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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Good Work for Our Schools.

A real report on the condition of
the local schools was submitted to
the East Washington Citizens Asso-
citation Thursday night. In many
respects it corresponds to those with
which the community is over-famil-
iar-it was of about the average
length; it came from q committee OF
lawyers. doctors. merchants, and
ain property holders, and it was
not revolutionary. But in one re-
ect it was distinctive. 1t deserves
special notice for that every line be-
SPOKE careful investigation.
The committee emphasized-as ev-
cry one VINO investigates must-the
need for keeping young children at
school longer than five years, the gen.
eral demand for more pay for the
teachers, the Indesirability of radi-
cal change except where some really
important defect is clearly shown. ."
the wisdom of relieving the Board OF
Education of such matters as in
struction, discipline, and matricula-
ton" and intrusting them to the
superintendent, ana meetings of the
hoard which shall be open. for inter
ested persons" all along the line.
Those conclusions are not radical.
Their effect is mainly to acquaint the
members of the whole association
with facts rather than 20 propose a
definite and detailed plan of action.
But the care with which the com
mittee proceeded, the important facts
cited, and the weeks of hard work
represented, will give the document
weight with the whole city.
Our present school difficulties are
real difficulties They are not TO be
disposed of with resolutions based on
speeches and adopted on impulse.
What they need Is thoughtful and
thorough investigation-and in this
instance they have had il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
WOMEN PAWN JEWEI
TO PLAY BRIDGE4IST
Craze Reaches Such Limit 2 Cause
the Separation of HUd
and Wife.

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The &c whist
craze il driving fashionabpmen 10
thu pawn shops 10 raise n 10 pay
their gambling debts.
This may sound like a sting state
ment. but It is true a pavoker who
often does business with kwell set.
in speaking of the fascinathe game
has for women. laid:
''Jewelry that has been ne family
for generations tbev pawnltly
They viii part with anilg from
christening prezeat .or thirst 3orn
baby TO their own cngagNt ring 10
get money for the game Is 50 itp~
ular now
"a well-known woman &c mere -.
Gently and pledged ner Is Tor sl.'V
~ pay some losses. an ~ me 'lat
she had to make the M s1gd' ~lio
did not want 10 ask her p-thd To- y.
She got the loan, IF o. ana q 10
us that she would rede hFi IlHES'
necklace. etc, as soon 3e coula "ih
the money back for III ~silt iCes
without her jewelTy hcroalu Wadic
notice their absence aihSlst upon
knowing where they We
About two weeks las9e cami. IN
with enough TO make me piedSo.
and in paying for theh'll hie ina
bridge had been the fs or sep3-
rating herself and hush
SHE is only one Of n women Wno
have had trouble witHir husbands
over the game but Twill not give
il .lp. and come in TO 2 their jewels
one day. and, if THEY'VE luck, get
them out the next
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
In the Days of Scott.

Messrs- A S. Barnes & Co. will publish
shortly I'm the Days of Scott" by
Tudor jerks, a new volume in the popu-
lar Lives of Great Writers Series which
tells the life stories of the great authors
in whom everyone is interested from
the personal point of view. As Mr..
jerks says in following the story OF
Scott, the Iesder is taken from the reign
of George III 10 that of William ". and
from the times of the American colo
nles 10 those of Andrew jackson. IT
was in SCOTS lifetime that steam and
electricity became known. and 10 these
agencies is due many Of the most Hota-
BILE changes which make the present
world so different from that into which
The Wizard of the North" was born
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
LIFTING POWER OF THE AIR.

One OF the experts at the Blue Hin
observatory. near Philadelphia. who in
connection with the kite work done at
that place has had an ample opportunity
to observe the idiosyncrasies OF the at
mosphere, has collected records of d,
number OF curious incidents Illustrating
the remarkable lifting power Of ascend
ing currents of air. While the cvcIonic
force of the air during stress OF
windstorms is well known, the fact
that occasionally ascending currents of
air of comparatively great force exist on
days Of apparent serenity has been over
looked.
on one occasion a small kite. belong
ing to Mr.. Eddy, which had been raised
to an elevation of about nifty feet was
caught in such an ascending current and
quickly lifted in an almost vertical d.
Tection 10 p height of almost SEQ feet
when a large cumulous cloud passing in
the zenith developed a cross current
which carried the kite of toward the
east; but still ascending, until II had
reached an elevation OF about 1000 feet,
The kite did not rise as is usual de-
Veloping pun or tug on the string at
tached 10 il, but seemed to be lifted
bodily, the string dangling loosely.
Another instance was observed - La
mountains o. New Hampshire. A party
of picnicke.'s seated on me top of one
of the Sandwich range was astonished
10 see small piece o. paraffin paper
taken from one of the lunch boxes rise
in the most mysterious manner. The
day was perfectly clear and there was
little wind stirring. Yet the piece OF
paper, measuring some 6x4 inches float
ed suddenly upward with moderate We
:ocity and continued to do so until it
became invisible at an elevation esti-
mated to have been not less than 100
feet. In rare instances meteorological
kites have been caught IN these upwari
currents and maintained for brief inter :
walls in POSITION directly overhead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
President and Senate.

The Issue between President and
Senate is becoming more sharply
drawn with every passing day. The
Senatorial policy of mastery inactiv-
fly is hurrying the Congressional SEES
son upon its crisis. 1t is more than
ever apparent that the Senatorial
eaders of opposition have nerved
themselves up TO the point of DEFY
ing the President; and it is likewise
palmer than ever before that the
President stands ready to take I'D
the gage and fight for his policies.
AT the bottom of the trouble is the
irreconcilable difference over rate
legislation. The Senatorial opposi-
tion is willing to pass a measure, but
as a condition precedent insists that
II shall be a regulation measure that
will not regulate. If the President
would accept these terms he could
soon have a bill sent to the White
House; a dignified and solemn look
ing act, Of many pages of technical
phrase and legal circumlocution, that
would be absolutely worthless. The
Senate is willing to give the Presi-
dent the form, but il insists on with
holding the substance. To this, the
President Will not consent.
Santo Domingo, Statehood. even
Philippine tariff, are secondary: they
are being used as fulcra from which
10 operate the levers of unanimous
consent and unlimited debate, in the
effort to pry the President from his
position.
The President has made plain that
he, too, recognizes the rate question
rs paramount. He has threatened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
An English Satire.

joan Oliver Hobbies (Mrs. Craigie) is
evidently a politician. Her publishers
on this side OF the water quote the fol
lowing from one OF their London cor
respondents:
Mr. Cralgie's novel, The Flute Of
Pan was highly praised by the Liberal
press and bitterly ATTACKED ~ the Bal
four party organs durins t.ie late gov
eminent because 1t was considered q
satire directed against tie Jingoism. the
utter contempt for the ls'loring classes
for The educated classes and the rehg-
ious classes which are The Characters
tics OF the Bslfour cabinet-after all the
men OF ability had been driven TO re-
sign.
Recent and present events in Russia
and England have proved that the novel
light in treatment, was pTophetically
true in spirit. The King has been most
uneasy a the wrath of the Roman
Catholics. the growing rIge among the
worxingmen, the discomfort in the army
and as the princess IL the Flute OF
Pan determined 10 rescue her people
from self-seeking politicians. the King
has asserted his power in England and
called the right man 10 command the
ship Of state.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Danger in Venezuela.

| Most Americans feel that President
Castro is arrogant; that Venezueln
ought to be punished; that the French
nation has been grossly insulted al
Caracas, and that France would be
fully justified in classifying the South
American republic.
If French fleet sailed for Vene-
zuela today tie American people
would look on with interest, but with
no feeling of either alarm or anger
Once the shells began to explode
however, and blood started TO flow,
would not the popular sentiment of
this country undergo a radical
change?
Venezuela would be certain 20 fight.
South Americans seem TO be used
TO il. and like il Castro's troops
would probably fight we'll; and the
first display of hero1sm on their part
would send a current of enthusiasm
throughout this country. We should
then look upon the conflict as one OF
Europeans against Americans; a
large nation against a small one. The
cause would be forgotten. More peo-
pie than any of us expect now would
be ready 10 shout: America, right
or wrong" The French people might
not be polite in expressing their re-
sentiment of this attitude: and, under
the excitement of actual fighting in
Venezuela, more serious trouble
might easily ensue.
France and America should both
realize and weigh this danger. Euro
pean statesmen always and French
statesmen at this particular time
should not permit themselves to for
get that there is a half-world of sen
timent in the Monroe Doctrine. There
are no Official assurances from Wash
ington which can guarantee that this
sentiment will not be awakened by
the sound of guns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
STATEHOOD BILL SLID
TO TOP OF CAL FNDAR
Senators Surprised When Secretary Be-
gins Reading Measure Just
Passed by the House.

Statehood had a narrow escape yester-
day from being the order OF business
before the Senate.
Through a peculiar circumstance the
measure got in the first position on the
calendar After the morning business
was disposed of the reading secretary
began reading the Statehood measure
Several Senators looked on il surprise
Senator Beverage was equally sur
prised, but he did not feel uneasy. Some
thought ii was a ruse on the part of the
Indianian to get the bill up for discus
sion, but no Republican member of the
chamber thought it was necessary to
interrupt
Finally Senator Teller rose and in
quired how that measure was reached.
The Vice President explained but Mr..
Teller insisted that it should go over
'''fhe bill can be read can il not?"
ventured Mr.. Beverage II object to
the reading of the BILL" said Mr.. Teller,
and the bill went over.
1t viii come up in the regular form
probably some time during next week
when some member OF the committee
supporting the bill viii address the
Senate on il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Varieties of Love.

Browning was the bold man who
openls labeled his own poems "One Way
OF Love" and Another WAY of Love ."
Most authors who have the power Of in
terpreting more than one kind of love
are less obtrusive about H. Lloyd Os-
bouTHes positively Jamesisn (sic) in
sight into the artifcialities OF over
civilized love as evidenced in Baby
Bullet" contrasts strangely with the
wild. free inordirate passion which he
depicts in his South Sea stories.
Ii is difficult TO see how the man who
can understand the love Of gowns.
fFockS and manners can have also
grasped the life and death affection of
The more primitive peoples. -. Apple
ton & Co. his publish ers. have been
called upon for an expis nation. but they
respond that they are preparing an es-
say on The Resultant Versatility from
the Cosmopoltanism OF the Modern
Author, and meanwhile refer you 10
Mr. Osb0urne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Drunkenness Among Nations.

Which is the most inebriate countr-
II the worlds In The current HARPER.
Weekly sydney Brooks gives some in.
teresting facts bearing upon this point
Apr0prOs OF the drink question in Eng
land ne points out that countries tha
drink the most are not necessarily tn
most drunken. On paper the create.
drinkers in the world are the Frencf
vet France is a VIGOROUSLY tempera
country. Her statistics of police drum
enneSs are less than One-fourth a
English record. Italy. Spain. and POI
ugAl. being Wlne-Er wing and VIII
drinking countries. has large statist'
or consumption. but are. as d ma tier
fac. exceedingly temperate North
Russia, Scandinavia. and Scotland
the most drunken parts of Eurc
though tho consumption of alcohol
head Is comparatively low For
past ten years England has spent
drink from $50 coo go TO $3.50 OO4.0y
wear. Her average annual eXDsnr7
on drink amounts therefore. To a
that is more than the entire an
revenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
The Baker & TAYLOR Co.'S List.

The preliminary announc ~ ent Of the
Baker & Taylor Co. : spring publications
includes Folly" by Edith RickeTt,
whose Reaper" attracted very wide
attention a little over a year ago; Hazel
OF Heatherland by Mabel Barnes
Crundv which * very popular n Eng
land now. Landscape Painting and the
Modern Dutch Artists" by r. , Green
shields: Social Progress 1elG." BY JO-
siah Strong; "The Country. Gown by
Wilbert l. Anderson; The Rible and
Spiritual Criticism" by DIR. Arthur T.
Pierson; and THE True IoctIine of
Prayer" by DIT Leander T Chamber
lain president Of the Evangelical Al
lance OF the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Hardv,s Hatred for overcOats.

In view Of the widespread interest in
Thomas Hardy. the following extract
from the letter OF a correspondent is
worthy OF note:
ION the outskirts Of Dorchester. In a
red brick house. surrounded by tall trees
that hide the building from the in
quisitIve. Thomas Hardy. recluse and
genius now lives and writes. He dresses
as simply as he lives as indeed. all
genuises have done since the beginning
OF history.
IF he has AL aversion for one par
ticuiar item of dress il Is for the great
coat and the coolest weather VIII not
persuade him TO wear one When the
weather begins 10 get cold he puts on
q thick walstcoat made OF sheepSkin in
The OId-faShiOned country style. Then
as The weather becomes colder he puts
ii wooden WaistcoaL above this. and adds
Waistcoat after WaistCOat according 10
the temperature. until in the depth OF
winter sometimes he wears as many as
four or i've
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
RAN THROUGH FIRE
AND SAVED LIVES

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Nith flames
sweeping past him and men and wo-
men in terror of being burned to death.
Thomas Cunningham. seventeen year.
old. ran his elevator in the Portsmouth,
apartment house, AZ West Ninth street
last night after fire had shut off All
esca pc by the stairs.
Twenty families were at dinner when
fire was discovered in the cellar. It soon
drove the janitOr out of the basement
and cloud of smoke swept up the eIe-
Yator shaft Cunningham realized his,
peril. but turned in an alarm from a
signal in the building, and then ran MS
elevator TO the top floor. shouting as
he passed each floor that the building
was ahre-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Poe and Fordham Cottage

The legend thai Poe wrote The
Raven" III the FoTdham cottage in New
York was supported for a time IN the
exhibition of a stuffed raven at one end.
but the legend is set at rest IN the in
PRODUCTION in the unique four-volume
India Paper Edition Of Poe's works
recently published by A :. Barnes a,
Co II appears that The Raven" was
published in 1916, and il was not until
1916 that Poe took up his residence in
the Fordham cottage. where ne lived
from 1876 TO 1912. It was in the Ford
nam cottage. however. that Poe wrote
the Bells" and "Annabel Lee" and
other poetry. as well as some Of his
prose tales
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Casting a Mist. -

One Of the curious expressions some
times heard in the r1rst districts of
Maine is 10 east a mist. which may be
interpreted 70 be a form Of hypnotism.
This is illustrated in Holman F. Day :
new novel, Squire Phin. which Is
proving so popular. by a story Of a
rural prophet equipped with second
sight and tie seventh sense, whe
persuaded a dozen people that they saw
"a Braymy rooster hawking on a tWen-
tv-foot log To them there appeared
e sc0ffer upon whom the mist had not
been east. and he dispelled the mist by
showing that the rooster was ''Walkin'
along with an oat straw tied to his tail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
sLOWEsT TRAIN IN THE WORLD

Thv slowest train in the world is
said 20 be that which runs between
Soto de Rey and Clano Santa Ana. in
Spain. This line is thirteen and three
quarter miles long and II has one sta
ton en- route. namely. Sauna, which is
twelve miles from Soto de Rey and one
and three-quarter miles from CIano
Santa Ana. Leaving the last-named
place at 6:25 a. m. the train reaches
Sauna at e;55 and Soto de Rey at SEQ.
Thus the average rate of speed OF the
train is under seven miles an hour
while from Clano Santa Ana to Sauna
the speed is only three and three
quarter miles an hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
AS a Chinaman Saw Us.

Few books have caused so much dis
cussion as AS a Chinafaan Saw Us"
ana hundreds OF Euesses have been
made as 10 the author. may agreeing
that IL was Ii, and he has never denied
II, despite all doubts. II was written
BY Chinaman and one OF the most
observing OF his race. The New York
sun has selected the late astute Chin
csc minister VgiIo had so keen an eye
open for pecIiiarities among Ameri-
cans. d. Ap2 .eton < Co, the publish
ers, are silart as 10 the writer's iden-
tity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03

If legislation fails, TO call an extra
session, and the threat has redoubled
evaporation on the Senate side. The
House would, in fact, suffer far more
from an extra session than the SEN
ate. because House members want
to go home and look after their
fences, while only a few Senators
have serious immediate concern
aboi4- doings at home. II is hard on
tae House. which has been good. TO
suffer for the sins of the Senate; but
it is no harder on the House than on
the country. which wants the legis-
lation it is denied.
This contest. If it shall go TO the
lengths which now seem possible,
may bring the great test Of the SEN
ates responsibilities TO public opin-
ion Back OF the President is public
opinion. He stands as its repTesen-
tative and agent Public opinion has
a hard time getting a grip on the
Senate. But If this contest shall go
on II Will force another term of
Roosevelt, and it will bring a series
o. Senatorial fights in States none too
well pleased with the course of their
Senators, that will at length send up
Senate in accord with the Presl-
dent and the people, Such a revolu-
ton would put an end 10 some dis
tinguished careers: but 1t Is surely
being brought in sight by the policies
of the men who will not recognize
what is in the public mind
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
IN THE BOOK WORLD

e ar oii.lseleT, wrote concerning her in the
= aiInily Book, and none but a dry old
Iooi sen as ne Is could have set her
word OF her mouth. which drew hack
IKE a scarlet bow over milk-whits
teeih; nor the dimple in tae left cheek.
70 PES "5ilch a man might have sur
Ike a birds call; nor the fine straiaht
plaekness OF the eyebrow; nor the teu-
der auoacity; nor the nature that would
craze the man she loved by Il dav-l0nay
indifference. 10 smother him with kisses
Ia surrender Of tenderness al night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
A Beauty.

A beautiful heroine Is half the battle.
Elinor Mccartney Lane, the author OF
Nancy STAIR" certainly knows how TO
picture feminine loneliness. Here is the
description OF the heroine of All for
The Love of Lady, which d. Apple
ton & Co. publish next spring
She was OF an ivory fairness. and
her hair the color of a chestnut burr.
fen in two great braids below her knees.
Her eyes were a greenish gray. black
lashed, with a silver sheen over them.
She was willow slender. going always
with great grace and no noise
This is what Melville. the court
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
WHITE HOUSE GUESTS
TREATED TO MUSICALE
Concert Followed Dinner by President and Mrs Roosevelt
TO Mexican Ambassador and Nine de CaSasus,
Some Senator's AMI Many Others

iEg having in their party Secretary
of the Treasury ami Mrs. Shaw. Mr..
and Mrs. John J. Albright of Buffalo.
y \, Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCauley.
Mr. and Mrs James NJ Johnson. As
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Keep. and
Major McComb
Mr.. aud Mrs. George Westinghouse
have arrived in Washington from New
York and viii spend several GAYS here.
They have not opened their house and
VIII probably spend all Of their time at
the New Willard
Miss Roosevelt spent the afternoon Ia
shopping Notwithstanding that she
bought large quantities OF lingerie from
New York. she made a num1er or Im-
Eortant purchases OF that kind al the
large department houses ia the city.
There We're put al her disposal dainty
handmade French garments, and silk
and lace IounSing robes, dressing
sacques and wrappers all wOnderOusly
made, and faEciful I'm the extreme Her
gown yesterday afternoon Yves OF dark
green cloth trimmed In baby lamb with
"a toque and mum OF the same fur.
Miss RooSeN cit has bought several
gowns az this same establishment. all
OF which are being made I'm Washing
ton Besides her own maid, there Is a
dreSSmaker engaged on work at the
White House. who is constantly looking
after her costumes. Miss Roosevelt and
Air LougwoTta diEed away from the
White House
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
Literary Notes.

The interest Of English readers -
dramatic life Of the West OF 'scgy
times is indicated bv the forthelg
publication OF Alfred Henry LevfE
cessful Sunset Trail" in Lid,
which has just been arranged.
a new and revised edition o. pie
Readings for the Responsive Sc,
prepared by the Rev DIS. Loriutnd
Sanders. makes the tenth editionif =
successful work. which has beenled
by MessTs. A : Barnes & Co.
In a recent issue of a LondO1ga-
zine there Is a remarkable acct OF
an angler who was not afraid win
among sharks. In diving undeShlp
TO inspect her copper. he cameo 10
face with q large man-eater five
feei from him. and frightened arufe
off by a show of courage. Thso 81
this is Charles II. Holder. the or OF
''The Boy Anglers % said TO be OF
the few absolutely true fishing ies IN
print.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-03
COME IN MY FRIEND.

If YOU would take me out to dine,
The proposition I'll not spurn;
A lunch I'll by no means decline
Come IN. my friends, I've time TO burn
But IT touch is what you'd make.
To buy meal at some cafe.
My time ] cannot let YOU take.
You've struck me on my busy day.
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