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4 Womau Wrifer Who Has Gone Into the
Subject Quite Thoroughly Says Most .
Men Are Liars When They Tell
Their Birth Dates.

the others. The man was requested 10 furnish
proof Of his correct age and he blithely pro-
duced q passport from the State Department
showing an entirely new date Of birth.
Oftentimes when mans record I'm the war
Department shows varying birthdates he Is
called upon to procure . personal afadavtt
showing his correct age, also certified copy OF
his birth, baptismal certificate or an afadavit
from 3 parent or some one qualified to know
the facts
A certain mans record showed seven different
dates Of birth, and he was called upon TO fur
nish the information In the manner mentioned
above After considerable delay travel and
investigation he triumphantly produced the copy
OF a baptismal certificate stating his birth as
July IL, 1892 On his attached personal state
ment he swore he was born June L. 1889.
what can an exasperated Government clerk do
i'm the face of such Inconsistencies?
Another man, more experienced TN regard to
records desired to make application for
commission In the Reserve Corps OF the Army.
He desired to avoid delays and bother. but ne
had forgotten the birthdate he had previously
given to the department. He said he wanted all
his records to be consistent. Therefore he tele-
phoned the department and asked what date
Of birth his records showed. After searching his
file he was informed that there were three
different dates recorded
Sometimes people do not know when they
were born. There are many reasons for this.
Records may have been destroyed by hre or
otherwise Sometimes all relatives or persons
aware of this event in the individuals life may
be dead or removed to unknown places. Oc-
casionally we meet foundlings who have never
known their correct age.
A YOUNG lieutenant OF the World War be-
came deeply involved in his efforts to
establish his true age. After year or more
of fruitless investigation he finally wrote to the
War Department: kindly withdraw my appli-
cation. am unable 10 establish when was
born Therefore must not have been born
win renew this application If, and when, such
date becomes available"
Perhaps the most amusing incident recorded
In the War Department files relative to this
subject Is that of doctor from Arkansas. This
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GOOD Conduct Punctuality, and linz
Ersvement-Levi Pennington:
exemplary Conduct William RoDm-
s,n George Waters DoFmin Ellis. Lem
uel Lushy.
noeot-Georea Stockett George Davis,
William Lent, Lemuel Ltsby
Improvement in Vocal Music--Levi' ;
Pennington, william Lent Jno Tucker
neutrality-suspicious. Walsh, William
Thompson Wesley HUTCHINSON"
This old building, originally two-story
structure was erected by Naval Lodge, NO. T.
f. A. A. M, in 1921, and in 1867 third story
was added Here Naval Lodge met from the
first date until 1t moved to its present quar-
ters at Fourth and Pennsylvania avenue SOUTH
east in 1895. AS its number would inolcate,
this lodge is one of the Oldest Masonic DooieS
in the District of Columbia, having been char-
tered on May IA, 1906 by the Grand Lodge
of Maryland, under whose jurisdiction the Dis
trict lodges then served. A list of its menu
bers, dated May, 1906, contains the names. no
doubt Of some of the ancestors OF famlIleS
still residing in the Navy Yard section. TINS
James Burgess BENJAMIN King, Shadrack
Davis, Holder Spooner, Kimble Easley, ST.;
Kimble Easley, jr.; Robert Dillon, Samuel
Whann. Anthony F. Shraub, Charles @. Her
ford, David Dobbins. James B. Potts, William
Spooner, John D. Henley, Seth Carter, Win
John p. Lowell, Isaac Davies, Robert Alexander,
Charles W. Goldsborough, Williams Hamden.
Samuel Lowdermilk, Joseph Cassn Robert
Rankin, Stephen Dykes, James Kemp, George
Brown, Edward Fitzgerald, John T. Brown,
Elisha Perry, Charles D. Brodie, Thomas Smith,
Peter B. Pravote Bartholomew Byns. Joseph
TarbelI, James McKaraher, John NJ Cannon.
Alexander Mcwilliams, George Dixon, Charles
Lacey, James II. Kearney, Samuel Long, Rob
ert Harrison and Philip Alexander.
For the first Is years of its existence Naval
Lodge met in a small two-story dwelling on
Seventh street southeast, near M street, which
was known to be standing few years ago.
All along Virginia avenue are old residences
The vsnable house at the corner Of Seventh
street is landmark of this section. Mr.. Ma
honey tells me that when he was boy there
was pump on the corner in front Of this
house from which many of the neighbors OBJ
tanned their supply of drinking water. It wa:
known far and wide as "Venable's pump" and
in addition to supplying the neighborhoOd, pro
vided the employees Of the Navy Yard with COO
water, especially during the Summer months
For this purpose. Mr.. Mahoney says, Each shoI
in the Navy Yard was provided with wheel
barrow which was kept busy In Summer h
hauling water in q barrel Two shop boys bein
employed for that purpose"
It so happened that Mr.. Mahoney was on
of the shop boys whose duty It was to hau
the water. which accounts for his recalling tn
incident 80 wen.
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IA this neighborhood as q girl. Her father died
hen she was quite young. leaving her mother,
Frs Ann hewitt. with two daughters. Widow
evitt later married Joshua l.. Henshaw,
keli known pedagogue. who for while taugnt
chool in the first story of the old Masonic
temple that still occupies the northwest corner
81 Fifth and Virginia avenue. Here MRS. Hen
haw assisted her husband and here, Also Mrs
bouthworth most likely gained her nrst
knowledge of teaching, fer which, however. sne
ever showed any special adaptability. Indeed.
he statement is of record that Mrs Soutnwortn
actually did teach a school for young cniLqren
n q one-story house belonging to her grand
mother which stood on the northwest corner
IL Sixth and Virginia avenue, as wen as la1er
n southwest Washington.
The Henshaw family, which then included
Mr.. and Mrs Henshaw and the two girls, as
veil as Mrs. Henshaw's mother, MRS. Wanes,
lived in q beautiful cottage few RODS below
he schoolhouse and it is not surprising that
woman reared in family of instructors
should become famous for her writings.
lust when Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw first taught
school here is not known. 1t was surely
ne early as 1845. for the school report of that
year reads:
i cone of the first acts of the Board,
rendered necessary for the continuation
of the schools of the First and Third
Districts, was the appointment OF
Messrs. Joshua L. Henshaw and Hugh
Mccormick respectively, as teachers. ae
salaries of $500 per annum. sub
seuuently, DR.. Tobias Watkins was
elected for the Second, and Mr.. Henry
Hardy for the Fourth District 1t the
same salaries, to take effect at the COM
rnencement of the business OF the schools.
Mrs Henshaw was also appointed as
sistant teacher of the first school, &C an
annual salary $3.50"
Mr.. and Mrs Henshaw were permiIed ID
correct their pupils according to rules laid down
sas would kind judicious parent in his lam
Nv, and with the injunction that they should
aayoid corporal punishment in an cases where.
in their Judgment, good order might be pre-
served by milder measures" However, 1t IS quite
likely that this old school teacher and his vile
practiced the methods Of punishment IN vogue
then and for many years later, and used the
rod freely.
Those were the days when boys and glIis'
even Of tender years. were at least after lew
wears OF study proficient In the three RS.
Not that they did not take up other subjects
for indeed grammar was also looked upon 8
Of almost equal Importance. In this connec-
ton it might be interesting to. mention some
of the studies taken up and books used ny the
different classes, there being as times Is many
N six Of these In one room.
The tentative studies for the sixth class were
the alphabet Enumeration and the drawing
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BY MYRTA ETHEL CAWOOD.

-<HEY certainly do mean men-sney
lie about their ages. with . nCnchaaane
sc,risl, = man win lop 10 or IS years
u on his age or II he feels 30 mcaine0
and It b to his advantage he WIN ada rev
wears. Not long ago sat In the private Omce
Of . business executive. man came m.We
win cali him Mason-he was seeking poSaelcn
for his friend johnson.
.sx4o.v ~ e .Iohnson?" snapped the executive.
'He's young man around 40" answered
Mason.
johnson got the job.
.'Why did you ask his age?" ! asked, Is tine
awe do not employ men over IS" he
I nodded comprehendingly. As it happened
I knew the man that had just been hired.
knew his daughter also. young lady Of ao-
breyiated hair and skirts, with son m the
Military Academy. Johnson's true age was
near 90.
MEN not only lib about their own age. but
Ava they underestimate each others age, much
TO the credit Of the sex. They speak OF each
other Is boys" and young devils" long after
they have passed the half-century mark No
man Is old-among men-untn he V sariveieo
and shrunken, and has had 90 or G5 birthdays
or perhaps more. II women prRctaced tnis
Illusion toward each other, and men exeenoeo
their magnificent tolerance Of age TO women
life wOuld surely be less complicated But TINS
10 the ladies.
In an old copy Of who's Who" there IS
certain biography in which these words appear,
"Born In the early sos" few lines further
ON we read Of this same man, married 1877.
How enlghteningl
Men are just as eager to appear young as
women Think of Solomon, . grand old king
with TOO wives most of them acquired In MS
old age Do you suppose when he went wooing
he revealed to the fair young maiden Of his
choice his true age--with all the ailments ana
drawbacks thereof? Not hel 1t takes q
finished technique to WOO and win TOO wives.
solomon must have been perpetually engaged
in this delightful pursuit Of wooing And he
knew that rheumatism, hair tonic and indiges-
ton were not adjuncts to lovers superior
technique.
In order to prove by figures that men actually
do lie about their age study was made from
the files of men who have served In the World
War and therefore have had many occasions
TO submit documents which required the date OF
birth In order to establish an average, 300
such cases were examined. These were not
picked for any reason whatever; they were just
ordinary cases. Seventy EIGHT of these 800 men
had given two more dates Of birth. II we
can accept these figures. which are certainly
not exorbitant, we can readily see that ap-
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of figures and letters ON states. The book OF
this class was Rays Reader No. l. The studies
Of the NTH class included instruction in the
combination Of letters into words. spelling,
enumeration, notation and drawing on slate and
blackboard: the books for this grade being
Kay,s Reader No. Z. Fowle's Spelling Book and
Emerson's Arithmetic--lst part Other books
used In the several grades were: Davies First
lessons in Arithmetic MitcheIl's Geography,
Davenports History Of the United States Mount
Vernon Reader, Pictorial History Of the United
states by Goodrich, Parsaeyis Common School
History. Smiths Grammar and Pierce's History
Of England.
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uroximately one-fourth Of such cases handed
by the Government must involve great mass
OF correspondence to establish the correct data.
TIL. cost Of this labor, for correspondence. dis
patch general clerical work. routine ana hnne.
Is st,Ipendous We must also remember that
each case must be handled again when the
reply Is received
The careless way In which men regard their
age, or to be more exact. their birthdate, costs
the Government thousands OF dollars every
year. The cost Of stenograpnlc WORK alone u
startling.
More than 100000 soldiers are recorded In
the various wars Of the United States. This
figure includes the Revolution, War Of 1872.
Civil. panish-American and World War. 1t
does not however, include the Navy and Marine
Corps the National Guard or the Confederate
soldiers OF the Civil War.
GRANTING that one-fourth of these mems
~ records show incorrect birthdatss then the
Government has already or must in the future
ascertain the correct birthdays OF 100000 men.
One stenographer can handle 5000 cases year,
then 20 stenographers can handle 100000 such
cases in that period Let us assume that the
average stenographers salary Is $4,000 year.
It would take these 20 clerks 20 years TO COM
plete this work at the astounding cost OF
$500. 900 to the Government. This seems In
credible, yet 1t Is true.
There are other departments of the Govern
ment other than the War Department that are
confronted with this same problem. They are
the Veterans Bureau Navy Department and the
Civil Service Commission, all of which deal
largely with personal records. It is not infre-
1uently that man in the Army has had service
in the Navy or Marine Corps and perhaps
civilian service in the Government also. Cases
exist where each of these departments has a
different date OF birth for one man.
There is record of a man who was employed
by the Post ONCE Department. He had served
IN the Navy during the World War and in the
Army just after the war; His record in the
Navy, War and Post Once Departments each
showed q different birthdate. So it was decided
to call on the Civil Service Commission for his
true age. But, alas for all that botherI The
result was only another date-difersnt from
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TN few years Mr.. Henshaw was transferred
to the JEFFERSON Stable school. and Of course
Mrs. Henshaw followed. other teachers from
time to time took up the duties At the ga
Masonic Hall, and In 1861 Mrs. Jane O. Moss
received this assignment. She was then one
of the oldest teachers in point OF service, nav
Ing received her first appointment In 1872
Maybe there is still living some old-timer
who attended Mrs. Moss class during the early
part Of the Civil War, and perhaps b mem
toned among those who received premiums
for being proficient In either conduct or studies
Here Is the 1851 list:
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BERL|NER TO GET
FRANKLIN MEDAL
Institute to Award New
Honor to Washington
inventor.

Emile Berliner, Washington inventor,
has been awarded new honor by the
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia in
ternationally renowned scientific body.
1t was learned yesterday that, upon
recommendation of its committee on
science and arts, the institute will pre-
reward in physical science in the United
States, its Franklin Medal for his gen.
eral contributions to human progress
in the field of acoustics.
Presentation Of the medal to Mr.
Berliner, who has received two other
medals from the Franklin Institute in
recognition of scientific inventions, will
be made in Philadelphia May Is in the
historic institute auditorium, in the
presence of world famous figures in the
field Of science.
Citation Lauds Work.
The citation of Mr.. Berliner for the
award says 1t is given I'm consideration
of life work in successful invention;
the discovery of the electrical charac-
teristicS of the loose contact and appli-
cation of them to telephony in the
microphone, which he originated; de-
velopment of the talking machine which
uses disc upon which the sound is
recorded by laterally cut groove; and,
in recent years, his contributions to
the production of proper aCouStical
qualities in architectural structures. >"
Mr.. Berliner, whose inventions have
won for him recognition throughout the
world, has been a resident of Washing
ton for more than half century and
hos done virtually all Of his research
work in his own laboratories here.
Solves Age-old Problem.
Not content to rest upon the laurels
gained by him through his work in
perfecting the telephone transmitter,
which made that instrument practical,
and on the flat-disc talking machine,
now universally used, Mr.. Berliner with
in the last few years has directed his
attention to the problem of hall
acoustics. Solution of an age-old prob
lem now is acknowledged by authorities
to have been achieved in the Berliner
vibratory cement walls.
In conjunction with the latest insti-
tute award, Mr.. Berliner has been asked
by the board of managers of that or
ganization to prepare paper expressing
his theories and principles, to be pre-
sented by him at the medal ceremonies
May Is.
Although in his seventy-eighth year,
Mr.. Berliner is continuing his researches
in acoustics.
He lives at 24oo Sixteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
AERO ASSOCIATION
|. LAUNCHES REVIEW
Publication to Be Provided
Only for Members of
the Organization. !

Inauguration by the National Aero
nautic Association Of q new publication,
to be known as the Aeronautic Review
and to be devoted to the formation Of
private flying clubs throughout the
country and to the furtherance OF avis
ton In general, was announced last
night by Senator Bingham OF Con-
necticut, president Of the association.
The new publication supplants the
house organ which has been identified
with the association for nearly seven
years and will 60 to the membership Of
the association. It will not be sold on
the commercial market.
The slogan Of the publication will be
"See America From the Air" and in
each issue will be an article In series
on flights over points Of interest In the
States, profusely illustrated with photo
graphs taken from the air. In the
April issue the first of these articles will
be devoted TO Arizona.
In an announcement to the member
ship of the association which will he
carried in the April issue Senator
Bingham says:
1.-THE National Aeronautic Associa-
ton occupies a permanent place in the
scheme of aeronautical development
and It is here to stay. Because of It's
permanent foundation and because OF
It's increasing growth, the features
within the organization must be ex-
panded accordingly.
80, on the advice Of many loyal
friends ana supporters of the associa.
ton who are identified with every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Third St. Girl
is Happy Now

The quick, easy way those all
mentS of children, such as head
aches, feverishness, biliousness,
coated tongue, bad breath, no ap-
petite CT energy, etc, simply van
ish with the first few doses of
California Fig Syrup, is always a
surprise to those who use this fine
old medicine for the first time.
Weak, puny, restless and cross
children never fail to pick up
weight and gain strength and
energy under it's gentle influence.
1t stimulates the appetite, regu-
lateS the stomach and bowels and
gives these organs tone and
strength so they continue to act
normally, Of their own accord.
A we'll known Washington
mother, Mrs. G. H. Warden, 1929
Third st. NE, says: Gladys is
oSy-cheeked, bright-eyed and
happy now; but we had a lot of
trouble with her. Her stomach
and bowels seemed to be weak.
She suffered from constipation
and biliousness until she was fret
full and peevish most of the time.
Then we gave her some California
Fig Syrup and her trouble stop
ped quick. We kept on giving it
to her and soon she was we'll and
strong"
Be sure to ask for California Fig
Syrup by the full name so you'll
get the genuine, Endorsed by ply
SicianS for over 30 wears
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assemble at 1880 PM, April ~, for the
contest In the First Congregational
Church.
Winners Of the local contest will go
to Baltimore to participate in the dis
trict contest for Maryland, Virginia, the
District of Columbia and West Viz
ginia one week later.
The winners Of the district contest
will then 60 to the national finals to
be held In Boston in June, during the
convention OF the National Federation
OF Music Clubs, June 9-16.
Requirements are that applicants be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

In two weeks fully 44e,000 people
attended the Pasar Gambir, the annual
fair, held recently at Batavia Java.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
is D. C. GIRLS GET
RED CROSS DIPLOMAS
Gen. Barnett Presents Certificates
to Washington Society
Maidens.

Fifteen Washington society girls, de-
butantes of the past season, who have
been taking a course In Red Cross work
under direction of the District chapter,
were given certificates Thursday at ex-
ercises in the assembly room of ma
tional headquarters.
The graduates, known as the staff
assistance class, were addressed by Miss
| Mabel T. Boardman, vice president
of the chapter. and Mrs. Theodore w.
Richards, secretary, who appealed to
the girls to devote as much time as
possible to Red Cross work.
Following presentation of certificates
by Maj. Gen. George Barnett. retired,
chairman of the District chapter, sew
eral members of the class enrolled for
duty in the surgical dressing depart
ment, the motor corps and for work at
the Children's Hospital.
Members of the class are: Elsie H.
Alexander, Elizabeth Brawner, Theresa
Carmalt, Mrs. G.. F. Cottle, Catherine
McParlin Davis, Cynthia Caroline Hill,
Isabel Stedman Lamberton, Janet Eliza
beth Murray, Margaret Pilson, Jane B.
Richardson, Mary Bennington Shinn,
Katharine @. Stringer, Margaret
Stringer Nan Tyler and Frances VIM
throp Wall.
Germany is making a determined eff
fort to attract tourists next Spring and
Summer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Above is taken from statement
received a few days ago from Mr..
Jno. Prettiman, 2211 H st. NV.
Mr.. Prettiman is a retired first
sergeant, having spent thirty years
in the u. S. Army. He is well
known in Washington where he
has resided for q number of years.
Continuing with his statement, he
says: For number OF years I
suffered with stomach disorders
and try, as I did, was unable to
find a medicine that would help me
at all. My stomach felt so sore
and hurt so bad I couldn't stand
to touch it, burnt like fire, eating
any heavy foods was out of the
question, what little did eat did
not agree with me and I lost in
weight and strength until I was
hardly able to do a thing. was
always constipated, system was
filled with poisons and thought
| had ulcers of the stomach, also
high blood pressure. I suffered
with headaches and the pains in
the lower part of the stomach were
] so severe at times, I could hardly
stand them, just had to go to bed
for DAYS at a time. Medicines used
did not help, so I went to Hot
Springs, stayed there three months
taking the baths, but in the end
found it was only time and money
wasted, and I came back to Wash
ington disguised. When I saw
Miller's Herb Extract formerly
called Herb Juice) advertised, I
said I would try one bottle, sup
posing it would be like all the rest.
But say, this was made for just such
troubles as I had, for the first Few
doses eased the pains in my stor1i-
ach, bowels began to move regular
and in q few days, I felt better IN
every way than I had for years. I
can now eat most everything
want, no more gas or indigestion,
stomach does not hurt at all, head
aches are also gone as other pains
and feel better in every way than
have felt for years. I have
never given a statement OF this kind
before, but this is one medicine worth
every ones praise and for one
will speak q good word for Millers
Herb Extract wherever I go. You
don't need any pills with this medi-
cine: it's a real medicine which Is
self-guaranteed to give results. A
medicine you can take three or
four bottles of without seeing any
results is not much medicine. See
the special representative. direct
from the laboratories at this head.
quarters, Peoples Drug Store, sos
7th Street NV, where he is now
introducing and explaining the mer-
H it, Of this medicine.
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ONE DAY FOR MUSIC
PUPILS TO REGISTER
Washington Contest Chairman An
nounces Applications Must Be
in by Tomorrow.

Mrs. Eva Whitford Lovette, chair
man OF the Washington contest, the
preliminary tryout for the national
biennial music student contest, held
under the auspices of the National Fed
Grafton Of Music Clubs. announced that
tomorrow Is the final day for the resig-
tration by local music students. All ap-
plicationS for entry must be In the
hands OF the contest chairman by that
date.
Already more than IS young singers
and musicians who are advanced in
their musical studies are registered to