The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1919, Page 4

Prompt Action in View Following ri ize by Ho ABHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The Naval lation bill, carrying a total of | 000 for the next fiscal lear and AMONG | 14 NURSES Petaining approval of the new three- | Dullding programme of 10 battle- | by the House late yesterday by HOME FROM WAR & Pots of 281 to 50. Prompt action on the bill is expected in the Senate, in Lemna -oarea oné amendment was added to liding programme legislation, that resentative Humphreys of | Mis- and 10 scout cruisers, was rent tO-@ay to the Senate. The measure waa view f the short time remaining before | lose of the session on March 4 Providing that construction bi Il not be started be- New York’ Women Term Working Under Fire “the Unique Experience. the ipl, under the fore Jun By Zoe Beckley. A hundred and fourteen war nurses all in their twenties; all of them pretty, give you my word—and not a romance in the lot! Not an engage- ment! Not @ flirtation! That ia, not & recorded one, anyhow, And anybody who mays girls who come home from their battlefield labors all shot to pieces and ready for sanitariums had better go talk to the members of Mobile Hospital No. 2, who worked within four miles of the big guns and have seen almost two years of steady service. These 22 girls of the Mobile Unit have all been cited for bravery under fire by Gen. Pershing. Yet not a head is turned, not a brag is heard, and they'd go back to-morrow if the job broke out again, “Our only regret.” sald Ruth Hovey, one of the twenty-two, as we talked at the» Presbyterian Hos- pital yesterday, “is for our sister nursea who couldn't get overseas and under gunfire It is the unique ex perience, No words can describe the feeling we had when the guafire stopped on Nov, 11, “It was as if # constant procession of heavy moving vans had thundered past your door for twenty-one straight months, punctuated every week or 60 by dynamite explosion: in the subway (the barrage), and suddenly ceased without warning. Your ears felt funny. Doing felt as if it had been pressing against something that had unex- Pectedly given way and—left you sprawling! We can imagine Row | how the people of Niagara Falls felt on that historic day when the falls got ice-jammed and stopped falling BOX EFFECT SUIT Specially “—2 Priced at Regular $30 Value ‘The woman who pays $35 to $50 for a suit can save from $5 to $10 by buy:ng direct from the manufac- turer af litile more than uholesale prices. Be cu- rious! SPECIAL SALE OF GEORGETTE DRESSES LTON GARMENT Co. 307 FIFTH AVENUE _ Near 31st Street BATTLE. ‘The twenty-two nurses, the 150 or- derlies, the doctors, cooks and fac- totums who composed Mobile He pital No, 2 (part of the Presbyteri: Hospital unit) composed a sor: of surgical Portmanteau Theatre, Thoy picked themselves up, with their tents and their traps, and biked to |wherever the drive of the American Expeditionary Force was in progreas. They started at Etretat and saw service, these twenty-two girls from G. Altman & Co Special Values will be offered toemorrow (Thursday) in Women’s Silk Umbrellas comprising Black and Colored Silk Umbrellas of superior quality, with unusually attractive handles of sterling silver, bakelite or leather, special at $4.65 Colored Silk Umbrellas . . . . . nereicop handles, special at $3.50 The Rug Department is is showing, in the Section reserved for Ameri- 4 can Floor-coverings (of which there is a vast : assortment of the wanted makes) many ine ¥ teresting specimens of New England Hooked Rugs and Navajo Indian Rugs These Rugs are not only quaintly attractive in themselves, but are eminently desirable for use in the furnishing of country cottages and bungalows. (Fifth Floor) Madison Avene - Fifth Aueme Mew York, 2H wv bwilG WOLD, OPENING OF THE 404 040 1484 95-0050 W dear dew ada ay, SINN FEIN FOLLOWED AMERICAN ARMY IN| in e 229 ROESPERIEREE DD CRIEHOSSREREIISOOREPRESAERRORDD ROD OORRRERE PREMUARY PARLIAMEN ‘ By Evie T DUBLIN owes the spot where the|and army ‘purece bave time oF © assessment paid by them in @ Am: ffains. We were Faye ly. And you © money necessary would thus BROOKLYN every othe with your family, | aned by the Staten Island tax —_——_—_$__— | histe « to whorn would be returned were , I don't believe @ single one of all) furn © tr n or the “We had thing tized,” | the 114 girls who went over with us |redemption bonds. (<) (<) went on Miss Hovey, aided now and| from Presbyterian Hospital have P ot work then by her f ud M " with | ¢ “ne back with a romance tucked iship On any on the dimp t we away. War and the cle views we) 4 14s been mitted for ———— ything packed and ready to move| constantly had of the preparations | public am. the tax- xactly two hours after the onder | for attack, the etrgams sad streams |payers, “If swith general ap- Fulton Street, Brooklyn ; to tran! was received. In thr f boys marching forward, and the| proval, as is exp , & bill will be} ’ hours arriving at the new Jo-| never-ending stream of them coming ted for t ure and a per- | Jeation our hospital was ready to re-| back to us in those little white ent comm citizens 2p | cel nts |tenta, blotted personal thoughts ou —— ointed to press the matter to con- “Our were originally painted) ¢¢ our minds. Please believe that. greon, the sun faded ‘hem all] No one can go through two years of to white. 1 to camou- | clage-up war work and keep hold of tthe wind] trivial’ wipes. Not that ‘fove is ith the branches | triviai—put it fs trivial when con- such noise and | trasted with war.” shaking of the s that we had| 4 year ago Christmas the war to © tt up. nurses, under Mrs. J. D, Chrystie, “We were raided and bombed four pead of the Presbyterian Hospital times, We cannot say that the Ger- Unit, scoured the counutrysite man planes deliberately dropped around Stretat for turkeys. There bombs upon our tent ‘hos: ’- were hundreds of British soldiers in cause such hospitals heir hospital who had spent three vary near a fa Aes successive Christmases in the Wied was Alware & deelred po ches, and the American women munition dumps in close Set the Children A Good Example Use SOZODONT yourself and teach them to use it to keep the teeth white and sound; the gums firm and the breath sweet and wholesome. Are you doing your full duty to your child to avoid future tooth trouble? Procrastination is the thief of teeth—arrest it with gdont roe Powder or Past: DEALERS EVERYWHERE rmined they wo turkey vicinity too. " Pie Ganital sek nae for them, and Ch and haleni pein dae aneal At presents, and cheer, if they had to Ore mat eet tees wring the materials’ from the neig mely te the dai horhood at the point of a gun. ‘This en They are not hurtas much Was Rot Necessary, however. Turks ay anoles bu woulg Were broueht out from seclusion, quick moving a# you would cyickekns eked them out when the American bird proved sparse, and LIKED TQ HEAR WOUNDED with plenty of dressing and pie and AMERICANS SWEAR celery, they had a doyal feast and * many high Jinks and didoes. “And tho boys are tremendously “My word, but 1 bloomink gritty under the process. American, Hamericans 4s the damndest_ finest wounded are always plucky, but they! people in the bloomink — bloody | do not endure pain as stoically as the , that's what Hi say!” was the British, who are trained from baby- ¢ tribute of one cheered pim= | hood, it seems, to repress their feel- mi And the “hothers” “hagreec ings. You cun almost cut a Tomiay with ‘in to bits without his making a murmur, while a Yank will usually grunt a|WILL REST AND ENJOY SELVES, little-or maybe swear, Sw t THEN BACK TO WORK, | good sign. We we When war was done, the Mobile| hear them do that girls went to Treves, in Ger- | When © raid | had as us two hun ) think" exclaimed Miss Dimple move in J : there being an actual, whole were always th neat inharmed town like that so were not at a near! Tt simply m us furious to the front lin ee that trim litle city, all <0 enirky | Usually we were four and clean, with France Vastated When t r we had seen it! From the fir | they were ame ey last July until seventh of Decem- | go, in May, 1917 y ¢ r, We never saw anything but ruins or twenty” he | After a wh Li 1 | they cut dow » duy's activities t i so at a time they would fury. Then the tim how, And put on an even K { i, eince hu wr just to see how it f n cannot keer thing ro to t theatr And ca fighting Germans, all day and ‘every ed And lemon. merineue| nute to breathe an je! ange ices nd choeo- reat se thin wali cet | wale ppose we'll go back to hos war «irk a ota ty «. We couldn't be happ: us Jon t |i t work “Then,’ nar Sree. hina | there's one thing we'd tke ann Mina Dincle comes from jadd, and that is that after this n the South, “we held high holiday! jelderly lady who thir n We mended our « and the boys’ | tt appendicitis ist} 9 5 clothe Ww ok walks through ; pent world will get r the t , vat | Sympathy!" count tea| > | io amt ‘ CONGRESS LIONIZES and the doe had t o take] randa or just for the ride! NO ROMANCE, JUST ONE BIG ; : ‘ FAMILY. jator Stands at Attention While “No—now don't go thinking this Members and Visitors Ap- spells romance. It doesn't. Tdo wish people would get that idea out of plud His Entry. | ily heads—that army doctors; WASHINGTON, Feb. 12,.—Capt. Ed- | ward V. Rickenbacker, the “Ace of| | Aces” of the American air force, got a hearty reception when he appeared | yesterday in the gallery of the House of Representatives to listen to debate on the Naval Appropriation Bill, Mem- bers and visitors arose and applauded for several minutes, while the avia tor stood rigidly at attention, Later a number of Kepresentatives, among them Mias Jeanette Rankin of Montana, went to the gallery to | shake bands with the officer. House | pages and visitors in the gallery be- |aieged bim for autographs, and be | emilingly consented to give them, ee Drowned in B. Returning to her home, Would Construct Tunnel With Money Loaned by Richmond Borough Taxpayers, vy subsidiary deemed nece ommuters to t Staten Islanders have begun take the hands the matter of providing tube | , Movement to into own eir homes. stew a meeting connection with the rest of the city, |subway wil of Jihe Staten Island rough Hall, mere Improvement Association, tun- |row night Under plans advanced by the Gras- ae nels ould be duit ith money | Borough with the approval of the | a NOW AGREE TO PARLEY the rapid transit system, though it Islands ce With Allies helps to pay the cost of transporta- | other bor- | tion improvements in the PARIS. ated Press). Piped and Bution oughs, Tube connection, it is arg’ Prom hing: for as- pa would open up and develop m sembll four of the Rua- Trimmed. Hand- ideal now accessible only lena poset fe contarence to be ’ shor by inconvenient ferries aad Would ween; ang nom cia errias iia some Silk Lining. enefit the entire city the Government of that former part of 5 Letters, mass tings, Pre-elec~ | nsgia will participate in Special tion pledges ation for MANY |and it {= reported that years hi hi no results and |of the Government of Gen. Deninine has 55.00 has always been that the city could |ference, The Government of the Crimea not afford the outlay. has accepted the invitation, as has tthe : for Staten Istand|!*4s%an Bolshevik Government, Tt ie timo now for Slaven seer | beginning to appear that a suffi- to get the work done itse ro clent number of other factions will ’ ry Maximilian M, Ruttenau, Pr at of jin evidence the Bolshevik! Wi ° + a and the American repre- the Grasmcre Improveeient Associa Aer eRe omen’s Tailored Suits tion, to-day, fhe people of the | conference borough must decide on a feasible | _> _ plan aad embody it in a bill to be FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF. tly Fast a ubmitted to the Legislature, ‘This —_——— Smar ‘ashioned in Early Spring plan has been resorted to for other| Armenian Film to De Exhibited at a Early Spring Modes needed improvements and it brought | the Pinea. The Armenian and Syrian Relief Com- : : . elie o | relies ; a aneoveh gtaten|Mittee, officially known as the Com- Chic models of Velour, Tricotine, Serge, A subway to and through Staten) jittoe for Relief In the Near East, an- Gabardi d Ch i Hee under the Narrows, paving |™uce (sale! fF ne eae et abardine an ecked Velour in box coat | tubes or floora in one tube] completed for a week's showing of its and belted effects. Long tight skirts. for passe ervice, fret trains | of tu Ravished Arme- Jand vehicle wa timated to cost unday next, in the Ho- 1e years a0 $6,000,000, and on that ‘gill’ ba anaes ts Very Specially Priced t robably would cost $10,000,000 | # M committee ¢ i Oliver Harriman and Mra, ¢ ‘ero obtain this amount an ss-|will be sent to-day to a limited number Joes ger try te 29.75 39.75 55.00 jx of Staten Island real e8-|Jatled Suffs Plan to “Greet” ® ® bd be made, payable in ten Mr. Wilwo yearly instalments, ainst ay- | WASHINGTON, Feb. ‘The Alice | ments made in this manner taxpayers |Paul suffs—the National Woman's |{t whould receive subw. income bonds, |Party—have two plans on foot, One| © redeemable in 20 years; taxpayers |! to have the Suffrage amendment D Y A ° © ae ssa op or less (resolution reintroduced this session, paving an aasossment of $20 or Teas jrewmanen, rinerodaced his sions DQOOS Your Husband Drink? 8 d receive ferry and subsequently |tion at the dock in New York when subway tickets up to the amount of | President Wilson arrives, Fresh and Fragrant Avenue, from @ theatre 1 afternoon, Mrs, Krma Yocksberg found her husband, Leopold, sixty-one, a cloth- ing ealesman, dead in the bathiub, The tub ‘was entirely dled with water, ‘Black, Green 694 9O4464OOO4 O04 MORE B. R. 1. CARS, i SEATS AND HELP, + RECEIVER PROMISES Garrison Wants as Many Men | as Possible From Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Ranks. what he is doing to make his patrons happy, and promises same. The statement reveals that while patrons have been standing on street more of the ELC HHS F FPS HHO CET OO COTOOTS ood corners waiting for cars those cars have been lying in repair shops, wait- constitute the Receiver's panacea for Brooklyn traction troubles. “I want as many of our new men a8 possible to come from the ranks ) War Departmen Long euffering Brooklyn Rapid] son camps ila hele dosall | France Transit passengers may rejoice to- Jagnes A. M g. No. 1034 Wast day over @ statement in which Re- | 12th t, Brookiy ceiver Lindley M. Garrison reveals) _ ing for repairs and men to run them. . + Moro cats more men, more seats, | Wall°fResistance Mi ‘The women are kept If they wih t¢, stay, but when they leave are re~ placed by men. In January the total mileage was 4,163,216, or 595,000 miles more than in November. N. Y. MEN REACH FRANCE FROM GERMAN CAMPS. War Department ne of Prisoners Released WASHINGTON, tion regarding Ame in Germany, made to-day by the included the following concerning off and mnen from New York, New Jersey and Connevticut: Reported released from German pri- thal, No. 188 Wast 4th David Lower Angelo Frank New Y Broc Emphasis should be placed upon the conservation of strength and the building up of a strong wall anted is a “subway to and Island." T route Narrows Fourth drive for re- campaign for a Committee . to-mor- An Everyday Delicious Beverage Sealed Packets only of discharged soldiers and sailors,” | Receiver Garrison declared. ‘They have learned team work. Team work is just as necessary to get the peo- ple back and forth from their work as it is neceasary to win a battle. These boys have learned the secret of team work and I want them.” The number of employees increased from 2,550 to 3,829 since November and cars in service have increased from 1,221 to 1,819. An increase of 506 em- ployees in the mechanical department accounts for 80 per cent. of damaged cars being put back into service. One feature is a decrease in the number of resistance against weakness. SCOTTS EMULSION \is used regularly by many, | through the winter, as a able means of conserving stren; For the delicate child or adult, Scott's offers rich nourish- ment with tonic-qualities that are great in their ability te strengthen the body and in- of women in the shop departments. } Of 157, | crease resistance. more than 30 have resigned. | Qestt & Bowne Biocomfeld.NJ. ial of Suit Illustrated Checked Velour Druggist Tells How to Cure the Liquor Habit at Home Free Proseription Can Be Filled at Any Drug Sore and Given Secretly, U, J. Brown, a Cleveland m, for many years @ coatirined di Mr. friendy and relatives des a 8 edeeming him. His s medical men in she might find Finally to an eminent che private formula (the ‘same below) and told her how to uve cure bim, had it filled at the drug st taste ‘thee vhall np BN nim ase Th * 4 eratetul for this help and’ 1 et amend it whe poaribt NOTE—A loading abore article sqids Voy marbable remedy. for harmless, wou bie Mggist when shows nd hain e(ully effective. end 1 advise every ue who Sa si pal