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The Washington times., 1911-12-18
ENGLISH VISITOR PLEADS
IN BEHALF OF HORSE

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
When in the train coming from
Washington to this plsce-Miami-I
bought a copy of your paper for the
18th inst, and there saw a letter
headed skeletons In Harness" In 1t
iting your beautiful city who would
look aghast at the horses m It's
streets. AS one of those strangers.
write to say that he has judged us
rightly. Not In y ashin IggGs,, .Giy have
works of bones covered with skin that
I have seen working. when they ought
t. have been either Eut out OF life, or
sent to long rest cure. Il VIII be q
stay with me through the remainder
of life.
And even worse than the uaderfeei-
ing and overworking of your horses
to by the CHECK rein" We arc sin
ners enough In that matter In Eng
land. but We rarely let Il be used on
animal Not only does the rein run.
ming along the neck hold that up and
make IT ache. but It pulls upward
se sss fns :sa that
seen In this land. with heads strained
back and mouths foaming and open.
every line speaking OF the suffering
Can nothing be done for these pa
tient animals whose whole life Is de-
manded by us for our service? You
have a Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals; can II do nothing
Your women are active In every good
work, and have great power In this
land; can they do a better thing than
work for the dumb defenseless horses
OF their country? You are a people
active and energetic in all ways, and
to us. strangers more than kind and
hospitable;. add. pray. to your vir-
tic care OF your horses, and save the
coming visitors to your cities the pain
that will always have to be suffered
about them by
ONE ENGLIsHwoMAN.
Miami, Fla ----T
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
ANOTHER RECRUIT TO THE
PENSION POLICY.

The American Sugar Refining Com
pany officials will submit to the stock
holders at their next meeting plan
to inaugurate pensions for employees.
The company will provide all the
money from earnings, requiring no
contributions from the employees.
Employees are retirable at sixty five
years of age, either at their own mo-
tion or the company's option. Pensions
will run from $40 per month TO 5000
year. The company has about $500
employees.
Let's see about this. The Sugar trust
is widely conceded to have been bad
lot. 1t is now under prosecution by
the Government. .
Yet it is adopting modern, q.
lightened system of assuring the con
fort of employees in old age. \
That is more than the Government,
does which is prosecuting it.
The Beef trust is bad enough to b,
prosecuted by the Government, but il
has just been adopting similar pension
plans for its workers.
The Government that prosecutes i
persistently refuses to adopt such hu
name measures. -..-
J The Steel Corporation is bad enoug
to be prosecuted, yet it has been
, leader in the establishment of retire
ment and pension systems.
! The Government that prosecutes
, makes no such move.
/ The Harvester Company has a highl
organized and efficient system fG
) pensioning and retirement. 1t hs
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
THE ITCH FOR SELF.CoNFES.
SION.

an BoiuB 10 haAc Iho Aori"eI
bunch pay me enough money to keep
mo all my life, and if they don't I'll
make it hot for Lorimer," said Legis-
lator Charles A. White to . st. Louis
telephone operator, according to her
testimony before the Lorimer investi-
eating committee.
Also, he confided that he was dad
man." had two notches on his gun,
displayed pistol which he was keeping
"for the Lorimer crowd" and boasted
of the influential friends who would
keep him out of trouble.
All Of which may or may not be
relevant or important as the more sub
stantive testimony shapes itself. 1t
merely goes to demonstrate the
mania which man has for con.
fession and .exaggeration even to
his own hurt. And strangely enough
the confdants selected are al.
most without exception strangers in
public or quasi-public positions; the
very people who, in the necessity of
something to gossip about, are most
likely to lose no time in repeating
with their lips every scrap of interest
that goes into their ears. What init.
mate life stories are not poured over
the tables of the manicures! What
recitals are the lonely police not re-
galed with as they walk their beats at
night! With what utter lack of re-
serve is the hotel clerk not trusted
and who will write The romance OF
what the barkeeper spends his days in
listening to! Much of all this is, OF
course, the idle invention, the empty
Boosting, in what is phrased as "hot
air." But much of it is solemn, il
disgraceful, truth. The man with Sc
crets to hide seems impelled to scatter
them abroad with the first girl who
smiles, to the first man whose business
makes him auditor in ordinary to the
public. s..
1t is perhaps as we'll that these
secrets are kept as closely as they
miraculously are. Days spent in lis
tening to unlimited intimacies and con
fessions create an ennui that is almos
deaf. It is only when the clap comes
from somewhere else that these peopl
awake, refurbish their memories ant
then begin to talk themselves. Blu
whether it be an Orchard or Nc
Manigal, or a mere CRATER, or tn
taker or giver of bride flashing hi
N roll with knowing wink, the safet,
J of the public and respect for its insti
! buttons are enforced in the degree the.
, tre by the itch which the interest o
Silence irresistibly feels to open it
I mouth.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
COMBINE DISCUSSIONS
10 USEFUL TOPICS

To the Editsr Of THE TIMES:
Would It not be more betting Il we
used the valuable space The Times has
20 kindly contributed to topics Of more
interest, such as questions Of the day
man race, ia needs and conditioner
Much good could be derived there
from. A Westerner Visiting here--in
fact one. of the convention members--
remarked: This city IL q disgrace to
here fwenty-four hours" said he, "and
am ready TO leave"
Let US talk and write more to better
conditions instead of long drawn out
arguments l.. w. w.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
Farmer, Fifty-six,
WedS Girl Sixteen

CARLISLE. Pa. Dec. Is. William A.
Farmer. prosperous farmer. residing
near MELVILLE, obtained a license hcie
and married Miss May Ankabrandt, OF
Springville. For the past year the
bride has been Mr.. farmers house
keeper.
Miss Ankabrandt said her age was
eighteen when the marriage license WIS
issued, and Farmer declared he was
fifty-six Years lid; His first wife died
in 1850 The wedding ceremony was
performed by the Rev. DIR. George ".
D.nenderfer.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
Small Fighting Craft
Men Neglected, Is Plea

WILMINGTON. Del, Dec. 1s.-In a
letter received from Paul ]. McIllheney,
first boatswain's mate on the torpedo
boat destroyer Trippe, a plea is made
for comfort bags for the men on tor
pedo boats and destroyers. Such vessels
he says are named after men and not
cities and States. and in consequence
they are forgotten SO far as comfort
bags are concerned.
These useful articles usually are fur
nished the crew of the big warships by
the women's clubs when silver services
are presented to such craft. He also
states that letters written by mothers
to some mothers boy would be greatly
appreciated.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

NAVY.
Rear Admiral C. J. BADGER, detached
as commander. second division, Unit
ed States Atlantic feet: to duty as
aid for inspections, Navy Depart
ment. Washington. ID. C.
Rear Admiral C. MGR. WINSLOw, de-
tached Naval war College. Newport.
y l.: to .iuty as commander. second
division, United States Atlantic feet.
"a board Louisiana.
Captain ]. e. CRAVEN, detached COM
mand New Jersey: continue treat
ment Naval Hospital, Boston. Mass.
Captain f. w. KELLOGG. detached
command Maine: TO command New
Ensign k. HERON. detached castino;
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
DR.. WILEY ON COST OF LIv-
ING PROBLEMS.

Dr. Wiley is going to talk tomorrow,
at the Carnegie Library, about some
practical methods of keeping down the
aspiring cost of living. He will speak
under the auspices of the Civil Service
Council, an organization which has
been trying, in q modest way, to de-
velop a system of cooperation by
which its members might get some
benefit of this kind.
DR.. Wiley will discuss especially the
problem of getting, in quality and
quantity, the value of ones money
when buying. He has come to be the
best national authority on this and
related matters that are involved in.
timately with the whole question of
advancing living costs. The notion
that the producer and the consumer
are too far apart, and that the steps
between them are taken at altogether
too great cost, is q pet one with the doc
tor, and he has good deal of infor-
nation that is worth while.
Everybody is thinking about this
same question, in some of it's aspects.
The Civil Service Council is merely
one form which this universal interest
has taken. This body has undertaken
the highly practical business of buy
ing meats, butter, and other staples in
wholesale lots and giving them to
consumers at the lowest price possible,
based on the purpose to eliminate
profits for distribution. 1t has effect
ed some economies; but it has had an
experience, too, which is worthy Of
note.
Buying at wholesale was not found
difficult. Hams, bacon, and the like
were brought from Pittsburgh. con.
tract for butter was made with q Min.
nesota creamery. The terms seemed
certain to result in considerable saw
ings.
Provided the people would do theiI
own delivering: would come to a cen
trail supply depot and get their goods
They wouldn't do it. They didn't
The association had to establish de
livery system, and this Immediately
Topped off a large part of the appar
emily possible saving. liza
1t seems to be piece of the uni
versal experience with American city
dwellers. The old days of the tri
weekly trip to market are over. TIL
telephone is the medium for ordering
the retailer must deliver. The lady o
the house finds time to parade F stree
with chatelaine bag on her arm; blu
to 60 to the market or the co-opera
tive supply depot with a market baske
on her arm-poohl that's quite an
other thing and quite impossible.
The cost of living is likely to remain
high until we are bit more earnes
about bringing it down again. Blu
meanwhile the efforts of such bodie
as the Civil Service Council, tn
studies of men like Wiley, the expert
ments of Mayor Shank in Indianapoli
ALI these are illuminating and Gel
tain to help in reaching, some time,
better condition.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Decatur. at Shanghai;
Patuxent, Potomac, at Key West !;
Mohawk at Norfolk; Utah at Pensa.
cola; Uncas at Manzanillo; st. Louis
Piscatauqua at Cavite.
Sailed-Glacier from San Francisco for
Honolulu; Idaho from Philadelphia
for Delaware Breakwater: Arethusa
from Charleston for Hampton Roads:
South Dakota from Hilo for Honolu-
lu; Nero from Valparaiso for Pana-
ma; Cincinnati from Yokohoma for
Shanghai.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
New Hampshire Farmers
Attend Grange Meeting

MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 1S,-
Progressive Warmers from all sections OF
the state arrived in Manchester today
to take part IN the thirty-eighth alnuai
meeting Of the New Hampshire State
Grange. The regular business al the
meeting win be taken up Tomorrow
morning, and win conclude with the In
stallation OF officers next Thursday.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
Wants Heald'S Job.

DOVER, Del. Dec. 1&-Former Sec
re,ary of State Joseph J.. Cahall. a
Sussex county Republican leader, sas
come out as a candidate for Congress-
man tn succsed Mr.. Heald. Just Low
the Sussex ReDu5licsns win acce.i this
is not known. Mr.. f'aha.i and DR..
Caleb r.. Layton. another Republican
leader, haze engaged IN several bitter
controversies.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

no difference, II II has to account for
both. This would be Colorado's view,
as that, OF the city Of Washington or Of
would have them do unto YOU. That is
tho golden rule,
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

70 works Moran Brothers Company,
Seattle. Wash.
Assistant Naval Constructor J. REED
n, to navy yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
CHIEF Gunner d, HEPBURN, detached
Naval Torpedo station. Newport, r.
L; to Naval Station. Guantanamo,
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
LETTERS TO THE TINES MAIL BAG


0 tn
Meconent o
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

In Washington address, Victor Ber-
ger predicts fifty socialists in Congress.
30 much for considering ones self a
host.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

It's already too late to ''shop early.
but there Is still an obvious sort of wis.
dom In shopping before 1t Ia too late
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
MONDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1911.

1t begins to look as though Congress-
man Sulzer were to be inoculated with
small dose Of peace virus.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

Puppy dogs are cited by Louis D.
Brandeis as the cause Of social unrest
Why overlook Teddy bears?
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
Concert Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band.
Stanley Hall at $3.50 e'Clsek.
JOHN S. M. ZIMMERMAN.
DirectOr.

JOHN s. M. ZIMMERMANN,
Director.
PROGRAM.
March. THE Victor"....,..... Pryor
Overture, Mariana. .,...... Wallace
lIabanera. Mexican Kisses Roberts
GRIND Selection from Ballet Ex-
ceisior ........,...............M arenco
song, "Creole Sue" (requesp. Davis
Fantasia. Songs Of Germany"
Tobam
FINALE, "Blennerhassett'. ......Arnold
''The star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

Bethany Chapel can breathe freely
once more. For rental of SO a year,
the Government has consented to permit
the chapel to continue using the ground
upon which 1t stands,
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
What's on tie Program IN
WASHINGTON Today

Tho following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Potomac'
No. s: B. B. French. No. Is; Anacos .
Pleasant. No. 50. Royal and Select
Masters-washington Council No. I.
knights Templar-Orient, No. 5. Mys-
tic Shrine-Almas Temple. regular.
Easter, so,,nwsns ~ ton.
viii meet, tonight: Lodges-Covenant.
No. Is; Beacon, No. Is; Excelsior, No.
II, and I1angdon. No. 20. business;
Union. No. II. decree work. RsoSka af,
pesrss.Naomi Lodge. No. l. election
The following Knights of Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Equal. No. IL;
nomination.; Amaranth. No. e. and
Beginning Of tournament Of the Capital
City Chess and Checker Club.
Conference in the reading room for the
blind. Public Library. Mt. Vernon
1s ssHaTs " E; ID the Bonnie pr,ar
spoon, before the Mems Class Of the
Waugh NJ. e. Church. 9 p. m:
Address before the Mems CLUB OF the
Reception to the Rev. Father Joseph
r. MCGEE, in the parish hall Of the
shrine Of the Sacred Heart, 7:S p. m.
Nations" by Mrs. Clara B. Colby,
Lecture on public health, by DR.. Elnora
C. Folkmar, the Summer School, 2
Meeting OF the members Of the Column
bia Country Club. the New Willard.
Monthly meeting of the Monday Even
ing Club, Y. NJ c. A. building, p. m.
department Of the Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington. administration
building, Sixteenth and p streets, 2
p. m. to $50 p. m.
Meeting of the banquet committee of
the jackson Day committee, the Ra-
Concert by the United States Marine
Band, United States Marine Barracks,
Monthly meeting of the East Washing
ton Citizens Association, East WASH
ington Hall, 314 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. p. m.
Meeting OF the Takoma Park Citizens
Association, library building, Fifth and
|, Cedar streets. p. m.
Amusements.
Belasco-Raising the Maine pictures,
2:l5 and S:15 p. m.
Threads" S:15 p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:l5 and s:1t
Imniperial-vaudeviile, 2:l5 and s:l5 p. m.
Casino-Vaudeville, 1880 to and 1880 Ia
1880 p. m.
Cosmos vaudeville.
Gayety-"The Ginger Girls" 2:l5 and
Lyceum-"Girls of the Jardin de Pals, y
2:15 and Sis p. m.
Notwithstanding. dancing. bowling.
Convention Hall-Skating. .r
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

The Boy Scouts are in fever of ex-
pectancy over the announcement that
Sir Baden-Powell. the biggest Boy
Scout of them all. is to be here in Feb
ruary and make them a speech.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18
ARMY.
NAVY.

Major GEORGE lie r. IRWIN. quar-,
termaster, Habana, Cuba, this city.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times (sunday) during the month OF Novem-
bef was 1888. all copies left over and re-
turned by agents being eliminated. This
number, when divided BY I, the number Of
Sunday average for November to have been
Entered at the Postoffcs at washington
d. C.. a. second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

once more. For rental of $l0 q year,
the Government has consented to permit
the chapel to continue using the ground
upon which it stands.
The Boy Scouts are in a fever of ex-
pectancy over the announcement that
Sir Baden-Powell,' the biggest Boy
Scout of them all. is to be here in Feb
ruary and make them a speech.
Proposed dismissals Of census clerks
on account of the proposed reduction
In the appropriation asked, show how
the most experienced enumerators can
not always be able to count on job.
The Indications are that the dance to
be given by the Alexandria Elks on
Wednesday evening will be worthy of
4 the reputation of that genial and gen.
erous body of the Best People On Earth.
The banquet Of the Letter Carriers
Association. to be held coincident with
the annual meeting in January will be
enjoyable in a notable degree from the
fact that they will be rested up by
that time from their Christmas labors.
Members of the former congregation
Of the Rev. John Reid Shannon at
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church will be glad to learn Of his
acceptance of a lectureship in the Bos-
ton University School Of Theology.
When the Columbia Turnverein turns
loose on the folk-songs Of the Father
land one wonders where the tintinabu-
lation of a shallow ragtime finds its ex-
Tn he
Henckel argues for more characteristic
American songs.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science, when II meets
in Washington next week, will discuss
scientific questions In such a way, We
are told, that even the layman car
understand them. Indeed, It Is expect
Cd that some of the scientists will speal
~ II they understood these questions
themselves.
After nearly fourteen years the bodis
of sailors lost in the disaster to tn
Maine will be brought to the ,Unitet
States for burial with full naval hon
ors. Delayed as this duty has been
1t is matter OF satisfaction that the re
cent investigation has removed the las
doubt that the victims of the Main
explosion were martyrs to the time
and not to chance or accident.
George NJ. Rommef. chief OF the ami
NAL husbandry division OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture. has written
pamphlet on a plan for breeding NOR
light draft horses for the army. Eve
since the civil war the supply of horse
that would be available for the arm
In case of war has been diminishing
and should an emergency arise the Gov
eminent would face serious problem
= Mr. RommePs plan is a logical solutio
OF the problem, and should be give
serlous consideration
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

ne number OF complete and perfect, copies
lnl the month q November Maa n foliaNa.

f ctal Tor the month.. ............... LIZ 81
The net total circulation OF The washington
Times daily during the month Of November
wos LIN ,6bl. all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. 1 This number, when d.
vided BY - the number OF days Of publica-
uon, shows the net daily average for No
vember TO have been taSTl
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

Proposed dismissals of census clerks
on account Of the proposed reduction
IN the appropriation asked, show how
the most experienced enumerators can
not always be able to count on a Job.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

The banquet Of the Letter Carriers
Association, to be held coincident with
the annual meeting in January will be
enjoyable in a notable degree from the
fact that they will be rested up by
that time from their Christmas labors.
The Washington times., 1911-12-18

The Indications are that the dance to
be given by the Alexandria Elks on
Wednesday evening will be worthy of
the reputation of that genial and gen.
erous body of the Best People On Earth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-22
LARGE FACTOR IN
GROWTH OF CITY
PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE CITY SHOWN By Ex-
PE-RIENCE OF GORDON
,ts..sses.. ,~
METAL COMPANY.

In all departments of Richmonds
activity there Is a vigorous growth
and development, indicative OF the
stability of the foundation on which
the prosperity OF the city rests. and
the many and varied industries were
never in q. more Aourishirg condition.
The metal industry has an important
representative In the GordQn Metal
Company, which has been establish
ed In business since 1887, the present
company having b*en INCORPORATED in
1897. The executive orffcers are: j.
w. Gordon. president: Frank w.
Brown. yice-president and treasurer
and Howard Gordon, secretary They
are dealers In sheet metal and bar
iron, and do an extensive business
through the South and Southwest
The equipment Of the company for
the convenient handling OF their large
and growing business IL most COM
plete in every particular. Their plant
ON South Fourteenth street, near
Dock street, Is a large modern, Are
proof concrete building. two stories
in heiEhth, and has a floor space Of
10000 square feet. Roofing material
Of every description IL handled and
they are one of the leading houses in
the line In the South. Their ware
house has q capacity of 27.o0o.00o
pounds. which t. equal to 7S0 car
leads. Among ths many articles hkn-s
died are roofing tip, ~ gfA6sn: Fsef.
- .Suhhee 1oeq1 Ueantea - ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-22
OvERTAkE COUPLE
AFTER LONG CHASE
RELATIVES OF HEIRESS BRIDE
OF CHAUFFEUR PERSUADE
HER TO RETURN HOME.

WINCHESTER. VA. April ga
Owen Frank Monahan, formerly
Chauffeur Of the Hambleton family. Of
Baltimore. recently an automobile me-
chanic in a public garage, whose mar
riags to Miss Margaretta D. Hamble-
ton In that city Thursday produced
q sensation in society. came with his
heiress bride in an automobile to Win
chester. Their whereabouts was re-
vealed in a telegram sent to Baltimore
relatives who reached here about
midnight by automobile.
Monahan and hts bride were found
at Winchester Inn. and after consulta-
.sen with, As,, a.sss!!, - Mrs John =.
Symington. she was persuaded to re-
turn home. Monahan and his bride
occupied the first automobile and Mrs.
Symington and two male friends Of
the family followed directly behind.
During the excitement incident to the
midnight surprise. Monahan got on
the wrong road in the northern sub
urbs OF Winchester. While driving
his machine at terrific speed In total
darkness early Friday morning they
ran into a barbed wire fence. almost
going over = high embankment He
managed, however, to bring the ma
chine to q standstill on the edge OF
q hill, and the second machine was
stopped a few feet behind. The elop-
ers and those who had pursued them
were In the greatest confusion for
some time, not knowing where to go.
but finally they found the road lead
ing to Baltimore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-22

the victim. Polly OF the circus'' is
pretty appealing story Of hearts OF
the tried -and-found-true type, until
the circus happens into It. Then In
the last fifteen minutes 1t tapers of
into a commonplace little show piece.
in which Polly is sacrificed to scenery
and drama to twinkling lights. 1t Is
TO the credit of Margaret Mayo's play
that there should be some disappoint-
ment when Polly all but fades away
and the circus moves forward. If
the first two acts did not make her
dear to the audience. no one would
care hurrah what became OF her
she might return to the lot and for
get all about the young parson who
had spent a year teaching her how
TO become darling in simple white
frock and how to live a different and
happier life than she had ever known
as an equestrtenne. Then when she
develops a charming pathetic little
character and in spite of all common
places of the stage and the most or
binary situations of the heart drama,
keeps an audience wondering whether
1t should be ashamed of its tender
heart or proud to cry with her and
for her.