Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1921, Page 32

. women in the prime of life CHHLDREN THIRD OF POPULATION Maryland Reports 29.7 Per Cent of Total Below Fifteen. Many llliterates. Nearly one-third of the residents of the state of Maryland are either in- fants or children under fifteen years of age, the census bureau announced today, the number constituting 29.7 per cent of the total population. Nine per cent are from 15 to 19 years of age, and 389 per cent are man and froes 20 to 44 years of age, while 22 are 45 years of age and over. About three-fifths of the population of the state are old enough to vote. The males from 18 to 44 constitute 425 per cent of the total male popu- lagion and 21.4 per cent of the total | population. The population of the state is 83.1 per cent white and 16.9 per cent’ co ored. ‘The colored population, which i was 232,250 in 1910, increased to 244,- 479 in 1920, an increase of 5.3 per, cent. The white population in the same period increased from 1,062,639 to 1,204,737, or 13.4 per cent. About one-fourth ‘of the white population of the state is of foreign birth, there being 77 foreign-born whites. ! Nearly 900,000 are native Americans born of native American parents. There are 64,434 illiterates in the state ten years of age and over, the! bureau announced. Of this number | 13,884 are native whites of native| parentage, 1484 are of foreign o-: mixed perentage and 13.575 are of foreign birth. The num¥er of illit-| erate colored is 35.404. "here is more | jlliteracy in the rural ¢iatricts of the state than in the citi<d. St. Mary's| county has the highess percentage of | illiteracy, with 18.2 per cent. The, two counties near W=shington. gomery and Prince '*orges, have low percentages of illit¢ facy. h 5.9 and 7 per cent, respecty Four and | four-tenths of the population of Baltimore are illiterate. Of the 196,735 rhildren seven to! thirteen years of age in the state. nt were reported as attendin; More than 94 per ‘cent o Tended school. Yhe percentage of children attendirg school was con- siderably larger in the cities than in_the rural disticts. In Annapolis, ‘n 1920, there were 552 persons ten years of age and over who were illiterate; in Cumber- Jand there were in Hagerstown, 676, and in Frederick, 316. e Flewers Via Telegraph delivered to all parts of the world. See Gude, T214 1.—Advertisement. FUNERAL OF MRS. LINCOLN Interment Will Be Made in Oak - Hill Cemetery. Funeral scrvicss for Mrs. Jeanie Gould Lincoln. widow of Dr. . Lin- coln, who died Monday. were held at her late resilence, 2235 Q street, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. S. Dunlap of St. John's Episcopal Church officiatec. Members of tha family from out of town who atterded the services in- cluded Brig. Gen. Sumner H. Lincoln, U. S. A., retired. and Mrs. Thomas E. Newbold of Borlentown, N. J., a sis- ter of Mrs. Lincoln. Interment, which will be private, will be made in the family lot in Oak Hill cemetery. - —_— For Indigestion Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. teaspoonful in water before meals R fonad n grateful rellef from distress Buy a bottle.—Advertisement. a will after eating. . RECEIVE APPOINTMENT. Theodore Ro>sevelt, assistant sec- retary of the Navy; Maj. Gen. George | C. Rickards, chief 'of the militta bu- reau, War Department, and Brig, Gen. Harry B. Smith, adjutant genefal of Indiana, have been appointed by the Secretary of War as members of the | national board for the promotion of | rifie practice. H ber Flowers Now and Then | Shaffer, M. 2416. Reme: for_shut-in friends. —Advertisement. SENT TO CAMP DIX. Capt. Nels J Thorud, Quartermaster Corps, has beun relieved from duty at ‘Washington barracks and order to Camp Dix, N: J., for duty. | ilospital. THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES—One of ’Em Was Right. YANS, YA, RS RN, T - CITY NEWS IN BRIEF A picnie will be given Saturday at' Gre:t ¥allg by the South Dak; State fociety. A specral train will leave Georgetown at 2:30 o'clock. “A Trip to Fairy! ” will be given! by the pupils o! Lucretia Mott Summer School tomorrow night at 8§ o'clock in the assembly hall of the school. Lenter A. Kohr, formerly a mem- | ber of the Calvary Baptist Church of this city. is one of a class of eighty who graduated from the Moody Bible Irstitute of Chicago August 11. Motion pletures will be shown at the mecting of the Business Women's Council tomorrow evening at 0 o'clock at the Church of the Covenant. Two persons were bitten by a dox lact night. Thomas Newman, thirty- vears old, 77 Decatur place was bitten on his leg by ithe animal. Following the attack the dog was pursued to 3d and B, stredts northeast, where it bit Florence Wolf, sixteen years old, 313 H street morth- east. The dog disappeared in an alley, und its vielims were treated at Sibley ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. | TODAY. Outing of the Veterans of, Foreign Wars at Chesapeake Beach. TONIGHT. Meeting of Kit Carson Post, Poto- mac, G. A. R., 8 o'clock, at 1412 Penn- sylvania avenue. Cantata, 7:30 o'clock. at Dunbar High School. Meeting of Abraham Lincoln Coun- cil, American AsSociation for the Rec- ognition of the Irish Republic, 8:15 o'dlock, 14th street and Park road. ——————— SMALL FIRES REPORTED. A fire, caused by burning leaves, occurred in the rear yard of 2318 M street yesterday afternoon. Firemen responded, and police estimated the damage at $50. Fire in the automobile of Mrs. H. M. Hunter, 1659 Hobart street, parked in front of 409 Massachusetts avenue last night did $5 damage. Short-circuited wires caused a small fire in the garage of H. J. Councilor, 2012 1st street, last night. Fire in a shed in rear of $17 13th street did damage of $50, and an automobile belonging to P. C. Met- calf, 405 Aspen street, parked in the ane{,swn damaged to_the aomunt of ORDERED TO0 TOKIO. Maj. Thomas B. Larkin, Corps of Engineers, now attached to the office of the chief of engineers, War De- partment, has been detailed as assist- ant military attache at the United States embassy at Tokio, Japan. T AID FOR BUSINESS HIGHT |’ Alumni Association Will Urge Pat- termon Tract for New School. Erection of the new Business High School on the Patterson tract will ybe urged by the alumni association of the institution, it was announced at @ meeting of the building com- mittee, last night at the school. It was pointed out that this tract of land is an ideal site for the proposed new school, and there will be suffi- clent ground to build a stadium and to provide a drill fleld for the high school cadets. Plans for a rally of alumni wer= discussed by James Wilkes, former president of the assoclation. It Is proposed to hold the rally in the fall and to have it addressed by prominent business men and civic leaders. Next week the building committea will send out letters to all citizens’ | associations asking their indorsement of the new building project. It was announced that the association plans to open an office for the alumni as- sociation during the coming school year in the Business High building. There is nothing more uncomfortabl than s cheap, poot uality, badiy ‘Bttea —plece of elastic howlery. The House of Gibsn prides iteeif upon its great reputation for nothing but the ighest quallty elastic hosigry, fitted perfectly. Ask your doctol Jour friends aboat us . They. know from _experlence of dealing with us that we have the best men ‘Wumen fitters that can be obtained. Every piece of elastic hosiery that we sup- gire sutistaction: We have ot'per(ec!l: satisfied” 'l'he Gibson Co. lm:. 917 G St. N.' The Store Your Ehyu'tfll Recommends 6?4; colfBe prepare it. Money Available for Real Estate Loans Investments of First-Cl. Estate Mortgage Louns Seeured for Depositor Officers and Directors , Maurice D. nm-hrx P:v-ld--n rd Frank Owings. ... R. P. Andrews, (. E. Edwards, Louis Bush, a 8. Gatley, = Sl Samuel Hart, F. W._ Bolgiano, Fioyd E. Davis, R. L._Elliott, Elie Sheetz, u;m F. Maver, llr F H. Morhart, B. Zantzinger. NK | OF COMMERCE e AND SAVINGS [+ Cor.7thand E sts. llolograpllen, Heres a Bargain—8x10 nlargements —Quality workman- ship always and prompt service. M. A. LEES| OPTICAL CO., 614 9th St. ELECTRIC IRON Prices Reduced We carry the following well known makes of Electric Irons: Hot Point Satisfaction: erican Beauty Demarico ' Eniversal * Sheldon. AN e pricse omthe.sbore have Dbeen reduced recently. Get : 224 enjoy the mtiafaction of an y clectrie’ The Gibson Co., Inc. 917 G St. N.W. Swing's Bpecialized Roasting Develops the True Cnp Character of m Variety op A-l.tton ca/ exce//enc Alexander Pope, the Enxlllh savant;- so loved hi coffee that he would wake nights to_have his servan The Coffee of Beefsteak Richuess 5¢ Lb. BUREAU TO BE HOSTS. Engraving and Printing Club -to Picnic With Mothevs sud Children. A picnic to obfidven anq their moth- ers at Camp Good Will will be ten- dered Saturday afterpoon by the Bu- reau Summer Outing Club, composed of employes of the bureau of engrav- ‘"fi and printing. thletic games, with prizes for win- ners, and a general recreational and amusement program have been ar- EL GR BUTTER D. ‘C:,. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1], ranged umder the supervision of Al- bert J. Jones, chairman of the club committee. On the whole, the outing will be a repetition of the outing held last Saturday by the bureau. Refreshments in satisfying quantities have been promised and a band con cert will be given on the grounds. D! rector James Wilmeth will attend. On the following Saturday the navy yard will act as Rost to the children. The committee in charge of Satur- day's outing is composed of Cna.lrmln Jones, James H. McVey, Thomas Jarvis, Pggey V. Hall, Claude Hil John F. illlams and Miss Mary Os: terman. . “The Daily Spread on the Daily Bread” There is beauty in the rounded woods, dank with heavy foliage; in faughing fields and dinted hllls the valley and its lake. There is beauty in the sleek, con- tented cattle grazing over rich pas- ture lands. These cattle supply b}ltterfat to make the Ideal Quality Elk Grove Bautter. : GOLDEN & CO. Distributer 1921. Health Candies =l 40, 60 & 80c Ib. This Encls It'! HIS is the final week of our “Clean- Up” of summer shoes. Ends to- morrow at our 7th St. Store and Saturday at our 9th St, and Pa. Ave. Stores. s Our 7th Street Store Closed All Day Saturday So don’t forget you have an impdrtant “date” -at Hahn’s tomorrow. These final price-reductions spell “Economy” in its thriftiest form. Don’t miss this last chance. c M E; SWING CO- Mesco Building, 1013 E St. N.W. PIERCE ARROW New Prices on Passenger Cars The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company. of Buffalo, N. Y, announces a sub- stantial reduction of its prices on all open and closed Pierce-Arrow pas- senger car models, effec- tive on all -deliveries- on and after Sept. 1st, 1921. FOSS.HUGHES FowHoghes Company ‘Washington' Baltimore Wilmington All Women's ~ White Shoes . _ Whether they are White Kids, Nu- bucks, Canvas ‘or leather-tnmmed designs. . Whether Dress, Street of Sports models. - Whether’ they were $595 $7.45, $8.75, $9.75 or $12.50— they’re now $4.85. (Genuine -White Bucks only excepted) $5.95 «Ta.n and Black Low Shoes ...... New arrivals in brand-new fall walk- ing oxfords and strap pumps-are in-- cluded in this big $5.95 sale of Tan “and Black low shoes, many of which ° sold for around $10. Plenty of nll ' $1.95 Tablefuls of LY . " Short Lines” .. Women who can wear small Sizes or long; narrow low shoes can pick up a wonderful bargain in this $1.95 sale. White, Black, Tans and other colors and cOmbinations. Some of the yi best styles included—because now sold down to small lots. Seventh St. Store only. 3 SILK STOCKINGS, -full length or % “Hosettes”™—and imported Lace-< lisle Stockings. Nearly 400 doms. splendid values in popula; colors, mcluded in this'‘great_ 3 / “Clean-up” at..<....oeeeinn 31‘39 ; 8485 .- The “Wind-Up™ of Children's Shoes Continues at our 7th-St.” Store tomorrow _ if there are any left after today’s geat rush. There were 500 pairs, small lots and brok- en sizes for.misses, ¢hil- dren and large girls. Most- ly white shoes—some- blacks, grays and ‘tans. Originally up to $5. While at all our Stores:' hoys’ and girls’ sandals, -play oxfords and “KEDS” Tennis shoes—are also in- cluded—at $1.35. —and at $1 .95 Shortl ines of misses’ and children’s still {gher grade one and two strap pumps and ox- fords. In al ledthers.- Man were $5 and $5.50. . Also all sizes in boys’y girls’, men’s or womenq tan-trimmed . white duck: High-cut “KEDS”- 'nth remforced ankle patches., Clnldr&n'a Socks Now deeply reduced, two “big feature groups. 29 and 39 - —SUNDAY— REALART PICTURES PRESENTR HEART TO LET —STARRING— JUSTINE JOHNSTONE - HARRISON FORD ADAPTED FROM “AGATHA’S AUNT,” By Harriet Loomis Smith. Overture—“RAY MOND’’—By Thomas FAMOUS RIALTO ORCHESTRA ROBERT BOND GOTTA, Conductor GREENHOR! CRANDALL AVENUE GRAND 645 Pa. Ave. S.E. And SCRE RANDALL’S }CRK THEATER C D, S(;- A‘ve.::lehee‘ St. 105 Ps 953, TODAY AND rolonow-— EXTE, l_D A PRIVATE L'GAG%I(Z! THURSDAY u:d nuu! Mm 11 and 12, ApMrssion, 25 CESs ucl.lmxla WAR SPECIAL ORCHES CRANDALL'S -z F St aL 10th LAST THEE nu";.vuuu.r; RAY, in “MADE IN red O CoNieDy, AL and R. L. Ave. oT Y R MORKRIS' “A TALE OF TWO G FAMOUS STORY, CRANDA.LL’S l(McKElulm,Lh TODAY -rumukm “BU. WO0OD PRODUCTIG: __BNARE. ¥ PULLS NEW THEA KEN ““THE GIRL WITH TiHE 3a%2 HOR: 'fious 1330 C St BE PAULI “"THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTON PRINCESS '1'® 5 St A.E “THE GOLDEN S Steamer St. Johns Legves Tth Street Wharf 40-Mile Moonlight Trips Mon., Wed,, Fri., 7:15 P.M. Colonial Beach Tues.. Thurs., Sunday, Sat., 2:30 MCIARIMI-I.’S F at 100 ETROPOLITAN LAST THREE DAYS 10:30 A, M. to 11 P. M. CHARLES RAY In Chas. Heyt's Great Hit, A MIDNIGHT BELL MACK SENNETT'S “Hard Knocks and Love Taps' K CRANDALL’S 18th & Col. Rd. NICKERBOCKER —TODAY— Beginning at 6:30 P. M. LL-STAR CAST In the F: Comed; BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS LARRY SEMON in “THE RENT COLLECTOR" s Sun, 2% Hol ys 335 “DISTINCT HIT"—Post Scoteh TAKE 32-MILE MOONLIGHT ON HURRICANE DECK TO MARSHALL HALL DANCING ,=3=n, EVE! Excellent Dlniw Room. l‘lvln Steamer anc STEAMBR CHAS MACA[ESTER Leaves 7 Wha; E FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PAR'K ly Cooled BALL ROOM Ochmann’s Great Orchestra of Nine™ " LOEW’S ALAC Continuous 10:30 A. M—11P. M. LAST THREE DAYS — e ntrances women with her art. The reason? May- be it's— —GIPSY BLOOD AM GUII.'I'Y" Reginning SII‘IY THOMAS MEIGHAN CABIN JOHN BRIDGE HOTEL On Conduit Road. MS‘I‘ DAY' Cabin John Trolley to Door. Paramount Excellent Music by Concordia Melody Bays. Famous Maryland Chicken To Midnight. Make reservations for your parties. bao. ‘quets, afternoon teas and dances. 13% DANCING. GLOVER'S. ND—| " lessons- any time. 7oc. Course, ufio pnu., .w: ballroom. W. i RN, AC STODTO. 1 if to 11 pm. Phone. l\ufl mt to Dnm! Yon can Rightway School of Bancing 1218 New York Ave. N.W. Individual private lessons. You need n appointment. Fot 10 years YOU ST. RERUBLI E o REMEMBER —we are ready to supply Blank Books when you say ‘the word. E. Morrison Paper Co.i 1000 Pa. Ave. <3 o n-p.—"l' Tenchipon o Gance Serictly private. A g, Reanesd % 1 EE 11-; Washington Studio of Dance, ‘l l“li'. 0’- 1:30-11:80, 4 'fl'lfi and