The Washington times., 1911-07-12

Tine tneOTN lnlSHl DS cuN SAiANSN
the steamer River Queen was oloWh
up by spontaneous combustion.
The stage coach has been supplanted,
in a measure. by the flying machine
and yet some aerOplanes very dec1dedly
travel by stages.
We may now confidently expect few
passing illusions to the Verteorse OF the
heated term and the timely rupture
thereof.
There will be very little necessity
for increasing the water rate if a few
more business men generously oVerpay
their water bills by a thousand per
cent.
The sugar probe committee need not
move TO New York with the idea that
it is any cooler there than 1t is here.
particularly since the establishment OF
the electric fan system.
We are told by the old jingle that
the master key is skilled hands and
industry" but the man who stole the
one unlocking all the doors to the
House office building thinks he knows
a trick worth two of that.
Harry n. Atwood is going to make
flight TO the White House and get
gold medal from the President. 1t
would be much easier on the President
il Harry would get the medal and then
make the fight. The President ought
not to be kept in the suspense that
the patient public has suffered.
l. seems strange that Washington Is
not 10 be represented at the annual
convention of real estate men which Is
10 be held next week at Denver, and
which is to be attended by realty men
from nearly every other city. The chief
commercial business of Washington is
real estate Local dealers ought not to
overlook this opportunity for extending
the fame Of Washington realty invest
ment.
We hope to give every veteran
badge, a sandwich. and cup If coffee
George c. Round. chairman OF the eX-
ecutve committee on the Manassas
National Jubilee, has written 10 Private
James NJ Dalzell, in Washing ton. The
badges are TO be given by a generous
citizen of Washington, Col Robert NJ.
Thompson. The sandwiches and the
coffee will be given by he generous
citizens of Manassas, and dispensed by
their gracious ladies.
In the admission of SoterioUs Nichol-
son, a young Greek, to the District bar,
is an obpect lesson that younger Wash
incton might well take 10 heart Six
Years ago he cane 20 this country, with
no knowledge Of English and practically
penni!ess bat by hard work and arpli-
cation to his "nnscn course, he has over
cnIne his handicaps and has an even
start with the scores of native born
Young LAWYERS who are just starting
their careers.
The unveiling of a monument to the
late Sovereign Bradley, Of Old Glory
Camp, No. 8, Woodmen of the World,
next Sunday afternoon, will be the oc-
casion of a. general gathering of Mr..
Bradleys friends. AS drum major of
the Marine Band, Mr.. Bradley was well
known to the public. He had many per-
sonal friends and close affiliations with
the other members of the camps of
Woodmen in the District. The custom
of the Woodmen, that of erecting a
monument to each of its dead members,
is a beautiful one that makes strong
appeal to the people.
Again Washington weather comes
to the front, bows, and asks for the
applause that is its due. Was there
ever a finer bit of atmospheric relief
than the cool wave that swept over
the city last evening and the gentle
rain which fell this morning? Don't
you feel today as If life were worth
the struggle? Haven't the strain, the
ragged nerves, the sleepless nights
faded like an ugly dream? That's the
way il always is in Washington. We
have a hot spell. which we think we
simply can't stand, and then, just
before We are ready to expire, comes
the healing balm of rain and cool
breezes After all, Washington is a
pretty good old town, isn't it?
1t was with a sense of personal afflic-
ton that Washington learned today that
among the unfortunate victims of the
Bridgeport wreck was Mrs. Helen D
walcott, the wife of Charles d. Wal.
cott During a residence of many years
in the District of Columbia Dr. and
Mrs Walcott made many friends, who
will feel the death of Mrs. Walcott
keenly and will sympathize from the
DEPTHS of their hearts with Dr. Wal
colt As director of the Geological Sur
vey and as secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, DR. walcott has achieved q
notable success, but he and his charm
ing wife were best known to Washing,
toniaus for their participation in th'