Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 79, 11 February 1919 — Page 12

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THE, RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM TUESDAY, FEB. 11, 1919.

CHURCH CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERSHIP STARTS FEB. 23

CityFeeration Plans Activ- : fries at Meeting Commitj tees Named. .vl v The Richmond Church Federation met In regular session at the Y. M. C. A. last evening to consider reports of the standing committees and also to approve the selection of committee men. There was a good attendance and Indications were that the federa tion was getting ready to do things. The executive committee reported the appointment of the following commits tees, the chairmen of which had pre viously been announced: Evangelism The Rev. F.'A. Dressel, the Rev. A. F. Mitchell, the Rev. H. L. Overdeer, J. W. Ferguson. Waldo Lacey, the Rev. J. J. Rae and Harry Reeves. Social Service E. M. Haas, the Rev. R. L. Semans, N. C. Heironlmus, Jesse Bailey, the Rev. a. O. Burbank, the Rev. J. J. Hill, Dr. C. 8. Bond. . Finance R, B. Jones, Jesse Wiechman. S. E. Mills, Chas. O. Carpenter, and Homer Hart. Aid Law Enforcement f 1 The Social Service commltteA wa not ready to report any definite recommendations of procedure, but reported progress. Sub-committees were appointed which have had conferences ,with city authorities and the chief of police with reference to law enforcement, and also obtained information from other communities concerning methods of procedure. The committee announced it as its policy to do what it could in cooperating with existing authorities by offering Its services and assisting in securing evidence. The federation approved the partial report of the committee. The report of the Evangelistic committee brought forth much discussion. It seemed to be Impossible to harmonJre the views in the matter of taking a census of the city and making a . house to house canvass for pledges to printed Invitations to attend church. The cost and the amount of labor required did not justify the results. The whole matter was referred back to the committee for final action. The report urged that a campaign be made for church attendance beginning with Sunday, February 23, at which time there should be an exchange of pulpits by the ministers. 1 : A committee on publicity was appointed consisting of the chairmen of the Evangelistic committee, the Social Service committee, the secretary and two others to be named by the president. WAR DISABLED MEN TRAINED FOR FARMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. In other days a "farm mechanic" was usually a chap who could solder up the hole in a milk bucket, repair the pump or paint the wagon, or tinker with the clock. Today the term means that he is a highly skilled artisan, employed as such by larger farms. In the plowing season he is tractor operator, engineer of the motive machinery which pulls the gang plows, harrows and seeders, doing the work at one cut of half a dozen plow teams and men. He is engineer and superintendent of the reaping and threshing in their seson. He supervises and operates the cutting of silage and filling of the silos. He takes care of the dairy machinery or the electric light plant of the farm. He looks after the upkeep of the automobiles and trucks of the establishment. Such are in general the duties of the "farm mechanic" for which disabled soldiers are being reeducated by the United States government through the federal board for vocational education. Disabled men are given a support fund of $65 per month while studying and adequate support for dependents. All expenses of the course are paid by the government. War disabled farm boys are preferred for education along these lines. Their practical knowledge of agriculture being a valuable and almost essential basis upon which to build. Iarge farm and plantation owners forced by labor conditions to turn more to mechanical labor saving devices are eager bidders for competent men and offer attractive salaries. The federal board for vocational education at Washington is desirous of getting in communication with war disabled farm young men who would be interested in taking training for farm mechanics and similar courses. American Husbands Aim Of Many French Girls PARIS, Feb. 11. To get an American husband seems to be the ideal of more than 40 per cent of the Parisian young women. At all events that is the result of an inquiry conducted by L'Oeuvre. a Paris daily newspaper, which publishes a series of letters setting forth the reasons that have guided the writers to give preference to Americans over their compatriots. Those who would rather marry Frenchmen base their predilection uargely on patriotic grounds; but a large percentage of young French women confess to a wholehearted admiration of the average American's breezy good humor and courtesy of manner toward the other sex. Several French girls who have had no opportunity to observe American home life appreci- ' ate the easy camaraderie between the sexes and they come to the conclusion that a good comrade must make a good husband. Some writers say that French lovers are given to talking overmuch and are too fussy about their personal appearance. The quebtion as to whether a man ought to shave or not seems to agitate the French feminine mind considerably and the voting is about equal between the smooth-shaven American and his French brother with a mustache. One girl raises the curious objection that "Americans eat too much," while another disapproves of the "the heavily framed 'American spectacles with the huge round lenses which so many Americans affect."

WITH THOSE IN ARMY AND NAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne county soldiers and -sailors, will appear dally In . the Palladium. Contributions (rill be welcomed. Corporal Abraham Fivel, who has been stationed at Langely Field, Va. for several months, has received his honorable discbarge and arrived home this week. Lester Crull, son of Mrs. Davis Lineback, has just returned to his ship, the U. S. S. Melville, following a ten day furlough at his home here Crull is in the machine gun corps and has been in foreign waters since last spring, cruising along the coast of Ireland, England and France. The Melville is now lying in New York harbor and. will go from there to Boston the latter part of this month for supplies, and then on to Cuba for the rest of the winter. Harry L. Morgan, formerly of Rich mond, and recently of Dayton, writes from France: "This surely, is a great country, but give me the good old U. S. A." Morgan has been overseas since August 26, and on October 29 he was sent to Base Hospital No. 62, and was there three months, after which he was sent to the 80th Divi sion Company M. 319th Infantry. He wrote in a recent letter to his wife, who is now living in Dayton, O., that he had not received a letter since being In France. How the entire 1.500 Yanks on board the vessel on which he went overseas were aroused and prepared for 'a. midnight dip in the sea is described by. Private Benjamin O. Lawrence in a letter. He says: "On the night of October 16 we were in the submarine zone near the English coast. We were sleeping in our hammocks with our life belts on and practically all our clothes as were the orders while at sea. About midnight we were awakened by a loud concussion, and In a very short length of time we were hivering by our particular life boats considering how the ocean would feel at that hour of the night. The continual grind of the engines kept up, however, and we were put wise to the fact that the concussion was the explosion of a depth bomb a reply to any lurking sub. "Our vessel was a small one, formerly engaged In Pacific trade, but taken over by the British to be used in the transport system. British officers were in charge, and English sailors manned the guns. The galley crew was made up of Chinese. There were also Chinese cooks in charge of mess. The vessel was capable of making the trip in six days, but convoys go slowly and it took us twice that long to reach the Isles." Mrs. George Chrisman has received a letter from her nephew, R. C. Dickinson, who is now in Paris on special duty. Dickinson writes: "Am glad you are doing Red Cross work. They, with the Salvation Army and K. of C., have done much splendid work over here. There are other relief and comfort outfits, of course, but their work has been monumental." Corporal Lawrence E. Taylor, of Camp Devens, Mass., has received his honorable discharge and arrived home last week. Hawley Gardner, former high school student here, has been mustered out from Great Lakes, and Is spending a few days with friends in the city. Gardner is on his way to Florida, where his parents are spending the winter. Ray Jordan of the U. S. S. Georgia, has been released from active service, and arrived in Richmond yesterday. American Baggage Fills Paris Railway Stations (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 11. The railway stations of Paris are piled high with American baggage these days. Mountains of bedding rolls, locker trunks and the customary belongings of the officer, block every space, for these men are in exodus home. .They represent very largely the officer personnel not now attached to units, traveling separately and trying to reach the ports of embarkation. Because of this they have to use the regular trains and other facilities of travel and transfer across the city. Porters are few in Paris railway stations. Those that exist are old men or wounded men, so it is not unusual to see a colonel of two wrestling with his own baggage side by side with a whole squad of soldiers. Then comes the hunt for a taxicab, which is even more rare than the porter and usually lacking any French, these Americans have no easy time getting out of one station to another. But they manage it after a fashion with the help of the American military police whose red hate bands and brassards are numerous In all the depots. , Royal Welsh Singers Appear Here Tomorrow The Royal Welsh singers who appear here at the Grace M. E. church tomorrow night are one of the unique organizations of musicians now touring the United States. Few musical organizations have such a noted line of predesessors, nor have played before so large a number of distinguish ed audiences. The present personnel of the Welsh singers also have the tragic affair of the Lusitania to add to their history. The concert will begin at 8 o'clock. It is being sponsored by the Men's Bible class of the church. Tickets may be secured from Carl Wolfe or any other member of the class, and may also be purchased at the door. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 30c.

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v nirri Ca1 " Hiss Emily Jacobs. Every Sunday morning three Mill waukeans cavort about on the icy shores of Lake Michigan and take' several plunges into the water just for the sport of it. One of the trio is Miss Emily Jacobs. James G. Brazell and Frank Sutter have been bathing- in the lake during; the winter months for years. Miss Jacobs joined them this winter. THREE SHIPS BRING U. S. TROOPS HOME (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Bringing home 1,648 troops the Italian steamship Duca d'Abruzzi arrived here to day from Marseilles. The complete personnel 49 officers and 1,372 men of the 46th regiment coast artillery corps, returned, together with a detachment of the 164th field hospital; part of casual company number zo consisting of 18 unit troops and more than 150 casuals. The steamship Matapan arrived with detachment base hospital number 2, comprising three officers and 111 nurses, and several casual officers and civilians. The steamship Pasadena arrived from Bordeaux with a detachment of casualty company No. 25, comprising one officer and 23 men of New York. There also were eight casual officers on board. Suggestions for Dyeing By GRACE E. HADLEY (Home Demonstration Agent) Dyeing and tinting may be used to freshen a faded color or to disguise an old garment by changing its color to a new and more becoming shade. A reasonably good quality of material is necessary to obtain good results. Then one must ascertain the fiber content and buy the dye accordingly. A wool dye should be used for all wool; a cotton dye for a mixture of wool and cotton because wool dyes more readily than cotton. The garment should be thoroughly cleaned for if there are spots and dirt present, they will mix with the dye and produce a spotted, dingy appearance. Buttons or trimmings that would be ruined by the dye should be removed, and hems should be opened if there is a possi bility of them having to be changed This is usually necessary with wool garments because they are apt to shrink. Use a reliable dye and follow the directions carefully. White goods may be dyed any color. If blending colors or changing the color, one should ex periment with samples until the de sired color is obtained. Tinting is good for white silk, linen or cotton waists and dresses which have become yellow from laundering. also for freshening colored garments that have faded. It does not give as permanent a color as dyeing but 1 easily done and can be repeated with laundering. There are a number of commercial dye soaps on the market which are used for tinting. These are made in a wide assortment of colors Crepe paper, red ink, tea and coffee will produce characteristic tints. local Druids Consider Building New Home The ad visibility of a new home was discussed at a banquet by the Druid lodge Monday evening at the Druid club rooms. A committee was appointed composed of members Park, Griswold and Land, to make investigations. The club with either buy a home and remodel it or build a new one. Frank Strayer, recently reurned from France, talked of his experiences in France, and the good of the order of Druids. About 100 members enjoyed an excellent supper and good music. GROW YOUR HAIR Free Recipe After being almost totally bald a New York business man grew hair and now has a prolific growth at age of 66 for which he will send the genuine recipe free on request to any man or woman who wishes to overcome dandruff or, gain new hair growth. His address is John H. Brittain. BA-747, Station F, New York. N. Y. This is genuine.

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Business Conditions in Hawaii Discussed Before Rotary Club

Conditions in Hawaii were 'discus sed in a talk given to the Richmond Rotary club Tuesday noon at the Ar lington by Bernard Knollenberg. Mr. Knollenberg has recently come to Richmond to practice law after having spent some time In Honolulu as a lawyer. The speaker touched upon the his tory of the island, the people that in habit it and their customs. He said that there are more nationalities in Hawaii than there are in the city of New York, because not only all nat ionalities are represented but there is found there the different races while in New York is found chiefly the Cau casian. Japanese and Chinese inhabit the island. Mr. Knollenberg said that it Is the general opinion that the Japs are not there for any aggressive purpose but chiefly to work. Of all the races represented in the island the Filipino is the worst. The Japanses, Chinese and Filipinos are all Inveterate gamblers, he said. The Jap is a good loser, the Chinaman is apt to brood over his losses and perhaps will hang himself, but the Filipino becomes so incensed that instead of hanging or shooting himself he shoots the other fellow. A shooting scrape results, the families take part and finally there is a turbulence mat is nara to overcome. Sugar is the one great crop of the island and there are eight or ten plantations that rule the island, he explained. Speaking of the business possibilities Mr. Knollenberg said it is fruitless for a man with a small income to go to Hawaii. If he has a large income he can make his business profitable, but the great possibilities are for the professional man. Three members were taken into the club. They were Joseph T. Hill, William D. Scoble and Dr. Charles Marvel. There were several guests among them being Clyde Warner, Raymond Keller, Mr. Hoover and William Keller of Muncle, Ind. Mr. Keller asked the club for support for Charles Watkins for district governor for Indiana Rotary clubs which conventions will be held in Indianapolis Thursday. However the club voted to give its support to Harold VanOrman, of New Fashions Tend To Disable Women, Says Reformer (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11. Dresses which many women now are wearing are causing them to become "knockkneed, knock-armed and sway-backed," recently declared Mrs. J. Milton Mensendick in an address before the Twentieth Century club. Dr. William A. Stecher, director of Physical Education in the Philadelphia public schools, agrees with Mrs. Mensendick that dresses which make women answer to that description are In style but he asserts that there is no danger that they will become permanently disabled by their efforts to conform to the new fashions. There is nothing the matter with woman's frame of body, but there is with her frame of mind, he said. In other words, she is not knock-kneed, etc., because she can't help it but rather because she wants to be In fashion. "Dr. Celia Mosher of Leland Stanford University says all of a woman's muscles can be developed to be as strong as those of a man," adds Dr. Stecher. "Women are men's muscular Inferiors ten to thirty-three percent, statistics say. This is due to no innate disability, but to woman's dress and to traditional ideas regarding modest, feminine exercise. "On the other hand, men are women's inferiors when it comes to feeling the cold. Everybody knows how long a woman can remain in bathing. and how scant her clothing may be in winter, and yet she does not die of ex posure." A WOMAN'S RECOMMENDATION Mrs. D. T. Tryor, Franklin Av.. Otsegro, O., writes: "Nino years ago I was very much afflicted with kidnev trouble. I bought different kinds of medicine, but all to no effect, until one day I bought a box of Foley Kidney Pills. I realized so great a benefit from the use of that box that I concluded myself cured of kidney trouble. I feel safe in recommending Foley Kidney Pills to any kidney sufferers." They joints, rheumatic pains and bladder auments. For sale by A. G. Luken & Co. Adv.

Mothers An Appeal for Your Children

Look back at your childhood days. Remember the physic that mother insisted on castor oil. salts or cathartics. How you hated them. How you fought them. How you dreaded their after-effects. That was all wrong, but then nobody knew better.

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Evansville, who Is also a candidate for district governor, and a former Richmond resident, unless he should withdraw from the candidacy. If he should do this an amendment was made to Bupport Watkins. It was voted to appoint a committee to cooperate with the legislative committee of the Commercial club regarding the law coming before the house concerning the city management bill. Representative LaFuze has said that Richmond is the only city In his territory affected by this bill and he is desirous of having some opinion on it. The dining room was particularly attractive with shaded candles and pink carnations which were furnished

by Joseph Hill. Each member was presented with one. These carnations are the ones which received the gold medal recently at Cleveland. About 80. members were present. WILLIAM MIDDLETOU DEAD, AGED 78 William H. Middleton. 78 years old, and a resident of Richmond for over 70 years, died at his home, corner of Seventh and West Main streets, this afternoon, after an illness of two months, following a stroke of paralysis last December. He Is survived by his widow and three children, J. B. Middleton of Portland, Ore.; D. R. Middleton of Detroit, Mich., and Elizabeth Freeman of ChicagoMr. Middleton was born In Wilmington, O., where his mother, Mrs. Joseph Middleton, died while he was still a small boy. Following her death he was sent to Richmond and was reared here by Mr. and Mrs. Assolom Mendenhall, well known residents. He was a millwright by trade and was owner of the Middleton Planing mill. He was also a draftsman. He fought In the Civil war for three years with the Union forces. In 1873 he was married to Miss Susannah Mulloy of this city. Mr. Middleton was a Hicksite Friend and a member of Webb lodge, Masonic organization. He was active in the best interests of the city. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Scores of Tourists Pay Visit to Verdun (By Associated Press) VERDUN, France, Feb. 11. Scores of American tourists have visited Verdun recently, most of them spending part of a day looking over the ruins of the "city that was," and passing on to some other nearby town for the night Many of these sight-seers have been individuals and delegations who came over In some connection with President Wilson's trip. Several thousand French soldiers and a handful of American troops are quartered in the shell-shattered city. No civilians have come back as the tremendous task of rehabilitation has not begun. Every Sunday morning the bells of the cathedral are rung but no services have yet been held within its bare walls. The bell tower is one of the few parts of the church which have not been shot away by German shells. GROWING DEAF WITH HEAD NOISES? TRY THIS If you are growing hard of hearing and fear Catarrhal Deafness, or if you have roaring, rumbling, hissing noises in your ears go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint, 'double strength), and add to it pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful four times a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant to take. Anyone who Is threatened with Catarrhal Deafness, or who has head noises, should give this prescrip tion a trial.

TTNDIANA 1 Briefs

FT. WAYNE. Robert Fuestel, pres ident of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company, was ap pointed receiver of the company after tne Evans coal company had filed suit asking that a receiver be appointed. Earnjpgs of the company for several years have not been equal to operating expenses and the receivership Is for the purpose of making a reorganization, says Fuestel. ELKHART. After searching all night for their son, Charles Bellalre. eleven years old, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bellair found him asleep In a neighbor's hayloft He had stayed away from home for fear of being punished for a minor disobedience. He was almost frozen. COLUMBUS. A mirror placed back of the usual hunk of cheese is the feature of a rat trap de luxe Invented by N. B. Brandenburg, of Columbus. The rat, seeing what it believes is a rival, rushes at the mirror and plunges into an interior room from which it cannot escape. PETERSBURG. Farmers in Pike county are taking advantage of the dry warm weather and are breaking the soil for early crops. Acreage of oats will be 100 per cent greater than last year. The ground is as dry as In March or April, and no freeze is apparent. MUNCIE. Fifty wild geese bound north stopped at Inlow Springs, near here, Sunday. INDIANAPOLIS. Plans for a new $250,000 home for the Indianapolis Elks were announced at the banquet given Sunday by Indianapolis lodge. No. 13. SEYMOUR. Fire, probably from a discarded cigarette, destroyed a rear coach of an eastbound B. and O. train in which thirty-five soldiers were riding, four miles west of here late Monday afternoon. The fire spread so rapidly the soldiers had trouble in getting out their equipment. INDIANAPOLIS. Fire caused $10.000 loss to the Jose-Kuhn Lumber company here Monday night. FINED FOR TRESPASS Albert Swayden, negro, was fined $5 and costs for trespass at the Boston yards of the C. & O. in city court Tuesday morning. ADDRESS ART CLASS. Mrs. M. F, Johnson will give another of her series of lectures on French Gothic architecture Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock before the Art Study class in the public art gallery. DON'T NEGLECT A RHEUMATIC PAIN Go after it with Sloan's Liniment before it gets dangerous Apply a Utile, don't rub, let It fetw Irate, and good-bjr twinge! Same for external aches, pains, strains, stiffness of joints or muscles, lameness, bruises. Instant relief without mussiness or soiled clothing. Reliable the biggest selling liniment year after year. Economical by reason of enormous sales. Keep a big bottle ready at all times. Ask your druggist for Sloan's Liniment. . Prices 30c, 60c, $1.20

Her 'Decoration'

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KING GEORGE URGES JTOPT WORK III

RECONSTRUCTION Bjr Associated Pre") LONDON, Feb. 11. King George, In opening the new parliament today, after briefly alluding to events since the dissolution of the last parliament Just after the armistice, urged quiet and decisive action on reconstruction measures an dasked parliament "tc spare no effort in healing the causes of the existing unrest," . The king stated that a government bill would be presented simplifying the procedure in the house of com mons, so that the tower body might expedite what the government considers Imperative measures. Among the measures, he said, were better housing, the formation of a department of health, the fulfillment of pledges to labor that unfair competition would be prevented and the betterment of the agricultural situation through improved transportation. In concluding the king said: H "We 6hall not achieve this end by undue tenderness toward acknowledged abuses and it must necessarily be retarded by violence, even disturbance. We shall succeed only by patient and untiring resolution in carrying through the legislation and administrative action which is required. It is that resolute action I ask you to support" Interest Is Shown in French Art Lectures f Much interest is being shown in talks on French art which are being given every Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the public art gallery. Professor B. W. Kelley manages the radioptlcan and the pictures show very distinctly. Many are in color and are beautiful in themselves aside from their value in illustrating the talk. The special subject for Wednesday night will be "The Palette of Versailles," where the peace congress is being held and "Gothic Buildings of the Old Pirate City of Rouen." Several more talks will be given in this course which is free to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend any or all of the lectures. Sermon on Roosevelt at First Presbyterian Church At the vesper services at 4:45 o'clock next Sunday at the First Presbyterian church, Dr. J. J. Rae, pastor, will speak on "How Roosevelt Was Made.". There will be special music and the public is cordially invited. BACK LIKE A . BOARD? IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS There's no use suffering from the awful agony of lame back. Don't wait ' till it "uassea off." It only cornea back, f Find the cause and stop it. Diseased conditions of kidneys are usually indicated by stiff lame backs and other Trenching pains, which are nature's signals for help! Here's the remedy. When yon feel the first twinges of pain or experience any of these symptoms, get busy at once. Go to your druggist and get a box of the pure, original GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, imported fresh every month from the leboratories in Haarlem, Holland. Pleasant and easy to take, they instantly attack the poisonous germs clogging your system and bring quick relief. For over two hundred years they have been helping the sick. Why not try them? Sold everywhere by reliable druggists in sealed packages. Three sizes. Money back if they do not help you. Ask for "GOLD MEDAL" and be aure the name "GOLD MEDAL" is on the box. FOR SALE 28 ft 1 7-16 line shaft, five selfoilIng hangers; also two underground Storage Tanks. Call 1114 S.FSt any

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