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The Washington times., 1910-03-02
TIME FOR ACTION FOR PLAY.
GROUNDS.

BY a process that looks very much
like jockeying the provision made in the
District appropriation bill for the main
tenance Of the Fairgrounds was prac-
tically stricken ont by the House and
Senate eonferees. The merits of the
proposition were not considered in the
final analysis. 1t was simply a differ
ence of opinion between the members of
the two houses as to how the money
should be paid-a mere technical
bubble
The time has passed for an academic
or legal discussion of Fairgrounds. The
city has them. They are of untold bene-
fit They help cure some of the ills
that result from poverty, disease, and
improper living. 1t is also entirely
aside from the question that these in
stitutions, heretofore administered and
controlled entirely at the mercy of a
fuctuating subscription list, have and
always viii be a public expense They
should be a public expense. The public
should spare no expense to make them
more wholesome, more up-to-date, and
more useful from year to year.
The question now before the people
Of the District and Congress alike is
how these things are to be paid for
not where the money is to eventually
come from. Are you prepared to give
Up valuable time from your business to
listen to the arguments of an eloquent
playground solicitor for funds, and
then 90 down in your pocket for the
necessary amount required Of you, as
you have in the past, Mr.. Merchant, Mr.
Lawyer, Mr.. Public Servant? Are you
prepared to lay aside your work and
90 out in the street to solicit funds for
The Fairgrounds as you have in the
past?
No?
Then get quick action from Congress
There is still time. There is yet hope
of getting the insignificant sum asked
of Congress, which Congress promised
10 give, DuL Won I because Lne NeIaLf
thinks, in effect, the bills should come
out of the Treasury vaults stacked
fun length and the House Is of the
opinion they should be folded ovel
once. Go to the member of Congress,
you know best O. call him up on the
telephone the number is Main 3I2O-
or write to him, and say that you want
the playground provision restored tc
the District appropriation bill as it was
in the bill before it went TO conference
Ten him why. Tell him the money
will come out Of the public purse event
ually; that it is as legitimate a charge
against the treasury of the people a:
the schools, the courts, and the police
that it is as necessary as the work
house, the jail, and the hospitals.
DO TT NOW. Tomorrow Will be toc
late.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
THE HAT PIN AND THE HAT
THEY ARE INSTITUTIONS.

And why not the hat pin? The fishes
of the sea-of which, by the way. there
are some good ones yet uncaugat, the
poets say-have their fins The birds
Of the air have their talons and their
dangerous beaks The ROSTERS of the
yerd strut about, cocks of the walk,
with their menacing weapons glistening
from their Marian sakles And even
man, infinitely little yet moiI'I in a
m'ghtier form, is given, in sundry local
tiles, surreptitiously to the totiug of a
pistol. The Chicago women 50 depose.
But Alderman BauIer-felicitously de-
nolainated-"I am going to teach the
women of Chicago urt they must stop
wearing pins a foot and a half long
Last night the Chicago board OF al
dermen, so the press dispatches tell IA,
took up and delibarated upon: Are
wOmen's long hat pins, which menace
the noses, eyes, and faces of other
people, a public nuisance 2"
What matter if they are a public
nuisance? Has that got anything to do
with it? No one but a man would
ever have framed such a query, and no
body but one composed entirely of men
would ever have seriously considered it.
No wonder, the sufragette.
Ought women, despite the danger of
hat pins, be allowed TO wear them for
self protection ?" was the next question
considered; and that is more like it.
"A hat pin is a woman's weapon of
defense" deposeth the chief witness for
those of fair pIumage, I always feel
safe going home at night with hat
pin available. Before leaving a street
car always get hat pin ready in my
hand until am safe within the door of
my home. Many a time 1t has proved
its need. Thousands of other women
can speak from their experience of how
a stout hat pin has been an effective
defense in time of danger"
Why, certainly. 1t keeps men at a
safe distance. A foot and half long,
Fshaw! The longer the better. These
are Chicago women, you know.
But this is not all In church as well
as in state, on this selfsame day
woman, lovely woman, is warred
against, and shafts of irreverence ale
hurled at her ornate and devoted head
from The very pulpit itself, now in
Pennsylvania, in the town of Berwick
Before the camp of the P. o. S. of A.
too. Think of it! The Rev. Burrell:
''The nihilist and anarchist is the ex-
IRENE perversion of mistaken idea Of
personal liberty. The Merry Widow
hat is a lesser example, when its wear
ing interferes with the rights Of others
as some of last years style did"
That preacher-weH we cannot think
of any name bad enough for him unless
we call him a socialist Rights OF
others indeed! Who. pray, has any
rights in the presence Of one of these?
But to be serious, these big hats have
their proper uses, apart from that Of
adornment, even as the hat pins, as a
part of the system of defensive as well
as offensive warfare, in street cars and
other crowded places. Do you know
why a cat has whiskers?
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
In the Mail Bag

The Times viii accept for DubIi-
cation In its Mall Bag columns,
sAOrt, vigorous letters on questions
of public interest. II cannot un-
dertake TO publish letters exceed
ing ESQ words, AID reserves the
right rigidIy to cOndense cOmmu-
nieatiOns which are of greater
length. Letters must contain the
name and address Of the writer,
but these will not be published II
request TO that effect is made.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Box Parties
At the National.

4 large and enthusiastic audience
flled the New National Theater yester-
day afternoon 10 see Miss Maud Allan
do her classic dances.
Mrs l. L Letter occupied a box,
having with her the Naval Attache Of
the French Embassy and VIscountess
Benoist day. Lieut.. Col Charles L
McCawley. Z. s. NJ C., and Mrs. No
Cawley AIrs. Herbert Wadsworth. A
Piatt Andrew, and Mr.. de Thai. Of the
Russian Embassy.
Mrs. Robert Hit. who entertained a
party IN the adjoining box. had as her
guests Miss Katherine Eltins, Miss
Katherine Brown, Oden HOrtsmann. and
William Hit
MIS-. Mclean. who also was a box
holder, had with her her house guest
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant and Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence Townsend
In another box were Mr. and Mrs
Clarence Moore and M and Mrs. Wood
bury Blair.
Among those IN the audience were the
Secretary OF the Navy and Afrs. Meyer,
Representative and Mrs LOngwCrth.
Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. NiCOll Ludlow. Mrs.
James Mcmillan. Mrs. Vrooman, Mrs.
Randall Hagner, Mrs pepew, Ms.
Barney, Mrs Robson, Miss carol New
berry. Mrs. I. It. Mann. Miss Hickey,
Mrs. Nicholas Anderson. Mrs. SttlsOn
Hutchins. Miss Foraker. the Military
Artache OF the British Embassy, Lieu
tenant Colonel James, Mr. and Mrs
Reid Lewis. Miss Mary Schroeder.
Prince Koudacheff. Of the Russian EN-
bassy: Miss Catharine BrittOn, Mrs.
Victor Kaufman. Mrs Raymond Pllson,
Miss Marguerite PllsOn. G. r SimpIins,
and Mr. Horstmann. of the German En-
baSSy.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Mrs. Bowers
Entertains Informally.

EntertaLns informally.
Mrs. Bowers. wife Of the Solicitor
General, entertained Informally al tea
yesterday afternoon in compliment 70
her house guests. Mrs. Edgar L. Lewis
and Miss Isabel Clark. Of Detroit.
Mrs. James Harlan. Mrs. Fremont
Smith. Mrs William Corcoran Hi, and
Miss Williams assisted Mrs. Brown in
receiving her guests and dispensing the
Inequalities OF the afternoon
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The Secretary Of war and Ms. Dick
inson were the hOnor guests OF Senator
du Pout and his daughter, Mrs. Crown
inshield az beautifully appointed dinner
last evening
Mrs. George ". Fairchild. wife Of
Representative FairChLd. has been
obliged 20 withdraw the invitations for
the luncheon she was 70 have given to-
Mrs Sherman. on account OF the illness
OF her son
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Roosevelt had a
small party dining with them Informally
last evening.
Miss Ethel Robson has gone 10
Philadelphia and New York 70 spend
several weeks. visiting relatives.
Miss Margaretta synons. daughter Of
Col and Mrs Thomas w Symons, viii
leave Washington in few days for
short stay IN New YORK
Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers. who has
fust returned 20 Washington from a
visit in Kentucky win leave for New
York within a few days
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin s Minor were
among those entertaining parties trrf0r-
mally AZ dinner last evening.
Col. and Mrs. John r. Williams were
hosts at a dinner last evening IN com
pliment TO Brig Gen and Mrs. Arthur
Murray. who sail shortly for Panama
Senator Dupont was host al a dinner
party last evening in honor OF the Sec
rotary Of War and Mrs. Dickinson
Miss Eta Kadden. who has been visit
ing friends in Washington. has returned
TO her home in Baltimore
Nr and Mrs. L ETOnenb berger, Of en-
cinnati. Ohio, are the guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. David Sanger.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Vice President
And Mrs Sherman EnteTtalned.

The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were the honor guests of Senator and
Mrs. EIkins At dinner last evening
Among others in the company were
cen. and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant.
Senator and Mrs. owen. Senator and
Mrs. Flint. former Senator and Mrs
DRYDEN. Senator kean and Miss Kean,
former Senator Davis, Ms. John B.
Henderson. Senator Branoigee, Mrs
PfUing. Senator GallinEer, and Mrs
[lc0l Iud--.,.. Mr.. and Mrs Ten Eyck
Wendell. Rear admiral and Mrs. Rich
ardson clover, and Judge and Mrs. Day
ton, Of West Virginia
Senator and Mrs GUggenheim had
dining with chem last evening the Sec
retary Of the Treasury and Ms Mac
Vearh. the Swedish Minister and Nine.
de Iagercrantz, the Swiss Minister and
Nine. Ritter, the Charge q affalres OF
Turkey, A. Rustem Bey; Henri Martin,
Of the Swiss legation, N SIS Cameron.
Miss BoardmaB. Senator and Mrs
Hughes, and Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer
StiefeI. Of New York.
Mrs. Sheridan has leased her house on
sheridan circle 20 Benjamin s. Gable,
Assistant Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor. Accompanied BY her daughters.
the Misses Sheridan, she Will sail early
in June for a years stay abroad
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont Hosts
At Luncheon in New House TODAY
AT Homes in Society

Mrs Dolliver. wife Of Senator Dol
liven will receive from 8 to O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. She VIII have with
her her house guests, Mrs LOOMS and
Miss LOOMS, OF Fort Dodge. Iowa
Mrs. Charles D. WalcOtt VIII not re-
ceive this afteTnc5a, owing 10 her ao-
sence from the city.
Mrs. Charles II. Fishbaugh and Mrs
Paul Whitney Fishbaugh VIII not re-
ceive Thursdays. March 3 and 10. owing
10 the absence Of the latter from the
CITY, but they win be az home infor-
mally on Thursdays. March i, q. and
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Mrs. Orme Hostess
For Miss BradfieId

Mrs. James ". Orme was hostess al
luncheon yesterday in honor Of Miss
Elizabeth BradheId- Invited 70 meet
Miss Bradheld were Mrs. Livingston
Browning, Mrs. II. J. Yauchler. Mrs
Bradheld, Mrs. William Browning, Mrs.
Blackstone, Mrs. John y. Popham. Miss
Elsie Blackstone, Miss Anna Browning.
and Mrs James ". Ornne, 81
Miss Bradfeid IS leaving WASHINGTON
shortly for Shanghai. China. where her
marriage 70 the Rev. Robert Evans
Browning, formerly secretary 20 Bishop
Satterlee, now professor Of theology at
St Johns University. Shanghai. will
take place on her arrival
Mrs. Ira Davenport, who has been
spending a few days IN Washington. has
returned 20 her home IN New York
Mr.. and Mrs. s. h vangerzrift and
Miss Alice Vsndergrift left WashinCton
this afternoon for = brief trip 70 New
York.
Mrs. Joseph Crawford and Miss CaryI
Crawford are spending a few weeks at
Atlantic City
Lieutenant Won Brueuing, OF the Ger
man embassy stan. who is spending
several weeks in Mexico. where he Is
also accredited. viii return 10 Wash
ingtOn about april !.
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The Netherlands Minister and Nine.
Loudon have returned 10 Washington
from a brief sOjOurn in New York
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The japanese Ambassador and Baron
ess Uchida entertained al dinner last
evening the French Ambassador and
Nine Jusserand, M Justice and Mrs.
Holmes. REPRESENTATIVE and Mrs.
Weeks. Represent1rive Andrew Peters.
( the Solicitor General and Mrs. Bowers,
the Second Assistant Secretary OF State.
Mr.. Adee; the Military Attache Of the
I British Embassy and the Hon Mrs
James. the Naval Attache Of the Aus
TRAN Embassy and Baroness PTeuEChen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph. Mrs. Townsend,
( Mrs. Barney, Miss Patten, the first sec
rotary OF the American embassy IN
Japan. Montgomery Schuyler the cOun-
selor OF the japanese embassy. M
Hanihara1 and Mr.. Takahashi. OF the
embassy stan.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
CHINESE TO SEE TAFT.

SAN FRANCISCO, March ITO carry
their grievances directly 10 President
Taft and Congress, the Chinese Of San
Francisco have sent two representatives
20 Washington 10 voice their country
laws enforced at this port
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
GLADSTONE HONORED.

LONDON. March 2-On his appoint
menu as first governor general OF British
South Africa. the title Of visCOunt IS 10
he conferred on Herbert Gladstone, son
OF the premier who twice refused a
peerage.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Miss Harriet DAILY and
Count Anton Sigray
Honor Guests.
Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dickinson Entertained
at Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont were
hosts at luncheon today, al their
handsome new residence. IN honor Of Miss
Harriet DAILY, Of New York. and Count
Anton Sigray, Of Austria
Miss DAILY and Count Sigray, who arr
to be married IN New York on Tues
day. March g. arrived in Washing
ton last evening Miss DAILY is the
guest for a few days Of the Misses
Cameron, daughters OF Sir RodericB
Cameron. Count STRAY Is a guest al
the Albany
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Baltimore boasts Of being able 20 man
ufactUre cheaper than any place I'm the
country. What the public would like 20
know is how can so many cities manage
to make and sell gas cor so much less2
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Representative Hen -y's bill 20 make
certain trust officers fvgitives from jus
tice merely reminds us Of how long the
trusts have been chasing the public.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
Mrs. Edward Foote
Is At the Highlands.

Mrs. Edward Foote. Of Beacon street,
Boston, has taken an apartment at the
Highlands for the spring. Mrs Foote
IS well known in Was aIngton, where she
has frequently visited her son-in-Iaw
and daughter, Mr.. end Mrs. Ten Eyck
Wendell.
Miss Madge Levy. Of Elizabeth. ". j..
is the guest Of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
MCGOWAN.
The Misses Mellon have gone 10 St
Augustine, Fla, for several weeks.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Winfield Scott
Schley viii arrive IN Washington this
afternoon from 81 Augustine, Fla,
where they have been for The last few
weeks.
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The Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs.
Ballinger have dinner cards out for
Thursday evening, March a
VfEcOuntess Benoist day, wife OF the
French naval aItache. has returned 20
Washington from a ten days visit IN
Canada
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

The news that New Jersey is turning
against the trusts suggests TO the pOpu-
lar mind that trusts aie the things that
put New Jersey on The map.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

on top Of the charge that some Of the
cruisers OF the navy can't cruise, comes
the additional charge that some Of the
navy's doctors couldn't recognize small
pox. There does seem 20 be room for
naval reforms, after ALL
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Although the growth Of the chewing
gum industry IS interesting, the public
might like 70 know ho7y TO check the
chewing the rag habit
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

a Western State has law that hotel
bed sheets must b. nine feet long.
Sounds as If they made UP the beds
out there for girs-G-e
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
PROGRAM.

PART /
String orchestra
March-"Georgetown University
Lent
Overture-'Fra Diavolo'' .-.-.-.- Auber
Ca) Dance du Vauderville-"The
No) Caprice du vauderviIe-~The
Proposal ------.-.---..-..-.--- Miller
Flute Concerto in D, with string
Quintet------.---- -----.--------. PCpp
Sergeant Michael Richter.)
PART II.
PotpourrI-''Bouquet Of Melodies"
NIeyrelles
Ia Royal Tonbour en- Vivandiere
from ''Bal Costume" .Rubinstein
Co Toreador Et Andalouse from
BAL Costume" .----.---- Rubinstein
Gems from the comic opera, Red
Hussar." Paul Jones, Poor
Jonathan
March-'Tve Cot Rings On Ny
Fingers' '------.-.--------.------ Scott
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Haney's comet viii run into the earth
without producing any appreciabIe ef-
feet. and Congress has run into March
with the same result
The Washington times., 1910-03-02
What's on the Program
Tonight In Washington

Housewarming. Neighborhood House,
ass and 40 n street southwest 3 to
1880 p. m
Annual banquet, Vaughn Class Of Cal
vary Baptist Church Sunday school,
Eighth and II streets. p. IN.
Lecture by Prof Maria l. Sanford,
..The Art of OratoIy," Washington
Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma
Park, 7:SO p. m.
Confederate bazaar, old Masonic Tenn
ple, Ninth ard Z streets.
American Pharmaceutical Association
National College Of Pharmacy. sos
street northwest, s p. m.
Theaters-
Nsrtonal-''Iittle Memo, SIS D. m.
Relasco-Andrew Mack. in the Prince
of Bohemia, $50 p. m.
COlumbia-"A Gentleman From Dlissis-
siopi," S.15 p IL
chase s-Polite vaudeville, Sis o. m.
Casino-CoutinuOus vaudeville.
vceum-'Tiser Lilies S:l5 p. IN.
Svety-'Follies Of New York and
Paris" S:l5 D. m.
Academy-"S Elmo SIC 2. m.
Maiestic-Afotion pictuI Is and vaude-
Vile, 7 TO II D. m.
Masonic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pictures
go TO 1880 p. m.
The Arcade-Midway and other attrac-
CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments In
this column. Phone or write announce.
ments-9
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

The Kentucky chorister who had been
in service sixty years when he died had
certainly earned his promotion to the
choir invisible.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Dispatches announce that Colonel
Roosevelt was "fatigUed" on Sunday
He must have killed those three Glands
with his fists.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

A Western State has a law that hotel
bed sheets must b. nine feet long.
Sounds as If they made up the beds
out there for girSd-e
Haneys comet VIII run into the earth
without producing any appreciabIe ef-
feet. and Congress has run into March
with the same result
The Kentucky chorister who had been
in service sixty years when he died had
certainly earned his promotion to the
choir invisible
Dispatches announce that Colonel
Roosevelt was ''faugued' on Sunday
He must have killed those three Glands
with his fists.
The melancholy days are near, OF
which the poets sing when the highball
meets the mothbau at the baiting-hoUse
of spring.
Judging merely by past performances.
we are willing 10 net that Theodore
Roosevelt doesn't catch the deadly jun
gle fever.
It is getting so that all highwaymen
who have any professional pride al all
accomplish their hold-ups in broad day
light
The tidewater States are likely 70 lose
a Congressional district or two when
Secretary Meyers mighty DreadnoughJ
is launched
Anyway. Prof Moore knows more
about foods and forests than he did
about snOwstOrms on Inauguration day.
The proposed closed season Of ter
years for seals would help some
toward diminishing the cost of living.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

The tidewater States are likely 70 lose
a Congressional district or two when
Secretary Meyers mighty DreadnoughJ
is launched
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

The melancholy days are near, OF
which the poets sing when the highball
meets the mothbau at the clearinghouse
of snring.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

II is getting so that all highwaymen
who have any professional pride at all
accomplish their hold-ups in broad day
LIGHT
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Judging merely by past performances.
we are willing TO net that Theodore
Roosevelt doesn't catch the deadly jun
gle fever
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

Anyway. Prof. Moore knows more
about foods and forests than he did
about snOwstOrms on inauguration day.
The Washington times., 1910-03-02

The proposed closed season Of ten
years for seals would help some
toward diminishing the cost Of living.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-01
In Little Old New York
BY NORMAN.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-On the
stage or off, Valeska Suratt's cos
tunes certainly make folks stare.
She wore some odd creations in
1.-THE Belle of the Boulevards" and
1.-THE Girl With the Whooping
Cough" but the rig in which she
strolled up Broadway the other
evening put it all over any Of her
stage buds.
Valeska came from the Casino
theater at 39th street and walked
northward as far as Churchill
restaurant, at .7th street. Those
eight blocks were marked by a
continuous array of rubbernecks
in Valeska's trail.
Valeska wore black and white
satin gown. The design was al
teranating stripes, about six inch
es wide. When the gown hung
straight the broad stripes ran up
and down. But as Valeska gait
cred up the trailing skirt and
draped 1t around her with the
end hanging over her arm, she
looked like nothing in the world
but a large animated barber
pole.
Chas. Miller of Brooklyn Is a
relative of John D. Rockefeller,
and is not pleased over it.
Miller keeps a little station
cry store in the basement of an
old Gates avenue house. His IA
Their. VIM. e. Miller, died few
days ago, at the age of II. Re-
porters who called asked Miller If
1T was true that his father was re-
lated to the oil magnate.
YES" he replied, but If you
must print hat, please do me the
favor to explain that 1t was very
distant relationship. That kinship
cost my father thousands of dol
lars, and it probably will cost me
thousands more.
when John D. was muck
raked' a few years ago, friends
and neighbors of ours got sore
at us Just because we were rela-
tives of his They would point
to our store and say, There's
Rockefeller's cousin We were
virtually boycotted by people who
did not like the ways in which
Rockefeller accumulated his for
tune, and took it out on us be-
cause we were relatives of his.
1t did no good for us to explain
that we were very distant rela-
tives and had nothing to do with
the Rockefeller family"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-01
SHIP PAyMASTER
ARRESTED FOR
ENLIGHTENMENT

SEATTLE, Aug. Wv. J. Gar
rity, clerk for the paymaster of the
cruiser Philadelphia, who dramati-
cally exclaimed I'm robbed" when
he opened the ship safe the other
day, has been arrested for embez-
element of the funds. He has
been living high, secret service
men say. He married a Bremen
ton girl three years ago.
Paymaster e. j. Wilton is re-
sponsible for the funds, and he
will be tried for neglect of duty.