The Washington times., 1911-07-23

Ten new postal savings banks, ant
Washington not reached yet.
1t feels rather odd to realize that nj
reciprocity measure is hanging over oul
heads.
Field day at the Gallinger Fairgrounds
was a great success, and, what is bes
of all. perhaps, honors were even in the
baseball contest.
The necessity of making hay while
the sun shone has driven one Maryland
youth apparently to go West, where
they raise wheat.
1t costs money to keep the Boy Scout
movement going, but nothing more
popular for the rising generation has
been devised in 10! these many years.
Two Washington physicians, DR.. Tom
4. Williams and DIR. William Gerry
Martin. are credited with interesting
articles in the last issue of the Medi,
cal Record.
1t takes a good deal in the way OF
an elopement to make Rockville sit uI
and take special notice, but the Miller
Pagan romance once more illustrates
the fact that all the world loves lover
Over in London, former Senator W. A.
Clarke is expressing the wish that Con-
gress should adjourn without delay, and
the wish finds a pious confirmation
among quite number of those who are
still in the Senate.
With the completion of the New I'm
perial, the Capital will have still
another handsome theater to boast
of. In an effort to finish all their
work well in advance of the time set
for the premiere, October l, the build
ers are breaking records.
OF course, il will be a long time be-
fore We celebrate arv more annversa-
ries of Manassas, but the President
might just as we'll give Bob" Burman
an opportunity to tell what he knows
of amphibious passages along Virginia
highways in an automobile.
The District Naval Militia return to-
day with an excellent record for con-
duct on their sea cruise. Only one man
was on the pinnacle list. and not one
even received a threat Of being put in
the brig" The cruise was the most
successful they have ever taken.
A poodle pup broke up the days flights
at College Park yesterday by biting one
Of the amateur flyers in the leg. Taken
in conjunction with the bulldog which
wrecked Atwood's machine at Atlantic
CITY, il looks as il our dumb animals
were doing what they could to stifie
the growth of science.
The death Of Mrs. Sue L. Vaughn at
Takoma Park will touch with sadness
every veteran of the civil war, for it
was the thoughtfulness of this woman
in 1865 that originated the sweet devo-
tions Of Memorial Day. She 'placed
blossoms on blue and gray alike, and
her example was followed country
wide
Kenilworth citizens deserve all the
moral and practical support Washing
tonians can give them in their war upon
the midnight carousals in which young
girls, MANY Of them from the Capital,
are said 20 take Dart, and 1t is to be
hoped that stern measures will be taken
at the meeting to be held Wednesday
night
The Chamber OF Commerce will give
q warm welcome to the thirty-seven
boys of the Columbia Park Boys Club,
Of San Francisco, who will pass through
Washington on their way home from a
world tour. They will inspire the youth
of Washington with a still stronger
yearning to "see the wonders of the
world abroad"
The Missouri brand of humor is in no
danger Of failing, so long as it can boast
such men as the Rev. Earle Whitley,
who said, at the Missouri picnic yester-
day. that the eastern part of Missouri
produced Eugene Field and Mark Twain.
while the western section produced only
Jesse James and myself" The Missou-
rfans showed themselves a good time.
Reports announce the candidacy OF
Louis Coolidge, former Washington
newspaper correspondent for lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts,. As treas
urer of the United Shoe Machinery
Company his political future in the
Bay State would not, however, seem
very promising when the attitude of
the public toward that corporation is
considered.
Representative William Ashbrook' s
introduction of a bill in Congress for
a Federal charter for the American
Numismatic Association was the first
hint - his friends here that he
is a noted coin collector. His collec-
ton numbers 1000 pieces, most OF them