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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28
!. MONEY.
The Model.

From the Scranton Tribune.
Marie-What are you doing now, Sara?
Sara-pm an artists model.
Marie-Who's the painter?
Sara-Oh, he does not paint. lie fur
nishes portraits of celebrities for the
newspapers. Yesterday / posed as Queen
Wilhelmina: tomorrow l will be Mrs.
Taft. and probably next day Emaline
Pankhurst or Queen Iii.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, January 2S.-Wheat prices
held to an upward trend in the early
trading here today, opening figures be-
ing generally from Is to Is higher A
fair demand for cash grain supplemented
by foreign cables telling of advances in
Liverpool prices gave further strength to
the market, which in the first hour moved
up over a range of from Il to IS. lnflu-
entail elevator interests were buyers and
longs showed Discrimination to lessen
their holdings. May advanced to liz
from a. fraction below the opening figures,
which were 1.1112 to LIES, and steadied
near the high point.
In the corn PIT the start was from Is
lower to i higher. which was speedily
changed to ain advance over range OF
rom "a to q, through the frmness of
wheat and an improved demand. May
opened unchanged to Is lower, at 67 to
6Iis, and in the first hour advanced to
67asa67A, steadying near the high point.
Oats followed the course of corn in the
first hour, opening from Il lower to "A
higher. and advancing with the other
grains over a range of from IA to ~,
moderate receipts aiding the bullish SEN
tment.
From a start 1sal. lower to a shade
higher at 467s to HIS. May advanced to
47s In the first hour. and with other
futures steadied at near the high point.
Provisions showed an initial decline in
general of from 2E to &C. and. like the
grains, gained strength, advancing from
s. to y, in the first hour. under the
stimulus of the continued light runs of
live hogs at the packing centers.
Opening prices tor the May products
were: Pork, 20.S5: lard, 11.67, and ribs,
I1.35
The wheat market dragged in the last
half Of the session, the decline ranging
from Is to cent. May fell off from IL.
to 1.11a1. 11k. The close was weak at the
low points with May n lower than yes
terday's final figure.
The bulge in corn in the first half OF
the session was followed by "a decline
increased offerings taking the edge off
the market. May sold off from 67sss
GA to 66a4 a667s. The close was weak
at the low points with May lass lower
than yesterdays final figures.
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Evidently a MYTH.

From the Chicago Record-Herald
II have just been reading that Lord
Byron was a very clever boxer
There must be some mistake about it.
"Why do you think SOP
'If he could box why did he waste his
time writing poetry?"
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. January 2a-Closng:
Cotton-Spot in fair demand, prices four
points higher: American middling, fair,
So: good middling, 7.96; middiing, $50:
low middling, 10; good ordinary, IA:
ordinary, 7.19. The sales of the day were
10000 bales, of which 500 were for specu-
lation and export, and included $500
American. Receipts, 3O,0oO bales. including
1850 American. Futures opened steady
and closed barely steady: January, 7.6O1a;
January February. 1904; February
March, 7.61; March-April. 1872: April
May. 1854: May-June. 7.64la; June-July,
7.64; July-August, 1919; August-Septem-
Der. 7.31: September. October. SIS: Octo-
ber-November GO; acknowledgements,
$50; December-January, $50; January
February, $50.
The following are the weekly cotton
statistics: Imports, all kinds. 5000 bales:
imports, American, $1,000 bales: stock, all
kinds. 1.O72.On bales; stock, American,
97S, 900 bales: American forwarded, 1000
bales.
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Secret of Success.

FROM the Dublin Farmers Gazette.
The one great principle upon which
Irish farmers must rely in order to meet
increased foreign competition is their
own energy, for, wisely used, this Is
equivalent to both labor and capital
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 2S. :
Wheat firmer; spot contract, 12s: spot
No. 2 red western, 1osH: May. 1.19ss;
steamer No. > red, 1.21. Receipts, 1860
bushels; southern, by sample, 1.24a1.2o,
southern on grade 1.21a1.2S.
Corn-Firmer: spot contract, 7O1aa7o's;
January. 701sa7OSs; February. 70ssa707s
March, n11a715s: May, 73a73K: steamer
mixed, $50 Receipts. 1858 bushels; ex-
ports, 77,143 bushels. Southern white corn,
70; southern yellow corn. 20.
Oats-Quiet: No. white, 81 asked: No.
3 white, 521aa531a: No. . mixed. 52a521i;
receipts 12.4O7 bushels.
Rye-Ffrln; No. ? western domestic. IS
ass Receipts, 4,151 bushels.
Hay, Steady, unchanged.
Grain freights, firm, unchanged.
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His Status.

from the Truth Seeker.
We'll. my little man. inquired a visitor,
pleasantly, who are your
I'm the baby's brother!' was the in
genuous reply.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL January %. - Closing:
Wheat-Spot dull; No. red western win
ter, no stock; futures firm; March, IS
4ssd May SIS 1ssd; July, IS sd. Corn
Spot steady; new American mixed, 5s I'd /:
old American mixed. 5s Sd; futures
steady; January, 5s 7ssd; March, os SID.
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Dividend Declaration Anticipated.

In connection with this subject the
stock market inference was drawn from
the remarkable firmness which Pennsyl-
vania has displayed in this months mar
ket that the Forthcoming dividend decla-
ration will be at the rate of per cent.
Last, but Sot least, some confident en-
phasis was placed on the utterances
which prominent individuals in the finan-
aaJ world have made lately which were
Of Teassuring nature. The cynical ele-
ment in the bearish contingent was dis
posed to represent these as rather u de-
parture from presidents and asserted
that leading interests were apparently
more disposed to assist the market with
kind words than with helpful purchases.
Bullish persons who paid any attention to
this kind OF analysis countered by retort-
ing that such blast as that which was
heard from Boston this morning was
usually symptomauc Of the bottom of a
decline.
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When Baby Natures.

From Bon WANT.
Rich Maiden Aunt--Hes never good
when we come TO see him.
Mother of Baby-Ah, but he will be
when he is older and understands he is
your heir.
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Naturally.
From Judge.

from Judge
Does your husband so in for golf ="
asks the caller.
NO" she answers. He goes out for
It."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28

Visitor-What became of that other
windmill that was here last year?
Native-There was only enough wind
for one. 50 We took it doWn.'-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by f.. r. Hutton & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange, Edw. Floy
Caverly, manager. 1901 T street northwest.
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Treasury Statement.

The condition of the Treasury at the beginning
Of business today was as follows:
TRIST FUNDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28

Bar silver steady, 24lsd per ounce.
Money. 2a2is per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market fo
short bills Is "a per cent.
The rate OF discount In the open market fol
three month bills Is %. per cent.
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The Safest Investments

YOUR MONEY INVESTED AND SECURED BY
FIRST DEEDS OF TRUST
ON WASHINGTON CITY REAL ESTATE
Is SAFE.
We have for sale limited amount Of care
fully made loans in sums of $500 to 5000. net
ting $50 interest. payable semi-annually. In
twenty-three years experience we have never
last one dollar, principal or interest. tnvestes
BY US.
HEIsKELL McLERAN, 1905 ct. ~.
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LONDON, January 2S.-Bullion amount
ing to 10000 was taken into the Bank
of England on balance today.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. January 2S.-Exchange on
London, % marks 461a pfennigs for
checks.
Money for settlement, Ar per cent.
Private discount rate, 3 per cent.
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Ruling Rates for Call Money.

Cau money ruled at 21s to "a per cent.
Foreign exchange, at least in the earlier
dealings. failed to give any evidence of
the effects of the French floods. On the
known movements of money, the banks
appear to have made a cash gain this
week in the neighborhood of 100000.
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Labor Troubles Hinted.

The convention of the miners union at
Indianapolis furnished hints of coming
labor troubles, and attention was directed
anew to Washington by the dispatches.
which told of the revision OF the federal
charter bill preparatory to introduction
i'll Congress next week. 1t is proposed
now to make charters revocable by the
courts and not by Congress, which Is SO
far an improvement. The other consid-
erattons which have been suggested by
this measure remain, however, un-
changed.
The declaration of an extra dividend on
the common stock of the General Chem-
cal Company continued the influences
which have been working for months on
the constructive side of security prices.
For the rest the day was marked by
comment on the many favorable features
which the week had developed and the
stock market had not to any noticeable
extent reflected A disposition was mani
from the extra dividend voted for United
States Steel common. the continuation of
the copper merger proceedings, the dec
laration of the regular dividend on st.
Paul, the persistence of Consolidated Gas
at a price quite out of line with its
dividend despite the fact that the dis
trtbution just declared was presumably
kept down because the company pro-
poses to make new test OF the eighty
cent gas law and the measures which
have been taken to enrich the treasury
OF the Pennsylvania railroad
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QUICK TO RETREAT
Stock Market Affected by
Timid Interests.
BIG ISSUES LEAD ADVANCES
Opening Rather Strong, But Follow
ed by General Recessions.
BIG ISSUES LEAD ADVANCES
VARYING IN NEW YORK PRICES
Hints of Labor Troubles and Atten-
ton Called to Federal Charter
Bill Revision.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. January 2s.-Appa rently
the present stock market becomes rather
easily oversold just now by a short in
ferest which is quick to beat a retreat.
The course of prices today furnished
evidences of this in the early dealings at
least. The opening was generally
strong, followed by Il moderate recess
sion, and then advances were made with
some little vigor all along the line un
der the leadership OF issues like Great
Northern preferred. Northern Pacific,
Southern Pacific, New York Central,
Consolidated Gas and United States
Steel
London was a moderate buyer and pro-
fessional traders assisted the rally by
operations for turn on the long side.
The forenoon business was in fair vol
ume, but around midday the pace Of
the transactions slackened, and in the
early afternoon a condition of dizziness
supervened At that time the railroad
stocks were generally strong at sub
stantial advances ranging from three
quarters of point to a point and half.
Characterized by Irregularity.
The industrial quarter was character
iASu ny soAic iIlcS AfiltIiCdH SHieit-
ing was heavy, perhaps because of the
statement of earnings published this
morning showing moderate falling off in
profits for the six months ended Octo-
Der 81 last. but the copper metal group
as whole was not marked by firm
ness such as might have been expected
TO result from the progress of the vari-
Gus mrgers of copper producers.
News of the day was of a somewhat
mixed sort. Foreign markets were more
or less irregular under the influence of
The storm and flood damages in France.
It seems to be rather generally agreed
now that the destruction OF property over
there has been so great mat it is bound
10 be reflected sooner or later in dis
turbance of the international exchanges,
perhaps to particular disadvantage here
because of unfavorable foreign trade po-
Sitioa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-11
SYSTEMATIC CITY BUILDING
BADLY NEEDED.

The creed of the American Civic As
ISOLATION, which holds its sixth annual
convention in Washington this week,
may very properly be said to be "sys-
tematie city building That isn't the
way it's expressed OF written down
on the program, but that's what it is.
In the five years OF its existence the
association has accomplished much,
but a great deal more remains to be
done The surface of the problem of
American municipal advancement has
barely been scratched.
At the convention this week a series
Of questions Of wide range and most
far-reaching import VIII be considered
and they viii be considered inteIli-
gently and effectively. The published
program shows that the convention is
going down to the foundation of
things Such subjects as Schools AS
the Radiating Centers for Civic I'm
provement," State Parks" The a,
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A SLUMP IN THE PRICE OF
PUFFS AND CURLS.

There has been a slump in the price
of rats, puffs, braids, frizzes, cUrls, and
beau-catchers.
It is an open secret that these
auxiEaries Of the feminine couture
come from China and Korea. Before
entering into the 100000 architecture
OF a debutante's Psyehe-knot they have
f1ourished as a racial symbol on Moe
golian dome of thought. The United
States consul at Antung, China, is
authority for the statement that since
Korea was annexed by Japan so many
Korean natives hive parted with their
topknOts that good quality Of hair
can now be bought for 20 cents an
ounce, whereas this used to be the
price for the most inferior quality
It was 10 laughing matter TO have
a fuxziant growth Of hair blow out
the window over right, and the woman
who couldn't afford more than one set
Of pufTs and cuIIs was liable TO be
embarrassed if her crown of glory was
late IN getting home from the beauty
parlor-
Of course, a reduction IN this item
Of the high cost of living VIII gladden.
the hearts Of man worthy women who
are struggling to accumulate a com
Potency of hair. It VIII speed the
process Of making two curIs grow
where none grew before. But the
question arises, Have not these gro
tesque efforts to supplement nature
gone far enoughI
The saucer hats are an abomination,
in all conscience, but if it becomes both
fashionable and financially possible TO
wear much more hair, It will be hard
to say whether the feminine head is
more obstructive with the hat on or
OF.
The news from Korea is interesting,
but a glut in the puff market would
not be regarded as an unm;xed bless
ing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-11

B, c OF City Planning Getting Into
Action for City Plan" THE Typhoid
Fly" and others dealing with the
causes that underly the stagnation and
Disagreement for which most Ameri-
can cities are noted, will be treated by
the best informed men and women OF
the United States.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, who startled
the civilized world with his story of
~the fly that fails to wipe its feet, -
viii be here. Mrs. Caroline Bartlett
Crane, of Kalamazoo, Mich, who de
serves the title of professional city
cleaner for the work she has done IL
the West, viii tell how she does it.
Numerous other men and women who
have had big part in what has been
accomplished in municipal reform in
the last few years are on the program
A big step forward is bound TO be
taken when these people get together
and exchange ideas, and it is peculiarly
significant that their meeting place
should be Washington This, by the
way, is not an accident. The con
vention is held here, and the secretary
of the association is permanently es-
tablished in offices here, because the
society is anxious to cooperate with
the officials of the executive and Iegis-
lative branches of the Government and
with the people of the District of
Columbia in the effort to make this the
model municipality of the nation
For this reason, as well as for the
broader work of the society, the con-
vention this week will be full OF in
terest TO Washingtonians.
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In the Mail Bag

To the EditOr Of The washinston Tines
Referring to the proposed closing OF
the departments at o'clocl5 ,. m. IT
may be well 10 observe tha- there Is.
perhaps, a limit to the physical endur-
ance of mules, Government clerks, and
other such animals
Il has not been a great while since
[ the closing hour Of the departments
was extended from 4 10 40. and now a
| still further extension 70 O'Clock o n
is proposed
The clerks, Ike their cOngeners. the
mules, and other patient asses. ar en-
tirely helpless In the matter, and must
submit to whatever may be imposed
:pon them. For, look you, the salaries
I they are now paid were fixed more
than fifty years ago, when TIE cost OF
living was less than one-third what #
/ IS now, and the salaries were fixed as
being proper 70 meet the cost Of living
/ IN those cheap times.
Congress has refused 70 raise the
salaries Of the department clerks. but
I has. increased the salaries Of Congress
mems clerks, and this, too. on the
/ ground that the raise was necessary on
| account Of the increased cost Of living
I This IS true enough; but what is sauce
/ for the goose should be sauce for the
/ gander, also. The increased cost Of Nv-
+ ing Affects the department clerk just
as vitality as II does the clerk of a Con-
/ gresham, and the latter sometimes
works only three months f. the year.
/ but always draws pay for thirteen
months In the year
( II the authorities desire 20 be really
economical. and conservative Of time.
they might have stalls fitted I'D in the
/ Easements Of the department buildings
I In which 20 halter the clerks at night,
after. say. fourteen or fifteen hours
work could then be gotten cut OF the
nutritious: therefore, the clerks might
I b fed on warm bran mashes, slightly
salted as a sanitary precaution- The
warm water for mixing the bran mash
Is would PROBABLY be an unnecessary
expense, but Il Is well enough 70 be
reasonably humane wnen # costs 50
little Besides this. a merciful man IS
nercfful 10 his beast The maximum OF
work could then be gotten VI Of the
clerks at a minimum OF cost II e IN
necessary for such creatures as they to
have homes and families. for at best
they are but q poor breed Of stock, and
ct only galley slaves
The Government clerks are the bed
rock Of the business Of Washington. Il
{ Is they who have built up the city. and
+ It IS they who maintain It. As a rule,
| they more than earn what they are
paid. and generally they are more or
| less respectable II mere is anywhere
a sentiment that they are not galley
I slaves, but are American citizens, en-
titled to fair and reasonable considera-
/ ton. then that sentiment should be eX-
/ erted to have tl1ei- nay increased so as
10 meet at least q Dart Of the increased
! cost OF living since present salaries
were fixed, and TO have their hours Of
/ labor fixed at =. m to 4 D. m, with a
/ half holiday on every Saturday through
I out the year.
CORNER GROCERYBLAN.
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Miss Alice Wright Is Entertained Tea
By Miss Martha Calvo, at Costa Rcan Legation
Judge Wright's Daughter
Honored by Daughter of
Costa Rican Minister.

Miss cSarta Calvo. daughter Of the
Minister Of Costa Rica and Nine. Calvo,
wiz be hostess at a tea this afternoon
ats o'clock, at the legation on Eight
zenith street, in compliment TO Miss
Alice wright, the debutante daughter OF
-Judge Daniel Thew Wright and Mrs.
Wright
Miss CalvO will receive her guests in
a gown of yellow satin brocade, draped
IN chiffon and trimmed in gold net and
marabou. Miss Wright will wear a
dainty frock Of white embroidered net
with effective touches OF pink satin
Tho tea table. which VIII be presided
over by Miss Lollie Anderson, Miss Han
nah TAYLOR, and Miss Anna Mari. viii
have a centerpiece Of pink carnations
and fesns- Miss Anderson viii wear
lavender satin Miss Taylor will wear
pale blue messaline, yelled in malaui-
settle. and Hiss Mars gown viii be Of
black velvet
Mrs Leonard Harold Wilder, OF 1T5
Seventeenth street northwest. viii be
hostess al a large tea Wednesday, De
cember a, from % O'clck. at which
her niece, Miss Annie Abel, win make
her debut Miss Abel has recently
graduated from Wellesley.
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SHALL CLERKS WORK UNTIL
5O'CLOCKP

President Taft and the members of
his Cabinet are debating the question
Of extending the close of the working
day of Government employees from
$50 to o'clock
"a good idea" one would naturally
say. That would give the clerks
more salary, and, in a measure, meet
the criticism that Government en-
Pioyes find it hard to make their pay
envelopes meet the demands Of the
high cost Of living
This, however, isn't exactly the re-
suit that would follow the proposed
extension OF hours The President and
his Cabinet officers aren't figuring on
allowing the clerks more money. They
are figuring on requiring a half hour
more work every afternoon on the
pay the clerks receive now
The tendency IN all classes of labor
IS toward shorter hours Fifty years
ago it was customary for people who
were employed by individuals, firms,
OF corporations to work twelve to if
teen hours Gradually we have be
come enlightened; gradually working
people have become better organized.
Now 1t is generally admitted that not
more than eight hours should be de
manded of one person in one day;
that every person is fairly entitled to
earn a living without devoting more
than one-third of the twentv-four
hours to laborj that this is better for
the employee, better for the employer,
and better for the race
While, in every other field, the ten
aency Is toward shorter work day,
we find the President and his Cabinet.
acting for the Government, seriously
contemplating a longer work day for
Government employees. This comes, be
it remembered, but a few years after
an extension Of the work day from 4
20 4:3O o'clock On the plea Of
economy, may the Government not find
it desirable to make another exten-
sion a few years henees
It would be more in harmony With
the enlightenment of the times If the
Government would at least leave the
vyorkday Of its employees as it is
seven hours and half, with a half
hour for lunch Uncle sam Is entitled
TO a fair return from the people on his
pay roll, but there's no good reason
why he should adopt a policy as to
working hours that is in direct oPPO-
sition to the policy Of society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-11
German Ambassador S
Daughter to Wed

he German Ambassador and Countess
Won BernsIorn announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Countess I.uise-
Alexandra Won Berustorf, to Count
Ra1mOnd PourtaIes. attache OF the Ger
man embassy The date for the wed
ding has not been set but It probably
viii take place at the embassy early
in the spring.
Countess LUise-AIexandre. who made
her first appearance in Washington So
ciety two years ago at the New Year
reception at the White House, which
she attended with her parents shortly
after their arrival in this country, made
her debut four seasons ago IN Cairo,
Egypt, where her father was minister
from Germany She Is one Of the IA
vor1tes Of her circle and an acknowl-
edged beauty.
Count Pourtales, who IS the son OF
the late Count Hermann Pourtales, and
a nephew OF the German ambassador
10 St Petersburg, entered upon his
diplomatic career last spring. when he
came 70 Washington as an attache- He
has served SIX years IN the guards az
Berlin