The Washington times., 1911-07-15

CITCUIatIOn
Times Sunday during the month Of jun
was ,Sls. all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
during June, shows the net Sunday averaE'
for June to have been u,7o6.
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington
.. C., as second class matter.
The heated kiosk is losing some of IL
popularity as the thermometer falls.
Mr. Tapp. as a sewer Taper, should
be a positive success in a comparatively
harmonious job.
DR.. Wiley's enemies, according to al
indications, have gone to his goats
house for wool.
Reorganizing Of the plumbing depart
ment starts unpleasant reminders while
II is yet summer.
We have a new poundmaster on the
job now. and every dog in town is
mortally afraid that he may accidently
lose his muzzle.
If the operation for adenoids per-
him a good boy should be successful
long time to come.
The injured husband who complains
that when his wife returned home late
at night she broke six windows, should
state whether the weather was cold
enough to make things disagreeable.
The District Building is receiving its
annual new dress. and painters and car
penters are busy today on the repairs
needed to get 1t into shape before Presi-
dent Rudolph's return from Germany.
In the death of William Henry Holt,
Georgetown loses one Of its oldest citi-
ZenS, a man who was native born, and
who for the sixty-eight years Of his
life lived on his little place just oppo-
site the Western High School.
Private Frank Bloom, whose efforts
TO obtain a lieutenancy were dampen-
cd by Colonel Gerrards refusal to
indorse him, has again taken the
necessary examination, and his many
friends are wishing him abundant
success.
Jenny and Judy, the donkey and ele-
phant, who were racing for the White
House, have complicated the outlook for
1912 by going lame and quitting the race
Still there are hopes that either a
Democrat or a Republican will finally
be chosen.
Rock Creek Park is proving more than
usually popular with Washington mo-
torists, who are trying out the Ross
and Beach drives. which were thrown
open TO automobiles yesterday, thus en-
abling drivers to make a complete cir
cult Of the park.
If 1t really entertained a proper sense
Of the fitness Of things, the Indiana So
ciety, which selected today for its an
nual outing at Marshall Hall, would
have fixed the date at a time when
the frost is on the pumpkin and tho
folders in the shock
Forty-six years service in the War
Department was the record Of William |
E. Covert. whose death is mourned by |
many friends. For many years Mr.. |
Covert was superintendent Of the old |
a wide circle of acquaintances.
Washington extends hearty welcome |
today to another noted educator, who |
is to take up professional work in this
city and to make his home here He
is Philander P. Claxton, the new United |
States Commissioner Of Education, who
comes to the Government service from
the University of Tennessee, where he
has made a nationwide reputation as
an educational lecturer and author.
Two Anacostia institutions, the Epis-
copal Home for Children and Methodist
Hall receive substantial additions to
their funds as the result of an Ana
costa mans skill. For their benefit. a
pony and goat circus, in charge of
Prof Dunbar has been in progress four
days. The show was literally patro-
nized, as Prof Dunbar has trained all
his animals at his home in Anacostia.
Another Washingtonian has just been
given merited promotion In the Govern
ment service. Edward T. Quigley, who
was graduated from the Georgetown
Law School in 1906. has been appointed
assistant solicitor Of the Department of
Commerce and Labor though he is but
thirty-two years-old. He has been in
the office of the Solicitor of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor for
seven years.
Aviator Atwood's capers over the city
and around the Monument Thursday
and Friday were worth waiting for.
The suspense OF the past ten days.
when Washington was no. one minute
and cold the next in anticipation Of the
hirdmans arrival, has found ample
in the thrilling perform
ances of this sldllful young aeronaut
HNashingtonians who have seen Atwood
aioft-snd that means everybody ir