The Washington times., 1911-04-21
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The spring festival which the Alex
andria Elks are now giving is almost
as delightful as spring itself
Champ Clark won't use the official
automobile. but he is going to see that
there is more comfort and less noise in
the House restaurant.
few stray thoughts are waited to-
ward the races at Pimlico, where the
ponies will soon be in action. but still
the ball plays the thing.
The many beautiful squares in Wash
ington are looking green, and our tour
ist friends on their first visit to the
city feel very much at home.
1t is appropriate that "the stamp act"
was one of the conributary causes Of
the hostilities in The closed session Of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
1t would seem that the latter day
kinds of motive power were putting
the horse out of business fast enough
without having to run over him and
Kill him.
By providing an aero meet for the
safe and sane celebration of the Fourth
of July we show ourselves possessed
of a sense of humor as well as a spirit
of enterprise.
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hours to count 1000 ballots and then
they admit a missouri how much
reason had the Daughters 10 use that
Yankee boast, quick at figures.
1t is rather depressing to learn from
such an authority as DR.. SIMON FGex-
ner, who spoke yesterday before the
National Academy of Sciences, that
there is no known cure for infantile
paralysis.
The consensus of opinion seems to
be that a number of people who were
in mortal terror Of being shocked by
La Herodiade" at the Belasco were
very much chagrined to find that they
were mistaken
From the battle ground of a bitter
Revolution turn today to do honor to
the memory Of Miss Mary Desha, a
Washington woman who was one of the
founders of the society.
The Southern Society is going to in
crease its membership by appointing a
vice president from each of the sixteen
Southern States. If Sunny Jim" is
consulted he will probably advise them
to decline this method of self-efface-
ment.
1t does not seem fair that vendors
paying nothing in realty or personal
taxes should be permitted to use the
sidewalks and streets to sell their goods
at the very doors of the merchants who
do pay such taxes. The protest of the
Merchants Association should be heed
ed by the Commissioners.
It has been decided that John Arm
strong Chaloner must pay his former
wife, Princess Troubetskoy-known to
fame as Amelie Rives-$3,6OO a year, as
she is dependent upon her husbands 8
earnings as a portrait painter" The
prince is very well remembered here
in Washington, where he spent a good
deal of time shortly after his marriage
and painted a number Of portraits.
The presence in Washington of for
mer Ambassador Joseph H Choate re-
calls a host of witticisms which cIus-
ter about his name. Everyone remem-
bers that when he was asked who he
would rather be, if not himself, he
said: Mrs. Choate's second husband"
It is not so well known that an Eng
lish lady gravely asked him, shortly
afterward, Who is Mrs. Choate's sec
ond husband?'
The postal department promises us
penny art in a new postal card, cream
colored and printed in red ink. The
cards that were printed last year cost
$4,000 more than the old style cards that
they succeeded. The new cream and red
cards are to cost $65.O00 more than those
used last year. No wonder we have a
constant postal deficit When folks are
art-fussy they don't go to the postal
department to get their art cards at
cent apiece.
Once more the reclamation of the
Anacostia flats has struck snag. This
time IL is 'the laws delay Improve
ments must now be held up while the
courts determine who owns the land
created by the dumping Of refuse onto
the fats at the edge OF the river. The
people of Anacostia have waited long
ard patiently for tie reclamation of
the nats and have had the sympathy