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The Washington times., 1911-12-13
THE EVOLVED CAUCASIAN
AND HIS SOCIAL SYSTEM
40 the Editor Of THE rIMEs,

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
All scientific authorities are agreed
that energy can neither be created nor
destroyed; that matter IL the basis or
source Of all energy. and that the
amount Of matter insthe universe la a
constant quantity. Three states Of mat
ter the solid. the LIQUID. and the gase-
Gus. are well known.
The more usual forms of energy are
attraction, mechanical action. heat,
light, electricity, magnetism, chemical
acuon. vital action, repulsion. and radi-
alton. These several forms of energy
can be transformed directly or indi-
rectly from one to another. with the
transformation Of q definite amount Of
energy 9 definite amount of matter Ia
invariably i involved. The transforina-
ticn or flow Of energy 10 always from
the sum Of q higher tension to the sum
OF lower tension.
u all the matter in the universe could
fali together into one globe. and then
radiate the resulting heat into space
without losing. anv Of Its material par
ticIes, the universe would come to q
dead standsttll. But the x-rays. the
emanations from radlum. and the effect
show that there II q fourth or radient
state OF matter In which the minute
chemical elements break I'D into much
finer particles. As to whether the pass
ing to the radieut state and back again
may result in transnutation or a change
from one element to another. as from
lead to gold. man has not yet found out.
state Of matter that enables us to un-
derstand why the universe never comes
II. III. swEARINGEN.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
HUNDRED DAILY IN
LINE EFORBREAD AND
COFFEE At MISSION
Free Breakfasts Start Day
for Deserving Poor in
Search of Work.

Without work and penniless, be-
tween 30 and 100 men and women
form a bread line at 216 Marshall
place each morning. receiving break
fasts that cost the donors cents
each: The meals are given these des-
titute people by the Gospel Mission
and, according to the superintendent,
H. w. Kline. 1t costs about 81 to feed
100 persons.
I'VE furnish nearly 100 persons
with free breakfasts each morning" "
said Mr.. Kline today. "For cent
we can serve a pint of black coffee
and for another cent we can give
them quarter of a loaf of bread.
You see by buying the bread atwholc-
sale we get 1t for 4 cents loaf.
Between s and o'clock each
morning bread line Is formed at our
mission. After the bread and hot
conee Is given those who come, most
or them start out to try to find work.
They are much better able to look
for 1t than they would be IL they had
had nothing to eat"
About a year ago the Gospel Mis-
sion opened restaurant at Four
teenth and ID streets, where a good
meal could be purchased for s cents.
DcaH soup cost cent, COnee cost j
cent. and bread / cent. Mr. Kline says
the hrst OF the year a similar restaur-
ant on much larger scale will be
opened at the Gospel Mission whtye
the free breakfasts are now served.
There Will be no attempt to make a
proht, but 1t Is expected the new res
taurant, like the old, will be self-sus-
Mr.. Kline expects with the coming
line at the mission will be much iarg-
er, for many of those who now have
outdoor work will be out of employ
ment with the first snow. He says
very few of those who come to the
missions for the morning meal have
sufficient clothing and an overcoat
Is garment rarely owned by the un-
fortunates. a
Today the Gospel Mission placed two
kettles for the collection of Christ
mas money on the streets. The po-
lice limit the number that each char
liable organization may have to two
The Salvation Army has two street
collection boxes and ID is expect ad
the American Salvation Army soon
Will have them.
Clothing and donations of all kinds
are being thankfully received bv the
various organizations. Christmas
dinners are to be served the unem-
ployed from the collections received
between now and Christmas day.
Superintendent Kline says that at
the Gospel Mission the dinner to the
poor and homeless men of the CITY
Will be followed by a Christmas tree
for the children.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
What's on the Program In
WASHINGTON TODAY

The following Masonic organizations
No. II. Royal Arch Chapter-Mt.
TemplaMwashlnstan w aRssta e Gonmsndsny' M anlsnss
No. !. Eastern Star Chapters-Electa.
No. 2. and Bethlehem, No. Z. election
Of officers. Miscellaneous-St. Johns
The following /. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern.
No. z, open session; Harmony, No. 8,
and Federal City, No. %. degree work
F,riendship. No. IL; business. Encamp-
The following Knights of Pythias Or
ganizations will meet tonight: Lodges
MT. Vernon, No. 8; Hermoine, No.
H. and Union, No. %. business; CO.
lumbia, No: 26. knight rank. Uniform
annual election.
Meeting Of White Eagle Council, No.
I. Degree Of Pocahontas. Masonic
Hall, Anacostia.
the District Federation of Women s
Clubs, the Portner, p. m.
Dinner in honor Of Congressman WILL
lam J.. Browning Of New Jersey,
App,aI nesnds. ses,ps p M nf the District Of Co.
lumbia Library Association, Public
Library. s:15 p. m.
Recital by the Washington Readers
Club. Public Library. s p; m; n,,.r,,r.
mcetiHB oI tHt DOdIu VI
PHILIPPINE Club, 90S Fourteenth street
northwest, 1880 p. m.
Bazaar for the benefit OF st. Matthew s
Church, old Chamberlain Club, Fiji
teenth and I streets northwest, IL a.
m. to II p. m.
Reading for the blind, by Miss Isabel
Goodhue, Public Library, p. m.
Sale of fancy articles for the benefit OF
the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Six
teenth street and Columbia road, to
Monthly meeting of the Indiana So
ciety of Washington, old Masonic
Temple, Ninth and F streets north
west, s p. m. .
Inspection of hospital building Of the
National Training School for Boys
B1adensburg road, 3 p. m.
Address by w. d. Upshaw. OF Atlanta
before the Temple Brotherhood.
Tenth and N streets northwest
Meeting of the universal transfer COM
mittee, Chamber of Commerce, p. m
Federation of Laymen. Pastors FED,
Grafton, and District Sunday School
Association, Y. NJ c. A, !:3o ?. m.
Presentation of gold medal to George
b. Post, of New York. by the Amer
lean Institute of Architects, new
National Museum, s p. m.
Gallery instruction OF First Battailon;
First Infantry, District Nationsi1 az
Guard, Center Market Arhory' ''SV
p. m.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
THE LEANED UPON
AND THE LEANER'
Editor OF THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES.
"The leaned upon and the leaner."
Sometimes Ella Wheeler Wilcox philoso-
phises well. and there was an instance
OF her acumen In this slit of hers this
morning, In a neighborhood Of WASH
ington roomers.
A poor. underfed and underwatered
horse waited patiently. perhaps gladly
waited. X horses have such emotions,
while few rusty belongings were
placed upon the rickety old express
wagon. man. a husband, stood by.
holding a skye terrier by it's leash. He
was as immovable as a statue, making
no EFFORT. A sewing machine. an evi-
dence OF some ones thrift, was placed
upon the load. and washboard, too. No
smile, no lifting Of the hand; just i'm
leash.
Presently a woman, a smiling, ener-
getic woman. lady-came out with
the last,bundle In her hand to be Loaded.
In passing, she offered It to the statue
that he might pass II on to the wagon.
No hand Of his was lifted to relieve her,
and the driver took IT.: the statue still
immobile! smilingly she said something
energy. cheerfulness, hope. and pa
tience. 1t seemed one of the exempiifi-
cations of the leaner Of the leaned upon.
Driven out of one little spot, she could
inactivity: giving Of her forces to en-
courage him; defeated, she went forth
in the sunlight of her brave conscience!
There are brave men, and thank God
for them; but there are towards, too.
And the helpless seem by the grace of
God. to find some complement in
strength: that the sparrow, even, may
be fed! And this Is just one more
phase Of life's clair -obscur-its light and
its shadow. l.. III. M,
The Washington times., 1911-12-13

more than Peace" gives opportunity
for cant and range for platitude. Moth.
Ing else so fills the void of idleness
AZ always happens when the percep.
tion of people in ordinary is challenged
detection of the sham is followed by
. natural intolerance of the truth. II
professional peacemaking rouse the
spirit Of professional warfare that lies
beneath a riot, it is, perfectly mani
fest by whom the scrap was started.
World peace Is grand idea, but IL
is q practical one. It is to be worked
out at the hands of statesmen, in the
light of international law, with the
close reasoning of men accustomed to
deal with world problems that come
to their desks in the routine of the
days work. That it will not forever be
the playball for gentlemen who are
merely rich OF decorative is a truth
of which the New York riot gives fair
warning
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
SUBTLE WARNING OF THE
DIVORCE RING.

One way, of course, would be for the
grass widows to wear half mourning,
but Mrs. Marina Delgado Parke thinks
she has hit upon . plan equally good.
Divorces have become 80 common and
people have way of asking such en-
barrassing questions that the divorce
ring seems to have a downright excuse
for being.
She flashed the new symbol in the
salong of q Windy City hostelry the
other evening, and immediately be-
came the center of a curious and ad-
miring group. This new specimen of
beejooterie, was worn On the little
finger of the right hand, and the inten-
tion is that it is to be a warning to
all those people who have genius for
saying the wrong thing. It is the out
ward and visible sign that the wedding
didn't fit, and hence the ring is re-
moved from the third finger of the left
hand to smaller finger on the dexter
and more masterful hand. 1t is a dan
ger sign designed to steer the CONVEX
sation into the smooth channels OF
meteorology, and the lamentable de-
cline in Mr.. Kipling's powers of versi
fication.
The activity Of the Reno industry is
of course, to be deplored without meas
ure, but since We must face the evil
the divorce ring has much to commend
it. Simple and trustful folk who are
still unsophisticated enough to be
thankful for the homely happiness OF
the freside continue to indulge the
pleasing fancy, taught by long tradi-
tion, that there is an artery in the
third finger of the left hand which
leads straight to the heart. They
would have superstitious sort of feel.
ing that the finger that had worn the
wedding ring should at least be left
unadorned.
And yet it would simplify things
in the mixed circles of society if the
little finger of the right hand, in an
unobtrusive sort of way, indicated the
lady's status and forestalled embar.
rassment.
But while the subject is up, why not
make a complete adjustment of the
ring customsS There Is movement
on foot now to require the married
men to wear wedding rings. In connec.
tion with the divorce ring to be worn
when the occasion demands, many ex,
listing complexities might be cleared up
by this system of symbols, and tea.
table conversation would be less ap,
to sag In the middle.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN
DOCTORS ASSEMBLIES.

Of the several meetings which have
convened in Washington the past few
days that of the Southern Surgical
and genealogical Association, at the
Shoreham, is not the least important
The one hundred and twenty five
members in attendance represent a
large body of the best and most ad.
vanced thought in the South. From
their deliberations the whole body OF
their professional brethren will gain
inspiration and opportunity for gen.
eral helpfulness.
While it is necessary that the pub.
lie take the proceedings of such q
convention largely in the faith of its
own ignorance, it Is a faith that every
man who has trusted a good physician
counts among the real assets of life
For themselves and for the high work
they represent Washington gives the
association hearty welcome and an
open door.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
PROFESSIONAL PEACEMAK.
ERS RAISE A RIOT.

The more or less tabled peace meet
ing that broke up in a fight all but
found verifcation in the meeting in
New York at which Nicholas Murray
Butler, Andrew Carnegie, and Joseph
II. Choate were prominent on the pro.
gram. No sooner had Nicholas Muir
ray Butler offered resolution in.
structing the United States Senate to
ratify the arbitration treaties than the
galleries burst into flame. 1t needed
only reference to Irish leaders in the
British parliament to make the police
an imperative necessity.
With q counter demonstration from
the peace lovers of the floor, pit, and
gallery went to it with a vehemence
which made it fortunate that the op-
portunity for physical contact did not
exist. Through it all the Laird of Skibo
for once sat mute, at loss to simplify
into coherency the riot of language his
pacific enthusiasm had precipitated.
If there be a moral anywhere in
this, 1t is the danger of what nigh,
be called the professional pursuit of an
idea. Peace in the world has suffer
cd, rather than benefited, at the hand,
of those who have made the wore
. pretsxt for notoriety rather than tn,
sign Of q serious purpose. Nothing
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
DEFENDS THE WAR
OF ITALY IN TRIPOLl

To the Editor the THE TIMES:
In your issue Of the 11th instant there
appears an amusing communication
signed '1778." It starts out with the
bold statement that II is inaccurate to
speak OF civilized or iialf-civilized ma
tions. as there are no civilized nations.
Nevertheless, the statement Immediate
" follows that the United States is
gnnsn gnIy haif-sivilized vL tL nation, 20 with
three-eighths civilized country striking,
in the name of civilization. a coward
ly blow at a brave struggling and re-
forming people-the Turks!
As the Turkish empire numbers 40, 00o,-
GOO and Italy only .D.0o000o. where does
the .'cowardly'' come in? Your corre-
spondent thinks every nation should be
Tbers rbt TO work to out Its EWn
Turks. except soldiers. In Tripoli, which
;s mainly peopled by Arabs ard Bsr-
hers; be- who have been held IN s%bIeetisn
not the Turks allow these people to
work out their own regeneration. in
stead Of imposing upon them a bar
Tarn. 9araus oass dsspotismi Where have the
OF their possessions. all gained by wars
Of conquest the same as Italy is now
waging against them? Was II in Ar
msnia, now almost depopulated by Turk
Italy has been a civilized country
for thousand OF years, and other coun-
tries owe much of their civilization to
her. No other country has produced so
many great men. Most people who have
visited II have noted that, in leaving
4 for other countries beyond the Alps,
the beautiful Italian manners, the
sweetest language, the quick recognition
Of pleasant look. the captivating en-
precision of a desire to oblige in every
thing are left behind. And this wa
true also in shakespeare's time. as
shown by the following well-known
lines OF that great man:
Proud Italy.
Whose manners still our tardy nation
IAmps after In base awkward fashion" !"
May I ask also where would the
United States, the wonder of the world
for their astonishing development in
such a short period OF time, be now IL
the aborigines had been left to work
out their own destiny? Must a large
and sparsely settle country, such as
Tripoli. be let alone while other people
are crowded for room and means Of
subsistence and are provoked to night
B. c. GALLUP.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
Will Open Hospital -o.@
Constructed by Boys

An Informal program. which will in
clude remarks by the board Of trus-
tees and music bv the boys band, will
mark the formal opening of\ the newly
completed hospital at the National
Training School for Boys, on the Bla-
densburg road. at o'clock this after
noon.
The new hospital is the cause of much
favorable comment. as the entire struc-
ture is the work of the boys OF the
school. 1t Is 112 feet long and thirty
three feet wide, and two stories high.
with a commodious basement. A one
story wing contains the operating room
and vestibule.
The building Is fitted with every mod
ern convenience. 1t has electric lights
and is fireproof. The bricks We're burned
The building will be open Tor In
spection from 8 until 8 o'clock this after
noon. Members of the board of directors
and Superintendent o. e. Darnall will
be in attendance.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
ASKS ABOUT COLORED
NORMAL GRADUATES
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
VIII some one, through the medium
OF The Times, kindly inform me as to
the delay In appointing graduates of
the Colored Normal School2 There are
II number of pupils of the Normal
School who have it very hard in finish
ing their education. and for the past
few years such limited number have
been appointed. and the class of 1911,
with half Of the school year nearly
over. have only two appointments to
At this moment there are crowded
conditions in zhe colored schools which
should be remedied. How BY ap-
pointing more girls. there could easily
at present be at least five more gradu-
ates given work and the overworked
teachers relieved. And this habit of
closing schools when the proper, num-
Der Of pupils. with a little effort. could
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
l NATIONAL ART MUSEUM
CERTAINLY---BUT.

. A Philadelphia dispatch limiting the
pooling of the art treasures of j. Pier
pont Morgan, P, A. B. Widener, the
late William L. Elkins, and John G..
johnson in gift to the nation is
marred only by the suggestion that
the National Museum to contain them
be located in Philadelphia instead of
Washington.
1t is not to be doubted that the
American millionaires whose dollars
and enterprise have stripped European
galleries of many of the priceless pro-
ductions of the masters have had a
higher motive than that of the arro-
CANT display of wealth attributed to
them by the disgruntled countries thus
deprived of jewels whose preservation
they have neglected until too late. I'm
mense wealth carries with it the re-
sponsibility of patriotism. More and
more the captains of industry and f.
nance are giving evidence of realizing
their trust-not only in works of art
but in coin of the realm. The million,
aire who dies perpetuating his whole
fortune in his own family today dies
dishonored. Obligation to the public
has become a moral tenet. And in nc
way more completely than by the gif,
of imperishable works of art can the
execution of the trust of possession
find continuous expression. The hun,
dred millions invested by the four fore
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
WRITES OPEN LETTER
THANKING DIXIE GIRL
Dixie Girl. Congress Heights:

Dixie Girl. Congress Heights:
desire to express my appreciation
Of your ietter in The Washington Times
this evening entitled "Firemen Protect
All Peoples Property" You are quite
right, and state the essence Of the mat
ter in effective manner. In my judg-
ment, nothing better and more to the
point could have been said in the brief
space.
wish I could write at length, but
unavoidable circumstances prevent at
this time, when I would like to give
you a word Of cheer.
In behalf of the heroic fremen.
SAMUEL r. LEWIS, M. d.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
New Hampshire Society
Elects New Members

The New Hampshire Association held
its regular monthly meeting at the
woman's Christian Temperance Union
parlors, 522 Sixth street northwest. last
night. The attendance Was the largest
in the history of the association. Sew
eral new members were added to the
rolls.
Charles X. Hoyt, superintendent of
roads, Department Of Agriculture. was
the principal speaker. HIS subject was
"The Roads Of New Hampshire" After
the session a musical program was
given. e. E. Fisher. president, presided.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
Gore Sings Praises of
Governor Wilson

Dispatches from Norfolk say tina,
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma has come
out In speech for Gov. Woodrow VII.
son. Of New Jersey, for President. He
Republicans would nominate Senator
La Toilette and the Democrats Mr.
Wilson, he and Rockefeller could &c
fishing on election day and the people
would win.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
NAVY.

Rear Admiral r. WAINWRIGHT, de-
tached as aid for operations: to gen
eral board. December Is, 1911.
Rear Admiral c. Il. VREELAND, de-
tached as aid for inspections; to duty
as aid for operations.
Ensign III. p. LeCLAIR. detached Des
Moines: 10 Birmingham.
Ensign 8 pANENHOWER resignation
as an ensign accepted.
Ensign r. 3. YOUNG, when DISCHARGED
treatment Naval Hospital. Washing
ton. d. c.. to Asiatic station.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
Readers Club Recital.

In the lecture hall Of the Public
Library. tonight, the second recital by
the Washington Readers Club will be
given by Miss Lucy Reagin. Prof. Ed
ward C. Townsend. and Miss Mary NJ
Miller. They will give the following
selections: I'm the Pantry" When
mas Story" Aunt Elnora's Hero"
Little Tommy Tucker" and Arm
CART
The Washington times., 1911-12-13
THE NATIONAL COMMIVFEE
land THE FUTURE.

On its surface the outcome of the
Republican national committee meet
ing was decided victory for the Taft
Administration. They would probably
have preferred that the convention
should 60 to another city than Chi
cago, but that was very unimportant.
The Administration, albeit at the, cost
of exposing schism in its own ranks,
carried its point in selecting COM
mittee on arrangements. That also,
however, was a minor, rather personal
affair without real political significance.
The big accomplishment that had
real significance was the overwhelming
control of the national committee
which was demonstrated when it came
to writing the convention call. The
committee lined up against recognition
of the Presidential preference primary.
Not only did it exclude the State or
ganizations from the right to provide
for primaries when these are not spe-
cifically provided by State law, but it
conferred on State committees the pow
er to repeal the primary acts of those
States which have such acts, and to
require selection of Presidential dele
gates by the old-fashioned, machine
made, caucus and convention plan.
The national committee takes posi-
ton that will be difficult to sustain.
There would have been justification for
saying, Eve will leave all this to every
State committee, to settle in the light
of its judgment of local conditions. If
there is primary law, but the COM
mittee feels that party interest would
be promoted by refusal to act under
1t, the committee might have been
given authority to take that course.
On the other side, fairness and rea.
son required that in States where there
is not Presidential primary act, but
where local conditions seemed to the
State organization to make the pri-
mary plan desirable, then the State
committee could provide for it. That
was not done.
Pretending to defer to the State
committees judgment of local necessi-
ties, the national executive power has
given State committees power to RE.
JECT primaries even where these are
provided by law, but no power to PRO-
VIDE primaries where these seem de-
sirable. =
The effect is to affront the progress
i've movement that in almost all States
is urging primaries for all offices.
The particular, acute condition that
made the Administration feel obligated
to take this position, was presented by
Ohio. There, the State organization
wanted a primary, and the State chair
man declared that if one were held
Mr.. Taft would not get the delegation.
To lose the delegation from his own
State would eliminate the President.
Refusal to permit primary in Ohio
suggests strongly that the Admins.
tration feared that the Ohio State
committee was right. 1t looks like a
confession of weakness, at least of un-
certainty, In State which is not only
the Presidents home, but one of the
big and pivotal Commonwealths.
A few more such victories for the
Administration would leave it with a
painful paucity of political assets to
its credit.
The Washington times., 1911-12-13

be secured should be stopped. There
should be at least sixteen graduates of
there is no reason why II shouldn't be
done. Let the Board OF Education. as
slstant s,ipcrintendent, and parents 70
TO- work In this matter and help those