The Washington times., 1911-08-04


by agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by s. the numb Der OF Sundays
during July, shows the net Sunday average
for July to have been 4o5l5.
Entered at the :Postorice at Washington.
D. c., second class matter.
FRIpAY. AUGUST 4. 1911.
Banzai!
Length Of product considered, Mr..
Farr is a great little letter writer.
And perhaps the militia may be there,
too. You just can't beat Ger Echo.
Here's to the new licensed air pilot,
Captain Beck. However high he flies
hereafter, may he always land on his
feet!
Rather muddy going, at best, so 1t is
but natural that the White Sox should
have a hard time making a clean record
this afternoon.
The indications are that you won't
have to put your ear to the ground
TO hear the reverberations from Glen
Echo on Sunday.
The loan sharks are fairly chortlIng
In their glee at the prospect that Con-
gress will adjourn without extracting
any of their teeth.
The neighborhood furnishes another
Instance Of longevity. Miss Emily Skid
more, of Alexandria, has Just died, at
the age Of eighty-four.
The rain has brought relief to the
suburbs, where 1t is now possible to
take a chaser, or even a bath, without
feeling conscience-stricken about it
The proposed highway to Richmond,
as a Lincoln memorial, is attracting
attention, but the partisans OF the route
to Gettysburg have not given up hope.
The mercifuI man is merciful to his
beast, and the Humane Society IS see
ing to It that all others must exercise
this mercy, though 1t be strained in
quality.
The favorite game at Columbia
Heights just at present is hunting
playground. The new superintendent,
Edgar S. Martin, is giving all the as
Bistance in his power.
Prof. Carl o. Burg. of the Postoffice,
who has lust returned from Europe, has
been giving the University Heights citi-
zens the benefit of his travels. He gave
them a short talk on his trip.
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams. who
addressed the convention of advertis-
tpg men in Boston yesterday, and her
husband. Franklin Adams of the Pan
American Union, are Washington's
experts on South America.
IAN ideal layman' is in substance the
tribute paid 10 the late John B. Sle-
man, jr., by the Continent, a national
presbyterian Church journal His ac-
tivitv in religious. philanthropic. and
charitable work is fittingly extolled.
The recent communication to The
Times as to the license charged farm
ers who wish to sell their produce on
the streets has created keen interest
among the housekeepers, who feel that
q lower license would be quite the proper
thing.
Genial Jeff Bernstein, manager of
the Auditorium Theater In Baltimore,
whose sudden death HAS Just been an
nounCed, was a native of Washington,
and numbered his friends here by the
hundreds. His death is sincerely
mourned, and the theatrical world will
miss him.
1t was just twenty-five years ago that
the special delivery letter service was
tnaugurated by the Postoffice Depart
ment. In the meantime, we have be-
come so accustomed to it that 1t is diff
cult to understand how We ever did
without it,
The Chamber Of Commerce will have
done a valuable service for the prop
erty owners ard builders of the city,
81 its building industry committee
succeeds in getting the Commissioners
to agree to thirty days notice of
changes in the building regulations.
There will be some interesting ren1i-
niscences among the veterans of the
Spanish-American War when they hold
their annual outing at Marshall Hall
tomorrow. There are numbers of these
veterans in Washington who rendered
distinguished service in that memorable
conflict.
The Navy Department mas remitted
the sentence of Imprisonment against
Forrest Dobbin, who saved the life of
. fellow-prsoner by leaping into the
water after him. He will be discharged
from the navy as well rs from con-
finement. Why not remit the whole
thing? 1t is hard for a man 10 do more
than risk his life for another.
The probabilities are that Congress
will have adjourned before the next Dis
Fl trict day comes around, and Represent
ative Mann may have the satisfaction
pf knowing that his objection to the