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! Happy Feet for
All the House
HAPPY, healthy feet are those
free from coins, bunions, in
grown nails, fallen arches. Edu
cators bring such feet to the
whole family.
? For you can never hare happy
feet as long as they are taaa
with unrelenting pressure in nar
row, pointed shoes. So get
Educators today?into shoe? =r^
"let the feet grow as they should."
Made for MEN, WOMEN
and CHILDREN
There is do protection stronger than
the EDUCATOR trademark. It mean
that behind every part of the (hoe studs
a responsible manufacturer?Rice &
Hatchini, Inc., Boston.
RICE ? HUTCHINS
??? RICE ? HUTCHINS
Educator,
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Educator
for "
CJuJdrmm
Resinol
surely did relieve
that eczema!
Pack up some Resir.ol Ointment in
his '"old kit bag." Nothing is too good
for him, and he will need it "over
there" where exposure, vermin, con
tagions, and the exigencies of a soldier's
life cause ail sorts of skin irritation,
itching, sore feet and suffering.
ftasfaal OntmaM sSopa itching almost 1assart).
It baals little Hn> before they can baeaaaa bit
?as, ItaatmsaUscooM.
JTm-rndtbrntJ?br*.
A Hair
Grows
Like
an
Onion
f/
-fl
?X'l
Keep joor
onion patch
free from wead*? and you wilt (row
a good crop of anion*. Keep your
scalp free fram dandruff and you
will CTOV a good crop at hair.
Wildroot goea right to the root ?t
Toor hair trouble. Instead of gineing
dm the dandruff. Wild root digs rt
ant?loosens the Croat and scales?
and leaves your scalp clean and soft
aid healthy, giving nature a chance
to crew the sort of hairyou long fot
For.tale at aX good drag stores.
>?>m and ladies' hair - dressing
parlors, under our auney-back
guaran'u."
WILD ROOT CO, Inc.
Baffala, N.Y.
W1l4n?i Hkaoipon 80*9, when nwtd
hemiflrtiofl with Wildwot.wili hum
%km trmtmtml.
AuTn men irnc?
i STAR
4,375 Workers Leave Fed
eral Departments From
October 1 to 20.
OFFSET BY 7,246 NEW
Evidence that the government is
having difficulty in keeping employes
on the job In war-congested "Washing
ton is found in the records which show
that 4,375 workers left the federal de
partments In this city between October
1 and 20.
Whether all of these employes re
signed is not known, but in statistics
compiled by the housing and health
division of the War Department the
above number are actually listed aa
separations from the service.
Offsst by 7,246 New Workers.
To offset this number of separations
7.246 new employes were put to work
during that period-, making a net in
crease of 2,871 in the governments
clerical force for the first three weeks
of this month.
The large percentage of separations
indicates that the civil service com- j
mission must conduct a continuous j
campaign to keep filling the. places of j
those who leave, as well as to meet ;
the calls which the various depart-)
ments make for additional employes.
During September 10,943 new clerks
were appointed to positions in Wash
ington and 5.291 left, leaving a total
increase of ?>.652 for the month, -it
is not likely that many new employes
have been brought here this week, so
that total figures for October prob
ably will show a decided decline from
September in the arrival of new
, workers.
Family Killing: Changed*
! The Civil Service Commission, about
the middle of this month, requested
government bureaus to get along with :
as small a number of new clerks as j
possible for th^ present. A few days j
later the commission announced that, j
in order not further to congest the
city. Washinetonians would be given j
preference in appointments during j
the emergency. Yesterday the Presi
dent made it possible for any num
ber of prrsons in the same family to
work for the government.
These three steps were taken too
! late to have much effect on the in
flux of new employes from other
I cities during October, but it is ex
j pected that these measures, intended
| to relieve the housing problem here,
i will result in a still further reduo
i tion in the number of employes
j brought from other cities during No
i vember.
1 The commission's announcement
i that it will give preference to local
! people and the President's action in
j removing the family ban leave the
: way clear for many Washington
women to apply for government posi
! tions and thereby reduce the necessity
of further congesting the city by
| bringing in clerJis from other cities.
Boom Surplus Dwindling*.
The United States homes registra
tion service, 1414 H street, which
must accommodate new government
workers who will arrive before the
: dormitories at Union station are com- j
j pleted, announced today that .it is ;
now renting about 300 rooms a day, j
whereas not more than 130 vacant
rooms are listed daily. At this rate
the surplus of rooms will soon be
used up. The bureau has more than
1.00f> roorhs listed 'tor men only/'
despite the fact that four-fifths or
the new arrivals are women.
The dormitories at Linion station
will not be ready until some time In
December. The contract was let re
cently for the additional lioueinjr acj
commodations to be built at 23d and
B streets northwest.
Clerkship Examinations
in Civil Service Field
Branches Are to Be Held
The Civil Service Commission to^i
day called attention to an examina
tion to. be held in Washington No
vember 9. to fill vacancies in first
grade clerkships in the field branch
es of the civil service, such as navy
yards, quartermaster, engineer and
ordnance establishments. <
A large number of vacancies exist in
these branches and there is excep
tional opportunity for appointment to
those who qualify from this examina
tion. Applicants should get blanks
from secretary for the fourth civil
service district, 1724 F street.
LANSING HOLDS ALOOF
Befnses to Become Involved in
Controversy Over Cargo of
German-Hade Goods.
Secretary Lansing respectfully de- j
clines to become involved in the con
troversy that has arisen over the dis
position of the big cargo of German
made toys and china which recently
arrived at New Tort from Rotterdam,
Holland.
It appears from reports received at
the State Department that the mer
chandise -was purchased in Germany,
paid far and shipped to Rotterdam By
Butler Bros- importers of New York.
Chicago and other cities, away
back in the spring of 1914. before the
beginning of the great European war;
that their shipment from Holland was
delayed until after the declaration of
war. and that until recently their
transportation was prevented by the
British blockade.
The importers now refuse to accept
the goods because of their German
origin, and it has been proposed that
they be dumped into New Tork har
bor. a la the cases of tea in Boston
harbor just before the American revo-.
lution.
According to Secretary Lansing, the
problem of the German toys will be
settled by the War Trade Board, or
possibly by the War Industries Board.
AMERICAN FIGHTER PAYS
TRIBUTE TO P0ILU GRIT
"Here's to the poiiu. We who hare
been in action with him love him and.
realize what a wonderful soldier he is,"
is the gist of a letter written, from
somewhere in France last July by Pri
vate E. S. Alvord, Jr., to his father in
this city. Young Alvocd enlisted at
Bordeaux. France.
?'We used to see the 'froggies.' as we
call them, in their faded second-hand
uniforms," writes the American boy.
"shabby, bent, old-looking and tired
looking men, ploddipg along at what
ever they were doing, yet always cheer
ful and ready to laugh. We used to
think they were 'all in" and feel a sort
of pity for them.
"But at the front?there they were,
still plodding along, but this time their
task was to capture a boche machine
gun nest, and we were with them. They
showed no more excitement than if they
had been mending roads twenty miles
behind the lines, add just to see them
ralmed us raw troops'so that "we" felt
Ilk* veterans."
ROCKEFELLER FROWNS
ON BOXERS' AID TO FUND
Will Accept Only "Indirectly"
Such. Gifts to War Work
Campaign.
NEW YORK, October SI.?John D.
Rockefeller. jr? chairman of the execu
tive committee of the united war work,
campaign, which on November 11, will
lannch a drive to raise $170,500,000
for the welfare of American troops, has
annonnced that the committee will ac
cept only "indirectly" money raised by
the nation-wide boxing carnivals being
arranged by James VT. Croffroth, na
tional supervisor of the boxing seetion
?f the sports division of the campaign.
This decision, according to Mr. Rocke
feller, followed protests received from
ministers throughout the country who
had criticised boxing as "brutal."
- Mr. Rockefeller also announced that
the executive committee had adopted
resolutions setting forth that money
raised by any sporting events held on
Sunday would be refused.*
Since plans for the campaign were
first announced boxers and boxing pro
moters have been arranging, under the
direction of Mr. Croftroth, carnivals,
to be held in various large cities
throughout the country. It was as
serted that by this means many thou
sand dollars would be added to the
fund.
The action of the executive commit
tee, it was said, means that the coun
try-wide program of boxing will have
to be canceled unless the boxing pro
moters decide to conduct the carni
vals independently of the united war
work campaign and then turn over the
receipts.
TWENTY-YEAR SENTENCES
FOR TWO COLORED MEN
Hit Xerchant With Lead Pipe and
Billed His Safe?Henry Eber
bach Was Victim.
Twenty years each In the peniten
tiary was the sentence Imposed today
by Justjce Siddons In Criminal Divi
sion 1 on Israel Henson and Thurman
A. Brown, both colored, who pleaded
guilty last January to two charges of
housebreaking and assault with a
dangerous weaponi The men were
among those that escaped from jail
last March and were at liberty sev
eral weeks before recapture.
Counsel for the men asked to with
draw the admissions of guilty and al
low a trial. Justice Siddons denied
the application, declaring that the
men had more than eight months in
which to submit such a motion and
had not availed themselves of the
time. *
The men broke into the store of
Henry Eberbach at SOS H street late
at night as the proprietor was about
to close and while one struck him
over the head with a lead pipe the
other rifled the safe. A few days be
fore they had robbed the tailoring es
tablishment of Edward Odor, 1010 M
street northwest.
Maj. Ford in Anti-Aircraft Service.
Maj. Elbert L. Ford, Coast Artillery,
has been assigned to the command of
the Sth Anti-Aircraft Battalion, at
Camp Abraham Euatis, Ya.
Statistics indicate England and Swe
den to be the healthiest countries of
Europe.
177 BODIES BEACH JTJBEATT.
147 of Steamer Princess Sophia Vic
tims Have Been Identified.
JUNEAU, Alaska. October SI.?
Bodies of 177 victims of the lost
steamer Princess Sophia, sent to the
bottom of Lynn canal, north of here,
with all on board last Friday night in
a storm. have been brought here. Of
these 147 hive been identified. Other
bodies have been picked up by a fleet
of boats at the seen? of the wreck.
Most of the unidentified were women
and children.
Rescue workers found the body of
Walter J. O'Brien, Canadian Pacific
Company a?rent at Dawson, T. T..
who with his wife and five children
were lost. Clasped in O'Brien's arms
was the body of his small son.
| Read What a W. Va. |
I Physician Says About |
\ Babek I
| October 25. MIS. I
I Babek Mfg. Co., I
I Washington, D. C. 1
{ Dear Sir?I'm sending yoa J
f money order for $2, also special ?
| delivery stamp. Please send mo ?
? by special delivery four bottles }
I of Babek. The lives of two chil- t
T dren depend on whether it T
I reaches here in time. If you J
1 cannot send Hie four at once, i
2 send one and the other by next i
I mail. I don't know whether it I
| has gone up; if so. send bill. *
* Yours in haste. .
t (Signed) C. W. BEYER, M. D. i
? Parkersburg. W. Va. ?
* On Sale at All Druggists'. j
These Bargains Will Give November
a Flying Start at The Hecht Co.
All Aboard!
Straight for Christmas
It's the part of Good Patriotism
to Shop Early?NOW?bccausc?
Our Country asks it.
W-Ji We arc pledged not to engage ex
E A tra holiday help in December.
tflnfc? We're ready now; YOU will ben
efit by new, fresh stocks.
Here's a Christmas Glove Sale
Women's $1.75 to $1 39
$2.50 Kid Gloves at 1
Fine quality French Kid
Gloves, in plain white and
white with black embroid
ered backs; . also Meyer's
sample gloves in capes and
P. K., in tan, ivory, gray,
white .and black. This is the
greatest bargain Ave have
ever offered in gloves and it
will be the wisest sort of a
move to buy all you need
yourself and then remember
what inexpensive practical
gifts they'll make f<?r Christ
mas,
-New Shop for Women?Main Floor, Street Annex.
The Hecht Co/s Remodeling Sale of
Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic
Suits and Overcoats
A Splendid War-Time Economy
Any true and definite Economy in these War Times
is welcome to the keen judge of value, because real
conservation means making every dollar do full duty.
For instance:
" t
$25 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Overcoats
$28 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Overcoats. ..
$30 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Overcoats.......
$30 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Snits and Overcoats
$32 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Suits and Overcoats
$35 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Suits and Overcoats $^^>75
$40 Society Brand and Aristocrat-ic Suits and Overcoats $^^.75
&:
feorirly Uraiifc (?ltiih?5
Another Great Dress Sale Friday
Women's $29.50 to $34.50 $10.95
Serge & Velvet Dresses X O
Eight Models in Serges?In navy
and black, new high and low waisted
models, including coatees, sports and
surplice effects; some with panels and
fringe; tailored or pleated skirts;
hand embroidered; braid and button
trimmed. Sizes 14 to 42. At $18.95.
$20 and $22 Fall and
Winter Coats
Good-look- f 1 p 7C
ing models ^ I ^V* ?
of corduroy.
boucle, burella cloth or
the popular storm coat
ings; half or full lined;
showing large collars,
belts and pockets and
button trimmings; black,
navy, green, brown, khaki,
military blue, Burgundy
and brick.
$32.50 and $35 New
Modish Fall Suits
This Special tl r\ 7CT
?Remodeling I
Six Models in Velvet*?In navy,
black, brown, green and Burgundy;
charming panel and draped styles,
with coatee or tight-fitting bodices,
and embroidered or braid trimmings.
Some have three-tier tunic skirts.
Full button trimmed. At $18.95.
$30 & $34.50 Novelty
Fabric Coats
A selection
Sale price for
Smart Tailored and Sports
Suits, only one or two of
a kind, made of serge,
poplin, oxford cloth or
all-wool jersey and silk
lined; belted; with pock
ets, and either braided or
trimmed with tab and
tassel; navy and black.
of styles in $24'^
these popular ? *
coats, of mole plush, plain
plush or novelty fabrics;
some with trimmings of
kerami or beaver plush,
including collars, cuffs and
borders; full, plain or
fancy lined.
?Second Floor.
Boys' $5.95 to $7.95
Juvenile Overcoats
.50 Juvenile Over- $9.25
coats, taken from .J
our regular 'stock.
In fancy mixtures, also a few
chinchillas. Remarkable values
for little fellows. Broken sizes,
4 to 9.
Also These Bargains
Boys' $10 Suits, Overcoats
and Mackinaws at $7.45
Boys $11.50 to $13.50 Suits,
Overcoats and
Mackinaws, $9.45
Boys' 69c to 79c Blouses
and Shirts, 44c
Boys' $13.5 to $1.65 Shirts
and Blouses, 69c
Boys' $135 to $1.65 Cloth
Pants, 89c
?Thirfi Floor.
Blouses
Many bargains for
Friday in all ma
terials, styles and
prices.
$1.50 White and Novelty Cotton
Blouses, 87c.
$?.00 and $250 Fine Voile and
Organdie Blouses, $L47.
$2^0 NoTelty Cotton and Voile
Blonses, $1.95.
$3.95 silk striped and flesh, maize
and tan Crepe de Chine Blouses,
$129.
$4.50 Crepe de Chine and Taffeta
Blouses; all sizes and colors, $2.99.
$575 Georgette Crepe de Chine
and Taffeta Blouses; very special,
$457.
$575 extra size Crepe de Chine
Blouse at $4.97.
Floor.
69c Nottingham
Lace Curtains, 54c
White; two neat pat
tern*: 2Yi yards long.
A Sensational Shoe Sale
Women's $6, & $8 Black
Walking Boots, Special, at
$7-45
Made of Gun Metal, Patent Kid '/nd
Vici Kid; lace patterns, with turo and
welted soles; low, medium and high
heels. Sizes 2y* to 4. A, B and C lasts.
A wonderfully low price for excellent wearing and
stylish shoes. None sent C. O D.
Practical Bargains
for
Mens $2.50 Walking Gloves
In tan kid or mocha; regular and cadet $ J.85
sizes.
Men s 35c Cotton Hose
25'
$1.50 to $1.69 Bungalow Aprons
over
eltv
Made of good quality scouts' percale in light or dark ground; some slip- C 1 Q
er style, elastic waist; others button down side; belt all around and nov- I ? 1 f
y pocket. Limit, 3 to a customer. ^
?Second Floor, New Annex.
$6.50 Heavy
Blankets, $4.95
In neat plaids, com
bination colors of pink<
blue, tan, also gray.
Size 66x80.
95c Bed Sheets, 75c
Unblcaclied single
bed or cot; size 50x90;
good muslin.
$1.50 Knit Cardigans
and Petticoats, $1
Cardigans in black
or gray; petticoats in
black, gray.. navy
and white. Sizes to
46.
In black and tan; medium-weight cotton
hose; an ideal weight for the man who wears
cotton hose through the winter months.
6 Pairs for $1.35
Mens $1.00 Pure Silk Hose
In black, tan and gray and Palm Beach; pure
silk hose, with double sole, heel and toe; all sizes, m H
but not in all colors. Some embroidered and * ^
self clocked. 3 Pairs for$2
Mens $2JiO Peerless Union Suits
Medium-weight ecru union suits, built to fit ^ QC
the body; long sleeve, ankle length; in regular 'J'l*
sizes or stouts; closed crotch. *
?Main Floor.
Girls' $10 Taffeta Dresses $^j.95
Wonderful styles and remarkable values in
this lot of Dresses, in rose, Copen, brown and
plaids; high waist line pockets; some button
trimmings, others Georgette collars and touches
of embroidery. Sizes 6 to 14 years.
?Third Floor.
Girls' $12.50 to $15.95 $
Velvet Coats
10
.95
All have belts and pockets; lined throughout; some with
velvet and imitation beaver collars; others self collars.
Sizes 6 to 12 years.
?Third Floor.
$1.50 Black
Petticoats, $1.00
Fine quality sateen
or percaline; deep
flounce, corded; some
have extra dust ruffle.
Limit, 2 to customer.
$1.75 to $2 Little Tots*
Hats, $1.15
Some with eartabs,
others in aviation
style; plush tams and
fancy velvet hats. Sizes
1 to 6 years.
1
$1.50 Quilted Vest, $1
Japanese quilted vest
of black silk with white
or lavender silk lining.
All sizes.
Little Tots' $3 to $4
Dressy Hats, $2.39
In black and col
ored velvets, ribbon, fix
and flower trimming-?
little soft hats that
conform to the baby
face.
6$c Mercerized Damask
Table Covers, 39c
36-inch square, suit
able for lunch cloths or
table tops. $
79c Extra Large
Turkish Towels, 57c
Very heavy nap; size
22x48-inch; subject to
slight imperfections.
20c and 25c Huc?
Towels, 14^c
Subject to imper
fections; all white.
Seventh; Street Between E and F