Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 25

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(.U OFFICERS WiLL CONFER WITH POPE Bishop Shahan and Mgr. Pace Sail From New York Wednesday. Tho: Edward A ics, w France 2 report t the i leave the York ¢ his pontifi- L deep in- ity. In ops to development onditions. On eat earn Will Lay New Plans. resolution T de Mgr. Pace sult with will T to the April he .| 1 Tober Moore busine YOU AND UNCLE SAM Series of Educational Articles Telling How Federal Govern- ment Is Organized and How It Functions—Written Expressly for S No. 27—Where Your S Come e Sam operates in the National Capital in the very shadow of the Washington Monument, hard by the White House greenhouses, one of the most Interesting manufacturing plants in the whole country—at an annual cost of approximately 10,000,000 This plant, which is visited by prac- tically every tourist coming to the Capital, is called the Bureau of graving and Printing. Here are d signed, engraved, printed and fin- ished all moneys and securities of the Government. This means: United States notes, bonds, certificates of in- ebtedr certificates, national bank tes, Federal Reserve notes, Federal Bank currency; internal rev- thrift, war, savings tamps; Treasury war- drafts and checks, s, licens patent and portraits of de- ngress and other officers when authorized by and all postage stamps, moneys authorized by the for the in- f the United States. So when you buy a postage stamp or get a dollar bill—which is the most t touch that most people have with the Federal Government—just et your mind vision for you the ex- treme care that Uncle Sam exercises » each stamp and each piece of is issued. It is backed by the ited States Government Last year there were printed and stributed 22,503,037,460 stamps; bonds, notes and certifi- ,400 currency y ‘of work done d by this workshop last 1, with two exceptions, The exceptions were 1919 - peak was reached, and emporary bonds were be- 1 by permanent bonds. of Bureau. enuc and Treasury ed members of ¢ of Engraving and s origin in the act of >ved July 11, 1862, and 20 men successively i »rs of this big money plan > working force has grad- ually increased from five employes In 1862 to about 7,500 The necessity for a paper currency became apparent in the very begin- ning of the Civil War. The Secretary of the Tr. s authorized to is- sue such proportion of the loan of 50,000,000 provided for in the act of asury notes as he b m advisable. From that thority came into existence the legal tender bills, or cenbacks,” as they were and are still popularly known Priva in New note York companies cilities for en- n- quently these 58 fa and printing securities. Cons legal tender notes were emgraved nd printed by the New York bank note companies and then forwarded to the Treasury Department for the signature the Reglstrar of the Trea a of the Treasurer of the ited States and to be sealed, trimmed and separgted before they to ment be placed In circula- notes by clerks, but at first were signed it was soon apparent Water Orme,” St. Pau Heply H. St. Louis, d | McNama | itors { Notable Work Attained. | library L ty now con- t Vicenza. e discovery was bral Hwr NEW COURSES OPEN, | SECOND SEMESTER Washington College of Law Out- lines Subjects Offered to Students. “Moot Court” Sessions. The W opened its with seve shington College of Law ond semester Monday 2l new courses. Mrs. Laura in dome: the class In | practice and procedure, and \ H. Vandoren be he class fors in equity j nce Tuesday Leopold V. started the class in insur- nond N. Crist, United oner of Naturaliz of a series of le fternoon, and will lecture before the or class of the night, of the board of is announced Luc for Honc ond the day afterno: of law practice, “moot” re opened Wednesday and inue every Wednesday eve- to and including March 25. Court onvene at 7 D, on court s will be no 5:15 class r and senior students. Last week special interest and consider- able merriment were aroused by a “divorce c between Romeo and juliet Hamlin, in_ which divorce awarded to Juliet she 1 that Rom reated her with and deserted her. Judge Ed- Mooers T d, and the at- for the plaintiff included Campbell, S. O. Madarang The attorneys were J. W. Dyer, trustees of for Wedne court, we will ¢ win A torneys es tried at th Jaeger, court were guardian of minor, versus , and Curtis Franklin Atkins. The attorney s included W. Millard ¥ 3 Me Loui ning r Mussey, has returned from a City and will be present at the board meeting Wednesday Emma Gillette, dean of the W ington College of Law. has recel news from Mrs. Lura Headle Turley, a graduate in the class of 1921, that she has started the new year with splendid prospects of success, estab- lishing a law office at Albuquerque, N. Mex. *The large-flowered Japanese chrys. in | that the many different styles of pen- manship made counterfeiting less to detect, and the clerks could keep pace with the public re- ments. The trimming and sepa- was at first done by women with shears. They were unable to keep up with the increase in the nber of notes required. A cons tion of the work was made under first division of the National Currency Bureau, which to the Bureau of raving. The work nced in the Department November 20, 1862, with two engravers and one transferer, upon the plates for the third and fourth serfes of the Five- Twenty coupon bonds and for frac- tional currency. From time to time the work done private companies was gradually qu ratin Treasury by | absorbed until all printing of securi- ties of the Government was done in this bureau. The last work taken over from private contractors was the THE BON AIR- VANDERBILT and other Tourist hotels now open at Augusta and Aiken. A very delightful cli- mate and all outdoor amusements for the ‘Winter vacationist. Write us for illustrated litera~ ture and how to get there. S. E. Burgess, D. P. A. Southern Railway 1510 H St. N.W. Phones Main 5633 ana 7063 ‘Buinsteauswormsyru “To children an angel of mercy.” When dl- rections are followed IT NEVER FAILS. Despite scarcity and enormous cost of SAN- TONIN, it contains full dose. Stood sixty years' test. Sold everywhere or by mall, 50¢ a bottl Est. C. A. Voorhees, M. D., Philadelphia. )74 PHILLIPS \WOF WN% ANTACID ‘CORRECTIVE LAXATIVE THE CHAS M. PHILLIPS CHEMICAL Ca NEW VoK. Unless you ask for “Phillips,” you may not get the original Milk of Mag- nesia prescribed by physicians for 50 years. Protect your doctor and yourself anthemums are closely related to the oommon white field daisy of the east- ern United States. by avoiding imitaflons of the genuine “Phillips.” 25.cent bottles, also 50-cent botties, contain directions—any drug store. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JANUARY 11, 1925—PART 1. rate of 40 miles an hour, 750 times the height of ington Monument. School Children. this money. tamps and Paper Money From. 000, printing of the postage stamps, which | cOVer 3,170 acres. the bureau undertook in 1894, One of the earllest safeguards to the notes and securities of the Gov- ernment, adopted during the Civil War, was the printing of them on a Phoroughly distinctive paper, msed only by the Government. As early as October 13, 1862, a contract was entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury for manufacture of a spe- cial kind of membrane paper to be used for the printing of United States notes. The mills and thelr surround- ings were guarded night and day by Government watchmen. In July, 1885, a silk-threaded paper oame into use, which is now made in Dalton, Mass., under the same super- vision and protection of the Govern- ment, the United States may postage stamps. 75 acres in North trees cut covered The same tlon of 4,150,000 20-page, newspapers. these stamps is made from grade of taploca as is used dings, and there were 350,000 pounds used. The would have girdled the ten times. of Engraving and Printing upled for 10 years and most modern type of struction. ace is of glass have been used. It is largest engraving plant (Copyright, 1924, by Magnitude of Task. To get some faint idea of the vol- ume of work done in this money fac tory: One billion notes placed end to end would make a strip 118,370 miles long, which would wrap around the earth nearly five times at the equa- tor, and reach half way to the moon. It would take an express train at the (The twenty- series will be “Our lege.” It will be paper next Wednesday. night, 123 days to run from one end of this strip to the other. flat on top of each other this stack of bills would be 79 miles high or the Wash- It would take an expert counter 100 years just to count During a four-year period, were turned out the imme; of 186,000,000 Liberty bonds, value of approximately $54,000,000,- Laid out flat these bonds would An_idea of the business growth of be gleaned from the fact that this plant year turned out 16,131,000,000 perfect Something 6,000 spruce trees were ground up to make paper for these stamps. into would have built 75 bungalows. paper was sufficient to print an edl- The gum on the back of earth The building occupied by the Bureau factory Sixty per cent of the Some 30,000 panes the Will P. Kenneds.) ghth article Electoral printed day and tended the sessions of the American Psychological Assoclation. * The puplls of Miss Kemp's 4b grade are working out a project on irrigation. This project started with the story of the wise men on the desert, followed by talks on oases, the location of deserts in the United States and the world, desert recla- mation and land reclamation by drainage, thence to a study of the water supply of - the District of Columbia. The 4b grade of Mrs. Rivers 1s making a similar project on “The Age of Knighthood." The primary department, diviefons 10 to 13, has resumed its weekly conferences for the new year. Miss history | u "p "G, Merritt, director of primary instruction, has devoted much time to a discussion, “The Importance of smploying the Child's Experience in Teaching” and “The Importance of Creating the Proper Attitude to Reading in Little Beginners.” On the second Wednesday in each month will be considered the teachers’ special class room problems. These conferences are so well at- tended that larger quarters are necessary. MINER NORMAL GETS BOOKS FROM SENIORS Thirty-Six Volumes on Education to Be Used in Clasges—Long Is Felicitated. Placed there nse total with a The Miner Normal School senior class presented to the school library last week 36 volumes on education to be used in the urse in and principles of education. The principal, faculty and student body joined In congratulating last w Howard H. Long on his a pointment to the position of supe: visor of the eleventh division. As head of the Department of Research, he * addressed the principals and teachers of the twelfth division on ne Use of Mental and Achievement Tests in School Work.” Mr. Perry, supervistng principal of the division, introduced Mr. Lon; ing the week before the holidays Long made a surve of the S Langston School he mental test results will be available for midyear organization Three Miner tended the Assoclati ence last like They Carolina. lumber The 8-column the same for pud- ore than stamps about CLUB AT NATIONAL U. WILL GIVE TEA TODAY Students and Alumni Are Invited to First Fall Function of Cy Prez. The Cy Prez Club of National Uni- verisity will give a tea in the club- house of the League of American Pen Women, 1709 H street, this after- noon from 4 to 6 o'clock. All students and alumni have been in- at- | vited has been is of the con- wall Normal of the Adva s at- tional ement of Purner ended the the American Nature ation, of which he s a he Assoctation for the of Systematic Bc Assaciation for the of « al Minor attende oelation oclety meetings 1 for the meetings Study memt Advancement and of the vancement Jam of the Geogr world's in this Col- this Strike while the iron is hot! Below we list only a few of the many room outfits that you will find here at money-saving prices. A small down payment delivers any outfit. Terms, $2.00 weekly. The Genuine Kroehler Bed Davenette opens into a full size bed, large enough for two grown people to sleep on. When folded it holds bedding and pillows. Your choice of a Bed Davenette Suite in either golden oak or mahogany finish. A Silk Shade Floor Lamp is included in the outfit offered—complete for, . s PN 1 give you COMFORT, SATISFACTION Day Bed has brown mahogany-finish metal ends, and is_equipped with a Cretonne-covered Mattress over COIL SPRINGS that give you all the comfort of a regular bed. Then, too, you get a Mahogany-fin- ished_Gate-leg Table of good size and four Fashion- able Windsor Chairs to match, all fOT....eevereeeess Another miracle value is the Three-piece Living Room Outfit offered, which includes a full-length, loose cushion Settee and Chair to match, ‘upholstered in blue velour. A mahogany-finished End Table com- pletes the outfit. All for. About Home Qutfits The Phillip Levy Store specializes in Home Outfits. Young couples just start- ing out will find this a good store for values as well as liberal terms, Bed Davenette Suite and Lamp Those in need of high-grade Parlor Furniture will hurry for this sparkling offer which now holds sway at the Phillip Levy Store. ‘99 Light Housekeeping Outfit This Modern Day Apartment Outfit has been assembled to and ELEGANCE. 3-Piece Living Room Outfit 599 ParcLie Levy & G 735_Seventh St.NW —Between G & H. Range, Cupboard, Table, R:g, 2 Chairs This wonder value gives you a complete Kitchen Outfit for the price usually asked for a range. Your old wornout kitchen stove will be accepted as part payment on this outfit, that is now sold, complete, for only ... Breakfast Suite, Gas Range, Refrigerator . This outfit consists of a 50-1b. Top-icer White Enameled Interior Refrigerator, an unfinished Drop-leaf Breakfast Table, The four chairs to match, a guaranteed Gas Range with elevated oven and a 6x9 Congoleum Rug. Come early, as quantities are limited, and see this wonder value outfit at ...e...ce.. 1-Piece Bedroom Outfit Here's the Phillip Levy Store coming to the front once again with another remarkable Bedroom offer. Included is a Queen Anne Period Design Dresser and a Five-drawer Chiffonier in American walnut finish, a full sized Metal Bed to $ match, Sanitary Link Spring, Rolled Edge Cotton-felt Mattress, two Pillows, a Night Table, Boudoir Lamp and a Room Size Rug—complete for .. 5 This is the chief soclal function of | drive for new and more active mem- the corps of officers elected for the |bership. Its id are such that Fall term. A program of entertain- |more and more girls will become in ment will be furnished as follows:|terested in the c the woman Solo by Margaretta Campbell, accom- | students of National University re- panied by Mre. Elsie Cranmer, and|alize how great a school need the plano selections by Miss Lois Shively. | Cy Prez fills The social committee consists of | The next regular Miss Constance Fogle, chairman; Miss | club will be Tuesday Judith Beard and Miss Margaretta [hall of National University Campbell. These are active in mak- |p.m. The meeting will a short Ing the arrangements for the ten, as|business one, but important, and the are the following: Miss Richards, |student members are requested to at chairman of the refreshment com. |tend. mittee; Miss Coyne, Miss Rogers Miss Kern, Miss Richardson, Miss | Minton and others | The Cy Prez Club is instituting a ' meeting of the the lower at §:45 | "he original name of the ound was Borzol, meanir and agile Breaks a Cold Right Up stay stuffed-up! Take s Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are tak The first dose opens clogged-up no trils and air passages of head ; stops nose running; relieves headache, dullness, feverishness, sneezing. The second and third doses usually break up the cold completely and end all grippe misery. “Pape’s Cold Corapoun: is the quickest, - surest relief known and costs only thirty-five cents at drug stores. Tastes nice. Contains mo quinine. Insist upon Papes. This is a golden opportunity for brides, brides-to-be and settled housewives to furnish or refurnish their homes at less tHan $100 per room. The number of outfits in stock is lim- ited. Come early for your share of the bar- gains. 4-Piece Period Bedroom Suite To settle once and for all time just where you ca ture “right” come to our store now and see this Four- piece Tudor Period Bedroom Suite that we are now offering for $99. It is exactly as pictured and is richly finished in a deep brown walnut. This suite will e pecially appeal to young folks just starting to bu their home outfit . buy Bachelor A complete living room and bedroom is what th outfit offers you. Included is a Mahogany-finish Bed Davenette, Armchair to match, Queen Anne Library Table finished in mahogany, and Silk-shaded Po! chrome Bridge Lamp. 735 7th St. is where you'll fi our store .... . Walnut Dining Room Outfit Just for this week you can secure a Beautiful 99 American Walnut Buffet, a 6-ft. Extension Table, four Leather-seated Dining Chairs to match and a Room Sflze New Departure Rug, complete for this low price Of quses Trade in Your Old Furniture At the Phillip Levy Store you can trade in your old furniture as part payment on new. -There is no extra charge for this service. aestesieenasuseeantane

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