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The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Miss Sipe to Represent
Capital at Convention

Miss Susan B. Sipe, teacher of botany
in the normal schools of Washington,
and in charge of the school garden
work, was appointed today to repre-
sent this city at the convention of the
National Educational Association IN
San Francisco from July S'to Is, inclu-
sive. The appointment was made by
william A. Taylor. acting chief, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry at the Agri-
cultural Department.
Miss Sipe's work as a collaboration in
that bureau on the subject of school
gardening and her efficient work in the
District schools made her selection as
representative of the Government -end
of Washington a popular one.
Miss Sipe will be asked to prepare a
paper on the gardening work in Wash
fngton's schools from the reading of
which school officials from other cities
hope to get valuable suggestions in the
advancement of the work in their re-
spective cities.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
SAY hOFFAT ROAD
MAY Be EXTENDED
Maryland Men Hope Execu-
tors Will Improve Chesa-
peake Beach Line.

The filing in Denver of the will OF
David H. Moffat, who died in New
York. Saturday. from heart disease, is
looked forward to with interest by
Washington and Baltimore men who
are interested in transportation develop
ment in southern Maryland.
Mr.. Moffat was owner of the Chesa-
peake Beach railway, and his will Is
expected to express something of his
plans for the improvement and extern
sion of the railway to Drum Point, the
extremity of the peninsula which the
line now crosses at its upper end.
While no definite plans had been con-
cluded for the identification of the road
or its extension, Paul Y. Waters, gen.
eraI manager, said today that prior to
Mr.. Moffat's death both matters had
received serious consideration, and
might be expected to be taken UP by his
executors.
In addition to the change of motive
power, the subject of building the line
TO the lower end of the peninsula had
received careful investigation. Several
conferences with Edward Lauterbach,
of New York, holder of the franchise
for a railroad to Drum Point, had been
held, and the general question of ex-
tending the line to that place had been
favorably considered.
The franchise for a road was granted
by the Maryland Legislature many
years ago, and has from time to time
been renewed, but little work has been
done beyond surveying a route and
some grading.
William G. Evans and Fred G.. Moffat,
of Denver, who, Mr.. Waters thinks, may
be the executors of the Moffat estate,
are understood to believe the road FEAST
BILE.
The Drum Point line has been the
subject of speculation many years 1t is
admitted it would open up a rich agri-
cultural and fishing section of southern
Maryland, which now lies dormant for
lack of transportation facilities. The
line also would reach and connect with
Washington the best and deepest nat
ural harbor on Chesapeake bay, amply
suited to the deepest ocean-going ves-
sells.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
nOLASSES SPO|LS
OFFICIAL BEAUTY
District DiSburser Got in the
Way of Molasses Can
That Exploded.
beware the molasses can"

Beware the mOlaSSeS can.
This is the advice offered by Louis
C. Wilson. disbursing officer of the
District, who appeared at the District
building today. his nose decorated
with a large red lump and presenting
other indications of having engaged
in a fistic encounter.
In answer to anxious inquiries on
the part of sympathizing friends, Mr..
Wilson did not offer the time honored
observation go and look at the other
fellow" The contour of his profile
was spoiled. he said, not by a fist, but
bv the explosion of a can of molasses.
-"T was opening the can. explained
Mr.. Wilson. when suddenly-'Bang-
the top flew off cutting me on the
nose and filing my face with the
sticky fluid. My wife, seeing the mo-
Iasses streaming down my face,
thought It was blood, and immediate
ly became hysterical.
For the next few minutes I was
busily occupied in getting the mo-
lasscs out of my eyes and in calming
Mrs. Wilson, who was convinced that
nv classic beauty was forever spoiled.
For a few minutes there was some
excitement at my house. but i think
that in few days my nose will resume
its normal proportions"
Waldo Hibbs. secretary to Commits
sioner Rudolph. after listening care
fully TO Mr.. Wilson's recital remark
ed: "YOur explanation Is indeed
unique. Any man who can think Of
story like that in explanation Of a
Mr.. Wilson scOrned to reply.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
PLAGUE OF CATTLE
COSTS HUMAN TOLL
New Bulletin Shows Fearful
Ravages of Bovine
tuberculosis.

The great Importance to human health
and the great economic Importance of
control of tuberculosis in cattle ard
hogs, especially in cattle, is emphasized
in a bulletin on the subject Just put
out by Secretary Wilson and prepared
under the direction of Dr. A. D. Melvin,
chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry
The bulletin emhodies the report of an
international commission of the Ameri-
can Veterinary Medical Association on
the control of tuberculosis in cattle.
DR.. Melvin says that in spite of all
the work done to prevent the spread Of
bovine tuberculosis the progress of ths
disease has been more rapid than the
progress of the work against 1t. He
adds that a careful estimate made by
him for the international congress on
tuberculosis in 1908 showed that this
disease exacts a toll of over $23, ,OOe, 900
annually.
OF even greater moment than this tre-
mendous economic loss is the sacrifice
OF human life and the impairment Of
human health from tuberculosis, almost
universally regarded by scientific inves-
ugators to be due to the existence OF
tuberculosis in animals from which milk
and other foods are derived.
No one who is informed on the sub
ject. says DR.. Melvin. can fail to
realize that something should be done
10 check the rapid spread of tubercu-
losis among cattle and hogs, and to
control and eventually to eradicate the
disease AS this disease in hogs is near
ly always contracted from tuberculous
cattle, It is believed that if bovine IT,
berculosis were suppressed swine tuber-
culosis would soon disappear: hence our
main attack must be directed against
the disease in cattle.
However difficult may be the task
of controlling and eradicatinG tuber-
culosis, the problem is constantly pc
coming more difficult as the infection
becomes more widespread. It is much
easier to deal now with a disease al
fecting on the whole about ) per cent o.
our cattle than 1t will be to COMBAT iT
later If we permit 1t to spread unSlL
it affects 40 CT 80 per cent, as IS ina
case in some parts of Europe
Among the recommended tfons niaue .
one to prevent dissemination OF the os-
ease by preventing all contact petWeeh
healthy and tuberculous cattle. Ine tu-
berculin test also is urged.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Says Americans
Cannot Understand.

You do not understand because you
are an American. and just like the 9TH
crs. Ny dear young woman. what I
mean is that all the American women
want to have genius and not any OF
them want to have children. See? They
are an chasing this ideal or that. They
all are trying TO do everything but be
what they're meant to be-domestic.
They want to sing. paint, write, or go
to the parliamcnt-ah no. the Congress
ii is. | mean they want to vote.
And so. because genius is the gift
Of the gods to the few whom they love,
and because mediocrity is their mark
Of scorn for the masses, why this great
America Is full of restless women as
pirinG to climb Parnassus. chasing after
some ideal of achievement, which they
could not reach in a thousand years.
and so. restless. unhappy, and-mediocre.
Why don't they aspire to get married.
to he mothers of beautiful children
to he, IN other words, just normal WON
en- like the good God meant them to be-?
SO | say to the American woman,
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Great Singer Says Women
Here Lack Natural Talent
for Song.
THEIR FIELD is THE
KITCHEN AND NURSERY
Genius Can't Be Cultivated, She
Argues, Where 1t Does
Not Exist.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.

''If you can't have genius, have chill
dren."
When Madame Luisa Tetrazzini said
this, with the habitual gesture of her
bejeweled little hands, her voice
trailed off into peal of merriment that
to long-haired poet would have sound
ed like the tinkling of silver bell. She
laughed, ii Is true, but she meant it, all
the same. Indeed, she was almost
tragically in earnest, for she was dellv-
eUng the Tetrazzini message to the
American woman-the message which
the great diva believes this restless,
strenuous. ever aspiring American wo-
man needs more than any other mes
sage.
What | want to say~is," she ex-
planned in a delicious jargon OF words
made up Of equal parts of Englis>.
French. and Italian. and punctuated
with quick gestures of the restless and
diminutive hands. what l mean to say
is-if you can't sing arias in grand
opera, bake pies. If you can't paint
really great pictures, darn socks. II
you can't have real genius. have chill
dren. See"
II sec,' | answered in dazed voice,
and gazed distractedly around her sun
ny room at the Arlington Hotel. as II
looking for the real meaning of her
words.
She does not see, at ALL the mademoi-
selle do not comprehend" declared
madame, positively bewildered at TIE
density of the American understanding.
Then the Tetrazzini smile shone out
again, and the Tetrazzini hands fash
ed forth in explanation.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Parnassus, she would end with pies.
Tetrazzini always does. Her one weak
ness. and at the same time her long
suit, is-just pies.
But for baking pies, she announced,
trying her best TO look modest but with
vain-gIory written all over her laughing
face: Il can bake pies myself. Would
you have thought it,"
Il guessed It the moment I met you,' =
told her. for like everybody else,
l have read columns and columns about
the way you can bake pies. and have
seen pictures of you in the act of
making a pie crust. Now it's all very
easy for you to tell other women to
stop aspiring. and bake pies when
you've got the genius and the pie.
too
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Cox Fails in Effort to
Remove Judge German

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 20-The
attempt of George B. Cox, Republican
boss and bank president, indicted on a
perjury charge, to swear Judge Frank
German, before whom Cox is to be
tried, off the common pleas bench, was
defeated by presiding Judge Charles
Hunt today.
Judge Hunt decided that he had no
authority to pass on the affidavit filed
by Cox, which alleged that German was
biased and prejudiced against him.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Express Strike Wanes;
Police Guard Drivers

NEW YORK. March 20-With the
Wells-Fargo and the Adams Express
Companies operating their delivery
wagons with strike-breakers, and the
other companies doing business with
their old men who have refused to
strike, the strike situation was report
ed much improved today. The Wells
Fargo and Adams wagons were oper-
ated with uniformed police sitting be-
side the drivers.
report for work late today and will get
their old jobs.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
MAN MAY ADD A CUBIT TO
HIS STATURE.

The pituitary gland is coming in for
a good deal of newspaper notoriety
just at present. Stripped of all its
highfalutin nonessentials this is the
gland, we are told, which regulates the
growth of the human body, and physi-
clans are now in hopes of being able
to add cubit or so to human stature
or suppress the Development of those
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Teaches Chinese Blind.

Miss Lei Sui Kei was one Of the blind
girls who received certificates of gradu-
alton at the recent exercises of the
Canton school for blind girls. She took
a special course in massage under Mrs.
Laird, and is now a teacher of massage
in the school Her class comprises eight
blind Chinese girls.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Du Pont Powder Company
Increases Capital Stock

HOBOKEN. n. J.. March 20.-At a
special meeting of the stockholders of
the du Pont Powder Company, held
here today, the capital stock was in
creased from $50, 600, 900 to s35, ,OO0O co., The
stock Is to be retained in the treasury
for the present.
Henry Belin. jr., was elected direc-
tor TO succeed Victor du Pont, retired.
and the remainder of the retiring board
were reelected.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

When Tyler Page became an author
and issued his Little Book of Jobs"
which contains a list of openings for
aspiring office holders, he contributed
in a wholesale way to the discomfort
of every Democrat of the new House
majority who are now being pester-
ed for the Jobs Mr.. Page listed. 1t
cost Mr.. Page his own job to issue the
book, but he says he is satisfied with
the investment
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Arts and Crafts Show.

An exhibition of fancy weavlnSs,
potteries, and country home decora-
tons, including many Colonial antiques,
was opened today at the Arts and
Crafts Studio, S1I Vermont avenue
northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
mo net total cir,

me net total circulation Of The Washington
Times sunday during the month Of Feb
ruary was 1891. al copies left over and
returned by agents being eliminated This
number. when divided by 1, the number OF
SUNDAYS during February. shows the net
e 80
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Signs of Genius
Easily Discovered.

IF she has genius" said Tetrazzini,
"she will know it, and so will every
body else. for genius never is timid
about making itself known. And if
she's a genius, ] say let her be first o:
ali a genius. But. as for baking
pies
She was unable to resist the subject
OF pies. knew she couldn't. l knew
that If she began with genius, and Mt.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

IF you can't have genius. have child
ern.' Does the signorina see what l
mean"
But what if she has genius, not the
Imitation: but the real thing, I insist
ed. should she bake pies them
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times daily during the month of February
was l,C71, $50 all copies left over and re-
tCTned being elimina ed. This number, when
divided ny -. the number Of days OF publ
cation, shows the net daily average for FEB
ruary to have been ~, go.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
"f The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month Of February was as follows:
February 46 176 Feurbray ls........4 .S24
February ....47 l)1 February 26...... As. 209
Total for month. th.......-.................lS .lS1.SlO
Sunday average for month..............46,977 ,977
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

SNeethearts of the Fort Myer soldiers,
left behind, are convinced that war is
exactly what Sherman said it was.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

In each issue Of The Times the circulation
figures for the prev iuus day are plainly
printed at the head OF the first page at the
left of the date line
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

After an extended visit in our midst
DICK BaIlingcr will return to Seattle
this week.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Entered at tho Pnstoffice at Washington,
D. c, second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Rebelled Against
Harsh system.

Madame Luisa Tetrazzini made her
first appearance at the age of twenty,
but with the initiative and confidence OF
youth, she refused to be owned body and
soul by the agent system of Italy, and
so began her career unheralded to the
world. and working alone. Her present
manager, w. II. Leahy, found her sing
ing in Mexico City, and she was then
on the high road to financial success
as we'll as to fame.
She received her first American fame
when she sang in San Francisco at
the Tivoli Opera House, of which Mr.;
Leahy then was manager, but she did
not become internationally known until
her appearance al Covent Garden, in
London. In 1905 she first appeared in
New York, and since that time she has
made last fame aud a huge fortune,
which is managed for her by her hus-
hand, Bassoli.
And she can bake pies, can Luisa
TetraZzini. Indeed the world was rob-
bed of many wonderful pies when she
sang her first great song, and if you
care more for pies than for art, you will
be sorry that she has a golden throat.
But If you care most of all for beauty,
l hope you can hear her sing. For she
puts the sorrow and tenderness and
happiness, too, of life into one little
word, and calls IL song.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Herr Heinrich Hammer is to be per-
mittcd to hear some OF his own music
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

applying their wealth to the betterment
of less fortunate sisters and woman
kind in general Mrs. Mccormick can
make herself the best loved woman In
the District.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
AmusementS.

National-"The Dollar Princess" S:15
p. m.
Belasco-Tetrazzini, $50 p. m.
Columbia-"Mis Ananias,' S:15 D. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville, 2:15 and Sis
p. m.
Academy-"Bunco In Arizona" Sis
p. m.
Gayety-"Vanity Fair" 2:15 and S:15
p. M
Lyceum-'World of Pleasure" 2:15 and
Sis p. m.
Cssino-Continuous vaudeville, 12:45 to
II p. m.
Majestic-Vaudeville
Howard-Black Patti.
Arcade-Skating, bowling and motion
pictures.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Tramp, tramp. tramp. the boys are
marching"
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

President Taft has never made a
dash up Kettle Hill. but he has ven
tured to come home on the Southern
railroad
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Meeting of the East Washington Citi-
zens' Association, East Washington
Hall, 314 Pennsylvania avenue south
east. p. m.
Meeting of Takoma Park Citizens AS
sociatton, Takoma Hall, 7:30 p. m,
Concert by United States Marine Band
Orchestra, Marine Barracks, p. m.
Concert by L. S. Soldiers Home Band,
Stanley Hall, $3.50 p. m.
Meeting Of the Monday Evening Club,
M. c. A.
Japanese dancing party by ladies' sec
ton of Columbia Turnverein at club
house, 92S NJ street northwest, at s
p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Sports.

Meeting of the independence Baseball
League at 1872 North Capitol street.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

"The" Cannon will be unmuzzled
Apr.I :
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today.

(The Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column. Phone or write announce
ments.)
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
81 The Washington Times printed daily dur
Ing the month OF February was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Walter Johnson ought to he drafted
ny the Mexican insurgents as a last
ditch. He would be able to hold out
until the last armed foe expired.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Admits She Loves
Life's Good Things.

She is openly in love with the Goo4
things of lfe-with beautiful clothes and
jewels, and wealth. She is as naive in
her enjoyment of admiration and tact
full compliment as a school girl would
be. And she always is laughing. One
cannot recall her vivid personality with
out that sudden, brilliant smile that
ends always in the ripple of laughter az
merry and care free as child.
And her gift of song? Why. one never
thinks of her that way, any more than
he thinks Of a nightingale as talented.
or a moCking bird possessing a genius
for music. Tetrazzini sings because she
cannot help it. II was inevitable that
she should be an opera queen, Of
course, for this old world of ours Is
never cheated out of voice that it
really wants to hear.
But if she had never discovered her
own genius, and if no one else had dis
covered it, one cannot imagine that she
would not have sung.
The diva's mother was a singer of
genius, her father a musician, and all
Of her sisters have really beautiful
voices. One of these sisters, Eva Cam
panini, wife OF Maestro Campanini, for
merIy of the Manhattan Opera House,
would have been one of the greatest
singers of our day if her domestic ten
denotes had not been even stronger than
those of TetrazZini.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

our distinguished llow-townsman,
George Won Lengerke Meyer. who has
been 'maneuvering" W in Boston re-
Gently, returned. to the city today.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20
Knows Something of Baking
Herself, and Can Build
Good Pies.
SHE'DAS SOON BE COOK
AS GREAT OPERA STAR
Story of Her Remarkable Rise to
Heights of Artistic
Success.

Luisa Tetrazzini has a personality
that is at once transparent and delight
full. She IS simple as a child, and as
happy. She is frankly stout, without
the least effort to conceal or change the
fact.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

Judge Adamson wants to know whose
business It is how a corporation raises
its money. That's another way of say
ing Mr. Vanderbilt's famous motto.
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

When the great 0ramatist placed
Patience on a monument he had not
seen those lonG-suffering decoys who
wait for bronchitis or recruits on the
rubber-neck wagon at Fourteenth and
the Avenue
The Washington times., 1911-03-20

The plan OF Mrs. Medin Mccormick to
provide for the working girls of Wash
ington homelike and comfortable livihs
surroundings at moderate cost is an
other example of how rich women are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
Academy of the Holy Cross
shington. ID. C.

select scnooI for boarders and day
pupils. conducted by the Sisters OF the
Holy Cross. in the best residential section
Of the National Capital The educational
work of the academy is based on the con-
vict'on that intellectual. moral and re-
Isious training must be combined in the
development OF character. The academy
endeavors not only to cultivate a spirit OF
rennement but also to foster those vir-
,ues without which education OF a purely
intellectual sor, can avail but little
The academy occupies an estate OF q
acres. situated in the best residential sec
ton Of Washington. and commanding n
me view of the city and surrounding coun-
Try. The buildings form a splendid freproot
structure in the Tudor Gothic style OF
architecture. All pupils are required to
enter the physical culture classes under tho
direction of competent instructor A
thoroushly equipped gymnasium provides
Tor Indoor exercise. while the spacious
grounds afford opportunity for tennis. arch
cry and baske, ball.
The academy life is divided into three
periods OF four years each consisting of the
Academic. Preparatory and Primary de-
partments. The Academic Department
grants diploma to pupils satisfactorily
completing the courses In higher rnathe-
mates. sciences. classics and modern Ian
gusses- Terms. ttoD per annum. Cata-
iosue free on request. Address
HOLY CROSS ACADEMY.
Dumoarton' Washington. ID. @.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

the pupil. Such ideals are the basis
on which the Cooperative School of
Bedford City has met successfully tho
rising tide of popular educa ton for the
last fifteen years. and that without one
cent OF donation or aid from State, IN
diVidual or any particular religious
denomination. Such a school must
stand upon It's merits or go down:
therefore. the patrons and State. as a
RUE get better and more efficient work
from the teachers OF such institutions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

because they must stand on the work
accomplished.
When these advantages can be had
at a liberal rate. in fact. at about tho
cost of board alone in the private farni-
lies of the cities. It is business to con-
slider well the proposition.
The Cooperative School gives
thorough academic course. also has ex-
ceptional advantages in instruuental
and vocal music, art. elocution, and
commercial branches
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

Society Will always demand n liberal
hrst-ciass boarding school with
residential faculty and limited mum
Der OF pupils for girls why're careful
restrictions and sound moral. mental.
and social training MAJ be had in adj
alton to the thorough literary course
OF study The direct personal instruc-
ton and announcement of teachers, to
be had at such school. often brings
success out OF failure and means much
10 the easy and rapid advancement Of