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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Not a Matter of Richness.

In an article designed to show
that the safety of a milk supply
rests with the distributing dairy
men, and cannot be effected by law,
DIR. James Johnston, of the Brad
ford pa board of health, said re-
Gently in the Independent:
The average citizen thinks that he
knows good milk when he gets II, and
II he has any fault TO ind at any time
II is only with the lack OF richness due
to watering or Swimming. He thinks of
used for so long a time that there can
be no questions requiring his personal
attention 10 II. II Is as good as
certain that the best milk for house
hold use is not the milk that is richest
in cream Native or grade cows are TO
be preferred To thoroughbreds for all
around richness, flavor, and even bal
anee of nutritive values.
With the most of this article The
Times has no sympathy. 1t does not
believe that pure milk can be had
only through dairies philanthropic-
ally or governmentally operated. 1t
believes that constant inspection of
dairy farms and distributing diaries
by competent agents, with the re-
ports of those agents published for
the information of the consumer,
together with regulations requiring
the shipment of milk at low tempera-
ture, viii accomplish all the prac-
IDEAL safeguarding of a city's milk
supply that philanthropy or munich
pal operation could ever accom-
pish.
But it is important, the public
should understand, that richness is
not the only desirability in tactical
food. Cleanliness is far more i'm
portant. Practically all the disease
carrying capacity of milk begins
with dirt. The only means of eHmi-
mating the disease is to preclude
the dirt. No man has eyes good
enough to see the infection. No
housewife can find it by smelling
the milk bottle. The only secure
test is the meteorological test, and
ne only sure preventive is Gov
Ament-supeTvised cleanliness for
5, barns, millImen, and 6istribu-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
FRISCO ISOLATED
BY RAGING FLOOD
AND HEAVY STORM

SAN FRANCISCO, March &.-The
storm of last night and this morning
isolated San Francisco from rail connec-
ton with the outside world except 70 the
suburbs of Oakland. Alameda, and Berk-
eley from a. m. until late this after
noon, when the Southern Pacific was
able to send out a train for the East oy
way OF Stockton and Fresno, and a
train to Los Angeles, by the san Joa-
quin valley route. The line to Portland
and the North is still closed; also The
coast line to Los Angeles.
Trestles on the San Joaquin valley
route are in a weakened condition ana
fear is felt that this lire may again
be closed AT any moment Serious condi-
tions also prevail on the route no"
open to Sacramento by way Of Stockton
which carries overland trains
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Interesting Musical Program
By Pupils Of the Ernest Leuts

The pupils OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Lent gave a very Creditable and inter-
esting program last evening in the ball
room Of the Raleigh Hotel. The pro-
gram was long and began at 7.50 10 az
COmmOdate a large number OF young
pupils Those who took part were;
Misses Margaret Murdaugh, Stella Ca
rusi, Edna KengIa, Marian Trumbuu,
Mary Lee Fleming. Edna Ready.
Louise Ninde. Evelyn Ninde, ROxie
Dunophan, Dolores Burns, Ethe.
Lee, Gertrude Mentzel. Dudley
Manning. Rubie c. Stanford. Florence
Weiser, Irma Blake, Dorothea Lewis,
Mrs. L. a. Grace, H. NJ. Ensor, NJ. j.
NOOnan, CebeTt Baill&TgeOn, +. r.
Robey. Martin Dempf, Joseph Mccain,
Louis Bradford, Harry WhitbeCk, Alex
ander Mason, Paul Ramsdeu, DR.. c. P.
Gibbons Lewis -Iengla, Robert Dyren-
forth, Fred TansiH, Charles TansiIl,
Jack Mason, TheO. GanOng, George O..
Frey, Irving Burns, Norman DAILY,
Louis Kessel, Seymour CragIn, Rudolph
Lent, Russell Pale, Joseph B. Fow-
Ter, jT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Rebew Orchestra in Concert
At Wilson Memorial Church

The Rebew Orchestra gave an inter
esting concert on Friday evening in
Wilson Memorial Church. Their pro-
gram was as follows:
March, Lead On" SchIepegroll; Sc
lection, 'Burgomaster." Luders; So
prano solo. Love Sings the Lark and
The Summer Wind" Bjschoff, Miss Me
LISA Bell Fairall; soprano solo. Love
NE AID the World is Mine, Ball; en-
core. Mud Pie Days" Harris; clari-
net solo, "Somnambula," Thornton; en-
core, Spring Song" Nendelssohn, Wal
ter c. Seitz; violin solo, Sixth Aria, -
Dancla; encore, 'Cavaleria Rusticana. 20
MISS Ruth Harvey; ecOmpan1st. Miss
Harvey; character recitation, "Bluck; :"
encore, Reciprocity" G. ]. Weber; reel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR M'CREERYS

LONDON, March 23.-The recent we'd
ding Of Lady Gray Egerton lnee Mary
Cuyler Of Baltimore.) to Mr.. Richard
McCreery caused no surprise TO their
friends It has been an open secret
for a very long time that Mr.. McCreery
was the cause Of the trouble between
Sir Phillip Grey Egerton and his wife
and the whole Of London society IS on
the side OF Sir Phillip. who IS a good
fellow and very popular Sir Phillip
went 10 India and allowed his wife TO
divorce him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard AcCree-y are
now at Beaulieu, in the Riviera, and in
tend 10 return 20 Warfeld Park, Drack-
nell. a fine country house which they
have taken. The position OF this couple
is expected to be very difficult one.
On the continent Mr.. McCreery's
mother has been a great power She was
known at one time as the Queen Of
Rome" owing TO her bospitslities at the
Grand Hotel, in the Eternal City. Lon
don, however, takes a very different
view Of the couple and Mrs. Richard
McCreery viii have a hard task 10 get
back into popular favor.
Her twin boys will see both their
father and mother at intervals. The
heir to the title. Phillip. is going shortly
10 Elton. while the younger twin, who
is rather delicate. is preparing 10 90 %
Osborne College in the hope Of joining
the navy. Both Sir Phillip Grey Eyer
ton and Mrs. Richard McCreery (as she
now Isl visit the school in Buckingham
shire, where their boys are being
trained, and there have been occasions
when the estranged husband ard wife
have actually met
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
TO CORRECT A BAD HABIT.

"The only way to stop people from
plastering a stamp at any old place upon
the envelope. except the right one, is
to do as is done in England. There a
letter which does not have the stamp
IN the right position is cast asi'e and
handled only when all other I.iaii is
sorted and exchanged. - This idea was
advanced by a postal clerk. I'VE often
lose considerable time because of these
letters" continued the clerk, for often
we have to stop and turn over an en-
velope 10 find the stamp. The worse
offenders in this respect are not for
eigners, but those who have lived hero
for years"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Miss Kaspar Meets Success
In Concerts in New York

Miss Franceska Kaspar. the young so
prano who is having much success as
a concert singer, has returned from a
prolonged visit in New York and there
abouts. She was the guest Of the
Misses LOring in the Metropolis. Miss
Kaspar Will go 10 Philadelphia TO be a
soloist for the Orpheus Club on April
l3, the concert TO be given in the Acad-
envy Of Music. She will sing the Incl
dental solos with this male chorus and
a group of numbers on her own account
Miss Kaspar is especially graufed
over this engagement. Gs the late Fritz
Scheel, conductor of the Philadelphia
Orchestra. who heard her sing just a
little while before ne was taken i'll.
recommended her for this concert.
on April 20 she will sing in Cleveland,
and on April 2 she will give a song
recital in Bloomington. H.
Josef Kaspar went 10 his country
place near BIuemont, Va, yesterday 10
spend the weekend, as is his custom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
DR.. KARL MUCK'S
LEAVE EXTENDED
Rumor Says German En-
perOr Allows Him Another
Year Here.

The report of the consent of the Ger
man Emperor to extend the leave Of alb
sence Of Or. Muck another year that he
may continue next season as conductor
Of the Boston symphony Orchestra, if
true. is matter for great congratula-
ton To the music lovers and promoters
in this country. No conductor, coming
here as stranger. has so quickly and
so firmly established a hold upon the
public as DR.. Muck, and justly. His
work with the symphony was very evil
dent at the first concert. and the good
impression of him on that first night
was confirmed with every performance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Give me drifted winter-ways.
Whence, returned, the ingle-blaZe
Shall like altar-fire divine
Lean before these eyes of mine.
Give me hours of hungry dearth.
That may possess the earth
Find Olympian banquets spread
In the country wine and bread
Give me Strife (who so love PeaceD
That, when furrowing wars snail cease,
Fruitful be the olives found,
Sprlnging from that blackened ground,
l who so love LOVe-ah-yes.
Give me Hate and Bitterness,
THAT. when these are past and done,
Love and l may more be one!
Give me sleep, that l may feel
Clothes hand new start the wheel
of another days bright spinning
And when the warp and wool are thin
ming,
And the daylight is half blind,
Give me Death, that l may ind
Life. upon some morning height,
Sheen and sheer above the Night!
Edith NJ Thomas, in the Atlantic
monthly,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
DESTRUCTION MIGHT COME.

The twenty-two-ton comet at the
Worlds Fair in Portland. Ore, was so
hard that IL was almost impossible to
scratch II with steel; tried, TO the dis
comhture OF the knife. The earth moves
over ls1z miles every second, and this
added 10 or substracted from 2612 makes
or IS. If the comet should strike at
right angles 10 the direction Of the
earth's motion the speed Of collision
would be PSF miles. But S, 26iZ or 10
would hurl destruction II large enough.
A. 2, The only prophecy" known to
science IS based on sure mathematics,
and consists Of prophesying eclipses,
transits, and the return of comets.
\. 3. The earth can be destroyed by
slight changes in the sun, or at least all
life can be annihilated
Thus. let the earth grow a little hotter
or cooler, then we must all die. Thus,
We are simply mere creatures Of tenn
perature. and are in a precarious condi-
ton; any slight change in the sun will
wipe Us out If IT occurs.
Such a change as that now taking
place in the giant sun Betelguese,
closely observed here. would soon put
an end 10 all human beings and animals.
And many other suns are in such turbu-
lence that the earth could not go near
one Of them and support life.
4 colossal outburst in the coIstella-
tiou Perseus occurred on February 20,
1901. one sun exploded, or two made
collision with appalling force
Two Suns Destroyed.
I watched il, minute by minute, in the
telescope, AID it could be seen with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Pupils of Miss Won Unschuld
Give Evening With Beethoven

The program at the last meeting OF
the Unschuld Musical Club w0s given
by the plano pupils of Miss Won Uns-
chuld only, and devoted mostly TO Bee
thoven. Sonatas of Beethoven were
rendered by the Misses Ethel Fisher
T minor; Mildred KoIb, A major; Rob-
erta Amies, sonata pathetic; Rather
inc McNeal, the appassionata. every one
rendered with astonishing understand
ing
Nellie G. Morrison played the Ara
beske Of Schumann; Miss Nellie Wheel
er. the valse Of Leschetizky. and Miss
Martha Urness, a Chopin study, both
with much brilliancy- paper on
Beethoven was read by Miss Martha
Urness. An overture. played by Miss
Eduah Robinson and Miss Won Uns-
chuld closed the program
The parlors of the university were
filed to their capacity by the pupils
and their friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Song Recital by Miss Marseher
In Miss Yeitch's Studio

Miss julia Aarscher was a soIoist at
the meeting Of the Mississippi Society,
Saturday evening, March 10. She has
a rich mezzO voice and is a pleasing
singer. She viii give q recital In the
studio OF Miss Veitch on March 80.
Miss Veltch was assisted at her studio
musicale last evening by Mrs Arthur
Day, who played the piano parts OF the
'Hansel and Graetel" opera, recently
given az the club. Miss Veitch sang Sc
lecions from IL, in addition 10 other
numbers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Special Music This Evening
At st. Paul's Lutheran Church

At this e~aning's service in St. Paurs
English Lutheran Church the quartet
will sing He Watcheth over Israel"
Elijah), Mendelssohn; "Sanctus"
fNIosse SolenneIle), Gounod; THE
Palms." Faure; .'Salve Regina tVes-
pers), Willard; soprano solo. "Jerusa-
lem" CSt. Paul., Mendelssohn: contralto
solo, 20 Rest in the Lord" EIiah).
Mendelssohn. Mr.. Gattman will play a
violin solo. The organ numbers VIII be
''Paques feurs." Mailly; "Allegretto
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
me OF Our Infant Industries.

anada's prOverbial need for steel
dls is indicated in a report from
Consul Shank. of Winnipeg. The
American states it thus;
There are no manufacturers of this
line in western Canada, but there are
four fOundries in Winnipeg which occa-
sionally make frogs and switches Of a
special design. The Canadian Pacific
Railway Company occasionally makes a
frog of some special design at its shOps
in this city. Steel rails are purchased
either from the mills at Sault Ste.
Marie, or Sydney, Nova Scotia. or in
the United States. The mills in this
country are not able 20 supply all Of
the demand for steel rails.
With the Canadian Pacific LAYING
$50 miles of track a year, the Great
Northern $50 miles, the Grand
Trunk Pacific 40 miles, and all three
planning large extensions as soon
as they can be built, the consul puts
the ease mildly when he says:
All of this work is going to make a
great demand for railway supplies Of
all kinds.
As a matter of fact, it could hard
y be expected that an alien consul
could tell the whole story. That, in
pEiin English, is simply that all the
railroads west of the Mississippi and
north of the Missouri are now. have
been for years, and are likely to be
for years more, seriously hampered
by Inability to buy steel for their
lnadbeds
Those who talk OF metal ties for
these systems should consider that
they cannot even get rails. Their
engineers have planned work whole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Committee on Mcdowell Fund
Reports Having Raised Szz,o 900

The Boston Record announces that:
supported by the press and assisted
by numerous concerts, the committee IN
charge of the MacDowell fund have
raised $4,000, about the sum speedily
subscribed for the benefit OF Comedian
Barnabee, celebrated for his singing OF
The Cork Leg" If that is the measure
OF Americas appreciation of her most
famous composer, a man mentally
wrecked through devotion to his art, the
prospect for an American school
TO much is not encouraging
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Ernest Theodore Martin Sings
In Emmanuel Church Tuesday

Much interest is manifested in the
coming visit of Ernest Theodore Martin,
of New York city, who will be heard
ct Emmanuel Church Tuesday evening
in the tenor parts of THE Crucifixion. 5"
Mr.. Martin sang here last year and
made such an impression that the or
ganist and choiTmaster Of the church
had been urged repeatedly TO obtain his
services again. Mr.. Martin is the tenor
soloist Of Calvary Episcopal Church in
New York
William SCantlebury win sing the bass
parts. Arthur Ferguson will also have
solo parts.
The choruses will be sustained by the
regular choir.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Pupils to Give Grieg Program
At Mrs. Joseph Finckeps Studio

Mrs. Joseph FinCkel nee Alden, will
give an interesting GTieg program with
some Of her pupils on the evening Of
April IN her studio. She VIII give
some short talks on the life and works
Of this great composer. and the pupils
VIII play the prominent compositions Of
his for piano, OF arranged for piano.
Among those who will be heard are
Miss Pearl Merritt, Mrs. II. D. Ayres,
Mrs. Daviette FickIen, Miss Gertrude
Finckel Miss Grace Alden, soprano;
Miss Stern, cOntraltO.
The younger members of her class
will give a program In the studio later
in the month
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Grazioso," Tours, and Allegro" Fun
agatti. The personnel Of the quartet is
Mrs. Theodore T. Apple, sopranos Miss
Flora Bernheimer, contralto; Howard
Butterworth, tenor Theodore T. Apple,
bass; Lewis Corning Atwater Is organ
list and director.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

unaided eye in full daylight. Both suns
were destroyed as suns-that is, they
were turned into thin gas and vanished
from sight Of the largest telescope
within less than a year. History records
sixteen similar Outbursts.
Suppose each sun 10 be the center OF a
system OF eight worlds like our sun; and
imagine each world. sixteen in al, TO be
inhabited with human beings; tt N they
all died IN a short time after collision
and died OF "fervent heat"
Our sun with its entire family OF
worlds, moons. and comets, is moving
toward another called Vega, and moves
fourteen miles per second Suppose
Vega 10 be moving away with the same
speed; then We would never get to II.
Imagine it to be at rest, then our sun
would arrive in $4,000 years.
Enormous Dark Stars.
Neither Vega nor any other sun is at
rest for an instant, so we cannot tell
whether the two suns viii ever strike
together. II is known that the quantity
OF matter that IS invisible is 50 much
greater than the visible that the visible
may be ignored. There may be hun
dTeds of millions Of dark bodies far
larger than our sun. one Of these could
approach our little solar system and de-
strOy IL
We are not near any such body al
present for Neptune IS not perturDed
That distant world viii leave the tack
on the approach of danger from an eX-
IeTual mass.
Still. we may all be killed by big
comet That would be the best for Us If
we are 20 always remain lighting saw
ages such as We are now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Sing Stainers "Crucifxion"
At ST. PauPs Episcopal Church

staner's "Crucifxion' will be sung
ut St Paurs Episcopal Church, twenty
third street. this evening, and the even
ing of Good Friday at O'Clock The
choir. which is enc of the best in this
city. viii be assisted by A. J. Hudson,
bass soloist of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. Edgar Priest Is
the orga1ist and chOiruaster at St
Paul's, and the performance Will be
given under his direction There are no
cards Of admission and the church is
open TO all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
Musical Notes ard Personals.

William Morse Rummel the gifted
young violinist who has made such a
success as a soIoist here the past winter,
has severed his connection with the
Washington College of Music, where he
has been a member of the faculty. Mr..
RummeI viii assist Mrs. II. H Mckee
at her pupils concert next month, and
viii play group OF violin solos
Miss Ethel HOtzclaw. soprano, al Cal
vary Baptist Church, viii substitute for
Mrs. Browning at the Church Of the
Covenant on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mercy Adkins. contralto soloist
at the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. will sing The Palms" this
evening. the solo being beautifully illus
trated with stereopucon views.
The eighth of a series of organ re-
citals, by Edgar Priest, was given at St.
PauIs Church Thursday evening for the
benefit Of the choir boys camp fund.
Mr. Priest, whose playing is exception
ally good, vas assisted by Master Ros-
well BOOthby. one Of the soprano solo
boys of the church, and his singing of
Harris II Heard the Voice of Jesus
Say revealed a voice of rare beauty.
Edward Hughes will sail for Europe
in a few weeks to be absent two years
continuing his studies rs q pianist Mr..
Hughes has spent two seasons with
Raphael Joseffy At Tarrytown, \. y,
and has made much progress.
Miss Florence Herman played a
charming group OF numbers on Wednes-
day evening in the home Of Miss Anita
Schade, on the occasion Of the meeting
of the German Literary Club. of which
Miss Schade is the president. Miss Her
man numbers were the ChOpin-LisZt
'Maldens Wish:" waltz in z major by
MosZkowski, aud the Faust Fantasy
with Robert Stearns, violinist She
Stems own ''Reverie" a charming lit
tie composition for the violin.
Mrs N R Waldecker will give her
musicale with her pupils Wednesday
evening at her studio, 452 p street north
west.
The choir of the Pro-CathedraI Church
of the Ascension will sing Sir John
Stainer's The CruCifixiOn' on Tuesday
evening Of this week in the church. I'M
der the direction of Ernest Leigh. or
gauist and chOirmaster. The solOists
will be 4. Simpson, tenor; J. p. Rede-
ker and II. Rule, bassos.
The Cruci1xion" viii be- sung by the
choir of st. Andrews Church on Good
Friday evening under the direction of
J. Isle Apple. This choir will sing
Mauney's Resurrection" on Easter
Sunday evening. The. soloists for The
Cruciixion" will be from the members
Mrs. Fannie Atlee Gage, soprano:
Mrs. John Roberts, contralto John Isle
Apple, tenor, and F. c. Sehaefer, basso.
Fulton Il. Karr is the organist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
I temperature of Sun
Changed Either Wau,
Means Earth s End
By PROF. EDGAR L. LARKIN.

sis it possible for the world to end"
"Nhat has science regarding ufmen
that the earth will TO an ndF7
81" the earth is TO heat
com
~ The earth be hit is large
enough and the sufficiently d
chunks nights,
other November 16
stream of comet
on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

tatiou, Launching OF the Ship Miss
Virginia Fleming; piano solo, monastery
Bells" Military Polonais,' Chopin, ".
J.. Weber; soprano solo, "Good-By,'
TostI; encore, Last Rose Of Summer.
Miss Edwinetta Shelton Schroeder
characteristic. ''Sorella," Gallinii march,
..America Forever PAUL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
SPEED OF THE COMET.
here on the mountain.

passing way around the
always has velocity of twenx onehalf per
the
miles second but
when it strikes will be forfve velocity beyond power
the brain TO think about-nded think
ond Let solid collide magna-
ton cannot conceive o results
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Captain Koehler must not take too
seriously the heroics and pathos that
will now be showered upon him by
folks who dom like the policy Of col
onialism.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Thomas F. Ryan had a great idea when
he observed that the railroads are really
owned by the people, not by Wall
Street operators. II the people who
own them could only be brought 20 re
alize that incontestibIe fact Wall Street
would soon be harmless.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

King Charles, Of Roumania, who de-
cIines to receive delegations with pc
titions on behalf of the peasantry. would
find great enughtment in reading the
biography OF a certain namesake whose
rule in England was once cut short with
an AK
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Attempts to bar Secretary Taft out
of the running on tie ground that he
never before ran for an office Will prove
as Intellectual as efforts to nominate him
on his smile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

\ good many people who have here
tofore been devoted to the golden calf
are learning the attractions Of the golden
rule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Major Goethals had a narrow escape
from the punsters. but thus far his
name seems to have been a trifie too
much for them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

On investigation It turns out that the
Geological Survey salary list was 50
far osslhed that it couldn't be readily
changed,