The Washington times., 1911-09-10
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1911.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1911.
Secret sessions can hardly he calcu-
lated to get the publicity committee of
the Chamber Of Commerce much pub
licity.
That was really a sacred concert
pulled off at Fort Myer this morning
by the Fifteenth United States Cavalry
Band.
Captain Beck, the aviator, who start
ed to fly to Annapolis, must have drifted
considerably out of his way to land in
Orange Grove.
It isn't quite clear why Glen Echo
should have called it a Mardi Gras, but
whatever it was the people seemed to
have enjoyed 1t.
The purchase of forty homes in one
week from a single real estate concern
speaks well for the buying capacity
cf Washington people.
The boy bandit who tried to hold up
the Laurel bank has lost all his bra
vado. He hasn't even the courage to
mold up MS own head.
Thirty normal school graduates will
fail to be appointed as teachers this
fall. Here's a chance for Cupid to do
some missionary work.
There is something in Waddy Woods
suggestion to tax bay windows. They
should not be put upon space not
owned by the owner of the house.
Five automobile accidents in one day
is a record which doesn't look much like
previous candidates for licenses had
been successful in the proportion of l
in 191.
Simon Krupshaw, who thought he
was too old" to kiss his mother, may
live to see the day when he would give
all the wealth of the world for the priv
ilege of that kiss.
The Government, If we may judge by
the incident Of the Embezzler Lee sale,
Is pretty good at an auction sale. But
then little sentiment, such as it was,
was mixed In with it.
LIT. SOInoTOH heyS LII. "lllldIn D.
Mason, and DR.. John Dunlop are
shrewd investors. They are the builders
of Washington's first office building de-
signed exclusively for physicians.
Superintendent Davidson, of the public
school system, was much impressed by
the efficiency shown by the teachers at
the Industrial Home School. He is at
least showing his wisdom by express
ing commentator and appreciation
wherever it is deserved.
IA A monthly payday for .laborers is
bad enough without the added incon-
venience of uncertainty as to what is
, payday. Colonel Cosby ought to re-
move this cause of complaint on the
Fart Of his workmen.
Ach Lieber! but what a good time
the German-Americans of the United
States are preparing to have when they
meet here N annual convention on the
first Friday In October! The program
which has been arranged for their en-
tertainment is worthy Of the great oc-
casion.
The real estate business is one of the
most important branches of activity in
Washington. There seem to be many
reasons why a real estate exchange
would work wonders" as one real
estate dealer puts it. Why not get to-
gether here at the beginning Of the fall
season and really put it through?
Many Of the greatest actors and act.
resses in the country received their
early training in the Shakespeare Club
of this city. Mrs. Betty Florence
Leach, whom Washington long knew
as an amateur actress of great ability
and who has just passed away, was q
member of that famous organization.
Now that the grocers themselves have
Joined in the crusade against unsan.
itary stores, Instituted by the Health
Department, IT may be depended upor
that better conditions will soon prevail
The grocer with the clean store will b,
in a better position, from every point O,
view, than a less sanitary competitor
and win reap the harvest Of his santa
ton.
The desperate illness of Miss Clara
Barton, founder of the Red Cross So.
ciety, whose home is at Glen Echo, Il
o source of the deepest anxiety to hei
many friends and admirers, not only ir