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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-02
TO HOLD QUIZ ON
EFFICIENCY.
BUREAU
Senate Investigation Sched-
uIed to Start January is.
Employees to Testify.

Hearings in the Senate investiga-
ton Of the Bureau of Efficiency will
begin about January Is.
The absence of Senator Medil Nc
Cormick, chairman OF the Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments, has pre-
vented the completion of final ar
rangements for the inquiry, but
tentative plans call for hearings
within the next three weeks.
A considerable amount OF data re-
lating to the Bureau of Efficiency
already has been compiled by the
committee.
Employees to Testify.
Among the witnesses to be heard
by the committee will be representa-
tives of the Federation of Federal
Employees and chief clerks Of the
various departments.
Senator Mccormick plans to as
certain the exact scope of the Blu
reau of Efficiency's work and what
it has accomplished in the way Of
tangible reforms in the Government
service.
The present attack upon the Blu.
kCou Vi ,41AA1CAC1ACy Has OCbGAOpC0 O0I
of the Redistribution row. The in
vestigation Of the bureau will dove
tail with the various proposals to in
vestigate the records Of the Person
mel Classification Board and to
amend the present Sterling-Lehlbach
law. Senator Sterling has pending In
the Senate a resolution calling for
the publication of the records Of the
Personnel Classification Board, and
1t probably will be passed by the Sem
ate shortly after it reconvenes next
Thursday.
Delegations Are Heard.
Senator Stanfield, the new chair
man Of the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee, has received delega ions from
both sides OF the reclassification fight
and declares that he is of IAN open
mind" having reached no decision
In the matter. He has not yet taken
steps to hold hearings on the re.
classification issue and probably will
await action by the House. At the
present time he plans to concentrate
the attention Of the committee on
amendments to the civil service re.
tirement act, hearings upon which
are to begin January IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-02

Manufacturers coseout makes this exceptionally low
price possible The girdles in all elastic or part elias
tic models. Satin rimmed girdles of fine quality
elastic webbing in different lengths. Figured broche
grdles with section Of elastic in various models for
the different figures.
nOvUN STAIRS STORE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-02
BABY's COUGH AvVAKENS
PARENTS MOURNING HOME

LIMA. Ohio. Jan. 2.--Mrs. J.. H.
Crops was awakened in the night
by the coughing Of her child. She
aroused her husband and they
found the house was filled with
smoke from a blaze which had
started in the adjoining apartment
Of a double house In which they
live. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-02

to the usual inspection and med
ical examination, and, If found to
meet the mental, moral and ply
steal standards required by our
immigration laws, is admitted,
otherwise excluded and returned to
the country from whence he came. :"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-02
Garter 'Brassieres, 81
"A Very Special Selling
DOWN STAIRS STORE

The undergarment that has no boning; specially de-
signed for young girls Made Of splendid quality pink
grenadines fastened at the back and elastic cores at
the side They also have four strong hose supporters
attached.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-16

Would like to have letters and cards from
the girls of my age. Love to all.
LILLIAN EARL SILVEY.
Barney, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
an ALBANIA girl who wishes to join your
happy circle Of boys and girls. l have writ
ten once before but was not admitted but
do hope | will be this time. Cousins. don t
you all think Aunt Julia is the best Auntie
that ever was? | do. ! live on farm,
and like farm life fine. | am fifteen years
old, and have fair complexion, gray eyes
and dark (bobbed) hair. Guess ] had bet
ter go before ] break Aunt Julia's rule
All you boys aud girls write me. / surely
do like to get letters. Will try and an
swer all mail received. Your new cousin
(MISS) NEEDY WAR;.
Brewton Ga, Route Il.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-16
39th Rotary District
Meeting Date Set

SAVANNAH. Ga. Sept, 1S.-Dis-
trict Governor William c. Lanier Of
the thirry-ninth Rotary district,
comprising Georgia and Florida
clubs, announced Thursday and
Friday March 10 and 20. 1925, as
the date of the district conference
at West Palm Beach. Fla, The final
session of the presidents and secre-
taries conference 1T Tybee ended
Friday with fish and shrimp fry
given by the town of Tybee.
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'IIlIIIllUIIIIIIIlIII

and got bottle, and took the first
dose before supper. | have been TAX
ing it ever since. and you can hardly
believe how different | feel. | had
just wanted to lie in bed all the time.
andwhen | started to brush up would
give out in about ten minutes. So
you know how badly l felt. fused to
go to bed at eight and get up at seven.
still tired. Now l can work all dav
and stay up until eleven, and feel all
right all the time. My Homework is
all ! do in summer, but in winter /
work in a factory. l have told good
many of my friends, and | have had
three come to me and tell me they
wouldn't do without the Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. SAMUEL MURPHY,
2l9 Cecil St., Dover, Delaware.
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my gong WITH
him or any one
else, just the
way he always
did before l
married either
time. ] was
never allowed
to receive any
company in my
home or to have
any men callers.
The result was
that L used to
meet them on
the SLY on the
streets. That is
the way [ met,
and married, the
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\ Special Word to Stern Parents
Who VIII Not Allow Their Daugh-
ters to Have Men Callers-The
Wife Who Is a Quitter-Shall
She Please Her Parents or
Marry Her Hearts Choice?

~ EAR DOROTHY DIX - I am
I twenty-five years old, and have
been married and divorced
twice, but have no children. | am
going with a man who is a perfect
gentleman but my father objects to
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-16
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

which you inquire is published by
the Georgia Bureau of Markets To-
Gated in the Capitol building, At
lanta, Ga. [ am sure they will be
glad to nut YOU on the mailing nhr.
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This WOMAN
RELIEVED FROM
SUFFERING
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. A Remarkable Story
Dover, Del. wish every woman
would take your wonderful medicine

as 1t has done so
much good to me.
D had cramps and
faint spells and
very bad pains.
|One day Twas over
Ito my neighbours
house and she told
me l ought to take
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. So /
went to the store
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Wilna:

Wilma
Your letter was excellent. If you
will authorize the use of your name
[ will be glad to publish it. AS
YOU know all letters appearing IN
The Letter Box must be signed by
their real name.
]. Willard Holderby, North Caro-
lima:
Write us a regular letter and we
will be glad to publish it. Think
over the letter you sent us and you
will. l believe, understand just why
it did not appear in the Box.
Maury:
If you have a good black velvet
hat left from last winter, 1 would
surely get me, as you say "a festive
hat for best wear this winter. With
your fawn colored dress one of the
new Venetian fuschias would be
lovely, especially as your hair is
blonde.
Eta:
I would get one of the live navy
blues in crepe de chine. You will
like it best for long wear, and it is
always good. A good tie will cost
$3.50 to $500. You can get handke1-
chiefs suitable for Christmas giving
around 75c each, with initial. You
can, think, get a real nice bill fold
for $500.
Wild West:
My dear girl, of course 7 think
your parents are just exactly right
in forbidding you to take long cross
country rides alone. Suppose you
are such a good rider, just sitting
on a horse well doesn't keep other
disa greeable things from happening
to YOU,
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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

home so attractive that the young
people want to come to it. In that
way only do they have a chance to
find out with whom their children
are associating and to guide them
in the choice of friends. In that
way only can they help their girls
to pick the right men for husbands.
More than that, the background of
q home is a great protection to
girl. 1t throws an aura of respect
ability about her, and the knowledge
that she is being gently, wisely, ca
pably looked after makes men show
her a Difference and a consideration
they never show to the girl they
pick up on the streets. who has no
home to which they are ever invited
and no mother and father they ever
meet.
Your father is responsible for your
two unfortunate marriages, Julia.
You have suffered and profited by
your hard lesson. Meet no more
men on the sly, but openly and
aboveboard in some respectable
home.
Dear Miss DIX am a young
married man and earn good salary,
enough for us to live on in comfort,
but my wife is not willing for us to
have a home Of our own. She wants
to live with her people, which I
cannot do In the three years we
have been married we have started
to keep house six times, and every
time she has broken up and gone
back to her father and mother The
last time she went / refused to go
with her, but she took our baby,
which I am crazy about, and went
anyway. I feel that I have done
my duty, because | did all that
could to make her happy and COM
Portable, and to make a nice home
| in which our child could grow up,
and now l am at my wits end to
know what step to take next.
G. w.
Answer: When a woman is a quit
ter there isn't much chance to do
! anything with her, c.. w. Your ONLY
hope would be in her parents having
! the backbone and the good sense tC
| tell their daughter that she must &C
back home and do her duty, and that
| IhcS Will nOI MAKE any Stacker wei
come in their house. But they will
never do it, because if they had beer
people of grit they would never have
raised up the poor, weak, flabby
creature your wife is
1t is very sad to think of how
many divorces could be avoided, how
many homes could be saved, i
mothers and fathers had the nerv,
and determination to hold theil
daughters to their duty after the,
get married and to force them to 81
back and try to make a success O
marriage, instead of chucking it tn,
first time anything goes wrong an,
they find out shat matrimony mean
work and sacrifice instead of billin;
and cooling.
There are times when we all fee
like giving up and running up tn
white flag Of defeat; when we fee
that we have borne all that we cal
bear and have done all that we ca
do, and there is no more fight lef
in us. But if somebody or som
force holds us TO our task we get on
second wind and wrest victory GU
of defeat, and we get a Happiness
and self-respect that we woul
never have known if we had coward
~ surrendered. And this is just a
! true Of matrimony as it is of an
other undertaking.
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jefferson, Ga. Box 317.

Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins. How is
everybody this rainY-lO0king September
morning? Well. l hope. As l haven t
seen anything from this part of Georgia |
thought l would write. l am just little
lonesome country boy my age is between
II and Il. | help papa TO feed and water
the horses and mules and feed the hogs and
I help mother feed the chickens. | help
papa pick cotton and l pillow and do
lots of things. School days will soon be
here. | am in the third grade at school.
All of You cousins that would like to write
to little boy just let your letters and
cards cme.
tMASTERl NATHANIEL vARNADoE.
Lumber City. Ga. Il. :. d. n l. Box %
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII You
please open the dear old door and let me
in for the sun is shining hot out here in
the. dear old cotton fields? l have writ
ten once before hut auntie let it &C into
the waste basket. Come on Miss Bell
Guthrie, also Miss Effie Guthrie. know
YOU both we'll. I having a fine time
playing the organ and going to church.
Now girls, | know auntie is dear auntie
| surely do love her. How many believe
in Sunday school? ! surely do. | 20 every
time there is Sunday school Our church
Is just across the branch. just few
steps from our bone. Howdy Miss Minnie
Louise Guthrie. Where are youE would
love 10 hear from vou l guess | had bet
ter go or | may break auntie'> rules.
hope not. You must all write to married
cousin. Ny age IS between % aud %. black
hair. brown eyes and dark complexion
Come on with YOU. letters and send photos.
VIII answer all letters received Goo3by
good luck. May God bless you all. Here
Is five cents for the baby. From new
cousin,
IIRSl KATE GIBSON
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THE QUESTION BOX
FOR EVERYBODY
Rules

/. All questions must have full
names and addresses signed. If it
is desired that names do not appear
IN the paper, add your initials or
some chosen name in addition to
your full name.
2. All questions must be written
on ONE SIDE of the paper only.
3. No legal or medical advice can
be given, either in the Question Box
or by personal letter.
4. All letters requiring personal re-
ply MUST inclose stamped seIt-ad
dressed envelope.
5. Letters for the Question Box
MUST NOT be included in letter for
Aunt Julias Letter Box. The ques-
tons must be sent separately ana
must be addressed to Aunt Julia 3
Question Box, The Atlanta Irl-
Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
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Feeding Sow to Bring Her Into
Condition

Feeding a Sow to Bring Her Into
Condition
G. A. B., Mclean, Ga, writes:
I have q fine Duroc SOW that
brought seven fine pigs last De
cember. She has had the best
of care but for about two weeks
she has had no appetite. | have
changed her feed several times
but she gets no better. I am
only letting the pigs nurse night
and morning and plan to wean
them in a week. Please tell me
what to feed her to improve her
condition. Is there market
bulletin published in this state?
At this season of the year, animals
like folks, are quite likely to de-
velop some digestive disorders which
call for tonic and corrective treat
ment. Very often we do not give
our brood sOWs the kind Of food they
need, and this tends to produce the
condition about which you write. If
the digestion is affected, it is always
good practice to give a purgative
of a laxative nature. This tends to
cleanse the alimentary canal of fetid
or poisonous materials which may
have accumulated therein and which
have not been completely expelled.
1t is good practice to follow this with
the use of a Well-balanced ration.
You could not give your SOW any
thing better at this time than shorts
reduced to a fairly thin slop by
skimmilk or buttermilk You may
not need to continue the use of this
weeks, but it should be used long
enough to enable her to recover
from the drain which the young pigs
are making upon her, to stimulate
her physically and encourage her to
develop normal appetite. 1t is
wise to give the SOW a run or range
where she can get plenty of exercise
and some of the mineral matter she
needs. I suggest that you also pre-.
pare the following mixture ana keep
it in box where it will be dry but
easily accessible to the SOW at all
times:
l bushel of charcoal,
/ bushel of wood ashes,
1 8 pounds of air slaked lime,
s pounds of common salt,
: 4 pounds of sulphur,
2 pounds of copperas.
Pulverize and mix all these ma
| terials very thoroughly together
| This of itself is a fine digestive tonic
Hogs need a good deal of minera
matter and a variety of it as well
This mixture may be kept either IL
a seiffeeder or in an ordinary wood
! en- box.
A bulletin of the character abou
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women who honest. industrious and am
bilious WRITE
TANNERS SHOE MANUFACTURING CO.
3089 Street Boston, Mass.
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Dear Folks:

Quite a few letters have reached
me saying that Jelly wouldn't Jel,
or was ropy. so I am going to make
a suggestion here. Measure your
sugar carefully, cup Of sugar to cup
of juice, boil the juice away one
third-warm the sugar and add to
the juice, boil rapidly for ten min
utes and test on a saucer. 1t should
iell in that length of time or trltle
longer. When jelly is boiled too
ong it becomes ropy or syrupy.
Cordially yours,
ATTNT HULA.
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Now, l want to play fair and
square by having my friend visit me
IN my own house. [ do not intend
having him stay until midnight. All
L ask is that he be permitted to call
for me when we attend a theater
or dance, but this is out of the uues-
tlon as my father will not allow it.
What should [ do? Sneak out
again the way 1 used to and meet
my friend on the sly, or find some
other place to board, where 7 can
nave him call on me the way he
should?
Answer: Certainly. Julia, I should
advise you to go to live in some
place where you can receive YOUR
men friends in a proper and decent
manner, and where you will not be
forced to lie and deceive in order
to have a little innocent plea sure.
! on owe that much to yourself, be-
cause no man can have the same
respect for a girl who has to slip
out and meet him on the sly on a
street corner as he does for the one
who receives him in the conventions
haloed precincts of her own parlor.
But surely any father who refuses
to let his daughters receive their
men friends at home is a fit sub
ject for the investigation of either
an alienist or the grand jury. He
must be mad not to know what he
is doing, or criminal, not to realize
the results of forcing a young girl
out on the streets to pick up her
acquaintance there, to find her pleas
ures in the street, and to be treated
as lightly as men treat girls they
come to know in that sort of way.
For when you lock a girl in a
| room it is a dead sure thing that
| she will climb out of the window.
| If you refuse to let her have com.
| pany at home she will find it wher.
| ever she can, on the streets. at cor
ner drug stores, at dance halls, at
many a place that is the ante-room
of hell. If you deny her a lawful
good time in her youth she will have
an unlawful good time, even if she
has to sell her own soul to get it
which is something for stern par
ents to think over.
The only way fathers and mothers
| can protect their daughters is tc
encourage them to bring their friends
home, to make their companion!
welcome at their home and make
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III Ms MALE GIBSON
Barnesville. Ga. Eoute =. Box 3y-A.

Dear Aunt Inlia and Cousins; We Hs,,-
been silent readers Of the LETTER E'v to~
3 long time. bur today We decided - l.ia
YOUR happy circle. We live in little eoYE-
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$50 A DAY SELLING SHOES

The annerS Shoe MIN.
Co. want representative !:
Men and Women to sell
the famous Tanners
Shoes direct to consum-
err. Over 20 latest STYLES
for men women and
children. Sell on sight.
commissions in advance.
Experience unnecessary
as we train men and
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Your Niece and Cousin.
ELOISE YOUNG.


Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please
open the door and let two little jolly Ala
bama Riddles into your happy band of boys
and girls. We are just little how and
Sfri and have been silent readers of the
Letter Box Tor some time. |, Sadie, have
written before but was not admitted but |
hope Auntie will let me in this time A.
most OF the cousins take a subject we will
try ours on our Ideal Husband and Wife =
/, Casey, for Ideal Wife" She must no
a real woman and love good Christian
nome real true, pure, kind and loving
one can specify any color OF ewes and
mar, only her hair must not he hnbbad
!. Sadie, for Ideal Husband:'' First ~ oii
he must he a real Christian. He must have
Eood disposition and easy to get alony
win, and love good Christian home He
must not drink any intoxicating drinks
and had rather he wouldn't use tobacco
or snuff of any kind. AS for his ewes and
~ - maven | any special choice Of color.
DeareSt Auntle. we just wish you and all
the cousins could visit us We live about
riSht miles from the great dam of Cherokee
dull. Am sure we would have grand
Time casey has car and we would 90
uoWh there and go in swimming every dav.
~ you an wished to. Oh, don't you know
we would have grand time. Casey is be-
tween l6 and 20. Who is his twin An
gust q: Sadie has blue eyes, black hair
iuot boboedl, and fair complexion AGO
between - and 20. Who is her twin No
nelnuer .: Ihe one who gueSses our ages
we wiz send photo of ourselves Now |
cousins Il you wish to get l-ts of mail inst
write these two little Alabama Riddles a |
rev lines. With oceans OF love to Auptie |
and all, we are >''''''e
Your two little new cousins
tMISS) SADIE ESTELL WHALEY
eclectic, Ala, L. l. Box 49,.
tMR.) CASEY COLLEY.
Equality, Ala. r. . Roy
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have just
finished reading the letters, and they We're
all very good. / have never written before,
you see | little timid. l have
brown hair (bobbed), and brown eyes and
dark complexion. l live a farm and
like it. Cousins. the dry weather killed all
my flowers. and l want you to send me
some seed for a garden next year. | will
exchange few with you. Come on, Cousins
from South Carolina, and don't let the
other states get ahead of us. Clyde Teatar,
come again. Your letter was fine. | don't
see how Aunt Julia could get tired of your
letters | will not take subject; only
say word or two about my vacation. It's
been mostly work. l have visited lots, of
course, but what l mean is that l work
hard most all other times. | have a moth
err but she works with her cows garden
etc, while | keep house. | enjoy cooking
Cousins school starts on my birthday Sep
TENDER u. Won't | have to work hard?
l will be fifteen years old. and in the
ninth grade. | so about two and a half
miles 10 Laurens City school, and, believe
me, we have fun. Before l go | want to
speak to Aunt Julia. Now Auntie won't
You print your picture in the paper or
describe yourself? wish ! were one of
the little boys who saw you personally, All
OF you write TO me and come to see me-.
lnclosed DC for lnez. Best wishes to all,
l am
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try town. called Godfrey. 1t has four
stores and a postoffce. We have lots of
fun during summer. We enjoy outdoor life
fine. Our favorte sports are horseback rid
ing and swimming. Now, Aunt Julia, we
won't take a subject this time. We viii
leave the space for more gifted writer's.
| guess we had better describe ourselves
and 50 before break your rules. l.,
Olivia. have big blue eyes, blond hair
and fair complexion Ny age is between
IA and IS. |, Cora. have dark brown eyes
and hair and medium, rosy complexion,
My age is between II and 20 We want
to state that do not take the paper
but stay win our grandfather. who
does, and read it every day. We never
miss the Letter Box. Now. any of YOU
cousins that want to write to two jolly
girls. let your letters come. Please write
to us separately. Love to all.
Godfrey ca