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The Washington times., 1911-03-08
SEED CORN AND THE SOPHIS-
TICAIED CROWS.

1t is a known fact that predictions
of a killing frost insure an abundant
harvest. Ever the umtimGly blizzard
which comes to mark the anniversary
of Inauguration week only mcllows the
ground for spring wheat. But when
the crows establish a ChautauQua cir
cult of instruction in scientific dcpre-
dation it is time for husbandry to
adopt some new device as a counter
blast. The cunning and intelligence OF
the crow are we'll established. His
native talents have heretofore been
equal to the task of roofing up the
seed corn. His sense of humor is highly
developed, and his favorite joke has
been to pretend to be afraid Of the
"scarpcrows" which confding farmers
set up to tcrrify him. The transparent
ogres OF stuffed pantaloons crowned
with a top hat became his common
haunts and watch-towers.
Apparently, however, the improved
methods of agriculture have put him
on his metal. Select instructors have
been chosen to travel about the coun-
try to compete with the exhibition
trains sent out from the experiment
stations. The peripatetic agriculturist
teaches his brethren to plant corn; the
wandering crow comes behind and holds
lyceums to discuss the art of pulling
it up.
Such. 1t least, seemed to be the case
few days since when a farmers wife
up in the Nutmeg State, while on her
way to church, saw large, fat, intel
ligent crow in the middle of a field
with a circle of crows gathered about
him The faithful Froissart of Win
stead chronicles that he would bend
over and touch his bill to the ground.
whereupon the whole circle would do
likewise. If it were not for the in
herent mischief of the bird he might
have been suspected of merely playing
the ancient game of Simon says thumbs
up" Occasionally he would flap his
wings and caw-a kind of 'GCsund-
heit!" or Here's looking at you" as
he discovered a juicy, terminating ker-
nel-and then all the circle of crows
would flap their black wings and cav
consumedIy. The farmers wife was
convinced that he was teaching the
SQUADS of his race what it had been
thought they already knew only too
we'll.
The local grangers up in Connecticut
have taken the matter up. They are
to hold meeting to decide whether
to plant deeper or later, or to SOW
the corn lands in potatoes. There is
another item on their program, but
if they are wise they will waste no
further efforts on scarecrows, which
merely excite the mirth of the most
Sophisticated of all the birds.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
AmuSenentS,
Nationalist

National-"Seven Days" 2:15 and S:15
p. m.
ReIasco-Albert Chevalier in Daddy
Dufard," 2:15 and $40 p. m.
CoIumbia-Elsie Ferguson in Dolly
Madison" Sis p. m.
Chase e's-Frank Keenan, and polite
vaudeville. 2:15 and sis p. m.
Academy-"N Mother to Guide Her."
Sis p. m.
Casino-Continuous vaudeville, 12:R to
II p. m.
Majestic-Vaudeville.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, 1 to II
Gayety-"Bon Tons" 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Ivceum-"Moulin Rouge" 2:15 and Sis
D. m.
Arcade-Bowling and skating, afternoon
and evening.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Exhibition Of aerial craft and motor
trucks, exposition building, North
Lecture by Leroy Con, What Every
Woman Should Know About Insur-
ance," Y. w. c. A., Twelfth and F
streets northwest, s p. m.
Address by F. H. Newell, director of
the Reclamation Service, ''Home-Mak-
ing in the Arid West" First Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and o streets
northwest, s p. m.
Meeting of the District of Columbia
Library Association, Public Library,
Mt. Vernon square, Sis p. m.
Lecture by the Rev. Joseph NJ. NJ. Gray,
Heads Up Hamline NJ. E. Church,
Ninth and P streets northwest, to-
night.
Meeting of the Board of Trade.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band
and Orchestra, post gymnasium, Fort
Myer, Va, p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
LasheS and Jail for
Stealing Pie and Ham

WILMINGTON. Del. March S.-For
stealing two custard pies. John H. Will
Jams, a negro, has been sentenced to
ten lashes and one year in prison. A
similar sentence was given John Sem,
white, for stealing a ham.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

from all parts of the world will talk
on how to develop the boy or girl who
is morally. mentally, or physically
SLOW" and it is expected that all
teachers and mothers here who are in
terested in the subject will attend these
meetings. and enter into the discus
SiODS
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Sports.

acknowledgements VS.. Y. NJ. c. A,
at Arcade rink.
Meeting of Bankers Baseball League,
at American Security and Trust offices
at s p. m.
Needing of Cricket Club at Chamber of
Commerce at p. m.
District League meeting at Aloysius
Club rooms at s p. N.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Protests Come
From Many Mothers.

But from irate mothers, from women
active in movements for the welfare Of
the child, and from many child lovers
there comes chorus of protesting
voices
Separate the dull child from his
little brother and sister who happen
to be cleverer?' asks Mrs A. A. Bir-
ney' District president of the Mothers
Congress. We'll. | must admit that I
take the part Of the dull child in the
discussion. In the first place, that child
Is StiEmatiZed as soon as he is segre-
gated from the normal boy and girl.
lie learns that he is unlike his fellows
Imagine the effect of this upon a SEN
siti"e temperament.
In the second place. nothing so con-
tributes to the advancement of the
back ward child as association with pre-.
cocious children. Thirdly, this associa-
tiOn IS Oftener help than hindrance
to the quick child. When we remem-
Der that every individual must attain
his full growth during the first fifteen
or sixteen years of life; when we know
the enormous physical and nervous
strain which this development entails
upon every child, are there any pre-
coCious ones who need to be pushed
along any faster than they naturally
So?"
A. the meeting Of the international
Congress of mothers, to be held in
Washington next month, the problem
of she backward child will be discussed
in all its phases. Students of child life
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
\ Capital T ales x


OF
he o t
lie
All Of which led an old Capitol hbtue Monday remark
Ma o &c
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Hon ha
of the longest trips record He started for this
who makes of walnut logs
A T. a
twelve
he of
he
fol the mna and
Eacht Prouty
He
beena Cum man all
ookn a change"
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Cold shivers are running down the
Venezuelan spine. A dark, chunky
man. with a sinister look in his eye,
and answering to the name of Castro.
has Just landed at Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

The whipping POST has been brought
into such activity in Baltimore that the
would-be wifebeater takes his wife be-
ycnd the threc-mile limit.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Asks 1913 for Praying
For Brother When Dying

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March SIN
a suit against the executor Of his
brothers estate, Joseph Estoff makes
a charge of 1913 for prayers given in the
Jewish synagogue for his brother. when
dying.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times daily during the month Of February
was LOT 639, all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number, when
divided by "a, the number OF days of publ
cation, shows the net daily average for Feb
ruary to have been A. 800.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Nearly every square in Washington
has a statue today which at hasty
glance might be taken for Napoleon on
the retreat from Moscow.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

The deadliest thing about the new
harem skirt is that it drives other peo-
ple to suicide.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Just as soon as Count Apponyi sails
for home this Mexican what-is-it breaks
out. Where's Jack Binns?
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Everything is in readiness so far as
the weather is concerned. Bring on
your Inauguration.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Problem Faces Heads of
Capitals Public School
System.
SEPARATE CLASSES
URGED BY TEACHERS
Plan Suggested by Superintendent
Stuart for Special Institu-
tion Approved.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG

School for ounces. Only bIockheads
admitted"
What proud mother would take her
child there?
II small Willie Jones is holding back
the class in arithmetic or IL eight-year-
old Mary Lou bores the quicker pupils
to extinction and makes a nervous
wreck Of the teacher. while she slut
ters through her geography lesson. will
not the mother of Willie Jones continue
TO agree with the mother of Mary Lou
that their boy and girl are the bright
est, the cutest, and the most irrcsist-
lble children in the whole grade?
what shall we do with the back
ward child?' Is the cry of the Wash
lngton public school system today.
Put him in separate special schools
for backward pupils is the plan sug-
gested by Superintendent A. T. Stuart,
amid applause from teachers, club
women, and collegiate graduates
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

The border minstrcls will now be able
to tune their harps for the first time in
many years.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Concert Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band,
at Stanley Hall, at $3.50 p. m.
JOHN S. NJ. ZIMMERMANN,
Director.

PROGRAM.
March, "Our Old Vets. Zimmerman
Overture, "schauspier'. Bach
Musical Scenes in Spain. ..... .Langey
/. Tempo di Marcia, Gypsy March.
2. Allegretto, Cachuca
8. Andantino, Eabanera.
4. Allegro, Bolero.
Selection, Fra Diavalo" .Auber
Entr' 'Acte-
(a) "On Tiptoe" ......... .Hosmer
0) Polka Caprice" ......Perlet
Finale, Army and Navy. ....Tyrrell
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION,
Daily.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed daily dur
Ing the month of February was as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Wbst's S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to announce
meetings and entertainments in this
column. Phone or write announce
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Teachers Give
Reasons for Views.

Miss Mabel Foster, daughter of Rep
resentative Foster of Illinois, and one
Of the public school teachers Of the city,
speaks from the viewpoint of the ex-
pcrienced and enthusiastic teacher, as
does also Miss Clark, secretary of the
High School Teachers Association, and
a teacher at the Eastern High.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08
Sunday.

The number OF complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
February 6......46 176 February 1s......46. 424
FEBRUARY l2......41, lN February As, 2O9
Total for month. Observation-Disclosures. lS7. $40
Sunday average for month ........... 46,977
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month of Feb
ruary was 1887. all copies left over and
returned by agents heing eliminated This
number. when divided by 4, the number of
Sundays during February, shows the net
Sunday average for February to have been
q, 229.
In each issue Of The Times the circulation
hgures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head of the first page at the
left Of the date line.
Entered at the Postofice at Washington,
d. c., as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

the segregation of backward children
really know what is being done for
them by the Washington public school
system"
NO class can progress any faster
than its stupidest child" comments Mrs.
Lyman Swormstedt. also a member Of
the Collegiate Alumnae Association. II
should certainly favor the provision of
special schools for those children who
Ietard the progress of the classes to
which they belong. rob a subject of
all life and interest while they are
drawing through recitation, and make
school a dull and hateful place to the
average quick-Witted boy and girl,
The Washington times., 1911-03-08

Total for month th...,....,........,...l19s l. 1875, 1874
Daily average for month............. 1898
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-01
Pearl Divers in Australia.

The Queensland (Australia) dive.
gets into his dress at daybreak, steps
onto the ladder over the side, and fast
ems the life line around him; the ten
der screws on the face glass, the
pumps are started and down goes the
diver to look for shell. II he is OF
ground where shell is plentiful he fills
his bag, then allows his dress to fill
with air, which brings him to the Sur
face, when he is hauled 70 the boat b.
the life line. He empties his bag onto
the deck and goes down for another
sackful. Some of the divers occasion
ally work in % fathoms.
The greatest danger with which the
diver has to contend is paralysis. and
knowing the risk he runs ne some
times demands $1,000 in advance. anG
this amount is sometimes lost to the
pearler through the zeal and daring
of the diver.
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Through 1t All Moved Daylight, He'll
Roaring, Burning Daylight.

travagant a venture. But Daylight
smiled, and sold out the remainder OF
his town-site holdings. He sold at the
right time, at the height Of the placer
boom. When he prophesied to his old
cronies, in the Moosehorn Saloon. that
within five years town lots in Dawson
could not be given away, while the
cabins would be chopped up for fire
wood, he was laughed at roundly, and
assured that the motherhood would
be found ere that time. But he went
ahead, when his need for lumber was
finished, selling out his sawmillS as
We'll. Likewise. he began to get rid
of his scattered holdings on the vari-
Gus creeks. and without thanks to any
one he finished his conduit, built his
dredges. imported his machinery, and
made the gold of Ophir Immediately
accessible. And he, who five years
before had crossed over the divide
from Indian River and threaded the
silent wilderness, his dogs packing In
dian fashion, himself living Indian
fashion on straight moose meat. now
heard the hoarse whistles calling his
hundreds of laborers TO work, and
watched them toll under the white
glare of the arc-lamps.
But having done the thing, he was
ready TO depart And when he let the
word 90 out, the ggsnhammers
Wed with the English concerns and
with a new French company in bid
eng ioc Ophir and all its plant. The
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-01
SAW ONLY SIGNS OF BADNESS
misunderstanding Professor Discov.
cred the Criminal Type but Over
looked the White Flower.

The professor who reads character
from physiognomy, pointed to the boy
opposite. He belonged to the criminal
type, said the professor. Look at his
eyes, his ears, his cheek bones, his
mouth-criminal, every one of them.
The boy sat very still. All about
him were other boys swinging ball
bats, and cutting each others ears, but
that, the professor said, was only the
natural overflow of animal spirits; the
quiet boy was too thoroughly STEPPED
in criminality to have any animal
spirits. Just as the professors com
panion was beginning to wonder If it
was safe to ride in the same car with
the youthful degenerate the boy
reached down into his pocket and
brought forth white flower. 1t was
a common field flower, a cluster OF
tiny white blossoms topping slender
stalk. The boy seemed very fond of
it. He twirled the stalk, he stroked
the leaves and petals, and every touch
was soft and tender. But the pro-
lessor had no eyes for those gentle fin
gers, he was intent on the unmistak'
able signs of inherited depravity.
az bad one, he is, all right" said
the professor with a solemn shake OF
the head.
But the other person looked at the
flower again. A bad one, was he?
Maybe; but the other person had
doubts.
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a Professional Paradox.

The stuGy OF science is not neces'
sarily all gray; it may have its rosy
patches. II is said that learned Pre-
fessor of heidelberg forbade his stu
dents the repetition OF certain ex
pertinent.
But" they protested, cit has al
ways been successful"
Nevertheless" he said, "its position
among experiments is absolutely un'
tenable from an intellectual point OF
view"
The boys stared.
The thing may answer very we'll In
practice" said the professor. "but it is
not sound in theory."-Youth's Com
panion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-01
Habits of Hedgehog.

The hedgehog passes the winter in
sleep, with circulation almost sus-
pended and body fires banked. 1t car
ries a reserve of glycogen and fat,
however, and recent Investigations
have shown that soon after awaken
ing il. warns up by rapid burning OF
slycogen. This carbohydrate proves
10 be the chief fuel, the fat being quite
unimportant. The animal may be
awake at low temperature. for the
awakening is distinct from the warm
ing up. and whether the latter is vol
untary or an automatic process is not
set determined.
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How nice it is to meet relatives,
Do sit down by me here and let gus
talk over old times" Mrs. Gregg
smiled bewitchingIy up at the Scotch
man. You know Catherine stayed
with us for some months, and l grew
to think so much Of her. II was on
account of her that / was simply wild
to meet you. Where is she now
The face OF the Scotchman was full
of amazement. Mrs. Mack's eyes were
fastened upon her husband in horror.
Suddenly Mrs. Gregg's soaring spir-
its came down to earth. She looked
searchingly at her new cousin. She
also observed the wife's wordess ac.
cusations.
"Why-why-" she began. Isn't
Catherine your sister? Don't you re-
member DR.. Gregg? II think we've
made some mistake" Then she looked
reproachfully at her brother-in-iaw.
I'm sorry to nave troubled you" she
added, and believe we'd better go
now"
SShe arose and led a digni!ied re-
treat. Mrs. Mack leaned over the rail
Ing and gazed down suspicious!y as
her husband opened the door for the
visitors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-01

Guggenhammers bid highest, and the
price they paid netted Daylight clean
million. II was current rumor that he
was worth anywhere from twenty to
thirty millions. But he alone knew
Just how he stood, and that, with his
last claim sold and the table swept
clean OF his winnings, ne had ridden
his hunoh to the tune Of just a trile
over eleven millions.
His departure was a thing that
passed into the history of the Yukon
along with his other deeds. All the
Yukon was his guest, Dawson the
seat of the festivlty. On that one
last night no mans dust save his own
was good. Drinks were not to be pur-
chased. Every saloon ran open, with
extra relays Of exhausted bartenders,
and the drinks were given away. A
man who refused this hospitality, and
persisted In paying, found q dozen
fights on his hands. The veriest
chechaouos rose UP to defend the
name Of Daylight from such insult
And through 1t all, on moccasined feet,
moved Daylight, hell-roaring Burning
Daylight, oversp!lling with good ma
ture and cameraderis, bowling his he
wolf howl and claiming the night as
his. bending mems arms down on the
bars, performing feats Of strength, his
bronzed face flushed with drink, his
black eyes flashing, clad in overalls
and blanket coat. his ear-faps dang.
ling and his gauntleted mittens swing
ing from the cord across the should
ers. But this time 1t was neither an
ante nor a stake that he threw away,
but a mere marker in the game that
he who held so many markers would
not miss.
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AdvcrtiscmeutsISin the
A LEN a y D X l a 6 A
IETTE addressed 10 some
name or number, III care OF
the Gazette. are not the adj
vertisemeuts of this paper
but of various advertisers
who for personal reasons do
not desire that their names
or addresses be known.
The Gazette cannot di-
vulse any information re.
gardin. these ads (other
han that which they con-
tain) such information being
confidential.
Readers of the Gazette de-
string further information,
or an interview should au-
dress a communication to
the name or humber given
and mail or send sames TO
this office and it will be
given to thea dvcrtiser.s0D
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NOTICE.,

NOTICE TO STATE TANPATERS..-
IN am now prepared 10 receive the
state taxes for the year 1911. The atten.
lion of taxpayers is respectfully called
TO the importance on paying the same
prior TO December /, 1911, rs on that date
Il penalty Of five percent will be added to
all unpaid bills, and their collection en-
forced rs required by law.
THOMAS W. ROBINSON,
octl1 cod I'd City Treasurer.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

T EARN Shorthand by Mail. We have
l. the {: reatest Shorthand system III
The World. You can learn it in less than
half the usual tine and attain Speed
far greater. You begin writing seni-
enccs with the first lesson. Inc cost +
only a triic. Franklin Commercial
Institute. Washington, ID. Z.
ort3I 3l*
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hTOTICE.-'rhe annual meeting of the
~ stockholders OF the ALIEN ANnRlA
w ATER COMPANY will be held ut 10
o'clock Il. M. on MONDAY, November
!, 1911.
octIOtd GEORGE UHLER, Sec'y.
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DEATH NOTICES

DIED. in her fifty-ninth year, Mrs.
ANNIE c. TRAVERS, at her late resi-
dence, go queen street, on TUESDAY
October 3lst, ut 1920 a. III. tunerai lloiii
the residence Thursday at 800 D. IN,
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CALESLADY WANTED-Experi
y not necessary. as our goods are
marked in plain figures, and we have
one price to all. What we want is Il
young lady that can be polite and ac-
commodarIng to our customers. Apply
to Rosenicld's. 5i>.2o King st. oct II
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CLASSIFIED ADS.'


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this leading must be in the Gazette
Office not later than 2 p. N. to lnsure
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FOR RENT

TOR REET--DESIRAB TIREE-
4 STORY BRICK DWELLING lbs
KING STREET. containing rooms and
bath: hot and cold watcl: dry cellar:
large yard. inspection invited. Keys
ut my office. John y. Normoylr. cor.
King and Royal SITS. oct 81 st
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Anty Drudge 7 ellis How TO Prevent
Laundry Mistakes.

Jones-"lIcavc,s JENNA Look wlar came back from
the laundry! Three pairs of womcns stockings and
five pctticoats. Why Eve got some woman's laundry
instead of my own.
Any Drudge-'Il tell YOU how to avoid mistakes like
that. Get Fels-Naptha soap and have Your things
washed the easy way at home. They'll be cleaner
and freshcr and wear twice as long and then you
won't get them mixed with other peoples clothes"
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w ASIEi).

YkTANTED---ROOM for married couple.
w frlrnishedc or unfinished with heat
and light King Street preferred. Adj
dress z. J.. L.. Gazette Office. Eov IT
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improved PRESSING Iron.

A new electric pressing iron Is
quipped with metal plates. which
an be inserted to increase its weight
hen desired,
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yETANTED-WOM TO cook and do
wv general houscwork. Call at 901
Prince ST, novl 81
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isUNAIiGE SALE

for the benefit Of the CHILDREN S
HOME at 3Ol Y. ALFRED ST. for one
week commencing Thursday, Nov. Ind.
Donations solicited. nov ct
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FOR SALE.

TOR SALE.-MOSLEH SAFE in per
I feet condition. Inside measure
ment lIx222 inches Inquire 1T Gazette
Office.