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The Washington times., 1924-08-09

COLONIAL BEACH-The man.
agement of the steamer St. Johns
announces bookings of excursions
on the forty.mile moonlight trips
for Sunday schools and organi.
cations can be made up to and
including September 81 this sea-
son. The season usually closes
on Labor Day, but due to the
visiting members of the Holy
Name Society September 18-20th,
1t has been decided to extend
these moonlight trips to a later
date. The steamer st. Johns is
making four trips during the
week to Colonial Beach, leaving
the Seventh street wharf Tues.
days, Thursdays and Sundays at
a. M, and Saturdays at 2.3O
p. m. A popular feature Of every
trip on the st. Johns to Colonial
Beach is free dancing on board
to music by Meyer Davis or.
chestra. On Monday, Wednes.
day and Friday evenings at 715
the st. Johns makes the forty.
mile moonlight trips down the
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
In EOsrybOdy's Confidence -
THE GATE-POST
BY Harold PhiLIips

Confronted by stereotyped
themes, our playwrights, for the
most part, are a gregarious lot,
flocking together and borrow
ing carbon copies from each
other.
Bedrooms, mysteries, jazz and
cocktails, the younger set. Of
such is the drama fabricated in
these days of quantity produc-
ton. The clown with the sad
dened heart still survives in
day when audiences would laugh
ut mention of a mortgage.
Why hasn't someone written
(if they haven't) about the
hopes and dismays, the sue
cesses and failures of that spare
tire to the Mummer's cart, the
Understudy?
It seems to me-and if Pm
wrong I hope no one will have
the bad grace to mention it
1t seems that here is a nugget
for the play writer to scratch,
whether his meter be in
tragedy, farce, melodrama or
straight comedy.
One could rewrite "The Last
Warning" substituting a dis
gruntled understudy trying to
discredit a too-healthy star for
the villainous electrician, and
resell the gimcrack to a public
starving for thrills.
AS tragedy there could be
the picture of the little girl who
had forsaken the converts
cloisters, including the home
folks, for a stage career; who
for three years had been on
the payroll of a smashing hit
without once blinking at the
footlights and who, when OPP
portunity finally came one night
by reason of the stars indiscre-
tion in mixing gin and soft
shell crabs, stumbles and breaks
a knee-cap before she can even
so much as exclailn, Roscoe,
you here?"
Such theme would be meat
and potatoes for Shaw. The
understudy, grabbing long de-
layed opportunity, would, Of
course, represent the Home. Of
flee, forget her lines, upset the
vase of prop dahlias and flop
all over the place.
Nearly every attraction fea-
turing an individual carries on
the payroll an understudy,
though, paradoxically, obscure
performers and highly famous
The Washington times., 1924-08-09

Nearly every attraction fea-
turing an individual carries on
the payroll an understudy,
though, paradoxically, obscure
performers and highly famous
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
BANG! ANOTHER
ILLUSION SHOT
TO PIECES

Successful motion picture play.
ers do not invariably dine in lux.
ury, despite popular belief to
the contrary. The New York
studio in which 1.-THE Lone Wolf"
was produced is just off Ninth
avenue, one of the most unpre-
tentious streets in the big city.
When the noon hour came Di-
rector Taylor hadn't time to lead
his actors and actresses to the
Algonquin or any of the favorite
haunts Of picture stars, so he
Communicated the rear room of
a modest Tenth avenue cafeteria,
operated By q Polish woman, and
The Washington times., 1924-08-09

there Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt,
Tyrone Power and the rest had
lunch daily off tables covered
with red cloths. 1t was a good
honey" meal that was prepared.
though, and the players were
sorry when the end of production
work forced them to find an
other boarding place. So, also
was the Polish woman who had
been their hostess.
This is by way Of saying that
"The Lone Wolf" will be the
photodramatic attraction on the
opening bill of the 1924.25 season
at the Strand Theater beginning
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1924-08-09

coming week at Glen Echo Park
is announced by the management.
All bobbed-haired ladies will be
admitted to the ball room to
dance free Of charge both eve
nings. Age makes no difference
nor style Of bob.
Wednesday, August 10, will be
Elks' day at Glen Echo Park.
The entire lodge. No. Is, Of Wash
ington, will hold their annual ex-
cursion at this popular amuse.
ment resort. Sam Richards and
William Shelby are in charge of
the outing arrangements
The Washington times., 1924-08-09
lie ParadiS Band
Tours Again

The LIE Paradis Band,
"Washington's very own,"
feels the call of the open
road again, meaning that it
is about to embark on it's
'Steenth tour as a headliner
on the "big time" During
the greater part Of the
summer, the LIE Paradis per-
formers have been missing
from their wonted haunts
on the LIE Paradis roof, due
to insistent demands of
vaudeville magnates for the
band. The band is sched-
uled to go on tour on the
twenty-fifth of this month.
Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
RED CROSS IS URGING
BETTER HEALTH BATTLE
TireIeSS in SvViceS Advancing
Cause of Freedom from
Human Suffering.

Not alone in preparedness for emer.
gencies, but in a tireless offensive
battle for better health is the Ameri-
can Red Cross nurse maintaining in
peace time the high tradition Of her
war service. AS in war. the same
self-efacing service for humanity
goes on its quiet effective way con-
tent in its accomplishments, seeking
no public acclaim. Enrolled in the
Red Cross Nursing Service are 1885
OF these missiOners Of health, nearly
I'OOO carrying the message OF a finer
public health to as many communi.
ties and 1,10O teaching large classes in
home hygiene and care OF the sick.
Exactly 100 Red Cross nurses are still
on duty overseas, helping the struggle
forward toward the high standard of
American nurse efficiency in many
countries.
In the Government services 3.117 en-
rolled Red Cross nurses are on duty
with the Army. Navy, Public Health
Service and the Veterans Bureau.
while the entire active enrolment is
maintained as a reserve for the Army
Nurse Corps and available to the
Navy in a national defense emergency.
Nine hundred nurses were added to
Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
OF CHAS. S. GAWTHROP
Vice President of American Car &
Foundry Export Company

Charles S. Gawthrop, formerly a res
ident of Wilmington, died Friday
morning at $50 at his residence, 655
Park avenue, New York City. Death
resulted from pneumonia with which
Mr.. Gawthrop was stricken a week
ago. Mr. GawthrOp was formerly an
officer of the jackson G. Sharp Co.,
and when this plant was taken over
by the American Car and Foundry Co.
he acted in the capacity of district
manager for a number of years. For
the past ten years he had been vice
president of the American Car and
Foundry Export Co., having charge of
the export business Of the American
Car and Foundry Co. Mr. Gawthrop
was a splendid type Of American man
hood, who had won a high place in
the business world through his ability
and pleasing personality. He was
born in Wilmington Sc years ago, be-
ing a son of the late Alfred Gawthrop.
Following graduation from the Will
mington High School he attended the
University of Pennsylvania, and after
graduation from that institution he
entered the service of the jackson &
Sharp Co., Wilmington. He was con-
nected with that company and its sue
cessOr, the American Car & Foundry
Co. during all his business life. He
married Miss Mabel Jackson, daugh-
ter of the late Job H. Jackson of Will
mington, one Of the founders of the
Jackson & Sharp Co. Mrs. jackson
and three daughters survive. The
daughters are Lucy, Mary Galley and
Hannah Jackson. There are also two
brothers, Alfred H., manager of the
Wilmington plant of the American
Car & Foundry Co., and William J. of
Pittsburg; also two sisters, Miss Eliz-
abeth S. Gawthrop of Wilmington and
Mrs. Fred Genung of Plainfeld, NJ.
Funeral services were held at the
New York address at o'clock, Sun
day afternoon, and on Monday at 2
o'clock there were further services at
Wilmington and Brandywine Chapel.
Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
the roll the last year.

the roll the last year.
Red Cross nursing, however, has
perhaps it's finest expression out in
the places laid waste by fire, food and
storm, and in the back reaches far
from the centers of population. In ev-
cry disaster the Red Cross nurse is
first called for, first to respond, and
the last to leave her post Of duty
among the suffering victims. In the
isolated sections of Alaska, North
Carolina, Virginia, Idaho, and among
the bleak islands OF Penobscott Bay,
Me-, her ministrations are making
hard lives easier and working for a
brighter future for the children. Her
part in the human drama Of the time
IS increasingly important, although it
is subdued by the very nature Of her
work.
The policy Of the American Red
Cross to establish under Chapter con-
troll public health nursing services in
communities lacking such facilities has
been justified and this pioneering work
is everywhere endorsed by authori-
ties who are quick to take it over as
a proper municipal function and duty
of taxpayers. The Home Hygiene and
Care of the Sick program has further
penetrated into the schools as a def.
mite part OF curriculums. During the
year $4,000 school pupils took this
Red Cross course. Three telephone
corporations adOnted II and graduated
$50 emplOye students.
AS good health depends upon right
eating the Red Cross Nutrition Ser.
vice continued to promote individual
and community health. particularly the
health Of mothers and children. This
service reached nearly 10000 persons
during the year and found work to do
for several thousand Red Cross volun-
teer workers.
Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
NEW PENSION FUND PLANNED
BY PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
SYNOD OF BALTIMORE ENDS IN
TERESTING SESSION AT DOVER
Salaries of Presbyterian Ministers at
Age of AZ Years and Under is Out
lined-WashingtOn Next Meeting

ined-WashingtOn Next Meeting
The sixty-ninth annual session of
the Synod of Baltimore, which had
been in session at Dover, closed last
week after a general review of condi-
tions in the Presbyterian Church and
the recommendations for larger
things of the denomination. The re
port of the Committee on Ministerial
, Relief and SustentatiOn was presented
By Rev. Isaac Ward, D. D., followed
with an address by Rev. Charles L.
Candee, D. D., moderator of the Sy-
nod, in which he gave a most interest
ing account Of the increase in salary
of ministers of the denomination as
well as the promotion by the church
Of the interests of the ministers. In
part the report said:
The General Council of the Church
is responsible for all promotion work
of the Council at large. The boards
of the church have the responsibility
for the promotion of their own work,
but this comprehends rs per cent of
all promotion work Of the entire
church.
The average annual Presbyterian
minister's salary is $2884 which in
cludes the manSe. The age of AZ is
the high peak Of earning capacity Of
the average active Presbyterian min
ister's salary. Salaries begin at "a
years at $500; reaching an average
of $4,000 at AZ and dragging to a
$1,000 average at 81. These statistics
are compiled from the returns from
! 100 pastors, missionaries and secre-
| taries of whom ALI were active pas
tors. In some educational institutions
in Europe, professors receive an an
nual salary Of but S100.
A recommendation from the Min
isterial Relief and Sustentation Com
mittee, recommends that the Synod
of Baltimore approve the Pension
Plan and that it urgently suggest
that the Presbytenes within its bound
adopt the plan at the earliest possi-
| bic convenience.
A recommendation from the Reso-
lutions Committee on National Mis-
sions, as submitted in an overture
from Washington City Presbytery, is
to the effect that the Presbytery over
ture, the Synod of Baltimore and the
General Assembly of the Church to
take up and review the whole matter
of Sabbath Observance, with a view
to making our attitude consistent, es-
| pecially since we see so many of our
church members and office-bearers in
terpreting, with greater laxity than
formerly, the observance of the Sab
bath.
Also adopted a resolution that the
Synod authorize the committee to
negotiate with the Board of National
Missions for the commission of full
time Synodical representative of the
Board to labor within the bounds of
the Synod in the interests of National
Missions, when the time seems advis-
able
After the reading of the minutes
of the Synod for the entire session,
and fixing the place of next meeting
in New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Washington, D. c., the Synod
closed with prayer and benediction of
Moderator Candee.
Smyrna times., 1924-11-05
NO MORE
SLEEPY FEELING
AFTER EATING

If you will take a teaspoonful of
Goff's Bitters in a little water, be-
fore eating, you won't feel heavy
and sleepy afterward. You won't
have gas. You won't have sour
stomach. Goff's Bitters is a good
old-fashioned doctors prescription
and puts your stomach in shape
when it is out of order. For few
cents you can buy a bottle of COTS
Bitters.
, 1924-01-02

FROM THE POLICE.

all owners of dogs are |enjoined With
y in the ending Of January month to
~ procure from the Police Office (for
KingshiU District from KngshiII Police
Stationl the signs for dogs prescribed by
the Police Re9ula ions, which according
to same must always be Worn by the
dog, and for which Francs 1000 must be
paid for the dogs in town and Francs
200 for these in the country.
After said tine dogs met not wearing
the sign for 1924 will be caught and
brought to the Police Office (Kingshill
Police Station) and detained for 3 times
a hours, when it will be killed, unless
the owner appears to claim the dog, pays
a fine Of Fr> mes 1890 and eventually
procure the required sign.
C~hristiansted's Police Office, St. CrOiX,
the 28th December 1923,
F. COULTER.
Director.
, 1924-01-02
Administrators Notice,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN lGLAhDSa
OF The UNITED STATES. CARlSTANSTED SUB
JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
IN THE MATTER OFTHE ESTATE OF
ARTHUR QUEALE. DECEASED.

RBOTICE is hereby given. that A, e.
sV STAKEMANN, Administrator OF the
:" above entitled estate, having filed il
the District Court Of the Virgin Islands
Of the United States, his final account
of the administration of the said estate,
the hearing Of the same has beeo fixed
for MONDAY THE 7TH DAY OF JAN
UARY A. D. 1924 at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon ii that d2v, at the Office of the
Judge Of said Court in the Town of
Christiansted. Island of St. Croix, ana
all persons interested in the said estate
are hereby notified then and there to
appear and show cause. If any they
have. why the SAID account should not be
settled and allowed. "
Christiansted. ST. Croix. December 1st
1928.
A E. STAKENANN,
administrator.
, 1924-01-02

FROM THE POLICE.

EN accordance with the Ordinance of
18th November 1923, 50, all owner OF
% firearms in Cnristiausted's ard Fred
eriksted's Jurisdiction are hereby mott
fed that a new sign must be taken out
for 1924 before the 18th OF February
a. c.
Christiansted Police Office, St. CroiX,
the 28th December 1923.
F. COULTER,
Director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
PRONOUN HEARING
 WILL START TODAY
Ma FergusOn's Campaign Plans Hinge Upon Judges Decision

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21.-The pro noun "he," as used in that part Of the state constitution applying to the gov ernor's office, may become the nemesis of Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, demo- cratic gubernatorial nominee.
 Hearings on lan injunction filed by Charles Dickson, San Antonio attor- ney, declaring that a woman has no right to hold that office in Texas, and which will decide Mrs. FergusOns elig- ibility, begin here Monday.
 Accompanied by several of the state s most prominent lawyers, the woman nominee arrived here Sunday night. She refused to make any statement re- garding her defense, but said all her campaign plans are being held Tn abey- ance, pending the court ruling.
 Meanwhile, Dr. George c. Butte. who was lifted from the peace and quiet ot the state college here to become the re- publican candidate, has already launched his campaign.
 Attorney General W, A. Keeling is defending Mrs. Ferguson's certificate of nomination.
 Several hundred women in Texas are holding minor offices, and see no reason why Mrs. Ferguson isn't elig- ible," he declared.
 While the constitution makes no spe- cific reference to the sex of the gov crnOr, the holder of the office is re- ferred to as he" throughout, and it is on this point that Dickson is claiming Mrs. Ferguson ineligible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
DAMAGE IS ALMOST NIL, BUREAU REPORTS Low Emergence And Dry Weather Combine To
 Limit Pests

p A
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Abnor- maly dry weather in many sections and lower emergency combined with other favorable conditions in the cot ton belt to make boil weevil damage unusually small this year, the bureau of entomology of the United States de 3partment of agriculture announced to- .dass ss:s;s: :s, ' ss,. - -
 Wfth the Ti0ssibfe exception of some extreme southerly points, such as the Gulf coast of Texas, the bureau an- light, being only from one-fifth to one tenth of last years. Weeyils, there fore, were not sufficiently abundant to cause any particular injury to the bot tom crops of cotton.
 Drought Hits Pest.
 Absence of rain, which particularly was noticeable from Alabama west ward, insured high degree of climatic control of the pest, accentuated by the unusually small plant growth of the season, according to the bureau, which explained that in many localities of the cotton belt there was no precipitation other than light local showers from May to mid-August.
 Continuing, the bureaus statement says:
 While there may be in almost all localities few fields which produced more or less normal growth of cot ton and were somewhat damaged by weevils, these are the exception rather than the rule. At Tallulah, La, where the bureau of entomology maintains, an experiment. station, there is in a nor nal season some weevH damage in al- most every field of cotton; this year not over a half a dozen fields out of more than 800 under observation, have experienced any damage whatever from the weeyik
 No Further Danger.
 Recent rains may have somewhat stimulated the multiplication of the weevils, but the majority of crops are so completely mature that this will chiefly affect the probable abundance of weevils entering Information.
 .'In Georgia ond South Carolina wee vii damage has been very much heavier, though probably not so heavy as in these states during the two preceding years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
BETTER TIMES
 FACE BUSINESS OF'. GER MANY
Unemployment Is Waning Since Approval Of Ex-
 perts' Plan
(Copyright. 024.)

BERLIN, Sept. 21-The signing of the Dawes report and opening ot the worlds credit markets to Germany have already given German business a con- siderable boost.
 Particularly is this true in the oc- cupied area where, according to gov ernmental reports, unemployment is waning and the mines and factories are beginning to blossom forth after cer- tain amount of stagnation covering many months.
 There are still labor troubles in the occupied district, however, and the workmen have recently refused arbitra- tion awards in the building industry.
 Trend Is Upward
 But the trend is upward. The busi- ness man and the laborer are in a more chereful frame of mind than they have ever been since the war. This is mo- ticeable even to the most casual Ob- server. People are rather better dressed, and go about with an ari of more cheer and confidence than has been their wont since the 1918 collapse.
 The Spector or nlgn prices remains, however.
 Living costs are slowly but surely mounting. This is in part attributable to decreased harvests and the prospects of agrarian tariffs, and partly to the general upward trend on the worlds grain and food markets.
 The food market causes concern, es- pecially when one bears in mind that the average German worker earns not more than the equivalent of one dollar or $150 per day.
 . Potatoes, the great German staple, now costs about 12 cents for 10 pounds; Pork costs 36 to 40 cnnts per pound, veal 50 to 75 cents, mutton 30-35 cents, steak 75 cents, stewing beef 40 cents; green beans 12 cents per pound, cauliflcGer 39 cents for a small head, peaches and pears 20 to 50 cents per pound.
 Jobs For All
 On the other hand, the danger of un- employment, which last winter aggra- vated the German situation, is rapidly vanishing. Germany is tending away from the eight Eour day, though it has agreed to the ratification of the Wash ington eight hour day agreement. La bor Minister Brauns desires, however, the application of the clause under which Germany could extend her hours of labor on the ground of existence of an emergency-namely payment of renara tiOnS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
FARMERS URGED
 TO PLANT VETCH
Soil Building Advanced By Pike
 County Agent

TROY, Ala, Sept. 21.-(Special. J. R. L. King, county agent, is urging farmers to plant hairy vetch. He ad- vises it for soil building, but warns against planting the seed later than October. as many crops planted later than that last year were failures. The farm bureau is ordering seed for the farmers, at their request.
 Exhibit Planned-A community meeting was held at the County Line school Friday, at which time the citi- zens of that school decided to hold a community exhibit and to compete at the county fair. R. L. King, county farm agent, and Miss Mary Bailey, county home agent, were present
 It is probable that many commu- mites will hold exhibits the week be- fore the county fair and will then bring their display to Troy to the county fair, which will be held October 20 to 25. The County Line commu- nity exhibit will be held Friday, OctO- Der IT,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
WILSON SHRINE
 STAYS AT CAPITAL
War Presidents Body Not To
 Be Moved From Cathedral

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The body of Woodrow Wilson will remain permanently in the national capital, in National Episcopal Cathedral here, overlooking the city, where it was placed after his death.
 When the body of the war President was placed in vault at the cathedral it was generally understood that it was only temporarily, and that it would be removed later elsewhere. It has been announced that it will lie permanently in the cathedral, according to the wishes of Mrs. Wilson
 The cathedral is not completed as yet. When it is, the body of Wilson will be placed in an especially prepared shrine, constructed on a magnificent scale in the main part of the edifice. scale, in the main part of the edifice. chapel, the completed portion of the ca thedral, with two vergers constantlS~on guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
PORT OF NEW YORK
 SEEKS RATE QUIZ
Equalization Of All Northern
 And Southern Ports Sought

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The port of New York authorities, in a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission the Shipping Board yesterday request ed general equalization of rail and ocean freight rates through all north ern and southern ports, including Can ada.
 The petition was sent to both bodies so the case might be brought before the joint Commerce Commission and Board committee. It asks that all north and south Atlantic ports be placed on an equal competitive basis.