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The Washington times., 1909-07-29
A MOOT QUESTION IN AUTO
MOBILE ETIQUETTE SETTLED.

The disposition of a suit brought by
one we'll known Baltimorean against an
equally well-known clubman of Wash
ington for half of the expenses incur
red on an automobile trip to Atlantic
City settles affrmatively some veXed
questions concerning automobile invi-
tations in a way that ought to be very
acceptable to automobile owners.
There has long been n difference of
opinion as to the etiquette which
should prevail in the matter of paying
expenses on a tour OF this sort. Of
course, when a man is asked to go
somewhere in an automobile he gen
orally accepts and looks upon it as an
occasion when he can stow his "wad"
away and never look at IT. While it
may not be the universal experience,
it is not infrequently the case that
when a man bills his friends for a
trip he is "stuck" from start to finish.
His guests are rather apt to forget the
way to their pocketbooks Meals, tips,
hotel bills, tollgate expenses, gasolene,
blown tires, wear and tear on the ma
chine, and all incidental expenses are
cheerfully and unanimously shouldered
on the man giving the party, until he
may be excused for believing that he is
the goat" If his temper sometimes
becomes ruffied by the varied calls on
the exchequer, it Is not to be wondered
at
Of course, the man with an auto
mobile is not expected to be a "pikerj"
but there may be limit 10 his purse.
There are some of them who would
not throw a guest out of the machine
if he occasionally loosened up and acted
like a Give one" This seems to have
been the way with the Baltimorean
who proposed to take the Washington
friend to Atlantic City on sort of
Dutch treat. Apparently, the visitor
was. deaf. dumb, and blind when the
time came TO do something. Patience
ceasing to be a virtue, en- route home
there were some cross words and an
invitation, it seems, to get out and
walk. followed by lawsuit, in which
the Washingtonian was told to come
across" with his half of the spOndu
ticks
The case should serve az a precedent,
so that the man who puts up the
machine and gets out and works like
a hired hand when something blows
up is not kept so busy spending money
for other peoples pleasure that he can't
take a good look at the scenery.
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For Goodness Sake---Don't!

Don't ask people they
tarras DAVID H. JONES.
Don't betray a confidence ELTON QUINCY.
Font worry
pred
DON'T be an D MsHEI4
DON'T oak yourself company
good H.
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unless
undesirable cltz SUFFERING SALLY"
if husband spends few
friends MARIE
Remember yOu'have sisters. H. E.
Don't stand peoples when you
should be O MISS
sos Tenth street northeast
Don't persy expadate upon nnnerm of an ao-
sterling ovo qualities
NJ A
Don't, oh. please don't hot your
c.
Don't worry about even if you are trust mag
nate L. B.
Don't carry all the gossip you hear
Don't seat street during
GEORGE L. D.. c.
a a blind D one
! day meet men and who haves
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The Washington times., 1909-07-29
OPINIONS DIFFERENT
ON TARIFF ISSUES
When Bill Is Finally Passed Congress VIII Go Home
to Continue Wondering What It's All About.
Arguments Pro and Con Are Plentiful.

The work Of the conference commit
tee in putting the tariff bill into its final
shape has brought out in a striking way
the fact that the actual effects of many
important tariff duties are not known by
most legislators, and that there is wide
difference Of opinion as to their eff
fects.
For instance. the conference, at the
behest Of the President, is going to
place iron ore either on the free list
or, more likely, under a greatly re
duced duty. Why should the duty or
iron orc be reduced, ana who objects?
is the question many are asking. One
story is that the independent steel cor
Germs want iron ore free because Iney
OWE vast deposits in Cuba, but can't
bring the ore In under present cOndi-
tions. The steel corporation, according
to this theory, is the real opposition.
But having heard all the details or
this theory from one Senator, an in
yestigatOr may so across the hail, and
another statesman will lower his voice
to a whisper. and explain with all pos
sibIe circumstance how it is that the
trust wants free iron ore in order to get
it cheaper than the lake ores can be
transported 70 the Atlantic tidewater iron
works He will prove that the trust IN
reality controls the interests that own
the Cuban deposits and he will make
it all perfectly plain.
Who Wants Free Petroleum?
Again, who really wants petroleum.
free Of duty? Speaker Cannon assured
the House in an impassioned speech that
the hated Standard Oil Company con-
troIled the Mexican fields, and wanted
free petroleum so it would flood this
country with the cheap Mexican petro-
leum, and close up the oil wells of this
country. The other side of 1t is that
the Standard wants the highest duty
possible in order to enable it to sell at
exorbitant prices in this country. And
nobody seems TO know which side is
the right one Both are equally posi-
tive they are right.
And hides VIII the farmers get the
benefit of the tariff on hides, or does
il all go 10 the Beef trust2 Is the trust
the real power which is pressing for
continuance OF the dutyH One repre-
sentative from Chicago gives it out as
positive that J. ogden Armour told him
the packers didn't care a fig for the
hide duty A Wisconsin tanner on the
other hand gives a demonstration that
all the benefit of the duty, amounting
to vast sum, goes 10 the trust, and
that if the duty is continued the trust
will shortly own all the tanneries, then
will go into boot and shoe manufactur-
ing and control il. A range State Sen
atOr can prove beyond CaVil that the
benefit goes TO the farmer and that he
can't get along without it. The shoe
maker will prove that the duty on hides
works out a difference of . to 90 cents
and even more in the cost u a pair
of shoes, and another shoe manufaC-
turer will prove that this demonstration
is ali moonshine.
Then there Is sugar Two Republican
Senators sat down i'm an Office room the
other day and talked about 1t for an
hour. There was no politics in it; no
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
LEHR-CONRAD ENGAGEMENT
Is ANNOUNCED IN
BALTIMORE.

An engagement Of interest to Wash
ington, announced yesterday afternoon
| in Baltimore, is that Of Miss Marie
! Worthington Conrad to DR.. Louis
| Charles Lehr, Of this city.
Miss Conrad. who is one Of the most
| attractive young women in Baltimore
society, Is the daughter Of Mrs. Sallie
Howard Conrad and the sister Of
| Charles A Conrad. She is descended
from distinguished old Maryland and
Virginia families.
Dr. Lehr. who resides at 1877 II street,
is a graduate Of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. and has practiced his profession
here for several years. He is a brother
of Harry S. Lehr and Robert Lehr, Of
New York and Newport.
The Ambassador from France and
| Mime. Jusserand sailed from New York
| this morning on the French liner La
Lorraine to spend the remainder or
the summer and fan at their home in
France.
Visiting on Coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard NJ Newlin have
gone to Atlantic City for a few weeks.
Mrs. Mayo Dudley and little daughter.
Miss Katherine Dudley have gene 10
Norfolk where they will be the quests
Of Mrs. John w. Steele for a week or
two.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage Of Miss Margaret B. Folio and
James Norcorn, of Washington. The
/ ceremony took place Tuesday morning
at 1880 in the parsonage of the Cum
berland Street Methodist Church, Nor
folk, Va, the pastor, the Rev w q.
starr, officiating.
After a bridal trip through New Eng
land and Canada, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
corn will make their home in Washing
ton.
DR. and Mrs. r. X. Kingman and
their daughter, Mrs. L. NJ. Simons, are
/ spending several weeks at the Chalfonte,
Atlantic City.
Capt. and Mrs. s. H. Gibson, L. S
N. o, have gone 10 Atlantic City for
the balance Of the season.
On Motor Tour.
Miss Marjorie Cotton, Miss Isabel
Clarke and Miss Elizabeth Clarke are
members of a party motoring from
Breton Woods to York HarbOr, Ne,
stopping en- route at various places Of
interest.
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Mrs Henry D. Beau, Of Baltimore.
who has been visiting her sOn-in-law
and daughter, DR.. and Mrs William c.
Gwynne, left Washington today for
stay OF several weeks at Newport.
The marriage Of Miss Kathleen Marie
Leonard to lloyd A. Douglas took place
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in ST.
Stephens Catholic Church. the Rev.
T. d. Williams officiating.
The bride wore her travelling suit,
a modish tailored suit Of mode serge,
with an old rose hat The bridal bou-
duet WIS a shower of Bride roses.
Miss Ella Leonard sister Of the bride,
who was the maid of honor. and only
attendant, wore a dainty white batiste
gown and a blue hat and carried a clus-
ter OF la France roses.
Charles Douglas, brother OF the BRIDE
groom, acted as best man.
An informal reception at the home or
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
LUNA PARK.

Among the attractions engaged for
Luna Park next week will be a return
engagement Of the American Regimen
tai Band. which viii nightly give the
enjoyable concerts which were an i'm
portant feature Of the park earlier in
the season.
a late cancellation of one Of their out
Of-town contracts. enabled Manager
GOOdfellsw to secure the band again
for next week This band will also
give the sacred band concerts next sun
day afternoon and night. The great sue
cess Of the featured motion pictures IN
the attractive aiFdOme will be continued
next week, with illustrated songs as
a pleasing part Of the entertainment
The free children's days on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday afternoons be
tween and 5 will again be one OF the
popular features OF the parks program
next week. The prize dance will take
place on Friday night only. it having
become too great a task for the judges
TO select the best lady dancer twice a
week from the hundreds who enter these
contests
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
HOW ABOUT STAYING Al
HOME FOR VACATIONS

Looking back over the summer, whose
backbone has now been broken, and
whose period of potential weather dis
comfort Is near the end, it is fair for
Washington folk TO take account of
stock and calculate how much they
have lost by staying in town. There
has been a vastly larger number Of
stav-at- homes this year than usual
for various business and social reasons,
mainly related to the fact that Congress
has been-ahem!-in our midst.
There has been some "ferce" weather
but not very many days. How many
nights when sleeping was difficult
Very few indeed. The fact is that
Washington, if it would develop its
summer possibilities a trihe, would be
an excellent place to remain in summer
There is a vast amount of buncombe
about the absolute necessity of going
away for the summer 1t is mostly z
habit, and generally a foolish one. The
majority of people are vastly more com
Portable in their own homes than they
ever manage to be at the seashore or
in the mountains. The privilege Of your
own enameledNub is a lot better than
that of waiting for your turn at a
boarding house, or Perchance bathing
without any tub at all.
II is only a few years since the notion
became current that one must 90 away
in the summer. Our fathers and
mothers didn't realize the necessity OF
it, and they got along so exceedingly
we'll that they raised up as their sue
cessors a generation as smart as we
are; which we all ought to concede is
vastly to their credit. Half the
people who rake and scrdpe and save and
pinch, and put off their trades accounts
till fall, in order to 90 away in summer
viii admit, if they can be delicately ap-
preached in a moment of unguarded
csndor, that it's all nonsense; they
Z Atbla = 'tAtRN t44t FAAdt4DE any btElEi
than they could at home, and they
/ come out of it a lot worse financially.
The stay-st-ho is certain Of being
able to do as he pleases. Nobody is Sc
secure Of independence as the man OF
the family remaining in town. There
are the parks, the cool river, the priv
Ilege Of the summer opera without dress
ing; the auto trip in the evening, if you
have your own car; the privilege OF
renting a machine if YOU don't OWL
one, and knowing that, compared Will
the cost Of your trip out of town, tn,
indulgence is a very modest extraya
gance. There are plenty Of things tC
do, plenty Of people to see-and all the
comforts Of home thrown in.
And think what a difference in the
economics of the community it would
make if people would get into the sane
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

personal interests or prejudices. But
one of them argued that the tariff gives
the Sugar trust its monopoly, and en-
ables it to control and smother the
beet sugar industry. The other was
just as sure that the Sugar trust didn' [
depend On the tariff, and that if the
tariff were removed the country would
be flooded with cheap sugar and the
beet sugar and the Louisiana cane in
duStry be drowned out They hadn't
made the first step in progress toward
agreement when they gave it up at the
end Of an hour.
Is There a Lumber Trust?
And lumber. IS there a lumber trust?
The lumber LOBBY says il has been con-
clusively proved This session that there
is not. The fTee-lumser people insist
that it is more cerCain than ever before
that there is a lumbe-. trust. The free
lumber people are positive that to re-
move this duty would make lumber de-
cidedly cheaper IN this country. The
other side of it is that the S4ty dOesn't
really affect the price OF lumber, and
that no matter what is done with il the
consumer will never know the differ
sncs,
More than this, there is me sharpest
possible disagreement as 70 whether the
removal Of the protection would con-
serve or wreck the American forests.
Chief Forester Pinchot was finally con-
WINGED that the removal of the duty
would encourage the destruction OF
American timber. The advocates OF
free lumber sapiently urge that free
lumber would let in enough Canadian
lumber to ease off the pressure for the
home article, and thus would help
greatly TO conserve the home supply.
Who is right? Congress. as a whole,
Is Just as far from confident conclusions
on all these matters a. It was the day
the session opened.
But the tariff will Re passed and Con-
Cress will go home still wondering
what 1t all meant anG what II will do.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
Missouri has been shown.
TWO SOCIETY GIRLS
TO BECOME NUNS

LEXINGTON, KY, July 90 - Miss
Spalding Young and Miss Alice Young,
daughters Of Colonel and Mrs Milton
Young, of this city, entered the convent
Of the Sacred Heart. at Albany. n. Y.
today, preparatory to becoming nuns
For the past two OF three years the
Young sisters have been leaders IN Ken
lucky society and their home has been
the scene Of many brilliant social func-
tons. The announcement that they
would become nuns came as a great
surprise TO their many friends.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

habit of staying at home, as thorough
ly as they have got int the other, OF
scurrying away. The individual purse
would be fattened, the savings would
not be dissipated. and the business
of the whole town-yours and every
bOdy's besides-would know the elf
ference for the entire year.
From every point Of view, it would
be well worth while to start a crusade
in favor of sane vacations and of bet
ter appreciation of the delights of Just
quietly staying at home.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

petroleum. The moot questions before
the conference are not those which have
immediate interest to the consumer.
There would be vastly more popular
concern if the wooden schedule, the
sugar duties, the cotton duties, the
rates on agricultural machinery.
structural steel, nails. wire, etc, were
in prospect of such sweeping reductions
as would assure real benefits to the
consumer. But they are not, and that
lis why the consumer doesn't feel sure
that he is going to gain much in any
event.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
ACADEMY-"The WOrkingman's Wife. F"

ACADEMY-"The Workingman's Wife"
A most graphic and interesting story
Of both the richer and poorer classes is
depicted in a. II. Woods play Of the
present. THE Workingman's Wife," the
opening attraction Of the new season
at the Academy next week.
While the play does not deal in any
sense with the labor question, one OF
its principal features is the boarding of
the rich man at the expense of his
poorer brother. There are innumerabIe
counterplots and the piece is said not
only to be intensely emotional, but ex-
tremely sensational. while the comedy
vein is most refreshing.
The play is located in and about New
York, and offers several novelties IN
scenic fnveStituTe. It is not an inc0n-
sistent or improbable play, but enc OF
the possible dramas dealing with life
Of the period. AS is usual with ali Of
A. II. Woods productions, nothing has
been spared in the mounting or the
engaging Of the company, so that in
every respect, the vehicle should prove
TO be one Of the most entertaining sue
cesses Of the melOdTamatic season.
The advance sale of reserved seats for
the opening week began this morning
and viii continue throughout the week.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
BROWNS WITH DAUGHTER.

ROCHESTER. n. Y. July 29.-Iu st
tempting to rescue her daughter from
the waters Of Snug Harbor. Mrs Cor
don Hoyt was drowned with the girl
The daughter, in bathing. was seized
with cramps. The mother was an eX-
pert swimmer. but the frightened girl
threw both arms around the older WUm-
ans neck, both going down.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
MORTON'S DEATH
WAS ACCIDENTAL

LYNCHBURG, Va, July "a cor
oner's jury this morning rendered a
verdict Of accidental death over the
body of DR.. J. 3. Morton, aged seventy
eight years, who was instantly killed at
Lawyers last night by a fast freight
on the Southern railway. Dr. Morton
came here a few months ago from
Pamplin City, Va, and is well known
throughout this section Of the State
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

the brides aunt, Mrs. MonOgVe, JOS
Twenty street, followed the
ceremony. After a bridal trip to BOs-
ton by sea. Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas viii
reside in Hyattsville.
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Returns to Europe.
Miss Laura Clifford Barney. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. A. c. Barney. of Washing
ton. who has been spending several
months with her mother here and travel
ing through the West, sailed for Europe
this morning on La Lorraine. Miss Bar
ney has been spending the last three OF
four years in Europe studyirg.
A pretty wedding took place last
evening at $50 o'clock in the home OF
Mr. and Mrs Charles R. Barker. when
their daughter. Miss Agnes Kirkland
Barker, became the bride of William.
Cullen Dennis
Only a small gathering of relatives
and a few intimate friends attended
the ceremony, which was performed by
the Rev. w. L. De Nries, Of St Mark S
Episcopal Church, amid a bower Of
palms and pink and white roses.
Albert Barker. brother Of the bride,
gave his sister in marriage. Her bridal
gown was OF white satin. princess, with
a long train, and she wore a veil OF
tulle arranged with a wreath Of lilies
IT the valley, and carried a shower
bouquet of Bride roses and lilies of the
valley.
Bride and bridegroom were IN
attended. An informal reception for
the wedding guests followed the cere-
mony.
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs
Dennis left Washington far a Northern
bTida trip and upon their return will
reside at the Mendoza
Mr.. Dennis, who is assistant solicitor
for the State Department, is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs David Worth Dennis, OF
Richmond. Ind. His parents came to
Washington to attend the wedding.
DR.. Joseph Milton Heller has gone to
Deal Beach, n. J., for few weeks
vacation.
At Atlantic City.
Miss Mamie Englaut is stopping at
the Hotel Raleigh, Atlantic City, for
a few weeks. She will soon go to Blue
Ridge for the remainder of the summer
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Mr. and Mrs. Sydney c. Kaufman,
who have been spending a month at
Forest Glen. returned to town today,
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AlT. at q MIS- A1d& Dulhbl nave al
nouncsd the engagement of their daugh-
ter Anne. to Samuel Goldberg, Of Aug
Usta, Ca.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Stern. who have
s0ent several weeks at Glen Manor, For
est Glen. left TueSday to spend the re-
mainder of the summer at Takoma
Park.
Ber. Cohen, who has been spending
his vacation. at the Blue Mountain
House, returned home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar c. kaufman, who
have been stopping at Forest Glen the
past month, have returned to the city.
and are temporarily located at the Ash
ley apartments.
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Mr. and Mrs. Beekman and family, of
Ontario road, are spending the summer
at Mountain Lake Park, Nd.
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Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Engel have re-
turned home, after spending a month at
Glen Manor.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
CAVALRY BAND CONCERT In
JUDICIARY SQUARE
THIS EVENING AT $50 O'CLOCK
George F. TyrreIl, Chief Musician.
PROGRAM

March I'll C,sDitaD'' .Sousa
Overture, The Bohemian Girl
Balfe
Waltz. L Estudlantina" .Waldteutel
SeXtet from Lucia" I'D onizetu
Excerpts from the opera Yankee
Consul ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ODyn
Patrol, Die Turksche Schaar-
wache' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 'Allcliae'l9
Selection from comic opera ROBIN
Hood" ....................,..D koVen
March, "Welmer's" TyrreH
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

Minnesota women are going to haSe
an anti-ciEarette crusade. but before
they can get the organization perfected
they feel compelled to devise means Cor
disposing of that mean preacher who
has been taking photos Of their open
work hose and peek-a-boo waists.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
Capital Tales

Ohm c. CROCKETT. reading clerk
of the Senate, has a voice that
can be heard to the farthest cor
ner Of the Senate chamber and out in
TO the corridors, and the secret Of it
has come out Crockett's voice got its
early training out on a farm in Hardin
county Iowa, where he used to drive
oxen. Many an acre, it appears, has
Crockett plowed behind a yoke of big
oxen. cracking the whip and yelling
whoa ''haw," and other commands
incident to this line Of business" II
proved to be a better school Of voice
culture than any college Of elOcution
and when Crockett went into competi-
ton with a hundred or more other men
to discover who had the best voice he
won out easily
1t was not long ago that Senator
Bacon criticised Crockett because when
the Vice President ordered the roll to
ne called the clerk went ahead with II
ike a shot from a gun. It was too
swift for the Senator from Georgia who
held that he should be allowed leisure
TO make any remarks ne might see fit
TO before the roll started. Now, It ap-
pears that Crockett got so used to
holding short sharp converse with the
Harden county OK teams that it's sec
Ond nature to him to speak out quickly.
AT least, that's what Dolliver says who
stands up for his fellow IOwan and
says that when Crockett starts to call
the roll ne thinks ne is swinging the
whip over the backs Of a pair Of lazy
steers and issuing orders to Buck and
Bill and doesn't want to waste any
time about fl.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
MARINE BAND C0NCERT AT
MARINE BARRACKS
THIS AFTERNooN AT O'CLOCK.
William H. Santelmann. Leader.
PROGRAM

March, THE Fairest OF the Fair"
SOusa
Overture. ''Rienzi" ........-...W Wagner
"a Serenadc. "Amina" ...... Lincke
CB) Idyl. 'The Glow Worm,
Lincks
Waltz. ''The Merry Widow. ..Lehar
Sextet from Lucia. ........D onizetti
Musicians Whitcomb, Firth. Stone,
Sanford. Mcintyre. and Frey
"reminiscences of Weber. Godfrey
Fackeltan Z No. 49,. MeyerbeE
''The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

win somebody please get some
cracked ice and smelling salts ready for
the York State politicians? Everybody
except the politicians seem to be agreed
that 1t will have to be Hughes for a
third term
The Washington times., 1909-07-29
Senators Chew Tobacco

VN7l1ENN'
The Senate has a. fine array Of talent
in the matter Of chewing tobacco. The
things that happen t. a plug Of chewing
when II gets into circulation around
among the desks Of the statesmen need
merely be suggested. It is grave
question what Senators are the most ar
tistic wrestlers with the weed in this
form. but many agree that the honors
swing back and forth easily between
Jonathan p. Deliver and Uncle
Knute" Nelson It's q JOY and delight
TO see either Of these Senators IN action
on piece Of Piper HeidsieCk.
The Washington times., 1909-07-29

The story that Reyes, of Colombia,
got away. with 100000. raises the
limit about S5.OOO,O00 on the Castro
stories