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The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Last Theatrical Season
Failure, Says Munsey's

The theatrical year which began last
August was enteted on with no little
trepidadon by the New York man.
ayers. Playhouses were too plentiful,
good plays were scarce, and competition
from other forms of amusement-auto-
mobiles, motion pictures, and the opera
was keen. And the outcome has justi-
fed the managers in their fears. Fall
ure followed failure, one of the most
prominent among the American pro-
ducers scoring as high as fifteen during
the season.
The New Theater did not escape.
Early in April, the beautiful house
fronting Central Park was abandoned
as being too large for its purposes and
too costly to maintain, and the institu-
ton will intermit it's New York per-
formances until another home is built,
on a smaller scale, in the Times Square,
district.-Matthew White, IT., In Num-
sey's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

ments with details of accessory circum-
stances that one 1t loath not to accept
his statements.
In this instance, he says (page 935):
Mrs. Madison had already been ap-
prised OF the danger. When the flight
of Congrove rockets caused the panic
stricken militia to fly, the President
sent messengers to inform her that the
defeat of the Americans and the cap
ture Of the city seemed to be prom
tsed, and to advise her to fly to place
Of safety. These messengers reached
her between and o'clock. Mrs. Mad
ison ordered her carriage. and sent
away in a wagon silver plate and other
valuables. to be deposited in the Bank
of Maryland. She anxiously waited for
her husband, and in the meantime took
measures for preserving the full-length
portrait of Washington, painted by Stu
mansion. Finding the process of un-
screwing the frame from the wall too
tedious for the exigency, she had 1t
broken in pieces, and the picture re-
moved with the 'stretcher' or light
frame on which the canvas was nailed,
This she did with her own hands. Just
as she had accomplished so much, two
gentlemen from New York, one of
whom was the now QS6O venerable
New Orleans banker. Jacob Barker, en-
on the floor The sounds OF approach
ing troops were heard. They might pc
the invaders, who would be delighted by
the possession of/so notable captive as
the beautiful wife of the President. 1t
was time for her to fly. Save that pic
turer she said to Mr.. Barker and MI
r. G. L. De Peyster. his companion:
Save that picture, if possible; II not
possible, destroy it; under no circum-
stances allow 1t to fall into the hands of
the Britishr Then, snatching up the
precious parchment. on which was writ
Ten the Declaration of Independence,
and the autographs of the signers,
which she had resolved to save also, she
hastened to the carriage with her Sis
ter CNirs. Cutts) and her husband, and
two servants, and was borne away to a
place of safety beyond the Potomac"
HISTORY.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

Chicago that value is estimated at
81, 300, 900. In Washington, it is esti-
mated at $3,OO0,O0O, AND THE COM
PANY is PAYING DIVIDENDS ON
IT!
Curiously enough, opposition to the
acceptance of Mr.. Bemis' recommenda-
tions for Chicago comes from council
men who are pledged to enact an ordi-
nance making the rate 20 cents. They
say they are afraid to vote for meas
ure making the rate IS cents, even if it
provides, for a reduction to 65 cents
within four years. Imagine, if you
can, serious opposition to gas bill in
Congress on the ground that the rate
is too high!
Mr.. Bemis' Chicago report is of pc
culiar interest in the District of Co.
lumbia. Out there the issue is whether
the rate shall be rs or 70 cents. Here
We are paying IS, and we imagine the
company has made wonderful conces-
sion in stubbornly yielding to the de-
mand for reduction by cutting the
price Is cents in 2 period of three
years.
How much longer is Congress going
to permit our tight little monopoly to
get away with this bluff Isn't it
about time to make prices here some
thing like decently proportional to the
real, bona fide investment in the prop.
erty used in the conduct of the com
pany's business for the publicH"
Rates fixed on such a basis would
make the present price of s5 cents
look like highway robbery.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
FOR THE LIBERALS
OVER THE LORDS.

1t seems certain now that the British
house of peers will accept the lords
veto bill of the government, without
making the effort to force another cleo
tion on the issue. The tory attitude
during the earlier part of the session
was that another general election ought
to be held on the issue. However un-
reasonable this demand, in view of the
fact that the last election fairly turned
on this very proposition, the tories
would doubtless have insisted on re-
jecting the veto bill if they had not
become convinced that another election
would merely increase the liberal
strength.
The armistice between parties,
agreed upon in anticipation of corona
ton, is ended. The manifestation of
national enthusiasm incident to the
coronation season misled somewhat the
tory leaders, who became afflicted with
the idea that there was in progress a
revulsion OF feeling in favor of the old
aristocratic order. They got the no
tion that if they should force a general
election soon after the coronation,
when the glories of the imperial and
aristocratic system were yet impressive
in the popular mind, they might
benefit.
To the contrary, in the brief period
since the coronation all the evidences
of popular sentiment have convinced
the conservatives that the country
stands as firmly as ever for the re-
striction of the lords power. Efforts
to complicate the home rule issue with
that of the lords veto, have failed;
they failed in the last campaign, and
are producing no effect now. The lords
are yielding, with such grace as they
can summon. They had hoped that
King George might do something to
save them, by refusing to create peers
at the demand of the government in
order to make up a liberal majority
in favor of the veto measure.
George, though far more the aristi-
crat than Edward, nevertheless has de-
clined to commit himself to such a
revolutionary doctrine. Had he re-
fused to create peers, the commons
might have retaliated by cutting off
his civil list; stopping the salary and
allowances of the King, in short, which
would have been highly calamitous.
His majesty decided not to risk it, and
the veto measure will be accepted by
the lords, with the intention, appar-
emily, of repeating it whenever the
conservatives come back to power. If
they make much noise about that plan
of repeal, it will decidedly postpone the
return of unionists to control. Britain
will not permit backward step, once
the peers have been shorn of their
power of paralysis.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
LOAN SHARK EXPERT DIS
CUSSES LOAN BILL.

The Washington Times is today pre-
senting a letter on the loan shark"
bill which ought to carry weight with
every member of Congress and with
every citizen of the District interested
in the enactment of legislation to re-
strict the outrageous interest rates
charged by local loan agencies. The
letter is from Arthur H. Ham, the agent
of the Russell Sage Foundation, who
has spent several years investigating
the loan shark evil" establishing
philanthropic loan agencies, and ad-
vancing the regulation of the small
loan business by obtaining legislation
in various States.
Mr.. Hams letter was written for
publication at the request of The
Times, which hopes that a word on
this subject from such an authoritative
source will aid materially in the pass
age of loan shark bill at this session.
Mr.. Ham was asked to express himself
especially on the question of interest
rates, giving Congress and the people
of Washington the benefit of his OBJ
servation and experience. He en-
phatically declares for a rate of 2 per
cent a month, and protests vigorously
against anything less. The following
extract from his letter, dealing with
the Washington bill, is particularly sig
nifcant, and should be given careful
consideration by members of Congress
and others who have felt that a rate
of . per cent a month is too high:
The support that has been uniformly
accorded the loan bill of the District of
Columbia by the press of Washington
and by the large numbers of civil and
social agencies and individuals who
have openly supported the bill ought to
convince doubling Congressman that the
bills adherents are not directly con-
cerned in the passage Of the law en-
except that they realize that in no other
way can borrowers be protected.
If the law does not allow a money
lender to do business honestly and at a
reasonable profit, 1t is practically GER
tain that in response to the great need
exact illegal interest, and in proportion
as the laws of the locality in which
they operate are drastic and unfair, the
rates of interest charged and the busi-
ness methods adopted will be corre-
spondingly exorbitant and unjust. In
the opinion of most students of this SUBJ
ject 1t will be a grave misfortune If the
District bill in its original form, allow
ing 2 per cent per month interest, is
not passed by Congress.
Mr. Ham speaks out of the fullness
of experience. He has probably had
more to do with solving the "loan
shark problem" than any other person
in the country. If Congress should
spend a year-and it has already spent
two-investigating loan agencies and
striving to construct a model loan bill,
it could not improve on Mr.. Hams sug-
gestions. The crux of the problem is
that agencies where small loans may be
negotiated are a necessity. They
should not-and cannot-be abolished
They should be regulated, to the end
that they may live and that the unfor-
tunate person who has to patronize
them may do SO without being robbed.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Head of House District
Committee Is Ill

While the investigation Of District af-
fairs and the approval Of proposed leg
islation is halted, Chairman johnson,
of the House District Committee, is
confined to his room by a slight indis-
position. Mr.. Johnson has not been at
his office for several days.
Mainly because Of the absence of a
quorum, the District Committee has
been rather inactive since the beginning
of the extra session, and its meetings
have been few and far between. Those
interested hope Chairman Johnson s
illness may prove Of short duration, in
order that the District body may get
down to work.
In the meanwhile. Prof Mayes, the
special accountant brought from Spring.
field, KY, to aid in the investigation
is compiling data for the use of the
committee when it resumes operations.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
WHEN A MAN IS HIS OWN
RIVAL.

Just take that Ty Cobb, for instance.
One would think he would be afraid of
his own past achievements every time
he walked up to a new morning. Hav-
ing sustained himself on the foughten
field throughout another grilling day,
he might easily lie awake half the
night wondering if there wasn't an
element of luck in his success, even as
it is written by a number of people
who discount skill and determination.
And yet day after day, and month
after month, even year after year, the
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
It's Like Being Thrust
From Home, They
Say.
COMPLAINT MADE y
OF NEW QUARTERS
Advantages at Carnegie Institu-
ton Not the Same, 1t
Is AverreG.

TT is like being thrust out from
home" fhe blind people of the District
say, about their library being removed
from the Congressional Library to the
Carnegie Library. I'VE had our books
and music and our friends there for
fourteen years. Then we were part, q
small part, but a component, of a great
people, enjoying a national institution.
Now We feel that we are exiled, cut of
from other Americans. We are just
blind persons"
That was only a portion Of the rea-
sons the blind peopre of the District
named for their opposition to the re-
moval Of their books and music from
the Congressional Library to the Car
negie Library. They had reasons that
were more disinterested. They told
their reasons to The Times through
representatives today.
They narrated, first of all, that a
reading room for the blind was opened
and successfully established in the Con-
gressional Library in 1897. Miss Eta
Josselyn Giffin inaugurated the work,
with which she has ever since been
identified. She was placed In charge of
the room, and was made an assistant
librarian. according to the general policy
Of John Russell Young. then librarian
Of Congress, who made the chiefs of
the bureaus of the library assistant
librarians
First Large Library
Of Kind in the Country.
A library for the blind was main
tanned by a New York church, but the
one in the Congressional Library
was the first large library of the kind
in the United States. Mr. Young
took an instant and unceasing inter-
est In 1t. Miss Gifhn had had no spe-
cial training for instruction OF the
blind: but since her childhood the
sightless had held her sympathy, and
her work in kindergarten helped her
TO win the success that has marked
her administration of the reading
room and her management of the con-
comitant activities that have made
II so valuable.
Mr.. Young and Miss Giffin at once
recognized the advantage of having
the reading room for the blind in the
Library of Congress. 1t not only slim
ulated the blind themselves with a
pleasurable sense of patriotism and
Of sharingg the national life. but 1t Of
forded to visitors from all parts Of the
country an example of what could be
done for those who forever were in
utter darkness, yet might have Joy
from the lamps of truth and beauty
kindled within by the mystic charms
OF men and women who set down in
books the wonders of the world of the
sun and the moon and the stars. The
foresight was a true one. More than
eighty libraries for the blind have
been founded in the United States
since that time.
The presence of the reading room in
the Libray OF Congress was an inspira-
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Retailers to Give
Banquet Next Fall

A banquet IN celebration Of the nrst
anniversary of the formation Of the
Retail Merchants Association Is to be
held in the fall This decision was
reached at a meeting Of the board Of
governors at the rooms of he Chamber
of Commerce yesterday afternoon.
Prominent speakers and officers of
merchants associations in other cities
will be invited to attend, and It is the
intention of the association to make the
anair one OF tne IdIsest sdIneTlnss OF
tails will be arranged at q later meet
ing. The association will Immediately
form a credit and collection bureau.
The committee, of which Gerson Nord-
linger is chairman, was authorized to
commence work upon the bureau at
once. A motion to this effect, made by
Alfred Mayer and seconded by W. w.
Norman, was carried unanimously.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Spanish War Veterans
Invited to Camp Fire

Gen. Henry w. Lawton Camp. No. 4
United Spanish War Veterans, has is
sued an invitation to all the camps
in the department of the District Of
Columbia to attend a campfire to be
given at Eagles Hall, Sixth and z
streets northwest, Tuesday. July II, at
7:0 p. m.
The committee on entertainment con-
sists of DIR. s. c. Cox, chairman; Sher-
idan Ferree, s. L. Lamb, B. D. Ricken-
backer, Peter J. Duffy, Emil Walter.
and Edwin N. Lawton.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
HOW THE DECLARATION
WAS SAVED FROM BRITISH

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In one of your recent numbers ap-
peared- a statement that the State De-
partment had just discovered that the
Declaration of Independence was saved
by an officer or >employe of the Depart
ish hands after the battle of Bladena
burg.
As a mere matter of curiosity, let me
invite your attention to passage
Lossing's Field Book of the War of
1872. II is true, Bossing Is not his
torian, and frequently degenerates into
q mere patriotic ronnancer, but on the
other hand. he often backs his state
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Flynn Leaves Estate of
Seyenty-fve thousand

The will of Prof. S. w. Flynn, making
his wife the sole beneficiary and exc
cutrix, has been filed for probate. The
estate is valued at $4,000, comprising
mostly real estate and bonds. Under
the provisions of the will, no bond or in
ventory is -squired of Mrs. Flynn. At
torney Wilton ]. Lambert IS named
execlItor.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Fined Ten Dollars for
Selling Watered Milk

A fine of SO for selling watered milk
was imposed on George H. Bayliss in
police Court today. Pure Food In
spector Maurice H. Lanman was the
complaining witness. The fine was i'm
posed for the sale Of a pint of alleged
watered milk to Grace Thomas this
morning.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
French Warship Afre.

TOULON, France. July S.-The big
French battleship Brennus caught fire
while In dock today and before the
flames could be extinguished the bow
and forward part of the vessel were
badly damaged. The magazine was
flooded to prevent an explosion.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Amusements.

colunbla-Columbia Players IN What
Happened to Jones" 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
osmosSContinuous vaudeville. to II
chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and mu-
sic by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-Dancing and music
by Dy sgS sgPSarSIMidWay attractions
Arcade-Motion pictures. bowling. and
River View-Dancing and other amuse-
ments: boat leaves Seventh street
wharf 70 a. m, and D. IN.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing.
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily except
Monday, a. m; Saturday, ESQ o. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Macal-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
a, m; 2:30 ard 6:45 p. m. daily. Stops
made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf for forty-mile trip on the Po-
tomac. p. N.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
In the Mai Bag X

Readers The invited
ownto write freely and frankly with
Objectionable
however,
side of
will
EDITOR
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

They are putting a lot of things on
ice at the White House. Yesterday the
Cabinet got a taste of the joys of the
official refngerating plant.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
What's S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column)
Concert by the United States Marine
Band, White House grounds. $50 p. m.
7 q. o. F.. business. tonight.
Meeting of Champion Council, No. 15,
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, 623 Louisiana avenue
northwest, tonight.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

Morgan Shuster. of Washington and
Teheran, is showing his financial acu-
men still further by securing his as
sistants from this country.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

The moonlight excursions have re-
Gently been enlivened by the extra at
traction OF a moon.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

And now General Wood and a large
party OF friends are going to Panama.
1t looks as though the isthmus were
becoming a summer resort
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

Lightning struck a shoe factory over
in Alexandria. The principal damage
consisted IN inspiring the local wits to
remark that not a sole was injured.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
JUNE CIRCULATION.
Total Tor month. h...-.........''....'.' A0ro' -
Daily average for month............ bl'S1S

The net total circulation Of The Wash.
ington Times daily during the month OF
June was ll65, 769, all copies left over ana
returned being eliminated. This NUMBER,
when divided by 26, the number Of days OF
publication. shows the net daily average for
June to have been 1881.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

A few more storms like that and we
shall have to celebrate Arbor Day In
between times
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

If that donkey and elephant are to
race from New York to Washington,
why not have Champ Clark's Missouri
mules meet them at the District line?
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Sunday,

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF June was as follows:
June 4............ IS O02l June lS..-........ 41n
June l1........... E055lJune 25........... 1851
Total for month. nth........................ 1SS,545
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Concert Today
By the o. S. Marine Band, ae
the White House, at $50 P. NJ.
WILLIAM H. SANTELMANN,
Leader.

PROGRAM
March, 1.-The Fre-Fighters" Mueller
Overture. Bohemian Girl. .. .Balfe
valse Petite, "Ciribiribin" .Pestalozza
Solo for saxophone. Norma"
Belline
CMusfcfan August Pfeger.)
Prelude and Siciliana from "CavaI-
leria Rusticana" .Mascagni
Waltz, Girls OF Baden" go. .Komzak
Humoresque Fantasia, THE Merry
Widow. Arr. Lampe
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

books were. and their music, and their
friends. 1t is a strange thing to many
that, though the blind cannot see, they
love light; they sense it. A blind person,
instinctively. perhaps, looks upward.
They sense beauties around them, too.
The number that has been visiting the
reading room at the Library on the Hill
is approximately rs. They love its
beauties as If they saw them.
The Library on the Hill offered this
advantage, too: that books could be
sent TO the blind from that place by
messenger. At the Carnegie Library
they have to be called for by the blind
or their friends
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Sunday average for month. .....

The net total circulate. :: The Washington
Times Sunday during the the month Of June
vas l66, Sl9, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by 4. the number Of Sundays
during June, shows the net Sunday average
for June TO have been Il, ,7o5.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08
Books Removed
On Putnam's Request.

Herbert Putnam, Librarian Of Con-
gress. had the books and music of the
blind removed to the Carnegie Library
last autumn. Mr.. Putnam is now out
the city, but his report to Congress
stated:
The services of the reading room for
the blind consist OF the following:
Il. The supply Of books and period
!Cals in raised characters, both for ref
erence use and for home use within the
District
20. The supply Of information regard
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

Washington again has cause to be
proud of her women. Six of them have
successfully passed the District bar ex-
animation, and only six took the exam.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

y genial party of EIks are also to
take a flying trip to Atlantic City, but
it is dollars to doughnuts that none of
them VT. follow the Atwood example
of getting almost drowned in the
water"
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

DR.. Wiley has shown courage many
times. but his valor becomes positively
heroic in its proportions when he be-
gins organizing a crusade against Lady
Nicotine.
The Washington times., 1911-07-08

Entered at the Postofice at Washington,
=. C. ms second-class matter.