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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE, N. C, APRIL 1, 1917.
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"Star Brand
Shoes
Are Better
Tills star on the heel Is your
guarantee of a eolid leather
shoe
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LESS
Per Monfi
Tills star on the heel is your
guarantee of a solid leather
shoe
J. A. HALL'
"Star Brand" Salesman,
Headquarters:
BURLINGTON, N. C.
H. F. YOUNG
"Star Brand" Sulomnan,
Headquarters:
SHELBY, N. O.
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R. H. GARRISON
"Star Brand" Saleftman,
Headquarters: Yarborough HotcL
RALEIGH, N. O.
THE BIG THREE IN NORTH CAROLINA
These Three Men Shipped Approximately $600,000
'.'Star Brand" Shoes in 1916
They have built this enormous volume of business in a comparatively
short time, and are constantly making gains in their shipments. This is the
best evidence of their high standing with the trade and the growing popu
larity of "Star Brand" Shoes.
They are backed by the world's largest shoe organization.
They sell the Famous "Star Brand" solid leather shoes. "Star Brand"
shoes are made in 25 specialty factories by more than 1 0,000 expert shoe
makers. "Star Brand" shoes are made in more than 700 styles a shoe for
every member of the family.
Buy Star Brand shoes and reduce your shoe bills.
It your local dealer does not sell "Star Brand" all leather shoes, write
to us, and we shall be pleased to advise you the name of the nearest 'Star
Brand" merchant.
ftofiEicis, Johnson & fSXwn
w..w.r WW .
Caution: Insist on getting the genuine "Star Brand"
shoe with our Star trade mark on the heel
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ditlons of labor which will secure the
highest possible physical efficiency
of the wage-earning women engaged
in industries supplying emergency
aemanas.
Euro no's ExDerlenoB.
This phase of the Bureau's work is
undertaken because of the experience
in European countries, where conse
quences attended the failure to pro
vide at the outset for the health, com
fort, and general welfare of the
women called to the Industrial service
of their respective countries.
The board of directors of the
Bureau of Registration and Informa
tion is In entire accord with the an
nounced intention of Secretary. Wil
son to take such steps at the very
outset of the work of Industrial
preparedness as will safeguard the
health and productive efficiency of
labor and avoid evils which are diffi
cult to correct when once they have
occurred, principally because the ef-
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Woman's Part in War
I First Comprehensive Flan for Mobilizing Women of
j United States Is Officially Approved by the Gov-
: arnmArtt "Rnrp.fl.Ti Is. Organized.
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NEW YORK, March 81. The
first comprehensive plan for mobili
sing the woman power of the United
States for service in case of war has
been officially approved by the feder
al government and placed In actual
operation, with the opening in Wash
ington of the Bureau of Regulation
and information of the National
League for Women's service. All
.activities of the Bureau concerning
the welfare of wage-earning women
ire subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Labor, who Is to name
a representative on the Bureau's
Board of Directors.
The following complete statement
of the purpose of the bureau, the
pert that women will be expected to
play in the event of war, the -need
for systematic preparation for mobi
lising them, and the Bureau's
methods of co-operating with the
federal authorities was given out
from the National headquarters of the
Ieague at 105 West 40th Street,
New York City.
The Bureau . of Registration and
Information has put down to the
Federal . Department of Labor a
concrete proposition for assisting In
the mobilisation of women. The
plan' has been officially approved by
the Secretary of Labor, who has
agreed' to name a representative on
the Bureau's Board of Directors.
All the actlvltness of the Bureau
which concern the welfare of wage
, earning women are subject to the
. approval of the Secretary of Labor.
The Immediate assistance which the
Bureau will render the- Department in
this respect can be Illustrated better
than described. 1
Will Weed" LeW.
The appropriation by Congress of
approximately a billion dollars for
preparedness means that the Indus
tries which furnish- battleships. a
ships, munitions, and other supplies
of war must be accelerated to meet
the demands. Butit all the factories
and mills are to deliver within reason
able" time the war orders they ac
cept, they will require rot only ad
ditlonal raw material and m an n fact
ored supplies, but they will need ad
ditional labor. Many of these mills
and factories, particularly those con
. oemed with the manufacture of
textile. clothing, shoes, food j and
munitions, require a great many
women.'- - - ''
Here is where the Bureau of Rett
latratl'm and Information will assist
the Department of t,bor. It will
not Itself taken' ft general census, of
ware-earning or leisure women, nor
even attempt to keep a nation-wide
registration of women available for
specific occupations an undertaking
which rwa be don satisfactorily, and
whie't the women are seeking to
have done only by State Agencies
tbat ere equipped with the necessary
tabulating .devices and . statistical
eompnMng machine". Bit the Bureau
of Tteristratton and Information has
undertake to asslsv the Federal De
partment of Labor In Its efforts to
arevlde the factories and mills en-
gaged upon Government orders with
service is to be rendered through the
supporting organizations.
Will' Serve Country.
The members of such supporting
organisations will serve the country
In the capacity for which they are
best fitted by experience and en
vironment. Though they may not be
able to serve as weavers, spinners,
or stitchers, etc., they will conserve
. the Interests of the country as effect
ively by seeing to it that the women
and girls who have had training In
these and other occupations, and
are therefore able to go to the
"Industrial front", can do so with a
minimum of sacrifice for themselves
and' their families, in other words,
when these trained women, married
and unmarried, are asked, because of
their, training to go to the front
lines of industry, for a few weeks or
months, the women who are not
trained to meet the Industrial de
mands, and who must therefore re
main behind the lines will care for
the children and the other depend
ents of the women who have gone
at the call of the country Into the
mills and factories. This will be ac
complished 'by day nurseries amply
equipped; by Industrial canteens
where meals can be served to the men
and other members of the families
who would be otherwise- unprovided
for because of the absence from
home of the .women who were called
on for emergency service In Industry.
Because of the prosperous times,
and resulting furious rumors - em
ployment at high wages of the male
members of the families, many worn
en whose Industrial experience lends
great value to their services, are not
answering the urgent advertisement
of employers for he. This la from
no lack of patriotism . Advertise
ments from employers are not as.
soelated with calls for service to the
country, and home demands and
personaf inclinations are controlling
factories If economics pressure does
not reinforce the employers call for
help.
When these women ' once know
that the ' country needs their train
ing ana experience in m lactones
and that other women without this
training and experience are willing
and anxious to do their sir by
supplying the home demands created
by the mobilisation of wage-earning
women, there will be no shortage of
women labor in tne lactones and
mill engaged en government work
for the nation's defense.
Furthermore, when a district does
not seem to contain a Decenary sup
ply of trained -women labor to meet
the demands of plants encaged en
government work, the Bureau of
Registration and Information,
through Its supporting' organisations
will assist the Department Of Labor
In making up the deficient by mob
ilising women In nearby districts.
It will also, through the supporting
organisations, proviso lor tne hens.
tng. care and protection of women
thus called away from their home
environment.
Finally the Bureau of Regfetratioa
forts of those who would remedy
matters are usually mistaken for
obstructive tactics.
The following supplementary state
ment explains why and how the
Bureau of Registration was organiz
ed: The period of "offering woman
service" and of measuring "woman
power" available for the Government
in case of war has given way to the
much desired day of actually deliver
ing) a measure of woman service In
concrete form and exerting definite
woman power In the interest of
effective preparedness.
"Pledges of Service"
When the war cloud first appeared
on the horizon of our national life
a veritable hurricane of "pledges of
service", "offers of assistance", re
quests for "official recognition" to do
anything and everything within hu
man imagination, blew Into the sev
eral departments at Washington from I
woman's organisations all- over the
country, it is pot surprising that the
men charged with official responsi
bilities in Washington did not have
time to figure for themselves Just
to what extent and how these organi
sations could render effective assist
ance In the business of getting tithe
nation ready to meet emergencies.
It became plain therefore that if the
women were going to take any
practical part in the work of prep
aration for defense. It was not going
to be sufficient to "offer the services
of organisations". They must there,
fore study governmental activities al
ready under way and then put down.1
concrete pians lor coniriouung o
the effectiveness of these activities.
Acting on this conviction all avail
able Information was collected con.
cernlng the government's plans for
mobilising labor, for guarding against
food shortages, wastes, and manipul
ations,' and the resulting evils, ; At the
same time stock U quickly but
quietly taken of the various woman's
organizations which could and would
unite to supplement the govern
ment's work in such places and
manner as the stury revealed to be
necessary either because of Hutted
appropriations or because of the
conjestion of demands.
To this end the Bureau of Regis
tration and information was estab
lished under the auspices of, and Its
finances were underwritten by, the
National League for Woman gerrloe,
an organisation which la affiliated
with no propaganda, which had no
existence before the present crisis
and .will cease to exist when eondj-
tions warrant. The policy of the
Bureau itself Is controlled, by a Board
of Directors ehosea from the officer
of National Societies and ether or.
ganised in time of peace for various
purposes, but uniting in this effort '
to render effective eervlce to the
Government.
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THE OPEN SEASON
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YOUNG UTAH GIRL PITCHES FULL
NINE INNINGS WITH EITHER ARM
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BINGHAM, Utah. March If.. The
most unique figure in baseball today
is a girl) That's the proud boast
made by mends or 'Miss Adah Clays,
or Bingnara, known intimately
"The Tomboy." - '
She la a feminine hall pitcher da
luxe.
The man player who can whip, a
ball either hand is a marvel. ' He who
twirls a fair game with either wieg
is considered a pnenom.
But this little . high school girl
heaves a dazzling nine innings from
either port or starboard. ; She la In a
class by herself,
Around her and her two chums.
Pearl Adderly and Lucille Dixon, one
of the greatest Indoor baseball teams
In America has been .built.
'Miss Clays Is the ; wonder of men
who have faced her. She possesses
that, uncanny rarity, baseball sense,
and combines with It a remarkable
pitching arm and ability to cut the
corners of the Take with, either an
under or over band ball. . She also
bats from either side ef the plate.
Her admirers declare that no pre
fesetona can ehange his style at read.
My as she can. Her famous curve.
"The Bullsnake.M so called from It
wriggling course, has never, been
solved.
Miss clays got her nickname oa the
sand lots of Bingham, where she. has
been playing .ball since she was six
years old.- - "J"-- :-
Wim Adderly and Mies Dfamn are
also pitchers. They handle the hall
confidently at critical momenta. Miss
Dixon leads the team in batting.
Their team claims the amateur In.
door championship. They have never
oeen beaten and have a standing chal
lunge for any similar organisation la
the country.
They go through a course ef trains
lug that makes the spring workout
of the big leaguers look like a holU
day. In addition, they play a prac
tire game every day. -
The three girls have a number of
opportunities to don suits of various
traveling women's teams, Wit they
say they are In basoball only, for fun
and for relief from the tediouaneea of
school books.
THE PRACTICAL GARAGE.
.. "The else ef the garage depends
upon the sis ef tne car it is to be
used for," says C. H. Claudy In the
April woman's Home companion
"A convenient size for most ears H
fourteen by eighteen feet. This will
give plenty ef room to work around
the ear. Shell room is essential, ana
should be all along one side, seven
feet high and one foot wide; on the
other side have plenty of nails for
banging things en. At me rear end,
above the door, have a shelf wide
enough to held - spare . outer tires.
At each rear eerner have a three-
cornered closet for old clothing, etc.
At the front corners have several
three-eornered shelves set In.
"A workbench Is an essential fea
ture. This should be built near a win.
dow, so that there will be abundaace
of light. Make the workbench of two.
Inch boards, and have It as large as
space win permit Do not have the
supports, or legs, come down straight
to the Beor, as they will be in tne way
but slant them back to the wall. Make
drawers to elide under the bench for
holding aalla, tools, etc A tool cheat
ef common rr.d useful tools under the
beach is a good friend. Have two
electric light extension, also a hand
eieetrle search light.
"A Ilfe-eavlnc equipment la a lensrt'a
ef garden hose that will fit ever the
exhaust pipe ef your engine. When
tne engine to ruaning. witn eoore and
windows ahnt, fit one end ef the feoae
ever the exhaust pine and pot the
other end outside through a hole pre
vieusly made for that purpose. - This
saay preveat ye from being aspbya-
lated. aa tne gas from tne exnauat m
very poleoaaus and has peesj known
to eattse death,
YOUR FLAG AMD UT FLAG. . ,
(By W. D. Nesbtt.)
Tour flag and my flag, and how It
files today, : .
In your land and my land and halt
- a world away: -Rose-red
.and blood-red the stripes
forever gleam.
Snow-white . and soul-white thd
good forefather's dream. '
Sky-Uue and true-blue, with stars to -
gleam arirnt-
The gloried guidon ef the day,
shelter through the night.
Tour flag and my flag! and, oh, heir
much it tolas
Tour land and my land noure -within
Ha folds!
Your heart and my heart heat quleke
at the eight -Sun-kissed
and wind-tossed red
and blue and white.
The one flag the great fla -the flag '
- for zae and you
Glorified all alee beside the red.
W HIV Wan ewejs
Year flag and my Bag! to every star
and stripe,
The drums beat as hearts beat and
lifers shrilly pipe!
Your flag and my flag bleasiBg fa
the aky:
Tour hope and my hope It Beret
. kid s Ua
Hesse land and far tand and half the
world around,
Old Glory hears ear gUd salute and .
tiBDlee to the sound.
the Eagie Magellan.
Iron wire ta being used for carry
tog high tension electricity csed fo
UlghUag In rural districts, .