The Washington times., 1911-07-24

fhS bicusnid variety. You would scarce
ly call him dentally proGre ssive.
Sheriff Viett had another busy Sun
day yesterday and introduced his
travelling auto court to various tour
lists who exceeded the speed limit.
The Russian ambassador and Danish
minister are about to sail on a visit
home In fact the whole school of
diplomacy is about to take a vaca-
ton.
Washington and Paris break about
ever as the most desirable capital cities
OF the world in which to live. Our re-
cent heat wave is now sojourning on
the boulevards.
The trip of the good roads officials
TO Richmond is the first move toward
a fine highway to the Virginia cap
ital. From the beginning. let the good
work progress to completion.
Five Washington boys with Jolly
Roger aspirations were nabbed in
Baltimore and now having been
spanked and put to bed their hunger
for adventure has been satisfied.
The advertising that will come to
the recipient of patent No. 1000, 900,
an Ohioan whose invention'is a new
rubber tire. bids fair to be of great
value to him-and 1t will cost moth
ing.
The grocers have given Dr. Wiley a
vote of confidence. Praise from Sir
Hubert is praise indeed" They GER
tainly ought to know whether he has
been a good and faithful servant or
not
Now that 1t has been discovered
by the dogs and cats that the vacuum
cleaner is an excellent remedy for
heds perhaps the percentage of dis
comfort, If not of hydrophobia, will be
reduced.
The community loses one Of its most
distinguished citizens in the death of
Samuel T. Fisher, who was commits
sioner of patents during the Cleveland
administration. He was a man of cul-
ture and ability, and his death is sim
Cerely mourned
One Of the Columbia Players con-
fesses to the name of Archimedes
That was the gentleman who, under
certain circumstances, claimed that
he could move the world, and surely
a successful actor could not hope to
do more than that.
Fitting services marked the celebration
Of the ffty-fffth anniversary of the
Fifth Baptist Church and its Sunday
school. The Sunday school was organ
lied by DR.. c. c. Meador, in what was
known as Island Hail." near where the
present church stands
That the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety, OF which Judge William H.
De Lacy is president, is active in
charity work in the city, is shown by
its reports Five hundred dollars was
received and disbursed to dependents
during the last six months
Major SQuier, who has just made his
report on the army maneuvers on the
Mexican borders. is of the opinion that
the aeroplane is Indispensable to modern
warfare. 1t is gratifying to know. in
view of this fact. that we are gradually
licking our air fleet into shape out at
College Park.
Less than a thousand people went
TO the municipal bathing beach yes
terday. owing to the cooler weather.
but there is no certainty that we will
not have another warm wave, SO 1t is
still important that the beach be
allowed to use tho money received
for the rental of bathing suits and
towels.
The Washington police have been re-
quested of late to be ION the look
out" for almost everything from
counterfeit money to escaped con-
victs. Since other cities have re-
ceived similar notices, however, there
is no reason to assume that most of
the offenders are headed in this di-
rection.
Three Washington men were honored
at the convention Of the Internationa
Steel and Copper Plate Printers Union
at Boston. Charles T Smith, publisher
of Plate Printer. received the office of
Gscr9tAry and treasurer; George p. Fos-