ocie
Iaj Washington
E. C DRUM-HUNT.
The Pr?sident and atro. Wilson and
Mia? Helen Woodrow Bone? occupied
a bos at B. F. Keiths TheaUr last
nicht
I
The Argentine Ambaasador. who ar
rived at Waahington Tueaday, act-om
,pan*ed l?m?. Noon on her return
;W*e<**tve?day to Blu? Rida? Summit.
? they hav? a cottae? for th?
-aaaaaa?G. Th? Ambawador. who re
I with th? additional Utl? ot blah
'co--axnl??ii->t-ier. was accompanied upon
arrival from Bueno? Airea by a
party which Include* ?eversi addition?
to th? ?mbaiiy ?taff. Amona them
trer? Hoch Wilson, who haa been ap
pointed financial and commercial aec
retary; Dr. Gandolso and Villa d?
Moro?, attach? of th? Embassy. Mm?.
Villa de Moro? accompanied her hut
band.
Oen. Pani Edmond Vlanal. military
attach? of th? French Embassy, and
3?!*ne. Vii-nal will ?pend the week-end
in Baltimore. Gen. Vii-nal will be the
principal speaker at th? P?abody on
Sunday ?venin? at th? celebration tn
honor of th? fall ot the Bastile. ?? ??
well known her?, and Is fluent In
?peatking English. He tra? attached to
the embassy la 1SS?, remaining- for four
yaara. He haa won distinction In the
battles of the Mame, the Mone and
Alarte,
Mme. Hueeecher. wlf? of tb? ?ecre
tary ef th? 8wlaa Legation, and their
veung daughter left Washington Wed
nesday to be th? guests of Mme. Sul
aer, wife of the Swiss Minister, at
thetr cottage at Nonqultt, Mass
Joeepbue Daniel?, the Secret?ry of
th? Navy, will return this morning
from Atlantic City, where h? want to
mak? an address yesterday during the
patriotic celebration of the Elks In
[ that city.
The Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Edward R. Stettlnlus. with Miss
Isabel SUttlnlue and Misa Betty Stet
1 tinlus. are opening their cottage at
the White Sulphur Springs this week.
The family ?re in th? habit of ?pend
ln? a part of ?very summer there, but
this yattr they expect to remain until
the late autumn.
Repre?entatlv? and Mrs. Daniel R
AntT-x,* l?f**t Wasfiing-ton Tuesday
'? ?at tete ?n>m*r bom*- *l Edgar
\ '"? ?.' _
tbe ?ISbsT ^^
?ider??? ***"'' Cornee Leweon Kar
,_ ?; planning to leave Waahing
ton next month for a short stay In
tne Berkshire?. Their two sons are
abroa?!. Lieut. David Karrlck la in
Franc?, ?nd Jamee L Karrlck. Jr., la
in Itsly.
Mra H. R Learned has left Watrh
tnaton for their ?ummer home
?s? Keen? Valley. ? Y. Mr. Learned
? will Join her there th? end of
August.
Mrs. J. Nota Mc-GIU has gone to
Nantucket where ?he Is occupying
? her summer home. She has rented
? her apartment in the Avnndal to
Ensign and Mra Jame? Paul War
burr.
Th? Mi?aes Beach, daughters of
Mr. and Mr?. Morcan Beach enter
tained at a bridge yesterday aft
ernoon at their bom? near Mont
re??. Md. Their gueet? Include a
number of last winter's debutantes.
Miss Jane Gregory Is visitine the
Misses Beach for several months.
Walter TucJterraan has returned
from a short stay with his family
in Southampton, L I., where they
?re paastna* the summer.
The officers stationed at Quan
tico will entertain at a dance this
? venina at the Marine Barracks.
Mlas Daviette Flcklen. chaproned
by her mother, Mrs. 6. P. Flcklen.
went to Quantico yesterday even
ing to attend a play given there by
?orne of th? officer?. A number of
voung people went down from Wash
ington for th? occasion.
John Tempi? Graves, Jr., and De
Graffenreld Graves have returned
from a visit with Mr. and Mr?.
f.' rthur Lee at their home In Elklns,
*W. Va. They were in the party of
young people who motored down
ther? last week. Others who have
I returned from the ?ame house party
art Lieut. John Ives. Lieut. Buek
1-y and Alger Seiden.
Mr?. William C. Ha rile? 1? plan
, nine to remain in Washington all
suauner.
Mr?. Harold Norton left Washing
ton yesterday for her summer home,
th? Anchorag?, at Oatervllle, Maas.
gh? wae accompanied by her sla
? ter, Mae. Thiebaut. Commander
I William Manning Irwin and her
"BEST MED?G??
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pmkbams
V*?teUbl? Compoand Did
For Ohio Woman.
i
'pertsmeuUl, Ohio.?"I ?caffered
from irregularities, pains In my
side and was
so weak at
times t could
hardly get
around to do
my work, and
aa I bad four
In my family
and th reo
boarders It
made it very
hard for me.
Lydia >. Pink
ham ' a Vege
tabla Com
-sound was recommended to ma I
vook it and It haa raatoi-ed my
?leeJth. It is certainly the tost
medida? for woman's alimenta I
?ver saw."?-Mrs. oaaa Shaw, R.
B So. I. Portamouth, Ohio.
lira Shaw pro-red tba merit of
jiis medicine and wrote this let
ter In order that ot>er suffering
-?omen may find relief aa she did.
Women who are suffering aa she
m? should not drag along faam
;sy to day without giving this
'unoui r-Mt and herb remedy.
,ydla T. Plnkham's Vegetable Com
. %?yi a trial. For special adrice
n regard to suci. alimenta write
0 tariSswS. Plnkham Medicine Co..
~ f ita forty
niece. Illa? Anni? Irwin", who will
be her gueata for th? summ?r.
M. Scott Bromwell. who wag at
an officer?' training ?amp at Camp
Devana. Mass., has been tran?ferred
to Camp Taylor In Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. J. N. Speel announce? the en
gagement of her daughter. Ml??
Katheryn MscConnel Hitchcock, and
St. John Blair Shttmaker. of th?
810th Field Artillery, ?. ft ?.. now
In France. Mia? Hitchcock, who was
presented to society In Washington
and was one of tbe handsomest and
moat attractive butta of h?r ?e??on.
I? a granddaughter of Gen. Harry
White, of Indiana. Pa., and of the
late Alexander Buel Hitchcock, of
Chicago. >
Lieut Shumaker la th? elde?t aon
of the late Samuel R. Shumaker. of
Pittsburgh and Huntington. Pa., and
a grandson of th? let? John P.
Blair, of Indiana. Pa. Beeau?? of
Lieut. Shumaker? ansane? In
Franc?, no deflnlt? slat? ha? ' b??n
?et for the marriage.
Mr. and Mra John Spottewood
0?rl?nd have sent out Invitation?
for the wedding reception of their
daughter, Mix Mary Truxtun Oar
land, and William George Hill on
Saturday afternoon, August 3, at
5:30 o'clock at tlSi Florida avenue.
Th? reception will be ?mall and the
ceremony, which wil) take price at
6 o'clock, will be attended only by
relative? of th? bride alte bride
groom and a few Intimate friend?.
Mia? Garland will be attended by
her aiater, Mrs. George Edwards, as
matron of honor, and Mis? Mary
Pearre will be maid of honor. There
will also he two bridesmaids. Miss
Elizabeth Beach snd Mis? Gertrude
Thompson. The Rev. Charles T.
Warner, rector of St- Alban's
Church, will officiate.
Mr. and ?fra Thomaa F. Locan
left town yeaterday for a week-end
visit to Atlantic City. They will
return to town on Monday.
Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, chief
ot the Bureau of Navigation. U. 8.
NV. was the guest of honor at a
testimonial dinner last night In the
Army and Navy Club. The dinner
waa given by officer? of the bureau
In appreciation of Admiral Palmer's
part In the campaign to hav? the
permanent branch of th? navy, ex
clusive of ?pprentlced ?eamen and
hospital units. Increased from 87,000
to 131.84t.
Col. and Mr?. George W. Winter
burn, of San Francisco, are among
the Interesting newcomers to Wash
ington, the colonel having been or
dered to the general staff from Fort
Keogh. Mont., at which post he has
been In command of the remount
station. Mrs. Wlnterburn and her
two children. Miss Marcelle Winter
burn and George W. Wlnterburn. Jr.,
are at present visiting Mr. and Mr?.
Brooke Baker at their summer home
in Virginia.
Mr?. Wlnterburn? mother ?nd ?U
ter, Mrs. Marceflus Deal and Miss
Virginia Deal, will come to Wash
In *rton In ? few weeks to ?pend the
?utumn and winter In the Capital.
Army and Navy News
As ? result of the transfer of Mil.
Gen. Frank ilclntyre to tha general
?taff cf the ?rmy. Brig. Gen. Charlo?
C. Walcutt ha? been appointed chief
of the insular bureau of the War De
partment.
The new chief le a graduate of tr.e
class of 1?S88 of the Military Academy
and from the infantry and cavalry
?chool of 150. Durine the Spanish
American War he served as quarte*
msstet In the volunteer eatabllsh
ment. In the Philippines he -om
manded the battalion of the 44th IT. 8.
Infantry. He waa made colonel In
1*-*16 and last week was promoted to
the rank of brigadier-general.
Gen. Walcutt has served for severil
vears as assistant chief of the insu
lar bureau under Gen. Mclntyre and
is therefore famllar with the work.
Col. Abner Pickering of the XT. *.
Tnfantry wa? placed on the retired
list yesterday, his sixty-fourth birth
day.
Col. Pickering haa been in :he ser
vice since l^TS. when he grtflnated
from the Military Academy, and re
ceived his appointment as sreand
lieutenant In the second Infantry then
stationed In Oregon. He remained at
the weetern poet until the outbreak
of th* Spanish War when he wa?
transferred to Cuba where his regi
ment took part In the fighting around
Santiago.
Under Gen. Wood he served In the
third Sula expedition '.-. IME. and -vss
among the forces that csptured the
strcngbold of Paruka Utlg on the
Island of Jolo.
CoL Pickering, then Major, wa? In
command of the troop? at Alcatras
Ulani ?t tb? time of the earthquake
In Ban Francisco and assisted la th?
lellef and protection of th? city.
Afterwarda he waa mad? colonel
and commanded th? eleventh Infantry
at Tcxaa City, Tex., Fort Doutlas.
Axis., snd at Fork Crook, Neb.
Th? War Council, which wa? creat
ed under General Orden, No. Ut,
War Department. HIT, Is abolished.
Th? room now occupied by th? War
Council for Ita meeting place will be
turned over to th? statistics branch
of th? General Staff and will be
utilised for the Monday meeting? of
th? head? of bureau? a? at present:
th? Wednesday conferenea* with th?
representative? of th? Shlpplnic
Board, ISmergency Fleet Corpora
tion, War Industrie? Board, etc. and
for the meetings with the 8enate and
Hou?? Military Committee?.
Tb? Wedaasday Meetlag?
At the Wednesday meeting? th?
War Department will be represented
by the Secretary of War. the assist
ant secretary of war, Mr. Crowell.
and th? second assistant secretary
of war, Mr. Stettlnlu?. th? Chief of
Staff, and th? Director of Purchase,
Storage, and Traffic
The meeting? with the Senate and
House Military Commute?? will be
under the direction of the assistant
secretary of war, Mr. Crowell, and
will be attended when practicable
by th? Chief of Staff.
AH recorda of th? War Council will
he filed with the record? of th? War
Plans Division, General Staff.
MaJ. Wataoa Aaalgaed te Geaeral
Stag
MaJ. B. F. Walton Is assigned to
the General Staff, Co-ordination ?ec
tlon. for the period of the present
?mergency. He will. In addition, re
main In charge of the detail? of the
conferences Indicated above.
At these conferences Lieut Col.
Ayres or other representatives of
the statistics brsneh. and Capt Mar
tin will continue as at present their
exposition of the Information avail
able pertaining to the conduct of
the war.
The Navy Department has received
dispatches stating that In addition
to the 14 destroyers launched on
July 4, 1 other naval vessels war?
launched ?? follow?:
Gunboat?Charleston Navy Tard,
Charleston. S. C, gunboat Ashevllle.
Mine ?weeper??Al?bama Dry
Dock Co.. Mobile. Ala., the Swanhlll.
Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New
York, the Oriole.
Chaplain William R. Arnold. Coast
Artillery Corp?. will proceed without
delay to Camp Zachary Taylor. Louis
ville. Ky., and report to th? com
manding general thereof for temporary
duty as Instructor In the training
school for chaplains and approved
chaplain candidates at thst place.
Three hundred men (whites) cell-id
by the selective drsft of June. 1918.
hsve been directed to report st Fort
William Seward. Haines. Alasita. No
j date of tntrainment haa been an
nounced.
I-mlted service rlerka will entrain
July IS, MIS, ss follows:
From New Tork. 500. to Camp Jo
seph Johnson. Jacksonville, Fis.
From Connecticut. 150. to Camp
Meigs, Washington, D. C.
Lieut. Col. Norris Stayton. Quarter
master Corpa, national army. I? re
lieved from hi? pre?ent dutlea and will
proceed from Fort Worth. Tex., to
Washlncton. D. C. and report to the
acting quartermaster general of the
army for assignment to duty In the
depot division.
The Navy Department is informed
that Hugb Geary Martin, yeoman,
flrat class. United States Navy, wa?
found dead on a railroad abroad. He
enlisted at Houston. Tex. Next of
kin, mother, Mrs. Julia Martin, ?".'
Front street. McComb. Miss.
BOYS ON COVINGTON
REPORTED SAVED
Six of Crew Lott; Six Washington
Men Reported Safe.
The announcement by the Navy De
partment yesterday that all but six of
the crew of the transport Covington
?re safe relieved the snxlety of man -
friends and relatives of the crew in
Washington.
Six boy? from the District hsve al
ready been officially reported safe.
They are: Bernard F. Roddy, whose
mather, Mr?. T. T. Roddy, lives at
??0 Eighth street. Brookland: Wallace
E. Watkins. of 17*>S D street north
west; Lieut. George C. Fowler, dental
surgeon, of 223 C street northwest:
Acting Chief Petty Officer Daniel G.
McDuffle, of 12? South Carolina ave
nue southeast; Stoker Aubrey Hsyden,
of 1628 E street southeast, and Frank
H. Barrett, of s Eighth street south
esst
Roddy enlisted In the navy two
years ago and was trained at the Nor
folk Navy Tard. He I? only tl years
of age. but he was already making his
seventh trip across as a member of
the gun crew. He attended school In
Brookland and was well known In
Washington. His mother has received
many letters from him since he has
been In the transport service. I
Next to the Kaiser?the profiteer
Is freedom's worst enemy.
-e
FATHERHOOD AS A VOfATIi?N
"I think. Margie. I had my lint real
appreciation of women during tbe
Eleanor Fairlow episode." wrote Dick.
"Tour great understanding of your
own sex and your breadth of char
acter In your dealings with the mat
ter were ?orfiethlng I would never
have dreamed ot a woman doing.
"When you ?aid that I was to make
my choice. It seemed to me. after t.he
thro?? day? of just plain hell, which
I had been living through, to to the
greatest thing you could possibly give
rae.
"As I told you before tt was Just
between you and me; no on? else, not
even poor Eleanor counted.
"But In my selfishness and egotiem
I thought It was going to be just UKe
It wa? before. Tim, dear, have often
lanche-I at me about a man's for
get tesa. I could have blotted ali ?>ur
troubfc out entirely from my heart
and brain that night but alas, I ,-ou'd
tee tiiat with you It would never be
th?. ?am? again.
"Sometimes, dear. In the year? that
cam? after, I thought you almost
hated me and I tras at time? ?ore
you welcomed your long ?lege In boa,
because It kept us more or less apart.
"Onoe or twice I let you see that
other women found me ??-reeablc. At
Unies I almost wanted to be cruel to
you: "Swanted to make you feel, even
if It were only to feel hurt. In those
years, dear, I realised absolutely
what ? man misse? when he doee not
mske marriage his avocation.
"We men, however, I am afraid,
would consider that a rather unmanly
sort of an interest. In the ?yes of
tbe world, making marriage success
ful Is not a man-slsed Job.
"A man can hav? any sort of sn
[rom breeding ree? horaee to
angela for pretty chorus
as ?linn ?.
avocation In
b-tromlag ja
girla Indeed, many men that I know
have achieved their greatest fsme by
they way In which they managed an
avocation of that kind. Men have
looked at them with great. If some
what JocularsjMspect. but of the men
to whom their-avive? were of greater
moment than Mythlng else In the
world. It almost seems to me that they
were worthless as business men.
"Why Is It, dear?
"I? there something about conjugal
love that ties one down to love slone;
is that the reason we all Insist that a
woman's place Is in the home? I
haven't thought enough about this,
my dear; In fact It seems to me that
I have never thought much about
?rhat our lives together meant before
now. Certainly I hsve never tris
to express it, and I do not think
most men attempt to do this, even to
themselves. However. I do know from
all the experience that I hsve had
and the marriages that I have ?een,
that th? man who make.? tie moat
wonderful husband rarely mike? any
thing eia?. I wonder if the American
woman of today would be ?atiafled
with such a man.
?Perhaps, deer, being a husband
and a father la as much a vocation
as being a wife and a mother.
"Will the time ever come when men
realise this ? Down deep In our hearts
we ?Ulr_ritp**i*ab the Idea that men
muat ?Hraya be men.
"The great lovers have not been
good husbands; th? ?reutest business
men hsve not bean good husbands. I
?ometlra-t* ask myself Is sny man a
good husband? We expect women
after we marry them to be always
wive? and mothers. Wa continu? to
?? toma." - ,
(To B? Caasflnts?4 I
PLATINUM ACT
FOR PASSAGE
AT ONCE, PUN
| Ways anri Means Believes
Supply Is Improper
ly Short.
A special emergency act to give
the government control over all th?
Platinum In th? United Stata? was
recommmended by member? uf th?
Way* and Mean? committee ye?t?r
day morning, after h?_.ring further I
evidence as to the short ?upply of |
the metal la thia country.
Chairman Kitchin. told th? com
mittee that ha believed a measure
of this kind should b? enacted right
?way. Instead of waiting for th?
revenu? bill, ?which may Impoa?
heavy tax apon platinum uteri.
It wa* shown to th? committee |
In testimony given by Louis J. Wein
stein of Columbia University. th?t|
th? government'? recent comman
derlng order had extended tb only
1.400 wholesale Jewelers, and that
2,(00 hav? been left free to make
whatever u?e of th? platinum on
hand they may car? to. Th? ?hip
ment? from th? Republic of Colom
bia, amount?g to 1,000 ounce? a
month, hav? been Interfered with
by pro-Germans In that country, he
said, ?nd th? ?upply available, to
meet government n?eds 1? rapidly
dwindling.
Chalara? Agalast Jeweler?.
Dr. Charles H. Herty, of th? Ameri
can Chemical Society, testified to the !
same effect He repeated charge?
which have bean mad? against the |
Jewelers' Vigilance Committee.
Repre?entatlv? Moor? suggested |
that th? government ?hould take a
cerKU? of the platinum In the coun
try and ?hould commandeer all of It.
Representative Longworth declared I
that th? platinum ?ituatlon had been I
-?
handled In a "bungling fashion" by
those charged with responsibility for
Insuring an adequate supply for the
got em ment.
Mr. Weiniteln urged a heavy tax
on all sale?, of platinum Jewelry.
Tbe commute? will listen today to !
a delegation of publishers who wish
to give the commute? further reason?
why the son? postal rat? should to
modified or suspended.
"Horse-Drawn Hearse,
Or 111 Come Back and
Make Trouble," He Says
Hood River, Ora, July 11.?M. E.
Welch, pioneer veterinarian and lover
of henee, haa served notice on local
undertaker? who ?r? ultra-modern In
their ways of business that when he
dies he iocen't want to be drawn to
the cemetery tn any new-fangled auto
mobil? hearse.
He has added a codicil to his will
setting forth that he wants to to car
ried to hla last retting place in a
horae-drawn hearse, and that tf ???
wishes are not observed he "will re
turn and make trouble for those dis
obeying his final request."
Kiddies of Summer Camp
Need Leaders m Song
and Play -Who'll Help?
The Summer Camp kiddie? need a
?ong leader. It I? th? custom aa
Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant
to sing songs about dusk. Just be
fore bedtime the kiddles gather about
and alrtg patriotic and other sorts of
songs. But they hav? no one with
any musical experience to lead them.
It would be very much appreciated
by the committee conducting th?
camp?. If some young Normal School
girl would volunteer her service? for
at least part of the ?ummer. She netti
not ?lay at th? camp uni??? ?he
wishes to do so.
A klndergartncr Is siso needed.
Many of the very tiny children need
?ome one to show them how to play.
Any one who wiihe? to donate ?erv
Ict? of thl? kind ?hould get In touch
with Miss Bell of the Auoctated
Charities.
To Marry or Not to Marry
By DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER
I hav? received a letter from a
girl who write?:
'The young man to whom I have
been engaged for ?everal year? I?
now a ?oldler boy who will toon
?all for Franc?. I want to marry
him befor? he go??, ? want th?
honor of bearing hi? name. I want
the sense of belonging to him. and
of having him belong to me. lhat
only marriage can give, to comfort
me In hi? absence.
"My fiance refuse? to marry m?
on the ground that he may possibly
become one of the poor, h-rlttl?a
wrecks of men that war makes, and
thst he would not be willing to In- I
filet such a burden upon me. That
Is precisely why I insist upon being
married before he goea I want the
right of a wife to care for him In
case he is maimed. I am a business
girl, earning a good salary, and
amply ?hie to support him and my
self. If need be.
"What do you think about thl??
Should soldier? msrry or not before
they go to the front?"
This Is a question thkt thousand?
of young couples are anxiously de
bating ?nd the answer is that In all
such cases the wisdom or folly of
matrimony la purely a matter of
money.
Ther? 1? no re??*in why a ?oldler
laddie and hi? la?s*.e ?hould not
marry latore he nte-le forth to
war, if either he or she ha? enough
money to support the young wife,
and the child that may be tbe result
of such a marriage, and to orovlde
for the man in case urn comes back
home Incapacitated for making a
living.
On? can see how the romance and
the sentiment of the situation
makes an all but irresistible apnea!
to young hearts. h*>w they feel thnt
no matter what the future has In
?tore for them, they have a right to
ask of fate this one sweet boon, of
being together for the last few dsys
before they part, perhaps forever.
Whatever the morrow may bring
they feel that they have a right to
this, their one hour of love and bliss.
The man feels that he can go esa1er.
having bound to him the woman he
loves by the most unbreakable ot all
human ties. The girl feels that the
wedding ring upon her finger is a
golden talisman that will bring her
man back safely to her. Also mar
riage puts her upon the little pedestal
that every community ha? erected to
Its war brides. It gives her a right
to flaunt In public her service flag
with Its one glittering star, to openly
proclaim the pride and anxiety, and
perhaps, display the grief that tears
at her soul.
If we were all heart and life were
all sentiment, one would unhesitat
ingly say to every Sammy and his
girl.? "get married, if you want to.
while you are still strong and beauti
ful, before your ?plendld young body
Is marred by shot and shell and your
nerve? wracked by th? hell of battle
or the agony of anxious waiting. Per
haps this is the only time love will
ever hold Its chalice to your lips. If
you do not drink It now, you will
never taste Its nectar.*'
But alas, life Is qot all sentiment
It Is mostly grim. hard, cold facts.
Every act has far-reaching conse
quences, and some time we dare not
indulge ourselves In the pleasure of
the moment because of the price that
we must pay later on.
Sane people must needs faca reali
ties, take account of possibilit??? and
look ahead of them a bit. They t?n
not ?hut their eyes to the fact thst
marriage generally means tb? found
ing of a family that will need money
to ?upport It, or to the danger? of
war, and the possibility that the man
who goes forth a splendid yotmg giant
may either be slain or coma back aa
helpless as a baby.
This is why it is well for the poor
soldier and his sweetheart to wait
until the war Is over before they
marry. Marriage in such casas 1? ?im
ply a luxury that they cannot afford
any moro than they c-ould afford to
?el up a touring car or a yacht.
Marriage will not bring ?uch ?
couple any happiness. Indeed, It will
add to their sorrows, and the mor?
they love the worse it will be for
them. It will be another turn of the
rack to the poor ?oldler to think of
the woman that he love?, alone, sick
and suffering, and perhaps In want.
when she meat need? her husband'?
car? or to feel that he will be a bur
den laid upon her weak little
shoulders.
The pot?? little w?r bride, or, per
haps War -widow, will have her sorrow
snd grief doubled If ?he haa two
mouths to feed Instead of on?, and If
?he ia held back from doing th? thing?
?he could do for her own support by
th? clinging finger? of a babe upon
her breaat
It 1? true that d??th and dl???t?r
know neither wealth nor poverty and
the heart of U*e ri-A bride will break
over that black line in the newspaper?
that tells of her husband's loas. Just
as much as will that of Ut? poor
young wif? w?o *.?_ tha ?___ an
nouneement ?bout her man. But even
death Itself 1? not th? overwhelming
tragedy to the woman who ha? only
her grief to weep over that it is to
th? woman who muat face death and
need in the ?am? breath, and who
must dry her tears in order to find ?
work to support her fatherless child
And there Is another side to thl?
question of whether a young couple j
should marry or not on the eve of the j
man'? starting to wsr, and that .? It?,
effect on other people. In war time.
or peace time, no honorable man
?bould marry uni??? he I? able to
support the fsraily he founds. No
man haa a right to marry and dump
the support of his wife snd children
on other people.
Th? parents on either ?Id? have
worked long and hard to rear their
own famille?. They are entitled in
their old age to a little ease, a little
lettine: up of the ?train under which
they have been ?o long, to a few more
comfort? than they have been able to
indulge theraselve? in when thay were
bringing up their own children, and
denied themselvea every luxury to
give their boys and ?ttris a better ed
ucation, better clothes .a better
chance In life than they had.
It la a shome. It Is an outrage. It
Is a craven thing to do, for a man to
marry a girl and then expect either
his father and mother, or her father
and mother to take upon their bent
old backe the burden of her support.
and of her babe, forcing them tj
start over again all the i-acrific,-??
they have been through in rearing a
family. Pity for their perenta ahould
be enough of itself to keep a poor.
} young? couple from marrying until
they are able to finance their own
household.
The only poor girl who has a
right to marry a poor soldier boy
as he starts to war Is a girl Ilk?
my 'correspondent?a business girl
who has the Intelligence, the skill
snd the ability to tak? care of her
self and to support her family. She
is in the financially independent
claas and is a frte woman, free to
do as she pleases.
The self-supporting girl who can
stand squarely on her two feet has
many glorious privilege?. But none
*o great a? thl?. that In thl? crucial
hour ?he may follow the lead of her
heart and tak? her happiness with
out fear. For If th? worst should
happen and her man come? beck to
her broken in body and health her?
will be the privilege of not only
nursing and tending him with a
wife's devotion, but ot being able
to support him in comfort, as he
would hav? ?upported her h?d he
not laid the vigor of hi? manhood
on hi? country'? altar.
So the an*w?r to the question
whether to marry or not becomes
very simple. It Is merely hav? you
th? price, or Is the bride a business
woman?
(Copyright, 1911. by the Wheeler
_Syndicate. Incorporated.)
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in Every Home
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In thousands of American home?
there i? a botti? of th? splendid
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an through the trying ordeal, sav
ed her from suffering and pain,
kept her In healtyh of mind and
body In advance of baby's coming,
and had a most wonderful Influ
ence In developing a healthy, love
ly disposition In the child.
Mother'? Friend relieve? the pain
and discomfort caused by the strain
on the ligaments, make? pliable
those fitters and muscles which na
ture is expanding, and soothes th?
inflammation ot breaat gland? and
other soreness. Tbe tendency to
nervousness and to morning sick
ness of nausea 1? counteracted.
By regular use during the period
the muscles expand with ease when
baby 1? born, tension ia reduced
and the pain and danger at the
crisi? 1? naturally leas.
Mother's Friend 1? sn- external
remedy, 1? absolutely safe and won
derfully effective. It not only al
lays distress in sdvance, but as
sures a speedy recovery of the
mother.
Thi? splendid preparation may be
had at ?very drug ?tore, and Is on?
of th* greatest blessings ever dis
covered for expectant mothers.
Write to the Bradfleld Regulator
Co., 0-69 Lamer Bldg. Atlanta, Ga.
for their "Motherhood Book." eo
valuable to expectant mothers, and
in the meantime do not fall to get
a botti? of Mother'? Friend at the
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A4??. -jf
150 SOLDIERS
OF HUMPHREYS
MADE CmZENS
Took Oath Under ?Act of
May 9, 1918, to Cut
Red Tape.
Approximately IM all?n ?oldler? from
Camp Humphries, Va., took th? oath
of allegiance to Uncle Sam yesterday
under the provisions of th? amend- '
atory Act of May S, 1*18, and became ?
full-fledged citlsen? of the United
States.
Although not naturalised previously,
they had enlisted In the military ?erv.
Ice of thl? government. At th? sug
gettion of Pr?sidant Wilson. Congru?
enacted a law to cover auch cas?*,
and avoided the necessity for red
tape procedure under the regular
naturalisation laws.
The only requirement now for an
alien eoldier to become an American
citlsen under the terms of th? taw
In question Is for bis commanding
officer to certify to his loyalty and
good moral character, and he there
upon becomet entitled to cltlsenshlp
Papers.
About 1?,000 enlisted men are thus
affected throughout the country, ana
all obstacle? ?tending tn the way of
their becoming cltlien* of tbe United
States In reality, as they are In spirit,
are being removed aa rapidly as pos
sible.
Fully l.JM have become citlsen?
through th? agency of the courta of
thl? city. Practically every national
ity Is Involved In the proceeding?.
even to the extent of tho?? bound by
kindred ties to our foe? In thl? war,
a? It appears that the fathers ot soma
of the ?nllated men, whll? loyal to
America, neglected to take out their
cltlsenshlp paper?, hence their ?on?
hsve been placed In the reetrieted
class.
In this way, ths American army
will be mane up of the moat demo
cratic force on earth, because tber?
I? not a nation In existence that Is
not represented tn its ranks.
As fsst ss their papers sre mad?
out, th? enlisted men appear before
Edwin J. McKee. deputy clerk of th?
District Court, where they take the
oath of allettianoe and automatically
become citizen? In the manner de
scribed.
Funeral of Emil Holer,
Musician, Held Yesterday
Funeral ?ervlce? for Emil A. Holer,
prominent tn musical circles In
Waahington and resident of this dty
for th? paat forty year?, who died a:
his home, 1*36 Thirteenth street north
west, Tueaday, were held yesterday
afternoon ?t Sergeon'a undertaking
establishment, 1011 Seventh ?tree:
northwest.
Pallbearers were J. Exloff. H
Pfi??ter. J. Druegger. H. Waaaman.
D. B. Klett. and Kdward S. Schmid.
"Ererybody's Doinf It Now."
Sheboygan. Wie.. July 11.?German
ha? been placed under the ban in
the public school? In thl? city. At
the semi-annual school meeting over
200 people voted unanimously In
eliminating the German course In
the high school.
HOROSCOPE.
Friday, Jaty IS. 1018.
This is not an altogether fortu
nate day. according to astrology, al
though the stars are not strongly
adverse. Mars Is In mslefic aspect.
It is a fairly good ?way for news
pspers and publishers, who will find
public opinion turning strongly In
their favor where condltiona affect
ins them are concerned.
It is a fairly fortunate rule for
signing papers or entering Into
agreements.
Neptune 1? tn a place that 1? en
conraglng for ocean travel and for
naval affair*.
Mars threatens army affair? early
in the morning, but the aspect
change? so th?t It 1? moderately
good.
?"?tre?? I? Is Id by the aeers upon
the fact? that the unexpected will
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FRECKLE-FACE
Sen end wind Brina Oat I ?1?
!?P?t?. How te Mente ve Easily.
Here? a chanca Mia? Freckle
face, to try a remedy for freckle?
with the guarantee of a reliable
dealer that It will not cost you a
penny unless It removes th*
freckles: while If It does give you
a clear complexion the expense Is
trifling.
Simply get an ounce of othlne?
double strength?from eny druggist
ind a few applications ahould ?how
you how easy It 1? to rid yourself
ot the homely freckles and get s
beautiful complexion. Rarely Is
more than on? ounce needed for tbe
worst case.
Be iure to esk the druggist for
th? doubl? strength othln? aa thl?
I? the prescription ?old under guar
antee of money back If It falls to
remov? freckle?.?Adv._
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regulation in size, con
struction and arrangement.
Prices start
at .
BECKER'S Leather Goods Co.
1334-1830 F S?. M. W.
$9.00
HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS AL
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New Tt-k?WASHDvGTON-r*__
Remnant Day
Friday Salt et
'? -oder-r-u-renU.
45c Each.
Coraet Cover?, with lax? and
embroidery trimming, loose ?nd ?
fitted ?tyle*. Cotton Cren? Cor
?et Cover?, trimmed with linen
lace.
Long Cambric Petticoat?, with
scalloped flounce.
Open Drawera. made of good
cambric, trimmed with embroi
dery.
Thin! toot. W
Children-! Wearing- Apparel.
? Children'? Fiber Silk Sweat
er? In Copen and gold, made with
rolled collar, belt and pockets.
Sises 2( and 28. gXTB each: were
tt.1t.
I Children's Nainsook Under
skirts, made on band, trimm?*!
with ruffles of lace and Inser
tion. Sises S. 10 ?nd IX years.
n. each; were 11.00 and 11.25
each.
? Children'? Plaid Dresses,
bloomer style, trimmed with
pink or blue collar, belt and
pockets. Sises t, 4 and t year?.
?l.Tt ?ach; were lt.lt.
t Children'? Dre??*? in pink
?nd blue atrlped gingham, collar,
cuff? and ?ash piped with white.
Sise? 2 and t year?. Ta* each;
were tl.00.
1 Children? Scotch Sat?, made
of blue atraw braid, trimmed
with blue groagraln ribbon,
?ach; were $4.00.
Fourth Bow. _?_ etrmrt
Friday Special ?
Maid?' Uniforms, $2.95 Each
Maid?' Uniform?, of good qual
ity gingham. In plain blue o.
striped effect, high neck and
long ?leevee and belted.
Third Door. F tatet.
Friday Spada] m
Wot-ea's Ho-ue Drene?.
Pink, blu? and green ? ? nahem,
wild color? or cheek?, fa Mitad
atyl?, aom? long and other? abort
or three-quarter ?la? ? a*, with
collar? aad cuff? of white or
?olid color to metch
Senati Vaha, t2JS Eadu
Vary-i
10 Pink Cotto? Crep* Walata.
?saw Si. n. ?. a aad 44; f_t?
?ach; war? I It?.
tl L1n?_, Voila. Organdy aad
Striped Linea Waists slightly
soiled from handling. take?
from r?guler ?toe?; mhSU MM;
ware I4.JS. ??00 aad thit.
? Striped Uwimm Walata. ta
fle?h and whit?; UN ?steh;
were ?it?.
I Copenhagen and Pink Chaat
bray W?l?u. *t*UM each; were
?2.SO.
It Georgett? Crep? Walata. In
flesh, white ?nd bisque; is.T?
each: were IT.Tt.
t Georgette Crepe Waists, la
sunset Copen and mal?e: aaVfS
each; wer? ?7.76.
It Georg?tt? Crepe aad Crepe
de Chine V. al.t. In fleeb, whit?.
Nile ?nd bltkck; Uh*? each; wer?
?{.TI aad t?.Ti.
? Bilk Waist? ta mslse and
fancy dot?, th** eaehi
ISM.
T?t tow. titilli ?U??-.
Corset Dcfai_ae_t.
12 paira Parame Coraet?. me
liuro high bust long aklrt; made
of fleah color French coutil.
Sisea 21. 22. 24, 2?. 27. 2?. ?0.
Uhm pair: regularly ?11.50 pair.
7 pair? P?r?m? Coriet?. me
dium low bust with medium
skirt; made of white coutil.
Sises 21. 22, 22. 24. 2?. 2?. Spe
cial price. ?*_*? pair; regularly
?10.S0 pair.
t pairs Psrame Corsets, high
bust long skirt heavily boned:
made of white coutil. Sises 2>.
?4. ?S and 2?. ?*-_? pair, regu
larly ?12.50 a pair.
Third floor. F
Sp-ecial in Wizard
Theee excellent Cleaner*, r?_
?Utlag of Mop. OH aad C?rpet
Clean, win leeaen the work of
housee'ee?'Ing and keep th? fur
niture aad woodwork bright aad
new.
?1.0*0* Wtaard Poll?* Mop.
?1.00 Can Wisard Polish.
10c Carton Wisard Carpet Clesa
(2.?0 Regularly.
Special at Sl.CS.
fifi? ??
Cotton Dren Genau
5_
Boy?' Bathkg Set?.
?Length? from l?i to 4_
10c ?l-tn. Prtnt?d Voll
y?rd.
?5c ??-In. Printed Voile?, aa?
yard.
40c ??-In Printed Voile?, age
yard.
50c ??-In. Printed Voile*, ?a*
yerit
75c ??-In. Printed Voile?, atte
yerd.
?1.00 Il-tn. Printed Volle?. T8?
y?rd
5(Vc 32-ln Gingham?, ear y?rd.
Ite Japanese Crepe, aa? yard,
aaa??? floor.
Men ? Silk Socks.
to pair? Men'? Light -weight
About six dosen Boys Bathing ,**??,?,.? silk Sock.?, with double
SsulU. in odd sises. 2? to ?4. A | it?it to<?. ?nd heel?: gray. taa.
good assortment of color? and ' Palm Beach; ?Ises St?. 10. 10??;
combination*. They are the one- lag?, pair- were 75c
piece skirted model, sleeveless. I , ' a*r,-i. v-,i_, *,iw
These suits are selected from our __L ?___?__ _.'??*.r .?_
re-rular as?ortment and are *ock?; black, tan. navy: ?Ise?
regular^assortment ana are Jv< an|J ,,. ?^ ^^ , ^ ,or
SpeciaJly rnced at ?1_5 Laca. ?.,_?, were soc pair.
Fourth flow. ?3 tutet. I Bt?l? aoor, ?
hsppen in the war and that sur- :
prises will msrk event? of the next ?
few weeks.
Astrologers emphaalse the Im
portance of thinking constructive
!y and thus forbidding any ?uggas- .
tions that are not stimulating and ;
inspiring concerning the war. Ia '
view of Increased knowledge con
cerning the potency of thought and
its direction this Is given out roost
emphatically.
Colleges and educational Institu
tions come under a ?way that makes
for Important service in prepsring
for wsr conditions.
Missions and envoys sre presaged
by the stars. Distinguished visitors
will be received In Wsshingtoa
Treachery on the part of ?Germany
in a new direction 1? foretold.
Electrical storms may M vary
prevftlent In the next few week?.
One in the West may cause -great
los? of life.
Som? -tort of excitement la the
Philippine? 1? for?*hadowed.
Peraona whoee blrthdate It la hav?
the augur)" of a quiet uneventful
year. Thoae who are employed
?hould be carefuL
Children born on thia day m-v
have eorae unuaual payebte gtfl
They may not be ?uccesaful in tut
ine?.
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A Cool Breeze
All Night Long
If
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ill summon peaceful, ?treng?S-building ?lum
ber on hot nights th?t would otherwise be unen
durable*.
An Electric Fan
?of the oscillating type will keep fresh air cir
culating in your bedroom all through the long
warm night, enabling you to sleep and to arise
completely refreshed in the morning.
?AN ELECTRIC FAN is a summer comfort
necessity every hour of the day or night
BUY ELECTRIC F/\NS NOW!
$8.45 to $27.50
DONT DELAY until the next wann day.
Buy now while Dectnc Fans can be had.
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