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/4 minu inin w i G ý. - t n .. .,.eSI -r4U M L. ItJ~W l. le f in .adbm".Io Paik~ crhw~ :IW mle,\~t I! ;004gFptwte 4t" *t wrwb ~i i~~S r4 Y 4 .~ F TCHUR P ON WAR WORK Period of Congestion and Vex atious Delays 'Is Virtually at an End. AISWER WiTH REAL LETTERS Strides of Great Importance- Made In Bringing laurance -Business of Bureau to an Absolutely Current Basis. Washington. - Announcement is made by Director R. G. Cholmnlley Jones of the bureau of war risk Insur ance that the Insurance division of the hbureau is virtually at the end of its period of congestion and conse quent dissatisfaction and vexations delays, resulting from the grent vol ume of work suddenly thrown upon It by the demobilisation of the armed forces during the past year. Former service men are assured that they will be answered promptly from now on with real letters, Iautend of with form paragrapha mr unsatis tectory form letters, In all casesphkih requlre detailed and specific answers. T61s Is the Brst time that the burea isa heMn I a pdsitlon to give this as surance. Strides of great importance to the mlrlions of former service men and, their relatives and beneficlaries. 'have been nde toward bringing the In surance bsiness of the bureau to an saiue at baNtis an the prompt answerihg of mall and acknowledg meant of premiums paid. The records of aeamlelted wdrk disposed of show conalusively such an enormous and distinctive itaprovement In the expe dlting of the business that It Is con -dently believed that within the naft month the asmrasee dtvision will be giving us a'Nld and accurate service a3p d any eoiclently managed orgaml atita in tomaermeal life. Cateh Up on Mail. For mample, the number of unpost. ed peamtols, whle Jlast October was P te y 88,000 has Just been redueud to a average of 10.000 or latem-hn oe day's work. - With oth M aseasary operatimes in the bdod 1img eo remittances a receipt will e sant out tna ibw days froa the date at the oerigg l teceipt of the reaft lasses 'nwie rd - m In the Insuranee divtIs sh aws s ict es approxf n;tteiy 40 per tcet from the dally 6Bime{e at ir nemsth ags. Probabl. it wil be e ao three weepk before It will lbedp ite ,fo answer all'the lblttller ni kly as It is now pont.e to !i ait Naelpe oer premlems. It Is e S etate s .e Aitewr weeks, w ..me1ibr nag bgdS a lt W1 -e "e * otu et bi asmnee withit aft a r fseelg 14 bih u ms.~he mt Miut k Ilmetlve. I . ii heelK Is 'i, ter tabs Sbe srl me a m*stpetee on S0 men wrait s inoelat t deyr w . Wtmelsmbiat tme pra . d Aite wt I bsu~,-'vqe;CirpdS 1r iy ~: LL~--' ~ 5l*'Y~ bility for the huren to mail to ealc of the 4,810.888 men on its list, infor mnation relative to the changes inoru tugs. etc.. as rapidly as they were issued. To macke even tone complete mailing to each of the millions of ad. dresses and at the same time to cope with the work of the hureau was an almost insIaprable task. Nafurally. much comphllant develope do tihe ground that service men were unable to get Information about what the bureau of war risk insunrned was of fering or was doing. Handicaps Overcome. Very serious handicaps .In the ad dressing of the men have just he a overcome. Through a special appromrl ation made by congress, the hnbureau has been enabled to put its entire list of former service men on addreso graph 'lates. a task whict has requir ed several months and which has com pletely monopolized the plate-making section of a great factory3 In the bureau of war risk ianurance itself over nine hundred people have been employed in putting the names and addresses on the plates. In addition to enabling the bureau to make full mailings of its most Im portant Information to former service men and women, the sending out of premium 'notice has been enormous ly faclitated. The new system of printing both the premium notice and the premium receipt at the same time from the addresasgraph plate and by filing the returned addressograph noe tice in place of the premium receipt to eredit the indmvidual account with the,remittance. reduces to.a miulmum the possibility of mIsappiieatien of premiums received. Additional safe guard rests In the faet that each ad dressograph plate carries the certifi cate or pollcy number, and the amount of premium regularly due from the service man. This prevents the er rors that prerlouty occurred through repeated copying with a typewriter. In a great business where there are more than thirty million records. In eluding the names of more than tifty thousand Johnutons. Johnsons, etc., and proportlonately large numbers of Smiths, and Browns. occasional er rors and mismnderstandinas were bound to develop, but the iyonlng-out process is not as well under way that even such dlscrepsnet will be rapid ly eorreeted. Diffillltiees Redued. The promptnesm with which pre mtim notices ean now be matled. is es pected to obvtiate largely the dfilacul ties and rexateons which hitherto' have heen oeasrumed by premium no tiers heing maled where the peylnemts had already been made. Preapt re elptlng to iwetrrilum which now Is possible . an \wll he carried' out, will lamIey do away with this dieality. esLpt. o peure, where notices seant out Jn ra 'traown mMasth ae forward. a before The wi c t la~msent oeeAid be credited. Isuglee. of the nsurance policies fIthe prmnrawmept mws te-d) svrwn met UI.e sBrane, which are fi serd by NI the men who ae irseared, h- been delayed pLning the eape sen, which pew hbmeen pived. ThIe e polie are now being ee-. pted b7 1h esturial and Iat en parts Md samt the gavernment pelt i cka. updIt s aspete that tWr sal he > n eat dterg Jaue I. W .iI the t e t beginess of the W hw hr ben r 4i!.r,d fus h ;i .. th.rssd ee as st dO b hi.* * neý'tw m +set. so sre famore so@ at agiemmt e t o i· I: i; .. - .1~. ; "ip, ~I ~. ~-~u. ip~. " a L y i j 71Uf. - nit clude lmaret. grandparent. step-par eat, parent through adoptlon` wife el husband, child, grandchild. stepchild adopted child. 'brother, sister, half. brother, half-sister, brother through adoption, sister through adoption, steplrother. stepsister, uncle. annt, nephew, niece. brotherifn-law. sister - In-law., a person who has stood in the h relatihm of a parent to the Insured Sfor a peoried of one year or more prior to the insured's enlistment or indue e tion, the children of such person: par ent. c trandparent, step-parent or par ent through adoption of the insured's w wife or husband. n Want Permanent Forms. r. It is also anticipatted t th:a the pro e vis!oion of the new liaw which permits e. lutnlsunm payments, at the option of e the tusured on converted policies. (or dinary life, twenty-paymeint life. thlr ty-payment life. 2,)-year. en:lownlent, SO)-yeur endlowment. and endowmluent at age sixty-tvfo) will greatly increase the nmaler of conversions Into the per:nanent form of government life ciinsurance. More than 105.000 appllcations for the conversion of war risk policies in to permanent forms already have been received. t l'otrmer service men desiring to re Instatare war risk insurance which has lapped. or been canceled, or to convert their insurance in eases where it is Mow Inforce, should apply to any post of the American Legion. the Veterans of Poreign Wars, or other organiza-, ttons of former Service men. Army, Navy and Marine Corps recruiting sta tions. State Insurance Commissioners, any home service petlon of the miner lean Red Crol Salvhation Army, Knights of Columbus. Jewish Welfare board. T. M. C. A.. or to other frater nal or welfare organizations which are in a position to furnish blanks and necessary information. OLD SHAKESPEARE IS FOUND Fragment of easi:onate Pilgrim" Be lieved Earlier Than Any Other Iss. London.-Sotheby's will sell at sue fion a volume which rivals In rarity the tiny. book which G. D. Smith of New York bought for £15.100 from the Rritwell Court library last December. That sold from the Britwell library comprised iLakespeare's "Venas and Adonis," fourth edltion. 1190. of Which only one copy is known; Shakespeare's "Passionate Pilcrim" and "Sonnets," first edition.~ 1,51. of which .p9y one th-er 'copy was then knorwna and "Epli arninmes and Elegies." by Sir Jola Davis and Christopher Marlowe. The contents of the newly diser. 4rý volnme are Shakespere's "Pas stonate ligrim" aid "8omnets" first edltion 1109; Shakespeare's "Lu cre.," third edition. 1600, of which only one other copy Js know.; Thomas MItMitlto's "Ghost of Lerese," '00, a unique and lbitberto unknaew week: "Etse'iedalfe." by E. C., as sather aner kdestiled. 11595, and Shke rwearers "Venus and Adonis," kith edtlne, Itumed in 1001, the saOa yst 4. thfteurtht dtbh. - tsr" Is frawgment containlag a large portionO the work. Its twenty-reem leaves out of thirty-foar are. meeoer. mnde up of two h-ha one of whiteh is the tans obre4 at the Britwedt Court rsle. but the ether isse ftr which the *eea Is amue dp Is oqe hitherto uikaewn. It emntales lism pinata wich In the b'rl ell Cemrt en ample are, ccareated. CeaoqeentIj the ctlih of the latter to it 'the frst . edlltCtc I 1a the wore4t of chtr I al. Ihe now dusee ews 4isovervil k Ricthrd Prita lsmrtcetst bls hams, 9e03 ofL" a' " mad, r e dout. t stew s, c .on ·ar dYram j F 'ý ý+p 4' yl` y +ý3y ý. ý Qr r ._+ [y "Bless Its Heart-It's Happy Now" . because its healthy stomach digests food properly, and bowels act ca they should, after using MRS.WINSLOW'S ySYRUP . The Infants' and Chiaren's Regulatot it is a rentl please to dive t-is inv.loable prep. arntion-and babics cl r. yt.; ci..i;cn Tie to ta.e it Enrs. Wiaslow's byrup never fai.s to over Coue consti;pation and brings remarksrtly quick and gratif4ing reliet in' wind colic. diarrhoea, Iftulency and the mnry ther simar troubles. Add a few drops. depcndlrn on a-e. to each feed * ing it keeps baby's bocCls regular. It is the best rertey t'hat medlcal skil has ever devised ard endorsed fur t.,'1thin babics. ru m.ly be qniekly p-oven by rer.:iT the complete formula below which appears on every label. Gb Sm, i Syn, CiA C At AR Druaiers AIQOI-AtTCI.N DRUG CO.. zI:-::? Fibs St., Nw TYk Geanral& 'lnrg Agenta: flarc'd F. r tc'.e& Co., ne. New Yor Londcn Trc.to The Right Way SInall eases of larEMPER, PEPJKETE WPMIIENESA C0LDS,u IC. of all horses, brood mares, colts and stallions Is to "SPOHN THEIE" on the tongue or In the toed4 with SPA ! BISTE4IPEI 00U Give the remedy to all of them. It acts on the blood and glands. It routs the disease by expelling the germs. It wards off the trouble, t matter how they are "exposed." A fteW drops a day prevent those exposed from contract Ing disease. Contains nothing Injuri ous. Sold by druggists, harness deal ers or by-the manufacturers. t0 cents and $LS1 per bottle. AGENTS WANT ED. SPOHN MEDICAL COMPANY. G3OSHEN. INO. A Boy't idea. The small boy's Idea of hell seems to be an empty wood-or-coul box when It Is time to go skatlng.-Leavenworth Pest. GRUMPY? If Constipated, Bilious or Headachy, tiake Brain foggy? Blue devils got you? Don't stay slek, bilious, headhy. a-u astpated. Remove the liver and bowel poalso which Is 'keeping your head abe, your tongue coated, your breath ibd and stomach sour. ,Wby adt spend a few cents tr a hex of tcasre ts and e-ot the niest gentlest anativea tharUtl ye, ever ezjpgreuce4? .Ot arts never grips, sleken or teslmvo nirce one like ats, O, ClO Oeme or Iamh Pls. The work w lo gam 1he-Mvr. 'rbai child aetor has a patwhia ts him like a gloave." "'Ye--sort of kid sglove." anlukrygemaead pr engil.y wleesi b etm ai Th ses are ashum.-. A marrled nmats idea of a good time I deb the thiuag his wieb jactste, You Can-tR* ftAway~ Rhemml. tbc m s. an tbstBo Im 81m r~~~rWw'i d 06 'ti "a 'i s 1 i is so mua au e1 de - * ,t l ý ep, ti rw tesrtq w rs la M mo . 1· mbo tbe R o m * M ,1 t mN- { . Nowb i~w MO 1Ts woo""r be IM otbu mU -W -mW~f ls .irs ý, ý. : t-r t iklbC:ý~~s IL·)~CekJ -'-~ C~ ara rr~ ;ff ý 3i"· e, ` N~ ·:o higllry-nve rtoussna womlen af. now employed by the railway system. o: the United States. Eskl'mo children play football with a bag stuffed with hair. Larger a man'lsbrains the less rain he is of them. Australia has nearly 300,000 ares a untoeched forests. •x * 'at I@ NI1 U es 4 .