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xym&rT" J THE WASHINGTON TIMES, TUESDAY; AUGUST 27, 1918. DUPONT FOUNTAIN MODEL COMPLETED The model of the beautiful memo rial fountain to be erected In memory of Admiral Dupont In place of the statue now In Dupont circle, la today In the hands of the sculptors In New York, and the first stages of the work are completed. The new statue, approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, will cost approximately $75,000 and will be one of the finest in the country. The rather awkward looking statue of Admiral Dupont which has stood in the circle for more than twenty flve years has long been an eye-sore to his relatives and friends, and some time ago permission was asked of Congress to erect a new and more fit ting monument. Congress Acts Favorably. Congress, by act of February, 1917. authorized removal of the monument and the erection in Its place of a new rremorlal to Admiral Dupont. The bill furthermore provided that "the present statue be turned over to the donors of the memorial for relocation outside the District of Columbia." and that "the new memorial be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and that the United States be put to no expense whatever In the matter." Mrs. Willard Saulsbury, wife of the Senator from Delaware, and a niece of Admiral Dupont. was the leader in the movement to effect the removal of the old statue and the substitution of the new one. She and other relatives did not regard the present statue as a work of art suitable to the place It occupies, and provided that in con sideration of being allowed to remove It the new statute should cost the Government nothing at alL Features of Fanatalo. The new memorial will be about twenty feet in height, with a bowl twenty feet across and an upper basin about ten feet smaller. The water as it overflows the basin will frame the figures In the supporting column. "The Sea," "The Wind," ana -ifle oiars, and not hide them, as isr usually the ess. There will be appropriate in scriptions on the curbing of the pool or on the lower part of theisupportlng column. Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon, both of New York, are sculptor and architect, respectively. According to the report of the Com' mission of Fine Arts, "there are other portrait statues in Washington for which memorials might be substi tuted to the advantage of the appear ance of the city and to the memory of the person commemorated." It has long been maintained that fountains with flowing water are much more appropriate to the climate of Washington, as well as to Its ap pearance, than the bronze figures hlch occupy so many of the parks. SALVAGE CAMPAIGN ON The Red Cross- salvage campaign Is In full bast The District Salvage Committee yesterday received ISO calls for trucks to carry loads to the central warehouse, which was prac tically full by nightfall yesterday. There are many Interesting Items of salvage in yesterday's collection. A TIctrola worth 20.0 was donated by William P. Meredith. A complete set of parlor furniture, office equipment, old sewlnc machines, and hundreds of other articles valuable In the junk lln were collected and will be sold by the Red Cross. Large quantities of paper, tinfoil. Iron and other meta'i were also received, BOOK OUTPUT REDUCED. All publishers of trade books, copy right reprints. Juvenile, toy, and non copyright books have been directed to restrict their output, commencing October 1, to 25 per cent of the new titles Issued on the average of the last three years of their business. Excepted from the ruling are books of research published under subsidy, and war service books published for the United States or allied govern ments. Sfpnrcrun!h3inzn:h i W . Furniture Carpets M' ANNUAL SEPTEMBER FURNITURE SALE Wednesday, Thursday and Friday A JIG. 28th, 29th and 30th Will Be Courtesy Days in Which You May Make Such Selec tions as You Desire Will Grace Dupont Circle BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS i SBBBBISSBBBBBBBBKBBBSBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBB ssssm''sV asssKisssssssssHsaBsHssssssssai sMMBTiflWfHW sIIBlB'JlHlsraH wwSSLmmmtt mv WiMBsHssiflBsisiB HnBiSr pwFSiM iiHBsvV'crvSiisllH 2fLgg: ?w - 'Jig , , "i .& ?.fANsagatMsWWI NEW DUPONT MEMORIAL FOTJNTATN. To be erected in place of the statue now in Dupont Circle, It wCl be cbont twenty feet high, and the water, as It CTerflo-ws from the basin, will frame graceful figures in the supporting: column. SHELL MAKERS DANCE Esthetic dancing is being taught French munitions workers at the Y. W. C. A. foyers or clubhouses, ac cording to an announcement made by the Y. W. C A. war work coun cil today. "Recreation Is essential to the ef ficiency of the workers and dancing offers greater relaxation than any other form of amusement." said the council. Since the Y. W. C. A. was Invited by the French over a year ago to undertake recreation and welfare work among the women of the larger munitions plants, foyers or club houses have been sstabllshed in eight munitions centers and others are be ing organised, it was stated. These are made homsllke and comfortable, and ara equipped with cafaterlai, gymnasiums and halls for games. danelng, theatricals, concerts ana other social affairs," In most of the foyers English, stenography, and bookkeeping are taught. AQED WOMAN WINS MEDAL. LONDON. Aug. 27. The first prlra medal la the British lntereounty com petition for general farm work by women has been wen by a woman sixty-two years of age living In Ton- brldsn. fine la the mother of sixteen children, and took the place en a farm of one of her sons who Joined the army. fiiniluixfillllfunln Sttoses. $ Sons S atlb Utb Sts mark the opening CHILDREN WILL BENEFIT Children, and not the largest In vestors, are going to be the greatest beneficiaries of the War Sayings Stamps campaign, according to Dr, George D. Strayer, of Columbia Uni versity, who is director of the school campaign for the National War Sav Inge Stamps Committee. Dr. Strayer believes that through the educational effect that will come to the youth of America through the thrift move ment of the W. 6. 8. campaign a new national eharaeter will develop. Children have made saving popular not only with the poor, but with the rich as well. In many schools. It Is stated, there la a well-defined, feeling developing against tne senoiar who wastes his or her money in non essentials and buys no War Savings Stamps, Washington aehoels have been par tlcularly active In the Interests of War Savings Stamps, its direct re sults are shown In the fast that dur lng tho first six months of the year rohool children here bought stamps to tha approximate value of 1250,000. JOINS AMBULANCE CORPS. DE SOTO, 111 . Aug, 27, After ssven times vainly attempting to enlist In the army, Ralph Albon, eighteen, of De Soto, has been accepted for the ambulance drivers' corps In St. Louis. Albon Is the son of Qeorge Albon, a merchant and banker. Linens Upholstery of our BEVERLY WALTER DESCRIBES ATTACK How it feels to be In the center of a German attack Is told In a letter received today from Beverly It. Wal ter by his mother, Mrs. Emma J. Walter, 1SS7 Mlntwood place north west. Walter enlisted as an ambulance driver with the United States ambu lance corps, at Allentown. Fa, thir teen months ago, and sailed for France a few months Jater. "Just at present there Is a boche attack going on," the letter reads, "and the shells are bursting pretty fast over our heads. I am about twenty feet under them. In a dress ing station In an old cellar not far from the front lines. Bombardment Rocks Earth. "This Is the first time I have been on post with an ambulance and It was Just my luck to ket off the touring car and get down sere in time for the little 'strafe.' When the shells break over the dugout the whole earth seems to rock from the force of the explosion. "We are alright as long as we stay down here, but Just as soon as anyone sticks his head above ground' he is running big cnances. "There is not much chance of us T H E TU R K I 1 Ira w Mm ' i lill DHL l! 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Their rifles are a Joke, in as much as they never use them. When they go 'over the top" they leave them behind and use their native weapons, which consist of the wick edest looking knives I have ever seen. "One Is a curved knife with a blade about a foot and a half long. The other Is an Instrument that looks like a cleaver, and they use It like a cleaver on the boche's head." HURLEY LOSING CLERKS FHELADELPHIA, Aug. 27. Serious shortage of women stenographers and typists In the offices of the Emergency Fleet Corporation is feared unless suitable homes can soon be found for them. Inadequate housing facilities here have already caused a number or resignations and more are expected dally. Despite the appeal of Government officials for patriotic Fhlladelphlans SSBBSBSSBSSBBf SJSJSaBBBBBBt SSSSBSBSBSSSBBaSBSBaBBBBBBBBSS SBBBBBaSBBBBBSI tSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBCS SBBBBBBBBBsV BBBBBBBBBBsi SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsW SBBBBBBBBBBBBBm SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSV 'LllsisisisisisisisisisH ssislslsHLllslslsls jHHiHIsJk lF - dmt - - -assssssj sssssssessBsssassjsssaflsBBsessssse-sassssssssssssB-r V in'-- . Jgsw Tells, of Attack By Germans . lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH'lllllH sssssssssssssssscssssssssssssssssssssssjsssssj. W-A, 4 3 fffffJB bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbWF ' 'JHH BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIB? iirfS SBbS sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbmCI'JW sM bbbbbbPisbbbbbFw: wjMBjfe alsB sssssrT' v3s88SLTm ssbbbbh aBBBBBKHHBEZrr4BBBBBBBBl BaBBBBBBBBV'BBHSBBsP5t?faBBBBBBBBBBI bbbbbbbbbbbbbHbsIIIbbbbbbbbbbbI bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbkbbbubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsl HEsBiiBHBB! i BEVERLY L. WALTER Who Writes Graphic Picture Boche Attack in France. of to throw open their homes to the fleet corporation workers the girls are not finding this city's homes hos pitable. S H CI Chorus? x Murad when you're Murad when you're Murad when you're Tra-Ia-la, OVERSEA FLYERS TO TRAIN CADETS Experienced flyers are being re turned from abroad to act as special Instructors In the more advanced courses of aviation training, the War Department announced today. "Recent- practice in elemental train ing gives the candidate more Urn in the air with, his Instructor than here tofore," states the announcement. "The new plan Is known as the Ges port system, or 'All Thru,' as it Is popularly known here, and Insures closer contact between the cadet and tbe Instructor." When the cadets arrive at a flying field from a ground school, where they have learned much of the theory of flight, several are assigned to an In-' structor. who stays with them until: they have qualified in elemental flying;! They are then sent to special Schools for final work and training In their particular line. "The old practice of turning-a cadet' loose for his first solo flight in a' sink or swim fashion is being dis continued." the War Department states. Swift A CoinsaBT's salM of fresh barf In Washington. D. C, tor tB week eadlss Saturday, Aomst X. MM. averaged 22.S0 casts pr pound. Adrt. , GA R FINDS GIANTS SKELETON. ST. MARTS. Ohio, Aug. S7v Tte skeleton remains of a giant human were excavated by a dredge near Lake St. Mary's east bank. The weight of the thigh bone Is such hM professional evidence was necessary to establish Its human origin. BrfftisfldhYlir 'g"'5 WbereYerYeiGo YoaTIFmd Hosiery the leader "in- the best shops. Whenever yon wear it you'll thoroughly enjoy its comfort and smart appearance. Pus Silk Silk and Lisle and Lisle. For Men and Women A 4 4 i 4 t k 4 4 h 1 4 4 H 4 t a i j y:ut P Company. Inc., Harrkbara. P- Mc.AJLMimM.JLJC sad, glad, mads, tra-la-la! 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