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The Washington times., 1911-03-07

Onct in France thare crowd a Eurl
by thu naim uf Joan Dark. Sum folks
sed as how thu keereCt name wuz Made
of Orleerns. Enyhow she got OrfUl
thick with thu nottbileety & so she
stuck to EN- til she got one of her
bestest trends on thu kingdom seat.
Wen she wuz a kid she wuz one uf
them there dreemy kind thet wood lay
fiat dOwne in thu grass & stare at thu
skie thinkun bout fareys. Her ma sed
she wuz laizy & her pa sed she wuz
shure to bee a pome ritter sum day.
Et must hev bean thet she wuz an
out en- out tom boy. She allwais wunted
to bee thu ringIeeder at playin
mingle with bois & gurls alik. Ges she
wuz the 'riginal sufferjet, coz she roold
bois weller than gurls.
AZ she crowd up she wus kustomed to
hevin dreems & vizuns. Sum how she
got madder than a wet hen at thu
doffin of France & she never had any
TYNE fur those Britissher peepuL She
halted them coz they wuZ tryin to
aneX France to thereselves.
When she set by hur winder az mite
wood fall she wood here voyses kohl
ing frum thu brezes that blowed akros
the meadows. They tolled her she wuz
a natooral borne leader reered up fer
the komon folks She GSsened for a
vile & finley KUN to the konklusun
she was ment to riZ up an armey &
bust off the yoke NV tirunny.
Raised an Army
She poot on a harrum skurt & took
her mas bred nife & went to raze up
an arney to fite the Redkotes. She
musst hev been a purity gal. fer all the
men got plowsharz & followed her.
They sed in thet kais thet sords wuz
mitier than penns. Joan Dark proved
she wuz the 'riginal sufferjet, coz she
did a mans wurk & got awl thu men
to foller her.
She dun the trik al rite. Their wuz
wepin & walin & nashun NV teeth,
purity soon thu Made Nv Orleeuns road
tryumfant throo the streets with bras
bandes and redd Ites. She wuz pur-
tier than ever & the French Civ her
thu gladd hand rite and left. She sed
her misshun in life wuz dun, & sed
she wood go back to the farm with her
pop and nom. who wuz getin unfurm
with feebulness.
Beauty is sed to be fatal. Enyhow, it
kost the Made of Orleeuns her life.
Sum one he'd put her face on kalen-
der fer advurtizment. One uf the kali
enders fell into the handles of the Red
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

VTTOULD not the romantic Lord
" Byron suffer a shock If he
paused behind you as you sit
in the cafe and listened to you order
your after-theater supper2
He 1t was, you know, who made
the pronouncement that women
should never be seen eating. His no.
ton doubtless was that it robbed
them of some of their Illusion, de-
creased the evanescence of their
charms and reduced them to the level
of mere humans.
He would be surprised TO see you in
the dainty finery you affect, reading
the menu with voracious eye and
mentally adding up the price of the
viands you order as you progress
along the list of gastronomic delica-
cies.
If he were observing, he would see
that you invariably select the most
expensive dishes. If there is a choice
in salads and your taste does not
decide for you, the price will.
For you are the Girl Who Orders
More Than She Can Eat.
Why? Lord Byron might want to
know what possesses a creature Of
your sylphlike figure to order a din
ner that an alderman could not &C
commodate.
You do Ito try out the man who
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Automatic PerSuaders

We'll, yes" confessed honest
Farmer Hornbeak, the while a grin
wTinkled his weather-b beaten COM
pleXion. It's a good 'eal O. trouble,
but the satisfaction I feel amply re-
pays me for the extry work. Ye see,
by degrees, I'm sharpenin' up the top
of every stump on the place. and in
the course O. time hope to have mat
ters so arranged that the hired man
Will find 1t fully as comfortable to
stand up durtn' the day as to set
down"
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
THE OPTIMLST

Don't give up the ship. There are
silver Innings to every cloud, and plenty
Of golden opportunities all around you.
Only the man with the yellow
streak gets the blues Treat everybody
white, and the long green is sure to
come your way.
Hife is as complex as a game of
checkers, hut the wise guy invariably
gets into the king row.
The lane may he long to the turn,
but remember that it's easier sailing
Straight than cutting corners.
There are only two kinds of men who
stay down when they once get down
dead men and cutters.
Some folks who are constantly talk
ing of the milk of human kindness in
variably forget to put their empty
milk bottles on the front doorstep. Ask
the milk man.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

LOretta LOOKING ClaSS
Drawn for the Washington Times.

is to pay the bill. You do ito see
how much he will stand and continue
to devote himself tc you. You do it
to see if he spends his money as gen.
erously as you like. You are one Of
the social vampires who select your
friends for what you can get out of
them.
Oh! you are perfectly correct about
it'll You do not accept any but the
regulation gifts, the ones that con-
vention approves. But you test him
with the menu card to see if he will
buy you more than you can eat. If
he suggests flowers, you mention or
chids as your favorites.
Your idea of a mans worth is the
extent of his idiocy about you.
You seem to think that you make
yourself more desirable, by seeming
to require more food than you can
eat.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Difference in Age Bad

For man to marry a girl several
years his senior is usually a mis-
| take. II. K. M, unless both are very
sure that they love each other dearly.
And you must remember, too, that the
girl you love now may not be the girl
you will love at 80.
A man of % is hardly old enough to
marry and settle down, although 1 ad-
NIT many do. If were you, however,
in the face of the opposition of your
family and the girl herself, / would
make up my mind that / was just
going to be friends for another wear
or two, till your loyalty and devotion
proved to every one concerned that she
was the one woman in the world for
you.
l can well understand her attitude
To the widow of % a man of your age
seems very young and inexperienced
She cannot but feel that the world
would laugh to see her take a husband
so much younger than herself, and I
think she is right in doubling your
happiness.
But I think, too, that you should
choose your own wife from among
women Of all ages, although if you are
wise you will wait till you have known
more girls before you choose one older
than yourself.
"A man should always be the head
of the house." says an old Scotch prov
erb. ''but the man that picks an older
woman had best watch out, for he will
never rule"
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

4
probably himself while
bad whistler he Lillian? What that he's whstng, The
Lobster the Hearth" isn't it?
that makes difference,
Most peculiar noticed the boy doing before! Yes
certainly I'll tell him really wish Lillian, but do think
Funny annoy Different for music suppose
certainly of don't call that
think he's bad whistler don't he's good whistler
understandable going my dear, I'm just getting ready.
Say sonny. you stop I'll you quarter
tomorrow. Shh! loud. Why, that whIing |
you know, my wi-thaS good boy-yes III
o
think that shut him up my dear If had only known how
would have
before 1t only needed little show OF authority
Why just here young fellow you are annoying
my with whsling Stop III you put
off the car
Just little show of authority, my dear.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Chin mics History

kotes, and they wuz abul to foIler her.
They cot her as she wuz goin up the
stepps TO say hellow to her nom and
pop. They woodent even Civ her TYNE
to get drink of waiter after her long
journey.
She WIZ strapt to an electrick lite
pole. Sum evul Redkote took ollie out
Of one of his OttOmObeel Iampes and
pored it on her. She cryed. but the
armey wuz not at the pfarm. They
plyed the torch and she wuz soon
fryed up so no one cud rekognizze he-.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Fippant PHILOSOPHERS

Public opinion about the harem
skirt is dividLd.
The average argument before judge
and jury Is like a pancake-welI done
on both sides.
Some dentists may he barred from
society, but the most of them have a
'look-in' once in while, anyway
8 -
A brave soldier faces the music,
but it's pretty tough to sit through
some of the musical shows these
days.
A man of great personal magnetism
is not necessarily a live wire.
& AA
Woman's vanity is proposition
that must be accepted largely on its
face value.
-
A full dress suit at a prize fight
creates almost as much consterna-
tion as a bull in a china shop.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Spir1ster Aunt's AdUice

Dear Splnster Aunt: ! young man Of
22 and ! am in love with a girl Of 2S, but she
refuses to marry me because am her Junior,
and she says everybody would laugh at her
and we wouldn't be happy. Do you think tina t
age has anything 10 do with II?
am no kid after all. and l am making a
fairly good salary and have chance for ad-
VancemCnt.
Girls of 16 and is never did interest me
much. and now ! want to marry a girl that
is my equal in worldly knowledge and all the
other things that make for companionship.
The one 7 am In love with is a widow, and
nv marriage to her would be against my fam
fly's wishes on that account, but It seems TO
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Question of Color

English girI-You American girls
have not such healthy compilations as
we have. ] cannot understand why
our noblemen take a fancy TO your
white faces.
American girl-It isn't our white
faces that attract them, my dear; it's
our greenbacks.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Kind of Dog

Alberta dog that runs under car
riage is called a carriage dog, is it
not?
Egbert-Certainly.
Albert-WelI, what would you call
a dog that runs under a motor car?
Egbert-Why, a dead one.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
In Crowded Car

-Do you think it is likely to get
the conductor into trouble to offer
him your fare after he has passed
you by?'
Il can't say. But I do know that
that theory has eased my conscience
many a time"
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
MR.. HENRY HENPEQUE'S
Method of Stopping
Boys Whisthng Told in
TROLLEY MONOLOGUE

Hat messenger boy, Lillian? Oh, l didn't notice
that he was whstling. | see him on the car almost
every evening; going home from work, suppose
Rather an intelligent-looking boy, I think.
| don't see how he could have been whistling
half an hour without my hearing him. Lillian. Oh,
| don't doubt that he has BEEN if you heard him,
my dear; l just said it was funny ! didn't hear
him, that's all Yes, | can hear that he is.
Im-Im sorry it annoys you Lillian. No Of
course, that doesn't make it any better, but what
can you do?
Tell him to stop? Me? Oh, Lillian wouldn't
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Detected

Mrs Strong-John! Do you hear me?
Mr.. Strong (weakly)-Yes, love.
Mrs. Strong-There is a little corner
torn off your pay check this week. What
did you spend 1t for?
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Her Profession

MiIdred-Ada says she is studying for
the ministry. a..--
Millicent-Whatl
Mildred-Yes. She is going to marry
the minister In June.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Real Appreciation

Visitor-How was the show at the
opera house last night?
Rural citizen-Fine. That fellows
limitations of actors we'd never seen
was the best l ever saw.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
HER POMPADOUR

Harold-Put your head on my shoul-
der and let me lean my head on your
pornpadour. It's such a lovely pompa-
dolir.
Beatrice-AIl right but be Just lit
tie careful. There's a wire mattress in
it, but I'm not quite sure how strong
It il.
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

0HN," said Mrs. Peeved, pausing to thread her
needle, "how long has it been now since you swore
off drinkingr
Two weeks" growled Mr.. Peeved who was
pcrusing the account of the baseball players trip
south. Two weeks, and I'm getting so used to
the water wagon that even a Book beer sign
wouldn't stir to interest this spring"
Mrs. Pcevcd shifted and picked up her en-
broidery again.
Now what does that mean," demanded Mr..
Peeved laying down his paper. Don't you believe
me? Mint It two weeks since ! told Won that I'd
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

drinkn since:
sober judge for whole fortnight and what's didn't
bring home big box of candy tonight bought with that
l saved by cutting the booze?"
oh of said got the money that way sneered
Mrs Peeved making the final stitches the heart
"Well shouted Mr.. Peeved
"Im getting doubted all the What goes
understand I'm dreamer hand lot of bunk
hearing the petty,
when l say thing it's because it's So
tonight" asked Mrs. Peeved, snappishly.
"Wha in iterer,' said Mr.. Peeved nervousy Nothin
Nofn file cards that
get evening when interrupted
minute"
Mrs Peeved shifted again.
There there GO growed Mr. Peeved don't believe
that either. Take from its wonder divorces
If / such "a
Mrs Peeved inteupted him by pulling the drawer of the table
open sharply.
package John said shortly
your flask whiskey Now give
locked there
Peevcd took the other bundle and handed
word
The Washington times., 1911-03-07

me that despite what everybody is SAYING It is
up 10 me TO know whom l want TO marry, and
| cannot see that age has anything to do with
IT,, if | love her and she loves me
wish, however, that you would give me
some advice as to how TO convince nv family
about.
She isn't old for her age by any means
and certainly doesn't look any older than I
middle aged and l will still be a Young man.
but think that is all rot. Don't your
The Washington times., 1911-03-07
Modern View

receive
Yes, and also more expensive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16

street between Monroe and Otis streets,
a row on Monroe street between 18TH
and 10Th streets. six houses at lltn
and Newton streets and four houses at
18th and Lamont streets.
In the building season of 1911, when
his present task on Webster street
between 14th and 18th streets IS nm
ished, Mr.. Wire will have bullt Iorty-
of eleven new structures is on New
ton street, at the intersection OF that
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builders of Washington.

builders of Washington.
Mr.. Wire came to the capital ten
years ago from LoudOun county. Va.
and for the first six years his efforts
in the business community were devoted
to selling houses which other builders
produced. Then he branched out into
the building field, and his first couple
Of years of work took form in the
construction of a row of six houses at
9Th and Webster streets. Petworth:
row of twenty-one houses on 18th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16

thoroughfare with 18th street: six are
on 14th street between Narnum and
Webster streets. and one is on Column
bia road between 18th and 14th streets.
All of the remainder are on Webster
street west of 18th street, eleven of
this series being now almost finished
on the north side of Webster street
while construction work IS being
pushed ahead rapidly on the remaining
series of fifteen on the south side of
Webster street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16

Much has been written at various times
about the work of different operative
builders in Washington. and little more
is necessary than d cuTsory observation
Of the newer portions of the city to con-
vey proof absolute that practically all OF
the rapid forward strides in the develop
ment of the residence sections OF the Ma
tional Capital are the result of the enter
prise OF the small coterie of men who
have gone into home building or large
scale. And that homeseekers have been
developed in numbers fully equal to the
new houses built, have been recruited
from the ranks of families more recently
enlisted AZ citizens of the capital also Is
lind buyers in many cases even before
the final touches of construction work
have been completed.
Operative building, or speculative build
. ing, as il is now conducted in house
construction and sale. may be termed an
outward manifestation of the trend of
the times, but in respect of this class
. of development in the National Capital it
Z can be shown that Washington has pro-
/. duced almost all of her builders from
home talent Many local contractors have
entered the operative building field.
sometimes in small way only to grow
with the growth Of the city, until their
ANNUAL output of finished dwellings, runs
into the scores occasionally into the hum
drcds
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OPERATIVE BUILDERS DO MUCH
TOWARD CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Many Rows of New Houses the Result Of
Private Enterprise-Typical Illustration
in Webster Street Development.

District until it would seem that
another decade at least should see ii
not siderable proportion of the
business and departmental folk OF the
capital actually housed in dwellings
constructed by operative builders in
the National Capital estended"-or.
more literally entirely outside the Dis
trict of Columbia in the neighboring
reaches of Maryland
1t was not 80 very long ago that
Florida avenue. in fact as well as in
name was the city boundary. and
vet at the present time even the name
city boundary as applied to that
thoroughfare. is in the list of things
forgotten After Florida avenue as
the city boundary passed into oblivion
Park road for a time marked a Temporal
stopping place of the directly north
ward march of civic improvements in
the northwest section of the city. but
within more recent times the area be-
tween Park road and Piney Branch
road has been the scene OF some of the
greatest building development of the
city. Within this area block after
block has been taken in hand by opera
tive builders, and veritable city
within city has been the result. as
rows upon rows of houses have been
constructed, placed on the market and
sold
C. E. Wire an Active Figure
At the present time building opera :
ton is being conducted in this same
section which when finishe ed will place
Webster street on the city map as a
well populated thoroughfare. This
particular enterprise is the work CT
Charles E. Wire, one of the younger
members Of the coterie of operative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16

whats the little boy crying about
DAT other kid swiped his candy" But
you have the candy?" YES. I'm de
little kids lawyer!'-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16

Mrs. Helen R. Smith, wife of Chris
topher Smith, died Friday morning at
Frederick. Nd, after lingering illness
OF paralysis at the age Of fifty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-16
Populated Area Spreading.

With each passing year the thickly
populated area of the city is spreading
outward toward the boundaries of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18
PROSPERITY WAVE
IN SOUTH Brings
MILLIONS CAPITAL
REVIVAL OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVl-
TY PROMISES TO EXCEED
ALL RECORDS.
s45,OOO,OOO IN GOOD ROADS
Canadian, English and Eastern Money
Pours in For Railway, Water Power
and Ore FieIds-Reclaiming Waste
Lands.

Baltimore. Md. Nov. 1S.--In discuss
ing the business situation in the south,
Richard II. Edmonds, editor Of Manu-
facturers Record, said:
There is a very decided revival in
industrial activity throughout the
South. The movement is on a much
broader scale than ever before in the
history of this section. 1t includes a
Widcr range Of industrial development.
broader advancement of diversified
agriculture and erootat utilization of
w'sta 19uds than .otG Hlye been
deemed possible q tov years ago.
Not a day r.s.ea without the re-
pclj Of q purchase OF some large tract
OF land by Eastern or Western capital
lists for colonization purposes and Of
mineral aud timber property fer teyeL
opment
purchases Of this character report,
ed in the last fortnight included over
100000 acres of coal land in Eastern
Kentucky by Pennsylvania capitalists.
and deals are now pending for large
tracts to be bought by New England
people; 10000 acres Of timber land
in Mississippi, bought by Western
land operators and colonization peo
pie, who will cut the timber and settle
the land with Western farmers; q 60.
900 acre tract of timber land in Flori
da and Il 30,000-acre tract in the same
state, bought by Pennsylvania men:
50,000-acre tract OF cut-oyer pine lant
Confined on Page Eight.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18
FOREIGN TROOPS PARADE.

London, Nov. 1S.-According to
news dispatch from Tien Tsin. China,
British, French and Russian troops
made separate demonstrations there
today by parading in the streets.
Recent events in China have indi-
Gated a strong anti-foreign agitation
in certain quarters. and it was for the
purpose Of impressing upon the ma
tives the dangers involved if active hos
tility be shown Europeans that the
warships of these three powers landed
troops this morning and COVE the
Chinese an indication of their naval
and military strength in case of an
outbreak,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18

Chicago to New Orleans only about
fifteen miles longer than the line of
the Illinois Central route. From Mem
phis the route through Beaumont will
!e forty-five miles shorter than the
hitherto contemplated route on the
west bank of the Mississippi river in
connection with the Gould lines, be-
sides having the additional advantage
of being through territory in which
the lumber interest is well developed,
instead of through a practically un-
developed country west Of the Missis-
sippi river.
This plan will work out strong
through lines for the Frisco from Chi
cago, ST Louis, Memphis and Kansas
City to New Orleans and Mobile, be-
ing the shortest route from the Great
Lakes to Mobile, practically as short
as any from Chicago to New Orleans,
and more direct than any existing
through line from Kansas City to Mo
bile or New Orleans.
President Yoakum, Of the Frisco
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18
TEXAS RESTAURANTS WANT
FREE LUNCHES ABOLISHED.

Houston, Tex, Nov. 1S.-The restau-
rant men of Texas, banded in state
organization, have delivered an ulti-
matum to the saloon men of the state
that free lunches must be abolished.
The saloonists are defiant and say
the free lunches will remain. The
restaurant men now promise retalia-
ton by threatening to go before the
state legislature and secure the enact
ment of their request into law,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18
Big Electrical Concern
Coming to Hattiesburg

Mr.. J. A. Hollified, representing the
largest electrical contracting concern
in the Southern states, the Southern
Electrical Company, is in Hatties-
burg in the interest of his concern.
This company will Immediately open
offices here preparatory to installing
a lirst-class stock of electrical goods
and appliances, fixtures, accessories,
etc. While this company's principal
business is handling large installation
and building contracts they will cater
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-18
J0HN SHAnP
FAVOAS WILSON
Mississippi Senator Favors New Jer-
sey Governor For Presi-
dent.

New Orleans, Nov. 1S-"Unless the
Democratic party makes an ass of it.
self-and it's capacity seems infinite
his election is certain" was the state
ment mode here tonight by United
States Senator John Sharp Williams
in speaking OF the probabilities of the
election in 1912 of GOV. Woodrow vii
son of New Jersey in the event he
becomes the Democratic nominee. He
said he believed the Democrats will
elect the next President and that Gov
Wilson will he the man.
"Why am | for Wilson? Because
ne is q gentleman, sir. and he has be-
hrd him the most honorable Southern
traditions. Too, sir, he is a scholar of
exceedingly close research"
When asked if he would be a candi-
date for second place on the ticket,
Senator Williams merely replied:
"The White House is too draughty."
Senator Williams said he was bit
terly opposed to the proposed SO 0,0OO,-
600 Morgan loan to Honduras that the
terms of the proposed loan meant
that the United States was helping a
lot of bankers to govern Honduras.
1T means more than that" he said.
ut means that it is the entering
wedge that will lead to occupation by
the United States of every country
north of the Panama canal"
Senator Williams was accompanied
by his son, John Sharp, Jr., and his
bride formerly Miss Pauline Webb. OF
Bryan, Texas.