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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
SCRIP ISSUES TO WORKMEN
GOOD EMERGENCY CURRENCY

By Frank &. Harper
NUMBER I.

explaining
value time United States
o bao bd bI s tt sP dea to tb Fact b M ois roneF,
discovered worlds
to his employer his credit lasting week weeks
month He lends the deposits dollar through
towars
decide the ghes financial questions it his deposits in the banks that
Keep OF aus gong IN e Ies OF ana @ oS oss
ROGeeneTs bunders
therefore should
en for those Who Do NOT 1se5 tS Ta aim 81 t5ea $50 =, - @
sent sor,s Main and rcaI ggons 70 those Who are nHv Ig1n+
would have been the result the had made mistake in the national
election Of $3.50 or prevent speedy recovery from such as prevail IN
boar5r vagebeck IS not mere promise to nav Nv the 6rra whose 1nS
t Is sbe5 to r. The soed "gefp issued b hundreds Of arms ana
and did that the arm or company had dollar bank The
credit in the bank and transfers the recipient portion
Examine Of these wasehs and viii notice that It is not only
Clearing
t banks in the @ are behind it and will SEE that it is paid If is not
good is no for every eeal purpose me same as e- can only
house committee and at me same time supporting another The deposor
accepts single deposit
accepts II Without FISK The the credit OF not only o@9
the credit Of the issuing would be- for lis
wasecheck
is liability
t s Go ~ y5 4,a1r - raT5 - 80 flt ~ -oDTsCs
banks can get @na Is Is aIa 20 'oue Is
emergency the pubGs standpoint but bad
OUTLYING the actual itself
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
KEEP COMMISSION
HOLDS DOWN FUND
investigations for the Gov
eminent Cost Less
Than $1,000.

Persons familiar with the usual course
Of official Investigations and the ex-
pehse and amount Of work entailed By
them. wiz be surprised to know that the
Investigations conducted by and under
the direction OF the Keep Commission.
which are just drawing TO a close, cost
less than 1900.
IN June, 1905 the President selected
five Of the younger and more progress
sive officials OF the Government service
to inquire into departmental methods,
and suggest improvements The COM
mittee drew to it's assistance 50 -enty
young employees from the different bu-
reaUs and divisions These and the orig
inaI appointees gave their services gra-
tuttousIy and performed the work in
spare time
At the time the commission was first
named it was not intended, it is said,
that the Investigations " 7Ild toich
any matters that could not ne handled
by executive order. but it soon devel-
oped shat but little could be accom-
plisned in the way Of reforming depart
ment methods except by legislative en-
actment
The task involved such an exhaustive
inspection as the Government machinery
in this nor sny other country mas
never before been subjected to. The
committee investigated without fear or
favor. and reported frankly and without
prejudice. Their findings and recon-
nendatIoEs are now in the hands of the
President. and VIII be extensively re-
ferTed TO IN his message to Congress.
One Of the most important changes in
the service. should Congress take fav-
orable action, will be the extension Of
the Saturday half-holiday to six months
in the year, extending from May to
November l. During this period the de
paTtments viii be Open from a. m. to
1890 D. NJ. without Intermlssion.
1t is also proposed that temporary en-
ployes. appointed after examination and
ceruflcation by the Civil Service, may
be granted annual leave after three
months service, at the rate Of two and
one-half days per month, beginning with
the fourth month.
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question than any other man who
comes to mind; a public speaker
who would gain strength with
every public utterance as a candi-
date; and a statesman Of such men
tai caEber and broad experience in
domestic and A~reign affairs as to
given promise of a strong, patriotic,
and elear-sighted administration. It
is distinctly possible ne could beat
any Republican so far ramed, with
the single exception of Theodore
Roosevelt, But, in spite Of all that,
he could hardly be nominated.
For the judge was not regular"
in 1896. He was one of those who
put his conception of a sound cur
rency above a new doctrine of
finance, who saw in the closing of
the minis of India to silver an I'M
mistakable warning to the United
States that it could not play the
ostrich in commerce, and who be-
lieved that the commercial rating
of the nation was more important
than apparent advantage in the
campaign.
Against such as these-especially
against such as lent aid and com
fort to the only Democratic Presi-
dent we have had since the civil
war-the taboo has gone forth.
Doubtless Judge Gray realizes this.
He is sure to see that if the brand
of having stood for the gold stand
ard is not avowedly forgiven by the
followers of the Peerless, he cannot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

IN Newport. in bond, bearing the world
known names OF Worth. Doucet. Felix,
Paquiu. and Eirot Robes. mantIes. lin
gerie. and hats Of the most beautiful ma
,erial and workmanship il almost lin
.tless numbers have arrived at THE
Breakers"
For instance. there are twenty-three
such tiny order they would be the envy
is notably ssuail. and the lot comprises
ties, slippers, street shoes, carriaee slip
pers and a variegatcd assortment Of
ballroom slippers 10 match the even
ing gowns.
AS 20 hats, Virot fitted out the great
est heir OF this season, and the number
Is thirty-six. Perhaps the largest and
most stunning is the travelling hat. AL
OF these imported articles are duly
stamped by the maker.
Miss Alice Roosevelt thought AUeri-
can clothes good enough for her, bat
not so with Miss Gladys Vanderbilt,
who, during her perigriuations in Paris
last summer came 70 be a well-knoWn
figure in the Rue de Ia PAX, where
American society women congregate for
fine apparel
1t Is stated that the cases are sixty
five IN number. being twenty-five more
than her brother Reginald and his bride
brought back with them irom their
bridal tour OF Europe in 1903 Reginald
Vanderbilt and his wife, VIII, was kath-
leen Nelson, then paid the highest duty
ever received at Boston on pC=sC nal ap-
parel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
BURTON HOLMES TALKS
OF BEAUTIES OF VIENNA

Taking for his subject, Vienna, a city
Of magnificent distances and imposing
architecture Burton Holmes and his
illustrated travelogue delighted q large
audience for Two hours at The Columbia
Theater last night. Taking his hearers
along The historic blue Danube, he
showed a number OF quaint towns and
castles; thea came the beautiful views
OF the new Vienna: its schools, churches,
and theaters, and magnificent structures
of every kind. A ife-like picture OF
Emperor Franz Josef Z, as well as a
remarkable motion picture Of the EN-
peror in the Corpus Christi Day cere-
monials. were features. Mr.. Holmes in
terspersed dozen views OF paintings
taken from the Berlin collection the
majority OF them by Rembrandt
The second part Of the travelogue was
devoted 10 Alpine scenes, a visit TO the
salt mines, and finally a number OF ex-
cellent motion pictures of&Afr. Holmes
and his party climbing the Alps, these
being interesting and quite amusing at
times.
The lecture VIII be given again this
afternoon at 4.30. Paris will be M
Holmes subject for his next travelogue.
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Too Good to Be True.

Connecticut Democrats jump at
the boom for Judge Gray as pre-
senting a candidate that will unite
all factions and place the Demo
cratic party of Connecticut in a
position to win an election once
more Gray clubs are already be-
ing organized: with the Delaware
Judge at the head Of the ticket it IS
believed three out of five Represen-
tatives from that State can be cap
tured; and there promises to be
life in the Nutmeg opposition TO the
Republicans for the first time since
1896.
Mr. Bryan has been visiting Judge
Gray. What they worked over be-
tween them is not known. But the
probability that the Nebraskan
would look favorably on the selec-
ton of his friend from Delaware OF
would have made so conspicuous a
show of his friendship for him if
the Gray boom were to be regarded
seriously, is extremely slim.
To put the ball over the plate, the
Gray boom is too good to be true.
The judge is a strong man-excep-
tionally strong. He has splendid
personal independence. He is real
Democrat believer in a tariff for
revenue, and for no other purpose;
the possessor of more general con-
fdence from both sides of the labor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Ten Years of Prosperity.

That President Roosevelt, in his call
for hard cash, had ample reason to
boast of the general prosperity of
the country is proved by the statis-
teal record just published by the
Department of Commerce and La
Dor.
In the decade ended July 1, 1907,
for instance, the deposits in the
savings banks of the country in
creased from 81, 9s3, 900 900 to $685.
100000. Almost equally substantial
was she increase in the deposits in
all 5anks-from $1,000, 900 to
about 13,OOO.OO0,O GOO.
In he course of the same ten
years the public debt, minus cash in
the United States Treasury, dropped
from 1857 ,OOO, 900 to $87s, 100000, and
the per capita Indebtedness from
S13.78 to Stops. So, too, there was
a welcome decline in annual interest
charges-from S34, 333, 1888 to ST. 666,
600 on the public Indebtedness and
from As cents TO 25 cents on the per
capita debt Finally, to clear up
the monetary side of the suspicious
returns, the money in circulation
grew in the aggregate from S1,64O,-
O0O. 900 in 1897 to S2,733, 100000 this
year
Now let us review the commercial
end industrial side Of the roseate
panorama. The value of the meT-
chandise imported into the United
States in 1897 was $765,OOo,OOO; in
19O7-or, TO be precise, in the fiscal
year ended July l last-it was
nearly double that amount. or ST.
434,0OO,OO0. During the same time,
Notwithstanding an expanding de-
mand at home, the merchandise ex-
ported rose in value from 81, O32, OOO,
600 10 S1,s54, OOO, 600, and the trade in
manufacturers crude materials
more than doubled as regards both
outgo and income-in the former
ease the value rising from s297,OOO,-
600 TO 1898, OOC 900, and in the latter
case from $4,000, 900 TO SAT-, OOO, 900.
1t was a good, healthy development
all around.
Without going into all details, it
is worth while to point out that
while in the South the number of
spindIes in the cotton mills has in
creased in the last ten years from
3,25O,OOO 10 100000, the Northern
mills-mostly New England mills
have made a gain of nearly 100000
spindles, bringing their total up to
15,686,OOO.
The report, on the whole, is
timely, and therefore doubly i'm
pressive. II reveals conditions
that speak well for the future if, as
the President said in his letter to
Mr.. Cortelyou, the people viii but
take q normal view Of things and
act in a normal manner. Of course,
the President viii set the country
an example in this respect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Set of Dishes.

Dear Santa Claus:
I would like very much If you would
bring ne a lovely little doll with beau
tifuI lovely light curly hair and brown
eyes like my own. Now, Mr.. Santa
Claus, If you would not mind giving ne
a nice set OF dishes would you please
bring me one OF course, want a COu-
pie little things Ike q box OF paints.
If you will please bring me the things
you viii find me fast asleep. ] viii be
dreaming of your dear little reindeers
pulling your sled and hear the bells
ringing, mamma in her gown an In
my cap has both settled our brains for
a long Christmas nap. Christmas morn
ing will be awake and viii come down
and be so surprised, because I have
not seen one of my presents. I will
play with them and keep them neat
Thank you Mr.. Santa Claus I will
close.
From Margaret and Helen, Twin Sisters.
500 Eleventh st. Sc.
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LETTERS TO KRIS KINGLE
TELL WANTS OF CHILDREN
Little Ones Write Requests Care The Washington Times
All Kinds of Presents Are Asked of Old
Saint Nick

Santa Claus letters, some pathetic,
some amusing. but all interesting
were received at The Times office yes
terday.
Twins living at 5zs Eleventh street
wrote two humorous letters Of request
and little Don Shier. the lad who Vas
Knocked down and run over by horse
and wagon near mis- home, also penned
a missive- He incIosed in his letter a
highly coIored and tinsled post caru Tor
Santa Claus.
Worth Bagley Ellsworth, Of 1425 Gil
rard street. knows what he wants, and
asks for it He says he viii alss5.ys
love Old St Nick, II he gets a sold er' S
regalia.
The 1affArs fOIIEyV.
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Express Wagon.
Dear Santa Claus.

Dear Santa Claus;
I am the little boy who was run over
last month and Il has cost my mamma
lots OF money. SO dear Santa please
bring me a express wagon, a desk and
q blackboard. I am seven years old
and before I was hurt I went to school
every day. Now I can't 20 until next
year because my head was fractured.
] have little sister three years old
who wants q dolly and a little table.
And I have brother. too. Good by, dear
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

fulfill the first expecta ton of his
Connecticut partisans-that he viii
unite all factions" Seeing that,
and remembering the fate % Judge
Parker, the political insight of a
less intelligent man would not per-
NIT him to expect much of this
boom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Almost every DAY comes another
story OF an American eagle getting into
q light with q bunch of farm hands and
tearing their clothes of before being
captured. The fact is that since Mr.
Saint Gaudens made the new picture
OF him which really looks like an eagle,
the national bird has chirked up a lot
and now seems disposed to resume his
traditional activities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Doll With Light Hair.

Dear Santa Claus;
I want 8 pretty doll, with blue eyes
and light hair like my own, and a
carriage with a leather top, q set Of
dishes, a box of points, and when you
come 1 Will be fast asleep and Will
have sugar Jumps in my hand, ana there
viii be a cake on the shelf, and II
il is not there you viii know that the
mice ate II up, but II will be too nice
a cake for the mice to eat. SO you
hurry and come up, II you don't 1
Will eat IL myself
So goOdby dear old Santa Clause.
have 70 more time to right, as 1 VIII
fan TO sleep GoOdby.
To Santa Claus, HELEN TWIN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Even for a strenuous and versatile
young statesman, Captain HObson
sometimes gives the impression that he
is liable 10 take On too many enter
prises. With a billiOn-dollar navy pro
gram on hand, and a scheme for the
agricultural rehabilitation OF the South
slmmCring, he Is now taking up The
proposal TO pension the Confederate
veterans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
WEAKENED THEN.

He had the courage Of a lion,
And a giants strength he had,
But you should have seen him running
From his sweetheart's puny dad
Chicago Record-Herald
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Dear Santa claus.

I am a little sick boy ard would Hka.
you to bring me a pedal wagon, a ball
a book, a horn, tool chest, q boat. a
water pistol, 4 chair. a box Of ten pins.
My little sister wants a doll house fur
nished, a doll, gO-cart, gold beads, a
ring, set OF dishes, nursing bottle a
fish game. If YOU cannot afTord al or
these, please, Mr.. Santa, do the best
you can FOR
CHARLES GARLAND MILLER and
HELEN VIRGINIA MILLER.
= S.-The fish game g tor me.
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IN THE CANEBRAKE.

Be good and still. you little bears,
Don't play too far about.
Or the Teddy Man viii get you
II you don't watch Outi
From the Baltimore American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Man lives his little
Span of years
With a grain of a smile
To a peck of tears.
He strives so hard
To fan the spark
But one night slips
Out in the dark.
And when he's gone
How they indite
Unto his mem'Ty
Truths so white.
If while he lived
The- turned away
What good is praise
To cold, dumb clay2
Montgomery Advertiser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

OF course, Mr.. Hearst will be glad
now that he has bought a newspaper
there. to contribute his mite toward
the continued interest of the Indiana
political situation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

The birth rate in France continues
to grow less year by year, but she ma
tional decadence theory doesn't exact
ly work out when some other country
wants gold and Invariably finds France
i'll possession Of the available hoard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

The panic has had things its own
way long enough to retire for Thanks
giving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Wants a Big Doll.

Dear Santa Claus.
1 want a big doll and a little piano
land three books and little sarge (car-
rjagel with a umbrella.
EDNA BLAINE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Uncle Sam would do well to plane
the Lumber trust.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mr.. Bryan's 'evangeI Of confidence"
is almost as good as "an apostle OF
prosperity"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

II al the Indians had been like the
Carlisle football team We would be
| lighting en- yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

There Is something a bit suspicious in
the development Of this Arkansas dia-
mond mine story just as the time when
the fresh-water pearl fisheries Of the
State s.sve become exhausted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Prof. Garner is stu monkeying with
lingJIistics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

DeEr Santa Claus:
Please bring me a CUR. a sword a
cap, a post card album, a pair OF dog
skin gloves, ana 1 will thank you and
alW avs love you II you viii. Your little
friend. seven years old
WORTH BAGLEY ELLSWORTH.
1923 Girar1 street northwest,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25

Mayor Busse proves himself worthy
OF his name.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
Deer Santa Claus

Santa C.aus. please bring one OF the
lungs, at least DON SHRIER
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Total
Arrive at Newport.

Boxes, cases, trunks and every con
eeIvable form Of package have arrived
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
ExEUNT OMNES.

Congress win not lack for advice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-25
The -Four Hundred" Wonders.

More vanloars are yet 10 be received.
and the fair young society belle VIII
literally revel in 0nery.
The 900 IS asJonIsHed at the cost
and number OF garments ordered for
the Vanderbilt girl who is TO become a
countess. That is saying much, for Ii
remembers the wedding when one
American girl become the Duchess Of
Marlborough and Wneu another welded
the Duke Of ROXbUTghe. Both were
weddings where the brides were worth
millions IN thir own right. 10 say moth
ing OF vast eXT ecLatiOns.
But il has renamed FOR Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt TO eclipse all other stars
which have blaZed before her in the
wedding armament. and 10 go to the
altar with "a trOusseau that any ulodISte
in Paris would consider E. seasons stock
for his entire american clientele,
The trOusSeaU list is not complete, but
as ordered or received to date u con-
sIsts Of
a dozen tailor sits. Including Pa
quin, RedfeTn dl,d models froT
other tatlOIs prominent In Paris
and London ---....--..-.-----. = 40.
Thirteen sepa -ate cOa,s, including
carriage, automobile, evening
afternoon and shopping COatsF
They are made Of every conCeiv-
able material, from the costiliest
Of fu-s. br0adclOths Of every con-
ceivaEie shade, and there are
several lase creations, one of the
finest ross point. one Of DuChesse
Tie ia Ia
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MISS GLADYS VANDERBILT,
Purchased
Hundred Thousand Dollars Expended Ir
Costly Clothes and Apparel for American
Girl Who Will Wed Count SZeChenN.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-8Iiss Gladys
Vanderbilt, fancee Of Count Szechenyi,
viii have the most elaborate and costly
trousseau ever provided for an Ameri-
can bride Indeed. it is said that & has
seldom been equaled by the wedding
wardrobe OF q princess Of royal blood.
All Paris records are broken. MillIuers
and mudistes all over the world regard
IL as the most stupeudOus even their
trades have ever known.
Tine money which has been spent for
Miss Gladys wedding hats. gowns. In
gerIe. and shoes would make the aver
age American girl feel very rich. In
fact, their total value IS placed s high
IS 500 eco and the part OF the rousseau
already received amounts 80 s5il50 in
cost value
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Royal Neighbors.

Salt Lake Valley Camp No 5o12. will
have regular meeting Thursday, June 90
al p. M in ]. o. .. F. hall.