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The Washington times., 1911-10-15
WIZICK MYSTERY UNSOLVED,
DR. TINDALL is PUZZLED
Had Talks With Former President Theodore Roosevelt
Unable Able
Explain Next Sunday.

Say, but I've had a nervous week
over that Wisick," sighed DR.. Tindall
to The Times man this morning. "You
remember told you last Sunday about
fellow cabling mo from Manila that
he'd sent me a wizick and how ia sat
UP till church time that morning try
Ing to find out what a wizick was and
couldn't.
We'll, I started in Monday to find out
sure enough; headed, OF course, straight
for the Congressional Library, where
they've got all the knowledge OF the
nation canned UP, and I said to Major
Huntington there:
Lemme see your latest work on
Wixicks.'
On who?' asked the major.
ITS not 'Who;" it's a what"
replied. Any old book will do
"Hc went of and dug in thefiles,
and. then he came back and said, with
q hown, I'll have to get our savongs
on that and he sent back in the mys-
terious parts and dug up Lawrence
Washington and Ed Wiley and Charlie
Coleman from dark and mysterious cor
ncrs.
These are our savongs.' said the
major. proudly. II they don't know it,
1t isn't so,' and then he put US OF In
room. and I put the question to
them, What is q wizick?
Say, but that was an interesting con-
versation to listen to II you could tell
what they were talking about.
Called It Hard Names.
Why, a Wizick Is not real Wizick.
but merely an invertsbrate plantigrade,
said Ed Riley, to start things. IT 10
just decadent form Of the canularian
dydroid off the carboniferous epoch.
He said It like 1t was Just ns easy, and
then he went back to editing the proof
sheets Of his book on Popular Govern
rent In Washington
"I cannot at all subscribe to those
views hotly replied Lawrence Wash
ington.
The Wizick is true wizick, though
OF an amorphous type, and It IL not a
plantigrade, but a vertebrate gastropod.
Furthermore, II is polycacophoAous and
belongs to the great family Of Coleop-
terra"
swell. that talk sort Of staggered
me. Here I'd been calculating on put
ting that Wizick in the hen coop or
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
ROYAL ORDER IOoOa.
Be GIVEN MASONSQ
OF SCOTTISH RITE
Notable Masonic Ceremonies
to Occur During the
Coming Week.

With Scottish Rite Masons represent
ing every section Of the Southern Juris-
diction Of the United States already in
Washington to attend the biennial ses-
sion Of the supreme council Of the or
der, which opens at the temple in Third
street northwest tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. the sessions promise to be
the most interesting ones from q Ma
sonic standpoint, held here in years.
A majority OF the twenty members
constituting the supreme council have
reached the city. Scores of other Ma
sons of the Scottish Rite order, who
are not connected with the council, also
are here, and will remain in the city
until after the cornerstone of the mil
lion-dollar temple to be erected at Six
teenth and 8 streets northwest wednes-
day. is laid.
At the opening session tomorrow
morning all Masons OF the fourteenth
degree and above will be admitted.
After that session none but thirty
third degree members Of the order will
be granted admission, owing to the large
attendance from throughout the coun-
try.
The Royal Order Of Scotland will con-
fer the degree Of that order on q class
of more than 100 candidates tomorrow
night. None but thirty-second degree
Masons are eligible for membership in
this order. The annual banquet Of the
order will take place at Rauscher's
Tuesday night.
BY far the most important event OF
the session Of the supreme council this
year will be the laying Of the corner
stone of the new temple. Prominent
officials Of the Government, as we'll AZ
the best known Masons in America,
will be present and will participate in
the exercises. The ceremonies will be
in charge Of Grand Master of Masons
J. Claude KEEPER. The constituent
lodges Of the District have been direct
ed to assemble at 1880 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon and to march from the
new Masonic Temple to the Sixteenth
and 8 street site.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
THE DIRECT METHOD OF Elk.
POSING CRIME.

There are two schools of detective
investigation. One of them is more or
less subtle and has Lad its finest ex.
emplars in Edgar Allan Poe, Conan
Doyle, and Vidocq. The deductions are
sometimes very clever, and if things
happened in real life as. they do in the
books in question the deductions would
be cleverer still.
But there is still another school
which believes in going straight to the
point. A part of the machinery of 1t
is to confront a supposed murderer
with the corpse and accuse him of the
crime. Or else to catch him red handed
with the instrument of death on his
person. Or even to take an advan.
tageous position and watch him forge,
pilfer, or commit mayhem, as the case
may. be.
They have been having something of
State fair down in old Richmond on
the Jeems, and quite few fakirs and
con men were among those present.
The aggregation would not have been
complete without the deaf and dumb
beggar whose deafness and dumbness
existed only for revenue. He blew into
police headquarters and wrote out a
touching little appeal to be allowed
to beg by means of his placard for
enough money "to 60 to school," what
ever that may mean.
He was about to get what he wanted
when the leariest Hawkshaw of the de.
tective department happened to come
in. Intuitively he seemed to scent the
fact that the man before him was not
as voiceless in his woe as he might
have been, 80 the cruel detective de-
liberately stepped on his toes.
Those who were able to remain in
the vicinity until the outburst was
over declare that there proceeded from
the deaf mute stream of imprecation
and profanity which was marvellous to
contemplate. They declared it strange
tudC any hah With SuCu u RIC OF
speech should have arbitrarily chosen
to make living by pretending to be
a deaf mute. On the lecture platform
he would have been able to earn q
princely income, instead of peripateting
about the country as deaf and dumb.
Of course he was sent to prison
where he was allowed to mediate for
a time upon the blessings of speech
before he was given solemn warning
to leave the Virginia State Fair on
the south side going north. And yet
it was a very simple expedient which
the detective sergeant had adopted to
discover whether the deaf mute could
talk or not.
The moral of it all isn't as broad
as one of the tales from the Panchatan-
ira, but at any rate the State Fair
was thereafter free from that particu-
lar sort of fakir, and it is hoped that
the incident as whole may have the
proper effect upon those who weave
the tangled web of deception.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
DISAGREES WITH HARRIES
ON TRANSFER ISSUE
To the Editor OF THE TIME:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Will you please permit me to say that
It Ill becomes Gen. George Hurah Har-
ries to consign his erstwhile fellow citi-
gems to the Home for the Feeble
Minded, because they difrer with him
on the question Of universal transfers.
Why do So again I ask, and permit
George, himself, to escape. To this end
permit me to address the doughty gen.
eral.
When the largest engineering firm in
this country" finds what Washington
has handed them. the honors will be
with your engineering problerus. dear
george, and some one among aus will
take another fall out OF you. It is to
A MEEK AND LowLr CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
Unlighted Whaleboat
Cause of Collision

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Oct. H.
Friday nights collision in the bay,
which cost the life Of one naval musi-
clan, and imperiled thirty-eight others.
was due to the fact that the whaleboat
in which the navy men were. carried
no lights.
Statements this morning Of the men
who escaped from the wrecked boat,
eXonerates the crew of the launch
Virginia. They declare the whaleboat
was not equipped with running lights
because the navy boys believed they
would reach the cruiser California, to
which they were returning, before night
dent Taft, however. sent them home
after nightfall.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

word. Now, you haven't got any con.
typewriter behind this boulder YOU gS
down rSs, there and poke around and see
Then the long-distance connection
was suddenly cut on. Tho operator told
me the Colonel had thought he was
taiking With reporter In disguise; and
quit IN disgust when he found 1t was
the District of Columbia.
r But did get a nice little talk about
Mizicks from Seton Ernest Seton
thompson Seton" the doctor went on.
the u nsnc, snow hss t,, the whole thing in
goes and spends week-ends with the
pears In the wildwood, and all that.
This is what he wrote me:
uSWnsn the conscious intelligence,
verssl unity offers itself TO the benefi:
cent influences Of Mother Nature, she
speaks In language 30 multifariously
versatile that the heart "a lifted into
snow 2 drsnsSendental sSe,,e MT sphere. That's all !
That wasn't much" laconically COM
mented The Times man.
on, Il was a good deal for Seton
Ernest seton. etc.," explained DR.. TIN
books II you want to see how much
less than that he can say about his
Taft to Keep Watch.
1T occurred to me then" continued
the doctor, that the President, wan
dering about in strange lands, might
help me out, SO I communicated with
him. He replied he would keep a sharp
lookout and write me the very nrst
time he saw any wizick on his menu
card.
Then, finally, I wired the faculties
Of Harvard and Yale, thinking those
great seats Of learning might shed some
light on the Wizick question, but they
both replied reproachfully that I ough,
to know they had no time to spare until
after Thanksgiving. when the football
season ended. The dean Of Princeton
refused to consider the problem until
could inform him whether wizicks ad-
vocated the nomination Of Woodrow
Wilson.
80 you see." concluded the doctor,
I've sounded every source and am still
In the dark as to what and why Is a
Wizick. I learned today, however, that
the Manchuria, with my Wizick aboard
arrives In San Francisco on Wednesda y
next. The agent there has promised 70
telegraph me at once full details OF
the wizick, so that next Sunday I can
fully satisfy curiosity on the subject"
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
Funeral of H. B. Brown.

The funeral Of Harrison Bradley
Brown. who died in Emergency hospital
Friday night. where he was taken from
a theater. after an attack of cerebral
hemorrhage. win be held at the charej
OF Oak Hill cemetery tomorrow after
noon at s o'clock. the Rev. J. M. Ster-
rett officiating
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

maybe in q soap bod down cellar. but
Lawrence Washington's talk about its
belonging to some big family like
esss sess tSs kin To-
Washington OF any man alive. and
knows all about those old families--.
II made me think that Wixick might
t0~s %suiSn in q Be- an content Win sny
lara. sna md Rssins boy q s' val. Sfw ON WIT. Il
Cd whats ~ rsun al that st.r1ss Tssnr whisper
oh. II. Just means It's some sort
Of a bug he replied, and felt res
well. the savonss threshed II over
syllable part OF speech. and not worth
their serious attention Then they
'RH w.os e'%s va. .wsS sysS
"BSt the next morning I had an In
remember coionei Roosevelt, who
used to live here3 Had q house up
Just beyond the Treasury. I recalled
that he was acknowledged by himself
the nor. sna fauna sf iSSsnessy tSs saantry En
political and otherwise. 30 I got him
over the long distance phone, and
1skSe Winisk him If he knew what was a
Acuuy AlueQ u WlzlCk.
why. OF course. know what q
Wizick is.' he cheerily answered. 4
warmed my hands In the smoking
blood of the first wixick that was
ever seen by the eye Of man--and I
was that man! I've got his dying
gurgle in my trunk now. It was q
beautiful morning when set out from
Wingwango with my faithful kitmat-
khars. AS / made my way down the
nullah. seeking to gain the arroyo AZ
the far end of the psamab-I can't
help talking in native terms, you
know---one Of my chapprassees point
ed to the chaparral. t.
""There's q Chamoydra hiding in
there!' he whispered. shudderinE With
fear. I seized my trusty typewriter
from the nearest kitmatkhar. thrust
handful OF copy paper home, and
stealthily approached the chaparral.
most exciting moment Of my life.
beckoned a tall kitmatkhar.
I've got contract with a maga-
zine to write UP this trip at a dollar A
word. l whispered in his ear There's
something stirring down there, and II
may have a peevish disposition, and,
we'll, I'd hate to disappoint those pub.
fishers, not to mention the dollar a
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
Injured by Gas.

Suffering from the effects of escaping
gas from stove which she had acct
dentally turned on, Miss Annie Capron.
sixty years old. of 1904 M street north
west, today was taken to Emergency
Hospital. She will recover.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

to be completed or on which work Is
about to begin will cost s4s4,ooo. and will
furnish accommodZ Ztions for more than q
thousand additional children. t
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

fool does not always remain a fool.
.-.-.- DANIEL e. WILSON.
| Randle Highlands, ID, O
The Washington times., 1911-10-15
sEPTEMnCR CIRCULATION.
ta. Daily.

Il .fsf ~ - ---- #.
Thd net total circulation Of The washing.
4mbsr was /. N, "a, ali copies left over and
Stufned being eliminated. This number
ynen divided byS1, the number Of days of
xuOiioation, shown the net, daily average for
yeptember to have been ", III.
tsseptember, I'M, Includes sf0s extra pa
lers sold on Labor Day and sssSs extra
l4pcrs (Beattie verdicO sold on September g.
YeductinF these figures. the average net cir
S0laston for September Is shown to have been
~ Sunday.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
n The Washington Times printed Sundays
Curing the month Of September was as fol-
pws: -
L................ls.s1 | 81, ,sl2
..........:...... .29s I A...............n,s ,sSs
Total for tim month. >. .204, as
Sunday tverage for the month. 1,24S
The net total circulation Of The washin stor
FINES Sunday duSing the mouth OF Septein-
yer wa iS6.600. al copies left over and re-
y1rneds BY agents being eliminated. This
ttmber. when divided BY I. the number OF
eundayS during September, shows the net
3unday avsragp for September to have been
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
~ G., az second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

Columbus appears to be growing in
popularity; and the, indications are
etrong that Discovery Day will. vet
De made . national holiday,
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

Henry Xander's comment upon Isaac
sans request for more lights OF
Geventh street was Goethe and TX,
Cans say .Mehr licht.'"
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

II REQUIRES real activity in real estate
transactions to break a record here in
Washington, but such was the case last
week
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

A Hood Of condolences has come to
fhe family Of the late Justice. Harlan,
Ind It is evident that he was held in
the warmest esteem by the people all
over the country. @
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

The keen interest Of Washington
fans In the worlds baseball series is
3ust . faint indication Of what might
happen II this city should land a PEN
nAnt-winning team.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

The burglar who was captured In a
Massachusetts avenue home by means
Of bis reflection in a mirror will prob
ably do q little rejecting on his own
Hccount before he makes such an at
tempt again.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

William KNOWLES Cooper, general Sec
tetary Of the Young Mems Christian
association, Is making some able ad-
dresses during his visit to Chicago and
other cities of the West.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

The marlksrnen from the high schools
Of Washington showed a highs degree
Of skill during their tests on the range
et WinthHop. This argues well for our
citizen soldiers OF the future. -
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

4 Members Of the Washington Hebrew
fongreEation now know that when they
tuiidS their new temple 1t will be upon
D Sufficiently large plan to provide for
; long future growth.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

/ The death of Tetence lCramer at the
Age Of niaesy-two is. another instance of
longevity 10 the District. He lived
through q period which covered some of
the most remarkable developments of
the world.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

The number Of complete and perfect copies
n The Washington Times printed Sundays
Curing the month Of September was as fol-
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

The work of providing accommodation
for the additional school children In the
District Is being rushed forward with all
possible speed. Those buildings about
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

This is the second Sunday on which
the National Museum has been opened
70 the public. Several new exhibits
have been installed, and the indications
IRE that again there will be thousands
u4 visitors.
The Washington times., 1911-10-15

Expressions Of sympathy for George
o. Watson. cashier of the Nations.
Metropolitan Bank, on account of the
Death Of his wife, are numerous. Mrs
Watson was very active in the church
Affairs Of Anacostia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-11
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

The shampoo lady was speaking OF a
period of nervous breakdown which she
underwent few years ago
What caused it?' l asked.
We'll, you know" said the shampoo
lady, Il would try to do so much and got
overtired- I was foolish. I know. and
there, thought 1 had to have hand In
everything, and of course, ended by not
being able to do ANYTHING
A few days after this, we happened to
be speaking of the shampoo lady and
some one mentioned a time when she had
brought herself to the verge of insanity
by taking care of her mother who was
an invalid for years.
Inquiry proved that this was the same
breakdown which she had ascribed to her
own carelessness, and further revealed
the fact that it was really caused by her
having given herself, heart soul. and
body, to the care of the invalid mother
Do you know, think the shampoo lady
fairly doubled the beauty of her sacri-
flee by the fineness of her attitude to-
wards it?
There are a great many people in the
world who are big enough to sacrifice
and be praised.
There are very few people in the world
big enough to sacrifice and be silent
There are many people capable of great
unselfishness if they can be spurred on
by praise, gratitude, and the conscious
ness that their friends regard them as
martyrs.
There are comparatively few people ca
pable of being thoroughly unselfish. and
taking as their only reward the con-
seriousness of doing right.
And there are even fewer people ca
pable of being thoroughly unselfish, and
not even realizing that they are so.
And that is the height that the shampoo
lady evidently had reached.
Undoubtedly. the conscious of itself.
d-by-the-world self-sacrifice has It's
reward
In fact, it has most of that reward
right now.
But somehow, maybe it's a queer no
ton, and yet somehow I have an idea
that If there are rewards stored up for
us. there is a far greater reward in store
for the unconscious unprafsed self-sacri-
fice-greater by the addition of the rec
ognition it did not ask on earth.
To sacrifice
To sacrifice and be happy
To sacrifice and be silent about it
To sacrifice and be unconscious of it
I think these are. four great steps up
the mount of character development.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-11
I'D YER Using TALKS
BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

one of the young men associated with
me suggested the following quotation
from Bacon as the basis for an advertis
ing story:
Reading maketh a full man: confer
ence a ready man; and writing an exact
man.
and. if he were alive today. he would IN
doubtedly add to this
Advertising malxeth a successful man.
The application of all four of these
things is very important to any business.
Plenty of reading makes a man full OF
wisdom; willingness to confer with as
sociates makes him more responsible to
the touch of his business; if he writes a
great deal, he will form the habit of be-
ing exact in what he writes; and if he
advertises steadily, he cannot help but
become successful.
That is pretty good Baconian phiIos-
ophy brought down to modern times.
To advertising, however, must be
added service, because without good
service to customers advertising is of alb
solutely no help to a business. The ad-
vertising attracts the customer, but it Is
the service given to the customer when
ne goes to the store that holds his trade
There is always a ready response to
advertising that frankly makes a bid for
facts. The policy of the house must be
made very clear in the advertising, how
ever, and there must be no question
about the truth told concerning the mer-
chandise
If merchant would only bring the
same amount of judgment and intelli-
gence to bear upon his advertising policy
as he spends upon the selection of his
merchandise, advertising would surely
make him big success.
Every merchant owes it to himself 20
gather together all the facts he can about
this advertising propaganda, and he will
find capable advertising men in every
community willing to honestly assist him
CTo be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-11

realize what she is doing when she
thinks some other girl likes him."
Wire-pulling on the part of the cap
tain and his wife made possible a
pretty tableau which greeted the eyes
of four of the party as they came out
into the main cabin on their way to
dinner.
Mary and Jack stood under the mis-
tletoe. Her face was raised to his,
and he was smiling down at her as she
pinned a red flower on the lapel of his
coat.
1T couldn't be better" said the cap
tain gleefully, as his wife took his
arm.
Look at Amelia and Arthur" was
Mrs. PrisciIla's happy response. They
are positively struck dumb
The Christmas feast was not a hill
arious one. Blushing Mary and puz-
zled Jack, indignant Amelia and irate
Arthur ate silently through six
Coffee was served in the main cabin.
And when the captain came to get
his cup, he found his wife alone.
Arthur has carried Mary away for
walk on the forward deck. and
Amelia and Jack are aft she an
nounced.
And on the forward deck Arthur
was demanding of Mary who looked
like the spirit of Christmas in her big
white coat, with bit of holly in her
Sut eOAiAOASs Oiu ne KISS you
Mary blushed. Her lashes dropped
over her eyes. "Why-'
Because nobody else has right"
Arthur houndered. II mean-will
you kiss me, Mary?'
And somewhere astern, Amelia was
asking. Did you kiss her. Jack p"
Jack, rising to the occasion asked.
loftily, what if L did. But could
n't-there are no other lips for me
but yours, dear heart"
And the captain, having made short
excursions fore and aft, came back
and reported to Mrs Priscilla.
''There'l be two more weddings when
the Christmas ship sails into port"
he said. land now. my dear, if you'll
step this way, III claim my privilege
and kiss you under the mistletoe"-
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Liter
airy Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-11
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.1

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
lie self-made man generally makes
himself at home.
All things come to those who wait,
especially celibacy.
Queer that a play isn't considered a
go unless it stays.
A man of many parts should be pretty
well put together.
Queer how waiter can raise the deuce
by dropping the tray
No, Maude, dear: artificial eyes are not
made of looking-glass.
The girl who stands up for a fellow be-
fore they are married may have to sit
up Ior him afterward-
Blobbs-'TWigwag says he sleeps like a
log" SIobbs-"His wife says he sleeps
like a whole saw MILL
The average woman can do more with
a hairpin than the average man can with
a whole box of tools.
1t is no longer good form for a man to
offer his arm to a woman. especially il he
wears his heart on his sleeve
He-"Are you happy. darling?' She
"Oh, I am doubly happy" He-"You are
Ell? Who's the other fellow?"
Alas I am blind" walled Love. why
don't you consult doctor2'' asked Ex-
perience. Il know a famous specialist
who could cure you" What is his
name?'' asked Love. Marriage re-
piled Experience.