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Ballade of Poor Tourist.

At home or in far-away climes,
Wherever the tourist may stray,
He must look to his quarters and dimes
To keep them from melting away.
One hates to appear like jay,
So into his pocket he dips;
Such scorn do the servants display
For the fellow who never gives tips.
The magnate, the maker of rhymes,
The poor devil author" and they
Whose money bags jingle like chimes,
Are marked as legitimate prey.
Have little or much as you may,
The food and drink passing your lips
Claim tribute, The outlook Is gray
For the fellow who never gives tips.
We need reformer at times,
A man of true courage, to stay
Society's foibles and crimes,
And heep us from getting too gay;
One needs to be brave to say NAY"
To the porter who handles his grips.
So there really is something to say
For the fellow who never gives tips.
ENVOY.
We pikersi We grumble, but pay,-
Like lords, for our holiday trips.
But come, let US twine bouquet
For the fellow who never gives tips
Tom Daily, in the Catholic STANDARD
and Times.
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Pennsylvania Claims
Pacific Fleet Honors

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 15.-The
Pennsylvania carried of the honcrs OF
the recent target practice Of the Pacific
feet, according to unofficial reports
The men of the ship claim that theft
boat is entitled to meet the Michigan
champion Of the Atlantic feet. In con-
test for the championship of the navy.
The Pennsylvania record was 10
hits out of go shots at 15.Ooc yards, it Is
said. This is considered a remarkable
record.
Commander Harold X. Hines. Of the
Glacier. is under ccUrt-martial as result
of the losing of the big naval target that
the boat was towing from the Mare ISL
and navy yard. Neglect Of duty is the
charge on which Commander Hines Is
on trial. Major Charles S. Hill. feet
marine OFFICER, Is judge advocate, and
Lieut.. Commanders c. P. Owens and
Hillary williams are for the defense.
The target, 1t Is said, was left a danger
Gus derelict, for more than a week.
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WAR OVER THE CHAMPAGNE
LABEL.

When one with airy grace orders
wine" or "a bottle" he means the
wine of Champagne, and pays for it at
the rate of from four to six dollars a
quart or thereabouts. 1t should in
terest him now to have it proved that
the morning head may not have been
born in the district. Where it comes
from may or may not be a mystery
frequently it does not come from
Champagne.
The cause of the riots in which much
sparkling liquor has been used to
food the streets of Epernay, in which
presses and storerooms have been
burned, in which barricades have been
made, and blood shed while women
Frustrated themselves before the
horses of the troopers, is the deter
mination of the champagne growers to
protect their product from imitation.
Champagne, be it known, is a very
small plain about one hundred miles
from Paris. Its soil and geological
formation are distinctive and peculiar.
There is virtue in its water, in its
rains and sunshine, in the particular
natural chemistry which favors it's
vintage. Wine grown in this district
is champagne" all other wine, how
ever seductive, is but fzzy imita-
tion. Having won from the govern
ment a law delimiting the district in
which wine may be labeled cham
pagne," the growers complain that it
has not been enforced by the authori-
ties and that millions of gallons have
been shipped into the district and
passed off as the genuine article, at
the same time to the financial cost
and dishonorable reputation of the
true wine of this favored country.
Efforts at reform proving unavailing,
these growers are now taking siren
uous measures in the destruction of
the false wines, and the trouble is so
serious and so long continued that it
appears probable that there will be a
real effort to make the champagne
label tell the truth.
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his candidacy for Congress in the First
district against Representative William
A. Cocks, whose candidacy had Roose-
velt's Endorsement. Mrs. Littleton took
her pen In hand, puckered her lovely
brow, and wrote THE Mountaineer."
This story, signed Peggy O'Brien,
has nothing TO do with politics. mind
you. II is merely a sketch of the life
Of Martin w. Littleton-how he began
as a mountaineer, was denied the
privileges of early schooling, and strug-
gled UP through poverty and hardship.
As soon as the printer delivered the
booklet, neatly bound in eighteen pages,
to its author, Peggy O'Brien," tucked
a few copies under her arm, put on her
most bewitching hat. and took to the
open road.
Any day she could be seen traversing
the Long Island highways in her auto
mobile. If she met you, she would halt
her automobile, modestly proffer you a
copy of The Mountaineer." and in
form you that Martin w. Littleton
would speak at such and such a place
on this night or that. adding:
Won't you please go and hear him?"
At one village Mrs. Littleton's auto
mobile drew up at the station Just as a
Long Island passenger train came in
Down leaped the ardent campaigner
from her car to distribute booklet and
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posters to the passengers. The con-
ductor received his share of campaign
literature gracefully and was about to
give the signal fer the train to start.
Woman Campaigner
Who Held Up a Train.
"Oh, please, SIR cried PcGgy, with
her most enhancing smile, you really
mustn't start until l give the engineer
and fireman one of my books. l un-
derstand nearly all the railroad men
are for Mr.. Littleton for Congress. and
you can see It would be very unfortu-
nate for me to miss any of them
And the train was held until the en-
gineer and fireman gave in exchange
for little book the promise to support
the Democratic candidate for Congress.
II am Peggy O'Brien," Mrs. Littleton
would always say, as she handed out
copy of THE Mountaineer," without
explaining why she was particularly in
terested in Mr.. Littleton's race. But
that candidate took delight in revealing
the Identity of the young campaigner.
Martin W. LIttleton always tried to
look modest. but never could, when he
said:
Ladies and gentlemen. Peggy
O'Brien,' my wife"
1t worked. Colonel Roosevelt shook
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WAR ON THE SPARROW
STILL URGED.

Even wars and rumors of war have
not attracted so much attention, judg-
ing from the Mail Bag department of
The Times, as has the pestiferous Eng
lish sparrow, who begins to make him
self particularly conspicuous when the
warmth of spring makes him especially
saucy. The broad streets which are
his favorite habitat are quite to his
notion, in the District, so that here
even beyond ordinary measure he
makes himself nuisance. The gen.
eral indictments brought against him
have been too frequently rehearsed to
need recapitulation, and, what is
worse, most of them no longer need to
be proved. One of the gravest is the
fact that he has driven away the song
birds who once lent distinctive quail
ity to spring, but have long since been
banished by the feathered bully.
The experience of other cities has
been cited to show that the plan of
exterminating him by offering bounty
for his head quite an undertaking.
Our correspondents continue to advo-
cate the measure, however, and one of
them now recalls an actual occasion
when the plan met with success. The
following communication explains
itself:
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
When ! lived in Detroit. Mich. not
many years ago, the residents of that de-
lightful city wanted to exterminate the
disagreeable little sparrows. and did so.
by offering a penny for every one killed.
The result was very satisfactory, and 1t
did not take long before we heard the
robins and other song birds in the
morning, while the odious sparrow was
absent
LOUISE HOPKINS ELDER.
Terse and to the point and withal
Illuminating. 1t would seem rather
illogical to keep on arguing that a
thing could not be done when proof is
submitted that it has already been
done. The experience in Detroit is in
teresting from the further fact that it
confirms the general view that it was
the English sparrow who killed cock
robin and banished the other song
birds, since they returned as soon as
general massacre of their enemies
was inaugurated.
1t seems little hazardous TO ap-
prove of this bounty expedient, for,
aside from every other consideration,
the small boy with his sling shot OF
whatever other weapon he may employ
to win the offered bounty, may prove
more disastrous than the sparrow. The
fact remains, however, as indicated by
the letters to The Times, that the de-
struction of the little pest is one Of
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Offered Ten Thousand
For One Day Husband

NEW YORK, April 15.-Prevented
from marrying to escape deportation
through the activity of Ellis Island
officials. French woman named Annie
Gold, with s55.o0o in cash and Jewels
worth $4,000, was deported today on
the Pretoria after a residence in this
country of ten years. She was ar
rested in Portland, Ore. for keeping
disorderly house.
Nine. Gold offered $4,000 to any
man "who would marry her for
day." and thus enable her to thwart
the immigration authorities. Several
men tried to get in communication
with the woman to accept her offer,
but she was kept closely guarded until
the Pretoria sailed.
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THE EASTER FESTIVAL is AT
HAND.

The forty penitential days are al
most done. In a wealth of flowers and
music Easter morning is soon to break
upon an awakening world. The broader
ecclesiasticism of today does not hesi-
tate to concede that the name and
many of the rites of the Eastertide
were borrowed from the pagans of the
German forests, who rejoiced over the
return of spring. The exchange of
colored Easter eggs marked the cele-
bration of the Passover, and is prac-
ticed in Persia today when March
brings the new year to the rose gar
dens of Shiraz and the vineyards of
Khorasan. These ancient usages have
been sanctifed to the service of the
Christian world as the memorial of One
who said, Il am the resurrection and
the life"
Millions of sincere and devoted be-
levers will participate in the great
religious festival which is almost here
The great masters of music will be laid
under contribution and the glory of the
lilies will be spread with prodigal
hands on embowered ychancels. The
costly nurslings of conservatories and
the spontaneous flora of the fields
beautify the homes of people, whether
high or humble.
1t is impossible to blink the fact
that the world of fashion has all too
completely imposed its despotic rule
upon the Easter season. Much of the
spiritual significance of the day is lost
in the vainglory of outward adornment
which comports but poorly with the
humility and simplicity of the Man of
Galilee. In a measure, it is a re-
version, and by no means happy one,
to the pagan offerings to the goddess
of the spring, in which aigrettes and
silken fabrics have taken the place of
the fresh flowers of the wild woods.
And yet, in the midst of the feverish
activities of the times, there is a
residuum of spiritual exaltation. The
days of self denial and introspection
have been we'll worth while. and in
the presence of the Easter ceremonies
now at hand the least spiritually
minded must feel that
No rose Of sunset folds its glory up
But bursts again from out the heart of
dawn.
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Three Former Governors
of States Pass Away

Former governors Of three States are
dead, according to dispatches received
in Washington. G. W. Click. governor
of Kansas in 1SS3-S5, is dead at his homo
in Atchison, Kan.
Former Gov. John McLane Of New
Hampshire died in Southern Pines, N.
c., whittier he had gone for his health.
He entertained the ENJOYS Of Japan
and Russia during the portsmouth peace
conference. He had lived in Milford, y.
H., many years.
F w. Benson, who had served Oregon
as chief executive and held the office
of secretary of state up to the time OF
his death, succumbed to illness at Red
lands, Cal. He had been i'll several
months.
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Young Society Couple
Runs Away and Weds

ASHEyILLE, n. c.. April 15.-The Sc
cret. marriage of seventeen-year-old
members of the social colony, Noys-
rand Dawley, of Charles Town, w. Va,
and Lillian Huntington, of Elmira'
ohio, became known today. after the
young couple left for the brides nome.
liam L. Rice, the New York millionaire
killed, it was charged, by Attorney
Patrick.
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Train Held Up for Her to
Distribute Her
Pamphlet.
PARTICIPATED IN
RED-FIRE PARADE
Girlish Woman, Who Wears Nice
Gowns, and Out-C t-Campaigned
the Great Theodore.

| his head gravely, and wore a grievsd
expression when he heard Southamp-
ton Republicans had written Peggy
O'Brien a letter telling her that they
had subscribed a fund to erect a ban
ner to her husband; or upon learning
that Garden City regulars had gotten
together and indorsed the Democratic
candidate for Congress.
Carried Her Campaign
Into Republican Homes.
On her daily automobile trips. Peggy
O'Brien did not confine her efforts to
posting a lithograph of her husband,
with his speaking dates. in the village
grocery and drug stores. or distribu-
ting The MountaineeT among a. few
voters. She knocked at the door Of
| the Republican homes of the village,
| and paid visit to mother and the girls.
| And haYe heard 1t said that II 1t were
| a particularly humble home, this artful
| and delicious Peggy OBrien would turn
to page Il of THE Mountaineer" and
| read aloud to her spell-bound audience
the description of her husband and her.
self shortly after their marriage:
"They started to New York city.
In their trunks were some letters Of
introduction, a feather bed, some
q
In his pocket was a few hundred dol
lars-borrowed-and with him was
Peggy, with whom he hoped to find
unknown joys in this mixture of
perils and adventure. They settled
in a little fat on Washington
Heights. Work could not be found,
but he did not lose courage or hope.
Blessed hope. Shame on the man
who destroys IT in the human herat.
Knows Little
About Politics. 80.
Now, Peggy O'Brien couldn't have
talked politics II she had tried. for
she's nothing but girlish creature
after all, and I'll wager that the effect
of her new dinner gown is dearer to her
heart than the destiny of nations. But
what did she want with politics, any
how. When she looked at a woman
In her adorably amiable way, and said:
please, will YOU get your husband to
vote for my husband Ehy, the thing
was done.
At Patchoque, where Mr.. Littleton
was billed to speak one evening, Mrs.
Littleton participated in a torchlight
procession that was held in honor of
the occasion. During the meeting held
two hours later, she occupied box, but
at the conclusion Of the speech making
she took dress suit case filled with
the writings of Peggy OBrien," and.
standing at the door of the theater, dis
tributed literature to the outgoing au-
dience.
Representative and Mrs. Iittleton,
with their two little sons. Martin and
Douglas will take a house here early
next season. At present they are living
at the Shorsf1am Hotel, and Mrs. Little
ION is already taking an active part in
social life here. She is exceedingly
Youthful as pretty as picture. and
wears some very smart gowns.
My wife, Peggy O'Rrien,' did II,
says Martin T.ittleton, Democratic Rep
resentative from the First district OF
New York
And tholuh You wouldn't tell me any
thing at IN sout it. YOU pIucky little
, spegg- o'1kssn" you are perfect dear
bUnl NO U11u6ka
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Judge Denies Poker Is
"Great American Game"

LOS ANGELES, Arril 15.-Judge Nc
ccrn1ick, of the supreme court, refused
to permit poker to be called The great
American game in his court, declaring
"America is TOO great to have the pater-
nity Of a gambling game ascribed to 1t.
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The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of March
was les, sos. all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number
when divided by 4, the number OF Sundays
during March. shows the net Sunday average
for March to have been 12.l8
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and to the structure opposite where the
Lincoln relics are stored. Reverence for
real patriotism Is as strong in American
hearts today as II ever was.
For the first time in the history Of
the District Probate Court, death SEN
tence is likely to be pronounced. The
question is whether Polly Stock shall
be killed in accordance with the written
wish of her late mistress or shall be
sold to some other master. II s\sug-
gested that Polly be allowed to speak
for herself"
Washington theatergoers saw the
veteran actor, Denman Thompson, the
last time he appeared on the stage. The
news of his death yesterday recalled
that Mr.. Thompson was in this city
with the company playing the '.O,d
Homestead" in the early part of Novem-
ber. On Saturday night. November 5, he
went on for the first act. When the act
was over he sent for Manager Berger,
and told him that he felt too i'll to go
on with his lines, and an understudy
was put in.
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willing TO begin to earn that 5000 a
year. the Weather Bureau butts in.
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Peggy 0'Brien"
Author of "The Mountaineer."


But you are Mrs. Martin Littleton?"
L insisted.
No other woman could have resisted
the temptation to tilt her chin and say.
Il know it," yet Mrs. Littleton showed
her determined character by maintain
ing stern silence.
And you are also Peggy O'Brien.' I"
challenged. author OF The Mount
aineer.' a political pamphlet without a
word Of politics in IT,"
But the pride of authorship did not
tempt her to speak. She simply raised
her honest eyes, sparkling with merri-
ment, and shook her head at me reprov-
ingly;
her,, severely. but am going to ex-
pose you Just the same. You see,
And If Peggy O'Brien," whose real
name is Mrs. Martin Littleton, infuses in
to her life here in Washington a fraction
of the originality which characterized
the whirlwind campaign she made In
behalf of her husbands candidacy for
Congress a few months ago in New
York State, the Congressional set will
find in her a rare and charming ac-
ouisition. She is the woman who set
Long Island rubbing its eyes to see
what was really happening, when its
citizens awoke to the realization that
The complexion of the Republican ballot
boxes was about to change for the first
time in 10, these many years.
Her Story of
Husbands Up-Growth.
What were her methods? She had
none-that is, none that savored Of poll
,ics Rut when her husband announced
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One gathers from Col Buffalo Bills"
attitude toward the Senatorial lightning
that he is as fearless as ever.
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The automobile accidents in Thomas
circle will soon place that interesting
section in the class with Dead Mans
Curve.
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In each issue Of The Times the circulation
figures for the previous day are plainly
printed at the head Of the first page at the
left OF the date line.
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Are you sure you have eggs enough
in the house for tomorrow?
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Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
d. c. as second class matter.
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Young James Kerns adds to the Loch-
invar interest by putting mis- would-be
pursuers on notice that he intends to
elope.
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the real problems of the District and
is entitled to very earnest considera-
tion.
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Sunday.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed Sundays
during the month OF March was as follows:
March 6.........46.173 March Is...-....46,127
March E.........46, ,2S4 March .........T, $50
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Censored news reports from the rival
camps of the Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Republic tersely state> "All quiet
along the Potomac"
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The net total circulation OF The washington
Times daily during the month Of March
was 236, 7s3. all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number. when
divided by q, the number of days Of publ
cation. shows the net daily average for March
20 have been 5s07
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Made House to House Cam
paign Pleading for
Votes.
URGED EVERYONE TO
HEAR Mr.. LITTLETON
She's Peggy O'Brien," Who
Wrote The Mountaineer," Hus-
bands Biography.
By sELENE ARMSTRONG.

She defeated Colonel Rooseyelt's can
didate for Congress in the colonePs own
district-but, NUNS the word!
With an artless smile, and two blue
gray eyes as innocent and appealing as
any that ever made a member of the
G. Q. p. forget his political faith. she
turned Long Island Democratic-only,
don't tell her that told you.
Armed with modest volume entitled
THE Mountaineer," written by one
Peggy O'Brien.r and with a dozen or
more Autographs of her husband she
suavely and persuasively fitted into
Bohemia, Islip, East Islip. Babylon. Bay
Shore, and other Long Island villages,
delivering her campaign thunder in a
golden voice at the corner grocery. the
hearthstone of the humble voter. Yet no
inauisitive feminine creature will learn
from Mrs. Martin w. Lttleton how 1t
feels to b. the heroine of the most pic
turesaue campaign that ever made a
man the servant Of the people.
For she simply will not talk Like
perverse and naughty little child. the
wife Of Representative Littleton of New
York, who braved the thick Of the po-
litical fray for the sake Of her hus-
bands election to Congress, and made a
house-to-house canvass in the heart of a
Republican district for votes for her
her lips, and said:
an interview today, at the Shoreham
hotel
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Total for month. .1s5, 7sl
Sunday average for month... 46,4ts
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WHAT'S S on the Program, in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments IN
this column. Phone or write announce
ments.) ,,
Meeting of Patriarchs' Military, Can
ton Washington, No. l, l. o: y. F.
drill and social session. tonight.
Davisons' dancing, assembly, National
Rifes' a-mory, G street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets northwest
tonight. ,hu,a.,
mia Y. NJ. c. A. and the Washington
NJ, c. A.. association building In G
street, tonight. -,
Meeting of the Biological Society OF
washington, Cosmos Club, II street
and Lafayette square, p M oouhei'
concert by the United States Marine
Band. Potomac Park, p. m;
Illustrated lecture by Adam Dixon War
ner, of California. See America
First" University Club. sso slxteehth
street northwest p- m.
p,,bHc meeting of. dialect stories at
Memorial Hall by Miss Mamie Barbee,
of Kentucky.
Amusements.
National - Zelda Sears in THE Nest
Egg,'' 2:l5 and s:15 p. M.
ReIasco-French Opera Company. In
Carmen 2:15 p. M; Lucia $50
columbia-I.yman H. Howe's motion
pictures, 2:15 and Sis p.. m.
chase's-Amelia Stone and polite vauds.
VILE, els and s:15 p. m
Academy-"Paid in Full, 2:15 and s:15
Gayety-"The College Giris." Ais and
Lyceum-"Jardin de Paris" 2:15 and sis
Majestic-"sherlock Holmes" afternoon
and evening.
casino-Continuous vaudeville. 12:45 to
cosmos-Continuou vaudeville. to IL
y. m.
Areade-Motion pictures. bowling. and
skating.
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Concert Today
By the U. S. Marine Band. at
Potomac Drive, at 5 P. M.

WILLIAM H. SANTELMANN.
Leader.
PROGRAM.
March, Sons of the Brave"
Bidgood
Overture, .Coriolan" Beethoven
Pasquinade .............- Gottscnaik
Grand Scenes from ''Boccaccto"
Suppe
Waltz, 'Cagliostro" "...........Strauss
Fantasia, "Gipsy Life. lie There
Selection, THE Serenade' Herbert
March. 1.-THE Federal .sousa J
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If the Board Of Trade continues to set
eight new members a day, the progress
and business activity of the District will
be vigorously REINFORCED.
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The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed daily dur
fhg the month of March was as follows:
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1t was not altogether surprising that
little experience with the street cars
should have thrown several people from
the water wagon yesterday.
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rotsi Tor month";. ...................l,o1'tL
Daily average for month. 60,7si