration, called on the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches for help and as re-
suit it has issued nationwide Christ
mas and New Years appeal for
funds,
AS result of the imperative need
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22

Former Gov. Carl E. Milliken, of
Maine, is treasurer Of the fund, his
headquarters being the Federal Coun-
Gil OF Churches, l05 f. Twenty-second
ST., New York City, though funds
may be given through the local
churches.
All funds received will be put to
work through the American Relief
Administration and the American
Friends Service committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
FLORIDA
BY SEA
BALTIMORE To
SAVANNAH

sc4.'s oae Way. Round Trip, *44.6o
JACKSONVILLE
5000 One Way. Round Trip, S55.53
War Tax Per cent Additional
Meals and atateroom Accommodations
Included. Extra charge for Promenade
Deck Rooms.
Tickets good to return until haY 81.
Steamer every Tues. aud Fri, p. n.
Automobiles Carried
Merchants & Miners Trans. CO
Pier Pratt ST. Tel. st. Paul 1900
Baltimore
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
WHEN THE FENCE CAME DOWN

Many were the words of praise and
thanks in the little town of Char
leroi for the girls and boys of the
Junior American Red Cross when the
Juniors first play ground in Belgium
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
NOW 1T IS BRAN!

If anyone were to suggest that taste
matters most in matters Of taste, he
would be charged with trifling with
the English language. Yet he would
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-24
ASPIRING YOUTH FLIES HIGH
But His Educational Qualifications for
the Secret Service Were Not
Revealed in Letter.

Capt Thomas e. Halls Of the Uni
ted States secret service, receives
many app ations for positions in the
department. Here is one of the choic-
est and it came from Missouri:
"Dear sir am righting you this
letter in the regards of Job Wood
like to have a Job as united States
Detective often thought that Wood
like to have a Job like that so
thought Wood right to you and see
What Good be done About it if you
can give me a Job will do good hon.
est Work will guarantee that Will
do square business j Wood like for
you all to help Me out about it VIII
help the force out in eny Way can
/ will close hoping to hear from you
please right and let Me Know What
YOU think about it and tell me What
the terms and Salary s."-lndlanap-
oils News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-24
BIRDS FUN WITH SQUIRREL
Cheerful Little Nuthatch Caused Ro-
dent to Lose His Temper and
Use Bad Language.

A red streak flashed down the limb
on which the nuthatch was working.
That was the squirrel A fraction Of
second ahead of the squirrel there
was wing of gray and white. That
was the nuthatch, Samuel Scoville, Jr.,
writes in Yale Review. Before the
squirrel could even recover his ball
ance there was a cheerful rat-tat-tat
behind. AS the squirrel turned, the
rapping sounded on the under side OF
the branch His bushy red tail quiv-
cred, and, using some strong squirrel
language, he dived back into his hole.
He was hardly out of sight when the
nuthatch was tapping again at his
door. Once more the squirrel rushed
out chattering and sputtering. Once
more the nuthatch was not there.
Then he tried chasing the bird around
the limb, but the nuthatch could turn
in half the time and space, and more
over, did not have to be afraid Of fall
ing, for drop of so feet to frozen
ground is no joke even for red squir-
rel. The irritating thing about the nut
hatch was that no matter how hard
the squirrel chased him he never stop
ped for a second tapping away at the
branch, feeding even as he ran. Finally
Mr.. Squirrel went back to his house
and stayed there while the nuthatch
tapped in triumph all around his hole,
although muffled chattering from with
in expressed the squirrels unvarnished
opinion of that nuthatch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-24
EVERYBODY SEES A
CHANGE IN FATHER
Grateful Son Says His Father
Looks Like Different Man
Since Taking Tanlac.

"My father has suffered from
chronic stomach trouble for over
twenty years and has paid out thou-
sands of dollars for medicines and
DOCTORS" said G. w. Slayton, a we'll
known Cobb County farmer. living
short distance out of Atlanta, Ga.
"We tried nearly everything trying
to cure him and he went off to the
Springs. thinking maybe the water
might help him, but it just looked
like nothing would reach his trouble.
Then he tried dieting and lived on
liquid food until he almost starved,
but even that failed to do him any
good and he just kept going from bad
to worse.
81 don't guess there ever was 9.
case as stubborn as his, and if there
ever was a confirmed dyspeptic he was
one of them, and l guess he would
have been one yet if it hadn't been
for this Tanlac.
''The first we heard of this medi-
cine was when my father saw an adj
vertisement in the papers from parties
he knew in Tennessee, who were
friends of his and he knew what they
said about it was the truth, so he got
it right away and began taking it.
Well, sir, it acted just like magic
everybody notices the change in IA
ther. Why, he is just like different
man and sits down to the table and
eats like farmland. Only yesterday
he ate pork and turnips for his dinner
and ate so much we were actually
afraid he was going to overdo the
thing, but he laughed and said nothing
hurt him now and that he was hungry
and expected to eat and make up for
lost time.
Nov, when a medicine will do
things like that l think people ought
TO know about it, and l want to say
right now that L would not give one
bottle of Tanlac for all the other
medicines and health resorts in the
country put together"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
re.-Advertisement.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-24

Anyway, Sir David Duck was the
one who got up the party.
Quack, quack,' he said, this is
mighty hot weather. | must do some
thing about getting cool and / must in
vfte the other animals to get cool, too,
for | do not want to be selfish.
'Quack, quack, I do not want to
be selfish,
$50 Sir David Duck invited all the
other animals to his swimming party.
"He asked the Cows, and the Cows
said, Yes, Sir David, we'll go wading.
We're not so strong for swimming as
we are for wading. Moo, moo, that is
the truth
sHe asked the hens, and the hens
said, 'Cackle, cackle, we thank you
just the same, but we cannot accept
Swimming parties aren't parties that
We care for, though we are grateful to
you for thinking of US.
He asked the ROSTERS, and they
said,
sCock-a-doodle-do,
We can't be with you
"He asked the chickens, and their
mothers called out quite excitedly
The little dears cannot go. They are
too young. But it is good of you to
think of them
HE asked Porky Pig and Pinky Pig
and Sammy Sausage and Brother Ba-
con, but they all said. ''Grunt, grunt,
squeal, squeal, we don't care to be
,1ean, and we will become cool If we
take nap >in some cool mud which
we have in our yard.
If there are going to be refresh
ments, though, we will come in time
for Them
"'Well, you'd better come around
LATER then said Sir David, for there
is no telling whether we'll have re-
freshments or not
It's worth little walk to find out
said the pigs.
"'We will be on hand or rather on
foot, or rather on all feet, in plenty of
time. And we will do justice to your
food, so you had better have some
"He asked Sir William Goat, but
Sir William Goat said, Sorry, old
chap. but / have an engagement with
a linen waist that is hanging down too
far from the clothes line
whatever do you mean? asked
Sir David Duck. Whatever do you
meanY
81 mean expect to have little
party of my own said Sir Villas
Goat. But thank you for your kind
invitation. Another time, perhaps, /
may be able to accept 81
"Sir David then saw Dash the dog,
and asked him if he would come to the
party, and Dash said, BY all means,
Sir David. Thank you kindly, bow
WOW. I'll come gladly. I'll try not to
get in the way, but will swim about
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-06-24
If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it..
prominent druggist says "Take for
example DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
Tor sale at all drug stores.