The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-31

straints of the summer, are beginnI
to retire to their recreation bungalows
throughout the country.
Our fellow-townsman, Morgan Shu-
steT, is to be given a free hand in the
reorganization of Persian finances If
he succeeds he will deserve more credit
than if he had hoated a Panama loan.
The members of the Naval Academy
class of 81 are frank to say that they
never had better cruise than they are
having now with Mate Weeks New
Hampshire avenue houseboat as their
base.
The tinkle of the ice in the pitcher
isn't sweeter than the name of the
Young Womens Christian Associations
summer home-'Vacation Lodge, Cher
rydale, Virginia" Just to say it is to
be cooler and hopefuller.
The advice of President Merrill, Of
the National Fire Protective Associa-
ton, and Chairman Babb. OF the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, has
a directness and evident effectiveness
that cannot lie denied and should not
be dismissed.
Lieutenant Colonel Foltz has been
telling the people over in London that
there isn't a ''crackerjack" among the
army horses recently sent over from
Fort Myer to compete at the Olympia.
The remainder Of his stay will have to
be spent in explaining what is a crack
erjack.
Supreme Court Justice Harlan is a liv-
ing exponent OF the old theory that a
man rusts out more quickly than he
wears out. On the eve of his seventy
eighth birthday he boasts Of continuous
service on the bench of more than
thirty years with but two attacks of
illness during his life.
Today is the last day of grace for
Washington taxpayers. All who don't
get their money into the Collector s
office by 4:30 p. m. will be penaGized.
The first month, a penalty of l per cent
will be imposed. The next month an
other l per cent will be levied, and so
on until the taxes are paid. 1t is graft
fying to find that citizens have been
more prompt this year than for several
years, but there are still a large num-
Der who have not paid. The eleventh
hour for these has arrived.
Wireless messages of sympathy will
find their way Memphisward from
washingtonians who had the pleasure
of meeting Duke c. Bowers when he
came here two months ago at the head
Of the delegation that tried ii induce
William Jennings Bryan to leave his
happy home. Those who don't know him
personally but who appreciate the gal
liant fight he has been making against
the food trust for many years, viii
also send thoughtgrams. Whether Mr.
Bowers shot himself accidentally or at
tempted to take his life in a moment Of
mental responsibility, his misfortune
NLll be sincerely regretted in this city.
That vacation advice" from the Dis
trict Health Officer is one Of the sound
est bits Of wisdom that has been pro
pounded in these parts in many a day
DR. Woodward calls attention to thu
fact that people seeking rest frequentl!
90 where rest cannot be obtained, wher'
they must eat poor food and drink i'm
pure water, and where, instead of builc
ing UP their tired bodies, fthey mereE
subject themselves TO greater strain
His suggestion that 1t is bettor to spenC
s vacation at home than to take a vaca
Don of this character is good. If
were possible to measure the bensft
and the harm from summer vacations
; IL is EFT at all improbable the scale
would tip toward harm.
The advantage of cooperation amoni
groups of citizens for the advancement
Of the interests Of their communities
again illustrated in the experience o
the Rhode Island Avenue Suburbal
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