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The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Andrew and InnOgene
By Roe Fulkerson

NDR blew burredlv into the house little earlier in the evening
y and g
your blanket,
kid
inquired
Clarence Redmond and that bunch down there going to give 20 per
Cusies,
going
This St Nicholas Girl has been doing good business She's colared
going obuying expeditions
First on there Is Cuno Rudolph can Just see Cuno going into
which hardware store he to- You need for
mouth full of hair but right what
thinking
there I ransacking Kann toy
department
which don't have to have driver and little automobiles and all that
of toys bet he viii buy every in place
Lorop and going through the department with boy following him
hold NOahs
a you her up
Billy he
with buying for them and for the St Nicholas girl
% wholesale
But the great going be wHlige
Callahan show up with their purchases They are both running for vice
president Of
Here are nine Noahs Arks and three picture books then Lew will
say your you
with ur three pas Of roller and no picture books and 20
Won four pounds pounds and
the jackpot gamblers
will be broke and community happy Hey. What you
don? put your up
course gooe" up
to my hat tight Is
WELL home
would only have to sleep this dress
Lacy staff,
daily
many poor
whom Christmas means nothing 10 whom the peace EARTH good
Whose little
experience
the Of Christmas morning In warm VekeD home with father
mother attempts
These little eOgers know little Of the sweetness beautifully
birth this
children
MOTIF of such is kingdom Of heaven
Say GIRL class you he said
DON'T" she expostulated- You'll up!"
q better right79 he laughed
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
IRON CHOCOLATE DROPS
DOOMED IN WASHINGTON
No More Will Push-Cart Merchants Regale Small Gus
toners With This FaVorite Brand for War Has
Been Declared BY Health Department

The iron chocolate drop must go
The District Health Department ms
so decreed- No; the local authorities
aren't on the trail Of the steel trust,
Mr.. Carnegie doesn't figure in the trans
action, nor viii there be an iuvestiga-
tion Of blasts and furnaces and things
generally having 20 10 with the manu-
faeture Of Dis-iron and other bric-a-brae
Of that sort
In fact, reduced 10 pure metal, so TO
speak, the movement hasn't much to
do with iron. and. 10 be exact. nothing
Al all 20 do with pigs
L all involves coloring matter con-
tanning an ingredient Of iron used IN the
manufacture Of Christmas candy. Here
tofore, iron chocolate drops, sO-caIIed,
have been a boon to the local DUsh-cart
market Put Dr. r L Lynch. District
chemist. was heard TO observe audibly
this morning that in his opinion 1t re-
quired a man or real mettIe 10 devour
one Of the Inflated tid-bits
However, casting that 10 the junk
heap. he IS seriously determined that
there shall BE- no more iron IN washing
ton candy. Of the Christmas and other
brands For that the fron-drop is
doomed IS no Joke
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Wash Your Mind.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times
In your edition Of December a Pc
destrain'' takes a fling al the artists
creation OF the Steuben monument
'Pedestrain'' says. Three times I have
been 70 see the Steuben monument,
and each time have left it with a feel
ing Of disappointment and pain
1T is noble figure that stands erect
on that pedestal, but. when ycu turn
TO take the Iast look, it is a descent OF
vision from the sublime 10 the ridicu-
IOus; yea. more, the indecent and
shameful ~
What is there indecent about an in
animate piece OF statuary2 What is
there Indecent in the nude; yea, the
living nude?
It seems to me the shame and in
decency Of It all is in the brain OF the
person who sees and thinks indecent
when looking at the nude Seeing and
thinking indecent does not BY auv
means make the figures on the pedestal
immoral
Cleanse your brains, purify them.
think goOd thoughts at all times, especi-
ally when looking on the nude II you
do this can assure you that you viii
then be able 10 understand a nude piece
OF work and appreciate It when you
gaze upon IL. and we won't have 10 go
three tines to Jock at it
AS for the morals Of the men. women,
and children Of this generation, and the
ones to come # they viii wash their
minds with soap and water when they
think wrong, and keep on washing, Why,
we. none OF US, need have any appre-
hension as 70 the morals OF the people
Of this generation or any other
Oh -
the Creator willed Il that We should
come into this sinful world nude, and. I
believe, that II He saw any Indecency
n It He would correct 1t, and, Il he
does not, then why should we2
AN ARTIST
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
.BRISTON QUALIFYING
REAL HISTORIAN
French Spoliation Claims In
the Senate Cause of His
Many Questions.

..Xybat.s happening on the hoorT'
| asked Senator Borah as he saw senator
Brown of Nebraska leave the chamber
with weary look on his face
First class in history is now in ses-
sion said the NebraslSan- I'm going
hack TO the office to digest some OF the
information with gh:.'h the Senate at
mosphere Is laden"
''Come over here and tell me about it,
said Senator BoTah. so that I may
spare myself the trouble Of going IN
side
Il don't want TO be unfair to Joe
Bristov,' announced Senator Brown
but I am rapidly coming to the con
clusion that his education in history
was sadly neglected and that he is now
catching up. Mind you, may be all
wrong. but YOU can judge for yourself
Joe started 10 make some inquiries
about these French spoliation claims
No one objected TO that, since millions
Of dollars are involved. The difficulty
was that he did not seem TO know when
70 stop asking questions. or else, as ]
suspect, he did not feel that he had
learned enough history
Go in there now and you VIII see
Joe popping questions at some OF our
literary colleagues. He has had poor
Lodge working overtime for three days.
Henry Cabot. you know, is some histor-
ion himself, having produced numerous
volumes about the history OF the United
States
-'BristOw viii come across an item Of
Ss.00D 70 reimburse some Frenchman for
a ship captured by American prfvateers-
90 T desire 10 know says Joe look
ing in the direction Of Lodge, what
bearing this claim has on the treaty OF
1S0S. Of coarse. scme Senator can tell
me Of hand the nature OF that treaty
Lodge. Of curse. must sustain his
reputation as an historian He grabs a
book OF treaties. discourses Iearnedly on
the treaty between France and the
United States, and connects the claim
with the treaty. Then Bristo~ picks
cut another claim and another treaty
and SO on for three days"
DO you know" said Borah. III Brfs-
tow were not certain OF reelection out
in Kansas I might suspect that he was
preparing himself for a ProfessOrship in
American history.
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BurleSOn'S Plea.

Secretary Meyer is telling a good
story at the expense Of Representative
Albert S BurIeson OF Texas, who viii
be one Of the big men IN the next
House.
'.AIr. Secretary" said BurIeson to
Secretary Meyer some time ago. Il
wish you would name one Of these new
battleships after my native State"
Z would be glad to do So" replied
the Secretary. put the fact Is We now
have a ship IN the navy named Texas -
I know it, said Burieson, but 7
want TO tell you something. Texas is
bigger than any State in the Union
You could take half dozen States I'D
IN your section Of the country for which
frst-class battIeships are named, put
them down in Texas and have to get
out a search warrant 10 find them.
The batleship Texas cut some figure
in the Spauish-American var, but she
is obsolete now. The state Of Texas
is not obsolete, and We want an up-to-
date battleship named for the State
'T see your point said the diplo-
matte Secretary, and there is merit in
what YOU say One Of the dreadnaught
type Of ships shall be named for Texas
What name shall 1 give the old
Texas2-f
I'm glad you asked ne that ques-
ton" said BurIeson- Had you pro-
pounded Il TO some other statesman
you would have lost an opportunity TO
give the old Texas a fitting name OF
course there is but one name for it
san Marcos
Really, Mr.. BUrleson." said the Sec
retary. Il have great faith in your
Judgment and your sense OF the fitness
OF things, and I hesitate TO display my
ignorance by admitting that I do not
understand the significance Of San Mar
COS
san Marcos said Mr. BurleSon, lis
famous throughout the State Of Texas
as the birthplace Of one Of the most
Hlustrious sons Of the Lone Star State. -
''Is it possible that Sam Houston was
born there2'- asked Mr. Meyer.
No. answered the TeEln.
Who is the man, Them asked the
Secretary.
spare my bushes, and remember my
nodesty.~ pleaded Mr.. BurIesOn. as ne
fed from the office
Secretary Meyer picked Up a copy Of
the Congressional Directory, turned 10
the Texas delegation. and found that
Albert Sidney BurIeson was born at
san Marcos in 1853 The old Texas has
not vet been renamed but Secretary
Never must realize that Mr.. Burleson
NAV be chairman OF the House Com
mittee on Appropriations next year
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Bingham's Residence.

Real estate men in Washington are
congratuIating the salesman who sold
a house TO Gen theodore Bingham
The story has Just leaked out that
after his removal as police commissioner
OF New York, By Mayor Mcclellan.
General Bingham came to Washington
to buy a residence He proved 70 be
a hard customer 10 satisfy
After I had spent two o. three days
toting the general around Washington" +"
said the real estate agent. ''I came to
the conclusion that It was a hopeless
job, ana as I turned into Connecticut
avenue and started down the hill in
front Of the Highlands General Bing-
ham told me TO stop, pointed to fine
residence next to an apartment house
and said he would ike 10 look il over.
got over to the Teft-hand side Of the
soldier and escorted him into the house.
He was thoroughly pleased with the
interior and announced his intention Of
buying
when We reached the door on cur
way back to tae automobile I succeed ed
IN having the generals back toward the
should observe the architecture from
different angles. Finally I got him to
the machine without having had him
face the street once.
''The deal went through General
Bingham did not know until he moved
into the house that ne cannot leave it
without gazing upon the immense statue
- General Mcclellan. father of the
nan who removed him from his job as
head Of the police in New York. The
statue is so situated that It can be seen
from every window in the Bingham resi-
derce-R
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
UnmuZZled Dogs.

To the Editor % The WASH gt3n Times
In August, 1893. the Commissioners Of
the District issued an order requiring
that al dogs running al large within
the District should for one year be muz-
zied- In Webster's Dictionary 7 find
the word s'rnuzzle'' defined as follows:
To bind the mouth OF OF 10 fasteu the
mouth OF so as TO prevent biting or
eating
The evident intent OF the order was
that dogs, rJlnning at large, should
wear a muzzIe, so as to prevent them
rom biting have a dog which, when
turned out 10 run, always has his uuz-
zle on, but when led on q leash line is
without his muzzle- This Is authorized
by the order Of August, 1903 often
see dogs running at large without any
muzzle. and when they attack a mUz-
zled dog the latter is at a disadvantage,
and cannot defend himself
I should say that one-haIf Of the dogs
running on the streets are not muz-
zled. These dogs should be taken up.
and II their owners can be found "a
heavy hue'- should be imposed on the
owner for his or her disregard Of the
order OF the Commissioners. I fail TO
see any good 20 be derived from a Iavs
or order Of It is not to be enforced IN
fact, It IS a farce TO pass a law or order
which Is not to be enforced
a DOG OWNER 80
The Washington times., 1910-12-19

Dr. lynch is making war generally
upon deleterious confections which are
making the rounds this season. He mad
about fifty Samples before him at the
District building this morning, brands
retailing from Z cents 10 81 a pound
Regulations provide that candles sold
N the District must contain no fn1u-
riOUs substances and an Investigation
shows that while there are some i'm
pUritfes on the market. washington
candy is pretty wen I'D 10 the standard.
In some OF the cheaper grades analysis
showed that glucose IL used instead Of
SUGAR. but glucose is no. particularly
harmful
DT. Lynch says that the main danger
In eating CANDY is that a person is likely
10 eat TCO much That appears to be
sound advice, but cOnfectiOners and
small boys sCCrn II.
That dealers are COmpl yflg with the
law regarding the sale Of candy by
weight Is shown by q report OF ". c
Haskell. Superintendent OF Weights and
Measures, submitted 20 the Commission
ers today
Inspectors have visited every con-
fectioner's store and candy market in
the District, according 20 Colonel Has
lzell, and discovered everywhere an ef-
fort on the part Of dealers 70 give full
weight
The vigilance Of the inspectors, how
ever will not be relaxed until after
the holidays.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
PROPOSED POLL ON RETIRE
MENT BILLS.

The Times again calls the attention
OF Government employees to the oues.
tion Of retirement legislation. As an
nouneed yesterday, The Times stand.
ready to conduct a poll of employees or
the various plans now under consider.
alton 1t viii furnish the opportunity
Tor employees to express their prefer.
ences if the employees want it.
For this purpose ballot is publish.
ed in The Times again today, and Gov
ernment employees are invited to ill IT
out and send it to the office of thi.
newspaper, indicating whether or not
they want the poll made.
II the number of requests for a pol
IS sufficient to indicate there is a gen
eral demand among employees for an
informal vote on retirement a poll viii
be conducted, like the recent poll on
the question of working hours. II
rests with the employees themselves "a
determine whether OF not they shall
vote
For the purpose of simplifying the
work of expressing their desires. it Is
suggested that employees cut ballots
from The Times, paste them on sheets
Of paper, and invite others to vote OF
the additional space thus provided
thereby permitting one ballot to record
the viii 6f a score or more employees.
The retirement plans being discussed
in Congress and among Government
employees include that for compulsory
savings, for straight pensions, for a
savings plan IN which the Government
shall be a contributor, and for the
substitute" scheme, by which an en-
plOye woul5 be retired at half of his
salary and a new employe taken in at
the other half
It is the purpose of The Times tc
give employees a chance TO vote on al
Of these propositions if a general de
msnd for a poll is indicated.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Public Schools Full
Of Santa Claus Spirit

Johnny, II you get two sticks OF
candy for Christmas ana Santa Claus
brings your sister three. how many VIII
you both haveZ''
That's the kind OF questions teachers
are asking in the arithmetic lessons
this week In their reading recita tions
they viii turn 10 fir trees ard misrletOe
chapters. and stories Of St Nicholas.
All through the primary grades teach
ers in the public schools have been IN
stTucted 10 make lessons apply 20 the
Xuletide season whenever possible SO
The, holiday exercises IN the lower grades
have already begun They viii conclude
with Christmas entertainments on
Thursday
Christmas trees occupy prominent
places in nearly every school room oc-
cmnied by the smaller children OF the
city. Many OF the pupils have remained
in the afternoons TO decorate their rooms
with holly and evergreen.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
You Forget My SO Years.
Is Reply of Aldrich

PROVIDENCE. R L, Dec 19--Sena-
tor Nelson W. Aldrich, It became known
today, IS uuequivocalIy opposed 70
any attempt 10 rename him for United
States SenatOrship. He has declared
positively that he could not consider
any attempt TO renOminate him in case
of a deadlock in the Legislature.
When the question was put TO him as
to whether there was any foundation
for the report that he would be asked
to run again II the Republicans should
become deadF0cked over the candidacies
Of Col Henry F. Lippitt and Judge lie
Baron b Colt. the Senator shook his
head emphatically.
NO, no." said he Il can't do that
You seem 10 lose sight of the fact that
I am sixty-nine years Old
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
THIS "RAFFLES" ADDS BLUM
DER TO CRIME

In addition to the humiliation of
discovery and the inconvenl lence of get
ting shot, the latest @Raffes" must
undergo the mental anguish Of con-
fnement in hospital in Passaic, y. J.
In preparing himself for his career
as a gentleman burglar Thomas Wind
lass appears to have cultivated his
gentility at the expense OF his dex-
terity. His finger nails were a study
in pink and his voice had the soft,
low tone, which Is an excellent thing
in gentlemen burglars. He succeeded
in enlisting the active aid Of an affn-
ity, who seems to be enjoying her
notoriety. She leads US 10 infer that
the burglarious capture Of her affee-
tiOns was about the most complete job
he ever pulled of, and IN his hour of
trial she steps out On the front page
and says: "Jfm was the eleanest and
smoothest man ever met"
With pre-Raphaelite love Of detail
she adds: q never heard him swear,
and he treated me as gentle and pretty
as any man ever treated 8 lady" The
chosen one Of so much perfection need
not have added that she would walk
through the front doors of hell for him
and never blink an eye"
There seems to be no danger that
she VIII even SINCE her pony coat, but
young ''Raffes" has aIreaoy had an
experience in making round trips to
Avernus which would mor5:fy the
pride of a real artist in burglary. Eight
Of his thirty years have been spent in
four institutions for the cure OF strab-
ismic msral vision The original Raj
fes7 would have died of chagrin OF
taken up work as a profession rather
than endure even a second discovery.
So Jim writes himself down as
not only a criminal, but a blunderer
Somebody should take the adoring
Jeanie out on the back stoop and tel
her that there are japanese artists
who can steal the sheet from under =
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
HOW MELVIN JOHNSON NE Z
HIS OPPORTUNITY.

Master Of human destinies am Il
Fame, love and fortune on my foo {
steps wait.
Cities and fields Il walk; penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and passing ~
HoveI and mart and palace-sOon or
late
I knock unbidden once at every gael
II sleeping. wake-if feastins, rise he
fore
I turn away. It is the hour Of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
MortaIs desire. anu conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned 20 failure. penury and woe
Seek me in vain and uselessly imPlore-
I answer not, and I return no more
BY no means least among the dra-
matte incidents Of the trial Of Hattie
lie Blanc, recently acquitted of the muir
der Of Clarence Fs Glover in WaItham,
Mass, was the sudden rise to fame of
her leading counsel, Melvin NJ John
son, whose closing argument is admit
ted to have been one of the most pow
erfuI pleas in the history Of modern
forensic oratory-
This was his first case His initial
appearance in the courtroom, toward
which young practitioners look with
trembling apprehension, brought with
it responsibility and opportunity, and
he measured up to the demands. In
his examination of witnesses, IN his
grasp of the finer points of the case,
he displayed a penetrating acuteness
and a mastery Of the rules OF evidence
which could have come only to the
born advocate who had supplemented
his mental equipment by hours Of
studious application
Throughout his student days and his
term as a briefiess barrister he had
been "toiling upward in the night" and
when opportunity, knocked he was
ready TO answer -+Adsum." With pa
tient skill he unwound the tangled
skein OF eireumstautiaI evidence which
had seemed to ensnare his client and
in his last argument presented his ar
ray of facts with a pathos and power
which brought tears from all who
heard him.
The verdict has given general salts
faction and all New England is ring
ing with the praises Of Melvin NJ
johnson. Few young lawyers have
ever been thrust so suddenly into the
Iinelight and fewer stiH have prepar-
ed themselves so well 10 meet oPPor-
tunity half way, It was the hour Of
fate" to which John J. Ingalls, alluded
IN his immortal sonnet.
By translating its wisdom into action
young Johnson has not only establish
ed his own fortune, but he has fur
nished an inspiring example to every
aspirant at the bar and, indeed, in
every other walk of life
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
Mail Bag Contributor Sug-
geSts Furnishing Bosses,
Not the Drivers.
Won STEUBEN STATUE
WARMLY DEFENDED
An Artist Declares There Can Re
Nothing Wrong In Real
Art.

To the Editor Of The Washington Tines:
Has not Washington a humane So
ciety2
One may walk along almost any street
in our town, and see drivers abusing
overloaded horses that are doing their
best on ul-kept streets. II our city
has humane society. and z has not
enough members, why not advertise for
ladies TO Join the society, charge q
small fee, and provide each member
with a badge.
ana II the driver who may be abusing
his horse should ignore OF insult any
member let her prefer charges 70 that
effect against him.
But arrest and punish all O7Eners Or
bosses mot drivers) Of overloaded horses
MRS COVINGTON.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19

state as clearly as possible their Opin-
ions, and ask the people to decide
which statement they favor. Then
platforms would mean more, and party
obligations would be more definite and
binding.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19
'Perambulating BarrOom'
Given Three Months

The police department or somebody
winzs at the sale Of liquor on Sunday
and blind tigers are run IN the open. %
said Judge Pugh this morning in sen
fencing Ezekiel Twyman, a perambu-
lating barroOm, TO three months i'm
pTisOnment in default OF 500 fine
The man was arrested in Kings court
yesterday morning By Policeman Beck
ley Three empty TASKS were found
upon him. and two women appeared this
morning in Police Court declaring that
they purchased liquor from him.
Although Policeman Beckley arrived
a. the Kings court house in time 10
stop one Of the Witnesses from pouring
the last bit Of one bottle Of evidence"
down her throat, and the policeman
dropped a second bottle OF evidence
IN the Police Court corridor this morn
Ing. the testimony was considered suf-
dcient for conviction.
The Washington times., 1910-12-19

sleeper without interrupting the snore,
that this Jim of hers is piSer and
that honest manhood is paying its
usual good dividends Her idols feet
are very cheap grade of pottery and
her Preseience in picking heroes isn't
as keen as good melodrama requires.