The Washington times., 1911-04-30

printed al the head Of the FIRST page al the
left of the date line.
Entered at the Postonice at Washington.
d. C. as second class matter.
April sheds a few tears at leaving US.
Judge Charles S. Bundy, Of the class
OF "a. was as young as any alumnus
of Hamilton College at their banquet
last night.
1t does seem as If the gloom of the
Washington school room could be
lightened with a little more real
cherry furniture.
If any boys are reported lost within
the next three days it's a good 'hunch'
that they can be found in the vicinity
of Fifteenth and H streets northeast.
One dollar bequeathed by a former
clerk in the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to "the woman who once bore
my name" may we'll be referred to as
THE widows mite
A party of Washington scientists
spent last night in the depths of the
Dismal Swamp of Virginia. Prepara-
tions for snake bites were made before
leaving the Capital.
The tumult and shouting of an ap-
preaching election in Mt Rainier floats
into Washington like the SAVIOR Of
a square meal to a hungry man who
hasn't got the price.
Preparations for the Horse Show
are almost complete, and the brooding
quadruped once more whinnies with
delight to think he is about to put
one oyer on the devil wagons.
Republican House employees are being
retired in blocks of fifty" That term
blocks Of is reminiscent of the time
when Democratic majorities in the
lower body were hardly thought of.
That celebrated chapter on Snakes
in Iceland" read: There are no
snakes to be met with in Iceland"
The record of the Senate proceedings
quite often reads: The Senate was
not in session"
In a neat little speech, otherwise
called a few chosen remarks, Commits
sioner Rudolph introduced The Shad
Bake Season to the Builders and Manu-
facturers' Exchange. Both Mr. Rudolph
and the season were loudly cheered.
When DIR. Watts. the Chicago fresh
air expert, turned the Mothers Con-
gress into a gymnasium and had the
800 delegates practice respiration, he
did violence to the popular complaint
OF mothers that they can't find time to
breathe.
Twenty churches in the Capital are
observing tuberculosis Day today and
throughout the country proba bly,
10000 sermons are being preached and
contributions being taken to carry on
the nation wide war against the
White Plague.
"Cunhouse." Forest Glen Trick
ling Spring House," These are the
names given by DR.. Fewkes to ruins
found in the study of prehistoric cliff
dwellings, but they sound modern
enough to be advertisements for sum-
mer boarderS.
No. Penelope, it is not in the inter
est of the stationers that editors in
o sist that you write your communica-
tions on only one side of the paper
1t is one of the signs that your letter
is meant for publication and not for
the perusal of the office cat.
Tomorrow is election day in Mt
Rainier. The Importance of this an
nouncement cannot be overestimated.
Fourth of July and a number of ma
tional holidays are observed in Rock
Vile, but they are mere passing events
COmpared TO the culminatio Of a
mayoralty race.
Fire apparatus fallen into disuse and
decay. Fire hose rotten and disconnect-
ed from mains Fire-escapes inaccessi-
ble-inflammable material everywhere"
That is the indictment against the
quarters occupied by the Civil Service
Commission employees. Sounds like a
shirt waist factory.
Several Sundays ago William Jennings
Bryan addressed tAa Y. NJ. c. A. mass
meeting on THE Price of a Soul c.
c. Bowman is following this up this af-
ternoon with lecture on THE Value
of Body" What most men are pug
zled about these days is how to meet
the cost OF keeping soul and body to-
sether.
The lure of the outlands has been
powerful over Washinstonians today,
and through the suburbs and beyond,
along dusty roads, cross clovered mead
ows, out Bennirg road. about the Sol
diers' Home grounds, rambling in Rock
Creek Park-wherever Nature shows