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The Washington times., 1907-11-03

Looking the thing fairly and square
l. in the face there were not enough
men 10 90 round and something just
had 10 be done. In spite Of the fact
tnat there are I31 900 men in Wash
iEgton. were each and every one Of
them provided with a sair companion
there would still be the 1900 surplus
of eligible girls and il stands TO rea-
son that only IN exceptional cases
could @ man act as escort for more
than one. That is a rule which even
the most generous girl viii admit, and
50 the situation was up to the ''un-
attached" and they faced il bravely.
They decided that there was plenty Of
fun IN life and even many ways 10
enjoy II without the help Of man.
They went n the theater and even
The sight OF the 152.000 men and a like
number Of women did not bother them.
The 1900 formed a sturdy army Of
courageous souls. They even went to
supper afterward and the I32. 900 PLUS
1S2, 900 thought nothing of it, and after
a while it became a habit and now the
thought Of mere man Is remote and
unCDtrusive.
Several of the departme Ets OF the
Government are compelled 10 maintain
night force and this. TO great de-
gree has served 20 educate the public
up TO seeing women and girls sout at
night unaccompanied by men The
public understands the situation of
these people, ana little by little the
custom has spread 10 )t5ers who are
not employed at night. until now IL is
no more an unsual sigh, 10 see wonei
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
Washington Has Most Beautiful Station

in and graded. Tremendous efforts
however, viii be made to clear up the
approaches as fast as possible, and u
is supposed by officials Of the District
government, as well as the engineers
in charge of the terminal work, that
the ground work viii be completed in
not less than ten days after the station
is opened. 1t is not the plan of the
engineers at present 10 asphalt the
roads or do any permanent work On
the newly hlled-in ground, as It is
stated that IL the ground is given sew
eral months In which 10 settle, better
and more satisfactory results viii be
obtained
One of the problems which wiz re-
tard the work OF the District govern
ment is the filing in OF the cut now
used by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road and the tearing down Of the old
station As the~railrOad company viii
not be able to change its quarters until
October 1, the work of tearing down the
old station and filling i'm the cut win
require some little time. As fast az
the dirt can be hauled into town from
the surrounding country by the dinky
little work engine and trucks. Eorking
day and night, just as fast. it Is said,
viii the work be finished. It is ex-
pected that can be done within ten
days after the station is opened.
The District government and Con-
gress, however, win have to wrestle
with the problem longer than the en-
gineers or a portion Of the property
owners of the District
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
Stern Protect
orS Not Suff-
cient, SO Fair
Se1Does With
out.

ed at night, is particularly fond OK
the theater and frequently spends one
or two evenings at the play. She goes
alone, too, and has had but one un-
pleasant experience, a slight one at
that.
Recently attended enc OF the To-
cal theaters." she said, and was 50
much interested IN the play that 1 paid
no attention whatever to my neigh
bors. During an intermission. how
ever, / noticed a man sitting directly
opposite me. I was on an end seat
and so was he, just across the aisle.
IT was easy 10 see that I was alone
but the thought that he was paying
any attention 70 me did not enter my
mind. However, when the play was
over and the audience was leaving the
theater the man placed himself just
behind me. When 1 reached the end
Of the aisle and there was a break
in the crowd he slid alongside OF me
and ask. me which way / was going.
I told him directly 70 police head
quarters II he remained near me long
enough and he took the tip. That Is
the only time have had my solitary
pleasure spoiled and I have no fear
Of a recurrence"
washington is safe-far more so
than people 0f other cities believe
and so II is no wonder that visitors TO
the Capital marvel that its women
NAV 20 out as they please with little
thought that their liberty VIII oe IN
terfered with or their senSlbihues
shocked The men in Washington re-
spect The situation whether through
sympathy for the 1890 or the desire
to help as far as they can the women
and girls who must be dependent upon
their own resources for pleasure.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
WOnan'S Power Can Be Divine

Woman's vocation is the home, and
not the hustings. Logically, she ought
to have the vote; that Is true But life
is arranged psychologically. not logic
ally.
On this one rock have foundered all
logic-riddCn theories Of social reforms,
and viii founder to the end Of days.
Life rests on two vast columns-on
the Doric column called man, and on
the Ionic column called woman. No
lapse Of time will ever change
The Washington times., 1907-11-03

FTER four years of greatest
" activity, and the expenditure
- of $4,000 900. Washington city
today has within its limits
one of the most beautiful railroad
terminals and stations in che United
STATES. The building itself is not
quite finished. nor are the approaches
thereto in the shape IN which they will
be when Congress assemblies in De-
cembe' The heaviest part Of the work,
however, is completely finished, few
touches of the artist brush, an iron
rivet here and there. and the doors
of the structure Will be opened to the
general public. All the tracks are
laid, the tunnel for Southern trains is
complete, and in every way the station
presents the view of being ready for
occupancy. There is yet, however. a
large amount Of work to be finished
on the outside The plaza. fountains,
and roadways leading to the station
and connecting the various intersecting
streets still claim the attention OF the
engineers. According to Chief Engi-
neer ID. D. Carothers, however, the
station win be an entirety the first OF
October, when it is expected that the
various railroad companies viii occupy
their respective portion of the large
station. The Pennsylvania railroad has
made arrangements to move bag and
baggage from the Sixth street station
on October ], and il is stated that the
Southern. Atlantic Coast Line. Sea-
board Air Line, Chesapeake and Ohio,
and The Richmond, Fredericksburg,
and Potomac viii follow suit.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03

FTER four years of greatest
activity. and the expenditure
of $4,000. 900. Washington city
r.Nr -. 1fy,,4fe
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
-OURTEEN thousand WOm-
en- without escorts.
That is the situation in
Washington, today and


\ Washington, today and
the keynote to the independence of
women in the Capital of the United
States. It stands to reason that the
majority of the fourteen thousand
must be single. Thus a situation
unique in the history of the United
States is preSented-for how are
the fourteen thousand to enjoy life
if restricted by the ordinary rules
which govern the social code of
other cities2
The women of Washington long
ago decided that if Fate was so un-
kind as to cut Washington short
on the man supply, they would
start out alone to enjoy themselves
and,Show the rest of the world that
there is something more necessary
in life than the mere presence of an
escort to the theaterS. And shown it
they have.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
By PROF. EMIL REICH.

AN is not a solitary but
AU binary being. One is two
vi and two are one. 70 be a
man is, in the vast majority
Ct cases. TO be a married man, a
father. a person with grave responsi-
tilities Weighing upon him There is
no doubt the responsibilities age one
very rapidly, hut at the same time
that they stimulate all our resource
fpIness in an exceptional manner.
Most successful men initiate, if in
an infinitely humble way. lie Lord,
who created the world out of moth
ing, who. is in reality creating II ev-
erv SINGLE moment out OF nothing,
ex nihiio, as the Latins said
There. ought 10 be an ex nthilo club,
consisting only Of men who nave raised
themselves TO a position Of command
ing greatness by their own Efforts.
If such a club we're made. Il would
lie found that by far the majority
cr its members are men married TO
The Washington times., 1907-11-03

. y no city in the entire country has
woman the independence that she
has in Washington. She may go
to the theater alone If she wishes
and nobody thinks d single thing
about it, She may go to call on
friend and remain until IL or y o'clock
at night and come home in the cars
without the least fear that man VII
accOst her or make il otherwise uu-
pleasant Tor heG. She may so where
she viii and when she VIII and be safe
III the conviction that other people
are doing Just what she Is doing
mindIng their own affairs.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
Different in Boston.

A writer Cnce said tnat marriages
were fewer in Boston than in any
other city Of the United States except
ia tEe District Of Columbia, because
there were so many more women
there than men and because the
women were making their o7n living
and weTs unwilling to give up a sure
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL.

See the busy typist girl
AS She POUNDS the KEYS.
Printing Other peoples thoughts
With appar ext ease.
Sometimes printing other things
Because of lack of care
And thus produC-sss- Ia aer loss
A strong Impulse TO swear.
See her with her guileiess face
Making hes excuse:
4 mad it in my notes you see
The boss" Oh. what's TIE use?''
C. A. Boyd. in Harper's Weekly
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
Fourteen Thousand
Bachelor Maids GO
About Unattended in
Nation s Capital.

alone at the theaters or in groups Of
thee or more at some OF the cafes
afteTward 1t is the assertion Of an
independence absolutely necessary 10
a woman's enjoyment Of life in Wash
iHstun and without which she would
resolve into a mere machine.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03

In Washington a large proportion
OF the population is made up OF Gov
ernment employees and in the two de-
partments, heretofore referred 70,
which maintain a night force there
are any number Of married men,
Wives OF these men find themselves
in precisely the same position as un-
married women and, particularly If
they know only a few people in Wash
ington they, too, find time hanging
heavy on their hands and must seek
amusement unattended.
A woman whose husband is employ
The Washington times., 1907-11-03

noticed by everybody else in the cafe.
1t was half past II before we were
ready TO leave and when we did so
even the people who had looked up
at as when we came in had lost in
terest and didn't see US when we went
out. Neither Of US felt uncomfortable
for both Of US felt as if we had just
as much right to go and get some
thing to eat when we were hungry as
the three men who sat near Us.
These two girls represent q class
which must take into consideration its
own position in washington.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
THE FORETELLIN' LADY.
What Pat Cronin Heard of His Future.

30 Fat Cronin-and that was the poor fellows
EaHe-"ent 70 the foretelIin' lady 10 find out what
she could foretell him. having been married TO
-'-'-esie Murphy going n month and feeling that
a IoIeell OF sudden death would be the best news
se GoLIc ioretell 70 him. sudden death being quick
toeH tl-eH lAe Kind he was getting at the end OF a
ne foretellin' lady. trade being poor with her,
mo NO which was all the same with the worst there
bens Only one, and took his hand and immediately ~
''s.,l 10 Weep tears big chestnuts
- uffoo! she cries II IN lines OF vcr
pam pam ye are Maggie Murphy's man and 'tis had
luck ye have ahead of ye'
had an intimatiol of m same mesilf maam %
Tass ee ., rat no BIT scared go on. ma'am. and tel
1e win live I be old - will have t begin
tz rs SAD, says Pat, but & on and tell me the
Yer lovin wife" says she 'wiI! accompany We
IN Wlole way" says she
Now / know the worst" says he: let me take
ne hat and go home
Wait bit" says she: the worst is Yet come
ana ye get II al for IN ore paymi-'t, SO ye may
Go on wild it says Pat. with a grin: FOR after
What ye have told me anything worse win be some
thing better
We'll, then" SAYS the foreiellin lady. ~ see hv
the lines OF yer palm that ye VIII have many
children ye have fingers and toes.
At that Pat CrOnin fell into dead faint. md II
was twenty-four hours before he came TO himself
he said they were the ONLY happy hours he had had
since he married Maggie Murphy. But finding him
self himself again, he put on his hat and went over
the hill.-IAppncOft's
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
FOR THE MASTERS USE.

The writing desk lay open. It's owner had been
called away in the act Of beginning an important
letter On it were laid a sheet OF note paper and
an envelope beside stood the ink bottle. and close
bv lay pen the blotting paper and the pen wiper.
The silence OF the room was broken by the Note
Paper speaking 10 his companions.
You needn't look 50 consequential" hs SAID,
scornfuy '4t is on the letter VIII b E-i.tsE,
Yes" said the Pen. but you forget tt "a VINO
Ana you forget. said ths Ink 'thst you eoUlaa's
You needn't boast" sa.a the Ink BOttle 'sor
ntaTposed the Biotting Paper only Tor ne what
And may ask. said the Envelope what Us.
would any OF you be II did noe take the lettAr
But it is l who write the directions yous-
Bear siTs please stop quarrslling.'' gently SAID
the little Pen Wiper. who had not spoken yet
temptuously You are nothing but eooEmat.'
and he laughed at his own wit -
Wiper, hunlby. only for me you would 5e 50 rolsA
anv of us are Sood for-just to be used We is
all stay here for the rest Of our lives and nos az
the hand of our master could do that"
L believe he's right said the Envelope and Note
.SYes Said the Ink 1t was foolish OF US 60 sor-
get }' S1e96 we G2n 90 n1u4s n2nns u the INK B os ro
what use would I be il you were not in uleT
ought TO have Thought Of that"
Indeed yes: and I'm sure beg your pardon, Mr.
Pen Wiper for calling you a door mat. said tho
Pen IN a humble voice.
Please don't mention it," said the little Pen
Wiper. ''but 7 do think We would be happier u We
wonId Just do the best we can. without being
is he spoke their owner re-entered the room and
silence fell The Pen taken up, dipped IN the
Ink and passed 20 am fro on the Note Paper. tne
Elottag Paper pressed on IL; the letter placed in
the Envelope: The address written; the Pen wiped
we have each dcne our part murmured the
Yes. said the Pen. and without our master
we ould have done nothing at aIL''-The British
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
A SAD ASSEMBLY.

We passed through the gate into the farm
yard, empty OF all lile and thence. halvlng our
height. through a low door into the house Its
wooden walls. its floor Of wood instead Of clay.
It's tWo rooms instead Of one. all repeated what
had been told us-thai it was the house Of the
richest of the village The owner, gray,
shaggy red bloused led US through the first
room. which a great soup cauldron packed with
a binding steam. into the second room. and
seated US on a rough bench in a corner beneath
d cheap brass ikon And as many Of the crowd
as could enter pressed about us.
We asked our host the blackest Of questions:
How had the harvest been From the two lit
tie square windows could the white land
over which Ne had ealloped, and out toward
this the old man swept gnarIed hand.
"Out there lie our fields We have little land,
and much Of our small crops goes for taxes.
Even when God blesses with harvests we barely
live from one year 70 the next.
Two summers ago our fields gave US almost
nothing We thought last winter would end US
that We should never see the spring. The
winter took all that we had saved-aIl, When
spring came we put in our seed, though the
earth was dry. We thought Surely this year
God viii give a rich harvest" But rain
fell in some places the grain came up, thin,
yellow. In most places il came up not at all.
We ahead another black wear. VIC
prayed for rain TO save The little that had
sprouted for that little would help keep as alive.
Week after week we prayed. but no rain came.
All that fell from Easter til the end If harvest.
one man could have drunken it, We saw our
few sprouts wither. Only here ana there did a
stalk come into head-and that head was empty.
w turned starving cattle into these hest
fields to get from them what they could For the
rest, fields were black dusty. They We're
like the road. From all our land took noth-
ng nothing
This VAS not one man telling the story of the
fields Of one yill1ge. In him thirty millions OF
people woro Speaking and were telling the story
Of a third OF European Russia.
! pu, the brutal question to the crowd, and
now Will YOU live til summer
Their faces frightened. They did not look at
one another ,they dared not. And they did not
answcI-for there was no answer.
The old man raised his eyes to the brass
shected Mary OF The ikon. He crossed himself
God have pisy on us" he whispered.
ARD then the crowd broke loose and told US
each his own details Of the story the old man
mad told a whole.
And the details were all the Same-no bread a
wasting, asonizng hunger one old woman there
was among them, almost shrunken down 70
mere bone. who cried silently al the while and
length gained her story. There were four
in her family-hel self and her three grown sons
and upon her pound OF bread day do!ed out
by the government the four were living only
she dd not divide it into fourths: She divided ii
into thirds. and for weeks she had eaten only
crumbs
In this village there w.re but two words
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
SolTzaERcEN.

For tho first time learned. from an eyewitness.
something about Spitzbersea. that desert SrCt.c
island 5J' miles north OF the North cage Of Nor
way and within 700 miles Of the No-Jh Pole; a
frost-desoated land. whore the grass grows longer
than the trees, ana huge glaciers in the ce5rldged
valleys amid the jagged mountains move majestic
ANY H-~h lllo tae tv,t. uut.i misnS icelc a
inplslfouS il'th. break OF ana rise the surface
amid thucdcrous reports-onCe the only sound that
bok" me profound s'leDro Of those aWfYI solitude
SptIbefEen IS the only srOt Of earth that Is posi-
uV"iy Known - Ao ~ t".s Lava " s tpe O.. - -
sion of no country and has nothing rescyn-
bling specified government. TIE island like
- rem n - Man Land. 10 -h t ~-s1r' -. =
an enori has been rlade by Norway 70 establsh
some sort Of protect1rate over it. Natonal Mega
zine.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
USE or ICES.

Though the ancient Greeks and Romans used Zee
for table purposes. they knew nothing Of ices
These were introduced into France from Italy
about 1860 and known ct FIRST ''frOmages glaces.
iced cneeses. although they were made or straw
hevries aprirots and so Iorth and contained not a
lrOp OF cream From l5o2 the use OF "glaceS' n
The plural was sanctioned ey the Academy lUt uo-
be fore 1S5 did 're El1ce force its way into rec
oEDizetI acceptance. Ices are referred 20 from
time 10 time IN the eiEhjeenth century in English
peoples letters from abroad Iced creams now
ever were known early as the wear when Wilt
tam OF Orange came over, and BY the middle or
the eighteenth century ice cream figured IN cook
erv bOoks-IOndOn Chronicle
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
STARVING RUSSIANS.
Terrible Scenes of DesOlatiOn-Re-
lief Funds Plundered.
BY Leroy Scott.

The Great Hunger that turks always at Rus
sia's door has entered; and thirty millions Of
people are gripped in its consuming fangs. And
by the time the harvest of 1907 shall have van
qulshed its gaunt figure God alone can guess
how many hundreds of thousands Of new
wooden crosses VIII widen the peasant grave
yards
We had heard in St Petersburg and Moscow
many stories Of the hunger that spreads over
third Of European Russia-the worst famine in
Russia's history, one of the worst Of modern
history; and we CAIrs Scott and u decided to
look upon these stories in the original Moscow
friends advised US 10 go into Samara. one Of
the easternmost provinces Famine was much
nearer, but for the advice there was good reason
After two DAYS and nights Of wind mad, snow
buried steppes we left the crawling train at
Buzuuk a little town sitting close beside the
Asatic border. From there by twenty-four
hour drive in seighs we gained typical village
of the steppes Along the wide streets struggled
matched huts. built of sun baked, straw knit
brick, their outside plastered with clay. Beside
each hut was little farmyard. inclosed by a
rectangle of outbuidings. their roof all of straw.
their walls either of clay or a wckerwork of
twigs. In all the village there were but three
wooden houses, timber was TO be secured only
by laborious dragging from far placed forests
Al the largest Of these wooden houses We
stopped. for before 1t huddled crowd Of men.
women and children. shrinking deeply into their
sheepskin coats. on their faces a gray. hopeless
patience. Within a relief station conducted
jointly by the local zemstvo and the Red Cross.
ton Of food. That took place at u; it was now
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
UNCONVENTIONAL MARRIAGE.

Conventions Of civilization fade and are as Moth
ing 10 the men who live this life. The agents Of
the HudsOn's Bay Company married. often not,
the daughters of the Indian traders. married them
by the rites OF the iron land in which they lived.
Daughter Of such a union Isabella Sophia
HaTdisty whose father OF the trusted
agents OF the company IN Rupert sIand and whose
mother was OF the tribes She into the life
Of Donald Smith when Jwenty-nne. up
the coast Of Labrador She had been wife BEFORE.
brought with her little Donald Smith.
tae agent oi the HUGsors Bay Company, married
her bs the rites Of Labrador. There was priest
church within thousand miles. IL d sim
ple contract between a man, woman and their
Io-dav she is Lady strathcona. When The title
c1Ine only years ago. the strict requirements
OF the British pe-rage Re Iired re-rnarriage and
Il Vas so.ei0rIzed n Jhe fGh ritual of The Church
riase was ratified by special act Of Parliament.
IN 1868, being then fo-ty-eight years OF age.
PeEaid Smi[n re2Shed 'Ee t6g OF the Hqds3ns
executive. with Offices at Montreal RE
looked NJ au the typical Northerner. except
when one studied his countendnCe: The SNOW tan
lie wore full beard. black and wiry. Black
bro"> met above his eyes. enhancing the stern,
uncohlTotTlSI''S aspect of MS face He looked
what ne Was--a commander Of men ana of forces.
Al the outset Of hts career as head Of the COM
pauy IN tanata be was nct BY means Tich
it in fer-sway lands patches OF territory thou-
sands Of miles out in the North and Wtst-barren.
sppposfeMy. M % Sn1 pr prohlle.s {fTta,niy he had
L. make him one 0f the richest men in the world;
wonders Of the fupure He bel.cved that In time
nc would reap harvest from tae opening of the
counted. nct in millions, Iut in thousands
AZ $50 o'c'o6k on the morning Of November :,
1855 at era, ,sel;ac o." T.. G.. old man whose
ne cedar tie uoon w6i6 tle - H. met f~oT east
Gnd The u2n DaaGld smith Tee spike
rrou 1850 1855 he bad charged from TIE strens.
Z
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

Startled Laborer (who has just skipped out
Of the way OF falling block OF stone about three
tons in yseieht)-Be a bit more careful up there.
Another sIf foot, and you'd ave 20 ave bought
at!
Pinch