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SUN PAY. DECEMBER 22, 1918.

Oyster» Argue for Municipal Market.Washington had some very interesting news from the District

Building during the past week. What can be more interesting to a

profiteer ridden public than official discussion of ways and mean«

of reducing the exorbitant cost of living3This District Commissioners have been talking about the pos¬

sibilities of a municipal market. Such a project has often been thesubject of talk in Washington, but we are still at the mercy of theprofiteer. The public hopes, and we pray, that the Commissionerswill carry their plans to a successful conclusion with the same earnest¬

ness with which they have been launched.There are so few things which public officials, in any city, do

directly for the good of all the people. Through certain legislationofficials will reach and please some here and a few there, but rare isthe occasion that one law will be enacted to the benefit of everyhome. Many have been the opportunities for such public service byofficials, but few have seized them.

When you deal with a man's pocketbook you deal with his veryexistence. When you deal with food, you deal with a person'ssustenance, health, contentment. Overcharge the public for food and

yon have discontent. Rob a nation of food and you have a revolu¬tion. Help them to live more cheaply and you win their undyinggratitude.

That the Washington public has been robbed there is no doubt.Volumes of statistics compiled on food prices arc proof of this.Ot»e investigation after the other has been conducted, but we are

still paying the same prices, and perhaps even higher prices.The public is tired of investigations which bring no relief; of

maddening statistics. A solution is what the public wants and is

eMMed to.The District Commissioners have started something which the

pubbc is following closely with the confidence that after long suf¬

fering champions of their rights have come forward.What about the oysters' argument for a municipal market3

Simply this.This week oysters could be bought at the wharves for 60 cents

a bojhel. They could be shucked for 35 cents per bushel. A bushel

of tfcese oysters makes a gallon unshucked. Simple arithmetic shows

that Oysters at the wharf therefore cost 95 cents a gallon.At Center Market, less than a mile away from the wharves,

oysters have been selling for 70 cents a quart or $2.80 per gallon.It isn't necessary to figure the difference, but we might add that $1.85is some expensive freight for a bushel of oysters carried over less than

a mile: or the middleman's profit of $1.85 on a bushel makes the

oyster business mighty attractive.If the District Commissioners will fight for a municipal market

there will be an end.to this robbery.

There's No Age Limit for Romance!Romance knows no age limit!Amelia E. Barr at 87 writes a new novel!Amelia tried to write at 12. She met Romance at 19 when »he

married Robert Barr in Scotland. At 40 she was producing novels at

high speed.In 37 years she has written seventy books of fiction and hundreds

of short stories.It's only a half truth to say that the young are romantic.

Their elders are just as much so.

Why, pretty nearly every day you hear of men of 70 marryinggirls oí 50.or even younger!

There's a romantic streak in the most and the best of us.

The Americans are probably the greatest fiction readers in the

worldFiction feeds the romantic spirit.and feeds on it, too.

Yesterday's fiction doesn't satisfy today's taste, however.

E. P. Roe's slow-moving stories now put us to sleep. We want

speed in our novels nowadays. A meeting, a glance, a wedding! Andsometimes a triangle and a divorce in the next chapter.

Amelia Barr more than proves that romance knows no age limit.

She proves that you can go on working and thinking. You don't

i need to dry up and grouch in a corner!

The Square Deal Is Double-Edged.The square deal should be one 01 life's commonest experiences.

Most of us always try to give it; none of us, however, have so in¬variably received it that we wholeheartedly trust the next man infaith established by our transactions with the last one.

The square deal was never intended to call for gratitude.Each time one is the recipient of a square deal he is strength¬

ened and fortified in his determination to unfailingly give it to

others.So, the good resultant is more far-reaching than those who ex¬

tend the square deal ordinarily realize.

Baron Byng is certainly some name'

One job for the Manhattan air police will consist in trying to findlost airmail pilots.

Delegates to the Peace Confc-ence, "will number 100 odd.'' Someof them decidedly odd. ·

"Tons of dates to be furnished U. S. sailors." The girls will havethousands of dates f<yt them, too, when they get back.

Somebody's published a book called "The High Cost of Living inthe New York Legislature." Must be a misprint for "lobbying."

The Swiss are even less eager to receive those small Germansutes as part of their confederation than Holland was to welcomeBill.

Heaven help France" Most of our freak reformer·.not to men¬tion oar public utility exploiters.are going over to "reconstruct'the «ountry.

The Year of the Great Petce.By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

Like one who watches by some bedWhere Love lies ill and Hope seems fledSo has it seemed the lofty skiesHave watched with wide, unwinking eyesHave watcked the engulfing flood

Of madness, muck and mud,rOf wrath and tears and blood-

Mayhap, God, too, has watched in painTo see the nations slay and slain.

Like one whose long watch through the nightFinds ripe reward by morning's lightWhen dire Disorder flies, and freesThe couch from danger and disease,Now comes the world's surcease

Now comes the world's release.Now comes, the great Great Peace'God takes the hurt world on His breastAnd lulls its fevered soul to rest.

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BOOKDOM - - ByLonjacActual first-hand evidence about the affairs in Berlin of William

Bayard Hale, who u now under discussion in the Senate investigationsjf the Hearst newspapers, comes from a fellow correspondent in Berlinit the time of Hale's reported treasonable actions and writings. D.Thomas Curtin, who was in Berlin as an accredited American corres¬pondent in 1915, and is the author of "The Land of DeepeningShadow," and "The Edge of the Quicksands" (Doran), reports Hale¡n the former book as follows:

"Dr. William Bayard Hale received in Berlin such a welcome a»is usually only accorded to a new-coming ambassador. Hale'» dis¬patches to the Hearst press were syndicated and published all the wayicross the country. The German authorities understood this perfectly.veil. Hale came, of course, with the warmest credentials from CountBernjtorff. Long before Hale had a chance to present himself at theforeign office, the foreign office presented itself to him, an emissary"rom the imperial chancellor, according to the current story in Berlin,left his compliments at Dr. Hale's hotel. He had not been in Berlinmany days before an interview with Bcthmann-Hollweg was handedto him on a silver plate."

Arrakatlea. t

Not one person in a million whohas witnessed an aviator loop theloop or do other hair-raising stuntsin the air understands in the slight¬est degree the why and whereforeof the performance. Horatio Bar¬ber. A. F\ Ae. 8., a captain in theRoyal English air force. Is probablythe first aviator-writer to give usan insight into the myeterles ofaerial acrobatici« or "aerobatics." ashe cal's them. His book is pub¬lished by Robert M. McBrlde. of NewYork, and sells for 13 net.This book by Capt. Barber, whose

earlier work. "The Aeroplane Speaks."Is recognised as the standard text¬book on ground work and the theoryof flight, is an explanation in sim¬ple form, and for the benefit of thestudent, of the general rules govern¬ing elementary and advanced flying.Part I. which Is headed "EXemfn-

tary Flying." Is an explanation ofthe essential elements of flight in¬struction from the moment tha stu¬dent enters the machino until hebecomes a finished pilot. The me¬chanical control of the machine,straight flying, turns of all kinds,stalling, diving, gliding, slide-slips,and various ways of landing, flyingthrough clouds, "taxylng" and thefirst solo flight are described andanalysed fully and In non-technicallanguage, each subject being takenup In progressive order.Part II explains the more advanced

evolutions such as looping, spinning,the half roll, the complete roll, theImmelman turn, the falling leaf, thecart wheel, etc.The book contains a progressive

syllabus of Instruction, a glossaryof technical terms and numerous ad¬visory hints.Capt. Barber's ten years' experi¬

ence as a practical flyer and hlawork as officer in charge of instruc¬tion at the Central Flying Schoolof the Royal Air Force. England,make him especially fitted to ex¬

plain authoritatively and accuratelyall points which the beginning flyermust know, ani his book will proveof exceptional value to the studentof flight and to the instructor as well.

The ·?·t, of the leasing.Irvln S. Cobb. who made Paducah.

Ky., famous by being born there, hasbeen on the rampage again and writ¬ten another very interesting book Inthe style that has made him famous."The Glory of the Coming." GeorgeH. Doran Company. ?. T, $1.75 netIn this book Cobb writes the storyof the final act in the world's reddrama especially the story of theAmerican army. "The Battle Hymnof the Republic" read. "Mine eyeshave seen the glory of the coming ofthe Lord." Cobb changes It for hispurposes to "What Mine Eyes HaveSeen of the Glory of the Coming of ¦

the American Army."He writes of the psychology of the

American soldier, his curious silenceas he debarked on French soil, hisbreakneck enthusiasm as he struckhis first trench, the spirit of the negrosoldier. He writes again of the war¬time face and aspect of London andParis, the spirit of our allios. theirfinal sufferings and their final tri¬umph, the unforgotten. unforglvenwork of the Hun in Northern France,and the growth of a new wit andhumor, war-time laughter that is astouching as It is brave and funny.Mr. Cobb is not a new hand at any

line of reporting; give him a greatscene and a great audience and hispen never falters, his tone, for all Itssuave, tireless Jocularity, is never any¬thing hut firm with patriotic convie-tion and human sympathy.

The Next »tea la Rellaiaa.Those who do not believe that re-

liglon and science cannot dwell Inharmony would do well to read "TheNext Step in Religion" (The Stac-Mlllan Company. 11.50 net) by RoyWood Sellara Ph. D. The book Is adiscussion of religious belief from!the viewpoint of science.

Prof. Sellare brings before hisreaders the latest conclusions Inanthropology in natural science. InBiblical criticism, and In many otherfields of research, and present»these conclusions in a simple andeffective fashion. He shows the na¬ture of the origins of religion Inprimitive customs, and the appear¬ance of most of the principal relig¬ious beliefs in an early stage of;human culture. He discusses thevarious early religions, especiallythat of the Hebrews, analyzes therecord of the four Gospels, takesup the transformation of the earlyChurch through 8t. Paal's theology,and goes on to discuss the courseof the Catholic and Protestant or¬

ganizations and the theologies.The religion which the author

urges is a religion freed front dog¬ma and ritual, but devoted to cer-'tain Ideals or values In life. Loy-|alty is to be the great virtue, andloyalty Is to show Itself in a ration¬al determination of values and cour¬

ageous seeking after them.

Footsteps.Once an author gets you interested

in his characters he is under no ne¬

cessity for startling you into attentive-ness by extraordinary Incident. Thatla why Henry James, speaking of"Cyrano de Bergerac," said that thatsort of thing Is good as a sort of hap¬py Inspiration, but the ordinary writ-er had better leave the romantic pondand fish in the realkstic. There what¬ever you flsh up Is likely to havesome value. In the present case theauthor has written a delightful novel,simply by. Interesting you In the he¬roine and her father. After thatwhatever happens to the heroine-even the chances of her getting a new

pair of sadly needed shoes on hernext visit to town.takes on a livelysignificance.The scene is laid in the Canary Isl¬

ands. There have come Daphne andher indolent and bibulous father to re¬

trieve their fortunes; In Londonthings had gone pretty badly withMr Nugent, the last member of anold fighting English family, who hadpreserved nothing from it but an an¬

tiquated moral code that looked downon people who wore overalls Daph¬ne, however, has become embittered,degenerated Into a sçrt of "feministand old maid." It is so Jefie author'scredit that Daphne Is from the startimmensely likable; we sense the bub¬bling hearty personality beneath theimposed veneer.The Nugents don't prosper much

bettar la the Canaries. How Daphne's

hate grows, how ehe I« forced to takein a boarder. Ronnie, a fine, unaf-fected young engineer; how her fatherwant)* her to marry iSonsalves. a bru¬tal Spaniard ????? on the next farm,how thing» rise naturally to an excit¬ing climax. Miss Perd val tells withan Intriguing easualness. Once youget her perspeetlre ehe is able to «a>ve«t the commonest trifle with a 1*T"ing Interest. Thle is a rare facultyand It give« to "Footstep«" a veryreal charm.The book Is by Dorothy Perclval

and is published by the John LaneCompany of New York and «ells for$1 50 net.

FIreeraeker Jiif."Firecracker Jane" by Alice Calhoun,

(Henry Holt & Co. N. Y.. $1.50 net).is a spirited American army romanceand a vivid and colorful depiction ofthe conflict between the AmericanCivilisation and its Ideals with theMexican Republic which Is slowlyand painfully emerging from Its me¬diaeval traditions, in which womenmust win by intrigue the influence andindependence that society in ournorthern world accords them as theirbirthright. The motherless, head¬strong daughter of a I'nited State«cavalry officer has in her veins anexotic mixture of Spanish-Irish bloodwhich, under the stress of an es¬trangement between herself and herfather. Impels the girl Into an im¬petuous marriage with her Mexicancousin. This places her on the ha¬cienda she ha« inherited just at thetime of the warfare, three years ago,on the Mexican border, when Villawas ravaging the richest estates ofSpanish landed aristocrats and driv¬ing the terrorized owners over theTexan frontier us refugees. From thesetting springs tense drama throughthe Cierman intrigues in which youngRicardo de CAdena is Involved, thelove of the American aviation offi¬cer. "8. O. 8." for the fiery littleJane, and the clash of the troops ofthe American Punitive Expeditionwith the guerilla Achtere of Valdea'sarmy of outlaws. Jane's escape fromher brutal captor, and her rescuejust as the American army is orderedto France, provide adventurous ex¬citement and a happy ending in spiteof the unfortunate international mar¬riage whereby the heroine's fate wasentangled in an alien social order.

Or. Adria·».

"Dr. Adriaan."' by Ixmis CouperasfDodd. Meid and Company, $1.50 net),is th«· fourth and last volumne of thtseries called "The prooks of the SmallSouls.*' which begins with "SmallSouls" and im ludes "The Later L#lfe'*and "The Twilight of the Souls." "Dr.Adriaan" takes ?? the history of thevan Ijowe family, not at the pointwhere it was left at the end of '"TheTwilight of the Souls," but someeleven years later. Adrian van derWelcke, son of Constance and Henri,is now a grown man of 2*. married,and the father of two children, butstill living with his parents, who havemoved to the old house at Drieber-pen, which was the home of the vander Welekes. Gerrit'« widow Adelineand her nine children are there, too.beine taken care of by the van rierWelekes, and especially by Adriaan,or Addie, as he Is always called.Emily van Raven Is there, still a

young woman, but only the shadowof her former self, haunted by thetragedy which wrecked her life, thatdreadful secret which every year inspringtime »he finds herself impelledto repeat to Addie. the one personwho knows the full truth. And Mam¬ma van Ivowe. now a feeble, half-dead old woman, is also living withConstance, and presently Ernst andPaul.the one with that hypersensi-tivenosa which, had things been dif¬ferent, might "have developed Intothe profoundest qualities of humanfeeling." instead of into the mentaldisease which made of him a ''sicksoul;" the other with that scrupulousregard for cleanliness which had be¬come an obsession, until now onlymusic seems to him clean and pure.establish themselves near by.

NEWSY NOTES.The Aere Bise Hook

Now rome» "The Aero Blue Book."to be published next month by TheCentury Co. It is to be a book some¬what In the nature of the Automobil«Blue Book, though with more diversematerial, since aerial transportationnow has need of more explanationthan the once brand now automobile.In addition to the aeronautical maps."The Aero Blue Book," it is announced,will contain aviation records, lists ofInternational and National, Trophiesand Prises, information about aerialmail service, a director ? of aeronauti¬cal associations, etc. Briefly, It is tobe a sort of encyclopedia of aeronau¬tic- "The Aero Blue Book" i» thefirst of Its kind in English.

A Ls.tr of Jade.

Several years ago E. P. Dutton ACo. published, in their Wisdom of theEast Serie», a little book of selectionsfrom classic Chinese poems, entitled"A Lute of Jade," compiled and ed¬ited by I*. A. Cranmer-Byng. who wasthe general editor of the series. Itsoon made Us way into the affectionof people who like distinctive and un¬usual hooks and for nearly teil yearsIt has had steady sales and an in¬creasing demand. Heretofore the Dut-tons have imported the necessarycopies from England, but this fall. Inorder to meet the call for the book,they are printing It in an Americanedition and will have it ready forpublication about the end of this.month. The editor. Mr. Cranmer-Byng. Is an English man of letterswho has devoted much attention toOriental literature and especially toChinese poetry. The «elections hemade for "A Lute of Jade" are the re¬sult of long and wide ranging amongthe Chinese poets of many centurie.»and unerring for whatever was bestand finest and most significant.

The Red Triangle In the Far Kant.Though the apex of the Red Tri¬

angle ts surely in France, there iscircumstantial evidence to the effectthat there |g one angle of It In indie.Sir Arthur K. Yapp. ?. ?. E.. authorof "The Romance of the Red Tri¬angle" (Doran!, tell« of the Y. M. C.A. facilities in the East. "In Burmaa large barrack room, mad« of woodand bamboo with a grass thatched

roof, housed the association whichworks among the men of the newlyformed Burmese regiment«. Thewhole building7 Is on piles, andstands ebout six feet off the ground.thus preventing snakes and otherunwelcome guests from coining In¬side. The regiments comprise notonly Burmans, but Karens. Chineseand Ara kan ese. Most of the men arefrom the deep Jungle, and very fewof them can read or write. Thegramophone Interests them enor¬

mously, and they look inside It tosee who is producing the sound, andwill sit round in ft circle listening toit for hour«. Picture papers interestthem. b*t usually they prefer hold¬ing the pictures upside down. Thebetter educated men write a gooddeal on th«e free note-p*;>er pro¬vided by the Y. M. C. A. .usrrtntsare sung by Karen and Chinea»Christians- At the far end of thebuilding Is a huge image of theBuddha, which was there before wecame, and Is used by some of thehoys as a sort of chapel for prívatedevotions. The boys have to taketheir choice between Christianityand Buddhism, and as we have threeexceptionally good Vimps there is,much more light at the T. M. C. A.end of the hall, and we have thebetter attendance in numbers at allevents."

"Memorie· Grave and Gay,"* whichthe Harpers have ready for imme¬diate publication, ts th* account hyFlorence Howe Hall, daughter ofJulia Ward Howe, of the varied andactive life which has been hers sincechildhood. During her youth she metin her home many celebrities of bothEurope and America, of whom thebook contains her Impressione.amongthem Longfellow, Emerson. Thackeray,and Kdwln Booth. Other chapters dealwith her own friendship« and literarycareer.

The war letters of an Americansurgeon to his relatives and friendsat home, about to be published byLlppincotts under the title. "PftMatfaa Censored," will contain descriptionsof the many incidents and duties,pathetic, tragic, or humorous, whichcame his way. The author is Capt.Bernheim, who la rerving with theJohns Hopkins Hospital Unit.

Bessie Van Vorst. who in privatelife i· now Mme. LeRoux, has written

"A Popular History of France.·· »inchthe F. A. Stokes Cornpan> w. I puhhah next month. It will give a coir,pact summary of the f-alknt eventiin French history, brought out In highrelief, in order that the book can bjread quickly and at th· same timemake a vigorous impression upon the IinjndThe Jlobbs-MerrH. Company an¬

nounce« the early publication of"Three Live Oho«*«.'· a war «tory byFrederic S. lsham, whose plays andnovels. "Nothing but the Truth.""Aladdin from Lroadway," and others.are already known. The etory dealswith experiences In England of threesoldiers, an English nobleman, a Lon¬don cockney, and an American, whoescape from a German prison to findthfat they have no statai anywherebecause they are "officially dead/'

Harper & Brothers recently receiveda letter from a member of the Amer¬ican army in France bemoaning thefact that so many of the magazinessent to the soldiers overseas are ofthe sporting variety. "Why don't thereaders of rea« periodicals." he asked."use one cent stamps on the covermore frequently .t ha ? is their wont?Most minds in the A. K. F. are capableof coping with somethine better thanbaseball stories."

Mark Twain's former home. Storm-,field, at Redding. Conn., has beenturned over by his daughter, ClaraClemens Gabrilowitsch, to the Artists'War Service I«eaguo, to be eserl as a

convalescent home for soldiers. Thepurpose of the league is to aid mem¬bers of all the artistic professions Inwax service, and theii dependents. Acommittee for stimulating membershipincludes Rudyard Kipling. Enrico Ca-'ruso, and John Drew, representing re¬

spectively, literature, music, and thedrama. Wlnslow. Iunior ? Co. are

acting as. bankers for the league'sfunds.

Jane I>ransfield*s two-act poetic fan¬tasy, "The Lost Pleiad." which wassuccessfully produced last winter inthe Ijenox Little Theater and theBrooklyn Academy of Muslo, is beingbrought out in hook form by James ?White & CO.. with a cover reproducingthe stane setting lor the play thatwas deaigncd by John Winger. Apaper edition is alno published for theuse of schools and college« desirous ofproducing the play.

Bureau of Erigraving-Printing Notes

MrMs Mary Edmonston. wetting di¬vision, was given a fine umbrella as atoken of the esteem In which she 1»held by her· coworkers. She has beenIn the bureau forty years, beingknown as "granny."

William ITllman, plate printer, isback at work again.

Edward Tucker, machinist, winspend his Christmas holidays atManassas. Va.

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William F. Kennedy, plate printer,is confined to his home In Clarendon.Va, Neuritis is the trouble.

Miss Ada Carlon, secion li. print¬ing division, expects to spend the holi¬days In Allentown. N. J with her sis-ter, Mrs. Henry Wilkins. whose hus¬band Is a prominent citizen of thatplace.

A. C. Steinbrenner, assistant chief ofengineer ami machine division, willhave his nephew and friends of hisdaughter to spend the Christmas holi¬days at his home.

Andrew R. Kennedy, engraving ill-vision, expects to Join hs family InSew Haven. Conn., for Christmas din¬ner.

There is a little buzsing around thatseems to intimate orr band will havesuits soon. We don't know how theycan do it. but guess Maurice Calketdoes. Let's ask him

George Pauley is happy to have hadhis son home for a few day*. He leftSaturday for New York to participateIn the great naval parade to be heloon Christmas evening. Mr. Pauleyworks in the numbering division.

Mrs Grace Tegler. examining divi¬sion, has gone to Palm Beach. Fla.,fbr a well-earned rest.

How does It feel to take a day off"Grace Clyburn experienced that sen¬sation on the 1«th inst.. taking herfirst day of leave from the examlndivision.

J. 8. Belts, engraving division, hasreturned to work after nursing threesick children.

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"Posey Hall is a great favorite Inthe machine division. He keeps bismachine in good running order aiiipicks up the stragglers on his way towork and has saved many from sign¬ing the tardy list.

A. J. Jones, machinist, director ofthe Bureau band, also a composer ofsome repute, has Just completed ?

composition of music entitled "ThelAst Charge." It was played throughcourtesy by the Marine Band an·!pronounced O. K. Mr. Jones has ·?

right to feel proud of his achievementsince it has met with the approvalof that famous band.

John F\ Williams, foreman of thepaint shop, was detained at home partof this week on account of sicknessIn the family.

J. A. Williams and Crawford Ren-nie, engineers, have exchanged places,the former going to the old buildingwhile the latter wPI be in charge Inthe new building.

Jesse Smith has Just been appointeda machinist In the machine shop.

Harry Stratmeyer has resigned hisposition in the plumbing shop. Hesays his business In Rockvllle requiresall his attention.

Miss Mary Weight, with the as¬sistance of the girls In the nutn-ber'.ig division, is sending fruitand boxes of candy to the Tubercu¬losis Hospital. The girls are goingto send their donations on Christ¬mas eve and the 120 patients willbe made happy to know that they«re not forgotten. Some girlsthese.

Theodore A. Booney. superinten¬dent of section sixteen, printingdivision, is busy at home nursinghis wife and daughterMiss Annie Regan, numbering di¬

vision. Is on leave for the re¬mainder of the yeer. This is herusual vacation.

The wetting division reports Mrs.Honor Matthews. Miss Bessie Allenand Miss Matta M. Stog on leaveror the Christmas holidays.News that there Is a "Raffle.." at

work In Forest Park, Baltimore,reaches us through Frank Evan*.brother of George Evans in theprinting division. All the residentssleep with their guns handy sridarc wondering who will collect tho

Tk» "Velvet Kind'"Uttle kiddles tor· it-N» ke

it."-Aat,

1500 reward offered for him. Franksa> s he does not want to see the"gent."

Mrs. Elate McGill ha.« resigned ?.«

a plate printers assistant

(ïus Redmond retuned to work itisection sixteen, printing, after »w t i'k',1 absence.

Ben Kroger. plat·· printer, sectionten, had a day off last week to al¬low his wife to tinieh shopptner« Benonly lias four children, but says itwas no vacation for him.

Wm O'Neill« of th·· plumbingshop, is taking some of hta lea\·do his Christmas shopping.

Ida V. Mancum. of the cxamimnirdivision, section sixteen, is convales¬cing, after a serious illn» ss

Harry S7.et.-edy. supcrintendent ofsection nine, printing division, hasthe sympathy of his many friends.>1ípí wit", who bas been i'l f¡time, fa reported in a critical con-d 11 ion.

That Hi¿r stack fiat has been putup between the machine shop andthe bureau has been securely fast¬ened and "1>" wing «an co back towork airain. A ladder fastened in¬side is the means by which the tor*is reached. Some chimney for aSanta Ciana stunt.

News wa» received at·· yesterdayafternoon that Mrs \V. M Scotthad died during the day. Mr. Scottla a plate printer.

.The stars Incline, but do not compel.'

HOROSCOPE.¦riTDAT. DW FMBI'.R SS, I»1S.Astrologers read thia ?* a doubtful

day. Although the Sun is in benefic ;aspect late In the afterno6*n, T*ranus.Jupiter and Saturn «re all adverse.

It is a most auspicious nway underwhich to visit relatives, especiallythose from which ivei.efils are likely:o he received.I'ranua gire* warning of religion*

change and even of dissensionsimopg church folk. While there will)>e an access of zeal and In» rcase offaith old prejudices about creeds maybe revived, owing to some political ornational problem.There is a sign warn i tig against

speech that is unkind. Criticism andslander are believed to be encouragedby the aspects of the stars, whichencourage Jealoimy and envvIncrease of interest in Free Mas¬

onry is to be one of the ahxns of thet mee.All organisations will nourish In

the coming year In which men andwomen will unite to further workth.it will aid humanity and estab¬lish a new order of thin*?.Saturn seem* to forecast labor un¬

rest and especially troubles in mine*.This day is not favorable to either

the health or the welfare of theaged.One of the evidences of change will

be seen In the tastes and the customsof returning soldiers, it is prophesied.One of the conditions thaT the seers

declare will not be tolerated in thenew era Just dawnimr is extreme pov-erty and especial vaie will bo pro¬vided for children.Increase of intuition, psychi** power¡and mental alertness are predicted as

a result of the planetary aspects that¿re 'opposed to hav·* ìnfluon'cd thew;.r.The prophecy that the Kaiser would

not live until the final treaty of peace¡was lignei has been repea'.· d by theEnglish astrologer who declared thathe would end nia life in exile.Persons whese birthdate it Is shiuM

not make any changes in their nf-fairs in the "coming year. They who'are employed will benefit.

I Children born on this day may be¡erratic and unsettled. These subjectsof Capricorn usually have thoughtful

; serious features, but succeed bestwhen employed.

iCoprriiht. im*.

A LINE 0' CHEEREACH DAY 0' THE YEARBy Joba ?- ndrl.k liane»

MOTHKR EARTH.So thrilled one äay vvaa I with love.So filiert with ecstasy and mirth.

.Twas hard to cSimli from realmsabove

Back to the boundaries «f earth

Yet when I did desceña ai lastFrom out that sunny region fair

And round about my atanco« castI found my toys all rooted there.

We nicer at Mother Karth, an. yetNo human blessings ever were

To ease our ilavs of toll and fretEut that they rame to us through

her'.(OoronthL, LSJL>

G. P. O. NEWS NOTESEnsign A. J. Campbell. Jr., son of A.

L Campbell, of the night proof room,has returned from a trip to ArchangelHe Is attached to the ship Animi,which is one of the ships commission¬ed recently, and this was her maidentrip. Ensign Campbell enlisted In thenavy four years ago as coal passer,and when the battleship New York ¡was commissioned was assigned to jduty on her. He was promoted to theposition of toilermaker, and served Inthat capacity until his enlistment ex¬pired. He returned -to this countryfrom France, and was recently ap¬pointed to his present grade. His dis¬charge from the navy carries with Ita 100 per cent record for eftciency anadiscipline. Ensign Campbell is now ona voyage to Italy with supplies for outton er- over there.

Funeral services for Mrs. Edwin N-Warner will he held Monday. Decem¬ber 23. from the residente. Ú36 TwelfthHtreet northeast.

The night workers will have theirChristmas music Monday at 11:10 p.in.. Profs. John H. Koebllti and Jo-er»hA. Drels doing the heavy work on thepiano and violin. Johnny and Joe winstart the services with a piano andviolin solo, entitled "Airs of Our Coun¬try." followed by "The Palms " Thenwill come solos by Mrs. Hags andMiss Mstthews. with three verses of;¦.Silent Niaht Next will be some)more violin and piano, after which th«·,rntlre audience is expected to open upas strong as possible on "Adesta FI-Jelis." the word« of which will b-e di*-trlbuted beforehand.

Dave Parker, foreman of the nichtpress room force, received a letterThursday from his stepson. RichardA, Pu reell, who has iveen in the thickof the righting «t the Kr« neh frontwith Battery F. vM Field Artillery-The boy writes that he has been intwo tieice scraps, but came through;unseratched and expects to eat hi»jl'iiiT-tmae turkey with the family atI« New York avenue northwestYoung Pu reell is a member of Press-m« i« s 1 mon. No 1. and waa em-

ployed at the Bureau of Engraving"asd Printing when called to thecolors. '

James S Atkinson. William J. Bul-lis. Joseph IMerken. Arthur W Em¬ory. Miss Martha Fevhan, Charles D.Gin se. John B. Morrison. Charles K.Sickles. George H. Stull and Oscar IWebster were all on the sick list ofthe day proof room Saturday.

Last Thursday night William A.Roberts, of the night hand section.celebrated hi« twenty-sixth ann

sary as a worker in the Printing'Office. Mr. Roberts came here fromTr«mon. ?. J.. twenty-six years agoand went to work in the old buildingunder Charlie Young. His' manyfriends made the night very enjoy¬able, end without * x«'eption they wishhim another «lurrler-century stretchof work. Mr Roberta will spend theholidays with his daughter in Tren¬ton

James Solomon Wallace. ma¬chinist in th«· night linotype sec¬tion, suggests that the office drink¬ing fouatah·· b«» eo,uipp«d with sta¬tionary toothbrushes so the th ir si ?on'·» can shine their cuspids whilewetting their whistle.«. Think howmuch time would b«- saved b** th¡ssimple device. Effic iene y ? That'sWallace all over.

James A. Dent, machinist in th·1linotype night section, say« thathis l'-year-old boy. Jimmi*- cD*rt. carries The liei aid. and he-cause there is such a demandthe paper the boy injured h*a arra«rhlte toting· the load oti East Capi¬tol stre»t Friday morning. He wasattended by a nearby doctor, andlater the family physician wascalled, hut beyond a strain the armBow seems to be alt right.

Harry Christie, of the illustrationsei lion, day force, had a letter fromhis big boy Fr.-d. who » ent throughthe Argonne Wocd m-ith the scrappyengineers the day before the arm-latice was signed. Harry wa«pleased io hear from the boy andis glad he Is out of th»' woods.

William A- Riedl. foreman inchai ge of the blank book divlsiouof ih« hmdery. has secured an ableassistant in Miss Margare«, Middle-ton, who has assum«<i much of thedetail «work of the section and re¬lieves Bill of s lot of work andwon y. Miss Middleton ?- surely ahustler and is constanti' "on thefob." 'Ongratulations, Sir William.

Walter H. Baiatali, son of JohnE Ralßtal I. of the proof section,ae« »rding to the The New York

E venins; Post, has teen .

I'nited fitste« Trade CommiMi«..for Eastern Asia. He w ill leaveBen Francisco January 12. for Jspaa.

Mstt Dermody. of th»- flfir. floorb.r.dery night force, has a new babyat his home, and besides being them··** wonderful beby in the world.th.- new member of the family ?»

gettlaft along fine.

Albert Shaffer ha« left the foundryforce to amuse themselves while havisits his folk« in Lincoln. Near.,for fifteen day«.

Mrs. Lafayette I» Weeks, wife of"Deacon." in the linotype day «ac¬tion, who underwent a very seriousoperation st Provident«· Hospital, afew weeks ago. is sjaw etwa to altup. but will not go to the borne laCongress Height« until sfter Christ·

Henry M. Beadle, stripper in th·hand section, i« back st work after/a snort illness.

¦'Doc- Sp ragli e work« down la thepressroom, and nothing pleaae* htmmor- than to heve »orne one tell himlie looks lik«· Sam Gompers, and now

.oc" has had a Iwa n« » taciset In hie Hoover gesra. he reallydoes remind one of the "little giantof labor-*.he'« so different.

Undstrom. of the nu"íloo' bindery, is seriously ©onsid»imrhandling «coal during the minter, aah* *¦ lost without ih« bea r-.ute whirr,he takes care of In summer.

R !.. ß Halp»'iin>. c W, Layar,sites Teresa MelKmald. Edward W.Moicock. L ? Pattirssa and K. L.Ragl-'ind have baca detailed from iomonotype section to the day fraaaf-room.

Miss Msry Waters »mplo>«-d in theblank division of ih» sewing and ml-

¦ion. has returned to work af¬ter a protracted visit wth her son inNew York, who ? ss*t!| ?»turnedfrom ars rana« dm j L*sewt DameiWaters was a member of the AeroSquadron and had b***-n * over th«re**for many months

METROPOLITAN LIFE'S ?W. S. S. MARK $900,000Assistance by Insurance CompanyForce Notable Feature of Campaign

>n· of the most inip«»rirjtore in the scales of War 1 «.

Stamps li'-r«-. accord nctnot w. s. P. e^osaasittee has bee»the assistane«' evteuai«tire organisation of the Mtan Itimi· h

Nearly IMI lee approxi¬mately 12 p«-r cent of .

"ta. ha« beet -* d ofthrough this «»?? roe. In addition.the servier·.* ,f mor«

¦paay's etn|loaned to th«- ctananittee throng -

out the year, and 11

notaworthj assistance in thito-house canvass held last J«? ?- purposi

Th* lb) "t lh«"jcompany here aie inperintendenti John A Itolph. t a.I/· end Grata E. Dunkum. and th«1«>tsl sales I«<r the

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XMAS PARTY FOR CHILDREN.Teacher? and Pupil» of Armstrong

School Give Christmas Party.Fifteen colored rhildreu of tha

? *-1 g h ht» r h« ?« »d of t h · Arms tm ngMsnual Training School wer«· gu« sisof teacher* and pul Ia a * "hr ist ma s party Inday sfter·noon.

Miss L i> Mows announced thatth» entertainment is th« hof a movement to inter¦ *

of the school in th»- -.

children in i he ?

BIG JOB FOR SANTA.

Must Fill Stocking 14.000 FeetDeep. 3.000 Wide.

Chicago t «» \ reafronted Bt. IS nicht. It is

Pill a stool·. -¦ en andMM fpot wideIfs ih«> eoHe^tlve stocking of Itfim)

"back of th- is. who willbe j. ( «janes gneats h» mChristmas Kv<

Tbe »a rivet KI«a«T"'aaaaaaaaw ,- < :r,H»-»j»-»< u pJ*«ajira ?«

Adv.

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