COXTtNt'ID FROM PAGI 8ETSN. Wednesday evening by a lantern alida "war lecture" by Cyril B. Smith, formerly of the A. B. F. New members elected to the club were Louise Bausche. Lt. Jean Lafcat formerly of the French High Commission, and Capt. Latlmer. U. ft. A The next meeting will be next Wednesday evening at tbe home of Mrs. Grace Porter Hopkins. 1936 BlUmore street northwest. The February meeting: of the Dis trict of Columbia Chapter of Founders and Patriots of America wm held Friday atfernoon at the home of the vice president, Mrs. Mary C. Beach. After tHe regular business meeting, sn interesting paper was read by Mrs. Beach, the subject being "Colonial Neighbors." Tea was served at 5 o'clock, the hostess being assisted by Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. O. S. Strong was the honored guest of the chapter. The clerical corps of the District Chapter, American Red Cross, will hold the first of a series of card parties on Friday evening. February ?0. at 8:00 o'clock at the Chapter House. 1? Jackson Place. The open ing affair will be given for the benefit of the Red Cross kitchen. Mrs. Allyn K. Capron will preside as hostess and will be assisted by Miss Anna C. Koerper. colonel in command of the Corps; Miss Blanche Butler Brown, maj??r. and Miss Estelle P. Hillman. It is hoped that other departments of the Chap ter will atso arrange a series of: meetings for Lenten diversion and to add to the pleasure of the eve alng the members -will be requested to Invite an escort. Heretofore, the various^ affairs at the Chapter House have been conspicuous for the absence of men. Upon the occasion of the twenty first anniversary of their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Crandall last Thursday evening entertained a large company at their home at 3321 Sixteenth street, northwest. Amone the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Crandall. nr.t Mr. and Mrs. Quigley. Mr. and Mrs. Barney. Mr. and Mrs. Ragen and Miss Ragen, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCall, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Honeyman. Mr. William , Syke?. Ml?? Marjorle Murray. Mis? Bernice Carr, Mrs. Carrlgan and Mia? Carlgan. Mrs. Dougla? and Ml?? Douglas, Ml?? Lina Johneon, Mr. and Mra John Quill. Mia? Lu cille Locraft and Mr. and Mra. Ray Koonts and aon. Mrs. Wesley L Jone?, wife of Sen ator Jones, of Seattle. Washington, baa Juat returned from ltoche?ter, Minn, where ?he waa seriously tr. at the Mayo Brothera Sanitarium. Owing to her alow , convalescence, however, ?he will not be able to make or receive call? during the balance of the season. Mr?. Wilbur W. Hubbard of the Rastern Shore ot Maryland, will be at home informally at Wardman Park Hotel tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock. Mr?. Howard Sutherland, who gave a tea In honor of Mr?. Hub bard several week a ago. will re ceive with her tomorrow. Mr. and Mr?. Clarence P. Nor men?, jr., of Waahington. are at the Hotel Chatham. New York, where Mrs. Norment ha? gone to meet her mother. Mrs. C. H. Policy, of Buffa lo, who is staying at the Chatham. Other Waahingtonian? who are at the Hotel Chatham, are: Mr. S. H. Boyd. Mr. John S. Hunt and Mr. J. D. Bllgh. _ Mrs. A. laeftwich Sinclair will be hostess at the Directors' Tea. given by the Women'? City Club this aft ernoon. Assisting will be Mr?. I>. Olin Le?ch. Mrs. Charlotte Lippet. Mrs. May Wilbur. Mr?. Orace Jack son and Mis? Jane Bartlett. Gerald May entertained a party at the supper dance at the Cafe St. Mark? Friday evening. ?!.?.?" Fay Br?nnan. who has Just re turned from a tour with "The Ialtt?e Shepherd of Kingdom Come" in the role of Margaret, will ?ntertain a party of friends at the Monday dance of the Women's City Club. Many members and friend? are ex pected to attend the dance. This will be the last dance before Laent. Miss Seaton Schmidt will talk at the club Tuesday on "French Art in It? Relation to Life." Thl? will be the first of a serie? of feativltle? to be -riven by Mis? Schmidt at the Wom en'? City Club. Chief Guard at White House Is Expert Crank Detector *? want to see the l*resident. I have an important message for him. I know how to-" "Just a moment," said Detective Sergenat Clarence L. Dalrymple. chief guard at the White House. "The President is not able to see you at present. His secretary will attend to you.** ^ - -t?*?? -ice man. the "secre ed the wild-eyed per ?ut i ve offices of the eard his tale ami had ?thington Asylum Hos observation. ts just that way. He is -tesy, whether he may . cranks or diplomats. -lauveness ever comes -five years' experience a? a .vhite House guard Dalrymple has intercepte?;! thousands of cranks. many of the dangerous type, desper ately bent on seeing the President "Cranks come in waves." Dalrym ple said last night. "During the war a lot of people with disordered minds tried to get the President's ear, to tell him of a sure way to** win the war. "After th*? war. a flock of cranks with crazy ideas on reconstruction kept us bus>. Just now there are many people who ???? worried about the President s illness and insist on sending him sur? ?uri?.-*, from thought healers down t?. pills and liniments. Dalrymple is a familiar figure to many national and international personages, nd was known inti ma-tHy fc- Haley, Roosevelt and it Wilson now calls ?1 by his established al." but Dalrymple gr.ssed to the stage . ? his boss "Woody." ry m pie's r?-mark able .cult y for re member ? t faces, lie cultivated 1 now it has become a ?nt- ? a ? his work. ?Soi t lncrea.se >r Foreign Service ______ The pay of soldiers who served in Kurope, Alaska* and the Philippines on and after July 11. 1910. has been increased on a sliding scale, it was announced yesterday by the Comp troller of the Treasury Those who receive now from 33 to J40 20 per mouth will get |3.00 per month more; those who get $40.80 will be entitled to ?2.40 more; $44 to $56 will 'get $1.60 more, and those who get $60 a month will get $1.20 more. Discharged soldiers who returned to the United States after July ? can apply for blanks to the director of finance, claims division. Muni tions Building. Washington. D. C. Claims will be settled in the order of their receipt at the office of the Director of Finance. New System of Fat Reduction Bert's ? new wit for ill fat people to Uafb together at the old bugaboo?Obesity. Tbe ??Tine that "there Is nothing ww nnder tbe sun" does Dot now apply to fat people nny ?ore. Here is something new for them?a new ?euxatioo. a new pleasure, a new and grace? ftil Igor?, easily found by anyone who Is pass ing beyond tbe limita of allmness. KTeryene haa heard of the Marmota Presrrtption ; that h?rmte?? com blas t? ?no of fat-defying element? eancorered by ose of oar foremost pbyaii-iaas. Now, from tbe same high authority there come? another Idea?the Idea of condensing ? tfcnan same pare, harmie?* ingredients into a pleaaaaf little tablet. Taken after eating aad at br*o>time. they help the stoma? h to dispone of all tbe fatty taoA*, coarertlng t-Ma into t. stieb.' A large rasa snflVtf tv GROUP CLOTHES PLANJS LATEST Pooling of dearly bought ?x-aerl 'ence in buying yard good? or ready-made clothing by groupa of women is advised by Miss Edith Strauss, of the Department of Jus tice. "Experience is the best teacher, but his tuition is a high one," ?ay? Miss Straus?. "Why should not women get to gether in clubs or just as neigh bors and citizens and pool their experience in buying ?nd in that ?way find ?.ut what makes of gar ments ?fir better than others? "Garments' that do not wear are a personal and national extrava I gance. no matter how low the pur chase price, because they must soon | be replaced at an expense not only of money but of material and *t>f | labor to make and distribute them." Miss Strauss advocates the com piling of reference lists embodying the composite experience of groups of women, both as to reliable makes of trarment? and material? found reliable for various clothing needs. Such lista would serve as purchasing guides to individual members of the group, and in the hands of a committee, could be put to conetructiv? use in Improving the standard of good? offered for sale In the lo?al shop?. ? record of wearing qualities of a ready-made garment, for example, ?hould include the price, date of purchase, size, store, material, name and address of maker, general con struction, number of month? worn and the average numbir of days each week, how laundered (V?hether by hand or by steam laundry), number of times laundered, when discarded and condltton at that time. Government Employes Cut 1,067 in January A reduction in the personnel of government employes of 1.087 a?t ? ing January was shown in a state ment Issued by the Civil Service Commission last night. The War Department dropped the | greatest number of -workers. 635: | the Treaeury Department following I1 next with 621. Additions to th? per sonnel during the month were 2.768, while separations totaled 3.832. The report includes all branches of the ? government eervlce. Four Nominations Sent By President to Senate The following nominations were submitted to the Senate yesterday: Solicitor of Internal Revenue Wayne Johnson, of New York City. United States Judge of the Eastern District ot Texas, W. Lee Estes, Tex arkana. Texas. United State? Attorneys: H. A. Snwyer, of Milwaukee, for.the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Charles D. MrAvoy, of Norri?town. Pa., for the Bastera DUtxtc* of Pennsylvania. A Group of Pretty and Popular Members of the Younger Set MISS LEITA ADAMS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ?. H. Adams. GIRLS ENTER ARMY ESSAYS Outnumber Boys Among 13,641 School Pupils In Contest. More than one-half of the 13. (Ml Washington school children who will enter the army essay contest Febru ary JO are girls. The War Department yesterday emphasize*! that ?filia as well aa boys should enter the contest on "What Are the Benefits of an En listment in the I'nited States Army? ' There is not a country in the world that has not produced women who have done valiant deed? in time of war. There's Joan of Arc and our own Molly Pitcher and Baibara Frit-' chie. Edith Cavell, who was executed by the Germans in Belgium, was a nurse In the English army. For the ?aame reason that American women ire necessary to the success 0f the ?rmy the War Department hiis decid ed that girls should be eligible to com? pete in the essay contest. The majority of children who have called at the District recruitiii*?; office for information and literature have beep girls. P. P. Ulnxton, commis- , Bioner of education, in hin indorsement of the contest, recommended it to both boys and suris. A new development In (he prepara tion for the contest on F??i?rtiary 20 is the recommendation by liep resentative John F. Carew that more prizes should be put up as an incentive for the school children and that the trophies to be pre sented put on exhibition. The prize proposed for presenta tion to the national winner is a gold medal embossed with the seal of the War Department, while the school the boy or girl represents \ will receive a silver loving cup eighteen Inches hiuh. The writer of the second best essay will receive a silver medal with a fourteen-inch loving cup for the school. The third prixe winner will receive a bronze medal and the school a loving cup t.welve inches in height. The cups ?and medals will be of the same dc j sign and approprately engraved. ; The cups are of sterling silver. The teachers in Washington have ' spent much time during the past ? week in discussion and study with the children in preparation for writ ing the essay next Friday. .\p proximately 16.000.000 school chil ! dren will write an essay for the [contest on that day on the benefits j of an enlistment in the army, the ? topic assigned by the War Depart j ment. No essay is to he more than j four hundred words in length. In expectation that many girls will be among the winners in the Washington contest a large propor tion of the prises that will be pre sented are for young ladies. Fir.-t, is?* candy, then spring mtlinery, silk stockings, portrait photogranhs, , books, shoes, fountain pens, ;i IP.v 'irg cup. a selection of the best rov ?els. theater tickets, phonograph rec I ord-*. a tennis raquet, and othei a.?? tides that will delfght them. In all | more than thirty prixes have been ! put up in Washington c-urlng the \ past week. New prizes offered yes terday were millinery finery, a b*s ! ket of fruit ta.M in phono-*aph I records. $10.00 In b >- ks. ani a ten nis raquet. Baltimore, In the same recruiting district as Washin-gton. Is running In competition with it and $3,000 worth of prizes wilt be presented there. 1,200 ATTEND CUSSES AT BAPTIST CHURCH Daily attendance Is Increasing at the ?chool for Christian worker? con ducted by the District of Columbia Association of Baptist Churches at Calvary Baptist Church. Eighth and H streets northwest Twelve hun dred persons attended Wednesday'? clacses. The present tendency ' among; churches in Washington and the na tion !? towards federation, but a s.ronif note of dr nomina tioii.-ilisnn wns struck last night by Dr.? Bel win M. Potrai, a noted Baptist. The speak??.- spoke of the large sums that have recently been raised by his denomination and stated that the suc cess of the campaign for funds waa due to the awakening of the Baptist people to their opportunity. The classe? and lectures will con tinue through tomorrow. The dBase? begin at 3:l? p. m. and extend through fix forty-live minute perlocfs Until 8:30, when the lecture I? held. Pr. William A. Hill will ?peak tonight on '-The Supreme Call." The closing loe-, ture will be given tomorrow night by' Dr. William E. Chalmers, the subject tem? "After ThU School, Whatr MISSES MARGARET AND LAURA RR\'N. daughters of the M'uistcr of Norway and Mme. Bryn. Iowa Girl and 10,000 Like Her Make War Risk. Act Success Miss Arcley R. Marshall of1 Mason City, Iowa, Who Answered Call for War Workers in 1917, Or ganized First School in Bureau for Training Em ployees. a-( It was .1 Washington man? Charles ?. Neshitt. for many years insurance commissioner of the Pis- t trfct of Columhiii?who Is credited J with having tirsi suggested that Uncle Sam insure th*- ??**?* of his soldiers, sailors : od Marines. But It has remained for a slip of an low a girl?Miss Arcley ??. Marshall, who has just resigned to accept the position of executive s pieni of Thounand?. The story of how Miss Marshall | ?rUBM to Washington from a small town in Iowa in response to the ?call for war workers is in oome respeets typical of that of thous ands of other girls who responded to that call. In the case of the War Kisk-Ts. their biggest war job did not begin until the war was over and the insurance ac counts and records of the millions , of servie*?, inen who were dls | charged had te be handled. Miss Marshall came to Washing ton from Masin City. Iowa, a town of B/Vwi people. There she had already established a reputation a* a young business woman of consid erable executive ability. In uno of , the large novelty department stores. 1 she had served sueoossi\ ely as ?saleswoman, department buyer and 'advertising agent. Wider Field for Taleafa. All this experience, plus her really wonderful work in the training of ?the personnel of the War Risk Bu I reau, will servo her in good stead 'in wider fields which will be opened up to her talents as secretary of the (Consumers' league. [ This organization, of which Mrs. i bid ward Costigan is president, is 1 located In th<- Mills Building. Among its more aeflve members are JMrs. Newton TL Baker, wife of Scc (retary G-aker. and Mrs. Louis P. : I-ran deis, wife of .lust ice Brandeis of the Supreme Court of the United States. Miss Marshall's is the story of a gr^at government bureau from In side, a ?tory from the point of view of the Individual worker?different from that of the bureau chief, radi cally different from that of the gen tlemen on "the Hill." and quite dif ferent from that of Private John Smith, late of the A. K. F., who. peeved at not receiving ? prompt reply to his communications, re lieves his mind by addressing a let ter to "The Bureau of Bon-heads." Washington. P. C. Of course there are l?.000 John Smiths who are policyholders of government insurance, but the f**w whose families did not receive an swers to their letters, and allot - ments and allowances on time, make more noise than the vast ma jority of the satisfied Smiths whose claims were promptly adjusted. Popular With Ever>oae. Her popularity la attested by the number of her friends, both among tho employes and the officials of the bureau. In a resolution adopt ed by the present training school, appreciation of the exceptional services she had rendered different classes In the past years was of fered by Orlin M. Sanford. on be half of the members of the school, and unanimously adopted. In a little farewell talk to the members of the present training class. Miss Marshall, by weaving In a little story of her personal ex periences connected with the early days of the bureau, vividly por trayed some of the difficulties which the bureau had to overcome, together with those that He ahead jif It is to accomplish the object -for which it was established. De were _so high and involved euch ??!*!?. ????.?? R. MAKMI AM.. c reat risk of loss, that private scribing how sh?- entered the bu reau. Miss Marshall said: "Before I start, bo we ? r. I want to say a word about why th*" bu reau was established. The first war risk insurance act provided merely for tin insurance of our i vessels arid cargoes on the high ? seas. The subject of insuring these vessels in private companies was I ..-.?rough.y di^usaea. but on ac- j rovai of the submarine warfare waffea bjr Gerwuj it was found that the insurance for such risks I companies could not undertake ?them. Then. too. the high premiums , charged were such that our trade with other countries was greatly ? handicapped. Inaura nee ? om panie* Ki-lunH. "When the I'nited .Stator entered tne j ? war officials of the government bc ! sail to consider how it could protect ' I those who were to be engaged in the I ; active military and naval service. The! whole subject was talked over ini j conferences with officiali of private, insurance companies. "The companies, in view of the great I risks involved and the hazard of losses through battle and disease, were either : unwilling to undertake the work or, : else declared thai they would be forced j to charg?? prohibitive rate.??. Pensions were also discussed, but ! the granting of pensions h?d proved j vary unsatisfactory in the past. -So. on October %, ?MT. the war risk insur ance act was passed, authorizing the est s but? h meut of a bureau of the Treasury Department for the grant ing of Insurance and other benefits to soldiers, sailors and Marines. At this time there were already In the navy ' and army I.MM-?t persons' eligible for insurance by the government. ?My Third la llureaa. I "At the 1-es.innini, there were just three pasple in the bureau. The bti i reau started out with three clerks. ! who were quartered in s little dark , room in the basement of the Treas ury Department. When the orders ! came for the removal of this force to \ the old National Museum, as some of '. you who have worked in the Treas 1 ury Building at the time may recall, 1 an auto was drawn up at the side door 1 and the entire office force got aboard j "A few moments later three big ! auto trucks drew up which wer? li?:?..ieri hi*?h with bags of letters fpom .servicemen and others, asking how to 'apply for insurance. That Is the way ; it has been pretty much ever since and at times the bureau ?was Abso lutely swamped with correspondence. "Just about this time 1 was living out in a little town in Iowa. We would go to the movie theater * at night, and there would be flashed on the screen the statement. 'The gov ernment wants thousands of stenog raphers to work in Washington.' Just , then they were * asking for stenog | raphers. later on they called for ? clerks and anybody at all who could j help out by doing war work. Nat | urally we got excited over It. We -wanted to help. Kot all of Us could i get Into the Red Cross or the Y. W. IC. A. Advertised for Clerics. j "So In casting about for a way to ? do something -we naturally did a lot | of thinking. One day an advertise ; ment appeared in the local paTer an ? nouncing a civil service examination for clerks. I forgot about the ex amination for a while and when I decided to take it, as I had filed no application, it was only because of an applicant not showing up that I was allowed to take It ? "All who took the examination made poor marks In penmanship he cause the government examiner fur nished 'bum* pens. After a lot of correspondence with the Civil Service I ?Immission, principally he-oauas X MISS ELIZABETH EUGSTER. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Eugater. MANY RETURN CENSUS SLIPS Supervisor Mattingly Says D. C. Population Will Be Announced This Week. Residents who h*d not been seen by a census enumerator are respond ing to the appesi sent out a r*w days ago by the Chamber of Com merce, the Board of Trade and the Merchants and Manufacturers* As sociation. M"re than a thousand slips have been returned since the last portfolio was turned in last Wednesday. As far as possible. these returns will be included in the announcement of the population. "We are leaving no stone un-, turned, and residents of the District may be assured that every man. woman and child who belongs here will be counted." said Robert K. .Mattingly. District supervisor, yes terday. Letters were sent yesterday to the managers of all hotels and large apartment houses asking- their, cooperation. As yet Washington and Cincinnati ?re the only citi*?s with complete re turns, but census officials stated that three or four cities, including Chi cago and New Turk, are about com plete. Announcement of the popu lation of Washington aad Cincinnati will probably be delayed until the end of the week. The unofficial opinion of officials is that tbe c?*?nnui will give the capital s population of about 430.000. had not originsliy filed an applica tion. ? was appointed to a position in the Bureau of War Bisk Insurance in Washington. ?'Tn November. 1517. I cot off nt I'nion Station, but there was no one there to meet me. 1 went down to the old National Museum, where the insurance division was then located. but there was no one there lonktng for me either. There were loads of peo pi**? there, all excited. Was BewlMered. "I stood around a while, a bit be wildered. Nobody paid any atten tion to me. After a while I summoned sufficient nerve to address one of the clerks at a desk. ?She .asked me. 'Where do you work?' . Naturally I said 'T don't work anywhere." and t?x plained. They rut me to work the next morning. "I wasn't ? asked what ? had done, what I could best dn or what I wanted to do. 1 was Just told to 'report over in that room." which happened to be the insurance division, t was put to work sorting mail at the mail dis tribution table. "I am tellina;, you all thin just to show how little age. experience counted among those who were first employed in the bureau. We didn't have any persrnel office to aid in the placing of employes in the work for which they were best fitted. ! "At that time there were only iW employes In the whole bureau. Next 'June there were .'?,000. and in June. Isl9. this nurrtber had been increased to 1?i,00ft. As this force was neces sarily scattered to a number of dif ferent buildings the Job of running the bureau properly was naturally a ,? try difficult problem. Little * orrr-f-ponJenrr nt Vint. | "At first we had very little corre spondence with the men In the service. Their premiums were deducted from their pay and their applications for insurance were secured by their army officer?. "About all we had to do In this re spect was to flic the applications as they came in and to write the army officers explanations about Insurance. Insurance information was often given to the service men by officers who knew little about It. They gave out wrong; Information, without meaning to do so. This muddled things up for us later. ? "Immediately after the armistice was signed and the men began to be discharged by the thousands. letters by the hundreds of thousands flooded into the insurance division. There were big piles of letters, and It wasn't a question of picking up a letter and answering; it. The necessary information to answer the I letters was scattered about In divl ? slons which were quartered In slx I teen buildings. It was a hard job. j "We have about rotten things in J shape now. but as the men were . never Sold' insurance In a way to [make them thoroughly understand 1 it many have allowed their policies ? to lapse, and they will have to be ? sold Insurance all over again. ?They were ?imply told, in many1 cases to 'sigrn here," and tl|vy signed. They didn't know wbaj they were signing. It was a. Ann thing for them, and they mad? no mistake in taking out .government 1 if e I neu ranee, bu t now that they are discharged they will have to be taucht ita beneflU and ?old ??min.'' Armour Uses Greatest Care k In Picking His Office Boys; Says They are Future Chiefs J. Orden Armour run? nia on ??ntiment, be ?ays "If I didn't run my buaines? en ? liment," nid the bla; packer. "It wouldn't be succe??ful-and It wouldn't be worth while running What ?? ? that make? an organization ?uocas?? fai? Isn't 11 th? loyalty and the en thusiasm of the many men engaged in It? And how can any man Inspire these sentiment? If he ha? no senti ment In hi? own make-up? No one man can run a big concern; he must depend upon others for the actual de ine of almost everything. Ha? Ne ????-lai tanhltl... At heart. Armour I? a? democratic i aa ?ra? hi? father and with wider vision, "1 have no ?octal ambition?.'' he said. "My ambition i? to run Armour & Co *u.ee??fuUy ?nd to give a great many youn-.? men a chance to make their way In the world. My ?.-.?eximes In the buttine?? | ?re my closest friend?, my chums. ? Were It not for the fun there Is In working with Ihem and being with them, I wouldn't?I couldn't stay In I il im? Without ?eauaient. th? work would be tee harC Armour htPv*nM te ilfawt. aa? day In the hearing of a bright boy that on* of hi? ?v?t?at ?al??>rin ?ra? the developing of young men "Mr. Armour.- ?poke up tbe youth, "you need aot ?4>?* aay further. Toa can ?tart rlrbt here." point la?- to. hlm ?eK. ???? Vier G?.?.?? of rtraa. Right there Mr. Armour ?tar-ted. Today the boy la vice preirfdcnt of Aj-mi.ur aad i'om|.?n>. aad .ar mour'? rlfht-hand man. Robert J. Dunham, director la Chloaero back ing and buslac?* eBLrprtee??all at 4?. ~ "To act the right kind of me?, we bealo early." said Armour ~W? are more particular about the hir ing of oflic? boy? thaa about "any other thing connected with the or? I aanlaatlon. for the office boy? of ! today ?111 become our dcpnrlnn r.; ; manaaer? tomorrow. W? practi ? eally never co outalde for a higii ?priced man aad the young- man who atari? alth us at th? bottom can hop? to ruse to tbe top." $30,000,000 Paris Structure To Contain "World's Market ?J Pari?. Faali. 7.?In the commercial anal Industrial era. that i? comme with Itaca. l'arie I? determined to hold the center of the world'? ?t?ge the same ?? ?he 'did during th? war ?nd th? Peace Conference. As the first step to this end she Is rushing to completion the plans and preparations for the construction at Paris or ? gigantic commercial palace that !.. to ba known as "The WorM's Market." When it is completed, within the next two year*, tu' now planned, it will be the largest building in the world. France's idea back of the new enter prise i? to provide a meeting place for both buyers and producers. Hatch will have offices and displays in the big building, and they can meet there and trade without having to chase each other ?II around the greater portion of the eia ilixed globe. A? Pan? is the great railway center foi all continental lines, not only for those of l'urope. but for those running through lo Asia and connecting up with ateamhaaip lines for Africa and the rest of tarn world, it is regarded ? ?? merely logical th?t Paris should be I the center be.?? adapted for a common, universal world market Plans for the building ?r. now being rushed to completion by fifty leading ? architect? under the general direction I HOUSEHOLD HINTS BY LEARNED WOMEN If we assume that expeiicnc* is the only teacher we can amend it and admit that the experience of others ?*ill help va to learn, too. At the Public Library th?-y ha\<- ? host of the most interdi-, ing Itooks campii*d by person*? making a lif work of solving just th?? problems that confront every housewife. Have >ou read tbe following'.' Marketing and housework manual by S. Doreham. Contains ??-?od n.ar kettng cbarii, menu making, and comparative food values. ? good gen eral work for the housekeeper. Successful canning and preserving By ola Powell. An invaluable work. Covers every phase of food preserva tion. Profuse 1 y illustrated. No huu.? ? keeper can afford to b?1 ? ithout It. | Thrift in the household by ?. M. Hughes. A thorough work on the sub Meet. Considers thrift from all angU ? what it is and ?saanl it i*- net. Adventures in thrift ??> ? S. Rich ardson. Presentid in net ion form, de lightfully told. Shows the uninitiated bow to make use of the many ap?n icies for cutting living cost such as ! Housewives * ?-oprrative I?eague. etc Complete housekeeper by Km i I [ Holt. An encyclopedia of the hour-? - jho.d. Covers every phase of household ?management from cellar i" carrel ils ? well as the back yard and ?.'arden. {Contains simple home remedies an i I suggestion:- for the care of the sick. I The home and Its management by IK. H. Kittredge. A very practical jand gener.il treatment of the eub ?jeot. Contains good inexpensive cook ing recipes. of Monsieur Grandjcan. one of the If ?????? srchiteet constructora of France. The but.dine will fece the Seine with s frontage of <*? feet aad a depth of ?t? feet. It will cover thir teen a'?res, or an area as lar?e as the famous Place de la Concorde at Paris. which Iacee the Hotel -"nllon. where the "White House" held forth dunna the Peace Conference The building will contain .?side* ...fte shop? for producers from all over the world who wish to display their prod ucts there, a luxurious ?luh for lKi>er*. wimmln* and Turkish bat Im. ? roof garden, restaurant, le?, tu ? e rooms an industrial theater, a pre*??? room, ad ministrative offices and offices for th? comments.) attache* and secretaries of all embassies and connu.a. te?-. The storeroom*-* in the hi* palace will be leased by the French government at reasonable terms to producers and manufacturers alt over the world, who wish to establish headquarter.? and di?? plays there for the benefit of worl-l buyers who constantly tin k t? Pan-. .Mthough the plans in? not even com- ' pleted, requests have already be?-rr made for over ."?*> reservatione. Ame - ican firms are wel] represented amongst those who arc thus getting in on the ground floor France expects to sp**nd InW.ssn.Sft"* ? the building, atid by so doing to ee-ru??? for herself the world's market pia? ? C?l^N?DEDTOI?EP HAIR IN CONDITION By reason of the faet that ? ?? roots mi the hair ?re am?.n g tie most delirai? organ.? in tt?B h*?d- . beauty I'Xpi rts state thot the s? alp Kliou-d h, 11 ? a ted with extren.?* ean Hair should be hru??h.eL thorough.*.. ami not \iol*ntl> ? only s snail strand of heirs? ?P he ????? at a t ime. This srtou'i hr held in th*- Angers ef owe hann. el. s. t?? the root*, while it Is combed. The rom bin* m?-venir*. ? should be one slow long strok??* aT ter another, to th** ends of the hair. A heavy, ropy appearance will r? - suit If hair i- i'?niM ??rd o-usl * t In too thick strands. In the ideal rendition, with ear h hai*" sianomi* out individually, it form.- a fluft ?? frame lor the fa? e It is imperai i ve for healthy hair, that it be brushed thotougi i ? ? . ? ? night. to rrmo\e the du-t. and Uve* cireulation An ?;i*?v v?.a- t?1 insui?? s Ion? enough perles] of hiushm... is to set s dellaU? n ,t,.?-?rr strokes, su* h a.- M str?! ? " small quantities, eaeh night foi a p. Mod ot ? ghl or ..t? a.?? ? doing this, ease s****l be ssaaer*! prevent th* nil ?"rom g-tling ini" hair itself .\t the end Sf lb? p? ' ?? I of treatment the hair should s shampooed rin-ed and dried ojjK-n all" .tn?i Minlisht. 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