The Washington times., 1911-05-19

d. C.. second class matter.
The Senate Committee on Manufac-
lures will take a chance on being able
TO tell the difference between fresh fish
and the cold storage variety without
trying to qualify for membership in DR..
Wiley's poison squad.
When all is said and done in regard
to the guarantees of peace between this
country and the rest of the world, the
Washington High School cadets, Judg
ing from the efficiency of their drill.
will be one of the effective factors.
Ten young women received certificates
for completing the course in domestic
science in the Martha Washington Sem
mary last night. That's the kind of
thing which is worthy of the first
woman who was the First Lady Of the
Land.
The hearty welcome accorded the
Very Rev. Godfrey Schilling. o. F. NJ,
who has just returned from the Holy
Land, proves the lastingness of the
friendly sentiment of the people Of the
District for him. He had been absent
from Washington ten years.
The string of twelve thoroughbreds
picked from the United States army
which have been sent to compete in the
great Olympia horse show in London,
may be confidently expected to send up
a whinny Of triumph, however great
may be the number of entries.
Few incidents of the civil war stand
out more prominently In the history Of
the bloody conflicts than Ptckett's
charge at Gettysburg. The sudden
death Of the son of the distinguished
leader of the charge has been matter
of general regret. The funeral cere-
monies yesterday were very impressive.
DR.. Charles F. Stokes. the Surgeon
General Of the Navy. gave mertted
praise to nurses when he made the COM
MANAGEMENT address to the graduates of
Garfield Memorial Hospital School for
Nurses, Their victories in peace as we'll
as In war have made the world brighter
and better.
That inimitable duo Of song provokers,
George O'Connor and Matt Horne,
promise that when the good old North
land has cleared for Old Point Comfort
this evening, there shall be dancing
and music Any member Of the Cham
Der of Commerce iunketing excursion
who claims he can't sing will be made
TO prove 1t.
DR.. Arthur Ramsay has performed a
real service for the schools Of Wash
ington in refuting through his able re-
port to the Board Of Trade the asser-
ton that the school system here is I'M
duly or unreasonably expensive. AS the
figures stand, Washington's expense
compares very favorably with that of
other cities, while he shows how much
better our school system is than others.
The thanks of the community are due
iAw and his committee.
Two precautions, religiously observed,
have the power to make supposedly I'M
bearable summer weather bearable.
One is sane treatment Of the stomach
the other is indulgence In sleep. No
matter how hot 1t gets nor how hard
you have to work, II you will eat mod
erately, shun cold beverages, and take
eight or nine hours OF sleep every night
YOU will get through the heated term in
comparative comfort Half the suffer
ing from hot weather is traceable to loss
of sleep or careless eating and drinking
Another magnificent structure will be
added to the many which have recently
been built in Washington when the new
Scottish Rite temple, at Sixteenth and
streets, is completed. The site IL
ideal for a building OF that character
and the preliminary drawings, Just pub
lished. show that the Masons propose
to erect a home worthy OF the impor'
lance and standing OF their fraternity
Every member of the society in the
Southern Jurisdiction can be proud Of
the temple IL It measures up to it,
model.
Through a picturesque treaty signed
by thumb prints of Ute chieftains, the
Smithsonian Institution has secured
control over the great ruins Of the an
Gent cliff dweilers In Colorado, and viii
at once restore the ruins in a grea
national park that the Government will
open up. Uncle Sam has had his ey,
upon this tract longingly for years, bu
i've expeditions of treaty-makers failed
to swap good land for these aban
doned slopes, because the Indians be
came suspicious that gold or oil deposits
must prompt the Federal zeal. Finally
Assistant Commissioner Of Indian AZ