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PROTESTS THE EXCLUSION
OF PEOPLE FROM HOUSE
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Months ago Chief Clerk Browning,
Republican, ordered that the COM
mon people of this Republic be eX-
cluded from the floor of their House
of Representatives; because the COM
mon people were too common to be
allowed to walk upon the floor OF
their House; or because the Repub-
licans had been in power so long
that they believed that the people
were entirely out of the question, any
way.
on Saturday. the Acting Speaker,
the clerk of the House who holds au-
thority between the death of one Con-
gress and the birth of another, Clerk
Mcdowell, Republican, ordered that
the Capitol guides keep their guests
and the guests of the Republic out of
the House wing of the Capitol dur
ing the deliberations of the Demo-
cratic caucus.
Speaker-Elect Champ Clark said
that when he came in authority the
common people who visit their Capitol
should be permitted to go upon the
floor of the House of representatives,
because 1t Is their House, and not
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THINKS HONEST EFFORT
THE TRUE SUCCESS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
There are, perhaps, few more mooted
questions that What constitutes sue
cess?" and it may not be amiss to moot
il some more. According to vast ma
iority of men, success is the accumula-
ton of wealth of one sort or another.
And most of these men lay stress on
the"vhat' and let the how take care
of itself. They don't bother themselves
about how A got his millions; what they
want is proof of AS millions. This pro-
duced, A is duly installed in their esi-
nation, and his position is assured
until stocks go down or banks go up.
Then A may so any way he wishes, just
so he keeps away from MS lr'enuS Oh
former times.
MANY men count achievement success.
1t may be In the building of cities or
ships; the winning of battles or political
honors; the writing OF books or the mn-
folding, of great scientific and philo-
sophie principles. A part of the truth
is far better than no truth at all. He
who achieves succeeds, but his success
is measurable only by the motives
which prompted him to action. No vic
tory is u credit unless won in a good
cause, and he is sad failure, who
spends his time and thought and ink in
the making of a useless book. If the
courage and ingenuity of Jesse James
he might have had a high place among
the great. Yet, as bandit, his success
was indisputable.
So in the end. when we sift it down.
isn't honest effort true success? II
makes small difference whether our ef-
forts are materially crowned or drown
ed. There never came from the heart
of any man an honest impulse, or from
his hands an honest piece of work
which did not do its little to make the
world and that man better.
Who can name off-hand the rich men
of 1895 or 1850? But it Is easy to re-
member Calico and Raphael and
Fulton and Webster and Lincoln. They
and thousand others slipped into the
world unheralded and unknown. and
many of them went out of It unappre-
ciated. But they did something honest
ly. And they've stood the test of sue
cess, which Is time
EVERETT SPRING
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BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
EMPLOYEES UNDERPAID
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
That the compensation received by
the girls employed in the Bureau of Err
craving and Printing is grossly made
Quate, in consideration of the character
of the work involved and the neces-
sarIy InsaIitary conditions under which
a great portion of such work is per-
formed, is we'll recognized, and it is
believed that their much-beloved d.
rector implicitly admits this depiorable
condition of affairs when he makes a
public statement that he would be will
ing to accede to their demands If avail
able funds would permit
The writer is not conversant with the
presen: financial status of the matter,
but u perfectly coguizant Of the fact
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What's S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

Fortieth annual dinner Of the Princeton
Alumni Association of the District Of
Columbia, Chevy Chase Club, 1880 p. IN.
Lecture by w. J.Collvile, Philosophical
Hail. 1917 H street northwest, after
noon and evening.
Meeting of the Military Field Mass COM
mittee, Carroll Hail. 9l6 Tenth street
northwest, tonight.
The choir of the Church of the Epiphany
will sing Stainer's "CruCifiXion'" at
the church, G street, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets north
west, S p. m.
The Darkest Hour" will be sung by the
choir of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Twenty-third street northwest, p. m.
The following Masonic organizations will
meet tonight: Lodges-Lafayette, No.
10; William r. Singleton, No. 30. East
ern Star Chapter-Esther, No. 5.
The following l. o. o. F. lodges Will
meet tonight; Columbia, No. 10; Salem.
No. %.
Meeting of the District of Columbia
Volunteers, st. Joseph's Hall, Fifth
and H streets northwest, p. m.
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ties Of these schedules affords a liberal
education.
When the Democrats begin to doctor
the poor Old tariff. it is safe TO predict
that there will be no more regular at
tendant upon the sessions of Congress
than the wife of Representative Henry
T Rainey of Illinois.
The Democratic party she says. en-
thTsiastcaIly, will. and has started al
ready, to make an honest reduction
downward. They are going to establish
A tariff that will bring in sufficient
revenues upon which to run the Gov
crnmcnt on an economical oasis. Just
you wait and see
And Canadian reciproCity?'' | asked
feebly. looking at her with awe and
admiration.
1T is a very undiplomatic thing"
laughed Mrs. Rainey, TO express an
opinion on a treaty which is still under
consideration, but If Canadian recipr"C-
ity simplifies the tariff, I'm for it every
time"
Few women have played a larger, yet
more modest. part IN the success
Of their husbands careers than has Mrs
Rainey In that Of Representative Rainey.
This know 10 be true. because she
vowed II was not. her husband appear
ing lust in time to contradict her
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WOMEN SLAVES TO GODDESS
OF FASHION.

From one end to the other of this
broad land. women should rise up and
call blessed Mrs. Robert H. Zimmer
man, who, through the columns of The
Times the other day, voiced a vigor
Gus protest against the tyranny of the
Goddess of style, albeit the Goddess in
this case is man, or several men, who
operate under the mysterious title of
They" aud have their shrine in the
more mysterious center of fashion,
Gay Paree.
Mrs. Zimmerman's remedy may not
appeal to all as practicable (she pro
poses a Congressional commission
which shall fix styles Of women's dress
once a year or once every two years., >,
but it is encouraging to note that
there is one woman of sufficient promi-
nence to command attention who has
the courage TO tell the truth about the
absurd system under which her sisters
suffer in keeping abreast of the fash
ions. Mrs. Zimmerman sounds the key
note of the problem when she says:
The women themselves will have to
teach the manufacturers a lesson by
We are at the mercy of the manu-
faCturer.
That's the whole difficulty. The
style maker in Paris produces fearful
and wonderful article of dress, and the
ladies. in the language of the street,
fall for it, His motive is to force
the purchase of new clothes two, or
three, or four times year. He makes
radical changes in styles so fire.
quently that, if a woman would be
considered properly gowncd. she must
buy new clothing before that which
she already has is anything like worn
out Time was when a woman could
make suit last two seasons. If she
wears a last seasons suit now she is
considered dowdy.
The best evidence of woman's folly
in this business of dress and the best
evidence that the remedy is in her own
hands and nowhere else, is offered by
her esteemed contemporary, man, the
inferior mortal If the male sex would
stand it, the makers of mems styles
would make just as radical and fire.
quent changes as the makers of
women's styles. But men simply won't
buy the stuff. When the store sales
man or the tailor tells a man he must
have new style of suit, the man
takes a look at the suit he is wearing
He decides whether he must have
new suit according to whether his old
suit is worn out. He doesn't care a
whoop for the new style.
But you won't be in the fashion,"
says the salesman or the tailor.
"All right" says the man, then III
be out of it."
That's the reason mems styles change
gradually. That's the attitude the
women will have to take if they want
relief from the tyranny of fashion.
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that ever since the present incumbent
succeeded to the dictatorship there has
been a growing feeling of discontent
among tho women employees of the bu-
reau, due TO their repeated AMI futile
efforts to obtain an appreciable increase
in their present starvation wages. 1t
would. therefore, appear to the writer
that knowing these conditions to exist
and recognizing the equity of the girls
demands, their much beloved director,
having tho interests OF these employees
at heart, would increase the annual es-
innate for the conduct of the bureau
this incOnsiderable amount so as TO
meet this crying need, and If the pur-
pose of the proposed increase were
stated in the estimate to Congress there
is not a shadow of a doubt but what
the small additional amount involved
would be appropriated.
But why the need, indeed, of asking
this increased appropriation? The writer
is also aware that the present director
has each year covered into the Treasury
many thousands of dollars. Now, while
the people OF the United States advo-
cate economy. they do not advocate
that sort of so-Called economy that
deHleS ~ w '4iiS SiIiPISy 60 N4-O 80
pensauon that they ought to receive,
and il IS anything but commendable in
one who courts the APPROVAL of his ST.
periors in so doing, to the end that his
own salary might be increased. 1t
would seem, therefore, that these girls
might well suggest to their much-be-
loved director that so much of this sur
plus fund as results each year from
denying to them the slight increase
that they demand and ought to receive
be applied to this purpose. and, Incl
dentally, to the proper conduct of the
affairs of the bureau, and the writer
has no doubt that one who holds him
self out TO the public as an advocate
of tn. square deal" proposition will
accede to their reasonable and just de-
mands.
A FRIEND OF THE BUREAU GIRLS.
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THOSE OF ROYAL ANCESTRY
GET MORE KIND WORDS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The letter Of "Veritas' was a very
timely one. and should appeal to all
that Is best In this country, for 1t holds
up in the clear light Of truth that small
but elect society which carries within
it all the cultivation and refinement Of
centuries.
Those of royal descent have that born
within them that money cannot buy;
they have that within them which can
always command wealth. and for which
wealth yearns, but in vain.
The Society of Royal Ancestry in this
country is, of course, very limited in
numbers, but those few represent the
very best in this country. and, because
It is so limited, and because 1t is so
impossible but for the choice few,
hence the sneers; but 1t is the aristoc-
racy Of this country.
KEEPER OF THE ROLLS.
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was good cook and his, good humor

was a good cook and his good humor
was unfailing.
1t seems entirely out of keeping with
the eternal fitness of things that a
cook who is really the master of his
craft should be anything but rotund,
rubicund, ever radiant with the joy of
living. 1t lies in his power to con-
tribute so much to the happiness of the
human race that the mere conscious
ness of this fact should keep him in
good humor with all the world. Alas,
it is not always so Only too often
the genius for expert cooking is allied
with a wanderlust and a grabbed out
look upon life which makes it more
perilous to set up housekeeping than
to 60 down to the sea in ships. The race
of dusky Phyllises, Portly and genial,
with head bound up in generous ban
danna, has almost perished from the
earth. The tendency of the day is to
regard cooking as trade rather than
a profession. The bad workman pro-
verbally quarrel with his tools and
the atmosphere of the home becomes
tense and menacing.
Bill Tillie cooked we'll. and, further
more, he loved his fellow-man. As
consequence, when he died there was
none so rich as not to be glad to do
him reverence. jefferson City rained
tears and flowers upon his tomb. Let
us hope that his race and craft may
emulate his example. Appreciative gen
erations will rise up to call them
blessed
The Washington times., 1911-04-06
MISSOURPS GOVERNOR
MOURNS A COOK.

Bill Tillie is dead. and there's mourn
ing in Missouri. When death came to
end the three score and fifteen years
of this dusky benefactor of the human
race, the governor of the State, men
prominent in the social and political
life of the Missouri capital, the great
body of the people, followed his hon
orded dust to the grave. For he had
two strong claims upon the affections
of those who knew and loved him; he
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wished for time was not considerably
less. Such sentiments as that would
~ better adapted if expressed in
some Bowery saloon and would be
received with hilarious applause. The
writer's knowledge of history must
be very vague from what he infers
of the destruction of British sea pow
er In 1912. ! should advise him to get
COgnizant with historical facts. How
long, he asks. can we keep from go
ing to war with such a nation?
Possibly the writer would like to
commence at once. or say Monday
next if convenient. 1t is a good
thing for the world at large that such
blatant heaters of the Big Drum do
not control the deStinieS of the ma
tions. BERNARD BROCKINGTON.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06
RECOGNIZES THE SOURCE
OF RECENT ANGLOPHOBIA
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
In reply to Mr.. George c. Tanners
letter of the 3rd instant, to The
Times dealing with the crimes of
"Perfidious Albion" l will not enter
into any detail of the base and
wicked Designs" he accuses Eng
land of, which is the natural outcome
of the anti British type which he rep
resents, the class of which are dying
out 1 have no doubt that such senti-
ments originated in some anti-British
publication. and would no doubt be
well received by certain factions not
necessary to mention. The time is
even specified in which the British
navy could be destroyed. viz, one
year, and the entire nation annihilat-
ed in two years. The only wonder IS
that. considering the vitriolic source
Of the evidently desired results, the
The Washington times., 1911-04-06
POISON THE SPARROW
is HIS REMEDY
To the Editor OF THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
In your issue of March 81 was an item
and an editorial re the sparrow At
| cent per head il would cost quite a
large sum to get rid Of the interloper
\ shorter and cheaper course would be
a concerted action all over the country
next winter when no other birds are
with us to feed the sparrows with pre-
pared food that would remit them to the
happy hunting grounds. Shortly after
their int suction, 1t was a common
question. Which is the worst, the
worms or the sparrows?" Consensus IF
opinion, undoubtedly. is that the SPAR
rows are nuisance. and on this refer
endum, they should be recalled, and
probably the most effective, cheapest,
and quickest way, would be to break
the pure food law.
REV. GEORGE D. COLEMAN.
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She Helped Locate Body of
John Paul Jones in Paris
Cemetery.
AIDED TO GET FACTS
IN THE FAMOUS CASE
TakeS-Great Interest In Social Life
of Her Home City and
Washington.

made for many years study Of socioI-
ogy. and this, with my club and social
duties, fills the days.
When ! left NV home in CarroIlton.
ILL.,, ! left there my boys club. which
met in my own house for years, and
which had eighty-six members when We
came to Washington nine years ago. At
that time, | was a member of the State
board of charities in Illinois, and also
one Of the trustees Of St Charles School
for Delinquent BOYS. The work was
fascinating. and giving 1t up would have
left large vacancy in the life of any
woman.
so, when l came to Washington. u
seemed the right thing to do to en-
ter into the life of the community
as fully as possible, and do my share
OF work where I could"
Takes Interest In
Affairs of Washington.
And she has. Mrs. Rainey is as fully
identified with the interests of the
Capital as If she had lived here from
her earliest girIhood. She has taken
an active part in the Neighborhood
House. and has done valiant service
as one of the friendly visitors OF the
Associated Charities of Washington.
She is deeply interested in the play
ground movement, and is a member OF
the board of the Playground Asso-
citation here. She serves on the pub
liCity committee of the District Moth
ers' Congress, and also on the wo-
mans board Of directors of the Ma
tional Junior Republic League. Some
years ago Mrs. Rainey went abroad
for the purpose of studying Juvenile
reformatories, and since that time she
has mOthered scores of so-called de-
linquent boys.
Il feel quite like ] might be one
OF the oldest inhabitants here" she
says with genuine pride, for I have
watched Washington grow. When
came nine years ago, the progressive
changes had not begun. There was
no compulsory education law, no child
labor law, no playground association,
no Juvenile court. no arts and crafts
school, no league for the decoration
of public schools. Now We have them
all. Can you wonder that | feel as
proud for Washington as if it were
my home town"
incidentally. Mrs. Rainey is the in
veterate enemy of the game called
bridge.
DO you mind saying what your views
on bridge are?' I asked.
"Why, I'm proud Of them" came the
answer. I'm not one Of these narrow
women who say. DO not play game
of cards, not a single game But when
il comes to A woman's wearing her
soul, body. and nerves, out on bridge,
! believe life is entirely too short for
that. SO many women fnolishIy wreck
themselves playing it. And l don't mind
telling you that am set strongly
against IT,
Mrs. Rainey is one nf he most popr-
lar members Of the Congressional Club
And though I did noc have courage to
ask. I suppose she is a D. \ r. and a
Colonial Dame and that ner benevolent
activities include at least ha'' dozen
or more charitable orga 1iZa-tnns.
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Amusements.

of a Sinner" S:15 p. m.
Belasco-Mantell in "Othello," Sis p. m.
Columbia-Thurston, the magician, 2:l5
and s: Is p. m.
Chase's-Nat NJ. Wills and polite vaude-
vile, 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Academy-"Graustark 2:15 and Sis
p. m.
Casino Continuous vaudeville, 12:5 to
II p. m.
Cosmos-Continuou vaudeville.
Lyceum-"The Big Review" 2:15 and
S:15 p. IN.
Gayety-"New Columbia Burlesquers,"
2:15 and S:l5 p. m.
ArCade-skating, bowling and motion
pictures.
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RIDICULES A SYSTEM
OF FALSE ECONOMY
TO the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Suppose the leaders of the two parties
succeed in cutting off a few offices to
save the pay of people filling them. who
get hardly enough to keep soul and body
together, and then add $500 or more
to their own stipend-abOut enough TO
take the saving-how much will the Gov
ernment save by this wonderful econ
omy plan? Put men in to save, increase
their salaries. and discharge one or two
poor clerks who have no pull.
A READER.
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the special property of any person
holding "a little brief authority.
This would indicate that the Demo-
cratic Speaker is to be somewhat
democratic. The common people are
salso democratic, and they will in
dorse Champs democratic simplic-
ity." JCNIUS.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06
MARCH CIRCULATION.
Daily.
ne number Of complete and perfect copies
The Washington Times printed daily dur
II L. Nnll

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month of March
vas lcSs 793. all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number. when
divided by q, the number OF days OF publi-
cation. shows the net daily average for March
70 have been 45 s07.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

The ret total circulation OF The Washington
Times tSunday) during the month Of March
vas l6S 5jS. all copies left and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number.
when divided by T. the number OF Sundays
during March. shows the net Sunday aver
age tOr March to have been 42.l3S
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Missionary work is one Of the subjects
on which Mr.. Bryan can speak by the
card
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very naturally brought out few growls
Of protest.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

"Ircstc- iomfnp." as they say at the
Columbia This week. and there's another
.hange in the weather.
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Sgnda v.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month Of March was as follows:
March 5.........46,173 March l9.........46.l27
March I2......... 234 March 26........ a. $50
Total for month. .lSS, Isi
Sunday average for mcnth............. 4644S
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Perhaps the footpad who has the no.
tol-robbing habit is merely striving 10
pat into operation the theory Of just
IctributiOn.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

The Mutual Consolation Society of
Abandoned Husbands Is to be organized
nt Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

In each issue Of The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head of the first page at the
left Of the date line.
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

The Socialist party in the new House
Is a unit on all things.
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Says Nobody Knows
All About the Tariff.

Nobody in the whole world knows all
about it-has ever Comprehended the
entire tariff question" asserted Mrs.
Rainey, by way of a beginning.
Not even you. or Miss Tarbell. or
the firm of Payne. AldriCh and Com
pary?"
Not human soul
Mrs. Rainev, herself, did not take up
the study Of the tariff primarily in order
to he of more assistance to her husband
in his work II was her interest IN all
public questions that led her to attend
the debates at the Capitol during the
recent revision of the tariff, and these
debates gave new impetus to her study
of the subject. She knows the tariff
schedules better than many men of the
House OF Representatives. and declares
that to master the various teChniCaii-
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Entered at the Postoffice at Washington.
r G. second class matter.
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Helped to Locate
Iohn Paul Iones' Body.

Il did spend few weeks at the Con-
gressional Library" she acknowledged.
going through tones of data in order
The Washington times., 1911-04-06

\ Quaker wedding-such as has just
hecn celebrated in Rockvile-does not
mean that life thereafter is to be d
quaker meeting.