The Washington times., 1911-04-22

Good-by. Daughters! Welcome, moth
ers,
At the same time, the sons of Vermont
do not wait for an annual reunion tc
take little sugar in their'n.''
The Storey faction sent in its con-
gratulations to the victors with a men,
tai reservation to keep their powder dry,
Col. o. G. Staples announces that
when the Riggs House closes on June
he is going to take a real vacation for
a while. Washington hotel life without
the colonel would be like one of those
Barmecide feasts where there was
everything for a square meal except
something to eat.
Col John A. Joyce's poem on Reel
procity" is not accepted by Uncle joe
as proof that he also wrote Laugh and
the World Laughs With You Still the
reciprocal idea suggests that Ella
Wheeler would do the graceful thing
claiming this one. and releasing all claim
on the other one.
National City Bank. Washington ac-
ouires the citizenship of Tucker X.
Sands, of Richmond. one of the WE'LL
known bankers OF the South. who has
been elected vice president. Mr. Sands
financial career includes prominence in
Richmond and New York.
The Baltimore Paint and Powder Club
has already established itself as one of
the most successful amateur dramatic
organizations in the country The per-
formance given here yesterday for
charity not only brought together a
large and fashionable audience, but
yielded handsome revenue for the good
cause.
1t was Admiral Inch, who died yes
terday. who was assigned to the White
House during Garfield's illness to pro-
vide some device for cooling the air
of the sick chamber. This was accom-
plished by hanging wet sheets over
the windows. A crude plan, as COM
pared with modern methods of electric
fans and refrigeration devices.
Although Washington has been little
behind the times in establishing dental
inspection in the public schools, It will
have arrived abreast of the procession
OF sister cities by next fall. Thanks to
the National Capital Dental Society. the
service will not be restricted merely 10
inspection by the two dentists provided
in the last appropriation bill. The So
Ciety will assist the official inspectors
voluntarily and will install Offices for
the free treatment of children whose
parents cannot afford to pay
The ruling Of Justice Barnard. of the
Circuit Court, upholding the Board of
Education for permitting teachers to
employe substitutes for limited peri
DDS, is hound to win public approval.
The decision, however. can have little
effect on the substitute teacher ques-
tion, as Congress. at the last session.
remedied the ambiguity of the old
statute by giving the School Board
specific authority to fill places tenn
porarily vacant without imposing
hardship on the regular teachers.
Tuberculosis Sunday gives promise
of being even a greater success this
year than it was last. One week from
tomorrow has been set aside for sell
mons on the Great White Plague" aud
Washington has been selected as one of
the cities to lead in the days observ-
ance. Every church in the Distric.
should be filled. The message to be
given from the city's pulpits will be as
helpful to humanity as IL ii came from
the covers of the Holy Book itself.
Even the most radical critics of
public school 'fads" will hardly have
the courage to object to the course of
lectures on manners and politeness
Mn the public schools of Washington.
In recent years America has come in
for severe criticism from foreign WIS.,
itors for the lack of manners of it's
children and young people. Unfortu-
nately, much of this criticism is de-
served. That is the reason a nation
wide organization has taken up the
work of teaching manners and polite
ness in the schools, the one place next
to the home, where II should be pos
sible to obtain the best results.
The Government can render a service
I of enormous benefit to the people of the
whole country by taking over the Straus
milk laboratories and using them to con-
duct an investigation as to the relative
merits of raw and pasteurized milk.
That a few babies in Washington would
be directly benefited would be merely
incidental TO the bigger and broader
work. Today even some members of
the medical profession are doubtful