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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
BALLADE OF A BORE.

When the weather is warm and the
glass running high
And the odors of Araby tincture the airi
When the sun IS aloft in white and
And the morrow holds promise Of being
In the season Of summer I'm free to
And the same am equally free 10 main
one person has power my peace to
The man who tells Hmerieks gives me a
pain.
When the foliage Pushes and summer
And russell So and red are the popular
When the song of the woodland Is
changed to a sigh,
And the horn of the hunter is heard BY
In the season of autumn I'm free to
And my language Is simple and lucid
One persons acquaintance I gladly for
The man who tells HmerIcks gives me a
pain.
When the landscape is iced and the snow
feathers fly,
When the fields are all bald and the
trees are all bare,
And the prospect which nature presents
to the eye
Is chiefly distinguished by glitter and
glare
In the season of winter I'm free to
declare
That the limerick person is nat and
inane.
This person. I think. We could easily
spare.
The man who tells limerieks gives me
pain.
TO declare.
For ways that are dun and for verse
that is vain
One bore IS pecuiar-and not at all rare:
The man who tells imericks gives me
pain. Puck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
VIRGINIA SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN MONDAY
Twenty-Five Institutions in
Alexandria Begin Fall
Terms.

The public schools OF Alexandria.
county, Va, twenty-five IN number, will
open tomorrow with a full CORPS Of
teachers, under Superintendent James
Z. Clements.
All the school houses and grounds
have been put in first class condition By
the several district boards Of trustees
and superintendent Clements antics
pates the most successful ard prosper
Gus s lhool year the county has ever.
experienced. The schools OF Alexandria
county are open for the full term of
lime months In each year, and the teach
ers are as follows:
Columbia schooi-Miss Euphenia /.
Walton. principal: Miss Elsie Tavrnan.
hrst assistant, and Mrs. NJ W McCaf-
fray, second assistant.
Ballston school-Miss Gertrude Fugh
principal, Miss Margaret Z. Petty, fiTst
assistant; Miss Lula Tayraan. second as
sistant; Miss Helen LoLtse Vaith, third
assistant.
Glencarlyn school-Niiss Maize McFar-
land, principal.
Mt Vernon avenue school-C. Vernon
Snjder, principal; Miss Ella /. Dawes
first assistant: Miss Gertrude Allen. Sec
ono assistant, and Miss Margaret I
Bashford, third assistant and teacher Of
Hume schooi-PrOf- Henry S. Petty.
principal.
Carne school-Prof. Henry y. Malone
III st assistant
saegmuller school-Prof. B. F. Heaton.
principal
Tie 5olored teachers are as follows.
Kemper schoOl-Miss Ella NJ. Boston
principal. and Miss Martha +. CiraV
first assistant
Rosslyn school-Miss Sarah E. Gray.
principal.
Jefferson schcol-Fdward c. Hoffman,
principal.
Scott SCHOOL, Gibson, principal.
sumner sehoel-Mrs. Roberta Whiting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
Are You a FlanneI-Back

Have your evening clothes made
faultlessly in front and of cheap
flannel behind Why not? It is just
as sensible rs finishing your build
ing in front while you leave it ugly
and SCARED on its three other sides,
and the clothes are vastly less con-
spicuous.
Our cities are glaringly unlovely.
Their chief fault is the one-quar-
ter adornment so laughably satir-
lied by Glenn Brown in the Inland
Architect. as reprinted in yester-
days Times Think II over.
Are you a fannel-bacl1 man? The
next time you build is your struc-
ture to have one beautiful side and
three finty, utilitarian, ugly sides =?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
Celebrate on May |.


The opening of the new Union
Station and the abandonment of the
present New Jersey avenue and
Sixth street terminals will be a dis
tinct blessing TO the District of Co
lumbia. Not an unmixed blessing
but yet a blessing.
The advantage viii not be unaI-
Logged until the structure and its ap-
proaches are completed, street car
approaches provided. and the old
stations RACED and parks made
on their sites Meanwhile the Dis
triet authorities should and may be.
expected to cooperate with the
railroads by every means at their
command by clearing the roadways,
building granolithic pavements, and
laying temporary walks 10 the near
est car lines. The full cost of the
Congressional failure to provide forl
street car access to the station will,
now be made plain
Several months work win remain
10 do on the station after this open
ing of October l. At the District
building it is calculated the build
ing win hardly be finished before
May 1. Then. or upon some other
appropriate date when il may be
regarded as substantially complet-
Ell, this very important improve
ment should be dedicated with all
proper ceremony.
A further commercial advance for
the District is promised in it than
most Of us realize. For as long as
the city depended upon the old rail-
road terminals its passenger traffic
must have been eongested at every
inauguration and its freight delayed
AT every period of extra commercial
activity. These new accommoda-
tions have been planned to meet
every present and prospective need.
They are, moreover, of enormous
benefit to the District for the elm
ination of the old grade crossings
and the addition of a structure of
proportions corresponding to the
greatest buildings of the Govern
ment, and so placed and ornamented
as to be in key with them.
The two business bodies of the
District viii surely not neglect their
manifest responsibility to the COM
munity under such circumstances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
SHIP ENGINEERS
DEMAND INCREASE
Marine Engineers Associa-
ton Wants Higher Pay
After October 1.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE managing.
officials OF every steamship line, trans
Atlantic and coastwise, who operate.
steamships on the Atlantic ocean or
G-tf CT Mexico under the American
flag. have received from the secretary
Of the Marine Engineers Beneficial AS
sociation a new wage scale and classia-
cation under which the companies are
expected 10 operate their vessels after
October ].
That the new demands Of the engi-
neers' organization. watch includes in
its membership practically every chief
engineer and assistant engineer now
employed ca board q steamship fvingl
the American flag, viii be vigorously ep-
posed by the steamship interests. there
is not the slightest doubt on the other
hand, the engineers expect the steaun-
snip companies TO accede to their de-
mands. for. as they put It, steamship
engineers are not 10 be had for the
asking The engineers demand an Ia,
crease Of from 5 to 10 per cent for ali
the engineers, the wage 20 be paid be-
ing governed by the class of vessel On
which the engineer IS 20 work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

ments of architecture and sculpture,
number Of them Indifferent, some
mediocre, and a few, like the Capi-
tol, the Library, and the St. Gau-
dens' figure in Rock Greek Gene
terry, which are truly great. But
as to the industry which brings
them to Washington they win find
almost nothing.
When they ask "What value of
manufactures do you produce here
in a year?' their courtesy viii sup
press . smile as they hear; I'm 1900
we had in Washington 2,754 manu-
featuring establishments. produe-
ing Exclusive Of the Government
shopsl goods valued at about $685.
600, 1000" For the delegates from
middle Europe viii think Of the
German capital, with an output of
S500O00,O 900; sthe French viii think
of Paris, with its production of
5000, O0O. 600; the English viii think
of London, with its enormous yield
of more than 81 300, 100000
If, then, some loyal Washing
tonian be moved to suggest that
this proportion corresponds fairly
to the relative populations of the
four capitals, he viii be disconcert-
ed to discover that while Washing
ton is one-sixth as large as Eerljn.
its manufacturing products are but
one-thirteenth as large; that while
it's population is One-twenty-secO
that of London, its manufactures
are bdt one-thirty-fOurth; that
while its population is one-ninth
that of Paris. its manufactured
wares are but One-sixteenth. And
what shall he think as he ponders
the tribute Washington pays to
neighboring cities seven upon its
wholesale trade and weighs the
probable advance Of his city in popu-
IatiOn had it striven ahead in trade.
Many viii answer that Washing
ton would not acquire industrial
eminence like that of any of these
foreign capitals if that progress
must entail slums like those of Ber-
lin, Paris, and London. 1t need not.
Slums and industrial activity are not
inseparable. If proof be needed for
that. we of Washington have but to
our own alleys, which have
become slums without producing
any compensating commerce.
So, during this forthcoming con-
vention in Washington of textile
manufacturers from all over the
world, the American Capital must
appear as a city without its just
portion Of industrial activity. Let
us consider that situation with all
that it involves. Then. under, the
leadership of the Chamber of Com
merce or some other, let US set
about correcting it as far as we can
with proper regard for the eity's
morals, its health, and its lasting
prosperity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
DR., FfNLAY AWARDED
THE KINGSLEY MEDAL

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 14-Dr. Charles
Flniay, chief sanitary officer of Cubs.
Is among those 20 when is presented
the Mary Kingsley medal, Instituted by
the Liverpool school for the study OF
tropical diseases in memory Of Miss
Mary kingsley. the African traveller.
DR.. Finlay receives the medal for orig
mating the theory that yellow fever is
spEead by mosquitoes. Col. William c.
Gorcas, y. s. A, who assisted DR.. Fin
lay and Or. Theobald Smith, OF Har-
ward, who discovered an unknown para
site in his. Investigations Of the So
cR8ied Texas cattle fever. also received
the medal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

forest schools, garden schools. and all
the various devices looking toward.
teaching IA the open air.
The curriculum should be 50 ordered
as to voUoLsafe the child his full umol
OF sleep. Cleanliness should De taugir1
and inculcated by the baths installed ia
the buildings. Regular hours OF eating
al home Should be insisted upon. Persl
sistent coughs. especially foIlowine'
measles aud grip as well as the slow
should be respected.
Teach the Principles Of Hygiene.
The fundamental principles Of hygiene
as applied 10 tuberculosis should be
taught by the regular teachers 70 thal
children. = course of instruction should
be given TO The teachers themselves and
to the scholars in the higher grades.
such courses have been given in thss
higher schools Of Berlin and by Won
Eslnarch IN the Hygiene Institute tns
Gottingen.
1t is, of course. quite superfuous to-
dwell upon the importance Of Il work.
ing knowledge Of the principles OF
hygiene. The practical matter is how to-
introduce such Instruction into a course
OF study TOO crowded and too diversified.
Regarding the buildings and particu-
larly the care OF the rooms. special
reference should be made. School rooms
should be disinfected at the end OF each
term; II not that often, certainly at the
end Of the year. No one should bai
asked TO occupy a room year after year.
five or six hoars a day. without an
ton. FUmigaton with formaldehyde
would not be Sufficient; the walls must
be cleaned or painted. tbs furniturs5
washed. and the floors treated with
dilute solutions OF chloride OF Zine
All the buildings should be in Free
UnObstructed grounds in order 10 Sc I
cure air and sunlight, as well as 10
avoid possible disturbing doors and
noises.
Vacation and Sanatorium Schools.
Vacation and sanatorimn schools
should be made part of the organized I
school system IN the vacation colonies +
Ubout Geneva. switzerland, the state
supplies the teacher. while private .
philanthropy supports tho school At
Sea Breeze a teacher Is provided from
the schools CT New York. In Denmark.
where tbs outing vacations are 80 thor
oughiy systematized. the teachers ara
supplied by the state At present Ia
this country tHs vacations OF the chill
dren Of the poor are most irTegularlyat
conducted
Colonies OF afteen 10 tvventy-flvas
children should be organized during thss
school years. and placed together in i
the country under the surveillance Of a .
teacher. A well-ocganized tuberculosis
with a ohil5ren's depart>5
ment could give invaluable Information
for the Organization Of such colonies. .
This requires. however. n close CO.
operation between the municipal boards
and the societies Of private Initiative,
which does not Always exist. CO-cpera--
tion CT all good and strong agencies Is
absolutely essential 10 overcome tuber-
su,osis. which is the result Of the co..
operation OF the civil tendencies and
vicious conditions OF human society.
Copyright. 1907. Charities and the CONS
mons, New York;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
MASONS TG CONDUCT
LiPPHARD FUNERAL

The funeral Of AdoIphus F. Lipphard.
one Of the oldest citizens Of the District,
who died Friday evening, viii be held
under Masonic auspices from the family
residence at 40 \ street southwest to-
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock. The in
terment viii be in Congressional Gene
terry.
Mr.. Lipphard was born In Denmark in
1913, settling In this country IN 1897
about which time he came 10 Washing
ton. For many years, and until his re-
tirement about fifteen years ago, Mr..
Lipphard conducted a wholesale leather
business here.
Mr.. Lipphard leaves four children. ".
A. and Adolphus Lipphard, and Mrs
HELEN and Mrs. Albert Anderson. His
wife died three years ago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
MEETS AT JAMESTOWN

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Va
Sept 1.-THE National Saloon
week at the jamestown Exposition win
begin September, 10.
The national convention OF Anti-Sa-
loon League workers viii convene at
the jamestown Exposition. September
l6 to IS, inclusive
Indications point to its being the
largest. most enthusiastic, and epoch
making convention in its history, with
an attendance Of over 1900 delegates
from all parts Of the country.
Many noted speakers have accepted
places On the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

COUNTRY paper records the
n marriage of a coiored couple by
~ a country justice of the peace
in which a new and unique mar
rage ceremony was used TO unite the
happy pair. The justice said:
Jim. VIII you take Bet,
Without any regret,
To love and cherish,
Till one OF you perish,
and Is laid under the sod,
So help you GOdT'
Receiving an affirmative answer, the
justice then put this poetic interFogatory
70 the blushing bride:
Bet. win you take Jim.
And cling 10 him,
Both out and in,
Through thick AID thin
Holding him to your heart,
TIL death do you part?'
The bride having given her oral con-
sent to do all these things. the justice
then pronounced the pair man and wife
thus:
Through life alternate Joy and strife.
now pronounce you man and wife
Go up life hin TIN you get to the level,
And salute your bride. you black. rusty
devil I"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
CHURCH AT EVANSVILLE
TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT

Members OF st. Jerome's Church. of
Hyattsvilie and RiverdaIe. Nd, VIII give
a musical entertainment and dance on
September 10 and 20. for the benefit OF
the church.
a euehre contest viii be held Thurs
day from p. N. until D. m, followed
b. q concert in the eveniRR-by WASH
iDgton talent There win be dancing
aitef the concert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
Are School Children
In Constant Danger
From tuberculosis?
TIE Write Plague and
School Children

In Zurich, Switzerland. 80 per
cent OF the school children are
affected with tuberculosis of the
bronchial glands.
Mortality from consumption
among Cleveland fOhio) school
children. 9.26 per cent among
boys; l2.o2 among girls.
In one Cleveland school district
Isl children we're found exposed
TO the disease in their homes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
FRTGHTFuL POSSIBILITY.

''But Hbat viii you do" asked his con-
1dential friend IF they fmprison you?''
IF they threaten to do that" answer
cd the financial masnate, with a frown
"I'll send orders to my agents to start
the biggest panic this country ever
saWi"-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

A n INCIDENT which caused a
~ smile 10 oversi,read the features
n Of every one on the car occurred
recently ~ the Pennsylvania
avenue line as a smqll boy of about
three years espied ,n4 steam roller used
In packing down the new cement street
covering.
Several rollers Of this Kind are used
tn the work. Of various sizes. and tie
particular one that attracted the young
ster's attention was the smallest of
them all, a real cute little ngine with
small driving wheels which were re-
vOiving in double-quick time IN an en-
dcavor to keep I'D with larger COM
patltor.
"Oh, div me dat" he yelled delight
edly. Buy it fer me, hear papa. b."
Papa explained at some length that
The man astride ne engine really want
ed II for his own little boy and II would
be cruel TO take Il away
At this a mighty hue and cry went
up from the lad and re grew frantic
with rage and a consuming desire u
possess the chugging toy. DIV Il to
me, div IL TO me. I wanna take it home
I wanna plays wifi IL. papa" he yelled
stamping his feet in emphatic emphasis.
grin spread around the car and on
advice Of right-hand neighbor. the
father capitulated and made the young
ster tentative promise that he'd buy
one just like it as soon as he could To-
cate IT, In the meantime the youngster
was placated with liberal allowance Of
candy and Teddy Gear and the father
announced his intention TO return home
By another route where the cute little
engine wouldn't be so much in evidence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
WONDERFUL PAINTING.

Bacon-They say Dauber does some
wonderful resLlistic work.
Egbert-Yes: I understand he painted
some bananas green. and IN q month
they all turned yellow !-Yonkers States.
man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15


~ I'D you ever stop to think how
many matches are used in
Washington every day?
There Is one feature that you
have probably never thought Of, how
ever, and that is the number that are
struck on the streets. aside from those
used in the homes
To give you some idea, the next time
you walk down any business street OF
this city and have nothing else to do keep
your eyes open and look on the door
facings Of the different stores, the lamp
posts, mail boxes. and everywhere else
that a match can conveniently be fused
and you wili be surprised at the generally
scratched-up appearance you viii notice.
Where paint has not been freshly used
you viii hnd that surfaces have been
almost completely ruined By the con-
tinual scratch scratch Of the match.
The mail boxes seem TO be the es-
pecial delight CT the smoker, and II is
this piece OF property that is more
marked than any other. Some Of them
have been almost completely stripped
Of paint and they stand as silent wit
nesses TO the fact that the American
RNREt@ a. = "a AietN4ytA Oh aAAllANA1a
Next TO the mail boxes come the lamp
posts, then the doors OF public buildings.
the back OF street car seats. and, in fact.
every place or crevice that a match can
find It's way into. shows the devastating
effects OF the match striker. IL all de-
ponds largely upon the convenience of
the place and the number OF people that
pass as 70 how bad the place Is defaced.
but unless a fresh coat OF paint ha- re-
Gently been applied. Il Is safe to say
that the signs OF the match viii be
there.
II would seem that the city authorities
would save money and at the same time
preserve a heater appearance Of the
town by having little stands erected at
stated intervals with sand paper OF some
rough surface thereon for this exclusive
purpose. Attractive signs may be put
above them reading something like this:
Scratch my back" Get your strike
here" Matches struck here free Of
charge" or any other sign that might
attrac. attention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

II those japanese veterans who are re-
ported to be 'fiOcking' 70 our shores
win only enlist in our army and navy
two serious problems will be solved az
once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

After October /, when you walk two
blocks from the Union Station to get a
street car, console yourself by thinking
how benehceut Congress was 10 author
ize the District and the railroads 10
build the new terminals
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

II is to be hoped the District authori-
ties win see to it that the furnishings
for the now Municipal building are ar
tistic a. well as expensive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
Jhc TALKof16e TOWN
BY TIE TOWN TALKER

- HAT boys will be boys" is evi-
denced wherever and whenever a
bunch of them congTegate- 1t
makes no difference whether they
come from the Sums, middle life. or
from the aristOcracy--it's all the same.
Nothing daunts them. nothing VIII pre-
vent them from getting all the fun cut
OF the situation or discovering a chance
for fun.
In one Of the more fashionable, digni-
fed congregations Of Washington
Episcopal church there is a paid sur
pliced choir largely made up Of boys
just as full OF run and mischief as they
are noted for their good singing. When
a new boy arrives to sing in the choir
he Is put through all Kinds OF stunts
before the choirmaster arrives. inclpd-
ing a tour on hands and kAees through
what they are pleased 10 term Won
derland," which is nothing more than
the Iabyrinths of the Goa. cellars. 50
when the candidate for vocal honors ap-
pears before the astonished choirmaster
he locks like a powder monkey" aboard
a battleship.
AT choir practice one night last week.
when the choir boys formed TO sing the
professional, one of the boys carried a
large Maltese cat in has arms me
choirmaster protested, but the entire
party of bows insisted 81 taking the cat
with them, explaining that "the cat can
sing. and sing good, too after long
harley the cat was left behind, and the
professional proceeded.
At the close OF the usual hours prac-
.tice the choirmaster announced that as
a punishment he u5ould keep the choir
in for an hour But he wished later
that he had not done so-the boys made
life miserable for him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

Boom is a good name for some of
these political causes. They sound Ike
a noise away of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

Mrs. Earle, Mr. Earle, and the other
woman are all satisfied, which shows
the actors We're well chosen for their
uarfs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

- YER in the Office of the Rev.
James b. Mclaughlin. the
marrying-lawyer, a couple that
had come all the way from
Railing, Ohio. were made man and
wife, the other day. Neither the bride
nor the groom would give any reason
for coming 10 Washington TO be mar
ried, except they Just wanted to be
married by a city paTson."
The nam wore patent leather shoes
which hurt his feet, and a high cellu-
loid collar that kept him tugging at his
chin all the time. After the ceremony,
Mr.. Mclaughlin. who is an Ohioan,
congratulated the couple. and then,
turning 10 the man. asked if he was
going to vote for Taft or Foraker for
President.
Say" replied the groom, I amt
much on politics. and I amt sure I
know just who them two are. or what
they done, but II seems to me that if
this man Roosevelt would put that IN
terstate Commission on the Panhandle
system, 1t would be a third term Tor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

Why bother about that watching cup,
Sir Thomas Can't you get along on tea
and coffee2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15
TRUE

II may be true that wealth doesn't
bring happiness, but most of US only
know It from hearsay.-New York
Times.